Beedrill vs Butterfree - The Gen 1 Buggy Bash - Solo Playthrough Versus - Pokemon Yellow

Today Beedrill and Butterfree are going to try to out perform each other in generation 1. These two were some of my earliest challenges on my channel and I think they deserve another shot at the game. I've learned a lot since then. I know that Beedrill learns Swords Dance now. So let's find out which of these two early game bugs will utilize the geneartion 1 bugs the best and achieve victory.
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[@happiestaku6646]

Seeing Butterfree fans shout they are going to win while us Beedrill fans are quietly confident...and our confidence is well placed.

[@got2strpk]

Honestly I'm not a fan of either but looking at both and considering it's gen 1 I definitely expected butterfree to dominate. Their movesets alone suggest it.

[@ancientangyl]

I’d love to see Hitmonchan vs Hitmonlee in yellow. Or Hitmochan vs Hitmonlee vs Hitmontop in Gen 2. Edit: Actually this versus could only be done in gen 2. As Hitmonlee cannot learn any move in gen 1 that would damage ghost types. Which, due to Agatha's existence, means Hitmonlee can't beat gen 1 at all.

[@youtuber-rh1eg]

Oh yes I would definitely want to see that too

[@wadephipps5239]

I second this... I need the gen 2 head-to-head-to-head

[@happiestaku6646]

Only if they are named Jackie and Bruce.

[@danphantom2583]

Yes! All three of them against each other in gen 2 would be interesting

[@et34t34fdf]

A fun run i suppose, but let me tell you right now, Hitmonlee will win both generations, Hitmonchan is...well, quite shit. You see all those fancy punch moves it can learn? Well, those runs of its awful special attack stat(or special stat, as it were) in the first 3 generations. In addition, hitmonlee is faster and stronger(with better fighting STAB), so its an easy prediction.

[@jwatercrane]

"Unfortunately in generation 1 focus energy is bugged" i see what you did there. Smooth.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

;)

[@qorv4973]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon 2 times. Everyone in the poke community knows how iconic the word unfortunately means

[@tiemen9095]

The bug is actually that it makes it impossible to land a critical hit, rather than decreasing the chance. This is a ctually useful in combination with setup moves, as it prevents critical hits from negating your setup :p.

[@mickkelley3776]

Technically if you use setup moves using Focus Energy would be helpful, since crits also ignore attack buffs and defense debuffs. This means a crit can technically do less than a normal hit, so if you're aiming to sweep Focus Energy can be beneficial.

[@Obironnkenobi]

Out of all his skills he's developed, his pun game is probably the most improved.

[@kaimobley5324]

Like what us all trainer's say, if it's not 100% accuracy it's 50%

[@TheMoogleKing93]

2 things you didn't try for Butterfree ; Mimic and Substitute. Mimic for Lance to copy Ice Beam and 1HKO everything on his team. Substitute whilst asleep and you can safely sweep and just set Sleep Powder up without taking damage. Also blocks status moves.

[@syrendsong]

Actually, substitute doesn't block status in gen 1, its why only rhydon uses it in comp sometimes cause its immune to thunder wave ^^

[@skeetermania3202]

@@syrendsong Stadium has Substitute working properly, though. It’s a staple move there.

[@syrendsong]

@@skeetermania3202 red/blue doesn't have it working properly, I've heard there are a ton of difference between it and stadium

[@iantaakalla8180]

It’s nice to see Beedrill win. For all its flaws in later generation, it has just good enough moves to sweep everything in this generation.

[@realsalu634]

I love how everytime PP is mentioned,it can be interpreted as an innuendo

[@e22ddie46]

I never was sure if he was just doing that as a silly reference until he also commented how it's not how you use it.

[@Tsweeney12584]

Erika is known for draining his PP in Johto😂

[@fortherepublic6475]

Venomoth is clearly Ghost-Grass. It's purple just like every one of Agathas Pokémon, the GHOST type trainer.

[@FireFog44]

According to the TCG, it's a Psychic/Grass type!

[@hekonaleeinos5510]

0:42 Love how you get venomoth typing right every single time these days ; now, this is character development.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I've put my time in ;)

[@adamhand77]

Watching this after watching Euro 2020. What about a bug competition, single elimination style to find the best bug

[@isaacallen563]

A whole bracket dedicated to the most underrated typing in Pokémon? Why that sounds delightful

[@adamhand77]

@@isaacallen563 we could all fill in our own brackets like March madness

[@DonYagamoth]

I appreciate the extra effort you went through to make Venomoth show up as Psychic/Flying in the Hall of Fame ^^

[@cameronl1859]

I like these videos, watched a lot, but this isn't really a funny joke. Scott's forced it so many times and it never ever comes across as a joke. Is there some context that I've missed? Getting the typing wrong on 1 Pokemon out of 151 isn't something unbelievable, there's no reason to assume he isn't serious. The joke kinda seems like it goes like this: Scott: "Venomoth is Psychic/Flying." Viewer: "No it's not." Scott: "HAHAHA GOTCHA!" The girlfriend jokes are also weird and forced, just saying :)

[@sageoverheaven]

What extra effort? It's on Sabrina's team it's so obviously Dark/Steel type.

[@ChrisZi.]

The two biggest Gen 1 urban legends: 1) Mew is under that truck. 2) You can choose the dome fossil

[@et34t34fdf]

Its funny how "Mew under that truck" actually became a thing, considering you can actually find it in cerulean city, doing a bit of glitching.

[@burlapsack7741]

"I even know venomoths typing now": absolute gold

[@sonicdoommario]

Hey, because of Pokemon cards, I assumed Venonant/Zubat/Grimer/Koffing and their families were all grass types and that the Geodude/Onix/Rhyhorn lines were all fighting types...

[@davidkiller61]

"Pick the dome fossil" ... You know the rules and so do I, * click * say *goodbye*

[@sceptilethehedgehog5862]

Beedrill Just Drilled It's Way Through The Elite 4

[@saberbeast1]

Yes I knew my boy would win Beedrill is up there with scyther and pinsir And i feel like twineedle is very underrated move that people don't think is actually good

[@ashlepker6488]

After watching this I am rather taken aback I knew beedrill could hold its own fairly ok with struggles, but I did not think it would win a side by side race. Kudos to the channel and kudos beedrill.

[@yesec9]

"Has a Grass-Flying Ace". Despite Psychic being super-effective. Man is dedicated to this running joke till the bitter end. Hahaha

[@NonexistentIntellect]

I'm proud that you know that focus energy is bugged but sad that you didn't know Venomoth is psychic/flying

[@Teehousegaming]

Thumbs up to all those who are calling it for beedrill to win edit: I've edited it because people thought i was spoiling the run. i posted that comment before the run was even out. no spoilers were given as no one knows who won, were just predicting beedrill to be the winner

[@kabalofthebloodyspoon]

right yo pvp meta is too different a lot

[@fadeleaf845]

Physical attackers are actually strongly favored in Gen 1 because there's only a handful of resists against Normal spam that is easy to tech against (Mega Drain and Surf are learned by quite a lot of Pokémon and they can punch through the Rock/Ground types even on bad Special stats) and a lot of non-normal physical moves can deal with the handful of Ghosts (a lot of physical attackers can learn Earthquake). Special attackers often lack the attack stat to properly hit through specially bulky mons they can't hit super-effectively and/or resist their STAB moves. Even Psychic Types can get slowed down quite a bit by opposing Psychic types.

[@lashrooma5246]

Nice Way to spoil it mate.

[@lashrooma5246]

But eh oh well

[@MrChip06]

NOOOOO SPOILERS

[@sconnection]

You deserve a sub just for the Dome Fossil.

[@TracinyaLachance]

Beedrill will always hold a special place in my heart. My first ever attempt at a Pokémon Nuzlocke in FireRed, I happened upon a jolly-natured Weedle in Viridian Forest. She got me past Brock, annihilated Sabrina... and died to a random exploding Geodude on One Island. RIP.

[@three-b4212]

Great stuff! I absolutely LOVE bug types and as a kid, Beedrill was one of my favourite Pokémon... And then, MANY years later, they fulfilled even my wildest dreams and gave it a Mega. Thanks for these amazing runs. I get amazing memories every time I watch them.

[@DragonZer0]

This entire run was a Giggity!

[@Viremind]

Very nice, I was rooting for Beedrill the entire run, seeing that it was behind in time. Felt like a real underdog story =) Btw. Have you ever heard of the theory that the Butterfree and Venomoth sprites got mixed up (as indicated by Butterfrees colorscheme and eyes)? What are your thoughts on that?

[@germmanator]

The same idea between Marsh badge and Soul badge and how they got mixed up.

[@Nathan_Moor]

The competition format is the best part of this, it really innovates on the 'how fast can this beat that' format.

[@priestesslucy3299]

Beedrill! Yours is the drill that will pierce the heavens! (For real though, missed opportunity to name it Simon)

[@Walkerman379]

I feel like mimic might have been powerful for butterfree? It could use it on Lance to get ice beam. And getting slash from sandslash would make quick work of Alakazam and Exeggutor.

[@slippy318]

Great idea 💡

[@Discordian_23]

That was my moveset when he made the Poll for this, Psychic, Rest,mimic, Sleep powder.

[@e22ddie46]

And would let him steal amnesia from Slowbro

[@zordonthevoyagesof577]

When you're doing a solo run and you take the time to tell use which fossil you take. Gold. I laugh every time.

[@tenfoldgambit9372]

Great to see you go back to some of the early challenges to see how much has been learned on this channel 😁 Great video, as always!

[@mistingwolf]

Wow, not the result I was expecting! Beedrill really did a great job even though it had a slow start.

[@ShadowOne333]

Absolutely loving these challenges! I'm really looking forward for the Omastar VS. Kabutops challenge. I thought that was the next one in line, but oh well. I'll look forward to it when it comes! :)

[@dubwagner]

Thanks Scott. As always, love the video! Excited for the Fossil challenge next week.

[@BrainInAVat7]

Every video gets noticeably better, so the work is paying off! If you ever tire of solo runs, you could capstone the bug series with a bug monotype run.

[@shanoc5902]

Thanks for doing the runs both with saves and without saves, and doing the former first. I think that it helps get a better view of things overall, and since one of the two attempts is ultimately going to used to better improve your strategies for the Elite 4 doing with saves is better so that a pokemon that struggles more against a later Elite 4 member isn't punished further by having to redo earlier members while you better figure out how to deal with a given team. Was very fun to watch!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Exactly why I picked this ordering!

[@cherioke6227]

Just finished his safari VS video, love that he was just a noob that wanted to make some content with his favorite games. I myself only played up till gen 3, but the amount of poketubers, online guides, and websites has got me jumping back in with an understanding of the game and its mechanics. Its got me super excited with anything pokemon like never before, even after so many years! Love your series KEEP IT UP!!

[@PuppetsByPalmieri]

Thanks for what you do! Always enjoy!

[@janmarkcastillovisto4196]

Whenever i'm feeling under the weather, ill just run to this channel and watch 😊 thank you!

[@solbradguy7628]

Great race! Been loving the content and I just wanted to say thanks so much for reading and responding to comments! It's made me feel a lot more connected to this channel and I can't wait to see it grow.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

You're welcome Sol Bradguy. I guess other KZbinrs just don't? Feels weird to me to not try to connect in some way with all of you. After all, I want to improve and there is constantly unsolicited suggestions and feedback. Sometimes people are just nice too, or they say the video made their day better! Before starting this channel up I was looking for a way to help more people than I was with my current line of work and apparently this actually does that for some!

[@solgaleo3533]

Amazing video. I loved the joke you told. I’d love to see a Jynx vs Mr. Mime run (although they’re more even in modern generations with the fairy type), a Machoke vs Alakazam run (although it’d be fairer in gen 2), a Hitmonlee vs Hitmonchan run (a couple of these you’ve done solo), Arcanine vs Ninetales or Muk vs Weezing. For Johto, I’d suggest Girafarig vs Stantler, Miltank vs Tauros, Espeon vs Umbreon, Gligar vs Sneasel, Tyranitar vs Dragonite, Ledian vs Ariados, Magcargo vs Quagsire and Wobuffet vs Sudowoodo (battle of the mimics) Sorry to spam you with ideas. I made sure they had similar BSTs (no more than 10 points apart) but I didn’t really account for movesets. Some of them are a pair of powerhouses while others… not so much. I tried to think outside the box for some of these. Magcargo and Quagsire, for example, have the same BST and have two opposing types. I also have a lot of ideas for if you ever decide to leave Kanto and Johto on a voyage across the sea to Hoenn or on a trek north through the mountains towards Sinnoh. Again, sorry and thank you for the great video.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Great ideas. I wish I had the time to bring all of these to life right now!

[@nateschendel4585]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon im guessing beedrill in gen 1 way better moveset Even though butterfree has much higher base stats I actually think butterfree wins gen 2 though because badge boost glitch isn't there and solarbeam n gigadrain n psychic are all upgraded

[@jasonramero6274]

A mega bee drill run would be super fun to watch. Keep up the good work, your my favorite Pokémon KZbinr!

[@cocomunga]

Two Powerful Drills vs Two Powerful Wings. As powerful as two powerful drills sound, I am predicting Butterfree will win. Loving the Venomoth meme.

[@JonS554]

I've been obsessed with your videos ever since i found you through KZbin suggested videos while watching a Jrose video and I must say, you definitely deserve more subscribers. The work you put into these playthroughs really shows. Ive even seen you do 3 runs in a row to try and tiebreak. That's dedication

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks Jon. I’m glad you notice all the work I put into these videos. It’s a good thing I like Pokémon yellow a lot because these videos require a lot of playthroughs.

[@jtd8391]

Great runs and it great to see how much you have improved in your runs and content Keep it up

[@n64p3]

Your videos are great. Can’t wait to see what you have for next week!

[@geegee2925]

Did not expect the comeback kid to show up. Honestly thought Beedrill would get hung up on a couple fights. Didn’t expect swords dance and thought you’d have to resort to badge boost or mega drain on Gio’s Rhydon. Nice runs!

[@FreakSlimeHere]

Wow, I am honestly pretty impressed on how this one turned out. I was banking all my money and rooting for the presumably underdog beedrill here with you during the splits. Who would've thought that stinger had so much hidden firepower! Like, I've always disrespected It because of his performance versus Brock but now my eyes are opened. Thanks a lot for that! And what a beautiful editing your videos have. I really enjoy going back and seeing all your improvements over the challenges, it's so much fun! Can't wait for the next one!

[@TheDiscoveryCH]

Awesome to see this channel grow so fast as it's doing. I am glad I gave it a chance. Like you said, it wasn't easy watching some of the first challenges but then seeing you reflect on your mistakes in the very next challenge was quite lovely. It really gave a sense of progression. Maybe once you're done with the gen 1 bug types, you could try gen 2 of 3 to see how the game's improvements hurt/helped the bug types

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Glad you gave me a change too! Funny thing is I feel like I am currently learning faster than I can produce videos. By the time I am assembling the final edit I want to go back reshoot all the footage and rewrite the script haha. I'd never release anything though if I waited for it to be perfect...

[@logans.7932]

The Loser Other KZbinrs Favorite Pokémon: Lucario, Blaziken, Sceptile The Chad Scott Favorite Pokémon: Butterfree, Dunsparce, Qwilfish Just kidding, nobody’s favorite Pokémon is a “wrong”, or “bad” choice. Be nice to everyone, they have their reasons for loving Muk and Stunfisk as much as you love your favorites :)

[@styyxus5558]

i love Muk don't know why but it looked so cool to me as a kid

[@james_ford86]

@@styyxus5558 Muk, especially in Gen II and beyond, has always been a very tanky poison type that can take a hit and hit back HARD. I, personally, have always liked Muk, especially once its special defense went up to base 100. I always liked to take a Muk from Gen 1, teach it Body Slam via TM, then transfer it to Gen II, then teach it Curse, Rest, and Sludge Bomb to go with Body Slam. Once set up, it's a very hard Pokemon to take out if the opposing Pokemon doesn't have a powerful STAB Ground or Psychic attack in its moveset. Even if matched up against a Psychic user though, Muk's high HP and base Special Defense would normally make it a 2-3 hit KO, giving it a chance to OHKO the opposing Pokemon in return before it could be knocked out. The same could be said for powerful Ground types, unless that Ground type was set up with attack boosts. So yeah, Muk is a good Pokemon, even if it might have been outclassed in later gens by other Poison types. You could do a lot worse than Muk though. Can anyone say Arbok? Lol.

[@ChoosenOneStudios]

Beedril is always a pokemon I wished was better, so this was awesome to see :) Butterfree still definitely earned your respect and adoration! Sleep is a strat that feels super unsafe w/o lots of saving, but it showed that isnt the case :)

[@zorghungry]

It's pretty neat seeing your journey as a KZbinr, keep up the great work buddy

[@et34t34fdf]

You should have used mimic with Butterfree to get an ice move, would have gotten past Lance much earlier.

[@MattDRT0358]

Thanks for another great video mate!!!

[@callumcartini]

Yes Finally more videos! I already know this video is gonna be great!

[@freiherrart]

And when you give an eevee a cookie it becomes an Oreon

[@soulslvr9562]

I knew my boy "Pikachu" would make it! Way to go my buzzy buddy

[@joeledren]

Believe it or not, I knew Venomoth's typing before I started watching your videos and I'm all confused now xD great videos mate, really entertaining! I know you took inspiration from Jrose but I actually enjoy your videos even more, so good job! :)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Venomoth's typing slowly becomes a fluid and ever changing thing as you watch these videos....

[@Littlekidjonjon]

I really enjoy your versus videos

[@PrimevalDemon]

I'm late but love these runs! And these two are almost always on my teams in gen 1/2/3 Love em!

[@FlamingAomeba]

Beedrill is my favorite Pokémon from Gen 1, and I actually bred a shiny one for ORAS! Bugs being my overall favorite type, I love seeing these two insects putting in work XD Great stuff here, this video was a great watch.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks Doctor Dischord! That’s awesome that you got a shiny Beedrill! I’ve come to really like it as well!

[@alexthefloorwarmingwarrior503]

Anther amazing video ! Keep dropping the gold

[@walkingcorpse1224]

Oh yeah!!! I knew my girl Beedrill was gonna win! My favorite pokemon takes this challenge like it was nothing! Just a side note, I did not expect Hyper Beam to be in its move pool at all, so you definitely surprised me with that. I knew she was gonna know swords dance, but yeah, Hyper Beam was a major surprise! That's why I love ur channel man, you always keep me on my toes! Ur strategies never cease to amaze me! And I really did love that you put up a point system rather than just timing as the definitive victory, as it's probably the more interesting part of the entire run. I do still like that you point out that Beedrill would have won in speed in a straight run rather than one where saving is involved. So good job man, really loved this video, it was definitely my favorite so far!

[@isaacallen563]

I've always loved Beedrill, easily one of my favorite pokemon. I mean come on, it has giant spike things for hands. That's just cool

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I missed an opportunity to talk about how cool it's spike hands are........

[@isaacallen563]

Don't be too hard on yourself. At least you got Venemoth's typing right

[@deadkold]

cool videos dude :) love this concept

[@haunter5271]

Finally getting around to watching this. Work has been killer recently. Good stuff man keep it up 👍 Edit: 2nd watch. Beedrill against Bruno was great. It’s great how Reflect was used right off the bat to boost speed. Also good explanation of the text based system during the champion fight. This is definitely a solid and detailed improvement over the original bug run.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Glad you enjoyed it! It is a big improvement. But I still have some thoughts on these two... Stay tuned.

[@Calyxsys_]

Dome fossil best fossil, also I've really enjoyed your journey on this channel, you always sound so excited when you learn new info and expand your knowledge and power. It's nice to watch people grow both as people and you can tell you genuinely enjoy it because you aren't mean or anything from the advice, you are purely grateful and appreciative for what we as a community teach/show you and my gosh i just enjoy you as a content creator. Keep up the awesome work Scott, much love.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks so much Nullex_, I am enjoying this journey so much. At each stage I feel like I am climbing a mountain and then I realize that there is another one on the other side. With everyone's feedback and my consistent work I'm so curious to see what my content will look like in several months or a year from now!

[@KarmaP3]

As a Brit would say A fight between the little buggers

[@blinkspot2667]

Wait, Beedrill gets Hyper Beam? That's crazy! I never knew that! How would it even fire them out?

[@GMJ7]

In the Stadium games, Beedrill fires it out of the stinger on its butt. 😐

[@blinkspot2667]

@@GMJ7 OK, that's kinda funny actually.

[@marcoasturias8520]

How anything fires hyper beam?

[@rayr2914]

Would had absolutely thought Butterfree would had won...wow...awesome content ! Subscribed!!!!

[@alexbarnes2904]

Another great video, well done!!! As for your release schedule, I'm OK with getting only one video per week. The quality of your work has improved immensely since you started, and I'd hate to see a drop in quality just to increase quantity. Of course, if you can get more episodes out per week without burning yourself out, I'd be extremely happy too!!!!!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks for the concern about me burning out. So many people have expressed that and it means a lot. I'm trying to put in place processes that allow for content quality to improve (or at worst maintain at the current level) while increasing volume. Not sure I'm going to have everything up and running for a few months though. Waiting out the GPU shortage and trying to find some additional people to help me with some behind the scenes stuff...

[@brendanhart517]

I knew brock would cost beedrill a lot of time but the bug moves really did more than I thought and swords dance hyper beam did the rest. I’m so used to hyper beam being underwhelming in later gens grats on a great video

[@is1spang478]

Muk vs weezing ,dodrio vs fearow, electrode vs. Magneton. Awesome video

[@CrocBankRbbr]

Happy Monday to this guy

[@bvd_vlvd]

Love your versus series :)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Me too. I can't wait to make more.

[@chubbst.7407]

I think you could make a drinking game for this video by taking a shot for every time you say PP haha. Love your vids, I look forward to your next one. Also loving your growth. It is much deserved my guy.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

That's a good idea haha

[@Nilli_Vanilli]

I'd love to see a Pidgeot run, if not a Fearow vs. Pidgeot run. I'd love to see the birds fly through! Loving each of your videos

[@dannykrise9721]

No idea how i missed this upload looking forward to this

[@dragiceryudo5745]

I appreciate both the bugs. They're fantastic additions to any team.

[@Blades-in-Scales]

I'm so glad youtube said “Hey check out this video here” and now I'm here, addicted to your videos, keep it up. Huge hug from Brasil.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Hey Pedro, glad you're loving the videos! Huge hug from Canada.

[@jumper9108]

Really happy to see your growth brother. Keep up the good work.

[@jumper9108]

And thanks to Dennis 🙏🏻

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Indeed. Thanks to Denis.

[@nikos2031]

We love your videos ( I'm the original 100 subscriber) I love u your progress you did !!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

We've been on this journey together then!

[@Sir_Sandwich812]

Great content Scott! Keep up the good work 🤟

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I will

[@MicahhhHD]

Just because a fan, and I’ve started watching all your videos. I wish more people would sub. You have great content, and it’s VERY rare for me to see a KZbinr get more views per video than the total amount of subs they have. But keep it up, and I promise you’ll make it big.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

While more viewers is obviously the goal, the smaller size of the community allows me to read all the comments and interact. I’m just so grateful to be able to do this and share it with you!

[@maartenvdberg1205]

I somehow really love beedril's design, I wish he gets a good buff to make him more fun.. aside from a mega

[@ShadowtheYouTuber523]

He did get an attack buff in the base form.

[@adamh2900]

Butterfree has Sleep Powder and has Psychic type moves which gives it a huge advantage over Beedrill at least at first glance The only disadvantage I can see is that the part Flying type would give it more weaknesses in some areas

[@acdcljb]

Our boy is learning! But yeah, learnsets are finicky in Gen I, however super damaging moves like Hyper Beam, Double-Edge and Solarbeam are always a solid choice in solo runs.

[@joel2628]

So, your hindsight as to how you performed in your previous videos reminded me of when I turned on my copy of B2 after a few years. Setting aside the fact that I had no idea what I was doing in the game, I was going to reset it. However, I had learned a lot about the games, stats, mechanics, movesets, etc. I opened up my Samurott's summary to check his movesets and I looked to see what I could only describe was the shittiest moveset. Literally 3 water moves and no coverage. I laughed so hard, reset the game and now Samurott is better. I am still trying to figure out EVs and IVs, though. By the way, Scott, your video commentary was relatable this week and that's what made me remember about that all-water Samurott. Made me laugh at what a noob I was until I actually decided to learn about Pokémon. Keep up the great work!

[@mightofanubis3238]

Been waiting for this one.

[@devinmiracle7680]

It really comes down to the league. During the Gym Challenge, give me Butterfree all day long. But Beedrill is just so much more equipped to handle the Elite 4 and the Champion. Awesome video!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

So true! Butterfree feels so good throughout the Gym challenge until like Sabrina, Blaine, Giovanni. In that portion neither of these Bugs are particularly well equipt. But for the league. Beedrill baby!

[@linuxelitist]

Lord Helix is pleased at your progress!

[@dalanwanbdiska6542]

Thats awsome to see level 100 butterfree using HYPER BEAM! Booyah

[@luigibarqs]

Beginning to wonder if Toxic might have been an option for Butterfree once it hit the league. Could have stalled and healed with Rest as Toxic wore down the special walls. Great video, very interesting.

[@LegendRed01]

Rewatching this now you can see how he became more excited in the newer videos. And i feal like you only realize this when rewatching old videos. Still amazing

[@TheAnalyticalEngine]

Butterfree vs. Beedrill in Gold/Silver?

[@christophercouncil28]

Sooner or later you're going to realize then I'm off at the steel psychic type LOL love your content

[@christophercouncil28]

Venomoth*

[@Sommers27]

YESSS My favorite pokemon of all time won

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Glad I could add some content to make your night better

[@nikaoharbour6962]

Now its time for bee drill vs the psychic dragon herself venomoth

[@jakerockznoodles]

Hooray! Beedrill was one of my favourite gen1 pokemon. Even though its not wonderful in battle, I always loved its design. Interesting that it lagged most of the run, but made up for it in consistency against the elite 4. My experience with him was that he was great as long as you could set up so that you could beat them before they got the chance to beat you. He's frail but can become fast and/or powerful with the right movesets.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Probably could have got closer to Butterfree's initial time if I had optimized and made less miss-plays against Blaine. Overall Beedrill just feels much more consistent.

[@mattycans6994]

This is why when Butterfree is blessed with compound eyes and better flying moves it's a beast! I'm shocked with how amazing beedrill preformed in the late game, I have some new found respect for it. :D

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Watch the follow up too! Did better with both of them ;)