Why Hacked Slaking is Godlike.

[@r.j.tammaro8383]

Ah yes, the future paradox form of Slaking, Hacking.

[@theoroderick782]

😂😂😂

[@marcojoinha]

Video intro information But first, we bring news. The future paradox form os Slaking, Hacking (cue poorly drawn monkey in keyboard with matrix numbers showing on screen) has been seen in the comment section of Jimothy Cool's videos and alongside Iron Mugulis plans to hack non-subscribers and use up all their PP, leaving without option but to constantly struggle. It is believed the only way to avoid this is to subscribe (cue subscribe for your own self interest png appearing on screen), thank you.

[@Galaxybro9000]

Ok, that’s actually smart😂

[@RT-nv9ii]

Jacking...off

[@r.j.tammaro8383]

@@RT-nv9ii get your mind out of the gutter.

[@Zanedotmidi]

"Slaking is one of the most powerful Pokémon in the entire game. WIth hacks. Which may seem strange" No one's ass finds it strange 😭

[@theodosiosmarques8141]

Hey, I just came from the eclise video you commented 😂

[@matalinoe4059]

@@theodosiosmarques8141 Wow, just watched that as well.

[@h2o684]

​@@theodosiosmarques8141eclise as in the PVZ mod?

[@-.-Infinity-.-]

Literally

[@HuneeBruh]

@@theodosiosmarques8141 the creeps one?

[@Magic_Ice]

“Slaking wouldn’t be good in OU without Truant” people are really quiet rn.

[@realmdarkness]

It could have no ability and be in Ubers

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Depends how a normal type would do in the meta. Its got a legendary statline, 10th highest total in the game, and with a base speed of 100 it'd be fast enough to do some things. Its defence is pretty bad though.

[@Magic_Ice]

@@CAMSLAYER13 150 hp and 100 defense 65 special defense. It’s dondozo with even more defense it’s definitely not frail.

[@CAMSLAYER13]

@@Magic_Ice yea, you are right

[@butteredsalmonella]

160 Attack and 100 Speed, just like Palafin and look where Palafin ended up in.

[@BluesEnergy00]

"Hacks turn Slaking from unviable garbage..." Unsubscribed

[@Mr.Shwartz]

I love Jimothy cool but my love for the gorilla is unrivaled. Your gonna have to answer to the truant cartel for this one Jim.

[@cultofmel]

Jim saying such a thing is unbelievable. Slaking's older brother, Regigigas, will not be delighted.

[@mondooowada3537]

Everyone shut up and listen, a 🐐is talking.

[@unnoticed9988]

@@BluesEnergy00 he hurt my soul when he said that

[@dhans9662]

Hes been PU in every gen since gen 5

[@bdt2002gaming]

Taking this as an opportunity to remind the public of the maniacal horror that would be a Slaking in Gen 1 -No Abilities (Truant) to deal with -Base 95 Special + Amnesia -STAB 100% crit rate Slash -STAB in Gen 1 Hyper Beam -Maxed out EVs in all stats

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Its basically a much betgter snorlax without truant and snorlax was one of the kings of 1st gen

[@nlb137]

@@CAMSLAYER13 It's basically Snorlax + Tauros. 10 less speed than Tauros, 10 less HP than 'Lax, but 50 more points of attack, and better physical bulk.

[@zuils]

Forgot to mention it 2hkos mewtwo with slash

[@SolaricAngel116]

​​​@@nlb137And to mention that its special would make its BST higher in Gen 1 up to the equivalent of 700 than today's 670, as that 65 Sp. Def would be also 95 as its special attack is.

[@KiraiKatsuji]

@@SolaricAngel116 Well no it would have lower BST that would act as if it was higher

[@BiggestSniff]

0:52 he’s done asking; now he’s threatening ❤

[@SuperErinMan]

Hacking Slaking is lacking spikes stacking because he's attacking with the power he's packing.

[@KaysonVanOrman-ef4ku]

Bars

[@miked5163]

Cheap Furret ripoff

[@ImSparapt]

Furret best mon

[@OceanVista76]

Truely

[@jang2103]

First Slaking, now Haking. I hope to God we never see the past paradox form: Jaking

[@HeavyWalrus2]

Or god forbid we run in to the past paradox from of his pre evolution: Jackoth🦥

[@fireheart4560]

We need to keep jaking, off the horse council

[@elivated4063]

You’d never what to see the FUTURE paradox form: Whaking

[@jarrodharvey5873]

Some of the creative sets in hackmons are really cool. Poison heal facade victory dance isn't something i would have thought of

[@joelcheong7010]

Slaking is one of the most Powerful Pokemon in the Entire Game.

[@Willianjlara]

With hacks

[@xethified]

Which may seem strange.

[@airam1721]

Ain't nobody finding this strange 😭

[@AhmedX8]

Slaking is a Pokemon that is pretty terrible competitively in the base game.

[@Cleffr]

While it has amazing stats, it has the horrible ability, Truant, which exists as a deliberate handicap.

[@jake9107]

Many have speculated what Jimothy uses his head phones for. I, for one, believe he is receiving orders from the Horse Council to facilitate his stratagem

[@tangerinepaint3643]

Stratagem? Like the CAPmon?

[@FoulUnderworldCreature]

Slaking, hacking's slack king.

[@stealthgamer4620]

For those who don’t know, Gigas does the same exact thing, and technically is a bit better by getting a bit more SpDef. Mostly an optimization choice and it bypasses the “Species Clause”, one species per team. Population Bomb imo is the only reason it should be banned because Gigas and Slaking have gone without being banned all this time until this generation. Like the Poison Heal Facade tech was no secret. To be honest I think it’s the only mon if you include Population Bomb that could be an S tier pick, which is almost always is uncontested by Imposter Chansey.

[@rightclicker_5306]

Not really. Population Bomb Slaking (usually running Magic Guard) had a problem of either running Coil and lacking speed (crucially missing Arceus speed who commonly runs Fur Coat + Strength Sap, which means you usually can't beat it if you don't outspeed), or running Victory Dance / Tidy Up and run into a power issue since you can't run Life Orb and have to run Wide Lens if you don't want to gamble. You know what fixes both of these problems??? Guts. Guts + Facade is as powerful if not more than Life Orb Population Bomb (i can't remember it's been a long while and i cba to calc), it has perfect accuracy unlike Fraudpulation Bomb, and it has way less of an Imposter issue due to Imposter dealing far less damage without Guts + Facade boost. Also a bonus of massive PP pool which outstalls Strength Sap. When I played during the time Slaking was legal I always breath a huge sigh of relief when I saw my opponent's Slaking didn't get burned on switch in because that means it's gonna be easy as hell to deal with. When it did however... dear god.

[@giovannimoceri4387]

I love these videos on HackMons, it's so cool to see what people come up with. Guts+Stab Facade+Victory Dance all on Slaking! I love seeing how all these things stack on top of each other!

[@HoChiPro]

Big Monke defeats any god

[@takoyakiiii]

Black Myth Slaking

[@Afox4567-lp3ps]

1:50 I'm never gonna live this down am I? lol love your videos and how how your bring more light to hackmons community keep up the great work!

[@tomwantshelp]

Why did Protect fail?

[@unnoticed9988]

Finally a dedicated video to my favorite Pokemon

[@theoroderick782]

The Exodia of Pokemon, Slaking was held down, barely, by the chains of Truant. No the human eyes finally see why he lay dormant for so long😅😅😅

[@kardar233]

Regigias is absolutely seething at this moment.

[@m_arto]

Btw, iirc only mons with just one ability can have theirs removed on adv hacked, as the other slot is basically None

[@sergioturrado9941]

Just IMAGINE if GF had decided to swap Slaking's Sp. Atk and Sp. Def stats

[@LuigiTheMetal64]

Kekking would have to be under the Skill Swap effect. You can see that happening when you face the last double trainers in the Houen Champion Road.

[@tantacles]

The Chrono Trigger sting right at the beginning got me. Love it.

[@DecidueyeMain-rg3rb]

What I find strange is that comatose is banned in balanced hackmons, making setups using statuses almost uncounterable

[@BluesEnergy00]

Sounds so fun, I might try this Pokémon. Thank you Jim.

[@nerddwarf]

Regigigas vs Slaking 110 vs 150 160 vs 160 110 vs 100 80 vs 95 110 vs 65 100 vs 100

[@kenshiro8984]

i'm in love with jimothy's hacked arc

[@twilightwitch9127]

The Virgin Vanilla Slaking vs The Chad Hacked Slaking.

[@commonpepe2270]

Hacked Slaking is the dad that could beat up your dad.

[@spartacusthememelord6890]

I once had a funny little fumble where I was playing through Emerald, and I tried to use Gerson my Grovyle to cheese Slaking with Dig. Unfortunately, I had forgotten that Gerson would need to be faster than Slaking and uh... yeah I'll give you three guesses how that went.

[@opposumness3107]

So you won? You got it? Gerson the Gecko cheesed the Gorilla?

[@spartacusthememelord6890]

@@opposumness3107 Nah Gerson died lol. Thankfully the rest of my team was barely able to come out on top

[@opposumness3107]

@@spartacusthememelord6890 Shoot, I blew all of my three guesses!

[@CinnaSwirls]

Okay, I'm going to watch this video, and the answer better be more complicated than "replaced Truant with a busted ability".

[@AngelCopout]

Huge Power... Mother of God nothing is safe from that.

[@TomTheCat2367]

First time I've heard someone say "Subscribe for your own self interest."

[@TyroRNG]

What a surprise. Beyond legendary stats without a crippling ability is strong. Not to mention beneficial abilities and an improved moveset.

[@AnonEcho98]

Slaking being busted in Hackmons is the New Normal I want to hear XD

[@dm9910]

On one hand, it's blindingly obvious to anyone who's ever looked at Slaking's stats why he'd be good in a format that lets you pick any ability. On the other hand, I still clicked on and watched the video. This is insane.

[@GarrettStelly]

That sub plug sounded like a threat

[@Tortello2675]

Will hacked Slaking be able to repel Iron Mugulis folks?

[@Jfrost9101]

I cant believe that he was Haking the entire time. This is insane.

[@SpecVader]

If hacked slaking is this powerful i dont even wanna think about hacked regigigas

[@sagacious03]

Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading! Maybe with this video, I might subscribe... for my own self-interest.

[@jaotrx7163]

Slaking my beloved.

[@ShallowSoloesYourVerse]

With current powercreep in gen 9 ou I don't think Slaking would be that overpowered without truant crippling it

[@airam1721]

Tell me how

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Yea, its defences are mid and normal type isn't that amazing. It still has the 10th best statline in the game though so who knows. Would depend a lot on what ability it got instead

[@KiraiKatsuji]

@@CAMSLAYER13 An empty one would be enough

[@CAMSLAYER13]

@KiraiKatsuji yea, you right. Probably would tear the meta to shreds, its stats are nuts

[@codenamec.a.t2480]

So like are we just gonna forget Palafin had a way worse movepool and still got banned week 1

[@tecul1]

larger than life, one might say

[@moyai5317]

I almost read this as "Why Hacked Slaking is a Gorilla" lmao

[@jaimeXDgo]

In gen 10 we'll get the item Coffed which, when equipped, removes the effects of both Truant and Slow Start. But Slaking and Regigigas won't be programmed into the game.

[@KiraiKatsuji]

The only thing Slaking needs is to have it's ability changed to anything besides Truant and it automatically becomes more viable

[@feliznavidad1114]

Perhaps they should call it “Balanced Slakmons”.

[@caspervestergaard2430]

Max attack Slacking with Huge Power and Choice Band has 1380 Attack from the get go. That is just slighty below the attack stat of a Max attack Belly drum snorlax. AND STAB extreme speed? Ouch

[@GodzillaFreak]

Normal type is actually busted

[@first_8_digits_of_Pi]

No extravagant subscription plug? bad video 😭

[@sacktheargonian]

I respect the fact that you don't click bait by putting the answer to the title in the thumbnail, but it doesn't give me a reason to watch it. Maybe I'm just outside your target demographic though.

[@JJNWSGHOST0299]

Days since Groodon: 6

[@jissus3893]

I'm surprised you didn't talk about Regigas who's basically Slaking 2

[@EggmanArmy]

Take the Truant out of Slaking and he becomes "King".

[@thethunderchieftain5464]

You don't even need hacks to get Truant off of Slaking. Entrainment can replace it,it can be Skill Swapped away,can be replaced by Mummy or Wandering Spirit or it can be supressed by Neutralizing Gas.

[@quanghoang6901]

All of what you said only works reliably in double

[@devranyilmaz9806]

Ok, now try to do that without the opponent interrupting you in some regard. Why spend a turn or more activating a powerful pokemon when you can just use a pokemon that is already powerful without the song and dance?

[@jake9107]

you dont play much showdown do you fella

[@GrimHC]

Try poison heal and facade, or guts and facade, yeah now we’re getting scary

[@JEANS__]

I am SHOCKED

[@JustRaii.]

Slaking just needed motivation and to stop being lazy to be good

[@whereisspacebar2991]

Slaking being really good when hacks are involved makes sense thematically. Lazy people like to cheat.

[@nano321995]

What happened with the issues between the magcargo and typhlosion, did they resolve their differences?

[@MrAnsatsuken]

He's even better with *_GameFreak_*_ hacks._

[@MrMonkey2475]

Hmm hacking makes a pokemon strong? Never woulda thought that

[@stealthgamer4620]

I’ve played BH since gen 6 and I was hoping YOU could do a video on bans and clauses over the years 🙏🏽 I want to learn about things like Shedinja ban but I can’t because information is too all over the place on Smogon and it’s not so easy to just google them. Also, I have an opinion that’s considered a hot take in the BH community, but I think there’s TOO MANY bans in balanced hackmons because the format gets duller and it becomes more unrecognizable by each generation, but to be fair it is the game’s own power creep. My last hot take is “Why not ban Imposter?” I think removing this altogether would make the game more fun because imposter chansey always has a place on a team where it just walls the other person. Like chansey just has too many opportunities to break your team. We removed Illusion for one! Completely different ability but it wasn’t the most broken thing in the world. There’s been a lot of worse metas than either. I don’t know why we have a lot of mons banned too, idk if it’s to differentiate ourselves from Nat Dex BH and official BH. Important note: these two formats are run by 2 different groups/communities, and no one plays Nat Dex BH except for 2 people. I think a ban on specific interactions would balance the game more like how Comatose Sleep Talk doesn’t work, but nothing else in the entire game is.

[@MazterP28]

Norman enters the chat.

[@DanielRamirez-cj5yg]

Give slacking wonderguard 😂

[@H20ZTS]

Isnt wonderguard spiritomb practically ubkillable Gen 5 below?

[@circleturtles]

Mold breaker lol

[@NamePending9]

Fire fang works because reasons

[@blissbu]

​@@NamePending9Only in gen 4

[@ihsaningersoll9232]

status and hazards make it doable

[@chess_fella]

He is godlike, with hacks.

[@ZadoCreia]

Would Normalize or Mind's Eye be more effective than Guts/Poison Heal?

[@hardrocklobsterroll395]

Slaking would prob be Ubers even with defeatist tbh.

[@moshelaks1961]

What about his spiritual successor, Regigas?

[@obesus3248]

Slaking is one of the most powerful Pokémon in the entire game. With hacks.

[@TheRedStinger82]

Which may seem strange. Slaking is a Pokemon that is pretty terrible in the base game.

[@TimeToShine39]

That may seem strange

[@plentyofpaper]

I'd take it Regigigas is just a hair worse than Slaking in these formats? Same attack, speed and type. 160/100/65 defenses for Slaking 110/110/110 defenses for Regigigas. Not gonna do the calcs. But it looks like Slaking has substantially more physical bulk, while Regigigas has a little more special bulk.

[@canaldecasta]

Is Iron Mugulis legal in Anything Goes Hackmons?

[@lordinfernape4753]

How do you remove abilities from Pokemon in Gen 3?

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Without truant it'd actually just be good in general. Its got the 10th highest stat total and a decent speed stat. It beats out the box legendarys for its generation even

[@greenuvlight]

Fun fact: Slaking is based on me

[@baldrian22]

Honestly, slaking might be uber if not for its terrible ability even in gen 9.

[@zipc403]

Slacking; more like Hack-king

[@QweaklyForgotten]

I thought Regigigas slightly outclassed Slaking. They have the same base Attack and Speed, and same typing and drawbacks from their base abilities. The only difference is Slaking's 150/100/65 bulk to Regi's 110/110/110, making Slaking bulkier on the physical side but Regi wins on the special and overall bulk I guess which one is better depends on which side of the physical/special attacks the current metagame favors

[@rightclicker_5306]

Gigas does outclass Slaking, usually. It however wasn't available during the time Slaking was legal (pre fulldex). In a meta where both are legal they can be used together to technically bypass species clause.

[@blank2010]

@@rightclicker_5306 That's not true. Compared to Regigigas, Slaking trades 15% less special bulk for 14% more physical bulk (without a defensive nature). However, more important than that is Slaking's higher HP (71.5% of Chansey's HP for Slaking and 60% for Regigigas) which makes it better against Imposter Chansey and the lesser common Innards Out Blissey and Chansey, which makes Slaking the better default choice unless you feel like you need to reach a specific benchmark of special bulk that Slaking doesn't reach.

[@dsproductions19]

Wait, wasn't Slaking considered OU or Ubers in Gen 3? I thought it saw at least some use in the tournaments of the time.

[@o-poppoo5117]

It's UUBL and somewhat inconsistent in OU

[@dogman7776]

yes video

[@homerogordo5548]

So... That means bc of slaking, regigigas is bad in hackmons for the reason of ban all the same abilities

[@NobodyDungeons]

Regigigas does much the same thing as slaking. I personally think truant should be changed to do half damage, and regigigas should just be given protean.

[@joshherrera9034]

Can you use gastric acid on your ally in teams?

[@nullpoint3346]

Has anyone done a [Little Cup: Hackmons]?

[@EclipseKirby]

I find Jimothy's increased output of hackedmons content lately suspicious. How sure are we that this is really Jim, and not an Imposter Chansey trying to promote the format to find more victims?

[@HuyPhan-go8zb]

If Slaking is broken, Regigigas is broken in Hacked right?

[@lancerofredkarna1867]

How good Regigigas is in hackmon?

[@johndoe-rq1pu]

"Slacking is one of the most powerful pokemon in the entire game, with hacks, which may seem strange." "Slacking is obviously one of the most powerful pokemon at abusing hacks." If David Benioff and D.B.Weiss have kidnapped your koalas to force you to read their scripts, just drop the puns from your call to action and we'll know!

[@triviszla1536]

Slaking OP

[@moonmoon4537]

Hacking Slaking

[@EarselBill-bi4xr]

lol hell you could give Slaking the Run Away ability and it’d be pretty damn busted. Shew idk why make such a “good” Pokémon with such a bad ability….Slaking’s ability isn’t Tooooo too bad, but Regigigas is the big crime of the century…..I get that these Pokémon can be ran alongside Weezing in doubles, but shit I wanna use them in singles lol….both CAN work in earlier generations, Slaking is actually quite decent in Gen3, but still…..Regigigas got screwed so very badly…

[@Fudelagem]

Slaking can get huger power in doubles with skill swasp

[@uS0ra]

what about Regigigas isnt he basically slaking 2.0

[@Mach_Knight]

is regiass also banned?

[@bigtoblerone8446]

Slaking with choice band and double edge and 3 other high power physical attacking moves is still pretty good in singles. And for doubles, pairing him with prankster doodle grafaiai is the most inconsistent and permanent way to remove his terrible ability.

[@KayJordan17]

Would you use Slaking over Regigigas in Hackmons?

[@codenamec.a.t2480]

Really it just comes down to personal preference on which one you use