I Attempted The Craziest Pokemon Challenge (Kaizo IronMON)

[@excitedraichu5891]

8:00 I didn't know Wolfey was in the game god damn

[@erm_5557]

the one gift pikachu that had endeavor and made most high attacking moves only ALMOST kill his raichu

[@pokeinator7834]

Damm good comment

[@Think_4_Yourself]

I don't understand... did he use a pikachuwith endevour to win or something? I vaguely remember something like that...

[@gabrielkrzysiak7497]

@@Think_4_Yourself won worlds with an endeavor Raichu

[@pokeinator7834]

@@Think_4_Yourself 2016 raichu endeavour helped him a lot at worlds, helping him become the world champ

[@JadenBarbosa]

For Blaine, you can just talk to the trainer to fight it even if you don’t talk to the machine

[@TrafalgarDLaw-wn3mx]

Sounds interesting but way too hectic and random for me. Good Job getting far on this tough challenge though Drxx

[@Drxxyt]

Thanks

[@potato96hasdrowned66]

Agreed too Random

[@212mochaman]

Its an evil challenge. The amount of deaths I've seen that are obscenely unfair... run got to lorelei with a gengar. Sp def doubled sp atk, atk doubled def, confusion dmg usually was a 2hko: Facade Low Kick Return Overheat (kept for shedinja coverage, only shed can have wonder guard) First mon used foresight. Last mon used transform. The foresight meant all those normal moves COULD hit

[@KwehKwehKweh]

if you had a special mon failglow is a godsend, 1 or 2 and you just sweep any trainer, im currently doing a run with a lapras with a useless ability (lightingrod) but the shes a bulky low atk and low speed spatker with flamethrower leafblade crunch and tailglow. im around 5badges but im sure the rest will be easy. I might even go as far as trying to clear all the victory road trainers.

[@quubethings4746]

what progamm did you use for the enemy pokes tracking? overall cool video.

[@shoto_9]

Ayooo fire video my bro. Just had one question.What’s the name of That tool that your using to track the stats of every mon. It looked like it helped a lot. Again fire video my bro🖤

[@Drxxyt]

It’s a lua script through the biZhawk emulator. You can find it in the discord I linked in the description

[@shoto_9]

@@Drxxyt bettt thank you my bro🖤

[@greenkitty1]

I teied this challenge and beat it in like 10 attempts

[@xfatal1241]

Can you only pivot once

[@dadotargaryen6016]

Go and watch the Channel's of ChillnPlay and Quickgg, you will have the best time of your life with this two promised 🤝

[@Lmjacks]

just a comment since you mentioned sloking normally having medium-fast growth rate: the randomizer setting strings make all non-legendaries have fluctuating growth rates, which you were correctly using since you got the E4 around level 90. also your double battle method was fine, you're not allowed to click moves or use items with that slot, so throwing balls is about all you can do. if you felt like chancing an extra turn, you could've also attacked skarmory with slowking on the first turn to maximize Exp gain, but that is pretty risky with glass cannon mons like the one you ran. sick run with an unfortunate ending, and nice job on the edit :3

[@cpalmer3]

Indeed, in Kaizo all non legendaries have the same growth rate

[@Drxxyt]

Interesting stuff thanks for the insight. Didn’t know about the growth rate stuff ty

[@millermagic686]

Also my guy you can use ether and elixir in kaizo I'm pretty sure haha, or a potato spent 10k runs doing it wrong xD

[@jesperwillems_]

From the first moment ive heard of Kaizo Ironmon its just not a 'challenge' imo, its not a test of strength, skill, or ability at all. It's a pure gamble, and the only way to win is to get lucky. Im glad the people who enjoy kaizo ironmon have fun, but to me its not a challenge at all

[@ozonejgs2887]

I don’t think I can behind this challenge. All the problem solving and encounter pooling with Nuzlockes is absent, and this seems more like a challenge that is designed to be hard just for the sake of being impossible. A true Sisyphean undertaking.

[@mattplympton5107]

ok

[@2LettersSho]

I used to feel pretty similarly because by god is there a lot of luck involved. That said, what grew on me while watching a mate stream it is just how well you have to play in addition to the luck. While Mr Kaizo gives you suffering, the only way through is to play around as much as you possibly can, maximize your odds and figure out how to work with the random stuff you got. If I rolled this amazing Slowking, I probably still die without a gym badge. Even though Counter and P Song are extremely rough, sometimes there was something you could have done about it and adding up all those tiny edges on the fly is really cool.

[@RobertSmith-ow5kf]

It’s just a fun rng simulator. A lot of the steamers playing it don’t seem to understand it isn’t skill based. I hate when people call it thr “hardest Pokémon challenge”. It’s just an rng simulator with some player choices

[@RobertSmith-ow5kf]

@@2LettersSho And here we are 1 year later and literally everyone has beaten it. People like it because it is so streamlined. You don’t know to prep for battles or encounters. It is fun Because of how little control you have. Anyone can jump on it and eventually do well because the nature of the rng. The reality is the player does not have very much influence as all you can really do is pick your most powerful move in 99 percent on instances. The mid game in all winning runs is a joke. So what you get is a completely luck based early game, auto pilot mid game, and some skilled based end game. We can point to all the attempts but the reality is over 50 percent of runs don’t even make it out of the lab. And I would say over 40 percent of runs win if they get to the elite 4. This means that if you get lucky through the early game your chances of winning go up exponentially. Again, a fun little rng simulation

[@dzigayu4944]

It's pretty much just a more complicated slot machine game basically. You're just fishing for the one playthrough where your Pokémon has an acceptable stat distribution, good coverage moves with sufficient PP and then not running into Pokémon using a move that is a guarantee loss to you like counter/mirror coat.

[@Riftdancer527]

once i heard the rules my immediate thought was "this is sadistic, this is insidious, i will never touch this challenge out of respect for my sanity"

[@epicbrucey]

came so far just to encounter a move you cant play around

[@Drxxyt]

:/

[@destinygalearies7382]

That loss to Perish Song was genuinely heart-breaking... your Slowking was so good!

[@Drxxyt]

Yea I really thought we’d have it :/

[@zes3813]

no such thing

[@tieranalexander4475]

Spamming PokeBalls with your HM slave makes sense. I went even more sadistic and made my partner attack my only mon lol

[@Drxxyt]

That’s evil

[@River_Crow_Ca]

This is absolutely ridiculous. I don't even get it *shrug*

[@LeonRedfields]

Ultimate Ironmon is the best ruleset imo. Its challenging and fun while Kaizo is more rng and less fun because of it.

[@itranscendencei7964]

The run ender in this video is exactly why I would never try this challenge, and why I assume most other people feel the same. After hundreds, or even thousands of tries, and making it all the way to the end fight, the run can always be killed from a single move that there is absolutely zero counter play to. I just don't understand how that's supposed to be fun. It can be fun to do a challenge where you have to account for crazy RNG in every battle because there is still skill involved in that. If you have the right knowledge, then you can make decisions that would prevent you from dying to hax. There is absolutely nothing you can do about Perish Song though. All the AI has to do is click 1 button and if they have more than 3 Pokemon or you just can't mathematically kill what they have left, then the run is over. No counter play. Just instant run dead.

[@reagankohler1181]

With the amount of pokemon in the first 3 gens and the number of pokemon you have to fight raichu shows up pretty frequently

[@xretcyvbnimo]

I believe the rival keeps it each time.

[@kingwolfjm8500]

There shoukd really be a perish song claws for this challenge I've seen quite a few runs of this and it seems like a lot of runs that make it to E4 should have won but get hit with that.

[@lichlance518]

This challenge is just crazy. All this randomisation is just insane. You got kina lucky with that slowking. btw, for the 7th gym, you don't have to get the answers wrong to battle, you can just talk to the trainers

[@zulpi2103]

16:05 if you talk to the trainers, you can battle them even if you get the answer correct. You can completely skip the quiz by battling everyone as well.

[@econsean]

Great video and I definitely echo what you said about hoping for more ironmon content on youtube. It's surprisingly absent on youtube for how much it slaps on twitch.

[@orshteinbok7762]

As someone whos done a lot of Kaizo Ironmon, that Slowking is one of the craziest runners Ive ever seen, 36 attack at lvl 8 is absolutely nuts, it really is kind of a perfect runner, the speed was just good enough for it to be functional

[@tgoossen]

In Kaizo Ironmon, you’re required to fight all the gym trainers, can’t skip any.

[@JAMSice927]

Yeah this does not sound like a very fun challenge

[@aanonymous3897]

You did make one mistake that I saw, you're supposed to fight the rival on your first time through lavender town, then come back through a second time after getting the silph scope (This is a holdover rule from ultimate)

[@Drxxyt]

Oh I thought I wasn’t allowed to with the whole can’t leave buildings rule

[@aanonymous3897]

@@Drxxyt Yeah, pokemon tower and the rival fight therein is the one not-specifically-forced exception to that rule.

[@gaberobison680]

This is insane but challenges that are unwinnable aren’t really fun imo

[@Alexm920]

Around 13:00 you mention that Slowing has a medium-fast XP curve, but I thought the kaiso randomizer set all the XP curves to "fluctuating"? Not sure if that's a set-in-stone part of the challenge or anything, at the end of the day it's all about having fun. I've seen other streamers strategize with their rare candies since odd-numbered levels require more XP than even on the fluctuating curve, that's the only reason it even occurred to me.

[@ilavain]

should have kept the soundproof starter, go next

[@Drxxyt]

For sure

[@HayItsCJ]

I've been watching another streamer attempt Fire Red Kaizo Ironmon and they are over 9000 attempts 💀

[@Qrow_Father]

I didn't know blaine's gym had a quiz until like a year ago. You can just talk to the trainers and fight them

[@AeonQuasar]

Volt Absorb Slowking seems really broken, but in the end what you really wanted was the Soundproof ability. Rough.

[@212mochaman]

The one thats really broken is volt absorb gyarados

[@melindagreer4177]

Still dies to PS

[@Whacko2]

SO CLOSE well done Drxx!!!

[@Drxxyt]

My man

[@chorizo7228]

Hi Drxx I have a request. Can you make a tutorial video on "How you do team building on your Nuzlocke"

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

Dang, you were so close to victory! Fantastic attempt, I commend you for it!

[@zeelinuxguy8500]

Hey Drxx what is the program you use for showing the pokemon?

[@slowbro15]

i again am overshadowed by my brothers success. 😒

[@SamTheUndying]

Its funny, my Kaizo runs for Fire red and leaf green took me 3432 roms while Emerald took 62. Its how you play and lots of luck

[@MattGOG666]

There's no real skill to these challenges.. its literally all luck based

[@Maximmmino]

Huge o7 for stepslowgirl

[@johnvida3426]

This Is Why I'm Not Doing IronMon

[@mohs.9398]

I know the pain of getting perish songed in the E4. It really sucks having to go back to the lab this close to completing the challenge. How many attempts did you do before you got that Slowbro?

[@marcorossi2854]

What's the name of the song at the end of the vid?. Btw this is an interesting challenge even though i'm not a great fan of randomizers

[@Drxxyt]

Don’t ever forget from pmd

[@marcorossi2854]

@@Drxxyt THX

[@origin5051]

"You can only grind on trainers" AYO

[@Fishiest]

holy shit this is insane? by the way, what's the thing on the right side of the video? the thing that shows what the pokemon you're fighting is

[@brawltrailmonX]

you ARE allowed to swtich

[@williamfaber8802]

You gotta talk to your mom… that’s an L

[@sunniettv]

🕳

[@topherdiddy]

W

[@justincastreau6284]

you technically cheated cause you didn't battle all the trainers in Blaines gym

[@hardhoofdful]

Slowking got back to back to back MOABs

[@zaneaura84]

You can fight the trainers in Blaine's gym by talking too them even if you answer the questions right

[@bronze81]

wp

[@anthony6929]

I found as a little kid in Sabrina's gym you can just go up and down if you land on bottom go up and go down if you land on top

[@maxxonhahghgou6495]

You didn’t check the hidden items in mt moon. They are based on step counts

[@craigbuning7806]

Thank you!!

[@acekun6493]

why tho

[@nickcattabriga6922]

Lanturn is viable

[@acheronXcomplex]

What do you use to randomize your game for these runs? The universal randomizer patcher?

[@JoaoPedro-dj9ig]

What's the name of this program in the right side that shows the pokemon stats, moves etc?

[@rengienasibug9442]

You can just talk to the trainers on Blaine Gym.

[@caliyugatv]

But is this a nuzlocke?

[@Drxxyt]

Durrrrrr

[@koskoxindoa4514]

Is it a nuzlocke? I thought it was a kaizo Ironman pokemon challenge

[@RemixkingDystansy]

Glad this video was blesses by the algorithm

[@legitmc8217]

Run it back! You got this!

[@Drxxyt]

Will do

[@keenanlarsen1639]

Getting to Lance with 109 attempts is commendable. I enjoyed your Slowgirl. Interesting set. I hope you're able to get another good run at it and push through to the champion at least. Good luck

[@Drxxyt]

thanks ill run it back in the future

[@keyb7431]

oh my god that perish song was so unfair

[@delamib]

Great video! unlucky ending

[@nicholasfontana3649]

Lost for perish song… very sad

[@chubbyman2564]

i want to try this, join the discord, see the doc, and i just gave up T_T

[@Drxxyt]

It’s a lot yea

[@mouseman225]

Dang that's a bs move

[@thePersonoyt]

Iron bros but pokemon

[@fortxfy]

ggs!

[@fraggle497]

o7 Slowgirl.

[@cpalmer3]

This challenge was a ton of fun. I finally beat it recently with a Dragonair Evo run into Mence. Cool video

[@Drxxyt]

That’s sick Chase good stuff

[@cpalmer3]

@@DrxxytAre you going to try this again?

[@anonanonymous9670]

13:52 Raichu WHAT

[@Deluxery]

Pepehands

[@patrickobrien928]

Duuuude. Good run

[@about7grams]

how did you manage to get two rock blast tms LOL

[@Drxxyt]

Lmao didn’t even realize

[@about7grams]

@@Drxxyt RNG game strong

[@NpausAsHawj]

You did not forgot caterpie evolves into metapod

[@TheGaara802]

2:19 challenge starts

[@shelly587]

I REALLY REALLY ENJOYED THIS DO ALOT MORE BRO THIS IS GONNA PUT YOU ON THE MAP 💯🤞🏾🧡

[@Drxxyt]

You’re the goat!

[@infinitetcetera6576]

14:48 you did have a full restore in your bag, which would have healed all HP + confusion great run!

[@kingclown2323]

No real gain from using the Full Restore there. If used there, its pretty bad value with how much HP it heals. Better to see if you can get an early snap out of confusion and possibly save the heal. And even if you don't snap out early, you can use the Full Restore when you're low for the same exact effect of using it early.

[@infinitetcetera6576]

@@kingclown2323 a fair point and sound logic, I merely mentioned it because OP stated that he didn't have any such items at the time (and though it may not have been worth, the possibility could be taken into account as you've done here)

[@iWill_]

nope throw the video away he didnt talk to mom. jkjk great video

[@Fullbakedpotato]

Drxx upload more ❤ do nuzlockes with only badies

[@derAlphabet]

you didn't talk to mom, did you?

[@Jawbreaker8k]

Finally, someone is well leveled for a difficult challenge. The level at koga is what my minimum for the final battle in legends arceus would be if I ever get that game

[@Drxxyt]

That’s wild

[@mimizdani8194]

14:14 my PP was getting low lol i shouldnt have laughed this much at this xD

[@212mochaman]

I'm not sure of the full ruleset but ive always been under the impression that you're only allowed to fight one 1 pokemon random battle before brock to catch something

[@gintarazimu642]

Definitely not the case, the rule is one catch per route, you have to commit to using your catch when the battle starts, but you can have as many encounters you want as long as it's only one catch

[@Heat3955]

Are a starter best to use like fearaligator

[@glenchrispin3202]

You should have 3 pokemon one is dumb

[@tylercale3117]

Challenge run? More like get lucky run. Where is the skill based decisions in "random everything". You just have to get lucky. Reset the challenge a thousand times and you are bound to get lucky eventually. Just like how life luckily went through abiogenesis on this planet. Zero knowledge and planning based on game theory. Also you are pretty cocky for resetter lol.

[@koskoxindoa4514]

Hard to watch when not live. Not sure what actually happens sorry just my opinion but, ill stick with chillnplay and quickGG kaizo