These Pokemon Shouldn’t be in Scarlet and Violet.

It annoys me so much that some pokemon reward you so much for simply sending them out (ex: Zacian, Calyx-s), but Regigigas still has Slow Start for "balance"

It honestly feels like they intentionally designed Zacian to be the single best pokemon in a dynamax format

In my opinion, an unhealthy aspect of the Urshifu twins is that there is no way of knowing which form is coming while in team preview. It’s so unfun to get surprised with a win condition late game when you had no way of preparing for which form was coming other than inferring based on the opponent’s team composition.

Honestly I just want a VGC format that doesn't have legendaries/mythics. The sword and shield meta before DLC and restricted mons was so much fun

Gen 8 just decided to drop the Nukes of Pokemon while all the other gens were still using bows n arrows

Also everyone remember many of these analysis are very vgc oriented, some mons that wolfe might want banned could be perfectly balanced in singles and the reverse for others

The thing about removing one is that Gamefreak would have to remove the others as well. Like if they remove Xerneas, it'd only make sense that they also removed Yveltal. Or for Venusaur they'd have to remove all gen 1 starters - and how could they live without the wonderchild Charizard?

Answer: don’t cut any Pokemon, just ban the overpowered ones in competitive or make multiple different categories or rulesets

That analysis about Regieleki was absolutely brilliant, but I can't believe you missed another very important fact. It being Electric type means it can't be paralyzed ever, so even with Prankster, strategies to shut down fast pokes with Thunder Wave and Stun Spore are completely nullified against it.

They wouldn't remove certain pokemon without removing their counterparts too, which means that banlists are the more healthier option imo

HOW THIS AGED - EACH POKEMON IN ORDER (VGC REGULATION D) 1. (Regieleki) Still fantastic but Transistor was nerfed and electroweb isn't a great strategy anymore so it's less consistent 2. (Zacian) Not legal in VGC. Still absolutely ridiculous in Ubers. Nerfed a bit though so not an instant win button (it's not in AG anymore) 3. (Calyrex-Shadow) Not legal in VGC but unchanged. Terastallization makes it even harder to deal with. Instant win button. Banned to AG. 4. (Urshifu) DEAR GOD THIS THING IS EVERYWHERE IN VGC AND UNSTOPPABLE. THERE IS ZERO COUNTERPLAY. HELP. 5. (Rillaboom) Fakes out and then stops being a threat. Pretty easy to deal with. The removal of Grassy Glide really neutered it. 6.(Grimmsnarl) Fell completely out of usage. Grimmsnarl isn't seen at ALL in Regulation D. Screens just aren't a good strategy anymore. Don't know why. Incineroar, Smeargle, Venusaur, and Xerneas are not in SV.

“We added this mechanic that can make every Pokémon super overpowered in an instant, so in order to balance it, let’s make a bunch of legendaries that are also that way by default.”

Honestly I liked that one formate with a banlist, rotated banlists like that could make it so competitive doesn't have to always deal with unfair mons being added, plus simply gives the main game a chance for more formats to be run at the same time.

As a Venusaur since childhood, I hope they give Smeargle prankster next gen. >:(

I love Smeargle - I think it should be banned in competitive or ladder play but should be present in games. It is fun to use in normal gameplay.

I genuinely do not know how Xern/ Eleci can be balanced going forward. The others feel like they could be brought in line with some small changes (no crown for zacian, no fusion for calyrex, new ability or removing the signature move for ushifu). It would be a shame if gen 8 set a trend of powercreeping the strongest mon of the current gen to make new ones viable.

I don't play competitively, but I took one look at Zacian and thought: Jesus, this is more broken than Mega Rayquaza.

If anyone wondered, at 4:45 what is written in morse code is "Regieleki" on the first line and on the second one it's "no. no Regieleki."

It's funny to watch this video again after Pokemon Home has been released for gen 9.

I love the step up in editing in your videos now Wolfe. Glad you got the editor. Makes the content a lot more enjoyable and I've been here for a long time so not saying it wasn't before but man is it easy on the eyes. You and your Channel are single handedly responsible for me having VGC matches playing on YouTube in the morning while I get ready for work. As a Pokemon casual, thanks alot for helping me discover and access this dope comp side.