How GOOD was Absol ACTUALLY? - History of Absol in Competitive Pokemon (Gens 3-7)

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Published on October 13, 2019 4:00:09 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y-sqD9mshN0

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Pokémon Sword and Shield (2019)

Duration: 16:40

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Absol is today’s Pokemon for our competitive history series! Join False Swipe Gaming in this brief overview of Absol in competitive Pokemon!

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FULL RESEARCH SOURCES HERE
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hgYF-X4o7Frr-pa6xCZ8qhMeT0udJr7RYBvPIL_kD0c/edit?usp=sharing

0:00 - Intro
0:49 - ADV/Gen 3
3:05 - DPP/Gen 4
6:07 - BW/Gen 5
8:13 - XY/Gen 6
12:27 - Gen 6 VGC
13:34 - SM/Gen 7
15:25 - Outro


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DISCLAIMERS ON FORMATS COVERED:
Notice I said POPULAR formats, meaning a format where there is a significant amount of people who compete in it for tournaments and so on and so forth.

For the record, I do not care what rules or formats people play their battles by nor am I saying these formats are the only formats that should be played. The way you play Pokemon is between you and your opponent. I just like examining popular tournament formats.

Songs Used (List of ALL Songs used for this series. Some may or may not make it into the video):
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Resources and Historical References

History of Rule Variants: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rule_variants#Nintendo_Cup_.2799

Smogon University:
http://www.smogon.com/

Maikiri
http://www.twitter.com/NBmakiri

Aaron Cybertron Zheng:
https://twitter.com/CybertronVGC

Pokeaim
https://twitter.com/JoeyPokeaim

Pokemon Battle Historia:
http://pokemon.s20.xrea.com/

Nintendo Cup 2000 Team Construction:
http://pokemon.s20.xrea.com/2nd/construction.html

Nintendo Cup 2000 Tier List:
http://pokemon.s20.xrea.com/2nd/2000/

Pokemon Japanese Battle Wiki:
http://wiki.xn--rckteqa2e.com/wiki/%E3%83%A1%E3%82%A4%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9A%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B8

Sprites From:
https://www.spriters-resource.com/
https://pldh.net/dex/sprites/index

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