How FAST Can Clefable Beat Pokémon Yellow?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Here are chapters if you want to jump around! What did you think about Clefable in Gen 1? Was this your first time seeing Minimize/Double Team in full force? 0:00 - Intro 0:28 - Stats and Moves Overview 4:13 - First Gym: Brock’s Rock Types 6:28 - Minimize: Why the Double Team TM Is Banned 9:36 - Second Gym: Misty’s Water Team 11:00 - Single Highest Cluster 12:34 - Third Gym: Lt. Surge’s Electric Challenge 13:20 - Split Data: First Look 15:06 - Getting Psychic in Saffron 16:03 - Fourth Gym: Erika’s Grass Types 16:54 - Fifth Gym: Koga’s Poison Team 18:54 - Silph Co. and Rival #5 19:54 - Brisk Swim Down to Cinnabar 20:39 - Sixth Gym: Blaine’s Fire Types 21:34 - Seventh Gym: Sabrina’s Psychic Team 22:12 - Eighth Gym: Giovanni’s Ground Force 25:32 - Split Data: Final Look 26:31 - Elite Four Start 29:48 - Champion Fight: Final Showdown 31:16 - Results: How Fast Was Clefable?

[@gambleralex5083]

Real one who is glad you didnt ban minimize outright makes the video really unique from the others.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. There’s very few Pokémon that even learn it so it makes zero sense to ban it, imo.

[@TPC1993]

Fun fact. “Crushing moves” such as body slam and stomp will never miss when an opponent uses minimize and they will also deal double damage. I recently learned this and had my mind blown. I’ve been playing since yellow and I’m still learning things about these games.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

That's only a feature that started in later gens. It's not in gen 1.

[@TPC1993]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Interesting. So yet again I learn something new! Appreciate the response. And keep up the awesome content man! Love me some gymleadermatt while I enjoy a sodie pop.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

No problem!

[@red-eyessolares1817]

Clefable really making the case here for why its line should’ve been the original mascot

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Clefairy making a comeback!

[@CapnWilly]

The Clefairy line is my wife's absolute favorite. I always kinda thought the metronome aspect made this thing so cool and leaned into the moon 'mon story.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea metronome is a cool move with the random aspect. A little frustrating to plan around but cool when it works.

[@ryangibson8727]

Great run man, real one as always. It's a shame you don't have more recognition. You're my favorite Pokemon creator for what it's worth

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that! I just do what I do and the rest is out of my control lol.

[@MadMalMan]

I thought Clefable would be good but wow, and when you think a bit of luck around the Brock split and it could have been pushing Alakazam down!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. The Brock split wasn’t bad but I didn’t want to fish too much lol.

[@realperson69]

Thanks for the video! I was freaking out a bit during the Agatha fight as you were setting up on Golbat, forgetting it doesn’t have Haze in Yellow. 😅

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea I’d probably do my setting up immediately in Red. Even in Crystal I feel comfortable on rival 2 with one mudslap on the Gastly so after 1 double team I’d play the odds of hypnosis missing.

[@Polyphony1987]

Love your videos Matt!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks brother!

[@tonyyu6153]

Impressive with zero reset and 2hrs 08mins impressed me again~! very lucky to have Ice Beam KO the Onix in Brock's battle indeed Real one and Moonstoner brother!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I'd say getting an Ice Beam after 6 turns is pretty average. Luck would be resetting until you one shot both Pokemon fast but the probability is around 54% after 6 uses to get something solid.

[@reddragonpress]

I love the eyes on Clefable's damaged sprite. Clefable really benefits from the expansive movepool that a lot of Gen 1 Normal-types were blessed with; and even though its base stats aren't the best, it manages to stand out over comparable mons because of that. Even in Gen 6 and onward it still gets a lot of the same moves.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. The Gen 1 theme of normal types getting tons of moves continues to this day! I also like any sprite recognition. No one else takes the time for stuff like that lol.

[@Greymangamer]

Another real one! Clefable is a sleeper, it’s stats are not amazing, but it somehow has bulk and enough attack to be dangerous. Also gets an amazing move pool and the fairy typing later on. Awesome work man

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea supreme movepool backed with an early minimize really does some work. You hit a pretty huge power spike by the 3rd gym which is cool.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

20:32 *TOMBSTONER, BROTHER!!!!* ...only it was misanswered!!!

[@PraefMace]

While I already expected Clefable to perform well, I didn't expect it to do THAT well.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, it was solid. It had all the makings to crush the game!

[@tarquis_trueshot]

This was my favorite Pokemon growing up. It makes me happy to see it have competitive play viability and more importantly SOLO RUN SUPREMACY! This really made my week! Keep up the great content!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it. Yea it’s the one natural double team/minimize user that’s actually good lol.

[@youtube-kit9450]

Ngl I looked away for a bit and when I looked back... the moveset Body Slam/Thunderbolt/BubbleBeam/Minimize at 14:34 has to be some of the most unhinged broken shit I've seen in gen 1. Ice Beam/Blizzard to replace BubbleBeam with and jesus fuck, BS even having STAB. So glad Clefable has shit stats. EDIT: Lol not even half a minute later you even talked about ice beam for later EDITEDIT: Also please continue rattling off percentages and stuff, my ND brain gets off on that stuff.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea it has a top tier learnset that rivals the best of them but that’s most normal types for some reason. Hell, to this day normal types get crazy coverage.

[@TripleShizzle]

Unexpected how good it finished compared to the other Pokemon with evasion strats - wishing you all the success cause you deserve it!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I guess one of them were bound to be decent lol.

[@ajahmoernest8356]

Clefable: So, I started Minimizing. Interviewer: What if you get hit anyway? Clefable: Nah, I'd still win

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It's pretty resilient!

[@gunner101ism]

Great video again GLM. I hope u do make it big on YT as u are great to watch. Also, Steiner math being mentioned has made me smile all day. Your a real one

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! I’ve been doing it for years and sadly I have to start moving to every other week now with some irl stuff kicking in but we’ll keep chipping away at it! It’s not up to me how many people KZbin show the videos to lol.

[@thatturbotruck]

Tombstoner brother!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it, brother.

[@GeneralWiggins]

That was a hell of a run. Can't wait for Staryu whenever you do it, my favorite mon. Real one. all that stuff. Looking forward to next week.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Looking at irl and school stuff, I think next week might need to be pushed. I'm thinking of doing every other week at this point. Things are just busy and I don't want to release half baked content!

[@GeneralWiggins]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 completely fair, IRL shit first always!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. There’s also a lot of other game stuff I want to play on my own time lol.

[@michaelsmith6155]

If it's not 100%, it's 50%

[@jussioman]

The pink fast growing moonstoner fairy is standing there at the front page with some very respected company. Man that was fast.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It really was. I was shocked in practice and if I opted to reset on Brock until I got the right metronome luck then it might be a couple of minutes faster but that’s too random for my blood.

[@mukariz]

I was actually shocked that Clefable won the third slot. Really nice playing as always.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea second run after the blind run was like 2h 15m ish and I was like what’s the ceiling of this thing lol.

[@zackriti464]

I suspected Clefable would do well, but you proved it!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea more than well I’d say. A real surprise time to say the least.

[@bateltheassistant]

Clefable was able to minimize it's time losses and surprised everyone that can be a top tier pokemon. Even in the thumbnail it seems like it seting sight to the top. 😊 Knowing when and how to set up,made it's mid game in which it can slightly fall off ,into an amazing pokemon in gen 1. Reseting for so many times to get the better and faster Brock split is some onter level of dedication in order to cut down it's time. 😮 You're the true real one,for sure. But, I still can't believe that Clefable is the same tier as Mewtwo and onter legendaries .😮

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was really solid but believe it or not that was my first real run on the Brock split. Resetting would be much faster results but I kept it this way because the odds of back to back same moves is bonkers. I’d much prefer resetting until you get two one shot moves lol.

[@bateltheassistant]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Wow. I would have done the same, because after you're resetting for so long, you'd want to play the run already. But still that's an amazing accomplishment 😄.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea I can admire the time it takes to reset because of a bad luck based strategy but papa doesn't have that kind of time lol.

[@bateltheassistant]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Exactly.😄

[@SonicHunter]

Yeeeeah the soda pop spinning at a billion RPM! I always get a grin on my face whenever that shows up. Now I know it's gonna be a good run.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It’s on all of em!

[@SonicHunter]

Oh I know the Sodey pop is, but sometimes you make it spin super fast and that always makes me happy.

[@raziyatheseeker]

Clefable! I've grown to develop a soft spot for Clefable over the years. Surprisingly durable little pink fairy thing, especially against Special moves, with some nice TM coverage. Kinda surprised it has such a low Speed stat in retrospect but then again, a lot of my team usually consists of high-Speed sweeps. Either way, Clefable often becomes the first Pokemon I get from my Moon Stones, and I prefer to stick around Mt Moon until I find a Clefairy to add to my team. Excellent to see 'em in action!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea I've liked it forever. There was a long time in higher ranked WOW PvP where I ran a character named Clefairy lol.

[@johngleeman8347]

12:40 My gawd, the Moonster took that mega kick straight to the jaw!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Kick and a bolt and still lived!

[@nrgzam]

Moonstoner, brother

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The moonster is the cream of the crop.

[@nrgzam]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 nobody does it better

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Well Alakazam and Mewtwo but ignore those.

[@Mazus_14]

Thank god for that ass beam in Brock battle

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

18 other moves would have worked!

[@jackruby6696]

A win is a win

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Sometimes. I think some cases it would be better to reset if a fight took multiple minutes.

[@Actionpacked444]

Clefable is a real one, love to see it

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it

[@RobKni76]

Listening to this video before bed, and I knew I had to stay awake until the best part! @10:57 C L U S T E R S

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Single. Highest.

[@oEllery]

Metronome run should be interesting, I'm watching it right away 👀

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I use it for a few battles but enjoy that lol.

[@andrewfletcher9984]

Top level as always!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it, bud.

[@brianh7085]

That Fable was a real one.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Great run for sure!

[@Objectorbit]

yo I recognize that Streets of Rage 2 music. You got good taste in games and OSTs!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Mostly super nintendo and gameboy era stuff haha.

[@TripleShizzle]

Great run! I was interested to see where skull bash ended up being useful

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It serves the most use on the floor, never picking it up lol.

[@mattyp724]

MOONSTONIN, BROTHER!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it, brother.

[@tannerjames7874]

Gym leader Matt.....your content is great. I believe one day if you dont stop your content will "go to the next level". Just remember why you started. Let that be your muse. You are only getting better at your style. I hope this message finds you well sir. I feel that if you increased the amount of videos you do it would help grow the channel significantly. Its funny i like scotts thoughts ,you , jrose11, and a few others . Scotts thoughts is to go to bed to😂. Your commentary is unique and sometimes its my favorite. Funny, catchy unfiltered real stuff. Makes people feel like a friend is in the room.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Sadly I actually have to slow down the amount of videos I’m doing. Even one a week isn’t feasible as just a hobby with real life stuff picking up and even with a ton more free time more than 1 a week will never be possible. I’ve chipped away at it for years and I gotta go to one video every two weeks now but I appreciate the support regardless!

[@RsSooke]

Clefable gonna leave a crater behind

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It basically did!

[@briancaster2876]

Bts question, because I'm curious, if you don't mind. Do you do your own editing? Do you write scripts? Cause it feels, to me, that you kinda say what you're thinking in the moment while watching back the edited footage. With some outling(?), where you go, I'd like to talk about this thing here. Not a judgemental question (I Hope it didn't come across that way), i just like to know how things work.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I stopped writing full scripts at the end of 2022 and I do everything on the channel from drawing thumbnails to every edit.

[@briancaster2876]

​@@GymLeaderMatt1987 That's a hell of a lot of work. Gotta say I greatly enjoy the results though!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea too much work sometimes tbh. I’m going to be moving to every other week with college finals and some irl busy stuff coming up.

[@briancaster2876]

Fair point, I'm sure it's a pain at times. Do what you gotta do, I ain't mad at you. I'll be here one way or the other.

[@PabloNeves26]

Wow, that was amazing!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was a really good run for sure.

[@dempseygoodale7774]

Fabled run right here

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Oh yea. Sleeper top tier run.

[@goodleshoes]

Good streets of rage track

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I really like Into the Bar. It's such a good track and has multiple remixes.

[@braillynn]

LOL naming the rival CUK!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

3 years and counting!

[@Austin007]

That was awesome! I really agree with letting Pokemon use evasion moves they learn naturally, since it's such a small subset of the game and they're often core elements of those Pokemon's designs. Did you metronome self destruct at all in any practice attempts?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I have never seen it! Even on gen 2 runs I've maybe seen Clefairy hit it once ever. It's a pretty low chance but it would be funny to see.

[@lukcdk]

We have to minimize time on this one, and on all of them as well.

[@SlowerIsFaster139]

I never gave a second glance to clefable and I feel DUMB lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

You never know in a solo run lol.

[@RonGrethel]

This makes me very excited for earthquake Tauros.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I think Tauros will be interesting but outside of both being normal types, I don't see the correlation haha. Lets be real, it'll be Body Slam Tauros with EQ for Agatha most likely lol.

[@RonGrethel]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Its got access to ice beam and thunderbolt too for coverage options! I guess I was thinking Earthquake would take the place of psychic. Although I don't know what its starting move set is and I don't think it gets access mega pu nch either so Brock and Misty might tank it.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Oh Brock tanks it along with the slow leveling group. Its not going to be a gamebreaking run by any means and no where near this.

[@RonGrethel]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 aw darn leveling groups. Well maybe wigglytuff will be able to squeak into the top 10

[@banditrests]

I’m not shocked clefable is great, it really has everything going for it and just enough stats to use its tools effectively. The Brock split reminds me of the TAS where they manip metronome to always give the perfect move, but it clefable only really needs it a handful of times lol. As far as evasion moves go, I feel like just removing the double team TM is fine, that’s really more for making impossible nearly impossible runs doable. The fundamental question of solo running is answering the question how does X Pokémon match up into Y game? And arbitrarily removing things a Pokémon learns naturally seems counter to that core idea. Besides, it’s not as overpowered as people think anyway.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, it would just be problematic to have available for virtually every run. A TAS would save a lot of time. The Brock split here wasn't particularly fast though. I think getting something like Ice Beam after 6 turns of weaker things approaches like 54% probability at that point and a flat 12~% chance in a vacuum isn't too bad.

[@banditrests]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 either way it robs Pokémon of some of what makes them distinct. The TAS is like a meme run where they were trying to prove that all sorts of stuff would potentially be almost as fast as the actual TAS but seeing a clefable fire off massive attacks is amazing. 12% is not a terrible rate, considering how many Pokémon need to crit through some situations anyway. Weird that it’s that high though, probably because there’s like 8 damaging water type attacks in gen 1

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea it’s been a bit since I did the actual research but 19 attacks out of 165 moves?

[@banditrests]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 yeah, assuming it’s probably all the water, grass, ground and ice and maybe be the OHKO moves on geodude that have a good range, it’s 11.5 percent, or a 1 in 8.6 chance of KOing or better vs doing 2-5 damage with double slap if you hit. Works out in your favor to roll the dice. Hell, any powerful special move is still going to do a lot.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. That's just for the one shot moves. There's a ton more that would just be pretty decent to get.

[@jackruby6696]

Holy moly tombstoner brother top 3

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

A monster run for sure!

[@zacharyheflin6794]

One of my low key always must catch, not even necessarily for for battle but just rarity & anime, I refuse to go past mt moon without catching a clefairy lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice. It’s been a LONG time since I’ve just casually played the games lol.

[@rjthepoet500]

REAL ONE!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that!

[@raypetrisko7059]

Gen 1 clefable can be completely broken with the right setup 😁

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was really good! I don’t know about broken but it was up there!

[@raypetrisko7059]

I haven't done the run myself but it isn't a true gen 1 normal type if it doesn't have some electric move , non-stab psychic (due to poor special move options) and bodyslam/megapunch on its learnset

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Mega punch to bridge the gap is a staple lol.

[@raypetrisko7059]

It almost makes you wish you could go back in time , speak fluent Japanese and really siit down and have a chat with gamefreak about their love choices, warn them about better balancing and not to focus so much on the multi-player aspects. Or just ask about their random ass move choice decisions or why throwing a fucking bird (flying type) works on ghosts??? 😂

[@caseypreisler6878]

I still don’t know how you survive that hydro pump from lapras.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The bulk is real!

[@brianvoll]

Nice run. Would it have been worth popping 2 candies before the cluster? It seems like some of those ranges could have been improved... I also like the nonscripted flow a lot better than the scripted videos!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I’d say no. I was skipping candies as it was and in yellow you want to hit a power spike at Blaine/Giovanni and I needed them all there. You start to risk resets and jeopardize the late game if you use candies too early in a lot of cases.

[@brianvoll]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 yeah you're probably right. That Arcanine nearly scorched yo ass.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The bulk!

[@GaIeforce]

6% chance to crit a Fire Blast through 3 Minimizes sounds unlikely. Wanna know what's even more unlikely? That Arcanine also hit the Fire Blast through Paralysis. So the chances are even lower than that!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I think the supersonic at the end was even worse!

[@allotatube]

Por que a sua Starmie é roxa?! Que MOD é esse?!

[@DucktailsBartendingBH]

I have casually played w clafable for its fast level up and high special, im pretty sure you would do well w/out minimize anyways

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, but nowhere near this.

[@IrrelevantPride]

Tombstoner brother!!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it!

[@blakeschwab7518]

^.^ loved it

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was definitely a banger!

[@ΒαγγέληςΓκιοκας-β4β]

glad to see you doing fine

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Same as always!

[@sidj.6491]

Real one

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it!

[@datboidrummer29]

😎💪🏿

[@Deez-Master]

This boi bulky af

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It does have some surprising defenses when it needs it.

[@SmashMath151]

I knew Clefable would do really well because it's a real one in Crystal, but this still surprised me! Do you think it's possible to get under 2 hours with better Metronome luck on Brock?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Oh no way. Even picture perfect, non likely luck would just save like 4 turns so at best you’d save what probably isn’t a minute.

[@rjagad]

Actually, Matt. Uh Isn't Ditto Possible..? you did a ditto run at 20 hours. I've been asking if I can have the weedle save file so I can skip Agatha and see if the Champion is Possible.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Read improbable as in ‘if you respect your time, do not do this run’. Anything that takes 4+ digit resets to do a single fight gets the mark.

[@rjagad]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 ok lol

[@rjagad]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I just said it because you did a ditto run before.

[@raypetrisko7059]

Why did you pick yellow and not usual red this run?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The Brock split was faster and everything else didn’t slow it down.

[@napalmstix]

Feel free to not dox yourself, but im extremely curious. Where is your accent from? I've lived/worked all over the Southern US but I've never heard anyone pronounce "health" like "belt".

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It’s probably something lost in translation trying to get clean audio. Sometimes k or th sounds get lost in the noise removal.

[@havuckofp]

Aw man no live stream for me to be an actual nuisance in??? 😢😅

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nuisance? If that's what you meant then that's a stretch lol. I think being weird is the correct term and going on videos to keep pushing that made up narrative just makes it even weirder.

[@havuckofp]

@GymLeaderMatt1987 hehehehe 😆

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Is that how this goes? Weird statement with misspelled words and then just giggle and emoji back rather than respond?

[@havuckofp]

@GymLeaderMatt1987 I mean, you're not wrong in anything you said. I like your videos and they are an escape from reality for me. I misspelled a word typing fast with other stuff to do while I listened to/watched your video. You are the only content creator I engage with this much even tho I watch a bunch of other Pokémon youtubers - my first video game was Pokémon red on the Gameboy color back in the late 90s. I escape "adulting" for a lil while with your videos :)

[@vergillives9890]

Clefable the forgotten pokemon

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I think it's a pretty popular mon! At least Cleffa/Clefairy!

[@vergillives9890]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 everyone remembers clefairy from the anime never clefable sadly i have a friend that didn't know clefairy evolved

[@MazterP28]

Does stomp and minimize glitch work. Meaning if you use minimize. Stomp doubles the damage

[@GerBessa]

I'm pretty sure this is gen2 and after only.

[@darlhiatt8136]

I don't think that's a glitch

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea it's an intended mechanic after gen 1.

[@veghesther3204]

But its default moves ie lv 1 are ALL crap sing isn't 100% and Double slap SUCKS and Metronome RANDOMLY uses the moves that KILL itself that's why I'll never use it on a solo game since it will end right their as soon as Explosion/Self Destruct trigger.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

If you are scared to do something because there’s a 2 out of 165 chance it’ll end in a self KO then solo running might not be for you. If 98.8% odds aren’t good enough, then what is lol.

[@juliosmotivation3268]

Finally got that first like lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice!

[@PabloNeves26]

Hope you were careful with Stomp.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

That's not a gen 1 mechanic and even if it was, I couldn't name any mandatory battles with Stomp as a part of them outside of the Champion's Exeggutor?

[@JetLagRecords]

Gym Leader Matt, I really like your videos! Let's be friends!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!