How Fast Can You Beat Pokemon Blue With Just An Electabuzz??

Playthrough Rules:
1. Only my selected pokemon in battle
2. No items in battle
3. No glitches or exploits (the badge boost and marowak skip permitted)
4. No Losing of ANY Kind (No Blackout Training)
5. No Double-Team TM before level 100*
Other Things to Know:
1. Pokeballs (HM Pokemon) are allowed in battle
2. I play the game at 4x game speed (238 frames per second)
3. My Pokemon have perfect DVs
4. Skipping the bike is not allowed
5. Saving between Elite 4 members is allowed
6. If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter and I still have to reset
Terms:
1. STAB
--- Same Type Attack Bonus - a 1.5x damage multiplier for using a move that shares it's type with the attacker
2. DVs
--- The Gen1 equivalent of IVs (individual values), these range from 0-15
3. Stat XP
--- The Gen1 equivalent of EVs. But unlike EVs, you can reach the limit with every stat
Resources:
-- Gen 1 Stat Calculator: pycosites.com/pkmn/stat_gen1.php
-- Gen 1 Crit Rates: www.smogon.com/rb/articles/cr...
Changing Starters:
-- Software: pokehacks.dabomstew.com/rando...
Software I Use:
-- Live RAM access: gamehook.io/
-- Recording: obsproject.com/
-- Photo & Video Editing: adobe.ly/3Q4uj77
-- Timer: livesplit.org/
-- Reset Counter: github.com/LiveSplit/LiveSpli...
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[@Jules-mm7ki]

Does anyone else just *love* that Bruno isn't just being called Blackbelt, but his actual in-fight sprite and name have been changed too? It's just so ridiculously funny

[@SteveMPlays]

One of these days I'll be able to actually change his sprite and name. But for now it's just a clip with his sprite and name at the beginning and end. I had to crop out the pokeballs and my image though, which was challenging. But I'm super glad someone noticed.

[@Jules-mm7ki]

@@SteveMPlays Oh, I see. That's actually a really clever way to do it! It kinda reminds me of how Jrose keeps demoting Lt. Surge the more often he wins against him first try. Maybe it can become your "thing" (like how MahDry has the fossil gag, Jrose has Surge etc)?

[@SteveMPlays]

For sure, I'm trying to develop a few "things". I''m currently working on the helix fossil like mdb has youngster joey, and bruno as blackbelt like scott has bruno as hiker.

[@stormybrooks1512]

Checked your channel out after seeing RBY Pokémon Challenges mentioned your name. Enjoy the couple videos I’ve seen so far. Appreciate your take on these Pokémon challenges

[@SteveMPlays]

Thank you very much, I love his channel a lot too. I actually adopted the pokemon gif idea from him.

[@scientificallyaccuratespino]

You’re so underrated wtf your videos are really nice to watch you should be more popular

[@SteveMPlays]

Thanks for the compliment, I am not as popular because I just started 3 months ago. So everyone else has a big head start. But the quality is so good because I have the support of many of the bigger solo challenge youtubers helping me such as scotts thoughts and vanman are the biggest contributors.

[@scientificallyaccuratespino]

@@SteveMPlays I hope you blow up

[@mattbroadbentmusic5602]

Enjoy your videos mate, keep at it! :)

[@SteveMPlays]

Thanks, will do. I'm honing on the things I think I need to improve on each time.

[@patrickfrei9322]

Gonna watch the rest later, but nice video so far :)

[@SteveMPlays]

Thanks, it's a bit older, but still holds up well.

[@brandonj6874]

Static Shock was a great show and very underrated.

[@SteveMPlays]

It's such a great show, it's crazy that there's very few places you can even find episodes these days. I had to watch it last year with I think funimation.

[@JamesLee-io1wy]

Hello. I recently subscribed. Keep the good work up and hope to see more challenges. Do you want to do a poll for future challenges to see what others would like to see?

[@SteveMPlays]

In the future, absolutely. One of the things hidden behind a subscriber wall is a community tab. So I can't run a poll until I reach 500 Subs. So for now, I'm just having people comment what pokemon they want to see and then send them my link to the results page. docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lgpziVbPNm817z-kMphOtMFi-HOVxIBC8jq_cdUz0LE/edit?usp=sharing

[@onlinebully8637]

Great video man thanks

[@SteveMPlays]

Thanks, electabuzz is deceptively good/bad in a solo run because of that darned exploding hiker.

[@gamingwithfoss]

Hey I caught that shoutout! Thanks my guy! Great run by the way, love Electabuzz!

[@SteveMPlays]

Keep up the good work my man!

[@Oso-Gaming]

Hi Clefairy at the bike shop!

[@SteveMPlays]

You are correct, the second Easter Egg was Clefairy at 8:02

[@onlinebully8637]

I rewatched this video and electabuzz\you did great wow

[@SteveMPlays]

Like I said at the end though, electabuzz does rely on quite a bit of luck for Brock and the exploding hiker, so it's not perfect, but when the stars align its super op with those high stats and crit rate.

[@onlinebully8637]

@@SteveMPlays yeah thats for sure man

[@jackruby6696]

The exploding hiker is named Dudley in heartgold.

[@SteveMPlays]

What about FireRed/LeafGreen, I never considered naming the problematic trainers.

[@jackruby6696]

@@SteveMPlays oh I think it’s the same. Sorry I meant to say Leaf green and fire red. I believe in heartgold he’s not in the dark cave anymore. My headcannon is that he got out of the dark depression in his life and moved on and is a better place. He was at his lowest point self destructing on 10 year old kid trainers in spooky dark caves.

[@SteveMPlays]

I'm in the middle of thinking of unique things to do, so it's another thing to consider adding to my list.

[@kangaskdan]

Pikachu in Mistys gym! :)

[@SteveMPlays]

You are correct, the first Easter Egg was Pickachu at 5:31

[@TiagoSilva-92]

Dude How can we get this "screen mode" that you are using with all this information? That's pretty awesome

[@SteveMPlays]

The program is called gamehook. The program allows you to access all this information from the game and see/change it. I use this information and grab it and display it using obs in a font ect. But if you just want to use it, here's the link: gamehook.io/

[@TiagoSilva-92]

@@SteveMPlays you just got a new sub! Thanks bro!

[@onlinebully8637]

Should have used psychic vs nidoqueen and nidoking once and finish them off with body slam to save up 2 psychics for rhydon but hey it all worked out in the end haha

[@SteveMPlays]

You're right, this was a long time ago and I wasn't nearly as good of a quick decision maker make then. But healing at the center would have just solved all the problems.

[@Speedrunner0218]

Since you love helix, do omanyte

[@SteveMPlays]

I have added it to my list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lgpziVbPNm817z-kMphOtMFi-HOVxIBC8jq_cdUz0LE/edit?usp=sharing

[@chefgrizz6284]

Do you know about Badge Boost glitch?

[@SteveMPlays]

Yes, it's one of the reasons I wanted to play the channel. I thought it would be a daunting task to do a lot of the pokemon, but the badge boost glitch makes almost all of them possible. I just haven't had a pokemon weak enough to rely on it. My next video omanyte (in a week and a half) will be using it a lot at the end.

[@chefgrizz6284]

Nvm just got to that part lmao

[@clarinet_guy2139]

15:38 That’s incorrect. You don’t have the badge boost for special yet.

[@SteveMPlays]

Nothing gets by you, that is correct.

[@burgerbody8659]

Jigglypuff in rival 7 battle before the league?

[@SteveMPlays]

You are correctly, the third Easter Egg was a jigglypuff at 18:55

[@theglorifiedreaper8104]

Primape

[@SteveMPlays]

I have added it to my list: docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lgpziVbPNm817z-kMphOtMFi-HOVxIBC8jq_cdUz0LE/edit?usp=sharing