Dragapult is good because it has a really big movepool: U-turn for pivoting U-turn for physical damage U-turn for pivoting U-turn for physical damage U-turn for pivoting U-turn for physical damage U-turn for pivoting U-turn for physical damage U-turn for pivoting U-turn for physical damage U-turn for pivoting U-turn for physical damage U-turn for pivoting U-turn for physical damage U-turn for pivoting U-turn for physical damage U-turn for pivoting U-turn for physical damage U-turn for pivoting U-turn for physical damage
@jimothycool
Жыл бұрын
I might select U-Turn for a safe click with little downside. What are your thoughts?
@butteredsalmonella
Жыл бұрын
Landorus-T: He's just like me fr fr
@danielsmith5032
Жыл бұрын
*Pokémon is finally worn down* Kk take this shadow ball
@LaMiaSorte
Жыл бұрын
You might want to click U-Turn instead against psychic types. It hits them super effectively and pivots. This is pretty situational though.
@just_a_rebel8261
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget u turn for coverage against dark types
@celsiusnebula
Жыл бұрын
I can't believe that Spidops wouldn't inform us on the state of Iron Mugulis. Jimothy Cool has not yet reached the 20k subscribers required for Great Tusk to use Headlong Rush and get rid of this threat once and for all.
@jimothycool
Жыл бұрын
Spidops is tangled in a different Web of Controversy.
@homelessheathcliffgaming
Жыл бұрын
iron thugulis is a more fitting name
@Seth_Hezekiah
Жыл бұрын
Um, he's clearly got more than 20k.
@celsiusnebula
Жыл бұрын
@@Seth_Hezekiah This was made before he reached the 20k mark.
@emberofeon4868
Жыл бұрын
@@Seth_Hezekiah he did not 4 days ago
@BiffTheBanana
Жыл бұрын
Dragapult really isn't letting it's lack of physical ghost moves 'drag' it down
@kefkapalazzo1
Жыл бұрын
He’s probably be gone if he had poltergeist
@requiem550
Жыл бұрын
@@kefkapalazzo1give it shadow claw. I mean, look at those nails
@MSTGamingTV
Жыл бұрын
Tere Blast Ghost, maybe?
@superstardoughball9822
Жыл бұрын
@@MSTGamingTV Mostly only worth on ddance or a band set It's good but investing an entire tera would require power to actually consider it, 2x Stab just isn't enough sometimes
@fishyfishyfishy500akabs8
Жыл бұрын
@@superstardoughball9822 also dies to sucker punch from other drags
@jimothycool
Жыл бұрын
My mistake folks: The move is called PHANTOM FORCE not SHADOW FORCE. Draco Meteor is also only 130 Base Power. How will I recover from these embarrassing errors?
@jamethen
Жыл бұрын
Use the move recover!
@geoffreygeorge999
Жыл бұрын
how dare u. ITS PREPOSTAROUS
@pinguludd6586
Жыл бұрын
to be fair shadow force is another existing move
@obiwancannoli1920
Жыл бұрын
3:12 IT'S 130 BP
@virtualcolt
Жыл бұрын
Well Shadow Force sounds Jimothy Cooler so I dont blame you.
@LuichoX203
Жыл бұрын
the iron mugulis threat seems to have been calmed down, i wonder if it got hit by spidops' powerful entry hazard sticky web
@goldboomy1806
Жыл бұрын
the production value is through the roof even getting celebrity guest spidops in the video. incredible
@dreadfury2485
Жыл бұрын
The fact that Dragapult got progressively *better* as Gen 8 added more and more threats and as the Crown Tundra meta evolved and developed over time speaks volumes about how consistent it’ll always be. Most mons are victims of powercreep to some degree, but when you have 142 Speed every new or returning mon is just another target you can outspeed, 2HKO, or at worst status or U-Turn on. Hell, a big reason why Zeraora was so good when it came back in Gen 8 and *stayed* quite good throughout Gen 8 was because it was the one thing faster than Dragapult and could OHKO it outright.
@babywizard9027
Жыл бұрын
The ironic thing is that if Zeraora comes back to SV, it will lose this niche completely, because Game Freak thought it was a good idea to remove Knock Off from its movepool, so good luck OHKOing Dragapult now with your not very effective Electric STAB coming off of a mediocre attack stat.
@dreadfury2485
Жыл бұрын
@@babywizard9027 still gets Play Rough.
@skillhunter4804
Жыл бұрын
@@babywizard9027 Tera ice terablast with CC sounds nice tbf, altho the niche is gonna go after this gen
@juannaym8488
10 ай бұрын
We are seeing the same thing in gen 9 now. Home made Pult better, DLC1 made Pult better, let's see what DLC2 will do
@AaronTats
Жыл бұрын
This video really just shows how much pursuit needs to come back, even if it doesn’t double in power.
@shrumalogre517
Жыл бұрын
when dragapult’s only physical ghost move is Phantom Force, we are happy. When Brambleghast’s only physical ghost move is Phantom Force, we drop it to UU.
@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy
Жыл бұрын
Ik this is a joke but the base stats
@omarpride3021
Жыл бұрын
I wish it got shadow clas, like pretty sure those branches can form a claw.
@PokeSweeps
Жыл бұрын
I think Garchomp is another very good candidate. After gen 4 it has always remained in the sweet spot where it is neither too overwhelming nor too difficult to fit in a team.
@ker7339
Жыл бұрын
Dragapult might be too young for it to be considered the perfect competitive pokemon, but so far, Garchomp kinda struggles in gen 9, I really don't find much use for him anymore. His offensive sets aren't that much of a threat anymore, and his defensive sets are outclassed by the many defensive ground types that are in gen 9... He kinda reminds me of gen 8 Tyranitar
@davigusmaodeoliveira9746
4 ай бұрын
This coment aged like milk
@PokeSweeps
4 ай бұрын
@@davigusmaodeoliveira9746 😭😭😭
@kefkapalazzo1
Ай бұрын
Pults speed makes it so much harder to power creep in my not so informed opinion. If it gets poltergeist next gen it may be too much even with the extra power creep. It doesn’t even have to run physical even thought it’d probably be the go to. It’s other sets can still be very powerful
@GirlyKat9001
Жыл бұрын
This is easily my favourite pseudo-legendary. The design is spot on, it's stats are perfect for an offensive pokemon, and THAT speed stat is something else.
@chupitrooper5878
Жыл бұрын
If early Monster Hunter has taught us anything, limitations can breed creativity. Case in point, Dragapult. Totally echoed sentiment regarding Phantom Force being its sole physical Ghost STAB. The fact we have so many ways to play this speedy Swiss army knife is a testament to how interesting and diverse its movepool and complimenting stats are. This is a face I don't mind seeing more of in the future.
@LukeA471
Жыл бұрын
I love using Dragapult and its design, but I am really tired of losing to it once my ghost resist dies lol
@Justpassingby204
Жыл бұрын
Specially defensive Tinkaton with Twave and knock off dunks on it
@Justpassingby204
Жыл бұрын
Kingambit and Ting Lu wall the shit out of it too
@vyor8837
Жыл бұрын
I'm annoyed by how hard Dragon Darts hits...
@gracielealves6264
Жыл бұрын
Power Creep is when Base 100 Special Attack is “below average”.
@Greatbabyred
Жыл бұрын
For an offensive pokemon that typically runs special moves. Context is important. For example, Slowbro, Slowking, Milotic, and Pallosand also have 100 SpA, but that's pretty above average because their main selling point is their defensive utility. For offensive johns, there is an excess of pokemon which have SpA and Atk stats at or above 130. So yeah, 100 SpA is below average for what Dragapult is trying to do.
@lambtoken2708
Жыл бұрын
@@Greatbabyredhe's still right, you know? 100 special attack was once average
@kefkapalazzo1
Ай бұрын
It’s always been that way. Even gen I had 135 alakazam, 130 gengar, 125 exeggitor, etc. speed is the stat that got really creeped out
@fahad468
Жыл бұрын
3:12 Jim, Draco Meteor was nerfed to 130 power after Gen 5!
@jimothycool
Жыл бұрын
All I do is make errors.
@Aoi_Tori_
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Spidops, but I'm concerned about the status of the looming threat, Iron Mugulis.
@oscarsullivan5983
Жыл бұрын
pursuit is probably my favourite move in all of pokemon, I remember using it on my friends’ swampert back in primary school when he switched out of my sceptile, good memories lmao
@augustus7434
Жыл бұрын
Really good that Dragapult is so solid in singles. Even once Koraidon and Miraidon make Pult fodder in VGC, Ill at least have a format to be able to play it.
@anglure3617
Жыл бұрын
It's funny because it can learn Dragon Claw, but not Shadow Claw for some reason
@patrickburton1401
Жыл бұрын
Imagine how broken this thing woulda been if it’s offensive stats were flipped
@rajkanishu
Жыл бұрын
If Dragapult got a 80+ physical Ghost move it could probably become Ubers material, maybe not in Gen 9 especially after Home though
@ryanbungay_
Жыл бұрын
Tera blast ghost is only option really
@vincecabanilla2310
Жыл бұрын
Spirit shackle dragapult when
@kefkapalazzo1
Ай бұрын
Nah it’d definitely be gone. As of April 2024 I believe it was the only s tier mon besides kingambit (who’d funnily enough would be fine with knock off), and it’s still a top 10 mon in usage and the difference between it and # 3 is less than 5%. Not only are the speed and power too much, it just gets so much more versatile
@ninjapotatolorf6237
Жыл бұрын
Dragapult is cool as heck, but I still have recovered from seeing it on almost every team in SwSh
@supremeoverlordfallen5
Жыл бұрын
0:33 Dragapult is so good that this POWERFUL BUG TYPE SPIDOPS can't threaten it with webs, not always.
@taltairzaltair8074
Жыл бұрын
Broooo can’t believe Spidops killed Iron Mugulis and hid the evidence fr
@KlubSandwitch
Жыл бұрын
Bro these sub reminder gags are always funny 😂. Probably the most unique ones out there. Not to mention how you change it up every vid and make lore 😎
@StepBaum
Жыл бұрын
Good breakdown!
@ulasgultekin6804
Жыл бұрын
3:12 draco meteor has a 130 BP actually
@jeanpierreruiz6393
Жыл бұрын
Apparently spidops beat Iron Mugulis to be doing the subscribe ad
@lucasbarbosarei
7 ай бұрын
If it gets acrobatics( and im sure it does), you can dragon dance> proc that two-turns-into-one herb with phantom force> and then spam acrobatics( now with double power; and a flying tera, even) until you win. Goddamn, that’s a good mon.
@Wazzamaniac
Жыл бұрын
Ghost type in general is really strong because everything it can't hit neutrally gets wrecked by fighting coverage Dragapult doesn't get it, but for some reason they gave fighting coverage to most ghost threats. If pursuit doesnt come back, they need to change an extra type to resist ghost.
@fatyoshi696
Жыл бұрын
I love mons that are so versatile you can run pretty much anything on them and my favorite example of this is eelektross in nu. It's got 115 attack and 105 spatk, balanced bulk, and a surprisingly huge movepool, so it's a massively customizable bulky attacker that can invest bulk and coverage options in whatever your team needs. It can be a physical, special or mixed attacker, a physical or special wall, it can run AV to fully shut down special attackers or for better mixed bulk, it can run coil to act as a wincon, it can even run a support set with screens, twave or dragon tail. to me eelektross's enormous versatility stems from the fact that it's a primarily physical electric type so, like pult, it doesn't have any one-size-fits-all attacking options, depending on your set your stab move might be wild charge, thunder punch, tbolt, discharge or volt switch, and you could run any of its 15+ viable coverage moves and its handful of support options
@virtualcolt
Жыл бұрын
Latios and Latias: We are the best airplane dragons out there Dragapult: Amateurs Latios and Latias: Excuse me??? Dragapult: Amateurs
@ShadowKibago
Жыл бұрын
I respect seeing you put out videos every day
@xdidi414
Жыл бұрын
20k subs! Congrats!!
@Rhy2412TitanGamer
Жыл бұрын
Let's see. Ghost/dragon is excellent both offensively & defensively with only normal/fairy resisting both STABs. Base 142 speed makes it a fantastic mon at forcing switches. 120/100 attacking stats. It's typing mitigates its average bulk, which increases its margin of error. & There's numerous ways to run it. It's just a fast swiss army crossbow.
@Lobster222
Жыл бұрын
Talk about Slowking. Mad underrated Pokemon. Great special tank in a meta that's kinda lacking them (seriously, can't even be scared of Wakey Wake or whatever he's called), teleport pivot is insane, and single-handedly destroys both weather teams.
@TwoTonTiger
Жыл бұрын
I've been desperately trying to make Weavile work, and I appreciate Dragapult's special presence a lot since it also boosts Beat Up haha Great analysis about Ghost being relatively unchecked as an offensive presence due to Pursuit's removal too!
@chess_fella
Жыл бұрын
Another epic vid
@kaiyuenng1032
Жыл бұрын
The fact that I use dragapult for a long time and doesn’t realise he has sucker punch is just funny, I always find it hard to think of the last slot move
@pabloarammasmanian5391
Жыл бұрын
If that thing got Poltergeist last gen, they could make Pult go to UBER
@Slither.Wing.
Жыл бұрын
Hell if it even got Shadow Claw it might have
@lewisblackwiththenicehair
Жыл бұрын
If Spidops can't use Sticky Web against subscribers, does that mean we all have Heavy Duty Boots?
@Bryan-vu5fu
Жыл бұрын
3:11 Bro’s still stuck in Gen 5.
@tecul1
Жыл бұрын
it's simply true
@misk-ivus2990
Жыл бұрын
If Spidops uses Sticky Web on you you'll be too slow to escape Iron Mugulis.
@aldwych285
Жыл бұрын
You know, why couldn’t they give pult Shadow Claw? It already learns Dragon Claw, so it makes sense
@powerfulberry237
Жыл бұрын
It makes sense and sense is something gamefreak cant
@zoruafox7512
Жыл бұрын
A thing I like doing is using hiusi zoroark with a special set to bluff a special dragapult and use the whole tera ghost tera blast ddance set. Dragapult with an actually decent physical ghost stab ( aka something that isn’t a free switch in like phantom force ) is scary and If they saw a “dragapult” using a shadowball to ko one of their mons they are less likely to expect the Ddance.
@TheRenaSystem
Жыл бұрын
3:13 Draco Meteor is actually 130BP and has been for a few gens now
@eliyaskiya
Жыл бұрын
If Dragapult was actually perfect, it would have physical Ghost STAB ( at the very least Shadow Claw and Shadow Sneak )...
@broidkanymore-zc4lt
Ай бұрын
This catapult dragon is the GOAT of OU
@boxy2k8
Жыл бұрын
Dragapult having a higher physical attack but using special more often Nidoking: First time?
@gregovaromoreno6318
Жыл бұрын
Dragapult and it's line are my favorite pokemon. Don't know why. I love the design and I love quick pokemon. And I love that even without a good physical ghost move (without counting phantom force, and ghost type tera blast) and still a beast. Is amazing.
@talonitex6441
Жыл бұрын
Bring back pursuit
@Eddie_Enfer
Жыл бұрын
3:10 Jimothy. Draco Meteor's power was nerfed some gens ago, it is now 130
@iamalwaysalone73
Жыл бұрын
Dragapult along with conkeldurr are one of the few Pokemons that gave 3 abilities which are actually very in the competitive meta
@laythalsibai9848
Жыл бұрын
I don’t like often but since spidops asked how I can never say no to charity
@mertensiam3384
Жыл бұрын
If it had Shadow Claw it'd be even more threatening i think
@CradilyBestPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Still waiting for the video about how overpowered iron mugulis is
@leaflotus6726
Жыл бұрын
I've been running a facade poison orb dragapult with Terra normal on my trickroom (same team as a flare boost driftblim) With so many ghost types turning into normal means I can immune a common check
@boop53
Жыл бұрын
Choicr band pult is so underrated, i agree i love to run Dragon Darts, Facade, Sucker Punch and U-Turn
@literallygrass1328
Жыл бұрын
I'm not even asking for a good physical ghost stab anymore.
@N12015
Жыл бұрын
I'm sure it would have been BROKEN with Physical moves. Proof: NatDex banned this thing due to the usage of Z-Phantom force, despite the existance of pursuit. He is already on that same verge due to tera ghost so, yeah, i'm sure they though about it on this one to some extent because despite what you said in the video, Dragapult is indeed not particularly strong, just strong enough to work, and is very difficult to balance that.
@johnhawkins5314
Жыл бұрын
Okay if they thought that Pursuit was too powerful and was too much of a checkmate trapping option Then they could have just reduced it to 30 BP. Realistically, most Psychic types would be dented by it enough for them to care about, but not enough that switching was not an option, whereas most ghost types would be in the opposite situation. Gengar, Dragapult, Blacephalon, Spectrier, H-Zoroark, Polteageist (and probably Alakazam) would still be trapped. However, Gholdengo, Skeledirge, Slows, Deoxys Speed and Defence if they're allowed back, Reuniclus, Armarouge can still have swapping as an option that sometimes is correct. Also lets be honest, so many of the best Ghost and Psychic types are taking neutral dmg from Dark atm. Psychic / Fairy, Psychic / Fighting and Ghost / Fighting being the most common.
@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy
Жыл бұрын
Ghost/Fighting is not common but k. The other ones I kinda get
@johnhawkins5314
Жыл бұрын
@@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy Okay it's an uncommon typing, that is still very heavily represented because of Annihilape
@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy
Жыл бұрын
@@johnhawkins5314 ahh, the way you worded it made me think multiple pokemon have those typings.
@johnhawkins5314
Жыл бұрын
@@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy that's fair, and while it is technically true, it's only true in NatDex Ubers (laughs in Spectral Thief)
@adamjsher04
Жыл бұрын
How you managed to convince Anything Goes newcomer Spidops off its busy schedule of banishing Mega Rayquaza to the eternal web bewilders me! Good stuff!
@sreenaths6829
Жыл бұрын
Dragon/Ghost is also a pretty good defensive type providing 6 resistances and 2 immunities iirc
@juniormoore773
Жыл бұрын
Where is Iron Mugulus! I really wanted to catch it
@mmansour1
Жыл бұрын
I run support dragapult for flutter mane. he almost always moves first, and has sunny day for Protosynthesis, and thunder wave for Flutter Mane's Hex. he can also one shot a meowscarada with U-turn, as long as she doesnt have a choice scarf to outspeed
@rankoruru
Жыл бұрын
The last part of the video, where you go into why Dragapult doesn't have a reliable Physical Ghost STAB move is an insta-subscribe! It's really well done, and I like giving credit to that kind of thoughtfulness, instead of tacking on the obvious. It's one of those things fan-made Pokemon don't get right imo, they have the ability to min-max every Pokemon out the gate and it makes them feel too intentionally designed. Gamefreak is kind of random sometimes with their game design, and I really don't know how their process works/their standards for balance are. Brute Bonnet having a Speed stat that can never higher than it's Attack stat to the single digit is super intentional, and it's stuff like this that makes me think they have a balance checklist they just don't show us (not counting box legendaries).
@gregovaromoreno6318
Жыл бұрын
I wish, we have a paradox Dragapult in the dlc. I know is too new to gain something, but is the only pseudo exclusive that didn't get one. And a water type steroid Dragapult would have been amazing. Without having to think about them becoming stronger on the sunlight therefore making their water moves weaker. But let's just focus on the positive
@tysondennis1016
Жыл бұрын
Let’s give Dragapult Shadow Claw.
@Brandon_9
Жыл бұрын
Dang first time visiting this channel and spidops just fucking came at me lol
@moacruz9861
Жыл бұрын
Man, That Pokemon called Spidops forced me to Subs and Give Like xD
@PokeMaster22222
Жыл бұрын
I do wish Dragapult got a useful physical Ghost STAB, but outside of Poltergeist there's not many that would make sense. Last Respects would be banned immediately, Spirit Shackle could work though it kind of needs archery (could the Dreepy be the arrows?), Spectral Thief is Marshadow exclusive but could also work (though stealing boosts would likely also get it banned).
@mrdestructoo
Жыл бұрын
Draco meteor is 130 power
@shatteredsentient5321
Жыл бұрын
What if they brought pursuit back and only spidops learned it. With stakeout Spidops would be sent to quadruple ag XD.
@xy394
Жыл бұрын
Dragapult is the embodiement of the term Ghost and Dragon are weak to themselves so use a faster Ghost/Dragon
@fractalisomega9517
Жыл бұрын
Pursuit wouldn't even be the death of Dragapult, it would just put a lot of pressure on the specs set
@diddydanone3553
Жыл бұрын
draco is a 130 base power tho
@DiaSynapsid
Жыл бұрын
Personally, I enjoy using a Choice Specs moveset using Hydro Pump and tera water.
@wildtacocat
Жыл бұрын
Dragapult is my favorite Pokémon and my personal favorite set for it is a life orb set with Dragon Darts, Phantom Force, Sucker Punch, and Dragon Dance and using Tera steel since most of the time they expect physical Dragapults to use Tera ghost you can catch a lot of thing off guard and can even stay in on Pokémon like scarfed/ booster energy Iron Valiant and Chien Pao hit them hard with a phantom force or darts then finish them off the next turn with a sucker punch it also hits normal Tera Dragonite’s well since it lives a +1 EQ and out speeds an adamant one after 1 boost as well I wasn’t a fan of Gen 8 personally I think it had a weak dex but man did they do a fantastic job with their Psuedo legendary
@flarefox_bss9223
11 ай бұрын
Dragapult is my favorite pokemon so i like this vid :)
@bigtoblerone8446
Жыл бұрын
It may be "missing" Shadow Claw, but i think everyone can agree here that Dragon Darts is better physical dragon stab than Dragon Claw/Dragon Rush/Outrage.
@stuckinabucket6873
Жыл бұрын
Did we finally scare off Iron Mugulus
@susamogus8331
Жыл бұрын
U turn on it’s way to be part of every fast strong pokemon moveset
@BladeRabbit
Жыл бұрын
Dragapult is also banned in most gimmick formats without movepool limiters.
@milyvean
Жыл бұрын
*laughs in Regieleki*
@tytohbird
Жыл бұрын
U turn, shadow ball, draco/darts
@Youbenhad
2 ай бұрын
Yea dragapult is one of my favorite Dragon type pokemon alongside my other favorite dragon type being Flygon i belive those two as teammates would be an excellent team, what do yo think of my favorite dragon type pokemon?
@thefinalskarm1754
Жыл бұрын
got it giving it poltergeist in the dlc
@orrinc2404
Жыл бұрын
Talk about Rotom mow, that would be pretty cool I think
@frederickennedy2394
Жыл бұрын
Iron mugulis haunts me
@TheWizardOfDice
Жыл бұрын
What team are you using?😊
@Max-qw8eq
Жыл бұрын
Imagine t tar still had pursuit 😭
@Rarest26
Жыл бұрын
Dragapult 🤝 Gholdengo Making everyone want Pursuit back
@addsullivan1300
Жыл бұрын
Oh no not lord spidops he is stronger than zacain i must do what he says
@nathans4407
Жыл бұрын
One day he’ll click poltergeist
@abarette_
Жыл бұрын
based Spidops showcase
@Quartereli
Жыл бұрын
How dare spidops not sticky web iron mugulis, i’m subscribed, but we have bigger problems here!!!
@jimothycool
Жыл бұрын
He may have already done so. We don't know Spidops' grander plan.
@DarthNoshitam
Жыл бұрын
RIP pursuit 😢
@bigtoblerone8446
Жыл бұрын
Whats a good EV spread and nature for a MIXED attacking Dragapult? I want to run physical Tera Blast Ghost, dragon dance and dragon darts, and just a Fire Blast on the side for Steels; but im not sure of the optimal nature and ev spread to give it... I'm thinking Hasty or Naive i think, full 252 speed or not? Should i invest more evs into special atk seeing as one dragon dance boost gets me to ridiculous speed levels and solid atk stats already? Or is a speed nature and speed evs too much seeing as speed is already so high? Maybe a naughty or mild, a rash or something nature and full 252 in attack and spe. Atk i have no clue pls help im building a mono ghost team
@videakias3000
Жыл бұрын
Ghost type moves aren't that spammable this gen. There are too many dark-types running around.
@fryrr4797
Жыл бұрын
Ghost type moves are the sole reason for the surge of dark types. Kingambit wouldn't be the top 3 if it isn't Dragapult and Gholdengo.
@ultronerik128
Жыл бұрын
On my way to ignore competitive Pokemon in general. This Video: “And I took that personally”
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