How Fast can you Beat Pokemon Red/Blue with Just an Alakazam?

[@TheKirashio]

This video made me imagine an Alakazam frantically digging with its spoons, and I appreciate you for that.

[@luciendelaney8975]

I don’t appreciate that you said “an Alakazam” I know it’s correct but it just sounds... wrong I guess? Then again so does most English to me lol

[@ThatGuyAgen]

@@luciendelaney8975 how the fuck you supposed to say it then...?

[@Sealed_Chamber]

@@ThatGuyAgen idk

[@kevinclause4p55p5]

Ur comment made me imagine this ty

[@plaguedoctorowl]

Hey look at your likes

[@milktrician]

wow alakazam reached the elite four quick! *realizes that theres 20 mins of the video left*

[@TheResidence.mp4]

This always hits the hardest

[@davidalbers1143]

Isn't that tradition with Jrose11 video's?

[@cubedmelons876]

@@davidalbers1143 Gengar: *laughs in no E4 deaths*

[@oskierox]

I HAD THE EXACT SAME MOMENT haha

[@loulou3676]

My tip is to hide the time remaining bar. If you can't see the time remaining, it becomes a genuine surprise as to whether he's about to win or lose

[@whitemagicalhat2844]

36:08 Gary: *uses Full Restore* Lance: "Write that down! Write that down!"

[@Anhar257]

lol

[@SillyInsaneGamer]

Genius!

[@Marcbruuh]

Made me laugh way too hard

[@abarette_]

lmao

[@mosh3173]

Charles the french

[@Igorcastrochucre]

I like to picture Alakazam, the 5,000 IQ Pokémon, digging with its spoons so it can hit the enemy.

[@angelTechnician64]

Truly a 5000 IQ play

[@MSOGameShow]

"Are you ready, Count?" "I'm ready!" But the Count was NOT ready. He wasn't counting his power points.

[@theMOCmaster]

Starmie has 2 STABs, speed for critting, and blizz/bolt/surf/psych coverage

[@volsfootball638]

I was about to comment the same thing

[@ShinyUmbreon765]

Dont forget recover

[@dropinota]

I think Starmie could come real close, if not, beat Mewtwo's time.

[@BansheeNT-D]

@@dropinota But Starmie starts with pretty bad moves. It shines after Misty

[@superhypershadowx]

@@ShinyUmbreon765 sadly starmie doesn't get recover in it's movepool. it's one of those awkward situations where a move only comes from it's pre-evolved form. As these runs start with the pokemon already evolved it would never learn recover. Surf/Psychic/Thunderbolt is a solid pool though. And it could still learn Reflect or Ice Beam for more coverage

[@burnsa868]

“You don’t become the fourth Elite Four member without knowing how to spam HYPER POTIONS!”

[@kairorivera9348]

I bought a lot of hyper potions and spammed when at 1 hp

[@Matt_Zoran]

Ah pokemon golder

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Virgin: Full Restores Chad: Hyper Potions

[@joshuamedina6807]

@@shadowtitanx3962 Ultra Chad :MAX POTION

[@petelee2477]

X items and hyper potions are very overpowered in every gen

[@joshstaples]

you are definitely the most underrated Pokémon channel, the quality and frequency of your vids, especially in this series, are unmatched. keep up the great work and i’ll keep watching! love seeing you grow

[@BZgA]

Correct, except frequency. Otherwise he only uploads every 3 or 4 weeks. But he wants to work on that in November so that's cool.

[@nickperryman3662]

Plus rival fival and Count impressions. How else can beat that?

[@oof5992]

He used to post these 3 day from 3 day.

[@TippleCreations]

He's close, but for me it's MDB. Love that Pokemon Stadium run from him.

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

He's not underrated at all.

[@ProtoMario]

Only one Pokemon actually scares me in Gen 1, and that is Alakazam: it's a run ender with Sabrina.

[@Squidward558]

@maltese 0217 that just makes an incredibly easy game even more simple. I guess I shouldn't criticize people for playing the way they want but why would you go for an op team every playthrough? The game is easy even without a psychic type.

[@EvanTrease]

I love you proto

[@articuno5527]

@maltese 0217 Yeah. And yet whenever I try to use a Psychic Type in any other Gen, it pretty much never works for me.

[@ClassicBentobox]

Oh hey, this dude

[@IslarfPokemon]

Gen 1 has a run ender? Confused

[@hellokatyfac3]

the number of times Arcanine has killed itself with takedown through these runs is hilarious.

[@Shawnzy1]

It’s cause he says it’s name so cringe , that it un alived itself

[@CobaltCruiser]

Arcanine might need a hug

[@Grivian]

@@Shawnzy1 Arca-nine = cool Ar-canine = lame

[@Umbreon-ln7fe]

This series has become a very elaborate way of putting off a weedle only run. Can't say I blame him

[@212mochaman]

I think he's still attempting it tbh. Not sure its possible to do it in a week

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

@@212mochaman with his no item rules it may be impossible. I saw a guy need to be 99 WITH items. I think his name was jake mccauley

[@212mochaman]

@@bongosmcdongos4190 no doubt. I'm just imagining that he'd need to be at least lvl 25 for brock. That's probably 8 hrs of grinding right there

[@nihildwo4874]

@@212mochaman i mean a german youtuber beat the game with weedle itemless (but obviously saved between elite 4 members). he needed like level 27 for brock iirc and had to employ struggle. sadly he didn t show the ingame time but well the first 10 minutes of the 36 minute video was just brock lol. another "highlight" of this run was him needing triple crit poison sting to be able to ohko loreleis dewgong (which will only use rest) and having to reset 1 week to get a battle where he got insanely lucky to beat agatha (he both needed good crit luck and good agatha move choice luck). i think each elite 4 member took multiple days to reset (except lance). the video is in german tho XD

[@NightFoxProductions]

I'm currently training a Weedle to evolve into Beedrill and dear Gods. It is an annoying thing to level up. I can't tell you how often I'm switch training this thing. My Caterpie is stronger and this is just a normal run. I can't imagine trying to beat a game of any generation with a Weedle.

[@SirAthiro]

"We're trying to beat Mewtwo... by skipping Erica." BRO 😭👏

[@zeldaOotrules1]

I’m always so impressed by how your post commentary sounds as if you are doing it live. Love this series. I would love to see you do a TAS with mewtwo to see how insanely fast it could beat the game in a theoretical perfect run with high roll and crit chances at odds.

[@genghiskhan7662]

You should do a "What is the weakest Pokemon that can beat Bruno?" challenge. You'll end up winning with a level 21 Oddish or something and Bruno will be so embarrassed he'll change his name and go into exile.

[@Amish_Avenger]

I like this idea

[@tonytang7550]

Well, now we know that this didn't happen, since he is somehow the one member who kept his position in gen 2

[@susamogus8331]

@@tonytang7550 pity position

[@davidgee4048]

Yeah Bruno is pretty sad..

[@Pyxis10]

"My name is Hiker now. Do not follow me." HIKER DISSAPEARED SOMEWHERE.

[@RoninCatholic]

"I forgot to fight Erika." Yup, that's pretty normal for anyone who's ever gone to Kanto.

[@lisahenry20]

These videos made me want to do these single pokemon runs and I kept missing Erika. Mostly on the runs were I knew I wouldn't have a problem with her too, so leaving her for last didn't even give me any advantage.

[@xellanchaos5386]

Meanwhile me: "Who's Erika?"

[@xirosthedark5266]

Not me I always remember Erika she's one of my favorites

[@RoninCatholic]

@@xirosthedark5266 I found her extremely memorable in the anime. Top 10 Worst Gym Leaders kind of memorable. Definitely the worst Gym Leader in Kanto - and that's saying something! Not in terms of battle skill (that's a lot better in the anime than in the games) but in terms of the way she treats prospective challengers compared to her non-League profession.

[@DisplayThisOkay]

@@RoninCatholic We still doing the meme were we think Ash was thrown out for being a boy and not for insulting a business then the empolyees of another buisness own by the same person refusing to let him inside?

[@dakodastevens8972]

Did you forget Erika? Or did I just miss it? Edit: Yes. Yes you did.

[@sasukegaming8289]

69 likes nice

[@HaydnG266]

16:15

[@Harmonic14]

No. No he didn’t.

[@HaydnG266]

I'm confused why this has 435 likes

[@connivingkhajiit]

@maltese 0217 that would be awesome

[@altitudes5520]

The way you saved before walking through the grass to get to Rival 6 shows how much thought you put into trying to beat Mewtwo/these runs in general and it is appreciated

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

I think the optimal mid-game strategy would be to keep Psybeam and delete Teleport to teach Psychic. That way you don't have to worry about PP management at all since Psybeam will OHKO pretty much anything that doesn't resist it.

[@robertfaer4522]

Using teleport can speed up returning to places and not walking

[@carlosgarcia-zg1fg]

@@robertfaer4522 he has dig for that reason

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

@@robertfaer4522 Only in the early game. You get Fly before you get Psychic so Teleport is useless. Plus Dig does the same thing but better so it's double useless.

[@ThePenisMan]

@@carlosgarcia-zg1fg dig can’t be used when not inside of a building/ cave. So until he gets to fly, teleport would be a huge time saver

[@far2ez539]

@@ThePenisMan But he literally doesn't get Psychic until after getting Fly. Keeping Teleport instead of Psybeam was just a huge mistake.

[@jdlenl]

"i need a critical hit or i'll lose this battle!" >has Recover

[@33dbz]

Recover wastes time though...

[@emeraldfinder5]

@@33dbz yeah, but dying wastes more time

[@TonioQuo7]

@@emeraldfinder5 with his rules I don't really think so since it goes off of in game time, and he resets the game to the previous save after each death. Playing risky to save time is pretty optimal. Wastes more real time? Yeah. Wastes time off of the run he's doing? No.

[@CtrlAltDeliciousGaming]

I know this is old but doesn’t the in game timer go off footsteps?

[@drizzmatec]

@@CtrlAltDeliciousGaming No, the Safari Zone timer is based on steps. The game timer is an actual timer.

[@hotaruchii3824]

I feel Alakazam would've beaten mewtwo without making the big mistakes like forgetting Erica, since that delayed early levels which would've prevented so many pokemon surviving on slivers of health in the midgame.

[@thethree13o]

True, actually

[@mohitthakur150]

yes but with better routing mewtwo is also way faster

[@sofiana580]

Mewto doesn't get any better Routing. Its Advantage is already so unbelievably unfair, so a little handycap is fair.

[@BryJovi17]

I haven't watched the Mewtwo video, but if the exact same routes are used, and almost identical movesets (Psychic, Recover, Dig) then it goes without saying that because Mewtwo has both higher base attack and special attacks it will outpace Alakazam every single time

[@eeriedragonjiheun838]

Me: Well, better do that assignment that's due toni.... Jrose: ALAKAZAM! A L A K A Z A M! AlAkAzAm! aLaKaZaM! AALLAAKKAAZZAAMM!!!!! Me: oh

[@john_sensei_ii]

but it's saturday...

[@eeriedragonjiheun838]

@@john_sensei_ii not if you live in korea

[@gabevans087]

Lol assignment later. New jrose content now 😂😂😂

[@chlorobyte_projects]

@@john_sensei_ii how is it saturday? when you posted that comment it was 10 AM sunday in Europe...

[@wilsonlessley9853]

@@chlorobyte_projects could be in hawaii

[@dylaneagen880]

To be fair I spent a week locked out of the eighth gym as a kid because I somehow missed the fact there was a gym in Celadon.

[@nihildwo4874]

tbf the gym is hidden behind a bush and not as prominent as the electric gym

[@TheHadMatters]

Couldn't possibly have happened to me. I could barely read when I played and was completely clueless about how to deal with Snorlax, so I was busy exploring the pre-flute map for a loooong time.

[@BrandonKellogg22]

@@TheHadMatters It took me weeks to figure out how to get past private property. My cousin finally told me. It took longer to get past brock (first pokemon game was yellow version). Took forever to realize you could BUY pokeballs (did many new games and saved after failing with the lone Viridian Forest Poke Ball). After finally catching a caterpie, I screamed with excitement that I could finally do damage to Brock. Then Caterpie died. After about a year of playing, I finally discovered the Mart and was SUPER happy when I discovered they sold Poke Balls. So I caught 5 pidgeys. Eventually discovered Mankey, caught it, and it learned Low Kick. After 2 years, I finally learned how to get past Snorlax. I legit asked other kids on the school bus where they were at and how they got to a certain point. I was surprised when most kids were stuck on the Poke Flute like I was. It wasn't until Moltres that I discovered that hurting a pokemon made it easier to catch... I legit told friends to buy 25 pokeballs to catch a Dugtrio in Diglet's cave before this. Lastly, I have to say this: Considering how tilted this would make me as an adult, I have NO idea how I managed to keep playing Pokemon through Gen 4

[@Ward8668]

@@BrandonKellogg22 that’s awesome - Pokémon would be a good game for a study on the growth and development on children’s problem solving skills. At such a young age when you first started why would you think to buy Pokeballs - it was never shown that Ash did that. And maybe that was not your thought process but that was my mentality with my Pokémon Yellow team of Pikachu, Charizard, Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Pidgeot, and Butterfree

[@BrandonKellogg22]

@@Ward8668 Looking back, I think it's safe to conclude that I was a slow learner. But even with that in mind, if I was determined to reach my goals (in this case, figure out how to get past this next road block until the game ends), nothing was going to stop me from getting there. As for the team, I didn't know trading was so highly encouraged. We didn't get a link cable until after catching Mewtwo and we figured out how to clone almost immediately after getting one because my brother's GBA died midtrade and I lost my Blastoise and we ended up cloning a fricking Caterpie. We tried to copy the process on a couple of duds just to test it and then we realized we could clone so we cloned Mewtwo. Then we battled. My team and Mewtwo vs my brother's team and his clone of my Mewtwo... He won. We got down to full health Mewtwo vs full health Mewtwo clone and the fricking Mewtwo clone WON on Struggle moves. Holy hydras

[@phikid0]

wow the 3 minutes lost to fighting erika ended up making the difference...

[@Beeftitan]

idk if it wastes 3 minutes to fight erika

[@far2ez539]

@@Beeftitan He said he was 10 minutes ahead of Mewtweo before Erika, 7 minutes after. But also had he fought Erika and grabbed the PP Up in that area the first time, he would have bodied Koga instead of running out of Psychic just before, and he also would have turned a lot of "survives on 1% HP"s into 1-shots due to the level(s) gained from Erika's gym.

[@afmorales7155]

It is not 3 minutes lost since he wouldn't be 10 minutes ahead if he did that first, but then again some of the battles would have been way more consistent if he did not forgot about erika

[@lilytsui3015]

Hey guys, I don’t understand why he was groaning about forgetting Erica. He could’ve went back (which he did). What was the big deal about forgetting Erica?

[@jimllc]

@@lilytsui3015 He was about 10 minutes ahead of his Mewtwo run. If he HADN'T forgotten Erica and was on track to win as he was, between the time and the level, Alakazam would've taken Mewtwo's crown.

[@mrfrog1794]

I think it's really inspiring that they chose to give the Pokémon whose only weakness is terrible Defense a move that doubles its own Defense

[@booshywaters3726]

Doubles it _after DVs and Stat EXP_ no less. Max DVs/StatEXP Alakazam behind Reflect has 376 total defense which is equivalent to base 139. So it's functionally 55/50/139/135/135/120 or 634bst. Basically Toxapex if Toxapex couldn't be hit super-effectively, had the 4th highest speed stat in the game, the 2nd highest special attack, and a 90bp STAB move that has a 30% chance to reduce the opponent's stats by 1 calm mind.

[@mellowords]

​@booshywaters 3726 when you put it that way... Wow, Alakazam is broken beyond broken

[@hiei49]

JRose: How many hyper potions does Lance have? Lance: Yes

[@lloydirving6209]

very funny joke, you really knocked it outta the park with this one

[@ChronoTriggerHappy]

Lance: I'm rich bitch, I bought ALL THE HYPER POTIONS

[@steezuskryst7201]

I saved 3 dollars for dlc hyper potions

[@miscellaneousmastermind8817]

Pokemon: Blaine is the 6th gym leader Jrose: No, it's really Sabrina Inner Jrose: Erika tho

[@SoraTrace]

You mean 7th

[@orangesilver8]

You mean 7th?

[@sasukegaming8289]

You mean 7th!

[@benikujaku4567]

You mean 7th.

[@Leonardo-fv4vu]

Ya bro, 7th

[@jbodski]

Just wanted to say that you've made the world a better place with your videos. It's so wonderful having passionate and nostalgic content, especially during quarantine.

[@jojidubi4]

If Alakazam got this close, then I just HAVE to see Starmie.

[@Beeftitan]

Starmie might have issues till it beats LT surge. It only has tackle and watergun. So brocks a breeze but misty wont be, and starmie cant learn dig or body slam so surge will need strategy

[@dwestside6945]

for surge the strat is probably skipping him and going to celadon where starmie can pick up exp and learn psychic and icebeam. starmie is very overrated for this series.

[@uselessDM]

Starmie has no chance, before you get Ice Beam every gras type is a huge hurdle and you just aren't quick enough because you need to level up. Even Zubats with Leech Life are problematic, because they do massive damage to you and heal at the same time and you have nothing to really hurt them with.

[@sepg5084]

This run could have been better if he used both psybeam and psychic instead of psychic and teleport in the mid-game.

[@Teasquared27]

Starmie will be slow until Celadon. Then it should make up lots of time after adding, psychic, ice beam and surf. It would be interesting though because starmie would easily blitz the rest of the gyms and elite four.

[@brandonvinson7582]

I'm kinda curious about how much time is lost due to bonking on doorframes and overshooting paths

[@therealveridicalyt497]

2 minutes maybe

[@MarkARoutt]

@@therealveridicalyt497 That would almost be enough to knock mewtwo out

[@sragland314]

@@MarkARoutt mewtwo also bonked on things

[@bigrigjoe5130]

He shaved an hour of gametime off his Mewtwo run just by being careful in how he walked

[@svx4401]

@@bigrigjoe5130 it wasn't just the walking to be fair....

[@judojamie379]

"you ready?" "i'm ready" I think he's slowly going insane

[@v1tr1us2]

Eagerly awaiting for the pain that is the Weedle run

[@Gungho73]

I've seen a gentleman do weedle in multiple gens thus far and those are absolutely BRUTAL even with all the potions/x attacks in the world.

[@Isolated_Inception]

@@Gungho73 bongzilla

[@Gungho73]

@@Isolated_Inception *WAYTOOLOUDGUITARRIFFCOMMENCES!!!!!*

[@pencilbender]

the metapod run*

[@thetabbyguy921]

@@pencilbender gen 1 metapod can't hit ghosts

[@quinncrypt_media]

Jrose getting excited about Alakazam being ahead of Mewtwo is an instant serotonin boost

[@keith_44]

jrose not being tortured feelsgood

[@shinespriteditto]

I remember receiving the notification for this video at around 2AM. I debated heavily on whether or not l should prolong my sleep or watch it immediately. I decided to sleep but the next morning the first thing l did was rush to get cereal and start watching on my TV. Love these videos and are always worth the wait! Best challenger and KZbinr out there. Thanks for the amazing content and keep up the good work. :)

[@rggamesofficial8391]

One of My fav youtubers. No clickbait, only Quality vids. Definetivelly You deserve a Lot more subs.

[@TheResidence.mp4]

Was I the only person screaming "YOU FORGOT ERIKA" at my screen as he went to Giovanni? Hilarious, love your content, Jrose.

[@bongosmcdongos4190]

I caught it at rival feival.

[@Red-nw2yn]

When he goes to lavender tower after getting silphscope instead of fighting erika, i know this wouldn't end good

[@kevinclause4p55p5]

Yes cuz he usuasually saves her for later

[@Tinsiltim]

The day is here. The day that everyone has been waiting for!!

[@wifflebat14]

I never clicked a video so fast!

[@jcnot9712]

Every Pokemon to Mewtwo: Stupid dog, you made me look bad! Ooga booga booga!

[@franzgerber6059]

I’m waiting for Starmie

[@LARojas]

Oh yes

[@Gungho73]

@@jcnot9712 this caught me off guard so perfectly, espcially after seeing a random recc. video in my feed today denouncing that series (which I did not watch NO THANK YOU).

[@wubilicious4158]

"Agatha Laughter-y" Jrose, you missed the perfect chance to say "Agatha Slaughter-y" :(

[@atomicpunk2360]

Oh that’s good lol

[@Fluke1x]

Works so much better

[@PenelopeStoneVT]

That's even better than my idea of saying LOLtery

[@Marapetersen1]

That was my immediate thought too, I was disappointed

[@kevinclause4p55p5]

I suggested the Agatha NOTtery. But Agatha slaughtery is the best I hope jrose sees this

[@twinratboy6470]

"We have three REAL trainers left" *cries in Bruno*

[@youmukonpaku3168]

Bruno spends too much time training himself, but you can't fight a ten year old's pokemon with your own bare hands after your first five fall over I guess.

[@el_dank_sinatra]

Bruno’s team is so bad. I love Onix, but it has 2 4x weaknesses. Also Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are basically the same, just one is offensive, and one is defensive. Machamp is probably the only real threat. Also his team is slow as shit. Also I’m just adding this for no reason, but I’d replace one of his onix’s in this game with a Primeape. Also you could replace Chuck’s Primeape with Heracross in Johto

[@Katsunai]

Abra: 17:18 - Alakazam: 3:06 Ghastly: 4:45 - Gengar: 3:18 This is like Naruto and sasuke at the beginning of the series and the end of the series.

[@xellanchaos5386]

Considering the typings, it works even better.

[@bradlauk1419]

I think we all know that farfetch'd will get the fastest time

[@astracrits4633]

Nah, you're sleeping on my boy Voltorb.

[@IronMaiden1164]

Nah its ditto my guy

[@beebopbaloobop]

Ditto XD the "struggle" is real..

[@Thomas-J-Foolery]

I like Aerodactyl's chances, personally.

[@ronaldgreed4967]

I think your right it is far-fetched that he will get the fastest time.

[@AndrooTheNerd]

Wait a minute, this is ACTUALLY Alakazam’s back sprite this time?! 👀 Edit: He can learn Dig because of those spoons. 😏

[@jcnot9712]

Alakazam, the jail breakout Pokemon.

[@AndrooTheNerd]

@@jcnot9712 LMAOOOOOO and I’ve read your other replies YOU ARE ON A ROLL. 💀

[@yamiryushi]

The mental image of Alakazam digging furiously with his spoons XD

[@SandalHatLuke]

UNLEASH the Dig! XD

[@isidora5201]

Alakazam, the last spoonbender.

[@josephwilson3531]

Technically Mewtwo is faster then the time posted an so is Alakazam. Both times you forgot to take on a gym leader or went back to do something else

[@benikujaku4567]

Then the comparison is accurate... Sorta

[@sonicblaze24]

Starmie has Alakazam's typing with Gengar's coverage. Definitely a Pokemon to consider.

[@james_ford86]

Starmie does have a dual/typing, so it's not the same as Alakazam. The only moves that can hit Kazam for super effective damage in gen 1 are weak AF bug moves like Pin Missile or Twin Needle. Starmie is weak to electric and grass in addition to being weak to bug. So, it's a bit of a trade-off. With Starmie, you get a slightly slower and less powerful special attacker with more type coverage but more weaknesses. With Kazam, you get less type coverage but only on weakness and are faster and hit harder than Starmie does. Technically, ghost moves were supposed to be super effective against psychic types, but it didn't work out that way in gen 1.

[@justinpalmier]

@@james_ford86 Although everything you said is accurate - none of it matters. There's no electric or grass pokemon in E4 or in the game that will challenge Starmie. Only concern would be Surge at low levels, but can be skipped and fought at a higher level with minimal time loss. Kazam starts with Confusion. Starmie only has Tackle and Water Gun vs Early Game and specifically Misty's Starmie. That's where Starmie will fall behind, and not be able to catch up despite its superior endgame with Psychic/Blizzard/Thunderbolt/Surf

[@james_ford86]

@@justinpalmier I get what you're saying, but I wasn't referring to just in-game use. I was also including Gen 1 competitive battling. Alakazam was a far superior option to Starmie in that generation. Starmie's not bad, mind you, but Alakazam is faster and hits harder, making it the superior option, especially considering nothing resisted Psychic in Gen 1.

[@justinpalmier]

@@james_ford86 The OP was based upon what Pokemon can come close to Mewtwo, so despite your points being accurate, they're irrelevant

[@james_ford86]

@@justinpalmier No they're not. The OP made no such distinction. In fact, Alakazam is the only Psychic pokemon in Gen 1 that even comes close to Mewtwo's level of power. It doesn't matter if we're talking about in-game or competitive battling. Alakazam is faster and hits harder than Starmie, rendering Starmie the inferior Pokemon. Don't get me wrong. Starmie is still good, especially due to its movepool and typing, but it's not in the same class as Alakazam or Mewtwo, especially in Gen 1.

[@dantemalick2872]

I feel like alakazam could have beaten mewtwo had you bought calcium ect. When you went back for reflect

[@vyor8837]

Or just had purchased it the first time he was there

[@randumo24]

It's pointless to even think about it, because you're trying to think of a strategy to beat a time that was not at all optimized. Alakazam would never beat Mewtwo because they are both the same type, except Mewtwo has the better stats in every category & movepool. It's just common sense that there's no way Alakazam would ever beat Mewtwo unless it was done intentionally.

[@adudeplaying4100]

@@randumo24 Alakazam gets Dig, whereas Mewtwo does not. I'm not sure if Dig is allowed on a HM slave in this challenge (HM slaves obviously mandatory for progress but not usable in any other way is my understanding) but if it is not then that is the one major advantage Alakazam can have. I won't pretend to know if that's enough or even close but overworld Dig can save a looooooooooot of time. So it is worth at least some modicum of consideration :)

[@Sonicfan640]

@@randumo24 your smug comment doesn't account for the fact that Alakazam is in a faster experience group than Mewtwo, and the fact that dig saves a lot of time when exiting caves/buildings.

[@randumo24]

@@Sonicfan640 Lol, being a slightly higher level doesn't put it at actually higher stats. Not to mention, the sheer move diversity has Mewtwo with far more OHKOs. It's not a smug comment, it's a fact. He did a playthrough where he actually tried to do it fast with Mewtwo and did it in under 2 hours lol. The reason it even took the time it did in the first video was because of the insistence of pure minimum battles and no rare candies. Also, both parties have dig moron.

[@Tyrannigon64]

Incidentally, for that last battle, I believe it would've been fine to use the second Toxic against Alakazam; Toxic's damage counter is kinda poorly implemented (you're probably aware of how it interacts with Leech Seed), and apparently a Pokemon that heals by Rest won't have its damage counter reset, so it's likely that healing by Full Restore won't reset it either. As such, using Toxic would've just continued where it left off, doing significant damage.

[@NathanRhysGeorge]

I think Starmie is a good shout. Surf, Psychic, Thunderbolt and Blizzard.

[@feanorn8409]

But it struggles against both Misty and Surge.

[@NathanRhysGeorge]

@@feanorn8409 it resists misty itself though - so I think Surge is likely to be the only issue

[@beta511ee4]

@@NathanRhysGeorge Even then, you can put off Surge until later.

[@vincenthall5908]

Usually the issue with time loss on some great pokemon is an inability to beat Brock and Misty early on due to bad level up movesets; Starmie does start with water gun, so Brock won’t be a problem. But Misty is gonna be a blockade cuz you don’t get access to most of the good TMs til after her

[@chessclarinet]

I really could see Poliwrath getting very fast through the game, too! Starting with Water gun (Brock is no Problem), Hypnosis and Bodyslam! Not the best stats ok, but no stat is terrible and the TM movepool is great (Blizzard, Psychic, Earthquake, Surf)

[@Odelatog]

I havent felt this ever before for a youtuber but legit when I see youve uploaded a video it makes my day. Thanks and keep on keepin on.

[@LegalizeCrystalWeedd]

17:29 I love how you saved and reset before grass just to avoid encounters, damn i wanted you to beat mewtwo time as much as you wanted.

[@blazehaze42O]

The video we’ve all been waiting for, do Poliwrath next please, he’s more dynamic than most ones you choose

[@tiemen9095]

I think Poliwhirl will be much better at this than Poliwrath :p.

[@alienalien3609]

Finally alakazam can claim it's true calling: Mewthree

[@eggseventy4905]

your voice has so much emotion in your narration, the energy from these is really really good

[@umbraluna8387]

Ah, alakazam, one of my few favorite gen 1 pokemon. I actually got this guy in an extreme randomizer where he kept his type, his special attack and speed, but also got bulky. And he learned spore. He kills everything.

[@thankyounothankyou9722]

True story

[@Onmur]

That feeling when he's on Blaine and there's more than 2/3 of the video left.

[@thatsjusthowitgoes]

That "laughtery" joke was actually kinda genius. Just not a good way to communicate that without having to explain it...

[@detroitjahli]

it was a joke better fit for a book tbh

[@obiwannadoobie3238]

Slaughtery would of been better. It's not genius lol at all.

[@sharattseenivasan2742]

Darn it Jrose! I was just about to go to bed and you have the audacity to release another quality video!

[@joaomarques-deukae]

I discovered these videos and now all I want is to binge-watch them all.

[@spiderboiplays5049]

Hey dude stumbled on your channel by accident during an acid trip, and I love it. I'm very familiar with pokemon red/blue and something about your style keeps me hooked. I even produce bad low budget music while listening to your playthroughs. Thank you for time it's a blast for me

[@rand5106]

"Now we have three REAL trainers to go-" Oof, poor Bruno XD

[@jackb7647]

I lost it when you started COUNTing "One PSYCHIC! Two PSYCHIC!" a few years ago I did a kadabra run starting when you can catch an Abra and pretty much never lost a fight. Kadabra and Alakazam are almost in the same tier in Gen 1. I kept Psybeam and Psychic for that run

[@Calamare]

I can't believe this mans isn't at 200k yet. He deserves 1M

[@tradeka4206]

His video quality is as good if not better than lots of channels with over a million

[@ShinyTillDawn]

@@tradeka4206 KZbin algorithm is the most cruel anomaly you can think of.

[@fabiii9954]

aged poorly

[@kaptainKrill]

Yay! Back to more frequent uploads. I know the impossible challenges probably get more views, but I’d missed seeing these a couple times a week.

[@dreamlight7634]

This is a lot less work to do than an impossible challenge tho

[@SaintoftheHonest]

A Poketuber friend of mine got his Mewtwo run down to like 2:54, while I got mine down to 2:47 - with a LOT of fuckups. I'm pretty sure I have the snapshot somewhere, but... yea, you can make Mewtwo MUCH faster than 3:03.

[@Urahara451]

You could have reapplied the toxic to Alakazam in the final battle to make it faster. In gen one curing the poison status in battle didn’t reset the toxic counter, so it would have picked up where it left off, around half health i think

[@slippy0304]

Jrose got the “best” uploadtimes :D

[@jcnot9712]

Vampire upload times. He really is the Count in real life.

[@soap93160]

I've not seen the video yet so I don't know if Alakazam beat Mewtwo's record (it probably didn't), but I'm very sure another Pokemon can. Clefable. All around good stats, Metronome to beat Brock easily in the beginning, an excellent movepool consisting of STAB normal, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam/Blizzard and Psychic, and most importantly, in the fast level up group which is one huge advantage over Mewtwo. I did a run with Clefable and beat the game in 3:30 (keep in mind that Im not experienced at speed running). I'm sure Jrose will be able to beat Mewtwo's record using Clefable.

[@RsSooke]

This. In gen I clefable was slept on for competitive but for in game it’s the best pokemon

[@RazorusR3X777]

I want to see his pain and suffering when he does Beedrill.

[@tjayenterprises5190]

No one's going to beat mewtwo lol

[@stampedetrombone]

Metronome is too unreliable for Brock. Resetting over and over to get the right moves is like reseting over and over hoping for critical hits. A luck based strategy is never any good.

[@soap93160]

Normally, I'd agree with you that a luck based strategy is not ideal. That being said however, there are so many water and grass type moves in the game that it's hard not to win against Brock after resetting like only 4-5 times.

[@dackinthebox9242]

The real 7th gym leaders were the friends we made along the way

[@fredericschatz5379]

i love how you combo attacked with Toxic, Recover and Reflect. Tho, i'd never go that route myself. I'd instead have ice beam, Electro/Fire/Ice Punch, attacks like that to take out anything immune or resistant to the psychic; As i've never liked doing in battle status effects on that generation much, only the heal from recover i would also take, simply due to having to keep up one pokemon in this strat. so it'd be most likely Ice beam and Either electro or fire punch, i'd replace the toxic and the reflect with. Good Video man!

[@james_ford86]

Except you can't do that. Alakazam never gets Ice Beam, nor does it get the Elemental punches in generation I, when this playthrough takes place. Outside of Psychic, Psybeam, Confusion, and Psywave, Alakazam literally learns no other damaging special moves in R/B/Y. It gets access to some physical moves, like Mega Punch, Mega Kick, Body Slam, Take Down, Double-Edge, Hyper Beam, Submission, Counter, Seismic Toss, Skull Bash, and Tri Attack, but Alakazam's awful ATK stat renders most of these moves, except for Counter and Seismic Toss, useless. Alakazam doesn't get access to the Elemental Punches until Gen II. Jrose's strategy was correct for the generation it was played in.

[@fredericschatz5379]

@@james_ford86 I agree, I noticed my mistake when going back on an actual safe file. Indeed, tri attack still is physical and the punches aren't tm yet but only learned by hitmonlee's brother. The ice beam can be taught by tm or blizzard or something along those lines but it s rather pointless to aim for alakazam to these attacks. Dream eater works with hypnosis but is no better than any of the classic psychic moves it learns, the healing absorbtion does very little for an alakazam.

[@james_ford86]

@@fredericschatz5379 A few things you're still incorrect about: 1. Alakazam does NOT have, nor has it ever had, access to the move Ice Beam, whether we're talking via level-up or TM. Sure, Ice Beam is a TM in most generations, but Alakazam couldn't learn it, even if you tried to use that TM on it. So, talking about Ice Beam in relation to an Alakazam moveset in any generation is a moot point, as it cannot learn the move. It can't learn it via level-up, TM, or breeding. Please reference Bulbapedia if you need proof. 2. While Alakazam does get access to Dream Eater, it does NOT get access to Hypnosis or any other sleep inducing move. So, yeah, teaching Dream Eater would be pointless for Alakazam, especially considering it already has a reliable health restoring move in Recover, but also because it doesn't have a way to put the opponent to sleep in the first place. In order to use Dream Eater on Alakazam, you'd first have to put the opponent to sleep with a different Pokemon, then swap to Alakazam and pray the opponent stays asleep. That said, if these conditions were met, due to Alakazam's massive special attack, Dream Eater would do a lot of damage and probably restore almost as much, if not more, health as Recover does, depending on the opponent it's used on.

[@fredericschatz5379]

@@james_ford86 good one. :) hypno /drowzee is the actual intended user of dream eater, but it's also very commonly used on Gengar. Indeed you do know your way around in these things. :) very glad to see.

[@james_ford86]

@@fredericschatz5379 Thanks. I've been playing Pokemon since the days of R/B/Y/G. I'm 35 now. Plus, Alakazam is my favorite Psychic 'mon. So, I should know what it is and isn't capable of.

[@Razzy1312]

This a rhetorical question. At least 12 year old me always thought that, besides Mewtwo, Alakazam was the strongest pokemon in the game.

[@mariazahler1145]

I loved the Abra-family as a child. I really only cared about psychic types. Alakazam was really strong in gen 1, but in gen 2 it was also very good, and versatile with the elemental punches. I liked to just use one to finish the entire game, yellow, blue or crystal. Oftentimes I couldn’t trade, so I just powered through the games with a Kadabra. It didn’t really affect it that much. Kadabra swept through almost as powerfully.

[@matissimoj1190]

Abra: worst pokemon Alakazam: second best pokemon That's how puberty works I guess

[@Beeftitan]

Abra is not even close to the worst pokemon

[@banana-uo3be]

Abra isn't the worst pokemon, it is better than magikarp

[@matissimoj1190]

...I thought it would be obvious, that I commented the tierlist.

[@crono276]

@@matissimoj1190 Could have put time or slowest

[@harrisontownsend910]

The worst pokemon is obviously magikarp, but abra is pretty bad.

[@SinnohGreen]

Watching this just after MDB‘s Meowth challenge and this is gonna be a great morning.

[@aaliyahmcintyre8611]

The pain in your voice from "No....I forgot Erica....again" was priceless lol. I love your count impression and your videos bring me joy on long car rides. Please keep doing what you do!

[@tdawgmaster1729]

24:23 This man right here just threw one of the best TMs in the game into a tree

[@MijmerMopper]

I am still salty that I can't get Alakazam OR gengar without trading.

[@harrisontownsend910]

Same here. I love both those pokemon and the trade block is so infuriating that you need friends to play a 30 year old children's game to get any good pokemon.

[@Whydoyoureadme]

Do you have both games and/or yellw, the cable and two consoles? Or you could play it on an emulator, you can trade withyourself.

[@TristanTaillon]

DAMMIT I WAS GOING TO BED!!!

[@noahp1124]

Then go to bed

[@AelfricBlack]

I just woke up and I'm watching this as I eat breakfast! 🤓

[@killkill308]

@@AelfricBlack Same

[@Gungho73]

*JRose used Block!* *Wild Taillon cannot escape now!*

[@IsabruhMoment]

Whenever Alakazam uses Dig, I just imagine it using its spoons to dig a hole like that one prison movie cliche

[@blackstardove]

you have to redo him!! you have improved so much since this

[@luukvankrugten7253]

I enjoy your videos so much. Ofcourse on paper all videos seem to be the same . The same game, same goal and tons of other people do pokemon challenge runs. But Jrose is something special because this couldnt be more from the truth. Every run feels different. They all have great commentary. I often listen to the runs instead of watching them. And you can follow everything perfectly fine. Thats when you know the commentary is good. You can clearly see the comitment, positivity and energy he puts in the runs :) Just wanted to say that after watching so many of your videos

[@adamhand77]

Abra kadabra alakazam...it’s a new jrose video. Unnamed collective assemble!

[@hypersonicspeedgrov]

Woooo UNLEASH THE DIG AND HIT THE BUTTON! WOOOOO

[@tiemen9095]

I tried this myself with Victreebel; I made it in 2:28, did not try minimum battles though. Looking forward to the video! Also: my repel ran out in Safari Zone and with 4 steps in the grass and 1 ball I caught a Chansey o.O.

[@PuppetsByPalmieri]

How about another Mewtwo run with rare candies and optimized game play? I’d be curious what the time on that would be

[@GrudgeyCable]

I always wanted alakazam as a kid but could never find a friend to do the game boy link thing. Can’t believe that was the only way to get kadabra to evolve in him bk than. My favorite Pokémon by far. Great video as usual man!

[@Pribs42]

Been watching since the beginning and I still get excited when one of these pops into my notifications. Keep up the great work buddy!

[@notsogoodbassplayer]

Am I the only one imaging Alakazam furiously plowing into the earth with his spoons whenever he uses dig?

[@TheKyubiisaan]

Not anymore

[@pictureframe1]

curious to see how the times would be for mewtwo and alakazam if you retimed both runs with full battle knowledge and no routing mistakes

[@iwannabeacomet]

This video was great! Love your content! SPOILER: I had my bet in Alakazam being faster than Gengar, but it was so exciting see how close it was from Mewtwo!

[@PraefMace]

Really appreciate how you spice things up on every minor thing-The music touch is really nice, even if it is just background for your commentary, and the selection you have going there is really nice!

[@53prime]

Hi. Long time viewer, modest commenter. I've been listening to these nonstop at work for several days now, maybe a week or two, and I'm honestly shocked and impresses at how interesting they keep being to hear the same game over and over.

[@joeschof_95]

If we’re going for good mobs now a tauros run must be coming up soon

[@Texass117]

How fast can you beat pokemon with a Digimon

[@TriggeredSceptileSSJ]

Am I actually watching Jrose 11 ? He's uploading so fast now

[@kotzpenner]

Glad to help you on the Road to 200K, godspeed my dude

[@kingdaddy5355]

How FAST will SLOWbro be? it is psychic it has surf STAB for rocks/arcanine and it gets amnesia which is completely broken in gen 1 and due to its speed it wont score too many criticals. It also has headbutt and confusion at the beginning and it gets dig for surge with decent offensive stats so it will probably not have a hard time till erika

[@tyrantneptune3202]

Ah, but remember; you can trade Alakazam to G/S/C to teach it the three elemental punches by TM, for a far more vast amount of coverage!

[@antq1245]

27:18 I was hoping you would say Agatha Slaughter-y

[@TuxedoCatGaming]

Hey man, loving all these videos you've been doing with the more powerful Pokemon in the game! I wanted to make suggest some Pokemon, the first one is Dragonite, and the second one is Primeape, never seen any videos on him, so it would be pretty cool.

[@acumenium8157]

Incredible run. What I find interesting is that Alakazam actually did seem to struggle less---it made little sense to me until I looked at the EXP tables. Mewtwo levels far slower than Alakazam, leading to Mewtwo having arguably less stats when it matters. Additionally, Mewtwo never got to learn Recover. Alakazam had an absolutely brutal strategy of Toxic + Recover to utilize. Even adding Reflect at the end to effectively make it a physical wall too. Besides, only knowing Psychic offensive moves in Gen 1 isn't a bad issue. It's the best type. Gen 4 Dragon isn't even as good as Gen 1 Psychic. I find your assessment at the end a bit interesting on Machamp or Starmie. Machamp has Submission, Rock Slide, and Earthquake, but it can't use the Badge Boost Glitch. So Gengar is covered at least, but it's very slow. Starmie has similar stat distribution, but worse overall, than Alakazam and Mewtwo. It has a great movepool, but it's going to struggle dearly against Alakazams and it will never have a chance to OHKO Gengar despite outspeeding it. I don't think any non-Legendary is dethroning Alakazam---personally I found it unreal that Alakazam was that close to dethroning Mewtwo, much less that it handily defeated all of the Birds.

[@analogcaptures2785]

POG the count reference. 10:10