@@fungmanhei Sleep Talk choose random target in Double, so not so many would like to use it (imagine landing Sacred Fire on a Quiet Specs Eruption Heatran, eww). Unless the other moves are spread moves that hit both Pkm regardless
Parasect be like: ZU: I'm too weak... PU: I'm too weak... NU: I'm too weak... RU: I'm too weak... UU: I'm too weak... OU: I'm too weak... Ubers: *U N L I M I T E D P O W E R*
Zen-Aku PU and ZU don’t technically have full forms like the rest of the metas But PU is named so to reference the “PU, you stink” thing that kids used to do, and is sometimes called Poorly Used ZU may be called so because of Z being the last alphabet and all. It’s basically just “Untiered”.
How GOOD was Parasect for catching other Pokemon ACTUALLY? Will always be remembered for learning both False-Swipe and Spore for the best _"bring-pokemon-to-1-hp-and-put-to-sleep"_ combo.
UniversalStarchild 03 it’s only ever been said by other people when there’s a special episode with a guest when referring to the man himself, which there aren’t exactly a lot of, pretty sure it was said in the Unown video, but can’t name anything else off the top of my head
Excalibeon Sword of Eeveelutions when it can do 60% to fully invested dialga everything got thrown at the wall to try and stop it. i'm convinced that choice specs water spout was the closest we got to an anything goes tier before mega rayquaza
See, I'd like for it to be opposite and have the evolution double down on the zombie fungi theory and have the mushroom become even more sentient and grow arms and have parasect's husk of a body still be around.
Parasect is the Pokemon version of the “crouching fool hidden badass” . Absolute garbage in normal situations, but when the world needed him most he hard countered an uber
Not even just an Uber, possibly the greatest Uber of all time, aside from Gen 1 Mewtwo. Much of Gen 4 Ubers revolved around how well you could deal with Specs Kyogre, and Parasect dicked it over harder than almost any other mon. If it was even slightly useful outside of that, it would've been a common sight in Ubers.
It didn’t hard counter Kyogre at all. Ice Beam would 2HKO even with max SpD, if you guesses wrong and it used CalmMind or Sub on the switch Parasect was toast. It did counter the mono attacker and defensive sets and stopped Specs and Scarf from spamming Water Spout
@@georgecortes3416 Except Shuckle was found to be one of the 2 pokemon that can achieve the highest damage attack in the game. Something about stacking up stats and weaknesses on the opponent while using a max ice ball.
You know, for its concept (a bug being consumed by fungi), you'd think that having a permanent life force supplying you with sustenance would warrant a massive HP stat of some kind. It's lack of speed and defenses make some sense, but something like a 130 HP stat could have circumvented some of its problems and made sense for its design. Alas Gen 1 Game Freak was exceptionally cruel.
old comment but to be fair, a grass type being able to hit Poison for SE should have been great seeing as Bug would have in theory been there to take care of the grass and poison types that grass types tend to struggle with.
Honestly, you say lack of defenses, but 80 in both defenses aint really that bad, it is what arcanine has as well and it is defo servicable, the real problem is just its typing, but I think it coulda made a cool mega if they approached it with the mega beedrill philosophy where they also steal some of its spec attack or speed to buff another stat. But sadly nothing happened with the shroomyboi.
roninwarriorsfan If you do this next video, could you order them by pokedex order from their generation? It would make it easier to see if something has been covered by looking at what comes before it instead of searching through the generational list
When people talk about how muted the colors got when we shifted to 3D games, I always think about Parasect. Look how that shiny bright red shroom got turned into a giant dusty pencil eraser.
Parasect needs a third evolution that makes it grass + ghost type. It would fit its theme perfectly, since the bug is completely dead and the mushroom takes control.
Conversely have death free Parasect’s mind and spirit, allowing it to fight with new purpose as it has regained agency. Maybe using the mushroom as a shield for payback. It could even be the rare Bug/Ghost Type
I remember using Parasect on my first run through Leaf Green . Got me a clutch victory against the Champion's Rhydon with a Quick Claw, Critical-Hit Giga Drain.
It was the MVP in my latest Yellow playthrough: Misty was a joke, Surge got destroyed by Dig (so did Koga, Erika and Giovanni), it was a monster in the E4 against Lorelei and Bruno. I love Gen 1 Shroom Boi.
I'd think, for a future generation with different regional evolution's, Parasect should have a version that's Ghost-Bug. The idea would be that the parasitic mushroom on its back had fully taken over its host, leaving nothing but an empty shell; hence, why it would be a Bug-Ghost type. Though it would lose some attack, it'd become a much more defensive version than it's normal variant, while also not having a quadruple weakness to fire and flying, and while being weak to dark, it could still do super effective damage from it's bug type moves. On top of these defensive changes, Parasect would also be able to learn Trick Room on its own, and/or Nightmare. With Spore and Nightmare, it can have a terrifically horrifying combo by putting targets to sleep, and giving them a status effect that lowers their HP by 1/4 each turn. Some may wonder, "but if it doesn't have its grass typing, how can it use spore?" I think the parasitic mushroom should still be able to emit spores, some bug types have the ability to use stun spore, and they aren't even part grass, one is flying, another two are fairy, and the last is an ice type. So it's safe to say that bug-types can use the powder or spore moves, especially parasect; who's main motif is to have and use spore. So, I would believe a Ghost-Bug type variant of Parasect would be amazing, especially when it can still have spore and it's new move nightmare, but if the move nightmare is pushing things a bit, at the very least it should be able to use trick-room itself. Tell me what you think
He couldn’t protecc he most definitely did not attacc but at least he got a big mushroom on his bacc edit: thanks for all the likes guys this is the most I’ve ever gotten
Hey FSG! I've been binge watching ALL of your videos as they're all awesome, and been learning a lot about past metas and even how to play in the current meta. Is there a chance you'd include Sw/Sh content if the Pokemon you're reviewing is/has been in that meta? I feel like there's a lot to learn so would love to see that from you!
Hi, visitor from the future here. I'd like to tell everyone that in gen 91, Parasect finally gets a third evolution called Asendasect with a ghost/bug typing. It received a significant buff to its stats, giving it 70 hp 150 atk 150 def 65 sp atk 150 sp def and 60 spd. However, it also received a signature ability called vengeance which boosts ups its spd and atk by a multiplier of x6.0 at
Concepts for Galarian!Parasect: A Bug/Psychic type that mentally connects with the parasitic mushroom on its back and turns it into symbiosis instead of merely being its poor host. It has a pretty nice stat buff compared to the OG Parasect, since its two halves are working more in tandem, and, while it retains a lot of its Bug and Grass moves, it also gains Psychic moves for better coverage. Naturally, it still has Spore, but perhaps it can also learn a spore-type attack that inflicts Confusion as well (or just give it Confuse Ray).
@kevin rianto I commented before watching it so I thought I was going to be surprised. Legit didn't know about Gen 4 and the length makes a lot more sense now. Oh, but for one gen.
Back in Gen I, right. I thought Electrode could check Mewtwo because, you know, it is slightly faster and has Thunder Wave and Explosion on its side... But that was not the case.
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"The idea of Parasect in OU has probably never been conceived of until the making of this video." Pretty sure Parasect in OU is the optimal Emvee dream.
I mean, I've mused that Parasect has the unusual niche of hard countering Snorlax and Slowbro, as well as anything else slower than it due to gen 1 sleep mechanics giving it a turn to react.
Now that I think of it, parasect is kind of like Miyubii from Seton: Join the Pack. A sluggish, fungus-covered denizen which will drop dead after a light breeze, and is completely useless in normal circumstances, but when the floods come, you just might be able to count on it to win the race. Somewhere, a slaking is green with envy.
But what would its signature move be? G-Max Powder Veil, grass max-attack that covers your pokemon in sleep powder so that they put the opponent to sleep when they make contact?
You know the only thing gigantamax does is double HP, right? The rest of it's stats and typing are still going to be garbage. Even a Mega will struggle to make it good since it's starting stats are just so bad. What it really needs is a large baseline stat buff, and grass types need a buff in general. Even then, I doubt it'll ever be better than Breloom.
Oh hello fellows of this universe. I temporarily slipped into an alternate dimension where Parasect was the undisputed king of AG. You see, in the prequel game to RBY (yeah, they actually called sequels prequels and gens are counted in reverse) Parasect was given "Water Shield" where if it ever was hit by any form of water (rain, water attack, etc) it instead of taking damage, gained a mimikyu-like disguise until it was hit and could hold up to three charges at a time. Game Nerds gave it a signature move in Bug Cutter. (Base 95, 80% of lowering defense, 95% accuracy.) It also took advantage of 'Seed Blade', a powerful grass type move that seems almost tailor made for Parasect. (Base 75, doubles in base power if the opponent has lowered defenses and restores 20% of the damage as health) Lastly, they also introduced an item called water balloon that when the pokemon that held it was hit it'd break and start a rain storm for 5 turns. The common -1 set was... Eh, shoot, I'm just gonna call it gen 2 for simplicity. Parasect @ Water Balloon Ability: Water Shield Spore Swords Dance Bug Cutter Seed Blade It was a terrific Pokemon that was nearly invincible while Water Balloon's effects were active. However, -2... Er, Gen 3 Introduced The Uber Partner that would make Parasect into a nightmare legend. Kyogre would run _red card_ and after setting up the rain would be red carded into Parasect who would then instantly benefit from the Water Shield Ability. But it wasn't until Gen -3... er, 4 that pushed Parasect from Uber to breaking the game like Mega Rayquaza did in our world. For some twisted Reason, Game Nerd had a love affair for this thing and in gen 4 _buffed_ water shield to no longer have a limit of charges _and_ they now allowed _every turn of rain to stack even if it wasn't on the field_ No longer did Kyogre need to run red card. You could just have it on your team, set up rain and eventually, the Water Shield would have dozens if not _hundreds_ of charges. I can't tell you how many games I saw ended with two parasects just Bug Cutter/Seed Blade-ing a counterpart over and over. Eventually, they started running toxic just to counter other parasects. But no, -4.... Gen 5 had to make it _worse_ How? Water Shield got to _block status_ after that. Seriously, they had a love affair for Parasect. ...Okay that's actually about the only way I could see Parasect becoming OP.
I used a Parasect on my gen 7 OU smogon team. It was great! Spore-leechseed-aromatherapy- and leech life. For me it was a good answer to chancy and even greninja as well as an all around decent support
Everyone is talking about how Parasect used to have 3 x4 weaknesses, but what most people don't know is that it's the only pokemon with a x6 weakness to fire.
Honestly, this is my favourite Pokemon, I have strong nostalgia of abusing spore in my Pokemon blue playthroughs as a kid, it's a real shame as an adult realising how useless Parasect was without over-levelling it
