Zapdos Only - How fast can I beat Pokémon Crystal? - Pokémon Crystal Solo Challenge

[@Kanbei11]

I know it's been around for a while but your transitions between stairs etc is really well done. The editor deserves some KFC. Glad to see the costa del pc box is back for a holiday destination Zapdos not getting thunderbolt until after Lance is just cruel, same for Raikou I'll miss the number of main series episodes but I'm sure the gen 3 content will step up and fill the void with the backports are good fun on stream when everything evolves into nidorino

[@phoenixphire855]

Not getting Drill Peck until level 49 is pretty tragic too lol

[@Squidgy]

I absolutely love doing the door and stair transitions! Any time I get the chance to use one, I absolutely will! The other thing which I like doing - and you don't see it quite as often - is the end-of-battle transition where we warp from one area to another by utilising the black screen after the battle.

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

What a SHOCKing run to see! 😊😊😊

[@solomongrundy1616]

STAP Peck was doing work after the 1st gym because of the badge boosts! Amazing video yet again

[@Squidgy]

We were VERY lucky to have the Flying gym as our first one here. It gave Peck a slight boost and prevented some quite frankly embarrassing ranges.

[@Poke_Brute]

Nice run dude! Really solid time for Zapdos :)

[@horizonforevergold]

Zard: You are electric 🎶 Zap: You can be electric, too 🎶

[@Kali_Krause]

I'm doing a Rock type run in Emerald Seaglass and got a full odds Shiny Aron while delivering the letter to Steven in Granite Cave lol

[@joshuadolan7108]

Did you catch it

[@Squidgy]

Congratulations!

[@Kali_Krause]

@@joshuadolan7108 I sure did! :D

[@bananaspice1967]

How zap can Fastdos beat Pokécrystal Mon? Wait what

[@alexrobinet7576]

Zapdos is my favorite ❤

[@jackruby6696]

I think fly plus leftovers can help you with recovery against red

[@Squidgy]

You'll see just before Christmas why I will *never* use Fly in any of my challenges!

[@MaxpunchIDK]

Great Video, I just have one nit pick at the end, I think it's not a good idea trying to continuously paralyse Snorlax. First he just can heal it through Rest and ur doing probably less than halth with Thunderbolt compared to drillpack again an amnesia boosted Pokemon with a 110base stat for SpD compared to 65 "physical" Def.

[@Squidgy]

Neither Return nor Drill Peck were going to two-shot the Snorlax, especially with Reflect being thrown into the mix, so the best way to get through was to try and incapacitate and hope for the best. It's a 30% chance for us to be paralysed by Snorlax every turn it uses Body Slam, and if that happens, it's an instant reset.

[@MaxpunchIDK]

@Squidgy oh than I probably oversaw the reflect ur right.

[@jdsnerdverse]

Good run.

[@Chunkosaurus]

One thing I wouldn't mind seeing is a little commentary on where some of the time being lost is at. This run for instance you were 8 whole minutes behind Moltres after the without a whole lot of obvious reasons why that is the case. 8 minutes is an eternity

[@sushilbhandari4068]

I guess he wasn't one hitting most Pokémon as peck and thunder shock are terrible moves

[@Alduinhead]

Moltres has higher attack and a better level up moveset. Simple as

[@Squidgy]

This one was fairly simple - our learnset wasn't great, and we were taking a lot more hits than when we ran Moltres. Each time we get hit, we lose about 5 seconds, and across the course of a challenge, it can really add up!

[@Chunkosaurus]

@@Squidgy you know my brain didn't acknowledge that every retaliatory hit is 5 seconds that's pretty crazy, so even though Zapdos really didn't struggle it's still just slow

[@Squidgy]

Precisely! The more we're hit, the more we're slowed down! Counterintuitively, it's consistently faster to run a Pokémon with a low speed stat but the ability to one-shot versus a Pokémon who's quick but needs two turns to knock most things out!

[@sushilbhandari4068]

Move is king

[@fethrish7688]

I got so nervous on Karen!

[@Squidgy]

You're right to always be nervous at Karen!

[@jackruby6696]

Why not do a run with egg moves? A lot of these Pokémon would be so much better starting with some egg moves like koffing with psybeam? Just a suggestion.

[@Squidgy]

I already do, as a stream series!

[@jackruby6696]

@ oh yeah duh my bad

[@chefgrizz6284]

❤

[@SonicMeters]

👍👍👍👍

[@veghesther3204]

Easy since it and Articuno are worth using Moltres however is still pure CRAP in every single game.

[@Phil-S8]

Would you consider doing Crystal runs without Return or Hidden Power?

[@Squidgy]

I wouldn't on the regular, but for some Pokémon I am considering seeing just how much I can do without either of those moves.

[@MobileGamingChronicles]

Awesome! You VS Cal!

[@FaladorDrunk]

How did you lose so much time with 1 reset? Just the weak moves?

[@Squidgy]

Our moves were nowhere near as strong as the Moltres run, so we were taking much more consistent damage throughout. It's around about a 5 second time loss every time we're hit, and it can easily add up throughout the course of the challenge.