Why Hacked Ash-Greninja is Godlike.

[@jimothycool]

Somehow, Iron Mugulis returned. jimothycool.com

[@ahzasX]

Holy shit

[@theclew47]

You have genuinely got to be kidding me.

[@PinkaholicOfficial]

MY REQUEST HAS BEEN FUFILLED

[@PinkaholicOfficial]

Nvm, $20 is like, 10% of all of my money.

[@chiefmuttonchops8473]

Finally, I can acquire the Mugulis.

[@MacZephyrZ]

Greninja has an Ash-sona, making him a reverse furry. The psychological damage this fact inflicts to his opponents is off the charts. This is insane.

[@marvalice3455]

Frogs have less fur than humans. Therefore "human" is a valid fursona for a frog.

[@terdragontra8900]

@@marvalice3455 This revelation changes everything. Are you saying that having a sona of an animal with the same amount of hair as you just counts as… normal?

[@nentrellemmer2122]

YOU'VE RUINED MY CHILDHOOD!

[@legna.r5696]

​@@terdragontra8900 I mean I feel like humans are in a pretty unique bracket of hariness within the animal kingdom so I think the closest you'll get to the "normal" fursona is just identity fraud

[@ThanondorfTV]

@@marvalice3455holy hot potatoes batman

[@krumbledumble5760]

I like how one of the ash greninja sets is basically just turning yourself into kyogre

[@g.n.a4871]

A faster one

[@georgewill5824]

​@@g.n.a4871 and stronger

[@Nin-Saber]

"Somehow, Palpatine returned" -Lazy, nonsensical, desperate "Somehow, Iron Mugulis returned" -Bold, groundbreaking, and dare I say, genius

[@canaldecasta]

It was foreshadowed but people didnt pay attention

[@Nin-Saber]

@@canaldecasta Sorry but I don't see how it was foreshadowed. Not only was there no overall plan for the sequel trilogy, but JJ did not even think of bringing Palpatine back until after Snoke was killed in TLJ.

[@SNWWRNNG]

@@Scutezo You must be the most inattentive viewer of the Jimothy Cool channel if you didn't see the foreshadowing of Iron Mugulis' return.

[@dddmemaybe]

@@Nin-Saber He was talking about Iron Mugulis.

[@Nin-Saber]

@@dddmemaybe Oh ok, my bad.

[@Thund3rDrag0n12]

I am now aware that if you take two bears and combine them with a spider, you get a really powerful frog. Thank you for this important biological information, Jimothy

[@Aaa-vp6ug]

Digimon logic

[@TheDenssy]

Average digimon evolution line

[@wiilov]

This is some "BEHOLD A MAN" type logic.

[@Bulit.]

0:06 insane hidden lore

[@misalignedmisanthropist]

So thats how magcargo escaped the bubble beam

[@SNWWRNNG]

Horsea did not notice that the battle was conducted in the Hackmons format.

[@EvilApple567]

Are we just going to stand by and ignore Jim's false reporting of the event as a means to promote his merch? Something must be done about this conflict of interests and slap in the face to journalistic integrity.

[@cadetsparklez3300]

they read the pokedex entry

[@chess_fella]

Thanks. Now I know why hacked Ash-Greninja is godlike.

[@jheckie14]

I was just wondering why hacked Ash-Greninja is godlike!

[@rumiav]

do you think lickitung could defeat ash-greninja in balanced hackmons?

[@chess_fella]

@@rumiav of course. Lickitung is the number one most ultimate Pokémon.

[@rumiav]

@@chess_fella lickitung is a normal type pokemon introduced all the way back in generation one. despite its worldwide fame and popularity , it has had a rough trip throughout competitive singles history

[@chess_fella]

@@rumiav that sounds like something that Jimothy Cool would say if Jimothy Cool made an epic video about Lickitung.

[@premajalan6652]

ash greninja looks like a sniper. like it can throw its shurikens from far with perfect ninja accuracy.

[@tayclark42]

Ikr makes sense

[@jadonteino3438]

I’d argue that sniper as an ability in a vacuum is actually pretty good, it’s just very rarely distributed to actual good Pokémon that can take advantage of it( a sniper mon with frost breath for example) and usually have to run gimmicky focus energy scope lens sets, in rom hacks things like sniper wicked blow drapion exist which show how powerful it can be

[@lllll5763]

It's dark typing also prevents prankster, a common support ability

[@neithermannormachine]

Give him Serene Grace and Scald and then call BKC

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

serene grace doesn't affect scald because its already a 100% chance to burn

[@lolAvalanche]

@@handoverthestromboli6715you jest, right?

[@mxntishiphop]

when did it change to 100% ?

[@Phychologik]

@@mxntishiphop always has been

[@jaycobobob]

​It didn't, bro has no idea what he's talking about. An 80BP will o wisp would be absurd, which is why it doesn't exist. @@mxntishiphop

[@GrimHC]

Ash greninja, Sniper, Wicked blow, Surging strikes, and punching glove is a very scary threat in BH, not only are you using every method of making your attacks stronger, but you also are protected from the common burning bulwark, rocky helmet, and the occasional toxic debris

[@martinbaraldilobe3334]

Toxic debris doesn't care if the move makes contact, only if it's phisical. It would still proc even with punching glove

[@ClasIsMid]

or you can just run primsea/sflo/mglo and get around the whole contact issue (mostly)

[@JJNWSGHOST0299]

Days since Groodon: 8

[@Everetses]

Coming from vgc and knowing very little about hackmons, when you brought up urshifu and my brain connected the dots of wicked blow and surging strikes both being stab for greninja it blew my mind. That’s so terrifying

[@AnimationisTHEfuture]

The kid in school that watched almost every last episode of pokemon is so proud right now

[@rightclicker_5306]

hi, great video as always! you conveyed agren's role and why it's good pretty well. however i would say that primordial sea is incredibly uncommon right now over sheer force and sniper due to how inflexible it is when it comes to imposter-proofing - you're almost always forced into something like a water absorb mon if you want to actually wallbreak well with mixed sets.

[@Searqq]

balanced hackmons is so fascinating, love the coverage lately

[@IronFairy]

It would completely break the games, but I find it very appropriate that Ash-Greninja uses both Surging Strikes and Wicked Blow as well as Sniper. Ash-Greninja really looks like it would learn those moves and have that ability, like, it isn't an absolutely crazy random combination that hackmons makes possible.

[@tylerl3030]

Almost internally told myself "I will watch this later" only to realize the other day that if I do, then the algorithm won't push your video out as much, which would suck. I stuck around until the end!

[@germanfedyunin4803]

iron mugulus is the first paradox pokemon that can go to europe. this is insane.

[@vez3834]

that's broken af

[@greenheroes]

surprise is a big word when there's the heavy rain, nobody would expect to see wicked blow and surging strike on those sets.

[@kenshiro8984]

radical red taught me sniper wicked blow was an extremely mean combination with its drapion

[@triangulism]

0:01 Mega Alakazam running beads of ruin is going to give me nightmares

[@almostdangerous1412]

They should add a revavroom move tutor for the torque moves. Kinda odd how they’re just inaccessible for the player, and I’m sure revavroom would love the coverage. I don’t think it’d be unbalanced or anything either.

[@m05513]

I can't believe Iron Mugulis announced his return in fortnite instead of on screen

[@rocketschamps-gt5zd]

This is insane.

[@CiapatyTrufel]

Yeah greninja is cool and strong but did you try team of 5 primal grudons and mega sceptile?

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

Next Hackmons video idea "Simple is simply great!" Being used on a variety of stat setters with moves like the famous Clangerous Soul (counts as a Sound Move as well so you could run Throat Spray for +4 SpAtk) and lesser known options like Cotton Guard for +6 Defense in one turn (on a Mega Aggron this gives you over 2,000 Defense to be abused by Body Press and of course tanking Physical Attacks). However this can be quite easily abused by Imposter Pokemon as for some ungodly reason they steal the stat boost the opponent has at the time of them hitting the field, a personal counterplay to this I use is instead of Cotton Guard run the little known move Stuffed Cheeks with a Salac Berry... Stuffed Cheeks is a setup move that consumes the holder's Berry triggering its effect regardless of condition (such as Pinch HP for the Stat Boost Berries) And also gives a +2 increase to Defense regardless of Berry. With Simple this is then of course a +4 to Defense and +2 to Speed, the perk to this is predicting an Imposter switch in with this can allow you to be the exclusive user of the stat buff as Stuffed Cheeks outright fails if the user is holding no Berry and you'll get the Speed increase to stop Coin Flips.

[@Pi-eipp]

ITS THE MUG

[@realmdarkness]

Somehow iron Mugulus returned Still more impactful than what Star Wars did

[@Nethaura]

Ash greninja is the most powerful offensive threat in hacked pokemon. Balanced hackmons is a format where any pokemon can use just about any ability and any moveset they want.

[@memekaze9736]

please continue these balanced hackmons vids! super interesting

[@Duffy_SSBM]

Good video! I would have liked to hear about some of the counter play options to this guy. It sounds absolutely busted so I'm curious how people play around it

[@filedotnix]

Agreed, was about to comment this

[@MellowNova]

I haven't been in the circles of BH ever since belly drum got axed (R.I.P. Kartana Gambit)

[@erizoh]

Both Wicked Blow and Surging Strikes are punch moves, so you can run the Punching Glove to slightly increase their damage, while also preventing contact effects such as the Rocky Helmet from hurting you

[@azeria1]

I cant wait for jim marcargo to get released in Pokémon AZ

[@olli7881]

All I'm imagining is Ash Greninja getting squashed by +6 Defense Eternamax Eternatus with Body Press

[@-libertyprimev1-902]

Honestly I've rarely had issue with most Ash-Greninja sets, as I usually have some gimmick going on a Mega-Beedrill who's a fair bit faster than non-scarfed AG. When I do run a Sniper Build (not always AG just to throw people off, Paradox-Amoongus is another good Stab Sniper) I fix this by running Silk Trap in the forth move alot, a move Many people still don't know about which is a Protect Move with the effect of lowering opponent Speed by 1 if they make contact. This also makes great counterplay for Imposter Pokemon to remove the Coin Flip of equal Speed (use Flower Trick turn 2 on the off chance they attempt their own Silk Trap as it does not make contact), albeit at the cost of removing counterplay against steel types.

[@Dikshant45]

if every thing is allowed in the format where is sturdy nature shedninja?

[@SSharks99]

I like using Normalize, Victory dance, entrainment dragapult. As long as you get rid of the ghost types and give it a lum berry u can get some powerful normal type V-Creates. It's pretty fun yall should give it a go.

[@sythrus]

Man, its strange to see just how much the format changes when a few key moves and pokemon are either unavailable or banned

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

one of my favourite sets to run in BH is a bit similar to this in the sense that it's just a perfect combination of traits that happens to result in a powerful set even if the pokemon isn't usually crazy, and it's ho-oh with magic guard. it doesn't seem like much, but going from 4x rock weak to immune is a massive buff defensively that lets you be a soft check to many things with roost, you have very free hazard control with defog, you can freely soak status, and since your item slot is free you can run life orb (with no recoil) to hit like a truck with flare blitz and brave bird (which also have no recoil). this also works great in almost any ability with talonflame

[@GeekYogurt-ev8sq]

First Game of Thrones, now Star Wars… Jim meming on all these dead IPs is incredible

[@W4wawewa]

Ash greninja is limited by plot, by greninja, but given the hack, that limiter is broken, and he meets the true power of ash.

[@thewolfenknight37]

"yes im a sniper" proceeds to run up and punch you in the face

[@thunderwearcloud]

Why primordial sea and not water bubble? imo a 2x boost with fire resistance and immunity to burn is more worth than 1.5x boost + fire immunity and like turning other weathers off

[@supremeclamitas5053]

Water bubble's banned for being stupid op, like huge power

[@thunderwearcloud]

@@supremeclamitas5053 ok that makes sense thanks

[@frossteax3086]

Fun Fact: there is one more move that have 100% crit rate, its called storm throw. it's fighting move that have 60 power. it's curently illegal even in BH

[@AndrewRKenny]

BH chefs always serving up something nefarious.

[@chilitofu3512]

take your bets, is ash greninja coming back to plza?

[@zomorion9183]

Probably not, but I REALLY hope so.

[@chilitofu3512]

@@zomorion9183 how bout like competitive play in plza? do you think it'll happen?

[@zomorion9183]

@@chilitofu3512 If plza even has official comp, since pla was offline.

[@Pi-eipp]

Jimothy should bring back the old outro

[@handoverthestromboli6715]

Oh its Magneton! Woah! KO'd in one hit! It scattered spikes

[@kai_3788]

I thought that Ash-Greninja wasn’t allowed in gen 9 balanced hackmons.

[@gloweye]

Given that it's Hackmons, what is the reason to pick Sniper over Huge Power? You got the crits anyway. Isn't Huge Power just a bigger damage mutiplier here? Or are there some standard special moves going on there?

[@Lucario387]

Crits ignore enemy defense boosts and own attack drops, double damage when you can be crippled with -1 not the same as always dealing x2.25 damage

[@rightclicker_5306]

Huge Power is banned.

[@FishGamingReal]

@@rightclicker_5306 hi right clicker

[@rightclicker_5306]

@@FishGamingReal holy shit fish gaming

[@JoeThomas-lu6fy]

@@Lucario387 You'd still be critting with Huge Power.

[@orangeaurora]

ash greninja is the first pokemon alternate form in history where smogon players say its name correctly instead of the shortened format in the showdown teambuilder. on a related note, fun fact: if you tell a smogon player its actually called therian forme landorus and not landorus-therian they actually turn into a biblical pillar of salt

[@jimothycool]

You're fun

[@pantslesswrock]

For breakfast today I had fried sausage and baked potato rounds

[@RemeTiers]

but does this have a niche in gen 4 ubers

[@SimbaTheLab2021]

Thanks I needed to know that he was op It’s not like he was already op in the anime

[@benjamingrieco3928]

Iron Mugulis pulled a Palpatine 😂

[@kousthubkaivar4184]

Lowkey feels like even adaptability would go hard on ash greninja

[@erich_ika]

Somehow, Iron Mugulis returned.

[@MetalKing1417]

Sniper and likewise, super luck are both classic examples of abilities that never get put on the right pokemon to use them.

[@hotcoffeemethod]

I gave all my pokemon regenerator ability with Ash Greninja flip turn + water spout and Scizor gigaton hammer + u turn, getting HP every time they switch out without spending pp. I always thought regenerator was an absurdly powerful ability

[@zachuvgc8660]

"Ash-Greninja is the most powerful offensive threat in hacked Pokémon" - Timothy Cool circa 2024

[@SinYue]

gamefreak needs to distribute an event revavroom with magical torque

[@Julian-Lehmann]

Ok, but what about Eternatus in it's eternamax form ?

[@feelsokayman5656]

Jimmy playing balanced hackmons with non full evolve mons, when?

[@skillhunter4804]

Even tho ash gren is usable , palafin hero and the crowned forms of the gen 8 dogs are not(without the ability or item) Similarly, xerneas can't have a different ability for a bizarre reason

[@zacharyadler4071]

I’m guessing surging strikes is already a great move and sniper is the best damage multiplier for it. Guaranteed crits ignored Intimidate, Stamina, multi boosts, substitute, sturdy, sash

[@zacharyadler4071]

And ash greninja has the best offensive stats for a water type

[@hoozoohleague8264]

If you give hacked ash-greninja the battle bond ability...does it turn into ash-ash-greninja?

[@takoyakiiii]

Shiny Iron Mugulis cup when?

[@mrtvgamess]

Lore accurate Ash Greninja

[@thezerowulf2046]

Wouldnt no guard regieleki be king here? Just insta kill everything?

[@inaccurategameplay5766]

Where’s Eternal Flower Floette, Jimothan?

[@SIlvasanAlexandru-wy8bu]

So this is the iron valiant of hack mons

[@cboscan1]

Thinking of some counter play, pixelate or galvanize ESPEED would be good options. Triage drain punch too?

[@Magic_Ice]

I remember the first time I played Balanced Hackmons, I was using a mono bug team and I almost won lol.

[@graylyhen9490]

This might just be insane, folks

[@WhoCrappedInThisShack]

Balanced Hackmons is very balanced

[@pmahcgop6693]

Could you use electro shot on the primordial sea set or is electro shot banned?

[@rever6612]

I'm looking for the outro music but cant find it.

[@Relisoc4]

Why isn’t huge power used over sniper? Edit: it’s banned in balanced hackmons, duh

[@dualmonkeyx]

So the 1.5x boost of sniper gives more damage than the 2x attack boost of huge/pure power? Wow.

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

Critical Hits basically takes away a chunk of the opponent's Defense stat to deal massive damage, so it is sensible.

[@dualmonkeyx]

@@naturalharmoniagropius4486 I watched the video too, crits ignore def boosts for enemy and attack drops for you, I know. But there's nothing stopping you from using the crit moves and huge power so I'm wondering why sniper is more damage. In any other game 2x would have 1.5x beat. But pokemon's damage calculator is a little weird sometimes. Some things round up, some round down, certain boosts apply at different times in the calculation. It'd be nice to know more in depth.

[@naturalharmoniagropius4486]

@@dualmonkeyx huge power just doubles your attack stat, not the boost itself, meaning your doubled attack stat still dealing on taking normal crit damage.

[@vez3834]

@@dualmonkeyx Certain abilities are banned because they are too strong and centralizing. The format is called "Balanced Hackmons".

[@JoeThomas-lu6fy]

@@naturalharmoniagropius4486 Huge Power does deal more damage, it's just banned.

[@daphenomenalz4100]

I hope they reset it back to ash greninja :( in legends ZA Like they removed Ash from pokemon, the most iconic fictional personality of pokemon and did not even care? How

[@ttv.x34nng80]

FINNALY ash Greninja 🥹

[@jolitero]

Which generation is this for? does ash gren still have its stats coded in gen 9?

[@Silly2345]

hackmon wooper can live a dual chop from mega rayquaza

[@triviszla1536]

Ash-Greninja, Brock-Onix, Misty-Starmie

[@sramain2852]

6:40 Nihilego is viable in BH ?

[@rightclicker_5306]

@@sramain2852 Niche, but it's usable as a Sapblocker that has 75% recovery on it's main healing move. Wouldn't say it's actually good though.

[@ChrisPTY507]

Just curious. Why use Sniper skills if your moveset will be compounded by moves that will always crit anyway?

[@rightclicker_5306]

You're thinking of Super Luck. Sniper boosts crit damage by 1.5x.

[@ChrisPTY507]

@@rightclicker_5306 Oh so it provides less increased chance of critical hits compared to super luck? idk if its the Mandela Effect, but i thought both skills did the exact same thing, as there are already skills that do the same but with different names

[@vez3834]

@@ChrisPTY507 They have different effects entirely. Super luck increases the chance of a crit. Sniper boosts the damage of a crit, but doesn't increase the chance.

[@BiggusD89]

Somehow palpatine returned

[@dongaldwilliams8071]

I like the reverse clickbait where you post primordial sea in the thumbnail but talk about sniper instead. My expectations were subverted.

[@Magikarpador]

i will only buy iron mugulis if you can give me your personal assurance that he is toxic

[@Dipeshgiree123]

what game you playing?

[@Baptistetriple0]

If the format let you basically pick anything you want and put it on one pokemon, why not just have a pokemon with OHKO moves and the no guard ability ? just take the fastest pokemon that exist, put it a choice scarf and just spam OHKO

[@spartacusthememelord6890]

*runs Protean Ash Greninja to inflict psychic damage and assert dominance against my opponent*

[@0blacklightning046]

Everyone: I WANT A LEGENDARY! Ash: I make pokemon legendary. Edit: Changed spelling of Ashe to Ash.

[@Pr4nn1]

Actly i think instead of using wicked blow id use surging strike

[@MrDjfredde711]

Ash-greninja cannot do much against water absorb great tusk, also if tusk runs burning bulwark. That’s why I run it, it’s a top counter. Also for chansey I run a mimikyu with moves that don’t effect it, and swords dance and unburden normal gem extreme speed, chansey cannot win against it. I also run a prankster giratina with encore disable to stop sweeps, if it is a dark type sweeper I have a mega Hera to deal with it.

[@canaldecasta]

Still mad about them doing this anime abomination instead of crystal onix and whatnot.

[@emeraldlover202]

Bro forgot that hackmons is just gen 7

[@reyanshadhana]

why tf is chansey on the top!?!?

[@biscuitboi3561]

The iron mugulis return almost makes me not want to demand horse council merch