Ranking EVERY Priority Move in Pokémon

Shoutout to Fake Out + Last Resort, it always catches my opponent off guard

So, speaking of Upper Hand, there was a case where my opponent was about to knock out one of my pokemons (we were doing double battles), and they told me, "you got 2 options, attack me or buff yourself". The reason is because they have sucker punch and mirror herb on their side, and both of their mons were about to double-team one of mine. But when the attacks came in, I told them that I chose option 3, and they were shocked to see Upper Hand as they didn't recall that move. I stopped their sucker punch user and KO their other mon, saving my other mon from being KO since it was on low hp

Powder could really pop off if it got distributed more, I think at least. Completely stopping things like trick room torcoal while being able to attack with another Pokémon is kinda crazy

Ally switch shedinja was a nightmare

The whole time i was waiting for Pursuit, then remembered it's not actually priority...

I think one of the not-so-apparent reasons why fake out is so good in the VGC format is that those games have considerably future turns than singles because of them being doubles and only using four pokemon in a given battle. Therefore incapacitating a pokemon for a turn has much greater consequences to the battle as each turn is so much more valuable to the outcome of the battle relative to singles.

Negative priority moves next.

If water shuriken wasn't nerfed in gen 9 via removing Ash Greninja it would be a way better jet punch

Clear Amulet doesn’t prevent flinching…. Covert Cloak does tho as it’s basically the item form of the Shield Dust ability

I's rank Fake out higher than Extreme speed because it's not just" the best priority move in VGC"; it's one of the best moves in VGC, in general. Extreme speed is useful in both formats, but not meta-changing, while but Fake out is

4:56 Snatch Incineroar actually won 2018 worlds,Paul ruiz used snatch on incin to copy opposing tailwind and belly drum from snorlax (which was everywhere at that time)

6:45 Ironically, that example of Hitmonlee using Endure+Unburden+Reversal being noted to be weak to priority is exactly why the clip you were taking that footage from has Upper Hand on its set. A 1HP Hitmonlee with an Unburden speed boost is begging to be hit by priority, but Upper Hand makes foes hesitant to click their priority once it's revealed, but if they don't use a priority move then they risk taking a full-power Reversal.

You should do a video ranking abilities that grant immunities (levitate, flash fire, storm drain, sap sipper, etc.). Keep up the good work!

Commenting for the algorithm first video i seen from you. Good shit ❤

I think you fairly rated ally switch on the tier list. You did a good job covering why it CAN be useless or outplayed. The reason the move is hated is not because it's good but rather that it's uncompetitive. It can often just force a coin flip where getting it right is an instant win but getting it wrong is an instant loss.

the one thing I always liked about Water Shuriken is, since it could hit 2-5 times, was how it could be used with a King's Rock. provided Greninja was under a Sub and the enemy did not attack and/or missed via Greninja double team(the ideal scenarios granted Greninja ain't livin too long), Water Shuriken would have some decent chances to flinch even if the move itself ain't that powerful and Greninja not being that tanky. at least if it flinched the enemy multiple times this way Greninja would be doing a decent amount of chip damage or if lucky enough, secure some kills/weaken the enemy mon greatly. it still a very fun niche strat to use with it for sure even if it deff ain't foolproof 🤲 I still remember when my Greninja in X&Y flinched a Venusaur multiple times in a row with Torrent boosted Water Shuriken+King's rock. it was a moment I still recall fondly back then.

Love these types of videos Brother keep up your hard work 💙

vacuum wave deserves to be higher. it goes nuts on ursaluna blood moon, being one of the only few fighting moves that is a special attack and also 100% accurate. ursaluna blood moon can even use it against ghost types because of it's ability, which allows it to hit ghost types with fighting moves (meaning it hits things like gholdengo for super-effective damage)

Sooo. I just learned that bide became a priority move in gen 4 (I haven't used it since Brock used to hand it out back in gen 1)

20:20 the sprite here is the ability shield, the item that prevents secondary effects on attacks is the covert cloak. Hope this helps :D