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Excited to see Zebstrika skyrocket in competitive use after the addition of the "horse" type next generation

@wenxiwu6480

Ай бұрын

Vaush will love that.

@ballisticalrift

Ай бұрын

@@wenxiwu6480he wants to BE the horse

@Theamsice

Ай бұрын

Unfortunately, zebstrika was burdened with the terrible zebra/electric type combo in gen 10

@Will-uv9kx

Ай бұрын

​@@ballisticalriftno, he wants to be the 6 year old girl in the leaked image who is receiving the horse... Good Lord please keep up, this is very important.

@lukaskback9710

Ай бұрын

The horse is lorse

For anyone who didn't watch the video or read the title, Mr. Cool went over the best Competitive Pokémon Glow-Ups.

@jimothycool

Ай бұрын

Yeah.

@theimprovedbore550

Ай бұрын

Yeah.

@TrebleStarcrush

Ай бұрын

Yeah.

@the_insti_gator

Ай бұрын

Nah.

@zaknork9282

Ай бұрын

Yeah.

I feel Clefable’s buff was a bit understated here, it was so good in Gen 6 that people started using it in Gen 4 and 5 OU, where back in the day it was only considered a UU pokemon at best

@wigglytuffenjoyer

Ай бұрын

That’s actually a common misconception. Clef was used seriously in Gen 4 OU since BW2 times because of how hated Magic Guard was in Gen 5. People just started to think “dang, if ignoring sand and hazards is so good in this powerful meta game, surely it’s even better to do this in a generation with a lower power level compared to gen 5.” Clef just so happened to have solid enough stats and was at the time the only user of Magic Guard

@slander8643

Ай бұрын

I feel like it works the other way. If clef is so good in gen 4 and 5, did it even get that buffed in gen 6? Yeah it's top 1 in gen 6 but it's top 5 in gen 4.

@artimist0315

Ай бұрын

I mean though clef was definitely buffed, the fact that it was decent in gen 5 OU and became meta defining in gen 4 doesn't make it the greatest candidate, it was more of a previously unexplored Pokemon that got more optimised over time

One of the best glow ups is tauros in gen 1, going from not existing to becoming one of the best pokemon

I am very excited to see the top comment of this video (it will be the first line of the video)

@thanoscarssbu153

Ай бұрын

I gotchu

@Brandon.thebaby

Ай бұрын

this is insane

@Tetzll123

Ай бұрын

Ron Paul 2012

@moeeyeguy531

Ай бұрын

You may have just broken the mold.

@Mixxium

Ай бұрын

Jokes on you

Ampharos, Umbreon, Xurtiktree, Lanturn, Volbeat, Manaphy, & Lumineon are the true greatest Pokémon glow-ups.

@SilverScarletSpider

Ай бұрын

Smart comment. I think Xurtiktree glows too

@EclipseonPMD

Ай бұрын

@@SilverScarletSpider True! I love Xurtiktree, thank you for reminding me :]

@bunnycat24

Ай бұрын

I really like umbreon and lanturn and I'm happy to see them having their glow ups :^]

@InsertFunnyThingHere

18 күн бұрын

And all of them should learn tail glow because it'd be very funny

iron mugulis will always hold a special spot in my heart but this new horse lore goes hard and i appreciate freshening things up a little

@sora4440

Ай бұрын

I'm mostly here for Jimothy Lore. Shit be having me on the floor. This horse council shit is funny AF...

@Dr.J42

Ай бұрын

What episode did Mugulis stuff wnd

Surprised that there was no mention of cloyster. That dude was pushed hard with shell smash and skill link.

@goGothitaLOL

Ай бұрын

At least he made whole video about it

@turtle_7777

Ай бұрын

​@havierbardem820are we ignoring how cloyster went from UU to UBER from 4-> 5?

@aQrator

Ай бұрын

​​@@turtle_7777 the thing is that if Cloyster is on the table then Blaziken got it beat by going from decent in UU to decent in Ubers, whereas Cloyster is at the very least less viable in gen 5 Ubers, while being similarly decent in gen 4 UU (I believe)

@williamdrum9899

Ай бұрын

Icicle Spear buffed from 10 to 25

@llamaryder1

Ай бұрын

While I think it deserves an honorable mention, I still think toed is #1. The only reason politoed isn't banned is because gen 5 has always been known as the weather war generation, and people think it defines the tier. Many of the best gen 5 players believe rain shouldve been banned from the getgo, but now it appears to be too late. While yes, some pokemon have risen to ubers, politoed is responsible for multiple pokemon, abilities, and strategies to get banned. It may not be an Uber, but it required the most convoluted set of bannings in smogon's history today in order to allow it, and it still serves as the #1 example to this day for smogon of how not to handle bans. If generation 5 was erased from our memories and then released tomorrow with how tiering philosophy currently is, politoed would be quickbanned.

Honestly, for gens 2 to 3, I think Wobboffet was buffed the most. In gen 2, Wob was in Zu, not even an official tier, I believe. Status, set up moves, or even Simply switching completely counters wob in gen 2. But in gen 3, wob gains some new moves, notably encore, but more importantly, shadow tag. Suddenly, you can't switch out, and trying to set up will lead to being encored, allowing for a safe switch. Trace pokemon can give it trouble, but they weren't really common enough. That and the fact two wobs locked in on each other forces a tie due to gen 3 struggle mechanics, Wob began the first ever non legendary banned from ou.

@duckyay3439

Ай бұрын

I was thinking the same thing, except I realized Wynaut probably had even more of a glow up since it got banned in gen 3 too and you know it was worse than ass in gen 2

@devdog7409

Ай бұрын

@@duckyay3439 Yeah, Wynaut was really bad in gen 2. Some would say nonexistent.

@stephenveerasammy3074

Ай бұрын

Yup, absolutely

@Dawg347

Ай бұрын

“Wob was in Zu” sounds like alien speak lmao

It's definitely not the biggest glow up, but we gotta take a moment to appreciate Blaziken in Gen 5 going from being stuck in the shadow of Infernape to an Uber level threat all thanks to Speed Boost.

@schwa2585

Ай бұрын

Speed boost brought this guy from KFC to Ubers. More than noteworthy.

@DoctorFalchion

Ай бұрын

Maybe not the biggest, since wide rules changes had to be made to address the weather problem, but it's definitely close; should've been mentioned over Gliscor, Tentacruel or Alakazam. Went up two tiers, and the hardest ones to rise through at that.

@randumo24

Ай бұрын

@@DoctorFalchion No, definitely the biggest. Weather was an issue sure, but that's not a one pokemon issue. Blaziken literally had to be banished to ubers and was still competitive there.

Sandaconda also learns High Horsepower. Will Magcargo, Sandaconda, and the mightiest of horses; Regigigas (yeah, they learn it) join forces to enter inside the council?

@inefffable

Ай бұрын

Barboach is the strongest horse

@whatthewhatthe9117

Ай бұрын

Magcargo is just a rapidash that got sent to the glue factory

@zilkay6558

Ай бұрын

Don't forget that Rillaboom and mamoswine also learn high horsepower as well

@Will-uv9kx

Ай бұрын

Yeah but all of those are clearly horses where magcargo isnt. Gotta go with game freak on this one. Horsepower was a reference to engines, not horses. Magcargo is a renowned speedmon, hence it makes sense. You just have to have a high IQ to understand it. Sadly this is lacking in the Pokemon community 🎩💋

@FromMan2Monkey-nb5fq

Ай бұрын

@@Will-uv9kxMagcargo has car in his name, which is why he learns the move. He is a car pokemon.

Quagsire's derpy expression never changing all the while being flung around PU and OU every other generation is hilarious to picture

Perhaps you haven't realized yet... The only reason you were the strongest rain setter in OU history... Was simply because... I wasn't buffed yet.

@chitorunya

Ай бұрын

-pelliper to politoad

To Magcargo: You’re on the council, but we do not grant you the title of horse

Jimothy seems to have forgotten that Tauros being completely unvisited in Gen 0 to dominating in Gen 1

@the9thinning1

Ай бұрын

Gen 0 is my favorite gen competitively

I actually think Serperior got the biggest buff in gen 6 with contrary. From absolutely garbage mon in gen 5 to a very good OU mon in gen 6!

Alongside Bisharp, you can argue Serperior got a huge glow up from Gen V to VI. After finally legally getting Contrary, Serperior rose from NU in Gen VI because the ability was not released till around ORAS.

@aQrator

Ай бұрын

I can't believe I forgot about Serperior. Yes, this beats Bisharp by a mile just from tiering alone

A Lava Snail? With high horse power? This is insane.

@dannyc8900

Ай бұрын

A lava horse*

@_elynas

Ай бұрын

why cant a snail be a horse? are horses suddenly not allowed to be non-quadrupedal and be made out of lava? Are you a horse expert?

@Flamelance_Accendo

Ай бұрын

@@_elynas no i'm a snail expert

@SuperEljafru

Ай бұрын

this is because marcargo is based off of turbo from hit 2013 movie: turbo

@douglanmar

Ай бұрын

At this time of day? At this time of year?

Whenever a new Pokémon title is released, the competitive metagame drastically changes.

@Luzbel809

Ай бұрын

As new mechanics, options and entirely new Pokémon completely redefining what is considered top tier

@Keb1c

Ай бұрын

Some Pokemon maintain their competitive relevance from game-to-game, if they're fundamentally strong enough and prove useful in the new title.

You definitely missed Wobbuffet’s huge buff moving from Gen 2 to Gen 3

Now, my friend Jimothy, do the reverse. The most Nerfed pokemon of every generation.

@tecul1

Ай бұрын

2: Tauros, 3: Golem, 4: Charizard, 5: every Rotom forme except Wash, 6: Ninetales, 7: Keldeo, 8: Kommo-o

@eiilos98

Ай бұрын

@@tecul1 Kommo-o on gen 9 is crazy, dude Tyranitar is barely holding on UU.

@tecul1

Ай бұрын

i admit i checked out of gen 8 even casually very early, perhaps ttar is better answer to the question (though i hear in more modern gen 8 it's doing ok)

@maxmucci3170

Ай бұрын

The correct answer for gen 8 is Kangaskhan, or any Pokémon that lost its Mega for that matter. If you discount that the correct answer is Blaziken, which went from Ubers to UU

@goGothitaLOL

Ай бұрын

@@tecul1it’s either Aegislash, Mimikyu, or the Tapus in Gen 8 All of whom were directly nerfed Also, Gen 7 should be Talonflame, it went from top of the world to a lower class citizen And Gen 9 should be Chansey/Blissey, Toxapex, Landorus-T, Greninja or Regieleki, both of whom were also directly nerfed

best glow up of all time was when iron mugulis got alakazam's signature move 'kinesis' during the washing machine dlc

What about wobbafett going from gen 2 to 3 It's biggest flaw in gen 2 was that pokemon could switch out of it and now all of a sudden it clicking counter or mirror coat doesn't matter. In gen 3, wobbafett gained the ability shadow tag, allowing it to guarantee its target gets trapped in battle with them. Furthermore, in gen 2 you could max out every single stat, meaning mixed offenses were far more common and consistent- in gen 3, the limit of ev spreading means many pokemon have to focus solely on physical or special attack. This removes the need for prediction on what countering move to click, allowing wobbafett to consistently take out special or physical wall breakers. Not being able to max out stats also means many opposing pokemon may lack hp evs, allowing for wobbafetts counters to be far more dangerous. It also gained encore in the move to gen 2 to 3, allowing it to lock an enemy into 1 moves, which is a very powerful utility. I think it's most notable for wobbafett, as it went from zu in gen 2, to ubers in gen 3.

clefable was one of my favorites in gen 6. Magic guard plus life orb plus huge move pool and healing makes an insane mon

@FromMan2Monkey-nb5fq

Ай бұрын

it also got a stat buff too right?

@TaLeng2023

Ай бұрын

Only played till Gen 5, did it still have Soft-boiled in Gen 6?

I remember when some comment about Clefable at the start of Gen 6 was like "yea, Dragon immunity is nice and all but I don't think it's that good because it lost its Ghost immunity and STAB Double Edge".

@christiancinnabars1402

Ай бұрын

I don't know what's more funny: Someone coming off of the back of Gen 5 thinking Dragon immunity wouldn't make a mon by itself, or someone running Double-Edge off of base 70 Attack solely due to Magic Guard.

@EpiclyEpicGamer

Ай бұрын

@@christiancinnabars1402 tbf, it does use double edge in gen 4 uu

Azumaril might be the most consistently buffed mon in the series. Starting as unviable for NU in Gen 2 it got better with each game, starting with its great ability in Gen 3, the phys special split in Gen 4 and having a big niche in Gen 5 OU due to all the rain and I believe it also got Aqua Jet at this point. Then becoming an OU staple with its gen 6 typing buff to water fairy. That’s 4 Generations in succession where it got major buffs

Using the lavos game for the Gyarados segment is crazy

Sharpness Gallade gives me LIFE

If we're discounting megas, I'd say serperior had the biggest buff from gen 5 to 6. While bisharp went from UU to OU, serperior went all the way from NU to one of the top threats in OU. Serp didn't have access to contrary in its debut generation, so it could not make use of leaf storm to boost and deal massive damage simultaneously. It could also take advantage of the new sticky webs by allowing it to be a massive counter to webs teams as it gives you a boost. Finally, it benefits from the new buffed defog, as it is an excellent secondary defogger. Serp packed multiple roles as a hazard remover, Para spreader even to ground types, taunt stallbreaker, leech seed staller, revenge killer with scarf sets, and a setup sweeper, and it could do most of these things with a single set despite having a pitifully shallow movepool. It even has access to the new buffed knock off which it uses surprisingly well despite being a special attacker. All of these changes turned serperior from an okay NU pokemon to one of the best in OU over the course of a single generation.

I get your pick for gen 3, but given that both dug and mag were mentioned for how powerful their trapping abilities were, I think you missed the actual biggest glowup along similar lines: Wobuffet. From ZU to Ubers thanks to Shadow Tag.

@clumpofblankets165

Ай бұрын

From unusable in standard play to unusable in standard play. . .

Zamazenta is my favourite glow up winning 2 regionals in gen 9 when no one used it in gen 8 is crazy

@mr.sandman7339

Ай бұрын

Crazy what being a Box Legendary with a move that actually synergizes with your role can do

@bradtolch

Ай бұрын

If you think about it, actually going down to OU is a viability buff since it didn't see any play whatsoever in ubers.

8:46 Great choice of game to demonstrate the power of Gyarados

I feel like of all time, snorlax got the most buffed in any generational shift. They gave him return, curse, a buffed double edge, a body slam that could paralyze normal types, a large special defense stat, leftovers, sleep talk, etc. They really made GSC Snorlax one of the strongest Pokémon in the franchise. Period.

I can’t believe this. Another Jimothy Cool video. This is epic.

Zamazenta-Crowned, going from probably the worst box legendary ever to top tier VGC threat

8:49 the perfect clip to showcase gyarados' glow-up lmao

@DGFTardin

Ай бұрын

It didn't just destroy Pokémon, it destroyed players as well

Nidoking seeing usage in gen 5(?) after getting sheer force was a big glow up.

It's unfortunate magcargo will never get a glowup. Since it's already the peak of power, it cannot go any higher

Adding to the many honorable mentions here in the comments, in Generation 5, Cloyster abandoned its defensive spike-setter role. Combined with the Skill Link ability, access to a couple multi-hit moves, a priority stab move, and an option to even run mixed coverage, the introduction of Shell Smash turned this mon, whose stats would suggest physical wall, into a fast offensive powerhouse over night, becoming one of the most terrifying boost sweepers in the game.

Mr. Cool, I regret to inform you that Macargo does not, in fact, learn the move High Horsepower, and can only come into possession of it through the hard work of its pre-evolved form, Slugma, who I propose should be recognized by the horse council instead.

It's an unspoken rule that any video featuring Gyarados, Waterfall, Jirachi, or flinch chances has to display the "unfortunate doesn't even" game.

This was a fun video Mr. Cool. I enjoyed trying to guess each mon.

Bro, your content is fire these days. Let's see you reach 100000 subs

In my opinion blaziken has to be the most buffed pokemon in gen 5. Speed bost made it a beast of a pokemon and even if you knew exactly what was coming, it was so hard to stop.

This is insane

I'm very happy for Ribombee's recent success. It's my favorite bug type :3c

My favourite buffs were to Blaziken and Weavile because they're two of my favourite 'mons and they both became super strong after being buffed, which made me happy.

I would say clefable had the biggest buff in gen 6, simply bc that change with everything else made it a staple for the next 5 gens where other mons quickly fell out of use. I know it saw play b4 that but even so it is just peaking that much harder to give it the edge over Azumarill

“Jimothy, the horse is here”

Blaziken getting speed boost and going from UU to Ubers is my gen 5 pick

The Magcargo theory is 100% valid. It's MagCarGo. Car go? A car can only go with a solid amount of horse power.

My favorite buff is seeing Zamazenta get Body press. Bro went from dogwater to the Top Dog, and thats even with eating multiple nerfs at the same time

Whenever a new pokemon title is released, the competitive metagame drastically changes!

To me I think the biggest glow-up was Wobbuffet in ADV, going from something that is in the most literal sense useless if it's facing two or more Pokemon, a Pokemon with Toxic, a Pokemon with a setup move, etc, into something that cannot be countered.

My support goes out to Magcargo, he will be a powerful force on the horse council

Really fascinating ❤ cheers

Very surprised that Kyurem-B wasn’t the pick for gen 8. 700 BST box legendary trapped in OU for 3 gens straight, only took two moves to bump it up to true Uber status. Truly always the bridesmaid, never the bride.

@clumpofblankets165

Ай бұрын

The list isnt including mons that get banned. Its about new gens gifting mons tools that place them into viability in standard play (OU).

for gen 4 I think clefable did also deserves a mention. Also for gen 8 the slowtwins.

Great topic ans great video! For Gen 8 though I think you'd be doing a disservice to the generation to not mention the changes to Teleport and it's impact on mons like the Slow Twins :D

Quagsire getting Unaware from gen4 to 5. If Quag didn't get unaware, it would get so bodied, because it would be outclassed by everything. But Unaware giving him stardom in literally every tier is FUNNY. Especially when in gen8 it was literally the only check to Zacien before DLC ahahahah

Dang Bisharp for Gen 6, I would’ve said Serperior since it was truly terrible in Gen 5, whereas Bisharp was a relatively decent Pokemon before the buffs. Good video!

I would say the biggest buff in gen 6 was Serperior, basicly useless in gen 5 but with contrary it became a monster

you forgot speed boost Blaziken! he went from being a slow mid tier attacker to Ubers for like a decade... I think that's at least an honorable mention.

If we're allowing ubers, Wobuffet (gen 3) should be a contender over Dugtrio. Going from a useless gimmick to instant death is certainly a shift in competitive viability.

Gen 6 was also the first time Azumarill could legally use Belly Drum and Aqua Jet at the same time. Those moves can only come from different parents, so it was impossible to get both until female Pokemon could also pass on Egg Moves in Gen 6.

I would've liked to have seen this concept as two videos. Many of the mons mentioned here aren't actually suddenly much more viable because they were "buffed" per se, but work better in the new meta game due to other changes such as dex cuts, move pool cuts for other mons, or other effects like spike immunity being relevant. Rimbombee being a big example of a mon you award who wasn't actually "buffed". Could do a video on indirect buffs and one on direct buffs, perhaps.

cool video. I definitely had a couple different scizors in gen 4.

Serperior in the forgotten real,come on jimothy...

Whenever a new Pokémon title is released, the competitive metagame drastically changes, with new mechanics, options, and entirely new Pokémon.

@TrebleStarcrush

Ай бұрын

Completely redefining what is considered top tier.

You forgot Aerodactyl getting access to Rock Slide is a buff in it of itself on top of Rock Head giving it no recoil to Double-Edge.

My favorite buff has got to be Empoleon getting Roost and Competitive! I hope he gets back Scald next Gen, too!

Blaziken got snubbed...he went straight to ubers when he got speed boost lol.

Excadrill also knows horse power. Therefore, it is also a horse.

surprised no mention of the slowtwins and the advent of buffed teleport and future sight, alongside hdb. those two basically defined the tier in their respective defensive capabilities.

Hot take: Dugtrio's Area trap is a Domain expansion 😤

You forgot to mention the new item choice band that is required on dugtrio

Shoutouts to base Kyurem who went from RUBL in Gens 6 and 7 to banned to Ubers in Gen 8 thanks to how absurd the sheer number of sets it had were to deal with

I'm surprised you discussed Aerodactyl in gen 3 without once mentioning the fact that it finally got access to a decent STAB move in Rock Slide.

Clefable 🤝 Volcarona Becoming better with each generation

Whenever a new Pokémon title is released the competitive meta game drastically changes

I'm glad to see my man Alomomola getting love. Defensive Pokemon wreak havoc.

Whenever a new Pokémon title is released, the competitive meta-game drastically changes.

We love you!

surprised with no ditto mention, just a funny little, uh, something

8:46 the mcmeghan vs lavos flinch lmfaooooo

my favorite buff is Sableye into gens 5 and 6, gave the little guy something to do in gen 5 and then made them an even bigger menace the following gen

I would include Skill Link Cloyster and eviolite chansey

i was actually so happy to hear that alomamola was great now. i really liked its design and always felt that it was just *so close* to being good. glad to see this fish finally reaching OU status :)

So basically once the meta wasn't just Psychic types, the same wild versatility that makes Nidoking the Gen 1 Speedrunner made him good competitively lol

The Snorlax called watón XD i'm sure that guy is chilean, since here we use that Word (but written guatón)

Great video! I'd just like to point out that "benefactor" is the one giving the help and "beneficiary" is the one receiving it. If we slack in our adherence to established definitions, Iron Mugulis wins.

There are so many pokemon who deserve buffs, Vespiquen is one of my favourite bugs buts its literaly dead in 2 turns

Were it not for translation I'd have guessed that Magcargo learns High Horsepower exclusively because Drwamworks' Turbo has associated snails with fast cars. I don't hear ppl talking about that movie enough.

I feel like gen 5 cloyster is missing from that list, but it was a really nice video.

I think Wobbuffet had the most significant glowup from gen 2 to gen 3

Klawf, another high horsepower crustacean, also has a good argument for gaining council membership

the funny thing about gen 6 clefable is that it seemed like an insane glow-up at the time, but after seeing how good it was with the fairy type, people tried it in earlier gens and it's currently ranked B+ in gen 5 (same as Heatran and Latias) and A+ rank in gen 4. there's a strong argument to be made that its real glow-up actually happened in gen 4, not gen 6, and that it was buffed even more than scizor was despite the fact that it took years for this to be discovered

First thing that comes ti mind is that azumaril meme

@gregorymirabella1423

Ай бұрын

Meme?

Upvote to appease the horse council.