Best HM Mule in Every Pokemon Game 

“Hm beast of burden” could just be called “Hm Bob”

Me: "They're being called 'mules' now?" RU-vid, putting a gun to Mikey's head: "Always have been."

“Surf and Fly are the only two good moves” Let’s go Sharpedo, toss that Waterfall, we aren’t wanted here

Of note, for HM mules, prioritizing moves like Cut and Rock Smash is important because of their low base power. I find that Strength is a decent normal type move due to it's fairly decent base power. There's definitely better normal type moves out there, but it will do.

Michael : HM Mule Pokemon Veteran : MAKE THEM OUR SLAVE!!!

You mean a HM slav- RU-vid: *don't you dare*

Pikachu and Eevee being able to learn all 5 without taking any move slots: I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you

I think Linoon deserves at least some credit for it’s pick-up ability. While not directly helping out with it’s role as an HM mule, the free items do make it a lot less annoying to have it in your party

HM mule, thats a really polite way for spelling "HM Slave"

Mike: you probably shouldnt teach your starters hm's. 7 yr old me with a swampert that knows surf, waterfall, dive

"Gen 4 is the most obvious." *Longest section of the video*

Would’ve liked it if HM mules were called “Beast of Burden” because then I would nickname them Bob.

"Beast of Burden" Okay, I'm now calling my HM Slaves "Bob" from now on.

"The HM slaves have armed themselves" "I don't like that word" "HM?" "No, the... the S word" "Sorry, the Pokemon with jobs have armed themselves"

In Gen three, Tentacool and Tropius together can learn every HM in the game. Tentacool gets cut, surf, dive and waterfall, and Tropius gets fly, flash, rock smash and strength. Both can be found early in the game, with Tentacool being found with an old rod and Tropius on route 119, well before the end of the game. I was slightly disappointed to see my favorite HM duo omitted from the list...

Timestamps for each game Red, Blue, and Yellow: 2:40 Gold, Silver, and Crystal: 5:38 Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald: 7:08 FireRed and LeafGreen: 9:17 Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum: 11:07 HeartGold and SoulSilver: 14:11 Black and White: 15:35 Black 2 and White 2: 17:33 X and Y: 18:09 OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire: 19:02

“Your not going to use your starter as a hm mule” 7 year old me: oh yes I will

"Having a Dragonite as a HM Mule would just be a waste of a Dragonite." Unless you're Dragon Trainer Lance, and have like 3 Dragonites. Lol

Gen 1 (Blue, Red and Yellow)- Explanation: 2:40 Straight To The Point: Blue and Yellow: 4:10 (Sandshrew) Red: 4:28 (Krabby) Gen 2 (Gold, Silver and Crystal)- Explanation: 5:40 Straight To The Point: 6:18 (Early Game - Paras, Late Game - Psyduck) Gen 3 (Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald; Fire Red and Leaf Green) Ruby ,Sapphire, Emerald: Explanation: 7:11 Straight To The Point: Sapphire and Emerald: 7:27 (Lombre) Ruby: 8:45 (Early Game- Nuzleaf, Late Game- Psyduck, Hon'ble Mention-Linoone) Fire Red and Leaf Green: Explanation: 9:20 Straight To The Point: 10:09 (Nidoran, but for surf, evolve into Nidoking/queen or swap in for Lickatung or Krabby) Gen 4 (Diamond, Pearl and Platinum; HeartGold and SoulSilver) Platinum, Diamond, Pearl: Straight To The Point: 11:15 (Bibarel,1 pokemon with Surf,1 pokemon with defog) HeartGold, SoulSilver: Explanation: 14:14 Straight To The Point: 14:27 (Early Game: Paras, Late Game: Psyduck, Golduck) Gen 5 (Black and White; Black 2 and White 2;) Black And White: Explanation: 15:40 Straight To The Point: 16:10 (Early Game- Watchog; Cut, Strength and Surf: Cubchoo, Druddigon or Bouballant; Waterfall and Dive: Golduck (Strength and Flash too) ) Black 2 and White 2: Explanation: 17:32 Straight To The Point: 17:50 (Watchog and Golduck) Gen 6 (X and Y; Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby) X and Y: Explanation: 18:10 Straight To The Point: 18:26 (Bibarel) Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire: Explanation: 19:04 Straight To The Point: 19:14 (Omega Ruby: Nuzleaf, later swapped with Golduck, Alpha Sapphire: Lombre)

I honestly would say your hm mule doesn't even need to learn strength it's a powerful normal move that I see myself mostly using on physical pokemon for normal coverage

"Well, kids, what have we learned?" "The Psyduck line is the biggest slave- er, ass- um, mule of them all." "Very good!"

Ok but “HM Beast-of-Burden,” while more annoying to say, sounds _so_ much cooler than “HM Mule”

Me with my team of only water types: *laughs in hm coverage*

"Optional HMs" Fly: *hides behind surf*

Normal people: I use zigzagoon as my HM mule Me: who made a suicune as my HM mule

Just realized he called it HM Mule so he could stay monetized. What a world we live in.

Everyone wondering why Mike says mule. The Real Thing: Mikey: Says HM mule. Also Mikey: Zooms out of the video. Also Mikey: Can I say the s word now? RU-vid pointing gun at his head: Don't you dare.

One of my favorite things about this channel is how beginner-friendly it is. I feel like Michael is very good at explaining things in a very simple way

Me when I played earlier games: "I'll teach the hm to whoever because I was only gonna need two slots for its strongest stab moves anyway" Me in recent games: "If only I could teach my toxapex 5 moves"

Normal people HM slave Michael, an intellectual, HM Mule

Gallade: I can learn the most moves, what about you. Mew: hold my lemonade

Imagine catching the most mythic pokemon just to name it HM Mew 😂

Bibarel: *Is the best HM slave on Gen 4. Bibarel: I AM STILL GOD.

Everyone always asks "Who's the HM Mule?" Not "How's the HM Mule?"

I always teach Surf, Fly and Strength to my main team cause they are good moves. Waterfall is also better than Surf in some cases like with Swampert cause its a physical attacker. The only HM that i deem useless is Flash cause its literally just a permanent Sand Attack. As for Cut, it should be base 60 power at least.

Mikey: you’re not going to use feraligator as an HM mule, it’s a starter. 9 year old me playing my first Pokémon game: ooh my starter can earn cut!

I see, not using “slave” in the title and first minute to not get demonetized?

I feel like strength is underrated. I don't remember how long it has been a base 80 100 acc normal move but I have used it for a reliable strong move in multiple playthroughs.

In gen 3 i personally used Sableye as an hm MULE with Flash, Cut, Rocksmash and Dig (which has an out-of-battle use too) because by being a ghost type, it has a small chance when switching it just to tank a move (to heal one strong pokemon) to resist it, if it is normal or fight type. PLUS, it is found very early on in the cave before the 2nd gym, and it can be found at Sky Pillar at a relatively high level... :))

Mew: can learn all 4 HMs you need in gen 1.

Literally everyone else in the world: HM slave Michael: HM mule

How many people teach their main team HMs evenly so you can just go anywhere without having to put a team member in the PC to play the game? That's what I do XD

Let’s go eevee: *we use eevee as our HM mule*

Mikey: Bibarel is the best hm mule. Me when 7: Used bibarel as the head 'mon of the team and taught my accidentally shiny empoleon all the HMS. Me now when I realise the rarity of shinies: I F*CKED UP.

Mikey avoiding the phrase “HM Slave” so as to not be demonetized.

Mew and flash : *exists* Mikey : *I am gonna act like I didn't see that*

In Gen 3 I always use Linoone until the water section because it has the added benefit of having Pickup to get you items

Content timestamps 2:40 Red blue & yellow 5:38 gold silver & crystal 7:08 ruby sapphire & emerald 9:17 Firered & leafgreen 11:07 DP & platinum 14:11 heartgold & soulsilver 15:35 BW 17:33 BW2 18:09 XY 19:02 omegaruby & alphasapphire

Strength is such a decently strong move that I usually don't mind having it around either, which means Cut is the only problem in most games.

Mew:I am a legendary Poke-. Me: Come on you’ll be HM slave

on the topic of defog in gen 4, you can actually use weather moves like sunny day to remove defog, so that one can be removed if you use weather teams

"Ah yes we need sixteen badges to get rock climb in gen four in Heart Gold and Soul Silver" lol XD 😂😂😂

Bibarel-He swim the water, he cut tree, but most importantly, he break the rock with his long beaver teeth.

I love how he says "To make the Snorlax move" instead of "to wake it up and let it attack and partly squish your team

Great video! I do typically look for an HM smule with surf or fly bc I rarely am not playing a monotype run. If i can settle for one HM and 5 mono i do. This is why i was ecstatic when peliper appeared in gen 3 bc you could throw both "convenience" hms in one slot and traverse the map just fine with your full electric team or whatever

As a HM mule, in firered/leafgreen, I like Meowth, nature boosting speed, ability (Pickup for item) hm Cut, hm Flash, pay day (for cash), snore (lead sleeper).

"Best HM Mule in pokemon games" Me, an intellectual: *Laughs in Horses and Donkeys*

I've literally never heard it called mule, but an HM Slave lmao

I'm upset you didn't pick Marill for gen 3. He appears on all 3 games and learns all water HMs, rock smash and strength. It can be obtained before the 3rd badge and if you ignored flash and cut, just like I did, you could finish the whole game with just a Marill and your main pokemon knowing fly and surf.

I still feel that Linoone is superior for the Hoenn games due to the pick up ability.

Michael: Paras for gen 2. Everyone else: WALCC MASTER FURRET

Mikey: "It's a starter, you shouldn't use it as a hm mule!" Me: *Literally taught Fergailtor Surf, Waterfall, Cut and Whirpool while carrying me without a team* oh

For the second HM mule in Diamond/Pearl/Platinum (so besides Bibarel), use Finneon/Lumineon. It can learn Surf, Waterfall, Defog and an optional Flash, and thus fills in all the required HMs that Bibarel has no option to learn. You can catch it near Valley Windworks with Good Rod.

Micheal, can you react to “The best Pokemon game you never played” by Jaiden Animations?

“Surf and fly are good attacking moves!” **sad strength noises**

Lombre :* The hm slave* Bibarel : * The cooler hm slave*

This is a really good video. It makes the games way more enjoyable. Thanks!

I don't think he mentions it, but I non-ironically loved Linoone. Once I randomly found a shiny one before I even knew what shines were really, and he was part of the team. He had surf, headbutt, strength, and rock smash, or something like that.

Well, I would classify Waterfall to be also one of those "Strong moves" along with Strength, but yeah it makes a lot more sense to have more coverage than having two water type moves, but still you can teach these moves to a battling Pokemon

He’s back!! Hopefully you were able to sort things out on the break man, I missed your content :)

I always taught my gyarados waterfall and strength. Those HMs synergize well with the stats and role. Also, waterfall was the strongest physical water move for quite a while.

One other thing on Linoone is that it has the ability pickup, so you periodically get items to go along with the hm slots it absorbs

I love how Michael just pops up lifting his head up to start his video’s and over that he sounds like like the son of a Pokémon coach.

"Best HM Mule" Zigzagoon and Bidoof: *why do we hear zigdoof music*

Thanks for this video, I’m getting back into Pokemon, and I can’t stand being forced to use moves, so this list helped.

I love the inflection this guy uses for his voiceovers. It reminds me of how RuPaul announces a challenge on Drag Race.

“We just call it hm mule because it’s easier to say than hm beast of burden” Why not hm Beast Of Burden So hm bob

michael calling it "hm mule" because he doesn't wanna get his video demonetized for saying hm "slave"

Even though Bibarel was my HM Mule he was also one of my main team battlers because of Bibarel's typing it can actually use the HMs in battle effectively! He achieved victories and pulled his weight against Roark, Fantina, Byron, Candice, Bertha, Flint and even Cynthia!

I'm pretty sure that you can have poliwrath as an HM mule in gen1 remakes, because I did. It can learn all water HMs, rock smash and strength, you can easily get poliwhirl by fishing and immediately evolve with water stone

I typically don't hold back for my hm slave with Strenght considering its a 80 power 100% accuracy, its decent enough to be used as a move in a playtrough

“You can’t really use Dragonite as an HM Slave”. I guess my Dragonite in Fire Red with Surf, Fly, Strength, and Waterfall doesn’t count then.

Hey Michael I started watching your videos from last week and your videos are so much amazing. I never got bored by watching your videos. And the main thing is that I never skipped a single second of your video except of those sponsorship ads btw lots of love

My first time playing Platinum was my first ever main series Shiny pokemon, and it was none other than Bidoof. I was super happy I was actually able to use the shiny for important things.

Me: Dive, dive into the mem- Michael: Dive, dive into the be- Also me: aahhh, it's been a long day...

“Hm slave “ Me: No no no. *MULE*

First time I played Platinum, I did make Empoleon learn HM moves Cut, Rock Smash, Surf, and WaterFall. Which looking back at it now, I was a complete noob.

Lotad and Bidoof are very cute. With all the memes, i think people have forgotten that a lot actually find those little ones actually really cute.

Of course i'm the best HM sla- i mean mule in Sinnoh and Kalos... *...after all everyone used me just for that purpose :)...*

Guess who's back, back again, Mickey's back, tell a friend.

The best 2 hm mules in RSE are Lombre for surf,flash,waterfall and dive Tropius for cut,fly,strength and rock smash These are obtained before the use of their respective HMs except for flash but you can just go through the dark

3:42 in addition, flash is not necessary to get through rock tunnel, though it does make it easier

Me: Grabs Bibarel close for its safety, "Don't talk to me or my son ever again." Back in the day my Bibarel finished off Cynthia after hours of repeat tries.

Mikey avoiding the phrase “HM Slave”

I think Strength should be added to your Surf/Fly exception list, for Generation 1 and 2. Yes you get Body Slam, but for one pokemon. For quite a few Pokemon, I often had Strength as a basic damaging move. Maybe there are better options, but with six Pokemon and such a low amount of moves to go around, Strength seems a solid choice, you'll likely have it on someone

Appreciate that you’re using mule and not the old term for them!

I've never heard anyone call it an HM Mule.

Does anyone else think it’s weird that Lickitung and Miltank can’t learn flash or is that just me...

a few days ago I found a random shiny hatterene while hunting drackolak

Linoone has another perk as an HM mule: pickup. Not only is it able to help you get around, it's also giving your team useful goodies.