Which Legendary Pokémon Trio Is the Most Unbalanced?

[@JadoDog]

In a way, the Regi's imbalance makes sense. With them being based off the Ice Age, the Stone Age, and the Iron Age, it's almost like each more advanced tecnological age defeats the other, with the Iron Age coming out on top.

[@darrellsimon4462]

That's a cool way of looking at it

[@Dill72Yee]

Wow. That's seriously cool.

[@d.o.p.d.o.p.1775]

Would Regeleci represent the age of electricity? And Regidraco the age of religion?

[@commentingcommenter1230]

@@d.o.p.d.o.p.1775 Before the types were revealed, I thought that they'd pull a fast one and make Regidraco dark for the Dark Ages and Regeleki electric for the Enlightenment. I guess dragon could still represent the Dark Ages though, with stories of medieval times often including Dragons.

[@JadoDog]

@@commentingcommenter1230 I thought the same too prior to the reveal, it's just too bad they couldn't keep up the type effectiveness trend, but I suppose they gave that up with Regigigas. Though a personal theory on Regigigas it could technically represent Pre-History, the time before technological advancements

[@elihawkins5686]

the swords of justice were meant to work as a team. they cover each other's weaknesses. Virizion saves the other two from ground and takes care of Terrakion's weakness to water. Cobalion can deal with psychic types (especially with x-scizor) and has STAB supereffective against fairies. He also resists grass and is immune to poison, which helps Terrakion and Virizion, respectively. Terrakion saves Virizion from flying and fire types. All of the swords are also fighting types, which deals with Terrakion's steel weakness and Virizions ice weakness.

[@robertlupa8273]

All for one and one for all!

[@davidlarsen9361]

It makes sense because gen 5 also introduced triple and rotation battles

[@devanshsrivastava3171]

Thats called thinking

[@KABIGON4445]

This is Sparta

[@lionescrawl9861]

@@robertlupa8273 and keldeon is D'Artagnan

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

One extra thing to note: In gen 1 fire didn't resist ice, so Moltres was hit super effectively by both of the others, Articuno too, and Zapdos by only one.

[@clarafindley6689]

I was going to say that

[@Gazing-09]

... Really? I've never tried before... Nor did I ever got hit by an ice move with Charizard...

[@NeoTraceman]

Can confirm in gen1 ice hit Charizard and Moltres for super effective damage.

[@tadghflowerfangibsonplayzz896]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/bavCYnhui6x9hdk Never gonna give you up

[@slevinchannel7589]

As we see with Kyogre and Groudon at least, it's not as important for Legendaries what Type they are. Fire and Water Legendaries can just be equally strong and no ever loses. Also, i think to remember some kindergarden-child in-game telling me "Type-Advantages are not everything!" ...

[@jernejfric4810]

In gen 1 Fire didn't resist Ice yet, making Uno strong against the other two, Dos being strong against two and Tres only vs Uno

[@Veecy]

Of course, because what Gen 2 really needed was a nerf to the ice type...

[@vinaythakur4742]

@@Veecy Twice

[@panheaddragonwolfpaw]

Woah, I never actually caught that their names are ArticUNO, ZapDOS, and MolTRES. That's wild

[@YosiahW]

@@panheaddragonwolfpaw I've been a fan of Pokémon since the 90's and I've never noticed it either. You're not alone.

[@firekingatlas1519]

Sure Tres beats Uno unless it has Water Pulse

[@c.k-da-kxnghere]

The Hoenn trio wasn’t supposed to be even. The flying weather god dragon was supposed to be the top dog. With that being said Groudon has solar beam with drought so he is a match for the water pokemon

[@guyguy1403]

True, then in omega ruby alpha sapphire he also got his solar beam to be instant charge because of his desolate land, and isn't precipice blades a rock type move so it is strong against rayquaza?

[@c.k-da-kxnghere]

guy guy that’s true I didn’t think of that but I also never played a Pokémon game past gen 3🥴

[@Jahhhh46]

guy guy but then you also have to factor in mega rayquaza having no flying weaknesses

[@Xloyamolina]

@@guyguy1403 it's a ground attack not rock. Its basically a stronger eq.

[@guyguy1403]

@@Xloyamolina ah really, my b

[@LeahLovesNature]

Speaking of balance and Legendaries, have you ever noticed that the Swords of Justice are the literal Rock-Paper-Scissors Pokemon? Terrakion = Rock, Virizion = Paper (Grass-type; paper comes from trees), and Cobalion = Scissors (Steel-type; scissors are made of metal).

[@emperorcubone]

Honestly I had never thought of it that way, but that's funny! They don't follow the rules though, since they both beat Rock...

[@commentingcommenter1230]

Rock, paper, scissors, (water) gun. Keldeo is that one kid that makes up his own rules during Rock Paper Scissors.

[@LeahLovesNature]

@@commentingcommenter1230 LOL yes

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@commentingcommenter1230 Pokémon Gun confirmed! 😂

[@TheBestEver1998]

The secondary type of Terrakion let it beat Cobalion which makes it balanced.

[@pricelesschess]

The most unbalanced Legendary Pokemon Trio in my opinion is Zacian, Zamazenta and Eternatus. Uncrowned Zacian has the type advantage over Uncrowned Zamazenta (Fairy vs Fighting) and Crowned Zacian is one of the strongest Pokemon ever introduced into the series, getting Fighting coverage to beat Crowned Zamazenta. That doesn't mean that Zamazenta is bad, but if it got Body Press, King's Shield and Recover it would be so much better as a defensive Pokemon. Eternatus can't even DAMAGE Crowned Zacian with EITHER of its STAB moves, but at least it gets Fire coverage!

[@emperorcubone]

It's true. It's like they didn't even care when making them, or at least they WANTED it to be super easy to fight Eternatus...

[@insertclevernamehere1186]

The fact that Zacian gets Sacred Sword and Zamazenta doesn't get King's Shield kinda ticks me off...

[@maximuscraig8222]

Oh I always thought Eternatus was more of a duo master over the two other than in the same group lol. I guess not

[@godyusopp]

No he is not he is more like the villain

[@OmegaDragonGaming]

No joke, but I like the uncrowned form's actual name a lot better: Hero of Many Battles.

[@YosiahW]

So nobody's gonna talk about how Arceus could've banished Yveltal and Giratina to the Distortion Realm to duke it out over who's the baddest?

[@yashbalaji3262]

@Anakin Skywalker 1000 arms? Are you thinking of Zygarde?

[@8948380]

@@yashbalaji3262 lore wise, arceus canonically is said to wield 1000 arms which may be literal or metaphorical

[@silverhetch3383]

@@8948380 yeah the 1000 arms probably referring to the Unown

[@tesiustakahashi]

@Silver Hetch or the plates since there’s 1 of each type in every region

[@YosiahW]

@@8948380 I feel like Arceus is going to get a regional variant and I really don't want that.

[@trqsh_can]

My thoughts: Zacian is busted. End of story.

[@Mega-yo6nx]

The Gastrodon Cult Yup

[@tesiustakahashi]

Scarf Ditto is busted after copying zacian end of story

[@trqsh_can]

@@tesiustakahashi Further proving my thoughts.

[@tesiustakahashi]

@The Gastrodon Cult yeah and the fact that his ability procs again giving ditto+2 scarfed ontop of zacians speed and attack its just broken

[@masterofadapting]

Can’t wait for Groudon to come back and hopefully have primal so I can absolutely crap on anybody who uses zacian

[@shadowthief6471]

With the new Dragon Regi it must be nice for Regice to finally have something in its family its strong against

[@emperorcubone]

True! The Electric one seems a bit odd though, because it has no real advantages over the others, or vice versa...

[@emojiman9816]

It's called Regileki (or as I call Regilectrik) and regidrago

[@mysticmongrel1289]

@@emperorcubone Modern Age + Middle Ages/Dark Ages. A huge step forward after a massive step back. The resistance representing the rejection of progress

[@jorgehuertas3995]

I would say Xerneas is the most unbalanced. It has effective against both and has geomancy

[@jvbon646]

His Fairy moves become weaker while Zygarde's Aura Break is in play

[@smolmay2632]

@@jvbon646 Aura break only negates the boost from Fairy Aura, it's still a stab fairy type attack that hits super effective. Also Zygarde has bad special defense, even in his complete form.

[@Error-gz3pp]

**hugging my Xerneas plushie** Why?

[@conorb.1901]

@@smolmay2632 however, if Zygarde is in its complete form, it doesn't have Aura Break meaning Xerneas's Fairy Aura is in effect

[@PNL1992]

smol may aura break reverses the other auras...

[@mollup1071]

xerneas is obscenely broken compared to the other two lol

[@autobotstarscream765]

Xerneas is literally Cernunnos Christ.

[@pranav3848]

If we're going competitive wise Yveltal was actually the most powerful out of the three but against each other there is no way Xerneas doesn't come out on top

[@mollup1071]

Pranav in what dimension is xerneas not the best? power herb geomancy alone makes it #1 in vgc and easily one of the best in singles

[@Charlie_Loves]

Mollup I think you didn’t read his comment well

[@pranav3848]

@@mollup1071 Viability rankings my dude. Yveltal is S tier while Xerneas is A+. Power herb+geomancy is checked by primal groudon, Necrozma DM, sash Marshadow, heart swap Magearna, etc. www.smogon.com/forums/threads/usm-ubers-viability-ranking-thread.3623296/

[@petelee2477]

3:12 Groudon usually runs dragon claw or dragon tail for Rayquaza. Groudon is not helpless. Also you have to keep in mind that while Groudon's attack is raised upon primal reversion while Kyogre's defense remains the same. Realistically the primals can both 2HKO each other(or get lucky with fissure/sheer cold). Rayquaza on the other hand might have problems with kyogre. It can still 2HKO but it shouldn't use dragon ascent so that it's defenses aren't lowered.

[@startheangel9760]

Xerneas is one of the most OP legendary back in gen 6 and 7 all you needed is a Power Herb and Geomancy

[@abidali4527]

That was why I always carried a faster taunt user

[@petelee2477]

@@abidali4527 like who? The only taunt user I know of who won't get obliterated by moon blast is Mewtwo.

[@tyarmstrong46]

Z-Geomancy Xerneas. You still have to wait 2 turns, but you get +1 in every stat first turn, THEN the regular +2 in special attack, special defense, and speed the second turn.

[@startheangel9760]

@@petelee2477 Encore is better it locks Xerneas into using Geomancy unfortunately in Sword and Shield Pokemon can ignore the effects of Taunt and Encore by Dyamaxing

[@Gaelek13]

I'd go as far as to say that the only thing that was more of a threat was Primal Groudon. But people would run a specially defensive set with Roar _specifically_ to take a +2 Moonblast and force a switch.

[@astrophel5737]

Groudon gets the short end of the stick he gets land and kyogre gets the ocean and rayqauza has space.

[@lexietheemeraldminecart]

Rayquaza has the highground

[@markpagtama7954]

Plus their typing. Ground is weak to water and cant hit flying type. Groudon lives matter?

[@ebolachan8198]

Groudon has desolated land which makes it immune to Water and pretty sure it has coverage Moves for dealing with Rayquaza

[@DomesticatedDuck]

@@ebolachan8198 only in primal form tho

[@voidfields5065]

Then primal shows up and ruins everyone

[@antoniosalazar6699]

I always thought that regigigas should have been fighting. That would make him the perfect "master" of the regis

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

I would say the most imbalanced legendary trio is the original gen 1 bird trio. This is due to Articuno being bad in competive since gen 4 due to stealth rock taking away 50 percent of its health, this is bad for Articuno because it's more of a defensive Pokémon unlike say Moltres which despite suffering the same 50 percent damage when it switches into stealth rock is more viable due to being more offensively orientated (also fire flying is a much better defensive and offensive typing than ice flying allowing Moltres to Roost more often if you hate the 50 percent damage that much). Meanwhile Zapdos only takes 25 percent but considering it's the middle of the line having both good attack and defense as well as the amazing electric flying typing, this allows it to be the most viable out of the 3 in competive. This could change when they come out in gen 8 where Articuno will get heavy duty boots that allows it to ignore stealth rocks, however I still think it would be worse than the other two. In a direct 1v1v1 between the 3 I think Zapdos would come out on top due to the fact that it has super effective STAB against both Articuno and Moltres. Edit: Nevermind I completely forgot about gen 8 and it's legendarys and how the sword one is infinitely better than the other two.

[@painteater8805]

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[@3.2187_Kilometres]

@@painteater8805 "If you don't care why would you write a reply to this, big brain?" Mate if your gonna try copying me then don't do it on my comment that's actually related to the video. The only reason it worked on your comment was because it was a pointless "first" comment.

[@justsomekrakenwithinternet370]

AShadyDitto “haha look at me, me link man saying nobody care haha me funny.” Actual clown

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

@@justsomekrakenwithinternet370 The only time you should link that video is to a pointless first comment. Other than that though if people link it to comments which actually relate to the video (like shady Ditto did) then they are clowns.

[@prehistoricshrimp]

Trubbish and Garbodor you are a very smart trash bag Here’s a good job badge

[@machadragonii145]

Am surprised that they still hasn't been a legendary trio based around Fire🔥 Water💦 Grass 🌿 it would be the be a great call back to the stater's and would obviously be the most balance.

[@woodlefoof2]

I’d like to see a starter trio where the extra typings make them quad resist/ effective against the others Or one that balances out at the end

[@mubeens1006]

@woodlefoof2 there is the gen 6 starters

[@woodlefoof2]

@@mubeens1006 oh I mean like grass becomes grass/ice against fire so that fire does quad damage I’m not sure if you could do that all 3 ways but I think it would be cool especially since i always like to bring out my starter Pokémon to fight my rivals starter even though there is a disadvantage but this would be too much. For the balancing version I mean there is the obvious fire/grass grass/water water/fire but I would be more interested in something along the lines of the old “picked the disadvantage” rival is the new “picked the advantage”rival. Where the the second types you get nullifies the water/fire/grass but is also still super effective against one or both of the other typings. Like a grass/rock against a fire/flying

[@FlandrionScarlet]

@@woodlefoof2 well water/ground(or rock) x4 weak to grass, grass/steel(or ice or bug) x4 weak to fire and fire/rock(or ground) x4 weak to water

[@EldenRingEnjoyer1969]

@@FlandrionScarlet then grass stab would be neutral on fire and yet again it's unbalanced

[@propheinx2250]

Gamefreak just can't stop themselves from Kanto baiting. They keep Kanto baiting and people wonder why the reviews of Pokemon games are getting more and more scathing.

[@killerkirby366]

I have to say I don’t agree they do pay a lot of attention to Kanye but they haven’t gotten any lazier like there games are easier but thats about the only thing I think is bad. But like the Pokémon they make are all pretty awsome they put so mcuh work into Pokémon and just becuase a few are terrible But each gen has some of these. Overall I don’t mind there emmense kantobating as you put it as they arnt lazy about it

[@markpagtama7954]

Ive played gen 3 first. Gamefreaks kanto baiting doesnt bother me that much. But the games being easier does. Lets stop this stupid narrative that kids are stupid. I fricking captured the regis in gen 3 without the internet as an 8 year old.

[@killerkirby366]

Mark Pagtama yeah but thankfully the online and battle tower offer a more challenging well challenge

[@autobotstarscream765]

Game Freak has apparently stopped trying to please everyone and decided to bet everything on making the Pokémon core series completely for babies while surrendering to MegaTen in the arena of the older players.

[@pranav3848]

@@killerkirby366 Gamefreak *is* getting more and more lazy though. The characters in pokemon don't have the same depth that characters do in other series like Mario and the plot is basically the same in every game with gens 6, 7, and 8 having their own gimmick. Just look at the difference in world building and use of 3D models between a game like Assassin's Creed Unity (which came out in 2014 and was designed to run on a system less powerful than the Switch) and Sword/Shield. Pokemon is a much larger and more profitable franchise so gamefreak doesn't have an excuse.

[@josephmoore5422]

I'm definitely down for the new starter type being Psychic, Dark, and Fighting type. Although the fighting type may still end up a fire type lol

[@zero1zerolast393]

Hmm Flying Electic, and Ground

[@christianjericho7948]

Rock, Flying, Fighting Steel, Fairy, Fighting I honestly fine with Fire/Fighting Starter, repetitive but i still accept it. (Fire Type Supremacy).

[@austinwthompson45]

@@zero1zerolast393 Unfair due to immunities.

[@12jswilson]

*After the Hoenn Regis come back* Registeel: I am the strongest of us! Regirock: Body Press go brrr

[@iantaakalla8180]

Regice: I can fly in some Generation 4 games!

[@marleonka.]

The Regi Trio: WE ARE THE LEGENDARY TITATNS. Any Fighting type: :)

[@zero1zerolast393]

That why I want a ghost regi

[@omensniffer2187]

@Ethan Isaacs normal type regi just a human with regi symbolsas eyes lol

[@lucasdubicki8127]

There’s actually a lot more to the hoenn trio than just their typing, because while rayquazza was faster, he gets destroyed by scarf kyogre and can’t kill groudon outright without heavy special investment, so he normally gets bodied by stone edge. Second, groudon actually kills kyogre with earthquake straight up, so it comes down to a speed tie, but since kyogre used to run choice scarf, it would normally win even in the weather disadvantage. This all changed when the primal and mega forms came out, as it made rayquazza stupidly power powerful and actually gave groudon the advantage, as kyogre needed to use blue orb over scarf and most of groudon’s sets were slower, so he would overrule kyogre’s weather and one shot him. That’s why groudon was the most used ubers Pokémon in gen 6-7, it was stronger outright.

[@iamnotinvolved1309]

You make really interesting and unique content, ty for the entertainment

[@MJ-sy2en]

I've thought about this topic , I'm glad to see this actually be a video

[@echotheresa]

Calling Tapu Fini worse than Tapu Bulu is something I didn't expect to ever hear and I'm not expecting to hear it ever again.

[@lorenzomabalos9851]

The Legendary Golems are underrated, Registeel is the only one that is decent and Regigigas sucks because of Slow start and no access to Protect and Rest. On top of that they're all weak to Fighting

[@rescuerex7031]

Gigas finally got Protect and Rest, but how are they underated if they all suck

[@nazeersadek6705]

Lorenzo Mabalos Regigigas will have access to protect and body press if the data mines about crowned tundra are true

[@lorenzomabalos9851]

Which is a good thing, as much as possible they should give it a new ability that is not slow start and ban it

[@nazeersadek6705]

Lorenzo Mabalos honestly slow start is very harsh on Regigigas if for whatever reason they think this Pokémon needs a nerf then let it last for only 3 turns

[@lorenzomabalos9851]

Its an ability that should not exist at all, I'm thinking of like Sheer Force or anything else, but still gets banned from VGC due to its broken stats

[@ma3mc3mu-X]

Zapdos seems like the most "heroic" while Moltres looks like a demon.

[@leonardobatista369]

Then there’s articuno who looks like it’s to busy drinking tea to care

[@conorb.1901]

The Galar birds are described as cruel, belligerent, and malicious. Something tells me that they're not particularly nice (although Zapdos being described as wanting to take on opponents stronger than itself, being fighting type, and also being orange kind of reminds me of Goku)

[@prudenciomangaoangiii403]

@@conorb.1901 and naruto

[@thekingdedede]

Regigigas being a fighting type would've made so much more sense as the "trio master"

[@OakInOasis]

Funny how I was watching your videos when you uploaded this. [Seriously, I adore your channel and think it's one of the best Pokemon themed channels out there on KZbin.] My favorite Legendary is Victini, definitely in my top ten Pokemon of all time.

[@emperorcubone]

Wow, thanks friend! Victini is a nice one, but is it bad that I usually forget about it because it's at the front of the regional dex for some reason?

[@OakInOasis]

@@emperorcubone Nah. It's very strange, but I remember being a kid and having a CD of Victini's movie. Now, it wasn't good, but Victini has always held a spot in my heart.

[@ninjapikachu5673]

Yeah, I'm gonna be "that guy." Victini is a mythical, not a legendary.

[@OakInOasis]

@@ninjapikachu5673 Eh, Mythical is a sub category of Legendary. If you really want, I guess Solgaleo is my favorite "Legendary."

[@ProjectEchoshadow]

I really like how some trios weren’t meant to be balanced. The Hoen trio is almost too close to being actually balanced even you consider this.

[@PapaTaurean]

Definitely the Kanto birds. Electric is a very powerful offensive type and would decimate the other birds

[@emperorcubone]

Not to mention Zapdos is faster than the other two anyway...

[@jernejfric4810]

Fire didn't resist ice yet in gen1. Blizzards would also destroy other two birds.

[@bananaspice1967]

Yellow cactus bird go zap

[@Dill72Yee]

Don't forget Zapdos is the only one not 4x wean to Rock, and stealth rock by extension.

[@jernejfric4810]

@@Dill72Yee I think it would be fair to consider the generations those trios came out. Nowadays Fire resists ice and every team has a Stealth Rock user, while in gen 1 there was no such thing. All 3 birds would have problems with Golem/Rhydon at that time. Blizzard also had a 90% accuracy. Cubone did the same for Gen 4 dragons, considered Steel's resistance for Ghost up until gen 6..

[@MarshtompGames]

10:08 "And that would be the Regi Trio from the Hoenn region." Me: For now.

[@passtheyaoi]

one thing to keep in mind about the gen 1 birds is that fire did not resist ice in gen 1 so the trio was slightly more balanced

[@silverhetch3383]

3:46 even the games broke the 4th Wall with Groudon only having a small patch of land XD

[@sagacious03]

Decent analysis! Thanks for uploading!

[@mrlampy]

if you added all of the other regis then it’d be a dumpster fire

[@iantaakalla8180]

Regidrago is a Dragon Age reference and a Dragon Ball reference.

[@5Porygon]

Thank you so much for all videos you made. You are one of my absolutely best youtubers ever. :) Jsi borec.

[@mtheg7220]

Calling the video; The least balanced legendairy trio Emperoro cubone: no I dont thing I will

[@ihoppea1806]

This video is great!! Thanks so much!

[@brandonm8901]

Emperor Cubone comes up with some of the most creative Poké-content, keep it up!

[@KingKRS1000]

At 7:50 all I could think about was the snowbelle city song.

[@smashthepie1759]

Most of the regions: have trios crown tundra : hold my dynamax adventure

[@charliez077]

haha yes but that's been a thing since ORAS where Hoopa made shenanigans with all the portals :)

[@FrostedMike]

Just updating after the Crown Tundra: Calyrex, Spectrier and Glastrier are also a trio. Calyrex is weak to both Spectrier and Glastrier and have lower base stats. The two horses are neutral to each other with Spectrier strong in the special side, and Glastrier strong in the physical side. The galarian legendary birds are all strong against Galarian Zapdos who is weak to Flying. Galarian Moltress takes only neutral damage from Galarian Zapdos thanks to it's Flying type. It is also strong against Galarian Articuno, being both super effective and immune to some of G. Artcuno's attacks. G. Articuno is strong against G. Zapdos thanks to it's Psychic type. While G. Zapdos is supposingly the better pokemon in competitive battles, it have weaknesses to both the other two birds. I lso just want to note that Zacian is stupidly strong. I picked Shield and nearly lost to Hop in the last battle simply because Zacian had a move to counter my entire team. It's also one of the fastest pokemon in the game and it starts the battle with +1 attack. Zamazenta have barely any moves to use or cover itself. It got Iron Head which turns into Behemoth Bash in Crowned Shield form, but that is pretty much it... I think it get's Close Combat, but it's only neutral against Zacian who is also faster and hit harder with a better fighting move... Zamazenta gets Fire Fang, but it's just weak... While Zamazenta is immune to poison and have resistance to Dragon, Eternatus gets fire type moves which are strong against both Zacian and Zamazenta. Zacian is still faster and immune to all of Eternatus's STAB moves. I'm starting to believe that Zacian carried Zamazenta through the events of the Darkest Day, they didn't work together.

[@GamerFromJump]

Zamazenta really needs to get Body Press as a move.

[@zilvoxidgod]

hold up, the galarian birds are real? I thought that was a fever dream

[@amesstarline5482]

What I never got was how Primal Kyogre remained mono-water, but that may just be as it becoming Water-Ice could be a neat counter to Fire-Ground Groudon. Plus, it means each of them has two weather effects- Sandstorm and Heat for Groudon, Rain and Hail for Kyogre.

[@erikburgos744]

Registeel in ruby took my whole stack of timer balls in like 10 soft resest i was a pissed off lil kid

[@StarlightNkyra]

Thinking of an arena fight between regirock, regice, registeel, regileki, regidrago and regigigas, it would be surprisingly epic 3..2..1..GO immediately regirock hurls a Boulder twords regice which leaves regice brutally wounded, but still alive. Registeel than uses the opportunity the smash regirock into the ground before rushing twords regice to finish the job. Regileki than swoops in with blinding speed hoping to get the jump on regice or registeel, but is caught like a bug in the crossfire. Regice is smashed into peices. Regileki than has a surge with registeel, before regidrago fires a Lazer. Registeel notices it and pulverizes regidrago like a hero in a fantasy novel. Regigigas finally gets going to join the brawl, almost matching regileki and registeel, but not quite. Finally, after a long battle, registeel pulverizes regigigas and regileki into oblivion. Registeel wins.

[@emperorcubone]

Aw, my money was on Regieleki, but that makes sense too I guess...

[@Amelia4111]

THERE SHOULD BE 3 E'S IN REGIELEKI!

[@higgy0789]

Xerneas should have been Fairy/Grass. It gives life (when I think of life, I think of nature), it’s dormant form is a tree, it would match up with Dark/Flying which works more with Zygarde’s order motif. Both life and destruction should not outdo each other, as the world would then be unbalanced. For the theme of the whole trio, I think it would work better if Xerneas were Fairy/Grass

[@regi6186]

Finally. A comparison where the Regi's aren't at the bottom. This is a glorious day.

[@mo.trademarked]

I think by unbalenced you mean that some pokemon in the trio outclass the other pokemon in type and overall stats so Kyogre beats Groundon, Rayquaza also beats Groundon and Zapdos beats the other 2 birds in terms of type advantages.

[@emperorcubone]

And movepools, and even lore sometimes, (even though most of them are pretty even power-wise in-universe.) So yeah if one is clearly always the winner, and one is clearly always the loser that seems out of balance to me...

[@davidrochin4326]

4:10 So you're fine bringing up the changes to type match ups when it comes to Dialga, but not for Articuno?

[@nugraha7463]

fini is literally the most used tapu in the VGC format.

[@NiGHTSnoob]

In Gen 1 Fire doesn't resist Ice. So Articuno is much better off and Moltres is the weakest in a head to head of the three. Although Moltres does have a trapping move, which is a potential tide turner with the way it works in Gen 1.

[@Torinna_]

The weather trio for sure. Primal Groudon and Kyogre are busted. And Mega Rayquaza is even more broken

[@Vosia71]

Don't forget though that regice in a few of the games can learn focus blast through tm which makes use of it's special attack which is twice as strong as its attack stat. It would still probably not fair well since it's defense is weaker but might give it more of a chance. Edit: forgot to specify it learns it via tm

[@blubblebop]

dude never been this early

[@j0s3p45]

Woah

[@apocadood2099]

We

[@apocadood2099]

Dont

[@apocadood2099]

Care

[@j0s3p45]

It's crazy ain't it

[@OmegaDragonGaming]

I think we've sadly lost Generation 8's challenge thanks to Game Freak's focus on getting everyone up to speed on the competitive aspect of Pokemon. I think it has the worst imbalance of legendary trios available, and a good chunk of the issues stem from Eternatus being both Poison and Dragon. At least we have a legendary Poison Type now, but I hope the next set of mainline games isn't so heavily focused on competition as much as it is with storytelling or gameplay. (While you can count Ultra Beasts all you want, I do not count them as "Legendary Pokemon" because the Alolan Pokedex treats them as "Special Pokemon." This, combined with the fact that Type: Null and Silvally share the same background as both the Tapu (which deserve the legendary status because they are the Guardians of Alola and have been actively spoken of or praised/feared) and the Ultra Beasts, prevents me from counting Poipole and Naganadel (by the way, it evolves into another Ultra Beast, which is more of a special trait, unlike Solgaleo/Lunala, where their previous forms do not have attacks and take significantly longer to evolve) as legendary Poison-type Pokemon. Besides, the idea of the Poison aspect of Eternatus being his connection to Dynamaxing and Gigantamaxing by plaguing Pokemon with Dynamax energy sounds a lot more feasible for a Legendary Pokemon to have, in my opinion.)

[@dudejoe24]

to be fair it kinda make sense lore wise the wolves beat Eternatus centuries ago

[@Moleoflands]

Yeah, the regi trio was my first thought

[@kela8294]

Why is there a upload at 6-49

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

*Laughs in the fact it's 12-07 here in England*

[@kela8294]

Ah yes I forgot I am quite an idiot

[@stargazerjuniper]

Liking this comment because you're first but you don't say it

[@madpsycho6]

Gen 1 easily cause of Zapdos alone. Reasoning us that Zapdos goes hitting both of the other birds for weakness cause of its Electric typing. Galarian Zapdos is unable to Galarian Moltres for weakness as Fighting is resisted by Flying whilst Fighting is weak to Articuno's new Psychic typing.

[@seyamrahman1002]

Galarian Zapdos looks like a one headed doduo with a fearow head

[@ancient7421]

I might be more alone on this one, but I don't really consider the Gen 8 legendaries as a real trio. Rather, I think Zacian and Zamazenta are a legendary duo, with Eternatus being a standalone legend that they fought against in the past. Honestly they don't have any connection with one another, nor any similarities. It's sort of like saying Kyurem should be related to the Swords of Justice because they've fought Kyurem, at least in that one movie.

[@josefnocera4414]

Another cool video 🤙🏽 Articuno is my favorite too ❤️

[@Scarson13345]

0:14 “one thing they love is legendaries.” Then shows us a picture of mythicals...

[@lonemaus562]

Same thing

[@zukamimotu..2071]

Well, Mythicals could be considered a sub-category to Legendaries, from what Ik even Game Freak themselves weren't that consistent about calling these Pokemon Mythicals or Legendaries...

[@tornado_rex]

Darkrai is a legendary

[@FrostedMike]

Legendaries and Charizard*

[@brandtmichael3868]

Anyone who battled competitive during Gen V will tell you that Terrakion was unrivalled among the three

[@jonipuig2634]

Yeah awesome combination, huge attack, very good speed and nice defenses + ps you could obliterate anything after a sword dance

[@brandtmichael3868]

@@jonipuig2634 swords dance, baton pass off Ninjask into Terrakion, win

[@tommymaxey2665]

2:39 talks about Johto legendaries, plays Hoenn music

[@larissagomes9510]

what is the last song? on 9:49

[@teddyg1247]

If there's one thing pokemon loves its legendarys. *shows a picture of mythical pokemon*

[@callumbriton4227]

Dont see Eternatus as part of the Sword/Shield Duo/Trio

[@pumajumbo5744]

me neither

[@LucyRoseLuna]

I consider the dogs as part of the "royal quartet" as I call it. the sword (zacian), the shield (zamazenta), the armor (urshifu) and the crown (calyrex)

[@godyusopp]

Except the base stats are weird with 2 of them being 670 1 being 550 and calyrex probably being a base 600 legend

[@wulfryanseptim8592]

He is, their trio is based on Knights/Kings/Heroes slaying a dragon like in a fairy tale, hes the final enemy of the two of them, hes a dragon type like each final member of the main trio has been (save for Necrozma who gains the dragon type) and hes the third legendary of the game, we dont get any other legendaries until the DLCs

[@wulfryanseptim8592]

Theyre also directly related as each time Eternatus threatens unova the wolves defeat him, once again refering to the heroes slaying the dragon

[@DrPlocker]

"... so the next question is, *naturally*, which legendary trio is the most balanced?" Uhm, sure...

[@coolguy5133]

It is funny that the Genies are no longer a trio thanks to Enamorus.

[@gdxnsk]

3:45 OKAY, I know its not only competitive and we are not considering other pokemon but its not even funny how primal kyogree gets humiliated by mega ray and primal groudon and about counters again, mega ray has some of the best coverage moves with espeed, hydro, eq, vcreate, ascent AND can hold an item to counter oposing zacian such as a scarf or a sash groudon is the best zacian counter by far, its a safe switch on water moves, its the third best wall physical wall in the game after zygard and necrozma dm, have some of the best support moves to be the best lead mon (rocks and twave) and puts a lot of pressure on any oposing mon with incridible atack And spatk, with cover from overheat, preciple blades, rock tomb/stone miss for ho-ohs kyogree the best it can do is calm mind, thunder, rest, pulse/spout and ice beam, its an amazing mon, but it aint countering nothing in the meta, gets 2hkod by groudons blades so it cant switch in, cant reliably counter mega rayquaza if it has a sash, cant reliably counter yveltal since dmax is in the game (natdexag), cant counter necrozma, zacian, calyrex, ditto (if its rest and no thunder) some sets can counter marshadow but its not the best at it kyogree is just the worst of the three

[@HORRIOR1]

So how would the XYZ trio's balance shift if Perfect Zygarde is taken into account?

[@pranav3848]

It wouldn't change. Zygarde still retains the dragon ground typing and doesn't get any new moves. It ultimately loses its Aura Break ability for more bulk

[@shyguyrocks1]

In lore it becomes stronger and can defeat the other two but in gameplay... Well, we see how much the gameplay cares for Arceus' lore

[@lynxfresh5214]

@@shyguyrocks1 If gameplay was accurate to Arceus' lore: It'll be literally impossible to catch let alone battle OR you automatically win match as soon as you send Arceus out.

[@schaffs2]

The Regi’s unbalanced typings are there because they represent parts of human history, being the Ice Age, the Stone Age, and the Iron Age. They also have the typing because of how these ages became more advanced as centuries went on, so Steel -> Rock -> Ice in effectiveness. So basically this is all for lore

[@Ruinz32]

Eternatus has flamethrower when you catch it so yeaa uhh he wins if they aren’t ancient with the weapons without weapons zacian is toast and he resists Zazamenta so it’s kinda to eternatus

[@zero123alpha6]

Doesn't Zacian outspeed Eternatus?

[@ascarotte6943]

@@zero123alpha6 Well Zacian just OHKOs eternatus since he outspeeds him

[@ascarotte6943]

Zacian actually dumps Eternatus with or without weapon.

[@Amelia4111]

Eternatus is genderless! Why do we keep calling genderless Pokemon he or she?

[@MercuryA2000]

The galar doggos are more unbalanced than this. It's something that really bugs me, but zamazenta is kind of a budget zacian. Their move pool is really similar, and Zamazenta, the shield Pokemon, really doesn't have any means of sustain. The only healing move is rest, which you'd have to drop 50 stat points to use with a berry. Protect isn't even exclusive between them! Heck, Zacian's typing is even better defensively!!! One less weakness and one more resistance! Seriously, they did Zam dirty. He should've been a straight wall with recovery, set up, haze, the works. His signature move should've nullified opponents stat buffs and partner debuffs instead of being a copy paste of Zacian's. Let his ability buff both defenses so it helps against Eternatus's primary attacking type! If there's a time to steal a signature moves, it's giving the literal king's shield, the move kings shield!!! And that's coming from someone who loves Aegislash! Why yes, I am salty. How could you tell?

[@NiraSader]

I was about to mention the Regis bc I thought you forgot them, they always seemed super unbalanced to me even when young

[@Aquilenne]

6:05 Ah yes. Landorus and its excellent selection of STAB flying moves.

[@GogiRegion]

“Tapu Fini has it the hardest.” Tell that to VGC19 Ultra Series. Tapu Fini was considered to be the undisputed champion of Tapus in that format.

[@obviouslykaleb7998]

No idea what this series was is or how that specific tapu is weak against the others, but it’s evident you’re comparing the acidity of lemons and apples where he’s counting seeds. It’s likely that Fini has a good general balance against other Pokémon that the other tapus would be weak against, but he is specifically comparing how they would fight each other.

[@Oricorio-Pom-Pom]

Emperor cubone the Pokémon company loves legendarys shows picture of only mythicals

[@doorico8577]

A pretty good equal starter combo is Fire-Dragon Grass-Rock Water-Bug

[@8948380]

not as neutral as you think, fire/dragon is 4x resistant to grass, stab rock beats fire/dragon and water/bug, fire/dragon resist bug while grass is weak, the rest are neutral

[@doorico8577]

YouDontSay Jon you know any better types i could use for my fake region instead?

[@a-s-greig]

@@doorico8577 Water/Fairy, Grass/Fighting, Fire/Steel. Basically: Primarina, Breloom, Heatran, but with more balanced stats between them. And inb4 someone says that Water resists Steel-- yes, but the point of Steel is almost always its _resistances_ rather than its STAB. A bulky Fire/Steel starter would be heckin' good outside of its triangle, if not also in direct competition for top spot. Stat distribution and movepool matters.

[@doorico8577]

Andrew S. Greig thanks!

[@bassman9261995]

You forgot the legendary rodents: Bidoof Ratatta Patrat

[@Amelia4111]

THEY'RE NOT LEGENDARIES! THEY'RE COMMON POKEMON! AND IT'S RATTATA, NOT RATATTA!

[@bassman9261995]

@@Amelia4111 they also forgot the legendary cave trio Zoombat Duglet Paris

[@mr.wonderfulwisdomouswonde2991]

Oh those birds weren't fanart

[@loveruwi]

they were literally in the trailer.....

[@mr.wonderfulwisdomouswonde2991]

@@loveruwi implying I watch trailers

[@loveruwi]

@@mr.wonderfulwisdomouswonde2991 I mean the contents of the trailer was literally everywhere

[@mr.wonderfulwisdomouswonde2991]

@@loveruwi don't know how but the only thing I knew about the crown tundra is the new regis

[@masmurdermonkey9233]

So the Lake Trio is the most balanced, as they’re basically identical, and the Regis are the least balanced. Got it.

[@petelee2477]

7:54 stall breaker yveltal easily destroys literally any zygarde. Use taunt to shut down set up, then toxic, then spam roost and attack occasionally. Of course not every yveltal you run into will be stall breaker so yveltal can still lose. As for xerneas the absolute worst it can do is stop the geomancy. It will still die though.

[@SuperUmizoomi]

also trying to answer the title question before watching, i'dhave to say the weather trio, like groudon is weak to kyogre's water and its STAB moves can't damage rayquaza , so groudon really got the short end of the stick here

[@Amelia4111]

YOU CANNOT DO A SPACE BEFORE THE COMMA!

[@TheJmdejesus21]

He said articuno will loose to moltres and zapdos but hes an ice type not only zapdos can counter articuno and moltres BUT ARTICUNO CAN DO THE SAME ICE COUNTERS FLYING bassicaly this is it Moltres Counters Articuno (Fire Vs ice Fire wins) Articuno Counters Zapdos ( Ice vs Flying and Electric Depends on what moves your using soooo draw?) Zapdos Counters Moltres ( Electric Vs Fire/Flying Electric Wins Again Vs Articuno It Depends on what moves ur using) Sooooo yeah

[@agustinberto6138]

Zapdos is faster, sooo....

[@TheJmdejesus21]

@@agustinberto6138 true

[@SuperUmizoomi]

i think legendaries always having trios is like, with two one of them would likely have a typing advantage, so it would be unblanced, four is an evil number in japan, five or more would be just too much for grouping in legendaries, three just works

[@watersheep5535]

Long story short. The regis suck. What story? don't ask.

[@kvetchenfinks7044]

Hey they're ok in like pu sometimes. LEAVE REGI ALONE!

[@watersheep5535]

@@kvetchenfinks7044 which regi?

[@polishka7529]

@@watersheep5535 Reggie Fils-Aimé

[@Buttington_Headerson]

Registeel is ok I guess

[@watersheep5535]

@@Buttington_Headerson yeah but he beats all the other regis 10 fold since steel is broken. Not that great but better than the other ones. (especially regice why did they make him so garbage with that typing)

[@datacorrput2158]

eternatus is a staple in ubers and zacian was banned from ubers and then theres just zamanzenta

[@thesortingcat774]

“If there’s one thing the Pokémon company loves, it’s legendaries” *Proceeds to show a picture of mythicals*

[@nazeersadek6705]

Well technically mythicals are special legendaries. It’s similar to squares and rectangles

[@Jo.A.]

cuz all squares are rectangles but a rectangle isnt necessarily a square. all mythicals are legendaries but not all legendaries are mythicals

[@MrMjerace]

A square is a rectangle while a rectangle isn't a square. So, a mythical is a legendary while a legendary is not necessarily a mythical

[@MrMjerace]

@Random Person I'm not mathematically inclined, but that's not how I remember it...so I looked it up and this is what I found: A rectangle is a 2D shape in geometry, having 4 sides and 4 corners. Its two sides meet at right angles. Thus, a rectangle has 4 angles, each measuring 90 ̊. The opposite sides of a rectangle have the same lengths and are parallel. As far as I can tell it doesn't say anything about the sides needing to be different lengths.

[@Jo.A.]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Square

[@eviolite299]

i was soo confused when he said zapdos completely resisted psychic

[@Demo54321]

I wished Galarian Moltress Got Adaptibility

[@friedpancakes266]

The 2 new regi pokemon are completely neutral to eachother. I think the possible third regi will follow this trend. The only types that have this quality are dark, ghost, fighting, poison, psychic and bug type. Each new regi is weak to an old regi. Regidrago is weak to Regice. And Regieleki is resisted by Registeel. The next Regi will likely be weak to rock. Adding this on, the only 2 types left are poison and bug.

[@supersonicsandshrew9742]

The most unbalanced trio is the aura trio xerneas has geomancy and a type advantage against yveltal and zygarde

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Zygarde is weak to both Xerneas and Yveltal as well. Zygarde's Dragon typing is weak to Xerneas' Fairy, and the Ground typing is weak to Yveltal's Flying.

[@3.2187_Kilometres]

@@TornaitSuperBird Ground isn't weak to flying though. Flying does neutral damage against ground types, it's just that flying is immune to ground type moves (unless your thousand arrows).

[@TornaitSuperBird]

Trubbish and Garbodor I actually never knew that. Thanks.

[@latioshunter]

I totally thought about the Regi trio and forgot about the Box Legends, backwards of what you had lol.

[@blank5772]

This cubone dude is nice he should do a voice reveal!

[@valasafantastic1055]

Fun video thanks!

[@itsghostfire_1]

Yveltal, the biggest sore loser.

[@zero1zerolast393]

It works though. I'm siding with it over the other two in a fight to the death

[@jstar3382]

It's the weather trio. Of course it is