I mean, we assume it'll have guts. Pokemon in Legends don't have abilities so we won't know what it'll have ability-wise until it arrives in a mainline title. From what I understand the abilities on Serebii are based on the game's code but we've had abilities change between versions before. Especially unreleased abilities (for example, Zapdos and Raikou's hidden ability were different in the generations before they were actually released.)
I think the moves that “raise your action speed” translate better to priority moves instead of raising speed by 1 stage. Aqua jet and quick attack have that phrasing because there is no priority moves in this game. So I think there’s a good chance that moves like wave crash are stronger priority moves than Aqua jet but with another downside
@@lxlsquidgaming3803 I think Wave Crash is like a water type extreme speed but with recoil since it can actually hit things super effectively. Right now only Basculegion and Empoleon get it.
@@justsomebird4285 I know that only two pokemon can get it, Relicanth isnt even in PLA. I'm just saying if they ever give it to more mons I feel like Relicanth would be a good contender
Bug/Rock is surprisingly good defensive typing. Rock eliminates the flying and fire weakness of bug, while bug takes away grass, ground and fighting weakness from rock. Its a wonder how 2 bad defensive types on their own are so good together.
same goes for grass/rock, actually a solid defensive typing by itself, but Cradily is actually a good defensive Pokemon thanks to the additional water immunity due to storm drain.
I find it underrated. Yeah that Stealth Rock weakness hurts and Water is common but it doesn’t have a lot of weaknesses. 3 weaknesses and 2 resistances.
Kinda disagree... Its not resistant in any of its own typings, in fact, Its weak to one of its own typings... and it only resists two typings that already get covered by Steel (but better)...
It's not good, it's not good at all. Resistances to normal and poison are not good and weaknesses to water and rock can be pretty crippling, water type is a very common type and Rock Slide is everywhere in VGC. It's also weak to steel but that isn't as common.
Yeah. It doesn't look like a Pokémon. I haven't gotten to it in the game yet, but I hope there's some lore that explains why it looks so unlike a Pokémon like there was for the Ultra Beasts.
@@tastyfalcon1788 I feel you, but ground, thunder, and wind are all nearly-objectively forces of nature. Enamorous is .... love?.... themed. It's much less of a clear force of nature motif than the other genies. Enamorous looks like a very deliberate attempt to make a 4th Genie because the higher ups demanded it. It doesn't feel organic. It also looks more like a fairy-poison type because of the snake coiled around the upper torso than it looks like a fairy-flying type. It's all subjective, but Enamorous is a huge design fail for me.
a few things i'll let people keep in mind movepool-wise 1: Pokemon like Kleavor, Ursaluna, and probably Basculegion (if they make Basculin-W have the same movepool as the other basculins) will be getting most, if not all of the moves their pre-evos have outside of PLA. 2: Eviolite will be a great fucking additoon for the pokemon who will be recieving them 3: The PLA moves will definetly have higher base powers once removed from PLA's low-base power environment. for example, Raging Fury and Headlong Rush are probably gonna be bumped up to 120 BP like the Outrage and Close Combat clones they respectively are trying to be
It feels weird that the fast land mount pokemon has such a low base speed. Overall I initially was disappointed in so many normal types, but it's actually quite nice to see it used more in interesting type combinations.
Combat speed has nothing to do with movement speed, apparently. There are plenty of cases where Pokemon can run/fly very fast but have horrible base speed(Vikavolt, Skarmory, etc.). My speculation is that it refers to their reaction speed or something that translates into charge-up time.
@King Wobbegong, Sea Urchin Farmer Pidgeot Speed Ties with Jynx despite being able to break mach speeds of flight. Jynx clearly isn't running at mach 1 any time soon. There are plenty of examples of a pokemon's mobility not being relating to its speed stat. Heatran is average base speed despite being a hulking magma basin creature. Early pokemon material had reaction time and charge-up time as a trope. That's probably what speed-stat actually represents. The most famous early example of this is Ash's Pikachu vs Surge's Raichu. His Pika was more mobile, despite Raichu having a much higher speed stat. On that note, Raichu's speed stat is the same as Dodrio's but it isn't running at the speed Dodrio can.
Interesting that Enamorus's signature move has a chance of increasing its stats and it gets Contrary, meaning you'd never want to run it, at least not with its most useful ability
I think basculegion's signature move will probably translate to a high power recoil priority move, because it has similar wording to acqua jet. And looking at the base power of 75 in pla it could easily translate to 80-90 base power, which is pretty much on the level of scissor's bullet punch but basculegion has adaptability. I could totally see either a band or an assault vest set that can pivot between its strong priority move, acqua jet to pivot around like scissor's U-turn and then some coverage moves (like psychics fangs, crunch, superpower or even final gambit). Of very important note is that it doesn't seem to learn any physical ghost type moves, which is a bit of a bummer because adaptability ghost type moves would be super cool
I'm really excited for Eviolite Hisuian Qwilfish. You've got a Dark/Poison-Type with Swift Swim, Eviolite, and a dang good Signature Move. That, or pair it with Intimidate, spam Spikes, and presto. I haven't gotten myself an Overqwil yet, or Qwilfish at all, since I've been busy with schoolwork and when I do play the game I just focus on all the side things. But man I'm hyped to find one!
I had the same issue but I called in a sick day the day after it dropped and now I've only got spiritomb left to catch👀 I might have an obssession Update: Caught Arceus, Holy shit that ending was amazing
@@remydirt3158 ah yes, the sinnoh specialty. I lean seriously, drapion, skuntank and overquil all being from technically the same region, yet the best one is alolan.
I wonder if wave crash will come to the main series and will have priority, imagine Basculegion spamming choice band wave crash with an adaptability boost 💀
@@Logans_Login I think an ability similar to rock head for maybe an event or hidden ability will be a nice favor to it. Same with rampardos, where if rampardos has rock head. It would be more solid as a physical rock type attacker/glass cannon
13:22 Belly Drum Ursaluna Sounds terrifying. It's basically better Snorlax sans gluttony. 24:50 if Enamorus gets access to superpower in later games(which is likely since all the other genies can learn it) its Incarnate form is gonna be busted with contrary.
I'm so hyped for Ursaluna. I used Mudsdale back in the early days of SwSh VGC and Luna is better than it in pretty much every way. Guts Facade coming off a base 140 attack is really gonna hurt anything that doesn't resist.
@@gus7807 doubled facade is 1.5x better than super effective shadow claw because of STAB. The only reason for a ghost move is driftlimb. If they send out Mismagius then you're dead to energy ball
@@RenSako That’s why they said it’s only for Drifblim. Drifblim is immune to Facade and Ground type moves. It, Mismagius, Ghastly, and Haunter. Otherwise every other ghost type gets hit by a ground type move which will hit like a truck. Only reason to run Shadow Claw is to hit those four.
@@flatoutalliance Well, the Eviolite works with Pokémon that can evolve and Ursaring and Stantler were able to evolve in the past/in another dimension (not sure, I still have to finish PLA) but not anymore. If they just release Ursaluna and Wyrdeer, maybe Eviolite would not work on their pre-evolutions because they cannot evolve on current Gen 8 games
@@mastervolg8768 I highly doubt that they would include Stantler and Ursaring in a new game and not give them the ability to evolve. They’ll find some way to implement the changes like they did with the other regional variants/new evos
Will be like Alolan origin mark, Probably will need a Ursaring with the Hisuian origin mark to evolve, thus will maybe only allow eviolite on? But, may just put agurite and peat in the game
I brought it up to my friend but when Ursaluna gets brought over to a normal game it's going to be the first pokemon to have STAB Guts Earthquake while being fully evolved and that thought terrifies me.
@@KaleidosXXI May be weird wording but it's true. Ursaluna would be the only fully evolved pokemon to be STAB _and_ Guts for EQ which makes it a lot scarier than Larvitar.
@@JayceCH. having one pokemon asleep is still bad. If you're running something like choice band or scarf hera you can slot sleep talk on it and get some use out of something being slept
I already got spoiled for all the Hisuian Pokémon, but thank you for the spoiler warning. You're the only video I've watched about Pokémon Legends of Arceus with a spoiler warning, so thanks man.
It's always really interesting seeing how different things are between Smogon 6v6 'n' VGC. Also, Guts does activate with Sleep. I only know this 'cause Throh runs Rest-Talk in Random Battles on Showdown.
Origin form Palkia looks interesting for competitive , especially since it got a super good buff to its speed tier Shame that Dialga just got more spdef
I won't be watching this video because of spoilers (I've yet to have a chance to buy the game (been snowed in)) but I want to thank you for not putting any pokemon in your thumbnails that weren't revealed in trailers. It's always a minefield checking my sub box.
Yea. I don’t get why he was shitting on Sneasler. Poison fighting is actually a good offensive typing and cover for each other’s weaknesses. The only other poison fighting wasn’t nearly as fast as sneasler. I don’t get his hate on sneasler
The possibilities these new mons bring to the table that catch my eye are: Assault Vest + Sandstorm Kleavor, Trick Room/Assault Vest Ursaluna, Eviolite Ursaring, Eviolite Qwilfish and if Basculegion gains access to Poltergeist then Adaptability + Poltergeist could be really fun.
Bullet proof assault vest Ursaluna could work, I think a guts set would be more terrifying (though more predictable). Just imagine getting hit with guts earthquake and facade 😐
Enamourus with springtide storm (it just sounds like a spread move)/moonblast, earth power and mystical fire literally checks most if not all fairy resists and with life orb and protect, I think this is gonna be a problem since, in the current format, regieleki is the only thing I see actually checking it
Im personally glad they're making more aquatic pokemon that arent water-type Dhelmise, Clobbopus, Overqwil... its just a cool little design space im glad theyre starting to explore
Basculegion has no STAB physical ghost move which definitely hurts the Male version. I like the Female mixed set with Shadow Ball, Scald, and Aqua Jet. With Adaptability you'll still hit very hard from a 100 SpA stat.
Enamorus with Ground coverage is so broken!!! It will cover 4 of its weaknesses (Poison, Steel, Rock, Electric). Excited to use it for competitive play.
On a more minor note, scyther passes along roost to the other two, which are grounded with secondary types weak to ground. (It can be argued that Scizor learns roost anyways, but it's easy to think that it only does so because it'd be dumb to have a TM that major be exclusive to a prevo)
To be honest, I wished kleavor get ability solids rock, and Technician. I’m fine with Sheer Force As well, hopefully transfer to sword and shield or BDSP, to learn rock blast and Accelerock would be BEAST POWERFUL!
It may not learn Accelerock but if it can somehow keep access to all of Scyther’s old moves then it will be a menace for sure. Having access to U-Turn, Cross Poison, Rock Slide, and Steel Wing basically makes the Life Orb sets absolutely terrifying. And since it’s a rock type there’s a very high chance in might get Earthquake too, considering how bulky it is on design alone. Kleavor may not be the best new Pokémon but it is surely not to be ignored.
One thing that might even be worth its own video is some of these mons being able to hold eviolite and how that might make them more viable (Stantler, Qwilfish, Ursaring, etc). Could be a super interesting dynamic. Design wise I love the new Qwilfish and its evolution and I hope they can maybe get some more coverage in the main series games so they work a bit better in Vgc
Ursaluna and Basculegion look like they're gonna be great which I'm really excited by. It looks like Sneasler has potential too. Unfortunate about Enamorus, it looks crazy op and i hate its design so it looks like I'll be forced to see a lot more of it
I'm really excited for Ursaluna. Guts with Facade (which Ursaring gets so Ursaluna will get too) is going to make for amazing STAB. I think it'll be like Regigigas but made for Trick Room and doesn't need a Weezing.
I can confirm Basculegion gets aqua jet- mine has it in PLA, and many pokemon keep their pre evolutions moves. Basculegion I was a little worried about because of the speed, but I forgot to check the ability. Adaptability go brrrrt. Run the female as rattled special (ignores intimidate because special attacker, gets speed boost basically for free), run the male as an adaptability or rattled aqua jet spammer (adaptability for more power in the face of intimidate, rattled for more speed).
I don’t think coverage on basculegion is really necessary considering the potent stab combo and adaptability, if you’re running coverage it’s likely for VERY specific threats like some pokemon thats like quad weak to psychic that it struggles with or smth or weak to rock
These videos would get such an insane level up if they were edited, even just simply. The substance of each video is incredible in quality, it's just the form factor that's lacking.
Guts works with Sleep, I've seen people use Guts Pokemon with Rest, Sleep Talk and 2 other moves, it does boost the attack because Sleep is a status condition.
I'd love to see competitive fights in the PL:Arceus format since there is so much different from the normal games, I mean the gold standard will probably always remain the main series format but there is enough different in Arceus I'd love to see it.
with hisuian qwilfish while assault vest makes sense, i think what's gonna make that thing a monster is eviolite combined with intimidate, essentially giving it +2 def and +1 spdef just by sending it out. and then on top of that you have actual offense it can deal out with an okay speed, this thing's gonna hit like a truck with swords dance and tank basically anything that isn't earth power and you have possibly one of the best eviolite users ever, if it gets access to knock off it pretty much blanks every other eviolite user ever as well except possibly gligar, as well as most other mons. if porygon2 gets a burn with tri attack, who cares you can swords dance through it.
Poison Touch Fake Out seems solid, assuming Sneasler gets that as an egg move like Weavile. This is under the assumption the move is missing from their movepool because flinch was snapped.
I am shocked that you didn't look at the new Origin Formes for Dialga and Palkia. While we of course have no clue what their abilities would be, if Giratina Origin is anything to go by, they have the potential to be damn good...
Wolfe, you are an inspiration, I have been in competitive for years now as a "casual" competitive player. I am ultimately not that good and idk why, 80% of the time when you do a battle video I notice I make the same calls as you make moves. The other 20% of the time I just don't guess because you are a crazy good player and me guessing what you would do doesn't make me better. Either way I consider you to be either the best or at worst one of the 5 best to ever play the game. I hope that one day I happen to que up into you and hopefully win but just playing would be dope. I learn from every video of yours and just wanted to thank you properly! ps, for those wondering Alex, Ray, Aaron, Se Jun are the other 4 that I was referencing. However Wolfe has the sheer tenacity that I believe sets him apart. Aaron plays a bit safer when he needs gas, Alex doesn't make enough competitive content for me to really tell. I have literally never seen Ray battle but I have heard he is a monster and would give Wolfe the biggest challenge and Se Jun is an innovator who had the right innovation at the right time but while incredibly proficient he isn't as proficient as Wolfe imo.
The genies are all Flying-type but only Tornadus can learn multiple Flying moves. Thundurus and Landorus received Fly generations later so basically Enamorus would also just receive Fly as well
@@JayceCH. yep but also they never released three pokemon games in 1 year on the main nintendo's console. But you're totally right, i was dreaming about.
One small, correction. Guts DOES get activated with sleep. People would run sleep talk in choice scarf Heracross in singles gen 4. That way, you would take a dark void, and revenge kill with a guts-boosted Close combat/mega horn. Technically is the same with Freeze but doesn’t quite matter cause if you’re frozen you’re not gonna move
you missed the mark on Overquil. the real potential is not with that pokemon but its pre-evo, H-Quilfish. it has access to intimidate and has access to Eviolite + the already mentioned moves like Snarl, Icy Wind and what not. the pokemon can be an amazing support.
Ursaluna is crazy. 140 attack, guts flame orb for 210, belly drum for 630, with ground typing which is great offensively. If you can get trick room set up and belly drum safely, they could very well sweep with earthquake.
Ursaluna gets earthquake btw. Ursaring has it in every other game. You can probably use cresselia and ursaluna, earthquake won't hit cresselia and it can set up trick room for ursaluna.
Kleavor's Sheer Force is so wasted, only works on Rock Slide which means you can't get the flinch. Hopefully it's move pool increases in a future game to get some options. Also Scyther getting access to Close Combat is a great buff to Scizor.
I hope he revisits this video once HOME compatibility comes to Scarlet and Violet, and does an updated version accounting for all of the changes to these pokemon since Legends: Arceus
I know that this is probably not the most viable strat, but i am here for Basculegion with Rattled + Weakness Policy to get +2 Atk +2 Sp Atk +1 Speed if hit by a Dark or Ghost move (assuming it lives though lol)
Bug/Rock’s a good typing, you get no overlap on what you hit for super effective damage but then also you neutralise a few weaknesses. Would still be better with bug/steel unless you’re against a fire type though