Can you beat the Battle Tower with only BUG type Pokemon?

[@360Chrism]

If you are interested in watching attempts live, come check out my Twitch channel! Link in the description

[@super8bitvideos]

I remember my 40 year old roommate screaming in our game room at the emerald battle tower, screaming "THEYRE CHEATING DUDE"

[@TheWonkster]

People love to argue that they don't cheat in any game. Like obviously they probably don't directly alter probability to make you lose or anything like that (though I've experienced some things that would make me a little dubious), but them knowing your team and bringing counter mons to it when you can't do that to them is indeed cheating. More recent battle-tower-type challenges are a little better and not fully showing off that they're cheating assholes, but gen 3 and 4 are horrible for it. It's like the game predecides at the start of each run whether it's going to make it impossible or not.

[@Shenanagans_]

The Overheat was not a crit, but it was only a 5/16 range to kill (-4 flareon in the sun does 249-293). I'm only posting this comment to 1) Prove you are wrong 2) Prove I am better than you as your eternal rival 3) boost the algorithm by adding a comment. Good luck on your Other attempts and also your life in general

[@SuperNintendawg]

I can imagine Shen writing this with a shit-eating grin on his face

[@AMos050]

It wasn't -4 it was -2

[@shocker1410]

@@AMos050 In that case it really really doesn't have to be a crit, right?

[@luckytriples]

@@AMos050 overheat harshly lowers spa

[@ekim613]

lmao great comment Shen

[@PicturedMind]

Kinda crazy you managed to do it without a Heracross. Thought for sure that was THE bug type to use.

[@tiemen9095]

Yeah it is the most powerful if you have 1 bug on your team but if your whole team is bug types, it doesn't really solve any of your weaknesses / problems. That's what makes the team building in this challenge really enjoyable - you come up with crazy teams that actually work, like this one.

[@1770-y9g]

It's nice to see the strat that has countless times brought up the discussion to ban/limit baton in competitive at play. Seeing it in action was wild.

[@musicstuff6310]

Yea its easy to set up on ai that doesn't switch

[@1770-y9g]

@@musicstuff6310 you can always lead with Gengar instead of voltbeat and use mean look, but of course this being a mono-type challenge he couldn't do that.

[@tiemen9095]

@@1770-y9g Mean Look wears off when you switch out. So you have to Baton Pass the Mean Look for it to stay in effect. That's a strat which Umbreon can do.

[@azurillkirby]

I've been really enjoying this series. :)

[@360Chrism]

Yay, thank you!

[@CaridorcTergilti]

Psychic team can be fast and fun: Starmie can be the lead with lum berry and 4 attacking moves to quickly dispose of weaker pokemons and the two mons in the back can cover Starmie's weaknesses and have setup (maybe trick + calm mind or something)

[@Amainville93]

I would be insanely surprised if Latios was not on the Psychic team. It just seems too good not to have.

[@johnhawkins5314]

So Psychic was done straight after Bug taking only a few attempts the same day. You can check the team in Chris' Twitch, but I won't say the team if you don't want to be spoilt though

[@sekaihunter9378]

I guess I know what that Psychic team is now because they appeared in this video, but I won't say when it appeared.

[@georgeberry7602]

Haven’t clicked on a video so fast in quite a long time! I love the series so much keep up the great work!!

[@Drew_D]

Wow, what an interesting choice for a team. Well done!

[@Onmur]

OK, I found it funny that you needed Hidden Power to have a decent bug type attack on Armaldo. :V

[@RainmanL]

This was common in gen 3 due to the whack movepools. Gyarados and salamence also needed to rely on hidden power flying for flying stab

[@edra2005]

This is just as entertaining as Chizzy's videos

[@pauljohnong5924]

I like your challenge runs. They're insane. You're insane. Amazing video.

[@tiemen9095]

I completed this in doubles, all types! Time for 360Chrism to do it too.

[@Gaiabil4]

ty Chris these vids are awesome :^)

[@SourceOfBeing]

I was predicting Scizor and possibly Shedinja.

[@Shrapnel57]

Shedinja is unusable due to how common Ttar is at higher battle tiers and Scizor has a 4x weakness to fire which is a common attacking type in bfrontier.

[@adam-_-923]

Dude. you're insane. You've earned my respect and subscription.

[@subjektivewahrnehmung3147]

Great series! Do you have a specific order planned, like hardest to easiest type?

[@360Chrism]

I just do whatever I feel like that day and sometimes I beat one heh

[@ElectricFortune]

Imagine if the Battle Tower AI was smart enough to switch out a Choiced status move

[@markkart]

in sun moon battle tree they actually are. i remember the guy sent out ferrothorn i was using rotom-W and tricked choice scarf on it and it got locked into sandstorm and he switched out. absolutely hilarious because when it was the last pokemon he did the same thing

[@patrickobrien928]

What a great series bro!!! Good work

[@alexread6767]

I was looking at that Ninjask set thinking "well that's just asking to be Taunted" Murkrow and Mightyena are the only two Pokemon in the entire Battle Tower that use Taunt And that's ONLY on the weaker of two movesets

[@360Chrism]

yeah taunt is super rare, never lost an attempt to it before

[@nomealow]

27:38 So much calculations, but missed out on SD until reflect wears out XD

[@jeremyl2728]

Just watch the steel vid and I gotta say I'm hooked now lol

[@OshawottLuke]

Chrism makes me happy

[@naimtarabichi7680]

Well done, you’re a true pokemon ninja. 👍

[@christianschwarz4037]

Have you ever tried the battel tower in ruby/sapphire? I feel like it is a lot harder than the emerald one.

[@DP-um1ck]

YES! Bugs finally got the glory they deserve! Well done! Ps: just curious. At the start you quickly went through everything you tried tested and changed on your team. Like moves. Pokemon. Etc. What kept going through my mind versus the run-killer T-tar was: "Maybe signal beam on volbeat or Silver Wind on Ninjask would have worked here." Were those just too underpowered (being bug moves) to be useful?

[@lasmirandadennsivillia5048]

Well, baton pass is overpowered

[@IschmarVI]

Tyranitar is so bulky, that even heracross needs to have a +Atk nature to kill max HP tyranitar with megahorn (and in fact, even that is still a range during the later sets - yeah, I know that it has brick break, but I am trying to make a point :D). Ninjask or Volbeat are not gonna win against that thing 1v1. +2 252+ Atk Ninjask Hidden Power Bug vs. 252 HP / 0 Def Tyranitar: 362-426 (89.6 - 105.4%) -- 37.5% chance to OHKO nope, not gonna happen :D (on a side not, silver wind CAN be nice on those if you can slot it in because of the proc chance but you are not gonna use that for ttar, unless you are at +4 attack)

[@tiemen9095]

Volbeats even gets Brick Break, which with the choice band ... doesn't OHKO Ttar. Not that it matters, the problem isn't the Ttar really, but the fact that it summons a parmanent sandstorm. That prevents Ninjask from pp stalling, because the sand negates leftovers recovery. So, even if you were to kill the Ttar 1v1, your volbeat is now choice locked into brick break. It can't ever trick. The next thing that comes out is going to destroy ninjask and Armaldo because they can't setup without trick. Even if you somehow would manage to double switch, back into Volbeat and get a trick off, the sandstorm is still up and you still can't set up.

[@IschmarVI]

@@tiemen9095 well, it is the combination of both I'd say. Because not only does ttar summon the sand stream that so threatens those kind of teams, it also packs the STAB rock slide that poses a more immediate thread to bug types.

[@tiemen9095]

@@IschmarVI well yeah, I agree, but Rock Slide is not the problem. Any move with

[@alexanderdejesus4986]

So I've watched each episode of the mono type series but I've never played emerald. So I'm kinda confused how does this 'round 8/9/10' work?

[@johnhawkins5314]

At rounds 8, 9 and 10 onwards the AI only uses the strongest Pokémon and almost exclusively uses Pokémon with 31 IVs in all stats and 508 EVs

[@johnhawkins5314]

For example, the AI will readily use Tyrantiars, Raikous,

[@bitzibaerlie]

That is why you see so many legendaries and pseudo-legendaries in those rounds.

[@michael_betts]

The battle tower is 7 battles in a row and you get rewarded if you win, this is a round. Every time you beat 7 in a row without losing the enemies get harder for the next round, with round 10 being the point where the ai uses the "best" sets. At the seventh battle of round 10 you face a special boss and winning gets you a gold symbol to prove you beat it, which is why this always ends on round 10.

[@16BitBass8]

Nice job Chris!

[@ezequielgarcia5871]

Nice! You made the impossible! POSSIBLE! 👏🏾😎

[@shevankaseneviratne1724]

BRILLIANT

[@redsion23]

Good job I love this series 🤘

[@samepicgamer]

quick question: how are you getting the pokemon you are using? Are you generating them with pkhex? is pkhex compatible with speedchoice? I would like to do this myself and was curious

[@360Chrism]

yeah pkhex works with speedchoice

[@penguinimptheinsane774]

Very surprised there wasn't a Forretress here, gg

[@naassu]

This team grew up on me

[@bradwurst8141]

Was Rock Blast considered as Armaldo's Rock STAB? I'm sure the accuracy is why Ancientpower was ultimately chosen, but the amount of pokemon running Substitute in the battle tower would make that decision really hard for me lol

[@tiemen9095]

Substitute is actually super rare in gen 3 battle tower. Particularly with this strategy, if you trick them into substitute, it doesn't matter. They'll be out of pp, using Struggle while you 2HKO them instead.

[@musicstuff6310]

Accuracy is more important when you gotta use a move 100 times you dont want to lose because misses especially since brightpowder and double team are everywhere

[@tetrisgoat]

Dude, Armaldo might be one of the most forgettable Pokémon. I really like him. I used Armaldo in competitive gen 3 back when and I still forgot he is bug. And that he exists. :3

[@bitzibaerlie]

The fossil I most often forget about is Tirtouga/Carracosta. The Gen III fossils are actually my favourite fossils, so anything but forgettable for me.

[@alihasanaxe4936]

He's actually got a decent niche in adv because he fits better on certain teams that want knock off than hari. Great fun to use but a little difficult to fit in teambuilder

[@tetrisgoat]

@@alihasanaxe4936 the team builder thing was very noticeable. I used him back in the Medicham era of advance meta, and I used him as a spinner and as a way to punish spin blockers (can't have both knock off AND spin legally sadly).

[@breklaberif7553]

Bug types are my most hated type so weird looking

[@mamutepeq]

Why not jolly volbeat instead of timid so the mud slap does slightly more damage?

[@tiemen9095]

once the opponent starts using struggle, or if they lock into double-edge, they take recoil damage and they can kill themselves before you're done setting up. You want to deal as little damage as possible until you're ready to sweep.

[@LBandCOOLJ]

Are the IVs perfect? Or just random?

[@Zucth]

Next time: Can you beat the tower with only Parasect?

[@TheGhostFart]

spoilers: no

[@kirbymontrey3897]

What do you use to get ur pokemon?

[@loha2288]

Shuckle?

[@caedrewan]

nice content, I'll give that a like and a subscribe

[@ddose2498]

Try a randomized battle frontier

[@tiemen9095]

Sounds like a good idea until you realize Slaking may get Pure Power and the final boss may have a dunsparce.

[@ninjatom9]

Second! Also BUG LET'S GOOOOO

[@PoorDunce]

Great series concept - really looking forward to the future entriee

[@johnbrunmd]

[@pokeinator7834]

Early baby!

[@Gaiabil4]

first?