How OVERPOWERED Would Groudon Be in Generation 1?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Here are chapters if you want to jump around! What did you think about Groudon in Gen 1? 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - New Moves for Groudon 4:11 - First Gym: Brock’s Rock Types 6:46 - Single Highest Cluster 7:22 - Second Gym: Misty’s Water Team 10:12 - Third Gym: Lt. Surge’s Electric Squad 14:32 - Fourth Gym: Erika’s Grass Types 16:39 - Fifth Gym: Koga’s Poison Team 17:42 - Silph Co. to Rush Swords Dance 18:46 - Rival #5 Showdown 20:11 - Sixth Gym: Sabrina’s Psychic Team 20:49 - Brisk Swim Down to Cinnabar 21:10 - Seventh Gym: Blaine’s Fire Types 21:34 - Eighth Gym: Giovanni’s Ground Force 24:50 - Elite Four Start: Lorelei and Beyond 27:31 - Champion Fight: Groudon’s Final Test 28:40 - Verdict: I Need to do Another Run 29:57 - Changes and Tweaks on Run Two 34:04 - Results: How overpowered would Groudon be?

[@FreyOdyssey]

21:04 your Ground senses are tingling, because of the incoming TOMBSTONER BROTHER!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Tinglestoner.

[@ThirtyDimensionedMissile]

As soon as i read the title i went here faster then a vaporeon can disappear

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Lmao, that's what I like to hear.

[@jussioman]

Yes Ray! You and Scott have the best Pokemon content on KZbin. Any smaller tuber can copy Jrose but these cross gen runs are something really unique plus youre a great entertainer.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, you have to do something different. I think there's a line of trying too hard and actually knowing your shit, lol. I got a passion for these and hope to get a little more out but they are fun! I was going to do Missingno a while ago but Jrose beat me to it so we'll come up with something else cool.

[@jussioman]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Would it be possible to do Missingno in some other generation like Johto?

[@juliekilkus4510]

So glad to see you making your own rom adjustments! It makes it super interesting. I think if you have time, bring on the big green sky snake! Rayquaza would be a blast to watch.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. The main thing is trying to figure out self lowering stat moves. It's not a property in the game and I'm trying to see if I can figure that part out to make new effects for Dragon Descent.

[@InfernosReaper]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Maybe ya can get some Gen2 code to swipe or something. I don't know... What I do know is I believe that if you put your mind to it, you can get it done.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It's a little more complicated than that. Gen 2 has actual scripting to call things while Gen 1 is much more archaic in terms of calling things. I've reached out to some people and I think I'll get it done within a month or two.

[@NyQuilDreamer]

Whenever you say the Super Nerd is rich in experience, it makes me think I'm watching some horror-tinged documentary wherein powerful animals are eating some poor nerd for nutrients.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Who’s to say you aren’t? 👀

[@reddragonpress]

Great example of how powerful Ground-type STAB can be coming off that massive Attack stat 😎And yes, I would definitely love to see how Rayquaza does in this type of run!!! It'll be interesting to see how such a solid mixed attacker fares in Gen 1.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea the main holdup is learning how to do some new effects with it's signature move. I need to do some studying to get it in.

[@schwartd]

Yes Ray! Btw Matt, have you heard from Jrose? Hasn't posted in 2023, hope he's doing well. Love what you guys are doing as a community with these speed runs!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Personally? Never heard from the guy. Commented on some tweets he posted but he doesn't reply. But he often goes on hiatus for like 3-6 months at a time. He posted about it just being a mental health thing.

[@schwartd]

@Gym Leader Matt thank you for responding, hope he feels better soon. Again, love your work, look forward to seeing more!

[@coreDesignix]

I can't believe this whole time I thought Groudon was ground/fire, but it's only like that in its primal form. Suppose I got my wires crossed there, lol. Too much water!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I didn't want to bring out the Primal form just yet but yea I guess it is red and all lol.

[@Metalhammer1993]

I mean it kinda feels like it SHOULD be ground/fire doesn't it?

[@Kanbei11]

Yes Ray. Also nice fossil choice, glad to see dome dood return

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The dome dood is in every video, silently sometimes.

[@LightningLiger]

The Big Red vs Pokemon Red! This was about as much of a slaughter as I expected, lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. Just showing that Torch Song wasn't going to be the best. Had a lot of those comments that seemingly ignored that a few Pokemon were already faster than it lol.

[@thatgdub]

Great to have a new video to watch while I’m awake at 4am with COVID fever chills. I really enjoy these legendary runs. I hope they do well so we keep getting them. Yes, Ray.

[@thatgdub]

Also, screw sand attack. Almost seems worth redoing every run to just mod sand attack out of the game. 😂

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Uh oh. I had Covid at the end of the year/2 weeks into January and it was the worst shape I had ever been in. It made me change my lifestyle lol. I couldn't imagine redoing everything again lmao. I'm struggling to get everything redone on stream as it is, smh. Gen 1 sand attack is worse because it cuts you to 66% accuracy rather than 75% like all the gens after.

[@thatgdub]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 It’s kicking my ass for sure, no joke. And I’ve definitely noticed the difference between Gen 1 and other titles. It’s crazy what a difference that 9% can make.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Faulker one mud slap? Just power through. Rival 2 one sand attack? Get ready to rage and reset.

[@blakeschwab7518]

fun video man, i think youre my favorite solo run youtuber now, keep up the good work.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Love to hear that! Thanks.

[@Arist988]

Too Much Water! I like how you’re taking your time to fight later generation Pokémon moves to first generation. As someone who played a lot of the 1st and 2nd gen Pokémon but then stopped I appreciate the different Pokémon but a game I can relate to and remember what’s going on

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The fight part makes it a little confusing but I think I understand what you are saying. Yea, it's important to let these Pokemon have their moves but keep the rest of the game vanilla to me.

[@chrismcginty5903]

YES RAY! And i pronounce rayquaza how you did in the video before pausing. ray-qwayza just sounds weird to me as opposed to ray-qwaza. But great run as always Matt!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. I'm reaching out to some connections to get help for Ray's signature move in the code that will also help for future runs but there's several Sanqui runs that need a redo for sure but we'll get to that when it gets here!

[@PraefMace]

These custom runs are truly a delight to watch. Also it is hilarious to see a pokémon nearly hit 999 attack thanks to a mix of ridiculously high base attack and swords dance.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Definitely cool!

[@animaster2307]

Groudon is one of my favorite Gen 3 legendaries, so it's nice to see a run with it. Also, I'd love to see a Rayquaza run. Side note, though, I always pronounce Rayquaza how you did earlier in the video. It just sounds better to me personally.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

But if I've learned one thing it's that there are sticklers that will be upset. I had people mad at how I said Kyogre in it's video.

[@animaster2307]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I guess so. Everyone seems to have their own preferred pronunciations of Pokemon names regardless of what official sources have to say on the matter.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

@@animaster2307 Lose/lose situation! Add in the southern accent it and it gets tricky lol.

[@f0rm0r]

The Rock Through change technically makes the game harder since enemy rock types in Rock Tunnel and such are more likely to hit you :D

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Technically sure but in a run where you resist rock, outspeed them, and can just one shot them I don't think there's any relevance haha.

[@jon83185]

I love these custom rom videos along with the egg move ones!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

These are my fav. I wish the egg move runs didn't perform like ass but you gotta follow the audience I guess.

[@TheKmacback1]

This is my Super Bowl thanks matt

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

You get two today. 😎

[@zacharyheflin6794]

My man Groudon. How happy I was, to wake up Christmas morning to my new copy of Pokémon ruby !

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Gen 3 came out when I was about done with the franchise but I really enjoyed and played Emerald a lot. I bred so many Slowpokes and did the battle tower so much in that game.

[@mmpsp693]

23:56 someone said it out loud! Thank you!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Haha, like bro you already done the run. You can show excitement and give emotion to the footage but acting like you don't know what's going to happen just turns me off the video tbh.

[@brandonxmoody]

​@@GymLeaderMatt1987yeah I feel that. I like his videos but those parts specifically make me roll my eyes.

[@KnuxMaster368]

Ray says relax! (Go for it!) Also uploaded on same day as you where i documented a hilarious gen 3 bug used in the glitched run for ruby/sapphire

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice. I've done some runs in gen 3 but I definitely don't enjoy the slog as much lol.

[@dragoniteisbased]

15:14 Why was precipice blades super effective against vileplume?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

In gen 1 it does it a lot. There's a priority list for moves so even if something is neutral it will say 'not very effective' or 'super effective' depending on the move used and the type of the Pokemon. It's the same reason Ice damage would say not very effective on Gyarados even though it's neutral damage. It's just text, it's neutral damage.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

No problem!

[@SoraDonaldGoofy99]

You can say exactly the opposite for Kanto: too much land! I know people thought there was too much water in Hoenn, but I never had a huge concern with it. Minus the Tentacool/Wingull spawn rate...

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It's just a meme for the IGN review lol. They took points off of the game for it having too much water.

[@SoraDonaldGoofy99]

Oh. IGN's weird.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It's a meme for a reason!

[@pokechallengeruns]

I stopped at gen 2, I always thought there were way too many pokemon. But these Gen 1 runs with alien (to me) pokemon are surprisingly entertaining.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice. I'd argue that gen 3 is one of the best in the series though. There's like 9 generations now. Worth looking into at the bare minimum if you like Pokemon lol.

[@kangaskdan]

Great video! And really cool to see you rom hacking! Kanto is not ready for moves like Precipice Blades and Lava Plume 🤣

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I firmly believe ground might be the best typing if you have the attack to back it up and at least 75ish speed. There’s a little more road blocks and planning but ground has been solid for me lately.

[@samthewonderkid]

I'm glad Groudon didn't disappoint!! Would absolutely love to see Rayquaza

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, Rayquaza won't be simple. I need to figure out some coding stuff to do the run I'd like to do so it might be in development for a bit but I'll get to it. Lowering your own stats doesn't exist in gen 1 and I desperately need that to work for it's signature move Dragon Descent.

[@mukariz]

For a side hobby you certainly are dedicated and create some great content!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

What can I say? It's fun to do.

[@travisalexander6440]

Too Much Water! Fantastic run, and way to prove the point regarding Skeledirge (Torch Song is broken; I don't think that was a point of contention, but Skeledirge is less so. Does the mon hold the move back, lol?), but regarding Groudon's overall performance against Fire Gator, meh. Alakazam was more impressive for breaking the mark while not being a Legendary. 5 minutes is still 5 minutes, though . And... YES, RAY! You are a better man than I am for even considering not finishing the Trio.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Well with Alakazam you got to consider that it’s not hindered by the slow leveling group. Having something with 100+ in the stats that matter that has a good leveling group is a huge reason why it is where it is. Overall, I just think its fun to see the best of the best stack up in these types of runs. As for Ray, I’ll need to find a way to implement new effects for some moves so it might be delayed a bit but I’m working on it. I’ve reached out to some individuals and hopefully I can get it running.

[@n64_kfp]

I'm glad you opted for these customized roms to really do imported mons justice. Really looking forward to future imports. Maybe even megas and primal forms? I can just imagine how broken a water immune Groudon would be.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

He'd still get wrecked by water moves. Abilities aren't in gen 1.

[@n64_kfp]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 fair enough. I gave it more thought and hadn't considered before that it might not be a good idea to cherry pick trying to find ways to implement abilities for some Pokemon. And that's not factoring in the potential difficulty or possibility of even being able to do such a thing.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. Shedinja is the only Pokemon that absolutely needs it's ability though and I think I'll have a solution for that when the time comes but that'll likely be a Fall run.

[@n64_kfp]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 ooooh. Can't wait to see that!

[@TheMoogleKing93]

I wish we got to see that front sprite more it looks amazing

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

If you think about it, you never see the front sprite outside of the opening or the Hall of Fame lol.

[@fnln3011]

That sprite is perfect fit for that goofy gen1 look

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea some of the custom stuff fits right in. I've went with a more gen 2 style these days.

[@mikekalicki1059]

To Much Water! Really enjoyed this run thanks for contining to do these.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Yea they are fun. It's a shame I can't pump them out faster but I'm doing what I can!

[@conlenodriscoll4464]

Next up u got a unique niche I like the editing a lot too

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! I'm trying to improve week to week! Glad you noticed.

[@nicknorton95]

Too much water! Love the retrofitting later gen Pokémon!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea they are fun to do/make. I enjoyed routing this one.

[@lionelrock5554]

Another great upload! 🙏

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Appreciate that, brother.

[@Daysiecutter]

I love the videos mate keep it up and he'll yeah I wanna see Rayquaza in a run soon

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! This one might take a little while to get right since I need some new code for the moves but I'll work on it!

[@RsSooke]

Super excited for this one

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was a fun one!

[@Oldchannellllll]

You should do a running joke since everyone asks for the program you use for them to keep asking because it’s good for the KZbin algorithm. It helped MahDryBread with the helix fossil. 😂😂😂

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Maybe so, haha. The real problem is people asking for the ROM. There's a sticky legality issue with distributing ROMs but I'm thinking of making like a legit GBC game out of them like 'Pokemon Groudon Edition' for this one, for example. It would have a dark red case, play just like a GBC game and maybe just make a patreon with a high tier to where maybe I could ship them out. Just some ideas, but I just don't want to risk anything with the ROMs but I do educate people who ask what I use.

[@Oldchannellllll]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 bro if you do it, I def want to play it!!!! I love your videos!!!

[@Oldchannellllll]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 maybe you could make ROM dedicated to like the fall of Arceus or something, and your partner is a Groudon or something like that

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Lmao, I just add in Pokemon and play the game like a speedrun. I'm not interested even 1% in making a new game lol.

[@mmpsp693]

Too much greatness!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Still a couple of minutes away from true greatness.

[@MekasUrn]

Too much water! I would love to see a Rayquaza run! But this one was the one I was most excited to see as Groudon is my favorite of the three.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I was a big Emerald guy growing up so I guess Ray is my fav but I'm not sure how high they rank overall.

[@gmanz5]

YES RAY!!! One of my fav legendaries

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Noice. It might be a little bit due to the signature moves needing some extra code to function but I'll look into it.

[@SteveMPlays]

I love having earthquake and speed against agatha.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Hell yea. I like anything where I don’t have to get into the 70s just to have a chance lol.

[@GeneralWiggins]

Love these runs

[@GeneralWiggins]

Very much yes Ray

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@Deez-Master]

Just starting off the vid but dropping my comment early ! Can’t wait to see your run my brother! How was you first 10% of 2023?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It's been just fine. Just on the grind. Trying to get ahead in some videos to not miss a week because I got a busy summer coming up!

[@kbowman772]

In RBY, you should really only be using Rock Slide on Flying types for Pokémon with STAB Earthquake. There's nothing in the game that resists Earthquake but is weak to rock other than flying types.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea I mention that a STAB EQ and non STAB super effective rock slide has the same effective power a lot in other videos. At the end of the day, it's a 10% accuracy hit but saving PP on EQ is generally why you would. If you are casual, heal all the time, and aren't worried about having a slower time, then sure.

[@angelTechnician64]

7/10, not enough water Also yes Ray, who doesn't want to see the most busted dragon beat up Kanto and take its lunch money?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I think I could get it to work. I was a huge Emerald fan so it'll be fun to do.

[@angelTechnician64]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 it'd definitely be cool to see, i really like seeing how later gen pokemon can perform in the earlier games, it's something i wondered about for a long time as a kid but never thought until recently would actually be possible to try out. Best of luck!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, the bottleneck now is self debuffing moves. Nothing in the game lowers your own stats and it'll have to be a new effect but I just can't wrap my head around how to do it.

[@ITSONSIGHT.]

Kee-ogre.. Graw-din 💀.. you did those names dirty bro.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nah. When you are dealing with a near 3 decade old franchise you enjoyed as a child, saying things phonetically just felt natural and it’s a habit that’s kind of hard to break. If anything, I’ve learned that people are too up their own ass about pronunciations of fictional creatures but I am making an effort just so everyone can dry their eyes lol.

[@TheAuron32]

this is going to smash the game.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

One objective: Beat Skeledirge.

[@TheAuron32]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Mission Accomplished

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

@@TheAuron32 Gonna be fun. Currently touching base with people smarter than me to get some help coding new moves for Rayquaza. Smh, might take a while.

[@TheAuron32]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 when that’s pulled off, would you consider a video on how to make custom roms? because i am LOVING these kind of challenges and would love to try them myself, specially gen 1 with pokémon that got evolutions in later generations.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

@@TheAuron32 Well the best way is to google 'pokered disassembly'. There might be some other meta knowledge you'll have to pick up on but there's tutorials on there in text that will guide you to do basic things like adding types, adding moves, and adding new Pokemon. That's how I learned! It's a little trial and error and might require troubleshooting but the hardest part to me was compiling the rom but there is also a tutorial on that. I think the program I found was cgwin and there was an excellent tutorial for that. I'd mainly just be parroting those things and if I do videos that isn't a solo run thing, it'll tank my views so I'm hesitant to do that but maybe one day but what I just told was how I learned!

[@yuumijungle548]

i wonder how good slaking would be without its ability

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Probably pretty good. I have something in mind and have for a while but I need some new code/tech to implement later moves that I just simply don't have atm. I've reached out so hopefully I'll get it taken care of one day.

[@panblu]

Haha this is cool, is there anyway you making this into a rom hack so we can enjoy groundon in kanto too? I would like to play this too

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I'm not sure. I think just the sketchy/legality side of it would put me against putting more time into looking into that. I just don't think it would be worth risk considering this is just a hobby. If you look up the pokered disassembly, there are tutorials on how to add Pokemon. I didn't do anything too fancy with it.

[@fadeleaf845]

Can you give Palkia another run? Can you imagine how absurd its power increases if it can use Spacial Rend?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

One day I can look into redoing obsolete Sanqui runs for sure. It never starts with it though. The best you could do is level 46 so I guess it would have it for like 5-6 battles at least.

[@fadeleaf845]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Not a legendary, but I think Dragapult could do amazing. It's stupidly fast, Ghost/Dragon is an amazing typing and it has STAB Dragon Darts right away. It also gets Shadow Ball, Surf, Thunderbolt and Body Slam as additional coverage, and Agility to badge boost with.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. It's one of my favorite Pokemon so of course I already have the sprites ready lol. But I make a lot of sprites, I just need to implement the full code.

[@UnderstandSoccer]

Yes, Ray!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Got some coding issues to figure out for it but it's now on the list!

[@UnderstandSoccer]

@GymLeaderMatt1987 Yay! Though it is interesting to hear you struggle through the niche bad pokemon, I also like seeing you annihilate the game with a good one! 😁

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I keep it balanced. There's actually a lot of mid runs coming up. When I get to a comfortable point in planning I'll release a schedule. I'm thinking far ahead for this.

[@Marlonbc90]

Yes Ray!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Now to spend some time figuring out how to get Dragon Descent to work correctly. It might take some time but I want it to be right.

[@ShArifBraXtoN]

Yes Ray

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate you making it that far into the video!

[@ShArifBraXtoN]

Appreciate your content. I've been painfully truant on leaving comments on your vids since I've been following you for a few months and usually make it to the end of all of them. So I figured I'd be better in 2023.

[@soph13s]

yes rayquaza! also i agree about the faking excitement thing but i decided a while ago to be zen since it's mostly kid-friendly channels that do it lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. I've toned down on my vulgarity a little since I got some comments like 'my kid loves watching these' but the live streams can still get foul lmao. I think when you start pandering is when you lose a little of your core audience, imo. He's huge and it probably doesn't matter but I don't like it. I also don't like it when people come into streams talking shit on his behalf lmao. That's lowest lifeform energy right there.

[@adamsgro4378]

Do you think with two Pokémon you could get a sub 2 hr run?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nah. These Pokemon dominate the game with hardly anything extra. It's playing the game at faster speed that causes you to not get two hours. Sure, I could play the game at a snail's pace and just do one run in the time it would take me to do 3 but there's over a thousand Pokemon out now, brother. Work smart, not harder!

[@miiitchhh225]

Liking and commenting for the sodie-pop algorithm until I get a shout out! 😅

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Ha, it’s a process I just kind of do at random. With thousands of people I can’t give preferential treatment 😎

[@SSL26]

No Ray Me Fa So La Ti Do But forreal though, a Rayquaza run would be dope

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I agree. I don't have the tech available to do it's signature move right but I'm reaching out and working on it.

[@PocketMedic239]

Yes Ray!!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Ah man, the support for that one is overwhelming now lmao. I need to do new code for it to work and I'm trying to reach out to get some coding help.

[@Pomali1029]

Well here's 30 year old me still waiting for Groudon to expand land mass to reduce cost of realstate by upping offer vs demand of land lots

[@Pomali1029]

Also, bring reyqeusir on!!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Lmao, practical applications of a continent creating Kaiju. Love it. Btw, how do you pronounce your name? like 'Co-sitty'? More or less I want the phonetic way.

[@Pomali1029]

@Gym Leader Matt you got it!! That's the correct phonetic for it. I would use my name but I like privacy and it would sound like a dying diesel engine starting if pronounced in English lol. Glad to see your content as always!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

@@Pomali1029 Oh it would just be for the future one liner at the start. No one pays attention to the actual name and most people just try to pander to be the next name. If you don't want that then it's no big deal but your privacy wouldn't change at all, I assure you lol.

[@Pomali1029]

@Gym Leader Matt no problem then! You can use Pomali, like pow-mali. My gf just left for a couple months and it would make her happy seeing that name in screen :) just rewatched your run with Haunter btw, and I hadn't noticed the thumbnail. Now I've got ice cream and mucus all over the floor.

[@kechan13]

heaven yes finish the trio family

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice. It'll be in the pipeline. I need a little work on the code before I can get the signature move to work.

[@ff7omega]

Yes, ray

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice. I need to get some new things lined up for that run but I'll put it into development in the near future.

[@bretonquentin9549]

I Saw Groudon I clicked instantly :D

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

That's what I like to hear!

[@firehawk9263]

yes ray

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice.

[@PabloNeves26]

Why too much water? Because it's awesome!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Until you need 16 dedicated HMs to navigate it, lol.

[@Speedrunner0218]

Yes ray

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I'm in a conundrum. Figuring out how to code self debuffing moves has been a problem and I'm not sure when I'll get it right. There's nothing in the game that lowers your own stats so something like Dragon Descent will have to be different or just be on hold until I get that tech but I do need it for other runs.

[@beepboop3424]

Too much damn water!!!!!!! Keep it up Matt :)

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Doing my best lol.

[@MTZ2000]

That’s so cool 😊

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!

[@chefgrizz6284]

YOOOOOOOO LETS GO

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

😎🏺

[@datswassup9902]

these are fun runs power creep

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

They are definitely stronger than the average mon but remember that Groudon isn't even the top run.

[@ich8871]

To end the trio, we need rayquaza

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. I need to get some tech ready.

[@joshframent9385]

Sunny skies ahead 😎

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Not necessarily a Sunny Day, but close enough.

[@dayandere2669]

Yes Ray^

[@dayandere2669]

Everyone says Rayquaza the way you originally said it. I never hear anyone say it the other way. Lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I think I looked up the anime or whatever to find the correct way. There's always some sticklers.

[@briancaster2876]

Yes ray!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice. Finally someone made it that far into the video lmao.

[@willjoyce5013]

I get Blastoise but is Charmander the better Rival starter as both Gyrados and Charizard can fly over Ground moves while Gyrados adds another super-effective Water type as well? I also just realized from the Earth Power discussion that Psychic is the only move that lowers Special so your choice makes sense, though also screw Special lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Swords Dance, Rock Slide. They'd never land a single hit.

[@tylerhartman3034]

Oh this outta be good!!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, all it took was learning how to code the game to get a functional Groudon lol.

[@tylerhartman3034]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 have you done the green danger noodle yet? Lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

If you mean Rayquaza then I have a part of the video talking about it lol.

[@tylerhartman3034]

@GymLeaderMatt1987 yeah I saw that after I made the comment!! But yeah Rayquaza definitely deserves his moment to shine as well! I also would love to see a Regigias run

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. There's like 85 of these runs that will be interesting. It's a bit overwhelming to do too much at once considering I want to do at least 1 Crystal run a month and I have a regular tier list to keep up with. Add in streaming to that and it's essentially another part time job on top of life/actual work.

[@Xavier.Villa.]

Are gen 1 misses also removed? I'm sure we all hate them 😆 Also yes ray... Make his start with dragon claw and extremespeed too

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

No way. The vanilla game is fully intact. These runs follow rules though. There's no gen where it starts with those moves. I'll likely use gen 8 or 9 learnset for it but I need to develop some code to get the signature move to work correctly.

[@reactivebrandon1360]

24:06 Don’t really need to slam other solo runners. When they do well, the algorithm recommends more Pokémon content, which is what your channel consists of and gets us to finding other runners. That is exactly how I came across your content is through watching JRose. Further, while yours is more data oriented and less about entertainment, JRose’s strength is strategy and telling a story of what the Pokémon *feels* like to solo run and how to make it consistent. Because it’s a story, it’s more narrative and less scientific. I’m so doing, the suspense and drama is what drives his content forward. Just my two cents.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Ha, Jrose in his 300k sub stratosphere has nothing to worry about. He inspired me to start doing it years ago. It was just a little tangent about something that personally takes me out of the video. If I could take it back, I probably would but it's a video going on 2 years old and it is what it is. Can't change it now! I wish the niche was doing well as it was. Sadly, he's been releasing like 5 videos for the first 11 months and then cashing in on the increased ad revenue in December for years now. Basically a few channels do well and everyone else that does this for a hobby just hope for some sort of scrap until they inevitably stop making content.

[@reactivebrandon1360]

@ I get that, and I’m commenting here because I’m relatively new to your channel(I’ve been watching your content for about a month hence why I am on such an old video). My only point here is that within this market, there are niches. You wouldn’t say that an actor, who has read the script, is “disingenuous” for playing out the scene laid in front of them. Likewise, JRose, in this instance is trying to paint the picture as to what he experienced at the time of the run. It’s about the surprising revelations and trials you find along the way. In contrast to your content, you dive deep into the data, map out a route and attempt it a handful of times to optimize it. It’s about the mitigation of surprise. Both styles have their place. TL;DR, caught me off guard, didn’t like it, but I do love your content.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it! Yea, you'll find several salty remarks over the years towards this or that thing but you can only live and learn. If I could do it over, I'd just focus on my stuff and have a little more positivity but I just gotta own it and learn from it!

[@creyx999]

Too much water Love ur vids Matt

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Glad you like them!

[@GoonieLord]

Earth Power now being physical

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

That's how the cookie crumbled for the first decade of Pokemon's existence lol.

[@TheOnlyPersona]

Another custom gen 1 run! We appreciate you brother 🙏🏾 happy Sunday!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea! Let's hope this one does well.

[@gutherford007]

Earth power brother.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Precipice Blades, brother.

[@ich8871]

Earthquake, brother.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Imagine having 3 powerful ground moves to pick from each with their own strengths.

[@Spikkle]

Too much water! First time viewer, thanks KZbin recommended!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

That's what I like to hear. Glad to have you here!

[@davidklein8608]

Too much water! I thought maybe you'd do this in Yellow version to show good Giovanni who the real ground pokemon master is. Or can you only hack red/blue right now?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

My general rule is that Yellow is only a Pokemon's best game if they have a hard time with Brock but have a wide enough movepool to handle the tougher late game but Groudon doesn't need to lol. I can do all the games but I just like gen 1 in general but Yellow is in the minority for gen 1 for me.

[@funnyinternetuser]

Thanks for the video bud. I'm ready to get my Kyogre up to 50 in pogo

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

My only 50s are in PvP. I just collect shinies and PvP. I used to be hardcore, legend every season but it's a slog to even make myself do battle days like today to get a Vulpix shiny.

[@funnyinternetuser]

@Gym Leader Matt I feel ya brother. Kyogres got some pvp play in master league at least

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I feel dirty maxing a non hundo for that and I haven’t been fortunate with any of the Gen 3 legendary. I’m hoping I can get shiny Groudon and Ray this time around though.

[@funnyinternetuser]

@Gym Leader Matt My Kyogre is 15/15/14 but the one missing HP doesn't matter because at level 50 it's the same HP as the hundo which is nice

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice. I can confidently say I've never played a single set of Master League. I just do the legend run in GL and UL mainly. These days I'm just playing events to get some shiny Pokemon. The Vulpix shiny was something I've wanted forever. Groudon is up there though. I haven't had a chance yet so I'll likely toss some bones down and remote it.

[@IrrelevantPride]

Tombstoner brother!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

A tombstoner to you and yours this weekend!

[@IrrelevantPride]

I like how you mentioned in the video about the super effective rock slide vs neutral stab eq but then you miss the rock slide vs lorelei but got away with that one!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It is what it is! I can't say the headspace I was at but maybe I wanted to save EQ PP so I didn't have to go into my menu to use an elixir until Lance or the pressure of playing at high speed and wanting to get a faster time could have caused it. The world may never know.

[@canyouguess397]

It would be cool to see you give your rival a legendary

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Maybe. The whole point is to keep the game vanilla to start to gather data to see not only how these runs stack up against the regular tier list, but against each other. Picking some random legendary each run not only adds a lot of extra coding and work, but it makes it hard to compare.

[@canyouguess397]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I 100% agree.I watch your videos all the time. I was just thinking if you have a legendary give you opponent a legendary just to see what the video would look like keep up all the good work

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! A randomizer would give that opportunity but I haven't done one in a while. I'm trying to dump my free time by gearing up for some good summer runs.

[@lucaspereira9722]

I hope you do Rayquaza next!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Next? Lmao. These take quite a while to do, even moreso with Ray. It needs some new code to get it's signature moves to be more like they are supposed to be. Outside of that, you have to make the sprites, modify the game code, add in new moves, get an overlay ready, and, even if everything goes perfectly, you still have to do several runs, record it, edit it, etc. I like playing Pokemon but I simply cannot dedicate that much time to a hobby. It'll likely be a month or more before we will see that one.

[@lucaspereira9722]

@Gym Leader Matt I meant next as in, eventually, you don't need to get defensive about it, dude 😂

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Don't mistake elaboration and being articulate with being defensive. Next time I'll just do a one word response lol.

[@lucaspereira9722]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I was just trying to be supportive, but okay

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

@@lucaspereira9722 What are you talking about? I just explained the process and told you my timeline on when it would come out and you are leaving weird responses. It's not that serious. Telling someone that's just writing a normal comment that they are being defensive is weird as fuck, bro. Then the whole backpedaling ending with 'but okay' like an angry high school girlfriend is just strange. But yea, Rayquaza within the next couple of months. I'm not defensive. Stop being weird.

[@michaelroywright9975]

Not only do Rayquaza, I think you should redo Kyogre. And also, too much water

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. I'll hold off on that one a bit but there's several Sanqui runs that need a redo but I'll get to some new stuff before I redo content that's not even two months old.

[@kendalllc3]

I like this video

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!

[@gyllecahilig2579]

just gonna comment for the algorithm

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I appreciate that. Maybe it'll help!

[@ich8871]

Apparently, Hoenn has too many HMs, too. I agree ngl

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I think Dive is a cool idea but overall it can be a little tedious.

[@ich8871]

Not saying they're bad, just saying 8 HMs is too much

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Any HM is too much. It's just a mechanic to look parts of the game until you do what the game wants.

[@ich8871]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 hmm, that IS true

[@viola8422]

Glad groundon did well,super cool pocket monster. Always found it such a bummer there wasnt much to do with legendarys in game,so solo runs are a fun way to play around with them. Also I get the fake hype,its like acting and putting on a show of the run. Its kinda weird if you look at it para socially but it's really not much more different then other entertainment if you think about it. ~~also shiny hunters a built off it lol~~

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. There's a ton of Pokemon that this style gives you a chance to fully see their limits in a way and fully experience them. Tyranitar is next week in Crystal and that's one that you just got at the end of the game and used some but seeing it from the start is cool. As for comparing the fake hype, I see it as pandering. At that point it's like a pog champ emote or like a fake react video just wanting to pull in views. It's very disingenuous and if you are doing it on something that's already niche, I think it's just hurtful overall. Like who gets into that? The other stuff you mentioned are mainly just pandering to a younger/wider audience.

[@viola8422]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 yeah I get your point it is a bit werid,I've seen people on YT use fake hype a lot so maybe I'm just numbed to it

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I get general channels and ones with 10+ million subs doing what works but it's weird when you are in a niche. 300k subs isn't anything to sneeze at but it just feels weird to see it there.

[@brianvoll]

No ray

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Damn. Going to tell every other comment that Brian said no.

[@roymerkel8008]

Too much water! Because you told me too (just watched Rayquesa, I know how this guy did, but watching to see how he got there)

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that! Yea, you get to see a true physical specimen with good moves dominate gen 1.

[@Villain_Killin_Dylan]

Without the gen 1 sprite in the picture this would be clickbait XD

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Ha, it’s Groudon in generation 1. I made a rom, put Groudon in it, and made that the title. I’d say that this is the exact opposite of clickbait, tbh.

[@Villain_Killin_Dylan]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 It was a joke, BUT the sprite work you do are so good!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

@@Villain_Killin_Dylan Ha, that’s like the 10th time someone’s clarified they were making a joke without realizing I was joking too.

[@Villain_Killin_Dylan]

​@@GymLeaderMatt1987 you got some long jokes sir jk

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Damn, if 3 short sentences is too much then that says more about you than me lol.

[@Joe-us4cf]

Roar!!!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Let's hope we don't see roar in this run lol.

[@BallinSloth]

I think Groudon is the best box art legendary.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

On the flip side I always though Suicune was the weirdest choice.