The Move that Influenced the Metagame for Over a Decade - Singles

I remember when I first encountered Spikes at the GSC Elite Four with Koga’s Forretress. I thought it was weird but interesting

Game Freak did NOT remove any of the entry hazard moves because they had a "good impact" on the competitive metagame. They also added Heavy-Duty Boots though to give it another check

I can hear BKC in the ADV section of the video

Wait a minute. If anything the blissey line is the chicken from family guy. His signature move is soft boiled!

Spikes are absolutely cancerous.

And that’s not to say anything about toxic spikes. Which are just as bad as regular spikes

I love how crazy singles battles are with Pokémon. I used to play only VGC format and the differences in viable Pokémon and strategies between the two are wild.

Nooooooo, that poor blissey! My heart!

Weird that Battle Revolution is the only game where entry hazards are always visible on the field. It's good to not have to remember that, hence why it's the same way in Showdown.

Used to always boggle me when oeiple defended spikes and stealth rocks. Those move literally go against the skill part of pokemon game play.

The thumbnail confused me a lot there... 😳

This video definitely needs an addendum for gens 7-9. Definitely breezed through these and didn't even mention Gholdi nor Glimmora

Would Spikes be balanced if it never got layers?

I wonder what would happen to the usefulness of Spikes and Stealth Rock if they weren't permanent until removed, but lasted 5 to 8 turns, similar to weather and terrains?

I came for the thumbnail art LOOOL

I knew this was written by BKC when they started spitting facts about 2 vs 3 layers

How Cowboy bebop influenced pokemon

Imagine a grass type stealth rock clone that, as well as the usual removal methods, could be removed with Sap Sipper Pokémon.

I'd always misremembered spikes as being a steel move, it just makes more sense than ground

I just play randoms, but this made me realize some things i just picked up over time. You get your team, you check out the builds, and then you look for trap setters and figure out how to get them on the field safely- if the opponent gets traps and you don't, hope for Boots (Defog is almost useless when it shows up, Spin is better but is usually predictable).

The meta is dense, thanks for the video!

I have always viewed hazards similarly to boosting moves. If a DD adds 12.5% of a hp bar worth of damage and so does spikes, they both contribute to the same goal of a offense/HO style. You can now KO something that would have survived at 12% or less, meaning your outspeeding OHKOs are that much more likely. Spikes just also has the benefit of being usable on otherwise fairly defensive mons, meaning that otherwise teams that would have had to be fully offensively dedicated can afford to run a spiker as a defensive mon

This is precisely why I ask why doesn't Jolteon learn spikes it's my favourite eeveelution and I want it to have success at least in the lower tiers I mean look at it bro is COVERED in spikes

I wonder if they plan to bring back the steel type spikes from Coperrajah’s G-Max move someday

Regigigas was made bad because it was a trophy prize. It was made in a time where pay to win wasn't a norm so they couldn't make that rare of a pokemon competitive.

Why's blissey got spike in it's peen?

Ngl i didn't know you could stack spikes 3 times

I'm at work but liking and commenting just for the thumbnail

can some explain this all to me ? ENTRY HAZARDS ? what is that ? i play vgc idk what that means :D :D :D :D

Really. Spikes doesn't do type effective damage?

After all these years, I still feel like there has to be a better way to check switching than entry hazards. Danged if I know what it is, though. PoGo-style cooldowns punish the first swap, and limited switches could slow down games.

We need fiery spikes that do fire damage each switch-in or would y’all rather it burned the opponent upon switching? 🤔

The thumbnail image was so adorable lol

I can't get over the thumbnail.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Blissey looks like Lucy (Peanuts) if she ever steps on a lego.

X/Y was my introduction to PvP, thanks to being able to just casually hop in a match with randos online instead of needing to go to organized events in person. That's when I learned the true horror of entry hazards. Web to slow ya down, toxic spikes to wear ya down, stealth rock to ruin your hp, and regular spikes to chip in their annoyance too. Got to the point where every time I switched in a pokemon, there were upwards of four extra text boxes and animations that played. I still won a decent chunk of matches just by using unga bunga bonk strats, but every single game was annoying, dragged out, and most of all NOT FUN. My first day of competitive pokemon was also my last because boy howdy was it a slog.

Maybe a hot take but I really think that entry hazards should hit pokemon getting affected by moves that ground them, like Roost, gravity, smack down etc etc. It makes sense

I want them to introduce a new entry move
• One that burns grounded but is removed by Fire types
• One that sets up on your own side of the field that heals you
• One that lowers all of the opponents PP by 1 on entry
etc.

There's a lot of potential with this mechanic.

This is the unhappiest thumbnail ever. :,(

I didn't realize how fucked singles is. I've always been a doubles player. Now it makes a bit more sense why they nerfed gengar, but I still love it and will always be sad that it's not viable anymore.

I like spikes but as someone who has gotten into more comp pkmn around gen six, I see myself as more of a stealth rocks enjoyer just for how nutty that move can be. This vid makes me appreciate spikes more.

I would appreciate if more discussion was had around the newer generations. I love all of FSG videos, you guys are awesome, but I really want to get an in depth analysis for gens 6-9, especially nine, as there is for the earlier generations :-)

In 6v6 singles battles constantly switching until you have a good matchup is too OP.

"Only defog could block taunt, but it's not like you could switch in a taunt pkmn and prevent defog"

Gholdengo: "IT'S TIIIIME!"

I think an ability that taunted or did a taunt effect on switch in would be kind of cool as another counter to hazards besides spins/absorbs

I wish all field setup move were not permanent but instead have a turn counter like weather effects.

the thumbnail is so top tier, absolutely amazing

Even just the thought of ground type spikes makes me shudder. That with stealth rocks would just remove fire types from the game

That thumbnail artist deserves a massive raise

I believe in Gen9OU spikes are actually better than rocks;
Rock weak pokemon are more often than not boots, and removal is super bad right now

"It dosnt matter is you are quadruple resistant to ground".

No it truly dosn't when you reslide that the only type that has that quality is a bug/grass pkmn and that you might as well be using 5 pkmn instead.