World Champ Reacts to "How Good was Charizard ACTUALLY

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[@WolfeyVGC]

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[@random_user4368]

already did B)

[@chunkyrunky2366]

You should do Exadrill

[@robinsimon4176]

imagine stealth rock damage range xD

[@cheesypeanutbutterapplesau5660]

already years ahead of ya

[@mushroomdude123]

You should do this with one of their newer videos. I think the Charizard one was their first video.

[@FalseSwipeGaming]

I'm glad you can watch this because I can't! LOL Omg I cant look at my old bad videos! See me in the remake though

[@Mischievous007]

thats the first thing I thought

[@MrShadowThief]

hi kellen

[@CocktailBoomin]

What about the genies?

[@ReidnReactn]

How good was your DAY actually

[@almostdangerous1412]

Holy moly I've watched your channel forever, it's part of what got me into playing competitive, which is a lot of fun. Thanks.

[@halberd-3291]

You should have reacted to one of their more recent ones. They’ve gotten much more in depth, and I would also say they’ve gotten better.

[@erikcarp9359]

That’s cause BKC writes the scripts now (idk how long he’s been doing the scripts for FSG)

[@autismpumpgun7358]

@@erikcarp9359 I think its also just more experience and better equipment like just compare episode 1 with the newest one its honestly really cool to see the evolution in my Opinion

[@tlos5153]

@@erikcarp9359 BKC the GOAT

[@safanmalik7978]

Yesss plz make another video reacting to his newer videos, they are amazing

[@dr.sajidmadethisaccount579]

Agree man

[@coop0812]

Petition to get Wolfe to watch “How Good Was Ledian Actually?”

[@banisco6394]

Yes

[@bradleypalmer7173]

I was about to comment exactly this

[@jonas10t17]

Great job stealing comments

[@VVheeli]

Smeargle next. The bane of VGC and Baton Pass alike.

[@bullymaguire632]

@@jonas10t17 do you speak portuguese?

[@udonmessedup]

Wolfey should do more reactions to False Swipe Gaming, there are a bunch of Pokémon that it would be really cool to get Wolfey’s opinions on

[@theluchakabuto5206]

And there's even one where he gets mentioned directly for a set( I believe Vaporeon), and gets mentioned a ton just for being around so long

Yes,also the charizard one was veru short and I think his more recent videos have a better quality

[@hello-yy8gt]

He mentions wolf due to his placements with certain mons. Just like any other player who had a top placement

[@JaneDoe-yy6hs]

@@hello-yy8gt The Vaporeon one is special though. Wolfe actually has a video that talks about it already. Basically he claimed to use a Vaporeon with celebrate just to timer stall, (he didn't,) and FSG mentioned it, not realizing it was a joke.

[@eclipse9727]

@@JaneDoe-yy6hs I mean, there's also his time using Exeggutor being mentioned

[@samp_txt]

YES HE DID IT, HE FINALLY REACTED TO A FSG VIDEO

[@WolfeyVGC]

8)

[@Cat-ki3hy]

@@WolfeyVGC B)

[@anakinskywalker596]

@@WolfeyVGC please watch a few more of these, watching your opinion and your views on it is just incredibly interesting.

[@closetevangelism]

For stealth rocks, it consistently takes 50% of Charizard’s health, so it actually does 148.5. But the health bar doesn’t have decimals so it just shows 149 even though it is slightly less than that

[@badassfroslass]

I feel like all of my knowledge of competitive battling is a combination of FSG and Wolfe and I wouldn’t have it any other way!

[@joeldantzler4640]

Im surprised that Wolfe hasn't reacted to false swipe gaming sooner.

[@yourself2.08]

Wolfe: I fear no man, but that thing (Stealth rocks doing 148 damage the first time and 149 damage the second time) Wolfe: It scares me 6:49 btw in case you’re wondering

[@eatchas]

Could it have been 148 with a hidden .5 that rounds up for the whole point health count?

[@mikstarr2725]

@@eatchas I think that's true cause in Pokemon showdown .5 damage matters

[@Gnolte]

@@mikstarr2725 you aren't talking about percentage?

[@mikstarr2725]

@@Gnolte you can also talk in percentage but what I meant is thatthe charizard had a odd number of hp. So when it came to stealth rocks two times, it had a hidden .5 health less. But since Pokemon doesn't show decimal numbers, every .5 number is rounded off to the bigger number. And when it came out again it fainted

[@Gnolte]

@@mikstarr2725 oh I didn't know

[@arr0w769]

Its weird seeing an old fsg video, the format is so different

[@OnlyNeedJuan]

Yeah, the production quality of the videos has improved so much.

[@arr0w769]

@@OnlyNeedJuan yeah, it kinda took me by surprise

[@advaithkrishna6329]

False Swipe Gaming: Creates video about how Good was Kangaskhan Ya Boi Wolfey: Oh no

[@cyaks79]

That stealth rocks damage rounding made me physically ill. I feel like I just hit myself in confusion.

[@vernessawashington9007]

297 is a odd number it had too use that brain

[@theincrediblyawesomechanne3346]

Real youtubists Don’t need end quote Wolfey is a Really cool guy

[@StompyRoA]

Commenting on Wolfey’s wideo for it to get into KZbin’s circulation algorithm! I love False swipe gaming’s content. It’s very informative while also being entertaining!

[@147CT]

Wolfe Glick: Specifically EVs his Pokemon to take advantage of integer rounding in the game. Comments: "well you see WOLFE 297 / 2 is 148 POINT 5"

[@NeggyW]

Pokemon always rounds down tho

[@Vassilinia]

@PkMn Trainer Vayne I agree with Wolfey, that makes me physically sick (but then again stealth rock being allowed to play on weaknesses at all makes me sick).

[@y.kennard3381]

@PkMn Trainer Vayne By saying that, you're the same type of comments as "well you see Wolfe 297/2 is 148.5". You're giving some explanation about the result while you don't see the huge problem with it. Pokemon always rounds down. That's what we learnt, that's why we have always EV in such a way, etc. And now People just drop comments like "the game visually rounds, but actually calculates with decimals" ; without precising in which generation this is a case, what is rounded or not (and how : is it a floating point or a fixed number of decimals), or even more crazy : why Showdown doesn't do that. It's like, one morning we realizes the sky is green. And you're saying "see, the color of sky depends of the gas is in the atmosphere, and because there is X gas in it, it looks green", thinking we should be happy with that explanation. You're not seeing the huge problem : if so, how and when did the gas of atmosphere change ?!?

[@y.kennard3381]

@PkMn Trainer Vayne My reply was about "I think you didn't get the whole point of 147CT comment".

[@147CT]

@PkMn Trainer Vayne All of our experimentation and datamining leads us to believe that Pokemon uses integer rounding in all cases. This is why, for example, you might give your Pokemon 159 HP instead of 160 HP; Sandstorm hurts you for 1/16 HP per turn, but 1/16 of 159 is 9.9375. The game truncates the decimal and you lose 9 HP, leaving you with 15 HP after 16 turns. If there were separate counters for HP display and HP storage (which, I should mention, is not unheard of in RPGs), you would lose 15 HP on the first turn and 16 on the remaining 15 turns. What we have found is that this is not the case-that HP display shares a counter with HP storage-and it is possible to take advantage of integer rounding to manipulate the way in which you receive damage/healing. This is why @LDA - Kennard compares it to waking up and seeing the sky is green. Even if there is a sensible explanation, the existence of the situation is already very anomalous. All the evidence points towards Charizard surviving two hits of Stealth Rocks, so if we're wrong that means there may be bigger problems to worry about. Is this case special? How did we not notice this? Is it unique to Gen 4, to D/P or Pt, does it happen in Battle Revolution? It carries all sorts of mechanical implications and could potentially undermine a lot of what we thought we knew about the game.

[@rhomuell]

At this point, i wouldnt be surprised if wolfey wins a regional with my cat

[@bashfulpanda2596]

"Real Youtubists get concerned about rounding. It was 148 now its 149"

[@Kasaaz]

I hope Wolfey watches the Gen 1 Pokemon Battling Explained they did. Gen 1 mechanics was wild.

[@dareales103]

Please do more if there’s. FSG is my favorite Pokétuber and I legit wait in anticipation every Sunday for his videos.

[@biggustitus]

About time! We need a series on reviewing these!

[@mehkiellensworth7973]

I love Wolfe talking about pokemon even though i play singles I enjoy hearing about his knowledge on VGC and him watching to a false swipe video is pretty dope too!

[@jackcallahaniv3364]

this is super fascinating to compare this to a more modern FalseSwipe video, its fun to see how far the production, research, and delivery has gone in a few short years

[@maromania7]

I've always hoped for these, especially since you come up a fair bit, being world champ and all

[@denis-andretorres388]

Man would I love to see more of the reactionary videos, that was sick!!!

[@strugglingvgcplayer9120]

*stealth rocks before gen 8 have entered the chat*

[@D-S-G.]

When gen 8: *give me the tims*

[@jizo619619]

Charizard is now wearing those heavy timberland boots

[@T1MB05L1C3]

NOT THE TIMS

[@quincygerrits9061]

Wolfe “It’s not very good but I won a regional with it” Glick We love you Wolfe❤️

[@justinmcgee5813]

the fact that he didn't close the quotation in the title is really bothering me...

[@LuqmanGGVO]

Dammit man now I can't unsee it

[@enzolopes4911]

Everything he says in the video is part of the title, the quote is not finished yet

[@GakenotJake]

I would love to see more reactions to false swipe vids

[@erick.9345]

You should react to the Scizor one, they mention a specific Youtubist

[@ArtisChronicles]

Now I have to check that out

[@thewetmop1546]

Which youtubist

[@AmazonRainforest715]

@@thewetmop1546 wolfe ofcourse lol

[@senpai2.054]

YOOO FALSE SWIPE ON THIS CHANNEL?!

[@WolfeyVGC]

:O

[@BCrudeless]

As someone who is interested in competitive I like you analysis of different aspects, it helps when there's so much information to take in

[@zikzie9489]

Charizard was actually at 148.5 hp but the game rounded it up to show as 149. 148.5 is 50% of 297 so after the -148.5 it took another -148.5 even though it showed 149.

[@Billy.gen-X]

This! Hidden information is common

[@EclipseTheTube]

That's stupid still

[@thiccboi8225]

Wtf why

[@EclipseTheTube]

@@thiccboi8225 this mechanism is stupid. You can't expect the player to know such a trickery. There should be a mandatory rules for this. Like always pick the number below or above the 0.5 to let the player know for sure what's going on.

[@navierstrks]

Since when did Pokémon ever have half HP? I’m pretty sure this isn’t true?

[@catgoverning1066]

Yep in Gen 4 stealth rocks was inconsistent and on diamond and pearl would remember the 1 hp but in XD it did consistent damage.

[@ArtisChronicles]

This is helpful information. Seems they changed the way it works a few times. Thanks

[@jamonelavivanco5994]

It's not that it was inconsistent it does (and always has) done exactly 50% of total hp to a flying fire typing which in this case was 148.5 hp. The game keeps the .5 hp in mind and then uses it to do 148.5 again which in game is 149 since we don't see the decimals

[@StarGamingTime]

Have not seen any comments of this yet, so thought I would explain the Stealth Rock situation at 6:50. I can understand the confusion and the problem is because of HP being shown in whole numbers and not percentages. The first time Charizard came in, the rocks did 148.5 HP but since ya can't see them decimals, it just rounded it up to the higher whole number ( that is how it is usually done in Maths too) being 149. Once it came back in, it did 148.5 HP again and hence, we have a ded fire dragon lizard boi.

[@xxxxxxxxPROxxxxxxxx]

The confusion isn't because people don't understand basic math rounding, it's because people know how damage works in this game. In Pokemon games, the final damage calculation uses truncated integer division, it always has. The game isn't supposed to have a hidden 0.5 damage that's not showing. Each time damage is calculated it uses a 4 step damage calculation based on stats, move power, rng, multipliers etc. and the damage done in most cases would be irrational decimals. To compensate, the game always rounds down to the nearest whole integer. So once the damage is done, what you see is supposed to be the damage that is done it doesn't keep hidden decimals or percentages, that's why people are questioning it.

[@gforcepkmn9339]

“I actually feel physically ill right now.” 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@GeneralGud]

False Swipe Gaming was my intro to competitive battling, (I play singles UU so I'm not very serious) and they're also the reason why I started watching Wolfey

[@skull2809]

Hey Wolfe, great video, pls do more

[@WolfeyVGC]

[@ScreamingSnipe9]

Hi Wolfey! Just wanted to say I love your content and think it's super interesting. I had played pokemon since I was a child, but you inspired me to try out VGC for the first time, and you've helped me improve a tremendous amount! Thank you! :)

[@Dio_kazuhira]

False swipe is in my top 5 favorite Pokémon channels. Thanks for checking them out. Looking forward to you seeing some of their more recent stuff.

[@ShadowKibago]

It's hard to realized False Swipe's vids were way diff

[@123tawny123]

This was fun! If you want another one to react to i suggest the updated Scizor one!

[@kensuke5033]

You should do more of these reactions to False Swipe!

[@evanpetrolle2596]

Wolfe: Can do extraordinarily detailed team building and damage calculations. Also Wolfe: Gets bamboozled by Stealth Rock.

[@DuderSkanks]

FSG LET'S GOOOOOO!!! would love to see you react to more of these

[@jesusench4638]

This was a very good wideo wolfey thank you

[@mariojordan9543]

hoo boy we reaaaally need that Charizard Remake. Cant wait for FSG to explain why ti use charizard over moltres in adv ou

[@laxusstrauss5945]

As i remember Charizard sucked pre gen 6 it was outclassed by arcanine and moltres in the first gens and in gen 4 infernape and heatran appeared which were top tier OU It became a little bit better in gen 5 but there is darmanitan chandelure and volcarona too And in gen 6 with megas it became a beast As for regular charizard it is completely outclassed by talonflame and became the least used fire starter being publ As for moltres it was OU/UU since it's introduction

[@wx7692]

@@laxusstrauss5945 zard was very good in adv ou. he didnt even need belly drum to kick ass that time

[@mariojordan9543]

Charizard may be UUBL in Advance (Gen 3) but it has legitimate use. Unlike Moltres which is a good mon, Charizard isnt threaten by Tyranitar or Blissey which are top mons thanks to Focus Punch. Also, a Blaze boosted Fire Blast hits hard. Finally it has the rather inconsistent but fun Belly drum set, with alongside its high special attack + blaze boost can win battles easily. Arcanite was also UUBL, but is an bad mon in OU. Overall charizard is a good mon in ADV OU if you know how to play around its flaws. I wont discuss about other gens since I dont know them

[@astrolonim2032]

I would love to see more of these, especially newer ones

[@stijnburgers719]

I wouldn't mind if you did more of this

[@budgetbrewgaming8854]

More of these please!

[@Merione]

You should totally react to one of Jrose11's wideos. He makes Pokémon challenges (solo runs, minimum battles, stuff like that), mostly in early generations, and he REALLY goes in depth on strategy and optimization in order to get the best possible runs. It's definitely not your average challenge channel. You should check it out, I believe you'll be surprised, as a vgc player, by how much you can accomplish when you test the limits of a game like he does. I especially recommend the minimum battles challenge that he did a while ago, it's long but worth it.

[@ArtisChronicles]

I've thoroughly enjoyed the pre-evolution solo runs he's done, where he attempts to make every one a minimum battles run. He actually made me wanna get back into gen 1 with those.

[@aminadabbrulle8252]

Say it with me: "badge boost glitch".

[@benrinehart7776]

Loved this content. Would love you to react to their Hitmontop video! Its fascinating and since hitmontop was on your 2016 worlds team I think youd have some extra insight to add

[@darthdumptruck8767]

7:49 "someone explain this to me", The existence of half values:

[@satedsnail]

Consider doing regular reactions on FalseSwipe's content. I'm sure a lot of us are also regulars from their channel, and would love to hear your thoughts about competitive history.

[@BranMcRay]

Quality content about quality content. Well done Wolfey.

[@espurridan]

I would love to see you react to “How Good Was Exeggutor Actually” personally

[@SDSwampert]

I love false swipe gaming, you should definitely react to more. Is personally like to see the Tyranitar episode, it being my favorite Pokémon and one of the strongest mons in both VGC and singles

[@aidanlarimore4391]

This video actually got a VGC player to talk about stealth rocks

[@pokefanday8666]

Please make this a series

[@AdalHRivera]

Wolfey, there technically is an update/remake of Charizard's video, but the deal is that its titled differently because it emphasizes the inclusion of Heavy-Duty Boots

[@pugdad2555]

Wolf looks like the top of his hair is having a fire effect.

[@AuraXars]

Would love another FSG wideo from one of the newer ones

[@Nonsensei7]

I LOVE False Swipe Gaming. Such quality content. ❤️

[@sofiacardoso7475]

can you make a tier list about the games of each gen?

[@AnarchyJunction]

I would love to see Wolfey react to FSG's Exeggutor video especially since they mention his harvest sitrus berry Exeggutor he used back in the day

[@unibart8822]

definitely should check out some of the updated ones, or just your favorite pokémon :P

[@JohnnyNumber11]

3:19 "this video would be too long otherwise" Oh boy, if Kellen only knew back then.

[@hanswurst-re7df]

Binge watching False swipe gaming videos to help me fall asleep was what got me back into pokemon lol

[@VeryMuchAlive]

The only conclusion I can think of the stealth rock conundrum is that stealth rock is like other moves where it can have a low role doing half the hip and then a high role doing more than half

[@Lookalikealagaler]

So, FSG has a gen 1 competitive explained video. It's split into three parts, but that'd probably be a fun watch.

[@ignaciocalymayor8278]

You should do more of these. Particularly the most recent ones.

[@surprisecat7401]

Wolfey please do more reactions about False Swipe Gaming vids.

[@arr0w769]

The stealth rocks thing is probably because the actual health of the charizard was 148.5 but was rounded up

[@Alexcoman51]

No Pokémon always rounds down idk what was going on there

[@nicolala7132]

@@Alexcoman51 that is true but I think what the devs did was making two separate life systems that affect each other. While the player sees a non-decimal life bar, the game "sees" the actual calculation on what the move did.

[@slick_rickgaming1102]

@@nicolala7132 I agree with this, idk if it has changed now but this is probably the most logical solution I could think of

[@Alexcoman51]

@@nicolala7132 I’m pretty sure all Pokémon calculations are from rounded down integers. The game tosses out anything after the decimal and things like rocks leftovers or sand damage is always the same amount.

[@zapcatzach]

Gen 4 just works

[@connorhancock2096]

you should do more of these

[@TitusGuard]

Need a tier list of Pokémon movies

[@nintendosega100]

I kind of want him to react to the Tyranitar video or something weird like Jumpluff who thought would be terrible, but turned out to be surprisingly viable.

[@zach6395]

I'd love to see you two do a collaboration in the future

[@cjlevin4622]

You've gotta do one of the better vgc mon videos from false swipe

[@pkmnaj8281]

I would much rather Wolfe react to the more recent videos since the quality and information has improved immensely since this vid

[@DashingSceptile]

React to more of these Please! They’re so good. React to the Exeggutor one since it’s your signature Pokémon.

[@cdogfrog1]

A video on Battle of legends comp would be really best to see before it happens!

[@MoreGodLike]

0:45 smooth Wolfe... smooth indeed

[@dagan8536]

Charizard takes 148.5 damage from stealth rocks, the game registers that even if it doesn't displays it and when it enters again it takes the remaining 148.5 and faints.

[@piloswinegripado8308]

Love the vid, you should watch "How good was ledian actually", this thing is a beast

[@VJ-Vice]

Btw this was the first video from their channel and their content’s evolved a lot since

[@moncala7787]

The only explanations I can think of for Charizard taking 148 on its first switch and 149 on its next from stealth rocks are: A) the game keeps track of the 1/2 damage it should take non visually B) the game chooses to round up or down at random C) the game rounds differently depending on the color of its life bar. i.e. if the bar is green it rounds down, if its yellow/red it rounds up

[@typhlosion7872]

FSG has come such a long way since his first video. Not to say his Charizard video was bad, but everything has just improved so much since then.

[@mattigroll3996]

Charizard? Is this a new pokemon? I've never heard of it. Most not be very popular

[@ChcknNuets]

its almost as irrelevant as pikachu

[@eclipseok1217]

Yeah I’ve never heard of it either,must be a new Pokémon,I think it would be a really good resist for rocks tho.

[@Isaac-fe3bg]

It and Greninja Are the most unpopular Pokémon in existence

[@Cat-ki3hy]

@@eclipseok1217 stealth rock? never heard of it

[@rjc6437]

The most irrelevant Mon has to be Garchomp.

[@icarlygod]

Damn Wolfey really lives in the charred gingerbread house now huh

[@ThatOneFlareon]

I would certainly like more reactions to FSG videos. For episodes I'd recommend for reactions,Wynaut because why not,Ledian because memes,any of the mystical pokemon because it would be interesting to hear what you think of them,and for this month possible a ghost type like Misdreavus or Spiritomb to fit the season.

[@CocktailBoomin]

I like how he just skipped gen 5

[@cheetusboladus9410]

The best crossover in history.

[@chaosbreaker657]

Petition for Wolfey to react to "How BAD was Luvdisc ACTUALLY?" for Valentine's Day.

[@LordSpifi]

I wanna see more of this. I'm letting you know.

[@diegocorral8787]

Please please please watch the Ledian one, its such an in depth analysis on the little niches he had at the lowest of tiers. Its so interesting how dominate he was and would've been if he was in Gen 8.

[@Mito383]

Definitely think you should watch their more recent stuff too. FSG has improved so much more with time.

[@TheMathBoi]

To bad this video is kinda outdated : /

[@WolfeyVGC]

:/

[@bullymaguire632]

:/

[@leftiealex3632]

:/

[@ManyTanks1]

:/

[@scarletaurora78]

:/

[@Chucky_Martinez]

Charizard hates Rocks, but you probably already know

[@WolfeyVGC]

Why

[@therealjonbar4012]

@@WolfeyVGC takes half hp when switches in on them haha

[@ethanc.1443]

It likes Metal though

[@ArtisChronicles]

@Gabriel Mota that explains why charizard melts boulders.

[@jamesaddy8438]

Oh boy I remember when this FSG vid first popped into my recommended back in the day

[@GamerGhostRider]

@@TimL_ IT'S BEEN THAT LONG ALREADY?!?!

[@jaymeadams6228]

WOLFEY do more of these vids next do tyranitar