Can just a Magikarp beat Pokemon Violet WITHOUT ITEMS?!

[@dusknoir64]

The item assault vest gives you a 1.5x boost to your special defence, but more importantly for this video, prevents you from using status moves, such as Splash. If your only move is splash, you can give it an assault vest to have it use Struggle from the start of the battle, which would have allowed you to make it approximately 2 battles further than you did previously.

[@linkloyan4624]

This with clever manipulatuing of the own AP might be enough to defeat the fighting Type lady

[@ZorotheGallade]

She has 5 Pokémon and Struggle gives you 25% of your HP in recoil. If your HP is not divisible by four, this lets you use five Struggles before fainting assuming you take exactly zero damage from any other source, but the last attack would be a double KO which results in a loss.

[@KirbyGamerEX27]

That's a really cool strategy not going to lie

[@magica3526]

@@ZorotheGallade i think running a pokemon in the back is less cheaty than the sylveon thing, but it's a moot point because of mimikyu

[@douglaswills4624]

@@magica3526 That still wouldn't work. Because it would require all one shots (not even CLOSE to possible) AND it would require never being hit (because even 1 hit would mean you only get 4 struggles total) which just isn't going to happen.

[@Igorcastrochucre]

It's hilarious Magikarp's Tera hat bouncing on the floor, sounds like it would do a *tink* sound and drive everyone crazy

[@GourmetSubZee]

With how much flailing this fish is doing, I'd bet it would *tink* a ton

[@vyor8837]

​@@GourmetSubZeeuuugh, take my like and get out

[@isuckatgaming1873]

I'm fine with the pixelate skill swap strategy. Whether it stretches the rules or not, it made for an interesting strategy and I think that is more important than just giving up entirely.

[@suicune95]

100% agreed. I'd rather see an interesting, well thought out strat used than the video just end there. Even if it technically violates the spirit, I wanted to see the stuff that came after more than I care about the "spirit" of the rule

[@Logicalleaping]

I guess the other thing to do was trade a magikarp from Sword with Hydropump so its a good compromise

[@mistashadow]

Not sure you can do that, since apparently HOME will reset imported Pokémon to their level-up moveset not that HOME availability is a thing yet, so...

[@Logicalleaping]

@@mistashadow Oh dang didn't know that, figured we could use home straight away not that I have it anyway lol.

[@Altair1243WAR]

@@mistashadow Can Magikarp not learn Tera blast (or whatever it's called)? You'd have to change Tera type for non-normal but it's an alright move that can use either attack or special

[@raineob4996]

30:50 Magikarp getting a power of friendship miss while asleep is amazing and 1:00:48 fun fact, they changed the way Struggle works specifically because of Wobbuffet since a mirror match with leftovers could never end

[@DJFracus]

the endless Gen 3 Wobbuffet mirror was the most common way it could happen because of Shadow Tag and them being unable to hurt each other, but it could technically happen with any low attack Pokemon with Leftovers against each other (e.g. can't switch because they're the last two Pokemon). that's why, even though they changed Shadow Tag to not work against another Shadow Tag Pokemon in Gen 4, they still had to change Struggle too despite "fixing" Wobbuffet mirrors.

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Gen 9 Magikarp: I don’t fear anything. Ghosts: Sees a Magikarp without Hydro Pump. We are able to ruin this fish’s career.

[@sproins]

Sylveon only evolves with a high friendship, and since this challenge runs on the power of friendship I think the strat is not only fair, but fitting.

[@Zoroarkarceus123]

If you do future Scarlet and Violet solo runs or challenges, there are actually two more sets of 50 Tera Shards you can get. You get 50 Rock Shards from Tyme after completing her final and talking with her in the school a bunch to complete her storyline You get 50 Dragon Shards from Hassel after completing his final and completing his story line in the school While it may not be useful for many mons, it's still good to know that you're not stuck with just Normal, you have options.

[@hhjan594]

The only downside is you only get them after the 7th gym badge, which is when you can finish the interaction with them. But yes they could potentially be useful in end game boss fight. Maybe.

[@Zoroarkarceus123]

@@hhjan594 Yeah, it'd have to be very late game, but those endgame fights may have more use cases for needing those types than the Normal type, like Tatsugiri being weak to Dragon Tera Blast or using Tera Rock to maybe handle Skeledirge if possible.

[@SupaBass1793]

1:10:21 After you defeat Geeta and after Nemona runs off to wait for you, Geeta tells you that even when Nemona was battling her for the Champion rank, she could tell she was holding back. That's why Nemona is higher level than Geeta and why she was so thrilled to have you as an actual rival and challenge for her

[@Altair1243WAR]

Lol, yeah. JRose just didn't read the text. I mean, fair enough, he WAS busy plus the Gen1 "Mash A" strat is strong within him

[@The76532]

@@Altair1243WAR okay, they weren't saying he did, they were answering the question

[@leaffinite2001]

@@The76532chill

[@The76532]

@@leaffinite2001 sorry

[@ashlepker6488]

Since the start I knew Ryme would be a ending point so I do not fault you being creative to get past her, and I applaud the determination in the league. But when they made primape evolve to a ghost type which im a fan of, they truly made a block for magikarp. It's almost like agatha is taunting magikarp across the generations. It did become a champion magikarp though so it can now claim that title.

[@ShinyTillDawn]

It's like the channelers in Pokémon Tower walling RBY Magikarp. Magikarp needed more move variety.

[@booleah6357]

They call it Agatha's revenge.

[@wolfetteplays8894]

Imagine the ribbon challenge but with a magikarp though 🤣

[@ashlepker6488]

@@booleah6357 that is beyond fitting!!!

[@ashlepker6488]

@@ShinyTillDawn so true.

[@zanewinter777]

The fact they removed Bounce and Hydro Pump from the moveset is upsetting tho. I wonder if Pokemon home will let these moves come back in one way or another

[@robertharris6092]

The people that workcat GF now cleaely dont know anything about competetive. Im betting most of the people that worked there when they made gen 5 arnt there today. Theres a good chance the people that work there now grew up with the older janky and poorly balanced gens.

[@Altair1243WAR]

@@robertharris6092 ok, bounce maybe, but how does hydro pump make sense? It's a magikarp - it exists to die or evolve into Gyarados. Also, I'm willing to bet this doesn't change competitive too much regardless, sooo

[@robertharris6092]

@@Altair1243WAR itll definitly fuck over magikarp in little cup.

[@DJFracus]

@@robertharris6092 nobody would use magikarp in little cup regardless lmao

[@Takapon218]

@@robertharris6092people don't even use magikarp in little cup LOL

[@serifAizawa]

22:50 If I remember correctly from an earlier dump of the trainer's rosters, most major trainers like Gym leaders give their ace Pokemon max HP EVs, and Iono's one of them. That's how her Mismagius was able to take the Flail despite damage calculations saying otherwise

[@dragonseatcheese8727]

This is like, more than half as long as Avengers: Endgame. Can you IMAGINE how much AJ had to cut from this? He must have had hundreds of hours of footage and VO stuff to handle. Props to him for this.

[@robertharris6092]

Endgame isnt the only movie thats over 3 hours long...

[@hhjan594]

I'm pretty sure the bonus for max friendship "+10% chance for a move to miss" refers to your opponent. You basically get a light powder boost, which you can dodge 100% accuracy moves and make other moves easier to dodge (moves that guarantee to hit cannot be dodged) Not sure if Jrose corrected himself later in the video, but if he did this comment is at least good for the algorithm.

[@HangryLuna]

This answer is also very good for the algorithm

[@maciejchmielewski9527]

@@HangryLuna Is it?

[@HangryLuna]

@@maciejchmielewski9527 yes! And yours too

[@Arthrexx]

It's what he said, no?

[@dagroseren]

@@HangryLuna let's keep em coming them. Also watching a video for over 1hours and 40 mins also helps!

[@mayborneflower]

1:36:44 - Stone Edge only has 5 PP baseline. You stalled her out because NPCs never have PP Ups applied to their moves, so she only had Accelrock left to hit you with.

[@alexanderlong.7234]

the cars from starfall dont seem to have a limit on their pp. because the fire one kept using overheat like 20 times on me. Yup it kept hitting me with -6 in special. I did have my defence up by 6 and its attack down by atleast 2.

[@Nyundaa]

@@alexanderlong.7234The Team Star special Revarooms are weird and don't act like normal pokemon in a lot of ways.

[@SimplyAJ]

Big congrats on being able to get through this monster of a challenge while ALSO doing all the other ones! And of course congrats on The Month of Jrose. It's most definitely been a wild ride!

[@lurientheenjoyer6711]

Hey! You are the editor! Congrats to you too for being able to keep up editing all of those Jrose Month videos! I am sure that you made that possible too, m8

[@PraefMace]

Month of Jrose AND month of SimplyAJ!

[@SimplyAJ]

@@lurientheenjoyer6711 Aha, thanks so much, glad you've enjoyed the hardwork!

[@critik_l]

In case you decide to do another one of these impossible challenges, I have a way to help speed up the early leveling. Most people know about how you can initiate a battle by throwing your Pokémon across a gap to teleport close to it. After the first Pokémon center, you can go up the left side of the area and find a bunch of Pokémon around level 20 across a small gap. If you are able to either run away from a battle with them or catch it, you can explore that area. If you follow the path forward and then to the right you will find a Large Exp. Candy. It should bring a level 5 Pokémon up to around level 22 I think.

[@hfactor66]

I remember using this battling trick to basically climb before I could climb or high jump XD

[@Chaos0932]

Merry Christmas Jrose11 You made our year way better with your content thank you for everything

[@1710nalk]

You've truly been treating us this year. Thanks so much for all your work. Same goes for AJ.

[@Soblessedandres]

This man is the pokemon legend of 2022

[@BryceRogers_]

Goat 🐐

[@francescod2018]

JRose, your last 2 videos (this and Kakuna Rattata) are some of your very best! I think it goes to show you can vary games and not only focus on RBY, as I’m sure it will help you to rotate between versions in order to not get burnt out :) thanks for the entertaining content and have a wonderful Christmas :)

[@Altair1243WAR]

He has done that on/off before. I'm sure he knows that the only question is what extent. Also, as interesting as Gen1 is, it does get boring after a while (though JRose himself goes a long way to countering that IMO)

[@dragonspight]

I'm glad Magikarp finally got the feature film it deserves.

[@PokemonWoop]

there is only one person patient enough to attempt a magikarp run not just once, but four times and STILL not satisfied. I can only dream of that level of dedication

[@somanzafar]

Thank you jrose and AJ for your effort this year. You made my enitre month of december

[@thezonienthusiast473]

Bruh, after all you went through with this challenge, the Sylveon thing is 100% fair and forgivable. So proud of you for your accomplishments in this run

[@theSato]

I miss the month of jrose bros.. at least Scott's Thoughts is still there for us but I miss Jrose's voice once every couple of weeks at least..

[@BrettTabler]

March 5th - “Where video?”

[@pedroumpierre5603]

That magikarp run from 2019 is really special to me. It was the first video that I watched that was not in my Native language. I understood about 50% off the video and since then, i haven't missed a single upload from you and pretty much became fluent in english with the help of KZbin videos (including yours)

[@tehphilosoraptor42]

Sad they removed TM moves this gen. I loved being able to give my karps hydro pump last gen.

[@Gunsbeerfreedom87]

Man, I'd be lying if I said I didn't miss the daily uploads. I knew it was going to end and you can't realistically produce that much content forever, but damn was it nice while it lasted. Merry Christmas and happy new year bud, thanks for providing all the entertainment

[@priestesslucy]

Over 100 minutes of Jrose Christmas Joy. Thank you so much Jrose 💞💞💞

[@austintome]

Extraordinarily fun video! It is extremely entertaining to watch you guide us through each step of the playthrough, especially the losses. It is a testament to your style and quality of your videos that we can spent nearly two hours watching a video while remaining fully invested. Phenomenal work!

[@kidd3405]

Honestly I’m down to see more if those kinds of double strats, it’s really fun and creative

[@dragonling748]

One of the things that makes these runs interesting is how you overcome challenge. The Sylveon thing is brilliant, because you manage to find a way to let the magicarp beat ghosts! Good on ya mate!

[@kanki4314]

you are the very best

[@aspohn7256]

Like no one ever was

[@nathancross6833]

To catch them is my real test

[@Cry2Deep]

To train them is his caaauuse

[@toml6676]

To train them is my cause

[@jcnot9712]

C-C-COMBO BREAKER!

[@romannamor95]

dude. you’ve been so good to us this month w all this content. I still gotta catch up but it’s been so appreciated. thanks for all the time and effort!

[@Sir_Uncle_Ned]

I love how the tera jewel is placed as though it would be upright if Magikarp was in the water.

[@WumboJumbo96]

Gamefreak added that auto heal feature to make the game even easier than it already was, but it turns out that seemingly innocuous addition that most players wouldn't even notice is what makes this run impossible. Palpatine: Ironic. It's still impressive that Magikarp got that far regardless.

[@HighLieBH]

“Seize the run, Carpe Diem!” Is such a frickin raw line.

[@caossorge3568]

The Skill Swap strat is fair imo, for the reasons you mentioned of prior precedent and because otherwise it would have genuinely been impossible. If it's not being done to be optimal, but just to make it even possible, then it's fine in my eyes

[@Otterstone]

Literally just finished watching the Kakuna Rattata episode when this came out 😂

[@ChibiRuah]

Same and both videos epic

[@benpriest1418]

You are pumping these out making Christmas much more enjoyable. Thanks!

[@MrPladdy]

The true meaning of Christmas.

[@xith1349]

Jrose, fury cutter was actually buffed and its 40 base power in current generation, not 20. It's actually a semi decent move if it was 100% accurate. As an extra bonus, it's one of the moves that actually gets a 50% boost from sharpness too.

[@Arti_The_Great]

Wait what about Technician?

[@Arti_The_Great]

@Plain Water ah i see

[@sagacious03]

Great analysis & run video! Thanks for uploading! Looking forward to that other run you mentioned at the end!

[@jacobbolduc9847]

The Sylveon idea is freaking genius. This is why I love your videos!

[@SomeGuy712x]

I'm totally fine with you using Sylveon's Pixilate to help Magikarp beat the Ghost gym. That's a totally clever play, and you would've been completely helpless there otherwise. Man, if only Magikarp still had access to Bounce and Hydro Pump... Bounce could've easily gotten you past that Annihilape for sure. Not sure why Game Freak decided to remove those moves from Magikarp's move pool in Gen. 9. It's not like theye would break the meta or anything. (Also, wow, I've had this video bookmarked for over a year, but only now just realized I hadn't watched it yet. Well, better late than never!)

[@forceoffriction]

37:37 You can get 50 Dragon and 50 Rock shards if you do all of the art and math classes, but I'm pretty sure you need more badges to complete the classes

[@shapesnatch1341]

I have an idea for a run. Can you beat a pokemon game using "Good AI"? Meaning, you have to attack completely randomly unless your pokemon has a super effective move(s), in which case you have to use that. Don't know if it would be possible using a single pokemon so this one could be a team challenge

[@christianm3390]

great job dude, you killed it this month.

[@williambrown5934]

I am finding from doing my first ever of one of these self imposed rules & restrictions SOLO runs and doing them in Scarlet (& Violet) given the different game Mechanics in them, it’s a bit more interesting with the being able to delete or relearn moves at Will in any location by yourself AND how any ‘taught’ move stays in it’s move pool! Been utilizing this during my Quaxly run! Makes it more fun- though I guess less hard but the solo concept ain’t exactly easy….

[@romain3135]

i hope you give yourself some time for the new year, this upload rate is awesome but i don't want you to burn yourself out. Thank you for all this content, by far my favorite pokemon related.

[@definitelynotacrab7651]

Mad props to you for the work put into this, can't imagine how long it all took. Great video!

[@iamjustkiwi]

Somehow a magikarp wrecking house with the power of friendship feels like a fitting present for this Christmas eve, thanks, Jrose, it was nice seeing a more casualish playthrough by you.

[@wuachurra]

Yeah, solo runs aren't technically possible anymore, cause there are mandatory double battles. So yeah, if the gym leader forces you into a double, there's no longer just Magikarp, so go for it, make the partner help them.

[@Sordesman]

Amazing video, just like always. Thanks for the dedicating so much time to make such an entertaining video!

[@mayborneflower]

1:10:26 - Nemona is the strongest in the game, barring you and the Professor AI. She did the entire Gym Challenge before you did at least a year ago (with Geeta specifically mentioning that Nemona held way back when beating her after your own battle with her). She’s just weaker throughout the journey because she’s trying to groom you into her equal, someone who can match or exceed her at her best so she can fight on to satisfaction. She picked the Starter weak to yours and caught new Pokémon to tail your progress by doing the Gyms all over again. I guess she likes that team better than her last one because she even uses it in the post-game.

[@idontwantahandlethough]

tbh, I watch these videos for the cool ideas and techniques you use to finish these runs, so even if using Sylveon is against "the rules", it's still awesome and you should totally still do stuff like that in the future if you have to; it definitely makes your videos [even] more interesting.

[@CapnWilly]

Awesome video. 👌 Love all the content and the Month of Jrose was great. Glad to see you back streaming as well man! People may be knuckle heads on stream but nothing but positivity from a lot of us as your fans!

[@dungeonpastor]

My Grandfather died an hour ago and then I get this notification. Thanks for the small comfort, Jrose. Love your stuff. Keep it up. Merry Christmas.

[@toumabyakuya]

Man, big condolences here.

[@dungeonpastor]

@@toumabyakuya thank you.

[@toumabyakuya]

@@dungeonpastor You are welcome. Oh, also, before I forget. Watch out, there's a bot faking being JRose going around.

[@dungeonpastor]

@@toumabyakuya yeah. They're common now unfortunately.

[@k2a2l2]

ur an absolute legend, also happy holidays everyone

[@Souliv3]

Amazing video, thanks a lot for making it! Have you tried using 3 xAtk, 2 xDef and have the right amount of PP to have Struggle vs Annihilape? With Leftovers or Choice Band you might be able to clear the battle and try to beat the rest of the game with no items. Not ideal but it'd be fun to see the rest of the game.

[@zorimanar2247]

Items in battle are banned, you get auto healed before a gym fight.

[@PlayingwithPower889]

@@zorimanar2247 you only get healed on the initial challange of the star bosses, when you rechallange you dont get healed he covers that in the video, but the items part i think the OP is talking about using them to just get passed the battle for fun to see if magikarp can do the rest if not for that battle

[@calvatron9150]

1:04:54 The best pun that's ever been uttered in the history of everything

[@rodgersmith6593]

Honestly you’ve inspired me to do a specific kind of run, gen 1 with a tradable Pokémon. Like when you got that Spearow to the Elite 4 before dropping him off. I wanna do a minimum battles run that gets Dux the Farfetch’d. You taught me about badge boosts and I always thought he was broken after a swords dance or two. I think you could rush down the first three leaders with Squirtle and then set up the tech for the remaining game.

[@nessleepk]

I'm late but I finally finished it today, this run is stupendous and after that brilliant ghost gym victory, I was really excited to see it all happen. Happy Holidays Jrose and we'll see you in the new year unless you sneak in a final video

[@saltybot5449]

I just beat Scarlet with an Arrokuda and after my run I respect your solo runs much more. Also I love the name, seize the day!

[@rtyuik7]

1:04:50(ish) - it depends on what you Specifically Define a "Magikarp-Solo" Challenge...on the one hand, Magikarp CANNOT do this on its own (and Held Items and/or a Double-Battle Partner are needed)...but on the other hand, its still a neat challenge to answer the question "what does Magikarp need in order to make it through this?" and if that answer happens to be 'Held Items, Double-Battle Partners, and a hacked ATK stat that makes it one-shot anything', then at least youd find that answer by doing a "Magikarp-Only" run...

[@Mega_Tron6891]

I was worried that the month of Jrose would lead to 6 months without Jrose 😂

[@petrie911]

"Geeta, I've come to bargain."

[@scout990]

In my opinion, challenge runs have to be fun for the player. I think the stretch to use a specific second pokemon to apply a gymmic resulting in magikarp still being the only pokemon dealing damage in fight is creative and fun. You don't earn a medal, there is nothing official and i think the "jrose spirit" is respected. :)

[@Epoch2498]

I recently got back into binge watching your David and Goliath challenge videos, and I subbed to compensate for missing out. Love your content bro, plz keep up the great work torturing yourself for our amusement.

[@StevetheWizard2591]

Magikarp can still technically hatch with Bounce. It's part of Magikarp's TM movepool, even if it's not a TM anymore, meaning if you have a Magikarp from an earlier generation that knows Bounce and another Pokemon in one of its egg groups that knows Bounce, you can hatch a Magikarp that knows Bounce in S/V.

[@greyscaleadaven]

Would you also be able to use the Mirror Herb method? Just curious if that works too for weird egg moves like that

[@Makenor13]

But how could you do it? Even without considering that Home doesn't yet connect to SV, when it eventually will do it, the moveset of the Magikarp with bounce that you need to transfer will be reset. Or your plan is to transfer an egg? Even in this case I don't know if it's going to be possible

[@stompingpeak2043]

@@Makenor13 exactly. The only way it could be possible currently is through the discord showdown bots. Or by someone that does it themselves with a computer and memory cards. We won't be able to use home until April which is an absolute outrage

[@StevetheWizard2591]

@@Makenor13 Given Game Freak introduced the Bounce TM in the DLC for Sw/Sh, I wouldn't completely count out the possibility of a TM getting introduced in S/V later on, but an egg transfer would probably be the "easiest" method, given the DLC was intended as post-game in Sw/Sh. That being said, beating the game and then transferring a fresh Magikarp with Bounce into a new game would be a differently difficult run, because for the Magikarp to be any use, it would have to be over-leveled to the point where it would ignore most commands.

[@Regiultima]

TM moves stopped being passed down via breeding in X and Y. That does not work.

[@lurientheenjoyer6711]

"The probability is 27%, I had a math guy explain that to me" I have no idea why, but that "math guy" bit cracks me up every time.

[@gamma-smash2157]

Can’t tell if the slow downs are Jrose being artistic or the game chugging. 😅😂😂

[@kingcygnus]

Truly cant believe you even tried this. You are an absolute legend. I cant imagine magikarp beating the professor anyway. Kudos to you, JRose and thank you for an amazing month of content.

[@Xbob42]

Was like "Why isn't he using splash to stall in order to get hit more" for the first 30 minutes, haha. Glad to see it was not forgotten as an option!

[@dawnsbuneary]

Good work on the month of videos straight, Jrose! I hope you're break isn't as long, but at the same time, you should take all the time you need to recover. When you feel like doing more videos, we'll all be watching.

[@yatagarasu5775]

@23:30 the Luxio intimidate lowered your attack which is why you didn’t kill the other one

[@R0Tl]

I was searching around the comments to see if someone mentioned this already before I commented it, but since I found this, I'll just give it a thumbs up so others can see it. But they probably won't see it since I had to scroll past a 100+ comments to find this 😂

[@jacoblawton7716]

You are legendary for this. What a demonstration of perseverance and patience.

[@davidley4832]

Month of Jrose was truly a great gift to all of us. Thanks to you and the people that made this possible. Happy holidays to everyone! And also, an unown solo run in any gen would be really cool, particularly gens 1-3.

[@kotzpenner]

You probably meant Gen 2? It's debuted there. Also Merry Christmas and Good New Year!

[@banaba5708]

I got an idea. Pokemon, but the worst thing that can happen will always happen. i.e. the opposing pokemon will always critical hit, your attacks (unless 100% accurate) will always miss, opposing pokemon's abilities like poison point, static, flame body, etc, will activate 100% of the time, etc. Everything bad that can happen will always happen. I think this will make for a fun strategic experience where you can't rely on luck. ;)

[@jaynajuly2140]

Imagine if we could hear the sound of Magikarp's Tera hat clinking against the floor

[@kevindragon3883]

Boy did I do these events out of order. I was under the impression you could face the gyms or events in whatever order you wanted. But in the end, I got the same results.

[@wereoctopus]

regarding the Metronome item, I do like how various items and moves are much more viable in tera raids than they've been in traditional battles, let alone competitive play. Normally Screech is way worse than Swords Dance, but in a Tera Raid, both are viable moves. Similarly, Metronome will stack higher than Choice Band/Specs after 3 hits, and the opponent can't switch out. though it's a shame some abilities and moves are specifically nerfed in Tera Raids. I raised an Oricorio hoping it'd be effective, but its Dancer ability apparently doesn't work in Tera Raid battles. I guess four Oricorios copying each other's Quiver, Feather, and Revelation Dances would be pretty busted, but they could have limited Dancer to once-per-turn, instead of shutting it down completely.

[@DaikoruArtwin]

8:32 I like the idea of sending out a Magikarp in a Terrastalize battle. Leader: "Are you guys ready? Let's do this!" Everyone: "Go, Pawniard/Kirlia/Crabrawler/Magikarp!" Everyone else: ... Dude, wth, a Magikarp?!

[@FatalRanger-fo1gx]

Went from month of jrose to norose. Hope you’re ok man.

[@noahhorton400]

Wow I didnt even notice the video was 2hrs long until you said that at the end (Playing super grindy games will do that). Great video!

[@noodlekaboodle4002]

My dude released a video everyday for a month and then disappeared for a month. Jrose come back! We need you

[@wolfen888]

Exactly, did he mention something?

[@noodlekaboodle4002]

@@wolfen888 maybe, I'm not sure. Didn't actually finish this one

[@Propane_Acccessories]

@@wolfen888 Pretty sure he said he was gonna chill for a bit

[@megamuffin15]

These are the puns of someone who laughed at Brock's "drying pan" joke.

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

It's kind of funny of all the weird held items the game has there isn't one that lets you hit ghost. Obviously Game freak builds the game around Nerfing Magikarp.

[@LtVictor]

what an incredible month of videos and this tops it - merry christmas!

[@surtu9221]

It's appropriate you used a Sylveon in the forced double battle, as all the nerfs to Magikarp made it such that you were dependent on friendship the entire run XD

[@thefallenchaoskeeper]

You’ve probably heard it 100 tumes by now, but you get 50 rock tera shards from the math teacher

[@Blastoise9000]

I should not be up at this time of night. Never clicked on a vid so fast lol

[@obscurevideogameruns6250]

Bro, this is the best Christmas present you could ever give. Happy holidays mate, you've earned it

[@dreamydailine]

Three Magicarps went into a party. That was such a splash, although there were a few struggles. Nevermind, I'm sort of Flailing my tackle on puns... I don't know where I'm going with this, but I enjoy the content a lot. Anyways, time to use this video as a Pokémon podcast while doing my homework.

[@asterie_stythia]

This was such an interesting video. Props to Jrose for doing this and for the narration as well ! It's really fun to see that the thing that ended up being impossible to beat was the only major trainer with one Ghost-type Pokémon in a single battle. Only one ghost, Annihilape, was needed to stop Magikarp's sweep, and not even the Ghost-type champion herself. When we think about it, this game was very favorable to Magikarp, because of Ryme being cheesable via double battle shenanigans and Nemona Terrastalizing her Skeledirge to remove the Ghost-type. If any other major trainer had some Ghost-type Pokemon (and this game has no shortage of Ghost Pokémon, like Ceruledge, Brambleghast, Dragapult, Houndstone, Gholdengo), the run could have ended way more abruptly than that, or create at least a very very big roadblock.

[@tattoman29]

Since Sylveon did not attack I 100% count this as acceptable since they forced you into a double battle

[@JakeInaitor5000]

1:03:58 Nobody going to acknowledge that that Naclstack just chilling in front of the Eevee? Like I realized the whole pokeballs on the floor in rooms being from the first mon in your party, but wtf is this?

[@bugcatcher8989]

This Scarlet run gets the OG Bug Catcher official stamp of approval! 👍

[@danielhale1]

I'm amazed you went as far as you did!

[@xtw1995]

would you ever consider doing a fun run of any generation? i think it would be really cool to watch you pick your favorite team and give us insight into why your chose them or the challenges you have to complete to get the pokémon you want

[@Hokaru11792]

Awesome vids this month Jrose, thanks :) Sad that we couldn't go all the way but I was really cheering for Karpe Diem through until the end!