Can You Beat Pokémon Brilliant Diamond with ONLY Piplup?

When Pokémon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl were announced... I knew what I had to do.
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[@Alpharad]

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[@rogermarti5598]

What if I order you?

[@fuckk9311]

Hi

[@joseluissalas3923]

Well i enjoyed this quite a bit, and I enjoy it even more that I came here before the comment bots took over

[@Tijgoo]

Im not gonna be a grammar nazi

[@lucassakelarios3125]

@@rogermarti5598 Give me a snack bartender

[@TCNick3]

piplup being hype as fuck is just what i needed to see today

[@muffledpotat0245]

I knew i'd find you here dad. hope you're doing well.

[@user-jw1yq9nj9n]

Soo, we gonna do Mario Party Pokémon edition soon or what?...

[@user-jw1yq9nj9n]

I feel like Piplup should be added in Smash Bros.

[@xltl194]

Knew you’d show up, it’s only reasonable for someone as legendary as TC Nicholas the Third to show up

[@Langas_LVDC]

I fucking knew you would be here. Was not dissapointed.

[@radomiami]

Mudkip Only: "Don't do drugs, kids." Piplup Only: d r u g s

[@BlazePlayzIsHereNerds]

Yeah but piplup isnt a kid hes a 40 million year old deity

[@bct2308]

Ye

[@bct2308]

Also, wasn’t that video about Mudkip made in 2019 or something? Only in 2020 onwards did people start taking drugs because since the great pandemic of 2020 because people are getting more and more depressed and feel like life has no meaning. That’s also why more people are killing themselves. Now Alpharad has joined them.

[@eclipsesans8273]

@BCT2 Yeah that's how Piplups are.

[@bct2308]

You have a point.

[@starkiller9597]

4:45 " Rome wasn't built in a day and neither was an Olympian athlete and like an athlete we turn to performance enhancing drugs" Wise words

[@codycombs8590]

Wiser words. You can fight double trainers one on one. 2:24

[@RusIvanDen]

Drugs

[@lanestonesvlogs]

Lmao I read this comment as he was saying it in the video

[@Hybrid_Quagsire]

It's not wrong

[@switch-e1769]

"I'm gonna beat Starly with hammers" Who knew that would be the basis of the design of Tinkaton a year later.

[@syrusgrove8682]

Yes

[@FlamieDoc]

There are two types of people who play Pokemon Smallant: Spends hours grinding, analysing and making the best strategies to complete the challenge And then there's Alpharad "It can't happen a 2nd time right?"

[@GokeyGamer]

This is one of the best comments I've ever seen

[@DevI-vl7gp]

I watched this entire video and didn't know it wasn't smallant until I saw this comment.

[@danielvasquez7951]

The smart player The brute force player

[@NotANoLife479]

I am definitely Alpharad

[@memekeeper-gaming3552]

it did, infact, happen a second time.

[@duzziewuzzie4388]

Can we take a moment to talk about Aaron's strategy? This guy's whole gimmick is to gamble it all on crits and not only does he risk it for the crits, lore wise he got to be one of the members of the Elite Four so he made it to the big leagues using crits. Guy's a baller.

[@sifibruh7055]

I bet he was sad to see the casino is gone, shame.

[@dontbememeist497]

*guy's

[@nyon7209]

Can we also take a moment to acknowledge that the bug type gym leader's entire strategy revolved around a not bug type pokemon using a not bug type move?

[@Robo2k_]

@@dontbememeist497 oh shut up mr/Mrs English teacher literally nobody cares that they forgot an APOSTROPHE

[@zachmercer1065]

If anyone’s gonna risk it all on crits, it’s Alpharad

[@funtimegamer8733]

Found out that the Abra battle doesn't have to be a doubles battle, you can talk to them individually and fight them separately

[@clayxros576]

That's too obvious a strat for Alpharad to try. Why would it be that easy, you know?

[@Hybrid_Quagsire]

But fun cool fight hit double kill!

[@NintendoNerd64]

alpha: “ok so this garchomp can do anything, they can do swords dance and eat a berry that reduces my damage, and i can deal damage that turn and be safe but i probably won’t live the next turn, so..” Piplup: “I got a crit dad are you proud of me?”

[@samsilverman8579]

Alpha: good boy.

[@BHZZRD]

Fun fact, in the diamond and pearl manga, the main character had a piplup that he didn’t know had an everstone. So he crushed all the gyms and the piplup gained so many levels it became sick and almost died because it couldn’t evolve.

[@variableaxis9652]

Those manga were sick

[@haka-katyt7439]

@@variableaxis9652 especially when the girl took a bath with tentacruel.........oh noe

[@magicball3201]

While definitely more lighthearted about it, in the anime, Dawn's piplup had the opposite problem. He really didn't want to evolve, but had enough xp to evolve. He got sick, and an everstone helped him get better

[@funtimegamer8733]

Wait, I thought piplup ate the stone by accident?

[@moke23]

Which manga? It's not adventures.

[@harubutjojo]

Piplup vs literally anyone: "He's never fought me." Everyone: "Yeah he has." Piplup: "He's never fought me twice!"

[@gustavogodoy9626]

"And I'll be doped"

[@stulix505]

His like anubbis he never loses twice

[@sparki045yt3]

Wait is that a jojo reference

[@stoborking]

Piplup shares something in common with Thor

[@kristophesiem5336]

@@sparki045yt3 I think it's Avengers

[@whodis2614]

Is really funny once you realize that the new champion, a person who ranks higher than the Elite Four, has their level 69 Piplup and nothing else. Edit: and a truckload of performance enhancing drugs

[@internetguy7319]

well, they have something else Drugs

[@danieljames1868]

I mean, even *with* performance enhancing drugs, beating the elite four with *only a piplup* would be absurdly impressive in the context of the universe...

[@derpickle7768]

“ I trekked on and did the exact same battle again, in the exact same way with the exact same expectations but just hoping something would change.” literal definition of insanity

[@echo_gecko_8243]

Thank you I was thinking the thing 😂

[@ZpectreWasTaken]

Jacob: “it hasn’t even felt too different then a normal run” *Stands next to the couple that gives you Jirachi and Mew for free*

[@memelurd7341]

Correction: $59.99 each

[@chronicallyretarded]

@@memelurd7341 Correction: Free if you rent the games

[@necro9541]

@@memelurd7341 correction: if you got the games 1-3 years ago same overprice

[@Sorukingu]

@@memelurd7341 correction: it cost nothing if you don’t get them

[@Pogbirb]

Oh hey man long time no see didnt expect to see you here

[@youtub5599]

This video can be summed up in 4 words. "Pop pills, get kills."

[@HanryDaMan]

Get this to 69 likes!

[@potatothedoggo339]

So true.

[@x-0hero4]

@@HanryDaMan Or 69 comments.

[@x-0hero4]

@@HanryDaMan you know what that means right?

[@x-0hero4]

E

[@sunny-xc8fb]

I am so glad that him and Jaden became friends it is honestly hilarious to see their interactions together and they honestly just vibe with each other so well

[@Spearmint_fresh]

I barely beat crasher wake with only a staravia at 10 HP. This is a good life lesson: if Alpharad beat the elite four with a solo piplup, I’m sure I could beat the elite four as well at this point. So In other words, never give up. This right here is a beautiful life lesson. Congratulations, @Alpharad. You’ve earned that sweet victory. Edit: also it was the toughest thing I ever seen when you beat Cynthia with just a small penguin. If you beat BDSP with only piplup, what’s next? Scarlet and violet with a solo Quaxly perhaps?

[@finn9396]

Tbh Alpha has either fuecoco or quaxly energy

[@apuppet6174]

And now Piplup must take on an entirely new challenge, one in which he would've never expected to face. Rehab.

[@lyzee1199]

What?

[@mr.totolose2107]

@@lyzee1199 because he takes too many drugs

[@lyzee1199]

@@mr.totolose2107 ik I just imagined Piplup would say "What?" as if he's not ready

[@Patterrz]

Piplup is the 2nd strongest penguin in the Multiverse (just below Pingu)

[@buddyslife9132]

Bruh what about Gunther?

[@loftwild4302]

@@buddyslife9132 he’s 4th

[@metroiton]

I think Rico from penguins of Madagascar is high up there

[@grunkleg.3110]

But what about King Dedede?

[@SirenVA]

nah Dedede solos

[@thevoidlord1796]

My favourite moment in this video is when Alpha pops off with Lyn from rivals of Aether

[@cynicsittinginhisroomwithn970]

Yeah I’m also confused

[@jaxsonpiwek7537]

“Like an athlete, we turned to performance enhancing drugs!” God tier quote

[@greysoncarr]

I love how every few minutes, we get a, “What?” Just to accurately sum up this run.

[@ToasTjayv]

lmao

[@Michi-bg4bp]

What?

[@kirbywithaknifeisawesome6028]

@@Michi-bg4bp Bullshitery is evolving!

[@Michi-bg4bp]

@@kirbywithaknifeisawesome6028 What? - is what I wanted to say but than i thought to myself: What? - Im happy im contributing to the Evolution of Bullshitery tho

[@Bubu432]

666 😳

[@Chirish_8383]

I love how Jaiden is just chilling in the background the whole time

[@skynonameisnotafurry]

same with alpha just chilling in the back of her kaizo video

[@Sorcool]

Bro that's so true

[@spideymenz5738]

She sounds very drunk

[@lone_wolf3724]

@MJ Plays or is it 😏

[@sebastian_niegoh]

Probably working on an animation while listening/watching to jacob playing

[@colepryor8651]

I did a solo piplup run as well. My move set was grass knot, surf, ice beam, and pluck. The move set had tons of coverage! Made the elite 4 easier as well lol. Grass knot comes in clutch so much for the run! Especially Cynthia’s Milotic and the water gym lol

[@phantomnite]

No drill peck? Thst attacks way stronger than pluck

[@colepryor8651]

@@phantomnite Pluck is better overall for getting rid of help items.

[@phantomnite]

@@colepryor8651 I dont think so as it can only get rid of berries and not all berries are useful

[@colepryor8651]

@@phantomnite when your battling Cynthia it is lol. You’d be surprised how many times it came up

[@phantomnite]

@@colepryor8651 maybe in the original and platinum but in the remakes they dont really carry berries except garchomp which only has thr berry thst reduces ice type attacks

[@nazra1127]

5:43-5:53 This whole portion is comedy gold. I actually laughed till tears came out.

[@floop6939]

I just realized that in the last like 9 months there hasn’t been a single vid that I’ve been somewhat disinterested in, even on games I don’t play. That’s what truly makes a content creator good. Thank you!

[@lukachkhaidze1156]

Sammeeee

[@24_lizards59]

Though your pf was a fucking duck

[@thesenate9455]

@@24_lizards59 SAME

[@NikhilKurup-ot8vd]

@@24_lizards59 same

[@robinsutley9555]

Is this a copy pasta? I've seen this exact comment 2 other times already on this same video

[@truegreen7]

Now do it while feeding it herbs throughout your playthrough.

[@grandmasterscott]

Make it a nuzlocke and you can call it a weedlocke

[@grandmasterscott]

Make it a nuzlocke and you can call it a weedlocke

[@Rowlet7897]

Oh didn't expect to see you here

[@youristevens379]

Now that's a truly evil idea Ron xD I love it. Also, in your expert pokemon lore knowledge, could you please explain how this Pikachu turned into a penguin? I'm very interested :P

[@GlitchanBlack]

Nice to see you here, man.

[@VerySnowyDay]

Alpharad can make a 12 hour video of watching paint dry and he'll STILL manage to make it entertaining as hell.

[@jimmyp4024]

If you like watching paint dry then boy do I have the channel for you

[@clembotp1035]

The fact you finished this right when he was level 69 is just comedy gold

[@boop7784]

Alpha is the kind of person to calculate their exp gain and curve to guarantee their chance to end on 69 And its absolutely goddamn hilarious

[@bct2308]

Correct.

[@youngclueless7364]

2:20 Who's gonna tell him that if you talk to one of the NPCs, it turns into two single battles instead?

[@evanozrovitz9402]

But then the abras will just destroy him with energy ball

[@masterfakeio4736]

@@evanozrovitz9402 its a single battle meaning he won't get 1 shot since there will be only 1 abra

[@evanozrovitz9402]

@@masterfakeio4736 3:39 he couldn’t ohko the abra, therefore the abra would just outspeed on turn two and kill him

[@sladewright5779]

@@evanozrovitz9402 seems like half the chance of that happening

[@gengarzilla1685]

I'm pretty sure Peck could do it. Abra's Defense is way lower than its Special Defense.

[@callmecait]

Ah yes, Ronald McDonalds dream, as the great clips channel foretold.

[@JefferyManz]

“I, Ronald McDonald, have a dream”

[@somethingbanter]

I'm really glad that Jaiden entered this friend group she's a delight to see

[@demitrisoule724]

S I M P (but she is wonderfull)

[@luisruiz5045]

@@demitrisoule724 bruh

[@demitrisoule724]

@@luisruiz5045 yea i know

[@luisruiz5045]

@@demitrisoule724 smh

[@demitrisoule724]

@@luisruiz5045 yea me to

[@daddysempaichan]

I remember when my sister basically did this on Platinum years ago. Her Piplup was over Lv. 50 and she never beat the game, as she was stuck on the second gym. Note that this was her first actual Pokemon game, and the reason she didn't catch any other Pokemon was because, in roughly her own words, "They weren't cute enough for her to catch." Also sever case of Starter Carry Syndrome.

[@chongyang7885]

...Wow

[@SeraphOC]

What sucks is that if they ONLY used the Piplup back in the old Gen 4 games, they wouldn't manage to beat the E4, because it requires 5 HMs, and a single pokemon can only learn 4 moves

[@pretsal4955]

doesn't think bidoof is cute. cringe

[@samuel12342]

That kind of reminds me of my brother, his first game was pokemon silver and it took him years to figure out there is a way to switch the order of pokemon in his party, so he ended up with a level 70+typhlosion with the rest of his team being 20+levels behind

[@hydrog.]

and it didn't evolve?

[@_gh0ulz]

i like to imagine the second piplup he got was just the first one’s afterimage

[@TunaBear64]

19:32 Don't forget the Periscope So 50% chance of dealing x2.25 damage and ignoring Defense boosts That's insane

[@aquitetiredguy2158]

“No one beats piplup twice”- alpharad 10 minutes after having his piplup be destroyed by Abra’s at least 8 times

[@paxgallery6646]

well, no one beats piplup the 7th second time

[@dantevitale5714]

The Kojiro Sasaki method lol

[@Ecko_Effect]

Well, they didn't beat piplup twice, they beat him eight times, which is pretty different.

[@aquitetiredguy2158]

@@Ecko_Effect true true

[@trumpets101]

Just to clarify about the friendship thing: They took the previous Affection mechanic from Gen 6 and 7 and tied it with friendship.

[@VGV1deo]

Which is the only thing I don’t like about the game

[@fchef8370]

Wait what…

[@DoctorProfessorDai]

Makes it even funnier since Sylveon isn’t in the game, so why have all the other eeveelutions, and the affection mechanic, but not Sylveon?

[@AlexMorales-iy1ih]

Yea and the friendship was broken because My prismarina survived two attacks while she was at 1 HP just cause friendship from ultra necrozma

[@SkagSlayuh]

@@AlexMorales-iy1ih My midnight Lycanroc back in original moon survived 6 hits in a row on 1 hp as my last mon during the champion fight with the professor, gave me enough time to revive the entire team and full restore him, most ridiculous shit I’ve ever had happen and and along with all the other hits he beefed through for the elite four he was a definite MVP.

[@Toilettpaper64]

so basically, you decided to have TCNick3 beat the game for you

[@jacob-lq4px]

Exactly that

[@TheHibiscus]

can we just appreciate jaiden’s one liners “wow, congrats on beating the first elite four” “As long as we deprive them all of right’s we’ll be good” “yeah, that’s how a lot of things are done”

[@maestro3537]

"A couple of years ago, I decided to beat Pokémon Emerald with only Mudkip" I... I feel old.

[@zukamimotu..2071]

Don't we all?

[@poopuswoopus35]

🥲

[@phantomthief2311]

A COUPLE YEARS???

[@MetalHyper0]

19:54 I find it ironic that after Aaron's critical hit mayhem, the killing blow on his Drapion was none other than a critical hit. Poetic justice in its purest form.

[@C_Kiri]

'Should've had Battle Armor instead, fucker'

[@arnoldchand4144]

lmfao the elite four dont play

[@cameronbosshart1130]

We all know the world stromgest piplup is named TCNick3

[@luhcsgrimm8857]

Friendship made this possible. Love that little man

[@benebsbiagtan3357]

Jacob made his audio quality drop on the ad read on purpose but still couldn't stop himself from editing in "Dating Start" like it's actually playing in the bathroom, the audio quality obsession grind never stops.

[@TheStarcraft100]

You can avoid the double abra fight in Eterna Forest by just going up to one of the trainers and talking to them from above. This does make it a single battle so you dont get Cheryl's help, but you could just inject lethal amounts of potions into your poor pikachu until the Abra ran out of Energy Balls.

[@miwestraveler3986]

Does this work on the Team Galactic grunts ?

[@deberis6308]

@@miwestraveler3986 Works for most except for the last 2 on the spear pillars

[@miwestraveler3986]

@@deberis6308 Damnit.

[@captaindestructo2630]

You don't even have to do spear pillar, although this glitch got patched out, you used to be basically able to walk past the guy that stops you from going to sunnyshore.

[@CrystalDa3h]

I did that just on instinct then realized I didn't want to do it but it was already too late lol

[@jackomalley8009]

This isn't the Ronald McDonald video

[@TravisPlaysVal]

we have confirmation alpharad is insane when he said i did the same thing again expecting different results

[@rowquaza5977]

Fun fact; in the Pokémon d/p manga, this run is canonical bc the main character (hareta) literally goes all the way to post 7 gym leader with just a piplup he doesn’t evolve

[@Lonewulf321]

Isn’t the manga a different canon tho

[@DrakoxRising]

Pokemon Diamond and Pearl Adventure was based, I named my Piplup after Hareta and my Luxray after Koya

[@rowquaza5977]

@@Lonewulf321 technically the manga, games, and anime are all different universes since ash is Anime exclusive, many manga characters are manga exclusive, and the games are different since you choose the path, however they are more closely related to the manga most of the time

[@Lonewulf321]

@@rowquaza5977 yes every medium has it own canon except the manga which has multiple manga canons

[@someinternetguyiguess5068]

yeah that guy was chaotic

[@Aidswayz]

0:04 “And got a twisted sense of fun out of it” I think Alpha is becoming more and more of a masochist and he doesn’t even realize it. I’m scared

[@ariajacobs5719]

Have you seen the escape room video? He's a sadist.

[@Aidswayz]

@@ariajacobs5719 He can be both

[@nerikori]

He knows. Trust me. He knows.

[@dumbass9049]

@@ariajacobs5719 why not both

[@user-mh9dx7nz2r]

More like a sado-masochist.

[@jasiah5162]

When he called X items drugs I swear that made this 5x funnier

[@gadc8657]

Best intro to a game I’ve ever seen, even in a whole year after

[@OR3O_xd]

Yes! Piplup was my first ever Pokémon and my favorite!

[@5lkp4]

Ayooo first reply

[@residentkane]

@Mitchell skates and that's your opinion. :P

[@Looogacy]

What's a pokemon?

[@pokeyourbros5125]

Same

[@5lkp4]

@@Looogacy oh no..

[@phoenixandy]

It’s kind of crazy that Pikachu was one-shotting way stronger Pokémon than itself, even at about the same level. Drugs are amazing

[@rockguy5847]

One word: d r u g z

[@anonymousturtle34]

After rewatching this I realized that, despite it not mattering in the slightest, Piplup landing those 3 friendship crits in a row is INSANE rng. To sum it up quickly, that has a less than 1% chance of occurring. Props to Alpharad, I suppose. Never punish.

[@reeses2pieces528]

15:06 is there a reason why he didn't just battle each of them separately

[@chantetm4405]

why not

[@gentleseal1778]

Comedy

[@tenseishiyou]

content

[@gengarzilla1685]

It's the same reason why Piplup isn't holding an Everstone: That's too easy.

[@machinagunna9919]

Loved Jaiden's peanut gallery commentary. Especially during the elite four.

[@Biggiesmallsjr]

Jaidens every 5 minute appearance was the cherry on top of this amazing video

[@victorhale]

Oh my god so that was jaiden!

[@curator3539]

Isn't it nice that Team Galactic is like "no, we are too noble to fight us two against your one"

[@CodeOssyria]

Piplup has been my favourite pokemon since the original gen 4 games had come out and I'm so happy to see this video being done. Thanks Alpharad!

[@Justifier925]

Fun fact: with the math gym, if you fail one of the questions one of the trainers will tell you off, asking if you forgot the fact that you own a calculator or if you just did it on purpose

[@sylvy.]

wait which question

[@reaperofthings]

I think they caught on that I was going directly to fight them because they just said “you just wanted to fight me didn’t you?”. The questions were so easy lmao

[@javiegameryt7563]

I didn’t know I had to do math I just walked through random doors

[@Justifier925]

@@sylvy. I think it was on the 3+5+7 question when you answer the single digit one

[@Xman34washere]

@@sylvy. all of them

[@mobgabriel1767]

GUYS ITS TCNICK3!

[@dorobokino]

I'm disappointed Cynthia's Spiritomb didn't have Embargo in these remakes. Realize just how fortunate you are on that count, Alpha

[@Matchgirlmadness]

What’s embargo? I forgot that move exists

[@napstaperd8824]

If I remember correctly, the move prevents your opponent from using items on that pokemon, meaning no healing items or X items

[@Matchgirlmadness]

@@napstaperd8824 (looks at people who does no items challanges or sumn like that)

[@tra12048]

I was curious, so I looked it up. Embargo is apparently one of the moves unlucky enough to get purged in gen 8... So, despite them making some pretty poor decisions in the name of "faithful remakes..." (these decisions are more pet peeves of mine, so I won't go into it) They outright _couldn't_ use Cynthia's original set for Spiritomb because both Embargo _and_ Silver Wind got cut from the games entirely in Sword/Shield. Oh well. At least Embargo's removal made this run possible, yeah?

[@angelredvivar]

@@tra12048 If you bring a Pokemon with embargo from a past gen, are they usable if you know?

[@kaitorianolucifershadows7226]

Knew this was gonna be a tough one in the Elite Four, especially Cynthia if luck was against him, since most of the game is a cake walk until the battle-trained well oiled machine that is the Elite Four and Cynthia.

[@gengarzilla1685]

Easily the biggest difficulty spike of the series since Ultra Necrozma, and that was just one battle against a wild Pokémon instead of a whole gauntlet of trainer battles with no automatic healing inbetween. And this difficulty spike didn't come from an immediate +2 omniboost either.

[@purpledragonpd6406]

9:00 I have been playing through Pokemon Ultra Sun recently, and I have created the ultimate critical hit Drapion. Similar to Aaron's own, he has Cross Poison and Night Slash, which, when sided alongside the items Scope Lens (which Aaron has) or Razor Claw, has a 50% critical chance (Also they both have STAB). My Drapion also has maxed attack and speed EV's, and also Swords Dance to increase physical attack even more (last move is Ice Fang for annoying type matchups). Working on levelling him up to 100 in order to hyper-train the beast. Also he is shiny. P.S. Also, apparently with a max affection, it doubles crit chance. I will test that out once my own Drapion is level 100. If it is true, then he will have a 100% crit ratio. Will keep this comment updated.

[@jefforjacksonwarren2108]

Fun fact: every other double battle with Cheryl (other than the first one) can be forced into solos by talking to the trainer

[@PNDForSure]

Let me tell you… I was screaming at the screen

[@vicegamer7050]

This actually isn’t true I think, if you go and talk to one while hugging a wall while moving at an angle I think you can force it into a a single battle

[@cubegamebuild]

The first one can be forced into a silver battle because of diagonal movement

[@BalrogQuote]

I accidentally did the first one as a single battle by talking to them diagonally.

[@adilsuhodo318]

I think what save him was the double battle in that situation, because they kept targettong Chansey in the end. If he battled them one by one, Piplup would lost in the second turn anyway because each Abra is faster and Piplup can't one-shot them either.

[@Rixec2]

"It was available in the Department Store the whole time!" That's what happens when athletes prioritize performance enhancing drugs over developing their natural skills through study and training.

[@Andrewshooter82]

I find it amazing that my 2 favorite KZbinrs become friends

[@guilhermeteodosio40]

"Unfortunately he knew how to curse, which is fucking bs" *I love irony.*

[@Parntwingen]

No matter how many times ive seen people do it, throwing a Master Ball at a Magikarp will always make me laugh.

[@nobuffer101]

Alpharad: _"'Can You Beat Pokémon Emerald with ONLY Mudkip'_ was a couple years ago." Me: "That feels illegal."

[@pyromaniac000000]

Piplup is such a precious little boy. My empoleon was the first pokemon i fully raised to level 100 on my own, and is one of my all time favorites. Such a precious boy

[@feanaro2712]

This was wild. Great narration. The best of all Piplups. Had a lot of fun watching this video.

[@N1EnaShinonomeFan]

I played Shining Pearl and chose Piplup. I never evolved him (He is currently level 78) so it’s cool to see someone did the same!

[@bidoof6981]

I did the same but with Turtwig. I named him Torta. I also have an unevolved Bidoof on my team

[@asprinjuice8877]

The Dawn run

[@GoVMM]

im so glad someone tortured another piplup!

[@Squintis]

Lol I also refused to evolve the penguin.

[@JuneieBack]

I used to do that a lot when I got Platinum. Every play through after the first, I would always choose Piplup and name my character Dawn. I wouldn’t let him evolve and got him to level 100. It kinda felt like I was playing the anime. It’s why I have such a strong connection to the character Dawn in the anime.

[@Jayuro_Okami]

Alpharad: *cancels Piplup's evolution* Jaiden: "You're not gonna use an everstone?" Me: *thinking* Were you not there when he did this challenge the first time???

[@NoobsailerRBH]

Evidently not.

[@coyphish5683]

25:15 for those of you watching in timed mode, hello! Make sure to drink water and rest your eyes before binging more funny internet man Alpharad

[@Whyyoubullyingme]

Shut up

[@nicolasscarfo1721]

at 22:54 you can literally see the milotic use mirror coat followed by alpha wondering if it has mirror coat

[@grantsvoiceongames1992]

“Pick a god and pray” Thank you for that reference, milord.

[@shi8387]

Don't forget the clear the pebbles on his path

[@Koobird784]

The “affection” mechanic and its side effects have been around since XY, but since nobody cared about PokeMonAmie and it’s equivalents, it seems new since BDSP tied it in with the normal friendship mechanics, which is has been around since very early in the series. Friendship usually only affects Return’s damage and the evolution of certain Pokemon, and is raised by just having the pokemon in your party or, when the option is available, walking with them. Affection was usually only raised by PokeMonAmie.

[@claire6452]

No, people noticed with Let's Go, the game that merged both stats.

[@BlackTempleGaurdian]

Maybe, if people actually played the Let's Go entries.

[@heinokunzelmann8967]

Wdym noone cared. It was the greatest geature ever. The affection stuff ruined it because it made everyone op for no reason. The real reason why it isn't in BDSP is because it wasn't in the original and if game freak *can* cut corners they *will* cut corners. Pokemon games suck now lol

[@carsson5542]

It carried on my US nuzlocke

[@AsianRailgun]

It was also tied in together in SwSh, but you won't get affection benefits in battle since it's capped unless you do camps or whatever it's called in that game. No such cap exists in BDSP.

[@melovespoon]

2:25 as someone who did a no catching nuzlocke with a piplup, this was a very scary part of the game

[@nitrogelly_576]

Next Episode: Can you beat Pokémon Heart Gold/Soul Silver with a Totodile?

[@kicka8604]

As soon as I heard you where using X-items to boost stats I was waiting for this run to come crashing down from Cynthia's spiritomb knowing embargo. Honestly dodged a bullet with them removing it

[@kmaster57]

It knows embargo🤣

[@sinteleon]

Does Brilliant Diamond use Gen 4 or Gen 8 rules? Gen 8 apparently neutered Embargo. (literally, the move can't be used at all in Gen 8)

[@spinnyboi9951]

@@sinteleon same for other moves like snatch, yet the devs didn't bother taking those out of trainer movesets(so 5th gym leader rematch banette technically only has 3 moves)

[@alessandragonzales8190]

@@spinnyboi9951 They didn't bother removing nonexistent moves but gave that trainer school Abra fricking CHARGE BEAM instead of Hidden Power?

[@spinnyboi9951]

@@alessandragonzales8190 *yes*

[@hiygamer]

Fun fact, you can turn double trainer battles like that double abra fight into 1v1 matches by talking to the individual trainers instead of walking into their line of sight.

[@housecat6183]

It wouldn't have made a difference though, the Abra outspeeds and it's a guaranteed 2HKO with Bubble Beam unless he gets a crit.

[@racerlord2329]

Good to know you can still do that just like in the original but still wouldn’t of really mattered too much

[@gengarzilla1685]

Abra has basically no Defense. I'd think Peck is better here.

[@eljoel89]

Drapion has the Sniper ability which makes critical hits hit even harder than they normally would.

[@michaelspies8677]

"Everstone is too easy" proceeds to not use an item for its intended purpose and fail a challenge.

[@nononamename2643]

He tortured a fish for 2019, He suffered evolving a sentient rock at 2020, and now in 2021, watch him torture a bird. This is why we watch you Jacob.

[@kenzieroots347]

What rock? I can only remember the two mudkips

[@nononamename2643]

@@kenzieroots347 Chat :(

[@the_random6826]

@@nononamename2643 wdym rock?

[@nononamename2643]

@@the_random6826 you people really dont remember Chat :( ?

[@gammaikazune4158]

I love how Cynthia, the champion known to be the most difficult champion of all Pokémon, was defeated by a level 69 drugged up baby penguin

[@polarbear-oi7ow]

Its TCNick3

[@FloatiestFall]

Yeah!

[@PixelPotat0]

Thank you. I needed this. I’m playing it on loop

[@masoncutrell151]

I love that it shows him getting an everstone in the underground and yet still chooses to hit no after every time piplup levels up

[@sinteleon]

Because that would be too easy. :P

[@staarfall5317]

what?

[@samus001221]

2:24 if I remember correctly you can fight the 2 abras individually, you need to talk to the trainers instead of passing between them, idk if they changed it in BD

[@CulturedDegenerate]

It's about sending a message

[@evanozrovitz9402]

Yeah but then he’s guaranteed to be targeted by energy ball

[@samus001221]

@@evanozrovitz9402 yes thats true, but if his piplup was fast enough to atk first he could win even in 2 turns bc he can survive at least 1 hit.

[@housecat6183]

@@samus001221 Which it isn't, you could see it getting outsped every time. Plus a 31IV Piplup has 31 speed at that point without any EVs while a 0IV and 0EV Abra has 32 speed, Piplup wasn't going to outspeed either of the Abras without grinding.

[@amity8056]

Alpharad: beats chyntia with ONE piplup me and my whole team: 20 tries later

[@CherryMK_6]

The scariest part of this video is the reminder that the mudkip video is *several years* old

[@somegem6344]

Watching a piplup 1 hit KO Garchomp was hilariously phenomenal.

[@Aidswayz]

7:49 This entire battle/bit was just Alpharad contradicting himself. I was laughing almost as hard as Alpha was having an existential crisis with himself

[@Fingolfin7455]

I just love how he went around this nonproblem with the two grunts before dialga. He could have just spoke to them one at a time.

[@dustin202]

Nope, they just give the “go away” talk

[@Fingolfin7455]

@@dustin202 did they change it in the remake?

[@DeathDragon1730]

Man, this puploop run was amazing. The peeplip was so strong the world crumbled when it took a step. Favorite part was when papluop beat everything with hammers. Yes the joke of this comment is various ways to misspell poiplawp.

[@SomeNinety._.]

pliplup

[@gammaikazune4158]

Before watching this, I asked myself “what completely unnecessary but hilarious risks will Alpharad make this time” and this run did not disappoint.

[@researchinbreeder]

Yeah. I was hoping he'd learn he can 1v1 the Abras. He didn't.

[@catiscute8558]

Masochism and alpharad are getting closer every video, and having it end at level 69 just feels right

[@chickennugget6684]

masochism? no, this is just rite of passage at this point.

[@TJKoopa3018]

Watching this at the end of 2023 and man that Casetify sponsorship did not age well. Oh well