How GOOD was Garchomp ACTUALLY? - History of Garchomp in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 4-6)
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- GARCHOMP! The Land Shark Pokemon! Cynthia’s ace Pokemon and one of the biggest powerhouses in the franchise in almost every iteration since its introduction in Gen 4. We already know that this Pokemon is good so lets just see how powerful it really is! Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Garchomp in Competitive Pokemon!
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14:22 Lol I didn't catch this while editing or voice recording >_< I meant to say scarfed salamence, mega gardevoir, and hydreigon but salamence and mega gardevoir are switched in the script. Megas cant have other items lol. My b
False Swipe Gaming lol thats so silly and funny
scarfed mega gardevoir? lol, megas can't have held items, or else they'll be too overpowe..oh wait, mega Rayquaza exists -_-
False Swipe Gaming you forgot to put iron head in the popular moves bit
False Swipe Gaming metagross next?
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A gen 4 Garchomp walks into a bar. The bartender then grows extremely nervous because there's no counter
Ba-dum-tsss!
How have gone this long without hearing this joke?!
#bestgarchompjokeever
Fuckin fantastic.
lol
Gen 4 garchomp makes you wish ice types resisted stuff, like dragon, ground.
I understand the reason why ice is so useless in defence,i *understand*,but I don't agree on. It should at least resist...something. Or at least not have any weakness besides fire imo.
Gabriel Cooper eh that’s pushing, at least weak to fire/steel and rock
@Alex 3:16 XVII water is warmer than ice
@Alex 3:16 XVII ice is not weak to water... Right? If so, wtf
Ice should resist Dragon and Ground.
if garchomp ever gets dragon dance, ubers might become its home again
@Zedrik Allen sounds scary
or agility, or just any speed boosting move like tailwind or something idk lol a year later
¿Ubers? You mean AG.
@Zedrik Allen In ubers this would probably be prefereable over life orb garchomp cuz of longevity and the speed tier being lower overall in Ubers.
@@caviaporcellus7253 it already has agility tho
The fact that Garchomp and Salamance was good enough to stand tall next to Zekrom, Reshiram, Rayquaza, and Kyreum is awesome.
A problem with a lot of the box art legendaries like Palkia, Dialga, Zekrom, Reshiram, Rayquaza, Kyurem is their speed tier. They're almost always base 90 and rarely base 100. That means that Garchomp at base 102 can outspeed it, which gives it a very serious function in the ubers metagame of those older generations.
@@MrPatrickbuit I agree.
@@MrPatrickbuit Garchomp's natural bulk also lets it eat a Swords Danced Rayquaza E-Speed and not die to weak Ice Beams in a single hit. Also, until Mence got mega evolution, it was kinda part of the supporting cast next to Rayquaza as it's basically MiniQuaza with a little more speed (each beating up and/or cleaning up stuff that can take one of their beatings but not both). Playing against it in 4th gen OU was always interesting and I initially dismissed it as an Uber candidate though that could be because I was most of the time able to deal with it with stuff that was basically mandatory or you lose which in retrospect isn't healthy. It was a similar case to Chomp minus the Sand Veil miss hax.
@@coin4898 Hard to say. Garchomp's never been below OU. Hydreigon's either been OU or been able to carve out a niche in OU even when it's been UU. Dragonite's slow, but really good with Multiscale and solid overall bulk. Haxorus is a wrecking ball but held back by its awkward speed tier, its frailty and somewhat lacking movepool in comparison. It can 2HKO even resists such as Skarmory with boosted Outrages though so that's something. The statistics seem clear that Garchomp is the best of that little bunch since it's got a really good mix of power, speed and bulk and a good enough movepool.
@@coin4898 it's not enough to consider overall viability of a pokemon. Garchomp, hydreigon, and dragonite all excel at different things, so just because garchomp has historically been more viable doesn't mean it's a better choice for your team. In terms of tanking hits, dragonite is better with its superior overall bulk and multiscale. Hydreigon offers defog support, which may be essential for your team if you're running pokemon 4x weak to rocks (like volcarona). Haxorus is completely outclassed by garchomp, unfortunately, because they fulfill sort of similar niches (except garchomp is much more versatile) and garchomp does almost everything haxorus does better (except maybe choice band wallbreaking).
Garchomp was so powerful, it made Gamefreak force a new type just to check it.
And most of the new type loses to Garchomp anyway cause Garchomp is faster than most of them and it learns both Iron Head and Poison Jab
And its not even like fairy does anything to garchomp. Because it doesnt play like a dragon, its a fast ground type, outrage wasnt something people want to be locked into for neutral damage, and earthquake gets type effectivness
@kwstas kwsta Yup, You dont need to make a new type to counter something when there already existed something else that did that same job, the only issue was people just weren't as willing to use it and just wanted to complain when garchomp wrecked them because they didnt want to use ice types
implying gamefreak cares about metagame
they literally gave garchomp a megaevolution
@@Ranzord95 arguably worse than the original lol
this pokemon swims in land. its a freakin dinosaur/hammerhead shark yet is considered a dragon. how metal is that?
Eclipse it even has a MEGA EVOLUTION
But, the mega sucks, so don't count it
And as the anime shows it can also fly, with its pokedex entries even stating that it can fly at the speed of sound.
It can also fly as fast as a fighter jet
garchomp is a plane, a boat and a car lol
A while back I caught a Gible and I named it "Sharky..."
He's one of my best now.
But.....
"Sharky" is my name for garchomp :(
Lol kidding that's a cool name
Tony Shark
Not related to Garchomp but I just wanted to say love the profile pic; Pikmin 3 Deluxe is coming soon
I had a garchomp named "Nibbles"
My garchomp is named "Garchu"
Whoever made Chomp Naruto Run across the field in Gen 4, thank you.
PBR animations are amazing as always!
Sreenath S yes they are
That is not the sonic imitation it is the way it flies yeah garchomp flies
@@Ob1tuber Its the pokemon Diamond pokedex entry that states about garchomp flying, now of course it states that fact in the pearl and platinum entry, but its really about the speed it talks about.
And this is why Sword and Shield Animations suck
I had a level 100 garchomp in platnum. Then my younger brother traided it for a tropius
F
Tropius is good dude...ok im kidding
Of course your kid brother is not alive anymore...
R.I.P
F
Pokedex: Garchomp flies at Sonic speeds.
Sonic speeds? Yes.
Learns fly? No.
Naruto runs at sonic speeds*
@@tearswithouteyes8220 Garchomp is capable of actual flight though
It lacks
-flying type
-wings
@@Kxy2x The extensions on garchomp's arms are wings
@@koga477 but he is a land shark pokemon not a shark sky pokemon
The fact that a single swords dance garchomp could two hit KO EVERY SINGLE POKÉMON IN THE GAME is one of the most insane things i’ve ever heard.
I mean, so can Haxorus & it just needs +1 to do that, not even +2
@@zekrom320 Well in the Haxorus vid, Haxorus couldn’t 2 hit KO ferrothorn using earthquake even with +2 unless it used Superpower or in Sw/Sh Close Combat (Yes it learned Close Combat and so did a bunch more pokemon)
@@ryanphan6134 It doesn't need Superpower.
A +1 Low Kick is all it needs to deal with Ferrothorn
@@zekrom320 Yeah except it being just a worse version of Garchomp. Lower BST, near enough same coverage, lower speed and lacks secondary STAB. The only things Haxorus has over Garchomp are it's Attack and Dragon Dance, but tbh Garchomp with DD would probably be in Ubers
Tbf hes not the only one. Back in the latias in gen 4 ou days Smogon created a create a team program, where they built teams around a mon. It was found out that, with Guts and SD, Heracross would be able to ohko everything with coverage. The team was thus about paralyzying everything
Its so crazy to think Garchomp was once the single most op pkmn in OU, considering it now dropped to UU
Another fun fact is that Garchomp is one of the top 50 most popular Pokemon of all time.Those 49 Pokemon (not counting Pikachu) means that it can be considered as an equal mascot like Pikachu along with all the other Pokemon.
Gen 9 powercreep is crazy man
Nah its ou again
@@Devin64589 uu again lol
The crazier part is that it got Spikes in this gen... SPIKES!! It already had Stealth Rocks, but now it can be a dual-hazard setter while having Sand Veil (or Rough Skin where Sand Veil isn't allowed) with Scale Shot, Draco Meteor, Earthquake, Crunch, etc. to slot into its moveset. It can even use Toxic, Dragon Tail, or Protect to rack up damage. And it can *Tera* in this Gen, so it can go Ghost to prevent Rapid Spin, or (more likely) Tera Fairy or Steel for defense or Dragon or Ground for offense.
And yet it's still UU-
"But perhaps, the best fairy type counter was togekiss..."
Surprise surprise, another cinthya's starter...
Starter?
@@AwesomeHairo Cynthia got her Togekiss from an egg given to her by her grandma. In Platinum, the player at some point gets a Togepi egg from Cynthia, the egg itself possibly being laid by her Togekiss.
that reminds me to finish my replay of platinum
I've never seen someone spell Cynthia so wrong
@@TrueSargent okay...
Imagine if Mega Garchomp had Sand Rush instead of Sand Force. It would be so much better if it did.
It has sand veil
@@boas7742 no, it doesn't.
@@boas7742 Sand Veil is for a normal Garchomp, not its Mega Evolved form.
Jerry Huang sorry misread thought you meant regular because why would anyone use mega
@Ian_Choi 20261121 Yeah, Baton pass banned did hurt
Fun Fact: The three fastest Psuedo Legendaries are separated by 2 points each. Salamence's 100 was ahead of Hydreigon's 98 and Garchomp's 102 is 2 points ahead of Salamence
Well, this aged poorly
*Dragapult laughs in the background*
Goddamnit Dragapult you ruined everything.
@@SeriousStriker Dragapult loves to eat Knock Off.
@@RandalfElVikingo Dragapult gets wrecked by Weaville.
@@matguimond92 Dragapult gets wrecked by anything. He does not pack enough punch to 1hit KO a lot of Pokémon that can beat him.
While I don't favor the Fairy type, it was necessary to balance to game. It gave Dragons another weakness, and it strengthened both the Steal Type and Poison Type, both were in desperate need of an attack buff, especially Poison since it was only super effective against grass. Fighting and Dark were both strong types with only 2 weaknesses, and Fighting types were extremely powerful (especially in gen 5). All of these game imbalances were solved by introducing one new type.
I would be okay with fairy if bug was effective against it.
Camp Fortson
The type would instantly become ass, do you know how many run U-Turn?
@@pinkmann8399 that seems a bit extreme, instantly become unviable?
Or fire type moves could be effective. The type already resists fairy. Or maybe a single fire type move, kind of of like freeze dry
@Hope Bagel Some bug have poison in their body in real life so no. I think it should be stronger than steel due to the fact that acid ruin metal objet.
When smogon banned Garchomp to ubers some top players just swapped in gabite and kept winning OU tournaments
Lolll
Wait really ?
@@FlamieDoc no they didn't
@@kth333 sand veil
@@kth333 nah, only garchomp in gen 4
14:26
Baby sharks are named pups so perhaps calling Garchomp a "top dog" isn't too off.. top pup?
I'm sorry but you can't just say "baby shark" dude that's insanely fucked
As a man of science I agree with this
@@cooperm4185 lmao
@@cooperm4185 du du du du du
@@xunhanliew4492 no. No. Shame on you.
And till this day, garchomp still laughs at most OU mons (dragon especially) because of that bonus 2 speed out of 100. Who said that small numbers can be ignored?
And till this day he still spits in OU's face and wreaks havoc
@@lightespeon8043 to this day salamence is still better then this land shark
@@fradwosminayar8253 till this day Salamence is still in UU :)
@@lightespeon8043 till this day mega salamence was the second best Mon I'm ubers for 2 gens being 6 and 7
@@fradwosminayar8253 and till this day megas are not in swsh so your statement means nothing anymore :)
One of the things that I find funny is at the time of its introduction Garchomp had the lowest attacking stats of any pseudo-legendary yet. However its stats are so balanced and its typing is so good that it is still arguably the strongest one to date! Garchomp is the epitome of perfect Pokemon design. In fact looking at the pseudo-legendary Pokemon after it which are kinda more defensive with more even stat distribution, maybe that was intentional as to not break the game again!
I know I'm 2-year too late, but that "lowest" attacking stat thing can be deceiving. Unlike Salamence, Metagross, Tyranitar and Dragonite at that point, Garchomp had access to Sword Dance, which instantly boosts its attack to ubiquitous level and outclasses Choice Band, while TyTar, Mence and Dnite had to content with Dragon Dance, and Metagross only had Bulk Up iirc, and while the extra boosts to other stats is nice, most of them would just rather run Choice Band anyway. This made it so that while Garchomp had the lowest base attack, its damage output is exponentially higher than those 4
I dont even play pokemon anymore but I see these videos for the awesome work this guy makes.
So basicaly he was the definition of power creep before being beaten out by power creep.
Robert Harris He wasn't beaten that badly by it.
Actually it is more of a "he was beaten out by being banned because his power creep was too strong."
These days in Gen 7 OU Lando-T does everything better tham Chomp so Chomp has no legitimate niche/reason for usage
Pretty much, though Chomp was power creep done right. Gamefreak made this pokemon the strongest pokemon on the champion's team for the game, made an amazing visual design, and gave it pretty great stats and a high level evolution. Considering Garchomp is probably the strongest non-legendary pokemon in gen IV, and gamefreak designed this pokemon with the goal of making it a monster, I'd say they did a pretty good job with it.
redwings13400 except its never good when you have 1 pokemon used in that many competitive teams.
5:28 surely I'm not the only one who saw GARCHOMP in the Ice Beam lmao
i saw it too
What, I don't understand, please tell me.
@@yukuzeru8527 stop at 5:25
Wet senpai If you pause at 5:25 or 5:26, after the ice breaks away from Garchomp the word GARCHOMP is all over the place trailing behind it in small white letters.
According to the anime, this thing can fly even after going mega. Note it probably doesn't learn fly though
It learns no flying moves
@@Ob1tuber Aerial Ace wants to know your location
I did not know
@@Ob1tuber garchomp learns aerial ace prior to gen 8 by tm
@Noor Dene ye they should do that
I remember my first playthrough of Pearl. A classmate wanted a pokemon I had, and traded me a Gible to play through the story with.
And thus, my love of something truly busted began.
I also played Pearl and I'm glad to find someone who did as well. Sometimes I read what Pokémon fans say and it feels like everyone else played Diamond.
(Also, I never forget that ironic moment my Staraptor swept the ICE Gym)
Why? Game pairs are designed exactly so a lot of people pick one and another lot of people pick the other...
Sealand Relevant uh you forgot to switch accounts...
@@sheeeesh9745 xD
@Enda O'Rourke
Narcissism? Or role-playing for the heck of it?
Finally Sun and Moon...
At first, Garchomp's usage fell once Gen 7 rolled around. The tier just gained 4 dangerous new Fairy types with the tapus, with Bulu in particular immune to Garchomp's Dragon STAB and halving the power of its STAB Earthquake. On top of that, Zygarde had gained Thousand Arrows, a Ground STAB that hit Flying types and Levitating Pokemon neutrally, and for a long time was considered the superior Ground / Dragon type. But over time, its usage began to pick up as people saw what it bought to the table compared to Zygarde. With a set of Stealth Rock, Swords Dance, Earthquake and Stone Edge with a Rockium Z, it could set Stealth Rock and beat just about every Rapid Spinner and Defogger in OU. A +2 Earthquake would OHKO Mega Sableye and Tapu Fini if they ran a specially defensive spread, while a boosted Stone Edge powered up into Continental Crush would take out Gliscor, offensive Landorus-T and Celesteela. It wouldn't sweep, but that wasn't the point: it was meant to smash huge holes in the opposing team to be exploited by teammates like Mega Lopunny, Ash-Greninja and Volcarona. If someone else was using the Z move, its old Tank Chomp set was still a solid choice. Once Zygarde was banned, its usage rose even higher, and by the end of the generation Garchomp was considered A Rank on the viability rankings.
Mega Garchomp had life even harder in Sun and Moon. It usually ran a mixed offensive set with Stealth Rock set designed to lure regular Garchomp's checks and counters. Tangrowth, Celesteela, Skarmory and Tapu Bulu all got scorched by Fire Blast, while Landorus-T and Gliscor did not appreciate a Draco Meteor at all. It could also run a Swords Dance set that could eviscerate defensive teams, especially with Sandstorm support. So what was the problem? You only get one mega, and it was hard to justify using Garchomp when you had mega Mawile and Medicham's sheer brute force, Sableye and Diancie's Magic Bounce hazard control, Swampert's ability to sweep in Rain or the defensive utility of Mega Sableye, Venusaur and Aggron. While Mega Garchomp certainly wasn't bad, there wasn't much reason to use it, so it finished in B-.
In VGC 2017 Garchomp had a strong niche as a fast offensive threat. However, it had fallen from its glory days, as Intimidate was still very common and as with OU it now had 4 threatening new Fairy types to contend with. Luckily Tapu Bulu was pretty niche, so its Earthquakes would rarely be weakened by Grassy Terrain. It almost never ran its Dragon STAB anymore, as physical Dragon types have a hard time in VGC anyway due to Outrage being unreliable and Dragon Claw being weak. Groundium Z was its favourite item, giving it a one time workaround to Earthquake hitting its teammate. While it wasn't a staple, Garchomp still saw a good amount of usage, coming 2nd at worlds in the Masters division at the hands of Australia's Sam Pandelis and 7th at the hands of El Salvador's Rene Alvarenga. In Seniors it made 7th at the hands of Japan's Izumi Motoe. Finally in Juniors it managed to grab 1st place at the hands of Australia's Nicolas Kan. His actually ran an Assault Vest set, with Earthquake, Dragon Claw, Poison Jab and Brick Break. Singapore's Corey Yuen took it to 6th place with a Choice Scarf set as well. However, once 2018 rolled around, Landorus-T came back and made Garchomp more or less obsolete. And then 2019 came with Groudon, and come the ultra series, Primal Groudon, so nobody used Garchomp then.
Great Gen 7 Garchomp summary
You forgot to mention that Garchomp sometimes, albeit very rarely, runs dragonium z to deal with Mega Latias. Other than that, I would be greatly surprised if FSG doesn't narrate this if they ever do a gen seven history of Garchomp
I heard this whole thing in FSG's voice lol great work here!
So what about Garchomp in Gen 8, seeing that it came back through the Crown Tundra dlc? Only noticeable change is the new move Scale Shot, it's okay but the damage at least in my experience is inconsistent. I know Landorus is still around in VGC but I do know that Garchomp can be both a good dynamax pokemon due to both STABs will increase its durability, they hit as hard as Z Crystals and it becomes a lot bulkier with it's hp doubled but also a non-dynamax pokemon since it can operate without dynamax
@@ryanphan6134 I dunno about vgc but in singles, it is arguably the most dangerous pokemon in the tier. As usual, Zygarde overshadowed it when the dlc dropped but after it was banned, Garchomp was and is still on the road to be the second most used pokemon. Scale shot might not be much but it is a devastating move as Chomp can turn its wall breaking power to sweeping power but due to the inconsistency, it is usually best used as a late game cleaner, or to harass Landorus Therian attemtping to intimidate it. Rillaboom is a major thorn it Garchomp's side but depending on both their sets, they have a love and hate relationship with each other
When I got my first Gible in Pearl, I was like sweet this is so cute. And then when Garchomp arrived, it one shot everything
I can just:
Awww ehat is this? A gible? Awww it's cute it's coming with me
Gabite: Damm daniel that looks strong
Garchomp: this is just cheating
How good was wobbuffet ACTUALLY???
Maybe you could do a what if series series like: "what if garchomp learned Dragon dance"
I know, Alternate Pokémon History has recently got me thinking. "What if Gyarados's Special stats switched places?" "What if Flareon had Speed Boost?" "What if Knock Off was never buffed?" "What if Stealth Rock never existed?"
Sealand Relevant If Flareon had Speed Boost, it would still suck.
Well, what would YOU give it to improve it?
Sealand Relevant Better stats.
Mega garchomp could be godly the dragon dance could make up for its lower speed
5:25 I don't remember seeing my pokemon's name after it was hit with ice beam lol
I cannot stress enough how much I love this land shark. The sheer joy I felt when I came across Gible in X and Y is something i'll never forget
How GOOD was Gardevoir ACTUALLY?
Yes
Hell yeah!
lol I said the same thing
Yeah!
Jose Flores -_-
Metagross next
*walks into the Battle tree with Garchomp and Mimikyu*
Later...
*casually leaves with prizes as the Battle Tree burns in the background*
The las time i played in battle tree, I did it with golisopod, MGarchomp, and Mimikyu...
Let's just say the last 2 where more like support, because oh boy the times I used them they died in one or two hits
Garchomp was so powerful they had to make his mega worse than him just so they make garchomp even more op
Not really worse per se. It was to balance it honestly. If it was as fast or faster, it would probably be broken. Mega Mence is super broken. Like they kinda gave him pseudo-Intimidate with the amount of physical defense its packing not to mention the power and speed.
@@ShiningJudgment666 It didn't really balanced Garchomp the mega was made bad on purpose which doesn't make sense since fairy types already balanced Garchomp
The fact that that is almost believable is alone another testament to how powerful the chomp family is
@@gregorywilkinson5731 No its not a fact
@@ShiningJudgment666 I don't think m.garchomp need a buff nor nerf on its speed stats..just let it stay 102
Can we get a Little Cup analysis series?
If only more people saw this comment. I actually like LC more than both Ubers and the main tier system (OU to PU).
Kellen mainly focuses on Smogon OU (for singles; or Nintendo cup), which is the standard format. But that would be a fantastic idea. I would probably start it off with Onix (Gen 2-7)
Aizette haha funny joke
Aizette berry juice*
thanyou we got Wynaut now
The longest video ever is a gen 4 pokemon? Shocking
Well, its Garchomp.....
JADEN JACKSON, with the Smeargle video, there was a guest who spoke at a slower pace, whereas with the Garchomp video, it's our friend here and his analytical tone and fast taking voice. By default, this video is the longest.
5:26 garchomp garchomp garchomp is around the ice beam. Nice editing.
IT'S GARCHOVER
How GOOD was Vaporeon ACTUALLY?
Kind of like Snorlax: Very good in Gen 2, and gets outclassed in the current metagame.
Jordan Ung yes pls
I WISH I knew
How good was Metagross ACTUALLY?
Who’s here after Garchomp dropping to UU?😭
Ok i just wanna say this now. I LOVED GARCHOMP EVEN BEFORE I KNEW ABOUT STATS
was laughing so hard reading this sentence from serebii´s POTW 4th gen garchomp entry: "It's unlikely that Garchomp will live up to the hype it was given, but nonetheless, it's a deadly opponent who threatens the ability to sweep at any moment"
archus lol. Morons.
@@christianholbrook2686 Eh, they predicted wrong. Happens
Man, I thought the first gen 4 Pokemon would make for a shorter video but nope. Leave it to Garchomp to make the longest video yet with the fewest generations to cover.
I didn't check thoroughly, but I believe Smeargle's video was slightly longer.
Edit: Smeargle's video is longer than this one by 1/4 of a minute.
I thought there was one close! I looked too but must have missed it. Still very impressive to be on par with Smeargle given how versatile Smeargle is.
Smeargle's is probably only longer because of the "art-critique satire" segments, but still, it's impressive that these Pokés get videos as long as those of Gen 1 ones.
I’m physically not ready for when this thing gets to dynamax
As in defense
@Scp 939 well duh. Leon knows that if he lets garchomp into Galar, that means cynthia comes in, and the second she steps into Galar, his title of ' strongest champion' goes right back home where it belongs.
He’s in the dex for crown tundra. How do people still not know this?
@@eChaka this was from like two weeks ago, before the crown tundra came out. We didn't know.
It’s over everyone……
How *GOOD* were *MISDREAVUS* and *MISMAGIUS* Actually?
How good was Mew
Red OMG, yes!!! I second this!
Mew its complicated for his versatility, he can do anything lol. Yes there were some predominant sets but in diference to Smeargle he has tanking and sweeping capabilities in addition to the support ones.
It will be interesting.
Catelyn Tully Well put! I agree and if he decides to cover Mew it will definitely be interesting because of his unique versatility.
Stockpile Transform Metronome Softboil Mew with a normalium Z is deadly. Ultimate tank
Imagine if chomp had access to belly drum, close combat and maybe even night slash. Also if he got dragon dance mega chomp would most definitely have been used in gen 6 when mega stars didn't kick in till turn two
If they ever let Garchomp learn Dragon Dance, I would quit being as a Pokémon trainer.
@@negativeiquser5295 unaware quagsire is better.
I appreciate the delelewoop footage at the beginning. And hey that's Chuggaaconroy's platinum playthrough shortly shown after! Man those were good times. Supernova missing and all.
How good was Muk ACTUALLY?
don't forget Alolan Muk :)
ViperMagnum7 and what it is backwards
Na
2:25 Definitely agree. I remember playing pkmn platinum for the first time and I initially thought (after seeing a Sneasel) Weavile’s a solution for countering Cynthia’s Garchomp in the later game. That pokemon is just so scary and overkill haha.
Im surprised as hell that no one had ever tried to set up Mega Garchomp with a sand team and/or speed baton pass team
I feel like when they made megachomp they went “okay well garchomp is a strong attacker, so let’s give it a crazy attack stat” but then failed to balance it properly. My guess is the original mchomp was going to have sand rush instead of sand force, but they realized how ridiculous that would be and hoed it with sand force.
@@neveahphillips5610 yeah if mega chomp had sand rush that thing would be headed straight to AG
@@imab0t274 I don't know about that, since primal Groudon was on like 70% of all teams back in the day, which instantly removed sand.
@@MrPatrickbuit It gets hit by a super effective STAB EQ off base 170 attack. Even without something like Life Orb to bolster it, I don't think it's a hit Primal Groudon wants to take.
Baton pass ew
I know Garchomp is overused and people tend to get pissy when they see the same pokemon every team, but I can't help, but love Garchomp. It's the one pokemon that gets a pass in my book.
Garchomp is one of the few Pokémon who's design actually warrants its casual and competitive popularity.
Too bad Lando-T completely shadows it now
@@zekrom320 Landorus doesn't really overshadow it since it and Garchomp perform different roles. Landorus is usually used as a defensive pivot that provides Stealth Rock support and can bring in a teammate with U-turn. Garchomp on the other hand most commonly runs a setup sweeping set with the combination of Swords Dance and Scale Shot
@@meme_guy924 hats off to you, simon.
How good was Sceptile actually?
I'm gonna admit this the reason I keep aerodactyl with ice fang
When u realize that Garchomp can use Iron Head.
@@bullymaguire6388 when you realize garchomp have 4x weakness to ice type and slower then Aerodactyl .
@@Lucario-ct9ln then you will be compromising in a lot in other stats.
@@bullymaguire6388 And? Even if it compromises in the Defence stat Garchomp isn't even gonna get a chance to exploit that as it's never gonna get the Turn to move.
@@zekrom320 Garchomp has quite good bulk so it can survive barely or run Focus Sash. Or the Garchomp may even run a Choice Scarf. Now Garchomp even has Scale Shot.
3:29 That running animation is amazing.
How GOOD was Metagross ACTUALLY?
How GOOD were Typhlosion, Meganium, and Feraligatr ACTUALLY?!
Evan Zimmer
All three are outclassed, but Typhlosion is badass still
not very
Will Hege Hell yeah! I can appreciate a Typhlosion lover.
Evan Zimmer
I also think the same way about flareon, my personal favorite Pokemon. People shit on it for its competitive analysis, but it was my favorite as a kid and always has been. Definitely a nostalgic Pokemon for me
Will Hege gator outclassed both Tbh . The other 2 were bad
My boi still going strong in gen 9
He 100% percent isn’t
@@FireShell8415 When I wrote the comment he was. But yeah now, not so much
This aged like milk
Garchomp was the sole reason I got back into playing Pokemon again in Gen 4.
I loved finding Gible in that hidden cave under the overpass.
How Good Typholsion was actually?
He's terrible lol
Gaurang Karande in game good competitively meh
People gon be disappointed
How BAD was Typhlosion ACTUALLY? Let's find out!
It’s a pure fire type, so average..barely.
Marowak next!
I will not give up!
Aleksandar Drašković niche in GSC, shit otherwise
Gible was my favourite pokemon for over a year in a row. The longest streak a pokemon had for being my favourite
And now he's in UU... It's Garchover for sure.
How GOOD was Pachirisu actually?
@Magnus Von Braun well he made a video of this so u can watch it now
Magnus Von Braun it had follow me, and basically any mon with follow me is usable in VGC because redirection is so strong in doubles
SALAMENCE
SALAMENCE
SALAMENCE
3:30
Garchomp looks like it wants to hug rayquaza.
Hey now it has scale shot :)
Oh yeah...
@@bapbeepskull Scale shot really buffed it. It causes so many forfeits.
@@akshatyadav8434 in AG, Swords Dance+Scale Shot Mega Garchomp causes mass destruction
How GOOD was Gardevoir ACTUALLY?
Really people need to learn about it, otherwise it will always be treated like a You-Know-What
Edit:Thanks everyone for liking my and Luigi Costanzi's comment now hope FSG see's it
Low quality waifu?
Anirban Prottoy
Gardevoir please
Mitoru low quality?
Hey don't you dare insult it , it's my favourite psychic type.
Anirban Prottoy #GardevoirBestThot
How GOOD were the Legendary Beasts ACTUALLY?
You mean the legendary dogs?
+ziberteck
What breed of dog is Raikou based on?
Isn't it a sabertooth tiger?
If anything they're the Legendary Felines, but I prefer one syllable words.
Their official group name is the legendary beasts what are you guys on
Garchomp has Scale Shot now. So now, in showdown, it's mega can increase its speed, and I've been using it a lot.
What does scale shot mean
@@knox9739 dragon move that ups speed but lowers defense. Pretty good for a sweeping mega garchomp
Garchomp in gen 4 sprite : GONNA BITE YOUR HEAD OFF
Garchomp in gen 5 sprite : GONNA BITE YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY'S HEADS OFF
Garchomp in gen 6 sprite ( when his hands are literally melted into scythes and he is in permanent rage) : honey, there isn't enough sugar in the tea.
How Good was Shedinja?
President Togekiss My BOI Yes!!
Im with you my friend
I see you are a man of culture as well
Good pokemon
Was decent in Gen 3 with its only big counters where Tyranitar,Toxix users, hail/sandstorm users, Will-O-Wisp users, leech seed users, and Spike users. It was mostly used in Ubers and NU and for it to be fully effective it needed support Pokemon. Gen 4 same as Gen 3 and the only thing new is Stone Edge which is another counter to it. Gen 4 was used mostly VGC12 and Ubers due to wonder guard being a decent ability and NU it used used as a baton pass user. Gen 5 it went from NU to PU (lowest Smogon Tier) and use less often, from the looks of it was no longer used in Ubers. Overall at first it was a decent counter against that where not Ghost-, Fire-, Rock-, Flying-, and Dark-type attacks or status/weather effects and was the embodiment of high-risk high reward but if properly used right or you could get rid of its counters in battle it was unstoppable.
0:01 Eyy I made it *again* ! Thanks for doing Garchomp!
Time for another suggestion:
How GOOD was *R O S E L I A & R O S E R A D E* Actually?
Nooo let someone else up there!
nirthpanter No man. Stop😫
Yes.
nirthpanter Yes please, those are awesome
Heyy finally 💚❤💚❤
He’s back, now with a new dance
0:37 honestly same. it's crazy how much easier it is to get through the game when you pay even just a little attention to stats
*How good was Typhlosion actually?*
Let’s get these starters going!
We've been hearing about all these Fighting Types in Gen 5 so why not make three episodes talking about them? How GOOD was Hitmonchan ACTUALLY?
Nichlas Simmons Because the Hitmons suck except for Hitmontop in VGC.
Hitmonchan is in PU
Top is in Ou or UBERS due to Intimidate
I'd rather just have a video about Fighting types as a whole. Whatever happened to those.
And hitmontop had wide guard which is why it was amazing in doubles and VGC
You picked the worst fighting pokemon there is. Do you even play pokemon?
Plot twist: the garchomp in the thumbnail is a shiny
As a kid, I fell in love with Garchomp because it looked cool and fierce, and it was a shark, wich is my favourite pokemon. Today, I still love it because of these reasons AND because I know it is a power house wich matches it's looks
Press F to pay respects for Gen 7 Garchomp
Gen 8 garchomp
Chomp was great in gen 7 and is a top 5 mon in gen 8
F
F in gen 9 becouse of a paradox elephant that is also a ground type
I need to know how GOOD was metagross ACTUALLY
The fact that Garchomp destroyed Zekrom, Reshiram, and Kyreum with Stab Earthquake and Dragon Claw was awesome. Now if only Garchomp learned Dragon Dance.
TO MUCH POWER
It doesn't need it
NOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPENOPE
@@Pain_tami mega yes because it can be the true overkill pokemon it desires to be but og garchomp that to much and make it uber again
Scale shot lol
Thank you soooooooooo much for making this video
How good were both Metagross and Salamence actually?
How Good was Typhlosion ACTUALLY?
Just wanna mention that every pokemon that could 'counter' Garchomp before the Evasion Clause ban came with a huge asterisk. You could predict everything just right, bring in your steel after it's locked into Outrage, then just miss and lose to Earthquake. This thing is a monster, and I'm very happy that few AI get a hold of it.
The king has fallen!
The powercreep won!
Brings back mega or sand veil*
@@lithosagymfan it damn sure will w/ scale shot and spikes. Reminder Cynthia was the first anime person to debut cheater garchomp: mega plus Sd scale shot
How GOOD Was Blaziken ACTUALLY?
Nathan Fonseca yes
Nathan Fonseca I agree
I agree
How GOOD was Tentacruel actually?
I love to see that Garchomp is so good because Garchomp is my favorite pokemon
I remember in gen 4 I wanted garchomp so bad but the cave where you could catch Gible had it's entrance covered by an overhead bridge or something, so I never found it and eventually had to look it up
How good was/is Gligar and Glisgor!?
MY BOI YES. Gliscor is my channel mascot and my #1 favorite Pokemon
Hasnt he already done that?
Lux V.2 actually, he hasn't. I was shocked
this is a great candidate for a remake! 2 more Gens and hes been relevant in some fashion for both. seeing a longer video on this would be nice
I love how this is one of longest, even though it has the least number of gens to cover out of any pokemon he's done.
How good was Metagross actually?