Anti-Meta Strategies in Gen 3 OU.

Pokemon Gen 3 Competitive Singles is a cyclical format where counterplay to the current popular strategies always seems to arise. But some players take this a step further, with teams that aim to hard counter very specific sets of Pokemon. This can be risky, but it can also be one of the best ways to punish the Metagame and win games.

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[jimothycool]

I'm hosting a $2000+ Gen 3 OU Tournament!

[hayyan]

flying types when spikes:😎
flying types when stealth rock:😰

[chilitofu]

dont y’all hate it when you lose to a non meta stat and you only took out one of their pokemon

[darianclark]

Wow, I didn't even know Beat Up was Typeless in Gen 3.

You learn something new in Pokemon everyday.

[vladfi]

Starting with "every competitive game has a meta" as the opponent sends in a Metagross was a nice touch. Love how you put these small things in every video :)

[grrman]

"Bulky Dugtrio"
That is not a combination of words I'd ever thought I hear in a Pokemon video

[wherewiiwentwrong]

And Let us not forget the legendary "You goin Magneton? Hidden Power Ground, Bit*h" Anti-Anti-meta Skarmory meant to shut down Magneton that was immortalized by Viper. Jimothy Cool would know since that song is his end credits song.

[ImportAustralia]

I commented this on an earlier video but I wanted to echo the sentiment, you're really starting to win me over in Gen 3 OU. You just don't see these kind of developments in any other game, not to say it's never happened in any recent time, but for the most part every other metagame I can think of has been kinda solved and stagnated. And look at all the crazy new tech that's popping up decades later for Gen 3 and it's just not even comparable to any progress we've seen anywhere else.

[bruh_moment]

I remember hearing about superman from a BKC video and thinking how fun it seemed since it was one of my first introductions to gen 3 and what TSS was. That teamstyle and the fact that nicknames are pretty important due to beat up are probably some of my favorite aspects of this meta game

edit:it’s been brought to my attention that on showdown at least for convenience the reason nick names were important has since been patched

[RobertNobert]

Your videos have given me such an appreciation for gen 3 OU. I had only really payed any attention to the current game’s meta, but honestly gen 3 feels a lot more nuanced, and there’s nearly 20 years of meta development.

[ImortalZeus]

Listen.
I hated my skarm getting trapped so bad that I built a max speed HP Ground set just to reverse Uno card the fucking enemy Mag

[joetalentoh]

I picked a random video to drop this comment on because I had to put it somewhere, but yeah I had to let you know I started playing Gen3 OU a few days ago after watching all of your content and I have to say I absolutely love it so far. I started playing competitive in Gen 6 and have played each recent Gen as it released, and I hate to say it but with each new Gen and each new gimmick I have become more and more jaded when I look at competitive pokemon. I look at a pokemon this Gen change its type in order to completely bypass its supposed checks and I don't think 'wow thats a cool new feature', I think 'this doesn't feel like pokemon anymore'.

But after playing ADV for a few days I have such a refreshed outlook on competitive pokemon. The limited item pool and lack of any gimmick features make the matches much easier to digest as someone knew to the format, but I can already tell from my tiny sample size that both gameplay and teambuilding can be deep.

So yeah, just wanted to say thanks for introducing me to this format, it never would've been on my radar otherwise.

cheers.

[jaycobobob]

Next time I'm trying to explain to someone why i love competitive Pokemon, I'm just gonna show them this video. The endless cycle of counterplay and counter counterplay will never stop being fun. Great vid!

[boomguy]

This is one of my favorite videos from you on Gen 3 - I vastly prefer using non-standard strategies in competitive games as a whole so this was a huge treat 👀
I was actually already thinking about possible anti-meta teams a week or so ago as a person who’d never played in this format and thought “well if Spikes are so common, I think a team of mostly flying and levitate Pokémon would be pretty feasible since there isn’t Stealth Rock”. I’m both a little proud and sad that this Superman strategy only exists - it’s a shame that this won’t exactly be an unheard-of strategy, but it’s good to know that it’s both very viable and a team you can be really creative with!

[blah]

Itd be interesting to hear about more of the creep scenarios, like blissey and dugtrio adapting to each other

[yeeuoi]

MagDol + Milotic is my favourite gen 3 OU team I've used

[triviszla]

The Jimothy Catalog has brought me here.

[mewtastic]

Beautifully done. Explained very thoroughly and well but did not feel overly long and had plenty to talk about. I love these Gen 3 meta dissections.

[gothified]

jumbo cool has been growing very fast lately. proud of him.

[Kushina-]

Off- and Anti-meta strats are always so interesting