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

[@MahDryBread]

Next challenge is up! Pokemon Gold with only HM Moves! 🔷 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fHPVn2yei8uWeNU&ab_channel=Mah-Dry-Bread-Gameplay%26Streams%21

[@mattdaly1624]

I will

[@vinrock123]

Watch out for flannery and wattson

[@redgamer2754]

Mah-Dry please make a challenge with Ponyta. It deserves a challenge. Just look at it. I understand if its too cute to use it in these brutal runs but PLEASE give us a Ponyta Challenge!

[@TDay-uk6dq]

i know you don’t really do gen 6 but…… pokemon y with litleo mabye ?

[@roemontv5426]

WHY U ARE NOT CHEACKING TRPIOUS "HIDDEN POWER" IT MIGHT BE FIRE OR ELECTRIC. Also you should always check your pokemon "hidden power" in emerald because maybe some of your runs when you couldnt beat steven maybe you could beat him bealcause you didnt check

[@jackmahoney3783]

An interesting idea for a challenge would be gen 5 with only deerling. It’s about as strong as a first form starter.

[@stevenkoski5058]

Dearling is. A beeaaassttt!!!!

[@lukeboy8081]

Yes that would be cool

[@SoggyCoffeeAddict]

Sap sipper is a pretty nice ability, it sucks that literally no important battle uses grass moves besides possibly the first gym or your strong rival. He can't make use of that of course since he usually tries to replace the starter that would be hardest for him to fight (meaning cherin would use tepig and the first gym pansear)

[@LoneWolfPrime]

That’s a good idea

[@phonoromono7219]

But all 4 feeling?

[@SoggyCoffeeAddict]

On my way to the gym, I picked border type 12. Because I knew you guys would ask what I picked if I didn't say. Actually, go ahead and ask anyway. Border types are good for the Pokemon game experience

[@averytubestudios]

Underrated comment.

[@cmdAHYT]

@@averytubestudios Agreed.

[@mr.cringe8773]

What border type did you choose

[@dragonaura6698]

@Mr.Cringe Yeah What?

[@dragonaura6698]

Oops ment @Mr. Cringe ?

[@joel2628]

Here's a unique idea. Pokémon Platinum with Pokémon that have more than one head. Doduo, Dugtrio, Magneton, etc.

[@thepokeway2495]

yeah that would be cool

[@amberknight7301]

You can't even catch Doduo and Dugtrio in Platinum...

[@bitemytail]

@@amberknight7301 Randomizer can swap a starter.

[@Portersona69420]

i think Magneton is just 3 Magenmite stuck together. It doesn't techically have 3 heads.

[@bruce4139]

What about diglet is that aloud?

[@ianoliano2057]

Since you do your fossil joke every time, i'd recommend a run with only fossil pokemon: universal randomizer one fossil, and get the other one naturally. And maybe you get the old amber in FRLG.

[@getnanaed3161]

I'm surprised he hasn't done this yet

[@dxjamesdx]

He's already done single pokemon fossil runs with Omanyte and Kabuto, hasn't with Aerodactyl though

[@omegazeroINFI]

@@dxjamesdx sounds like its time for lileep and anorith. itd get around the mossdeep problem too.

[@tiagoandmax]

@@omegazeroINFI Would love to see that

[@mooman1017]

Yes. Just yes he gotta.

[@cartercrum1490]

RSE Trapinch. I feel like that would be a pretty interesting run, since trapinch has amazing attack but garbage stats everywhere else. It might be best to do ruby or sapphire, as an emerald you have to face Juan and Wallace.

[@JesusRamirez-vs9bd]

That sounds like it'd be fun to watch. I love Trapinch, though mostly because I find it funny that it evolves into a GROUND/Dragon type named FLYgon.

[@Hi_itsRaph]

I like this idea

[@J05TI]

In that case, definitely do Emerald for the challenge.

[@bvd_vlvd]

@@JesusRamirez-vs9bd They pulled a "Venonat evolves into Butterfree" trick on us once again by not naming a pokemon that has always dreamt about flying Fly-gon even though its pre evolutions are Ba-gon and Shel-gon so they took the name and gave it to someone else. I simultaneously love and despise how they play with our feelings

[@donlyphans7801]

Trapich is basically a baby Pokemon. I recommend emerald to see him suffer. Whats a trapich even going to do to a ludicolo?!

[@jerbear8884]

Master Ball Magikarp is peak content. I love these challenges and all the little gags if you're paying attention

[@wolfheart5408]

This is gonna be like the gible run where one ice move is a certified KO

[@mjja4783]

Talking bout EQ like return doesn’t exist

[@_WiZ420]

idk who yall talkin bout bc he already deleted his comment when I got here lmaoooooooooooooooooo

[@DinosaurDemon]

New MDB conspiracy: You recorded all the fossil gags at once and just changed the border between takes

[@pokemariosun4395]

Considering that he said he took claw but the visual says he took root, I don't doubt it. That could also be him just not thinking about it though.

[@Antonypancake]

@@pokemariosun4395 He did pick the root, he changed it after checking which was the correct one

[@SKOL-guy]

Damn it.. I just posted this same thing and then saw your comment.

[@krystallinekris]

@@pokemariosun4395 I thought he bait and switched taking the fossils like he does sometimes.He'd done it ina Fire Red run, too, where looked at the Dome Fossil before taking the Helix fossil.

[@invictrus]

12:05 The consistent Masterkarp is always a treat to see. Keep it up!

[@pngdotjpeg]

MDB, there is nothing I look forward to every Saturday than hearing you tell me what fossil you took, and reassuring me that I can and should still ask, just to ensure the video performs well in the KZbin algorithm.

[@artsyryder]

This is more of a "joke run" idea, maybe an idea for an April Fools video? But how about a Pokemon Platinum run with only one Arceus?

[@3EyesPurpleCat]

Hmm...too easy,maybe a mon that sounds OP but it isnt,like a Mewtwo in a gen with a lot of dark types.

[@rjante2236]

@@3EyesPurpleCat Arceus is awful starting out. Seismic Toss at Level 1 and it's a drag until it learns a decent move.

[@3EyesPurpleCat]

@@rjante2236 Really?On what gen and what game?.

[@rjante2236]

@@3EyesPurpleCat I believe it only has Seismic Toss in every game at Level 1.

[@rjante2236]

@@3EyesPurpleCat So I just checked and it actually starts with Cosmic Power, Punishment and Natural Gift as well. I never knew!

[@essixthefalcon8657]

For Gen 5, what about copying N's team? It could be interesting due to his always-changing teams!

[@TokenOracle]

That's going to have an issue with the final N fight, since the player can only get 1 of the legendary dragons and N gets the other.

[@essixthefalcon8657]

@@TokenOracle That is a good point-

[@moiramoran8149]

@@TokenOracle He could just use the team he uses from White version. Like how he used the Venusaur team for Red version in the Rivals team video.

[@oxcare5]

@@moiramoran8149 he also has 2 fossil pokemon

[@moiramoran8149]

@@oxcare5 Right... Forget about that.

[@sinnohan2225]

Steven’s Skarmory is the run killer. That is almost always where the runs die…

[@Cyniv0]

To be fair, Skarmory was the literal meta back in gens 2 and 3. It can physically wall, phase, set Spikes, and then, y'know, SkarmBliss or Skarmlax

[@professoroak7545]

I beat Steven with a treeko so I'd say tropius is pretty doable

[@bigborger]

MY BABY TROPIUS. god, i wish he had better moves. i love his design so much.

[@leo9981]

Something that would require some research, you could do Gen 2 with only Normal type moves. It should be possible to get past the Ghost types with Foresight, so I'd be interested to see how far you could get

[@parzival-bo]

I've used Tropius before. It can be surprisingly workable with the right setup. Anyway, requesting Pokemon B2W2 with Only One Chinchou.

[@ProphecyPhrase]

Chinchou is awesome! Mad respect.

[@HunterTheron]

Was surprised that Salamance road blocked you so effectively. Honestly it’s why I love the solo challenges, it’s fun to see what ends up being more difficult than expected.

[@unstoppabletaboo]

FR with Blaine's exact team! Since he's always hilariously inept

[@krystallinekris]

In Fire Red, Blaine is much more competent, and iirc the moves they give him are a bit better. Now doing Red with Blaine's team? That's another story, with moves like Roar and Leer on Arcanine.

[@strawberrymilkkid5893]

With so much water in the region i'm surprised MDB hasn't done Pokemon Sapphire with only one Slugma

[@priestofronaldalt]

Slugma balls

[@Dragonemperess]

That sounds awful. XD

[@choklat4606]

@@priestofronaldalt really?

[@priestofronaldalt]

@@choklat4606 perfaps😬😬😬😳😬😳!!11!!!11!!1!!!!

[@alvinbellamy5476]

@@priestofronaldalt gulpin deez nuts

[@blankzz1]

I used to watch you last year. You helped me deal with my depression. I saw u on my recommended 1 year later and im in tears. Thank you! :D

[@dood8627]

Did you know you can get the giga drain tm in route 123 if you talk to a girl facing a tree(if you have a grass type)? Could be useful in the future

[@thefenixfamily]

12:04 That was a close one; you almost didn't catch that Magikarp

[@0MidnighttheDragon0]

I'd love to see an absol run. I think it'd be super silly to see an entire run determined by crits.

[@rtyuik7]

8:03 - "Oh... I guess I was trying too hard..." -- the gym leader who didnt use the Super-Effective move against the player's pokemon...

[@ZombieManQ]

MDB: Makes Fossil joke Mirage Tower: YEEEET

[@segoeui2353]

I actually already did this one myself since Tropius is my all-time favorite. I remember the biggest issue is the absolute sad state of your offensive coverage. Tropius basically gets a couple decent normal moves, a bunch of grass stuff, and Fly. If you run into a steel type, you immediately have a problem. I'm anticipating his run will have the biggest issues with A. Winona, B. getting past Drake and hitting Milotic hard enough that it doesn't ice beam you to next Sunday.

[@JoshuaRodriguez.]

13:55 "Like usual are attack is down the entire fight." 3 seconds later "so we get are attack back from swagger."

[@narobii9815]

root for the root fossil, but the fans are clawing for the other. I love this games fossil gimmick.

[@ChickenCoop82]

After 2 years from my initial time asking… He did it He finally did it :,)

[@KornersquaredMike]

Under appreciated aspect of MDBs runs. Never resetting for a better nature. What ever it is he always keeps it

[@thom9910]

Been having a really awful week MDB. I appreciate your constant happy uploads

[@Nick_Slavik]

What I like about these challenges is this, MDB asks, "Can I beat Pokemon (version) with a team of (challenge parameters)?" Often times yes he can! But there is the odd time, such as the Wobbuffet challenge, where he just can't. And I like seeing that too! Because I go into these thinking, he's got this in the bag! Thank you for our enjoyment MDB :)

[@knate44]

Was hyped for a sec when he almost took the claw fossil.

[@angelicabutterfly1794]

Did he just use a Master Ball on a Magikarp?! My goodness, I think I just had a stroke.

[@SkimBee]

I had an idea for a unique challenge, what about Pokémon platinum or black but you can only use a team of Pokémon you got from a card pack. So you open a pack of Pokémon cards and every Pokémon you can catch in the game you use and for the starter you use the weakest one.

[@ShinuKage]

Pokemon Emerald with only one luvdisc? could be fun :D Or maybe a run where you cant use ANY items at all.. will make for some interesting situations.

[@Alchys]

All hail the Almighty Algorith! I’m back, yet again, to ask/challenge MDB: Can you Beat Oblivion at Level One?

[@Alchys]

Before anyone can see this, I already know it’ll be buried deeper than the Root fossil I hope MDB didn’t forget to obtain.

[@morgankingsley8711]

Literally impossible. Daedric shrines all require levels, and the lowest is 2, and you HAVE to do 1. So the minimum to beat it is 2

[@Alchys]

@@morgankingsley8711 It’s bethesda, of course there’s a bugged daedric artifact quest. Enter the enemy “Umbra” a level 50 with mostly maxed out everything. She is the quest for one of the artifacts, or rather her sword is. It’s doable, in theory, just ridiculously difficult.

[@MrAlmaerith]

@@Alchys Umbra isn't a deadric artifact, the mask you can trade it for is

[@Alchys]

@@MrAlmaerith Regardless, it’s doable, in theory, at level one.

[@stridify]

New challenge idea! Weakest Legends Challenge: Finding the lowest possible level to beat different Pokémon games with a single legendary Pokémon. Example: Weakest possible Mewtwo vs. Pokémon Silver Run would start with level 5 Mewtwo and ends with defeating Red. Skip ALL optional battles and wild encounters. Only allowed to grind if Legendary can’t pass a mandatory fight after a few attempts, such as unavoidable battles, gyms, elite four, and the fight against Red. Other rules for the run still apply: only [insert legendary] allowed in battle. No glitches/exploits. No items in battle. Adjustments can be made to the challenge to further handicap the legendary as needed, such as only allowing the first 4 moves learned by the legendary. No other moves allowed.

[@ashclaw2306]

This is going to be fun! How about a relicanth run? Still haven't forgotten about Surskit/Masquerain though.

[@albertocatalano9907]

sunny day was the play all along, u never use weather stuff but the sun halves the damage of both ice and water moves while DOUBLING the damage of fire. same thing happens with the rain doubling the damage of water and halfing fire. Just so u know sand increases the special def of any rock pokemon while hail does pretty much nothing. i would personally love a castform only in later generations but u do u man i love ur content

[@lukeboy8081]

Cool to see someone giving Tropius some love. 🎋❤🤗🏝

[@tedstrange4486]

Challange #14 Dare: pick the Dome Fossil once

[@fozzie_79]

Ah yes, flying meganium. Also congrats on that 400k, well deserved!

[@VoidNull9222]

Great video! I’ve always loved Tropius, probably my favorite Gen 3 pokemon

[@Flossman2]

I'm surprised you never use Secret Power, it can be a random move typing, which could in turn be good or bad

[@xDivide]

It always baffled me that maxie and Archie with Pokémon in the 40s are still using super potions.

[@fabledblake3281]

Meanwhile, Hoenn's 4th Gym Leader already uses Hyper Potions, on top of having a STAB- boosted 140 base power attack. The Hoenn games are just peculiar.....

[@xDivide]

@@fabledblake3281 definitely. Lmao. With sapphire being my first ever one tho I have a deep love for them.

[@timtam2400]

I was trying this challenge myself but couldn't finish it so I don't yet know how difficult Glacia would be. My moveset before ending was Fly, Magical Leaf, Double Team and I think Body Slam.

[@GWSharpy]

400,000 SUBSCRIBERS CONGRATS MDB!!!

[@ledlebrgr5380]

"Ice moves really mess us up!" *Flashback to Crasher Wake's Floatzel*

[@darthrevan5609]

Rip spud

[@JustinnePunsalang]

I've been looking for a Tropius run! This is just perfect! Thanks!!!

[@Teallen96]

I feel as one of the 'more challenging' potential vids, you should do whichever pokemon game you want, but you cannot spend money (or minimal amount) Gen 1 would be impossible because of safari zone hm. Not sure about other gens though

[@jejeakle]

@David Jameson pickup is very helpful

[@jejeakle]

@David Jameson sorry, when I think gen 1 I usually mean the remakes

[@Jacob-bn1nj]

In yellow you don't technically need money for the safari zone. I'm pretty sure If you didn't have any money and tried to enter multiple times, it would eventually let you pass through for free. I want to say that pikasprey made a video on this

[@lord_berkut2426]

I think that and the drink to get into saffron city would be the exceptions since they’re required in Gen 1. In gen 3 someone gives you tea for the guards.

[@ericmaloney6730]

Dropping a comment 3 years later to say these videos have saved me from boredom at work and I really appreciate all the effort that goes into them :) Currently watching this during my 15 min smoke break

[@ericmaloney6730]

Omg wow didn't think this comment would actually get seen, keep up the good work MDB!!!

[@senix7640]

suggestion for next Pokémon's challenge: Gen 4 with only 1 Bidoof

[@SkimBee]

He did black with a bidoof instead because he didn’t want to do platinum with it

[@barretprivateer8768]

The fully evolved / single form pokemon with garbage moves / type etc are always my favorite single pokemon runs.

[@sagacious03]

What was its Hidden Power type? Also, was Pecha or Lum Berry not worth it to deal with Skarmory's Toxic? Or maybe Rest-Talk? Anyway, decent video! Thanks for uploading!

[@joemasso9473]

Based on the amount of damage was being done, I don’t think it would have been enough. Even if those strategies would have been enough for skarmory there is no way it would have helped for the rest of the team

[@sagacious03]

@@joemasso9473 Ahhh. I had been pondering if it might be doable with say, Rest, Sleep Talk, HP Water, Growth. Good to have your perspective on the matter, too, though.

[@joemasso9473]

@@sagacious03 Same! The ideas you had were interesting and appreciate your creativity. However, seeing how little damage a STAB, at lv. 100, Sunny Day powered Solarbeam was doing. I think MDB was right to call it.

[@sagacious03]

@@joemasso9473 ​ @Joe Masso Yeah, even if he did go Move Relearn Growth to set up 6 with Rest-Talk, it might not be enough. Thanks for the discussion.

[@TheGhostFart]

@@sagacious03 chesto berry Rest HP Fire Sunny Day Solarbeam

[@alphamato2125]

Congrats to 400 k subscribers. What a journey 🙏🏻

[@PuppetsByPalmieri]

Would be fun to see some Pokémon doing solos outside their home region. Like Tropius in FR/LG

[@fabledblake3281]

This would be uncharted territory for most viewers. Like, how many times have some of us seen Pokemon native to Johto used in a RSE or FRLG run? Just a handful of times I suppose, I'm just surprised more Poketubers don't do this

[@mandy8558]

Here's an idea for a challenge: any pokemon game, no limits on teams, but you can only use each move the exact number of times that it has PP for. So you can only use tackle 30 times total across all pokemon, Blizzard 5 times total across all pokemon, etc. The challenge is not just in beating the game, but also in having enough move uses to beat the game. (to be nice you could say that only fights that progress the game count towards move uses, so wiping on boss fights does not count towards your total as long as you reset the game after a wipe and don't gain EXP from the fight.)

[@mikedeal6460]

Wouldn't it be about time he made use of the root fossil? Can Mah-Dry-Bread beat Pokemon Emerald with a Lileep?

[@adamdouse6662]

Top tip for grinding in the pass, or anywhere for that matter, get the achro bike and just hold B, you can get an encounter whilst hopping.

[@basedjiren3889]

We need a SWSH run with only Ditto

[@thequagiestsire]

The name should be a reference to A Land Before Time, about that one leaf, what did they call it? A Starleaf? I dunno.

[@Oh_Lionheart]

Week 29 ya'll! Week 29 of asking for pokemon Sapphire with only one Absol!

[@hajidle]

Swords dance strats and decent speed would make the run pretty easy

[@zjean3417]

@@hajidle Absol has terrible special attack and all dark type moves are special in gen 3. So no STAB moves. Absol has pretty bad defence aswell.

[@hajidle]

@@zjean3417 The defence is offset by learning double team a little bit after swords dance. You're completely right about the special attack but it gets decent enough physical moves that the run wouldn't be that difficult, especially in the endgame

[@armargo]

Grass flying type could have been a vegan wrestlers name. Austin Aries or Bryan Danielson comes to mind lol

[@mrred1255]

No more 1 challenge a week? Damn times are changing 😔

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

Yeah he's doing 3 challenges a month now, taking 1 Saturday off per month.

[@mrred1255]

@@MobileGamingChronicles Heard the end of the video last week but came to check anyway. It was entertaining seeing MDB do these fun challenges and keeping the algorythm up every weekend

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

@@mrred1255 oh yeah, comments are good for the KZbin algorithm.

[@michaelangelogabion8037]

Pretty weird, since Combusken can take advantage of Fire-Type weakness of Tropius while at the same time, Tropius can take advantage of Flying-Type weakness of Combusken at the same time

[@bratackthecreator]

New challenge Idea : "can you win a pokemon game only using the weakess damaging move for every type?" Non damaging move are still allowed if you find it too hard :)

[@dasblatt8628]

I'm happy you did Tropius. It is my favorite Pokemon. I remember when I encountered it as a kid on Route 119 and thought it was a legendary at first because it looks so majestic. Also, that route is my favorite place in my favorite game :) Too bad Tropius wasn't that good so I never leveled it until Lv. 100 haha

[@theholywand11]

An interesting run would be any gen with just a ditto.

[@nadim4729]

Shoutout to Tropius for having Dragon Hammer as an egg move,not that relevant of a comment but still,pretty nice

[@connorstenz4296]

8:23 I never noticed that and now I appreciate the joke even more. I feel compelled to make this comment by some force to propel some algorithm.

[@TheBloodswordsman]

So wonderful to hear him say what fossil he took.

[@prolificillithic]

Pleasant surprise! Tropius is my favorite mon, I even have a Tropius tattoo! Good to see him get some love!

[@AdamTheWeeb]

I always say that if I was a gym leader I would be grass type and have a tropius, glad to see it getting some love

[@duszty]

Love the design of Tropius, even if it's not a great Pokémon. Also comments are good for the KZbin algorithm

[@TheRealOnlineAcc]

6:28 I see what you did there 😏

[@quintinsmyth5172]

I completely forgot that it's Saturday; what a happy suprise. These videos really make my week. Thanks man

[@JWStevens]

Closer then I Expected for a “normally” simple fight! Oh man you through that in there perfectly lol

[@Raqqoon_]

First time viewer! Your commentary is awesome and the content is so great to watch

[@skygazer6082]

"I can't find a move to replace gust." Fly!! Ariel ace!! Mdb, I love you but really?!

[@348joey]

8:56 "That was closer than I expected for a /normally/ simple fight" Don't know if that was intentional.

[@kyleginn7382]

Cam-erupt… like a camel, erupting Not came rupt Aside from that great run 👍🏻

[@natedawg6647]

I would always name my Tropius “Nanners” as a kid and think it was hilarious for some reason. I hope this run will be fun

[@rebeccaconlon9743]

Because it looks like a banana herb?

[@xykel8119]

I liked the rival team challenge. I think you should do more of those kind of challenges. Pick rival or champion and use their team.

[@OMGWTFBBQRLY]

Oh, I'm excited. Tropius is one of my very favorite Pokemon.

[@SemiHypercube]

12:08 clip of him catching a magikarp in a master ball out of context

[@pyroalblaze6494]

Congratulations on 400k! Cheers 🥂

[@SuperMartinsa]

Potential idea: Pokemon ??? but you have to oneshot every pokemon. You will probably need to wait until the first gym but in general it should be interesting with the tradeoff of building op teams and having stronger pokemon.

[@connorstenz4296]

12:17 The Magikarp is not named Katya and now I am sad.

[@Kurachi84]

I thought it'd be decent, as Tropius is pretty strong in general... but some points make it less useful. I suck at the part with the fossils, as i'm slow with my physical movements, so racing through corners is no way for me to play that part XD I thought you'd get the Claw Fossil while saying Root Fossil, and was like "oh boy, he makes that troll, finally", but no. I'd have tried Aerial Ace, and thought you'd do that, but i guess Skarmory is just too much, anyway. Maybe Fly would've had a lucky try, but if not, it'd be useless, too.

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

Got good moves for most of Steven's team, what could go wrong? Skarmory: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

[@acolt622]

Corsola only in Gen 2 could be fun! I did Corsola only in Emerald and had a blast with it. That little spiky devil is tanky!

[@nessle420]

Every time I watch a playthrough of Emerald, i pay close attention to the Slateport encounter with Aqua, makes me chuckle seeing ‘simps’ used in Archie’s dialogue here :)

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

Congratulations on 400K subscribers MDB!

[@kadenthefoxbat1450]

That Razor Leaf has Fire Emblem hit rates.

[@tysonpotato3495]

Pokemon Emerald, no healing Part 2, but you’re not allowed to use any Pokémon you used last time (save the Zigzags)

[@Tropiusflyer]

You should have called it 'Tropius' after me! :D Thanks for the video!!!

[@hinatatheholyknight2201]

I actually really love Trpoius' design and I grew up watching land before time so it's one of my favorite pokemon

[@belzzor2322]

Suggesting Pokémon Platinum with one Driftloon, 5 weaknesses, with almost all the major boss battles having something that can hit for super effective damage, but also has a decent move set and stats.