How GOOD was Jumpluff ACTUALLY? - History of Jumpluff in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 2-6)

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  • Jumpluff! The Cottonweed Pokemon! Jumpluff is pretty fast and it has a lot of utility but is it enough for competitive Pokemon? Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Jumpluff in competitive Pokemon!
    IMPORTANT NOTICE: We missed an important placing for Jumpluff in the video for VGC 2016. We deeply apologize for this.
    Jumpluff took 1st place at the German VGC 2016 Nationals on Arash Ommati's team. Jumpluff proved to be a great partner with Primal Groudon thanks to Chlorophyll and its support moves of encore, protect, sleep powder, and helping hand. It can outspeed many common threats and put them to sleep or provide a power boost with helping hand.
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    Notice I said POPULAR formats, meaning a format where there is a significant amount of people who compete in it for tournaments and so on and so forth. Now Popular does not mean official even though two of the formats I will be covering were official formats being Japan Nintendo Cup and VGC, but it is an indicator of what a good portion of competitive players thought was “optimal” at the time. Also sometimes the Pokemon Battle Historia doesn't provide enough information to talk about certain Pokemon so I add Smogon analysis to make sense of it. This is pretty rare though.
    To the people asking why I don't cover Smogon Singles for Gens 1 and 2: It wouldn't really be a history video if I covered those because online Smogon gen 1 meta to my knowledge wasn't actually played until late 2000s. I wanted to cover tournaments/competitive battling that was actually played during the early years of Pokemon (late 90s).
    To the people asking why I cover Smogon at all for singles: To my knowledge, Smogon was the most popular format for Gens 3-5 and held a number of tournaments throughout the years. As for Gen 6, I am not covering Battle Spot Singles because there is more information and explanations about sets being used relative to their own meta on Smogon. In other words, there are few written analyses about Battle Spot Pokemon besides the Top tiers and I would like to avoid theorycrafting because it may have a hint of bias (though I theorycraft if I REALLY couldn't find information on a certain Pokemon). The keyword here is explanations. Though I did find statistics of most Pokemon used and most moves used, there wasn't really any explanations on why. Also the few Pokemon I did find analysis of for Top Tier Battle Spot Singles had very similar move sets to the Smogon OU sets anyway.
    For the record, I do not care what rules or formats people play their battles by nor am I saying these formats are the only formats that should be played. The way you play Pokemon is between you and your opponent and I will not fault you for using evasion or whatever, I just like examining popular tournament formats.
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  • @FalseSwipeGaming
    @FalseSwipeGaming  Před 6 lety +968

    Hello Everyone,
    We missed an important placing for Jumpluff in the video for VGC 2016. We deeply apologize for this.
    Jumpluff took 1st place at the German VGC 2016 Nationals on Arash Ommati's team. Jumpluff proved to be a great partner with Primal Groudon thanks to Chlorophyll and its support moves of encore, protect, sleep powder, and helping hand. It can outspeed many common threats and put them to sleep or provide a power boost with helping hand.
    czcams.com/video/HNIj8L9CfDU/video.html < Grand Finals Match
    www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/worlds/2016/teams/germany/
    Thank you to reddit user Bardock_RD for bringing it up.

    • @stephvondames6067
      @stephvondames6067 Před 6 lety +6

      False Swipe Gaming good to see you have a good day thanks for the video

    • @stephvondames6067
      @stephvondames6067 Před 6 lety +2

      Torterra next please

    • @stephvondames6067
      @stephvondames6067 Před 6 lety +1

      If you don't then whateverever I don't even care. I will still support you dude going to watch another later.

    • @Mijzelffan
      @Mijzelffan Před 6 lety +7

      I was just gonna mention that, really unfortunate you managed to miss it in the actual video

    • @JuanVilorio
      @JuanVilorio Před 6 lety +8

      Every first episode of the month I just wonder "what kind of crazy drug are the patrons on with these picks" but this time around I actually like this Pokemon lol

  • @thebahooplamaster
    @thebahooplamaster Před 6 lety +898

    0:50
    “Pokémon does weird stuff to your brain”
    Yeah. Like how it makes me buy every single one of its games.

  • @taylenday
    @taylenday Před 5 lety +751

    I dont care how good or bad Jumpluff is, its so freaking cute and unique and its shiny form is Pink! Lmao. I love you Jumpluff.

    • @drax1s729
      @drax1s729 Před 4 lety +26

      I'm going to save this comment for when you turn 30.

    • @kouron
      @kouron Před 3 lety +51

      @@drax1s729 Hi, im 30+ and I still love that cute little cotton ball. This and the larvitar line are my gen 2 favourites since its release.

    • @Spnoge
      @Spnoge Před 3 lety +7

      It’s liek my good boi! A smol blue bol with red eyes

    • @a-10warthog72
      @a-10warthog72 Před 3 lety +3

      Ha

    • @a-10warthog72
      @a-10warthog72 Před 3 lety +8

      @@drax1s729 sorry for that, man.
      Y r u gae

  • @Nuvizzle
    @Nuvizzle Před 6 lety +395

    I've always loved pokemon like Jumpluff. I think this video underrepresented how good it was ACTUALLY - it's hard to judge with something like Jumpluff how 'good' it is based solely on usage because it's just the kind of pokemon not many people will use, but when it was used it was generally used to great effect (as evidenced by it showing up in basically every tier even when it was placed in a low tier). Very very few pokemon can pull off a full support moveset and be considered worth a team slot, that alone is pretty impressive without even considering the level of prediction required to make it work.

    • @nachtaron
      @nachtaron Před 4 lety +28

      The problem is not that it's bad perse but more that the standard metagame has no room for the things it offers.

    • @StrawhatDawn
      @StrawhatDawn Před 4 lety +6

      I can’t speak for VGC doubles because I don’t play that but it’s def a good Pokémon in singles OU GEN 7. Matchups are one sided , good and bad.

    • @coldore6734
      @coldore6734 Před 3 lety +3

      A pokemon is good based on usage tho
      What do you think OU,UU,RU,NU, means

    • @coldore6734
      @coldore6734 Před 3 lety +3

      @O K then explain this
      Why was gen 3 camerupt in UU even though it has a very good was to be used in OU

    • @georgie984
      @georgie984 Před 2 lety +1

      @@coldore6734 same reason shedinja was an Uber killer for 3 gens, it just had a decent enough niche that fit to the play style at that moment. It could be awful and good at the same time.

  • @chamber8234
    @chamber8234 Před 6 lety +92

    The following Pokémon have already been analyzed:
    Aerodactyl
    Alakazam
    Ampharos
    Arcanine
    Articuno
    Azumarill
    Blastoise
    Blaziken
    Breloom
    Chansey/Blissey
    Charizard
    Clefable
    Cloyster
    Donphan
    Dragonite
    Dunsparce
    Espeon
    Feraligatr
    Flareon
    Garchomp
    Gardevoir
    Gengar
    Gligar/Gliscor
    Golbat/Crobat
    Gyarados
    Heracross
    Houndoom
    Jolteon
    Jumpluff
    Lapras
    Machamp
    Magneton/Magnezone
    Meganium
    Metagross
    Moltres
    Nidoking
    Onix/Steelix
    Pikachu
    Poliwrath
    Porygon/Porygon2
    Porygon-Z
    Quagsire
    Raichu
    Rhydon/Rhyperior
    Salamence
    Sceptile
    Scizor
    Seadra/Kingdra
    Shuckle
    Skarmory
    Slowbro
    Smeargle
    Sneasel/Weavile
    Snorlax
    Starmie
    Swampert
    Tauros
    Tentacruel
    Togetic/Togekiss
    Typhlosion
    Tyranitar
    Umbreon
    Unown ( czcams.com/video/qH659IHtjvU/video.html )
    Vaporeon
    Venusaur
    Wigglytuff
    Wobbuffet
    Zapdos
    Please vote on Pokémon that are NOT seen on this list for FalseSwipeGaming’s next analytic video.

    • @elevate07
      @elevate07 Před 6 lety +5

      ShinyAlakazamPlays Wow, I didn't notice how long he's been doing this for

    • @chamber8234
      @chamber8234 Před 6 lety

      elevate07 Yeah theres definitely a good bit of these videos

    • @turntsnaco824
      @turntsnaco824 Před 6 lety

      Catch 'em, catch 'em, gotta catch 'em all,
      Gotta catch 'em all...
      POKEMON!

  • @marceloSSJ
    @marceloSSJ Před 6 lety +139

    How GOOD was SPIKES ACTUALLY? - History of SPIKES in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 2-6)

    • @beunjoris
      @beunjoris Před 6 lety +8

      Please yes.

    • @RockruffRuinsGames
      @RockruffRuinsGames Před 6 lety +32

      marcelo js “In gen four It got HUGE competition from stealth rocks”

    • @cacs2201
      @cacs2201 Před 6 lety +3

      This would actually be fun to watch

  • @tails183
    @tails183 Před 6 lety +172

    "Daddy Groudon."
    I like this.

    • @ronswanson7371
      @ronswanson7371 Před 4 lety +4

      Fluffy Phoenix your profile 🤗😘😍

    • @Crayon_Egbert
      @Crayon_Egbert Před 3 lety +18

      What are you doing Step Groudon?~

    • @tails183
      @tails183 Před 3 lety +3

      I had no freaking clue what this was a response to when I saw it in the preview. This is great.

    • @_V.Va_
      @_V.Va_ Před 3 lety +3

      Don't forget "topping him off".

    • @markkart
      @markkart Před 2 lety

      @@_V.Va_ poor choice of words

  • @smackjack78
    @smackjack78 Před 5 lety +30

    This video helped me realize how adorable Jumpluff is and how interesting it’s strategy can be.

  • @angryredjuicebox6093
    @angryredjuicebox6093 Před 6 lety +487

    How good was Politoed actually? It'd be fun to see how much one ability let it soar and have a reign of dominating the tier.

    • @quitter3900
      @quitter3900 Před 6 lety +2

      AngryRedJuiceBox already done bb

    • @quitter3900
      @quitter3900 Před 6 lety +4

      Charlotte Buchanan oh fuck yeah you right my bad.

    • @captainangamos2212
      @captainangamos2212 Před 6 lety +20

      People in a decade are gonna found out about competitive gen5 Pokemon and marvel about how Politoed went from that odd guy in your family to the basis of a metagame religion.

    • @sayvionwashington1939
      @sayvionwashington1939 Před 6 lety +7

      "Politoed...fucking Politoed!"

    • @tonyg4889
      @tonyg4889 Před 6 lety +2

      *rain*
      t'was a joke

  • @toadstooltadd3843
    @toadstooltadd3843 Před 6 lety +242

    Me and my entire family are in Florida. They’re on the beach in the water, I’m watching an internet video about a dandelion fluff monster

    • @turntsnaco824
      @turntsnaco824 Před 6 lety +21

      As someone from Florida, trust me, you're not missing anything...
      You should at least be down there during sunset though. That's nice.

    • @EgorPoint
      @EgorPoint Před 6 lety +6

      I am in Moscow and was watching this video in the underground when all the happy football (erm, soccer) fans were returning from the match. 😅

    • @MemeMuseum23
      @MemeMuseum23 Před 6 lety

      I’m on the beach watching this 😆

    • @Samuel-pt2tl
      @Samuel-pt2tl Před 6 lety +3

      I'm pooping right now

    • @jonathanfranco8547
      @jonathanfranco8547 Před 4 lety +1

      @@turntsnaco824 it's such a pleasure to finally meet you Mr. Snaco. How's Arin been?

  • @goreangel1258
    @goreangel1258 Před 3 lety +132

    I feel Prankster should have been one of its abilities, making its status so much more powerful. Yes Chlorophyll is decent, but these days its a gimmick more than a useful ability

    • @barkey5741
      @barkey5741 Před rokem +2

      Prankster sleep powder

    • @isidorodaviddoro1920
      @isidorodaviddoro1920 Před 19 dny

      The most funny thing is that drayano and alphexcub Gave this ability to him in Pokemon Blaze Black 2 Redux

  • @coyraig8332
    @coyraig8332 Před 3 lety +64

    If jumpluff ever got spore it would instantly reach OU. It might even knock amoongus down a peg, since sleep before the opponent acts is always better than sleep after it

    • @InFiNiTeO7
      @InFiNiTeO7 Před rokem +1

      the benefit of slower sleep is that the sleep turn/counter doesn't burn on the moment you induce sleep this way.
      if you do a fast sleep, the sleep counter is already burned by 1, meaning there's now a chance the sleeping mon could wake up next turn.
      Each sleep burn increases the wake up chance by 25%, so that's why sometimes it's better for a sleep inducer to go last if they want their sweeper to setup or to pivot in an advantage mon.

  • @Czar_Khasm
    @Czar_Khasm Před 6 lety +217

    How Good Was Gen 1 Mechanics Part 3 ACTUALLY?

    • @JuanVilorio
      @JuanVilorio Před 6 lety +6

      Yes please, I've been waiting for that, and the continuation of the history of each type in competitive gaming

    • @Hayds126
      @Hayds126 Před 6 lety +7

      More how broken they were

    • @TheNorth15
      @TheNorth15 Před 6 lety +8

      Let's just put it this way. It took four generations to perfect those experimentally broken Gen 1 mechanics. Generation's 5 and up are all about balancing the Pokemon over the mechanics.

    • @Hayds126
      @Hayds126 Před 6 lety +7

      TheNorth15 yeah essentially
      Gen 1 broken mechanics
      Gen 2 special stat split
      Gen 3 better ev and iv system
      Gen 4 physical special move split
      Mechanics since then have stayed somewhat consistent with general balancing changes like weather from gen 5 to 6 and new additions like mega evolutions and z moves

    • @TheNorth15
      @TheNorth15 Před 6 lety

      Personally I like Generation 5 the best. Almost all of the new Pokemon evolution lines are competitively-viable and unique it's own right that today Gen 5 still dominates heavily in the meta while also re-balancing past classic Pokemon.

  • @aspifouette
    @aspifouette Před 6 lety +102

    How good was WEEZING actually ? I WILL NEVER GIVE UP !

    • @Freeeeeeeee27
      @Freeeeeeeee27 Před 6 lety +10

      Don't give up, I've got your back bro #HowgoodwasWeezing

    • @athensunited9047
      @athensunited9047 Před 6 lety

      He has a vid over weezing already

    • @Freeeeeeeee27
      @Freeeeeeeee27 Před 6 lety +2

      THIEN NGUYEN no he doesn't

    • @rufus8546
      @rufus8546 Před 6 lety +1

      Don't ever give up.

    • @aspifouette
      @aspifouette Před 6 lety +1

      Tj's Channel Thing I won’t. Thanks for the support !

  • @Klaire_Fluffle
    @Klaire_Fluffle Před 2 lety +13

    Some Pokémon probably deserve a re-do more than Jumpluff, but I'd really love to see one. This thing is a monster in the lower tiers and, of course, it always had some random niche in OU until Gen 6 came around.

  • @HeyHeyChey
    @HeyHeyChey Před 6 lety +410

    Wtf Parasect?
    How GOOD was Parasect actually?

    • @kingartemiz2xxx786
      @kingartemiz2xxx786 Před 6 lety +20

      That's an easy one:It just outright sucks, to the point of why does it even exist.

    • @HeyHeyChey
      @HeyHeyChey Před 6 lety +1

      King Sora2XXX But did you see this video?

    • @kingartemiz2xxx786
      @kingartemiz2xxx786 Před 6 lety +1

      Yeah. Well, really, all of them. I'm not an competitive player myself, but I do like watching these videos.

    • @groudonvert7286
      @groudonvert7286 Před 5 lety +1

      Parasect can counter Kyogre xD

    • @farmerwithshotgun5166
      @farmerwithshotgun5166 Před 5 lety +1

      @@groudonvert7286 Not really

  • @redhatgaming5308
    @redhatgaming5308 Před 6 lety +86

    How GOOD was SHEDINJA/ MEW ACTUALLY?!?!?! I wont give up.
    And before people say Shedinja is bad, he still has a vid on Dunsparce. We already knew it was bad, but he still did a vid on it.

    • @mrorcadood
      @mrorcadood Před 6 lety +2

      Except did you see the dunsparce video's publish date?

    • @redhatgaming5308
      @redhatgaming5308 Před 6 lety +1

      S*** that was awile ago. BUT he still did a vid.

    • @carldalord
      @carldalord Před 6 lety +2

      Kalkaskan Gamer yes we need shedinja

    • @Luablood
      @Luablood Před 6 lety +1

      Kalkaskan Gamer thing is dunsparce doesnt die when Hippodown Tyranitar or any pokemon with sandstorm ability... or attack comes out on the battle field... or light a match...

    • @madkip07
      @madkip07 Před 6 lety +2

      How about the other side of the spectrum? How good was NINJASK actually?

  • @gigastrike2
    @gigastrike2 Před 6 lety +46

    Here's a great one. Not one of those super pandery analyses of Pokemon that we already know are broken, it's an actually informative look at a Pokemon you wouldn't expect.

  • @BlazetheCat130
    @BlazetheCat130 Před 6 lety +237

    How Good was Electabuzz/Electivire Actually?

    • @screw_u_drew
      @screw_u_drew Před 6 lety

      BlazetheCat130 This needs way more likes

    • @skycrimestv7165
      @skycrimestv7165 Před 6 lety +9

      it sucked
      saved you a 15 minute video

    • @StarwingN
      @StarwingN Před 6 lety +1

      Yeah it sucked, just like you Clayton Griffin.. fuck off, you damn nerd.

    • @skycrimestv7165
      @skycrimestv7165 Před 6 lety +6

      i mean it did suck
      it's been bottom tier since gen 4 where it was OU once

    • @zenah20
      @zenah20 Před 6 lety +2

      Dencent

  • @escought
    @escought Před 2 lety +5

    Damn, the production value here is through the roof! Thanks for covering my favorite Pokemon.

  • @shantypantiess6587
    @shantypantiess6587 Před 6 lety +100

    Must do it!
    How GOOD was Electabuzz & Electivire ACTUALLY?

  • @PerrinAybara752
    @PerrinAybara752 Před 6 lety +159

    How GOOD was Kangaskhan ACTUALLY??

    • @raphaelkhoury218
      @raphaelkhoury218 Před 6 lety +2

      Zoares Zeta yeah!!!! 😍😍😍😍😉

    • @adrianbancroft8803
      @adrianbancroft8803 Před 6 lety +1

      It sucked till it got a mega then it was broken

    • @yungmuney5903
      @yungmuney5903 Před 6 lety

      Zoares Zeta That's a funny way of spelling Mega Kangaskhan.

    • @zachuvgc8660
      @zachuvgc8660 Před 6 lety +4

      A brief overview of Kangaskhan
      Gen 1: Decent at best
      Gen 2: It would be better to use Hitmontpp
      Gen 3: It would be better to use Hariyama
      Gen 4: It would be better to use Infernape
      Gen 5: It would be better to use Scrafty
      Gen 6: Mega, boot to Uber
      Gen 7: Mega, still Uber

  • @u1ti
    @u1ti Před 6 lety +4

    Jumpluff is like one of my favorite pokemon since gen 2, so I was pleasantly surprised to see this video!
    I'd like to see you review Hitmontop at some point

  • @tommaconda
    @tommaconda Před 6 lety +26

    This set is fun in battle spot singles:
    252 def, sp def 4 hp
    Ability: Infiltrator
    Cotton guard
    Amnesia
    Strength sap/synthesis (your prefrence)
    Infestation

    • @tyvonable
      @tyvonable Před 2 lety

      And 1 taunt and your are forced to switch

  • @XXXEmpoleon
    @XXXEmpoleon Před 6 lety +164

    _110 Speed Infiltrator Spore_
    If not for sleep clause... That would be far too overpowered

    • @sora4440
      @sora4440 Před 6 lety +41

      If not for sleep clause, alot of pokemon would be op. Same with Evasion clause. Every pokemon would run sleep talk and every pokemon would run moves like swift...

    • @PreciousLuna1988
      @PreciousLuna1988 Před 6 lety +10

      there should really be no sleep or evasion clause since both have plenty of good counters especially evasion.

    • @shigerufan1
      @shigerufan1 Před 6 lety +6

      Sora4440 foresight and odor sleuth would also end up being core moves

    • @zombieb0mb
      @zombieb0mb Před 6 lety +23

      Pipper The Vaporeon Don't be an idiot. The only good move that checks accuracy is Smart Strike. Evasion Clause is fair.

    • @rusty8311
      @rusty8311 Před 6 lety +14

      Yung Rat Poison aka Lil Triple Beam Balance Plus evasion is all luck no competitiveness to it

  • @PumPuum
    @PumPuum Před 6 lety +97

    How *GOOD* were *MISDREAVUS* and *MISMAGIUS* Actually?
    *I WONT STOP*

    • @gians.9880
      @gians.9880 Před 6 lety +2

      I'll try to push u up there, bud.

    • @remryukcreepy
      @remryukcreepy Před 6 lety

      Oh I came here to post this one, have an upvote my man

  • @Pizza_Is_Cool
    @Pizza_Is_Cool Před 6 lety +5

    I've been binge-watching this series recently and I'd love to see a breakdown of Heatran's effectiveness across generations. It's mentioned a lot in previous videos for its status as a bulky Fire-type with assorted status and Hidden Power usage.
    A dissection of its competitive history would make for a pretty interesting video and also add some much-needed context regarding Heatran's viability for people who watch regularly but aren't as familiar with the competitive scene.

    • @HannibalKantter
      @HannibalKantter Před 2 lety

      Welp, it's been 3 years and we still don't have the Heatran video

  • @AndrewCheshire
    @AndrewCheshire Před 4 lety +17

    "Pokémon does weird things to your brain."
    Dude, so true... so true...

  • @MrJohnReviews
    @MrJohnReviews Před 6 lety +107

    How BORDERLINE was Staraptor ACTUALLY?

    • @EdmacZ
      @EdmacZ Před 6 lety +12

      Staraptor: The Borderline Bird.

    • @Matanumi
      @Matanumi Před 6 lety +4

      close combat though

    • @90Rush
      @90Rush Před 6 lety +7

      Surprised it stays in UUBL, when pokemon like Gyarados, Haxorus, Hydreigon, and normal Metagross fall to UU.

    • @yungmuney5903
      @yungmuney5903 Před 6 lety +3

      HighBunker HxH Parodies How come Staraptor learns close combat but Braviary doesn't?

    • @Marcusjnmc
      @Marcusjnmc Před 6 lety

      it's a lesser known VGC staple with scarf final gambit on trick room teams, not always used but sees some success just about every format

  • @SSB_Seal
    @SSB_Seal Před 6 lety +255

    How good was walrein actually?

    • @SSB_Seal
      @SSB_Seal Před 6 lety +9

      (I know he’s not great I just want a video on my boy)

    • @MaahirMomtaz12
      @MaahirMomtaz12 Před 6 lety

      Walrein was good in Gen 3

    • @NickinolegzVA
      @NickinolegzVA Před 6 lety

      Sup Seal~ While doing Walrein, might as well do Glalie or Froslass too.

    • @dj.h8374
      @dj.h8374 Před 6 lety

      Avalugg is overall a better defensive ice type
      -Better defense [but worse sp defense]
      -Better attack
      -Rapid spin
      -Reliable recovery
      Also it faces competition from Lapas as a slow bulky water/ice type

    • @SuperGuldo
      @SuperGuldo Před 6 lety +1

      avalugg is complete shit lmao

  • @BisharpnearOhio
    @BisharpnearOhio Před 3 lety +9

    Is nobody gonna mention the fact that Jumpluff is #69 in the Johto dex?

  • @andy150395
    @andy150395 Před 6 lety +1

    Happy to see one of my two favourite Pokémon covered. I know it isn't the best but thank you patrons for covering the best puffball

  • @brazguard3akabg357
    @brazguard3akabg357 Před 6 lety +156

    How GOOD was Misdreavus/Mismagius ACTUALLY?

  • @KingJamyJames
    @KingJamyJames Před 6 lety +103

    How GOOD was Mew ACTUALLY

  • @1991birthday
    @1991birthday Před 6 lety +5

    I find it funny that I was playing Crystal last night, evolved my Skiploom into Jumpluff & used it to take down the fifth gym. It had a lot of help from my Noctowl but it was a lot of help since it resisted fighting & could get status conditions down, using peck throughout the entire gym with my Noctowl wasn't going to cut it, especially that Hitmonlee two shotted it in the beginning so Jumpluff came in & was like, I have your back. Kinda funny this video on Jumpluff was uploaded the same day I used mine to take down the fifth gym in the Johto region. I actually just kept it on my team because I couldn't afford potions & leach seed helped out.

    • @nift36
      @nift36 Před rokem

      Lmao
      I used Jumpluff to take down Morty and Pryce

  • @KahunaLagoona
    @KahunaLagoona Před 6 lety +98

    How Good was SCYTHER Actually?
    Come on, you guys teased it in the Scizor video that it was good enough for its own, time to pay up!

  • @shyla2653
    @shyla2653 Před 6 lety +114

    How GOOD was Roselia and Roserade ACTUALLY ?

  • @irwanimationtad
    @irwanimationtad Před 2 lety +5

    With all the legendary and scary mon in vgc. I've never expected a ball of grass with pompom being one of the most successful mon in tournament

  • @90Rush
    @90Rush Před 6 lety +5

    Misdreavus is an extremely interesting pokemon. Be sure to talk about one of the weirdest sets that could only work in Gen 3: Imprison.

  • @agamemnon7518
    @agamemnon7518 Před 6 lety +243

    How good was Mewtwo Actually? You still owe us for that stunt you pulled...

    • @rohitbhavsar1464
      @rohitbhavsar1464 Před 6 lety +1

      Alex Simon yes

    • @ashenfire749
      @ashenfire749 Před 6 lety +26

      uber, uber, uber, uber, uber, uber, uber. that's it.

    • @telecaster894
      @telecaster894 Před 6 lety +1

      Alex Simon bump

    • @DarkClown06
      @DarkClown06 Před 6 lety +2

      What story? I'm lost. I've always thought that Mewtwo was just the generic "too strong" Pokémon.

    • @MattDustyParker
      @MattDustyParker Před 6 lety +3

      Lol we patreons pulled that one 😂😂

  • @Nonsensei7
    @Nonsensei7 Před 6 lety +8

    I look forward to every episode of this series. Sundays are pretty damn great because of this. ^^

  • @Heru_Iluvatar
    @Heru_Iluvatar Před 6 lety +1

    Just discovered this channel. Time to binge!

  • @cobalt7248
    @cobalt7248 Před 2 lety +1

    To me, it never mattered how good or bad Jumpluff has been in Competitive Pokémon. Cottomew the Jumpluff kicked butt in my Pokémon Blazing Emerald Playthrough, no matter what it faced: it put Pokémon to sleep and guaranteed a capture, wrecked everything with Needle Arm, always dished out critical hits, and KILLED STEVEN'S METAGROSS when 2/3 of my team was basically dead.
    It might be silly to worship a Pokémon whose status is nowhere near PokéGod levels, but Cottomew deserves all of the praise I could give to anything.
    Once again, another amazing video, FSG!

  • @jrsooner
    @jrsooner Před 6 lety +106

    How good was Aggron please, wanna see the Steel Behemoths history

    • @micdrop344
      @micdrop344 Před 6 lety +6

      Evan Schwarz, short summary: started amazing, but slid every generation onward. It's Mega didn't even help too much.

    • @OnlyNeedJuan
      @OnlyNeedJuan Před 6 lety +5

      The TL:DR, is alright, started off well but its horrid typing kept biting it in the ass as more pokes managed to abused it. The Mega is a monster, but not top tier.

    • @dj.h8374
      @dj.h8374 Před 6 lety +1

      Mic Drop
      Its mega dragged it out of the pits of nu/pu and brought it to uu

  • @SonBlackHeart22
    @SonBlackHeart22 Před 6 lety +23

    I want to see how good was Parasect actually because I'm curious how it worked in competitive.

    • @Marcusjnmc
      @Marcusjnmc Před 6 lety +3

      very niche, but uniquely has rage powder, wide guard & spore along with a surprisingly usable attack stat & swords dance

    • @l.b1757
      @l.b1757 Před 6 lety +3

      It didn't lol

    • @c_f0rce
      @c_f0rce Před 6 lety

      In singles no use. In doubles it had rage power i guess. But Jumpluff was just better parasect.

    • @Marcusjnmc
      @Marcusjnmc Před 6 lety +1

      it's more similar to Amoongus than Jumpluff, being a slow spore user

  • @MapCRimSoNCobRa117
    @MapCRimSoNCobRa117 Před 6 lety +86

    DUGTRIO, EXEGGUTOR, KANGASKHAN.
    3 gen 1 pokemon that, given the correct generation, would be top tier threats. Even in multiple gens. Yet they don't have a video.
    They should have a video.

    • @jaidencarvalho1761
      @jaidencarvalho1761 Před 6 lety +1

      CRimZ Indeed they should!

    • @MapCRimSoNCobRa117
      @MapCRimSoNCobRa117 Před 6 lety +2

      Also before I get 40 replies of "what about Mewtwo/Mew/Persian/Jynx/Weezing/Pidgey/Etc." Let me just say, stop.

    • @nakiawaldsmithjr4794
      @nakiawaldsmithjr4794 Před 6 lety

      Executtor has a video

    • @mrorcadood
      @mrorcadood Před 6 lety +2

      How Godly was Pidgey ACTUALLY?
      Duh, ubers every gen, better than Mewtwo

    • @sabe11a39
      @sabe11a39 Před 6 lety

      Also Jynx and Golem.

  • @raoramesh4349
    @raoramesh4349 Před 2 lety +6

    I still remember beating a talonflame with a jumpluff in a random battle on Showdown

  • @darquezze306
    @darquezze306 Před 6 lety +48

    How GOOD was Flygon or Dugtrio ACTUALLY?

  • @endre7984
    @endre7984 Před 6 lety +18

    How good were Misdreavus and later Mismagius actually?

  • @bloopertanooki415
    @bloopertanooki415 Před 3 lety +7

    Jumpluff is one of the many reasons I love Gen 2. So many good and wholesome desgins. I need to get a shiny pink pluff someday.

  • @PhantomBunny888
    @PhantomBunny888 Před 6 lety +6

    I'm glad old puff had some utility at least; it makes me happy to see weaker mons have a niche. Gotta love the underdog.

  • @ratratratratratratratratrat

    How GOOD was Dugtrio ACTUALLY? Seriously you talk about it with every Steel type.

  • @TaurusOxford
    @TaurusOxford Před 6 lety +21

    How GOOD was Pidgeot ACTUALLY?

  • @nyoron39
    @nyoron39 Před 6 lety

    Woah, I was expecting a video full of trashtalking against the cottonball, but it was better than I expected.
    Great video, man.

  • @ashenwolf3846
    @ashenwolf3846 Před 3 lety +3

    Giving Jumpluff a mega evolution would make it good. Give him a grass/steel, with Huge Power as it's ability make its Speed 130 and the other 80 stats divide it between its Atk and Sp. Atk. There now he's a monster.

  • @The1_Static-X_Fan
    @The1_Static-X_Fan Před 6 lety +16

    How good was Exeggutor actually?

  • @EdmacZ
    @EdmacZ Před 6 lety +18

    How Good was Roselia/Roserade ACTUALLY?

  • @mizumomochi
    @mizumomochi Před 6 lety +19

    Fighting for Persian

  • @SethWistful
    @SethWistful Před 6 lety

    I don't know who your writer is, but they deserve a pay raise. Great video!

  • @paulhankinson1
    @paulhankinson1 Před 6 lety +39

    How good was Muk actually?

  • @endermewtwogaming2817
    @endermewtwogaming2817 Před 6 lety +8

    How good was exeggutor actually? i`ll never give up on this damn palm tree!

    • @moisesgonzalez372
      @moisesgonzalez372 Před 6 lety +1

      That is a good idea maybe it will show alola Exeggutor.

  • @kevinparsons5329
    @kevinparsons5329 Před 6 lety +28

    How good was weezing actually?

  • @ArtanisOwns
    @ArtanisOwns Před 6 lety

    these videos are really growing on me i like them

  • @diaryofagoat-lass1023
    @diaryofagoat-lass1023 Před 6 lety +4

    How good was Flygon actually!! I'd love to see Misdrevous too!

  • @dededeisdosh4450
    @dededeisdosh4450 Před 6 lety +21

    How GOOD was Exeggutor actually?

  • @greatwhite3512
    @greatwhite3512 Před 6 lety +2

    You guys need to have a episode that comes out on Thursday or Friday plus the one on Sunday

  • @stephenveerasammy3074
    @stephenveerasammy3074 Před 6 lety +3

    Woah, in 20 hours you got 2000 comments. Your channel is awesome!
    How good. Was electabuzz

  • @sosams
    @sosams Před 6 lety +48

    Next should be Exeggutor, please

  • @mrinfinity5557
    @mrinfinity5557 Před 6 lety +11

    How good was the only pokemon to be Ubers all generations, Mewtwo?

  • @arjenachten5849
    @arjenachten5849 Před 6 lety +14

    How GOOD were Misdreavus and Mismagius ACTUALLY

  • @chasejc5846
    @chasejc5846 Před 6 lety

    My god I remember when he had 3k subs 158k you can be serious damn man you keep at it youll be at a million in no time

  • @vegetavsluigi
    @vegetavsluigi Před 6 lety +4

    My most notable memory of Jumpluff is when I used it in LeafGreen to catch Raikou without using a Master Ball. That Speed with Sleep Powder is a force to be reckoned with.

  • @Yaboiwild
    @Yaboiwild Před 6 lety +43

    Weezing?

  • @AlastorNahIdWinRadioDemon

    I do find it funny that it had more VGC play time than half the other Pokemon you've covered.

  • @abdullahellahib6345
    @abdullahellahib6345 Před 6 lety

    Lucario and gen 1 explained part 3; love your videos

  • @greninja3164
    @greninja3164 Před 6 lety +7

    How good was mewtwo ACTUALLY?

  • @terrariaskeletonpre1.0.39
    @terrariaskeletonpre1.0.39 Před 6 lety +81

    how *GOOD* was sableye actually?

    • @yungmuney5903
      @yungmuney5903 Před 6 lety +3

      Byron Slowe That's a funny way of spelling Mega Sableye.

  • @omar.4362
    @omar.4362 Před 6 lety

    i was expecting to see comments on the actual content of the video, but its just suggestions for the next one. can we change that? i feel like you made someone like me who isnt competitive at all and has never pokemon battled another player invested in the ups and downs of Jumpluff's ride through the metas. thanks, False Swipe!

  • @phantoom7166
    @phantoom7166 Před 6 lety +18

    HOW GOOD WAS OMASTAR/LORD HELIX

  • @GliffeRox
    @GliffeRox Před 6 lety +25

    How good was Pidgeot or Staraptor actually please.

    • @xyzgamer100
      @xyzgamer100 Před 6 lety +3

      G Rox staraptor plz

    • @alexroth67
      @alexroth67 Před 6 lety +3

      Staraptor, the forever UUBL Pokemon.

    • @GliffeRox
      @GliffeRox Před 6 lety

      I really need to know how they did. I feel like the route 1 birds need some love here.

  • @jeanrivera6123
    @jeanrivera6123 Před 6 lety +1

    At least it looks adorable. I’ve always had a soft spot for it, even went out of my way to catch a hoppip in Gale of Darkness and train it up to a Jumpluff in every play through.

  • @JoeSmith-db4rq
    @JoeSmith-db4rq Před 4 lety +2

    Ahhhhhh, will never forget in Gen 6 (when I started playing Showdown) when I really loved Jumpluff (for some reason) and got onto the ladder with a team carried by Sub/Leech Seed/Sleep Powder/Infestation Jumpluff lmaooooo it was so toxic but it surprisingly worked quite well.
    HOWEVER. I don't care if it destroys the meta game... GIVE. JUMPLUFF. SPORE. It literally uses it in the gen 2 anime :(

  • @ViperMagnum7
    @ViperMagnum7 Před 6 lety +17

    How good was Kingler ACTUALLY?

    • @JayWagner
      @JayWagner Před 6 lety

      ViperMagnum7: he’s all ready done that

    • @MegaLazyguy123
      @MegaLazyguy123 Před 6 lety +2

      Jay Wagner no he did kingdra

  • @Salnax
    @Salnax Před 6 lety +14

    38 Gen 1 Pokemon Remain!
    Butterfree, Beedrill, Pidgeot, Raticate, Fearow, Arbok, Sandslash, Nidoqueen, Ninetales, Parasect, Venomoth, Dugtrio, Pertsian, Golduck, Primeape, Victreebell, Golem, Rapidash, Farfecth'd, Dodrio, Dewgong, Muk, Kingler, Electrode, Exeggcutor, Marowak, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Weezing, Kangaskhan, Seaking, Mr Mime, Jynx, Pinsir, Ditto, Omastar, Kabutops, and Mewtwo.
    Of these, I think the outstanding choices are Pidgeot, Golem, Pinsir, Omastar, and Mewtwo, Pidgeot was the original common bird, Golem is the only member of the four original trade evolutions not to get an episode (despite being big in G1), Pinsir was the the original badass bug, Omastar is Helix, and Mewtwo is Mewtwo.

    • @goGothitaLOL
      @goGothitaLOL Před 6 lety +4

      Salnax you forgot Electabuzz and Magmar

    • @Salnax
      @Salnax Před 6 lety +1

      Oh darn. I forgot about Pokemon that got evolutions later.

    • @goGothitaLOL
      @goGothitaLOL Před 6 lety +2

      Salnax as well Tangela

    • @KahunaLagoona
      @KahunaLagoona Před 6 lety +3

      You forgot Scyther, there's a Scizor vid, but they said Scyther was good enough of a pokemon to deserve its own video.

    • @thomasborta6559
      @thomasborta6559 Před 6 lety +1

      And mew

  • @winterseve6551
    @winterseve6551 Před 6 lety +7

    How good was misdreaveous and mismagius actually?

  • @neon6691
    @neon6691 Před 5 lety +1

    I had a funny double jumpluff gimmick set. I had a Z-Splash Bullet Seed and another that only Rage Powdered and Encored awake things.
    It was only used in a casual tournament at my school but it won't because no one ran grass to support their teams.

  • @thetrashtrain3774
    @thetrashtrain3774 Před 6 lety +6

    Mewtwo!! It should have had its video ages ago!

  • @Toad901
    @Toad901 Před 6 lety +9

    How GOOD was MewTwo ACTUALLY?

  • @armorbearer9702
    @armorbearer9702 Před rokem +1

    In Colosseum, Jumpluff was a must. It was the only fast status inducer in the beginning.

  • @impulse1228
    @impulse1228 Před 6 lety +2

    what about golem? i wanna see what happened to the gen 1 rock battle

  • @Luna-Lux
    @Luna-Lux Před 6 lety +24

    How good was the steel dinosaur, Aggron, anyways?

    • @EdmacZ
      @EdmacZ Před 6 lety +1

      Terrible typing, bad Special Defense.
      Not very good. It had that whole Head Smash + Rock Head thing going which was pretty awesome, but that's it. Pretty subpar until it got its Mega.

    • @thomaswest2583
      @thomaswest2583 Před 6 lety

      I think its more of a giant lizard.

  • @skye.xv88
    @skye.xv88 Před 6 lety +8

    Now I REALLY wanna see Misdreavus and Mismagius ACTUALLY

  • @emerylafleur
    @emerylafleur Před 6 lety +3

    how good was weezing actually? i've heard you mention it a lot in gens 3 and 4 specifically and now i'm curious

  • @tatsukinomiya
    @tatsukinomiya Před 6 lety

    Not the best Pokemon competitively, but I have seen a new light on this Pokemon after this video. Didn't know all of these feats it got throughout its time. I don't remember ever losing to it in my plays, but nice to see what others have done with it.

  • @comicdell1889
    @comicdell1889 Před 6 lety +5

    How good was Electubuz/Electivire actually?

  • @HauntedDitto
    @HauntedDitto Před 6 lety +7

    How GOOD was Ditto ACTUALLY?

  • @Verydespicablegru
    @Verydespicablegru Před 2 lety +3

    In my opnion,gen 2 grass type pokemon are so cool,i really like meganium,sunflora,bellosom and jumpluff.And i have quite struggle to choose the one i will use.

    • @HannibalKantter
      @HannibalKantter Před 2 lety

      Bellossom and Jumpluff are good, Meganium and Sunflora are trash, so I see quite an easy picking, specially since Bellossom and Jumpluff play different roles and you can use both

  • @JN1LES
    @JN1LES Před 6 lety +18

    How good was *Marowak* actually?

  • @wolfox7776
    @wolfox7776 Před 6 lety +11

    How good were Roselia and Roserade actually

  • @Wolfism-je4vb
    @Wolfism-je4vb Před 6 lety +62

    Please, do Persian or Mewtwo next time🐈🐅

    • @jaidencarvalho1761
      @jaidencarvalho1761 Před 6 lety

      Wolf1991ism Yes!

    • @sus4644
      @sus4644 Před 6 lety

      Wolf1991ism did u just assume mewtwo is a dog? Mewtwo is a damn clone of a cat fetus.