Can You Beat Pokemon Black WITHOUT EXP?

[@Smallant]

MY NEW TWITCH USERNAME IS JUST "SMALLANT" USE: twitch.tv/SmallAnt THE LINK AT THE END OF THE VIDEO WILL NOT WORK

[@Freedom-yv8gv]

Hard to get used to new name, I am used to SmallAnt1

[@davidwehner4201]

damn that electric gym strat was so smart

[@xzzenitzus8980]

Ant can you make a challange were you lose a battle you restart the game and you can only save at the gym

[@shouryarathore560]

Damage less run is what then

[@horsepotato3684]

@@xzzenitzus8980 id say lose a pokemon lol

[@greyscaleadaven]

Cool fact about N: He actually parallels this challenge very well because all of his pokemon come from the area you are in at the maximum possible level you could catch them at. He releases his pokemon each time he battles you because he wants to leave them in their natural habitats. Very cool detail that gets overlooked often because it's sort of hard to pick up on. It's nice that they kept him and his battles so faithful to his character.

[@baranorak4080]

If that's true then that's really cool, I'll check it out I my next play through to see if I pick up on it.

[@greyscaleadaven]

@@baranorak4080 Yeah, he's like the literal equivalent of a main series pokemon ranger and I live for it. In fact, he doesn't even catch the legendary pokemon at the end of the game, he convinces it to come with him instead. I would look up his teams throughout the game if you want to look into more detail about how they are themed around the area the fight happens. The funny thing is that I really didn't appreciate N as a rival until after I played the games and realized all of the little themes that they incorporate into his character building and backstory. He cares about the liberation and happiness of pokemon, then gets manipulated by his father and essentially raised into being the figurehead of this cult that ends up distorting his vision for them because of Ghetsis's influence. He's super dismissive of the lesser team members because of this and it almost seems as if he confides in the player at certain points because he has no one else who will actually listen to him as an equal. The whole development and splitting of Team Plasma between the first games and sequels is honestly one of the most complex theming tools I've seen in a pokemon game to date. It parallels like how a religion would split off into different denominations, and it's pretty cool that they chose to explore that in the region meant to reflect America. Also, the enslavement of pokemon was in that same vein a great idea to go into further detail about in the generation reflecting American cultures and history. TL;DR I love N and Team Plasma is cool too I guess.

[@Totomeister]

In B2W2 you can also find and catch N's Pokémon in the locations you fought him in the original, double confirming that he released his Pokémon

[@chimneybill9651]

Thomas Hofman imagine how the Pokémon would feel though, being caught again

[@Totomeister]

@@chimneybill9651 I don't think they themselves would mind as long as the trainer takes care of them. N himself just doesn't believe in capturing Pokémon.

[@christopherkelley2044]

“If you punch yourself and it hurts are you weak or strong, the answer is you’re dumb” i absolutely love this

[@hexar260]

Your delicate

[@alualu7805]

Time stamp

[@bryanprince1271]

4:25

[@Otrsor]

"What if i punch myself and it hurts my brother?" Its so dumb got me rofl

[@mohitthakur150]

the irony is in how the confusion hit did so much damage

[@johnjacobjingleheimerschmi6655]

So this is how everyone but the main character in pokemon games feel.

[@aetarz]

True excluding the rival aswell

[@largenaq2935]

Aetarz If you do a double battle with your rival, they get no exp either. They probably gen in a bunch of rare candies or something tbh

[@finderfinder4290]

He's using N's team

[@jambo6683]

Dont you also mean in animes too? the only time they become stronger is when they evolve their pokemon

[@sneakrrr]

Jambo except for pikachu. Also for Ash instead of having randomized pokemon like ant, he has randomized levels which is why pikachu can win against metagross and ash-greninja can win against mega sceptile

[@hoodiegal]

Has three legendaries, sweeps the elite four with an ant he found outside

[@smiley408]

The ant is toddler size,it can pick up a motorbike like nothing,so,there

[@RongDMemer]

Lol

[@travisdeming9416]

I laughed too hard at this comment

[@saiparayan4047]

Thank you for spoiling

[@hoodiegal]

@@saiparayan4047 don't read the comment section where the video is discussed before watching the video if you're worried about spoilers, lol

[@dustinvanish]

4:00 "How are you going to tackle the Elite Four? Here's the thing, I won't *tackle* the Elite Four; I'll have stronger moves by then." Galaxy brain humor.

[@kana5624]

Cameron Gunn that flew over my head the first time and i’m sad that it did

[@Hyrulistic]

This is where he got me :P

[@katha-chan3410]

I saw it coming and STILL had to laugh :D

[@distractioncat7285]

Alright, but how would you QUICK ATTACK the elite four? Smol brain. :>

[@StygianLightning]

That one really cracked me up :D

[@illusionaryheart3325]

This run taught me that you don’t need training to become the champion, you just have to be rich

[@eljordinio7647]

That's not very climactic or meaningful. The Champions got where they were with training and effort. U gotta work for the title and earn it to feel satisfied

[@illusionaryheart3325]

El Jordinio Shut up socrates, no one cares

[@MofuMofu98]

@@eljordinio7647 SmallAnt got there with a bit of brains and doping his pokemon, what do you have to say about that?

[@eljordinio7647]

@@MofuMofu98 not much of a champ if he didn't earn the title with a team that's on equal footing

[@MofuMofu98]

@@eljordinio7647 he could do it while being unable to raise his pokemon, I think he's more than deserving of being called the champ, he certainly was not on "better footing", in fact he was on worse footing

[@chronic464]

“Here’s the thing. I won’t tackle the elite four, I’ll have stronger moves by then.” It took me way too long to process this joke.

[@fizzybossyt8675]

lol i didnt even notice it was a joke

[@powerfulberry237]

Im glad there are only a few of you idiots 60 likes and 1 comment thats find. There is hope in this world yet

[@edwardwhite8253]

@@powerfulberry237 you must have a very nice view from that high horse of yours

[@aidanisgod8543]

@@powerfulberry237 damn what a bitch

[@wetbread4243]

@@powerfulberry237 lmfao you type like special Ed kid, I wouldn’t be talking. Oh wait, my bad, that’s an insult to special Ed kids.

[@disbeliefmatt4939]

Alternate title, “Man drugs an ant to make it stronger then every other animal in the world”

[@Juan_7_7_7]

Lol best comment

[@owenharris9690]

Except for an electric eel who can breath fire

[@pokemonfanpersonschannel1324]

yes

[@SentinalSlice]

Haha

[@Savage--]

Comparative to their size ants are the strongest animal in the world. I don't know why I decided to be a douchebag here, either.

[@xenoalvis7866]

gen 8: no pokemon. Only trainer's fists

[@birdbrain6503]

Gen 8 but it's mortal kombat

[@jjwang7597]

Just imagining the player punching a gigantamaxed charizard’s toe with all their might lol 😂

[@ana.alliterative]

Just how it should be in Wales.

[@largenaq2935]

SCOTLAND FOREVER (punches the opposing trainer)

[@Adahn99]

@@largenaq2935AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH

[@arituksnekerdoodles8749]

Ah yes, the "N Roleplay" run where you just grab the local mons to go beat some ass.

[@ee5142]

Arituk Snekerdoodles lmao

[@shirou9790]

this is too accurate

[@muji8872]

"2+2=4" Shirou: "Lol that is too accurate!"

[@willevensen7130]

Muji 88 Thanks Muji, I needed that.

[@esquadraomanteiga7131]

@@muji8872 "2+2=4" Shirou: "Lol that is too accurate!" accurate: "AGAIN I WAS DISTURBED" disturbed: "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU YOU AREN'T ME" me: "Shirou: "Lol that is too accurate!" accurate: "AGAIN I WAS DISTURBED" disturbed: "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU YOU AREN'T ME" me: "Shirou: "Lol that is too accurate!" accurate: "AGAIN I WAS DISTURBED" disturbed: "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU YOU AREN'T ME" me: "Shirou: "Lol that is too accurate!" accurate: "AGAIN I WAS DISTURBED" disturbed: "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU YOU AREN'T ME" me: "Shirou: "Lol that is too accurate!" accurate: "AGAIN I WAS DISTURBED" disturbed: "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU YOU AREN'T ME" me: "Shirou: "Lol that is too accurate!" accurate: "AGAIN I WAS DISTURBED" disturbed: "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU YOU AREN'T ME" me: "Shirou: "Lol that is too accurate!" accurate: "AGAIN I WAS DISTURBED" disturbed: "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU YOU AREN'T ME" me: "Shirou: "Lol that is too accurate!" accurate: "AGAIN I WAS DISTURBED" disturbed: "WHO THE HELL ARE YOU YOU AREN'T ME" me: "Shirou: "Lol that is too accurate!" accurate: "AGAIN I WAS DISTURBED" disturbed: "IM COMING FOR YOU" you:"2+2=4" Shirou: "Lol that is too accurate!"

[@beanburrito4405]

I feel like Ant underestimated the raw power that Durant holds when he challenged the Elite 4 at the end of the video. For instance, Durant didn’t need anywhere near +6 atk to sweep the psychic elite 4 member - honestly, it probably would’ve one-shot everything as it is. That’s because, even though Durant was 6-8 levels under the opponents, Durant was firing off STAB-boosted Hustle-boosted X-Scissors off of its really solid 109 base attack stat, a combination that hits low defense Bug-weak Pokémon super hard; not to mention, everything was slower than Durant’s brisk 109 speed stat as well. It really only needed an accuracy boost to ensure hitting the target, and maybe an attack boost, just to be safe. This made more sense than setting up extensively on these powerful special threats, which totally ravaged Durant’s 58/112/48 defensive spread by hitting Durant’s pitiful special bulk where it hurt. Due to Durant being underestimated, many items were wasted for nothing. At least Ant stumbled upon and praised a portion Durant’s pure power at the end of the video. More importantly than all of this, though, is why the fuck I’m analyzing the interaction between a fictional metal ant’s stats and psychic embryo, comprising of a single 30 second portion in a challenge run of a game about capturing animals and making them fight. Holy shit

[@sleepywaffle7]

Besides your pathetic attempt at comedy, you're making the only valid comment here. It's really annoying watching all these 'challenges' just to end by spamming items. Especially when he overdoes 'em.

[@thetamaximum1901]

Oh god Durant is the next Shaggy

[@conductor_dee]

I'm glad someone understands how GOOD Durant really is

[@M4x_P0w3r]

@@conductor_dee It's really good, but by the time you can capture him, why bother? You already should have a full team. In a regular playthrough, I mean

[@timjcar]

Lay off the adderall bro

[@Hawlo]

Fun fact, this is how a lot of people played the game back when it first came out! The anti-piracy would literally not let you get exp from battles if you were emulating the game. It even got Joe Merrick to *confirm* that the first two battles with Bianca and Cheren didn't give experience because they were "tutorial fights". Thankfully the AR code to remove the anti-piracy came out pretty fast.

[@neoqwerty]

And then some speedrunner who loves challenges decided to do a segmented speedrun of the game with the antipiracy reactivated. (Dondon151, if anyone wants to see someone absolutely body this challenge and all the mechanic exploits he uses.)

[@harb1ng3r82]

@@neoqwerty dd151 the legend

[@thomashost272]

Where is the AR code?

[@MageMinionsOP]

How exactly did that work? How do you code into the game that if it's being emulated or pirated it just doesn't give XP lol

[@thomashost272]

@@MageMinionsOP The Anti-Piracy going off unintentionally, I assume.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I'm so happy to see someone appreciate gen 5 as much as I did. I personally love all gens, but 4 and 5 really stuck out to me, growing up.

[@erlangeelisme512]

Nobody commented, incredible!

[@spectralburst5258]

Agreed. Gen 5 really felt like it was supposed to be the last and best generation. I hope another gen will be able to top this in the future.

[@kakai2164]

reply 1 of replying to all of your comments

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

@@spectralburst5258 It definitely peaked in the Sprite Work, music, and they worked damn hard on the writing for once in Gen 5. It doesn't cater to my tastes at all (I hate Urban/desert environments and Unova really makes me miserable to travel) but it definitely feels like it is supposed to be the apex and end of an era for Pokemon. But I feel like fans are going to be the ones to do the same for 3D games. A sequel to Tem Tem or the final version of Kindred Fates (maybe even something else) could be the apex of 3D pokemon for a while. Now when is my VR equivalent of Gen 5 Pokemon going to release?

[@septimustache6359]

Can't agree. Sprites stretch and tear of awful ways, but there music was good. And I appreciate it having a story even if it wasn't paced well

[@SuitedBasher]

I love how him finding level 7s has almost the same reaction as finding a shiny

[@Regict]

I'm doing a series of all the pokemon locations of black & white so check my channel if you're interested

[@powerfulberry237]

Uh no?

[@ethanfeaver]

@@Regict cool content lad just checked it out

[@Regict]

@@ethanfeaver thanks man

[@mebreevee]

vital spirit would have been useful on route one

[@gayshaymin3712]

I appreciate how he acknowledges the bangers on the soundtrack for this game. 100% my favorite in the series

[@olivernoel8913]

I've never played B(2)/W(2), my favorite gen being 3 or 2, but I can totally respect the sick fucking soundtrack. After all, it brought us the best trainer battle theme of all time. We don't talk about the two Champion themes. •-•

[@Totomeister]

@@olivernoel8913 while Alder's is meh, I think Iris' theme is probably one of my favourites

[@MissingMeep]

Donkel Yeet wich of the games champion themes?

[@Color_Splsh]

Gen 4 bangs tho.

[@ChristopherLaHaise]

In B&W, when I fought Zekrom, I had a party of six eevolutions. Just the mental image of Zekrom being swarmed by eevolutions until it fell amused me.

[@jaredbowers9503]

You're a different breed bro. One that we need more of

[@gabriela.barabar1636]

vaporeon :)

[@elliotw.888]

Where'd you find eevee in bw

[@ChristopherLaHaise]

@@elliotw.888 Trade, of course.

[@georgenoodles1387]

@@gabriela.barabar1636 Hey guys! Did you know

[@0ceanicman]

¨we might get swept by this lilipup¨ never in my whole life have i heard this

[@Rime_Thyme]

Cherens lillipup in black 2 gives me nightmares. Im embarrassed to say I’ve lost at least 10 nuzlockes to it

[@arksalmonsen8253]

@@Rime_Thyme oh my god seriously that damn work up

[@_Agnos]

@Verified KZbinrspffffff I definitely didn't walk in squares for hours to increase happiness so I could get a lucario

[@callumedlin960]

when doing a challenge I got swept by cilan until level 18

[@katsisvi8097]

@@arksalmonsen8253 THE WORK UP

[@firelifeblizzard8782]

I'm legit so impressed by that electric gym strat, that was actually godlike

[@vadoom3353]

Firelifeblizzard abilities man there kinda good lol

[@sleepywaffle7]

I was just about to comment how shitty that strat was, low-tier shit.

[@TsukumoYatsuhashi]

@@sleepywaffle7 ok god

[@sleepywaffle7]

I don't have to prove anything. Anyone with a tiny bit of knowledge about Pokémon knows how slow Ant is doing these challenges, despite of the timer. It's painful to watch.

[@illusionaryheart3325]

SleepyWaffle Then how would you have done it?

[@liviaholm231]

its funny how this was the anti-piracy measure for this game.

[@pastproject4932]

I downloaded a rom a month ago and well.... youngster Joey OP

[@septimustache6359]

Lol, imagine if this wasn't even a mod, and he just pirates it for the video

[@karentookthekids1032]

I've never found a pirated rom version that doesn't give XP hahaha

[@TheSerperior]

Wait that actually happens? That's nuts

[@osvaldgv5790]

never happened to me can't relate

[@dchev]

Bro the amount of times his chat misses his sarcastic jokes hurts me.

[@ameladaptivedaydreamer949]

So I *WAS* right. The chat IS actually stupid by default

[@zealotoftheorchard9853]

@@ameladaptivedaydreamer949 i just read that thread earlier lol

[@lsieman65]

@@zealotoftheorchard9853 sameeeee

[@blastslash7408]

@@ameladaptivedaydreamer949 The true ending

[@dhyeyapatel8688]

i regularly watch his twitch streams and i gotta say, half the people present there dont have a brain. but still, his twitch chat is pretty fun and chill

[@omnii]

Ant walks in with a Durant and a ton of X items Elite Four: Why do i hear boss music?

[@no-ro6pu]

omnii. and they thought they were the bosses

[@alecwhatshisname5170]

When ant uses Durant it gets a STAB boost - a same-type-ant-bonus

[@dog-earedlotus4109]

"wow champion how did you manage to beat the greatest trainers of our time as well as a secret superpower working behind the scenes?" "idk man I just brought some ant i found outside"

[@SteveSenar]

"and uhhhh what did this ant have that was so valuable?" "idk man, it can bite I guess. Leaves quite a bump on your skin"

[@BioniclesaurKing4t2]

"I mean, I gave it all of the steroids in every battle, but…"

[@del3740]

@@BioniclesaurKing4t2 "so it was operating on drugs!?!?!??"

[@not-candle-wax]

@@del3740 "Yeah, uhhhh... never really thought of it like that"

[@klop4228]

@@del3740 Pokémon League doping scandal

[@ERFMXVCC]

Gen 5 seriously had so much charm and was incredibly unique, I have such a soft spot for this generation and I'm so glad Ant did a challenge in this gen.

[@jordyd36]

I like it a lot as well, black and white 2 are amazing too

[@funkypants7297]

@@jordyd36 I just finished black 2 and it was really fun. Pokemon like Galvantula and Mienshao are sooo sick.

[@olekaarvaag9405]

@@funkypants7297 I am not familiar with 5th gen but this video makes me want to try it. What is the difference between black and black 2?

[@zippy9010]

@@olekaarvaag9405 couple of different gym leaders, pokemon from previous gens befors elite 4, and a new story

[@raquzalthebestkop7232]

Ole Kaarvaag bw2 is kinda like an sequel and with national dexes and Some new places while black is just the Unova dex but u unlock the national dex later If its possible i would recommend first black then black 2 Or white/white2 Look full diffrentes up on internet and sry i succ at english my phone is shit you see

[@crepequeen643]

Watching him experience the volt switch pain in that electric gym makes me feel so valid. God that gym was awful

[@kimbaldun]

That gym was nerfed in B&W 2, it's a huge disappointed now

[@analyticofexistance7847]

Really? It was hard for you? Hmm, maybe I level up by 10+ levels too often.

[@Giisuka]

@@analyticofexistance7847 How do you even do that? I get bored catching up to trainers in levels and wild encounters give like 20 exp

[@analyticofexistance7847]

@@Giisuka Easy, I complete every side mission and primarily use my starter. I also use th EXP Share a lot. Gen 4 player BTW, working my way up the generations from there.

[@mysticia4582]

@@Giisuka Audino grinding

[@dsproductions19]

Game Freak: "Let's make the game give the player 0 Exp for battles if it's a pirated copy. That'll make it pretty unplayable, so they'll have to get a real one." Speedrunners: That sounds like a challenge run! *Beats the game anyway* Game Freak: *Surprised Pikachu face*

[@MrGamer1992]

I think they also made it so that the game will crash at the end if someone were to be able to reach it

[@gaycunt461]

@@MrGamer1992 wasn't that earthbound or w/e?

[@mahranislam3554]

@@GordKeen Maybe when I was searching a black and white emulator the comments said on one of them there's no xp but I didn't download it so I'm not sure

[@MrGamer1992]

@@GordKeen it was an easy patch that got resolved quickly on the emulator side so that you don't have to do the action replay code anymore

[@MrGamer1992]

@@mahranislam3554 the anticheat was quickly patched on the emulator side so it didn't last long. But yeah, before you had to put in an action replay code to enable exp gain

[@ASquared544]

When you realize this is exactly what N went through when traveling through Unova.

[@sublimebouquetblaze9198]

Wait what about his zoroark?

[@ASquared544]

@@sublimebouquetblaze9198 He picked it up at the end, I don’t think he had it on him traveling

[@virshaanvirk3971]

This is so true

[@IFuckingLoveFrenchToast]

Except N had an entire nation under his command

[@jamilacollins2314]

:0

[@jacobshoup3737]

Maybe Getsis didn’t actually know the battle had started. He was expecting to face one of the legendarys, but our boy was sitting there roiding out an ant

[@NidorinoAlliance]

Gen V already really encourages playing with different team set-ups, since you’re constantly finding something cool or new. So this challenge is a natural fit for it IMO.

[@superbodoque7860]

yeah unlike in sinnoh where people pretty much use the same team always, even i'm guilty of this tho i am using a Leafeon instead of Roserade

[@omasego5572]

Damn missing one of these streams is like not showing up to a party you where supposed to go to and the next day seeing pictures the of everyone having fun :(

[@Hose_10]

Manta Crew ikr. I missed the stream. :(

[@Jaybugkit]

I knew about the stream but chose not to go. :(

[@lqnden]

you described that SO perfectly

[@PrismTheKid]

to be fair the run was like 16 hours so it's not like all this good throughout, there's definitely some grindier parts to it. You're getting the best bits with these edits

[@orjnad641]

FOMO is real

[@SummonerArthur]

Fun fact: pokemon black has an anti piracy protection that does exactly this. You wont get exp. From any battles. So, you're basically just... Playing a plain unpatched rom LOL

[@marioruiz5758]

My cousin had pokemon black 2 pirated. He gained xp, but the anti cheat made the game crash very often

[@SummonerArthur]

@Plumjet09 ٰ just download an unpatched rom and put it on an old R4. Activate the anti freeze cheat so it wont freeze after accepting your starter and boom! No Exp. From any battles

[@ruxis8179]

@Jeremy Von Swiggle Me Jiggle Bang Bang I think there's patches out there that fix the no exp thing give coders long enough and they find a way

[@SummonerArthur]

@@ruxis8179 the patch went out like... As soon as the game came out? I remember playing pokemon black 2 some days after the japanese game came out, on a (badly) translated rom, and I remember I had to patch the translation, an anti freeze patch and a no exp patch back then.

[@ruxis8179]

@@SummonerArthur oh, well I stand corrected give coders 5 minutes and they find a way lmao

[@NachoManSandyRavage]

first 50 minutes: Man, this run is hard, ant's gotta strategize a lot for every battle 51 minutes and after: THE ANT WILL KILL GOD AND LAUGH

[@SketchUT]

An Annus :0 As an Unus it’s nice to see a fellow cultist!

[@pielovervi]

Memento Mori

[@quinton1630]

Memento Mori, unus annus. Pee sauna

[@wombat4191]

Funny how X items always were OP and then Gamefreak just decided "well, the people who want to use them will boost to max with them anyways, so let's just make them more OP so they can do it faster" :D

[@LegoEngineer003]

Rather than using the legendary Swords of Justice, you gave an ant steroids... and won

[@kyleat126]

this man downloaded the unpatched xp black file and said: “I’ve got an idea”

[@techmark3665]

I A Khan older unpatched pirated roms of Pokémon black and white used to prevent exp from being gained as an anti piracy measure.

[@elizabethmidford9843]

@@techmark3665 Problem is that those unpatched roms crashed every 20 mins or so too, so I'm pretty sure this is a patched rom that had only EXP gain turned off rather than the unpatched version

[@AnselLeveque]

@@elizabethmidford9843 yeah it’s a joke

[@diogoalves9284]

Oh that makes sense. I had a Black nds room where i didnt gain exp and i was so confused

[@LambentLight00]

YEAH LITERALLY WHAT I WAS THINKING

[@dirtbones3694]

“It doesn’t matter which one I pick, so I’m gonna choose the best one.” *chooses Oshawott* This pleases me.

[@WildWeavile]

@Audrey Mallonee it the weakest without its hidden ability.

[@SketchUT]

@@WildWeavile _I think that was a pun_

[@commandpower1172]

Oshawott was my first ever Pokémon and I’ve always picked it, def one of my favorites due to the fact that it’s my first ever

[@WildWeavile]

@@SketchUT no I'm not joing.

[@WildWeavile]

@@commandpower1172 Meto. I started black and white and picked oshawott.

[@joshuawesbroom5054]

This is legitimately interesting to watch with the amount of strategy and new pokemon being used; sometimes it's kinda dull seeing the same 5 pokemon in every fight

[@rud5101]

Oh my god, I forgot how great the animation of Scraggy pulling his pants up was

[@bricenduff2030]

Hearing him say “Bring it on Bryson” at like 2am when I’m not paying attention was kind of creepy...

[@crystalcarbon]

Go on Bricen Duel him in blade combat

[@bricenduff2030]

@@crystalcarbon I shall!

[@blobbowo]

only in pokemon is it plausible to say; "should I lick my opponent, or incinerate them..?"

[@sparkofrandom1560]

I disisgree. You obvously havn't played DND

[@blobbowo]

@@sparkofrandom1560 you dis is gree?

[@flachsnip2086]

Well i disagree as well, some may say that you could do that in 1914....

[@feathertail8996]

@@sparkofrandom1560 *disisgree*

[@sparkofrandom1560]

It was a joke, because you said it was the *only* time you could say that.

[@mirandawilkey7548]

Ant is the only reason I got on twitch honestly he's the best

[@silvahedgehog]

Same

[@HI-pm3fm]

Same

[@Jacobinks]

Miranda Wilkey sane

[@Playerofakind]

Twitch is gay

[@jasperishere6940]

Same

[@dattromboneguy]

1:02:09 My friend told me a story about how him and his brother threw a bet against each other in Gen 5, and each person had a shiny Pokémon to trade away on the line... the best was to catch the first 6 random Pokémon they encountered, train them up, and then battle, and whoever won got the other's shiny. My friend caught and trained up a Durant, and landed 10 flinches in a row with Iron Head, and swept the floor with just one, level 50 Durant XD

[@brucegodines5989]

That's so sick I'd definitely do that bdsp soon

[@VaddyLemon]

4:24 That's the best response I've ever heard to that question.

[@sharkweekeveryweek4915]

God, Gen5 had such amazing music

[@saintwumples4403]

Did you know you can add drum and piano to the main track

[@sethoitae]

Gen 5 best gen

[@ameladaptivedaydreamer949]

*P E R I O D*

[@ameladaptivedaydreamer949]

@@sethoitae Agreed

[@ProducedByRIFT]

THE TEAM PLASMA MUSIC

[@BoltRev]

Love it when he’s confident and then it turns into a “Oh no” moment during battles... his facial expression is priceless XD

[@carbon1255]

It is a bit of a running joke ^_^

[@thequagiestsire]

I love how brutal Gen 5 was with its RNG. Flinches and crits against you felt almost guaranteed.

[@poofy1746]

"Sawks and Sandiles" This is the greatest form of comedy I have ever heard in my life, pokemon puns, I'm quitting the comedy buisness, there's nowhere else to go but down

[@HFS0744]

😂

[@tyrannapusandfriends6254]

everyone in chat at the end was telling him to take a trip to undella...

[@ame-chan579]

That people are *evil* ...

[@princesscrystal6410]

Undella is an awesome trip this time of year, there is a super cool girl in a villa that gives you a dozen rare candies if you enter with a team of five fainted Pokémon!

[@Ismael1605.]

@@princesscrystal6410 damn it, I thought it was getting out of the house with 5 fainted pokemon

[@jordidewaard2937]

I forgot, what was in Undella again?

[@Ismael1605.]

@@jordidewaard2937 it's a nice Town in the beach where you con relax, explore the ancient ruins, fight some ghost jellyfish and a house with a nice lady from sinnoh

[@ggameinatorr493]

I’ve played through Pokémon Black and White many and many times throughout my childhood and before Eelektross got sent out I said out loud “it has flamethrower”, and then Durant gets one shot by it

[@dieselpics]

When you realize this was nintendos anti piracy method for the game

[@2shy2guy52]

@@thermophile1695 yes, exactly. Let's go pirate a challenge run!

[@purevessel4801]

@@2shy2guy52 I agree

[@Mapesgotback]

Yup actually figured that out about a month ago lol

[@vedaryan334]

@@thermophile1695 free as in?

[@Estarile]

@@vedaryan334 you don't have to pay for it. Because the no exp. can result from pirating the game.

[@KingMe-qz2hr]

Alternative title: Grinding is stupid in Pokémon Black

[@pralenkaman8105]

Ironically one of the, if not the easiest Gen to grind Pokémon

[@Preetzole]

The fuck are you talking about? He had to grind to catch all those pokemon.

[@Brockstacks]

The Dabber yeah but imagine not overdosing on HP because of it

[@spiralphoenix9839]

Pralenka Man it’s actually the hardest to grind because you gain less exp when you are a higher level. It’s much easier to grind exp in earlier gens

[@aizuuya]

@@spiralphoenix9839 killing 1 - 4 audinos depending on what level you are compared to the audino and the experience gain of whatever pokemon you are using gets you 1 level and they are quite easy to kill.

[@terriblejokefactory8831]

Lillipup: *uses Work Up* _And at that point Ant knew, he f*cked up_

[@geckoszn]

That was a funny meme, I’ll laugh

[@volcanhacks]

If it was pointcrow it would have been funnieer

[@hitmonchan9607]

"Unless they have a ground/flying type" would've been perfect comedic timing for her to send out a gligar

[@charlieobendorf2590]

Yes! I 100% agree

[@rubberduck8096]

In Black and White, only Gen V Pokémon can appear. Gligar was introduced in the second generation.

[@gelmayuri418]

@@rubberduck8096 I'm certain op is aware, they was just joking

[@isaac7828]

@@rubberduck8096 I'm pretty sure Gilgar do appear, there are pokemon from older gens in Gen 5

[@SketchUT]

@@rubberduck8096 Eevee: am I a joke to you?

[@hyperbiscuit2284]

I just want to say that I really appreciate your Pokemon videos. They've actually taught me a lot about the game. I used to always get rid of moves if they didn't do damage and never actually strategized. But after watching your crazy videos, I learned the power of stuff like set up moves, held items, status effects, etc. and rethought how I play Pokemon and decided to try playing again while focusing on strategy and putting more thought into my team. And I've been having way more fun with it than I ever have before, so thanks again for helping me enjoy Pokemon even more than I already did.

[@imoj]

If you plan on doing this, keep a Vital Spirit Lilipup at the top of your party, since vital spirit makes wild pokemon be higher level.

[@eimazd]

Who would win? The Elite 4 and the best trainers of Team Plasma or one anty boi

[@volcanhacks]

One anty boi

[@jeffhass6352]

eimazd anty boi got regulated by an Eel boi unfortunately but anty boi got close

[@MisterZebra42]

eimazd One anty boy and a whole lotta drugs

[@hatatatatah239]

One anty boi in steroids

[@C3Ie]

This should be called “Pokémon Black but at the end I sweep with Durant”

[@sebastianfernandez6146]

The Gen 5 games were so pretty man, they really perfected the art style at the end of the DS life cycle. Sad it was only used for two games 😓

[@BiggusWeeabus]

Game Freak: Removes Exp gain as anti-piracy measure _Someone actually completes the game_ Game Freak: *You were not supposed to do that!*

[@rubberduck8096]

Sakurai: "No! That's not how you're supposed to play the game!"

[@eljordinio7647]

Ur meant to gain exp and level up but whatever

[@sgab9795]

@@eljordinio7647 me with infinite rare candy cheat: pathetic 😑

[@zurigheid]

@@sgab9795 Isn't that just insanely boring though?

[@sgab9795]

@@zurigheid its a meme i really hate cheats

[@Ras_2k]

20:07 he see's the wrath and destruction of her Emolgas. When I first played Gen 5 I absolutely despised her.

[@SketchUT]

I liked the idea, hated actually fighting her. At least one good thing came from that Elesa battle though: I really like sandile’s line :P

[@solidzack]

Here's a challenge idea: The N challenge You have to release every pokemon after it fought in one battle

[@antifireemblem8224]

Then you’d have to release the starter immediately

[@solidzack]

@@antifireemblem8224 Of course this rule can't be applied until you caught your first pokemon. Also I wouldn't count catching a pokemon as a battle since it doesn't give exp

[@antifireemblem8224]

Solid Zack yeah that’s a good idea lol

[@epicluck4391]

Personally i would modify this to every trainer battle. Mainly cause im bad

[@solidzack]

@@epicluck4391 well you shouldn't be able to overlevel your pokemon in the wild otherwise this wouldn't really be much of a challenge

[@ThatRedHusky]

Eelektross is a sleeper. Sure it's gimmick is that it has no weakness, but it's strong as hell and it's defenses aren't half bad. Pretty dang good HP stat.

[@silverfang4583]

Tbh the only thing holding it back is speed. It's movepool is super diverse, can be a tank, can be offensive, has coverage for everything. But it's too slow go be worth using unfortunately and it's too balanced for trick room, trick room prefers either wall breakers or tanks and the eel being not quite a true tank or a true wall breaker makes it hard to slot in

[@LMC_Jarred]

Alternate title: Sweeping the Unova Elite Four with a Level 42 Durant

[@Juan_7_7_7]

And a lot of *drugs*

[@mastahrage9931]

@@Juan_7_7_7 you mean candy? Thats what this 40 year old man with a van and some children screaming inside it reffered to them as.

[@BadamRaguseaIfYouWill]

@@mastahrage9931 screaming of joy, because of how tasty it is

[@ItsJustKaya]

How do X- items works. They are not drugs, not candy but screws

[@OshawottLuke]

The way I discovered him like 3 days ago and pretty much binge-watched a ton of his challenges, had so much respect for him and now all is lost because he said he didn't even remember the gym leaders of Unova. How can a man be so wise yet so unwise

[@moonlightsscarydemon8367]

your pfp🙏

[@ben9579]

I got my hands on an illegal ROM of this game from a foreign country when I was a kid not knowing any better but then discovered that it had been rigged so my Pokémon wouldn't level up and I rage quit it completely. Watching this makes me regret my decision :'(

[@magnus1130]

Funfact: its not rigged, its actually an anti piracy protection within the game. Ant could have played this without mods, but with an actual "feature" within the game.

[@ben9579]

@@magnus1130 Ah, I thought it might be, that makes a lot of sense, I guess they didn't expect you to be able to beat it, how wrong they were

[@athath2010]

@@magnus1130 Although do note that, IIRC, in addition to not letting your Pokemon level up, the anti-piracy protection makes your game crash quite frequently as well, which is why Ant's using a mod for this challenge instead of just a poorly-pirated ROM.

[@nousername191]

I remember being in my freshman year of College when pirates had the ROM online and a couple of flatmates downloaded it and passed me a copy when I asked what they were doing by chance. The English version wasn't even out yet, the gen 5 mons went by their Japanese names and the Action Replay code to get pass this problem was out less than 24 hours after the ROM.

[@ajeppiii]

I love Unova’s music, it’s the best soundtrack imo. Other soundtracks are great too, Unova just tops them for me, but I’m also a bit biased because Black was my first game. 😅

[@WarioTimeWarioTimeWarioTime]

The DS Pokémon games were my favorites

[@ChickenBrow]

Your not biased, you just know what your talking about.

[@stetson_newsie2600]

I'm biased for gen 3 music, but Black/White is my absolute favorite besides. Especially for story. Edit: I keep forgetting these videos are like 3 years old; apologies if I have disturbed your slumber.

[@chrisj403]

I'm very glad to see this challenge. When I was in the fourth grade I had an emulator card for my ds, and a ROM for pokemon black. This was the first pokemon game I had ever played. But, for some unknown reason, when an enemy was defeated no exp was gained, I didn't know this was a problem as I'd never played another game in the series. I was so confused on how to level up, all my friends just told me to defeat enemy trainers, and that's what I was doing! I barely BARELY beat the first gym, then I breezed through gym 2 due to sok and throh, beat gym 3 with darumakas. But gym 4, Elysa, I could never beat. I was never able to get passed her. I found out that my game was messed up after a friend played my game and explained that this wasn't normal. So I bought the game and beat it normally. And years later I was thinking, those conditions would make a really fun challenge run, I was a stupid 4th grader, but I'm sure it could be completed. But unfortunately my emulator card no longer worked, and I didn't know how to replicate it. So I am very excited to watch this, I'll now sit back and watch!

[@mattheww9763]

Chris J That’s an interesting story!

[@Kamila_Kamila]

“Can you beat *impossible challenge”* Everyone: “no-“ SmallAnt: “Yeah.”

[@astweaverling]

He's even beaten pokemon without pokemon!

[@braintrope4736]

Is anyone else here a recent subscriber just binging through all the videos bc they’re so entertaining?

[@charlieobendorf2590]

Me! I am! : ) :D

[@settingittowumbo1953]

Yes

[@sweetl3mon223]

more recent then you my man

[@dasty3314]

yes

[@peterkane1539]

Yes

[@유성-l7z]

I like how the ANT had the type advantage against 3 of the elite four. I always saw it as a annoying cave pokemon.

[@ChillyFries444]

What do you mean

[@edotendo2196]

​@@ChillyFries444The durant that smallant used...

[@dakkapel3]

“Can you beat pokemon black without exp?” *my glitched pokemon emulator that decided for me i have to do the challenge*

[@RK-so1cc]

That's the ROM that's glitched that not your emulator, just find a patched ROM

[@cin2110]

It’s an anti piracy mesure you need a patched rom

[@danielcheese__]

@@cin2110 not anymore. Idk why but for some reason, the original clean ROM I just used on Desmume still lets my pokemon gain experience. I really checked on this. I went to No-intro's database so that the original crc32 of the original ROM matches the one I have; and surely enough, it did match.

[@somethingotherthanmyrealname]

Ant: “As long as it doesn’t swagger we should be fine.” Krokorok: “So you have chosen death.”

[@geo4290]

"I don't remember the story" *proceeds to skip by far the best story in all the pokemon franchise*

[@letsgetfluffy3138]

I haven't played mystery dungeon but I think some of those are contenders too from what I've heard. Especially Explorers of Sky

[@Htiy]

Lets Get Fluffy those games are amazing

[@aquatazer]

Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky would like to know your location.

[@Celintro]

@İnsan It really is though. The gen 5 games focused more heavily on story and its quite honestly, one of the better stories that Ive played through in a game.

[@wallybrown1341]

Gen 5's story is honestly amazing. Better than most.

[@jarroddobben]

I love the mashing buttons on ball throw meme, brings me straight back to the playground rumor mill

[@jonathanpalmen3209]

44:00: "No I don't want to battle you, you'll just embarrass yourself again." 40 seconds later: "Did we just get one hit KO with Rollout? That's embarrassing."

[@timothyaster4337]

An hour of Tanner rediscovering how good black's and white's soundtrack is.

[@playstationmaverick7256]

I'm literally shocked you beat this challenge. My jaw dropped when you one shotted Ghetsis's Hydreigon. I literally didn't think you'd get past Ghetsis but you proved me wrong. Nice one man

[@alacritical7873]

How fitting that the challenge would be capped off by a random ant that absolutely destroys just about anything it touches

[@opy3914]

I clicked on the video and hoped that Ant would pick Oshawott, my favorite starter of all time. Then he said that it wouldn't matter, so I got nervous. He quickly followed up with, so I'll pick the best one, and chose the boy. I am so happy.

[@tdsm99]

Should be titled "ant realizes Gen 5 has the best music in the series"

[@free_playstation_2]

Gen 3

[@tdsm99]

@@free_playstation_2 as a diehard Hoenn baby, nah Gen 5 is the peak of pokemon music

[@silver2976]

Nah its all about gen 4, gen 5 is good but gen 4 is phenomenal,if you want some really good covers of gen 4 songs go to insaneintherain, 10/10 jazz covers

[@happycamperds9917]

Gen 8?

[@McDoinky]

The music was great in all gens 1-5

[@nuggetaboutit8167]

"I can't remember the gym leaders" literally has the best cast of gym leaders in the series

[@nuggetaboutit8167]

@_______ swsh was close

[@DanielPereira-ey9nt]

i say SwSh takes that title their designs are on point and the League Card were a briliant move

[@ame-chan579]

@@DanielPereira-ey9nt the normal or the secret ones?

[@ThyFloorestFloor]

@@ame-chan579 I think both. The normal ones serve their purpose of showing us the most superficial aspects of the gym leaders like something a magazine would say on its description of a celebrity. While the secret ones can really characterize them really well and give more layers to their personality and backstory.

[@christopherkusk1405]

Gen 3 leaders though. Gen 3 had such good leaders

[@stardust2360]

The only ground flying types in these games were the gligar line and landorus, so I don't think you had to worry. Unless she has a knack for flying scorpions, I think you'll be clear from the legendary pokemon.

[@kimishou]

"The starter that we pick doesnt really matter" Game where the first gym and which monkey you get is based on the starter you pick.

[@LunatheMoonDragon]

I mean, it still doesn’t matter. The monkey you get will always be the one that’s strong against the gym leader. So, regardless of what starter you pick, you won’t use it on the first gym and you will use the monkey.

[@tutyss2191]

@@LunatheMoonDragon true

[@rajkanishu]

@@TyeKingston woosh what? what is there to woosh you fucking brainwashed reddit troglodyte

[@IFuckingLoveFrenchToast]

@@TyeKingston People like you are the reason reddit is seen as a joke

[@ianforeman549]

@@TyeKingston You are not a clown. You are the entire circus

[@grimmkingadamtaurus1925]

"I'm just gonna pick the best one" *Picks Oshawott* You are a man after my own and for that im subscribing

[@Miju001]

Absolutely, my respect for him was only reaffirmed with that

[@paladin_2164]

I like tepig

[@yannismpa3701]

58227 (Yes only 5 and not 6 sacred digits!)

[@justuspickle]

snivy >:(

[@superdragon0508]

The only water starter I have ever used is sobble and I regretted it. Although I could see using poplio

[@chrismulvey5441]

Gotta love how Ant has the 3 swords of justice and Reshiram but his game plan is Smantanner.

[@mettatonex7221]

Funny thing about this challenge: original copies of Black & White had an anti-piracy measure that, if it detects the game is being or has been copied, EXP gain is disabled. So SmallAnt effectively demonstrated that the game is still playable like that.

[@guzzygang1826]

53:15 Fun fact, Smogon has had burn messed up since Gen 3. It actually just halves the base power of all physical attacks.

[@spectralburst5258]

Oh, ok. That’s relieving to hear.

[@Motofreakz]

Halving base power and halving the attack stat has the exact same effect, though.

[@xxmegagallade47]

Not if you use power swap or some gimmick like that

[@guzzygang1826]

Advesha I don’t know how damage calculation works, but I don’t think that’s how it works. If it does and I’m wrong, it still makes a difference due to Foul Play’s mechanics.

[@SuperEljafru]

45:40 That moment when the video actually has 20 minutes left

[@BlackSalamander439]

Finally some Gen 5 challenges, everyone always does Gen1 and Gen3

[@thetrashtrain3774]

This comment made me realise that i’ve seen maybe 3 challenge runs of gens 6 and 7 combined.

[@voltshadowgaming633]

I think the reason for that is that it's a lot harder to hack Gen 6 + 7 and they're a lot easier, so they're not as interesting

[@thetrashtrain3774]

VoltShadow Gaming maybe. But even so it is super weird that there aren’t any ”can you beat pokemon x with Only _____” videos

[@TOG285]

@@thetrashtrain3774 gimme a link to those. I only saw a gen 8 challenge.

[@dsproductions19]

@@thetrashtrain3774 Gens 6 and 7 are 3ds games, which are harder much to record. The previous games you can just emulate, but 3ds emulators are still not good enough to run the games without issues.

[@garrettgoss2691]

I totally forgot the horror of 11 year old me trying to beat the ghost and psychic elite four members

[@irradiated6126]

watching him sweep through n and most of ghetsis' teams hurts me because I struggled on them so much

[@CrimsonTy]

To the guy that said Gen 5 has no auto ask for reuse repel (52:44) Gen 5 started that in B2W2

[@miscellaneoof]

Small ant lost to youngster Joey, and he wasn’t even using his top percentage rattata

[@LunaBit985]

fun fact: this is actually an anti-piracy measure for this game

[@alphamone]

If I'm remembering correctly, more than one person attempted to lets-play the game from leaked roms before the game's Japanese release, and didn't even realise that they were being denied EXP at first.

[@ness249]

I spent so much grinding not noticing im not getting exp

[@tjimmy9373]

Ants face when electross didn’t die was priceless

[@mr.boombox5021]

1:05:52 Such confidence, such pride. How easily stripped away.

[@Golden-ek2ku]

Normal B/W Players: Man, ghetsis is such a hard fight! Smallant: Haha! Steel Ant go slap slap!

[@skaraptor2497]

"I won't tackle the elite four, I'll have better moves by then" So Ant is a dad??

[@Kinghsen3563]

Smallant: Buy x-items. Also Smallant: "Oh, i forgot to buy healing items."

[@larryvilla6869]

Of course smallant does this he just has to flex on every game he plays

[@baitzadasuto]

Wait. I just realized that he mentions the 0 XP gain after the first Cheren fight... Did Ant lose a fight against _Bianca?_

[@charlieobendorf2590]

lol, that's hilarious...

[@ZRob23523]

...how?

[@goose5200]

*yikes*

[@IFuckingLoveFrenchToast]

Jesus christ... I mean, I love Bianca don't get me wrong but, Fucking hell Ant get your shit together

[@crustacean78]

you will always lose against bianca, youre suppose to