Pokémon Who Had Ability CHANGES
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Published 2024-02-05
We look at a lot of these Pokémon in this video and see which ones received the biggest boost from their new ability.
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Shiftry
1:30 Gengar
2:33 Beasts/Zapdos/Chandelure
3:10 Scolipede
4:38 Gallade
6:10 Beartic
6:47 Weezing
7:50 Vanniluxe
8:41 Torkoal
9:38 Gigalith
10:50 Pelipper
All Comments (21)
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Poor Gallade, gets help for a bit then Iron Valiant joins the party lol
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Flygon definitely needs to keep Sheer Force from Trapinch
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I'm really glad that Gallade got the new Sharpness ability, he's always been my favourite Pokémon so I'm glad he's getting some more love
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Gengar losing levitate was the worse change. A poison type losing ground immunity, one of the most popular offensive typing, is tragic
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If megas are vaulted forever, I'd love to see Swampert switch Damp for Swift Swim. Bring my boy back to the rain teams
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Regular weezing is usually situationally better than galarian weezing on the vgc side, not having a steel weakness against things like zacian and gholdengo is quite often worth dropping the other resistances, and having fairy stab isn't that important considering you are at best running 1 attacking move, so it's really down to you if moonblast/strange steam is worth it over gunk shot or sludge bomb.
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Some of the ability changes from generation 8 seem like new abilities, mainly inner focus being intimidate immune. It has made Pokémon like dragonite and entei especially strong in VGC this gen, even more for the new format with incin back. They never really saw play in vgc before these ability changes but intim immunity is so powerful
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I feel like zapdos sometimes… I often go from lighting rod to static in the blink of an eye
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I'd heard that Gengar got Cursed Body over Levitate as a means to balance the Mega, that way you can always fire off an EQ in its face without any will-they-won't-they Mega. A shame that they decided not to change Mega Gengar's Shadow Tag for something less oppresive like Infiltrator or Mold Breaker or Clear Body, a bigger shame they haven't brought Megas back ever, and an even bigger shame Gengar fell to RU
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What's truly ridiculous is Archeops still having defeatist. He's not even that strong, especially now
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Fun fact! Every Pokemon who has Levitate as their only ability only has Levitate with no hidden abilities. (Duskull is an exception as it lost Levitate upon evolution since its introduction) Gengar due to only having Levitate prior to being bestowed with Cursed Body means it never got a hidden ability. On the other side, Weezing was in the same spot. But once Gen 8 introduced Neutralizing Gas, it got a hidden ability on top of that.
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magic guard clefable
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Entai love the inner focus
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As someone who is used Pelipper before, drizzle gives it a much needed power boost. it's honestly shocking how powerful drizzle hydro pumps can be.
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Musharna should really hsve komatose, would make perfect sense. I also would change espeon's synchronize to speed boost or tinted lens because espeon need an offensive ability
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6:28 Multiscale lol.
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I just want Sudowoodo to get Contrary. Thematically I think it fits him, and with access to moves like Hammer Arm/Superpower it could be a real threat in lower tiers! 😊
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you got the abilities on Weezing wrong, Stench is its hidden ability, Neutralizing Gas is a normal ability on it
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Poor Empoleon...it got its ability changed from defiant to competitive and wasnt talked about
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Scolipede was also very good when Baton Pass was legal in Smogon, cause it could boost with SD or Iron defense, then gain the speed boost, the pass to another mon
