These Pokémon got HUGE Buffs in the Teal Mask 

Looking forward to being able to afford this one day! Once I actually start to compete in VGC, this will be one of my first investments to get access to that World Champ difference, baybeeee!

Wolfey my guy do you mean to display how much you earn per month on your patreon? It shows number of members, posts, and $$$.

Yeah and rock blast

She’ll smash too I think?

He already got this move in Legends Arceus, but now it's an opportunity to use it on the main competitive game

​@@mmmrFelipe888it wasn't nearly as good in PLA though

It was actually made for torterra, probably. In PLA, they added three moves that were only learnable by the starters and three new Paldean Pokémon/forms: Headlong Rush by Torterra and Ursaluna, Raging Fury by Infernape and Hisuian Arcanine, and Wave Crash for Empoleon and Basculegion. The only one that didn't get distributed to other Pokémon in SV is Raging Fury which is still only learnable by Infernape and H-Arcanine. I suspect that they made these new moves specifically for the starters.

I was gonna say the same thing

I use mine as a rapid urshifu counter. water tera and rocky helm, he'll kill himself on you.

@@MrShockzineto be fair, almost anything with decent defense and tera water rocky helmet is gonna be an urshifu counter lol

What Kleavor really needs is a priority move...namely the one that they gave to lycanrock nearly a decade ago and still refuse to distribute to anyone else for some reason.

@@notafan5573 Technically it does get Quick Attack... lol

Yeah. This is definitely something that makes Pokémon that people didn't use or maybe you like it and want to use it more viable.

They already did for the last few gens lol

Moveset alterations have been a thing since Yellow lol

The number of Pokemon who got sick new tools to make them viable was massive in this DLC, I hope they keep that rythm in the futur.

I’m scared to see what they do for emboar

Yes ❤

That could mean the other starters who are returning in the indigo disk are potentially getting a buff as well

@@crazygalemt I like the way you think

Emp? I’d say Torterra needed it more

@@shironasama0445 Tera is Torterra's buff, tbh

and Roost

And Vacuum Wave

It also gets Steel Beam AND Brine, which is just so perfect for Empoleon.

Bruh he got flip turn?

I’ve also been running Weather Ball Kilowattrell since 2022 lol

Banded outrage or scale shot with loaded dice can 1 shot many mons but it’s super fragile afterwards

​@@spacemoose200you can't use two item bro

@@spacemoose200choice band AND loaded dice?

@@spacemoose200 bro was so strong he hacked in two items

Infernape has been good

​@@PT5-Shortsbut it's..... Infernape 🤢🤢🤮🤮🤮

​@@frankcaggiano8282How dare you...Infernape is the best one!

@@frankcaggiano8282 If you watched the anime you would love Infernape. He's S tier, design wise🔥

yeah it's about time!

Kilowatterel and Roaring Moon also always had Weather Ball and Scale Shot respectively

Roaring Moon didn’t get a signature move, Scale shot was available in gen 8, and I’m pretty sure that Inteleon was able to learn it via TM/TR, along with Sandaconda

@@noahsmith5304 I know, but it was it's signature move in the same way that Water Shuriken was Accelgor signature move in Gen 8 and Expanding Force is Armarouges signature move in Gen 9

@@Hnui03 I see what point you are trying to make, but I always thought that signature moves were only moves that were ever learned by a single pokemon ever. My mistake

No worries. Your definition of it is correct, it's just funny how a normal move CAN BECOME a signature if no other Pokemon learns it. Now this isn't a perfect example, but think of it like Pin Missile in Gen 1 where Jolteon was the only Pokemon to naturally learn Pin Missile. Beedrill gets it but this is beside the point.

Let us know your findings and how effective it is

@@wjt764 for sure man

This is pretty intriguing because I’ve thought about potential tera dragons on certain Pokémon since fire/water/grass cores have been so popular but then I take two seconds and remember, “oh yeah flutter mane exists”

@@mecha5893 exactly but I think scizor specifically checks flutter and at the very least forces a defensive Tera from it! About to start testing right now

@@wjt764 so this is what I ended up figuring out. I must preface this by saying I am in the top 1000 on the scarlet violet online ladder so I am usually playing against standard strong meta teams. Firstly, I had a very hard time bringing scizor into matchups . For some reason, as soon as I started using scizor, I ran into either a farigiraf or indeedee f EVERY GAME. This is troublesome enough as it is but there are more problems with scizor. Scizor is quite slow which means even if it Tera’s into dragon, it can be doubled up onto with neutral moves. Urshifu close combat is a big issue. Chien pao is not actually walled by scizor either. This is because of sucker punch. Since Chien pao is faster, sucker punch will go before bullet punch and it will do 40-50% damage to you. This essentially forces you to deal with Chien-pao quickly which is very hard to do when almost every Chien-pao is running focus sash and protect. Since almost everything outspends scizor, you have to rely heavily on bullet punch and if you cant use it, scizor’s viability decreases substantially. Lastly, bug is not a good stab typing . It is resisted by fire, bug, steel, fighting and poison. I may be forgetting a few as well. This means that even if scizor can get off an attack, with how slow it is, it usually cant do enough damage to pressure opponents into even taking it seriously . Long story short, scizor is bad. What I did learn however, is that ceruledge is VERY GOOD right now. Tera grass ceruledge in particular. It completely walls all of Ogerpons form, it walls heatran , and with a single Bulk up , it walls iron hands , rillaboom, dragonite and many more. The toughest thing about this strategy is ….you guessed it……Chien-pao once again . If you don’t Tera grass, then sucker punch ohkos unless you have a lot of bulk and/or have used bulk up at least once . If you do Tera grass, then it outspeeds you and can ohko with icicle crash or ice spinner. I would recommend running protect on your ceruledge to bait out protect on their end and to properly time your uses of bitter blade. The recovery from bitter blade is absolutely ridiculous. It seems to recover like 75% of damage dealt. Leftovers, combined with protect and bitter blade makes this thing a nightmare to remove . I have won many matches in 1 v 2s and 3s with this thing but it is not easily to pull off. Both of these picks are very niche however and I don’t think they are good enough to consider bringing to a tournament or anything . So this is about all I’ve got . Let me know if you guys have any questions.

It still won’t be meta tbh

What does air slash contribute to empoleon? We don't have max airstream anymore

@@Veinelso It's decent coverage and can proc flinches against slower teams. Not exactly a powerhouse move, but it has some merit. Helps it deal with fighting and grass types if it's locked in against those.

When the heck did gaining Air Slash make ANY Pokemon relevant except Togekizz? I swear do these people even play the game?

Air slash sucks. It’s speed is too low to really use its flinching effect and it’s just a weak move without stab

2 months later: Gliscor got banned on Smogon OU

What tera did you make it I made mine rock to resist fire but i thinking water because not everyone runs freeze dry and it naturally scares electric Pokémon

Rock, its really good for counter weaknesses, and boosts rock blast water is not a bad choice defensively but you miss the attack boost from tera type (maybe you need to use tera blast)

@quercusroburx you ain't wrong I went with rock to boost the rock blast since you keep your previous stab right

Haven’t had a chance to play recently but will definitely have to try this out! Torterra is my favourite ‘mon, so I’m super glad it got a buff. Thanks for the tip!

@Edrysian pair it up with Indeedee(Female) Psychic Surge with a light clay Light Screen Reflect Follow Me the 4th move can be whatever you want and since Psychic terrain is on field you get protection from priority moves

I don't play competitive but cannot WAIT to beg my friends to battle me just so I can use him one time haha, always been one of my favourite mons

It's also very much fitting... Making you wonder why the Hoppip line didn't get it also, as they're THE wind-riding Pokémon.

@@ewormXD Jumpluff with wind rider actually soyns busted

@@iancastro1327 Hardly busted. With base Atk of 55, it's basically just the immunities that really benefit it, allowing it to disrupt with Sleep Powders and Encores and Strength Saps a bit easier. I don't think it would've been anything close to "too much" of a buff.

Thats what they said about brambleghast too

I see our spiky turt not getting a move it absolutely should, and raise you an Ampharos without Tail Glow

I love him too and yeah that makes more sense!

It wouldn't change anything, but it still doesn't even learn the move Steel Wing naturally

​@@anmspafan7855 kyurem black without ice punch moment

Literally why did they get rid of silver wind?? I'm STILL trying to figure out why they made the weird choice to get rid of silver wind because now special bug types in game use struggle bug until like 25 levels later and get bug buzz. Streamlining the move pools was a weird move for competitive gameplay (no pursuit or hidden power) but it's also odd for playthroughs where moves like Mirror Shot or Ominous Wind were meant to be small improvements to your moves as you go through, and it felt good to learn new small improvements that felt like your mons leveling up were actually getting stronger other than raw stats. Now it can feel like you jump from moves that are basically the 'tackle' of a specific type, to moves like Wood Hammer or Psychic in terms of BP with little change in between. Sorry for the rant, your comment just reminded me of that.

Also Signal Beam. Why on earth did they get rid of signal beam. Especially with the loss of hidden power psychic types got hella boned in coverage

I don't know why they're allergic to giving Levitate pokemon a second abillity

@@joshuab3918Weezing also only has Levitate for the longest time until Gen 8, even if it was partially cause of it’s Galatians form

simple, Reg E remove Tornadus, Talonflame, Murcrow etc so that those two are the only ones with Prio Tailwind you're welcome 😂

I tried using Volbeat with tail glow and max sp atk investment during the story, then I failed to KO an NPC trainer’s pokémon even after the boost and a level advantage, so I boxed it again. 😐

@@chillcloak Try using Illumise instead it's special attack is higher with 73, still not high but better than Volbeat's special attack of 47. Volbeat is more of a physical attacker with 73 attack.

Volbeat has some niche play that if set up correctly can be dangerous, usuallly sash, then prankster tail glow turn 1 and baton pass into chi Ty/ flutter mane turn 2 for an insane spatk boost, otherwise they’re useless

@@PeterGriffin11does Illumise get Tail Glow? I remember in older gens it didn’t when Volbeat did

Yeah even though Mach Punch is better because of Iron Fists, Vacuum Wave is still quite decent but Aura Sphere is definitely a big one because the only other special fighting move it got was Focus Miss and I 100% would take Aura Sphere with that guranteed damage over that

Don't forget that Infernape also FIANLLY got access to Drain Punch meaning it now has STAB Iron Fist boosted Drain Punch for recovery.

@@Gotenhanku since when are you going to recover with a glass canon like Infernape???

@@aerostar1334 I mean he is fast maybe you OHKO'd a mon with Flare Blitz and then you can recover the recoil using Drain Punch on the next mon. The main thing is that it's a buff Infernape never had. Might not be a useful buff but a buff is still a buff.

@@Gotenhanku lol

*insert Patrick Star boo gif here*

Cringe....I hate this word....

could you even imagine an unburden shell smash pokémon? With white herb that's like 4 times speed with one move and double attack, crazy

@@mme.veronica735 Shuckle chads... we will rise.

I can see why they didn’t give Torterra Unburden considering they already gave it to Sceptile.

​@railfaneric7107 You say that as if they didn't give Protean to THREE starters. (Technically Cinderace's is called Libero, but it does the same thing)

The true buff was the friends we made along the way

It’s the one and only mon to get it via level up which is newt

this is about vgc

wo chien and brute bonnet are both way better then meow

Oh yeah plus Clangorous Soup and and there was another dragon type move but I don't remember what one it is off the top of my head are both boosted by throat spray too so you could have other one of those with your elemental punch, bullet punch for coverage and dragon dance then I don't know go electric Tera and be set

would've been really funny if Korai got Blade and Mirai got Rising Voltage

@slimestudios9748 rising voltage Miraidon would be absolutely disgusting. I'm pretty sure there might not be a reason to use electro drift over rising voltage in this hypothetical scenario

@@conorb.1901there might be a use against electric weak Mons, but Rising voltage would easily be the go to because of the sheer damage it gives

Koraidon does not need solar blade.

@@Castersvarogeven against electric weak mons it might not be the best. I have not run calcs or anything, but I don't think there's any Water type that would resist a 140 BP stab terrain and ability boosted move with double damage coming from a mon with 135 Sp attack. Tankier Flying mons would be more resistant due to not being grounded and thus not causing Rising Voltage to increase in power while Electro Drift might pickup the 1HKO, but I don't think there's any relevant Flying type this tanky in the game right now (maybe the Flying cover legendaries if they come back in the DLC, with Lugia in particular being able to tank even more thanks to Multiscale).