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RedThunderDan yeah, not to rag on it too much, I notice sometimes his list videos like this one have either exaggerations or off the mark details like this one. Definitely makes me think he either doesn’t play much or just takes random things he finds online and doesn’t do too much double checking
Filter, Solid Rock, Triage, and Water Bubble are all actually amazing abilities. Do not underestimate them. The others are just incredibly situational.
Long Reach is great, since it's only on the Rowlet line and everything is better than Overgrow in most match ups. Damp is one of the Shiny Hunter's favorite, too. Meanwhile everyone's heard of Stall because it's a meme ability.
I once bred a Parasect with Damp specifically, to hunt for self-destructing Pokémon on XY. Most of the other abilities I've heard of or used as well before. Not all, thou. But Damp actually is pretty useful more outside of competetive or even trainer battles.
The common stone sounds like a beta version of the stone that one of your friends gives you thinking it might be a mega stone. It is quickly revealed to just be a regular stone that stays in your key items with a very similar description.
A lot of the moves and abilities I knew about, but I research those when I'm deciding how to raise my Pokemon, so I'm probably an outlier. Still, there were some of the newer ones I didn't know about.
Fun fact for the shiny leafs! They’re only found on certain routes depending on each Pokemon and their natures! Each set of nature’s share 5 routes that you need to collect the leaves from that give the crown
@@lexruptor well the mechanics yes, but the pokeballs have such similar names that someone who never really used the fast balls in silver and gold would likely have just forgotten it and since the quick ball is used far more it's easy to confuse the names
Most people don't even know Quick Balls new effect from Gen 7; If the wild Pokémon has a base Speed stat of 100 or more, the Fast Ball has a 4× catch rate modifier; otherwise, it has a 1× modifier.(Ultra Beasts are always 0.1% Modifier.)
The Fast Ball's somewhat notable for not working properly in Gen 2. At least, I see that as notable, anyway. But yeah- it was intended to work better on any Pokémon that could flee, and instead it only applies that bonus to Magnemite, Grimer, and Tangela, a fraction of the full list.
I have the habit of scrolling all the new abilities when a new game comes out, therefore I'm pretty sure I've seen all these abilities before. It's actually surprising to me that a poketuber would not have heard of these abilities before.
Are you kidding, I always talk to the assistants. My favorite is the Assistant from Prof. Elm's lab, he's an absolute chad, but Roseanne is awesome ngl.
I remember playing gen 3, collecting all the in game berries and being so upset when i found out i needed an e reader and the cards to get the rest. Never happened 🤣
I actually had an e reader, can't remember the reason, but never really got to use it. Not sure what happened to it either now that I think about it...just kinda went poof...I think I still have some of the battle cards somewhere still in plastic.
Dude, do you never use any moves outside of the gold standards? I’m not even a competitive player and I knew all of those moves, just from playing through the games. Used a few of them too.
Honestly makes me wonder if this guy even plays Pokemon games tbh. How have you not heard of a lot of these things before? How do you not know what Damp is? Chip Away? It's not like there are trainers and Elite Four in Gen 5 that spam the move like crazy
Right? Damp is one of Psyducks abilities and Psyduck is in most games. I always kinda forget what chip away does (i think it ignores stat changes or something) but I always know it as a move
Most of these I did not know about, and I forgot some of the Wonder Launcher's multiplayer items. It's not that I didn't know of the items for that thing ever, as I've played multiplayer battles tied to that battle mode with my friend in school at the time. They really need to bring that mode back, as it'd add another thing to multiplayer battles we don't really have today.
For the abilities, I already knew about Flower Gift and Long Reach. For the moves, I knew Wring Out, Telekinesis, Clear Smog, Tail Slap, Spotlight, Lunge, Stuff Cheeks and Clangorous Soul. For the berries, I knew the Rabuta Berry and the Enigma Berry. For the items, I knew the Fast Ball and the Common Stone. That's one of the reasons why I love playing crazy randomizer. You discover obscure moves, abilities and/or items that can be totally useless or actually really fun.
I did the shiny leaf quest, so here's a cool tidbit: pokemon can find shiny leaves in only certain locations that depends on their nature. So, they can't just find a Shiny Leaf anywhere in Kanto/Johto. Each Nature has set locations where leaves can be found by them. I don't know if anyone knew this, but I really wanted a Leaf Crown back in the day, so yeah.
I know Filter (Mr Mime), Damp (Quagsire), Flower Gift (Cherrim), Triage (Comfey), Rattled (Toxel) and Water Bubble (Araquanid). Same with the attakcs: I know Wring Out, Telekinesis, Chip Away, Clear Smog, Tail Slap, Iron Deluge, Happy Hour (which I use quite a lot to farm money at the Galarian Star Tournament), Purify, Lunge, Stuff Cheeks, Clangorous Soul, False Surrender and Skitter Smack. I guess when you battle online, you just learn more about the abilities, attacks and Pokémon overall so I absolutely suggest you to do that because moves like Lunge, Stuff Cheeks, Skitter Smack and False Surrender are commonly used. You can even play the Dynamax Adventure to come across these moves and abilities, they definitely aren't "never heard of" if you battle.
i'm that person who REALLY likes Berries, as a Berry and battle enthusiast i knew about all these Berries and probably more, plus all the abilities, moves, and items, but i sure didn't know that Walda had a second name, or about the radio characters
I'm really into Berries too. I even made my own designs for the Gen II Berries that don't have sprites. flamintales.fandom.com/wiki/User_blog:Raidra/Berry_Intensive_Project
@@karaoconnoraliasraidra OOH those are really nice, reminded me that i also once made my own original berries, and two new flavours called Minty and Chewy hahah
@@KaiCyreus Thank you, I'm glad you liked them! I like the idea of the Minty and Chewy Berries too! :-D I'm kind of surprised there aren't more fan-made Berries (After all, there are fan-made Types, Moves, and Abilities, so someone could always make Berries to go along with them).
@@KaiCyreus That's cool. Since not every Berry has an effect (other than flavoring treats or dying clothing), you could do whatever you feel. I've also wondered if the medicines are actually the juices of berries mixed with other ingredients (like is the Antidote made of Pecha and Drash juices). If I think about it too long, however, I start to wonder if they have flavors (like does the Freeze Heal taste sour since the Aspear and Pumkin Berries are sour) and I feel I'm thinking too much about it.
Definitely heard of Damp before, I believe I first heard about it in Gen 5 when the Dream World was a new concept Triage is one I found recently where a pokemon showdown RU-vidr used a Comfey with Triage and Draining Kiss was faster then another priority move. It was kind of nutty
How do you do this for a living and don’t know some these abilities and moves? Lol I knew all of this short of the random character one offs that obviously no one would know because they aren’t significant.
For the abilities: I mean, given, I do play and watch randomized Nuzlockes, but still, how would Damp and Filter be obscure at all? And Rattled is incredibly easy to encounter in Gen 8, as the gift Toxel has it. The others I have never heard. As for the moves: I knew Clear Smog, Tail Slap (I had a Technician Cinchino in a Shield Wonderlocke lately that had that), Spotlight and False Surrender (Anyone who used a Grimmsnarl should know that one) And for the Berries: I've definitely seen Rabuta and Watmel before. Not the others though. Also, anyone who played Gen 2 should gemember the Fast Ball as one of the Kurt balls. Oh, and the only reason I'm aware of the Gorgeous Box is because I found one in a randomized Gen 2 game.
I mean, old pokefans who had seen the anime could easily remember the Fast ball because Brock caught his Pineco in it on the same episode Kurt gave that ball to him. That ball continued to appear in the Hoenn region because Brock exclusively brought his Foretress to the Hoenn region.
thanks to pokemon go, masters & probably the anime I saw some of those moves mentioned in this video before lol plus some poketubers covering them before I saw e.g. auraguardian
don't have Ridge wallet but do have a big wallet but don't keep it in the back pocket, more to the front so it is harder for pickpockets to steal and they have to be more personel to snag it lol
Yeah, my wallet's in the front pocket as well. Do people really keep their wallet in their back pocket? That just sounds uncomfortable. Far as I'm concerned, back pockets of my pants are strictly decorative.
I must have played Pokemon a lot because I have heard of most of these abilities, moves and berries. Some of these aren't that unknown as they are signature abilities and moves like Cherrim's Flower Gift and Araquanid's Water Bubble
Many of the berries are pretty obscure with little to no good uses but the abilities and moves he lists are really strange that he dosnt know about things like Damp
I was doing a challange with my friend where we catch a bunch of random pokemon in the wild area and then battle with them, his wooper had damp and saved him from my exploding roggenrolla evolution(i forgot the name). it was hilarious :))
I remember a lot of these moves actually... Telekinesis makes you levitate, tail slap is like fury attack but for Minccino/Cinccino, Chip away is a move that ignores stat gains. And Clear Smog is basically Haze plus damage. Poison type move that clears stat changes completely. I got a couple Watmel Berries in gen 3. I remember you would go to the berry Master's wife and Say " Overwhelming Latias" but by the time I found that out the internal battery ran dry, which stopped berries from growing
I believe Comfey has the ability Triage, and triage is what happens when you initially go to an urgent care or emergency room. It basically assesses the patient's condition, especially in an emergency setting. Comfey is known as a pokemon who heals other pokemon (paraphrasing badly) so that makes sense
7:25 In the manga, Red's Poliwhirl's ability is Damp, as mentioned in Volume 23. I've heard of some of the other moves you mentioned. 9:44 Most of the berries no one has ever heard of are more useful for Pokemon Contests than many other things, but I've heard of one or two that you mentioned. 12:34 I knew about the Intriguing Stone already. I used to be a Pokemon nerd so that's how I know this stuff.
Mystery Gift Carrie also appeared in Pokémon Stadium 2 with a nice drawn portrait, I thought you'd mention that! Back in the day she was my only source of Mystery Gift and I'd log in daily.
Skitter Smack is a common move in Dynamax Adventures. Stuffed Cheeks is the signature move of Greedent and Skwovet. Rattled is the hidden ability of Alolan Meowth and Alolan Persian. Fast Ball is a Gen 2 Apricorn Ball. I have hidden ability Pichu in Fast Balls in Pokémon Home
I've heard of flower gift and rattled and for the moves I've heard of wring out, clear smog, tail slap (only because a random pokemon used it on me a few days ago), lunge, and ion deluge I've also heard of the watmel berry, enigma berry, and chilan berry
Really? I wouldnt readily remember much of the characters but I know all of those abilities and can probably say what each does without even looking them up
I'll list out facts I actually knew versus what I actually learned as I watch: 1. I knew Walda, though not her name. I also knew Yellow's uncle was based on a fisherman in the games, but not his name. The rest, I honestly didn't know in terms of NPCs. 2. I knew about most of the abilities. The only one that I didn't know was Ripen. 3. In terms of moves, I hadn't known about Spotlight and Purify. 4. I honestly knew about all those berries. I never used them myself, but Bulbapedia is my friend, and I often look at berry listings to find berries of particular flavors for my Pokemon, so I've seen the list of eReader berries. 5. For items, you got me with the Chalky Stone, Common Stone, Gorgeous Box, different game systems, and Teru-sama. I also didn't know the Wonder Launcher was how you got the upgraded battle items, but I knew they existed. Overall, not bad. I actually learned some new things about the games I adore!
Wring Out is a great move. I had a Tangrowth, Tentacruel, Seviper, Carnivine, Cradily, Victrebel and Lickilicky on previous playthrough teams that had it and its great as a first turn move since its 120 base power if the opponent is at full health
I love these types of videos, I love learning about the concepts and hidden secrets that almost never get to see the light of day. Makes me wish there was something like this for Colosseum and XD. There's a manga of Colosseum, and I'm sure there's all kinds of secrets we've never got to see in those games.
The Chilan berry is actually widely available. The Rabuta, watmel, belue, spelon, berries were very rare but could be rarely obtained in regular gameplay. The enigma berry was indeed only obtainable through a cheat code..... The other berries you mentioned though? Yeah, I want them! I've heard about quite a few of the abilities and moves mentioned as well, but a couple were new to me. There are rare abilities that some pokemon have although it's incredibly rare and sometimes pop out during breeding a pokemon - like getting a female starter pokemon. Usually you'll get a male, but sometimes you'll hatch out a female. Long Reach is the other ability of Decedueye, and there was a set of final evolution starters given to players where the pokemon actually had the rare alternate abilities in Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon - I believe. I personally have those pokemon
I laughed at the abilities one cause I would always try and theory craft comp teams based on weird abilities on Pokemon no one else used so I’d heard of all of them. You got me on the move toxic thread tho. Never heard of that once.
Solid Rock's been around a while, but it's not found on many Pokémon, so I can't blame you. It's only on Camerupt, Rhyperior, Tirtouga, and Carracosta. It works the same as Filter.
Some of my Pokémon in HeartGold and SoulSilver have found the golden leaves. Never got that crown. I love Camerupt, so I knew about the Solid Rock ability.
I will always remember the fast ball because during my second playthrough of heartgold I managed to catch raikou with the fast ball from kurt right after the roaming started.
Stall would be an awesome Ability if Sableye had better bulk! Think about it- STAB Payback guaranteed to be at full power! Rototiller I have a funny story about- I was battling Lusamine's Clefable in Moon, and it Metronomed Forest's Curse on one turn, and then Metronomed Rototiller the turn after, so it basically set things up to be able to power up my Toxapex. I remember getting the Leaf Crown on my Wynaut. I really wish that carried over to subsequent games, or at least unlocked a new Ribbon. THE WONDER LAUNCHER I REMEMBER THIS! Oh, man, why didn't this catch on more? It was really cool! Honestly, some of these things I remembered better than others, but the only real new pieces of info in this for me were the presence of a Virtual Boy in Gen 2 as a room decoration, and the name origin (and Japanese name) of the Teru-Sama.
The only reason I've always known Tail Slap was an actual move is because i always thought it should be a move since one of the oldest Pokemon cards had it (Charmander, i think?) and when i found it in the game i felt SO validated.
I'm shocked you thought all those abilities were unheard of. Many of them are signature abilities for the pokemon or appear on very commonly used pokemon. I'll admit though that I did forget Grass Pelt existed haha. Same goes for the moves you listed. Except Toxic thread, I generally didn't know that one.
Laughed when I heard that pronunciation of Triage, then I remembered that most people have no reason to know that word, and I'm the weird one for watching MASH as a kid lol
As someone who's played Platinum randomizer I _love_ Flower Gift. my rando seed decided it liked that ability a lot and it really _is_ quite useful. Also, what Water Bubble doesn't tell you (and the reason a lot of other commenters are going off about how busted it is) is that it also _doubles the power of Water-type moves._ Triage is also very strong the moment you put it on a Pokémon with even remotely decent stats. Also also I've made use of Lunge because it is very very strong.
I've heard of literally all of the listed abilities and moves because I'm an obsessive Bulbapedia reader and frequently flip through the Signature Move and Signature Ability pages for some light reading. That said I couldn't tell you what most of them do off the top of my head.
Hoops: "You've probably never heard of the abilities Triage, Water Bubble, Solid Rock, or Flower Gift . . . " Me: "Ah. Hoops does not battle competitively. 🤓🤔
I believe you're referring to Vacuum Wave? Edit: Huh. I'll be darned. Vacuum-Cut. You were right. One of the few Typeless moves in existence, exclusive to Mystery Dungeon games. Thank you for broadening my knowledge yet again. :)
After watching this, I will no longer hesitate to call myself a Pokemon master. I knew all but one of those moves and most the abilities, as well as using both Binding bands and Enigma berries on teams and having the flower crown
Fast ball is related to the Pokémon speed state in gen 4 and after, it isn't in gens 1 and 3, but in gen 2 it was for Pokémon that can flee from the battle like delibird and the legendary beasts not both
