This Pokemon Sucks - Here's Why Players are Using It

[@WolfeyVGC]

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[@MrBlacHaze]

Pal Tauros Aqua : Anger point Beartic : Frostbreathe I stopped playing and never got to try it out.

[@clarenceburnett294]

I switch in tatsugiru to when I run in to urshifu so that armarouge can one shot

[@comedycorpse9768]

my question and i think its a good one. why did they make that decision to bring pokemon home into this ? sure its awesome to see more pokemon enter the format, but i think a lot of players will agree it also brought pokemons we didnt want to see in the format, aka Tornadus, heatran, urshifu and more. Why let us bring more pokemon if only a few will even be considered ? i think its a poor decision, even worst, you don't even have the time to experiment around with all of them.

[@sultanbaba1230]

I miss you actually playing the game in your videos :(

[@Pam234]

@@comedycorpse9768because competitive players arent the only ones playing the game? I thought it would be somewhat obvious.

[@dasoupsoup]

Brambleghast can also generally OHKO any Flutter Mane with Shadow Sneak and a Wind Rider boost. This thing quite literally has the potential to invalidate the top 3 meta threats.

[@ryankendall3716]

True, however it’s kinda bad to do so because flutter mane will often Tera fairy. Better to just TW + power whip / bullet seed and take the KO regardless of Tera fairy.

[@dasoupsoup]

@@ryankendall3716 Fair enough, but it is still a valuable option to have if the opponent has already used their Tera, or even to purposely pressure them into using it early.

[@hamdepaf6686]

@@RemyBoivin-gh8gt and what is Heatran gonna do? Cry in a corner?

[@louieaguas]

@@hamdepaf6686 no it would create steam in a corner

[@pokeinator7834]

@@hamdepaf6686idk use steel moves?

[@Kelthret]

This is Wolfe's attempt at convincing the other worlds competitors to use a bad mon so he can have an easier time at the tournament

[@RainmakerXBooty]

It is interesting how much his opinion creates waves in the community. He controls the information

[@lagyktv45___16]

i was thinking the exact same thing😭😭

[@pichutube]

​@@RainmakerXBootyit's almost like he's a former world champion whose being playing at an international level for more than a decade or something. Absolutely crazy. (This is a joke, and I apologize if it came off rude)

[@chiccomelli6240]

My thought exactly😂

[@thefirespecialist9007]

That's actually lowkey smart tho. He's going to give himself a huge advantage before World's start!

[@jacksonbranby]

wolfey not wanting to use brambleghast and making a video on it so it artificially inflates its usage so more people are familiar with it/against it so more counterplay is developed so less people use it so he has to worry about it less is truly a Wold Champ Difference

[@MrCheese270]

That’s some 900 IQ among us KZbinr logic right there

[@WhatIsMyPorpoise]

You have never played competitive. Its all about mindgames. If he’s got an audience, might as well use it. Smash bros community did the same. Underreporting exploits until the end of the game’s development to be able to keep it in the game. Stuff like that is ridiculously common in competitive games.

[@WhatIsMyPorpoise]

@@poweredman Bruh. I just said that this happens all the time. A top player sees success with a strat will have dozens if not hundreds of other players copy that. Fun fact, honestly can seriously screw you over on the internet. If you reveal your tricks on the internet, someone undoubtedly will exploit the hell out of that. All the information he presented was conjecture, something that most other pros are likely already well aware of. The only people who would go hard into that strat will be less experienced players. Finally, with all of that said, going "this person is untrustworthy and manipulative" for something so minor and calling people trashy for going with the flow is ridiculously immature. +calculating aint even a negative trait

[@nicolaistuhlmuller8718]

​@@poweredman not sure if your comment was even remotely serious, but you do realize that the original comment is a joke? Vgc players are already aware of the mon, this video is mostly for the watching audience. It's not like his fellow world championship participants will be majorly influenced by an explanation video for the general viewership.

[@JayceCH.]

@@poweredman You realize that pros already have this information...right. Pokemon isnt some "holy shit 1 million IQ never before seen strat" game bud...

[@Bolognese-x2y]

Ngl the Pokémon home format for the WC was super unexpected but it also opens up countless possible teams so I’m really excited for that

[@arthiexd]

Who cares anyway? People only use the same freaking mons and teams. Competitive Pokémon is super boring because of that

[@princebeaver]

@@arthiexdthis sounds like someone who doesn’t actually watch matches. 2 very similar teams can still be enjoying to watch due to minute differences in the mons

[@Bolognese-x2y]

@@arthiexd yeah but mostly because then the power creep is too high due to some Pokémon’s completely invalidating a large part of Pokémon’s. I know now the power creep may be even larger, but because there is a lot more Pokémon, good players can find good strategies against the common threats with the new tools they are given, which I think is exciting

[@destroyer4929]

@@arthiexdtell me you don't know competitive without telling me you don't know competitive

[@thenerdbeast7375]

"Countless possible teams" nice joke

[@painoman5083]

So glad to see Brambleghast being awesome, I have been a Brambleghast bro since day one

[@Xantrahx]

Bro-mbleghast

[@jalencurtis7222]

Yeah, ngl- even as a Mono grass user, I found it rather underwhelming. It's making a believer out of me though.

[@primarinegaming6761]

I used one in my first blind playthrough for a little bit until I found a new team member and it was so fun, saved me in some titan battles

[@DrGandW]

As soon as I realized what he was capable of now I was ready to tumble

[@Redisdead98]

I’ve loved it since day one Tumble Tim the GOAT

[@StickMaster500]

Much like real tumbleweeds, they can become deadly if ignited by fire from a fire team

[@indianalicona6155]

Why i run terra water bramble lol

[@trevordoesplay1222]

Yes you are correct, but without the -ly in deadly

[@chimuoma390]

My Calumon can beat it easy!Either by stalling it,or using DarknessZone to nuke it with a near 100% chance to Confuse!Get'im,Calumon!Wish Digimon Dawn/Dusk were remastered and ported to the Nintendo Switch!

[@shyers3667]

@@chimuoma390 nerd

[@jalencurtis7222]

To whoever does the editing, Playing the storm mix of Alight at 2:22 of Wolfe's dialogue was such a powerful choice- it made the video really immersive and has you cheering for Brambleghast as an underdog. Just a small note of appreciation for your work. ❤ Edit: oh my god, not the Sonic 3 final boss theme for Urshifu 😂.

[@Whit_Edit]

Thank you! This was a song I had found recently and it fits so well

[@franciscopetrucci]

And the "look at this brambleghast" joke was perfection

[@Waterseeker_]

Similarly, the visual effect of the types going through Brambleghast at 7:40 was smoooooooth....

[@smajet5640]

Don't forget Gusty Garden Galaxy for Tornadus!

[@mushukotenseii]

editing is amazing

[@Invisibool]

Honestly even though it won't last forever, I always thought that otherwise-mediocre Pokemon having super-relevant niches like this that can carry them far is something heavily worthy of celebration. I think it's super cool and it makes me very, very happy to see Brambleghast doing so well right now

[@Patterrz]

I'm so happy Brambleghast is being sued. I actually love it and just see people hating on it :(

[@sablechaosi5661]

Can't believe brambleghast commited such a crime for people to sue him.

[@NokoTheTaco]

Breaking News! Brambleghast commits a crime at worlds, utterly defiling the meta! Tornadus suing for reparations like a little baby! Stay tune for the trial!

[@isaaclewis8694]

nooo why is brambleghast sued?!!?!?!?!?! i liked bramblin!!!! bramblin#1

[@omlett6482]

Of course Brambleghast is bad in a vacuum. There's no wind in a vacuum

[@eef99yy]

I used a Brambleghast team at the Portland regionals. The team had some problems, but Brambleghast was definetly the bright spot on the team. This pokemon countered so much of Regulation C it was ridiculous, and now it counters even more of the meta than before. I have been waiting for someone actually good at the game to see its potential. Thank you Wolfe.

[@Felipe_Andre_]

Wolfe winning worlds with Brambleghast. Please make it happen

[@Rama-sm4hp]

THAT'S THE WORLD CHAMP DIFFERENCE BABY

[@nachomolaolivera7580]

I think he's making people aware of it so there's more people thinking about what can counter brambleghast. So either other people will unknowingly build his team; or other people will have things to deal with Brambleghast, making those who use it lose early and leaves Wolfie with less chances to having to deal with it.

[@DesmondAinscow-rb4qf]

YES PLEASE

[@DrWurstpeter]

The album cover and showing each learnable move like a track list is a stroke of genius. Props to the editor for this one.

[@HerMajestyVelvet]

Seeing Home make Pokémon ride yo viability makes me really hopeful that some amazing player out there will utilize Lilligant-H at Worlds since it’s a top 10 favorite Pokémon of all time for me

[@frosthammer917]

Liligant-h feels very much a singles mon. Victory dance means even a mon with lilligant stats can go crazy in the right situation but VGC makes setting up and using the stat boosts much harder.

[@aldrichunfaithful3589]

its barely even a singles mon sadly, victory dance is broken but it has a dreadful defensive typing, underwhelming coverage, bad bulk and two bad abilities (chlorophyll is nearly pointless on a speed boosting sweeper and hustle is so bad you're usually better off with no ability at all). last time i saw one i went hard ursaluna on dance then with a tera fire lived +1 hustle cc to one shot with facade. if you want a physical sweeper use one of the dragons, sneasler, gambit etc

[@HerMajestyVelvet]

@@aldrichunfaithful3589 yeah I just went back to using Ursaluna, Kinggambit, Goldhengo, etc for those reasons Flying type moves melt my poor Lily and it makes me very sad

[@frosthammer917]

@@aldrichunfaithful3589 Yeah I kind of misspoke. I didn't mean it is an OU viable mon or anything. But its a lowtier that can sweep in the right situation. In doubles it just can't do anything.

[@Greatbabyred]

@@aldrichunfaithful3589 The defensive typing is pretty good and Hustle is really good. A 50% power is boost is ALWAYS worth it in exchange for only hitting 80% of the time. It basically turns CC into a Fighting-type Head Smash (with more BP). but you're right about the coverage lacking, and that definitely holds it back. Grass/Fighting just gets walled by a lot of key threats like Gholdengo. That's why it fell out of OU. But the absurd strength of Hustle + Victory dance is why it was banned from UU

[@Nameless_mixes]

And here I was thinking people would just run Tera Ghost Gastrodon with Storm Drain lol This is what separates the novices from the experts! Wolfe thinking outside of the box like always 🙌

[@soulemful]

...I may steal this tech.

[@FlamingZelda3]

but... that kinda sounds better than bramblegass... I mean losing your tera is tough, but gastrodon is gastrodon...

[@AshlynRose0210]

@@FlamingZelda3we love the slug here, although I’m up for any underdog choices to shine lol

[@craigstephenson7676]

Gastrodon is best mon tho so really it is better

[@miniguylad2827]

sure ghost storm-drain Gastrodon sounds good at first but remember it's not about blocking JUST Urshifu. Tornadus is there too, not only does this Gastrodon NOT threaten Urshifu offensively (sure he won't be doing damage to you but your Gastro won't be doing much to Urshifu either meaning he's 100% going to smash your other pokemon) but also Tornadus has little to no issue bodying Gastrodon before AND after Tera ghost. the reason for old Tumbleweed here being better is because he can handle both threats at once, as Wolfey says Bramble is immune to everything Tornadus is currently running while at the same time threatens to KO Urshifu and resists his stabs (immune for fighting stab) therefore this particular match up is better to use bramble FOR NOW (meta game is constantly changing after all)

[@BlackReshiram]

i would love to see more videos like this explaining why more otherwise "bad" pokemon are often used anyway! great stuff as always wolfey

[@calook1334]

I'd love to see some new answers to Tornadus + Urshifu at worlds because I'm currently stuck in Ultra Ball tier because of it. Sadge.

[@Zorua3]

Trick Room cores w/ Cress and Hands are excellent at dealing with it. I’ve been running Ally Switch Rocky Helmet Cress and it fucks up Urshifu.

[@azeria1]

gastrodon just watch it win another worlds

[@EllipticalReasoning]

Remember: trick room is always broken in a new format

[@ReidnReactn]

@@azeria1gets whooped by cc or single strike

[@FlamingZelda3]

@@ReidnReactn tera ghost?

[@slapstickers]

Bramblin was one of my favorite pokemon when I first discovered it playing through Scarlet so being able to finally clap people on showdown with its evolution has been super fun :3

[@mcsmileycorp]

I really hope wo chien turns out to be the unsung saviour of the format (probably very unlikely as it just gets bodied by urshifu, but we can dream)

[@doubl2480]

I find this really exciting. I know competitive players generally prefer to go into a tournament with full information and a really defined meta so that it's more of a test of skill... but I believe there is a lot of skill in being able to adapt in unknown terrain, and creativity alongside that.

[@Mad-Lad-Chad]

Quick thinking and fast learning ARE skills, so it's still a test of skill.

[@invertedghostgames9899]

*holds up a glass case* "In case of Urshifu, break Ghast." I hope to see this become a meme.

[@RadicalKingJames]

I’d love to see Brambleghast shine. It was a mainstay in my team during the story mode. Might train a good one to deal with all the Ursaluna I’m seeing in Battle Stadium.

[@carsonbiller1825]

something I thought of was using Anger Point Pandean Water Tauros as a surprise check to surging strikes urshifu + its common partners with its incredible moveset and pretty good speed

[@pokefanalex9504]

That sounds like a good move but wouldn't it still be weak to flying moves from Tornadus? Otherwise sounds like a pretty good surprise counter just Urshifu's buddy might be an issue

[@-LastStand-]

​@@pokefanalex9504i would've assumed that terra water P. water tauros would've been the call, throw an assault vest on him if you're going to terra on something else, or assault vest + terra water P. water tauros.

[@pokefanalex9504]

@@-LastStand- ohhhh I get that I forgot Tera for a moment yeah I could see that being a good strategy then!

[@ayo-whats-this]

Well the opponent can simply use something called a strategy instead of mindlessly attacking and giving it +6. It's easy to know that the tauros would be anger point since it ain't intimidate.

[@-LastStand-]

@@ayo-whats-this what if you don't send him out on lead?

[@user-iz2ik3gh2n]

It both synergizes with and counters some of the top threats in the metagame - love seeing it showing some promise.

[@MattressGuy]

GHOST TRICK MUSIC IN THE INTRO LETS GOO the editor is based asf for this

[@Ampharosite]

This is the era of competitive I love the most, seeing things flourish and develop with underused threats getting their time in the spotlight... even if I did hate learning to deal with Palafin, haha.

[@EpicGamerz01]

Wolfe is using a team weak to Brambleghast at worlds and is trying to get everyone to use it so he can see the best counter play options available. I see you Wolfe, you can’t get past me and my negative experience playing competitive pokemon

[@omgbunnyy]

The graphic of planet sized brambleghast creeping out from behind earth was unsettling 👍🏻

[@evangoulios9820]

Loving some brambleghast love finally. My favourite design of the region is generally hated by the entire community for some reason so I really do hope it succeeds

[@wallythebanditvgc]

Thanks for the shoutout! :) I know Brambleghast won't win worlds, but I really hope it at least sneaks into the top 8!

[@amirulhaziq9970]

Early prediction- since this mon has win rider, it can absorb heat wave,bleakwind storm and earthquake

[@amirulhaziq9970]

oh lol 'win' rider

[@shaykhmhssi3246]

eq is not a wind move

[@amirulhaziq9970]

Nice most of my prediction is correct eq,heat wave and bleakwind storm is just so much in the meta nowadays fr

[@MultiZernez]

@@shaykhmhssi3246it can tank it tho since it’s grass type

[@shaykhmhssi3246]

@@MultiZernez I’m aware, the original comment was about wind rider not brambleghast’s typing

[@generalzeta7000]

I expect storm drain Pokemon will be popular during this as well.

[@lol-wx4if]

To whoever edits the music in Wolfey's videos, THANK YOU for using amazing music from Great Ace Attorney. The video is enhanced tenfolds with music from one of my favourite games!

[@galliussbattlefield3621]

A video about a Ghost-type Mon with the Ghost Trick main theme at the beginning? This is already a masterpiece. XD

[@thunderwe_ryesiam]

"It is as frail as an actual tumbleweed." You did not just called a tumbleweed frail, those things know how to stick around

[@ghostboinori7914]

Bramblin melted my heart after rolling into my left tibia and making that cute lil noise I’ve evolved it and kept it since. Honestly number one fav from gen 9

[@gthedon__]

Regulation D is the best so far and is going to make worlds so fun/interesting

[@pokefanalex9504]

Agreed I feel bad that players may struggle but may lead to interesting sets that are unique at the surface as well

[@nevi5158]

Editor, I don't know who you are. but since you put RainCode and ace attorney OST's in the video I love you.

[@benisama1688]

I was also flabbergasted when i heard the Rain Code ost

[@Whit_Edit]

Thanks! I love AA and I'm planning on picking up Raincode soon but there's so many games to play!

[@krzysztofswierzy4226]

I must say I like the idea of changing the ruleset shortly before world class events. I always felt Pokemon is not only about tactical decisions and predictions, but also about creative and cunning teambuilding. Destibilizing meta will put much more pressure to this teambulding aspect of competition.

[@Mewcrozma]

Considering what tumbleweeds are like irl, Brambleghast being everywhere is oddly fitting

[@cheep5645]

Ghost Trick music, average Wolfey W

[@senpai2.054]

wait until someone pulls up to worlds with a Bramblgast, Gastrodon, and Heatran core

[@colossaldonut5190]

Wolfey confirming that Wo-Chien might have a big breakthrough is all I need to know that the Wo-Chien sweep is coming.

[@rcube33]

Editing is popping off!

[@troshken4701]

Im really looking forward to a video about this upcoming Championship, having an entirely new meta right before a big event like this sounds like its going to be very fun to watch

[@tysondennis1016]

When Shiftry is brought back, it needs to swap either Early Bird or Pickpocket for Wind Rider.

[@TLPenenn]

I wanna point out that Wicked Blow was likely nerfed for parity with Surging Strikes, since the latter's effective BP is 75 when factoring in all three hits. I feel confident in saying this because Calyrex-Ice's signature move, Glacial Lance, was also nerfed from 130 to 120 to be on parity with Shadow's Astral Barrage, despite the former not being nearly as prolific as the latter. Also, I would love if you made a couple videos on the best New and Returning 'mons in Home, like you did for the start of the gen with the Paldea dex; it'd be interesting to hear your thoughts about them!

[@Fly-the-Light]

It’s weird they’re nerfing worse moves

[@Fly-the-Light]

*and not touching the better ones

[@Celeviii]

I'm honestly really excited to watch worlds this year

[@squidonglitter2320]

Now I really really want to see someone with bramblegaust on their team come on top. WILL WOLFE TAKE THAT CHALLENGE?

[@Haydunn]

There was a short clip of my battle against Aaron using bleakwind on his brambleghast LOL

[@nanomaxico]

A pokemon I would like to raise spotlight for in similar situation is pincurchin, the ability is good and one of the rarer moves like acupressure is also available to it.making it bulky and trying acupressure is mostly good as far as i have tried.

[@JigChu7]

The editor has great music taste, now they is putting in some ghost trick and rain code soundtracks? Based👍

[@ChilaAuroraVT]

I was in a ranbats tournament at uni, and Blambleghast helped me come back from behind and sweep. Didn't know it had that dawg in it

[@letmesleepinpeace7052]

Can't wait for bramble to ghast all over the tournament

[@intellygent-alienking5651]

I hope they bring certain moves back like they did in the Crown Tundra DLC. Like Poltergeist

[@infinite_end725]

If the home format for worlds ends up making really diverse teams, I guess it will be worth it. Strange choice though.

[@Ryovital]

Update 00.1% of vgc players are using this mon and there are much better counters that have other purposes like amoongus with a 15.87% usage rate in vgc. (Percentages via pikalytics)

[@DavyIJones]

Brambleghast is one of my new favorites of this gen, one of the reasons is because of its potential in its ability and stat spread. Now that tornados (a pokemon I hate) is in the game, it makes brambleghast an insane threat with a unique offensive typing

[@derekfarkas5538]

Whoever made that Nickleback “look at this brambleghast” meme is a legend

[@StratSama]

Wolfey convincing everyone to bring brambleghast to worlds so he can win with his brambleghast counter, offensive murkrow, which is one point faster than brambleghast

[@Snowstar837]

The shot of the Pokemon in the pool at 2:48 is unnecessarily well edited 😂 look at those reflections!

[@cosmic12321]

I'd be playing with Brambleghast more, but evolving it is a headache and a half.

[@AlexanderLingg]

Eh, it takes a few minutes of running circles around a town, but I'd rather do this than whatever the hell Runerigus needs

[@michaelpeebs]

Stand on a roof with it out in the floor. There's a pokestop this works well at. It'll do its own circles and evolve without you running around.

[@ildesu789]

The big stairs at the academy entrance count more steps than normal, you just need to go up and down about 3 times.

[@cosmic12321]

@@ildesu789 Thanks for the replies and help guys!!

[@garadox_1]

Loved the "Glass Animals Brambleghast" joke

[@SKysofRain]

This is a perfect example of what keeps me playing Pokemon. It is one of the only competitive games with such variety and ever evolving metas that rewards creativity and implementation of unique strategies. Seemingly impossible offensive strategies pop up to be hard countered by unexpected previously useless pokemon that find a niche and their time to shine. The balance team shines best when they have given an underwhelming pokemon a unique toolset that goes unnoticed. I doubt they plan for things like this but giving pokemon unique identities and was of playing allows for situations like this ro even happen. Too much overlap in similarities of identity makes for a stale game of one thing outclassing everything else in everyway. Everyday i wish that other companies would attempt to learn this depth in competitive games. League of legends gets close but tends to prune out unique play styles for balancing, being too afraid of player innovation (also the player base toxicity pressuring others to confirm to conventional builds keeping things stale).

[@sprucefox2239]

ok I never do this but like a minute in I wanna make a guess, is it the genies that's making people use the tumbleweed? They now each get a unique, more accurate hurricane that doesn't hit your partner, and all of them have an annoying 20% secondary effect such as inflicting para and burn. They're also classified as wind moves, and get eaten by brambleghast's ability. It's the same effect gholdengo brought to VGC at the start of gen 9, boosting the popularity of bulky water/fire types to combat its broken spread move, brambleghast is just a much more extreme example of this effect.

[@sprucefox2239]

ok not the whole picture but a pretty important part of it!

[@byzantine5761]

Decidueye's typing walked so Brambleghast's typing could ride the wind (that doesn't have quite the ring to it buts its ok because uhh riding the wind is like its middle name)

[@rcube33]

Meanwhile Trevenant :'(

[@cervgiovanni]

This reminds me of gen 4 Ubers. Kyogre was stopped by Parasect.

[@Xanthomelania]

Wolfey : Brambleghast counters several popular threats also wolfey : shows a picture of chien pao

[@PhailRaptor]

This kinda reminds me of Murkrow's sudden rise to top tier, despite Honchkrow existing. Keeping Prankster made Murkrow significantly more desirable, and holding an Eviolite more or less equalized the Def/SpDef difference between the 2.

[@samlofquist2477]

This thing is a menace in random battles if you're not positioned correctly when it comes out.

[@trevorjamesnegus]

Very much! Provides quite a lot of outs, can sit on the field strength sapping 😅

[@samlofquist2477]

@trevorjamesnegus it let me stall out an Arboliva of all things since it couldn't hit me and phantom force threatened heavy switch in damage.

[@rareinfinity9160]

Yooo seems the editor has been playing Master Detective: Rain Code. The soundtrack is real good!

[@randomtrainerx.3424]

Brambleghast: ah the winds are slowly blowing in my favor, even if it's brief

[@SuperSupper2]

As a child of chaos, I am pleased to see others finally walk this path

[@NoxUmbraa]

I took a brambleghast to NAIC in Columbus 😂 confused everyone that tried killing it with heat wave. Glad to see it being talked about here! I love the little tumbleweed!

[@user-AADZ]

9:03 "i'm sure that an overlooked pokemon will be able to sh-" able to what now?! 😳

[@WhimsicottFanatic]

On the subject of Grass/Ghost-types, I'm hoping Dhelmise will come back someday, simply due to a funny thing with Tera-ing it As a refresher, Dhelmise obviously gets STAB on Grass and Ghost moves, but also its only Ability, Steelworker, gives pseudo-STAB to Steel moves, as in they have a 50% boost in power _So,_ if you had Dhelmise Tera into a type that isn't one of those 3, you could basically have a Pokemon with a moveset of 4 different types, with STAB on technically all of them And also if you Tera-Steel I _think_ Steel moves would have 2.25× power? Because of the true STAB from becoming Steel + the 1.5× from Steelworker, but don't quote me on that, I don't actually know for sure if it'd work out like that Would it be practical? No But is it really neat? I think so

[@beta4239]

I've been using Brambleghast since Regulation B and it's always been amazing. I originally used it to deal with Dondozo and Annihilape by pairing it with Pelliper, Talonflame, and Murkrow (all different teams lol). Tailwind giving Brambleghast an Attack boost even while invincible from Phantom Force is insane and helps a lot against matchups like Annihilape, Armarouge and Indeedee, and Flutter Mane. Mine uses an Adamant Nature with a Life Orb and it does some INSANE damage. Definitely one of my favorite pokemon competitively this generation and its sort of bittersweet seeing it get more use. I will be pairing it with my shiny Tornadus (as I'm assuming many others have) to hopefully get some neat stuff going on.

[@BlueBasD]

Tbh I'm happy brambleghast finally getting some spotlight. Its one of my favorite new pokemons when I first saw it. I really thought it was just a animated tumble weed

[@adriahrin3284]

kind of off topic but i absolutely love your music choice for this video

[@RicohOlive]

this is a great video, it also makes me think if there are so many wind moves and even a wind-related ability can't we just change flying-type to wind-type at this point

[@lukek2965]

I hope the dominance of rapid strikes urshifu incentivises gastrodon usage I love that little slug

[@GeorgeCowsert]

Given a recent influx of Infinite Fusion stuff hitting the algorithm, I gotta wonder. What are some good Meta teams?

[@reddwhite3976]

Oh my god, Ghost Trick OST. I love you

[@cir0plus]

I love Brambleghast. I made an immunity team and threw it on the team just for the crazy amount it's immune to. Normal, Fighting, Spore moves, Powder moves, Leech Seed. Immune to and gets a + 1 attack from Blizzard, Heatwave, Hurricane, Icy Wind, Whirlwind, and now the Storm Moves. Also, less used moves like Petal Blizzard and Air Cutter give it a +1 attack and is immune to them. Brambleghast can do some nasty damage to powerful Pokémon. With Tailwind giving you a +1, you can OHOK things like Urshifu (Rapid Strike Style), Iron Bundle, Great Tusks, and Flutter Mane, and deal crazy damage to things like Iron Hands, Tornadus, Landorus (after Intimidate), and so on. But it has many, many setbacks. It's walled by things like Rillaboom, Goodra, and Heatran. Pokémon like Chien-Pao can end it before it can attack. Stats aren't great. It's move pool sucks also. Physical moves it could learn: Knock Off, Night Slash, Foul Play, Pin Missile, Shadow Claw, Acrobatics, Poison Jab, Wil-O-Wisp, Revenge, Play Rough, U-Turn. Not all of them, but some of them would make it better. Also, up its attack to 120 and speed to 100. I just really like Brambleghast lol.

[@MythX_StoryTeller]

I've been using teams that use Brambleghast and I'll admit, the fact it was overlooked in the meta surprised me. I needed a good Rapid Spinner for my Singles Sandstorm team. My moveset is Spikes, Rapid Spin, Strength Sap, and Infestation. I used it to trap Pokemon like Wooper, Great Tusk, Exploding Forretress, Kilowatrel, Garganacl, and some surprising others, like Palafin and non- Dark STAB Ting-Lu. It is surprisingly good at stall, despite the frailer defenses; so much so that if the Defenses and HP were a little better, I'd argue that B.ghast would be one of the best Curse- using Ghost type Pkmn. Although it lacks Harvest, like Trevenant, it does use Strength Sap superbly well for recovery. Pokemon w/out set up, Taunt or pivoting moves actually had a hard time against this Stall set. It forced the tempo of the match, allowing me to trap and weaken threats, remove hazards, block other Spinners and place my own hazards. B.ghast did all of that for my Sandstorm team, which honestly, Sandstorm is brutal in this meta, since it's now the only dmg dealing weather. Thanks for covering B.ghast! Like any Pkmn, it has flaws and merits, but I've seen a great potential w it and believe you're right about your prediction.

[@crazykidjumps]

I'm happy it's getting love, I've had mild success just doing basic sweeps with a below average team

[@tysondennis1016]

Brambleghast and Toedscruel are the anti-meta Grass-types.

[@zacharytobias-vd3bn]

Wolfey i have a strategy Have a medicham with skill swap and a slaking Have medicham use skill swap on slaking Slaking will get pure power I would like to see a team around that strategy And i would put a item on the medicham to make it outspeed all of the other pokemon on the field

[@Gustangela]

It is really hard to position Brambleghast well. And, by what I have seem, Tornadus usage is already low in comparison to when the format started. So...

[@aquaknight2269]

I was very excited when I watched the sponsor segment, but then after checking the website, I realised I needed digital money to use it. which I didn't have. so much for getting tips on pokemon gaming.

[@JGG_QuitVSRG]

You should play in a tournament with the oldest best competitive teams

[@samot1643]

Hey wolfey, whouldn't gastrodon with storm drain and conter a good pokemon against urshifu?

[@kellenmarriam1260]

I shiny hunted brambleghast months ago because I knew one day it would beat tornadus, but I didn’t even think about urshifu. Sick!

[@roboxenogaming2047]

I knew this mere tumbleweed had Doubles potential. And now here we are.

[@toph5572]

Look at the subtitles when he talked about Urshifu, it spells Urshifu like 10 different ways

[@Glory2Snowstar]

I actually quite like Brambleghast, just a spooky rollin’ ghostweed friend with a hilariously awful Movepool that gives it a meme factor. Even though with thorns like that, it could 100% use Shadow Claw. Plus, the Ability’s fun.

[@gubbemon]

I will say, Brambleghast could be good, BUT it heavily relies on tailwind. With trickroom teams being very prevalent, it would be easy to counter with mons like Mimikyu (a Pokémon that’s popular on mainly Japanese teams) or Goodra-H. There’s a lot that you have to do in order to make sure that it doesn’t get instantly KOed by trickroom mons.

[@Kubasama_]

WOLFEY THERE'S NO WAY YOU USED RAIN CODE MUSIC, YOU STAY GOATED 😃

[@jamytoo51]

If your teamate next to brambleghast faints you could probably switch to galarian zapdos and strength sap to heal and increase attack

[@Azun_Kurone]

Defiant doesn't work on ally stat drops unfortunately