I Ranked Literally Every Pokemon

I ranked literally every single Pokémon in the entire franchise.

And I'm not just talking about ranking them competitively,

or ranking them based on how much I like them,

or how cute I think they are.

I took every aspect of every Pokémon into consideration

to tell you exactly which one is the 737th best one.

If you're wondering, it's Totodile.

Already people are mad.

But okay, let's talk about how I actually did this, okay?

Now, normally on this channel

I only talk about competitive Pokémon,

so you might think that I would be ranking these Pokémon competitively,

but ranking every single Pokémon competitively doesn't make any sense

because like, a lot of them

are pre-evolutions and aren't meant to be used in their, you know, base forms.

So what I have done is I've gone through

and I've given every single Pokémon a score of 1 to 10 in three

different categories: how viable they are, aka how good they are competitively,

how iconic they are, and how much I like their design.

Now, obviously a lot of my rankings are subjective,

but I have two things to say about that.

Number one,

I think the only way to objectively rank

every Pokémon is by Pokedex number,

which would not make a very interesting video,

and number two, I have pretty bad taste.

I mean, I don't think my taste is bad,

but according to YouTube comments, it's not-

It doesn't seem to be very popular.

And so in order to make this video at least a little bit

more interesting, what I've done is I've asked two of my friends

who I think have great taste to also go through and rank

every Pokémon in all of these categories with me.

Huge thanks to Scarlett and Zain

for going through this with me and making this list

a lot less terrible than if I were to have done it alone.

To get the final list, we've gone through

and we've averaged all three of our scores,

so the final list is not only,

you know, weighted with my bad preferences,

but instead should be a little bit more representative of the fan base

as a whole.

Also, because there are

are so many Pokémon, to keep myself from going crazy, my friend Zane is hanging out in the call

with me while I record to make sure I don't just say the same things over and over again, and also-

yeah, just like, keep me on track. At some point, you may hear him interject.

So without further ado, let's start from the bottom and work our way up.

Coming in at number 1133 on my list is Rellor.

Rellor is the worst Pokémon.

Rellor is ugly, Rellor is bad, Rellor is not very memorable,

except for the fact that he is super ugly,

but I think he's the worst Pokémon of all time

because in order to truly appreciate how ugly he is,

you have to actually see him, at least in Scarlet and Violet,

he is so small that seeing him is really not very easy.

Now, one thing you might notice is that

I said that rail was ranked 1133, and as of the time

I'm recording this, there's only 1025 Pokémon,

and so you can see that there's like an extra 100 Pokémon in there.

And that's because for some Pokémon with multiple forms,

we've ranked those too, because ranking 1025 clearly wasn't enough, okay?

Coming in at number 1132 is Barbaracle.

Look, there's an elephant in the room here, right?

Which is that Barbaracle actually has some competitive viability.

I'm gonna guess that most of you wouldn't expect

to see a fully evolved Pokémon with, like,

decent stats to be this low on the list.

And in fact, both Scarlet and Zane gave Barbaracle

a much more generous ranking than me.

But here's the thing.

This is my channel and I hate Barbaracle.

It's turbo ugly,

the typing is bad,

and even though it got a Mega Evolution, it still doesn't redeem it

from being one of the worst Pokémon of all time.

If I was the only one making this list,

Barbaracle would have been lower, and Barbaracle was the lowest Pokémon on my list,

but this is a democracy

and so Barbaracle is saved from

being the worst Pokémon of all time and instead lands at number two.

But next time I do this, Barbaracle, I'm coming back for you, okay?

You should not feel safe just yet.

Number 1131 is Ledyba.

It is tough to see a Pokémon that is, you know, early generation on here.

But Ledyba's just...

I mean, come on, dude: evolution is terrible,

regular form is terrible,

really difficult to use, awful typing, bad movepool...

it just feels like a Pokémon that like, was designed

so that you could give it

to a preschooler and not have to worry about it

getting hurt because Ledyba can't do anything.

I also think that like

part of the reason why the design is

even partially memorable is because it was so early on.

Like it is just a big ladybug, right?

So I don't know,

I don't think that Ledyba's a very good Pokémon,

it's pretty bad.

Okay.

It is very rapidly becoming apparent to me

that we are going to run into a problem pronto,

because if I spend that long

talking about every single one of the remaining 1130 Pokémon,

this video is never going to end and my editors

will cry themselves to sleep for like months,

so I can't talk about each Pokémon individually,

but I still want to go through every single one.

Now, as we were working on this video,

when we were looking through the list, what we noticed

was something a little bit interesting,

which is that a lot of Pokémon

tended to naturally fall into groups around similar Pokémon to them.

So, for example, there are sections of this list

which are mostly Pokémon that were like

really good competitively but don't have,

you know, very good designs or vice versa.

Great designs that are really bad, you know, generally.

Obviously, since this list is comprised of literally

every Pokémon, there's going to be exceptions to this rule,

but I was really personally surprised

just by how natural these categories were appearing.

And so to make this video actually interesting and easy to digest,

and not just me reading you the names of 1130 remaining Pokémon,

I've gone through, and I've given names to each of

the naturally-occurring categories.

And we can start with the first one here,

which is a category of Pokémon who are not very good competitively,

who are not super memorable, and whose designs I really don't like.

So it's time to introduce you to the first category

of Pokémon in our list, which I like to call True Fodder.

True Fodder is an interesting category

because it's a lot of Pokémon that are not fully evolved,

and are really just here on the early routes

to make sure that your Pokémon is something easy

to knock out to give you some free experience.

And if the thing that makes you memorable is that you are,

you know, easy food to like, level up your starter Pokémon...

Not a good look.

They're not very memorable or good, and by the time a lot of them show up,

it's kind of like, what are you doing here?

1130 Binacle: barely better than Barbaracle.

1129 Lydian: barely better than Ledyba.

1128 is Gossifleur. 1127 is Klink.

1126 is Mothim.

Now, Mothim is the worst moth,

and that's saying something because there are a lot of moth type Pokémon.

There's a lot of moth Pokémon, okay?

Mothim was one of the worst competitively,

and I also think that it's like kind of held back

by the fact that it evolves from all the Burmys

when like, Burmy's a really cool Pokémon conceptually.

Mothim is bad.

1125 Timepole. Tympole? Timepole. 1124 Diglett Alola form: not iconic.

1123 Cherubi.

I like Cherubi, but it's not very good.

1122 Smoochum: no kissie.

1121 Gumshoos: no comments.

1120 Geodude Alola Form.

1119 Skwovet.

1118 Pineco.

1117 Patrat.

1116 Tranquill.

This Pokémon has improved a bit from my worst 10 Pokémon,

I think it was on that one.

1115 is Capsakid, 1114 is Sunkern,

1113 is Spinarak.

1112 and 1111 are two of the Burmy forms:

12 is plant, and 11 is sandy,

and they are followed by those two Wormadam evolutions: plant and sandy.

I know that I just said that Burmy was cool,

and Wormadam is cool,

and they are cool conceptually, but they're not cool in practice,

because they suck, okay?

If there were even like a little bit of a reason to use these Pokémon,

they would have been a lot higher on the list,

but there's not, because they're awful.

However, you might notice that I only listed

two of the Burmys and two of the Wormadams,

so that's because the Trash Cloak, which you would think

is the worst they based on the name,

is actually a lot higher up in the list, okay?

We went through every Pokémon, including the forms.

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Number 1108 is Bunnelby.

1107 is Shroodle, 1106 is Carnivine.

Carnivine is interesting, because it doesn't really fit

the category of True Fodder overall, I would say.

In fact, I think Carnivine has a great design.

I really like

the design of Carnavine, so it's a bit weird to have it here

in like the worst category on the list.

Now, the thing about these categories is that while they are like

loosely applicable, they don't apply to every Pokémon,

and Carnavine here is an exception.

However, Carnavine falls into a subcategory of True Fodder,

which is "Mad because Bad".

Carnavine is one of the single worst Pokémon competitively ever made,

and it makes me especially mad because, like, it's so cool.

I love the way it looks, honestly.

However, I actually end up hating the way it looks

because it feels like a false promise.

Like, if you look that cool, you should be

at least like usable in some context, but you're not.

You're Carnavine, you're garbage.

Anyway,

Carnavine is not actually True Fodder,

but it is one of the worst Pokémon,

and that's because I'm really angry because it's so terrible.

1105 is Nimble, 1104 is Wugtrio.

1103 is Sandshrew Alolan form.

1102 is Seedot 1101 is Nincada.

1100 is another example of Mad because Bad, which is Heatmor.

Heatmor: cool design, I like it a lot personally,

I think the kind of like symbolism that eats ants and it,

you know, eats Durant, who's a Bug and Steel type, four times weak to Fire-

Super cool.

However, this Pokémon is

so unbelievably garbage that it falls into the

Mad because Bad category and is one of the worst Pokémon ever.

1099 is Bounsweet 1098 is Tyrogue.

This one hurt a little bit,

I actually I actually like Tyrogue, but not enough.

1097 is Cufant I think Cufant is cute, but it's not-

It's not safe from me.

1096 is Maschiff. Mask-chief? Maschiff. 1095 is Bergmite.

He loses points because he's too pointy,

meaning you cannot serve food off of him like his evolution

1094 is Morelull: there should be less lull 1093 is Grubbin:

he's safe from being worse because he's- he's a little bit cute.

1092 is Chingling.

They took Chimecho and they made it worse.

1091 is Karrablast.

Fun fact, I did one of those like quizzes

where you have to remember every Pokémon from memory,

and I couldn't remember his name, so he loses points.

1090 is Spritzee: very forgettable.

1089 Fomantis. 1088 is a Gen 1 Pokémon: Spearow.

So, Spearow is, in fact, our first Gen 1 Pokémon, and I think Gen 1 Pokémon

tend to get a bit of a boost in this list because we have,

you know, a category about how iconic the Pokémon are, and in general,

the Gen 1 Pokémon are the most iconic.

Spearow is definitely a little bit iconic,

especially because of that anime episode

where it's, you know, trying to kill Pikachu.

Spearow really meets

all our requirements for being in this category:

it is not very good, it's an early route Pokémon,

it evolves early, and then you kind of forget about it.

I don't like Spearow very much, okay?

1087 is Wiglett.

Wiglett is one of the rare cases where it is

a pre-evolution that is higher than its evolution.

Wugtrio makes me extremely mad because like, Dugtrio is terrible.

It's an awful Pokémon to use,

and you would think that

if they redesigned it and gave it, I guess a better typing,

like, Water is kind of better than Ground, right? They would-

They would fix it, right? They would, they would give it something to do.

They even gave it a signature move.

But despite this, it's terrible. It's awful.

Wugtrio is one of the worst competitive Pokémon ever,

and Wiglett- like it's not that much better, okay?

But it is cuter and it is funnier.

Like, I don't think Wugtrio is really that funny;

I think Wiglett is pretty funny.

1086 is Trumbeak.

I also had this Pokémon pretty low on my

"worst Pokémon of all time" video, but the others liked it more.

1085 is Remoraid.

I think people are going to be upset about Remoraid,

I think people like Remoraid, but too bad, I don't.

1084 is Alomomolamolamola.

Like, Alomalomala- it's tough. It doesn't-

It's not really True Fodder, but it's also not really Mad because Bad.

I guess it's a little bit Mad because Bad.

I think the thing about Alomalomala is that

it's just not very memorable in my opinion,

and I think I would like it more if it was a Luvdisc evolution,

but the fact that it isn't is kind of just confusing.

It's not a very good Pokémon,

I don't think it's a very memorable Pokémon.

There's a lot of fish, there's a lot of Water types.

You know what I mean?

I don't think that many people are like,

"Oh yeah, like, Alomalomala,

that's one of the first Water types I would name

if I had to name all the Water types."

I know that somebody likes Alomalomala;

I don't like I don't like it, okay? I don't think it's very good.

1083 is Elgyem.

The one thing I do like about Elgyem

is that the name is LGM, which stands for Little Green Man,

and it's an alien, so I think that's kind of cute.

1082 is Chewtle.

I don't like the Pokémon, but I do like the name.

Chewtle; it's like- it's fun, I like it.

1081 is Arrokuda. I don't like Arrokuda.

1080 is Watchog.

Now, Watchog is a fully evolved Pokémon, but it's just so ugly,

and it's also not very good. Ugh, Watchog.

1079 is Mantyke.

People are going to be upset about this one, I already know.

Mantyke is cute. It is cute, okay?

1078 is Grumpig.

Grumpig is another one

I would probably put in Mad because Bad,

because like, Spoink is so cute and Grumpig is so ugly.

And it's okay to be ugly if you're also good, but you're not good with- if you're Grumpig, okay?

1077 and 1076 are two more Generation 1 Pokémon:

it's Nidoran male and Nidoran female.

Now, I like the evolutions of these Pokémon,

but like, I think the base form, at least as a kid, was pretty confusing.

Like-

okay, to be honest,

maybe I was just like a dummy 8 year old,

but I don't think I really fully understood gender, to be honest.

Like, I think like I couldn't tell the difference between the two,

and I couldn't tell the difference to the gender assigned to either,

so I was always confused when I was like a stupid kid.

Anyway, I do think that Nidoking and Nidoqueen are really cool

Pokémon and super memorable, but I think the fact that like-

like the gender form evolving different

and also needing a Moon Stone to eventually evolve...

I don't know, I don't like the base forms.

I guess technically what they do fit the mold for, you know, True Fodder,

I guess technically they're-

they're in a different subcategory, which is that Wolfe was a stupid kid.

Okay, I didn't say this list was was objective, okay? Keep that in mind.

1075 is Surskit.

I like that clip from the anime where it goes "ª".

1074 is Finneon. 1073 is Dwebble.

That's another one that's fun to say, I do like- I do like the name Dwebble.

And closing out True Fodder,

at 1072 is Yungoos, another case of a pre-evolution

being ranked higher than the evolution.

In this case is entirely because of the design.

Now that we're done with True Fodder, it's time for our next category,

and this one's a bit interesting because I think that

this is one of the categories where there isn't really

one overarching theme, but there are kind of two.

The first five, named "Arceus messed up".

These are Pokémon that are often like middle stages,

and they're generally very ugly; like super, super, super ugly.

These are also first stages that don't

eventually turn into Pokémon that are good.

The other main chunk of this category are Pokémon

that maybe should have belonged in True Fodder

if you just looked at their stats, but are really good design-wise,

like Pokémon that we either think are iconic

or have pretty good designs across the board, and that saves them

from being in the worst category and moves them up exactly one.

Coming at number 1071 is Klang.

I didn't talk too much about Klink, but like- I think that Klink, Klang and Klinklang

are a funny line, but they're overall disappointing.

This is one of the Pokémon that people who are,

you know, Genwunners point to and say

"Wow, Pokémon are so bad now, this Pokémon is just gears."

and while I don't agree, I do kind of see where they're coming from.

Klang is not a generally beloved Pokémon, though

I personally consider myself to be a member of the Klang gang.

1070 is our first starter Pokémon in Quilladin.

Putting a starter Pokémon this low on the list,

you might think that I feel the need to explain myself

or defend myself, but I mean- it's Quilladin, okay? I don't really-

I don't think I need to justify this to anybody.

1069 is Blipbug.

I love Blipbug.

This falls into the good first stages category of Pokémon that-

I mean, Blipbug is definitely True Fodder,

but- I mean, he's so crunchy, you know what I mean?

Like, surely he doesn't belong in True Fodder.

He's- he's so crunchy.

If I could eat any one Pokémon, I would surely eat Blipbug.

1068 is Clobbopus.

I love octopi, so I'm especially disappointed by this one.

1067 is Meditite. 1066 is Stunky.

I think people really like Stunky, and he's like-

he definitely has a pretty good design,

that's why he's not in the True Fodder category,

but he's also not very good.

1065 is Basculin Red/Blue stripe.

1064 is a fully evolved Pokémon: Shiinotic.

I wish Shiinotic was better;

I wish they gave us like an alternate Amoonguss.

Instead, they just gave us a worse Amoonguss- I guess that is an alternate.

1063 is Graveler Alolan form.

I wish the Alolan Golem line was a lot better, and... it's not.

1062 is Slugma.

I'm not gonna make the joke.

I'm not going to make the joke, okay?

It's Slugma, no more comment, let's move on.

1061 is Nuzleaf.

Nuzleaf gets a boost, in part because,

it contributes to the name Nuzlocke.

So good job, Nuzleaf, that adds some iconicity to you.

1060 is Masquerain.

I actually like Masquerain, but it's not very good,

and I don't know how memorable it is.

1059 is Electrike.

I like Electrike a lot,

and and the reason why it's not, you know, ranked higher on the list

is that while I think the design

is really, really good, I like the design a lot,

it's a really bad Pokémon.

However, it is a good first stage, so it's saved from True Fodder.

1058 is Snorunt. 1057 is Kricketot.

I know you're mad about it. You don't need to write a comment,

I'll just imagine it in my head and we'll save both of us time, okay?

1056, here's the reveal:

It's Burmy Trash Cloak.

Look at how many extra points it got.

Design-wise, I like the pink color of this Burmy more,

and also, by being a Steel type, it's just like a lot better

because Bug and Steel is actually a pretty good type combination,

and that's also the reason

why Wormadam Trash Cloak is number 1055.

So these two Pokémon

actually get a pretty sizable jump over the other cloaks.

1054 is Glameow.

1053 is Maractus.

The next chunk of Pokémon are pretty much all in the

good first stages category, with 1052 being Ducklett,

1051 being Tynamo, 1050 being Cubchoo, 1049 being Skiddo-

I forgot that I like Skiddo, it's actually pretty cute-

and 1048 being Pancham.

I actually dislike Pancham a little bit more than I did before,

because although it's super cute, it reminds me of baby Urshifu,

who... I'm forgetting the name now.

Wait, what's baby Urshifu called? Kubfu.

Is that Kubfu? It's confusing because I just-

I just said Cubchoo, and now it's Kubfu. But yeah, okay.

I dislike it because it reminds me of Kubfu,

which reminds me of Urshifu, but it's still, I didn't-

I didn't factor that into the ranking.

1047 is Crabrawler.

Now, Crabrawler pisses me off, okay?

Because, do you wanna know the Crabrawler lore?

Back in Generation 6, at the World Championships,

The last World Championships before Sun and Moon came out,

they were like, "we've got a trailer for you;

we're going to show you this really cool trailer revealing a new Pokémon"

and they revealed Crabrawler, okay?

And in the trailer, they had Crabrawler

facing off against like,

a lot of the top Pokémon that were dominating competitive play,

like Cresselia and Mega Kangaskhan,

and they would show- without the health bars,

they would show Crabrawler using a move,

and then Cresselia would faint;

it was knocking out all these Mega Pokémon,

and all of us thought, "Wow, Crabrawler is going to be so good,

we're so excited",

and then it ended up being one of the worst Pokémon of all time,

and it's ugly- so anyway, I'm pissed about Crabrawler.

"I really love crabs".

Crabrawler should have been named Crababy, so it's below in the list, moving on.

Number 1046 is Mareanie.

I think Mareani is kinda cute.

1045 is Grapploct.

Ugh, Grapploct... Grapploct makes me upset,

because I like I said, I love octopus Pokémon,

I think the design is pretty cool here-

It's not even a Water type, like- what are...?

This is a case where Arceus messed up

makes a lot of sense, because why was it not Fighting/Water?

And how come it doesn't have a signature move

that can hit three times? And how come it can't hit through Protect?

1044 is Tadbulb.

I wonder what noise Tadbulb makes when you turn it on- I wanna know.

1043 is Ariados.

My girlfriend recently discovered Ariados,

and she really likes it, so maybe I should have bumped it up,

but no favoritism here.

1042 is Snubbull.

I think Snubbull's pretty cute,

even though it's like- it's like ugly cute, you know what I mean?

1041 is Granbull actually right above Snubbull.

Good job, Granbull, you're- you're- you're better... just barely.

1040 is Gulpin.

Gulpin. Gul- Gulp- Gulp- No comment.

1039 is Barboach, another case where it's a Pokémon

that probably should have been True Fodder,

but the design is good, so it ends up here.

138 is Silicobra. All of you are my silly cobras.

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1037 is Oinkologne female,

and that closes out this this category, Oinkologne female;

Oinkologne male? Who knows where it goes.

Our next category is called Badge Collectors.

These are the Pokémon that you catch early on in the game, and you use

because, you know, you ran into a cave and you got a Rock type Pokémon,

you need to beat the Flannery gym coming up, the Fire type gym coming up;

but they're not Pokémon that you would really choose

in a vacuum, right?

You choose them because they're there,

and because their typing as nice, or just because you need-

you need to put some Pokémon in your team, right?

Some of the Pokémon in this category are like, True Fodder Pokémon,

but they're either iconic enough or cute enough,

or like, at least somewhat good enough?

I don't know if any of them are actually good enough,

to be honest, but like, maybe one of them is.

It's worth having them on your team just to get the next badge.

Starting off the category, I think, is a great example of this,

because coming in at number 1036 is Weedle.

Weedle is very memorable, it's very iconic.

People love Weedle. I like Weedle, right?

It's True Fodder, but it's the True Fodder you'll want to have.

1035 is Raticate.

I mean, Raticate is here to get gym badges in the early game, right?

It evolves early,

it like- I don't think it's very cute, but like, you know what I mean?

You put it on your team, you get there and you get the-

the Lt. Surge badge and then you bench it.

1034 is Fearow,

so actually doing a bit better than Spearow, in part

because you can actually use it for a couple of badges.

That's just about it.

1033 is Dugtrio's Alolan Form.

A lot of the Diglett and Dugtrio line has ended up on this,

you know, lower part of the list,

I think, in part because like, there's

just a couple of- there's two regional variants of Dugtrio.

Alolan Dugtrio ranks higher than it's pre-evolutions

or Wugtrio, mostly because it's a Steel type,

it's a little bit more viable.

And because, like, I don't think Alolan Diglett is very-

I really don't like a Alolan Diglett because, like,

it's so hard to tell that it's different than regular Diglett,

but Alolan Dugtrio's flowing locks

I think are super funny, so Alolan Dugtrio

is a Badge Collector: you can catch it in early game,

you're like "wow, that's so funny",

and then you use it until you realize

this might be the worst Pokémon ever made.

1032 is Mankey.

I like Mankey, but, but it's a Badge Collector.

1031 is Hypno. I don't like Hypno.

1030 is Hoothoot,

another Pokémon whose name is fun to say.

1029 and 1028 are Silcoon and Cascoon.

I do think that their gimmick is interesting,

but also it is quite frustrating as a kid to not know

which one you're going to get, and you catch ten Wurmple

because you want to get a Dustox,

and instead you just keep getting Beautifly... whatever.

1027 is Whismur. 1026 is Nosepass.

I think that Nosepass is kind of like- that's like, the Pokémon

I was thinking of when I made this category,

because that's the Pokémon you catch to beat Flannery.

1025 is Aron. Now, Aron is actually funny and ranks,

you know, decently high up on this list,

because it did have some competitive viability

when you could use the

level 1 strategy to like- use the ability Sturdy

to make sure you always live with 1 HP,

use the item Shell Bell to heal you, and use the move Endeavor

to drop your opponent to 1 HP as well,

which would then activate Shell Bell healing you.

Will play a clip so this makes sense,

I don't think it makes sense with my explanation.

I like A(a)ron a lot,

I think it's really funny, but nowadays

you can't use it anymore because they made it

so that all Pokémon are automatically set to level 50,

so you can't do level 1 cheese anymore.

1024 is Luvdisc. Great for Heart Scales,

not very good for anything else.

1023 is Skorupi.

1022 is Pidove.

I think maybe Pidove should have been lower,

but it is a Badge Collector.

1021 is Palpitoad.

I think Palpitoad is real ugly, to be honest.

1020 is Shelmet,

and at 1019, we have our first ever base starter Pokémon: Chespin.

So according to my list, Chespin is the worst starter Pokémon

you can choose out of the gate, and then it evolves into Ches-

what's it called?

Frankie?

What's his middle evo called?

Chespin evolves into Quilladin- Quilladin, which is the worst starter overall,

so Chespin line is struggling a little bit.

1018 is Helioptile. I think Helioptile is kind of cute.

1017 is Steenee.

Is this the one that looks like it's wearing a diaper?

I think it is. I don't like Steenee very much.

1016 is Drizzile. So, Drizzile is another starter Pokémon in our list.

Drizzile like- like, I think the aesthetic is funny, right?

He looks like an emo moody teenager,

but I just don't like that aesthetic overall.

Like, I think he did a great job

in designing it to look like what it's supposed to look like,

but I just don't like the way that it looks.

1015 is Rolycoly,

another Pokémon with a great name to say.

1014 is Milcery.

I don't like saying Milcery. Milkery?

That's worse. Milcery.

1012 is Sunflora.

You knew Sunflora was going to be towards the lower half of the list.

I actually think this is pretty, pretty generous for Sunflora.

1011 is Stantler, who gets a bit of a viability buff

because they can now hold the Eviolite item because Wyrdeer exists.

1010 is Carkol.

I love the Coalossal line,

so it feels bad to put them this low, but they're not-

They're not very good.

They- they're here to get badges.

1009 is Oinkologne male.

The male version being out the female version by quite a few points here.

This isn't because I'm a misogynist, okay?

This is because Oinkologne male has better stats, okay?

1008 is Kakuna.

I think that Kakuna isn't technically a Badge Collector,

because it can't do anything- unless you evolved it,

then it gets Poison Sting.

But if you just catch one and only gets Harden,

like, you're kind of out of luck.

But I mean, it's Kakuna, right? It belongs in here.

1007 is Raticate Alolan form, and you might notice

we haven't seen Rattata yet.

I wonder where Rattata Alolan form is.

Ooh. Could be anywhere.

1016 is Sandshrew. Now, Sandshrew is a Pokémon

that is interesting because, like, it is very iconic and very memorable.

I like Sandshrew's design, and I think that it's a Pokémon

that if I was re-playing through Gen 1,

I would consider catching and using for a little bit,

but overall I think it's pretty disappointing.

Next up is Nidorina and Nidorino, in 1006 and 1005.

These Pokémon suffer for my disdain for the-

the base form of Nidoran male and female.

And again, I do like NIdoking and Nidoqueen,

but I just feel like Nidorina and Nidorino

are not that exciting compared to their final evolutions.

1003, we finally have regular form Geodude. Regular form Geodude, folks.

1002 is Grimer and 1001 is Krabby.

We have a bit of a string of Gen 1 Pokémon here.

And at number 1000 overall

in my list we have Chinchou.

Chinchou is cute, but not very good.

It's a Pokémon that really fits

the theme of "I'm gonna catch this Pokémon

so I can, you know, use it against certain Gym Leaders".

It is a really good in Nuzlockes

because you can get both Volt Absorb and Water Absorb, so that's cool,

but yeah, I mean, I'm not factoring in, you know,

Omega Super Ultra Turbo Ruby ROM hack mode when I'm making this this list, okay?

999 is Natu.

998 is Magcargo.

Magcargo being a fully evolved Pokémon, but not a very good one.

997 is Octillery. I like Octillery.

I think that we could have put Octillery a little bit higher,

but like, it doesn't have any competitive results.

I think they're going to give Octillery a Mega at some point, that's my guess.

996 is Donphan.

I like Donphan, but I think I like it more

because I like both Iron Treads and Great Tusk,

and neither of those Pokémon are Donphan.

995 is Slakoth. 994 is Ninjask.

It gets a bit of a boost because like, it is somewhat viable,

it's just not very good; and rounding out

our category of Badge Collectors we have 993 Baltoy.

Our next category is called Trailer Filler.

These are the Pokémon that they put in the trailers

when they're selling a new game,

to convince you

that there are actually enough Pokémon in there,

and then you never think about them again.

Starting off this list is one of my favorite Pokémon: Klinklang.

I've already talked about Klang;

I mean, Klinklang is just the evolution-

I don't really have that much more to say about it.

I mean, it's- it's just- it's just disappointing.

I really like that leaked graphic-

that fake graphic of Mega Klinklang, though.

Can we show that on screen? I think that one's really funny.

If they had made that, I would have given Klinklang

like +100 ranks.

991 is Spidops.

One of the most disappointing Pokémon from Scarlet and Violet,

and probably the worst one competitively.

990 is Woobat.

I love Woobat, but it is trailer filler.

989 is Scatterbug.

Scatterbug is kind of both True Fodder and a Badge Collector Pokémon,

so it could have been an either prior category,

but the thing is that it's actually pretty memorable,

I think, and pretty cute, so it gets extra bonus points here, bumping it up.

988 is Tyrunt.

I guess that Tyrunt is pretty forgettable for a lot of people.

Do people like, know Tyrunt?

I don't know, I feel like people don't know Tyrunt.

987 is Sandygast.

This is another Pokémon

that gets bonus points

because I really like the design, despite the fact

that it like stat-wise and kind of iconicity-wise,

probably should be lower.

986 is Minior. Now, Minior gets a little bit saved here

because like, while Minior is a really bad Pokémon,

I do like the signature gimmick with the different colored cores,

I think that's really cool, but it is really terrible.

So it ends up being trailer fodder,

even though like, it's probably bad enough

that it should have been lower on the list.

But yeah, I just think that like, the concept is really cool,

even though I think the execution of the concept needed some work.

985 is Greedent. Greedent I think is extra funny

because I played him in Pokémon Unite,

which like, I didn't factor into this like ranking system, but I do-

It does affect my personal feelings.

Greedent is funny,

I think, because normally a lot of the early route Pokémon,

like, they're supposed to be somewhat cute, right?

So you will catch them and like, they're really memorable...

and Greedent is just so ugly.

Like he's so ugly, but he is really funny.

Also, he's really bad.

Like, they made him super slow for no reason.

I wish he was like, at least a little bit faster.

The squirrels that I know in real life are really fast.

Like, they can like disappear in an instant,

so I don't know, maybe Japanese squirrels

are just different, I don't know.

984 is Litleo. 983 is Rokidee. Rokideeze- Nevermind.

982 is Dottler.

I think people don't know Dottler either.

I'm going to guess which Pokémon I think people don't know.

981 is Quaxwell.

One of the stupidest names. Surely people agree with me on that.

Actually, that's not a hot take. Quaxwell.

It's like Maxwell, but quacks. Qwaxwell is interesting

because it does indicate something about this list,

which is that the middle

starters tend to be, on the whole, a little bit like, underperforming.

So far in three middle starters,

one first stage and then no final stages yet.

I don't think it makes sense.

Like, I think from a design perspective,

you actually would like the middle stages to be the weakest of the three

because like, you start with one and you end with another,

so the middle stage is kind of just transitioning in a way.

That being said, the fact that Quaxwell places

higher than cChespin makes me feel kind of bad for Chespin.

980 is Frigibax. 979 is Varoom.

Varoom is really funny because they gave it a hidden ability

that doesn't make any sense- Okay, it makes a lot of sense.

They gave it Slow Start, and it's a car, so it's-

it's very funny that they gave it Slow Start,

but also makes me feel so bad for Regigigas, because now

Slow Start isn't even his signature ability anymore,

and Varoom doesn't even have to run it, like, it has better abilities.

You have to go out of your way

to get a Slow Start Vaoom, whereas Regigigas like,

can't get rid of Slow Start no matter what it does.

I don't know, I feel bad for Regigigas.

978 is Houndour.

977 is Impidimp.

My friend Aaron calls this Impy-dimpy, which I think is funny.

976 is Spoink. 975 is Timburr, which is also a word

and also a Pitbull song, I'm pretty sure?

Don't play it, we'll get copyrighted.

974 is Throh. I think Throh's name is kind of dumb.

973 is interesting-

You scared me! "It's also weird! You just said Timburr is weird, and you're not gonna say Throh's weird?"

You scared me!

973 is Bruxish.

Bruxish I think is interesting, because many people expected Bruxish

to probably be the worst Pokémon of all time.

But here's the thing, okay? Bruxish is just

Super Turbo Omega ugly, and that is true.

But I think because it's so ugly, it actually is somewhat memorable.

Like, I think it is kind of iconic,

even though the design isn't very good.

Bruxish also has a useful signature ability called Dazzling,

and it actually has seen a little bit of play competitively,

so it's not the worst Pokémon ever.

It is maybe the ugliest,

I'm not gonna argue at that point, but I think sometimes

the super ugly Pokémon are actually more memorable

than the ones that are kind of like a little bit ugly,

but not- not so much that it is memorable.

You know what I'm saying?

Am I saying something crazy? I don't know.

972 is Thievul. 971 is Budew.

I like Budew; I mean, it's certainly not-

not as good as the Pokémon around it, even the first stages,

but I don't know, it's Budew, it's so cute,

how can you not like Budew?

970 is Azurill who I think is somewhat iconic,

despite the fact that it's not very good.

969 is Pupitar, and 968 is Rattata.

Now, Rattata outplaces Raticate by a good bit.

This is another example of a Pokémon outperforming its evolution.

I think Rattata is both more iconic

and has a better design than Raticate,

personally, but that's just my opinion.

It's certainly not as good competitively,

although you could argue that again, the level 1,

you know, strategy with Endeavor and Quick Attack-

I mean, a level one Rattata can beat a level 100 Mewtwo.

Wow, that's incredible.

967 is Sandslash Alolan form. 966 is Sentret.

I do love Furret, but I think Sentret is a little bit more forgettable.

965 is Skiploom.

People love Skiploom, so people are going to be mad about that one,

but it's- what do you want to say? It's Skiploom, okay?

964 is Wurmple.

Wurmple I think is both cuter and more memorable than

its evolutions, in Silcoon and Cascoon, so it outperforms them by a good bit.

963 is Loudred. 962 is Shuppet.

961 is Glalie, which is our first example

of a Mega Evolution that was not added in Legends: ZA.

Glalie's a lot better than any other Pokémon

in this list when you consider its Mega form,

but the problem is that, like at least

if we're talking about competitive Pokémon,

like you would never really want to use Mega Glalie,

because in using Mega Glalie

you do like prevent yourself from using any other

better Mega Evolution,

and Mega Glalie is certainly one of the worst Mega Evolutions ever made.

Also, regular Glalie,

if you're not talking about the Mega just isn't very good.

Like, Ice typing is good offensively,

but Glalie has kind of awkward stats.

It's just not a very good Pokémon,

and so it ends up in this category.

960 is Combee, 959 is Happiny.

There's a lot of like, little baby Pokémon

in this category, which I guess makes sense,

those are those are kind of trailer filler, right?

And closing out the category

at 958, we have another starter Pokémon middle form, Pignite.

Pignite is another very ugly Pokémon.

Okay, this is where I would say that things start to get really messy,

because so far it feels like our categories

have been like somewhat clear cut, like somewhat-

You know, we've just been like kind

of one overarching theme or maybe two.

This next category is really tough,

because we have a fair few different overlapping categories,

like, basically within it,

we have a mix of Pokémon who are good, but like very ugly,

we have some Pokémon

that are just straight up bad, but we like them a lot,

and we have some Pokémon that are just kind of like

mid and forgettable.

Like for example, the first Pokémon in our list which is Unfezant.

I guess I should say, first of all, people keeps telling me

that this Pokémon is pronounced Un-feasant,

but I mean, I think it's Unfezant, so I don't agree.

Anyway, this Pokémon I really hate.

This is one of my least favorite Pokémon of all time.

The only good thing about this Pokémon

is that number one, it has some competitive viability;

it's not a lot, but it like at least evolved twice, right? It's not-

It's not the worst.

It might be the worst regional bird, though; with the design factored in,

I think it definitely is, which is why it's so low on our list.

I realize now I didn't tell you the name of the category.

This is the category that I've named Almost Worth Remembering.

The Pokémon of this category

have like something going for them, but not like- not quite enough.

It's like a little bit short.

That being said, these Pokémon are getting better as the list, you know, goes on,

that's how the list works for getting into better Pokémon.

So, they are better than like

the True Fodder, or any category that came before them,

but they're still not quite memorable.

Like for example, the next book on the list is Jangmo-o.

955 is Veluza.

Veluza is one of the Pokémon that's indicative

of some of the ones in this category, which is that-

it's kind of like- because it's so forgettable,

it's given to like a Gym Leader, or like a Titan or a Totem,

some kind of in-game boss fight, sometimes

even as a signature Pokémon,

just to make sure that, like, you might actually remember it,

because otherwise you really wouldn't.

954 is Flabebé.

Flabebé is a Pokémon that, like if you all looked at it competitively,

it would be ranked a lot lower,

but the design is awesome, so it actually gets a pretty big bump.

953 is Swirlix.

952 is Swoobat.

I love Swoobat. This is one of my all time

favorite Pokémon, and it actually is not that bad;

I keep waiting for an opportunity to use Swoobat,

but it keeps not being around, and like the only time

it would be usable, which is like early on

in the game's lifespan when like, Incineroar is not around,

you know what I mean?

One day, Swoobat. One day I'll make you work, I promise.

951 is Swanna.

Swanna I think is a really great example of Almost Worth Remembering,

because it's like a Water Flying type,

and we have other, and better ones of those,

like both Pelipper and Gyarados are,

and even later Generation ones like Cramorant are a lot funnier;

like, Cramorant is probably a worse Pokémon 1 to 1,

but it's just so much funnier and like, so much cooler

with its stupid signature ability that I think it's more memorable.

So yeah, poor Swanna, Almost Worth Remembering.

Swanna is also the signature Pokémon of the Gym Leader, Skyla,

so there you go, it's another Gym Leader Pokémon.

950 is Bouffalant, a Pokémon

I'm personally disappointed by, because it's almost good-

Almost Worth Remembering.

949 is Pangoro. I like Pangoro, but like there's other

Dark and Fighting type Pokémon I like more.

948 is Skrelp. Skrelp is tough because like, it's just it's really, really bad.

It doesn't even have the Dragon typing yet

that it gets when it evolves,

and like, it's just really disappointing across the board.

However, this is not the Almost Worth Remembering category.

This is a sub category that I'm calling Worth Remembering, But Very Bad.

Skrelp is bad enough that it belongs in True Fodder,

but the design is so good that actually it gets a pretty big bump.

947 is Pikipek.

Pikipek is fun to say, I like Pikipek.

946 is Wimpod. Wimpod, similar to Skrelp,

has an amazing design,

but it's like- I mean, actually just a terrible Pokémon.

The ability is so, so, so just, like, hurtful to it,

but the name is funny, the design is funny,

and I honestly think it's iconic.

It's- I feel like the later Generation Pokémon struggle

a little bit more to be iconic just because, like,

they don't have the lens of nostalgia to help them,

but I personally think Wimpod, very iconic, very, very funny Pokémon.

945 is Corvisquire. 944 is Nickit.

Nickit outperforming Thievul in part because it's cuter than it is.

943 is Copperajah. I like Copperajah a lot,

I think this Pokémon is awesome; I like the design a lot.

It is, unfortunately, not very good,

but it is better than the Pokémon around it.

Copperajah is another one of those Pokémon

that is like Almost Worth Remembering:

it's a Gym Leader's Pokémon,

it has the signature Gigantamax form, but like- Wait, is Chairman Rose a Gym Leader?

Technically, no; technically it's a final boss' Pokémon.

Regardless, if it was just like 10% better,

I think people would like go crazy over this Pokémon.

It's one of the only elephants.

I think

it's like, Copperajah and Donphan, but Donphan is a weird elephant.

I'm like- is that a hot take?

It's like a- Donphan is a really weird elephant. It's a tire.

It's more of a tire than an elephant; Copperajah is an elephant first,

and a tire... 10th.

942 is Tinkatink, a.k.a. Tinky Winky.

941 is Igglybuff.

Gets points for cuteness and iconicity,

very very bad if you want to use this Pokémon in battle.

940 is Swinub.

Swinub is another Pokémon

where it's like, not very good in battle,

but it has an incredible design and is very iconic,

so it gets extra bonus points here.

939 is Boltund, another Gym Leader Pokémon here-

I guess technically the assistant of the professor-

Whatever.

You know what I mean, Gym Leader category.

938 is Bombirdier,

who is a Titan Pokémon, and I took me a couple minutes

to remember that that's what they were called: Titans.

Not Alphas,

not Totems, not Bosses...

It's Titan Pokémon, okay?

I thought it was funny that it keeps dropping rocks on you.

This mon makes me so mad.

They could have done so many things to make it better,

and it's just terrible.

937 is Linoone Galarian Form.

I like Linoone Galarian form.

I don't like Obstagoon very much, but I like the-

I like the redesign here.

936 is Numel, a.k.a. Streptobeeb.

935 and 934 are Yamask and Yamask Galarian form.

Cofagrigus is probably a Top 10 Pokémon for me,

so you might expect these Pokémon to be higher up on this list.

But remember, I have to go through every single Pokémon,

and also I'm trying to be at least like,

somewhat objective about this list.

Even if I really like a Pokémon, doesn't mean

I'm just going to give it, you know, Top 10 overall.

I love Yamask, but I also don't think

Yamask is like, so iconic,

or do I think it's like objectively a good design.

I mean, I like the design,

don't get me wrong, but I think that if you were to ask

people like, oh yeah, which Pokémon have the best designs?

I don't think Yamask is coming up very often.

It's also not very good competitively.

Cofagrigus, different story.

Cofagrigus you can use, but like, Yamask, it's pretty tough.

933 is Carbink. Carbink is almost really cool, but it's not.

932 is Bramblin.

Bramblin is kind of indicative of this trend

that Pokémon has been doing in more recent generations,

where they'll make a Pokémon that is not very good,

but they'll give it something unique about it,

whether that's a signature ability or a signature move...

We've actually seen a couple of Pokémon like that in this category.

For example,

Veluza gets the signature move Fillet Away,

Yamask gets the signature ability Mummy.

Bramblin technically- its ability isn't signature,

they also gave it to Shiftry as like a little buff to Shiftry,

but because it was introduced

with Bramblin and Brambleghast, I think of it as a signature ability.

The ability is really cool,

it's called Wind Rider, and it actually has

a lot of like competitive viability,

but the thing is that oftentimes the Pokémon

that they're giving these signature tools to

are just really, really terrible Pokémon.

That's the case for Bramblin, but I think this design is kind of cute,

and also I think that the ability

is really memorable and really interesting.

And Brambleghast like, I mean,

there was a world where Brambleghast won the World Championships,

which is pretty cool.

So overall,

I think that Bramblin definitely deserves a spot

high up relative to its base stat total.

Closing out the category at rank 931 in our list,

is our first Legendary and our first Mythical Pokémon: Volcanion.

Volcanion should be a lot cooler than I think it is.

It's a Fire and Water type, which is unique as of the time

I'm recording this video, and it has a signature move as well.

But honestly, I don't think the design is very good.

I think that like,

for a Fire and Water type Pokémon, it is cool that it's steam themed,

but that's kind of the only good thing I can say about it.

And because it's a Mythical Pokémon, it's pretty hard to get access to,

both for casuals and competitive players,

and you're never allowed to use it in competitive play.

I know it feels weird to have a Legendary this like low on the list,

but the fact is there's a lot of Legendary Pokémon,

and I honestly think Volcanion might be the worst of them all.

We're starting to get into Pokémon now that I think have clearly left

the bad category.

Like, maybe these Pokémon aren't the strongest necessarily,

but they're they're cute enough, or they're good enough,

or they're strong enough that like,

they are memorable at least a little bit.

And that's why we're calling this

next category featured in an anime episode,

but maybe not that many anime episodes, okay? Just one.

Coming in at 930, we have Metapod.

I think the Metapod vs Metapod

anime episode is like one of the most memorable.

Maybe just because I grew up with it, but I mean,

you all know what I'm talking about, right?

Where they get into a Harden off- we're going to move on, now.

929 is Cosmoem. Cosmoem, another Legendary Pokémon,

and I mean, it was certainly featured in an anime episode.

I think it's really funny that it's ranked

higher than Volcanion, but I mean, come on, it's-

it's Cosmoem, it's better than Volcanion;

surely nobody disagrees.

928 is Frillish.

927 is Carvenia.

Carvan-ha? Carvenya? I don't know.

926 is Zarude.

Zarude certainly has a movie.

That's kind of like a long episode of the anime, right?

And I'm willing to bet that it doesn't

appear much in the series beyond the movie,.

so I think that meets the category

925 is Poliwag. 924 is Corphish.

I know that Corphish

appears in multiple anime episodes, but like, that is on Ash's team, okay?

That's a technicality.

923 Is Machop.

922 is Graveler.

Good job, Graveler, you made it into the 900s.

Good job.

921 is Doduo. There's a really like, clever PokéEarth-

like, parody video on YouTube

about Doduo that I showed my girlfriend's mom.

I don't know if she got it, but I showed it to her.

Good job,

creator who made that to do a Pokey Earth video.

920 is Mr. Mime Galarian form.

This is a weird Pokémon.

I actually hope this one wasn't

featured in an episode, but I'm pretty sure it was.

919 is Shroomish. 918 is Anorith.

I don't know if Anorith

is featured in an anime episode, but if they made an anime episode

about the beginning of Pokémon Emerald Kaizo,

Anorithwould be in it.

917 is Buneary.

Buneary is a Pokémon that like, has stats

that would land it in True Fodder, but I think it's both memorable

and like pretty iconic to be honest, especially for a Gen 4 Pokémon.

People love Buneary,

I like Buneary, and so it gets a lot of extra points.

916 is Lickilicky. Lickilicky I would say is not super iconic,

and I don't think the design is very good,

but I think it's one of those Pokémon

where the design is bad and ugly, and therefore it becomes memorable.

And also it's pretty good, like, from a competitive angle,

especially compared to the majority of the Pokédex,

so you can kind of view this as a Pokémon

that would be higher, except the design holds it back.

915 is Lillipup.

I like Lillipup a lot, very cute.

914 is Roggenrola. Great name.

913 is Venipede.

I think Venipede's kind of cute, but I think that's not a popular opinion.

912 is Druddigon.

I actually really like Druddigon, but it's not very good.

911 is Phantump. 910 is Salandit.

909 is Dubwool.

908 is Dolliv.

I think Dolliv is really cute. I really like it.

It's a little like Bellossom-

Is that something I can say? I'm gonna move on.

I don't have anything else to say.

907 is Charcadet.

Charcadet literally has its own original video animation,

I think- I'm pretty sure,

and I think that's- that's pretty neat.

But I think Charcadet is mostly memorable

because it evolves into Ceruledge and Armarouge-

or if you watched the little animation.

906 is Aipom, and I feel like my brain is a little short circuited,

because now I want to think about Aipom

being iconic, and I can't remember any of like, the early anime.

I only think about its appearance in Detective Pikachu.

In fact, out of all the Pokémon that appeared

in Detective Pikachu, Aipom was like, one of the most

memorable for me, and I don't really know why that is.

I should go to a doctor.

905 is Mime Jr.

904 is Qwilfish.

Qwilfish actually one of the few Johto

single stage Pokémon that doesn't evolve that actually has

some competitive viability?

I'm using the word "viable" very loosely here,

but it gets extra points because you can use it.

903 is Beautifly.

I like Beautifly, but it's not very good.

902 is Cacnea, 901 is Munna. Maana? Moona?

I actually have never known. 900 is Corsola Galarian Form,

who I think really fits this category quite nicely because like-

okay, I haven't watched the anime since like Generation 3,

so I don't know if this is real, but like,

surely there's an episode about Galarian Corsola

and the dangers of,

you know, environmental pollution and its habitat being destroyed, right?

I mean, that's it's like they've- they've made the Pokémon

so they could make an anime episode, surely.

Number 899 is Hamak- Hak- Hakama- Hyak- Hakamoe- Haha- Ugh.

898 is Naclstackl. I like Naclstackl.

897 is Wattrel.

Wattrel is a little on the uncanny valley for me, is anyone else getting that?

896 is Cetoddle. Very cute, love Cetoddle.

895 is Sandslash.

I think this is the last Sandshrew/Sandslash Pokémon,

so out of all the Sandslashes variations-

or one variation, the original is the best one, okay?

This is the highest placing one.

And closing out the category and rank 894 is Drowzee.

Our next section of Pokémon, I think is a clear turning point

in the overall viability of the Pokémon on the list.

This category is named Usable (Derogatory).

This is self-explanatory.

Coming in at 893 is Forretress, and Forretress I think really exemplifies

the category name because like, on the one hand,

the typing is really good, and like, it has stuff that it can do-

And in fact, in single battle formats, Forretress like,

has seen some good usage in the past.

But like, it's- it's not- it's not good, okay?

It's- I mean, you could use it,

if it's your favorite Pokémon, you can use it,

and like, you might even be able to get some wins,

but you're really not doing yourself any favors.

892 is Ursaring.

Ursaring is a Pokémon that mainly exists

so you can get Ursaluna nowadays.

You can-

You can use it, it has some abilities... It gets Guts + Facade.

That's kind of cool, right?

But like, just use Ursaluna, dawg, like,

I don't know what to tell you.

891 is Phanpy.

I always called this Phanphy,

like, I always thought it was Panphy, but it's actually Phanpy.

Phanphy feels more natural to me,

but I'm going to say the way it's spelled.

Anyway, Phanpy is not Usable (derogatory),

so we have a subcategory here which is Extremely cute but very bad.

These are Pokémon that have effectively no competitive viability,

but they still end up relatively high on the list,

because they're just like great designs,

which is also the case for number 890, Magby.

I do feel like I should clarify that

Phanphy is more cute than Magby,

but I think that Magby is more iconic,

and so therefore it ends up a little bit higher; by one placement, watch out.

889 is Gogoat.

Gogoat makes me so mad.

Can I talk about Gogoat

for a second?

I love Gogoat conceptually;

I think the ability Grass Pelt

is so cool, and it's just worthless.

Like, this is a Pokémon that like, they made because they wanted

to introduce a cool new ability, but then they got scared

that the ability was going to be too strong,

and that's how we ended up with Gogoat.

888 is Piloswine.

888, that's what I get when I go to the slot machines, baybee.

I've never gambled, which is probably apparent.

Anyway, Piloswine is actually like, not a bad Pokémon,

but it's not as good as Mamoswine.

887 is Lombre. Lombre has got to be one of the worst Pokémon

to catch in Emerald, because it only gets like,

Fake Out and like, Astonish and like, Growl,

and you're like, "when is this thing going to learn some good moves?"

and you're a stupid kid,

and then you realize, like,

"oh, I need to give it a Water Stone to evolve it",

and at that point you're like, level 40

and you're just waiting for it to evolve.

I like Lombre, but it's stupid.

886 is Beheeyem.

Now, it is worth noting that

I lost to Beheeyem at the World Championships in 2011,

so it's maybe a little bit better than Usable (derogatory),

but the design isn't very good in my opinion.

885 is Vigoroth.

This is actually neither cute nor usable nyeheheh-

Vigoroth's an exception.

884 is Swalot. 883 is Wynaut.

I mean, Wynaut is cute. Come on, Wynaut is great. I love Wynaut.

882 is Huntail.

881 is Lechonk. 880 is Shieldon.

Shieldon is a weird Pokémon.

I don't have anything to say about it.

879 is Gorebyss.

I think Gorebyss is better than Huntail.

I don't know if that's a popular opinion,

but Gorebyss is like- I think Gorebyss is cool.

I gotta find new ways of describing Pokémon

than just saying they're cool,

because this is- there's a lot of Pokémon on this list,

and apparently I think a lot of them are cool.

I think Gorebyss is quite sophisticated and elegant.

878 is Phione.

Did anyone play the Pokémon Ranger field mission that

lets you get Heatran, or am I getting confused?

877 is Blitzle.

My girlfriend recently learned about Blitzle.

She really likes Blitzle, so Blitzle-

I mean, it didn't get bonus points here,

but but if I could, I would.

876 is Vanillite, very crunchy.

875 is Clauncher- is Clauncher cute? I don't know.

874 is Dedenne. I'm sorry, Dedenne,

I'm going to take this opportunity to apologize to Dedenne again.

Some of you don't know what I'm talking about,

but for those of you who do, I'm really sorry, Dedenne,

that's on me.

Definitely usable, but usable as like,

a bit of a stretch is what I learned.

873 is Pumpkaboo. Great name.

872 is Hisuian Avalugg.

The real issue with Hisuian Avalugg

is that it's not as good a table for snacks.

The main draw of Avalugg is that you can use him

to store your snacks when you're having like, a party for football.

Hisuian Avbalugg is a little bumpier,

it's harder to do.

871 is Crabominable, and I'm not going to do the whole rant again,

but everything I said about Crababy is true of Crabominable-

I'm so mad about Crabominable.

870 is Mudbray. Super cute, I love Mudbray. 869 is Stufful.

I think the idea of a stuffed animal

as a Pokémon is just incredible. Love Stufful.

868 is Meltan, another Legendary.

867 is Toxel.

I think Toxel is supposed to be cute, but I don't like it.

866 is Sinistea. 865 is Probopass. 864 is Morgre.

Did I already say this? There should be less-

I couldn't even say it properly.

863 is Kubfu. Don't like Kubfu.

862 is Squawkabilly. Squawkability? Squawkabilly?

861 is Arctibax. 860 is Avalugg.

Avalugg: optimal table; probably the best table in all of Pokémon. I love Avalugg.

Great job, Avalugg.

So smooth, so good for storing your snacks,

and because he's made out of ice, he keeps your drinks cold. Come on, that's awesome.

859 is Sinisear.

Simisear a little bit, like, higher up

than you might expect, given how hated it is,

but the fact of the matter is that it has some competitive viability,

so it lands squarely in the 800s.

858, closing out the category is Gligar,

who is I think both categories here, both Usable (derogatory) and Cute but Bad.

We're getting pretty deep in the list at this point,

and so you may have noticed a trend,

which is that I will say "I like this Pokémon"

and then immediately say, one place higher,

"I don't like this Pokémon";

and I think it just highlights

some of the complexities that went into making this list,

because of course, if I was just ranking the Pokémon

based on how much I like them, this would be a lot simpler.

But there's a lot of factors to consider here,

like, I might not like a certain Pokémon,

but I can't deny that it has some competitive viability.

And on the other hand, I might really like a Pokémon,

but not be able to deny that it's not very iconic.

There's just a lot going on with this list,

and so it's a little bit more complicated

than you might expect when it comes to the final rankings.

Now, our next section of Pokémon, these are Pokémon that I would say are-

they're definitely better than the category before them,

and they're actually good enough that if you have a team

and you already have five Pokémon on it,

and you're looking for just the right Pokémon

with just the right moves and typing and ability,

they might seem like they do the trick, but they never do.

Which is why our next category of Pokémon we're calling Fool's Gold.

Starting off the category at number 857 is Mantine.

Mantine's a really interesting Pokémon because like, it does have some stuff going for it,

and there actually was one very brief period

where Mantine was a little bit usable;

I think with Dynamax, maybe, as like, a Swift Swim attacker.

On the whole though, it's mostly going to lead you astray.

856 is Skuntank.

855 is Cherrim 854 is Clamperl.

Clamperl is interesting because it actually is usable.

Like, it's not a great Pokémon, but it has a unique item

that doubles its special attack and that makes it actually a viable-

like, "viable" being used loosely, but a viable threat

in certain circumstances because it's very, very slow.

So, on certain Trick Room teams, Clamperl has been used before.

I think that's funny.

It's also just like, kind of a funny design; I don't know, I like it.

853 is Snover. 852 is Tirtouga,

and 851 introduces is a subcategory of the section with Solosis.

Solosis belongs in a subcategory that we're calling a Minor Works of Art.

Look, at this point you've heard me say

"these Pokémon are bad, but they're cute" like 100 times.

Number 850 is Pidgey. That's this category and this section.

Number 850 is Pidgey.

Number 849 is Rattata Alolan form.

And actually,

that means that this Rattata place places regular Rattata,

because I think that the re-design is just really sick.

I do like regular Rattata, but I think the Alolan form is cooler.

Not when it evolves, though.

848 is Venomoth. I like Venomoth. 847 Is Exeggcute.

I mean, come on, it's Exeggcute.

846 is Miltank. 845 is Noctowl, and Noctowl

I would say is mostly Fool's Gold,

but there have been times where it's a little bit more usable with Dynamax.

Noctowl will always be my Superb Owl.

844 is Alolan Golem.

843 is Galarian Ponyta. 842 is Dustox.

Dustox is not very good, but it is pretty memorable

and pretty iconic in my opinion, so get extra points.

841 is Seel. That's a Minor Work of Art.

Come on, it's a seal and it's named Seel.

Come on, that's- someone had a vision.

840 is Lickitung.

839 is Croconaw, which is another starter Pokémon

making it onto our list.

838 is Girafarig. 837 is Teddiursa.

Teddiursa outplacing Ursaring.

836 is Corsola.

I hope the Corsola gets an evolution at some point, or a Mega, or something,

because I think the design is really nice,

but it's not a very good Pokémon.

A lot of the Johto Pokémon have kind of drawn the short end of the stick.

835 is Pyukumuku.

Now, I do think Pyukumuku is a really funny design,

and I do think that like the gimmick

is interesting that it can't do any damage,

but basically this is just an inferior version of Wobbuffet. L Pyukumuku.

834 is Galarian Zigzagoon 833 is Lotad.

This is a Minor Work of Art for sure,

and honestly, this might be a major work of art.

Maybe-

Maybe a Lotad- maybe Lotad belongs in a higher category.

I love Lotad, it's such a good design.

832 is Makuhita.

831 is Lairon. Lairon-deeze-

Number 830 is Whiscash.

I wis some cash would would appear in my wallet.

Please don't leave, I'm sorry.

829 is Starly.

I wish some spme star would ly-ve my wallet.

How many Pokémon are left?!

828 is Ambipom.

Ambipom is almost good,

and by almost good,

I mean maybe under certain circumstances

it could be usable, but not in the circumstances we live in.

827 is Herdier.

I think Herdier is a Minor Work of Art for sure.

826 is Boldore. Can we talk about the name, Boldore?

That's great.

I love Boldore.

825 is Petilil. 824 is Gothita.

Come on, you guys love Gothita on this channel, right?

823 is Deerling. Deerling is pretty cool.

I love the seasonal gimmick, I wish it was better.

822 is Sawsbuck.

Sawsbuck is a little bit better, but not as cute,

so it ends up around the same placement.

821 is Eelektrik.

I think it's really confusing by the way,

that we have both Eelektrik and Electrike.

Like, for me, that's- that's- that's hard to remember, I don't like that.

920 is Beartic.

This is a Fool's Gold Pokémon if I've ever seen one.

It's like "oh I want a Swift Swimmer that's not a Water type",

"oh, there's Beartic", and then you're very sad.

819 is Golett. Golett yourself be subscribed to this channel.

818 is Diggersby. 817 is Inkay.

That's a Minor Work of Art for sure.

Also the mechanic where you have to turn

your Switch upside down to evolve, it is great. Love that.

816 is Poipole.

This is our first Ultra Beast, as a fun fact; and also, great name,

I love saying Poipole.

I wish Poipole was better so I could talk more about Poipole.

I wonder where the rest of the Ultra Beasts are,

because this is this is our first one,

and actually it's interesting that the first Ultra Beast

appears like, way after the first starter,

and the first Legendary, and the first Mega, and...

are there any others that I'm forgetting?

Probably. Did I say starters? I don't know.

And closing out the category at 815 is Simipour.

Now, I don't like Simipour, and I don't think it's very like,

popular or iconic, except for the fact that it sucks,

but the thing is that Simipour is actually pretty viable.

Like, out of all the monkeys, it's probably the most viable,

although I wouldn't say it has the best design.

And so for that reason it gets extra points,

even though I would love to put Simipour lower.

The following section of Pokémon features

a lot of characters that are actually, like, genuinely,

somewhat usable?

Like, they're not so bad, like they've cleared the mid tier allegations.

Well, they've cleared that garbage tier allegations,

and they're thoroughly mid tier.

But the thing is that they're just so turbo ultra omega ugly.

Like, I don't know why, but like a ton of the super ugly

weird looking Pokémon are all in this section.

So we're calling this one "Worth a Thought, Extremely Ugly".

Starting off with number 814 in Barraskewda.

I think that this needs no explanation.

Number 813 is Sizzlipede.

This is an outlier.

812 is Dhelmise. Dhelmise is actually cool,

I like the signature ability,

I think it's really neat, but- I don't know if I'd say it's ugly, it's just kinda weird.

811 is Perrserker.

I really like the Meowth line, and I really like

the Alolan Meowth line a lot,

and I don't like the Perrserker line very much,

but it also has a signature ability that also happens to affect

Steel moves as well?

That's kind of weird.

Like, what are the odds that we get Dhelmise,

whose signature ability affects Steel moves, and then right after Perrserker,

whose signature ability also affects Steel moves?

There's a conspiracy here. I'm going to figure out what it is.

810 is Tarountula. This is also an outlier.

809 Gimmighoul. 808 Stonjourner,

though- no, I've actually used Stonjourner at an official competition before.

I wouldn't argue that it's ugly, though.

I like Stonjourner.

Stoney J, my guy, but that is not a pretty Pokémon.

807 is Pansear.

Pansear outplacing it evolution because despite being

wa less viable, it's not losing that many points

because you know,

Simisear isn't that viable to begin with, and it's a lot cuter.

806 is Dunsparce. 805 is Hisuian Qwilfish,

who gets bonus point because it's a bit more viable.

Fun fact, Hisuian Qwilfish can hold the Eviolite,

but like, regular Qwilfish can't. Poor regular Qwilfish.

804 is Panpour.

It's slightly more viable, but not by much,

otherwise pretty much the same as Pansear.

803 is Exploud. I don't think there's many people saying

Exploud is a beautiful Pokémon.

I don't think that getting into the Gen 3 contest,

people are entering Exploud

in the cuteness contest and winning very often.

802 is Cranidos.

This is another outlier Pokémon that I think

is somewhat iconic and gets bonus points for it.

801 is Purugly.

You might be surprised to learn was actually a genuine threat

at a very specific point in a competitive format,

I think a 2016, or maybe 2019, but I mean, Purugly- ugly is in the name, okay?

Number 800 is Pansage,

who barely edges out the other pre-evolution monkeys.

Number 799 is Ferroseed. Number 798 is Tyrantrum,

who earns the privilege

and the title of being the single worst fully evolved fossil Pokémon.

797 is Pyroar, who I guess isn't ugly, but like also is kind of

in a weird design space

in my opinion, but also had some viability back in 2014.

I think maybe I know too much about which Pokémon were good.

Maybe I need to go to a doctor.

796 is Xatu. 795 is Claydol. 794 is my beloved Chimecho.

793 is Galarian Rapidash, and Galarian Rapidash

makes me so mad because regular Rapidash is so bad

and they had a chance to, like, do something new with a-

with a redesign, with a new form, and they gave it

the best type in the game,

which is Fairy, and they still messed it up.

Like, I can't talk about Rapidash, it makes me too mad.

Number 792 is Machoke.

Number 791 is Kingler.

Do you guys know that Kingler gets a Gigantamax form?

I think people might forget about that.

Number 790 is Primeape.

Number 789 is Dodrio.

At some point they're going to give Dodrio an evolution with 4 heads,

or like a Mega form with 10 heads or something.

I swear, I can feel it; it's going to- it's going to happen.

Number 788 is Hitmonchan.

Number 787 is Delibird.

I think Delibird is so iconic,

not only because of the design, but also because

did you ever play Pokémon Stadium 2, with the Delibird mini game?

That's one of my favorite-

That might be my single favorite mini game of all time.

I love that mini game.

786 is Larvitar. Larvitar obviously is not fitting the category,

but just gets extra

super bonus points because it's such a great Pokémon.

And rounding out the section of the list, we have number 785, Unown.

And for the sake of my sanity,

I have ranked all of the Unown together.

If that upsets you, I think Unown question mark is the best one.

Now the Pokémon are starting to look pretty good, but at a cost,

which is that a lot of the Pokémon here, they're not-

They're not even really usable.

These are Pokémon with above average designs,

but have basically no competitive viability.

These Pokémon are just here to look good.

Kicking off our category is number 784, Floette.

I'm not going to talk about the different colored flowers,

they're all ranked together.

783 is Sawk. Sawk on-

782 is Grafaiai. 781 is Fracture.

I know we've had a couple of Pokémon

that aren't really here to look good, but okay, this is- this is-

we're doing generalizations, okay?

780 is Volbeat and 779 is Illumise.

I think these Pokémon are here to look good.

They're- they're a little bit viable as well,

but mostly they're here to, you know, like show

you the power of double battles in Generation 3.

778 is Wailmer. 777 is Swably.

If I got a Swablu, I think I just hit the jackpot.

I think I was missing some words in that sentence.

Okay, I know I said I wasn't gonna rank

the flowers differently, but I have, for some reason,

ranked the different Castform forms separately,

because they do technically have different abilities.

Anyway,

the worst one at 776 is Castform Normal form.

Then the second worst one is Castform Snowy form and 775,

followed at 774 by Castform Sunny form,

and 773, lastly is Castform Rainy form.

Can we talk about how there's no Sandy form?

Like, there's there's 4 weathers, and there's 4 Castforms,

and sandstorm isn't one of them.

Like, I don't know what it should be,

but like, it should be something surely, right?

Now, to be honest,

Castform probably should have been ranked

as one Pokémon,

because like, it can transform mid battle

and you don't have to lock it in advance,

but the truth of the matter is that if I were to change it now,

I'd have to redo the entire rest of the list,

and I'm just not willing to do it,

so I've ranked the Castforms separately, good job, that's- that's the reason why.

Number 772 is Skitty.

This one needs- I don't need to explain Skitty to you,

everybody loves Skitty. I love Skitty, you love Skitty,

we all love Skitty.

Even people who don't like cats love Skitty.

Number 771 is Bonsly. Like, Bonsly- don't show an image of Bonsly

when it's fallen on its back, please.

770 is Chatot.

Don't get Chatot angry, don't let Chatot in

on a Call of Duty Modern Warfare II lobby in 2005.

769 is Basculin White-Striped,

which I think is a lot higher than the other Basculin.

This one gets Last Respects, so it's a bit more viable.

It's actually a lot more viable.

768 is Fletchling. 767 is Honedge, 766 is Heliolisk.

Now, Heliolisk always makes me think about one specific Heliolisk,

which was used by a player named Ashton Cox,

who is a very famous VGC player for using really off the wall Pokémon

in their strategies.

And at his like, debut season,

or the season where he really started popping off,

it was 2014,

and he had this Heliolisk,

which was, I think, the worst Heliolisk of all time,

and I have a lot of respect for Ashton,

and I just think the story is really funny.

He had Dry Skin Heliolisk,

which is really funny because it causes the user

to become immune to Water moves and heal,

but they lose health if the sun is active,

and he had this Heliolisk on a sun team with Charizard Y,

and this is especially relevant because Heliolisk also gets the ability Solar Power,

which also causes it to lose health in the sun,

but gives it a power boost,

and after the tournament, we were like: Ashton, like why?

Why did you use Dry Skin when when Solar Power was just an upgrade?

Like, were you really worried about Water moves?

And his response was, no, I didn't want to use Dry Skin,

but the one I had that was shiny was Dry Skin,

and so yeah, I used Dry Skin in the tournament.

And he got like Top 8,

he went really far.

Anyway, Heliolisk makes me think about that specific Heliolisk,

the Dry Skin sun one.

765 is Amaura. I think Amaura is one of the cutest fossil Pokémon.

A lot of them look kind of like, freaky,

but Amaura like, I don't know, it's so cute.

Number 764 is Dartrix. Now, Dartrix is here as a subcategory in this list,

which is a little subcategory

that I'm going to call the mid starters.

And you might think you know what I mean by that,

but just just hold on a second,

because there's a little bit more to reveal.

763 is Turtonator.

762 is Sobble.

Now, so far, most of the starter Pokémon we've had

in this list have been mid stagers,

and so when I said that we have a subcategory of

mid starters, you probably thought I was talking about more mid stages,

but the truth is I'm talking about starter Pokémon that are pretty mid.

And while I do like Sobble personally, I don't think it's

one of the stronger first stage Pokémon.

761 is Yamper. 760 is Smoliv,

outperforming Dolliv because it's extra funny.

759 is Klawf.

Klawf is really, really funny, right?

I love Klawf, I think Klawf is just a great design.

758 is Pidgeotto. 757 is Lanturn.

756 is Munkidori, but it's a Legendary Pokémon that I hate.

Truthfully, I'm a little surprised that Munkidori outplaced

some of the other Legendary Pokémon on this list,

it wasn't the single worst one, but it is genuinely viable.

It has a pretty good like, movepool, and useful ability-

Not a good one, but a useful one, so I don't know.

It does better than you might expect, given how ugly it is.

755 is Passimian.

754 is Houndoom.

753 is another starter Pokémon in Crocalor.

This one is both mid quality and a mid stager.

752 is Poochyena. 751 is Linoone.

Number 750 is Armaldo,

another evolved fossil Pokémon.

749 is Fletchinder. 748 is Dipplin. 747 is Simisage.

Congratulations to Simisage,

you are the best performing monkey,

in large part because you are the fastest monkey,

which means that you have a little bit

of competitive viability and also your design is a little bit

better than the others in my opinion.

746 is Bellsprout. 745 is Golem.

I think we're done with all the Golems now.

744 is Ponyta.

743 is Alolan Grimer,

and I don't think that Alolan Grimer is here to look good,

but I do think it's a really cool reinvention

of the classic Kanto line.

742 is Muk regular form.

Where's Alolan Muk? Uuuuh, could be anywhere.

741 is Hisuian Voltorb.

740 is Goldeen. 739 is Seaking.

I'm Seaking you to click the subscribe button.

Now we have a run of starter Pokémon in a row, so get ready.

738 is Chikorita,

one of my all time favorite starters, but not- not very viable.

Iconic and cute? Yes.

737 is Totodile, the Johto starter outplacing

Chikorita just a little bit.

And 736 is Combusken, who is a little bit...

interesting looking, is all I'll say about that.

Moving on,

we have 735 with Taillow, 734 with Spinda and 733 with Vibrava.

Lileep earned the spot 732 as a fossil Pokémon

and actually a fossil Pokémon that's viable,

in than I brought it to a tournament

and finished in the top 16 back in 2013.

731 is Shinx. 730 is Lumineon.

People hate Lumineon, but it's actually somewhat usable.

It has something that it can do.

729 is Gurdurr. I keep trying to use Gurdurr and I never am able to pull it off,

but one of these days I'm gonna make Gurdurr work.

728 is Sweaddle. 727 is Whirlepede. 726 is Axew.

We've a couple more starters left, including 725 in Fennekin.

Oddish performs slightly higher with 724,

and we have Froakie coming in at number 723, and Frogardier at 722.

This is interesting, especially because, like Greninja,

I think is one of the most iconic starter Pokémon,

but I don't necessarily feel that way about the pre-evolutions, personally.

Closing out the category is not a starter Pokémon,

but a Pokémon with a really unique mechanic;

at 721, we have Furfrou. I think I would like Furfrou more

if you could actually keep the haircut when you put it in a box.

At some point, maybe they'll fix this.

There's a format of Pokémon that I really like called Draft League.

In this format, players are given a budget

and they have to draft different Pokémon,

with better Pokémon being more expensive.

At the end of the draft, you're kind of just looking for

any Pokémon that looks even a little bit passable

that you can slot in that fits your, you know,

whatever remaining budget you have left.

And when I was looking at the next section of Pokémon

we have coming up here, I noticed that

there's a lot of Pokémon that I would classify as round nine draft picks.

These are Pokémon that you're not excited

about necessarily, but like- they're not good Pokémon,

but they are Pokémon that in a pinch, you would see yourself using.

Kicking off the section, we have number 722 Toucannon.

Toucannon's disappointing;

I like the design a lot, but I think that it's

a real letdown competitively.

719 is Meowstic female.

718 is Aromatisse.

This is a Pokémon that I literally have drafted before in Draft League.

I don't remember it being very good,

and I also might be getting get confused with Musharna,

now that I say that out loud, but I think I drafted Aromatisse.

717 is Noibat.

As with every category at this point, we're going to have Pokémon

with great designs that don't fit the mold.

716 is Cursola.

Now, Cursola is interesting because it gets the ability

Perish Body I think it's called?

You might not know this:

there is a Pokémon

that sets Perish Song up as an ability, and yet it's really not very good.

It's so bad, in fact, that I've never really

had any success using it despite being the Perish Song guy.

715 is Charjabug.

Charjabug is not fully evolved,

but you might not know that it gets the ability Battery,

which gives a power boost to its partners,

so it has seen a little bit of play back

a couple of years ago during Sun and Moon.

714 is Palossand,

another Pokémon with an interesting signature ability that you can use-

Not- not very easily, but you can do something with it.

713 is Finizen. 712 is Eldegoss.

Another Pokémon that I've used that is not very good.

711 is Applin, 710 is Hattenna,

709 is Pawmi, 708 is Fidough.

I like Fidough a lot, primarily because of the design.

I like Fidough so much, in fact, that there was a video we did

that was not in our normal style, where we rented out a filming studio

and had all this, like, really weird and kind of funky sets,

and the Pokémon that we use as our example in that video was Fidough.

If you haven't seen it, I'd recommend it; I think it's a lot of fun.

707 is Nacli.

706 and 705 go to Minun and Plusle.

I do think that Plusle is marginally better than Munun,

but I don't feel like it's so much better

that the gap between them should be large.

704 is Shellder.

Do people think that Shellder's iconic? I'm actually not sure.

I think it is, but I'm not sure if that's a popular opinion.

703 is Hoppip. 702 is Zangoose. 701 is Abra.

I mean, come on; Abra is great, right?

It's not a Pokémon with any competitive viability,

but it's still relatively high up on the list

because I think it's so funny that it Teleports away from you.

I feel like everybody has an Abra story who played Gen 1,

where they were so excited because it's so hard to find, you finally find one

and it just Teleports away.

And I like that-

Like, in future games, Abra keeps that gimmick.

Like, I recently played ZA and like,

I knew that Abra was going to Teleport away before I even, you know, saw it.

And then of course, it Teleported away

and I had to chase it down and get the new one.

Number 700 is Duskull. 699 is Hippopotas.

Hippopotas is a pre-revolution that actually has a slightly better

score and viability because you could justify using it.

It's not good, but you can use it.

698 goes to Crustle. Crustle is better in Pokémon Unite,

and in the Trading Card Game, I think, than it is in the official competitive format.

697 is Mabosstiff.

Mabosstiff I feel is a bit of a letdown

because it has a lot going for it;

it has a couple of interesting abilities

in Intimidate and Guard Dog,

and the stats honestly are not that bad.

Like, it's a Pokémon that if you look at it,

you think it should be better than it is.

I could see this Pokémon being good in a format with a lower power level.

Like, I would not be shocked

if at some point in the future Mabosstiff was

more than usable.

Like, it probably could be good

in the right circumstances, but the specific ecosystem of Scarlet and Violet

didn't allow for it to get there.

Number 696 is Glimmet.

Glimmet I think, if you were playing a format with a budget like Draft League,

you could justify using it because the ability is pretty good,

and the stats-

Honestly are not that bad for a pre-evolution-

When we did the Little Cup tournament,

it was actually quite strong.

And I also really like that Glimmet's design is silly.

Like, I like that it's kind of weird and hard to tell

what's going on with it.

Speaking of weird designs, number 695 is Pincurchin.

Pincurchin's a very popular Pokémon and also just love-

I love the little round blobs.

694 is Shellos West Sea.

That's the pink one, right?

Now, for the most part, I'm splitting Pokémon up with different forms

depending on competitive viability, and there's no competitive difference

between the pink and the blue Gastrodon,

but I feel like it's very important to tell you

which ones I like more than than the other ones,

and so West Sea is lower on the list.

East Sea, you'll have to see where that pops up.

Number 693 is Dusknoir.

Dusknoir already has a great design, but I think the thing about Dusknoir

that's the most memorable to me is-

did you all ever play Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time?

/Darkness/I-forgot-the-last-one- Sky, I think?

I think that's, to this day,

my favorite Pokémon game of all time,

and I don't want to spoil it for anyone

who's going to go back and play this, you know, 15 year old game,

but Dusknoir plays a major role in that game,

and it makes it especially memorable and iconic for me.

692 goes to Komala. Komala is a letdown, in my opinion.

691 goes to Rockruff.

I like Rockruff because you can say it like "Rock-Ruff!" (barking).

690 goes to Solrock. 689 goes to Falinks.

I'm very curious to see how Mega Falinks is,

that's a Pokémon I'm excited about.

688 goes to Lunatone.

I think Lunatone is slightly better,

I like the design a little bit more;

I think it's close to Solrock, because they're kind

of a linked pair, but I like Lunatone slightly more.

687 goes to Servine, another starter Pokémon making an appearance here.

Fun fact about Servine, is that actually

it was used a little bit back in 2011, when the power level was super low,

because Eviolite + Contrary Leaf Storm was a set- actually-

I don't know if it got Contrary at the time,

I think it was Eviolite Coil?

I think you ran Coil Servine. It's weird, moving on.

686 is Ekans.

I don't have much to say about Ekans,

but I feel like it definitely deserves

to be relatively high up on the list for an unevolved Pokémon.

685 is Zebstrika.

684 is Gloom.

We actually made a short about this, but there was a period

where Stench Gloom was used a little bit; it was very, very funny.

It didn't even use Eviolite,

it used a Loaded Dice.

683 is Diglett. Now, Diglett

actually falls into the category of both kind of like an iconic pre-evolution Pokémon,

and around nine draft pick,

because I have literally drafted this before.

There's a video of me using Stealth Rocks Diglett

somewhere on the internet.

I don't remember if I wrote if I won that set,

but I have used Diglett before because of Arena Trap and the speed.

682 is Weepinbell. 681 goes to Magnemite.

Number 680 goes to Bayleef,

another starter Pokémon making an appearance.

679 goes to Yanma. Yanma, another Pokémon that is both, an iconic, you know,

older generation design and a Pokémon that has a little bit of competitive viability,

and was actually used as recently as last season.

Number 678 goes to Elekid.

Number 677 goes to Zigzagoon.

Zigzagoon is the best Route 1 Normal type thus far,

and I'm going to say it, probably ever.

676 is Roselia. 675 goes to Staravia. 674 is Buizel. 673 is Drilbur.

I think that Drilbur-Excadrill is one of the biggest cuteness gaps

in the series, because I think Drilbur is pretty cute,

and I do not think that Excadrill is cute at all.

672 is Trubbish.

Fun fact, I think that Trubbish is canonically a cat Pokémon.

They made merch with all the cats on it,

and they put Trubbish on there.

671 is Minccino. Minsino? Minchino? Number 670 is Rufflet- "Ruff-Let" (barking like a Rufflet)

669 is Caterpie.

Caterpie, I think is one of the most iconic pre-evolution,

like, stage one Gen 1 Pokémon of all time.

That's a lot of qualifiers, holy cow. But I love Caterpie.

I think this is mostly from that anime episode as a kid.

668 is Archen, another interesting fossil Pokémon making it decently high up.

667 is Vanillish.

666 is Cutiefly.

That's interesting, it's an interesting number for that.

Number 665 is Quilava.

Quilava's another great starter Pokémon,

and actually makes it pretty high up for a mid stage starter.

664 is Sealeo.

My guess is that Sealeo is one of those Pokémon

that people like a lot, but they don't think about that often.

I don't know if that's the correct read,

but that's that's what I'm feeling right now. That's what's in my heart.

I think we're going to vibes-based at this point.

663 is Bronzor, 662 is Sharpedo.

What happened to the other half of Sharpedo?

Do you think at some point they're going to like, give Sharpedo

an evolution or something, which is like a whole shark?

Because it's only half a shark.

661 is Drapion.

I like shiny Drapion a lot,

I think is one of my favorite shinies.

And 660, closing out the category is East Sea Shellos.

As you can see,

East Sea actually outperforms West Sea by a good margin here.

Now, there are some Pokémon that are clearly designed

with some kind of gimmick in mind, right?

Like maybe they have one role they can fill,

or they've got something like,

kind of unique, or signature, or special about them.

But just because you can do something,

doesn't necessarily mean that you should.

Which is why the next section of Pokémon are named:

I do one thing, but maybe I shouldn't.

Kicking off the category at number 659, we have Dudunsparce.

Dudunsparce's one thing is that it makes people mad.

Come in at number 658, we have Comfey.

Comfey's signature ability Triage

is quite unique, and in some like instances can be good,

but for the most part it feels a little underwhelming.

It basically acts like a health pack for whatever's next to it.

657 is Dreadnaw.

Dreadnaw saw a little bit play at one point,

but for the most part, it's an inferior Swift Swimmer.

656 is Sandaconda.

655 is Pawmo. 654 is Greavard.

This is an outlier.

This is a Pokémon with a great design that-

Yeah, I mean, it's up here because it has a great design.

653 is Obstagoon.

Now I want to talk about Obstagoon, because when I was making my personal

10 Worst Pokémon of all time list, I put Obstagoon

in that bottom 10,

and you can see here it's escaped that fate by quite a lot.

It turns out both Scarlet and Zane have much

more favorable opinions about Obstagoon compared to me,

and also it does have a lot of competitive viability,

which I wasn't factoring in entirely when I was making that list.

It was a bit more subjective, a little less... methodical.

So Obstagoon escapes its fate by a placement of over 400 placings here.

652 is Emolga.

I'm not even sure that Emolga does one thing,

but it definitely shouldn't.

651 is Hoopa.

Hoopa Confined, the cuter form.

650 is Galarian Meowth.

649 is Quaxly, another starter Pokémon.

648 is Arctovish,

Arctovish being for the most part an inferior Dracovish.

647 is Galarian Stunfisk.

Galarian Stunfisk I think even has a signature ability,

or like, a signature move called Snap Trap, I'm pretty sure?

But it's- it's not- it's not very good.

646 is Paldean Tauros Combat Breed, so only the pure Fighting type.

It is certainly worse than the other two.

645 is Hisuian Sneasel. Hisuian Sneasel is actually legitimately a threat.

644 it goes to Flapple, a Pokémon more fun to say than to use.

643 goes to Zubat.

Good job Zubat, you've made it...

Probably a lot higher than a lot of people would have expected.

642 goes to Paras.

641 goes to Tentacool. Number 640 is Galarian Slowpoke.

I think the little side mission where like,

Galarian Slowpoke moves really fast, I think is really funny,

even to this day.

639 is Dewgong. 638 is Staryu.

637 is another Legendary,

it's base form Necrozma.

I think base Necrozma is a lot less cool

than the either of the combined forms or the ultra form.

636 goes to Pinsir. Number 635 is Paldean Wooper, a.k.a. Pooper.

I like regular Wooper more, but I do think

Paldean Wooper is pretty good.

634 goes to Delcatty.

Delcatty does have one thing that it can do,

and does have one thing that it shouldn't do.

It didn't stop me from

doing that thing,

which is...

Delcatty gets this signature ability called Normalize,

which turned all of your moves into Normal type moves.

I had a strategy

where I used a very elaborate combination

to give both my opponents Pokémon Normalize,

and then lock them on the field with Shadow Tag and have two Ghost types,

so I was just fully immune to all damage.

It's a really silly strategy.

I actually got second in a major tournament with it.

Very fun, very stupid.

633 goes to Relicanth.

632 is Beldum. 631 is Grotle, who's a starter Pokémon,

and actually saw

a little bit of use back in 2015 as a bulky Leech Seed Grass type.

Number 630 is Luxio. Number 629 is Sandile, and 628 is Joltik.

When they made Joltik plushies, they sold out like, immediately.

I think it was one of the fastest

selling out plushies that they've had.

627 is Cryogonal. Cryogonal's a disappointment.

I hope that at some point

they give it an evolution, or a Mega, or something.

636 is regular Stunfisk.

I think a really flat fish is just hilarious,

and Stunfisk, while not

super good or even a little bit good, or even concepts of good,

is very funny.

I think Stunfisk doesn't get it enough love for how funny it is.

625 is Durant.

Now, Durant was a very divisive topic

among the three of us who did this ranking.

Some people really hate Durant,

and some of us actually like Durant and think it's pretty good,

so it's ended up here somewhere in the middle.

I think Durant is great.

I like the fact that it was actually usable a couple times

during competitive Pokémon history, and I like the lore with Heatmor,

I think that's pretty neat,

but not everybody feels the same way I do about Durant, so let me know

in the comments if you like Durant or if you hate Durant.

Apparently there's no middle ground.

Number 624 is Spewpa.

623 is Crawdaunt. I think Crawdaunt's a fan favorite. 622 is Florges-

All of the flowers.

Good job, Florges, you got- you got all the flowers.

Number 621 is Brionne.

I think Brionne is actually a really good middle stage starter design.

Good job, Brionne, you-

I think it would've been really easy to make it really ugly,

but I think Brionne did a good job, and actually really nailed it.

Number 620 is Toxapex. 619 is Scorbunny.

We have another starter in this category.

Scorbunny I think is a great starter,

especially for the later generations.

I feel like the Gen 7 starters...

Nope, that's not true.

Nevermind, moving on.

618 is Sliggoo. I love Sliggoo, I love the name, I love the design,

I think everything about Sliggoo's great, so I like Sliggoo.

617 is Horsea.

I think that if they named a Pokémon Horsea nowadays, fans would flip.

I think it only gets away with it because it's a Gen 1 Pokémon.

616 is Wooloo. People love Wooloo, I love Wooloo, great Pokémon.

I think a lot better than Dubwool, personally.

615 is Voltorb.

Voltorb I think is one of the more iconic pre-evolution Gen 1 Pokémon,

just because blowing yourself up is somewhat funny.

And at number 614, we have our very first Paradox Pokémon.

The worst Paradox Pokémon out there is Iron Boulder.

Iron Boulder is not the worst

from a competitive angle,

but I think from like a potential angle and from an angle of like,

design aspect, I think it's by far the worst.

617 is Type:Null.

I think Type:Null is a really weird Pokémon in a great way.

It's also technically a Legendary Pokémon,

even though it doesn't feel that way.

612 is Cramorant.

Cramorant is not good, but it is so funny.

I hope that Cramorant gets something that makes it usable at some point,

because like the fact

that it goes underwater and comes up with a Pikachu is just-

and then it spits the Pikachu out to the opponent is like-

just incredible.

611 is Bidoof.

Now, of course, I said that Zigzagoon was the best

of the early route rat Pokémon, but I think that Bidoof is so iconic

and so memorable

that even though I personally think

Zigzagoon is the best, I don't think you can argue

that Bidoof has had the biggest impact

on the culture by far in a way, actually; so beloved.

So even though I like Zigzagoon more, I do also like Bidoof-

I'm not saying anything bad about Bidoof-

Bidoof outplaces Zigzagoon.

610 is Venonat. Venonat, a Pokémon with a little bit of competitive viability as well.

609 is Poliwhirl.

Poliwhirl also has some unique things that it can do, though it's not super good.

608 is Cyndaquil,

another first stage starter Pokémon, making it pretty far up the list.

607 is Flaafy, and closing out the category at number 606 is Wingull.

There are some Pokémon out there that seem really cool.

Maybe you see them in a trailer, or maybe you hear about their

neat signature ability or signature move, or,

you know, unique typing and you're really, really excited;

until you actually get into your game and you start using it

and you realize that you have wasted your excitement points

on something that didn't deserve it.

The next category in our list is excited until you use it.

Kicking us off is Eiscue at number 605.

Eiscue is so cool.

It has a neat signature ability, it has two forms,

it's not very good.

600 is Slurpuff. Has some stuff it can do,

not very good at doing those things.

603 is Cacturne. Cacturne needs like, 200 more stats, dude.

602 is Mr. Rime.

Mr. Rime gets a signature ability

that's actually somewhat useful in certain circumstances,

but like. is not actually a good Pokémon.

601 is Keckleon. I've tried to use Keckleon before; not- not- not good.

Number 600 is Croagunk. 599 is Darumaka.

Number 598 is Sigilyph.

I think most people don't care

about Sigilyph, but I really like it;

I feel like those of us who started with Black and White,

we're always seeing Sigilyph

on like these weird teams.

It has a lot of things that it can do, but it just-

it's like, it needs like 100 more stat points; they need to give us Mega Sigilyph.

Number 597 is Larvesta. 596 is Dewpider.

(sorry I don't understand the joke)

That's not an original joke.

Number 595 is Mismagius.

They did fix Mismagius by giving us Flutter Mane.

594 is Banette.

As someone who's won a Regional with Banette,

you're definitely excited until they start using it, I'll tell you that much.

593 is Calyrex, but only the naked form.

I guess he's not really naked. He feels naked without his horse.

This is a Pokémon that shouldn't be exciting

until you use it, because you should never use it-

like, you should always use the horse form.

It's a Legendary Pokémon.

It is a really funny design and like I think the fact that it talks-

it's like, one of the few Pokémon that talks in the games itself.

So I think it's interesting for sure,

but it does feel like half a Pokémon; like, this feels

like the other half of Sharpedo in a way.

592 is Rapidash.

Now, base Rapidash is certainly iconic, and I like, I really like

the appearance in the original, you know, theme song,

I think it's really, really memorable, but it is so bad.

Like it's- it's just a disappointment competitively.

591 is Rampardos,

a fossil Pokémon that I think people

have quite fond memories of,

but maybe because they don't remember actually how bad it is.

Number 590 is Hitmonlee.

Hitmonlee is iconic, but not super good.

589 is Bibarel. Bibarel only barely outplaces Bidoof

because it is a lot better competitively,

although it does suffer a bit because it's not nearly as iconic.

588 is Seadra.

587 is Ralts. 586 is Tangela.

585 is Misdreavus. Both Tangela and Misdreavus

have actually seen a little bit of use in the past thanks to Eviolite.

Like, Misdreavus actually got second at the

US National Championships back in 2013.

584 is Celebi, 583 is Seviper. Seviper outplacing Zangoose,

so on this most illustrious of lists,

Seviper wins the battle.

The eternal battle.

582 is Cradily. 581 is Bagon. Bag-on? Bagon.

Number 580 is Vespiquen.

Did you all know it's spelled Vespiquen, not Vespiqueen?

That's one that I don't really understand,

why is it not Vespiqueen? Any knowers?

579 is Drifloon, and Drifloon

goes to a subcategory here that we are calling True Peak.

These are designs that are just super memorable,

super iconic,

just really great across the board,

and are certainly not in the category of exciting until you use it.

I think I've skipped over a couple of other True Peak designs;

like, I would probably put Ralts in here as well, actually, but I forgot.

578 is Froslass.

Now, I will say, I'm extremely excited to use Mega Froslass.

We will see if I am excited until I use it there.

577 goes to Tepig. Tepig's a starter Pokémon.

I think I'd put this in True Peak, alongside the next Pokémon on our list:

576 is Chimchar.

That's True Peak.

575 is Kirlia.

I think Kirlia is also True Peak.

Maybe I just like a lot of the Pokémon here.

Number 574 is Swadloon.

I think Swadloon has a better design than either

its pre-evolution or its evolution; great Pokémon.

Number 573 is Golbat. 572 is Galarian Darumaka.

Out of all the regional forms, I think the Darmanitan line is one of my favorites.

Snd closing out the category is number 571, Wigglytuff.

Wigglytuff actually won a Regional Championship,

so it's actually not really exciting until you use it,

but I also wouldn't say that it's True Peak;

I think this might just be an outlier.

The Pokémon in the next section

didn't fit neatly

into one specific category, which is okay because they did fit

neatly into three.

On the one hand, we have Little Cup Heroes,

which are Pokémon that are really good as like,

pre-evolutions in formats where evolution is banned.

The second is "I'm not like other girls,

this is my favorite Pokémon", which are the Pokémon

that are definitely like,

viable to be someone's favorites, but not the most obvious ones.

And the third group of Pokémon

in this next category is Modes of Transportation.

Kicking us off,

we have a Little Cup Hero, with Foongus coming in at number 570.

569 goes to Cyclizar. Cyclizar is a mode of transportation;

that's not a hot take.

568 is Litwick, a Little Cup Hero. 567 goes to Pawniard,

and Pawniard is memorable

because it is the exact midpoint of our list.

We are halfway through every single Pokémon being ranked.

Have we talked to about your favorite Pokémon yet?

Then I'm gonna, because I'm gonna talk about all of them.

566 is Vullaby. Vullaby actually is a great Pokémon in Little Cup.

565 is a Revavroom.

Revavroom canonically is a mode of transportation,

people ride it in the game.

564 is Espurr. 563 is Aurorus.

Now, Aurorus is an "I'm not like other girls" Pokémon,

because it is a great Pokémon.

it's awesome if it's your favorite,

but it's not the most obvious Pokémon to have as a favorite.

Personally, I would argue that Aurorus

is also a mode of transportation, but I'm not going to argue with you.

562 is Rowlett.

561 is Lycanroc midnight form. 560 Thwackey.

559 Raboot, and number 558 Fuecoco.

Number 557 is Lokix.

I think Lokix is an "I'm not like other girls" Pokémon.

It's not the most obvious favorite to have,

but I think that people who like Lokix really like Lokix,

and I do think there's something cool about it.

So I don't know, I think- I think this is a Pokémon that you like

if you want a Pokémon

that's like not Greninja or Charizard to be your favorite,

and you want people to think that you're different, which is fine.

That's nothing wrong with that.

Number 556 is Scovillain.

This is "I'm not like other girls because, like, I really love food".

Number 555 is Tinkatuff. 554 goes to Houndstone.

I think Houndstone is both "I'm not like other girls"

and a mode of transportation.

Houndstone for like the spooky girls,

and the people who need a place to go quickly.

And actually here's- actually, I know that people think I'm joking,

but here's the thing: Houndstone gets Sand Rush, okay?

Rush hour? Got a rush to get where I'm going? Mode of transportation.

553 is Hattrem.

Number 552 is Rabsca.

I think Rabsca might just be an outlier,

I don't- I don't know if people really like Rabsca.

I don't think it's a mode of transportation.

Number 551 is Hippowdown. Hippowdon is a mode of transportation.

You can you can ride that for sure.

Number 550 is Magmortar. People hate how I saw Magmortar.

549 is Grookey. Grookey outperforming Thwackey,

even though Thwackey actually is a little bit viable.

I lost to one recently. Good job, me.

548 is Orbeetle.

And here's the thing:

Orbeetle is undeniably

a mode of transportation because it's a UFO,

and the Gigantamax form is surely;

like, you could- that could definitely, like, Teleport you up,

and then, you know, take you where it wants to go.

Maybe not where you want to go, but I mean, that's that's still accounts;

that's- that's a mode of transportation.

Number 547 is Duosion.

I love the whole Dupsion line, I think it's an excellent line.

Number 546 is Morpeko.

We're not differentiating between the forms

because it just switches between them naturally.

Number 545 is Dugtrio.

Dugtrio- this might be an unpopular opinion, but it is a mode of transportation.

It's basically a car seat, just not a very comfortable one.

Number 544 is Poltchageist, and closing it out

at number 543, as our last Little Cup Hero, is Tandemaus.

So, before we continue on,

I thought this would be a good place to talk about some stats,

because we're over halfway through the list now.

Specifically, how many Pokémon from each Generation

ended up in the bottom half of the list.

There's one thing that I think is interesting,

is that if you look at just the raw numbers of how many Pokémon

are in the bottom half of our list here, you can see that

Gen 3 is actually doing the worst, followed by Generation 5 with 85,

followed by Generation 8, then Generation 1,

and so on and so forth. And out of everything,

Generation 6 is actually doing the best.

However, that's because we're looking at the raw numbers,

and you have to keep in mind

that the amount of Pokémon in each Pokedex is not equal.

And so if we look at the percentage of Pokémon in the bottom half

compared to the percentage of Pokémon introduced in that generation,

tell us a bit of a different story.

Generation 6, who was doing the best in terms of the raw numbers,

is actually doing the worst overall in terms of the percentages,

because there just weren't that many Pokémon

introduced in Generation 6.

Two other things

I think are really interesting here is that

Generation 3 is actually having a surprisingly hard time,

despite the fact that I think a lot of Generation 3

Pokémon are great, and I like Generation 3 a lot.

So that's a little weird.

And the generation doing

the best is actually not Generation 1, but Generation 9.

Now, this is in large part because of powercreep,

because we're giving Pokémon a score based on how competitively viable they are,

and the Generation 9 Pokémon are by far

the strongest that of any generation thus far.

Maybe I'll have more stats for you later,

I don't know.

Back to the list.

Now, because we're over halfway through the list,

it means that the Pokémon

remaining are, for the most part, pretty memorable.

Pretty iconic, right?

And so this next chunk of Pokémon I have named

"Your mom might know these Pokémon."

We're not talking about the Pokémon that like, everybody knows, right?

Like everybody knows Charizard and Pikachu, right?

But these are Pokémon that, like, my mom might know it,

your mom might know it... she also might not.

These are Pokémon that are kind of memorable a little bit.

Starting off with Galarian Farfetch'd.

Now, to be fair, I don't think my mom literally knows

Galarian Farfetch'd, but she definitely knows Farfetch'd.

She probably knows Farfetch'd.

Number 541 is Floragato.

540 is Jynx.

She probably knows Jynx, right?

539 is Lampent.

538 introduces our first subcategory with

Oricorio Pa'u style. Now, Oricorio Pa'u style,

my mom does not know-

There's no chance; your mom doesn't know-

like, nobody's mom knows Oricoio Pa'u style, right?

So that's why

this subcategory is called "I really want the 5th Gym badge."

These are Pokémon that you

put in your team to beat the 5th or 6th or 4th Gym Leader in the mid-game,

and then as soon as you get a better Pokémon, you take it right off.

537 goes to Bewear, who I think is both

"I really want the 5th badge" and "My mom might know this".

Pokémon 536 is Medicham. 535 is Onyx.

Onyx is actually in large part responsible

for my personal Pokémon journey.

There's a butterfly effect where an anime episode

with Onyx eventually led to me winning the World Championships.

Fun fact, my mom knows Onyx.

534 is Musharna. I've used it in Draft League,

my mom doesn't know it,

I really want the 5th Gen badge.

533 is Kabuto.

532 is Poliwrath. Poliwrath is also both.

532 is Mightyena.

Mightyena is like, memorable, but not the most memorable, right?

Also, Mightyena probably caps out around the 4th or 5th gym badge,

that's probably when you have to take Mightyena off your team

because it's just like, fallen off, right?

530 is Shiftry. 529 is Turtwig. 528 is Runerigus.

Runerigus is,

unfortunately, I really want the 5th gym badge,

although it is one of my favorite Pokémon overall, but it's not-

My mom does not know Runerigus.

527 is Kricketune.

526 is Abomasnow.

I think Abomasnow can get you the 7th or the 8th gym badge,

I think you could finish the game with Abomasnow,

so Abomasnow, you're a bit of an outlier.

525 is Audino.

Audino's cute enough that I feel like your mom might know it, right?

524 is Carracosta.

Carracosta's not very cute, my mom doesn't know it,

I really want the 5th gym badge.

523 is Popplio. 522 is Lurantis. 521 is Swellow.

I think Swellow is both

"My mom might know this Pokémon"

and "I really want the 5th gym badge",

although Swellow with the Guts and Facade combination,

if you're able to get it somehow, that's- that's a-

that's a whole game Pokémon; this Pokémon is really good in Nuzlockes.

520 is Cosmog.

Cosmog is so iconic, people know Cosmog.

519 is Dreepy. 518 is Sudowoodo.

And as a fun fact,

Sudowoodo is actually one of my mom's favorite Pokémon; like, of all time, she loves Sudowoodo.

It's a funny Pokémon, she has good taste.

Number 517 is Flamigo.

Flamigo is not only "I want the 5th gym badge", but it's

"I want to beat Pokémon Scarlet as fast as possible;

516 is Treecko. 515 is Goomy. I hate playing Pokémon Scarlet and I want it to end immediately, give me Flamigo".

516 is Treecko. 515 is Goomy.

Everybody knows Goomy, right?

514 is Arbok. 513 is Hisuian Electrode.

512 is Koffing. 511 is Tauros Kanto form.

Regular form? Original Tauros.

Vanilla Tauros. Starting Tauros. Base Tauros.

510 is Tropius.

A bit of an interlude here at number 509 with Iron Leaves.

Iron Leaves is the second worst Paradox overall,

but it is followed immediately by number 508, Iron Thorns.

I think Iron Leaves is a letdown,

because Virizion is not a very good Legendary Pokémon:

it would've been really cool to have a neat redesign

that made it good, but they didn't;

and Iron Thorns, the fact that they made a Paradox Pokémon

that is just worse than Tyranitar- like, taking one of the most iconic

and one of the best Pokémon and redesigning it

and making it not only worse, but like, borderline unusable...

It's embarrassing.

Like, they- this is like, an embarrassing Paradox Pokémon.

Number 507 is Yanmega.

I love Yanmega.

I do think it's an

"I really want the 5th gym badge" Pokémon,

but you could use it a little longer.

Number 506 is Gourgeist.

Number 505 is Oranguru.

Actually, all of these Pokémon have results in official tournaments,

so these are Pokémon that are a little bit better

than the 5th gym badge, I think.

Maybe there should be a subcategory of

"I'm not like other girls, and I want to enter a tournament".

Number 504 is Mr. Mime.

Everybody knows Mr. Mime.

503 is Mesprit.

Me? Sprit? No!

502 is Beedrill.

Number 501 is Monferno.

Number 500 is Kadabra.

That feels like an important milestone:

we got 500 Pokémon left.

499 is Torchic.

Torchic making it into the top 500 feels right.

498 is regular Vulpix.

Keep that in mind,

we're gonna talk about that in a second.

497 is Prinplup. 496 Cubone.

So memorable, so-

I can't keep using the word iconic, but they are.

It's iconic, right? Very sad,

tragic backstory...

The skull... oh my heart... my heart strings, even.

And closing out the category at number 495 is Alolan Vulpix.

And I'm curious:

I think that

Alolan Vulpix is just so slightly better than regular Vulpix,

I think it's an incredible redesign,

but I don't know if that's a popular opinion.

I might get flamed for this one.

Let me know,

I really feel like this one could go either way.

Now, of course, we just finished a huge chunk of Pokémon

that like, are really memorable, really iconic, right?

We had Cubone, we had Vulpix, we had... Iron Leaves.

And so,

you'd think that at this point,

you know, getting so far into the top, you know, 500 Pokémon,

surely every Pokémon remaining is memorable and iconic and and,

you know, like everybody knows these Pokémon, right?

And we just finished a huge chunk,

where a lot of people do know these Pokémon.

However, that's not the case,

and so our next category is named

"My mom definitely doesn't know these Pokémon".

These are Pokémon that have a bit

more competitive viability

at the cost of some of their more memorability.

That's a word, right? I'm pretty sure.

Let me give you an example.

We can talk about number 494, Fezandipiti.

Does your mom know Fezandipiti?

Don't lie to me, she doesn't.

We were talking about it,

and I said, "do you know...?"- moving on,

I'm not finishing this joke.

Number 493 Drakloak. Drakloakee- she doesn't know Drakloak.

492 Krokorok. Great name.

491 Golurk, mostly memorable because of its name.

Number 490 is Duoblade. Doublade? Dough-blade. Number 489 is Trevenant.

488, 487, and 486 are the different Oricorio forms

that aren't the one that's worse than the rest of them.

I should have mentioned this earlier, but yeah, one of the Oricorios

is certainly worse than the other three.

Now, it is a little tough to rank the Oricorio

within themselves, but I'm going to say this:

I'm going to say 488 Oricorio Baile style,

487 Oricorio Pom Pom style, and 486, the best one of the Oricorios,

is Oricorio Sensu style.

That might be a hot take, that might be agreed upon, I don't know.

Number 485 is Mudsdale. 484 is Gothorita. 483 is Sprigatito.

Sprigatito is an outlier.

People love Sprigatito, right? Great name, great Pokémon, super cute.

People know Sprigatito. My mom might know Sprigatito.

Number 482 is Brambleghast.

Brambleghast is a really cool Pokémon,

we talked about the signature ability earlier

and like I said, there was almost a world

where it won the World Championships;

there were some unfortunate disconnects

in either Top 16 or Top 8 of the World Championships

that, like, could have affected the outcome.

So there might be a time line where Brambleghast wins

the Worlds Championship, which is crazy,

because it's not commonly thought to be very good.

481 is Stoutland. I love Stoutland,

I think that this is one of the like,

greatest Pokémon from Generation 5,

and it actually is surprising that it doesn't get more love.

Like, I feel like people don't care about Stoutland,

but it's this big fluffy dog.

I actually played against one of the finals of

US Nationals in 2011, and it click Thunder Wave like, eight times,

and just paralyzed all my Pokémon,

and yet I still love this Pokémon, that's how good it is.

480 is Garbodor.

Garbodor I think is partially memorable because of the fact

that it's like just this ugly trash bag Pokémon.

So maybe it's- maybe- my mom doesn't know Garbodor,

does your mom know Garbodor? There's no way.

479 is Cetitan. 478 is Bastiodon, another fossil, and one of the more beloved fossils.

Also, I'll say it, one of the scariest Pokémon

I've ever seen in my entire life.

Like, I'd rather face against Ultra Necrozma than Bastiodon;

this Pokémon is a nightmare to play against.

It is just like- they need to nerf this Pokémon,

it needs like, 300 fewer stats; like, this thing is too good.

Number 477 is Glastrier.

Pretty good, but not as good as when,

you know, the weird big head guy gets on it.

476 is Sirfetch'd.

Noble, not memorable.

475 is Aggron.

Dianna Agron is a famous person, and I knew this without looking it up

or getting told anything about it- moving on.

474 is Electivire. Electivire, actually, I think is an outlier.

I think- I think my mom might know this Pokémon.

Okay, I don't know if my mom does, but somebody's mom knows Electivire.

Number 473 is Hisuian Zorua.

This is another example of a redesign

I think enhancing the base form a lot-

Hisuian Zorua is just a really cool Pokémon.

472 is another starter Pokémon with Chesnaught.

Chesnaught doing pretty well, especially given that its pre-evolution

was the worst starter Pokémon on the entire list,

and its base form didn't do that well either.

I think top 500 is actually pretty good for Chesnaught,

not given how that was looking earlier.

471 is Galarian Slowking.

Not as great as the original, but still a pretty good redesign.

470 is Drampa.

I love Drampa's

Pokedex entry that says it will burn down the houses of bullies. That's memorable.

And closing out the category number 469,

we have Polteageist.

I have to complain

about the naming convention

of Poltergeist, okay? Because the baby form is Sinistea,

and then devolves into Poltergeist, right?

That's fair, I got no problem with that, right?

But then they make a new line and they flip the naming convention.

Baby form is Poltchageist and the evolved form is Sinistcha,

so it's reversed- very confusing.

Now, some Pokémon are memorable, but they're memorable in way that like,

you might have seen them on a TV show you watched ten years ago,

not in the way that like, "oh, I see them in the movies all the time".

So our next category of Pokémon, although brief, is called

C-list celebs.

Starting us off,

we have Honchkrow, at number 468.

People know Honchkrow,

but like, I don't know how many pictures

Honchkrow's getting stopped to ask for.

Number 467 is Omanyte.

Omanyte was a huge celebrity after,

you know, the viral, debut of Twitch Plays Pokémon,

but since then it's been hard for it to get some work for.

606 is Sceptile. Sceptile might be a B-list celebrity, to be honest.

465 is Marshtomp. 464 is Feebas.

We have some nice Gen 3 appearances here, don't we?

463 is Azelf.

Now, Azelf is a Legendary, but it's not like the most popular

or most famous Legendary; people will recognize it,

but like, I don't know if like, kids are super excited

to get an autograph from Azelf.

461 is Furret. Furret is incredible,

but it's so bad that like- it is cool, but it's not good,

and so it's in this kind of like weird middle ground space.

I think Furret does quite well given how bad its viability is.

Number 461 is Luxray,

one of the Pokémon on every playthrough

of every Generation 4 team.

460 is Jigglypuff.

Jigglypuff is canonically in universe a C-list celebrity, I'm pretty sure.

It even does

some cameo work in the games, like Super Smash Brothers.

459 is Rhyhorn.

Now, Rhyhorn's big brother Rhydon is a bit of an A-list celebrity,

or at least a B-list, because it's the first Pokémon ever made.

Rhyhorn trying to life off

the benefit of that, kind of trying to get a little nepotism favor here, huh-

And this is a short category,

so closing this out is number 458, Manaphy.

Was it Manaphy or Phione in that Pokémon Ranger mission?

I don't remember.

But like, that's what I think of when I think of Manaphy.

It also has a movie.

It has a movie, but it hasn't had a movie in many years.

We just went through some pretty iconic and memorable Pokémon,

but the next Pokémon, I would say,

are not so memorable, and they're not so famous.

Like, they're certainly not C-list celebrities.

I would classify these Pokémon as weirdos, but weirdos affectionately.

Kicking this off at number 457 is Yukidogi. This is a weirdo.

456, again, a weirdo, Enamorus Incarnate form.

It's cool that they made a 4th genie,

but it's not cool that it sucks.

455 is Wyrdeer, and weird is literally in the name.

454 Iron Moth, another Paradox Pokémon.

And you might have noticed that every Paradox Pokémon

thus far that is on the list, that's appeared, is a future Paradox.

I don't think it's a hot take to say that

the future designs are a lot worse than the past designs,

and the fact that they're all just like, "Iron- whatever"...

I don't hate them, but it's certainly not as cool as the past ones.

453 is Hisuian Braviary.

452 is Inteleon, another starter Pokémon, but a weird one, right?

Like, it's weird to have guns in Pokémon. Inteleon just shoots people.

Speaking of starters, 451 is Braixen.

Braixen isn't really a weirdo, but like, weirdos like Braixen, so...

I'm gonna move on.

I'm not saying if you like Braixen, you are a weirdo,

but if you are a weirdo, you might like Braixen- I'm moving on,

I'm just digging a hole here.

Number 450, and speaking of guns, we have Clawitzer.

I love Clawitzer. I keep trying to make it work, but it's always bad.

It's just that the signature ability is so cool.

449 is Diancie.

Diancie is a bit of a strange Legendary Pokémon

in that it doesn't even really feel like a Legendary.

I do think Mega Diancie has a great design.

448 is Deino.

I would say Dino isn't really a weirdo, but it is a Pokémon

that's a pre-evolution that has a great design,

so it's earned a spot pretty high up here on the list.

447 is Eelektross.

I got to talk about Eelektross.

They took away his swagger.

Have I already talked about this? Like, Eelektross in Gen 5 was so cool.

It looks so sick- Can we show the Gen 5 sprite?

That's when Eelektross came out.

When I saw it, I was like, oh yeah, this Pokémon is is goat.

It is really, really, really cool.

And then they made it into a wind sock!

Just a sock, actually; they turned it into a sock!

I don't know, I'm really excited about Mega Eelektross,

because it gives them a chance to get some of the swagger back,

but yeah, they really gutted this mon.

446 is Litten.

Our first mention of the Incineroar line, here at number 446.

445 is Kilowattrel. Pretty high performance from Kilowattrel,

and that's in part because it's pretty good competitively.

Number 444 is Bellibolt. I think Bellibolt has an incredible design.

I love the Pokémon that are goofy- and actually, Bellibolt, like-

there were some viable strategies built around it for sure.

43 is Kleavor.

Kleavor's a pretty cool like, Scyther evolution,

but it's certainly a weirdo.

We have a lot of Hisuian Pokémon in this chunk, don't we?

442 is another Legendary Pokémon with Hoopa Unbound.

No one is saying that this Pokémon is normal.

441 is Togetic. 440 goes to Heracross. 439 is Skarmory.

Skarmory actually doing quite well here, despite the fact

that it's not super good in double battles.

That being said, I'm filming this before

I've used Mega Skarmory; maybe it will get some redemption.

Number 438 is Altaria. 437 goes to Ribombee.

436 is Clodsire.

Clodsire I think is definitely indicative of the name of the category, right?

It's a weird Pokémon, but it's so lovely.

I love Clodsire.

And closing out the category,

we do actually have an outlier, because this Pokémon is not a weirdo,

but I am affectionate about it:

number 435 goes to Spheal.

I think Spheal is one of the single most iconic Pokémon of all time.

The Pokémon are getting better and better,

and we have a chunk of Pokémon

that I can only describe as trying to be cool and succeeding.

For example, number 434, Pecharunt.

Pikarunt? Pecharunt.

I don't even particularly like Pecharunt,

but I cannot deny that it is a really cool Pokémon.

Number 433 is Alolan Meowth, which I think

is one of the first regional forms that they ever revealed officially, like, in a trailer.

432 is Snivy, and 431 is Dewott.

So we have two starter Pokémon that I think are both cool Pokémon.

Like, they're not-

They're kind of cute, but I think they're more cool than cute.

430 is Tauros Blaze Breed Paldean form. 429 is Centiskorch.

I think that Bug types in general are a little bit harder to make cool,

and I think Centiskorch really succeeds.

I also really like the Gigantamax form.

I would even say it might be the single best

Gigantamax form from a design perspective.

428 is Pidgeot.

I think Pidgeot doesn't seem as cool

because like, we're used to it and we're desensitized to it,

but I do think, like, as a kid, I thought it was sick,

like, a big old bird that you can fly around on.

427 is Vileplume.

426 is Zygarde 10% form.

I have a hot take:

I think Zygarde 10%

might be cooler than any of the other Zygarde forms.

Like,

I know that complete form is technically cooler,

but like, I think there's something neat about 10% form.

I don't know, maybe that's a hot take.

425 introduces a subcategory with Purrloin,

which is "I would leave a toddler with this Pokémon".

424 is Magneton.

That's a Pokémon that's trying to be cool and succeeding.

I know it's just magnets, but it's cool magnets.

Maybe magnets are just cool.

We have a couple of Pokémon that I would leave a toddler with here:

423 Meganium, 422 Mareep, and 421 Bellossom.

420 is Floatzel,

and 419 is Gaibol. Jaibol? Oh, people are gonna be mad if I say Jaibol,

I'll call it Gaibol. I'm pretty sure it's Jaibol, though.

Oh wait, no, they're mad because they think it should be Gible.

Like knibble. But it's Gaibol or Jaibol.

A couple more safe Pokémon coming up here,

we have Munchlax, number 418. 417 I have Tangrowth.

I think I would leave a toddler with Tangrowth,

it seems very gentle to me.

It can use Sleep Powder if the baby cries,

although I don't imagine that's good for a baby's immune system,

so maybe- maybe I wouldn't leave a toddler with Tangrowth.

416 is Oshawott. 415 is Mienfoo.

414 is Hisuian Sliggoo.

I think this is an ideal partner for a toddler

because like, it's squishy, and I feel like toddlers

like to squeeze things,

but also it has a hard shell

so it wouldn't get hurt, and hmmmm... I would leave a toddler

with Hisuian Sliggoo, but maybe I shouldn't.

413 is Togedemaru.

I know it seems a little spiky, but I do think

it's like, gentle enough that you could leave a toddler with Togedemaru.

412 is Wobbuffet.

I think

Wobbuffet would be a great babysitter because number one,

it would never let the baby out of its sights with Shadow Tag,

and number two, Wobbuffet actually can't do any damage-

it could even Charm the baby.

Now we're back to a big chunk of Pokémon that are trying

to be cool and succeeding, including Iron Crown at number 411. Absol at number 410.

I mean, this is one of the coolest Pokémon ever.

I would even say that

this might be the Shadow the Hedgehog of Pokémon.

People are going to be mad about that, I think.

409 is Kabutops, another Pokémon

that is undeniably sick.

408 is Zeraora.

I don't like Zeraora, but it is cool.

407 is Leavanny.

406 is Zorua.

Zorua outplaces Hisuian Zorua because, even though the like-

I think the design is better on the Hisuian form,

I do think that the original is somewhat iconic.

405 is Decidueye.

I don't think Decidueye is cool because, like,

it sucks, but I think that

if I only looked at the design, then I would think it was cool.

404 is Iron Jugulis,

another Paradox Pokémon and we still haven't had-

I don't think we've had a past Paradox Pokémon yet. The future is suffering.

403 is Malamar.

I already thought Malamar was cool, but I think

especially given the Mega form, now it's undeniably cool.

However, I would not leave a toddler with him.

402 is Steelix. I think Mega Steelix is awesome.

That's one of my favorite Mega Evolutions, period.

401 is Wooper.

I think Wooper is both trying to be cool and succeeding-

even though it's not like traditionally cool,

I think the fact that it's so silly-looking is cool in its own way-

And of course, I would leave a toddler with Wooper.

Number 400 is Zweilous. So, Zweilous is a pretty cool Pokémon

that actually has seen a little use in the past,

when people used Hustle Outrage Choice Band Zweilous, fun fact.

We have another Legendary at 399 at Kyurem; that made it sound like I was like,

tagging him in a Twitter post, @Kyurem.

398 is Quaquaval.

Quequeval?

I think I would leave a tall there with quick Quequeval,

but I think it's also cool in its own way.

397 is original Persian.

396 is Galarian Slowbro.

I would leave a toddler with Galarian Slowbro,

although he's a Poison type, so maybe I shouldn't.

He might be an outlier.

395 is Hisuian Decidueye.

It's marginally better than the original Decidueye,

but not by that much.

394 is Cloyster. 393 is Electrode.

I would not leave a toddler with Electrode.

No, sorry.

392 is the Aqua form of Tauros Paldean Form,

which is the final Paldean Tauros;

Aqua form places the highest here, in part

because it's the best competitively.

391 is Meowstic male. It feels like it's been a while since we talked about Meowstic Female,

I think there's a pretty big gap there;

the male version is a lot better.

390 is Galarian Zapdos.

I think it's a really cool redesign of a classic Pokémon,

and I think it's trying to be cool and succeeding.

389 is Dratini.

I would leave a toddler with Dratini for sure.

388 is Salazzle. 387 is Cleffa.

I would leave a toddler with Cleffa. 386 is Shelgon.

I think Shelgon is cool in its own way.

I think Shelgon's like, little story arc, where it wants to fly is cool

385 is Seismitoad.

I don't think that Seismitoad

is trying to be cool, and if it is, I don't think succeeding,

but I also wouldn't leave a toddler with it,

so I think Seismitoad is an outlier.

384 is Scolipede.

I'm quite excited about Mega Scolipede,

I'm- I'm really curious to see how good that Pokémon is.

383 is Haxorus.

Haxorus is certainly trying to be cool, and it's succeeding,

and it's actually quite good.

it got second at the World Championships back in 2011.

Struggles nowadays,

but like that's- that's- listen, results are results.

381 is Dragargle. Dragargle's another Pokémon that I think is trying to be cool,

and I think it is succeeding.

And I like that the Mega Dragargle looks like the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

I'm quite curious to see how good this Pokémon is.

381 is Hawlucha, another Pokémon getting a new Mega Evolution

that I'm really curious to see how good it is.

380 is Goodra. Goodra's iconic,

I like Goodra a lot.

I think Goodra's trying to be cool in its own way.

I think that Goodra is cool-

Maybe it's not trying, but I think it is cool,

and it would leave a toddler with Goodra.

379 is Klefki. Klefki is the ideal Pokémon to leave a toddler with,

because it can jangle the keys and keep them entertained.

378 is Lycanroc Dusk Form.

377 is Alakazam. And closing out the category,

we have two Pokémon I would leave a toddler with.

First of all,

we have Slowpoke at 376, and of course, classic babysitting Pokémon,

at 375, we have...

Wailord.

Our next category has only one Pokémon. At number 374,

in the Snom category, we have Snom.

Some Pokémon's impacts cannot be denied,

and by impacts I mean specifically the impacts

on the wallets of the Pokémon Company and Big Pikachu himself.

That's why I'm calling this next category

"I've made the Pokémon Company so much money".

Also, if you're wondering about the continuity error,

and the fact that I am now wearing glasses,

it's because it turns out there's a lot more Pokémon than I expected,

and this is taking a long time to record,

so I'm doing it over the course of a week, and this is day 4.

Number 373 is Rotom,

specifically the Ghost form, the original form.

Rotom Cell Phone for me is not in this list.

372 is Appletun.

There's a huge Appletun plush out there

that I bet has made thousands

and thousands of dollars to the Pokémon Company.

Number 371 is Enamorus Therian. 370 is Slither Wing.

Slither Wing is a surprising Pokémon, but I think that it's quite popular,

actually, especially for merch.

369 is Vikabolt. 368 is Cottonee.

I've seen so many Cottonee plushies at tournaments,

people love this.

Pokémon 367 is Lopunny.

It belongs on this part of the list, unfortunately, for sure.

366 is Omastar.

365 is Growlithe Hisuian form. 364 is Gastly.

Gastly is certainly a moneymaker for Pokémon.

363 is Feraligatr.

Feraligatr is about to make

the Pokémon Company some more money thanks to its new Mega.

362 is Nidoqueen. 361 is Farfetch'd.

Farfetch'd is another Pokémon where like,

I definitely feel like

I've seen more plushies of it than you would expect.

360 is special, because 360 is Alolan Muk,

which I think is our first really good competitive Pokémon on the list.

There have been Pokémon that have been usable

for sure before this, but I feel like Muk Alolan form is the first one

where it was actually like a main meta threat at one point.

Speaking of Pokémon

that have been good before. Number 359 is Marowak, Marowak regular form,

who actually got Top 8 at the World Championships in 2013.

358 is Starmie.

Starmie is also about to make some more money for the Pokémon Company.

357 is Shuckle. I think Shuckle is great.

I think it's funny that it's so memorable

because like, you wouldn't think that a Pokémon

that can't really do any damage and is just there

to kind of like, look silly and tank hits

would be thought to be super good, but like, people love Shuckle;

everybody loves Shuckle. I don't even know-

It's kind of just been a fact for as long as I can remember,

I don't even know why people love Shuckle so much.

They just do.

And the messed up thing is that I love Shuckle,

and I don't even know why I love Shuckle.

356 is Walrein.

Walrein is one of my original favorite Pokémon

back from when I was a kid, I had like the Walrein EX card,

and I tried to build this Walrein EX deck- it was super bad.

355 is Mudkip.

I wonder which starter Pokémon outside of Kanto

has made the Pokémon Company the most money.

It could be Mudkip. I think it might be Mudkip.

Let me know in the comments down below, and also subscribe!

354 is Squirtle, speaking of Kanto starters,

and it was a tight one, but 353 is Bulbasaur.

This is just personal preference between which starter you like more.

I like Bulbasaur a little bit more than Squirtle,

but they're almost equivalent otherwise.

I have been waiting to name this next category of Pokémon

for the entire duration of our list thus far,

because this is a very special category,

and I only get to use it once.

And when I was looking at the Pokémon coming up on our list,

I knew that it had to be this section.

I would like to introduce you to...

Potential Man.

These are Pokémon that you always think

are gonna work out, and they just never do.

They have so much potential, and they never realize it.

Kicking us off with number 352 is Hisuian Samurott.

The amount of times I have put Hisuian Samurott

on a team for one battle and then taking it off is-

is more than zero,

and also more than one, and also more than two.

351 is Hisuian Goodra. Love the design, Potential Man.

Potential Mon? Potential Mon.

350 is Braviary. 349 is Tornadus Therian.

You would think that a new form

of Tornadus would be good, but you would be wrong-

unless you're playing singles Draft League,

in which case Tornadus is good.

348 is Vanilluxe.

It is a shame that at one point Vanilluxe

was actually a usable Pokémon, but in all normal circumstances,

it's Potential Man.

347 is Galvantula. 346 is Meloetta Aria form?

That's the- is it the Fighting one of the regular one?

I don't even know. 345 is Silvally.

I almost brought Silvally to the World Championships,

and I tried a lot of different Memories,

and hey're all disappointing.

You have unlimited types,

but you have no real reason to use any of them.

344 is Guzzlord.

Fun fact, this is the first Ultra Beast

in the list who is not like a baby Pokémon.

I like Guzzlord

from a design angle, but it's not very good, unfortunately.

You would think that like, having that big of a mouth

would do something, but it doesn't do anything.

343 is Naganiadel,

just barely better than Guzzlord.

It's so fast, but it's like, such a waste of time.

342 is Melmetal.

This Pokémon would be really good if it was ever like tournament legal.

341 is Frosmoth.

Frosmoth has so much going for it:

It has a super broken ability, and it gets one of the best moves

in the entire game with Quiver Dance,

and yet every time you try and use

this Pokémon, it is just a total letdown.

Turns out, having maybe the single worst

typing in the entire game doesn't do you any favors.

340 is Duraludon. Duraludon... like, Duraludon

is so bad that even when you give it

the Eviolite, it's still not worth using.

And I say that as somebody who,

like, worked on a team that eventually won a tournament

with Duraludon; like, my friend Doctor Aaron Traylo won a tournament

with Duraludon,

and now I look back and I was like, how is that even possible?

Duraludon was not Potential Man for like a minute,

but I think that was more of an Aaron Traylor difference

than a Duraludon difference.

339 is Uxie. Youxie? Uxie.

It's a Legendary,

but they've made a Pokémon that's basically just worse Cresselia.

This is basically just upgraded Chimecho,

and it's not very good.

And last but not least, we have Spiritomb, at 338.

You would think that a Pokémon that had no weaknesses

for like many years would be good at some point,

but you would be wrong.

Spiritomb is really disappointing because like,

there are things that it can do,

but it doesn't do enough of those things well to actually justify using it.

I just like the design a lot.

I think that it is really iconic and super memorable,

and for some reason I feel like people remember Spiritomb

as the Pokémon with no weaknesses, even though Sableye came first.

but people remember Spiritomb for some reason,

which I think speaks to how iconic it is,

but it's not iconic for its competitive prowess.

Closing out the category, we have two outliers.

At number 337, we have Psyduck.

That's not Potential Man,

that's just my guy.

And last but certainly not least, at number 336 we have Drifblim.

Drifblim has really great lore and also is super cute,

and is certainly not a Potential Man Mon. Potential Mon Man.

Who knows?

We have a brief section of Pokémon coming up that I am

pleased to declare has beat the Potential Man allegations.

Starting with Zygarde Complete.

This Pokémon is not as good as you would think it would be.

I'm very curious to see how Mega Mega Zygarde is,

but it's certainly not Potential Man; like, it has tournament results.

Spectrier, number 334.

Another Pokémon that in the right context can do something.

Mostly if the context is getting a guy on the horse.

333 is Toxicroak, which is actually a World Champion, fun fact.

332 is Espathra. 331 is Orthworm.

Number 330 is Clefable, and 329 is Parasect.

Now, Parasect actually has a Top 8 at the World Championships,

in part because it was quite strong into Kyogre back in 2010.

Last but not least, closing out the category,

we have number 328 Machamp,

who is also a World Champion, albeit in the Seniors division.

Now, at this point,

I'm sure that many of you are quite upset with where

some of your favorite Pokémon have been put,

but there are some Pokémon on this list

that I realized if we put them any lower, people would be mad.

And also we don't want to put them any lower because they're great.

Which is the name of this category. Coming in at number 327,

we have Articuno Galarian Form. 326 is Arctozolt. 325 is Midday Lycanroc.

324 is Cobalion, another Legendary Pokémon.

It's followed immediately by its... brother? Sister? Sibling.

323 Virizion. 322 is Slaking.

I still think it's Slayking, but I'm going to call it Slaking

so I don't get angry messages.

321 is Glaceon.

This is our first Eeveelution on the list,

and I think it's probably telling that the fact that we've gone

through almost 800 Pokémon at this point,

and yet the first eeveelution shows up here in the low 300s,

just speaks to how good the Eevelutions are.

320 is Gliscor. 319 is Samurott.

318 is Keldeo's ordinary form.

Keldeo is really cool.

It's a shame that it was never like, tournament legal

for official tournaments,

because like,

I think it's actually a lot more interesting than most

of the other Swords of Justice, but it's never allowed.

And then they gave us Urshifu, which took the Water and Fighting typing

and just made it evil, so,

I don't know, maybe it's better that Keldeo wasn't allowed.

Keldeo's like the timeline we live in if we have, like, the good Urshifu.

Like, it's the good Water/Fighting type, but Urshifu's a Mythical.

317 is Wishiwashi Schooling form.

Actually, I think it's just Wishiwashi total.

Wait, did we rank Wishiwashi independently? Hang on, I need to check.

Okay, I've got confirmation here,

which is one Wishiwashi. All of the Wishiwashi fishes-

Wishiwashi fishi fashi?

They all go here.

Number 316 is Blacephalon,

another Ultra Beast.

Number 315 is Toxtricity Low Key form,

and it's followed by number 314 Toxtricity Amped form.

I thought it was called pumped up, but it's amped.

The differences between the two are basically non-existent.

They have very slight movepool changes that,

iin my opinion, makes Amped slightly better.

213 is Dachsbun. I would go to war for Dachsbun. I love this Pokémon.

312 is Arboliva.

Ar you a Boliva in subscribing to the channel?

By the time this video is over, I'm going to lose like 100 subscribers, I swear.

311 is Toedscool.

They've done a great job with some of the newer designs,

in my opinion,

and Toedscool is one of the- one of the best.

It didn't- design alone,

I think Toescool is one of the best.

310 is Great Tusk. Great Tusk's another Paradox Pokémon,

and actually a pretty memorable one at that,

so it does pretty well here.

309 is Sneasel. 308 is Leafeon,

outplacing Glaceon by just a couple points.

307 is Typhlosion, a very beloved starter.

306 is Charmander.

Charmander outplacing both Bulbasaur and Squirtle

by a little bit, but by enough

that it feels reasonable.

I think it's probably undeniable that Charmander is the most iconic

of the three original starters,

so it's not surprising that it does just barely better here.

305 is Sandy Shocks, another Paradox Pokémon.

304 is Marshadow.

I feel like Marshadow's cool,

but I don't think that I get it, personally- but I do think it's cool.

I think its signature Z-Move, or signature move,

the one that steals stat boost- I think that's pretty sick.

303 is Archeops.

I think Archeops benefits from the fact that, like, because7

it's designed to be so terrible, it's actually quite memorable.

I said that as if it was a question, but it's just a statement,

forgive me.

302 is Hariyama. 301 is Marill. Marill, great Pokémon.

Number 300 is Golduck,

and the fun fact that I have for you about Golduck is that

Golduck was actually a top metagame threat for like almost an entire year.

It performed extremely well

at a number of international tournaments

because it was like the only good Swift Swim user back when

the Water Z-Move was super broken.

299 is Pichu.

Now, Pichu I'm putting in this subcategory here that we're calling Real Icons.

There's a couple of Pokémon that we've already covered

that are real icons, and there's a couple more coming up.

298 is Jabite. 297 is Cinccino. 296 is Meowth.

Meowth is another real icon here.

295 Magikarp. Total Icon. Great Pokémon.

294 is Trapinch.

Trapinch, great Pokémon.

People- I think if we put Trapinch like,

below top 300, people- I'd be getting a number of angry.

I'd be getting angry messages,

I think people would start writing me letters at that point.

Closing out the category at 293 we have, of course, Piplup.

I say, of course, when there's still 300 Pokémon left.

But it's of course to me, because like, it's in the list.

Piplup is actually

the single highest ranked first stage starter, outplacing Charmander.

Maybe that's a hot take, but it is my hot take.

There's a meaningful difference

between the Pokémon in this category and the ones that come before it-

In two ways.

There's actually two categories in this next chunk of Pokémon.

The first we're calling

"In it to win it (sometimes)", meaning the Pokémon before this,

for the most part, if they were used competitively,

they were Pokémon that you might expect to see,

but you wouldn't really expect to win.

This next chunk of Pokémon is Pokémon that could win,

but like, it's not really what you expect of them,

but you're not shocked when you do see it.

The other category here is

"People would commit felonies for these Pokémon".

Kicking us off at number 292 is Noivern. 291 is Torracat.

Torracat actually has a Top 8 placement,

maybe even a better placement in an official tournament, fun fact.

290 is Accelgor, who actually won

an International Championship back in 2019.

289 is Iron Treads, who almost won an International Championship last year-

But I stopped it.

288 is Tsareena. I think Tsareena's both. 287 is Ampharos. 286 is Torterra.

Also, as I look through this section of the list,

I noticed we have a lot of starter and Legendary Pokémon

in this specific chunk.

Starter Pokémon and Legendary Pokémon tend to be more iconic across the board,

and I would say that at this point in the list,

the starters and Legendaries here are good, but they're not great.

Like, this is kind of like the middle ground of starters

and Legendaries, the bad ones we've already past,

and the really good ones are up ahead.

I feel like here are the ones that are

that are good, but not great for the most part.

Anyway, moving on.

We have number 285, which is Scraggy. Love Scraggy.

204 is Growlithe. 283 is Charmeleon.

282 is Wartortle. Charmeleon, Wartortle-

Somebody is going to get that reference.

281 is Bisharp.

Bisharp actually was a competitive Pokémon

even before Kingambit came out.

Now it's not, because Kingambit pretty much makes it obsolete.

280 is Alolan Raichu,

who I think actually fits both of our categories.

279 is Victreebel.

Victreebell might be "In it to win it" now that it has a new Mega.

278 is Weezing. Weezing is definitely both.

I feel like I might commit a felony for Weezing.

277 is Moltres. I think it's our first of the Kanto Legendary birds.

I don't think we've gotten Articuno yet.

276 is a Dragonair.

275 is Metang. Metan? Metang.

Is that even a difference? I don't know.

Number 274 is Regice.

273 is Liepard.

I almost won a tournament with Liepard before, fun fact. It's a fun Pokémon.

272 is Zekrom.

Zekrom might be neither.

It's not very good.

271 is Keldeo Resolute form.

Now, as far as I'm aware, there's basically

no differences between the Keldeo forms,

except like, one of them looks nicer, but it does look a lot nicer,

so this Keldeo does better.

Number 270 is Delphox.

I'm... not going to make a comment on that one.

269 is Golisopod.

Golisopod I think is both.

People love the weird Bugs,

is what I've learned playing Pokémon.

268 is Reuniclus.

Reuniclus is both,

for me, personally; this is one of my all time favorite Pokémon.

I wish I had got the chance to use it more.

267 is Solgaleo. 266 is Staraptor.

265 is Pheromosa. 264 is Togepi.

People would certainly commit crimes for Togepi for sure.

263 is Kanto Ninetales.

262 is Slowking. 261 is Quagsire.

260 is Zoroark.

I'm really glad they made Hisuian Zoroark,

but I can't deny that the original is pretty iconic.

259 is a Buzzwole.

I think Buzzwole might be the funniest Ultra Beast.

258 is Manectric.

Manectric Mega was actually used a fair bit, and almost won the World Championships-

But I stopped it.

257 is Rhyperior.

256 is Tentacruel. 255 is Mew.

Mew being one of the most iconic and memorable Legendary Pokémon.

I know I said that some of the Legendary Pokémon

in this category were like, mid, and I don't-

I want to clarify, I don't feel that way about Mew.

I think Mew is excellent.

254 is Blissey.

Generation 4 and Generation 5 singles players would commit felonies for Blissey.

253 is Roserade.

I thought they were going to get Roserade a Mega,

I'm kind of surprised I didn't get one.

252 is a special case, it's Grovyle.

And Grovyle is interesting

because it's not only a starter Pokémon,

but it actually canonically has committed crimes/felonies.

Again, Mystery Dungeon, if you haven't played it, genuinely, play it.

Like, this is not part of the video,

but like, it's my favorite Pokémon game ever.

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky/Time/Darkness.

Incredible. Like, you will not regret it,

it is so good.

251 is Flareon, another Eeveelution; and closing out our category

at number 250 is the highest placing in middle stage starter Pokémon:

Ivysaur.

It is worth noting that a big part of the reason

why Ivysaur places this high is

because out of most of the middle stage starters,

it is certainly one of the most viable.

It gets Chlorophyl Eviolite,

Sleep Powder is a real thing, and of course it's super iconic

and has a great design as well, so it ends up doing pretty well,

because it does good in all all of the categories,

especially compared to Charmeleon and Wartortle,

who aren't nearly as viable.

Guys, there's so many Pokémon! There's so many Pokémon!

I'm on day four of this, and- and I keep trying to say

the Pokémon are getting stronger, but like- I keep- I just keep-

Of course, the Pokémon are getting stronger,

we're getting higher up the list!

Next category is called "You Really Can Win with your Favorites",

and what I mean by that is that if this is your favorite Pokémon,

you could actually win with it;

if your favorite Pokémon was before this point,

I hope it was Alolan Muk,

or else you're in a lot of trouble.

We also have a subcategory here, which is

"I'm 8 years old and this is sick as hell".

You'll know those when we get to them.

Anyway, number 249 is Gastrodon West Sea.

I am an East Sea fan.

248 is Riolu.

247, 8-year old, brace yourself,

it is Kyrem Black Kyurem Form Kyurem. Moving on.

246 is Magearna.

245 is Alcreamie, and I'm not ranking the individual

cream flavors of the Alcreamie, and I will not apologize for that.

244 is Hydrapple.

I think Hydrapple's both. I think Hydrapple's both:

I'm 8 years old and I love I love the Dragon coming out on my worm,

and also you really can win with Hydrapple; cool Pokémon.

It'll get a win at some point;

it hasn't yet, but it will. It's only because it's new.

243 is Emboar.

Fun fact, I won my first tournament ever with Ember, so, yeah,

I'm 8 years old and I'm winning with my favorites.

242 was on that same team, it's Cofagrigus.

I also won a tournament-

That same tournament, in fact, with Cofagrigus. And Nationals with Cofagrigus.

One of my all time favorites.

241 is Weavile.

Weavile gets to be both. Number 240 is Genesect, a.k.a. Denis.

Now, some of you might not know why Genesect is Denis, which is why-

Zane, can you actually explain this?

Because I think you explained it to me.

Yeah.

So, back when Black and White came out,

Black and White had a really unique

release cycle, because a lot of stuff got leaked,

and also the games came out in Japan beforehand,

and so we were calling all the Pokémon by their Japanese names.

-it was crazy, like- the games came out in Japan-

Imagine Scarlet and Violet comes out in Japan like,

six months before they come to the US,

and so-

people were like, watching online,

but nobody knows the English translations.

Like, I still know that Hydreigon is Sazandora,

and Jellicent was Burunguru- and Samurott was Daikenki, yeah-

I have all of these in my mind.

So we called all of them by their Japanese names, but-

not Genesect.

Genesect was Denis, and that's because there was this video that went around

and it was, I guess someone like, hacked in Genesect

and they were fighting it in a cave.

They just encounter this Genesect with their like, level 7 Mareep or whatever,

and there's this music playing in the background, that we would later learn

was Ghetsis' theme song,

and they can say it's Ghetsis' theme song,

but listen to this and tell me they're not saying Denis.

So, Ghetsis is Denis, but also to me- Genesect is Denis.

239 is Bronzong.

I think part of the reason I named this category.

This is because a lot of the Pokémon that I have personally won

tournament with are in this category.

Bronzong was on my

World Championships winning team. 238 is Camerupt. 237 is Magnezone.

I brought Magnezone to a tournament.

Celesteela was not very happy with me.

236 is a Lilligant, followed- narrowly, might I add,

by 235, Hisuian Lilligant.

I think they did a good job with Lilligant.

I recently met somebody who like,

doesn't know much about Pokémon, but really likes Lilligant,

and I think that's that's actually

a pretty strong endorsement for a Generation 5 Pokémon.

234 is Krookodile.

Krookodile actually is a World Champion,

so if it's your favorite, congratulations.

I think there's a fun fact about Krookodile,

I think it's the only Pokémon to have the title "The World Champion";

like, they've distributed other World Champions mons,

but they've never given it

the special like, ribbon that says "The World Champion".

So I think I think it's the only one, I might be wrong about that.

233 is Darmanitan.

Darmanitan,

I think could have been a Legendary Pokémon

if they like, tweaked it a little bit.

I think it's a really cool Pokémon.

232 is Iron Veliant.

Valiant? Veliant?

Okay, I probably shouldn't be saying this,

but I went to do a video with the Pokémon Company like,

a year and a half ago at this point, and I had to re-record

because I kept saying Iron Valiant wrong,

and I don't know why-

I don't know why it was wrong, but I had to keep-

I wasn't saying it the right way.

231 is Rhydon. Rhydon this subscribe button, baybee!

Also the first Pokémon ever.

Fun fact, you could be the first subscriber ever

if you build a time machine.

230 is Hisuian Typhlosion. Hisuian Typhlosion

I think is a really good way of keeping like, a Pokémon

true to its original design and just improving it competitively.

I think it's pretty sick.

249 is Deoxys Defense form.

When I was 8 years old, I'm pretty sure I thought Deoxys

was the coolest Pokémon ever, which is good

because the next Pokémon is also Deoxys; at number 228,

it's Deoxys normal formie.

247 is Mamoswine.

Mamoswine is both:

it's a World Champion and I'm 8 years old,

and I think the big pig is pretty good.

Number 226 is Fan Rotom. The worse of all the appliance Rotoms,

but it is pretty iconic for Air Balloon Levitate Tera Flying-

Is there anything else I'm missing?

Gravity!

225 is Victini.

234 is Cinderace- or Cinderachi,

I'm never sure which pronunciation is correct.

223 is Alolan Exeggutor.

It's not as good as the original, but it's still pretty great.

It's real funny.

242 is Skeledirge. 221 is Garganacl, a.k.a. Minecraft Donkey Kong.

220 is Ceruledge.

They need to be careful when they're designing a Pokémon

to look cool, because if it looks too cool

it almost is like, too tryhard.

I think Ceruledge really hits the sweet spot.

Just- just the right amount of cool, which is super cool.

219 is Galarian Weezing.

Now, Galarian Weezing is interesting

because it's just about as viable as regular Weezing,

but it outperforms it because it has a cool hat.

218 is Alolan Persian.

217 is Rotom Frost.

It's barely better than Rotom Fan, in part

because I'd rather have a freezer than a fan-

because if you open the freezer, you get the cool air,

but if you put the food in the fan than you- moving on.

216 is Basculegion Female.

It has different stats than Basculegion Male, so it ranks differently.

215 is Gigalith.

Gigalith might still be in the channel banner from like, six years ago.

I gotta update that.

And closing out the category, at number 214 is Sableye.

Sableye is one of those Pokémon that's always good, but rarely great.

But it is cool that is always good.

You remember that category earlier where I said

they've made the Pokémon Company so much money?

This next category is in a similar vein.

This category is named "I make YouTube shorts when they win".

These are Pokémon that certainly can win,

but when they do win is still kind of memorable,

and so they end up on my YouTube channel in short form content.

For example, number 213 is Thundurus Therian.

Thundurus Therian is like, certainly a good Pokémon; it has good stats,

but it actually very rarely wins or is even used.

That's an example of what I'm talking about.

212 is Overqwil. I like Overqwil a lot,

I think they did a good job

of giving an evolution to a very iconic design.

211 is Xurkitree.

Xurkitree was good for a little bit, but most of the time

it's not considered to be a super strong Ultra Beast.

Great name though.

Do you guys know the Xurkitree-circuitry joke? Pun? Naming? Whatever.

210 is Jellicent, and Jellicent's

one of my all time favorite Pokémon.

It's unfortunately not in Scarlet and Violet,

I would have put it on many teams if it was.

208 is Mandibuzz. Manibuzz you probably don't think of

as being a super strong Pokémon, but it is... almost a World Champion. 2nd place.

208 is Zygarde 50% form.

I actually think the 50% form

is better than the the Mega Transformer form.

Not competitively, but in terms of design.

207 is Coalossal. Coalossal...

if Coalossal won a tournament nowadays, I'd be really happy.

Coalossal is not good without its Gigantamax form.

206 is Regidrago. 205 is Toedscruel.

Toedscruel is in an actual YouTube short that I have made, in part because I used it.

204 was Iron Bundle. Iron Bundle was looking like

it could compete with Flutter Mane,

and then definitely didn't look that way after a time.

203 is Sinistcha.

Sinistcha's genuinely a good Pokémon, but it is unique enough

that I think people are still interested in it,

so I can end up in YouTube shorts, and the ability is sick.

202 is Scream Tail. Love Scream Tail.

I think I have a short about Scream Tail somewhere.

201 is Raikou. Raikou is is an exception here. Raikou is not a YouTube shorts Pokémon.

Raikou is a Pokémon that I would put into a sub category

that is not very good competitively, but super cool.

Same thing for number 200, Lugia.

Also not very good competitively.

Neither of these Pokémon are awful, but they're not great.

199 is Electabuzz, barely outplaced by 198 Magmar.

I think Magmar's slightly better,

even if only for the Japanese name of Magmar.

197 is Gothitelle. Love Gothitelle.

I mean, you know that, I don't need to tell you that.

196 is East Sea Gastrodon, outplacing West Sea by a good margin;

Gastrodon gets into the top 200, where it deserves.

195 is Wo-Chien. Wo-Chien is a great example.

It is by far the worst Treasure of Ruin,

but is still viable enough that it can win tournaments

and therefore end up on my YouTube shorts page.

194 is Pelipper. Pelipper is a different category as well.

Pelipper is not cool,

it's also not a YouTube shorts Pokémon;

Pelipper is a better Pokémon with a bad design.

Pelipper competitively should be higher, but its design is bad

and therefore it ends up here,

in the still great but like, not excellent category.

193 is Breloom. 192 is Indeedee Male.

Similar to Pelipper, better Pokémon, ick.

191 is Jumpluff. 190 is Bruce Bonnett. 189 is Kyurem White.

Kyurem White could win a tournament, but it's not so common that

I would expect it to,

and so if it did, I would put it in YouTube shorts.

If you want to end up on the WolfeyVGC YouTube channel,

win a tournament with one of these Pokémon.

188 is Regirock. 187 is Giratina Altered form.

186 is Gallade.

Gallade I think is is a really cool Pokémon.

It's not such a surprise when it wins.

I think Gallade might be an outlier actually, to be honest.

185 is Galarian Darmanitan.

I like base Darmanitan,

but I think

the Galarian form is a really cool redesign,

and they found a way of keeping the identity of the Pokémon

while actually making it better competitively.

Fun fact, at the time of recording this,

Galarian Zen Mode is the only Ice and Fire type Pokémon in the game,

which is super sick typing.

184 is Escavalier. 183 is Ferrathorn.

That's the official pronunciation, if you're wondering.

I always call it Ferrothorn,

and if you want to be, you know,

commentating, you have to call it Ferrathorn.

That's the reason they didn't put it in Scarlet and Violet,

because they didn't wanna confuse the commentators or the viewers.

182 is Vivillon, and I'm not ranking the Vivillon forms separately.

181 is Hisuian Zoroark,

outplacing regular Zoroark by a good bit.

I think that this is like, both better

competitively and I like the design more.

It might miss out a little on iconicity,

but the other two categories make up for it.

Number 180 is Araquanid. 179 is Grimmsnarl.

Grimmsnarl is an incredible Pokémon competitively,

but the design... like, it's memorable in part because it's ugly, but it does give me the ick.

178 is Dracozolt. 177 is Walking Wake.

I love Walking Wake.

The only bad thing I can

say about Walking Wake- I can say two bad things-

one is it's not as good as I want it to be,

and two is it makes me feel bad for Iron Leaves,

because they were introduced like, together,

Walking Wake is awesome and Iron Leaves sucks.

176 is Nidoking. 175 is Alolan Ninetales.

I think Alolan Ninetales

is another example of a Pokémon outplacing

its original counterpart, because the redesign is actually

just so cool.

It's also a lot better than regular Ninetales.

174 is Torkoal. Torkoal is a great Pokémon competitively,

but the design... I don't- I don't hate the design,

like, I kind of like it because it looks stupid,

but it does look stupid.

173 is Lapras.

172 is Jolteon. 171 is Galarian Moltres.

Another case where the redesign outplaces the original.

170 is Espeon.

169 is Slowbro. 168 is Blastoise.

And closing out the category at number 167, we have Scyther.

I think I made a YouTube short when Scyther

won a tournament recently, so that's actually quite fitting.

There are less than 200 Pokémon

left in this list,

and so far I've had to do a lot of qualifying, right?

I said "his Pokémon is really good competitively, but it's ugly",

or "this Pokémon is really bad, but it's so cute".

We are finally at the point

of the list where I can talk about good Pokémon with great designs.

For example, at number 166, we have Tapu Bulu.

This Pokémon was totally viable and also has a really cool design.

Number 165 is Eternatus.

Eternatus is awesome! The giant hand is so cool,

I love the design,

I think it's a cool counterpart to the dogs.

Good Pokémon- not the best Pokémon, but a good Pokémon;

great design.

Now at number 164, we have Flygon.

Flygon, to be honest, is not a good Pokémon.

It has basically no competitive results.

Therefore, Flygon does not fit our category name

of good Pokémon with great designs.

However, it does fit

our subcategory of bad Pokémon with spectacular design.

That's also true of number 163 Regigigas.

Bad Pokémon, incredible design.

162 is Shaymin Land form. 161 is Serperior. 160 is Conkeldurr.

That's going back to a good Pokémon with great designs.

159 is Hitmontop,

another Pokémon in my World Championship winning team-

158 is Pawmot. 147 is Basculegion Male. 156 is Gouging Fire,

whose legal government name I will not repeat.

155 is Politoed. I love Politoed.

Politoed being one of the first split evolutions in the game

and being such a good and memorable, and just like genuinely a strong one.

I think they knocked it out of the park.

Speaking of extra evolutions added in Johto, number 154 is Crobat.

Crobat being a real metagame threat in the many times

when it was legal, and also having a sick design.

I think they took Golbat, who's a little goofy,

and made it into something really cool.

153 is Chansey. 152 is Aerodactyl.

Aerodactyl has such a cool design, it's a shame that it is not better.

Number 151, which I think is a position

of quite high honor, goes to Ludicolo.

Love Ludicolo, definitely one of the best Pokémon ever made.

150 is Registeel. 149 is Porygon Z. 148 is Origin form Dialga.

147 is Mienshao. 146 is Porygon.

Porygon performing quite highly for a Pokémon

that does not have any competitive viability,

just because the design is that good.

145 is Glimmora.

144 is Meowscarada.

She got Pollen Puff to heal buddies.

143 is Empoleon.

Empoleon is unfortunately a bad Pokémon, but an incredible design.

142 is Haunter, who takes the same title,

but actually I think has a higher tournament peak than Empoleon.

141 is Murkrow. 140 is Infernape.

Infernape I would say is probably a bad Pokémon

with a spectacular design, but it's also a Pokémon

that got Top 8 at the World Championships-

and I might have gone further if I didn't stop it.

So I don't know. It's kind of both categories, and also maybe neither.

139 is Vaporeon.

Vaporeon is not a very good Pokémon, though

I did bring it to a tournament before,

but I mean, it's probably the most memorable Eeveelution.

Hopefully, for all the right reasons.

138 is Rotom Mow.

You got to mow your lawn, come on.

137 is Origin Form Giratina.

I think Origin Form Giratina is really cool,

especially when it was introduced in Platinum,

when we didn't know about it before.

I think that's just it was just like, so sick.

136 is Terrakion.

Now, Terrakion is certainly not a bad Pokémon with a spectacular design,

but I also wouldn't put it in the good Pokémon

with a great design either,

because I don't think the design is necessarily that good,

and because it was more than just good, it was great.

Terrakion basically was the centerpiece for the entire 2011 format,

and the 2011 format was a little bit weird,

because it was only Pokémon that were introduced in Unova,

so there were no like Pikachus or, you know, Cresselia,

or Garchomp or anything.

But the thing about Terrakion is, it continued to be a top threat

all the way through the end of X and Y, and it's even made

a couple reappearance here and there since then.

Overall, it's a Pokémon that I would say you just can't argue with results this good.

135 is Kommo-o-

I personally hate Kommo-o,

but I think that the general

consensus is that it does have a great design,

and it is a good Pokémon, so it gets pretty high up on our list here.

134 is Necrozma Dusk Mane,

followed by number 133, Necrozma Dawn Wings.

The Dawn Wings one is slightly better,

but also I think the Dusk Mane one has technically a higher peak,

so it's it's ambiguous which one is actually better.

132 is Hatterene, a good Pokémon with a great design

that also you can't argue with results,

because it kind of defined an entire archetype in Psyspam

thanks to how strong it is as an Expanding Force + Trick Room user.

Speaking of Psyspam, at number 131

we have Armarouge.

I think Ceruledge's design is a lot cooler than Armarouge,

but by far the better Pokémon between the two is Armarouge

in a competitive setting.

Armarouge is another Pokémon that's able to really use

the Expanding Force Psychic Terrain archetype.

It's a pretty, pretty scary results.

130 is Tingus-Lu.

129 is Alolan Marowak who, fun fact, is a World Champion.

I think Alolan Marowak is really sick,

because they took the original Marowak

and just like kept the parts about it

that made it good, but just improved them.

And I think the new typing is awesome.

128 is Dusclops. Dusclops was like running the show

back in the beginning of Sword and Shield.

It was so good against Dynamax Pokémon.

If Dynamax comes back- which I think it will in Champions-

I think Dusclops could be good again, because of how bulky it is,

and how good it is as a Haze user.

And at number 127 putting us back in the bad Pokémon

with spectacular designs category, we have Mewtwo.

I love Mewtwo, it's one of my all time favorite Pokémon,

but undeniably it's a terrible, terrible, terrible Pokémon competitively-

in the formats it was legal.

It's a very important qualifier; if you use it against like, weaker Pokémon, of course it's strong.

Mewtwo's so bad that even though

it has two Mega Evolutions, it still doesn't see any play.

Fun fact, there was a period where Mewtwo was like decent in 2010.

Like way, way back in the day, it was at least usable,

but I'm pretty sure it was mostly

usable to blow itself up with Self-destruct.

Number 126 is Exeggutor, speaking of my favorite Pokémon.

Iconic, classic, and also pretty good.

And closing out our category, at number 125 is Mawile.

Mawile's another Pokémon where you just can't argue with its results,

and I like the design of Mega Mawile a lot-

I think it's a great, great, great

Mega Evolution design, and it's very strong.

We're at peak now, okay?

All the Pokémon left are incredible.

This category's name is Real Heroes.

And fittingly enough, kicking us off at number 124, we have Palafin.

123 is Landorus Incarnate.

122 is Azumarill.

121 is Kingdra.

That's a real hero to me, especially last year,

with my little Perish trap team.

120 is Deoxys Attack, followed by 119 Deoxys Speed.

I do wish Deoxys were legal at some point, it's a cool Pokémon.

118 is Excadrill.

I think Mega Excadrill's gonna be an even bigger hero.

117 is Chandelure.

Now, Chandelure's not like, a super good Pokémon,

and so it actually ends up in a subcategory here

which I'm going to call Masterpieces.

These are Pokémon

as the rest of the tier, that maybe aren't as good competitively

as the rest of the tier,

but they're just so good from a design angle

or from an iconic- iconicity angle

that they deserve to be up here anyway.

116 is Origin Form Palkia. 115 is Sky Form Shaymin.

114 is Tinkaton. 113 is Baxcalibur.

112 is Roaring Moon a really high placing Paradox Pokémon.

I do wish it were a little bit better,

but I think it's a really cool design.

111 is Archaludon.

They did a really good job making a Duraludon evolution,

and the fact that it's so viable and has so many different sets it can run,

I think is awesome. Great job, Archaludon.

110 is Indeedee Female.

Really nice design, and also just a very good Pokémon.

109 is Butterfree.

It's both usable and so memorable.

108 is our final fossil Pokémon, Dracovish.

Dracovish took over the game in a way that no other Fossil Pokémon

ever has, and hopefully never will- until they make Mega Dracovish.

107 is Entei. Great Pokémon,

and also just so memorable because of the movie,

because of how like, cool it is.

106 is our two time World Champion, Iron Hands.

Iron Hand, fun fact, is our highest placing future Paradox Pokémon.

105 is Reshiram.

This is another masterpiece with a great design.

It's not like, a super good Pokémon, but it's good enough,

and I think the design is really cool.

104 is Scrafty. Scrafty's another Pokémon that was on that first team

I ever used in tournaments.

I really like it a lot, and I think, especially given that it

now has a Mega form, I think it's just going to end up

being one of the most beloved Pokémon of all time.

103 is Corviknight, followed closely by another regional bird

at number 102, Talonflame. Corviknight and Talonflame are our final

regional birds on this list, which makes sense

because they were also the best two regional birds out there.

I went back and forth between the two of them

because I like Corviknight's design more,

but Talonflame

was just so overwhelmingly broken in a way that Corviknight never was,

and frankly, no other regional bird ever could be,

and so in the end, I decided to give it the edge.

But it was close.

And our final Pokémon before the Top 100;

coming in at number 101, it's Blaziken.

And with that, there are only 100 Pokémon left to cover.

The 100 Pokémon that I've estimated

are to the best of my abilities, the best ones ever made.

These Pokémon

put the rest to shame,

but before we start talking about them,

I thought it could be fun to talk about

some of the statistics for the Top 100 on the list as a whole.

Generation 5,

for example, performs a by far the worst out of the Top 100.

It is true that 6 has the fewest Pokémon

represented, but again, remember that that regional Dex is really small.

And so actually, percentage wise,

it's not doing as bad as Generation 5.

Three of the generations

actually have fewer than ten representatives in the Top 100:

Generation 2, 5 and 6.

Generation 5 only gets seven Pokémon in the Top 100,

which is especially surprising when you consider that Generation 5

has the single biggest Pokedex on our list.

Having closer to 4 than 5% representation

in the Top 100 is really bad, and I don't know exactly why this is,

but I do think Gen 5 is kind of in this uncanny valley,

where a lot of the Pokémon are not as like,

iconic and memorable as the ones from earlier generations,

but they also tend to not be quite as strong as the Pokémon

that have benefited more from powercreep in later generations,

and also do just generally received a little less love-

in terms of like, regional forms or Mega Evolutions or, you know,

Gigantamax forms.

Generation 5

does tend to be kind of the black sheep of the Pokémon franchise.

Now, it is worth noting that Legends: ZA

introduced a ton of Mega Evolutions to these Pokémon,

so I'm hoping that going forward, they will see a little bit more love.

But as of the time I'm recording this, that's the way things stand.

Also interesting to note is our top performers.

Now, we all know which generation we would expect to be

the most represented in the overall Top 100 list,

and that's Generation 1.

And Generation 1 does perform quite well; but actually,

Generation 1 is only the second most represented in the Top 100.

The best performing generation overall is Generation 9.

This is in large part due to powercreep.

Almost all of the Generation 9 Pokémon are viable,

and many of them are very, very, very good.

Even though the Generation 1 Pokémon do across the board

tend to perform better in terms of how iconic they are,

because they're the first generation,

at this point on the list, all the Pokémon remaining

are so good in terms of design and in terms of how iconic they are,

tjat being really good competitively actually

is making up a big difference here at the top.

Generation 9, by the way, has the most Pokémon represented,

but it has a significantly smaller Pokedex than Generation 1.

Now, we didn't want to talk about stats when we got to the top 200

because you know, it just this is already a long video,

and we didn't want to overwhelm you, but,

there is something interesting that Zane just pointed out to me

that, is actually- Zane, you can just tell him.

So yeah, I've been doing most of the stat collection here,

and I feel obligated to mention this,

because Generation 5 is one of my favorite generations of all time.

Generation 5 was doing pretty well in the bottom half vs top half stats.

And what's actually interesting is that in top 200, it was doing okay also;

it was still the second worst performing generation.

But in terms of the actual mons there,

it had a pretty high amount of mons with 22,

which is right in the range of other things there.

But when we get to Top 100, there's this huge fall off.

And I think that that's because

there are all of these Pokémon that we think of

"it's really cool" from Gen 5, but that just having, like Wolfe said,

got the love- things like,

you know, Terrakion and Ferrothorn and Mienshao,

and I do think it's interesting that they all like,

just couldn't quite make it that extra mile.

And it's a lot of these Pokémon that performed really well

back then or are really cool,

and yeah, the "when are we getting Gen 5 remakes, Game Freak?"

I guess that's what I'm saying, really, here.

I really like your stats, Zane,

but I did notice that you called Ferrathorn Ferrothorn,

and therefore your entire opinion is invalid.

100 Pokémon still remain. 100 Pokémon better than all the rest.

100 Pokémon that have stood the test of time;

that have persevered in the face of adversity.

100 Pokémon that have the grit, the gumption, the memorability,

and the competitive results

to back up their placement as the 100 best Pokémon of all time,

each of them painstakingly evaluated on multiple criteria,

so they could each be placed exactly where they belong,

with precision that would impress a surgeon.

And so it is my honor to introduce you to the 100th best Pokémon.

The Pokémon that, when all the dust had settled, landed firmly atop

one of the most illustrious categories in all of gaming.

The 100th best Pokémon is Pikachu.

I swear we did not rig this.

Pikachu obviously gets maximum scores for both iconicity and design.

What might be surprised to know is that it actually has

a pretty decent competitive history thanks to its signature item,

the Light Ball, and its signature Gigantamax form.

Pikachu may be the biggest benefactor of nepotism

in the entire franchise, but make no mistake,

it has earned its place on this list with its own hard work.

Number 99 is Tatsugiri, a Pokémon that is

perhaps a little bit too viable, with an incredible design.

Number 98 goes to our highest placing regional form, Hisuian Arcanine.

Arcanine was already a great Pokémon, but I think they did a good job

of redesigning it in a way that feels both memorable

and has a unique way to play it compared to the base form.

They also managed to take Magcargo's typing

and make it usable, which I think deserves major props.

Number 97 is Sneasler.

I do not like Sneasler,

but I cannot deny that she is a girlboss (fun fact, Sneasler is called "Snieboss" in German)

and she deserves her place here in the Top 100,

as much as I don't want to admit it.

Number 96 is Greninja. Greninja is an interesting case,

because I think

it's one of the most memorable and famous and well-loved Pokémon of all time,

and that's the reason why it deserves its spot in the Top 100.

It can't be put much higher up because Greninja's competitive

Viability is a lot lower than you might expect

given how cool it looks, but there were times

where Greninja was good.

It never got to be great, but maybe Mega Greninja will change that.

Number 95 is Jirachi.

Now, Mythical Pokémon are not competitively legal,

but if Jirachi was legal, it would be quite good.

Jirachi I think is especially memorable-

Did anyone watch that Jirachi movie as a kid?

I loved that movie as a kid.

And Jirachi has a great design,

it's certainly one of the 100 best Pokémon.

94 goes to Dondozo.

If this list were purely based on my emotions,

Dondozo would be in the 1100s; it would be after the Pokedex ends.

However, it is very memorable,

it's very good and the design is really cool.

Dondozo ntroducing

a super mech combination style mechanic to the Pokémon franchise

I do think is neat, and Dondozo outplaces Tatsugiri

because even though I do like the three different colored Tatsugiris

and their unique interactions with Order Up,

Dondozo can function without Tatsugiri

in a way that Tatsugiri could never dream of.

Even though Tatsugiri is the commander, it seems like

it's Dondozo who's calling the shots.

Number 93 is Tapu Lele.

Bulu is the only Tapu not inside the Top 100, and I honestly think

the Tapus as a whole really nail the concept of a Legendary quartet.

All the Tapu Pokémon are memorable, because they introduced terrains

to the series in a way that was actually accessible,

rather than clicking Grassy Terrain with your Gogoat,

and I think it's really a testament to how broken

the taboos were that Lele, who can destroy your entire team

with a Psychic move, places only at rank 96.

We'll have to see where the other Tapus end up.

92 is Darkrai.

Darkrai is another Mythical Pokémon, meaning

that it's almost never legal in official competitive tournaments.

However, its design is great and its signature move

has certainly had an impact on the competitive scene.

91 goes to a generation 9

evolution of a Generation 1 Pokémon:

it's Annihilape.

I think that they really nailed Annihilape

from a design perspective, and I also love its signature move,

Rage Fist, because it introduces a really new way to play Pokémon

that we haven't ever had to manage before.

They also did a good job in

making sure that

that multiple viable sets that it could use

and wasn't just forced to be a set up Rage Fist Pokémon.

Overall, I think it's a great design

and they really nailed it from a competitive standpoint.

Number 90 goes to a Pokémon that in some ways

we've seen before on this list, because it has multiple forms.

The second highest placing among them, though, is Rotom Heat.

The design is so funny.

I love the idea of like a possessed Easy-Bake oven;

and Rotom Heat for a while was a very good competitive Pokémon.

89 is another evolution of a Pokémon that's been around for a while.

whose pre-evolution saw success before it even was a pre-evolution.

The 89th best Pokémon on the list is Kingambit.

Kingambit has an incredible design.

I love that it completes the chess imagery

and naming system from the pre-evolutions,

and it is a very good competitive Pokémon

that has a cool signature move, a really sick signature ability,

and ends up feeling consistently like a very good Pokémon

without overstepping into broken territory.

Number 88 goes to another

classic Generation 1 Pokémon, and this time it's a Legendary.

It's Articuno.

Articuno for a long time was thought out

as one of the worst Legendary Pokémon competitively,

though I think everybody agreed that the design was incredible.

However, during Scarlet and VIolet's lifespan,

it actually won a tournament, and a major tournament at that.

With its newfound competitive success and its incredible design,

it absolutely deserves to be here in the Top 100.

Number 87 Regieleki.

I love the Regis. I loved the Regis back in Generation 5.

I brought Registeel to Worlds.

That was not a good decision, but I did do it.

When I heard they were making New Regis,

I was both excited and worried because like,

there's pretty big shoes to fill; prior to Generation 8,

none of the Regis had ever been considered any good,

and so I kind of figured, "well, if they're making new ones,

they're probably also going to be bad".

And so I was quite surprised that Regieleki was actually quite good.

What I was more surprised by, though, is how fun the design is.

I mean, it's basically this, like overflowing light bulb.

And despite not being a Pokémon that, like, has a super expressive face,

it's actually quite cute.

The way that it bounces around in battle I find really endearing.

I think Regieleki hits this nice sweet spot

of having a really fun design

that is inspired by the original trio that it's based on, or I guess,

adding on onto, while still having its own unique and distinct feeling.

Number 86 Maushold.

First of all, the name.

I mean, how could a Pokémon

that a household of mouse not end up in the Top 100?

That's why you know this list is serious, okay?

Anyway, Maushold is awesome.

I love Maushold.

This has got to be one of the best, Generation 9 Pokémon, certainly.

Maushold's a cool Pokémon from a competitive standpoint,

because it has two roles that it can fill:

the first uses its signature move

Population Bomb to just destroy opponents,

and the second plays a more supportive role.

I think Maushold is a good example of how Generation 9

introduces Pokémon that are fun and don't take themselves too seriously,

while still having good and memorable designs.

Number 85 is Togekiss.

If I told you the Togekiss was at one point

the single best Pokémon in the game, you might find it hard to believe,

but it's true.

During the first formats of Sword and Shield,

Togekiss was not only good, it was extremely centralizing.

Even back when Togekiss was running the game,

it had a couple different sets of could use.

One involve combining the ability Super Luck with the old item Scope Lens,

which meant all of its attacks had a 50% chance to critical hit.

So players would Dynamax Togekiss and then just hope that

it crit everything, which it would do 50% of the time.

It also could play a supportive role outside of Dynamax,

using moves like Follow Me and Yawn and Helping Hand

to disrupt your opponents or boost your teammates.

As with pretty much every Pokémon of the Top 100,

Togekiss has a great design,

but I think that Togekiss is

especially memorable because, like Togepi was so memorable

for those of us who grew up with the anime.

And while I like Togetic, I do think it's a little bit disappointing,

at least from a competitive angle,

and so having Togekiss be introduced and have it be actually

one of the best evolution introduced in that Generation 4 like, period-

I personally think is really cool.

Number 84 is Nihilego. Nihilego is one of the best Ultra Beasts.

It gets extra points because the scene where it takes over

Lusamine's mind

I think is pretty memorable, and therefore makes it more iconic.

And I think also the idea of this Poison/Rock jellyfish is really cool.

Nihilego was also

one of the best competitive Pokémon in Sun and Moon,

and even had a little bit of success in Sword and Shield.

I think it would have been pretty good

in Scarlet and Violet if it had been in the game as well.

It functions as this fast and offensive special attacker

who takes advantage of the fact

that it has like, pretty good special bulk to actually be pretty annoying,

and it uses its ability Beast Boost quite well,

where every time it gets a KO, it can get either

a special attack or a speed boost, depending on how you've trained it.

It's a cool and fun Pokémon to use.

It plays a pretty big role in the main story

of the Sun and Moon games- and maybe the anime, I didn't watch it.

And I think its status

as an Ultra Beast elevates it even further.

Also, Zane has just reminded me

that Lillie's design is actually based on Nihilego.

Like there's a parallel,

because Lusamine's so obsessed with this Pokémon

and is not obsessed with her daughter-

I think that's pretty cool.

Number 83 is Gardevoir.

I don't think that anybody's going to argue with me

that Gardevoir is both memorable and iconic,

but what I think is interesting

about Gardevoir is that it's actually filled

a couple different roles and competitive Pokémon.

If you look at Gardevoir stats,

it doesn't seem like a super good Pokémon,

but it actually won the World Championships when holding a Choice Scarf.

Mega Gardevoir has also seen a fair bit of success,

even winning the US National Championships back in 2015.

Gardevoir benefited a lot

from the addition of the Fairy typing, and I think it's really great

that they also let it keep the Psychic typing,

because even though there are other Psychic and Fairy types,

it still lets Gardevoir keep a somewhat unique identity.

Number 82 is Swampert.

It's been a little bit since we had a starter Pokémon, but there are-

There are a fair few of them in here.

Swampert is just the best, right?

Mudkip is probably the most popular Generation 3 starter?

That's a tough one,

because all three of them are so beloved,

but I think Mudkip is probably the most popular.

Swampert being its final form is pretty cool,

and even though I think Swampert is a lot stronger

in a playthrough than it is

in competitive Pokémon, it has a couple results.

In fact, it actually got

Top 8 at the World Championships back in 2012.

It's not a Pokémon that I think

is mostly known for being a competitive threat,

but I think the fact that it's so memorable

and it still can keep up competitively is pretty cool.

Number 81 is Tornadus Incarnate form.

This is one of the best competitive Pokémon of all time,

period.

Tornadus is the original Prankster Tailwind setter,

and Prankster Tailwind is one of the best forms

of speed control in all of competitive play.

Tornadus is also interesting because it's filled

a bunch of different roles over the years.

Tornadus, when it was first introduced,

was actually a physical attacker,

using the move Acrobatics in combination with the Flying Gem.

And actually, when Tornadus won Worlds,

it didn't even have the Prankster ability,

it used its hidden ability Defiant.

Over the past decade, though, Tornadus has changed a lot,

and is now good generally,

but especially good when it's paired with Kyogre.

Kyogre makes all of its inaccurate Flying moves 100% accurate,

and that is a pretty nice buff for a Pokémon

that is actually quite strong,

given that it mainly fills a supportive role.

Number 80 is Farigiraf.

I think Farigiraf

is my favorite Pokémon introduced in Scarlet and Violet; it's just so cool.

Its signature ability Armor Tail is just a lot of fun to play with,

because it lets you shut down your opponent's priority moves

without needing to commit to using Psychic Terrain.

It can function both as a defensive Trick Room setter

or as an offensive Trick Room sweeper-

That's my personal favorite set-

and I think it's a Pokémon that's really skill expressive.

In the first few years of Scarlet and Violet,

Farigiraf got second at the World Championships and then won.

I also feel like I like Farigiraf extra because Girafarig is a Pokémon

that was so forgotten for so long and also is just so bad.

Like, nobody was ever considering using Girafarig, right?

And so to give it an evolution, and have that evolution

end up in this really nice sweet spot of being really good,

sometimes even great, but not being overpowered

and still feeling true to the original Pokémon...

I just think it's awesome.

Number 79 Clefairy.

You might not expect to see a not fully evolved Pokémon up this high,

but Clefairy is actually better than Clefable in competitive play.

This is in large part because Clefairy has the ability Friend Guard,

which Clefable loses, and Friend Guard

is really great in the official competitive format.

Clefairy is a really fun Pokémon.

It's also the Pokémon that I personally associate

with like Stone evolutions just as a whole.

I guess that and the Eevee's, probably,

because that was the first Pokémon

I think I ever evolved using a Moon Stone,

which might have been the first Pokémon

ever evolved with a Stone, period.

It's a fun Pokémon.

It's super cute, super memorable,

very iconic,

and the fact that it also gets to be good

competitively is just the cherry on top.

Number 78, Heatran. I love Heatran.

Is he a frog? I think he might be a frog.

Some Legendary Pokémon just feel like weirdos,

but I think Heatran really feels very Legendary.

I just made a lot of people mad.

Like, okay, here's what I'll say about Heatran.

Heatran is who Volcanion thinks he is, but he's not. Heatran's Heatran.

Heatran's a cool Pokémon competitively;

in years it was used, it was one of the best;

now I would say it's only okay

some of the time, but it is still pretty cool.

Fire and Steel typing is sick,

having an immunity to Fire type moves is really cool...

Heatran can work both in and out of Trick Room.

I can work with sun, and doesn't need sun to be up.

It's a pretty flexible Pokémon.

Also, it's a frog, and I guess I guess

what I'm learning is that I like frogs.

Number 77, Ursaluna Bloodmoon. This Pokémon is strange.

Competitively speaking, it's very powerful.

It's been good with Legendary Pokémon are banned,

it's been very good with Legendary Pokémon aren't legal.

What I think is most interesting about Ursaluna Bloodmoon

is that it exists.

I feel like in recent Pokémon games,

they really are

trying to give love to Pokémon that are older

and have kind of been forgotten by time,

but Ursaluna Bloodmoon is a play on Ursaluna,

who was only just introduced in Legends: Arceus.

That being said,

I'm glad that it exists, even though it sucks to play against,

because the idea of this zombie bear

that walks on two legs is very unique and very memorable,

and I think it does a good job of taking the moon like, iconography

that exists in the Teddiursa and Ursaring and Ursaluna line,

and kind of giving it this more spooky Halloween theme.

And I think that it's a Pokémon that even if you only see it

once or twice, you are likely to remember.

And I'm sure the people only grow

fonder towards it the longer it remains out.

I'm future proofing this list, okay?

I'm predicting that people are going to continue to like Ursaluna Bloodmoon.

Number 76 is Terapagos.

This Pokémon deserves to be in the Top 100

because of how many plushies it has sold.

Terapagos has 3 forms:

There's the form that makes doubles players mad.

There's the form that makes singles players mad,

and there's the form that sells plushies.

Well, it doesn't really have three forms functionally,

because you can never use the plushie form,

but the fact that it has two forms with different abilities

and that you actually have a trade off

as to when you Terastallize it, is genuinely very interesting.

I think Terapagos does a good job of introducing a mechanic

that is powerful, but having things about the Pokémon to remain balanced

that keeps it relatively in check.

Like, if you think about it,

they made a Pokémon with a super strong signature move

that you cannot resist no matter what you do that hits

both of your opponents, and they gave it to a Pokémon

with quite good stats across the board,

and yet they designed it to be just not strong enough

for it to actually take over the game,

and it actually ended up is not one of the strongest restricted Pokémon.

So competitively speaking, I think Terapagos is quite good.

I also think from a design angle it's very easy to hate on newer

Legendary Pokémon.

I think people are in some ways

predisposed to dislike newer Pokémon in general,

because they don't have that nostalgia factor.

And I think the fact that Terapagos is so universally liked

is a real testament to how good a job they did with the design.

Also, I have to say that I love the reference

to turtles all the way down.

I it's like one of my favorite phrases,

and so to see it represented in a Pokémon is is just great.

Okay, here, here we go. This is a big one.

Number 75 is Pachirisu.

Pachirisu is great; it's a World Champion! Did you know- hey, did you know Pachirisu

could even take down

super strong Dragon Pokémon like Salamance and Tyranitar?

He's a Dragon type, right?

Pachirisu beat all these strong Pokémon!

Wow, that's so cool! It is cool. It is cool.

I'm not dogging Pachirisu here and it's the 75th overall;

75th best Pokémon of all time.

One thing I will say about Pachirisu

is that a lot of the Pikachu clones are not good, and Pachirisu-

I don't think it's like so good in a vacuum,

but I think it's awesome that it did have this one moment,

this one tournament

where it was able to literally become the World Champion

because of the unique things that it could offer.

It's cute. It's memorable. I mean, it's very memorable.

It's certainly iconic and it's a World Champion,

so it gets some competitive points as well.

Good job, Pachirisu.

Number 74 is Lucario.

How many of you have that big Lucario plushie?

You know what I'm talking about? It's like 6' tall.

Don't answer that-

Actually, I asked the question,

and I immediately decided that I do not want to know.

Lucario is like, a capital P Pokémon, you know what I mean?

People love this thing.

Lucario is literally the aura Pokémon, and okay, granted,

it was introduced before the term aura became,

you know, cool for Zoomers, but I mean, that's still pretty cool;

aura is pretty cool.

It's in Smash Brothers, it's featured in a movie,

and it actually is okay competitively.

It's not necessarily the best Pokémon often, but it is normally usable.

And the fact that it does a Mega Evolution that does

a lot of damage only works in its favor.

I bet eventually it gets new forms as well,

because it is just that popular.

Okay, number 73 is Scizor- Scee-zoor

I think that's what it sounds like in Smash, but I'm kind of forgetting.

Scizor, in many ways, redeems all Bug type Pokémon.

It's okay that all these garbage Bug types exist because we have Scizor.

Fun fact, I actually won the US National Championships,

alongside Aaron Zheng in the same year,

we sat back- back to back and played the finals of US Nationals.

and we both won with the same- or similar teams

built around Swords Dance Scizor.

So I have a soft spot for Scizor.

I mean, it's this red armored coated Bug-

I think that's great. I love that Scizor

feels like a true evolution of Scyther,

but I think the fact that you trade it while holding the Metal Coat item

in order to literally coat your Bug in metal,

I think that's really great, and it's a detail

that I really love the first time that I saw it.

Scizor's not the strongest competitive Pokémon anymore,

ust because of power creep, but there was a time

where it was one of the best Pokémon, and thanks to its Mega Evolution,

it does occasionally see play; like, it actually won

an International Championship back in 2018.

It's a Pokémon that I think has enough

going for it that it can always be good,

and even if it is never dominant again,

I think it has proved itself over the course

of competitive Pokémon history that it very much deserves its spot

near the top of the list.

Our number 72 is Suicune.

That's another Pokémon from a movie.

Have you watched the Celebi movie? I really like that one.

I don't know if it's actually good, but I really like it.

I think that Suicune is the best of the Legendary dogs.

That's my opinion, on't get mad at me.

That's my opinion. I think Suicune is the best.

I mean,

it's probably the best competitively speaking,

although Entei has recently seen a resurgence.

But in terms of design, I think that Suicune,

it just has this like sleekness and this grace and like beauty to it

that I actually don't think that many Pokémon have.

Lots of Pokémon are cool or cute, but I think, like elegant is not a word

I would describe many Pokémon as, except for like Trubbish.

But Suicune is elegant, although it is a real bastard to play against.

This Pokémon is so unbelievably tanky.

It sits in the field and Scalds you for forever, and it burns

all your Pokémon; it sets up Tailwind.

Maybe it's not as elegant as I thought.

Number 71 is Ogerpon Cornerstone Mask; the Masks are rank separately.

We don't know who's behind them. It could be any Pokémon.

Ogerpon is probably the most beloved

Legendary introduced in Generation 9.

I feel like most of the time people

have a strong attachment to a Pokémon

It's because of stuff like outside of the game, like the anime.

Or maybe I don't know, like the card game

where they have some special experience.

But the story that you experience with Ogerpon,

where she's basically getting bullied by these three Poison type jerks,

I think really resonated with a lot of people,

and seeing her beat them up with her hammer was pretty good.

Cornerstone is ranked the lowest of all the Ogerpon Masks,

and I wouldn't say it because it's necessarily competitively the worse;

Teal Mask is probably the worst,

and I would put I would put Cornerstone a second from the bottom,

although they're all- they're all good,

they've all seen success before.

But I do think that out of all of them,

Cornerstone has the worst design, although it is close.

So the other ogre pawns are not far away.

Number 70 is Ho-Oh. Ho-Oh gets bonus points

because of how iconic it is and how memorable it is.

It appears in the first episode of the Pokémon anime,

and that's before we even knew, like, what Ho-Oh was.

Like, Ho-Oh wasn't even in the first 151 Pokémon, right?

Now, competitively speaking, Ho-Oh is a restricted Pokémon,

which means whenever it's legal, many other powerful Pokémon

are legal as well, and it sometimes has trouble keeping up.

That being said, the most recent time Ho-Oh was legal,

it actually had a pretty good performance, in part

thanks to some new tools like easier access

to its hidden ability Regenerator and the new item Clear Amulet.

While it's not the most popular Pokémon,

it is certainly good enough to land it a spot in the Top 100.

Number 69 is another restricted Pokémon, Palkia.

I do not know what

they were feeding the developers

when they made Generation 4, but they should

have kept feeding them whatever it was.

If I told you that there was a video game

and it had been coming out for nine generations,

you would probably guess that by Generation 3

or Generation 4, the characters within

it would lose some of their iconicity, right?

That the developers would run out of ideas, that they would feel less memorable...

But when I look at Palkia,

I see one of the most iconic and memorable

Pokémon ever made is interesting because Palkia, in a way,

does feel like, design wise, distinct from any of the previous Legendaries.

It feels more monstrous, it feels more primal in a way,

and yet it is still undeniably very cool.

It's also had some good success in competitive formats,

at times being one of the best restricted Pokémon,

mostly being used as a Trick Room sweeper and attacker.

Palkia is partially memorable because it matches up

so well into Kyogre, because it's actually

one of the few Pokémon that can take multiple Water hits,

which is not true of most restricted Pokémon.

It's also worth noting that Palkia

became a horse recently, but, it's not a very good horse,

so it's normally better and it's more phallic form.

Number 68 is Kangaskhan.

Kangaskhan is the single best Mega Evolution, period.

At least that's true

prior to ZA's Mega Evolutions,

which I haven't played with yet, so I can't speak to.

Kangaskhan is mostly up here because of its competitive prowess.

Of course, being one of the original 151 Pokémon,

it is memorable and it is iconic,

and I do like the design as well.

I also like the design of the Mega Evolution.

I think the fact that it's the same, except the baby comes out

of the pouch is really funny,

but the fact that they kept it simple,

I think actually really enhances how good the design is.

Anyway, Kangaskhan is turbo broken.

When it first released, this mon was not balanced,

and I think it's telling that in Generation 7

they actually gave Mega Kangaskhan a pretty- a couple pretty major nerfs,

and it still remained as one of the best Mega Evolutions.

Number 67, Shedinja.

I actually don't think I need to explain Shedinja.

I think people understand why Shedinja's here.

It's been good competitively.

I think it's

one of the most memorable and most iconic Pokémon of all time,

specifically because of Wonder Guard

and the 1 HP interaction.

I said I wasn't gonna explain it, so I'm not; moving on.

Number 66, Raichu.

Pikachu's evolution had to be on here, right?

And it's worth noting that I'm filming this before I've seen

Mega Raichu X and Mega Raichu Y, so Raichu,

could, in theory, even climb even higher.

That being said, Raichu-

I mean, it's Raichu, it's the best.

I would say it's not as iconic or memorable as Pikachu,

but to pretend like that means that it's not iconic

or memorable would be a real- a real stretch,

I would say.

Raichu is also a World Champion. and actually it was on my

World Championship winning team, so I have a soft spot for Raichu.

But even personal biases aside, it clearly deserves a spot here.

If you know only ten Pokémon, one of them could be Raichu,

and the fact that it actually is good competitively; it has been good-

Not just in the year that I won Worlds,

but in a couple other formats as well,

only boosts it even higher.

Number 65, Latias.

Did Ash kiss Latias?

I'm pretty sure that he did.

How does this affect Latias' legacy? I don't know.

How does this in fact Ash Ketchum's legacy? I also don't know.

When I was a kid, this was like a Top 3 favorite Pokémon for me.

This is another Pokémon that I would describe as elegant.

It's a very sleek design,

it feels like everything fits nicely...

Competitively speaking, Latias has also been good at times.

It even got second of the World Championships back in 2018.

I will say, this doesn't really affect

Latias' score on this list, but the Mega Evolution,

personally, I found to be a big letdown.

The fact that it basically looks

the same as Latios I think is not not super chic.

Bad job.

When they make Mega Latias Z, it better be better.

Number 64 is not cute or sleek or chic,

but it is Thundurus Incarnate form.

This Pokémon is a demon.

It terrorized competitive play so badly

that it forced multiple mechanics to change.

In fact,

I think Thundurus

is the Pokémon responsible for effecting

the single most changes and nerfs to competitive Pokémon in history,

and I don't know what number 2 is. It won't be close.

This Pokémon was legitimately a terror.

It abused so many broken things within the game that it made7

playing the game genuinely so frustrating at times that many players quit.

Thundurus is also memorable

because it's a Legendary Pokémon, but I think it's mostly memorable

because of what it did to competitive players.

Now, one neat thing about Thundurus is that although it was nerfed

pretty severely and it no longer is able to play

this like horrible disruption role that it used to,

it did actually win the

World Championships post all of the nerfs in 2022,

because it was quite a good Dynamax attacker when paired with Zacian.

It makes me confident that we'll see Thundurus again in the future.

Number 63 is Aegislash.

This is Pokémon that I was sure

was going to get a Mega Evolution in Legends: ZA,

and I was actually quite surprised that it didn't.

Aegislash has this amazing mechanic where it switches

between its sword and its shield form based on

whether or not it's attacking or using the Move King's Shield.

Because of this, you would expect it to be introduced

in Pokémon Sword and Shield, but it actually was introduced in X and Y.

This mechanic is really fun to play with,

because it introduces like new strategic choices

in terms of like when you attack and how fast you make your Aegislash.

Aegislash in a way is kind of like not evil Gholdengo.

It's not good Gholdengo, it's like neutral Gholdengo.

Anyway, Aegislash was so good after its debut generation

that it received

a pretty substantial nerf, but it's still a good enough Pokémon

that it will be used again in the future, I'm pretty confident.

Number 62, Yveltal.

Yveltal is the literal embodiment of death and destruction.

Something that I think is funny

about Yveltal is that in Pokémon X and Y,

if you're playing Pokémon Y, then yeah, like the villain Lysander

threatens to destroy the world

by using Yveltal's power and like, I don't know, wipe out all life.

But in Pokémon X, he's like- he threatens

to make everything immortal, I'm pretty sure, and make it

so nothing can die, which is just very, very, very polar opposite vibes.

Anyway, I've actually used Yveltal a fair bit,

and it's an interesting Pokémon.

It's incredibly tanky and has an interesting movepool,

where it can both do damage and support your team.

The main thing holding Yveltal back

is the fact that it's

always legal when Xerneas is legal,

and it has an absolutely

abysmal matchup against Xerneas.

But despite that, it's actually had some success over the years.

One thing that's neat about Yveltal is its ability Dark Aura

powers up all other Dark type moves on the field,

and so you can pair it with other Dark type Pokémon

such as Incineroar or Tyranitar

to give them an extra damage boost that they wouldn't get otherwise.

And I've just realized that you can also pair it with Chi-Yu and Chien-Pao,

and all of a sudden

I'm not so excited about Yveltal in future games anymore.

Number 61 is Gengar, another Generation 1 Pokémon.

If this thing was not in the Top 100,

you know that we would have messed up.

Gengar is other Pokémon that was on my

World Championships winning team, in its Mega Evolution form.

As the only Ghost type Pokémon

in Generation 1, Gengar does a lot of heavy lifting.

The design makes it both playful and a little scary, and I would guess

that it's one of the most popular Pokémon ever made.

Competitively, Gengar actually has had a lot of success over the years.

Obviously in its Mega form.,

you can do some pretty evil things, but even without it's Mega,

it has a lot of different interesting roles that it can fill.

My friend Markus had a ton of success using a Gengar that was both offensive

and a little supportive at the same time,

back in both 2014 and 2015. Gengar suffered a little from powercreep,

as many Pokémon have in recent generations,

but I think with its Mega Evolution returning,

it'll once again rise to prominence.

Number 60 is the Pokémon with the lowest base total

in the Top 100; any guesses?

It's Ditto.

Ditto is awesome. I actually have an Exeggutor plushie.

Wait, let me get it for you, one sec.

This is my- Can you see this?

The green screen is messing it up,

but this is my Ditto Exeggutor plushie.

It has a little face.

I'll keep them on my desk for now.

Good job- good job, Ditto Exeggutor, you've- you've earned it.

Anyway, who's going to tell me that Ditto's not iconic?

Who's gonna tell me that Ditto's not memorable?

Who's gonna tell me Ditto doesn't have a great design?

It is this blob of goo that turned and do whatever it sees,

and it keeps its derpy face in the anime.

Like, that's the anime episode that I really remember,

is the one where Ditto's-

like, transforming into all these things,

and it keeps its silly little face.

I think the best thing about Ditto

is that it actually has been used competitively.

It's normally a bit of a gamble,

because like when you run Ditto,

you don't know what you're going to get,

and sometimes that will help you, and sometimes that will really hold you back.

But it has been used; especially when really powerful,

restricted, Legendary Pokémon are around.

I'm glad that Ditto exists, and also it's been very useful

over the years to help get competitive Pokémon in game.

I love Ditto; great job earning nearly top 50 on the list.

Okay, the next two Pokémon on our list

are actually the two favorite Pokémon of our video editor Gio here, so here we go.

Number 59 is Eevee.

Maybe Gio just did a really cool intro for Eevee, I don't know.

Eevee is, in a way,

like the unofficial series mascot in addition to Pikachu, right?

It's like, Pikachu and Eevee.

I mean, that's why they made Let's Go, Pikachu and Let's Go, Eevee!

There's a reason they didn't do Let's Go, Mr. Mime, right?

Anyway, obviously the main reason that Eevee is here

is because it is iconic, and memorable, and like, again,

basically the series' mascot, but also it had some competitive success,

fun fact.

Eevee was given a signature Z-Move that

we can't show you, or else will get a copyright claimed,

but the signature Z-Move gave it a +2 boost in all of its stats,

which were then Baton Passed to a more traditionally considered

good competitive Pokémon and try and win the game.

This strategy actually won a Regional back in 2018,

and was a main threat that Gio actually used

quite a bit back in the day, and it allowed Eevee,

which is a Pokémon that doesn't normally

have a lot of competitive viability, to actually be viable.

Number 58 is another Pokémon that received some pretty major

competitive buffs in the last couple of years:

Dragonite.

Dragonite is the original Dragon Pokémon; it's so cool.

I think it's really interesting that like, in Generation 1,

they only had one Dragon type line in the game, right?

And instead of making it this cool and fearsome Pokémon like,

I mean, even Charizard and Gyarados, you could justify being Dragons.

Instead they made it Dragonite, who's like cute

and like a little bit, you know, like goofy and soft and round,

but also has this really cool and like, dangerous-

I feel like I sound like a teenage girl,

but he has a cool and dangerous side, right?

I mean, I remember the Pokémon, I think it's

Pokémon Horizons (Generations) episode, where Dragonite starts breaking down doors

with Lance, and I was like, "oh, okay, I get it, he's strong".

Competitively speaking, Dragonite

was not thought to be very good for a long while.

In fact, it's only really been in Scarlet and Violet,

that Dragonite has risen to the ranks

to become a top tier Pokémon.

That being said, in part because Dragonite is so beloved,

many players tried to make Dragonite

work over the years, and one player, Gio, who's editing this video,

gave Dragonite its most iconic moment to this date,

where he manages to turn around a situation

where he is down one Pokémon left

against four of his opponents, with only Dragonite.

But his Dragonite comes through.

It's one of the best moments in competitive

Pokémon history, in my opinion,

and yeah, like, it's a very memorable and very iconic moment,

and I think it's only heightened by the fact that Dragonite

is Gio's favorite Pokémon. It's a real kind of "heart of the cards" moment

for the Pokémon video game.

Number 57 is Celesteela.

I like Celesteela. It's weird as anything.

It's the heaviest Pokémon, fun fact.

Celesteela hits the weight limit.

You cannot fly with this Pokémon-

or I wouldn't recommend flying with this Pokémon.

This Pokémon is Flying type, though, fun fact.

I don't know how the general populace

feels about Ultra Beasts, to be honest.

Like, I like the Ultra Beasts.

They're so weird that I would not be surprised

if you told me they were really like, hated.

I think Celesteela is just so neat.

It had a ton of success during Sun and Moon, sometimes

to the chagrin of the players, because it would sometimes be this

like, super defensive stalling, Leech Seed Leftovers, Pokémon,

and you'd end up in this situation with Celesteela vs Celesteela,

where neither could touch each other...

That was not fun.

I actually won the North American International Championships

with a more offensive Celesteela,

using Wide Guard to protect my Primal Kyogre

from Primal Groudon's moves- and to hit Xerneas.

It's one of my favorite Ultra Beasts,

it's had a ton of competitive success,

and I hope that we get to use it again in the future sometime soon.

Number 56 is Urshifu Single Strike.

I don't like Urshifu.

It's a stupid Pokémon, but I cannot deny that,

at least in the criteria

that we're looking at for this list, it should be ranked pretty highly.

It is iconic, in part because it is such a jerk to play against,

it is certainly memorable-

If you've ever been attacked through Protect,

you will remember Urshifu- and competitively speaking...

Its' pretty good, unfortunately; it is pretty good.

This is the Dark and Fighting version.

The Water and Fighting version is coming up, as you can probably guess,

because we haven't talked about it yet.

For the most part, the Water version is better.

Being able to hit three times is a pretty big

advantage over only being able to hit once.

Single Strike Urshifu is mostly uses this like terrible, horrible

blow up your opponent's team in one attack- kind of Pokémon.

It's more likely to hold items like the Choice Band or the Dark Glasses,

and just try and maximize the damage of its signature move, Wicked Blow,

which always crits,

in addition to hitting through Protect.

It's a Pokémon where it's hard to imagine it ever being bad.

Although I will say that during Sword and Shield,

it wasn't as good as you would expect,

mostly because Dynamax really invalidated

a lot of the burst damage that it wanted to do,

and it wasn't the best Dynamax attacker.

That being said, Scarlet and Violet proved that,

that was more a feature of Dynamax than a weakness of Urshifu.

So I am sure that whenever Urshifu returns in the future,

we will have a lot of complaints about it.

Number 55 is Tapu Koko. For Sun and Moon's time,

Tapu Koko was quite fast.

It used that speed to output huge Electric type damage,

but also to be a real nuisance to pin down,

thanks to the fact that it would use Volt Switch

to get off the field while doing damage.

Surprisingly, it's actually quite a flexible Pokémon.

It can be a physical attacker,

although it is normally a special attacker,

but it can also lead into a more supportive role

rather than a damaging one.

And also, it made Electric Terrain to be a viable strategy,

and although it wouldn't often be used with other Electric type Pokémon,

just because you didn't want to overlap

on your Electric types too much,

the thing about Tapu Koko is that

it gives really good counterplay to sleep,

which is one of the most annoying status conditions in the game.

Tapu Koko was like a top three Pokémon

during the first year of Sun and Moon,

and continued to be good for the rest of the generation as well.

It was on that same team that I won North American Internationals with

with Celesteela back in 2019, for example.

One big question moving forward is: Will Tapu Koko ever be allowed

when the Paradox Pokémon are allowed?

Because having an Electric Terrain setter that is not Miraidon

and is not a restricted Pokémon,

could have pretty big implications.

Stepping aside for competitive

for just a second, I think it's also worth noting

that there's a reason that Tapu Koko was the first Tapu

that you encounter

when you're playing Sun and Moon,

and I think it's because the developers know

that Tapu Koko has the coolest design.

I don't have any question about whether or not

Tapu Koko will be good in the future,

I only have a question about when it comes back next.

Number 54, Gholdengo.

Despite being a Generation 9 Pokémon, Gholdengo is memorable.

It's Pokémon number 1000,

so you can tell it got extra care,

and has a really interesting and unique evolution method,

where you have to get a bunch of stupid coins

to feed them to your little ghoul to turn them into the gold.

And it's been terrorizing competitive play since it was introduced.

It has a stupid broken signature ability

called Good as Gold, which I hate and stops Perish Song, in addition

to stopping a bunch of other useful and interesting moves.

It has the same typing as Aegislash, which is why it is evil-

Evil Aegislash.

The real thing about Gholdengo that makes it

so dangerous is its signature move, Make it Rain,

which- can I just say?

I'm shocked that they named a Pokémon attack that? Anybody else?

Nobody ever talks about this, but like they called it Make it Rain,

and it throws coins at the opponent, and they hurt.

He's not a Water type, folks; he's- he's throwing coins.

And the fact that it allows Gholdengo

to both work as this like offensive set up Pokémon using Nasty Plot,

or to be this Choice Specs burst attacker

that just blows you up before you can even react.

It makes Gholdengo very memorable

if you've played any of the formats where it's been good.

Number 53 is Ogerpon Teal Mask.

Now, pretty much everything I already told you about

Ogerpon Cornerstone also rings true

for Ogerpon Teal Mask,

and I would say that, competitively speaking,

Ogerpon Teal Mask is probably the worst of all the Ogerpon forms.

Not that it's bad by any means.

Actually, last season it finished Top 4 at the North American

International Championship, which is a really good placement.

That being said, Ogerpon Teal outperforms

Ogerpon Cornerstone because of the design.

I think of this mask as Ogerpon's like, true form.

If you haven't explicitly given it another mask,

this is the mask it's going to have.

It's also the mask that you're

introduced to Ogerpon in during the story.

That's part of the reason why the DLC is called the Teal Mask.

So even though it's not as strong

competitively as the others, it gets

extra bonus points because of its design and its iconicity.

Number 52 is Metagross.

Who doesn't like Metagross?

Raise your hand-

I was gonna tell you to get it out, but that's too mean.

No, you're allowed to not like Metagross.

I think Metagross is great.

It's a super computer, hello?

It's so smart. It's so smart it figured out magnets.

Is that how it keeps all the Beldum attached?

Does it walk on Beldum?

I don't know, I need to look up my Metagross lore.

Anyway, Metagross is a Pokémon that's had a ton of success

over the history of competitive Pokémon.

It was one of the best Pokémon when I first started playing back

during Black and White, and it's seen a lot of success

because of its Mega Evolution too, which is a really cool Mega Evolution

because it totally changes the way Metagross plays.

Like, there's worlds where you could justify

using base Metagross over Mega Metagross

because they just do such radically different things.

Metagross,

like many Pokémon, is a victim of powercreep,

and hasn't seen as much use in recent years,

but it still pops up every now and again,

and I think it's just a testament

to how good it is and how well it was designed.

And coming in at number 51 is Rotom Wash.

Rosa Wash is the best placing Rotom form

because every gamer needs a reminder to do laundry.

Unrelated, Rotom Wash also happens to be the best competitive

Rotom form over the years.

As an Electric and Water type with Levitate,

it only has one weakness to Grass, which allows it

to be either an offensive or a defensive Pokémon.

Offensively, Thunderbolt is strong, Hydro Pump is strong-

but defensively, it saw a lot more success,

using an item like Sitrus Berry for recovery and moves

like Will-o-Wisp or Light Screen to slow down opponents.

Rotom Wash primarily performs better than the others,

because Rotom is kind of suited

to be this defensive Pokémon, and because

Wash Rotom has the best defensive typing, it performs the best.

I also think that Rotom Wash is like, maybe the funniest appliance.

I don't know,

the freezer is pretty funny as well, and when you like, understand

competitive Pokémon, the fan is the funniest.

But in a vacuum, a Ghost

taking over a washing machine and then opening up its stomach

and blasting you with all the Water, I think is especially hilarious.

Rotom Wash hasn't been good for a little bit,

but I do hope it comes back at some point in the future,

because it is just- it's- I mean, it's such a great Pokémon.

It's number 51, the 51st best Pokémon of all time.

Folks, I have talked about a lot of Pokémon, okay?

I am tired.

Can you tell I'm tired? I've talked about so many.

I am going to take a break, okay?

I'll be right back, alright?

I need to- I need to go look at a Digimon or something, oh my God.

Coming in at number 50 we have one of my favorite mon of all time,

Milotic.

I mean, this is the epitome of design beating competitive use.

Milotic does have some competitive use.

It's done well sometimes, but I don't know why

I'm talking about its competitive use,

because the reason Milotic is here

is because it looks absolutely beautiful.

The other thing about Milotic

is that it's both infuriating and beautiful at the same time.

I honestly wish that they made it harder to get Feebas again,

because going to Dewford and changing the phrase to some random nonsense

in hopes that the Feebas tile would spot

where you wanted it to,

just so you could get a Milotic

is one of the most memorable experiences for me.

Most beautiful Pokémon in the top 50.

If you're going to give it to something

that doesn't have much competitive use, it's got to be Miloric.

Alright, and coming in at number 49-

Wait! How did you get in here, and what are you doing in my chair?

Well, the door was open, and then it was really easy to just click the record button-

Okay. Okay, okay, okay.

But- but while I'm here, we're on the top 50.

Can I do some stats?

Can I- can I do stats? And then I'll get out of here.

Okay.

I like Milotic too, that's what you need to know for me.

Back to your stats guy.

Let me go through the last little bit of stats

until we get to the Top 10.

In the top 50 there are only 14 Pokémon that are not Legendaries,

pseudos, starters, Ultra Beasts, Paradoxes.

There's only 14 Pokémon.

Once we get to top 25, there's only 5.

So you just heard one of them at Milotic.

I'm going to let you guys try and guess who the other top 14 are.

And just to give you a bit a little bit of insight

into the top 50, it's really top heavy at later generations here.

Generations 7, 8 and 9 are doing really, really well.

And Generation 6 is really, really not doing well.

There's only two Generation 6 Pokémon left in the entire ranking,

in the top 50.

Everything else is about the same,

so it's become pretty evenly spread out; once we get to the Top 25 and the Top 10,

though, you'll see that

the way that things get distributed is pretty interesting.

I think there's a shift in store

from our usual later gen heavy things that we've been seeing.

All right, I'm out of here. I got to get a train.

Wolfe, come out-

What's going on, gamers?

It's me again.

Okay. Coming in at number 49 it is-

I'm Zane, by the way.

Number 49 is Calyrex Ice Rider.

This Pokémon was not designed

with the well-being of competitive players in mind.

It has a stupid, broken signature move,

they gave it a signature ability which is just

two completely different abilities jammed into one,

and the fact that it has not won

the World Championships yet is merely a testament to the fact

that it is so strong that players heavily,

heavily, heavily need to consider it when teambuilding.

Also, it is very funny.

This is just true of all the Calyrex forms,

but how Calyrex is introduced in Sword and Shield, where it like

mind controls some poor dude- I think is really memorable.

If not a little mean.

Now, you may have noticed I have changed my appearance.

That is because

we have been recording this project

for over a month, and eventually I needed a haircut.

I'm sorry, I tried to put it off,

but I cannot stop the passage of time,

which is relevant to our next Pokémon on the list.

Number 48, Dialga.

This is Dialga regular formie, not horse formie.

Dialga is cool, man, I don't know what to tell you.

It's the deity that controls time, okay?

Steel and Dragon, awesome typing. Dialga looks cool.

Dialga has a Primal form in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, fun fact-

that was memorable for me as a child.

I won a Regional with Dialga.

I don't really know how or why, I think I just got lucky that one.

But, it's cool, it's a cool Pokémon.

It's similar to Palkia-

Everything I said about Palkia, mostly applies to Dialga.

Look, there's an elephant in the Trick Room, right?

Which is that Dialga and Calyrex are next to each other,

and they do somewhat similar things, right?

Like, they're both these bulky

Trick Room attackers that put out a lot of damage.

And the thing that we need to address is that Calyrex is a way, way stronger

Pokémon than Dialga.

And I'm saying this is somebody who has won a regional with Dialga, okay?

Like, Calyrex- it blows it out of the Water.

It is a much better competitive Pokémon.

The thing is, Dialga is way, way cooler.

Dialga is like a Legendary Pokémon

in the truest sense of the word.

It just feels so epic and grand and monstrous in a way

that not many other Legendary Pokémon can match.

So even though it isn't technically the strongest competitive Pokémon-

it's not even the strongest competitive Pokémon within two placements-

It is so memorable and so great that it's clearly a Top 5 Pokémon.

Number 47, Kartana- or Kartania.

When it comes to Ultra Beasts,

Kartana I would say has the widest variety of usage.

Kartana has been good in more formats than I think any other Ultra Beast.

What I think is really neat about Kartana

is the way that they've made the stats

so min-maxed, it's extremely fast and extremely strong

and has a good physical defense stat,

but it's so weak on the special side that it really doesn't

stick around for long if you're not careful.

And even though

it sounds like a major weakness, what it ends up doing

is creating this very unique Pokémon that basically is able

to be very customizable, depending on what you want from it.

The most obvious item Kartana would run

is the Focus Sash, which allows it to just be a fast and strong attacker,

but other sets, including the Assault Vest

and actually even health recovery berries saw a lot of play as well.

that can use all attacking moves; it's a Pokémon

that was a good Dynamax attacker, a good Z-Move attacker;

it can use set up moves like Swords Dance... it's really versatile Pokémon

that is fun to use and difficult to go up against,

and also gets bonus points for its iconicity,

because it's an Ultra Beast.

I think this is a Pokémon that if it were in Scarlet and Violet,

would have really threatened to run away with the game

just because of how strong it is and because its main weaknesses,

in addition to its poor special defense stat,

is its typing, also its typing having a quadruple weakness to Fire.

I'm glad we didn't have to deal with Tera Fire Kartana.

At least not yet.

Number 46 Ursaluna. Ursaluna is another Pokémon

that sneaks into the top 50 despite not being a Legendary Pokémon.

Competitively speaking, it is extremely strong.

I ran Ursaluna

at last year's World Championships, and the way that it felt to me

is that Ursaluna

was one of my Legendary restricted Pokémon.

At the time of recording this,

I would say that Ursaluna is the perfect Guts attacker,

Guts being the ability that gives you a damage boost

if you're affected by a status condition,

and this is mostly paired with the item Flame Orb.

This is an archetype that they've tried out

a couple times, like, Conkeldurr has used it before,

we've seen Hariyama...

and there's been a couple other more niche ones as well.

And I feel like with Ursaluna, they finally, finally perfected it.

Sorry, Flareon, you didn't- you didn't make the cut here.

You're not the perfect Guts attacker.

Although Guts is not the most common ability,

I think it's a really good thing to have in the competitive game

where you have this Pokémon that becomes incredibly strong,

but in order to activate its power,

you need to intentionally hurt yourself.

You need to inflict yourself with a status condition.

Ursaluna competitively just does so much damage,

but also has good bulk as well, and it has an interesting speed stat,

where it can work both inside Trick Room and inside Tailwind.

The design is great.

I think it's a really great addition from Legends: Arceus.

I think the lore behind it is cool.

I think the fact that it's an Ursaring evolution

is really memorable because Ursaring-

I didn't really like that much before Ursaluna-

And the last thing I'll say about it is I think it's really funny

to have a Pokémon that starts out as Teddiursa,

which is, I mean, a cute little teddy bear, turned into this monstrous, destructive force.

Number 45 Chien-Pao.

If it's shiny, it's Chen Poop.

Fun fact, Chien-Pao is the highest placing Ice type.

Now, I have to be honest.

Personally, I do not like Chien-Pao.

But the reason that I don't like Chien-Pao

is because it is so frustrating to play against.

Not only is it ridiculously strong and ridiculously fast,

but the fact that its ability passively weakens

all other Pokémon on the field

is really hard to play against, especially if you prefer

more defensive ways through the game like I do.

That being said, I do respect Chien-Pao;

it's an incredibly good Pokémon and I really like the design.

I think on the whole,

the Treasures of Ruin did a really good job

with their designs, and Chien-Pao is no exception.

They managed to take a weasel, or like a snow weasel,

or a stoat, or whatever the heck it is

and make it look threatening, which is, I would say, impressive.

Turns out, when you give a Pokémon swords for teeth,

they begin to look a little less cuddly.

Chien-Pao is one of the single strongest Pokémon

added in Scarlet and Violet, and its Legendary status

only serves to enhance its memorability.

Number 44 is Sylveon.

I think Sylveon placement as the second highest Eevelution

is especially impressive, because

it's the most recently added Eeveelution, and typically Pokémon

in more recent gens had to be viewed as less favorable.

That being said, I think that really knocked it

out of the park with Sylveon.

Sylveon is partially memorable

because it was added

in the generation where they added Fairy types,

and as the first Fairy type Eeveelution,

I think that gives it extra bonus iconicity points,

or at least memorability points, which is a word, as I just learned.

But I think what's cool about Sylveon is that it

is probably the easiest Eeveelution to use most often.

Eeveelutions have all been locked to the same stat values,

and the stat values,

while not bad, are definitely not great in all combinations,

this is part of the reason why many of the other Eeveelutions

don't do great,

but because of its ability, Pixilate,

because of its decent stat spread, and the fact

that it's like, a bulky Pokémon

but can still do good damage, Sylveon ends up being

actually a pretty respectable competitive Pokémon.

It doesn't often keep up as well when the power level is super high,

but it's pretty rarely a Pokémon

that you're disappointed to have on your team.

In addition, I love the colors. I love the shiny form.

I really think they did an excellent job in designing Sylveon,

and I think the fact that it doesn't get hated on very much despite being

the most recent Eeveelution is a testament to how good they did.

Speaking of Fairy types, number 43 is Primarina.

Competitively speaking, Primarina is a pretty good Pokémon.

It's had decent success back in Sword and Shield,

and during some of the lower power formats of Scarlet and Violet.

That being said, the primary reason it's up here

is not because of its competitive results,

though of course those are not bad.

Primarina I think is an excellent starter Pokémon,

and I would go so far as to say that

Primarina is an excellent Pokémon.

I think it captures a lot of the whimsy

and the fun of its base evolution form in a way that not all starter

Pokémon do,

especially compared to the other Generation 7

starter Pokémon of Incineroar and Deckydui.

Like, these are Pokémon that start out really cute, right?

And then they become, I would say, not cute at all, actually.

I would say they become very serious.

And this is kind of a trend of a lot of starter Pokémon:

they start cute

and they end up cool or edgy or, you know, tough or whatever;

and Primarina

I think is in part memorable because it bucks that trend:

it starts out cute, and it ends cute, and it's whimsical all the way.

Water/Fairy is a cool typing, and it feels like

it's right up against the wall of

"this Pokémon is good, but it's certainly not broken".

I don't think that's a place that more Pokémon should end up.

Primarina also happens to be our highest placing

Water starter, which is very impressive,

because there are some good Water starters.

Number 42 Chi-Yu.

or Christopher-Yusef is its full government name.

This Pokémon is not balanced.

This Pokémon is too strong.

And the worst thing is, I like the design.

It's a cute

little goldfish that rains down death and Fire on your opponents.

It is too much of a contrast, but it's one of the best Pokémon ever.

Number 41 is Ogerpon Wellspring Mask.

This was a tough one.

I mean, we already talked a lot about the Ogerpons,

I won't harp too much on this.

What makes Ogerpon Wellspring

above the other two forms that we've talked about thus far

is the fact that it's better than them competitively,

and I really love the tear mask design.

In fact, out of all the masks, I would say

in a vacuum, the Water one is my favorite.

However,

it's not the highest placing Ogerpon, because that goes to number 40:

Ogerpon Hearthflame. This is tough.

I went back and forth between these two a lot.

The reason Ogerpon Hearthflame

ultimately edges out Ogerpon Wellspring

is that competitively speaking, it was significantly better.

This wasn't true in every format.

Like, there was a format where Ogerpon Wellspring was the dominant Ogerpon,

but overall Hearthflame has seen more success in more formats,

and in some formats Ogerpon Wellspring really wasn't used at all.

I love the Ogerpon line,

I'm not going to say anything else about it

because I already talked about it a lot,

but I think Hearthflame is the best out of all of them,

though it is by a narrow margin.

Number 39 is our highest placing not fully evolved Pokémon,

Porygon2.

I mean, it's tough to be a not fully evolved

Pokémon in the top 50, let alone the top 40.

Porygon2 is just iconic.

It's an evolution of a Gen 1 Pokémon,

it's probably the best bulky Trick Room setter in the game,

at least not considering Legendary Pokémon.

It can be offensive. It can be defensive.

It's seen play in high power formats.

It's seen play in low power formats.

There was a point where it was like

maybe the best Pokémon in the game back in 2017.

Great Pokémon, points across the board.

Good job, Porygon2.

Number 38 is our highest placing Eeveelution: Umbreon.

Do I need to explain to anybody that Umbreon is the best Eeveelution?

I'm not saying Umbreon should be your favorite, right?

I understand if people like any of the Eeveelutions as their favorite-

Except Vaporeon, you should go on the list.

But I think we can all agree that Umbreon is the best Eeveelution

if we're trying to rank things as objectively as we can.

I mean, these are Pokémon, right? We can't be fully objective.

Design-wise? Out of the park.

Shiny form?

Oh my God, they were cooking!

Competitively speaking, it is the best placing Eeveelution ever,

getting second at the World Championships.

And by the way, it did that one like Primal Groudon

and Primal Kyogre and thirtieths, the Mega Claws were running around.

You know who can take Light that Burns the Sky? Umbreon.

I don't really follow the Trading Card Game,

but I am fairly certain that when it comes to Eeveelution cards,

Umbreon is almost always the most expensive.

I really feel like I don't need to explain this one.

We all- we all know Umbreon is the best, even if it's not your favorite.

Number 37 Whimsicott.

I think it is especially funny when a Pokémon

that is so evil in terms of gameplay is so cute in terms of design.

Whimsicott is one of these cases.

It's one of the best competitive Pokémon in history, and it's also

one of the most annoying Pokémon to play against

because of its annoying supportive movepool

paired with its great ability Prankster.

Whimsicott I think they did a great service to, in giving it the Fairy type,

because originally when it was introduced,

it was just a pure Grass type,

which is something that I often forget

despite the fact that I played back then.

The fact that Whimsicott is still keeping up-

It is literally a World Champion-

No, a two time World Champion,

despite the fact that they've added so many strong Pokémon,

I think it's a testament to how good Whimsicott is.

Whimsicott also gets bonus points because it is strong,

but it never feels broken or oppressive.

It can feel annoying and like, a real pain to play against,

but it always feels fair, even when it's frustrating.

And I think that's pretty neat.

Number 36 is Tapu Fini.

They did a good job with Tapu Fini.

Tapu Fini is funny because, I mean,

it's the highest placing Tapu on our list here,

and it's funny because when Tapu Fini first released,

it was considered to be the worst Tapu Pokémon of the four.

Now, I would say competitively,

it's pretty close to being Koko and Fini

as the best, with Lele being behind them

and then Bulu being by a lot far behind them.

Bulu's actually behind Rillaboom, who's not a Tapu.

Anyway, Tapu Fini is a cool Legendary Pokémon.

I think the design is really sleek and really chic.

What I think is coolest about Tapu Fini

is that it lets you play the game in a way that is good,

and what I mean by that is that Tapu Fini's Misty Surge ability

sets up the Misty Terrain,

which stops all status conditions from affecting Pokémon on the ground.

Having a Pokémon that can just protect your team

is really great, and a really nice level of insurance

that you can't really get otherwise.

It's also a cool Pokémon because it has ton of different roles it can fill.

It can be supportive with like Nature's Madness,

Icy Wind, Swagger, Heal Pulse... it can be offensive with Choice Specs-

I brought that to Worlds one time-

It can be set up with Calm Mind... I think Tapu Fini

has a great design in two ways.

First, the way it looks, and second, the way it plays.

Number 35 Dragapult. They made a Dragon catapult.

It shoots the babies out of its head.

The babies live in its head

like it's a little kangaroo pouch, and then it shoots them at the enemy.

And the worst part is that the babies look happy

when they're flying to their-

I mean, it's not deaths, but the opponents' deaths.

Dragon/Ghost typing is cool.

Signature move Dragon Darts, very cool.

Smart targeting on a Pokémon attack?

What is this, 2052?

Super turbo ultra fast, awesome.

Very strong Dynamax attacker; almost won Worlds in Scarlet and Violet;

won an International Championship in Scarlet and Violet.

And it also is pretty good as a supportive Pokémon,

I won the Players Cup II with like,

Surf, Will-o-Wisp, Light Screen Dragapult.

It has a lot of ways you can use it from a design perspective,

and I also think the design and the lore are both like good and funny.

And I think in terms of modern day pseudo Legendaries,

it stands out as one of, if not the best.

Number 34 is... Arcanine!

Arcanine, congratulations, you did it, Arcanine!

Listen, I mean, it's not the most well known

Fire Intimidate Pokémon on this channel, but it is one of the best, and-

before Incineroar was around, it was the best.

Arcanine was one of the best Pokémon in 2017.

It's been used a number of times over the years.

I have multiple Regional wins with it.

It's a great Pokémon because it's a fair supporting Pokémon.

We don't have those anymore, but we used to, okay?

It was a Pokémon

that you could play the game with and be like,

"Wow, they designed a great Pokémon here!"; and it's from Generation 1,

that's awesome.

Actually, I want to touch on this a little bit more.

Arcanine back in 2017 was so good that it was on like-

I don't remember the exact numbers, but it might have been like 50, 60-

maybe even 70% of teams at one point.

Arcanine's also cool because, similar to Dragapult,

it can be like, a number of different things.

It can be a physical attacker with like, Choice Band,

it could be a supportive Pokémon...

It doesn't really set up, but it can help set up the partners...

And actually, I didn't really mention this

because I genuinely forgot because Arcanine just been good for so long,

But even in Scarlet and Violet-

Wait, I won a Regional with Arcanine! I did! Wait, it's still good!

The only reason we don't see more Arcanine

is because of Incineroar and I don't think we should-

We can dock Arcanine points for that.

It's not Arcanine's fault.

Number 33 Rillaboom.

I think a monkey that plays the drums is cool.

I never played Donkey Kong Jungle Beat- Drungle Beat?!

I gotta- I gotta get out of here, man.

I never played Donkey Kong Jungle Beat,

but that's also a monkey who plays the drums,

and they made a video game about that, right?

So I mean, it makes sense.

But I mean, let's be honest, the real reason that Rilaboom

is up here because it is by far the best Grass type starter Pokémon in competitive play.

It's not only that Rillaboom is good, though.

I think Rillaboom

is actually somewhat iconic because it allows you

to play the game in a way that no other Pokémon really does.

Rillaboom is like, good Tapu Bulu.

And Grassy Terrain is a really interesting mechanic that,

with the passive healing it provides,

opens up different strategies that otherwise would not be as viable,

such as using set up Pokémon with Leftovers

which is otherwise a little bit slow.

The fact that it works

as both a support Pokémon and an offensive powerhouse

only makes it more interesting in my opinion.

I think it's a neat Pokémon, and I think it's especially cool

to have a starter Pokémon be so good... sometimes.

Rillaboom is okay.

Anything better than Rillaboom, we're over the line.

Number 32 is Hydreigon.

Hydreigon is one of the best Pokémon added in Generation 5.

In addition, Hydreigon has a really story of competitive legacy.

It was one of the best competitive Pokémon back in Generation 5.

It won Worlds twice, and even despite the fact

that they made Fairy types, in part because Hydreigon was so good,

it still continued to be a good Pokémon over the years.

I like Hydreigon a lot.

I mean, I like all of the Generation 5 mons- well, most of them-

some of them- a few of them, I like them a lot.

But Hydreigon- Hydreigon is certainly one of them.

Certainly one of my favorites.

Also, I auditioned for the role of Hydreigon.

I didn't get it though. That's too bad.

(Hydreigon's impression of Wolfe)

Okay, number 31 I don't like at all, but it is true.

31st on the list is Urshifu Rapid Strike.

I know we hate Urshifu. I don't like Urshifu.

But we cannot-

We have to respect it,

we cannot deny how good this Pokémon is.

Urshifu kind of sits in that category for me of Pokémon

that like, we all hate, but they're so memorable

that, like, we'd be sad if they went- okay, that's not true.

I would not be sad if Urshifu's in never another game again.

That's- that's the honest truth.

But I think Urshifu's such a bastion

of competitive play, and I've like-

it's just such a jerk, you know what I mean?

Like, it's so memorable and frankly, it's so iconic, and it is-

like, the problem is that even though I hate Urshifu,

it meets all of the criteria, right?

It's so iconic, and it's so good competitively.

And I guess, like- I guess the design is okay.

The design is not-

I mean, that's subjective, right?

But I mean, a bear that hits through Protect

just punches everything to death is kind of funny.

So I don't know.

I don't like Urshifu, but it does deserve its place on this list.

Speaking of Pokémon that are too strong

and I don't especially like, Calyrex Shadow Rider.

Everything that I said about

kind of the lore of Calyrex before still holds true here.

It's an incredibly potent competitive Pokémon.

I think most people know

how good this Pokémon is, so I'm just gonna move on.

Number 29 is Koraidon. Koraidon outplacing Shadow Rider,

because they each have a World Championship win.

I love Koraidon,

and I think Koraidon is like, Shadow Rider if it wasn't evil,

and also were not the same Pokémon at all.

Koraidon is cool.

First of all, design-wise, I like Koraidon a lot more than I like Miraidon.

I think the fact that it actually has like, a wheel and like, rolls around-

like, actually, in fact, it runs around,

which is even funnier compared to Miraidon, who kind of just floats.

But beyond the way it looks

in the fact that it's iconic, it's on the front of the game.

I mean, it's very memorable.

It has a really major role in the story.

It's like, with you, the whole- actually, I want to talk about that.

It's with you like,

throughout the whole course of the story,

I think that the way that they do Koraidon and Miraidon in Scarlet and Violet

is like, a way better way of introducing Legendary Pokémon

than anything we've had before.

The fact that it's with you the whole game

makes it feel like actually like a partner Pokémon

in a way that none of the other Legendaries do.

They tried to do something like this

with like Nebbie back in Generation 7,

but the fact that it has to evolve to reach its final form

means that, like, I have a connection to Cosmog

after playing the whole game of Sun and Moon,

I don't have the connection to like,

Solgaleo or Lunala, you know?

And competitively speaking, Koraidon is just excellent.

I mean,

it's literally the defending World Champion.

Having a Pokémon that can set the sun up that doesn't

lose to Kyogre is a very interesting dynamic in competitive play,

and the fact

it also enables all the Protosynthesis Pokémon

really opens up a number of ways that you can use it.

Number 28 Snorlax.

I'm not even going to talk about

the design or the iconicity, because come on, like,

this is one of the most beloved Pokémon of all time for a reason.

What I will tell you is, something you might not know is:

Snorlax for a period, became one of the best

and most devastating Pokémon in the entire game.

It won the National Championships.

It got pretty close to winning the World Championships, I think (it did win),

and I brought it to multiple Championships in that year.

Not to be quirky or funny, like, it was genuinely very good.

Snorlax nowadays doesn't do quite as well,

but I mean, it's Snorlax.

so at some point they're going to give it a Mega Evolution,

or God forbid, a proper evolution.

They're never going to do that.

But like, at some point,

it will get something again and I think it'll be good again.

Number 27 is Venusaur-

or Wenusaur, if you're cultured.

This is our highest placing Grass type starter Pokémon.

And honestly,

given the fact

that it has like, three different forms,

I would hope that it would place

decently high, because they've given it a lot.

Competitively speaking, Venusaur is incredible.

It was one of the best Gigantamax attackers.

It was a pretty good Mega Evolution.

It works outside of either

in its base form thanks to Chlorophyll and Sleep Powder.

Venusaur gets obviously bonus points for being iconic

and having a good design, but I do think it's cool

that of the Generation 1 starters, two of them have been significantly

great Pokémon throughout Competitive Pokémon's life cycle.

I think that's neat.

Number 26 is Latios.

Latios may have been the single best

Pokémon in Generation 5 competitive play.

Latios actually may have been the reason

why they felt

they needed to add Fairy type into the game,

because this Pokémon was real hard to deal with.

You would switch into Dragon Gem Draco Meteor,

and you'd lose half your health. Latios I think is also memorable

because of its Legendary Pokémon status,

and because the- just because the Latias and Latios in general,

are not only very popular, but also like, pretty memorable,

I think, because of each other.

Like, the fact

that we have effectively lovebirds Pokémon, that- that's pretty neat,

and the fact that they both been good competitively, and Latios,

especially, was running the game at a time.

I think it only adds to Latios' lore,

and it's it's kind of place in the culture.

And actually, even though Latios was not good

for like almost ten years,

in Scarlet and Violet, it won at least one Regional.

It's certainly not a Pokémon that we see pop up all that often anymore,

but I think it's done more than enough to prove its place

as one of the best Pokémon ever.

Number 25 is Zamazenta.

Zamazenta's arc

of evolving from Pokémon with effectively zero usage to nearly

winning the World Championships two years in a row-

I think it's such an incredible storyline.

Zamazenta is also our highest placing Fighting type.

Design-wise, I don't really know how people are going to feel about this-

Like, obviously, it looks so stupid.

Like, obviously it looks stupid, like, I'm not arguing with that.

But also it's so obviously knows that it looks stupid,

like nobody looks at this Pokémon and thinks

"They surely thought that noone

was gonna have any questions about this", right?

So personally, given that I think it's

very self-aware and it feels like it's in on a joke,

I like the design, and as a Legendary Pokémon

on the cover of a game, I think it's iconic.

I genuinely also like the storyline where Zacian

was like the best competitive Pokémon in Sword and Shield,

and then Zamazenta, and that was one of the best in Scarlet and Violet,

and in each of the games, the other dog really did not have

very much usage at all.

I think that's a really neat,

like little mini storyline within competitive play.

Number 24 is Raging Bolt- or Raging Bingus.

This Pokémon is pretty good.

Some of you will be looking at Raging Bolt

and being like "this Pokémon looks stupid".

And you're right, it does look stupid.

But then again, giraffes look stupid and they're real life animals,

so I don't what you want me to say about that.

Raging Bolt has been

an incredible competitive Pokémon, with a just litany of results.

Did I use that word right, Zane?

Yeah, good job, Wolfe! Oh, thanks, yeah.

I gotta go back to school to read my letters.

What was I saying? Raging Bolt. This Pokémon's pretty good.

This Pokémon has a lot of results.

But what I really like about Raging Bolt,

that they took Raikou,

who's a very memorable Pokémon, and they somehow made a Pokémon

that feels inspired by it, but like also completely distinct

from it in its own way.

Like, sometimes I forget that Raging Bolt

is a Raikou, like, Paradox Pokémon, and not its own thing,

which, like I would never look at Flutter Mane

and be like, "oh, that's not based on Misdreavus".

But I could look at Raging Bolt and forget that it's related to Raikou,

but it still feels close enough in design

that it doesn't feel like a stretch either.

Well- I mean, maybe it stretches its neck.

Anyway, number 23

is Volcaronya, who's our highest placing Bug type Pokémon.

Say what you want about Generation 5,

because the low points are pretty low;

but the high points of Generation 5 are peak, okay?

Volcaronya- going into that like, sand desert place

and finding that this crazy Fire/Bug that- I mean,

I thought it was Legendary when I first encountered it,

I don't know about anybody else? It's a very memorable moment.

The fact that Volcarona has been one of the best competitive Pokémon

of the years pretty much since its introduction-

actually, literally since its introducion-

And it's done this despite the fact that it

not only is a Bug type, which is the worst type in the game,

but also it has a quadruple weakness to Rock,

as well as being weak to like Water and Flying,

both of which are common types in the game-

It's really just a testament to how good of a Pokémon it is.

Number 22 Gyarados.

I don't need to tell you why Gyarados

is one of the best Pokémon of all time.

Actually, you know what? I'm not gonna.

I'm not gonna. You already know-

You already know. I'm not telling you anything. Moving on.

Number 21 Zapdos.

Zapdos is by far the best of the Legendary birds,

and I mean that both in the design perspective

and in the fact that it is the best competitively of the three.

It's a Pokémon whose track record has

so much longevity that, like pretty much

very few other Pokémon on this list can challenge it,

and the fact that it's

a Legendary Pokémon from Generation 1 only enhances its score.

Number 20 is our best placing Ultra Beast,

it's Stakataka.

They made a house, and the house is made of Rocks,

and the Rocks are going to kill you.

I love Stakataka.

It's so funny and it's so good-

It's a World Champion.

The fact that they gave it this terrible Rock and Steel typing

and it's still so good is just- it's just incredible.

Stakataka is so slow. It's made of these big, heavy bricks.

I mean, your house can't move very fast,

neither can Stakataka, okay?

But the fact remains

that it's ridiculously good defense stat and very useful utility toolkit,

plus its actually good attack stat,

makes it a really threatening Pokémon.

My favorite thing about Stakataka is it learns Trick Room,

which is a Psychic move, but you might wonder

why it learns Trick Room, because it's not a Psychic type, right?

And the reason is it's Trick Room, right?

And Stakataka is a house, it's full of rooms.

I lied.

Actually, my favorite thing about Stakataka is that at Worlds 2019,

I use Stakataka at Worlds, and I gave it a Shuca Berry,

and so Stak Shuca, which is similar to Shack Shuca,

which is one of my favorite things to make.

And actually, here's a super fun fact for you: at Zane's bachelor party,

he held a cooking contest, and I made Wolfe Glick Shack Shuca,

and I won the contest, and I am and that's- that's the honest to God truth.

Now, there's technicalities involved, and I probably should-

I wasn't the best dish there, but I did win the contest,

and ultimately that's what matters.

There were several disqualifications, but I did choose the winner.

Didn't get disqualified! I'm the best- moving on.

Number 19 is Flutter Mane,

who is our best placing Paradox Pokémon, as she should be.

Flutter Mane is awesome.

Competitively speaking,

I'm not going to get into it because you already know.

Even if this is your first video you've ever watched

on this channel, you're going to-

If you don't already know, you're going to learn, okay?

This Pokémon is not balanced, okay?

Design-wise though, I think it's really neat.

Flutter Mane has a ton of personality in the design.

Like, she just looks so sassy, and kind of like mean girly.

I don't know, I think she's great.

And in terms of the competitive design,

I actually- I almost made a video basically saying- even though at times

it has been the number one most used Pokémon,

which maybe indicates that they messed up,

I actually think from a competitive standpoint,

Flutter Mane is one of the most interesting designed Pokémon,

and one of the best designed Pokémon in Scarlet and Violet,

because the way the stats are distributed

allows it to be used in so many different ways.

You can use Choice Specs, you can use Life Orb, you can use super fast Booster Energy,

you can boost special attack-boosting Booster Energy;

you can run bulky, you can run offensive-

I just think it's rare for a Pokémon to have so many options,

and for all of them to be so widely considered good.

And I think what people may have not realized

about Flutter Mane is, despite the fact that it's had

pretty wide usage across Scarlet and Violet's lifespan,

the fact of the matter remains that most of the sets

that it's used have varied format to format.

And so it looks like, oh yeah, Flutter Mane is just broken,

but really what it's saying is Flutter Mane is so versatile.

I think it's a cool Pokémon.

I think it's one of the best Pokémon ever made-

19 for you, Flutter Mane- number 18 is Zacian.

This is our best placing

Steel Pokémon and the last Pokémon from Generation 8 on the list.

What you have to understand about Zacian is that in the formats

in Sword and Shield where it was allowed,

it reached a level of dominance that was just almost unheard of.

Two thirds of all teams at the World Championships in 2022 had Zacian,

which was the second highest usage

in the tournament, only behind Incineroar.

And that's impressive because you were only allowed

to have two restricted Pokémon on your team.

And for two thirds of the players, one of those was Zacian;

and it has been heavily nerfed since then,

so it did not have anywhere near

a stronger performance in Scarlet and Violet.

Some players really believed in it, and they got some results

with the good old sword dog.

Design-wise, I like Zacian a lot more than I like Zamazenta,

because although it is still goofy, it definitely feels goofy

in a way that is more acceptable and a little bit

more subtle than Zamazenta lugging around this big shield.

I think it's one of the most popular Pokémon

from Generation 8,

and I basing this off of that image where like, it's the

the shelves of the plushies and there's all the Zamazentas

are left and all the Zacians are gone.

I don't know, I think it's a great Pokémon.

It's certainly one of the best.

Number 17 is Amoonguss.

Amoonguss has a number of records: it's our best placing Poison type,

it's our best placing Grass type,

and fun fact about Amoonguss, Amoonguss actually has the most years

that have made world's Top Cut,

which is ten- it is the only Pokémon to get double digits, baybee!

Very impressive record for Amoonguss.

Competitively speaking, Amoonguss is like a Top 3

best competitive Pokémon of all time, probably.

17 might feel a little low given that,

but I think that to the general

public, it's not quite as iconic and maybe not quite as memorable

as it should be, because it's a great Pokémon.

It's a cute little mushroom.

You've seen a lot of Amoonguss

on this channel, so I want to harp too much on it,

but what I will say is that my girlfriend's mother

is like, learning more about Pokémon

because of me, and her favorite Pokémon is Amoonguss.

So, I think- I think that should say something

about about how cute Amoonguss is.

If you don't like Amoonguss, you should. It's a great Pokémon.

Number 16.

Oh God. Number 16 is Smeargle.

How does Smeargle end up this high?

Well, I know- I know why.

Unfortunately, this is kind of Urshifu territory,

where- I hate Smeargle, one of my least favorite Pokémon of all time,

but I can't deny Smeargle is pretty good by our metrics here.

Early generation Pokémon, incredible signature gimmick.

I mean, super evil in practice, but in theory an incredible gimmick.

Super good competitive results.

Literally threatened to ruin competitive Pokémon.

The year that competitive Pokémon was at its lowest point,

it was exclusively because of Smeargle.

Go watch the Big Six video if you haven't already,

if you want to know what I'm talking about.

I don't really have much to say.

This Pokémon is toxic, but it's- it's- it's just so incredibly good.

Number 15 is a Pokémon that is very similar to Smeargle in its stats.

It's Miraidon.

I personally like Koraidon more, but I cannot deny that

Miraidon on places higher on this list.

That's largely because Miraidon was,

I mean, the most dominant Legendary Pokémon out of Generation 9,

even compared to something like Chien-Pao and Chi-Yu.

also the highest placing Electric type on our list here.

Miraidon won Worlds

in the first year that it was legal, and dominated for most of a second,

despite the fact that the 2025 season had two different formats

with different rulesets that allowed Miraidon,

Miraidon was on the number one team to beat in both of those formats,

and although it didn't win Worlds that year, it did come pretty close,

and it certainly looks like it might have going into it.

The power of Miraidon just cannot be overstated.

It is just so ridiculously strong.

I don't think I'm going to forget Electro Drift

one-shotting Pokémon that were like, neutral to it for a long time.

And of course it is memorable and it is iconic

because it's on the cover of a game and it's- I mean, it is cute.

It's not as cute as Koraidon,

but feeding Miraidon the little sandwich

to make them feel better, that that's a good Pokémon moment.

Number 14 is our final Pokémon from Generation 5, Landorus Therian.

Landorus Therias was at one point

the king of competitive play, and despite the fact

that it hasn't been as good,

at least in Scarlet and Violet, and hasn't felt necessarily

as broken as it used to since like, Incineroar was introduced.

Despite all these things,

Landorus' impact on the culture is such that to this day, it still is,

in some ways, the mascot of all competitive play.

It is incredibly strong.

I mean, even to this day,

Landorus is still an incredibly, incredibly good Pokémon,

and it was so dominant for so many years.

I think Landorus will at one point come back in the future,

maybe when Incineroar is not around.

Number 13 is Tyranitar.

This is our last Pokémon from Generation 2.

It's also our last Rock type Pokémon on the list.

I actually don't have that much to say about Tyranitar.

I feel like we all know how good Tyranitar is.

The fact that it has one of the worst typings in the game,

and yet manages to consistently

be such a dominant force in competitive play

is just a testament to how strong it is.

I genuinely think that the reason

they've never given a Legendary Pokémon

Sand Stream

is because they saw how good Tyranitar was,

despite the fact that, like, it has such abysmal typing

and they didn't want to give a Legendary Pokémon

that because Tyranitar really scared them.

Design-wise, Tyranitar is also extremely memorable.

And I will say that Tyranitar, I think, especially for those of us

who played early gens, is a real testament to the trust

that players put in the game, because you have to spend

so much time leveling up Larvitar

and Pupitar in order to get them to evolve.

And going through all of that and finally getting to level 55,

and then finally getting your evolution and you like,

watch it, you watch it, you watch it, and eventually you see

and it's this amazing, like, Rock Dragon-looking monster.

I think that was a huge payoff for a lot of people

that really made them feel like

investing into their Pokémon was worth their time.

Number 12 is Lunala. Lunala is great.

First of all, it's a two time World Champion

and it placed second in the World Championships once,

and it's only been legal

for four different World Championships.

This is a huge testament to how good Lunala is.

And while I know I just said that-

Like, playing through the entire game with Cosmog

doesn't necessarily make you feel attached to Lunala,

I do still think that playing through the entire game with Cosmog

makes you feel more connected to Lunala or Solgaleo than like,

I don't know, Pokémon Silver, where you just like encounter Lugia

at the end, right?

Design-wise,

I like the fact that it's like, this literal representation of the moon.

We have other Pokémon that are like, related to the moon:

we have like, the Clefairy line, we have with the Ursalunas,

who have moon imagery on them,

we have Lunatone, who is a moon, but looks kind of like a dork...

I'm sorry, I like Lunatone.

He is a dork, though.

But Lunala walks this fine between cool and chic

and like, kind of dark, but also like, not too much-

I don't know, I think it's a really, really great designed Pokémon,

one of the best competitive Pokémon-

incredible results across the board.

There's a reason why it's this close to the top of the list.

Okay, number 11, this is our final Pokémon before the Top 10.

It is Arceus.

Now, Arceus is our highest placing Normal type- if it's a Normal type at the time of recording-

This kind of depends on its mood, I guess.

And Arceus is a bit hard

to talk about because, like, it's never really been legal

in any official competitive format that you can play in person.

We've had a couple ladders where it's used,

but like not a format that people are actually

entering tournaments for, that have any kind of impact.

That being said, the fact that it places this high

despite the fact that it has effectively

zero competitive relevancy, is a testament to how strong its scores are across the board.

Arceus is like one of the Pokémon

people might know if they only know 10 Pokémon.

I remember it was a huge deal when Arceus was mentioned

in like a Dr. House TV show episode.

Anyway, I think people can understand why the God of Pokémon

is very near the top of the list.

Okay, we only have 10 Pokémon left.

The 10 best Pokémon of all time.

Zane, is ther anything you want to mention

before we jump on into this final- final sprint? Through this marathon?

There are four generations that we've already said goodbye to.

Those generations don't have any other Pokémon left in the Top 10.

At Gen 2, you had Tyranitar.

In Gen 5, we had Landorus Therian.

In Gen 8, it was Zacian.

And surprisingly, despite Gen 9's incredible stats

for all of the Top 100, the top half, the top 50-

we've already said goodbye to Gen 9 with Miraidon,

so that leaves us with five generations left that have Pokémon.

I won't tell you what they are because you're about to find out.

Wolfe, take it away.

Okay,

coming in at number ten on our list, the 10th best Pokémon of all time.

It's a Pokémon

that outplaced every single Paradox Pokémon, every single Ultra Beast.

And it did this all without any kind of special treatment.

Every Pokémon remaining on this list is either

a starter Pokémon, a Legendary, or a pseudo Legendary Pokémon.

And yet, this Pokémon made Top 10 while having nothing.

None of that.

No special buffs.

The 10th best Pokémon of all time is...

Mimikyu.

Mimikyu also happens to be our highest placing Ghost type Pokémon.

I love Mimikyu! It is so cute!

The lore is so sweet.

It just wants to be loved, so it dresses up as Pikachu

because it knows that everybody loves Pikachu.

That's like, so cute.

And it was actually a good competitive Pokémon;

I brought at the World Championships at least once.

Its Disguise ability's

really interesting from a competitive standpoint,

but I also love how it fits in

with the lore, and it's so cute; when Mimikyu shows up to the battle,

it has a disguise all nice and proper,

and then when it takes damage, the disguise falls over.

How could you not like Mimikyu?

Come on.

I think it's extra sweet that it's literally this disguise that sets

you apart from any of the other competitors for the roles that it fills,

and is the reason why Mimikyu has seen competitive play at all.

Like, it really comes down to this ability.

Also, it has the same typing as Flutter Mane, which is neat,

and we know Ghost and Fairy is pretty nice.

I love Mimikyu, I have a dish mag- Hang on, I gotta show you.

Did I already show you the dish magnet?

I'm gonna show you the dish magnet. Hang on, I'll be right back.

Okay, I'm back.

So this is my dish magnet, okay?

This side is the clean side, it's Pikachu,

and then this side is the dirty side, it's Mimikyu.

I like Mimikyu.

And actually, Pikachu was number 100 on our list,

so in a way, it's fitting that Mimikyu is number 10.

Coming in at number 9

is one of the most iconic Pokémon to come out of Generation 3.

It's a Pokémon that has won the World Championships,

both with its Mega Evolution and without.

It's a Pokémon that is currently tied for having the most number

of World Championship victories.

And it's the Pokémon that you hated playing against,

whether it was in competitive play or casual in the playground.

It's...

Salamence.

I think if you polled 1000 people

and you asked them

"which Pokémon would you like to have in real life if you could only have one?",

a good chunk of them would say Salamence.

Design-wise, I don't really think

I have to tell you that this Pokémon is cool.

Now I have something to say here, okay?

Zane has banned me from saying the word cool,

and I've slipped a couple in past his notice,

but I'm on thin ice, so I'm using my last usage of the word cool

to describe a Pokémon here, because Salamence is undeniably cool.

And that's it, I'm not gonna use it now, okay?

I hope you appreciated that, Salamence fans.

Some Dragon Pokémon don't really look like dragons.

Like, even Drampa, who is a dragon-

That's dragon grandpa, you know what I mean?

Like, no one's like, "oh my God, there's Drampa"

until it burns on your house, right?

But salamence, that's a dragon.

That's a capital D Dragon.

I think that when you have a Pokémon

that is so impressive and so iconic as Salamence,

I'm sure it can be really intimidating to try and make a Mega Evolution.

Because how do you make something that feels like an evolution

to a Pokémon that already feels finished and complete?

And the fact that Mega Salamence

exists and is widely liked, I think is an incredible achievement,

and only enhances Salamence more.

And this isn't easy,

because like I haven't heard a lot of people

talk about how much they love Roaring Moon.

I'm not even dogging on Roaring Moon, but like,

I mean, Mega Salamence is like if Roaring-

It's like the- What is it- Daniel.

Daniel and the cooler Daniel.

That's Mega Salamence and Roaring Moon. Oh, I said cool again?

Oh, no, but I was referencing. It's fine, it's fine, it's fine.

I also think that the lore of Salamence

really enhances how much people like it.

The fact that there's this little dragon

that all it wants to do is fly,

and it keeps jumping off cliffs and bashing its head into the ground,

and then it evolves and you're like, "oh, it's gonna fly",

and it turns into a circle,

and then finally it jumps off the cliff enough

and it learns to actually fly- I think that's great.

Salamence, competitively, has been one of the best Pokémon ever.

Like I said, it won Worlds three times,

and one of those is in its base form back in 2009, I think?

Maybe 2008- and it won Worlds twice in this Mega form in 2018 and 2019.

There's a reason it's one of the most beloved Pokémon

of all time, and it's certainly one of the 10 best.

Number eight on our list

share some things in common with Salamence.

It's a World Champion.

It is a Pokémon from Generation 3.

It has the same typing,

but one thing that separates it

from Salamence for me personally is that this Pokémon was present

on my World Championship winning team.

Coming in at number 8 is Rayquaza.

Unfortunately, I cannot tell you that Rayquaza is cool.

I have been banned.

Here's what I will say about Rayquaza, though.

Pokémon Emerald is pretty widely considered to be one of,

if not the best Pokémon games in the series.

And as the cover mascot of Emerald,

Rayquaza is already starting out

with some pretty great points; then you play through Emerald

and you realize that Rayquaza is so cool

that it comes down and it beats up both Groudon and Kyogre.

(Angry Zane) No, it's not cool!

Oh, then you play through Emerald and you get to the end,

and maybe

you've played Ruby and Sapphire and you realize like,

"oh wow, Kyogre and Groudon are pretty strong",

and Rayquaza just comes down from the sky

and smacks them around and they're like, "we're sorry",

and then they have to go run away and you go,

"oh, this Pokémon is not worth messing with".

Then maybe, you know, a couple years pass, you know, or whatever,

and then eventually, you know, you're older

and you're playing a new Pokémon game and you hear whispers, okay?

of the strongest Pokémon ever made, and then you learn about Mega Rayquaza,

and you go, "oooh... that's not- that can't be balanced".

And then you get your Mega Rayquaza and you realize, "oh, that was in fact, not balanced".

Rayquaza in the lore-

and I don't necessarily mean the lore of the game,

but in the lore of the-

of the hearts of the community

is one of the most poignant Pokémon; it's a Pokémon that you remember.

Even when you forget the other Pokémon's names.

You never forget Rayquaza's name.

The fact is, it was one of the best competitive Pokémon ever.

I mean, again, I did win Worlds with it,

I'm sorry to mention that, but-

But it's relevant to this Pokémon, so I gotta talk about it.

I think Mega Rayquaza specifically is worth noting that,

although I don't really talk too much about single battles here,

Mega Rayquaza was initially the only Pokémon banned from the tier that like,

allows all the banned Pokémon.

That's how strong it was.

And yet,

despite everything that I've said about Rayquaza,

it somehow is not our highest placing Dragon type.

That honor instead goes to number 7, Garchomp.

This one feels so obvious.

Like, did anyone click on this video

and think that Garchomp was not going to be a Top 10 Pokémon of all time?

If you did-

Come on. Come on.

What are you- What are you- What are you doing?

It's Garchomp, hello?

Garchomp also happens to be our highest placing

pseudo Legendary Pokémon, narrowly edging out Salamence.

Garchomp is an especially memorable Pokémon

for casual fans because of Cynthia.

Cynthia, for a long time being considered

the strongest champion, in part because of her Garchomp,

and how much damage this Pokémon

would do at the end of your Elite 4 run.

Competitively speaking, Garchomp has really held up over the years.

It was one of the best Pokémon in Generation 5, when I started playing.

It was one of the best Pokémon in Generation 7 too.

As recently as last season,

Garchomp has had a number of good results as well.

Actually, even this season, in Regulation H,

Garchomp is still getting used.

It's a Pokémon that has withstood the test of time,

and I think has set the bar really high when it comes

to what people expect from pseudo Legendary Pokémon.

Number 6 is our final Generation 6 Pokémon, and the number one best Fairy type Pokémon.

Xerneas.

It is no secret that I don't like Xerneas,

but the reason I don't like Xerneas is because

it's the single most broken competitive Pokémon ever made.

Xerneas is so strong that sometimes

knocking out two of your opponent's Pokémon would instantly

lose you the game, because it allows Xerneas

and a support to come in for free,

and if you were out of position, that was literally just it.

Game Over.

And design-wise, as much as I hate the Pokémon,

I have to say that it's a really, really good Pokémon

from a design perspective.

It feels ethereal- it's this majestic deer creature

that like, represents life,

and at the same time, kills all Pokémon that go up against it.

I think that Xerneas is actually is only continuing

to rise in the eyes of the people because of Legends: ZA,

and how it plays a little bit of a role in the story there.

It is, unfortunately not a very balanced Pokémon,

but that's also part of the reason why earns a spot

this high up on the list with number 6.

There's some irony here, by the way, because 6 is my favorite number,

and Xerneas is maybe my least favorite Pokémon,

and so there's- there's a contradiction there, for sure.

Now, the next two Pokémon on our list share something in common.

They each are tied for the most Top Cuts at the World Championships in history,

with that number being 25 Top Cuts each.

And what I would say about these two Pokémon

is that they are emblematic of the old era of VGC and the new era of VGC.

So coming in at number 5, it's Cresselia.

Cresselia was, for a long time, the best competitive Pokémon.

It's the last Pokémon from Generation 4,

and it's our highest placing Psychic type.

What made Cresselia so good was its immense bulk.

It sat on the field, it was impossible to remove,

it offered speed control, it offered support,

and it was a Pokémon

that you could not ignore, because we continued to disrupt your team

and mess with your gameplan until you lost.

If you asked any Pokémon player prior to Generation... I don't know, 7?

What the best competitive Pokémon in history was,

they would say Cresselia; even after Landorus Therian

was introduced, I think they would still say Cresselia.

And the fact that this is a Legendary Pokémon,

and a Legendary Pokémon was really cool

for behind it as well, I think only enhances it.

I still remember playing that mission in Generation 4,

the Mystery Gift where you went and got Darkrai,

and you had to wake a sleeping child from an endless nightmare,

and you needed Cresselia's like, Lunar Wing to do that.

That still sticks in my brain.

Darkrai may never be competitively legal,

but its link to Cresselia only actually enhances Cresselia's lore.

I think Cresselia is also

very interesting as a competitive Pokémon,

because often

when you think of the best Pokémon in the game,

we think of Pokémon like Flutter Mane or Urshifu, or Xerneas.

These Pokémon that are just so offensive in nature,

and so capable of just blowing open foes.

And yet, Cresselia is a defensive Pokémon.

I did win US Nationals with an offensive Expert Belt Hidden Power Fire Cresselia-

but that was the exception, not the rule.

And actually,

I'm happy that the Pokémon that carried

the mantle of best competitive Pokémon was a defensive Pokémon.

I think that says more positive things about our game

than a more offensive one.

And it reminds me a little of the number four slot on our list.

A Pokémon that is infamous, I would say.

I would say a Pokémon that is the new face of competitive Pokémon.

You know him;

I don't know if you love him, but I know you know who he is.

It's...

Incineroar.

Incineroar has somehow become something of a channel mascot.

I think that nobody watching this

expected him to be outside of the Top 10.

At the 4th best Pokémon of all time,

is the final Pokémon from Generation 7,

and is the highest placing Dark type Pokémon.

In terms of his place in the general culture,

I think being a starter Pokémon is pretty good.

I think the fact that he's added in Super Smash Brothers

as a playable character also pretty memorable.

He also was used, I think, by the professor, right?

Professor Kukui, he has an Incineroar, because he's the masked Royale or whatever-

that feels like an Incineroar Pokémon.

All these things kind of enhance Incineroar's memorability

and on the way that people feel about him.

Of course, the real reason Incineroar is this high

is because he is the single best competitive Pokémon ever made.

I have made an entire video about Incineroar,

so I'm not going to sit here and talk for 20 minutes about him.

If you're not aware of how good Incineroar is, what I will say is that

it took a pretty strong Pokémon to make Landorus Therian obsolete,

and that's exactly what Incineroar did.

And he did it without any kind of special forms,

or transformations, or Mega Evolutions.

He did it all the old fashioned way,

with just pure strength and overwhelming ability.

Which is not the case for number three on our list.

You may have noticed that I didn't sense

and aura was the highest placing Fire type Pokémon, or that Incineroar

was even the highest placing Fire type starter.

Because there is a starter that outplaces him, and that's Charizard.

If the only thing I cared about when

making this list was cultural impact, Charizard would be number one.

There's a reason

that the most expensive Pokémon cards are typically Charizards.

It's a Generation 1 Pokémon,

it is one of the most popular Pokémon of all time,

it's many player's favorites...

It's part of the reason why Pokémon

became such a big phenomenon as a whole, right?

I mean, Charizard's popularity, and it's just, incredible design;

I think it really drew the hearts of many people across the globe.

And the surprising thing about Charizard

is that despite the fact that it has a ton of weaknesses,

including a quadruple weakness to Rock, and despite the fact

that it's a Generation 1 Pokémon, Charizard is good.

Charizard is one of the best competitive Pokémon of all time.

It has two Mega Evolutions that were both good.

Charizard Y was overall better, though

I did win a regional with Charizard X, and in Sword and Shield

Charizard was given a special Gigantamax form

that genuinely threatened to take over the game.

Charizard was actually the main Dynamax attacker on the best team

in Sword and Shield, despite the fact that that team had Groudon.

And the most messed up thing is that Charizard, despited that,

because it's gotten all this love, it doesn't even need it.

Charizard won an International Championship

last season in its base form, just using Choice Specs

and its hidden ability Solar Power to output huge amounts of Fire type damage.

The fact that a Pokémon that is this popular

and this memorable and this iconic is also so strong,

it's really just remarkable.

And although it's true

that the Pokémon did do this on purpose,

I mean, they gave them all these extra forms.

It is still an impressive feat nonetheless for Charizard.

Two Pokémon left. The two best Pokémon of all time.

I'm curious if anybody knows what they are offhand.

If you've if you've been kind of like loosely

keeping track of any Pokémon that you thought should be mentioned,

but haven't been- I'll give you a hint.

These two Pokémon are both Legendaries,

and they're a Legendary duo.

In fact, they are Legendary opposites, even enemies.

You've probably figured out which Pokémon I'm talking about,

but the question is which of them is number two

and which of them is number one?

Well, I won't leave you in suspense any longer.

This month-long odyssey of mine is nearing its end,

and I am excited to reach its conclusion.

So without further ado, the second best Pokémon of all time goes to...

Groudon.

Here's what I want to say about Groudon

and the Gen 3 Legendaries as a whole.

In my opinion, the Generation 3 Legendaries are the first generation

to really feel like true Legendary Pokémon.

Generation 1, you have the Legendary Birds,

but the Legendary Birds are kind of tucked away;

they're not at the forefront of the game's plot.

In fact, it's possible to get through the game

and not even know that they're there.

The same can be said of Mewtwo.

Mewtwo certainly is Legendary, but it feels like a secret.

You get what I'm saying, right?

Mew is a Mythical Pokémon,

it's not even accessible unless you have a special like-

Mystery Gift, right?

Then we have Generation 2,

and we have Ho-Oh and Lugia; and Ho-Oh and Lugia,

you know, they're on the cover of the game

for the first time, and they are cool birds.

They feel more rare than truly Legendary.

And then we get Generation 3, and we get these Pokémon capable of

immense amounts of power; Pokémon that are literally threatening to end the world.

These aren't Pokémon hiding away in caves.

These aren't Pokémon that are doing acts of good service, right?

They aren't reviving fainted Pokémon in a tower.

These are Pokémon

that have been sleeping,

and they are pissed that they got woken up,

and they're making everybody pay for it.

Moreover, the fact that these Pokémon are literally altering

the terrain of the world- like, they're not just threatening

to blow up the planet, they're threatening to overwhelm it.

Groudon is threatening to to eliminate all the water.

We need that! I need that!

Groudon doesn't care.

There's a lot of great Legendary Pokémon out there,

but I think the impact of Groudon and Kyogre is so intense,

because this was the first generation that really introduced Legendaries

as these like primordial beings; like, yeah, Lugia and Ho-Oh are mysterious,

and Mewtwo was made in the lab and you know,

is threatening and is scary, right?

But they didn't feel like forces of nature.

They didn't feel like these uncontrollable behemoths

in the same way that Ground and Kyogre do.

So from an iconicity standpoint, Groudon gets a perfect score.

And Groudon also gets a perfect score in the design category.

This hulking land monster would already be impressive,

but that's before I talk about Primal Groudon,

which really does take everything about Groudon and turn it up to 11.

I love the fact that they added Fire typing to the design,

and always felt like it

maybe should have been there, and the fact that it becomes

this Pokémon with this lava seeping through the cracks,

it feels like an evolution in the truest sense,

while also feeling like like a more primal form.

It looks like this more ancient monstrosity.

And then we have to talk about competitive play.

Competitive play is the only place where Groudon does

not score a perfect 10.

But leading with that

is a little misleading, because Groudon is absolutely

one of the strongest competitive Pokémon in history.

It is really only in Scarlet and Violet

that Groudon has not looked like

the single best restricted Pokémon in the game, or one of them.

In the first year that Groudon was legal

in competitive play, it won the World Championships. Alongside Kyogre, actually

The second year ground was legal,

it placed second, only losing to me in the finals.

The third tier was legal,

it won the World Championships again in 2019.

The 4th year that it was legal.

Groudon did not win the World Championships, but it did play second,

and it was on the team that dominated competitive play

for the duration of the season;

and in both 2010 and 2022, it did it without its Primal form.

The fact that this Pokémon has stood

the test of time, has been around for over a decade,

and is still consistently putting up results.

It simply is a feat that can't be matched

by nearly any other Pokémon.

But it can be matched by one.

Because the number one best Pokémon of all time is Groudon counterpart.

Kyogre.

Groudon and Kyogre, in some ways, are a pair.

Not only in the lore, but also in competitive play,

because whenever one of them is good,

you often need the other in order to shut it down.

These two Pokémon are designed so well,

because they are truly diametrically opposed.

Kyogre threatens Groudon offensively,

Groudon threatens Kyogre defensively; from a design perspective,

and from an iconicity perspective,

Kyogre also receives two perfect scores, just like Groudon;

and Kyogre has followed a similar path to Groudon as well

if you look at the World Championships.

It won Worlds in 2010 and 2016; it did not win Worlds in 2019,

though it did get close.

And in 2022, neither Groudon or Kyogre won the World Championships.

But the reason why Kyogre outpaces Groudon narrowly

is that in Scarlet and Violet, the tiebreaker year,

Kyogre performed meaningfully better than Groudon.

It did not win the World Championships,

and frankly, it didn't come all that close,

but it was consistently stronger than Groudon.

Therefore, it breaks the tie.

Kyogre has a special place in my heart,

because it was one of the restricted Pokémon

that I won the World Championships with, alongside Rayquaza.

Beyond that,

it also has a special place in my heart

because Generation 3 was my first Pokémon generation.

I remember fighting my brother's Kyogre

with my Groudon and being like, "I chose the wrong game, hello?"

And I think it is a testament to the Generation 3

Legendaries that despite the fact that

six more generations have come out since then, and I've played them

with a much more fully developed brain,

Kyogre still stands out in my heart

and in my head as the best of them all.

And I don't know, maybe this is a personal experience.

Maybe, you know, I just have like, big fish brain, right?

But I suspect that it isn't.

I suspect that for anybody who play Generation 3,

even if you played it years after it came out,

there's just something special

about Kyogre and Groudon that stays with you for a long time.

And with that, my task is complete.

I have now ranked every single Pokémon and then some.

I'm never doing this again.

Please! I'm never doing it again,

and I don't care if they add a thousand more Pokémon.

I'm not doing it.

I would like to say a huge thank you to Scarlet and Zane

for helping me with this enormous project,

and double thank you to Zane for sitting with me

on the call for the entire recording session.

It's been probably ten hours of recording,

I am so sorry.

I'd also like to say a huge thank you to Gio for editing this.

Gio, I am so sorry.

Oh my God, we thought this video was going to be like an hour and a half;

I don't know how long it is right now and I am scared to find out.

Anyway, if you liked this video, make sure you subscribe.

Please, please...

We worked so hard on it. And if you want to see more videos like this one-

Honestly, just go watch the EUIC video.

That's- that's a video that I'm really proud of.

If you want more long form content- it doesn't really link to this one,

but I think it's a really great video. Go check it out.

in my opinion, much more memorable,

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