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

Three Legendary Birds, Mew, and two of the strongest Pokemon in Kanto have tried to beat Mewtwo's 3:03 time. Can the evolved form of the Jrose11 mascot finally do it?
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[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@FireCracker13]

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

[@islarf5095]

Gen 1 has a run ender? Confused

[@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?

[@SirAthiro]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@Igorcastrochucre]

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

[@RedSkyYT64]

Truly a 5000 IQ play

[@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.

[@Jethorus]

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

[@drizzmatec]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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..

[@thomassylvester9484]

I like Aerodactyl's chances, personally.

[@ronaldgreed4967]

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

[@keith_44]

jrose not being tortured feelsgood

[@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.

[@earlymorninstonedpimp]

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

[@quinncrypt_media]

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

[@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.

[@zanon__]

Do remember that in Gen 1, you can sleep at Sylph Co.'s beds if you talk to the nurse there. Saves you a ridiculously long trip when really needed.

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@Onmur]

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

[@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.

[@alienalien3609]

Finally alakazam can claim it's true calling: Mewthree

[@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

[@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)

[@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.

[@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.

[@dackinthebox9242]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@sharattseenivasan2742]

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

[@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.

[@IsabruhMoment]

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

[@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

[@SinnohGreen]

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

[@slippy0304]

Jrose got the “best” uploadtimes :D

[@jcnot9712]

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

[@tdawgmaster1729]

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

[@eggseventy4905]

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

[@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

[@Texass117]

How fast can you beat pokemon with a Digimon

[@Epsilonsama]

Starmie only learns Tackle, Harden and Water Gun by leveling up. Because it's a stone evolution all the Staryu moves are locked so you have to use TM to make up for it.

[@chriso1373]

Jrose: "i have the 5 toughest trainers in the game coming up" Also jrose: "constantly shitting on bruno"

[@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.

[@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.

[@sasukegaming8289]

Jrose 11 is happier than ever to use alakazam in a playthrough😉

[@sasukegaming8289]

Thnx for the heart dude

[@matthewred226]

Once a pokemon beats mewtwo, you should make a new series where you do a 2nd playthough to improve what the first run lacked in.

[@stuartdparnell]

I just laughed when he said he was 7 minutes ahead of Mewtwo only to be stopped dead by a NidoranF hiding in the bushes before battling Rival#5.

[@joeschof_95]

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

[@PuppetsByPalmieri]

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

[@stampedetrombone]

You haven't done any pokemon that don't have an evolution line in gen 1 yet, except for legendaries. Porygon, Chaney, Tauros, and Kangaskhan would all be good choices.

[@kevinclause4p55p5]

27:16! call her the Agatha NOTtery 27:16 Edit: actually thanks to wubilicious, she should be called the AGATHA SLAUGHTERY

[@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!

[@PKMNwww411_MkII]

Jrose I know what the problem is, you're speeding up the emulator instead of using the bicycle, you're speeding up the emulator in menus as it wastes in-game time, you're speeding up the emulator in conversations without using the turbo button, and you're pronouncing Lorelei's name wrong. But you're still doing a great job. Are you gonna do Weedle?

[@OmegaTyrant]

He confirmed elsewhere he wasn't going to do Weedle as it's effectively impossible to get past Agatha itemless

[@WaaveLvl0]

Okay so A) He can't use the bicycle because he has never used the bicycle, if he started now then all previous times would be irrelevant B) He has said that he knows he doesn't pronounce Lorelei the canon way, but he's' done it for so long he can't change C) He said he's not going to do Weedle because it's impossible to make it past Agatha without items. If the run cannot be completed there isn't really a point in doing it in the first place

[@far2ez539]

@@WaaveLvl0 Jrose's first run that brought me to his channel was using Magikarp in Kanto, which can't beat the game legitimately due to the channeler. Still a run worth doing.

[@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

[@fitzlepop8101]

"We have the 5 toughest trainers" My brain: "4 you counted Bruno"

[@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

[@TriggeredSceptileSSJ]

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

[@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.

[@nintendo-relatedchannel5810]

"She can spam recover, literally forever," the cartridge battery has to die eventually.

[@forgotaboutbre]

You know this isn't a proper scientific study until you do enough runs to get a somewhite reliable mean and variance for each pokemon's time.

[@antq1245]

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

[@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!

[@backonpro5679]

Jrose11 can you do golem next please? Love the content btw, the time you put into to this is insane.

[@Whatahorriblenighttohaveacurse]

Alakazam handles these guys like they're all cereal for his spoons

[@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!

[@producerdj3952]

I feel like scyther is a good candidate for this kind of a run.

[@crummymonk4917]

Oh man, I knew he skipped Erika and was waiting for the shoe to fall.

[@movezig5]

Alakazam can also learn Seismic Toss and Body Slam. Those could have helped.

[@jayzell3687]

Just rewatching for fun, and I gotta say? It's so nostalgic to hear the original Jrose11 intro, with the GBA rollover.

[@lukasnightingale5079]

I really like how he is uploading more often

[@jesalt8230]

You'll do Kadabra too? Since it's your favorite one

[@thobrik]

I would love to see a Tauros run. Yes, tackle until level 21 is pretty aids, but it has great stats, can learn both fissure and horn drill which with its speed can be used against most pokémon. I think it would be the best normal type at the very least.

[@yesec9]

PLEASE DO STARMIE!!! So many of us are asking for it! Less speed and special but more defense, the Harden badge-boosts, and better type coverage.

[@drome747]

Instead of the Agatha lottery, it was the Agatha SLAUGHTERy

[@Redneck353]

Know i'm late to the party but really like how it turned out to be a "who can be better then mewtow" had a 60+ hour game on blue back in the days, love to see that serie, hope it ends only once you reach 151 episodes

[@kingdom7777777]

Starmie with Thunderbolt, Psychic, Ice beam, and Surf is one of the most busted pokemon ever.

[@mr.krustykrust]

I don’t know Mr. Jrose11. Just how fast *can* you beat Pokémon red/blue with just an Alakazam?

[@nathanielgrey4091]

Very.

[@notscorchingsands9718]

Not at all, i have a life

[@psychedashell]

Psychic, Recover, Substitute and Toxic. An Alakazam with that combo ended my competitive streak in gen one, I never managed to beat the damned thing and every match with its owner was an absolute grind because of it. I never found a Mewtwo that was better than it either.

[@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.

[@kolerobinson3155]

idk alakazam is just a weaker mewtwo and it has a worse moveset at the beginning

[@iloveyoudaniel]

I just REALLY love the color scheme of the game for this vid. It looks like a sunset.

[@Skycrusher]

Kadabra looks like he's always trying to keep his pants/shorts up. Also, Seismic Toss is a great TM for Gen 1 Abra line.

[@blackstardove]

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

[@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!

[@rubencarasa4232]

Jrose underestimating the elite four cost Alakazam the win.

[@ganduss]

the pokemon conquest music at the beginning brings back all the good memories :)

[@dwellerofgloom8450]

You know it is a channel you like when you can just insta-like the video and not regret it