Top 10 Under Used Competitive Pokémon
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Top 10 UU Pokemon, 2024
Edited by: tazprods
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0:00 Introduction
3:20 10. Milotic
4:51 9. Empoleon
6:45 8. Slowking
8:01 7. Cobalion
9:57 6. Nidoking and Nidoqueen
11:20 5. Krookodile
12:18 4. Mamoswine
13:21 3. Swampert
14:57 2. Crobat
16:25 #1 - Hry
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Imagine telling someone from 2004 that the only Hoenn pokemon in OU are Pellipper and Torkoal.
@misteral9045 the abilities didn't existed back in 2004 so you would be even more confused
@@noamarie2072Groudon and Kyogre had them back then.
@@noamarie2072there were literally the box legendary signature abilities at the time
@@cristobalpinochetImagine telling someone back in 2004 that not only would other Pokemon get Kyogre and Groudon's signature abilities, but that said Pokemon would include Pelipper and Torkoal
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The main issue with Slowking is, ironically, the existence of its galarian form. Better type, better tools, better stat distribution
Still prefer him over his distant cousin for me. Johtonian Slowking will forever be my favorite Pokémon of all time.
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Yeah, I feel you on that one! The original isn’t bad, just outclassed. Scald is always a nice perk for a movepool, too
@@justarandompurplefox3243 Don't forget his new signature move, Chilling Reception. (well, his Galar cousin also gets it too)
I was worried Slowking would lose his favorite slow pivot role with the loss of Teleport, but Chilling Reception is the perfect upgrade so I'm happy for him. I get to use some new snow weather friends alongside him too, which is great.
Chilly reception is part of the reason I enjoy G-Slowking so much! I run a set with toxic and psychic noise, and chilly reception with the heal block effect allows me to bring in powerful breakers to harass defensive Pokémon.
I love how much of it is "this water type isn't as good as these other water types."
Kinda funny to think that all 3 on UU on start are actually RU pokémon now 😵💫
Nah it doesn’t really mean anything. Gen 9s power creep was way more than usual, and a few of these Pokémon had quite a bit of OU play before the last dex update introduced a lot more legendaries like Milotic and Hydreigon.
@@matt6619yep, mitotic and hydreigon are my favorite legendaries
In all seriousness though, it is worrying how many top OU pokemon are from Paldea. The fact Gholdengo and Urshifu arent in BL also makes me physically upset.
@@thepizzaman6310He's saying that before Indigo Disc reintroduced the old Pokemon, the new paradox legendaries and unbanned some Pokemon like Roaring Moon and Volcarona, Hydreigon and Milotic had decent usage in OU. AFAIK, Milotic was ranked B- in Gen 9 OU when Teal Mask came out. Largely because it had good matchups into many threats like Iron Moth, Gholdengo etc. and it had several niche sets that could work if used correctly. Milotic hasn't been ranked this high for like 15 yrs. But now, with same good old OU threats roaming here and there and simply worsened because of new stupidly OP Pokemon, Milotic and Hydreigon are now pushed out.
@@thepizzaman6310 neither are legendary........
I thought for sure that Scizor would be number 1 considering it is the most defining steel type in history of UU
The issue there is that Scizor has been OU as often as not
Scizor wasn't in uu until gen 7
@@mrtrollnator123 Yes, but that also means it's been UU for 3-4 gens now. Same as almost all the other mons in this list.
@@jayanths1221if you compare it proportionally, Scizor was way longer not playable in UU than all the others. Sure some have the same amount of generations to be UU but percentage wise, scizor doesnt keep up with almost every pick on this list.
I agree, it shouldve been mentioned, since it was an integral part of modern generation of UU but compared to UUs entire lifespan, he hasnt been there for the most part
@@jayanths12219-7 is 2 tho? And mega scizor was ou in gen 7
So more like 2-3,just not enough
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its seriously insane how many of these pokemon have fallen off in gen 9, even HYDREIGON got put in RU for a bit, and florges + sylveon ?NU, shoutout to all these pokemon though, i personally would've added scizor but i know it only became UU in gen 7
The meta is still shifting a lot in the lower tiers post dlc2 tho
gen 7 was 8 years ago... scizor should be on here
@@why3994gen 7 was 4 years ago, but it was released 7 years ago
Also in gen 8 it dropped to UU on one of thr last shifts
I still think it's crazy that GARCHOMP fell out of OU, at least for a bit.
Milotic also suffered from the physical special split. (Could be a video idea of Pokemon who most sufered or benefitted from it). Being a water type special wall is great as all your weaknesses are special
Wouldn't it be the opposite Since the pokemon you're trying to wall (special attackers) can hit you super effective. One of the reasons blissey is so strong in adv is it has no special weaknesses so it hard walls special attackers and can just switch out vs physical attackers (except dugtrio). Defensive swampert does the same against physical attackers.
@@androsp9105bulky waters more or less always have Calm Mind and much less unbalanced bulk. after a CM on switchin, they might be able to just recover off your supereffective hits. see Suicune
@@furiouscorgi6614 'bulky waters more or less always have Calm Mind'. Of the relevant bulky waters in adv ou only Suicune gets calm mind. Milotic gets two shot by Zapdos and Raikou so it can't heal off the damage. Gyarados and Swampert get destroyed by tbolt and hp grass respectively.
@@androsp9105 iirc Milotic also has CM, but it's very possible it only got it later. Otherwise, if Suicune can CM once or twice, it should be out of KO range, and able to at minimum stall a lot of Power Points
@@androsp9105you are right
Skarm pretty strong too because he walls any physical mon. They cant use the x2 boost of its weaknesses.
14:17 "Usually pick from Gastrodon or [missing audio] because..."
17:26 i love the hacked NP in ORAS just for fun while mentioning gen 8
Shoutout to Gen 4 Clefable being UU yet outclassing Blissey in a lot of cases in OU
Venusaur has always been solid when it was UU, it's absolutely elite in DPP UU and works as a great sun sweeper in SS UU
Have yo give a shoutout to Tentacruel aka UU's baseline. Every single false swipe video has to prefice with "It had a decent enough matchup against tentacruel. Base 100 speed base 120 sAtk coupled with high powered stab, mixed with solid defensive utility and rest makes him, not insane, but always prominent during the times he was UU
Snorlax and weezing was my gen 4 UU version of skarm bliss
snorlax wasnt in dpp uu lol
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So proud of swampert. My first pokemon. He would've been great in other gens if they gave him recover or regenerator. They shafted him so hard by giving him almost no tools since gen 3. He's a damn AXOLOTOL, why does he not get both of those?
He got flip turn and knock off this gen! Just a shame he had to lose toxic and scald to get there
Swampert needs slack off
Great video! I want to see more of these lists :)
For newer draft league players, I have to tell them that Cobalion (and Lucario) doesn't count as a steel type because it doesn't resist psychic, fairy, or flying. If you draft it, you also need to get a real steel type like Steelix or Bronzong
This was a fun vid, Freezai. The editing was very good.
Hope to see this continued for other tiers, like Ru. .and Nu
I’ve almost always used Nidoqueen. I really appreciate the extra bulk for longevity and switching (especially with Assault Vest), and the difference in both speed and power output have always been manageable, in my experience.
She was a staple of my Battle Tree quartet, I liked to run her with Celesteela and Mega Altaria for EQ synergy, and coverage against Electric and Steel types. She also let me bait Psychic attacks for Cresselia to switch in and retaliate with a Ghost-type Z-Move.
Seeing crobat at number 2 makes me happy in a weird way, it supported my poison mono to a my first and only win in a tourny.
Venusaur was mvp of the final matchup but overqwil did well when not into steel types.
Feels like infernape could've been a great include for its constant role in UU since gen 5 :)
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Great vid!
Shocked at no mention of Conkeldurr
Has also been BL a lot, so too good for UU
1:10 Seeing Keldeo in front of the UnderUsed card gave me a headache
0:33 had me confused for a good second, Coromon goes hard!
When I think of mons that have been consistent UU warriors over the years the first one to come to mind is Arcanine personally. It’s still a UU staple now if you count the Hisuian variant
back when i first started playing showdown like 3 or 4 years ago one of my favourite mons to use in gen 4 ou (which was my first metagame) was choice band crobat. immunity to eq and near immunity to cc give it lots of entry points, and even if your atk isn't the best there are very few things that can repeatedly switch into banded stab brave bird or u turn
The nidos also have a very unique combination of traits that make them fit well on some teams :resistant to stealth rock while able to set them up, immune to poison and can absorb toxic spikes. A unique and valuable set of traits!
I think another missed aspect of milotics fall was the physical special split. before the split all super-effective moves would be fighting against milotics muuuch better sp.def stat. mightve not been huge in gen 4 specifically because physical grass/electrics were not very established at that time but I do think this is important for milotic consistently not being an OU mon ever again.
I feel like this video might be a lot better if you actually explained why they're good in UU, what they actually do for their respective teams in the tier, rather than explaining why they're not good enough in OU and then mentioning that they're good in UU as a sidenote.
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Fingers crossed for Nidoking and Queen getting Gunk Shot and Rock Polish in the future
Entei, Arcanine, and Gengar are some of my picks, although Gengar's time in UU is quite recent
A pokemon that i love that i would like to receive the nidoking treatment is espeon. Replacing synchronize for sheer force would be really cool.
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Surprised Tentacruel didn't get on there, UU in basically every generation (and OU in gen 5)
UU is probably the most fun tier in gen 9, with a combination of great and fun Pokémon in the tier. I used to be a UU main back when I was more into competitive singles, and after playing some games here and there this gen, it makes me want to get back into it.
I played too much 6/7 in my life; I expected Sciz, Ape and Lati to be really high haha;
Great list bro
I was UU tier leader a couple times back in gen 7 and my teams always had entei, suicune, and whimsicott on them. No one expects a choice banded stone edge to OHKO their chandelure😂. And the other two are just super annoying
I wonder; are there any examples of a pokemon that would be balanced in a lower tier but is used often enough in OU because of some niche or utility that it can’t drop to UU. The only example i can think of is quagsire occasionally rising into OU to check/counter a specific prominent threat in previous generations like gen 6 and 7
Electivire, Ambipom and Dusknoir in past gens (though that's more due to noobs trying to make them work rather than any actual niche)
It happened with Azelf in Gen 6 because of Hyper Offense meta shifts at the time where it fit well on that playstyle so it ended up in OU when the generation ended. Not sure if that fully counts lol.
Any weather setting mon, but with its other ability (white smoke torkoal, keen eye pelipper, etc)
A big aspect of tiering is competition as well. Flygons a great mon, just doesnt match up as well in the meta as other grounds in ou
I love the little joke descriptions like EQ "Ground go brrr"
Swampert the definition of team fundies we love to see it
Hey just a real quick question do you still play vgc
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Crazy how much the paradigm of uu is shifting in gen 9. All of the pokémon in this video are either ru or rubl now, and will probably continue to dominate ru like they did uu for the next few gens. I imagine if crobat and nidoking were in sv, they would probably drop as well. Meanwhile a new generation of uu threats like Garchomp, scizor torn t look to tear up uu from now on. It’s all in the cycle of powercreep
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it's actually really funny to me that some of them still managed to get to the OU status under the right circumstance; like empoleon staying in gen9 OU until the dlc dropped, the nido's carving themselves a niche in gen4OU for nidoqueen and gen8OU for nidoking, and hydreigon managing to be viable in OU in every gen he was in despite the greater power lvl and the abundance of fairy type. Like ppl forget that for a while; hydreigon and nido were real threat in gen8 OU (and nido still is).
missing my boys tentacruel and venusaur in here 😔still a good list, though. happy to see the king and queen get recognition
Maybe a bit niche, but i think it would be cool to see a top 10 best or top 10 longest serving BL pokemon. By nature of being too good for the tier below but not good enough in the tier above, they pretty much end up as banned pokemon and get used less than even pokemon in PU. Pokemon like Staraptor and Alakazam spring to mind.
I wish swampert got regenerator as his hidden he’s an axolotl which are known for their ability to regenerate limbs so it makes sense and it would given him something to make him stand out.
I'd personally place Nidoking higher due to longevity and it seemingly always having a spot on any team from my observations but overall another banger
The 98 speed really hurts Hydregion too. Not only by being outsped by all the 100 speed mon, but especially by Garchomp which can 1-hit it and cleanly outspeed those 100s.
Missed opportunity to use triple Domain Expansion as the thumbnail
i dont know if it's because i watched and played a lot of gen 7 UU but every time i think about a UU pokemon my mind goes to Scizor
UnderUsed is magical, I started playing showdown almost exclusively because of Gen 6 UU. For me that was a perfect tier.
Defog on flying type pokemon may SEEM like an anti-synergy, but the majority of hazards are grounded, and i think that's what gamefreak was thinking when they gave it to flying types
Granted, stealth rocks is probably more prevalent then they predicted. Still, it makes sense why flying types would have the move
Why did I thought the thumbnail was based off the 120 % jjk meme
In older gens, could it be possible to use Slowking just as a Slowbro, with 252 HP and 252 Def EVs? It's like running a Slowbro with 12 Def EVs, but keeping the Bold nature, in order to put some EVs in Sp.Def.
It feels weird saying Krookodile was power crept, since the examples of better pokemon you gave were from the same Gen or earlier.
They should add a tier between UU and RU. SU, sometimes used.
“forward facing Krookodile isn’t real, it can’t hurt you”
forward facing Krookodile: 11:24
Nidoqueen's long-felt presence in Gen 2 UU puts her a notch ahead of Nidoking, in my opinion.
I think I would've included Togekiss if it existed in SV and stayed relevant in Gen 9 UU.
Mandibuzz is really close to making the all-time UU list.
As far as legacy picks go for this list, Gligar and Blastoise are sensible candidates.
Scizor and Tentacrul are tough to judge b/c they historically had dodged UU for about as many generations as they had primarily played.
I hope Lokix sticks around UU beyond Gen 9. Nihlego seems like it could land back in UU whenever it returns, too.
No infernape mention is crazy (i have never played a single game of uu in my life)
It seems weird to call Krookodile power crept (especially when you mention Lando, considering they came out in the same gen)
Dont forget the old UU standard Staraptor!!
All these are now RU or NU because of the insane power creep. We really need a complete balance overhaul over all generations.
@@misteral9045they already found a solution. Dexxit and injecting old pokemon with buffs Into the meta. If a small group of super fans had something like showdown or a romhack they would make an effort to balance all 1100.
Hydregion also suffers from Dark not having a good special attack. Dark pulse is kinda underpowered nowadays
Blastoise should have been on there. Both base and mega have been good in uu far longer than milotic, cobalion, krookadile, hudreigon and more 🙌🏻
mamo will always be my fav uu mon
Idk if you can call krookodile powercrept when all your examples existed in the gen it was released in. Its slightly overshadowed by other pokemon, its just not all powercreep
Hydreigon HARD carried me through my first natdex draft league
Why wouldn’t staraptor be on the list (definitely no bias)? Isn’t it banned in every gen’s UU except for SV that it’s been in?
That’s the thing staraptor wasn’t in UU in any generation it’s been banned so it got disqualified, that’s like(although exaggerated) mewtow is the best OU mon as it’s bees banned in every generation
I would love an item that boosts the physical defense of pokemon. Name it Riot Armor
Did you get a new editor or something? You keep getting cut off really abruptly, and it sounds like some words are missing.
For me I think Maushold is very underrated now
Feraligatr should have been on here. UU for most of its life, has had niches in OU acting as a second gyardos, became better gyardos in later gens, and is all around good, but not good enough for OU. It should have been at least an honorable mention.
What's the track that plays during the Swampert section
Its funny that a temp6t clip made it into this
Staraptor was going to be on the list, but it got banned before that.
Actually, gen 9 UU is the actually OU, Gen 9 OU is an ubers wannabe
This thumbnail looks like hydreigon nidoqueen and slowking are bringing out 120% of their power
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I love how every Pokemon on this list is an RU staple, either now or in Gen 8, except for Nidoking and Hydreigon (the latter of which is RUBL).
scizor has been top 5 in uu science gen 6 to even now
These are the “top 10 Uu Pokémon of all time but none of them are actually UU in scarlet and violet, OR national dex
It may not be #1 on the list but swampert’s is such a GOATed pokemon
What emulator is he using at 17:51
i agree with all 10
The fact that Swampert is an Axolotl pokemon and doesn't have recover or regenerator baffles me.
isn't chilly reception also one of the things that has made slowking viable over slowbro in modern times
Just in gen 9 but that only lasted until you could transfer in the Galarian form that outclasses it.
@@12jswilson chilly reception is gen 9 move
Also the galarian form is from gen 8
@@nerdyfalco408 lol. I must have fat fingered the "9" but Glowking's reintroduction in gen 9 killed the johtoan forme's only OU niche
I really like milotic, but the fact that it cant do anything to other water types its a big downside, that why i prefer primarina.