How Fast Can You Beat Pokemon Yellow with Just a Rattata?

[@RobKni76]

Little known Easter Egg: Rattata looks like a rat, and if you look closely, it has "rat" in its name!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Wow.

[@marcusmckanbackman]

Youngster Matt: Top Percentage Rattata

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

#1 ranked Rattata here.

[@rtyuik7]

​@@GymLeaderMatt1987if Matt is the Gym-Leader, then he could recruit YoungsterJoey to be the 'other trainer' in his gym...yknow, Brock gets "Buzz" (the 'light years' JR.Trainer), Pvt. Surge gets those guys standing around the trash cans... ...id love to see one of these games with a ROMhack or something, to make THAT 'Normal Gym' happen lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Ha, I’d recommend just playing Gen. 3 or above for that. I’ve been through a lot of old rom hacks learning stuff and most the hacks are slight variations that don’t change too much.

[@rtyuik7]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 sorry, i phrased that wrong, i meant the Specific NormalGym with the leader's name being changed to "Matt", and with YoungsterJoey as the underling...thatd take some (very basic) hacky-ness...

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Makes sense. Maybe one day when the channel is actually big lol. I’m not sure many would get the reference atm.

[@sartrisbt]

some wild stuff in that moveset. with all of the baffling choices in gen 1, giving the first stage rat a bunch of good special coverage and body slam is hilarious.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

That’s just how normal types are. They still are to this day really. There’s a lot of questionable learnsets but Rattata is not one of them.

[@youtube-kit9450]

Rattata getting Bodyslam but somehow Pidgeot and Fearow not getting it is just insane. And normal types get the weirdest coverage moves, but nothing imo will beat surfing Rhydon for me.

[@Pomali1029]

Oh boy, im on a biz trip in Paris and there are a lot of "Ratatta" here lol

[@Pomali1029]

brother! I might be late but bear with the timezone for now lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Is there? I’ve never been there so I wouldn’t know. I figured it would be clean haha.

[@Pomali1029]

​@GymLeaderMatt1987 a lot of protests plus garbage collection on strike, my man! It's like downtown San Francisco but everywhere lol

[@jhenry8175]

I will say I enjoy your Gen 1 runs the most. Like seeing where stuff stacks up in the OG world

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Same.

[@peternicholas3719]

They turned our power back on, and I couldn't be happier to watch Matt 😊

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice!

[@Arist988]

I’m amazed how well you did with rattata. I was thinking it would be either an one hit win or loss. I wonder how an alolan rattata would do. Enjoy your trip!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I’m not sure we’ll get to see the regional variant. I had to narrow those runs down and it didn’t make the cut.

[@Aria.Sterling]

If you’re having bad day, think of Gary Oak. Caught powerful Pokémon to his team and become the champion, only to lose to a dude with a rat…

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

He’s been beaten by worse lol.

[@mikekalicki1059]

Never in my life have i thought i wonder if Rattata can solo the OG pokemon games fun knowing the answer now.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Spoiler alert, they all can outside of Caterpie, Metapod, Kakuna, and Magikarp. Weedle should be counted for all intents and purposes.

[@UnderstandSoccer]

Have fun on your international trip!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I got another week of work left!

[@TheBoatis]

Sundays are a better release day for me, algorithm-wise. Happy to see all twenty five points of special bandaged by the normal type!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice. I’ve been normally releasing videos on Sunday for a while now!

[@adamsgro4378]

As a kid, I always thought the ears on the back sprite were the eyes

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Eldritch horror edition.

[@youtube-kit9450]

I agree with you on the dude being moved to mt. moon. It's just super weird that the otherwise super freely explorable game railroads you so hard in the beginning vs. Brock, with zero TMs, very few trainers and weak pokémon. Imo, you should even have access to the first floor of mt. moon (maybe raise Brock's levels a bit?) and have a Rocket block the ladder to continue. A Rocket blocking stuff seems more thematic than that one random guy in the game (later on, you have way more roadblockers, but that guy imo stands out in Kanto) and this way, you'd also have access to both the water gun and mega punch TMs, which both would help and reward exploration instead of just grinding and hitting your head against a wall. That way, imo water gun's TM also actually becomes somewhat more valuable because you can use it for longer instead of picking it up in Mt. Moon and immediately replacing it with Bubble Beam in the next gym. Ofc yes, 2/3 starters curbstomp Brock without issue at all, but still, in case you want to use some other strategy than that.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I don't totally agree with water gun access but most Pokemon that learn it do already have some sort of water move. I think at bare minimum the extra access to like 5-6 trainers and higher level grass before Mt. Moon would be a step in the right direction. I know the game isn't balanced around solo running but it would be cool if it was. I would shit my pants if Gamefreak released these games on switch with a solo mode but I have a better chance of walking outside and finding 8 million dollars in an abandoned Ferrari.

[@joshframent9385]

Youngster Joey run!!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Top percentage.

[@WildLastFrontier]

I once beat FireRed with just a ratatta. It was my second solo attempt after sceptile. Bruce the Ratatta crushed it lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice. It’s solid but it’s lower base stats shine through a lot.

[@jussioman]

Solid run for the tiny rat. A bit confusing to see Rattata Bubblebeam, Blizzard and Thunderbolt his way through some major battles but thats the power of normal type Pokemon movepools on gen 1.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The power of normal movepools in Pokémon in general. Even today in gen 9 normal types have wide movesets.

[@briancaster2876]

As much as I've been enjoying the Alolan summer, videos like this are why I watch poketubers. The sleepers, the ones that are better than they have any right to be (or worse, that's fun too)! Any way, enjoy your time out of country and thanks for the content.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Got another week of work to finish and a video to wrap up along with a couple of streams and then I’m officially breaking lol. Yea the regular gen 1 content is my favorite too and there’s no way to please everyone so I sprinkle in as much variety as I can.

[@joshgregory1763]

this shows how important speed and special are. Ratatta didnt feel that bad bc of its speed and movepool but it didnt do that well bc of its special

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It’s speed was definitely solid but I was surprised it held its own that well with a 218 base stat total. It took a solid 4 runs to get this one feeling good.

[@YoruN0Tenshi]

Great job on this one, Matt! You’ve really gotten me curious how a Raticate would do. I tried to run some damage calculations and thought that maybe it could get by Brock before it even gets Hyper Fang in Yellow (like level 11 or 12), but I don’t think it could do so in Red. 😅 Still though, level 14 isn’t too bad and I’m curious which version would reign supreme.

[@YoruN0Tenshi]

also, funnily, Raticate does learn Ice Beam where Ratata doesn’t, but they both learn Blizzard. …that feels like it should be the other way around. :3

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I was going to bring up the ice beam thing too, which is weird. I also think it's weird they have the same level up learnset and Raticate doesn't start with Quick Attack or Hyper Fang. Those changes would probably make it a lot better but I do think it's an easy sub 3 hour run. It might be better than Starmie, lol. That's my new favorite pokemon to pick on because it triggers some people in streams.

[@ff7omega]

For a brief moment I thought this would be easy due to F.E.A.R. strats only to snap back to reality and realizing no hold items or abilities in gen one.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, gen 1 problems lol.

[@mukariz]

I think Rattata will do better than initial thoughts would conclude. My prediction came true!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It’s good but also bad lol.

[@tesladrew2608]

Yellow is tougher for electric types generally but you probably already knew that haha

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

People tell me that but both Raichu and Pikachu have had easier runs in Yellow. Brock adds more time to their runs in Red than Giovanni does in Yellow.

[@Spikkle]

Thats a top % Rattata if i ever saw one, yup 😁👍

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Prob the most optimized Rattata run to exist lol.

[@ChrisMcGiggity]

Before watching I think rattata is gunna be awful but you'll somehow make it work amazingly and make it look easy. Keep up the great work matt and cant wait to see how this one turns out!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I don't know about easy, but it did take an extra run. I got a pretty solid run out of it.

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

You got some dope music for the elite four i wonder what playlist you use for it or if you edit the music yourself The rat reminds me of seviper n sceptile lol where it was just a rough run all the way through

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I just use gen 1 and 2 ost for the most part. Some gen 3 and 4 songs. I manually place songs for editing.

[@raziyatheseeker]

Rattata. Every time I get one, I never keep it or its evolution for the full game. Still, I like the little ratty. Hyper Fang is crazy good when you get it, and Rattata makes for a good glass cannon. With surprisingly good move coverage, I'm hoping it wasn't too big a chore to play it.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was pretty solid. Better than like half the runs I've done to this point but I guess the normal progression is to dump the first few route Pokemon like Butterfree, Raticate, etc. The base stats are just lower to compete with the better mons.

[@PraefMace]

Considering it is a Ratata, the results were pretty decent. The wonders of having a decent TM learnset, I suppose!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Early Hyper Fang. I bet Raticate does work!

[@NyQuilDreamer]

The rival being named CUK clearly stands for "Come on yoU guys this rattata is Killing me"

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Rattata gave me some inspiration during the next race. 💪

[@Speedrunner0218]

Rattata gets great stab moves early on like quick attack and hyper fang. I predict 4:35 game time

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It's significantly better than that. Anything over 4h 20m for me these days is an F tier run.

[@Speedrunner0218]

​@@GymLeaderMatt1987just finished. Man I understand this rodent. How would Raticate do

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It has the same level up learnset which is weird. So the start would be similar but increased stats and the fact it gets ice beam for some reason make me think it could be solid. At least sub 3.

[@bigddb92]

Love the no mercy bgm

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I would say me too but I guess that’s obvious lol.

[@larryscott981]

That dirty rat did alright, BROTHER!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea it was a pretty solid run all things considered.

[@blaklazer]

I have done some rattata solo runs (not speed or optimized like you) and I can say they didn't go great 😂. He was my favorite pokemon growing up. It would be interesting to see game freak revisit some of these 2 stage rodents from earlier generations and give them a 3rd stage just to give normal types a bit more to their niche

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

They got a regional variant but that's about it. I think the whole point is for them to be temporary party members then replaced. I know everyone loves the 'you killed blue's Raticate' theory but the reality is that he ditched it for better Pokemon lol.

[@lukcdk]

ah, the classic challenge pokemon, and it's not that bad.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea! Pretty good.

[@TheABom1989]

Hated normal types as a kid. Always thought they were bad and ditched them for special Pokémon immediately. Missed out on some quality additions.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I’m sure Raticate can really bust something good out one day.

[@jonbuoy1877]

My favorite team growing up was Rattata/Raticate and Bulbasaur, but my favorite to solo was Rattata/Raticate. Give me Hyper Fang and Bubblebeam and I'll wreck the game 😂 I didn't know nearly as much about Pokémon then, and my main strategy for any Pokémon was "level up and overpower", battle every trainer and wild Pokémon I could find 😅 Have you ever thought about doing a "Maximum Battles Challenge"? 😂

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I’ve had people talk about maximum battles or whatever and it’s just not a great concept. It extends the run hours past it’s welcome and there’s no challenge to it. It doesn’t sound like something I’d enjoy.

[@JakeTheHawk]

Did a rattata run in Fire Red one time and it was ridiculously fun! He has a surprisingly wide moveset in that one.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I've had like 5 comments about the notorious FEAR strat.

[@JakeTheHawk]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 ha! Never implemented that, but it's a fun idea for sure.

[@TheAuron32]

i wonder if your opponents will FEAR him... I'll get my coat...

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I'd say they did by the end, despite the lack of held items and moves.

[@TheAuron32]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 it’s a genuinely reliable little furball, the move pool is very impressive.

[@gutherford007]

Still digging the rby runs have fun out of country hope u go somewhere awesome!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! I’ll do my best.

[@carl4889]

If you ever do gen 3 or later runs, definitely give Rattata a go. Endeavor/Quick Attack is delightfully cursed.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The ol' fear strat.

[@RoninCatholic]

As a kid I always added extra syllables to its name, thinking it was called Rattatatta.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It’s like banana lol.

[@RoninCatholic]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Give your Rattatatta a bananana bandannana.

[@funnyinternetuser]

It's like this rattata is in the top percentage of rattatas

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

This comment is top percentage of the top percentage comments I’ve gotten today.

[@TheAuron32]

i used a Ratticate (called Fatticate) in yellow as my normal filler till i got Snorlax, yeah i ended up keeping him, he was surprisingly good for a general play through, Ratticates 50 special is bad but its actually okay enough in gen 1, water gun and then bubble beam allowed me to deal with rock/ground types till i got my Starmie :)

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Don't get me started on Starmie. It's name should have been TM hog.

[@TheAuron32]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 lmfao 🤣 truer words have never been typed lol

[@that-irrelevant-rival]

Can only imagine how frustrating dis Pokémon is to use let alone in a normal play through.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Watch the video! It's actually pretty good! It's about a C grade, which is much higher than you'd expect with something with it's stats and no crazy boosting move like Swords Dance. I was proud of this little guy.

[@e22ddie46]

The rat did better than i thought

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Same. I didn't think it would but a good movepool, not in the slow leveling group, and having a solid speed stat can really carry a Pokemon.

[@TheABom1989]

Reckon Rattata will be a dark horse here.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It does alright but nothing special lol. A dark horse to not be utter trash maybe haha.

[@newtonnicholas4836]

Lol I remember ripping through Pokémon blue with my ratacate😅 thinking it was the greatest 😅😅😅

[@blakeschwab7518]

keep up the good work man :). i do think yellow would be easier for rattata

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Definitely. The easier Brock split goes a long way because you'd need to grind either way no matter what version and the extra 20-30 minutes you'd spend in the early game would just be hard to overcome.

[@PabloNeves26]

Always thought Rattata was a nasty rodent, in a good way!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It’s a little scrappy.

[@realghostkingg]

Ggs on the run!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!

[@that-irrelevant-rival]

This rodent is one of those that’s just there. Let’s see what it can do.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Surprisingly well!

[@that-irrelevant-rival]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 considering its stats I’d agree.

[@homer23422000]

Rattata's movepool enabled it to get a good time, surprisingly even able to beat Scyther and it gets Swords dance. Or does that make Scyther a weak final evolution, especially in Gen 1 with bad stab moves for Scyther?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I put together a good route for Scyther but swords dance doesn't mean much with no STAB moves, no body slam, no coverage, or anything of the sort. Scyther is just a below average single stage Pokemon in terms of gen 1 and the fact it's lower than a 218 base stat total route 1 rodent is all you need to know lmao.

[@GoonieLord]

I did some experiments on Blue about a month ago I gave my low level Ratta Body Slam at level 3 it was a very powerful move and worked wonders

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, giving a Pokemon it's strongest move at the start of the game definitely makes it better!

[@rpglilac1251]

I'm a simple girl: I see a Matt video, I hit the like button.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that. I need all the support I can get lol.

[@TripleShizzle]

Great run!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was pretty solid!

[@rphguy1744]

Excellent work

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!

[@phoenixphire855]

Hey, I’m a new subscriber! Is Matt the Gym Leader of Pallet Town?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. I just hang out in the corner.

[@phoenixphire855]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 😂 cool. Looking forward to the livestream!

[@Slickcactus]

Someone should make a Rom Hack game where you cannot avoid the light years trainer and he has both a Level 100 Sandslash and Level 100 Dugtrio

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Sounds like you’d die a few times and be like ‘what idiot thought this was a good idea?’

[@Deez-Master]

Youngster joey would be proud

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Sliced through the game!

[@willysmith2990]

Why you didn’t do JR trainer grinding with Machop?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It has one move. Weird place to ask that lol.

[@willysmith2990]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987got you

[@mattyp724]

Curious as to why you didn’t use thunderbolt vs lapras instead of body slam since the power was higher?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Brother I literally put damage numbers on the screen for you to see to answer that question lol.

[@mattyp724]

I know you do that’s why I asked- the damage for thunderbolt was higher according to the overlay

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

@@mattyp724 You are confusing effective power for damage. You aren't taking into account stats, damage calculations, or anything of that nature. That's just the base power doubled because it's super effective.

[@mattyp724]

See I knew I was being dumb. Thanks brother!

[@wadeavery9555]

I think it would be cool to see some of the traditionally bad gen 1 Pokémon but with up to date move sets and see how much that helps there times. As far as I’m aware no one is doing that. You could do different cuts between them to see how well they are doing. Rattata would probably be a good one to do it with because all he really gets extra are some dark moves.

[@wadeavery9555]

Paris would also be a good one since you get giga drain and x-scissor

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The problem with Rattata was defense. It struggled in 3 fights. Giovanni, Lorelei, and Blaine and has super effective damage in each fight. If a 100 base power move and a 95 base power move didn’t make it simple, you gotta look at those stats. It’s combined defense, hp, and special is 80 lol.

[@wadeavery9555]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 fair point with rattata but I just think it’d make for some interesting videos. Like how bad gen 1 fighting type moves suck so bad. You could do a Manley run with the gen 9 move set. I feel like like some of the coolest Pokémon had the worst move sets back then.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Solid idea and sounds fun. Unfortunately I’ve done egg move runs several times in the past and the average viewer just doesn’t watch it. I thought the concept of Exeggutor being able to use its special stat from the start or Psyduck not being limited to scratch for 30 levels would be an interesting comparisons but they kind of fell flat.

[@reddragonpress]

Beating the whole game with Rattata just to prove how terrible trainers the Team Rocket grunts really are 😂

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Koffing and Zubat are the real tests lol.

[@ThirtyDimensionedMissile]

The rats have invaded pikachus game! Edit: wow i am first. COOL!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

They've always been there to greet you on route 1, lol.

[@ThirtyDimensionedMissile]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 lol

[@thatturbotruck]

Tombstoner brother!!! Ratatatat

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that!

[@williammarlowe8391]

The speed is nice but I never had much luck with using rattata. Guess is at least 5 resets (hope I’m wrong)

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I had a pretty good run. 5 resets is pretty low and I can tell you that I don't hit that but a solid run nonetheless.

[@williammarlowe8391]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I always watch these. It makes me happy

[@MichaelSedgewick-jg9vj]

Masterball for 200 💰 in Celadon 👀

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Back in the day before I knew how to make pokeballs a guaranteed catch lol. It's for consistency for HM users so runs aren't swayed one way or the other over something that has nothing to do with the Pokemon's ability.

[@IrrelevantPride]

Tombstoner brother!!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that!

[@KidOmega-iv4tp]

Here to drink sodie pop, (politely) demand my shoutout and help boost engagement "just a tiny bit!" Praise Lord Helix and the Algorithm! And if all else fails, Tombstoner, brother!!!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I'm trying to get through patreons/members for a while now. You might have 3 months if I can even remember at that time lol.

[@MrBoneArrowTheEggRoll]

Im becoming too slow Just like what i think this rat will do

[@Johncornwell103]

Will perform D tier level of time

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Somewhere around there.

[@ManOfUnknownWorth]

I guess that I'm in the minority who actually prefers the cross-gen stuff. I suppose there is a sort of underdog/darkhorse factor to the first-form pokémon runs, but I find them to often be quite samey, frankly. Such runs typically involve just bruteforcing the game at a high level-especially if the pokémon has a bad movepool like Magicarp. The cross-gen stuff, on the other hand, feels more fresh and unique with your special coding adding to the experience.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I feel the opposite for the most part. Most cross gen runs come down to the same TMs with roughly equal times whereas a lot of these runs just scrape by with what they got with really varied times. The last yellow run was 3 hours even, this one was 3h 37 m, and recent streams have been in the 4h 19m and 5h 25m range. Regardless of interest or preference, generic/non popular cross gen runs just don’t pull a lot of views for the effort required.

[@Zildjian36tube]

Nibbler! Perfect name for him

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Top tier for sure.

[@brianvoll]

You got pretty unlucky this run. Nice job with the optimizations though. Enjoy ur vacay!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I'm not sure I'd say unlucky reflecting back but rather I came really close to getting lucky and having a very low reset run.

[@samthewonderkid]

I think you might be able to get sub-3:00 on Raticate. Maybe.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, it will have the same start. For some reason, they have the same level up set. If it started with Hyper Fang or something we could have a special one on our hands but I'll have to just see it when I get to it.

[@samthewonderkid]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I think access to Ice Beam is cool even though the special is trash. I wonder if it'll come in handy?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Maybe. I often forego ice beam to get blizzard later to save some time. It does have 50 special and it might allow Erika earlier but I'm a long way off from looking deep at it. I'm trying to do 2 streams, wrap up work, release a video, then leave for a bit and not think about Pokemon for a bit haha.

[@datboidrummer29]

Raticate in crystal next

[@jackruby6696]

Rattata is great

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was alright. Great is a stretch.

[@jackruby6696]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 ratigreat

[@Vellision_Blake]

I'd like to see rattata manage within 3 hours and

[@Vellision_Blake]

Could really see a lot of rng fights with the 90 acc

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I had a good run but no way a 218 base stat total Pokémon is getting a sub 3 hour time lol.

[@Vellision_Blake]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I can hope though :D. Maybe the Raticate run can restore the honour of the name Rattata

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I thought this one did a great job outperforming expectations. If anything, this run puts high expectations on that run.

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

TODAY on legendary predictions brought to you by TM 28 TOMBSTONER BROTHER Level 74 time 3 hours 10 minutes Bad defenses, the fact its stats wont do well vs the league and EVERYONE EXCEPT AGATHA potentially being a problem because bruno is one hi jump kick or submission away from raticide besides lance n champion yellow Brock, erika Giovanni n especially koga are your problems before league

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Great reasoning. Usually you are a little over the time but despite all those reasonings you still gave it a top 4ish pre-evolved rank in what would be a high C rank. It's a little slower than that.

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I just overestimated the ability for rattata to grind quickly because I saw stab hyper fang n body slam and was like grinding easy run HARD

[@BrandonWilliams-wf6hg]

Lets go!

[@BallinSloth]

Is this even possible

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Easily, lol. There's only a few impossible runs because of only normal damage.

[@andytaker3073]

#TombstonerBrother #RatPower

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that!

[@travisalexander6440]

Pre-run: going to be rough but doable if you get through Agatha. Being able to BoltBeam (Ice and Bubble), Dig, and Body Slam is a broader moveset than most mons in Gen1.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Fast Pokemon with Dig? Sounds like an easy Agatha battle to me!

[@travisalexander6440]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I realized that after I posted it, but I did not know if it would be able to do that at a low(ish) level without Badge Boosting.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Easily. Yellow Agatha feels easier to me and they have average defense.

[@travisalexander6440]

​@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Post-Run commentary: better than I expected. Somehow I noted the value of the movepool but overlooked how a solid Speed stat and Dig solves the Agatha problem. That's what I get for being too excited to post. Regardless, nice run out of Joey's Ace. Raticate should be legitimately solid if you ever run it, for all the reasons you stated (basically Rattata but better). Well Done!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Gotta play them all eventually!

[@Guy-McPerson]

I don't understand. You repeat multiple times that the stats are too low, and the damage ranges are too bad, making most of your fights a struggle. But you're just one-shotting everything as you speak. Why doesn't your script match up with the gameplay footage?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Those one shots take grinding and extra levels. The stats are free to look at, if you think 218 base stat total isn’t low then I don’t know what to tell you. Even early I need to be 28 for Misty but being specific always helps. Damage isn’t Rattata’s problem, it’s defensive stats is what makes it difficult. I praise it’s attack early with Hyper Fang and it just gets better with dig and body slam!

[@tiagoruao8896]

😊

[@davidlee2052]

Nice

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Noice.

[@Rda95]

Rat

[@markcahalan5698]

rule34 Exeggcute run when?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I don’t know what that is.

[@markcahalan5698]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 neither do I, but I know how much you love doing runs with that pokemon ^_^

[@Joe-us4cf]

Glm!!!