How Murkrow became the most Popular Pokémon 

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Murkrow is such a prankster

"Mom, I want Whimsicott!" "We have Whimsicott at home." Whimsicott at home:

I remember in X/Y my brother used to beat me with his murkrow in doubles and my child mind couldn't comprehend how a unevolved Pokemon could be useful against my lil team of 6 legendaries. I've been scared of this bird for awhile.

I find it fascinating that Dondozo and Tatsugiri have such a profound effect on the metagame. Even though there are plenty of counters that shut them down completely and as a result may not be worth running, you absolutely have to consider them whenever you make a team because if you can’t counter them they will just steamroll you. So not only do they elevate a prankster haze user like Murkrow, they also work to the detriment of any Pokémon that relies heavily on stat buffs.

I still find it funny how the Pokémon Wolfey chose to send for Alpharad's egglock was a Eviolite, Prankster, Haze Murkrow.

You can tell how monumental of an ability it is by the fact that nobody says prankster doesn't affect dark types, they say that dark types are immune to prankster.

I love murkrow, and I never expected it to become this good in such a short time!

Murkrow was so powerful for a base stage evo that it has been banned from Little Cup for generations, and now it's come as far as #1 in the competitive ladder. so proud of it

Pretty much the only way to counter this is to either focus on Murkrow and faint it before it can do anything or have a Pokémon use Imprison so it can’t use Haze but besides that, Murkrow is quite literally the Troll Face of Pokemon

Murkrow is the GOAT. I love this mon and used him as a prankster tailwind setter in BDSP and he was great, so it warms my heart seeing this translate well into SV.

5:47 Look Mum, I'm famous. Cottonee was used over Whimsicott because the Sash was already taken on my team and Cottonee could just live things that Whimsicott couldn't.

It was a good time in the spotlight, and I’m glad Murkrow finally got some well needed recognition.

Murkrow has always been one of my favorite Pokemon and the amount of pride I felt when I heard my boi became viable brought a tear to my eye.

the rise and fall of murkrow lol i remember your shock on the live stream seeing all the murkrows the day the ladder went live

Loving the videos. I don’t even play SV but you are so fun to watch

Wolfey: Does crazy analysis of why Murkrow is popular Everyone: Nah Tailwind and Prankster go brrr

Never before did I think Murkrow would be scary in any way, shape or form. Karen might've been onto something...... over 20 years ago. It may be fallingbdue to the meta finally developping and the minute Whimsicott comes back it's curtains, but this crow really showed that under the right circumstances almost any Pokemon can make it.

I haven't been keeping up with VGC lately, so I'm actually kinda shocked how much Murkrow's win rate has plummeted. I thought that Game Freak would either be nerfing Prankster even more or just replacing it with a different ability on Murkrow, but now I see it was just enjoying its 15 minutes of fame before power creep settled in.

what a beautiful and wholesome outro. Murkrow, we will never forget you.

Assist being at the bottom of the iceberg made my day. Those cats dove so deep

Addendum to the lesson at the end: "Unless you don't have prankster you piece of shit, stay in the box."

Excellent video Wolf, it was really informative. My argument against Murkrow was that it was going to always fall from grace when Home compatibility comes out and users can now transfer over Tornadus into the game, but Murkrow’s whole setup is incredibly unique and I’m so happy Murkrow and it’s fans got some well deserved love.

Wow I don't even play pokemon anymore but I tune in cus your videos are actually super well formatted and entertaining to watch. Plus you give an exceptionally concise and well informed explanation. thank you wolfey

As someone who’s one of their favorite Pokémon is Honchkrow, I’m glad he got his time to shine in the spotlight (in a really roundabout way)!

it should also be pointed out that when pokemon home comes out for scarlet & violet, tornadus will become available, who does just about everything murkrow does, but is strictly better offensively and defensively

New Pokémon VCG Meta: *Powerhouses like Dondozo, Tatsugiri, Goldengo, Annihilape, etc.* Murkrow: 😈

It’s always nice seeing one of your favourite Pokémon being competitive

Murkrow is my absolute favourite Pokémon, so seeing it get so much use, warms my heart so much

Was anxious to watch one more video of yours! :P

I’m so happy you’ve covered haze, because every time I see Tatsugiri and Dondozo I lead Murkrow. Literally made it to Master Tier by crushing Tatsugiri and Dondozo players lol

WAIT, WHAT??? Murkrow has literally been my favorite for a long time. I countered a friend's spore breloom in 9th grade with it and became my favorite ever since.

love the videos man, keep up the amazing work

Woo another video! Thanks Wolf, you’ve single-handedly made me want to play competitive, and suffer so many losses to this silly crow 😂

I love the extra touch that assist was put at the bottom of the iceberg

Big ups for the editors, they really did a banging job on the video

Clearly Murkrow’s peak performance is with an assault vest

I literally started playing Comp for the first time ever yesterday because of your vids. And man Murkrow is everywhere.

A part of me wants to run Honchcrow now literally just because, lol. And thank you for that explanation of Foul Play! I was wondering how it dealt so much damage.

Whenever edited this, my LORD! Amazing job at holding my retention alongside Wolfey’s education!

I played Series 2 on Showdown quite a bit and I'd say Murkrow still works. Tatsubozo is still a strong strat that you have to consider, and Murkrow packs Prankster Sunny Day to make sure you never lose the weather war, boost your Paradoxes and have the ability to choose when to do so in scenarios such as if it would benefit your opponent more. Similarly, you could give it Rain Dance to mess with opposing Sun teams and make sure your Rain team still has the weather up. You also still cannot go wrong with Prankster Tailwind.

Eviolite was one of the best ideas GameFreak ever had

Wolfey always explain things so easily

love these style videos! really informative

5:58 ayo what the kingambit doin

One time Wolfey broke into my home and wrote “World Champ Difference” as the answer for every subtraction problem. I tried to stop him, but he said he had prankster so I had to wait to hurt him

Never have i seen the day where my favorite bird pokémon would get some recognition. But here we are. Murkrow has been my favorite and now im happy to see em get some love here

murkrows my favourite pokemon of all time so seeing it get used competitively makes me very happy (and a lil smug)

prankster haze really sounds to me like MTG and using non-targeting spells. dark types are immune to prankster, but haze isn't actually targeting said pokemon so it being a dark type isn't accounted for. haze is more akin to targeting the whole battlefield, and thus doesn't care what any types are. honestly a wild way to avoid tera dark countering it

I had a Murkrow on my Silver team when I was a kid, and it’s always been my favorite Pokémon since. It was nice to see it have its time in the limelight!

murkrow dominating vgc is so funny to me. I'd really like to know more history about weak pokemon that did well in the format. Like, why'd Cottonee get used over Whimscicott (or was it both?). You're video about Saijen's team was really interesting. you implied that volbeat got used a single time (I know it has prankster and I guess tail glow but it's also volbeat?).

I once played a pokemon hack game know as pokemon flora sky rebirth... The first gym was hard but since Murkrow are caught early on it helped through and became my mvp. Later on gym battles started to be double battles and he would establish it self as the OG when he's prankster combos and the fact that he was faster than the average made so a lot of the battles were a bit easier. I tried to evolve it but quickly went back when I noticed that for some reason Honchkrow added nothing to the team and was slower.

the ending is so emotional... we love you murkrow

Was super hyped to hear Murkrow was playable (love the little guy ever since playing a little cup tournament), until the end of the video crashed my hopes and dreams again.

I love that Wolfe pronounces Hydreigon as "hi dragon"

1:55 “of all the relevant competitive pokemon ever, Murkrow has the worst defensive stats” *Smeargle has left the chat*

Murkrow, my home boy, Krondervan from Gold/Silver back in 2001. *sigh* You’ve never disappointed me.

Oh and how I’ve been flaming Ash Ketchum for years for not evolving his Pokemon! Way to go, Murkrow, you mad lad! Countering the Master-Blaster gigachad mon of the Scarlet / Violet regional Dex and having some great overall team synergy moves is really impressive. (Bonus points for looking like a goofball compared to all the other top threats on the field 🤣)

this makes me feel bittersweet about my first and only shiny find so far (in scarlet and violet) being Murkrow

Hey Wolfe, please keep up the youtube grind!! You are doing great!!

Love this vid and your channel! Please make more vids like this

The guy who used cottonee in an actual tournament is an absolute gangster

I think a really slept on murkrow strategy could be sunny day as paradox mons get competitive play

thats a really well made video, i enjoyed it a lot

5:26 I saw that Wolfe, real slick

Really high quality video! Thanks!

love the brief interlude of pokemon battle revolution music during the event plug

Murcrown all might, just love him since i saw a bird using a hat, great video

bro your editors are so good

The ending of this vid made me actually sad for Murkrow, something I was not expecting after watching your livestream of your Dondozo-Flamigo team where you got absolutely bodied by it xD

Murkrow joining the "niche pokemon thats good at countering op water types" gang alongside Seismitoad, which defended early gen 8 from the wrath of Mr Fish

murkrow can also learn defog to erase all entry hazards AND lower the enemy’s evasiveness

You didn't have to go that hard on the ending, but you did, and for that we are thankful.

Great content Wolfe!

5:26 you can see ‘splash’ in the water to the left of the iceberg

Murkrow Ikusaba, the 16th pokemon hidden somewhere around this gym, known as the ultimate Pokémon, watch out for it

I always loved Murkrow as a pokemon all the way back in Silver version where you couldn't get it till after the elite four >_> It was always so weak so seeing the lil guy become so popular and strong warms my heart even if it was for a short amount of time.

You will always be a top tier in my heart, Murkrow...

I love that my favorite Pokémon became such a useful team member in competitive

Wolfe I love how you nailed putting Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney soundtracks soo cool :)

It’s like that really cool thing you find in your house that turns out to be extremely useful with your current situations

I was using Murkrow before it was the number 1 pick. When there was a 'competitive' branch for Brilliant Diamond & Shining Pearl, I was using Murkrow and dominated matches. Reason was because I noticed so many teams utilizing boosts and I needed a 6th Pokemon for my team. When I saw Murkrow was able to use Haze, I knew I found the perfect 6th member. Now? It's a must on most of my teams in Scarlet and Violet.

Love how at the bottom of the “iceberg of non-damaging moves” splash is down there with assist 😂😂😂

I would love to see more videos detailing the most popular competitive pokemon and what makes them so.

The red bird sound absolutely killed me

Nice video! Love the use of Ace Attorney music haha

within the last two games Murkrow went from before as a run of the mill forgotten mon, to flying Paras (Pokemon Legends Arceus, if you've been to Cobalt Coastlands at night you want to beat up this tiny bird), and finally a meta game staple.... and also makes you want to beat up this tiny bird.

Me watching despite already knowing it mostly just comes down to prankster tailwind: NICE

Wolfey: evolite Me: i'll just behave like it never existed

Series 2, was a wake up call for the little bird that could. But man did it prove doubters wrong.

This video made me realize I want to see a tournament where people can only use non attacking moves. I’m not sure if that already exists tho

I used Murkrow in Sun/Moon a lot, but he was one-shoted by Koko and Lele more often than not. Despite that, I was so glad he was in Paldea so I could take him for a ride again. When I discovered that more people were using him... I'm just so glad for the little boy

basically small lovable crow becomes more powerful than a allyed sushi with inf stat boosts

Murkrows been my favourite Pokémon for years I’m so happy it’s better (for now for at least)

Excited for the tournament tomorrow!

I love the Ace Attorney music, there were a lot in the video and it made me happy :)

I love this little broom mafia goon bird so much

murkrow's been very naughty.... some would say he's a.... *prankster*

Whimsicott:(is removed) Murkrow:Fine, ill do it myself.

The second last line was inspiring try to find your best situation instead of trying to follow others path.