How Fast can you Beat Pokemon Red/Blue with Just a Lapras?

Lapras is one of the strongest Pokemon in all of Red/Blue, with a deep movepool and amazing stats. Will that be enough for it to take a stop in the top tier?

[@mgodidek]

When times are at their darkest, JRose starts uploading regularly. The hero we all needed.

[@davmcgurrin]

Been rewatching the older vids on days I feel rough

[@geebster.]

You're right! He really does upload at night..

[@gigadude]

But also the one we deserve

[@daveelliot7552]

Not all heroes wear capes. Some play Pokemon

[@Detective_L]

His older videos were awesome. I wish he would continue the ultra sun catch em all and his catch em all videos in general

[@dk2853]

The Porygon run is right around the corner, I can feel it!

[@scragar]

Porygon is potentially really strong. It can turn into the same type as it's opponents which is a reasonable defence, it learns sharpen at level 1, so it'll always hhave a stat boost move(badge boost glitch), and naturally learning triattack by level 42 means it has a naturally strong attack. It's special isn't too bad either and it learns psychic so that works against ghosts(although I think Agatha will be a pain). Most likely threat is the run just never getting started, only tackle to attack with until level 23 means Brock will be a run killer, conversion will reduce the damage,but Onix is stronger in every way so I can't see getting past it without a lot of luck.

[@sonofashepard130]

@@scragar struggle it out?

[@michabaron4129]

@@sonofashepard130 struggle isnt typeless in gen one. I dont remember how high you need to get to beat Brock but i dont belive it was as high as 23. Conversion is a double edged sword there, it reduces damage taken but also rids you of stab. Tri Attack is meh, most importantly Porygon learns psybeam and recover on its own pretty fast so midgame is a breeze. Later on yes, sharpen allows you to badge boost and you have all you need when it comes to coverage. Easy run with some interesting strats in the earlygame, actually would recomend as a starter one if you want to feel out soloing

[@sonofashepard130]

@@michabaron4129 oh yeah, dude. I dun goofed. Thanks bro.

[@aurumjust5539]

Right around the "game corner" if you will

[@sirswagabadha4896]

"Gengar's gonna use the twitter attack, I mean, toxic" damn man, why is a water pokemon spitting such fire

[@HexLuminae]

I really like how animations are added for the last battle. Always makes it seem more intense.

[@lebagel]

The detail the producers put into these games is astounding. Gen 1 is always lambasted for its bugs and oversights, but back in the 90s they were doing something that had never been done before.

[@cursedcat6467]

@@lebagel they had never done it before because the first Pokémon game was red and blue

[@Cretaal]

@@cursedcat6467 But no game before pokemom had been a scrolling, open world, team based RPG with 150 playable characters, not even D&D titles were that in depth. Nobody had ever attempted something like that successfully before. That's what lebagel is saying.

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

@@Cretaal mhmm it's incredible

[@Crusina]

They are automatically turned on I believe.

[@matthewferrantino9521]

"Never complain about the opponent's tactics if they beat you." Spamming Confuse Ray is actually not nearly as bad an idea as almost every other AI in the game.

[@Altair1243WAR]

*Agility spam intensifies*

[@Mrx2848]

"If this gets - I dunno - 50,000 likes, we'll do another Count impression" *Immediately hits the Like button*

[@kd73092]

I stopped what I was doing to hit it.

[@sonofashepard130]

@@kd73092 good man.

[@Pandadude-eg9li]

I did the same thing. Despite his thoughts, he does make a good one.

[@weaponizedemoticon1131]

Will he count impression all the likes? :P

[@moonblaze2713]

I'm doing my part.

[@Rikrobat]

"Used the Twitter attack." That was a super effective snipe, haha

[@RoryTheFiend]

I think Cloyster could be an interesting Pokemon to run, great starting moves in clamp and aurora beam, as well as harden for potential badge boosting later, 9th best base stat total Although it is in the slow level up group and its speed isn't the best, still think it'd do pretty well overall

[@Skarfar90]

It might be on par with Dewgong in that regard. Their stats are pretty similar, having the same base speed and Cloyster does have a better stat total (480 vs. 405), but slightly lower special (85 for Cloyster vs. 95 for Dewgong). However, Dewgong is in the medium-fast level up group, so it does out-level Cloyster quite a bit. I did a run with Dewgong just to see how good it was... Well, I beat the game in 3 hours and 11 minutes. Now I am curious to see how Cloyster stacks up.

[@Skarfar90]

@yossarian The problem with Jynx is that she only starts with a base 40 normal move. This will cause problems when you face Brock. Jynx has very low (base 35) defense, and a low (base 55) attack stat, so she will struggle a lot with the rock pokemon in Brock's gym. Not to mention that Brock has a lot of Full Heals. So... time-wise, Jynx will definitely be slow in the early game, but gain a lot in the mid-late game when she gets access to ice and psychic moves. However, Jynx does have pretty good special and speed, with both being base-95. I would estimate that Jynx would end up at around 5 hours of in-game time

[@jordanthejq12]

Wish granted!

[@duckface524]

Jrose, you are probably my favorite poketuber currently. Just such a breath of fresh, humble air dude

[@ARCHIVED9610]

THIS

[@politracks1810]

Completely agree, just such a chill dude

[@jonsmith5058]

Amen, the guy knows strategy and doesnt just level up to win. He sees what works, what doesnt and uses moves to his advantage. Its so dull to see players who say ‘do you think I can win’ then go to lvl 70 or 100 in order to do that.

[@caseyleenb]

having done work for him: can confirm, he is so incredibly lovely.

[@gonzalodiaz9326]

Jrose and Pikasprey are the goats.

[@kaptainKrill]

Jrose in a sprint to the end of the year! I hope this means you’re feeling better. As I’m sure you’ve noticed, we’re all still here even if the videos slow down. Keep taking care of yourself, and have a happy holiday!

[@drperogie]

He’s been streaming a lot on twitch lately so if you’re craving jrose content I recommend looking there too!

[@LQVaughn]

This videos give me a kind of inner peace. A big part of that is the nostalgia of the red and blue series as they gave me a similar feeling as a kid. The second part is Jrose himself. I can’t even put my finger on it. Maybe it’s the way he talks like he’s explaining things to a friend. Maybe it’s just his demeanor? Maybe it’s the fact that each of these feels like a journey that I’m going on with him. But these just send me to a happy place even though I’ve watched them all 4 times by now.

[@dwestside6945]

watch jrose daily on twitch for pokemon solo runs

[@marias1609]

I've been binging this series the past week while being sick and unable to get out of bed - thanks for all your hard work and the great videos you put out there!

[@petercross1879]

Liar

[@commiekiller9790]

Um... Isn't there a sammich waiting to be made in the kitchen?

[@harshivmahajan5311]

Hoping to see Starmie sometime soon. Expect it to have a top 5 time. But more importantly hope you're doing well and taking care of yourself. That's what's most important in these times

[@B-Ran_the_Man]

Starmie would be interesting. It starts with water gun but it learns no moves. It is also on the slow growth experience tier, so levels may be an issue. However from the 3rd badge to the 4th badge, he would get thunderbolt, psychic, and ice beam, and then surf by 5th badge. I cannot see it being a top 5 for the reasons above but I can easily see top 10

[@dawnsbuneary]

That one will be awesome. Surf, Psychic, Ice Beam, and Thunderbolt is an AMAZING moveset. Nothing resists all four moves(at least in gen 1), and it's special is equally amazing.

[@harshivmahajan5311]

@@B-Ran_the_Man You're right. I somehow assumed Starmie would be in a faster level up group but since it's in the slow one it'll probably have trouble making it to the top 5

[@harshivmahajan5311]

@@dawnsbuneary Exactly. Plus like Lapras it gets stab on two of those and unlike Lapras it has amazing speed so a really high crit chance

[@coreysheldon4332]

I think staryu might actually be better for the run than starmie because it has more level up moves and learns harden for the badge boost glitch. Either way I want to see one or both at some point.

[@GhostyOcean]

A video so soon? Either you're on another extreme grind or you've gotten an editor!! Hopefully you don't get burned out, love your content! Stay safe and healthy JRose

[@raikaria3090]

Lapras was already done when Tauros was posted. Go look at the tier list at the end of that one.

[@TheHadMatters]

He has a backlog; views are bad during public vacations, and he doesn't want to waste them. =)

[@FixdalOK]

@@raikaria3090 Editing is the biggest job though

[@KaitaoftheFourze]

Kangaskhan solo will be nice to see!

[@andredesautels6088]

Pp

[@owoberon4947]

@@andredesautels6088 don't even think about it

[@KC-pi6po]

"Hey everyone, how is it going?" brightens my day

[@silvercharts]

2 jrose11 videos for Christmas?? I wouldn't mind coal this year, it's already the best one ever

[@Gingerbreadley]

Been looking forward to this one. God I love this silly series.

[@jcsworld801]

Come back jrose! Im running out of content to fall asleep to love you hope life is good

[@kwest9747]

After all these decades I just realised why psychic pokemon have such great speed - their powers grant them premonition so they can anticipate and react to things events before they unfold.

[@conza1989]

Would love to see Starmie! Really appreciate the editing and commentary eg. Koga where you speed up/slow down the footage to line up with the commentary, really nice polish, great video Jrose!

[@a_cup_of_joe540]

I was hoping for this after he mentioned wanting a Lapras run in the Tauros video

[@raikaria3090]

He had Lapras *on the tier list* in the last video. He outright spoiled it.

[@jasperdeboer3257]

@@raikaria3090 omg, nice spot, he totally did

[@MrCharrrles]

@@raikaria3090 He blurred it though right?

[@raikaria3090]

@@MrCharrrles If he has it wasn't like that when i watched it and must be a post-publishing edit.

[@roccopiosaracino3681]

@@MrCharrrles he edited the video, it wasn't blurred when he published it

[@leehackett1614]

Starmie has always been my sweeper. It’s super fast and has incredible Special Attack. Ice Beam, Psychic, Surf and Thunderbolt guarantees that I have coverage against nearly everything.

[@TsaboTavoc]

You don't actually use psychic for the champion, why not replace that with blizzard instead? Saves risking missing vs pidgeot.

[@dwestside6945]

yeah. starmie sucks till celadon tho

[@egosumv3112]

Jrose, now I know I was wrong I messed up, and now you're gone Jrose, I'm sorry I neglected you Oh, I never expected you to run away and leave me Feeling this empty "Hey, everyone! How's it going?" would sound like music to me Please upload, 'cause I miss you, Joshy Jrose, upload (Jrose, upload)

[@Pandadude-eg9li]

(I hope he reads this) Wowzer, that was a short time since Tauros! This is the earliest I ever caught one of your videos. Must say: Good fortune on your continued KZbin success. Will you do mid-tier pokemon?

[@CPhelps1247]

He’s my wife’s boyfriend, so I see him a lot. Next time he comes over I’ll make sure he reads your comment.

[@kaptainKrill]

@@CPhelps1247 Wow, Cole Ph31p5 posting on a KZbin video! I didn’t know you’d been programmed to interact with humans outside of the interrogation room.

[@theSato]

@@CPhelps1247 ah yes, the Artosis Wife's Boyfriend meme spreads further..

[@vonder4479]

Cringe

[@beanoptodon]

@@vonder4479 cringe

[@joebykaeby]

Between lampshading the Count joke and “the Twitter move” I have to say this is one of the best ones yet

[@bobnob4393]

We miss you bro. Hope lifes treating you good

[@dailygrinds3102]

j rose u are my hero man i used to serve in afghanistan and these videos i always watched when with my buddies in the tent. we had low quality internet for 90minutes, i would usually call home (video call) and then watch a vid of you doing a run, it somehow took away some fear. thanks for what you do

[@mjf2891]

Lol

[@cameronmcgregor2583]

Glad to see you're back on form Jrose missed you for a time when you were away, hope you keep them coming! ❤️

[@YugiMomo]

Prediction: Gyms are a breeze for the most part, Misty and Erika might be a little annoying depending on the speed and RNG, good coverage for rivals, and Lorelei might be annoying

[@Arrzarrina]

Erika will be pretty easy I expect because you can get ice beam at the shopping centre.

[@igorlopes8463]

I think a starmie run would be almost identical, the main diference would be that starmie is faster and psychic gets stab instead of ice beam/blizzard.

[@Arrzarrina]

​@@igorlopes8463 Depending on the starter chosen for the rival, you'd want beam for executor with the Charizard. Psychic would do the job if the rival has Venusaur. Assuming you can get away without beam, you end up with slightly better special and much more speed and a move slot spare, so yeah. Starmie probably goes in the second tier. You'd definitely want bolt for half of Lorelei, Half of Lance and rival's gyarados.

[@rakka3747]

Thunderbolt will handle lorelei easily. I'd say surf for stab, psychic and thunderbolt for coverage, then good ole ice beam/ blizzard

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

Prediction is lapras gets middle of tier 2 pack because of problems with level curve n speed

[@Sam-oz8pn]

27:37 I like how right after almost haxxing Jrose to death, *Lorelei* is the indignant one. "How dare you?!"

[@Lioniume]

After having started watching your runs after the start of covid, I got so hooked on your storytelling and commitment to the runs. Dude, simply keep it up!

[@zuthalsoraniz6764]

"Rival 6, Elite 4 and Champion tend to be, at this point, over half of my video length" said at almost exactly the halfway point of the video, just perfect

[@theSato]

Maaan, bring back the Jrose11 intro jingle! haha Perfect timing on uploading this, needed something good to watch at exactly this moment. Kangaskhan next at this rate? I like how you picked up the Lapras at Silph Co ( 15:34 ) when for ONCE, you already have a Lapras with surf! Was this just out of habit or intentional? Cheers, happy holidays Jrose!

[@joshuajennings4070]

Probably for strength

[@longliverocknroll5]

Same. Miss the jingle at the start!

[@Nameless.Hermit]

30:22 "Anyway Gengar's going to use Twitter attack - I mean Toxic" 😂

[@sheshells_]

I want to say this again, JRose, these videos slap and I'm so happy to see more every time they pop up. Edit: Count impression or we riot

[@firebirdca2066]

Would love to see a scyther run!! Strong bug pokemon would be interesting.

[@dorik0]

I did a Scyther run in leafgreen and it was rough. Can't imagine doing it in Gen 1 where it doesn't get any attacks that aren't normal, to say nothing of STAB moves (unless it's Yellow).

[@MrAskmannen]

Scyther has a bad movepool (only normal moves plus rest, toxic and agility) so it would prob not be as good as one might think It literally cant hurt ghost types unless you play yellow version where it learns its only non-normal attacking move (Wing Attack) at level F I F T Y

[@key099able]

@@MrAskmannen It can hurt them, it just require bide which will take forever like in the Eevee run.

[@MrAskmannen]

@@key099able true, didnt notice bide among the sea of normal moves

[@qpoqiuqytqrewq]

Am I gonna drop everything I'm doing to watch Jrose go through the game with my favorite Pokemon of all time? You bet I am!

[@bassguitarbill]

This was one of the best videos you've done so far, the Elite Four was full of really tense moments!

[@samperez1727]

Why did Lapras rank lower than Tauros? It finished at the same level as Tauros, was 17 minutes faster, did not have the same noticeable bumps against Brock, and did not have to rely on so many critical hits to brute force certain matches.

[@Rayan-ji4me]

your mom

[@aidanrogers6767]

@@Rayan-ji4me damn 😔

[@MogusMasterSaikawa22]

He reset a lot more here I think

[@bluesdude514]

@@Rayan-ji4me *shots fired*

[@thedyzer69]

Your passion for this keeps me coming back every time. Love your stuff! Hoping for some gen 5 runs soon!

[@versalia9706]

I was just literally wondering what to watch tonight to relax after a long day when this video popped up! I'm genuinely happy now! Also it's so nice to see another upload so close to tauros'! Already loving it!

[@Salajutsu]

I love these runs, mang. Thank you. IDK what it is that makes this more interesting than actual shows, but growing up with these games, having such extremely strong memories of every bit of it, and then watching the strategy outside of the standard is very enticing!

[@verran.lokison]

Was super excited for this run! Thank you! Can’t wait to see more!

[@dragonofthewest8305]

This run series is a blessing

[@CoralReaper707]

I think it would be fun if you did a Clefairy solo run, since you already did Jigglypuff.

[@robertcolbert232]

Glad to see this upload. Hope you've been well, man! We all know that the Scyther run is gonna be crucial

[@DanTheDev_]

This run was so good. Love having your videos back! Happy holidays jrose!

[@salamense6791]

its cool to see lapras go this fast keeping bodyslam might have been useful vs the alakazam for the future starmie run the grass types around Cerulean are going to pain for minimum battles so good luck

[@carl4889]

All grass types in gen 1 except Tangela are part poison type, so STAB Psychic will destroy them.

[@darkfiredragon3410]

Minimum battles with Starmie will never work. Being in the Slow group means you'll get to Cerulean at lv 13 like Lapras, but not only you don't have Sing but you're also WAY frailer than it. Also you won't have Body Slam for either Rival 3 or Misty.

[@salamense6791]

yeah but starmie has tackle and harden rival 2 is possible at 14 (after the Goldeen trainer in the gym) misty has smart ai and rival 3 can be beaten with only bubble beam

[@smulligan]

JRose you’re my all time favorite KZbinr and i can’t believe i have two new videos to binge tomorrow ❤️

[@noaroos6115]

New Jrose videos always get priority for me! Doesn't matter what other videos others have uploaded, if there's a new Jrose you better be sure I'll watch it right away!

[@CillmaCuvas]

'...the Twitter attack, I mean Toxic.' He says, casually. That was smoother than butter.

[@saxonthedan]

"What kind of world is Lance worse than Lorelei?" What kind of world does BRUNO come closer to knocking you out than Lance? That's what I wanna know. Great vid, been loving these lately!

[@obsidianfrost9514]

Lapris is a monster one special tank but mediocre defense with a weakness to rock and fighting

[@sirparrotthegreat]

Can you do a Smeargle run? that would be Awesome!!!

[@kechan13]

These videos are amazing. I am living in china currently and don't really have many friends out here but these videos always put me in a great mood, even in not so great days. Thanks for these and i hope you're doing well man 🙏

[@joshuajordan5700]

Merry Christmas Jrose. You’ve brought all of us so many hours of entertaining, informational, videos. I think I speak for us all when I say we’re grateful for the content you’ve put out for us. Enjoy the holidays and keep taking time for yourself if you need it.

[@northstarpokeshipper2148]

Jrose11 uploading twice in the same week? Its a Christmas Miracle!

[@totetoresano]

I think surf was a mistake, you can use ice beam for almost everything surf is good for except Blaine and a physical attack like body slam is better for pokemon like Alakazam and Jynx.

[@tsawy6]

Mm, it's interesting that he didn't keep body slam around for all the alakazams...

[@tradeka4206]

I was thinking the same thing. Surf is good to have against arcanine but I still think ice beam would be enough and it would be better to have body slam for psychic types

[@GabrielPerez-yg9bi]

Nah, surf is a powerfull stab move and can fast kill almost anything that you have on your way. So he saves a lot of time on the battles that he doesn't show to us and saves pp so he doesn't need to go for center so often, this things is more important than save 1 turn on the Alakazans battles. Tbh I dont really think Psychic is necessary, Surf stab can do almost the same damage, so my final move set would be Surf, Blizzard, TB and Strenght. (with strenght and surf I can skip one HM slave and it will be fast to use centers and final credits).

[@GabrielPerez-yg9bi]

Yeah, guess I could use strength on Alakazam, but the main point of strenght it would be the others things that I talked.

[@Flex4LX]

You are the true Pokemon Master. My thoughts exactly!!

[@Squibbly_Squelch]

Man these videos are just so good. I've enjoyed watching every single one. They're such a great way to wind down and end the day. Thanks for continuing this series 👍

[@HugeZorse]

I’ve never been happier to hear a content creator acknowledge that his bit has run into the ground. This is why you the goat

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

Finally, I get to see Lapras! Thanks dude! It's really a good Pokemon to play with! It did well, but I think you were not very lucky either, that costed you some more time! What really surprises me is that Vaporeon did won Lapras in its solo run, really didn't expect it!

[@naphackDT]

Vaporeon has 15 base special on Lapras. That means a lot of times when an opponent survives a move with less than 10% remaining, Vaporeon would have just murdered that same opponent... Unless the move used was ice beam or one of the coverage moves Vaporeon doesn't have access to... And with access to acid armor, Vaporeon just murders the elite 4 with the badge boost glitch. But honestly, the biggest difference is the level up group. Vaporeon went into the elite 4 at level 60.

[@tobyhunt2127]

I love how, after Rival Fieval, it's just like "Yay! Another Lapras!"

[@debyaka]

I hope this is taken as the complement its intended as, These videos are the best "Brain mush" videos ever! When you get back from a long hard days work and you just wanna sit down and eat your dinner on the sofa & turn off your brain like a paralysed vegetable.

[@danielmacdonald131]

I say this with as much love as I can. Give me more episodes you monster. I need my fix!

[@tedscheett9420]

I love these videos because they help give me a perspective on team building, something that I am always in need of, regardless if I think I'm a good team builder. I would be interested to see an Aerodactyl run. It's a Pokemon that served me well in FireRed, so I'm wondering if it's any good here.

[@YungHotPockets]

I have a really good chance of this now, since it's so early. Please do a starmie run. I think it'll absolutely be in the top five, maybe even top three. It's fast it's strong, and it's got amazing coverage.

[@billyrobinson6815]

Dude I completely agree although I'm looking forward to the cubone run myself

[@darkfiredragon3410]

Sorry to disappoint you, but Starmie would at most be top 10. You're in the Slow group like Lapras, meaning by doing minimum battles you'll end up in Cerulean at lv 13 without Sing and with less than half of Lapras' bulk; also you don't get Body Slam so you have to Harden and Tackle through Misty and Rival 3 will be awful.

[@YungHotPockets]

@@darkfiredragon3410 So ive been thinking about this. I kinda disagree. If you use the same move pool, Starmie has much better special, speed, and a 22% crit chance. misty maybe hard, but the bridge rival might be much eaiser. you struggle against misty, but you can take her on after clearing the nugget bridge. i think the late game will make up the time for early game, as brock and everything before misty is a breeze with the speed and the slightly better special. but the concept of being almost twice as fast will net you so many more crits, and lost battles to speed. also psychic stab runs through alot in this game. but i think we both make valid points, and we will see when it happens :)

[@classace7261]

I just want you to know this channel is NOT appreciated enough. This whole thing takes time. Mad respect 💪🏻

[@dropinota]

Two in a month!? Hell yeah, Christmas came early. Great video as always, and happy holidays

[@adrov849]

It would be cool to see how quickly you can finish a run when you have 4 good moves from the start. For example, starting with Starmie with Surf, Blizzard/ice beam, Psychic and Thunder/thunderbolt. I reckon you’d blitz through the game so much faster.

[@JustChiaki]

Glad Lapras did so well! Cloyster's been mentioned a few times recently, might make for an interesting run. I'm curious as to how it'd stack against the other high-ranking water types like Vaporeon, Lapras, and Gyarados.

[@TheOvalOwl]

Love these videos and Lapras was always one of my favorite Pokemon since I've loved water Pokemon more than any other type since the very beginning!

[@jasonpyre8572]

As someone who never actually played the original (just firered), it's hilarious that you can get an ice beam just from giving some dude a fresh water. That's like if you traded someone a gatorade for their glock.

[@soap93160]

Would love to see how fast you can beat the game with Snorlax. It would be fun to compare to the other normal type you just did, Tauros, and I think Snorlax will beat the game even faster than Tauros despite being known as the lazy and slowest Pokemon.

[@paid2lose71]

Snorlax will be easy. He know amnisia and a lot good special moves :)

[@Skarfar90]

Snorlax is actually faster than a few other pokemon. Snorlax is really good in a solo run, despite being slow. I ended up beating the game in 3 hours and 52 minutes, at level 55. Easily on par with other god-tier pokemon. Agatha is no doubt a sticking point in the run, due to the ghost pokemon being so fast. However. Brock was an absolute joke, due to Snorlax' high attack and good starting move (Headbutt), and I was able to beat him at level 11. Snorlax' amazing health also contributed to this

[@soap93160]

@@Skarfar90 What was your Snorlax moveset for facing Agatha? Just curious. Seems like Earthquake is best for Agatha, so I'm guessing the best move combination for Elite Four is Amnesia, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt and Earthquake? Lack of Normal STAB hurts, but Earthquake is still strong against stuff like Gary's Alakazam.

[@Skarfar90]

@@soap93160 I think I stuck with Earthquake, Ice Beam, Amnesia and Psychic.

[@seisner6655]

Here is a nice starts for you to consider: What if you got into the elite four poisoned? Like, have a weedle poison you or something. It won't affect you by much, as you heal before each battle anyways, and its will make Agatha a lot more consistent.

[@RaphielShiraha64]

he uses full restore to restore the hp and that removes status effects

[@cesarwitha_t]

@@RaphielShiraha64 So he should change that to hyper potions...

[@RaphielShiraha64]

@@cesarwitha_t never said he can't change it, also even with poison he can still get confused, plus golbat can use hail and that remove poison if i remember right

[@cesarwitha_t]

@@RaphielShiraha64 Yeah, but not sleep, it's still a good strat. I guess you mean Haze, which resets buffs like the ones given from Swords Dance and the Badge Boost Glitch, not status conditions

[@mistermr2147]

It probably would end up wasting a lot more in-game time

[@T0WhiteForYou]

@jrose11 I miss your videos. I hope you are doing okay and all is well. I listen to all your videos every single day on my drive home from work. Really makes my day even re listening to the videos I have already listened to and or watched. I don’t really ever comment but just wanted to say I can’t wait for the next upload! I know you probably will not see this but I hope all Is well!

[@rakka3747]

Was waiting for this one. Starmie as well just because the duel going is so good in kanto. Love the vids, keep it up

[@MrMac013]

I reckon Kabutops would be a cool mon to do a run like this with. Great attack, decent move pool, but some pretty glaring weaknesses that would make it a worthwhile challenge! Been loving your videos recently, great work!! :)

[@Luckyylove]

The issue is that all water moves that time were special

[@Thrallbra]

Would love to see how fully evolved starters Charizard Blastoise Venusaur would fare against their pre evolved forms. They have the stats advantage, but won’t get lvl up moves. Brock would be a deal or done run. Even and nidoqueen nidoking

[@lmuganl]

Killing with these gen1 runs. Almost a 1/4 mill subscribers! Good job boss

[@gutherford007]

So excited to c this family troubles before holidays so glad to c your content thank u.

[@rimjob_steve4688]

I did this too a while ago. Actually did it twice because I messed up a couple times and I did my first attempt on minimum battles. I'm only 5 minutes into the video when I'm writing this so I'll update this comment occasionally just in case anyone sees it So my strategy against Rival 2 was very different from yours. I actually battled Misty first and here's why. We have access to one other move and that is bide. Usually Bide is a terrible move but in that case it was a solid choice. Lapras has a really high base HP so it can easily tank everything from Mistys Pokemon and deal double the damage back. This is probably the only time Bide is actually useful in one of these runs. After beating Misty we get access to Bubblebeam and even leveled up so Rival 2 wasn't that bad actually. Update 1: I did Surge right away. The only way to lose is Raichu using Thunderbolt twice which it rarely does. You deleted BODYSLAM? Oh brother I'm sure you're gonna regret that one. I deleted sing and didn't teach psychic for a very long time. Update 2: I obviously had the same issues as you against Agatha. I taught Psychic for this battle and deleted ice beam. After Agatha I got rid of Psychic again for Blizzard. Lance was a joke with Lapras moveset and stats. The final battle went pretty much like yours except I had Bodyslam for Alakazam and as sort of a plan B if I get a special drop. My time was actually faster than yours because I saved time with Misty and Surge and I learned from my first attempt with Lapras. I ended up beating the game at 3:30 and honestly I would've put Lapras into the tier of Gengar and Alakazam.

[@Dante...]

Why is lapras below taruos on the tier list? Lapras finished faster, was at the same level and overall seemed like an easier run.

[@darkfiredragon3410]

Because Tauros took 40 minutes to beat Brock thanks to bad starting moves, but it cut the time disadvantage in half by the end and was at the same level

[@TriangleChloros]

@@darkfiredragon3410 While true, Tauros also had a *significantly* harder time with the E4 than Lapras did.

[@darkfiredragon3410]

@@TriangleChloros I know; but this is basically what Jrose himself said. Someone asked this very question a bit earlier than you, and he got a reply from our man saying basically what I wrote

[@dap-1821]

Out of all of my subscribers I get the most hyped when you post a video. I literally throw my hands in the air and shout "that boy jrose dropped"

[@basebutter]

loving the return to single poke challenges my dude!

[@joshuabogart3976]

It would be interesting to see how good tangela was in gen 1. Back when special was one stat tangela was so bulky with its 100 base special coupled with a 115 base defense.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

My understanding is that Tangela has among the worst Brock splits in the entire game. It's Grass, but that first Grass move comes in hella late, do it's Constrict city.

[@joshuabogart3976]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 depends on if your playing yellow or blue/ red in blue/ red you have access to bind as well as constrict. Bind in red and blue makes brock not as bad since you will take less damage and deal more damage. Yellow version yeah the brock split it hellish.

[@snarfels]

Why is Lapras at level 18 for just this one battle against rival two? 4:09

[@logan7732]

Lots of sus things in the video if you really look his crit rate being like 1 in 4 in tougher fights consistently is also weird still a fun video either way.

[@DemonVermin]

RNG is RNG for the crit thing. Lapras has a 10.7% crit rate in Gen 1 and well, 1/10 isn't bad, so a closer to 1/4 in some fights would be expected in a few fights, especially cause its multiple resets. Like how his first Agatha Lotteries were definitely more than 50% hurt yourself chance. The level 18 thing may have been an attempt to use a rare candy early and defeating the other swimmer as well as seeing if 2 levels might be enough to outspeed the Pidgeotto... With how it went, the extra time it took definitely didn't warrant the grind.

[@watsonwrote]

I'm always so happy to see a new JRose video. It's such a nice way to chill after a long day

[@YukeWeiss]

Glad to see a one-two punch of content just before Xmas. Lapras was super fast. First sub 4 hour run since Dragonite.

[@PJBoyYT]

Please keep uploading Jrose11

[@3744012]

Considering how good Poliwag was, I'm interested in seeing how well its evolutions would do compared to each other. Poliwhirl is faster and Poliwrath's Fighting type might be a detriment, so it's unclear which one is faster.

[@brodycolegrove8253]

Lapras is one of my favorite Pokémon, been waiting for this run. Keep up the great work JRose

[@oscar4diana]

I love your videos, I can’t stop watching them. You are so good, knowledgeable and fun to watch

[@afroduckaka4pf593]

Plz come back to us papi

[@John-gx8ds]

Please make a new vid. I miss watching your videos

[@unpassantquipasse8268]

It was an interesting run. Thank you JRose ! The lessons we can take from your run is to be a bit more conservative with TM, and greedy with battle XP during the run for an easiest conseil 4. I'm genuinely curious to see how Lapras will fare in the future generations. Keep the good work !

[@TheMitchelThomas]

Hey, just watched this after your squirtle video. Holy cow! You've come so far! Love watching your progression in video making and editing through this huge series! Keep it up!! These runs are epic!

[@MrGombaonfire]

I feel like a solid choice for a future run would be jynx with a solid type combo as well as a decent sleep move

[@lance7380]

Why was the count so disempassioned?

[@AlexDriscoll]

Soooo happy with the frequent uploads!

[@Teyeranitar]

Jrose, you’re awesome. I don’t know details about your break, but I’m glad you’re back.