How a "Bad" Pokemon Was Once Overpowered in 2014 

Being reminded that Fletchinder and Moltres were in the same tier was like a punch in the face.

Video idea: "When lower stats are better" examples: slow u-turn, lower attack against foul play and confusion, lower speed for trick room, lower stats for hidden power, etc.

Unbuckle the Shuckle

Always remember: Don’t Fuckle with Shuckle

i love the graphic at 4:10 showing the pros and cons of sticky web setters and leavanny’s just sitting there at the bottom with its only pro being it has webs

That's why the saying goes "Don't fuckle with the shuckle"

I'm slightly sad it wasn't power trick shuckle. Though, it isn't good. But it's certainly funny to see a shuckle turn into rampardos

Freezai’s gonna have to make another one of these once Shuckle gets Body Press

The very definition of seize your moment, because you never know when it will happen, but when it does, you take it

I used Shuckle in a Shield playthrough, and after many attempts, I swept Kabu with it. One of my favourite moments in a Pokémon playthrough, that was fun.

Theres also gen 7 mix and mega where it was a similar case....with ampharosite. basically most teams then relied on either sablenite, zapdos, landorus-t (which later also got banned from holding mega stones), or mandibuzz to hazard block, since most hazard setters couldnt get through magic bounce, but shuckle could while punishing others with toxic. ampharosite also giving shuckle a good matchup into standard primal groudon also meant that it could punish anything from it with relative safety while scouting its sets, and webs teams could afford to trade hazards with it. it was only further helped by the reliance on zygarde in the tier as the premier altarianite (pixilate) extreme speed user that made it over the top, as you couldnt win by simply being faster and dragonite was restricted while arcanine and entei couldnt ohko before being ohkoed by +1 stab thousand arrows or just +1 thousand arrows into extreme speed. pdon was also just kinda crazy with it too and that was the best mon in the tier that also checked a shit ton of mons so you couldnt exactly remove it either. zyg is/was still debatably broken in that tier, but the ladder is now gone and the banlist was locked at the end of gen 7.

As I was watching the start of the video I thought “man that looks like my-“ then I saw my name lmao. Great video as always!!

The move Heavy-Duty Boots. Ah yes.

I have uncovered a patern in which sticky webs are good in meta games with an already powerful Ghost/Steel pokemon and an offensive Defiant staple.

Power split is an underrated move It basically halves either attacking stat, isn’t reset by haze, bypasses magic bounce and clear body, and is generally a great tool for shutting down a powerful attacker Guard split is really useful in doubles for bolstering a teammate’s defense, just be wary of follow me I used a dual split shuckle with encore and protect in gen 8 doubles and it was really fun Giving shuck speed with speed swap ribombee allowing it to disrupt opposing mons was the core idea of my gen 8 monotype doubles team and it worked decently well

Shuckle is also good for bug monotype teams, as most of the good bug types are perfect with stealth-web support

My takeaway is that Shuckle was reliable at getting it up. Thanks Freezai.

And then the *other* time Shuckle was overpowered was in VGC, when it had the perfect storm of not just team support but rulesets, it could use Power Trick to give its defenses to an Eviolite Chansey and then stall the opponent out of time.

I love shuckle all my homies love shuckle

Boomburst Secondary Effect: IT HITS HARD This got me good

Shuckle is my favorite Pokemon, it's already great to see getting love. It would be a menace if it got an evolution that evened out its hp with its defenses

I got to #400 in the world on ubers using shuckle as my lead, i would use mental herb or custap berry, custap allowed shuckle to outspeed if hit down to its sturdy thus setting both sticky web and stealth rock, id always try to bait out their zacian and then throw choice scarf ditto(he gets zacians intrepid sword twice, essentially turning into scarfed swords dance zacian, funny enough the best counter for this strategy was oblivious quagsire who i started to see more and more as i went up in tiers

The editing is fire my guy. Such ane asy vid to watch, keep it up g

Really appreciate how you explain the meta

"If you control the speed, you control the game" Perish Song be like:

Your music choices for these videos are always peak

Can you imagine playing a Draft League. Your are a gifted player, love the weird and crazy and creative sets of Gen 3. Also you make well edited videos. I think Id love to watch you do Draft :)

Shuckle also had a very prominent place in gen 8 bdsp ru. And yes, it was paired with Exploud, which dominated the tier post its initial bans.

hey, the production value has been on the rise lately. congrats

Shuckle is a fan favourite pokemon

I was not prepared for the awesomeness of Freezai putting an effort on the music

"How the fuck do you kill him?" "How the fuck do you kill him?" "How the fuck do you kill him?" "Well gg shuckle"

The Dorkly Bits Shuckle will always be the canon Shuckle in my mind. I hear that voice whenever he pops up in one of these more serious Pokemon videos. It's permanent.

Dont fuckle with shuckle 😤😤😤

Can someone explain to me how the base 20 health yet base 230 sp/defence thing works? Is it that it takes a lot to knock off a HP but it doesn't have many? In which case, would this be the same as having base 40 health and base 115 sp/defence (ignoring EV/IVs).

fun fact this wasnt the only time shuckle had tiering action against it! in gen 7 mix and mega in like 2017 shuckle got restricted from mega evolving due to its ability to get webs up guarenteed regardless of what you do because of mold breaker after mega and sturdy pre mega

Moral of the story: Don't Fuckle With Shuckle

Don't fuckle with Shuckle. The eternal phrase holds true.

That background by Coromon at 1:48 is beautiful!

My favorite moment in all of showdown: my zeroark got the final KO in a very close game… disguised as dynamax shuckle! “Shuckle used max DANKness!!!”

Love that thumbnail

Nice Pokeathlon music. :)

Gets even crazier when it evolves into Shuckthehellup. Organ Harvest is such a broken move.

I was naming every pokemon and i was missing one i gave up it was shuckle if I clicked to youtube i would have seen it this was the first video I saw Great video btw

LOL THE KRICKETUNE BIT

Omg seeing footage from flamingspade bring me back old memory

One day shuckle will get an evolution and eviolite shuckle will be born

The first three seconds alone make for an instant like

Today I learned Freezai is a Sonic enjoyer

I wanna use a gen 6 ru team on the nat dex ladder to see how far I can go. Gen 6 RU was legit the highest I’ve ever gotten on the ladder (337)

Seeing old clips from TheFlamingSpade brings back memories

I LOVE SHUCKLE YEEEEAAAAH LETS GOOO

SHUCKLE LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO🎉🎉🎉🎉

Some sound effects area a bit too loud freezai! great vid

could you make a vid on mega-banette? personally one of my favorites, and a really interesting rise over the years

Look at that, Dorkly

I used a shuckle with sticky web, power split, encore, and toxic in old gens

Buckle up, knuckle down, and don't fuckle with Shuckle or you'll have to struggle

Hey there, been a long-time fan. Vid Idea: Mons that are good in RandBats, but aren’t in normal tiers

3:54 ah yes, heavy duty boots, my favorite move jk, great vid

Only two shuckle's ive ever used was in gen 7 (i was weird there, sash marshadow, psyduck, riolu...). One was lvl 1, sturdy berry juice for free rocks webs, and a contrary shell smash for maniacal laughter

Ubers ƯU would make a fire video

Yo Freezai! Just a heads up, at 7:24 it says HJK is 100% accurate. That would be kind of crazy lmao

Power trick shuckle wya

Shuckle ❤

4:20 that was so personal

Shuckle is a fan favourite pokemon.

this is the best day of my life

Sticky Web, a U-Turn type support move.

Hail the king!

Shoutouts to Shuckle also being a prominent Sticky Web setter in Gen 8 Ubers

Ran sticky web shuckle on a HO bug team in gen 8 monotype, with final gambit it was a pretty decent suicide lead

Great video. The menu selection noise is a little too loud.

Sticky Web is also a popular strat in Little Cup

I remeber watching Joe wreck the gen 7 ladder w/ shuckle. Good times

In gens 6,7,8 I used it as a web steath rock setter. The thing carried me to many a win.

Shuckie with 20 atk but being able to deal the most damage of all pokemon

Are we going to get the rest of smogon champions league?

Do you remember when galvantula got sticky web in gen 6 and it become a ou stable😂

Don’t Fuckle with the Shuckle

Would've been nice for the offensive Shuckle builds to at least get some mention in the starting section of this video. It isn't a solely defensive Pokémon. If u can eliminate an opp's physical attackers, u can swap Shuckle's massive def stat with its abysmal attack stat n get an insane sweeper to clean up the opponent's special attackers n support Pokémon. Worked best in doubles where u could use Follow Me or Rage Powder to pull aggro from physical attackers n controllers to allow Shuckle to set up n then sweep with Rockslide

The time where Shuckle is in OU after gens ago is the time where the world was shocked

My only non-iffy shiny (from a gen 6 friend farm)I love shuckle

Ngl Shuckle would go crazy in Gen 9

Didnt know that heavy duty boots was a move

Wats going on in the tournament bro

Sticky Web power trick sweep

I used shuckle a few times in sword/shield vgc, and my favorite moment was when he eventually beat a registeel in a 1v1 because my opponent ignored the infestation for too long

Shcukle need a paradox form that inverts his stats

I love freezai

Does shuckle not have seismic toss or night shade???

Shout out to power trick 😂

The Pokémon text sound bite is really jarring here, otherwise great video :)

Is it a fan fave? If so, that's coolio 😊

3:42 and mortal spin

Poor Krickitune😢.

The best thing about shuckle is guard split in doubles it makes evolite Pokémon unstoppable u can genuinely make little cup Mon sweep legendaries with that 1 simple move

i love you shuckle

can you post music list ?

Melmetal the shuckle destroyed was needed there