Koffing Only - Pokemon Crystal

Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle, except held items
3. No glitches, exploits, save states, or RNG manipulation
4. No evasion moves before level 100
Rule details:
-- I am allowed to manipulate my starter
-- I play the game at 4x game speed
-- For fair comparisons all my Pokemon have perfect (or near perfect) DVs / IVs
-- I am allowed to catch HM users - I can use all field moves
-- All in-battle glitches are allowed in generation 1
-- In generation 1, I'm allowed to skip Marowak with the Poke Doll
-- Surge's trash-can-puzzle is automatically solved
-- The bike is allowed in gen1, banned in gen2, and allowed for bypassing terrain in gen3
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
-- I can pause the game and timer to take breaks
-- The footage is sped up / slowed down to match the pace of my narration
-- The ability Pickup can only be used if the starter has it
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[@retloclive9118]

Honestly, you could make a whole Gen II series just based around Pokemon with or without the Rollout TM. It's such a gamechanger.

[@a.r.4822]

Agree! I never had seen the potential of this move until I started playing challenge runs (nuzlockes e.g.) and changing my gamestyle into longer fights with set-up strats. I look at you, Emerald Azumarill! It's ability Huge Power + setting up Defense Curls to sweep through even harder battles felt so satisfacting :-D

[@Reborn95]

He should make a series in general 😂

[@UnknownVir]

@@a.r.4822 Rollout Tepig! Probably my most recent rollout sweeper in a challenge.

[@jdj1222]

I've debated this for a long time doing and watching playthroughs on youtube. Gen 1 and 2 runs are impacted massively by pokemon that learn bodyslam in gen 1, and pokemon that learn rollout in gen 2, and also the ubiquitous nature of return. I can't tell if the moves should be banned or not for myself. A series doing gen 1 and 2 with bodyslam tm and return tm banned would fascinate me.

[@Unotuchable]

There's basically four tiers 1. Gets the elemental punches 2. Gets rollout and defence curl 3. Gets rollout 4. Everything else

[@input-latency2684]

hello person scrolling by, hope you have a good rest of your day. also, idc how well koffing will do but he’s gonna do his best, look at his face- that’s the face of an inner champion

[@Gen2Red]

You too :)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I hope you have a good rest of your day too! Thanks for sharing the good vibes. I love it :D

[@cartoonistanonymous]

💜

[@UnknownVir]

I love the swing from "completely destroyed in this battle" to "a complete sweep by koffing" in a few of these battles. Really shows just how important the right move is.

[@InternetLad]

IT'S HAPPENING IT'S HAPPENING Okay but for real I love how happy Koffing is. His job is to poison people and explode and he's just delighted to do it. Absolute chaos energy.

[@gabr.7878]

Koffing and Weezing (the original Kanto forms), mean the absolute world to me. They had such cool designs to me (such a lovely shade of purple) with all the gasses and everything. I also had a few different trading cards of Weezing and especially koffing of the first few original sets of the pokemon TCG, and those mons just bring me back to far happier times. I also had for many, many years a rule in every single playthrough of Pokemon that I did. That rule was that I had to use at least one poison type Pokemon. This was long before fairy types, and was due solely to me liking the typing and somehow thinking that poison types were able to better use the status poison. Koffing and Weezing usually took that poison type slot if they were obtainable. Also, in pokemon go, I tried for a few years to get a shiny Kanto Weezing with good stats, and I managed to get a shiny, near perfect stats, and purified Weezing that I gave a third move and got it to best buddy rank. That specific pokemon is special to me. Also, to me personally Koffing and Weezing has extremely cool move sets with attacks like toxic, flamethrower, and explosion. Long story short, I love seeing Koffing in any and all forms, so that you for making my day by making this video.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

You're welcome! (I love Koffing too, can't wait to give Weezing a go later this year.)

[@ScottE-2]

I just realized something... you forgot to say hello to Denis. I really like the new layout and listing format change. Makes the results way more easier to comprehend. I get the feeling Ground is only as useful as it is because the Steel Type is so heavily shown through Magnemite and Steelix with Jasmine. I wonder when Hidden Power Fire is ever going to get any use...

[@leahbeth8335]

Off-topic, but I can't get over how stunning Crystal's sprite artwork still looks. This is definitely where Game Freak hit their stride at rendering Pokémon.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

So true

[@andreapareti324]

Mmh.. perhaps Koffing getting frozen so often is a reference to really cold temperatures being able to contain viruses for millennia; Koffing is really just striving to make us learn things even when it's doing a speedrun; so thoughtful.

[@mygoogleacount]

koffing is a pokemon with very thin skin filled with poisonous gases, is a miracle he's even able to tackle without exploding, let alone headbutting. (yes koffing is one of my favourite pokemon and I've read his dex more times than I'd like to admit)

[@CodFishHandjobs]

Came here for Dennis, stayed for scott

[@UnknownVir]

I really loved that area where the soft sand is, I'm so glad it doesn't box you in completely and make you back track to get those items.

[@HanCurunyr]

The editing of this video is amazing, and it keeps getting better and better. Those flawless cuts before/after trainer battle are absolutely perfect.

[@red-eyessolares1817]

Can’t wait to see more single stage runs in Gen 2! I also like the solution to Hidden Power with it being banned in the first playthrough to make it feel more like how most people would play it.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Exactly! And then we get the science in playthrough 2. I think this run proved just how much Hidden Power rolls off the difficulty.

[@denis2381]

Scott

[@mrdewarion]

Denis!

[@WilliamElric10]

Denis

[@thandraug3288]

Denis

[@CodFishHandjobs]

howdy Dennis

[@lars8991]

Denis

[@Matt9279555]

Hi Scott! Long time subscriber here. I wanted to say that your production quality and attention to detail in these latest videos has been honestly incredible. Can't wait to see how much further your creativity continues to grow with the channel. :)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Wow, thanks!

[@cduke_Net_Architect]

As usual - awesome video! I never liked Koffing or poison types in general, but I really enjoyed this run. I have ~86 of your solo-run & your versus videos saved to a playlist. I look forward to going through each of them + the new ones that you will upload. I love your content / style.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Whoa! I’ve made that many videos?! I’m glad you like them :)

[@cduke_Net_Architect]

@Scott's Thoughts Sure have! I double-checked the playlist, and there are 86 of them. I do not think that I missed any - but it is possible with that many lol.

[@DennisUrMenace]

I respect how you respond to comments and actually take them into consideration! I like the idea you came up with for hidden power that way all your new times are able to compete with the Pokémon you already played with.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

This solution was suggested in a comment! Reading everything really helps make the content so much better. I am so grateful that everyone is so engaged! We all benefit because of it.

[@UnknownVir]

I think the main reason we do sprout tower first is because how good of exp all those low level Bellsprouts are, especially for anything that resists vine whip.

[@rjthepoet500]

Great run Scott! I knew Koffing wouldn’t be A-C tier but i do like how you’re going to implement hidden power in the second play through ! I enjoy it for both but it is a Nice compromise for those who don’t.

[@d.a.d.-ohgosh]

Discovered you around a week ago and I've been binging! I used to be really big into Pokemon and stopped playing after Gen 7 starting all the way back in the Gen 1 days. Watching you gave me the desire to get an emulator again and play through Crystal for the first time in years! So fun! I love all your insiders like Venomoth's type, The Hiker (Bruno), Dome Fossil is the correct choice, etc. I watched many of your recent videos and started going back to your older stuff and I'm so impressed with how much you've grown as a content creator! My person favorite video from you so far is Dragonite Vs. Tyranitar (probably because I love those 2 Pokemon so much!). Keep up the good work! I know your style of content can get really frustrating but part of what's enjoyable is how your personality comes through so much in your playthroughs, including those frustrating Sand Attack bits lol! You're awesome Scott! Hi Dennis.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Hey @kylebaker5355 thanks for the comment. It makes me so happy to hear that my videos have given you the desire to get an emulator and play Crystal again. I hope you enjoy your playthrough!

[@d.a.d.-ohgosh]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Pokemon really is the best! Gen 2 is my favorite. I love how janky movesets are and then you get Curse or Rest/Sleep Talk and all of a sudden you're unstoppable lol.

[@ghoum56]

The constant improvements to your UI are incredible and really put you a cut above man! Excellent work as always!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks!

[@ghoum56]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon My goodness you really do read all these lol. In any case love to see the channel grow and you improve over time! Keep up the good work!

[@NativeGolfer10]

Awesome start to the year with your Gen 2 videos. Glad to see the hidden power strat is more interesting to you already with a Fire Blast Koffing learnset lol

[@xavierHere457]

I love the overlay updates, very quality of life for us viewers! Thanks Scott and programmer homies helping out!

[@Chrisclimbsclouds]

My first video I've seen on this channel and loved it. Koffing such an interesting pokemon to solo run, was very interesting and entertaining. Cheers!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Welcome to the channel. From you profile pic I can see that you and I are cut from the same cloth! I played so much SCBW and SC2. Protoss main unfortunately… haha

[@resonae17]

Thanks for going in depth on why you considered banning hidden power. When you first mentioned it the idea seemed really bizarre because I never really payed much attention to it in any video outside of guessing the type at the beginning. I think the discrepancy comes from my expectations of the video, essentially I already know that you've done a complete video and it goes all the way to Red and there's a second run with improvements, and those are the things I look forward to. The other factor is the editing, the sections with really obvious outcomes are skipped and everything that's been shown a lot in past videos are trimmed down a lot. So when you're doing the motions in mid game Johto, it being quick and uneventful is the expectation, and I've never really thought "man it would be so much more interesting if he struggled against Chuck and Jasmine more". All that said this video has convinced me that the second run only method is fantastic, seeing the slot machine in a speed run is just hilarious.

[@phyrexiancoffee6324]

16:18 Always glad to help one of my favorite content creators improve their already stellar videos. While I'm sure I wasn't the only one to suggest this idea, I'm happy that it was an idea you liked!

[@ryanwells137]

Gen 2 encourages the use of a few OP strategies. Hidden power isnt really an issue, if you wanted to ban easy answers you'd probably have to ban rollout, return, and curse which just sounds like torture in what is the longest and least varied of the pokemon generations.

[@LinkLovesCrawfish]

Also a hidden power guide would be cool I’ve been playing solo runs now thanks to you but on gold version so much fun and I’m so glad I found your channel Scott you put out great content keep up the good work ❤

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I’ll try to make hidden power clearer!

[@fesgaming3718]

I love gen 2, it was one of the first main series games I got. I had it on my 2ds, and spent a long time in it. I didn’t know about most hidden items, but I did get a bunch of the secrets like the tyrogue and the soft sand. I even got aeroy. Keep up the content!

[@grinbrothers]

Hmm, well there are less powerful Psychic types to worry about and Koffing has access to slightly more type diversifying moves here (Flamethrower, Rollout, Thief, Hidden Power) than in Gen 1, so I think Koffing has better chances here. I look forward to the results. 5:34 - An yet still somehow not the worse move that exists given Constrict is a thing. Smog also has a real lengthy attack animation for it as well, so even if it does hit, it takes an eternity for it to hit. An yes, I too would also take on Sprout Tower before Falkner, every single time! 8:07 - Always did like the Week Siblings concept; it was a fun surprise stumbling upon them for the first time, particularly as a kid. 11:19 - Ghost types resisting Poison is certainly one of the rarer type interactions I feel. Poison types are generally one of my preferred types and I even I forget about this fact. 14:24 - It certainly helps that text-boxes go by much quicker than cutscenes with shifting camera angles and expression pauses. Poor Hop; he has an unfortunate legacy. 18:17 - Koffee is the unstoppable rolling poisonous puffball of doom! Surprising but entertaining to witness Rollout manage to take out a Steel type so easily and then steamroll through the entire rival's team. It seems Koffee's poor accuracy wasn't an issue here. 24:36 - Scott's Thoughts truly fell onto hard times here, succumbing to the urge to gamble. To be fair with your luck based opposition to relying on the gambling, your plan is to use Fire Blast, which with it's accuracy, already feels like you're going a luck based route. I wouldn't have considered Koffing a gambling themed Pokémon but I guess Koffee is here. 30:24 - Oh my gosh; Karen potion stalled you. The fiend! An hey, your prediction of Karen causing Koffee to reset was correct. 34:32 - Agreed, particularly given that Pewter City has the fossil showcasing museum, so it feels perfectly fitting for Brock to use the fossil Pokémon in his team. 48:44 - A strange case of being both very unlucky followed by very lucky played out here... or in the latter Hitmonchan's case, just the computer being a bit dumb. Hilarious to witness though.

[@itsthekid9815]

Hey man I'm really glad you are finding more ways to monetize your content. That's always great to see content creators not be tied to just KZbin checks. It's great to see.

[@libraryscholaralexis6581]

I like Koffing too. It was my first pokemon plush and I always have him with me when I can. I knew that it wouldn't be that high tier but I like getting to see Koffing in a run. Hoping for Poliwag in Gen 2 in the future, though that's my hoping. Please keep up the good work and great videos.

[@emilydonegan3208]

I love Koffing! Such a cute, happy little guy! I wish I could hug it; I love Poison types! Miiiight be my favorite, but I’m not sure, I do love Fighting types, too.

[@nightfan1983]

Interesting idea, running the first one without, then the second run with Hidden Power. Should be interesting to see what your solutions for obstacles will be 👍

[@TheLostSoul0]

Thank you for moving Speed to the bottom! It's so much easier on the eyes now that it's where it should be. I've been wanting to comment on this for a while, but didn't want to seem like I was complaining or nitpicking. xD

[@LetsRot40]

I always kinda thought it was weird how my Mom would always watch these old shows from her childhood, but I get it now 😆 Thanks for keeping Pokemon alive and interesting ❤️ Love ya brother

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I get it now too!

[@willlllllllb]

I've been out of town all week and having 10ish hours of days out in the field, watching a Scott's Thoughts videos honestly goes crazy right now

[@OcelotOmega]

I just want to say thank you for moving speed to the last slot! It always threw me seeing it before the specials, ha ha, I'm so used to how it is now

[@andyrobin7196]

Hidden Power always felt a little cheap but I really like your idea of only using it during the second optimized playthrough

[@Chefvonbreezy]

Thunderbolt and flamethrower still throws me off to this day, like why does this get these moves ? 😂 love koffing

[@Religion0]

A lot of gases are very flammable.

[@Chefvonbreezy]

@@Religion0 I definitely agree. However, What’s the catalyst for the fire and what’s the conductor for the electricity? Fire needs a heat source so does it just heat it’s own gas. I guess koffing would have to literally be made of carbon being it’s the only gas that’s noxious in high quantities, can ignite, and produce electricity? But carbon generally has to be powdered to combust so idk. I’m not sure there’s really a good explanation.

[@zeldafan4859]

Hi Scott, great video as always. I wanted to tell you that if you ever need to gamble in gen 2's game corner ever again you should use the lucky slot machine in either of the two game corners. There's a video by a person called Crystal_ called "Pokemon G/S/C - A look at the inner-workings of slot machines" you could look up for more details.

[@IT-kone]

9:07 I heard you say "HYPER Anthony" and thought 'Whoa, what kind of super tough trainer is THAT! ' :D

[@mamodokod4613]

My first ever shiny was a shiny koffing in silver so I'm pretty hyped for this video

[@zenitfan4life]

Dear Scott, thank you for another gem! Couple of things I would like to weigh in on: 1. I am in complete agreement regarding your approach to Hidden Power going forward. It will be extremely interesting to see how Pokemon with very limited movesets would prevail against formidable foes such as Jasmine and Claire without Hidden Power Ground & Ice in the back of their pockets in their first playthroughs. And what difference the Hidden Power TM would make for them. 2. Regarding this particular game, you could have sold the Charcoal which, to my surprise to this day, costs $9800 while other type boosting held items only cost $50 or $100. I see the reasoning why you would want to hold on to it to boost Fire Blast's effective power (not sure if it actually affected any damage ranges), but perhaps if in your future playthroughs where you will have to save money for another, non-Fire Blast item, you will remember that Charcoal can be sold for $9800 and it can save you a bunch of time.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Selling the Charcoal is a good idea. I'll keep that in mind for future runs.

[@matteotorre1333]

Hey Scott! Great video as usual! :) Just a little tip if you'll ever need to go to the casino again for some coins. If you go to the last slot machines at the right of the casino, you'll find another game which is much faster and easier to get the coins you need. You just need to "cheat" using the saving states of the emulator, but I'm pretty sure it will take you much less time than the regular slot machines 😉

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Great tip!

[@DP-um1ck]

Koffing in Crystal. I'm ready for this! ;) I'm ready for you to show me if my boy can "exceed expectations"

[@lewissked8826]

Is it sad that I love the new experience bar? Another brilliant video!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I’m probably the wrong guy to ask, because everytime I add a small upgrade I get very excited!

[@roymirke168]

Hey Scott. Love your videos. Just to mention it. If you ever gamble for a tm in goldenrod again: there is one machine which is easier to win at. Try to look it up. Normally an nps sits before it but on special days he doesn't. Could speed up getting enough coins. Keep going what you do and if you mention it in a video I would love, that you give a shout out to the best eeveelution Umbreon!

[@zenitfan4life]

Can’t wait for this one, wonder what hidden power Scott will go for (my money is on ground to deal with steel types)

[@UnknownVir]

maybe ice for lance

[@milesrodger3724]

It’s Ice or Ground like 99% of the time

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

@milesrodger3724 you've been paying attention ;)

[@Lockirby2]

I feel like you really put on a clinic in this video, considering some of the hurdles that Koffing had to face.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks!

[@J00LZ49]

I can’t believe how slowly you talk, I had to check that KZbin wasn’t playing at less than full speed. On 1.5x speed it finally seems like a normal person talking.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Funny that I just got a couple comments asking me to slow down

[@thesandopede1466]

I love this guy. He's just so happy

[@enitheway]

Rarely I like videos before I've watched them until the end. The Hidden Power rule made me like the video prematurely. I'll look more forward to Johto playtroughs!

[@wusstunes]

The secret trainers you can find by backtracking are some of my favorite things in this game

[@shimauta1941]

Although I still find videos with unevolved mons far less interesting than ones with evolved mons I did like how for Koffing's first playthrough it got several resets against Kanto Gym Leaders. I was also surprised at how quickly you managed to beat Red in that playthrough.

[@daveshn]

I like seeing hidden power be used in both the first and second playthrough. I think you should keep it as is. It has a lot of fun and gives the Pokemon a unique way to solve problems. Without it, you would just be leveling up to solve the problem at best. Keep listening to the vast majority that like it. We like it. Keep using it in both playthroughs.

[@thebigbean8783]

I'm thrilled to say the least for this video. I looooove Koffing. I think koffing will make a much better solo playthrough than in gen 1. It won't smash through the game by any means, but I'm hopeful

[@thebigbean8783]

I'm so proud of koffing for this run. It wasn't fast, but it was lovely

[@thebigbean8783]

MAGMAR IS COMING TO FIRE RED!? I'D PAY 100 A MONTH FOR THAT

[@MrVelyx]

"What is best in live?" "to crush your enemies, see them driven befor you and hear the lamentations of their women" -Conan the Babarian

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Great quote

[@Pikakeung]

I have a theory on the denial of access to Headbutt. I think more than anything, I think you'll need a neck for a move like Headbutt. Koffing, being simply a head, is essentially using Body Slam when it uses Headbutt. 😝

[@seanpollard3393]

Runs without hidden power are 100% more interesting. It’s so much more entertaining to see you have to overcome obstacles to find a way to progress instead of a single move covering your biggest roadblocks. Also I think that not using hidden power is more representative of the Pokémon that your using and it’s strengths and weaknesses. Regardless love your videos, I’ll be looking forward to becoming a member!

[@iantaakalla8180]

It also means that there can be a hidden second tier; Pokémon that are that good naturally and Pokémon that need Hidden Power to become that good. It’s similar to the Double Team move: if you need it, you suck. Unlike Double Team, if you need Hidden Power, you just have a bad movepool.

[@redwings13400]

Well I'm sold on the hidden power change. I feel like it works either way, but it was really amusing watching you gamble with coins to get Koffing fire blast before Jasmine. Hidden power also does give pokemon a way around some of the hardest fights in the game (Jasmine, Claire, and Lance) when they would otherwise really struggle there, so its certainly interesting to see playthroughs without it. It does seem like ground and ice are just far and away the best hidden powers for 90% of pokemon in this game, which can be a bit boring, so I understand why you feel like its more interesting without the tm.

[@LTDextel]

Can't wait for you to do this lil guy's evolved form, my favorite Pokémon, Weezing

[@bateltheassistant]

Koffing got a better time in crystal then in yellow, that's nice to have a strong poison move like sludge bomb. 💪 I really like Koffing's back sprite, I like how silly it's smile is. 😋I can't imagine how it's using curse (because the Japanese name of that move is noroi, which is like a cruse of bad luck) 🤔.. But anyways cruse and protect, and leftovers are the best to use, especially for a physical attacker like Koffing. And as for hidden power, I think that from a point of a speedrun, that's okay to use, because it's like the gen 1's mimic in my opinion. For me as causal player, I wouldn't try to use it, because I want the game to be harder for me. So thanks for showing both of the approaches. Watching Koffing one shoting Koga's team with non stab fire blast, was really fun. 😂

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It does have a solid back sprite in gen2!

[@DeuxisWasTaken]

I agree both that Hidden Power patches moveset issues a bit too much and that it adds enough depth to the playthrough to not be an obvious ban. The current in-between solution is really good.

[@Gorvinhagen]

Your overlay is superb.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks!

[@vizzy61]

it really is

[@Fredzeppelin15]

There’s a restaurant near me called “Koffee?” and it always makes me laugh. This made me think of it. The question mark really makes it.

[@JO-iv7tl]

Koffing learns all of the best gsc moves and move combos. Makes a weezing run sound very promising or at least fun.

[@garryfischer3679]

Great run scottttt!

[@bensrandomshows1482]

Thanks for bringing back the teirlist!

[@arr0w769]

Thank you for changing the order of the stats!! Love that you listen to feedback

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Always! Thanks for being engaged and contributing.

[@jptheflipper3825]

the little fella did very well, I thought it'd be so much worse, back down in the Bruno tier like in Yellow, imagine how good Weezing might be. I like what you're doing with HP, it can be a game changer for some Pokemon and you show that very well. I had a thought of a run you could try for Emerald (or Fire Red) Kecleon. the stats are nothing special (although the spc Def is quite good) similar to Hypno (Hypno in Gen 3 is awesome as well BTW) but its ability is unique and you'd have a lot of fun with it, it changes its type to whatever move last hit it.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

the little fella did very well! I'm particularly happy with how consistent the second run was.

[@MattDRT0358]

Hey Scott, I've only just started to watch the video and I can see the following moves on the possible learnset...so here is my early prediction for endgame moves ;) Return Curse Rest Sleep talk Can't wait to watch the video!!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Good prediction!

[@MattDRT0358]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I still haven't finished watching the first playthrough yet. I'm trying to be a good boy and watch parts of the video in my study breaks today! Ps. i evolved my metapod support on patreon into a butterfree today! Thanks for all the great content

[@lamiaprincess6371]

Wooo this was fun. Koffing ended up being surprisingly okay all things considered in comparison to just the constant suffering of Yellow. Ended up watching this a bit late thanks to GDQ (did you peep the Pokemon Yellow run?). I was for not changing how HP was used but honestly I also think I enjoy this as well. I still want Hidden Power to be a part of the run, I think it's important, but having one run where its not available and you can gauge what fights gave you the most trouble is pretty clever.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I didn't see that there was a Yellow run in GDQ. I have to check that out!

[@peternicholas3719]

I think Return is noncontroversial. It's fair that anyone can use it, and it's fair that physical attackers (especially normal types) uniquely benefit from it, at least in my opinion.

[@Shingo-ei3ly]

I wouldn't mind a Donphan playthrough. One of my favorites and I would like to see you play through the game with her. :)

[@golinskirh985]

I second this, phanphy was my second ever shiny, so its evolutionary line has a soft spot in my heart lol

[@DennisUrMenace]

koffings back sprite is really cool! I’ve never used him before before

[@SquallLionhart409]

Fun fact, Rapidash, a pokemon you would expect to be quite fast, isn't actually among the fastest pokemon. Its not even in the top 10 in gen 1, with gen 2 introducing another 6 to outspeed to not quite rapid fire horse. Rapidash is tied for 11th in gen 1 and 17th in gen 2.

[@PrincessGoth574]

Sludge bomb is one of my favourite moves, I love getting the TM in this game to teach to vileplume, ariados or any other poison type i use

[@corberus3119]

its unfortunate that several good pokemon don't learn it like the bellsprout line

[@hawkticus_history_corner]

The Game Corner has ways to increase consistency. IIRC a certain machine has a "Super Luck Mode" where when its in it, you win once every three spins. So its really easy to get into it with resetting.

[@shanoc5902]

Gym 1's Pidgeotto used gust instead of mud-slap against a poison type? Interesting, that suggests that basically only electric types will ever have to worry about both of the birds using Mud-slap due to being weak to ground *and* resisting flying. Though for them, they can probably get through gym 1 pretty quickly. Still, it's nice to see a small boon for the other ground-weak types in gen 2, as Yellow version is basically all about how well you can deal with ground types. Hopefully that won't be the case in Crystal as well! Edit: If I had to guess, I imagine Return doesn't bother you as much is because Return doesn't really 'solve problems'. While it's a powerful move that can be a bit centralizing, the only 'problem' that it really solves is a pokemon having a terrible moveset where they don't have any good moves, at which point you're probably suffering and (relatively) miserable during the playthrough anyway so it's just a breath of fresh air. Hidden Power on the other-hand removes a lot of the fun and creativity that you may explore, like getting Fire-blast here which isn't something you'd even think about before and has you learning something new about these games you love. Hidden Power turns basically all road-blocks into a question of "Are you a physical attacker or special attacker?" and then using HP Ground or HP Ice as a result. While return probably just saves you time grinding as the power it gives you could always be achieved by gaining another 10 or 20 levels.

[@leifspencer2168]

The way you say "Over a damage rounding threshold" and "this section of the game" Has the same vibe as LockPickingLawyer's "The pick the BosnianBill and I made" and "Nice click on 3"

[@maximusprimetv2912]

Great content. Also, I’m really glad you’re not one of those “haha wouldn’t it be hilarious if you guys subscribed?” KZbinrs who constantly whines about the subscriber to viewer ratio lol.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Subscribers is just a vanity metric.

[@maximusprimetv2912]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Damn, Scott, you don’t miss 😂

[@bvd_vlvd]

I honestly think that Explosion should be allowed. Barely anything learns it and it's a big part of some pokemon's identities. It would be something like TM32 rule in gen 1 - don't teach Explosion but if a pokemon gets it - it's fair game.

[@altitudemanagement]

! Thank you for moving the speed Stat! This is something I had commented about 😀

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

No problem 👍

[@FifthPromise]

I really like the change of not using HP in the first run. Have you considered doing the same with Mimic in gen 1 since it shares the same issue of fixing evey major hurdle?

[@Alix_Farin]

Hey Scott! Are you still working on any kind of manipulation with gen 2 in terms of things like you have the trash can puzzle in gen 1 auto-solved? I have some knowledge of manipulating gen 2 so I'd be happy to help if possible! Otherwise love the videos! Ps: also running shoes is possible if you wanted in gen 2 but for consistency sake I imagine not. I just remember an old video you saying you wish you could have them

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Not looking to actively change anything about gen2. No RNG fixes needed like the trash can puzzle in RBY FRLG

[@Alix_Farin]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Gotcha gotcha! Keep up the good work!

[@mvm8816]

have to watch later, but just wanne say keep up the good work !

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Ok thanks!

[@ChaseWSanders]

Do the Pokemon typically hit the DV caps during your runs? If not, then the Elite Four might be a better option than the random battles around Mt. Silver. No idea if this is true, just a thought. I'd assume the Elite 4 Pokemon would give the full range of DVs and the wild Pokemon in the area (Ursaring and Pupitar) may only give Attack if I'm not mistaken.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I think you mean the stat experience cap. And no, the typically do not. Usually by the time I beat the game I’m about half way.

[@ChaseWSanders]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Yeah, not DVs. Sorry. I meant the equivalent of EVs, but didn’t know what they were called in Gen 1&2.

[@brendanhart517]

One of these days you’re going to do something with the damage rounding thresholds like abbreviate it or just have a point on your overly that lights up at a DRT like a no vacancy sign I’m actually considering using koffing on one of my teams in my gsc playthroughs at the moment

[@michaelwright7156]

Still rooting for a krabby play through. Fun stuff as always Scott

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Planned for 2023

[@Zulk_RS]

I know you mentioned this previously but I kinda forgot and I don't know which video it is where you say this. For Gen 2 and Gen 3, are you going to use evolution? Like if you're doing an Arbok run, will you start as an Ekens? I remember you saying you don't like using Evolution (And to be honest, I personally like the videos without evolution more) but I don't remember if you're going to stick with evolution on Gen 2 and Gen 3.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

No more evolution.

[@Zulk_RS]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon As someone who doesn't like evolution in these videos that much, I say "Yay!"

[@daveelliot7552]

Hey Scott, was considering becoming a patron but had a couple of questions. Do you have your full back catalogue same as KZbin on there? Also and most importantly does most/all the money go to you and they don’t take too big a percentage away from you? I want to make sure I’m supporting you the most directly money wise

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Patreon is a better split for me than KZbin memberships. I have most of my catalogue on Patreon, but I need to find time to check that. At least ever new video is uploaded there now (the oldest ones are probably not present there.)

[@daveelliot7552]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon fantastic, I want to support YOU more than some other interest group taking thier cut out of you and your teams hard work. 🙂

[@Geronimo__]

im a simple man, i see scott upload and I click

[@mikez3576]

Love you videos, I watch them all. I will say hidden power does take away from these runs for me. It takes away the different hurdles in the game that each different pokemon gets and the unique ways they can overcome them. To me it's like Tm for double team. For most pokemon even the "bad ones" only have one or two places in the run that they truely struggle with. It is different for every pokemon. Using hidden power to get over that hump takes away some of the interest. Just my thoughts.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Exactly why I'm not going to use it in initial playthroughs anymore. But banning it from second playthroughs really doesn't make sense, because I want to see just how fast the Pokemon can go.

[@thecatherd]

Love seeing a maxed out stat at Red. I don't know why, seeing 999 on the stat tab fills me with childish joy.

[@typhoon008]

Hi, Scott. Have you thought about updating the HP value in the overlay as the current instead of the max? Like it happens with the other ones during a battle, if they are modified Sometimes, in the overworld, it is interesting your current health, if you didn't go to the pkmn center A slash separator may be too much for that space

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I have considered this. Not intending to change it right now. I’ll think about it more.

[@drcheeseman]

Hey Scott I did some research and I think you'd be interested to know that Koffing can't learn headbutt because it's all head (no butt)

[@JorgeMorales-dx1mk]

Hey Scott, Not sure if this has been mentioned before, but in regard to needing more pokedollars to get coins in the gambling center, have you considered getting the amulet coin in golden rod city? When fighting the additional trainers it will also double what you’re able to get, and can possibly shorten the process?

[@surfingpika2785]

I'm pretty sure you can't get the amulet coin until the end of the Radio Tower, so it wouldn't have helped here, but it should still be helpful for Pokemon that want the Crystal Move Tutor moves.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yup, Amulet Coin requires Jasmine to be defeated

[@BigbagelBrandon]

I love the content!!! but I feel like hidden power is the new double team. Just using it to take care of any problems to get a quicker time in a very best of best scenarios seems very unrealistic. At the very least Scott should change the name of "Hidden Power" to "Found Power" as manipulating your stats with software takes the hidden part out of the move. If you keep relying on hidden power strats maybe spin a wheel at the beginning of the run to see what Power your pokemon is going to get that would make things at least more realistic and comparable to the nostalgic way we all used to play gen 2. Scott you're amazing and love the videos!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Found Power indeed. Thank so much btw.

[@Chronoflation]

Would hidden power fire be able to 2 hit Pryce's Piloswine or Steelix? Was curious if using HP fire might make for a decent alternative to fire blast instead of the ground type. Though maybe the benefit against some of Karen's Pokemon may be a bigger benefit than turning those 3 turns into 2 if HP fire is able to match that

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, ground is better overall. Plus Koffing has higher attack.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Do you think that any Pokémon in your Generation 2 playthroughs will want HP Fire? that is, are there any Pokémon that are special attackers that cannot hit Steel types?