How I Beat the Hardest Pokémon Game I've Played

[@MandJTVPlays]

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[@-BenGaming-]

Hi

[@Feesh_Fan]

Ok

[@Feesh_Fan]

Every comment under me has to join Le Feesh army

[@animalsaver2127]

I love your vids btw and is there gonna be a John Michael cup season 3 when Pokemon za coming

[@Emerald-Reversal]

Mikey can you tell Orange to play Pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of sky? Or let squirtle and bulbasaur play it

[@blizzardforonline1954]

PSA: The Reviver Seed is NOT from PokéRogue! It’s actually from the spin-off series, Pokémon Mystery Dungeon. It’s just that it had its properties changed from that series to here where you only pack 1, but it acts like a held item version of a Revive.

[@solarium-z8230]

It doesn't even need to be held in PMD! As long as it is in your inventory, aka your bag, its effect can be activated. And its effect in those games is more broken than in Pokerogue(completely restore HP and PP of all moves of the fainted Pokemon).

[@Juelz607]

Wooow really

[@solarium-z8230]

@@Juelz607 Yup.

[@miyakosuzushima]

Ah, so THAT’S why it sounded familiar! I had forgotten that it was in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon, but I still felt like the Revival Seed wasn’t from PokéRogue.

[@thomaseichler920]

I enjoy the Pokémon Mystery Dungeon series a lot.

[@daanotten2251]

Grunty boi is my new therapist after that speech

[@ADHDGUY-qm5nf]

Me- It just isn’t the same after my dog died… Grunty Boi- “It’s okay your dog isn’t your entire life you need to grow up mourn and move on you have more to live for!”

[@Eeveefan29]

Yeah, but you have to go through a sponsor right before every meeting.

[@ZahirPerez-ww6tf]

I just wrote my comment then I saw yours

[@EmilyMemily-it3xp]

@@Eeveefan29 “This therapy session is sponsored by BetterHelp!”

[@petep3069]

grunty boi my beloved

[@PM7]

Welcome to the winner’s circle buddy! No Sea Bears allowed

[@DougDimmadome]

its the frog-man himself

[@amandamyers6751]

Yooo

[@amandamyers6751]

Goat

[@futureworld413]

YOOO ITS JOHN

[@MiroMaitland-Thoresen]

F R O G .

[@gamenation1251]

23:37 hearing a grown man angrily shout “SPLISHY SPLASH!” Is so funny to me

[@Idcwmpi-vp2bc]

Mikey: scared for his life because of floor 170 Floor 170 Castform: *cute voice* hail yeah

[@Gaz1969-s1x]

the fact that boss castform is so rare in this game as well

[@ultimateninjaboi]

"Grunty Boi was right," delivered in such a serious tone legitimately broke me. love this

[@intoontown]

Real talk: Grunty Boi's speech was fantastic, not just because it's a sweet and inspiring reminder everyone needs from time to time, but because the speech in itself proved the truth of the message. (I feel like there's gotta be a term for that, that I just don't know.) Creativity is what most makes the videos across the MandJTV channels great! I know I am not subscribed to them for the gameplay itself, but for the storytelling, performing, and overall playful fun of the videos. Mikey wrote that speech for an endearing character he's got us all attached to over the years as a creative way to add some storytelling and relatabilty to his retelling of his Pokerogue experience... And it's a speech where the whole point is how his talents lie in all of the above. That's just super cool! And I can't help rambling, because in my opinion Mikey's content, as good as it's been for years, has taken after him in 2024: It has "grown the beard" and that's a joy to watch.

[@MandJTVPlays]

"Mikey's content, as good as it's been for years, has taken after him in 2024: It has 'grown the beard' and that's a joy to watch" is maybe the best compliment I've ever received. Thank you so much

[@Jet-Jots]

Congratulations on the accomplishment, Mikey! Listen to Grunty Boi. He's hella based! Thanks for all the creative, entertaining content!

[@TevinBlair]

​@@MandJTVPlays Indeed well done with the speech👏👏. Anyway, I'm also here in because I have a another Game Recommendation that absolutely perfect for Team Sky!!!! 🕊🌄🐉🌌 So the Game in question is called Pokémon Heads & Tails and trust me, you'll enjoy this one especially since it has a few surprises and you could work with Grunty Boi if you want to.

[@dawnsbuneary]

​@@MandJTVPlaysHave you thought about talking about the Pokemon anime on your channel?

[@ZigZag_ZCT]

@@MandJTVPlaysI played Pokerogue before a lot of updates and I can honestly tell you Zippy Zap was even worse. Early on, it was coded as it was in Let’s Go, with one exception. Its base power was 80, the same as the currently-coded version. AND IT STILL GUARENTEED A CRIT AND WAS A PRIORITY MOVE!

[@Liam-uo6ed]

You might be the only youtuber who will play a seperate character (of yourself) quarter of the way into the video to give yourself a pep-talk and i don’t question it in the slightest

[@abaijitmangat5631]

Yknow the bistro huddy guy. Him included and any animators

[@kolbymiller3440]

What do you mean? Michael and Gruntyboi are clearly different people. If you check back on the Miltank video when he takes the chair they're both in the same room right next to each other

[@unknownnightmarelogan1588]

Imagine if after seeing this comment he creates a Grunty boy account

[@MiroMaitland-Thoresen]

mikeys halucinations coming to roast him, do a sponser segment and then giing him advice before leaveing

[@arcaneScribbler]

Your type challenges have inspired me to do my own, Mikey. Not just focusing on type but on building a story around each character for the runs. It felt way less scary than trying for a Nuzlocke straight out the gate, and the accessibility is good. Thank you for the viseos you do, they're always a blast and an inspiration. I and my Bug type specialist working his way through Pokémon Shield salute you.

[@pokemonadventuresanimewhen3023]

everyone's a gangsta til grunty boi did not start with "haha! it is i, grunty boi!" and instead outright chose violence he then ended with _that_ aww. like spit em facts brotha indeed

[@JCPokémonmaster]

Haha love that

[@Eterco]

I love crime!

[@Plush-Sobble]

Grunty Boi came in clutch TBH Also I think I'd want Grunty Boi as my therapist

[@Stars4mydemise]

Nope I booked him first

[@Glacial_floofs]

imagine. all his advice is, is just "go. do a crime"

[@zachpro5475]

Now we need team sky to beat pokerouge

[@jackdragneel6777]

They about to get mad when they spot Ivy rayquaza

[@BrodyFredendall]

Yea 😂

[@gamestrumplays]

I've done it myself. Swellow, Noctowl, Tropius, Skarmory, Noivern, Drifblim.

[@ItsMeHernandez]

Exactly what I though

[@anonymousflare006]

Yes!

[@centauriprince1119]

21:49 "COULD YOU IMAGINE? IF THIS WAS IN REAL POKEMON?" me, playing any PMD game: haha...yea...thats crazy 😬

[@theadventuresofhuckletaryfin]

6:31 This is actually such a great message for all Pokémon fans to remember. People enjoy this franchise is different ways. Someone builds a team with multiple overlapping types? That's fine. Someone finds Nuzlockes too challenging? That's fine. Someone is terrible at remembering type matchups? That's fine. Someone doesn't like the games at all and only watches the anime? That's fine. Someone just collects the cards because they look cool? That's fine. Every single one of those people is a Pokémon fan in their own way. Obviously this isn't exclusive to Pokémon, but the best fandoms acknowledge and accept that you don't need to know everything or be good at everything to be a fan of something. Let people enjoy things the way they want.

[@BigRedAltoids]

Preach, brother! Seriously, I’m sick of when people act as though there’s only one true way to enjoy a game or hobby when the whole point of those types of things is to be able to unwind and enjoy them however the hell you damn please. If you enjoy speedrunning or playing competitive, that’s great! If you only play casually, that’s great! The whole point is to have fun, and I don’t think anyone should be able to tell you how you’re allowed to have fun with something, least of all Pokemon, where there’s so much to enjoy.

[@StonedtotheBones13]

I'm the one who can't remember type matchups. Pokemon go just outright tells you and my ass literally couldn't remember any when the bosses didn't show it 😂

[@sharingheart13]

FINALLY! A PokeTuber that bothers explaining this game. Every time I see the game, it's pure gameplay with the player assuming everyone knows this game.

[@roadkill2080]

I learned a lot about the game from pointcrow's video. It was really good for explaining the mechanics and helped me a lot. Highly recommend it.

[@The_One_In_Black]

Yeah, I usually skip over these sorts of videos on other channels because they don't give me enough to be attached to or care about unless I plan to download the game myself. I figured Mikey will take a better storytelling angle so it's worth watching.

[@namo2403]

one thing people needs to know before picking your starters are getting mega and gigantamax mons in classic is RARE from my experience, I start with 6 shinies pokemons(14 luck which is the max) on my team i have 2 pokemons which can mega and 1 that can gigantamax i ended floor 200 without any mega / gigantamax so if you get mega/dynamax, congrats but don't expect it to happen every game

[@memey6978]

​@@The_One_In_Black Its a browser game, you dont download it

[@callnight1441]

Problem is, with the way youtube is nowadays, when a person does explain the rules, a lot of people just skip over it, if they knkw the game or not

[@dakkath414]

6:55 Stunningly wise words; from someone who's probably going to take a kid's lunch money in 15 minutes

[@Kirbyofthekirby]

Lol

[@SheepLiver]

kid probably deserved the lack of lunch money

[@AllMight6]

More likely said a kid is going to take his lunch money. He is still a rocket grunt after all.

[@SheepLiver]

@@AllMight6 you seriously think a tiny little kid is strong enough to beat a grown man who is conditioned to be good at taking things and running? grunty boi just grabs their wrist, gives it a quick twist and takes their monry

[@Zote-true-knight]

And steal a Pikachu

[@Evee_001]

I just love and appreciate how Grunty Boy has been the voice of truth while being just himself over the years:"Comparison is the thief of confidence, self-appreciation and joy".

[@AAAAAAAAAAAAAH.]

Heh. Thief

[@JustInDisney]

It’s Grunty BOI!

[@jacintacapelety9600]

Mikey: Reviver seeds are a Pokerogue exclusive. Could you imagine if this was in real pokémon?! Me: Someone's never played a Mystery Dungeon game. A reviver seed *fully* heals a pokémon on your squad that feints there (and for some battles ya need it; don't get me started on the final dungeon of the post-game story line).

[@tattedcharizard]

Honestly, I really love the grunty boy skit In this video. Calling yourself out and everything, and the overall message of it was seriously impressive and inspiring.

[@zapking8209]

LMAO “that’ll teach me to compare myself to Smallant” so true Tanner is a completely different breed

[@gokuxsephiroth4505]

The escape room he designed told me that much

[@FloopytheStinker]

“Perhaps because the types of playthroughs you do don’t require any skill” YEESH THATS HARSH

[@Blobtic]

Its sadly true tho (no offense)

[@Majty.]

Bring some burn heal

[@snailmix]

It is accurate though, and Mikey knows it. Pokémon is not a difficult game outside of extreme challenges, which Mikey doesn’t do. Like he said, his strengths don’t lie in skilled gameplay, it’s in his creativity and storytelling

[@Ultimate23Dragon]

Grunty Boi has a point. You're more of a creativity storyline type of Pokémon Trainer/Poké-Tuber. Nothing wrong with that. It makes you more unique to be honest, & that's cool.

[@metamirby7074]

10:32 Mikey getting jumpscared by the thunderstorm is literally how I feel during the thuderstorm

[@seezy9445]

The grunty boy speech about playing to your strengths and not comparing yourself to others actually hits different

[@BakedPotatoad]

Grunty Boi breaking the fourth wall was hilarious

[@bluetigerbunnybarnett8613]

7:10 God Grunty Boi spitting facts no printer. You are crazy creative Mikey and team sky and your challenges are just as great as Nuzlockes imo. I love both so much 💕💕💕

[@laurenzforbes2861]

Grunty Boi's speech isn't something I thought I needed today but I'm sure glad to have heard it

[@smileyplays9109]

This was a REALLY great video! I could tell that you had a lot of fun with it! Keep on doing what you’re doing and Go Team SKY!!!!

[@the_criticalmass]

I doubt Mikey will see this, but just wanted to say thank you for a most unexpected wake up call. I’m starting to dabble in content creation, playthroughs specifically, and I find myself trying to model my approach after the creators I enjoy; I realize I need to just have fun 😊 so thanks Mikey, and thanks Grunty Boi!!!

[@IronWolf123]

Castform with three health bars: FEAR ME MORTAL FOR I AM THE GREATEST ENEMY- Mikey: Gyarados use Waterfall! Castform: You got me!

[@Weirdo_Human8462]

This comment is criminally underrated

[@TripKangaroo]

Getting to see Michael's growth over time has been an amazing, inspiring journey. The videos have been accompaniment for me through good times and bad, through some of the hardest times in my life, and through some of the best. Seeing his creativity flourish, especially these most recent years, has been incredible. I feel like this video, in its presentation, the speech by Grunty Boi (and the fact that Michael himself realized that and wrote it- I mean uh, Grunty Boi totally thought of it himself, growth too!), the sheer magnitude of the challenge here, all of it. This video is the culmination of everything so far, and I cannot WAIT to see all the amazing, creative, and awesome content coming up next.

[@Corrupted_Eon]

team sky might like this because each time you go up floor, YOU GET CLOSER TO THE SKY!

[@alphaslayer8885]

Best comment for getting a team sky play through of this

[@Oeoats09]

I love how Mikey and Grunty Boi have gone from guys who hate each other to having the biggest and best bromance in history

[@wrenfeatherx]

I can also confirm the Venusaur and Skeledirge stuff. I just completed my first run with a final squad of Venusaur, Skeledirge, Slowking, Flamigo, Gyarados, and Bronzong, and both Venusaur and Skeledirge are the reason I took Eternatus down. That and Venusaur winning a 1v4 against the rival fight at floor 195. Both are absolute monsters

[@SalSanchez]

i never knew grunty boy was capable of such deep thoughts

[@MrRandomHuman72]

How 220 likes no comments? (First 😎😎😎)

[@JustInDisney]

238 likes and only 1 reply? Lemme fix that

[@Ark-kg7og]

grunty boi is self aware now LMAOOOO

[@zero_vortex]

21:49 actually, the reviver seed originates from mystery dungeon and just like with PokeRogue, is one of the most valuable items in the game

[@thenewyorkhip-hopspot5485]

It’s crazy cause Mickey has been such a good story teller all this time. Bringing more intense stakes actually created even more peak content!

[@ballom29]

"I got icebeam as a reward" *immediatly saw one of the other option was a vitamin, wich are HUGE if you intend to keep a pokemon I just screamed when I saw that. For a gameplay explaination : unlike regular pokemon games there is IVs, btu not EVs, so using vitamins are just straight permanent stats upgrades for the pokemon

[@dawnsbuneary]

MandJTV, let me just say I've been a fan of you since 2020. I know that's not as long as you've been on KZbin, but its when I started watching your videos regularly. I remember when you still had Pokevids in your channel name. I hope you never quit KZbin. I can't imagine not watching you. Thank you for entertaining all of us over you many years of videos.

[@DryBones271]

Reviver Seeds are not exclusives to PokéRogue, they are from Mystery Dungeon.

[@alieoinhoughintyre6762]

Yes but they are not in any main series games, and anyways they behave differently

[@ruijie1961]

Grunty boi smiling at the camera... cheeky fellow knows we love him.

[@Weaponator18]

I beat this with Infernape, Magnezone, Gyarados, Venasuar, Swampert, and Garganacl. It's a really fun game that has many different challenges every playthrough. Leech seed/salt cure is pretty much essential to winning. And balanced teams go a long way to securing victory; as opposed to mono type teams, hyper offense, stall etc. Glad you played it through. It's a lot of fun!

[@cmancrash3194]

So the thing with Alpharad and Smallant is while yes they do tend to do harder challenges they are also both notorious for having extremely high luck naturally somehow.

[@risingtide7244]

A casual player feeling bad because he's comparing himself to a competitive player, the Nuzzlocke King, and Smallant.

[@LucidAtray07]

As someone who is relatively new in following poketubers (not Pokemon, but yes tubers), yes I have watched some of the more competitive/harder content too which can be entertaining, but I found your channel(s) like a few weeks ago and its so much fun that I watched the entirety of your plays (Sky, Grunty Boy and basically all other characters you have written this far) until I had nothing else to watch. Your content is amazing and your acting superb, you're super fun to watch and would never want that to change over beating yourself over to make content 'harder', so shut out to Grunty Boy for being so real!!

[@Kerthyi]

I freaked out when I saw this. Mikey + Pokerogue = Best thing is the world.

[@XTex12]

Thats what I thought

[@TheBlazingBronzeBro]

Oh boy! Can't wait to see what playthrough is next. Also, Grunty Boy interacting with Mikey outside the sponsorship is amazing.

[@TheJetpack67]

I never start with legendaries in PokeRogue because they always hog the team's exp and I end up super underleveled with just one good pokemon. The second your legend faints or gets a bad boss matchup, you lose

[@jonathanmarks3112]

7:13 Congrats, Grunty Boi. Your motivational speech successfully got me to watch the entire ad. Normally I skip them, but that was completely worth it. 20:38 Castform?! 29:54 Man, that mistake really stinks. 31:04 Congrats on victory!

[@brianpham7069]

28:24 I love how he plays dragon quest 11 music. I finished the game and it still brings me to tears about the good times when I played the game

[@hedgieandfriends1796]

6:14 Gruntie boi is his shoulder angel! wise ol grunty

[@cuteklubs4828]

HES MIKE’S UMBREON

[@Vendettaplayz69]

1:59 Good boy. That's my boy

[@francisco2759]

Dont feel bad Mikey, Alpharad didnt get to 195 on his 1st attempt, he refreshed the browser to restart the battles xD

[@Droboto23456]

No he did actually, he refreshed on 195 to see if it was possible and didn’t go farther

[@boomfanfic-a-latta8996]

GRUNTY BOI WITH A SICK BURN?! GRUNTY BOI WITH THE *WISDOM?!*

[@wholekilogramofbutter480]

GRUNY BOI WITH THE WISDOM

[@KyLeCaT124]

I said this on a past video but I’m gunna say it again. You are the only KZbinr that I will sit through the ad reads for cause you make them very entertaining. I really liked this one as well, you pointing it out and Gun-ty-Boi snapping you out of it. Chef kiss good sir 😂

[@dirtywhitellama]

Grunty boi's pep talk was shockingly emotional.

[@kestrelhudson2091]

I love the spirit tracks background music as soon as I realize what was playing I got hit with so much nostalgia

[@puffywhy89]

I love this game and it is so addicting. Personally I am 2900 waves deep in Endless but I will always remember the first clear I got for Classic. Charizard, Meowscarada, Squakabilly, Crobat, Gyarados and the Clutch Master Breloom. Leech Seed single-handedly help me beat the rival at 195. Can’t wait to see Mikey’s final team.

[@KirbyStarAnimation]

My final team was Incineroar, Mega Alakazam, Noctowl, Quaquaval, Guzzlord, and Stakataka. Guzzlord’s biggest achievement was beating the champion Leon fight for me. Quaquaval was the mvp though with me using him to bait the mega ray out since the rest of ivy’s team had a weakness to him besides kilowattrel who died in two hits. Mega ray would get locked into outrage so I would switch to stakataka and kill him with rock blast. Quaquaval beat 3 of ivy’s Pokémon. And Noctowl was the early game mvp with him having the egg move boomburst one shotting most of the first 50 waves.

[@TheJakobsCorporation]

2900? Pitiful I'm at 4761

[@awesomenesskid15]

I’m at like 960 lol

[@puffywhy89]

@@TheJakobsCorporationFair enough. Berry Pouch nerf screwed me over a bit (I use the same Pokémon for Salt Cure, Soak and Metal Burst). And the fact they have like 300 protection tokens makes flinch spam unviable. I want to try get one endless clear before they starts adding trainers but I’m not sure I’ll get there.

[@TheJakobsCorporation]

@@puffywhy89 id recommend soak on klefkey but make sure it has prankster

[@woahbuncherz]

Woah, man. Grunty Boi’s speech was actually really helpful. I’ve started running track and I haven’t been doing that well recently, so I think I needed to hear that. I know it wasn’t the intention, but thanks for the advice.

[@CodeWolfieOG]

Your love for castform has earned you good Karma. Castform knew you needed a break and made your life easier.

[@ThePureSynergist]

Dude! That’s actually so cool to be included in a mobile game like that! Congratulations on your success!

[@camroll87]

Let's gooooo, was looking for this a few weeks ago and was sad that he hadn't made a vid yet!

[@prommien]

Your sponsorship transitions are flawless as always, and genuinely enjoyable to watch (probably one of the only ones I tend to just let play through even if I've watched the video before xD). Grunty Boi's little blurb was also spot on. Well done. I needed to hear that. I don't even play Pokemon but I kind of want to try PokeRogue... Just to see how much I've learnt from watching you, PM7 and other Pokemon content creators. I have a feeling I will die frequently haha

[@LeoBello-o8c]

7:02 GRUNTY BOY PREACH?!?!

[@aureliamastergoomba1278]

4:49 It’s because this game has the computers acting like competitive players. You have to treat it like competitive Pokémon.

[@Conduit_king]

That's why I picked Litten. My biggest enemy was the PTSD I got from showdown rather than the legendaries

[@zekromtrainer1222]

Not so much with the Wild Pokémon I had a Ninjask use Screech on its ally once or a Shroomish using Poison Powder on its ally being Nuzleaf

[@adanronaldo1866]

0:21 It’s a rouge-lite slightly different then a rouge-like

[@crystall..]

"its a rouge-lite slightly different then a rouge-like🤓"

[@Tyron-sd9hg]

@@crystall..the difference is rogue-lite games have permanent upgrades.

[@Mattsothelioma]

Honestly the grunty boi segment is a good lesson not just for gaming or whatnot. But honestly… is a pretty good life lesson imo. Just because other people do things better then you doesn’t mean you aren’t valuable. Doesn’t mean don’t have your own strengths. Doesn’t make you any less great. Am I over analyzing what’s effectively a self depreciating joke about the difficulty of Mikey’s casual gameplay challenges. Difficulty he has made no secret of? Maybe. But I’ve seen plenty of runs of Fallout New Vegas and recently Baldur’s Gate 3 where the point of the challange run isn’t so much “can I do this.” So much as it is about the story and the journey. Like. Take the KZbinr Nerbit. Every year or so he does a run where he beats a game as “Abraham Lincoln” These runs for the most part are not hard or difficult at all. It’s about the things that happen and the funny sentences or scenarios about Abe dealing with the post Apocalypse.

[@Mattsothelioma]

Not to mention I identity with that struggle and like. “Oh come on. Alpharad the hah hah funny man makes this look so easy! Why can’t I do this?” Sometimes I forget that despite his silliness. Alpharad does know his stuff.

[@eclipsedmoon87]

A Team Sky run of a Mystery Dungeon game could be interesting. Explorers of Sky would be the obvious choice on which Mystery Dungeon game

[@Thatonegoose]

21:52 fun fact, the reviver seed isn’t a pokerogue exclusive item, it just came from mystery dungeon instead

[@jaewol359]

At least it wasn’t a reviser seed

[@HealthGage0336]

Huh, I didn't know that

[@PendulumBlade]

😂​@@jaewol359

[@vibrantdk]

​@@jaewol359 what's a reviser seed?

[@jaewol359]

@@vibrantdk the Reviser seed is exclusive to Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky exclusive item. It is a lookalike item that seems to be good, but if you aren’t careful it can cause harm. The reviser seed will essentially fake revive you and then kill you again.

[@dapr7610]

You and alpharad should do a collab sometime! You both are awesome! It’s great to hear that we watch the same channels lol

[@TatesMcgee12]

WE LOVE YOU GRUNTY BOII❤❤6:50

[@secretagentk1108]

Reviver Seed, for anyone curious, is a Pokemon Mystery Dungeon item meant to be used when dungeon crawling. In later games, you can also find it's less potent version, Tiny Reviver Seed. After being consumed to revive, the Reviver Seed becomes a Plain Seed that can be sold for 1G or can be consumed for 1 Belly Point (as Belly is a PMD* Stat.) Reviver Seeds (to revive) and Joy Seeds (which up your level by 1) are incredibly important components to traversing post game dungeons in PMD games that have one hundred or more floors and revert your level to 1 upon entering. I surmise the PokeRogue Creator determined that the PMD Dungeon Crawler item was a good fit for a rogue-like. Hope this helps anyone confused!

[@MazCat]

Only halfway through but that's fine I didn't need my heart today jfc that speech. You are /so/ creative and that's why we all watch you!!

[@Fireborn-o4v]

Grunty boi Is right he does have a pretty face

[@MagdalenaG-r2e]

Grunty Boi giving the most inspiring speech and then being really embarrassed tho.

[@jancojicanoder]

If you did this recently, you did great in your last run I've been following who plays this game and some of them, have a weird npc behavior, because I'm playing so I know that, those npc wont have such stupid decisions or that bad movesets, pokerogue has an amazing balance team and devs, so I would say that you played a better and harder version of the game that some of those youtubers you compared yourself So, really good job, you have every reason to be proud Also if you want to do a challenge, there are some challenges rn or you can create your unique challenge Anyways, well done

[@DarkRedX_X-gang]

Best gruntryboi outro and intro plus speech

[@ScathingSerperior]

Grunty Boi breaking the 4th wall (and being completely right that your creativity is what makes you such a great creator) was brilliant

[@descytherVGC]

I've been waiting for this vid for too long lol. One or two tid bits of info incase you continue to play: Ivy battles you at the same levels every time (8, 25, 45, 95, 145 and 195) Champions always have one legendary Gym Leaders appear evvery 30 floors after their first appearance, so either 20, 50, 80, 110, 140 and 170, or 30, 60, 90, 120, 150 and 180. Great vid as always, what a journey

[@awesomenesskid15]

It’s 55 not 45

[@crimsonpresents]

Proud of Mikey for challenging himself with a Roguelike

[@ivandekad7249]

Grunty Boi going from cartoonishly evil face of sponsors to showing up (mostly) to encourage Mikey to use his strengths and give him the push he needed to see the challenge thru is the character arc I didn't know I needed.

[@AngelicGuardian]

I actually beat Eternatus on my first try using Curse with Dusknoir. Curse takes one health bar each time it takes affect. It basically trivialized the boss fight. hahaha I didn't even realize how OP curse was till I tried it on the boss.

[@RedXX24]

You could have easily done a BetterHelp commercial with that Sage advice that Grunty Boy gave you 😂😂

[@RYAMU_]

if only betterhelp was like... run by good people

[@Ploonticus]

20:30 I bet that castform was just sitting in for the actual boss while it went to the bathroom.

[@lavistalimited4747]

That Grunty Boi speech truly sums up why I watch this plays channel. Are the playthroughs that you do among the most challenging across the board? No, not really. Monotype runs or other themed runs are definitely harder than a normal playthrough, but is still a glorified casual playthrough. And that's okay. Not everything needs to be a shiny only ultra hardcore nuzlocke of Pokemon FireRed with just a Bulbasaur. You know more about Pokemon than a large portion of the fanbase mainly because that's been your job for the past several years. And while people find the fun out of optimizing everything about the game, you found your own fun by creating characters, telling stories and often hitting emotional beats depending on what you've got to work with. With VERY few exceptions, Pokemon content creators are either insanely good at the game or are incredibly creative with the source material in either one or multiple ways (Mikey for characters and storytelling, GlitchxCity for music etc).

[@Dragon_Muenster]

21:46 reviver seed plus recycle or the ability that recycled berries in harsh sunlight would be broken in competitive

[@CelestialQueenLollipop]

Okay but the Team Sky logo in Dragon City is kinda cool

[@Namako_Bushi]

22:09 Hey wait a minute I'm the Alola Region Champion, not Hau. Why was I not put into the game? I would've allowed it.

[@notjosiah5283]

Nuh uh ash is

[@sophiamiranda8380]

Gruntyboy teaching Mikey was so sweet!!!!!

[@Subatomic625]

Once you get buzzwole, he is a huge sweeper. He gets access to twineedle early on, and combined with beast boost, he can max out his huge attack Stat early on

[@yamatanooroshikirin4001]

He's the guy I got my first victory with, but instead because mine had stats that caused it to buff Defense instead, since Buzzwole has a decent set of attack boosting moves on his own too, like fell stinger and power up punch. If you play long enough to unlock passives he also gets Moxie so you can more easily set beast boost to give different stats without sacrificing attack boosts

[@XTex12]

Favorite youtuber + game I am addicted to is a masterpiece

[@chrisrodger8682]

Mikey being surprised and confused about stuff etc is just so funny coming from an experienced pokeroguer. Me: “you poor soul you don’t know the half of it” 🤣💀

[@rhinox9292]

Grunty Boi just starts off spitting harsh truth😮 Mikey is someone who desperately avoids nuzlockes at all cost after all. But damn, he could have at least leaned into it in the start😢 I think Grunty Boi just became everyone’s favorite spirit animal

[@Hello-gt6vs]

My team when I won was Enamorus, Xatu, Ursaluna, and three Linoones. The Linoones had Pickup and whenever they picked up a berry I’d throw it onto my Enamorus and just wiped everything except for Eternatus with the Enamorus. I also got really lucky with my Gym Leaders, getting 3 Grass types, 2 Bug types, and a Ghost type, which was good because it had Oblivion Wing AND Mystical Fire.

[@Naito115]

I just slapped Psychic after Psychic on basically everything with Espeon. A single Psychic can take away 75% of Eternatus' phase 1 health bar, no boosts.

[@Dimensional_Parasite]

Lets gooo he beat it he beat the brutal funny Pokémon fan game

[@PresidentalAllliance]

Your an amazing storyteller it doesn’t matter if your playing vanilla games your storytelling is amazing it feels like I’m watching a movie everytime I watch one of your videos do what you love

[@novakk2906]

6:15-7:10 this speech was so magnificent😭