Can I Beat Pokemon Gold with ONLY Diglett? 🔴 Pokemon Challenges ► NO ITEMS IN BATTLE

📌 Pokemon Challenge Playlist!► • Pokemon Challenges!
Use code "MahDryBread" on Khimyra for a discount!: khimyra.com
In this video I take you along my ridiculous Pokemon Gold Challenge Journey through the world of Johto in Generation 2 as I attempt to beat the entire game with only Deerling and without using Items in Battle! Am I able to do it? Only one way to find out!
📺 Live Streaming At!► / mahdrybread
📌 Pokemon Trading Card Game Playlist!► • Pokemon Trading Card G...
📌 Pokemon Stadium Let's Play!► • Pikacup! ▶ Pokemon Sta...
📌 Pokemon X Let's Play!► • MY FIRST TIME Playing ...
📌 Pokemon Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire Randomized!► • Pokémon ORAS Randomize...
📌 Pokemon Red & Blue Randomized!► • Pokémon Red/Blue Rando...
📌 Pokemon Black & White Randomized!► • Pokémon Black/White Ra...
📌 Pokemon Heart Gold & Soul Silver Randomized!► • Pokémon HeartGold/Soul...
🔷 Twitter!► / mahdrybread
📷 Instagram!► / mahdrybread
💰 Patreon!► / mahdrybread
~Stay in Touch!~
Discord Server!► / discord
Steam Group!► SteamCommunity.com/groups/MahD...
Steam!► SteamCommunity.com/id/MahDryBr...
Reddit Fan Page!► / mahdrybread
Curious Cat!► curiouscat.live/Mah-Dry-Bread
Tip Jar!► streamlabs.com/mahdrybread/tip
#pokemon #pokémonGold #pokemonchallenge

[@riemaennchen]

Finding a Shiny Magikarp is kinda mean in the game that gives you a Shiny Water Onix for free.^^

[@jamst5913]

Had it happen to me in Soul Silver. Didn't find a single other shiny and I had a dew hundred hours in it

[@schhhh]

i've never found a legit shiny in any pokemon game, only in romhacks where the chances are increased :(

[@Francis-ht5td]

I bred for a shiny magikarp un crystal lol

[@whisperingwooper1763]

Same had it happen in soul sliver and I was like welp it is what it is I guess

[@miche1df]

@@schhhh the only one I've ever found was a Rattata in Gold

[@risel56]

You know it's going to be a brutal road to Red when the Elite Four show up halfway through the video.

[@NathanRhysGeorge]

Or a mammoth outro

[@floatingf8783]

4:35 I misheard that as "Okay, after grinding all the way to Level 28 we managed to EAT Scyther." and thought to myself "And they say you can't eat your problems away." 😂

[@RoninCatholic]

Moles do eat insects 🤔

[@RoninCatholic]

@Sniper Diglett and Dugtrio are moles. Their big tough mole claws is why they start with the attack Scratch and later learn Slash. They're _abstract_ moles like Whacka from the Paper Mario series, based on Whack-A-Mole arcade games.

[@shadowofseattle1338]

My therapist used to say I can't eat my problems! He stopped saying it after I bit him...

[@muffinland]

Diglett Dig! Diglett Dig! Trio Trio Trio!

[@floatingf8783]

Is that a motherfucking Glitchlett reference?

[@nintai6656]

I love your wrestling empire series not because I understand it or have any interest in wrestling but just because of the sheer volume of infectious joy that exudes from your soul every time you play that game. The world needs more of that kind of energy.

[@nintai6656]

Ps: I don’t know anything about wrestling and don’t have any feelings about it either way.

[@VCV95]

You reeeeeaaaally don't need to know anything about sports at all to enjoy wrestling empire, lmao. Look up some more folks messing with the game if you want to laugh more at pure insanity, or even better, look up Hard Time. MDickie's games in general are amazing.

[@1845net]

@@VCV95 The You Testament is a riot too! The game doesn't set all of it's character flags correctly so you will occasionally have Jesus Christ himself warn you "Touch me again, and I'll kill you!" or "Satan is a friend of mine! You mess with him, you mess with me!" It's hysterical.

[@VCV95]

@@1845net I'll check that out! Thanks! I know MDickie mostly through Silly Fren Joel and Jerma, I believe. It was a few years back when I watched the majority of Werstle Mpire, lol

[@Kehman86]

Best part with Aerodactyl using Hyper Beam is CROTCH LASER!

[@robertlupa8273]

Lazer *_P I S S_*

[@shadowtitanx3962]

I still prefer DNA Hyper Beam in Gen 3

[@maiabones]

in one of the gem 3 games (i THINK either RS or Emerald) if you use bullet seed on a machop it hits it right in the nads

[@gmk9321]

@@robertlupa8273 cultured person I see, I approve

[@jjmississippi8125]

The next Diglett challenge if there’s another one should definitely be nicknamed The Dig Show this time 😂

[@Datboi-fs4ej]

I constantly get hooked on mah dry breads challenge videos, lose interest a month later, then come back another month later. Its an infinite loop. Keep up the good work❤

[@ravenite5317]

While you were sick I watched your Paper Mario series. You still owe us TTYD!

[@greysonfitts5638]

Ah yes, ghosts in this gen cannot be damaged by tackle, but CAN be damaged by Dig, which is just tackle, but from below. Because we all know, a ghost’s greatest weakness is a suplex from below. Love the content Mah Dry, keep it up!

[@maiabones]

I think you called it at the right time. Even if you got lucky and eventually got past the Blastoise, there's no way you'd beat the Snorlax.

[@skeetermania3202]

Curse could be considered, but the speed drop would probably be catastrophic for the team other than Snorlax.

[@GaIeforce]

​@@skeetermania3202 Could beat Snorlax with CurseRest, but Snorlax is the only pokemon you can safely set up with, and there's a very high likelihood it's the last pokemon being sent out. You could set up on Pikachu, but then ALL the other pokemon become even bigger threats due to outspeeding. Man, if only the Swords Dance TM existed...

[@TokaiLiebely]

Will is a Psychic and therefore can reasonably be assumed to be able to read surface thoughts of others. When Level 69 was reached and your mind went for that joke he probably threw the fight just to get you and your mind out of there, that's why it was such a radical difference from just one level.

[@WWEdeadman]

Oh, great, have fun literally dying to a single attack all the time. xD

[@FR34K117]

Icebeam...

[@Nick_Slavik]

I feel like if you made the Pokemon wrestling game a regular series, you could make SUCH a creative story around rivalries, alliances, etc, etc! This would be amazing collab opportunity for you and your friends too! Imagine having Whattageek, Brandon, Ash, Joe, etc in as characters! Especially with your love and fondness for wrestling it would, most likely, end up so damn good too! lol Just some ideas for you 🙂 use them, don't use them 🤷‍♂️ either way I enjoy the videos 🙂👍

[@robertlupa8273]

I literally couldn't care less about that game, but people seem to like it, so take my upvote.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Ash you say? Why not Brock or Misty too

[@Nick_Slavik]

@@robertlupa8273 I haven't been a wrestling fan for so long, but the Pokemon take on it was so out there and unique! It would be amazing if MDB made a series out of it, plus, with his wealth of knowledge, and admiration, of wrestling he could make an AMAZING original series 🙂👍

[@Nick_Slavik]

@@adventureoflinkmk2 haha anyone's welcome! Why not Tai from Digimon? Cross over special episode? 🤔

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

@@Nick_Slavik Genki from monster rancher is fine too

[@Aravail]

Hey MDB, been sick the past week or so and your videos really helped get me through - love your challenges and your positive attitude! Thanks for all the entertainment and keep up the great work!

[@blast__zone]

Have you stopped being sick within the past 4 months?

[@Aravail]

@@blast__zone Haha, yes, fully better now

[@Enjoysaeli]

BRING BACK WRESTLING EMPIRE! I need more of Newbie Nate's career. Also, thanks for the early link from Twitter!

[@brebeaa]

Oh God, I just started watching and I can already feel how painful this run will be. 😂

[@rtyuik7]

i think the "Pokemon Wrestling" thing could be a neat idea...like, if you did a Solo-Run with two pokemon that end up with super-similar results (like Same Level, Same Reset-count, Same Time, etc), then they should have to 'settle it IN THE RING!!' afterward lol

[@Alchys]

More of that April fool’s style of video, please? That was friggin amazing!!

[@Otonio_Bruno]

Possible winning strategies against Red (final battle): Set 1: Earthquake Return Curse (Get in Celadon) Protect Battle as shown in video up to Venusaur, use curse in first turn against it, second turn use protect to guard against Solarbeam. Proceed to finish Venusaur with EQ/Return. Hopefully Diglett can outspeed Blastoise at minus 1 speed and one shot it with +1 atk earthquake. Set 2: Earthquake Return Double Team Protect Pretty same as before, use double team instead of curse when Venusaur comes, protect when solarbeam hits, keep doing this up until you maxed evasion on diglett, hopefully Blastoise will miss Surf. Very cheesy strategy.

[@PokemonWoop]

I always wonder why he doesn't seem to use Curse in these runs

[@les5503]

An MDB challenge video is exactly what I needed today. Thanks, dude

[@Lies_and_Slander]

"I have no balls" Mah-Dry-Bread 2023

[@RealMrHater]

i was sitting here wondering if you had ever found a shiny in any of these challenge runs because i had honestly forgotten if you did, and then you find one in this one crazy coincidence

[@parzival-bo]

The legendary DIG. Requesting Pokemon B2W2 With Only One Chinchou.

[@iqcrazy9762]

I’m so glad the April fool’s video did well!! I’m so down for it to be a series!!

[@Giga-lemesh]

My first challenge video since I started watching! So I happy I found this channel, been binging all the challenges, and planning to get started on sone let’s plays

[@Promatim]

100%, i'd be on board for more pokemon wrestling. You were clearly having fun, and when my favorite youtubers are having fun, i'm happy

[@conza1989]

Always up to you of course, I would say for Gen 2, if you're confident the post game is unwinnable, feel free to skip it man, usually the part I'm most interested in is the Elite 4, and if it's going well then it's interesting to see if the post game is possible, but since it wasn't going well. Anyway I might be in the minority.

[@TyroneBruinsmaFilms]

11:55 "Hey! Phrasing!"

[@flammenklinge4391]

I haven't watched your videos in a while. I bascially rediscovered it. Re-watching your old Challenges and watching the newer ones made me want to play the old games again. Plus, the youtube algorithm suggested a bunch of theme songs from emerald/ sapphire/ruby. I'm glad my old Game Boy Advanced SP still works. It's charging for some amazing game play hours later today!

[@kevingarnett1255]

"I'd catch it, but unfortunately I have no balls. We've all been there..." Holy shit

[@chunkysaurus785]

Great Video btw I was one of those people who didn’t watch your wrestling vid but Hearing the Good reviews I will definitely check it out Love You Bro! 👍

[@E_X_I_T]

Glad to see you still doing these man 🖤 I’ve watched every single one! Would move to see something super hard like a no poke center run etc

[@AussieRider20]

Yeah the emerald and fire red no pokemon centre runs were great! I'd be curious to see it in platinum as well.

[@FowlPlayFTW]

Advance wars 1 & 2 are on the switch now, it'd be amazing to see another play through from you for that. All the best as always

[@Mocita]

Hey, not sure if you know this, but in Gold/Silver/Crystal, there's a bug that makes female Pokemon stats lower than the male Pokemon. You might consider this when doing future challenges.

[@tdis8629]

It's not a bug, but how Attack IVs affect gender (lower range IV = female, scales with gender ratio). Still annoying, though.

[@troqu]

Your April 1 video was amazing. I don't care for wrestling, but you're commentary made it so enjoyable.

[@Casey_Becker]

Love your videos man!!! Comments are good for the KZbin algorithm 😤

[@mickgorro]

"I have no balls. We've all been there"

[@blindgirluk1845]

You should do a black 2 pidove only run. I'm doing one and it's a nightmare.

[@TheNoteblockLizard]

We're in the same boat as you over here on the West Coast .... I think the ground has finally thawed out? We're still expecting minus temperatures during the night hours though :/ 100% agree on the Khimyra sweatpants. So glad I got mine before winter set in last year! Also, hiya from BC!

[@bennyk384]

I don’t know the first thing about wrestling. Loved the April fools video and binged the wrestling empire series (hoping you make some more of that, it’s so funny). You just bring such joy to the wrestling videos so I’m super pumped that you’re happy to do more wrestling stuff!

[@girlie_p0p]

gotta say, these videos are incredibly relaxing to just leave on

[@trueMCGRaven]

my prediction is that you'll be able to barely beat the champ without going to level 100 because oneshotting them all is ridiculously difficult well i WOULD have been right but you skipped to level 100 from 95 so we never got to see it haha :D

[@TheBloodswordsman]

I would definitely be on board for one Pokemon wrestling challenge per month. Especially, if we get MDB improvised commentary

[@VCV95]

Add in the Vinsauce/Jerma Leagues!

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

that run was actually quite surprising! we all know digglet isn't known for its resistance but, even so, it pulled through! it was capable of much actually! but even so I suppose it could have done even better, with more luck I think it could 've won red! but anyways let tge challenges continue, right! very fun and entertaining MDB! thank you, wish you good health and more of success!😊

[@shadowofseattle1338]

Mah dry... you reallyhelp me get through hard/lonely times... thanks a million!

[@Pirate_Knight27]

Another great video! BTW, a swinub challenge would be really fun I think.

[@getbn6547]

I'm up for more Pokemon rasslin'. Great video!

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Nice to see a good ol' challenge run again.

[@ant123bell2]

Early access is great, love diglett im sure you can do this

[@chrisswanepoel7389]

Turns out that an all-flying champion trainer is a challenge for a pokemon that can't get of the ground at all...

[@davalious5107]

Another fun run to listen too. As for suggestions(as always): how about Pokemon gold/silver with a single Murkrow

[@cmac6345]

11:56 "I have no balls" Good to know mdb 😂😂😂

[@benediktwindisch2778]

Always happy when a Pokémon Challenge of you is uploaded :) Greetings from germany

[@mustard3450]

That April fools challenge was great! I love your improvised content! Everyone check out the Nancy Drew let’s play. You know what, I’m watching that next…

[@jakobschiek9513]

Again a very enjoyable run. I'm wondering: which fossils did you take?

[@nustacular]

There’s a rare item in Kanto, you only get one of it since it’s a hidden item. Beserk Gene. It’s increases your attack by 2 stages but then confuses you for the battle (when tested it lasted 256 turns). With this consumable held item you can solo Red with Magikarp. But it’s 50/50 you hit yourself since you are confused.

[@nicholascardwell7410]

Can you do a challenge where you see if three Diglett are better or worse than one Dugtrio?

[@realperson69]

That’s hilarious. But three Digletts would probably be worse than one Dugtrio unless we use a modern EXP Share. 😅

[@SarahsSnakeShop]

it was spring here for about a week... but had a snow storm today lol

[@nickkrick]

As a fellow Ontario man, I have also been waiting impatiently for some nice weather. We had a few really nice days and I guess that was enough because we are supposed to get snow on Tuesday....what?!?

[@morbontg]

Given the time left in the video from when you hit the outro, I was expecting a standard length outro followed by a return to you showing us that you actually tried double team and beat Red.

[@Kagnis1]

Fun run as always MDB. How about for a future run you do Pokemon Red only first form Birds not a lot of variance on moves but should be fun and a little tricky.

[@Lies_and_Slander]

Every Saturday is eating lunch in my car to your videos 💕

[@paulthompson382]

RE the outro: if any of you haven't seen his Let's Plays, watch: - Nancy Drew - Flash Trash - Mario Party - Pokemon Mystery Dungeon - Pokemon Stadium - LA Noire - the Dragonball Fire Red rom hack Honestly everything I've watched is great but these are the highlights

[@snupietherat6814]

in gen 1 (and I believe 2) you don't get the EVs you've earned before you level up. that means at lvl 100 you don't get the benefit of EVs naturally. that fix to this is to deposit the pokemon in a box and then retrieve it. easy to check once you've done some battles at 100. this might have been the final push that you needed to either survive surf or beat blastoise

[@dannywaider]

Glad that you are better and putting out content for you and your family♥️ I pray that God keeps you safe and continuing what you love

[@Submissive-Soul]

Diglett learning sunny day actually makes sense to halve water damage or go out with a weather effect

[@anthonynorman7545]

That's a really long outro, but I'm here for it!

[@alantremonti1381]

If you've never seen a show called "Monster Factory" check it out: Justin and Griffin McElroy make hilarious creations in different games; anyway! One of their things while they worked at Polygon was pitting all of their creations against each other in a wrestling game, and it was so funny.

[@fluffixation]

Thing #1: at one point in this video I thought you said "spongebob" instead of "sludge bomb." Thing #2: My mom wandered into the room during the Lance fight, heard "Charizard," and then went "Oh! Now I know what you're talking about!" Because she doesn't know much about pokemon but she knows who charizard is 🤣

[@bradleynoble8101]

I did this run in Pokemon Shield even though my Diglett wasn't properly ev trained as I was still kinda new to the Pokemon Franchise at the time I did this run. Gym Leaders Melony and Piers ended up being total brick walls even though I mostly grinded on wild raid encounters. Although I managed to defeat Leon in a few attempts and finally beat the game I'll have to revisit that run again sometime whenever I get the chance but with better ev training.

[@kyleconley951]

When is pokemon stadium 2 getting recorded I loved the first 1 had me rolling with the surfing blastois 😂

[@angelwhispers2060]

Here's a thought bubble whenever a regular Pokemon Challenge makes you run along like it takes two weeks or something crazy like approaching 3. Then you just need a quick video to get back on schedule that's the Gap you could do the Pokemon wrestling shows in. Because that's a good catch up video to get you back on schedule. It means they're going to be random af but we still get more I think that would be okay....

[@jadethenidoran]

"we've all been there" I haven't even seen a legit shiny outside of the red water onyx :(

[@reshawshid]

Speaking of unfortunate shiny encounters, I once found a Shiny Wingull in Gen III, and while I did have Pokeballs, I didn't have any Pokemon that could deal damage and not kill it. Used up all my Pokeballs trying to catch it and failed.

[@SirAthiro]

Whitney and Chuck: "We could easily beat you... if we remembered how."

[@idontwantahandlethough]

'CanYouDIGLET' would also be a good name (a _The Warriors_ movie reference, of course. You seem like you'd like that movie for some reason lol)

[@MahDryBread]

I do, but I was referencing Booker T, not the Warriors

[@skyhero752]

this challenge only proves to me that Lance is a flying type trainer and not a dragon type trainer

[@ddjsoyenby]

i knew it'd be brutal......tbh it's impressive you even got the elite 4.

[@donlambert1598]

Thanks for shouting out my big brother “Razador” and giving him his credit for the name of the diglett 🤙🏻

[@NeroCM]

I've had an idea for a challenge: in one generation you've never played in, or that you haven't played in a lot, can you beat it dealing damage ONLY through DoT? (Damage over time. That would mean using poison, toxic, burn, sand tomb, whirlpool, and other entrapping moves that deal damage every turn.)

[@nicholasbiazevich868]

Volcarna/larvesta on in black2 sound like a fun one it is a good one

[@wicked396]

I can only imagine diglett's strutting out of It's Pokeball like D'Lo Brown😂

[@abnuridd24]

Love the name, I would of suggested dvon digley lol

[@FlameWingPhoenix]

I cant believe you missed out on the shiny magikarp 🤣 I always think that if you have a decent shot at Red if you were able to get through Blue and the Pokémon champion, today was no different XD. In regards to the wrestling april fools video have toy considered maybe alternating it with the fallout/oblivion runs? One month wrestle, one month fallout/oblivion? Im glad to hear that your recovery is going well despite you’re recent sickness, and of course sending you positive thoughts and support as always :) Week 79: would you be able to beat Pokémon Crystal with a team of only one Porygon MDBAMA: would you ever consider doing runs in legends Arceus?

[@dobss5965]

Ah yes warm weather in southern Ontario, except they are calling for snow this coming week. +20 weather to snow ugh

[@BigGaySylv]

hell yeah, love more MDB pokemon ❤

[@logandaley1544]

The little clod pulled through, I’m surprised.

[@thomasshaw9194]

Geodude on emerald, keep up the great work

[@redeyewolfman]

I love you found a shiny magikarp. I remember playing gold as a kid. I just caught a shiny water onix but before I got back to land I ran into a shiny karp.

[@edgevalmond6173]

Ya know, I remember when I accidentally killed the Red Gyarados. Yeah, for some reason. Young me thought it was in the water still, so I spent like 30 minutes looking for it. I found it, and caught it. For a good while, I believed it was the same one. 😂 Never realized it was insanely unlikely to get it, but oh well. I remember shortly afterwards I found the Gold Magikarp. It is amazing what you find when you know absolutely nothing about a game.

[@qinaxin7107]

Poke Wrestling was good. Not sure if it would be as good to watch more of or if the novelty was part of why it was so good. But hey if you want to do more, I will definitely at least try watching a few more of them. Also, which fossil did you take (fossils are good for the KZbin Algorithm)?

[@sambauer4094]

im not sure if you know this or not but in gen 1&2 you can still gain stat exp (evs) at level 100 and reaply them to increase your stats by depositing the pokemon into the pc and tacking it back out

[@dinodad3322]

Totally down for more pokemon wrestling matches. Gonna ask for a special guest of shieldon!

[@KKunderscore]

The dig show! 😂😂😂😂

[@johngleeman8347]

Smol Mole did quite well for being made of dry leaves. XD

[@thestargamers3325]

I never realized that Lance had six flying types. Are we sure he isn't a flying master instead of a dragon master?

[@sydsmith1035]

You know, I just thought of an interesting challenge! Can you beat Pokémon Emerald with only the Pokémon on the title screen? (Manetric, Flygon, Volbeat, and Torchic) I always thought that was implied to be that trainer’s Pokémon and it would be cool to see what challenges that team would have to take on!

[@mayborneflower]

Honestly, you might’ve had Red if you scored a lucky crit on Blastoise. Charizard, Espeon, and Snorlax are all not known for their physical defenses. Plus, having Leftovers plus not eating any Surfs or Giga Drains beforehand means you just might’ve been able to tank a stray hit or two, just in case.

[@ausse777]

I would love to see Pokemon Emerald with Slaking only. It would be interesting to see how you would deal with truant. Especially against Tate and Liza.