How Easily Can You Catch Every Pokemon in Scarlet/Violet?

With the release of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, I took on the challenge of completing the Pokedex as fast as possible, and while I normally attempt this with only the newest Pokemon, I tried to complete the entire Pokedex of all 400 Pokemon. This is how it went. This video took a lot of time and effort to put together, so I'd really appreciate it if you shared this with a friend. If you have any suggestions for the next video, leave it in the comments below! Have a great day :)
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Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Day 1
17:55 - Day 2
25:05 - Day 3
32:39 - Outro

[@JohnstoneYT]

Like this if I should do a Professor Oak’s Challenge for Scarlet and Violet 😅

[@athought1110]

Joel

[@connoroflynn2789]

What if instead of doing every Pokémon you can get before each gym badge you do every Pokémon you can get before each titan

[@barticgameoshawottsquad6149]

Yes

[@RandalfElVikingo]

With this game is pointless. Better to create a new challenge.

[@dominicthecool1784]

Sure

[@ekkofizix]

Dude, a professor oak challenge in this game is gonna be painful, because basically the entire dex is available before literally everything- yes, you dint even need Koraidon/Miraidon upgrades to get places

[@blameitondanny]

Does the badge requirements counts?

[@louisearcher2511]

the psychic gym and surrounding area is really the only place locked behind an upgrade iirc

[@blameitondanny]

@@louisearcher2511 Nope. There's a way to get around that. Everything has a hidden path to the destination.

[@StormTheOnigiri]

true pain is knowing you don't even need koraidon/miraidon to get them all

[@keo549]

@@louisearcher2511 paradox pokemon are at the end of the game, so you'd have like 390 or smth and then have to speedrun the whole game to get the last few You'd probably also have to do some tera raids for the money, since you'd be stuck with pokeballs for so long

[@TheRibottoStudios]

*Everyone at the beginning of the game:* wow hating Arven is gonna be super easy, barely an inconvenience *Everyone at the end of the game:* wow hating the writers for putting Arven through SO much pain is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@taylorjames14]

I liked him from the beginning 😂

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@taylorjames14 I liked him but in that "oh I'm gonna like hating him" way and then by the 2nd titan I was like "ohhhhh noooooo he's gonna be a SAD BOI isn't he?" lol

[@phantompop3192]

I liked him from the start. The endgame just made me want to give the guy a hug. You know he’s struggling with some demons 😭

[@aniebodie6508]

Pitch Meetings for games when

[@TheRibottoStudios]

@@phantompop3192 The fact that not only did one parent leave shortly after he was born, but they SACRIFICE THEMSELVES not for ARVEN'S SAFETY but the BOX ART LEGENDARY just mmmm. Puh. poor guy

[@Riseeka]

Remember for your next attempt: Check your Pokédex for registry rewards - you get stones, balls and candies every ten entries

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

Yeah, I realized that mid game with 200+ pokemon already registered. While the Dex is a bit clunky to navigate and doesn't have a search engine, being rewarded for filling it out feels pretty great.

[@rich93147]

@Quashing Tub At least you realized man. I caught all 400 pokemon and talked to the professor for the shiny charm until he told me about the Pokedex reward thing. Had to sit there for like 5 minutes spamming A because I didn't claim anything the ENTIRE game.

[@thealmightyhent-taiking7075]

YOU DO?!

[@sparergamer7079]

I saw a video abt it then I knew

[@rapidretrovenue563]

@@rich93147 LMAO the TRUE speedrunner's way to do it. Proud of you.

[@mostlyghostey]

I’m convinced that Applin is the reason encounter powers from food exist. I searched for one for just about as long as you before giving up and buying an “Encounter Power: Dragon” boosting food. Then suddenly it was if it was autumn and I was thrust into an apple orchard with all the Applin I started finding.

[@UnDefinedLegacy]

The memory leak stuff causes issues with spawning. If you see applin on your map but can’t see him in trees then close the game then open it up. Finally loads.

[@LizzyGMusic]

I had to resort to sandwiches to catch Charcadet, even though it CAN be found everywhere I just did not find it at all

[@brent2116]

easiest way i found was to do one star raids early, got a bunch easy and early

[@sososleeepy]

I didn't have any issues finding applin I didn't know it was that rare. I looked up the location and it was in the first tree I ran into. maybe just luck I guess

[@AllegedlyHuman]

There's actually a field of trees up in the mountains somewhere where you can find plenty of Applin on the ground. I'm absolutely garbage with directions, but there's also a dragon tera Salandit there for anyone wanting to find it

[@StickMaster500]

It’s still crazy that with all the new Pokémon introduced into Scarlet and Violet, we have officially past 1000 Pokémon in the National Dex going from #001 to #1010!

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

Are they all in this game?

[@hisuiantyphlosion]

@@Ten_Thousand_Locusts nope

[@Ten_Thousand_Locusts]

@@hisuiantyphlosion ofc not, what was I expecting...

[@artlover4444]

@@Ten_Thousand_Locusts only 400 are in the game and 40 more are expected with dlc and all ...

[@auralyss]

@@artlover4444 it'll prolly be more than just 40 more going off of swsh dlc lmao

[@codeyheslop6603]

Picking Quaxly actually gave you a massive advantage as it’s near impossible to find people who picked quaxly when trying to trade the other 2. Edit: Added context for those reading this in the future, my comment refers to pre Scarlet and Violet being on home, so you had to trade to get them.

[@VoidStarsDemon]

It’s actually a very fast thing to find in wonder trades, it was my first wonder trade

[@Haamuhai]

yeah, i chose Fuecoco and it took me like 15mins via link trade to get Quaxly

[@hungryowl1559]

​@@QFC_MAGMAthat triggered me. I disagree with you as a person. Smell ya later

[@O_The_10]

@@hungryowl1559 You Are Mean

[@foodmaz]

I'm looking to trade as well I chose fuecoco

[@dsproductions19]

Finally got around to finishing my pokedex in about 80 in-game hours, and this is the first game I've done that so I think that's a pretty good time. Despite the performance and design flaws, this is surprisingly one of the most fun games in the series in years.

[@rapidretrovenue563]

be glad you didn't do the swsh one LOL those were PAIN.. Removal of Random Encounters helped ALOT.

[@JanembaFreak]

Taunt, healing pulse, false swipe, hypnosis Gallade is actually the best shiny hunter in pokemon too. Has been for a few gens now. Taunt stops stuff like memento and perish song, heal pulse stops self damaging moves and weather, and false swipe and hypnosis are self explanatory. Only thing he doesn't stop is explosion/self-destruct, so make sure to have a mon with damp. Also raise Kirlia to at least lvl 43 before evolving. Gallade doesn't learn heal pulse by level up and it isn't a tm. Kirlia learns it at 43 tho, so if you wait until then to evolve you can have it on your Gallade. And if you find a mon that has an ability that neutralizes other abilities like neutralizing gas and also explodes, like Galarian Weezing, buddy just use your master ball that boy's gonna blow

[@JanembaFreak]

Hidden Ability Parasect is the best damp mon btw. Only one that can learn false swipe. Also he gets spore which is great. I still prefer Gallade for my general hunting tho due to heal pulse and taunt helping my crippling anxiety. No mons currently in Scarlet/Violet can have damp and learn False Swipe

[@EasternUmi]

Breloom does it better with 100% accuracy spore and can learn false swipe.

[@JanembaFreak]

@@EasternUmi Breloom has accuracy on its sleep move over Gallade, yes, but comes with some drawbacks. Can't put grass types to sleep for one, and misses out on almost all other utility catching moves. No taunt and no heal pulse. So, if a mon with, say, memento wakes up on you, it can kill itself without you being able to do anything about it. It does get rain dance/sunny day, so it can get rid of sandstorm chip damage, which is nice. But gallade also gets those moves, so it's not a leg up on gallade. Personally I don't really get how Breloom is a strictly better catching mon. I'd much rather take the lower accuracy on hypnosis to have no immunities to my sleep move and way more catching utility for shinies. In fact as far as spore users go, I'd say Parasect is explicitly better in generations he's in just because of Damp. So yeah, I highly disagree that Breloom is better for the purposes of shiny hunting, but if you like him more go ahead and use him instead of gallade. It's your game and your pokemon, use the ones you like

[@EdwinAng]

Umm I use Iron Valiant with False Swipe and Hypnosis though

[@TheOfficalHubert]

Wow that was fast

[@prince_hood]

Fr

[@SpectralArrow_]

Ong

[@RandalfElVikingo]

He is a fast fella.

[@TheWeebIdiot]

Ong ong

[@croctheshoe]

Ong ong ong

[@TheQuashingoftheTub]

Mabosstiff flying in from offscreen and outright _murdering_ a mechanical Hydreigon might be the best thing ever.

[@oliverlie788]

actual talent to put 30 hours+ into a 30minute video that is still cohesive AND entertaining

[@hunterdolatowski7995]

There is no longer a scam on this comment but there used to be a bot scam.

[@strawberryjades]

@@hunterdolatowski7995 no?

[@hunterdolatowski7995]

@@strawberryjades this is an old comment there used to be a bot scam.that would try and get you to talk to them on a message thinking they were the creator.

[@TimeBucks]

15 minutes of pure positivity.

[@rahulkumarmanjhi9512]

Nice

[@candacedean2135]

How can I stop fing KZbin from blitzing me with this crap?

[@buiphong7779]

i like it

[@SANTANI_BOYS]

Bsj

[@mkhan2490]

Nice

[@CyndaWott]

Maushold actually has an evolution animation, yet it can randomly evolve in your party and box. weirdest evolution method to date

[@torenchao]

i was trying to evolve it, sent it out in battle... and realised it had already evolved, somehow

[@captnd7902]

It evolves from Tandemaus starting at level 25 only when leveled up in a battle. It will skip the evolution animation, if leveled up in battle through the use of Exp. Share. - according to bulbapedia

[@DogeBish]

you clearly havent seen galarian yanmask

[@CyndaWott]

@@DogeBish that wasn't so bad. It made sense in a way

[@DogeBish]

@@CyndaWott taking 49 damage in a battle then going under a random rock formation???? that evo made no sense lol

[@MegidolErin]

For anyone else watching, there are 2 guaranteed spawns of Applin on the ground so you don't have to bother with trees. Go to Serebii then "map"

[@jmurray1110]

Thankfully that’s how I got my applin I just bred for another to save time

[@alexmiller4006]

He got exreamly lucky at 14:51 when he is sliding down the mountain. His miraidon is actually shiny! This is very rare and only has a 1/4096 chance of happening when doing this gym test.

[@sayanskywolf13]

this, miraidon its supposed to be shiny locked but the sliding minigame has a bug so there is a chance for it to be shiny in there

[@Cadocdot]

Guess I’m pretty lucky then since it happened to me all the times I did it to test it, which was 15. It’s not shiny, it’s just the snow.

[@AutisticGastrodon]

​@@Cadocdot I'm pretty sure it's a joke They knew it wasn't a shiny

[@Lomokkoe]

@@AutisticGastrodon That is shiny as far as I know. Other videos show that Miraidon doesn't look silver for normal runs, even when covered in snow.

[@pyrusblade39]

@@Lomokkoe The main reason we can tell is the legs. We see snow covered Miradon earlier in the video, and while the head gets covered, the legs are still purple. In the video, it's all silver.

[@ashleyneku5432]

The classroom performance scene is so weird because immediately after you're in the same class and their animations are fine. I really think the devs accidentally programmed the scene to think you're far away, thus reducing the framerate of their anims for optimization...even though you're right there.

[@hunterdolatowski7995]

It's a scam don't do it.

[@waggshore3777]

It almost certainly took you more than 32 hours. Small Ant discovered that the in game time is calculated through frames, not real world time. He had been playing for 16 hours and the game only logged 14.5 hours due to the drops in framerate. Will be very interesting to see if this can be done in less than 24 hours though!

[@bluntslt8023]

Hmm I wonder if that's true

[@skitterly]

Dang, they’re really gonna count frames in one of the laggiest games to date. That’s just crazy lol

[@CASyHD.]

@@bluntslt8023 It is true :D

[@themasterblaze7563]

Yes. The dex can be done in less than 24 hours. You can speedrun the games story in like 5 hours if you know what you're doing.

[@sategllib2191]

This game lags way too much for them to count time that way lol

[@that-guy-pearce]

You can actually find Applin in an area west of Levincia up on a hill that you need a few Miraidon/Koraidon upgrades to get to. It's in a little ditch in the ground full of flowers. Too late for John, but I hope this helps someone else.

[@chaosempress]

You can also find them in Tera raids as well

[@kristinep596]

This is where I found mine! It was just on the ground by a tree. I didn’t realize they were hard to get

[@NathanCotrill]

Main change I want in a patch is the ability to use quick balls outside of battle like PLA. Would make sense

[@basiliskgenesis]

right? feather balls and such r goated

[@ChaosRemnant]

Disagree

[@NathanCotrill]

@@ChaosRemnant y?

[@ChaosRemnant]

Because as nice as it was in PLA I believe the feature to throw a PokeBall before the encounter doesn't belong in the main series games. I felt as if it changed the entire feel of finding pokemon. Mainly from that feature alone I felt like I was more of a pokemon researcher in PLA

[@NathanCotrill]

@@ChaosRemnant that's basically what a quick ball does tho lol. Incase it wasn't clear, I meant specifically for quick balls, you'd be able to throw 1 before the encounter. If it catches, it'd be the same as waisting 30s on a cutscene lol.

[@Fuuukano]

23:57 I did ! I never spoil myself how to evolve new Pokémon, I love to spend hours trying to find how, and up until now the only Pokémon I've never found how to evolve and had to spoil myself was Runerigus. But to be fair, Kingambit's evolution was really easy to find, you just had to read the Leader's Crest description and Bisharp's Pokédex description, those were HUGE clues.

[@Fuuukano]

Oh and I forgot Finizen too. But that one is bull**** lol.

[@fai4743]

If true, congrats on the figuring out! Fun fact, you can use any Bisharp, it doesn't need the held item. You just gotta use your Bisharp to defeat the others and level to 53+ :D

[@Fuuukano]

@@fai4743 Oooh, I did not know the specifics ! What I did was I gave him the Crest, and defeated a bunch of other Bisharp, and at some point after an hour or so, he evolved after leveling up ! To be fair it happens a lot of the times, I get the evolution but I don't exactly know how I did it, a good example is Overqwil/Wyrdeer from PLA, I thought completing their dex pages was what is required, because they evolved soonish after I completed Hisuian Qwilfish and Stantler pages, but when I checked weeks after I realized you did not need to do all that lol

[@solgaleo3533]

@@Fuuukano I believe it’s any Bisharp that are holding it, but the opponent has to be the one holding it. It’s more often than not the ones that spawn in packs, but you can check using Frisk, or even use Trick to give them one (only to dethrone them immediately after bestowing the title on them)

[@AutisticGastrodon]

My boy, you are a genius. I would NEVER figure out how to evolve bisharp. Not that I would. Kingambit is ugly as heck

[@IzaRDM00]

For anyone having trouble with rarer spawns, using the sandwiches to increase the encounter chance for specific types helps a ton, I found a few applins in less than 3 minutes with dragon encounter level 1

[@Snowstorm174]

I decided that I would finish my dex before watching this video; and now it’s complete! So I not only get the shiny charm, but also the enjoyment of a Johnstone video! Thank you for your service, good sir :D

[@gyletre675]

I actually guessed the menu in the normal gym on my first try without talking to anyone in the restaurant. I thought I had to talk to the guy to activate the gym trial, and ended up choosing the correct alternatives. That is a pro gamer moment I probably will never top.

[@kinsan89]

That's actually amazing, nice! I got it on my 2nd try, I just missed the crispiness haha

[@samuelstannard730]

I managed to do the same thing!

[@hughjass1976]

I guessed, got every single part wrong, and spent like an hour finding out the correct order. I wish I had your luck

[@hunterdolatowski7995]

These bots are insane don't do it, it's a scam it is not him.

[@heartsofcarnage]

Haha same it was big brain time

[@Erin123473]

The fact that you managed to accomplish this Challenge and edit the video within LESS than a week is ridiculous! Love your content and enjoy watching all your Videos ❤

[@chizzicle]

I love that everyone I've seen do it have had the same reaction to the normal gym battle field thing I had

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

At first I hated pawmi’s evolutions because they just stand up and not much changed but now I kinda like them and pawmot changes enough for me to be satisfied even though pawmo is literally pawmi standing up with a lighter colour fur. The whole line is cute and they have a move that revives your Pokémon.

[@weightupitshannah]

The open world-ness was definitely an aid. I was 15 levels above everything almost constantly no matter where I went. I only lost once to the desert titan, and never lost again hahaha. Arceus was much more difficult imo.

[@Pyroneer752]

​​​​@user-yn3yb8hr9pot-be-gone! Have an issue with bots? Well with only ten sprays from bot-be-gone and they will surely go away! Screw you bot!

[@brentsta]

I just finished my first Pokédex ever. After playing the series since silver. This video amazes me even though it’s the easiest game to complete arguably. Great job

[@Deelee2020]

I haven’t watched this yet, as I’m playing slowly, but thanks in advance for being one of the few poketubers to not put spoilers in their thumbnail!! I’ve seen so many Pokémon early, I’m glad you just put the box legendary :)

[@contactmeontele_gramjohnst3128]

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[@gadgecorey2825]

Don’t actually know if this has been said, but Applin isn’t exclusive to trees. I spent forever looking for one, and if you go to East Province One, I think, the same area where Mela is, North of The Team Fire Base has a little gully up in the mountains with a few trees, you can find Applin just chilling on the ground, caught two in under a minute.

[@contactmeontele_gramjohnst3128]

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[@kylemathurin670]

Easiest way to experience the entire game as a viewer. Thanks! ❤

[@Moovelope]

I was waiting to watch a play through of this game for when you put up a video! Can’t wait to watch this after I’m done with work 😊

[@lampshade6579]

Btw, you don't need a Bisbarp that has a Leaders Crown then evolve it. Just need a Bisbarp to defeat the ones holding it.

[@strawberryjades]

You need to defeat bisharp that are surrounded by pawniard, and if I remember correctly you unfortunately do need the leaders crest on your bisharp

[@TheHopperUK]

Good video! Breloom has been my catcher for the whole game. There are quite a few high-level shroomish kicking around that know spore.

[@RaoulVissers]

Much respect for you and your time you put in these videos John

[@MANJYOMETHUNDER111]

Johnstone: "PAWMI'S EVOLUTION LOOKS THE SAME!" Me, who already has Finizen evolved: "oh you sweet summer child"

[@lightskin8878]

Palafin ability atleast looks diff

[@powwowken2760]

"You know this Pawmi design is pretty cute. What should we do for its evolutions to keep it mascot worthy?" "Hmm a tough question, how about nothing?" "That's.... GENIUS!"

[@lordvaust5830]

I completed the Scar/Vet Dex when the games came out. It was a lot of fun because I had my friends to help with swapping between versions and so on. I even completed the Kitakami Dex on release day thanks to them.

[@SentaiYamaneko]

At this point, I only have one Pokemon left, and that's Slowking. This is going to be the first game where I actually complete the Pokedex since the original Red and Blue!

[@_axoplasm]

you know its a good day when johnstone uploads a video

[@derekberthiaume5367]

I'm glad I'm not the only one that freaked out when everyone in the normal gym was just wiped out. I was like holy s*** This guy didn't even bat an eye

[@sphealingit222]

god the Herba Mystica abbreviation being HM hit me like a truck, thanks for that

[@contactmeontele_gramjohnst3128]

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[@DBS_Destroyer]

Hearing you talk about applin made me relate so much. I had to use a flapple I caught from a raid and breed it for applin and appletun

[@komi___]

Applin is not exclusive to trees though, I don't know why he said that.

[@jackcart2345]

This game was really easy to complete the dex. I'm loving the open world and hoping they continue pushing the games in this direction 😃

[@jandiethervalero9906]

You are able to catch the Titan Pokémon in their Normal Form after defeating them, btw, it is also the earliest way to catch Iron Tread before Area Zero.

[@TheBeastlySort02]

Where!!!!!!

[@MGlBlaze]

This one came out quick. And oh, THAT'S why I didn't remember seeing Tandemaus' evolution! If that's intentional it's actually cool. Reminds me of how you get Shedinja a bit.

[@yshore8409]

i completed the entire game and pokedex in a 30 hour binge. hardest challenge of my life. Had the best sleep of my life afterwards.

[@doe9000]

I dont understand why people dont like Quaquval's design, it looks really cute to me, especially the peacock tails.

[@penguinkirb3759]

I agree

[@cannon7182]

its so gay bru

[@shakeriddleandroll939]

@@cannon7182thats a bonus

[@Cranberryyyy]

I don’t like the gay duck

[@doe9000]

@@Cranberryyyy based opinion lmfao

[@cicisstormshelter1076]

Figures. Great video, Johnstone, and another notch in the "Gotta Catch 'Em All" belt. ^_^

[@MarcusGronkowski]

Did he seriously just say “what in the Apple Jacks is that” to Gholdengo? bro. his design is cool and he’s literally the 1000th Pokémon. Be grateful.

[@docelima3535]

Love the content man, keep up the good work 👍

[@ilan_profile]

Cant wait to see you do the same with the Shiny Pokedex 🤪

[@Venemofthe888]

So the mouse one not having a evolution screen is actually incorrect. If it participates in the battle that evolves the pokemon then it does have a evolution screen. Theres also a trade in the electric gym town that gives you a gengar in case you dont have someone to trade with

[@SparklingTheWay]

just replying to keep note of the gengar thing dont mind me

[@glitchgaming5194]

Is there a trade for scizzor aswell or?

[@tomascox8748]

@@glitchgaming5194 no but you can catch it in 5 and 6 star tera raids. Also Slowking and Palafin are available the same way.

[@stargirlvampire]

I didn't know you could get the version exclusives when you play together with other people. Thank you for showing it to me, this might make it easier for me to complete the dex without doing suprise trades.

[@Kalosmon]

*14:55** Man, thank you very much for your content overall, and sorry if I sound silly, but I'm glad I finally found the charm on Quaxly's last form's design. Happy New Year.*

[@caderaid441]

most botted comment ive ever seen

[@slykele547]

Pawmi’s evolution line is just three concept arts for the same Pokémon if that makes sense

[@djdog120]

Gengar is actually attainable without trading. There’s an NPC in the town with the electric gym that trades you a haunted without an everstone

[@hughjass1976]

(That's a trade)

[@notaspacealien]

@@hughjass1976 this has "well actually" vibes

[@chavaspada]

@@hughjass1976 you can also get gengar, scizor and slowking raids.

[@vagabond4576]

@@hughjass1976 not an online trade you twit.

[@mattwhitediscgolf]

Very cool video, I’m in the 300s right now and doing all the weird evolutions and trades/co-op for game exclusives. Nice Braves hat too!

[@scottcameron174]

Glad you were able to upload you playing with yourself without getting the video taken down.

[@shinyskunk]

How is this the first time I'm realizing that Herba Mystica is "HM" for short.

[@harley8174]

in the mountain ski bit the miridon turns shiny for some people which is unusual but is funny to see

[@contactmeontele_gramjohnst3128]

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[@LeveledRogue]

I've also had that happen while choosing to press the ride button in the party menu

[@Daniel-zl9tv]

Bro I watched you at like 40k subs and that wasn’t even that long ago. Recently got back into pokemon and now I see you have 400k. Congrats my brother you deserve then all

[@ryansilvestri7533]

Been dying for this video. Love the series

[@DakotaPrideModding]

Not sure if this was already said, but you could've used a dragon-type encounter boost (lvl 1 or lvl 2) to increase the applin spawns during Day 2.

[@etourdie]

Just looked at each starter line's exclusive move, and it looks to me like they have a favorite. Sound based fire type move that raises special attack afterwards but gets screwed over by sound proof, flash fire, and throat chop, a regular water move that raises your speed which is often the least useful stat, and a grass type move that never misses and always crits

[@ZakanaHachihaCBC]

Makes sense. Look at the last few generations. Scorbunny with Libiro. Litten with Intimidate and Parting Shot. Froke with Protean.

[@huntermorris7421]

The speed raise pairs very well with Moxie though

[@MasonBarker-iy6kb]

Your least useful stat? Are you high?

[@damienw95]

@@ZakanaHachihaCBC Rillaboom setting grassy terrain from its HA and getting priority Grassy Glide from that was a massive reason it became a top 5 staple in Gen 8 doubles, more impactful than libero cinderace imo

[@ZakanaHachihaCBC]

@@damienw95 yeah the Grassy Terrain+Grassy Glide made Rillaboom really good, but at the time of release for SwSh, we only knew about it having the Grassy Terrain and Cinderace’s Libero.

[@fanarkboy8543]

This is really a one of a kind plot twist that your version exclusive Pokemon Professor turns out to be a villain

[@abbymmm6716]

16:08 I LAUGHED SO HARD AT THIS OMFG “OH MY GOD YOU KILLED HIM” it has me rolling on the floor awesome commentary

[@cooper2366]

Dude, how did you do this in 5 days? You’re a madman and I love to see it.

[@JustLikeYou.]

The grind was real lol

[@PikaFilmStudios]

my friend completed the dex in 3 days

[@excalibur493]

I wanted to do this, but I got SUPER sick, so I had to chill out that Legends Arceus grindset.

[@cooper2366]

@@PikaFilmStudios dam

[@kirby.9601]

Tons of quickballs and taking advantage of the link trade codes

[@Irish_Enderman]

I have never been super into completing the Pokédex, but with Violet, I got the game for Christmas and I've already got almost 250 Pokémon, more than half the 'dex, it's been less than 2 weeks lol

[@noimead988]

Woah, i didn't even realise the initials for Herba Mystica were HM. That's pretty cool.

[@rapidretrovenue563]

I think the best way to setup for pokedex completion is to focus on your quests with Arven (Which I thankfully did cuz Nemona was driving me crazy) to get your abilities while catching everything you see, beat the game, then come back around and start evolving everything you caught and IDEALLY have a glare pokemon like sandaconda for pesky catch rate mons. You can utilize T wave, but you know, ground types like Ting Lu and paradox Donphans aren't affected. Prolly not the FASTEST way to do it, but definitely cuts the headache of backtracking cuz once you can climb glide and swim you have complete access to the map.. I still like SwSh bike better though... Idk if Miraidon controls any better, but Koraidon feels like a sack of bricks sometimes I hate it. The SwSh bike is somuch smoother.

[@sangheilislayer92]

I know this doesn't help John because he's already done it, but for anyone having problems finding Applin eat a meal with Encounter Power Dragon and search just outside of Medali. AFAIK Applin is the only dragon that can spawn in that area and the trees aren't all tagged up so you can see it pretty easily if it's in one

[@flamechomp5075]

This game would be perfect for catch as many Pokemon you can before a single badge, can't wait.

[@AreYouTakingTheMickington]

3:23 Bringing a whole new meaning to the slow kid in class

[@mechsupernova]

I didn't know that Pokemon would still listen to you if you caught them earlier, I ended up having to fight the last 3 or so gyms one right after another because I was worried they would get too far ahead of me 🤣

[@modernreflex91]

Ive actually found applin twice on the ground but they were in pretty random areas. Never actually seen one in a tree.

[@SUPAtheHUMMINGBIRD]

“Ok so now that I’m playing… with myself- wait I didn’t mean it that way” got me. It got me.

[@chrismckay3868]

I jumped the river heading to Levincia my first time as well... realized later if you go down to the beach you can just walk across the river mouth and you don't even need the mount :) I only realized that on the game where I walked around the map and unlocked all the pokestops before doing the first terastal battle with Nemona... which I have still neglected to do in that game heh.

[@alexandershambrock6643]

It shocks me how few people realize you get free rewards from your pokedex every 10 new pokemon you register. Open your dex and click x. I didn't realize this until I was at 300 and the animations took like 5 min. You get some good shit that way

[@UmbrasMercy]

Man if only we could do this challange as fast as the videos length lol. I just wanna shiny hunt more, Shiny Valient will be enough for now.

[@tomkey7]

8:00 you don't even need to jump to the other side of the river for this, it's possible to just go down to the beach and pass over the river to ignore the barrier completely

[@cheerkub8110]

It's possible to just jump over the barrier.

[@APG93]

Surprised no one mentioned this on stream, but there's a location for a static Applin spawn in East Province 2. At least I believe it's static. I've gone there 4 times and it's been there every time lol. Easiest way to describe how to get there is to go south from Zapapico and get on top of the mountain range. Jump over the river and keep going south, you'll run into a grove that has a static Terra Salandit. And in that grove is Applin. 😄

[@contactmeontele_gramjohnst3128]

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[@joaogomes9405]

Maushold does have an evolution animation, but it only plays if it levels up in a battle it fought in personally. If it levels up during a battle it didn't take part of, the animation won't play.

[@WWEdeadman]

Okay, so after taking 55 hours on my Violet save, plus a full playthrough and catching all version exclusives on Scarlet, of about 23 hours, let's see how fast you were. This was sure a journey on my end...

[@mustbenatemoney]

In terms of late game grinding, I found the most consistent spot to be the cave you find Iron Valiant/Roaring Moon in to be the best, level 55 CHQ set spawn pretty often in there so you’re getting anywhere from 2-4K xp per battle depending on if you have lucky egg equipped. Took me no time at all to clear up those last few evos in there.

[@psifour6759]

Glad to see I'm not the only person who realized that Ralts is the key to catching mons. Gallade 100% carried me and made it fast enough to stay focused.

[@nolanvecchioni1587]

Some of these reactions are GOLD

[@Mimiyan_or_Pikapikafan]

Watching this while at 314/400 Pokemon in the Dex for Violet. Already got most of the version exclusives to

[@SpiralTheFirst]

I don’t understand how people don’t like quaxly, he’s perfect

[@coatgoat5462]

Aaaah, the shiny Gogoat! ♥ I love that lil' guy! What a delightful video, too!

[@Plasmafox]

My catchmon was the T-Normal Scyther with a static spawn early on. No status move, but able to grab 150% damage on False Swipe and switch defensive type when it counts e.g against rock, and with Eviolite it could tank a lot of hits. And with Twave on so many mons, status was always an option if I needed it.

[@yaycupcake]

Since it requires postgame and most people are clearing the game casually in 20-30 hours without doing a complete Pokedex I think that's a pretty solid time to finish. Especially since most previous Pokemon games generally take closer to 10 hours to complete at a casual pace.

[@vee8101]

I’d love to see a more straightforward “catch all the new gen 9 Pokémon in 24 hours”

[@michaelrennie8129]

The editing in your videos is brilliant

[@pokevids5497]

Johnstone you are the best you tuber ever i love your content plz keep it up

[@SunscreenEatingDork]

I could’ve sworn I’ve seen a sinistea in my Pokemon game but I have Scarlet so 😅

[@sergiomontalvosoto8403]

I can't wait to see how long it takes for you to get all of them shiny 😂

[@fuyuhiko___]

Johnstone:DID IT JUST GET LARGER Meanwhile Pichu and Pikachu:just keep looking forward he won't notice you Me:I SEE YOU TWO

[@Layorgenla]

Wait, 14:55 you got the rare shiny roll on the skiing gym challenge!? Dude that's so cool!