Teddiursa Only - Pokemon Crystal - Can it outperform Phanpy?

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[@Gnu_Hope]

Scott, I can't really defend this but in my youth I always thought the three cool trainer females guarding the soft sand were Misty's older sisters. All have water type teams, start with the letter M and i swear Misty mentions having traveling sisters in the anime. Maybe I'm crazy but I meant to share this months ago.

[@gutherford007]

Same

[@LTDextel]

Neat! Always cool to hear other people's playground stories

[@Chronoflation]

They aren't travelling sisters. They run the Cerulean gym while Misty isn't around and put on shows in their giant aquarium pool. They even consider Misty the less talented runt until later on in the story, though they do acknowledge her a bit after she helps them out. Maybe they go travelling around the time Misty goes back at the end of Johto though. I do like this headcanon for those 3 trainers though. They may be a reference to the sisters

[@Kahadi]

Misty does have sisters, but they aren't travellers, they're performers, doing shows and running the gym alongside her, and are named Daisy, Violet, and Lily. However, the anime and games have different canon, so we don't even know if game Misty has siblings, let alone who they might be.

[@JackBlackJr123]

I iii

[@Real_Beyoga]

My new favorite discovery: Scott sounds amazing on 1.25 speed

[@jimmie8987]

Hes right you know wooooa

[@mh11213]

He sounds awesome on 2x speed

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I edit all the videos on 2x speed, maybe that’s why?

[@RsSooke]

I tried it for a couple minutes, but I find I can’t keep up with the faster speed even when just going to 1.25x.

[@thedahliallama]

But 1x speed helps with Scott’s watch time

[@gold_lightning]

Fun fact: By examining the data in the Nintendo gigaleak, it has been discovered that Teddiursa was originally the fire starter! At some point they started toying with turning the pokemon that would become Cyndaquil into a fire pokemon and slotted it in when they decided to go ahead with that. And while they did ditch the original evolutions for the fire starter, they did convert the old first stage of the line into the little bear we know today. There's transitional data and sprites for all of this in the leak. One of the most interesting discoveries we had there, imo.

[@skeetermania3202]

Here’s a little fun fact about the exclusivity of Ursaring and Donphan. In the Japanese and Korean versions of Gold and Silver, Ursaring is exclusive to Silver while Donphan is exclusive to Gold. This was swapped internationally so that Ursaring is only in Gold while Donphan is only in Silver. When HeartGold and SoulSilver came out, their version exclusivity was kept consistent with the Japanese version (Ursaring in SoulSilver, Donphan in HeartGold).

[@nightfan1983]

The little bear crushed the gym challenge. Impressive 🐻🌙

[@SouthrnKoala]

Holy crap I am HYPED for Donphan v Ursaring, two of my absolute favorites going head to head

[@Aliyah_666]

Hmm I would imagine it will be a close race, probably just a little in the favor of Ursaring. Stab return plus 130 base attack stat goes brrr.

[@ChronicUnderachiever420]

Caves in gen 2: This isn’t any ordinary darkness. This is… ADVANCED DARKNESS.

[@marcoasturias8520]

More like Color Darkness!

[@TomatoSalad123]

The consistency of your uploads is insane. Thank you so much for the effort and the dedication I really love your videos !

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Every week!

[@cmrobles]

You know what would be really cool? I’m not sure if it’s something you would do, but it would be interesting to know how well Wydeer, Ursaluna, Farigiraf, etc all the gen 2 new evos would do if they existed in Gen 2 to start with, if that makes sense. Not sure if that possible but it would be neat

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It’s possible. I’ll do it.

[@aigis0423]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemonannihilape in yellow when. Feel like that has crazy swing potential depending on its exp group and what special it has, since primeape gets silly coverage. Presumably it’d be 50 but still good for cracking Cloyster

[@lamiaprincess6371]

I definitely had a feeling seeing the 1st playthrough that Teddiursa had a lot of time to save and I'm glad I was right. Even with the extra time spent training it actually has a pretty good time for a 1st stage Pokemon. Where in Gen I we often see that a lot of 1st stage Pokemon can do fairly decently, I think we're going to see in Crystal that Red's dramatically higher levels end up being a barrier. Always a blast watching these runs. Thanks for all the great work you do!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, I agree.

[@RenegadeEye]

Teddiursa is in Gold and Phanpy is in Silver in the US releases of the game. It gets switched in HGSS to match the original Japanese versions of Gold and Silver.

[@symphomaniac]

Why was it even switched in the first place

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

@@symphomaniac 🤷‍♂️Nintendo moment

[@Buurazu]

@@symphomaniac ursaring is goldish and donphan is silverish? idk

[@tjepic5256]

I learned that after buying heartgold

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks for the correction

[@thorhlavaty8345]

Wow, I'm impressed! Spoiler: it's so far the highest ranking unevolved Pokémon! I'd love to see how Ursaring compares!

[@iantaakalla8180]

It’s neat to know that the Teddiursa line was pretty capable long before the Ursaluna line.

[@solgaleo3533]

Well technically in Gen 2 it is, quite a few of these got cross evos later, so Murkrow, Girafarig and Dunsparce are unevolved in Gen 9

[@solgaleo3533]

@@iantaakalla8180 Part of me doesn’t like Ursaluna because I don’t like the concept of having regional evos for Pokémon that don’t normally have them in their normal forms since regional forms aren’t featured in future games whereas cross evos are, and I was already annoyed to find out that Basculeigon is a regional evo and not a cross evo, but apparently the PLA cross evos are treated as regional evos anyway, although I’ve heard some people say they’re being saved for DLC

[@jazminespinoza7932]

Yay Teddiursa! The first time I ever did a solo play through (yes, I was inspired by these runs lol), I did the run with Teddiursa and letting it evolve. It was so much fun and inspired me to keep playing new runs. ❤

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I'm sure it was so fantastic once I evolved into Ursaring! I can't wait to use it.

[@ScottE-2]

Just caught the premier. Solid run, interesting to see how Teddiursa performed. Glad to see my pestering of Fire Punch finally came through along with a few others. With the frequent reliance of Hidden Power in gen 2 and many after it (until replaced with Tera Blast) it was quite refreshing to see Hidden Power not used in a run. But whatever you do, don't attempt an Unown solo run. It is I think impossible because of the fact you're stuck with 1 move. You can probably breeze through some of the gyms but get stuck once you approach the League. Because aside from being frail you are stuck with one type and the Elite Four have such a diverse set of types it would be impossible to continue. Now a TEAM of Unown would definitely be possible, hard but definitely possible. Probably at minimum you'd need only 3: Psychic, Dark, and Ground.

[@jimmie8987]

Yeah I've watched a couple unknown runs it's possible with 3

[@Kanbei11]

Getting STAB on normal moves is surprisingly useful in the early game too, 60BP Vs 40BP is important. Also at Rival 1 and having seen Squidgy's ursaring run I reckon this is going to do well

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, stab normal is incredible for the early game as proven by other Pokémon like Dunsparce. Maybe that’s why they made Brock a rock trainer?

[@moblinmajorgeneral]

10:47 for Japanese Gold and Silver and all releases of Heart Gold and Soul Silver, yes, you are right, but for international Gold and Silver, Phanpy and Donphan are in Silver, and Teddiursa and Ursaring are in Gold.

[@danielkaragic7057]

I liked the no-hidden power- aspect here, as it is a mega versatile pokemon tm-wise anyway. Great as always, thank you for entertainung as scott!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Glad you like the new Hidden Power rule

[@sashasscribbles]

Thank you for the lovely time showing us how a cute smol teddy bear can steamroll johto!~ I did find it really odd how you bought calcium over carbos in the first playthrough though; feels like you maybe got lured in by the super effective coverage even though the vitamins werent going to make them better than return. The carbos would've really helped you outspeed Will's team and Lance's final dragonite too which I believe you spotted in the optimised run. Maybe knowing you were probably going to use curse later too? Carbos maybe proving itself to be the safe play even in Crystal, just for slower mons perhaps though

[@Savannah_Simpson]

You mention it being weird Teddiursa learns a Bug move. Well clearly the developers were playing the long game and hinting that a Bug gym leader would use one in Gen IX😛. Definitely one of the cutest Pokémon in existence, which makes it so disappointing that I’m not a fan of Ursaring’s design at all.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Ursaring is just like a big bear. It seems a bit uninspired, not as bad as Seel though.

[@ShadowtheYouTuber523]

9:35 The move consists of cutting and Teddiursa has claws. Zangoose also gets it via level up.

[@gaminggoddess85]

Teddiursa's Pokedex entries talk about how it's always licking its paws for the residual taste of honey on them, so that's probably why it gets Lick. It's even doing it in the overlay art. Lance DOES SAY "Dragonite, Hyper Beam" on the dude in the Mahogany Town hideout, so yeah. The shocking part is that he's using it on a _human._ That's like something he'd do in the Pokemon manga where the Elite Four are evil (yes that's a thing). My dumb baby brain didn't like mono-normal types either, since normal isn't super effective against anything and I didn't like setup moves or using moves on a pokemon that wouldn't get STAB from it either so I wouldn't have taught them like, Ice Punch for use against Clair and Lance or anything. I basically never used mono-type unless it was psychic because, well, psychic.

[@CyberchaoX]

I, on the other hand, valued coverage above all other things, so I had a lot of suboptimal movesets where Pokémon who really should be physical attackers had four different types of special attack.

[@UnknownVir]

It's interesting that teddiursa had one badge boost on speed making it tie with def, spd, and spa during the radio tower segment

[@ktvx.94]

Return/ Curse/ Rest/ Sleep Talk with Leftovers is the most gen 2 thing to ever be gen 2'd.

[@MrMacdaddymcfly]

Teddiursa was one of my favorites growing up I hope this run does him justice :D

[@rennii3223]

aha! another great video as always! One thing to catch you on, Teddiursa and Ursaring are in gold and phanpy and donphan are silver! Other than that, I love how strong Teddiursa is, definitely one of the more underrated pokemon of gen 2!

[@DarthNoshitam]

Glad someone else noticed haha

[@voicelesstalent5426]

Have you ever thought about using the gold berry you get from the machop trade in goldenrod?

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I haven’t, thanks for the tip

[@gmanz5]

That first attempt to get Red might be the best Thunder rolls I’ve ever seen.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, it was getting paralysis so frequently.

[@gabr.7878]

I think the little bear cub had the absolute best moveset I've even seen. It made my stall scum strategy brain all kinds of happy. Rest, protect, sleep talk, AND leftovers? Scott you spoil us

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Also, Rest, Sleep Talk, Protect, and Leftovers is a very bear moveset.

[@lumpytoad1357]

"I replaced Totodile because Chikorita will give us the hardest encounter with Razor Leaf." *Quilava laughs in Smokescreen*

[@jasonsoon-gw2bf]

Why are your videos better than asmr...I watch it to help me go to sleep.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I dunno…

[@thomasquwack9503]

I’m currently doing a playthrough with teddie atm and I have to say they are crushing it! I predict a pretty great time here

[@BongoVader]

I love Teddiursa! Can’t wait to see how they do

[@ericwolf9664]

Using the major battles to remember to go stir the chili is great. Now to see how the adorable teddy bear performs.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

That’s a great life hack.

[@elliot0E]

As the Hitmontop patreon, and as crazy as this sounds to produce, I'd love to see a 3 way race in Crystal with Hitmontop Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee! Great video Scott!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

That will happen. Not this year, but probably in 2024

[@elliot0E]

​@ScottsThoughtsPokemon yaaass!

[@arsteel2388]

I'm so glad that you use ??? for the rival name in Crystal. That's what I did when I was little and I never stopped, even once I found out that it's only so you can name the rival (I just wanted to help the police find him!). I'm glad I'm not the only person who does that.

[@benradcliffe6920]

I love these videos, it helps you learn that some Pokémon are actually incredible and some are absolute trash that you think are great

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Glad you like the videos. That’s why I love making them too! Sometimes it’s surprising results (today was for me!)

[@benradcliffe6920]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I think the most surprising one I've seen of yours has to be paras though, such a fierce little bug who can back it up in battle to! Keep up the amazing content

[@OcelotOmega]

Ok, that last moveset was goofy, and I'm honestly all for it!

[@f0rm0r]

I love the new like and ring the Chimecho animation, I never noticed that! So cute!

[@MrVelyx]

"Warningshot!!! ... little low" - Gunnar the Expandebles

[@seanpollard3393]

This the best thumb nail art you’ve ever had

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Brian did a great job!

[@PegbordFegs]

I don't dislike Ursaring in isolation, but seeing cute little Teddiursa become that big ugly beast bums me out. I'm happy to see you prove that Teddiursa doesn't need to evolve to go the distance.

[@chrissaxton7085]

Love the cover art with the fire and ice punches

[@luisgusta]

I found it so funny you going on about Teddiursa having Fury Cutter in its pool when the Bug Type Gym's ace on S&V is exactly one.

[@Penguindude1]

23:29 *gasp* It's me! Also I love how the improved run took off 29 resets.

[@OneMoreDesu]

Totally agree with the normal typing biases. Felt that way until I saw Komala's moveset.

[@grundgutigertv6170]

Well done, Scott! What a wild ride of a challenge and not as excrutiating as some of the previous*seel* oh excuse the sneeze. The previous runs ;)

[@kyra4942]

i love teddiursa's evolution in pokemon hisui ^^ so cute and much deserved

[@n64_kfp]

After watching your stream, I really thought the little bear wouldn't clock in under 2 hours after optimization. I've always liked it, and I'm glad it got a good result.

[@input-latency2684]

hello person scrolling by, hope you have a good rest of your day. also normal types are really cool to me - usually wide coverage movepools and interesting defensive typing. doubly so with the Ghost/Normal Hisuian Zoroark - can’t wait to get that goober in SV

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

11:35 -- ah yes, the dark version of Swift...

[@Gungho73]

The videos not up yet as this is before premiere. But that artwork of Teddiursa is way better and cooler then even I think it had right to be! Well done to the artist for todays video in advance, we appreciate you!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Brian's thumbnail art for this one is so cool!

[@Gungho73]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Then I'll make it clear, Thank you Brian for your wonderful work on Scotts video today I super appreciate it if you're reading this out there! As an aside I'm excited to watch this. My gateway router decided to effectively eat it at the same time I've been working OT to not think about mom's recovery from her latest surgery (cancer for those new to me). All while my cell providers local tower got hit and damaged so no luck keeping up there! So i collapsed yesterday after finally setting it up (my provider had a local service shutdown at same time like cmon) and woke up late. So when I say this I mean it, seeing a new Scotts Thoughts video on my favorite generation of Pokemon will be a very welcome treat and escape! Love you bud. Hope you and your love are doing well. Have a wonderful morning lads and ladies!

[@brianlscomics9024]

@@Gungho73 thanks so much for the kind words! It's an honor to be featured on Scott's channel!

[@Gungho73]

@@brianlscomics9024 Of course man I appreciate you and what you do!

[@mariusvfl1848]

Im sick this Weekend and you bring some comfort, much apreciated :)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Get better soon!

[@mariusvfl1848]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon thank you :) better already! With the kids in the Kindergarten you get used to it lol

[@888Grim]

Excellent video as always =) 0:38 As a kid, I also thought that Normal types were bad, but I think that was because the first time I learned about STAB, was when I was learning the card game, wherein Normal types didn't get STAB, and something about that got stuck in my intuition for whatever reason =P

[@shadowtitanx3962]

Man. If only Ursaluna is here in Gen 2. It would be an absolute powerhouse, even if Snorlax is king in Gen 2. If there were a hypothetical race between Ursaring and Luna in Gen 2, it might be very close. Ursaring's "advantage" is 5 extra Speed, but I think Luna's 10 extra Attack might be able to net KOs Ursaring could not muster. Plus, its humungous bulk might be able to survive a non Crit Cross Chop or Dynamic Punch with relative ease, unlike Ursaring.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Also, the ground type would be so helpful against Red.

[@grundgutigertv6170]

Wow, I just realized: Teddiursa got Ursaluna in Gen 8 (basically a past form) and Phanpy got Iron Threads ans Great Tusk (I dont know how they are called in english from the top of my head) in Gen 9. And Tusk is definently a past form, even though it isnt (programmed to be) an evolution of Phanpy. Maybe we get a new game with an ancient Phanpy :3

[@vizzy61]

@Grundgütiger TV i think the past & future pokemon forms from gen 9 are called paradox pokemon

[@TrueNomadSkies]

I've always loved Teddiursa, and my government name being Theodore makes your video even better hahaha. Thanks for playing through with this not so everyday regular normal bear :D

[@NativeGolfer10]

Scott, you are truly a master and genius for this strat. Lol

[@kode-man23]

The only thing missing from that final move list was the titular "toxic" hahahaha. No, but that was super creative, especially how it worked against the Charizard.

[@Ve-om7lf]

So prior to the first rival fight and I'm realizing that today's menu is STAB, badge boosted return...this is gonna be fun :)

[@sagacious03]

Great run & analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@mickgorro]

"After freaking Elm out with the discovery of Pokémon reproduction"

[@MoreLikeDanny]

Ngl that last moveset is kinda spicy. You basically made an invincible hibernation moveset. Two questions: does sleep talk rolling protect twice cause the second one to fail? And does using rest while asleep reset the sleep counter?

[@valor1omega]

A quarter of the way in I noticed the thing was lucky 99% of the first run so it should be interesting how that thing does the rest of the first run and then the rest. I'll edit this post to see if it that thing is just as terrible as I think it really is. Edit It's a terrible pokemon, required heavy luck to win and then a strange strategy to actually be useful at the end and only Scott could fine it. That was a compliment by the way as I always enjoy the videos and it's cool how on the end you can think outside the box to come up with a legit strategy to win.

[@joshgregory1763]

What a moveset! Sounds so boring but the way you used it was so cool. Sleep talk, rest, return, and protect wasting moves for leftovers on venusaur and making it impossible to damage you with blastoise in a meaningful way

[@RoninCatholic]

Teddiursa can learn Fury Cutter because it has claws and bears are known for getting angry.

[@emilydonegan3208]

Teddiursa is so cute! It’s also one of my wife’s favorite Pokémon, since she loves teddy bears!

[@inazuma-fulgur]

Theodore, someone knows the history and origin of the teddibear I see

[@Slickcactus]

From past experiences Route 42 is notorious for encountering a roaming dog

[@Chefvonbreezy]

Ursaring and teddursa both hit pretty dang hard with some decent enough coverage. Oddly enough ursaring may do well due to its base 75 special stats not half bad for a dominant physical presence.

[@Aliyah_666]

It's my favorite gen 2 normal type. Absolute powerhouse.

[@Chefvonbreezy]

@@Aliyah_666 super underrated Pokémon. I’ve always been partial to the pokebears.

[@GerBessa]

As Keizaron (randomizer speedrunner extraordinaire) often says : BEAR!!!

[@spookybuffalo216]

so excited! teddiursa is my favourite mon so im interested to see how it does

[@SillyInsaneGamer]

I was gonna consider a run with this little bear, seeing how well it can perform only makes me more excited, especially after snubbul heh, I assumed they'd both be in the same league but nope! It's such a cool pokemon with a pretty wide amount of moves to pick from although the moveset against red was unexpected yet was pretty solid!

[@dracosoulxchar6954]

Why can the tiny bear learn zap cannon

[@christopherbanks1341]

Maybe static from it's fur? Idk

[@Lilzor]

Because he believes in himself, duh

[@CatainLonewolf]

I have to say Scott, the HUD you have created for us is so good. It's been hard to watch other channels that only show the game. A couple of times, I've asked why not use x move, and I'll look, and you'll need like 10 more lvls for that move. Also, I like how you show you've battled a trainer without the battle itself. Took me a second to see what was happening, but I like it. P.S. I love the different artwork you've commissioned for the sprites (Edit, a complaint about the stats. I think the attack and defense stats should be on the same row. So speed should be on top of its column. I thought it was like this for all your videos, maybe just a gen 2 thing?)

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

I changed where speed is positioned because so many people complained. This was the requested change. Sorry that you want it the other way, but it’s going to stay this way.

[@OathOfRevenge]

Another great video, thank you as usual! Donphan vs Ursaring is gonna be super cool, can't wait B) PS: Any reason you don't pick up the pink bow as you start the game?

[@naphackDT]

She only spawns after you defeat falkner and that would be a lot of time to backtrack for a single item. Maybe if he was consistently short by some small amounts of hp it might be worth the time investment.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

The Pink Bow can only be obtained after you defeat Falkner.

[@OathOfRevenge]

Thank you both, I guess today I learned!

[@tjepic5256]

Rumor has it that there's a guy beating gym leaders with a teddy bear named theo.....

[@jackruby6696]

“Once again jinx finishes me off .” Lucky

[@mmmapplesauce1673]

Remember playing through crystal a few years back, and my ursaring stomped everyone with its stab return

[@cupholder189]

I'm confused. Why does Scott ignore Faint Attack when facing Morty? Sure, Dig is better for later in the game, but Faint Attack is effectively the same as Dig, but it's faster because it takes one turn. Am I mistaken? Did I miss something?

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Faint Attack is special, the ghosts have higher special defense, Teddiursa has lower special attack, so Dig does more damage.

[@RaycrowX]

Hey Scott, have you considered holding the Amulet Coin for significant parts of the playthrough so you can buy more vitamins later? For runs like this where you need levels and have to fight a lot of easy trainers, it could help. Love your runs and your channel!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yeah, I’ve thought a lot about this! unfortunately it doesn’t really work. You obtain the amulet coin in the department store basement and immediately after that is the most convenient time to buy vitamins. Because at that point you’re around level 40, after spending your money on vitamins you are near the threshold in all stats. Then you fight Clair and there isn’t anymore room to use vitamins. The amulet coin is only useful if you want to buy vitamins, don’t need held items for the league, and then want to purchase a move tutor move before Johto. But often just using held items, skipping vitamins and buying the tutor move is faster (less inventory fiddling to waste time).

[@iBenjamin1000]

it even has a great back sprite!

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It does

[@Gen2Red]

Another Fun Fact: Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan are named after Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan.

[@tsawy6]

I think teddiursa might be my favourite weak normal type. With regards to pikachu not using thunder and then sometimes using thunder, I /think/ that what's happening when selecting moves in gen 3 is as follows (depending on the trainer AI, but the basic one that all the serious trainers have): first the trainer makes a pseudo roll of all of it's moves against your pokemon. This roll acts just like the regular roll, accounting for effectiveness and everyone's stats, and including variance for accuracy and damage. (there's some junk in here in gen 3 that I'm not so sure applies, but basically the AI will always go for kill moves, but then if no moves kill it has a chance of going for status, and all sorts of small exceptions like this). Then, the AI picks the move that did the most damage (including accuracy) in the simulated roll and uses that. This move then rolls again, and it's this second role that actually determines the damage that the move does and whether or not this hits. If this were the case, you'd expect that in general pikachu would use thunder about 70% of the time when it's attacking (cuz thunder will always roll more damage than the other options if it's simulation hits, I don't /think/ the pseudo roll has crits). The thing I don't understand is why it would use quick attack over thunderbolt. Ok, I'm left with the conclusion that this is clearly not how the Red AI is working. But maybe there is some sort of accuracy based component to the selection, which naturally diminishes the likelihood of using thunder, but doesn't drop it to 0.

[@brandonmckown9952]

I did a mono normal run with Tediursa as my first Pokemon. It was a beast. Massive attack stat for a stage 1 mon. It wrecked the first two gyms like it was nothing.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Im sure when it evolved it contained to destroy the game. Ursaring is a beast.

[@brandonmckown9952]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Heck yeah. It destroyed everything in a single hit. Ursaring is a monster.

[@maximusprimetv2912]

It would be interesting to see you do a playthrough of Crystal with whatever Pokémon but they have to use the berserk gene as a held item from start to finish and see how bad the RNG messes with you lol 😂

[@Medabee8]

If Chucks Fighting gym is scary, you could always route yourself to lake of rage and Mahogany 1st.

[@coolnath99]

wow that’s a big time save for the second run. looking forward to Ursaring v Donphan. But I think Ursaring will kick Donpan’s butt.

[@henry5274]

listening to your videos are helping me with the monotony of doing a maxed pokedex Prof. oak challenge in legends arceus. I.E. getting as close to perfect with every pokemon before changing the zones

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

That is quite the task! Stay strong, you’ll complete it!

[@henry5274]

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I think I might be done with the first zone in 100 hours of gameplay.... as soon as it isn't fun anymore, I'll probably give up lol

[@deadpool425fjf8]

I just kind of find it funny that Somehow Pikachu is some kind of wall this time around.

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

It is funny. And surprising.

[@Surgemaster2012]

5:35 - 6:02 Yeah I agree with that point Scott. Honestly the Darkness wouldn't bother me if they just removed it from Mt Silver, since that's the one time where I feel it's a problem because it forces the player to give up a moveslot on one of their team otherwise they have to fight Red with a team of 5. Idk why the designers thought that was a good idea. (To make matters worse they did this same thing in Emerald with Steven Stone) I know the route without the use of flash, so I never need it for Mt Silver, but its bad. This is odd in Crystal because one of the nice QOL changes Crystal added (that also makes it the only reason to play Gen 2 specifically since I don't see a reason to play GS) was they removed the use of Flash in Mt Mortar, but this is odd that they would remove it there, but not at Mt Silver. Otherwise the other Flash areas don't bother me since you only use it twice in two optional areas and they are post game any way. Even though I DO agree Flash is the worst in gen 2 of the first three gens. And while not as bad in Gen 3, it still doesn't excuse how much Victory road forces it onto you just to get through the place. In Gen 1 Flash wasn't even needed for cave navigation because you had the textures lighted for you, so you can just piece together the path forward by simply following the textures that are visible to the player. Even the use of Flash pause was better in Gen 1, when it didn't need it. It's pretty much the only thing I prefer in Gen 1 beyond a couple of superficial components.

[@jo.comics]

I'm happy you picked the nickname I suggested 😊

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Thanks for helping out!

[@BloodfelX]

In the Gamecube Pokemon games, the player had a tendency to effectively have 2 starter Pokemon (or literally in the case of Colosseum) - Teddiursa is the second starter Pokemon that the player has in XD: Gale of Darkness and it just rips and tears through that game!

[@TheGamingCamel22]

I love the Teddiursa lind and I'm very hyped for Donphan vs Ursaring! Also also, maaaaybe sometime in the future you can do like a Rom Hack of Crystal with Great Tusk vs Ursalina? 🤔

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

Yes, I’ll do some transfer backs into gen2

[@skeetermania3202]

Another tip to consider for Crystal runs: consider getting a second Abra. There’s an NPC in the Goldenrod Department store who will trade you a Machop for an Abra. Said Machop (Muscle) also happens to hold a Gold Berry, which functions the same as Sitrus Berries do in Gen 3 (healing 30 HP). I definitely think that for an upcoming Shuckle run, this may be the way to go.

[@skeetermania3202]

I should also mention that Muscle can learn Strength as well, which kinda negates the need for Krabby.

[@vizzy61]

i believe the reason he uses krabby is cause krabby has cut, strength, surf & whirlpool. whereas shuckle just gets strength.

[@ninolifegawd4826]

Get Well Soon Ghoul!! 🏴‍☠️🦇

[@james_ford86]

Scott, Lance sends out Dragonite. The overworld sprite doesn't matter, as there was no specific overworld sprite for Dragonite in Gold/Silver/Crystal. In fact, that's why the remakes corrected this. Because people like you kept thinking it was Charizard.

[@TJF588]

9:10 "At least the Kakuna only uses Harden. Next up is Kakuna," These flubs have become a "we left in the Team Rocket misidentifying the clone Pokémon" bonus for me. Catch myself double-taking just to figure if I'd slipped out of paying attention. EDIT: Shoulda triple-took, as Scott explains it's "cocoon", not "Kakuna".

[@ScottsThoughtsPokemon]

“The cocoon only uses Harden” Metapod is a cocoon. This line was flagged in review btw but I made the call not to re-record it. Apparently I was wrong hahah

[@nategraham6946]

And lick can be helpful for the rival battle after Bugsy, a ghost attack as a normal type is great against Ghastly.

[@WillowEpp]

That was an interesting Red strat! I _was_ having the feeling you've gotten maybe a _little_ bit of ADHD tunnel vision on Curse/Rest...

[@charizardAnthony94]

Gold had The Bears Silver had The Elephant

[@charlessegale6493]

I think I only used Teddiursa once during one of my Crystal playthroughs on the 3DS (I never really bothered on the actual Gold or Crystal cartridges). Unfortunately, it was one playthrough that I never even bothered to try to finish. As a result, my more prominent memories are of using Ursaring in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness. That thing was a beast when paired up with Espeon.