Can You Beat Pokemon Red/Blue with Just a Beedrill?

[@Jrose11]

Coming soon is some Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl content. Even if you don't love the new games, I'm sure it'll be cool to see these challenges in a different Generation!

[@TheWrathAbove]

It's always cool to see runs in the newer games since they get way less coverage for challenge runs.

[@Jrose11]

@@TheWrathAbove It's been a goal of mine to do runs of the newer games. I missed the opportunity with Sword/Shield and I don't wanna make that mistake again!

[@deminybs]

Oh snap!! What a late night treat 🥰

[@Aegisoftheshine]

Glad to see you again wooooo

[@dynamite4056]

Even if the series ended up being unfinished, i'd love seeing another "behind the scenes" Catch Em All like with Ultra Moon

[@missmara4980]

"Bees aren't really known for their... bodyslamming abilities." Me, looking at the bees repeatedly plonking against my windows: Do they know?

[@Robi2009]

Always thought Beedrill is based on a wasp not a bee... As it "drills bees" 🤔

[@Shenaldrac]

Right, but they haven't broken through the window have they? Therefore their abilities with bodyslamming are bad, like he said. They're _attempting_ it but failing.

[@TruBluLew23]

I don't think Wooper knows it shouldn't be able to use Ice Punch either. They should be friends

[@Frikiman_H]

@@TruBluLew23 But what if Wooper itself IS the fist?

[@zedantXiang]

@ Waspidrill

[@generictrainer4513]

Rage being useful Jrose not forgetting Erika and doing all 8 Gyms in order this video feels highly illegal

[@DKQuagmire]

in gold and silver speed runs, rage is the move used to defeat Falkner, the first gym leader, with Totodile.

[@bobbuilder625]

@@DKQuagmire iirc, gen 2 rage doesn't lock you into using it, which makes it significantly better than it was previously

[@212mochaman]

@@DKQuagmire its also used for bugsy where it gets replaced by fury cutter

[@aceclover758]

Rage is actually OP for the first two Johto gyms so long as you can resist bug, ground (mud slap) and flying

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

@@aceclover758 I think wrester also use rage against whitney as well.

[@rehodaenerys9092]

"7 gym leaders completed. Should be easy!" *Sees that the video is only half done* Oh no...

[@jianweisim1029]

this is becoming a gig...

[@johnguyton323]

Kun M B

[@Cubeforc3]

That's basically every video. They're 50 minutes because the last 25 are running into the Elite 4 way too underlevelled only to realise some extra levels are needed to beat the game.

[@RedScatta]

This was me a 100%.

[@silastarso2111]

Yeah....

[@Scourge728]

"There are ways of optimizing this battle, assuming we have to do it again" *Glances at the runtime* Can't wait to hear about those optimizations

[@spencerbourne2103]

These videos have trained me to think "FAK I LOSE MY BADGE BOOST" every time I see a pokemon level up.

[@johnapple6646]

legit, I reflexively think that even when replaying Gen 5

[@StatusQuonald]

I even have that in later games 😅

[@HomeCookinMTG]

Unless you’re doing a challenge like this one there’s not even really any reason to use the badge boost glitch if you’re playing a normal play through of these games tbh. You have stat experience the AI doesn’t, on top of that the AI is notoriously bad.

[@Daffydubs]

I didn't even know about badge boosting, but now I can't stop thinking about it an how it screwed me over many times

[@r0bz0rly]

@@HomeCookinMTG yeah but we like to optimise

[@elysahatestostudy9364]

This series has quickly developed from "53 episodes of every base evolution" into "151 episodes of every Pokémon + a Mewtwo speedrun"

[@Tracker947]

"Bees aren't known for their body slamming abilities" You've clearly never heard the sound of two Bumble Bees colliding at mach 10

[@shytendeakatamanoir9740]

Aren't bumblebees bigger than wasps though? Not that it makes many differences mind you.

[@thekiss2083]

According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way a Beedrill should be able to body slam.

[@junejulyandaugust]

@@thekiss2083 Their nature don't allow it. Beedrill, does Body Slam anyway.

[@TheWillofTheMan]

@@thekiss2083 please tell me this is a reference to SmallAnt’s video

[@JH-fe2ho]

Or the sound of dying wasps hitting the window trying to come in.

[@rcGramma]

I would love to see a Porygon solo run! I feel like it is an often ignored Pokémon in gen 1, and it’d be cool to see it in the spotlight!

[@gamingwhilebroken2355]

I think porygon would be pretty easy. It’s got recover, psychic moves in a gen full of Poison types, ice beam/blizzard (in a gen full of flying and ground types), is a normal type (arguably the best type in gen I), gets two boosting moves by level up. It’s stat total is bad, but they’re well rounded. It’s biggest negative is it’s low speed. So it’d be interesting to see

[@johntarver5684]

@@gamingwhilebroken2355 wonder how it would rank with Mewtwo’s time!

[@gamingwhilebroken2355]

@@johntarver5684 Oh way worse lol for sure. I just think it might be deceivingly easier than it might initially appear. But, sometimes things look good on paper but suck in practice.

[@johntarver5684]

@@gamingwhilebroken2355 hopefully faster than the legendary birds. 😂

[@nihildwo4874]

@@johntarver5684 i mean moltres should be doable, but i dont think it can do articuno or zapdos.

[@andrewdsadfsdafvxcvfsafznw2]

Yo another drop from a truly legendary KZbinr. We're in for a treat.

[@FujiBou]

The fact that these videos never get old truly proves how turn based combat can be done well. There's so much depth and variety, granted there are things that are broken and stupid weak, but that dynamic really brings out mixtapes such as this double edge/mega drain, timing level up ditto, and using rage unironically. Ya love to see it

[@joetalentoh]

The Double Edge/Mega Drain strats were so satisfying to watch

[@DrFoggyPants]

This is it, folks. The closest we'll ever get to that Weedle run

[@alakhfrag3676]

Xddddddd

[@itssnover9000]

Bongzilla is the only weedle run XD XD

[@seanjohnson5474]

Just wait, all good things come with time

[@GlennMagusHarvey]

Aaaaaaaand he's now done a weedle run.

[@FluffyEclairs]

​@@seanjohnson5474 he did it now 😄

[@JayHankEdLyon]

Obviously so situational that it's useless, but Focus Energy actually COULD be useful for a set with Swords Dance to guarantee no crits and maximize damage.

[@nickperryman3662]

Yeah but what move do you give up? Usually there isn’t enough moves and everything else is needed

[@JayHankEdLyon]

Hence me saying that obviously it's situational enough that it's useless.

[@EvidLekan]

Thats clever but I thing is better take the risk of two Crit hit per battle than waste a slot move and a turn Beedrill Crit chance: 14,65% *First case* Turn one: use focus energy Turn two: Crit hit Total Critical Hit Chance: 3,6625% *Second case* Turn one: Crit hit Turn two: Crit hit Total Critical Hit Chance≈ 0,021

[@catprincess7935]

@@EvidLekan while thats true it would change if you take a free setup pokemon into account, then it would just improve the odds for the rest of the battle

[@shirothegamer7574]

I always give my pokemon 2 attacking moves, and 2 buffing/debuffing moves. If an attacking move either causes a status effect, or works with a status effect move, i use that.

[@Hyrulistic]

Oooh I was just saying "there's nothing I want to watch on KZbin today", and then this dropped! Perfect timing!

[@DarthNash6]

I actually had the same thought several times

[@Ospyro3em]

I did a Red Nuzlocke recently and Beedrill actually turned out to be a solid member. The fact that Bug is strong against Poison in gen 1 helped too

[@qwertziop0]

Beedrill is a really nice specialist in gen1 nuzlockes. Ita really good against the otherwise troublesome psychic mons, has good stats for the early game and a high crit rate. Its just really frail.

[@GhengizKanye]

never done red but firered everytime butterfree is a staple

[@chaosscott5682]

Learning that rage utilizes the badge boost glitch was the highlight of my day.

[@sebastiankulche]

I honestly like bug and poison being super effective againt each other. It makes more sense to me at least. This video proofs that Sabrina can be beaten with bug types like it was always intended, not like many people said.

[@closetodeathseth]

When I saw your new video was out I realized two things: You have the cleanest looking thumbnails You are my favorite KZbinr based on how excited I got! Keep up the great work! Glad to see you back at it!

[@drill6912]

I was actually inspired by your vids and did this run a few months ago. Beedrill was my favourite pokemon back in the day, despite it being quickly overshadowed by other evolutions. Thanks for all the great content and for motivating me to dust off my old game boy and red cartridge.

[@AzFYouTube]

You're killin it my dude keep it up!! I'm really glad you took time for yourself and came back even better

[@Pacca64]

I love beedrill in gen 1 solely because they gain access to the only viable bug move in the game. Bug type was an offensive juggernaut in gen 1, hitting so many pokemon super effectively or doubly super effectively, but only one pokemon really gets to enjoy that. Shame it got nerfed offensively after it started getting more moves.

[@stevensamuels4041]

Parasect , is the best Bug Pokemon Gen 1 ,

[@mamacrow2759]

@@stevensamuels4041 Pinser???

[@stevensamuels4041]

@@mamacrow2759 parasect can counter alakasam

[@DoffyDogg]

Jolteon also geta pin missle at 28

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

​@@stevensamuels4041really? How so? I'm not familiar with this and it sounds cool

[@theorenchase9842]

I'm a simple man. I see JRose, I watch JRose. It's the little things in life. Keep it up, my man.

[@leedsunited8787]

agreed. This guy is so much better than mahdrybread, who sucks.

[@mij5786]

@@leedsunited8787 mdb's content is lackluster tbh. It's nicer to get quality in depth videos than it is to get mediocre weekly ones

[@leedsunited8787]

@@mij5786 Definitely. Proves views do not equal equality.

[@andresirigoyen]

Out there somewhere, one gentle tear slowly falls down Arin Hanson's face, a face beaming with joy and ecstacy at the existence of this video.

[@spindash64]

@@daysiessss Does Arin know about them creating Mega Beedrill? I really hope so

[@alexisauld7781]

"Okay, what's the kid bought to humiliate us with today?" "bzzzzzzzzzzzzz" "...Do you hear something?" "BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ" "...Dear Mew no..."

[@soda_ghost1024]

Dear mew no got me xD

[@mysticmongrel1289]

At least it's not Rusty's Beedrill

[@danielrader3253]

@@mysticmongrel1289 hey better watch what you say or Pikachu will bust a cap in you

[@mysticmongrel1289]

@@danielrader3253 I'm saying Pikachu is scarier tham that Beedrill

[@Pao-vo8mf]

I love this channel and being able to experience how broken gen 1 is without having to go through the pain of playing it. I often listen to the videos at work to make it more bearable. thanks for the nice content and keep it up :)

[@wumbology72]

This video should be renamed to: How GOOD was Swords Dance ACTUALLY? - History of Swords Dance in Pokemon solo runs (Gens 1-1)

[@limerumpus3589]

UN-fortunately, beedrill was simply not powerful enough to compete against other swords dance users such as scyther and kingler. Thus beedrill plummeted down to the lonely Never Used.

[@TruBluLew23]

RIP VGC lol

[@athath2010]

I'm surprised that JRose didn't keep Focus Energy so that he could use it to avoid critting while he had his Swords Dance boosts.

[@wumbology72]

@@athath2010 that woulda been big brain but he probably needed the extra move slot

[@ryancotmac]

Honestly, I love coming back to some of the older videos on your channel, as there's just 1 thing that I miss with your newer ones - the intro, it brings me so much joy 😂

[@Blasphazar]

It's stupid, but honestly with badge boosting, there is a use for focus energy. Since crits ignore your badge boosts, using focus energy ensures you'll never crit so your badge boosts will always be good

[@sachi7614]

but it still isn't worth the move slot just to negate a 1/16 (I think) chance of a crit

[@bungusmcchungus]

@@sachi7614 you'd be right if you're talking about gens 2-6, but crits are based on speed in gen 1, so beedrill has a 14.65% crit rate

[@sachi7614]

@@bungusmcchungus That's about a 1 in 7? I still wouldn't consider it worth a move slot, personally

[@bungusmcchungus]

@@sachi7614 oh it's for sure a totally worthless moveslot, but it's slightly less totally worthless than you'd expect

[@eyalinbar4845]

I mean, if u use items, just use a dire hit

[@geraldgee3119]

For me, the timbre of your voice in this video sounds like youre feeling better, calmer. I love that. Im always so excited when a new Jrose video comes out! By far the best challenge run content. Best regards

[@mr.business2922]

This might be as close as we get to the Weedle run

[@MrCharrrles]

kakuna matata?

[@anlev11]

Is it even possible a Weedle run? I mean, i know that JRose tried it but couldn't beat Agatha. I think it's actually really impossible to do it, since her last pokemon is immune to struggle

[@MrCharrrles]

@@anlev11 There's probably some odds where weedle can do it given the right ivs at the start and extremely good luck it would be interesting to see if someone has calculated it. Also where is the video of that run?

[@anlev11]

@@MrCharrrles someone said in a comment in a previous vidro that he made a Twitch stream, but didn't posted on yt About Weedle, the problem is that it can only learn poison sting as an attack. If we suppose a Lv 100 Weedle with perfect IVs, stat exp and luck, and also full PP ups, it would need to beat her before running out of PP, but that's hard since all her pokemons resists poison and 3 of them 4x resists, and Weedle is very weak. I think it may be really impossible, but we need to actually calculate that

[@KaoruMzk]

@@anlev11It's possible, a German KZbinr called Creepfan LP did it. Agatha took him thousands of attempts and the strategy boiled down to pray for critical hits.

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

Having mega drain was such a good compliment to beedrils skill set, imagine how much time u would save if it had mega drain or even absorb from the start so Brock wouldn’t have been such a brick wall

[@fixmein4558]

This. This is the one I've been waiting for. Just did my own run with him and I can't wait to see how it compares! Love your videos

[@aepstein824]

How did it compare?

[@djeldj]

Commenting to also hear the comparison

[@rowclaw2734]

^

[@fixmein4558]

@@aepstein824 sorry for the delay, but it was actually really close! I finished at lvl 67 and another hour or so of game time, but I also did go grab hyper beam(super thankful for the no recharge on faints in gen 1 haha) and never used double edge. Also I spent some more time grinding in the early game, so I think between that and the game corner is where the time was different. I also had an easier time with the elite 4 but some of that might have been luck and some might have been just my lvl. But yeah pretty comparable for the most part. Lastly just shout out again to jrose. Love the videos, I never did solo runs like these until watching these videos. I even listen to them while running haha thanks for putting out such great content!

[@fixmein4558]

I'll add that until I gave myself that challenge I had grossly underestimated beedrills usefulness. The dude cleaned house

[@TheOtomeJenny]

I knew this was already possible by a long shot from when Game Grumps played the remake of Red/Blue

[@posthistoricdino422]

I like the palette for this one, it looks like everything has harsh and dramatic lighting

[@sonnenblume4]

I got out of bed to watch this. Couldn't sleep anyway, too hyped for Pokémon tomorrow! Always happy to see an upload from the best badge booster in the north! Keep it up!

[@SemiHypercube]

I never thought I'd see the day where Jrose would use Rage and it actually being helpful

[@andrewxu3602]

He's used Bide and X Items in helpful ways before too. I wouldn't discount anything by this point.

[@justanotherperson5770]

Yo honestly glad you're uploading again. I miss watching the videos especially the longer ones. Hope all is going good with everyone who reads this 🙂🙂

[@amberhernandez]

"And this has been some of the most difficult eight gym battles I've had in a long time." The video: haha bee sweep go brrrrr

[@itspaafekuto]

bzzz surely

[@bm-qg5ei]

So glad to see 2 videos so close together. You're an artist of your craft.

[@7deuc2e38]

I literally exclaimed yay like a small child receiving a gift when I saw this upload

[@ravenecho2410]

such a cool build, couldnt believe it would even work let alone an awesome build the way all moves fit - favorite build I've seen so far. tho im now making mimoc a necessity for some non recover based pokemon

[@JustAnderw]

I was just thinking about how this run would be cool to see! Can't wait to see one of my favorite pokemon, vulpix, go against her eternal rival growlith

[@Lokiip]

Yay you're back for another one without the massive time in-between!! I'm so thankful. Your content is everything to me. I've had to rewatch everything twice. Thank you for this. It REALLY does help some of us more than you could imagine!

[@VaddyLemon]

This is gonna bee an interesting run. I bet you’ll drill a lot of info into my head.

[@jordancwoodard4568]

I heard it’ll create quite a buzz.

[@fizzbrew]

Especially since the information is beeing delivered by a voice as sweet as honey.

[@Descro382]

That's an unbeelievable pun

[@danielfrancis2627]

Jrose11 I love your Pokemon video's because they have helped me improve my battling in the older Pokemon games. Thank you very much you kind Sir.

[@PersonGoneFarAway]

If there were to be a reoccurring villain in the pokemon animes that weren’t Jessie and James then beedrill would be the perfect substitute

[@samperez1727]

Yep, Beedrill occasionally shows up out of nowhere (even in some recent anime episodes) to cause problems for Ash and company, and even Team Rocket.

[@SRPC21]

I LOVE these videos, it’s such a good idea. I thought I was weird for beating this game at least 20 times with different scenarios/giving myself huge disadvantages but there’s clearly others out there who think the way I do 🙂.

[@RoboJay-jq3cu]

Glad my all time favorite Bug Pokemon and one of my favorite Pokemon of all time is seeing some love! You rock Jrose, keep up the great content!

[@lillithplays6514]

Nothing beats the joy of looking at your subscriptions page and seeing a new Jrose video.

[@namesake112]

When I saw a new jrose upload I gasped so hard I choked on my mac and cheese!!! I love these videos so much!! It really makes my entire week whenever a new one is uploaded!

[@christianrossel4123]

I'm watching the first Lance battle and screaming at the screen that he should use mega drain on the dragonairs to get hp back since they can't actually fight you

[@ZebNyan96]

Me too! :D

[@Thekoodie]

Beedrill, my all time favorite Pokemon of all time (and yes, this was before he got the mega). I understand he's not great by any sense if the word, I can't help but love his design, his ferocity in the anime, and the conceptually cool move pool he receives. Seriously, look at it. X-scissor, Drill Run, Poison Jab, Fell Stinger: if we had a trainer in the anime who's primary pokemon was Beedrill (and they weren't treated as a joke), I believe there is a lot they could do with the design and style of his moves.

[@andrewxu3602]

If only Beedrill had those moves back in Gen 1...

[@bodkin8914]

Waking up at 6.15 a.m. in Germany, checking youtube .... uh a new Jrose ^^ ... best breakfast in a long time :)

[@zch7491]

This guy is the bees' knees.... I'll show myself out....

[@peterjanson1058]

This Thanksgiving I'm thankful for: 2 Jrose videos in one month! Cool pokemon too. Thanks man.

[@TealZero]

As someone who used Beedrill for a multi-hit moves only challenge, I'm glad you're doin a run with him lol.

[@cryptodentist]

It brings me joy to hear you did bug only runs, as I did a gen 1 bug run way back in the day. If I remember, the gyms were a breeze but I got stuck on E4. Excited to see how you’ll tackle them…

[@UnknownVir]

40:55 Cool, nice to see you using mega drain on the Dragonair finally, I imagine it's because of time and trying to figure out consistency.

[@danielweis5501]

Please never stop. I don't have the words to describe how much I love seeing these videos

[@DunkeyIsBlack]

"Bees aren't known for their body slamming ability" You've never encountered a mud dobber

[@dragonspight]

I love how in this particular video, you go from talking focus energy being worse than nothing to not wanting crits ;)

[@zachrichardson3947]

One day we will get the Weedle Run, and that day will be mesmerizing.

[@TheDaniRainbow]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeedle

[@KaoruMzk]

That's going to be the most boring run ever. Just level up to 100 and pray for critical hits. Weedle can't learn any moves and without items, there's literally no strategy.

[@zachrichardson3947]

@@KaoruMzk I’m more interested to see if it’s even possible, that’s what would make it interesting to me

[@KaoruMzk]

@@zachrichardson3947 it is, a German Let's Player did it without items a few years ago. Forgot his name tho. Edit: I looked it up, it's Creepfan LP.

[@TheDaniRainbow]

@@zachrichardson3947 exactly, can Jrose do it without going insane?

[@svansiian2050]

This is as entertaining as always. These 50 minutes went by in no time. Love your videos man !

[@MysteriousGir]

Beating Red and Blue with Beedrill; Arin Hanson would be proud.

[@LeinaDZiur]

All hail Buntd,!

[@cbyoung11211]

Hey Jrose, I know these videos take a long time to make, but I just want you to know that I really enjoy your videos and I'm genuinely excited whenever you post a new video. Your videos are a perfect combination of nostalgia and empiricism. Thanks for doing what you do.

[@orangesilver8]

You didn't mention that twineedle is the only actual decent move that's super effective against psychic types in the entire game. So it's a nice benefit to beedrill.

[@markmills9899]

Just want to thank you for making videos I'm a hospice nurse and it really helps with my stress so thank you again

[@mrniceguy7168]

Beedrill is a true crapmon. Loved his design as a kid but damn.

[@Acsilverfish360]

Thank god he got a Mega.

[@Aegisoftheshine]

Too bad no megas in gen 8 really needed it but I guess beedrill doesn’t exist in gen 8 anyway

[@NicholasSunderland]

Bro take it back 😭

[@elephystry]

Did you see the video

[@Acsilverfish360]

@@elephystry Did you see when he beat the game with stuff like Diglett?

[@Phil-S8]

When Beedrill sees rock types, it starts rubbing its stingers together like Birdman.

[@flatziswashed]

beedrill's my favorite pokemon! i'm doing a solo run in blue with it as well :D this'll be awesome as a guide, thanks jrose

[@Rikrobat]

Another awesome Solo Run for the books~ I was never one for Bug Pokemon when I was a kid, so it's cool to see the different strategies that are good to use with Beedrill. Thanks for all of your hard work!

[@philj9491]

Everytime I played through Gen 1 as a kid, I had to get Beedrill and Butterfree. It would make me sad when I had to box them for better options as the game progressed. Glad to see Beedrill going the distance for once.

[@vesperianstar]

Aw, yes. Love these videos. Not only are they fun to watch (I love gen 1 quirks and these videos always show them so well), but every video that passes we're closer to Clefairy 👀

[@FAFO.K7NG]

LETS GOOOOOO BEEDRILL TWINEEDLE !!!!!!!

[@YukeWeiss]

Always a thrill when these arrive. Truly a great cap to a good day.

[@Pacca64]

I went the extra mile to give my beedrill hyper beam in one of my recent playthroughs. Don't regret it at all, the move was one of their few saving graces in the late game

[@lazertv3702]

I've been a big fan since the beginning of the series, and I've noticed that your strategies and playstyle have increased dramatically (specifically since Mewtwo set the gold standard, you've come up with some good time saving strategies to try to compete with that). What I think would be interesting is after all the other runs are complete, to do a rerun of the first three, to see the contrast in time and level between the starters after running the game at least 53 times. Who knows, maybe the starters would be completely ranked differently being ran with different play styles! Either way, great content, can't wait for the next video, much love from Nova Scotia

[@Bacchus325]

I was straight up thinking I wanted to try this run yesterday. Now I don't have to :-)

[@hi_im_toastu]

I am so glad you are uploading again, you are one of my favorite KZbinrs!

[@AkselJade]

Beedrill got slammed as a bad mon, but honestly, he was always my go to for dealing with psychic grass and poison. A lot of friends couldn't grasp how I was perfectly happy taking beedrill into the elite 4. He ain't super strong, but he's stronger than the credit he's given.

[@youtube-kit9450]

Well, Beedrill *is* a bad mon. It just is way better than anywhere else (aside from gen 6 with its Mega, arguably) in R/B's Kanto because of bug being super effective against poison, which turns so many neutral/NSE matchups into suddenly being super/doubly super effective. A fifth of the pokémon in gen 1 is part poison type, and Beedrill is the one Pokémon with a good STAB bug move. Thus, I'd absolutely understand anyone taking Beedrill in R/B PvE. if you pick Beedrill, might as well do it there to maximize its potential.

[@P4brotagonist]

JRose I don't know if you will see this, but I've been violently sick for days. I've been going out of my mind bored since I don't even have the energy to play a game, but sometimes I'm too sick to stay asleep. I saw this pop up on KZbin and it was like a gift from the gods. You've kept me sane while being sick.

[@tritrawithamixtape8073]

This run is one of the most interesting runs. Considering that you use Rage and do the intended order. It is a oddly normal run

[@christianlewis2897]

Hey man, I've been watching your videos since the start of this year and they have been awesome! I've recently started a new job and have to get up super early in the morning and your content is my favourite part of the day (along with a big cup of coffee haha). Just wanted to say thanks for giving me the motivation to get up early in the morning and start my day with a positive attitude. Also I'd like to shout out to Scott's thoughts for the exact same reason. Both of you guys are the best. All the best for the future

[@Dan-bz2nh]

Really hoping for some Drowzee / Hypno love soon. One of my absolute favorite Psychic type Pokemon.

[@ganjafi59]

@@DukeSR8 the next was actually Tauros and Beedof in BD and SP

[@qactustick]

I was just thinking about your videos earlier and whaddaya know, next time I'm on YT this pops up in my recommended! Only now though, almost a week after you uploaded it...I really enjoy watching these runs though, I hope you keep doing them!

[@L337N1NJ4L1NK]

Beedrill is actually fantastic in solo runs; in fact it was my favorite solo run I've done. Then again, I haven't watched the video yet. Edit: Ah, I think I see the issue. Beedrill is one of the best users of Hyper Beam in a solo run. I think that had you swapped out Double Edge for Hyper Beam before Lance you'd have been fine.

[@morrigankasa570]

My first ever Pokemon Game was Pokemon Yellow Version. One of my best (none-legendaries) teams was: Pikachu(of course), Charizard, Dragonite, Beedrill, Blastoise, Butterfree. I loved Beedrill and Butterfree they seriously helped me beat the game. My moveset for Beedrill was: Twineedle, Cut, Mega Drain, Poison Sting. I can't remember all of Butterfree's moves but I remember it had Sleep Powder & Dream Eater. In fact I defeated Sabrina's gym mainly relying on Beedrill and Butterfree, including defeating every Gym Trainer.

[@jellypuff5678]

I wonder if we'll ever see a run where Focus Energy comes in clutch on a stat-boosted pokemon constantly doing crits due to it's high base speed.

[@elliotmyers9071]

Use Focus Energy if you don’t want critical hits. A few times he could not one shot a Pokémon because he got a critical hit.

[@Kanbei11]

Depends if it can fit in the moveset I guess. Scyther could pull it off with wing attack and slash for attacks

[@mikeCD62]

Man, the champion's pidgeot really taught you about the birds and the bees

[@JustChiaki]

A new solo run? With Beedrill? This is gonna Bee great!

[@AzoiatheCobra]

have a like, a "buuuuuuuu" and get out

[@chasesigler1048]

After seeing him do a full run with a Magikarp this felt like easy mode.

[@paulmcnellis5678]

I know the whole point is "just" a beedrill, but would be interesting to know how much doing the evolution line would help. i.e. Having both poison sting and harden in the early game.

[@ceulgai2817]

And String Shot!

[@SoraDonaldGoofy99]

You actually can't get Harden by level up in the Gen 1 games unless you start with it as a Metapod or Kakuna. Except in Yellow, but that only happens with the Butterfree line.

[@paulmcnellis5678]

​@@SoraDonaldGoofy99 My poké knowledge ain't what it used to be. That's why I let this mad man do the hard work and just sit back and enjoy.

[@Unpluggedbwock]

So glad to see you with new content on here, I’ve been rewatching your solo series in hope of something like this getting dropped

[@firebirdca2066]

I actually want to see a scyther run. He is a pretty strong bug pokemon, and you don't see it very often.

[@yaboidragonitehere1137]

He is pretty good. But the problem with Scyther is that it's movepool is pretty barren. Lacks coverage against Rhydon and Golem

[@StevenOyston]

Not a question I had ever asked myself, but I am glad to watch the results. Awesome video idea!

[@Rouz102]

The only use for focus energy in this gen is to NOT crit when you have 3X swords dance set up

[@meiry491]

Love your videos! Keep it up, it is really fun to watch!

[@JonS554]

Man, that last champion battle was tense af 😰

[@haid8144]

so good to have u back. great content as always