Slowbro Only - Pokemon Yellow

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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[@brotman5319]

6:13 Zubat wih Leech Seed. Happens to the best of us Scott

[@MrEnte3000]

With Swift it's clearly the star projectiles going fast, not the Pokémon.

[@DigiRangerScott]

In Japanese it is Speed Star after all

[@KainaX122]

Exactly. It’s launching projectiles, not zipping around the battlefield

[@michaelahellmich7843]

He said prior, that normaly fast Pokemon get it, and slower can't learn it.

[@iss2075]

True, but generally speaking it does seem to be faster Pokemon who learn it. I bet if you got the average speed of all Pokemon and compared it to the average speed of Pokemon that learn Swift it would be the latter that's higher. I reckon it'll be the same with Faint Attack, Aerial Ace, Shock Wave too. But Magical Leaf and Shadow Punch I think are mostly learnt by slower Pokemon.

[@joefarrow1599]

I think the Pokémon goes really fast and the stars fly off of them and hit the other Pokémon

[@robertanna2693]

What might be more fun is to use streams to learn new games. Like picking a starter to solo through Black/White, it gives you something to make it exciting and can potentially be multiple streams for it as you can go slower to explore and learn the areas and information much easier. Not timed, just figuring out the general info so you can research easier.

[@SoraDonaldGoofy99]

Agreed!

[@Stevenhealy91]

I agree too...although I wonder if, for added difficulty, he could do it through nuzlocking. He could even use a single type during the nuzlocke to get a flair for that type in the new gen. As always, Scott, you are incredible!

[@NecromancyForKids]

Only problem with Black/White is that the story takes up a very large portion of the game, so the playtime is extremely bloated and not as good for speeding through. They are my favorite games, though.

[@Lockirby2]

It also gives a chance to get feedback from viewers quickly.

[@greyscaleadaven]

A pokemon I would recommend starting with: Moxie Krookodile. This thing tears through 90% of the game like butter. You can use Bite to sweep until you get Dig before Elesa, then this thing really takes off learning Crunch and Earthquake by level up. It deals with like every gym decently well, Though Lenora or Burgh might give you some problems earlier on. The former being threatening because of intimidate + Watchog with retaliate, and the latter bc of STAB Razor Leaf + quad resist for ground on Leavanny. But you can still hit both neutrally and you'll be set up to +2 against Leavanny. Lenora is just plain threatening in general, so there's no getting around her easily without a rock, steel, or fighting type. Outside of that though I would be remiss to find an issue up until Marshall, who is tricky bc of supereffective moves and Sawk's Sturdy. you can minimize that risk though by facing all three other 3 free E4 members first for EXP. This thing leads well against N or Ghetsis too, being strong against both lead mons then getting the moxie boost to sweep afterwards.

[@doesntexist9547]

I love Slowbro, what a guy

[@bp3366]

I want you slow bro inside me but you don't have a clue how you want me inside you can have a nice look and feel like you said something about your life is like it was good to be back

[@tacoman10]

Smoke me a kipper, I'll be back for breakfast.

[@lucillefrancois150]

Very relatable little guy, just absolutely no thoughts

[@shimmianNS]

On the seventeenth day of December, Scott's Thoughts gave to me: A 'Bro "destined for greatness" Giovanni's aces finally winning The tapirs using hypnosis The 'King of emerald loafing A lively mid stage slashing The Johto trio roaming Surge's 'Chu with a competent trainer Classy Cat v Pig Monkey! A moonstone evolution 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

[@cuneyta.3371]

Now we can call Slowbro, Speedbro

[@dafsvad5517]

I remember watching this live, but don’t remember so much of it. But I remember that watching it live made me even more interested in see it fully optimized in a video later. The livestreams dont discourage (me at least) from watching the full videos later. And I enjoyed the stream of it also

[@ricard0mil0s80]

Swift is very missleading in english and doesn't have anything to do with speed the german translation for it is "Sternenschauer" which basically means "star shower" which is also shown like that in the Anime I think and later on was made into a special move

[@HUNTERxROY]

Was just about to write that but saw you were faster. There is also the fact that in japanese its pretty much called Speed Star. Even its english description is basically : Shoots starshaped Rays/Beams that are so fast they cant be evaded. So it really has nothing to do with a pokemons speed

[@Duothimir]

Guys, did you see Scott's new Venomoth solo run? Wild!

[@perkypenguin1663]

Seeing Slowbro in action makes me excited because it shows that even Pokémon with low base Speed can achieve amazing results. It makes me wonder what other slow Pokémon can make it to such great results.

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Snorlax.

[@mattiamerlo2688]

"imagine if I had a little more speed, like 50" Scott, you still have the Mewtwo run to do don't worry! Slowbro is truly the goat of gen 1. In any playthrough it is very useful with that amazing move pool and bulk. Also it's one of the few checks to Mewtwo in Ubers, when Mewtwo lacks Thunderbolt of course. It's one of the most consistent and has an "easy" time achieving great results!

[@TheSaxRunner05]

Zubat with Leech Seed would be interesting 😆 I know what you meant

[@bigkirbyhj666]

The Bikers should be the WheezeBros.

[@JJSSBU]

6:12 wow Zubat expanded his moveset with Leech Seed 🔥🔥🔥

[@NativeGolfer10]

I’m glad your voice is feeling better Scott! In regards to your streaming, what if you did primarily fun runs? The back ports would be great options since they’re outside the regular series. Politoed, Slowking, Magmortar, Tangrowth, etc could be options and even serve as another series if you wanted to do a ranking there. Or you could have a stream ranking with that had a new twist (speed run no TM/HM) in Blue, Red, Gold, Silver, etc. Another option, you could learn new games on stream as unofficial results and have the community vote which mons you learn the game with. That way we could offer suggestions live and continue to build community involvement.

[@NiGHTSnoob]

Rhydon yesterday and Slowbro today? Man two of my favorite Gen 1 mons in a row. I'm spoiled this December.

[@ucjepkjl7fbne6shltft3mlw8]

So proud of Slowbro! The upper tiers are getting quite crowded. Oh, and Exeggutor's run sounds like it's gonna be a lot of fun (for us to watch). Shame about its level-up moves, hopefully it gets a decent growth rate at least? :) :)

[@Buddy26420]

Bro, take that cloyster off your tail man

[@jaredbelcher4591]

Slowbro is gonna be S tier. Amnesia is broken

[@AzureAlliance31]

25:43 Bruno is the goodest!

[@paulnewton2284]

I love how Bruno is so hilariously trivial for Slowbro that he doesn't even get the indignity of being called a Hiker, he's just totally erased from existence.

[@Lockirby2]

Amazing that Slowbro achieved such an incredible time even though it had to fight Lorelei's secret Machamp.

[@AzureFlute]

Amazing how Bruno has evolved from an Elite Four member, to a Hiker, to retiring and giving his Machamp to Lorelei! Also if visuals and photosensitivity has been an issue, would you consider changing the visual filter? Depending on your software you could change the colors to be dulled down a bit for the Pokémon Mansion. Since it's required in every run it might be something worth considering.

[@apollobro91_2]

I couldn't help but notice the accuracy seemed to be calculating correctly on your setup during the Sabrina fight. Was that a fix you made in post? Also, I love how Lorelei had a secret hidden Machamp in the first run with Slowbro.

[@robertleite6650]

Super excited for this video! Slowbro is my favorite Pokemon and I've been waiting for this since the original Slowpoke run about 2 years ago

[@charlessegale6493]

*WOW!* I knew Slowbro was a beast, but the time it got in its second run was really impressive! As always, excellent job, Scott and Team!

[@vallum12100]

My favorite doing so well brings me so much joy! Even with some of the worst confusion luck I've seen in an lp, it did so well. Really shows that speed might be good, but amnesia is even better!

[@celtyrysuje]

I love how your videos help me in falling asleep. I see that I fell asleep at 14 minutes in so today I'm returning to the video to watch the rest :) Your voice is very calming and you don't scream like crazy as some other youtubers do... ^^"

[@OmegaSaiyanPrince]

The entire slowpoke line is my favorite amongst all mons. They are so cute! And handy!!

[@vallum12100]

A fellow Slow-Bro I see!

[@OmegaSaiyanPrince]

@@vallum12100 Heck yeah Slowpoke line forever

[@brianwisecarver4880]

Scott is just gonna keep getting roasted on swift forever 😂😂

[@sev2067]

I think the problem with "Swift" is in the translation of the move itself. In japanese it is translated to "speed star" - in my own language, german, it is called "Sternschauer" and it says that the user shoots starlike projectiles at a high speed at the opponent.

[@benkesler487]

I find it hilarious that slowbro learns the fighting-type TMS. Can you imagine this slow, lazy Pokemon seismic tossing someone?

[@myggmastaren3365]

Hopefully slowbro gets S-tier

[@velum477]

I never comment but i watch every video you post. I just want to say youre awesome and thank you

[@AppleFumble]

This pokemon is going to be a potential monster

[@PokeMaster22222]

Slowbro already is a monster. A pocket monster, if you will.

[@karotconcarne3325]

As someone influenced highly by visual stimuli, I very, VERY highly apreciate your warning (red tiles), just putting it out. I very much wish more youtubers would be as considerate as you are, I really apreciate it. Thank you.

[@Ubernewb111]

it's so awesome watching you progress in your skill becoming a solo runner. tho there was something charming about you making really bad decisions with your runs

[@tehy123]

Re: turning off encounters: maybe the best way to deal with this is to make those areas have an auto Repel on. That way slow Pokemon still take a penalty. Even if it is RNG.

[@MrDuderman24]

I really like the critical thinking and realizing your mistakes and growing Scott, you've really come a long way my friend.

[@Alector12]

Proud of Sabrina for causing trouble with psywave for the first and maybe last time. And for Agatha being an obnoxious troll.

[@Mimikuxo11]

Scott, I love your content! Greetings from Brazil 🇧🇷

[@patonosequecosa]

Que bueno ver un hermano de LATAM

[@Mimikuxo11]

@@patonosequecosa 💜

[@dracodrake45]

Well the first elite 4 member must had needed extra muscle to make up for the hiker being absent today 😂

[@mattvalcarc]

I'm glad to hear your voice is doing better!

[@jaketno]

It's so funny that you uploaded this today. I did a random starter solo run yesterday playing Crystal and also got Slowbro lol It's very good. Made it all the way to Red without needless grinding 😁

[@josephbrewer8206]

Love the video! Since amnesia is so good it makes me wonder how Poliwhirl will do compared to Poliwrath. 🤔 Also Poliwhirl is my favorite gen 1 Pokemon. Hope to see this soon!

[@raptors11111]

I enjoy the emerald and fire red content but man it just hits different when youre back in yellow! Slowbro was a beast, knew he'd be good due to amnesia, but thought his speed would hold him back a bit more than it did. Im pumped for Exeggutor, just such a shame its lack of a learnset due to being a stone evo will probably hold it back.

[@StationSquareW]

Glad to hear your voice is much better!

[@JustFrikenRy]

Scott minor UI note. I really like the watery blue background of the new UI, but a minor pet peeve is that in the bottom left 1/3rd of the screen below the video, a few streaks of the blue water stick out, and are an eyesore. If it’s possible to tighten that up just the slightest bit, I think it would lead to a better viewing experience. Thanks for all the great videos this December!

[@ETannerity]

Shouldn’t leave encounters off because the encounters would force you to waste pp and could effect way to much in the out coming time. The rock tunnels encounters are just part of gen 1 it’s the only part of the cave that’s memorable. Beside the moonstone and exit being point of no return.

[@Spudmay]

But then slower pokemon will ALWAYS have worse times due to overworld effects, not their battle ability. Seems unfair

[@ETannerity]

@@Spudmay seems like their slow and are beating the game slower because of such

[@skeetermania3202]

@@SpudmayWhy shouldn’t that be a relevant disadvantage?

[@cadencenavigator958]

I think that first playthroughs while streaming is the way to go. It seems like you really enjoy it, your quality of play suffering won't be too bad for the ranking, and then you'll obscure the optimized result for when the actual video comes out so folks will want to watch it for that, even if they skip to that part of the video.

[@olavjorvik94]

Can’t wait for Alakazam! Don’t think he’ll get close to the best times, but I’m excited to see!😃

[@adrisalvador2488]

I think the best idea is streaming something different. It can be pokemon or it can be whatever, it would be very sad for some people not seeing this runs on yt due to schedule or time differences PD: thanks for giving us your time this way, keep going champ!

[@gmanz5]

At least you didn’t have to answer the age old question of whether TM28 is Tombstoner brother!

[@IRdatank]

Slowbro has been an absolute god in every nuzlocke I've done in gen 1.

[@pjanderson4876]

My other favorite Gen 1 Mon, Scott you’re too nice to me this weekend

[@troyc6193]

buddy noooo please don't respect my time and try to make the videos shorter. I use your videos to fall asleep. They're so helpful. You have NO idea. Life has been so hard lately, but your videos have practically been the only thing that can help me sleep at night. I love the longer ones.

[@christopherustupski2316]

Wow, too big surprises! Hypno and slow bro never what I thought

[@OidhcheLanFala]

The fact that the entire Ghastly line finishes the game in under 50 Minutes is insane to me.

[@Gungho73]

The clutch Gyarados leer at the end though!

[@mahnameisj]

Slowbro out here zooming! Not with its speed stat of course but the end time. Great performance! Scott, will you be doing backports of Alolan, Galarian and Paldean forms? It'd be interesting how they stack up compared to the regular versions

[@ExSuPiO1]

The move Swift's english name got nothing to do with the speed of the Pokemon using it. It's simply about the stars being shot moving so fast, thus the guaranteed hit accuracy. The original name translates to speed stars iirc.

[@xfluffytraxy4996]

Slowbroooooooooo, love the little slow bugger Regarding the streaming: first, maybe they are best suited to learn the new games with a greater audience. And you will also learn to better stream and interact over time. Second, I would really like watching your streams, but a longer time between announcement and actual stream would be great. Like 30-60 minutes in advance. That way we can all prepare ourselves and make room for your content ❤

[@thebigbean8783]

An absolutely fantastic pokemon. I think this thing has to get into the A-tier at least. It's just so good

[@thebigbean8783]

A freakin animal

[@vava85]

Great video, it cured my appendicitis and was highly entertaining!

[@steezuskryst7201]

These video cleared up my genital warts !!!

[@bp3366]

Bukkake is the first thing that I want you inside you to me about it was that I don't know keep 😂so you don't have a good night lol I hope so so much for your time with me today and I don't want to miss you again and hope you have a urh3 hours is your stomach is a book

[@paulnewton2284]

Your comment about the red and white tiles reminded me of something. I recently watched Cyber Soldier Porygon, the episode of the anime that infamously triggered seizures in many viewers and caused the show to be placed on hiatus. (By the way, the scene at the end where Pikachu zaps the incoming missiles isn't the only instance of the flashing red and blue lights, it's just the longest. There are a few other, shorter instances earlier in the episode.) The site I watched it on also added to the end of the episode a small PSA by, if I remember correctly, a Pokémon Company spokesperson, where she explained that the seizures the episode caused were specifically because of the rapidly flashing lights, and that such issues were easily preventable by being careful with rapidly flashing lights, stripe or spiral patterns, and the color red. The "red" part especially intrigued me, because I had previously seen another of your videos where you pointed out the sensory issues posed by the red and white tiles in Cinnabar Mansion and the Gym.

[@TogashiJack]

The irony of Slowbro, being Medium Fast..

[@TheGamingCamel22]

Slowbro is really good! I remember Pokémon Challenges finishing nuzlockes fornBlue Kaizo and Emerald Kaizo with Slowbro

[@draykenly8418]

Slowbro is opposite of slow

[@TJF588]

That would be a neat mod: The Elite Four + Champion having full six-member teams, comprised by listing their rosters in order and assigning them respectively, making up for the champion's empty slots by his alternative rosters.

[@bobjoe3492]

Thank great Scott!!

[@Smileyrat]

Hay-yo, what a bro. He's going fast by playing slow.

[@Chttrbox88]

I do not mind at all if you are commenting over a streamed run, even if there are more mistakes. Kinda adds to the story and shows that it isn't braindead easy to play these games this way or anything. Id rather get a first playthough as a steamed run than to not see a certain pokemon. Love the vids either way impressed by Slowbro's performance

[@amandamimic2725]

You're right the red and white tiles are awful. That said, after the mention that it's safe to look again, there are a few more raticates later on, as well as blaine's gym. I don't know if it's an oops, or if you have a reason for treating those different. In case it's an accident I thought I'd mention it. love the vids

[@Articision]

yess my boy! Hope he will do well

[@HighPriestFuneral]

Slowbro really did put in an impressive performance! Amnesia should never be discounted (which makes me wonder how well Pokemon Stadium Prize Psyduck with Amnesia will perform...) Always glad to see Oak set up for the win...! And then fumble at the last moment.

[@HersheyandStuff]

Thanks for making these videos

[@dantemalick2872]

Watching this i like the can only afford 4 vitamins leaves trade with 36 coins more than the 5th costs

[@Xeraser2]

25:45 I think that might be the funniest Bruno burn yet

[@ihaveanopinion888]

“It’s unfair that Slowbro has to face wild pokemon while others don’t have to” Well it’s precisely because of its low speed (which is part of its definition) that it HAS to face wild pokemon. If others don’t have to is because they’re better than it at that point in the game. The question “can X pokemon beat Pokemon Yellow in a solo run?” includes going through Mt Moon AND facing wild pokemon AND finishing the Rocket plotline at Celadon. Not whatever cheat or exploit the “professional speedrunner” feels like applying that day. Might aswell edit the rom so that trainers dont spin and the AI uses non attacking moves exclusively for the sake of “fairness” and “time optimization”

[@stanpalmerzan4288]

Do you think it'll be worth pitting Slowbro vs Slowking in gold silver or crystal?

[@shadowtitanx3962]

1 sided imo. Slowbro has early Water Gun.

[@kb27787]

Fastbro! Faster than Gengar even; very impressive!

[@mynameispepper1590]

Great video as always, and is that new art for the hypno sandwich trainer? It looks great!

[@Pspy3k]

The chainsmokers - like the band, nickname for the two bikers

[@135forte]

Slowbro is amazing in Gen 1 competitive. It can go 50/50 in the Mewtwo matchup with the right build, and part of what makes it work is the low speed. It doesn't care about losing speed to paralysis, so it can stay in after Resting, unlike other mons that want to switch out to reset their speed.

[@skeetermania3202]

Of course, that’s assuming Mewtwo’s not running Thunderbolt.

[@135forte]

@@skeetermania3202 After Thunderwave/Amnesia, Slowbro can actually outspeed and Mewtwo needs crits.

[@skeetermania3202]

@@135forte Is that assuming no Amnesia from Mewtwo?

[@135forte]

@@skeetermania3202 Iirc, Mewtwo can't crit one shot Slowbro, and if Mewtwo is boosting that means you have time to boost. Psychic, Thunderbolt, Recover and Amnesia means Mewtwo is permanently paralyzed and gets outsped by your Mewtwo. If they have Rest instead of Recover, that gives you the switch, let's Slowbro Rest or lets you go for Special drops then reapply Paralysis when they wake up. And all of that is ignoring that running Thunderbolt for Slowbro undermines your mirror match, where you really want to try to fish for Freeze with Ice Beam or Special drops with Psychic. Tobybro only has a 50/50, but what do you have that is better?

[@brandonroyal1255]

Best gen 1 Pokémon

[@TJF588]

Caught that twelve-frame "Nice!"!

[@Eintracht-uy3cz]

Slowbro is a slow bro

[@thehonoredone2361]

Slowbruh is my type of pokemon cause I too have the same exact face when watching videos I enjoy.

[@ruffynika6260]

our Slowbro King

[@DwunD016]

Exeggutor is going to be a rough one. If you can get it under 3 hours, i salute you. Also, i agree the emulator is pretty great.

[@archiiebarrett]

Scott, if you backport Slowking, this would swap its defense with its special, but retaining all remaining stats. Do you think this would improve the run or make little difference? I don't even think it gains any additional moves you can take advantage of that would be worth a damn. This would be interesting.

[@Xeraser2]

The fact that Slowbro would rank even higher if it hadn't been for that very unfortunate reset is astonishing. I'm sure it'll get that reset-free playthrough one day.

[@headecas]

Scot:rival is even easier in this fight because my moveset is fantastic Also scot:spams bublebeam

[@cueneytalpan3386]

I love your Live Streams - You can live do your Live Streams for Rerank Pokemon ^^

[@TJF588]

For the Mt. Moon encounter methodology, have there been considerations for instating a Repel-effect in place of wholly turning encounters off? A sort of compromise for expectations of the area on-cart, but could also be a detriment in the opposite direct of Slowbro's problem, where low-level performers are hindered in ways apart from fast-leveling or grind-heavy 'mons.

[@foxbird123]

9:40 We love you Scott!

[@georgegladding8257]

Slowbro was my number 3 used pokemon in rby. Right behind venusaur and kadabra.

[@notanimufailzone]

Ah yes the elite three and Loreli's six Pokemon.

[@TheDarkFiddler]

If each of the "Weezing Duo" have two Weezings, shouldn't that be the "'Weezing Duo', Duo", or if you count them together, the "Weezing Quartet"? Though I suppose if you count the trainers, they could be the "Weezing Sextet". Slowbro is my favorite Pokémon so have a little tip. Love the dopey slow boy! Happy holidays, Scott!

[@parttimesaint3165]

Slowbro is a beast!