Can you beat Pokemon Crystal WITHOUT EXP?!!

No EXP.... big problem!
I stream at twitch.tv/Jrose11
Edited by: SimplyAJ ( / simplyaj )

[@NathanielBandy]

It's so weird to see you using more then one pokemon at a time

[@Smooth_operator32]

Indeed

[@eudstersgamersquad6738]

So true! I am just not used to him doing non solo runs.

[@SupahMari0]

true

[@justyouraveragechad9354]

It's weird seeing you here and not playing Mario 64 lol

[@Jrose11]

I honestly prefer these runs since there's more interesting strategy.

[@bigrigjoe5130]

Jrose battling with a whole team is like when "weighted clothes" come off in anime and the protaganist becomes 100 times more powerful.

[@boze7180]

Getting wobbuffet from the game corner to fight Whitney was such a galaxy brain play. Never thought about that in all the time I’ve spent on these games

[@troyb5362]

You’ve outdone yourself Jrose! This was such a fun run and really well made video, the month of Jrose has been incredible so far ❤

[@CopDoctorLawyer]

Dear Jrose11, idk if you'll see this, but i've discovered your channel about 3-4 months ago. i've watched every solo run you've put out, and i've even rewatched a good amount of them. I'm currently serving over seas in Iraq, and this niche pokemon content you've created has been the perfect entertainment whenever I browse youtube. I play randomizer nuzlockes on my laptop to pass the time, and I always share the screen with your youtube videos while i'm playing. Just wanted to show my appreciation for the content you create, and thanks for keeping the early gen pokemon games alive. You rock man, keep it up.

[@thesuntitan]

I really hope the "All Opponents at Level 100" is coming soon, I enjoyed that stream a lot!

[@Slickcactus]

Key would be to catch a Gastly in the sprout tower and level it up until it learns Curse. Then go around battling mono normal type trainers for exp, or even just roll the dice and go into battle with the hope you don’t get hit with a physical attack on the first turn, land a hypnosis, followed by curse and that the opposing Pokémon sleeps for 5 turns. Would also be easy victories over the trainers with Magikarps considering the only level 100 move that it would have is Tackle, just have to set up the curse mentioned earlier. Also would pay to have multiple Gastlys so you can repeat if one is to faint. Take notes jrose!!!

[@dynastystar5515]

I do like the "All Opponants are level 100" streams from what I've seen of them. Hopefully he touches on that challenge soon(don't care which gen or anything)

[@MrZrbrownie]

Spoilers! Seriously though, that sounds entertaining.

[@paradocks184]

So how does he do those? How do you modify your game to not gain experience or have every trainer at level 100?

[@rustcarp679]

@@paradocks184 idk about all level 100s but Ik that removing exp is a cheat code.

[@zezarusgaming9286]

The fact you didn't go for an ice/electric/rock hidden power unknown at the beginning to help push through sprout tower and Falkner was interesting. This is one of the few challenges that an unknown could have genuine viable use. Would have been cool to see.

[@Begeru]

He probably didn’t think of it

[@Begeru]

@Anime-bob SquarePants there’s only one Snorlax in Gen 2

[@aceclover758]

@Anime-bob SquarePants what? Lol

[@Pwjdjskw]

@Anime-bob SquarePants kekeke dummy

[@dynastystar5515]

One thing that I'm enjoying about this run is of how many strategies there are to come up with. Just because a Pokemon doesn't work for the 4th gym leader and so they get box, they can work for the 5th gym leader and gets withdrawn(for example, NOT saying that was the case, you can change the numbers around if you want, I just picked random numbers that were sequential). Edit: One other thing I like about this run is that I imagine that the second set of gym leaders I don't imagine will be an automatic joke(since they're lower levels than even the Elite Four in the cases like Koga's daughter).

[@Djuntas]

How did he get the lvl 40 graveler and Rhydon, in-game trade or? But yes, the game always was such a bad time for wild pokemons, why I also didnt like Soulsilver re-makes, despite them being praised a lot.

[@rooislangwtf]

@@Djuntas Pretty sure he said in the video, but you can get lvl 40 Graveler and lvl 35 Rhydon from victory road

[@Djuntas]

@@rooislangwtf Ah nice, didnt remember that. Good levels :)

[@Otonio_Bruno]

Tip for Red's Snorlax: To sped up the strat with Misdreavus, teach it swagger to boost Snorlax atk and with curse residual damage, it shouldn't have much chances to keep spamming rest. Also teaching rest sleep talk to your Snorlax might be a great way to waste Special Attackers PP since only in generation 2, when a pokemon uses sleep talk and it select rest, it doesn't fail, restoring your HP back to full if damaged and resetting sleep turns.

[@ZebNyan96]

That Sleep Talk tip was interesting to hear! Amazing how much details there are to be found in these games after couple of decades :D

[@lisan3627]

​@@ZebNyan96 It's part of why Snorlax is so nuts in Gen 2 competitive. This run was a good showing of how crazy that Pokémon is in this game.

[@Willingmess]

I’ll admit, I didn’t expect this to be next, but I’m excited to see if this will be possible! Red seems like he’ll be a really rough challenge especially with how low level the wild pokemon are in this game

[@kaptainKrill]

Without watching, I have to assume that Ho-oh and Lugia are pretty key

[@jimcanterak7349]

@@kaptainKrill He doesn't allow legendaries.

[@priestesslucy3299]

@@jimcanterak7349 I feel like he's going to have to break that rule for Red

[@kaptainKrill]

@@jimcanterak7349 just got to that point. Seems like an odd rule, but eh- Jrose likes to make himself suffer.

[@tabeebyeamin9986]

@@kaptainKrill LEGENDARIES ARE FOR WUSSES

[@tradeka4206]

I had a feeling something like wobuffett would make an appearance. Those gimmicky Pokémon always have some good uses in runs like this

[@phoebe5114]

The true most wonderful time of the year is the month of Jrose. 😄 Been a fan for years and I'm so excited to see more!

[@Blj_282]

Very true. Merry Christmas Jrose

[@nokronis]

This was super fun to watch! Seemed like a lot more strategy had to go into it compared to most of the solo ones, which was really cool to see because you're great at planning!

[@HaydnG266]

52:16 I'm not gonna sacrifice any of my Pokemon. Sacrifices Rhydon immediately.

[@mayborneflower]

Nice job. Though, speaking as someone who’s watched MoogleBoss’ old 0 EXP challenge and theory-crafted about if the rival could beat Red as presented in-game (he can), there was an easy way to beat Red’s Espeon casualty-free. When Espeon comes in after Rhydon, send in Sneasel to absorb the incoming Psychic. Per MoogleBoss’ notes on their past Red experience, Red will retaliate against a dramatically underleveled Sneasel with Swift. So Misdreavous can absorb that in kind. Then it’s just a PP stall until Psychic runs out, at which point the stall chain continues with Mud-Slap. So you then replace Sneasel in the stall with a flying type like Golbat. Once Espeon is tapped of Mud-Slap, Misdreavous can just come in and squat on the remaining Swift uses to cast Curse.

[@paulthompson382]

That successful Lance battle was honestly one of my favourite all-time JRose moments!

[@volgtorbg]

hey jrose, i was listening to u beginning of pandemic with yourntop 5 videos and i still listen now, through all the turbulent and terrifying changes of my life its extremely comforting to have your videos as a constant despite them. i know i am not the only one who finds your videos special, keep doing what youre doing and enjoy your holiday

[@Altair1243WAR]

Honestly, came for the pokemon gameplay, stayed for the personality. He has a very positive and calming atmosphere, plus very creative with the strategies and his commitment to the runs

[@emmahansen4858]

i agree i love jrose

[@stephenveerasammy3074]

This is such a testament to 'do the best you can do, at what your passionate about'

[@volgtorbg]

@@Altair1243WAR when he talked abt not hsing double team is what struct me, and funnily enougj while i hate that every youtuber these days has to ask for likes and subscribes, whenever jrose says it i dont mind it at all and i in fact am pleased he is trying to get more from the algo, it is crazy what high quality and genuininity from content can do for enjoyeability

[@GrandDuchessTaco]

"Thankfully I was able to hit myself in confusion" is a sentence I never thought I'd hear in a challenge run.

[@nunya6537]

Lol same

[@luckfee4653]

Okay guys, mark the day: November 25th, 10 pm german Time: Jrose11 officially has gone mad!

[@ZebNyan96]

You should include in the thumbnail or the title/description that you don't use items in battle and legendaries because that's seriously very impressive! Didn't even think that would be possible without evasion moves or Attract. Amazing video!

[@joetalentoh]

Yes! I did a no exp playthrough of Blue after seeing your level 5 video. Such a fun run and fresh take on how to play the game. Looking forward to this one.

[@ShadowSora8491]

I'm amazed at the fact that that challenge actually turned out to be possible, given how difficult Red already is, even without self-imposed challenges. Amazing videos, Jrose.

[@elysongums6732]

Damn, I was expecting "easier" videos this month. This is simply amazing!

[@delt19]

This is probably the most interesting and fun run you've done in a while.

[@AKHalex]

I love you man, thank you for all these videos. You have been my go-to guy for eating and sleeping videos for months at this point, and I am really excited now for a new video every day. It's the weekend, I'm enjoying my meal and every second of this video, excited to see how you will beat every trainer. Keep going!

[@saltybot5449]

I love a month of Jrose, it’s amazing

[@TheRealityJack]

What a fun run, thank you so much for all the effort you put into these videos! It is a joy listening to you narrating all your thought processes that go into a run like this

[@michabaron4129]

Somehow everyday i manage to forget its Jrose month and im delighted everytime

[@retrodungeonYT]

That Lance victory was so insane.

[@kristinnkristinsson1369]

I *really* thought that wouldn't be possible. Insane is the right word.

[@Wildcat2017]

You have desensitized me to the true challenges of these runs. You explained the premise and I thought "Red will be the only problem you run into" then realized that even the E4 was a dozen+ levels above what you could get and still thought "nah, easy for JRose"

[@robroy7934]

On the 6 day of month of jrose, jrose11 gave to meeeee. A crystal run with no XP.

[@Axecon1]

Mad props to all the videos from this channel recently! Also this looked like a super cool challenge, always great to see a variety of Pokemon showcased in a run.

[@Zorgdub]

That Elite 4 + Lance gauntlet was amazing. I would never do a challenge like that because I'd be too terrified to use TMs too early and be screwed later, so I couldn't pull the sort of strategies needed to win here.

[@therainbro]

Loving the 2nd Gen content. So much nostalgia as crystal was my first Pokémon game

[@marsella527]

I wanna say, I love all the pokemon challenges people do. Definitely have opened me up to using a whole different variety of Pokémon I'd normally never use

[@CelticGuardian7]

Very good run! I do have a question though, if Jrose sees this. You mentioned being able to use Rare Candies, but it never got mentioned again (unless I missed something). I would think they would at least be useful for getting an evolution from a high-leveled first form, or for getting to a move that a fresh catch might not have. Did you use any Rare Candies this run at all and just not mention it, or did they go completely unused? Loving all the videos! =)

[@ZebNyan96]

I think he used at some pokemon (maybe Gyarados) because some of them were like one or few levels up in later battles.

[@CelticGuardian7]

@@ZebNyan96 Fair enough, I didn't notice that. I might rewatch later to check. Thanks!

[@johnelliotschmit5621]

The really important use for Rare Candies would be for collecting EVs, which only happens when you level up.

[@DrabekNewburn]

@@johnelliotschmit5621 This is Gen II. You can use the box trick for stat experience.

[@riftsquid7659]

this was a really fun run, and a nice change of pace from all the solo runs we have been getting lately. keep it up, Jrose! You're my favorite pokemon youtuber!

[@PokemonmastersExisfun]

Month of Jrose11 needs to happen atleast twice a year this content is so good

[@ryroller9394]

That much content would probably lead to massive burnout. I think 2 weeks of Jrose11 per year is more reasonable.

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

@@ryroller9394 good point, I worry too about the workload starting to wear on JRose. I hope very much that the community would respond with respect and understanding if he needed to interrupt the month of uploads for any reason.

[@Altair1243WAR]

Pretty sure if he outright said he was stressed, which hasn't happened to my kniwledge, most people would prefer he relax the schedule to whatever best fits his schedule After all, the potential short-term gains are way less than the long-term (Plus I'm not some kind of insensitive monstrosity)

[@PokemonmastersExisfun]

I don’t ever want anyone to stress over making videos but i do mean it when i say his content is really good

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

@@Altair1243WAR yeah, I think the overwhelming majority of JRose fans feel the same as you and I. He’s created a good community over his years.

[@masamune0202]

Damn dude. I'm watching your videos for a couple years now, and I think this is probably my favourite. Lanturn getting that kill is just icing on the Snorlax cake. Very nice one!

[@Disastress]

This backlog of videos is insane! 0.0 I wish I could always watch this show every day since it's just ALWAYS a good time, and has shown me a lot of the reasons to love the earlier generations of pokemon! Totally understand that is probably and insane amount of work for you, hope it's as fun for you as it is for all of us!

[@ButchiGaming]

Really enjoying the month of jrose! keep it up. I think these funky challenge videos really show your creativity and knowledge of the games. narratively on point as always! Really fun video as a break from the normal jrose runs!

[@ZelTheGr8]

One thing to remember is that Red will ONLY use full restores on his pikachu. Great video btw 😊

[@Norien711]

Dude, I can’t believe we’re getting full 30 min to 1hr long videos during your month of uploads. I love it and am looking forward to watching all of them!

[@Gogeta0991]

Best video so far! Such a pleasant change to have the complete opposite scenario. Free choice of pokemon but no leveling instead of a fixed pokemon which almost always has to level up to 100. I'm excited for more of these runs!

[@clam3974]

I in fact, do believe Jrose will be able to beat the game with no XP

[@timwaldowski8047]

Love the Jrose month. This video was the most interesting yet. Looking forward to more! :D

[@andresportingbraga]

I think this is my new favourite Jrose11 video, I love the inventiveness of strategies for a challenge like this. Please consider more multi Pokémon challenge runs.

[@SwnkyTiger]

Glad to see you do this challenge. I was inspired to try the run myself after watching you're Red challenge years ago. It was super rewarding.

[@ShadowTasos]

Oh my god Jrose this was an amazing run! Thank you so much for uploading it! I had a blast watching it :D Really creative strategies, was at the edge of my seat the entire time!

[@chronicdose]

One of my fav runs so far! Super interesting the variety of strats!

[@RK-cj4oc]

I freaking love you Jrose. Keep up the great work. I wish The Month of Jrose could continue forever.

[@gregoryechevarria3939]

Such a fun run! Always love your gsc videos anyway, but this is a great break from the normal one pokemon runs. Some really interesting strategies, I think my favorite was using detect to let hitmonlee hi jump kick itself to KO. Never even crossed my mind!

[@BZgA]

Awesome run! The idea is nice and I like that you thanked your team members for their service

[@ericmargolis9415]

this is officially my second favorite jrose vid besides the emerald ditto video! Absolutely amazing work, thanks for the content

[@BertKreisinger]

Another banger, you're frickin' killin' it Jrose!!!

[@Yamcha1717]

Wow, what a week ! You please us with a lot of videos. I can't wait for the next videos, I love watching your runs !

[@svansiian2050]

Incredible vid. Battles vs Lance and Red were just crazy

[@rushilsaini6356]

Love the daily content jrose, let's goo!

[@Pelifrost]

This was such a unique playthrough! Great job! 🙂

[@AsterixtheGaul7]

Loved seeing the different Pokémon strats, more interesting IMO and def more interesting to play like you said haha. Looking forward to the next one, which I’m sure will happen because you know, the whole whole month of videos thing... which rulesss

[@brentsta]

I’m so happy to see more gen 2 content on this channel!

[@PeCzech]

Awesome. I didn't watch it yet, but I am sure it's gonna be awesome. And it's nice to not know if your today's run gonna be "standard" run or some other challenge.

[@jmv333]

Loved this video so much!!!! Can't wait to see everything you have next

[@Absolbr]

you have been popping off with these videos lately, really love your content, can't wait to watch!

[@Madmeerkat55]

Such a cool run. Those Lance and Red battles were incredible!

[@limjahey9983]

This was great!! Really cool to see all strategy awesome job!!👍

[@The_Jho]

It’s so nice of you to shout out smallant like that, look how many subscribers he has now, it’s insane how much his channel grew

[@s0vnds]

You're putting out more content than I can watch right now! Looking forward to having a backlog of vids to watch

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

Absolutely brilliant so far, love the content and the whole month has been so dang exciting, thank you, you’ve gotten me through essay after essay this month

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

Jeez, I am jealous, cause I have been the opposite. I also love the content and the daily uploads, but I am struggling with my work related assignments because I keep getting distracted by the new JRose videos lol. Enjoy your holiday season and good luck on all the essays 👍

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

@@HarveyMeadowlark same to you for your work

[@brandonroyal1255]

Not surprised Graverler did so well it was in the Prima guide for the game as one of the best Pokémon to play the game with oh btw love the vids man thanks for all the uploads we the fans appreciate you!

[@coldcoma]

This is one of the most epic challenges Ive ever seen you do.

[@LiamFromNewBarkTown]

This is such good content as usual of course. Like to see a gen 3 attempt of this no exp challenge at some point 🙏🏼

[@zenkurahidachi7915]

Dude u like ALWAYS have the best random facts in your videos. Your fun facts be more interesting then the actual fact videos...the Waterstone thing I had no idea about . That was awesome. I like learning stuff like that

[@ajb657]

That was a super fun video to watch! You sound like you’re having a ton of fun with your month of Jrose!

[@joeycharron5183]

Happy to see this video, it's really gonna be interesting!!

[@flatwoodscryptid]

Love the video! Always exciting to see the kinds of strategies runs like these can lead to. Gotta disagree about Lanturn though. Going from chinchou's weird lantern eyes to normal pokemon eyes is such a downgrade I struggle to really love it

[@tamaplayer22]

The way you swapped between ghastly and hoot hoot was brilliant! You're the man!

[@spage0]

This was really really fun! Thanks for another great ep J!

[@LarkanElRegresado]

Please do more like this one! It was so fun to watch!

[@truegamerking]

That was cool I really liked this challenge. Hopefully we'll get to see more full team runs in the future

[@Jrose11]

there should be *at least* one a week, but likely more.

[@dragonmaxim1154]

yooooooo Jrose! first, amazing work with the starter Videos you uploaded previously! i really enjoyed them. I was convinced that venusaur would make it, i was very surprised how broken bastoise became during the run. Its nice to see youre back more frequently now :D and second, I really appreciate your work as a pokemon runner and playing on concistency rather than on lucky strats is soooo good. Yeah its pokemon and some luck will be always involved but it makes it pretty much obvious what pokemon are true Diamonds or just abyssmal stinkers in PVE. (dont get me wrong the bad pokemon are super fun to watch tho ;D) Please keep it up your content rocks!

[@iamjustkiwi]

I never expected a Bugsy fight to be so hype and clutch. Amazing video idea!

[@NAAAAAIL]

49:04 yes, Blue has a very team indeed. Some say one of the teams of all time.

[@MrBrendanRizzo]

I actually knew this was possible going in since I saw another video doing this in the remakes years ago, but your version is much more entertaining to watch.

[@yoyoandrew123]

You are a genius in your own field. These videos are amazing.

[@nickmac1104]

I’ve come to like anything with JRose in it. He’s just got an addictive personality that’s hard to not like.

[@kyukrock]

This is my favorite video you've done for your Month of Jrose so far!!! Looking forward to the rest! It's been such a pleasure to come home from work and have another new video ready to go and cheer me up, thank you for all that you do!!!

[@nightmare348]

The Month of JRose is just chugging on along with amazing vid after amazing vid. ^_^

[@RenaissanceManchild856]

This is so cool! What a flex! Really interesting video with a few unexpected Johto favourites! Feel like you slept on my boy Ursaring in Dark Cave for the elite 4 (maybe) with Strength/Rest/middling dark coverage and 130 attack in place of sneasel but what an amazing video where you explored loads of options. This should be far enough down to not be a spoiler.... but sad Wobbafett became irrelevent so quickly! That was a really unexpected pick!

[@pseudodistant]

"You don't get to become champion of the Pokemon League without knowing how to spam Full Restores " - Lance, 2015

[@T.Miller1234]

Might be your best video ever, great strategy with many mons

[@Arasarcan]

I was greatly entertained; thank you very much for this! 😊

[@RoyArkon]

That was a crazy run, amazing job dude!

[@Juanirva]

Just finished watching, great video man, really fun

[@christopherwalczak8402]

I have a totodile tattoo and it made me feel great you chose him for your starter. He's my favorite of them all

[@charlesbopp1870]

Love your vids and especially love when you explore your post rby content. Looking forward to the lvl 5 full game run if it ever happens.~~ Thanks for the content really helps when im feeling down or anxious. Cheers!

[@definitelynotacrab7651]

An insane challenge to pull off, incredible video!

[@senswain]

Loving the daily uploads. Keep up the consistency!

[@YesImUrFather]

JRose is on the grind right now dropping heat left and right, let me get my snacks ready haha

[@toms169]

This was such a fun run! It required a lot of strategy, creativity and use of a bunch of different Pokémon. The regular games usually require very little of those things, making the fights less rewarding.