Top 10 STRONGEST Pokemon in Gen 1

Today I'm taking a look at the STRONGEST Pokemon in the 1st Generation! Note, this is based on the competitive nature of the Pokemon during the gen, if that wasn't already obvious...
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[@publicbeheading]

The gameplay, the music, Gen I is just straight up old school fun; the way any game should be. I am 35 now and still playing Red, Blue and Yellow on my emulator

[@nintendolife25]

Speed is such a broken stat in Gen 1. It not only determines who goes first but the chances of you dealing critical. No wonder Tauros and Persian were so good.

[@leargamma4912]

Persian isn't as good as Tauros. Sure, garenteed crits are nice, but since crits nullify any attack buffs, it's laughable why anyone would use persian apart from in game.

[@condog209]

The reason why Jolteon is better than zaptos

[@ShiningJudgment666]

@@condog209 Jolteon isn't as good as Zapdos but it's ironically a decent enough check due to resisting Zapdos' dual STAB. Persian is basically used as a second Tauros to clean up weakened teams that Tauros has already devastated.

[@Wolf_3125]

No wonder Jolteon was so good

[@HistoryandReviews]

@@leargamma4912 crit? Nerd!

[@ArcMans_Innovation]

I think nidoking deserved a mention. 🤧

[@Asaomar]

It absolutely did. Nidoking was(and still is) a fantastic Pokémon.

[@Historicutuber]

Yeah it was a favorite of mine

[@joshmiller3521]

While i agree with this, unfortunately in gen 1 psychics ran the metas and nidoking is weak to psychic.

[@remytt4]

Psychic was a necessity in Gen 1! Nidoking is a total garbage against Psychic. It's an all-around pokemon offensively but average defensively! It's good for a playthrough but not on strategy!

[@splaartflunterklufn9797]

A fantastic playthrough and nuzlocke Pokémon but not good competitively

[@widowspeakfreak2573]

I never understood why Pokémon stadium was hard as a kid. Learning the physical special split used to be based on type and critical was based on speed blew my mind when I fell back into the games.

[@RaynmanPlays]

Same. I only learned about the physical/special split being type-based when I tried to solo my way through _Emerald_ with a Gardevoir and was wondering why Shadow Ball was doing so little damage. I played Pokemon Blue when it first came out, and I didn't learn about it until Emerald.

[@AzureKite191]

Pokémon is supposed to be hard and difficult

[@emilysmith2965]

Sure but there’s a difference between “this is difficult” and “this is bad game design.”

[@Wolf_3125]

Plus, Stadium was meant to be beaten with Pokemon you transfer from your Red, Blue, or Yellow, not the rentals

[@stuartdparnell]

Mewtwo was hard in Pokemon Stadium btw. I had to resort to Exeggutor to beat him.

[@malachirodrigues3013]

Snorlax is especially powerful. It can be helpful against battle Sabrina because it's attack is powerful. Even though in gen 1 it was special, it's a tanky Pokemon.

[@CrossoverFan4life]

I bet it would be #1 on gen 2's list

[@snapclub8751]

Especially with Amnesia.

[@leonardoantonini4464]

Dropping a like cause I casually clicked on the video to have something to listen to while doing stuff and didn't expect at all THAT Scott Steiner promo. That was great man

[@kylemartin2487]

Thank you for adding that legendary TNA moment in your video. Steiner was insane on the mic 😂

[@heribertojberrios821]

I love your videos, but what I love about this one is the fact that you used the pictures of the first Pokémon cards plus how they look in that game. Awesome!

[@peeko_luxx2873]

Was just about to comment this. The 90s were so special and Pokémon cards back then, were even more so special. Cheers

[@IgneelS11]

wanted to say the same :D

[@phillipkacmar1265]

Love the OG pokemon card pictures of the pokemon in the video

[@johnnypollack3243]

Love the video and keep up the great work

[@dravenamor6052]

I love that you included the original trading card art! It brings back so many memories.

[@slaplist8377]

The Scott Steiner meme threw me off. Great job 🤣

[@dju164]

3:27 i had a card with this art for rhydon, loved it! tcg had some great illustrations

[@singingcrow439]

I would have had slowbro at 10 instead simply due to how annoying it can be once it gets an amnesia up (for those who don't know, amnesia was basically two calm minds). With its incredible defense and hp stats and a good special stat, once this thing gets going, nothing short of a razorleaf or thunderbolt crit will be breaking through.

[@joshmiller3521]

I think slowbro couldve been 8 or 9, cloyster and rydon werent as good in the OU meta due to lack of amnesia or the psychic typing

[@yeajray231]

Pretty sure razor leaf is always a critical in gen one? I could be mistaken

[@singingcrow439]

@yeajray2316 yeah you're right. I meant razorleaf on it owns and then critical thunderb0lt.

[@pksprite6401]

@@joshmiller3521 both Cloyster and especially Rhydon are far better than Slowbro in Ou

[@Historicutuber]

I really adored gen 1. So many great Pokémon

[@Historicutuber]

I used a lot of these in Pokémon stadium

[@peeko_luxx2873]

I agree. Something about the simplicity of the art style is just so satisfying to look at. Was a big gen 1-3 fan. My favorite generation is probably 3 for the story. Gen 2 for music. Gen 1 for the simple mons. Cheers

[@ptgh1986]

I never realized that I needed Scott Steiner in my Pokemon videos until now. Thank you

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Well I guess we can have that Scott with all his.. thoughts...

[@coyfishis1]

Dude this should be the first of a new top 10 series for u where u do a top 10 for each gen

[@residentgrey]

Cloyster was in my Elite Four team in every G1 playthru I have ever done. That beautiful Ice/Water mix dominated! I had a Graveler and sometimes a Dugtrio as well. Ice was my main approach for the dragons, and much of that test.

[@goabparty9574]

Dugtrio was really good. I can’t remember much but I remember him being kinda versatile

[@Studdmufin111]

What a great idea for a video series bro

[@AlexDriscoll]

I love the use of the original trading card art!

[@Saviarai-Dravolika]

I expected Tauros to be this list: he's insane in gen 1 OU XD

[@max.digman]

I’d be curious to see a top 10 Pokémon of all time at some point🤔🤔

[@Wolfism]

You should Continue to make videos like that, that`s more The Old Mystic 🙂🙂

[@rig85]

I went to the Pokémon mall tours in ‘99 and 2000, and I battled in the Prime Cup tournaments back then. One finals match, another guy and I had Pokémon left with Double Team. Both of us used it multiple times, and neither of us could hit each other. Eventually, the rep gave us both a win, since they were timed matches…and we were stuck waiting for Struggle to come into play.

[@terraSpark902]

That's an awesome story I wanna do something like that for Nintendo cup 1997

[@darrenpickard6518]

Love the original card artwork for Rhydon, game me a smile for the many memories.

[@earlymorninstonedpimp]

Love seeing my Cloyster and Exeggutor, I use them on every playthrough and they never fail me. Especially since cloyster has good special so it can barely get knocked out

[@orshteinbok7762]

As far as I'm aware, Gengar and Jolteon have a much bigger place in the Meta compared to Cloyster so I think that's all I would change personally, Jolteon over Gengar would be what I select due to Gengar being part poison giving it plenty of issues

[@terraSpark902]

Depends

[@HankScorpio355]

Haha never thought I'd ever see Scott Steiner referenced in a Pokémon video, bravo!

[@mickey9421]

I'd like to see you do a video about eeveelutions and movesets

[@PieJee1]

I see mentioning special attack and defense as separate stats but gen 1 only has one special stat for attack and defense. In gen1 a special attacker snorlax was very normal

[@adrianogoulartcarvalho7144]

or a special atacker chansey, 105 spa is a ton lax though is not as big a special hitter as it could have been, since it's special is mediocre. it still can use coverage though because of its huge movepool and stat experience. also it can setup amnesia, to axtually be a special attacker.

[@corey2232]

He mentions it in the video

[@concretejedi]

Brooo i almost died choking on my food when the scott steiner insert came up

[@MrBnjjackson]

1 million points for the Scott Steiner reference. But I wanna know what Big Pappa Pump had to say about the percentages 😂

[@jb2o09]

I never had a problem defeating any of these Pokémon, now catching some Pokémon was difficult

[@patg108]

could Ghastly just be the inner being of a Cloyster that has died and went on to then evolve into a ghost line of Haunter and Gengar? If you photoshop out the gas part of the sprite it'd look pretty close to the face within the shell of a Cloyster. Can't deny the resemblance

[@malachirodrigues3013]

Psychic type are very overpowered. That's why it's there in the list.

[@adrianogoulartcarvalho7144]

and normal types, they're even better

[@Empr4evr]

*Were. Their dominance in Gen 1 was why Game Freak created the Dark and Steel types for Gen 2 and made Rock/Dark Tyranitar the 600 total base stat Pseudo-legendary in those games.

[@zoelindwall637]

They definitely buffed up cloyster Pokémon up in Pokémon mystery dungeon explorers of sky

[@warmachine1919]

Yes for the Scott Steiner reference lol

[@mystictimewarp9831]

I like how you used the og art work

[@k2basior]

What about what if every Legendary, Mythical, Ultra Beast and Paradox Pokemon were used by an in-game Trainer each (one per Trainer)? Also maybe top 10 gimmicks Ash Pokemon should've used (Megas, Dyna/Gigamax, Z-moves) and in which fight those could've been used?:-) I, for example wanted Sirfetch'd to have Corkscrew Crash t beat Drasna's Mega Altaria. Ash Mega Evolving Gengar once or twice would've been nice. Giga Melmetal and Kingler would've been awesome. Infernape with Firium-Z would be really deadly (maybe to beat Cynthia Mega Garchomp). It sounds like a good what if list

[@theonedraven8007]

naming my tentacruel "SEA ZUBAT" FROM NOW ON

[@EnbyFish]

Some of the fastest Pokémon with powerful 1 shot potential in late game are Electrode and Dugtrio. Scyther can get some good crits with speed but it’s not as strong due to a lack of STAB. In Pokémon Stadium my rental teams often had Starmie, Alakazam, and Electrode as the 3 I would fall on using for 3on3 battles. List looks really good here Mystic!

[@Sunaki1000]

Electrode can explode and thats it. I wouldnt say thats to valuable, even if its a guaranteed Bang. Its physical Attack isnt that great eighter, so its not even a save Trade of. Eggsecutor and Cloyster can explode as well, and do more before they go.

[@terraSpark902]

@@Sunaki1000 Electrode is top teir in Nintendo cup 1997

[@Sunaki1000]

@@terraSpark902 Thats pretty weird. But I am happy for the Ball to do something right for once.

[@terraSpark902]

@Sunae personally, I think it's totally viable in OU as well, but yeah, it's a staple in Nintendo Cup 1997 because of speed creep from level ranges and Explosion was a lot more valuable etc etc.

[@cestrumnocturnum5075]

Also, happy to see Jynx and Exeggutor get the spotlight they deserve. I would always train a Jynx because her cry is hilarious. When I was little I thought she was a jellyfish for some reason...

[@jeremykops]

I'm a huge wrestling fan so seeing Scott Steiner was absolutely amazing lol

[@notsosilentprotag]

I like the New Series...Looking forward to Gen 2

[@drunkpikachu420]

Also glad jynx got some love

[@pokechallengeruns]

All of the cool pokémon are in gen 1. It has a special place in my heart.

[@anthonyanglemyer]

Interesting listing here. I just found it a little funny how you interrupted the video halfway to promote your other channels again. XD

[@seanblake4688]

Charizard will always be #1 in my heart though 🥹🥹

[@sebastianherrejon8606]

Hey Mystic you should take inspiration from AlmightyMandals his top 10 are great

[@andrewkatz6649]

7:51 It's funny how Pokémon has evolved. Exeggutor has gone from being one of the best psychic types in Gen 1 to now being amongst the worse due to its dual typing.

[@hugomventura]

U turn and dark+ghost being so common kinda ruined psychic.

[@Empr4evr]

And because Gen 2 granted Eggy 65 Special Defense, basically half as good as it was in RBY. It went from being a dependable tank, to an okay sweeper/set-up, to being outclassed by virtually everything. I wish Game Freak would Exeggutor its 125 Special Defense back.

[@psychedashell]

Bug type Pokémon with access to Bug type moves cleaned it up pretty hard.

[@snapclub8751]

Gen 1 was a great time to be a Psychic-type and a Normal-type because of the Psychics scaring off the Fighting-types.

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Also a lack of good Fighting moves. The only wide-spread Fighting move that had good base power was Submission which was terribly unreliable with its bad accuracy and the drawback of recoil. Hi Jump Kick was also limited to a rather bad Pokemon.

[@stevensamuels4041]

​@@ShiningJudgment666 Gen 1 Fighting Pokemon: Hey can we maybe have some fighting moves.... Hitmonlee: KNOW THEY ARE ALL MINE!!!!

[@Philbatrom]

I love how this is really a Top 20 list lol

[@mickeynelson6263]

Can you please do this for Gen 2 as well? I’m about to re play crystal

[@terraSpark902]

Let's see, we got Snorlax, Snorlax, Snorlax, Snorlax, Snorlax.. and.. maybe Snorlax 🤔

[@Tthahulk92]

Steiner math in a Pokémon video!!!!

[@toxicperson8936]

I LOVE that this list is based off of how good they were in Gen 1, instead of listing the best Gen 1 Pokémon in todays standards.

[@bluedevils481991]

Call me a genwunner but damn do i love gen 1. Glitches, imbalances and all it WAS my childhood! Always will remember hunting for over level 100 Pokémon and being sure not to use them except in link cable battles

[@2maro]

I can't wait for you to redo this video with the right stat lines as though special attack and special defense weren't the same

[@Teasquared27]

This was the correct stat lines though for generation 1

[@2maro]

@@Teasquared27 there was no special defense or special atk. Just special. And what's worse, he's using Bulbapedia which has the capability to show the gen 1 stat set up.

[@Teasquared27]

@@2maro yes i understand but this would not change the order of the list

[@terraSpark902]

*Just look at the showdown list moment*

[@truthwarriorhumanleaderrep2X4]

why not part 2 for gen 1 top 10 of any gen game not just red and blue, to compare

[@silverblack123]

I think you gotta nickname your next alakazam ‘disaster’ in honor of big bad booty daddy

[@lucleblanc7029]

Tauros, Jolteon, Nidoking, Starmie, Colyster, Kabutops are my Gen 1 team!🔥

[@terraSpark902]

I also use a lot of Water types

[@howardschilling8271]

You used Steiner Math in a Pokémon countdown. Bravo, good sir, bravo……

[@SaxaboomDK]

Loved it!

[@FHRiley-yk9by]

Why is Snorlax so good? "HE'S FAT!"

[@matthewdamico9776]

You had me at gen 1 🤓

[@Lemontkd]

Mystic! Why not continue this series with, top 10 strongest gen 1 Pokémon in gen 2 or gen 3 etc. so the best gen 1 Pokémon in the following games. then do the following gens

[@JohnnyPaco81]

Wait wasnt stabs added in Gen 3/4 Also, wasnt defense split into special and physical in gen 3?

[@Teasquared27]

Stabs were in gen 1 and special defense was created in gen 2

[@prede89]

No gyradose? The Pokémon with the best move pool in gen 1 and the Pokémon who before the special split could destroy with all the beams/lighting bolt/flamethrower . Imagine a hyperbeam from a fully trained gyarados pre special split. Damn son you’re done

[@Teasquared27]

Chansey, Starmie, snorlax, Zapdos, Jolteon, Gengar and sometimes tauros all run or can thunderbolt. Thats 3-4 mons on a team that absolutely crush Gyarados. Theres no good matchups for him in competitive gen 1

[@david-melekh-ysroel]

If you're talking about Ancient Gyarados, I would completely agree with you. Note: the format AG doesn't stand for Anything Goes, but for Ancient Gyarados 🤓🤓

[@terraSpark902]

It can't even learn flamethrower in gen 1.. also if we're talking "best move pool" then look no further then Lickitung

[@SonnyK248]

Barring legendary Pokemon my go to gen 1 team was usually Venusaur, Arcanine, Gyarados, Nidoking, Electabuzz and Snorlax. Aside from the fact that they all looked like killers minus maybe Venusaur who got in because he's just the only grass type I liked. They were all really strong. and after i beat the elite 4 Dragonite would swap out with Nidoking. Snorlax was just the best guy to throw in when you needed to fully restore your team. Also this team kind of sucks because you have to go to the PC to get a bird to fly you around but all the flying types sucked in gen 1 so I didn't really care. Gengar is my absolute favorite Pokemon of all time but I used to restart frequently because I was a Pokemon crack addict as a kid and there's only so many times you can tell your buddy to get the trade cable out. Otherwise I'd 100% go with Gengar, Alakazam, Golem, Venusaur, Gyrados and Arcanine

[@smileyfawler8454]

Mess with the bull, get the horns.

[@1musamune]

What's this as I nuzlocke my Virtual Console copy of Red on my 2DS.

[@miguezord]

OMG! What a coincidence!

[@AARON-69]

Look at jrosr11 on gen 1 as he does speed runs and rank them on time and performnces . Your list is based on if it knew all there moves from when u catch it. Also u got the badge bost glitch that make pokemon broken

[@adrianogoulartcarvalho7144]

his list is for competitive pvp pokemon, not in game run viability

[@Lukejup]

JINX looks like MR Popo lady

[@jamilali7650]

Truly surprised you didn’t mention arcanine once

[@Teasquared27]

Fire types were awful in gen 1

[@terraSpark902]

@@Teasquared27 Not exactly. They're great in Nintendo Cup 1997. But Arcanine still doesn't have the qualities that made fire types good.

[@Machoke.]

I love alakazam, but I usually prefer a starmie lead. Just personal preference though. I’ve just had more success with it personally. Alakazams psychic hits so hard though, and can at times outlast a lot of Pokémon due to its special defense being super high because special is just one stat, and with reflect. I either run psychic, thunder wave, reflect, recover, or sometimes replace reflect with seismic toss for chip damage, and I guess a more offensive alakazam. Plus he’s super fast so high crit ratio and special drops from psychic are devastating.

[@Teasquared27]

Same for me, starmie is just too versatile with its movepool which is why starmie is always on my team and alakazam is only most of the time.

[@Machoke.]

@@Teasquared27 I haven’t played gen 1 OU In like 6 or 7 months, but when I was playing it a lot I would switch back and forth and try different things just to mix it up. I’ve even tried adding Pokémon you don’t always see in OU like moltres, and other ones. Didn’t win as much when I did that, but it’s all about fun.

[@terraSpark902]

@@Machoke. lesser used pokemon just require more advanced knowledge of how the format works and team building to find success.

[@brycecline]

Exeggutor getting that 4x leech life from ariados one shot every time

[@terraSpark902]

Ariados? 🤨

[@lucadesanto4514]

Me:use special move Chansey: no problem Me:use phisical move Chansey:*explode*

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Chansey I'm pretty sure gets Reflect.

[@lorenzomerotto7207]

Cloyster with Clamp and Toxic was a serious threat Insane in nuzlockes

[@terraSpark902]

Sounds like a risky strategy for a nuzlocke tbh 🤨

[@lorenzomerotto7207]

@@terraSpark902 ?

[@yogert5750]

Good list, but I would switch Rhydon and Zapdos, Exeggutor and Starmie, And Snorlax and Chansey

[@Teasquared27]

You could theoretically drop chansey from a team and still be competitive but not having snorlax and tauros is a much more difficult ask Why eggy over starmie? Starmie is just too versatile and that’s why he edges out eggy for #4. Rhydon is zapdos only check and the best end game sweeper in competitive play if left unchecked. This list ranks them correctly, I would only move rhydon and jynx maybe ahead of cloyster but thats the only changes i can maybe have an argument for

[@garrickoestriecher1259]

I have lived my whole life thinking Tauros was not a good pokemon, and now I don't know what to think.

[@terraSpark902]

Don't mess with a bull

[@ThouzandWattz]

I always had 2 snorlax in my party. 😄😄

[@kinglegault]

OK Steiner math reference will always get a thumbs up everytime yes God h Tier

[@danieltodd6703]

Jynx is so underrated.

[@terraSpark902]

I agree

[@domthedon1052]

My team were Pokemon listed in the top 6💀

[@cestrumnocturnum5075]

Oh yeah, Tauros! We would all spend hours in the Safari Zone trying to get one! It could literally attack everything!

[@jamesworkshop9181]

high speed works on normal as bodyslam can't paralyze them

[@CoralReaper707]

I think People who play RBY OU probably knew what the list was gonna be.

[@terraSpark902]

He basically just read straight off the OU list on Showdown... :/

[@CoralReaper707]

@@terraSpark902 lmao

[@cosmo3665]

Give Jynx dreameater with lovely kiss was a stable on my squad

[@IchiHishi]

Where's the lives channel?

[@catcontent_1233]

My boy clostal on the list

[@wiiownsps3and360]

Rip Scott

[@horimotogp1031]

Jynx is goated, to say the least.

[@terraSpark902]

True

[@joshlowe6918]

Idk why he likes alakazam so much. Its a beast and was my 3rd favorite pokemon back in the day behind charizard and dragonite. But i smoked Sabrina's alakazam with charizard everytime. I ised fire against sabrina and the E4 trainer, cant remember her name but i smoked them easy everytime.

[@ttslider2957]

Content is good, but the sibilance is seriously detracting from the video. Hopefully fixed in later vids!

[@javiermarcial2650]

Is this really a list of the best because some of these just made me not want to use them after all the weaknesses

[@mrgreensuit7379]

Most people know the missing-no glitch. Most people don't realize in that same area you can catch stuff glitched over level 100 with the stats to go along with it. So the best pokemon were actually those Ratata type and Pigeon types you could get from there. You just win with raw stats, the only downside is they sometimes don't listen to you because your badge level is always too low!

[@hawkmasters11]

Love me some cloyster!!!

[@AAX5002]

Guys, help me out here. I'm taking part in a Pokemon tournament with a couple of friends. We are allowed to prepare 3 Pokemon up to lvl 25, nor foing beyond the 3rd arena. Then we would fight against each other, have another 30min of game play and fight each other again. We are doing this 5 times. What Pokemon should I use and which attacks should they know? Please remember, only Pokemon allowed until I hit arena 3. Thanks guys! Your help is very much appreciated!!

[@AAX5002]

*not going

[@DaemonVok]

I never would've guessed Tauros. 😂

[@terraSpark902]

It's a menace

[@slutwagon4270]

Rydon also knows surf.

[@terraSpark902]

I prefer Blizzard

[@DDGSEDFGCGGGFFKKJ]

Why Chansey?

[@rockmacher]

What is the topi bro moveset

[@terraSpark902]

Tobi* it's Amnesia,Thunderwave,Surf,Rest but you could drop surf for Psychic