Which Pokémon is the BEST in Melee? 

⚠️Flashing red colors at 10:17 ⚠️ Btw, everyone please stop commenting one word at a time going forward, RU-vid recognizes this as spam and false engagement, and it will ultimately hurt the channel in the long run. My mistake. Don't be upset if you did this, but I'm going to try to remove those comments now to avoid further violations. No hard feelings, I appreciate you all for this, but no more lol ❤

Playing with Pokéballs on, toggled to the maximum quantity was always the most fun way to play as a kid with my brother and cousins. So fun and chaotic. Porygon was definitely the best one lol.

I swear I once heard as a kid that Goldeen could rarely use Horn Drill for a one-hit KO. I never saw it but that's always my first thought whenever Goldeen is summoned.

"lugia is guaranteed to KO when it hits" being said while it's hitting someone that it doesn't KO is... an interesting editing choice

Never thought I'd hear of a situation where Tackle is the strongest move in the game

even the easiest to dodge pokemon are still useful, taking options away from your opponent is always good. if you play a character with a strong aerial the next time you get something like marill as soon as its about to hit them jump and do the strong aerial, they either jump into it to avoid the marill, shield to block the marill and wont be able to punish you or they just get hit by the marill and obviously cant punish and you can try to combo off that.

I actually went into this video expecting to disagree with a bunch of the choices thinking they would be pretty biased or misplaced verdicts, but I literally agree with every placement on here bro. We all know how oppinionated and toxic some of us in the smash community are, so it is not only a surprise that I agree, but like, almost all the other commenters do too. Seriously a miracle lol

in every smash game, having pokeballs (and assist trophies by extension), is always a blast. It changes the game up in a radically different way, where now you have an extra threat to work around in creative ways. I think Ultimate has the best balance of pokemon. Each one does great damage, but there attacks are limited in just such a way that they can be dodged if you know what you're doing.

I've been playing Melee since late 2004. With that, I've gotten somewhat attached to the dozens of Poké Ball Pokémon. Porygon2 isn't who I'd consider the strongest Pokémon in SSBM, but he comes terrifyingly close. Getting hit by him does a tremendous amount of knockback! I'd slot Lugia as the strongest one; getting hit while he's onstage does crazy knockback, and the ensuing Aeroblast move does even more damage, combos around, and inevitably KOs anyone. Incidentally, my favorite Poké Ball Pokémon here is Zapdos. His Thundershock technique won't KO anyone, but taking up to 81% damage isn't so shabby! What's more, Zapdos himself looks nice in 3D with his paper-thin wings. Nice video!

This was really fun, although I think you're undervaluing Suicune. Taking up enormous parts of the stage is incredibly good in any context. It's nice to see people making videos about this game that aren't yet another TAS frame-by-frame analysis of some pro players chaingrabbing each other.

This video was recommended to me and I liked it so much that I checked out some of your other content and it was also great! I really encourage you to keep making videos :) always amazing to see new channels making melee content like this! also, and im just assuming based on the captions in your last video, if this is your first time recording lines for a video, you did a really good job with them!

I loved the Pokémon event matches. Cool to see discussion and ranking of the melee Pokémon, def enjoyed

Scizor is my favorite Pokémon of all time due to him being in melee when I was a kid and loved it when he got stocks. Happy to see him really high up, solid tier list as well.

Banger choices for the background music throughout whole video 👌

Something i love about pokemon specifically as an item is stage control. Even if it wont hit, it will change where your opponent can go and you call them out for it. Like how reflectors arent used loads, partly because the opponent uses less projectiles to avoid them but that weakens their character overall. Its just something i find interesting

I appreciate this style of video! Good job on it, dude.

You, sir, are a legend for going through this for three months straight.

this is so fun. great job man. we used to have pokefests back in the day.

Ah, fresh Copperhead content is always a treat

My favorite Pokémon is Porygon-Z, so this makes me so happy!!

I wanted to leave a comment to let you know that I truly enjoyed this video. Thank you.

Melee Pokémon were the most chaotic but the most fun. I especially miss the legendary dogs and Unown.

Hey just wanted to point out something you missed. AFTER Porygon 2's Tackle, if you're within the radius of the dimension door that it leaves through, it will take you into the alternate dimension and you will immediately die. It's extremely rare that this will ever happen due to the person you're fighting being on the opposite side of the map, but I've been in 4-player matches where a 3rd player knocked a 4th player into the Porygon 2's dimension door, which is how I know this. Otherwise, great video. PS: it may take a few attempts to replicate as you'll need to avoid Porygon 2's hitbox while attempting to execute this.

This video needed to exist! Of course we played a lot with the High ratio items and only poke balls!

more content like this pls, we need more variety in melee content

Dont know why you dont have that many subscribers. Love your videos.

Damn, now i want to see this with every smash game

Now this, this, is the random RU-vid video I need to watch today. Thanks in advance.

Shadows of Valentina ost is sick, keep adding it in ur vids

finaly, a video on casual melee

Great video, but I have some notes on your tierlist: - You mention that knowing how to di makes some pokemon better or worse (weezing). I think this tiertlist is decided for the casual audience? A 'competitive' pokemon tier list (meaning, people who actually know how to di and such) could be different. - Character usage in casual is probably more diverse than competitive, which probably means that there are less spacies and more floaties (a lot of kirby for example). This changes some of the power of the pokemon since the combo potential is less. - Also I think this list is based on 1v1? Playing with 4 people can also affect the power of certain pokemon. - I assume that in your testing you had a bias for playing on certain stages. I see the legal stages a lot, and not many 'big stages' (fourside, hyrule). Pokemon that follow the opponent will be stronger in bigger stages I think. - As mentioned by other commenters, I think you underestimate the power of NEEDING to dodge a pokemon, otherwise you would get hit by the opponent.Taklng optionsaway is strong. - also where are pichu, Pikachu, jigglypuff and mewtwo ;)

I think Scizor is the best. If you're playing on a tournament legal stage I could see Porygon 2 being the best, but Scizor is fast, unpredictable, and has great kill potential. He has more kill potential than the legendaries, and is more difficult to avoid. Maybe I'm just too used to playing on Temple tho.

The Fire Emblem music alone gets a sub from me my man

I can't even remember the last time I used an item in a round of smash bros. My friends and I always play with tournament rules so it's been a while.

dude Happy Flag Day to you too

Personally I think you down play the easy to avoid Pokémon. Those Pokémon essentially cut off a portion of the stage for the opponent which can be useful for A. Getting more pokemon. B. Charge Specials like Samus' Charge Blast or C. Stall.

1:43 really glad you mentioned this, bonus mode needs more love and attention

I appreciate it being straight to the point. Very rare nowadays.

Link and Young Link's passive shields protect them from Blastoise's Hydro Pumps, Staryu's Swift and Chikorita's Razor Leaves (they have to be crouching to protect themselves from the latter).

As someone who regularly play with items and advanced tech on a moderately high level I'd definately rank scizor at least top 5 as I'm pretty sure it does follow the opponent and kills more often than not if it hits. Also I'd put venasaur at top 3 that thing is a menace as it does also hit on platforms above it granting instant stage controll for the owner. That being said, amazing video and topic, very well put together. I also loved the examples you showed while talking about certain scenarios. Thanks for making this!

it took my halfway through this video to realise that melee came out before even gen 3. like man i knew the game was old but it is OLD old

Great vid, as a casual fan, I only have one complaint: missed opportunity to say it's "Porygon-too-late"

Gave you a like for the outro, that was surprisingly hilarious.

Me and my brother would literally have pokemon battles by picking a side of the stage and whoever was on the side it lands on could use it ...until we got bored and went by whoever gets it first rules the stage

youtube algorithm has blessed me yet again

Luigi’s kick at the end was the best

This vids gonna do well

Aaa nostalgic I love the Pokémons in Melee. Now either my memory don´t serve me well or there is a difficulty diffrence between regions becuse I remember Moltres sure dose a lot of damage but I am sure I have been above it but not knocked out that often, mostly hit up and to either direction still able to recover. Same with a lot of things here, it seemed like your game it is easier to get knocked away. Porygon 2 I remember fearly easy to recover from and not that strong as you showed it here. So now I am curious. I have to boot up my old console and give it a go.

Im getting nostalgia from the legendary Pokémon event match watching this. And of course I remember Wobbufett in that mode more than the legendaries.

11:31 BASED background music

My dude made a fantastic video and then dipped

I appreciate the FE: Echoes music.

WOW what a great video! I can't believe I've never seen your channel before

I remember playing in hyrule temple with only pokeballs. me and my friends would claim parts of the map and just throw pokeballs at each other hoping for the best.

would love to pokemon rankings for the other smashes

This was fun!

i remember seeing a video of someone throwing a poke ball and it was goldeen, it flopped into termina bay and started going crazy! it was definitely a mod but i thought it was cool

Something that Chikorita can do is allow the user to wobble if they grab their opponent in the path of the razor leaf.

This is what I needed in my life

I always knew I was a Chad for liking Porygon2 as one of the top Pokémon

That is the STRONGEST tackle in pokemon history lmao

My boy comes out on top. Praise be to Porygon2

I’ve never landed a Porygon 2 hit. But I see the appeal now

This was such a fun vid! I think this is the first time I’ve ever heard an adult use the word ginormous

Great video, am I the only one noticing you sound alarmingly similar to competitive pokemon youtuber BKC? I go to bed to that guy's vids all the time and when this autoplayed I thought it was him talking about melee

Now we need to get a tier list for those crystal trophies!

When I was younger. We thought Goldeen gave us bad luck. Mew gave us good luck. I wish I was alive still 😢

entei reminds me of arakune from blazblue using his laser distortion drive where he shoots a purple beam upwards pretty cool

Ahh pokemon in smash, one of my favourite and only items I’ll use for a fun items match😂

i always wondered why it was goldeen who flops around doing nothing instead of magikarp

Pokemon and items in general become relevant competitively in the Iron Man format. At least the one I would see Mang0 and Axe play on for awhile. Always fun watching pros destroy each other with their non mains and playing on banned stages and using items along with their tech skills they’ve developed for many years.

Brawl next? :)

Cool list

didnt even know scizor, porygon2 or unown were in melee to begin with. also nice fe echoes music

Man, it was so crazy. I had a strategy guide for Melee as a kid (bought it to figure out how to unlock all the characters and stages and stuff, etc.) and they had a Pokemon list and ditto was included. I must've played the game for hundreds of hours or something and never encountered Ditto once, and as a kid I always fuckin' wondered about that. Not making it into the game but making it into a fucking strategy guide item list is pretty hilarious.

quality vid brother

good video. thought scizor would be higher. bruh i swear he heat seaks you sometimes

I like the video and I have no criticism to give.

Fun video, comment for the algorithm

ahh it's rare i get to see a video that feels like it was made specifically for my neurotic tastes. i will make my own tier list first then come back to this one to compare S: lugia, ho-oh, raikou, entei A: venusaur, blastoise, snorlax, articuno, zapdos, unown, suicune B: moltres, bellossom, scizor, porygon2 C: charizard, weezing, chikorita, togepi, staryu D: cyndaquil, marill E: electrode, chansey, wobbuffet F: goldeen, mew, celebi

Because of the trophy description, I thought for a very long time that Goldeen had a very tiny hitbox that would instant-KO. Every time I got a Goldeen it was a mix of hopeful excitement and disappointment. Now it's just disappointment.

when we were kids we always viewed Scizor as a better version of Porygon2

I swear that half of these weren't in my copy of melee as a kid. I don't remember ever seeing Zapdos, Raikou, or Clefairy. Weird.

I used to think Goldeen had some secret use back then.

Now we need a mode for online melee where characters respawn holding a PokeBall. 😂

This was fun, you could do one for each game

Loved this video!

Did I Mandela effect myself and think Meowth was in Melee when he actually wasn't? I remember Meowth at close range doing absurd damage numbers.

did game & watch’s people dirty

My favourite mode, No items, final destination+ pokeballs

Massive nostalgia boner with this vid. So many great memories of this game. Loved the vid and im definitely going to check out more of the channel👍

I miss the Unknown. I wish they brought all Trophies, Pokémon and bosses back for ultimate. I can’t complain though they brought every single character back

Mango fans know the importance of Merrill.

You dare disrespect my boi cyndaquil

Good video

THREE MONTHS?!?!

Wish vanilla melee allowed items without also spawning those explosive capsules and barrels. Everyone loves Pokeballs but random bomb crates are less universally enjoyable.

This is the answer we always needed

always wondered why chikorita and cyndaquil were in the game but not totodile

someone likes Echoes