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• How I survived a RANDO...
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[@tuomasvalinen3084]

pokemon secret of jungle was a world wide release on october 10😛 so no need nord vpn also i dont have computer and my phone doesnt need vpn

[@miwestraveler3986]

@Yonatan Yonas It can be sunny and cold at the same time. Checkmate.

[@a-ash666]

Does anyone has free emulator where I could download Pokémon platinum? Or My boy is good enough?

[@tuomasvalinen3084]

@@a-ash666 drastic emulator is best on phone my boy doesnt have platinum

[@a-ash666]

@@tuomasvalinen3084 Thanks man.

[@JoeBob-rc3cp]

Jan's next challenge run should be playing a vanilla game on nuzlocke with Braden in call.

[@soumyajeetbag2553]

Jan is also blind folded

[@miscellaneoof]

@@soumyajeetbag2553 and it’s not actually him playing, but his little brother, who also has a blindfold on

[@grunkleg.3110]

@@miscellaneoof And he was using a USB steering wheel the entire time

[@ayskaripepperooni2770]

And he should do everything brayden says

[@arbazshaikh7417]

@@ayskaripepperooni2770 and every time he loses a Pokemon he eats a red chip.

[@babeyy-nq9gs]

This run is a perfect demonstration of the snowball effect in nuzlocks. Alpharad lost both his flying types (Crobat and Charizard) to carelessness and was then stopped by a ground-type.

[@miwestraveler3986]

Does it really matter here ? Unless the opposing Groudon doesn't have Ancient Power.

[@weebrahim]

@@miwestraveler3986 it didn't have ancient power, it had slash bulk up earthquake and fire blast, so sun boosted charizard wouldve taken it down pretty quickly, two shot

[@rockmanzeromodernday941]

@@weebrahim Nights, my Purrloin died from a 5 hit Double Slap from an Audino in Pokémon Black 2 (I wasn't recording). The pain of not having a dark type Pokémon with Limber… Also, Phoebe and Mina, and Magnets died while trying to fight the opposing trainers. Phoebe: Died at Reversal Mountain (Level 40) Mina: Died at Route 22 (Level 49) Magneto: Died at: (Victory Road) Paul's Bouffalant due to me clicking Signal Beam instead (Level 64) (I could have saved Magneto, but I ended up sacrificing Magneto to safely use Ampharos) This was a sad one. Amphy: Magneto... I'm sorry. I could have avoided your death entirely... My panic lead me to losing you... Farewell, Magneto... May you rest in heaven. Sunny: What am I going to use now... Matti (Trapinch): I'm here! I'll help! After leveling Matti up to Level 35 that he evolves... Matti (Vibrava): Um, guys, I need to be at Level 45 to evolve. After leveling Matti up again to Level 45... Matti (Flygon): This is going to be a long leveling session... Sunny: We're not going to Victory Road yet. We'll have to stay in different Routes until we can safely level you up, Matti. Matti (Flygon): Okay then. You might help. After getting to Level 66... Sunny (Rosa): We ready to finish the game already? Kirby (Samurott): Yep. We're doing this for all those dead Pokemon...

[@weebrahim]

@@rockmanzeromodernday941 rip 🙏

[@FartmanFartman5]

@@rockmanzeromodernday941 did my first black 2 attempt and wiped to elesa after losing my sandile to sand tomb crit and losing my magnemite to a trainer battle. Starting my second attempt once i get home from school, need to keep in mind i can’t lose those two.

[@michaelmorgan2111]

Shoutout to the editor! “Absol is furry bait” Shows Jan’s favorite Pokémon, zangoose. 😂

[@miskathonic]

GOT EM!

[@absollnk]

They're going down together

[@maximaldinotrap]

Zangoose is more furry bait than Absol is XD

[@SadBirbHours]

Did you know that in terms of Pokemon, vaporeon.

[@HinuHyuga]

I fall in this, since mine is Eevee

[@kazekamiha]

Remember, if you can have Legendaries in your Nuzlocke Randomizer then EVERYONE can have Legendaries.

[@pyrosianheir]

Exact reason I set it up to keep them out, haha.

[@danfurtado9158]

It's fun to have random swimmer hit you with that Kyogre Shedinja combo

[@iantaakalla8180]

When you have that Pokémon with STAB Thunder before Kyogre gets going.

[@poppy-jb3st]

and if you don't have legendaries in your nuzlocke, they'll still have legendaries lmao

[@psychie8625]

10:41 Respect. By the way, on the off chance you're curious why explosion didn't do much to Groudon, it's because teaching Regice a physical move is a mistake.

[@MikeTheEntei]

Groudon is also a tanky boi

[@huantian]

Respecting the absol or respecting the furry 😏

[@psychie8625]

@@huantian Respecting the Zangoose. Only one of the best normal types.

[@LittleScaredyBoy]

refrigerate?

[@MikeTheEntei]

@@LittleScaredyBoy refrigerate.

[@pikasup1696]

Interviewer: How did you find such sucess in life Jan? Jan: I have a lot of balls in the early game

[@jessenoordermeer]

Alpharad is gonna be here again so he doesn’t get fined again.

[@MrcreeperDXD777]

one of the most poetic nuzlocke defeats. alpharad spent the whole run spamming earthquake with groudon, and the one pokemon that ended his run... was a groudon who spammed earthquake

[@gengarzilla1685]

And it also won with the help of the boosting move Bulk Up after he previously tossed out Bulk Up because he thought it was good enough without it.

[@noahfuller4128]

love the chat member who called it at 19:30@@gengarzilla1685

[@Josh-xl6zh]

People seem to forget that pre-gen 4 all dark moves were special

[@szynkabobo2891]

even bite and crunch?

[@AndzyGM]

@@szynkabobo2891 yeah

[@donovanobrien8860]

@@szynkabobo2891 moves were physical or special based on typing alone.

[@SoggySlopster]

@@donovanobrien8860 so waterfall was just completely useless then

[@Skylerrelyks93]

@@SoggySlopster no. It still had flinch chance… but really yeah it was surf>every water move

[@duskpede5146]

I do think Jacob’s biggest weakness in this game is his cockiness. I feel like that’s what keeps him being a relatively average competitive/items player, every time he does alright he acts like he’s invincible. He’s like the real life Pit: mid tier with an Icarus complex

[@iantaakalla8180]

For once this meme actually works.

[@madmanvarietyshow9605]

While true, him getting his ego taken down a notch is always hilariously entertaining. No hate to the guy of course! It's just funny.

[@rockmanzeromodernday941]

@@madmanvarietyshow9605 My nose was ailing really bad. (Sneezes) I had the worst cold…

[@UnethicalVoxel]

Thanks for sharing!

[@MidnightClad8]

I’m like 99.9% sure his “cockiness” is just for content lol. It’s a bit. I mean he has friends in a discord call, a legend as a starter, and he is making a KZbin video. You can tell from his videos he actually has decent Pokémon knowledge but the big fat fucking wall in the way is content and views.

[@marcusferro7588]

You should invite a friend who knows nothing about Pokémon and Jan’s the hands while the person’s the brain. So he does things that he thinks is right while Jan just copes

[@patsen29]

That's more puppet. Hand and brain in chess is more, the brain tells you which piece to move, and the hand then plays a move. Not sure how that translates to Pokémon...

[@marcusferro7588]

@@patsen29 yeah the friend picks which move to do and tells it to Jan with him not being able to help him and cope

[@durteedan7836]

@@marcusferro7588 yeah but that's just the friend playing then, it doesn't matter

[@RoseOfNight]

@@durteedan7836 I mean, it'd be a full video of Jan dying inside like when he saw Alpharad's Onyx incident

[@durteedan7836]

@@RoseOfNight yeah but it's still just Jan watching someone play, there's no point. He already does that shit while reacting to other nuzlockes

[@CJCroen1393]

I'm gonna add something to the Bite thing: The Physical/Special Split didn't happen in FireRed and all Dark-Type moves at the time were Special and Alakazam's Special Defense is really high.

[@astra3766]

Ah okay, I know about the split but I assumed Dark was physical, if it was that also would have gotten around the Calm Minds it was spamming

[@tiaguinho_samba]

so... what we've learned? bulk up is a really good move, specially if your opponent is a physical attacker (or just has a physical typing since there wasn't physical and special split in gen 3)

[@MikeTheEntei]

Setup moves are very good

[@UltimaSaviorDragon]

The lesson here is never underestimate Set Up moves. That's what I took a way from this and am now going to implement this in my strategy to tackle the E4 in Plat.

[@FlareBlitzBanana]

A good way of remembering it is that the special types are all of the eeveelutions plus dragon.

[@thattruegamernerd]

I dunno, Tackle isn’t the best move to use that late imo

[@jordanandrews216]

Our pokemon and us shall work up and growth with us

[@joshcooper467]

Ohh yeah. Swords Dance Agility or even D Dance is amazing. Chances are if you get a Para off or even a burn and you get a safe switch-in to set up (since enemy trainers rarely ever switch out.) you can just sweep.

[@djroscurro9859]

@@thattruegamernerd it ain’t about the best move it’s about the flex

[@DarkIceKrabby]

I mean, Alpha's Groudon had Fire Blast and sun was set up. So instead of immediately going for Slash, just use Fire Blast as Groudon's special defense is relatively low.

[@christianneikirk3723]

Can fire blast burn as well that could been a saving grace

[@MushfiqueBinHossain]

@@christianneikirk3723 i think he still gets one shot after no?

[@kohinoorbanerjee4009]

@@MushfiqueBinHossain it's just that sun boosted fire blast could do much more damage, and also burn. Slash could only crit if it wanted to take down the Groudon, but fire blast could crit and burn to save Alpha.

[@MushfiqueBinHossain]

@@kohinoorbanerjee4009 dont think fireblast crit kills there, even with sun boost. And he still gets one shot after.

[@Tree_-wp5zn]

@@MushfiqueBinHossain but burn and then wait with the rest of the team.

[@corruptsoul3]

"How could I possibly lose with what God has handed me" famous last words.

[@PokemonProfessorNebula]

Jans point of YT Comments being cringe is proven in the first few seconds of the video. Beautiful.

[@RadarHawk]

All comments on any social media platform are cringe. I mean have you seen Jan's twitch chat? They're sheep that change their opinion whenever Jan says something. *Person makes mistake in Nuzlocke* Jan's twitch chat: Cringe Cringe Cringe Cringe Jan: Honestly I probably would've made that mistake too. So I can't judge too harshly Jan's twitch chat: Based Based Based

[@anirudhs8531]

@@RadarHawk true but all chats are like that, decent comments get covered by all the rubble thats 'cringe' and 'based'

[@diamondminer5459]

First of all, most YT comments are pretty standard, people just focus on the cringe ones. Second of all, cringe can be found anywhere, especially if a content creator encourages it without meaning to. We’re all cringe sometimes, who cares?

[@brix1094fuckhandles]

i just made a big uh oh in the toilet youtube.

[@Skylerrelyks93]

@@brix1094fuckhandles criiinge!

[@matipxc]

LOL the editor roasted him with the furry Zangoose

[@PhantomNull13]

3:30 Also, to counter that person trying to comeback with "But it was stacking Calm Minds! Physical would deal much more damage!", Physical/Special Split wasn't until Gen 4, so all dark moves were special. Bite wouldn't do anything meaningful.

[@RaphielShiraha64]

For anyone saying bite would be better because alakazam have shit physical defense, dark moves was special before diamond and pearl

[@iamnill_real]

19:37 the alpharad run really said "why not both?"

[@ToaArcan]

Yeah the music is the final boss theme from Sonic Colours, an faux-orchestral remix of the game's main theme. But it only plays during the second phase of a really easy battle so you'll absolutely kill Eggman before the good part kicks in.

[@The_Meev]

Unless you're a kid and suck at the fight, yeah

[@MikeTheEntei]

Sounds like most Pokemon themes

[@sadaderlangga17]

10:40 Jan's editor is a fuckin legend

[@maximaldinotrap]

Mysterious editor has no chill.

[@kaleidoscopemediator8624]

Don't know why but this made me recall back when I first got Pokemon X, I managed to get Diancie during its event and I was so happy....two days after the event period ended a member of my family who shall remain nameless erased my save file so they could play the game. I cried for a long while.

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Was that family member a 5 year old, by any chance? Or an annoying brother/sister/cousin who loves to be a pain in the arse to you?

[@kaleidoscopemediator8624]

@@pkmntrainerred4247 At the time they were about 11 and they did like being annoying but this was one of the times when it was an accident, which is why I just cried instead of getting angry.

[@Kai-nn9sw]

Jan: Stay where you belong, in my memories. Pilot: I will never be just a memory.

[@xarezarcs4125]

Im impressed you read dystopian literature upside down.

[@asimovvomisa4040]

Always trippy when Kafka came around in school but ... i did not like reading and analyzing his works.

[@ANGST.ARGENTINA]

Truly apocalyptic

[@reallyriley123]

“Oh yeah groudon is a decent starter guess he could use that..”😂 literally one of the best things possible

[@weepingvessel]

18:32 i always thought that those blue stripes on Crawdaunt were its mouth until i saw an animation of it opening its actually mouth in SWSH.

[@carterschwenk5543]

Whoever decided to put Wind Waker music in this made the absolute perfect choice. They deserve a raise

[@VGInterviews]

The worst part about that fucking "just use bite on Alakazam" comment is that even after explaining the math people would say " but you have a chance to flinch at least" .... to flinch...the Alakazam, which is absolutely faster than Arcanine

[@MikeTheEntei]

I was about to respond to this with the spd drop chance but that's crunch

[@VGInterviews]

@@MikeTheEntei either way the Alakazam was already boosted by calm mind so even if it was a 100% chance to drop everytime it wouldn't be the best play, which wasn't flamethrower for the same reason, it was actually, just use Dig, yeah, no STAB, but Arcanine is more physical than special and Alakazam's def sucks, so even a 60 base power dig would be more effective than a STAB flamethrower in that specific case, Alpharad specifically says ye is +3 spdef so 2.5 flamethrower with stab becomes 45 bp

[@Lemmiwings]

@@VGInterviews People recommending Bite probably forgot that the Physical/Special Split came after Gen 3.

[@javitelee9562]

Alakazam has Inner Focus, man...

[@VGInterviews]

@@javitelee9562 to be fair, Sabrina's Alakazam has synchronize, not Inner focus There's a bunch of reasons why trying to flinch it was a bad a idea but the ability is not one of them

[@Malenrick]

I was waiting for this. Alpharads absolute mess of a playstyle of just "fuck it" is so good, and I loved seeing your reaction to his last one.

[@carprincess]

Great video. I do really enjoy your insight on these runs. The beginning where you did an on-screen calc of Arcanine's moves Flamethrower and Bite was really neat.

[@davidharshman7645]

I really appreciate the early discussion about STAB vs Type Advantage. It is an actual, clear, undeniable attempt to be educational. I do wish he had acknowledged that Arcanine's Base Attack Stat is higher than its Base Sp Atk Stat, though. It would have completed the analysis and closed any opportunity for the comment section to "um, actually" him...

[@Robin93k]

Well, to close your inrformation gap. This was Gen 3! Bite, as any Dark move, is still Special just like Flamethrower and all other Fire Moves. Only from Gen 4 onwards, where Bite is Physical, it's stronger than Flamethrower in this situation, because of Arcanines higher Attack stat, and Alakazams abysmal Def stat~ Anyone that would have "uhm, actually"'d him in this circumstance, would have proven himself to be a Moron that doesn't know what they're talking about.

[@davidharshman7645]

@@Robin93k I think you misunderstood my point...I wasn't specifically saying Bite was physical. I was saying there were more than 2 attack options, and it wasn't unreasonable to analyze all of them to demonstrate the best choice.

[@InfernoFireStyle]

@@Robin93k I mean, Alakazam also had a bunch of calm minds up, so really, and plus the fact Arcanine has a higher atk stat than sp. Atk + Alakazam having frail physical defense, Dig would've been the best option.

[@DannyTanimoto]

My Randomizer settings: - Only randomize Pokemon and items - Always have all starters be a 3 stage evolution - Randomize Pokemon across the board to same strength/similar base stats - Are to Area mapping for variety (and more potential bad luck) - Type themed trainers and gyms - Rival keeps team - Impossible Evos off - No legendaries until late game and only one opposing teams Makes for a really really entertaining run that keeps the challenge curve of whatever the Hell I'm doing

[@MikeTheEntei]

I randomized everything besides trainer names when I played o3o Maximum chaos, and I basically had no game knowledge

[@DannyTanimoto]

@@MikeTheEntei That hurts my head and just straight up isn't fun for me. I like the idea of scouting out the layout of the randomized region without it being that

[@skyiloh7460]

random abilities are also fun

[@swigzby]

Knowing Alpha's track record, he would have just used the masterball on a Caterpie or something similar.

[@LOL-mq6om]

Holy shit perfect timing before i sleep this finna be a banger

[@abhinnbaxi6295]

Hi LOL how are you today.

[@MikeTheEntei]

Good morning. How did you like it?

[@quistopherdavis9549]

I feel like Alpharad barely ever showed the actual battles, but that's the entire reason to watch and play a Nuzlocke.

[@The_Meev]

Well Alpharad generally does 20 or so minute videos, and since it went from the start of the game all the way to the Juan fight, there really wasn't much time to show every important fight and instead just showed important moments such as key Pokemon dying or funny moments.

[@pastryserpent]

i mean he used groudon to win pretty much every fight, does he really need to show many

[@MikeTheEntei]

@@pastryserpent This. Alpharad isn't a "pro nuzlocker" and his videos are more about entertainment than content

[@MikeTheEntei]

Hell, most Pokemon challenge run vids are VERY repetitive

[@howardmyquan3509]

3:50 both are special in Gen 3 making this math relevant Bc in gen 4, bite is more optimal

[@Abedeuss]

Even pre-Gen 4 Bite can hit for more than Flamethrower due to their ranges overlapping, and 30% flinch is not to be scoffed at.

[@howardmyquan3509]

@@Abedeuss I’m speaking strictly on the damage aspect which granted there are ranges is a bet I’m willing to take. As for the utility of flinch over burn, I can see it being used in some cases.

[@athormaximoff4634]

@@Abedeuss wdym a low roll flamethrower has 121.125 base power. It's still (marginally) more powerful than bite

[@what.5693]

@@athormaximoff4634 they’re taking about damage range, not base power

[@athormaximoff4634]

@@what.5693 Yeah but since they are both special the only factor that allows for damage range is the random multiplier roll right? So you can ignore all other multipliers to base power and get 60*2*1 max for bite, and 95*1.5*0.85 min for flamethrower. Or is there some other thing I'm ignoring? Idk

[@JDoradoTube]

17:05 “That’s…. Maxie -_-“ SENDS ME!!! I love how dry Jan is.

[@zofiawozniak5994]

Fun fact, when I stared my emerald randomizer (not nuzlocke) I got Ho-oh in my starter selection. But it turns out that it had no moves that dealt damage (had only whirlwind) so I couldn't beat my rival and had to choose a diffrent starter to be able to play the game. In the end I got Linoone, I don't remember my third option.

[@shadowjoey777]

My personal favorite options to do for randomizers is types and moves. It's really crazy, and interesting such as my most recent run had a Flareon that was steel type, and despite Flareon's bad bases, her type made up for it and made her a pretty great defensive Mon.

[@InsanePigeon]

I like doing stat randomizers (even though I bad at pokemon) because you can just get a glass cannon or a brick wall.

[@shadowjoey777]

@@InsanePigeon There is something uniquely challenging and fun about overcoming the strangeness and difficulty such randomizer settings give you.

[@am53n8]

The constant "oh hey here is my op legendary on the first route" is why I never really liked randomized nuzlockes. That said I'm watching alpha for the enjoyment, not top tier pokemon plays and he always delivers

[@vindifference]

Even then, I feel like he'd be able to squeeze more entertainment value out of a normal nuzlocke than a randomized one. If it weren't for the poetic ending and a couple of interesting occurrences, the video could've just boiled down to him making unrelated jokes while a pokemon game just happened to be running in the background.

[@BunnyLove5763]

@@vindifference Alpha’s stated on stream before that he really only takes the time to make edited videos of things that he can “make a story out of”. So I imagine if he didn’t have the poetic ending he wouldn’t have made the video at all.

[@am53n8]

@@vindifference honestly that's fine with me, that's why I go to his channel. The fact that he's playing pokemon is just a bonus for me, but I understand your point

[@dethhollow]

What do people think of randomized Nuzlocks without legendaries, then? Sure, it's still pretty RNG, but I feel like at least then things are at least fair? I dunno, it would be nice if there was just a button you could hit to randomize things to keep the challenge fresh while still having more escalating difficulty so you don't just steamroll through everything in the late game.

[@user-dm8il9ew9t]

@@dethhollow You can randomize the game limiting to only pokemon with similar strength, so no overpowered starters or underpowered GYM Leaders. For exemple, starters would be replaced by the likes of Doduo or Swablu; Roxanne's Nosepass would be replaced by something like Farfetch'd or Nidorino; Watson's Magneton by Absol or Jynx, and so on.

[@jbyrne4531]

Dude, telling me about Crawdaunt's blue lips was uncalled for...so cursed omg lol

[@RyChu376]

I love that this starts with Jan instantly defending Jacob (bite/flamethrower)

[@The_Meev]

The amount of people who don't know how physical and special attacks worked before Gen 4 is staggering considering the physical/special split was one of the biggest changes Gen 4 brought to the series as a whole

[@kheireddineattala1281]

honestly I did not even know there was a physical/special mechanic b4 I did play gen 4, then longafter I knew how it did work before that point, it is so undocumented in the games

[@The_Meev]

@@kheireddineattala1281 I just assumed the fact that there was a physical/special split would be common knowledge among Pokemon fans besides maybe younger fans who haven't gotten to experience Gen 3 in any way.

[@iantaakalla8180]

I think it’s because the physical/special split was such a natural progression and the correct way to differentiate between moves that the fact Generation 3 and below had physical and special moves inherent in typings seems strange and like another game.

[@Kaitalise]

@@kheireddineattala1281 Right, nowhere in the gen 3 games is it explained how it works IIRC. At least I had absolutely no idea what Sp. Atk and Sp. Def was for until gen 4. How are you supposed to figure out that it is connected to type, and which type is what if you don't have an outside source?

[@Dragonatrix]

@@Kaitalise Special: Eeveelutions + Dragon Physical: Everything else It's really easy lol

[@czzafterlife6308]

At 19:40 he somehow predicts both ways the nuzlocke ends

[@MikeTheEntei]

To be fair how else COULD it ens

[@devfromthebay2587]

Been watching competitive Pokemon for years now and this is the first video I've seen where someone actually explains what STAB is

[@surviverplaysuplayer1142]

The music that alphared played with the rayqaza scene was the final fight music from sonic colors its an epic orchestrial version or reach for the stars wich is also the intro theme of the entire game

[@LockeRobsta]

>Absol his favorite Pokemon of all time Ahh, another man of culture i see.

[@LunarWingCloud]

I NEVER thought the blue things were Crawdaunt's lips Now I have to live with this in my mind for the rest of my life Good show, sir

[@The_Court_Poet]

Iirc in the anime its actual lips are higher. The mouth opens between the red and the cream sections.

[@NoForksGiven]

It was only a matter of time, bois. Also I'm convinced Groudon is the strongest pokemon in Gen 3. There are no defensively bulky pokemon it can't power through with sun boosted Fire Blast or Solarbeam. Earthquake and Rock Slide has all the coverage he needs. Kyogre is good but it can be walled by Blissey and loses if Groudon wins the weather war. Who walls Groudon? Who can 1v1 Groudon? (items not included)

[@MikeTheEntei]

I was thinking of grass types but S U N

[@Sined118]

I'm believe Kyogre is better again Groudon. I even calc this and with 31 IV all stats, the sun is up, double solarbeam still isn't always a kill. On the other hand Kyogre can always 2 shot Groudon with ice beam, which is pretty common on Kyogre. Again mon like Blissey you can probadly calm-mind enough time.

[@johncarlonalaunan4991]

*Rayquaza

[@MikeTheEntei]

@@johncarlonalaunan4991 what about it

[@myatthu7165]

@@MikeTheEntei *DRAGON ASCENT* That's about it.

[@Brelicity]

I was really hoping you would make this. I’m glad you did

[@MikeTheEntei]

Enjoy the vid? UwU

[@theone-xw3gf]

Alpharad said he was like icarus but that was definitely not the lesson.

[@Mason-kd7xk]

I play hardcore randomized nuzlocke but I prefer the similar strengths settings and area 1-1 mapping. Just makes the games feel similarly difficult without being able to plan for trainers and gyms

[@Onlera]

Lol ^^ as he was describing the two ways that runs like this end, I said out loud “why not both?” :)

[@michaelmorton6052]

I like randomizers that give Pokémon with similar base stat totals as the ones you would encounter or as trainer mons meaning Norman typically has 2 which makes for a fun halfway point but to each their own

[@TirelessGaming]

This crossover was, once more, inevitable...

[@ckb1137]

3:58 maybe the guy was thinking of later gen mechanics when he said that and he assumed bite would be physical, which if it were it would def do more damage than flamethrower to zam.

[@Dragonoid269]

Arcanine's physical attack isn't that much higher than its special attack. It'd still come down to nature, IV's and EV's which of the two is better.

[@ckb1137]

@@Dragonoid269 it would depend more on zams defense and sp-defense stats. zams sp-defense is over twice that of its defense.

[@MikeTheEntei]

He'd still be wrong

[@ckb1137]

@@MikeTheEntei weird, I replied but it isn't showing up. anyway sorry for the extra reply if you can see both. he would definitely be correct. look at the damage equation. In fact if bite were physical you would expect nearly twice the damage of flamethrower 1:1.92

[@luigimanzelli3786]

maybe when people dunno what they're talking about they could just shut up (in every field, not just video games), but apparently everyone feels obligated to give their opinion...

[@Lucifronz]

Pokemon Colosseum really teaches you the benefit of Protect/Flying Type + Earthquake combos in the double-battle system, so it's nice to see someone else taking advantage of it in the base Gen 3 games.

[@Kid.Nimbus]

The way that ended was borderline cinematic

[@Tsarius11]

Gardevoir was also up there on the tier list. Just in case you needed more fodder.

[@benmoxon7796]

You ever gonna do cdawgva's second nuzlocke video. I'm not sure how much of a "learning experience" it'll be, but its a funny video

[@mikecassidy9185]

That ultra instinct music for the final battle was dope lmao

[@MrTibbz-mm8nw]

When is the 1/2 level cap run coming back? Best challenge run ive seen so far!!

[@Bluey-yq1nv]

Regice's base attack stat is only 50, so the explosion wouldn't have done anything regardless of it halving defense

[@ShiningJudgment666]

If it wasn't Groudon or another really physically defensive Pokemon, it would leave a mark or kill.

[@a-ash666]

Could you react how Alphared did charity play with Jaiden? It was pretty funny

[@DefinitelyNotShane]

That's not a nuzlocke, so I have a hard time imagining Jan seeing it as something that he can create educational content out of

[@a-ash666]

@@DefinitelyNotShane True, I forgot. But it is sitll funny compilations and moments from it. But I would get why not

[@MikeTheEntei]

Not to mention it's a randomizer. It's a cute and funny video though. Fun fact: the full stream is on the Alpharad replay channel.

[@Rage-Baby]

I been watching a few of your older videos, and while you are critical in how you judge them, you are also fair and not afraid to call out idiots on their stupidity to defend someone. That earns a sub from me

[@RaphielShiraha64]

I was waiting for this reaction and i'm pleased with results!

[@IBeforeAExceptAfterK]

Can't wait for you to react to Alpharad's newest Nuzlocke.

[@lordsceptile6181]

Yeah the theme when Ray shows up is from the final boss of Sonic Colors

[@kevin13cabello]

Someone in twitch chat said it was the unleashed final boss lol 😆. The final boss themes in all the sonic games are really great though!

[@Vearru]

I love my randomizer so much, it has legendaries only replacing legendaries, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t free from overpowered Pokémon. For instance I have wonder guard Mudkip line, and pure power on a high attack and HP Pokémon. I have a water absorbing Hypno, and a downloading Flaaffy. This is all before the second gym, but the best part is my opponents can have those same Pokémon and more so I constantly have to be on guard.

[@mikedavies6979]

Absol is my favourite too and it served me well in my Dark Type only Nuzlocke... I like it more for what it represents, and the "Absol-ute Disaster" episode of the anime.

[@AFloatingStraw]

When pchal daily uploading again?! P.s. Ly Jan I just want MORE of you

[@sophiaisstillagoodunit6626]

I feel like since bite and flamethrower were special, pretty sure dig should been a better choice since you know, physical violence on a paper defense mon

[@gengarzilla1685]

True. Alakazam actually does have a Special Defense stat.

[@4orinrin]

i like how he also judges his comedy too lmao

[@skyemori3209]

When you explain it clearly, it was really good and much made more sense. That's why i literally did have some research about those damage thingy. With the exception of how dumb i am sometimes.

[@gh0st_5]

A great restriction I put in my randomized nuzlockes is I implement a maximum average base stat total for my team. For example in my Platinum playthrough I'm doing right now, I have an average base stat limit of 500 (3000 total across 6 pokemon). So if you want a Groudon on your team (670 BST), you'd need a Pokemon with a 330 BST to balance it out. Or 2 415s, 3 443s etc. And the Pokemon down there are pretty bad. Mostly NVEs. There are some really good Pokemon around 500 BST like Alakazam and Gengar, but the rule is mainly a legendary deterrent. Lower tier legendaries like the legendary birds, beasts and Regis you can usually find a way to fit them in. But usually only 1. And Shedinja just breaks this restriction but hey. Overall it's done pretty well.

[@theothertoby1]

Hey Jan, do you only do Nuzlockes and Hardcore Nuzlockes? Or do you do other challenges? If so then thoughts on trying out an ironmon/ultimate ironmon?

[@MikeTheEntei]

He used to do solo runs, but they became too repetitive. He preeetty much only does hardcore nuzlockes now.

[@MikeTheEntei]

What is an ironmon, though? I've never heard of it.

[@theothertoby1]

@@MikeTheEntei 50% Wild/Trainer level boost, randomised wild/trainer pokemon, only 1 kill/catch per route, you can choose, and once trainer pokemon are beyond level 30 they are fully evolved, those are the main rules

[@MikeTheEntei]

@@theothertoby1 What do you mean by "you can choose"? Do you mean, you choose your encounter?

[@zezarusgaming9286]

You can choose just means you don't have to catch your first encounter on the route.

[@davideferrero8744]

I just won my first nuzlocke on Pokémon Sword (with an aegislash named PC 🤣), thanks for your educational content Jan 💪🏼

[@Flygoniaks]

The Alpharad randomizer Nuzlocke, AKA "Chekov's Bulk Up."

[@sasakikojiro9258]

I play randomize sometimes for fun, i just ban all legendaries (i mean for me, i just dont catch them, if i encounter one, bad luck, no first encounter), set all enemies pokemon to be fully evolved after lvl 35 and a few more rules to not make the run too easy. Its alright to relax after a fuck**g kaizo run

[@Matt513131]

What are your thoughts on using xp caps instead of lvl caps? Obviously it's harder to track than lvl caps which makes it difficult logistically, but it would create for slightly more interesting runs where mons like garchomp would have to stay a couple levels below the gym leaders highest, while traditionally weaker mons would be allowed to overlevel slightly.

[@XenithShadow]

The primary issues is that starter are in the medium slow group, which in contrast to it's name is the the 2nd fastest leveling group for most level cap's that would be reached during a normal playthrough. I would say in most cases it would likely lead to a easier game assuming the exp cap's are being pulled from the opponents highest exp cap. The most noticable point that would become easier is the pokemon league as the champion's ace will have slow exp scaling which will give all pokemon you use that arent slow exp a higher level cap that in a regular nuzlocke.

[@MrMonkey2150]

Well if ur able to somehow manage this then sure but you can’t really

[@fuckbrianer]

my man pulled out the kafka for the ad a man of culture i see

[@Kasaaz]

Can we talk about Swampert's eyes in the sprite for an opponent using it?! What the hell!

[@noahdaglio9362]

Is Alpharad the best nuzlocker? Probably not. But he’s certainly one of the most entertaining.

[@xanfyr]

Nice. Another reaction to another nuzlocke. Keep em coming.

[@joe_rival]

Was fun to notice all the foreshadowing

[@yugoxgc]

One of KZbinrs I'm subbed to had a HILARIOUS legendary negative luck in His Randomise Nuzlocke. Almost Every other trainer had a legendary. It was an INSANE run 🤣🤣🤣

[@MoistCrumpet]

I knew when he was being incredibly cocky that he would end up being humbled at some point. But the way he got humbled was outrageously hilarious!

[@spicetothemax7589]

I have a question about the Arcanine vs Alakazam thing at the beginning of the video. I don't really know a lot about calculations and stuff but would Alakazam's low defense and high special defense play a role in choosing to use bite or flamethrower? Edit: Oh never mind I didn't realize that Bite was a special attack in gen 3.

[@dethhollow]

Oh yeah, never forget. A really fun application of this can be seen in Chuggaconroy's Pokemon Emerald series, where he gets a Slaking and just spams Hyper Beam because normal moves hit for Physical in Gen 3.

[@technicolormischief-maker5683]

I think a good way to set up a nuzlocke randomizer would be to make it so that the spawn chance of any given Pokémon is directly proportional to their actual viability in the run. Most of the time, you’ll be running with trash Pokémon and making do, with the few strong Pokémon you find throughout the run serving as your aces or as long-term win conditions. When that legendary in the grass shows up in one out of every like, three runs, it actually feels like a breath of fresh air instead of just a gimmick. This also makes it a lot rarer that opponents just have legendaries that cubstomp your entire team. Most of the time, you’ll see a couple of big difficulty spikes per run that require more effort. You *could* have it so that certain trainers get to reroll for rarer Pokémon, though…

[@RamoGamesYT]

The music you were asking for was the end fight of sonic colors

[@shronut7733]

I’ve always preferred my randomizers as vanilla as possible: - starters with two evolutions - similar strength - legendaries banned - trainers have type themes Doing one right now and it feels like I didn’t even randomize it

[@shawdcummings2160]

I like absol, mightyena, umbreon and houndoom also this was a nice vid

[@MikeTheEntei]

Dark dogs

[@shawdcummings2160]

@@MikeTheEntei i have a type okay XD

[@lejnardjustinmendoza4376]

25:06 That was Nega Wisp Armor Phase 2 from Sonic Colors.

[@zulpi2103]

hell yeah, Franz Kafka is the 1st Czech thing in a pChal video

[@TheRibottoStudios]

"Brayden is the worst what the hell." I mean they're not incorrect.

[@BloodShutEyes1]

Bruh Jan holding the book upside down killed me

[@jackprisco8038]

I was so excited for this. Once Alpharad made his video I anticipated this moment

[@MikeTheEntei]

How'd you like the video?