Glalie, the Mono Ice type with Terrible stats, is actually viable in Gen 3 OU. How could this be possible? Watch this Incredible video to find out. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-pEejmaBRWjQ.html
@@a2g108 I'd like to imagine ReturnOnInvestment has 2 special moves Hedge funds and Buying Stock and it would have a chance to significantly lower all your stats or increase your stats
I feel he doesn't have too much special bulk too, Skarmory has no special attack and mediocre attack stats in favor of more special defense. Regirock is a better Aggron without the Toxic immunity. Also Aggron's defense is overkill, Skarmory does hardcore walling with 40 points less. Weird because GF thought it was strong (it evolves late like most +500 BST) and gave it those 2 4x weaknesses, they even tried to fix it with Mega Aggron + Filter but it was too late.
I gotta say that having your own unique Paradox Pokemon lore is not what I expected to be the hook of an informational channel, but it is incredibly entertaining
@@omarkn7506 Head Smash would not make it broken in UU. Even though the mon is decent it still has massive issues even for gen 3 standards. Many mons it is supposed to counter or wall can end up causing it issues if they have a fighting move or ground move, plus it's poor special bulk hurts it like crazy.
Rock/Steel is such a fascinating type combo. Literally best offensive type in the game (apart from arguably ice), and literally the best defensive type in the game. Put them together and you get an atrocious defensive combo and a quite underwhelming offensive combo.
@@pokeinator7834 Nah I gotta disagree. If you're calling Ice best because it hits so many types for big damage then Rock has to be second. Fighting is good for neutral coverage but it's no better or worse at that than like, Ghost which isn't in contention for best Offensive type. Fighting pairs well with other strong types, but Mono-fighting is a pretty B-tier attacking type. Whereas Mono-rock hits like a truck
Best offensive type is ground by far, 5 types hit super effectively and unlike fighting which also hit 5 types, only 3 types resist and 1 is immune rather than fighting’s 5 resists and 1 immunity
@Hamburger Although opponents can easily pivot into a Flying-Type Pokémon to easily immune to Ground-Type attacks. Don't get me wrong, Ground moves hit a TON of mons for super effective damage, but if you can expect and predict the Ground moves, then it instantly becomes 30% less good. That is also the reason why very few mons actually choice locked into a Ground move.
Gen 3 OU has to be my favorite mete because of how so many Pokémon have a niche. One of my favorite teams ever was an offense team that used lanturn to support skarmory and moltres by countering Electric types and bulky waters, along with being the best counter to starmie
Glad that Gen 3 still has meta game developments and new strats even when the game came out so many years ago Gen 3 is like its pulling Billy Mays and just says "BUT I AM NOT DONE YET!"
Valid point. Dug trapping will always be a problem. Although what you can do is predict the Dugtrio switch in by using Focus Punch. Dugtrio's Defenses are shocking and the teammates like Celebi can finish it off.
In terms of the final question, ADV Aero is my favorite rock type. I really enjoy how it takes so much pressure off of defensive cores due to its revenge killing prowess and transitions into a nightmarish wincon. It also dumpsters several otherwise annoying structures. Cowboy Dan did a real good writeup in the last round of vr posts that explained it better than I ever could, but it's just such a cool guy that feels great to use.
Be careful folks, while looking through Pokemon Scarlet and Violet DLC data, leakers have seen that Donphan and Volcarona aren't the only two Pokémon with a past and future paradox forms... The gen 1 classic Magneton has a new form yet to be revealed called "Iron Gang", that could be already involved with the notirously evil Iron Mugilis
Aggron is such a cool mon design wise. And even stat-wise, having over 100 base Attack and _180_ base Defense makes it seem like a monster. But two quad weaknesses to very common types leaves it dead in the water. I wish Gen 9 kept the effectiveness chart from Legends Arceus, where quad weaknesses become 2.5x stronger instead of being a whole 4x multiplier. That way, mons plagued by quad weaknesses, such as Aggron here, could see at least some niche play. And while ya'll are at it, make a 4x weakness to Stealth Rock deal 33% of the mon's total HP in damage, instead of 50%.
I wished they would have made aggron a pure steel type. It always felt so weird that such an amazing defensive monster got destroyed by such common physical treasts. and the lack of water weakness would also be very helpfull in Gen 3.
re: gen 3 uu aggron has good bulk and it's great attack alongside the switches it forces make a great subpunch user, but it's fighting/ground weaknesses hurt when it has to normal resist kangaskhan (best mon in the tier), who wallops aggron on its eq sets. It makes an excellent counter to mono-kanga and CB Scyther as well as it provides a psychic resist, but it's matchup against Water-types and pokemon with quad-SE coverage against it make it very high risk high reward. B-, but don't sleep on it
Well now I need to see metagame analysises on Iron Mugulus and Old Money. How they warp the meta around them with such ease, what tools they use to get there, and how they fell from grace.
Guys, you don't realise we have the big 3: Iron Mugulus, Iron Fellow and Old Money. That means you HAVE to subscribe to Jimothy Cool, so we can be protected!
Everything about Old Money is just PERFECT! Great work yet again Gamefreak! Nah it'd be Super Perfect if it's name was "Olde" money but still "Old Money" with the old timey pic was just hilarious 😂
Aggron should learn meteor mash, but it does not. I blame silly Gamefreak. Nice video as always, Jim. I never thought that Aggron could be of any use in OU. Thanks for the information.
Pour out a cold one in honor of Jimothy's Team: Iron Iron (Aggron), Iron Cat (Jolteon), Iron Fellow (Grumpig), Brian (Swampert), Great Kick (Blaziken), and Good Plane (Latios). #AvengeTheFallen
Aggron wants Rock for STAB, but only STEEL for resistances. Before Terastalization, I thought of a alternative HA, which has the qualities of Rockhead, but also reduces weaknesses down to only the ones steel has. You keep all resistances and STAB, but lose the Rock weaknesses. With this in mind it will be able to compete in OU much more easly.
Relicanth is a rock type Pokémon I feel is criminally underrated. It’s mostly thanks to gen 4 giving it rock head and head smash but what sets it apart from other head smashers like tyrantrum or aggron is the water rock type makes it a really strong fire type switch in. In fact when I was playing gen 6 omega ruby there was a ou Pokémon that was terrifying for all the fighting and grass types I love to use. This Pokémon was talonflame and talonflame was hard to find resists for since fire and flying hit so many Pokémon neutral and hard too. But rock is a type that resists both these, however the high power of flare blitz or overheat could still do a bit to rock types. However, with relicanth being water rock it quad resists talonflame and effectively gives talonflame no option other than will o wisp or I turn. This is where the high hp and solid defence help relicanth take u turn very easily and with a lum berry it could remove one will o wisp which would often mean the end of talonflame taking a head smash. I also liked that it got access to yawn too since you could cause trouble for any switch ins. It’s because of this niche relicanth became a favourite Pokémon of mine and I really grew to appreciate it as a not very talked about Pokémon with interesting potential
my fave Rock type to use is Nihilego! Im gonna talk generally about Natdex UU and Natdex OU (gen 9), because i like to use them in both tiers its such a cool pokemon, and Poison/Rock is an amazing offensive typing. Hitting common Tera types like Fairy and Fire in natdex is really cool It has 103 speed + 127 special special attack which is pretty good. at 176 SpA EVs and 252 Spe EVs and a Timid Nature, you can make beast boost raise speed instead of special attack. Nihilego doesnt get nasty plot, calm mind, oe agility, but Power Herb + Meteor Beam js a viable set to raise its special attack and have a massive rock type nuke. If you can guess when your opponent switches, you could fire multiple of these in the two turn charge time. .. Or you could use Charge Beam (don’t use charge beam xD) Nihilego has great coverage, with Dazzling Gleam, Grass Knot, Thunderbolt, Psychic and Psyshock, Hex and even Thunder to use in rain, alongside its rock/poison stab combo Rock, Poison, and Tera Blast Ground gives Nihilego flawless coverage which can hit every pokemon in the game for neutral damage. Tera Electric is a good tera type to deal with bulky waters. Nihilego’s support moves are criminally underrated - in Natdex she has access to Stealth rock, Toxic, Toxic Spikes and Thunderwave, theres a lot of utility there. Magic Coat is also an option for Hazard Setting Nihilego, bouncing back spikes and webs is handy. An air balloon + hazard setting set could be cool as lead pokemon. 103 isnt an amazing speed tier, but at Jolly Max Speed you outspeed ground types like Sandy Shocks and Garchomp, along with other threats like Jolly Volc, Zapdos, and the Mega Charizards. Imo, Sandy Shocks is Nihilego’s greatest competition in natdex UU, and Glimmora is in Natdex OU. Outspeeding them bost and threatening them with a Tera Blast ground is a great trait to have. Even better when you realise Glimmora often runs Tera Grass to counter Water and Ground types - which Nihilego can hit with Sludge Bomb/Wave. To address the Copperajah in the room, Nihilego’s physical defense is utter garbage. Its neutral to mach punch and resists espeed, which is okay? but its weakness to Aqua Jet and Bullet Punch could stop it from sweeping teams with a Beast Boost Speed / setup set. Its 4x weak to ground, and with Landorus-Therian and Great Tusk being as popular as ever, this can be an issue. Ground types are Nihilego’s weak spot for sure. You could run Tera Blast Ice / Hidden Power ice to deal with Ground Types, or Alternatively Grass to gain a ground resistance, but you might not want to waste your tera on Nihilego. But seriously, 47 defence is pretty Garbage, thats worse than Dugtrio, Butterfree, hell, even *Clefairy*. Its a pokemon which requires a lot of support to get up and running. Tapu Lele or Indeedee could be a good partner for it in Natdex OU and UU respectively, if running a speedy set. Grimmsnarl Screens could help it set up pretty well. Air Baloon Takes out its most glaring weakness for one turn which is great. Nihilego is pretty flawed, but i love it nevertheless Its special defence its actually excellent, at 131. With 109 HP too, it can tank special hits pretty well (except Psyshock and Earth Power, haha) Competitive Singles aside, isn’t it creepy how Lusamine modelled Lillie to look exactly like Nihilego? with the white dress and the haircut and such. Lusamine was so obsessed over this pokemon that she modelled her daughter to be like her. Its really creepy. Nihilego’s Rock/Poison typing is due to the fact she’s a Jellyfish (poison), but also it has a glass-like body! Its an interesting concept, to see a Rock type which isnt just another Physically bulky, brown-coloured, slow, defensive pokemon. I wrote a lot here and i dont expect anyone to see this, but Nihilego is one of my fave pokemon. The flawed and incredibly varied nature of the Ultra Beast’s stats make them super unique in my opinion. Its a pokemon which may be a little outclassed by other pokemon, but certainly has a place!
@@posobio yeah but orthworm has bad special defence and Nihilego has thunderbolt to hit it 252 SpA Nihilego Thunderbolt vs. 248 HP / 8 SpD Orthworm: 154-182 (44.8 - 53%) -- 30.5% chance to 2HKO
@@boop53 I just mentioned it to prove that there's one pokemon that resists/is inmune to the mentioned types/tera blasts. It's worth mentioning some people use assault vest movesets after the shed tail ban, with and 252+ SpDef Ev investment while running body press somehow. But it's still a rare case because it's not used overall in Nat Dex OU, I'm just giving advice. That set sounds stupid but I faced it a very few times, Orthworm is definitely one of the Pokemon in the history.
Aggron is one of those Pokemon with three desirable evolutionary stages, all of which can be accessed before you're able to trade, unlike the case with Graveler, which someone might only be able to trade for when they're in the E4/Champion already and keep getting swept by Garchomp, which is what keeps them in the story mode long enough to have found someone to trade with.
Ive used regular aggron in both current gen and netional dex ou formats, but never using mega. Ive always just enjoyed banded rock head head smashing everything in sight. You'd be surprised at how effective it was, usually getting at least 1 KO every game.
It could can also take on clyfable as well OHKOing it with heavy slam. While resisting it’s stab and not being weak to any of its common coverage moves. It’s steal typing can also force Pokémon out and allow you to fire off a powerful head smash. It’s a fun Pokémon to use.
Favourite Rock type i will always be Rhydon/Rhyperior due to high bulk and power plus the Solid Rock from Rhyperior. Great moves to take advantage of all those treads. How can you not like a Rock Rhino 🦏. It has flaws yes but hey that's what team support and planning is for.
I remember getting this guy for the first time in Gen 3. Laughs in the face of Norman and Winona but crumples whenever a fighting type so much as sneezes in its general direction. Also, Old Money. 😂🤣🙃
Honestly I wish Aggron was a pure a steel-type like its Mega evo. Rock-type is bad defensively, most types that get paired with Rock-type end up with a double weakness.
You know, looking at that Aggron into Skarmory matchup, you are actually really safe clicking Focus Punch. Even if they're running Drill Peck and do go for it you take less damage than leftovers recovery. You can just spam Focus Punch, maybe throw in a random Rock Slide here and there, until they switch out.
My favorite rock type, and my favorite pokemon in general, to use is Tyrantrum. STAB Head Smash is an absolute nuke of a move coming off 121 Attack. Its defensive typing is worse than Aggron's (honestly, while i understand being 4x weak to 2 immensely offensive types. IMO rock/steel isnt completely terrible by virtue of how many resists it has) and it has less bulk, but it also has immense power, making it a high-risk-high-reward Pokemon to use. It also has a vast movepool that complements its spammable nuke move with stuff like Close Combat to nail steels that resist its STAB. I like Tyrantrum very much.
Something important to note: none of the powerful newly-discovered Paradox Pokemon have a BST of 570 or odd/even stats for past/future paradox forms respectively. In addition, Iron Mugulis has a signature move in Half Full... a trait that no other paradox mons possess. Is it possible that these new mons among the likes of Iron Fellow and Old Money are not Paradox Pokemon, but in fact part of a new, even stronger class of Pokemon?
