The world of Pokemon is one unlike many other franchises. In it, we have a colorful variety of landmarks, regions, and most importantly, Pokemon. It’s almost impossible to remember them all at this point. However, throughout Pokemon’s history, there have been shining stars amongst the nearly infinite pile of partners: those who have proven themselves to be staples in any Pokemon playthrough. But for every great Pokemon, there are countless others left in the shadows. Today, I’m going to be giving them the spotlight and seeing how they can be hypothetically fixed to be more desirable in their respective generations…
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What about Stonjourner?
Prankster Sticky Web is vile
Honestly Scovillain really needs an evolution and I hope it gets one bc I really like it and want it to succeed.
12:02 then why did you tank it's Spa and not it's Atk
I won't stand for spidops slander, he's dope asf and actually has a useful movepool. More bulk or more Attack and speed would be nice but Sidops is way better than both Ledian and Kritune with their 0 utility and 0 attacking stats Circle throw spikes spam ftw!!
15:20 Spidops slander aside. You are cooking..
Why do people hate Parasect so much it’s one of my favorites. It has so many good attacks.
Honestly I think Vikavolt is good the way it is it's low speed makes it a good trick room attacker and since it's not focused on speed those Stat points are put into bulk so it's capable of taking a hit I used Vikavolt on a completive team in Sword and shield and it did great since it already hits hard I just vest it in bulk and give it a assault vest and speed lowering special attack boosting natural and it wrecks with Thunderbolt/discharge, energy ball, Bug buzz, and volt switch.
I think the worst thing about some later gen Pokemon is that their move pools aren't very big. I want to use Mudsdale or Grapploct competitively (I've used them on in-game teams and loved them) because they look awesome, but they don't have a lot to work with.
You leave my perfect vikavolt alone mister! (Give him electro shot)
Barely anyone mentioning the ARG-esque “Can you read me?” line flashing on screen
Pyukumuku not beeing in this video is wild to me. Doesnt get much worse then it
I honestly think that if you gave prankster to spidops, it would skyrocket all the way up to OU. Priority sticky web would be insane.
I'm very confused by those Scovillain stat changes. Lowering its special attack looks way more like a nerf than anything else given the special STAB moves it gets as opposed to its physical STAB moves, and also, its stat distribution was most likely made the way it is because it was balanced around having access to Moody, and the devs definitely were trying to be careful in giving that to a new mon, given how obnoxious Smeargle and Glalie (the latter specifically in Battle Spot/Stadium Singles, the in-game online 3v3 Singles ladder that's most popular in Japan and has existed officially for several gens now) have been with that ability in the past. Also, I noticed some move suggestions that already exist as egg moves, such as Leech Seed on Scovillain and Counter on Spidops. With the Mirror Herb, getting egg moves on Pokémon has been easier than ever before, so I find those suggestions redundant.
By holding a Mirror Herb, any Pokémon with egg moves can learn said egg moves as soon as it's taken into a picnic with another Pokémon that knows the move(s) you're looking for. They can be different species and not even need to be able to breed with each other. You can teach egg moves using multiple "donor" Pokémon at once, too. This mechanic isn't explained in-game and definitely should be; I bet there's still plenty of folks who aren't aware of it, so I wanted to inform anyone who happens to come across this comment about it.
Need Vikavolt to be even faster. 110+ speed and just nuke it's defenses
You may have overbuffed falinks but I still think it would be cool if gamefreak tried your ideas. Also, it’s interesting that the two gen 8 pokemon here were pure fighting single stage pokemon.
I hope Shiinotic gets a regional evolution someday, but it’s highly unlikely. Also for Scovillian, I’m still bummed that it didn’t get another evolution. The fanmade evolution with a third yellow head was perfect.
Vikavolt is already a pretty good pokemon in doubles in trick room choice specs discharge, t bolt, bug buzz, volt switch is really the only set it needs as its ko ing even nve mons in 2 hits . Unfortunately bug is an awful defensive typing for it and it gets smoked by Torkoal
Falinks is one of my all time favorite underrated Pokemon… When I first saw it I was like "what the heck is this stupid looking worm thing?" It didn't help that it was the first Pokemon aside from Golisopod to get "First Impression" (which I was really salty about at the time). But once I realized that it wasn't actually a worm, but rather a group of individual troops working in sync, I started to really appreciate it more. Especially when taking into account their signature move. Refusing to retreat and gaining an omni-boost is the most metal thing ever (which ironically would be a great move for Golisopod).
I really wish they would give it a third ability… Its 2024, no Pokemon should have less than three unless its specifically a gimmick ability that Pokemon revolves around (like Ice Face or Stance Change). They should make Defiant a regular ability, and then give it Parental Bond as a hidden ability (cause it fits the theme of all the Falinks working together as a single unit, and since it was nerfed, I don't think it would be too strong).
I had spidops in my first team of violet. I hoped for an evolution they forgot to add. And the dlc disappointed me. That said gen8 Pokémon got evos in gen 9 so maybe gen10 can save my guy
Turtonator should spikey shield. Its entire concept is based around it facing its literal spikey shell at the opponent. Its so lame GF finally gave us a normal dragon/fire mon and made it.
Falinks could do fighting/bug its kinda a caterpillar but the segments are independent
Idk if it would be too broken but Scovillain really should be a special attacker. A grass/fire type should be able to take full advantage of the fire boost and solarbeam its stats are low enough
Disagree with the Scorvillian rework!
Cmon, it should be a Special Attacker NOT a Physical Attacker.
1:21 actually no, poor Ledian is worse
Amazing Series. Honestly became one of my favorite Pokemon series on Youtube. Can't wait to see more.
spidops looks lame. but man its animations are something else. the first time i saw it flying at me i almost threw my switch across the room LMAO
Vikavolt is a decent trick roomer, making it base 93 leaves it in a weird spot where it’s too slow to be “fast” but too fast for its current role (and doing that while dropping its defenses makes it a walking ”hit me” sign)
Phys atk scovillian sounds ass ngl, it would just come in on rocks fail to kill things w blitz & die. The only remote semblance of viability Ive gotten from this guy was v early gen using tera ice growth flame solar which are much better stabs and gives way stronger grass coverage than the lackluster 80 bp seed bomb
I love Spidops and think the BST changes here are exactly what it needs. Drain Punch especially sounds fun, although I think it should keep Insomnia over Prankster due to their IRL counterparts HAVING to hunt in the night. As in, their eyes flat-out burn up in sunlight. I’d also wager that they deserve to be Bug/Normal, due to their marionette-like design and the “bouncy” nature of silk juxtaposing with the rigid exoskeletons of the Bug-Type. Blanking Ghosts would be important. Also yeah Arena Trap’s perfect on ‘em.
I’m involved with a Pokemon fangame and these videos have served as invaluable guides of sorts on how to balance ‘Mons in ways that accentuate both their thematics and single-player fun factor. I’ve used and loved lotsa ‘Mons that have ended up in these videos, Spidops being the largest example- it’s always great to see people talking about them! Thanks for a great series!
2:01 vikavolt is partially based on a railgun and those things shoot very slowly(or atleast the common depictions of it make it slow) and i personally think that speed stat should not be increased at all mainly because from my perspective is that the speed stat is the attack speed of the pokemon not on how fast the pokemon can travel around and also the fixes I would've done on vikavolt is by keeping his speed the same or even lower it to distribute it on his offensive & defensive stats so it can become into a more threatening trick room abuser and also either give some more stats for enhanced survivability or making it even more stronger by increasing his spk attack
Crabominable: change the whole design. I love crustaceans, but it is hideous and underwhelming for a Fighting/Ice Pokémon. Change those weird paws with ice pincers, make the face more menacing, take out some of the hair. Now you have a truly abominable crab
Would love to see you buff non-fully evolved pokemon that could become niche competitive pokemon like Yanma (compoundeyes + hypnosis) or Porygon 2 (eviolite)
I think shiinotic is fine as it is. I used it in pokemon sun and while it had the lowest BST of my team, it would often hard carry just because it was almost impossible to kill thanks to it's movepool. Got me out of many bad spots.
Vikavolt, on the other hand, really does need a bit more speed. I used it in ultra moon and I was really looking forward to it and was bitterly disappointed.
Absolute cinema
Spidops NEEDS an evolution. Heck, it weird me up a lot when a discovered Spidops was the last stage
My guy, you do know Goodra and Turtonator have folklore inspirations that give them the Dragon type, right? Please do some basic research beforehand.
Poor Eiscue catching a stray 😢
That's very cool to advocate for these pokemons to be improved and I love your content, but many proposed moves are a bit of a stretch. I really can't imagine a plant produce electricity or an octopus' hit be like a vine. Enhancements proposed by other Youtubers like ZenMode feel more subtle, serious and appropriate to me. I not fond of the "give that pokemon every good move of every type because it needs it" trend. It has to stay consistent.
For Vikavolt, I think a better way would be to increase its speed but change the abily to halve its speed when using a special issue to reference the "charging of the railgun".
This would give it a niche in doubles to be great in trick room but to offer better support outside of trickroom
How do you customize the stat spreads to show them off asking for a friend
My favorite idea for buffing vikavolt is giving it speed boost as a HA
I'll never forget catching a full-odds shiny Tarountula at the very start of the game, evolving it into Spidops who has one of the neater bug designs in recent gens in my opinion, and realizing how garbage that dude is. I really tried for a while to keep him around because I honestly really like him, but past, like, Iono, it just isn't worth the effort at all. It makes me so sad because he's so cool, but he's just so bad.
Wait Spidops has one of the coolest mono bug designs imo 😭
I had no idea vikavolt was so slow. What the heck
I like spidops I think it is a cool spider pokemon
I think the only thing that falinks would need to become super cool would be if no retreat was able to be used more than once