How GOOD was Xatu ACTUALLY? - History of Xatu in Competitive Pokemon
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- Xatu is today’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Xatu in competitive Pokemon!
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0:44 - GSC/Gen 2
2:44 - ADV/Gen 3
4:58 - DPP/Gen 4
6:24 - BW/Gen 5
11:43- XY/Gen 6
14:33 - SM/Gen 7
16:31 - SS/Gen 8
17:52 - Outro
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First 3 gens: how good were other psychic types actually?
Gen 5 onwards: how good was magic bounce actually?
Psychic Type?
*M A G I C B O U N C E*
Magic bounce making those rocks go 🔀
@@itriggerpeople4433 don't forget about spikes and T-spikes.
@@itriggerpeople4433 bruh lol
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Xatu foresaw itself getting Magic Bounce in Gen 5 so it calmly waited through the hardships of Gen 3 and 4.
The inspirational story of how xatu bounced back from NU after it became a trampoline.
All it did is say ''no u'' lol
Will is proud
Bounced back, I see what you did there
I like stories like that
This story is almost magical
Xatu shold have gotten a Gigantamax form in SS, making it into a giant totem pole!
Xatu would join the long group with Alolan Exagcutor and Gmax Meowth
amirul amani also Gmax Duralodon and Gmax inteleon
But is it Gen 1? No? Then it can’t.
DragonKazooie89 Unfortunately, it isn’t Gen 1, Gen 8, or Garbodor... I’m growing really tired of GF’s bias towards Gen 1 tbh
0:32
Imagine Gigantamax Xatu based on this one.
A Pokemon that spends all day staring directly into the sun finds a home on Sun Teams. I love it when lore and gameplay align perfectly!
Yeah.
I like that Natu's whole body is just Xatu's head
ez
@11:53 does anyone else find it incredibly satisfying that Xatu's popular moves are almost perfectly color coded to its color scheme?
So satisfying
Gen 5, the weather generation. Gen 5 powercreep with the abundance of fighting types and the emergence of ferrothorn... oh wait...
With all the good Fighting types, was it really so surprising that Fairy is super effective on them?
@@gengarzilla1685 then again fairy is probably the strongest type in the game now in both singles and vgc
Xatu is still pretty good in bw still on sun team 😎
@@gengarzilla1685 -_-
@@Calamitygreed but all cuz of that arena trap ban it dropped
2:56 "There's little question that Xatu would have dunked on the tier with ease"
*Xatu dabs*
I can’t unsee this now, omfg XD
LOL
I’M CRYING LMAO
Also, the semi-T Pose at the end
The Tier was gonna have a B A D T I M E
The fact that natu is viable in PU and regigigas is not makes me laugh way too much
Adnan Chowdhary it goes to show you that a Pokémon’s ability can be a difference to how good or bad it is
Its because Natu is literally THE ONLY magic bounce user in PU , which means if you wanted a Hazzard blocker in the tier it was either Natu or bust
Slow Start sucks lel, if they give Regi Pick Up or some as a Hidden abil instant Uber
@@gmk9321 Yep, imagine how much more useful Slaking would be if not for Truant.
Regigigas might actually have a shot at not being completely unusable this time around. The Home moveset datamines revealed that it finally got thrown a bone and will be able to learn Rest and Protect to better get around Slow Start. Plus it will get Body Slam to fit Normal STAB and paralysis status into one slot and leave room for coverage like Knock Off or Drain Punch
i remember my first playthrough of pokemon silver when i was a kid. when will sent out his xatu and i heard its cry for the first time, to me, it sounded like a "shit's getting real" cry for some reason and when it fired off its psychic, my jaw dropped, because i didn't meet any pokemon that knew psychic until that point, plus, the animation made my screen go crazy in a addition to the massive damage it dealt. to me, it was so epic and i wish i could be a kid and play pokemon silver for the first time again but i'm glad i have that memory :)
*happy Xatu and Natu noises*
Same with me. I even got a low level Sudowoodoo to mimic it because I thought it was OP
I had the same reaction, plus my best Pkm was a Hunter at level 40. So It got oneshooted by any Psy move of any of Will's Xatu
Epic memory. I'm playing silver again, 3rd time. It's so immersive
This evolution line has to be one of my absolute favorites, so I'm glad we finally got some coverage on their interesting competitive past! From their design, to their concept, ability, and moveset this has to be one of the most well thought out pokemon in the series, so it's nice to see that this pokemon is an adequate competitive pokemon on top of all that. It's sort if interesting how they play so similarly to their intended design (being so prediction based makes one think if you really do have to be a psychic to play them well).
Xatu ever found a way to be good in every tier
Same here.
Lets talk about how a small psychic bird like natu had more competitive use than an electric monster like electivire
It's because Gamefreak is mercilessly cruel to most physical electric types like Electivire, Luxray and Zebstrika.
@@cintronproductions9430 Luxray hits pretty hard with guts+flame orb+facade
or... Regigigas? that's legendary
Electivire just attacks
Natu does better things
You are saying that like if Electrivire was good
Xatu was definitely useful in Mystery Dungeon, the world would've been doomed without him!
Her*
@Tiny Buzzard I guess is because of the number of yellow lines. The female has one less than the male. But the MD Xatu has 3... So its male
On the other hand, he should have explained your connection to the disasters better. If he weren't so vague, Gengar may not have enough leverage to chase you out of town.
I don’t have mystery dungeon for switch. Should I get it?
@@bestplayerofalltime105 Y E S
“But it was a generation late, and a pokédollar short.”
FUN FACTS: Xatu in the Anime is seen using a form of communication similar to Semaphore. Quoting directly from the Wikipedia page regarding Flag Semaphore "Flag Semaphore is the telegraphy system conveying information at a distance by means of visual signals with hand-held flags, rods, disks, paddles, or occasionally bare or gloved hands. Information is encoded by the position of the flags; it is read when the flag is in a fixed position. Semaphores were adopted and widely used (with hand-held flags replacing the mechanical arms of Shutter Semaphores) in the Maritime world in the Ninteenth century. It is still used during Underway Replenishment at sea and is acceptable for emergency communication in daylight or using lighted wands instead of flags at night."
In addition to this unique detail regarding Xatu, both Natu and Xatu are not only based on Totem Poles and the Oriental Quetzal (the national bird of the Country Guatemala), but also a special type of Ceremonial figurine or doll know as the Kachina Doll.
Kachina Dolls were widely used by groups within the Pueblo Tribes and cultures of Native Americans. These groups consisted of the Hopi, Zuni, Hopi-Tewa, and certain Keresan Tribes as well as other within the region of New Mexico. The dolls themselves were made to resemble beings know as the Kachina, who were essentially the spiritual personification of things in the real world usually in nature. They could consist of sacred element, location, personality trait or skill, or natural phenomenon. Some examples include the Sun, Stars, Thunderstorms, Wind, Corn, or Insects. Although not worshiped, if the Kachina were revered with respect, they could use their particular powers for the benefit of human beings. Some of these powers consisted of bringing Rainfall, Physical and Mental Healing, Fertility, and Protection. The overall concept was that everything in existence has an essence or life force, and Humans must interact with them in order to survive.
This just goes to show just how well thought out Pokémon designs are. Even if they make several large mistakes, GameFreak almost always makes sure to do their research. And the best Pokémon are ones with multiple different inspirations.☺️🐦🏜️🇬🇹🧸
Who asked
@@p-nut2642 sorry about that long ramble, I just really love Nature and Xatu.😅
Really interesting stuff, I didn't know!
Damm !!!
You sure did your reaserch man, really interesting stuff
Gen 5: "YOUR TIME HAS COME... _AND SO HAS YOUR CHILD'S."_
underated coment
Gens 2-4, overshadowed by other psychics
Gen 5 onwards: "THE TIME HAS COME AND SO HAVE I"
Natu and Xatu are my first and second favorite psychic and flying types respectively, and in my top 5 pokemon of all time, so its cool to see them succed
Whats your top 5?
@@chickenosaurus7474 its hard to say for sure, but if its one mon per line, in no particular order, Feraligtr, Xatu, Chandalure, Virizion, and Ribombee
@@chickenosaurus7474 actually no crustle over ribombee, but its close. crustle and ribombee were both mvps in my swsh bug only nuzlocke, but crustle wins because he reminds me of my pet hermit crabs
"Alright, here it comes, the good old U-bomb: *Unfortunately*"
Is FSG meming himself? xD
He’s been meming his unfortunately line for like the last 10 videos. And it’s working :)
I really want to start a group called FSG Unfortunatelyposting.
Unfortunately, yes :^)
Now I really want to see "How Good was Eviolite ACTUALLY?" that goes over mons that really benefited from the item.
I can agree with that 😁
*Chansey intensifies*
Good idea : chansey and porygon 2 where staple taks of their hown metagames , dusklops reaches unreal levels of bulk , and sciter is simply terryfying in the lower tiers , since it can both use tecnician boosted quick attacks , tank some hits by roosting , boosting his attack with swords dance and then wreak a team by being fast and dealing damage ...
Also like rydon and piloswine where useful in the lower tiers , like having extra conk allows mons to simply make a better use of the rest of their kit , there are no doubts over that ...
@@davidegaruti2582 Not to mention Dual Wingbeat basically gave it Brave Bird with no recoil (though Scyther prefers to use Heavy Duty Boots for obvious reasons)
Golbat, Doublade, Gligar, Ferroseed, Tangela, Piloswine, Galarian Corsola, Carkoal, Rhydon, Clefairy (particularly in VGC), Magneton, and I guess Gen 5 Wartortle are all other notable Eviolite users.
@@NotAnElk yeah when making that comment i had no idea of what dual wingbeat was , however eviolite was probably one of the most underrated changes in pokemon , i would even say it was comparable in influence to the introduction of mega-evolutions .
Natu lost its PU niche once Hattrem, a bulkier Magic Bouncer was discovered.
Green birb loses job to witchy Toadette
atleast natu has a usable speed tier, but its not looking good for everyones favorite green bird
Jokes on the Hatterene evolution line, Natu is one of the best Pokemon in Little Cup while they are not
@@sephikong8323 hattrem is way too passive for little cup. Also it can tank a hit and use teleport.little cup is mostly hyperoffense
PU be like: Who would win?
An intimidating, electronic lion, an insanely powerful, prehistoric dinosaur and the ultimate king of the legendary golems
vs
one tiny mirror birb
The mirror birb!
@@meghanaingleshwar Well, yeah, obviously.
What is a birb?
Josh Castic Show a bird!
Saying tiny birb wins against Luxray makes me cry
Why did they do Luxray so dirty
Seeing this made me think of a stall Sigalyph with a flame orb. Continually Psycho Shifting burns onto everything and spamming cosmic power and stored power.
Jamie Williams I had one of those on my smogon team back in the day. A gimmick for sure, but a pretty fun gimmick
@@TheSpaceOpera I found it worked really well with Umbreon, foul play wish protect and toxic. The standard stall set I guess. Was a gimmick for sure but was funny once it started crippling the enemy team
10:42 watching Natu face off against Steelix is one on the funniest and saddest things I have ever seen 😂
It's amazing how a new ability is was all it took to take a previously bottom tiered Pokemon up to the top.
Or get a small role in the top
Still an absolute win though, considering how much the last two generations went.
I'd just like to point out that in gen 6 and 7, natu was literally the *only* magic bouncer in pu. So if you wanted a magic bouncer, it was natu or bust.
@@AEVOND You were so obsessed with trying to be smart you missed the whole "PU" part of the statement.
Here before your comment gets deleted 💖
@@AEVOND You talking about your comment? I'll quote it for easy access.
Xatu, Mega Sableye, Espeon, and Mega Diancie: Am I a joke to you?
Here before this comment gets edited✨
@@AEVOND you've played yourself
@@AEVOND he meant PU.
@@AEVOND AHAHHAAHAHAHAhAhahHAHhHHSHSHSHHShshAHahHHAHAHHAHAAAAHHAHAHA!! FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL!! You blew it! You totally screwed yourself!
Xatu actually has a good spot on my Pokemon Moon team. Since I was trading online and got a shiny one. It sweeped everything in my path and quickly became a favorite of mine
A Pokemon Irrelevant to the Meta in its Debut Generation:
FS Gaming: *U N F O R T U N A T E L Y*
It stood 0 chance in OU
How good was Bronzong actually, I'm not giving up on Bronzong
Mah Steel boi Bronzong
Don’t worry they are working on it
I love Xatu, he might not be super strong, but damn he Is so damn usefull in RU right now
Making silvally Charizard and vikavolt ecc .. entry super safe makes It worth using
How GOOD was Unfortunately ACTUALLY?
well... UNFORTUNATELY.....
I was wondering about how mr. mime and mr. rime are good in competitive considering it got a galarian form plus an evolution
Mr mime is more viable than mr rime
Gonna have to wait 2 years for more data on that.
Mr. Rime is Bad, so bad
mime had a tiny use in gen 3 ou on full baton pass teams because it counters Roar and perish song phazing with soundproof. terrible every other gen.
@@EnriiqueMurguia But it can clear screens and stuff!
Honestly always liked Xatu designwise. Glad Magic Bounce gave it some kind of niche in competitive.
Since Natu (a first stage) was covered here I think an overview of Little Cup and pokemon in LC would be nice.
Xatu is secretly the most OP Pokemon since he can see into the future and see the outcome of every battle
Xatu is pretty POG ngl
Xatu: I can see the future!
He's busted in vs battle debates
I’m not quite sure that heavy duty boots were quite the reason it was so popular in gen 8 RU. Its primary job is to keep stealth rock off the field in the first place, making such an item redundant compared to the residual damage from rocky helmet or even stuffing knock off/poltergeist via not running an item.
I love that they gave moves like Teleport and Rapid Spin boosts.
Xatu: How about we take their stealth rocks, and BOUNCE them somewhere else!?
That idea may just be crazy enough... TO GET SOME POKEMON OUT OF NU
I TRIGGER PEOPLE Bounce!
Yahhh!
Bounce!
Yahhh!
Bounce!
Yahhh!
Spongebob reference
BOUNCE!!
BOUNCE!!
BOUNCE!!
Then Excadrill just comes by and throws rocks in its face
xatu is so OP, I used to smash people with xatu in competitive pokemon and I kept using roost as well which heals and everyone would get so mad haha
While Xatu may be NU, it was by far the biggest contributor to the recent ban of Light Clay from every sub-OU tier - cus who would’ve guessed Dual Screens + Magic Bounce is so good enabling so many dangerous setup sweepers. Score another one for the totem bird
My favorite Pokémon upload on my birthday? Thank you!
Happy birthday
Based on all these videos I've seen, it seems Abilities have a greater weight on deciding what ends up in OU than almost anything else.
In the case of Xatu, its jump to OU came as the result of acquiring Magic Bounce, which more than makes up for its mediocre stats. On the flipside, we have Regigigas and Slaking, who have amazing stats, but whose horrible Abilities just make them more or less un-viable for competitive play. And having both a great ability and great stats, like Garchomp or Sand Rush Excadrill, gets you banned to Ubers.
God I can barely look at its 3D model just floating there, super awkward looking.
I think Skarmory is the bigger offender in that regard, lol
Every 3D model from gen 2 to 8 is awkward for it lol
@@Neevkl_7 typhlosion, lugia etc. yes to some mons the shift to 3d was pretty terrible
Hosni skarmory at least is a bird that’s meant to fly but xatu is literally a totem pole why would they make it fly instead of standing like a totem pole 😭
@@gfghxfghhthgz8770 remember Eelektross ? he looked so scary in gen 5 especially on G-cis team and after that kind of silly with the swim animation
He was very good at predicting the future
The only change Xatu needs is to stop T-posing in the air
I really remember this one from the original Mystery Dungeon!
I love Xatu :)
Same:)
YES!! One of my favorite mons lol thank you!
I haven't seen this channel in forever so I'm pleasantly surprised that this series is still going strong
Back in Johto now? So, how good was Ursaring actually? Gonna keep trying.
I would really love to see a Meloetta video! I love her so much, and she is super fun to use!
Congrats on 300K subs
i briefly held top 10 US in VGC16 with a Xatu. magic bounce + ally switch was ahead of its time
Xatu Gens 3-4: Have this status back
Xatu Gen 5 onwards: Have this status AND rocks back
Nice to see that Xatu was better than I thought.
You should do more in depth videos on moves and abillities and how they changed the competitive game. Those were really interesting.
YES, IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE
As much as I like Xatu, I feel like it needs an evolution.
After seeing all the battle animations from battle revolution, It makes ne imagine Xatu just smacking away the entry hazards once it got magic bounce.
Oh man this brings me back, Xatu was one of my favourite Pokémon in the older games
On the subject of Volt Turning teams, Xatu is one of very few Pokemon with access to Wish and U-Turn making it even more pivotal than just a Magic bouncer
Regardless of whether Xatu is good or not in a given game, I'll always love its design.
6:57 Sun teams eh...Tate and Liza were ahead of their time😂😂😂
such quality videos -3- “the good old U bomb” i love how he’s aware of the trends lmaoo
This channel will alway give me a way to entertain since we have so many pokemon to see that were good or are good are starting to be good or being bad etc
This video is literally "How Magic Bounce Save a Bad Pokemon."
Let's give it to Wailord and see what happens lol
Same goes to Pelipper with Drizzle
And Serperior with Contrary.
Abilities can singlehandedly save or nuke a Pokémon.
They can give scolipede speed boost, or they can give Regigigas slow start.
Serperior going from NU (I think) to OU because of contrary:
The worst thing to happen to Xatu were Aerial battles, forcing X and Y to give it that stupid forward-dipped floating model which we are now stuck with.
It's a totem pole, its default pose should be it standing upright on the ground.
Assuming that you would even be willing to use it in X or Y by trading it there
Thanks FSG! Very cool.
Great vid.
How good was Ferrothorn actually? Im ready for the feature film.
He's going to have to make a whole series
*laughs in Rotom video length*
“How good was Ferrothorn actually?” The movie
@@Neucher correct me if I'm wrong but is that a mothman pfp? :o
@@patrickstar8132 yes
My best birdy boi
The psychic type that predicts the future
True that! The movepool is good, imo, just the stats that needs a bit of tinkering. I love this birb.
Awesome improvement
Crazy I was just looking for a video on Xatu because I was playing through the old prism rom hack. Keep these videos up man! These are great. Hypno video soon? 👀
Please do a “how good was Jellicent actually.”
How GOOD was Darmanitan ACTUALLY?
Strong glass cannon in UU/RU in Gens 5-7, Galarian form makes it Ubers, Dexit allows Darmanitan to have a niche in Gen 8 OU, would be an interesting video!
I would rather a video on this pokemon later, as i think it would be great to cover after gen 8 meta has developed.
Edit: Also there is a voting thing on the community tab on his channel, where comments like these should be placed.
Galarian darmanitan is in ubers currently due to Gorilla Tactics x choice band/scarf.
Also how awful is Zen Mode on Darmanitan.
@@geometryemperor it's good on 5he galar form
It’s still outclassed because Gorilla Tactics is that good, but at least Zen Mode plays to Galarian Darmanitan’s strength
I find it funny that Xatu has just casually stood by and watched multiple power creeps come and go and was completely unphased (things have literally fallen from OU and UU all the way to untiered, but Xatu is just like "Pathetic")
Natu and Xatu are two of my favorite Pokemon, and I’m glad they saw some success. I spent a LOT of time getting a shiny one in Pokemon GO.
Sad he didn't upload this on Xaturday
Yeah, that would have been legendary.
But it was upload on the Pkm MysteryDungeon days
Your “unfortunately” always has me laughing 😂
Me 2. I always wait for it when he's saying it and then I think : ah there it is😂
Xatu the pokemon with a hidden Treecko in his chest
Very cool video. I didnt realize how relevant Xatu was.
My boy finally getting the love he deserves after months of my failure. Thank you patreons!
We got it!
Xatu's cry sounds like its saying Noot Noot.
3:36 Lol, the clouds in the background just suddenly change.
Decent video! Thanks for uploading!
I'm so glad that Xatu and even natu got some much-needed recognition. Yay
Xatu bouncing back from NU, more like Xatu saying: "no u"
I remember all the way back in Sapphire, where I caught a shiny Natu in the Safari Zone.
But since this is a Pokemon obtained in Generation III, it is without Magic Bounce, still a cool catch though.
As for Magic Bounce itself, it really turned the whole game of entry hazards on its head, with Xatu being an exceptional bearer of the ability.
There seems to be an item in the Crown Tundra DLC that can give a Pokemon its hidden ability (though it doesn't work in reverse)
I mean y'know we don't know for sure yet, but if it is real, that'll be great
Always love me a good redemption arc 🔥
I always thought xatu had a karate robe but its just his wings:0
Who is viable in PU
A titan that made 5 beasts and can destroy anything at its own will
Or
Tiny birb
Looks at Xatu's 3D model
''Look how they massacred my birb''
It looks less awful if you portray it as Xatu levitating instead of flapping, it IS a Psychic type after all. How f*cking Skarmory does it, well, that's another story.
@@cintronproductions9430 yes but it's pokedex entry states that it doesn't move a lot. It's FLYING in its 3d model while other gen's models look much better
Come on It isn't t'ha bad
Is not bad
All the bird Pokemon look so stupid flying in place. Like, they don't need to fly for me to know they're Flying type.
Gen 2-4: u >u I sleep
Gen 5+: O >O *YOUR RECKONING COMES*
Xatu is probably my favorite Psychic type pokemon, and one of my favorite pokemon in general. Glad he's good :)
Xatu freezes in fear cause he foresees humanity’s downfall
Why didn't he warn us not to eat zubats?
Hello
My beautiful Xatu, finally! And the most adorable baby Bird Natu. Dude, I'm so happy. I think Xatu has been my favorite Pokémon since the I first saw its in a pokemon magazine introducing Johto. Good times! Great video and you've been an oracle whenever I need to train competitively.
Gen 5 sun teams always amazed me. Ninetales was on life support, Dugtrio was a glass cannon that could easily be taken out if you didn't have very good judgement, and Xatu was essentially a sacrifice slot. Then you have Donphan and Fortress which don't have much presence outside their specific roles. So sun teams basically used half their team to simply put up sun and keep the field clean.
Yet despite all this, the sun abusers were so powerful that the other half of the team made the effort worth it.
Ah! My favorite birb! I didn't use it on my Crystal playthrough but only on Showdown. The stats is mediocre, I think, but the movepool is amazing. Magic Bounce is also amazing. I love this Pokemon!
how strong is caterpie anyways?
just kidding, how good is Genesect?
Can you do Eelektross?! Its my favorite electric type right after Ampharos. Love your videos!
I just think it’s so cool that little Natu could hold it’s own against Pokemon like Mudsale & Regirock