Is it Possible to Beat Pokemon Red/Blue with just a Pidgey AND NO ITEMS?!

[@bradley4615]

I understand the whole sentence, but I brainfarted for a second and just heard "Charizard can't learn fly, so I caught an oddish" and I didn't even hesitate and was like 'yeah Oddish probably learns Fly in Gen 1'

[@wingedmirage4226]

Reminds me of how a Gen 2 strategy guide I had said Chikorita could learn Fly. And I didn’t question it because I’m like “oh yeah Chikorita can kinda hover in the anime by spinning its leaf really fast, makes sense” 😂

[@theannilators7479]

Doesn’t every gen have an “unorthodox flyer”

[@thishandleisntakenyethaha]

Same I just blankly stared at my screen 😂

[@Cherry_Magenta]

@@wingedmirage4226 my fire red and leaf green strategy guide told me Dunsparce evolved into Gligar. I went years believing that.

[@wingedmirage4226]

Cherry_Magenta I had one RBY guide that used Chansey’s Japanese name (Lucky) in one random section. So I spent who knows how long trying to find a super-rare, super-secret Pokémon named Lucky in the Unknown Dungeon 😂 And then there was my Pokémon Stadium guide, that said things like “Use Water-type moves on Persian because cats don’t like water.” XD

[@keizervanenerc5180]

Jrose: i don't need any luck Game: wouldn't it be funny if i would just give you all the luck now?

[@youtubedoesntlikemyemojiname]

lolnopound it’s a glitch that occurs naturally through gameplay that is consistent. Things like evasion are pure luck, so he doesn’t like using it. It is near impossible avoiding the badge boost glitch through a casual play through.

[@kristhebrownie]

@ it's not a bug, it's a feature

[@devilshotthepwner245]

@ You quite literally can't avoid the badge boost glitch unless you intentionally gimp yourself and never boost stats AND make sure all enemy stat lowering actions miss. At that point it's a feature since it's too hard to actually avoid.

[@Moon-Archive]

@ Yeah, he abuses it. But it's still pretty unavoidable- So it could be considered a feature at that rate. Again, yes- It is glitch abuse, but even if he didn't abuse it he'd still encounter it. Unavoidable, even if you don't try to use it.

[@Flaris]

It is kind of amusing how he does try to act like he won’t rely on luck, but he’s often relying on luck. I just consider it a tier system of preference. Strategy > Luck > Leveling.

[@AndrooTheNerd]

“He’s only using a Pidgey? I better do the dumbest shit imaginable.” ~The AI, probably

[@chompyzilla]

Guard Spec! Guard Spec! Guard Spec!

[@jonathanschubert9052]

AI: oh noos, this guy probably learned pokemon from the anime, better put on muh kid gloves

[@thrashes6208]

Thanks you brave and special child for taking all this time to come over in an attempt to get my badge! 5 minutes later* OH NO, i just so happened to have my wheezing self destruct when you were in the air. Damn you won!

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Lorelei: Well yes, but actually no.

[@AndrooTheNerd]

@@shadowtitanx3962 I have to admit, Lorelei was the one exception to my AI comment lol.

[@jamesonjeffery4069]

"Charizard can't learn Fly, so I had to catch an Oddish."

[@aidendavid2680]

Grab two oddish and swing your arms up and down the leafs can be used as wings

[@MrKaseiyo]

He’s Canadian, he tries.

[@uselessDM]

Use Petal Dance to fly.

[@iliketoruinlifescausemines4642]

😂😂 that's what I was thinking

[@ExSpectre]

Are you implying you don’t use oddish as your fly slave? What the hell else would you use for fly? Do you wait till cinnabar to get missingno for fly or something? Just get an oddish man, much earlier in the game.

[@saturnusdevorans]

I like how, after you beat him, Lance just starts looking around awkwardly like "can this kid please go away??"

[@timothymclean]

"How did his pet bird copy my dragon's beam weapon?"

[@Altair1243WAR]

@@timothymclean Obviously the Pidgey ascended to pseudo-demi-god status (Or everyone else is just horrendously bad xD)

[@John-mp4qc]

@@Altair1243WAR maybe Pidgey is unleashing it’s inner Pidgeot

[@kylewagoner]

Here's one that will suck early game: Psyduck. Doesn't learn any damaging move outside of Scratch until level 36. Doesn't learn ANY moves until level 28 (Tail Whip). I think you will have a horrible time until defeating Misty, which also won't be easy. P.S. Pidgeot is my fave Pokemon of all time so I enjoyed this Pidgey run very much.

[@rjante2236]

Ah, Gen 1 movepools.

[@conorellisfitness]

Amnesia psyduck would be fun

[@N12015]

@@conorellisfitness Only in Stadium.

[@thiagozlin]

but you get water gun at Mt. Moon and bubblebeam with Misty. It is not that bad really.

[@OmegaTyrant]

@@thiagozlin That would be nice if you didn't need to beat Brock first before getting Water moves for Psyduck. Having to probably grind up to over level 20 on level 5 and under com mons just to get past Brock is going to take a really long time, so it is that bad, and with its movepool and stats it's going to be pretty poor for the rest of the game too, so it's not even going to be able to pull an Abra by being amazing in the later half.

[@whynotdean8966]

Even still levelling a Pidgey to bloody 90, Abra still took 70% more time. Abra should be in a brown sewer tier below the screen.

[@onijester56]

Half the time-sink for Abra, though, is that their only move explicitly ends the battle. So you use Teleport, wind back at the Pokemon center, have to go find another Pokemon, Teleport, battle ends, find another Pokemon, Teleport, battle ends. Having to do that before you can damage anything takes a lot of time, and losing a fight (which is easy with Struggle as your source of damage) means repeating the process over again. If Abra had even something as useless as "Splash" instead, a few hours would be removed. Just go against a Metapod, use up Splash, and ready for the next storyline fight. Instead, Teleport makes the process tedious and time-consuming.

[@emmareiman64]

But after you're able to give Abra a move, especially a Special one, it'll make quick work of things. It's a literal Struggle until then, but after it's not too bad

[@somedude140]

@@emmareiman64 But the struggle before that is just so bad. Especially compared to the top tiers who, while a tad more mediocre, are great from the get go. By the time an abra run gets done with Brock a pikachu player would already be at the elite 4.

[@Walkerman379]

Christian Schiller Actually, pikachu is long done before abra gets past Brock. Abra took 12 hours to beat Brock, longer than even pidgey’s whole run. When he did the bottom 10 list, I knew he badly underrated abra’s early game awfulness.

[@emmareiman64]

@@somedude140 True, true. It's a good point. It depends on which you hold at a higher value, the level you're at, the easiness or how long it took. The ones who can get past Brock without grinding or even just a little bit are certainly in a tier of their own~ No competition there!

[@SetNucleus0]

Giovanni: I’ll train these rock type pokémon to crush any flying type this trainer throws at me Pidgey: sweeps the team with dig Giovanni: wait that’s illegal

[@Abyss30]

But most of them are also rock

[@ArtisChronicles]

@@Abyss30 not most. At least a third. Most carry ground typing and one obviously doesn't carry either type.

[@MasterKnightDH]

Me: You're illegal, Giovanni! Giovanni: That doesn't make sense! A human being can't be illegal! Me: No, but your Team Rocket operations are!

[@jacencade4019]

@@ArtisChronicles a third of 6 is 2. 2 are rock type.

[@zubair-rp1ie]

wait pidgey can learn dig?

[@dannysmi7162]

I can’t believe you were able to press the A button again. Very impressive. I never though of that strategy until you did it. You sir, are an absolute genius.

[@Lab__Rat]

Pannenkoek2012 would have a fit

[@somestranger4287]

After all my years of playing Pokemon, I finally managed to press the A button. I'm gonna try again, wish me luck

[@onijester56]

Genius? No, using such an impeccable strategy means he's an absolute legend. :P

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

It's the registered "Bruno Strat" all the pro Pokemon players use it.

[@spimuru5040]

A button too op pls nerf

[@ColeckZz]

"It's not really a challenge, it's a lottery simulator" Gen 1 in a nutshell

[@ceroenblanco]

This ruined pokemon for me

[@SporkyMcFly]

@@ceroenblanco I don't get how it could. If you play the game with strategy you almost cut out the lottery entirely. Could you explain further?

[@Djuntas]

How does he handle the gym leaders if he say failed on 1 trainer, but is saved before him? How you emulate different save stages, or is this a one try challenge...Aka keep fighting until you beat them even with no lvling after 1st ice trainer?

[@carlosmarte428]

Leonardo da Vinci The AI, DVs, badge boosts, 1/256, and a couple other things can make a battle anywhere from too EZ, to too frustrating. I don’t mind it. I actually quite like the fact that there can still be a little RNG regardless of strats, but I can see where he’s coming from.

[@Dark-Pikachu1]

Carlos Marte not for me I just used slowbro because physic is op type to beat everyone lol

[@Soas_Records_Official]

I don't mind admitting that I clapped when requested after hearing the 'hit A' strategy

[@cjleach3442]

I did as well!!! lol

[@TheCalmPsycho]

I farted real loud, does that count?

[@TheCalmPsycho]

I'm sorry, it is 6:46 am and I haven't slept yet. G'night.

[@ay2257]

That makes all the difference

[@Queefersutherland97]

@@TheCalmPsycho wrong its 5:58 rn not 6

[@OmegaTyrant]

Another problem with Double Team is that it's learnable by every pokemon that can learn TMs, so if you're abusing Double Team luck to win at levels far lower than you would be able to otherwise, then it becomes the universal strategy among about every pokemon and eliminates much of the point of comparing them against each other (and would make the videos a lot less interesting if you're using the same exact tactic with every pokemon to win in the later half). And while people can debate on how overpowered it is in later Gens, it's way busted in Gen 1, as besides the only never-miss move being Swift and the only evasion-nullifying move being Haze, it gets you badge boost stacks to all your stats and the evasion-boosting would make it simple to get six badge boosts in, especially against trainers that would otherwise hit you too hard to boost up against, like Lorelei here with Pidgey. Accuracy reduction on the other hand is more fair, as while the AI is too dumb to switch out their pokemon to nullify accuracy drops, you're not getting badge boost stacks off it and it's not a universal ability, while it also requires a lot more luck to work as it has to be done to each individual pokemon you fight and each use has the chance of failure, whereas you can just Double Team six times at the start if the opponent's first pokemon doesn't one shot you and then the rest of the opponent's team can rarely touch you.

[@sleprvrru6y-lin-92]

There is a reason why double team is banned, and sand attack isnt in smogon gen 1 tiering.

[@sleprvrru6y-lin-92]

This is actually true for every gen too. Double team is cheap, sand attack is not.

[@Cream147player]

To be honest, on the back of this I’d say a hard ban on double team might be a good idea for this challenge. Has he used it to this point? Should be noted re: sand attack vs double team that sand attack only lowers the accuracy of the poke you’re against whilst double team increases your evasion, which in a single poke challenge, will last for the whole battle. Another reason double team is more broken.

[@N12015]

@@Cream147player The same for minimize.

[@OmegaTyrant]

@@Cream147player He hasn't used Double Team yet in any of his runs, so all the pokemon so far have been compared to each other without using Double Team

[@TonioQuo7]

Gotta say these thumbnails look really nice for being somewhat simple. Love it.

[@m.m.2341]

They have that distinct Gen 1 look with the artwork and the minimal colors. Really cool.

[@silenceyoufear7127]

Sometimes simple is best

[@ckillgore]

I always loved the consistency in the thumbnails, going back to the catch em all series. Speaking of, once Pokemon Home comes out... Will we see an ultimate catch em all where you go from no pokemon to a full dex in Pokemon home? You can get legit event pokemon in Gen 4 now, so I think you could actually do it. Whether you go for all the variations of things like Vivillon would be up to you, but I have a feeling the community around your channel could arrange something. Maybe you could set up a P.O. box where people could send you their games with different Vivillons on them, and you could send them back. Heck you could do that with any rare or event Pokemon, and make a living Dex Museum on Pokemon Home. Knowing you, you would probably rather just do it yourself using only the games and the hardware, but as a community project it could be pretty awesome. We could even try to get one of every pokemon with perfect EVs and IVs if we really wanted to make it a huge project.

[@justanotheremptychannel2472]

It does look one of a series and that is neat

[@sofijeffrey9797]

It’s a really beautiful style

[@olliecyclops9164]

7:04 "Charzard can't learn fly, so I had to catch an Oddish". Lol I know you had to catch Oddish for cut, but I still thought the way those sentences combined was funny.

[@MaksProger]

Why do you have a monster SOUL as a profile picture?

[@olliecyclops9164]

@@MaksProger Well I like Undertale, and everytime someone draws a monster SOUL they draw it right side up (like a human SOUL), so I wanted a profile picture that accurately depicted the SOUL.

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

Whats really odd is Charzard cant learn fly but... Pidgey-Back. Right...

[@NathanielBandy]

Oh boy, 3AM!!

[@user-pp6pr5fg8w]

Anathinel Yndba! Wow!

[@Budew-ef6tr]

Mood

[@holczy0]

i love pidgey so much

[@alerteinovil8586]

@Qam05 Ah yes my favorite youtuber Thananiel Danby

[@Jawohl721]

No bullshit I saw this at 3am. I nearly lost sanity from the mindfuck and laughter

[@TheHadMatters]

Everyone, a few episodes ago: "Uhhhh, yeaaah, that makes sense, because actually, the AI in Gen I cheats and totally responds to the move you are selecting." Pidgey, this episode: *Fly* Koga: Damn, I'm on my last Pokemon, and he still has all of his. Gotta make sure I use my full power to try and take him out. *Self-Destruct*

[@OmegaTyrant]

Gen 1 AI does select their action when it's their turn to act instead of at the beginning of the game, but Gen 1 AI selects its move at complete random (barring trainers with "good AI" when it has super effective and resisted moves) and just treats the exploding moves as if they're any other move, so you get Koga using Selfdestruct with his last pokemon and even when it can't hurt you.

[@EvilApple567]

The best part about naming your rival "Fievel" is that after the 5th battle at Silph Co., the next time you see him is Route 22 on the way to the Indigo Plateau Which means Fievel Goes West

[@MirinkaiserVODs]

26:32 "I set up Agilities against the first Onix 'cause it used Rage and I was annoyed because that's such a bad move. Why would anything have Rage? I have rage, but it has the move Rage. Irony!" Commentary gold.

[@theSato]

"that it has the move rage" rather than "but it has the move rage", since you were going for a 1:1 direct quote :D

[@stllr_]

THE CHEAP TRICK REFERENCE WAS SO UNEXPECTED BUT SO GOOD

[@kenseaman1250]

I’ve watched it twice through and still can’t find it. Your talking about the band, right?

[@Anti-zioni]

When the video start he said the beginning of a song "Hello there" by Cheap Trick

[@bigworld2724]

Pidgey looks like he is crying from his backsprite lol

[@gamesux420]

😭

[@Acequatch]

I will never be able to unsee that now

[@cupofspiders5830]

can’t... unsee let’s cheer up pidgey

[@PKINGU]

I don’t blame the poor thing, it’s got no friends, it’s not evolving or growing up and it’s having to fight literal catastrophe causing monsters on its own against its will. It must have so much anxiety and suicidal thoughts by now.

[@bane4743]

We are horrible people. Lol

[@DaBannyGaming]

Jrose: Hello there ladies and gentlemen. Me: hey! Jrose: Hello there ladies and gents. Me: I think I just said this two seconds ago but hey!

[@Vuallum]

*stares ominously in Cheap Trick*

[@Anti-zioni]

@phoenixFromTheTrashes the song is "Hello there"

[@KaeraNeko]

**nonbinary pal intensifies**

[@jbdixon4020]

😕 are you ready to rock?

[@mr.krustykrust]

I like the usage of the conquest music in all of these. Correct me if I’m wrong, but it plays the music of the gym leaders type kingdom. Like in vermillion, the music from the electric music played, and then the water kingdom as well when he fought Misty

[@theSato]

Yes, this is correct. He does say "Cute Pokemon Conquest Ice Music" for Lorelei and the like, so your thoughts have already been confirmed. P.S.: It's actually spelled "Vermilion" with one L - I know, I thought it was two L's for the longest time too..

[@FabledStone]

"no single fight was the worst" Lorelei: "Am I a joke to you?!"

[@nic9080]

*Lorelee*

[@flyforce16]

@@nic9080 He reaaaaally needs to fix this haha, it's driving me crazy

[@theSato]

@@flyforce16 Same. He's defended the Lore-uh-lee pronunciation so much when it's just objectively, factually pronounced "Lore-uh-Lie" in this case (and most cases) lol

[@flyforce16]

@@theSato Yeah the name's German origins definitely suggest Lore-uh-Lie. Plus she actually says her name (Lore-uh-Lie, no surprise) in Pokemon Puzzle League for the N64. JRose is flat-out wrong here.

[@NoLuckJustSkill1337]

Pidgey casually using Hyper Beam to oneshot all of Lances Pokemon LMFAO

[@scwibble123]

My favourite KZbin series at the minute. Looking forward to Krabby Run.

[@petercarioscia9189]

Crabby should be a cake walk I'm dreading Caterpie and Weedle. Venonat should be easy(ish)

[@bernardchan181]

@@petercarioscia9189 I think he has to skip Caterpie, since Caterpie cannot finish the game, like Magikarp.

[@OmegaTyrant]

@@petercarioscia9189 Krabby's awful Special and HP with mediocre Speed is going to be a problem though, while it can't use STAB with its great Attack. It'll have an easy time against Brock and Misty, but should have some struggling after that. Getting Swords Dance will save it though and make it not too bad.

[@FerreroMan]

scwibble123 I got addicted recently, this only 2 weeks old and already 100k viewers... This videos are getting viral

[@rjante2236]

@@OmegaTyrant Shouldn't be terrible if he can take advantage of Guillotine (if he even decides to use it)

[@misaluv1254]

Me: Sleep? Jrose: pidgey.

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

Seeing your profile pick you must have watched a lot of runs.

[@teeweezeven]

I hope some of the water types come soon. There are so many and I'd guess they're pretty similar

[@ChillstoneBlakeBlast]

Goldeen

[@yawninglion1677]

I'm excited for Tentacool. Everyone sleeps on it, but it's not a bad mon.

[@stevebiffleur]

@@yawninglion1677 I think Tentacool with its movepool and stats might rival Gastly or at least be above Pikachu/Bulbasaur tier

[@aidendavid2680]

Yawning Lion tentacools tied for the second highest special out of any unevolved Pokémon in gen 1 and respectable speed wouldn’t doubt if it ends up the best water type in the solo runs

[@nihildwo4874]

@@aidendavid2680 well, i think tentacool will be 3rd best water type - after poliwag and slowpoke. poliwag starts with hypnosis and bubble and gets amnesia later on and is fast. could be gastly tier, or 1 notch below gastly. can prolly match gastly in level and can do minimum battles, but will take longer. i actually did slowpoke myself. slowpoke also gets amnesia, but is slow as piss. i actually managed to beat the game also at minimum battles but i had to luck through a bunch of stuff, but gen1 has bad ai that can be heavily abused in the endgame with it. in terms of time though, slowpoke will not be able to match gastly. i think tentacool will be slightly below slowpoke or same tier. higher in level but lower in time.

[@danielskrivan6921]

8:40 my friend and I have been messing around with the game files, one thing we did was balance a lot of the moves. Lowered the power of body slam (it was too strong relative to other similar moves), decreased the PP of Drill Peck for a similar reason. But man, oh man did we buff Rock Throw and Rock Slide.

[@kid_named_a]

"Rival Fievel number six"

[@CWayneMartin]

I want to see some fanart of Pidgey blasting Dragonite/Lance with a hyper beam now lol

[@MazterP28]

Gotchu

[@definitelynotawitch]

@@MazterP28 did you ever make it?

[@MazterP28]

@@definitelynotawitch no but I’ll work on it

[@wyattoleff5278]

@@MazterP28 how is the drawing going?

[@MazterP28]

@@wyattoleff5278 click this link

[@olivernguyen1709]

Me: “it’s 2am and I have class in the morning, maybe I should go to sleep.” Jrose: *uploads a video* Me: “Eh, I can stay up an extra half hour”

[@KiranasOfRizon]

This, but 1:28 AM.

[@jakerz_ow]

SAME BRO

[@itimonium9062]

You Guys still have class? Or is it a online meeting?

[@jacencade4019]

You don't have class. Unless you're in china Germany or Georgia (the state)

[@olivernguyen1709]

jacen cade I have online classes. Better not to assume stuff about strangers online :)

[@quqWoozWorld]

Since you were testing pidgey, and pidgey learns sand attack, it's more than fair to rely on using it. I do appreciate the desire to find a consistent strat tho.

[@ZenoDLC]

The pokedex entry for pidgey actually states it uses sand attack naturally, making it not able to use it is animal cruelty

[@theSato]

Sand attack is sorta just Pidgey's thing (and birds have been known to kick up sand in self defense like this) so.. you're really neutering Pidgey by not using its "signature move" lol

[@OmegaTyrant]

Something else you forgot to mention with Lorelei that makes her such a brick wall to Pidgey is how often she drops your Attack; Dewgong has Growl and the "Good AI" still has her use it sometimes for some reason, the Slowbro has Growl too, and Aurora Beam from Dewgong and Cloyster has a 33% chance to drop your Attack, where if you get your Attack dropped at all the run is pretty much done unless you Amnesia'd up and the Slowbro is near dead when your Attack gets dropped. I found the best strat against her is DE the Dewgong until you OHKO it, then Fly followed by DE against Cloyster (or two Flies if it 2HKOs) but reset if it drops your Attack or crits, then against Slowbro lead off with a DE and then Mimic Amnesia. Just one Amnesia will make a huge survival difference against Lapras' Blizzard and should push Fly into 2HKO range against it, but if you get Growled before you can get that Amnesia off just maximize your Special at that point, and if you keep getting Growled you can try getting Agilities in to salvage your Attack somewhat and start adding badge boost stacks to your quadrupled Special. Once you get past the Slowbro just Fly the rest, and hope you don't critted or frozen. Against Lance just Mimic Hyper Beam off of Gyarados right away and use it, it OHKOs Gyarados at the strength you'll have to be to get past Lorelei without any badge boost stacks, then use your three Agilities against the Dragonair as even if they crit you with Hyper Beam they can't hurt you much (and will be hurting you a lot less than the Gyarados can). After three Agilities you can 100% OHKO the Aerodactyl with Hyper Beam. Against Champion Blue just get your three Agilities in against Pidgeot, two of its moves are going to be a waste and Wing Attack will barely hurt you, while if it Sky Attacks you can just Fly to evade it. After three Agilities (if you don't kill it dodging Sky Attacks first with Fly that is), just use Fly to finish it off and conserve your HP, Fly 2HKOs still after three Agilities, but you're taking more damage from Double Edge recoil unless you get hit by a Sky Attack. If you couldn't get your three Agilities in before killing Pidgeot, get them in against Rhydon, who is pretty safe to boost up against. Against the Arcanine, it's better to use Psychic on it, as it 2HKOs and two it of its moves do nothing while Ember does less than Double Edge recoil will, especially so if Psychic gets a Special drop. Then against the Blastoise you definitely got really lucky as Blizzard will have killed you there, you want to use a Rare Candy before Blue to ensure you don't level up midfight, and against the Blastoise you'll want to use Psychic, as Double Edge won't OHKO without a crit and Psychic has the 33% chance to make its Blizzard weaker in case your health is running low (Psychic will 2HKO with your badge boosts, so DE is just the outright inferior option most of the time). Overall though you can't really optimize that much more with Pidgey, even with perfect DVs and maxed out Stat EXP it still took me entering the Elite 4 at level 82 and finishing at 84 to win with Pidgey, and it still required a good amount of luck to get past Lorelei (though with the level needed to beat her, after her Bruno, Agatha, and Lance were near-guarantees, and losing against Blue mainly requires getting critted + Special dropped by the Alakazam's Psychic, getting confused + self-damaging from Psybeam, or getting critted or frozen by Blastoise's Blizzard, with the latter two scenarios happening to me in three runs that made it to him in a row).

[@moursundjames]

This was a really long comment.

[@YoungsterSkaymore]

There’s nothing wrong with getting lucky, it’s part of the game, I don’t think you need to defend your honor every time it happens just be happy about it

[@cursedcat6467]

What if he crits with every attack as a slowpoke

[@Topaztan]

Perfect timing! I love this series. Thank you for all the effort put into these long videos!

[@robinthejoker8446]

"And without further ado, cue ice theme from Pokemon conquest" i hate and love how you know that some people absolutely love these and how well inserted they are. GGs, makes these videos a treat

[@sleprvrru6y-lin-92]

Giovanni : *LET ME GRAB MY guard S P E C real quick*

[@Luckysquirrel1256]

I find both Pidgey's front and back sprites to be hilarious in this game.

[@22Metropolis22]

Luckysquirrel1256 made me lol, I’ve never really thought about it

[@cheznooney]

It looks likes it looking at you in a way where its like "why"

[@AlexanderMartinez-kd7cz]

these runs should be called "I beat brock in R/B with X"

[@bojanderson]

"That's not a challenge, that's a lottery simulator" Shots fired at Mah-Dry-Bread

[@carolinedavis8339]

The difference is that MDB makes a full challenge every week like clockwork while also making videos every single day. If he didn't engage in some cheese on occasion, videos wouldn't come out on time. Jrose might be insane in these challenges, but MDB is practical.

[@tsnrpig8113]

MDB does a challenge every week, along side having another Let's Play every single day for the past ~9 years. So, I think we can cut him some slack on cheese in Pokemon runs, huh?

[@deathblade32]

I mean MDB is good, granted comparitivly Jrose Abuses old glitches(badge boost, iirc MDB doesn't focus on it) Likes consistant strats MDB Is seeing if its possible so even without consistent strats Tries to keep it steady, but will do cheese if needed

[@John-iw1nn]

TSNRpig oh yeah, what a brutal working life. Thank G_D for gamers. The true essential workers.

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

@@deathblade32 There's also the fact that JRose won't save in between the Elite Four and MDB has no such rules about that, thus making Double Team valid for him because he just needs to redo that one fight, not all 4

[@alexandercolefield9523]

Do some water type to give yourself a break, like Shelder, Horsea, or Goldeen.

[@XiterzZ_YT]

Or some good Grass pokemon!

[@petercross1879]

@@XiterzZ_YT goldeen isn't a water type. It's a flying type who is weak to grass

[@isaacleillhikar4566]

... Psyduck.

[@psychoDon525]

I absolutely love every video so far. I've legit gone and rewatched them a few times already because the production value is just amazing. Thank you so much for making these!

[@thegrimereaper]

Literally the only series keeping me going at the moment lol I cannot wait for G/S/C

[@Cream147player]

Interesting to see a different roadblock this time in Lorelei. I'm just waiting for the run where Bruno will be challenging, but I've got a feeling it won't be coming!

[@OmegaTyrant]

Yeah Bruno isn't going to be hard for anyone, even for Electrics with nothing but Electric and Normal moves his Onix will just be annoying at that point when they have such bad stats and no move better than Rock Throw, and his Hitmonchan is just useless outside the very small chance it freezes you with Ice Punch. Hitmonlee and Machamp could hit a Normal type and Kabuto very hard, but Bruno doesn't have "good AI" so it's only a 50% and 25% chance respectively that he uses their Fighting moves against them (when he doesn't waste turns with X Defend that is), and the Hitmonlee will be very easily taken down with how frail it is while Machamp isn't durable to Special moves. Plus anyone with a boosting move can boost up to max against either Onix for free to make the Hitmonlee and Machamp even less threatening.

[@antonykun9940]

Im guessing geodude might have bruno issues

[@Cream147player]

Omega Tyrant Wow, I didn’t know that they didn’t even give Bruno good AI, he definitely is the E4 imposter. Does Agatha have good AI? I know Lorelei, Lance and the Champion fight do.

[@N12015]

@@Cream147player She is 70 years old, of course she does not have "good" AI but random AI instead.

[@AImpatientMan]

Jrose-I don't want to use luck based strategies The game:I'm gonna pretend I didn't head that

[@patricktinley6581]

Oh man, just starting out, I can tell my own testing is slightly faulty! I leveled up to 15 for Brock for consistency.

[@volcanicz6739]

"Pigeot has Quick Attack and Quick Attack as it's main attacks" Poetic

[@tiagocardosom]

Pidgeot has Quick Attack and Wing attack as it's main attacks"

[@JohnWhite-ms5wr]

I'm surprised by how much I enjoy these. I get really excited when I see one pop into my feed.

[@JamieIsJammed]

Hey Jrose, just checking in, are you doing okay? I could easily see you getting burnt out by this. I'm hoping you're doing good in these conditions, and I hope you never do something you don't wanna be doing. Have fun, stay safe. Don't expect you to respond, I just wanna make sure you're doing alright. You've been providing some of the best content for background noise, I've been loving all of these. Thank you.

[@yommmrr]

Your a good man lemon. Need more people like you in the world.

[@BZgA]

@@yommmrr you are* (you're)

[@BZgA]

What do u think, what a loser he is? He wants 200k Subs so he works hard on this. Y should he be burnt out? If it was the case, he could just chill for a few days. He alrdy said he enjoys doing the runs, only the editing sucks. So chill, son, everything is OK.

[@yommmrr]

@@BZgA oMg iAm sO sOrRy

[@yawninglion1677]

@@BZgA Mate, burn out isn't just if you dislike what you're doing, it's also about how much you're doing. It can be physically and mentally exhausting. Even if he's having fun, burnout is still possible.

[@thisismyphone]

"Charizard cant learn fly, so I had to catch an oddish"

[@user-qy5qd7by4c]

I had the Fievel Goes West tiger electronic handheld growing up. It was...fun..

[@theSato]

don't lie, it wasn't fun

[@user-qy5qd7by4c]

I should say, It was fun when i was 5 and had no access to my gameboy. Although The Little Mermaid tiger game was far superior

[@zacharysmith8263]

I'm so glad when I see a new upload for this series. Please keep going strong. Loving it

[@beanburrito4405]

Pidgey turned out to be... surprisingly difficult huh. Thought it would’ve been easier than Paras at least

[@illusionofquality979]

Paras at least has a decent attack stat. Its base is 70 like Growlithe and Persian. Pidgey in comparison is equal to Zubat and Meowth.

[@EruditoGaming]

@@illusionofquality979 and swords dance/spore

[@theSato]

Of course spore & swords dance singlehandedly makes Paras better!

[@OmegaTyrant]

Having access to a sleeping move and a boosting move will save any pokemon from being terrible for the later half of the game in Gen 1.

[@aux7252]

your humor is pretty funny, i enjoy it mostly because of your analytical/technical passion and back then you didnt add much sarcasm into your tutorial style videos, hearing it now is a little unexpected but its welcoming and adds alot of charm in typically lackluster jokes.

[@gatoMan102]

Don’t comment much, but This is absolutely my favorite series on KZbin in a long time. keep it up man :)

[@babybuussj4]

I found these videos a couple days ago with the Paras video, and then caught up with all of them yesterday. Very fun, showed me how much Badge Boost and Mimic can be abused by even the weakest Pokemon, and I will enjoy when new ones come out. I'll also enjoy your other backlog too while new videos are worked on. As to what Pokemon #9 is going to be, I'm going to guess it'll be something different from Pidgey (so no Spearow), and something that seems prospectively easier (so no Rattata). My guess is Cubone, with it's early Ground move and variety of TMs that it can learn.

[@hudabigbadwolf2]

19:05 Gotta love those pro super potion strats from Blaine

[@esper6119]

It always makes me so happy when you give yourself the recognition you deserve after pulling off the sick bruno strats the sheer willpower, the sheer *resolve*- it brings a tear to my eye, and also it's a really solid goof

[@johnrose1641]

2:15 Guess he…killed two stones with one bird

[@StevenRoil]

Honestly one of the series I look forward to most as of recent! Keep it up man

[@MsCravenMoorehead]

8:21 Anybody else think it's weird as heck to see three attacks that actually have the word "attack" in them like that?

[@cursedcat6467]

Sky attack

[@cursedcat6467]

Attack order

[@bryanwharton6692]

Great video! I thought the blastoise critical hit at the end was really funny. Keep it up!

[@DarkAsuraSky27]

Curiosity: has Bruno ever was a challenge in any of these challenges?

[@dragon14141414]

If you can beat Brock you can beat Bruno.

[@antonykun9940]

Wait until jrose does geodude

[@Flaming_Rok]

@@antonykun9940 geodude's basically gonna have a vacation against bruno after taking on lorelei, essentially the same situation as here. the only reason it could struggle a little is because of its awful speed, but it has great defense against bruno's heavily physical team. there's no way geodude's gonna have a hard time if it gets past lorelei

[@crunter4270]

The whole thing with double team is that you don't just setup for your evasion, but for all the badge boosts. Pikachu is really good at using it against the elite 4

[@TatoAV]

Hey Jrose, you should do a q&a video sometime in the future! Maybe once you reach 300k? You're the only youtuber I'm legitimately interested in! I want to know who's the legend/crazy guy behind all of these challenges

[@Jrose11]

Maybe, but I'm not a very interesting person 😅

[@iraloS]

@@Jrose11 you're an absolute madman running through kanto 50 some odd times in a row to rank unevolved poopy pokemon. I'd say you're definitely Q&A worthy.

[@stevensmith6705]

@@TatoAV I believe he has a video of his top 10 favorite pokemon games.

[@FernandoRafaelNogueiraReis]

@@Jrose11 I find you very interesting. The way you genuinely find these grindfests enjoyable always amazes me.

[@theSato]

@@TatoAV What, he doesn't have a salesman voice lol

[@AdamMartian]

These are so awesome. Longer videos are awesome and the in depth thoughts and struggles are so much better than a basic play by play of what happens. Bravo sir.

[@SetNucleus0]

I love when my ads have some video in between them obviously i don’t mind Jrose content is premium

[@devastatheseeker9967]

Tiny bird? No body slam. Tiny mushroom bug? Yes body slam

[@javrami4883]

Just when I thought I was out of Jrose11 content.. he PULLS ME BACK IN.

[@finesstra]

Hahaha man the monologue about hitting A at Lt Surge 😆😆 your dry humor is great. Loving this series still!! :) Can't wait for the next one

[@JustaGuy_Gaming]

I don't think in any play through has that turtle been a problem. Almost every run goes "I'll be dead if he uses Hydro pump" or something similar... and he uses with drawl. I think we just have to recognize the AI for squirtle is awful.

[@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo]

That is Gen 1 “good ai” I’ll explain the types used Bad(wild Pokemon, some trainer classes seen early game, and rival before S.S. Anne as examples) Pick a random move with absolutely no thought with equal probabilities Good Ai(some generic trainer classes, Main story trainers as examples) SPAM MOVES THAT ARE SUPER EFFECTIVE BASED ON TYPING. Special Ai(Rival after S.S. Anne, each elite 4, leaders as examples) Follow either bad or good ai and if a certain condition is met, do something different(for jugglers switch for example) Note: The AI in gen 1 only doesn’t actually use PP for their moves. Just a quick note.

[@Tarso333]

26:48 Bruno is close friends with some of the high-ups from the Pokemon League

[@msaxon86]

10:24 Gets TM for double-edge Doesn't get the hidden nugget literally right next to it *Triggered* 15:43 Yet again, doesn't move up before fighting rival 5, losing time to him having to walk around you *Even more triggered*

[@perfectspare3009]

That was a heck of a W against Lt. Surge. Mad props to you for the incredible victory

[@alexisauld7781]

Koga: "Your little bird is poisoned. Weak. Completely unable to resist our power. Now, Weezing. We shall end this encounter with a bang!" Weezing: "Bang?" Koga: "Bang!" Weezing: *Explodes* Koga: "FUUUUUUUUUUUU____"

[@heavylobster4339]

Speaking of Bruno, it's funny that the other 3 Elite Four members use types that are rare and powerful in Gen 1, while he's stuck with Fighting as one of the worst types in the game. Maybe he should've been swapped with Sabrina.

[@sweetheartmashupsbabe]

Also, the fighting dojo where you’ve already fought a bunch of fighting type Pokemon. Also, Onix is literally one of the worst fully evolved Pokemon in generation 1, I get that they wanted rock types to cover the flying type weakness, but they couldve given him actual good rock types, like Golem for an example, a Pokemon used by none of the major trainers.

[@AzoiatheCobra]

someone: why do you see jrose11 runs but not the other youtubers? me: he uses the soundtrack of my favorite pokemon spin-off game!!! hell, i even prefer that game over many main games, and it deserves a second game!!!

[@slayer7160]

Your an absolute MAD LAD! Your skill and flair for editing and video format is getting good that's why I sub'd. Keep up the great work! I cant wait to see what's next.

[@annagundam9120]

If the gen 2 runs include having to beat red, a lot of those could be rough. I can't imagine pidgey beating red.

[@nihildwo4874]

i mean mah dry bread did sunkern but he used double team and attract lol

[@OmegaTyrant]

If Double Team and Attract are banned it might not be possible for some pokemon. I think Pidgey though could muscle through Red with STAB Return by level 100 with maxed Stat EXP and DVs.

[@WannabeBoyz]

Omega Tyrant 1. Max ev/dv ain’t happening that easily 2. Even then I don’t think it would outspeed Espeon and get one shot by it

[@MarimbaMaurice]

Love your humour. These are always really interesting! This was more enjoyable than Paras as you didn't need so long to beat the rock arena.... :)

[@oiiopo]

I can't wait to see spearow kick pidgeys ass later in this series

[@shadowseeker97]

Update: ooof level 90 all those crits probably mattered. Keep up the good work. Calling it now before the video ends. Mimic shall be abused.

[@akirious]

Petition to call the badge boost glitch to “baboogl” (Ba-Boo-Gl”

[@theSato]

no :< it does sound funny tho

[@DerekEidahl]

I don't know how I didn't recognize the name Fievel from every other time you've said Rival Fievel, but American Tail was one of my favorite movies growing up. That's a nice throwback to childhood lol

[@virtual8855]

How do you judge the time it takes for each mon? Do you time it from start to finish, or are there some things you don’t add time for.

[@alantremonti1381]

An FAQ video would be cool.

[@HJM9x]

The in game time is the time he uses for the tierlist at the end but its not only about the time in that list. He explained in the first or 2 one

[@Oshibananen]

In this series im stunned how well you know the mechanics of gen 1. Im very aware that almost everything is distinctivly different in gen1 but i keep learning how different it is, big love for this hun❤️❤️

[@nmotschidontwannagivemyrea8932]

At the start: "Hello there ladies and gentlemen. Hello there ladies and gents!" Editing error?

[@mfdez920]

It sounds like a made up phrase

[@KrishDamany]

It’s the lyrics to the Cheap Trick song Hello There

[@theSato]

It's not an error, it's 80s song lyrics. :)

[@matteomigliore1477]

Your mum made an error

[@TatoAV]

He's lost his mind doing the abra challenge

[@bandityogo]

Great video!! Love this series that you are doing! you should do Dratini soon! i’m curious to see if you can do it in minimum battles especially utilizing the agility/wrap combo

[@bfrd1989]

that intro... was a... cheap trick

[@manyofbees]

I really love all these videos, every upload is an absolute treat.

[@theSato]

Video #6 of saying "Do Eevee next! A hard run with the best Pokemon!" Whoa, I was just about to go to bed, but.. its time for this I guess! :D P.S: What do I gotta donate to get the Eevee to be named Sato? It'd mean a lot to me!

[@yepitsme558]

Beating the game with Eevee is actually impossible

[@theSato]

@@yepitsme558 Well, beating with Eevee IS possible, but either way - beating the game with Weedle is impossible with his current rules - but he plans to do it. So, we'll be getting videos of both Eevee and Weedle either way. Alternatively, could do Jolteon, Vaporeon and Flareon runs - even though that breaks the pre-evolved rule, Eevee IS the Evolution Pokemon..so it could be the exception :P That'd be cool, but realistically, I know we're just getting the Eevee run.

[@myssledissle]

Maybe try a different generation and use something cool, cool like Glaceon! Thats a terrible joke, and the tiny Glaceon figure in the corner is judging me silently.

[@ZenoDLC]

@@thomassowellaudiobooks6441 Pokemon Tower

[@theSato]

@@myssledissle You're forgiven. Glaceon is cool, as are all the Eeveelutions. :d I have two Glaceon plushies as part of my collection, myself! But no, no Glaceon.. not for a long time, at least. :D

[@albensoul5828]

Loving these videos, I hope you get 200k soon! Keep it up!

[@gudenruben]

Do a final episode with mewtwo!

[@nathanielgrey4091]

Seconded. Either that or Mew.

[@iraloS]

You really wanna watch him stomp through the game with a legend? Lol

[@yawninglion1677]

@@iraloS It'll be so satisfying after the hell he's going to be going through, lol

[@gudenruben]

@@iraloS yes I think so. For one it would be kinda funny after these videos and either way it would give an upper limit to the tier list that the other Pokémon could be compared with.

[@cjleach3442]

@@nathanielgrey4091 Those could be his last 2 runs. see if they stack up to that gastly.

[@m.o.s6275]

It's always funny to think how pidgey can fly carrying trainer 🤣😅

[@darielarias8505]

Jrose: now for an adbreak Me with KZbin premium: Is this some kind of peasant joke I'm too rich to understand?

[@CaptAj]

I'm really loving these videos. Look forward to each one more and more as the series progresses. Here's to 200K!!!

[@BulbasaurRepresent]

One thing I'm confused on the badge boost glitch - if you use agility 3 times, does that raise your other stats 3 times by 12.5%, or 6 times?

[@chompyzilla]

3 times.

[@theSato]

It's only how many times your stats are modified, not how many stages. So 3 agility uses raises the 12.5% of other stats 3 times, not the 6 stages it changed.

[@AlteredNova04]

Jrose: I don't want to rely on luck. Almost every opponent in the game: attacking is lame!

[@RubescentDragon]

I wouldn't know if there was a ad either, mainly due to being a YT premium/red member

[@m.m.2341]

KZbin Premium is kind of pricey, but I don't think I could go back 😂

[@RubescentDragon]

@@m.m.2341 Supposedly a premium member gets more money to content creators then ad revenue would, so I see it as a small donation that I can give to all the people I watch, and for it I get no ads (at least not added on one's can't do anything about the ones content creators put in themselves though I'll still watch through those too) and being able to listen to videos while my phone is in sleep mode are the 3 most important reasons I pay for it for me at least.

[@bartiz12]

@@m.m.2341 Yeah, but downloads and playing with screen turned off without problems convinced me.

[@patricklinford689]

Same same

[@EsoiTheGrumpyMawile]

I use ad block personally

[@OtakuJuanma2]

"wanted to do a scouting battle against Rival Fivel" You, my friend, are a true conoseur of RPGs... Although I only use scouting battles on super bosses 😂