Can I beat Pokemon Yellow with only a silly jellyfish? (Tentacool)

In this challenge I attempt to beat Pokemon yellow with only a Tentacool. I personally avoided this little guy as a kid because of terrible moves like acid and constrict. Anyways, I think I can do it. Let's see!
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[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks for all the comments, I now fully realize that Ice isn't super effective against rock! But keep pointing it out for the KZbin algorithm :)

[@shikarixox1195]

Why did you use surf on gyarados over ice beam

[@Magmatic07]

Why did you prefer ice beam while surf has STAB, making it stronger against neutral targets?

[@shoeless1137]

Also blizzard is 90% accurate in gen 1 and has a higher freeze chance but you chose ice beam

[@lyonnaismatt]

I love seeing how much you've grown!

[@XaltuthusTheExhalted]

The type pairings of gen 1 (and the limited number of moves for some types as you pointed out with aerodactyl and gengar v alakazam) made some type alignments really confusing for me as a kid. I swear, I only realized rock wasn't weak to ice a couple years ago. There's only, like, two pokemon that are ground without rock; and I don't think there's any pure rock types 😵 Doesn't help I skipped from gen 3 to Sword/Shield either 🤷‍♂️

[@an3582]

"My first use of Acid triggers defense drop" Sounds about right.

[@jeremyhubbard2908]

It depends on how well you did against him in previous battles: Jolteon - If you beat him at both Prof Oak's lab and Route 22. Vaporeon - He beats you at Prof Oak's lab, and he either beats you at Route 22 or you skip the battle. Flareon - If you beat him at Prof Oak's lab OR Route 22, and lose or skip the other battle.

[@starmangalaxy2001]

Yeah, Since you have a Pikachu by default, the Eeveelutions are a bit of adaptive difficulty.

[@patrickhanlon932]

"My first use of acid".... was trippy as hell man.

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

Dunno if anyone commented on this yet but In Yellow Lorelei is the only character with unique AI. She's coded to avoid always using rest, because that can softlock the game. Most notably if you use rage in red/blue

[@Matthias.Abaddon]

Idk of you've gotten good answers to some questions, but I have a few tricks for you going forward: -Eevee's evolution is determined by winning or losing the first and optional battles with him before Brock. Since you won the first one and seemingly skipped the optional battle, you got flareon. If you would have lost the first, you would get vaporeon. If you win both, you get jolteon. That's intentional as most players would explore with their Pikachu and be sure to win every battle possible early game, so they make it more challenging for Pikachu later and if anyone were to lose, the game would think the player may not be as experienced so they make it easier for Pikachu. -Trainers do have their move selection at the beginning of their turn. If they go first, they choose first. If you go first, they choose immediately after you move. This can be seen if you are facing jolteon in the final battle for example and you have a pidgeot out but switch to a kadabra. Instead of using thunderbolt, a move that WOULD have been super effective, if you use pin missile, which is NOW super effective against the mon you switched into that turn. -certain trainers, notably Blaine, have an item use glitch in all of gen 1 with super potions. Blaine is SUPPOSED to have programmed x special, most likely, but that is why he is prone to use super potions at full health. (I know you didn't ask that but a fun fact.)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks for the info! I do know about the Eevee evolution stuff now! But the other two are really interesting. I love that I am still learning about these games 20 years after playing them for the first time.

[@Matthias.Abaddon]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon if you ever have any more questions about runs, I gotchu!! I don't film mine but I've done hundreds of runs in all generations! I don't know everything but I know more than anyone needs!

[@Veningast]

@@Matthias.Abaddon I did once a fire only Pokémon sun run water trial took me 17 attempts

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

Can we take a moment to laugh at Game Freak when they decide to teach a pokemon constrict... a 10 base power move at level 27?

[@rjante2236]

They also gave Moltres Leer at Level 51. LEER.

[@TheAazah]

@@rjante2236 lower defence really helps

[@ZeroNobody0]

I love the tentacool/cruel line up. Being do special defensive bulky and before the physical special split. He could tank all the moves that were super effective on him.

[@budcheefer6823]

Wow... Tentacool is actually pretty good, better than I thought it would be anyway. Another great video Scott, Keep it up!!!

[@PutridHornet]

You seem to be under the impression that Rock is weak to Ice ("4 times damage Ice Beam" vs Aerodactyl). That has never been the case, it's neutral. Only Ground is weak to Ice. I have been wondering why you would always pick Ice Beam over Bubblebeam or even Surf when facing Onyx, Rhyhorn etc, because Water is actually 4 times effective against those Rock/Ground types, in addition to geting STAB boost.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

This makes sense. Thanks for the tip :)

[@donovon95]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon i believe its a bug in the way damage is displayed. If you use ice beam on a rock/ground pokemon for example; ground is weak while rock resist, in other gens it would just be displayed as neutral damage but in gen 1 it will still say "super effective" even though it is neutral

[@xemnas500]

@@donovon95 Rock doesn't resist Ice. Your explanation makes sense but the types your using are wrong. It works better when say your using Ice Beam on Gyarados or Articuno.

[@InfernosReaper]

"I think this one dealt more damage then the others" Well, attacks being a range combined with critical hits will do that That aside, it's weird seeing ice beam being used by a pokemon when another move would be more effective because of stab

[@Joesbadatlife]

Lorelei has unique AI in yellow version specially because of the super-effective move choice. In red and blue it's possible to soft-lock yourself in the Lorelei room with a Primeape and the move Rage, but they fixed it in yellow version by altering the way her AI battles, but it's only in her battle.

[@simonalbert7518]

It's also only for dewgong as that's when the soft-lock occurs

[@subhanamin1558]

If you beat the rival at all points including the optional battle it would give them Jolteon which would also put you at a disadvantage. So no need to change to Bulbasaur

[@Hangnailer47]

The way you pronounced Tangela made me lol. Great video keep them coming I love solo Pokémon challenge runs.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I think I know how to pronounce it now!

[@freddyz3359]

Like tangle, as in to be tangled in vines. Just figure out what words the pun is based on and that should help. I was looking out for this comment, but it's not as bad as one time I heard a guy pronounce Bisharp as Bi-sharp... like jesus man... it's a chess pun!

[@bobjoe3492]

Lorelei in Pokemon Yellow has special AI that prevent Dewgong specifically from rest locking itself.

[@mustytophat2307]

Recently found ur vids I'm so in love with the style, and your commentary.

[@MrSuperBjorn]

Been watching a few of your challenges today and I enjoyed the content! So I subscribed and hope to see more, keep up the good work!

[@GuidoBenoit]

watching your first videos. Your improvement it's amazing! Tentacool was the zubat of water. Understood as a kid, great player nowadays! haha

[@XaltuthusTheExhalted]

37:30 I was thinking the same thing! I wanted to play with tentacool as a kid, but when you initially get it, it just knows supersonic + acid so it feels like a late game zubat 😵 Watching this video really makes me wanna solo the game with tentacruel though 😍

[@n64_kfp]

I think my Myers-Briggs personality type is fairly similar to yours. It's been about 2 years since I got my results as part of a training program for my job, but I do remember being IN__. Anyway, this really shows that Tentacool is better in the early games than I thought. That high combined special really comes in handy. Slowly catching up on all of these videos, but loving the content.

[@Metalhammer1993]

it doesn't choose after damage is dealt but it calculates damage after you make your choice and then chooses in response to that. That's for instance why the AI doesn't heal when the pokemon is low. The AI is like "Oh, lol, I'm dead, gotta choose a move to not softlock" and why you get a full health potion on blanes Arcanine so often. it usually outspeeds, but it calculated that your attack will put it into healing range. It hasn't taken the damage yet but makes its choice like it already has. That's the reason for the good old retroactive potion as well

[@charlesgould6530]

Somebody somewhere had a bad day when their portable solar power air conditioner for tents, the Tent-a-Cool, got shutdown for copyright reasons

[@lemeres2478]

As many will mention, eeveelutions are determined by how many fights you win. Basically, it is all balanced around pikachu (which they practically guilt trip you into using, because mascot character). If you lose every fight, the game takes it easy on you and gives you a vaporeon that you can take down with pikachul. If you win everything, then they will try to make it harder for your pikachu by throwing another electric type. If you a middling, then whatever, throw out a flareon. This is meant to show that you have a direct effect on your rival, since he either views you as a threat or a non-issue, and he adjusts accordingly.

[@StatusQuonald]

I've never even considered using this mon. He's actually really cool

[@ghoul1shgobl1n49]

Tentacruel is a nice in game pokemon to have, especially gen 4 on up with the pss split

[@MrMalasianLoser]

Indeed. He is actually pretty tentaCooL.

[@derrickscott1630]

That joke was cruel......

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

Tentacool, while freaking everywhere, are actually really good, especially in later gens. Good move pool, great stats, and good abilities

[@dawnsbuneary]

I didn't even know about that Elixir above the Hiker. Makes me want to check literally every single tile in the entire game to see if there are any more hidden items i didn't know about.

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

Tentacool in gen 1 is one of the best special attackers! It's astonishing!

[@chrisjohnson1678]

Scott the hero for use all

[@SporkyMcFly]

I love your videos and the thing that infuriates me and simultaneously engages me is that your knowledge is often basic and casual. You miss items, you misunderstand mechanics etc. It means you have room to grow, and I hope you do.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah I certainly have a lot to learn. I've always just played Pokemon really casually when trying to blow off competitive steam from ultra hard / competitive games like SCBW/SC2. I've learned a lot by doing these runs and I think the newer releases will get more and more streamlined as I grow.

[@SporkyMcFly]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I look fprward to seeing it happen. Great vibes.

[@lyonnaismatt]

And you have! So proud of your growth!

[@TheReaperofHades]

Love how Rival Five-al has become a meme at this point x3

[@GM-ns7gv]

I think Scott asks rhetorical questions in his videos in order to generate comments (such as these). Good job! My guess is that he knows exactly why that thundershock did extra damage (it said "critical hit") and he's done so many challenges, I bet he knows exactly how to get the different eeveelutions. Follow the youtube algorithm lol

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Sometimes I just miss things too and ask silly questions :P

[@snowybill1991]

@0:45 "Always hit the opponent" Hello and welcome to Generation 1 mechanics

[@buffgarfield3231]

Commander Shepard: Its a big stupid jellyfish!

[@charallave1000]

22:59 even though kadabra knows psychic, gen 1 ai dont recognize the difference between damaging moves and non damaging moves, so kinesis is psychic and psychic is...well psychic so it's rng on what he will do.

[@GagesFNAFWorld]

I love Tentacool 😊. I'm very excited!

[@chartabona]

I'm guessing the rival is weaker because you're supposed to have a Pikachu in your party for the entire game. That's the whole gimmick of Pokémon Yellow.

[@tupacshakur5868]

you could've used megadrain vs lorelei? it does way more damage against her watertypes than your stab surf

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I always forget mega drain exists. If it wasn't going to one hit the opponent I just didn't use it as a kid haha.

[@TheMoogleKing93]

Super effective 40bp gives 80bp Resisted stab 95bp gives ~73bp. Not a huge difference

[@corhydrae3238]

@@TheMoogleKing93 But it would've healed.

[@troykennedy1087]

As Magmar and Electabuzz are the "rare" version exclusives for Red/Blue. A play through with those on your team would be quite cool. Perhaps give Magmar Strength to make its move pool smaller and the run a little bit harder (possibly).

[@mickgorro]

I believe Lorelei was improved precisely by deprioritizing Rest on Dewgong?

[@nickmac1104]

I think Ice Beam is the better option for gyrados bc it is part flying for whatever reason

[@CelticGuardian7]

Good thing you used Ice Beam as much as you did or we'd never realize that he was a TentaCOOL. >.>

[@removebeforeflightgamingth9923]

Jolteon win both rival battles at oak and to the left of viridian before brock Flareon win at lab but lose or skip battle left of viridian before Brock Vaporeon: lose both battles to the rival before Brock It’s dictated by pikachu if you lose both battles to the rival you’re at an advantage if you win one and lose one you’re at a neutral ground and if you win both you’re at a disadvantage to the rival. Also I recently found your channel keep up the good work I hope you do more challenges in the future I would like to see aerodactyl and lapras and arcanine and cloyster No one ever does those and cloister has one of the highest stats in the game good luck

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Cloyster is in the works. The others will follow at some point in the future.

[@siegeheavenly3601]

An Aggron Emerald solo run would be pretty cool.

[@theteutonicorder9158]

The most original channel! Copying the things everyone else is doing without shame. Yet here I am still watching them..

[@justsomejojo]

This might sound awful but there's an almost therpeutic aspect to watching these videos for me. I always lament my awful luck with accuracy lowering and ESPECIALLY confusion to the point of calling Pokemon a slot machine at times. It feels nice seeing that I'm not alone on that stroke of bad luck.

[@taiwanisacountry]

Starting out then this is a pretty high bar to set to be honest. :-) but great work through and through.

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

Yellow has some small AI improvements, but it also has a specific rewrite for Lorelli so her softlock can't happen

[@fifaworldcup1994]

20:09 Kinda late to this, but yes you can. I think that it is determined by the results in the first two rival battles (in Oak's lab and the optional battle on Route 22) If you win those two, Eevee will evolve into Jolteon. If you lose one and win the other (I don't think order matters), Eevee will evolve into Flareon. If you lose both, Eevee will evolve into Vaporeon. Btw, I think not fighting against him on Route 22 will count that as a loss after you get the first badge, so that's probably the reason why you end up facing a Flareon in most of these runs. 25:40 Yes, you are correct on that. The AI in Gen 1 isn't like in later games, where the opponent chooses its move before the turn, but it can choose its move AFTER you selected yours, which can give situations like the one you faced with Sabrina. 30:56 See, you seemed to miss out on a slightly different change from RB to Yellow. In Yellow, the game checks if the enemy is Lorelei's Dewgong. If it is, then the AI will change how it selects its moves, meaning that it will no longer use Rest every time. Why was this done, you may ask? See, there is an infamous softlock in RB which abuses this AI to get you stuck in Lorelei's room, with no possible way to get out. As to why it used Rest three times in a row here, idk, maybe you got lucky with its move selection or something.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah I've figured out the rival eeveelution selection for more recent runs! That is incredibly interesting about Lorelei's Dewgong... It's funny how many strange programming errors had to be accomodated for when moving from RB to Yellow. They certainly didn't fix everything.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Btw killer comment thanks so much for taking the time to explain these intricies to me :D

[@fifaworldcup1994]

No problem, always glad to help out!

[@chrismiller3548]

A moveset of ice beam surf mega drain and barrier is insane. Especially barrier to patch up its only bad defensive stat and for the badge boost

[@tiemen9095]

13:30 Ice is not super effective against Rock. It is super effective against Ground, that's why it is super effective on all the ground/rock types. But water is 4x super effective against those so it is simply better.

[@derekmann8239]

……I’ve been playing for over 20 years now and just learned that lmao

[@kulrigalestout]

Scott: Lemme know how you think it'll go! Me, looking at video length: oh no

[@jerryjb]

I love tentacool because it's a good source of mid game experience for my electric Pokemon in emerald and crystal

[@serg579]

For future water runs, try using Ice Beam against Gyarados instead of Surf. The base 95 of Ice Beam will do more than the 71.25 (95x1.5/2) damage from surf

[@derekmann8239]

The universe conspired to manipulate RNG to let you win at lv 69. Nice.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Nice.

[@justynm7332]

You said near the end there " why does the game give him sandslash too lead off with" I would assume its because your supposed too lead off with pikachu just a thought !

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Good point. So easy to forget that Pikachu is the starter in this game...

[@michaelfawcett9935]

Brock still has Bide in Yellow. Why on earth did you think he didn't?

[@lvj778]

Could give him venusaur from the start?

[@michaelfawcett4064]

Brock's Onix DOES still have Bide in this game. It wasn't REPLACED with Bind, Bind was just added to the move pool.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Oh my old videos are full of gems like this.

[@tylerhartman3034]

Can you do a run like this with Staryu? I don't think anyone has done one before

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Added to the list.

[@tylerhartman3034]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon awesome sauce! Thanks! I'd also like to see a run with just Snorlax to see how good or bad he fairs

[@merwanerants1917]

Finally staryu. I love that pokemon. Also i love your content ❤

[@InformingAndUniting]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon freee

[@gabr.7878]

I like the nickname Jelly, nice

[@nightfan1983]

Ah, so Jelly was the first 'nice' joke 😂

[@MeriadocMyr]

34:40 Gyarados would have prolly been a two shot with ice beam since it doesn't resist, also ice beam is only 2 times super effective against aerodactyl. Also i feel like blizzard was a real missed opportunity, thunder, fire blast and blizzard are completely busted in gen 1 since they have 90 accuracy instead of 70.

[@notmewtwo4044]

Tentacool kinda reminds of that helmet Char wears in Mobile Suit Gundam. Its the Zion Pokemon. Or possibly Darth Vader's helmet.

[@ciboria1]

How about a Mew run, but you have to use it for all HM as well?

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Very interesting idea! I've added it to the list.

[@mariakittynight716]

Think you can do Tentacruel also? See the differences between the younger brother and its bigger brother. :D

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, I want to do Tentacruel really badly!

[@DarkMagicianGirl0]

I used to think that rock was weak to ice too. Then in gen 2 I lost to a Corsola because it wasn't very effective and I was like o.o Just fyi ice isn't super effective against rock. I am probably not the first person to tell you this but maybe I am 😆. You are awesome thanks for the great run very entertaining.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

The fact that Rock is always paired with ground in generation 1 in combination with the fact that the text doesn't change if it is 2x or 4x effective really gives the impress that Rock is weak to ice...

[@DarkMagicianGirl0]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon too true lol

[@DarkMagicianGirl0]

Also you are the first KZbinr that liked me on their channel :)

[@iantaakalla8180]

Omastar and Kabutops exist, which should prove Rock is not inherently weak to Ice in the first generation. But there are too many usage of Geodude and Rhyhorn, which is Rock/Ground and weak to Ice, and the next most memorable is Lance’s Aerodactyl, which being part Flying is also weak to Ice.

[@hxc3038]

Also an INTJ. We're a rare breed. Take care man - love the content

[@Whurlpuul]

Pokemon crystal with only 6 Pichu? That would be cool. 1 hm slave allowed though obviously

[@escapecamper]

thanks Scott

[@TheAnalyticalEngine]

If you are using the Universal Pokémon Randomiser, it is possible to change the rival's starter as well as your own, but IIRC the game does have the rival change to have the 'correct' starter in later battles. You can set the UPR to have the rival keep their starter in the Trainer Pokemon tab. Maybe try doing that? I'm not sure if that works for games that aren't _truly_ randomised, though (i.e. where pokémon are randomised all over, not just for when you change the starters and nothing else) Apologies if this has already been answered

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I'll check into that and see if I can change that in the Pokemon Trainer tab, thanks :)

[@wustenfuchsgaming1226]

You can Change Eve's Evolution with fighting Rival 1a next to the League, losing to him and his Eve will evolve into Aquana, winning against him and you get Jolteon, doging the fight and you face Flareon. Sorry for typos.

[@EvidLekan]

Not gonna lie, aquana sounds like a neat nickname to vaporeon

[@wustenfuchsgaming1226]

@@EvidLekan 🤣 yes and no, im just used to the German Version, so Aquana isn't even a Nic but it could be.

[@xtreme3353]

You did a great job.

[@jeffhough7460]

Only thr jellyfish? Rough seas ahead

[@garybevans6988]

Yeah. Ice beam for Erika and surf for koga. Surf does more dmg with stab than ice beam 😅 same for rival 5… still no surf. Not sure why no swap for surf for bubblebeam 😅

[@connorschall]

I personally think people hate this mon (much like Zubat) because you see it every 5 seconds.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Seriously...

[@nickmac1104]

In the Sabrina fight, alakazam uses recover because it’s a psychic move, and you have poison typing, but since you out speed it I think it didn’t choose its move until after you damaged it anyway

[@nickmac1104]

Also since he has mostly psychic moves it’s like a 25% chance for him to use any of his attacks

[@fesgaming3718]

you said Ice is good against rock, not flying

[@joshuaspector8182]

Aerodactyl is only x2 weak to ice

[@DarkMagicianGirl0]

Because of a soft lock in red and blue you could get yourself stuck in the Lorelei fight by saving in her room with a fighting pokemon or poison pokemon that doesn't have an ice weakness isn't strong enough to take out Dewgong and knows rage which will go on endlessly so long as it hits after that even if it a miss you are unable to move due to paralysis or even being put to sleep The battle will never end because rage will keep going so long as it connects once and Dewgong will keep healing and in gen 1 (as you probably know) the opponents pokemon don't have PP so no struggle or being forced to forced to use other moves from Dewgong. So in yellow version the code checks to see if the pokemon you are fighting is Lorelei's Dewgong if it is it will not nessasarily use its "smart AI" to avoid this softlock. I don't know if you knew this or someone has already told you but I figured I would let you know

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Very cool! It was alluded to but not explained in this much detail before. Thanks for the explaination!

[@DarkMagicianGirl0]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon happy to help if you want to see this explored in greater detail one of my favorite poketubers Pikasprey Yellow (I think I spelled this right not sure though) explores this soft lock thoroughly

[@Cryscho546]

Whenever I try these types of challenges myself I always play the game sped up like x16 and sometimes I look away after beating a trainer or wild pokemon and my pokemon levels. I did poliwag only for gens 1-3 and I had to reset but by the time I hit emerald I was saving a lot.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

*looks away* pokemon evolves. This has happened to me a couple times during these challenges

[@saturnage7554]

even if you could get bulbasaur, i think that it would be an easy ohko with a poison move, and jolteon is dangerous too.

[@contestwill1556]

Nice!

[@johncalabro2982]

Hey Scott can you do a Gen 4 run solo?

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

In awhile I'll finally get there... Gen 4 is my least favourite generation. (I say on the day that two remakes were planned for Sinnoh...)

[@autobotstarscream765]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Can't wait to see if BDSP fixes some of the problems people have had with the original Gen 4 Sinnoh games.

[@stevied3400]

AI can do retro potions and retro recover.

[@TuxedoCatGaming]

Not to not pick, but ice isn't super effective against rock type

[@radagasttheearthen]

(Just for the algorithim) Hey, you know ice isnt effective against rock right? (Hope this helps spread your vids farther)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I'm sure it will :)

[@madcountofdumont7742]

Very nice,

[@DaenaMichelle]

INTJ for the win!

[@only1gameguru]

As a poison pokemon I'd have done blain before sabrina so the barrier did 12% more special

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah that's much better ordering!

[@WhiteBladeZero]

Very low bar for "humor", indeed. 69 isn't funny; it is just a number.

[@ethanevans3537]

How many times is he gonna not read text boxes in this video 😂

[@TheMovieHero1]

Hey Bro, loving your vids. Been binge watching. You even did one I always wanted to see (Lickitung), What do you think about a Grimer only run?

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I've got a grimer run planned for the future :)

[@TheMovieHero1]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Awesome! Thanks for replying too, big fan! Keep up the awesome work too!

[@williambrinkmeier1772]

Well i might do this idea if you or no one else does magikarp but he thinks he's already evolved learns all his level up moves and tms hms

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Magikarp can't get past Pokemon Tower because it can't learn any moves that hit ghosts. Jrose11 did a good video on it!

[@williambrinkmeier1772]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Thats why it will learn all gyarados moves through level up and can learn all the same tms and hms I got the idea from the magikarp in sword and shield with hydro pump when you do raid dens . Would require you to mod the game but would be fun to see how magikarp could do if it learned real moves .

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Neat idea! I've got to look into modding.

[@james_ford86]

@Scott's Thoughts Aerodactyl is a Rock/Flying type. Rock is neutral defensively against Ice attacks. So, Ice Beam isn't 4x effective against Aerodactyl, Onix, or Rhydon (both Rock/Ground types). It's 2x effective due to Onix and Rhydon's Ground typing and Aerodactyl's Flying typing. Really, you're better off using Surf against those Pokemon. In the case of Onix and Rhydon, or other rock-ground types, Surf is 4x effective because both Rock and Ground are 2x weak to Water. In the case of Aerodactyl, Surf is just 2x effective, but you do get STAB, so it's better than Ice Beam, especially considering Surf is the same base power as Ice Beam in gen 1. Now, if the Pokemon you were using was part Ice type, then it wouldn't matter if you picked Ice Beam over Surf. It might not seem like it matters, considering you one-shotted Aerodactyl, but had you been a lower level, it could have meant the difference between an OHKO and Aerodactyl getting another change to take you down. Now, on the flip side, Rock is 2x effective against Ice types, offensively. So definitely use moves like Rock Slide against Ice types if the Pokemon you're using learns it and has decent physical attack. So yeah, you might want to study type effectiveness. In Gen 1, Rock hits the following types super effectively for 2x damage: Bug, Flying, Fire, and Ice. Rock is resisted offensively by the following types: Fighting and Ground. Rock resists defensively the following types: Fire, Flying, Normal, and Poison. Rock is damaged super effectively (x2) by the following types: Grass, Water, Ground, Steel (in Gen 2 and beyond) and Fighting. Rock has a couple of type combinations it's super effective x4 against (offensively): Bug/Flying, Fire/Flying, Bug/Ice, Flying/Ice, Bug/Fire, any other possible type combos aren't in the game currently. Rock, when paired with Ground, has two 4x weaknesses: Water and Grass. Rock, when paired with Flying (as in the case of Aerodactyl) has no 4x weaknesses, but does have several 2x weaknesses: Electric, Rock, Ice, Water, and Steel. That type combo resists the following types: Normal, Flying, Poison, Bug, and Fire. Everything else is neutral, both offensively and defensively.

[@Rikipedia2023]

Have you beaten R/B/Y with Grimer yet?

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I'm going to do that one soon I think :)

[@reaperxdxgrim738]

Tentaaaaacooooooool

[@chaoticwonder2761]

So you can choose what he evolves evve into so just fight him to make it a julteeon

[@krasskiwi]

Well you have to ein the First rival fight and the optional rival to geb jolteon, Win one and lose the Other will be flareon Lose All will be vaporeon 😅

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Pretty sure I didn't know this when I recorded this run haha

[@kantokirk9651]

Could you attempt Yellow with the 2 fossil Pokemon?

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I love the fossils. They're really awesome designs. I'll add them to my list.

[@removebeforeflightgamingth9923]

Give aerodactyl some love no other gen 1 challenges use him

[@Mordaedil]

Nice.

[@medleysa]

Nice

[@nustacular]

Awesome video: a lot of your questions have been answered about the AI but this video explains pretty much “why” this stuff happens: kzbin.info/www/bejne/bqq4gZuIf9mBgK8 Basically on the second turn moves like rest are prioritized higher than on the first turn and based off health (like if below 1/5th) they in crease priority for healing items. For future runs with water types I highly suggest not using surf. It is a permanent slot on the movelist that should be a last resort as it is only super effective against 4 Pokémon in the elite 4 and is barely stronger than bubble beam. Having mega drain would have been much more effective vs lauralei and using blizzard is more effective than ice beam / it allows you to replace ice beam with mega drain for lauralei and then use blizzard for lances dragons