How many Pokemon beat Bugsy without Optional Battles? - Episode 5

Minimum Battles is the ultimate challenge. 165 Pokemon beat Falkner on Minimum Battles, but now it's time to find out how they do against Rival 2 and Bugsy!
On my main channel @RBYPokemonChallenges , I have already completed this challenge with all 151 Pokemon on Gen 1, but Gen 2 presents a massively different challenge - sleep and Wrap were nerfed, there's no Gen 1 miss (1/256 glitch), and all the trainers have better AI. But Minimum Battles might just be possible with some effort and ingenuity.
Today's challengers:
Jumpluff,
Poliwag, Poliwhirl, Poliwrath,
Kadabra, Alakazam,
Machop, Machoke, Machamp,
Victreebel,
Tentacool, Tentacruel,
Graveler, Golem,
Rapidash,
Politoed,
Murkrow

[@belodie]

"Next up we have some Pokémon that evolve by evolution." What a quote.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Nailed it. Meant trade evolution RIP

[@bitterzombie]

Well if they digivolved, they would be digimon

[@laki7480]

"Do you know how unlikely this is to happen?" Poliwag: "Hold my beer"

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Poliwag is the ultimate bro

[@sawyerscott6809]

The only thing I am hearing is that the polywag run is in fact, consistent.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Nailed it

[@andrewpalmer1873]

Some might say, does a dog wag its tail? Because that's how consistent Poliwag is.

[@PascalHorn]

32:08 „Next up we have some Pokémon that evolve via Evolution.“

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Nailed it clearly, best commentary in history 😂

[@kingbeerz7978]

No need to worry about Jasmine for Alakazam, Fire punch is special

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

True, elemental punches may carry it to the late game

[@AdamAtYourService]

Guys, didja hear? GSC Pokémon Challenges said that Poliwag is consistent! Poliwaggers unite! Let's beat this game on minimum battles!

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Perfect.

[@andrewpalmer1873]

Clearly the most consistent Pokemon

[@prthedisaster]

Hey just pointing out a skill that might be helpful after your transition from gen1 to gen2 challenges: since in gen2 you don't have the waking up turn anymore, it might be helpful to count the opponents sleep turns! In gen2 you have at most 6 sleep turns so if you're against a faster pokemon and it has burned through 6 sleep turns, you can click a sleeping move the following turn since it's guaranteed to wake up there and you won't have to take one more attack to put it to sleep

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Yeah, I count turns when I'm faster, but of course it depends on luck

[@richarddill692]

Alakazam learns the elemental Punch moves that can be bought at the Goldenrod dept store, so Jasmine shouldn't even slow it down.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

We shall see. Fire Punch may be our best friend in that section

[@redwings13400]

I wonder if tentacruel with like… 7 poison stings and 5 SuperSonics would work. Basically if you could manage to take out the Bayleef before struggling, that would be the ideal scenario. That said, the strategy would still be horrifically inconsistent, but there might be a middle ground that leads to a moderate chance of success.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

I may keep that as one for some redos at the end of this section.

[@jakelib]

Bro this is the best pokemon content on youtube. You and scottsthoughts are in a league of your own

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Appreciate that! Thank you for watching and supporting!

[@michaelpapili4139]

The PolyFrog family is going to be the star of this run

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

The best most consistent Pokemon ever!

[@philipmurphy2]

Let's go it's time for GSC Pokémon Challenges

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Yeah, let's go!!!

[@dragonslayerz2220]

For machamp, at a +2 critical hit ratio, it was 1/4 for a critical hit per attack.

[@dragonslayerz2220]

Scratch that, apparently high Crit moves are +2 in Gen 2, which makes it a 1/3 chance to Crit.

[@beltyro]

Thank god poliwag is consistent. I did also notice your accuracy calc is inverted on your overlay with -evasion like sweet scent from victorybell.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Yeah, I haven't even implemented sweet scent into the overlay. Poliwag is clearly the most consistent Pokemon in history

[@K-H-28]

Next set is a sweep, calling it now

[@raptors11111]

Awesome man, always a good day when a minimum battles video drops!

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

For sure! In going to be grinding out a bunch I May, do let's go!

[@raptors11111]

@@GSCPokemonChallenges love to hear it!!

[@wesleymcjunkin6643]

Aye let’s go perfect timing to be released!

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

LFG!!!!!

[@andrewpalmer1873]

You cannot keep the Poliwag king down!!!

[@andrewpalmer1873]

Super consistent 😁

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Obviously the strongest Pokemon in the game

[@SNWWRNNG]

If the rival switches to Bayleef right away vs Tentacruel, going with 1-3 Supersonics and some Poison Stings might work!

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Yeah, I just couldn't get him to switch immediately that much. I cut out a ton of failed attempts in the final video.

[@JessicaS-xv8oe]

Ready for another great episode.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Let's go!

[@bradleywhite886]

Perfect thing to watch while I'm on the treadmill 😂

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Let's go!!! 💪

[@ketchuplover6160]

Hey, why didnt you try Fury Cutter on Golem? That sounds so funny!

[@Salnax]

Cool to see you taking the new Ilex Forest route.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Yeah, people tolde to take the faster route 😂

[@Salnax]

@@GSCPokemonChallenges I know. I was people.

[@silverraigirideviluke]

I have a thigns i wanted to adress, but i dont know if there are good reasons they are the way they are, since i am only recently starting to watch this channel. One would be in regards to the layout. I think that the things that are there are all useful, but i am often more interested in the current moves a pokemon has even before a battle, rather than the moves it can learn or the exact way the score is made up. I dont know how that can be moved around, since the camera is already not always on screen, but i just wanted to mention it. The second mention is the exact mention of the exact stat totals before the arena fights. Most people including me, dont really understand the damage formulas enough to actually care about the exact stats the pokemon has at any point, and if we do care, its already in the layout. I would be more interested in how specific stats are important for specific fights. Like how a speed stat might be enough to outspeed all of bugsys pokemon, or none of them, or just some of them. How maybe 40 def is rather high and might make fury cutter not hit as hard, or how 20 def is rather low and might make the pokemon very fragile. How specific numbers in the attack stats make the pokemon a mixed attacker, a physical attacker or a special attacker and how that works well, or bad with the opposing pokemons defensive stats, and the pokemons own movepool. Just a few things i thought about while watching. I dont want to come off like want you to change anything, this is your content, do it how you like it.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

I think a lot of this is fair. I may not be able to fix everything immediately, but the feedback is much appreciated!

[@TheBasileman]

At the end, shouldn’t it be “Next Challengers” instead of “Today’s Challengers”?

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Fair enough, just not how the overlay is programmed

[@fionordequester6748]

I've done a 0 EXP run of Crystal before--Tentacruel absolutely wrecked house against the Elite 4, due to being caught at LVL 34, and getting Candied to LVL 41. It soloed like 80% of them! With that in mind, I think it's worth redoing the Rival 2 fight, since it IS at least possible--Tentacruel will get Blizzard at Goldenrod and Surf before Morty, so it's all uphill for it

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

I may go back and test it. It just wasn't happening in my testing that day at least, outside of the one very close attempt on the Zubat

[@fionordequester6748]

@@GSCPokemonChallenges Hmm... Do you use the box trick to try and get some slight extra stats off your mandatory battles? That might help.

[@mackowens7234]

Golem can learn fire punch and fire blast so I think that will give it a good advantage for fire types

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Yeah, I'm mostly worries about opponents with strong water and ice moves. Pryce and Claire could be tough in this one

[@mackowens7234]

@@GSCPokemonChallenges That’s true Claire could be a run ender for Golem!

[@DoctorNovakaine]

Golem might have a decent chance against Rival 3 if it gains enough levels to outspeed. Otherwise it'll probably be a retread of Rival 2. But Golem's result bodes very poorly for my boy Rhydon. Slower than Golem so he won't outspeed, and 20 points lower BST in Special Defense, plus having fewer levels...I think there's only ONE possible chance. Rhydon has to use Fury Cutter, set up on the Gastly, and then hope that either Bayleef uses PoisonPowder or Razor Leaf somehow doesn't OHKO. The online damage calculator says it should be possible that it won't if it doesn't crit, but it's so jank for Gen 2, the stat values don't match up (I assume it's always taking max stat experience) so I have to play with the values to get them to match what the game says, and hope that that's an accurate reflection of the game. But a max power Fury Cutter SHOULD be a one-shot, if Bayleef doesn't Reflect. (I'm pretty sure Rhyhorn is SOL.) ...Wait. Sweet Scent actually carries. If Sleep Powder hits more reliably you have a MUCH better survival rate. You might want to be keeping that one on for a good while.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Yeah, Rhydon could be rough, we'll have to see. Sweet Scent + Sleep Powder might be really good!

[@accapaellass]

Hi there! Great video as always, may our new polilord defeat the dreadful cow! Anyways, in the end are you going to make a section with Smeargle to help him catch up? This is his last chance to shine I'm afraid, I couldn't find a moveset that beat both Falkner, Rival 2 AND Whitney

[@waterierStone]

Do you ever decide to go against crocanaw with rock or ground pokemon instead of bayleaf? While golem did scrape by bayleaf it would have been way easier against crocanaw because water doesn't resist ground. Magnitude is a way better move than rock throw on average, so it probably would have been a 2 hit ko without a crit/miss. I think graveler would have failed either way though.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Did the Bayleef specifically because it's harder and that's what most of the people want based on the past comments

[@gen.wunner]

You should do a recap for every section when you finish going over which trainers knocked out which pokemon, ie jesse jr knocked out these pokemon, bugsy knocked out these, rival 2 knocked out these, you could make a ranking by the end of the series of the hardist trainers. Great channel!

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Good idea, might be worth it to have a summary episode for each section

[@kaseywalton]

What is the best way to contact you regarding video ideas and any other details that wouldn't be good for the comment section?

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

I have Discord, but just realized I haven't made a separate server for GSC. For now, you can find mme on Discord as rbypokemonchallenges l

[@kaseywalton]

@@GSCPokemonChallenges It wouldn't let me send without being connected, so I sent you a request on discord. Thank you!

[@dragonslayerz2220]

Watching Poliwag, I think the winning combo with Poliwag is max sleep turns + no razor leaf from the bayleef. It does just enough damage to get through without getting hit if the bayleef decides to poison on that last turn, and Zubat is pathetic enough that even struggle should be enough. (And it was!) It seems to be in the realm of about 1% to get to Zubat?

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Something like that. less likely than a critical hit, which is why I gave up there, but then....

[@SkyBot-vv9ug]

We’re back!!

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Let's go!

[@brolsroyceyt2362]

Good Day GSC!!! Hope everyone has a good day! 🔥🔥

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Heck yeah! Good morning and thanks for being here!

[@urbestfriend-oz7zf]

Poor Wobbufett is doomed next episode, it can't counter the Gastly because counter is a fighting type move

[@user-do4eb6dz1q]

Struggle Strats somwhere? XD

[@Salnax]

More like PoliSWAG

[@Vekstar]

Try RAID Shadow legends today

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Perfect!

[@patrickvogelaar7732]

Stupid question maybe but how do you even become a channel member?

[@waterierStone]

hit join next to the subscribe button.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Otherwise, I also have a Patreon, and the same deal applies there!

[@17Master]

Predicting 11/16 make it this time.

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Fair guess

[@celticv]

i honestly think someone must not liked grass Pokemon for gen 2 lol perhaps they are making up for fire not get much love gen 1 for most part fire Pokemon certainly treat better in this gen . if were only counting Pokemon and NOT Pokemon moves only phew Pokemon may cause wall fire types

[@GSCPokemonChallenges]

Yeah, Grass is tough, and Fire is much better so far. we'll have to see how Chuck and Claire are for the fire types though