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How GOOD was Sharpedo ACTUALLY? - History of Sharpedo in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 3-7)
next up we have Sharpedo
Sharpedo went from a starring role in
the film jaws to the third generation of
Pokemon and Beyond where it was
terrifying for a number of reasons it
could swim at 75 miles per hour or a
hundred and 20 kilometers per hour its
fangs could slice through iron and it
could charge through an oil tanker ship
by itself you don't get a nickname like
the bully of the sea without thoroughly
earning it its ability to make people
afraid to go swimming aside today we're
going to examine if Sharpedo and its
serrated fangs or as monstrous and the
competitive scene as it was in the world
of Pokemon and so we ask how good was
Sharpedo actually and in this video
we'll be going over these competitive
formats starting off in Gen 3
Sharpedo wasn't able to swim with the
bigger fish in its debut generation of
öyou the metagame demanded its water
types have some sort of defensive use
and even the most fragile of the bunch
starmie was useful defensively thanks to
its blinding speed letting it
offensively check nearly the entire meta
game while also having the ability to
take at least almost any one hit even a
weaker super effective move like a stray
hidden power grass or a choice band
earthquake from Salamence and Metagross
now if star me constitutes as frail then
Sharpedo was straight-up made of paper
its defenses are absolutely abysmal to
give you an idea swap words uninvested
earthquake had a very good chance to put
Sharpedo into range to be Kayode by
sandstorm what's more Sharpedo wasn't
exactly a glass cannon because it was
made out of glass but it was missing the
cannon part it didn't have any stab for
it's 120 base attack thanks to the type
base physical special split gen 3 head
and it's 95 special attack wasn't
anything special being weaker than the
Afra mentioned starving so star pita
wasn't just outclassed
it was all-around bad however in new you
it was a different story
Sharpedo was a terror it was still
fragile but it hit the meta games common
Pokemon quite hard hard enough to where
the daunting task of getting it on the
field safely was worth the effort plus
there it wasn't all that difficult to
get in safely since it had a useful
psychic immunity letting it come
safely against the popular lunatone and
threatened much of the opposing team
with terrific coverage in its stab
combination alongside ice beam these
three moves made it very difficult to
switch into Sharpedo safely well but why
only three moves couldn't it use a
fourth attack well it could but then
it'd be passing up on its unique
invaluable defensive use yes that's
right Sharpedo frailest of the frail had
an incredibly useful defensive role
thanks to its ability rough skin an
ability that no other Pokemon in Gen 3
had besides its pre evolution carvanha
torpedo was able to get ship damage on
an opponent making contact with it now
on its own that doesn't sound too
impressive getting 6% on the opponent in
exchange for tanking an attack that was
not guaranteed to KO Sharpedo in return
hardly seemed worth it however keep in
mind that celac berry reversal users
such as site Durand Hitmonlee or
incredibly common and dangerous capable
of destroying entire teams with their
unmatched speed and power posing immense
threats to the offensive teams
Sharpedo fit on in particular reversal
was a contact move and with those
Pokemon at 1 HP rough skin would take
them out ok so you might say being able
to sacrifice Sharpedo in exchange for
taking out an opponent's super dangerous
sweeper is pretty good defensive utility
for such a frail Pokemon and to that we
say it didn't end there sharpedo's
fourth move was indoor this allowed it
to survive reversal and take the
opposing pokemon out furthermore and
during any sort of hit would activate
sharpedo's own select berry making it
more of a threat in its own right as it
now out sped the entire offensive meta
game limiting the opponent's options to
deal with it as they could no longer
rely on just being faster this made
Sharpedo an immense endgame threat
against weakened teams as for the
reversal users you may think well
couldn't they just predict the endure
the answer is yes but then they would
never be able to KO Sharpedo without
Kaling themselves and that was often
good enough and door also had other
excellent applications it worked even at
1 HP meaning Sharpedo could for example
safely scout the intended move of a
choice ban user like Kangaskhan
hitmonlee or cite their overall gentry
you use Sharpedo was an excellent
one-of-a-kind Pokemon with an incredibly
cool strategy oh you was once more far
beyond Sharpedo spins but it found
itself with a nice niche in new you once
more it
loved its tabs now coming off it's
significantly higher physical attacks at
thanks to the new physical special split
now it did have stiff competition as
Feraligatr was generally a lot more
appealing because it threatened to sweep
with dragon dance and source dance
however Sharpedo did have some notable
advantages over the gator
it's stab crunch was terrific for
thrashing the common UC and miss Barrett
this made Sharpedo a terrific lead
especially because it had time to stop
the Pixies stealth rock or thunder wave
as well as preventing omastar qwilfish
and cloister from setting hazards up it
also threatened out motorists leads and
beats ash Alakazam thanks to Aqua Jet it
wasn't just good at matching up well
against the common leads it could spread
damage on the opposing team easily as
top preventive Milotic from healing off
its crunches this was helped by its base
95 speed being excellent by uu standards
getting the jump on many common
offensive pokemon already considered
decently fast such as mulches kangaskhan
and Rotom sarpy doe could also use its
solid attack and speed as a mid-game
attacker capable of compromising the
opposing team's defensive integrity by
adding a life orb it became even more
powerful and thus difficult to deal with
increased coverage and earthquake and
ice Bank allowed it to handle a greater
variety of important pokemon such as
registeel Toxicroak Torterra and Altaria
it could even run Zen headbutt to really
smash venusaur and smack hitmontop as
well it also had the ability to
immediately hit Slowbro far harder than
Feraligatr thanks to the stab it had on
crunch as well as the fact that it
didn't have to pick and choose his
coverage options like Feraligatr did
Sharpedo would never sweep though as its
frailty held it back too much against
the plethora of priority running around
and knew you as even a zoom arose
resistant Aquajet was too much for it to
handle plus its speed while good left it
vulnerable to revenge killing from other
common pokemon like site there and miss
Magus
to say nothing of choice carvers however
despite its flaws and its tough
competition
Sharpedo holds a unique niche in the
meta game it's a solid choice for the
enterprising player and his emblematic
of Gen 4 you use capacity for making
almost anything viable generation 5s
dreamworld Blessed Sharpedo with an
incredible ability speed boost no longer
would it have to put up with easily
being revenge killed after one turn it
would out speed anything without a
choice Karp and after two turns it would
out speed every choice
skaar fur it survived for those turns by
circumventing its frailty via a
combination of threatening slower
Pokemon week to its attacks and protect
for the first time Sharpedo was not only
not terrible in o you but it had a real
niche to boot permanent reign gave it a
much appreciated power boost and it hit
a large majority of the metagame super
effectively given all the ground
psychics and heat render were running
around as long as Ferrothorn was
weakened which isn't too difficult to
achieve given how many other attackers
it was tasked with taking such as laddie
elses draco meteor
Sharpedo bold weakened teams over now of
course it wasn't easy to just slap it on
a team as it was still flawed it of
course could just about never switch in
safely and was thus mostly used as an
all-in sweep or bust Pokemon who wasn't
a stranger to failure given how Sharpedo
sometimes came up just short of a KO or
was revenge killed by a priority move
like scissors bullet punch or dragon ice
extreme speed nevertheless a true niche
it did have seeing Sharpedo and team
preview was cause for fear having to
prepare so that it didn't run ones teams
over in the endgame as it so
effortlessly did against so many rain
teams but unfortunately this niche
dropped out of existence once black and
white 2 came around as Keldeo was the
most perfect offensive Sharpedo check
one could ask for and technician mach
punch Breloom didn't much help matters
either
however Sharpedo at least finally had
legitimate oh you use under its belt as
for you you it was excellent
arguably the most dangerous cleaner in
the tier absolutely wiping the floor
with offense with the slightest chip
damage that could be easily achieved
with spike support entire teams were put
in Sharpedo range it elected to use a
special set despite the luring attacks
that because that way it achieved one
hit chaos on the highest amount of
Pokemon incredibly crucial targets such
as needle Queen glider Slowbro dragon
and Zapdos with stealth rock this was
imperative given sharpedo's literal
do-or-die nature while Sharpedo was
fairly useless against all teams that
wasn't what his role wasn't meant to be
it was meant to use its speed to blitz
past fast offensive Pokemon even cleanup
choice carvers like heracross and
dominate them even offensive teams is
naturally bulkiest Pokemon like Dragon
Shaymin and cough aggregates dipped into
Sharpedo range with a single stealth
rock hit oftentimes Sharpedo suite
wasn't stopped by an opposing pokemon
but instead
own hydro Club accuracy overall Sharpedo
was one note but that one note was the
sweetest sound in the world for anyone
facing an offensive team
Sharpedo was passed over for the
entirety of ex-wife but come o ass it
was gifted and excellent mega evolution
in addition to every one of its non-hp
stats being buffed including its attacks
shooting up to a staggering 140 it
gained the strong jaw ability whose 50%
boost to blighting attacks made ice bang
more fearsome and turn crunch into a
devastating weapon plus it still had
speed boost before mega evolving
allowing it to become both faster and
stronger before going in for the sweep
however it wasn't all or nothing as if
it was forced to swish out and lose the
+1 speed it would still come back with
an improved
great base 105 stat allowing it to still
outrun a large amount of important
pokemon as a bonus even its defenses
were given a boost so it could actually
take an occasional earthquake making it
even less hit or miss now it never got
any serious use in o you but it was
excellent once more in you you against
offensive teams it could hang back until
the opposition had been weakened so it
could safely go for the clean up
blazing by speedsters like mega
Aerodactyl and scarf hi dragon it's
powerful ice Fang chomping its way
through the ever common hi dragon
looking to resist its stats also it
didn't even automatically fold to
priority it could always survive in
furnace life or vacuum wave even after
stealth rock against defense
Sharpedo speed wasn't of nearly as much
importance so it can mega evolve and act
as a wall breaker with it's dangerous
crunches this flexibility in the kind of
offense it could deliver may Sharpedo
well worth its status as a defensive
liability also Sharpedo wasn't beholdin
to going mega it could run a life were
upset with destiny bond to turn his low
defenses into a guaranteed ko on the
opponent but Sharpedo was the bread and
butter that carve out its place in the
UU meta game as one of the most
dangerous offensive threats mega
Sharpedo still failed to leave a mark on
oh you given the absolute plethora of
fairies and grasses as well as the fact
that there was another offensive watered
archetype the amazing ash greninja
however Sharpedo returned to you you
with a vengeance it's crunch feasted on
the incredibly common latias it shrugged
off Sizzlers bullet punches and thanks
to generation 7 mechanics it couldn't
even be paralyzed by cleft keys
pranksters underway once again it was
incredibly
difficult to switch into threatening a
vast majority of the metagame
matter of fact this time around that
majority was even more vast
thanks to Sharpedo improving its
coverage with the new psychic thanks
which was boosted by strong jaw and thus
absolutely shattered amoonguss and
Tentacruel
it effortlessly mold drew offensive
staples such as Nijo legal Taraki on
star me and mega air dokdo and with
spiked support was none too easy to walk
with bulkier pokémon like Swampert
either since pokemon like Swampert and
mega Altaria tendons who just barely
hang on against mega sharpedo's insanely
strong attacks meaning even a little
chip damage could easily push them into
sharpedo's KO threshold Sharpedo fit
perfectly on popular spikes offense
teams to the fast paced these teams
operated at mint sharpedo's inability to
switch in safely mattered very little
and the immense pressure it exerted made
it not impossible to the fog or rapid
spin on allowing it to make full use of
the hazards and break down the
opponent's team for a teammate to more
easily clean up alternatively it could
clean up itself depending on which was
more appropriate against an opponent's
given team overall mega Sharpedo was
once again an absolutely devastating
force in you you as for a regular
Sharpedo it wound up in argue but it
certainly didn't last very long
it was so overwhelmingly powerful that
it was banned - are you borderline
before ultra Sun and Moon even came out
it effortlessly swept entire offensive
teams at a moment's notice and force
players to go to unhealthy links to
cover it since the options were so
limited so everyone was glad to see
Sharpedo swim away from ru and before we
end we can talk about Sharpedo and VGC
briefly or as may have granted Sharpedo
and extremely cool mega evolution but
it's hard to make a case for it in terms
of speed and power when other Megas like
mega salamence Kangaskhan mall while and
many others exist as a physical water
type attacker it's safe to say
historically that players have opted to
use mega Gyarados or Swampert for the
years of 2015 and 2018 where all three
were legal if they want to give up a
mega slot as evidenced by the myriad of
placements from those two Gyarados even
share star pedals typing 1 and mega
evolves and even those Sharpedo does get
speed boosts before it mega evolves and
insanely high damage with this jaw moves
thanks to strong jaw it lacks the bulk
and utility that Gyarados / mega
Gyarados has with its access to
intimidate before it mega
and mega Gyarados is 155 base attacks
that is definitely nothing to sneeze at
whereas sharpedo's bulk is still abysmal
even as a mega 2019 holds the same
problem in terms of mega slot
competitions just with different Megas
Plus mega ray but at least Sharpedo can
damaged on the KRAS Maas with a strong
jaw boosted crunch anyways because of
all this is no surprise that only a few
trainers managed to obtain notable
placements with mega Sharpedo one being
in 2015 at a European Nationals and to
add these regionals respectively during
the 2019 ultra series so congratulations
to these players for their achievements
and experimentation but unfortunately
that is all that exists for sharpedo's
small VGC career and that's it so how
good was Sharpedo actually well it's
never been one for oh you say for a
brief period in black and white one
where it had a legitimate niche before
the fourth horse of the apocalypse
quelle deal came to ruin it however it
has been a uu lifer and has always been
at least genuinely good often even
considered great in that tier from its
unique place in its debut generation to
the speed boost styled cleanings of Gen
5 to its fierce mega evolution Sharpedo
has always had a fierce offensive
presence and effective despite its
immense frailty it will likely be a
threat if it returns to Gen a you you at
least of Gen 7 is anything to go by as
dropping it any further would be a
mistake on par with the jaws sequels
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