How GOOD was Metagross ACTUALLY? - History of Metagross in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 3-6)
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- METAGROSS! The Iron Leg Pokemon! Steven Stone’s ace Pokemon and psychic supercomputer! Is Metagross a meta defining Pokemon? Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Metagross in competitive Pokemon!
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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.
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Metagross: "I have four brains and the intelligence of a supercomputer."
Pokemon Trainers: "Awesome! What can you do with that?"
Metagross: *B I G P U N C H*
I mean, it's insanely effective.
Why wouldn't it big-punch?
It got thos big hand
Pokemon trainers: "That's awesome! I think you're the only pokemon that can learn more than four moves or more!"
Metagross: *"Did I say I have enough storage to do so?"*
Sometimes the best startegy is to just hit it really hard.
Big Boom
*turns off the light*
Metagross: *Heavy breathing*
That moment when the Fairy type was made to make pseudo-legendaries less dominant, but Metagross is super effective against them.
That moment when I didn’t ask
@@michaelmodernsonicfan5341 Seriously, Mega Metagross is the only counter to the Tapus, which completely dominate the metagame at this point.
Baby Yoda Is God. Ur completely dumb, the tapus aint in swsh
Wait for the crown tundra and then talk you idiot
Baby Yoda Is God. Also consider talking about aggron
@@Philip-sq7un I meant the SM metagame.
Fairy types: We were created to de-power dragon types.
Metagross: And this gives you power over me?
Metagross, the only anti-fairy pseudo legendary.
@@Rahul28196 Literally every Pseudo-Legendary except Metagross is weak to Fairy-Types; every one has one or both of: Dragon, Dark, and Fighting!
@@georgecortes3416 Metagross bout to vibe check those sylveons
@@Rahul28196 Kommo-o and Hydreigon over here getting OHKO’d by literally any fairy move no matter how weak it is
We need a steel/poison dragon psuedo. Or just another non dragon psuedo that’s steel or poison
It's interesting how well Mega Metagross benefits from all Terrains.
*Electric:* Boosts Thunderpunch power.
*Psychic:* Boosts Zen Headbutt & blocks priority Sucker Punch.
*Grassy:* Weakens the power of certain Ground moves like EQ, recovery, boosts the power of a niche Grass Knot.
*Misty:* Blocks status.
Metagross was also weak to shadow sneak (hey, that rhymed!)
@@TAKirbyStar Electric Terrain also prevents sleep and Psychic Terrain blocks all priority besides Prankster Haze!!
What this comment should be:Electric- boosts thunder punch’s power Psychic-
Boosts Zen Headbutts power and protects from priority Grassy- Weakens some ground moves like EQ and boosts a niche grass knot Misty- blocks will-o wisp.
@@meghanaingleshwar grassy terrain was most usefull one cause psychic terrains blocks his own bullet punch while grassy terrain reduced power of EQ d most used move vgc
@Mahati yes thats why grassy terrain is usefull
Just imagine giving Metagross levitate instead of light metal
screw megas, that's the power creep adjustment it deserves
Or Iron Fist
It learns a decent amount of punching moves
@Muhammad Ali Imran yeah in his normal form but his mega form could probably have levitate
@Muhammad Ali Imran Metagross travels around by levitating. Also, Eelektross is technically touching the ground in Gen 5, but it also travels around by levitating, hence its ability.
When I was a kid I thought Metagross is a cyborg crab
GG LMAO
That's actually adorable
That's not that far off lol
*It isn’t?!*
*IRON TURTLE*
Imagine exploding in your sleep
Only a super computer with four brains could accomplish such a play
@@gamincaimin9954 5000iq
@@delgande thats alakazam's IQ despite it cant learn 4 moves
That's because he had cancer and died jeez !
You probably are just a moron
@@gamincaimin9954 Dynamax brain
When the speed issue for megas was fixed in gen 7
Metagross was quick banned to ubers
@person person ya that made me extremely sad :( metagross is my favorite pokemon
When it lost its Mega evolution in Gen 8
Metagross knew it would never rise to OU again
Such a shame how the mighty have fallen.
@@jaretco6423RU METAGROSS?
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ShinyAlakazamPlays when is gardevoir coming out?.... :3 sorry I had 2
Please do Mewtwo next
Leafeon
Wow. It sure has been a while, huh?
Persian
You know, next week it will be Mother's Day. I believe it is only appropriate that kangaskhan is the next pokémon to get the spotlight.
Jascha Bull
You could do that. Or you could show the Luv... disc.
#LuvdiscClub
*OR* you could.... wait for smash 5
lol wrong channel
That already happened
Awesomeness The Great #1 when he commented this,that was before ultimate.
1yoshi426 lol
And now in gen7 mega metagross even got banned
But at least regular Metagross has dropped to RU, yeah rarely used .... imagine people 10 years ago if you told them that
They seriously need to stop banning None legendaries. Like Zapdos and Ultra beasts are more unfair then him.
someguyfromcanada TBSL I would say Landorus first. When I found out that it’s trio was allowed I was shocked. Same for the Tapus.
@@Nephalem2002 Watch Blunder's recent video about Mega Metagross.
someakatsukifromcanada 9 Not really...
@@Nephalem2002 I would absolutely love to hear why Zapdos is more broken in OU than mega terrain abuser.
Metagross in the earlier gens: suicide is badass
*How GOOD was Swampert ACTUALLY?*
*I WILL NEVER GIVE UP*
AsianWithHat I'm with you my brother
From what I can gather, pretty good.
Yes I want Swampert too
I want swampert and sceptile
GIVE US SWAMPERT
How GOOD was MILOTIC Actually? Once there was a Fishsquad, that didn't get their video, now they finally... wait. They still didn't. Fishsquad, where you at?
Milotic shall rise, RISE!
how much of a pain in the bass was Feebas actually?
Just ask Wallace or Cynthia Milotic is pretty good with high Sp atk and Sp def. And it keeps fking healing itself but for some reason it dies so easily
Irrelevant since the physical-special split.
Hardly irrelevant, Milotic only recently dropped down to RU, it's still a solid bulky water.
Bulky water types
Bulky water types
Every vid,
It’s just...
BULKY WATER TYPES!!!
Always be wary of bulky water types
Water
I love bulky waters
Bulky water types are a staple of the competitive metagame mainly because of their good defenses only 1or2 weaknesses or more depending on the pokemon and some like swampert gastrodon milotic azumarill primarina vaporeon and tapufini
Skarmory
"It went through fairy types like a hot steel knife through some... Fairy butter."
Damn i exploded when i heard that
It's been mentioned a lot before, so let's give it its own video now...
*How good was Dugtrio ACTUALLY?*
Eternity_Lotus Guess you like traps
Eternity_Lotus gen 3
Busted until Arena Trap got banned
Mote like how bad was dugtrio
It has good hair in Alola.
How about we tackle the OTHER ridiculously powerful pseudo-legendary from Gen 3, Salamence?
hey! Flygon is just wayyyy better
mega salamence is uber tier and regular salamence is under used there's your analysis
Technically, mence is BL, since it's to much for UU with Flyinium Z, but the fairy dominant OU, plus the existence of better DDance users, means it's barely worth using there. While Megamence is one of the best megas in Ubers, just below Megagar.
DropFuse 35 nope
+jason fondur Why are you even here if you don't care?
Imagine a champion that uses pseudo legendaries with competitive strategies.
Gen 9 Champion using Metagross, Hydreigon, Dragapult, Garchomp, Tyranitar and a new one with an anti Ice typing with items like Assault Vest, Life Orb, a Mega Stone and the return of the Power Gems (looking at a Ground Gem Garchomp), that would make everyone stop complaining about Pokemon being too easy
Iván Zegarra Galarian Dragonite is gonna be Dragon/Ice if that matches
Or. A champion that uses bulky water types, gen 5 power creep, and fighting types.
Iván Zegarra ok go mega rayqaza. Seriously though you forgot majakarp ratata metapod etc
@@ivanzegarra9765 fairies would demolish that team
Love my robo spider standing out from all the reptilian pseudo legendaries.
We need more pseudo legendaries that aren't dragon type. It's getting boring to have an overpowered non legendary dragon in each generation.
They had a thing going with t-tar and metagross and they suddenly stopped. Hopefully next gen the pseudo Is something unexpected like idk Ice/Poison
@@Drakorre I like that T-tar isn't a dragon, but it's still a reptile like the rest. Metagross sticks out in the best way. Shouldn't be that hard. Starters are all pretty different.
Let’s be real here, even though tyranitar isn’t a dragon it looks like a dragon and has dragon type moves so Metagross is they true exception
@@alexdrake4081 real talk: we need an ice type speedy glass cannon, because we only have weavile in that department, and ice type is the defenition of a glass cannon. I would love it if something like that was the next pseudo.
I'd actually be curious to see the weird path that Kangaskhan took throughout the years prior to generation 6. So, how good was Kangaskhan (before its child fell out and began wrecking in OU)?
Thomas Santos ass.
Thomas Santos honestly complete garbage
Well for one Mega Kangaskhan is in Ubers, but outside of that, bad, Kangaskhan has been outclassed by pretty much every other prominent normal type in competitive history for one way or another
Before mega, it was just budget tauros
Thomas Santos Thats a funny way of spelling mega kangaskhan
How GOOD wasTangela/Tangrowth ACTUALLY?
Please this
Imagine mega metagross being able to use close combat, it would break every bone in your Pokémon’s body
I remember years ago, seeing Metagross in the strategy guide to Ruby/Sapphire, and it was love at first sight. Its crazy awesome design, combining two of my favorite types; it didn’t even need to have been a competitively good Pokémon for me to like it, but the fact that it was amazing was icing on an already wonderful cake. To this day, it remains my favorite, even if some have come a little close to beating it out... but only close (looking at you, Mega Mawile).
How GOOD were Misdreavus and Mismagius ACTUALLY?
DerSamalander yess I am with you
DerSamalander i am with you too
Absolute trash
God-Emperor Sodom _ its nit that bad dude
I love ghost types so I agree
Now for the other pseudo,
Salamence!
Jeroen B Y O S
Jeroen B My favorite Pokemon
"Arguably the two best types in the game."
Gen 6 Mawile: Ahem.
Zacian-C:
Pre gen 6 sableye
@@stealthyshadow567 Being immune to 3 types and only be hit for x2 by bug was pretty neat ya.
@@Kalenz1234 it was neutral to bug types. Ghost resists bug.
@@potatoking4227 Oh wow even ghost resists bug.
Finally Sun and Moon...
Mega evolution received a buff in Gen 7, with megas getting their new speed immediately upon transformation, meaning Metagross no longer had to spend a turn at base 70. In the early days of Sun and Moon, it didn't see that much use, as it was outclassed almost completely by Mega Lucario and walled by Aegislash. However, once they got banned, Mega Metagross absolutely flourished. It loved all of the terrains, with Electric Terrain giving it a stronger Thunder Punch, Grassy Terrain giving it passive recovery and weakening Earthquake and Misty Terrain keeping it free from status. But it was Psychic Terrain that it loved the most, giving it an immunity to Mega Mawile's Sucker Punch and powering up its Zen Headbutt to massive levels. On top of all that, most of Metagross's old threats, like Skarmory, Slowbro, Suicune and Gliscor, had fallen out of favor to be replaced by Celesteela, which had no reliable recovery and could quickly be worn down by Thunder Punch, Toxapex, which was weak to Zen Headbutt and Tapu Fini, which was neutral to Steel. Mega Metagross had no safe switchins. Landorus-T got wrecked by Ice Punch, Celesteela got 2HKOed by Thunder Punch in Electric Terrain and Toxapex would crumble to Zen Headbutt. Rotom-Wash could take a hit and burn it, but if Psychic Terrain was up Zen Headbutt would 2HKO. Heatran could melt it with Magma Storm, but if it had Earthquake or Hammer Arm, Heatran was toast. While it couldn't run every move, it could always potentially be running the right move, and you wouldn't know until it was too late. Eventually it was deemed too much for OU and banished to Ubers. Between Mega Salamence, Gengar and Lucario, there was no reason to use Mega Metagross, and once Ultra Sun and Moon came out and introduced Dusk Mane Necrozma and with that Mega Metagross was forgotten.
Regular Metagross didn't have life so easy. OU was beyond its reach now, but even UU was too much for the metal crab to handle. It was too slow, and too easily forced out by common Pokemon like Krookodile, Hydreigon, Moltres, Rotom-Heat, Swampert and Suicune. It was also outclassed by Scizor and Cobalion, which both had better typing and could boost with Swords Dance. Its usage dropped so low that it found itself in RU alongside fellow pseudo legendary Goodra. In RU, however, it was amazing. It usually ran an offensive Stealth Rock set, and between Shuca Berry, Toxic and Explosion, could keep Stealth Rock up against Donphan and Mandibuzz. But if Stealth Rock was taken care of by a teammate, Metagross could run its old Choice Band set that would smash holes through teams like nothing else in the tier, or an Agility set designed to sweep late game. It could even use Choice Scarf, to outrun and surprise Raikou and Salazzle with a super effective Earthquake. Once Gligar, Doublade and Chesnaught rose to UU, it climbed even higher, becoming one of the most popular Pokemon in the tier and arguably the best, finishing in S Rank on Smogon's viability rankings.
Huge Attack and Steel STAB was welcome in Gen 7 VGC, in a metagame where every team had at least one Tapu on it. While it did face stiff competition from Kartana as an offensive Steel type, which had much more power, Metagross had better Special bulk, no 4X weakness and Clear Body, giving it an immunity to Intimidate, so unlike Kartana in wouldn't have to run in fear of Arcanine. While it wasn't one of the most common Pokemon, it had a solid niche, and saw a decent amount of usage. In worlds in the masters division it grabbed a 4th place at the hands of Japan's Tomoyuki Yoshimura. In seniors it grabbed 7th place at the hands of Izumi Motoe. Finally in junior's it came in 8th place at the hands of Paraguay's William Axel Jesus Sanchez Bernal. Metagross got its mega stone back for 2018, where it basically did what it had before but better. It wasn't one of the flashier megas, but if you needed something to check the tapus, which you did, it would rarely steer you wrong. At worlds in the Masters division it placed 3rd at the hands of Sweden's Nils Dunlop and 8th at the hands of Italy's Arash Omati. In the Senior Division it placed 3rd in the hands of Japan's Shota Yamada and 4th in the hands of Peru's Gabriel Duran. Finally in Juniors it racked up 3 places in the top 8, coming 3rd place at the hands of Japan's Yujio Arai, 6th at the hands of the UK's Teddy French and 8th at the hands of Italy's Riccardo Cantrell. However, once the restricted meta of 2019 rolled around, Necrozma-Dusk Mane came to outclass Mega Metagross once again. It couldn't even claim the Clear Body niche, since Solgaleo had effectively a better version of Clear Body. There was no reason to use Mega Metagross in VGC 2019, thus nobody did.
Imagine 8 years ago telling a Metagross user that Metagross would be RU
Araf Zaman SSR fanclub At least it was amazing in RU though. It didn't end up like those Pokemon that are too strong for one tier yet too weak for the one ahead (Staraptor, Entei, SM Darkrai etc.)
just pointing out that this is gen 7, not gen 8. I am not trying to be a prick, just telling you, so please no hard feelings.
@@TheAetherleaf thanks have edited.
@@Quix0tic707 no problem
How GOOD was Clefable ACTUALLY?
How good was Swampert ACTUALLY????
CheapSofa please it was my first pokemon
Incredibly overpowered in-game and pretty decent competitively.
Imagine being so OP that you caused one of your types to be nerfed by losing two resistances.
That acually caught me off guard because I skipped Gen 6. I was really suprised to see my Magnemite take so much damage all of a sudden
Grass Knot is actually a surprisingly good option for Mega Metagross because it's one of only a few special contact moves, allowing it to get boosted by Tough Claws, and it helps against bad matchups like Slowbro and Mega Swampert.
HOW GOOD WAS SALAMENCE LET'S FINISH THE GEN 3 PSEUDO DUO
jaqwon14 psuedo dou? More like sudowoodo
MooveOver leave
How good was Magmar/Magmortar ACTUALLY?
The Vengeful 'Vadam pu...
Or how good was Electabuzz/Electivire ACTUALLY?
michael m Also pu
yes
for pro he is nothing
One of my favourite pokemon ever, if not my favourite. Also I'm so sad that it was only nerfed, and that his mega was banned to uber where it was completly inferior to necrozma dusk mane.
The poor guy got screwed in Gen 8 again
No mega Megagross anymore :( and more Pokemon that screw it easily
Hands down favorite poke of all time. Remember when 3rd came out and saw him for the first time I know what needed to be on my team. And for the longest time I didn't know he was that much of a power house tell i started playing competitively XD so even better
Oh boy, back in the day, the joy I sparked when I had a shiny beldum. Instantly made it my main.
But in pvp my friends mostly picked Swampert, so.... RIP my Shiny Metagross
@@Jaronite yeah I understand that one, a good earthquake is bad news for him.
Getting an useless Beldum with nothing else but Take Down from Steven as a kid, and then training him until it evolved was so worth it. Seeing those stats at lvl 45 that already rivalized with many of its lvl 55-60 teammates, such fond memories. It became my favourite Pokémon until Gen 4 came around and a certain Sand Dragon-Shark took its place. But I guess the Silver medal fits for Metagross
How good was Mewtwo actually? (Now with 90% less of squiggly chimeras in need of the Gen. 4 treatment)
How GOOD was the original Perish Trapper, Misdreavus (And later Mismagius) ACTUALLY?
im curious too
With Mega Meta in Ubers now, I would love to see Meteor Mash get back its 100 power. I really want Explosion to halve Def again too, but that's not so much a Metagross thing.
biaza hi Mugi
And unfortunately, much like salamence in gen 4 ubers, mega metagross ended up like a poor man's necrozma dusk mane.
These videos have improved so much, awesome job!
How good was Milotic actually
#FishSquad #NotMyLuvdisc
#antidisestablishmentarianism
Milotic's gotta win eventually!
Zhfreak ikr
Milotic, Milotic, I love you, and I'm gonna let you finish, but Luvdisc is the best water type in history.
#LuvdiscClub was here.
Can you do a video explaining the weather wars of gen 5?
Dragooncroft I like this idea
Dragooncroft Wonderful weather we're having.
He said in one of his video that he will do ANY pokemon if it gets enough votes
cool idea!
The Weather Wars... we remember them well...
Drenching rains...
Scorching sun...
And the sandstorms... oh, the sandstorms...
You'll have to excuse us for not speaking of the Weather Wars...
Most of us barely made it out alive...
13:21
I asked myself why Zygarde was in B/W and is flying.
Then I realized.
*it's Hydreigon*
*🅱️ R U H*
🅱️ R U H
HYDREIGON LOOKS LIKE A ZYGARDE THERE SHH
Metagross always had OU success. Even his base special attack is incredible. By the way, I recommend giving this bad boy a Choice Specs and Sleep Talk for countering Hypnosis or Spore users.
Mega Metagross is just Gamefreak giving the Pokémon immunity to powercreep.
How Good was Dusclops and Dusknoir ACTUALLY? Coolest Ghost Type
PKdude Gengar man come on
Give it more HP and better STAB physical moves,that's all it needs but Gamefreak hates it for some reason
I feel so bad for him ;-;
TENTACRUEL and DUGTRIO are the only gen 1 pokemon that were very successful in later gens that hasn't had a video yet.
We need a video of them.
MapCRimZ and clefable
At least dugtrio and tentacruel did things before gen 6
yeh please tentacruel
Clefable I know for a fact is very good in DPP
Logan Rhoades it was UU or RU in every gen until gen 6. It got magic guard in gen 4, which was a nitch, but that's it.
FINALLY! I've been waiting forever for this video!
Video: How strong was metagross acctually?
Me: Yes
How overpowered was SALAMANCE actually
@Zedrik Allen genwunner
@Zedrik Allen or your just a guy who doesnt know anything about pokemon and always say "pikachu"
@Zedrik Allen wait.........oh sorry about that i thought you didnt know what a salamence is
@Zedrik Allen hey i aint no genius "hides my team of uturning landorus defog tapu fini ash greninja sword dance mega pinsir pursuit alolan muk and magnet trapping magnezone"
JUST GIVE US SALAMENCE ALREADY RRREEEEE
I waited for him so long!!
NOW IM AS STRONG AS A BAAARGE People actually prefer to see the history of garbage pokemon more (Not saying metagross is garbage)
NOW IM AS STRONG AS A BAAARGE YES
GIVE US MY FAV DRAGON
GIVE US THE MONSTER
NOW IM AS STRONG AS A BAAARGE
Mence is summed up as: a bit better than dragonite.
7:35 hold up, the second place finisher at VGC 2009 used shedinja, moltres and yamega on the same team, what a legend
I dont do competitive pokemon, but i found this channel during a dark point in my life and it helped a lot, just because i love pokemon and its really easy to just binge these. Keep up the good work.
How good was misdreavus/mismagius ACTUALLY?
how come when something has "meta" in the name, it is actually meta. first metagross and then meta knight in brawl.
Supgamer don’t remind me of brawl...
@Jermaine Oppuer META HUMAN
That moment when a Pseudo Legendary is sent to RU, but VENOMOTH IS UU!! That's power creep at its finest
Dragonite: Still Good
Ttar: Still Good
Salamence (Regular): Okay
Metagross (Regular): why tf is he so low now?
Garchomp: Still Good
Hydreigon: Still Good, just not as good as in Gen 5
They went all out on the design of Metagross, I'm convinced they tried extra hard when designing that Pokemon to make it as badass as possible. Then they took it to the next level with Mega Metagross and the shiny version. My favorite Pokemon, easily.
Please do Salamence and was it good
Patricia Lopez Wrong place for ads. XD
How good was SALAMENCE actualy?
we all know about salamence!!!
Rewatching this, one of my favourite Pokémon. Can't wait for its re-review
Weezing... actually comes up a lot. So how good was it? Must have been at least pretty damn good through Gen 3.
I like how well it takes on Buzzwole
How good was clefable actually
yeaah! Puffy fairy!
I love Clefable
Yea clefable
You should honestly do salamence next
Let this sink in, Quagsire is a tier above Metagross in Gen 7 currently
what.
Oml that’s incredible
As the sire should be
...
*Excuse me what.*
The lord rises again
It did the meteor mash
(Mee-tee-or mash) It was a banded smash
(Mee-tee-or mash) Took 'em down with a crash
(Mee-tee-or mash) It did the METEOR MASH
;ouwrhfoi;eqfh;weoahfewhfilf (Metagross' cry)
GIVE US THE DANG DRAGON SALAMENCE?! plz...
How GOOD was Banette ACTUALLY?
°¤°
Awesome video man keep it up 💪
i love this guy to the point i forgot all of the pokemon i have ( even my starter ) when i got beldum on emerald
**How good was Swampert actually**
Come on now!
How good was Salamence actually.
Sperry the god We already know. Everyone knows as a matter of fact; it was one of the best pseudo legendaries out there and still is!
Well Salamence is my favorite pokemon, but I´m not naive enough to say "best". I´d say it lines up with the non-legendary, but legends on their own 3 dragons: Dragonite, Salamence, Garchomp. Well Rayquaza was the first legendary dragon I think. D/P/P Dialga Palkia and Giratina as dragon Trio was cool back then, but after gen4 they just threw dragon types out like for free: Haxorus, Hydreigon, Kyurem, Reshiram, Zekrom. ANOTHER Dragon Trio, the 3rd Fire Fighting Starter in a row... and definetly the least exiting one of them imo. Yeah Salamence is freakin awesome. Awesome stat spread. Movepool is great (well exept for the fact, that there is no physical high base power dragon move). All Abilities are amazing: Intimidate, Moxie and Aerilate. Imagine if it had something as well to counter it´s massive ice weakness like some other Dragon Flying types it´d be insanly broken.
rs35505 good to see someone who likes Salamence as much as, I do.
just wanna say mega metagross is perfectly fit for the z move corkscrew crash, metagross literally looks like a drill in mega form
How good was Sceptile?
Pls sceptile
Plz septile or Swampert
Amy Ong Or Blaziken?
First ever Starter to go to Ubers
He did it now
A.M. worst comp mon
*How GOOD was Leafeon **_ACTUALLY?_*
Bad
i like it but we still have to get through gen 1 pokemon
MonoSmash this vid features a gen 3 though
How good were Misdreavus and Mismagius actually?
5:50 rotom is its biggest counter? I just saw it take 50% of meteor mash😂
I hate that Scizor completely outshines Metagross now when it comes to the base forms.
Shout out to the steel and explosion nerfs, lack of SD and lack of an offensive ability.
Don't get me wrong Scizor is pretty cool but Scizor still has 100 base stats less and is of course no pseudo.
Jesus Christ...
One word: Technician
@@owo4288 Really? Read my comment again...
Well not every Psudeo-Legendary Pokemons; or Legendary & Mystical Pokemons, have to be an godlike Pokemon. And no. I don't want to hear about Arceus.
How GOOD was blaziken actually?
other rs starters too
gal.bav222 czcams.com/video/nmhT4sgD41o/video.html
How GOOD was Gallade ACTUALLY?
TheUKNutter other starters too but thanks for the video.
gal.bav222 I couldn’t find any videos of the other starters
Flame Guy Did you not even read the above comment? That there is the link to the Blaziken video
Oh boi, another video, another chance to Write the same request...
How GOOD was Foretress ACTUALLY?
Let the spikes be free!
How Good was Milotic ACTUALLY? We've already done the other water serpent thingy!
Amazing video. Thanks this helpful. I'm trying to complete orre colliseum in xd.
Now it's time for Salamence, the other gen 3 pseudo with an uber mega
How GOOD was Electabuzz and Electivire ACTUALLY?
Rarely used
not in gen 4 :)
then team preview came out
Yeeeeees
E-vire in Gen 4 was the most overhyped thing in existence. it had the coverage... but it lacked the speed, the bulk, or the power to make that coverage work. All its moves were just too weak, and it was too slow to sweep without a speed boost, and by the time it got actual strong STAB in gen 5, power creep and speed creep cemented its fate in the lower tiers.
That mega evolution.. new heights of sillyness
Man I remember seeing it in team preview ... man oh man
She will beat you silly too
Wow! I am honored to be in one of your videos! 8:47. I love the work you do; it's fascinating to see different Pokemon and their effect on the metagame.
How good was SLOWKING actually?
How good was Blaziken ACTUALLY? or How good was Swampert ACTUALLY? Please ;-;
Eevee Trickster if you wanna see Blaziken I have a suggestion for you. My friend Jirachi A made a similar video to what FSG does. Just look up
“Exploring Ubers Blaziken”
RapidRockruff czcams.com/video/nmhT4sgD41o/video.html - So people don’t have to bother searching.
TheUKNutter thx, I’m on iPhoen
You keep showing him in videos but haven't made a video about him yet. How GOOD was Tentacruel ACTUALLY?
Colosseum helped make Metagross a personal favorite of mine, even to this day. Went out of my way to find one when Crown Tundra came out before doing the story lol
Thank You . I Know This Video took a Lot Of Work .. I Appreciate It.
How good was Flygon ACTUALLY?
How GOOD Was Blaziken ACTUALLY? C'mon everyone!
Honestly this is the start of a team I've wanted to make for a while. All fast or slow and bulky attackers. No need to overthink the metagame, just punch through anything and everything.
That's what I'm working on
Same here, try a Blaziken-M, Gardevoir, Excadrill core, it's working for me
How Good was Persian ACTUALLY?
Salamence pls
How good was flygon actually?? It got a buff in later gens so i wanna see how good it became, but R.I.P. Mega Flygon😭
I dont think the agility weakness policy set was mentioned but overall a great video!
I remember how Stevens Metagross completely obliterated half of my team, starting with my starter Pokémon. Since then I always have a Metagross in my team if possible
I have been waiting for this for so long and I was not disappointed
My favorite Pokemon
And this is the day before my birthday
This is a blessed time
Aye man, thanks
Alright time for a curve ball boys
How GOOD was Ledian ACTUALLY??!?
You make great Pokemon videos!
Recently hatched a bunch of Beldum so I could get a Adamant one in Heartgold. I only wanted the nature, but I checked IV’s anyway.
Perfect Attack IV. Just randomly. Don’t even know what’s up with that it just had it.
Also later that night found a Shiny Donphan.