Can you Beat Pokemon Yellow with Just an Abra AND NO SPECIAL MOVES?!

Potentially the most difficult challenge in Generation 1 that is actually possible, at least, in theory. With stats worse than Magikarp* it's not going to be easy!

[@smallman63]

Jrose after Magicarp run: I will never do this again. His Brain: I'll fuckin' do it again!

[@Jrose11]

I can't wait to see the response when I finally release the 2 other Magikarp videos I've been meaning to finish

[@genwunnergreen2100]

I can't wait to see him try a Chikorita solo run. At least it'll be up there with Mr. Stake in popularity. 😂

[@alexandercolefield9523]

@@Jrose11 watch Magikarp be better than Squirtle

[@somestranger4287]

@Some Guy 👀

[@jennytalia6724]

@@Jrose11 I've seen RPG stat hoarders before but you my friend are on another level

[@zzigzag286]

“oh he finished the 8th gym” *looks at the length of the video left* “oh no.”

[@deez2037]

Lmao

[@celeste7306]

Did the same thing 💀

[@mr.handsomecoffeecup2406]

At this point, I wouldn't doubt jrose would be releasing a "can you beat gold/silver with an egg no items?!"

[@benjamincooper358]

Gen 1 with a Feebas

[@ziosmic]

Benjamin Cooper that’s impossible other than FR/LG lol

[@ginak5802]

@@ziosmic That's the joke! 🤣

[@dakota6885]

@@ziosmic r/wooosh

[@oshersharaby]

This isn't even a hard challenge, especially when he's allowed to save & reset, and just farm lvls

[@danieljordan4137]

Gen I: Of course Seismic Toss can hit ghost pokemon! Also Gen I: Struggle can't hit ghost pokemon, you idiot!

[@Kev.in1997]

Gen 1: Biting a ghost is useless Gen 2: biting a ghost is super effective now

[@smaragdchaos]

Gen 1: Licking a psychic type is useless Gen 2: Licking a psychic type is super effective now

[@justanothercommenterwithan9089]

gen 1: poisoning a bug is super effective gen 2: poisoning a bug is not very effective

[@sand747]

@@justanothercommenterwithan9089 other way round poison does neutral against bug now and resists bug

[@jj209th6]

@@sand747 poison and bug were super effective against each other in gen 1

[@andrewxu3602]

(Sees title) You've got to be kidding me...

[@spinbirb580]

As soon as I saw it I just thought "He's finally gone mad."

[@StuntpilootStef]

@Roxas A Guinness? I don't think you can drink Jrose.

[@Cubeforc3]

One of these days I fully expect a notification for a jrose11 video called "Can you beat Pokemon Red with NO POKEMON?!"

[@StuntpilootStef]

@@Cubeforc3 You can do that in gen 2 with a walk through walls cheat. Pikasprey has a very funny video about it.

[@infernousgaming1393]

@@StuntpilootStef You can do it in Gen 1, too with an overflow/underflow glitch and arbitrary code execution. It's easiest and fastest in Yellow.

[@meefybiracle7434]

jrose: What a perfect pokemon to start with... me: Because it's yellow? jrose: than a pokemon that cannot attack

[@amymoreau2125]

Jrose11 is now officially THE Gen 1 challenge runner

[@MarkBonneaux]

I can't think of anyone else this masochistic

[@TheCalmPsycho]

@Rick K He hasn't done nearly as many as Jrose, right?

[@hendrahendra]

Watching Pikaspreys 6 smeargle challenge motivated me to do the same in pokemon USUM, worst thing I ever done. Salute and kudos to the people who can do these thing day in and out for sake of content and entertainment.

[@martso9288]

Genr unner

[@santtu3586]

Rick K o

[@ThJakester897]

Not going to lie, I wouldn't feel comfortable being in the same room as you because of how crazy this idea is.

[@mrpapagiorgio5404]

What a loser

[@Buttington_Headerson]

@@mrpapagiorgio5404 huh?

[@wyattoleff5278]

@@mrpapagiorgio5404 ok

[@willlllllllb]

All jrose11's abra knows how to do is teleport, struggle, level up, eat hot chip and lie

[@superbray1]

Lie more like die

[@Mom-dj8wp]

by yyy

[@latrodectusmactans7592]

"Not even Bruno is free" "I lost to Bruno" Dear mother of God.

[@ArthurTRead]

you know the run's next to impossible if jrose struggles with bruno

[@stompingpeak2043]

When I was a kid I'd struggle with the rock gyms in gen1/2. I remember cheesing gen2 with a beedrill at school lol

[@TaiWind]

Alakazam's dex entry in Emerald says that its muscles are too weak, so it uses its own psychic powers to move around. Certainly not the Alakazam that'd evolve from THIS Abra.

[@Fiore_The_Demon_Child]

Virgin Alakazam vs Gigachabra

[@DJTileTurnip]

Wow, Quarantine does a lot to people

[@BorrisBackyardigan]

Yeah, but JRose _been_ doing this shi for awhile now

[@burnsa868]

I can’t believe he was nuts enough to do this Abra grind once, let alone twice.

[@legomaster4188]

im surprised he didnt rare candy

[@thebestworst8002]

ivan bartlett he did

[@deez2037]

Lmao

[@BugOnAChip]

Gotta say man, I watch a lot of KZbin, especially during Quarantine, and your delivery, attitude, and knowledge is some of the best I’ve come into contact with. You seem very detail oriented and I appreciate all the steps you take on your runs, especially the RBY ones, to ensure your strategy is successful or just luck based. Haven’t even watched this video yet so hopefully you don’t fudge up all the nice things I just said. Lol

[@andersfjeldvr9099]

Jrose11, may 2020 "(...)practicing for my Abra no-damage-run that is a joke, I am never going to do that, trust me(...)" Suuure

[@Otonio_Bruno]

Then next month he releases the run he mentioned he would never do.

[@Javiercar]

can't wait for the Abra no-damage-run!!! PS: which is actually "imposible" due to the fact that u have to fight rival at lvl 5 and i wrote it between " " because maybe if enemy gen 1 misses or doesn't attack 25 turns in a row or smth like that you could struggle him down xD

[@johnalddrumph456]

@@Javiercar struggle has recoil damage which ruins that challenge immediately lmao

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

@@johnalddrumph456 he would need to breed an abra from crystal and have it know like confusion then put it back to pokemon red lol then he could do the challenge lol

[@thefaz3744]

Yo Jrose, there might be a Pokémon better than Ghastly: Tentacool; great stats (better than Ghastly), starts with Acid and learns WRAP at level 13. It can learn Surf, Swords Dance, it has a surprisingly great moveset.

[@Team_Orchid]

Probably not better than Ghastly but probably in a pretty high tier.

[@dzigayu4944]

@Reno Thomas tentacool has pretty good speed so it theoretically can cheese wrap all of these gyms

[@androsp9105]

Slow exp curve. It'll probably be in the second tier with poliwag and slowpoke.

[@priestesslucy3299]

@Reno Thomas it does have poison to help deal with the grass gym. Takes Neutral damage and can ice beam the grass Pokemon

[@atmosrykorskyuubi3810]

Might be same tier has poliwag

[@TrevCL]

Jrose when seeing Abra: Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me.

[@MazterP28]

Physical abra new meta jrose why you telling secrets out here

[@shadowtitanx3962]

@Doomguy Esq. Memes tbh. Even Pimpnite makes meme sets.

[@mrlardtard6552]

@Doomguy Esq. f yo mama lololololololol

[@mrpapagiorgio5404]

@Doomguy Esq. that's just how it works bro there's a lot of things that can't be explained

[@58209]

@@shadowtitanx3962 a lot of that "meme speak" is actually appropriated AAVE

[@SheepSlayer]

@Doomguy Esq. I liked the comment for what he said not how he said it. It wasn't "inarticulate" because I understood it just fine. This is a comment section, not an essay, relax.

[@estebanzd9434]

Everyday, our Jrose11 decends further into the madness. At the end, he will only see struggle and kanto.

[@ZenoDLC]

At least he's not being controlled by thousands of people at once, right?

[@astracrits4633]

@@ZenoDLC You say that like Jrose *isn't* possessed by ten Spiritomb simultaneously.

[@OliverNicholson130]

💋

[@luchodgdon3614]

Jrose: practicing for my abra no damage run jkjk i will never do that Jrose next week: I BEAT POKEMON YELLOW WITH ONLY 1 ABRA AND NO DAMAGE WAS TAKEN

[@priestesslucy3299]

Literally impossible without hacking on confusion or something lol. It's only attack until TMs is self damaging

[@zothOne]

@@priestesslucy3299 If you don't count struggle damage, because it's self-dealt, you can hope for the 1/256 miss chance of every attack, so I'm expecting this run by next week.

[@flamingphoenix4025]

that run is just literally physically impossible. You will loose that to wild pokemon after you drained all your Teleport TP, oh forget wild pokemon, first Rival Battle is the end already. Video would be 10 Seconds long. Starts:"So guys today we're gonna see if you can beat Pokemon Red/Blue/Yellow with just an Abra without taking Damage." 5 Seconds later:"So the difficult part is not getting hit by your rival's Pokemon, so we're gonna try and make him miss with the 1/256 Chance every turn while using Teleport to make sure he can't hit us and then after 20 Turns we will attempt to beat him down with Struggle while he continues to miss. And here is the Problem, you're gonna need to level up atleast 95 Levels before battling your rival and having atleast seismic toss or mega punch to be able to deal damage. After that, you're gonna have an easy time for the first parts of the game thanks to Seismic Toss one-hitting everything. Here comes another problem though, quick attack. To avoid taking damage from a quick attack we need to make the opponent randomly choose one of the 3 other Moves they still have so that we outspeed and KO before they can attack us."

[@kaptainKrill]

I had a thought, for your Pokemon tierings: Could you go back into your recordings and count the number of defeats/resets and add them to your decisions? I ask because, from what we saw as viewers, Jigglypuff seemed really, REALLY bad. And yet it got ranked relatively high because the level was low and the in-game time wasn’t very high. Is that still true if you factor in how many times you had to re-try? Just an idea- still loving the series!

[@stillwellstillhere1374]

100% agree

[@jan_is_exist4296]

it was literally like, in the bottom third tho, i completely agree with the current tier list. being someone who does Pokemon challenges in there own free time, whether a pokemon hits a massive brick wall at any point is probably the most important thing to consider due to those taking the most time/patience/will to live given that jiggly puff had minor stuggles throughout and no major brick walls its tier is completely reasonable.

[@Jrose11]

I could but I resets are super unscientific. Sometimes I ever reset after victories because I felt they were too lucky 😂

[@117Ender]

@@Jrose11 Reset for loss Resets for luck Find the avg Would be just extra data points

[@_mako]

resets only reflect how long it took to come up with a proper strategy or for the right numbers to show up with RNG, both of which could vary wildly from player to player, pokemon to pokemon and/or playthrough to playthrough

[@olegtalanin5325]

I literally wait for every Jrose11 episode with constant excitement. Am i a sadist? I dont know, but Jrose is the gen 1 champion in my eyes. I dont care about speedruns, all hail Jrose11.

[@Ultimaximus]

It's not that we're sadist, it's that it is fun to watch him do horrible challenges that none of us and most other KZbinrs would even want to attempt to do

[@reptileepic6945]

Forget about going to bed, Jrose11 just uploaded!

[@loulou3676]

I love how he says stuff in the 2nd person like "You're gonna need to be level 26" in these videos, as if we're planning to try this ourselves

[@MijmerMopper]

Of course. This is ment as a neat cheat sheet for all the abra solo runner amateurs that get stuck on any specific point.

[@aaronstafford8174]

Your narration is top notch and really separates you from others that do these challenges. Keep up the good work!

[@MichaelHoffmann444]

I think we need to have an intervention for jrose...

[@alfabusa]

Wooh, just might’ve have been the most intense Champion battle you’ve done, wow.

[@JamiesDay]

Really appreciate the work you put into these! You must be almost sick of red and blue (gen 1) at this point 😅

[@CAMSLAYER13]

Lmao I think he is, hence the recent yellow runs

[@levy9595]

@@CAMSLAYER13 Yellow is just more difficult

[@priestesslucy3299]

@@levy9595 and more pretty tbh. Yellow made a LOT of sprite revisions that stuck with the franchise with minor change from then on

[@kourii]

@@CAMSLAYER13 Well, he had already done his regular Abra solo run in R/B, and he's said before he doesn't like to do runs that are too similar to each other

[@CAMSLAYER13]

@@kourii I know he said that but it kinda went out the window when he also said he was gonna do like all the first evolution Pokemon I'm r/b. I do enjoy watching them but most of his recent vids have been quite similar

[@toetoe5626]

Jrose, just want to let you know quarantine has been a stressful time and I’ve had a hard time falling asleep and every time you make a new video I save it for before bed to help me wind down my day, I don’t know if you noticed how much people have appreciated these videos lately but please keep up the good work brother!!

[@jbdixon4020]

Toe Toe I was thinking the same thing! Jrose’s style has a nice wind down feel to it

[@infernalchampion5655]

I had a fever dream about this run like 7 months ago

[@MirinkaiserVODs]

All I hear is "Size McToss".

[@canaldecasta]

Sounds like a Batman thug

[@TangerineTux]

I was going to write the exact same thing. You beat me to it. In fact, it’s only once I saw it written down (in another video) that I got it.

[@hitkid2456]

@Pott Rott Could be the one for Supermac

[@lukeurbin7037]

Now that’s all I can hear, thanks lol

[@moretacos877]

That moment when you realize that it's an hour long...

[@ahumanbeing2992]

So is every other video on his channel.

[@adamkaris]

Yea I saw it was an hour when I was counting the 11 ad spots in the little bar XD

[@The_Yosh]

ecksdee

[@hitkid2456]

You get used to the length.

[@Sheu_ssbm]

Great vid, just a quick note on a mechanic you might not be aware of: When you fought Giovanni's Persian, you mentioned how you were initially using Body Slam in an attempt to crit or para. It should be noted that in gen 1 you cannot paralyze normal types with Body Slam.

[@Laurenrdraws]

I never knew that!

[@LiroRaeriyo]

now WHY is that a thing?

[@Sheu_ssbm]

I imagine it was to be more consistant with secondary effects against the same type that caused certain statuses. So the same way that a fire type cannot be burned by flamethrower, they made it so in gen 1, normal types cannot be paralyzed by body slam (since both the move and the opposing pokemon share the same type).

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

@Liro Raériyo ok so this is old but if you still don't know: gen 1 status moves check to see if a move is the same type as the pokemon it's trying to afflict. If they're the same you can't do the affliction. This makes a lot of sense with say Ember and fire types. Burning a fire type is stupid. So is poisoning a poison type. Electric types should logically be immune to thunder wave/paralysis. It has the unfortunate side effect of interacting with body slam. Since body slam is normal It can not paralyze a normal type. Body slam CAN however paralyze frigging electric types.

[@meticakolli1237]

@@bongosmcdongos4190 and in gen 2 twinniddle can poison steel types

[@rtshearrer]

This is the one channel I check daily to see when new videos are out. I love how you take an old game and find new ways to challenge yourself with it!

[@nataliestankovic2614]

I love when my favorite content creators are fans of my other favorite content creators. You and Summoning Salt are both top notch!

[@Rafa-ri4wd]

As a sidenote, I would love to see a status only challenge where you need to beat the game without being able to use any attacks

[@levy9595]

Dont do this to this poor man he has been through enough

[@tonyredmond3136]

Don’t put any ideas in his head because he’s bat shit crazy enough to try it

[@priestesslucy3299]

Does Counter count as a status move?

[@MrTakashihongo]

Don't give him anymore crazy idea for now, feel sorry for him at this point... But it is an interesting video should jrose picked this idea.

[@tonytang7550]

@@priestesslucy3299 Counter is categorized as a Physical Move, and Mirror Coat is categorized as Special

[@witnessfox3509]

Alright now to put it all together! Cant wait to see your "Can I beat pokemon yellow with only abra and no special moves in the least amount of battles possible" run. God speed.

[@priestesslucy3299]

I suspect this wasn't far from the minimum battles possible for Abra. Excluding it from Special moves is huge

[@mrniceguy7168]

Next video: can you beat Pokémon Red and Blue with your eyes gouged out and your hands cut off? Really, these videos are just perpetually more sadistic

[@priestesslucy3299]

'how long does it take to beat Pokemon yellow using only your nose to input controls'

[@YarrBr0]

😂😂😂😭😭😖

[@nahme5405]

27:14 - Doctors hate him.... How does Blaine even loose like 40kgs in 1 second?

[@RennWickam]

Watching this is a sad reminder that I couldn't beat the Fire Red Elite 4 with a Level 93 Charizard when I was 7

[@xXTobias_Erin_RogersXx]

Honestly.. Relatable

[@OmegaTyrant]

Later gens would change a lot of stuff that made it a lot harder to win at lower levels and as solo pokemon. Even ignoring the badge boost glitch and all the other ways Gen 1 can be exploited and broken in half, Gen 1 had the normal badge boosts and Stat EXP system to give your pokemon a massive statistical advantage, as well as atrocious AI and AI trainers having awful movesets (the movesets were somewhat fixed in Yellow though). Gen 2 fixed the exploits, and gave the trainers some sort of actual AI and better movesets, but it retained Stat EXP and the badge boosts, as well as added a new mechanic where each badge boosted your moves of the same type by 12.5% (e.g. once you beat Faulkner your Flying moves are permanently 12.5% stronger). Gen 3 replaced the Stat EXP system with the modern EV system so your pokemon can't have much better stats in everything anymore, as well as removed the badge type-boosting mechanic and slightly nerfed the badge boosts to a 10% stat gain, plus added abilities to complicate things farther. Then Gen 4 removed the badge boosts altogether and really improved the movesets opposing trainers had (e.g. trainers can have actual coverage). So overall don't feel too bad about seeing people beat the Gen 1 games at far lower levels and greater restrictions than you were able to beat later Gen games.

[@noahp1124]

Wow you sucked

[@tiagocardosom]

How tho? I beat red version at 7 not knowing english and without flash ( God that dark cave tho I almost cried)

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

@@OmegaTyrant definitely don't agree on the gen 2 movesets being better. Ditto runs are atrocious in gen 2 because so many are terrible.

[@AdamEllis33]

Thank you so much for the continued content. These videos always get me hyped to do my own little challenges!

[@TheDjbz]

I’ve learnt quite a bit about gen 1 mechanics from watching your videos and as a result I recently beat pokemon blue (again) with a team at levels that before I’d never have been able to. Not a challenge run of any kind but beating the final rival in with pokemon lower than lv 50 (2 not even having reached 40) and in a dire states with pp cuz i forgot to get the ethers out the pc was *so satisfying*

[@andrewshewan4551]

Dang I woulda loved to see that. What did your team look like?

[@TheDjbz]

Well (post victory) my team was: Lv 39 Persian Lv 39 Dodrio Lv 42 Pinsir Lv 47 Clefable Lv 48 Seadra And The Lv 22 Farfetch’d that was my hm slave that I did actually send out at one point so should get included 😂

[@orecoptero23]

Everybody: It's impossible to beat Pokemon Yellow with only one Abra without Special Moves Jrose11: Hold on my Protein

[@priestesslucy3299]

It's Pokemon. So long as the Pokemon is capable of damaging the enemy and it's not a Johto game, ANYTHING can pull it off with sufficient levels. Pretty sure even Weedle can lol

[@balkanblackpillvideosandmo8456]

Why johto game

[@priestesslucy3299]

@@balkanblackpillvideosandmo8456 Red. There are a significant number of Pokemon that can't beat his team mid 70's and above without items even at level 100

[@nustacular]

@@balkanblackpillvideosandmo8456 The furthest I've seen a person take weedle (without Items) is Agatha. Its nearly impossible to get past her without banking on multiple 1/256 glitches. Coach max put a video of his weedle challenge getting that far

[@balkanblackpillvideosandmo8456]

@@priestesslucy3299 Thanks for a quick reply

[@MrGatorHater9]

love the poke-academy music when explaining the rules. It’s the little things that make the difference

[@cereal7591]

30:25 Ah, Mr. Doug Trieyo! You look like you're doing great progress on your psychological recovery after The Great Digglet Fainting of 2020.

[@scottfser]

the summoning salt shoutout

[@maasnelsonhailey218]

Glad to hear that your quarantine has been productive.

[@whomper012]

You, sir, have long since earned my respect for your sheer determination in regards to these challenges. This made that respect increase by yet another level of magnitude. Keep up the great work.

[@HaydenJamal]

Your runs are my favorite. I love the commentary and the way you give the details within. You & Pikasprey have great perspectives with your videos. Much respect and thanks for the content.

[@zenkichihitoyoshi9513]

I was waiting for this like it was my birthday. Thank you Jrose. I love you.

[@Rafa-ri4wd]

As a fellow Abra line fan, I appreciate how much you are willing to put up with for the little guy.

[@RubyGlass8888]

Your voice is very nice. You're the only person I have been able to listen to for hours at a time. I have just watched all of pokemon runs. You have true dedication. You are amazing. And I learned so much.

[@Daan_Knobbout]

Real talk, Ty so much for these videos I never knew I wanted Jrose. You're honest in your gameplay making good and bad choices and realizations throughout, don't pretend things are different than they actually are for the video alone, and don't advertise yourself under any circumstance (besides the on video add density, no big deal IMO) even though these runs are basically mind numbing insane even with sped up gameplay. I keep coming back for your content, I respect your way of doing things. Always keeping things fresh and interesting, and even doing bonus runs in between your massive journey of a series for both our and your own variety to keep things becoming stale. Even though it's the same games over and over and over again. You complete, edit and upload these runs at an incredible pace and I assume you've gotten quite efficient by this point at the whole process. I assumed these ''CAN YOU BEAT THE GAME THIS WAY OHMYGOD SO HARD!!!'' videos would quickly become a hype train crashing my interest in them against a brick wall. But your way of playing through them, keeping things genuine, optimized and deciding what is and isn't ''in the spirit'' totally fits up my alley and what I expect from a Challenge. 1 consistent set of in game rules and tools (speed up, badge boost etc) also is just amazing to me. You have absolutely perfected this niché.

[@Seergun]

"summoning salt vidoes" hey, I saw that comment!

[@s.l.r.9407]

Making the most of the quarantine, I see! ;) Loving your videos

[@jblue6]

I gotta say, really good job with the music recently. This video in particular feels very fresh and enjoyable. Looking forward to whatever you put out next! Also it could be a good idea to put total exp (of the final level) on your red/blue tier list. That would more closely reflect the amount of battles you had to do, and show that a lv80 squirtle is more extra work than a lv80 jigglypuff,etc.

[@carprincess]

This series is so great. I can't believe you did this Abra run without using any of his special. But it made it a lot more entertaining. Thanks for grinding so many hours to make this video happen

[@tw12121]

Next on Jrose slowly losing his marbles due to quarantine: Can you beat pokemon using only struggle on an Abra?

[@MyHandleIsAplaceholder]

Spoiler: no. There are Chandlers and Agatha

[@caritahearts2405]

Can you beat pokemon GSC with minimum battles with an unown with bug-type hidden power

[@tw12121]

@@MyHandleIsAplaceholder Well, it doesn't have to be gen 1 😂

[@devantezephis8068]

This is amazing man. During this quarentine many are home and very bored and the videos and wholesome content that you give out helps. Keep this up and thank you

[@DanBottiglieri]

I'm really enjoying these challenging gen I solo runs: I think what makes it particularly interesting is you come up with strategies and go through them rather than just try and level up enough until you beat them through brute force. Right now your videos are my number one to look forward to. Kudos!

[@Ultimaximus]

Thank you so much for all these videos, particularly the bonus videos like these. It seems like when I think something like "maybe that was too easy", you're thinking that too and so you make the appropriate follow-up video to satisfy those needs

[@DjRiO2]

Me: time to sleep! Jrose11: *uploads* Me: easy choice

[@DraculVlad]

And I decided to get some Pop Corn when I heard "I lost to Bruno"... wow, that is wild in this channel, LOVE YOUR VIDEOS

[@steffanvandepoll]

The summoning salt video's are amazing right! I always love the intro song aswell (We're Finally Landing). Anyways love your content - nice to have in the background whilst working from home. Thanks for keeping folks entertained during lockdown

[@misterluppus6727]

Man, you're like those mad scientists who give their sanity away in order to spread knowledge. Gods bless you!

[@verdethestarwarrior1088]

10 minutes in, I’m like “holy hell, this guy has the patience of a saint.” Then he said “...and that was the end of the easy part of this run.”

[@ProtoMario]

Yeah that's pretty rough.

[@twoac]

Glad it isn't just me who watches summoningsalt videos when i'm trying to grind through a big task

[@rosaboblesmash]

thanks for doing all these crazy challenges, it's a lot of fun watching!

[@juane.6498]

Oh damn. I thought I saw everything with the magikarp run.

[@DragonClaw95.]

18:35 The only time where a bug-type attack from gen 1 actually causes problems.

[@mwmheps]

I'm playing through Yellow at the moment inspired by your challenges, and I managed to take down Giovanni's Nidoqueen and Nidoking (at the Viridian gym) with a Level 22 Bulbasaur :D it felt great to exploit the AI like that! (His Rhydon was a challenge though, and currently I'm stuck unable to beat the Champion - grinding time...)! You've also taught me to finally actually understand and appreciate status moves, I have been a n00b damage only player since I first played 20 years ago and now I see the error of my ways. Thanks for all the great videos, cannot believe you put yourself through the Abra-Brock grind a second time (let alone plan to do an Abra series)!

[@NeroAngelo616]

Thank you for making this! Abra, Kadabra and Alakazam are the best line like no-one ever was!

[@kevintreese4544]

The reason Alakazam went for recover was due to gen 1s idea of “good AI” It pretty much detects Alakazams attacking moves as psychic, which is not very effective against Abra. Recover, however, is normal type, so the “good AI” would consider that to be the best option, despite the fact that recover is a status move Oh who am I kidding you probably already know this

[@ArthurTRead]

makes me think of pokemon using agility because "its psychic type and the pokemon we're battling is poison agility's super effective"

[@hitkid2456]

Ha ha ha. Were there ever any hacks that attempted to improve the AI?

[@andrewfrench9554]

You have nothing to prove man 😂😂. But we appreciate your suffering 😂

[@vbph2011]

Great video, even the third time. You've inspired me to replay RBY for the first time in literally years. Def gonna do it on emulator on my phone but still. Inspired lol.

[@robertsteinwandel6658]

Thanks for all the creative and tricky challenges, really fun to watch man

[@me2971]

I suggested something like this to MDB and it didn't get noticed, and now you post this? :O I'm so happy haha (im sure it was a coincidence but it still makes me happy that my idea must not have been bad if someone else thought something so similar)

[@TheRandomGuyTheFarNoGameCat]

I woke my daughter up by laughing at "After 13 hours" hahahaha I was not expecting that hahahaha

[@dontworry4945]

Snuck an extra abra run. Definitely my favorite type of run. Many thanks and much love from America

[@HayesCl]

Love all these videos you’ve been putting out. I just can’t help but think why you put yourself through some of these challenges! Great videos tho

[@KapfelLoL]

Jsrose11 how about "Can you Beat Pokemon B/R/Y with only Krabby"? Rule: You can only use Krabby and no other Pokemon for HMs. You will lose the ability to fly, but you never caught another PKMN

[@MazterP28]

It can be done. You don’t need fly

[@MijmerMopper]

No fly is a bad rule. It just means a LOT more walking around. No challenge, just steps.

[@CJBetcherMolandfreak]

Well he could always just catch an Abra since teleport isn’t an HM move :p

[@ZipplyZane]

I'm just here because you're doing one of these on Yellow. I like the variety. The funny thing is, I've never played any Gen 1 games--or really any mainline Pokemon title. I just, for some reason, enjoy hearing about the strategy you need to do these challenges. It's more like when I watch a speedrun.

[@priestesslucy3299]

You should give them a try. Yellow is prettier and a little harder- unless you use the free starters it hands out lol

[@OmegaTyrant]

@@priestesslucy3299 The starters don't make things any easier, as you can easily get other pokemon that outclass them.

[@ZipplyZane]

@@priestesslucy3299 My plan is to play the Switch remake. I know it's a lot easier due to the catch mechanic replacing random battles, but I'm more into playing games more casually these days, as a way to unwind. Plus I really like the graphics in the same way I like the ones for the Link's Awakening remake.

[@Disembow1280]

Anytime I hear Marnie's EF theme during the Champion battle, I get chills. Great job as always JRose!

[@Guus8585]

I love these runs! Thank you so much for making these ^^

[@gasquakestudios]

Me watching Jrose explain how struggle works for the 100000th time: 😀

[@thefaz3744]

Yo, that's lit! This is super impressive, massive respect. When you run out of unevolved pokémon, are you going to move to next gen or do more team challanges like Bruno's? The video on Bruno's team was awesome ngl

[@xayahnepo]

If I remember correctly he said in one of these solo runs that he may/plans (forget what one) do this with other games such as next gen, sliver and gold

[@fields_of_regret]

You make the absolute best pokemon challenge videos, I watch a lot of Pokemon challenge channels, but most people just level up past their problems, sometimes without even trying a new strategy, or trying the battles at all, they just assume it's not possible, and for me that makes it pretty boring. I like how you make it almost scientific trying to eliminate the variables too. I don't mean to offend your fellow runners, I like pretty much all of them, but you make my favorite videos, besides I have a penchant for gen 1.

[@alexkeenan2397]

Ur the only KZbinr i consistently watch cause ur videos are amazing nice ideas

[@Demo54321]

When will the weedle run come?

[@StatusQuonald]

That's already been done. Check out the Bongzilla runs! He reigns supreme

[@oliverhees4076]

25:50 1 million subscriber special?

[@samuel57501]

I started watching this channel like 3 days ago, and since then I have downloaded an Emulator and several pokemon games again! I started doing similar challenges, which are incredibly fun! It really makes the game new and refreshing! I did a Red Play through with "Mew" lol

[@gregh378]

My wife: This guy at work watches other people playing pokemon at lunch. How pathetic. Me (avoiding eye contact): Our son and I totally don't do that at night when he can't sleep.

[@chaosryans]

I feel like the answer is no. Almost through the Introduction and if you complete this I'll have to send you money 🤣

[@priestesslucy3299]

Going to follow up on that? Lol

[@AekuLeaf]

Yo rose I really feel like depending on the situation, you should at least rare candy cheat for the first part so you don’t waste your actual time grinding .-. Like we know at this point you can get past Brock with enough levels Don’t make yourself suffer more than you have to if it’s not related to the tier list 😭

[@AekuLeaf]

Tl;dr : if it’s not related to the tier list I feel like it’s ok to cheat a bit just to save yourself time from unnecessary grinding (especially if you proven to have done it before)

[@117Ender]

@@AekuLeaf well it is, since grinding levels is time and time is a measurement used in the tier list

[@AekuLeaf]

Ender Yea grinding in the 53 series is fine, but in this case, I don’t feel like he really needed to actually spend that time since this has nothing to do with the tier list 🤔

[@jan_is_exist4296]

​@@AekuLeaf stat exp rare candy grinding would leave the abra under ev'd and 1) not accurately reflect what the run is like and 2) make the run require more grinding later on due to artificially lowered stats

[@CAMSLAYER13]

@@jan_is_exist4296 yea this guy gets it

[@ginosogoretic2276]

That's the quality content I subscribed for. And now struggle yourself to death with a new feebas run in pokemon platinum, thank you

[@asierrv]

This was much more interesting I expected when I saw it, please more ideas like this so it makes up for more clever strats!

[@willbowden6897]

Yay another Jrose solo challenge, keep up the great work!

[@Ospyro3em]

I'm surprised that Yellow didn't give Blaine a Magmar, seeing as that was his signature pokemon in the anime.

[@darianclark3980]

Ur a true patient mad lad doing this challenge especially using the preevolved version of your favorite pokemon. But still would love to see your great strategies/skillz for either another physical run or Least Amount of Battles in Pokemon Crystal using your fav pokemon Kadabra!

[@wherewolves7741]

Always enjoy actual challenges, I’m tired of the “ can I beat this with one Mewtwo” levels of bullshit. Keep of the good work my guy!