How to Actually beat Pokemon Emerald with Minimum Battles

We tried using Torchic as our starter. We couldn't win. Now we try Mudkip, can it finally complete this challenge?
Edited by: @SimplyAJ
Music by: @makegamemusic
Rules: (1) Battle as few times as possible (2) Battle means any trainer battle (win or lose if no reset) or Wild battle where don't run away (3) No Items in Battle (4) No Glitches, (5) No Day Care

[@willpat3040]

It was the champion's Gyarados "intimidate" that cause your 1st Earthquake to do so much less than your 2nd Earthquake after you switched

[@ItsLoftyyy]

Was going to comment this if noone else did so well done sir 😎

[@crackerjack3131]

Was just about to say the same thing

[@austin8gullett]

You managed to rack up an amazing number of likes… respect 🫡 (at the time of commenting: 420)

[@willpat3040]

Thanks!@@ItsLoftyyy

[@iankilty2557]

Congrats on top comment but screw you for spoiling it for me lol

[@timbawden2577]

Is this a secret month of Jrose? This is 3 videos in like one week! You are the bomb man

[@lucasgarcia8285]

Feels so good!!

[@ProjectRedfoot]

HAPPY JTOBER!

[@I-YoutubeAccount]

He's gearing up for the month of Jrose!

[@theofficialchannelofoffici7962]

Hes fr cracked!!! I am all for the moth of jrose! Joctobrose

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

5th video in 10 days Jrose rocks

[@risel56]

Exquisite Glalie impression, Jrose.

[@JannisSicker]

yeah, there were impressions I didn't quite like before, but the GLALIE was so cool

[@pompleemoose]

I fucking lost my shit when he did that lol

[@garylloyd9949]

The Glalie Impression 🤌👌

[@raineob4996]

I don’t know if you’ll continue this series, but Platinum would be a really interesting game to do this on. You get your starter, the Togepi egg, an Eevee (for HMs if nothing else), and a Porygon, plus being able to dig up fossils.

[@aceclover758]

The most obvious obstacle is Cynthia Hard enough in a normal playthrough when underleveled

[@DJFracus]

iirc he briefly tried Diamond/Pearl on stream and it seemed kinda impossible, not sure about Platinum

[@shanemiller1182]

@@DJFracuswhy was it impossible for Jose? I did it with Diamond a couple months ago and thought it was fairly manageable

[@raineob4996]

⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠​⁠@@shanemiller1182I looked into it a bit. I am unable to verify their locations, but it seems the “tag team” 2 battles vs 1 is still in effect until Gen V and BDSP, so theoretically you’d be able to catch another Pokemon to help. HOWEVER, you get the Explorer Kit in Eterna City, and to my knowledge from the last time I played BDSP (which is a straight remake) there are no mandatory double battles that could force you to take a second Pokemon before that (Cheryl doesn’t count since it’s a multi battle on your side too). Meaning we can get Cranidos/Shieldon before the first mandatory tag battle without an optional fight, so we have to. Cranidos is preferable because at least it can learn Rock Climb as well as Strength and Rock Smash. The Level 1 Happiny is a useless piece of crap that’s no good to anyone. That means we HAVE to take Piplup, and just like in RS, two of its moves absolutely have to be Surf and Waterfall because we can’t ever Fly. (This is why this would almost NEED to be done in Diamond because otherwise Empoleon would need to have Rock Smash too.) So you only have one useful Pokemon (meaning only two switches for death fodder) and two of its moves are HMs. Joy. Even in RS, we at least had four members and Wobbuffet could provide DB shenanigans. Not happening here. Platinum is much better because you can at least get a Level 2 Togetic that can learn Fly, meaning you don’t need to tote HMs into the Elite 4, and you get a free Eevee that can be evolved into Vaporeon, so you can pick any starter you want. You also get a free Porygon that can be useful for odd jobs and fodder, and freeing Cranidos/Shieldon up to actually contribute.

[@chicken29843]

@@aceclover758 platinum cynthia is mid. DP cynthia harder

[@munchkin2465]

Oh my lord, that ending was absolutely INSANE!

[@peternicholas3719]

The Meteor Mash mish was clutch! It felt like watching a ADV game on Pokémon Showdown lol

[@tylerryandaughtry]

I was cackling at the luck in the end there

[@ferryv6740]

I enjoy it more when the strat doesnt pan out as intended. It shows you can very much think on the fly and still drag out a victory even if the chances seem very slim ! Love the insight, love the solutions you come up with !

[@PointsofData]

Yes! JRose is so good at not giving away the ending of the battle and keeping just enough wipeouts in we're never quite sure if things actually worked out lol. I far prefer challenges that force him to change up his strategy throughout the game then to ones with one strategy, minor changes, yknow? Not like I don't binge his entire channel tho lol.

[@DaRsOwMaN9]

That dopamine hit you get when Jrose uploads a new video.

[@eyalinbar4845]

There is no comment more correct

[@whydoyoucare5]

Bruh I was just watching an old video and saw he uploaded!! Perf timing

[@ProjectRedfoot]

😙👌 It's less deadly than Opium, but *nearly* as good a hit! 😚💨

[@Nick_Slavik]

The kind of dopamine hit that makes you say, "oh ya! That's the good stuff!" lol

[@ExploderMaster]

💯💯💯

[@somestrangecircus5505]

For April Fool's Day you should give yourself the easiest challenge possible but narrate it as if it's one of these insanely hard ones Also thanks as always for the wonderful content. :) I'm curious to see how far minimum battles goes!

[@amandamakin1542]

Something like "Can I beat Pokémon with only legendary Pokémon" or Mewtwo Solo run? They're obviously easy challenge runs,

[@jamesryan2115]

The challenge could just be “can I beat Pokémon Emerald?”

[@pageclayton6850]

Can I beat pokemon crystal with only belly drum snorlax?

[@somuchnope2]

MandJTV (if I remember right) did this a year or two ago with "Can I beat Pokemon Platinum?"

[@wesleyhroth]

Man, watching that little birdy you picked up in the beginning of the game FEARing three beefy rock types over twice it's level was super satisfying, real MVP right there. Great video! Been loving all of uploads lately!

[@ARGrace]

That “hey everyone how’s it going?” really means a lot man

[@nintendo-relatedchannel5810]

I felt it

[@iissacc]

that glalie voice caught me SO off guard ahaha

[@mortamarkahn]

That had me ROLLING XD

[@idonnow2]

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[@TheDarthantoine]

I live in France so most of the time I see your videos early in the morning and get excited to watch it later that day and wonder what might happen. Thanks for all the time you put into this. I enjoy the balance you've found between uploading Gen1 runs and other videos. It's very cool.

[@ivanbluecool]

Jrose:minimum battle run Me:so a regular swampert run?

[@somegalnamedseelpit3713]

41:40 I *think* that's a case of the AI preferring a speed-lowering move over a super-effective move! The same reason why Roxanne is less likely to use Rock Tomb when you're slower than her, iirc. At least, that's what I recall from anecdotal evidence - I'm sure there's a resource out there that's more reliable :P

[@owenaspinall2046]

That only happens when ai doesn't see the kill, but I guess cacturne needle arm on swampert at equal levels still isn't an ohko. I guess badge boost and a ton of IVs saved it.

[@YukeWeiss]

Love min battles. Having Fly makes the Elite 4 so much easier just by sheer virtue of having a proper moveset against them all. Love the unexpected 6th Pokemon too haha.

[@zacharyessey5904]

Before the ending, I thought about if it were to happen that way; so seeing it end that way made me go nuts. This was so much fun to watch. You are one heck of an entertainer!

[@dudenator3]

Jrose swapping his pokemon around the Dusclops wasn't to try to get the kill with quick claw destiny bond, but to manip the RNG for the earthquake crit right after. So smart. I never would have thought of that

[@RoyArkon]

The last two battles against Wallace and Steven were CRAZY WILD! Awesome to see you finally finishing this challenge dude.

[@Martini_1911]

I was wondering why you wouldn't try guts and/or facade strats with taillow/swellow, but then I realized that in order to get yourself pre-statused for a big fight you'd have to do an extra battle or do some convoluted routing. More reason that the game should add an npc that can inflict a status effect on your pokemon outside of battle

[@anthonymayer1592]

What an amazing finish and use of resources! Working around the full restores at the end was incredible

[@dragonknight1560]

A win is a FREAKING win. GEEZ. That was the most intense minimum battle so far Jrose. Congrats!

[@Krugis]

Ahaha- the way you said "Glalie" turned my two nieces (they love your vids!) into an inconsolable giggly mess, and for that I both thank you and wish a gen 1 miss on you 😂😂

[@Axecon1]

What a fantastic run, thanks for including the Steven battle at the end!

[@michaellankford823]

Man, the more and more you see the route design of Emerald, the more you realize this region was built for a minimum battles run

[@Peelster1]

My reaction to seeing this post: IT'S HERE!!! IT'S FINALLY HERE!! YES!!!!! I've been wanting this video ever since gen 1 minimum battles. Time to drop everything and grab a bag of chips.

[@CinanzonRoll]

So happy to see Swellow doing this good in a run!

[@grrman]

Nicely done Jrose! It's pretty nuts to think this kinda thing is doable in all honesty

[@mrnazaire407]

Getting consistent videos and it's not even the month of JRose? I'm all here for it!

[@perkypenguin1663]

I’m very happy to see part 2 to this installment of minimum battles :) this was very worth the wait

[@danielk.1439]

Damn just yesterday I watched the first part from months ago and was wondering if this sequel will ever come out. Thanks buddy!

[@hopeburnett8313]

The insane ending! Wow! I'm very impressed, never seen a challenge like this before and it seems very cool! Thanks for the video ^_^

[@bmobasco]

would have liked to see what battles were required in between the big ones. great video overall. you are always fun to watch.

[@ChickenTeller]

It's hilarious how smugly people will be completely wrong on the internet. To say that a minimum battles playthrough doesn't count without beating Steven, even though Steven is optional and puts you above minimum battles, is asinine.

[@CelticGuardian7]

Congrats! It's great to see you managed to get through it this time. =D

[@favioaza6007]

I just wanted to say that I am a BIG fan of your videos. They always brighten up my day, thanks man! Cheers from Argentina

[@scottidols9933]

This video was so good, the parallels between Tate & Liza and Steven with Claydol outspeeding..

[@spacehos]

You're insane dude! Great video.

[@basicallytrash1343]

"who would watch a jrose video at 3am?" "oh boy! 3am!"

[@SeonilKim-ry5lj]

Your Glalie anime cry impression is always perfect! XD

[@CloudStrifeXBL]

Hey man, just wanted to let you know that I love watching your vids. Keep it up, you're super chill

[@JakatoTD]

Love the wave of content coming through this week JRose!

[@Madmeerkat55]

Jrose man you are on a tear lately!! Thank you!

[@TheNoward]

I lost it when you said "glalie". Thanks so much for the content!

[@ternel]

Nothing says you love pokemon than trying to beat the game with playing the minimum possible of it :P Love the videos, keep your head up in these trying times.

[@lucasgarcia8285]

Omg yay! I loooove your gen 3 content 😍

[@jordanhart3744]

I'm glad to see you posting more often again =D

[@ilariomichelini4616]

Hey Jrose, IDK why but I am always glad to see one of your videos! Maybe because they are so relaxed or maybe I find your voice relaxing, who knows. Thanks for your videos, sometimes I guess we think some things are a given, not a gift.

[@Nightmster]

Nothing like waking up with a new JRose video being uploaded a few minutes before :D

[@JensHasle]

haven't watched the video yet, but i am so excited the Last emeral Minimum Battles video was my favorite video of yours

[@theentrepremooner1357]

Minimum battle challenges are my absolute favorites that you do, keep em coming

[@ericfuchs123]

So happy to see this journey completed finally!

[@Izayuukan]

With Juan, using Swellow's Endeavor on Kingdra is the way more consistent play. Wobbufett can use Destiny Bond earlier in the battle which is just far faster and easier.

[@DisplayThisOkay]

Swellow can't outspeed Kingdra. Plus it's 10% Focus Band vs 20% Quick Claw.

[@SFWarboss]

I was listening to this video on my way to work, and was absolutely blindsided by the "GLALIE!". Literally laughed out loud. XD

[@TemporarySec]

glalie impression gave me GENUINE CHILLS bro. Oscar worthy.

[@Moonkitvelvet]

Jrose wasn’t it like 3am when you posted this😂 great video as always!!!! thanks for your hard work!!!

[@yata7450]

Long, LONG awaited sequel to the other video

[@ShadyHitchhiker]

Never would have expected that little bird you caught would turn out to be so Swell

[@TheRealityJack]

Seeing a new Jrose video uploaded always brings a smile to my face. Thank you so much for the many hours of enjoyable content!

[@justinmedeiros7600]

I’ve been waiting on this one 😭🙏

[@noodlespoo]

YAS! Been eagerly waiting for this one

[@TheIndifferentGamer]

Perfect timing. I was literally watching the fist attempt earlier today.

[@samarcuri2210]

I was legit about to go to bed. Guess I'm up for a bit longer.

[@Willingmess]

“Who watches a new Jrose video at 3AM?” Me: Oh boy! 3AM

[@chiefmonrovia6691]

You know it's so fun to watch you do all of these challenges because they were an idea I had as a kid but had no intention of ever testing. I remember it first occurring to me during the absolute grind that is Watson during a first playthrough. Level 28 is too damn high for that area of the game. Made me wonder if all the volbeat slaughter was really necessary, if all those elektrike really had to perish. I even picked mudkip my first time at 8 years old. That electric bastard. That's why I like poison types, because koga fucks, and not only does he fuck, but his daughter was so badass that she managed his gym. Fucking love Koga

[@onthehunt2297]

Great job Jrose and keep up the amazing work

[@royalcoorz9039]

Love watching these videos before bed!😊

[@neri1220]

Thank you for nostalgia hit! I remember that i was also using Shell Bell Swampert and i also swept elite 4 with it.

[@pokeplays29]

I was waiting for this Video from SO LONG!!!

[@SomeGuy712x]

Holy pudding, those wins against Wallace and Steven were insane! Glad you were able to pull off this minimum battles victory! Congratulations!

[@michaelriches6699]

Love these videos, min battles = more thinking

[@Firescizor]

I was hoping you could have gotten the 2nd Return TM in Pacifidlog to use on Wallace's Gyarados. It's a strong, neutral and physical move, which would be your strongest hit on the Gyara (post-Intimidate). Probably it wasn't possibly to reach Pacifidlog within Mininum Battles. But maybe even Strenght could've been better? Either way, you achieved victory so why am I rambling! Big GG for the victory! Best of luck for your next challenge runs!

[@thisismyphone]

Ive been waiting for this since the last one

[@8StringVGM]

So many videos so close together I almost ignored this one thinking it was an old video haha

[@stupiddumboidiot1]

I sit here thinking "just go grind a few levels" then I'm like "oh wait"

[@03thinking]

Just loved the final fantasy 7 song there, perfect timing

[@deathsnitemaresinfullust2269]

I love having a Jrose11 video saved up for just the right time or day. Is there going to be another "Month of Jrose" this year? That was great last year and if I remember correctly it started right after everyone else stopped their Halloween content. This really is just the best time of year 😄👍

[@wrecker_playz]

that 12am jolt of energy

[@kingkay2904]

Really enjoyed the commentary in this one

[@W0lfMan26]

Well, this will work well to watch before bed.

[@ravenstires1747]

Your Norman fight had me hopping up and down how you threw Wynaut away when it could have used Charm on the Slaking. That fight is a mass amount of RNG but there were options with Charm/Mud-Slap + Mud-Slap on Marshtomp.

[@finalrush7]

awesome vid cant wait for the other games :)

[@VanishingTime]

Loving these uploads

[@MarbleOceans]

You really need to nickname that Swellow and Swampert, what an awesome final final battle

[@naraiceylob]

Well done Jrose. Personally I think you missed a few things that would make this run much easier. 1. Easily grindable game corner. This is a game where the game corner is easily grindable. This means that the game corner TMs are freely available from when you get to Mauville. Ice beam would have had value. Thunderbolt on castform instead of shockwave could help too. 2. Set up moves/TMs. You mention that you like to keep TMs for the elite 4. That's fine. Use them in elite 4. Either calm mind or bulk up would have made Wallace/Steven much easier. I think level 60 marstomp with evs would have outsped level 56 ludicolo, so if set up it could have one shot. 3. PP management. Giga drain only has 5 PP. AI trainers have PP in gen 3. So have marshtomp out. draw giga drain (swap to swellow) giga drain now only has 4 PP. Bring Marshtomp back in, draw giga drain (swap to castform) giga drain now only has 3 PP and so on through the roster until Wallace runs out of PP.

[@beebobber546]

Smooth, sweet, and too the point. Did that sound weird? Maybe, but it’s minimum battles so anything goes!!!

[@NAZIZOMBIEFAN666]

Whenever Jrose uploads i get a happy feeling inside me

[@aDemonFaction]

its 1am and i should sleep but since you posted i think im good to stay up another hour

[@HESOMADBRO]

I was re-watching your other minimum battles the last couple of days while being ill and just yesterday I watched the latest Emerald video thinking "damn I hope Jrose is going to continue the series soon". I am so happy right now, feels like early christmas. Thanks for your content! Edit: Also there's no way you pronounced the first Rocks-Anne that way unintentionally right? :D

[@imdeonerik]

Thanks jrose thrilled to see this again

[@Artemis-ey4lw]

Jrose slowly transforming into a speedrunner

[@Nevervorago]

i started doing the 'GLALIE!' thing befoure these videos but now its even better XD

[@aBagofFrags]

I've seen so many of your solo challenge runs it felt super unsatisfying to see how you beat Norman haha, but hey it's not a solo challenge it's a "can you do it?" challenge.

[@deadseriouslymoving]

Seeing Jrose switch pokemon is unnerving.

[@Jobocan.]

Quick Claw Destiny Bond is so degenerate I kinda love it.

[@mickgorro]

jrose: Hears "theory", thinks "a gaaaame theory!" Me: Hears "always, always, always", thinks "play around the critical hit".

[@ellisdalton4282]

I've been waiting for this since the last one.

[@yokoelf1293]

That Steven battle was beautiful

[@samsoncooper1]

"The Internet has truly changed my brain" mine too JRose, mine too

[@hhjan594]

Cool, can't wait to see how Diamond Pearl turns out. I imagine it will look quite different since you can dig up infinite fossils so you can just fill up your whole team with fossils. Platinum will also be interesting as excluding fossils you get 5 gift mons. Though if Jrose wants an easy minimum battle challenge run, you can do an SV run that doesn't ban exp candies. Essentially you get a female Fuecoco, the first Lechonk encounter can't be skipped so remember to catch a male one. Then start a picnic and get 4 Fuecoco eggs (actually 1 is enough since you just need 3 Pokemon for Team Star, but it's funny to have a whole team) Then you just traverse the whole land to pick up as many exp candies as possible to level up your starter and start smashing all the bosses. All the trainers in the wild are skippable.

[@courtcat339]

JRose is the most entertaining Pokemon content creator on this platform. Love the videos man.