What If EVERY Gym Leader Terastallized Their Pokémon?

[@colindion4611]

Blaine should use a fire terrastal rhydon since he has one in the anime

[@emperorcubone]

That's a good point, and Rhyperior is pretty similar to Magmortar actually...

[@aaravdiwakaristhebest]

@@emperorcubone Yes! , blowing fire from hand blowers

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

@@emperorcubone really cool as Electivire, Magmortar and Rhyperior are usually a trio, like in the PLA fight where it was a 3v1

[@venomgaming7014]

@@emperorcubone *you gotta aim for the horn*

[@NaushadSayeed]

The problem is that Rhydon is more part of Giovanni's team.

[@kadachinova5302]

So, if Viola gets a Bug-Type Bunnelby, we could call it... *Bugs Bunnelby.*

[@emperorcubone]

That's all folks...

[@thedragonwarrior5861]

What's up, Doc?

[@enigmatic2878]

​@Peyton Bergin bug chungus

[@Vigriff]

@@thedragonwarrior5861 What's cookin'?

[@timothyskidmore1554]

Ooh I hate that rabbit

[@RaeJ22]

I think Katy’s Teddiursa having a Bug Terra Type. Is connected to bee’s honey that bears are often linked to

[@zimonzieclown1633]

They already did that with Katy, though.

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah, I didn't want to do repeats of the few Tera types we actually have in the Gen 9 gyms...

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@emperorcubone You put in Sudowoodo though, which we already have.

[@RaeJ22]

@@emperorcubone I understand, I think my comment is misunderstood. When you talked about “not being worse off then Katy having a Teddiursa” I thought maybe people didn’t see the connection with Teddiursa & the bug Tera type. I find the connections/reasons behind the gym ace’s tera types interesting 🤓

[@mr.thinmint2848]

It's also kind of a reference to a "bugbear."

[@machadragonii145]

Gold Duck would've been perfect for Sabrina since it and Pysduck are heavily associated with the Physic type despite not being physic types

[@emperorcubone]

If she didn't have a team member ready to go beforehand Golduck 100% would be on her team!

[@AdminAbuse]

Gold Duck?

[@ShouldaWoulda]

@@AdminAbuse probably auto correct

[@Aadrian66]

Falkner can use dunsparce; it just received an evo and it has little flappy wings it uses and it’s in the cave close to the city.

[@nickdentoom1173]

I mean... he missed the opportunity giving it a Heracross or Misdreavus.

[@Hironomus]

These are all a bit random imo. 1.The Pokémon don't really fit the personality of the gym leader most of the time or have anything to do with their non-gym activities. For example, Erika is a refined and elegant lady, an awkward duck with a leek feels a weird fit to me. 2. I don't personally think restricting them to their native generation was a necessity. one of the coolest parts in Scarlet and Violet was seeing the gym leaders revisit previous generations with their aces, and revamp them with terastalization. 3. The Pokémon, in many cases don't really have any cool or flashy way to make use of the type you gave them. A flaming fearow is kind of cool in theory I guess but does it get any fire moves or anything like that? What is an Ekans really getting out of the water type? This is not so big a deal though because even in the game the tera types tend to be a little arbitrary, but I usually felt they fit somewhat at least. Not to say I disagree with 100% of these and of course everyone is entitled to their opinion.

[@Watch-0w1]

I agree but flaming fearow sound good as immitation moltres

[@Garfewloid]

Doesn't Erika use weepinbell and tangela?

[@Hironomus]

@@Watch-0w1 I would almost prefer for Blaine to just have a moltres XD He is pretty strong, it wouldn't be so crazy. Actually having a mythical pokemon fits his renegade scientist style more than having an imitation I think.

[@Watch-0w1]

@@Hironomus yeah that is cool but then moltres would be less mystical ( if he even) Then there a argument if legendary really just mean rare

[@CosmicNebula444]

I mean, not like they made much sense in SV either. Save for Katy, Brassius and Ryme, the rest are all pretty random, and even out of them Ryme was the only one with a connection to her personality

[@EdgarARetiz]

I was legit thinking, “Wait! He didn’t do Gen 9,” then seconds later realized my mistake 🤦🏻‍♂️ 😅

[@sehbueno]

Whitney should have a Nidorina, like in the anime. Or even Terastallize her (now) Fairy-type Clefairy into a Normal type

[@emperorcubone]

Haha, that's true; she only has one Normal type now. I imagine if we ever see her again she might have a Jigglypuff instead, but then again her gym is shaped like a Clefairy, so...

[@TomAmit42]

my thoughts exactly!

[@ashmander3465]

Make Clefairy a normal fairy type boom gym still makes sense

[@SpaceDetectiveTravis]

Least its better than the nightmare of Tera Normal Miltank

[@wonderweavile6679]

I'd say Zangoose would be a super good fit for Sydney.

[@helixsol7171]

Emperor Cubone: Gives a good reason for skipping the trial captains Also Emperor Cubone: Completely forgets the Kahunas/Elite Four

[@CoolMintMC]

THIS

[@ashmander3465]

Skipped kogas daughter and Wallace too

[@helixsol7171]

@@ashmander3465 BRO I FORGOT ABOUT JANINE

[@brunoemf90]

@@ashmander3465 he did wallace as a Gym leader for fairness sake

[@HoennMaster]

I think Bugsy would use Slowpoke instead since Slowpoke Well is in the town and they are important there. As much I like the idea of Jasmine using Donphan, I think using Amphy (the lighthouse Ampharos) would suit her well too. Sabrina’s Venomoth is obvious, but it some games where she doesn’t have it, Golduck should definitely be her backup, especially given how the anime really played up both Psyduck and Golduck’s psychic connections. Honestly though, terastallization would be perfect for Johto given the type distribution. They could also do nods to the anime with things like Clemont using a Diggersby, Iris using an Excadrill, Cilan using a Stunfisk, Misty using Togetic, Brock using any number of Pokémon, etc.

[@IceBloxTheGamer000]

For the aloha elite four, I think Hala should have an incineroar and terastallize it into a fighting type. Molayne in the ultra games should have a vikavolt and terastallize it into a steel type as a reference to the vikavolt shaped machine in the trial. Olivia should have a machamp and terastallize it into a rock type because I think machamp fits her. For Acerola, I think it would cool for her to have one of the rotom forms and terastallize whichever one she has into a ghost type it would be cool to see them regain the ghost type they lost and it could be a reference to the haunted abandoned store her trial takes place. And finally, Kahili, I think Decidueye could work really well not only because its preevolutions had the flying type but also because it has good aim, which is something someone playing golf would need.

[@hondaaccord1399]

Honestly, I was expecting MandJTV to make this video, but the fact that you did it is pretty cool! Been a fan for a while and excited to see more hypothetical concepts rooted in modern mechanics instead of exclusively analyzation of what we have :3

[@emperorcubone]

I was kind of surprised it remained untouched as well, I figured someone else would've thought of it by now!

[@TheSharkKing45]

@@emperorcubone sounds like a collab could work at some point

[@zimonzieclown1633]

Clemont has a Bunnelby in the anime, so maybe just evolve that into a Diggersby and terastallize it into an Electric-type?

[@Compucles]

He already used Bunnelby, so anime Clement could use his Chespin instead.

[@amiiboguy7288]

I think Giovanni should’ve Terastallized his Persian. In Let’s Go, he’s always shown with Persian close to him, but he never uses it in battle.

[@emperorcubone]

Persian would also be good; basically Giovanni has the most of anybody!

[@sashayayah]

It would defo be his Persian, it's literally his signature

[@Compucles]

He does use it in battle in Yellow Version.

[@omanito2283]

If Gym Leaders were like Paldea's, my choices for Kanto would be: Brock Geodude, Onix and (Tera)Chansey Chansey would be in reference to Brock from the anime. In addition to Chansey learning Rock Slide which would work as STAB Misty Goldeen, Starmie and (Tera)Jigglypuff Again being a reference to the anime because Misty was the person who was most concerned about helping Jigglypuff in the beginning. Jigglypuff's stab move would be Water and/or Chilling Water Lt. Surge Voltorb, Raichu and (Tera)Tauros The choice of Tauros would be because it is a robust pokemon with some electric moves Erika Tangela, Gloom and (Tera)Butterfree Butterfree's reason for the relationship of butterflies to flowers and for Butterfree learning moves like Energy Ball and Giga Drain to be the moveset's STAB Koga Weezing, Venomoth and (Tera)Parasect The Parasect's choice is for mushrooms' relationship to poisonous things Sabrina Mr. Mime, Alakazam and (Tera)Venomoth As you said in the video, this choice makes sense because it is already a pokemon on Sabrina's team Blaine Rapidash, Aracanine and (Tera)Rhydon This choice is in reference to the anime, in addition to Rhydon learning flamethrower and flare blast Giovanni Rhydon, Nidoqueen and (Tera)Kangaskhan As stated in the video, it makes sense for Giovanni to have Kangaskhan as a tera pokemon

[@gabriellockwood2780]

"Gordie gets a Cloyster, which links to the OTHER Gym Leader, Melody." ... *Concern* **SWEET HOME ALABAMA!**

[@RedDragonForce2]

I don’t know about Chimecho. It has Levitate, making the Flying Type unnecessary and gives it the drawbacks that Levitate doesn’t. Same with Eletrike, but that actually makes more sense.

[@kiddextersgodlyadventure129]

I think it’s important to remember that the terrasalised Pokémon in S/V also have a move which matches their type specialty. So I think some (not all) of your picks aren’t great on account of that, because u aren’t factoring that in

[@emperorcubone]

Perhaps, but Pokemon movesets change with every generation; Farfetch'd didn't always know Leaf Blade, but now it works perfectly, so just give Fearow a Flame Charge or something, or even have them exclusive to the leaders. They're no strangers to illegal Pokemon...

[@AznYunHou]

@@emperorcubone like how the Starmobile all have a special move for their cars

[@akshat10thb83]

give them all tera blast lol problem solved

[@hessiankyojin]

I think turning Claydol into a Steel-type for Steven is better because it's actually good as it has Levitate, thereby making it more defensive. Turning Armaldo ruins the synergy as Cradily does not get the treatment for the two Fossils, as Claydol does not.

[@josephfalcojr.1175]

I think Sneasel would've been a much terrastilization candidate for Falkner. Not only would it be a strong partner for Falkner, it's also blue and has a feather right on it

[@emperorcubone]

It also would have been seen before the 13 hour mark of the game, so that'd be a huge bonus!

[@arrozzblanco]

I always liked how some of the gym leaders had mons that weren't their main type but used moves that were that type.

[@jeromeb715]

0:41 man says "starting Encanto" and proceeds to talk about Bruno (based)

[@emperorcubone]

I prefer "Surface Pressure," but it's still good...

[@Eagle-Mit-YT-Lucas]

Personally I Would Have Given Melony A Ice Type Gigalith Just Like How Gordie Has A Rock Type Cloyster

[@TheFrantic5]

Unrelated to the video, but I've forgotten how good some of these character redesigns are, since I haven't played many of the remakes. Pryce looking fly as heck. Also poor Flint, haven't forgotten his DP "Fire" team.

[@emperorcubone]

Some of them are weird, like Brawly's toe shoes, but for the most part the updated designs look great!

[@dexterious102]

Don't know why but for Misty I immediately thought of Togepi

[@blakdeth]

Even though you don't fight the trial captains in alola for the most part you still have kahunas with type specialties. And the elite 4. Also guzma and plumeria of team skull. Didn't have to skip alola completely.

[@dabomb3336]

If the Trial Captains/Hakunas Can Terastalize... Ilima = Passimian Lana = Alolan Raichu Kiawe = Alolan Muk Mallow = Comfey Sophocles = Probopass Acerola = Komala Mina = Smeargle Hala = Golisopod Olivia = Sableye Nanu = Crobat Hapu = Gigalith Molayne = Vikavolt Kahili = Porygon-Z

[@travisgames6608]

Only problem, a lot of those Pokemon don't have type coverage when they Terastalize

[@emperorcubone]

Well sure, but they could change the movesets, or even have illegal moves on some of them, since gym leaders aren't above that. But really it doesn't matter much because you're likely gonna one-shot most of them with your own terastallized Pokemon...

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

If Terastalizing exists in these gens then Tera Blast will, but they could probably introduce the 80bp move around 2nd to 3rd gym, as things like Machop still have Rock Tomb

[@travisgames6608]

@@emperorcubone true, just.. A lot of these mons don't fit. Just my opinion. Great video, regardless.

[@leebulger7112]

@@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy There should be a Physical version of Tera Blast because for Physical Pokemon it is useless to them. For example hypothetically a Revaroom had Tera Water but doesn't have Water type moves and most Water type moves are Special but Revaroom is a Physical attacker with poor Special Attack. For now Tera Blast is unfair to Physical Pokemon.

[@xaldrortenderofthevats8948]

I think Gardenia should follow up with Artazon guy's Truleewoodo, or something like that

[@augustocesar2020]

Maybe Lennora could have a fossil as a tera pokemon, since she has a history museum in her gym

[@undrhil]

An idea that I had for a video that you might be able to do is what if gym leaders instead of having pokemon of a certain type as their type specialty, what if they specialized in trumping a specific type? So for instance Brock would be specializing in trumping the rock type or misty would be able to transfer the water type. I think that would be an interesting take on Jim leaders.

[@emperorcubone]

Hmm, a whole region based on gym counters? I like it, it could still be harder than just one type since a counter-Water gym could have Electric, Grass, and even abilities like Water Absorb...

[@CAMnami]

I'd give Clemont diggerby, a nice reference to his in the anime. Cheren could also get a starter that player nor hughe choose as a reference to him as a rival in previous games

[@AznYunHou]

With Larry owning a Staraptor that terrastylizes to a Normal type. I feel like if something doesn't fit well for their Tera Pokemon, I think a dual type that shares it's typing with their specialty fits. Like a Flying gym for Winona being Chimecho is useless with it's Levitate. If she Terrastylized her Tropius, it removes the Quad Ice weakness etc.

[@tc_duhhh]

I love your reasoning for which Pokémon you chose ! Your videos never let me down !

[@rhinastocroc-boulet5189]

Steel Type Rhyperior for Byron: Pokémon can be used for mining and digging Is a Rock Type, calling back to his son Roark (With their Aces being the fossils) Just good in general. Kricketune could be used for Gardenia instead of Burmy.

[@RACEUR2]

No steel type ampharos? I’m disappointed XD

[@bdt2002gaming]

I know this video is a year old now but I have some ideas I wanted to mention. (I’m totally not watching this directly after I just finished a newer video of yours) -Shauntal gets Basculin instead of Grimsley, both as a reference to Basculegion and a Dark-Type Basculin would overlap a bit with his connection to Sharpedo in his Alola iteration. If you’re worried about Jellicent overlapping with Basculin, just make it so only Marlon uses a Jellicent in this region. -Iris being able to Terastalize her Archeops into a Dragon-Type in her Champion team not only fits better than Lapras or Aggron each for their own reasons, but the defensive Type shift could make it harder to trigger Defeatist as well. -If a certain Trainer in Paldea’s DLC can get away with Excadrill, than I see no reason Roark’s Cranidos couldn’t become a Steel-Type for a very similar reference. Either that, or let him actually use a Shieldon prior to unlocking Byron’s Gym where he uses the evolved form. -I get the argument in favor of Karen’s Gengar, and while I like it, I think Vileplume might fit even better. Having a Dark-Type with “Vile” in its name could make for a very subtle reference to Weavile in any Johto games where Sneasel isn’t able to evolve, and/or she chooses not to use the evolution line anyways. Plus, it have the same mechanic of blocking Psychic moves as the Gengar example. -Hear me out on this one: Lt. Surge with a Clefable. I know it doesn’t fit him aesthetically at all, but Pikachu and Clefairy were originally supposed to be counterparts of sorts alongside their respective stone evolutions. Furthermore, you can obtain Clefable by that point in the game, and it does actually learn some Electric-Type moves via TMs. -Speaking of Clefairy, some fans have understandably what would happen with Whitney and her Normal-Type speciality now that Clefairy is a Fairy-Type, and… well, just look at that Gym design. You can probably see where I’m going with this one.

[@dreamfirefight9456]

For Alola, I was thinking about the kahunas and the Elite 4, but I’ve only figured out two of them. Hala would easily work with Tera-Fighting Snorlax. Munchlax is found only on Melemele Island, the two have a lot of similarities to each other,… Hapu I think could get away with Bouffalant. It can learn Ground-Type attacks such as Earthquake and hit really hard, plus I think it compliments Mudsdale. Acerola, Olivia, Nanu and Molayne aren’t that simple though. I don’t really know what are good options for them. I want Acerola’s one to be originally dark-type, but I haven’t figured out which one. Edit: I decided to make a few changes and updates. First: Hala should probably have an Alolan Pokemon, and perhaps the best choice could be Midday Lycanroc, serving as a counterpart to Olivia's Midnight Lycanroc. Second: I realized that I made a mistake for Hapu, as Bouffalant is not in Alola. Although I am a bit hesistant on this choice due to fairly limited options, I choose Alolan Exeggutor. It does fit a bit though since it gets ground moves and you fight Hapu on Exeggutor Island in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. Third: I might try to include the trial captains and other type specialists as well. Also I'm ditching the Acerola Terastallizing a Dark-Type idea for more options. I will still try to make sure that they come their respective islands though. Acerola: Another weird choice: Drampa. It at least is found on Ula'Ula island and can learn Shadow Ball. Olivia: Uhhhh.....maybe Passimian? It at least cancels out the Flying-weakness and learns moves like Rock Slide. Molayne: I unironically think his Terastallizing Pokemon should be Minior. It can learn Gyro Ball, is found near the Hokulani Observatory, and isn't used by any notable trainer. Nanu: I kind of want to give him Turtonator, since it complements Acerola's Drampa. It does learn Dark-Type attacks, so its plausible. Kahili: Since I don't know which island Kahili is from and she has canonically travelled the world as a professional golfer, I am not bound by any restrictions for choosing her Terastallizing Pokemon. For her, I suggest Seismitoad. Reasons: The Water-Ground typing represents the common Water Hazard and Sand Bunkers on many golf courses. Plus, it turns its Quad-Weakness to Grass into a resistance. Finally, it learns Bounce, so I think a Seismitoad getting a STAB boost for Bounce combined with how the move works is hilarious.

[@king_ztyles5628]

I've never been so bamboozled with the thumbnail, Bonsly with the grass type terra type could have made sense for Gardenia :(

[@aaravdiwakaristhebest]

For Brock, I think a steelix terastlizing to rock would work For Giovanni, Persion could terastlize to ground type How about Farigiraf (or Girafarig)for Morty? For Lance, Aerodactyl to Dragon

[@emperorcubone]

If we're using updated Pokemon Steelix would be pretty great for Brock to use!

[@scubasteevo7013]

The main reason why the gym leaders have those specific Pokemon is that they can learn an attack of their type. Some of these choices might not be able to learn an attack of the gym type.

[@charleslavoie7622]

Blue could get a Normal Terrastal Extremespeed Arcanine ! I'm not a battle strategist, but it sounds like it could be a really nice ace for him !

[@ashwinkarnik115]

Regarding the S/V gym leaders’ Terastal Pokemon, the only one that made sense to me was Iono’s Mismaguis with Levitate for an ability, terastalizing into electric type to subsequently have no weakness. None of the others made sense because my Pokémon with attacks that were super effective against every gym leader’s other Pokémon just also knocked their terastal Pokémon out with super effective hits. It feels like the game designers missed the point of their own game mechanic when deciding which Pokémon to give the terastal to for each gym leader, because very few of them truly took advantage of the type (at least defensively). In this video I would have liked to see Pokémon that could strategically make use of the Tera type, rather than make use of it thematically or lore-wise.

[@varnasblade]

I like the idea of Kabu having a granddaughter that gifted him a stuffle and him desperately trying to figure out how to incorporate it in his team

[@Umbreon-ln7fe]

I'd be giving Wattson an air balloon shedinja and I don't even feel bad about it.

[@Luigifan18]

I lol'd at the idea of Steel Tera Kricketune, since I came up with a Kricketune evolution, Kricketrax, that is essentially Kricketune as a DJ. It's not a Steel-type, but Kricketune evolves into it by leveling up while knowing Record Scratch, a Steel-type sound-based move that functions identically to Fake Out.

[@emperorcubone]

Hah, that would actually be really cool! DJ Kricky would be so fun to use...

[@Luigifan18]

@@emperorcubone Yeah, I didn't even get into its Ability, Phat Beats, which is basically Speed Boost for Special Attack. If Kricketrax can survive a few rounds, its Bug Buzz is going to smash ALL of the eardrums.

[@kbowman772]

Let's not render abilities useless by giving Pokémon with levitate the flying type. Fan Rotom gets enough grief as it is.

[@Quortezz3]

For Falkner, I'd say Bellsprout/Weepinbell to represent Sprout Tower in his city.

[@camtoonzz2271]

I would’ve thought Jasmine to have a steel Ampharos.

[@jimbobhas]

Thank Christ he didn’t stretch this over 7 videos

[@stevenpip7339]

What about the Kahuna's? Having terra types would make them drastically more challenging. And the Elite Four only uses 1 or 2 of these Kahunas. That gives you 7 type specialists who do battle you along your journey.

[@JomoOval]

I was hoping you'd chose Drifblim for Flint. Yesterday I caught a Fire tera type Drifloon and i named him Flint

[@emperorcubone]

Nice! If only it were shiny to match his shirt color...

[@kurt50alien]

11:39 What about the Kahunas and Aloha's own elite 4?

[@aaravdiwakaristhebest]

Yes

[@farfetchdthegamer3810]

Fixing the Flying-type leaders (note that they’re BIRD lovers and like BIRDS): Faulkner should probably have a Golduck. Its the only non-flying type bird there is in Gen 1 or 2. It would be funny if Winona had a Latias/ Latios, but I think the best pick for her is actually Blaziken. It’s not weird for an NPC to use a starter, and I think that Blaziken keeps that bird love of hers going. Skyla should have a Garchomp. But the dex wont allow that, so I’d pick Golurk. Skyla loves flying rather than just birds, and Golurk is literally a prehistoric rocket. And Kahili should at least feature in the video. These are just opinions, but I think they fit the Gym Leaders’ characters better. And on a side note, what exactly do you mean when you say Nessa would be totally compatible with a Pincurchin?

[@emperorcubone]

I'm pretty sure Skyla uses a big heart bat so I don't think we're limited to birds, otherwise they should have just kept the "Bird" type from back in the day....

[@farfetchdthegamer3810]

@@emperorcuboneThat’s why I said Skyla can have a Golurk- she likes flying rather than birds, as I said.

[@TaleOfTheToaster]

3:20 I could see this one thematically but also the idea of Morty terastalizing a Pokémon that does set damage regardless would be entertainingly pathetic

[@rjd-kh8et]

Corsola would be perfect for Jasmine: it can be caught nearby on Route 40, she used to be a Rock-type Gym Leader, and she uses one in Stadium 2. Stantler would also fit Pryce, because reindeer. I'd also like Bugsy to have a Gligar, since it's a scorpion. I think Scyther fits Koga being a ninja, and he has one in the anime. Sidney has a Zangoose in the Pokémon Adventures manga, an edgy Pokémon that fits him well.

[@lordofspice7087]

I had an idea for Norman. What if he had the starter that was left behind by you and your rival, because he and Birch are such good friends? Plus all the Hoenn starters learn Strong normal moves by level up, so they could be spamming those

[@emperorcubone]

That's pretty cool, like that! More games should do that like Kukui or Leon.

[@zachpro5475]

@@emperorcubone why are you not uploading today

[@HardikAgarwal10]

really good selections 👍

[@doopieheadclips3412]

i like how he gives Opal an Audino despite it only being in the crown tundra DLC lol

[@guardianjz7266]

EmporerCubone: Gives Giovanni Kangaskhan. Persian: Am I A Joke To You?

[@the_godbodor7026]

Toxtriciry for Piers works as well since Ryme also uses one and terrastylizes it into Ghost. Come to think of it, what do you think Ryme and Piers’ relation is? Probably heard of one another, but maybe their rivals?

[@TunaBear64]

3:52 "A giant polar bear" Ursaring: *Is drastically smaller than Beartic*

[@Savannah_Simpson]

I really wish they’d bring a World Tournament style type thing. Just to give past. Gym leaders a chance to use mechanics like this.

[@lancerotalucardhd8793]

Sawsbuck winter form as Tera ice for Bryce shoudld fit better than Cinccino

[@marleonka.]

Terastalizing is pretty much the best mechanic the series has introduced

[@emperorcubone]

I agree, it's by far the least intrusive, it just changes a type, which were already things you needed to know...

[@marleonka.]

@@emperorcubone It's equal for literally all Pokemon, is the most balanced and brings the most nuance into the gameplay out of any of them. Also you can't spam it, but it does that in a good way and like Dynamax only limiting you to Gym fights

[@hessiankyojin]

That and Mega Evolution are the best gimmicks the series had so far.

[@PHiLLy2c]

Totally agree

[@Watch-0w1]

Visual appealing I would say giggamax

[@PHiLLy2c]

I like this idea this is a cool video emperor cubone

[@hessiankyojin]

For Melony, what about turning Coalossal into an Ice Type?

[@The_One_In_Black]

Interesting concept! I'm curious if any of these Leaders have mons on their Gen 5 teams that could relatively be their Tera mon.

[@therfrouge456]

I personally think Drayden/Iris should terestalize Excadrill as a nod to Anime Same thing with Clemont as a nod to the anime although Chestnaught is a starter Jasmine should terestalize Amphy for story Giovanni should terestalize Persian for being the mascot However this is all my opinion

[@emperorcubone]

Sure, and maybe that could happen in the remakes, but if they were to terastallize in their games, those would have been made before their anime came out...

[@Brentegg]

Love the idea for this video but it moves really fast and its hard to keep, maybe videos like this could be broken up into multiple parts in the future? Lovw your content

[@emperorcubone]

Yeah, it felt a little fast as I was goning through, but I didn't want to make it an hour long, since I usually would break them apart by region...

[@Brentegg]

I love region specific videos. Always remember that when doing something creative its ok to just take it one piece at a time. Youre doing great btw!

[@BergmitetheBlueandPointy0712]

I like the video and its ideas, but some parts bug me a bit. 😅 Also, I somewhat want some of them (like all the elite 4) to not have special Pokémon, and just treastallize their signature.

[@No_Direction-99]

This is my first time hearing about this feature so I feel like a kid who’s discovering a candy store for the first time 😅

[@Dave12395]

4 changes i would make: 1: I would've went with Bellsprout for Falkner cause of Bellsprout Tower being in Violet City 2: Lt. Serge should use someone from the Geodude line (maybe Graveler given the level availability) as a nod to it's regional variant. 3: I think Blaine should've used Rhydon cause he uses one in the anime. 4: Karen should terastilise her Vileplume instead of Gengar.

[@jackslaven-hahn2959]

Ec-chooses kangaskhan as Giovanni's Tera Persian: Am I a joke to you?

[@CGaboL]

I would say that the Sword and Shield should have Pokémon from the other Gym leader that terastalizes into their respective types, especially Meloni and Gordy since they are mother and son. I'd say Bea gets a Golett and Allister gets a Lucario for Stow-on-Side (I'm not really sure about Lucario though), while Gordy gets a Cloyster (that was actually perfect imo) while Meloni gets a Gigalith for Circester. Though I could see an Eiscue/Stonjourner combo working given they're counterparts.

[@doomnarok]

I feel like the first unova gym leaders would terastallize their lilpups into the opposite. So pansear leader would turn into grass to cover the water types. Pansage leader into water and panpour leader into fire.

[@TheHillshireFarm]

Now do what if every Missing gym leader terastallized their Pokemon.

[@pukenmg284]

You forgot Janine

[@HardikAgarwal10]

a bug type like butterfree or ledian to match with ariados

[@emperorcubone]

Didn't the Gamefreak as well?

[@aaravdiwakaristhebest]

@@emperorcubone haha

[@nickdentoom1173]

@@HardikAgarwal10 And Butterfree would match with Beedrill.

[@Jakey5A9913]

Why'd you skip The Alola E4?

[@bugmeat9675]

I'd personly give Phobe a Wailord. As she has the tropical theme going on it would make tons of sience. Also whales explode after death, so I feel like that could fit it as well. Sharpedo would be the low hanging fruit but could also work

[@CashoutRenny224]

Eelektrik for skylar would now be a levitating flying type

[@emperorcubone]

You're right. Better have her terastallize a Rotom Fan into a Flying tpye...

[@GreatBeanicus]

In my opinion they did the tera thing backward for esch gym leader. Yeah sure, it is cool to have a unique pokemon that doesn't normally share the gym type on their team. But what would be way more interesting is using tera types to offset their weaknesses. Are you using a fire type to sweep the grass leader without thinking? Not for long, as the leader transforms their ace into a rock type and hits you with ancient power. Then you've gotta think on your feet about how to deal with this new problem

[@yollaxi64]

Surge having Porygon would have been fun But did you think about finding Pokémon that can learn their specialist TM? Eg Roxanne Seedot can’t learn Rock Tomb, but Nuzleaf, Numel or Trapinch could :)

[@ImyIsStillHere]

Clemont should get digersbye or chespin because of the anime and to resurrect the "bunnlby is totally an electric type meme"

[@jpcsdutra]

I would change a few of these around. It would be funnier and make more sense for Surge to have an Electric Digglet. He's right next to Digglet Tunnel. For Koga anything in the Safari Zone could do well, Pinsir and Scyther would have been dope. Blaine having a Fire type Rhydon would be a cool reference to the anime too. Same kinda goes to Giovanni too. Ground Persian would be perfect. Falkner with Flying Bellsprout or Dunsparce for location, or Sneasel for Kamaitachi reference. Jasmine with Steel Ampharos. Ice Type Gyarados for Pryce, right next to the Lake of Rage. I usually dislike starters for non MCs but Dragon Meganium for Claire. Dark Vileplume for Karen, probably. Flannery I have an issue with. Yes Volbeat should get the Fire treatment at some point, but she should have a Water Type to Tera into Fire. She owns an Onsen. I like Flying Chimeco, but hear me out, Flying Shiftry as the Tengu reference it is. Tate and Liza should probably fixate on another pair of pokémon. Maybe Huntail and Gorebyss or Zangoose and Seviper. Phoebe with Chimeco, because like an offering bell, also the other rare thing from Mt Pyre. I could see Glacia having Wailord; and Drake having a dragon Tropius. Roark could do well with Rock Ponyta. He deals with a coal mine, so having something flammable works. Gardenia having a Burmy is a bit of a bummer, Wormadam is already Grass 1/3 of the time. Grass Mothim on the other hand... Fantina would have something more glamourous. Ghost Roserade, Lumineon or Cherrim, probably. Fuego Ironworks has Gastrodon, could be an interesting steel type. I would be extremely funny to me if the Striaton Brothers took the Monkey of the brother they are weak agaisnt and Tera-typed them into their own. Lenora and Normal Archen or Tirtouga. She is a museum head after all. Roxie is probably good with Magby or Roggenrolla. You know. Either toxic fumes or rock for the rock'n'roll. Elesa and Cinchinno. Fashion and Fashion. Clay would also be a good bet for Ground Gigalith Skyla and Klinklank? She is a pilot. A flying gear would make sense. Brycen should do either one of the 'mons he has for movies or Throh or Sawk. Personally, Dragon Eelektross and Water Stunfisk make more sense to me. I'd also much prefer Shauntal to have either Scavallier or Accelgor. Dark Druddigon could also be fun for Grimsley. From this point onward I think the dexes are too small to just use thing from this generation or from just around the trainer's town, so the exercise gets a bit... eeeeh.

[@darkserpentcat3309]

Personally I think that instead of terrastalizing a random pokemon into the gym trainer’s types, what should have been done is the flip where the gym leaders had ace pokemon of their types but when terrastalized it would become a different type that either matched some coverage moves, or at least became a type resistant to a type that is usually super effective against their specialty

[@leonardlafoe9979]

Forgot the Alola Elite 4 and Kahunas there bud

[@scizoreon4068]

Brock: Chansey (anime reference) Blaine: Porygon (referencing his role in creating an artificial Pokemon) Falkner: Snubbull (Manga reference (police Pokemon) Whitney: Clefairy (Its current typing no longer fits her) Chuck: Donphan (Strong sturdy Pokemon) Jasmine: Ampharos (Obvious choice) Brawly: Krabby Phoebe: Marrowak (Ties her to the Alola region) Drake: Lapras (Sea Captain) Marlon: Krookodile (Returns it to its origin) Viola: Inkay (Squids are related to molluscs which are normally covered by the Bug type) Clemont: Diggersby (anime reference) Valerie: Banette (Her gym is a doll house) Bea: Raboot (Reference to Fire/Fighting starters) Alister: Drizzile (Matches Bea's starter theme. Spies are meant to be hidden like Alister wants to be)

[@nickdentoom1173]

I mean... if you give Brawly Krabby, Corphish makes more sense and if you give Bea and Allister starters, you also have to do so for Gordie or Piers with the Grookey line imo.

[@NaushadSayeed]

Clair and Morty would benefit the most from terastalize since Johto has less ghost and Dragon types. Morty could terastalize Marowak as a reference to the Pokémon Tower story in Kanto.

[@nicoheroesdx]

Imagine you battle Liza and Tate with a Terastalized Electric Swellow. It would bring back memories of a certain moment from the Anime.

[@emperorcubone]

Hahaha! What a ridiculous episode...

[@JoelTheParrot]

i mean, i feel like with misty we're not assuming that this is applied to their very first appearance but rather a re-appearance so she could have an anime pokemon like togepi. wouldn't lt. surge do better with a more war-based pokemon? primeape loves to fight. wouldn't koga have a more ninja-y pokemon? scyther or dugtrio would fit. i mean, the elite 4 from scarvio don't change their pokemon's types with tera types, but ok sure it's just more content. to be fair falkner is really weak so that unown suits him, even if pidgeotto would still clearly be more of a threat. ...why wouldn't jasmine use an ampharos? i mean, i guess you'd need a different pokemon for whitney but there are other pink pokemon. hoppip, corsola, and maybe even some pokemon that have turned into fairy types like clefairy would also work. 4:55 this assumes that that pun works in Japanese. though to be fair my best other options are wailord, comparing the water spout from a blowhole to steam like with the whole hot spring motif, and solrock, who has nothing to do with flannery and is a shared Pokemon with Tate or Liza. 5:07 it... just seems funny to you? i mean, i think it'd be cool if norman had a starter since he's the character's father and all. maybe a gardevoir in reference to wally. anything interesting. 5:25 there is no moon weather for castform to use... plus tera castform is confusing enough. i mean, technically they could both terastallize (i think that's not how it works in multi battles for balancing purposes but this is different) so maybe they get psychic type plusle and minun? would give them a nice spotlight. if you REALLY want only one terastallization for the two of them, though, maybe illumise since they're a support-based pokemon? there isn't really a duo of pokemon in gen 3 where one is a psychic type and the other isn't. 8:14 wouldn't she want a sound-based pokemon similar to what ryme has? the seismitoad line has some minor sound motifs and already feels much like a poison type. 8:35 elisa would probably have a more traditionally beauty-based pokemon similar to what tulip has. plus elisa has a big volt switch gimmick, so maybe cincinno's luxurious scarf and access to u-turn would work nicely enough? if anything klinklang probably works better than beheeyem due to volt switch access, even without the beauty motif. (plus i have no issue with cincinno as an ice type really so...) 9:43 i dont get how there's no elaboration on garbodor here, like what? gothitelle at least kind of looks like a writer? 9:47 Lilligant feels pretty generic, maybe Amoonguss because she has that whole sleepy aesthetic going on and Amoonguss learns Spore? 10:20 eh, furfrou's not her style. I'd expect more-so to see Gogoat on her team, since they're a mode of transportation and she's clearly advertising the new rollerskating gimmick. 10:35 feels like a weak link... i mean, i didn't really have a better option for viola but clemont very much uses bunnelby in the anime, and chespin+ feels like a weird choice from a gym leader. worst case scenario give *him* furfrou since there's at least a static electricity explanation and it lets furfrou be important or whatever. 10:44 -.-" bruh... what? we aren't trying to make interesting terastallization concepts here we're trying to give the gym leaders tera pokemon that suit them. given her bug motif i feel like it'd be fine to just have her and viola share a pokemon in vivillon. i would suggest literally any other gen 6 bug but TIL the vivillon line contains the only three new kalos bug pokemon. 10:56 but... she's all based on space. i mean, i guess limiting things to the kalos dex, which i've started to realize is a big issue in this case specifically, best i've got is carbink, who has a link to a legendary and sort of has a starry pattern. 11:03 STOP GIVING TRAINERS POKEMON BECAUSE YOU THINK THAT THEY'RE FORGOTTEN INSTEAD OF TRYING TO FIT THE CHARACTER UUUUGH. anyway clearly needs replacement if my last comment is to stand so uh either replace clemont's and give wulfric furfrou because of the whole coat thing or i guess aromatisse who suits it much less. i dunno, pyroar and pangoro sorta suit him, better than carbink anyway. 11:12 ew. also wait i just realized that we weren't confined to the generation on the elite 4 that's nice. anyway i don't really have anything that suits her specifically better i just don't like fire type skuntank. 12:01 uh... are you allowing them because of gen 7 not getting any tera rep? cuz that's uh, not a gen 8 pokemon. i dunno if a gen 8 pokemon is to be used thievul sorta looks like kabu. 12:15 yeah i think it IS just the colouring... uh, i guess sandaconda suits her based fully on location? i dunno she likes rigourous training i guess a sandstorm makes training harder or something. 12:25 feels random but no-one else really suits allister well. gen 8 dex feeling rougher than the kalos dex for real. 12:28 BUT AUDINO IS A GEN 5 POKEMON. To be fair there's a startling lack of pink in the Gen 8 dex but Opal's favourite colour is purple so give her Sinistea, suits her really well actually. 12:36 ok you completely gave up on the generation limitation thing all of a sudden... to be fair best i got is how barraskewda kinda looks like a rock which doesn't really suit gordy himself. 12:48 or like, the dessert pokemon that is in generation 8. i mean, yeah, opal also has one, but still, if you even care about this generational rule 13:17 yeah, if sandaconda is already used for bea then he can just use Dragigalith. yikes

[@thomaseichler920]

When you did this list, did you check to see if each Pokémon can learn the move that not only matches the tera type, but also belongs to the gym as well?

[@zachpro5475]

Will Next video be every gen 9 was double typed or triple type or gym leader of every type for gen 9

[@emperorcubone]

Those are coming for sure, but since this one was just a gym leader focused video it'd be too soon for that...

[@lipika2841]

"Then we've Nessa, who seems like she could be totally compatible with the sea-dwelling Pincurchin." I hope nobody clips this out of context.

[@bravewater5737]

4:18 A nice reference to Mega Charizard X! 6:33 12:26 Yup!

[@durk5331]

What about the Kahunas (Hala, Olivia, Nanu, & Hapu) & Alolan Elite 4 (particularly Kahili, Acerola, & Molayne)? >.>

[@TomAmit42]

Here's my list for Gen 1 Gym Leaders: 🪨 Brock: Zubat or Crobat, or Volpix, or Steelix (in the animé he had those). 💧 Misty: Togepi or Togetic (in the animé she had one), or Dratini (in the animé she wanted one). ⚡ Surge: Porygon (cuz it's like electronic or something). 🌿 Erika: Farfetch'd (I agree). 👁 Sabrina: Venomoth (I agree), or Haunter (her gym trainers use it, and in the animé Ash gave her one). 💀 Koga: Voltorb (in the animé he had a few), or Sandlash or Hypno (his gym trainers use these). 🔥 Blaine: Rhydon (in the animé he had one). ⛰ Giovanni: Kangaskhan (I agree), or Persian (in the animé he has one).

[@roxannwinslow6730]

You forgot the Kahunas is Sun/Ultra Sun and Moon/Ultra Moon.

[@ryujetix1089]

in my opinion Gym leaders must use Pokémon with type and teratype of which they are specialized. as Larry does, he uses appropriate teratype Pokémon both as Gym leader and as elite four.