How GOOD was Lanturn ACTUALLY? - History of Lanturn in Competitive Pokemon ft.
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2024
- Lanturn is today’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this overview of Lanturn in competitive Pokemon!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:52 - GSC/Gen 2
3:58 - ADV/Gen 3
8:17 - DPP/Gen 4
11:24 - VGC 2010
13:01 - BW/Gen 5
14:58 - VGC 2013
15:23 - XY/Gen 6
17:37 - VGC 2014
1932 - SM/Gen 7
21:27 - SS/Gen 8
23:57 - Outro
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I had no idea BKC was the writer for FSG. Mind is blown. Carry on, no wonder the analysis in these videos is so good.
Iirc he’s not the only writer, but he does a lot of it. Dude is the closest thing to a genuine competitive Pokémon historian.
He wasn’t the only one. Kellen wrote a few early videos (like the first Scizor one) and there was Zane who wrote most of the early ones until BKC took over in mid 2018.
My understanding is that he's very close to the only writer. They do get help sometimes for the vgc segments, but otherwise it's all BKC all the time.
Says in the credits, has for a while now.
Haven't read the credits in 4 years?
Lanturn makes me wish that illuminate worked like compound eyes with a 50% accuracy increase instead of being useless
I feel like having high power and accurate moves like Thunder, Blizzard, and Hydro Pump could be a compensation for its very underwhelming special attack, and it’s subtle buffs like these that some Pokémon like Lanturn could use
Same here. Since Illuminate only affects encounter rates and has no use in battle.
Yeah, and it would make it more unique by him beeing able to use normaly unusable Moves. And better in Hail and Rain.
Another useless ability that could really use a buff is Run Away, make it work like a Shed Shell
@@IgnitedQuils 104% accurate hydro pump….
Volt absorb is too goated on it.
I remember seeing him way back when and was mindblown how he was both water and electric
Same I remember as a kid I thought this thing was the craziest thing
As of today this is still the reason it is my favorite Pokémon
*it
I'm out here still hoping for the unused fire grass type
in my brain i was like: “a water type that beats other water types??? sounds OP”
Lanturn is one of those Pokémon that’s really cute, even though it was based on an animal that looks terrifying. The one other Pokémon that’s like this off the top of my head is Gorebyss, but there are probably a few others as well
Trapinch too. Real antlions are horrifying
@@EresirThe1st they made the antlion look like a cute ant... 💀
Damn BKC sounding so great in this produced format. Much love and #lanturngang
Where's my bathroom break halfway through? 😩
@@smob0 I'm getting withdrawal symptoms, I need my five movie-related tangents
He NEVER has to talk this fast in his videos. But hes smart enough to know that THIS is the time to hit the gas! And in the editing. so good at both streaming and making this content too with fsg
Lanturn gang!
@@smob0 you're going off a tangent again... don't think a million things at once
I always liked Lanturn as a child, and now I finally get to see a video about it by FSG!!!
Same!
It is a cute Pokémon and has a good type combo too!
Same it’s cute lol and friendly like politoad
My favorite pokemon. For like 22 years now. I saw it when I was like 7 and was like "Yep. That's the coolest thing ever." And while it's definitely not the "Coolest" thing ever. It has stayed my favorite.
Haha. Silence, cuckold
Lanturn is a really interesting pokemon to me for its unique typing and design
Remember rotom wash also has the same typing
@@connorbosley4431 I mean it was a unique typing, nothing else was water/electric until gen 5.
@@connorbosley4431 pretty cool how different they are dispite the same typing.
Lanturn is one of those Pokémon who’s design absolutely slaps without being overly flashy. It’s just flashy in the literal sense
I remember using a Lanturn on my Gold team back in 2000. It was a total bro. 10/10 mon, would recommend.
It's fun to have both Confuse Ray and Thunder Wave on it, which it learns naturally.
The fact that its ideal set could run Surf in Gen 2 makes it perfect for the dedicated Surf Slot
I gave Lanturn a shot on my first run through ORAS and I was throughly surprised. Great mon even in the later gens.
Kellen is also an amazing narrator but a change to BKC’s soothing voice once in a while is really nice…
I love the videos of mons like this, where you never really hear about them in other videos or breakdowns, but they turn out to be top of their tier
I never would have expected a Pokemon with five stats below 80 to be such a versatile and genuine threat across the generations.
That is part of what makes Pokemon so amazing...almost every mon has a niche they can slide into.
it's crazy too because ppl always say "oh x would be such a good pokemon if its stats weren't kinda trash" and i too thought this about lanturn until i realized we basically know what that would look like. it would probably play a lot like rotom-w, who is indeed a good pokemon!
Electivire seemed like the ultimate Electric type back then , not being legendary of course.
Yet this anglerfish has an entire encyclopedia of competitive superior to it.
Always weird to hear BKC reading off a script instead of rambling like a wise old man for an hour (in the best way possible).
it’s so weird to listen to. why hasn’t he brought up any black-and-white hungarian art films yet? where are the sirens? where are the bathroom breaks?
I kinda like BKC talking for "only" 25 minutes :) great video, I love lanturns design and uniqueness!
My biggest take away from this (other than just reinforcing my love for Lanturn) is that I didn’t know what shiny Ampharos looked like
I try to sneak in 1 or 2 shinys when i record gameplay for these.
@@DarkMusician wait what
@@DarkMusician Thats pretty honorable.
Good job mate
@@CocoLocoToco thx
I've always loved Lanturn, it's so cute 😍
Be happy it doesn't look like real Anglers XD
One of the best designs in Pokemon
YES!! FINALLY!!!
Now I'm just awaiting Chesnaught and Mantine
love how your videos have evolved past just ranking mons with how good they were in OU
I've been waiting for this one for so long and it didn't disappoint, Lanturn is the ultimate bro mon whose spotlight was cruelly stolen by Rotom-W, but that never stopped him smiling and doing what he does best.
Rotom-W? More like Rotom-L amirite?
@@nerdstop5025 lol
Lanturn is friend shaped and I just want to give him a hug
I was expecting at some point for him to say, "And so Lantern dropped to untiered, where it was also excellent".
Once, there was a Lanturn owned by Cooltrainer Dianne in Emerald. That Lanturn knew Earthquake, a move that can't normally be learned by this Pokemon. As such, she was sent to be judged by Arceus for cheating, but was let off easily since she didn't use it in any competitive formats.
The end.
Reminds me of the Swords Dance Machamp in XD…
@@IgnitedQuils omg that’s horrifying
@@IgnitedQuils Barrier Dragonite
@@cosmictraveler1146 badass*
@@MegaPokefan97 Lance's Aerodactyl with rockslide
Lanturn always looked like a middle evolution to me, I hope it gets a third stage one day
The Soak+Scarf set is a funny concept, I really want to throw that a some friends and just watch them squirm at the awkwardness of the set.
I remember using Lanturn in GSC. The thing didn't die and hit surprisingly hard with Spark.
I remember using Lanturn on my first playthrough of Crystal. Eventually I replaced it with Kingdra, but I still love Lanturn a lot… I named it Lamp.
6:43 ahhh there it is, the trademark bkc's 'oh oh' warning for Lanturn
Quality and production of these videos are outstanding.
Man, that Choice Scarf Soak set paired with Mega Manetric is extremely cool. Props to the guy who thought it up.amd had it pay off!
Lanturn is a underated pokemon the design is so simple yet great
The shiny Ampharos in the Gen 2 section made my night 🥰
I had no idea this Lightbulb on fins was this good! Kudos to the little poke again!
WHOOPS! LANTURN! UH OH! HYDRO PUMP!
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I love the theme of BKC doing all the fat mons. Next let’s have him do Slowbro the re-make- 2 hours of Tobibro, to GSC UU God, to stuffing Gen 4 Machamp, regenerator wars, Mega bro sweeping, endless battles, and then Teleporting up to OU.
Lanturn always has a place in my RSE playthroughs for flash surf dive and waterfall.
A regional Lanturn would be cool to see: Like Ghost/Electric of Dark/Electric.
I just want a scary Anglerfish lol
Edit: I prefer Dark/Electric since it would fit more and it should a regional evolution
awesome idea
There is a great Fakemon made by mykemon_regions who made an eletric ghost Lanturn :)
@@tilldill763 It should get a Regional Evolution on top of that.
When it comes to fakemon, I think pokemon fool's gold had an electric dark lanturn.
I also prefer Dark/Electric mainly since the juxtaposition of those two types is really cool all by itself
Lanturn is one of those Pokemon that is so lovable that I don't care if it's any good. I just like it.
There's something poetic about the angler-fish Pokemon becoming more dominate the deeper you go down the tiers.
BKC videos are always a treat. Everyone should sub to him.
I’ve always had a soft spot for the Lanturn line. I remember as a kid using Dive for the first in Sapphire and I was blown away. It was both eerie and comforting to be in the sea depths and when I saw the grass underwater I was curious what kind of pokemon would be in the sea depths. Imagine my surprise encountering Chinchou.
Finally! glad to see some love for everyone’s favorite volt-absorbing fish 😊
And water absorbing!
Words cannot convey how happy I am to see Lanturn get the praise it deserves. It has always been one of my favorite pokemon.
Don't forget that Chinchou has its own place in LC!
I’ve been waiting for this video ever since BKC dropped the first lanturn gang video. So nice to see how far this mom has come
I can't wait for BKC to talk about the rise of Lanturn in ADV OU
This definitely is one of the metagame developments of all time
I’m glad lanturn got this role because it’s was my favorite water type when I was a kid and it’s still one of my favorites
I love that lanturn was pretty great
especially considering the power creep in the recent generations (i mean, shoot, gallade was untiered once, starmie is in NU, Tsareena is in PU and Machamp was in PUBL, what in the world)
i mean, its stats do not look... too promising, but hearing about its utility makes me happy :)
hell yea. leader of #lanturngang bkc is the only person who could handle this episode
The second I saw the thumbnail I knew it had to be BKC narrating
One of the many cool gen 2 pokemon and is not trash, lets go lanturn
Fantastic video! Lanturn was my water type in my first Gold playthrough and subsequent Johto ones so it's good to hear it's done well for itself wherever it ended up in the tiers.
Lanturn and Quagsire are my favorite boys. They’re both interestingly unique and just living their best lives
I’ve been waiting for this episode for years!
As much as I love Chinchou/Lanturn.
I, however, would want to see a NEW regional variant:
Dark/Electric.
...on top of giving it a regional evolution to make it a big Scarier Anglerfish!!
Surprised that type combo was never done.
I actually thought Zekrom was dark electric
Also there are Angler Fish wo have no glowing Organ, the Organ in that Case looks more like a Worm. Only Deep Sea Angler Fish used Light.
So, you might not get a Electric Type, but maybe Wather combined whit Ground, or Poison, or Dark.
@@Sunaki1000 I'm more thinking it takes inspiration from the Black seadevil.
Since the Esca biolumininscent is basically a "Fishing Lure"
Which I believe its the species of Anglerfish that the one in Finding Nemo takes inspiration from.
@@mistersureshot1749 Yeah but if it gets a Regional form it will obviously get a different Species assigned.
I've been waiting this one for a while!
Remember doing the battle tower in gen 2 crystal version.
The most savage battle tower of all time.
Confuse Ray ruined my dreams..
I love Lanturn, it's always been on my team since Gen 2.
Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!
WOOO YEAHH I’ve been waiting for this vid for a long time!!
I’ve been waiting for this one for a while
I was waiting for this one.
I always enjoy having it in my team.
Would love to see more from Black Kid Crying, though it’s strange to see him not take a 15min bathroom break. Also it’s so odd to hear Kevin be so well spoken, I miss hearing him stumble over saying 5 things at once
Finally!!! Been waiting for this for years.
Lanturn gang.
That was one of my favorite BKC videos.
While Ampharos is my gen 2 electric type of choice (one of my favorite pokemon as well), I always have a soft spot for Lanturn. It's so cute and I honestly should do a gen 2 playthrough with it. It's also a very unique Pokemon with poor stats on paper but uses them surprisingly well in the lower tiers thanks to its unique type coverage, immunity to electric, and incredible movepool.
LETS GOOOO BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE!!
Would highly recommend BKCs channel. I don’t even play much anymore but his analysis videos are wildly entertaining and nostalgic for anyone who grew up on gens 1-5
FINALLY!!!!!
I've been waiting for years for this
I love Lanturn since my first playthrough of Pokemon Silver. He absolutely carried me thru the battle with Red.
Was waiting for this video for ages by far my favourite Pokémon
I love BKC’s content and role in competitive Pokémon as a long time fan. He got me into playing Gen 2 OU. awesome video. Really glad we got to hear about Lanturn’s iconic rise into OU. Freakin Rad.
Anyone watching who plays gen2OU love you peeps, even the trolls. Such an intense but rewarding format. Looking forward for even further developments in the metagame.
I recall my first Lanturn back in Pokemon Crystal and I was drawn immediately to it. Didn't knew that Chinchou would evolve into this adorable Electric Anglerfish. It would then become a mainstay of my Gen II and III teams when I play through the game.
Sure, Starmie is also on those teams especially when I do Mono-Water runs but Lanturn has its own charm that made it become one of my roster's regulars.
My favorite mon and my favorite competitive player in one vid; Christmas came two months early.
I've been waiting for this video since near the beginning and was one of my 3 picks when the channel used to show comments for Pokemon. Worth the wait. I love it in Gen 2 and 3
I used lanturn during my Soul Silver playthrough and it is certainly an underrated pokemon. ❤️
People got mad while we waited and it's worth it thanks to bkc.
Yay, my favorite Pokemon of all time finally gets its time in the spotlight!
The bit about Soak Lanturn being used in VGC was great. I thought that would be a funny gimmick, as Lanturn could soak an opponent and then hit it with a STAB super-effective move, though I figured in actual competitive play it probably wouldn't work out that easily. So it was cool to see someone actually make that move work in a competitive format.
I have waited years for this specific video
I'm surprised Lanturn had such a meaty career not even exclusively at the lowest of tiers given how awful all of its non HP stats feel past gen 2.
New FSG video: Great
The video is about Lanturn: Love it
BKC is on the video: Instant Like
This is one of my favorite pokemon. Thank you ^w^
BKC voiced this one? How was there no uncut 3 minute long bathroom break in the middle of the video?
I love hearing about strategies like Scarf Soak in VGC/Doubles. There are so many niche moves that hardly anyone ever sees, and it's great to see them suddenly pop up out of nowhere to good competitive success. There was another set that came up during the Pachirisu video with Ion Deluge + Hyper Beam that I also found fascinating for the same reason.
I used Soak Lanturn with Shedinja, that was hilarious :D exspecially since Lanturn has Volt Absorb, so you could Ally Switch into Electric attacks and actually heal Lanturn!
And in this video we’ll be going over these competitive formats
I'VE WAITED FOR THIS VIDEO FOR SO LONG, FINALLY!!!!
Stop typing in all caps!
Beautiful history 💙💙
So glad to see this, lanturn is my favorite pokemon
You know it's a good FSG video when a move you've never seen used (or in this case that I forgot existed) is used in an incredible interesting niche.
My first contact with lanturn was through a tcg card (unseen forces collection) where it was way less happy and darker, and since I had seen Nemo I thought that it was a scary angler fish instead of the cute bright little fish that it is!
Oh man, i've always loved lanturn, and seeing my boy come back for one good run after another feels great. It reminds me of that sabaton song, the unkillable soldier. especially the lyrics "Never stray! saving the day! facing the foes that are coming his way!" just, always finding a home, and always doing it for the same reasons.
Finally, finally, finally - been voting for this one since 2019
Didn't knew BKC had any relations with FSG. BKC's voice is so easy to listen, I can listen to it for hours (as I often do on his channel). Very few people are so wordy and still so interesting.
Same, Now it makes sense FSG don't want to cover gen 8 mons since his writer BKC hates it.
LET'S GOOOOO I WANTED LANTURN EPISODE FOR YEARS NOW
I was so happy to see the return in SwSh and immediately caught one for the party
Omg yessss, launturns been one of my favorite people on and I’ve always wanted one of these videos on him
The VGC section was mixed a bit rougher than usual
A good flipper friend! I love lanturn, especially when using it in Challenge Cup in stadium 2
Finally! Ma boi!
Also next up Relicanth or Clawitzwer
I was OBSESSED with deep sea fish and anglerfish as a kid, so imagine my joy when I first discovered Lanturn was a pokemon! Happy to see them get some attention. I'm still studying the sea to this day, hopefully I'll graduate college and be a marine biologist someday, and I have the anglers to thank for it! Thanks Lanturn!
FSG Video on a Monday? A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!
About time this video came out. Discovered this kid back in the days of netbattle. Lanturn's access to boltbeam and parafusion was enormously fun and obnoxious for such a little fish.