Why Are the Future Paradox Pokémon So Bad? (VGC)

0:00 - Intro
0:44 - Design
1:43 - Competitive Use (Typing)
2:51 - Competitive Use (Base Stats)
4:04 - Competitive Use (Abilities)
5:35 - Miraidon
7:16 - Outro

[@D-S-G.]

Future Pokemon realizing they need to rely on a sea urchin to function

[@pyprod.]

So this is the taste of future we've been hearing about for a while...

[@brian_Austin27]

Lmao true

[@venomgaming7014]

Or you know, use booster energy? Past forms have to rely on a mutated fox to function. Future forms have 2 “proper” counters to flutter mane (iron treads and iron crown). Past forms have 1…and it’s another flutter mane.

[@propernoun2028]

ancient pokemon realizing need to rely on a turtle to function

[@SJrad]

@@propernoun2028and said turtle is actually good. meanwhile pinurchin is nowhere near as bulky. yeah it has 101 attack and 91 sp atk but there’s no electric type equivalent to eruption. Best it has is supercell slam which was only recently added in the 2nd dlc

[@teddie5661]

keep in mind that this is based on VGC, not singles. future paradox pokemon are very underwhelming in doubles (except for iron hands our beloved)

[@piplupp6059]

The future paradox pokemon are all ugly in design

[@Exquailibur]

yeah iron valiant is actually a beast in singles, treads also sees some use over tusk at times too. Iron valiant is one of if not the best mixed attacker so it can function as a really strong wall breaker, its fast enough that if it can be brought in it has the potential to sweep.

[@Sunaki1000]

And not a Design Contest. But based on design alone they suck to.

[@SERMareep2007]

​@@Sunaki1000iron valiant is peak

[@Sunaki1000]

@@SERMareep2007 It does something interesting whit the Design, so im fine whit it. But you have to admit, GFs Idea of the Futur is incedible boring. It just turns everything into a Robot. No speculative Evolution or something like that.

[@BananaR777]

Design wise making them all robots and not going into other scifi themes was a losee.

[@infernomaster1030]

This, THIS. They literally had the easiest fucking prompt "make these pokemon look like they're from the future" and chose the LAZIEST option of making every single one of them just a robot. No other unique ideas, they don't even attempt to use different forms of robotics for their designs, just "x pokemon but metal" and thats why I'll always hate them.

[@Bird-wz7nx]

Enen if they were rebuilt after the end of Pokemon.... We have Mewtwo, and Castform, and Porygon! We can create life. They should have had artificial creatures, and maybe altered aliens that may or may not even be pokemon

[@ClaraDragonSlayer]

For real, I'm more into Cyberpunk stuff than Jurassic stuff, but I chose Scarlet.

[@darkmetal2412]

Iron Valiant is honestly the most creative looking Future Pokemon. The rest is meh

[@falcon_arkaig]

As a biology fan, I wanted the future Pokemon to be based on Speculative Evolution. Basically people speculating what an animal today would look like millions of years from now. Maybe that would look too much like the Past forms tho..?

[@unnoticed9988]

Had to double take and realized this is VGC

[@nachikettchatterjeee6518]

bro when i saw the iron val, i was like,,,,,,,, what??????... but then he mentions vgc, i was like ok, i will delete the big paragraph that i was about to write lmao

[@justsomewheel9379]

I swear the tagline in the title isn't enough people really gotta clarify that before they call Iron Boulder garbage

[@remington238]

@@justsomewheel9379 maybe people should read the title they're clicking

[@freddungleham]

He's still not insanely good​@@justsomewheel9379

[@captain.snowman4769]

@@justsomewheel9379boulder shoulders

[@Joeyisagonnawin]

I wonder if Tapu Koko would make the future forms better.

[@360no5]

It would make them 100% better and probably better than past paradox ones

[@kiedisboughen5318]

Though counter terrain would be used a lot to remove their boosts

[@juanrached4523]

Maybe in gen 10 yes

[@Bladius_]

Depends, because return of Koko, means other Tapu will come back too. Fini, Lele and Rillaboom would be meta staples, so it wouldn't be at all reliable to get your boost from terrain.

[@yusheitslv100]

​@@kiedisboughen5318rillaboom says hi

[@shanerpressley]

There's something poetic about Past Paradox being strong now...and Future Paradox becoming stronger in the future

[@FlygonkingVGC]

Yeah past paradox’s may thrive now but once miraidon is legal and has tailwind support with jugulis it’s over

[@plebulus]

​@@FlygonkingVGCcounterpoint, koraidon.

[@FlygonkingVGC]

@@plebulus counterpoint it’s too fast to lead with at least use Groudon

[@hailthequeenFM]

Miraidon and Koraidon speedtie at 135.​@@FlygonkingVGC

[@FlygonkingVGC]

@@hailthequeenFM yeah but so does chien pao and flutter and that’s y none of them ended up being good

[@justarandompurplefox3243]

Iron Thorns really got the raw end of the deal. Tyranitar was good partly due to its sand cushioning from special attacks. Without sand, Thorns really struggles to take attacks, not even mentioning the 4x ground weakness

[@klsts3429]

I love Iron Thorns, it is my little baby robot. But boy, it is really really bad :(

[@StoicForce]

I really wanted Thorns to have its Sp.Atk and Atk stats switched to set it apart and not just be a worse Tyranitar...

[@shanerpressley]

@@StoicForce That's a great idea, seems way more accurate for Iron Thorns to use Power Gem, Meteor Beam, and Discharge

[@yeans3rdor4thchannelicantrembr]

i'd literally take the pokestar tyranitar over iron thorns honestly.

[@ferringsylveon219]

Poor Thorns, but Tyranitar will always be my boi

[@seanvanderwood2257]

Something only barely related but this video made me realize. We have 2 different sun settings legendaries and neither one of them are a fire type by default. Wtf gamefreak?

[@ArlecchinoAKAFather]

Torkoal is the 3rd and he's a fire legendary

[@duckymomo7935]

the sun rain asymetry is also stark grass gets bonuses from sun but no boosts and gets hit harder by fire weaknesses water gets bonuses and boosts but gets hit by electrics

[@kitkitsune6570]

Wait there’s 2? Who’s the 2?

[@ArlecchinoAKAFather]

@@kitkitsune6570 Groudon and koraidon

[@kitkitsune6570]

@@ArlecchinoAKAFather I thought Groudon was land?

[@energyshatty9020]

Shoutout for iron valiant for being peak design

[@1YCARADOFACAO]

Iron Valiant looks like a toy

[@energyshatty9020]

@@1YCARADOFACAO Like one of those cool af starwars or transformers action figures….ngl i just get sith vibes from valiant in general

[@kaizerdxd]

So true!

[@CheesyNukes]

#IRONVALIANTISAWESOME

[@numberonebuzzfan4964]

I'd cut the Future Paradoxes some slack on the Design aspect, because their entire appeal comes from their animations - Iron Bundle's jack-in-the-box neck, Iron Boulder's head-axe combination, and Iron Valiant's armblades that turn into a blade are elements that you can't normally know from their default renders, but these are very key aspects of these Pokémon that add an edge to them that the Ancient Paradoxes lack. Frankly, I don't quite understand why the Design aspect was included at all in the first place.

[@MidoriNatsume]

He needed angry comments engagement, and by golly did I fall for it.

[@davidfelez7575]

Because it's true

[@madnessarcade7447]

They are unique from a lore perspective because it’s something the series has never tackled before A dystopian future for Pokemon is an interesting concept The future forms are cyborgs not robots similar to armored mewtwo but the enhancements became permanent part of their physiology cuz if they were robots they’d all be pure electric and/or steel oe dual typed but they don’t they all retain at least one of their original types meaning that it’s lineage/biology is still part of it deep down either they did it to themselves or humans did it as a way to either act inhumanely or as a way to preserve them I think they all just overtime just became cyborgs down the line without going extinct maybe endangered or a way to keep them from being endangered Or just a way to advance evolution in a selfish way The reason the lore calls them robots is because they don’t know much about them so all the modern day people are doing is assuming For sandy shocks my guess is that it used to look like a regular Pokémon but adapted to being exposed to some sort of ancient form of metal Sort of like Pokémon’s version of vibranium and then overtime became sandy shocks and then the magnemite line The metal could have come from space explaining why magnezone resembles a UFO They weren’t named by the people of the future and past they were named by the people of present day who don’t know anything about them and just came up with something to describe them It’s no different than how we name newly discovered fossils

[@madnessarcade7447]

@@davidfelez7575 they’re supposed to be an homage to zords and other tokusatsu stuff

[@captainmarsh3664]

I'd argue that the animations only really elevate the ones that had solid designs to begin with outside of Iron Boulder and Iron Moth. Iron Thorns, Iron Hands, and Iron Jugulis have next to nothing unique or mindblowing going on with their animations and Iron Bundle, Valiant, and Miraidon are already solid designs on their own that're elevated by their models. Also, first impressions matter. Despite the games being primarily 3D for a little under half of the series life at this point (17 years vs 11 as of now), a LOT of people still regard the 2D depictions of mons as their "proper" appearances (even if I personally don't agree with this philosophy). There's a reason the past paradoxes are by and large better regarded-they just sell their designs on the surface in a more striking fashion. Hell, going with probably the least popular members of both groups-Sandy Shocks without context is still a funky Magneton creature with giant magnet walkers, facepaint, and a topknot made out of magnetic sand. Iron Jugulis without context is just a Hydreigon that looks like SV's LODs are messing up again.

[@enderethan229]

Honestly, I like the IDEA behind the future Paradoxes all being largely uniform, with similar names and shinies. It invokes the idea of an optimized future where variety and creativity simply has no place. But even if the idea's nice, it doesn't change the fact that they're all uniform, uncreative designs that're lacking in variety, which makes them each boring, say for exceptions like Iron Valiant.

[@staarfall5317]

i cut them some slack because the appeal of the future forms is their animations. bundles neck extender, valiants arm blades, etc, since that is something the past forms lack. i love the idea too, but they couldve just been a little more creative and it woulve been fine.

[@KanderUdon]

Brian Hands: 🖐️🤖🖐️

[@PhilPhantomZSaber]

I would not say that the future paradoxes are designwise *that* bad tbh Most of them are kinda uninspired looking tbh but there are exceptions Iron Valiant is pretty fucking cool being a fusion of gallade and gardevoir Iron Bundle actually does something with its concept compared to most of the future paradoxes with delibird's bag turning into a water hose/bag Iron Moth while borrowing similar elements to Volcarona, still looks pretty neat with its wings looking like solar pannels and such bc of the sun design element carrying over And Iron Thorns, despite looking too much like T-Tar, does otherwise have a pretty neat color palette

[@malmasterson3890]

Iron Hands is also just a vast improvement over Hariyama in both design and viability at the very least, so I consider that a win too.

[@lucariolawmen919]

Simple answer, no good legal electric surge users

[@Will-zi6fn]

That’s arguably not even the biggest reason, how often do u see fluttermane teamed with Torkoal? It uses booster energy far more often which future paradox mons can do as well so obviously there’s a lot more to the answer.

[@peterbutterjelly114]

>Name starts with “IRON” >looks inside >Rock Type

[@Lord_of_all_based]

OH VGC ok, I was wondering if I was in another dimension. Actually I talked about this with my gf, in singles there's a funny phenomenon with future paradox pokemon. Past paradox pokemon are almost all viable, and many very good, they exist in a sort of middle ground (except flutter mane) where's they're really good but not good enough for them to be banned. Then there's future paradox pokemon. Future paradox are either REALLY good or REALLY bad, with maybe the exclusion of Iron threads who is in the middle. Out of all the new paradox, Iron boulder is clearly an absolute fucking menace and the most dangerous one. Iron bundle counters almost anything, plus the box legendaries. Iron valiant needs to set up only once to destroy your entire team. And don't even get me started on Iron hands. And then there's iron thorns and iron moth. Absolute memes.

[@davialmeida4442]

And I imagine Iron Jagillous is too bad to be even worth mention

[@Lord_of_all_based]

@@davialmeida4442 some people say jugulis is good, I've never taken it seriously. Whenever it comes into battle I just do whatever I want and it dies

[@loudwhispre9406]

Moth is good in singles. Specs set is a nuke, Agility sets can sweep, Booster Energy sets are more flexible versions of either Specs (booster Sp. Atk) or Agility (booster Speed) but are a little weaker to compensate. Its a Fire type with access to Grass coverage for Water, Rock, and Ground types, its fast, and Tera lets it get out of bad matchups. Not sure what crack you're smoking to think that Moth is a meme when it gets plenty of use in Smogon singles in high tiers.

[@cornonjacob]

Yeah I thought iron moth was one of the few not bad not great future paradoxes. Also, is iron crown decent in singles? I know it's solid on psy-spam in VGC, haven't kept track in singles

[@Lord_of_all_based]

@@loudwhispre9406 every single one of the pokemon I use counter it easily. It's not fast enough, strong enough or has good enough of a typing. The only "good" set I've seen is one with whirlwind wich caught me offguard.

[@nathanwaterser8218]

Even in restricted formats it's doubtful that future paradox pokemon will outclass past paradox pokemon Mainly because many past paradox pokemon are good outside of sun, but amazing IN sun. Some examples are Flutter Mane, Great Tusk and Brute Bonnet. Which can and have been used outside of sun. Only such cases for Future paradox pokemon are Iron Hands and Iron Bundle.

[@YoJoRockThaBeat]

Gouging Fire will love the Sun Wars. Walking Wake will be even better. I can only think of Iron Hands and Bundle like you said. Maybe Jugulis also but that's it

[@nathanwaterser8218]

@@YoJoRockThaBeat Maybe Iron Moth will exploit both, since it's a fire type (which benefits from sun) and also a future paradox (which gets boosted in electric terrain) But really the rest just don't compare to past paradoxes (Iron Threads is worse Great Tusk, Iron Thorns is just a worse Tyranitar which isn't even good right now, and Iron Valiant while good in singles is too fragile for doubles)

[@YoJoRockThaBeat]

@@nathanwaterser8218 I believe that Miraidon will be the only way that many of these future mons will even be worth the new toy syndrome. Though I imagine the terror of a quark drive boosted Iron Hands with Assault Vest. It would be funny if it's made to outspeed certain Incineroar's

[@jalencurtis7222]

Okay but iron boulder???

[@YoJoRockThaBeat]

@@jalencurtis7222 Iron Boulder can work, but Iron Crown sinply shreds him without Tera. But since the Meta has many good Fire Types I can see him being more viable. We can only wait and see.

[@GeneralSecura]

Tapu Koko died so we wouldn't be dominated by our robot overlords.

[@MontyMoleLoreMaster]

I don’t think the future Paradox Pokémon being based on robots is really an issue, since of course having robots in a futuristic setting makes sense (like having dinosaurs in a past setting, which the past Paradox Pokémon did just fine).

[@yungmuney5903]

There is so many other possibilities and inspirations you can take of a future form concept. There is one fakemon I saw called 'Promise Kept' where it's a future form of Cursola, taking place in a period where the pollution and destruction of coral reefs where addressed resulting a design that is full of life, complete contrast to what Cursola is about. That is SOOO fucking cool, so having it all just be robots and nothing else is a total waste of potential.

[@MontyMoleLoreMaster]

@@yungmuney5903 I guess that is a fair point (since not all of the Past Paradox Pokémon are just dinosaurs). Maybe some of them could have still been robots or cyborgs, while others could have been based on other stuff like pollution for example.

[@Castersvarog]

@@yungmuney5903oh yeah I saw that one, easily the most unique attempt at a future paradox

[@confuzzed5880]

For me personally, I dislike the robot designs because of one reason that was mentioned by MandJTV. If Pokémon/animals from the past evolve overtime to their present forms, then they wouldn’t and shouldn’t evolve into robots in the future. They would just develop as an organism.

[@Castersvarog]

@@confuzzed5880 I mean it’s implied that they came from alternate timelines, for all we know they could jus the robot duplicates of our timelines Pokémon.

[@juanrached4523]

You know what will also be legal with miraidon? Kyogre. Thunders goes brrrrr And because this combo will be stupidly broken, koraidon + other proto mons like Raging bolt or W. Wake will be arising, or even groudon + proto mons (making groudon slower than kyogre so you win the weather war). The next restricted format will be reeeaally interesting

[@hamdepaf6686]

ye, when I saw the paradox mon + Koraidon and Miraidon I just though "Yep, the weather wars will be back stronger than ever". An interesting point to make tho is that Miraidon does function better with both Groudon and Kyogre in tandem, while Koraidon only really works with Groudon. However Rillaboom is incredebly present in the current VGC meta, being a big roadblock to Koraidon I think. Another thing of note is that Groudon works standalone with the past paradox mon, while Kyogre doesn't.

[@YoJoRockThaBeat]

@@hamdepaf6686 but Kyorge's best friend Tornadus is going to be eatin good next to him. If the Rain gets removed he can just set it right back up. Plus Bleakwind storms for days for all the grass types.

[@xmangle5382]

yeah, this restricted format will be really fun to play, can't wait to experiment with koraidon

[@YoJoRockThaBeat]

@@xmangle5382 Gouging Fire will be your best friend to get rid of Fluttermane.

[@xmangle5382]

@@YoJoRockThaBeat Duskmane, it will also get rid of Xerneas while at it

[@tlatia6072]

I want to know why Roaring Moon was considered ‘Mid’ at launch, but somehow has become popular now. He was my favorite Paradox, and seeing him take all that flak last year was hard.

[@covelt]

An incredibly big reason was that he got knock off to his move pool with one of the dlcs, arguably the best move in singles and also a very good move in doubles. He was about average in singles on release, but in vgc dnite did everything moon did but better I believe.

[@colinfox9254]

4x weak to fluttermane

[@Castersvarog]

@@coveltalso it got Scale shot which is one of the best dragon type moves around thanks to Loaded dice

[@covelt]

@@colinfox9254 its still be using tho bc turn one teras are pretty common

[@covelt]

@@Castersvarog ah yeah i forgot about that thank you

[@yotedelote]

Brian hands my beloved

[@dam777felover8]

It's more the fact that there isn't a good terrain setter. In vgc iron bundle and iron hands were strong because they are less terrain relayable but you avoided the iron crown in the room, easly the strongest future paradox in vgc format at the moment and only checked by dark type that he can destroy with tera. Design wise i think most of the past one are lame because they are big version of X pokemon and their pokedex description are way more lame than the future one.

[@OctopussInPants10min]

Good points, and thank you for sharing! I also appreciate you pointing out all the future forms having the same shiny colour scheme, which I personally hate 🙈 Also, if I may offer a small suggestion: same Speed as Slowpoke* their evolutions have 30 base Speed Favourite Paradox Pokémon is Scream Tail, followed by Slither Wing, followed by Iron Bundle ❤ for aesthetics AND in competitive

[@johnnyjohnson4265]

I do think in singles its more spread out in terms of viability. However I do find it unfortunate how the only two paradox pokemon that are straight downgrades are Iron Thorns and Iron Juguils. The past paradox generally play different roles like Slither Wing being a bulky physical attacker with some utility over offensive special nuke Volcarona

[@jo-ri-oh8950]

If we talking about VGC, Iron Jugulis is really underrated. The Mon is not bad. It won a tournament last year and top other after that. It's a good support, but I think the presence of Flutter Mane makes his job difficult

[@agm5424]

The future paradox pokemon should've either gone full borg or be turned into some 1990's cyborg type of creature.

[@coldzoroark6440]

I feel that if the Tapus were in the game, the Future Paradox Pokémon would see more play.

[@personamusicintensifies6341]

Very well put together video, and not so long that it drags on, 👍 very cool

[@nintenster]

Iron Mugulus is actually insane, how you left him out is quite criminal

[@adnagapot]

I would love to see the tapus return to vgc soon, hopefully Koko gets a nice physical electric stab along with it

[@tezminator]

I think that, out of all the future paradoxes, Iron Moth and Valiant have the bigger chance to stand out once Miraidon becomes legal. Valiant because with a speed boost and Focus Sash it can consistently reduce Kyogre, a mirror Miraidon itself and other special attackers damage output with a fast Spirit Break while also doing good damage and Moth because it has a good special defense against same special attackers while also being faster with terrain boost/resisting a lot of them.

[@YoJoRockThaBeat]

And Iron Valiant does extremely well in Single Strike Urshifu. Against other meta mons it depends since it will now have a chance to run an item like you have eluded to. Iron Moth finally gets a chance to run a Choice Scarf. Man I can't wait!

[@tezminator]

@@YoJoRockThaBeat oh, didn't even think of choice scarf on Iron Moth, but now I think it legit might be a thing to explore with Fiery Dance to keep raising special attack.

[@marioman6444]

Congratulations you have a new subscriber🎉

[@blazie42069]

Bundle, Hands, and Crown are solid in doubles

[@jabohonu]

Hi, Good video. BTW I have a doubt Why it's venasaur total points 525 when most starter Pokemons are 530 (and even more in some cases)??? Does that means he's weak ???

[@michaeltabarroni70]

Iron Boulder is far from bad, Max Speed +Speed nature w/Booster energy and Swords dance and you can break through most mons

[@attilaszanto2275]

Also, it has a strong 100% accurate rock move.

[@davidfelez7575]

Vgc

[@Aegisdex]

That move can also go through protect, the stable vgc move, in the right circumstances it can be good. We just need electric terrain come in or urshifu to die

[@Kaizer_Ulysses]

Let's just say I agree, but rillaboom exists

[@michaeltabarroni70]

@Kaizer_Ulysses Sure, that’s a good point, but the existence of a single counter doesn’t make a Pokemon automatically bad in competitive, if that was the case Pokemon like Iron Bundle would be bad since it gets countered by the likes of Thunderclap Raging Bolt.

[@peteryt357]

For TCG (at least on Pokemon TCG Live), its a slightly different story for now. While Ancient Pokemon are also still doing well, particularly the Moons; there are a couple of really good Future Pokemon decks like Iron Hands ex decks (and before rotation, Iron Valiant and Entei decks).

[@t00nbink]

I personally prefer most of the future paradoxes over the past ones. Some past ones are absolute bangers like Walking Wake or Great Tusk but most future ones are just sicker designs to me. It's also that I just can't stand some past designs like Flutter Mane might be one of my least favorite mons ever designed.

[@aamonesamiit-baur2857]

Personally, I like that all the shinies are just the robots without paint

[@LPBvgc]

I actually think Iron Leaves has potential in a restricted format. Over on limitless, a hoster by the name of Ducklett Duel Hosted a GS Cup/2 Restricted tournament. I decided to opt out with a Calyrex + Chi-yu + Miraidon Team, with Iron Bundle to Work with Miraidon. I put an AV Speed Quark Drive Iron Leaves set (ran Psyblade, Leaf Blade, Sacred Sword, and Tera Flying Tera Blast) to complete the Fire/Grass/Water Core (Rilla would just add the Terrain, and Overgrow is Mid on it, and Amoonguss has bad synergy with Electric Terrain). I ended up top cutting that tournament when it came around (3rd Place).

[@ultimatex1334]

Since Iron Jugulis is a flying type, does Quark Drive even activate when electric terrain is down?

[@x_bell1142]

Quark drive still activates for Iron Jugulis, but it does not get any of the other benefits of electric terrain

[@madnessarcade7447]

The chrome looks cool tho Gnoggin made a good ep about the lore of the future mons

[@ryankennelly8582]

whats the music you're using in the background?

[@TheDracolordian]

I love roaring moon not only is it a new form of one of my top 5 Pokemon but it’s actually really good, second place goes to iron thorns.

[@dawnclark9921]

Whoever designed the Future paradoxes without letting the Tapus come to Paldea is evil, because Tapu Koko could've helped level the playing field

[@Mahongler]

This is Iron Valiant slander, my favorite design and gameplay this gen

[@darlhiatt8136]

Just came here to say, the fusion of paradox Raikou and Salamance looks awesome in that thumbnail

[@piplupp6059]

What’s the song used throughout the video?

[@ubertheif]

It's the song that plays when you're walking around Area Zero. Not the battle theme, just the normal 'route' theme

[@FreyRosfield]

My favourite paradox is no joke Iron Crown, love the design and they made it be a fast sepcial sweeper, and I find it really funny, because Iron Crown prefers Psychic Terrain over Electric Terrain because of Expanding Force, so it actually can work in a doubles format Great video bud

[@goldtyphlosion7537]

Tapu koko and miraidon being legal would be the best buff the future pokemon can ask for

[@sinn0.h756]

If Tapu Koko was in the game

[@yokaitamer9436]

I dont play pokemon competitively but I feel like miridon/electric terrain teams might be a little easier to handle than sun teams due to ice spinner being a good ice move that also removes terrain where as for weather there isnt an attacking move than can clear weather like they do with terrain. Also rillaboom seems to have ebe a popular pick so it could be easier to swap terrain by switching rillaboom but it might not see play when legendaries are allowed

[@Lakanus]

2:38 you listed decent bulk for Slither Wing not Roaring Moon, but RM also has higher bulk than Slither Wing.

[@AspavientosPC]

As feedback, the BST comparison at 3:22 is very difficult to read. A bar graph separated by stat, with the future and past paradox averages side by side, would have been more readable. Cool video overall!

[@danielendless]

Was about to vandalise this man's house till I heard VGC

[@hiroxmachina]

Plus I managed to make the sea urchin work a couple of times with terrain extender, rain dance and spam Thunder. Literally useless outside of that

[@apopatatime]

I feel like the future mons come from a future where pokemon cease to exist, these are man made recreations of what they remember the pokemon to be.

[@kitkitsune6570]

Not all of them might have been made by humans The Pokédex entry for Iron Moth says that “This Pokémon resembles an unknown object described in a paranormal magazine as a UFO sent to observe humanity.”

[@SinYue]

pincurchin should have kept rising voltage and learn thunder clap, then people would actually consider using it. also i wish charjabug had electric terrain instead of battery. not that its a good mon but i think it would make sense. its also easier to stack with all those ground weak future paradox mons

[@FujinKeima]

Electric surge Ampharos?

[@nickgohan346]

Paradox Volcarona looks very cool imo one of the best Designs from the paradox mons

[@unlovabledingus9985]

I personally like to headcannon that the reason why paradox pokemons bad is the fact they're (maybe) man made, impersonations of Pokemons and trying to replace them but doing a bad job at it Its like trying to replace a dog with a robot dog that can barely walk properly

[@babysinclairfan]

I feel like the game was designed with sada and the ancient pokemon in mind, then gamefreak came up with turo and the future pokemon as an afterthought to set the games apart. The tcg, which was developed sometime after the games put a lot more thought into the future pokemon. The tcg future pokemon are build on the theme of "sustainability". Theyre complicated, but they can play the long game

[@qymeanjaishelaal1731]

Great video, but I have to ask how you came up with Chindesaurus as the most probable inspiration for Walking Wake. :D it’s such an obscure dinosaur, I would have simply pointed to a T.rex or maybe a Velociraptor. The thing is, judging by the illustration, its third finger appears to be the longest (theropods usually have their second finger being the longest). That is characteristic for Herrerasaurids, a very basal group of Saurischian dinosaurus, who are not theropods. I am very impressed you knew of this dinosaur (I had to look it up, turns out my Herrerasaurid-diagnosis appears to be correct and the genus is indeed either a Herrerasaurid or a basal sauropodomorph, who are both not theropods), it was fun looking up this animal. Great video!

[@LucasDarkGiygas]

thanks for the video

[@luis_zuniga]

I would like a Pokemon like Ampharos to get electric surge as an ability, not sure if I would help

[@jakejake11112]

They definitely need to give the surge abilities to at least 1 more mon

[@justsomekirbowithoutamusta1852]

Future Paradox Pokemon represent a common trend amongst modern depictions of things being more and more simplified and uniform which is why they are the way they are. While the Past Paradoxes represent individuals struggling to find which one comes out on top, Future Paradoxes represent a "completed species" where every Pokemon would become the same in an alternate timeline

[@marshallsheets2]

Great vid.

[@bigmonke3348]

Imma disagree with florges, it has a great distribution just lacking in the movepool and ability side. Itd be great with ally switch, trick room, strength sap and a better ability like misty terrain

[@Kos4Evr]

You just made me realize that koraidon needs a fire tera type. As cool as fighting dragon is, it needed to be fire dragon. Over all iron hands and annihilape are better fighting types while miraidon is a great electric type.

[@lordmarshmal_0643]

Since I came here under the impression of this being strictly about the designs, I'll add to that early section with my own view A lot of the Future paradoxes are practically just recolors of their "Present" counterparts - most of the Past roster takes the original mons and runs with em to make something distinctly unique from the original design (Scream Tail and Brute Bonnet are a lil questionable in originality and Raging Bolt is just plain goofy) but the _Future_ roster, oh my god so much of it looks like the Present versions just, neon-ified? The only designs I actually like from the Future roster are Miraidon itself, Iron Bundle (feels very recolor but I think it's adorable, plus its head getting briefly shot off its neck when taking damage is just funny), and Iron Valiant (I'm a fan of Pokemon fusions so this one in particular was a welcome treat) - Treads I was on the fence about for a while but it's just not grown on me, overall I'd say I've seen better robot Pokemon concepts done by fans I don't mind the "Iron" prefix all that much but, yeah it definitely doesn't help their case either

[@abelexclusa9856]

Regulation G incoming with Both Miraidon and Koraidon legal. We will see future paradox mons have their hayday soon.

[@tedscheett9420]

Bear witness to the Serpent's might!!!

[@jakejake11112]

Maybe. Rillaboom is still gonna be everywhere which isnt gonna be fun for Miraidon. if you can get rid of rillaboom, i see miraidon being super strong

[@jackransier9146]

Future paradox designs outshine past

[@EevsterEevee]

I’ve personally grown fond of flutter mane I’ve used it ever since it was legal and love it, pairing it with dragonite creates a powerful speedy combo that I really enjoy using

[@SanjuroSeaCow]

You cooked with the secret formula on this one.

[@Nour386589]

The fact that the tapus, the original terrain war Lords weren't considered means that they aren't in SV which might be a blessing in disguise

[@cheesusnt3302]

I need the song list brooooo The music selection list here was so good

[@x_bell1142]

It’s the area zero theme from scarlet and violet

[@Onemagician4496]

Iron boulder has a competitive niche

[@ibrid_loves_bull_and_gigagoo]

I really like Flutter Mane's design but also the ancient paradox of Volcarona (I forgot it's name..)

[@Divideres]

I enjoy a lot of the future forms. maraidon was immediately my fav over korraidon just by look and i have a weakspot in my hearth for electric types😅

[@darrenmcfadden6744]

What about Iron Mugulis?

[@winter_hope_asriel_dreemurr]

Honestly i had some success with iron thorns bug terra loaded dice. This was before they allowed stuff from Pokemon home tho.

[@mesiagamer5217]

the tapu koko whenever they get added would bring out the double trouble for the future pokemon if or when the tapu pokemon get added to gen 9

[@Evixyn]

Iron blank is my favorite pokemon from the future :0

[@0condolences]

great vid

[@foxpupmal]

Big fan of my favorite paradox Pokemon: Iron Mugulis and it's signature move Half Full. I'm positive it will dominate the VGC scene once we enter a restricted format.

[@RetroHZ]

tapu koko where are you 😢

[@AbduLatrish]

0:30 also miraidon saying its broken is a massive understatement

[@rogue1248]

unga bunga power UNMATCHED!

[@nikaoharbour6962]

It's more care in the past forms starting from design, I mean choosing Great Tusk or Iron Threads is easy, and see how peak level design Roaring Moon is!

[@viridisgreens9855]

Now that Miraidon is legal in VGC, I'm hoping so see some more future mons

[@MTHD-JTS]

Design wise it would have been interesting to see more fusion based Future Paradox Mon and using that as the theme. Say a Vileplume/Belossom hybrid which is more organic than machine. Or a trio becoming a singular, Cerberus esque Pokemon.

[@Docsfortune]

Iron valiant is a beast, it’s fast, and it gets wide guard. It can be special or physical attacker.

[@nintendolife25]

Violet owners got completely screwed over with their Paradox Pokemon. You can tell the company puts in way more effort in the past paradox Pokemon, especially in terms of signature moves. Great video.

[@Rynntastic01]

1:37 I guess everything in the future truly is chrome after all

[@hamdepaf6686]

The future designs have somewhat grown on me knowing what they are going for. Especially with the shiny they are supposed to have a "assembly line" feel to them. They are supposed to be kinda boring and samey. I can respect that. That doesn't change that their designs are well... kinda boring and samey. So while I think they execute well on their idea well, with still having some interesting aspects to them, their base idea is holding their designs back. I don't quite agree with the Typing + Stats and move options. I think in that regard the pokemon are much more evenly matched. I think the biggest factor really are the abilities. (Tho I imagine the world to tremble if Iron Bundle ever got access to Scald...) I am actually wondering if future generations might give us hidden abilities to these monstrocities...

[@madnessarcade7447]

they’re supposed to be an homage to zords and other tokusatsu stuff

[@madnessarcade7447]

They all have differences to them

[@madnessarcade7447]

They are unique from a lore perspective because it’s something the series has never tackled before A dystopian future for Pokemon is an interesting concept The future forms are cyborgs not robots similar to armored mewtwo but the enhancements became permanent part of their physiology cuz if they were robots they’d all be pure electric and/or steel oe dual typed but they don’t they all retain at least one of their original types meaning that it’s lineage/biology is still part of it deep down either they did it to themselves or humans did it as a way to either act inhumanely or as a way to preserve them I think they all just overtime just became cyborgs down the line without going extinct maybe endangered or a way to keep them from being endangered Or just a way to advance evolution in a selfish way The reason the lore calls them robots is because they don’t know much about them so all the modern day people are doing is assuming For sandy shocks my guess is that it used to look like a regular Pokémon but adapted to being exposed to some sort of ancient form of metal Sort of like Pokémon’s version of vibranium and then overtime became sandy shocks and then the magnemite line The metal could have come from space explaining why magnezone resembles a UFO They weren’t named by the people of the future and past they were named by the people of present day who don’t know anything about them and just came up with something to describe them It’s no different than how we name newly discovered fossils they’re supposed to be an homage to zords and other tokusatsu stuff

[@hamdepaf6686]

@@madnessarcade7447 A big theory about the Paradox mon that I think if pretty likely is that they never existed in the past, future and are well, Paradoxes, brought into existance by the Terastral phenomenon, based on the wishes/believes of the people it interacts with. The support for it is, that all the dex entries mention them resembling designs found in old magazines, so like stuff that couldn't have been inspiered by the actual mons, plus the mention that the Professors as kids loved these kinds of books. However Terapago's showing it can indeed mess with time, does go against that theory somewhat.

[@hamdepaf6686]

@@madnessarcade7447But yea, as I said, the future paradox mon deliver on their concepts perfectly, just that their concepts make them by nature less interesting than the past paradox mon.

[@Cyrork]

once/ if they ever decide to distribute the surge abilities there will be a change (i hope)

[@browserjunior4707]

One thing I wanna add about Slither Wing as a Slither Wing enjoyer: It has amazing bulk when paired with Intimidate and is running an Assault Vest. Max HP lets it hit 192 which gives it optimal Terrain recovery and because it has 135 attack you don’t need as much investment for it to reach thresholds it needs to do and with 105 SpDef and AV you can EV very easily to survive specific hits. The biggest thing it has going for it is it’s insane coverage. Fire, Ground, Bug, Fighting, Flying, Electric, and Grass coverage is absolutely wacky. Ive ran an AV one a team with Ting Lu and it can not die to special hits at all cause of the passive healing of Leech Life. I genuinely believe that if Incineroar, Torn, Flutter, and Iron Hands didn’t exist it’d be amazing. It has amazing matchups against Ursaluna and can threaten an OHKO with CC/Low Kick, it can run First Impression which is huge off of 135 Attack and Stab, it has a ground resist and because of its huge Special Bulk it can eat hits from Lando-I really well, and it’s great against Lando-I, and it has good matchups against Ogerpon. It just was unfortunate enough to be in a meta game with so many counters to it alongside so many replacements for it

[@MarineShark]

Bolt is not brontosaurus. Due to the front hip being higher Brachiosaurus is more fitting due to it being one of few(or only) that hive the higher hip on the front legs rather than what most sauropods had which were the back legs.

[@jkreincarnation]

not me learning today that Koraidon was fighting/dragon, what the hell lmfao

[@TheFakeTeo]

I think it’s crazy how different VGC and Singles are, because pokemon considered “bad” like Iron Valient, Boulder; and Treads, however they are really good in OU (the highest tier)

[@casper_z1259]

People were really telling me I should have preordered Violet😂

[@TAO32794]

Why do they all have iron in their names? But not steel type🤔

[@wwijsman]

I feel like if Pincuchin had the move trick room and 25 extra points in its hp base stat, this probably would mostly be solved.