What Happened to Palafin?

  Рет қаралды 873,736

WolfeyVGC

WolfeyVGC

Күн бұрын

✅ Install Raid for Free Mobile and PC: clik.cc/xUQoW and get a special starter pack with an Epic champion Drake 🎉Log into the game for 7 days between now and July 24th and get a free legendary champion Artak
💥Check out Raid’s new limited animated series Call of the Arbiter here: • RAID: Call of the Arbi...
This is the story of how the strongest Pokemon of Scarlet and Violet disappeared
Check out all my Scarlet and Violet videos here: • Scarlet and Violet
Merch: Wolfey.store
Check out the secret channel►: / @bonuswolfe684
#Pokemon #ScarletViolet #WolfeyVGC
Tiktok►: / wolfeyvgc
Twitter►: / wolfeyglick
Instagram►: / wolfeyglick

Пікірлер: 915
@friendlysend8624
@friendlysend8624 Жыл бұрын
Don’t worry everyone, palafin is just busy saving paldea, he’ll be back later this season.
@tomato325
@tomato325 Жыл бұрын
He's just stopping tinkaton from killing another corviknight he'll be back soon enough
@franciscofernandes4623
@franciscofernandes4623 Жыл бұрын
Lmao
@Carter_Fendi
@Carter_Fendi Жыл бұрын
@@tomato325loo
@davidmandel8960
@davidmandel8960 Жыл бұрын
He is a pokemon team member by day, disappearer by june.
@shinobipanda7760
@shinobipanda7760 Жыл бұрын
@@tomato325lol
@MakinItRain24-7
@MakinItRain24-7 Жыл бұрын
Don't worry he was just switched out for now. He'll come back out with better stats in a little bit
@rohateanonis4657
@rohateanonis4657 Жыл бұрын
Mega palafin
@MegaSpamziken1996
@MegaSpamziken1996 Жыл бұрын
*heheheha*
@_Smiling
@_Smiling Жыл бұрын
Urshifu >
@Dontcare_at_all
@Dontcare_at_all Жыл бұрын
This is the most beautiful thing I've ever read
@Dr.J42
@Dr.J42 Ай бұрын
HE’S BACK!
@freddyfazbear6495
@freddyfazbear6495 Жыл бұрын
I guess you could say he went from Hero to Zero
@Ommethaphobia
@Ommethaphobia Жыл бұрын
EPIC JOKES
@PanHammer5
@PanHammer5 Жыл бұрын
This gave me a lil chuckle
@lit5895
@lit5895 Жыл бұрын
frfr
@CubeBizz
@CubeBizz Жыл бұрын
boooooooooo
@brandonisburied
@brandonisburied Жыл бұрын
sadge :(
@jamesdinius7769
@jamesdinius7769 Жыл бұрын
This Pokémon is an excellent example of the differences between singles and doubles. Palafin is really hard to use in doubles due to the faster pace and plethora of ways to punish it on the switch. Meanwhile, it's banned from Smogon OU because switching around is much easier, and flip turn gives it excellent positioning capability.
@Lauren_C
@Lauren_C Жыл бұрын
The removal of Pursuit in Gen 8-on also robbed Singles of a tool that could’ve majorly dented Palafin (especially with hazards up) before ever activating its ability.
@emmetstanevich2121
@emmetstanevich2121 Жыл бұрын
There's also the fact that, since vgc is 4v4, it's harder to ensure you can activate zero-to-hero if you don't lead with palafin compared to if it were 6v6 doubles
@masonkline2644
@masonkline2644 Жыл бұрын
doubles also sucks ass
@grass_snake80
@grass_snake80 Жыл бұрын
smogon OU is stupid i wish people would stop bringing it up
@Lauren_C
@Lauren_C Жыл бұрын
@@grass_snake80 If you’ve any alternative formats for playing singles-format, I’m all ears.
@TaIathar
@TaIathar Жыл бұрын
Remember: You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the villain. Palafin died a hero. What a beautiful and touching story. Thanks Wolfe
@CyanPlushCaptain
@CyanPlushCaptain Жыл бұрын
You either die a hero or live long enough to see yourself become the zero.
@BluhBluhDuck
@BluhBluhDuck Жыл бұрын
Meanwhile Palafin in Singles: Do you know how I got those scars?
@strivfe8007
@strivfe8007 Жыл бұрын
Im so damn tired of seeing this quote every damn day
@Ashfold_Eberesche
@Ashfold_Eberesche Жыл бұрын
@@strivfe8007 Where the fuck are you visiting that you see this quote literally every day?
@iiokrammii693
@iiokrammii693 Жыл бұрын
​@@strivfe8007Fall asleep rn
@illegalmemedealer3549
@illegalmemedealer3549 Жыл бұрын
“A player at Orlando changed the entire meta with a new Palafin team. That player was me.” Biggest “I’m him” moment fr
@nicoborken9963
@nicoborken9963 7 ай бұрын
half of ss's mtpo vids:
@MoxieBoosted
@MoxieBoosted Жыл бұрын
I got absolutely cooked for saying gyarados was better back in may...
@aricodorado
@aricodorado Жыл бұрын
Playing in nationals and uploading content. This guy is everywhere
@foggydaugie
@foggydaugie Жыл бұрын
Imagine he recorded it all backstage during nationals
@Johten
@Johten Жыл бұрын
He's at 9-2 rn hopefully he doesn't lose anymore 🙏🏻
@Richer_97
@Richer_97 Жыл бұрын
10-2 as of now!
@peterbenoni1470
@peterbenoni1470 Жыл бұрын
​@@Johten10-2 last I saw+
@mew2871
@mew2871 Жыл бұрын
@@Johteni think he’s out now sadly
@jakesawaguchi4928
@jakesawaguchi4928 Жыл бұрын
It's good to remember that palafin is still a VERY good mon. I feel like it's a similar enough issue to Dondozo- so many people knew how to play against it that you come in with an info disadvantage. Urshifu's addition makes its chances of a return in Reg D way lower, but honestly I think you can expect to always see a few palafin here and there.
@archanasoni9666
@archanasoni9666 Жыл бұрын
Dozo can still sweep if your team doesn't have tools for it which you may or may not have
@UHavABadConnection
@UHavABadConnection Жыл бұрын
I feel like an important addition to remember when talking about palafin is that hero-palafin effectively has no ability. While thats not the worst thing in the world, Regigigas wishes it could have no ability, it does mean herofin has one less finger to thumb scales in battle with. Wolfey's pala-amoon-arca core kinda shows that in the other two having continuously reapplicable effects in regenerator healing and intimidate attack drops but after it transforms herofin now only has the pivot typing to add to the team
@GravityIsFalling
@GravityIsFalling Жыл бұрын
Palafin effectively has technician due to jet punch being 50% stronger aqua jet
@bluebaron6811
@bluebaron6811 Жыл бұрын
Reminds me of what happened to Durant in SWSH. Both were very meager in their own right, but thanks to gen 8's Dynamax and Palifin's Ability, they were both "play good, do good" Pokémon.
@dannyphantom3591
@dannyphantom3591 Жыл бұрын
What happened to Durant I swsh?
@Uohhhh777
@Uohhhh777 Жыл бұрын
​@@dannyphantom3591mold breaker durant was better
@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917
@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917 Жыл бұрын
​@@dannyphantom3591 Hustle boosts attack but lowers accuracy. So, it's decent attack with Hustle made it threatening but inconsistent. However, in a meta without legendaries where Dynamax boosts the power of moves and ignores accuracy, Durant was a devastating threat that could easily sweep teams. It fell off pretty hard because if you just use Max Guard, or even just Mimikyu, it's pretty easy to counter. It's only really threatening if your opponent is like "Oh, the silly little ant, what's that thing gonna do?"
@raphaelkgh218
@raphaelkgh218 Жыл бұрын
​@@ashblossomandjoyoussprung.9917thanks for the information! Never knew an ant could become so threatening! Durant also has access to truant of all abilities too... Mayne GameFreak knew they created a champ, durant finally got the attention it deserves, atleast in gen 8!❤
@pawedziedzic3250
@pawedziedzic3250 Жыл бұрын
6:16 I love when Wolfey does this, best brag possible. Just like with "only once a player won with a Perish Song team before". Truly world champ difference
@madjester9844
@madjester9844 Жыл бұрын
Honestly I think Palafin will skyrocket once more once Incineroar returns. It's a far better pivot than Arcanine which can support Palafin and remove/check annoying grass types while Palafin can do good against opposing popular Incineroar. We'll just have to wait
@lovelyluna733
@lovelyluna733 Жыл бұрын
Same, it'll also mean that Palafin can use Eject Pack to a better use due to more common intimidate. Although it's going to be hard for Palafin to outperform water types like Urshifu with unseen fist
@arcanine_enjoyer
@arcanine_enjoyer Жыл бұрын
100% gonna be happy if Incineroar comes back in the DLC but I dislike Palafin as a Pokémon. I'd love it to stay never used.
@itsukizy
@itsukizy Жыл бұрын
to anybody curious, the North American International Championships are currently happening, with both finalists decided, facing off tomorrow, and Palafin is on one of the finalists teams. there’s a good chance it takes home another international, claiming all three this season. it’s still absolutely a good pokemon, just not as dominant as it was around EUIC.
@corpo238
@corpo238 Жыл бұрын
hey wolf, you’ve influenced me a lot to get into comp
@wholelottanuts
@wholelottanuts Жыл бұрын
how, he is terrible
@ronanjoyce9862
@ronanjoyce9862 Жыл бұрын
Ignore the bait acc. Good luck xx
@princevermilion8799
@princevermilion8799 Жыл бұрын
​​@@wholelottanutscap, world champ difference is real
@HydrxUndertale
@HydrxUndertale Жыл бұрын
Sameee!!!
@diamonddrawsthegoat
@diamonddrawsthegoat Жыл бұрын
@@wholelottanuts used Bait! It’s not very effective…
@theannilators7479
@theannilators7479 Жыл бұрын
I like the beginning story, with Wolfe saying it’s going to be good, everyone sleeping on it, and Wolfe just going “no, TRUST ME!!” And then building its gold standard team
@Chronoflation
@Chronoflation Жыл бұрын
Between Magikarp evolving into Gyarydos, Feebas into Milotic (to a lesser degree), Wimpod into Golisopod, Wishiwashy having it's school form, and Palafin's Zero to Hero, Gamefreak really seems to have a thing for making the strongest form changing (including evolution) "normal" Pokemon of their generations. Kinda wild that it seems to almost always be the water type, kinda like how pseudo legendaries are almost always dragons or dragon-like in the case of Tyranitaur, Metagross being the only outlier, if I'm not mistaken (in a gen that also had a pseudo-legendary dragon)
@raphaelkgh218
@raphaelkgh218 Жыл бұрын
Yeah
@Pika250
@Pika250 Жыл бұрын
Tinkaton almost had that pseudo vibe to her. If only her base stats reflected this, I could see her Attack stat get significantly higher, so she isn't quite as reliant on her signature Gigaton Hammer.
@SuperDestroyerFox
@SuperDestroyerFox 9 ай бұрын
I guess you could say raid shadow legends went from zero to zero.
@JTruong3rd
@JTruong3rd Жыл бұрын
All it takes is someone thinking outside the box. Maybe one day Palafin will return to save the day when people need him the most.
@capricous7196
@capricous7196 Жыл бұрын
You need to switch 2 times to get its hero form that's all there is to it, so it won't be likely to see palafin getting attention as much as its used to be
@ze-panda
@ze-panda Жыл бұрын
Im suprised no one's using Tsareena since her ability Queenly Majesty doesnt allow any prioty moves to be used to be a counter against Palafin
@yomireal7570
@yomireal7570 Жыл бұрын
There are better mons for that job
@Zaceean
@Zaceean Жыл бұрын
me swapping my tsareena in to block grassy glide and save palafin
@boop53
@boop53 Жыл бұрын
Armor Tail Farigiraf was used a little iirc
@doomgirl5341
@doomgirl5341 Жыл бұрын
Tsareena is not a good pokemon, fine, but not got good Having to run her JUST to counter palafin is not a good strat. There are better pokemon that block priority and have better usage like Indeedee with the tools of being a good support pokemon with follow me, helping hand, heal pulse and possible trick room setter
@felixdaniels37
@felixdaniels37 Жыл бұрын
Tsareena was fantastic pre-HOME, but she definitely struggles with how severe the post-HOME power creep has been. There's too many strong flying types running around now and tons of good grass types fighting for that team slot.
@CamKoudo
@CamKoudo Жыл бұрын
6:17 Wolfey out here singlehandedly transforming the metagame 😂
@Pabs1234
@Pabs1234 Жыл бұрын
One idea is to use eject pack/button this negates the use of flip turn, this is especially useful against intimidate users such as guarados
@sconettilda8580
@sconettilda8580 Жыл бұрын
Then you won't have any item, which is not always acceptable
@619Slipk
@619Slipk Жыл бұрын
Fast forward to this man winning worlds this year with palafin
@dragonghast5856
@dragonghast5856 Жыл бұрын
Palafin didnt fall off, he just switched out so he could come back in hero form
@immortaliron2475
@immortaliron2475 Жыл бұрын
I’d compare palafin to something like a slightly better slaking. Good stats with a great movepool but held back by its ability. Granted the swap out isn’t as bad as truant, but it’s so cumbersome to set up sometimes where it’d be better to use a different water type, like iron bundle or the new to reg d urshifu.
@spartax8986
@spartax8986 Жыл бұрын
Spot on
@royalgelly8948
@royalgelly8948 Жыл бұрын
The ability is nowhere near as much of a drawback as Slaking. Palafin has been banned in singles because "switching out" is nowhere near as much of a drawback, in fact it's a positive.
@awoooga5857
@awoooga5857 Жыл бұрын
​@royalgelly8948 where talking more about vgc, where switching is much more dangerous than in singles.
@immortaliron2475
@immortaliron2475 Жыл бұрын
@@royalgelly8948 granted that’s singles, where switching is a lot more common. This is vgc
@Gspoink
@Gspoink Жыл бұрын
Granted 1 turn which you do nothing is even more of a liability to slaking because everyone and their mother runs protect.
@ProfDragonite
@ProfDragonite Жыл бұрын
I dunno. Nothing makes me smile more than when I use Shed Tail with my Dragonite, then proceed to Shed Tail AGAIN with my Palafin after he Forme changes. So many rage quits.
@SERMareep2007
@SERMareep2007 Жыл бұрын
8:40 We will not acccept Wo-Chien slander here.
@hugomvpais
@hugomvpais Жыл бұрын
You either die a hero, or live long enough to see your usage rate drop to zero
@meadnex331
@meadnex331 Жыл бұрын
I love how thoroughly you explain exactly what makes each thing good or bad
@nestrior7733
@nestrior7733 Жыл бұрын
This is the kind of stuff I was looking forward to with this meta game. You'd think that giving people access to overpowered Mons with any Mono Type they want would make things stale. But no. While a META surfaces at times, it also introduced a lot of innovation to combat it. And Gen 9 is close to perfect for this, imho.
@aerowalker3
@aerowalker3 Жыл бұрын
Palafin is easily my favorite gen 9 Pokémon, simply because it’s an adorable dolphin Pokémon that is also beefy as heck. The fact that it had such a strong competitive start is phenomenal news to me, even if it is phasing out of the meta
@kekkomoshenji7966
@kekkomoshenji7966 Жыл бұрын
Something tells me the return of regieleki is going to be real impactful of palafin
@scottcrysel
@scottcrysel Жыл бұрын
Palafin is pretty GOATed by this point in the season, so it's pretty natural people now have teams built to punish it
@Promatim
@Promatim Жыл бұрын
Palafin reminds me a lot of Norman's Slaking in Nuzlockes. It is very dangerous to face, but you know what is coming, and you can ruin Slaking's day by predicting it.
@Cdv3_
@Cdv3_ Жыл бұрын
ZtH is just a bit too clunky for doubles format, where having a predictable turn 1 absolutely kills your momentum. Palafin is a great example of another Pokemon that was “balanced” around VGC, but is completely broken in singles.
@Lauren_C
@Lauren_C Жыл бұрын
Had Arena Trap/Shadow Tag not gotten the banhammer, or if we still had Pursuit, Palafin would get stuffed in Singles. 🙄
@Eltipoquevisteayer
@Eltipoquevisteayer Жыл бұрын
It could have been interesting making zero palafin somewhat usable (bulkier and faster) and switching between forms everytime it had to switch
@superzockertvyt9630
@superzockertvyt9630 Жыл бұрын
If someone found a way to make Zero form Palafin good and just have the Hero form as an added bonus they could probably do well with it
@frosthammer917
@frosthammer917 Жыл бұрын
But palafin has nothing going for it other than Hero's big boy stats. It has no special ability, its moveset is quite limited and mostly just attacking moves.
@superzockertvyt9630
@superzockertvyt9630 Жыл бұрын
@@frosthammer917 Imagine if they gave it pure power as its hidden ability
@frosthammer917
@frosthammer917 Жыл бұрын
@@superzockertvyt9630 That would just be stupid broken. Funny but stupid broken. Palafin would have less bulk but the attack power equivalent to a base 190 atk mon off the bat.(so significantly more than hero Palafin)
@ceoofjeanneism6777
@ceoofjeanneism6777 Жыл бұрын
The landorus T theorem, when something is really good it reshapes the meta and stops being as good since everything has an answer to it.
@joshuastreet8664
@joshuastreet8664 Жыл бұрын
Rip Palafin, look how they massacred my boy ❤️
@therapistivy
@therapistivy 11 күн бұрын
wolfe: palafin is back to zero reg h: nuh uhhh
@senny-
@senny- Жыл бұрын
Zero to Hero was actually a friendlier version of bad Abilities like Slow Start and Truant, but it's still too much.
@remington238
@remington238 Жыл бұрын
No it isn’t, it’s the lightest little requirement for a Pokémon to work compared to truant or slow start. Y’all are just spoiled
@cephalosjr.1835
@cephalosjr.1835 Жыл бұрын
@@remington238 I’m not sure that’s what that word means. If anything, competitive players, who have to put in great effort to eke out their wins, seem like they’d be the opposite of spoiled.
@nodupes2129
@nodupes2129 Жыл бұрын
u fr uploaded this and then palafin made finals of NAIC and could potentially win it tomorrow
@mihael5722
@mihael5722 Жыл бұрын
It’s interesting watching this rn because I just got back from NAIC where several palafin were in the top teams
@Idk-eb8lc
@Idk-eb8lc Жыл бұрын
1:32 aw hell naw
@thebestplays3413
@thebestplays3413 Жыл бұрын
Man palafin is such a cool idea i wish it was still viable
@niello5944
@niello5944 Жыл бұрын
I wish it has a better design.
@owenschabacker2321
@owenschabacker2321 Жыл бұрын
Same
@wholelottanuts
@wholelottanuts Жыл бұрын
@@niello5944 wym better design?
@JubioHDX
@JubioHDX Жыл бұрын
@@niello5944 what more could you possibly want out of a superhero dolphin?😭 its cute in its zero form and looks like superman in its hero form i think the design is good
@F14thunderhawk
@F14thunderhawk Жыл бұрын
its a pokemon that megaevolves by switching out without an item restriction. its as centralizing as Mega Rayquaza since its just baby Mega Rayquaza but with the only upside being that you have to burn at least 2 rounds on Palafin to make it useful at all.
@codyssmith73
@codyssmith73 Жыл бұрын
I feel like the strat with Palafin would be to try & get the most out of its Zero form. It’s not a bad Mon in its Zero state by any means IMO.
@supermariomaker1734
@supermariomaker1734 Жыл бұрын
It makes sense why they don’t use paladin because the vgc is mostly or all about doubles which means zero to hero becomes more of a liability because switching out a Pokémon into hero form can make other mons vulnerable verses singles where you only have to worry about one mon at a time.
@Brown95P
@Brown95P Жыл бұрын
@3:18 "Palafin has the best stats of any non-legendary mon in gen 9" Y'know who else had the best non-legendary stats beforehand? *_Slaking._*
@realmdarkness
@realmdarkness Жыл бұрын
The question is Wolfe... Will you be using Palafin in the next tournament?
@snorp_lord6141
@snorp_lord6141 7 ай бұрын
To be honest, I kinda like that Palafin didn't just steamroll everything- it's a balanced mon, with drawbacks to match it's strengths. That's what good design looks like! I'm so glad all water types are balanced so well :)))
@imn_fauler6098
@imn_fauler6098 Жыл бұрын
When regulation D releases, wolfe is going to use heatran with cresselia, thundurus and harvest arboliva:)
@huhwhat21212
@huhwhat21212 Жыл бұрын
any1 else just notice that palafins abiliity is h2o backwards
@PkHunt13
@PkHunt13 Жыл бұрын
Palafin flip turned out of the meta
@Clepston
@Clepston Жыл бұрын
“The major benefit, of course…” as perish song is used in the background. Okay, Wolfe, we see you.
@hindelsoft4650
@hindelsoft4650 Жыл бұрын
Ironically the main problem with Palafin is that it's a lot more balanced than anybody thought. Sure on paper the Hero stats seem amazing and Jet Punch seems broken, but he's actually not that fast and not that bulky and only his single target moves. After going through the pain of setting it up all it can do is target one enemy and hope to OHKO it, while needing to hope it itself doesn't get OHKO'd. Most Palafins die from targeting the wrong pokemon while Protect and Ally Switch put them at a great disadvantage while the rest of their team is half-dead from the set up.
@OMalleyTheMaggot
@OMalleyTheMaggot 10 ай бұрын
Palafin (in VGC) is actually balanced by its downsides. Unfortunately, none of the other top threats have gotten the memo regarding "being even remotely balanced."
@puffywhy89
@puffywhy89 Жыл бұрын
He’s waiting for DLC and Reg D. He is ready to cook…
@xxleakev46pxcxx
@xxleakev46pxcxx Жыл бұрын
I can feel wolfey hating himself doing that sponsor spot for raid. I’m dying😂
@Sk-gk8zq
@Sk-gk8zq Жыл бұрын
I really shiny hunted one just for Wolfe to tell me it has gone missing
@LitFuse230
@LitFuse230 Жыл бұрын
bro really went from Zero to Hero back to Zero
@djmetcalf3815
@djmetcalf3815 Жыл бұрын
I was always skeptical of how good Palafin would be. You become predictable with in in team preview. You have to go 1 vs 2 on turn 1 and there’s not a lot of turns to be waisting time switching out.
@nautilus2612
@nautilus2612 Жыл бұрын
Being unpredictable is overrated. Everyone knows what Amoongus and Chi yu do, but what they do is excellent anyway.
@calook1334
@calook1334 Жыл бұрын
WolfeyVGC: "Whoa! What happened to you?" What happened to Palafin was a full-blown civil war that had been going on since 1927 (100 points to whoever gets that reference).
@matteoengelland782
@matteoengelland782 Жыл бұрын
I was never interested in competitive Pokemon but he presents it so good i want to try it myself. Good Work!
@irwanimationtad
@irwanimationtad Жыл бұрын
palafin become too popular making it predictable. Palafin: *suffering from success
@Pishooter
@Pishooter Жыл бұрын
He fallen down probably because pokemon home came with a lot of counters for him (thunder kyogre, palkia, being almost completely outclassed by urshifu), and most important, annihilape who destroy flip turn leads, because of the free bulk up (and rage fist boost if he decides to use flip turn)
@PrismaAce
@PrismaAce Жыл бұрын
bro home isn’t available in reg C. AND FLIP TURN???
@AsterPringlei
@AsterPringlei Жыл бұрын
He is talking about doubles, Wolfey doesn't cover singles because it's not the official format for Pokemon
@Pishooter
@Pishooter Жыл бұрын
@@AsterPringlei oh... forget anything i said
@galethewhirlwind3252
@galethewhirlwind3252 Жыл бұрын
Wolfey working overtime. He’s competing at NAIC and still finds time to upload.
@Jiroscopio_
@Jiroscopio_ Жыл бұрын
I watched the whole video and I still didn't really understand what happened. I understand counters started to become more popular, but for such a drastic disappearance, I would have expected something equally drastic to have changed in the meta
@_y4020
@_y4020 Жыл бұрын
He doesn't really "identify" anything as a root cause in the video, but he suggests it might have to do with the rise of Gyarados, which itself performs really well against Palafin teams (he cites the water+fire coverage and taunt as reasons). This created a new team structure that not only beat Palafin, but also beat Dondozo and is beaten by Amoonguss, meaning that the Dondozo teams that Palafin teams succeed against are also fading whereas Amoonguss, one of Palafin's big counters, is spiking in usage. So in total, the rise of Gyarados decreased the chance of seeing Palafin's good matchups while making Palafin's bad matchups more prevalent.
@i_like_chomp6382
@i_like_chomp6382 Жыл бұрын
Gyarados/Iron Hands/Chi Yu all have excellent matchups against Palafin teams while also being more consistent and in control
@88porpoise
@88porpoise Жыл бұрын
He doesn't know but speculated on four factors played a role: 1) Counters to Palafin teams (such a Gyaradoa) became more common, 2) Good matchups for Palafin (namely Dodonzo) became less common, 3) People got better at exploiting Palafin's drawbacks (utilizing the obvious switch out), and 4) Other pokemon (particularly Azumarill) were explored replacing Palafin by giving up some power in exchange for smaller weaknesses. All that makes perfect sense although the rapidity of its decline is surprising.
@zedlyfier7617
@zedlyfier7617 Жыл бұрын
Great Ace Attorney music is based, love it
@oreoeater6615
@oreoeater6615 Жыл бұрын
No hero?
@dynnolism
@dynnolism Жыл бұрын
As to the question which rock I've been living under, I'd say that I have been flinching over and over under rock slide
@mattmanley7118
@mattmanley7118 Жыл бұрын
Good to see ya Wolfey. I’m kind of glad there is less Palafin around.
@Haidex_
@Haidex_ Жыл бұрын
idk i'm just so used to youtubers telling those kind of histories without being actually involved in any of it and then you're hit by "yours truly" actually so sick
@andychua2766
@andychua2766 Жыл бұрын
Looks like it is really good so the meta developed to counter it and with dlc more counter options became commonplace so it lost its foothold in the meta
@CyberseGreninja
@CyberseGreninja Жыл бұрын
Palafin went into retirement after fighting All For One and passed the torch to Urshifu
@christheenbyVT
@christheenbyVT Жыл бұрын
unfortunately i think palafin coming back is very unlikely, Basculegion-M is a better choice for rain teams (we finally have a swift swim user that isn't mediocre) and outside of rain teams, Palafin has very stiff competition from Urshifu Rapid Strike.
@dudeelame
@dudeelame 6 ай бұрын
I still use Palafin more than any other mon just because I like his concept so much ❤
@gonzalotorneralonso417
@gonzalotorneralonso417 Жыл бұрын
Could u do more videos about pokemons like this please?? Like the rise and fall of other pokemon throughout générations, doesnt need to be this one spegifically (incineroar, landorus T)
@tailsfrontiers1224
@tailsfrontiers1224 Жыл бұрын
Have you ever been called a narcissist ?
@Sidorio
@Sidorio Жыл бұрын
I love this competitive usage statistic videos, very interesting stuff!
@kirbyhypno2522
@kirbyhypno2522 Жыл бұрын
"Oh yeah, and Fluttermane just kinda showed up and is in literally every single team in the tournaments"
@pandasempai6459
@pandasempai6459 Жыл бұрын
But imagine if you could swap out Arcanine for Incineroar.
@pAc0tAc019
@pAc0tAc019 Жыл бұрын
This video aged well /s
@Rcd5000
@Rcd5000 Жыл бұрын
To understand what happened to Palafin, Kyogre with max hp, max spAtk, modest, choice scarf, and water spout is better in almost every way.
@kery_5131
@kery_5131 Жыл бұрын
Kyogre isn't legal
@Rcd5000
@Rcd5000 Жыл бұрын
@@kery_5131 o. I mean in just link battles, it is and it’s pretty broken.
@DARam4009
@DARam4009 Жыл бұрын
And the sad thing is that it'll never be seen again this generation, thanks to Urshifu-RS arriving with Regulation D. You've also got Basculegion, Gyarados and Azumarill will still be pretty significant to check Urshifu and god knows what DLC will bring.
@badanimator984
@badanimator984 Жыл бұрын
Flip turn palafin seems kinda op on paper but it’s much worse
@ElementalResistant
@ElementalResistant Жыл бұрын
Its kind of funny seeing everyone drop the team and Raghav Malaviya piloting a very standard looking Palafin balance team to the finals of NAIC in a good position for tomorrows final. A team that looks like it came straight from regulation B, no ruinous on it at all. Could be the end of the story is Palafin on top after all for the end of regulation C. A fantastic showing regardless, it shocks me how quick people were to write it off, though it comes in stronger in a meta that wrote it off and isnt as prepped around beating it. Reg D is another matter though, cant imagine palafin holds up quite so well there, starts are fast and Urshifu is likely taking its place as the physical water sweeper.
@thomasmartyn65
@thomasmartyn65 Жыл бұрын
Wolfey is the very best, like no one ever was! In VGC he wins them all, from Players Cup to Worlds! He has fans across the land, cheering by his side! Use Wolfey Blast to understand the power that’s inside!! WOLFEY GLICK! USE WOLFEY BLAST! (The best is he) HE WINS ALL THE VGC! WOLFEY BLAST! (Ooh we are the fans) OF THE BEST WIDEO MAN! WOLFEY GLICK! USE WOLFEY BLAST! (A trainer so true) HAS WIDEOS ON KZbin! HAS THE WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE TOO! WOLFEY GLICK! USE WOLFEY BLAST (Use Wolfey blast) WOLFEY GLICK!
@exigency2231
@exigency2231 Жыл бұрын
this is painful to read
@PanHammer5
@PanHammer5 Жыл бұрын
Truuuuuu
@monke7587
@monke7587 Жыл бұрын
Love the use of Ace Attorney music over the past few months! ❤
@diamondapple123
@diamondapple123 Жыл бұрын
Unlucky timing, Palafin got to NAIC finals
@HeyaItsmK5103
@HeyaItsmK5103 Жыл бұрын
Honestly i think Palafin's Zero form deserves a buff, literally the only reason people use it is because funni superman, but they should give it a hidden ability so palafin zero can get some usage
@Rmoney213
@Rmoney213 2 ай бұрын
3:13 is where the sponsor ends.
@MegaSpamziken1996
@MegaSpamziken1996 Жыл бұрын
This is similar to Spamton's backstory He was unsuccessful at first (like Palafin wasn't used during the first days of SV comp), then became popular because he met a person who helped him (like you started using Palafin and it became popular), then suddenly everything went wrong (people stopped using Palafin for some reason). By comparing these two, we can assume Palafin is gonna return (maybe when the DLC gets released) and he will be "BIGGER AND BETTER THAN EVER"
@LunarAlt
@LunarAlt Жыл бұрын
I still wish greninja could have ash form if a dolphin gets a special form
@giovannimarrari6356
@giovannimarrari6356 Жыл бұрын
If you're here, you probably already know, but Palafin made NAIC finals yesterday.. tune in later today to see the good ol' fashioned battle of good vs evil: Hero Palafin vs. 2 vessels of ruin.. is our hero gonna make it?! 😂
@KingPirateVideos
@KingPirateVideos Жыл бұрын
I love to leed Dondozo and Palafin, switching Palafin for free to Tatsugiri and rampaging with Dondozo while having a broken finisher in the back, Hero Palafin :D
@AI-DreigonGPT
@AI-DreigonGPT Жыл бұрын
Zero to Hero to Bear
@dapokeguy2994
@dapokeguy2994 7 ай бұрын
I use choice band shiny tera water palafin spamming jet punch takeing down any enemy 4 hp 252 speed 252 attack and + attack and -sp.atk nauture also shiny
@highroll1607
@highroll1607 Жыл бұрын
New Wolfy video my day just got 10 times better
@IndigestionMaster
@IndigestionMaster 3 ай бұрын
Dude your videos always have the best music from ace attorney / deltarune & undertale and super mario galaxy 1/2
@Clodsireenjoyer-bc9cd
@Clodsireenjoyer-bc9cd Жыл бұрын
1:33 “lets talk about the sponsor of today’s video” My brain: Raid shadow legends. Wolfey: Raid shadow legends
Bad Pokemon that Won Tournaments
11:25
WolfeyVGC
Рет қаралды 918 М.
The Newest Legendary Pokemon is Weird
14:30
WolfeyVGC
Рет қаралды 847 М.
А ВЫ ЛЮБИТЕ ШКОЛУ?? #shorts
00:20
Паша Осадчий
Рет қаралды 8 МЛН
Earliest Legendary Pokémon in Every Game
18:18
MandJTV
Рет қаралды 1,2 МЛН
How Murkrow became the most Popular Pokémon
15:22
WolfeyVGC
Рет қаралды 606 М.
Iceberg | Pokémon Legends Arceus
29:08
EisenBerg
Рет қаралды 35 М.
One Fact About Every Paradox Pokemon
5:24
Hmaz
Рет қаралды 283 М.
How this Pokemon Ruined Competitive Play
24:44
WolfeyVGC
Рет қаралды 1,2 МЛН
These Pokémon got HUGE Buffs in the Teal Mask
21:33
WolfeyVGC
Рет қаралды 608 М.
I Tested UNCONFIRMED Pokemon Facts
15:56
BlueBoyPhin
Рет қаралды 1,1 МЛН
Top 10 Most OVERPOWERED Pokemon in Scarlet/Violet
7:51
Professor Tree
Рет қаралды 629 М.
How the Strongest Pokemon became Irrelevant
23:37
WolfeyVGC
Рет қаралды 1,1 МЛН
The Best Competitive Plays of 2023
12:10
WolfeyVGC
Рет қаралды 601 М.