Modern Pokemon Abilities Are Ridiculous... 

Video start at 14:53 lot of yapping

Broken ability: *Exists* Weezing: YALL HEAR SUMTHIN??

Nice false swipe reference

*Mimicking old man voice* back in my day we thought Moxie was a busted ability...

Araquinid has 3 abilities under a trenchcoat pretending to be a single one.

Not including Parental bond is crazy. This was THE ability that changed the trend “what if we gave an exclusive busted ability to a bad pokemon” to “what if we gave an exclusive busted ability to any pokemon”.

I came up with a fun new ability. "Ultimate Homie" mixes Intimidate with Friend Guard so that your opponents basically can't hurt your partner while you're on the field. I feel like we should give this to a niche Pokemon. Maybe the possible Mega Incineroar in Pokemon Z-A. Yeah, I feel like he needs it.

10:10 Small mistake here, I think you meant to say, "Tapu Koko, Tapu Lele, Tapu Fini, and Rillaboom."

We've gone from abilities that do literally nothing in battle, like Illuminate, to "Pokémon will ignore protect, ignore stat raises, +6 atk spd when pokemon are KOd, and KOs enemy on contact moves"

I love how there's an ability that only protects you from status IN THE SUN, and now there's two abilities that protect you from status unconditionally. One of them also makes you resist Ghost attacks... And the other completely blocks Defog on a Pokemon that already is immune to Rapid Spin AND Mortal Spin.

The Pokemon Company: Yeah sure give the Gen 9 mons some good broken shit Also TPC: ahh lets keep Slow Start on the big Regi in a game where abilities don't exist 🤡

Can't wait for a gen 10 min maxed pokemon with 5 speed, 200 defences and spa, that activates trick room whenever it enters battle

Gen 10 will introduce a boosting ability that hits through protect, ignores immunities, blocks status moves, and has a built in moldbreaker And it will be behind a $30 paywall

The reason Pure Power is different from Huge Power is because Huge Power is a rabbit pun in Japanese (hence why only rabbit-like Pokemon get it) Also, shoutouts to Orichalcum Pulse and Hadron Engine. Weather/Terrain-setting abilities are already extremely powerful, and this is just that but it also makes them hit higher Atk/SpA than the Mega Mewtwos (and that's not even factoring in the boost from the environment)

4:14 Wait, Iron Hands has an ability? I thought it's ability was literally "can carry your team on its back"

Good as gold its the kind of Ability that you come up with when you are 11 years old and just found that pokemon it's not only an anime

5:50 Technically, only Ice Rider got nerfed with Glacial Lance going from 130 to 120 base power. But Shadow Rider was the one untouched…

Gholdengo, the ultimate “Nuh uh” Pokémon.

The only thing Gholdengo cant stop is my grubby fingers tearing it apart like a cheesestring

i found it weird that legendary pokemon almost never had a good ability up until like gen 7 or something

and here i am with my favourite pokemon being fucking furret. with three useless abilities

13:43 Shedinja to Kyogre: "Hi..."

I like how As One was marketed as like “OHOHO THIS ABILITY IS SPECIAL BECAUSE IT COMBINES TWO INTO ONE”, but like… Good as Gold is at least 8 abilities in one.

I've always wondered why they've never made Intimidate for Special Attackers. Physical Attackers in general get a shorter end of the stick with thing like confusion using Physical Attack along with burns (even though Legends gave us frostbite which is 10x better than freeze but of course we can't just have all the good things from one game to the other). I feel like giving a few good Pokemon Special Intimidate would even the disparity a bit. We could call it.....idk Mystic Aura. Name is a work in progress.

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I think the joke behind Purifying Salt is that not only does it remove impurities from Garganacl’s salt (status effects), but Garganacl’s spirit is also pure of evil spirits, hence the ghost resistance

Also Unseen Fist is amazing in Smogon singles cause it makes Gliscor and wish passers Clefable and Umbreon think twice about Protect spam.

In terms of box art legendaries’ abilities, the creation trio (minus giratina-o) and the tao trio really got the short end of the stick. The light trio’s signature moves even have mold breaker/turboblaze/teravolt built into them

0:02 it might have been the "wrong channel" but you nailed the theorem's name

let's not forget how some mons like Pelipper or Torkoal basically almost wouldn't exist without the rain and sun abilities

Weezing also makes toedscruel the fastest spore user in the game. And I don’t know if I can sleep knowing that.

i think -ates (glaciate, aerilate, pixilate, etc), poison heal and guts deserve some attention for just how much they end up doing for a mon with them also triage but considering only comfey has it it's easy to forget about it and the weather set ups

“Meanwhile me wondering when Decidueye will get to use his funni long reach ability”

videos from this channel are always a treat, genuinely funny on top of informative, and the thumbnail art is always peak

And then there's the power crept version of the ridiculous abilities. Orichalcum Pulse power creeping Drought and Hadron Engine power creeping Electric Surge.

Wonder what kind of abilities will be introduced next gen. I always wanted powder to return as a weather condition that increased bug type Pokémon’s accuracy on top of the effect it had on fire.

I definitely think Magic Guard, Magic Bounce, and the weather-setting abilities should've been mentioned

omd ive been waiting for this video, powercreep doesnt just apply to the moves it applies to abilities too, glad someone else realized this

the other day fighting on the ladder, Gholengo took my kids to school and then to the soccer training, which surpirsed me a lot since i dont have kids

So called neutralizing gas when Tera Shift hits the field

My favorite part is when he said It's Neutralizing gas time and neutralizing gassed all over the place

Surprised intrepid sword wasn't mentioned, it was so broken that even game freak decided to break it's ankles

Love that thumbnail 😂 “tell it to the judge tubby”

Babe wake up, new Moxie Boosted video!!

Old protean was broken, gen 7 kecleon could be a menace

THAT'S A PRINCIPLE NOT A THEOREM im gonna become the joker

great video, would also consider shadow tag as we all saw what happens when its on anything with offensive pressure and speed (aka mega gengar)

You got me. I opened in a new tab, and didn''t look at the video right away. Hearing "this is the Gholdengo theorom" threw me for a loop for a second.

Thanks for reminding me to subscribe. I definitely would have thought I'd been with how often you show up in my feed.

The banlists for Almost Any Ability are a good quick way to identify strong abilities, at least in a singles context.

Sheesh, whats next? An ability that hits through every form of protect? Oh.

I love these videos, especially the memes. Makes it more enjoyable than what it already is!!!

They say dragonball power creep is the craziest. But they're wrong

The only other abilities i think would be on that level of all-importance is the weather abilities. Drizzle, drought, sand stream, snow warning, and of course the primal weathers

I remember as (not so) a child where the Gen V Hidden abilities was the most busted thing ever exist

13:56 Speed boost is one of those bosted abilities. In singles it can make a pokemon uber worthy. The only reason why it has almost never seen usage in doubles is because there are no speed boost pokemon who are good in doubles (blaziken, scolipede, yannega and ninjask) (Also, maybe a change to as one could be to boost special defense and defense respectively instead of offensive stats)

I remember getting back into the game and learning about magic bounce and magic guard the hard way

This channel is single handedly helping me to use Pokemon efficiently in-game.

Nice FSG reference. Also shout out to the weather summoning abilities even after they’re necessary nerves and generation 5 some people still mess around with them

What’s up Moxie! Great vid as always! ❤

Shoutout to Moody for being my gambling addictions best friend AND worst enemy

dude this channel is just so quality... love the consistent quality. Hope you read this comment and feel good about your efforts.

Ayo your transitions in this video were pretty insane

I love your thumbnails!

I feel like we're in the great age of power creep, can't escape it wherever I go

This is just an old ability from when Megas were in meta, but do ya'll remember Mega Rayquaza's Delta Stream? It summoned "Strong Winds" which was active so long as Rayquaza was on the field, completely removed the weaknesses of electric, ice, and rock it and other flying types had, couldn't be replaced via most abilities or moves, and the two abilities able to bypass it were Cloud Nine and Air Lock (both of which are abilities meant to suppress the weather). Not even Mold Breaker could bypass it. I am /so/ glad that this crazy son of a gun got banned. Edit: Why tf did it take me so long to realize I put flying twice?

Real moxingtons remember belly drum azruill ohko dusclops with max darkness

Moxie boosted has the ability to make me watch him cry about “broken abilities” for 15 minutes @ 1am. Knowing idgaf 😂

I love this kind of analysis

Urshifu being patrick on that episode on the thumbnail. Loved it

Love this format! Your script is quite amusing ❤ Also the Religion of Araquanid will rise, I swear

Best thumbnail ever! Love the reference

Water Bubble A.K.A. An ability package of Water Veil, Heatproof, and Adaptability all in one combined

One day we'll have a legendary trio of: -can learn 5 moves -can select 2 moves per turn -Can hold 2 items.

I'm suprised weather setting abilities were not mentioned. These are like the Tapu's Terrain before it existed (sort of). The things weather effects can do, especially when combined with Weather boosted abilities like Swift Swim is crazy in both doubles and singles alike

We need a special equivalent of Huge Power

Tbh the biggest powercreep in abilities is just the fact insane abilities are now being put on already insane mons. Whereas weather setting abilities were put on pretty mediocre mons(minus Groudon and Kyogre but they're restricted legendaries) terrain abilites were introduced on pretty strong legendaries and only later thrown onto (mostly) shit low tiers(tbf both Indeedee and Rillaboom have been strong but only Rillaboom would have been somewhat strong without a surge ability). Intimidate was only one either low stat mons, mons that aren't great defensive supports and would rather be frailer offense, or Arcanine who is pretty good. Then gen 7 adds it to a pretty bulky support juggernaut in Inceneroar and they become the most used Pokemon ever for several formats. Moxie was usually on decently strong mons but ones that often had other strong abilities like the 5-ish lines with Moxie and Intimidate, or were Pyroar who is a special attacker. Then they added different moxie(beast boost) to pretty strong Ultra Beasts and objectively better moxie(as one) to the insane Calyrex forms. Why. Even Prankster went from being a great ability on a complete list of shit tier mons(minus Tornadus and Thundurus Incarnate who were and are really good) and then they added Grimmsnarl who admittedly has an offensive aligned bst but is still a mon with a bst that isn't completely awful.

Omg i allmost forgot about wonderguard. Love it!

This vid is almost the entirety of my cardio. Let's gooo

Honestly thought you’d mention zero to hero in the intimidate regenerator part due to Palance

The Gholdengo Theorem was perfect!

Idk how good they would be in vgc but Fluffy/Fur Coat and Ice Scales are also really good abilities that are just on mid mons. In singles, Poison Heal and Magic Guard are def up there too. Good vid for sure.

The fact that the thumbnail is a fucking spongebob reference shouldve added some peanuts to the thumbnail

I know many people have said it, but I believe it too, only a matter of time before they introduce an ability that just sets up Trick Room on a switch in.

if the terrain abilites make the list i'd say the weather ones deserve a spot too, with special shoutouts to the new weather and terrain ability which are just the old ones, but with additional upside

Abilities are becoming playing with your elementary school friends. "I punch you no blocking no dodging" The more these abilities do, the more I will sing the praises of my favorite abilities Moldbreaker, Terravolt, and Turboblaze. The latter two are on my favorite legendary pokemon, the BW Dragon trio. Plus they sound cool

I’ve been subbed for a while now. Don’t remember how long, but I remember the Wo-chien phase

I think that zero to hero should have been covered with intimidate and regenerator because of just how popular arcanine, amoongus, and Palafin were together but great video regardless

I agree on some but I like they're adding stuff that punishes Protect as it can use some additional counterplay

I used to play around with a entrainment araquanid in gen 7 doubles, I would give water bubble to allies like pelipper and boom scald hits like a nuke

I look forward to Megas returning. I watch with joy to see what new abilities will be added or given to Megas.

I fell for that starting bit so hard I thought I was accidentally watching a collab or something

I recently saw a UU gen 9 team... and it was literally a gen 5 OU team (heatran, breloom, chomp, rachi and forgot the other 2).

Triage is amazing. Also the ates, like pixilate were so busted they got nerfed

New ability: Don't Fuckle With Shuckle Exclusive to Shuckle. All Pokemon that aren't Shuckle get fuckled.

Gamefreak creating gen9 pokemon- "and if every pokemon is broken no one will be"

You had me at "adorable little squishmallow".

Love how you acknowledge the fact that singles exist, and it easily makes your content better than another vgc RU-vidr who we can probably all think of

Could you imagine if a pokemon gained an ability akin to an Auto Heat Riser ability from SMT, as in every state gets boosted one time upon entering the field? That would be nuts.

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