Can I Beat Pokemon Black with ONLY Krabby? 🔴 Pokemon Challenges ► NO ITEMS IN BATTLE

[@ZeUberCharge]

One might say this run is a bit shellfish. But I think not. I pulled a mussel cheering for MDB to finish strong. While Krabby is good in a pinch, I had my reservations, and I'm glad you clawed your way to victory!

[@circularnectarine1439]

these puns have me feeling crabby ngl

[@bananaspice1967]

The way you make these jokes make them seem so shrimple.

[@dropinota]

What in in-Craw-dible joke.

[@thesemicolon7269]

I’m going to krill you for these jokes.

[@MynameisBoxxy12]

I have crabs

[@MagileineTopDeckToFullField]

Yeah, abilities like Terravolt basically ignore defensive combat abilities, not just let attacks hit. So Body Slam can paralyze through Shield Dust, you can do full damage through Multiscale, you can one-shot through Sturdy, etc..There is just so much space in the description box.

[@zachtwilightwindwaker596]

How do you one-shot Sturdy?

[@MagileineTopDeckToFullField]

@zachtwilightwindwaker596 Abilities like Turboblaze, Terravolt, and Mold Breaker let the user ignore Abilities' effects in battle. So defensive Abilities like Sturdy, Shell Armor, and Water Absorb don't work.

[@legomaple]

You say this, but they changed the wording in the most recent generation: "The Pokémon's moves are unimpeded by the Ability of the target."

[@ReikuYin]

Why mold breaker is considered slept on in some circles. Can sometimes mess up some ability starts.

[@jonmcknight18]

It even hits through wonder guard

[@Lies_and_Slander]

When Krabby said Cookie Cookie I really felt that in my soul.

[@benediktwindisch2778]

Jesus that Guillotine from the crab to the Zekrom feels so satisfying. Like a spear from full speed in Wrestling I love the unusual SEA and undersea Pokémon like Krabby/Kingler, Lanturn, Huntail/Gorebyss, Relicanth and Mantine. A run with either of them or maybe an undersea run would be cool

[@marioguy341]

Q

[@nightmare348]

At least Krabby wasn't a Water/Rock type, otherwise you'd have had the same issue against Cheren's Serperior as you did during that Onix run, where a level 100 Onix was getting completely annihilated by a level 53 Slowbro.

[@Nunu.Dolonia]

I learned today that Zekrom can crit through abilities. That’s uhh…. scary. We got Altaria in the Wally video (LET’S GOOOOOO) and Trapinch in the last video, so time for another first form Dragon request: a solo Bagon run!

[@Abdus_VGC]

It has essentially what is Mold Breaker

[@Nunu.Dolonia]

@@Abdus_VGC I’m aware of the basic effects of Teravolt, but much like Mold Breaker and as MDB said himself, the description given in-game prior to Generation 9 does not imply that it removes Battle Armor’s crit protection, only that Abilities that would prevent a move from being effective are negated.

[@CyberBlastoise]

I remember my first Nuzlocke learning that....when Kyurem critted my Battle Armor Drapion.

[@razzberrypie]

18:13 Fun fact: Scarlet and Violet actually fixed the text for Teravolt! It now reads: "The Pokémon's moves are unimpeded by the Ability of the target."

[@bvd_vlvd]

That's a bit clearer. Wish we could have an entire yugioh problem solving paragraph but this is good enough with the limit we have

[@jerbear8884]

5:15 I know Pansear is nicknamed that way for HM purposes, but theres something very funny about Pansear going "hm"

[@bvd_vlvd]

Ah, yes, the fourth monkey: Think no evil

[@Gobl_943]

'Gets one shot by a critical hit Fusion Bolt and wonders why Shell Armor didn't work' Time for a little lesson. The signature abilities of Reshiram and Zekrom is basically the ability Mold Breaker. Hence why Shell Armor failed to protect you against that crit Fusion Bolt. That ability is actually kinda broken. For example. A Pokemon with Water Absorb as an ability essentially makes its weakness to Water an immunity and heals them as a benefit. Mold Breaker ignores that which means it can be hit by Water moves unless the Mold Breaker user is switched out or K.Oed. Mold Breaker can also remove the effects of Clear Body and Contrary. But be cautious, it can also remove the effects of bad abilities.

[@les5503]

The Guillotine moments from the Stadium LP still live in my head rent free haha

[@charlessegale6493]

Same! I was looking for this comment. XD

[@philipkerns7797]

I’m sad I was expecting you to say “I named him Klawf, because that’s hilarious.”

[@DarkEinherjar]

Mold Breaker, Teravolt and Turboblaze work like this: if the opposing Pokémon's ability would have any direct effect on the move you're using, the ability is ignored. So yes, Zekrom will deal Critical Hits through Shell Armor.

[@blindsamhare5954]

My wife lives kraby so she was excited to watch this one with me.... Anyway can you do a heracross only run?

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

A Heracross run probably works best in Emerald. Challenging enough as far gym battles go, but good coverage and stats will do the work. A Pinsir-only run looks more appealing, tho.

[@priestofronaldalt]

You got a partner willing to watch Pokémon challenges with you? That's gotta be some kind of dub.

[@GusterTails]

On our way through, I took the plume fossil. I knew if I didn’t say what I took, you’d all ask. Actually, now that I think about it, everyone asks anyway. Comments are good for the KZbin algorithm.

[@GelatinCoffee]

but what fossil did he take???

[@TheNoteblockLizard]

Salivate extra and your mouth hurts? Tell that to my sister. When she got her teeth removed, we couldn't get her to shut up. She went very very pale with her lips bright red. Looked like a vampire after a meal. Took her longer to heal cause she was an awful patient and wouldn't listen to us about shutting up and letting her mouth rest. Mind you, after my own removal of wisdom teeth, my mother had the bright idea to feed me a peanut butter and blackberry milkshake "Needed protein somehow" ... It was thick to the point of causing the bleeding to start all over again and the seeds got in the stitches ... so yeah ...

[@MahDryBread]

Man that's brutal. I'm so lucky, I've had no pain! The healing has been super easy. I've been doing Protein smoothies with peanut butter but I specifically didn't use mixed berries because of the seeds for that very reason

[@GelatinCoffee]

mdb mentioning that it'll be difficult to fight anything that has good special sttack and grass/eletric made me sad. i just finished a geodude only run in diamond a few days ago. i was level 21 grinding double battles in the forest before the grass gym, STILL getting one shot by budew out speeding me and using absorb...

[@gmsloep]

Yeah Geodude's Attack may be great for a first-form Gen 1 Pokémon, but its Speed is AWFUL.

[@DarkEinherjar]

MDB, the next time you do a Gen V run with a first-stage Pokémon, remember that Eviolite is a thing: it would've probably saved you from a lot of KOs. As for the Hitmons Gen I run, the way EVs (or whatever they're called in Gen I and II) work, it might be easier than you think.

[@kingmatthewlego]

Here is an idea “Can I beat Pokemon Red with only ‘Blast Boom Destruct and Bomb’ like Moves! If you start with Voltorb you get Sonic Boom at level 17 making it possible from the start of the game. Plus in Gen 1 it hits Ghosts for some reason. It would be funny and stupid and interesting! Would love to see a video of it. Moves you could use: Explosion, Self Destruct, Fire Blast, Egg Bomb, Sonic Boom, Spike Cannon, Pin Missile, and Smoke Screen. Every Gen 1 move related to explosions!

[@NanoScream]

Getting two of my teeth pulled was the worst thing I've ever experienced. Your nonchalance about that is wild. lol

[@AgsmaJustAgsma]

Got my wisdom tooth pulled off months ago and it was the most agonizing experience in recent memory. The worst part is that, despite the advice of not talking to ease the pain, my family couldn't stop calling me on the phone and I couldn't say nothing by gargled nonsense.

[@GeminiLibraAquarius]

Guess it varies... I had three wisdom teeth & one extra (it was next to a wisdom tooth and it was hoped by pulling that one, the wisdom one would be able to grow [spoiler: it didn't]) pulled and it wasn't fun by any stretch of the imagination, but it wasn't too bad. Maybe a week's recovery, in terms of being able to speak & eat solid foods again and by three weeks, I was back to normal. Everyone's different, hope all goes well for MDB.

[@maromania7]

It varies wildly by how the roots are laid. Not close to your nerves, just a toothache. Roots grown down to near that primary nerve? I've tumbled down a flight of stairs multiple times, broken limbs, walk with a cane now...and I'd do it again without hesitation before reliving the few lucid moments I remember off those meds.

[@zalhararena4831]

Got my wisdom teeth out a few years back. It was annoying but not horrible. That was in the states. A few years after that I was in el Salvador and got a few more bad ones pulled there. It was much better there.

[@kingbeerz7978]

I googled Gran Naniwa because of this, and learned something new, thanks Mah-Dry Teacher.

[@briansherrod1916]

I was like if ash’s krabby can do it, yours can too! Haha! This was fun!

[@Cyniv0]

I am loving seeing you have access to an OHKO move

[@Spacewizzard090]

RIP Gran Naniwa, you wonderful giant wrestling crab-man

[@CertavusGrey5450]

No attempt at Cynthia? Though I guess there’s no way poor lil krabby would’ve survived 😅

[@vampireraef]

Looks like crab, talks like people. CRAB PEOPLE CRAB PEOPLE 🦀

[@TyroneBruinsmaFilms]

Well at least Dry isn't in a Krabby mood today (goodnight Cleveland, there will be no apology)

[@TheKillertoma11]

Krabby's lil dancy-dance with the sped up animations brings me so much joy

[@jofbeats11]

I felt like if you'd gave krabby a "focus sash" it wouldn't got one shot alot. Even not get one shot by Serperior

[@ultimatejoshua1082]

Focus sash is a single use item

[@DarthVincentiusOfficial]

I usually name my Krabby Leonardo in honor of Leonardo DaPinchi or Leonardo DiCrabrio.

[@xtrmrage0144]

I'd love to see a No Evolution Line challenge series. Would be cool to see how it "evolves" throughout the games. Onix is only available in gen 1 since gen 2 onward Steelix exists

[@Joesbadatlife]

Krabby is my absolute favorite Pokémon. I'm so excited to watch this one

[@banditrests]

Oof man, I feel you, got my wisdom teeth removed late as well after years of being told I had plenty of room and one came in sideways so they took out all 4 after they had already come in. Good luck!

[@sapphiredraggytheflygon8521]

Maybe Black with only 1 Cryagonal?

[@DMGene117]

Oh Krabby is a classic! Can’t wait to see Yamask!

[@brebeaa]

My jaw dropped on Zekrom. I don’t know why your strategy there shocked me, but it was genuinely surprising how you solved that problem! 😂 I’ve been sleeping on Krabby.

[@ironbarbz]

Love any gen 5 play throughs! If there’s time could you do a ferroseed or Ferrothorn only run? Keep up the great work!

[@Alpha_Goose]

I always loved Krabby and Kingler, they aren't the fastest or specially tanky, but having the ability to prevent crits or prevent its monstrous attack stat from being lowered is nice

[@BioniclesaurKing4t2]

Fun fact on Gen 1 Hitmonlee: in Gen 1, crash damage for missing Jump Kick and Hi Jump Kick is only 1 HP because, as expected, it's bugged in Gen 1, so Hitmonlee is actually amazing in Gen 1 (if you're using those moves, at least).

[@ArgonOil]

Krabby and kingler honestly just the best pokemon.

[@___________0Z0X]

Korfish and Krawdant have words for you.

[@ArgonOil]

@@___________0Z0X They cool but pale in comparison to Krabby and Kingler

[@___________0Z0X]

@@ArgonOilWhy I outta!😤

[@bvd_vlvd]

They are soooo fun to use and mdb just proved it. Like bro just flips over and dies to Scald while Sparks barely scratch it. Gen 1 has a swords dance tm which makes Kingler sweep, like, everyone except Agatha with Body Slam and Surf. It's hilariously busted, dude

[@musiyevonchilla6769]

At least Hi Jump Kick hits decently hard & u dont get any recoil at all, so u actually have a hart hitting fighting move with Hitmonlee

[@justinthibodeaux8601]

Literally meditate HJK,body slam and seismic toss will get him through every fight

[@danielbutler8103]

I have an idea for a fun challenge, One that means you could even use Drowzee. Can you beat Pokemon Black (Or any game from gen's 5 ,6 or 7) with only the move Assist? Purrloin learns Assist at level 6 so it'd be the starter, Then if you get a male Purrloin you can breed it with other's to get more Pokemon. I think this would be a great wacky challenge since the more Pokemon on your team the more random the move is. For any that don't know Assist uses a random move known by any of the user's party Pokémon, With some exceptions. So even Pokemon that can't use Assist would still be useful if they have good moves that Assist can use. Drowzee is in the Human-Like Egg Group so If you want one with Assist you'd need a Spinda since they're in the Field and Human-Like Egg Groups so can breed with Purrloin and Drowzee. You could also use a Chimchar as a starter if you give it Assist as an Egg Move, They're also in the Field and Human-Like Egg Groups so a male one can breed the move into any Pokemon with Assist.

[@Acacius1992]

02:16 Missed chance for a pun like: "I replaced Oshawott so our rival have snivy, so he is serperior."

[@crazy_dude]

Love your videos they got me into doing challenge runs in different Pokemon games. I'm actually thinking of a pokemon conquest challenge

[@lolschrauber]

Heck yeah krabby has always been one of my favorites

[@dropinota]

Hope you're able to front load all your challenge runs and have them ready for after you have your dental work. Thanks for another great challenge run, I was expecting emolga to be a problem.

[@MahDryBread]

I should be good! I got the teeth out yesterday and I'm doing great. Literally no pain, just a tiny bit of jaw soreness in the muscles when I open my mouth wide. I should be ready to do voiceovers again in a couple days!

[@jadenfiregaming]

Is it possible that you could do these types of runs in the sun and moon games? Would be amazing!

[@user-yj6ns4ei5d]

i just gotta say I love listening to your outros, it feels so familiar like talking to a friend :) hope everything works out with the procedures you got this

[@lemon7806]

FlygonHG: Always play around the Critical Hit MDB: No.

[@TheShy1000]

I'm surprised that this run was much easier than I expected.

[@BrandonJames2016]

I always love gen 5 runs and using one krabby is definitely an interesting choice.

[@oatsen1618]

My favorite evolution line. Still really want to see gen 1 Kingler only.

[@lpcrobat2745]

yes my favorite Nancy Drew letsplayer uploaded!

[@celestialfinizen2018]

Man, that was a heck of an Energy Ball from that random Meowth. Crazy that you ran into that. ;)

[@warsword4]

If you have to get those teeth pulled, I hope your recovery goes as smoothly as mine did when I got mine pulled out. I went to the MN state fair with some friends the day after for 8-10 hours and was back to eating normal after about 3 days.

[@LemonCreamPyRose]

I think it'd be a lot harder for you, in the Black/White runs specifically, if, in the instance that the Pokemon you're using is a Water/Grass/Fire type Pokemon to, instead, pick the type *YOU* beat to replace. For example, if you replaced Tepig with Krabby, Cheren's ace would be Samurott, a Water Type, and he'd have a Simisage in the late game, while Bianca's ace would be Serperior. This means neither of them would be easy as opposed to only Bianca being relatively easy.

[@IWatchYoutubeSometimes]

I haven't watched the video yet for reasons below. Just wanted to say thank you for uploading. I watch your newest video every Saturday when I eat my supper. Can't wait to sit down and watch this one as well :)

[@chrisswanepoel7389]

Wouldn't have predicted this ending under level 90, really, so that's a pleasant surprise. Cheers! And dental stuff is rough, so good luck with that

[@parzival-bo]

Behold, the most _random_ Gigantamax. Seriously I think it's the only non-fan-favorite that no NPC uses at all, it's super freaking weird. Requesting Pokemon B2W2 With Only One Chinchou.

[@lavistalimited4747]

Teravolt and its clones basically makes moves ignore abilities. Ground moves can hit levitate users, Shedinja can't survive anything that isn't normal or ghost, basically any instance where an ability can impact a move in any way is fully ignored.

[@dibenp]

A crazy idea… could you have a guest narrator to read your script? It could be like a fun collab.

[@jamesmc7471]

Krabbys attack is insane😮😅

[@daveshans]

Alas, Krabby was not the prophecised chosen one to finally defeat Alder. Maybe in the next B&W run...

[@Kagnis1]

Fascinating run! Got to it late but I loved it. Good job and great run MDB!

[@easternwoyer3876]

18:21 no, they ignore your ability

[@coolmatt91]

What about a series seeing if the starters would be as good in different regions. Like Chimchar in Kanto

[@dinodad3322]

Before watch: i love crabs so this is exciting i cant wait!

[@eugenephoenix2847]

I didn’t know who Gran Naniwa was, but when I looked him up I found out I have the same birthday as him! Pro wrestling is awesome lol

[@Unotuchable]

Gran Naniwa is a pretty deep cut considering he was a Michinoku Pro guy who has sadly passed away.

[@MahDryBread]

It's my head canon that Crab Hammer is Gran Naniwa's crab walk elbow drop

[@MultiHomersimpson123]

Tip for the extraction: you can add tofu to any smoothie to boost the protein content without changing the flavor.

[@Scout819]

To quote Bulbapedia: "When a Pokémon with Teravolt uses a move, the effects of all Pokémon's ignorable Abilities are ignored for the execution of that move. (Ignorable Abilities are most Abilities that could potentially negatively affect the success, damage, or effects of a move if possessed by the target of a move or its allies.) For example, a Pokémon with Teravolt can cause critical hits to opponents that have Battle Armor." But more importantly, which fossil did you take?

[@waltterikoponen8426]

I still have my b2w2 with only hidden grotto pokemon! - you can do this two ways: only one pokemon per grotto OR have as many you'll encounter etc. You can choose - use the randomizer to change the starter to a sap sipper marill, rattled dunsparce or scrappy lillipup (These are the floccesy ranch's encounters, which are the "closest" one)

[@johnayeeee]

pretty sure you can grab the tm for rock smash before the normal gym. that could probably help in some runs

[@lilysmith8826]

when I catch a krabby I always call it krab. krabby and kingler are cool pokemon :D

[@gaelicsmurf8742]

Excited for this, Krabby is so cool.

[@___________0Z0X]

MDBAMA: can you please read this question on the show?

[@ternauven]

Could we possibly get a Mimikyu run, the little guy never gets any love

[@berryhayden9837]

23:45 probably gonna have a guest speaker

[@MrDeeds_117]

Dude feel you! Wisdom teeth are the worst type of pain

[@MahDryBread]

I got really lucky, no pain so far!

[@kahelem6077]

im guessing mah dry bread took the shell fossil

[@easternwoyer3876]

0:43 one would think your a physical attacker

[@simonrobertson8066]

Finally my favourite pokemon krabby

[@MinunRobotnik4]

Ugh wisdom teeth. I still have one. They aren't bothering me at all, but if they eventually cause problems it will suck.

[@hanshorstjoachim9498]

I'd like to see a gen2 Chinchou run.

[@darkball31]

we put it to sleep *who knew krabby had statis moves*

[@kahelem6077]

Before watching full video. Guillotine and Wide lens for the win 🤣

[@TheFireknight10]

It was a good run, for me the challenges with Pokemon from different regions of the game are always a must see, but i always wonder why don't you try the Cynthia battle in Undella Town in the Unova games? It is similar to the Steven Stone battle in Emerald and if I recall correctly it has no requirement. Although this one with Krabby would be hard considering that she opens with a Spirtomb with will-o-wisp so it will have to be a one shot

[@ironsigillite115]

Really enjoyed this run. Loved seeing you run my favorite pokemon.

[@ironsigillite115]

A run idea. Idk if you could but man a krabby, corphish and clawitzer run would be awesome.

[@Sailorbrown42]

I can’t believe he didn’t ask us if we thought he was going to win or not. I mean it doesn’t really matter, we know he’s going to win, but I figured I would comment anyway. Comments are good for the KZbin algorithm

[@techguypaul]

I'm going to guess that you're going to start Red with Hitmonlee otherwise you're gonna have a bad time if you have to Comet Punch every thing for the first third of the game.

[@tadasuko8935]

Krabby did much better than I expected! 🎉 Sooooooo when you gonna do a vulpix run? :3

[@Toineie]

This was a really fun run to watch! Keep it up! How about pokemon Emerald with one Clamperl?

[@seanwilliams823]

"Cryoganal is a fun pikemon"... Future Black Solo Run?

[@123bugboy]

in situations like this where you mainly needed to over level to outspeed a Pokémon, could you try to use ev berries and ev training a lil to change up your stats

[@Misclickt]

A small, frail crab has more than 2x the attack strength than a giant rock snake.

[@SomeGuy712x]

(18:08) Huh, I never realized that Teravolt turned off Shell Armor, but apparently, this has always been the case.

[@brewski118sempire]

Yes please get those teeth taken care of. I didn't and had all four impacted and I was in a situation where I couldn't do anything about it. It ended up messing my jaw up and had to have major surgery to fix it and had all my teeth pulled out at 24. Still deal with ear problems because of it.

[@thegameingtreeme9457]

I do now realise that i could have been doubleing my efficiency by asking for a surskirt run on discord. But at this point im to deep

[@BradleyNoble-gw3fs]

2:20 I was expecting a Spongebob reference not that it matters since I am not a Spongebob fan but.. Oh well...

[@SFWarboss]

I was not expecting multiple clutch Guillotines to pop up during this challenge, but I'm glad they did. 😂 Also, good luck with the dental work! I hope everything goes well!

[@infernape100]

man, MDB was KRABBY during the zekrom moment. Bad joke aside this was a fun run...But a furret solo run anytime soon?