Pokemon but they level down

[@daltonriser1125]

The fact he lost hp and died by levling down is terrifying

[@Koroguru]

501 likes 1 comments

[@superlombax1561]

Terrifyingly hilarious. Or is it hilariously terrible? Either way, that definitely deserves some nervous laughter.

[@Zenalam]

I am like number 666 Yay?

[@jakethereaper2060]

Atleast when they level up while fainting (via rare candy) they will be revived in the main series games so thats kinda to be the opposite so it would make scence

[@ginosogoretic2276]

no, it was hilarious. Imagine dying from exp

[@LucasDakami]

May: "So like... is your Torchic ok? It looks like it's even weaker than before." Ant: "Sshhh... he's having a phase. It'll be over in like two or three videos, give or take."

[@shash._.]

"it's not a phase, Ant"

[@00SNIVY00]

Nah, nah, 20 minutes, tops

[@valllllleeeeeeerrrrriiiee]

superfragilisticatexpialidoshmur 20 MINUTES????

[@MustBeNicholas]

Leo Treecko That’s a meme ant be doing. People will ask how much longer something’s gonna be and he’ll always say 20 minutes.

[@valllllleeeeeeerrrrriiiee]

Nicholas Brown yeah that was the joke

[@Patterrz]

Imagine dying BECAUSE you won the battle LMAO

[@lexithomas8722]

Lol 😂

[@TheChemist94]

Destiny Bond enter the chat

[@than_487]

One of the only challenges its acceptable to start skipping trainers it seems.. (And he seems to understand that already.. 😅)

[@Nelex5000]

Hhahhahaha so funny

[@songyin1150]

*destiny bond has entered the chat*

[@tvftw1]

I don't think I could take playing a game where every level 9 Poochyena is a raid boss

[@esquadraomanteiga7131]

yes

[@charlieb4617]

yes

[@Tengokuchi]

Yaaaaas

[@ajjohnson7068]

get good

[@Whaxalotl]

Just put your points in sword and equip buddha

[@kyrothegreatest2749]

"Sorry May, can't battle, all my Pokémon have Benjamin Button disease" "Understandable have a good day"

[@KronosXL.]

Sorry may, can't battle, all my pokemon are glitched to level 100 with infinite exp and I don't want to accidentally cause a multidimensional crack in time and space.

[@jcovx]

@@KronosXL. Understandable have a nice day.

[@AshleyNichole123]

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@vyer8276]

I love the fact that there's just a level 100 poochyena chilling somewhere in Rustboro now

[@jollykirby2138]

hes just schmoovin wth lmao

[@kyleenguyen9590]

Some say he knocked rayquaza back into the atmosphere

[@sagacious03]

​@@kyleenguyen9590 That Poochyena chooses not to fight... so that they might save their power until it is needed. (Also, Fred is a female Poochyena according to the game, in spite of what Ant may have chosen as a nickname.)

[@F0X_H0UND]

The people of Rustboro are too afraid to leave their town due to being unable to put a stop to that thing. Supplies are getting low and people are getting worried...

[@superlombax1561]

sagacious03 The ultimate strong independent female that don’t need no male.

[@JosiahHerring]

Yo, explosion might e a legit strat for this challenge since you wouldn't lose XP while fainted.

[@carinaswanepoel8380]

E

[@jaybee3960]

E

[@garlic4302]

True

[@a_bizarreboiz6239]

Or destiny bond

[@kiwi_spy1603]

Perish song?

[@edmundbrown4158]

"It's evolving, just backwards."

[@LuperisNone]

You mean... like humans?

[@YaBoiPatron]

You explained this better than Ant.

[@conanymph]

Plz make me famous

[@sasukegaming8289]

Hell yeah

[@garorade]

@@YaBoiPatron him: smallant brain edmund brown: GIant brain

[@yorulaney8563]

I expected this to be level 100 start and deleveling, which would make planning and lategame a bitch. But This is painful to watch

[@kaiacat]

That’s a really cool concept too!

[@jucalebre7540]

Thought the same thing!

[@almightyk11]

That would have been much more fun

[@stanime3065]

@@almightyk11 would have been really dull no? He'd just easily sweep every gym

[@garfieldandfriends1]

At what level would you reach the Elite Four 😂 But again, level 100 (or 99) already has tons of exp in the first place that battling lower level pokemon at the beginning only make a small dent on player pokemon

[@tallestrose]

This challenge is like the "trade a paperclip for a house" thing, but every second your valuable object turns gradually back into a paperclip.

[@KardboardMan]

trading a house for a paperclip

[@randysterbentz5599]

That's economics for ya

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

Trade your paperclip for a house of paperclips, but you lose a room's worth every hour.

[@MoinSpongii]

Imagine being a LVL. 6 wild Shroomish, happy to be caught and ecstatic to evolve into something after a few fights. Just like in the fairy tales it mother told it as a child. And then after it finally was caught, fought for his life, he was a LVL. 5 Shroomish.

[@loptan2802]

LMAO

[@Team_Slacker]

biggest bruh moment

[@pekachu2260]

A level 6 Shroomish got thrown out the ball A level 6 Shroomish got thrown Take one (opponent pokemon) out Pass it around A level 5 Shroomish is now in the ball

[@posthistoricdino422]

story of my life

[@MrGeorgeFlorcus]

@@pekachu2260 highly underrated reply

[@rayan.niraula]

Oh so this is how pikachu tied with latias and died to a level 5 snivy.

[@PotatoPrem]

@RED Engineer Shut up kid not WOW YOU'RE SUCH A GENIUS

[@chairschair5633]

@@PotatoPrem *genius*

[@samfewtrell9405]

Chairs Chair Genius.

[@PotatoPrem]

@@chairschair5633 wOw

[@rayan.niraula]

@RED Engineer Oof, Whatever tho

[@reddoublead3991]

Wattson playing rock-paper-scissors while Ant is playing five-dimensional chess.

[@KaiMCGRPS]

Ant has the ability to read the trainer's mind and exploit their weakness

[@iantaakalla8180]

Smallant Golurked Electrike and Manectric (walled a normal/electric attacking Pokémon with a ground type Pokémon and ghost type Pokémon)

[@KronosXL.]

Ant playing five dimensional chess while I'm playing Pokemon gun and bullet at the same time.

[@MissPoplarLeaf]

Is it because he knows the trainer AI's logic?

[@riplix20]

@@MissPoplarLeaf yeah, they’ll always go for a super effective move unless they have a more accurate move that can also faint a mon, so you can bait electrics moves with a flying type for instance then switch into a ground type (or volt absorb later) to completely negate it.

[@TheKd8lvt]

14:53 - May and Brendan are the ONLY rivals that respect your request to not battle. Respect.

[@averyhaferman3474]

Pretty sure you have to if you want to progress anyways

[@seanpazdera6407]

Hop: *Exists*

[@shane658]

@@seanpazdera6407 *sad hop noises*

[@reptilesceptile1035]

Hop

[@reptilesceptile1035]

@@seanpazdera6407 yeah right

[@tvftw1]

"It's impossible to get Shedinja" I like that he responded so quickly he must have considered it beforehand

[@victim109]

i guess rare candies level you down here?

[@tobeymaguire4958]

@@victim109 yes.

[@shaswatshah4818]

Can someone explain to me why shedinjas are impossible to get?

[@mooseywinchester7801]

@@shaswatshah4818 in order to get a shedinja u gotta evolve nincada but since you level down in this challenge it’s impossible to evolve any Pokémon :)

[@shaswatshah4818]

@@mooseywinchester7801 cant u catch a higher level nincada and devolve so that it evolves? Like he did with tentacool and magikarp?

[@rossisnotcreative3044]

Watching this is painful. Imagine beating a Chansey and basically dropping from level 30 to 2 AHHHH

[@mr.sandman7339]

This challenge stole my dopamine every time the level went down

[@Jitatman]

IRL- Practice makes perfect Smallant- well, yes but actually no

[@froststar2794]

aka life in general

[@GreyPunkWolf]

@@froststar2794 Given you battle only the wrong things, yeah. Otherwise it only goes better until you start to grow elderly physical issues lmao

[@PedroShadow2011]

@@GreyPunkWolf so... Pokémon Emerald but every Pokémon is actually really old and can't battle much?

[@Mcguinness3]

Eh, in real life fighting careers and extreme sports in general, you most certainly do grow weaker. Each injury increases the chance of another one, each scar is a weak point and the fatigue from training will only get worse.

[@TheOneWhoHasABadName]

Instead of only getting temporary HP damage, they get permanent damage from fighting too. Considering what pokemon go through in battles, it’s probably reasonable to expect damage.

[@eyepatch1893]

When you reach level 0, it should have turned into an egg. That would be so funny.

[@juxoq]

and then you eat the egg

[@EvanMMD3939]

@@juxoq NO.

[@KronosXL.]

When the egg levels down the pokemon becomes whatever can breed it/ditto

[@markelbro5130]

So evolution, but backwards

[@Iristallite]

BAD EGG.

[@TempestKrimps]

this whole video sounds like the punchline to a roast "you're such an awful trainer, your pokemon lose experience"

[@Ditto.007]

Why did I read that in Gary's voice lol

[@TempestKrimps]

@@Ditto.007 you tell me lol

[@SleepyFish00]

The dont unevolve they just lose level Me:so thats how lance got his hacked dragonite

[@abarette_]

Big brain.

[@TheCooMan]

Dont forget rivals lvl 17 pigeoto

[@abarette_]

@@TheCooMan And the Electric Gym Leader and his Lv18 Magneton lol

[@charlessegale6493]

And the level 9 Pidgeotto in Viridian Forest in Yellow.

[@chandakhamknight398]

Falkner's pidgeotto

[@Darisprites]

"Miss Roxanne?..It's that Shroomish trainer again..."

[@froststar2794]

XD amazing

[@superlombax1561]

“And is it just me, or do they look weaker?”

[@wolf_ig.]

Alternate title: Bullying Wattson with a geodude and a sableeye

[@Octobeann]

Part 2: bullying norman with sableye and seviper

[@superlombax1561]

Ah. Something that only happens in the last few minutes of the video as the title. Makes sense.

[@stephancrow8320]

@@superlombax1561 yep. Since many vids titles are based on things in the end of the vid, the big event. Therefore its viable so stfu

[@stevengu1253]

In the next RomHack of this: Watson takes revenge with a whole horde of Full Restores.

[@silverthundr4739]

You ain't seen nothin' yet.

[@TheLegacyofHitchcock]

Wallace: "Okay everyone, we're going to have a new challenger soon. Be prepared, as he is something special. This boy is the son of one of Hoenn's most dedicated and powerful gym leaders, fought alongside Steven and summoned the mighty Rayquaza in order to send Groudon and Kyogre back into their slumber. I've even heard rumours that he caught Rayquaza before heading to Victory Road. I hope you're as excited as I am. Elite Four: Bring it on! Later: Sidney: So, you must be the trainer that Wallace told us about. Show me your best! *Brendan sends out a level 5 Rayquaza* Sidney:.............

[@priestesslucy]

Naaah. If he uses Razzaquaz at all, surely he wouldn't level it down before the Elite 4. Would be fun to watch it drop like a rock over the course of the E4 though. Starts out level 70 ends in the 40s

[@TheLegacyofHitchcock]

Sorry but I love that typo, Razzaquaz sounds like a great rapper lol. Also I’m sure SmallAnt wouldn’t subject himself to that, was just thinking of an in-universe possibility as a joke.

[@priestesslucy]

@@TheLegacyofHitchcock it's not a typo. It's from the Nuzlocking side of the Poketuber community. I first heard it from Patterrz, dunno who originated it

[@TheLegacyofHitchcock]

@@priestesslucy Ah fair enough sorry

[@priestesslucy]

@@TheLegacyofHitchcock you have nothing to apologize for sweetie :p

[@anarchistathena]

You use your pokemon until they are injured and weak and then discard them when they're no longer any use. A true dogfighter.

[@sawyer5072]

Imagine this in Sword and shield with auto exp share, that'd be hell...

[@ladaboy3507]

Oh my god, you did it! You found how to finally make sword and shield difficult!

[@Beefaroni_Bert]

@@ladaboy3507 idk i still think itd be easy

[@justcallmedaddy6977]

@@Beefaroni_Bert idc what game its in whatever you put this challenge into will become increasingly difficult

[@luciocenturion6644]

@@ladaboy3507 What pokemon game is actually difficult? At most its time consuming... thats all

[@ladaboy3507]

@@luciocenturion6644 I hear gen 4 is somewhat hard because of Cynthia, and most games can be made hard by implementing something like a nuzlocke. But even if you really limit yourself in sword and shield, it is harder to make the game hard than it is to beat it when it’s hard

[@udonmessedup]

You just give the exp share to someone “crappy” Pokémon *Gives it to* Marrow Marrow proceeds to be MVP

[@mr.cauliflower3536]

By exp underflow xD

[@superlombax1561]

It’s like a Shadow Heartless with the power of a Demon Tide. Even at Level 2.

[@zane9464]

My legit first question was ‘what if you level down at like 1 hp? Do you lose?” Then it immediately happened

[@alexemme3434]

Alternate title: Pokemon, but my Pokemon are radioactive isotopes and decay over time

[@android19willpwn]

"pokemon but my pokemon have the durability of a BotW weapon"

[@alexemme3434]

@@android19willpwn Pokemon but my pokemon are Minecraft gold shovels

[@ghost.1068]

Alex Emme Pokémon but my Pokémon have a deadly case of Benjamin button disease

[@superlombax1561]

Alex Emme Pokèmon, but it’s Half-Life. Yeah, I know that was lame.

[@goosevillenews7932]

As a Bio Major I find this comment humorous

[@jasonbest1]

This is absolutely amazing. The idea of just changing ONE mechanic creates so many new different and creative challenges!! Well done mann!!

[@issyyourboo2848]

Remember how in Mystery Dungeon there was those dungeons where you would start at level 1 and then level up as you go and the Dungeons would have endless floors? I can't remember if there was one where it leveled you down lol. But those were so fun tbh. I don't think I ever completed one.

[@issyyourboo2848]

@@fjarran4782 omggggg😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 that's horrible!

[@beauvoirferril]

Purity Forest and the Zero Isles.

[@frodty]

I can feel the pain arising again. (I only finished Zero Isle North but it didnt reset you to lvl 1 just no EXP)

[@Kasaaz]

If both of his guys die from leveling down the same turn in a Doubles Battle, he's going to softlock...

[@coldore6734]

Really?

[@Kasaaz]

Ne san yes, cause it won’t pop up a menu to give him the chance to choose anything. I think it is super unlikely to happen though.

[@DerGecko92_old]

Well your right

[@Kasaaz]

DerGecko92 did it happen? 😣

[@stefperb9531]

I think he'd just get the thing that happens when all your pokemons die

[@AverageDoctor345]

Next: Pokemon but they level randomly, without recycling numbers. So after level 10 they will never be level 10 again.

[@froststar2794]

that’s BRILLIANT, no joke. Ant should take some notes here.

[@jerryakatony5724]

That would be fun to watch

[@grishae927]

@@TheBlueWizzrobe obedience mechanics want to say hi

[@steveh1474]

@@grishae927 obedience only matters to traded pokemon. Catching pokemon from the wild will always obey you, no matter what.

[@braidonsaelens5174]

Maybe npc’s could have random levels as well

[@randompoof5166]

"Torchic lost 17 EXP points!" *Happy tune* "Torchic decreased to level 4!" "You now suck!" *Ant is now internally depressed*

[@serinathomas7335]

It took a whole 40 minutes to beat Watson. I can only imagine what the elite four will be like

[@Michael-ws6ng]

Chat: "I can make you look like a lesbian" SmallAnt: "I mean I like girls so"

[@therevolutionary5148]

Did not expect to see drip Misaka here commenting about her natural enemy

[@anita-rw3mx]

A true ally

[@joshtsf6978]

I love how when they level down it still makes the sound like something good has happened, like “Good job! Your Pokémon leveled down

[@Yourskechers]

I’m not ignoring that first message in chat saying they saw him on tinder lmao

[@TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

This Pokemon hack is like a direct representation of humanity It's evolving, just backwards

[@somerandomskyrimguy]

Hello there once again

[@asrieldreemurr7229]

I swear to everything unholy you're everwhere and its weird

[@silentstorm731]

Justin Y

[@jking4219]

Ok dude tell me, what do you often watch because I don’t watch that because something hurts me everytime I see you

[@silentstorm731]

Mystic Snorlaxatives lmao

[@whimsyy1648]

Imagine doing this in Gen 5, where experience is increased based on level gap? As you get weaker the speed you get weaker gets faster

[@superlombax1561]

Interesting. Where did you learn about this?

[@kourii]

@@superlombax1561 Learn about what? The way exp works in Gen V?

[@whimsyy1648]

@@superlombax1561 Its how Experience gain was changed in Gen 5 (removed in 6, returned in 7 and 8) Its to make it where underleveled pokemon catch up sooner and grinding with a single pokemon doesnt get it too far ahead of the pack.

[@rugvedkulkarni1593]

I thought this was in gen four as well. It seems like that when I play.

[@kourii]

@@rugvedkulkarni1593 It wasn't. It's trivial to test this to prove it to yourself. Just use two Pokémon of different levels in the same battle. They'll get the same experience in Gen IV.

[@badraspberry8618]

Take a minute to appreciate that this isn't the gen where you still get xp even when you catch a wild pokemon

[@zanyzoma3400]

This is the complete opposite to "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger"

[@cooltubes547]

“Gym leaders hate this man with this one easy trick.” I laughed way harder than I should have at that😂

[@airplane8326]

At first I thought the title was "Pokemon but they let me down". I have no idea why.

[@rapoulasp4809]

Pokemon but they run around Pokemon but they desert you

[@aspl5717]

Pokemon but they make you cry and say goodbye

[@enbypolyshostan]

pokemon but they tell a lie and hurt you

[@bobb441]

pokemon but they give you up

[@davisginn1298]

Robert Gariepy Pokemon but they let you down

[@StudioFOYFOY]

I cant explain, but when I saw torchic level down and itd stats decreased, I felt REALLY uncomfortable for some reason. Its just, for the 7 years I've been playing, I've never seen that. My brain just said that aint right

[@froststar2794]

Same tho. Something about it feels kinda *wrong*

[@pekachu2260]

Yes, seeing "-" instead of "+" in the stat changes menu was pretty bizarre in the beginning

[@pluto3194]

Yeah that's over a decade of what I know flipped on it's head and it's REALLY strange to watch.

[@owenmiller8927]

Heh.. I've been playing for about 16 years. This was really screwing with me for about 10 minutes...

[@arianagrandefromfortnite]

"We're gonna need a bunch of Shroomish" *catches 2* "Well we just lost" What did you expect?

[@tammytheranger7645]

Imagine defeating your rival and your Pokemon dies from losing health after leveling down.

[@silver_david2498]

It took a whole 40 minutes to beat Watson. I can only imagine what the elite four will be like

[@bvd_vlvd]

Regis and Rayquaza should be okay

[@superlombax1561]

*20 minutes Not really though. I’m just memeing.

[@crazymartin526]

With level -63 will be over for him before the battle starts

[@Cynixx]

@@crazymartin526 e4 was very easy actually, he even went and beat Stephen after beating the league

[@Smurfy2907]

Um excuse me it took 6 hours what are you talking about

[@aaronzhu379]

older generations say newer generations of humans were getting dumber, but then there's Ant outplaying Watson with level 2s

[@DaikoruArtwin]

I expected it to be the same as the "can't gain exp" challenge, with the exception that you can't just catch a Legendary and abuse it for the rest of the game. Turns out, leveling down within the battle is much more brutal than I thought. Also, if you need money in late game, you could catch a higher level Pokemon and go defeat the weak trainers. You won't level down as fast, so you should be able to get back significantly more money than you've spent for capturing the Pokemon.

[@macabweu7682]

I think this challenge would be even worse in some aspects in Gen 5.

[@lceC0ldHeart]

@@macabweu7682 Absolutely. The game can be brutal like this. I remember if your pokemon black or white game was pirated, you wouldn't gain XP. It would also randomly crash. And that was brutal. Now imagine a pirated version of black leveling down...

[@C_Train74]

This challenge is sadistic. Imagine it in Gen 8 with the mandatory EXP Share 😧

[@potatoandburger]

Imagine trying to do this in gen 7 or 8 when catching Pokémon gives you exp.

[@superwooper5210]

This happens in Gen 6 too

[@Onetimewalk]

ouch

[@bandalodyugitube]

"she's using another potion. The greed from this woman"

[@simpleslowbro5822]

Chansey: *YOU FELL FOR IT FOOL! EXP CROSS SPLIT ATTACK!*

[@abarette_]

lmaooo

[@Unclevertitle]

That tag-team duo of ghost type, ground type feels like just the kind of convoluted strategy to make it into a pokemon anime.

[@jinga9862]

"Can't battle more trainers but we need money for pokeballs." just get a zigzagoon. It gives pretty decent pokeballs

[@anthonybenci9035]

Oh, pickup…

[@TheNoisyBoy]

The way you understands the AI in this game is amazing to see really impressive

[@posthistoricdino422]

An even more torturous version would be if they forgot moves by level-down

[@Mumutouhou]

Imagine playing with that same ruleset, but when they hit level 0, they are deleted from the party. Aka: foetus deletus

[@gwennaneliezer8490]

It would be insane

[@dddmemaybe]

I don't think old pokemon games can handle pokemon levels below 2? You'd have to hard-code and reroute the number 1 level value and maybe even stats. Level zero you obviously also have to hard-code quite a bit of cheesy coding. Sorry I know you just like the idea though.

[@Left4Cake]

@@dddmemaybe Eggs can be level 1 but I would understand if the level up code just cant handel level 1. Since they probably never tested leveling to 1.

[@tweakr4377]

Left4Cake There are underflow glitched when pokémon hit lvl one in the first gen and I imagine they are still in gen three(The lvl 100 poochyena in the pc was probably the result of underflow)

[@gwennaneliezer8490]

@@tweakr4377 yeah maybe, although I wonder how it works technically. Because since levels go from 2 to 100, there are 98 different values, and so we need at least 7 bits to encode the level (6 is not enough). But with 7 bits, we can write 128 different values, and so technically, there could be 30 levels outside of the range of 2~100. Maybe when these values are out of range, they are transposed to 100 ?

[@michael_betts]

That rival battle is actually scary. You not only lost some stats, you also lost 75% damage from being level 4 instead of level 5

[@Mike_TGL]

That Watson battle was honestly amazing. Fair play. 10 out of 10.

[@pazu3979]

You know what would be almost impossible? Doing a Nuzlocke run of this.

[@sorry1108]

Imma go tell @pokemonchallenges about this

[@calamorta]

Quite literally impossible unless there's some shenanigans.

[@alecrizzle]

"You look like a lesbian" "i mean i do like girls" lmaoo

[@superlombax1561]

Gottem

[@weswashburn8746]

Someone should make “Pokémon but every time you leave a building you teleport”

[@juxoq]

teleport into the middle of a water route without surf, trainer drowns and ant has to reset

[@fakename7725]

Every door is a wrong warp

[@mr.chicken8167]

@@fakename7725 yessss

[@aditisankhe4594]

Imagine as you leave your house you get warped to hall of fame.

[@nevergonnagiveuupnevergonn6244]

Imagine getting out of your house and ending up in a area of some legendary

[@benthursday1317]

the face when he leveled down and died

[@marky2452]

Imagine how awful it would be if halfway through you catch a Pokémon with pokerus and it spreads through your whole box

[@kateanimations5291]

What's pokerus?

[@MuchWhittering]

Pokérus doesn't affect exp, it doubles EVs.

[@kateanimations5291]

@@MuchWhittering nice

[@tejasdixit4417]

​@@kateanimations5291lore wise it's a virus which makes a symbiotic relationship with the Pokemon and makes them stronger. Many fans believe pokerus to be a microscopic Pokemon.

[@neilwalkercomedy]

That sabley poison protect strategy might be the move. Most degenerate strategy in the game but it could work .give your poisoners a quick claw or something so that they always strike first

[@code_Rei]

yes, everytime i hear scotland forever, i lose brain cells and then die

[@EmEm-fm4nn]

I knew you're a Star Wars fan but I didn't know you liked Pokemon as well Akechi

[@code_Rei]

@@EmEm-fm4nn wait this isn't neo phoemonix rangers

[@Kazuk.i]

Why do poeple hate us..? What did we do to life? Why do we exist. What is the point in life. What is the point of living. We are created by God. Just to be in a pile of dirt. Just to DIE.

[@breannaspruell1214]

@Needle Are you okay my dude? *sends comforting and safe hugs (if you like them)*

[@D4rkM00n1]

This challenge seems like a video game adaptation of my life. The more I try the worse it gets.

[@danwantling504]

When I read the title I thought that his Pokemon would start at level 100 and level down from there. What a complete madman.

[@2yoyoyo1Unplugged]

I’m so happy he used the Sableye strat for brawly. That’s how I got myself past him on my first pokemon playthrough ever back when I was a kid. I just couldnt beat him with my underleveled mudkip, and I couldnt use flash so I couldn’t navigate the cave, so I couldnt leave dewford. Of course I didn’t consider grinding in the cave because that would have taken forever. I was little, so I was dumb, but I felt SO SMART when I figured out Brawly would be POWERLESS against a ghost-type.

[@Foxywaterable]

That Watson battle was the single biggest brain Pokémon strat I’ve ever seen by a country mile.

[@Digidevikai]

“Oh my god they’re level 12?” Well yes, normally you’d be gaining levels as you fight instead of losing them.

[@alexwebb7676]

"Haunted child with pet rock beats up grandfather." -Gym 3

[@petery6432]

This is so stupid, yet so interesting to watch.

[@duckduck4923]

No not really stupid

[@Slow1337ex]

the lore explanation for this is that the Pokémon are being consumed with regret for beating up the other Pokémon

[@A6by]

As weird as it sounds, this seems like it actually, like, makes pokemon fun? In regular pokemon, you're encouraged to just level up to beat any challenge. You don't have to be good, and you don't have to catch more than 6 pokemon. Here, you're constantly catching new pokemon as you run the old ones down, and you're always underleveled so you have to use strategy. It's perfect.

[@JuukaRock]

There's a similar challenge where Pokemon don't get EXP, so the same thing about catching new Pokemon repeatedly applies. This one is definitely harder since it makes sweeping strategies unviable, and traversing long forced trainer battle sections will require a lot of new catching in between. Don't even know how to handle the Elite4.

[@chaotica-game985]

It feels like he turned Pokemon Emerald into LOZ breath of the wild weapons. Constantly finding new ones in the area cause the old ones break in big encounters.

[@Dekross]

So in this mode you feel like Ash himself.

[@noukan42]

There are workaround that makes the challenge much easier: 1)breed a bunch of sturdy endeavur Arons. 2)use sandstorm whit the first one innthe turn you get thank to sturdy. Then spam Todoroki Enji whit the others, unless you need to reset the sand. Most trainers have 3 or less pokemons, so they will run out before you. There is a few situations where this won't work, but not that many. Later innteh game you get the shell bell and can turnnit into the true FEAR.

[@shyanXD]

@@noukan42 sturdy doesnt work that way in 3rd gen, it just stops ohko moves like guillotine

[@Smooth2218]

loved the third gymleader strat, thats the quality content i subbed for

[@moonwolf6504]

No one: Chat: ANT I SAW U ON TINDER

[@iam_______6399]

When was it?

[@helenehodges3789]

It was at *insert timestamp here*

[@SpoopyPlays]

It was at 0:05

[@justjoannak]

Yeah, chat is interesting

[@mickomoo]

I’ve always wondered why Pokémon trainers often have the same Pokémon of different levels or otherwise suboptimal teams in game. Small ant made me realize that they’re all doing the best they can because their teams are all de-leveling.

[@ilovefunnyamv2nd]

this sounds like legitimately the toughest challenge. I guess it means going against the E4 with freshly caught pokemon, and teaching them the best moves available.

[@HHoff9504]

My man just released a level 100 wolf into the wild. I swear children are gonna go missing because of that thing.

[@happyvincentPOGO]

So what about "pokemon but all negative stat changes are permanent" that seems kinda interesting

[@Team_Slacker]

that's just horrific actually

[@JackStache]

Sand attack would actually destroy you

[@grishae927]

Ant needs to do this holy shit

[@puppup7041]

“Sand Attack... that’s annoying, but I can deal with it.” Later: “ARE YOU SERIOUS STOP MISSING”

[@pluto3194]

A.K.A X-Items: The Run

[@supertraco]

omg, this challenge run is amazing, that geodude - sableeye combo was incredible!!

[@Krizefugl]

Is everything okay, Ant? You seem to resort in selfharm a lot lately with these challenges. Maybe look for some help.

[@lightningphoenixstudio8683]

Wait, what??

[@idajeltova7274]

@SweetnessProductions, your comment was 25 seconds ago.

[@lightningphoenixstudio8683]

@@idajeltova7274 I'm aware. What does that have to do with anything, though?

[@Master_Rater]

Sweetness Productions what do you not understand?

[@shash._.]

@@lightningphoenixstudio8683 he's not actually hurting himself, like self-harm. It's just that these challenges are so difficult that they are classified as "hurting himself." Hope this helps.

[@hollowstarfire]

imagine doing this in a later gen where exp share affects the whole party AND you get exp from catching pokemon

[@thepogfrog1061]

This must be how Ash’s pikachu lost to a snivy that never had experience in a fight.

[@theosouris7063]

For some reason, the Pokémon becoming weaker as you go reminded me of Breath of the Wild’s weapon durability. The Legend of Hoenn: Breath of the Water

[@Error403HRD]

My first thought when I saw the title: God damn it Smallant. I don't know why that was my first thought....but it rings true.

[@froststar2794]

your brain was prob like “Ant. Why are you even.”

[@SethColby69]

orochimaru wished he could learn this kind of technique

[@sasukegaming8289]

I get the reference from naruto lmao

[@silvahedgehog]

I was just watching naruto bruh

[@s.o.g7960]

Yeah so true bro😂‼️

[@tac__9036]

This is the exact opposite of what he was trying to do

[@superanchobies7716]

Nice

[@blueveins295]

Something about your answer to the question, "How do rare candies work" is absolutely hilarious to me

[@gauthier950]

I have discovered you 2 weeks ago and I just wanna say it's supper cool what u're doing, love the content and the attitude !

[@PolishStitch]

I'm livid over Ant's 500 IQ plays

[@arcticwiz2249]

God Marrow is such a beast, thought it'd be the last we see him for gym 2 but nonono he poison stall sweeps

[@thebeta6394]

Idea: Get pokemon with pickup to sell items

[@KingHarambe_RIP]

Always the first thing I do when I play Gen 3. Gotta round out the team with the ziggy bois!

[@mysticrainbowdragon]

Funnily enough in emerald the ability was changed so the items depend on level. So he’d only ever get the extremely cheap stuff.

[@SuperNeospace]

@@mysticrainbowdragon it would still be useful as he could get nuggets rarely and potions, full heals, and super potions even at lvl 1

[@superlombax1561]

Big Boss Zigzagoons love to loot. Nothing more we can say.

[@CloudStriiff]

Considering you need to do battles to actually have a chance for a pickup proc, that kind of makes it not worth it.

[@robbiestephens9005]

Less than 5 minutes into this and I can actually deem you insane...this is masochism on a whole new level 🤘🙏

[@slyvir]

Love going back and re-watching all these OG pokemon challenges

[@DinoMoonCreations]

Feck. That moment when you find a nice video and know there must be a part 2....and you see uploaded 1 hour ago...and thus you have to wait.

[@terriblejokefactory8831]

Alolan Marowak that learns it's best ghost type move 1 level before Cubone evolves into it: I see this as an absolute win!

[@felixc543]

Whenever he gets Fly, he could get petty cash by fighting the trainers on early routes...

[@caldw615]

Or just catch 6 Zigzagoons and bike peddle for a while so they pickup random stuff to sell or extra Pokéballs.

[@ThundercatGD]

“Leveling down” something I never knew I wanted

[@fats2010]

this is one of the first video titles to just straight up make me laugh in a long time