Fun fact: Gen 3 swampert is the first starter ever to be officially ou. Let me just clarify, by first, I mean it got the ou rank and kept it. None of the starters are ou in gen 1 or 2, and gen 3 charizard only recently gained the rank while Pert had it long before.

@AdmiralBobbery123

4 ай бұрын

One of the only to make it into OU without the assistance of a hidden ability or mega stone.

@xdifficultviper9916

4 ай бұрын

Venasaur wasn’t ou in gen1?

@PKMN649

4 ай бұрын

Venusaur is basically a worse Victreebell in gen 1

@mimesforcrimes8393

4 ай бұрын

​@@xdifficultviper9916No, funny enough Vileplume and Victrebell were better

@laxusstrauss5945

4 ай бұрын

​@@AdmiralBobbery123 if i remember correcty swampert infernape and empoleon are the only ones All the others rely on thier hidden ability to be successfull

Blaziken: *Becomes the best starter ever with its Hidden Ability* Swampert: *Damp*

@hario7641

4 ай бұрын

It should've gotten swift swim or water absorb

@Drakorre

4 ай бұрын

​@@hario7641fuck It *Sap Sipper*

@KreyZanus

4 ай бұрын

Damp pre gen5 would’ve been good though, since explosion was actually a thing

@Dingus_Mcbingused

4 ай бұрын

​@@hario7641nah give it regenerator since it has flip turn

@MightyMobileMatt

4 ай бұрын

Imagine Swampert with Sap Sipper

Swampert in RU and Garchomp in UU seems unreal. Imagine telling that someone back in Gen 4.

@darkfiredragon3410

4 ай бұрын

With this month's tier changes, Swampert actually dropped down to NU which is kinda crazy.

@saiyanscaris6530

4 ай бұрын

@@darkfiredragon3410 same with infernape among many other mons. heck excadrill is uu now

@PerfectAzrael

4 ай бұрын

Remember when Garchomp was considered powercreep? That’s called karma since Garchomp did that to other pokemon so it’s only fair to be on the receiving end.

@kimotokirby1601

4 ай бұрын

@@jaretco6423why would you hate swampert lol. What more do you hate? your mom? flowers? cute cats?

@kimotokirby1601

4 ай бұрын

@@jaretco6423 It was never OP, just the Best option for speeduruning cuz it's the earliest mon that can solo the game. Plus, why would You even hate him for that lol, it's a cool and balanced pokemon that just happens to also be the Best starter for completing the game

With the game’s themes of land and sea, Team Aqua vs Team Magma, Swampert is a glorious example of both uniting to be a powerful force. It was born in water as Mudkip, wanders onto land and swims faster through mud as Marshtomp, and unites the two perfectly as a fully evolved beach dwelling Swampert.

When liking mudkips paid off

@brendanpryce8009

4 ай бұрын

There was never a downside to liking mudkips ❤

@Erik_Ochoa013

4 ай бұрын

Lieking mudkipz shall never die!

@ToastedKittenSun

Ай бұрын

Mudkip

Back when I was a little kid and knew very little about Pokémon, Swampert’s RSE sprite and cry were so imposing that mentally nicknamed it “Emperor”. I also thought Muddy Water was a cooler Surf and OHKO’d everything.

@shelikesmyramen3642

4 ай бұрын

We literally thought on the same wave length that’s wild

@menameta1316

4 ай бұрын

I named mine dr kippson

@terriblejokefactory8831

4 ай бұрын

Muddy Water is a cooler Surf.

@rheeeeeee2011

4 ай бұрын

What’s RSE?

@rheeeeeee2011

4 ай бұрын

Ruby sapphire emerald?

Seeing his colosseum animations just hits different man, proud to be the number 1 pert fan 🥰

@PyroManiac753

25 күн бұрын

Nuh uh. I am the number one pert fan.

Swampert getting DAMP as a hidden ability was the greatest hate crime against it by gamefreak. To this day, it still hasn't been changed and has little utility. They gave mega swamp swift swim but left base swamp untouched and unbuffed. Could also argue it's weird for an axolotl to not have viable recovery beyond rest? Thematically it should get something like recover since they can regenerate so well. Maybe switch damp for regenerator? Considering speed boost blaziken exists, i think swampert deserves some love

@SJrad

4 ай бұрын

Imagine it had gotten rain dish. Then it might’ve had a niche in gen 5 OU because it could make use of the rain.

@tena2013

4 ай бұрын

@@SJrad not all starters get favorable treatment like blaziken and incineroar.

@idioticshamen9859

4 ай бұрын

since its also an axolotl it makes perfect since for it to have regenerator. axolotls can literally grow back limbs and organs.

@tena2013

4 ай бұрын

@jaretco6423 it needs an ability buff bare minimum. Moveset buff with recover might be too much but it's the next step before a stat buff (honestly most pokemon need a stat buff with all the power creep but yeah let's not go there)

@alexanderhalvorson9950

4 ай бұрын

Regenerator on Swampert???? WITH FLIP TURN!? Are you insane??? For that reason, its a yes from me. Make the chonky Axolotl even scarier

fun fact. usage stats were shown 2 days ago and swampert droped to nu with infernape among many other mons

@snapclub8751

4 ай бұрын

Infernape is in NU!? Noooooooooooo!

@laxusstrauss5945

4 ай бұрын

I doubt it will last tho gyarados Infernape swampert are even too strong for RU But people were just busy using the new tools in the tier

@djdrizzy9139

4 ай бұрын

​Are you sure? Do you see all of the mons that dropped to NU too?

@davidhyatoola3127

4 ай бұрын

Losing Scald and Toxic messed Pert up. Would've been nice to see a choice band set with Waterfall, Earthquake, Ice punch and Flip Turn(or Knock Off).

@skeetermania3202

4 ай бұрын

@@davidhyatoola3127There’s still Yawn.

Swampert's hidden ability, as an axolotl, could've been Regenerator 😔 now that it has Flip Turn that'd be crazy. Damp is such a middle finger. They changed Empoleon's tho so a man can dream.

@daigustoemeral3710

4 ай бұрын

I'm hoping gamefreak changes blastoise rain dish ability to mega launcher

@sashasscribbles

4 ай бұрын

Oooh yesss regenerator would be badass. I was thinking unaware or dry skin but I like regenerator better tbh

@tristancummings5925

4 ай бұрын

​@@daigustoemeral3710 wrong monster collecting game Mr.Emeral lol

@erikphillips7106

4 ай бұрын

I have been hoping for regenerator on swampert for a while. Axolotls are literally studied for their regenerative abilities

@hofumoya

4 ай бұрын

​@@tristancummings5925wdym, mega launcher is an ability tho

WE STONE WALLIN' ALMOST EVERY ELECTRIC TYPE POKÉMON WITH THIS ONE 🗣🔥🗣🔥💯

@vossboss220

4 ай бұрын

HP Grass

@pranavdiwan1650

4 ай бұрын

No more worried about that​@@vossboss220

@pranavdiwan1650

4 ай бұрын

@pranavdiwan1650 Tera grass-

@ngct4952

4 ай бұрын

@rotom-mow

@mimesforcrimes8393

4 ай бұрын

That's why he said almost every electric type 💀

*Political Mudkip noises*

@daniellejackson6543

4 ай бұрын

P-political?

@ZaidanDarmasakti

4 ай бұрын

​@@daniellejackson6543 Poipolitical!

@blazikenchad8876

4 ай бұрын

mudlitical mudkip conservative noises

@sashalittledemon6766

4 ай бұрын

Radical socialist Mudkip growls

@Underscore_The

4 ай бұрын

Competitive pokemon is the politics of the pokemon scene

Swampert has gotta be in everyones top 50 favorites

@aureliodeprimus8018

4 ай бұрын

Best starter by far.^^

@nobleginger2535

4 ай бұрын

Not quite

@anastasiskal2608

4 ай бұрын

For me #1

@loganpoal5025

4 ай бұрын

He has to be in everyone's top 1025 Pokemon

@danielmaynard239

4 ай бұрын

@@aureliodeprimus8018 Quaquaval's my favorite starter along with Inteleon

Swampert is the best starter for a Hoenn play through simply because of its lack of bad matchups, the only ones being the rival's Treecko/Grovyle/Sceptile, Sidney's Cacturne and Shiftry, and random route trainers who happen to have Grass Pokemon; those can be easily dealt with by a teammate. It's had solid competitive success too, even though power creep wasn't kind to it over the years and losing its Mega in Sword/Shield sucked.

@JustButton

4 ай бұрын

I'm so ready to get swift swim swampert back in Pokemon zaza

My first starter pokémon ever was mudkip in pokémon emerald. That was the game that got me into pokémon in the first place, so Swampert holds #1 as my favorite water type starter

...so i herd you liek GETTING REKTED

My favorite starter gets revised. HELL YEAH.

Swampert is literally my favourite Pokemon. I kinda feel disappointed with its hidden ability .

-Bulky Water -Stealth Rocker -Gets a Mega -5 base stat points higher than any other starter -Gets Flip Turn in Gen 8 -Gets Poison Jab, Sludge Wave, and Knock Off in Gen 9 Excellent Tera options Yeah, Swampert is hands down one of the best.

@anzeigefehler6495

3 ай бұрын

and then theres damp

@axearmor214

3 ай бұрын

@@anzeigefehler6495 Unless you want to stop Misty Explosion maybe.

@axearmor214

3 ай бұрын

@@jaretco6423 How is it doing down there?

@handoverthestromboli6715

Ай бұрын

Why would you tera pert? Its already got a great type

@axearmor214

Ай бұрын

@@handoverthestromboli6715 Just to maybe stop those Grass types from giving it a x4 whooping.

The fact swampert can solo the entire E4 really speaks to how good it is

I'm so ready to get swift swim swampert back in Pokemon zaza

Knowing how much attention Gens 3 and 4 OU get on this channel, I was expecting around 40 minutes.

@590488

4 ай бұрын

He dramatically undersold swampert in theses gens.

@maxlimit9129

4 ай бұрын

@@590488 BKC is a Blaziken fan after all. Bias much?

@skeetermania3202

4 ай бұрын

@@590488 How?

@skeetermania3202

4 ай бұрын

@@maxlimit9129Maybe the bias will show in the remake…

@IschmarVI

3 ай бұрын

to be fair, gen 3 and 4 were the gens that basically provided the foundation for modern day pokemon (1 and 2 wer almost like a completely different franchise competetively). Thus, a lot that can be said about a pokemon in those gens also applies to later gens. So they usually don't repeat those things over and over again.

Mudkip/Swampert is the only time in all of the Pokemon games my brother and I picked the exact same starter. That’s just how awesome of a Pokemon it is. It still amazes me how popular of a Pokemon it is to this day because as I kid I vividly remember all the other kids liking Torchic or Treecko more.

Swampert and water-ground types are singlehandedly the reason why HP Grass is a thing. It's just that busted of a type combo.

@IschmarVI

3 ай бұрын

Yep. Swamperts mere existence causes zappi birb to mostly run hidden power grass even though it REALLY wants ice. Heck, its existence causes some METAGROSS to run that move (pursuit variants which go special because pursuit is special in gen 3 and an invested psychic still hits hard even when burned, turning the tides on will o wisp gengar when trapping it)

25:34 fun fact: swampert actually dropped below RU and fell to NU recently. how the mighty have fallen

Hoenn is one of the only generations with all 3 banger starters

@matticus_p626

4 ай бұрын

Sinnoh being the other?

@joshuamercer7572

4 ай бұрын

@@matticus_p626I'd also say Alola has a really good starter trio.

@PoisonFlower765

4 ай бұрын

@@joshuamercer7572 Incineroar tho :/

@solstia458

4 ай бұрын

Discounting kanto Johto and Sinnoh is crazy

@aureliodeprimus8018

4 ай бұрын

@@matticus_p626Nah, Piplup lets it down quite a bit...

"perts presence partially prepelled such perceptions" shows some writing skills.

@Alex-vl1mk

4 ай бұрын

The writer for this channel loves alliteration.

Sceptile and blazeiken got speed boosting abilities and swampert got damp thats such a middle finger to it It could have gotten swift swim lile its mega or regenerator since axolots are known for their regenerative abilites

Swampert deserves a better hidden ability then freaking Damp. Give it Dry Skin, or Unaware, anything So proud of them for doing so well though~ (Unaware Swampert would go hard as hell tho, its like Quagsire but with good stats)

@PerfectAzrael

4 ай бұрын

That’s likely why they didn’t give Swampert that since it makes Quagsire completely redundant. Swampert already got a lot of good things. It doesn’t need more and its time in the spotlight is over.

@gugg2216

4 ай бұрын

Dry skin wouldn't make sense for swampert, who's current hidden is literally the opposite. He's constantly wet.

@lop0998

3 ай бұрын

Regenerator cause its an axolotl..?​@@gugg2216

If there's one thing this video has proven to me is that Swampert's success is for the same reason why it's my favourite starter of all: it's simply ol' reliable.

@handoverthestromboli6715

Ай бұрын

ol' reliable dont need none of that fancy regenerator or recover. ol' reliable just comes in on electric type and sets up rocks and throws a fat ice beam out there

BIG PERT BRING ON THE HURT! My favorite starter ever and my no.2 fav pokemon ever, excited to see how this turns out especially during gen 8! Being able to stay in UU despite powercreep without any broken ability makes it incredible in my eyes

Swampert remaining in OU and UU for several generations was certainly an impressive feat though falling into RU in generation 9 is somewhat of a shame. The loss of mega evolution did hurt Swampert somewhat but regular Swampert still showed just how good a Pokémon Swampert is within the competitive scene.

Swampert getting bulk up was super nice too.

After Pokémon Legends Z-A was announced, mega evolution is finally returning. I wonder if this will be the best opportunity for Swampert to make a comeback?

swampert actually just dropped to NU with the march tier shifts. no idea whether or not it'll stick around in the tier, though. also, shoutouts to gen 4 banded swampert. really fun set

@Cruzer108

4 ай бұрын

I feel it's been an issue of new toy syndrome less people use it but it's def better then the tier it's in

@thegreencow18394

4 ай бұрын

@@jaretco6423axolotl?

@gretchling5012

4 ай бұрын

@@Cruzer108 i think pert probably has a place in RU. i'm not super familiar with the tier, but i think most people are using empoleon over it atm for its access to roost. i think swampert has some merit for beating high horsepower revaroom, though, which is a pretty common threat in current RU (and which empoleon is not a great check to).

@thegreencow18394

4 ай бұрын

@@jaretco6423 it’s an animal. The animal swampert is based off.

mudkip is love mudkip is life

Swampert my boi! My first starter ever

Great vid, I think for BW VGC you missed that Swampert did actually have an excellent showing at Worlds 2012, with Kasty reaching top 8 in the Masters division and Jaime Martinez got 2nd in Senior division. It had a niche as a bulky water that could both take on Tyranitar/Metagross/Garchomp among others whilst also not fearing Thundurus-I. Whilst it did face competition from Gastrodon - who was far superior in the Rain matchup, it could be used on compositions that covered this weakness with the other members of the team. Also Swampert won UK Nationals 2009 and was generally a strong but underutilised mon in the DPP VGC era.

@skeetermania3202

4 ай бұрын

I feel even more tempted to apply for the role of a researcher than ever. Burnout seems to be hitting this channel hard with all the weekly releases.

@oopsgtg

4 ай бұрын

@@skeetermania3202 To be fair it can be difficult to research these old gens VGC results, I have plans to send a lot of results to limitless VGC, so then it should be easier to find (although an error that I reported months ago still hasn't been fixed so idk if there is much hope for it)

@skeetermania3202

4 ай бұрын

@@oopsgtg Wait, how do you track such placements? Are you one of the sites main researchers? If you are, that site needs to be updated to include Regulation F events.

@oopsgtg

4 ай бұрын

@@skeetermania3202 No, I am not associated with the site at all, but I have in my own time compiled a document with a lot of teams/results of VGC from 2004-2013. Including events in Japan where I could find online archives of results

Do you like Swampert?

Amazing that Swampert has been so good for so long without ever having a reliable recovery move!

Ah yes, the only well-designed Hoenn starter. No my level 94 Swampert at age 7 does not make me biased.

@marshupp

12 күн бұрын

94?? I had him 60+ only 🥲

Pokemon sapphire was my first ever game and swampert was my first starter so this nostalgia hits hard fr fr

Still hits me a touch every time I hear "the late Angel Miranda".

Let’s go! Swampert, my favorite Pokémon line!

Pert is such a solid mon in adv & dpp, such a great team player offensively & defensively

And this is proof of why Swampert is the GOAT, always has been and always will be, I'm glad it was my starter back in emerald

SWAMPERT STANS UNITE

One of my top 2 starters alongside Torterra

February 7th, 2025 will mark the 20th anniversary of the "So I herd u like Mudkips" meme

In the Rubied Sapphire, straight up "treinan them". And by "them", well, haha. Let's just say. Swamprit.

@_Mutt_

3 ай бұрын

Lol

YESSIR!! I've been waiting for this

Swampert is so good it was immune to power creep until recently. It may be down in Gen IX but it is still among the most consistent staters of all time. If it gained water absorb over damp and toxic back, I could see it being amazing once again.

Finally the video I was waiting for

YESSS DUDE IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS SINCE MEWTWO!

I Literally just watched the older version of this video lol.

The team-player, The reliable, The Dampert

It's crazy that pokemon has been around so long that there are competitive players who are no longer with us

WHAT…ARE YOU DOING IN MY SWAMP… ert

@azurewriter8347

4 ай бұрын

Ayo?

@emojifr...

4 ай бұрын

AN SHIRAISHI PFP MENTIONED 🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️🗣️

@vossboss220

4 ай бұрын

He's weak to grass so I'm sewing my seeds

@exeggutivejudge3747

4 ай бұрын

Yooo 😂😂​@@vossboss220

@Colaschnittchen

4 ай бұрын

Kinky?

I did not know I needed to see this today, I love it

Swampert is actually NU right now.

STILL WAITING FOR “How Good Was Amoonguss Actually”…

Lol guys I was just thinking like what if swampert had intimidate as his hidden ability would it have been as good as incineroar if not better?

Mud shot has such an interesting battle animation and sound, as a kid I didn't know how to feel about that coming out of Swampert. At least it came out of the front.

Yeah, the remake we needed!!!!

Something I’d love to see you guys try is “How great was actually” like Wolfey, Pokeaim, Blunder, Ray Rizzo etc

Good to see my boy despite the power creep still be a solid pokemon throughout the generations.

I've been waiting for this remake for years.

For April fools do how awful were feebas and magikarp actually

I don’t even need to watch the full video to already give it a thumbs up GOATED MON RIGHT HERE

I just got a simy mudkip in sapphire the other day! This video came out at the perfect time

Bronzong, Cresselia, Rotom, Drifblim, Mothim and Lumineon all need a review.

I cant wait to hear you talk about its draft league performances!

@ufailowell

4 ай бұрын

OH NOOOOOO

Swampert, in my opinion, is the best example of how a game could manage power creep. Sure, it was affected a bit, but it was never truly "outclassed" in the excellent jobs it would take.

I would give Swampert Water Absorb as a more practical ability that gives it another immunity and recovery. Also give it back Scald.

Next to Charizard, Swampert is undoubtedly one of the most popular starters to date in Pokemon.

Is it Swampert day? FSG, and Haydunn both dropped videos on the mon

Swampert had a tendency to be overlooked for players of the main game in rse and oras because blaziken was a comfortable choice for the whole game and sceptile looked so cool. But damn was it a competitive beast, and it came back with even more vengeance in oras in rain teams Getting swept by it on showdown convinced me to try a rain team during gen 7 and it was the only themed team i used in ou for quite a long time, which i normally dislike due to their niche nature, but mega swampert was just that much of a beast in rain.

@chaosgallade2331

4 ай бұрын

Mudkip isn’t exactly overlooked. In fact, it’s the best starter for a Hoenn playthrough, whether it’s R/S/E or OR/AS because its matchups against the bosses are consistent.

@fuyuk1r1ft8

3 ай бұрын

@@chaosgallade2331 it's undoubtedly the best starter, but for a first time player of the games, or someone not playing for a competition, it's unlikely they woul choose mudkip. Sceptile had huge press coverage with ash's badass one and its own cool design amd blaziken is just too comfortable early game.

Still waiting for the counterparts to complete: - Carracosta - Serviper - other gen 5 monkeys - Gothitelle And I guess we could finish up Gen 2 with Sunflora., Magcargo and Corsola. I think those are the only gen 2 Pokemon left to wrap it up.

@EggscellentTree

3 ай бұрын

Unown xD

One of my favorite pokemon, im so proud of him

My favourite Pokemon. I still hold on to the dream that one day it gets given Regenerator instead of Damp.

So i herd you liek Mudkips

Good ol Jinbe gets his long due remake.

If swamp didn’t have such a rubbish ability it could be good

What a fitting career role for a tank with perhaps the best bst of all starters, even more so when it got the support it previously lost back. Maybe a tank set with Scald & Assault Vest accompanied by its best coverage can get good mileage as well?

I remember one time I bought a used copy of Omega Ruby and it had a Mega Swampert in the party/box named "Swole Patrol" which I think is the best nickname

Since Swampert is based on axolotls, it makes thematic sense for GF to give it regenerator. At least it makes hell of a lot more sense than Tornadus-T and Mienshao having regenerator.

@handoverthestromboli6715

Ай бұрын

Swampert is way closer to a mudskipper than an axolotl. Also, if they gave regenerator or recover to Pert it would immediately be compared to Milotic and Toxapex and hated for being do-nothing recover walls. I like how surprisingly defensive and threatening swampert is in spite of its lack of recovery.

How long must I wait for my beloved Drifblim to get a video

That's my goat, Teamplayer!

I forgot how goofy the gen 4 sprite is lmaoooo

My first and fav Pokemon line of all time. I used a shiny Swampert, metagross and latios in the battle frontier and its been a blast. I dont think its ever going to happen but I hope they bring battle factory again one day.

Gen 3 designs are so peak bruh Gen 3 best gen Pokémon Emerald best game, shits absolutely god like

They need to buff Damp and give it a burn immunity on top of its normal effect

I like how falling from OU isn't a badge of dishonor for a Pokémon anymore. OU really isn't OU anymore. Its been a second Ubers tier since Gen 7.

Its my favorite pokemon 😊😊 I hope mega swampert returns in the new pokemon game. Swift swim made it a force to be reckoned with

my first played gen and my first starter❤️

Fun Fact: Swampert still has the Highest Base Stat Total of any starter, at 535, beating out Delphox and Infernape by 1 Point! This holds true for Mega Starters as well, Mega Swampert's at 635, beating out Both Mega Charizards by again 1 Point! Truly, Mudkip Stocks are unrivaled.

@IschmarVI

3 ай бұрын

swampert is a big boi with big numbers

Jimothy cool lieks mudkipz

Another banger

Me watching the original video: This is cool Me watching this video, having been brainwashed by JimothyCool: This is insane

I was literally thinking yesterday "False Swipe needs to remake the swampert video" and here we are