Pineco 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:
-- *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
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[@peternicholas3719]

"They politely request I purchase a Thesaurus. Fortunately, I have an internet connection." That felt so good to hear lol

[@davidestabrooks211]

It feels like around the 2:30 mark Scott merged two thoughts together where he says he’ll need to do a lot of training for Bugsy because of his Pidgeotto which had my brain confused for a moment. Man what a fight that would be Bugsy with Scyther and Pigeotto

[@kylesherlock3859]

Stopped to find this comment

[@thefirespecialist9007]

Well imagine Falkner with Scyther and Pidgeotto. Then Bugsy with Metapod, Scyther and Scizor. Whitney with Clefable and Miltank...

[@Shenaldrac]

I mean, Scyther _is_ part flying. It would fit.

[@highwire4]

I don't know why but I love pineco. Hes just this goofy lil guy, so I love seeing him get a spotlight for once

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I sort of love him too. Brian's art for the thumbnail makes me love him even more.

[@contestwill1556]

I know why, it's the eyebrows

[@ghoum56]

Man I am sorry to hear about your health issues brother. You're a fantastic creator who is really doing his best to improve and master not only these runs but the way they are presented. It's been a joy to watch your channel grow and I'm hoping for the best for you! Hopefully you feel better after this next week!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks for the concern @ghoum56, I really appreciate it. I'll rest up, see the doctor, and hopefully I'll be back at 100% soon!

[@dandotw6289]

I don't often comment. I just wanted to let you know I appreciate the work you put into these videos. I find myself paying way too much attention to your layouts, lol.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I find myself paying way to much attention to my layouts. It's been a huge project, but I think it has really mattered.

[@MrTakashihongo]

Hoo boy. This is going to be rough!

[@raddaradda8682]

Reason I clicked lmao

[@vetledeilkas538]

Thanks for making yet another Saturday great!! Looking forward to this run as always!

[@mickgorro]

Ah yes, Bugsy's famous bug-type Pidgeotto, a type-shifter like Koga's Venomoth :). [Which is not only in Yellow]

[@bekiprivatno]

Finally Pineco run been waiting for this so long! One of my top 3 favourite of all time! He is always with me trough all games since gen 2 where he can get caught! Amazing thanks man!!!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

You’re welcome

[@Articision]

What a brutal run, proud of the little pinecone:) and of you, for spending so much time with him. Hope you feel better real soon! All the best:)

[@yaboityler2617]

You should do an Egg Move run with Pineco. If you have Pin Missile, you have a STAB bug move and can beat Ghastly without needing struggle. And technically you could get one with Pin Missile and Reflect with an additional "generation" of breeding

[@Medabee8]

Well then you could also give it Swift and Flail, as those are also egg moves

[@iantaakalla8180]

Well, Pineco may require a gimmick like Flail.

[@jasonbirchard487]

DEFENSE CURL!!!

[@CecilTheDarkKnight234]

@@jasonbirchard487 defense curl and roll-out... oh god

[@thatoneweirdbish6364]

Scott surprises me with every single upload. The videos just get better with every new one and I love every second of them.

[@nickglaza]

Scott, you just rock. I love your care and meaning behind all your choices for metrics and whatnot. Such a satisfying series to watch with all this consistency with the variables. Love love your content!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I appreciate you taking the time to write this comment. It cheered me up!

[@snakeywakey3893]

Finally catching up on these. These have always been some of my favorite content to watch, as I love the details and just getting an idea of how good a mon is.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Glad you like them!

[@awesome123456789123]

Never knew I would love watching some dude play the same game over and over again as much as I do. But I’m so hooked. Keep it up!

[@fritz1651]

I love this little Pinecone. Pineco and Forretress are a very underrated evolution line and Forretress was MVP in my Sacred Gold Nuzlocke. At least it gets some love in the tv show. Thank you for doing this.

[@weaponizedemoticon1131]

You know, I do enjoy your content, but that thesaurus suggestion is a great one. Thank you for being a good sport about it!

[@ChrisG667]

That was one brutal run but I'm glad you toughed it out! I hope your health picks up :)

[@PenguinMafia336]

This does look to be a challenge. Can’t wait to see how you win this Scott!

[@FernandoRafaelNogueiraReis]

Thank you for your thoughs, Scott. I used this video as background ambience so it muddles the horrible noise from my douchery neighbourhood. Your tone full of love for something that helped me learn English during my childhood is heartwarming and it shows on every sylable you pronounce, it's the perfect mix between hypey and collected. It's quite a feat that you can make something as dull as Pineco so endearing and it really helps me focus on the reviews I'm doing for a blog. Something familiar and at the same time so novel is one of the reasons I've used you as sleep aid dozens of times too. Again, thank you for your thoughs, Scoot. Godspeed, you truly deserve the best of all.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thank you so much for this comment. It made me smile!

[@mikeguerrieri1918]

Why are there over 800 people watching and enjoying content this man spent time to create and entertain us with and not even 100 can click the like button :(

[@mrunderachiever]

This is the best thing to wake up to on a Sunday morning, thanks Scott!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

You're welcome! Have a great day!

[@Gungho73]

I don't know why I feel good seeing Pineco. I've used one before and I don't particularly love using it. But it gives me genuine happiness when I see its gen 2 sprite. I think its because the house I grew up in the trees in the forest around me had pinecones that were very pronounced in the way his design is. So it almost reminds me a bit of my childhood home!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

That’s awesome. Pineco makes me happy too. I dunno why but I was really excited to do this playthrough, even though I knew it would be brutal.

[@Gungho73]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon That was me when I did my Dunsparce one off. It's probably that "the little engine that could" mentality we adore as a story as people.

[@jakebroome6120]

Your videos are really great background noise to fall asleep to, and that's not a bad thing at all.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

I was about to comment that Pineco was among the most underused Pokémon ever. Imagine my surprise when Brock's Forretress used to be a Pineco! I thought he just appeared with it with no on-screen capture in Hoenn. He did it with Zubat. (In my defense, I just learned that thanks to a bad deal, most of Johto wasn't dubbed in my language, so that part is completely new to me. Only 12 episodes of 64 got dubbed, and l never saw them on TV.)

[@eightteentwo]

In regards to Bugsy's team, I actually had a different idea. Ledian, Ariados, and Scizor. -Ledian and Ariados are the early regional bugs, so seeing what they're capable of makes more sense than the cocoons. - Scizor's there both to show off a new evo of an old mon, show off Steel-type shortly after providing a hard counter (growlithe), and -- most importantly -- because I needed to put Heracross on Bruno's team to properly distribute pokemon among boss trainers, even after changing Chuck to a ground-type specialist and retyping a few mons to part fighting-type.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I partly agree, I just really think that Jasmine should have Scizor. Magneton, Scizor, Steelix. That'd be an awesome team.

[@eightteentwo]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I had originally thought the same thing, though I'd add Skarmory to Jasmine's team. I wasn't until I started working out the logic of trying to prevent any gym leader/e4 member from having duplicates and avoiding overlap between them that I moved Heracross to Bruno and Scizor to Bugsy.

[@vizzy61]

3 fully evolved pokemon is probably a tad excessive for the 2nd gym

[@eightteentwo]

@@vizzy61 Maybe, but two of them are amongst the worst bug-types ever, and the 3rd has the same BST as Scyther, and you just got access to a fire-type north of Violet City to wreck it. So it's stronger than the original team, but you have the tools needed to beat it in a normal playthrough.

[@fritz1651]

Jasmine needs Skarmory, Bugsy should have Pineco, Ledian and Heracross.

[@tannerlawrence3462]

Hi Scott, I really appreciate your content and hope you feel better soon!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks Tanner!

[@charlessegale6493]

Ah man, that Red battle in the first run was rough! Glad you were able to take him down

[@anni321]

Aw man. I haven't gotten around to watching your vids lately so I was not aware of your health issues. I'm so sorry and hope the appointment went well! And it's something you can battle. Will go through the rest of your vids and hope to hear positive news in the newer uploads. All fingers crossed.!

[@rohanacharya3873]

I really hope you start to feel better Scott! I hope it's nothing serious and you can keep doing what you love.

[@shootingstardust97]

For the first run against Jasmine, it seems like bide is maybe your best strategy for taking her down, ironically

[@vfranceschini]

Lovely content as always! Thanks, Scott! I'll make sure to show some love monetarily when my situation gets a bit better lol I know these are time-consuming and everyone's gotta eat right? Until then, I send ya my deepest appreciations and thanks! Gen II has been my favourite from when I first played it to this day(even more so with Crystal; I wish the international releases had an equivalent to the cellphone shenanigans though: it might not seem like a lot, but that's kinda what makes Crystal's plot a bit different with the focus on the unown andt the "waves" that woke them up...Yah it was too ambitious for the time but added a lot to the game IMHO ofc), especially for re-plays/"time-killer" playthroughs! Cheers and keep it up!

[@vizzy61]

the difference between the first & second playthroughs is crazy. well done

[@bateltheassistant]

Wow, you did some amazing job with Pineco, with such dedication and passion, even though that pokemon took a lot of effort to cut about a third of its real time. 👏👏👏👏Go, Scott!! That playthough has reminded me about one of my first playthoughs in crystal, in which I was trying to complete the pokedex, and catching Pineco was a mess as it was a 5% encounter in a tree after using headbutt, then sometimes whenever I got it, it would have used self-destruct, I had to do that all over again. So I kind felt for you whenever you had grind for so long, so I hope that little story can cheer you up.😁 And by the way, you can make rollout's power a bit more powerful with tm 40,defence curl, you can obtain it in mt mortar, but only after you'd gain waterfall, and besides there are some extra trainers you can train against for extra stat experience, if you'd ever need that. 😊I'm not sure if that could have made a huge difference to Pineco's performance, but maybe that could help you out in some future runs at some point. 😁 And also, I hope that you could feel better with your voice, it sounds like pretty serious problem. So please take care of yourself, and rest as much as you need, and I hope that your voice will be well again. And I super appreciate even more, right now, how much work is being put into making these videos weekly. Scott, you're amazing, don't ever forget that. Thanks for not giving up. 🙏☺️

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks Batel

[@Speedrunner0218]

This is the type of content I'm waiting for. Let's go

[@AGypsyGrifter]

I did a pineco only run of the game back when I was a teenager (14 years ago 💀) and I could NOT beat Red until level 100 and even then it took hours of trying so kudos to you on getting through it. Loved the video as always

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks. Glad you loved the video.

[@powerplay9422]

Thanks for taking my advice :) Vernacular variety is the spice of life

[@duncathan_salt]

Best of luck with your voice, Scott. Glad to hear you're seeing a specialist. It's seriously impressive what the experts can do to rescue a voice and help prevent further issues. Luckily, there's lots of precedent for preventing injury in people who use their voice for a living. Hope it goes well!

[@ktvx.94]

Best wishes with your treatment Scott!

[@alejandrocano2493]

Great vid once again and* hopefully it’ll all go well for you! lml

[@CMZneu]

Great video! hope your voice gets better, good luck

[@TheDarkFiddler]

Well wishes for your health, Scott!

[@jackruby6696]

You. Real one for this Scott. Absolutely tortuous endeavor

[@uli11]

I always really liked pineco and Foretress... but never knew where to find them as a kid. So I've never had an opportunity to play with the cute little hand grenade.

[@SurgingChaos19]

I'm surprised you didn't go straight for the Defense Curl/Rollout combo after beating Morty (since the TM for Defense Curl is in Mt. Mortar and needs Surf to access). It is absurdly powerful in Gen 2, and given Pineco's very sad movepool, that was what immediately came to mind. It probably would have saved you quite a bit of grief. I was always intrigued by the Defense Curl/Rollout combo because the game doesn't tell you about the combo and they are both TM moves. As it turns out, Pokemon Stadium 2 tells you explicitly in Earl's Academy that the combo exists, and that was the only way you could learn about it back in the days of limited internet. It was like one of those hidden easter eggs that felt so special to discover and was the talk of the school playground at recess. Keep up the good work Scott! I love your runs with the dynamic overlays you have, and you have quickly become one of my favorite KZbinrs for Pokemon solo runs alongside Jrose and Mah Dry Bread.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

To obtain the Defense Curl TM you need Waterfall. (So it's a post-Clair item) bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Mt._Mortar#Items The more I work with this combo the less and less I like it. Requires 1 turn of setup and then you're locked into a move which might not be the type effectiveness you want. It is also inaccurate and missing at the critical moment feels really bad.

[@SurgingChaos19]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon You're right! I totally forgot that you needed Waterfall to get the Defense Curl TM.

[@masterfy24]

Not even 5 minutes and you're already making me anxious with that final sage goodness

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, I really wanted to make that spot into a moment. That Sage rarely gets a moment to shine.

[@EdokLock]

I wish you fast recovery man Stay safe

[@javontehendrix86]

That crit was your saving grace against that zubat nice work scott

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It was!

[@Randroth]

Hey Scott! Another great video! This run was truly insane, Pineco is just... so bad, wow. I wonder how many Pokemon will be worse than it, but I suspect most of them will be Bug types. And Magikarp. Anyway to answer your question, in Whitney's gym I always took the exact same route as you do. I always try to defeat every trainer in the game and the upper route does have an extra one, which is why I always took it instead of the lower route. I truly hope that your health problems will get better. Don't force yourself, take all the time to rest and heal up that you need. We're not going anywhere. Cheers!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I think Ditto will be worse than it too!

[@rjthepoet500]

This was a great run! I’m praying for you and your health Scott! I’m not sure if you’ve been doing so already, but tea with honey help tremendously with your vocal cords.

[@PatchyConvert]

Ah, the premier spiker of gen 2 NU. This should be interesting. XD

[@Mr.Not.Perfect]

Hi Scott, I hope you'll find out what ails you at the doctor's appointment next week. Not knowing can be very stressful. Get well soon! And thanks for this run. Pinecone is a cute Pokémon that I wish was stronger.

[@paleoscinkus542]

Hey man, I hope everything turns out okay with your voice related health issues. Wishing you the best. Always looking forward to your content, take care.

[@888Grim]

Excellent video as always, get well soon =)

[@grahamcoombe5461]

Really sorry to hear about the health problem with your voice Scott. Best wishes in your recovery and treatment plan.

[@hakonolsen7117]

Don't sweat it, just rest as much as you need! The community has got your back

[@Fredzeppelin15]

Scott, sorry to hear about your health concerns. I’ve had similar issues, although I’ve never gotten it checked out. I’ll start the day out fine, but as the day goes on talking to customers my voice will start to get thinner and thinner. Hopefully you get it sorted out and get back to 100%!

[@zacharyessey5904]

Another great video mate!

[@Byers2476.]

Just finished the video. I hope you start feeling better over your more than well-deserved break.

[@rc4780]

Great video! Pineco is the definition of a one trick pony that demonstrates the best and worst of Gen 2 design. It was ostensibly designed to Spike+Spin+Explode and tank hits which is odd for a Bug type given how many weaknesses it has. In competitive it works extremely well, but not for a solo playthrough. The Pineco line is designed to be a disruptor and wall that helps put your whole team in a more healthy position, and for that reason it doesn't function well by itself. It's move pool is likely a victim of GF's view that either Gen 2 or 3 would be their last Pokémon game and they just needed to get it out, and that's why Pineco, Yanma, Phanpy, Teddiursa, etc. all have extremely similar move pools and they didn't add stronger bug moves or give diverse learnsets. It's much better in Gen 4 with Bug Bite and is actually quite fun to play with.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It's so true that this thing was designed for Spike+Spin+Protect+Explode. So obviously it's going to perform pretty poorly in this format. I need to remember to find a place to mention that sort of context when playing with defensive mons. Thanks for the comment.

[@rc4780]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Really sorry to hear about your health problems. Hopefully it'll fix itself with some rest and you'll be feeling better soon.

[@Stevo2557]

I appreciate your honesty on your voice issues. Get well soon! If we miss a few weeks/months I'll gladly give that up for years of your content in the future.

[@cesiiMartini]

SO EXCITED FOR THIS ONE SCOTT!

[@anlev11]

Great video, as always 👏👏👏

[@RiseLeon_Turtle]

Pinco run is gonna be a hard one. I wish you luck man!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It's going to be very hard!

[@RiseLeon_Turtle]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon i can tell, I struggle with even two pokemon in my party!

[@treyparkerofficial]

Forretress is my favorite gen 2 Pokemon! Great choice!

[@kylewhatevs]

Great video Scott! Hope your voice recovers soon

[@lazyhippie6139]

Oh man. I hope you feel better Scott. That's scary. If you have to skip next week's video it's totally understandable. Yeah gen 2 really did have janky movesets. Bugs really suffered because at this point, there weren't many good Bug moves. Come to think of it, not many Bug moves make much sense for Pineco. But that rival 2 split was painfullllll (entertaining to watch though ngl).

[@levisimshauser5136]

I feel like your movement through Whitney 's gym is the only right answer, I didn't even know the other existed lol

[@brendanhart517]

I always loved Pineco and forretress, I remember using one years ago when i was a kid, would definitely be fun to try and use it again either in this game or in one of the newer ones. It's just a fun pokemon

[@adamxaversich2655]

I’m using a Foretress on my Scarlet play through and having quite strong stab moves in bug bite and smart strike feels so good. As much as I love this evolution line, it felt like dead weight in crystal, now it can finally utilise the great dual typing it has and actually do damage

[@MightPKHannover]

At Whitney I still always take and also always took the upper path (same as yours) since first time playing as a kid :D something like 23 years ago... man, good old times and memories.

[@justinsims655]

In an alternate universe, one without Prof. Elm researching evolution to give you an everstone to suppress evolution, Prof. Scott researches PP and gives you the PP pill to prevent PP from being restored after a heal.

[@zhk964]

Get well soon Scott. Ginger and tea are you're best friends now.

[@LeNoir679]

Awesome video!! Love them!

[@ericojs]

Pineco and forretress are in my favorites

[@ChaosWindScar99]

My man! I wasn't sure if it would be a success but it was! Honestly, you gotta take care of yourself so if you need a couple weeks to recover we will still be here. Take care of yourself, trust me we all appreciate your hard work. Just a suggestion maybe anything that performs at F or Bruno tier in the initial playthrough can get a single egg move for the optimized run (Yes it would be a bit unfair but... they did so bad).

[@InternetLad]

Hey just wanted to say I feel like the pace of your speech slowed down a lot and is so much nicer now. Thanks man.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Trying to relax the voice. Also got a few comments about me speaking too fast. For awhile I was getting the, "You talk so slow" comments, so I tried to push myself to get faster. Now it's time to balance out. Glad you like it!

[@lamiaprincess6371]

I really hope your voice recovers and you feel better. Honestly the videos can even wait, it's not worth the fact that it's interfering with your personal life. Please take it easy!

[@lamiaprincess6371]

This video was really good too and Pineco's performance was understandable tbh.

[@lyonnaismatt]

ROCK SMASH This was phenomenal. ROCK SMASH Thank you so much for recording this despite the pain. ROCK SMASH I have an idea for you for future first play through attempts. ROCK SMASH would be a possibility to chip down the defense on the iron snake. It's far inferior to hidden power, of course, but it would be stronger than headbutt against the magnets early and could chip away at defensive walls midgame. ROCK SMASH Also, you're the best.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

ROCK SMASH

[@pdwarnes]

Feel better soon Scott!

[@raptors11111]

Another great video, Scott. Hope your voice issues get better soon.

[@kandyeggs]

Pineco is probably my favorite gen two PKMN! I'm playing Silver for the first time, so I should probably be taking notes considering that I enjoy using PKMN sub optimally while refusing to over level👀

[@Chefvonbreezy]

Ahhh man I already know this is going to be rough. That movepool is pretty gnarly.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Gnarly is one way to describe it...

[@Chefvonbreezy]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I’m just trying to be modest. You’re an absolute trooper for attempting this. I certainly don’t have the patience.

[@GrimReaper192]

Take care of your health, we understand and we support you!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I will. Thanks so much.

[@frostedbyte0759]

Great video dude!

[@mmpsp693]

Optimisation gains were amazing!

[@maxleroux3799]

I know this video is nine months old as of this comment, and I haven't heard you mention it recently, sincerely hope the Canadian healthcare system takes care of you, and you get the care and RnR you need. Thank you for these series!~ I've loved learning along side you

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

They took care of me! I'm back in action now. :)

[@wideright7567]

poor lil bug struggles against the world but comes out on top anyways - a true success story

[@juanchirino4900]

You've endured hell so we don't have to. Thank you.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

You're welcome.

[@dannykrise9721]

The fact that you did a second run with this mon is absolutely insane

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Well I did two playthroughs with Magikarp in Yellow ;)

[@BossCampers1656]

2:25 Bugsy’s Pigeoto 😂

[@GameGod77]

Your accent really shines through with the way you say Quilava.

[@kingcygnus]

Really hope you’re able to get the voice right soon, Scott! We all love your videos and want to see you get well soon ❤

[@brandonmcconnell2274]

Love your content!

[@BongoVader]

The algorithm is a dark and complex force, when mastered. One might ride beyond their average, becoming something greater, a comment. Let the algorithm flow through you!

[@riccardomosena4162]

The sad thing about gen 2 is having 2 fighting type specialists, chuck and the hiker. (Also 2 psychic and 2 poison, even though koga is kinda bug too) They could have gone with a ground member since blue has a mix of types so the type is completely missing as a gym/elite 4 member

[@VexedVergil]

You've inspired me to do a gen 2 crystal run. I decided to run a solo hoothoot, and named him Dr. Who 😂. I wont lie, it's been super painful. Hoothoot doesn't learn peck until lvl 11 and was unable to beat the 1st gym without it. After the 1st gym you get mudslap which hoothoot can learn. It can also learn return which I imagine will be it's bread and butter damaging move but we will see! I have not hit the 2nd gym yet so there's plenty of time to experiment and see what's best!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah Hoothoot has a pretty terrible learnset. I tried to use it when the virtual console releases came out but ended up boxing it.

[@Maliktheslowking]

Get Well soon and take a break mate you have given us so good content in so long you also need to rest a little bit we see you when you can again get well

[@matthewseivert5884]

Maybe too late based on the release date of this video, but as a musician/vocalist suffering through some vocal concerns of late, I have two recommendations (I'll bet one of them was resolved by meeting the specialist). First is to check for vocal nodules, that would require a scope from an ENT and sounds akin to what I experience on certain pitches, the vocal fatigue... Secondly, I recommend looking into the Estill Vocal Method. Currently in training myself, but as something so focused on anatomical process in using your voice, it's incredibly enlightening how to potentially alter your patterns to alleviate tension in the voice. Here's to hoping that you find (or found!) answers and can still operate the way you want to!

[@Kilmori]

Thank you for posting again :3

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Every week!

[@scavocado]

I don't know if you're gonna do more runs with very defensive mons, but you can try protecting every other turn during the Jasmine fight with Steelix. Between the organic misses and the protect, it should run out of iron tail pretty fast. Might make it less, err, "vexing" :) As always, fantastic video and thank you for all your hard work!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

That would definitely help prevent irritation in that fight.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Should’ve tried Rock Smash as well.