Bulbasaur Line Solo Challenge - Pokémon FireRed

Challenge Rules:
- I can only use my starter in battle.
- No items in trainer battles except held items.
- No glitches, exploits, or RNG manipulations.
First playthrough:
- No Double Team, Substitute until level 100
- 31 IVs across the board
- Cheating for information is acceptable as a last resort
Second Playthrough:
- All bets are off. Complete the game as fast as possible
- Max 31 IVs unless pursuing Hidden Power
- The option of a single egg move
- I will be playing these runs at 4x game speed
My footage will be edited to give what I consider a better viewing experience. This includes making cuts, fades, and adjusting the speed of the footage to match my commentary.
I use a software called "PKHeX" to edit my starter, setting things like it's Nature, and IVs to be perfect 31s, or marginally reduced to give specific Hidden Power typing to optimize strategy. All of the Pokémon I use are 100% attainable in the base game. The software allows me to create my "perfect" egg Pokémon in a much shorter timeframe.
PKHeX also allows me to set my Pokédex total to max after the Round 1 Elite 4. A requirement of Round 2 is catching 60 species and I am only interested in the potential of the Pokémon that I'm running instead of my ability to catch Pokémon optimally.
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[@loulou3676]

the story behind the Lillian name is so wholesome

[@Eggsceptional]

Thank you :) I just had to!

[@Aaron.Seabolt]

Oh man I'll show my daughter this video tomorrow. She'll love it. Thank you Eggsceptional.

[@Eggsceptional]

My pleasure :D That's amazing good for you for getting into programming! My overlay components were written by another creator, KangaskDan, but it's HTML mixed with Javascript as far as I understand it. That's what interprets/outputs the values being read by GameHook. I'm working to understand it more myself :)

[@Aaron.Seabolt]

@@Eggsceptional thank you, I’ll do some more digging. I think I want to make that my first project. I showed my daughter the beginning of this video and she giggled saying “that’s me”.

[@Eggsceptional]

@@Aaron.Seabolt Best of luck with it :) I don't fully understand it myself. Only how to make it work.. mostly. All the best to your daughter! I hope she enjoys.

[@NathanRhysGeorge]

Matt doesn't miss. Keep liking the videos, guys!

[@Eggsceptional]

Thank you :) I appreciate the support.

[@jackruby6696]

THE EGG IS BACKKKK

[@Eggsceptional]

Back in.. green! This time.

[@manuelpavanello90]

Bulbasaur line is my very first crush on Pokémon franchise

[@Eggsceptional]

He's so stinkin' cute! I'll always be partial to my sunglass wearing Squirtle, but Bulbasaur has a dear spot in my heart :)

[@jptheflipper3825]

Eggcellent sir, quite Eggcellent, my apologies for not being around in the chat, I made it to the premiere, but lagging kept me out of the chat for all of it. you made a good run with this one, Venasaur is my favorite, has been for since I 1st played Blue way back in the late 90's when it made it to the UK. that 1st run, went about as well as it could of, Venasaur is a beast but only at the end of the game, its movepool is quite bad as you found out despite access to sleep, growth and swords dance. your use of mimic was despite inspired I must say and quite effective, Agatha is its real challenge for it has nothing and going in with mimic strats was your best bet and worked very nicely. for the R2, you took an interesting but unsurprising route, I've used a physical set before and have found sludge bomb, earthquake and body slam to be quite effective with swords dance, sleep with Venasaur as you found is quite unreliable compared with Spore on Parasect but I guess you made it work. the 2nd run was a twist, I was quite sure you;d go for curse and go for a full physical set before you had access to swords dance, I've done pure physical Saur before in my poison runs and it works quite nicely as long as you preserve a STAB grass move for the sake of coverage. HP rock made sense it covered what you needed to cover and magical leaf is a superb move, never missing with a STAB move is a nice luxury after all. as a heads up if you intend to rerun it, you can have magical leaf on Gardivour as Kirlia in FR only can have magical leaf via the move reminder, if you can resit the urge to evolve until then, you could have as well as shock wave for it, image both of those boosted by calm mind as well as STAB psychic for good measure. did you consider anything like a Sunny day, solarbeam HP fire set for it at any point as well, it can be effective to a point but for a special saur, coverage is better with ice or psychic? overall I think Venasaur went very well, I think you have learnt much from running Parasect and you are better prepared for running the more limited grass types such as Venasaur. it suffers greatly because of its moveset but it is so good once it gets going and I still maintain the same with Parasect. I hope your runs with future grass types go just as well, Victreebel will be good one I just know it. your upcoming Charizard run will be interesting, we have spoken of it often and its access to so many great boosting move (although all of them oddly physical ones) I wonder if you will try the Swords dance VS belly drum approach we have talked of. I think it might work out the same, while setting up 3 swords dances you might take 3 hits and faint whereas with belly drum you'll lose half HP but might take 1 or no hits and be maxed out in one turn, it'll be good when it runs. I have news on the Nidoqueen run, I have got my special queen up to 53 for crunch and finally evolved. it takes every optional battle possible to do so before Erika. I suggest before Erika as Nidorina does not get ice beam or flamethrower to deal with her and being fully evolved for Silph and Sabrina after is very beneficial. I have kept water pulse and shock wave for now as the PP and coverage is just right for this point in the game. I hope your attempts with it work out just as nicely. a word of warning though. although they share much in common, the Nidos do not get the same egg moves and Queen does not get confusion as King does, a trade off I think for Queen getting bite and crunch.

[@Eggsceptional]

No worries at all! I was hoping that I would do our Poison dual type proud. I've absolutely loved stepping back into the Gen 1 starters so far. You raise some very good points about the first run. I feel like the majority of the resets were from sleep being so unreliable and me not knowing exactly what I was aiming for every battle. I hate to admit it, but Paras was the better sleeper. I loved being able to throw in some Mimic strats. It was a new one for me. I did try converting Saur over to Solarbeam/Sunny Day at one point in the league against Agatha. that was before going for Mimic, and it felt super lackluster. Worse so than Meganium I would say, strangely enough. With access to SD in R2 I could essentially forget it when routing, it was all about that R1 league. Physical focus with Giga Drain coverage was so strong. Stronger than I think I gave it credit for initially. There are a few Grass types that I'm really looking forward to, Victreebel among them. I know we've discussed it a fair amount already. I'm hoping it stays true to its Gen 1 dominance. I was thinking about including a segment when I'm testing where I'll test out the league with both SD and Belly Drum. I need to know which is faster/more reliable after all. I see Belly Drum being a tough one because of Rock Tombs, but I'm willing to try it out! I'm thinking there's a way. Booyeah! Nothing like having Crunch on your special attacker in FR. I don't think I've gushed about Crunch lately. Did you know that I love that move? King gets access to Confusion as an egg move? That's confusing to me. Then again I shouldn't be too surprised by that. They get SO much coverage after all. I'm hoping that my runs with them go smoothly enough. I'm so curious as to how phys/spec attacking affects time.

[@jptheflipper3825]

​@@Eggsceptional I think you did it proud, its a tough one to run and you did the best you could with what you had to work with within the 1st run. I think with better sleep luck it could of done better. on occassion I do go without sleep completely because of the accuracy luck. Spore is the best sleep move and it is hard to compare, imagine if Venasaur had access to it, it would make sense, it has a giant flower on its back, looks like it could let off some spores. of course butterfree with compound eyes making sleep powder almost never miss is a close second to that at least. Venasaur often surprised me with its physical sets, dual STAB, swords dance and earthquake (or body slam, my preference) is a very powerful combo and thats not counting the power of HP. I think the mimic strats was best for Agatha, short of cheating a HP to make everything easier for the rest of the 1st run, it was the best you could get. the Victreebel will be epic, but I warn you, it loses some of the power it had in Gen 1, mimic strats will again be a must for start as it will have the same problems that Venasaur had with Agatha. and you won't have access to earthquake if you really need it. swords dance and sludge bomb will be nice for R2, but that will still leave the R1 to deal with. also, it is a better mixed attacker as it has 100+ base in attack and special, but it will not have Venasaurs bulk. I would very much like to see how that works out for you, testing Charizards various boosting moves, Belly drum is rather simple, you boost and hope to survive a hit, then if it does, you sweep. the others will come down to how much you set up before deciding to attack. I assume you'll keep flamethrower on it handy for some high power STAB. and I don't think I need to guess the 2 physical moves you'll be giving all of them. Blastoise by comparison will run a lot more simply, it has no boosting options and can mix attack as much as you like, the real issue with it is choosing which 4 moves you have on it, we need more than 4 moves some days. I think Blastoise will run much like the Nidos, decent stats, mixed attacking and a good move pool to back up both. Crunch is awesome so far, I crunched Sabrina to pieces (giggity) and I think the rest of the game will be the same, I eggpect a reset or 2 in some places in the league, but not until then. with the special set, I am finding certain special tanks a problems, Muk's are a real pain because they just tank everything and then set up more defense or evasion, Hypnos can also tank a crunch too. confusion as an egg move is odd, it gets it from Slobro I think as well as Amnesia to boost special defense, again odd. the coverage of the Nidos is so big, the only moves they don't get are grass and flying, but thats what HP is for I guess. you'll love running them.

[@Eggsceptional]

​@@jptheflipper3825 Ahh JP, I'm Canadian, and I can't help but say sorry again. I've really missed the mark with my replies lately. Sleep Powder is such a tough choice to make. It CAN be so effective, but it's so unreliable. Especially since they introduced being able to move on your wake up turn. If only Venusaur got Spore.. if only. I could make that happen.. but it's cheaty :P I loved being able to throw in a Mimic strat that worked. I think it made Agatha much easier. I also learned that Shadow Punch can't miss (it's a move that I never use). Super nifty trick for R1 Gengar! I can't recall off the top of my head does Victreebel get Growth as well? If so, there's a way through R1 it just may require a bit of grinding. In the first run anyway.... in the second I already know what egg move I'm choosing :D It's funny... The video is about to premiere so I don't mind spoiling this. I barely did any testing. I did one run of the league with Charizard starting where he did in my playthrough. That's all I needed. Charizard was a BLAST. Blastoise was about how I eggspected it go. Solid, but without the boosting move there were different challenges. The egg move is a puzzler. Yesssss Crunch everything. What level did you end up attempting the leagues at? Muks can always be a pain for sure and I find myself always underestimating how bulky Drowzee/Hypno are in SpD. They're a good gut check when you're stomping through with Surf :P Don't the Nidos get Aerial Ace? So does that just leaf grass? ...ha

[@jptheflipper3825]

​@@Eggsceptional its ok, I know you are a busy boy over there and have a lot of work to do, I did miss the Tuesday stream, I had been looking forward to that. sleep powder could of worked if you stuck with it but the lack of perfect accuracy is always a concern. spore would of been a little too broken on it, spore and swords dance or growth is a little much on something that is as good as Venasaur especially in later gens where its movepool expanded. and I think you have demonstrated that for the sake of entertainment and the satisfaction of curiosity, a little cheaty is ok. mimic strats = fun strats my friend, I knew you'd have fun with that one. and yeah shadow punch never misses, it is a shame that its always physical and can't be used to its full effect by a lot of ghosts, you made good use of it with mimic. I am working on a finding something that can have a set of all never miss moves, imagine having something that will literally never miss? could work as a Smeargle sense if nothing else Victreebel does, it gets it early as well, so boosting before evolving will be nice, the real trick is holding off the leaf stone until razor leaf. Victreebel has a slightly worse set than Venasaur so choosing your nature and stat spread as well as R1 and R2 movepools will require a lot of thought. mimic strats might come into play again as well as a 1st run HP. having not long watched Charizard I see why, it just worked and it was fairly epic. Blastoise will be interesting to see. I maintain it will run much like my Nidos have recently, although much less specialized, mixed attacking will work nicely for it, STAB surf of course, ice beam when you need it of course, but mostly a physical set to make sure you have coverage for nearly every battle. I did crunch everything, it was great for neutral damage. nope no aerial ace or grass moves aside from HP. I genuinely thought the Nidos got aerial ace, so much so that ruined some plans for King which I have had to account for with physical queen. hypnos and muks were a pain but I got through them. oddly I never went with surf, water pulse worked until I had ice beam, special queen is not easy and for how you run your runs, a mixed set might be better, King can go full special vs physical much easier

[@Eggsceptional]

​@@jptheflipper3825 Combining threads!

[@tylerd1297]

I love your channel man. I used to use my gameshark to do these, and being the lazy uninspired person i am i never did anything myself and said someone should tap into Frlg like Scott and Jrose. You are that channel and a huge step above the content doing Frlg before you. I wish round 2 wasnt so long to get to playing without cheats. Its where Venusaur and some others really shine.

[@Eggsceptional]

Thank you :) I appreciate you saying that. Getting to Round 2 when you're playing at 4x gamespeed isn't horrible at least, but on original hardware? For sure it takes a while. The Kanto starters so far definitely feel like they dominate their home region.

[@adamrojas9235]

solid run once again! like those gym leader intros! Also, just know that when I see these videos pop up im always excited to watch! i understand that life gets busy and doing youtube full time is not always the most profitable at first. you got this! i'm always excited for these videos!

[@Eggsceptional]

Thank you! I'm really trying my best to make everything work without totalling myself. It is what it is! I'm going to keep making content as long as I possibly can :D

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

9:14 and 42:00 ooooo 69 nice 15:28 you answered the age old question of TM28 being *TOMBSTONER, BROTHER!!!* ...Or Tombstony 😂 19:38 id expect there to be no poison since youre using a grass/poison mon 😂 21:51 for the onixiseseseses 31:27 for the steelixeseseses 31:01 ah hey!! The return of the swords danceseseses rather than SDs 40:40 oooo oooo lemme guess HP Rock?! 54:16 for the brunononononononono

[@Eggsceptional]

I can't help it! I'm terrified of Poison as a general rule! HP Rock my friend ;) It's so good for Grass coverage! And in general...

[@Maliktheslowking]

This man never miss to make good videos love it

[@Eggsceptional]

Thank you :) I try my best.

[@Tanaevera]

Great run! I hope you'll manage things no matter what happen next. Take care and thanks for your great work!

[@Eggsceptional]

Thank you! Everything is going to work out eggsactly the way it needs to :)

[@SaltlakePromotionz]

One of my fav youtubers. Keep it up bro.

[@Eggsceptional]

I appreciate it :) Always nice to see a familiar name from the very start of everything.

[@jackruby6696]

CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT VIDEO EGG THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL YOU DO

[@Eggsceptional]

Thank you! I do my best :D

[@Flaris]

Bulbasaur is a classic. I didn’t use him that often since Charmander existed, but he’s still got a good design.

[@Eggsceptional]

Bulbasaur has hands down been my fave Grass starter to play so far. That dual typing is so nice. I agree though.. Charmander overshadows it, and I'm really looking forward to Squirtle :D

[@Flaris]

@@Eggsceptional Gen 1 I think did a great job with the starters. There is no bad one in terms of how they look. Obviously some will have a much easier time in terms of gameplay than others. Bulbasaur is cool in the theme of it's evolution. Nice and simple. Charmander of course is too good in terms of concept. Lizard with a flame on its tail that evolves into a fire dragon? Yes please. Squirtle is nice as well. And I'm sure the run with him will be great! Design wise you can't go wrong with evolving into a big turtle with water cannons!

[@Eggsceptional]

@@Flaris Absolutely! Kanto is not kind to certain types that's for sure. Design wise, learnset, typing, all of it. Squirtle is the one I'm looking forward to most. But I can't deny. All of the Gen 1 starters are my absolute favourites.

[@Eeened]

Damn, seeing the mimic strategy was really cool! I hope it may appear again in future runs.

[@Eggsceptional]

Now that I'm that little bit more comfortable with it I don't see why not! Thanks :)

[@PegasusPablo]

Yeah, being an adult is really tough indeed. But we gotta be unintimidatabletable!

[@Eggsceptional]

Eggsactly! I couldn't have said it better myself ;)

[@veghesther3204]

I love it especially since it doesn't take like 40+ levels to learn Sleep Powder in this remake of the Gen 1 games.

[@Eggsceptional]

Right? Sleep Powder may have carried this run pretty hard.

[@veghesther3204]

Exactly in Gen 1 its only usable at like lv 45 on Bulbasaur alone and but then you'll Likely already have the Elite 4 being beaten making it practically useless.

[@Eggsceptional]

@@veghesther3204 That's heartbreaking. I'm looking at a similar situation (kind of) with a potential Breloom run. In order to get Spore I can't evolve until level 54. It seriously discourages that move.

[@DropOutStratos]

"Venasaur is an outlier" Paras just wait for improved Round 1 to be lower than Shuckle probably

[@Eggsceptional]

We'll see! Paras is already faster than Shuckle at least. I'm wondering if there will be a run that ends up slower?

[@jackruby6696]

USING MIMIC HOLY MOLY

[@Eggsceptional]

Who would have thunk it, eh?

[@Jirachel335]

Nice run! For some reason I would’ve thought that Venusaur would’ve been a better special attacker, but that must be newer generations clouding my judgement. Also, I was thinking… isn’t the name rapidash redundant? Doesn’t the word dash already imply that it’s rapid? I’ve never heard of a slow dash 🤔

[@Eggsceptional]

Venusaur would have been a fantastic special attacker if it had more options than "Grass, Grass, or Grass". Maybe Rapidash is like.. Speed^2. This is another run I can't wait to revisit with newer mechanics :D

[@GBNationalist]

I hope we continue to receive your eggsceptional content good sir. I hope it all works out for you.

[@Eggsceptional]

Thank you! I'm putting in a lot of work behind the scenes right now to try and accomplish that :) I really appreciate it!

[@lumineinfinitussilverkagat8094]

Whoo!! Let's go Venusaur!!! This is a great vid and loved every second of it (even if every time Charizard showed up it made me flash back to my brother's Charizard and I felt every bit of pain from the resets it costed you) was pretty sure you would go with the moves you chose but Mimic was an interesting choice for Agatha and Lance in the first run (also never knew that there was a hidden nugget in Copycat's room...though part of me would feel bad taking it since it feels like you're stealing a kid's allowance) Also I can't remember if I asked this before or if someone has asked this but you always edit the save to have the Pokédex requirements for the Sevii Islands and to get the Item Finder for the Leftovers after the Round 1 League but couldn't you edit the file beforehand to get Leftovers as soon as possible since you have to get to Cycling Road anyways or is it faster for some reason to wait until Round 2 or are Leftovers just not needed for Round 1?

[@Eggsceptional]

Ahhh there were a lot of resets to that Charizard but what can you do right? Grass types are gonna Grass type. I kind of felt bad taking the Nugget worth $5000 from her, then buying a less expensive Poké doll in exchange for Mimic.. but only a little :P The only reason that I leave the Leftovers out of Round 1 is because of the catch requirement. It's 60 for Round 2, so I add those between runs, but if a Pokémon happens to need Leftovers to complete the Round 1 league I feel that's something they should have to grind and catch for. Leftovers are wicked strong after all.

[@lumineinfinitussilverkagat8094]

That makes sense and is a valid reason for Round 1 Leftovers Also I guess the nugget is her savings for the doll but is also probably a failsafe if the player has no money, no items to sell, and no way to use payday as a way to keep them from being locked out from getting the Mimic TM in the Gen 1 games...though having no money is more of an issue if you haven't gotten surf from the Safari Zone since then you would be softlocked if you had absolutely no way to pay for the fee to get in, in Yellow they built in a failsafe where the guard will give you one safari ball so you can enter for free and grab the Surf HM but it wasn't in Red and Blue. Another note about the Nugget in Copycat's room is in the original Red and Green that nugget was one of 6 hidden items that not only were undetectable by the item finder since the code considered them to have already been collected but if you picked up one of them the other 5 would disappear until you left a fossil to be revived at Cinnabar@@Eggsceptional Edit: I actually got the info on the 6 broken hidden items wrong when it comes to why the item finder can't locate them, Instead, five of these six items have another set of coordinates that the Item finder believes them to be located at instead, although there is no item hidden at that position.

[@Eggsceptional]

@@lumineinfinitussilverkagat8094 So reading through what you wrote I found myself asking the question once again: "What even was Gen 1?" I love the jank that existed, and thank you for clarifying so much about that Nugget. I had... no idea :D Even including the edit.. what is Gen 1?

[@thisman8056]

Secret power doesn't make contact,the animation makes it look like it does,but it doesn't

[@Eggsceptional]

Doesn't it? I was convinced that it does. Good to know in the future, thank you :)

[@thisman8056]

@@Eggsceptional You're welcome chief,glad i could help my fav poketuber

[@CasualVideoGamer]

Bulbasaur line is my preferred choice in gen one starters. I remember picking Bulbasaur when I first got Red all because everyone else I knew picked either Charmander or Squirtle. I didn't want Bulbasaur to feel left out. Named him Salad.

[@Eggsceptional]

I chose Bulbasaur for the same reason! But it wasn't because of my friends.. it's because I had already beaten the game with Charmander and Squirtle :D Salad is an amazing name for Bulba

[@CasualVideoGamer]

@@Eggsceptional it started a trend... Chikorita was Pear, Treecko was Kale, Turtwig was BruslSprot, etc.

[@Eggsceptional]

@@CasualVideoGamer I had no idea! Now I have to revisit all of the Grass starter art to see if I can figure out what they all are

[@DoctorKamino]

I would say that the bulby line is the best pokemon to pick in gen 1 if you: A) Are going to actually catch the 60 required pokemon to get to the post game 2) Do not wish to grind a butterfree for sleep powder and/or continue to grind it or stronger pokemon later that can use a sleep move. c) won't catch-and-grind to evolve anything but a beedrill or butterfree line) Why do I Comment this? My last 3 fire red runs used each starter as part of my team. (I still hate charizard and I'm not sorry, Americans and Canadians alike can disagree on pokemons) Catching pokemon has been more difficult with the squirtle line as I've had to catch 3 different pokemon to use sleep to catch enough. that being said, I Feel like keeping sleep powder for a long time is CRUCIAL for any sort of bulby run. not gonna lie though, in traditional red/blue I feel that squirtle is the ONLY option to select. It's really a no-brainer based on typing alone. The only typing that rules supreme above water imo in OG kanto is Psychic.

[@Eggsceptional]

Sleep definitely helps get around a few problems in the run. And catching of course! Bulbasaur is a perfect little intro to Pokémon :) Squirtle will always be my boy though

[@ricksdarkness3257]

Venusaur is just amazing in general

[@Eggsceptional]

I had so much fun with Venusaur :) I'm a believer

[@ricksdarkness3257]

@@Eggsceptional I was doing a solo challenge with Venusaur in Sapphire and got to the Elite Four with few problems. Sleep Powder and Leech Seed is really great

[@Eggsceptional]

@@ricksdarkness3257 For getting through Pokémon that would otherwise wall you absolutely. Leech Seed is great too because it isn't healed by Full Restores/the like. My only problem with it is how slow it is relying on it of knockouts :P

[@reicherwallace6774]

The best starter ❤ he's so cute in his first stage.

[@Eggsceptional]

Bulba has been hands down my favourite Grass starter to play so far :D

[@reicherwallace6774]

@Eggsceptional He's built different. 💪 Honestly I can't think of a better grass starter in the series.

[@Eggsceptional]

@@reicherwallace6774 Nor I! How can you not love it??

[@elifretty1018]

You only have 4K? I could’ve sworn you were way bigger especially with the high quality of your videos, so I’m hoping you blow up soon

[@Eggsceptional]

I try my hardest! There must be something about the algorithm that I'm not understanding. Nothing to do but keep working :) Thanks for your support!

[@elifretty1018]

@@Eggsceptional one of these days the algorithm will bless you but regardless I’ll be rooting for you

[@Eggsceptional]

@@elifretty1018 Meanwhile all I can do is keep working hard. Thank you for your support :)

[@bateltheassistant]

Eggseptional play,with an eggseptional run and eggseptional starter for Kanto as well😊. Venosaur is such a great starter to have, especially when you don't need to fear half of the game that you'll get poisoned. The one thing that can get you confused about this pokemon is whether you would take the physical path or the stab special one?Well,your second playthrough was the best answer for that,why not both?😂 And aim for that rock coverage as well, because that lizard on wings is too much right? (I'll need to face it too today with Meganium and I'm not too thrilled about it..)I'm glad that Venosaur had won for Parasect, because that 4 times weakness is too much. 😮 Charizard is going to get physical for sure for the upcoming run , because you basically don't have the right coverage for that Blastoise. It amazes me that you can put out a lot of content like this weekly. And yeah having a part time job can make it even rougher for you,so try to take it easy and take care of yourself while doing so.😊

[@Eggsceptional]

Thank you :) I enjoyed playing Bulbasaur so much, especially compared to the other Grass starters. That Poison typing had a lot to do with it. What can I say? HP Rock works sooooo well! I've had a lot of fun with the Fire lizard so far but I won't spoil anything too much yet :) I've been trying my darndest! But hey, reality is still a thing despite how desperately I want to deny that sometimes :P

[@bateltheassistant]

@@Eggsceptional I'm starting count how many times I'm getting poisoned with Meganium and it's quite a lot ,so I appreciate the secondary poison type.😂 Hp rock basically solves most of the grass type's problems. Give it sword dance and the lizard on wings doesn't stand a chance. 🤣 Don't worry at some point you'll be able to do that full time ,or get these videos out faster with a team. Because I know that a lot of people will love your content.😊

[@Eggsceptional]

@@bateltheassistant Absolutely! I hope you've been enjoying Meganium. It was a bit of a struggle in my first run, but with Ancientpower it was fun :D Speaking of HP Rock/Rock moves in general... I hope so! Honestly, I don't need to be a big KZbinr or anything. I would love to be able to live my life, doing something I love, working hard.. Ahh that's the dream. I'll get there :)

[@bateltheassistant]

@@Eggsceptional Meganium's run is pretty unique, because I needed to think how to route everything, because I want the little guy to get comparable results with Typhlosion's time. That's why I'm doing more than 20+ runs to make sure that it will have a shot. 😂 Just being able to make your hobby a full time job sounds like a dream come true. I have a feeling that because of your hard work a lot of people will enjoy your content, because the way you portray the journey of these runs is kind of special,in my humble opinion.😄 Anyways, I can't wait for the new run.

[@Eggsceptional]

@@bateltheassistant Holy moly! 20+ runs! That's some Meganium dedication. What game are you running this in? Crystal? I really hope Meganium can do well, but against Typhlosion? I don't know :P It's been a minute since I Gen 2'd but I remember haaating playing with Chikorita and loving Typhlosion as a kid. That's the dream after all :D It's less that it's a hobby and more that I've never had a creative outlet like this. That alone has been such an incredible change in my life, never mind the plethora of other great changes. I appreciate you saying that. I love a good story! I hope you enjoy the next one :)

[@shootingstardust97]

Actually on the way to berry forest if u have less than 2 pkmn, the twins will not engage u iirc since they should follow the RSE double trainer mechanics, so u will not break the mechanic :) The mimic strategy was cool though, it reminds me so much of regular gen 1 runs. Regarding egg move, I was thinking u may have went for a setup move like curse, since it was so dominent in gen 2 runs, and it would have paired well with the lonely nature,maybe even brave nature can work if we are going curse strats, but magical leaf does solve some issues, everyone knows the ace of our rival is always birdbrain, the bane of solo runs. Wondering if u will be taking any pokemon suggestions for future runs? Such as a ninjask vs Shedinja (Shedinja can't fully complete the game using league 2 rules though)

[@Eggsceptional]

Ahh I think I did know this, but I totally forgot that the twins won't engage you if you have a single Pokémon. I enjoyed being able to use Mimic! It was very different. Ahh yes, bird brains. I think I made the right choice. I was so concerned with the Speed drop from Curse, and the incoming Fire damage from Charizard. For sure! I've added it to the list, though be patient. The dreaded Shedinja run feels like another that will take it out of me :P

[@shootingstardust97]

@@Eggsceptional great, looking fwd to that run in the future, though likely shedinja ranking mechanics will have to be altered, or the fight somehow cheated just due to Ttar sand stream will OHKO shedinja, rip for no safety goggles in gen 3

[@Eggsceptional]

@@shootingstardust97 It's theoretically possible to get T-tar to switch into a Sunny Day turn, but what circumstances create that switch I don't know. Maybe stacking Double Teams would encourage the switch? Then of course you have to 1 shot the thing.. Shedinja will be a nasty one :)

[@jamesgrenier8856]

Leaving this comment to boost you in the algorithm

[@Eggsceptional]

I appreciate it :)

[@bombademar4711]

Do the stats on the overlay include badge boosts? If not, that might have been why you still outsped hitmonlee

[@Eggsceptional]

They should and have up until this point. It occurs to me that I may have had Hitmonlee's nature wrong and he's perhaps -Speed? There are so many things I still feel I don't know about this game.

[@chefgrizz6284]

It would take absolute ages but Toxic Leech seed Rest HP Ground

[@chefgrizz6284]

Big troll energy

[@thisman8056]

Agatha walls hard,lance too

[@Eggsceptional]

There are a lot of fun sets like that that unfortunately just aren't great for a solo Pokémon in Kanto. Leech Seed stall is best stall though :D

[@aryana1879]

shark :)

[@Eggsceptional]

Do do do do do do.... Darn shark :D

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Baby shark, doo-doo-doo-doo-doo-doo

[@trevorstevenson4038]

Better use Leech Seed the whole game! Man I love abusing that move.

[@Eggsceptional]

If only it could knock things out that little bit faster :P Leech Seed has saved my bacon so many times..

[@dragonspight]

8 minutes in, and I'm not sure Agatha's going to be a fun fight. Will this be the mythical HP ghost? 40 minutes in, and my disappointment about HP is slightly assuaged by double Helix

[@Eggsceptional]

Agatha sure wasn't! I hope you enjoy the little work around I tried out :) What can I say? I have to mix it up sometimes

[@dragonspight]

@@Eggsceptional It was very Jrosesque in a good way

[@DoctorKamino]

ether is only for elite four/champion battles.

[@yorecf9641]

39:03 Magical Leaf has 5 more base power (60) than Razor Leaf (55).

[@Eggsceptional]

Yes! I got this one wrong, thank you for the correction.

[@Joonesyy]

❤

[@Eggsceptional]

[@Joonesyy]

I absolutely love your videos. I often watch them back to back to back to back on a daily basis. Your commentary is top tier with some eggsceptional puns. I have your videos saved as a playlist to fall asleep too as well. Thank you for the amazing videos on a consistent basis.

[@Eggsceptional]

@@Joonesyy Thank you so much for watching :D As long as you keep watching, I'm going to keep creating :)

[@Weniavin1206]

Is badge boost a thing in this gen?

[@Eggsceptional]

There are badge boosts, yes, but no glitch that re-applies them like in Gen 1. It's just a flat 10% boost to various stats as you collect badges.

[@PegasusPablo]

Yeah, some algorithm boosting

[@Eggsceptional]

I appreciate it :) Thank you.

[@Necrostevo]

MY FAVORITE. PEEP THE ICON.

[@Necrostevo]

More useful comment: I cannot wait to see HP Rock destroy everything that is annoying in the first round.

[@Eggsceptional]

I peeped it! I hope you enjoyed eggsactly that happening :D

[@billlong4586]

Bulbasaur line=easy mode, squirtle is medium, charmander is hard.

[@Eggsceptional]

We'll see about that! Bulbasaur was awesome but I think that there's some big plays possible with the other two. I hope!

[@billlong4586]

@@Eggsceptional I believe it was said in the red version manual.

[@Eggsceptional]

@@billlong4586 Interesting! I suppose that would make sense as a new player. Playing like I do I'd say Squirtle has something to say about that ;)

[@dylanfoote243]

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[@Eggsceptional]

That's me!

[@user-dh7pr8lo2i]

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[@Eggsceptional]

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[@gay_sex]

RNGesus must've had some real special kind of beef with you to make sure that you get all those burns that the rival's ace gave you, and a 10% chance only, no less! Are you sure you didn't give charmander Serene Grace by sheer accident?

[@Eggsceptional]

You know, there are runs where it definitely feels like my opponents have Serene Grace. That's part of why I love these games. The RNG can make the same battles feel SO different.