Can I Beat Pokemon Emerald with ONLY Slaking? 🔴 Pokemon Challenges ► NO ITEMS IN BATTLE

[@MahDryBread]

Harden? Defense Curl? Saaaame thing.

[@stigmaoftherose]

Almost the same thing. Defense curl also doubles the power of roll out or ice ball after use. Otherwise it's the same thing.

[@evanfontenot7000]

Have you ever considered getting poisoned ahead of Watson in order to avoid getting paralyzed?

[@floorlobster6114]

I locked my pp in the fridge

[@minostaurian]

Are they though MDB? Also yes if you find a way to get poisoned or burned (for non attack stat mons) would work wonders. Of course it wouldn't have helped with Slaking as the poison damage would probably stack too quickly. Case in point your victory over Watson wouldn't have happened of you'd started poisoned. Even without paralysis you'd have to balance the poison ticks and the regular damage.

[@tb3411]

Not really. Defense Curl can power up Rollout

[@CrazyWeridoRH]

Man this Slaking video had immaculate timing

[@chaseparker1993]

HOW SO?

[@CrazyWeridoRH]

@@chaseparker1993 Innocence is a precious thing. Cherish it and don’t envy the knowledge I hold.

[@strifera]

@@chaseparker1993 Giant pokemon leak just dropped and included lore docs about pokemon x human interactions. Slaking is implicated.

[@Begbras]

From now i'll call my slakings ''fat ugly bastard''. Fit the trope just fine.

[@judewilsethsalinas7114]

Slaking seeded a woman out of spite​@@chaseparker1993

[@SliceOfRy]

Thank goodness he passed the challenge. He'd probably get taken to the forest with the other Slakoth if he didn't.

[@unrealisticshine782]

this one is crazy 💀

[@mimiquoi7380]

My suggestion : Pokemon White2 or Black2 with only one Maractus ! ❤🌵

[@TheFyrsten]

I would have said the same

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

35:30 i call bullshit here, otherwise maractus wouldve been done now lol

[@toridonaldson8400]

He'll do it one day. I'll also be waiting for that run.

[@mimiquoi7380]

​​@@adventureoflinkmk2please we had to be respectfull about that. I don't want people to be upset about that silly cactus🌵😁 And I'm pretty sure he has a long list ! I am patient ! ^^

[@xaviermeyer660]

I like this recommendation every week. I'm rooting for you

[@Zorothegallade-rpg]

Ah, Slaking. The Pokémon that's overpowered all the time, 50% of the times.

[@SpeaksThruSong92]

The comments on this video are gonna be INSANE after people read the Slaking leaks. Good luck, my friend 😅

[@PogChimp]

the who what

[@Faniwa828]

​​@@PogChimpYou should look up the Pokémon Teraleak. Slaking story aside, there are a lot of cool interesting stuff inside. As for the Slaking story, it's a graphic folklore-inspired story that with some other stories, seemed to have something to do with the Sinnoh Lore library stories. It got infamous really quickly after getting discovered for having material that was..unexpected for Pokémon lol. Though granted, some of it was made worse by machine translating. I'd suggest checking The Cutting Room Floor. They have translated the Slakoth story along with many more uncovered ones

[@relicy]

very unfortunate to have a slaking video release today.

[@Cherry_Magenta]

my only thought is DOES HE KNOW

[@chaseparker1993]

why?

[@PME_FGC]

why?

[@jordynreina]

what lol

[@anthonyt425]

I’m confused

[@Barracius]

I am once again asking you to take the fossil opposite the one you say you took. Just to see who notices. I know you said you want to try to include it in this video to see who asks anyway, but I think my idea also works really well. And yes, I know he took the Dome fossil on a fossils only run when he started with Omanyte. But that is not what I mean. I mean I want to hear "I took the Root fossil" while seeing the Claw fossil being taken. Or hearing "I took the Helix fossil" while seeing the Dome fossil being taken. And to those who say that this has happened before - when? Show me! I've looked and looked and have not seen it!

[@oiram9466]

Make more comments from angry people to increase the video interactions. Genius i like the idea.

[@megariderfire1994]

"On the way there, I took the Old Amber" while collecting the Helix or Dome Fossils XD

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

This happens in this episode. 15:45

[@vanguardbreaker8826]

Wait nevermind I didn't watch the entire section lmao

[@izme1000]

1:22 MDB: Overall, nothing too special Me: **checks list** yup, only faint attack is special

[@ItsJustKaya]

I dunno if this is a dad joke or pokemon joke but i noticed it.

[@izme1000]

@@ItsJustKaya a little of both

[@VanAkita]

Man, I hope this video's Slacking never bit the apple from the forbidden tree of Eden

[@kulrigalestout]

The craziest part of this run for me was when the Oddish survived despite being about half Slaking's level. I know it was a Faint Attack which uses the worse attacking stat, but still... one tough weed right there.

[@banditrests]

Here’s a really goofy story about wrestling finishing moves. It turns out that John Cena really likes making up moves for actual people IRL with dumb puns because that’s the kind of dude he is. Back when I worked for Mike Bell’s brother Mark, Cena would come hang out when the wrestling tour came through town because the Bell’s are the ones who got him into wrestling in the first place when they were furniture movers together. Anyway, he became a big fan of this power lifter called Hoss (it’s a Bonanza joke), and decided that his finishing move should be called The Bigginswalt Hoss-tage Crisis.

[@funkydirk3797]

Haven’t finished yet, but waiting to see if the strategy of using hyperbeam because of pre physical special split and works well with truant since you’ll lose the turn anyway

[@cliffwarden5934]

I didn't know that, I figured you'd have to slack off then recharge

[@Idk-qu4si]

The recharge would take effect during the truant

[@fropsy6110]

Waiting for Slaking to address the allegations.

[@andrearossi6564]

"I decidd to replace treecko, so our rival would have combusken" Oof third gen rival without third form

[@silverrey7379]

Isn't it always the case for the mandatory gen 3 battles?

[@breddotexe]

Unfortunate timing💀

[@BioniclesaurKing4t2]

16:25 Catches a Marill and names it "Surf". Teaches Surf to Zigzagoon instead. Marill: "All around me are familiar faces…"

[@Elynescence]

Oh the unfortunate timing 💀

[@jordynreina]

WHY IS THiS UNFORTUANTE TIMING

[@Elynescence]

@@jordynreina recent story has been leaked about a slaking and its messed up

[@gamebro5166]

@@jordynreina If you know you know and the ones who do know do not want to know of it

[@jordynreina]

@@gamebro5166 nah I wanna know tell me

[@jordynreina]

@@gamebro5166 don’t spare the details

[@IchigoKurosaki-iq6ox]

i´ve never used Slaking so never seen it's back sprite but love how his all like I´m just laying here looking at you

[@rooislangwtf]

Slaking is pretty fun on a team, you have Vigoroth who's great for mid-game and later on Slaking can just come in, take a hit and one shot stuff

[@erichiguera]

haven't watched you in years. i will never forget the "only onix" challenge. it was hilarious. i'm back to watch you regularly again :D

[@___________0Z0X]

Glad to have you back.

[@dii3218]

immaculate timing

[@dashos81]

This aged well

[@anthonyt425]

This video came out at an interesting time….

[@mashedpotatoguy]

Next video: "Can i beat Pokemon HeartGold with ONLY Typhlosion?"

[@ell6547]

Get a job

[@judahhamilton6864]

MDBAMA: When did you come up with your fossil gimmick question? I randomly watched one of your videos a while ago and when i heard that question i knew i needed to watch more of you.

[@lucrussell9363]

Dude been doin it for years

[@gagejoseph91]

He didn't really "come up with it", per se. It was just a normal bit of info he did in the first challenge, and when he didn't mention it in the next challenge or two, people started asking which fossil he took. He realized people WANT to hear that every time and it became a running gag because of that. The gag just kinda came into being on its own. If anything, the commenters are the ones who thought of and pushed for it lol

[@rio4727]

BAD timing oh my god 💀

[@xias5663]

Oh boy, that first gym battle. Glad you made it through

[@vaporeonice3146]

Did any Yugioh fans/players hear “There’s no way Maxx C is a problem” and do a double-take?

[@___________0Z0X]

Well, it’s not a problem as long as you play a deck that doesn’t special summon… or Tempei.

[@AJarOfYams]

Slaking is the SSB Brawl Ganondorf of Pokémon

[@noahjardine1432]

Man the call back to the poochyena and the swablu brought back memories I love your Pokémon playthroughs man

[@tatarashi]

"so i bet we all know why im doing this" yeah the recent Ieaks- "because of the base stats and truant"

[@MahDryBread]

The leaks were after this was already made

[@conza1989]

Really enjoyed this run, it's always about the interest of how to me so even if the Pokemon isn't the weakest thing in the world the strategy and the set backs still make them enjoyable to see how it's done.

[@KXDragon6389]

Thanks to you bringing it up, I looked up videos of abyss black hole slam and wow, that is a cool move to watch

[@thrifty0413]

Kricketune? Please? It’s a much harder run than you’d anticipate. I did it in diamond and brilliant diamond. My god, it was almost impossible in brilliant diamond.

[@silverrey7379]

If he uses a kricketune, it is mandatory to keep sound on when it starts a battle

[@thrifty0413]

@@silverrey7379 Absolutely.

[@tailz555]

That Ludicolo in the champion fight seemed really annoying. If only there were a flying type move (an AERIAL type even) that never misses to make the double teams useless. That would have been ACE 🤪🤔😂

[@theepicmuffin7934]

Yeah, he REALLY shouldve gotten rid of shadow ball after Phoebe :') Ice Beam Mightve helped with Stevens cradily as well.

[@johngleeman8347]

MDBAMA: What is your favorite type of bread, dry or otherwise? I'm partial to pumpernickel and sourdough. Live long and prosper.

[@thenerdygamer5929]

Mine is sourdough :3

[@kvbhargav6702]

I hope this question reaches him lol

[@JBobMcBeard]

I prefer a classic wet bread

[@HarmfulDesign]

When I was a kid, my Dad bought me a WCW wrestling game for my N64. I didn't know anything about the WCW (I was more of a WWF kid at the time), but I do remember liking Rick Steiner and his signature move, the "Steiner Recliner".

[@Grey_Warden_Invasion]

22:01 "Nope" You sounded like the TF2 Engineer there. Lol

[@robinjonesdragonmage2620]

I remember a shiny wurmple before you got Poké Balls in a run that required struggle. Don't remember the Pokémon though, possibly Ralts 😅

[@AquibMohammedAyman]

I know you probably would have done this challenge anyway but I want still want to believe me asking for slakoth/slaking challange for a few time was part of the reason for this run! So thank you

[@briansherrod1916]

A good Pokémon to have on your side because it’s scary to go against! Great video as always!

[@Kittynelson4]

Slaking is my favorite Pokémon I’ve been waiting for this one.

[@kovoksgaming]

Fun fact, you can actually bypass Slakings loafing turns by simply using an item like an x attack! Now obviously this wouldn’t help considering this is a challenge, but I randomly discovered this from Whattageeks Pokémon Colosseum play through and it blew my mind! 😮

[@jeremyhall2727]

Thank you for showing us your status before the elite four fights & telling us when you got a new move. I highly appreciate it dude

[@jakubsolar4670]

I'm still hoping for any Pokémon game run with only one Togepi (with Serene Grace to make it more managable)

[@BamaMophi]

The Gen 3 elite 4 is the one that convinced child me that of I wanted to make it in competitive Pokemon, I would need to be prepared for any and all strategies, including evasion.

[@parzival-bo]

King Mabel is loafing around! Requesting Pokemon B2W2 With Only One Chinchou.

[@sdhyer]

Oh my GOD I have meant to recommend this since I saw your Regigigas video. Another powerful mon with a terrible passive! Thank you, you psychic!

[@NovaMan_09]

Thanks for the awesome content. This the only reason I’ve been getting any sleep lately

[@TNMJAD]

This! This is the one I’ve been waiting for!

[@Cm-chunk]

Black hole slam was always my favourite and I regularly watch compilations of it. Glad I'm not the only one

[@CDHELPS]

As someone who has started to do a looooot of solo runs partly in thanks to your videos I gotta say 2 things 1 thank you for making these videos that have helped me have a lot more fun in pokemon than id otherwise have ever had and helped me learn way more than i would have thought possible and 2 for a pokemon X run a challenging one id want to see if you would be able to do is Noibat only, its difficult but possible

[@LeonHarteTV]

MDBAMA: For runs on Red/Blue or Fire Red/Leaf Green, have you ever thought of taking the OPPOSITE Fossil? Just picture this. "On on my way through Mt Moon, I took a fossil." *double takes back to the Dome Fossil*

[@timothyzink8189]

You definitely answered those ama questions last week. Big fan of the channel tho

[@anthonynorman7545]

King Mabel is one of your best names and you are good at naming!

[@Weirdwolf22]

Slaking is one of my favorite Pokemon. Was so happy to see this, would love to see it in other gen’s

[@peachymiku6432]

Hehe, I knew you could win! Funnily enough, Pikaspry is how I saw the Slakoth run I mentioned.

[@Croqueta_Oficial]

You should pick up the claw fossil to see if someone notices if you haven't done so already. Great video as always, Mah-Dry!

[@mmayfield1994]

Pretty convenient Hyper Beam recharges on the turns Slaking's just loafing around

[@alexanderzack3720]

i am shocked that a magikarp only run would be boring. having to grind 10 levels to unlock tackle sounds like a great time

[@jakekoehler1]

Happy belated birthday MDB!! Blade runner is THE STUFF

[@Ender41948]

What he was worried about: Protect What he should've been worried about: Double Team

[@DarkMagicianGirl0]

It has been a while since I have come by, but ot is a joy to see your just as kool 😎 as usual. Good luck hehehe

[@brickerboom]

Thanks for answering the question!

[@emeraldrangersWhite]

My suggestion - No experience gain run. There are patches that do that. It'll be fun, instead of "time to grind" you can say "time to catch more"

[@karan6595]

MDBAMA: If you hadn't been an KZbinr, what career would you have likely chosen? Also, love your videos and thank you for all the efforts you put in. MDBAMA is something I always look forward to. :)

[@silu785]

Slaking is one of my fav. pokemon. Hyperbeam with him is one hell of combination.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

I'll tune in for Chao Garden streams! And SA2 playthrough.

[@Holy0Roman0Empire]

Don’t forget you speedran Silent Hill 2. Which I was curious if you’d seen the trailer or whatever for the remake they’ve got.

[@Holy0Roman0Empire]

Nvm. You mentioned it, sorry

[@Holy0Roman0Empire]

At least comments are good for the yt algorithm

[@StolenSton]

(3:48 - 3:52) Amazing reference 🙌

[@AndresLionheart]

You could have started with a Slakoth, stopping the evolution into Vigoroth until it is 1 level away from becoming a Slaking. Then you let it evolve, use one rare candy, and basically skip the Vigoroth stage. Still, not much would have changed, you would have ended up having to grind like crazy in the beginning for that first gym, and then as soon as you got Slaking you would have swept even harder till the Elite 4.

[@tiananatsumi6775]

it's weird to see that Wally fight is much more harder than Psychic gym one. usually fighting Tate & Liza is insanely hard, but to be fair, they don't have to spam Calm Mind that many times, so it's basically thanks to MDB's luck there so that fight didn't get as hard as usual.

[@CuteLittleCat2006]

You are my favourite Pokemon KZbinr!!

[@Omega_1306]

I'd like to see a platinum run with only ghost types

[@slayer1227]

Red? I thought it was yellow, My brain must be Slaking off again.

[@DanHowsen]

12:08 So crazy to me that the Pokémon Challenge trendsetters you mention are all Canadian! And pretty spread out across the country too, if memory serves? (Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia)

[@nightmare348]

Holy crap, Wally was actually a decent boss for once.

[@qweschuning]

Mdb not saying "but you know its not over yet" at the end of an emerald run: P A I N

[@greysonfitts5638]

If I remember correctly, I think the metronome run was also up there in terms of longest run. Hope everyone is having a nice day, including you MahDry

[@GusterTails]

On our way through, I took the Root Fossil. I knew if I didn’t say what I took, you’d all ask. Actually, now that I think about it, everyone asks anyway. Comments are good for the KZbin algorithm.

[@yuumijungle548]

this went way way better than i expected

[@AnagarGatughanYT]

MDBAMA Do you ever rewatch your videos? I remember in the Fallout 1 lets-play you mentioned rewatching the frankly hilarious Risk Subway Escape episode. Love your stuff!

[@Pollurrtopie]

Nicknames a Pokémon Surf for surfing. Teaches Surf to your Ziggy 😅

[@Encephalophage]

Just picked up a copy of Sapphire the other day and the moment I started up this video I nabbed a Slakoth in Petalburg Woods. I'm gonna have to use this guy for the rest of my run now!

[@IsaacComelli]

Yes, more Slaking runs please

[@ChittyChittyFangFang]

I desperately need to know which fossil you took. Oh wait. Glad you said it.

[@PBK1977]

MDBAMA: will we ever see the return of Fallout/Elder Scrolls challenges?

[@bivcbmtgstgtssscqcrddgtrsm2257]

That was a pretty crazy run!

[@DarkEinherjar]

The fast-forward button is already crying from the fact that MDB is playing Diamond, one of the slowest games in the series...

[@miguelcubero3440]

Loved the Run!!!

[@___________0Z0X]

I never thought I would catch MDB “slacking”.🤣😆🤣

[@HardcandyofJustice]

I’m honestly curious if it’s possible to beat any Pokémon game with just explosion. Revives allowed in this case. MDB probably won’t do it due to the insane time commitment

[@silverrey7379]

For anyone doing this challenge, I'd suggest to do the optional rival battle at lilycove so you'll be able to buy Fire Blast for Steven's Skarmory

[@theoneandonly8037]

16:24 , has maril designated for surf (called surf)....teaches to zigzagoon instead lol :D

[@HaydnG266]

Whilst it has Truant, this thing is ridiculous powerhouse. It shouldn't be an issue.

[@AZ-rl7pg]

I was going to complain about starting with Slaking but your reasoning makes sense since once it evolved into Vigoroth you would have breezed though like have the game removing most of the challenge. Thank you for doing this run since Slakoth/Slaking had recently moved up as one of my favorite pokemon after having started a run with it myself. However, my run was in Black 2 and a lot of the trainers seem to understand how to use Truant to their advantage, timing and repeatedly using moves like Dig so that you can never hit them until they run out of PP (and of course you don't get Earthquake to counter that until post-game). Also side note, it's too bad Slack Off doesn't have any bonus effects like clearing volatile status conditions (Torment, Confusion, Infatuation, Seeded, etc.) like how Rest clears normal status afflictions or Roost removes flying for the turn. They could have even made that part unique to pokemon with the Truant ability since it functionally turns it into Rest anyways.

[@asherdevin]

Probably op, but it also would have been nice if it was the only move that worked during truant.

[@raytheawesomedude8455]

The man who legit injured other wrestlers and won King of the Ring. Rest in peace

[@EssexAggiegrad2011]

Hopeful Slaking doesn't break anyone's orbital bone

[@jacobbuchanan5017]

Saturday night. Freshly cracked cherry RC. New MDB challenge run. Kids are asleep. Life is good.

[@qweschuning]

I'm a simple or man... Outro 🔥❤️