Can You Beat Pokemon Platinum Without Catching ANY Pokemon?

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Is it possible to defeat Pokemon Platinum without throwing a Pokeball at and catching ANY Pokemon at all?
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[@jaivangordon5966]

Mismagius: I fear nothing. But that thing. Mismagius points at a mirror. Mismagius: It scares me.

[@purgatoryproductions310]

THIS NEEDS SO MANY MORE LIKES

[@nishant5290]

This comment made my day

[@xx_thunderbird_xx3910]

Ghost dont have a refletion

[@nishant5290]

@@xx_thunderbird_xx3910 ah yes big brain time ruin the joke more

[@jaivangordon5966]

Poke Watcher that’s why he’s scared. He knows that ghosts are super effective against ghosts

[@EvanFarshadow]

Barry, the CANONICALLY most impatient character in the entire series, has a Munchlax in the Sinnoh games. Let that sink in.

[@Savannah_Simpson]

I am now officially rethinking everything I thought I knew about Barry...

[@marcy1949]

uhh

[@tk0208]

man just got lucky

[@ashketchup7354]

Dude just slapped some hun on a random tree, ran around a lot, came back and got godly luck

[@tylerlarsen1842]

That is the most ironic thing I have EVER heard.

[@stefanl4644]

Do you know what is weird. Cyrus, the team galactic boss, has a line that talks about how giving your pokémon compassion and friendship is a waste. But, the dudes got a crobat that literally evolves using friendship.

[@Draeckon]

Clearly his Crobat is a masochist and enjoys being abused or ignored.

[@cameoshadowness7757]

Or he stole it.

[@staydetermined6717]

@@cameoshadowness7757 doubt it...

[@sunnywaslost_7490]

@@Draeckon hey don’t type those words again

[@unitds27-delta]

@@sunnywaslost_7490 masochist abused ignored

[@spectregd]

Barry’s snorlax: I thought I killed you Ludichrist: you should have gone for the head

[@docdylan1018]

*snaps* Snorlax: NOOOOO-

[@mangomemes7856]

No

[@mangomemes7856]

It’s “my death was…… greatly exaggerated “

[@adamyasingh269]

best crossover ever

[@lordfawful9469]

SNAP

[@SuiconDeez]

"Can you beat Pokemon Platinum without catching ANY pokemon" My 5 year old self with a level 97 infernape before first elite 4 clear: Yes... Yes it is...

[@josephmarvoruy2517]

So your 5 pokemon are HM slaves then?

[@RGCDTB]

My level 100 blastoise with surf rocksmash strength and skull bash

[@Ohwell900]

overleveling is not how we play the game

[@m1cra848]

Lies. How the hell did u get through without any

[@m1cra848]

without any hm

[@kohinoorbanerjee4009]

Now I know I am late, but the reason the mismagius lived at 12:04 was because the first flame wheel was used when monferno was in blaze(monferno had total 84 hp, 1/3 that is 28 and he was at 18). Blaze gave a 50% boost to the flame wheel the first time. But, the second time, he was above 1/3rd hp(30>28) and hence flame wheel didn't kill.

[@kiranvg4237]

Neat

[@nosh_becausem]

Neat

[@Alvionalx]

Neat

[@rodrigorocha7635]

Big Brain over here

[@unitds27-delta]

Neat

[@connaeris8230]

Imagine doing this challenge in Diamond or Pearl. Your team would be Empoleon, Rampardos/Bastiodon, Blissey and Lucario. If your opponent had a fighting type move (or even Earthquake because Blissey's defense is awful) you'd be screwed.

[@avery7270]

I was planning on doing this with diamond which is why I was here :/

[@snakaloo9441]

I did it on bdsp specifically bd and somehow beat cynthia

[@snakaloo9441]

Without mew and jirachi because well challenge is a challenge

[@spiritblox1]

@@snakaloo9441 nice job

[@DBS_Destroyer]

@@snakaloo9441 wow how bro

[@someidiotontheinternet1955]

Snorlax: Oh I thought you were dead Ludichrist: My death was greatly exaggerated

[@walkingtowersyndrome]

YESSSSSS MEGAMIND

[@shrubin5995]

megamind was such a good film

[@walkingtowersyndrome]

@@shrubin5995 Ikr

[@aubreystoast7859]

@@walkingtowersyndrome yes

[@keithharrissuwignjo2460]

Snorlax: I was told you were dead Ludichrist: Same

[@demicantthink8401]

Lets think of Vaporeon's moveset, any ideas? GameFreak: Water Gun at Lvl 15 Okay, what other water type mov- GameFreak: *Hydro pump at lvl 71*

[@kolskor0293]

Yeah the gen 4 eeveelution movesets kinda sucked. I mean, flareon gets fire fang at 44, leafeon gets leaf blade at 70 something, and glaceon get ice beam at 70 something as well.

[@demicantthink8401]

@@kolskor0293 Umbreon and Sylveon are the ones with privilage. Umbreon gets various dark attacks (Feint Attack, Pursuit and Bite) and Sylveon does aswell (Drain Kiss, Dazzling Gleam and Moonblast; Swift and Hyper Beam with Pixilate)

[@kolskor0293]

@@demicantthink8401 Sylveon’s not in gen 4

[@demicantthink8401]

@@kolskor0293 yes but i meant eeveelutions

[@Anarchyyyyyyy]

@@kolskor0293 Flareon was gen 1

[@nevrikx]

“I decided that just having a Team of Eeveelutions would be boring” Me, who Played through Y with only an Eeveelution team: Rude

[@Cupcakkes2girlsand1cup]

I'm playing Pokemon Sword with just an eeveeloution team

[@thisisfine1662]

Ayden Gjoka oh same but I beat the game already

[@movedtodial-up5111]

which eeveelution was your first one?

[@nevrikx]

Well my Starter was a Leafeon but Flareon was my first Evolved

[@primarina9812]

Ayden Gjoka neet

[@weebsaintnotondrugs7484]

Funnily, Michael is also the name of a high ranking angel

[@yay7707]

A fucking archangel to be exact

[@yay7707]

*archangel*

[@yay7707]

Also I was kinda waiting for someone to say this so thank yoU

[@htesofficial2329]

Yeah, but then you look at Lucifer…don’t watch it unless you are more mature. Rated TV-14

[@doge31981]

HAHAHHAHA Thats so perfect for the time being 😂

[@mikaaa7880]

micheal : i hate this pokemon now gabriel : *epicly transforms into mismagius*

[@doge31981]

Fantina Mismagius is awful Stupid and annoying.... Unless you're the one using it 👌

[@tigerwarrior1787]

@@doge31981 *Cue the Spiderman Meme*

[@distractioncat7285]

"i use the mismagius to destroy the mismagiues" for the love of arkoos i never thought i'd see a togetic use transform

[@Mjgaming54321]

So anyways my Togepi used Judgment

[@arkhalialv5757]

Metronome can't turn into Transform anymore. I'm pretty sure it's only possible in gen 4

[@mr.kittysavestheworld695]

First and last time Togepi/Togetic's Metronome was actually useful.

[@yizao9289]

MJ Gaming oh god that’s horrifying

[@lexydakitten5102]

@@Mjgaming54321 *laughs in I don't know what transform or judgment looks like*

[@ritikkoyya6123]

Professor Rowan: Ahoy Michael! How many Pokemon have you caught? Michael: Uhhh

[@fluffernal]

None.

[@alfonsopayan09]

Emmm none but I managed to fill 15 Pokédex entries Not much but it’s honest work gramps

[@birdiec]

When I was young I'd always feel so bad I had only like less than 20. I just couldn't be asked to catch em all.

[@chiisai22]

Um, why am I here?

[@l0vemarcia]

loooool ;)

[@ianoliano2057]

I remember my first playthrough in Platinum. I went all the way through until meeting Cynthia's Garchomp at the very end. I sent in my Floatzel, who could not outspeed, but I felt confident it would OHKO the Garchomp with ice punch, as it was already hurt. Garchomp went for the Dragon Rush, which Floatzel thankfully survived. I inwardly prepared for victory, but then stopped when i saw two words suddenly pop up. Floatzel flinched! Garchomp then swept through the rest of my team. It was a sad day.

[@deveshlegend5405]

Sad life man. Same happened to me but garchomp critical hit 2 times in a row. That though on my weavile which ice beam missed and on my infernape

[@richdude2985]

My first platinum team had a weavile which I planned to use for garchomp and use ice punch. And then, when it used ice punch on it, the unthinkable happened. It lived. It then crit one shot with earthquake and swept through my entire team.

[@JoetadXD]

@@richdude2985 your weavile probaly had a garbage attack iv

[@kristofgriffin384]

@@richdude2985 I also had a Weavile on my team, only it had Ice Beam instead of Ice Punch, as I forgot that it was a Physical Attacker, not a Special one. After teaching it Ice Punch, and making it hold the Nevermelt Ice, I managed to OHKO her Garchomp.

[@mattmatkin9083]

It was my first ever team, and the only pokemon I had left was a half dead Lucario, he somehow lived and hit 2 crit drain punches. Due to that luck I've never had a full odds random shiny

[@morrigankasa570]

I always feel with any type of challenge that there should be a Shiny Exception. This type of challenge included.

[@Rubywing4]

Only if it's a legitimate copy of the game. If it's an emulator, then you can't transfer the shiny anywhere, it's stuck in that one emulator run forever. I did kinda try a no-catching challenge in Shining Pearl, although it was more meant as a sort of "speedrun", as I had already cleared Brilliant Diamond and need Palkia at some point when I wanna catch Arceus, so therefore I sped through SP. And since it was more of a speedrun than anything, I did use the gift Jirachi and Mew to speed things up, as well as my starter Infernape, and the gifts Blissey and Lucario. I decided not to use a fossil Bastiodon coz it would take too long to find (even tho I probably did it already) but also because Bastiodon is simply too weak offensively for me to bother with it. While I was in Iron Island, searching for useful items, not sure if before or after getting the Riolu egg, I ran into a Shiny Golbat which was the ONLY Pokémon other than Palkia that I caught (Palkia with Master Ball and never used). I named her Barbara, after Batgirl. And she made it onto my team, so HALF my team was made up of pink Pokémon (Mew, Blissey and shiny Crobat). I won against the Elite 4 first try, although with a level 70 Blissey and a level 69 shiny Crobat (nice) and at least level 66 everything else. On my first run of BD, which was my first Hardcore Nuzlocke as well, I wiped the first time against Cynthia, then beat her the second try (just resetting before fighting the E4, using the same team and strategy but with different RNG) with 2 Pokémon remaining, my Luxray at red HP, and my Roserade who took out her Garchomp from a third, after living a hit from it, maybe Dragon Claw (or whatever dragon move it has) or maybe Earthquake, I don't really remember, but I still love that my Roserade took out Cynthia's Garchomp.

[@RedFireDragon-ix5uc]

Ultra moon no catching He finds a shiny.

[@Evan_doodlearts]

Agree

[@captianblitz]

There is the problem of you probably not outfitting your team and item stash for catching the Shiny…because you can’t catch Pokemon

[@thatnebulalunala1335]

Alternative Title: Platinum but everyone has sturdy

[@MrArk1265]

Ok, that's good.

[@it-qp1uo]

Lmao

[@primarina9812]

Lol true

[@STAROCiDE]

Good one

[@ultimatecabagecart1781]

That would suck

[@minecraftsans6273]

27:02 I knock out a Gayrados with a Flamethrower.... Brock: “Ash’s Pokémon are water type which are totally weak against fire type.” He was right.

[@sentinellj]

My god 😲

[@Ewremen]

OMG Does that mean levels exist in the anime? Student in pokemon acedamy:Pidgey learns gust at lvl 1,at lvl 5 sand attack

[@abarette_]

@@Ewremen pidgey learns gust at Lv10 ._.

[@Ewremen]

mop plop That’s in the newer gen in gen 1,which is when the guy said it,Pidgey learned gust at lvl 1

[@Minebama]

Thank you Minecraft Sans

[@TurtleMan51]

Professor Rowan : How many pokemon have you got ? Michael : Oh no

[@NickMirambeau]

I just stumbled upon this channel, but I appreciate that the playthroughs I've seen so far aren't just "lmao I min maxed my starter in the beginning, bought 5000 Max Potions, and beat the game" like there's actually a strategy, I love that

[@generic528]

Imagine how freezing mad professor rowan must be. He gives you one of his precious starters, then e sends you out on this journey to CATCH all pokemon,and you never even throw a pokeball.

[@lorancelau2924]

Ya😭is him right now

[@dnenez]

At least you save 15% or more on car insurance with Geico. Replace car insurance with Potions, and with Geico with because you still have a lot of money by not buying 100 Ultra Balls and then realizing that you should have bought them in groups of 10 to get all the Premiere Balls. And I think I misspelled premeire. Well, its better than having auto _cucumber_ on.

[@phillippeng1368]

"I beat the devil with an angel." Jesus: I see this as an absolute win

[@Martinxo51]

Arkoos*

[@jacksbrow182]

Super Mario Arkoos* It's a meme btw

[@vaughnxd2717]

*arkoos

[@LX3CT_639]

@@supermario7811 Arkoos in this channel

[@backonpro5679]

@@supermario7811 *Arkoos

[@pietro4507]

5:15 Ludachrist gained 666 Exp. Points!

[@Monkey-081hs]

Perfectly balanced as always!

[@pinky0558]

God: What are you doing son! You have become the one thing you swore to distroy! Jesus: You underestimate my power!

[@Asa_TheNightmare]

@@pinky0558 *destroy and its not funny to make jokes about god

[@unitds27-delta]

:3

[@pinky0558]

@@Asa_TheNightmare You were supposed to defeat the dark side not join them!

[@kirbydude2523]

22:40 So far, I've done 2 complete playthroughs of Pokémon Let's Go Eevee, with a third that I intend to complete. In all 3, my starter Eevee, with the same 7:1 male:female gender ratio as a normal Eevee, has been female. That is a chance of 0.195%!

[@StarSpark3071]

you are so very very lucky

[@kirbydude2523]

@@StarSpark3071 Of course it's in the one goddamn game where I can't breed them, but it's still a strange pattern. Also, that third playthrough I mentioned is a shiny-only playthrough, in which I recently caught my 5th shiny (my team is Victreebel, Charizard, Golbat, Gyarados, and Weezing, in the order they were caught)

[@StarSpark3071]

@@kirbydude2523 ok?

[@lextatertotsfromhell7673]

I think partner pokemon might have a 50/50 chance

[@23hoursofsleep]

@@lextatertotsfromhell7673 Yeah I think it's different in the Let's go games.

[@Abderian]

"I named him Levi... after the Leviathan!" Levites: "Sure, okay, I see how it is..."

[@afterburn7225]

I guess the Levites aren't important enough

[@XxCalamityAngelxX]

T^T

[@rainierlozano3093]

Levi from aot: "..."

[@CD-lj4qs]

Rainier Lozano weeb

[@bigdaddydelphox6022]

@@CD-lj4qs Ok boomer

[@fugitive8448]

Pokemon: survives with 3 hp Me: where is quick attack when you need it

[@Ob1tuber]

Or any priority move

[@HugoMedLuev]

Mach Punch, Aqua Jet, Bullet Punch, Me First

[@samboi1333]

Still chill

[@108spirits5]

does 2 damage

[@superp2222]

Lol it's why I run priority moves and no miss moves on all my pokemon

[@grhysmonkey1416]

15:33 You can split that double battle into two single battles if you talk to one of the trainers from the side.

[@fadhilmulyono9230]

SmallAnt did exactly that thing to overcome mandatory double battles during his No Damage playthrough challenge.

[@gengarzilla1685]

I seem to remember one of those two having a Gyarados, something that Mikey consistently struggles against in his playthroughs, and the route is in permanent rain. That single trainer would have given Mikey issues even if it were 1v1.

[@MBrosTVee69420lol]

Michael : names all pokemon biblical names God:I see this as an absolute win

[@jeffreygao3956]

Funny way to say Helix.

[@Treeckoboi1]

​@@jeffreygao3956uhh no it isn't

[@gailcottrell2642]

Mikey- can we beat pokémon platinum- Cynthia- *NO.* Later... Wait what? Did he seriously put no problem and Cynthia *in the same video?????*

[@roubroud]

Ikr im replaying platinum right now and I literally gave up

[@gengarzilla1685]

I had no difficulties either and I only brought four Pokémon to the league, none of which were overleveled. Wallace gave me more grief than Cynthia tbh.

[@CJSKTX]

its way harder in dp than pt

[@SproutTussle]

I had literally no trouble with cynthia and the irony here is that I had trouble with the unova league for the first black and white games.....OF ALL GAMES I HAD TROUBLE WITH THOSE TWO >:|

[@Twinklethefox9022]

I kinda over leveled for Cynthia. They said a weavile could never beat Garchomp, i 1-shotted it. (Shoted it?)

[@romantorchic971]

Your Monferno had blaze active when you hit Fantina’s Mismagias the first flame wheel. But since you healed Monferno up blaze wasn’t active and that’s why it did less damage.

[@huynhngocchau8480]

Yeah

[@lisahenry20]

Doesn't blaze come into effect when the pokemon is less than half? If so shouldn't it have kicked in the second time too? Or is it less than a third of it's health?

[@romantorchic971]

Lisa Henry Blaze kicks in when the Pokémon is 33% (1/3) of its Max health.

[@shinypika1801]

It could have also been a high roll, then a low roll afterwards. But the blaze idea is highly possible too.

[@alargeredlizard3003]

OMG YOUR SO BIG BRAIN YOU KNEW THE REASON YOU HAVE 30000000000 IQ

[@themanhimself24]

Mikey:I decided that just having a team of just Eeveelutions would be kind of boring Penny:Oh really?

[@sieiaijshdiwoakzbwyuqozp]

Barry: We killed him Ludacris 3 years later:

[@stoegerz6697]

I love this guy. He’s so excited, greeting, interesting, entertaining, and knows a lot about Pokémon

[@roboticscorpion7243]

Knows a lot about Pokemon? Yeah some pokemon. But the dude showed his memory is a joke 🤣 not joking in his video when he tries to name the pokemon by their sound.

[@broom8173]

@@roboticscorpion7243 OOH lmao i'm watching that video next

[@LjuboCupic1912]

Robotic Scorpion knowing a lot about something =/= having a good memory.

[@samualwakoski8061]

You forgot to add SEXY!!

[@samualwakoski8061]

@Xiadash He's been elected the number one hottest poketuber

[@insertclevernamehere1186]

Pokemon: "Gotta catch em all" Michael: "Amateurs..."

[@Dan-subvex]

Gotta gift em all to Michael

[@chiisai22]

Gotta hatch em all

[@samunstosray4331]

Gotta revive em all

[@vuongvu6981]

Gotta kill em all...

[@yanick9850]

Gotta train them all

[@olganiemczynowicz2360]

Fantina: Loses to her own pokemon Michael: Hello, I'm a mirror

[@TheJbones24]

When he's leveling up rampardos, does that make him Solomon grindy.

[@dragonmaster613]

Was he born on a Monday?

[@loganthomas5736]

@@dragonmaster613 Christened on a Tuesday?

[@yungmanray2939]

@@loganthomas5736 got married on Wednesday?

[@Megapowertooldragon]

Alternate title: "Beating Sinnoh with the army of God"

[@somebody1870]

You are a man of god(my parents forced me(kinda)in to believing in god )Am I right

[@somebody1870]

Seriously kinda

[@somebody1870]

Ok bai

[@lordfawful9469]

PURIFY THE HEATHENS

[@rockmanzeromodernday941]

Alternate Title: "Beating Sinnoh with Only Gift Pokemon"

[@Royal-sd8eh]

23:57 Because it was hailing, Frosslass’s snow cloak made moves miss 20% of the time, and the double teams just made it even harder

[@rockmanzeromodernday941]

Glaceon's First Things: Number One, Since it's hailing, Blizzard won't miss and Bypasses Accuracy.

[@memelocks7066]

When I played through platinum I accidentally growl and it switched another Pokémon and it switches frosslass and I beat it and abomasnow comes out lol

[@Royal-sd8eh]

@@memelocks7066 lol. I’m assuming you mean roar tho?

[@memelocks7066]

@@Royal-sd8eh yes lol

[@liamoriesga7735]

dang i hated that as a kid

[@standingonbusiness1441]

Snorlax: So..you thought you had all the pieces right where you wanted! Ludachrist: I have so many moves I have yet to be play! Snorlax: You should’ve stayed buried! *goes for hyperbeam*

[@mateiolteanu1916]

Its my idea that if he got shieldon he would have named him "Moses" beacause his head looks like one of the tablets that moses used to write the 10 rules.

[@randomagender8330]

The 10 commandments sound so much less impressive when you phrase them as the 10 rules.

[@unitds27-delta]

Fun fact, there were originally 15 commandments but then Moses dropped one of the tablets

[@primarina9812]

This challange is also known as the “the way you played pokemon when you were 3” challenge Edit: hello again

[@RedtheMudkip]

Bold of you to assume I didn't catch heaps and heaps of the same cute Pokemon over and over again when I was 3

[@inanjarif1388]

Bold of you to assume that I didn't just randomly throw PokeBalls at everything when I was 3.

[@soxnpats4lyfe]

Bold of you to assume Pokemon even existed when I was 3

[@gorochin.4401]

Bold of you to assume that i can even remember what i ate last night yet alone if i even knew what a pokemon was when i was 3

[@fuegofire301]

Bold of you to assume I even had the game at 3

[@Moon-nk3co]

7:09 Ludachrists flame wheel swept through the gym **shows monferno using ember**

[@piksnas8]

MoonDarkWolf An earthbound fan he sped it up so he must’ve used flame wheel after

[@lilychoi1365]

H

[@iianwas5037]

WHEN I PLAYED PLATINUM ALL OF VOLKNOR’S RIACHU’S FOCUS BLASTS HIT ME!!!!!!!

[@shrubin5995]

f

[@mekomamizuko]

Volkner needs to go to jail because that can't be legal

[@User-wt8gd]

michael: levi is still useless. AOT fans: *CONFUSED* *SCREAMING*

[@Killa45]

Faxx 😂

[@Pokeplayzs]

Lol true

[@walkingtowersyndrome]

What does aot mean?

[@lucaselizeche8245]

@@walkingtowersyndrome Its an anime

[@walkingtowersyndrome]

@@lucaselizeche8245 no what does aot mean fully? I know it must be a type of anime.

[@tesold1048]

not too difficult when the best Pokemon in the game are gifts.

[@breadburner7276]

Yup

[@Panthers8912]

This isn’t even a challenge lol. You can easily beat any game with just the starter

[@MandJTV]

@@Panthers8912 Ah but not truly, because 5 HMs are required to get through the victory road. So ONLY a starter isn't actually possible. The challenge is figuring out the HM situation and setting up the team is the best way with such limited options.

[@Fahronaces]

@@MandJTV The hardest game to do this challenge in would be Ruby, and Saphire because the only gift Pokemon Available before the Elite 4 are your starter Wynaut, and Castform.

[@smaulge]

@@zanzer5163 only mudkip but castform ruined the run and he needed it for Tate and Liza

[@maldman7023]

bruh when michael was saying about wake an ad comes in and after the ad Michael says: I'm glad that's over

[@mactheavenger1495]

Lol

[@soupmuncher.]

Plot is the only way I hope I have

[@angryasian7654]

COINCIDENCE!?!? I THINK NOT

[@itz_creativeangel1993]

I ruined the 69 Likes Lol

[@itz_creativeangel1993]

You fool I can also unlike the comment to make it 68 :)

[@arielmccarthy4892]

I love this concept! Thanks so much for the idea! It sounds so fun can't wait to try!

[@sammi8696]

I went into Gardenia’s gym 3 levels lower than Roserade. After a butt load of poisoning and having my Kadabra faint, I finally managed to beat it.

[@l3nis578]

I realized that in Sunyshore City, the gym leader starts the battle with Jolteon. Imagine the Jolteon popping out of the Pokeball, landing and then saying: "Hi everyone. It's a pleasure to be here on your show today".

[@charadreamer6818]

Jolteon not now

[@thatoneasiandumbass]

then the opponent have a Onix ;)

[@charadreamer6818]

Wait wasn't that the cue

[@asrieldreemurr3651]

Chara Dreamer holy frick first *my name but a anogram*

[@lockyfirer1931]

Can you help me? What does this means? I can't get the referencee

[@MonikaLover]

Mandj: Lets fight giratina Giratina: is shiny* MandJ: Why are we still here? Just to suffer

[@Frog-ux5qu]

Canonically the most difficult shiny pokemon to obtain

[@theregularterrarian3933]

Game: 'crashes'

[@jacobdoolan4978]

Wait really?

[@kgamesnyc]

If I was Mikey, I would impose this rule: If you find a shiny, you can catch it, but then you must put it in the PC

[@Frog-ux5qu]

@@jacobdoolan4978 No, it's a reference to a shiny hunter ( I cant remember their name) whose game crashed after hours of hunting for a Shiny Giratina

[@jarodberg4808]

His heart gold video inspired me to do a shield one without catching Pokemon (ones that you are forced to are obviously an exception, and dlc is included) Currently on my way to the first gym with a grooky, eevee, pikachu, alolan sandshrew, and alolan meowth

[@cavader1381]

Pikachu? Where do you get a Pikachu without catching?

[@jarodberg4808]

@@cavader1381 an NPC gives a gmax pikachu if you played let's go pikachu

[@unitds27-delta]

@@jarodberg4808 same with eevee if you have Let’s go eevee

[@BaiZoo]

Togetic metronome play in Fantina’s gym was absolutely sick. I mean what are the odds?

[@SkyTom64]

5:15 "Ludachrist gained 666 exp. points" Hmmmmm...

[@PSIgmr]

Mr. Game and Tomsta More like anti christ

[@RuilinLinRyan]

More like Ludafer

[@gaminggamerguy9107]

Mr. Game and Tomsta Hm yes he’ll is now hellyeir

[@lukelucario7189]

More like Lucifer

[@waterworks_yes]

Mr. Game and Tomsta illuminati

[@MarcosVinicius-re2hi]

The reality is: You can beat Every pokémon game without any catch Let's Go: Are you sure about that?

[@giantheccinwyvern]

Oh yea... The starter is wild caught at the start. Big Brain Indeed Sir

[@jako4446]

in black&white and x&y you have to catch the legendary pokemon

[@xtrabutbetter]

Should've been, "Are you challenging me?".

[@lukiethecottoncandywolf7114]

I'm actually doing a nuzlocke of Let's Go, and it sucks. I've lost to Brock and had to restart 4 times now since I'm not using healing items, only pokemon centres

[@blumouse8539]

@@giantheccinwyvern no that counts as getting it

[@emeroxo]

There’s a kitchen fixture waiting outside your house. It’s an appliance to wash your hands. *Let that sink in.*

[@thijsfransen1691]

The Fantina damage difference was caused by Monferno's blaze

[@MandJTV]

oooooooh

[@lyndatomkinson7176]

The starters abilities are amazing

[@AzureRobinson]

Ironically, if he didnt heal all the way, he would have gotten back into blaze, survived, and fainted the mismagius

[@thijsfransen1691]

@@AzureRobinson oh well, we all learn something new every day don't we

[@lyndatomkinson7176]

That's true

[@voxhiberionacum7211]

Jolteon: it's a pleasure to KO your Ludichrist!

[@thewoolooherder5918]

HOLY MILTANK (wait, that doesn’t exist)

[@louvenoct]

Vox Hiberionacum hail yeah

[@Enderia2]

The Wooloo Herder yep its milktank

[@thedrugdealinhoneybadger7568]

this team is officially recognized as the boys in bible club

[@bluevern904]

Michael: Cranidos must have a big brain Cranidos: literally has an incredibly small brain just to make its head tougher

[@michaelwelch1785]

Mikey: I named him Solomon because King Solomon was wise and Craniados has a big head. Me: ...and you got him from mining. King Solomon’s Mines is the title of a very famous book. 😶

[@cecilearistoteles9605]

Proverbs

[@jefdalevidal4978]

Ok, nerd

[@Beyondthe5thPanel]

That and Levi is an actual Biblical name, was the patriarch of Leah and Jacob and most of the line of the Israelites came from him , so his Leviathan reference is a bit out there.

[@sporout7248]

But it’s a dinosaur

[@sporout7248]

They have small brains

[@chandramoulimukherjee6653]

Proffesor: I want u to Complete the Pokedex MandJTV: "Let's Sell All Pokeballs" Proffesor: Am I a Joke to You MandJTV: Yes, yes you are

[@jaqe0909]

Am I a joke to you memes are getting...kinda boring now

[@quaxlyquixote4003]

@@jaqe0909 it's because they're dying

[@jaqe0909]

@@quaxlyquixote4003 exactly

[@spider-mancantsee5875]

Fuff they have always been dumb

[@ilikeoranges8784]

VideoGamesDontCauseHarm ya but now its dyeing even more

[@dogecompany0076]

I love how mikey has high 50's as his team for the league, but I'm sitting here grinding my level 50's in pokemon insurgence to get ready for the fourth gym

[@Osama_Rashid]

Umm, level what ?

[@ArkabrataDatta11]

this is probably your best team I've seen in your play throughs. awesome

[@BlueWolfZero]

Quick Note: Hustle only lowers the accuracy of physical moves. Special and Status moves are unaffected by Hustle.

[@Pk_mn]

Its still useless on Togetic

[@ricardoadriel7425]

I mean fly was needed for Lucian alakazam

[@gengarzilla1685]

He could have just used Lucario's Extreme Speed though.

[@mekomamizuko]

@@gengarzilla1685 Lucario is weak to psychic

[@raytheman5316]

​@@mekomamizukolucario is neutral to psychic cause of it's dual steel type

[@nerdymidwesterner3662]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who had such a hard time with Mismagius. On my most recent playthrough I lost to Fantina 4 times in a row, then after that I had a full team with only Bitchmagius left, and it proceeded to bend my entire team down and critical hit them all with shadow ball killing everyone. That marks Bitchmagius's spot as one of my least favorite pokemon ever.

[@Bewioeop]

Nah I had the a probelm on the first one but still manage to make it through. I used garaydos bite to sweep her other pokemon and did a good chunk to her mismagius. My garaydos faints and I switch in luxray because he has bite but she confuses me and i hurt myself multiple times and didnt get a bit through if luxray didnt hit it self i would win pretty easy, i switch in staraptor to do a little ompf of dmg but didnt get anything through. I only finished her off with a hurt monferno. Yeah lots of people have problems with her. All of my pokemon were lvl 27 ok.

[@somebody1870]

I lost twice then the platform I played it on disappeared then it reappeared *IMAGINE MY FRUSTRATION*

[@somebody1870]

@@Bewioeop wow long comment

[@Bewioeop]

@@somebody1870 u havent seen my battle in pokemon emerald elite 4 with ludicolo BS double team strat

[@Bewioeop]

that battle took 37 minutes with 43 revives + 52 hyper potion used

[@onebuttonmicrowave5778]

Game: "Ludachrist gained 666 Exp. Points!" Me: *Confused Screaming*

[@sand747]

Lmfao

[@silverthehedgehog5187]

That happened twice

[@laprinhound9369]

Aka Giratina gives life

[@mustangracer4964]

@@silverthehedgehog5187 it's always 666 exp

[@jeeksblue5371]

I love how Michael forgot about blaze vs the mismagius LOL

[@devildynamite7454]

Honestly.....it is pretty forgettable

[@kitristxr]

"And there was this time of the battle where it looked like skuntank was smelling purugly's butt."

[@lazyliongames5858]

Wait when

[@reptileillusion8153]

COMFIRMATION, PURAGLY AND SKUNTANK *ARE DOGS* !!!

[@thewoolooherder5918]

@@reptileillusion8153 Skunktank is a skunk, like a badger, which is closer related to a weasel, but weasels are the closest things related to the Canidae family

[@reptileillusion8153]

@@thewoolooherder5918 ok... I guess...BUT THEY ARE *MASKED DOGS* (SUSPANCE SOUDS)

[@pierrederonet8478]

@@lazyliongames5858 26:18

[@l1nc0ln97]

Volkners Raichu: Misses Focus Blast Me: A FOOLISH MISCALCULATION!!!!!

[@reptileillusion8153]

Also raichu:shokary doppaty, I electroput you in my property

[@Noggle03]

Nice meme throw back, good job

[@jayant7753]

Naming a "short" pokemon Levi Levi Ackermann - Oi oi oi oi

[@poketrenerboberowy8130]

IS THAT FIDGET SPINNER

[@user-hj5lr7yf6z]

OH GOD THEY A SIMPER

[@fatalynx0721]

Super enjoyable worth my time looking forward for more

[@AbsolsRazorWind]

Michael, can I clarify something for you? Assurance is not Revenge. Its damage does not double when the user takes damage, its power doubles when the target has taken damage the same turn. So it's only useful in double battles, or against a pokemon that is faster and has a recoil move.

[@Kamirasu]

or when the opponent switches and the next pokemon is attacked by stealth rocks

[@gengarzilla1685]

Or when the faster Pokémon attacks while holding a Life Orb. There's really plenty of surprising applications for Assurance, even in singles.

[@AbsoluteScrubbishNpc]

Fantina: Lmao I will wake up and beat this trainer. Gabriel: how about no.

[@reptileillusion8153]

Mismagious:NOOO, U CANT JUST TRANSFORM INTO MYSELF WHILE ASLEEP Gabriel: ha ha metronomed transform goes wium wium

[@rockmanzeromodernday941]

Mismagius: Why did you use Metronome while I'm asleep? Togetic: Haha, Metronome! Ooh! Transform!

[@suchomimustenerensis]

Fantina:I fear no man, but that thing *Points at her Missmagius* It scares me.

[@paulchambers4431]

Michael you were very fortunate. I hatched half a dozen Togepi on my current playthrough of Platinum, before finally getting one with Serene Grace.

[@Adragos17]

This was so much fun to watch!!

[@adam-hd8yw]

Next episode : using Miltank in an entire playthrough

[@megasyam]

I'm conflicted in liking this comment because of the number 😂 Ahh decisions... P. S. I liked this comment so don't worry 😉

[@theguythatlies505]

Yes give michael Emotional Torture. LOL

[@toxicangel9873]

Can we get this to 666 likes?

[@alexandradordzhieva3835]

@@megasyam he he I liked

[@venomuz8958]

+_+

[@pa-ra-no-ia-insomnia9364]

What does Whitney's MILTANK and Optimus Prime have in common?... They both Roll Out

[@bluelink4532]

.........

[@nerdorocks6034]

uuuuuuuuummmm

[@meshawnjohnson330]

T-T

[@argengaming9183]

Kiki Moore lmao

[@eonshade6297]

Nice joke

[@kaotic763]

Barry’s Snorlax: I thought you were dead. Ludichrist: My death was… greatly exaggerated.

[@Staruo356]

Actually, Assurance does double damage if the TARGET has already recieved damage in the same turn

[@shockwavegaming1229]

Who watches Pikasprey Blue( or Yellow ) , or Mah Dry Bread do these sort of challenges

[@NightMangleAgain]

Me

[@Imberity_pagi]

I do!

[@ArchVolt]

Love those channels

[@genericname2593]

Do you watch John stone

[@sammetjeoliebol4084]

Me

[@plungerbotplays8214]

Ludacris: dies just before the league Jaidenanimations Blubby: I’m about to end this mans whole career

[@haydenschroer8535]

YES!!

[@zinsrtikatv14]

Blubby sweeped the floor with drake using ice beam

[@WalterWhite-pr5bs]

ASASZIN Bermuel And then proceeded to BE swept by armaldo

[@zinsrtikatv14]

@@WalterWhite-pr5bs yeah she was my favorite pokemon on jaiden's team

[@celbz]

Lol i think blubby got revenge for Chad and Sparky PLUS Ludacris

[@jeffreygao3956]

19:24 I thought it was good!

[@frostbitemelondemon2969]

I used the same Team as you, except I used Torterra and Bastiodon instead of Infernape and Rampardos, and I actually did Catch Palkia in my playthrough of Pokèmon Pearl. Other than Palkia, I didn't Catch any Pokèmon. And, I only did the Main Story Catchless, I caught all 3 Lake Guardians Post-Game after I beat The Sinnoh League.

[@fluffernal]

Me: can we have the bible? Dad: we have the bible at home. The bible at home:

[@fluffernal]

Biblical names.

[@videomakermiller8188]

Why would you want a new bible anyway

[@Oatmealyum]

@Xiadash Big brain

[@themckoys2570]

3

[@Oatmealyum]

@Xiadash 5

[@phanip7]

Hi, so I wanted to see who was the mvp of michaels play through, the way I did it was by giving one point for every known ko for a Pokémon, that was pretty much it, I only counted battles that you had to do, anyways, here’s the results, btw for like Aaron’s battle I didn’t know how many kills each, so I gave 1 point to every Pokémon he mentioned 6-vaporeon, 6 known kills 5-tie: Porygon z and Lucario, 7 known kills 3-tie: rampardos and togekiss, 12 known kills And number 1, winning by a freaking LANDSLIDE, infernape, 26 KNOWN KILLS Hope you liked it, thx

[@pink_moose991]

His team had 51 confirmed kills

[@charliegreen7043]

@@pink_moose991 6 more of these and he's a unovan sniper

[@srialekhyananduri7036]

That's nice work. Thanks

[@pabletoday9782]

Awesome idea

[@kiranvg4237]

Infernape yay

[@alphatoast5242]

The Phineas and Ferb reference was unexpected and really funny

[@nehemiahchung5222]

Wait when

[@whoisanarnb]

@@nehemiahchung5222 fossils, dun dun duuuuuun

[@UltimaSaviorDragon]

Just gonna comment here that I hatched my second shiny Pokemon while watching this video and tid bit for MandJ, it was a Treeko! Less than 100 eggs!

[@kazekamiha]

Okay, here's a challenge. Can you beat any Gen 3 or later game... With just a Castform?

[@slaterhatfield1564]

Kaze Kami I would love to see that!! Great idea

[@thomashoughton5270]

I actually dont think a lvl 100 castform could solo the elite 4 in gen 4, id imagine garchomp would still be faster than castform and would certainly one shot it especially if its diamond and pearl. I can see it being possible for gen 5 6 and 7 but gen 3 and 4 have too good of an elite 4

[@tyranitorn8632]

Petition for Michael to make a video ranking every Pokémon at 1 million subs

[@chendror872]

He literally made tier lists of all pokemon (fully evolved anyways)

[@chendror872]

@I like ducks I know

[@ThatOneGuy71217]

The reason that mismagius lived the 2nd flame wheel was because ludachrist had blaze activated. Therefore making flame wheel do more then it does normally. So healing monferno actually made Mikey lose the battle.

[@fruit3625]

"Alot of Volkners Pokemon is *surprisingly* fast." me: hes the electric gym leader..

[@gengarzilla1685]

Part of that is because Mikey assumes Lucario is faster than it really is, as he's surprised when Lucian's Espeon outspeeds it later.

[@T4zchi]

May we take a moment to notice the release date should make this video *"Is it possible to raid Area 51 without catching ANY Pokémon?"*

[@smaulge]

14:10 *"I used the Mismagius to destroy the Mismagius"*

[@dragonbaby14020]

Mikey I love your videos they make me happy and forget about all the bad in the world.

[@kronosscythegaming7971]

i used giratina to heal up all of my pokemon against garchomp. i thought giratina would go down after 2 dragon rushe but Cynthia misses 6 dragon rushes consecutively so like that my level 53 giratina takes down a level 63 garchomp with 3 dragon claws. one of them being a critical hit. the rest was handled easily by infernape as she only had 2 left roserade and lucario. i tell you that was literally the luckiest and closest battle i ever had any game and also because infernape was the last one standing with 10 hp because of an extrasensory from roserade.

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Can you beat Pokémon Platinum without catching any Pokémon? Me: Hey Joe, may I borrow your level 100 Arceus for a playthrough? Joe: Who the heck are you?

[@billyross8405]

U r gay

[@gabagoobers]

HAHAHAHAH JOE MAMA

[@pinklemonade5291]

@@billyross8405 Yes, I am

[@amberknight7301]

Well, that Arceus will disobey until the last Gym Badge, so good luck.

[@dfm-fn1qg]

@@amberknight7301 It's. A. Joke.

[@piiney]

Take a shot every time he says “I was not about to deal with”

[@qiekz]

Yeah good luck walking

[@gamingridley745]

Using hugs because the Bud fix him

[@aidanredding8058]

He only said it 3 times

[@fadingdreamx]

I actually got a serene grace togepi in my shield playthrough and I'm VERY GLAD I did, especially cause of ancient power

[@ilovemypool3526]

"Fossils!" "Dun duh dun duh" I can't stop playing it 😂😂😂

[@finalgenesis430]

That Mismagius literally was the Sinnoh equivalent of Whitney's miltank!

[@matbilko3318]

WE DO NOT SPEAK OF SAITANS

[@JohnSmith12648]

The only trainer girantina loves

[@fluffernal]

Me, who actually likes Miltank: People can have opinions.