Pokemon Statuses Are VERY Unbalanced 

I hope Gen 10 gets the frostbite status condition from Legends Arceus

Where’s your intro? 😢

Props to you, the segue to that ad was smooth as hell

Other Suggestions: 1) Freeze and Sleep get removed when hit by a move (like how some RPGs do) 2) Freeze gives a defense boost. Sleep gives a Special Defense boost. 3) Psychic types can use Psychic moves while Frozen or Asleep.

STOP BEING GREEDY

Was about to post this same thing lol.

@@Blastoise9000 So was I.

Ground types are also affected by Glare

@@MaximeLafreniere433I was as well. RU-vid Comment Nerd Correction Patrol, unite!

I found out this fact but ground types aren't immune to electric status moves that cause paralysis, only thunder wave factors in its match up in relation to ground. Kind of irrelevant for the main series but for some modded games might come in handy

Agreed. It's much more interesting and I feel like it would make ice types much more useful.

​@@MagusAgrippa8 wouldn't permanent freeze be more useful than chip damage and Sp. Attack nerf from frosbite?

@@theamazingspooderman2697The problem is that freeze is so strong that it is strictly limited to only being a 10% chance on moves. It can never be allowed to have a move like thunder wave or toxic because that would just be sleep but stronger and people already have issues with sleep

Freezing really does just feel like a worse version of sleep… and sleep kind of sucks

​@@theamazingspooderman2697Depends entirely on how likely the Status infliction is. Freeze has low infliction rate to balance how overpowered it could be. Frostbite could become a much more consistent Status, applying more chip damage and allowing for more strategic counterplay, rewarding skilled players for playing around it. In a nutshell, Freeze is an "all or nothing" mechanic. Frostbite keeps the game interesting to play and watch by giving each player more options.

*Just like the simulations.*

This

Delcattys niche

​@BluethoothBBL yeah that was my first thought as well 😂

Glare can paralyze any types except electric.

Wait so thunder wave does work on them

@@Ringoismybirdo no, since it's an electric type move.

Sleep resetting on switching out was only in gen5

So, the video is complaining about things that he doesn’t know what he’s talking about. Understood.

Including his slander against stall, it takes skill, you have to stop everything your opponent does again and again, if they get out of the box it is rather difficult to get them back in. Also games take longer and you play less meaning ranking is much harder to grow, a loss really hurts in stall as each battle is more of an investment. You lose 1 out of 3 sweepers almost no sweat, you lose 1 out of 3 walls you are up the creek, with a broken paddle.

@@ankhmortus1470 I agree, I liked to run a Heal Bell / Wish / Protect / Pursuit Umbreon, mostly inflicting statuses by prediction switching into Umbreon to use Synchronize ability. Then Heal Bell it away. I don't think it has access to Heal Bell in gen 9 and I know Pursuit doesn't exist anymore, I'm still salty lol. I fainted many mons switching out because they expected me to have Toxic or Roar instead of Pursuit.

My guess is it’s just because Legends Arceus and SV were developed at the same time. By that logic, it also implies that Snow change was gonna happen regardless, as seen by the two different boost executions in PLA & SV. Easier to experiment in a core mainline game with a new weather than a new status I suppose (yes I know PLA is mainline, that’s why I specified “core”)

There's a LOT of things they should have kept from Legends Arceus

Because it’s boring and derivative. Adds nothing of value

@@pn2294and when playing a game the chance to DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING completely out of your control is fun and adds value? Freeze does not make the game anymore fun and its just unfair. A good switch into an ice move then getting frozen incapacitating your check aint fun its infuriating and nobody agrees with u

@@yonkodude that’s what Aspear Berries are for.

One small correction: 1-7 turns in Gen 1 does take into account the wake up turn. I've seen a 1st turn wake in a Yellow playthrough I did.

Also I swear Sing had a 90% accuracy in Gen 1.

I heard this dude say that the sleep counter resets upon switching and I almost lost my mind 😂

Gen 1 and 2, your Pokemon either loses a turn or two or might as well feinted.

No, sing always had 55% accuracy

Examples of bad status problems. Especially infatuation which is too situational even in game.

@@nathanlamont9920 The nice thing about it is that you could remove it without many issues. Oblivious also blocks Taunt. Moves can be deleted between games. The only issue would be Cute Charm, but I'm sure they could find a way to rework it or an ability to replace it with.

@@nathanlamont9920i forgot about infatuation😂

Cursed maybe?

@@robertlupa8273 Maybe cute charm can work if the user uses a contact move and effect genderless pokemon. Even then, most cute charm uses have better abilities. Maybe Lopunny can be somewhat useful with this new buffed to cute charm given she gets Fake-out. Though base 105 is not fast anymore

Really had an anime comeback

That is hilarious and some sort of karmic justice. Definitely a gaming memory of all time.

Those kind of creative choices, along with thunder having 100% accuracy in rain only is what gamefreak should be doing instead of nerfing/buffing status conditions

Probably to make up for Toxic's distribution being so oddly wide.

That's what status moves do. They make a difference. You don't get paralysis 3 times in a row due to luck. You got it due to statistics.

@@itsgonnabeanaurfromme Statistics are inherently tied to probability and thus luck.

Only 3? Sounds like you’re extremely lucky I’ve gotten it 6 times out of 7 (the seventh was missing an 95% accurate move)

Toxic didn't really matter no one uses it But scald tho

@@sinnohperson8813 Toxic is backbreaking in Singles and useless in doubles.

@@F14thunderhawk yup and they normally design arounf doubles as it's their official . Moves like last respects and population bomb(given it's only a maushold move) or even supreme overlord are balanced in doubles. Not as much in singles

​@@sinnohperson8813add balancing for singles is aimed at flat battles/BSS. Even as early as Gold and Silver.

@@costby1105 stuff like last respects or population bomb wouldn't be a thing then They got no reason to do it

And Blizzard used to have a 30% chance to Freeze! _(in Japanese Red/Green only)_

Uhh that blows that was totally a nitch move for it…

The "Deadweight" status

Getting hit with a fire move I believe would thaw you but obviously you wouldn't do that. The other option was, I believe, using the move Flame Wheel?

@@jaferalyhooda310 Flame Wheel wasn't introduced until Gen 2

@@wolfekupo5651 you're right I was thinking of fire spin which can't burn and therefore can't unfreeze a target

Yup being a fire type using a fire move like flame wheel was the cheat code.. I remember a few times my pkmn defrosted it self immediately after using it.

***lowers power of special moves like burn does to physical moves

@@frankchen4229 gah, same thing. It even changed between generations.

@@robertlupa8273 No. Foul play is a physical move that doesn't use your attack stat yet deals half damage if the user is burned.

There are plenty of physical moves unaffected by rocky helmet, and some special moves that are affected. Contact moves are different than physical moves

Yeah I forgot to mention that. Though outside of popular moves like Earthquake and common Rock moves, a majority of Physical moves make contact. Other ones that don’t tend to have narrow distribution or are niche/weak in Base Power, or are exclusive to a certain Pokémon. Off the top of my head, the only Special moves I’ve seen that I remember making contact are Draining Kiss and Grass Knot. The closest thing to a Special Rocky Helmet is Rowap Berry, but it only works once unless you have Recycle or Harvest. In terms of Abilities and moves… there are ones that trigger when hit by an attack of either category, but not specifically Special, unless we’re talking about something like Light Screen/Mirror Coat or Frosmoth’s Ice Scales. Physical Attackers just suffer way more from contact effects, and that’s even before factoring Intimidate or Burn, which Special Attackers ignore. Plus, Special Attackers have access to moves like Psyshock (or Psystrike with Mewtwo), which deals damage on the Physical Defense side, or they could run Body Press if they have high Defense. Galarian Slowbro’s Shell Side Arm can be Physical if it would deal more damage. Physical Attackers don’t really get moves like that.

Then we would need a physical equivalent of Assault Vest.

In the game Temtem, when a Tem wakes up from sleep, they gain a temporary status effect called "Alerted" which prevents them from being put back to sleep until it wears off.

I'll keep that pokemon fangame in mind

I learned this a decade ago with foul play

This is the case in the more recent gens. Back in the day (Gen 7 was the last I believe?), it DID cut into your Attack stat and make your life miserable unless you had FoulPlay. I’m guessing with the introduction of Body Press, they had to revamp the status to make it affect physical moves, not the attack stat (otherwise Body Pressers would get away scot free)

Actually, that's not true either. It doesn't halve the power, it halves the overall calculated damage.

@@ThisIsntARU-vidr what? No, this has always been the case. Foul play still had the the power cut if the user was burned

@@frankchen4229 I just checked. I was indeed wrong. The burn change started in Gen 3, where almost everything changed anyways. I do apologize.

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It does feel rigged at times 😂

Imo, it just seems so rigged because until like... gen 7, gamefreak just put confusion on *everything.* Like, just insane amounts of enemy pokémon have some confusion move.

@@youtube-kit9450 IIRC, Gen4 had a lot of Golbat/Zubats on Plasma Grunts and those mons had access to poisoning moves but more importantly, Confuse Ray, which had 100 Acc (Compared to Supersonic). Those games felt like a pain when battling because you were getting statused CONSTANTLY.

@@youtube-kit9450and gen 7 was also when they nerfed Confusion itself (reducing the odds from 50% to 33%), and for good measure they nerfed Swagger too (from 90% accuracy to 85% accuracy)

It’s all negativity bias and small sample sizes. We remember the times we got screwed over by confusion luck much more than the times that we didn’t.

I really want it as a status with an orb. I wanted to use some Quick Feet Pokes. Problem is they're physical attackers so no Flame Orb meaning have to use Toxic Orb, which sucks and prevent use of Poison Heal Pokes in the same team.

also drowsy buffs a bunch of moves without actually fixing the moves' problems. any status that does that is an automatic no in my book. imagine if Paralysis was curable by using mud slap, 1000 arrows and dig. this is pretty much the equivalent to (P)LA's drowsy mechanics

Sleep actually doesn’t reset on switch anymore. That was fixed back in gen 6

@@MaidenOfAir well the other change i suggested still can be a good idea (letting the status condition were off even without being on the field)

And also only one types of moves, limiting widespread use

it is kinda, in that it's immune to most paralysis moves since they're electric type

@@LilacMonarch maybe about over half, but idk if I'd call that most. Here are a bunch of moves that can paralyze Ground types: -Lick -Dragon Breath -Bounce -Body Slam -Stun Spore -Glare -Force Palm -Tri Attack -Dire Claw -Secret Power

Same. Frostbite is so much better than Freeze. Halves the special attack of the mon will be better off than freeze ain't doing anything.

Nah I actually use ice types quite a bit an would like access to both.

Really really useful in the Palace.

They buffed ice this gen. It's been really good

​@@sinnohperson8813Just Snow? I wish they tinkered the type chart a bit. Ice resisting Water and Ground would be nice and not so game breaking.

@@TaLeng2023 dk about ground. But water yes. I just want bugs to be buffed before ice Can you come up with one good quality of bug types?

@@sinnohperson8813 personally I wanted Bug and Grass to resist Fairy. Both types are pretty weak defensively so I think resisting Fairy would give them something to do.

Especially if you play nuzlockes, I'd always buy way too many antidotes lol, now I usually have 2 or 3 tops. A lot of the changes they've made in newer gens really removes much of the tension from the game.

Poison: Assuming it’s a weak one, it’ll hurt a human for a time and then go away on its own. Toxic: Assuming this covers the stronger ones, it’ll hurt and keep hurting a human until they die. It will also tick for more than 1/16 of their hp per turn and ramp up much faster. Must be treated at a hospital ASAP or death. Paralysis: 100% chance of having restricted movement, 40% chance of not moving at all, 10% chance of just dying because your lungs or heart are paralyzed, with no further input from an enemy. Not a pretty way to go. Burns/Frostbite(they’re the same thing, except they come from different temperatures): Extremely painful, makes touching things nearly impossible due to the pain, and concentration is extremely limited due to the pain. Accurate to how BRN/FST works in Pokemon. Must be treated asap or your max HP will lower due to permanent damage. Sleep: A concussion. Probably. You did get knocked out on the spot. Drowsy: Extremely hard to concentrate, your body is more sensitive to external stimuli. Accurate to how PLA does it. Freeze: DEATH.

Let's not.

Honestly, goat behavior from zangoose

@@g-forcefgt323 and gliscor

If they bring that back, they should just play very stressing music in the background just for that extra bit of fear.

Umbreon is my favorite pokemon of all time and I swear they find every excuse to nerf it. I used an Umbreon *without* toxic quite frequently, and even then two of its moves were taken from it: Heal bell (can't learn) & Pursuit (removed from the game)

Fire types being immune to Frostbite though... now that could be interesting.