Can I Beat Pokemon Platinum with ONLY Gift Pokemon? 🔴 Pokemon Challenges ► NO ITEMS IN BATTLE

[@AustinJohnPlays]

12:08 AHHHHH that's me! forreal i was sitting here and after that long shpeal about the smaller youtubers i was like "No way i get the shout out" but here we are lol Edit: OK it's really weird to hear "A stone for AustinJohn to evolve again"

[@DuskLegend]

Worlds colliding here

[@andrien2060]

You could've made a pokemon pun- Shpeal / Spheal

[@evil0yt]

WITH THE WINNING BLOW! Thank you for the shoutout and for including me in your challenge MDB! Your content has provided so much entertainment and value to me, as both a viewer and an aspiring content creator. To be acknowledged in a Pokemon challenge video is absolutely surreal!

[@Perlene]

You nailed the name pronunciation! Thank you so much for the shout-out 💜 if you ever catch me live feel free to say hello! I'm honored to be a Pilup, that's my favorite Sinnoh starter!

[@thor498]

Going to watch some of your stuff now.

[@Perlene]

@@thor498 I hope you like it!

[@UrFavoriteArsonist]

Me too.

[@desilatour]

Hey my gasly is better

[@Frenzy_Ice]

Genshin is trash

[@boybunny6453]

Does anyone else like the full kind heart MDB genuinely has. He provides amazing content for all of us and wants lower streamers, content creators, a shout out and appreciation for there hard work when its hard as a solo creator doing video editing voice over and even streamer it’s a long grind and lots of hard work so much appreciation to this kind man looking out for the little guys

[@Lies_and_Slander]

The real gift was the Mah-Dry-Bread we made along the way

[@posslord1221]

Just corny and true enough to deserve a like

[@PaulieHo]

Amen

[@adambouaddaine9064]

He is a legend and I've enjoyed watching his videos through some dark times 🤘

[@DistrarSubvoyikar]

But do you normally make dry bread? That's the real question

[@DefinitelyNotAFerret]

Quaso

[@FattDiglett]

In the future grab the pluck tm at the flower shop, it's great for the penguin trio because it counters a type you're weak against. It trivializes the grass gym.

[@sven3316]

A little tip, you could've made the grass gym much easier and quicker by picking up and teaching Prinplup Pluck, that also would heal it by eating Roserade's Sitrus berry

[@bananaspice1967]

Exactly

[@LordLucario12]

I was just about to comment this

[@DiabloTommaso]

Pluck early is do underrated

[@uchia9180]

Or use monferno the fire starter

[@nishagupta.ng16gupta21]

​@@uchia9180 yes and use vaporeon as water type

[@meta1429]

Brine would actually be 195 BP instead of 200, since that would mean it was boosted by 70 instead of the initial 65. Divide that by 2 for the actual base power because Grass would be 97.5 (Round that up to get 98 instead.). So about a 28 extra boost to power against Water types for Brine, thought that might help out MDB. Don’t worry some calculations get very confusing so it’s all good.

[@DenThaas]

Thank you, I thought I was the only one who noticed. Wouldn't mind if not for MDB asking us to laugh at him for it :D

[@IzumiChenmeiru]

I had to run that part of the video back lmao, glad someone else caught that

[@tomashorst9544]

🤓🤓

[@Gobl_943]

As a heads up, a branch of the Universal Pokémon Randomizer allows you to disable trade evolutions and makes them held item and level up evolutions instead. Maybe start using that instead? Great challenge btw!

[@TheMS991]

I am commenting to this, in the off chance that it improves his odds at seeing this. If not, then LET'S HOPE HE PICKED THE SKULL FOSSIL!

[@Electric999999]

Probably not needed, I can't think of a trade evolution that's weak enough to be a challenge.

[@TheMS991]

@@Electric999999 No, but sometimes in these teams runs he does have trade evos. Just a thought

[@1spitfyre]

​@@Electric999999 this Gen has the troll haunter trade though...not a bad idea

[@testytest69420]

​@@Electric999999 In this it would've made Porygon less dead weight since it's a double trade evo.

[@gykx92]

MDBAMA: Have there been any challenges that you've decided not to do while in the prescripting phase, i.e. seeing the learnable moves and stat spread?

[@kn5w]

Glad that you're back in Gen 4. Would love to see Stunky with specifically the Stench ability in Platinum as a challenge someday, as it's a decent Pokemon with an ability that gives you a unique problem. Maybe Pokemon with problematic abilities could be a new way to spin off for variety.

[@samanthaslane3784]

kinda like gen 3 with only a Slakoth or gen 5 with Durant?

[@Odin22]

but doesnt stench only reduces wild pokemon attaking you? that just seems unnecessary

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

@@Odin22 It directly makes grinding harder, meaning MDB would need to find alternatives whenever possible. On the other hand, it makes grinding harder, so the challenge might not be possible in just a week.

[@Odin22]

yeah but its just grinding wich will, as you said, slow the challenge down. There is no real challenge to that ability either and most of the community is telling him anyway to use something like candys to speed up big Grinds

[@styx87]

No

[@SparrowsbladeGames]

Mdb i hope you see this. This was one of the reasons why i binged watched your show. You try to give back to the community. The viewer gets a really nice wholesome experience. I feel like your whole subscriber base are like a massive family. When you started to promote smaller channels and such showed me that you have a lot of class. With me now being one of them small KZbin channels i can totally see how that made there days. Thanks for the show and inspiration. !

[@Kaitri]

Never seen a channel member comment with no likes anywhere. Here take one

[@SparrowsbladeGames]

Thanks a lot sent one straight back hope you're having a wonderful day! ​@@Kaitri

[@kennethanderson2738]

To add to Pluck, sometimes Cricketot carries an item called a Metronome, a held item you can use that makes moves used in a row stronger. So, for example, it makes moves almost like fury cutter. Might make some fights easier and cut down on some grinding. Plus it's a held item so it's not against the rules! XD

[@TheForeignGamer]

Maybe for future challenges like this, you could use the UPR to allow for impossible evolutions. Porygon-Z is a crazy strong pokemon, and I would've loved to see you use it!

[@mayborneflower]

29:16 - Correct, Dark/Poison. He’s on Aaron’s team because he evolves from the Bug/Poison Skorupi.

[@SoxOPhone]

I love how you’re able to laugh about the amount of comments correcting you instead of being really annoyed by it. You seem like such a possitive person it’s why i love watching ur content. Also you’re kinda making me want to use my Twitter account to interact with your community over there. No one’s ever done that haha

[@Pyrplefire]

MDBAMA How did you manage the stress of working so many hours every single day for so many years? I'm glad you've allowed yourself to slow down lately, even if it means less frequent videos. They're absolutely worth the wait, and your health should always come first.

[@rieftheleaf]

Awesome Video as always, and I really love how you support small content creators, as I am one myself! A challenge I would love to see you do is (game doesn't really matter) "Only indirect damage", as in you can use stuff like leech seed, poison and confuse your enemies, just no move that does direct damage.

[@Unison23]

Btw the reason why you were able to defeat Gardenia’s Roserade and the rival’s Torterra is because Empoleon’s ability Torrent activated due to its health being really low. And that causes its water type moves to do double damage

[@DarkEinherjar]

50% more damage, actually. It's like a rain boost.

[@jasonrabideau3919]

​@@DarkEinherjar 33% actually.

[@AutisticJesusGaming]

Hey mdb crazy to see how much challenge runs have stormed KZbin over the years. And you really kicked it off which is wild. You created something incredible man. Way to go.

[@DarkEinherjar]

The fact that you have your starter already gives you a huge advantage. I always pick Chimchar as my Sinnoh starter, though: Infernape was my favorite starter until Cinderace came out, and Monferno is great against the first two Gym Leaders, plus Mars and Jupiter (Taunt completely shuts down her Skuntank, locking it into using only Night Slash).

[@Chefvonbreezy]

Yea I agree. The fire type in sinnoh is the most useful. It’s useful against most of the gyms with its fantastic movepool. And it’s probably the most useful starter for the elite 4. Infernape and gliscor can beat the e4 by themselves with minimal dif. Having access to bulk up, calm mind, and swords dance. Or if you’re a mad lad wait to evolve chimchar at lv 23 for nasty plot. Too good

[@Electric999999]

@@Chefvonbreezy Don't forget the fact that there's almost no other fire types in Sinnoh, whereas there's plenty of water and grass types.

[@DarkEinherjar]

@@Electric999999 That's more in Diamond and Pearl, where Infernape and Rapidash are literally your only options before post-game. Platinum is a bit more generous by having Flareon, Houndoom and Magmar. But yeah, it doesn't even come close to the selection of Water and Grass Pokémon.

[@jasonrabideau3919]

​@@DarkEinherjarYou forgot Magmortar 🗿

[@bvd_vlvd]

4:09 yeah, you kinda say it like Ariados and it makes it pretty funny 🤣

[@SlimWRLD0]

MDBAMA. Would you ever consider doing any challenges in Ultra Sun and Moon. If so, you should do a Pyukumuku run. It’s basically a smol Wobbafett

[@greenkitty1]

I love pyukumuku, not for any real attacking power, it's just cool to me.

[@masterminer666]

He already failed a Wobbafett run once, though... so you're asking him to fail another run lol

[@mutevampire]

See this is why I advocate for rare candy use in team runs. I adore Empoleon, the starter I used in Sinnoh myself, but without something to help lagging team members catch up it essentially became an Empoleon run, similar to how most of the team runs (bar the poison moves only run, mostly) become a starter solo-ish run

[@Elijah45598]

I love the pokemon challenges that you do. It's always makes me imagine what pokemon can/cannot win a game. Keep the good work up.

[@KokuroSame]

I’m glad to hear and see that you’re doing better! That was a crazy few months there!

[@littlekuribohimposte]

Why do you never equip a cheri berry to deal with the paralysis that seems to repeatedly mess you up?

[@zdelrod829]

Hindsight is a problem for future MahDryBread

[@stormyandsnowy]

No held items

[@littlekuribohimposte]

@@stormyandsnowy "No itens in battle. Only held items." It's in his rules. He uses held items all the time. Just not Cheri berries

[@Alchys]

It does solve the issue, once. And that’s the problem.

[@patdav56]

probably because he has other items he'd need on more. i know in the Bidoof Black and White run he kinda needed Leftovers or Silk Scarf to deal with Ghetsis's team without utterly dying, either from not dealing enough damage or not being able to heal the damage consistently (i dont remember what exactly he took with him). however, Ghetsis's first pokemon had Toxic, which coulda been avoided with Pecha berry but then he wouldnt be able to take out the rest of the team well. he had to keep resetting due to that RNG solely.

[@colorfulfox8537]

I like seeing who you pick to name the Pokémon after in these runs! I like hearing recs

[@thatGillessGamer]

These challenges are always so much fun to watch. I don't know what else to say; they're simply really great.

[@littlefiddlesticks]

Im glad to have you back! Enjoy just listening to you talking while i work on other things!

[@diamondboy1213]

Twitter power!!!

[@jonathanmarks3112]

29:14 Correct. 33:53 Nice mirror match. No Togekiss mirror match? Great job MDB! Looking forward to the next one!

[@aaronyoutube95]

MDBAMA - What have been a few of your most enjoyable Pokémon challenge videos? Love your challenges, been watching for years and I’m so glad you’re on the mend.

[@briansherrod1916]

You know the run is a challenge when you have to have a fully evolved starter at the second gym! Great video!

[@TheFlashyLucario]

Question for the MDBAMA: How many hours does it take to make a Pokémon Challenge video? (Including recording, grinding, editing and the voice over) Also it’s really amazing that you are doing better, and the content is still amazing!

[@MaddMoke]

Im so happy to hear someone pump up my favorite pokemon Glaceon. I know its limitations well so I don't begrudge people for not using them when the other eeveelutions have much clearer and easier paths to success. But im glad it was so useful for you!

[@MatNightmare]

Hey MDB! I just wanted to let you know that you can actually equip Dogmeat with armor.

[@MrVampirePirate]

Thank goodness someone reminded him! Could you imagine if he didn't give Dogmeat armor? It's probably really good armor too

[@Earthboundmike]

Something something lorelei

[@paulthompson382]

The section at 28:10 is not just one of the funniest future-MDB bits, but just one of the funniest editing thing I've seen in any youtube video

[@glider2168]

I haven’t watched the full video yet, but im gonna assume that this is gonna be an easier run after last weeks absolute brick wall of an ending. The starters are usually quite strong and adequate to take on most fights by themselves and seeing as you have multiple Pokémon this time around, it should be a very nice and well deserved break from the usual hard challenges

[@Levi-uc9yx]

It’s great to see that he’s one who always welcomed small KZbinrs and brought them into the loving light even when he never got that to happen to him.Love ya forever Mah-Dry-Bread ❤.

[@C0DY420]

Maybe in a platinum team run, you could force barry’s munchlax to help in the double battle on Mt. Coronet by using taunt on it

[@thatstuffsguy8251]

28:11 the 4th wall break of the edited footage is amazing 😂

[@DolphyBlueDrake]

I've got an idea! How about another Platinum challenge, but you're restricted to Pokémon that can be obtained in the Trophy Garden? (No, you don't have to catch them in the Trophy Garden if they appear elsewhere.)

[@kieranbennett7453]

For context, the platinum trophy garden contains (when fully evolved): Raichu, Roserade, Staraptor, Kricketune, Clefable, Blissey, Eeveelutions, Porygon-Z, Azumarill, Sudowoodo, Mr. Mime. And in the national dex: Wigglytuff, Plusle, Minun, Castform. Given the vast size of the group, I think it better suits a challenge runner who would do nuzlockes. I feel like FlygonHG might have fun playing as a young Mr. Backlot, as he is doing more role play theme teams.

[@lisahenry20]

Maybe restrict it to the evolutions you can catch in the garden? Although that may be too close to the baby pokemon challenge.

[@diegocuriel5096]

Probably not the most relevant or useful comment… but I’m really glad that you seem to be improving, this challenges it’s one of the highlights of my weekend, always looking for them. I also love every generation everyone does something special

[@muffinland]

Loving all the Gen 4+ challenges lately! All the love for the games of my childhood, but the newer gens are interesting too just because they're unfamiliar to me. Also the font you used kinda makes it look like MOBAMA if you're like me and part blind.

[@broken_umbreon6259]

I loved your energy in this video, you seemed to have alot of fun doing this voiceover in particular and i enjoyed that alot. Great Video, cool challenge :)

[@crazy_dude]

Here's a funny, serious question. when you picked MDBAMA did you think of the snowbama thing like I did? Now we need a run with a fighting type and the starter is nicknamed MDBAMA

[@nizarrizky9850]

Keep on doing what you always do, MDB. That's what I (and probably most of your followers) love about you. There's nothing wrong with supporting small streamers/youtubers in my opinion, and I certainly don't mind it (it's not that long anyway). Your help may help them or at least make their day.

[@damianobarigliano4309]

In my opinion you should consider to play in "Set mode" the multi-pokemon challenges where you can get decent or strong Pokemons like this one. It usually doesn't change a lot but it gives the impression that you are playing the challenge in the hardest way possibile. Anyway, good work. As always!

[@jonsmith5058]

Dont think MDB is super interested in making stuff as hard as he can and stuff. Partly why he doesnt enjoy Nuzlocke. He mostly just levels up and brute forces anyway rather than uses much strategy so he’ll just grind more. It can be a shame cause in runs like this it basically just means he uses his starter for 90% of the time.

[@lisahenry20]

Multipokemon challenges already have the problem of getting one strong pokemon while the rest lag behind. Using set mode would just make that issue worse as you'd be incentivised to not switch pokemon.

[@jonsmith5058]

@@lisahenry20 indeed, it only matters in Nuzlocke since it forces more strategy. For MDB style it just means focusing on the same one even more.

[@ArmoredStone]

The fact that you say "screw the haters" and promote smaller content creators anyway says a LOT about your character MDB ❤ love ya man, keep killin it

[@raeofsunshine8670]

I think its important to have these kinds of challenge videos instead of just nuzlockes. Any tweak of the standard rules can be a challenge run and you don't have to make it super difficult to enjoy tweaking the game just enough to make it fun to replay.

[@sarcasticat6979]

Small thing, but thank you so much for actually linking the people/things mentioned in your stream! I can't tell you how many goddamn times I've been watching a video, heard the creator say "I'll link it below" (whether it's a video, artwork credit, song name, other creator, random website they mentioned), go to check, and it's NOT there. But they seem to always remember the copypaste of their OWN links... drives me nuts. Seems to get worse the bigger the KZbinr is too, so I really appreciate that you actually take the extra half a minute to put the links!

[@lovelyprincesssarah]

I'm an insomniac who loves Pokemon and whenever I loose sleep I come to you. Your voice is really relaxing! Can't wait to see the next video 😊

[@themagnetyoshi672]

These Pokémon challenge videos are what keep me sane when I do my speed runs, I always listening to them in my headphones. These especially helped when I did my own Pokémon challenge, Pokémon platinum with only bidoof…I would’ve gave up if I didn’t have your videos to keep my motivation up…THANK YOU 😂

[@Breezybroify]

Long time watcher, first time commenter. Love the videos, especially the little fun unique things you do like forgetting the footage🤣 your personality is the best! MDBAMA Have you looked into adding a new game to your challenge repertoire? They are my favorite and the only thing I watch.

[@physchy945]

Good for you for supporting smaller creators like Austin John

[@CarliVala]

16:35 IIRC, your favorite pokemon is Drowzee. You even mentioned it in one of your challenge runs.

[@swole_al]

6:55 brine would give 27.5 more damage. you added an extra 5 when you doubled brine(under 1/2). the stab brine under 1/2 health against grass would be 97.5, then subtract the super effective peck is 97.5-70 = 27.5

[@Erebos1201]

I, too, am ancient then: the GBA was my first ever console, with Pokemon Ruby being the first ever game I played, and I have many fond memories of that time! Thank you for taking me back

[@opalvictoriastargrove151]

7:28 "Dogmeat can wear armor" is the first thing that came to mind.

[@joeywomer]

"I didn't record footage of team on account of being stupid." Me: "That's fine. I got to relive my nostalgia by hearing that Mario Party music."

[@Aaroncarter95]

"Mageton was a 1 shot with Surf, Steelix was a 1 shot with Surf and Basteldon....was a 1 shot with Surf. Tough fight. Didn't think i could win that one." God tgat gets me every single time.

[@countdrake4576]

I would like to see you do a challenge run where you are only allowed to use your favorite Pokémon of all time in any main series Pokémon game of your choice.

[@kevbauer1994]

Nice choice on promoting slipmaker! Great content!

[@jarrettgrigg3589]

1:43 I can't believe some people don't like it that's just really petty of them. Glad you don't care I personally like that you promote them!

[@taktylerkreitzer2768]

Super irrelevant but I’ve always loved the UI team poke balls in the fight bag run and Pokémon screen. I love that the top left shows the amount of Pokémon, status, and the shaking. It’s just such a cool design!

[@knate44]

Porygon is pretty strong in gen 5 onwards with the introduction of the Eviolite item, which boosts the defense of not fully evolved pokemon. Because it was already pretty tanky before getting evolutions it benefits greatly, and it works well with special attacks.

[@kidcubi9675]

respect that you promote others on a consistent basis. my brother has been featured once, and he and I both appreciate that. Big ups, MDB

[@wesdk1013]

Mdbama, I don't really have a question you just told me only to write that if I had a question, and I like being difficult. I have been watching you for at least 4 or 5 years now and u love your stuff, keep making the same great content, love yah!

[@That_Borkin_Ninetales]

Happy for your return and glad to see you ain't dead your runs bring quite a bit of joy. However , I was wondering, ice types don't get a lot of love so I wanna see a game where you do an all over team with a game where ice is truly at a disadvantage. I wanna say hoenn would be a good pick maybe shield

[@WinterHillTV]

It baffles me that people complain about you shouting out small creators. If you don’t care about it, those segments don’t even last a full minute and if you do care, you have a cool new channel to look at! Also, great video! I watch all your challenge vids but i much prefer team runs to solo mon runs, I find them more interesting

[@TheTaintedWisdom]

11:54 - Might be interesting, Porygon's speed is (pun unintended) shockingly bad so while moves like Recover and Bolt-Beam are great, it might not be as easy as it might outwardly seem.

[@Fluffy-Rose1993]

Awww, Bread. This is such a lovely gift from you. Thank you.

[@zawh.4749]

You're one of the people I hope never stops being a content creator. You're unique ❤️

[@cyberdarkturtle6971]

Is he? It's mostly just solo runs. There's a million of those

[@Zeldalink15]

I pronounce MDBAMA like “Mud-Bama” like Obama if he was muddy.

[@Lynsneakers]

Look, Mom, I'm on TV! What a super sweet idea for the Pokemon names omg. I'm so honoured to have been the lil Eevee and then Glaceon. 😭 I hope your final physio goes well! Have a great day. :) Also the, "[Lynsneakers] was just too slow to get off an attack." I looked back to my cane I had to get and was like "yeah that makes sense" LFMAGJSDGHSDKJ

[@kaylo1680]

Dry bread knows what the struggle is like and wants to help others struggle less. What a chad.

[@Handington]

MDBAMA sounds like a Medical Doctor named Bama. I love it. I don't really have a question prepared, so I'll ask what your favorite wrestlers are!

[@TrueKDG]

3:26 @mah-dry-bread the first rival fight is meant to be impossible to lose so that’s why he didn’t attack

[@Matt_Ake]

You sound super happy. I'm glad to hear you like that

[@slateportraichu5416]

Thank you for promoting people - now I can find more fun things to watch=3 Thank you for a great run=3

[@tompautler1087]

Man, you can never ramble too long. Ramble on. Happy to hear you're doing better

[@albertbass18]

MDBAMA "People won't just type 'MDBAMA' without asking a question." I will. Just for the algorithm. Great vid. Liked your nickname scheme. Introduced me to new content. Anyways there's no question here

[@silverrey7379]

19:24 I'm pretty sure Surf would've done more damage to the Heracross, but Perlene was the goat anyways, so it didn't really matter

[@Thatoneguy-rq6vw]

I can't wear hoodies at work but love having a pocket to put my hands in while I walk around! The kangaroo sweatshirt is a beautiful creation 😁 thanks Khimyra and MDB!

[@TrioTalksMMA]

Thank you for all your hard work! I hope your keeping well!

[@BlueSodaPop_]

13:34 uM eXcUsE mE tHaT wAS bRiNe AcTuAlLy I'm kidding I'm kidding! Loved the video, it's always good seeing a new upload from you!

[@tweedyleerose9651]

I appreciate the Mario Party 2 mini game screen music. 19:25 If my (first ever) damage calculation is correct, then you one shot torterra because of torrent. Fitting? Sure. Hooray for math and machines confirming my suspicion.

[@buckstop]

17:10 MDBAMA Also read as Dr. Bama

[@hippotuskman7808]

Lol 😂

[@mhc4444]

Fun fact, the early rival battle where he kinda threw and let you beat up turtwig, that's supposed to be that way, the rival is programmed to try and lose that battle :)

[@Salla208]

Hi MahDryBread, i am really enjoying your Videos and am always hyped to see them when you post a new one. Thanks for doing this challenges

[@gerbo8018]

I like it that you promote small creators. Its often hard to find them.

[@pkmntrainermark8881]

Video MDB: "I think I did that math right." Live Chat MDB: "I think I got that math wrong."

[@zarionwildclaw4172]

You take time to promote the small guy. Oh no... How horrible... Seriously, screw those guys. That is a very kind thing to do. You stay awesome, MDB. We need more like you.

[@Pacrota]

The video was incredible as always and I'm happy you can get to work on the challenges again. I did this challenge a time ago and it was really fun. Thanks for all the content and for being my inspiration to start pokemon challenges. It's a pitty my name wasn't chosen for any pokemon on the challenge but so many people tried it.

[@OswaldAurelia]

Man, can't believe people are dissing you shouting out smaller creators. I mean, come on, I'd never have known who this Austin John guy is otherwise, you're doing the world a service mdb

[@Darchias]

Everyone is always surprised about how tanky Glaceon is. Both Leafeon and Glaceon have very impressive DEF!

[@kwammefortune7531]

It's surprising that the elite four gave you such a difficult time even though you had a pretty good team. Perlene really carried the run though 🐧👑

[@eeveestars3668]

MDBAMA 1: Did you have any childhood obsession outside of Pokemon for example I went through a teenage mutant ninja turtle fase 2: Would you ever consider playing Miitopia I personally think that if you and your friends were "playing it together" ( ether each with your own copy or you do similar thing to your mystery dungeon series ) you would all have a fun time. Heck you could even have your Twitter followers or people in your discord send you miis just a thought tho Ps love the content bud 👌

[@SilentRuth10]

I love my gurl Glaceon, so glad you used her this run! 🥰 Also, you should use winter Deerling for next week! I love how cozy that line looks in the winter