Can I Beat Pokemon Black with ONLY Sawk & Throh? 🔴 Pokemon Challenges ► NO ITEMS IN BATTLE

[@thehikingviking2049]

Petition to always refer to Sawk and Throh as Hitmonsawk ad Hitmonthroh, kinda like Water Onix

[@SKMedia252]

I like the thought, the names are fun, but they're not as recurring as Gyarados, since he mainly plays 1-4, so wouldn't be as much of a running gag

[@NMaster16]

Hawk and Tuah

[@razzberrypie]

@@SKMedia252 It could make for an inside joke in a future Gen 5 run tho

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Bert and Ernie

[@izme1000]

Petition signed

[@waltterikoponen8426]

B2W2 with only hidden grotto pokemon! - use the randomizer to change one of the starter to a sap sipper marill, rattled dunsparce or a scrappy lillipup (These are the floccesy ranch's grotto encounters which is the closest etc) - you can use pokemon only found in hidden grottos (no grass nor cave encounters) - you can have only one encounter per grotto or have as many pokemon you can find (you choose)

[@simonnachreiner8380]

+1 On this hidden grotto pokemon are really fun. I still use the multi scale Dragonite I got my first run. Being able to reliably get a free dragon dance off made it terrifying to my friends.

[@justinfisher8749]

The wingul man has returned once again requesting a wingul only run

[@johnbonnie977]

Just keep at 'er.

[@thehunmun6743]

I second the wingull run!

[@AbnormalShrimp77]

Wingull run!

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

The Wingull Man can't even spell Wingull.

[@edwardstone3794]

'water pidgey = wingull

[@salmonseth9]

Heart gold with only a wailord. Just so we can watch the wailord move behind you the whole game

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

13:35 about time MDB inserts the fossil joke in gen5

[@velvetbutterfly]

Maybe this means one day he will actually finish the game and fight Alder or Cynthia

[@OCELOT_2221]

@@velvetbutterflywell he did call Caitlin Cynthia at 15:34

[@TKCEDM]

Not sure if you'll end up reading this, but just wanna write you a thank you man! This might come off as an insult, but I've been using your Pokemon challenges to fall asleep for years now and it's become my nighttime routine to put on one of your videos and get the best sleep of my life hahaha. The comfortability and soothing nature of your content makes for such an easy watch, and I really hope you keep doing what you do!

[@dropinota]

For the Shroomish run, I would completely understand if you wanted to use rare candies towards the end. Shroomish is a part of the Fluctuating level up group, pokemon in this group take longer than pseudo legendaries and legendaries to level up towards the upper levels.

[@potawatomibrave398]

You could've named Sawk Hitmonchop.

[@conza1989]

Mah-Dry, the re-runs of this series are often still playing on my TV when I'm sound asleep, I don't even necessarily go to the playlist or start with one, but KZbin just knows 'oh it's 4am and he's still going, let's pick a Pokemon challenge'.

[@jamesrose4474]

Dude same!

[@faerylnhiikira1053]

The algorithm is working as intended. 🙃

[@cgt9056]

Same

[@Supah_Sayin_Rick]

Idk why, but I always felt like Sawk and Throh were the Bert & Ernie of the pokemon universe smfh lol

[@h4hyena]

One could say that Cheren's tranquil had "super luck" It has the ability super luck which boosts crit rate combined with air cutters boost crit rate as well meaning you had a 25% chance to be crit.

[@hayleywaalen2612]

You should've name them Bert and Ernie.

[@remydirt3158]

I like that

[@hayleywaalen2612]

@@remydirt3158 That's the show I grew up.

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

Nice!

[@irrenoid]

Sawk and Throh are both so underrated, so cool

[@RobynAnarchist]

Love these guys, Sawk served me so well in my most recent Black run

[@Quaxl]

Your positivity and friendly voice are just always so soul-healing on a Saturday evening or Sunday morning

[@paulthompson382]

The crunching noise of teeth being taken out is the weirdest thing! That's what I remember most from when I had teeth taken out

[@cdogvalerio]

MDB without any pain, it's a christmas miracle

[@___________0Z0X]

I mean, he honestly could’ve tried the post game fight in this challenge. 😂

[@JackitK]

You're right. That room with the spinners was hilarious.

[@queer.axolotl]

Cat lore is the best part of this Seriously tho i love these videos so much thank you for continuing to post and work hard every week! Your videos always make me smile and are something i look forward to every week. Have a great day and week and month and year and beyond!

[@Sianistic]

15:34 "chance at the Cynthia fight"? ... Don't you mean Caitlin?

[@Zeuseus6609]

Came to the comments to see if anyone else caught that lol

[@edwardstone3794]

came to the comments to suggest Catilin only run in HGSS

[@samperez1727]

​​@edwardstone3794 Not possible because none of her Pokémon exist in Gen 4. A Cynthia one is possible obviously 😆 (with some hacking).

[@sapphiredraggytheflygon8521]

11:44 @MahDryBread you have actually done gen 5 Lucario before

[@jamesrose4474]

Glad you're still posting these. I cant get enough. Keep it up, mdb

[@Antholography]

Actually super enjoyed this run. Very close. Good battles. Nice synergy and strategy. Awesome job MDB!

[@DaveTpletsch]

I'm in the outro feeling jealous of your Wisdom teeth extraction. Mine were BAD!!! I had to be put under, and all 4 teeth had to be removed, and there was something very wrong with each of them. They all came out in multiple pieces. When I came too, I was told that the oral surgeon literally had to climb up on top of me on the dentists chair, and was cussing as he wrenched my head back and forth trying to get the teeth out. I did NOT have a smooth recovery.

[@DarkMewtwo1994]

Having a name like hitmonsawk and being serious nature is absolutely hilarious 😂😂

[@Populon993]

You played Pokemon with a sock? Can't wait for the pants run. Might be a nice and short one.

[@xaviermeyer660]

Oh shoot, I just realized this went up 3 minutes ago. Neat. Hey while you're here, don't you think it would be fun to do an emerald run with one numel? I do

[@ryanparrott6866]

Got my wisdom teeth out at 16 and can relate to feeling zero pain -- and usually I'm quite sensitive to tooth pain/mouth aches (Invisilign wasnt supposed to hurt, they said...). They had perscribed me coated Tylenol and I didn't take any of it. I do find it odd they didn't put you in a twilight sleep though. Maybe they only did that for me because I was scared or my wisdom teeth were still entirely up in my gums and never came down. Regardless, I'm incredibly happy to hear that the recovery has been so easy for you :) best of luck through the rest of it

[@ShrewdBiscuit]

Glad your wisdom teeth surgery went well and was painless. I have a resistance to dental anesthetics to the point that they needed to inject straight into the nerve of one of the wisdom teeth (absolutely the worst pain I've ever felt) and I still could feel most of the extraction when I had all 4 of mine taken out. Any dental professionals reading this comment, thank you for your hard work and for doing what you can to make it comfortable for us teeth problem havers.

[@Zizwizwee]

During my first casual play through of Black, when I got to the Ice gym, I grabbed my Sawk out of my PC as a backup. He had only seen combat in the Normal gym so he was pretty underleveled. Not only did I sweep the whole gym with only him, but I didn’t even have to leave to heal! He leveled up using his second to last PP and learned a new move I could use to keep fighting. Finished the whole gym with 5hp and a dream, but I made it out

[@braydenmbve545]

The challenge I've waited for for years is finally here.

[@salmonandsoup]

Pokémon Black 2 with one Spinarak! Please name him Mimi. He is my absolute favorite Pokémon of all time. ❤

[@martirecu3010]

Glad to hear the tooth thing went well!! My schedule's freeer in summer so hopefully I can catch a stream live when you go back to them, I've particularly missed the CK3 ones

[@DarkEinherjar]

About your runs... you always try the Steven battle in Emerald and the Red battles in the Gen II games and its remakes. Why don't you do the other post-game challenges as well? -Fire Red and Leaf Green have an Elite Four rematch after you finish the Sevii Islands sidequest, where they use Johto Pokémon and their levels are higher; -HeartGold and SoulSilver, in addition to Red, also have an Elite Four rematch that surpasses Blue in terms of difficulty (Lance's Garchomp is on part with Cynthia's!); -Black and White have a Cynthia battle in the post-game, not to mention an Elite Four rematch that not only is tougher, but you also get to battle the actual champion, Alder; -Black 2 and White 2 also have the Cynthia battle and the Elite Four rematch. You also get to battle Alder in the post-game.

[@Sabishii-Sensei]

Why couldn't that be me when i got my wisdom teeth out!!!??? I legit thought I was dying it hurt so bad...

[@Phoenixmage50]

to give my 2 cents on how to pronounce Mistralton Cave, I pronounce it as Mih-stral-ton (tral like how drawl is pronounced but with tral, and a s slapped on front, and ton like the weight. Could also see the tral in it being pronounced like tr-ale, or trail.) Loved the video, so glad I found your channel when it first started blowing up from pokemon challenges! Gotta admit that my favorite stuff of yours are the lets plays though, especially with hailey and whattageek.

[@logandaley1544]

It’s fun to see these two get the spotlight. I feel like I never hear anything about them.

[@Bosskingpin420]

I love your videos Man would you consider doing a legendary run of whatever legendary you feel like maybe the weakest legendary I think it'd be kind of cool to see

[@cobboi8960]

I've been watching since the original Rattata challenge and the fossil bit still gets me lmao

[@GhoullyXX]

It's crazy how many gen 5 pokemon are clearly stand-ins for Gen 1 families. Glad you noticed with Sawk and Throh.

[@synsnap7548]

"...named him hitmonthro, because that's hilarious" - my dude is not wrong, got a major chortle out of me

[@KantankerousKliff]

really exited for the shroomish run. I love shroomish and breloom especially

[@awesomeness_man9550]

11:43 Honestly I thought so too but I remembered the lucario run which is another fighting type in gen 5

[@icynightshade5812]

I was knocked the hell out for my wisdoms teeth, I have an AWFUL fear of needles. I don’t remember much other than spitting Gaws out on the highway. OUT THE WINDOW MIND YOU

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

I was also out when my wisdom teeth were removed.

[@chiccaraki]

Very cool! Thanks for using the mons people never use.

[@SkullHeartXPop]

The herider fight played twice, classic mdb

[@Evilpengwinz78]

Missed opportunity to use the nickname Sawk Lesnar.

[@Evilpengwinz78]

And his tag team partner, Mick Throhley

[@adamsager22]

My mom had cancer surgery and the doctors thought she would have a rocky recovery. It was lumpectomy breast cancer. She didn't even have any pain during recovery. They even offered her medicinal Mary Jane, but she had always been against drugs. Plus she never really needed anything for the pain. I mean they expected her to have a rocky recovery because she was a brittle diabetic. I only bring it up because it seems like you had a smooth recovery from your procedure. Oh! Can you play "Rimworld" sometime on your channel? I bought the game awhile back... but.. Maybe I just need to do the tutorial... but I kept getting stuck and not knowing how to do anything. I love your content as always! Keep up the amazing work and have a great day!!!

[@kshitizplays5305]

15:33 yes Of course Cynthia is known for her Psychic types lol also glad to know the teeth extraction went well! My brother also had to have his teeth out as a kid and he says that the process is the easy part as well

[@CelticGuardian7]

The person doing your surgery had a top tier response, lol. As someone who had her wisdom teeth removed at a very young age and then had jaw surgery, here's a tip for anyone wanting soft food that doesn't need chewing. Blended lasagna is even better than regular lasagna. It may look disgusting, but it marries the flavors together and makes it so you don't have to chew at all. A+ meal.

[@rositchi5889]

Glad to heart that recovery was super smooth! Super jealous of your doctor.

[@vicpon3014]

It’s been a few weeks since I watched your videos tbh and I did watch some later videos already actually. That said I do hope you get better sooner with everything, including the stuff from the latest episode. That said, yeah I don’t want your videos to fall asleep to but I would definitely consider your videos on a playlist if I ever used one to fall asleep to. However at least for me personally I like to get the content so my watch time on stuff close to falling asleep might actually be well above 100 or maybe even 150%. Hope you get better soon. And yeah falling asleep to your videos is very much a high praise from what I learnt from other channels too. Appreciate your content! It’s been a bit for me, but you never disappoint Thanks a lot!

[@vicpon3014]

Also before I forget… I had my upper wisdom teeth removed late last year and early this year. (One at a time) because my mother had issues and slow healing back when hers were removed. I’m 35 yo now (34 at the time) and yeah it took like 2-3 days, one side with some light paracetamol the first day to recover and no issues otherwise. I do wonder if they got better once my mum’s days or something but it’s really not big of an issue these days. If I had known it’s that easy I would have gotten both at the same time rather than separately.

[@wall_e_snorlax]

Yeay sawk is my favorite fighting type and glad that it can get the spotlight

[@NoctecPaladin]

Sawk gang let's goooo!! 💪💪💪

[@___________0Z0X]

The *sawklight

[@wall_e_snorlax]

@@___________0Z0X that a good one

[@miloherring]

6:14 missed opportunity to say “Dwebble Kicks”

[@brett7398]

If you like 2 pokemon runs, you should try emerald with Plusle and Minun, 2 mons designed to fight together in a gen with barely any double battles. Although, Tate and Liza would be interesting.

[@anthonypants9182]

Hey MDB, would love to see you do a poison type only hardcore nuzlocke (your favourite type) in whatever your favourite pokemon game is. Could name all the mons after your favourite wrestlers. The Ultimate MDB pokemon nuzlocke❤❤❤

[@briansherrod1916]

The moment you said this challenge i was triggered by sigilyth! I was like is he sawking somebody or throhing somebody haha

[@irwanclark]

You’re so jaxed up for that

[@justlou5108]

9:48 "We are fighting flying types" My cooked ahh brain: Wait, aren't those two mono figting types? Yep... I'm cooked.

[@rickgutierrez6328]

"I'm not super into counter" *Wobbuffet flashbacks*

[@danielbutler8103]

I have an idea for a fun challenge, One that means you could even use Drowzee. Can you beat Pokemon Black (Or any game from gen's 5 ,6 or 7) with only the move Assist? Purrloin learns Assist at level 6 so it'd be the starter, Then if you get a male Purrloin you can breed it with other's to get more Pokemon. I think this would be a great wacky challenge since the more Pokemon on your team the more random the move is. For any that don't know Assist uses a random move known by any of the user's party Pokémon, With some exceptions. So even Pokemon that can't use Assist would still be useful if they have good moves that Assist can use. Drowzee is in the Human-Like Egg Group so If you want one with Assist you'd need a Spinda since they're in the Field and Human-Like Egg Groups so can breed with Purrloin and Drowzee. You could also use a Chimchar as a starter if you give it Assist as an Egg Move, They're also in the Field and Human-Like Egg Groups so a male one can breed the move into any Pokemon with Assist.

[@indiamcdermott5028]

Love Sawk - absolutly underrated IMO (I still need to play with Throh). Love it when the newest MDB pokemon challenge pops up as I am doing my own Moon run with only first form flying types!

[@AldridgeLuke]

Teddy Long will be proud of these tag team runs 🙌

[@calebp8257]

Would like to see an ultra sun and moon run. That would probably be the most difficult challenge you have faced. ORAS and X/Y even if they are super easy would still be neat to see on the channel

[@MidlothianOdyssey]

MDB's Two Mon Power Trip runs have been awesome! Sawk & Throh kick ass, run was real fun!

[@Karokzak]

I'm not surprise for this challenge goes easier than normal (Not complaining). My estimate didn't goes over level 70. I'm glad I was right. Next challenge with a Shroomish ? Ooh I love that Pokémon mostly their evolution. Breloom are such good pokémon to build up and a pretty rare combination types. A fighting/Grass type Not a lots of pokémon got that kind mix. I hope your Shroomish will get the Poison Heal Ability. Like that almost no need to go in a Pokémon center :3c Pokémon Challenge suggestion: You are free to go with the game of your choice, but the challenges is using only middle evolution stage pokémon. (For Exemple: If you pick Bulbasaur as your starter, you can only battle with Ivysaur.) You are not allowed to use pokémon who's has no evolution or only 1, it must be a pokémon with a 2 stage linear Evolution. So pokémon like Eevee or Tyrogue are not allowed, but pokémon like Oddish, Poliwag or Ralts are allowed. Try number: 11

[@GrimnirTheWhite]

I also enjoy using pokemon you don't normally get, especially when they are considered a different regions version of it. like using a different starter. I used a egg of scorbunny to play through Scarlet recently it was a lot of fun since I didn't use it in swsh

[@qinaxin7107]

Bold choice not choosing the helix fossil. Comments are good for the youtube algorithm. I'd like to see black/white with only a ralts.

[@imperfectsinger590]

I've just beaten Black for the first time, and have 2 suggestions for solo runs: 1) Tynamo, since it has no weakness, but terrible stats and movepool 2) Vanillite. I added this to my team because it was the earliest available Ice type, but expected to swap it for Beartic or Cryogonal later. However, I decided to keep it because Vanilluxe's stats are actually better than both of those and its ability Ice Body allows it to take full advantage of hail. While I was waiting for it to learn its good attacks, it was able to stay alive with a combination of Hail, Acid Armor and BrightPowder, and it was surprisingly useful at the League. It fainted Marshal's last 3 Pokémon after surviving a Focus Blast, and finished off Zekrom with Blizzard (guaranteed to hit in hail)

[@DabCraftGaming]

Day 11, and we got that Shroomish run! Thank you @Mah-Dry-Bread!

[@jakobschiek9513]

Hitmonthrow and Hitmonsawk 😂 Love it. Please do tell which fossil you took? Also can you beat Pokemon X/Y with one Noibat?

[@hyrumkohler]

I wonder how many people knew Caitlin existed in the Hoenn Battle Frontier before her appearance in the elite four. Even if I did remember, I don't think there would be any chance I conflated the two

[@maz4849]

Throh and Sawk are actually the second and third fighting types you used in Gen 5. You did a run with Lucario 2 years ago!

[@pulsefel9210]

Sigilyph was the bane of my black runs. Hated that pokemon so damn much

[@webdesigner18]

Ah the Bert and Ernie of Pokemon. Always liked them since both were available in each game. Still thought they'd start singing about numbers or letters.

[@KishoKitsune]

I'm glad I am getting sedated for my teeth extraction. I already have a severe phobia of needles but that crunching sound you described while already freaking out would not be fun at all.

[@cardenw]

I got super lucky with my wisdom teeth, my entire family on both sides going back 2-3 generations had to have them removed due to overcrowding and impaction. Mine came through completely fine. Like you said, surgery and recovery has improved drastically even within the last 10 or so years, but the idea of having teeth removed scares me. :P Glad yours went smoothly.

[@MegapiemanPHD]

I swear Sawk and Throh are just people. They're not even monsters, they're just some guy.

[@reecesteeves4110]

On your next Black & White run, you should do the Cynthia battle in the post game section! Just like you battle Red in gold & silver!

[@JVandtheBobo]

Found myself guessing at Sawks name while I was listening and when it wasn't "Sawk Lee", I got a little sad. "Hitmonsawk" is still good though.

[@pixelapocrypha]

In regards to the dentist story at the end: My mom had bad teeth most of her life but it got extra bad as she was getting older so that when the dentist said they all had to come out and she'd have to wear dentures she was *relieved*. So don't worry, you're not alone.

[@stigmaoftherose]

15:04 i missheard you say "make throh faint" as "used feint" and was going to point out the move feint has priority so it didnt necessarily outspeed but i watched what move it used as I rewound for the time stamp and realized my mistake. A lot of people forget feint is a +2 priority move that ignores protect simply becuase its power is super low and not many mons learn it, and many that do learn it at such a low level you need to use a move reminder to even get it as the wild mon wont have it anymore.

[@pulsefel9210]

The lack of pain means the nerves were completely dead and your immune system was strong enough to resist that causing major issues. Got the same issues with some of my teeth.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

I had headaches for a while when I had my wisdom teeth removed. Recovery sucked. I was not conscious when my wisdom teeth was removed. I needed pain killers.

[@thekakeking9400]

Congrats on your recovery

[@bauuhmasquerade459]

Pokemon Black 2 with first form Dragon Types. This challenge is brutal with that Deino can only be obtained if you use the Randomizer as your starter and with Hustle as it's ability I can see the early game being a nightmare

[@BunnyJolf]

You should do a playlist of "every impossible challenge "

[@salmonseth9]

Another idea... reverse evolution run. Start with a level 5 fully evolved starter like Blaziken for example. At 16 it becomes a combusken. At 36 it would become a torchic. Will need some hacks but would be cool

[@ddjsoyenby]

those nicknames were perfect.

[@DRDJkoolade]

YES!!! These are my two favorite Pokémon. THANK YOU!!

[@knate44]

Once again recommending Fire Red with Seviper and Ekans-Arbok, and/or Emerald with Ekans-Arbok and Seviper. Poisonous snakes from two different regions!

[@e-heromanny4348]

Hope we get Emerald Skitty/Delcatty run with only using Assist. It’d be interesting to see what kind of team you have to build around and if going for a wider or smaller move pool would work better

[@TheOneOrMore]

15:30 It's always good to prepare for Cynthia, even if you never fight her. I know you meant Caitlin, just poking some fun and showing some respect for my favorite Elite 4 and Champ combo. :D

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

Exactly.

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

You have used a fighting type in unova before, albeit not one that would have struggled with the flying gym- the Lucario solo run.

[@Jianichie]

Man... your dental experience is worlds apart from mine. I'll spare you the read but when I got my wisdom teeth removed just about everything that could go wrong did go wrong.

[@PKMN649]

Funny enough about Fighting types in gen 5. They were arguably the best type in the game in competitive.

[@millerswanson2263]

Nice to see you doing a run with sawk and shady

[@vongolashodaime1975]

I feel like you could've made more use of bulk up, would've helped you tank more physical attacks and dish out insane damage. Especially on a fast pokemon with sturdy like Sawk.

[@Saffron_Titan2]

Pokémon Platinum using only Cranidos and/or Shieldon (team or solo run)

[@davidpotts7116]

The bug gym battle made me remember how I will never forgive Gamefreak for making razor leaf a physical move. You are literally throwing razor sharp leaves at something, how is it a physical attack?