Explaining a List of Niche Bans in the STABmons Tier.

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porygon-z: the mon that becomes broken when it actually has options

It really does just take the slightest nudge to take porygon from RU~UU status all the way to ubers, that thing is balanced on a knifes edge

I remember lilligant being very annoying in the pre-dlc metagame. Not just because of flower trick but also because triple arrows was also legal back then. I haven’t touched the metagame in a while but i’m surprised that it got unbanned

Shoutouts to Comatose + Sleep Talk + Revival Blessing too :)

STABmons is such an interesting format, because AAA is never really going to happen but move pool changes happen all the time and there are some major problems with the standard distributions as it is. Lots of stuff just straight up don’t get good STAB moves and lots of interesting signature moves are stuck on bad mons or Pokémon that don’t really want to use them, so it asks some fascinating questions as a format.

Yoooo Zoroark was good in something, lets goooo

thank you evelyn for providing commentary on niche bans in the smogon stabmons tier. i appreciate the work that you put into your videos. :3

Honestly I feel like Pory-Z becoming broken when given anything is well-known now. I had to look up why Latios is banned given I wouldn't have said its moveset was bad before, but the answer is the new move options are too good (Dragon Energy & Clanging Scales for stronger dragon attacks, Lumina Crash/Esper Wing & Psycho Boost for more versatile & powerful psychic attacks, and Take Heart is an improved calm mind)

Porygon z at the slightless buff: trought ubers and underused im alone am the honored one

The moment I heard what stabmons was, I immediately thought Porygon-Z boomburst

I remember the very beginnings of STABmons being introduced. Porygon-Z has always been the single most broken mon in the format, even with constant bans to certain moves. Early STABmons Porygon-Z at its full potential with Shell Smash, Boomburst, Judgement with Fist Plate, and Shadow Ball is one of the most horrifying Pokemon in existence.

boomburst + stab + specs is always fun. Every normal type can cosplay as Exploud in stab mons, its a bless.

keep doing more of these!! love the longer style vids too. keep it up !!

evelyn you're so based

Thank you Evelin! Your editing is amazing as always and it really more impressive for a channel of your size. I consistently think you have a 100k or more 😅 keep up the awesome stuff

These videos are such high quality

I don't play stabmons but another thing to note is how h-zoroark normally doesn't have access to encore, unlike regular zoroark. So imagine the enemy using normal/fighting/ghost move, use encore, force them to leave while you set up

If possible, could we get pictures of move descriptions in future videos? Me who is new to gen 9 and 8 stuff is confused. Plus idk how helpful it is to see that every move is or isn't effected by kings rock and mirror move under its PP stats.

can you do a video but about the banned/restricted moves instead?