You've NEVER Used THIS Kanto Team Before | Pokémon Red, Blue, & Yellow

I've got something a LITTLE different for you all. I've done plenty of Best Teams for Kanto but today I'm giving you all a team that I guarantee you've NEVER used before!
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[@BeeBwakka]

I wish you had used one of the actually-underrated Water types like Goldeen or Seel or Krabby, I feel like Poliwag is a fairly common choice

[@tennisrox4444]

Fully agree. My money was on Seaking for the water type

[@user-fo1ow1jq3b]

Yep

[@KyleJoseph94]

Goldeen/Seaking I agree with but I'd definitely say Poliwrath is more underrated than the widely accepted lesser Lapras (Dewgong) and Poliwrath is objectively more underrated than Kingler

[@koduckey]

I thought he would say Goldeen as well. I've definitely used Poliwrath before really cool design and attack stat. Goldeen just comes off as a generic fish

[@BeeBwakka]

@@KyleJoseph94 your name should be Straight Lies

[@MiltonBice]

I feel like Alakazam was THE psychic mon to use in gen 1, you probably could have replaced it with Hypno as a much less used gen 1 psychic type.

[@mikeh9708]

Why not Zoidberg? Er... I mean Jynx.

[@AdaVox]

I personally had NEVER used Alakazam on any game that required trading to use it.

[@sjacqVO21]

ive only used kadabra

[@milestoad325]

I used all Psychics except for Mewtwo and Alakazam

[@igormachado2194]

Many people never got to evolve Kadabra, though, because they didn't have anyone to trade with.

[@teamrogers1047]

I’d argue that Clefable is a sleeper in the original games, especially with the special stat apply to both special attack and special defence. A wide move pool makes it relevant throughout the whole game and useful come the elite 4.

[@macarthius]

Yeah I used Clefable almost every time. The main thing that made so many Pokemon bad in gen 1 was the lack of good moves and Clefable can learn almost every single one of them.

[@damienthorsson1500]

Same re Clefable. It's ALWAYS on my Red Blue or Yellow team haha

[@Wellshem]

Clefable was a sleeper because most of us were little boys and for most little boys, Clefable is pink and cute so it's not cool. Little boys only like dragon and ghost. 🗿

[@CragusMaximus19]

@@Wellshem 😅😅👌

[@DrDizzleFrizzle]

It's not even a sleeper, it's one of the most commonly used pokemon, this list is moronic lol

[@ninjaoftheocean]

I used to use Clefable in ALL of my Gen 1-4 playthroughs where I could as a kid, because I didn’t know STAB was a thing that existed. So once I used one and saw it could learn almost all of the TMs I booted up, I assumed it was one of the best and most versatile Pokémon in the game.

[@casoul993]

It is still pretty good IMO. STAB usually works best for 4x weak mons or a very bulky opposing mon which needs STAB to breakthrough its weakness.

[@GreyLeo]

So I have played through Kanto way to many times to count. So I'm looking forward to this. Ironically the team you mintioned was used when I let my friend pick the Pokemon I use off of the original 151 puzzle. Good times but man I feel old now.

[@timdaferretmailman7297]

Challenge Accepted. Will update on how it goes. I used cheats to get them all at the start so I can use them as much as possible. Hope that doesn't disqualify me lol. Update: I did it. I had to get the whole team up to lv 60 before taking on the league. Yes, I used the required Movesets. Slurp the Golbat Astro the Clefable Megamind the Alakazam Nope the Onyx Dude the Polywrath This the Magneton Final thoughts: Really wasn't that hard imo. Even with Onyx, I wasn't significantly challenged. Golbat was probably the worst in my team, actually. It wasn't a hard hitter at all - couldn't one shot anything besides low leveled Pokemon. Who was the best? Probably Clefable. With such a colorful moveset, it could stand against pretty much anything. This was fun. I am willing to try the gen 2 team.

[@Project129]

I have actually used this team before. For context: My father, brother, and I played Pokémon Red and Blue when it first came out. I got Charmander on my first playthrough and beat the game with just that Pokémon...You all know we did one Pokémon runs at some point, usually unintentionally. But at the end of the day I wanted to get my own Pokémon and go on a full adventure. But I didn't want to just play with another Charmander and instead, I traded my starter to my dad after I beat brock (I think it was a Squirtle) so I could go catch my first real Pokémon using one my dad traded for my Squirtle (I think it was a Sandshrew he gave me). I caught a Zubat first, named it 'Flappers' I think, and then sought out an Onix for a good two or three hours because that was (and still is) my favorite Pokémon...I ended up calling it 'Pebbles' and moving on. I ended up catching a Clefairy too, just because that was something I knew evolved via moon stone and my dad likely needed one, but when I asked if he had it he said he did so I kept Peeps (It reminded me of the candy, what can I say?). The choice for Abra was one of spite as it teleported and I wanted it, so I kept trying (wasted so many balls) and ended up catching and switch-training it until it evolved and wrecked shop as a Kadabra before I learned I had to trade it through a strategy guide and begged my dad to trade me it to and from his game as I didn't trust my older brother to not try and keep my Pokémon. I remember I called him 'Houdini' after my dad called it a little Houdini after he had issues catching one. I also remember this was the name as I asked my dad to spell it for me as I didn't know how to spell the name. Poliwag was just a first catch with the Good Rod after I got it in Fuchsia City, really just RNG, and I named it 'Frogger' as I expected it to become a frog as it was a 'Tadpole' Pokémon. Magnemite was the last one I got at the Power Plant as I thought it was cool and I wanted it. I named it 'Ohm' not realizing the significance of the name due to my father having an Ohm Meter. I just knew at the time it was meant to measure something with electricity (which I know now is for electric resistances, but hey). Wish I still had the team. I traded my team into Generation 2 due to the Time Capsule, not wanting to leave them behind, but they would eventually be erased due to a dead save battery.

[@darklordhyper]

damn

[@juicyjuicethejuice4451]

I'm pretty sure it's fairly possible to replace the battery

[@_WiZ420]

@@juicyjuicethejuice4451 That it is. Uses a CR2025

[@_WiZ420]

I think there's another one like 1616 or 1717 or smth

[@cicisstormshelter1076]

You couldn't have traded it further as Gen 2 couldn't trade to Gen 3 because Pokemon Gold/Silver was incompatible with future games. Still, I remember my first team in Pokemon Red: It was Charizard, Sandslash, Starmie, Jigglypuff and Vileplume. Gosh, gonna rebuild that team in Pokemon Let's Go now that I can afford it now.

[@alpsaljugi6682]

I have never played pokemon games without starter pokemon. As if they are the main flavour of the games.

[@TheFamousChicoChe]

Same, it just feels right to take your first Pokemon all the way to the end of the game. I think it's one of the reasons that people take their Pidgey equivalent to the end of the game too. It's usually the first (or second depending on the game) Pokemon you catch. Feels right to take them all the way.

[@anthonygiorod2314]

Growing up I boxed my starter often not knowing that they had any special qualities

[@AZ-uq7kn]

During my first playthrough of Yellow back when it first came out, I ended up with a level 100 Raticate with the moveset Bubblebeam, Blizzard, Thunderbolt and I think Body Slam. That thing dominated the entire game.

[@davekachel]

everything lvl 100 dominates the game

[@AZ-uq7kn]

@@davekachel you're not wrong but at like 6 years old and only understanding the basics this Raticate, that I raised from a level ~4 Ratata, was godly. Especially when the rest of my team was pretty underused

[@soulair2628]

"This team will more than likely not be able to get through the game with any sort of ease" I mean I like the idea of this team and some of these Pokemon I personally have never used and don't know someone who did, but that statement kinda felt forgotten as soon as the whole team was dropped. Sure it'll be an annoying start but as soon as you get your Abra to level 16 before Misty there is nothing that will stop this from being easy. In fact you can evolve Kadabra right away as Alakazam still learns moves just as fine so from there on the only "tough" part is putting the team together and end the run.

[@casoul993]

yeah I just beat Blaine 6 levels lower for every mon on my team. It's kinda weird that Abra also can learn Seismic Toss, so no switch training necessary early on since the TM is just north of Cerulean Bridge.

[@HomeCookinMTG]

I kind of feel like Alakazam was only included because it's a trade evolution, and of course none of us had friends to trade with when we were kids.

[@HomeCookinMTG]

@@casoul993 I mean Blaine is always a joke his AI sucks, and all of his Pokemon die to surf spam

[@soulair2628]

@@HomeCookinMTG I totally get that but the point is a bit off with saying "more than likely won't beat it if you have this team". Kind of would have wished for some more Pokemon that not a lot of people really ever used like Victreebel or Mr. Mime. The vast majority of people used Alakazam or Kadabra rather but there is just a rather minor difference between those 2 when it comes to beating the game. Kadabra will perform just as well as Alakazam. But a Slowbro, Mr. Mime or Jynx as Psychic Pokemon I feel like were more rare and cool to see in a team like that. :)

[@HomeCookinMTG]

@@soulair2628 you wind up using a lot of these in nuzlockes tbh. Slowbro is a great back up if you don't get starmie, since I personally banned Gyarados from my runs. And victreebel is a good encounter if you picked Charmander and don't have a good answer for misty

[@stinkboi6479]

i feel like alakazam is too strong to put on here especially with how easy trading is now in the 3ds ports

[@TodaysRobSawyer]

I agree with what you’re saying, and I don’t think alakazam or any trade Pokémon should be in the team, although he’s right that getting the trade evolutions like machamp Gengar alakazam and golem were almost impossible to get unless you had a second game boy, game and link cable if he’s stuck to that logic he could just use all of the trade evolutions for 3/4 of his team

[@chavaspada]

Yeah Alakazam can easily solo

[@javelin4646]

i mean its not really 100% a weakest team its more like what are the odds anyone ever decided to use each of these which, aside from 3ds ports or emulator hacking, means that someone would be very unlikely to evolve their kadabra

[@bouncingbeebles]

Not only that, but many players use Kadabra because it's so strong in Gen1 even without evolving.

[@stinkboi6479]

@@javelin4646 I get that i just feel like you need to add some nuzlocke rules or something cause even kadabra is really strong and honestly with alakazam you loose alot of the challenge because he could solo the game

[@BDiggityDawg]

This team is pretty wack and it makes me want to use it. I'm excited to see what you put down for gen 2 as they're my favorite games in the series!

[@user-mh6gp2ky2c]

I bought Pokémon red and I decided to use this team but I had decided to swap out Golbat for Charizard so I would have a Pokémon for Brocks gym

[@juanca2567]

I definitely agree with Onix. I want to use one, but I keep forgetting to get one in Kanto and every other generation has it impractical without evolving by trade.

[@ciceronroma]

I was surprised with the choice of Poliwrath as the water pokemanz. I was expecting to hear Dewgong, Cloyster, Krabby or Seaking. But then again the fact that I'm surprised proves your point.

[@nocturne311]

Cloyster was a powerhouse in generation one.

[@arsnotoria3755]

I ran a lot of odd teams in Gen 1. My favourite though was, - *Golem* - Fire Blast, Earthquake, Rock Slide, Strength. - Dodrio; Fly, Tri Attack, Body Slam, Double Team. - Poliwrath; Surf, Submission, Ice Beam, Hypnosis. - Arcanine; Flamethrower, Double Edge, Dig, Bite. - Electrode; Thunderbolt, Explosion, Light Screen, Reflect. - Victreebel; Sleep Powder, Solar Beam, Swords Dance, Cut.

[@grahambirch8563]

Apart from Magneton which was one of my most used mons for gens 1-4 (to the point were I didn't use it again until USUM because I had overused it) I'd say that's a very good list.

[@NaderYoutube]

Hey! Great video. Next time you do one of these tho, could you include the base stats from gen 1 since special attack and defense are the same in that gen?

[@diode_wow]

I'd say switch Alakazam for Hypno, Clefable for Wigglytuff and Poliwrath for Seaking. You can even switch out Golbat for either Butterfree or Beedrill.

[@sparkcore7257]

Switch clefable for porygon. Wigglytuff is actually pretty decent in comparison and far easier to get.

[@diode_wow]

@@sparkcore7257 That's a nice switch. I'm planning to run one of the Gen 1 games trying out teams like this on my own time and tbh, I've never used Porygon...ever.

[@sparkcore7257]

@@diode_wow cool, just getting porygon is a bitch but what sucks is it just isn’t a good mon. That’s why I figure nobody uses it. It’ll have good type coverage at least?

[@diode_wow]

@@sparkcore7257 As much as any other Normal type

[@sparkcore7257]

@@diode_wow fair point

[@derrickscott1630]

I didn't realize Clefairy was so rare, I remember catching one and throwing it in the box 😂 Hey! I'm using poliwrath right now in ultra moon! 😂 He can really take hits

[@adammercer6004]

Well I taken up the challenge on my 3ds vc version of Blue and well I don't think the Clerfairy's rarity is that bad due to me encountering 5 Clefairies in a row in Mt. Moon so yeah no problem on that end! XD

[@Filsantos86]

It is not. He picked up only the first floor of the Mt. Moon. It appears a lot more often on the other floors.

[@kodster671]

I actually love making teams and playing through with Pokemon people don't normally or never use in playthrough it's a super fun time and on the plus side you may end up liking or even loving some of the underrated Pokemon that people don't play with

[@braven10k]

Really looking forward to a Johto episode of this! I'm running through Silver right now with Meganium, Ampharos, Corsola, Forretres, Shuckle, and Delibird. It's interesting!

[@adammercer6004]

I literally doing this RIGHT NOW AND DAMN YOU MYSTIC DAMN YOU the grind for this is just SUFFERING!!!! :'(

[@ShiningLion]

Oml, I had that exact Clefairy as a kid in my first ever playthrough of Pokemon Red! My favorite member of the team. In fact the only member I remember. I was just thinking "let's see it had t-bolt, ice beam, tri attack and probably bubblebe-" and then you showed the exact moveset on the screen. :)

[@logans.7932]

I LOVE underrepresented Pokémon. Dunsparce, Girafarig, Relicanth, etc. Going to love this series.

[@robertwilson5864]

I just did a playthrough with these pokemon. It was rough but I was able to clear the game. This playthrough was awesome.

[@spacebumpkin1565]

Yeah you exacted your concept pretty dead on. I’ve only ever used the magnoton and Alakazam. Good vid!

[@PugintheStrudel]

I think a Better team would be: Golbat, Farfetch'd, Jynx, Dewgong, Onix, Beedrill i haven't played Gen 1 before and don't know about other peoples teams, but i think these fit well

[@tae7073]

Those are definitely Pokémon that aren’t commonly used but there’s too many overlapping types

[@doon242]

Switch out Dewgong and use either Kabutops or Omastar that’s taught ice beam. Trade in Farfetch’d for the expensive Porygon

[@PugintheStrudel]

@@tae7073 thats why they aren't used lol

[@joelabraham6834]

Jynx is strong in gen 1

[@shynihunterpt]

Im excited for the rest of the series!

[@Vakaria-plays]

Unusual pokemon i used as a kid before the internet barely existed and there was no online stat readings and tips, but really just the game itself and whatever pokemon you liked to use, i used Sandslash and Raticate a lot in my teams and i actually also used golbat relatively often, sure i mostly used pidgeot but sometimes i ran with both simply because i thought that golbat had a cool name and design, a big vampire bat. I also sometimes used Venomoth.

[@kartikalmighty]

I actually had this team in Firered, and I kept it for quite a while! I beat Koga and Blaine with this team. But, I did not have Clefairy, instead, I had my starter, Ivysaur

[@riograul2043]

This is so fun to watch late at night

[@vtpooks2166]

really cool video concept! im going to try a hardcore nuzlocke with this team to see how it goes!

[@jaybuckner5205]

Great video concept, would love to see it in gens 2-4

[@tonykeith8823]

Parasect, wigglytuff, venomoth, sealing, lickitung, and farfetch'd would like to lay claim to that as well

[@Father_Bohawk]

Onix should be running Bind over Body Slam. Free dot that locks opponents into not getting to attack

[@dwcyrusm.4127]

Omg I need this for later gens. This might be my new playthrough

[@michaelmcqueen6808]

Even though it's not great but poliwrath has always been one of my favorites

[@erikbrowne8341]

Plus it's shiny is pretty awesome as well

[@That_Doctor_Del_Fella]

For me that's Dunsparce. Its not that great, but I adore it.

[@leafshavingtool9185]

I use Clefable a lot in my Gen 1 play throughs, and I used Poliwrath in the league of lets go

[@LongfellowLP]

Clefable's actually nutty good-it's actually 6% encounter rate in Mt. Moon bottom floor, Normal STAB is GOATed, fast exp. rate makes a huge huge difference. It's kinda funny to see amazing pokes like Clefable and Alakazam next to stinkers like Golbat and Onix. I think Poliwag's pretty good because all Water-types are good. Gen 1's the gen with really bad move distribution-we see this with Golbat, who doesn't get a STAB move above 35 base power-so the fact that every Water-type can get Surf and Ice Beam/Blizzard makes them all at least usable. Of interest also is the traded Poliwag in Japanese Blue who gets the outsider exp. bonus so can reach high levels super fast

[@MemowMedia]

This was legit one of my teams, all except for Golbat. But he only had the 1st gen to choose from, and I’ve made a lot of teams on that gen. More bad teams than good. But hell, when Red and Blue finally dropped in America I was addicted to Pokémon anything. Still, nice video mystic. ❤u

[@LGmaster7]

I like the idea, you can make much more videos like this and I will love to see all

[@abdelkaderabuagla65]

My very first team that I made myself was venasaur, clefable, onyx, haunter, electubuzz, and dragonite. But before I had my first Pokémon game I used Pokémon in my cousins PC that he didn’t care for. So the Pokémon Raichu, ninetails, golduck, golem, dodrio and Mr.mime are close in my heart. I remember call them “team leftover” because it was the leftover “good” Pokémon I could use to face the elite 4.

[@Theturtleowl]

When I was 9, I did in fact use a clefairy in Blue. I do not remember how long I ran around in Mt Moon to find one, but boy was I proud that I did.

[@shironeko1843]

I've done so many nuzlockes in Kanto just for fun that I had used these mons toghether at some point. Although Onix... be careful with the rocky snake, it's very weak.

[@kieferbryson2832]

I used poliwrath in one play through… but rival had Charizard, so it’s wing attack ruined my only answer for it 😭

[@ethanjos]

Wing attack is 30 base power

[@Mike--Oxmall]

On my first Blue run through 23 years ago I did have Onix, Golbat, Clefable, Kadabra along with Blastoise and Pidgeot, so 4 out of 6 sort of. Took me a while to figure out why Kadabra wouldn't evolve by leveling up.

[@sanjuro1180]

Same, i had my Kadabra around level 70 and still was getting pissed why it didn't evolve

[@thestrategistguy7083]

I can’t wait to play with this team thank you

[@Gojira_Wins]

I used a few of those pokemon during my Red/Blue runs back when they came out but I don't recall who. I do remember playing Pokemon Crystal and using a level 36 Steelix to take beat the snot out of Reds level 81 Pikachu though. What an epic fight that was...

[@CristianRodriguez-bf8cg]

I have actually used a very similar team on one of my main play throughs of blue. I remember it was Poliwhirl, Kadabra, Magneton, Jigglypuff, Golbat, and I think Blastoise. Or if it was the nuz lock then was Victorybell. That Poliwhirl was awesome, it dominated the game. I named it Pammy

[@SporeMystify]

Dude, you just described Pokemon my childhood runs used frequently.

[@KugelBlitz0]

I've always wanted a "weird" pokemon team. Not necessarily bad, but just uncommon choices. For example: Beheeyem Kecleon Hitmontop Maractus/Vileplume Donphan Slurpuff

[@KugelBlitz0]

If I had to make one specifically for Kanto: Vileplume/Tangela Lickitung Hitmonchan Marowak Electabuzz Omastar

[@SmidgetTimelineTechX79]

I used Blastoise, Poliwrath, Nidoking, Pidgeot, Dewgong, and MissingNo (I was a glitch freak) for my first playthrough of Blue. I’m realizing now I had an obsession with water types.

[@igorlopes8463]

Bold of Mystic to assume I'd play gen 1. I've already completed my hardcore nuzlock, my full mono electric type team in Yellow (had to be it because Pikachu follows you) and my mono bug type, to see if bugs are really bad.

[@cliffordthompson8248]

I think I might give this team a try when I get some time.

[@jimmycrumb9074]

I used crobat in most of my gen 3 games and was always blown away by how fast and strong it is! I always thought it was way cooler than having a regular bird Pokémon

[@woopslap]

cool video idea, can’t wait for the other gens

[@davirafaelfranke9303]

Bruh, poliwrath has access to amnesia one of the most broken moves in gen 1 lmao and you don't need a good rod for it, you can catch it easily with the super rod on route 6 as a Poliwhirl

[@pumpingpriest5893]

As a child I kinda neglected my starter to train and use alakazam so it's kinda funny to see him on the list from my perspective but you're right, most didn't use him

[@Charlezard1993]

So, two of the Pokemon I am about to mention are very widely used but they are my top two favorites so I couldn't leave them out, but the other four I think are relatively unused. Charizard, Gengar, Parasect, Primeape, Kingler and Hypno. That's the team I am using in FireRed.

[@Sids1192]

I've used all except Onix (as a Golem fan he was always my go-to for rock). Those were amongst my favourites.

[@NoCryinRyan]

It’s been so long since I played Gen 1, I kind of use the Gen 3 or 7 remakes as they’re more readily available. 1. You’re right; there are better Flying and/or Poison types. The Pidgey and Spearow lines are available for longer and the Doduo line’s more aggressive than both. There are a ton of Poison types in Kanto, but their primary use is for defense. Pokémon like the Tentacool line are surprisingly good in Gen 1 because it has 100 Base Speed and 120 Base Special when fully evolved. 2. It’s hard to justify using the Clefairy line when it’s level up moves early on are really bad. The kings of Normal types in Kanto are Tauros and Snorlax, but they kind of show up later than I would like. Meowth/Persian might be a fun way to mix-up the next Kanto run. As for the Gen 7 remakes, I have eyes set on Vulpix/Ninetails (Alola). It’s available shortly before the fourth Gym. 3. I’ve never used Onix in Gen 1 or its remakes, but I can recommend it in Johto. I usually pick up Diglett/Dugtrio shortly before the 3rd gym to easily deal with it. 4. Alakazam is the powerhouse Special Attacker in Gen 1. Drowzee/Hypno was kind of my go-to since it was discount Alakazam, but other Psychic types like Exeggcute/Exeggutor or Starmie have some fun moves to take advantage of. 5. Oddly enough, Poliwhirl sees more use than Wrath because it has a higher base speed. Gyarados and Vaporeon may have been the go-tos, but I still say the Tentacool line is kind of underrated. There are worse Water types like Goldeen/Seaking, Krabby/Kingler, or Seel/Dewgong. 6. Almost all Electric types can learn Thunder Wave/Bolt naturally or through TM, so I’d probably choose whatever’s convenient (like Pikachu) or faster/hits harder (like Jolteon).

[@Eejaysushi]

I remember using the Niche team. I run... Beedrill, Sandshash, Raticate, Fearow, Parasect and and Kingler... but Kingleris a beast. i was planning to do another run with Marowak, Seaking, Butterfree, Tangela, Mr.Mime and Lickitung. didn't end up doing it... thsi gave me motivation to do it now :D

[@DayneGodwin]

Lol, Poliwhirl/wrath and Magneton are two of my favourites. I don't remember ever using them in RBY, but I definitely had both of them on more than one Gold or Silver playthrough.

[@hussarya3380]

Well, I haven't played original RGB, but in Fire Red I've used Onix, Golbat, Clefable and Alakazam. To be honest, only Onix was a pokemon I choosed to normal run (because Brock have one and it's cool-looking rock snake), Golbat and Clefable was in monotype runs (and Clefable with Snorlax were my MVPs as Normal-type Expert) and Alakazam I get in Randomizer Nuzlocke, but it haven't finished this challange.

[@denimvelvet4670]

Me sitting over here crying because my main go to flyer was Fearow. Loved that drill peck. I was always too frustrated with how long it took to evolve to Pidgeot. I'll admit I never really ran Clefable. Mostly because Clefairy was never that great at battling. I was very much the type of person who didn't appreciate status such as Sing and wanted something that hit hard. I had Kadabra, but never had an Alakazam as you've said. I just got to listen for years about how overpowered it was. I tried Onix once thinking I'd have an awesome Pokemon, and then was left in confusion when everything that hit special seemed to wipe it out in one hit and then when Onix did get a hit in even ten levels higher than the Pokemon it was against it barely did enough to bruise. I actually did like Poliwrath, but I've always preferred Gyarados or Vaporeon for my Gen 1 water type. I think it suffered from the same thing as Flareon where they're like "Yeah, let's make a physical attacker...from a Pokemon whose type is special!" I've never played with a Politode for the same reason I never bothered with Alakazam. Along with Electrode I'll say Magneton was one of my least used electric types of Gen 1. Love it now of course. All in all I'd say an interesting concept of a team. I only have Yellow, but I'm still going to give it a try.

[@gotpaladin9520]

You described one of my earliest teams. I was lucky and always had a friend who would trade on my street and I had a link cable. Poliwrath was one of my favorites when I was 7. Lol. I would've went with Muk instead of Magneton due to obscurity.

[@StarrDust12]

actually I have used an Alakazam on a kanto team (it was lets go, not red and blue, but thats still kanto)

[@Littlebuddyg]

Love this idea

[@patdav56]

Ill admit I read "you've never used this team" almost like the idea of a team so chock full of rare pokemon its inconceivable to imagine you could get all of them together in one playthrough' (clefairy, chansey, porygon, etc)

[@limeyell0w945]

That would be a really cool idea. You could call it a "treasure hunter run" or something

[@diode_wow]

Sounds fun for a playthrough, just go for the 1-5% encounters on the routes and make a team out of that.

[@ChrisAnd]

I love poliwrath but they really made him a physical attacking water type. Poor guy doesn't get decent till Gen 6 and by that time azumarill got huge power.

[@geomaster9409]

You forgot poliwhirl learns amnesia at level 41 before evolving poliwrath it can use some special attacks

[@user-ni7ui1nk8p]

@@geomaster9409 amnesia boosts special defense, not special attack.

[@geomaster9409]

@@user-ni7ui1nk8p yes but in gen 1 special attack and special defense we’re together meaning it was special and the move amnesia raise sharply of special for Pokémon like slowbro snorlax and Poliwrath as well

[@bigjake360t]

Hear is tip. Hypnosis + Focus Punch. Unfortunately this only works in gen2, and beyond. So Hyper Beam, or Dream Eater could be substituted.

[@geomaster9409]

@@bigjake360t good combo but I check focus punch does not exist in gen 2 games it was introduces in gen 3

[@cryptochronos4099]

With the exchange of Alakazam for a starter that is exactly my gen 1 team and also very close to my gen 2 team because I loved how onix looked and liked Golbat/crobat, and because I always used fire starters Poliwag was just a super accessable water type in crystal

[@DaRoachDoggJR.]

Alakazam with psychic, thunder punch, fire punch, and ice punch was my jam

[@RighBread]

Whenever I do a playthrough of an old Pokemon game, I make it a point to use monsters I've never ever used before. Believe it or not, I ended up with a team very similar to this, albeit it was in Leaf Green instead of true Gen 1. I believe the two differences were Parasect instead of Alakazam, and Raichu instead of Magneton. It was actually a not half bad run, from what I remember. Parasect was obviously the weakest point of the team, but I made it work.

[@JakeClipz]

Not RBY, but playing through Kanto in "Let's Go, Eevee" I decided to use as unorthodox of a combination of 'mons as possible because I knew my starter Eevee could defeat practically anything if my back was ever against the wall, and I wasn't bound by required HM's. I ended up with a team of Eevee, Onix, Mr. Mime, Hitmonchan, Farfetch'd and Tangela.

[@andkhad1]

Gen 1 magneton also doesn’t have the ability levitate to avoid ground types. Also, I could see tentacruel replacing poliwrath but poliwrath makes sense on this list due to golbat. However, farfetched could replace golbat as the flyer.

[@Spottedstorm27]

Magneton doesn't get levitate, even today

[@costby1105]

Fearow and Dodrio are the best flying types for a playthrough of RBY as they have both higher speed and attack than pidgeot, are available earlier than Aerodactyl and they get drill peck. Also Poliwrath get gen 1 amnesia, the one that boost special by two stage, you know the one that is both attack and defense.

[@notsosilentprotag]

Also as a huge wrestling fan.....any mon who could use a move called Submisson were high priority to use. Blastiose was my 1st Starter and Poliwrath was my water type for my second run ever with my charmander starter. Also really surprised that Kanghaskan or Chansey wasnt here with there hard Safari catch rate

[@SilvarusLupus]

Honestly any of the safari zone rare pokemon could be put on here. Even Dratini just because of how much of a pain it is to catch and train up.

[@MrSkullMerchant]

My gen one team i like using is- charizard, primeape, nidoking, fearow, gyarados, raichu

[@afibuffygirl]

I've literally had the exact same team except for onix. I kept my starter pokemon (charmander). When pokemon first came out, I didn't really pay attention to what type of pokemon were weak against, I just picked pokemon that I thought were cool lol. Only used that team like twice though so I'm not gonna pretend that it was my ideal team or anything, I really tried to always chose different pokemon each time I played to have on my team.

[@Chronoflation]

Clafairy and Abra were rare encounters, but I know people went after them a lot when I was a kid. Better to replace both of them with Chansey and scyther from the safari zone, both because they're rare and really hard to catch, and Scyther's high crit rate actually makes it less good in gen 1 since crits would ignore it's swords dance builds. You'd double up on flying, but you could always replace Golbat with Muk or Weezing

[@TeenR0b0t]

100% the only member of this team I didn’t use was Alakazam and that’s just because at the time I didn’t know it was evolved by trading. Never had any of the guides back then and no other friends knew either. I had Butterfree still on the team though, that little bug put in all the work and was where my Psychic TM went as I’m sure it did for a lot of other people. But I thought Clefavle was magic/alien (anime), Golbat because cool, Onix because cool and reminded me of Brock, Poliwrath because I really loved poliwag back in the day and always tried to have his line in my team, and Magneton because I thought there was a rivalry between the Magnemite and Diglet lines and my friend had a dugtrio. The alakazam is the only one I didn’t have but it definitely looks like a cool team! Great video!

[@easilyeasy]

definitely do this for every gen

[@Coach_KParker]

I haven't used this team exactly, but I have had a League-winning team in Pokemon Yellow featuring Alakazam, Onix, Poliwrath, and Magneton.

[@brettallan-hendy7274]

I did 4 of that team before but no clefable and no poliwrath. I always kept onix because i loved Brocks and i always picked a zubat up as i was lucky to grow up with bats :)

[@destinysaiyan014]

I recently did what I called a "misfit" run (pokemon I felt people didn't really use in during those gens) on gens 1-3 and the teams were as follows: Gen 1: Butterfree (Ace), Raticate, Clefable, Onix, Mr. Mime, and Lickitung Gen 2: Politoad(Ace), Furret, Jumpluff, Wobuffet, Delibird, and Hitmontop Gen 3: Sceptile(not really a misfit; I've never used one), Beautifly, Sharpedo, Linoone, Minun, and Altaria I've started a gen4 one but never finished it so I won't post that team since it was never finalized

[@alexthack]

Except for Clefable, all the pokemon you listed were perennials on my R/B/Y teams. Since I watched the anime, the pokemon you mentioned were prominent in the show. This would be my list: Kingler, Tangela, Hypno, Porygon, Farfetched, Marowak

[@RambleBeard]

I’ve used Poliwrath, Golbat (in yellow), and definitely Alakazam in multiple playthroughs because of how broken it was. I also tried to use Onix one time but it kept fainting after every fight so I eventually boxed it after it was around level 40.

[@darrenwestmore6784]

When I was a child playing the 1st gen I always thought Abra was difficult to catch, but playing the games now I just throw a poke ball at it and it's always been a catch

[@ajj403]

That Magneton artwork at 10:03 is crazyy

[@andrewkatz5689]

I'm currently planning my 4th HeartGold playthrough Meganium Lanturn Heracross Dragonite (Dragonair at E4) Mamoswine or Donphan Porygon 2

[@DarkMastaC]

Yeah Ive never played with this full team sadly, individuals yes ive used all of them in teams at some point. Ive played so much Gen1 when I was a kid I think I did playthroughs with all the pokemon.

[@thunderbasilisk1352]

It says a lot about me when I had three of these mon on my first team. I had absolutely no idea on how to play Pokemon.

[@onijester56]

Clefairy and Kadabra are two of my Pokemon Yellow staples. Though including an Alakazam makes it near-literally impossible for me to ever use the team exactly as described for Gen 1 because of how hard it was to trade with people back then....let alone if my Yellow cartridge still works I doubt I could somehow find people now to trade back-and-forth with.

[@darklordhyper]

Emulators exist

[@QueenViolet5]

Yeah I've used that a lot. I feel like those two are common for runs.

[@Soren27]

@@darklordhyper how do you emulate a trade?

[@darklordhyper]

@@Soren27 Open two instances of the game at the same time, do the local link thing, and boom, you can trade between those instances

[@TheFamousChicoChe]

When I was playing gen 1 I was little kid that had no idea what was strong and what was weak so I picked my team based on how cool I thought they were. Onix was in my Pokemon champion team. 😅

[@susear5939]

I had Butterfree on my team cus Ash had one on his team. Butterfree on champion team. My team was heavily influenced by what I saw in the anime.

[@TheFamousChicoChe]

@@susear5939 same, I had a Raichu in the team too because I loved Lt Sarge's Raichu, I couldn't believe Pikachu wanted to stay a Pikachu when I first saw how cool that Raichu was! The anime is another reason I had an Onix it was Brock's ace and I identified a lot with Brock because I thought he looked like me. Lol

[@JohnNoirSmith]

I wish those cartridge batteries hadn't run out so I could see what my original Blue team (and Yellow and Silver team for that matter) was

[@eddiemunes92]

I did actually use a clefable in my last playthrough of Red, very similar attacks.

[@JohnkyTonkbadonkadonk]

I always used Mr. Mime, and it was the first Pokemon I ever got to level 100. I've only ever spoke to a handful of trainers who like using it.

[@RockOrso2]

This would make sense in either an FR/LG if you want Crobat & Steelix or Let's GO if you want Clefable to be great, but that's my opinion.

[@ElizaGWR]

With the exception of Onix this is essentially my Red playthrough team... I had a Parasect instead of an Onix.

[@trying2getanick]

My first playthrough 20 odd years ago had venusaur, onix, alakazam, pikachu, gyarados and pidgeot