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

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/1h...

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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Directed by Kellen
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Written By
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Edited By
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VFX Intro By
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Sound Designed by
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Game Capture Artist:
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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):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1H...

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Resources and Historical References

History of Rule Variants: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wik...

Smogon University:
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Maikiri
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Aaron Cybertron Zheng:
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Pokeaim
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Pokemon Battle Historia:
http://pokemon.s20.xrea.com/

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

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

Pokemon Japanese Battle Wiki:
http://wiki.xn--rckteqa2e.com/wiki/%E...

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