SmallAnt Made the Hardest Pokémon Escape Room Ever!

[@FlygonHG]

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[@ionius17]

No squarespace?!?!?!?!?!? That’s crazy

[@Akita23]

Here before the jrose11 people whining yesterday about this game/sponsor show up. Fun video :)

[@TungstenArm]

No. I will make a website instead. Unfortunately I don’t know web design, and I have no means to help design my website. If only there were a service that could help with this…

[@feha92]

Did you forget the very main rule of the puzzle, where he said any needed RNG will be explicitly stated? Last fight had no such explicit statement.

[@mslabo102s2]

It looks somewhat interesting. It is a monster-collecting game, but they aren't trying to be Pokemon which gives me an edge over other Poke-clones out there.

[@Elavieate]

For some who may not know, there's a video of Smant discovering the disobedience/endure strat. It was the pokemon platinum, but my team randomizes after every battle

[@becausesakamoto5938]

When I realized what the answer was I remembered exactly that, when he used Heracross to beat Mars' Purugly

[@saltrush3448]

That's where I remember it from, I knew I saw it somewhere else

[@EmperorZ19]

Diamond actually, for anyone else that goes looking for the video

[@pendragon7600]

Pretty sure it was pokemon diamond but yeah

[@nineteenct]

In SmallAnt’s video it’s at 10:03 for anyone who wants to check

[@Juli_is_Online]

omg the disobedience thing actually blew my mind in real time too, I had no idea the priority system worked that way with disobedience, let alone that it could cause the pokemon to just switch to another move like that. This is why I love escape rooms like this, every time I discover super obscure fun mechanics about this franchise I've loved for over a decade that I would've never discovered otherwise or mechanics used in super creative ways I would've never thought of

[@ThatUtubeGuy]

I came here to comment this, yesss crazyy

[@feha92]

I also thought disobedience just made you lose your attack entirely - but it was decades since gen1 so seems I misremembered~

[@PixelTheCheetah]

I love how smant's escape rooms really make you use EVERY resource, every item, every pokedollar, every tick of HP... so satisfying to leave as you came, empty-handed

[@BurnadaKnigter]

And now you're broke

[@objectshowfan362]

Pokédollar? I always called them pokébucks.

[@JaharNarishma]

​@@objectshowfan362 they are literally yen, not bucks or dollars. When I first started seeing videos and streams of people playing Pokémon I was sure that the first person was doing a joke when they used dollars. When every single one didn't use yen, as the games tells us, I was amazed. I wonder why the yen, which would match prices in the game to real world prices, isn't the common word. Very odd.

[@objectshowfan362]

@@JaharNarishma I think it boils down to the fact that we're on a region in the world that doesn't use yen and the recent games don't mention that they're yen, at least that I know of. Besides, who are you to gatekeep what people call the in-game currency? Everyone has their own name for that currency, and you shouldn't try to tell people that you can't call it "pokédollars" or "pokébucks" because the game (supposedly) tells you as such.

[@JaharNarishma]

@@objectshowfan362 it wasn't a gatekeeper comment. It was a surprise that there seemed to be unity about what to call it, and it isn't what the developers intended. As long as you are understood, you are using doing well enough in communication.

[@Octobris]

The way he said Magnemite. Thank the heavens it evolved.

[@rhynestone]

you must be new here

[@seanwolz1835]

Had me questioning my whole childhood

[@lordslug182]

Wait till u see Arcanine

[@ChespinCraft]

It’s giving the squirrel from Hoodwinked

[@ofesp.]

It’s like a bad dad joke, except it’s being used to milk the algorithm.

[@kraykyle]

15:42 Mag - Nem - It - E is an absolutely evil way of saying Mag-Na-Mite

[@FlareStorms]

HONESTLY

[@Zorilla10]

Like this dude watched the Pokerap right?

[@curious9904]

Actually fuckin diabolical way to pronounce it, might be worse then mag-ne-me(like in me)-te(like in tell) from MNJ

[@Trippingryan]

I was looking for this lol

[@Trippingryan]

I was looking for this lol

[@LagrimaArdiente]

IDK why, but having to sell the mail to get just enough money is pretty funny to me.

[@gothicbutterfly013]

I think its more likely the lagging tail may have been needed to fling onto the gastly??

[@kristophesiem5336]

​@@gothicbutterfly013I dont think lagging tail makes enemies move last when flinged, but even if it did, having lagging tail on Mr. Mime means no kustab berry to pluck

[@strigijoe8685]

Wasn’t convinced until I saw the thumbnail

[@darlhiatt8136]

I appreciate this one not having hidden items on the ground, those are just frustrating in escape rooms

[@jamesjohnston9471]

The attack stat went down from 81 to 45 when the Naru evovled into Xatu at 24:18. That Natu's attack was REALLY cheated.

[@yannberg9392]

Smallant really came up with some amazing stuff for this oh my! The Endure/Fling strat and every sellable item (which all of them were actually needed before) adding up to exactly the cash for another Custap Berry legit blew my mind

[@elita185]

I was expecting him to say: "Remember to always always always... check your mail" in the outro hahah. I really liked this challenge, it was very fun to watch especially Chuck's battle, the strategy was insane!

[@7DQuillion]

Nuzlocke idea: you can only use the wrong attack stat, like special weavile or physical alakazam. This would make for a very unique nuzlocke where they just always dissapoint with their damage.

[@jamesgray658]

I’ve run this ruleset before, it’s pretty cool. You have to get pretty creative with movesets and strategies

[@shadycactus7896]

Just use pokemon with equal attack and special attack

[@SassySceptile]

​@@shadycactus7896lucario, camerupt, archeops, elektross are some mons that come to my mind

[@owenaspinall2046]

Sharpedo does this all the time in gen 3

[@gavinbar1988]

@@shadycactus7896 In a nuzlocke you don't choose the mons, the mons choose you.

[@roccaluce]

Can't believe I wasted my time doing this... But here it is! All the trainers are able to be battled in HG/SS, how neat! Camper Spencer - Route 43 Hiker Timothy - Route 45 Leader Chuck - 🙂 Poké Maniac Ron - Route 43 Beauty Callie - Route 37 Psychic Greg - Route 37 Juggler Horton - Vermilion City Twins Amy & Mimi - Azalea Gym Double Team Zac & Jen - Route 3

[@roccaluce]

Only just noticed... Meant to put Gym for Horton and not just City. Oh, well!

[@LemonAide132]

You can edit the original comment, if you still want. Hit the three vertical dots in the top right of the comment box.

[@cullenlatham2366]

of course, not with the same teams. With that in mind, it isnt too surprising if it is a mod of HG/SS, using its assets and by extension, trainers. If anything, it would have been more telling to have custom names. XD

[@Srelathon]

You're gonna kill me with your pronunciation of "Magnemite." I felt physical pain every time you said it.

[@KlearlyIMme]

That’s why he does it

[@duck_corp]

I thought he said it as a joke the first time he said it. But then he kept saying it...

[@henrioak]

​@@duck_corpit is a joke, he has acknowledged it in other videos

[@frog_goblin]

@@duck_corpit is a joke, specifically cause so many people on youtube and twitch will be so condescending if you mispronounce a pokemon name so he just screws with people by doing it on purpose. he also pronounces arcanine as “ark-uh-NEE-nay”

[@IshlapChomos]

Small ant is so creative man, that was entertaining as hell

[@ADMitchellandXavierWorthy]

he def doesnt make them himself

[@SamVimes27]

​@@ADMitchellandXavierWorthy he definitely does. He doesn't program them himself - that is done by Atsign - but he does come up with the ideas, layout and mechanics.

[@IshlapChomos]

@@SamVimes27 exactly 👌

[@ADMitchellandXavierWorthy]

@@SamVimes27 maybe a couple of the ideas but this guy is making videos and streaming everyday he doesn’t have time to think of something this intricate cmon now

[@SamVimes27]

@@ADMitchellandXavierWorthy tell me you don't know how hyperfixation works without telling me how hyperfixation works. Smallant streams 6-8 hours five days a week and publishes two videos or so per month. There's plenty of time to make an escape room or two in his freetime. It's not like he dishes them out in the dozen. Just listen to him when he talks about creating those puzzles. He's really passionate about this

[@enderwiggins8248]

The time traveling sponsor gag was lowkey very funny, took me completely by surprise

[@TruBluLew23]

Right? Matti has some of the best sponsorship segments out of all the youtubers I watch. Also, free GarchompFJ!!!

[@booshwilson8814]

Pronouncing Magnemite the same way as Yosemite is hilarious

[@aiyko3372]

"mag-nem-it-e" hurts my soul edit: engagement farming doesnt count if id comment anyways

[@regalseagull]

Flygon must be really desperate, to create engagement like this

[@MattGOG666]

You two must be new here

[@shadycactus7896]

Wait until you hear him say Struggle Bug

[@regalseagull]

@@MattGOG666 nope, I know he does that every video, but that doesn't invalidate what I said

[@JaceGarrdok]

it hurts alsmost as much as arr-kah-nee-neh

[@naplockblubba5369]

I open the video and IMMEDIATELY get jumpscared by the Jigsmallant image I was not prepared for that

[@szawelnievi]

Okay. Breaking the fourth wall is a good reason to listen to sponsorship plug

[@NinjaPickle]

That Disobedience strat is actually insane, and that might actually have some incredibly specific application to things like Nuzlockes. There's absolutely a ton of risk involved, as there's a chance it could backfire and they fall asleep, get confused, or simply do nothing, but doing this on a Pokemon with Insomnia or Own Tempo or something like that and using it to give a Pokemon priority on a move it shouldn't have could be insanely clutch. Like imagine setting up priority weather in every fight using this strat. Though unfortunately wouldn't work if doing a hardcore ruleset, as you would never be overleveled

[@draconiskittensweetie9765]

I have been DESPERATE for more pokemon escape rooms, this really scratched that itch!!! Congrats on beating it, the whole thing was so cool so cool to watch!!!

[@Elfterminator]

15:42 excuse me a what???

[@ananas0799]

It’s a running joke on the channel to mispronounce certain Pokémon names.

[@alenbobar728]

​@@ananas0799it should be a running joke that he should shut the f... up

[@variumi]

love the honesty in the thumbnail

[@cyb0rggaming430]

flygon I have to say I absolutely love the music every time. Like really, a violin version of the strike force heroes theme song at 19:00? epic

[@bionichuteagain2583]

whoa an ad for something actually relevant to the channel and something i was already interested in buying

[@Religion0]

Absolutely always wear your seat belt. I'm not giving you a ride anywhere if you aren't strapped in.

[@lexinicole4317]

Flygon, your videos are one of the few sources of relaxation and calm I have in my day to day life right now. Thank you for what you do

[@dark_fusion1288]

It has to be a criminal offence for someone to pronounce “magnemite” the was he did.

[@Morton1214]

Bro Flygon.. you are pushing GOAT status. all eyes are on you right now buddy

[@dvillines26]

this reminds me of the Battle CDs from XD Gale of Darkness, which in the higher difficulties had some rather byzantine solutions required. this is like an interlocking series of even more niche versions of that complete with inventory/money management. I'm trying to spitball a similar kind of puzzle here. a doubles situation where one Pokemon is very powerful and alternates Protect with a devastating move, and their partner uses Follow Me on the off turn. the only way is to use a move that bypasses Protect. also the Follow Me Pokemon is Shedinja and you don't seem to have any moves to deal with it. except one of your Pokemon will learn a Rock move upon leveling up if they gain the experience from beating Shedinja's partner. but Shedinja will use Protect itself if its first partner faints on turn one. and its new partner will KO your Pokemon with a Rock move, putting you in an unwinnable position. let's say the Protect bypassing move is Hyper Drill so it doesn't work on Shedinja. the solution is that your other Pokemon will also level up and learn Imprison, and it already knows Protect. note though that Shedinja will use Spore turn 1 on your future Imprison user, so you'll need a way to avoid that. you'd think 'oh obviously Protect', but here's the thing . Protect on that particular Pokemon has 0 PP and you're currently unable to heal or obtain a Leppa berry or any PP restoration. so Protect's only utility on that Pokemon is for Imprison to work against Shedinja. So the Imprison user has to use Hyper Drill, while their partner has to use Worry Seed on them. Turn One Enemy Partner One uses Protect, Shedinja uses Spore Rock Move user uses Worry Seed on Imprison user, Imprison user uses Hyper Drill to KO Enemy Partner One Enemy Partner Two comes out Rock Move user and Imprison user level up, get to learn the necessary moves Enemy Partner Two is slow, but will KO your Rock user turn two basically no matter what, while Shedinja will definitely go for Protect now that you have a Rock move. so the Imprison user of course uses Imprison, blocking Shedinja from selecting Protect. Turn 3 then, it's down to Partner Two vs Imprison user. it's another sure KO situation, but again, Partner Two is slow as shit. but it seems impossible to KO it in one turn because its one offensive move is kind of weak. but as long as you didn't delete it for Imprison, your Imprison user has Reflect Type, and Enemy Partner 2's only offensive move is a move its own type is immune to (I'm thinking it's a Ghost, but it uses Vital Throw), so if you use Reflect Type, you can whittle away at it while it can do nothing. Enemy Partner One Physically frail enough to die to one Hyper Drill, knows Protect and Close Combat Shedinja Knows Protect, Follow Me Enemy Partner Two Ghost type with Vital Throw somehow Rock user: weak to Fighting, starts with Worry Seed and on level up learns Power Gem, which happens at the end of turn 1 Imprison user: starts with Protect with 0 PP, Reflect Type, some Ghost-resisted move like Poison Jab maybe, and Hyper Drill, which you have to delete for Imprison because it's not usable against Partner Two and Shedinja anyway. additional wrinkles - both Pokemon will only level up mid-battle if they gain a tiny amount of experience beforehand from a wild battle in the grass. as previously mentioned, once this phase is reached, the Pokemon Center is unreachable you need to give a Heart Scale to an NPC to remember Worry Seed. the Pokemon that will learn Imprison is a trade Pokemon from another NPC, who wants a Pokemon you can find in the grass, but seems impossible to catch there's a hidden Quick Ball, which requires you to do a little puzzle to get it that relies on game knowledge. I'm thinking having to match gym badge to the city of the gym they come from, but it's all symbolic, with the place representing the city being a little representation of its most famous landmark. Ecruteak would have the Tin Tower, Mossdeep would have the Space Center, Nimbasa would have the ferris wheel, Vermilion would have the SS Anne, and Snowpoint would have Snowpoint Temple. I don't know if this all works and it'd need a ton more tweaks, but it's fun to spitball

[@KindaKaon]

New viewers (presumably from smallant) being confused about your magnemité pronounciation is pretty fun to watch

[@hkpika9730]

This whole series of puzzles was such a blast to watch. And a lot of fun to see you figure them out, i always look forward to your uploads they never fail to make me laugh and make my day better. Also the thumbnail for this video cracked me up, keep up the great work

[@gamingwithfoss]

This entire video is just mind boggling. So many little caveats that only advanced players would even know of. I love that!

[@calebpfister4213]

The OT thing is from one of his videos where he had “priority leers” that’s so awesome!

[@MightyAlien1221]

3:11 "that previously flung Fling" I love it

[@AndyD773]

That “Milford Man” joke, what a fantastic deep cut 😂

[@matthewmjarrell]

Neither seen nor heard...

[@wishythefishy]

Spheal is always watching. Wear your seatbelt!

[@thebuzz567]

Damn, people are getting mad at Flygon for pronouncing Magnamite correctly again. He's always been a truther you're just new here.

[@matthewdutton9910]

Love this video, the voice over is perfectly done, and editing is clean. I hope you can do more escape rooms!

[@natechat4289]

You can always tell a Milford man

[@quilaviper]

SmallAnt is a straight-up genius omg

[@umbraluna8387]

Ayo, cool vid all around! Ya got a great sponsor, went and grabbed the game, and I am having a *blast* playing through it Yaoling is so beautiful and has such dope designs, I really dig the game Keep rockin on dude🎉

[@robertsiudak8507]

I remember seeing a short from smallant where he played through with disobedient pokemon and he used high priority moves. Im guessing he remembered that cool little moment :)

[@indianguy2276]

Chibi SawAnt to open the video is hilarious 😆

[@maybayV2]

Man, reading the mail right off the bat is so boring. They pretty much give you the answers.

[@silver_was_found]

wake up babe new fygonhg and smant collab just dropped

[@Juli_is_Online]

Talking to your past self to transition into a sponsor is genius loved that

[@Luxicon8]

A magne what?! I have never had a pronunciation hurt my brain this much

[@psymar]

fun fact: the english word helicopter, if you pronounce it as the latin and greek roots it's derived from, would be helico-pter

[@squidsquiderson]

That disobedience mechanic implies that not only are they refusing to listen to you, but they're doing so in such a spiteful manner that they'll actively use another move even faster than usual as a quick "Fuck you,".

[@mossbugprincess]

i actually love the way you say magnemite, also petaya berry being an obscure berry and me being like *pokerogue knowledge activated*

[@naantjez]

out of respect for that very creative segue into the ad i didnt skip the ad for the first time in years probably.

[@chrisschoenthaler5184]

Using disobedience to your advantage in order to get priority on a non-priority attack is genuinely amazing.

[@FrostyFrostySnow]

I can't believe all the doping scandals in this video

[@GlitchDad]

You should do a name lock of Gen 4 or 8. So each letter of "Flygon" F-flareon, L- ludicolo, etc

[@daninda1665]

I remember watching the livestream smant hosted for different youtubers to complete this challenge, and the strat for Chuck was absolutely mindblowing

[@KadeFromSpaceVT]

someone needs to make a pokemon escape room that requires you to fuse pokemon together to beat the whole thing

[@sonofulti1337]

You know what would've been hilarious is if Smant decided to let custap pop at 50% hp rather than 25% making that last 40 minutes completely pointless

[@suenwaising3113]

I think the answer to that 40-minute grinding may be the move Substitute? In this video, Mr. Mime has 71 HP at Lv 29, and Natu has 84 HP. If Pluck beats Mr. Mime to below 50% HP, a single Substitute would drop its HP to below 25% HP. Then Mr. Mime can use Endeavor on Natu. Since Mr. Mime has less max HP than Natu, 25% HP of Mr. Mime would be less than 25% HP of Natu, hence triggering Natu's custap berry.

[@Ivashanko]

My goodness, that disobedience priority is insane. I would never, ever have gotten that.

[@Falkney]

Smant could be called THE GREATEST ESCAPE ROOM MAKER THAT'S EVER LIVED

[@charlesrennekamp7529]

The use of the song the ants go marching made me smile. Nice musical pun!

[@Xhadp]

Entertaining and not filled to the brim with soft locks like the last Pokémon escape room I watched.

[@byrontheusurper6505]

Haven't seen this man in a while!

[@byrontheusurper6505]

I love these, they're so much fun

[@blazeinhotwings]

“Cooked cheater” *shows 0 evs in the calc”

[@ArkwindsGreen]

Trainer Pokemon can't have EVs before like, Gen 5? or maybe it was 6? Either way I'm fairly certain enemy trainer Pokemon can't have any EVs at all in the Gen 4 games.

[@BoltTheEmolga]

@@ArkwindsGreenThey absolutely can, they just don’t in vanilla. Just look at basically every difficulty hack in Gen 3 and 4. And they actually *do* have EVs in the Battle Frontier iirc!

[@badbonezthlegnd2049]

I’d like to introduce a new game take a shot everytime he tries to say magnemite

[@AutumnReel4444]

Petaya berry sees tournament play, I wouldn't say it is near as obscure as that other one

[@michaelwhalen9084]

one of the best sponsorship segues you’ve had

[@eonblue9713]

The fact that you have sell every single possible item and spend the last pokedollar makes this so satisfying 😌

[@EHShinobi]

I bet you and a lot of other pokemon streamers could design a harder one. I have faith in your talents.

[@josephchacra2840]

Smart adding HP EVs to the level 22 Mew 😂

[@PocketMedic239]

Why can’t I be stuck in an open field of flowers, with a shirtless gentleman?? 😫

[@teabiscuit417]

Oh this is the same escape room as Pointcrow's.

[@azuquirtle]

Mag-ne-mit-ee?? Does he say mag-ne-zon-ee too?

[@noatiendoboludos]

MagneMitty and MagneZoney

[@emdivine]

I'm surprised he doesn't say mag-NET'n just to mess up the entire family tbh

[@bottomtext251]

Idk lol he might have, he purposefully mispronounces pokemon names so he might have butchered all of them at one point

[@YoowlOwl]

always wear your seatbelt 😤 but also thank u for the vid; i defo agree SmallAnt escape rooms are way fun to watch!

[@hopeburnett8313]

This was super cool to watch! Love the escape room videos

[@xxlolhunterxgerxx8871]

The mew that should die in three hits propably had EVs as your calcs had 0 of them

[@KainaX122]

Yes, that’s a very interesting *_LEVEL 100 TYRANITAR_*

[@Schlaym]

That tech is insane. Also 'jaundiced insomniac' is hilarious.

[@kirbyhypno2522]

The way you say Magnemite would make Wolfey happy

[@hitavi4965]

Honestly everything else was easy, the only difficult part was hiker Timothy and his level 100 tyranitar

[@silasfladmark428]

20:48 what is that music i remember it from so many places now. Edit: ah its when johny comes marching home. Didnt know there is an app that can find songs based on humming.

[@Milksword]

Idk what's going on with the Noah's Ark background music towards the end but I'm here for it.

[@AG-fs8yn]

That’s an exceptionally easy outro. Occasionally I’d need to play around a crit (accidentally) but I’ll always wear my seatbelt! Is this is escape room Small Ant + Wearing your Seatbelt???

[@thelemon5463]

The way you say Magnemite hurts my soul

[@kadafinancial3596]

You new here?

[@lexinicole4317]

Man, I REALLY wanted Yaoling to be on switch or iOS :( I don’t have a PC. First time I was super excited and watched an entire sponsor segment

[@MrCinnamonWhale]

This is an awesome twist on Pikasprey's softlock picking videos

[@awesomelink2347]

13:15 Did he give it EVs? I think you can assign those to Trainer mons in Gen 4. Or possibly changed the base stats, going off the Natu.

[@ame-chan579]

"another easy thumbnail" Jesus Christ LMAO 🤣

[@robertalexstorm]

Some of us already saw this on Smallant's stream.

[@annc78994]

So was the natu pluck damage roll plan actually the correct solution?

[@intergalactic92]

That’s what I want to know.

[@yannberg9392]

I feel like there would have been an Endure strat to get to 1 HP. Not entirely sure if he still had it in his moveset at this point though.

[@xyznihall]

great video the disobey priority was awesome!

[@krusher9977]

cried tears of joy when "magnemite" finally evolved

[@niwaka273]

The closing statement was quite an odd 1 out.

[@RisenFreedom]

the best part of the video is when magunnemity evolved

[@Waffles17643]

The mew just had an hp boosting nature don’t worry

[@tarnue4449]

I like the part where he told me to wear my seatbelt.

[@typhoonboom]

i like how self-aware the thumnail is lol