Absol Only - Pokemon Emerald

Playthrough Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle*
3. No glitches or exploits*
4. No Double-Team TM before level 100*
Other rules:
-- *Pokeballs are allowed in battle when I need to catch an HM user
-- I play the game at 4x game speed (238 frames per second)
-- I allow myself to manipulate my starter (IVs, nature, HP type)
-- Using the bike for movement speed increases is banned (it can be used to obtain items)
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
*Double-Team:
-- Almost every Pokemon can learn Double-Team through TM
-- The TM can be purchased in Celadon
-- Using it would centralize the meta
-- Every Pokemon would use it to overcome tough battles at lower levels
-- It raises evasion
-- It triggers the badge boost
-- Banning the TM allows Pokemon who learn it through level up to use it
-- I believe evasion is part of Pokemon and shouldn't be banned entirely
-- I don't want the videos to all be double-team spam though, that's not fun or entertaining
-- Only two Pokemon learn Double-Team through level up: Pikachu & Scyther
-- Minimize is the other evasion raising move, these Pokemon learn it through level up:
-- Clefairy, Clefable, Grimer, Muk, Chansey, Staryu
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[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Re-upload: here's the story. I got the flu last week and because I didn't do my regular work Friday morning I accidentally uploaded this video alongside Houndoom. After someone notified me I got out of bed and switched it to private. However, when I made it public again today, it received very few views, likely because KZbin wasn't notifying people. So I'm re-uploading to make sure all of you fine people know where to find it!

[@Offbreed309]

I didn't get the notification before but I got it this time.

[@kalebrhea5822]

I was wondering where the Friday vid was when I was looking in my subscription feed

[@chrisdixon7377]

I caught like 7 minutes of it lol

[@shinipede3998]

I knew I saw it the first time! I knew I’m not going insane!

[@grundgutigertv6170]

Youre right, I didnt see it on re release even though I check your channel daily.

[@silverrey7379]

29:52 just in case you didn't know: Even if you were faster, Sharpedo's ability Rough Skin would've knocked you out if you attacked it with a contact move

[@skeetermania3202]

Just a note, Shadow Ball is physical, so it would be better than HP Dark.

[@iantaakalla8180]

It should be noted that ironically, Dark types in the third generation want Ghost-typed moves because they are physical and Dark types are physical attackers, and Ghost types want Dark-typed moves because they are special and Ghost types are special attackers. It is so silly.

[@fightingfitz214]

@@iantaakalla8180 i think houndoom is the one exception that really likes dark being special

[@jordanthejq12]

@@fightingfitz214 Sharpedo and Murkrow can make it work, both having decent SpA stats, but yeah, Houndoom is the champion of pre-split Dark-types.

[@nomis2268]

@@jordanthejq12 tyranitar would like to have a word with you

[@sailorsloth8183]

@@nomis2268 Houndoom has a higher Special Attack than Tyranitar. The doggo is still the king of dealing damage with pre-split Dark type moves, even if Tyranitar has better stats overall.

[@trevorwendt6274]

Just a quick thing to point out: you also had access to Secret Power before Flannery. A 70 BP normal move that doesn't make contact. Once you have it, you can also buy copies of it in Slateport.

[@jakerockznoodles]

Secret Power IMO is a very underrated move for challenges he's doing in this gen. I remember him totally skipping over it in the Fire Red run with Dunsparce, when that is absolutely the perfect Pokémon to use this move with (taking advantage of both STAB _and_ Serene Grace)

[@skeetermania3202]

@@jakerockznoodles Are you referring to MDB?

[@jakerockznoodles]

@@skeetermania3202 Yes, sorry, I realise I'm crossing wires here lol

[@brendanhart517]

I love how they have a differential between physical and special and contact non contact in this gen. It's interesting Fire punch is a special move but it makes contact all sorts of interesting combos that i think are unique to this gen

[@Aliyah_666]

@@brendanhart517 I wish they had done a proper physical special split though. Gen 3 really missed out on alot of good movepools and sets due to lack of it.

[@snake909]

It's insane how much the overlay improved since I've started watching. Great work!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

More to come!

[@thenerdbeast7375]

Should have grabbed the Shadow Ball TM while in Mt. Pyre. I know Bite/HP Dark is tempting for stab, but Shadowball is just better to use on these physically strong dark types like Absol because it is a physical move and provides similar coverage.

[@G0ATFAC3]

God I laughed so hard at Magikarp's presence in Tate and Liza's fight. What a name!

[@Silvitewolf]

Scott: "I don't consider Matt a major battle" Matt : its ok I don't consider Scott a Major battle.

[@terras6418]

I'm pretty sure that Torkoal is a Bug/Poison type. I think they're making up for giving Koga a Fighting/Electric type in gen 1.

[@excadream]

Using Rest against Steven's Skarmory with your first set up could easily work, just using a Chesto berry instead of a Pecha berry 😁 Love your forays into gen III! You are, in fact, a fast learner (despite what you say)

[@skeetermania3202]

Honestly, with the changed EV system in Gen 3, I feel like Rest simply shouldn’t be used unless the mon in question is fairly bulky and needs more staying power.

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

It depends on what you need for Steven really If you need 4 moves for Steven you want pecha unless you outspeed n one hit skarmory, Chesto is if you need 3 moves for steven n not 4 otherwise this strategy is counterproductive If cradily is the only problem you want persim berry If neither of these are viable you want sitrus in ruby or sapphire or figy in emerald Also take in type boosting items if ranges are a problem

[@excadream]

Both fair points! Typically in a solo playthrough, I'll up HP if speed and leveling aren't a problem, so good ol' RestoChesto is a favorite of mine. And thank you for the detailed item selection, I always forget about the figy berries

[@dakotahadley2865]

Rest/chesto berry might be a really good strat in the future, free full restore essentially. Might miss out on some damage, but the setup should cover that weakness

[@eliyaskiya]

13:03 If Thunder Wave was an issue, you could've used Taunt

[@anusthing]

I remember using absol as a kid and being confused why dark moves were so weak. I always thought dark was physical lol

[@et34t34fdf]

Welcome to gen 1-3, where ghost moves are physical, but bite is physical!

[@iantaakalla8180]

When ghost types should have crunch but dark types should have Shadow Ball

[@powwowken2760]

"Shifty is not very aesthetically pleasing and Nuzleaf..." Ooh is this going to be a call back to how Nuzleaf was the inspiration for the term Nuzlocke, the original Pokemon challenge? "Nuzleaf has nipples" What do... Omg it does... Now I can't unsee them... Thanks...

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Welcome ;)

[@auralistank]

Aerial Ace would be a good counter to sand attack spam in conjunction with swords dance.

[@Thollis1987]

It is refreshing to see you playing Pokémon Generation 2 and 3.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

They will be regular on the channel from now on. The long stretch of only Yellow was due to technological limitations with my software. Development took serious time!

[@IBEDAVE87]

I have never played Emerald/Ruby/Sapphire. I'm a Gen1 guy. However, I like watching your videos so much that I just watched this whole thing completely oblivious to what was happening or what Pokemon were being used. Keep up the good work, Scott!

[@tylorvezina9793]

Can we all just take a second to appreciate how the Magikarp is named Bruno? lmao Love it! Great video as always!

[@tylorvezina9793]

Also I loved Shiftry's design until you pointed out that its chin is its crotch, and now I can't unsee it. I always thought it was a cool unique design, but now I just think of Ballchinians from Men In Black. lol

[@giacomoalessandrodeluca]

Great great quality, as always, and you're improving at dealing with 3rd gen mechanincs., such natures, abilities and held berries some tips: ghost is physical in this gen, so shadowball could have been a better option. Boosting items give you a 10% boost instead the 20% from gen4 , so they are not as usefuel. Persim berries or Cheri berries can be more useful. Return is a must have for a physical attacker. Never choosing a speed lowering nature.

[@loulou3676]

7:40 Lotad pizza looks delicious. Imagine you order a pizza delivery and it arrives like this. I wouldn't even be mad about the one missing slice, you earned it little buddy.

[@calebbevan]

Natures definitely add a wrench into the thought processes. I would personally lean towards either a negative attack or special attack for most Pokémon. Unless you think they’re gonna be a truly mixed set. You could also choose to grind some place that will give you a lot of a particular EV when forced to grind. There’s definitely a lot of moments where mindlessly grinding can be appealing to get faster levels but EV‘s can easily add so much to a stat.

[@tsawy6]

Yeah, but Absol has a much better special movepool than physical. Every calm mind sweep he had after the gym battles was special, no?

[@calebbevan]

@@tsawy6 there are multiple options that can be explored. Shadow ball was never used. slightly different IV you could pick physical hidden type. giving you return, shadow ball , ???, and swords dance. we are nowhere near optimization on gen 3. i’m just throwing out some thoughts so more strategies can be explored.

[@tsawy6]

Mm, thinking now there weren't as many calm mind sweeps as I thought. Didn't work on Glacia, Sidney, or Wallace. Which really only leaves Drake. The best HP choice for him would have to be Rock, which isn't a terrible choice in general. Iunno, I think Dark is possibly still the go to. Rock doesn't help with that much, you can hit everything for neutral with normal/ghost, and having a special attack is good against some opponents. Tho in fairness, HP dark is only 10 more BP than Bite...

[@Chronoflation]

Better after Gen 4 when physical and special is determined by move and not type. When you have access to physical and special moves that will both be useful, leaving a poor defense with the negative nature could be better, or just going Serious and letting the neutral maintain your defenses while at the cost of a few KOs not happening with the stat you'd normally boost

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I’m leaning this way now too.

[@sulferzero]

dude the visuals are crisp and look great. Good Job.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks! Glad you like them :)

[@samzito8067]

great run! swords dance shadow ball would’ve really helped against phoebe since it’s physical (but still had a chance to drop special defense for some reason)

[@antshield]

Happy to see more gen 3 content. Another new journey to see your progression though the gen. The simultaneous timer and game time was a nice inclusion.

[@TheThrownOutSofa]

I found your channel a couple weeks ago and must say I love your content. Your videos are the perfect length for me to put on while I go to sleep and you explain everything so well that I can “watch” without needing to watch my screen. It might be a little weird that I listen to you when I sleep but don’t worry, I also have a girlfriend.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I’m always working to make these both a watchable and listenable experience!

[@CelticGuardian7]

This poor Absol spent the entire game in a state of confusion. Still a very good boy~ Absol's also a favorite of mine, to the point I think it's outright my favorite gen three mon. =)

[@runeplay2]

Eeeeeee thank you for the video, Absol is my one and true favorite!!! And, one thing that also always gets me just soooooo happy, even though it's not a big thing, and probably not intended as a major thing; it's whenever you say "however", there's always something unique and just... I can't explain it, but I LOVE hearing it from you! Thank you fir the wonderful videos, and I hope you continue doing well!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

You’re welcome Maple Parapet! I’m glad you’re enjoying

[@scottprice1330]

My second favorite Pokémon of all time! Thank you for the great content and what a surprise. I am so happy.

[@milkdud8993]

Nice name choice! I really like absol so I’m happy to see you make a video with it! Naughty by nature too!

[@surtrgaming1730]

Gamefreak: *Makes a Physical attacker* "So what type is it?" "Dark" "OK, it's a special stab. What high power TMs does it get access to?" "Ice Beam, Blizzard, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Flamethrower, Fire Blast, Shadow Ball, hyper beam and Iron Tail." "You gave the physical attacker the 3 Special Attacking Casino Moves?" "Yeah, what's the issue?"

[@nightfan1983]

Looking through your videos I just noticed, I never watched the Absol video. Changing that now. Also, for the algorithm :D

[@nutmegdoesstuff1339]

Absol is just such a cool pokemon, glad it performed well.

[@iantaakalla8180]

I saw that Roxanne’s Nosepass tipped over during the intro animation, and that was fun.

[@LycorisOni]

I love absol so much. I'm so happy to see you doing a run with them.

[@Absolbr]

Thank you so much for making these videos, they always are a fun watch n make my day whenever i sit down to watch them. Looking forward to watching this run, Absol is my favorite pokemon!!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

You’re welcome! Thanks for the encouraging comment.

[@ronaldmaxwell6668]

after months of not watching your videos then i see this banger

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Welcome back Ronald :)

[@iBIackieChan]

Your voice is very pleasant to listen to! Just discovered your channel, great video!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks so much! Glad you’re enjoying.

[@Skipatronic]

Absol was definitely one I overlooked

[@someguyontheinternet2399]

Seeing as Absol is my favorite Pokémon, I completely approve

[@hypertane]

Been watching your videos for a while now and im glad your channel is getting bigger you are well presented and very entertaining!

[@TryLimeAde]

my all time favourite pokemon, absol-utely love this run!

[@nemesisofeden]

Absol is one of my fave pokemon ever. I'm so glad you did this! Thank you!

[@maxspecs]

Whenever you hit an Absol with some Swagger, it always ends in disaster.

[@pidiokouloup5355]

Hey, just wanted to draw your attention to Taunt. It prevents the use of status (non damaging) moves from the opponent, forcing them to go for attacks. Seeing how annoying they are, it is mindboggling to me that you just ignore it, and replace it for a % move like Double Team. Keep up the good work

[@kylelundgren5133]

Fallarbor Town is the town you can't remember.

[@roberte.o.speedwagon6043]

YES 🤩 Nice to see you took my advice to heart on the increase/decrease of Natures, I've been dying to see the next Gen3 video! 😂 Watching it now, I hope it pays off! I've been loving your content, and I've found myself watching other creators like Jrose and Vanman because of you. Keep up the amazing work 😄

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Little up down arrows for nature are coming soon.

[@browncow5210]

That reminds me that in the remakes there were a group of grunts that challenge you to 5v1 where they all have Mightyena to spam intimidate.

[@brandonroyal1255]

the fight with admin Matt was hilarious

[@matthiasrauert8397]

Haven't watched yet but if u have a physical attacker and don't plan on using special moves adamant is the nature to go for u. Btw been wathcing and rewatching ur vids since i found ur channel a couple months back and u always lighten up my day, just keep ur awesome personality u are just so excited and energetic u are rly good at drawing people in with ur energy.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks for the kind words Matthias!

[@weebrahim]

Can't wait for absols improved time in the future...there's so much potential

[@charlessegale6493]

I remember noticing the Absol video on my feed alongside the Houndoom video while I was at work and found it odd that it was gone when I got back home. Now I know why. Welp, time to watch this while keeping an eye on the Lightning game. Absol definitely has the best design of the regular Gen 3 Pokémon.

[@ryanwells137]

How he says dynamo is killing me 😆. Its "die-nuh-mo" not "die-nam-oh" don't mean to be critical, love the videos!

[@yamiryushi]

"Nuzleaf has nipples"....now you know why I like calling the line Nuznips!

[@drewfobbe7851]

Hey, Scott. Big fan! One question, though. Can you put all the videos into their respective playlists? I binge these every night and noticed that some (Clefable v Wigglytuff for example) aren't in any playlists and when you were talking about Clefable in one of your other videos, my brain was being wrinkled. Thanks and keep up the great work!

[@manuelpavanello90]

Watson is the new Brock because it's Electric Gym forces you to play around Thunder Wave/Static...and this is difficult even with a Lum Berry equipped.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yup! It does seem like that’s the case.

[@Silvitewolf]

random guitarists magnemite *uses poor mans swagger* (your swords dance his supersonic.)

[@MerchantGhost]

The Shiftry hate is incredibly unbased. It's one of the coolest looking Pokemon in existence.

[@tiemen9095]

2nd note: Actually Flamethrower TM is available before Wattson, which really helps against Magneton if your pokemon can learn it. You do have to prepare very well though to just scrape together enough money to buy the tm from the game corner that early :p. THe biggest thing is using Thief on the 4 zigzagoons on the rich trainers in the early game, they are holding Nuggets, so you have to skip them until you get the Thief TM.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Good point. I'll see if I can figure out how to route a way to get it asap

[@kingcygnus]

Kind of insane how poorly handled that combusken fight was 😂 all love Scott ❤

[@PKMN649]

The watson fight was so frustrating, all this strategizing about how to deal with Magneton's thunderwave while you have Taunt lmao

[@iantaakalla8180]

It does show how he is a Gen 1/Gen 2 solo runner because Taunt is not really used because overleveling makes statuses not an issue, but in Hoenn statuses are an issue.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Also Taunt always seemed like trash when I played as a kid. I'll have to consider it in the future!

[@mmpsp693]

Double Team and Rest, the dirtiest of the combos

[@dudecickle]

In slateport from the Incense seller you can buy a Luck Incense for 9600 which works as an amulet coin. It might be worth picking up that much earlier even at the price. This vendor also sells other incenses that boost damage types similar to miracle water.

[@Noman69420]

Good ol disaster boi, great run scott

[@juanchirino4900]

Good video man. Keep up the great work.

[@bomfimrodrigo]

Omg I'm getting cramps from not being able to say "USE WATER PULSE" against Steven's Armaldo in real time! It would have ohkoed under calm mind setup - when you finally used it you weren't setup. But hey, Bug/Rock typing is a bit unusual afterall, so I guess it's ok to forget gen 3 type matchups

[@willlllllllb]

If you're using a dark type against emerald Tate & Liza and you take out claydol and solrock, you basically won. Between xatu and lunatone, you can only get hit by confuse ray (or struggle I guess)

[@emilydonegan3208]

Also, I love that Razor Wind is so terrible that they didn’t bother putting it on any Pokémon level up set in Gen 2 lol

[@b.r.v.8609]

I looove Absol, my absolute favourite Pokémon

[@String.Epsilon]

Oh, you added the badge tracker! Nice.

[@PrimeFatherNature]

Absol is one of my og polemon. I love it. So its my favorite 😍

[@lyonnaismatt]

Scott really used a +5 flamethrower and a +3 water pulse and said they did the same damage so he has to level up

[@RamblinDude135]

I love Absol. It’s one of my favorite Gen III Pokemon. When I was a kid, I mistook it for a Legendary because I only saw it the one time when I caught it. Am I the only one who doesn’t really like the fact that they started to make Absol smile in games? Regardless, love your videos Scott, hope you and your fiancé are having a good life, and I Venomoth is your own Legendary. P.S: have you ever thought of a race video, between Pseudo Legendaries? Like Derpanite vs Tyranitar, or Metagross vs Salamence?

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah! Those versus videos are ones I’m very excited for. One of them is in pre-production now.

[@leosmit8612]

The flying grass dinosaur sounds so bizarre cause dinosaurs that fly don’t eat grass n saurs that eat grass don’t fly so it’s trippy to create a brotodactyl

[@marcoraliti4116]

On Armaldo water pulse was better than flamethrower. When you compared the damage you had 2 less calm minds compared to flamethrower damage! However, amazing video as always!

[@gambleralex5083]

This will be Absolutely epic 😎

[@kalebrhea5822]

Love the pun!

[@seitanile]

Is worried about Magneton’s Thunder Wave and Supersonic Completely forgets about Taunt

[@skeetermania3202]

Taunt only works for two turns in Gen 3, though.

[@DarkNia64]

"It's chin is it's crotch" Can't unsee that, thanks.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Welcome ;)

[@lamiaprincess6371]

Absol is such a bizarre Pokemon in Gen III, because its a physical glass cannon without the moves to really back it up. But in-game, a high Attack stat and Return are generally pretty good and it showed. I'm not what really to do about Steven. I don't think I agree Double Team is the way to go, I think actually it might have just been lucky. Absol just might need more levels so it can survive three Steel Wings and set-up on the Skarmory. A +6 Water Pulse should pretty easily KO the Armaldo at that point, its 120 based power versus 95. Being able to trade the Pecha Berry for maybe a Mystic Water or a Charcoal would also be an idea. For the rest of the fights, an additional option for Mightyena might be the White Herb. You can actually steal the White Herb from Flannery's Torkoal during her match, but I'm not sure how viable that is as a strategy since Torkoal can hit pretty hard (and I honestly don't know if the White Herb actually gets consumed like a berry if used in-game or not). A White Herb would be useful for negating Intimidate. Thief also doesn't have a ton of use cases in Gen III, there's mostly some Nuggets and Sitrus Berries to steal. Naughty nature was probably good enough, but I think maybe Rash might be better specifically for Steven. It's a bit hard to tell though. Would losing the extra Attack be bad for the rest of the game? It feels kind of hard to know, Natures feel very much a good by feel thing. The alternative option would be to grab a move like HP Fighting instead of HP Dark and just try to go for a full physical set with an Adamant Nature. I'm not sure that would have been better though, especially against Steven. Would Pecha Berry / SD / Shadow Ball / HP Fighting / Rest have worked for him? Maybe. I'm mostly just throwing ideas at the wall, but I think Absol has a ton of time to save. It's just a shame that its so fragile and weak to specifically confusion.

[@raulnatokapa]

I wondered why he didn't taught secret power, it's a 70 normal move and can help paralyzing, and later he could teach return

[@wiseguise5960]

I can't wait to see a run with my #1 favorite mon the terrifying Tyranitar! I loved having this thing on my team in gen2, such a beast! Best dark type mon introduced in gen2(Sorry Houndoom lovers lol.)

[@nr1516]

Against Armaldo a OHKO at +4 was possible at lvl. 71 (25 %) with water pulse. I don't know if that meant that you could win without the strategy change, but the main impediment would be gone. Also Chestoresto might be better than blanking a single toxin on Steven....

[@codonbyte]

Naughty nature sounds good, since you have a wide special movepool. Speedrunners opt for Naughty mudkips, and I believe Naughty chimchars are popular for gen 4 runs (though don't quote me on that).

[@Itachi-Uchiha]

6:14 he may be a nose, but you got to give him a pass.... yes i think im hilarious XD

[@Gungho73]

One thing I want you to consider in the future for your setups, maybe its mostly applicable to gen 1 Yellow runs, but having a segment on the screen to remind people what level up group a pokemon is in? Because it will breed context for levels at specific points in the games. Just consider if its possible is all, because you have so much valuable data for the viewer on the screen few others ever place it seems super effective to add as well. Likely wouldn't take much real estate screen wise.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It’s possible. I’ve thought about it a lot. I’ll keep thinking about it.

[@Gungho73]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Big think! ^_^

[@greggchambers9716]

I'm pretty sure Absol can learn Brick Break. If so, ghost+fighting = neutral against damn near everything. Pair that with Swords dance and Rest and you've got a winner. I always used to run Shadow Ball and Aerial Ace on my Absol in game, and it works well too.

[@BearsnBrews]

Lotad with a pizza head is my new favorite pokemon

[@mspires03]

I used Shiftry on my team as a child. I loved it!

[@judgementwings]

13:22 if you taunted magneton, you would have sweeped Watson.

[@tsawy6]

There are lots of fights in this game where the persim berry is super useful! Basically all the villains have confusing moves, as you've noticed, also Norman and Juan! Plus there's actually quite a lot of persim berries lying around hoenn!

[@tsawy6]

I also really like getting the white herb every time for Drake! Both his rock tombs and the salamences intimidates can be really troublesome!

[@tsawy6]

Also fallarbour is two words together fall and arbour.

[@miqvPL]

In general the difference between it's attack and special attack is so massive that you can mostly skip damaging dark type moves on it and use shadow ball. So you will get a more milage from it using a neutral normal type moves with decent power than super effective dark type moves, especially since crunch is not an option. And since ghost attacks use base attack in gen 3 and have very similar coverage- just get shadow ball asap and skip dark moves.

[@Roshinoftheflames]

Gotta say, I've been binging your videos for the last three days straight. I'm surprised you haven't done any collab of some kind with mah-dry-bread, or jrose11 yet!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I’d love to work with them! Maybe one day!

[@Abigdummy4life]

It's a shame that Absol's base 75 speed did no favors for it in competitive added with its lack of bulk (Jolly Nature is basically THE best Nature for it as a result)....but alas, then came Gen 4 with the split and Sucker Punch with the Super Luck ability... But then when he got his Mega in Gen 6, he ended up in Borderline Tier purgatory in Gen 7..... Such a depressing fate for such a badass Pokemon...I grew attached to this boi ever since its addition to the base Platinum and BW2 Pokedex and seeing it on Riley's team (it fits him quite well).

[@elijahgooley385]

Naughty absol is best. Sometimes adamant is good if your not giving it special moves, but its kind of annoying when your using it for exclusive dark type. Absol is my favorite pokemon of this gen. I remember it was the first encounter on the route where it appears on my first playthough. Its something I always go out of my way for now. Shadow ball always the move I go with because it always goes in tandem with its dark type. That plus aerial ace and swords dance and bite for flinch cheese. Often times i replace bite with hyper beam. Cool seeing the diverse move pool I never use in action.

[@PrincessGoth574]

I'd love to see this run in the remakes, not only physical dark moves, but also the mega evolution!

[@deep_cuts2019]

Did anyone else always assume Absol had the Ice type or just me? I just felt like the design looked icy as a kid and never had one

[@parthacharya42069]

Id say hp fighting,shadow ball, swords dance and a move of choice is usually how id approach gen 3 absol

[@Kim_W]

I watched the other upload, but will watch this one too to give you the view

[@Gungho73]

Absol was such a cool pokemon to encounter story wise in the Mystery Dungeon game I played : D fun to see challenge. Hows the spooky month treating you? Will you be trick or treating with the loved one or be the one to greet them this year? Might seem a random question, but for many this will be first time to do so since covid so I find its reasonable to ask some of my favorite KZbinrs.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Not sure what I’ll be doing this year. Probably watching Noghtmare Before Christmas because it’s my fiancés favourite and then we’ll probably watch a horror movie. I’m having a blast making a bunch of poison/ghost/dark content!

[@Gungho73]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon If you watch a horror movie thats well written/directed scene by scene try John Carpenters The Thing. It's my favorite movie in the genre and has so many minute details you miss even the 3rd or 4th time through. But if you're looking for a movie to have some goofy laughs and also do the guessing game of "what movie is this even" Try Dead Alive I believe its called. That's a movie where you see where all the budget went and its amazing and mystifying all in one. Of course you can be the real hero and pick up Scary Godmother. For whatever reason that's a tradition with my friends since it came out XD

[@grinbrothers]

Ah yes, Absol; a classic physical fighter Dark type pre-attack-and-special split dilemma. I never even noticed how insanely strong it was because Absol rarely popped up, would often use a dark type attack or be destroyed quickly due to it's middling defences. Like many, I love Absol's design, but I do expect you to struggle given it's stats. 3:56 - Young me kept insisting Razor Wind must be a good flying type move given it's name and 1 turn charge, so had it on my Pidgey. Young me was a fool. 6:12 - Given it learns Zap Canon as an almost signature move, I always thought Nosepass was supposed to have good special attack. Strange that it's the same as it's physical attack. Also, never once encountered one in the wild; they are annoying to find. 13:19 - Absol is the disaster Pokémon; often considered a sign of bad luck and you've been particularly unlucky so far. 17:10 - Yeah, Torkoal's typing took me by surprise the first time as well. Macargo could have easily been a Fire-Bug instead (or at least Slugma being one before evolving into Fire-Rock... as well, we got Larvesta eventually). 23:54 - Oh yeah, Tropious has such an awesome design. I had a decent bit of fun using one in my Pokémon Emerald playthrough. I look forward to seeing your video on it. 33:58 - It would have been rather befitting if the Absol art to the side had confused swirly eyes throughout this playthrough. Poor disaster dog was ever so clumsy. 39:36 - "One of the strongest" I suppose if we're talking about power, but given all the roadblocks and numerous resets, I'm surprised you're coming out of the Absol run so spirited. Perhaps I'm misremembering the other Gen 3 runs here and that Absol's reset count + time here isn't so bad. After all, Absol did blitz through Tate and Liza, whom are usually the major obstacle in these Emerald runs. 47:09 - Oh, so Absol really did well in the end; even it's Reset count isn't that drastically different compared to your other Pokémon. I'm surprised!

[@charlottesfunandfreechannel]

You should do nuzlocke run in pokemon uranium for Halloween. Uranium pokemon look like Halloween versions of the pokemon

[@charlottesfunandfreechannel]

Thanks for all the likes So nice knowing that I KZbinr reads there comments Your videos so good anyways