Can Abra Beat Pokemon Sapphire WITHOUT Special Attacks?

[@adriannarafel5225]

"Oh cool, he's up to Steven, video must be close to being over!" *Checks the time remaining* "Oh no! :)"

[@DoodMcAwesome]

I remember glancing at this comment when I started the video. And I was still not expecting this to happen with HALF OF THE VIDEO left. I also didn’t look at how long the video was when I started watching it lol. This is wild.

[@adriannarafel5225]

@@DoodMcAwesome LMAO, I am glad that happened then

[@Sloppy_Pickles]

Last time there was a month of Jrose I was struggling with anxiety through my grad school program so much so that I couldn’t sleep more than 4 hours any given night and these videos were the only thing that could distract me enough from my anxiety to fall asleep. Now, I’m two weeks away from graduating from my doctoral program and in a much better place mentally and I’m so excited to enjoy this once again in the right mindset. Thank you Jrose11! Your work and positivity do more than you know and I’m grateful for all the time and effort you put in for us!

[@dogearflopper7011]

Congrats, Dr. Sloppy Pickles!

[@navidahmed1]

Congratulations, Dr. Sloppy Pickles!

[@VanchaMarch2]

Congratulations, Dr. Sloppy Pickles!

[@MasrSR]

Doc Slopp

[@Jrose11]

Thank you for the extremely kind words, glad I could help in any way! Congrats on your accomplishments!

[@AnnoyingSonic789]

I gasped when I paused right before the first Elite Four member and saw the next HOUR would just be the elite four

[@DoctorFalchion]

Over 40 minutes for just Steven... well, technically 💀

[@costa4855]

those Naruto substitute strats in the second run were satisfying af

[@ClaraFinn]

good LORD you didn’t have to go this hard for the first video of the month

[@SoniaDCM]

I would say this challenge is stoo much for any month

[@leonardoguida.]

Yeah

[@ChamblesRNG]

Chill. He probably recorded this weeks ago

[@maxpower2814]

But he did. He did go this hard. He did it for us.

[@kappasfdsdafasf]

We’re eating good chat

[@riotd.r.8363]

This is the Pokemon version of punching a wooden wall until you can punch through it.

[@Krugis]

I imagine this exact thing, but it's an Abra trying to punch through one of those paper walls 🤣

[@RealCryptoTest]

“I think that’s one hell of a bird.”

[@steegen101]

Doctor Who episodes Heaven Sent / Hell Bent

[@boogbirb495]

If Steve can do it

[@Zokolov]

22:53 That "STOP USING SAND ATTACK 😡" was so real, that came from the heart

[@prog6972]

15:32 "Pick-up Slakings". Great video, cheers!

[@brendan6555]

All the pokemon NPC's wonder why this boy is walking around battling with a physical Abra instead of using his hacked Slaking without truant.

[@BigThonk999]

hell a Slaking with Pickup might just boost it into UU usage if not OU

[@gavinyeet5821]

@@BigThonk999 In gen 3 a Slaking with pickup is top 3 in OU, probably dethroning Tyranitar as #1, if it isn't banned

[@Yurikon3]

@@brendan6555 That's why they are just NPCs in the Jrose's world.

[@ilbabo2218]

I'm so glad you pronounced the E4's names properly again.

[@ProgMega]

Jrose: “However, his other stats: ATK & DEF are not so great” Abra’s HP stat: “Phew, glad it’s not me”

[@lemeres2478]

29:40 into an 1 hr 20 min video, and we are facing the elite 4 at level 100

[@harryperdomo5998]

Thats exactly when i looked at the clock too and just thought “OH NO!”

[@SemiHypercube]

that intro at 43:44 caught me off guard because I was listening to this video in the background and it made me think I accidentally had autoplay on

[@natejohnson5393]

Haha same, I immediately checked my phone 😂

[@tarttooth6022]

Around the half hour mark I thought Abra was making quick work. Then I looked at the video's runtime. *OH NO.*

[@hellboy19991]

especially since it didn't even have the intro at the start of the video. plz jrose we need the intro!

[@Raiga345]

7:17 😏 you know damn well we wanna watch you suffer. Sp atk makuhita is DEFINITELY next.

[@Rhizeku]

Let the suffering BEGIN!!!

[@redmist6131]

Brutality

[@Roaming22222]

Physical only chansey

[@Gungho73]

@@Roaming22222 Yeah I remember him saying he'd do that video too!

[@Umbramus]

Special Attackuhita!

[@LukeandaGuitar]

took me way too long to realise that the thumbnail was Abra benchpressing spoons.. I thought it was freaking out at the dentist's office or something! I should stay away from YT until I've fully woken up..

[@0blivionvoid139]

I first thought it was something faaar more... Suggestive... I need to stay away from the internet, period lol

[@LukeandaGuitar]

@ well, now I see that too.. cheers bud!

[@Znwarp]

15:38 pickup slackings??! That sounds op as heck

[@calebjohnson9740]

15:32

[@senswain]

I love these unique restriction playthroughs you do, they keep the games so fresh

[@theMOCmaster]

“We have every item” “We don’t have another white herb”

[@PeCzech]

I'm pretty sure you can only get one white herb in R/S, unless you do Battle Tower

[@creamreviews1607]

That thumbnail art needs to be in a museum.

[@MisterPuck]

Okay calm down there, Indiana.

[@ryder281]

​@@MisterPuck lmao excellent reply

[@HalianTheProtogen]

On god.

[@MrPladdy]

​@@MisterPuckThe dog's name is Indiana

[@mukariz]

You worked really hard to make this video. It is greatly appreciated!

[@ShazySoft]

I just ADORE the thumbnail!! Poor lil' abra is doing his best.

[@aaleven4728]

Now I wonder how would a gen 4+ Abra run feel, this time you actually have a stab move in zen headbutt

[@coreyfrank506]

Probably really really really bad. Gen 4 mechanics change struggle to be 25% max health as recoil, so if you struggle 4 times, you die. Might not even be possible but I sure can't wait to see what jrose does with it

[@roberteospeedwagon8178]

Plus a lot more options in general- I.E. the elemental punches if he did HGSS

[@grunkleg.2934]

In Platinum you get Return right away, so at least you can get a riskless 102 power Normal attack before any major fights

[@DisplayThisOkay]

@@coreyfrank506 Actually you can struggle 5 times if your HP is odd and you have leftovers, but yeah in Gen 4+ runs 99% of pokemon are hard walled by any trainer with 6 pokemon with struggle only.

[@lediglichich2718]

​@@grunkleg.2934but at that point you haven't maxed out your friendship yet

[@HallowPena19]

Can I just say, this thumbnail is a work of art.

[@jordanrhea1504]

Early Early Game - Roxanne Mid Early Game - Brawly Late Early Game - Wattson Early Mid Game - Flannery Mid Mid Game - Norman Late Mid Game - Winona Early Late Game - Tate & Liza Mid Late Game - Juan Late Late Game - Elite 4 I like that the normal trainer lives right there in the mid mid game.

[@SpaceAvaliable]

Abra, Abra, Kadabra, JRose gonna reach out and grab ya

[@Mikisoq39]

Bibbidi babbidi

[@The_Golden_King]

Underrated post

[@dawnsbuneary]

Love the Steve Miller Band reference!

[@catsabotage3362]

It's not. It's an Eminem reference. He sampled the song recently. ​@@dawnsbuneary

[@MoinCoin]

its is. eminem says something else during that part​@@catsabotage3362

[@jake4615]

Never would have I thought Jrose would actually use Mimic sucessfully in gen 3 or Focus Punch in a playthrough

[@crickett3536]

I'm digging the Elite Zigzagoon Support Army. Good job, little guys!

[@daninda1665]

Would "Goon Squad" be inappropriate here?

[@nightmare348]

Damn, JRose is going off hard right out of the gate! Awh yeah, December's gonna be a good one.

[@etc597]

"and there goes the battle" took me back, loved stadium so much

[@yokoelf1293]

What I like about these runs is how items that are forgotten and useless for most players like the King's Rock become CRUCIAL.

[@raineob4996]

And abusing SubPunch on an ABRA of all things.

[@DaikoruArtwin]

23:36 I think the strat would have been to use Focus Punch on the healing turn. That way, the Skarmory is back at pinch HP and doesn't get an opportunity to attack again.

[@alapeno2495]

hearing about bluemanatee made me reflect on how long ive been watching- literally since before your second min battles in red blue with the ivysaur The first month of jrose is a special highlight, the perfectly 1 hour zapdos, the return of the piano jingle, new pfp, the diglett tunnel massacre, realizing slowly you werent just gonna do all the prevos but ALL 151 pokemon, its been incredible. That you can so effortlessly break from the 151 red blue mold and do whatever you want and its still fun just goes to show how worth it it was to sub. It's very much a series i come back to constantly rewatching for comfort or interest or whatever. Thanks for continuin to do this silly pokemon game :)

[@PhantomRena]

8:41 "The Cheri berry was taken and replaced with Cheri Berry" 8:48"In the first battle I forgot to equip the Cheri Berry" ......Are you sure about that? 🤨 Also great video as always!💜

[@otsokarhu9695]

Lmao he does indeed reset before it would activate

[@Chalepastel]

i scrolled down to the comments so fast when i saw it lol

[@Mrdonjuliothewicked]

"Abra, Kadabra, Alakazam, this aint no magic trick, you better scram" shoutout to Ztorm.

[@aaliyahmcintyre8611]

You had too much fun saying GLALIE 😂

[@marystone1526]

So did I listening. 😅

[@razdewitt4786]

you really showed side-in-eye, fweb, gluhseeyuh, drackie, and that other doofus. masterful work.

[@CallMeFreakFujiko]

I kept thinking to myself just how much easier (and cheesier) this would be in gens beyond 3 because of the special/physical split finally making the elemental punches physical moves, plus Knock Off to, well, knock off items the opponent could be holding, or Zen Headbutt for the STAB. It'd especially be easier beyond 4 with Eviolite, which raises the defense and special defense of any unevolved Pokemon by 50%. (That's usually a mid or late game item so you can't use it to cheese your way through the entire game legitimately.)

[@raineob4996]

The issue is that you’d need to grind to an absolutely insane level to be able to one-shot each of Roark’s 3 Pokemon with Struggle due to the nerf.

[@FanOfZigzagoon]

4:55 LET'S GOOOOOOOOO!!! 🎉🎉🎉

[@PerhapsOOTMM]

Thanks for all the Pokemon fun, man

[@AzFYouTube]

Oh man, let’s go month of Jrose!

[@MoonMegs]

Is it a month of Jrose? Did I miss something? Bc that's awesome if it is lol.

[@KingRaatz]

@@MoonMegs Jrose announced he wanted to try and release a video every day this month.

[@MoonMegs]

​@@KingRaatzYESSSSSS!!!!! I look forward to it.

[@lopendebank3613]

Really? 😮Okay! 😊

[@jbdbibbaerman8071]

When you started yelling no when you didn't one shot the kingdra an ad perfectly cut it. 10/10 timing

[@TheliMagnus]

The thumbnail made think of a whole scenario, this abra has always loved watching the equivalent of the Arnorld Classic in the pokemon world (body building) and loved to hang out with machops and machokes and wants to be a body builder despite what his family says but due to its adamant nature he never listens and pursuits his dream

[@CarissaNomadic]

These runs really do give you a lot for introspection. I'm glad that you've been able to enjoy in the grand scheme of things!.

[@bendayze]

Love the new thumbnail style, keep it up!

[@CyroCZc]

That was actually amazing with how that turned out halfway through the video lmao, and the classic opening makes a cameo too. This is some Jrose hall of fame level challenge. Thanks for this fantastic entertainment!

[@scorchinglizard]

11:46 I'm gonna place my bet here that the plan in question is to grab the white herb and use that against Drake's Salamance to counter intimidate there

[@blue_manatee3895]

Thanks for the shoutout! These challenges were a lot of fun :)

[@Sordesman]

I love your commentary. It’s so great how you get genuinely excited about an outcome you already know about

[@TixSloth]

IT BEGINS

[@luckpup2766]

I love Ruby/Sapphire runs, opposed to just Emerald. Almost all Hoenn challenges are in Emerald, but RS are quite different.

[@SnailShoes]

Secret Power paralysis + Focus Punch quite prob would've sped up some of these. Amazing challenge though Jrose! Look forward to seeing what else you manage this month!

[@kingjack92]

I just got to Steven how is there this much video left I'll be back to this comment after I finish the video. Absolute cinema. Jrose11 my goat. You should have your name on the Hollywood walk of fame.

[@Peelster1]

Was not expecting the 2nd half or the end. Was not expecting you to try that. Would have liked to see an Iron Tail attempt. Great video as always. Hyped for another month of JRose!

[@bekiprivatno]

Jrose you crazy son of a gun! I like straight away before watching when i saw the title couldnt belive it! Now digging in! You are the GOAT of poke chalenges dude

[@Benotheone]

Jrose woke up and decided he wanted to have a terrible day.

[@TheEmilyba]

Man the thumbnail for this video is fantastic

[@derpycats8072]

The return of the incorrectly pronounced hoenn names! I love it. In my head I always call them Sidenye and Fweb now lol

[@gingergazm4091]

I wonder how much impact rerolling in the beginning for the perfect Hidden Power would have in Ruby/Sapphire. Might have made some of the "late middle game" a bit easier.

[@julianmcconnie7827]

I remember being a kid and not knowing how the physical special stat calculated damage. But still thinking “abra needs moves so I can train if I will teach it shadow ball I bet he will do major damage he mentally makes the ball” 😅

[@suckedintothevoid]

Saaaaame

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

It took me an embarrassingly long time to make the connection between physical/special stats and physical/special moves. I knew of the stats, I also knew that there were physical and special moves - I just for some reason never connected the dots between those two and wondered why sometimes a weaker move did more damage than a stronger move. It actually took me until that Jrose video in which he played through Johto with an Abra, first with special moves and then without, that I connected the dots.

[@lilowoof]

hearing the silly elite four names again was a nice surprise LMAO

[@lordgeovanni]

43:30 I have to wonder if Hidden Power would have been enough to tip the balance. I know it was dismissed due to the RNG for HP making it Water, but would something like Ground HP have worked? idk, I am not in a position to check right now.

[@arthurvilchez5589]

Probably would, considering the damage at he was doing, hp ground would one shot agron, and two shot Metagross, so 100% would be different

[@scottphillips7795]

This is such a good video. My reaction at the end oh my. Wicked.

[@michaelcadieux]

this is one of my favorite thumbnails ever

[@tophmidnaYT]

My brother Jrose, I checked my yearly KZbin statistics and you were sitting squarely at the very top of my most watched channels. I love you man, thanks for making these videos and for being the spearhead of Pokémon challenges. So many fantastic creators are making Pokémon challenges because of you

[@juanmanuelgarcia4605]

Next masochist video "Can you beat Pokemon Ultra Sun Ultra Moon with only Cosmog?"

[@Hallibut]

Genuinely assumed my phone was autoplaying another video of yours when the intro kicked in. I'm back now, 4 hours later wondering why KZbin is telling me I'm only half way through this video I thought I had finished.

[@onthehunt2297]

Great Job Jrose, this challenge was really cool to watch to see abra using only physical attacks and keep up with the amazing work

[@Keseydoesit]

As someone with a cat named Abra, and an Abra tattoo on my back....this is awesome! 😂

[@shironasama0445]

Gentleman, it is with great pleasure to announce that we are kicking off the Month of JROSE

[@444paschguy6]

Usually I don't comment. But I have to break it to you. Been following your channel voor a year or 2 now and what you do ingame is Legendary. BUT !! To top it all off you have a great and very entertaining way of filling the video with funny commentary and of course the occasional suspense. Which in turn doesn't sound spoiler like, even though you already know the outcome. Very very good job!! Oh and big thumbs up for your ability to pull through difficult circumstances!! Thank you!!

[@sweetwheatsy]

15:34 "From my Pickup Slakings" dude has always been on another level

[@jameskelley2214]

Oh my god! "Here comes out" *deep voice* GLALIE!

[@holasoychereverevereve1224]

Jrose,you and your videos are amazing,I was left speechless.Keep with the amazing work and thanks for blessing us with this sacred daily video month

[@ragingraichu219]

Imagine being the cream of the crop in terms of being a trainer, and some snot-nosed brat comes through with just an Abra and kicks your ass. Oh, how embarrassing, lol.

[@Jonathandoeforth]

37:31 one trainer left and over half the video remaining. Dear lord above…

[@ElliottDent]

Would have been interested to see you try to use Secret Power's paralysis to get Focus Punch to land on Winona's Skarmory. Still luck-based, but it might have required a lot less grinding (at least for that hurdle in particular...) Fantastic video as always. The things you put yourself through for our entertainment, absolutely heroic.

[@coy9818]

I knew upon watching the skarmory struggle that Steven was gonna be brutal.

[@krissjames7276]

Great video! Steven is such a Chad, in both videos he was just in a completely different league than the Elite 4.

[@KyurunVulpix]

32:06 , first *glalie* jumpscare made me smile , but this one got me rollin' 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mckaylafay8727]

I pray for you jrose keep the content rolling big dog!

[@Kasparovwannabe]

Ooooo! While I enjoy your Red/Blue speedruns, this is the kind of content that got me started on your channel. The impossible challenges are always fun.

[@kalebschuller4709]

Anime accurate Glalie voice is a top 5 JRose running gag imo 😂

[@perkypenguin1663]

This Abra might not have had any special moves, but your videos will always be special to me :)

[@dawnsbuneary]

For those who were wondering why Blizzard missed in Hail, that wasn't a thing until gen 4.

[@LawAbidingPokemon]

More JRose means less debilitating effects of my depression. Thank Heavens

[@deeroberts8090]

MONTH OF JROSE MONTH OF JROSE CHRISTMAS COMING EARLY, BABY

[@MichaelSotoCE]

Awesome artwork and thanks for not using AI slop

[@shiitakiaandqwsad3859]

All hail the Zigzagoon army!

[@braydenneaves5944]

My man just likes inflicting pain on himself. ❤

[@LadyBrightcynder]

I'm so glad the Fweb running joke carried on. I don't know why but it makes me happy.

[@FartingSpider12]

15:34 Ah yes, those Pick-up Slaking's coming in clutch as usual

[@cherry_berry210]

i think my favorite thing ever is seeing that the run is 'over', i go to exit fullscreen and THERE'S A WHOLE OTHER HALF LEFT! reminds me of the caterpie video

[@reillywalker195]

I think Shadow Ball lowers special defence despite being a physical move to allow its user to more easily switch to using special moves of other types. Looking back at Gens I and II, Hypnosis/Dream Eater was a common combo for Haunter and Gengar, and getting the special defence drop with Shadow Ball would make Dream Eater hit harder.

[@chipfreedom8598]

Broooo youre a maniac what a video title!!!!! Can't wait to watch

[@HarrisonMoore-p2z]

38 minutes in… at the champion… 41 minutes to go… dear lord what are we in store for.

[@zerik_media]

Happy month of jrose!!!! Im excited to be here for this month! Btw thank you for your content! It's a huge inspiration!

[@aaronliedka7242]

Fucking bravo! This has been an amazing video. Glad i stuck around to watch the whole thing. This has been one of the most interesting challenges yet.

[@DarkMewtwo1994]

Oh he's at the elite 4 this is gunna be a shorter video than I thought. -checks time left- oh dear God jrose why do you do this to yourself 😂😂 love the vids sir! Keep up the great work! Excited about the month of jrose for sure! Easily one of my favorite poketubers to watch

[@craigmcghee4]

What a start for the month of jrose

[@daalex878]

The GOAT..we are not wort your great work. Thanks man. Your videos put me trough some tough times. Greetings from Germany my friend =]

[@jasonblack4208]

You got to the Elite Four and...2/3 of the video is left. Shit 'bout to get real...

[@ZacharyPritchard-o4p]

I hear we’re in a month of Jrose. This is the best news I’ve heard. Jrose, you rock my friend. Keep up the good work.