Mewtwo Only - Pokemon FireRed

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:
-- *In gen1, evasion boosting is allowed if the Pokemon does it through means other than learning the move by level up or TM. For example, using Mimic or Mirror Move to boost evasion is allowed. (This exception is to keep ranking consistent with my legacy videos.)
-- 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
Patreon: / scottsthoughts
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Twitter: / psychicflying
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Illustrations by / sarinavail
Thumbnail art by / brianlsart
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DVs / IVs: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...
Damage Calculations: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...
Gen1 Stat Calculator: pycosites.com/pkmn/stat_gen1.php
Gen2 Stat Calculator: pycosites.com/pkmn/stat_gen2.php
Gen1 Crit Rates: www.smogon.com/rb/articles/cr...
Learnsets: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...
Base Stats: bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...)

[@qwuartzthepoet5217]

Glad to hear you'll be giving yourself a break in January. The nonstop content for December and the entire year has been amazing, and seeing you grow as a solo challenge runner and channel has been great. Been here since the first couple of videos you put out, and look forward to the years to come!

[@apollobro91_2]

seconding this. it's amazing he's been able to release so much content lately.

[@geraldineyorarou2221]

Dude they were filmed in March....

[@cadencenavigator958]

Seconding this.

[@brendancrowley3085]

KZbin generally performs worse in January, and actually December generates higher-than-average revenue compared to other months. There’s actually a monetary gain for Scott to make all his videos for December and nothing for January, he’ll get great exposure even with no uploads.

[@AxleStukov]

Mewtwo:I fear no man. But that... thing *Points to pile of status inflicting eggs* Mewtwo:It scares me.

[@yamiryushi]

Mewtwo is allergic to eggs

[@kiertopaz]

mewtwo has an allergy and its an eggy one

[@lenlimbo]

Eh, more like "It midly inconveniences me"

[@xfluffytraxy4996]

You deserve a break! Don't apologize for that. It's not about quantity, it's about quality! Thanks for the month of Scott, already looking forward to the streams!

[@raianlima4758]

Boy I was refreshing the channel like a madman

[@ridleysanchez1221]

Honestly, give yourself a break, you definitely earned it, you hard worker. Anyway, the result was not surprising at all, Mewtwo OP.

[@nerdsfailme4166]

Scott: "I'm going to be taking a bit of a break in January" Also Scott: "Here's all the extra work I'll be doing in January". I can't think of a content creation team that works quite as hard as you guys - I feel you can treat yourself to an actual holiday as a treat at this point, surely? Love you guys!

[@moblinmajorgeneral]

Rock Tomb is not buffed in Gen IV. It's buffed in Gen VI.

[@waxbruh5965]

🤓🤓🤓

[@IndexInvestingWithCole]

@@waxbruh5965 wtf is wrong with you?

[@OasisCherryjuice182]

What is wrong with YOU?@@IndexInvestingWithCole

[@pokemontrainerharryghost]

​@@waxbruh5965You are so stupid, it's insane.

[@ishmamnaveel2198]

🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓 🤓

[@TheMeader]

A well earned break. So incredibly impressed with you, your work ethic, and your insanely high expectations you have for yourself. Thank you Scott, please enjoy the time off guilt-free and your fan base is here when you get back!

[@kaan-kaant]

Scott, there is absolutely zero reason for you to apologise for taking January off. You've produced 15+ weeks of content for the channel during the single month of December. Which I imagine has taken a huge amount of effort from you. This is your job and you deserve a proper holiday break after the amount of work that youve put into the channel over the year. Merry Christmas, brother 🎉🎉🎉

[@zenitfan4life]

Thank you for another year of joy and laughter provided through your content. I've went through some rough periods in my life and your videos often helped pull me out of darker places. Please enjoy your time off in January and for announcing this ahead of time, now I'll save some of the remaining December videos for January :)

[@KrotVP]

Thanks for all the work on this December month, for sure it's been incredible. And enjoy your deserved break, it's kinda sad a full month without new videos, but we all for sure understand!

[@banter8044]

For next year it would be fun to see what pokemon caused the most run failures. Like keep a tally of the most dangerous npc pokemon. Id love to see how pidgeotto ranks

[@gaminggoddess85]

The frayed and worn Mewtwo mousepad that's been on my various computer desks over the last 20+ years attests to my unending love for this creepy overpowered psychic cat monster.

[@Cream147player]

Just want to say thanks for all the content you produce - I've only been watching the last few months but obviously having a new release each day this month has been a real treat. Glad to hear you're taking a month off the full videos, because when I see a KZbinr producing a clearly unsustainable amount of content, I am always worried about burnout. Looking forward to the final week of content from this month!

[@Achw3l]

Thank you so much Scott for the insane amounts of work you put into your videos. I've been watching religiously

[@TheFajczak]

You've done a great job this year, Scott. Hats off!

[@alijohar4937]

Thank you so much for such an incredible month. Your January rest is well deserved. Love you Scott! ♥️

[@ucjepkjl7fbne6shltft3mlw8]

Thanks for a fantastic December! Speaking as a fellow... ADHD-haver(?), I'm really impressed that you pulled this off. You should be really proud of yourself! Taking a month's break from regular uploads after this sounds like a very healthy decision. I wish you a relaxing, deadline-free January!

[@georgiosvavliaras1066]

I fully support your decision to take January of mate Have been loving your videos for quite a time, you're doing fantastic stuff and are becoming the gold standard for solo runs, keep up the great work brother!

[@justinsims655]

I've only kept up with about a third of this month's videos, so if anything, your break just gives me time to catch up lol. (And you've earned it of course.)

[@ame-chan579]

Always a pleasure to be a symbolic number (in this case, 151) like. Thank you for all the content you give to us, Scott ❤😊

[@LordRazzia]

No problem! Take a break!!! You absolutely deserve it. Thank you for all of your awesome content!!

[@MrSinger187]

Good for you for taking the next month off; you deserve it after this month. I’ll love to see what you can do in terms of software upgrades!

[@quinceekingston4335]

Loved watching all your videos this month but glad you're taking some time to rest. Looking forward to next year's content!

[@jthrills8374]

Haven't watched it yet, but looking forward to watching you spank this game. The length was like twenty minutes! This thing must be a beast.

[@mattplays2155]

Have nice Christmas Days and a nice time till the new Year Scott! Thank you for all of your content :)

[@lewisedwards4058]

You’ve more than earned a break- keep up the fantastic work!

[@ricksdarkness3257]

This break is very well-deserved. Thank you so much for daily December!

[@Dec-Archer]

Happy to be here so early, I can't explain how amazing your content is man.

[@brwnstkiduknow]

Interesting thought I had while watching this: most of your other times in the tier list so far are with Pokémon evolving throughout the play through, which likely contributes to the giant gap between mewtwo and everyone else. It’s still a busted Pokémon though. Love the content, enjoy your January!

[@bradlauk1419]

"I need a really short video for the end of the year. . . What pkmn should I pick hmmm" Always appreciate your videos Scott. You deserve all the success.

[@VegeMaticPragtarian]

Good for you, Scott! Take the time off, you’ve done so much, it’s crazy. Please ENJOY it :))))

[@et34t34fdf]

Happy Christmas and happy new year, Scott, looking forward to a new year of excellent content.

[@Xtr3mePurple]

Love the videos Scott. I hope you enjoy your well earned time off.

[@pyromaniak2736]

whilst im disappointed to have a month of no scott i cant at all be mad after getting daily december. amazing work, love all of your videos. streams are not my thing but i do like seing the highlights sometimes. ill see you in February after the new year. dont stop being you.

[@HelloJohnRyan]

Congratulations! Enjoy the well-deserved break!

[@Multicantelope]

"she evolved into her final form, my wife!" Lmao

[@BackPalSA]

Glad to hear you're taking a break! You do you man!

[@ZillaRexQ]

Feels like there's a lot of optimizing that could be done with Mewtwo here, so I'm interested in seeing how fast the eventual second playthrough will be down the line. That being said, enjoy your break! You deserve it!

[@JimBeamFiend53]

Merry Christmas, Scott! Thanks for the content! I'm looking forward to 2024! Hopefully, my boy Blaziken can do better.

[@matversion2]

I'm so glad you are taking a break from fully produced content, please use some of that time to actually rest though too! You deserve as much!

[@PrincessGoth574]

Ive been watching a little less KZbin overall this year, which is a good thing i used to watch way too much. Ive gone from having not enough to watch to having to pick and choose what i want to watch. However I always prioritise your new videos even this month and watch them asap. I hope you have a good rest and i will be still using your old videos to fall asleep to.

[@Eggsceptional]

I can't lie.. Every. Single. Time. I collect TM43 pulling down Camper Flint his dialogue makes me think of your old GF memes. In Erika's gym it's worth considering battling the trainers on the right side for 6 SpA EVs instead of 2 Atk, and 1 Def EV. It's 1 more Pokemon to defeat, but those EVs sure are nice. Mewtwo would have done better against the Poison types on the other side against that nasty Exeggcute! The sub 50 min time is absolutely possible. While pursuing Round 2 (going to Sevii Islands after Blaine), my recent Mewtwo run got 49:46 at the end of Round 1. Mewtwo is a monster. Thank you for another great video to cap off your initial FireRed series. I hope you enjoy your time off (aka working on other things).

[@rafilosofo]

After all that in december you surely deserves a break. Have a great january.

[@laureate90]

Great month, Scott. You deserve January off. Enjoy! And Happy Christmas Eve.

[@jonahhex18]

Hell yeah man! Take your time off! December has been glorious, and you absolutely deserve to rest up

[@azurrayne4140]

Mewtwo not surprising anyone with taking the lead. It was literally built different. I'm pretty sure platinum is coming for Christmas. Call it a hunch, but he does keep namedropping it. Finally, taking January, the worst month for KZbin creators monetarily off to refine he brand and get a small backlog of videos started is a genius move.

[@anthonypeterman959]

It's good that you're taking a break in January. Even when you love your job, a break is sometimes needed.

[@przemysawkilianski4169]

20:27 1st time i've noticed myself in you video :D thx for that, Scott have a nice Xstmas and especially really long and good break in January you deserved it ❤❤

[@przemysawkilianski4169]

Also what a cool pokemon you have chosen for me, almost the best bird one 😅

[@ashyarafanmike]

OMG LOL We knew Mewtwo was going to be great but I litterally LOL'd when I saw the run time. Maybe you just edited this to be faster than normal, let me find out.

[@OmegaSaiyanPrince]

"She evolved into her final form, my wife!" That is so darn cute I love it

[@perkypenguin1663]

Very impressive performance with Mewtwo! While I’m not surprised, it’ll be interesting to see if anyone comes close to overthrowing its time (maybe Chimecho in FireRed will do the trick 😂). Also while I’ll surely miss the fully produced videos in January, you’ve more than earned the break!

[@XenithShadow]

I suspect kyorge might have a reasonable chance 100% accurate thunders and rain boosted water moves with ice beam coverage seem pretty powerful. its speed might be an issue though.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@XenithShadow Base 90 speed isn't bad. It also has options in Earthquake, Body Slam, Rock Slide, etc to use its base 100 Attack. It's basically a slower but much more powerful Starmie but probably better because there's more options as far as moves go. Kyogre certainly could outdo Mewtwo. It's got the power (weather-boosted STAB and the bonus of a stronger Electric attack in Thunder that becomes reliable in rain) and it's got the survivability for anything it can't one-shot. Water is better defensively and arguably offensively than Psychic in Gen 3.

[@XenithShadow]

@@ShiningJudgment666 The lati twin are out of the running due to only have psywave as an attacking move till level 20. Even if they were allowed to have their souldew to hold. The best place to look for contender would likely be in the emerald runs catagory for any stand outs there.

[@XenithShadow]

@@ShiningJudgment666 So look at the most recent emerald run mewtwo is sitting in the B tier for emerald. Potentially medicham could be good for fire red, it also possible the emerald teiring is heavily biased towards pokemon that match up well into steven.

[@WorkInProgressX]

You absolutely deserve to rest after this month, you,the editor and thumbnail artists have been pushing high quality content throughout the month, taking a pause to recharge and get some margin with future releases is the best decision. Also i was wrong about the birbs being on Dec 31st

[@phoenixmaggiore3120]

Will miss you in jan, but its important. Great year!!💛

[@thebigbean8783]

Whooowee! I cannot wait for Mewtwo to crush everything in its path. This is going to be amazing 🤩

[@realbloodydoves]

Taking a break for January is totally reasonable, Scott. A video a day is a brutal workload for December and taking some time to refocus on other stuff makes total sense and is completely fair. We'll be here when you're back in February.

[@glennvandierendonck3771]

21 minut video, this one will speak for itself

[@solidraven6986]

I like watching or listening to your vids while I olay radical red. It gets me more hype for gym battles and ive learned a few new things too.😅

[@DennisUrMenace]

Enjoy your time off Scott happy holidays! Glad you let us know rather then disappear

[@888Grim]

Excellent video as always

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

You’ve certainly earned a break in January considering all the uploads this month

[@MilliardaereMiamMiamMiam]

i was worried that you burn out and i wont have your content in 3 years. So I'm glad you are slowing down for a month

[@vits6597]

Enjoy a well earned break brother! We'll be here when you next post a run, we love this stuff the same as you do 🤝

[@Ferrant621]

DAMN, Mewtwo hit the tier list so hard everyone got knocked down a bit.

[@deathby1808]

You’d be crazy not to take a bit of a break!! You do what’s best for you!

[@priince869]

Finally, a legendary w/o Q&A. 😅👏🏼

[@HanCurunyr]

tbh, its so cute to hear the happiness in Scott's voice everytime he talks about his wife

[@shinipede3998]

No surprise that Psychics are still busted because even in FRLG, there are no Dark-types, only Dark-type moves, and the only Ghost-types are also Poison-type.

[@RB-xl1nd]

Thank you for a great year of content.

[@amandamimic2725]

Best of luck with your software updates! Just make sure to take some real breaktime during your breaktime too ^_^

[@Erranteumbra]

Mewtwo! Time to murder the game

[@AzureFlute]

Mewtwo is my favorite legendary Pokémon! After seeing the solo run from Emerald a while back I was interested to see how Mewtwo would fair in Kanto where there's no Dark types to worry about like in Hoenn's early game.

[@BattousaiHiiro]

Hey Scott, love the videos man...wondering why didn't you teach Mewtwo Thunderbolt? Would it have made the game to easy? You get it from Lt Surge so early and I think it would have been useful even without super effective damage. I'd can't wait to see an optimized play through. Yo you and your team, keep up the wonderful and great work! Thanks for all you do!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

You get Shock Wave from Surge in FireRed. Thunderbolt costs 4000 coins in the Game Corner.

[@ronbou4728]

Thanks for the year of content

[@raianlima4758]

Call me a betting man but I'm pretty sure Scott is releasing a Gen 4 playtrough this month

[@SimplePufferfish]

In a previous episode you lamented about how often you joke about Venomoth's typing and I was afraid you were going to abandon the bit. But nope! and we got a huge call back to "did you guys know I have a girlfriend now?" This is like a true season finale with all of the callbacks!

[@Stevo2557]

That slow growth rate hurts even early. And 3 hitting geodude at half the level is funny

[@patriots-wu2qs]

Honestly though.....scott is an absolute legend.

[@kevinkirkwood8844]

We'll all miss you in January but I do hope you enjoy your time off and get some much needed rest. Merry Christmas

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Merry Christmas! (There will be streams in January!)

[@drchops_4242]

Gonna be missing the constant uploads, keeps me sane but please take your time and I’m looking forward to your return

[@morgastic23]

I was on the edge of my seat watching you almost get KO'd by an Exeggcute

[@skeetermania3202]

Oddly, this almost happened to SilphSpectre in his Mewtwo Hardcore Nuzlocke as well.

[@morgastic23]

@skeetermania3202 If I had a nickel for every time Mewtwo was almost KO'd by an Exeggcute I'd have 2 nickels. Which isn't a lot but it's weird that it happened twice.

[@drachenklaue07]

Take a vacation too, my friend. You deserve it.

[@KriboRX]

"The best pokemon ever CREATED" I see what you did there

[@wiseguise5960]

One thing I think that should be implemented in your ranking is either having some way of showing a full evolution line compared to fully evolved starter. Maybe even splitting the rank chart in two? But that might be a little weird cause then we would have to compare a run like this, where there's only 1 stage of evolution, against a full line evolution and also the last stage starter runs. But for someone who is new and, lets say for instance, watches this video first and sees that Dragonite had a terrible time wouldn't know that you did a full evolution playthrough. There's just a lot of information that is lost when just looking at your rank charts for a new viewer.

[@sergioavila877]

Either this walkthrough went super great, and Mewtwo is OP that you just flew through the game....or its so bad you gave up halfway, cant wait to find out

[@kevinsips3658]

Those beauty Lori strats were absolute S tier

[@robpettifer4495]

Good video. Be careful, though. If your friendship level isn't maintained, Wife isn't is the final form of that line.

[@varendra5220]

Suggestion for future replay run: Modest nature. Physical Mewtwo is decent, but Modest would’ve turned so many 3 & 2HKOs into 2 & OHKOs respectively. Confusion go brr can get you through to Water Pulse & Shock Wave easily

[@treiz01]

Honestly Scott, enjoy your break. We'll be here when you get back, brother!

[@Steve_A93]

Given that you do Steven in Emerald and Red in Crystal, I was wondering if you'd considered including the Sevii islands and Elite 4 rematches in these in the future? Maybe when the game is modded to not check the 60 dex entries for that?

[@discgolfwes]

Enjoy your break Scott!

[@ArloMathis]

I know your overlay is always changing and improving. I'm curious if you've thought about putting a little badge inset on one of the corners of the opposing trainer's Pokemon images showing their levels, or maybe beside their names, since that's the only relevant information I can see that's not represented. I think showing the trainer's items and their rules would be *nice* but probably too wordy or difficult to fit well.

[@kevan38]

Your videos are always on point. The secret power trainer saying how cool he is cuz he's got a gf was just too funny.

[@Vamsikrishna94]

Use the thief TM for misty battle... 40power dark type move will do more damage than any other move available till the level. It will also help with other psychic types like exeggcute

[@powerpunchXD]

Go straight to Mr. Psychics house after Misty and getting Cut.

[@ostint912]

@@powerpunchXDyou can’t it’s in saffron city

[@deadlive3212]

Mewtwo can‘t learn Thief.

[@skyninegaming]

Ice beam would be great too. It's not that much of a time waste to buy it from the store. I think thief until you can afford ice beam is best.

[@georgiosvavliaras1066]

It's what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are - Mewtoo, 1998

[@cashnelson2306]

The word "challenge" is doing some real heavy lifting for this one

[@someguy4252]

mentioning wife and mega punch in the same breath... gl with the marrage btw hope its a good one.

[@dxjxc91]

After "daily december" you have definitely earned a break. I'll be sure to catch your next upload. The algorithm will probably punish you though.

[@KnT_Noriiko]

Hey Scott! Do you skip the juggler to the left of Koga now that the path can in FR/LG? Not sure if you noticed you dont have to go all the way across the top of the gym anymore. For anyone who doesnt know, 6 tiles in from the top right corner and straight down. When you hit the wall go left and youll be 1 tile below that last juggler. Happy playthroughs speedsters!

[@bobjoe3492]

Holy great Scott!!