I believe that Oleana using an all-female team and mostly ‘waifu’ Pokémon, except with Garbodor being her ‘Ace’ Pokémon, means that she is literally *the* “Trash Waifu.”
Actually, it's been stated that Trubbish is Oleana's first pokemon because she was originally poor. Garbodor being her pokemon means that she has never let go of her first ever partner even after she's become rich and 'classy' with other beautiful pokemon. It's honestly very wholesome!
@@ray8014 I just thought it was technically "eternamaxed" not "dynamaxed" which then.. puts into the question the in-game lore of the two legendary dogs supposedly defeating it long ago (since I assume it *is* the darkest day)
"Power Trip. A move that does more damage the more your stats are raised" Actually, it does more damage the more the USER'S stats are raised. It's literally Dark Type Stored Power
@@iluvchess14736 I think somebody else pointed that out as well, thank you for informing me! I'll be sure to mention that in my next challenge run video!
The thought that Milo's team could be tanky never even crossed my mind since my Corvisquire just one-shotted everything Should've figured since Milo is built like a brick shithouse
I would love you to do a challenge where you pick your favorite Type and play Sword and Shield with the whole team being that type. Dynamax is aloud for the first 2 Gyms, but only Gigantamax is aloud after that. You can use the Isle of Armor to get access to Max Soup, but no more. Feel free to do this challenge.
So a Mono-type run? I actually gave it a shot! I tried doing a Platinum Hardcore Nuzlocke with only water types! Let’s just say it didn’t go well lol. But I’ll definitely try it with this game! I’m thinking of devoting all of my Tuesday streams on Twitch to Pokémon Challenge runs, so maybe once I finish the one I’m doing currently, I’ll try it out! And thank you so much man, glad to hear you liked the video!!
Obstagoon don't go last because Piers is smart. Obstagoon does damage and in general attack well, meanwhile Skuntank is good to finish other pokemons already weakened.
“Tell me I’m wrong in the comments” actually you are wrong inteleon is the better starter stat wise.. so yeah SOBBLE GANG WILL RISE UP TO PROF THAT SOBBLE SHALL BE RESPECTED
It’s just boring design wise to me. I never understood how a crybaby lizard could evolve into an Emo lizard, and then into a James Bond lizard. I know WHY they wanted to go with a James Bond based Pokémon, but that concept doesn’t mesh with the other members in the line. If you look at Grookey and Scorbunny, they have a main idea that flows through the whole line. Sobble doesn’t. It goes from one idea and then goes to the complete other side of the spectrum. It also just looks bad to me, it looks way too generic and lackluster. I feel like it has absolutely nothing to it other than it’s slim, but doing that kind of thing dwindles the possibilities for potential designs because there isn’t much to work with in the first place.
I dont know why he didn’t dynamax cotnee, I would have been terrified into doing it by the size difference between that cotten ball and the giant snapping turtle.
In hindsight I definitely should have dynamaxed, but Cottonee is super fast and Grass is 4x effective on Drednaw, so I anticipated being able to outspeed AND take it out. I was DEAD wrong lmao, I don't know how a turtle outsped my fluff lol. But I'm currently doing a challenge run right now on Twitch without Dynamaxing to see how that goes. We didn't get up to the first gym yet but I think it's going to be really tough yet fun!
just started this run and have a few pro tips for the early game 1. You can get the TM for Payback behind Magnolia's house which is great for a slow Pokemon like Skwovet pre Body Slam, and it can powered up even further with the Black Glasses you can find in Motostoke 2. The girl with the Pancham can be skipped if you're careful 3. Cash is actually a god if you re-learn Fake Out and delete all other moves except it and Last Resort. You can also buy the TM for Protect in Motostoke which synergizes well
I actually never knew about payback! That’s a good tip, thank you! And Cash for me at least just wasn’t doing too much, I always found myself using other Pokémon instead but the fake out protect and last resort combo is pretty busted, I remember a few competitive sets used to be like that!
Love it! That's a nice and very well-balanced team! I usually try to use the new pokemon added to my team, but this is still incredibly solid and diverse!
THATS WHAT I WAS GOING FOR BABY, LOVE THAT SHOW but my sister was also on a very big survivor binge around the time of making this video so I was very heavily inspired by that too lmao
@@perfectlycookedtepig2382 man I remember being STOKED when Owen won Season 1 lmao, I also thought the idea of Owen and Gwen going against each other was hysterical
@@TheMurphination Ngl, I was hoping gwen was gonna win that one. I didn't mind owen winning tho- Was kinda shocked that the entire finale thing happened like that. (I was expecting Heather VS Gwen finale when I saw Duncan get eliminated.)
@@perfectlycookedtepig2382 I think I just really resonated with Owen because he loved eating lmao. I was honestly devastated when he got booted off in Action
This vid was so good. The random shiny. Greedent being an absolute unit. I watched the entire thing. Sobble is a sick starter. His evolutions are just weird. I have Sword but I never actually looked up Zacians base stats. He (she apparently) is insane. But you know what would be crazy? Doing this challenge without Dynamaxing.
I actually just did a challenge run without Dynamaxing and it was SO much more difficult than this! But yeah Zacian is a freaking MONSTER with Intrepid Sword and I was so glad to be wrong about Greedent!
I really enjoyed the small fan moments you had, appreciating the music, the battles, the story and character designs throughout the video. The way you managed to use those moments to show your own character by celebrating a game we all are here for by showcasing the awesome moments, without slowing down the pacing of the video was just a joy 🎉
I've recently just finished a Fairy Type only playthrough of Shield and, considering half my team had been obtained through in-game trades, I saw this title and just thought "Isn't that pretty much just a Mono-Fairy run??" Was not surprised to find out that half your team was fairy by the end of this lol, I'm happy you got as much out of Snips and Candyfloss as I did in my run!
Oooh I legit did a mono fairy shield run like a month ago (It’s my favorite type and was my first of many consecutive personal challenge runs. And my final team at Leon was a unfortunately dead after Leon Sylveon, Mawile, a random level 35 Klefki (Don’t ask) Azumarill Alolan Ninetales (The MVP) and I think Whimsicott? I don’t remember. But I recently started a Mawile only run (it’s my favorite mon ever) and Kabu was so easy somehow so I think it’s legit possible
Sobble is cuter than grooky, ngl scorbunny looks the best. Sobbles evolution is ugly and I'll take that, but intelion or however you spell it just has the coolest signature attack and gigantamax, with the sniping and all. Sobble was also my first
Of course!! So glad to hear you enjoyed the video!! I’m actually working on another Pokémon challenge that hopefully will be done next week, so keep an eye out!!
Actually I wanted to do this challenge a long time ago which was like 1 month ago but I discovered this video and thought mine wouldn't really be an original video but I'd rather watch this insted.
Real talk I’ve got an AWFUL habit of saying things like that lmao. During my student teaching experience my cooperating teacher told me I say “So” to progress my thought process a lot and now I’m super self conscious about it lmao
That’s why I appreciate Hop as a rival! Everyone says he’s one of the worse rivals in the franchise and I disagree! Sure he’s not the best trainer, but his character development is great
Yeah the game was pretty easy, but the final Hop fight was pretty tough! I’m adding in some new rules for the one I’m currently doing on Twitch though!
I just wish for the option to turn of the exp share... That is what ruins the Game for me in terms of nuzlock or similar as I can't prevent my Team from being overleveld all the time...
Sobble was my starter on Sword and it was a brilliant Pokemon to use this was my team Inteleon Corviknight Toxtricty (Amped Form) (obtained at the Day Care on Route 5 in a Luxury Ball) Coalossal Greedent Thievul Scorbunny will be my starter when I get Shield and this will be my team Cinderace Corviknight Boltund Barraskewda Eldegoss Hatterene
Those are pretty solid teams! Honestly any team with Corviknight is going to be a good team! My initial Sword Team was Rillaboom, Corviknight, Toxtricity, Barraskewda, Grimmsnarl, and Coalossal, while my initial Shield team was Rillaboom, Hatterene, Dracovish, Runerigus, Centiskorch, and something else, I can't remember at the moment. And yeah Sobble might be an alright pokemon but design wise I just despise him with a passion lmao, his line just has no continuity, it doesn't make sense to me.
Wait wait wait... You are under 1k subs?!?! How, this was such a good video. Between the commentary that kept me engaged, to the funny moments, I thought you had like 10k at the very very least. And because you are practically begging for it during the video, here it is: Don't use gigantmax in the next SwSh video!
So Stomping Tantrum is a 75 base power Ground move that doubles in power every time the move used prior to it fails. So since Swallow automatically fails if you don’t have any stockpiles set up, you get a 150 base power ground move every other turn!
If you have the time, I'd recommend doing a run with only gift Pokemon. The only pokemon you'd be using are your starter (not sobble), Pikachu and/or Eevee from the wedgehurst station (you can only get them by having Let's Go data) the toxel from the day care and one of the Galar fossil Mons (preferably Dracovish for Shield).
@@xy_metaknight_yx3901 oh facts! I didn't even think about that. I would personally exclude Kubfu to make it harder, but I think that would be a fun way to incorporate Isle of Armor to the run
Thanks man, I appreciate you! Don’t get me wrong I think Cinderace is pretty cool all things considered. But as a drummer and also being very disappointed in Sobble I had to go with Grookey, you know? But I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Thanks man! Yeah I struggled with him a ton in the other challenge run I did here on the channel but his music was so freaking weird and ominous, really gave me Ghetsis music kind of vibes!
Sobble was my starter on sword and when you evolve it to Inteleon, it can learn good moves and do decent damage. My current team on Sword is: Zacian Eternatus Gengar Goodra Inteleon Leafeon
I know this is like a year late, but turns out Belch can be used as many times as you want after Greedent eats a berry, even after switching out or fainting.
wait... really?? i never knew that! Not too sure how well it would have done seeing as Greedent's Sp. Atk isn't great if I recall, but that's good information to know for the future!
My starter was Grookey(the best) and my final team was Rillaboom Orbeetle Drednaw Steelix Hawlucha Gmax Pikachu Bought Sheild recently and my starter will be Scorbunny
Man I’m so glad that they made a great First Route Bug, I love Orbeetle but was always so sad I could never fit it into my team! That first team looks really solid though! What do want your team to be for Shield?
Murphination: Grooky is the best gen 8 starter Me: OBJECTION scorbunny is the best starter because it's good against the first gym where you have few choices for a team and It's also super effective against the fairy and ice gym and still good against the rock gym assuming you have double kick or some other fighting type move. Also, it's the cannon option that the protagonist chooses thus the protagonist prefers scorbunny. I also just think it's a great Pokemon being fast and powerful when fully evolved and that can stick without status moves or ev training.
That's definitely a fari argument! But Rillaboom to me is just a very balanced Pokemon, pretty great stats all around aside from Special Attack, but when are you going to see a Special Rillaboom anyway? I've never been one to choose the "canon" starter because every since I was a kid I always went with the water type starter anyway! But I think you've got a great variety of Pokemon to choose from before Milo. You've got Sizzlipede, Rookidee, Blipbug, Carkol if you evolve Rolycoly quickly enough, and you even have accessto Alolan Meowth for bulk to resist Milo's entire team!
Aaand even if someone doesn’t like cinderace. You need to remember that you will be able to get incineroar if you choose scorbunny which you can’t do if you choose the other starters. If you play competitive, then you know that incineroar is pretty good so this and your points, I think scorbunny is the best starter to pick in sword and shield
5:23 this girl gives me flashbacks when in my nuzlock where she killed my newly captured, underleveled klink by dragging it into the fray with circle throw, despite my attempts to switch to Tesla (my grubbin) to use a super-effective stab bug bite. Rest in peace
I literally sweep every trainer team on my no Dinamax Run Boosting moves are OP My team Rillaboom Corvinight Boltund Excadrill Gyarados Centiskorch Try to guess who are the two who sweep everything
Loved the use of P5R's final villain battle theme for the last fight, top tier choice and totally didn't crush my soul by reminding me of P5R's ending. Not even a little....... I swear
The first time I beat Pokemon Sword, I chose Grookey. this was my team: Rillaboom Corviknight Hitmonlee Octillery Dusknoir Ninetales Im currently playing through the game a second time, this time I chose Sobble. This is what I plan my team to be: Inteleon Haxorus Braviary Shiftry Claydol Centiskorch
Great teams all around! I think my initial team was Rillaboom, Corviknight, Coalossal, Barreskewda, Grimmsnarl, and something else that I'm totally blanking on at the moment. When I tried using Centiskorch he didn't really meet my expectations combat wise sadly, but what are your thoughts of him? I'd love to hear what you think!
@@tyair7834 I just am not a fan of the evolutionary line itself. I think it makes absolutely no sense, why go from a crybaby lizard, to an emo gecko, to James Bond? To me it doesn’t seem right at all. If they wanted to make the line resemble James Bond, making it a cry baby was not the way to go in my opinion. There’s nothing wrong with the line itself. People love the line for obvious reasons. But I just feel it was executed very poorly, and that design wise it’s very lackluster. But all that is just my opinion! If you disagree then more power to you! Would you say he’s your favorite starter in the entire franchise?
Oh god! What kind of move did it go for? Granted Cinderace is a bit frail but I’m curious what move he went for! And yeah Rillaboom is just very balanced, and I like that about him. Great bulk, HP, attack, and decent speed! Swampert is like that too and that’s why I love him Lmaooo
Fun fact if you pick scorbunny Leon get his strongest team Because your starter you choose depicts what 2 pokemon leon will get If you pice scorbunny leon gets Mr rime and Intellion If you pice Sobble leon gets Ryperior and Rillaboom If you pick Grookey leon gets Cinderace and Seismitoad People who only play the game once or always pick one of the starters instead or choosing other dont notice this
@@zenethehero5527 I did actually know about that! I've never experienced it because I always went with Grookey, but I'm doing a challenge run on Twitch right now where I had to pick Sobble so I guess I'll deal with Leon's most difficult team at the end!
I got a tip for u Instead of waiting until late game use a Pokémon with pickup Even if u can't catch the required Pokémon for the trade That way u get the Pokémon as early as possible
It’s a great tip no doubt. But that would have been going against the rules of the run, don’t you think? I can see the argument for your claim and I’ll definitely keep it in mind for next time, but for my first challenge run I wanted to follow the rules as much as possible!
YESSSSSS Oleana theme love! Legit it’s my favorite songs in the game and prolly in Pokémon history. I legit will not even start battling her and just jam to her theme. I might love it cause it reminds me of a Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Song and that’s my second favorite game and Pokémon is my all time favorite so it’s like a match made in heaven. People need to talk about this theme more.
you are wrong about Sobble. It means Hop gets Scorbunny in a mirror to his brother's Charizard. And since it's a water type, it learns Ice Beam which allows it to deal with grass types.
Okay, but you’re talking competitively. Hop having Cinderace really has nothing to do with Leon having a Charizard either, that argument doesn’t really make sense to me. I’m speaking conceptually, they’re bad. A sad, crying lizard should not evolve into James Bond. As a concept, and as an evolutionary line, it doesn’t work, and it makes no sense. I don’t doubt it’s competitive prowess, I know it’s good in game and during wifi battles. But you can’t tell me going from a crying lizard to a spy works and makes sense. There’s no connection between the two.
@@TheMurphination I see nothing wrong with looking at it competitively. The reason I bring up Hop picking scorbunny is because it's the same type as Leon's charizard and I think Hop's decision to pick scorbunny shows how much he looks up to Leon. And finally I, personally, disagree about it's evolution making no sense. Sobble starts out as a total crybaby and when it evolves it becomes emotionally distant, keeping its sadness bottled up on the inside. But through hard work and effort it manages overcome it's mental hangups to become cool and self-assured by evolving into Inteleon. It's evolution shows emotional growth alongside physical maturation.
"Sobble is the worst starter to ever exist." Rifle, the Sobble that I got from Pokémon Home and then evolved into an Inteleon (who is also notorious for OHOKing Dynamaxed and Gigantamax pokémon): "Hold my Mystic Water."
I don't deny the Intelleon is good competitively. I've seen it do some great things from some competitive youtubers I watch. It's the design. I absolutely hate it and the continuity of the line just doesn't flow with me. Why does a crybaby become a spy? I just don't get it.
Hello! @TheMurphination , we've reviewed what you said about sobble at the start of the video and we humbly disagree. We only want peace with the grookey gang and wish no further insults upon our beautiful lizard. Signed by the leader of The Sobble Squad, Gabe.
Hi Gabe! My hatred for Sobble is purely from a conceptual standpoint. I do not believe that any of the ideas it presents work together in any way, shape or form. A crybaby lizard evolving into a spy makes absolutely no sense to me, and the rebuttal of “he moved on and matured” doesn’t make it make any more sense. Going from a crying lizard to James Bond has no overall connection and it’s more like they went from one end of the spectrum to another. Grookey and Scorbunny have clearly fleshed out ideas from the very beginning and I don’t get that with Sobble. I understand why they wanted to do a James Bond Pokémon, seeing as he’s British, Sobble’s dex number is 007, and the fact that it’s just a popular media icon means it could work. But not from when it evolves from a lizard that cries so much it has the same effect as 1000 onions or something like that. I WANT to like Sobble. Ever since I started playing the games, I’ve always picked the water starter. But conceptually and design wise, the line was just a massive letdown for me. I don’t doubt it’s competitive prowess, I know it’s very good. But I just don’t like it. I will give you this though: Intelleon’s G-Max form is the best looking of the three Galar starters.
@@TheMurphination We agree the evolutions are very, very... Different. We like only the first evolution, sobble itself. We really like scorbunny and grookey too! As they were my first two starters. Anyway have a great day mate and thanks for replying!
Okay but like, hear me out real quick: What if I told you Sobble himself is the reason he starts crying in the cinematic where Leon introduces the starters to us? He hits Scorbunny with a water gun which causes him to hit his head on the tree knocking Grookey’s sitrus berry off the branch and into the pond, scaring Sobble, causing him to cry. My man can’t deal with the consequences of his own damn actions
I actually have Peepers on my team! The rest of my team has been caught by me and nicknamed by me, and then there's just peepers. If I was a gym leader I'd definitely have one on my team. A side note though, videos like this kinda change how I play the game, when I was nine and just started playing pokemon I kinda just threw my strongest mon out and push through. Now I actually look at what moves I teach my mons. Like my Levanny named Euphoria- Her ability boosts bug type moves, and I gave her a miracle seed to hold to boost the power of grass type moves, and since she's a pokemon that evolves via friendship, I taught her return.
But those ideas don’t flow well together, with the ideas of starters and their concepts being much more in depth and creative, there is absolutely NOTHING that connects Sobble’s crybaby aesthetic to Inteleon’s spy/assassin trope. The ideas don’t mix. If Inteleon was an actor inspired by Shakespeare like intended, I probably would have loved it
Yo big fan of content like this and I watch I religiously so I’m not in any way shape or form in the position to tell you what to do. But 1. I really like your vibe and I liked this video I feel like a play through on another game with the same rule set but nuzlocke would be more intense but idk if that would be too much and make it too hard. If you don’t want to do a nuzlocke try and implement hardcore rules eg no items, set mode and level Really enjoy the content and the no face cam vibe. also sun and moon and usum is doing good on the algorithm rn 😃
Hey man, glad to hear you liked the video! I’m definitely down to do more hardcore type games, so I’ll keep your comment in consideration when planning my next video!
Actually kind of wild how many supporty pokemon the game gives you through trades. Although they can serve multiple purposes its kind of funny how that pans out
Part of the Sobble squad here, just to let you know, just because you dissed my boy Sobble I ain’t gonna hate on Grookey, because I’m to busy hating on Scorbunny
Did you know that froslass fits the pretty on the outside ugly on the inside motif? It is in fact based on a yo Kai that is an elegant lady in a white kimono 👘 (sound familiar?) That (in some stories) asks you for some tea, and if you give her the tea, she immediately kills you with frostbite (you need to give her water instead if you want to survive). And in other stories she just skips the middleman and freezes you solid apon sight.
So once I was battling the champion and I wasn't paying attention and most of my team died. I sent out my ninetails and it endured the hit so I would be sad twice In a row. I was so shocked. It honestly saved me. I was overleveled too...
*cracks nuckles* Sobble is the best starter. Its James Bond, and has the best shiny. He cries, is absurdly cute, and he can be an edgy teen. Intelion is also the best evolution. Its not a fire fighting type, which is a plus. Sobble has great coverage, and is great late game. His stats are pretty good. And Intellion can be easily min maxed for amazing comp teams. So yes, sobble is the best starter.
@@Some_Pokemon_Lover hey man glad you liked the content! Thank you for becoming a part of the community! The main reason I don’t like Sobble is because of what you mentioned earlier, the fact that he cries, evolves into an Emo lizard, and then James Bond. Those ideas don’t really mesh well to me and they didn’t stick to the initial idea of the line. If you look at the Grookey and Scorbunny lines, they stick to the Drumming Monkey and Soccer Rabbit ideas to a T, Sobble just jumps around to different ideas and I could never really get behind that! But I’m glad you really enjoy using him!
I went with Sobble simply because Scorbunny reminds me so much of Charmander who reminds me of Charizard who steals the spotlight from other starters with his dumb nostalgia factor. At best, Sobble was a satisfactory damage-dealer, but it wasn't until I saw his Inteleon form that I truly fell in love with him.
Yeah Cynthia is definitely the most difficult champion in the entire franchise, but it’s like you said, Leon has the capability to end your run if you aren’t prepared, and as you can see, I was not prepared that first time around lmao. Btw, loving the Ash from Paladins profile pic! I haven’t played Paladins in AGES!
excellent type versatility! I think mine was Rillaboom, Corviknight, Coalossal, Toxtricity, Barreskewda, and something else I can't remember at the moment lol
1:41 I believe the three starters- namely Tepig (with it’s final form Emboar) from the back-to-back duo of *Pokémon Black And White* adventures is the WORST of the starters. But still not much of a Sobble fan myself…
I believe that Oleana using an all-female team and mostly ‘waifu’ Pokémon, except with Garbodor being her ‘Ace’ Pokémon, means that she is literally *the* “Trash Waifu.”
oh my god you're totally right
but realistically speakingm if we're talking best waifus in SwSh, Oleana doesn't compare to Sonia and Nessa!
🤯
Actually, it's been stated that Trubbish is Oleana's first pokemon because she was originally poor. Garbodor being her pokemon means that she has never let go of her first ever partner even after she's become rich and 'classy' with other beautiful pokemon. It's honestly very wholesome!
@@cloudgaze4502 I actually remember hearing about that! Was that ever discussed in the game itself? Because it sounds so familiar
@@TheMurphination theres an animation with her in a run down office no light only her her trubbish and her working on a computer then Rose hires her
Zacian getting her defense lowered with close combat actually was how I won the post game hop battle too in my regular playthrough
Fun Fact: eternamax eternatus isn’t dynamax so behemoth blade/bash don’t do 2X damage
Really? I didn’t know that
@@xiulinjian5969 yea it’s it’s own Pokemon, it just looks dynamaxed
Bruh
@@ray8014 I just thought it was technically "eternamaxed" not "dynamaxed" which then.. puts into the question the in-game lore of the two legendary dogs supposedly defeating it long ago (since I assume it *is* the darkest day)
Ik this because u can't dynamic them
"Sobble is the worst starter"
"Sobble hits like a truck"
Hahaha
Especially when you accidentally ev train its sp att
@Boo s
Sobble best starter
Of gen8
"Power Trip. A move that does more damage the more your stats are raised"
Actually, it does more damage the more the USER'S stats are raised. It's literally Dark Type Stored Power
OH! It appears I was incorrect about that, thanks for clearing that up for me!
@@TheMurphination Also Melony's Darmanitan is Zen Mode
@@iluvchess14736 wait is it really? Didn't think NPC pokemon could have hidden abilities but that's really interesting!
@@TheMurphination Final inaccuracy: Eternamax Eternatus doesn't take double damage from the Behemoth moves
@@iluvchess14736 I think somebody else pointed that out as well, thank you for informing me! I'll be sure to mention that in my next challenge run video!
The thought that Milo's team could be tanky never even crossed my mind since my Corvisquire just one-shotted everything
Should've figured since Milo is built like a brick shithouse
Yeah man Eldegoss is TANKY! Base 120 Special Defense is super bulky especially when you're trying to hit it with a Timid Natured Meowth!
No
I was going to do a nuzlocke, but I quit because his Eldegloss killed 2 of 3 if my pokemon!
I just spent 8 hours getting my Growlith to level 50 he did not disobey at all!
Same
I would love you to do a challenge where you pick your favorite Type and play Sword and Shield with the whole team being that type. Dynamax is aloud for the first 2 Gyms, but only Gigantamax is aloud after that. You can use the Isle of Armor to get access to Max Soup, but no more. Feel free to do this challenge.
Also, this video got you a sub.
So a Mono-type run? I actually gave it a shot! I tried doing a Platinum Hardcore Nuzlocke with only water types! Let’s just say it didn’t go well lol.
But I’ll definitely try it with this game! I’m thinking of devoting all of my Tuesday streams on Twitch to Pokémon Challenge runs, so maybe once I finish the one I’m doing currently, I’ll try it out!
And thank you so much man, glad to hear you liked the video!!
@@TheMurphination Let me guess, Volkner?
@@TunaBear64 oh heavens no, lmao. I wiped to Gardenia lmaoooo
Obstagoon don't go last because Piers is smart. Obstagoon does damage and in general attack well, meanwhile Skuntank is good to finish other pokemons already weakened.
“Tell me I’m wrong in the comments” actually you are wrong inteleon is the better starter stat wise.. so yeah SOBBLE GANG WILL RISE UP TO PROF THAT SOBBLE SHALL BE RESPECTED
It’s just boring design wise to me. I never understood how a crybaby lizard could evolve into an Emo lizard, and then into a James Bond lizard. I know WHY they wanted to go with a James Bond based Pokémon, but that concept doesn’t mesh with the other members in the line. If you look at Grookey and Scorbunny, they have a main idea that flows through the whole line. Sobble doesn’t. It goes from one idea and then goes to the complete other side of the spectrum.
It also just looks bad to me, it looks way too generic and lackluster. I feel like it has absolutely nothing to it other than it’s slim, but doing that kind of thing dwindles the possibilities for potential designs because there isn’t much to work with in the first place.
@@TheMurphination understandable have a good day.
@@TheMurphinationThat water lizard is not bad but this video is just trash
I like the depressed lizard
@@minecrafthq8393 no
Sobble is actually one of my favorite starters, since sword was one of the first mainline pokemon games i ever played. (and i chose sobble)
Same
Inteleon is my favorite of all time
omg sobbles adorable i always chose him
Hello u are me in a different body
SOBBLE IS MY FAV POKEMON 😔😔
I dont know why he didn’t dynamax cotnee, I would have been terrified into doing it by the size difference between that cotten ball and the giant snapping turtle.
In hindsight I definitely should have dynamaxed, but Cottonee is super fast and Grass is 4x effective on Drednaw, so I anticipated being able to outspeed AND take it out.
I was DEAD wrong lmao, I don't know how a turtle outsped my fluff lol. But I'm currently doing a challenge run right now on Twitch without Dynamaxing to see how that goes. We didn't get up to the first gym yet but I think it's going to be really tough yet fun!
Two words. Swift. Swim.
@@badashe1364 wait nessas drednaw has swift swim!
@@pokemonmaster1605 The ability which gives the user a speed boost when it is in the rain
just started this run and have a few pro tips for the early game
1. You can get the TM for Payback behind Magnolia's house which is great for a slow Pokemon like Skwovet pre Body Slam, and it can powered up even further with the Black Glasses you can find in Motostoke
2. The girl with the Pancham can be skipped if you're careful
3. Cash is actually a god if you re-learn Fake Out and delete all other moves except it and Last Resort. You can also buy the TM for Protect in Motostoke which synergizes well
I actually never knew about payback! That’s a good tip, thank you!
And Cash for me at least just wasn’t doing too much, I always found myself using other Pokémon instead but the fake out protect and last resort combo is pretty busted, I remember a few competitive sets used to be like that!
i did
I believe my original team on Shield was Rillaboom, Crawdaunt, Chandelure, Kommo-o, Boltund and Swoobat.
Love it! That's a nice and very well-balanced team! I usually try to use the new pokemon added to my team, but this is still incredibly solid and diverse!
Nice, mine was Cinderace, Inteleon, Raichu, Corviknight, Weavile, and Grappoloct.
@Rude Dolphin it's just cool to try out pokemon you haven't seen before for a first run
@@TheMurphination is intelion corvakingt the joint cataloged things waillord shifty and doubwool a good team?
@@TheMurphination I had a shiny falinks and someone gave me a new two and I had 4 mimikyus
"I'm sorry cash, but you have been voted off the island."
AS SOON as I heard that I just got Total Drama vibes.
THATS WHAT I WAS GOING FOR BABY, LOVE THAT SHOW
but my sister was also on a very big survivor binge around the time of making this video so I was very heavily inspired by that too lmao
I WAS RIGHT?!
OMG, ANOTHER TOTAL DRAMA FAN!
HOLY CRAP YES.
@@perfectlycookedtepig2382 man I remember being STOKED when Owen won Season 1 lmao, I also thought the idea of Owen and Gwen going against each other was hysterical
@@TheMurphination Ngl, I was hoping gwen was gonna win that one.
I didn't mind owen winning tho- Was kinda shocked that the entire finale thing happened like that.
(I was expecting Heather VS Gwen finale when I saw Duncan get eliminated.)
@@perfectlycookedtepig2382 I think I just really resonated with Owen because he loved eating lmao. I was honestly devastated when he got booted off in Action
This vid was so good. The random shiny. Greedent being an absolute unit. I watched the entire thing. Sobble is a sick starter. His evolutions are just weird. I have Sword but I never actually looked up Zacians base stats. He (she apparently) is insane. But you know what would be crazy? Doing this challenge without Dynamaxing.
I actually just did a challenge run without Dynamaxing and it was SO much more difficult than this! But yeah Zacian is a freaking MONSTER with Intrepid Sword and I was so glad to be wrong about Greedent!
I really enjoyed the small fan moments you had, appreciating the music, the battles, the story and character designs throughout the video. The way you managed to use those moments to show your own character by celebrating a game we all are here for by showcasing the awesome moments, without slowing down the pacing of the video was just a joy 🎉
I've recently just finished a Fairy Type only playthrough of Shield and, considering half my team had been obtained through in-game trades, I saw this title and just thought "Isn't that pretty much just a Mono-Fairy run??" Was not surprised to find out that half your team was fairy by the end of this lol, I'm happy you got as much out of Snips and Candyfloss as I did in my run!
Oooh I legit did a mono fairy shield run like a month ago (It’s my favorite type and was my first of many consecutive personal challenge runs. And my final team at Leon was a unfortunately dead after Leon Sylveon, Mawile, a random level 35 Klefki (Don’t ask) Azumarill Alolan Ninetales (The MVP) and I think Whimsicott? I don’t remember. But I recently started a Mawile only run (it’s my favorite mon ever) and Kabu was so easy somehow so I think it’s legit possible
Sobble was the first starter I used in this game so I’m pretty attached to it
Same
Sobble is cuter than grooky, ngl scorbunny looks the best. Sobbles evolution is ugly and I'll take that, but intelion or however you spell it just has the coolest signature attack and gigantamax, with the sniping and all. Sobble was also my first
@@caidenricketts8142 I 100% agree. Sobble was my first starter altogether. And I LOVED IT!!!
SOBBLE SQUAD, ASEMBLE!!!
Sobble is my starter and I regret only not using him much after the main story.
Same I love sobble and all water starters
After watching this, I now wanna try this same challenge, thanks for the inspiration ^^
Of course!! So glad to hear you enjoyed the video!! I’m actually working on another Pokémon challenge that hopefully will be done next week, so keep an eye out!!
@@TheMurphination what is it
Actually I wanted to do this challenge a long time ago which was like 1 month ago but I discovered this video and thought mine wouldn't really be an original video but I'd rather watch this insted.
The easy way you could've beat hop zacian is to give sawk counter and just one shot it.
………..
I’m ashamed I never considered that
@@TheMurphination oof.
who's sawk
@@ghostlyghost7258 bluebop
@@ghostlyghost7258 it’s a blue boi
Let's take a shot every time he says "barely takes it out" but means "barely doesn't take it out"
Real talk I’ve got an AWFUL habit of saying things like that lmao. During my student teaching experience my cooperating teacher told me I say “So” to progress my thought process a lot and now I’m super self conscious about it lmao
Talks about hop and you crushing his dreams-
U G H
D O N ‘ T
R E M I N D
M E H -
;-;
That’s why I appreciate Hop as a rival! Everyone says he’s one of the worse rivals in the franchise and I disagree! Sure he’s not the best trainer, but his character development is great
@@TheMurphination agreed! :D
Loved the vid-
Keep up the bootiful work! :D
This was such a unique challenge and an incredibly well-made video, it’s crazy that you have less than 2k subs with vids like these!
Thank you man! I’m glad you enjoyed the content! I’m hoping we can hit 3K by 2022 but I just need to keep working hard!!
FINALLY SOMEONE WHO DOESN'T JUST KILL THE SHINY BECAUSE IT DOESN'T FIT THEIR RUN.
DONT WASTE THE SHINY, THANK YOUUU 👏
I hate it so much when people do that
That scratch joke reminds me of when i took a coding class and it didnt really go anywhere, but i just browsed Scratch and found funny projects
Any question that starts with "How Easily Can You Beat Sword and Shield" will almost always be answered with a "Very Easily."
Yeah the game was pretty easy, but the final Hop fight was pretty tough! I’m adding in some new rules for the one I’m currently doing on Twitch though!
When hop beats you:
Mission Failed we'll get em next time
I just wish for the option to turn of the exp share...
That is what ruins the Game for me in terms of nuzlock or similar as I can't prevent my Team from being overleveld all the time...
@@sadarot box the Pokémon when leveling up somebody else
The second God-shattering star started playing in the background near the end I wasn't able to focus on anything else lol
It’s not my favorite Fire Emblem piece, but it just seemed so fitting for Rose’s fight lmak
Watching Sawk use brick break instead of low kick on the Snorlax hurt me physically
Sobble was my starter on Sword and it was a brilliant Pokemon to use this was my team
Inteleon
Corviknight
Toxtricty (Amped Form) (obtained at the Day Care on Route 5 in a Luxury Ball)
Coalossal
Greedent
Thievul
Scorbunny will be my starter when I get Shield and this will be my team
Cinderace
Corviknight
Boltund
Barraskewda
Eldegoss
Hatterene
Those are pretty solid teams! Honestly any team with Corviknight is going to be a good team! My initial Sword Team was Rillaboom, Corviknight, Toxtricity, Barraskewda, Grimmsnarl, and Coalossal, while my initial Shield team was Rillaboom, Hatterene, Dracovish, Runerigus, Centiskorch, and something else, I can't remember at the moment.
And yeah Sobble might be an alright pokemon but design wise I just despise him with a passion lmao, his line just has no continuity, it doesn't make sense to me.
@@TheMurphination Sobble Squad forever (Although I agree, it’s evolution looks even worse than garbodour.)
The Grookey Gang is tracking your location as we speak
Skid and pumps awesome advice: change eldegoss to a whimsicott, lilligant, or a tsareena
My first tea only had 4 Pokemon on it at all. Cinderace, Eldegoss, Drednaw and Boltund. Didn't care to raise anyone else.
This channel is DEFINETLY underrated. love ur vid!
thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed! I'm sturggling to come up with new video ideas but I hope you enjoy what else we have!
Wait wait wait... You are under 1k subs?!?!
How, this was such a good video. Between the commentary that kept me engaged, to the funny moments, I thought you had like 10k at the very very least.
And because you are practically begging for it during the video, here it is: Don't use gigantmax in the next SwSh video!
Yo thank you so much man! That really made my day
@@TheMurphination Happy 2k subs btw
that scratch 2.0 reference gives me flashbacks to computing class looool
Can someone explain to me the Swallow/Stomping Tantrum Combo??
So Stomping Tantrum is a 75 base power Ground move that doubles in power every time the move used prior to it fails. So since Swallow automatically fails if you don’t have any stockpiles set up, you get a 150 base power ground move every other turn!
I never expected this video to give me a newfound appreciation for Greedent of all Pokemon, yet here we are.
right?? he literally carried!
I’ll be honest, I like Sobble and Inteleon, but I hate Drizzile
Yeah the entire lineage and their looks just... don’t make sense to me, each of them seem like they can be their own entirely separate line, you know?
Me too
Agreed
Drizzile unfortunately reminds me of my emo phase where I identified as a dragon
Yes, I'm serious
@@Haunting_Spirit dragon deez nuts on yo face
If you have the time, I'd recommend doing a run with only gift Pokemon. The only pokemon you'd be using are your starter (not sobble), Pikachu and/or Eevee from the wedgehurst station (you can only get them by having Let's Go data) the toxel from the day care and one of the Galar fossil Mons (preferably Dracovish for Shield).
I’ve had a few people mention that! Maybe we’ll be doing it soon 🤔🤔
@@TheMurphination and with the DLC, Bulbasaur/Squirtle and Kubfu are available options, which could make a fairy diverse team
@@xy_metaknight_yx3901 very true! Perhaps that'll be the next SwSh challenge run I do!! :)
@@xy_metaknight_yx3901 oh facts! I didn't even think about that. I would personally exclude Kubfu to make it harder, but I think that would be a fun way to incorporate Isle of Armor to the run
I personally think scorbunny is the best starter. Great video. + 2 subs from me. Also, DO NOT USE DYNAMAX IN YOUR NEXT CHALLENGE.
Thanks man, I appreciate you! Don’t get me wrong I think Cinderace is pretty cool all things considered. But as a drummer and also being very disappointed in Sobble I had to go with Grookey, you know? But I’m glad you enjoyed the video!
Chairman Rose Battle: *starts*
Me: *getting Flashbacks from the Music*
So….many….retries….
Awesome Music Choice tho ;D
Thanks man! Yeah I struggled with him a ton in the other challenge run I did here on the channel but his music was so freaking weird and ominous, really gave me Ghetsis music kind of vibes!
Sobble was my starter on sword and when you evolve it to Inteleon, it can learn good moves and do decent damage.
My current team on Sword is:
Zacian
Eternatus
Gengar
Goodra
Inteleon
Leafeon
Rillaboom: music
Cinderace: sports
Inteleon: GUN
Hm bede is kinda like bed so i’ll call bede bed for now on 😃
I mean his hair definitely resembles a pillow, so that is definitely a fair way to pronounce his name! :)
@@TheMurphination 😂😂 this was supposed to be a joke
@@cant_think_of_a_usernamelol oops lmao
Oh god bed is holy, bede is horrible
@@VeebieWeebie lol 😂
I know this is like a year late, but turns out Belch can be used as many times as you want after Greedent eats a berry, even after switching out or fainting.
wait... really?? i never knew that! Not too sure how well it would have done seeing as Greedent's Sp. Atk isn't great if I recall, but that's good information to know for the future!
My starter was Grookey(the best) and my final team was
Rillaboom
Orbeetle
Drednaw
Steelix
Hawlucha
Gmax Pikachu
Bought Sheild recently and my starter will be Scorbunny
Man I’m so glad that they made a great First Route Bug, I love Orbeetle but was always so sad I could never fit it into my team! That first team looks really solid though! What do want your team to be for Shield?
Mine is Noivern Rillaboom Gmax snorlax eternatus zacian and drednaw
@@mycatnala8962 nice! That’s a very versatile team!
not wrong about grookey being the best starter
Rip Masky.
AS WE GO ON! WE REMEMBER! ALL THE PEOPLE WE LEFT BEHIND!
Murphination: Grooky is the best gen 8 starter
Me: OBJECTION scorbunny is the best starter because it's good against the first gym where you have few choices for a team and It's also super effective against the fairy and ice gym and still good against the rock gym assuming you have double kick or some other fighting type move. Also, it's the cannon option that the protagonist chooses thus the protagonist prefers scorbunny. I also just think it's a great Pokemon being fast and powerful when fully evolved and that can stick without status moves or ev training.
That's definitely a fari argument! But Rillaboom to me is just a very balanced Pokemon, pretty great stats all around aside from Special Attack, but when are you going to see a Special Rillaboom anyway? I've never been one to choose the "canon" starter because every since I was a kid I always went with the water type starter anyway! But I think you've got a great variety of Pokemon to choose from before Milo. You've got Sizzlipede, Rookidee, Blipbug, Carkol if you evolve Rolycoly quickly enough, and you even have accessto Alolan Meowth for bulk to resist Milo's entire team!
Aaand even if someone doesn’t like cinderace. You need to remember that you will be able to get incineroar if you choose scorbunny which you can’t do if you choose the other starters. If you play competitive, then you know that incineroar is pretty good so this and your points, I think scorbunny is the best starter to pick in sword and shield
@@iranoutofideas5965 I never thought of that... And I 100℅ agree with it
@@TheMurphination you spelling “fair” wrong lol
YESSSSSS FINALY
Cool challenge! Glad this popped up on my recommendations!
Glad to hear you enjoyed it!!
Honestly, Leon was the easiest champion battle ever.
Have you not played X and Y? Diantha’s team goes down to any kind of fairy type Pokémon with good type coverage!
D&P exists
I one shot all of his Pokémon with my metagross and inciroar
I like on how he is like grookey is the best and that sobble is the worst starter ever but 0 things about scorbunny
Yeah
Scorbunny is the best
Leon has Cinderace?
Keep making videos similar to this, it's what the people want 👍
5:23 this girl gives me flashbacks when in my nuzlock where she killed my newly captured, underleveled klink by dragging it into the fray with circle throw, despite my attempts to switch to Tesla (my grubbin) to use a super-effective stab bug bite.
Rest in peace
"Uh. Should we tell them that Pancham actually resists Bug?"
"... Nah. Let them figure that one out on their own."
Just a joke. Just a joke.
Pancham is fighting type
Him: duraluadon is a force to be reckoned with
Me who just one shotted the gigantamax duraulodon with dig from my sandaconda non-gigantamax lvl 64
I literally sweep every trainer team on my no Dinamax Run
Boosting moves are OP
My team
Rillaboom
Corvinight
Boltund
Excadrill
Gyarados
Centiskorch
Try to guess who are the two who sweep everything
@@TunaBear64 boosting moves are allways broken. You can beat any gymleader in any Pokémon game by using swords/Dragon dance or x items.
I see you are a man of culture with the FE3h music
As soon as I heard "Grookey, the best starter in the game" I knew I was going to enjoy the video
Loved the use of P5R's final villain battle theme for the last fight, top tier choice and totally didn't crush my soul by reminding me of P5R's ending. Not even a little....... I swear
I haven’t used that coding thing for years but I still got that joke. Also congrats on your shiny
yo I'm so glad somebody else gets it!! I actually just started looking back into it for fun and christ I'm lost with just about everything it has lmao
and thanks man! definitely caught me by surprise!
@@TheMurphination Woman thank you
oh yeah the coding joke, can say isn't that funny, and the video says that you agree
all the starters:im water
The first time I beat Pokemon Sword, I chose Grookey. this was my team:
Rillaboom
Corviknight
Hitmonlee
Octillery
Dusknoir
Ninetales
Im currently playing through the game a second time, this time I chose Sobble. This is what I plan my team to be:
Inteleon
Haxorus
Braviary
Shiftry
Claydol
Centiskorch
Great teams all around! I think my initial team was Rillaboom, Corviknight, Coalossal, Barreskewda, Grimmsnarl, and something else that I'm totally blanking on at the moment. When I tried using Centiskorch he didn't really meet my expectations combat wise sadly, but what are your thoughts of him? I'd love to hear what you think!
My dog team was frosmoth
Rotom (lawnmower)
Runerigius
Ditto
Hatterenne
And zamazenta
Rip Cash.
AS WE GO ON! WE REMEMBER! ALL THE PEOPLE WE LEFT BEHIND!
Hey guys! For some reason the Greedent Stat chart didn’t make it through the render, not too sure why, sorry about that!!
your wrong sobble is good
@@tyair7834 I just am not a fan of the evolutionary line itself. I think it makes absolutely no sense, why go from a crybaby lizard, to an emo gecko, to James Bond? To me it doesn’t seem right at all. If they wanted to make the line resemble James Bond, making it a cry baby was not the way to go in my opinion.
There’s nothing wrong with the line itself. People love the line for obvious reasons. But I just feel it was executed very poorly, and that design wise it’s very lackluster.
But all that is just my opinion! If you disagree then more power to you! Would you say he’s your favorite starter in the entire franchise?
Oof that’s fine
@@TheMurphination I honestly thought Sobble was a Tadpole
Sobble and its evolution is the best Pokemon ever
But conceptually they don’t make sense. Why does a crybaby lizard evolve into James Bond? It has no continuity whatsoever
I'm in the Scorbunny Squad and I agree Grookey is the strongest, I actually lost too Hop since it 1 shot my Cinderace with a crit.
Oh god! What kind of move did it go for? Granted Cinderace is a bit frail but I’m curious what move he went for!
And yeah Rillaboom is just very balanced, and I like that about him. Great bulk, HP, attack, and decent speed! Swampert is like that too and that’s why I love him Lmaooo
Fun fact if you pick scorbunny Leon get his strongest team
Because your starter you choose depicts what 2 pokemon leon will get
If you pice scorbunny leon gets Mr rime and Intellion
If you pice Sobble leon gets Ryperior and Rillaboom
If you pick Grookey leon gets Cinderace and Seismitoad
People who only play the game once or always pick one of the starters instead or choosing other dont notice this
@@zenethehero5527 I did actually know about that! I've never experienced it because I always went with Grookey, but I'm doing a challenge run on Twitch right now where I had to pick Sobble so I guess I'll deal with Leon's most difficult team at the end!
@@TheMurphination I don't remember but it wasn't a grass type move.
Edit: Just remembered, it was High Horsepower.
@@AIRYHFJONEIRL do you remember if it was neural or not very effective?
I got a tip for u
Instead of waiting until late game use a Pokémon with pickup
Even if u can't catch the required Pokémon for the trade
That way u get the Pokémon as early as possible
It’s a great tip no doubt. But that would have been going against the rules of the run, don’t you think? I can see the argument for your claim and I’ll definitely keep it in mind for next time, but for my first challenge run I wanted to follow the rules as much as possible!
Sobble is good and no one can change my opinion
Sobble is honestly one of my favorite starters. But I won't argue because it's just my opinion
More power to you then! I don't really like it from the design choice and the ideas they went with, but I'm glad he's one of your favorites! :)
Agreed
Yes
Finally
Someone who agrees Grookey is the best Galar starter (and best starter of all time)
While I am a GrookeyGang supporter, I ultimately think Mudkip is the best starter!
I like Grookey too, but that statement is gonna have the Oshawott Ogs on you
I like grookey, but I think that the tepig line is the best.
@@TheMurphination man WoW you are the best
YESSSSSS Oleana theme love! Legit it’s my favorite songs in the game and prolly in Pokémon history. I legit will not even start battling her and just jam to her theme. I might love it cause it reminds me of a Xenoblade Chronicles 2 Song and that’s my second favorite game and Pokémon is my all time favorite so it’s like a match made in heaven. People need to talk about this theme more.
I wonder why grimmsnarl looks so buff
I think it says in the Pokédex it’s from the hair!
Ok
"..Sobble, the worst starter.."
My cousin: *i feel attacked.*
9:57 i got an shiny Espurr on the same route. 😂
Oh hell yeah dude congrats!
its crazy that majorty of the in game trades are for fairy types
seriously! I did a run in Shield where i could only use the smallest pokemon in the game and like, 75% of them were fairies lmao
11:56 Male Drednaw
40:54 Female Drednaw
Oh I didn't even notice the gender was different!
Then what happened to male one...?
you are wrong about Sobble. It means Hop gets Scorbunny in a mirror to his brother's Charizard. And since it's a water type, it learns Ice Beam which allows it to deal with grass types.
Okay, but you’re talking competitively. Hop having Cinderace really has nothing to do with Leon having a Charizard either, that argument doesn’t really make sense to me. I’m speaking conceptually, they’re bad. A sad, crying lizard should not evolve into James Bond. As a concept, and as an evolutionary line, it doesn’t work, and it makes no sense. I don’t doubt it’s competitive prowess, I know it’s good in game and during wifi battles. But you can’t tell me going from a crying lizard to a spy works and makes sense. There’s no connection between the two.
@@TheMurphination I see nothing wrong with looking at it competitively. The reason I bring up Hop picking scorbunny is because it's the same type as Leon's charizard and I think Hop's decision to pick scorbunny shows how much he looks up to Leon. And finally I, personally, disagree about it's evolution making no sense. Sobble starts out as a total crybaby and when it evolves it becomes emotionally distant, keeping its sadness bottled up on the inside. But through hard work and effort it manages overcome it's mental hangups to become cool and self-assured by evolving into Inteleon. It's evolution shows emotional growth alongside physical maturation.
"Sobble, the worst starter to ever exist"
Wait My BFF Chose Sobble
My ace isn't my first pokemon it's a Sylveon
I chose sobble and now he’s a inteleon
Inteleon is cool!
This dudes opinions on sword and shield waifus are always a W
Sonia Melony and Nessa are just S tier
Oleana is a solid A but that angry face scares me
@@TheMurphination she reminds me of my English teacher in fourth grade and that’s not a good thing
U mean sobble the best starter ever?
Well I mean that title falls to Mudkip OBVIOUSLY
but no I’m a Grookey boy, so freaking cute
I kinda like snivy more than any other starter so '-' i dont now
@@kitsunny-3147 well there’s no denying Smugleaf, it’s got a great design!
"Sobble is the worst starter to ever exist."
Rifle, the Sobble that I got from Pokémon Home and then evolved into an Inteleon (who is also notorious for OHOKing Dynamaxed and Gigantamax pokémon): "Hold my Mystic Water."
I don't deny the Intelleon is good competitively. I've seen it do some great things from some competitive youtubers I watch.
It's the design. I absolutely hate it and the continuity of the line just doesn't flow with me. Why does a crybaby become a spy? I just don't get it.
????
!!!!
"What I would give to be that Premier ball right now"
*I see*
Also saw that it took 15 mins to catch the emo badger thing, nice
You had me at hot boxing the Slumbering Wield
Hello! @TheMurphination , we've reviewed what you said about sobble at the start of the video and we humbly disagree.
We only want peace with the grookey gang and wish no further insults upon our beautiful lizard.
Signed by the leader of The Sobble Squad,
Gabe.
Hi Gabe!
My hatred for Sobble is purely from a conceptual standpoint. I do not believe that any of the ideas it presents work together in any way, shape or form. A crybaby lizard evolving into a spy makes absolutely no sense to me, and the rebuttal of “he moved on and matured” doesn’t make it make any more sense. Going from a crying lizard to James Bond has no overall connection and it’s more like they went from one end of the spectrum to another. Grookey and Scorbunny have clearly fleshed out ideas from the very beginning and I don’t get that with Sobble. I understand why they wanted to do a James Bond Pokémon, seeing as he’s British, Sobble’s dex number is 007, and the fact that it’s just a popular media icon means it could work. But not from when it evolves from a lizard that cries so much it has the same effect as 1000 onions or something like that.
I WANT to like Sobble. Ever since I started playing the games, I’ve always picked the water starter. But conceptually and design wise, the line was just a massive letdown for me. I don’t doubt it’s competitive prowess, I know it’s very good. But I just don’t like it.
I will give you this though: Intelleon’s G-Max form is the best looking of the three Galar starters.
@@TheMurphination We agree the evolutions are very, very... Different. We like only the first evolution, sobble itself.
We really like scorbunny and grookey too! As they were my first two starters.
Anyway have a great day mate and thanks for replying!
Great video bro, quite an interesting challenge 😁👋
I feel sorry for sobble because he cry all the time lol but I find it cute
Okay but like, hear me out real quick:
What if I told you Sobble himself is the reason he starts crying in the cinematic where Leon introduces the starters to us?
He hits Scorbunny with a water gun which causes him to hit his head on the tree knocking Grookey’s sitrus berry off the branch and into the pond, scaring Sobble, causing him to cry.
My man can’t deal with the consequences of his own damn actions
I actually have Peepers on my team!
The rest of my team has been caught by me and nicknamed by me, and then there's just peepers.
If I was a gym leader I'd definitely have one on my team.
A side note though, videos like this kinda change how I play the game, when I was nine and just started playing pokemon I kinda just threw my strongest mon out and push through.
Now I actually look at what moves I teach my mons.
Like my Levanny named Euphoria-
Her ability boosts bug type moves, and I gave her a miracle seed to hold to boost the power of grass type moves, and since she's a pokemon that evolves via friendship, I taught her return.
Reason why the Sobble Line is Good. Sobble: He a Cute Boi. Drizzile: Emo and it has a water Balloon. Inteleon: Epic Looking spy and it has a gun
But those ideas don’t flow well together, with the ideas of starters and their concepts being much more in depth and creative, there is absolutely NOTHING that connects Sobble’s crybaby aesthetic to Inteleon’s spy/assassin trope. The ideas don’t mix. If Inteleon was an actor inspired by Shakespeare like intended, I probably would have loved it
Yo big fan of content like this and I watch I religiously so I’m not in any way shape or form in the position to tell you what to do. But
1. I really like your vibe and I liked this video I feel like a play through on another game with the same rule set but nuzlocke would be more intense but idk if that would be too much and make it too hard.
If you don’t want to do a nuzlocke try and implement hardcore rules eg no items, set mode and level
Really enjoy the content and the no face cam vibe. also sun and moon and usum is doing good on the algorithm rn 😃
Hey man, glad to hear you liked the video! I’m definitely down to do more hardcore type games, so I’ll keep your comment in consideration when planning my next video!
@@TheMurphination nw
im glad that im not the only one who simps Melony
Your videos are way too god damn good for only 2k subs, jesus! I subbed because of how underrated you are :)
Yo thank you so much man! I appreciate it!!
You made sobble cry by saying it was the worst starter, which also made me cry 😭😭
Actually kind of wild how many supporty pokemon the game gives you through trades. Although they can serve multiple purposes its kind of funny how that pans out
Part of the Sobble squad here, just to let you know, just because you dissed my boy Sobble I ain’t gonna hate on Grookey, because I’m to busy hating on Scorbunny
UNDERRATED CZcamsR ANYONE
Great vid, u need more subs
Did you know that froslass fits the pretty on the outside ugly on the inside motif? It is in fact based on a yo Kai that is an elegant lady in a white kimono 👘 (sound familiar?) That (in some stories) asks you for some tea, and if you give her the tea, she immediately kills you with frostbite (you need to give her water instead if you want to survive). And in other stories she just skips the middleman and freezes you solid apon sight.
So once I was battling the champion and I wasn't paying attention and most of my team died. I sent out my ninetails and it endured the hit so I would be sad twice In a row. I was so shocked. It honestly saved me. I was overleveled too...
*cracks nuckles* Sobble is the best starter. Its James Bond, and has the best shiny. He cries, is absurdly cute, and he can be an edgy teen. Intelion is also the best evolution. Its not a fire fighting type, which is a plus. Sobble has great coverage, and is great late game. His stats are pretty good. And Intellion can be easily min maxed for amazing comp teams.
So yes, sobble is the best starter.
Wait a minute. Youre only 1k? How? This is amazing. Im subbed. Also those are all juat opinions, like yours.
@@Some_Pokemon_Lover hey man glad you liked the content! Thank you for becoming a part of the community!
The main reason I don’t like Sobble is because of what you mentioned earlier, the fact that he cries, evolves into an Emo lizard, and then James Bond. Those ideas don’t really mesh well to me and they didn’t stick to the initial idea of the line. If you look at the Grookey and Scorbunny lines, they stick to the Drumming Monkey and Soccer Rabbit ideas to a T, Sobble just jumps around to different ideas and I could never really get behind that! But I’m glad you really enjoy using him!
You have a point there. Shy lizard that cries, emo teen, and James Bond dont really connect well. I can see where youre coming from!
Piers doesn’t send Obstagoon last because it’s for sweeping your team, while Skuntank is for getting rid of the remains of your team.
liked a minute in for a fellow grookey gang member
great run too, nice video man!
I went with Sobble simply because Scorbunny reminds me so much of Charmander who reminds me of Charizard who steals the spotlight from other starters with his dumb nostalgia factor.
At best, Sobble was a satisfactory damage-dealer, but it wasn't until I saw his Inteleon form that I truly fell in love with him.
Leon CAN end runs if your not prepared for him, however Cynthia WILL end your run if your not prepared for her and can end your run if you are
Yeah Cynthia is definitely the most difficult champion in the entire franchise, but it’s like you said, Leon has the capability to end your run if you aren’t prepared, and as you can see, I was not prepared that first time around lmao.
Btw, loving the Ash from Paladins profile pic! I haven’t played Paladins in AGES!
@@TheMurphination yeah my friend made it for me, I haven't played in a long time either, but when I did I used to own the point with Ash
My Sword and Shield team was Rillaboom, Corviknight, Centiskorch, Drednaw, Toxtricity and Grapploct
excellent type versatility! I think mine was Rillaboom, Corviknight, Coalossal, Toxtricity, Barreskewda, and something else I can't remember at the moment lol
1:41 I believe the three starters- namely Tepig (with it’s final form Emboar) from the back-to-back duo of *Pokémon Black And White* adventures is the WORST of the starters.
But still not much of a Sobble fan myself…