Ranking EVERY Rival in Pokemon Competitively! 

I think that you should rank all baby Pokemon next time

@@chadfishfruit rank each protagonist team from the manga

@Erica and the Japanese national debt They can help out with the algorithm!

Marnie is SSS

Marnie below one of those guys with only 3 pkms lul. You just instantly triggered half the world by saying that even with 5 pkms she still doesn't have diversity or quality enough to beat a dude with 3 OK pokemon

This is my new motto in life

Aaryamaan Rao yes same here

He's like Sun Tzu combined with Weavile.

"It's not about winning it's about sending a message"- Alpharad

Alpharad rubbed off on him

How dare you bring up that sacrilege XD I remember going on such a rant between that and Yugioh about game accuracy from anime and it almost turned me off of both

Well, it COULD thunder wave to active it’s guts, but it’d be better to just use flame orb.

@D Rock Well I do, and for once, the anime obviously doesn't follow the game rules. But that event in that episode is certainly based on the actual Guts boost of Swellow. The anime has included abilities multiple times without ever explaining them, and making them visually understandable to little children, this was one of these times.

@@Robin93k I always thought of Thunder armor as a callback to Swellow shrugging off electric attacks back when it was captured as a Taillow and foreshadowing to Pikachu learning Volt Tackle.

@@Robin93k in before pikachu beat Rhydon by thunderbolting its horn.

I too know that eels are snakes in disguise

very comprehensive

@Scarlet FoxyPlayz "troqius"

What are you talking about, this fact was very important for the analysis

Wait what? I don't remember Wally having a psuedo legendary?

@@blegh2780 Garchomp in ORAS postgame

Wally’s Team is gen 6 so there’s a lot more Pokémon to go against

Yea only reason blue is S tier is because of the vastly low pokemon pool, and the fact that psychic in gen 1 was the goat. Bug and ghost pokemon were the only counter at the time, and both types were under represented. He just had the best coverage at the time

Box Moose bug was the only “counter”. Gen 1 psychic were immune to ghost moves.

You fight, like, two of them.

Romance scene was top notch though

@@hidbid1 Nope, you fight all four of them, they just barely have you fight Trevor and Tierno for no reason

@@ajvlogs957 Which is no wonder why Hidbid forgot about them lol. XY are so bad.

But Tierno can DANCE

:O

T H E V O I C E

The woice

YES

YES!!!!!!!!

I thought that was funny, he definitely did bring up type advantages and then he doesn't even apply it

@@mawile3037 you know what was funny to me? The fact that Hop has his losing animation in the tier list

Douglinhas 2.0 My poor boy...

Ya know with all the teams Hop went through I'm sure if the man used all those mons he could put something together

it would be so interesting if every time hop loses he changes his team (realistically, with pokemon he has access to) according to what you beat him with the last time.

"Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites."

@@steegen101 What if strong Pokémon are my favorites

His talonflame legit had no fire moves LMAO

@@steegen101 People who played x and y: "But all I have seen are challenges by weak trainers and their Pokémon. I wonder what you will show me. What a relief it would be if I could, for once, have a serious battle against an opponent!"

@@streamsos bc Talonflame doesn't learn Fiery Dance, duh

Zoroark is my favourite pokémon but I wish it was just slightly better ://

How about this: not adding Zoroark cuz it sucks? :)

Honerkamp i mean i like him but you’re entitled to your own opinion:))

My guess is that they will make zoroark lose illusion on dynamax because otherwise they'd have to make a seperate animation for the dynamax form losing the illusion, but that aside zoroark is meant to be a gimmick so taking away that gimmick when you dynamax doesn't make sense, especially since other abilities aren't nullified like disguise.

Pretty sure Zoroark is confirmed for one of the DLCs so we'll get to find out soon 😁😁

Serena & Callum: Being the very best, like nobody ever was. Tierno: "I must dance!"

Same felling i had when fighting blue

@@ninjapotatolorf6237 He has his priorities straight, I guess

i kinda like them tbh. (and yes im biased because i just personally really love gen 6 despite it being easy) I feel like the 4 rivals is meant to show more of a comparison of how you and the other prodigy trainer grow compared to a regular pokemon trainer (because remember youre practically the chosen one in every game) and the reason the 3 weaker ones only have 3 pokemon is because the only times you really fight them are times like when you fight tierno and trevor on the bridge, and those are BACK TO BACK with no healing in between. So i understand why they would feel that alot of people might think itd be unfair to be forced to fight 12 pokemon straight with no warning ahead of time in the middle of a route where you already had to fight multiple trainers to get to them, and wouldnt have gone back to the pokecenter unless its your second playthrough or looked up when the rival battles are Again not saying theyre particularly challenging, but i think it genuinely fits thematically and tries to actually make you feel like youre strong and its not just that everyone else is weirdly weak, its just that 99% of people dont have a pokemon with them for the express reason of fighting others with them, theyre usually more just pets/protection or used for convenience Ex: Tierno just likes seeing pokemon use moves aesthetically, he essentially raises them for gen 3 esque beauty competitions, and it explains why he only cares about petal dance on his roserade, thats the best move in history for what he enjoys about the universe Trevor doesnt care how strong his pokemon are, every time he meets you he makes it a point to say that the only thing he really cares about is how many pokemon you and him have seen, he just wants to complete the pokedex for the professor, not clear out gyms Shauna is honestly pretty forgettable imo outside of the fact she is sort of suggestive that she might like you romantically, which mightve just been a reference to how the region is in france and Paris is the City of Love so you have to go on a fireworks date with somebody and itd be weird if its the rival that is as focused on becoming champion as you are that was there and Calum/Serena are the generic "im gonna beat you someday just wait!" rival that every pokemon game has to have, not much to say about her but then again not much to say about most pokemon rivals this was way too long reply to a 2 year old post sorry 🙏🏽 just felt like giving my perspective on the in universe reasons they are how they are, the majority of them arent even traveling for the same reason as you, theyre just with you cause youre hometown friends

That and prankster liepard, he had to just do it for the meme

@@CountofBleck and Grimmsnarl

why would you run twave over nuzzle

@@dukeofkings8942 obviously to avoid burn from flame body you pleb. OBVIOUSLY giving up 10% accuracy for this niche that almost never happens is ALWAYS worth it!

@@vgpharaoh1344 lmao

I would absolutely love this! More VGC history, lore and insight into the scene means more great content for us!

*Slow claps

D Tier: Xerneas and Incineroar meta

@@BakufuDifu S tier: Exeggutor "meta".

S Tier: Pachirisu meta

He could have also looked at Hop's alternate team that he has toward the middle of the game and compared the two.

@@Dandylion567 Very true. I think that would've been much better of a comparison.

Legendaries are banned in competitive matches

@@whothou that is true.

Wolfey is hiding something from us! :O

I bet he cursed, he said once before the only real difference between him on and off camera is that he keeps it PG on RU-vid so I bet he was like "TIERNO YOU ARE F***ING TRASH!"

yup, this. The fights are mostly in the middle of random routes that you already need to fight other trainers to get to, and theres no warning or heal ahead of time so on a first playthrough unless you looked up where the fights are ahead of time youre nearly GUARANTEED to walk into a back to back fight, and 3 of the 4 rivals werent even trying to keep up with you in the first place. Tierno is just collecting pokemon to have them dance and do beauty contests(also explains the petal dance, exclusive roserade, dude literally only cares about moves aesthetically lol), Trevor is just trying to complete the pokedex for the professorso he doesnt even challenge gyms, etc. Theyre still not necessarily hard but they make sense thematically and would genuinely be kinda TOO hard for the target audience of 10 year olds on their first attempt That being said the elite 4 shouldve definitely all had 6 instead of 4 pokemon smh

Old comment but I’m so salty that in the very next generation they made an entire dance themed multi formed Pokémon that would have made a perfect Pokémon for him :( in the eventual revisit to Kalos my boy better get the Oricorio Team he deserves.

Obviously a late comment, but imagine this man having like, a Quiver Dance Volcarona and Dragon Dance Haxorus

I can sense the sarcasm from a mile away lmao

That someone can get almost any pokemon in.

also doesn't stop that trash tier waifu from being a trash tier rival too. come at me team yell. :P

@@plazmatic2664 habe to keep in mind hes not even the worlds best as of the victory road cup that honor goes to sejun park wolfe placed dead last actually

@@vgpharaoh1344 yeah she's pretty lame as a rival, cool hair tho

Why not "why SNOM is a threat??

Thank you for spreading the love. #day 32 of asking for why golipod is a threat

You forgot to put your reasoning for why Golisopod is a threat: He feels bad for his opponents because of his awesome power so he leaves the field at 50% health to give them a chance.

Make three different versions and he just wrote in in different colors

if anthony pedilla can do it, anyone can! dude's merch looks like its drawn by a kindergartener but i'd still buy/wear it lol

"real youtubers have super meta merch, some of it is different, please by all my merchforrealIamalegitimateyoutuberbuymymerch"

Make one of them the one where he messed up and laughed for a whole minute

Blunder has 6 wives for a reason

I’m pregnant now and happy

I would do bad bad things to be wolfeys babey forme mama

I noticed that too. One is an eel. XD

It’s no wonder X and Y is such a forgettable Pokémon game

@@kboss1094 it was my first Pokémon game so it’s my favorite but I see why people hate/dislike it but nobody can make me hate X and Y

@@CommanderBly5052 i liked the show of XYZ

Corvikinight 25:09

Maweelay

Dekiduee

Actually had me pause and audibly ask "what the FUCK did you just say?" Lol

Idk why Singles gets completely ignored.

@@TuesdaysArt wolfey doesn't play singles. He only plays doubles. Would you really want him to give his opinion on something he doesn't really know much about?

@@thehussiteking1212 If he doesn't want to get comments about Singles, he should clarify he's only talking about Doubles in the title of his videos. Not everyone knows who he is or what he specializes in.

@@TuesdaysArt he says he plays VGC, which is doubles only. And he only shows doubles footage

@@TuesdaysArt To be fair, he does mention that he’s specifically talking about doubles in the beginning of the video

Not very nice for me and my headphones though.

You were first!

:)

Jigalith best rock

@@woopersquirtle1422 Jigalithpuff

Well, to be fair, Marnie and Bede are gym leaders, they're supposed to stick to a type. (Aside from that one time with blue)

With gen 6 i think they were balanced for the 3 in a row battle on the bridge

I feel like Bede was quite accurate. A tough guy whos actually bad, but he starts expanding later on.

Also, Gen 8 is actual improved in enemy levels compared to gen 6 and 7. They keep up with you if you didnt grind. Also see Tournament rematches and Hop. Unfortunately, they didnt fix the problem of too much amount and ways of getting EXP. Thank Gen 6 and people who gave those systems a pass for that.

bede is a gym leader which is why his team is all psychic and later fairy

Yeah he has the best intro ever out of every youtuber

More like oonfezant

How about Hop and Marnie? I mean, you take on the same gyms, have the same goals, fight each other in the final tournament... And with Hop, you even take on the big bad guy together in a double battle.

Paul?

wally is so cool

@@Romidamn Marnie felt more like a person you happend to meet, not really rival-material... Hops whole character arc is scripted: he is severely weaker as you and can't keep up. So, I don't really see him as a rival. Bede however would fit the stereotypical rival mold

@@smirglepapier531 why does it matter? Pigeonholing the games into these terrible gen 1 copycat roles is only gonna guarantee we keep getting "Pokemon: Basically the Same and Pokemon: Practically the Same" each gen

That was in the context of a gen 1 meta, aka only the first 150 pokemon. The more gens get added the worse the rivals get... for some reason.

The bowl cut girl is the nerd, the one with the vanillite shirt is the dancing guy, tall girl is your childhood fruend i think, the short girl is the other one

@@zacharybouck9769 Bowl cut is actually a guy

He shouldn't have included Tierno Trevor and Shauna as "Rivals" they are just your friends in the game who say in the game over and over that they don't want to be serious trainers. He should have included Serena that's the rival if you choose a Male character. He picked Calem who isn't in the game unless you pick a female character to play as

@@skotiaH2O actually?

Totally agree

& an S tier characterization

Marnie has characterization?

@@emblemblade9245 yes, though she is lacking in importance or any form of arc or backstory really. Great design, well written dialogue (actually most of the games since bw have pretty good dialogue) but she never really has a moment, unless you count letting you into piers gym which is kind of not much

You require the worst Eeveelution?

The requirment is stupid though and he has awful natures on his mons renengade platinum made him max level right away with good natures

@Dragongamer 7 iirc, don't Tierno and Trevor do most of their battles as double battles?

I want to dragon dance with altaria ever since the Jaiden video

I hate them ingame I tv they good

Beyond that XY kind of got.... poor treatment from Gamefreak (not 3rd game like the Gens usually do, on top of being poorly balanced due to experimental new-gameplay), it has a lot of unfair treatment by the players, IMO, because too many people are adults (now) and forget that these games are still 95% targeted at 10-12 year olds and not designed to be incredibly difficult but to be fun.... for kids.

@@horusschnopp1882 like- I dont get the "it's for kids" argument. I was 10 when I played Platinum, it took me a few months, but I got all the way to the elite 4 using just the route 1 shinx I caught because I liked the cat. it cost the same amount when I got it as X and Y on release. I only blacked out once during all of Y version and I only used a Riolu I caught near the first gym. granted Riolu is much stronger than Shinx, but the game was also *far* easier. It's for kids is insulting to kids, they can be cleaver or they can brute force it with the one cat they like.

@@lizzytrip4560 and how old were you when you played y? Also 10? Not that it matters since its just your personal experience. All youve said here is that between playing plat and y you became good enough to best it a bit quicker. Like i dont think ive ever lost a battle aside from the first one thats random in older gens (i lost to hops first battle once on purpose cuz i wanted to see if you could, you can lol) since i was like 12, in any gen, so i think thats as good of an argument as yours that its really all about not being a dumb kid

@@horusschnopp1882 Gamefreak themselves admitted to dumbing X&Y down because kids preffered Mobile games instead. Crystal & Emerald also had Kids as target audience but they are still challenging even today, especially if you dont use the Legendary. At some point you have to take off the training wheels and latest gens fail at that.

you forgot day X of asking for Y comments

The into

@@chinchillaruby4170 Lol

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Best rival as in you're favorite personality wise or you think he's the best rival because he was hard? Because this ranking is about the viability and how good their teams are for competitive multiplayer.. His personality and story is pretty decent but Last I checked being able to wreck his entire team with just my Typhlosion does not make him that hard to fight.

Did you read the title

@person person It was the final battle with Silver at Mt. Moon and my Typhlosion was I think either level 52 or 53. Yeah just spammed Flamethrower, Thunderpunch, and Shadow Claw. Hilariously easy for the Final Rival Battle and 4 year old me was not happy considering my friends warned me about that battle. Maybe I overprepared for it but that kinda left me with a negative impression of Silver that I just can't seem to shake off.

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