Ludicolo Only - Pokemon Emerald - YOLO

Playthrough Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle*
3. No glitches or exploits*
4. No Double-Team TM before level 100*
Other rules:
-- *Pokeballs are allowed in battle when I need to catch an HM user
-- I play the game at 4x game speed (238 frames per second)
-- I allow myself to manipulate my starter (IVs, nature, HP type)
-- Using the bike for movement speed increases is banned (it can be used to obtain items)
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
*Double-Team:
-- Almost every Pokemon can learn Double-Team through TM
-- The TM can be purchased in Celadon
-- Using it would centralize the meta
-- Every Pokemon would use it to overcome tough battles at lower levels
-- It raises evasion
-- It triggers the badge boost
-- Banning the TM allows Pokemon who learn it through level up to use it
-- I believe evasion is part of Pokemon and shouldn't be banned entirely
-- I don't want the videos to all be double-team spam though, that's not fun or entertaining
-- Only two Pokemon learn Double-Team through level up: Pikachu & Scyther
-- Minimize is the other evasion raising move, these Pokemon learn it through level up:
-- Clefairy, Clefable, Grimer, Muk, Chansey, Staryu
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[@Sakaki_Hime]

Miror B is not in Stadium but in Pokémon Colloseum. Sorry, couldn't focus on the video without mentioning that. Good game indeed. I got it because it has easier access to the Legendary Beasts and Johto Starters (I am very lazy).

[@MrZrbrownie]

He was great in XD: Gale of Darkness too!

[@Sakaki_Hime]

@@MrZrbrownie I'll have to nab the game one day

[@meganlidwell1096]

XD is my fav pokemon game to date. I highly suggest it

[@GameGod77]

I was wondering if he deliberately got it wrong (like Venemoth's typing) but I also felt the need to make a comment on it too.

[@PGBigRed]

Came to the comments to see if anyone had pointed that out haha

[@Penguindude1]

15:00 Actually, the reason you're not outspeeding Wattson's team now is because of the Macho Brace. Yes, it doubles the amount of EV's you earn... at the cost of cutting your current Speed in half. I love Wallace's Team Intro, where most of his team shows up normally, then Wailord falls in like "BEEG!" Finally regarding Steven, I love that you use the Weather Trio theme for his fight. I'm not sure if Armaldo will be the Venomoth of Gen 3, but its actual typing is Rock/Bug.

[@yuso3333]

At first I thought he was being sarcastic with the macho brace. Then I remember who he is and that he is not experienced with gen 3 anyways.

[@selbywrightjr]

So if you take it off does the speed go back to normal

[@Penguindude1]

@@selbywrightjr yes.

[@brendanhart517]

oh is THAT the speed reduction, I thought it just reduced your speed growth but then again i've never actually used it

[@demjones]

Wow I didn’t know macho brace cuts speed

[@thewanderingbard8455]

Maybe in this one Scott will see the error of his ways and admit that Ludicolo is the best gen 3 Pokémon?

[@Carson_Neiss]

A poncho and sombrero wearing lillypad duck. It's awesome.

[@valor1omega]

Never liked it to be honest, even now I still don't. Had no issues dispatching it with Butterfree what so ever

[@nahte123456]

Having watched his Wattson time I'm guessing no.

[@ywe3]

@@Carson_Neiss platypus

[@tonyzoots6889]

Wait, venomoth isn't in the dex?!?

[@sergeizinovijev99]

Teaching Rock Smash makes your life waaaaaay easier against Magneton. Allows you to equip the cheri berry to waste one of Magneton's turn's, and after a defence drop you'll be doing real damage. Don't really need all 4 move slots on Ludicolo for a really long time and you can delete Rock Smash in Lilycove.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I didn't know about the defense drop from Rock Smash, that would have made me try it out. Thanks so much for the comment. Next time! I'll use it.

[@shadowtitanx3962]

The drawback is that Rock Smash is gonna be stuck with Ludicolo until it gets to Lilycove City.

[@sergeizinovijev99]

Yeah, like I mentioned Ludicolo doesn't really need the four move slots. Ludicolo is fine to run rock smash/surf/ice beam/return until the Giga Drain TM which is on the way to Lilycove already. You'll still have a grass move for rock types until you get surf, and you don't need grass moves between Norman and Winona for any battles. It might even be useful against Norman to dodge some healing turns by getting defence drops.

[@maxspecs]

Not like it was using Astonish anywhere. Rock Smash has a 50% chance to drop defense, anything with Serene Grace has 100%.

[@jdorian5]

Hey Scott, I don't know if it was said anywhere before but in Emerald, the pokenav has the match call feature, allowing you to rebattle some trainers like in GSC. The difference is you don't actually have to call them or look at the nav to engage the rebattle. I suggest looking up a full list of rebattle trainers, like the triathlete on the route west of Mauville City and Wattson

[@justsomejojo]

This only starts working after the 5th (?) badge. I only learned this recently, thinking they were somehow tied to the dried up battery (because they never happened for me)

[@skeetermania3202]

Teaching Rain Dance for Phoebe is likely the best way to go about the matchup. It exploits her tendency to use Protect on the first turn, thus not wasting extra PP. Rain Dance would also help against Steven. Based on damage rolls, Rain would push them into OHKO range.

[@jakeharper5807]

Hey Scott, Don’t forget about the power of the TM thief in gen 3. You can pick it up in Slateport from an Aqua grunt. Over half the Pokédex can learn it and it should be really helpful for some mons in boss fights where you need to heal and prevent the opponent from healing!

[@jman12g73]

Yeah and if he skips the rich kid and Lady trainer outside of Petalburg and comes back later I think they hold a nugget, so he could steal those for extra money if he’s running low for any reason.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@jman12g73 The rich trainers on Route 116 (which require Cut) also have Nuggets on their two Pokémon.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

This is incredibly helpful Jake. I'll try to remember and implement it. Could also be useful to search for some boosting items...

[@richarddill692]

It's not the greatest option, but Rock Smash would have made Watson's Magneton and Norman a little easier. Plus you can delete it in Lilycove, just before the "7/10 Too much water" part of the run. P.S. - Brick Break is given to you by a NPC just for talking to him in Sootopolis. It's a great move against Steven.

[@discgolfwes]

Looks like this is another case where starting with the unevolved base pokemon would make the game much easier, since Lotad and Lombre's level-up moves would be REALLY helpful.

[@bvd_vlvd]

Honestly they don't get really great moves either. Both version exclusives were pretty screwed with their moves

[@omarzaragoza9173]

Mega drain and bubblebeam could have helped, the second at least against Magneton

[@urpalalis]

@@omarzaragoza9173 lotad line doesn't get bubblebeam in gen 3 and they only get mega drain if you keep lotad from evolving until level 43

[@Brando1444]

Hey Scott, I am liking the new stat layout for this generation but I hope you keep the older one for your Yellow runs it matches the old school feel. Keep up the great videos!

[@damonphilbrick2125]

I agree

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Unfortunately, Yellow is getting updated. More of a re-skin though.

[@Brando1444]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I’ll take it hopefully it won’t be too drastic lol

[@edwardnowakowski5990]

Gotta love the “learning brick break and going with a different strategy anyway” strat, great vid as always

[@DSXtreme09]

regarding why you weren't outspeeding in that one fight: i believe you forgot to unequip the macho brace. it is great for getting evs, but it halves your speed in battle

[@milesrodger3724]

Bingo

[@wiseguise5960]

Watching these vids of Gen3 are helping me get through PokeMMO! I never played Gen3 so I got stuck at the very beginning of the game. Thanks Scott!

[@Mocita]

People most likely have already said this, but Mirror B is from Pokémon Coliseum.

[@dylanmcdougal5577]

Also in XD gale of darkness

[@mahnameisj]

Hopefully we can see Ludicolo again in a vs against Shiftry. Great vid as always! Love to see your progress at learning new generations. Also I do hope you have seen Ludicolo’s look in the live action Detective Pikachu movie. I’m sure you’ll love it 👌

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

This is the plan.

[@Orrphoiz]

This run is Ludiculous. Glad to see you back, Scott c: Bug love! c:

[@milkdud8993]

I heard the fun you were having and affection for Ludicolo in your voice! That by itself is a successful run! Thanks for another!

[@ZhangLiao07]

2 quick notes for future reference. If I'm not mistaken holding the macho Brace drops your speed, which is why you got outsped when you were faster before. And using secret power to paralyze slaking is not good, because facade is stronger if you have a status condition. So basically gave it a stronger stab move.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Noted! Thanks :)

[@adnausaem9655]

This is my favorite channel on KZbin, Generation 3 is my favorite (barely above 1 and 2) Pokemon generation, and it’s my birthday! I was very happy to see this upload. Thanks for all that you do Scott!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Happy birthday Adnausaem. I hope you have an awesome day!

[@quasnof]

I think your nature was a good choice, both stab types are Spc. Atk. so raising it is a no brainer. NOT lowering your Atk. was also good so you can use coverage moves like Nature Power Swift.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah - lowering an attacking stat in a solo challenge feels off to me. Unless you can get through everything with only physical / special moves. But that requires a very perfect movepool.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Fun fact: in later generations, things are so heavily minmaxed that you can, in fact, get away with raising one attack stat and lowering another with the proper nature.

[@wilbert3842]

Emerald with only bug types would be fun because there’s so many equally bad options to chose from

[@corhydrae3238]

I'm actually playing Sapphire with only bugs right now. The beginning was a slog, and Wattson was a nightmare, but many pokemon in the team get actually pretty decent later in the game because of their tm movepool. It's definitely much better than gen 1 with only bugs.

[@wilbert3842]

@@corhydrae3238 there’s a lot of fun options but the base stats on everything besides heracross/pinsir is so low it’s hard to use as just bug types. Volbeat and ninjask setup is almost mandatory

[@corhydrae3238]

@@wilbert3842 Armaldo's got decent stats, it just evolves rather late unfortunately. I find Masquerain to be rather useful. 100 base SpA, 80 base Spd and access to moves like Bubble beam, Ice beam and Giga drain. And Intimidate. I did the same run in Firered btw, and I think that one would be impossible if Scyther didn't exist.

[@calebshmanderson]

This is my favorite mon in gen 3! This going to be interesting seeing that Ludicolo has one of the worst learn sets in gen 3. I did a Seedot and Lotad Only run of Emerald because of MDB, so I can sympathize with this one in particular. Cause that was a very memorable run in that it scarred me for live. I hope you picked something like HP Electric for Milotic and Tentacruel cause Giga Drains will not be sufficient.

[@kangaskdan]

Great video! And I'm loving the emerald overlay!

[@wohnbert5096]

Tbh, starting ludicolo as a lotad would likely improve its results via level up moves. And I think it'd be fun to try and see how the hyper heal set of rain dish, leftovers, leech seed and giga drain would perform.

[@iamphoenixfire]

I think the villain team is a lot longer in emerald but it’s also a lot less tedious, better written, and just more fun. It makes sense within the story of the game where team rocket in gen 2 feels like an afterthought after the slowpoke tails thing.

[@TheDanishGuyReviews]

The fact that Lotad, my second-favourite Hoenn Mon in terms of looks*, was a version-exclusive, was the only regret of asking for Ruby for Christmas as a child. * My favourite looking Hoenn Mon is Kecleon.

[@UlimativeDunkelheit]

First of all it was a great playthrough, very exciting! The HUD at first was a bit overwhelming but you get used to it very soon and it was also great to see the stats change like in Gen 1. The animations are great and lovely for the big battles, you should give them all the props❤ I'm very excited to see soon more of gen 3!!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It used to be even more overwhelming. I'm trying really hard to visually tune it to be a bit less overwhelming. Glad you got used to it quickly though! That's good feedback.

[@IncarnateNA]

Writing this before I get entirely through the video but feel like this would have been addressed in the Swampert comparison preamble - Interested as to why the Ludi run is starting with Ludi, but the Swampert run (and others besides Butterfree) started with Mudkip. Aside from the obvious starters being starters, this kinda throws the comparable progression out the window since you're losing a few level-up moves, getting stronger base stats for the beginning progression, and, most importantly, skipping the incredible suffering that is getting a Water Stone in RSE, which can only be done *after* getting the HM for Dive 🥴 Last I recall Emerald is not getting the "every-mon-playthrough" treatment like Yellow, so it seems a shame to lose 2/3rds of the evolution family and the full experience that accompanies

[@runespellbender791]

honestly i love all these videos. i really like your style and your commitment to makin these challenges your best! love the content!

[@manuelpavanello90]

I love Ludicolo and in the regular runs I pair it with Swampert to have good coverage and the Surf/Dive split into two active pokemons. I think that in solo runs Ludicolo is really held back by its terrible moves until you have Surf available.

[@Math.Bandit]

Just starting the video but -SpD seems wild to me. I'd almost certainly go -Att, but if you're going to decrease one of the defenses on Ludi it should be Def.

[@jamesh2499]

If you keep doing Emerald runs I would love to see a run with Slaking that isnt hampered by truant. Give it something useless for it like overgrow (assuming it doesnt learn grass moves). Comparing the real times for truant and truant-less runs would be amazing

[@OverlordParadox]

Hey Scott, I have an interesting idea for a video- 2 walkthroughs with the same pokemon, but one mon has perfect EVs, IVs and best nature from the start and other one with normal (or even suboptimal) stats/nature and no intentional EV training during the play through. I've always wondered how much better such perfect pokemon would fare during normal gameplay. Plus this would show viewers why professional players spent so much time breeding perfect pokemons for tournaments.

[@shararm]

That sounds super interesting

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I've wanted to make a video like this for awhile (1.5 years now). Eventually it will happen!

[@OverlordParadox]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon That's awesome to hear and I can't wait to watch this video when it comes out! Thank you for reading and replying to so many comments under your videos 😊

[@lamiaprincess6371]

A suggestion if we return to Ludicolo is actually to teach Rock Smash to Ludicolo for both Wattson and Norman. It is an HM, but thankfully, the Move Deleter is in Lilycove City, which is remarkably early for a Pokemon game and means it won't constrict your moveset all too much. Rock Smash is Ludicolo's best option against Magneton. Yes, it is only 20 BP, but after SE it is 40, which is more than a 5-hit Bullet Seed, and it has a 50% chance to reduce the opponent's Defense by 1 stage, which means it scales rather quickly. This also would make Slaking a lot easier, since a Defense drop or two would allow Return to deal a lot more damage and defeat the Slaking at a much higher damage range. This was a really good video though! I think the choice of nature was really good, Rash is a pretty strong choice. One thing to keep in mind though is that EVs work a lot differently than Stat EXP, I'm sure you probably know that, but the result is that solo playthroughs are a lot harder from Gen III onward. Stat EXP lets you raise all of your Pokemon's stats at the same time, but EVs piecemeal it and give you less stats overall. As a result, Pokemon are weaker, less bulky, and slower in Generation III than they would be in previous generations. It's a system that's also basically impossible to min-max early on without a lot of tedious grinding. So...something to keep in mind is that you will probably need to train more to get the levels needed to offset that change. There's not a whole lot more I can think of regarding Generation III. They're remarkably simpler games at their core than Generation I or II imo.

[@kalebrhea5822]

I have to say that I didn’t realize how long you would have to go before being able to upgrade your move set. I think Ludicolo would be improved if you started with Lombre or even Lotad. I think earlier access to better moves will make up for having less power.

[@bensrandomshows1482]

I see you're doing this playthrough fully evolved Well that reminds me of something, when you do the trapinch line make sure to evolve it through the playthrough because trapinch actually looses 30 attack as it evolves into vibrava and regains it when it evolves into flygon, pretty interesting interaction

[@Croationman]

I love Ludicolo man. At first when I saw Lotad I was like oh that’s kind of cute but I didn’t catch one since I already had a Grass-type (Treecko.) Then your rival has a Lombre and I genuinely didn’t know what I was even looking at. Then I saw Ludicolo and fell in love. The thing is just a stroke of genius. I wish very much that it’s pre-evolutions reflected the pineapple mariachi duck kapa dancing lily pad yōkai it turns into. To top it all off it’s not bad and has a couple of niches it excels in. The fact it’s got Rain Dish AND Swift Swim alone puts it heads above other Pokémon. Very happy you’re covering it man.

[@gabr.7878]

It's the dancing Mexican pineapple duck!

[@DeadSexyAdamCheney]

I started a new emerald game back in March using my game cube and I spend hours breeding a good abra and I'm only about halfway. this has inspired me to actually go back to it.

[@brianwisecarver4880]

Steven is such a unique wall to certain Pokémon that when you start ranking Pokémon, it might be more fair to count their league completion time and Steven time as separate metrics. Can't wait until you catch up on everything and read my comment next year! We appreciate your hard work, don't forget to take care of yourself.

[@charlessegale6493]

27:46: That transition there was just * chef's kiss *

[@Carson_Neiss]

Ludicolo is such an underrated Pokémon. It's typing plus stage 2 stats should help it. I think Scott will fix some mistakes from the Swampert run and we should these runs gradually improve. With held items and abilities I think we might see some really cool things come out of these gen 3 runs.

[@roryrevolution2348]

Thanks for reminding me of when I first played gen 3 and picked Treecko, Watson was the bane of my existence lol I gave up and went and trained a Makuhita just to finally beat him.

[@GuiItyUniverse]

"In my Swampert video I was quite mean to Ludicolo." Swampert: 😭

[@ShadowZX99]

I’m increasing starting to love your content more.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks ShadowSky03, I'm working really hard to make it better and better. Maybe that's contributing a bit? Either way, glad you're enjoying :)

[@bitterzombie]

Id have used a Bold nature, its one of my favorite natures tbh and would help with the types Ludi is weak to (flying, poison, bug) and a little more bulk against common physical threats like fighting and normal type. Ludicolo can use some physical attacks efficiently in R/S/E, but with the potency and coverage of ice beam, surf, and giga D, i honestly think nerfing it for a boost to def or sp attack is usually the best option for pineapple duck. But if you're ever on the fence, there are honestly some pokemon that I prefer neutral natures on, like especially in gen 3 where all types are one stat or the other. Swampert, Blaziken, and Sceptile are all good candidates for neutral natures in these games, imo

[@Chronoflation]

When you were in a battle of attrition with Watson, you probably should've used Absorb until he was in KO range for a 3 or 4 hit Bullet Seed on the Manetric, to counter/avoid his super potions

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, that's a good idea.

[@Randroth]

28:46 Ah I see, so Pelipper is the next Emerald run, confirmed right there. Oh and it is funny that I had a similar experience with Ludicolo as you. Hated it as a child when playing Emerald, but I gave it a chance and used it on my team when I played Alpha Sapphire. It was a monster and now I like it quite a bit.

[@JohnWTolbert]

Another great video, as always. *ahem* Road to Stadium *cough* Question: Is it possible to beat Pokemon Colosseum using only Umbreon and Espeon?

[@Kuja66613666]

As someone who always played Sapphire, I can confirm that not only is it faster, but Archie's quips about how he wants to make the BEST WATERPARK EVAR make it fly by. He's a 78/10 villain, not enough water.

[@HomeCookinMTG]

The "I catch myself a bruno" line had me fucking roaring lmao. Edit: Ludicolo struggles in a solo playthrough, but in a nuzlocke it's amazing as a pivot and stuff

[@Offbreed309]

Ludicolo with rain dish -Rain dance -Double Team -Giga Drain -Surf ...holding Leftovers.

[@kode-man23]

He shall henceforth be known as Brockson, because if you don't have specifically something that he is weak to, he will straight up doom an entire run.

[@rjthepoet500]

Let’s gooooo, Ludicolo! Great job Scott

[@Kyle211919]

I love these bloopers about the pressure

[@shadowpaw9223]

If you go to the house on the beach and beat all 3 trainers the man in the back will give you some soda pops

[@bateltheassistant]

Ludicolo is great pokemon, even though as a kid I hated that thing, because of it's typing and it's smile was kind of looking too silly for me at the time. 😄 That run was well played overall, you've been improving a lot ever since your Swampert run, which is really good! 😊(and by the way the new overlay looks sick! I really liked how timer, nature, and moves were presented. Maybe you should include in the stats section, the bonus that the chosen nature is giving you) The reson why you don't have a stab move on Ludicolo, is that it's a stone evolution pokemon, so you'd get a water move, if only you would evolve it throughout the run. But the moves that this linr of evolution gets isn't the best. Having hydro pump, and water sport are not the best options, so running with it fully evolved was the best choice you could do. Also having thief for Norman could have helped you to steel the slaking's sitrus berry, and use that to heal your ludicolo. (you can find the thief tm at the slatport museum. You need to talk to an aqua grunt to get that), by the way you can use protect to make the slaking an easy one shot, every time its trying to attack you, so keep that in mind whenever you'd do an emerlad run. Also for Flannery, always use a female pokemon, to negate her attract attacks. And also for her use thief to steel the torkoal's white herb(the white herb is making her torkoal heal the stat drops that it takes due to overheat, so it can have a maximum power stab move that is boosted by the sun) , or use Hidden power ground/water, because her pokemon don't have a great special defence, so a stab water hidden power should be enough to make her trivial.😊 And yeah, stuppolis is a great name for this awful city that makes you use dive🤭🤭🤭. Your bloopers are getting better too, so keep on making them, they always makes feel super motivated to my voice overs, so thanks for that, and thanks for making these videos to make me have a good time. 😊

[@dlarsh]

Agreed with how you think future retries will work out for Ludicolo and Swampert. Fishdog is great, but really struggles in end game, while Ludicolo only seems to get stronger as it goes. I am curious if starting from Lotad would be easier or harder though.

[@davidwatson6202]

Ludicolo is best boi can’t wait to see how you improve his run next time!

[@BenjaminJeziorowski]

i really like the progressive updates to the overlay. its nice to see all the info.

[@skeetermania3202]

0:22 Small correction, but he’s from Colosseum and XD only.

[@eightteentwo]

For natures: When I do solo playthroughs of Gen 3, my preferred natures are: -Adamant for a fast physical attacker or a slower mon who uses phsyical attacks. -Modest for a fast special attacker or a slower mon who uses special attacks. -Jolly for a physical attacker who needs a bit of speed. -Timid for a special attacker who needs a bit of speed. -Hardy/Docile/Bashful/Quirky/Serious if the mon doesn't want to lose any stats. -I consider the minus defense/special defense natures if it's a frail and fast mixed attacker, since it would die quickly regardless. -I only use the minus speed natures for mons with exceptionally low speed, since they won't outspeed anything anyway.

[@justsadness8892]

having Rain Dish and not utilizing Rain Dance just feels outright wrong. Not only would Surf do way more damage (and oneshot a lot of pokemon), you would also recover a lot of health in case the enemy is stalling the battle (and pairs well with the shell bell for even more recovery)

[@wompus_king]

I forgot we started calling them HM Mules collectively and was like, “Oh, Scott has a WAY better name for these useful friends!” I suppose I’m even more glad we’ve all found a better name 😂

[@7highstraight]

Something to note about your method for getting past spinning trainers, the issue with running by them isn't that it has more startup frames, it's that trainers that can turn will always turn towards you when you run. It's a unique mechanic to the running shoes, not shared by the bike, so it's not surprising you didn't realize.

[@baoff666z]

28k views in 1 day finally getting the exposure you deserve

[@willasrock1]

Man, being para-fused by Wattson's Magneton is one of my first memories of a Pokemon rage-quit in my life.

[@juanchirino4900]

Ludicolo is a solid Pokemon with a fun design.

[@ZzShy]

When choosing which stat to lower with natures, you generally want to lower the stat thats already the lowest as natures change the stat based on a percentage of the base stat, so if you lower a base 100 stat, you're effectively losing 10 bst, whereas if you lower a base 50 stat, you're effectively losing only 5 bst, so you're losing less stats from the nature. Unless that lower stat is REALLY important to have at its base, you get more bang for your buck stat wise by lowering the already lowest base stat

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Good idea

[@emilydonegan3208]

I’ve always loved the Lotad line, especially Ludicolo

[@justsomejojo]

Ludicolo is one of my favorite gen3 mons because of its design. It just looks so happy :D And in Colosseum, it DANCES! It's great. That said, it's always been a pain to train - even when you factor in the (meager) learnsets of its pre evolutions - and only really popped off after Norman, so I feel your pain. The addition of move power is a cool idea, but it seems it doesn't factor in STAB? That might be a good idea to add, just for completeness' sake.

[@daviejohnstone12]

never played gen 3 its like watching a part of my childhood i never had.

[@JacktheRah]

Man I loved Ludicolo as a kid, even when facing it as an enemy. Its design was just hilarious!

[@hellrune6415]

Hey Scott, learned this from watching FlygonHG, but Winona's Pelliper will 100% of the time open with Protect making it a good time to use any set up moves or any moves you aren't going to use to conserve pp.

[@skeetermania3202]

As good as Flygon is, I don’t trust his 100% probability judgements, especially since I’ve seen exceptions in many other videos.

[@BlackDragonLp1989]

Miror B is from Pokemon Colosseum and XD not from stadium (It would be sick to see a Challenge in those games aswell, even though i would have no idea how) Keep up the great work

[@BGMaes-rl9nh]

I scrolled for a bit looking for someone to make the correction lol

[@juanchirino4900]

Saving often is a smart move Scott. Don't forget it.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Don't worry. I probably will :P

[@theWARLORDofLUX]

You skip all of the trainners in the first gym, even though you have super effective moves / typing vs them. You eventually hit a point in the game where you need to level up. Is there consideration to face these gym trainers, especially because they are in close proximity so no need to travel much.

[@samrushin2476]

Scott: "it's Ray-qway-za, idiots" Also Scott: "Wish-cash" "seal-o" Looks like you're really getting the hang of these gen Juan runs now mate Good video as always!

[@Kanbei11]

Also Scott pronouncing Colosseum as Stadium at the start

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Wishmur

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Also, Tan-Gel-A

[@MattDRT0358]

Oh my gosh! I'm currently up to the Norman battle...I can't believe how over levelled this thing needs to be!!! Another case of good moves being locked away behind tough battles

[@Callius0]

Love the videos, that Crawdaunt part got me though. "I don't want to have to knock it out with Surf" *uses Ice Beam which is less damage*

[@Root4BeerFloats]

Ludicolo? More like... LudiYOLO

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Exactly

[@red-eyessolares1817]

When it comes to Wattson, I think you should try using Swagger (Slateport City) or Rock Smash (Mauville City) for Magneton if a Pokémon like Ludicolo can’t hit it effectively. There’s also some specific Pokémon (Ex. Shiftry, Linoone) that can learn Rollout (Mauville City) which can bypass Magneton’s defenses. Another plan can also be try to save money to buy a powerful TM from the Mauville Game Corner (Ex. Flamethrower, Ice Beam, Psychic).

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I didn't know swagger was there. I'll keep that in mind for the future, it's a good move when there's nothing else available!

[@CoffeeFlavoredMilk]

I wonder if you're gonna do a 'marathon' of fully evolved Water-types in this game as a counterpart to your Yellow first stage Water-type 'series'. This IS the region known for water after all.

[@wmzer0mw]

Good video, i do love our pineapple duck buddy. :) A couple of ingame things that might help ya: keep on the back of your mind the potion ranges for pokemon like ludicolo who are not sweepers. There are quite a few difficult trainers here, (like watson) where you could actually manipulate the battle so that he might not get to super potion his magneton. Because of his lower attack, a +atk nature would help make the first 5 gyms much easier.

[@Root4BeerFloats]

Dark taking the place of poison actually makes sense. In japanese, it's actually called "evil" type, and that's why the villainous teams use them so much

[@omarkennedy7056]

Scott a bit of advice, unless youre doing the medicham run i would advise you to fight every single trainer you see. Medicham is the only pokemon i know if who can solo this game with relative ease.

[@PrincessGoth574]

I remember playing emerald for the first time and using lombre and i can still feel the frustration of its poor movepool levelling up lmao

[@dwanedibly8129]

Something that might help you in the future, Scott - Rock Smash. I know it has a pathetic 20 Power in this gen, but considering your only other option was Bullet Seed, it was the better move here (I ran the damage calc - even in the best-case scenario [5 high-roll hits], Bullet Seed does about as much damage as Rock Smash, and Rock Smash has a hefty 50% chance to lower defense). You could've taught Rock Smash over Absorb, then Surf over Secret Power, then Ice Beam over Bullet Seed, forgotten Rock Smash in Lilycove, and taught Giga Drain then.

[@sashasscribbles]

Hmmm you did have some poor TM management in this one, had the choice of ice beam or brick break for super effective damage against the cradily but was left with neither. Still, very entertaining video thank you! Love seeing more Hoenn on the channel even if it does take longer to play and you cant optimise it yet

[@skeetermania3202]

I think he has a bit of a Rest bias. It’s a lot worse in Gen 3 partially because of how the EV system has changed.

[@iantaakalla8180]

It’s really strange. He really does prefer safer tactics when the later gens beyond Gen 2 generally make it so that you can just get by with attacking moves. I mean, this generation trend is probably not strictly true for all Pokémon but the point is movesets diversify up to Generation 7.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

@Sasha's Scribbles TM management is a bit beyond me right now. I don't know the game quite well enough to anticipate exactly where I'm going to need them. I also forget that I can re-buy Ice Beam in the Game Corner.

[@PegbordFegs]

My man magikarp deserves to be in the graphic before the tate and liza battle

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

True

[@SnowyTotodile]

Aaa great video, so here's a comment for the algorithm! Anyway, please make Mauville City being called 'Wally City' become a meme. ...Also, I just noticed it said I wasn't subscribed. I thought for sure I was subscribed to you!

[@dustindean4618]

Lol you said Mirror B is from Pokemon Stadium when in fact he's from Pokemon Colloseum and Gale of Darkness XD, which I'd highly recommend cause they are the hardest official turn based Pokemon Games

[@mensb1936]

your overlay looks like fun to create love it

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It has been so much fun to make

[@danw3576]

So the stats are definitely more clear with this design, but I really like the design of the last one.

[@perkypenguin1663]

Something I noticed about Phoebe is that Surf was doing more than 2/3 damage, so you could set up Rain Dance to give your Water moves a 1.5x boost and then OHKO her entire team. Granted that would give the first Dusclops a chance to use Curse, but you could also dodge a Protect.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

That's a good idea

[@KnightFerrocous]

Hey in the Watson fight you were going slower because of Macho Brace. They even warn you when it you get it that it slows the holder down but improves your training. It had nothing to do with your nature but on you forgetting to put the Cheri Berry back on.

[@kayblades4154]

Juan's Kingdra and Wallace's Ludicolo are the reasons why Emerald is frustrating to nuzlocke

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Oh dear. That sounds brutal now that I think of it.

[@ChrisingoXD47]

Man I'm really liking these gen 3 videos, still I'm waiting on the Skarmory run.

[@Dojibu]

hmm got to the norman fight in the vid before all the alcohol I drank caught up with me, but wouldn't paralysis power up slaking's facade?

[@federicodebiasi6228]

Scott I’m still watching all your videos and I am very happy to see some gen 3 challenges, like johto also hoenn has a lot of mons that need your help because they were under appreciated or misunderstood, they are waiting for you 😜