Dragonite vs Tyranitar - Round 2 - Pokemon Crystal

[@proborderlandsgamer]

I got my youtube gaming recap, and have been subbed since about 500 subs, never really commented, just a typical quiet viewer. Apperently I'm a top 0.2% Scotts thoughts viewer and watch 23x the average viewer, so I guess that is a sign to show a comment of appreciation, and who watches 23 times less than me??

[@Chronoflation]

Oh, where do we see recaps? I'd love to see where I joined. Maybe around 1000. Though I watch almost all Scott's vids, but a bit have been split with Patreon now, so I'm curiou

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@Chronoflation on mobile you hit the little compass and hit gaming and there is a recap option, where it is on desktop I assume it'd be in the gaming cateogry. But I'm not entirely certain

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Haha i went to check after I read this and also never comment, 0.2% of viewers with 19x the watch time of average viewers!

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I remember being intimidated as a kid when Chuck throws the Boulder before battling him.

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[@efuii]

You should definitely had given Dragonite Hidden Power Flying. The main disadvantage here is that it's physical movelpool is really lacking. With that stab move, it gets better coverage against alot of annoying fights that you had in the game.

[@urbestfriend-oz7zf]

What fights in particular are sped up by HP:flying, and are they really worth slower Morty and even less consistent Red?

[@efuii]

@urbestfriend-oz7zf HP Flying is more consistent than Return and hits fighting-types harder, making it a better Chuck and Bruno. I'm 100% that HP flying probably one-shots Haunter in Morty, seeing that TT's Rock Slide did it, so HP Dark is probably not needed.

[@TheShinyFeraligatr]

It may have slightly more base power accounting for STAB, but what about the drop in Attack DVs required to get it?

[@marksullivan9692]

Hey scott! The ai wont click hypnosis against tyranatar bc it thinks its immune to psychic moves. This works with other statuses that ignore immunities like lovely kiss as well. Hope this helps! Great video

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Daily December gonna be fire this year! I made it to 39:22, and no Scott, YOU'RE INCREDIBLE!

[@SquirrelGamingProductions]

Did you try using STAB Hidden Power [Flying] on Dragonite for better damage via STAB & Atk stat in the midgame, + Sharp Beak? Probably helps in a ton of places

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Fantastic job! I still don't understand how you can pull off the daily December with such high quality content 🙈 you really have a great team behind you :)

[@llSuperSnivyll]

If Farfetch'd of all things gets a top-tier time, it will be hilarious. (That being said, at some point you could consider notable Egg Moves as well, as Cubone, Oddish, Bellsprout and Chikorita also get Swords Dance that way)

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Cub one

[@N12015]

17:18 And also other gens. In gen 4 and 5 Rock smash can be obtained before a gym weak to fighting (Roark and Lenora), Rock tomb and Dig before Elesa, flamethrower before Byron or scald before Clay. You need to do a bit of a sidequest to get it, but that's the dahm point of sidequests, to reward you with a new item useful in the near future.

[@pommyadam]

Gen1 - Dig before Surge, Fly before Erika, Surf before Blaine

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Dude! Nice gravitas with the sound effect for “early game” I was already excited for the video but that got me locked in lol.

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How you managed to naturally use gravitas. 🤌

[@c.m.9369]

Oh damn, the videos coming up you're teasing here sound like a lot of fun! Really looking forward to them! 🙂

[@thesillyone3837]

Idk how the recap works but ive been watching you before crystal started and always enjoyed your content

[@aeolus7762]

I was today years old when I found out Tyranitar learns Fury Cutter.

[@Mengz2169]

Omg yes please keep game play showing when you do damage ranges. ❤

[@NateCunningham-hm6zv]

Why does Dragonite's back sprite look so angry

[@viralgems]

this is more like it. faster runs with stronger mons

[@IsuKen]

The Ledyba trainer at school the next day: “You guys aren’t going to believe this…” And I can only think their reasoning for the Larvitar line not getting Rollout is that you get it so close to the end of the game they don’t expect you to still have the TM. As for not getting Fly before Chuck, you get the flying boost from Faulkner and Kenya for free.

[@ETannerity]

I think the devs would through a rock type against a water time specially for the time the anime would always shoot to water when the rock type was involved.

[@Conklestothemax]

Kinda surprised the badge that boosts hidden power's damage is the type hidden power turns into rather than normal

[@brianwisecarver4880]

You were my top watched creator this year ❤❤

[@andrewpalmer1873]

Watched the first round last night in preparation for this one, will be shocked to see if the reason results change much.

[@bestbigbros1102]

Hell yeah!! Justice for Tyrannitar!!

[@c.m.9369]

Before watching: Last time I predicted Dragonite to win because of better coverage and speed, and I was correct with my prediction. However: I went back and flipped through the old video, and turns out back then you didn't even use the Curse-set, which since then has become the standard for the late-game. So, things have certainly changed. However, I don't think they have changed in Tyranitar's favor. If you now use more set-up than the first time around, Dragonite can also benefit more from its Agility-access. Now, Dragonite benefited from its better coverage and versitility the first time around, so relying on Curse might even out the playing field more, since now both restrict themselves more the physical moves, however that's only in the endgame and I think Dragonite benefits from its versitility more during the early game anyway. So, no matter how I'm turning it, I do think Dragonite will win here. Both of them will probably do spectacular, high upper-tier. Probably S-ranked. After watching: So yeah, both S-tier. Makes sense. Tyranitar being faster surprises me, although... let's be honest, they are essentially equal. At the Red-battle they seem pretty much equal, but Dragonite just had some bad luck there... On the other hand, given how consistent Tyranitar is in the Red-battle, maybe it's fair to accept the fact that Dragonite will lose some time there? Either way, at this point, they both essentially are so close that I consider them about even in their qualities. Great video as usual!

[@stevepierce227]

You said you had 0 blackouts for Tyranitar, but didn't you black out against the Ledyba?

[@Uran10]

Would you handle HG/SS the same way you handle fire red with evolving as you play through?

[@Xeraser2]

Oh, man… poor Tyranitar.

[@Dolph1nRacer]

Random question: how different do you think Tyranitar would be if it was a Ground-Dark type instead of a Rock-Dark type?

[@skeetermania3202]

39 minutes for a Scott’s Thoughts video, let alone a Vs one? You don’t see those every day.

[@marcoasturias8520]

My favorite Pokémon lost, but it was very close!

[@tobiasgund8048]

I think Tyranitar has the more risky, but potentially shorter run

[@gemmabarnes]

Yay T-tar won! My fave pseudo legendary won

[@PabloNeves26]

There's nothing pseudo about Dragonite in my heart!

[@thesillyone3837]

Commenting after first e4 don't know why you didn't use hpflying for dnite after talking about the lack of flying stab and using hp flying tons in t-tar

[@shammy7098]

yeah Ttar let's go!!

[@PabloNeves26]

15:12 Major Setback! 🫡

[@jackruby6696]

Hell yeah

[@ChrisNelson93]

My 2 favorite mons

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Daily December after No Nut November is the perfect gift

[@hansvantcg]

Rematch!!!

[@glennvandierendonck3771]

owww yeah, lucky me

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

5:44 perfect run ends here for T-Tar (and 26:38 for Dragonite), F in the chat Press F to pay respects 10:07 oooo 69 nice... but ya missed it.. sort of 15:39 ooooo scary carrie.. nice 38:20 uh oh... mess with the cow you get the ow

[@keem459]

That ledyba was out for blood

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Yes it was. And normally lady bugs dont blood suck ​@@keem459

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

Yes it was. However... normally lady bugs don't suck blood @keem459

[@inazuma-fulgur]

Let's go goofy winged worm versus kaiju rock incarnate

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Second :)

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Third

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First!

[@Red-jq6bw]

Spoilers for the results: Dragonite may have lost the run, but Tyranitar lost to a Ledyba

[@mn_seahawk25thehawk64]

My toxic trait is that I’ve started every single one of these videos, and always only make it Kogas gym before losing interest lmfao.

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Scott’s awesome! More like a cooltrainer now!

[@FaladorDrunk]

Why does it feel like not very effective is more susceptible to being poisoned