How Powerful is Every Legendary Pokemon CANONICALLY? 

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Canon is a strong word when you're talking about Pokemon lol

Seeing mega rayquaza dealing with 6 legends and hoopa alone shows the true strength of that legend

I always like remembering that giratina is literally keeping the world's balance in tact (begrudgingly) because it got put in a time-out by its dad. I get serious neglected big brother having to watch over his two spoiled little siblings vibes, especially when there's a whole ass movie of him being pissed off at the other two lmao

The lake trio is absolutely underrated here. Being able to erase the memories of someone, drain their emotions, or control their bodies is absolutely terrifying- not to mention that Azelf can also drain the will to move from someone's body. Even when you're talking about each of them individually, powers over certain aspects of the minds is pretty insane. And I know this is probably due to the individuality thing, but the fact that the three of them combined can match one of the creation trio does imply a lot of strength. Not to mention the fact that they have to sleep at the bottom of their respective lakes to keep the world in balance. I feel like they should at least be one tier higher.

In a recent part of the Pokemon Anime, Dialga can just deage other Pokemon if it wanted to. It could turn a level 100 Pokemon to level 1 and devolve it which is rather insane.

Canonically, Mesprit Uxie and Axel are just a step below Dialga, Palkia and Giratina. They separated from Arceus right after the first three, and together represent Arceus' desire to create the universe, as well as the strength to maintain it. In fact, they're so powerful that they need to stay constantly asleep to maintain said universe. The Lake Trio we see are just astral projections from their real bodies, sleeping deep within the supernatural lakes in their caves.

This is way too late but a small reminder about Rayquaza: In it's BASE form, it folded BOTH primal kyogre & Groudon while in base, add mega and oh dear-

The interesting part about Necrozma is that its true form essentially is/was a living star before the people got too greedy for more energy and broke it trying to harness more of it's energy for themselves, triggering the violent rampages across dimensions trying to fill its void and end its suffering. I suppose in a way it's a testament to the power of Solgaleo/Lunala that they provide it enough power to reignite itself if only temporarily.

i wish Fairy was given to Cresselia to actually counter Darkrai like it does in the games and anime

Funny how people call them the legendary dogs, when they're CATS. Suicune is a leopard, Entei is a lion, and Raikou is a sabretooth.

6:08 "please don't call them the legendary dogs.." 6:15 "Entei's BARK is said to erupt volcanoes.."

13:14 Another thing for Regigigas slightly mentioned here, is that upon awakening, it takes a while for it to get into gear. This feat said here isn't even close to its full power, with its attack and speed HALVED upon first coming in, meaning that if it isn't awake for at least a couple minutes it's at half strength.

_I think that Tao Trio should be ranked as Earth altering._ _Alder stated that Reshiram/Zekrom could destroy the world and it's implied that Kyurem caused an ice age._

Actually, there's a simpler way of explaining why Dialga/Palkia/Giratina are stat-wise weaker than Necrozma and Eternatus, and it is to simply accept that stats aren't canon, something Gen 7 went out of its way to demonstrate.

What I love is that many of the Gen 1 Legendaries are towards the bottom (birds), the Legendary Beasts from Gen 2 are more towards the middle (alongside Ho-Oh and Lugia), Gen 3 has the trio even higher with earth-altering powers, and Gen 4 literally has the gods of the pokemon world. It's like the insane powercreep from these first four gens had to stop going forward, and the powerlevels became less "WORLD-ENDING THREAT" and more contained.

Honestly latios/Latias could be higher. They saved a town from a Tsunami/massive wave while being in a greatly weakened state

It feels so weird seeing Heatran and Regigigas in such different places of a tier list.

With Lugia being my childhood favorite ledgy I’m quite pleased with its ranking since it was featured in one of the very first Pokémon movies. If it was introduced later in the franchise when unimaginable godlike powers were being given to various Pokémon I’m almost certain it would rank higher.

Which Pokémon would destroy your team the fastest? 1: Ultra Necrozma, with a 200 power move that is capable of vaporizing the universe. or 2: one angery monke that got so angerey he turned into a ghost

Interestingly enough, in the pokemon adventures manga, it took complete form Zygarde, Solgaleo, and Lunala to take down Ultra Necrozma.

So here is the issue, zekrom and reshiram have crazy destructive power but they also embody entire concepts such as justice and truth which puts them very high given the fact that embodying a concept would put them up there with life and death

Those 1 billion Lions aint looking too strong now

I would love to see a video like this, but with all legendaries, mythicals and ultra beasts. I feel darkrai would be quite high on the tier list given the events of the pokemon mystery dungeon series

The Tao Trio definitely should be in Earth Altering tier. I highly doubt that it being stated that they are capable of destroying the planet isn't just exaggeration or hyperbole. Because after N summoned Zekrom/Reshiram into his throne, by simply exerting their energy, the lightning/fire they produced generated enough power and heat to instantly vaporize the moat in N's Throne Room. That's around 25232°F or 14000°C of heat being produced.

I think that legendaries can be in multiple places at once, giving the illusion that there are multiple. The “no special powers” and “niche powers” legends are basically minor gods or immortal nature spirits.

The Tao Trio should for sure be earth altering, like you said their pillars of fire and electricity was said to have created the rivers in Unova which by definition is earth altering

Sad to see Articuno, Zapdos and Moltres in such a low position 😞 Have loved them since I started playing Pokémon at the age of six!

Please make the mythical pokémon list too! I love them so much and hate the fact that some of them are impossible to get legitimately nowadays and that they're so exclusive that they don't have as much lore in the games as the films Gen 6-8 mythicals deserved better!

Regigigas is is actually top tier. In the manga giratina litterally trys to sneak attack and regigigas stops it by turning around grabbing him and just slamming him to the ground and then giratina runs away. (Theirs even a chance hes still in slow start but thats debatable) And while it still clearly hurt him he survived a simultaneous attack from plakia and dialga. Also in the movie when they have him fight hoopa he just tanks hoopas attacks and he has to teleport him away while reshiram and zekrom are clearly getting hurt. Hes deffinitely in the top echelon. The only problem i could see with this is if you dont accept the adventures manga as cannon but its been around since the beginning just like the anime and has had a continuouss plot following every single game. Its also pretty consistent so i would see no reason not too. It doesnt even contradict the games since he never gets a chance to do anything their.

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Love these kind of videos!!!

Ho-Oh and Lugia should be with the other box legendaries. The subtle way their powers were explained was a product of their time. If they came out today, their fire and weather abilities would be emphasized.

I have a theory: the Red Chain is actually effective against Dialga and Palkia, but ONLY in their origin forms. In DPPt, they are Altered, and in Legends Arceus it is used against the Altered form legendary before the Origin form appears. The Red Chain and Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf appear to be connected to Arceus, which further makes sense that it would work on the Origin forms that are more similar to Arceus/the forms Arceus originally made them in. But as they grew and changed to their Altered form, they lost that connection, hence the Red Chain losing its power

Personally I get that since we are mortal beings the idea of time is extremely daunting, but if we are to think space in Pokémon exist for eternity palkia is always going to be stronger than dialga time because his domain transcends time for eternity. Anything dialga could do, like turn the world ten thousand years into the past or future, sure that would wipe out all of humankind and most likely normal mons, but that would just be a blip in palkia’s timeline.

I always thought the legendary beasts were examples of the apex predators or "kings" of wildlife. Like how Tigers are the actual kings of the jungle (Raikou), lions being actually kings of the plains (Entei) and wolves (ig?) Being kings of the forest (Suicune). But that's just my head canon.

Hey, the Red Chain did exactly what it was supposed to do both times. In Legends, it made capturing Palkia/Dialga possible as implied by dialogue after the other appears, and its shards were able to create a pokeball that could contain and calm a raging god, so thats pretty decent. And in D/P, it worked perfectly. The only reason it failed is that the lake trio themselves showed up to destroy it, which, as demonstrated in Platinum, is the only thing that stopped Cyrus from controlling the creation duo perfectly.

16:00 isn't Zygarde literally prepared to deal with Necrozma? On the manga, where they actually fought, Zygarde was specifically asked to NOT KO Necrozma, as otherwise it would take Alola's light to power up again, and even holding back, it actually managed to hold Ultra Necrozma back with Thousand Waves, with the only reason for it being separated after taking a Photon Geyser being that no one with a Poké Ball came in time before Necrozma freed itself (and even then, Zygarde returned to the fight just a bit after without healing itself, so it might not even be truly KOed at that point, but more evading the attack)

I think Heatran is kinda underrated because it always gives off the vibe of an ancient creature that casually vibes on one of the most dangerous places you could be as an adventurer and meeting it means you ventured far beyond the reasonable traffic Route to challenge/catch a lavabathing metal monster that eats Onixes as appetizers. It's that sudden Dark Souls boss you meet in a secluded area and jumpscares you with it's healthbar

If the Tao trio became one again, I wonder how powerful that would be. One time I was reading a pokemon iceberg and at the bottom, a text said that the original dragon (Tao trio combined) is comparable to the creation trio but I'm pretty sure someone just put that there but I could be wrong.

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Aside from Arceus, I’d actually say the next strongest Mythical Pokémon is probably Darkrai. While not having much to go off of in the core series games aside from whole Cresselia bit, as soon as you step into the spin-off canon (some of which can be tied into the core series), some of the things Darkrai can do are absolutely ridiculous. Just for some examples, it’s immune to the Shadow Crystal in Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia, which is known to be able to mind control all Pokémon within a 500 mile radius, it was the catalyst behind all of the chaos in Mystery Dungeon: Explorers, and it can literally mind wipe other Pokémon and enslave entire populations as seen in PokéPark 2.

I like how most of the canonically strong legendary Pokémon aren’t great in competitive. Xerneas is a great example of not being an amazing Pokémon in VGC thanks to Dynamax, but strong in canonically.

Awesome video mannnnnn.

And of course how could we forget about bidoof? Destroyer and Creator of universes

Thoughts for a potential Mythical Tier List: Mew has to be high because its said that it was the building block of all Pokémon Victini has to be high because...well it's said to always win I guess? And Meloetta has to be high due to its ability to completely remove your willingness to fight with its music...which is actually incredibly busted when you really think about it.

I can just imagine Groudon and Kyogre just like casually creating continents and Regigigas just casually putting on some ropes and dragging it across the world before going back to G&K to casually pick up another continent like how you pick up your Ubereats.

Wait what happened to darkrai?

Definitely, *definitely* underrating Mesprit/Azelf/Uxie, they're stated in various places to be able to control people and manipulate them (Mespirt throws emotions into dissaray, Uxie can make you forget things, and Azelf is just super cruel). Eternatus is also not universe-level and is nowhere near Necrozma (making pokemon big and terrorizing a region is not UNIVERSAL level, whereas Necrozma literally travels to different universes like a plague).

Personally, I like Suicune the most since realistically, it seems like a nice place to be in terms of legendary status. It's still quite powerful and is generally friendly/useful to humans and other pokemon, since it can purify all water pollution. Suicune also doesn't have the pressure of being in charge of an entire planet or aspect like Time, Space, Light, Dark, etc. It can afford to relax and just travel the world and hang out with you while still being very impressive to normal beings. All the pokemon in higher categories seem like they'd never have time for friends or mortals, with perhaps Mewtwo being an exception since he was created _by_ humans, thus has no preordained obligations or ancient ties to the world like the other legendaries.

The Tao Trio well designed all three have cool parts in the story and starring on my favorite gen all points in their favor.

Tbh Heatran and Cressilia can be scaled infinitely considering the loise canon Stuff like how Palkia and dialga somehow made the universe using Heatran acording to some biker And Cressilia can be argued for azothoth kinda powers.

Great Video

Loved this video! Definitely think some picks between nice powers and exceptional powers could be debated, but it’s hard to figure out when non combat related powers are “better” than combat related powers. Also agree with the Zekrom and reshiram placement but we’ve never really seen much of what each individual is capable of the more I think about it. Hopefully legends kyurem or the gen 5 remakes fix this

If you do mythicals I think it would be cool to overlay them onto this tier list to give more context to how they stack up to their less special brethren

15:50 zygarde only appears when the concept of life and death are being manipulated

Lol the Sephiroth appearance. That made my day

Damn you for putting the Ultra Necrozma theme for the Universal Threats section. I missed what you said because I was vibin bro. Had to go back and rewatch

Kinda was thinking Lugia should be higher considering a flap, A SINGLE FLAP, of its wing would result in damaging storms that last 40 days. Imagine if it actually wanted to cause harm.

16:10 hey this music is from SM NECROZMA battle

Finally someone is comparing pokemon realistically than based on games

Fun video! It's always interesting to see how pokemon lore (dex entries/movies) stack up against their actual in game power. I also admit I enjoy their lore powers are more interesting than in game because it has more potential to be awesome!

I just had a thought. Necrozma is kinda like the pokemon universes version of Ungoliant; a giant spider-like creature from Tolkiens universe who hates all light and devoured that of the two trees in Valinor. It is said to have come from outside Arda being maybe as old as the Valar themselves, and powerful enough to even content with Melkor the most powerful of the aforementioned Valar. Now that is a fearsome being.

More consideration than I ever would put into this, but entertaining none the less.

Regigigas in the manga has the feat of fighting dialga and palkia at the same time, and scaring away giratina

So Zapdos's ability to create lightning bolts isn't destructive ? What about Articuno and it's blizzards ? This is all in their Pokedex entries. Also the swords of justice have a relationship with Kyurem in the movies and I think that should count. They imply that they've battled Kyurem before.

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I'd say yveltal is at least Earth level, technically you can't kill him without dying too and it's very heavily implied that everything on Earth will die if he dies.... if you take into account the fact that he's the embodiment of death some would say he has infinite potential when it comes to power it just hasn't been shown yet

14:58 Lol, i think groudon thins the atmosphere, it doesn't actually make the sun brighter.

Yveltal’s Y dex entry says it steals the life force of EVERY living thing, pretty sure that would be the whole world

You forgot Bidoof and Magikarp. Those two are so powerful that they could destroy the entire world.

You have severely underrated the Lake Trio you should put them in like a sort of Near Godlike Tear because each member has a third of the power of a single Creation Trio Member

15:00 I've never thought of Groudon as controlling the actual sun, moreso probably just the Earth's atmosphere's ability to filter it - Kyogre is rain and humidity is heavier/thicker atmosphere, Groudon is no clouds and thinner/drier atmosphere. If it was the actual sun rather than just dangerously clear skies, I'd say bump it a few tiers up...

What an enjoyable video, hope you make another one about the mythicals!

Awesome. Just wished ho-oh to be ranked a bit higher, maybe at the level of kyurem or above regigigas because it's ability to regenerate itself and resurrect other pokemon making them legendary too is nothing to scoff at. As there was a theory that Entei, Raikou and suicune were normal mons but when ho-oh resurrected them, they became powerful legendaries.

The fact that creselia is in this list and darkrai is not bugs the hell out of me

Very cool video😊 But pls put the spinning pokeball in the background in the center of the blue ring😅

I would put Xerneas and Yveltal on earth altering tho, wiping out and creating life is no joke. Same as the tao trio, and i think I may put Mewto in special powers

Wait so Mewtwo is above Lugia and in the Earth altering tier...because it made a massive psychic STORM in the movie...which Lugia does every single time it FLAPS ITS WINGS. I feel like Lugia should be in Earth altering just for that. If it decides to fly around for a bit it can cause storms all over the world.

I’m not that deep into Pokémon but there were two powerful Pokémon that I thought should be on a list like this though I don’t know if they’re legendary. One being darkri since he was able to hold back both dialga and palkia at the same time even if only briefly. The other was Hoopa since he can literally grant wishes and summon legendary Pokémon under his control forcing Archius (sorry for the misspellings) to step in. He’s at least god tier as far as I’m concerned

16:36 light that burns the sky has one drawback; you can only use it once per battle

Soooo, can you do about mythicals next? My favorite Pokemon is Darkrai and when you started talking about Cresselia I was waiting for Darkrais ranking until I noticed, "oh...right...cresselia was legendary but darkrai is *OF COURSE* a mYtHIcAl" which always infuriated me. Like, how can one side of a *DUO* be legendary and the other one is mythical? I kinda still question them on their logic there. But enough whining, I'd greatly appreciate a mythical ranking!

I completely agree.. ot been hinted that all this time every interpretation of arceus design is just an avatar.. In the movie it is explained with a apparatus of the cosmology that their own separate dimensions dwaft our by so much it like a Peeble.. the entire pokemon multiverse is like a Peeble compared to his own dimension which is infinitely larger.. the tro also have their own as well

Ι would like to add one thing to Regigigas power. In the Hoopa movie, Regigigas seemed to be and speak faster, so i would assume it was beyond its slow start. At that moment it was qble to withstand Full power Hoopa attack and was only defeated because Hoopa pit a portal under it. Meanwhile other titans of legendaries were not tough enough to not get pushed.

I still remember a niche tier darkrai fighting toe to toe against multiple godlike tier pokemon and alwost winning

You could make an argument for the tapus moving up exceptional powers because of their shared Z move. I do understand that they need a trainer to access that power

y'know, i was NOT expecting to see sephiroth in this video 5 stars. 10/10.

"Have you ever seen what a dog looks like?" Entei creates volcanoes everytime he *barks*

"Dont call them dogs, have you ever seen a dog?" Not even three seconds later: "Entei's bark-"

If I remember correctly Eternatus is probably much more powerful than Necrozma, as the forms that are seen in Sword and Shield aren’t even its complete form

7:07 Gamefreak actually has refered to them as legendary in the past but that's ok. They also consider mythical as a subset of legendary but that's ok to still a good video.

I would like to know more about Kyurem. I can just imagine the original dragon being the most pwerful dragon pokemon being the very balance itself, but Rayquaza is peak for me

You have the rightful intro than catch them all geezer song

I really like this video, although I do think Xerneas and Yveltal should be in Earth Altering due to them being able to give life/take life from every living thing. Heatran should probably be a little higher as well since it can make Stark Mountain erupt, just not on the same level as Entei.

kinda odd how abysmal necrozma is stat wise compared to the other “third” legendary mons

Canonically pikachu beats ground types

Wait I’ve never seen regidrago wtf it’s so cute and round and its arms are so cool!!

That's easy it would be Dialga because he's the TimeLord of Pokemon,He's basically the Doctor and can control time at will.

7:34 Two Tapu Finis? Lol The pink one must’ve been its shiny form.

The forces of nature should be way higher. It's literally in their name "Force and Nature" and are the reason why the eco system works as planned. They also create massively powerful storms and can change the environment to almost the level Groudon or Kyogre can.