Every Time People Used Low Level Pokémon Competitively 

Yes

Haha

(which means faster with Trick Room)

Imagine level 95

Ditto: I'm you but faster

I use it to trigger the weakness policy before the opposing Aegislash, everytime it works like a charm

Please refer to it as "mirror" ditto is literally another pokemon

@@cooperm4185 ditto

@@cooperm4185 but he already said it was aegislash v aegislash

@@cooperm4185 can also win against a ditto for the same reason tho

I thought it was the opposite, to get into the offensive stance last so it can take the hit with high defe ses and then attack, and since king's shield is a priority move you can make it so the opponent always hits your aegislash in defensive stance.

@@crashsparrow6943 you're both right. You can't have one without the other. You get higher defenses when hit and get to hit their frail form. I'd say the higher defense is the more important part of that, otherwise you'd just die when hit.

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Yeah, that’s become way less common in today’s metagame because most people would be afraid to run a -speed nature let alone under level their Groudon/Kyogre as their strength is extremely vital and their speed makes tailwind matchups better

​@@KindaKaon I believe all your pokemon are automatically rounded to level 50 in vgc now. The underlevelling strategy was prevalent in gen6 only

@@KindaKaon it happened in gen 6 because of primal weather. Groudon always negated it’s water type weakness (outside of airlock and cloud nine) and Kyogre always had rain boost and fire negation as long as they were the slower pokemon. Forcing the other primal out to come back in if they wanted their respective weather.

UNfortunately modern VGC rules force your level, so this strategy is no longer possible. From the rules: "All Pokémon will be automatically on Level 50 regardless of their actual in-game level."

@@MD-vs9ff I wouldn’t do it without primal anyways. Base kyogre and groudon have drizzle and drought respectively. So any weather setter can switch and disrupt weather

at this point i’m just fascinated by all the bugs in gen 1

@@clarkkent1616 pinsir, parasect, beedrill, scyther, etc :)

People really hate bugs maybe if people didn't hate them so much it would still be good against poison

Technically speaking that's just the standard way to play LC, the optimal way is to use level 100 mons and clown on your opponents

The optimal way to build your team is to lose

@@bigchungus7870 Suicide Cup: "Perhaps I could be of some assistance."

idk about other formats, but in Gen 6 Pure Hackmons, nothing really uses level 99.

I believe another reason why they use level 99 is to avoid Core Enforcer’s side effect

And that's why, in SM, Game Freak changed the rules of VGC so that every Pokémon is at level 50 regardless of its level

Zamn!

I also remembered that!

Zamn! She’s level 85?!

Not important, but level is mispelt, which is funny since it’s like girafarig, but can be confusing

One of the better thumbnails ever

especially considering a level 99 essentially has level 100 stats (~0-5 difference in any one stat value). Honestly there's probably a ton of situations where a level 99 vs 100 is no difference (same 2HKO chance on key targets for example), but why be level 99 when you could just be level 100... aside from the reasons mentioned in the video obviously

I've never heard of the Chansey one until this video! Fascinating.

Chansey using Heal Block before it was cool.

the beginning of the video mentions level 1 pokemons, because of the fear strategies.

I think Cotonee caused a stack overflow error with Mega Ray or something so it didn't die

@@some_hippies If it caused a *stack* overflow, it would (probably) crash the game. If it caused an overflow of any kind, it was probably an *integer* overflow, where a positive integer becomes so large it wraps around and continues counting from the smallest possible value (i.e. zero, in the case of an unsigned integer).

Yes, being level 1 and use leech seed + protect with prankster, but ruins that strategy with a grass type or simply swapping

Your profile picture makes me think you’re a SomeCallmeJohnny fan.

@@jebronlames987 I actually screenshot a frame of his Cory in the House video and used it for my profile for several years.

Band Zam was a thing in Gen 3 since it also had Trick and Choice Band was the only Choice item back then.

I've done specchamp before. no guard is one hell of a drug.

Pretty sure Nidoking with Sheer Force opts to use Special moves over Physical moves because Earth Power does slightly more damage than Earthquake and Ice Beam does slightly more damage than Ice Punch, and it can bait out Burns.

One i find very interesting is Sylveon opting for Cute Charm in Gen 8 NU because some pokémons use Throat Chop (so moonblast would be prefered to hyper voice) and because it can be decent to proc Cute charm being a switch-in to fighting type moves

I would also mention Sap Sipper Azumarill (back in Gen 7) and maybe Anger Point Krookodile (which was very niche in DLC1 as a counterplay to Urshifu-Dark)

Oooh interesting! Freezai does have a video on why BDSP uses Unaware Clefable instead of Magic Guard, but I’d love to see more examples

Flame Body Heatran is used sometimes to switch into Weavile Triple Axel and try to get a burn.

Freezai made a vid on flame body heatran

Crit chance being based on speed is a pretty weird one too, it makes setting up more of a risk because getting a crit ignores your stat boosts as well and not just the enemies.

Hyper beam was intentional, they must’ve changed their minds, honestly Hyper beam would’ve been an incredibly well designed move if it stayed the same

@@XxDannySniperZXxGOB Absolutely. Hyper Beam was perfect as is, it had a purpose. And it was very risky to use, too, adding spice to it. Heck, they should bring RBY Hyper Beam mechanics back in Gen IX, and not just for it but also Frenzy Plant, Roar of Time and so on. That'd rule so much. Btw., I'm pretty sure it's a glitch considering it was fixed as early as Pokémon Stadium.

@@travisteatime oh, I probably assumed it wasn’t a glitch because it’s like the least glitchiest-glitch in RBY

Pretty sure Normal types being immune to Body Slam paralysis was intentional. It's the same mechanic as to why Poison types can't be poisoned by Sludge, and Fire types can't be burned by fire moves.

That's almost never though. There was a bulky av kyurem-b icy wind supporter set in doubles ou that put av in every single stat and even that one got more out of a regular nature than out of a neutral one.

A boosted attack for like blaze or overgrow?

What

@@MeNowDealWIthIt pretty much that at times for specific mons but also used it with other high damage one turn set up mons like sylveon where instead of using a more traditional yawn endure set I used a more direct fake tears,hyper beam, hyper voice set with its lower defenses meaning I can get off a fake tears while having low enough hp to use my custap to hyper beam instead of trying to rely on shaky sleep turns. I had a some other sets that also liked to under cut certain mons (Think lvl 99 dragons with haban or aegislash to make sure I let them take a hit first before hitting back.)

That was just an example, actual slowking would run 0 speed IV

They also drop the ivs

@@hellothere2570 that’s what I figured but I didn’t wanna “Um akshuakly” so I figured I’d ask lol

I don't think such an EV spread has ever viably existed as mixed attackers are already quite rare and they wouldn't want to completely gut their speed or bulk when are you're looking for is specific KO ranges. I tried to look one up on smogon but nothing came up.

I also think that if a Pokémon where the best EV spread is 252 Atk/252 Sp. Atk, that Pokémon would be banned in that tier. If the Pokémon could just invest in attack and special attack, that either means nothing outspeeds it, or it is so bulky or could put up trick room that lack of speed does not matter. It also implies that it has just as good moves that use attack and moves that use special attack, and is versatile to cover whatever. It also means that for some reason, the Pokémon it is trying to take down are just outside of their range, and could also imply the Pokémon is too weak for that tier as well. Either way, a Pokémon would not run 252 Atk/252 Sp. Atk, but the reasons would vary.

@@iantaakalla8180I believe abomasnow and volcanion are pretty close

even the FEAR strat is just that idea taken to the extreme

To be fair, there are far better pokemon to run level 1 on than rattata, even then it's really dependant on the matchup, probably the best level 1 is Togedemaru with sturdy + shell bell and 1. Endeavor 2. Spiky Shield 3. Fake Out 4. Toxic/Nuzzle Endeavor is self-explanatory , Spiky Shield finishes off pokemon that only have contacting moves for damage, Fake out with shell bell heals off the 1 HP of stealth rock damage so you can be at full for sturdy and toxic/nuzzle is to cripple ghost types on the switch The issue with this and all level 1s is that you can't switch them into anything (unless leech seed is up and no hazards on your side) and even once they're in, it's often a 50/50 between endeavoring what they have out and statusing the incoming ghost type

It was thing in vgc,not in singles

It usually is there to check/counter a water type (usually special attackerk like kyogre

I mean that would basically be boiled down to "because Eviolite".

While Chansey is blisteringly obvious, there's something interesting to be said about Porygon2 against Porygon-Z

Unburden. After sash disappeared, it doubled it's speed.

I believe TR doesn’t reverse that, even though it doesn’t change priority brackets.

Or Porygon2, which is both an eviolite abuser AND totally different