How Fast Can you Beat Pokemon Red/Blue with Just a Gyarados?

Magikarp may have been the weakest, but could it's evolved form be the strongest Pokemon in all of Kanto?

[@RyanAtlus]

"Arbok lowers my Defense which luckily triggers the badge boost glitch." >Levels up immediately after

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

It actually doesn't matter since the level up would bring back the badge boosts that were removed by haze!

[@ZorotheGallade]

@@Alex_Off-Beat "You may have outglitched me but I outglitched your outglitching!"

[@hitkid2456]

@@ZorotheGallade Yhwach VS Ichibee from Bleach in Pokemon form (or maybe Diavolo VS Giorno)

[@adamennaqui7413]

@@ZorotheGallade is that a motherfuckin jojo reference???

[@danielmorgan508]

S❤÷😊😊😊😊wdo ❤go ssd 0e😊

[@caritahearts2405]

Next episode: “Hey guys welcome back to my 151 part series-“

[@SpaceRaccoon22]

lmao I love how in the first video he just casually mentioned "so today we're going to start our 53-part series" 😄

[@acumenium8157]

@@SpaceRaccoon22 Magikarp can't finish it because of Gen 1's Struggle being Normal. Gyarados has to take the reins.

[@forbiddensun9524]

Honestly I’d dig that

[@fusionxtras]

@@acumenium8157 can you not hit them after using the sylph scope?

[@domnom4]

@@fusionxtrasNo, because Ghost type is Immune to normal attack moves. Struggle is normal in gen1

[@kirkbupkis]

I'll never get sick of these types of videos, especially for background noise while studying.

[@TheHadMatters]

*Background poetry, excuse you.

[@Thelivery]

I have it as background noise while playing games.

[@OtakaruYT]

Same here

[@HaydnG266]

@@Thelivery I have it as background noise when playing Pokémon 😂

[@manicruvik7814]

These videos will help me fall asleep. But then he just gets more views cuz I’ll come back to watch what I missed lol these are entertaining

[@MrBrendanRizzo]

You mean to tell me that Gyarados can’t do minimum battles, but freakin’ POLIWAG can?

[@acumenium8157]

Literally only because of Hypnosis. Even in his video he covered why Poliwag was able to pull a Gastly/Mewtwo, and it's because of RNG. Gastly had Hypnosis too, but far better moves and stats. Gastly's Special is insane. Poliwag has Amnesia and is too frail to use it without a sleeping enemy.

[@valhapp]

I question if it's because of the general lack of physical attacking moves. Jrose didn't keep Take Down very long, instead keeping Hydro Pump nearly the entire game just "to be a stronger Surf," which greatly lowered his consistency due to Hydro Pump's 20% miss chance. Gyrados is rocking like 125 base attack. If he had access to a physical move like gen2+ Wing Attack to get STAB, this would've been another story I think. Instead, Gyrados, despite having near-legendary stat totals, relied on two of its weakest stats (speed, special) for the entire game. Likely, the only fix for this would have involved careful money planning and spamming Carbos/Calcium (or whatever: Speed/Special vitamins) in the right amounts.

[@EvilApple567]

@@valhapp Gyara's Special is 100 in Gen 1, so Hydro Pump w/ STAB is about the strongest move it can learn. Take Down also has 85 accuracy and deals 25% recoil, so it's hardly a worthwhile replacement besides dealing w/ a select few high special mons that aren't immune to it. Body Slam would've been decent if he went out of the way for the one battle it requires on S.S. Anne, but otherwise his best physical option was Strength that locks him into an HM move forever b/c of no move deleter in Gen 1.

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

It was a special poliwag.

[@priestesslucy3299]

@@valhapp Gen 1 Gyarados Special is 100. Weaker than it's ATK, but Not Weak

[@fenny1578]

Blaine: I am the fire type gym leader! Jrose: Surfs up brah

[@shinespriteditto]

BETTER HAVE BURN HEAL

[@steampunkastronaut7081]

TIP: Ohana means family.

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

Haha ^^

[@ZorotheGallade]

Jrose: "Please no critical hit Hyper Beam" Lance: "Ok." (Critical Hit Slam)

[@vinniethegooch7830]

Lance has always been a troll

[@gumpyflyale2542]

He was so close to a first try victory it is possible with minimum battles but it's not likely

[@styles234]

Going into koga already poisoned is actually brilliant. Now you can’t get hit by toxic and you remove your biggest source of danger in a single Pokémon run.

[@magusperde365]

Its like how I was put into this world already suicidal

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

​@@magusperde365you ok dude

[@beheehjsudgvejwi]

@@magusperde365same here bro same here

[@Deus_Auto]

"We are still at minimum battles heading to Lorelei." [checks time (20:24/40:48) O.O Oh.

[@calciferlangary]

"Red paid an outrageous 500 for the magikarp" Me: Laughs in Gyarados.

[@SoraDonaldGoofy99]

Really early Gyarados isn't bad, though, right?

[@harrisontownsend910]

​@SoraDonaldGoofy99 Gyrados doesn't have any level up moves. Forget good. He doesn't have any level up moves period. Especially in later gens where he has terrible special attack and learns no water moves.

[@marcosdheleno]

"i didnt want to waste 30 seconds to get one of the best early game moves" goes on to show why he should've wasted 30 seconds to grab that move...

[@Elleander1]

the JroseDex is coming along nicely

[@DavidDMD1991]

That should be the name of the playlist.

[@priyanshugoel3030]

Gotta win with them all.

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

Oak. "Couldnt you just use the same one, these machines dont grow ln trees, they're not baitballs. Do you realise how much all it costs the Kanto tax budget for useful science research Jrose! I mean, these arent calculators! Plus Blues ones."

[@SlimyPennies]

one of these days you’re straight up gonna not mention bruno and i don’t think anyone will notice

[@j_c_93]

I wish he were more challenging in this game.

[@nickpaschentis5284]

@@j_c_93 For my solo Dratini/Dragonite Run,His Machamp Tanked one Surf.Wgat Did You do Today.

[@somebodyoncerolledme7211]

@@j_c_93 At least he ain't Giovanni!

[@Frog-ux5qu]

_Laughs in Zapdos solo run_

[@Exalosia]

I’ll notice, hearing jrose rag on bruno is my favorite part of these videos

[@frankp4723]

Do Gengar next!!! That will give mewtwo a run for its money.

[@silvercharts]

Was thinking that as well. If Gastly rivals Gyarados who was 'perhaps the best non-legendary', Gengar should outperform most.

[@Acacius1992]

Or Alakazam the strongest Non legendary "Op Type" in gen 1?

[@marcnaue6510]

Oh yes please

[@elephystry]

Don’t do my buddy Haunter like this.

[@perfectspare3009]

The only thing with Gengar is that I don’t think it learns many moves by level up so you have to rely mostly on TM’s

[@paulofioroto8514]

Remember that Magikarp from the other video? This is it now. Feel old yet?

[@johnlewis8934]

Well now you probably feel even older, because this video is 1 year old now lol

[@fortuosity]

I think we all have a tier list of our KZbin subscriptions for which videos to watch before other ones. You are without a doubt S tier. If there's a new video from every channel I subscribe to I'm watching you first. Love your vids, Jrose. Keep it up man.

[@volgtorbg]

literally my favourite channel besides urban explorstion and some lifting channels lol

[@gmenos6252]

Him and pikaspray( not sure about the spelling) are my top priority

[@valhapp]

@@gmenos6252 Pikasprey is infuriatingly dumb. Manly will often play the same games, but won't spend 40 minutes being confused and then angrily going "Oh, it's going to be one of THESE kinds of games!!!" Nothing wrong with being bad at games. Jrose, for example, is not the strongest Pokemon player (and even has said so himself), but he never comes across like he's blaming his mistakes or own shortcomings on "bad game design."

[@Christoph-ce4hj]

Lol my Tier list mostly depends on what I get notifications for.

[@alexschlessman5355]

*Ahem* SS tier is what you meant

[@cocomunga]

Gyarados can’t learn Earthquake, yet Machop a little child can. Makes sense.

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

He has to swim, and since its harder to cause tsunamis, I supose. Anyway, why is he flying type 🐲

[@sethrice9406]

@@isaacleillhikar4566 The reason he is is because of gen 1, they were originally going to make him water/dragon. The only issue with that is because a water/dragon Pokémon would have no weakness so they gave him flying to cause 4x weakness to electric to help keep this pseudo-legendary in check.

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

@@sethrice9406 Weack to bug type.

[@azh698]

@@isaacleillhikar4566 Dragons are not weak to bug.

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

@@azh698 oh. I confused with psychic.

[@DQMaster777]

Magikarp: Just wait you bullies I'm going to tell my older brother about you! Bully: Ha ha, if he's as pathetic as you we have nothing to worry about. Gyarados: Time to rampage on some fools.

[@fields_of_regret]

These videos never get old, I think that's because you have a more "scientific" approach to the challenges trying to reduce the amount of luck or cheap strategies.

[@TheHadMatters]

Tbh, some of the cheaper channels don't get old for me either. The reason I keep coming back here and not to other channels isn't that the scientific approach feels more redeeming/authentic/challenging, but that it's evidence that JRose doesn't just do the challenges because people like watching Pokemon being played, or even because he likes the challenge. He's also legitimately interested in the result, which is just a real breath of fresh air in a sea of streamers/KZbinrs who are in it mostly just to "be gamers in front of an audience". JRose likes playing because the games matter to him (be it because of their design or because of the nostalgia - same effect, ultimately), and that's beautiful.

[@ElHarmonyV]

This is why I like Jrose cause he doesn't resort to RNG tactics like Double Team spam.

[@YukeWeiss]

At this rate, this 52 part series could turn into a 151 part series! Love your videos, man.

[@joshuamoyer4141]

"There are still 6 extremely tough battles ramaining" I'm confused. You have a rival battle, Lorelei, Agatha, Lance, and the Champion Rival battle. Who's the sixth extremely tough battle?

[@akingisbored]

@Pott Rott remember to press the A button enough times.

[@abigriffin9496]

@@eevilito bruno being tough? that's a good joke 🤣

[@joshuamoyer4141]

@Pott Rott lol touche

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

@@abigriffin9496 bruno did whopped his ass at least twice lol

[@thiagozlin]

that trainer with a Chansey in the Victory Road?

[@BakuSudoku]

Nice, didn't expect you to do evolutions, but since magikarp is actually impossible I see what you did there.

[@WaterKirby1994]

I wonder how well Dragon Rage Magikarp would do in Gen 1?

[@user-zs5ub1ic1v]

- Arrives at the E4 with 20 minutes of the video remaining OH BOY TIME FOR AGATHA LOTTERY!

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

Gagné, Bingo, Gaining, Gengar

[@olgadavid9386]

In Firered, Even with a level 100 Blastoise, because of the Rare Candy Glitch, Agathas Haunter Wasted all of my power points because I stupidly Maded Blastoise Learn Earthquake Because I'm dumb. BUT Thank the lord, I beat Lance And by Rival

[@KiryuuYoshiya]

i never drop everything im doing as fast as i do when i see youve uploaded. you know its gonna be a good day when jrose comes through with the 40 min video

[@Cjbarker2]

“As I battled Lorelei again” with the same Lv44 Gyarados as the first time.

[@Xapheion101]

Yay I was having a terrible day and my depression was hitting hard. This has cheered me up, thank you Jrose11

[@Swagtildawn]

Hey buddy, hope you have better days to come. Depression / anxiety are awful, but you can get through it! Just do things you can enjoy.

[@jacobsoetens9571]

Head up dude stay strong

[@Xapheion101]

Thank you both, honestly helps a lot.

[@cam3626]

You matter

[@Xapheion101]

@@cam3626 thank you. People don't always realise how much of a difference a few words can make to someone with depression. I don't know what I'd do without the internet you lot are the best.

[@Kaiser00Wilhelm]

Do you think you'd be interested in one of these "How Fast" runs with Dragonite? I'd like to see how a pseudo-legendary matches up.

[@zacwicht3189]

move pool in gen one will hurt Dragonite a lot at the start , warp is op but slow and its only attacking move till level 35 so grabbing tm's would be a must , and the slow level up group

[@Kaiser00Wilhelm]

@@zacwicht3189 Oh shit, that sounds miserable

[@naphackDT]

How about an actual "Legendary?" Arcanine!

[@Kaiser00Wilhelm]

@@naphackDT I'd love to see that any day of the week

[@naphackDT]

@@Kaiser00Wilhelm Ironically, growlithe is probably faster than arcanine because arcanine doesn't learn any moves while growlithe can badge boost with agility and learns flamethrower at level 50. Still, both of them have a very shallow move pool.

[@AngryScotsRants]

Me and my girlfriend broke up 2 months ago, and I have been pretty depressed. Your vids have really helped keep me distracted and have made me laugh. Thanks alot man and keep it up :))

[@WillThat]

Chase excellence, not wahmans

[@Commanderoko]

Jrose: Doesn't get Body Slam for once Also Jrose: I can't knock out these Drowzee!

[@HistidineKinase]

Skipping Body Slam and installing Thunderbolt right away were the two decisions that hurt this run. Just finished a Gyarados only run and Body Slam, Ice Beam, Surf and Hydro Pump gave just as good coverage. Installed Thunderbolt over ice beam for Lorelei and Blizzard over Hydro Pump for Lance. Didn't have nearly as much trouble.

[@Acacius1992]

Gyarados: "I fear now move, but that thing.... *Thunderbolt noises* Gyarados: "It scares me."

[@baradashankarnayak9481]

And what do u expect?.. a water flying type having x4 resistance to electric moves?.. dumbass

[@nelsondaily]

@@baradashankarnayak9481 that's the joke...

[@machoke666]

What's this!? KZbin sending me a notification the second this was uploaded, I'm shocked. I look forward to watch it

[@TheKharymusic]

When your rival sees that Gyarados every time y'all battle, it's probably a combination of wondering what the hell you're doing and rage quitting after getting 6-0ed every time.

[@Genra]

This colour palette is like oversaturated lol

[@christiandevey3898]

I kinda like it

[@sarahbarabe8470]

I hate it lol

[@MazterP28]

It explains why gyarados has hydro pump in the pika cup

[@myassistantsteve5122]

The pokemon conquest soundtrack in the back really hits home

[@sabrewulf6320]

Your vids have been a consistent highlight during the decade known as 2020. Always an amazing source of entertainment, and just interesting in general to see how you decide to tackle challenges like these!

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

I first started this series with MewTwo and now I can't stop watching. This man's content is underrated.

[@amparolopez6236]

Yes

[@SuperBlooperBrothers]

Yo Jrose, you just got called out by Seth Everman, he said he loves your stuff

[@Mr_King96]

Typo in the title: It should say "How Fast can you beat Pokemon Red/Blue with just a water Onix"

[@chinmaymathur7000]

It's actually a common misconception...it's written as 'gyarados' but it's pronunciation is 'water onix' . Many people get it mixed up

[@loganmoreau7569]

He also didn’t tell us what fossil he took smh

[@Dukstless]

@@loganmoreau7569 He ain't mahdrybread.

[@flatziswashed]

that's the joke

[@davesreview3033]

Me when Jrose didn’t do the count impression: :(

[@gmenos6252]

Same

[@grimflarez753]

Also same XD

[@SomeGuy712x]

In the description, "it's evolved form" should be _"its_ evolved form", with no apostrophe. (17:51) That's hilarious that Psywave can deal 0 damage to the player in Gen. 1. (18:26) Aw, but I love the Count impression. (32:44) Slam was not good... Wow, the game really trolled you there. I wonder how different the end of the video would've been if... either you didn't miss with Blizzard, or if that Slam didn't crit. Would Gyarados have successfully completed minimum battles? The world may never know. (39:49) And that's game!

[@Moakmeister]

He gave up on minimum battles way too easily. He literally only lost that fight because of some shit-ass luck with RNG.

[@LethalRain9]

I died a little when he removed ice beam

[@ImportedCheese]

Love your content, JRose! You're a huge inspiration to smaller Poketubers like myself, keep up the great work!

[@jaymz6473]

Just don't refer to yourself as a 'poketuber' It's so cringy.

[@ImportedCheese]

@@jaymz6473 Uh...Pokemon...content...creator?

[@OmegaTyrant]

I think Lapras has a good shot at outdoing Gyarados; you get pretty much the same movepool but with Body Slam naturally so you don't need to fight a trainer to get it and Sing, which alongside Lapras' much better HP and much lower Attack should make Lorelei and Agatha a lot more reasonable to beat at minimum battles. Plus STAB Blizzard is great too and could make OHKOing Venusaur possible. Lapras being even slower sucks, but the only threats in danger of out-speeding it that Gyarados outsped would be the other Gyarados and Dragonite, but looking up the stats it is possible for Lapras to outspeed them in the late 40s/early 50s as long as you have a good enough Speed DV and high Speed Stat EXP (so if you try Lapras, getting a max Speed DV and loading up on Carbos will be essential)

[@Acacius1992]

Also not to mention, Lapras isn't 4 times weak against Electric attack

[@OmegaTyrant]

@@Acacius1992 Yeah Lapras should also be able to beat Lt. Surge immediately after the SS Anne at minimum battles, saving time on not having to backtrack later and getting Thunderbolt before Rock Tunnel, but that is probably offset by Gyarados being able to OHKO more pokemon early on.

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

@@OmegaTyrant the only thing that larpas could have a hard time is bruno even then larpas should be able to take care of bruno without any problems

[@stinky7018]

I've tried Lapras myself with minimum battles and i'm now at the entrance to victory road and holy shit lapras is really good. The only time i actually struggled was when i had to fight either rival 2 or misty. I had to use bide to get past rival 5 because lapras only has water gun and growl (i believe it was growl lol but it was something pretty useless so i forgot) until it learns sing at lvl 16. after beating rival 2 i defeated all the mandatory trainers on the way to bill and leveled up enough to beat misty with bide. Then you get bubble beam and the run becomes a walk in the park, at least until elite 4 Edit: little update on this. I defeated final rival at lvl 49 but only because i got mad luck against his venusaur. Turn one venusaur outspeeds but goes for solar beam, i hit with blizzard and it is very close to ohk but i get a lucky freeze and am able to take it out in the next turn. I didn't even use any of the rare candies and the toughest battle was agatha because every single one of her pokemon outspeed me and psychic didn't one shot. My moveset was: Surf Blizzard Bodyslam (changed it to psychic before fighting agatha) Thunderbolt

[@OmegaTyrant]

@@stinky7018 Oh damn I forgot Lapras learns Psychic too, yeah that's another advantage it has over Gyarados to reduce the luck needed to beat Agatha. As for barely missing the OHKO on Venusaur at the end, perhaps as long as Lapras gets a high enough Special DV and it's loaded up with Calcium early, it could secure the OHKO. Alternatively, you go for Gen 1 strats and let the Rhydon Leer/Tail Whip you once or twice for a bit extra Special and Speed to outspeed and 100% OHKO the Venusaur (though that is if Lapras doesn't level up between Rhydon and Venusaur).

[@funcrank8997]

I DEMAND the count dracula impression. How can you do this to me? (Thanks for the video, though

[@hypersonicspeedgrov]

Not Count Dracula, Count Von Count from Sesame Street. He Counts. And he's the Count

[@funcrank8997]

@@hypersonicspeedgrov Ah didn't know his name is actually Count van Count...only know his german name which translates into exactly that x)

[@hypersonicspeedgrov]

@@funcrank8997 ahh ok

[@Disembow1280]

Yo Jrose, congrats on the shoutout from SethEverman on his latest Q&A!

[@briangalindo2]

When you're 23 minutes into a 40 minute video and you hear him say "Agatha" you know something's about to go down

[@JackKahunaLagunaFGC]

After watching just one of these challenges from boredom, I got hooked and have kept up with every single one. And even then, every single time I still love how you choose to use my personal favorite Pokemon game, Pokemon Conquest, and it's awesome soundtrack as the BGM.

[@ChosenOne41]

I personally would have rather gone with Body Slam instead of Hydro Pump. It's great against Pokémon with low def but high special. Also the chance to paralyze against non-normals is very useful.

[@JordTheeNord]

exactly. Physical moves may as well be an unofficial super effective move against Alakazam and other pokes. It's why I think Hypno is kinda underrated in gen 1 especially if you can't trade to get an Alakazam. He completely walls Alakazam and deals good damage against it with normal moves and a decent attack stat.

[@ciranopunalesvigliarolo3788]

But Agatha tho

[@PraefMace]

The man, the legend is back with another quality video. And boy, I really can't get tired of these, such high effort and fun.

[@BansheeNT-D]

Still waiting for my Sandshrew and Starmie. :3

[@xavierlagore5569]

Starmie, with access to Psychic, would have a nifty chance in the game, although beating Misty or Surge would be a chore. I mean, Thunderbolt would be handy, but how to win it with only Water Gun and Tackle?

[@Sunshine-xp4lt]

@@xavierlagore5569 with luck

[@senseisleepyhead]

Neat, I love super detailed nerdy explanations like these videos. :D Glad Seth bumped me here!

[@silvercharts]

Never clicked a notification faster than I clicked this

[@TheStarswearee]

Same

[@alkaupadhyay7650]

@@TheStarswearee Same, i have completed the half vid now. Man Gyarados is slow

[@derpycats8072]

I save Jrose’s videos for later. Just got to this one 2 and a half months after it was uploaded

[@valhapp]

32:30 "and it doesn't flinch or get a critical hit" -- remember, Bite can't cause flinches! You learned that and taught it to us back in one of your other runs! Maybe Ekans?

[@silvesta5027]

Why does this guy have a consistent upload schedule now? Wtf is happening in the world Edit: I love these new videos, they are really enjoyable to watch

[@MarMaxGaming]

2020 has its pros and cons! Haha

[@Stefanoabed05]

Apart from pandemic quarantine?😂

[@ZerryBerrytheSpaceRaccoon]

Quarantine does things to people.

[@TheAuron32]

to me this just proves how valuable gen 4's physical/special split was.

[@TrialzGTAS]

Thank you, just what was needed after a long night after work. Much love Jrose 🖤

[@dwanedibly8129]

You said that Koga would be a breeze if this was Gen 3 and you could teach Gyarados Earthquake. But you forget that in Firered and Leafgreen, the Earthquake TM is given by Giovanni, who can't be battled until the other Gym Leaders have been defeated, including Koga.

[@reddragonair3147]

I forgot this. Maybe he meant if Gyarados had the ability to learn Earthquake like in Generation III, though. Then he could still grab TM26 from the Silph Co. before Koga and use it top destroy him.

[@petelee2477]

​​​@@reddragonair3147wouldn't help as much as you'd think. koffing and wheezing both have levitate and muk is still a 2HKO (although I think muk is in healing range but I didn't do any damage calculations to confirm).

[@reddragonair3147]

@@petelee2477 But that's in Gen III. This would be in Gen I still, where Abilities don't exist yet.

[@petelee2477]

@@reddragonair3147 I was assuming since we were talking about gen 3 move sets we'd go by gen 3 mechanics.

[@reddragonair3147]

@@petelee2477 I see what you're saying. But my original reply was that JRose might have been talking about if Gyarados could learn Earthquake in Gen I like it could in Gen III, in which case Abilities still wouldn't exist yet. Now with this said, on reading these comments and reflecting, I doubt he was meaning it in the way I was suggesting. Which means the person I was replying to was right.

[@benplus1503]

Hey wait, that’s not unevolved! I’m fining you P1,000,000!

[@Andrew-Gomez904]

Great run Jrose11! See you in 2 weeks for the next upload :)

[@ultimateboss8922]

Clap for a great KZbinr what I subscribe to

[@TheDeadGunslinger]

I honestly wish Jrose would redo these older runs, updating his tier list, with the better optimization of.more recent runs. I feel like Gyarados would get a better time.

[@martso9288]

truly is unfortunate for Gyarados to choke at the final stretch. Still its my favourite water-type

[@pokemonduck]

Always love your videos Jrose and thanks for not running jokes into the ground :P

[@jblev736]

Jrose, I would love to see how a run with a starter (but allowing it to evolve) compares. As in, how would Charizard compare (rather than just charmander). Or do you think it would not be close to that 3:30 category?

[@Dragonoid269]

It has less stats than Gyarados and is probably going to have trouble vs Lorelei, Lance and the Rival's Blastiose due to having bad coverage (technically you could learn submission to be super effective vs ice type, but a non-resisted flamethrower/fire blast does similar damage without the recoil, so you'll probably be stuck using fly, earthquake, hyper beam and a fire move as damage moves; Actually probably not even hyper beam as it probably costs too many coins in the game corner when trying to do a fast run). It's probably not that bad as it does level faster than Gyarados, but it won't be that impressive, and its early game is very slow as with the Charmander due to exactly the me issues it had.

[@kzx500]

In standard "optimised" speed runs you can do blastoise or nidoking in sub two hours. Jrose is probably not aiming for that level of optimisation, but I think that's an indicator of how good some of them are. The speed run category does however use every trick in the book - including item use in battles.

[@svx4401]

@@Dragonoid269 it'll be better if he tries it in fire red or leaf green. Gen 1 mech kinda screws charizard a lot, especially the fact that it can't even resist ice. I don't see him getting past any of the elite 4.

[@ViciousViscount]

You're such a likeable guy. Love your challenge videos. The superb commentary makes it so engaging and fun to follow.

[@min3bubblegum]

10:52 Gen 3: *arrives* Gyarados: "Hey, I can use earthquake! Yay! I will stop at nothing from now on!" Also Gen 3: *introduces abilities* Koga's Koffings and Weezing: "We're about to end this man's whole career."

[@stompingrabbit]

so dope that Seth gave you a shoutout,you most definitely deserved it

[@canadianshinxeh6103]

"I always consider late game more important than early game" *Looks at Abra*

[@gitathesaimekian8149]

This is the video I needed after a 12 hour shift and Gyarados is my favorite so happy to see this

[@mikkysteaders]

Imagine if there was a special split in this gen. Gyrados would still be fantastic

[@oliverleonard7730]

I though it's Special Attack got lowered?

[@Dragonoid269]

@@oliverleonard7730 yes it did. Went from 100 to 60. Given that most of its attacks use the special stat it would make the run a lot less easy until the gen where it gets physical stab moves.

[@shupp6267]

It would have no good STABs, so really not great.

[@lucasrodriguez550]

Actually worst

[@acumenium8157]

Gyarados fan for 20 years now. Sorry, it really wouldn't. Gyarados is a nightmare to use in FRLG because it's so weak with any non-Hidden Power or Strength (since Return is one-time) move it learns. 60 SpA is really weak. Even Lickitung will hit harder.

[@DrDrDead]

You know what would be pretty epic? If you did my favorite, Seel next. Why is Seel my favorite? *I just think it’s neat*

[@Sam-oz8pn]

I find it really interesting that Gyarados couldn’t do minimum battles while Gastly could. Looking at the hardest fights for Gyarados (Lorelei, Agatha, Lance) I think a few things made those easier for Gastly. For one, Gastly levels up faster which helps a ton (especially with outspeeding things). Gastly also used Mimic, so it could mimic Amnesia/Agility which helped it a lot, and had Psychic for Agatha. I’d be remiss to not mention Hypnosis too, especially given how OP sleep is in Gen 1. And of course the typing was a huge factor; Slam, Hyper Beam, Body Slam, etc. weren’t an issue for Gastly. Aerodactyl, which gave Gyarados trouble, can’t even hit Gastly because it has only normal moves. And because Gastly is poison type, the AI spams agility which made Lance trivial. It’s kinda crazy that Gastly, a not-even-evolved Pokémon, can compete with the strongest Pokémon in the game. I do wonder if Gyarados could have performed better if Jrose used Mimic though. Anyway, loved the video as always!

[@ladyriethegoldendelmo5441]

+ Ηι βγε biggest advantage of gastly, lots of pokemon uses like normal moves. 2nd gastly does have high atk and speed enough to pretty much be top 10 beat only runs. gastly also access to moves like confuse ray and sleep. gastly psychic in gen 1 is really op and can access to mimic lol.

[@Sam-oz8pn]

@Lady Idoun I mean... yeah, that’s basically what I said in my comment. It should be noted though that Gyarados and Gastly have nearly identical special and speed (100/81 vs 100/80, respectively) while Gyarados is *much* bulkier. Also, Jrose didn’t use Confuse Ray at all, so that’s not a factor either. That’s part of why I found it so surprising that Gastly could do minimum battles while Gyarados couldn’t

[@edwardreflects8500]

im subscribed to multiple channels across a various amount of topics, from hockey to yugioh, mma to pokemon, and your uploads are the ones i look forward too most! idk if this makes any sense but you're very engaging despite it being just you speaking. im just showing some love. here's to the next one!

[@gll447]

you should remake this video, several bad decisions led to a deceivingly bad final time for gyarados

[@JediMaster362]

I’ll do your Count impression. "Five! Five Surfs to knock out Giovanni’s team! Ah, ah, ah!"

[@nazimelon6653]

You and pikasprey just got a shoutout by seth everyman and i find that slightly amazing

[@spyhuntersly]

Hey Jrose I'm a newer sub studying in university. I found your channel after using twitch plays pokemon as background noise and my intro to your commentary was the pidgy video! I gotta say man you're commentaries are elite and you're a legend. Would love to see more videos maybe even a full on playthrough. You're well spoken and honestly out of all of these gamer KZbinrs your voice is by far the most tolerable. Love the work. Keep it up bro

[@Ars-Nova258]

I just started watching and L.T. Surge popped into my mind...

[@sylwestertrzewczynski5521]

Great video, can't wait for Snorlax run xD

[@MediumDSpeaks]

That's so weird, I usually play your videos early moning while I'm waking up as they usually come out overnight/very early morning, and one of my first thoughts after I woke up this morning was "I haven't seen a jRose video in a while, I wonder if he had to slow down"

[@t00thman]

What do you mean you didn't get to use Gyarados' great physical Attack? Look at all those times he hit himself in confusion!

[@καλαμ]

Bald man sent me here

[@SkateDaddyDrewski]

He said "Hydro-beam" once. Its caught me by surprise.

[@MahDryBread]

Damn, that Agatha war

[@duross101]

He's winning

[@musixmylyfe]

Hey homie, if you’re worried if the videos are still interesting, I’m just regular guy and I watch em all the way through. Keep up the great work! 😊

[@Finfie]

I am not quite sure if i agree that gyarados is above gastly here, since gastly did minimum battles

[@austinjohnson9553]

Finfi Gyarados is in the bonus category, thus it isn’t officially ranked. Gastly is still ranked 1st

[@Finfie]

@@austinjohnson9553 Moltres is also in the bonus category, but still below gastly

[@austinjohnson9553]

Finfi but notice that Moltres also doesn’t have a number beside its name

[@Finfie]

@@austinjohnson9553 i don't think i get your point here, i just wanted to say that since gastly did the run minimum battles and gyarados needed extra battles in the end they should be switched. And the Moltres example clearly shows that these bonus pokemon are integrated into the ranking (just don't get a named rank, since they are bonus)

[@TotallyCluelessGamer]

Water Onix beat the game 62 minutes faster IGT, also Gastly relied heavily on the ability to put enemies to sleep which is fairly reliant on luck, so I can see why he would put Water Onix above Gastly.

[@nitrowastelander]

you know when over half the video is just 5 major battles it'll be good

[@Earthboundmike]

So those few trainers you fought gave gyarados the last bit of special it needed to OHKO the other gyarados'

[@doctorsmoothlove]

We've missed you dude. Thanks for the video. I suggest a "How Fast" video with all the OU staples like Snorlax, Tauros, Dragonite, Slowbro, Jynx, and Exeggutor

[@robertussin005]

“If this was generation 3 (my favorite Gen btw), Gyarados would have access to Earthquake, and Koga would have been a breeze.” Giovanni gives you Earthquake in Gen 3, and Gyarados doesn’t learn it by level up or even breeding. Now correct me if I’m wrong, but wouldn’t it be impossible to have Earthquake for Koga’s gym?

[@BardBreaker]

25 minutes into a JRose video before he finally mentions the badge boost glitch??? What universe are we in???

[@klyedthecat]

I'd love to see a haunter and Gengar video because of how well Gastly did I suspect they could be just as good if not better than the legendaries

[@98802ohhey]

Was waiting for the next video! Rewatched some older videos last night getting stoked for the next video.

[@h3nder]

Alakazam, Gengar or Dragonite might come close in the late game. Kadabra would still do well. Alakazam next would be fun to watch.

[@jeremymartin8354]

I watch your videos all the time!! I even sleep to them like white noise when I'm tired!! I love the hard ones but these ones are fun to watch too! Love what you do keep it up!!!!

[@cookeh_9195]

Bald boi sent me, I’m glad

[@sun-does-shine]

I think getting body slam woulda saved a lot of time in this challenge

[@joshuacervantes3475]

Thanks Seth for showing me this pretty fire channel

[@FinbyOasta]

The notification for these videos alone give me so much joy and relaxation after returning home. Thank you Jrose and keep up the quality (although I haven't even watched a full minute of this, but I can make a reasonable guess that this will make my afternoon 1000x better)