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Ferrothorn

Ferrothorn

Part of a series on Pokémon VGC / Competitive Pokémon. [View Related Entries]

Updated Nov 30, 2023 at 03:57PM EST by Adam.

Added Nov 30, 2023 at 11:42AM EST by Adam.

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About

Ferrothorn is a Pokémon best known online for its presence in competitive Pokémon as a strong defensive and hazard setting Pokémon, best suited for countering other team's offensive threats through attrition, aka "Stall" tactics. This has led to the creation of memes expressing annoyance with the Pokémon.

Origin

Ferrothorn was introduced in Pokémon Black and White, first released in Japan on September 18th, 2010. It is a Grass and Steel type.[1] It would become a popular Pokémon in competitive Pokémon due to learning moves like Spikes and Stealth Rock (which harm Pokémon that switch into battle), Leech Seed (which drains an opposing Pokémon's health each turn) and having the ability Iron Barbs, which deals damage to any Pokémon that harms it with a physical move.[2] On April 24th, 2022, YouTube account False Swipe Gaming posted a retrospective on Ferrothorn's competitive usage, covering the assets that helped the Pokémon become a staple in the competitive scene, gaining over 1.1 million views in eighteen months.



Spread

Ferrothorn quickly began growing into a competitive threat and early memes about the Pokémon date back to 2013. Early memes centering around Ferrothorn were image macros and trollface memes (examples from Quickmeme shown below).


STALL IS DEAD g EVERY TEAM HAS FERROTHORN! quickmeme.com HAS IRON BARBS AND ROCKY HELMET PROBLEM? quickmeme.com

Over the following years, memes about Ferrothorn continued to center around the Pokémon's competitive viability. For example, on February 17th, 2020, Redditor Moggyo posted a Ferrothorn-related meme in /r/pokemon,[3] gaining over 40 points in nearly four years (shown below, left). On August 14th, 2022. Redditor MudkipNerd posted a Ferrothorn meme in /r/stunfisk,[4] gaining over 560 points in one year (shown below, right).


Ferrothorn 181/181 Lv 50 Ferrothorn's Iron Barbs Ferrothorn 180/181 Lv 50 The opposing Cursed Emoji was hurt! Cursed Emoji Lv 50 Weavile used Triple Axel! (The opposing Ferrothorn lost 4% of its health!) [The opposing Ferrothorn's Iron Barbs] Weavile was hurt! Weavile was hurt by the Rocky Helmet! (The opposing Ferrothorn lost 10% of its health!) [The opposing Ferrothorn's Iron Barbs] Weavile was hurt! Weavile was hurt by the Rocky Helmet! (The opposing Ferrothorn lost 14% of its health!) [The opposing Ferrothorn's Iron Barbe Weavile was hurt! Weavile was hurt by the Rd Hel Weavile fainted! Opposing Weavile (sinner) Me (Ferrothorn's strongest soldier) WE'RE GONNA KILL YOU

Various Examples


OQuick Reply Thread 41108205 XXSTALLXPROXX Options >>41143921 Actually them removing Hidden Power is an EXCELLENT design choice, I can't believe all these whiny manbabies are whining about it being cut. HP is OBJECTIVELY jank and RNG as f--- and only bitchy battle sim losers and injectors give enough of a s--- to grind for the right one, as if breeding for the perfect mon was hard enough. It's been SIX years and gamefreak still couldn't find a good way to fit Fairy in, anyways, so might as well chuck it out. Besides, isn't it good to have a nice breath of fresh air to the meta? I think HP was way too centralizing and diminished the unique coverage scope that each learnset has. I believe that no one should be able to just automatically have access to an ice move no matter what type said pokemon is just because of a wonky RNG relil I'm not a robot гeCAРТСHA Captchas: 0 Privacy - Terms No selected file Files Submit Artist could be anonymous for all we know, because the usual methods aren't working. あんたも殴,7 cfn きなさい!

Search Interest

External References

[1] Bulbapedia – Ferrothorn

[2] Smogon University – Ferrothorn

[3] Reddit – /r/pokemon

[4] Reddit – /r/stunfisk

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