15 Pokemon Abilities You've Never Heard Of

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  • @sol15_
    @sol15_ Pƙed 4 lety +2359

    Toxic boost is on zangoose for lore reasons, because of their intense rivalry with seviper

    • @shaunscott5276
      @shaunscott5276 Pƙed 4 lety +45

      I have one I like it c:

    • @DeusDoku
      @DeusDoku Pƙed 4 lety +172

      Also mongoose are known to be immune to venom from snakes, thats why it has that other ability

    • @XenoTheTurtle
      @XenoTheTurtle Pƙed 4 lety +120

      Honestly, zangoose is way better competitively thanks to that ability! a belly drum toxic boost with toxic orb zangoose can do up to 70% to a defensive zygarde... with only quick attack, it actually gets a guaranteed 1HKO to any non ghost types with facade
      Even a fully defensive steel arceus, against a Hasty zangoose has 87.5% chance to 1HKO

    • @greentiger50
      @greentiger50 Pƙed 4 lety +34

      SonnieSlim1 Mongooses are immune up to a certain quantity of venom.

    • @blaster.m1943
      @blaster.m1943 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@XenoTheTurtle wtf does facade do to zygarde then?

  • @raidarthegunwizard4520
    @raidarthegunwizard4520 Pƙed 5 lety +1879

    Michael: "I cannot imagine the scenario when you want to move last no matter what"
    *Wobuffet wants know your location*

    • @jamieoconnor22
      @jamieoconnor22 Pƙed 4 lety +68

      Or revenge (although idk if Sableye can learn revenge, i'd guess not)

    • @TheDunsparceGames
      @TheDunsparceGames Pƙed 4 lety +67

      u-turn/volt switch users wants to know your location

    • @D4rkn355Inf3rno
      @D4rkn355Inf3rno Pƙed 4 lety +64

      lol im sure Wobuffet would love it but this is about its usefulness on Sableye. Which means Wobuffet would hate a Stall Sableye.
      Sadly Stall is useless for anything other than payback and even then its not that good cuz of his low defenses - although his typing is pretty defensive prior to the addition of fairy type pokemon. Prankster is Sableye's preferred ability to boot.

    • @user-jd5zt4of8q
      @user-jd5zt4of8q Pƙed 4 lety +8

      @@D4rkn355Inf3rno Metal Burst is also useful if you move last

    • @thewanderingmistnull2451
      @thewanderingmistnull2451 Pƙed 4 lety +9

      @@D4rkn355Inf3rno No, it wouldn't. Wobbuffet's counter moves have a priority of -5, which means Sableye is still going to go before it. Wobbuffet hates Sableye (and Spiritomb) because neither of its counter moves can affect it, being immune to Counter and Mirror Coat.

  • @Vanity3_
    @Vanity3_ Pƙed 4 lety +1110

    Actually, I’ve heard of cacophony. It was on the thumbnail of this weird video called 15 PokĂ©mon abilities you’ve probably never heard of.

  • @Megsducks
    @Megsducks Pƙed 4 lety +983

    Funny thing is, cacophony is the only one on this list I’d actually heard of

    • @Dredo5
      @Dredo5 Pƙed 4 lety +5

      baby shoyru stall was mine

    • @Dredo5
      @Dredo5 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      I was like... stall.... I know I saw that but who has it?

    • @Megsducks
      @Megsducks Pƙed 4 lety +21

      Dredo5 Holloway I only heard of cacophony because I like to learn about unused content in games. TCRF.net and bulbapedia both mention it on their beta pages for RSE

    • @netweed09
      @netweed09 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      I heard of and used an Aroma Veil Aromatisse the month it came out xD

    • @rissaliew
      @rissaliew Pƙed 4 lety

      baby shoryu me to

  • @halloweenhalo9109
    @halloweenhalo9109 Pƙed 5 lety +790

    I got my sister a shiny Sableye in Pokemon White and she trained it to be level 100. However, when she battled, it always moved last. It had Stall.
    Great way to ruin a gift, GameFreak.

    • @alaski7514
      @alaski7514 Pƙed 5 lety +97

      JirachiAJ just ability capsule that guy

    • @kumitsune5748
      @kumitsune5748 Pƙed 5 lety +38

      I feel so bad for you. 😂😂😂

    • @julesduteyrat4100
      @julesduteyrat4100 Pƙed 5 lety +26

      I you ever played competitive in your life, you know soul hearth and the threat it is

    • @naturalharmoniagropius4486
      @naturalharmoniagropius4486 Pƙed 5 lety +26

      @@alaski7514 When you use Ability Capsule, you can only change Sableye's ability to Keen Eye. That item don't change Hidden Abilities

    • @zerius6743
      @zerius6743 Pƙed 5 lety +13

      Stall ability is the Worst ability.

  • @pataeto4811
    @pataeto4811 Pƙed 4 lety +453

    16:32
    I think Zangoose has Toxic Boost as part of its lore. Zangoose is known to be rivals with Seviper, and seeing how Seviper's main weapon is poison, it is an appropriate ability for Zangoose to have

    • @chalkydusty
      @chalkydusty Pƙed 4 lety +13

      Oh my god ok so as i was reading this i thought of one thing:
      Serviper.
      So i ran into a zangoose horde, and there was a serviper. I wanted it to fill my dex, and ultimately, it was freaking obliterated by the zangoose. All of the zangoose decided to waste their attacking moves on the serviper instead of me so uh you know they did the dead

    • @gregorymirabella1423
      @gregorymirabella1423 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@chalkydusty i didn't even know that could happen.

    • @zacharyjoy8724
      @zacharyjoy8724 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Plus, did he seriously say that Zangoose isn’t strong? I *always* used one in Ruby (even without Toxic Boost), as I didn’t always want to use Swellow or-especially-Slaking as my Normal-Type.

    • @physicsismelody5581
      @physicsismelody5581 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      @@zacharyjoy8724 swellow is a great normal type for in game terms

    • @zacharyjoy8724
      @zacharyjoy8724 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@physicsismelody5581 I agree. I was saying that, when I first started playing the original Hoenn games, I usually played either Swellow or Slaking as my default Normal-Type-except in Ruby, where I chose Zangoose. I didn’t appreciate how viable Exploud was for years, when I saw someone else use it on their team.

  • @sushiroll3795
    @sushiroll3795 Pƙed 4 lety +289

    Ah, I remember running a team only including Scolipede and Zangoose. Scolipede would baton pass its swords dance and speed boost to Zangoose (who had a toxic orb), then I would try to have Zangoose sweep with facade. Good times...

    • @melissarebecchi7299
      @melissarebecchi7299 Pƙed 3 lety +10

      Sushi Riolu

    • @charimayd5835
      @charimayd5835 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      Sushi Riollu

    • @jjcooler6961
      @jjcooler6961 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Gen?

    • @zeteq6766
      @zeteq6766 Pƙed 3 lety +10

      @@jjcooler6961 probably 6 because Scolipede didn't have speed boost in gen 5 and also baton pass in gen 6 was unbanned longer than in gen 7

    • @jjcooler6961
      @jjcooler6961 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      @@zeteq6766 ah ok nice ty

  • @johannson1980
    @johannson1980 Pƙed 4 lety +388

    Michael: "Greetings, Pokefans!"
    The subtitles: gory dings boogie pens

    • @hezakiahmecham7696
      @hezakiahmecham7696 Pƙed 4 lety +22

      Wtf? Those subtitles must be having an off day lol

    • @xronge
      @xronge Pƙed 4 lety +21

      DING THE BOOGIE PEN GORY

    • @Blade.5786
      @Blade.5786 Pƙed 4 lety +23

      Ah,that is indeed a good one. But we must not forget
      *_"YOU'RE EATING SWIGGY PANTS!"_*

    • @anonymousvossylu9342
      @anonymousvossylu9342 Pƙed 4 lety +7

      Subtitles edgy

    • @theblackgosling
      @theblackgosling Pƙed 4 lety +8

      Gory tweens, poke a fan!

  • @conradheise7080
    @conradheise7080 Pƙed 5 lety +249

    I've actually heard of cacophony because I'm using that exact Exploud from Fates Collide in my TCG Deck.

  • @Mila-kk1mi
    @Mila-kk1mi Pƙed 5 lety +378

    MandJTV: thinks its a fake ability
    Flare Boost: Am I a joke to you?

    • @namikazesjjn7373
      @namikazesjjn7373 Pƙed 4 lety +6

      MANDJTV:yes

    • @hypertech116
      @hypertech116 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      If a dragon fire type had flare boost it wouldn't have been so obscure.

    • @Hadaron
      @Hadaron Pƙed 3 lety

      @@hypertech116
      Fire types can’t get burned.

    • @MrcreeperDXD777
      @MrcreeperDXD777 Pƙed 3 lety

      @@hypertech116 fire types cant be burned except for scald. thats why toxic boost was given to a normal type insteaf of a poison type

    • @BladeTNT2018
      @BladeTNT2018 Pƙed 2 lety

      @@MrcreeperDXD777 Scald can't burn fire types

  • @WeebsUnite
    @WeebsUnite Pƙed 4 lety +364

    My dude, Galvanize Golem with Explosion was one of my favorite things to do. I've totally heard of it. Used to run it with Oranguru.
    Team was this: Galvanize Golem, Oranguru, Alolan Muk and Torkoal. Start with Muk and Golem. Protect on Muk, Explosion Golem, Power of Alchemy activates, Galvanize transfers to Muk, Oranguru comes out, Muk then uses Galvanize Explosion, Oranguru is unaffected due to Telepathy, sets up Trick Room, Torkoal comes in, Eruption, Instruct, Eruption.

  • @TheQuashingoftheTub
    @TheQuashingoftheTub Pƙed 3 lety +435

    Genwunners: "Joke's on you, I've never heard of _any_ of them!"

    • @chrisp144
      @chrisp144 Pƙed 3 lety +39

      Genwunners be like: What are abilities?

    • @LuqmanGGVO
      @LuqmanGGVO Pƙed 3 lety +9

      Genwunner jokes aren't funny anymore

    • @irishjade03
      @irishjade03 Pƙed 3 lety +18

      @@LuqmanGGVO They were never funny in the first place (at least for Me)

    • @goldenhydreigon4727
      @goldenhydreigon4727 Pƙed 3 lety +39

      @@irishjade03
      Sounds like something a Genwunner would say

    • @rioluplayz217
      @rioluplayz217 Pƙed 3 lety +5

      @RichmondPlays 101 genwunner jk but dont say that there life is bad enough

  • @enlightningairieon7294
    @enlightningairieon7294 Pƙed 5 lety +777

    Michael: 1. Only two Pokémon have this ability
    Michael: 2. Only one Pokémon has this ability
    Michael: 3. No Pokémon have this ability
    4. *Negative 1 Pokémon have this ability*

    • @williambashaw5050
      @williambashaw5050 Pƙed 5 lety +46

      Me: 5. I have this ability

    • @yea7281
      @yea7281 Pƙed 5 lety +39

      Me: 6. This ability doesn’t even exist

    • @williambashaw5050
      @williambashaw5050 Pƙed 5 lety +34

      Me: 7. This ability only exist in a parallel universe

    • @horthorthorpe
      @horthorthorpe Pƙed 5 lety +9

      Lol this is the new meme 😂

    • @tristasue8959
      @tristasue8959 Pƙed 5 lety +25

      Me: 8. This ability exists in a different game series

  • @Shark-gj4yr
    @Shark-gj4yr Pƙed 5 lety +161

    14:28 Says Sableye had little competitive use before its Mega.
    Prankster Sableye in BW2 UU: Am I a joke to you?

    • @daltonroe3753
      @daltonroe3753 Pƙed 5 lety

      nobody plays uu.

    • @Shark-gj4yr
      @Shark-gj4yr Pƙed 5 lety +16

      @@daltonroe3753 Are you sure about that?

    • @Natsu25100
      @Natsu25100 Pƙed 5 lety

      Prankster Sableye is awesome plus it's obtained from trading your Pokémon to Yancy/Curtis in B2W2

    • @zekrom2359
      @zekrom2359 Pƙed 5 lety

      but prankster is also not stall, so the idea was "nobody really used stall sableye before its mega"

    • @israellai
      @israellai Pƙed 5 lety +1

      @@zekrom2359 no he said nobody really used sableye before mega

  • @thepyukumber9490
    @thepyukumber9490 Pƙed 4 lety +215

    Michael: there is no scenario where you would always want to move last
    Me: *laughs in aegislash*

    • @goldenhydreigon4727
      @goldenhydreigon4727 Pƙed 3 lety +21

      Me, an intellectual: *laughs in Wobbuffet*

    • @mertythemertis
      @mertythemertis Pƙed 3 lety +8

      Laughs in the move:payback

    • @SiddharthShenoy
      @SiddharthShenoy Pƙed 3 lety +13

      Me: **Laughs in the fact that Aegislash is terrible without Stance Change**

    • @hypertech116
      @hypertech116 Pƙed 3 lety +12

      There is no Santa, there is no tooth fairy, there is no hidden ability for Aegislash.
      Well Santa exists but he's a bishop known as Saint Nicholas or Saint Nick

    • @goldenhydreigon4727
      @goldenhydreigon4727 Pƙed 3 lety +2

      @@hypertech116
      There's no hidden ability for Hydreigon either because Hydreigon is powerful enough as is and doesn't need one.
      He's already perfect

  • @overdelta5171
    @overdelta5171 Pƙed 4 lety +103

    "I cannot imagine a scenario when you want to move last" endeavor, payback, burning jealousy, and metal burst are all examples.

  • @vijay2710
    @vijay2710 Pƙed 5 lety +195

    11:40 the attacking human used pickpocket
    Defending Human: Where’s my wallet!?

  • @TheNoteblockLizard
    @TheNoteblockLizard Pƙed 5 lety +303

    #6 Grass Pelt.
    You should probably add onto everything you said about it that Skiddo couldn't even have the move Grassy Terrain until UltraSun/UltraMoon. Even then, you need to chain breed it with first getting Grassy Terrain onto Seedot or Snivy before you can get it onto Skiddo. Before this, it was only useful in a double battle situation where its Ally had the move.

    • @YasEmisDaBus
      @YasEmisDaBus Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Or I guess alongside Tapu Bulu or HA Rillaboom

    • @SaltSpirits
      @SaltSpirits Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@YasEmisDaBus lmk when you get rillaboom in SM

  • @lovethatdarkness
    @lovethatdarkness Pƙed 4 lety +156

    *Most Ghost types will never suspect an Electric Amped up Explosion.*

    • @rissaliew
      @rissaliew Pƙed 3 lety +6

      Thankfully , I don't usually use ghost types and switch to my physically defensive mon instead if I expect and explosion. My most physically defensive mon is ground type

    • @c_f0rce
      @c_f0rce Pƙed 3 lety

      @@rissaliew /woooshh

    • @legitimate8463
      @legitimate8463 Pƙed 3 lety +5

      @@c_f0rce he is not misunderstanding the joke because there is no joke here.

    • @batteryman_cezory
      @batteryman_cezory Pƙed 2 lety

      @@legitimate8463 r/woooosh

  • @WreckinPoints11
    @WreckinPoints11 Pƙed 3 lety +24

    Wonder Skin ACTUALLY said “If it’s not 100% accurate, it’s 50% accurate”

  • @tin906
    @tin906 Pƙed 5 lety +126

    Bulbasaur could say the Elgato Sponsor and I wouldn’t be able to tell the difference

    • @UltimateFunBilly
      @UltimateFunBilly Pƙed 5 lety +1

      Michael voices Bulbasaur

    • @LappyNoir
      @LappyNoir Pƙed 5 lety +3

      @@UltimateFunBilly ok kid not to be mean but there is some stuff that people know already. This is one of them

    • @legs9086
      @legs9086 Pƙed 5 lety

      @@LappyNoir or in another way woooosh

    • @jrb6885
      @jrb6885 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      Bulbasaur voices Micheal. Get it right 😂

    • @autumnleaf2513
      @autumnleaf2513 Pƙed 4 lety

      No, Michael voices bulbasaur voicing himself

  • @patricklatham3897
    @patricklatham3897 Pƙed 5 lety +155

    Actually, I've heard of Galvanize. I even knew which alolan Pokémon had it.

    • @Natsu25100
      @Natsu25100 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      The Alolan Geodude lines

    • @zekrom2359
      @zekrom2359 Pƙed 5 lety +6

      I heard about a galvanize self-destruct golem strat a few months after sun/moon were released, but never desired to use that because golem just isn't very interesting to me

    • @Daniel-bf9je
      @Daniel-bf9je Pƙed 5 lety +1

      I had a galvanize alolan golem named Hairy

    • @fredrickthecatfish8661
      @fredrickthecatfish8661 Pƙed 4 lety

      Congrats, I've heard all of them, knew at least one pokemon that had each one, and knew what most of them did.

    • @hushchild9156
      @hushchild9156 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@fredrickthecatfish8661 Wow I've only know about a third of them prior to this video with the Pokemon they belong to. Good Job!

  • @AlexGironHdZ
    @AlexGironHdZ Pƙed 3 lety +41

    Me: "Mom, can we have sound proof?"
    Mom: "Se have sound proof at home"
    Sound proof at home: Cacophony

  • @Reeceeboy
    @Reeceeboy Pƙed 4 lety +123

    Normal people: ca-cough-any
    Me: ca-co-phone-ny

  • @KMALiamizer
    @KMALiamizer Pƙed 5 lety +250

    Give Galvinize to Luxray, give him access to Extreme Speed, instant OU tier

    • @Samuel-qc7kg
      @Samuel-qc7kg Pƙed 4 lety +12

      KMALiamizer maybe uu, cuz its attack is bad to scratch ou mons

    • @sadsupermarket765
      @sadsupermarket765 Pƙed 4 lety

      Only Alolan golem has this ability

    • @twinx_bar
      @twinx_bar Pƙed 4 lety

      It was a suggestion

    • @arikaaa69
      @arikaaa69 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@Samuel-qc7kg bruh its over 120, and with priority and galvanize boost only really bulky bois would take little damage from it

    • @Samuel-qc7kg
      @Samuel-qc7kg Pƙed 4 lety +2

      Hoodie X Remember that OU is filled with mons that tank hits from base 150 attack megas (and garchomp everywhere). Uu is more passive in that regard. Well, that for gen 7 ou at least.

  • @ariskolehmainen3651
    @ariskolehmainen3651 Pƙed 5 lety +115

    On Stall: When Sableye dropped, its typing gave it no elemental weakness, and immunity to fighting/normal.
    I've often thought Stall exists because the devs were attempting to balance it out.

    • @EgorPoint
      @EgorPoint Pƙed 4 lety +14

      His crappy stats actually balance it out already 🌚

    • @oopsmybad7659
      @oopsmybad7659 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      @@EgorPoint coz he is not an attacker he is status changer or one to put up light screen and reflect

    • @CookieGal-
      @CookieGal- Pƙed 4 lety +3

      @@oopsmybad7659 He was excellent for doubles due to his great ability to buff his ally.

    • @oopsmybad7659
      @oopsmybad7659 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@CookieGal- yupp and also for using quash for a supposed threat or will o wisp attackers

    • @owenhawthorne5276
      @owenhawthorne5276 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      It’s also immune to psychic, giving it three immunities. Plus, prankster + quash is broken

  • @silvio076
    @silvio076 Pƙed 4 lety +43

    Sableye's stall works well with payback

    • @NoName-nr2iw
      @NoName-nr2iw Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Or disable

    • @davidward134
      @davidward134 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@NoName-nr2iw or quash in a double battle

    • @vibra7
      @vibra7 Pƙed 4 lety +7

      Except that nobody uses any of these moves

    • @Master-mu8pl
      @Master-mu8pl Pƙed 3 lety +3

      Vibra A lot of people use disable

    • @enderboy4547
      @enderboy4547 Pƙed 3 lety

      Also revenge if it learns it

  • @r.j.penfold
    @r.j.penfold Pƙed 4 lety +104

    Me: *falling asleep*
    "Skiddo and Gogoat are mediocre Pokémon"
    *WHO HAS SUMMONED THE ANCIENT ONE?*

  • @AshenDust_
    @AshenDust_ Pƙed 5 lety +109

    If soul heart makes magearna more powerful when a Pokémon faints, does magearna consume there soul or something?

    • @zekrom2359
      @zekrom2359 Pƙed 5 lety +18

      i think its "soul heart" feels the loss of a comrade, and buffs itself to prevent another loss, although your idea could also be true

    • @AshenDust_
      @AshenDust_ Pƙed 5 lety +7

      zekrom235 but magearna also gets buffed when an enemy faints. Other then that though, good idea

    • @saharshiyer2651
      @saharshiyer2651 Pƙed 5 lety +3

      That got deep really fast

    • @overdrive-thesunlightyello2942
      @overdrive-thesunlightyello2942 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Their*

    • @erroreevee1304
      @erroreevee1304 Pƙed 4 lety

      😹

  • @stealthhawkdude
    @stealthhawkdude Pƙed 5 lety +52

    "Power Of Alchemy" made me feel like I was watching a loctin vid

  • @grimaa
    @grimaa Pƙed 4 lety +19

    I think alot of these abilities are tons of fun and would cool to see them on more common and accessible pokĂšmon

  • @DaBudder
    @DaBudder Pƙed 4 lety +20

    The -ate and -ize make sense because they are suffix verb endings

    • @MerkhVision
      @MerkhVision Pƙed 3 lety +2

      ...obviously lol

    • @DaBudder
      @DaBudder Pƙed 3 lety

      Leo Velli lol

    • @DaBudder
      @DaBudder Pƙed 3 lety

      Leo Velli like omg yes can i have small frapachino on the side

    • @notagamer2452
      @notagamer2452 Pƙed 3 lety

      Pirate ability: turns moves into pi type

  • @Arachninja752
    @Arachninja752 Pƙed 5 lety +234

    So wait, you could have an Alolan Golem use an electric explosion??
    That rules!

    • @GraveDigger35
      @GraveDigger35 Pƙed 4 lety +27

      Explosion + Galvinize + Magnet + Stab = pain

    • @etienne8758
      @etienne8758 Pƙed 4 lety +13

      That strategy was actually developed before the release of sun and moon

    • @joycelinlgbtq
      @joycelinlgbtq Pƙed 4 lety +15

      Refrigerate on mega Glalie can also do this.

    • @lillith7257
      @lillith7257 Pƙed 4 lety

      Yeah it's actually pretty good in ranbats if you get one

    • @rosewarrior706
      @rosewarrior706 Pƙed 4 lety +4

      Actually banded explosion is a nuke button on it

  • @typicalthomas6057
    @typicalthomas6057 Pƙed 5 lety +21

    I kind of find it funny how Alolan Grimer and Muk, the only Pokemon that have access to the ability "Power of Alchemy" coincidentally also have access to "Gluttony" as an ability.

  • @BLZ-ww2mo
    @BLZ-ww2mo Pƙed 3 lety +75

    Soul-heart should have been in heart gold and soul silver

  • @kokochydaios
    @kokochydaios Pƙed 4 lety +274

    Pixelate, Refrigerate, & Aerolate.
    Me: Ejac--

  • @Kleptomaniac00
    @Kleptomaniac00 Pƙed 5 lety +133

    Me: I know my ability’s
    Mickeal:I’m about to end this mans whole career

    • @mysticsquirtle5109
      @mysticsquirtle5109 Pƙed 5 lety +7

      Anime is my middle name 6 his name is Michael. I’m sorry he just doesn’t like it when people spell his name wrong

    • @alexandradordzhieva3835
      @alexandradordzhieva3835 Pƙed 5 lety +9

      He didn't end mine, I knew all the abilities on this list.

    • @skeatchee9955
      @skeatchee9955 Pƙed 5 lety +8

      @@alexandradordzhieva3835 me too, for some reason i was kinda shocked that he didnt know some of these

    • @frostyonfireproductions9468
      @frostyonfireproductions9468 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      @@alexandradordzhieva3835 weird flex but ok.

    • @scodee23
      @scodee23 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      That is not how to spell Michael

  • @tmoney1mil
    @tmoney1mil Pƙed 5 lety +70

    Dude if you say Sigilyph isn't a good pokemon you've obviously never used one

    • @tristanbowles7258
      @tristanbowles7258 Pƙed 5 lety +5

      The random battle god himself

    • @zerius6743
      @zerius6743 Pƙed 5 lety +6

      Ever Tried a Pokemon with the Ability Wonder Guard before in your life

    • @zekrom2359
      @zekrom2359 Pƙed 5 lety +7

      I used a sigilyph in an X nuzlocke a couple years ago and it carried me from the second gym all the way til the 7th, then it died because crits are a thing

    • @vb8133
      @vb8133 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      sigilyph was the only shiny pokemon i've ever found in the wild and it was full-odds completely random

    • @Mingo1313
      @Mingo1313 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      Trevor Senecal set up and sweeps

  • @takendruid
    @takendruid Pƙed 4 lety +21

    "aroma veil"
    Me: I've heard of that
    "Aroma veil was introduced in generation six"
    Me, a Pokémon fan who's first game was Pokémon x: that's why...
    "Battery. Introduced in generation 7"
    The only reason I know this ability is because Sophocles and his cousin mentioned it multiple times during the electric trial

    • @chessnoob99
      @chessnoob99 Pƙed 3 lety

      I know aroma veil from the mbf (his alcreamie.. season 2) and battery from playing around with a Pokemon damage calc (it's fun, ok) I saw battery as an ability, so yeah.

  • @aaronthegladiator6732
    @aaronthegladiator6732 Pƙed 3 lety +6

    14:40 It's really helpful when your Sableye's signature move is a move like Payback.

  • @Unovakid24
    @Unovakid24 Pƙed 5 lety +53

    I see Lord Helix in the background and he's staring at Dome XD

    • @speechyofficial770
      @speechyofficial770 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      UnovaKid 24 once I was playing Pokémon go I was at a gym and someone had a cp100 helix with 1000 treats and it was there for 7days

    • @bluewaterdragon0292
      @bluewaterdragon0292 Pƙed 4 lety

      Where is our lord?

  • @lovaniagengar7941
    @lovaniagengar7941 Pƙed 5 lety +58

    I've seen Cacophony before. I used Assist in Red Rescue Team and called on a sound move. The game then said that Loudred's Cacophony prevented it from being affected by sound based moves. Weird...
    Edit: I got a shiny Pickpocket Weavile. Got it from Wonder Trade. The stats line up for a gen 2 shiny and it came from a VC Release of gen 2.

    • @fredrickthecatfish8661
      @fredrickthecatfish8661 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      Congrats, I've heard all of them, knew at least one pokemon that had each one, and knew what most of them did.

  • @ExtremeAce
    @ExtremeAce Pƙed 4 lety +12

    14:02
    "I had never heard of stall prior to writing the script for this video"
    So, I guess there was never a mid-dead series like Pokemon Abilities Explained??

  • @tumbleglass4620
    @tumbleglass4620 Pƙed rokem +2

    About Cacophony; it's possible they initially implemented Cacophony with the Whismur line in mind, but then decided to extend the effect to other pokemon (such as Mr Mime and Electrode). If that's the case, it doesn't make much sense for Mr Mime (a silent pokemon) and Electrode (a pokeball) to ignore sound by being super loud. Therefore they'd have made the Soundproof ability as a more generic option, with those pokemon AND with potential future pokemon in mind.

  • @polygondeath2361
    @polygondeath2361 Pƙed 4 lety +71

    Drifblim with flame orb is so good, how is this not well known

    • @gengarzilla1685
      @gengarzilla1685 Pƙed 4 lety +9

      Because Unburden is also a good ability.

    • @pokelordomega1701
      @pokelordomega1701 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      I'm gonna be honest. Extra damage for being in a situation where you're constantly taking damage doesn't sound bad

    • @kafuchino3435
      @kafuchino3435 Pƙed 2 lety

      flare boost is like guts for special attackers, but most people who use drifblims tend to run unburden

  • @electricenergy116
    @electricenergy116 Pƙed 5 lety +23

    New title: hidden abilities you haven’t heard of

  • @amberwelch393
    @amberwelch393 Pƙed 4 lety +5

    I never play competitive and also freaking love sableye, but that first time in oras that I caught one without knowing about stall meant that I couldn't use it, know I always make sure that I have at least one pokemon with sand attack so I can test for keen eye

  • @gregorymirabella1423
    @gregorymirabella1423 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    i've heard of all of these accept cacophony (which you put in the thumbnail anyway) because i constantly make gimmicky teams. i actually remember looking for a ghost type who couldn't be poisoned or hit by ground moves, and i though "drifblim is ghost/flying, why don't i just give it a flame orb!" and when i checked his stats and abilities, i found flare boost. i couldn't've imagined a better coincidence if i tried. (i also use haunter over gengar for similar reasons)
    here's the set if anyone's interested:
    Gengar Reborn (Drifblim) (M) @ Flame Orb
    Ability: Flare Boost
    EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
    Timid Nature
    IVs: 0 Atk
    - Shadow Ball
    - Thunderbolt
    - Stockpile
    - Strength Sap
    and the haunter one too, just for the hell of it:
    The Dirty Bubble (Haunter) (M) @ Life Orb
    Ability: Levitate
    EVs: 4 HP / 252 SpA / 252 Spe
    Timid Nature
    IVs: 0 Atk
    - Destiny Bond
    - Shadow Ball
    - Sludge Bomb
    - Haze

  • @rapidmontheawesome6343
    @rapidmontheawesome6343 Pƙed 5 lety +27

    His pronunciation of Sigilyph reminded me of Alex’s Pronunciation videos lol.

    • @Dragonstorm1234
      @Dragonstorm1234 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      He can't pronounce ferrothorn, mienshao, arceus, vikavolt either, among others

    • @rapidmontheawesome6343
      @rapidmontheawesome6343 Pƙed 5 lety

      Richard Cartledge I didn’t pronounce Mienshao right either lol.

    • @Natsu25100
      @Natsu25100 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      I've always mispronounced Vikavolt as Vy-ka-volt all thanks to Michael and Virizion as Vee-ree-zee-uhn.

    • @gold1332
      @gold1332 Pƙed 4 lety

      @@Dragonstorm1234 how you pronounce arceus is still being argued about to this day so

    • @Dragonstorm1234
      @Dragonstorm1234 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      @@gold1332 There is no argument, it's officially Ark-ee-us

  • @Gyrotation
    @Gyrotation Pƙed 5 lety +17

    I think zangoose has his ability because he had that whole thing about hating serviper

  • @redfernplace
    @redfernplace Pƙed 4 lety +15

    Talking about Stall:
    “I cannot think of any scenario where u would want to move last every single turn.”
    Um, hello? Revenge here!
    Also Revenge is pretty good in quite a bit situations.

    • @lilbro291gaming9
      @lilbro291gaming9 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Kevin Mills revenge has -1 priority so it would be last basically all of the time

    • @chessnoob99
      @chessnoob99 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Payback (the move)

  • @zuperzoniko6365
    @zuperzoniko6365 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    Michael: *Explaining the science behind pokemon*
    Me: I just use the fire type until EVERYTHING in my path goes BOOM!

  • @eeqaan7731
    @eeqaan7731 Pƙed 5 lety +77

    Times I’ve clicked on a MandJTV video so fast I broke my phone

  • @adamdoyle1516
    @adamdoyle1516 Pƙed 5 lety +44

    I knew about toxic boost because i was traded a lvl 100 zangoose with it and perfect attack & speed, so i gave it a toxic orb and facade and burnt the battle tree to the ground

    • @p.ookaa1
      @p.ookaa1 Pƙed 5 lety

      Give it swords dance too 😂😂😂

    • @adamdoyle1516
      @adamdoyle1516 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      The moveset is facade, protect, shadow claw for ghosts and swords dance

    • @infinitethunder6184
      @infinitethunder6184 Pƙed 4 lety +2

      @@adamdoyle1516 what about close combat? That's a must have

    • @adamdoyle1516
      @adamdoyle1516 Pƙed 4 lety

      Infinite Thunder makes sense for use against rock and steel types. Ill probably replace swords dance with it, because its rare i actually need to use it

    • @skelly1555
      @skelly1555 Pƙed 4 lety +1

      Adam Doyle yea I would’ve lost protect for close combat

  • @joseph7696
    @joseph7696 Pƙed 2 lety +1

    Thanks for the information. I definitely haven’t heard of most of these abilities. Love the channel!

  • @jarodberg4808
    @jarodberg4808 Pƙed 3 lety +4

    Mikey talking about pokemon hidden ability reminded me of the impostor ditto I got in the dynamax adventures and was so confused on why a Pokemon with transform had an ability that automatically did that

  • @bladebair3636
    @bladebair3636 Pƙed 4 lety +21

    I actually have the Event Starters and therefore heard of Liquid Voice. I had forgotten Decidueye had Long Reach until I booted up Sun to check if I had a Liquid Voice Primarina, because I was so sure I had one.

    • @hypertech116
      @hypertech116 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      Liquid Voice and Intimidate are just better than not making contact with the opponent Pokemon

  • @Periii_
    @Periii_ Pƙed 5 lety +14

    16:28
    *zangoose is the only pokemon in its evolutionary line*

  • @ryuuronin9852
    @ryuuronin9852 Pƙed 2 lety +3

    Fun Fact about the Battery ability: it is a direct reference to Charjabug's dex entry where Vikavolt's carry them around for backup electricity. Maybe Gamefreak was trying to make the second form a distinct support type for a different role in double battles.

  • @BookWyrmOnAString
    @BookWyrmOnAString Pƙed 3 lety +6

    Since driftblim is the blimp pokemon, flare boost is likely a reference to the hindenburg, a blimp that burned down.

    • @keeganbanner3035
      @keeganbanner3035 Pƙed 2 lety +1

      It's probably more a reference to the idea that blimps and hot air balloons use fire to keep them in the air

  • @ryanngill1330
    @ryanngill1330 Pƙed 5 lety +11

    Nice video. I’ve been watching since PokĂ©mon talk 1 came out and I don’t regret it.

  • @nicholaskho5738
    @nicholaskho5738 Pƙed 4 lety +16

    Zangoose would be pretty scary with facade and toxic boost while holding toxic orb imo
    But then again, ghost types had to ruin the day

    • @jamesnieves1216
      @jamesnieves1216 Pƙed 4 lety +3

      Smogon's standard set for a Toxic Boost Zangoose includes Night Slash, so he's got it covered.

    • @AlldaylongRock
      @AlldaylongRock Pƙed 2 lety +1

      @@jamesnieves1216 Facade, Brick Break(for Steel and Rock types) and either Shadow Claw or Night Slash. The last move can be either Swords Dance or Agility if it gets it. You can also make use of Magic Bounce+T-Spikes and give Zang another item like a Life Orb but it's more difficult to pull off

  • @MarioFan587YT
    @MarioFan587YT Pƙed 3 lety +4

    I rewatched this video and realized it's one year old today. Good for me.

  • @dtb1000
    @dtb1000 Pƙed 4 lety +3

    toxic boost is one of those competitive-tailored abilities, really good combo with swords dance and facade

  • @KosmoZer0
    @KosmoZer0 Pƙed 4 lety +33

    I think you were wrong about Sableye, It's ability Stall can help to power up the move Payback and seeing as it's STAB with Sableye it would be pretty powerful but that's the only use of it i can think of.
    Great video btw, looking forward to more great content! 😊

    • @skyiloh7460
      @skyiloh7460 Pƙed 2 lety +2

      sableye is already pretty damn fucking slow

  • @claduke
    @claduke Pƙed 4 lety +13

    Mikey: I cannot think of any reason to use Stall at all.
    PIMPNITE: Hold my beer.

    • @hypertech116
      @hypertech116 Pƙed 3 lety +1

      The ability Stall not a stall team

  • @Ty_Senoj
    @Ty_Senoj Pƙed 4 lety

    I love hearing the Pokemon Colosseum music in the background. Brings me back lol. Love all your vids man!

  • @xanalyoko5552
    @xanalyoko5552 Pƙed 4 lety +6

    Me rewatching this vid again so I can say I’ve heard all of these.. since the first time 👀😂

  • @TheYveltalKid
    @TheYveltalKid Pƙed 5 lety +22

    Well it's obvious there's 15 abilities we've never heard of. Gen 8 isn't out yet ;)

    • @ozzomas51521
      @ozzomas51521 Pƙed 5 lety

      The YveltalKid ball fetch, from yamper

    • @TheYveltalKid
      @TheYveltalKid Pƙed 5 lety +1

      @@ozzomas51521 you get me there

    • @ozzomas51521
      @ozzomas51521 Pƙed 5 lety

      The YveltalKid thx

    • @kumitsune5748
      @kumitsune5748 Pƙed 5 lety

      Doesn’t ball fetch like gets the last poke ball that was thrown before the one the main character just threw???

    • @chrismartinson8303
      @chrismartinson8303 Pƙed 5 lety +2

      @@kumitsune5748 I think it gets the first ball you miss

  • @vijay2710
    @vijay2710 Pƙed 5 lety +23

    Micheal: abilities you’ve never heard of
    Also Micheal: Lets make all of these hidden abilities
    Me: There called hidden for a reason

    • @PoolKid75
      @PoolKid75 Pƙed 5 lety

      Not true. I never understood why they are called "Hidden" Abilities. There's nothing "hidden" about them. You see them listed and described when you check a Pokemon's summary. A better name would be "Special" Ability.

    • @jamiecollins8710
      @jamiecollins8710 Pƙed 5 lety

      Or a ability that doesn't even exists in game

  • @JCDragon2819
    @JCDragon2819 Pƙed rokem +3

    Just based on its name, the concept behind Cacophony is ironic. It should have been a second normal ability of Loudred and Exploud and it should have increased the power of sound-based moves by 50%, almost like Strong Jaw or Mega Launcher. That is what that term means in real life.

  • @mustang4118
    @mustang4118 Pƙed 4 lety +4

    I love the Fullmetal alchemist reference on the back, I love that anime it is my favorite. If only the ability was as good as the anime

  • @emmarumbelow3059
    @emmarumbelow3059 Pƙed 5 lety +22

    You have an amazing channel my faviroute is pokemon talk

  • @williamdegliantoni4079
    @williamdegliantoni4079 Pƙed 5 lety +23

    I’ve heard of Cacophony
    *CUZ YOU PUT IT IN THE THUMBNAIL*

  • @bhavysaini5727
    @bhavysaini5727 Pƙed rokem +2

    I think normalise and galvanize are more curse as a ability than a gift. Cuz if ghost type or ground types show respectively against these abilities then the bearer can't do anything.

  • @fadhilmulyono9230
    @fadhilmulyono9230 Pƙed rokem +1

    9:18 Gogoat is back! In Scarlet and Violet, you can use an Ability Patch to get a Grass Pelt Gogoat

  • @zackjones2749
    @zackjones2749 Pƙed 5 lety +11

    Thankyou Michel so much for putting so much work into this video

  • @gamegod8063
    @gamegod8063 Pƙed 5 lety +6

    Michael's ability to make good content from anything

  • @melanitesong
    @melanitesong Pƙed 4 lety +4

    Michael: Symbiosis, when the Pokemon passes its item to an ally that has used up an item.
    Me: Oh god what about Black Sludge?

    • @hypertech116
      @hypertech116 Pƙed 3 lety

      Black Sludge is the item. Black Sludge heals poison types as if it was using Leftovers and hurts others.

  • @s7121n9s
    @s7121n9s Pƙed 4 lety +3

    I love power of alchemy. I use it on a sun team next to a harvest alolan executor so it gets harvest. With stockpile and minimize, alolan muk becomes a nightmare to take out

  • @Fork-Tuna
    @Fork-Tuna Pƙed 5 lety +20

    14:43 payback can do a lot of damage with stall and it's STAB from sableye

    • @zekrom2359
      @zekrom2359 Pƙed 5 lety

      and give it a dark plate or the other dark type boosting item

    • @cypcyp77
      @cypcyp77 Pƙed 5 lety +1

      True, but Sableye has a pretty bad attack stat compared to many other physical attackers. He just needs to set up first

    • @flotskryz
      @flotskryz Pƙed 4 lety

      Another scenario could be sableye vs wobuffet, stall making you go last to avoid mirror coat or counter, but yeah too specific to be good

    • @user-jd5zt4of8q
      @user-jd5zt4of8q Pƙed 4 lety

      @@flotskryz it only works in the same priority bracket though

  • @Flawlesshoodrat
    @Flawlesshoodrat Pƙed 5 lety +8

    You should just rename this video to “Abilities that are signature abilities to PokĂ©mon but I’ll say I’ve never heard of them because I need to upload a video”

  • @amirshlomolavan
    @amirshlomolavan Pƙed 3 lety +1

    Stall can be useful with moves that only wirk when the target is damaged on the same turn or moves that only work when a terrain is active so it's useful in doubles and triples

  • @platinumdudunsparce_98
    @platinumdudunsparce_98 Pƙed 4 lety +4

    14:47 I have a Sableye with Stall ability and the reason is simple. I really like the abilities of Pokémon, which is only a few or just one have, like Stall. Usability varies a lot not only for Pokémon, but also for players who use Pokémon, because each of us sees things differently, with some being available to others and others not.
    At first I tried to breed a Sableye that was with Stall ability only for unique reasons, but later I found a big use for it. For example, Payback which doubles damage if a Pokémon attacks after an opponent. Stall's ability to affect Sableye is that it always moves last, so Payback always produces double when Paybacks don't have a negative priority. Sableye also gets Stab from Payback, which is a nice bonus.

    • @metagross69
      @metagross69 Pƙed 7 měsĂ­ci

      Well that sucks cause in gen 9 SABLEYE CAN'T LEARN PAYBACK plus he's slow as balls

  • @flyingblaziken2810
    @flyingblaziken2810 Pƙed 5 lety +18

    Michal: It's only on 1 evolutionary line and is its hidden ability
    Me: I'm sensing a trend

  • @craigsaliyan408
    @craigsaliyan408 Pƙed 5 lety +9

    Michael: i have never heard of soul heart magearna , toxic boost on zangoose etc etc
    Pokemon showdown: Am i a joke to u?

  • @GodzillaFreak
    @GodzillaFreak Pƙed 4 lety +6

    Galvanize makes the strongest no set up attack in the game. How is this not well known?

  • @theawsomesausesquad6512
    @theawsomesausesquad6512 Pƙed 11 měsĂ­ci +1

    "glory dings boogie pens" is the funniest thing that captians has ever messed up

  • @shoobile
    @shoobile Pƙed 5 lety +41

    This is how many times Michael says *obscure*
    I
    I
    V

  • @gonkdroid5401
    @gonkdroid5401 Pƙed 4 lety +7

    People who do competitive battles regularly know about most of these abilities, in the same way, about the moves vid, ppl doing battling regularly know about most of them :]
    Awesome vid btw :3

  • @krankarvolund7771
    @krankarvolund7771 Pƙed 2 lety +2

    I've heard of surprisingly a lot. I did some competition on Smogon in gen 7 so Soul heart was everywhere, and I knew about the hidden abilities of the starters. And I used Zangoose in the low tiers and toxic boost is a good ability for Zangoose.

    • @idosomethingiguess3680
      @idosomethingiguess3680 Pƙed 2 lety

      Soul-Heart is a very good ability.It is especially good in doubles and free-for-alls since a lot of Pokemon can faint at the same time.

  • @Rubywing4
    @Rubywing4 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    12:20 I got startled here lol

  • @snorlaxtjockofet
    @snorlaxtjockofet Pƙed 5 lety +6

    Talking about PokĂ©mon abilities, where is the ”Every PokĂ©mon ability explained” series?

    • @VegardMyklebust
      @VegardMyklebust Pƙed 5 lety

      Lockstin might make a video on this later, he's almost done with "NOT (element) pokemon", and the "NOT (element) moves" series, where he explains why some pokemon aren't actually of that type, and for which reason the moves have their types. so an ability series as well, is something he could continue with, but not confirmed. Maybe we can ask him about it.

  • @PoolKid75
    @PoolKid75 Pƙed 5 lety +9

    I knew about Liquid Voice, Long Reach and Soul Heart.

  • @bjhancock96
    @bjhancock96 Pƙed 4 lety +1

    Whenever I was doing my first run-through of Pokemon sun I learned about galvanize on the Geodude line and tried to get one

  • @tantibusking7095
    @tantibusking7095 Pƙed 3 lety +3

    I like the toxic boost on Zangoose. It’s a fun nod to reality.

  • @asmanasser8984
    @asmanasser8984 Pƙed 5 lety +34

    Imagine if ur using an alolan muk with power of alchemy and a slaking with truant. And the slaking faints.😂😂😂😂

  • @KingSlugma
    @KingSlugma Pƙed 5 lety +12

    I knew all of them battery bc I do a lot of randomizers and always randomize abilities and in gen 3 I’ve gotten cacophony often
    Edit:I also play a lot of showdown

  • @calebolds9609
    @calebolds9609 Pƙed 4 lety +7

    Symbiosis was one of two I'd heard of - I used it to surprise my friends during a set of friendlies we were doing a while ago.
    Wonder skin was cause I used a sigilyph during my first ever nuzlocke, it was one of my favorites.

  • @TheRealBob21
    @TheRealBob21 Pƙed 3 lety +2

    The captions at the start are god dings boogie pens