Aggron Only - Pokemon Emerald

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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[@Naxhus2]

For a bit of fun - Magnitude 10 has BP 150. Being underground means that is doubled. It has a quad weakness and STAB. That magnitude against the Camerupt therefore had an effective base power total of 150 * 2 * 4 * 1.5 = 1800 .

[@philiphunt-bull5817]

Dear god

[@TheWispGuy]

Aggron was completely eradicated, rip.

[@BamaMophi]

Imagine if it crit

[@shantiranjansamal2535]

​@@BamaMophi3600bp then

[@welcomeback2912]

Now let's calculate the total damage dealt based on that

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

Very grateful for your content Scott, I had to have both my feet surgically reconstructed, I can’t walk and I’m stuck at home allllll day it’s so boring, these videos are getting me through it

[@Poppipower]

Then why are you watching a solo RUN?😂😂😂 (Hope you have a speedy recovery, mate)

[@adonai3676]

Good recovery!!

[@samrushin2476]

They’ll rebuild you. They can make you better, stronger, faster.

[@WasMachenSieHier]

You're the guy from SpongeBob with glass bones and paper skin

[@dhighway61]

Damn bro stay strong

[@shimmianNS]

On the eighth day of December, Scott's Thoughts gave to me: The "Rhydon of gen three" A Pure Power powerhouse Wattson's ace in Hoenn 'Phan v Ursaring! A tiny turtle's bubble The fire starter digging A garden lizard's leech seed And those three weirdo mons punching

[@snakeywakey3893]

Thank you for this.

[@patonosequecosa]

I was looking out for this

[@discgolfwes]

I feel like the replay of this run is going to shave off at least an hour

[@weebrahim]

Aggron was the coolest Pokemon for me in emerald, learns so many moves, looks terrifying and u can get Aaron so early on in emerald! Absolutely one of the Pokemon that made me fall in love with the game!

[@ilovegarradors]

Scott, just so you know, there is a move tutor in the sootopilos Pokémon center that will teach double edge, so you don't have to wait till lv 63. Also, those magnitude 10s are crazy. It's literally a 5% chance to roll that.

[@iss2075]

The reason you beat the 2nd Geodude on Roxanne in one hit is maybe partially damage rolls, but also because you levelled up from 13 to 14 and your Attack stat increased from 40 to 44 (insane for just 1 level). Even though it's not a damage rounding threshold the attack stat increase still matters.

[@sepg5084]

Yes. People seem to ignore that stats also increase on level up and only think about rounding threshold.

[@NoLimitSquad]

12:00 I don't think I've ever heard Magnititue 10 hitting that often.... *ever* 😂

[@Great_Olaf5]

I felt that underground magnitude 10 on a deep, visceral level.

[@Hayateknight123]

So Scott since you have done this multiple times at this point I am going to list the types that hit both the skarmory and Claydol neutrally when you are using earthquake. Ice, Fire, and Water. You may note that none of these are physical types and that is correct. No physical type pairs with earthquake against Steven’s team to hit for at least neutral damage so you either need 3 attacks or need to go mixed with earthquake. Otherwise you are going to keep getting walled by either the Skarmory or the Claydol when running earthquake. For additional reference Fighting type hits 5 of the 6 for neutral damage which means any move that hits the Claydol neutrally is fine. This is partially why fighting types are so dominant against him.

[@aeolus7762]

For the absolute longest time, I was convinced Aggron's shoulder spikes were its hands (EDIT: seeing only its back sprite) so it was like a T-Rex for me as a kid which made me love it even more.

[@bobosmith101]

1) That's adorable. 2)...How? The hands are right there in its front sprite. Did you only see it from the back?

[@aeolus7762]

@@bobosmith101 Yup! Sorry, I meant the back sprite!

[@mikescully6546]

I love that

[@sandeepssv8930]

It was painful watching you use Iron tail on the Aggron when you have 4x effective EQ. I really enjoy your Yellow and crystal runs but emerald definitely require second playthroughs for a lot of mons

[@llSuperSnivyll]

To be fair, Steven uses Psychic with Metagross when it also has a doubly-super-effective Earthquake.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@llSuperSnivyllThat’s because EQ against +6 Defense would do less damage.

[@zaclittlejohn2701]

​@skeetermania3202 steel is still a physical type, so eq will deal better damage since 4x damage is a better modifier than 1.5x damage from STAB.

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

I am disappointed he used rest Like seriously I HAD metal claw, iron Tail iron defense and earthquake for Steven And kept swinging the claw for a +1 attack n one shot his entire team after skarmory WITH ARON

[@haunter5271]

Yeah, this was not his best run. Lots of mis-plays. He could’ve even taught surf and held mystic water

[@glowcloudwheatproducts495]

"I am ready to get hurt again" -me watching this knowing aggron is going to underperform in a hoenn playthrough

[@iantaakalla8180]

When wouldn’t Aggron underperform?

[@glowcloudwheatproducts495]

@@iantaakalla8180 idk. Ive only ever gotten to use it in gen 3

[@1stCallipostle]

​@@iantaakalla8180It's had an alright run in the lower tiers of competitive singles

[@flallana18]

Without mega evolution, it’s definitely not the best, despite its badass design

[@anarchistangel2314]

>"Rock Tomb is really frustrating with 80 accuracy" >mentions STAB Iron Tail as a positive This is gonna be a fun one i see. Shame about not being able to QuakeSlide until the postgame though

[@danpitzer765]

Aggron - when the weaknesses aren't on the field, it's amazing. Unfortunately, Fighting, Ground, and Water are REALLY FREAKING COMMON.

[@bedbathandyourmom6565]

Scott I really am enjoying gen three it’s my favorite gen and I totally get the one play through format saving you time but I never realized how much I would miss the optimization of the second runs. I only mean this as a compliment to your normal format. Thank you for the content.

[@cultreader9751]

I actually don't like Hoenn much. Never did. Felt too much like a retread of Kanto. I can't say I disliked Gen III, as FRLG are a thing, but Hoenn itself is a bit boring imo. Except the music, which is fire.

[@gidan1128]

Watching you spam iron tail against Steven's Aggron was painful, Scott 😭. Surely your Aggron had enough trouble with ground moves this playthrough to know EQ was the much better option 😂.

[@Soldaraku]

Man, what was going on with that Magnitude Luck? Five Mag-9s AND Five Mag-10s? If the internet isn't lying to me, that's a 0.0000000003125% chance. And that's before we even add in all the other options Magnitude could roll. Absolutely astonishing.

[@wreckit1261]

Pokemon math 80% accuracy = 30% accuracy unless you're an NPC

[@azure_paladin4706]

So many resets because of the titanic name. Ok but for real though aggron is a beast. One of my favorite Gen 3 pokemon of all time

[@Moe_Posting_Chad]

I always liked Aggron's lil arms in his sprite. He looks so happy when waiting for you to order an attack. Look at them lil backsprite arms!

[@Woopy-pm8tr]

In Winona's gym you can skip the first of the two double battles by pushing from the right side to the left instead of from the left side up, the Bird Keeper's vision range is short enough that he won't see you and you can skip both him and the other trainer there. Probably not a massive timesave but it could be helpful

[@SentretPeanut]

Double edge at 63 😭 I loved Aggron so much as a kid! Such a great Pokémon! Plus it’s shiny is pretty cool XD

[@34autobot]

Aggron needs justice! An optimized playthrough will definitely get this guy under the 3 hour mark

[@mairain6443]

To be fair Aggron is very hard to use in Hoenn. I love the metal Dino but I remember it being almost dead weight on my team for key battles, I tried to use it multiple times with all kinds of sets. It's a more solid team player than a solo runner, lets you switch in on a resist and then switch to a flying or ghost type. It's actually good in Gen 6 and onwards, as the last few games really favour the steel type (and/or fairy).

[@RecRoomPlays]

Yeah, I always had an Aggron on my team in Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald and it always had the hardest time doing anything, the poor fella 😭

[@nicolasgonzalez3452]

I work from home and your videos keep me entertained while I type away. Thanks for putting so much effort into the commentary so us audio-viewers don’t miss out on too much

[@naurmael]

This was definitely one of my favorites back in the day playing Ruby. Excited for this!

[@bortzanator3018]

Very excited for this one today. Aggron was (and still kinda is) my favorite gen 3 addition. I love the design so much.

[@SmashMath151]

I'm actually surprised Aggron struggled in as many places as it did since it has high Attack, a weirdly diverse Special movepool, and just enough Speed to outpace the water. Excited to see how you tackle these in a future second playthrough!

[@williammarek1]

Very thankful for your content Scott. Thank you so much for your hard work!

[@maxmanramfan]

Sorry this one didn't turn out the way you wanted it to. Enjoyed the vid, even though I was hoping Aggron would do better. A few things to consider that might improve Aggron's performance next time: 1. Obviously more efficient routing. Now that you know where it hits walls, you can plan for them, and you can avoid back tracking (like Brawly) more easily. 2. Looking into a nature that drops Def and boosts Sp. Atk or Speed. Aggron has so much Def, and access to Iron Defense, that the reduction doesn't matter, but the crazy type coverage would be a huge help. Ice Beam and Thunderbolt can take out a ton of problem mons all throughout the playthrough. Flamethrower or Fire Blast/EQ/Double Edge/Iron Defense(Rest?) @Shell Bell might be an answer to Steven. Keep up the good work!

[@hotellamma9587]

Yeah I think flamethrower would go a long way with Steven, and more special moves during the playthrough could probably help more too

[@JWStevens]

Every playthrough is hilarious in its own way (and I mean that in a good way). Although I don’t like when you make silly mistakes, i’ve now I’ve come to love them lol I love your style of play on the first playthrough, the mistakes teach me so much about each Pokémon and it helps me optimize my teams, when I do solo type runs. I can’t do solo runs I get to bored lol but you never stop! Thank you as always!! 🤙🏽🤘🏽

[@thecarsongardner]

We are not worthy of so many consecutive videos! I can’t imagine how hard you grinded to have all this content ready ahead of time.

[@georgiosvavliaras1066]

Always looking forward to your videos mate, thank you and keep it up!

[@nathant6655]

WOO HOO!!! thank you, this is what i’ve been waiting for from you!!!

[@danielosorno4266]

IMO Rest was more of a hindrance on Aggron than being a useful move in the battle against Steven taking up a move slot for another move. Especially when using the leftovers as your held item.

[@skeetermania3202]

I agree. In this case, Rest should’ve been dropped for a coverage move.

[@shadowtitanx3962]

@@skeetermania3202 Rollout would stomp Steven pretty hard.

[@nautgamingnautgaming9949]

​@skeetermania3202 metal claw was what he was looking for n thunderbolt or thunder for Wallace I kept metal claw on my Aron run because a plus 1 potential solves problems right there I believe Scott could have beaten this game at 73 not 83

[@Oshwatton]

Yahoo time for one of my favorite gen 3 pokemon to shine. Edit: My poor baby. But not unexpected being weak to water and ground.

[@DanBottiglieri]

I love Aggron's design so I very often had one in my Hoenn teams, but I definitely share your frustration with it: despite a massive 110 base Attack, it always feels like it struggles to deal a lot of damage unlike Rhydon, due to no STAB on Earthquake and very poor Steel and Rock moves. It just doesn't have a strong, reliable STAB move unlike most slow bulky Pokémon until it learned Head Smash next gen (and then Heavy Slam a bit later).

[@blainemorin]

Great video! I had an idea for your gym/elite four battle transitions. I like how before the champion, all of Wallace's pokemon are shown before the battle screen shows. It would be cool if, for example, the Wailord sprite is animated to resize to fit it's location as it appears when the battle starts. I think this would be a slick and seamless transition. Anyways, love the content.

[@flamewarrior8172]

Love all the content, keep it up!

[@keltikglider9188]

Aggron was my absolute favorite, I already liked the video before even watching 😂

[@daniel6678]

stab magnitude 10 on an underground rock/steel type has to be the most overkill attack of all time lmao

[@gravemanbob]

Ive done both vigorath and slaking runs before. so much fun cant wait to see them!

[@JustAKomiFan]

Aggron is such an insane pokemon, its low special def doesnt even matter when you get sandstorm tm

[@jamesavery3727]

It would be nice if you could show the Emerald Move Tutor moves in the move list at the beginning.

[@benkesler487]

I was so unreasonably excited when I saw the thumbnail for this video because Aggron is so cool

[@mickgorro]

That magnitude luck was just absurd.

[@quinceekingston4335]

Love this line! I was so disappointed when in ORAS you had ti wait to get them untjl after the bike and back track

[@Superius777]

I hope you take what you learned with this run and apply it when you do a future Metagross run, it's another slower Steel type with a few key weaknesses. I like Aggron but I LOVE Metagross, and I'm looking forward to seeing that run.

[@igorcoutinholeandro5689]

Aggron is my deception 3rd gen was the last one I played multiple times, later emulators were really not optimized, my pc was garbage too, so I quit. every time I tried to use aggron felt like I was leveling an pseudo legendary, so fucking slow, but he was so weak... but this design is so cool, so I always put him on the team

[@bknight630]

10:16 You just taught me about this path! Thanks, Scott!

[@misterschifano]

Aggron does not surf. It merely glares at the water until, out of sheer terror, the water offers to carry it.

[@DrHargreavus]

Big Steel boyo

[@OasisCherryjuice182]

Another staple in my gen 3 runs as a kid!!! I Love This Mon

[@Jelly_N]

Your content is very good but what differenciates you from other pokemon youtubers is for sure that interface you have around the game it is awesome

[@andrewwagner8939]

Initial reaction to the title: “you say that like it’s supposed to be hard” 😂, but I hope proven wrong. Love the content!

[@tbone9774]

14:13 you dig does half? Sound weird. Nice Video. Aggron is one of my favorites

[@Christen0220]

I did this run not too long ago but used the rollout tutor in Mauville instead of hp rock. It did a tiny bit better with that especially on the magma battles

[@cryogyro3779]

Aggron has pretty much everything going against it for a modern Pokemon endgame: no offensive setup, no great STAB move, no good recovery, Earthquake weakness, laughably ineffecient stats. Imagine if 60 of that Defense went into SpA so it could confidently use that sweet coverage or SpD so Water isn't such a problem. Also the classic Rock problem of only being allowed to boost its already-more-than-sufficient stat. It's frustrating that a Slow growth behemoth only has cool factor to reward you for the trouble of raising it.

[@kb27787]

Found a shiny Aron in my first Emerald playthrough, was so excited to see it evolve to stage 3 and took it all the way to the league. Turns out... this Pokemon absolutely sucks lol! Slow, quad weaknesses and even normal weakness to water is brutal. Maybe if you went rash nature, only grinded SpA IVs from Abras then maybe the variety of special coverage moves might give it better results....

[@Rubbly]

I like when Camerupt hit you with what was essentially 1800 power when you dug underground 😂

[@frostedbyte0759]

Great video dude!

[@Kasmorder]

"Knocking out the former pokemon really drained my PP, as a result Aggron is going to be getting very hard with Iron Defense" When I tell you how much I fucking WHEEEEEEEZED Scott, hohlee shit fam you got me

[@tiemen9095]

I think for the champion m, sunny day+solar beam could definitely have been a play. You nullify the water weakness, and get instant solar beams. Pretty solid.

[@llSuperSnivyll]

Steel, by itself, isn't a good offensive type, but it synergizes quite well with Ground, as three of the four types that resist Steel are weak to Ground. Fairy does that better though.

[@1stCallipostle]

Rock is a great offensive type (when you actually get good moves for it unlike Aggron) Trying to have the best of both is a poor idea though

[@gabrielgendron4745]

​​@@1stCallipostleI still find stupide that aggron doesn't learn any rock type move by level up in emerald.

[@JustAnderw]

Yeah you gotta respect that water champion, he really puts out the hurt. I wonder if pokemon like geodude or rhyhorn will even be possible, we'll see I suppose

[@theone825]

One little tip for Emerald runs: you don’t have to go to the department store to buy vitamins! There’s a shop in Slateport next to the TM shop that sells the vitamins. Saves some time and it’s an easily accessible location

[@Cream147player]

Honestly, I think for solo challenges you mostly want to use your Pokémon as mixed attackers (physical and special), especially up until Gen 3 when move types are exclusively one or the other. Your Pokémon need to be versatile and ready to take out all threats, including ones that are defensively strong on one side or the other, and that have a variety of weaknesses and resistances. I think people who are telling you otherwise are drawing too much on their competitive experience where mixed attackers are generally not great, but then you have a full team of 6 in that so your Pokémon do not need to be jack of all trades like in solo runs. Gen 4 might favour Adamant and Modest builds though given the Physical/Special split, will be interesting to see when you do start playing Platinum.

[@kevinsips3658]

Hi Scott. I always love using Aggron in gen 3.

[@DwunD016]

I feel like this is gonna be a rough run, 2+ real time hours

[@mahnameisj]

Hey Scott! I know you're gonna be doing 2nd playthroughs for all Gen 3 runs but I was wondering if you'd do a 3rd run where they are EV trained from the start? It would be a separate tier list but it would be fitting for gen 3 onwards as EVs are an integral part of how well they can do in the game

[@grinbrothers]

My own Aggron (when it was an Aron) was meant to be a mere HM slave until I get got the Pokémon I wanted on my team, Castform, and yet the metal/rock lizard won my heart and has become one of my favourite Gen 3 Pokémon. Naturally, I'm looking forward to this solo challenge. 0:52 - So very doubtful we'll be seeing your Aggron going with Thunderbolt to deal with Wallace or Ice Beam to deal with Drake. Probably for the best, as whilst it has access to those moves, it'll probably work better going with a hard hitting STAB Steel or Rock move in such situations. 3:05 - I did wonder whether you would manage to reach Metal Claw given your Slow growth rate. I assume you didn't skip any trainers, so that slow growth really was an issue for this early bit. Given Titanic's sheer strength, you might have been able to plough through Roxanne's team with Mud Slap and Headbutt. 5:52 - I'm not surprised how strong that Mud Shot was but the sheer damage the Water Gun caused was a surprise. 8:33 - It is rather funny that Manectric has Howl and only one move to take advantage of it. An it's not like the situation has gotten better for it after the Physical/Special split; electric physical moves aren't exactly the most common. 11:38 - Man, you really had some rotten luck against Maxie. The inability to set-up early because of Mightyena's Sand-Attack is a right nuisance. Shame Titanic here doesn't have access to either Swift or even Faint Attack. 15:37 - Feels like there is plenty of obstacles that could be addressed in a second run with Aggron. 19:02 - Love the Magikarp trainer art here. An it's a fun little story. He's doing quite well given his Gyarados are all underlevelled compared to his surroundings. 22:38 - Man, if only that Aerial Ace was available before the fight with Maxie. That would have certainly made life easier. 24:59 - Did you name your Aggron that just for the joke here? Wow; wasn't expecting it. Hilarious! 28:43 - The problem I feel with this run is the unfortunate case of things not going well for physical attackers. Aggron doesn't have access to reliable STAB moves; the Steel moves lack types it hits hard against as well as accuracy and Aggron lacks Rock moves. It's TM pool is oriented towards Special moves but the Pokémon has a low Special Attack and even lower given it's nature. 30:47 - Nice to see my own observation somewhat noted. I'm not sure I'd go with a Special Defence lowering nature, but I suppose the 4x weakness to Ground and Fighting makes you want to aim to raise Aggron's pitiful Speed to a somewhat higher level and avoid lowering Physical Defence. 32:57 - The Skarmory tends to be your biggest obstacle, so it's nice to see you take it down without issue. Shame Claydoll has been a consistent obstacle for you in this playthrough. 36:49 - Yeah... that would be a fitting term for it. Aggron did not do as well as expected. I believe it could do a lot better, but again, the lack of reliable STAB options and the presence of faster Earthquake users holds the Pokémon back. It certainly makes the far flung future prospect of you doing a second playthrough with Aggron really exciting though.

[@kevinsips3658]

Oh man, this one was tough to watch. Poor Aggron!

[@unboundsoul3582]

MY BOI IS HERE. I guess that he'll do about as well as Manectric but not the worst so far.

[@bobjoe3492]

Thank great Scott!!

[@rebornjm]

i feel a brave nature wouldve been good seeing that you wouldnt need to outspeed much pokemon and it is highly unlikely that you would out speed without overleveling

[@mickgorro]

Scott: And then I explore Shell Cave to get Me: the Shoal Bell?

[@kylesavage6319]

In a lot of videos you tend to mention funny looking back sprites, I always thought the shoulder guard for Aggron was a small arm 😂

[@NastyMuckSpread]

10:00 Magnitude had 1200 power after everything. Crazy!

[@sergeizinovijev99]

I haven't got around to watching all your emerald runs, but one move you really need to make more use of is Substitute. So many pokemon can get a free substitute against the bad leads like the aqua/magma/Sidney MIghteyena's (blocks sand-attack and scary face, can't really do damage). Steven's Skarmory, and Drakes Shelgon. Aggron in particular with a +speed nature can outspeed everything but his Salamence (which can't damage him too well anyway) and can OHKO all the dragons except Kingdra with Ice beam (and you have double edge for that). It might be some gen 1 muscle memory, but Dig is not a good move at all in gen 3 either, too many things know magnitute and 60 base power and a two turn move is really bad. There is a rollout tutor in Mauville that can give lots of pokemon a free flannery fight. There is also a double edge tutor in Sootopolis that helps out rock head mons (like Aggron).

[@needude7218]

The king of gen 3 cool pokemon... but god does it have usability issues

[@awesomeaggron5236]

Yes! my favorite pokemon finally makes its debut in the solorun series! Hoping for an A tier performance since we can skip brawly for later.

[@starryknight5555]

Very pedantic observation but I think the gen 3 E4 should at least have their aces beside their concept art, another great video anyway

[@Smileyrat]

Did you name agron that just to make a titanic joke? 😆i love it.

[@wideright7567]

this was a fun video but this one definitely needs to be revisited and retooled the way you do in the other gens. it feels like there is a lot of room to improve the play-through here. the presentation is great as always though

[@mesplin3]

I think the Rock/Steel typing is similar to Electric/Steel typing. The main difference being rock is a better type for fire types and electric is better against water types.

[@JayHankEdLyon]

FYI, pretty sure you can buy vitamins at the Slateport Market, which is way faster given less movement and no rival battle.

[@bryandauzat293]

For some reason I don't feel like Aggron will do well. Edit* I was right, neat

[@manemanen]

Whats the damage ranges against tate and liza with mystic water surf?

[@tsawy6]

Yeah, aggron is a subtle mon, theres a lot of substantial weaknesses and a lot of unusual ways to play!

[@tsawy6]

It's also probably the case that magnitude straight up doesnt undergo standard damage rolls, its probably a 'power 0 move' internally. May or may not be subject to super effective calcs, which i think would force its selection here ~60% of the time (specifically cuz its 4x effective!)

[@fakhruddinnalawala5451]

When you were stuck at the E4/Steven Stone, would it have been worth trying blackout training against them?

[@typhoon008]

It's kind of out of reach, but you had dragon claw available for Drake 🙂 not like it would do much against Wallace tho... And Ice beam/blizzard are great coverage options against Steven: Claydol and Cradily are usually the best walls of his team, and the move counters them. Skarmory doesn't have great Sp Def either

[@thetrippingdeity]

One of the coolest looking pokemon ever

[@davidgardner6677]

Excited for vigoroth and slaking!

[@handanyldzhan9232]

1:51 I thought you'd name her Titania. 9:58 Likely because it figured Magnitude 4 would come up in the pre-move calc. 15:26 Aggron's attack is decent but isn't that great, and Slaking is physically pretty bulky. 27:17 Replacing Rest with Substitute would be pretty helpful, I think. Substitute is a great move in Gen 3, even blocking Intimidate.

[@Cjbball4]

Where was Brick Break? Feel like that could have helped somewhere. Maybe just used to seeing that move be used in competitive sets.

[@jac0ul880]

Hey Scott! Love how passionate you are about your productions and I’m especially enjoying your investment into those little techs you implemented over time to make the experience even more… mathematical? 😅 But could you please (!) start taking the rival’s ace’s ability into account? It’s hard to watch how you had the three shot against Brandon’s Marshtomp at hand (around minute 6) and instead of doing chip damage on turn two you triggered its torrent ability and got wrecked 😐 pretty sure you would’ve had survived a non torrent boosted watergun. 🤓 Anyways, thanks for the content 🙏🏼

[@fernandoguillen5996]

All pokemon that are quad weak to water in hoenn solo challenges: *Oh no brother*

[@D13G0D13]

One of my fav Gen 3 mons

[@135forte]

Aggron *is* Rhydon; Gen 3 was supposed to have been a Gen 5 style soft reboot, but it had to be fluffed out with old mons because of time issues. That's why you have so many mons filling the same roll/design philosophy; Gulpin/Grimer (right by each other in the dex, iirc), Pikachu/Plusle-Minun (far more similar than the Gen 2 Pika clone) and Aggron/Rhydon (now with baby!) being the ones that come to mind immediately.