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fairy feather exists because there was previously no fairy boost item other than the pixie plate. every other type has a boost item that isnt the respective plate, so it's only fair for fairy to get one too. also it could be made available more early than the plate in a future game.

im glad they added the fairy feather because all other types got both the plate and a unique item eg miracle seed, mystic water etc so its good to see fairy type get a unique item too

It’s nice to finally see the Ability Shield get some use.

Currently the only way to get the Pixie Plate in SV requires either owning an Arceus, or getting traded one holding the item. Fairy Feather allows you to get effectively the same item without needing to acquire Arceus.

It's not redundant because the Pixie Plate is more of an exclusive item to Arceus. It's nice to not be FORCED to use an item for a Pokemon that might not even be available in-game (which Arceus wasn't this gen till Home was updated). They may be planning on phasing out plates in the future, so they're preparing now with this Fairy boosting item.

I did not kow Illuminate got buffed, granted it is now the exact same thing as Keen Eye and the saddest part is Watchog gets both Keen Eye and Illuminate. I think it would be nice to differentiate the two. Illuminate should also provide a Scrappy like effect allowing Normal and Fighting type moves to hit Ghost types. Keen Eye should increase the damage of damaging moves that Ignore Accuracy checks, so that moves like Aerial Ace, Swift, etc... deal 50% more damage.

That point in regards to Razor Claw/Scope Lens would have been an interesting use... Were not for gen 9 VGC having open team sheet, so you can't actually do that anymore outside casual battles with friends.

so the fairy feather does make sense for future proofing the games for if there a future Pokémon game that arceus is not in they wouldn't add the plates. so they would need an item to boosted fairy moves

I didn't realize Watchog has joined Delibird in the "has two abilities that do the exact same thing" club.

I'm a simple man. I see Volbeat on thumbnail, I do a little dance, squeal like a fanboy, and click.

Also in paldea the pixie plate is locked behind having an arceus. If someone didn't have/ finish legends but whats the type boosting items this is a way for players to get it without needing an arceus.

I think the Fairy Feather will be more useful at the start of Gen 10 since it’ll be available for players rather than the Pixie Plate

I wish Game freak would put more effort in ability updates. There’s a lot of Pokemon who will be played a lot more if they get an ability change or update. Ex: Run away makes you immune to trapping moves and abilities, leaf guard slightly boost defense, damp slightly reduce fire damage or let it be like water sport but as an ability!

The Pixie Plate is linked to Arceus and the Fairy type was the only type that didn't have its own version of those items. Fire has Charcoal, Water has Mystic Water, etc. etc. but Fairy type, since its introduction in 2013, has never had such an item. The plates are a one-and-done type of item usually. So you only have access to 1 plate per type depending on the game, and the intent is more directed towards having an Arceus hold it. So no, it's not useless or redundant, it's actually weird that they haven't given us this item like 10 years ago.

I adore the nicknames you give your mons. I've accidentally copied some of your puns when naming mine because of how good they are, they just stick around in my subconscious 😅

I remember seeing the image of the Fairy Feather when the datamines first happened, but I had never heard anyone talk about it at all. This is the first time I’ve actually seen confirmation that it’s real and I wasn’t just hallucinating. This also shows that I haven’t done much Ogre Oustin’

Its 2am here and i now have to watch this noooo

Hopes dashed about Illuminate becoming an accuracy boosting ability for all mon on the field

Speaking of Ogre Osutin it’s actually possible to reset for IVs on the Shiny Munchlax reward, you just need to completely fill your boxes and party before beating hard difficulty and the NPC will tell you to pick it up later. I got a 0 Speed Munchlax after about an hour and a half of resetting

I like the shiny new Fairy Feather much more than the dumb ol Pixie Plate, aesthetics matter!

When it took 10 years for fairy feather

Having to ask your opponent if they're using a particular item is like some weird spot between regular rank queue and proper tournament play. The latter has open sheets typically after all

Note: Dipplin got an evolution

Illuminate should increase damage of light/beam moves AND all Pokemon on field's evasion is ignored (kinda like No Guard which everyone on the field can use the effect). Keen Eye can then be differentiated by boosting the damage of no-miss moves. Being able to always hit opponents in semi-invulnerable state might also be nice in story mode.

Wolfevgc already terrorised a tournement with weezing catching everyone unaware

Another funny thing i found out about dondozo/giri....shadow tag from gothitelle prevents it from jumping inside...

I remember scrolling through my items, seeing the fairy feather and openly asking myself... when the heck did I get this? 😅

I feel the reason that the Fairy Feather was added because the Pixie Plate was the only fairy boosting items where all other types have their own items. This way in future games if they don't include Arceus, they don't need to include any plate items.

The fairy feather can also be obtained through the item printer in the blueberry academy

Ability Shield is also useful for mons with Flashfire and other neutralizing abilities. Because say you use a really powerful fire move from a mon and you try to Skill Swap with the other it neutralizes that swap.

I got the fairy feather from the item maker in the 2nd dlc, 2 of them actually. I at the time had no idea what it was, so I was genuinely surprised and confused about it

i will never understand why pokemon games intentionally obscure information from the player, even after finishing the story. not just EVs and IVs, but why does water bubble not even mention its primary effect, for example?

This one is out there but I think Metagross might get an ability update in the indigo disk, Light metal is literally useless since it weighs more than double the amount needed to get hit by maximum power on weight based moves

Ayo the Rejuvenation OST in the background

So neat Illuminate got a much needed change! Fingers crossed that Watchog gets a new ability to replace the redundant Keen Eye.

Hey Foo, idk if this is something you have looked into before but lanturn i found has alot of cool options. It has volt and water absorb. Bolt beam coverage, scald, flip turn and u turn, icy wind and electroweb. It just feels like its in this really neat mid teir spot where it can functionally act as this nice bulky water that can speed control, dish out burns, and help maintain momentum with the switching moves

Lmaoo this the first I’m hearing of fairy feather but you know what it makes sense as all types have a respective item that boost type power.

All types have their respective move boosting item and their respective arceus plate so it is natural for fairy type to receive the same treatment, I don't underestand why they waited 3 gens to introduce an object that should have existed since gen 6, like, in gen 8 you could obtain the fairy plante but no other plate as arceus wasn't in that generation and that was quite odd, but it was because there wasn't any other fairy boosting item besides the plate

He has born he risen and he has coming back

I definitely get why the only plate we get is the Pixie, but i think we deserve all plates on top of the existing mystic waters and miricle seeds etc. They exist, lemme have em.

I knew that the Fairy Feather existed for a while but didn't realize Ogre Oustin' was the only way to get the item. I thought you would've gotten it from the shop in Mossui Town or as an item in Kitakami Hall but it would appear not.

Pixie plate is only available if you have Arceus in the box. Otherwise you cannot get it.

Is sea incense, wave insence, mystic water, or splash plate better

Love the name on that ogerpon😂

Oh I hear the crescent battle theme at the start. Long live pokemon rejuvenation

Les goo more videos from foo

Thankfully, you can get the "old school" boosts such as Twisted Spoon, etc, and Fairy Feather, out of the Item Printer now.

SUPER happy that Reshiram is coming back because i can do my strat with Whimsicott xD

3:40 not 1 opponent has EVER asked me in a serious match “what item are you holding” and why would I ever answer or ever feel bad about not answering when my opponent is asking for information they need to figure out themselves

I love that they made the fairy feather such a challenge to get, and then in the Indigo Disk DLC they made it a drop from the item-creating machine, I have like 8 of them now

I learnt something new about Illuminate.A bit disappointed to be honest I was hoping for lowering Special Attack on both opponents on entry like Intimidate. Also they havent buff Run Away yet it should be like a built in Shed Shell and ignore any kind of trapping effect. like Fire Spin, Whirlpool, Sand Tomb and yes even Heatran's Magma Storm. Yes Im tired of Magma Storm Heatran trapping pressure.

Just a couple more days til Indigo Disk, hoping for more interesting or unexpected buffs to feed the foo memes! 😍 Also, props for Serving Face as a nickname. I would also accept Mask 4 Mask 😂

So were getting a dipplin evo in blueberry academy? Siiick so everyones speculations were right!

Illuminate should give you an accuracy boost to attacks...

When i first say the fairy feather, i was like, "when did this become a thing?" Honestly thought i missed this item for a while.

I got the fairy feather from the item printer yesterday. I was confused, because I didn’t know they had added in another new item.

Fairy Feathers can be found in the Indigo Disk overworld.

Want to mention another regularly missed one. Steely Spirit on Perrserker now boosts his AND his ally's steel moves instead of just his own.

I think the Fairy Feather is just future proofing for games without Arceus as a transfer exclusive mon, since the gems are no longer in the game and every other type got the same kind of item in Gen 2. It is also now more widely available with the Indigo Disk's item printer, it feels like it would be a work around also sicne the only way to get the plates is through the special auction, which requires you to transfer in Arceus

Lapras can now use an eviolite. Hope to see that evolution soon

You can get the fairy feather through the item printer now if y'all also suck at ogre ousting

Yes, keen eye and illuminate, as good as vital spirit and insomnia on delibird.

Great video, good job Foo.

Illuminate got buffed to becoming brand renamed Keen Eye, in the gen Foresight also has become an ability. Rip Illuminate

So Illuminate is the Walmart No Guard?

Kind of wish the Loyal 3 could use the masks they stole or at least given them some buff

I still remember the time when switching my koffing out used to give wild Zacian attack boost. I do not get it tho why they couldn't have kept supersweet syrup or the shield/sword abilities to reactivate in battle, could just have removed neutralizing gas reactivating them if that works for embody aspect already.

Just a minor correction but dipplin does evolve, the data for its evo was likely in the game but not available

9:45 this is probably a bug

Now i really need to find my switch

Good news: the fairy feather can now be obtained through the item printer.

i knew about the fairy feather i just didnt know how to get it

I got the fairy feather in Kitakami when the first DLC came out and I thought it was in the older games already, considering I started with Gen 8

Do you play Pokemon rejuvenation cuz I hear crescent's theme in the background

they should make illuminate increase accuracy and decrease evasion instead. makes sense for increasing accuracy since the opponent cant hide, and decreased evasion since the opponent can see you even more clearly.

I’ll never understand why they didn’t make Illuminate an Compund Eyes clone

i got jumpscared by rejuv crescent theme in the background lmao not the context i was expecting it in

Also in open teamsheet someone may not know what fairy feather does

Neutralize gas should work on the steeds from calyrax. If I spelled it correctly

Does sweet syrup refresh on weezing switch out?

Imo if the ability cannot be skill swapped then it shouldn't be neutralized by Neutralizing Gas (i.e. Form Change of Aegislash, Zero to Hero and Commander - you can't skill swap them but for some reason Commander ability is neutralized). I belive its a bug, similar to how Order Up used to give boosts despite hitting Protect. I hope they patch it.

I gave up on getting the Fairy Feathe it's impossible to get

I finally finished Ogre Oustin normal mode I had to make a group to beat normal mode but I got the Fairy Feather

love me some foofoo like tofu

the names of your pokemon is sending me

What fairy feather fling does?

Pixie plate increases by 20 not 50

If dipplin evolution actually have the bug/dragon type the only way it could work is a support pokemon The combination doesnt give you that much of a offensive type cause bug and dragon dont have that much supereffective hit and mostly neutral It hit grass, psychic, dark, dragon for supereffective dam and resist by steel, fairy and neutral to other 12 types Defensively it weak to ice, flying, fairy, dragon, rock but resist water, 1/4x grass, fighting, electric, ground

Do you have a discord? Do you battle subscribers?

watchog has done nothing to deserve such slander! Hopefully they'll get a new ability some time in the future.

You can get fairy feather in the master ball printer machine

2:10 They probably did it so we can have no Arceus in upcoming games with Fairy Plate being kept exclusive to it. 6:45 Tbh, joins in ranks with Delibird. I do hope they take one of those redundant abilities off those Pokemon and actually give them something meaningful and original. 7:00 Also that's another useless ability down. Now we only need Run Away to actually allow escaping Mean Look and Shadow Tag.

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illuminate sounds like it might be a good counter to sand veil and snow cloak?

I'd quite like to hear what "hidden" battle effects have had the biggest impact on the competitive scene, based on what you were talking about at the start

So Illuminate is now basically Keen Eye? They are both too situational and doesn't impact competitive plays much, especially when the user can have different ability. No Guard is superior, even though it has the drawback.

Honestly, it would have made more sense for Illumintate to lower the accuracy of the oponent. Basically an innate Bright Powder, which could make more pokemon more useful

uh, i got a fairy feather down by the fairy crew's base. ogre ousting isn't the only way to get it

Well they lowered the difficulty of ogre ousting so itll be easier to get the prizes

I used fairy feather on a Tera fairy draining kiss espeon