How GOOD was Groudon ACTUALLY? - History of Groudon in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 3-7)

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  • Groudon is this week’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Groudon in competitive Pokemon!
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    0:00 - Intro
    1:27 - ADV/Gen 3
    3:49 - DPP/Gen 4
    7:16 - Gen 4 VGC
    8:22 - BW/Gen 5
    10:28 - XY/Gen 6
    12:40 - Gen 6 VGC
    16:12 - SM/Gen 7
    17:34 - VGC Gen 7
    19:49 - Outro
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    Notice I said POPULAR formats, meaning a format where there is a significant amount of people who compete in it for tournaments and so on and so forth. Now Popular does not mean official even though two of the formats I will be covering were official formats being Japan Nintendo Cup and VGC, but it is an indicator of what a good portion of competitive players thought was “optimal” at the time. Also sometimes the Pokemon Battle Historia doesn't provide enough information to talk about certain Pokemon so I add Smogon analysis to make sense of it. This is pretty rare though.
    To the people asking why I don't cover Smogon Singles for Gens 1 and 2: It wouldn't really be a history video if I covered those because online Smogon gen 1 meta to my knowledge wasn't actually played until late 2000s. I wanted to cover tournaments/competitive battling that was actually played during the early years of Pokemon (late 90s).
    To the people asking why I cover Smogon at all for singles: To my knowledge, Smogon was the most popular format for Gens 3-5 and held a number of tournaments throughout the years. As for Gen 6, I am not covering Battle Spot Singles because there is more information and explanations about sets being used relative to their own meta on Smogon. In other words, there are few written analyses about Battle Spot Pokemon besides the Top tiers and I would like to avoid theorycrafting because it may have a hint of bias (though I theorycraft if I REALLY couldn't find information on a certain Pokemon). The keyword here is explanations. Though I did find statistics of most Pokemon used and most moves used, there wasn't really any explanations on why. Also the few Pokemon I did find analysis of for Top Tier Battle Spot Singles had very similar move sets to the Smogon OU sets anyway.
    For the record, I do not care what rules or formats people play their battles by nor am I saying these formats are the only formats that should be played. The way you play Pokemon is between you and your opponent and I will not fault you for using evasion or whatever, I just like examining popular tournament formats.
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Komentáře • 2K

  • @ironman-uc7ek
    @ironman-uc7ek Před 5 lety +2833

    Groudon: The king of the ground
    Primal groundon: Ground is its only weakness...

  • @hammdogporkington3058
    @hammdogporkington3058 Před 5 lety +1687

    11:32 Kyogre using Earthquake to beat Groudon
    "I used the stones to destroy the stones"

  • @Grandflea02
    @Grandflea02 Před 2 lety +640

    As a Great man once said:
    "The only real way to beat primal groudon is to scare it off, but good luck striking fear in a guy who strikes fear into 71% of the planet's surface"

    • @secondace9495
      @secondace9495 Před 2 lety +27

      rainbow bambi and sky lizard:

    • @agentblackbird9435
      @agentblackbird9435 Před 2 lety +13

      If you’re talking about the planet’s surface, isn’t 71% of it the oceans? Idk, maybe I’m just misremembering something

    • @wakingdragon7538
      @wakingdragon7538 Před 2 lety +7

      @@agentblackbird9435 Kyogre

    • @jacksonsmith2955
      @jacksonsmith2955 Před 2 lety +16

      @@agentblackbird9435 in the gen 3 games the main plot revolved around groudon trying to dry up the oceans and kyogre trying to flood the contintents

    • @gamesnig
      @gamesnig Před rokem +1

      cloud nine golduck:

  • @nickluckman1872
    @nickluckman1872 Před 5 lety +1529

    Can we talk about how when people use "less optimal" special Primal Groudon, it has "only" base 150 special attack? Ridiculous.

    • @BigLoloFrmDaO
      @BigLoloFrmDaO Před 5 lety +190

      Yeah I'm surprised he didnt mention the Rock Polish Eruption set

    • @melancholicthinker9291
      @melancholicthinker9291 Před 5 lety +251

      Gen 8 gives us Physical Kyogre and Special Groudon

    • @baszko6152
      @baszko6152 Před 5 lety +65

      @@melancholicthinker9291 Kyo i Gro to each other. " STOP COPYING ME!"

    • @squidgysquid7856
      @squidgysquid7856 Před 5 lety +48

      Melancholic Thinker physical kyogre is already a thing with liquidation eq

    • @melancholicthinker9291
      @melancholicthinker9291 Před 5 lety +33

      @@squidgysquid7856 yeah and special Groudon runs Eruption/Overheat, and at times Earth Power and HP Ice

  • @mr.shinyhunter6508
    @mr.shinyhunter6508 Před 5 lety +4740

    Dynamax Groudon is going to be a threat ... for mankind

    • @deezmodsonly1497
      @deezmodsonly1497 Před 5 lety +200

      for legit reasons.

    • @joshuakim5240
      @joshuakim5240 Před 5 lety +517

      Ah Dynamix...yet another new gameplay mechanic in pokemon that's going to almost exclusively be used to give more broken overpoweredness to already broken legendary pokemon to the point of monotony just like Mega Evolution and Z Moves instead of their intended purpose of varying things up.

    • @galarianblades5674
      @galarianblades5674 Před 5 lety +130

      Mr. ShinyHunter Primal Groundon Dynamax

    • @toadgatter7512
      @toadgatter7512 Před 5 lety +67

      Dominic Anderson
      Omega ruby story restarts

    • @johnpaulmacasaet7375
      @johnpaulmacasaet7375 Před 5 lety +69

      dynamaxed mega ray counters groudon. xD

  • @beebobber546
    @beebobber546 Před 5 lety +5176

    Gamefreak: alright guys we need to make the Hoenn trio incredibly overpowered! First off let’s give Groudon a fire typing.
    Employee: but it will be x4 weak to water?
    Gamefreak: ..... let’s get rid of that completely

    • @Dz73zxxx
      @Dz73zxxx Před 5 lety +623

      Original : make hay when the sun shines
      GF : *make primal groudon when the sun harshly burns the planet*

    • @bitchd7839
      @bitchd7839 Před 5 lety +383

      Tbh Primal Kyogre isn't incredibly op as its Choiced sets. The only reason why Primal Kyogre is more viable is because it can cancel Primal Groudon's weather. If P-don gets banned, Choiced Kyogre would be the king of ubers again, with mixed Primal Kyogre only appearing from time to time.
      Primal Groudon and Mega Ray are definitely overpowered though.

    • @boomburstgaming3727
      @boomburstgaming3727 Před 5 lety +31

      Employee: brilliant

    • @GIR177
      @GIR177 Před 5 lety +41

      Why are Game Freak and its employees separate? lol

    • @koishikomeiji3888
      @koishikomeiji3888 Před 5 lety +73

      It's not completely gone. Rayquaza (and Golduck but good luck with Duck) can ignore Desolate Land's water shriveling.

  • @NerdX151
    @NerdX151 Před 5 lety +2181

    Game Designer: "How strong should I make Primal Groudon?"
    TPC: "Yes"

    • @waterboy126
      @waterboy126 Před 5 lety +15

      YES YES YES

    • @dustin3294
      @dustin3294 Před 4 lety +11

      water boy 12 YES YES YES YES oh my god

    • @Magic_Ice
      @Magic_Ice Před 4 lety +8

      P.Groudon: ORA ORA ORA ORA ORA

    • @raizenramos9087
      @raizenramos9087 Před 3 lety +4

      Mega Rayquaza: Am i a joke to you?

    • @JohnZ-
      @JohnZ- Před 3 lety +2

      @@dustin3294 YES YES YES, JoJo reference

  • @TT-hw6ie
    @TT-hw6ie Před 5 lety +988

    Groudon: *Jumps*
    Metagross:AW shiet *Dies*

  • @matteussilvestre8583
    @matteussilvestre8583 Před 5 lety +4138

    It's over, Anakin! I have the Primal Groudon!

  • @albertorios2491
    @albertorios2491 Před 5 lety +397

    Hi False Swipe Gaming, Alberto Ríos here (Panamá Special Event winner), thanks for the mention in the video and i love Groudon ♥️✌️

  • @CritsuKirby
    @CritsuKirby Před 5 lety +2000

    The legend. The monster. The thing that's on EVERY Ubers and Unrestricted Team.

    • @skiffy8121
      @skiffy8121 Před 5 lety +86

      and then shuckle comes to fuckle up the strongest mon

    • @skiffy8121
      @skiffy8121 Před 5 lety +11

      @Mordecai Israel shuckle has custap forretress's help with toxic spikes, youd have to play carefully to avoid those to begin with, if you can get a sub up without being toxiced, then yeah shuckle will be fuckled

    • @GIR177
      @GIR177 Před 5 lety +65

      Technically Arceus has the highest usage, it's just that all of its formes are counted separately.

    • @williamhuynh869
      @williamhuynh869 Před 4 lety +7

      @@GIR177 too many arcei

    • @CaptainMantine
      @CaptainMantine Před 4 lety +6

      Ah yes! The legend Kyogre!

  • @DarkPurpleDude
    @DarkPurpleDude Před 5 lety +190

    Talking about how Kyogre and Groudon go at it against each other in Ubers weather wars is probably the most accurate the Pokedex is going to get.

  • @mattfry6716
    @mattfry6716 Před 5 lety +924

    Loki: I have a Primal Groudon.
    Tony: We have a Golduck.

  • @StickMaster500
    @StickMaster500 Před 5 lety +309

    When Groudon got it's Primal Reversion, I could hear it laugh in the face of Primal Kyorge as it's Water moves evaporate into nothing

    • @HardGuess
      @HardGuess Před 5 lety +25

      Until Rayquaza destroyed it with waterfall

    • @vladtepes2667
      @vladtepes2667 Před 5 lety +6

      I hope we get more primal forms for fossil pokemon

    • @worshiperofthelegendarypig9429
      @worshiperofthelegendarypig9429 Před 3 lety +50

      @@vladtepes2667 that... Makes no sense, Groudon and Kyogre have primals because they created the sea and land and are now dormant. So they would need to be more powerful when they were doing stuff

    • @whydoiexist2180
      @whydoiexist2180 Před 2 lety +21

      @@worshiperofthelegendarypig9429 primal bidoof

  • @ElectroBlastLuigi
    @ElectroBlastLuigi Před 5 lety +486

    *Kyogre wasn't covered yet because it's still swimming around in Alola with Lana.*

  • @MakoShiruba
    @MakoShiruba Před 5 lety +150

    Groudon is what many backyard kids believed Charizard was: Boosting for a Turn and then Earthquake'd everything not inmune to Ground and if it was, Burn it.

    • @curts7801
      @curts7801 Před 2 lety +6

      “Quake and Burn” is the mantra for many kids playing Pokémon. Can’t blame them. It’s satisfying and it works.

  • @solaimanshahriar6202
    @solaimanshahriar6202 Před 5 lety +1412

    Only 21 minutes? I was expecting this to be 2 hours long.

    • @bitchd7839
      @bitchd7839 Před 5 lety +107

      Wait till Kyogre's video. It's been the king of ubers for three and a half gens unlike Primal Groudon's one and a half so it should be longer.

    • @TheBornageFobbie
      @TheBornageFobbie Před 5 lety +43

      Would have been if he named normal placements instead of just worlds

    • @alkaspoon9282
      @alkaspoon9282 Před 5 lety +2

      To be honest I was expecting that too

    • @sayvionwashington1939
      @sayvionwashington1939 Před 5 lety +10

      This isn't a GameXplain analysis video

    • @HeilRay
      @HeilRay Před 5 lety +6

      I took the extra time to go out and watch Godzilla King of monsters.
      Movies apparently not doing as good as hoped.

  • @past874
    @past874 Před 5 lety +630

    Groudon, the Pokemon that can cause droughts strong enough to dry up entire oceans. Wasn't a fire type until gen 6.

    • @M3rtyville
      @M3rtyville Před 5 lety +113

      still waiting for Lugia to get a form with water typing

    • @shutup1037
      @shutup1037 Před 4 lety +17

      well he made land

    • @solismax65
      @solismax65 Před 2 lety +9

      @@M3rtyville yuck x4 electric weakness. Nah he’s fine how he is

    • @Vichola
      @Vichola Před 2 lety +8

      @@solismax65 just give it a electric immunity

    • @woomynation
      @woomynation Před 2 lety +3

      @@solismax65 you talking smack about moxie dragon dance gyarados?

  • @demi-femme4821
    @demi-femme4821 Před 5 lety +1346

    Arceus: "I'm the most powerful Pokémon in Übers!"
    Primal Groudon: "Please allow me to introduce myself."

    • @dumpsockpuppet5619
      @dumpsockpuppet5619 Před 5 lety +317

      Mega Rayquaza *[Laughs in Anything Goes]*

    • @zeno1099
      @zeno1099 Před 5 lety +77

      Mega Ray **~laughing by being in a higher tier~**

    • @coot33
      @coot33 Před 5 lety +25

      Fun bro : exist
      Every other Pokemon : I want to get out of funbro's wild ride.

    • @alexroth67
      @alexroth67 Před 5 lety +60

      GameFreak: Do you know what would be a good idea? Making a bunch of Pokemon that are stronger than the actual god Pokemon.

    • @Alexandre-gg7qd
      @Alexandre-gg7qd Před 5 lety +9

      Arceus ground would like to have a word with primal groudon

  • @shockwave3648
    @shockwave3648 Před 3 lety +493

    The guy with 6 Primal Groudons on showdown be like:
    “Hi Noob, use good pokemon”

    • @bustin1946
      @bustin1946 Před 3 lety +51

      the garbodors: hey

    • @coldore6734
      @coldore6734 Před 3 lety +6

      You cant use 2 of the same Pokémon in showdown

    • @urhsusnikvrecic1478
      @urhsusnikvrecic1478 Před 3 lety +74

      @@coldore6734 you can in AG

    • @coldore6734
      @coldore6734 Před 3 lety +6

      @@urhsusnikvrecic1478 oh cool didnt know that

    • @urhsusnikvrecic1478
      @urhsusnikvrecic1478 Před 3 lety +43

      @@coldore6734 yeah, but i doubt its even worth knowing, since AG is the dynamaxed mega rayquaza tier with 12 YOs packing multiple arceuses per team

  • @paulbatut842
    @paulbatut842 Před 5 lety +669

    I remember in vgc2016 when, in order to underspeed Kyogre, Groudon was level 49

    • @alsparkproductions7849
      @alsparkproductions7849 Před 5 lety +11

      Why tho?

    • @fulgenzio89
      @fulgenzio89 Před 5 lety +199

      And then Kyogre was level 48, and then Groudon level 47 and so on until they were both level 1

    • @MisterSleep1123
      @MisterSleep1123 Před 5 lety +34

      @@fulgenzio89 the usual is at level 50. Only nutkobs go for level 49 because of the lack of power.

    • @cooperm4185
      @cooperm4185 Před 5 lety +42

      @@fulgenzio89 you can't have Kyogre/Groudon lower than level 45

    • @Marcusjnmc
      @Marcusjnmc Před 5 lety +23

      @@fulgenzio89 no, kyogre never went below 50, groudon made up for the lost power with swords dance

  • @matthorseirons6791
    @matthorseirons6791 Před 5 lety +206

    9:08 - RIP Fairy Types (Before Fairies Existed)

  • @GygasDistruttore
    @GygasDistruttore Před 5 lety +159

    Groudon powers up Cherrim.
    Therefore Groudon is ok in my book.

    • @Kristalya
      @Kristalya Před 3 lety +11

      Cherrim is so cute and unique 🍒 she needs love from Game Freak 🌞

    • @ronswanson7371
      @ronswanson7371 Před 2 lety +5

      @@Kristalya yes 😊

    • @permabanter7770
      @permabanter7770 Před rokem

      This comment eating well this week

  • @xDoctorxFaustusx
    @xDoctorxFaustusx Před 5 lety +283

    I always liked Groudon for its kaiju looks.
    ...Shame its actually not as big as one like how the anime always depict it.

    • @andrevanderlinden8722
      @andrevanderlinden8722 Před 5 lety +4

      Crow the BOOLET venomothra isnt huge either unfortunately

    • @kazoorion7993
      @kazoorion7993 Před 5 lety +12

      Crow the BOOLET I think Colosseum and XD does justice to it's size despite the size restrictions.

    • @wanderingrogue3039
      @wanderingrogue3039 Před 5 lety +15

      Dynamax!!!

    • @beta511ee4
      @beta511ee4 Před 5 lety +1

      Crow the BOOLET Isn’t it, like, 11 feet tall?

    • @Dz73zxxx
      @Dz73zxxx Před 5 lety +7

      Meanwhile its counterpart...legend says that Kyogre resembles an expensive aquarium fish

  • @pujo1227
    @pujo1227 Před 5 lety +237

    Looking like pokeaim's uber road to top 10

    • @matthewsun6374
      @matthewsun6374 Před 5 lety +20

      Pujolly I really liked how Joey gave groudon some loved, he’s so underrated!

    • @CubeBizz
      @CubeBizz Před 5 lety +6

      Lmao

  • @piers1796
    @piers1796 Před 5 lety +214

    I may prefer Kyogre, but Groudon was an amazing Pokemon and I'm glad it still is.

  • @Rich.p126
    @Rich.p126 Před 5 lety +137

    Ubers: *exists*
    Primal groundon: *hello there*

    • @seaside503
      @seaside503 Před 4 lety +11

      Everyone in ubers: General Groudon!

    • @pirateclick1d169
      @pirateclick1d169 Před 3 lety +1

      yeah yeah same thing every year I'm already on the list

    • @MightyMobileMatt
      @MightyMobileMatt Před 2 lety +1

      Everyone in Ubers; "You are a Bold one!"
      Primal Groudon; "Actually I'm Adamant."

  • @TheDiego908
    @TheDiego908 Před 5 lety +137

    Gotta love how each VGC gen gets exponentially more anime

  • @jonathanrogers959
    @jonathanrogers959 Před rokem +5

    The way I see it, kyogre is surrounded. What's under the ocean? That's right, more earth.

  • @salthesalmonshark6849
    @salthesalmonshark6849 Před 11 měsíci +3

    I used to have dreams as a kid where Groudon lived in my closet. Not really nightmares, just Groudon chilling on my closet and I panicked because I couldn't find my pants.

  • @tonyflynn1801
    @tonyflynn1801 Před 5 lety +44

    "History shows, again and again, how nature winds up the folly of man" - Blue Oyster Cult

  • @finchinator990
    @finchinator990 Před 5 lety +87

    You could say Primal Groudon made the VGC & Ubers tiers a Desolate Land

  • @researchinbreeder
    @researchinbreeder Před 5 lety +116

    You: kyOGre NeXT
    Me, an intellectual: Kyogre in 2 mo. so the trio is evenly spaced.

  • @nathanf1149
    @nathanf1149 Před 5 lety +82

    I'm so sorry you had to do all this Kellen...

    • @heartofthefluft8541
      @heartofthefluft8541 Před 5 lety +5

      Don't be sorry. I think he loves to talk about the Pokémon's competitive scene, and he will be taking a rest eventually.

    • @nathanf1149
      @nathanf1149 Před 5 lety +10

      @@heartofthefluft8541 it's just a meme in he patreon discord

    • @shawnli4746
      @shawnli4746 Před 5 lety +1

      Can't beat the 25 minute script for Mewtwo in which he was talking like twice as fast

  • @arhkadian2389
    @arhkadian2389 Před 5 lety +23

    groudon has been one of my favorite pokemon since gen 3, to see it reborn in gen 6 was awesome.

  • @okaten3522
    @okaten3522 Před 4 lety +10

    I love Groudon's Gen 4 sprite because it looks like he's mad at his best friend for stealing all the chips at a party. He looks like he's saying "Yo, dude, what the hell? Why'd you go and eat all my chips?"

    • @oodogla
      @oodogla Před 2 lety +3

      Tyranitar's gen 3 sprite is similar and I really like them too.

  • @stevn2827
    @stevn2827 Před 5 lety +1877

    How good was chetsoberry actually?

    • @briankim1098
      @briankim1098 Před 5 lety +86

      Lemonade HP THIS! I’d love to see an item series FSG!

    • @rossthemoss6827
      @rossthemoss6827 Před 5 lety +175

      Oran berry best item hands down

    • @penapower894
      @penapower894 Před 5 lety +28

      How good was everstone actually?

    • @krosshair450
      @krosshair450 Před 5 lety +5

      This is a great idea!

    • @polypolar715
      @polypolar715 Před 5 lety +18

      Lemonade HP How GOOD was Pretty Wing ACTUALLY??

  • @fatfuck2384
    @fatfuck2384 Před 5 lety +54

    Groudon was my first legendary Pokemon. I'm glad it's such a beast

    • @octoslut
      @octoslut Před 5 lety +1

      lol braa its OP now days, just hope gamefreak are not dumb enough to give it dragon dance.

    • @XO_Hikari
      @XO_Hikari Před 4 lety

      @@octoslut oh no

    • @octoslut
      @octoslut Před 4 lety

      I have a tiny wee wee but no what??

    • @XO_Hikari
      @XO_Hikari Před 4 lety

      @@octoslut if it gets dragon dance I'm ded lol

    • @octoslut
      @octoslut Před 4 lety

      I have a tiny wee wee but lol yeh but game freak is not too bright when it comes to balancing

  • @calebelbrock3156
    @calebelbrock3156 Před 5 lety +227

    Godzilla: I'm the king of monsters
    Primal Groudon: hold my precipice blades

    • @alejandroelluxray5298
      @alejandroelluxray5298 Před 5 lety +15

      You want Groudon to die, don't you?

    • @andrevanderlinden8722
      @andrevanderlinden8722 Před 5 lety +11

      Alejandro Hernández yeh groudon would 100% lose. Godzilla is like 5000x its size

    • @alejandroelluxray5298
      @alejandroelluxray5298 Před 5 lety +7

      @@andrevanderlinden8722 this is what I think are the right Groudon's measures of height:
      Normal Groudon: 60 meters tall
      Primal Groudon: 80 meters tall
      Now Godzilla's size:
      Godzilla (2019): 119.78 meters tall
      Conclusion: Groudon, if you want to live, you better kneel before your King

    • @dumpsockpuppet5619
      @dumpsockpuppet5619 Před 5 lety +7

      @@alejandroelluxray5298 good idea, crouch to eat his legs

    • @iaxacs3801
      @iaxacs3801 Před 5 lety +1

      @@andrevanderlinden8722 That's why you Gigamax it. Also Alejandro you should've looked up heights cause Groudon in Primal form is only 5 Meters tall

  • @Vinlie
    @Vinlie Před 5 lety +20

    Groudon also made an appearance in the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, don't forget. He played a pretty substantial part in RRT and Explorers of S/T/Sky

  • @sirtimothy92
    @sirtimothy92 Před 5 lety +61

    Dynamax Mega Rayquaza: *exist*
    Anything goes: "GET OUT!!"

  • @henriquecarballoaranha9100

    Who would win?
    The embodyment of the geosphere
    or
    One clueless quacky boi

  • @jackofspadesman
    @jackofspadesman Před 5 lety +13

    Hey, thanks for the shout out (Jake Magier here!) Groudon was awesome and will always be awesome. You should do Volcarona sometime soon ;)

  • @JB-bc2ry
    @JB-bc2ry Před 5 lety +16

    Last Week's Gen 3 Ground Type: Good for all of one Gen, then Trash.
    This Week's Gen 3 Ground Type: Good for all of its Gens, never Trash.
    If I may quote: "Of course, interesting manuever"

  • @darianclark3980
    @darianclark3980 Před 5 lety +32

    I used to thought Groundon was part Fire when I first saw it.
    Anyone else who agreed with me?

    • @nixuniverse5240
      @nixuniverse5240 Před 5 lety +5

      When I was younger I automatically thought every Pokémon’s type was based on their color. So when I first saw him I thought he was Fire because he was red.

    • @voltingmaster5458
      @voltingmaster5458 Před 5 lety +6

      Darian Clark I thought so to, Which made it hilarious when Gamefreak added the fire typing to its primal form!

    • @robertharris6092
      @robertharris6092 Před 5 lety

      Same. Emerald was my first and only pokemon till i playex x and y. And i used to always think groudon was always ground fire.

  • @XLRATEable
    @XLRATEable Před 5 lety +34

    Oh boy i wonder what next weeks pokemon i gonna be!
    🐟

    • @shanem8957
      @shanem8957 Před 5 lety

      Casper Fransen magikarp?

    • @HintedImage
      @HintedImage Před 5 lety +3

      Clearly Wishiwashi.

    • @snakeywakey3893
      @snakeywakey3893 Před 5 lety

      @@HintedImage That thing is OP. It makes Mega Rayquaza look like a joke.

    • @Mayank-mf7xr
      @Mayank-mf7xr Před 5 lety +1

      wailord ?

    • @XLRATEable
      @XLRATEable Před 5 lety

      You are all idiots it will obviously be "How good was REMORAID actually?"

  • @itsninjaboy7985
    @itsninjaboy7985 Před 5 lety +37

    It's cool that Groudon was delayed and uploaded on the same day I caught it in Omega Ruby

  • @ilovedogs2642
    @ilovedogs2642 Před 5 lety

    Omg yes been waiting for this one for ages!!!! Thank you

  • @ThumberBulls6
    @ThumberBulls6 Před 5 lety +255

    >How good was Groudon ACTUALLY?
    Haha haha hahaha this is a joke video right? Haha right??

    • @chendror872
      @chendror872 Před 5 lety +11

      Answer: Really good

    • @DivadRovert
      @DivadRovert Před 5 lety +8

      @@chendror872 Correction: Omnipotent

    • @chendror872
      @chendror872 Před 5 lety +8

      @@DivadRovert all hail the red dinosaur of doom

    • @murlocmaster6192
      @murlocmaster6192 Před 5 lety +1

      My ditto crushes groudon!

    • @darkrose8328
      @darkrose8328 Před 5 lety +7

      This would just apply to any of the weather trio lets be honest

  • @iamcarnitas
    @iamcarnitas Před 5 lety +6

    I've been so excited for this episode! My favorite Pokémon!

  • @MrFabioxz
    @MrFabioxz Před 5 lety

    I’m always sooo happy if i see that u posted a new video!! Keep up the good work!! And i just find out after watching u for almost 1,5 year that i wasn’t subscribed!! From now on u have 1 extra loyal fan!

  • @milkman8878
    @milkman8878 Před 5 lety

    Been waiting a long time for this, thanks

  • @officersoulknight6321
    @officersoulknight6321 Před 3 lety +5

    Primal Groudon; 4x weak to Water
    Also Primal Groudon; *n o*

  • @raver-kun2035
    @raver-kun2035 Před 5 lety +5

    I've been waiting for this video, and I was not disappointed, Thanks FSG team

  • @seangalvin672
    @seangalvin672 Před 5 lety

    finally! ive been wanting you to do groudon for the longest time

  • @David_Johannesson
    @David_Johannesson Před 5 lety

    Fantastic episode!

  • @alexandermcmillan8056
    @alexandermcmillan8056 Před 5 lety +17

    Groudon, the face of sun in Ubers. Man what a beast.

  • @acemerceramv8561
    @acemerceramv8561 Před 5 lety +19

    18:45
    *M E N A C I N G M O O N R A Z E M A E L S T R O M*

  • @omegafuzi0n479
    @omegafuzi0n479 Před 4 lety

    Something about the way you explain all of this is super captivating, it made me sub

  • @thepredator4207
    @thepredator4207 Před 5 lety

    I have been waiting for this video for sooooooooooo long and it didn't disappoint

  • @lecanoscoptical3455
    @lecanoscoptical3455 Před 5 lety +8

    Groudon's tiny hop in the Sonority games is adorable and I hate having never seen it until now

  • @aa7146
    @aa7146 Před 5 lety +28

    Who's Groudon?
    Don't you mean *walking barber clippers*

  • @mithenmedina540
    @mithenmedina540 Před 5 lety

    I've been awaiting for this.

  • @mikkoto2135
    @mikkoto2135 Před 5 lety

    Hey Kellen! I don't have a switch, so I haven't gotten to play pokemon Let's Go, but I have tried it out on showdown and found it to be really weird with its mechanics and changes. I feel like it'd make a great video! Another Pokemon Generation Battle Mechanics explained like the RBY vids! Love your vids man, been binging them recently after kinda forgetting about your channel for a while lol.

  • @royhe3154
    @royhe3154 Před 5 lety +24

    7:59 The lack of "Sorry if I butcher your name" pained me.

  • @mx.e2176
    @mx.e2176 Před 5 lety +95

    Kyogre will flush him down a really blue toilet. If you understand the reference, you’re very cultured. The reference is Terminal Montage’s Legendary Pokémon Battle Royal

  • @isaacscards3942
    @isaacscards3942 Před 2 lety

    Great video 👍

  • @Magic_Ice
    @Magic_Ice Před 5 lety +1

    I just looked this up thanks!

  • @stupidhead_2812
    @stupidhead_2812 Před 5 lety +10

    I'm really happy that Groudon has always been fantastic. He's one of my favorite legendaries and has a special place in my heart

  • @aroobism
    @aroobism Před 5 lety +77

    Another great video by fsg
    In other news grass is green

  • @mikoutv1707
    @mikoutv1707 Před 5 lety

    The list of vgc names in the description instead of in the video is a great change!

  • @davionblackburn9318
    @davionblackburn9318 Před 5 lety +1

    Welcome back, FSG!!! 🎮😎🎮

  • @johnnyblocks7956
    @johnnyblocks7956 Před 5 lety +5

    1:27 it’s also what decides the weather here in Florida

  • @uigpoe
    @uigpoe Před 5 lety +5

    Ive been watching these videos since the Charizard episode and I just knew you would make it this far one day. Kudos to a fantastic series that the pokemon community DESPERATELY needed.

  • @5minvsarefer
    @5minvsarefer Před 5 lety

    It’s been a while since you used “Dark Utopia” in the beginning, and I love it!

  • @cosmic2859
    @cosmic2859 Před 5 lety

    YESS!! About time

  • @Alex-wd8en
    @Alex-wd8en Před 5 lety +34

    Just some day's ago I fought a primal Groudon for the first time ever. Seems like solar beam on Groudon doesn't go well against mirror coat Milotic

  • @surite2573
    @surite2573 Před 5 lety +16

    How Primal-Groudon hasn't been moved to AG I don't know

    • @christianwai1796
      @christianwai1796 Před 5 lety +13

      It holds the tier together. Xerneas and primal ogre would skyrocket fi you banned pdon then you would have to ban them too. Then the mons kyogre keeps in check rise and so on. It itself is not broken in that way that it forces a specific teamcomp but if you took it out pogre and xerneas would cause they would wreak havoc

  • @parad0x765
    @parad0x765 Před rokem +1

    The 2nd legendary pokemon I ever saw, years ago I had got like a small magazine showing the anime sizes of Groudon and Primal Groudon, ever since then I fell in love with the design(primal Groupon is satisfying for some reason), even though not my favourite competitively(I still somehow try to make it work in gen 9), one of my favourites in design for all time. The first pokemon movie I watched was Jirachi the wishmaker, Meta/Virus Groudon's design ws just amazing.

  • @ideal9328
    @ideal9328 Před 5 lety +1

    You sound so intense on this video dude!😂🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @balloonperson1115
    @balloonperson1115 Před 5 lety +10

    Can't wait to see just how terrifying Water Spout Kyogre was

  • @daddy7888
    @daddy7888 Před rokem +5

    Groudon honestly had the most successful career in competitive. It has always been one of the best and at one point it was the best. With mega Rayquaza gone, it really let primal Groudon shine along with Kyogre. Amazing legendary!!!

  • @Chrisboy265
    @Chrisboy265 Před 5 lety

    This isn’t the video we needed, but it’s the one we deserve. Thank you FSG, very cool!

  • @luissantiago5163
    @luissantiago5163 Před 5 lety +2

    Didn't know about this channel. These vids are hype. You've earned a new subscriber. Keep up the great work dude!

  • @SilverFang2789
    @SilverFang2789 Před 5 lety +7

    *HOW GOOD WAS DUSCLOPS & DUSKNOIR ACTUALLY?*

  • @wilhelmsarosen4735
    @wilhelmsarosen4735 Před 5 lety +13

    I never understood how Groudon could go toe to toe with Kyogre in the story, given their typing......

    • @librathebeautifulwarmonk1283
      @librathebeautifulwarmonk1283 Před 5 lety +5

      Lore does not equal gameplay. Otherwise lugia couldn't be the master of the kanto birds.

    • @Lauren_C
      @Lauren_C Před 5 lety +5

      @@librathebeautifulwarmonk1283
      In the anime, Groudon fought Kyogre with Solarbeam.
      In competitive, Primal Groudon tends to have the overall advantage against Primal Kyogre. Reason being that while Kyogre is effectively neutered in the sun and is forced to fall back on Ice Beam for damage, Groudon's Precipice Blades is still astronomically powerful, sun or rain, and gets STAB. Thus Groudon is still a very threatening foe in heavy rain.

    • @wilhelmsarosen4735
      @wilhelmsarosen4735 Před 5 lety

      Libra The beautiful War Monk Well, it has multiscale, so it should be enough for it to strike back :)

    • @wilhelmsarosen4735
      @wilhelmsarosen4735 Před 5 lety +1

      Lauren C But isn't Primal Groudon good as dead in the rain though?

    • @andreescalona8902
      @andreescalona8902 Před 2 lety

      @@wilhelmsarosen4735 2 years later: no. Kyogre's STAB moves get cancelled in harsh sun, while Groundon's ground STAB can still hit it. So it's safer to switch Primal Groudon into Primal Kyogre than the other way around

  • @jinxcurse6113
    @jinxcurse6113 Před 5 lety +1

    YESS YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME

  • @elmatias7922
    @elmatias7922 Před 5 lety

    I really like Groudon for the design and also because he is a monster at the competitive thanks False Swipe, I was really waiting for this video

  • @supersmashbro596
    @supersmashbro596 Před 3 lety +5

    you know what would have been a neat mechanic for the blue/red orb in the remakes? if making kyogre hold the red orb or groudon hold the blue orb would cause them to act as if they were traded pokemon you don't have badges to train, regardless of your actual badge count.

    • @oodogla
      @oodogla Před 2 lety +1

      That would be awesome

  • @NanaKyoto
    @NanaKyoto Před 5 lety +11

    If you thought Primal Groudon was titanic, wait until Generation VIII.

    • @ZakanaHachihaCBC
      @ZakanaHachihaCBC Před 5 lety +1

      Shiro-Luna assuming you can Dynamax it.

    • @Magic_Ice
      @Magic_Ice Před 5 lety +2

      Dog with Sword vs Godzilla that made the Continents.

    • @Mr.Feather130
      @Mr.Feather130 Před 4 lety

      *Godzilla Intensifies*
      Milo:Oh My Gosh run!,its Godzilla!
      Sonia:it looks like Godzilla but due to copyright laws,it wasn't
      Milo:we still had to run away from Godzilla!
      Sonia:no it isn't
      (Both run away in fear)

    • @sophiawilliams8650
      @sophiawilliams8650 Před 4 lety

      L

    • @toadsagejacob7896
      @toadsagejacob7896 Před 4 lety

      @@Mr.Feather130 nice to see someone else saw that movie

  • @ElevatorLink
    @ElevatorLink Před 5 lety

    These vids give me life

  • @Mr8sian
    @Mr8sian Před 5 lety

    I too support a video on Life Orb and Eviolite throughout the generations, maybe 2 separate videos so you can get more overall views 😊
    If you ever get into a rut, you can also continue the type video series that you started with Ice type. I'd really like to see the others in an overall video.

  • @fadeddragon123
    @fadeddragon123 Před 4 lety +7

    Imagine if in the remakes of gen 4 the dragons got the primal treatment

  • @chamber8234
    @chamber8234 Před 5 lety +6

    Yes! Groudon is by far my favorite Pokémon ever ❤️

  • @Ssecave
    @Ssecave Před 2 měsíci

    Man, the animation are so goooood. Can we have that again plz ? That Groudon attack animation with Eathquake attack look nice !

  • @stevenmattrell3448
    @stevenmattrell3448 Před 5 lety +2

    I remember catching Groudon in Omega Ruby. I used a Gyarados which made two of Groudon’s moves useless (earthquake and precipice blades) due to Gyarados’s flying type and made two of Gyarados’ moves useless (hydro pump and dive), due to desolate land. Leaving lave plume and rest as Groudon’s only usable moves, as for Gyarados, it could only use crunch and ice fang.

  • @thecathat2725
    @thecathat2725 Před 5 lety +16

    Roses are red
    The fan seems to be on
    Im running golduck
    Only for groudon

  • @PokeRetroFan
    @PokeRetroFan Před 5 lety +4

    Thank you!!! My favorite pokemon. Also it seems this may actually be the best Pokémon overall period

    • @blackpow3r
      @blackpow3r Před 5 lety

      Mega Rayquaza is the best pokemon. It's the only one that's banned from even Uber tier lol

    • @oodogla
      @oodogla Před 2 lety +1

      @@blackpow3r not anymore.

  • @ganning1174
    @ganning1174 Před 4 lety

    I'm not into the competitve Pokemon scene, but your informative documentaries are adored by this subscriber. Have a like.

  • @wolfgangervin2582
    @wolfgangervin2582 Před 5 lety

    I always love seeing how the übers clash with and synergize with eachother.