Best Team for Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald: Blaziken Edition

[@jasonm9583]

"My Boy" Emulator gang where you at

[@fakecatears5148]

Here

[@ciceroreniovieiramarques1543]

HEEEEEEEREEEEEEEEEE

[@iaaanagustin]

john gba emulator is good too

[@annapurnavg5240]

@@iaaanagustin I'm using that on my phone rn to play emerald!!

[@thecubeman381]

@@iaaanagustin John GBAC gang here.

[@fbrassard70]

Quick note on Magikarp: after giving the letter to Steven in Dewford, return to Devon and talk to the president. He will give you the exp share. Makes karp less of a grind.

[@michaelaburns734]

Thank you for making it easier for players.

[@purnomohin349]

That is a good tip because I think most people doesnt know you could grab it that early. I think most gets it on their way to Norman Gym by taking the meteor falls path.

[@silentninja3485]

It's a good think that magikarp appear in every game even though it's hard to evolve but after it evolves then it's really good

[@tailford07]

Easiest way to get an early Gyarados in ANY game going back to Gen 1 is just get a Magikarp and throw it in the day care and run a few laps until it’s level 19 then use a rare candy.

[@silentninja3485]

@@tailford07 wow that's a good way to make magikarp evolve

[@seabass2378]

I JUST STARTED A PLAYTHROUGH WITH TORCHIC ON EMERALD 7 HOURS AGO, THE TIMING IS INCREDIBLE MYSTIC HOW DID YOU KNOW

[@shitorakun5655]

He's respecting the OG's game dude

[@powerbolt9495]

@@shitorakun5655 yes

[@itzmarshadow5447]

Stop lying

[@king_slayer9615]

He's the OG dude how could he not

[@KMS_KID]

I would like, but you have 69 rn

[@guermegusto]

For the lazy ones: Blaziken Type: Fire/Fighting Obtained: As your starter Moveset: Bulk Up: TM 08 Given to you by Brawly after defeating him/learned at level 28 Flamethrower: TM 35 bought at the Mauville Game Corner Brick Break: TM 31 found at Sootopolis City Aerial Ace: TM 40 given to you by Winoona after defeating her Extra Notes: Use moves like Double Kick and Rock Smash before getting Brick Break. Gyarados Type: Water/Flying Obtained: Fishing with the Old Rod at Dewford Town Moveset: Surf: HM 03 given to you by Wally's dad after defeating daddy Norman Waterfall: HM 06 given to you right after getting your eight badge Ice Beam: TM 13 bought at the Mauville Game Corner or found at the Abandoned Ship Return: TM 27 given to you by a random dude at Pacifidlog Town Extra Notes: Since Gyrados dosen't learn any water move until surf, use any other water mon against Flannery, also you can give Magikarp the Exp.Share that is given to you by Mr Stone after giving the letter to Steven Flygon Type: Dragon/Ground/Should be Bug Obtained: at Route 111 after defeating Flannery Moveset: Earthquake: TM 26 found at Seafloor Cave Dragon Claw: TM 02 found at Meteor Falls after getting Waterfall Crunch: Learned at level 33 Rock Tomb: TM 38 gived to you by Roxxane after defeating her Waifu(Gardevoir) Type: Sexy/Waifu(Psychic) Obtained: at PornHub(Route 102) Moveset Calm Mind: Learned at level 21 Psychic: Learned at level 26 Shadow Ball: TM 30 found at Mt. Pire Thunderbolt:TM 24 bought at Mauville Game Corner or given to you by Watson after doing the New Mauville side quest Cradily Type: Rock/Grass/Should be Poison Obtained: as the Root Fossil at Mirage Tower Moveset: Giga Drain: TM 19 given to you at Route 123 by a girl after showing her a grass type mon(Cradily) Toxic: TM 06 found at the Fiery Path after obtaining Strength Ancient Power: Learned at level 48 Confuse Ray: Learned at level 29 Crobat Type: Flying/Poison Obtained: at Granite Cave Moveset: Fly: HM 02 given to you by Brendan/May in the way to Fortree City Wing Attack: Learned at level 21(Since you already wasted your Aerial Ace TM your only other option for an non-Fly Flying attack is transfer a pokemon holding aerial ace TM from another game) Sludge Bomb: TM 36 given to you at Dewford after defeating Norman Steel Wing: TM found at Granite Cave

[@guermegusto]

@Nick Cruz oh ok I will change that

[@Abrhm77]

How can blaziken learn Flamethrower In Omega ruby? Game corner is not available in omega ruby

[@guermegusto]

@@Abrhm77 this team is only for ruby, Sapphire and emerald, but there's a team for oras too

[@Jasonnnnnramia]

What did you say about obtaining ralts 😏😏

[@cramoranteatspikachu6945]

@@Abrhm77 form tm at mauville game corner

[@bishaljahir156]

I loved the fact that Flygon is finally there after a long time seeing it in best B2W2 team.

[@Nate42494]

While Blaziken and Gardevoir have great team synergy with each other, I would swap out Gyarados for either Ludicolo or Sharpedo. Both are solid water types, and Sharpedo is amazing late game. I'm also surprised that Manectric isn't on the team this time around

[@prithulobaankhan4542]

ludicolo is a version exclusive

[@JustVince7810]

@@prithulobaankhan4542 But it's possible to get both Ludicolo AND Sharpedo in Emerald.

[@adilovee]

Sharpedo isn't gotten until after Flannery, I'd go with pelipper instead. It has a base 100 def, 70 SpDef, and 85 SpA, and can learn all the moves from gyarados's list (although so can literally every other water pokemon). Starmie is the best option but is very late game, only showing up for two gyms.

[@jay94dee91]

Hey what if you have the 3 starters. Alakazam and aron

[@Nate42494]

@@adilovee Pelipper is great for role compression, being both your flyer, and Water Pokémon. However, while Pelipper is slightly more bulkier than Sharpedo, Sharpedo has the edge in offensive power, and can completely carry you from mid game to end game

[@tivox]

Not Gyarados, in gen III doesn't even come close to what he can pull off from gen IV onwards with the P/S split. If you're going to wait after you defeat norman, get Carvanha and then Sharpedo: really great sweeper, and for an in-game team is just what you need. Plus it gets STAB Crunch boosted by its high special attack. It doesn't have a great level-up learnset (apart fron crunch) but all the moves you had for Gyarados are TMs/HMs so doesn't really change that much; I'd go for Surf-Ice Beam-Crunch-X (Could be return, hyper beam or even earthquake, it has the attack stat to pull it off). It'a a sort of glass cannon, but 95 base speed is enough to outspeed a lot of pokemon. Appreciated the Cradily choice: it's a quite underrated pokémon, people often go for Armaldo, but Cradily can be really bulky and can help out a lot.

[@spoofsherlock5897]

I used a ludicolo. Takes a while to evolve lombre, you need to theif clamperl until u get a blue shard, then exchange for the stone in mossdeep

[@pauloltman4960]

you say that like its the more available option, you don't get carvanha until you obtain the good rod which you'd need surf to get, and yeah you could get a lotad or a lombre but what's the point of raising up a Pokémon you won't use again until it can learn a move to get you a better Pokémon that's also probably lower leveled than your current Pokémon and gonna take up more grinding in the process? I feel like in terms of availability, low evolution level *and* move sets, Gyarados is perfectly fine!

[@TheWDerp]

The time has finally come after years...

[@chaosbug7]

Definitely not a bad take. Unfort that Gyarados got the short end of the stick in Gens 2 & 3 with the Special Split not favoring it and having few physical moves to utilize. Sharpedo & Tentacruel are good alternative water types that don't come too late, and can utilize Water STAB better in these games. Walrein & Milotic are also good, but take a while to get.

[@ReventonSpeed]

The STAB ice moves on Walrein is legit for Drake, but it is indeed quite late in the game. I've just used a Zigzagoon to surf me around until I got access to Spheal before, but I can't pretend that's quite a bit of an ask to go through the game that long without a water type.

[@chaosbug7]

@@ReventonSpeed That’s definitely a valid strategy for in-game, and you can always sub Zigzagoon for Linoone mid game if you need something a bit sturdier to throw under the bus. Walrein is great, but i just wish it came just a bit earlier

[@ReventonSpeed]

@@chaosbug7 I'm someone who does a lot of Nuzlockes myself, so changing my team around to be better tailored for specific fights is a common strategy I use.

[@niklasschimmel4155]

Walrain has 4 Weakness of Type i prefer milotic because it has 2 weekness

[@mldavid4056]

Milotic is great, but it's a pain to actually get

[@Greninja08]

Sir I thank you from the bottom of my heart Its 3:45 IST here

[@glaciveestudios6170]

SLAKING used BRICK BREAK

[@eggchamp6287]

This is perfect cause my brother got emerald today

[@daremon4204]

Nice did he play the remakes 1st

[@eggchamp6287]

@@daremon4204 yeah he did. This is gonna be his first game without the physical/special split

[@suchomimustenerensis]

@@eggchamp6287 that’ll seem fun.

[@liamw3689]

i hope u mean he got it for free with a gba emulator

[@eggchamp6287]

@@liamw3689 nah he got on his gba

[@XMiner3Xtreme1]

You're forgetting just how god tier ludicolo is. I went with a swampert build and still got lotad on route 2. Two water types has managed to help so much. And they kinda cover eat others weaknesses.

[@hexlok7]

Theres no lotad in ruby tho

[@noryzisalive]

Lotad can't learn any water type damage moves until you beat Norman.

[@noryzisalive]

And surprisingly, neither does Gyarados. Gyarados may be able to resist Flannery, but the only hope for beating Flannery is Blaziken with Rock Tomb/Dig. Maybe Pelipper or Tentacruel makes the cut? Wingull has Water Gun upon encounter and Tentacruel gets Bubble Beam in Level 26. I think I'll get the more rewarding coverage from Tentacruel.

[@rog4532]

I’d use tentacool, then tentacruel. Sure the poison type won’t help, but it’s a better water type attacker and still as bulky

[@glaciveestudios6170]

What , Tentacool over Tentacruel? I am afraid you have made a mistake here

[@jacobardoin3454]

@@glaciveestudios6170 he ment use tentacool , then when it evolves use tentacreul , instead of gyarados.

[@flexwashington638]

The poison type wont help? cant go wrong with having toxic on your team

[@itzmarshadow5447]

Bulky? see if it can take a magitude 4 well

[@rog4532]

@@itzmarshadow5447 special defense I mean

[@shadowdragonlord2295]

Question: Does anyone ever wonder what it would be like if Pokemon could have TWO abilities? Edit: to be clear I don't mean giving a Pokemon two abilities that would make it near damn invincible. I mean giving pokemon like Geodude and Magnemite the abilities levitate and sturdy or Koffing poison touch along with levitate.

[@sabrinahanson2301]

calterex

[@AD_Nelson]

Calyrex: *Foolish mortal*

[@pizzabagel3541]

Pizza bagel

[@erikperez8842]

Broken

[@luisadolfothewolf7042]

Mistery Dungeon games

[@moshi-minecraft4747]

I keep forgetting that all these games came out so long ago but its sooo goood

[@azelfdaboi5265]

"Gyarados is the 2nd best water type in Hoenn" I'd have to disagree there, there's 2 waters that keep it from the #2 spot Those being Tentacruel and Ludicolo Ludicolo is #2, due to good typing, and that's pretty much it, but it's not in Ruby If you want a good water type in all 3 that's not Swampert, use Tentacruel, it's got a good typing with it's 2 stabs working well, it's got good bulk specially and is not quad weak to anything, it actually gets level up water moves, and it's got a good movepool, giving it access to Sludge Bomb, Giga Drain, and Ice Beam

[@Surgemaster2012]

I'd say Starmie, Tentacruel, Ludicolo and Sharpedo are all better options over Gyarados, not a fan of Gyarados pre gen 4 because of its lack of water/ice options. (Minus Gen 1 where it had respectable 100 SP Attack.) It's just going to be useful for Earthquake, Return, Physical variants of Hidden Power etc. I mean Starmie is the overall best water type in Hoenn, fast, good coverage etc. But Tentacruel and Ludicolo come much earlier. Even Sharpedo isn't bad considering you can get it as a Carvanha west of Mauville.

[@kaua4781]

@@Surgemaster2012 i have to disagree with sharpedo because of the physical and special split beeing a big nerf to sharpedo (seriously i literally trained special attack ivs on my sharpedo and his special attack was lower than the physical attack)

[@kaua4781]

Hoenn its made out of massive oceans but basically all of the water types suck

[@Surgemaster2012]

@@kaua4781 The physical/special split was Gen 4 and even so in Gen 3 its the best Hoenn specific water type. Its 95 SP Attack is still usable, even if it gains more off attack. Its not that much lower than Starmie with 100 SP Attack, but has more coverage and is really fast.

[@kaua4781]

@@Surgemaster2012 sharpedo still sucks

[@Sakemaru_]

If you want a good water type, just use Milotic. Sure it's a pain to get, but well worth it

[@itzmarshadow5447]

I dont have any freinds TnT

[@Saabsarblx]

@@itzmarshadow5447 in gen 3 milotic doesn't need to trade evolve while holding prism scale She only need to evolve by having max beauty

[@itzmarshadow5447]

@@Saabsarblx she? Male milotic exists

[@Saabsarblx]

@@itzmarshadow5447 I prefer female

[@itzmarshadow5447]

@@Saabsarblx you shouldnt

[@Aex89]

Yaayyyyyy i was waiting for this,thanks mystic:)

[@ajnobles5343]

Amazing to have kaido on your team in Pokémon

[@AG17232]

Going through an Emerald play through with Sceptile. And let me tell you, it’s rough. Although I do love me some Sceptile, it changes it to hard difficulty real fast.

[@skolcole]

It’s not that bad. I just finished an Emerald playthrough basically just using Sceptile, Gyarados, and Camerupt.

[@lambo344]

Mudkip - easy mode Torchic - normal mode Treecko - hard mode

[@SorenToKeiran-Murasaki]

-Blaziken: Replace Aerial Ace with Rock Slide (Egg Move), then later with Thunder Punch (Move Tutor). -Gyarados Sucks before Gen 4. Walrein, Starmie, Ludicolo, Sharpedo(yes, Sharpedo: the guy has base 95 SpA) and Tentacruel are much better choices. Heck one could even make an argument for Whishcash being better than Gyarados, due to him basically being discount Swampert). -Flygon: no probelm here. Just replace Rock Tomb with Fly. You lose the ability to manipulate Speed, but you free up an extra slot in your team (sorry Crobat). -Gardevoir: no objections here. Grumpig is also a valid, though inferior alternative to Gardevoir, that is in a better EXP group and has better resistances. Shadowball on Gardevoir is awful, though. Just use Thief instead. Then, post game, replace it with Ice Punch. -Cradily: y tho? The guy is not bad, but the lack of Leech Seed really holds him down. Imho it's much better to go with an offensive Grass type Pokémon: Ludicolo, if you want to run a Rain team, or Shiftry/Vileplume if you want to run a Sun team and capitalize on the fact that you chose Torchic as your starter. You can also run a mixed team, with Ludicolo instead of Gyarados as your Rain Dance user, and Shiftry/Vileplume as your Sunny Day user. -Crobat: since giving Fly to Flygon frees up a slot, I would choose one between Aggron (amazing physical bulk and decent typing), Banette (amazing physical attack and good support moves), Dusclops (amazing defences and utility), Slaking (Hyper Beam Slaking FTW) or Exploud (great coverage and decent stats).

[@spadeschaoser9046]

Gyarados gets messed up with its main stab being special and him having awful special attack. In gen 1 he has good special attack but god he's trash in gen 2-3, only reason to use him is because he looks cool. I personally think Gardevoir was an eh choice but I can understand keeping them. I'd keep crobat but he messed up the moveset really. He should've kept the original moveset. Also why Shiftry? Only good thing about using him is extrasensory.

[@SorenToKeiran-Murasaki]

@@spadeschaoser9046 Totally agree on Gyarados. The guy was good in Gen 1, thanks to ts high Special and Hyper Beam being broken. Then it became terrible in Gen 2, got slightly better in Gen 3 thanks to Intimidate, but was still nowhere near how strong it will be from Gen 4 onwards. Agree on Crobat as well. Gardevoir has actually a very viable movepool, two good skills and very solid stats. Not to mention the fact that it's the best Psychic type Pokémon you have available until the post game (Alakazam is overall a better choice, but its trade-locked). Strongly disagree on Shiftry, tho. Not only does the guy have amazing speed thanks to Clorophyll and a good synergy with Blaziken if you set Sunny Day, but he also has both good Atk and Spa, which means that it can both use its two (special) stabs to their full potential, as well as other Physically offensive moves. Finally, Fake Out is the icing on the cake.

[@jamesvasquez3113]

Lol I guess a lot of us disagree with mystic's team/movesets amirite?

[@SorenToKeiran-Murasaki]

@@jamesvasquez3113 Mystic's """""best""""" teams are anything but optimized, well researched and thoroughly planned. Not that I find that a problem tho: I watch them just cuz I like the guy, despite the lowkey click-bait titles lol.

[@jamesvasquez3113]

@@SorenToKeiran-Murasaki Same

[@a.z.pantera5577]

Whenever I play Emerald with Blaziken, i use Ludicolo instead of Gyarados. It has nice bulk, makes use of its types, and covers the odd Grass weakness. It also makes a nice Rain mon. For moves: Surf, Waterfall, Ice Beam, and Giga Drain.

[@dylanmars8007]

The only thing holding it back is how late u get thr water stone

[@a.z.pantera5577]

@@dylanmars8007 True... it is one of those mons you reeeally have to ride out to get your hands on, I will admit. I'd still find it more worth in the long run than Gyarados. It least in 3rd gen

[@slanyus]

change waterfall with rain dance and ur done since u can always catch a hm slave

[@lyeonsupply1075]

Finally! Thank you so much!

[@lifetimeorigami8307]

Blaziken: Flamethrower, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, and Bulk Up. Gyarados: Surf, Waterful, Ice Beam, and Return. Flygon: Earthquake, Dragon Claw, Crunch, and Rock Tomb. Gardevoir: Calm Mind, Psychic, Shadow Ball, and Thunderbolt. Cradily: Giga Drain, Toxic, Ancient Power, and Confuse Ray. Crobat: Fly, Wing Attack, Sludge Bomb, and Steel Wing.

[@lazuruswolf6668]

Thanks.

[@lifetimeorigami8307]

@@lazuruswolf6668 np

[@llamacoop4079]

I'm really enjoying the Radical Red streams! Keep up the good work

[@kingcobra7k]

hey Mystic for a better water type pokemon u can used tentacool u can catch it around dewford town with the old rod at lv 10 or lotad

[@whyhuh2516]

Lotad isnt available in ruby tho

[@kingcobra7k]

@@whyhuh2516 yeah but some people like to play Emerald

[@marioponce8482]

The point of this team is to use in all 3 games in which they are obtainable in. If a Pokemon is not obtainable in all 3 games, it's not going to make a appearance on a team. Not saying you're fact of people liking yo play Emerald is wrong, but you need to be able to use this team in Ruby and Sapphire. I also agree that Tentacruel should replace Gyarados.

[@kingcobra7k]

@@marioponce8482 yeah i know thats y i said to used tentacool

[@annapurnavg5240]

Yeah I'm using a tentacruel in my emerald team now😀👍🏾

[@EM-vc8di]

You can get tm 27 (Return) a lot earlier by giving the meteorite to Professor Cozmo in Fallarbor Town

[@jamesvasquez3113]

Yeah he forgot about that

[@anthonyanglemyer]

Besides Crobat, this team has new Pokemon in it. Very nice! Thanks for this! Should be interesting to use in the future! By the way, you said to let you know, after Sceptile, there's still alternate starter teams for Diamond and Pearl, Red and Blue (if you want, of course, don't wanna make things too complicated for you) and the best teams for Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness, on top of all that. Sheesh! So, yeah, no pressure! Do what you feel you can do, don't stress yourself out over those, and keep taking it easy, Mystic! :)

[@noahbias4002]

With the move set on gyarados you’d be better off using a different water type. Sharpedo fits as a non that could still hit hard on the physical side if you needed that but has a better special attack that allows it to take better advantage of its stab attacks.

[@kaua4781]

Sharpedo still pretty fragil and slow, gyarados at least can use dragon dance to be a fasty boi

[@chaosbug7]

@@kaua4781 base 95 speed is perfectly usable for in game. Sharpedo is still frail yes, but Dark Stab & his higher special attack makes it more useful for dealing damage. Gyara in gen 3 is better utilized as an intimidate tank and HM Mule tbh

[@kaua4781]

@@chaosbug7 lol my hm MULE is a shark

[@SorenToKeiran-Murasaki]

@@kaua4781 Sharpedo has both 95 Spe and 95 SpA, which are more than enough for the main game. If anything, the only problem are his terrible defences, but a Reflect/Light Screen can easily fix that.

[@kaua4781]

@@SorenToKeiran-Murasaki this means that you need a second Pokémon just to make sharpedo a useful Pokémon. By the way gyarados has a better ability

[@third975]

yesss i’ve been waiting for this

[@king_slayer9615]

Hi mystic been a while I have seen your vids loving it tho

[@G0DSPAGH3T1]

Yeah fire type starters needa be nerfed. Charizard, Blaziken, and Infernape just too op fr

[@rickstube5299]

Good tip: Use thief instead of shadow ball. Its 20 less base power, but combined with its special attack its awesome coverage.

[@addictedace6783]

Ah I was waiting for this 😄😄

[@arperonni]

Time to post all the Emerald Teams in one day, LETS GO! Blaziken : Bulk Up : Flamethrower (or Blaze Kick) : Brick Break : Aerial Ace Gyarados [ Get Magikarp from fishing after recieving Old Rod ] : Surf : Waterfall : Ice Beam : Return (every best team uses it.) Flygon [ Find Trapinch in the Desert/Route 111 ] : Earthquake : Dragon Claw : Crunch : Rock Tomb. Gardevoir [ Route 102 after you get Pokeballs. ] : Calm Mind : Psychic : Shadow Ball : Thunderbolt Cradily [ Use Go-Goggles in Desert to get Root Fossil ] : Giga Drain : Toxic : Ancient Power : Confuse Ray Crobat [ Zubat in Granite Cave, or just any cave at all. ] : Fly : Wing Attack : Sludge Bomb : Steel Wing Good Luck young trainers!

[@hbars9733]

The team is almost perfect, gyrados is fine for the beginning, but should be swapped out for walrein later. And cradily is OK, but I prefer aggron. Not having a grass type can be tough tho against Wallace.

[@ayansamanta6776]

Finally now we can get a sceptile edition please

[@jawinsharma3102]

No need to make a team with Blazekin.He's the whole team himself

[@jawinsharma3102]

@@alicenulla5264 I still remember when my brother choose torchic as his starter..........his blazekin was at 50+ lvl by the last gym,alll of his other pokemon still were lvl 36.He almost defeated all the gyms with only blazekin

[@골목-j8o]

@@jawinsharma3102 me here struggled to beat brawly with my lvl 23 combusken and then after 20 tries my combusken evolves and still loses to brawly :)

[@jawinsharma3102]

@@골목-j8o If it was Tailow then it might be acceptable but blazeken loosing is impossible

[@lriver186]

Fr. I defeated 4 gyms with him only like what 🥲

[@JoeJoeJetson3]

Just found your channel, loved the video! Keep up the good work!

[@TriggeredSceptileSSJ]

Ooh , I love the addition of Flygon and Cradily in this game

[@WeebGamer101]

My Aunt just bought me Sapphire for an early birthday present for my DS Lite and am now rewatching this video for the optimal playthrough.

[@michaelaburns734]

Blaziken was my first Ruby starter and I like him. Mystic, I thought about it, Gyrados is good but I prefer Altaria for Ice Beam on that.

[@king_slayer9615]

I had blaziken for my first to

[@jaydenisdedlol]

Ha, he was my first starter for Omega Ruby. Because I am a child and dont have a gameboy.

[@michaelaburns734]

@@jaydenisdedlol Blaziken is really good. Because of a big Move pool.

[@jaydenisdedlol]

@@michaelaburns734 ya I know.

[@snarls3760]

Yeah my very first starter my fovorite mon and a conpetitive monster

[@sakshamacharya8578]

i was waiting for this

[@ajellyfish3554]

Blaze kick/ bulk up/ sky uppercut and aerial ace is the best move pool for Blaziken, when I was 8 I wiped out the whole game with this moveset

[@ajellyfish3554]

Lol, I said that was my moves when I was 8

[@SSTurzo5567]

I am waiting intensely for the Sceptile edition!!!!

[@RedDragonForce2]

Have you thought about doing a top ten staple moves for Competitive Battling? Maybe some from early gens compared to those introduced in later gens.

[@mitadrudhar4642]

I am so sad i was looking for this video before my emerald playthrough. And now i already got my team

[@stijnburgers719]

You know that Vibrava and Flygon can learn Fly too right? I know that you get it after the 4th gym, but its definitly evovled when you can use fly and I think its a really good flyer. This also gives you an option for fly, WITHOUT having a Crobat or any other flying pokemon. Thats rare in any pokemon game, so i think you can make a fun and unique team with it. This would've been the perfect opportunity, because you also have Blaziken.

[@itsE_]

Well it would be better to just use a flyer to free space for flygon, also it's not like crobat is a bad pokemon, especially in this gen with acess with physical poison moves.

[@stijnburgers719]

@@itsE_ No i totally agree, Crobat is The best flyer for Hoenn, but with flygon as flyer, you can make a more unique team.

[@Richtofen-gy9cj]

you get HM02 shortly before Fortree and can only use fly after beating Winona

[@ganeshsolanki8803]

Thanks mystic for this video

[@shabeerahmed3435]

I'm gonna be patient and wait for sceptile's team

[@thecosmiccharizardyt3592]

I am asking this question from soo many days thanks 😍 for your reply

[@captainlubey]

Oh awesome I'm gonna be playing Emerald for the first time with a Torchic so some tips would be 👌🏻

[@Christoph8]

Finally, Blaziken!

[@tylerjohnson2464]

This is a good team! I always love your team, but I have one question. Why use Gyarados over Walrein? Sure, Walrein is much later, but it's just the better water type.

[@welcometomulberrystreet3389]

Tentacruel and Sharpedo are awsome too

[@tylerjohnson2464]

@@welcometomulberrystreet3389 Tentacruel seems like it would, but I would kinda think Sharpedo would suffer the same fate as Gyarados, not utilizing it attack with STAB water and dark.

[@welcometomulberrystreet3389]

@@tylerjohnson2464 yes, but at least Sharpedo still had 95 sp attack, ofc his attack is waaay better (120), But 95 is usable...

[@tylerjohnson2464]

@@welcometomulberrystreet3389 Ah, I stand corrected. I was thinking Sharpedo had a 60 something sp attack. My bad.

[@khandge8d487]

Plus shush I love gyaroudos

[@aniruddha7044]

I would recommend swapping gyarados out for sharpedo or walrein later on because their special attack is a lot higher and you can get more coverage with a dark/ice typing pokemon rather than having two flying types in the team.

[@roguetwo8384]

Can you do a sceptile edition

[@kaua4781]

If watch the entire video you will know if he will do

[@anshpratapsingh5839]

Swampert gang

[@aarnavmerchant5168]

You can get return tm by showing the meteorite to Cozmo in fall harbour Town as well - it comes pretty early in game and there's no need to wait till so late in the game

[@dougdoug2469]

I've used a Gardevoir with that exact moveset and she really did come in clutch so many times

[@genwunnergreen2100]

I ended up giving shadow ball to another 'mon because ghost moves are physical in gen 3. 😆

[@mihajlomiodragovic7342]

I love this Helped so much Thank you

[@jebruur897]

Milotic is by far the strongest water type after swampert though

[@Poiuuiopl_pol]

But it's a pain in the ass to get

[@the_warzone_bros4810]

I also like tentacruel

[@cevinzeke5110]

Playing emerald now and you aren’t kidding about Swampert. But my first play through as a kid was Blaziken, I love that chicken guy.

[@ditzed5212]

would use tentacruel over gyarados or any other water type sealeo, etc

[@jamesvasquez3113]

Same

[@RR-pu9wj]

Almost the entire team is "I'm useless before level 20"

[@zacharyjoy8724]

Thanks for making this team. I eagerly await what you have to share for the other Alternative Starters lists; assuming you choose to make them. To MY mind (very OCD), this is what’s left: 1) R/S/E Sceptile 2) D/P Empoleon 3) D/P Torterra 4) R/B Blastoise 5) R/B Charizard I saved #5 for last because that one IS the Hard Mode of Generation One. Two OPTIONAL additions are updated lists for Rillaboom and Inteleon, given the DLC updates for Sword and Shield. Now, I am by NO means trying to pressure you into doing these teams, but if you do, like I said, I eagerly anticipate what you have to say. Thanks again!

[@familiassr5571]

Cool, I like how you balance the teams.

[@glebs]

I like Walrein better than gyarados because you can get ice beam without the game corner, which is possibly the slowest game corner in Pokémon history

[@pustindoirier]

There is Ice Beam TM in the abandoned ship

[@mkt568]

I don’t think you’ve done alternate teams for the ORIGINAL Red and Blue yet.

[@marcelo335]

Just finished an Emerald playthrough, my team's completely infected with the virus right now. I used: *Blaziken* -Blaze Kick -Bulk Up -Slash -Sky Uppercut *Ludicolo* -Giga Drain -Surf -Ice Beam -Fake Out *Crobat* -Sludge Bomb -Fly -Shadow Ball -Steel Wing *Flygon* -Dragon Claw -Crunch -Earthquake -Dragon Breath *Aggron* -Earthquake -Iron Tail -Double-Edge -Rock Slide *Girafarig* -Psychic -Return -Crunch -Thunderbolt I tried to be really diverse with the typings

[@tahz9742]

oh wow really nice team ngl, never seen a girafarig being used but cool

[@Nova-tl4yc]

Exp. Share is gonna be SO useful

[@magikarp253]

Blaziken [Bulk up, flamethrower, Brick Break, Aerial Ace] Gyarados [surf, waterfall, ice beam, return] flygon [Earthquake, Dragon Claw, Crunch, rock tomb] Gardevoir [calm mind, psychic, shadow ball, thunderbolt Cradily [giga drain, toxic, ancient power, confuse ray] Crobat [fly, wing attack, sludge bomb, steel wing]

[@raghavan.kraghavan.k2952]

You should put timestamps

[@magikarp253]

Just saying there´s a con with this team it's that most of the pokemon are in a slow exp. group is you have to battle a lot of trainers and way more for Tate & Liza :|

[@mysticvulpes]

I had that same moveset on my Gardavor

[@Judgementday3010]

I actually used that exact team in Emerald when I first played it.

[@mtggmarcothegachagamer5313]

lol shadow ball on waifu gaurd is useless on gen 3. Since ghost attacks are physical

[@dominicmoras4283]

Been looking for that comment. Imagine maxing your Special Attack with Calm Mind and then going for a weak Physical Shadow Ball XD

[@mtggmarcothegachagamer5313]

@@dominicmoras4283 i did that aswell xD before knowing ghost is physical

[@chintulol3975]

Bro just give shadow ball to crobat it can learn and give thief or any other special move or Hypnosis to gardievoir

[@Richtofen-gy9cj]

despite having low power thief is the replacement available specially if Gardevoir is holding the Blackglasses and has boosted with calm mind already

[@aaishamir6718]

My notification for this video was delayed I LOVE BLAZIKENN

[@Nebula6874]

I thought this video would never happen lmao

[@genwunnergreen2100]

My best suggestion for a water type would be Tentacruel. Decent special attack, THICC special defense, and better special stab coverage than Gyarados makes it a solid addition.

[@niklasschimmel4155]

I prefer milotic

[@Greninja08]

Sir please alternative starter best'teams for red and blue too

[@rustyshackleford8296]

@@Amelia4111 whoa calm down grammar police

[@HeyItsAmber99]

This is a good team! but I have a few suggestions. First, with our resident Flyer, why not make it Flygon? he learns the move and Cradily already covers rock moves. The reason I suggest this is that Rock Tomb is only 10 less base power than Ancient Power, and has 15 PP iirc as opposed to 5. So, save Rock Tomb for Lileep, and give Flygon Fly, this opens up a spot for the final team member as Crobat is no longer needed, thus, I recommend Exploud in the last slot to cover some HMs throughout the game, with a Moveset of Strength(Rusturf tunnel) Rock Smash(Mauville City) Shadow Ball(Mystic said this already for Gardevoir but I'll get to that) and Hyper Beam(Level 40) for a good nuke option, it should have no problem launching insane normal-type offense with it's quite solid 91 Base Attack, and handling ghost types that might get in it's way. To replace Gardevoir's now-open move slot, I recommend teaching it Thief with the TM you get from the Slateport museum, as while it may be 20 base power less than Shadow Ball, Gardevoir's special attack is just 5 points under double it's attack, and Thief would benefit from Calm Mind. as dark and ghost types share the same effectiveness, it helps with the same pokemon iirc, so I'd say its a worthy replacement. Now, while there's no Steel Wing coverage anymore, I can't help with that, but these new additions are, in my opinion, worth losing a bit of coverage for types that you likely already have answers to. Edit: Oh, and as someone mentioned a bit further down, Gyarados is a strange choice indeed, My recommendation is Tentacruel to replace it, they're interchangeable as they'll both do the same things just as well, but this is my recommendation. A moveset for Tentacruel would be, obviously, Surf, Waterfall, Ice Beam, and either Dive for convenience or Sludge Bomb for a decent STAB option, even if Ice Beam already covers Grass types. This means if you want Exploud to run Return over Hyper Beam you're free to as well for something more consistent.

[@willowball9286]

Now you just need a charizard and blastoise red and blue edition and empoleon and torterra diamond and pearl edition and that should be it for now

[@notscorchingsands9718]

And then the no starter arc happens

[@chintulol3975]

Really what about radical red

[@willowball9286]

@@chintulol3975 yeah he could do that too

[@jayadevm.s3376]

Mystic says :it's kind of hard to get a cradili to level 40 Without rializing that flygon evolves at level 45!!

[@thecubeman381]

It levels up faster than cradilly, and has better attack to make grinding easier.

[@jayadevm.s3376]

@@thecubeman381 are you dumb leveling it dosent level faster every level up is same based on the level

[@thecubeman381]

@@jayadevm.s3376 It does bro. Cradilly needs more exp to get a level up than Flygon, it's called "experience group".

[@jayadevm.s3376]

@@thecubeman381 they both can be caught at level 20 so if you uso all the rare candy you can get =cradilly all the rare candies you can get plus the last gym = flygon thus flygon is harder than cradilli also I've played that game almost 6 times so I've experienced the game in diffrent ways also it's the cooles gen and I am a hoen boy its the first game I ever played

[@thecubeman381]

@@jayadevm.s3376 same here, hoenn is awesome

[@_sacredseven_]

I still dont understand how there was no physical special split in these games when the pokemon had both physical and special attack stats. Makes no sense that they wouldn't of accounted for that in the damage calculation of each move.

[@destendgem]

I'd recommend Tentacruel over Gyrados. It's more designed for mixed attacks, and it's actually faster then Gyrados. No, really. Also, maybe Thief instead of Shadow Ball? Same type advantages, but you work off the Special stat at the cost of 20 power. I think that's pretty worth it.

[@kartikbrothers6299]

Replace cradily with aggron as it is more bulky

[@bradyschmidt777]

Shadow ball is not utilized properly on Gardevoir and should instead be used by Crobat, replacing wing attack and giving it coverage over psychics and ghosts. TM thief would be an excellent replacement for shadow ball on gardevoir as it is a special move and is boosted by calm mind. 👍

[@annapurnavg5240]

Ooh that's clever 👍🏾

[@prayaag6715]

Without seeing the vid I HV the exact moveset for gardevoir

[@maynardlimbaco2506]

I'm coming back to play Gen 3 pokemon and saw this vid. My personal team is composed of: 1. Blaziken - Physical/Special Sweeper 2. Gardevoir - Special Sweeper 3. Aggron - Physical Tank 4. Flygon - Utility/Physical Sweeper 5. Milotic - Utility/Special Tank 6. Shiftry - Support/Special Sweeper

[@aryavs430]

When I played emerald, I said that I would only use new pokemon. I wasn't trying to get the best moves for each pokemon based on their stats. The most I knew about was STAB. My team wasn't the best, but it was the first team I used to get into the hall of fame. What do you think of my team and movesets. Here it is: Aggron - Iron Tail, Rock Tomb, Thunderbolt, Toxic Blaziken - Blaze Kick, Brick Break, Strength, Dig Flygon - Fire Blast, Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Fly Walrein - Body Slam, Ice Beam, Waterfall, Surf Ninjask - Leech Life, Ariel Ace, Double Team, Shadow Ball Shiftry - Feint Attack, Sunny Day, Solar Beam, Giga Drain

[@craigc6581]

getting sapphire and emerald for christmas so this is great :)

[@rrazuh]

i was thinking about replacing Gyarados with Whiscash, but is it worth it, considering Flygon already got the ground typing covered? Should i use a different water type?

[@thecubeman381]

I think tentacruel would work well.

[@kamentrainerhorn2073]

Say, Mystic. Do you have a Best Team for Swampert? Or, is that part of the Best Team for Hoenn videos? I'm contemplating a RSE playthrough, and I've only seen your ideas for Sceptile and Blaziken. (Edit: You answered my question in the first 70 seconds. Nevermind.)

[@AJboy387]

Cough *you forgot fly*cough cough

[@darkensama1390]

For me: - Blaziken has Fire and Fighting stab. - Lotad/Lombre/Ludicolo in Sapphire and Emerald helps Torchic a lot. - Zubat works well with Torchic, as resists grass twice, has a good match ups and gets Sludge Bomb not too late. - Electrike does an amazing job, he works better with Torchic than the other starters. - Absol is a good teammate for the psychic monsters that hurt Blaziken. - Trapinch or Baltoy (Ground users with levitate and access to late Earthquake, they help a lot against Electric Types, and Dragon Type is amazing). And in ruby? - Replace Lotad with Shroomish, it helps as Breloom with Wattson, against Flannery. - Replace Lotad with Carvanha or if you have trouble with Flannery: Marill (Route 117).

[@Cyanidebeans]

Diamond and pearl alternate starters is an idea

[@justanobody9655]

Ludicolo is good too, have 2 starter types water and grass which is both helpful

[@coolcruel418]

Mmmm if you wanna use Gyarados I recommend- Dragon Dance Hyper Beam Earthquake Thrash/Strength All water and ice type moves are special. They don't work nicely on Gyarados.

[@rifucurktushwjeydnydheh]

This guy: Okay so you get the move "Thunderbolt" at level 90 on the manectric you find at victory road so by then you should be able to get past the first rival battle, may.

[@zacharyjoy8724]

Also, VERY surprised that Manectric didn’t make the cut this time. Especially when it made literally EVERY other Hoenn list.

[@Richtofen-gy9cj]

until thunderbolt use spark or shock wave

[@rifucurktushwjeydnydheh]

@@Richtofen-gy9cj which are tms you find in the champion room only in emerald

[@Saabsarblx]

Can I replace crobat with skarmory?

[@mikhaelreikoa.p.2495]

I really need a pokemon for wallace's champion team but im 11 and i still choose pokemon on how cool they look (cradily isnt cutting it)

[@TheDIDIBUS11323]

One million of thanks

[@RedDragonForce2]

A return to early Gens means Moves cost Poké. Flamethrower: 4K Coins Ice Beam (optional): 4K Coins Thunderbolt (optional): 4K Coins Okay then. Depending on when you want The three Staple Elements (perfectly balanced as all things should be), you will need to grind just a little bit. Thankfully, there’s plenty of items to sell to help you reach your goal. Required: 80K Poké. Pretty easy if you manage your money effectively. Optional: additional 160K Poké. Not as easy, especially if you’re having some bad luck and needing extra potions and such. Recommend the Soda Pop stand just South of Slateport for good healing in the mid game at a welcomed price. Beyond that, Emerald will let you rematch some Rich People on Route 103, so you can get some extra cash with patience as you go through your early game. Great team, and the cost is respectable depending on how patient you really are!

[@Mrpovea]

gyarados is the second best water type? i don't think so, if you have the patience and time (a lot of patience and time), you can find one water type that is increidibly strong, and besides, if you want to grind a magikarp, finding it won't be so different, and leveling it up won't be so hard (even when you need knowelde of side mecanics to evolve it), yes, I'm talking about milotic, it has a fantastic special attack, and defenses as good as tentacruel. But if you dont wan't to spend your time (again, i swear it's worthy) use a tentacruel, that thing is awsome too (not as much as milotic, but it does an awsome job).

[@xfdzfd4370]

Well it's not always easy to get a Milotic. If the six random tiles are all above the waterfall, you are not getting your Feebas.

[@pidg3otto262]

I prefer the best boi ever. Gyarados