USELESS Items In Competitive Pokemon...

It's funny that Focus Band exists while also Bright Powder existing at the same time as they essentially have the same effect in terms of survivability

There was a octillery named octain that held on with focus band three times in an row. This was on a Japanese show called pokemon Sunday so it was pretty well known in Japan given that it happened on TV. That octillery was later given out as an event pokemon and had a unique model in the wii ware games

Metronome actually resets upon the move failing. So you need to play around every protect.

Big Root Yveltal was one fun set I ran back in USUM. It was pretty funny recovering 97.5% of the damage it dealt with Oblivion Wing.

I, too, occasionally indulge in pondering my sticky barb

8:58 it’s pretty funny to say the Float Stone is a worse Air Balloon because in the TCG, the Air Balloon is actually a literal worse version of Float Stone

Another note on Metronome that makes it unviable (especially in VGC) is that Protect will reset the boosts

Ability SHield can also prevent Mold Breaker Haxorus from sweeping through Unaware pokemon like Clodsire and Quagsire with it's boosts, where Mold Breaker would usually ignore Unaware.

As someone who mainly plays singles, the starf berry has some minor potential. You can use it with pokemon with gluttony and recycle (like the elemental monkies) to possibly create an awkward moody-esque snowball effect. Still, you would be much better using berries you can actually play around with like liechi or petaya

This was always something I enjoyed doing in Gen's 3-6 where I would just look at all the fancy items at the battle tower facilities and just be mesmerized by the sprite art because they were "battle items" that couldn't be found in the overworld.

the ability shield also blocks the effects of neutralizing gas as well, so in the pure hackmons metagame where anything can use any ability the ability shield is basically mandatory on anything not using neutralizing gas

I was gonna say, Black Sludge is still a nice option for poison types and is a mischievous surprise if you use Trick. But admittedly it's more of a gimmicky item and doesn't see as much competitive meta viability anymore.

With regard to competitive singles, starf berry has a niche in some of the lower tiers along with harvest (ability to restore consumed berries) and recovery, and in some generations sticky barb clefable has been a stall staple. Its a really nasty trick to take an enemy item AND put that enemy mon on a clock, no matter it's type.

A use I found for the utility umbrella is for when you have a pokemon that relies on synthesis, morning sun, or moonlight to heal. Rain will reduce it to a mere 25%, and the utility umbrella protects you from that. Also, I think it made hurricane miss me in the rain once?

Focus band could be interesting with diminishing chances 90% at 90-100% health 5% at 1-5% health And everything in between

I actually brought an Apicot Berry Oinkologne to Hartford Regionals and it was super good. Stuff Checks for +2 defense and +1 SpDef from the apicot berry saved me in a handful of games. Don't ask what my record was though... I don't want to talk about it.

I’ve got an idea for a gimmick item: The Sticky Stone. -The opponent cannot remove it by any means. -However, the user can still Fling it, or give it to an opponent with Trick. Uses: -Foiling Choice Scarf Trick sets. -Nerfing Acrobatics and Unburden sets. -Allowing an opponent to get hit by a boosted-power Knock Off multiple times. -Making an opponent vulnerable to Poltergeist. -Leaving the opponent with an item that’s conditionally useful, while keeping their unconditionally useful item. Inspiration: -I was inspired by how Mail was used to foil Trick Scarves, so I decided to make an item like that. A very niche and gimmicky item, but it gets results.

Gotta say, the funny script and your line delivery + the editor having fun with visual gags (DON'T EAT THE ROCK) make for a very enjoyable and hilarious video. Great stuff, hope to see more videos with this style!

I feel the Utility Umbrella is better used as a hinderance item tricked onto the opponent rather than holding it yourself. For example if you're facing a sun team and their Torkoal relies on sun to survive a Rapid Strike Urshifu's water attack- if it was tricked to hold the Umbrella it would still take the full attack's damage (as the Umbrella neutralizes the sun's weakening effect on that water move). Not only that but you could also have a Utility Umbrella and then trick it onto your opponent's Chlorophyll/Swift Swim Pokemon to suddenly slow them down. Although in both cases just changing the weather yourself is way more consistent and a much better answer.

Got some niche uses for some items for you. Sticky Barb has a use for Tatsugiri who would use endure to live an ally clicking uturn/volt switch. This would bring out Dozo and the Tatsugiri holding the Barb will take damage at then end of turn in order to bring out the Coestar Flamigo. Utility Umbrella Amoonguss would allow it to dodge Hurricane in Rain as Hurricane would have its normal accuracy. Note Birghtpowder would not allow Amoonguss to dodge as Hurricane has perfect accuracy in rain otherwise. Float Stone can allow some pokemon to be lifted with sky drop where they would of been too heavy previously. Yea thats all with that. No mention on Ring Target? mind you the best use i found for it was a better "Bread" for Poltergeist as it would allow you to hit normal types with the move.