The Worst Gen 5 Pokémon

Pokémon Black and White are some of the best main games in the Pokémon lineup, and this is more than evident when you look at the 156 Pokémon introduced in this generation. Most of them are very impressive, even if just for casual playthrough. However, as always, there's always going to be a few that can't be considered anything other than the WORST of the Generation. In this video I'll be going over what I consider to be the worst Pokémon in the Gen 5 games.

[thepuppet]

The biggest blow of all to Patrat is that it would’ve been useful early game…..if Lillipup didn’t exist in the exact same route, because Stoutland, even freaking Herdier, being a better Watchog in every way. Early game Tackle to level 15 Take Down, Crunch at level 24, Intimidate being one of the best abilities in the game, being able to use Eviolite as a Herdier to make it even tankier than Watchog can dream of, evolve levels being roughly like Venusaur and Meganium, and stats that are very respectable even at late game. Stoutland is basically like an unofficial normal type starter.

[TransformersFanCo]

I think the call to make the Patrat line extinct might actually be heeded, since the last time you could get one was in X and Y, and it's not looking like the Indigo Disk is going to change that, making the line two of the very few Pokemon that you can't have on any of the mainline entries on Switch.

[dialzza]

Honestly if we’re talking about in-game black and white I gotta give my vote to Deino. It can’t evolve until level 52, and then again at 64, meaning you’re taking a baby into the elite four. And it’s available in victory road so you don’t even get to use it vs other babies earlygame.

Hydreigon is awesome when you can use it but the main game’s been over for ages before you get a chance.

[Aliya_Akane]

the funniest thing about heatmor is that its bad sure, but if you look at its stats its clearly 100% devoted to smiting durant SPECIFICALLY, this guy gave up on everything else in life just to have his favorite snack more often

[SmashingPichu]

Your Watchog had so much plot armor. Definitely the main character.

[josephcirrincone]

Who would've thought that freaking Watchog would've been your savior?

[Xpwnxage]

Honestly man, I would love to see you go back and do every "worst Pokemon of gen x" this way. Completing the game with a subpar team helps show your rhetoric.

[florence]

Loved the video!

Gen 5 is my absolute favourite with White being my first Pokémon game as a kid, and I have a particular soft spot for its many single stage Pokémon!! I'm also a fan of doing challenging playthroughs so, while frustrating at times, the low stats of many of these Pokémon don't bother me so much. It just forced me to use interesting strategies and made me really emotionally attached!

I think most of Unova's single stage Pokémon suffer most through their availability. Since I had both Black and White as a kid I would borrow my sister's DS to trade over eggs at the start of the game (or use the conveniently early day care!), allowing me to use Pokémon like Heatmor and Alomomola effectively as starters, where they have a chance to really shine through the early and midgame!!

One of my favourite playthroughs I did a while back consisted of a team of Durant (as a pseudo-starter), Musharna, Throh, Maractus, Emolga, Basculin and Cryogonal. It was definitely tough but I managed to beat the game with level caps and no items in battle. As I said before, it was so fun to find unique strategies that allowed this team to succeed, and made me love all of them by the end.

I also once did a solo run with just a single Stunfisk (including beating post game Cynthia at lvl100 with no items in battle), which is one of my most memorable and fun playthroughs to this day!!

[GoatyOfTheGOATs]

Krookodile: Lowers your Attack with Intimidate
Also Krookodile: Uses Foul Play

[InfernoGamer]

Thank you for fighting the Elite 4 with these pokemon for our entertainment. Makes me want to try doing a run similar to this myself, but with slightly different pokemon! The Doggo pic at the end was also amazing.

[MUSQUIZanimation]

As a kid, I unironically used Alomomola in my final team. She just called out to me as my water team member.

[ianmcandrew]

its too simplifying to just say Serperior has bad offense. It's offensive stats are low because it's fantasy is of a grass snake that whittles opponents down with moves like wrap and leech seed while being hard to take down due to high defense and mega drain (and again leech seed). The games would be pretty boring if every pokemons fantasy/playstyle was "me hit with big stick". Think of a boa constrictor slowly choking out its opponent rather than say a grizzly bear ripping out your throat. Both get the job done but by different means. Variety is the spice of life

[rahuhe]

I feel like Emolga was supposed to benefit from Volt Switch as a "Hit and Run" type character, but with those stats it kinda fails the "Hit" part

[spimax]

When you mentioned Maractus the first thing I thought of the only time I've ever thought about that Pokemon was because it was the first shiny I've ran into ever despite playing since Gen 3, in SWSH. And then you mentioned you guaranteed no one has seen it. I believe I am the only person who's seen a shiny Maractus before this video

[JanusHoW]

For Alomamola's last move slot, you'd want to run Scald alongside Toxic, Wish and Protect. Being able to inflict two types of damaging negative status is incredible in multiplayer, especially if you like running stall. That gargantuan HP, great mono Water typing will make the pink sunfish into an excellent defensive pivot against anything that isn't a Grass or Electric type given defensive investment.

It's even doing well in Gen 9 singles.

Edit: I'm wrong. Scald is not a move Alomamola can learn in Gen 5. It doesn't get Scald until Gen 6.

[samdilophosaur]

1:54 actually, I’m using mandibuzz in black 2 rn, and she’s been really helpful for my team. She enables my other mons, like seismitoad and darmanitan, and can deal with most lead Pokémon either with tailwind + u-turn, or using snarl to shut down the special attackers that can harm my slow and bulky mons like conkeldurr and cofagrigus. Weak armor even helps against the really fast mons that might try to prevent tailwind and u-turn

[EstivalSolstice]

An Emolga, specifically one traded to you in game with the given name “Minipete, ” was actually the first Pokémon I ever raised to level 100, and he was a permanent member of my team. Granted I was maybe 10 and terrible at video games but I have a special love for Emolga.

[josephcirrincone]

1:52 plus Whimsicott actually has quite a name in the competitive scene thanks to the ability Prankster plus it's clearly support focused set

[awesomeocelot]

I literally bred a Heatmor (with N’s Zoarark so it would have faint attack and night slash) so that I could use it during a playthrough as it’s my favorite fire type Pokémon.

[HerwakNic]

I had a Watchog on my very first playthrough of Pokemon Black, and it even carried me through Shauntal and Caitlin in the E4, so asking for Watchog to go extinct is actually offensive to me 😭