Tyranitar vs Metagross: Which Pseudo Legendary Is More OVERPOWERED in Generation 1?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Here are chapters if you want to jump around! What do you think of these pseudo legendaries? 0:00 - Intro 1:13 - Stat and Move Comparison 4:43 - First Gym: Brock’s Rock Types 8:15 - Single Highest Cluster 10:44 - Second Gym: Misty’s Water Types 12:01 - Tyranitar’s Path to Lt. Surge: Building Momentum 14:05 - Metagross’s Path to Lt. Surge: A Strategic Grind 15:35 - Split Data: First Comparison 16:18 - Similar Mid-Game Routes: Both Take on Cycling Road 21:00 - Tyranitar Takes on Koga’s Poison Types: A Rocky Matchup 21:30 - Stone Edge Gives Tyranitar a Power Spike: A Critical Upgrade 23:55 - Metagross Takes on Koga’s Poison Types: A Test of Durability 24:13 - Split Data: Metagross Takes the Lead 25:09 - Third Gym: Metagross Takes on Erika’s Grass Types with Precision 26:09 - Metagross Silph Co. / Rival #5: Overcoming Rival Obstacles 26:57 - Metagross Sabrina: Mind Over Matter 27:23 - Brisk Swim Down to Cinnabar 27:40 - Metagross Blaine: Overpowering the Fire Specialist 28:45 - Tyranitar Blaine: Rock Meets Fire 29:08 - Tyranitar Erika: Grass Types Meet Stone Edge 29:57 - Tyranitar Silph Co. / Rival #5: A Grueling Matchup 30:33 - Tyranitar Sabrina: A Mental Challenge 31:13 - Tyranitar Giovanni: The Ground King Falls 34:09 - Metagross Giovanni: Finishing the Gym Circuit 37:37 - Split Data: Final Look at Both Pokémon 39:26 - Elite Four Start: Lorelei’s Chilling Challenge 41:57 - Elite Four Agatha: Both Pokémon Struggle with Speed 46:15 - Tyranitar Champion Fight: The Final Push 47:26 - Metagross Champion Fight: A Show of Strength 48:45 - Results: How Overpowered Were Tyranitar and Metagross

[@PapaSmurfJuju]

Tombstoner Brother!!!! 🪦™️2️⃣8️⃣

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it!

[@PapaSmurfJuju]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 and I appreciate you ✊🏾

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

27:33 for metagross

[@foodruct]

I enjoy the vs cross gen runs. You are a real one Matt keep the excellent work brother.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

This is the first one that I’ve ever seen!

[@montyeggman3075]

Neat to see a race between the only two non-Dragon Pseudo Legendaries.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, it's all dragons from here on out lol.

[@tonyyu6153]

MATH MINUTE is always sooooo freaking interesting!!! real one Matt, im a fan of Tyranitar and you did that on Gen 1 looking forward for the next one~ TOMBSTONER BROTHER!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I redid that math minute a few times just to keep it as short and informative as I could lol. Glad you liked it!

[@joshuapiplup]

I really appreciate the work you've done with the overlay, I just noticed the exp bar gain, I like that. I immediately paused once I saw the video time, and bought a large pizza and some orange soda pop 😂

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea this is the final form I believe.

[@PraefMace]

Didn't expect a versus video for this series, but that was a nice surprise. And an almost guaranteed crit stone edge is a beautiful thing to see.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Oh yea. They never do as good as I'd like them to but the competition drives better scores in the runs!

[@Man2th806]

Going with my gut and saying Tyranitar. Will check back in once done with the video and update my thoughts! Thanks for always being a real one, brother.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I like the prediction!

[@Man2th806]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987great video! I’m such a Gen One and Done and Gen Two and Through that I had to go with my boy Tyranitar. He may have fallen short but he’s tall in my heart.

[@RsSooke]

Was just feeling like I needed a new Pokémon challenge run to watch, how fortuitous!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

You got a good one!

[@YoruN0Tenshi]

Hi Matt! Just starting this one and it already looks so clean! I know you’ve talked about how match-ups take a lot more energy and so ya worry doing them, but I just wanted to say it looks great. To your starting question though, I’m really guessing Metagross takes this one. Psychic and Steel are just such OP types in Gen 1. XD

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Yea this one took a little longer than I would have liked but I at least wanted to give it a shot. It's interesting because it looks like there's a clear winner but it stays close!

[@GaIeforce]

I knew Tyranitar wasn't going to catch up to Metagross, but I'm pleasantly surprised that Tyranitar outperformed its mechanical counterpart Iron Thorns.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was pretty good for it's speed and typing. It held the lead a little bit!

[@tigeryumyums9407]

It's incredible to see the run that Alolan Ninetales put in

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea, it was dominant. I don't know how it can be topped.

[@mistashadow]

I'm honestly not sure what a Pokémon would need to top a run like that at least, outside of the Swift Swim edition where Alakazam had an amazing pace

[@charlessegale6493]

Real one here. I'll always have a soft spot for the Green sprites. Ponyta and Rapidash genuinely look majestic here, and no one can deny the power of Chonky Gengar! Can't say I'm too surprised Metagross took the crown here. Psychic is always busyed in Gen 1 and backporting his best moves was just overkill. Excellent runs for both Metagross and Tyranitar!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. I think it was much closer than I thought it would be initially but grinding out Ttar routes helped me get it close.

[@stormybrooks1512]

By far one of my favorite videos you’ve put out two heavy hitters. Always enjoy the content you put out brother 🤘🏻

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I appreciate that! Glad you enjoyed it.

[@stormybrooks1512]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 watching the replay of Persian right now. Wasn’t able to catch the live

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Nice. It was a fun one!

[@michaelroywright9975]

I am all about these cross gen runs. This vs. Video was cool and I'm not opposed to seeing more. I'm just happy for the content. All the real ones are. Tombstoner, brother!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Definitely more cross gen runs in the future but the vs are more sparingly sprinkled in!

[@RobKni76]

Your injured sprites on the side were top notch! Great vid, man!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

They take a little longer to hand craft but I like them a lot too despite that!

[@Greymangamer]

Awesome video! Didn’t know we were watching pacific rim with robot vs kaiju. Toward the middle, thought Ttar was going to take it but cool that the supercomputer came out on top. Real one!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea it was a cool race. Took a lot of prep and practice to get Ttar close but it just didn't have the juice.

[@remydirt3158]

Love the back ports man its so interesting to see how these pokemon change the gameplay

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The moves are a huge part of it! Imagine if it was all bite and tackle lol.

[@remydirt3158]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Brock would be incredibly difficult and it would probably make the pokemon grindy which is not fun

[@DarkNia64]

Glad I'm not the only one who nicknamed my Tyranitar Darude.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It makes too much sense!

[@DarkNia64]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 [Sandstorm intensifies]

[@TheModdedwarfare3]

That is a clean metagross back sprite. I love it. One of my favorite pokemon of all time.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Ripped straight from Gen 3!

[@dwalin619]

I´m really impressed by your dedication and your effiency. How you set up your filming software and that you have the programming skills to put attacks and pokemon into the game are really cool. Maybe it´s not special, but for me, who has no clue about how to do those things, it is. Nice videos.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that! Yea I like the whole thing but like all stuff in life, it's just a matter of learning. I had a starting point and just learned from there. There's like 10 skills on display that go into making a video lol.

[@Eintracht-uy3cz]

Erika my beloved. I totally agree with what you said about her being the most underrated gym leader. She has some amazing tools to work with, but I guess she's "easy" because you can delay the fight against her for so long, the game just opens up so much after Misty (and you usually just get a Dugtrio for Surge and call it a day).

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Exactly. If you were forced to fight Victreebel the landscape would be so different!

[@reddragonpress]

My initial guess for the victor was Metagross, but when you talked about the power of Stone Edge I had my doubts. Unfortunate that Tyranitar wasn't able to cinch the victory, but it makes sense because of the moves that Tyranitar has to rely on compared to Metagross. If Tyranitar got Dragon Dance by level up (say, at the same level Metagross got Meteor Mash), I think it could definitely turn the tide in Ttar's favor; but alas, that move is locked away in its TM/egg move learnset. In the end, it's just good to see that both of the non-Dragon pseudos had a good showing overall.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea both did solid. I think it just came down to speed and a worse typing for the Pokemon Godzilla.

[@camsaw2388]

These vs runs are so sick loving the longer videos

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Glad you like them!

[@TheBoatis]

Tar's back sprite looks amazing! Love the attention to detail as always---

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea the sprites get easier to do the further you go back lol. Ttar is literally copy/paste and Metagross took a bit of devamping.

[@zacharyheflin6794]

The bit where you explain meta getting psychic via level up to save time, yea those things absolutely matter ! Those are the little things that go into making a speed run

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was really similar to Drowzee. It's funny how other runs teach you those types of things.

[@johngleeman8347]

It brought Cloyster to its knees! X3

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Crushed 'em.

[@Schluggo]

You're a real one Matt, love the cross-gen runs. M A T H M I N U T E

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It had to be done!

[@CapnWilly]

Really dig the VS concept. Like how it allows you to really talk about one mon vs the other in real time. I dig the updated moveset. To anyone who disagrees, check Gyarados' starting moves for Red and blue. Absolute monster. Lol.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea it's fun to do but takes a while. I do like to do them sparingly to see how they perform.

[@CapnWilly]

I hearthat. Also, love the comeback of the Math Minute. 😂

[@Don_Miguel1909]

nice vid! love this cross gen stuff and in vs mode even more. greetz from austria!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Greetings from the south!

[@Hanesboi]

First video I watch of yours, I love your editing and yoru effort. Also, your accent is really cool I like it! ^.^

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TripleShizzle]

Great run! Enjoyed the format

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Glad you enjoyed!

[@AH12866]

Excited for this one!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was a fun one!

[@mukariz]

I always love it when you send someone to the Shadow Realm.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It's always a highlight!

[@Zz-_-]

I appreciate you talking 'bout it brother 😂

[@YuriHelps]

I like all your content, Matt. Real one, brother!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that! Glad you like it.

[@adventureoflinkmk2]

27:33 for that age old question of TM28 being *TOMBSTONER, BROTHER!!!*

[@silverrey7379]

43:24 that Toxic landing on Metagross was the most cursed thing I've seen all day long

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea poison damage is immune but if it's like a full blown effect with no damage like Poison Gas or Toxic the game looks at it, doesn't really think of it as poison, and let's the effect go through. That's the best explanation of how it works. Weird but it's not worth rewriting the code for since it generally only happens on Koga.

[@burger_walrus]

Your steel type was poisoned by toxic in your loss to Agatha but I don’t think that damage changed anything and would have resulted in a loss anyway. Your cross Gen runs are top notch - love this content - you’re a real one.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Yea, it's unavoiadable. Things like poison gas or toxic that don't technically do poison damage can still hit through the immunity. It happened on a really old Dialga video I had as well.

[@Robin93k]

It's a feature, not a bug...

[@TheKmacback1]

Thank Arceus for the content. We all appreciate you Matt

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks! Appreciate you saying that!

[@et34t34fdf]

Much closer than I expected, considering Metagross having significantly better typing.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea Ttar is a monster to put up a fight and even hold the lead for half the run!

[@lukehulbert3940]

Awesome content mate 🎉

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that!

[@bateltheassistant]

The 2 runs were really neck and neck with one other. Until the very end I wasn't sure who will take the crown,but both were really fast😮. But in the end the steel typing with psychic typing in gen 1 can sure make wonders. And you got a point about not picking up certain items. My muscle memory and old habits that die hard ,are giving me small time losses ,that in the end became really huge. I really like the format of this match. I really enjoy watching the splits. 😮 And yeah,doing it manually is a pain , I just finished doing it ,for my next run.😂😂😂 But seriously though, your videos kind of inspired me to rework the graphics for the split data. So thanks for that. Sausage's green sprite makes it look like an angry sausage😂😂😂 . Maybe it is angry because it was one shoted. I really got a good laugh out of the Sausage reference in the video, especially after a long day.😊

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Oh yea, when you are trying to push the speed barrier, you have to really see if you need to do anything. I tried cutting out the gentleman candy and 10th floor Silph candy but it's just too much for slow leveling group Pokemon in most cases. I guess it's all relative to your playstyle and what you want to accomplish but for me, extra proteins/carbos/vitamins in general really add to my personal times. I do think everything looks good and I'm happy with the product and excited that any part can inspire someone else! I'm also always excited to throw in sausage references into all the videos now lol. It's just too good. Views are a little meh though. I am not happy with how the channel is trending the past couple of months lol. Nothing kills motivation faster than being like 'I'm putting in more work but things are going worse than they were a year ago!'.

[@bateltheassistant]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I'm not using any vitamins in my runs because my rules won't allow it,but I pick them up to sell them later, which is a mistake,but old habits die hard. 😂 But that can improve the time overall. I'm trying to minimize the training part right now , because some pokemon will not need it. I really like your videos , because they are really chill,but informative and usually I like watching them especially whenever I'm after a long day,and I don't have the motivation to work on my videos, I suddenly have a badge boost and I can start working on them. The Dugtrio run is going to be filled with sausage jokes. I'll probably have a counter on these 🤣🤣🤣. Looking at the views of some videos and comparing them ,can sometimes feel really frustrating. Because you then are wondering what you're doing wrong. Sometimes that can really get to you. Once I feel unmotivated, I just tell myself that I'm improving for the next video ,and try out a different approach. I think KZbin doesn't recommend solo runs all that much like they used to , I'm not sure... Or maybe in January the views are lower in general.🤔

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It's all about finding what works for sure. I think with Dugtrio I'm going to name it and just leave it at that and see how many people are confused lol. As for views and what not, I just think no one else is doing content right now. Literally Mah Dry Bread has done one Pokemon video in 2024 and no one else really has. It's a drought and I'm just kind of on an island being punished for everyone taking a break it feels like lol. KZbin would SUCK as a full time job. It's so inconsistent and up and down.

[@bateltheassistant]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 🤣🤣🤣 I'm not sure,but I bet it would be funny, even though it would struggle in the mid game. But I'm Looking forward to seeing how fast it could have been. Yup taking a break on KZbin kind of sucks , because you are in most cases punished for that. Doing it full time is challenging at the very least , especially if you are a one man show. Solo runs are getting pushed to the sidelines. And if the popular creators are not doing it that much , KZbin will slowly categorize that as something that is not interesting enough to be recommended as often . But at least most of the viewers that are still watching that type of content are really loyal. Like drought, it will end at some point, because the rain will come at some point.😊💪

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Late, late, late but I'm just trying to stick with it without getting negative about it. I've always just seen this as a hobby and I just like to learn, get better, build a little community, and just have fun with it. Interacting with people like you and just enjoying myself is the main part and any sort of views or whatever that goes with it is just a little vienna sausage on the side.

[@antoucool]

The first thing that I thought of when I saw this video's title is Bruno's Machamp, I hope it won't be too bad for Machamp... Then again, it is Bruno

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For sure. If he had good AI, solo runs would look a lot different.

[@realperson69]

Badge boosting off of Hammer Arm seems hilariously unfair. Gotta say I’m a little disappointed that Metagross is so good that it doesn’t need it. 😂 Thanks for the video!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I've used Hammer Arm in other runs and it's really not too great of a move. Unless you have Regieleki levels of speed, the drawback is just too hefty. I like it as a finisher though and it's a neat concept to play around with but I'd be shocked if any Pokemon would keep the move deep into a run!

[@GeneralWiggins]

that was a cool ass video. Real one, looking forward to the next one.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

We'll see what happens!

[@gregoryhorn9841]

I enjoyed this a lot. Thank you for making. Cool content.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it, brother. I do what I can!

[@Zz-_-]

Old man Red: Double bubble beam huh, heh heh the good old days Huh Poly😂

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

If they crit he wouldn't have made it to being an old man!

[@snek1287]

Darude!! 😂🪩🎆🪅 It's 5th move is definitely sandstorm

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Hidden ability.

[@shadowfox8748]

Oh when you get to misty with tyranitar: “ITS DOUBLE BUBBLE TROUBLE TIME”

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thunder Fang slaps!

[@WildLastFrontier]

Having done a gen 3 run starting with Beldum and just Take Down... yeah, good call on the move sets lol

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

That sounds horrible!

[@Skipatronic]

I'm sick with the flu so I've been binge watching you and Scott

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Hope you find something you like!

[@Skipatronic]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I really like these back ports. They're fun and interesting

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

They are fun!

[@silvercharts]

Gut feeling definitely with Metagross on this, I just don't see him facing nearly as many threats

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Both put up a fight!

[@kiwiciwi123]

Great video m8 ❤

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!

[@LinnieKing]

50:51 you’re the man Matt!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

You too!

[@IrrelevantPride]

Tombstoner brother!! We needed steiner math, its not normal!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea I had to touch on it. The damage blew me away in practice.

[@marcusmckanbackman]

Can't wait for the Rapidash video

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It was alright to play. I can't act like it was great lol.

[@Th3nutt5]

Opening with the MvC2 theme 🔥!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

One of the best soundtracks of all time!

[@zacharyheflin6794]

Larvitar is definitely a Pokémon I’d let walk outside of his poke ball and go on my poke-adventures. Id name him Reptar ! 😎

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

That’s a good name!

[@blakeschwab7518]

excited for this one, cant wait to see Tyranitar nuke some shit with stone edge! keep up the good work.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Stone edge is a hell of a move!

[@MrBoneArrowTheEggRoll]

The one that's tombstoners typing vs the metal

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

TM28 is ground!

[@MrBoneArrowTheEggRoll]

​@@GymLeaderMatt1987 tombstones aren't made of dirt tho

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

You'll have to take it up with Gamefreak why TM28 is a ground move then.

[@MeriadocMyr]

i like the versus stuff but i like the solo stuff too, either way works fine for me

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Fun to sprinkle in, too much work to do a lot of them.

[@MeriadocMyr]

exactly

[@chonwarren9941]

Pre video prediction is Metagross is gonna run away with this

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I can neither confirm nor deny!

[@thishouseofglass]

Have you ever thought about nerfing the movesets for Pokémon like this at lv 5?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

As much as I’ve thought about nerfing Mewtwo or Articuno.

[@thishouseofglass]

🫡

[@SilverSmith459]

And here I was, thinking I was an imaginary 2.

[@banditrests]

Well this was fun, Tyranitar is my favorite Pokémon, period, but realistically game freak hates rock types and steel/psychic is a ridiculous typing pre gen 6, and really even then. Totally fair point about the power of stone edge, it’s ridiculous and in singles it’s worth the trade off for accuracy but it’s still annoying that there aren’t any 100% accurate good rock moves except for ivy cudgel in the worst ogerpon form. It does make me wonder about what Pokémon best abuse gen 1 crit mechanics, it seems like most things that learn a lot of high crit moves are either to slow to abuse them effectively or have a bad growth rate, or have their stats in the wrong attack for their typing.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

For the accuracy, I watched someone say they don’t use Blizzard because it’s 90% only and it’s just kind of dumb to have that mindset. Live a little! 80% will hit most the time!

[@banditrests]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 really? Gen 1 blizzard is one of the most broken moves in Pokémon. Even with accuracy trade off that makes the effective power 108! And it had a 30% freeze chance in the Japanese games. High power moves are worth it if you come out in the positive, playing conservative is just slow. Get luckier.

[@banditrests]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I just learned there’s a VGC team comp called Casino where you run a bunch of high powered, inaccurate moves and the piloting skill is just putting yourself in position to take more swings at 1 shots than the opponent gets 2 shots and you come out ahead mathematically even if you don’t get particularly lucky. Seems like the same ethos.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Hey it took me like a year+ of talking to Scott, doing well in his races, and articulating my thoughts to get him to admit Double Edge is actually pretty good. I think what finally got him to see it was saying 'It's just the normal version of EQ but you need to slightly plan for the recoil'. Some people just don't do the math and they let confirmation bias stand in the way of true greatness lol.

[@banditrests]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 lol, solid work there, Scott tends to play a little to conservative. It’s a good point though, recoil feels bad in a solo run but you don’t need to finish the fight with more than 1 HP and double edge gets better ranges sometimes. 100 base power with 100 accuracy is essentially an ideal Pokémon move, everything would love to have a move like that, IE earthquake.

[@GerBessa]

Metagross getting poisoned just before learning Psychic is just so sad.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea it's a gen 1 quirk.

[@MadMalMan]

Great vid brother! About halfway through so far. Interesting how good defensively the new types are but really not that useful offensively in gen one (for Dark its the special split) Couple of questions - Why is toxic banned? I'm glad as its dull but is it some sort of exploit i don't know about? Also the Repel before the Snorlax did that affect catch rate?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

You got it right, it’s just dull and boring. Stalling out fights never feels good to play or watch. The repel at Snorlax is just a speedrun tactic. The catch rate is maxed in my ROMs so HM Pokémon don’t skew the data. There wasn’t any correlation!

[@mukariz]

Real one!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that!

[@darlhiatt8136]

Ooh, I like the Green Charizard sprite.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

I like all the sprites!

[@darlhiatt8136]

@GymLeaderMatt1987 yeah! There's someone on KZbin doing polls for each Pokémon for whether we like the Red, Green, or Yellow sprite best and it's been fun to see them.

[@LinnieKing]

12:26 Key Advice for life 👌 #GuruLegendMatt 😊

[@Marlonbc90]

Commenting before watching, I think Metagross should be faster. I'm pretty excited to watch the video, both pokemon are so epic, but I don't think it's going to be close, Metagross typing is too dominant

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Psychic and steel is indeed really good!

[@Marlonbc90]

Now I've watched the entire video and I have to say I am super impressed with Tyranitar and with how close it was. Both of my comments are just copies of you already pointed out in the video, but that wasn't intentional. It was a really great video and the things that you can do with custom roms are pretty amazing, too bad it is a lot of work. I was here for old videos like the first Kyogre and the other ones that used that pre-made ROM, and you've come a long way.

[@purpleporygon]

Great video

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks!

[@LinnieKing]

22:42 Scott Steiner was one of the best WCW champs!

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Too bad he lost like 60% of his skill after the gimmick change. He was truly one of the best wrestlers in the 80's, 90's. Frakensteiners and all that was cool to see.

[@LinnieKing]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 he was almost 40 and had been wrestling 14 years at that point so part of it would’ve been the wear and tear on his joints too. Plus he had a guaranteed contract so the motivation wasn’t there anymore.

[@benjaminfuchssteiner1478]

Nice video just one thing isn´t steel immune to poison? Sorry for my english I´m german.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The way status conditions are hard coded, you can still get hit with poison status despite being immune to the moves. It's a gen 1 quirk. For example, Poison Sting wouldn't have any effect but Poison Gas can still get through since it's not doing any damage.

[@UnderstandSoccer]

Real one

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that!

[@gambleralex5083]

Real ones know about Tombstoner Brother

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Glad to see a real one in the wild!

[@Zz-_-]

if it's tombstoner trivia it's worth it

[@InciniumVGC]

I'm grabbin a sodie pop

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Might need two!

[@youtube-kit9450]

19:15 oh, is it not possible or did you just forget to program steel being immune to poison gas? Dunno how you wrangle the spaghetti code of gen 1 exactly.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It's just hard coded. Like if there was a normal move that caused paralysis, it would work on Gengar. The only parameter is that it can't be a poison type. You could probably go in and clean up/write new code but that's a hefty endeavor.

[@SlowerIsFaster139]

Gonna say metagross. Could be totally wrong but thats my gut feeling

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

That's a solid 50/50 guess!

[@lukcdk]

metagross has twitter on his face.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Ew!

[@unicorncat7644]

Godzilla vs super computer

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Calculating every move.

[@mistermr2147]

Cant believe GF nerfed Tombstoner

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Gen 2 took it into the ground lol.

[@selfconfessedcynic]

Really like this format 👍🏽 #realone

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate that!

[@kevinsips3658]

Oh shit I’m a real one

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

You sure are!

[@Robin93k]

The weirdest part was Metagross getting poisoned... But yeah, it makes sense by Gen 1. mechanics...

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea it has something to do with it not doing poison damage but just doing an effect. It would be immune to like sludge but not poison gas for example. It’s just a weird quirk.

[@Robin93k]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Well yeah, that part is obvious. By default all Status Moves ignore Type Effectivity (except in Gen 2/3): Sand-Attack(Ground) hits Flying Types, Sand-Attack(Normal in Gen 1)/Disable(Normal) work on Ghost Types, Destiny Bond/Curse(Ghost) work on Normal Types, etc. Thunder Wave failing against Ground Types is an exception, programmed into the move itself, since Gen 1. The really interesting part is that "Status immunity" in Gen 1 is exclusively based on Same Type Attack Protection, aka all Pokémon are immune to secondary effects of Moves they share a type with. Thus in Gen 1: Thunder Wave paralyzes only non-electric types. Body Slam paralyses only non-normal Types. Poison Gas/Toxic poisons non-poison Types. Twineedle poisons non-bug Types. Triplette burns, paralyses or freezes non-normal types. Thus, yeah Steel Types getting poisoned by Poison Gas/Toxic/Twineedle makes sense as well.

[@Zz-_-]

Gengers sw sprite looks more menacing to me

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It's literally just the G/S/C sprite here. Not much changed from beta to that.

[@Zz-_-]

Reminds me of Sasquatch maybe that's why🤷🏾‍♂️

[@bananaspice1967]

Wondering why you didn't give Tyranitar access to Thunderbolt or Flamethrower. When it does get both in any other game.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Flamethrower isn’t a tm in Gen 1 but I went over thunderbolt after surge!

[@bananaspice1967]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Oh lol, must've missed that. Gotcha then!

[@MNAV33]

Great video, can you add stuff like levitate and earthquake hitting Pokémon using dig? #RealOne

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Probably more trouble than it’s worth. I simulated abilities sparingly for the Pokémon I’ve ran but never had the time to fully overhaul the game.

[@MNAV33]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 I see! Other question then, can you change Fire Red to be broken (badge boosting) like gen1 😂

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Gen 1 modding to gen 3 modding is like moving from speaking one language to another! That's a big no from me!

[@travv88]

every video you name the rival "Cuk" lmfao

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Best description, imo.

[@travv88]

I doubt KZbin will allow me to say the names I've called my rival here@@GymLeaderMatt1987

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Oh yea, you have to be a little creative lol.

[@LinnieKing]

15:30 original Green version or the Gen 3 one?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

The sprites scream Gen 3.

[@miguelceromil]

i really wanna make mods for gen 1 ou after watching your cross gen runs

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

What's stopping you?

[@miguelceromil]

someone who can code@@GymLeaderMatt1987

[@miguelceromil]

as in I need someone who can code

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Good luck!

[@1dfr33]

Your voice reminds me of that one guy who made he kiss me for my gun liberals meme. +1

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Thanks...maybe. Kind of hard to read, haha.

[@TheFajczak]

Metagross have been way more lucky through this run, i think that with the current movesets Tyranitar can go faster on average

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Hard disagree. I did double the Ttar runs than I did Metagross runs. It just so happened that it's absolute best run was the one that had a single fight with bad luck in it. The champion fight luck wasn't even needed for Metagross. I just needed a boost on Exeggutor to make it guaranteed but even with no boosts it still would have won at a very high percentage. I put in a lot of work for Ttar to actually be able to compete and I tried my best to articulate how many more runs it took with Ttar so, if anything, Metagross would crush it even harder if I doubled the runs with it.

[@crazyjessi89]

I love Metagross ❤ His Megaevolution is awesome ❤

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Yea it is. Really leans into the 'X'.

[@blaklazer]

For the algorithm

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Appreciate it!

[@joshframent9385]

I'm pulling for ttar but i'm not super optimistic

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

It'll do you proud!

[@joshframent9385]

@@GymLeaderMatt1987 Just finished the math minute and holy crap I underestimated my boy. Thank you for the break down. It's crazy how much the videos have progressed in the ~2 years I've been watching.

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Glad you notice! Keeping the quality going up despite the channel not always climbing is important lol.

[@haidarhakimable]

Quick claw tyranitar. Nothing lives

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

23% of the time, it works every time!

[@brianwisecarver4880]

Where's the real ones?

[@GymLeaderMatt1987]

Probably in the forest dancing around rocks. Usually where they stay.