The fact that one of the weakest pokemon stats wise is still not F teir or lower shows how much movesets can really make or break it. Sentret really did have a lot of good versatility despite no oomph to back it up as much as it should.
@@tehy123 Arguably, Fire Punch helps against Jasmine and Koga (Forretress), and Ice Punch against Lance. It might just be a couple of fights but a single stonewalling fight can be enough to ruin your day.
27:55 just the super casual blink-and-you-miss-it dad joke with “on the other fist”. Didn’t think I’d notice, didjya Scott? But I did, and it made my day.
I usually hate the youtube algorithm. But one day, it randomly suggested you. Now im always delighted to see a new post from you. As a driver listening to your content pod cast style, i love how you go into so much detail about your plays that i can fully understand it with just audio
I'm glad the UA-cam algorithm did a good thing! I'm always thinking about the audio-only listener like you and trying to make my stuff accessible in the two different ways.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I'd say you are doing fenaminal, I always make sure to check some videos out when I can fully watch and the way you draw people's attention to what you are talking about is easy ok the eyes and not insanely distracting ok my opinion. Keep up the amazing job!
Venomoth Fact #17: One day Venomoth swooped down and saw Sentret. Then Venomoth saw Sentret's speed stat. Finally Venomoth went over and said "Boy, you get your whoopy cushion shaped body on the treadmill or SO HELP ME" which is the canonical reason as to why Sentret gains a huge 70 point boost to speed when evolving.
I actually love this. The dude who did the "all Crystal trainers ranked by tournament" guy called him huuUUUUH? And now I realize that basically the sound.
always so happy when I get in bed and there's a new video to distract me from bad night time thoughts (instead of re-listening to old ones which is still fine)
I'd like to think narrating Scott was all like... "Crud, I mentioned my cat and it got stage fright, but I still mentioned my cat on the internet. I gotta give 'em something..." Editing Scott, "I got this brain! We just give them a pic. All is well."
Okay, that first fight with Houndoom has convinced me that these videos are actually _enhanced_ by your mistakes, that come-from-behind victory was mental
incredible cuteness to base stat ratio, furret was one of my favourites as a kid very happy to see you've aligned the layout of special stats opposite regular attack and defence XD
3:28 now this is the quality content that I subscribed for. 21:29 I had to go back and rewatch this bit to hear Churro. Three times! Then I watched it another 2 times to savour the cute meow.
Two thoughts I have when watching this: 1. Could completing Chuck earlier be done if you had the Pink Bow equipped? I noticed you had the Mint Berry equipped when you accidentally went to fight Chuck and I am wondering if his Poliwrath would turn it into a 2HKO and thus make the luck reasonable. 2. Could ThunderPunch be used against the Red Gyarados to make it a little easier? The punches are purchasable so no big deal to replace and then re-teach Fire Punch, and if it turns the Red Gyarados into a more consistent KO it might reduce potential resets. Dunno if you'd be up for answering, nice video. Sentret managing to get just below 1:50 is pretty good!
1. In the second run I do 2HKO the Poliwrath. It will OHKO if it crits. For more detail: Lv38 gives a 70.5% chance to 2HKO. Lv39 84%. Lv40 is always a 2HKO. Levelling that high just needs a lot of grinding in Johto. So Pryce and Rocket Hideout is the best way to accomplish both goals. 2. We don't have damage calcs against wild Pokemon in the software so I had to manually calculate it after scrubbing back to the Gyarados in the replay to check it's exact stats. I also resumed from replay and tried it with ThunderPunch. It does around 65%-75% damage, so it doesn't solve the Gyarados as cleanly as it seems it might.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Thanks for the reply! It does seem like ThunderPunch might be worth it since in the video without it is at least sometimes a 3HKO and not a 2HKO, but I dunno if it messes up stuff elsewhere with money. Thanks for the Poliwrath calcs!
People underestimate how much time inventory management takes. Picking up the TM and teaching the move takes longer than an extra attack in battle, so it’s really only worth it if it’s useful in multiple battles or prevents a reset
Btw I liked the intro, it was more to the point but still an intro (catchphrase "everyone says normal types are broken in gen 2 so lets find an exception" + usual "today we're playing..." + usual stats/moveset talk) I am a bit confused about all the criticism on it haha
On the other opinion, I love the none intro. I’ve seen literally HUNDREDS of runs between different UA-camrs and I just like getting into it. Not attacking others, but it flowed well for me.
I don't really agree. I think it's only jarring for people who have watched a dozen plus of these and gotten used to it; it would only take a couple more videos with this style of intro for it to feel normal. (and the intro is still there, just with the nothingburger early game playing out alongside it, it's efficient )
Honestly thought he would do a lot worse. I’ve never actually used him in any run but I always thought he was bad. Also, just wanted to say that I appreciate that you pump out so much content for us to enjoy!
Yes! I love this little guy! I've always felt that Sentret's Speed was far too low for what its design and inspiration are: it's a small, furry sentinel that stays alert and is quick to go back to its nest once it spots peril! Why does it only have 20 Base Speed?! Its evolution jumps up to 90, fgs, and it's not that different of a design!! I would have personally put its Base Speed at 60 or 65, which would have also bumped up its BST to match Rattata's: while Raticate and Furret have very comparable BSTs (413 and 415, respectively, so Furret's is technically slightly higher!), Sentret sits at 215 while Rattata is at 253 (with more optimized stats to boot!). With + 40 or +45 Speed, Sentret would have gotten to 255 or 260, respectively, which also would have made for a more interesting in-game choice where the Sentret line is still fast, bulkier but weaker while the Rattata line is more all-out damage. As is, there's basically no reason to use Sentret, since it's rarer and far less performant than Rattata, which is sad.
It's a very good thing that Sentret has so many moves to play around with, with wide type coverage for offense as well as Defense Curl & Amnesia with Rest for defense plays. It makes me excited for how well Furret will perform, even though its stats are a bit mediocre.
As someone who loves Furret and is quite fond of Sentret, I was going nuts every time I saw a loss that could have been avoided with Quick Attack. XD Thankfully that seems to have been mostly avoided in the second run.
My entire childhood I thought Sentret was some sort of giant worm pokemon. It was only in adulthood I realized the “body” was the tail and the “head” was the body. I never took the time to catch or evolve it to see what it actually was
i think we should have a little more intro! it felt like if spongebob didnt have the title card before the episode if that makes any sense, the scott character graphic sets the whole vibe of the video
Yeah or just two returns + quick attack. All he needed was the 25% chance of dynamic punch missing twice in a row, so I think it was a mistake to backtrack at that point
The intro is there, it's just more concise - especially in terms of graphics. We're talking a lot about this behind the scenes. The reactions here were not what I expected!
I noticed the pool about generic intros and while It is nice to have some kind of intro, I had no problem with this one. Looking foward to seeing how well Furret will do!
4:41 we dont have to wait that long for furret Also scott: that run will come out sometime this year Aww man itll end up coming out around halloween or christmas 😂 15:10 lets hope you dont end up... paying the PRYCE.... 😉 (17:13 ope you did end up paying the PRYCE after all 😂) ALSO: *CHUCK, BROTHER!!!!* 24:42 and 29:40 and 41:59 oooo 69 nice
I skimmed Bulbapedia and it looks like Sentret is among the slowest 'mons in early gens that can learn Quick Attack. So this is a rare instance of the devs taking speed into account (or of a broken clock being right twice a day).
So much about Johto's leve curve would've been fixed if Pryce and Chuck had their levels raised to Jasmine's level and wild pokémon post-Falkner had their levels raised by at least 5, if not 10 in the endgame.
Feels good to be caught up. Oh, sentret. This is gonna be so rough. So so rough 🤭 I'm still rootin for it, though! Here's hoping it can actually finish the game!
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon December did get me behind. My dark souls obsession rekindling, and then the decent amount of livestreams that have been happening has really been clogging up the works, lol. That's not a bad thing, of course. Just takes time
I’m still not sure why the Special Attack and Special Defense is listed before the Speed on the enemy Pokémon, but on the Pokémon that you’re using, it’s flipped.
@@Shadowvanify not sure if that’s a necessary “solution” to a problem that didn’t exist, especially since there’s no parity between it and the opponents Pokémon.
It's something I wanted to do to add visual clarity while playing. It makes parsing attack comparisons faster (same with defense) I know that everyone hates it... I tried it in the past. But I'm going to stick with it this time. I think it is the superior approach.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon if that’s what you think is superior, then by all means, it’s hard to disagree with your logic. I will say that if everybody does hate it, though… then maybe it’s not the best decision? At the very least, pair it with the opponents Pokémon, so that their stat order matches the Pokémon being used. It makes for better consistency and makes the change less jarring. Just my personal opinion, though.
I have another option, which is to arrange them like the current Pokemon games. In a hexagram. Hp top, Atk and SpA in a row, and Def and SpD in a row, with Spe at the bottom. I haven't done this yet because it creates a few other graphic design issues and it will require major work to restructure my programs. But that is probably where we will end up in 1-2 years.
At 13:57 you would have lived the extra curse even without levelling, before Sentret was taking 19 per turn and had 40 HP, after the level it was taking 20 per turn and had 43. Since it is percentage based on the remaining health I am not sure curse even has a range to kill you after a level up, since your max health always increases by the same amount as your actual health.
Oh no, we do recognize I shouldn’t be doing it in Yellow. It’s not worth restarting that series this far in to change it. I was inexperienced when I set those rules, plus gen1 is janky, so the ruleset there is overly complicated and full of exceptions. It isn’t ideal, but it’s what we have. Honestly, quite fitting for gen1.
Cant wait for furret, I remember my furret being a HM slave and it's strength still 1 shot red pickachu. Furret better stats should solve a lot of the issues.
Wouldn’t Thunder Punch have more utility with Sentret being weaker? It takes care of the resets against the red Gyrados and gives you the potential to paralyze Chuck, increasing the odds you luck through there while not restricting your moves since you can buy as many as you need. As always, love your videos Scott. I will say things appeared a little rushed with Sentret’s video but I know you’re on one heck of a time crunch with the delays from the first of the year and then getting a video out this week with the delays to the Mother’s Day video you planned out. I hope you’re doing ok buddy and you have a Happy Mother’s Day! ❤
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon That’s good to know. I just assumed it would. Even with the lack of a KO, a two hit that would prevent resets from the Gyrados right? Maybe using Magnet for Thunde Punch or Pink Bow with Quick Attack with can be on its moveset for priority if Gyrados will KO with 2 thrashes? It won’t make a large difference but maybe it’s a bit more consistent and doesn’t change that much from your current route. If nothing else, maybe that helps with some of the frustration around Sentret being such a weak first stage. You are the Pokémon master and I enjoy seeing your mind work Scott.
I don’t care about the intro, this was probably hard enough to produce without people people hyper critical. Sentrent is maybe the worst regional rodent in the series. Johto is my favorite region but it really got the short end of the stick with Pokémon. Btw, I think you probably meant that ice punch does 2x damage against Clair’s dragonairs, not 1x, unless you meant return but the wording is weird.
@@claytonroberts1622 Fair enough, not even trying to sound critical here because it’s something most people would overlook and it honestly wouldn’t have saved significant time for Sentret
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Which is understandable. It doesn’t come up on a regular basis and it’s not something that would have really changed Sentret’s time regardless.
I recently finished a run where I used only Normal types (no dual types) and had a Furret through much of the game. It came in clutch against Lance with Powder Snow against it's last Dragonite! Both of us were at the last hit lol Now, on its own? I imagine Furret would be a tough play haha
Personally I miss the intro just a bit. That startup definitely helped with figuring out your headspace and opinions on the Mon before we got fully into the mechanics.
I think i basically always used furret when i did a new game. Since it has cut and surf and decent moves. I am pretty sure zigzagoons evolution was better though.
@@nekogaming5300 i mean for easy hm stuff. Linoon could learn cut, strength, surf, and rocksmash. Bibarell as an early 2 form normal type gets the most I think.
@@chaosryans bibarel might have more coverage in hms but linoone would mollywop a bibarel any day lmao linoone just has more use throughout the games it’s in and stays relevant theoughout the whole game compared to bibarel which gets outclassed fairly early on
I think you have the volatile and non-volatile statuses confused. Curse is volatile, as is confusion. Volatile means "Ephemeral; fleeting" so it's all the status effects that disappear after the battle ends. Non-volatile status effects are those that stay after the end of the battle.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Right, that's what I had assumed. I only commented because you did it several times in a row, so I figured you might have gotten them mixed up. I know it happened to me once. For some reason I got the two of them switched around for months, until a friend pointed out my mistake. Also, I want to say I *very much* appreciate how much effort you put in making your videos as accurate as possible. That's what made you my favourite pokemon challenge runner.
Was playing Pokemon Stadium 2 again with a fresh save file just hours ago. The Sentret in I think Whitneys gym kept getting crits with quick attack ;-; so I'm a little biased against the bugger today. He even ruins speed runs occasionally by refusing to get caught. Just a little bully all around!
Wait, you allow the Pokedoll skip in Yellow, but not in Crystal? Both are using Items In battle against a level 30 Foe that is supposed to be Dangerous.
Correct. I am not consistent between generations. Marowak skip is grand fathered forward for consistency. I would not do it if I started playing generation 1 tomorrow.
So I get that Scoot doesn't allow Pokédolls in gen2, but would teaching ThunderPunch, even if only for the one fight against the Red Gyarados improve consistency, or is money too tight?
Before watching I'll say Sentret is likely an example of a pokemon with terrible stats that can be carried to Kanto by its coverage and can be carried through red by curse rest return strat.
Hey Scott, I know you have a lot on your plate but thought I'd pitch the idea incase its not too time consuming. Do you think it could be worth it to slightly darken the battle screen to a light gray instead of pure white? Its hard on the eyes.
I don’t think this is a change I will make. I try to leave the visuals within the game unchanged so that others can experience them that way. If i change them then everyone has to experience the game that way. Maybe you can adjust monitor settings to help with battle?
Sentret: “I trained for this whole health bar, I’m using the whole health bar”
The fact that one of the weakest pokemon stats wise is still not F teir or lower shows how much movesets can really make or break it.
Sentret really did have a lot of good versatility despite no oomph to back it up as much as it should.
Feels like access to the punches gets you a couple of ranks just by itself (apart from special circumstances like Abra).
Eh, same type normal moves and access to Dig are the big factors here. Elemental punches are nice but didn't see that much use
@@tehy123 Arguably, Fire Punch helps against Jasmine and Koga (Forretress), and Ice Punch against Lance. It might just be a couple of fights but a single stonewalling fight can be enough to ruin your day.
I appreciate how Sentret, one of the weakest Pokemon ever, ends with a similar time to Skarmory one of the best defensive & competitive Pokemon ever
27:55 just the super casual blink-and-you-miss-it dad joke with “on the other fist”. Didn’t think I’d notice, didjya Scott? But I did, and it made my day.
I’m noticing the tunnel vision again: not using Quick Attack when you’re slower.
It was painful to see in that azalea town rival battle
I was screaming at him to use it on so many occasions where it would have saved time/potential resets
I usually hate the youtube algorithm. But one day, it randomly suggested you. Now im always delighted to see a new post from you. As a driver listening to your content pod cast style, i love how you go into so much detail about your plays that i can fully understand it with just audio
I'm glad the UA-cam algorithm did a good thing! I'm always thinking about the audio-only listener like you and trying to make my stuff accessible in the two different ways.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I'd say you are doing fenaminal, I always make sure to check some videos out when I can fully watch and the way you draw people's attention to what you are talking about is easy ok the eyes and not insanely distracting ok my opinion. Keep up the amazing job!
8:48 You could've used quick attack to avoid cutting it close with Bayleef.
And also to only get hit once by Zubat. But he chose the no brain klick A strat.
Venomoth Fact #17: One day Venomoth swooped down and saw Sentret. Then Venomoth saw Sentret's speed stat. Finally Venomoth went over and said "Boy, you get your whoopy cushion shaped body on the treadmill or SO HELP ME" which is the canonical reason as to why Sentret gains a huge 70 point boost to speed when evolving.
Whoopee cushion is accurate lol
Calling the rival "triple question mark" threw me for a loop. I always pronounce it like a Tim Allen grunt in my head
augh???
I actually love this. The dude who did the "all Crystal trainers ranked by tournament" guy called him huuUUUUH? And now I realize that basically the sound.
Personally I think of "???" being the broadband internet connection dial-up sound.
pressed the like button to help that ego out, you deserve to know you‘re doing an amazing job as the chillest and most fun Poketuber around
always so happy when I get in bed and there's a new video to distract me from bad night time thoughts (instead of re-listening to old ones which is still fine)
Sentret and Furet are two of my favorites! So excited for this
I'd like to think narrating Scott was all like... "Crud, I mentioned my cat and it got stage fright, but I still mentioned my cat on the internet. I gotta give 'em something..."
Editing Scott, "I got this brain! We just give them a pic. All is well."
Okay, that first fight with Houndoom has convinced me that these videos are actually _enhanced_ by your mistakes, that come-from-behind victory was mental
Yeah, the mistakes definitely add drama! Coming back after one always feels incredible.
incredible cuteness to base stat ratio, furret was one of my favourites as a kid
very happy to see you've aligned the layout of special stats opposite regular attack and defence XD
Pryce might be a “terrible” Gym Leader, but at least he wins the award for Most Dapper Gent in all of Johto!
3:28 now this is the quality content that I subscribed for.
21:29 I had to go back and rewatch this bit to hear Churro. Three times! Then I watched it another 2 times to savour the cute meow.
Please, include more of Churro in your videos! I haven't heard him in a while.
Why aren’t you using Quick Attack more. The initial portion was painful to watch Scott 😭 you would’ve saved so much time
glad I'm not the only one! especially in the 2nd rival fight
Two thoughts I have when watching this:
1. Could completing Chuck earlier be done if you had the Pink Bow equipped? I noticed you had the Mint Berry equipped when you accidentally went to fight Chuck and I am wondering if his Poliwrath would turn it into a 2HKO and thus make the luck reasonable.
2. Could ThunderPunch be used against the Red Gyarados to make it a little easier? The punches are purchasable so no big deal to replace and then re-teach Fire Punch, and if it turns the Red Gyarados into a more consistent KO it might reduce potential resets.
Dunno if you'd be up for answering, nice video. Sentret managing to get just below 1:50 is pretty good!
1. In the second run I do 2HKO the Poliwrath. It will OHKO if it crits. For more detail: Lv38 gives a 70.5% chance to 2HKO. Lv39 84%. Lv40 is always a 2HKO. Levelling that high just needs a lot of grinding in Johto. So Pryce and Rocket Hideout is the best way to accomplish both goals.
2. We don't have damage calcs against wild Pokemon in the software so I had to manually calculate it after scrubbing back to the Gyarados in the replay to check it's exact stats. I also resumed from replay and tried it with ThunderPunch. It does around 65%-75% damage, so it doesn't solve the Gyarados as cleanly as it seems it might.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Thanks for the reply! It does seem like ThunderPunch might be worth it since in the video without it is at least sometimes a 3HKO and not a 2HKO, but I dunno if it messes up stuff elsewhere with money. Thanks for the Poliwrath calcs!
People underestimate how much time inventory management takes. Picking up the TM and teaching the move takes longer than an extra attack in battle, so it’s really only worth it if it’s useful in multiple battles or prevents a reset
Yeah, teaching TMs in very costly in terms of time. It needs to save a lot of time or add significant consistency.
for morty you could put quick claw on instead of pink bow, your not hitting normal moves anywhere in that gym
100%
Btw I liked the intro, it was more to the point but still an intro (catchphrase "everyone says normal types are broken in gen 2 so lets find an exception" + usual "today we're playing..." + usual stats/moveset talk)
I am a bit confused about all the criticism on it haha
On the other opinion, I love the none intro. I’ve seen literally HUNDREDS of runs between different UA-camrs and I just like getting into it. Not attacking others, but it flowed well for me.
*_Ma boi!_* The first pokemon I attempted to get to Lv 100 in my HG/SS Copy. _Rooting for you Trekkers!_
18:58 Hey I love Seel, but yeah Seel is bad. I just love that little derp look of his.
Oh no you need the intro, the start is super jarring
I don't really agree. I think it's only jarring for people who have watched a dozen plus of these and gotten used to it; it would only take a couple more videos with this style of intro for it to feel normal.
(and the intro is still there, just with the nothingburger early game playing out alongside it, it's efficient )
'oh no 🥴'
I disagree as I like how his vids get straight to the point. More time for data!
I agree. I don't like intros and I always skip them so it would be quality of life unimprovement :(
I had no idea that Sentret was so slow. Lower base speed that Slowbro?!
That's why they set lookouts according to dex
Yes! So glad we're back to running Crystal with weak Pokémon. This is my favorite type of video of yours
Honestly thought he would do a lot worse. I’ve never actually used him in any run but I always thought he was bad.
Also, just wanted to say that I appreciate that you pump out so much content for us to enjoy!
6:45 - you have this move call Quick Attack. It enables you to go first 😅
Yes! I love this little guy! I've always felt that Sentret's Speed was far too low for what its design and inspiration are: it's a small, furry sentinel that stays alert and is quick to go back to its nest once it spots peril! Why does it only have 20 Base Speed?! Its evolution jumps up to 90, fgs, and it's not that different of a design!!
I would have personally put its Base Speed at 60 or 65, which would have also bumped up its BST to match Rattata's: while Raticate and Furret have very comparable BSTs (413 and 415, respectively, so Furret's is technically slightly higher!), Sentret sits at 215 while Rattata is at 253 (with more optimized stats to boot!).
With + 40 or +45 Speed, Sentret would have gotten to 255 or 260, respectively, which also would have made for a more interesting in-game choice where the Sentret line is still fast, bulkier but weaker while the Rattata line is more all-out damage. As is, there's basically no reason to use Sentret, since it's rarer and far less performant than Rattata, which is sad.
ONE OF MY FAVES BACK THEN! I can't wait to see how it goes 🥰
I love the little goodbye from churro at the end
It's a very good thing that Sentret has so many moves to play around with, with wide type coverage for offense as well as Defense Curl & Amnesia with Rest for defense plays. It makes me excited for how well Furret will perform, even though its stats are a bit mediocre.
5:27 i NEVER thought id see the day where kakuna is a threat lol. sentret really is that weak lol.
Speaking of the Red Gyarados I would love to see your first crystal run with it as the Red meanie 😂
To quote AcetrainerLiam “it’s MY BOY!!” furret is my fave so I’m here for this one lol
I miss the more slow paced intros
As someone who loves Furret and is quite fond of Sentret, I was going nuts every time I saw a loss that could have been avoided with Quick Attack. XD Thankfully that seems to have been mostly avoided in the second run.
Loved this run, thanks Scott! 🎉
Lol why you gotta do my boy Seel dirty like that.
I'm probably the number 1 Seel fan❤
Love the vids. Keep up the great work!
Now we need to see Furret walcc all over Johto and its trainers!
My entire childhood I thought Sentret was some sort of giant worm pokemon. It was only in adulthood I realized the “body” was the tail and the “head” was the body. I never took the time to catch or evolve it to see what it actually was
Blackout training on the Azelea rival seems like a good idea to reduce random chance and give a small leg up for the rest of the run
i think we should have a little more intro! it felt like if spongebob didnt have the title card before the episode if that makes any sense, the scott character graphic sets the whole vibe of the video
Pink bow on chuck first playthrough might've been able to 2 shot poliwrath
Yeah or just two returns + quick attack. All he needed was the 25% chance of dynamic punch missing twice in a row, so I think it was a mistake to backtrack at that point
Yesss more Crystal videos! Brings me back to my childhood playing Silver
Same
Where's the Intro?
He's talked about removing it, miss it though
I like the swing. It’s worth trying out different stuff
I adore the intro
What intro
The intro is there, it's just more concise - especially in terms of graphics. We're talking a lot about this behind the scenes. The reactions here were not what I expected!
I still adore how much of a nugget they made the sprite of Houndour for gen 2
The best thing about sentret is how early it evolves, so I'm sure a playthrough where it can't will be exciting.
I noticed the pool about generic intros and while It is nice to have some kind of intro, I had no problem with this one. Looking foward to seeing how well Furret will do!
4:41 we dont have to wait that long for furret
Also scott: that run will come out sometime this year
Aww man itll end up coming out around halloween or christmas 😂
15:10 lets hope you dont end up... paying the PRYCE.... 😉 (17:13 ope you did end up paying the PRYCE after all 😂)
ALSO: *CHUCK, BROTHER!!!!*
24:42 and 29:40 and 41:59 oooo 69 nice
I come for the Pokemon strategy and analysis, but I stay for the Churro pics! 😹
I really am looking to Furret, its my second favorite pokemon. Beedrill is my first and I look forward to you running it in Crystal!
I skimmed Bulbapedia and it looks like Sentret is among the slowest 'mons in early gens that can learn Quick Attack. So this is a rare instance of the devs taking speed into account (or of a broken clock being right twice a day).
I LOVE Sentret. I shiny hunted one in HGSS, named it FLEX% and taught it the elemental punches/hyper beam.
22:51 these transitions are becoming ridiculously smooth
Oh wow, you weren't bluffing about the third playthrough. I didn't look at my time because I assumed you were bluffing. Dang, Sentret
So much about Johto's leve curve would've been fixed if Pryce and Chuck had their levels raised to Jasmine's level and wild pokémon post-Falkner had their levels raised by at least 5, if not 10 in the endgame.
Feels good to be caught up. Oh, sentret. This is gonna be so rough. So so rough 🤭 I'm still rootin for it, though! Here's hoping it can actually finish the game!
It's good to have you caught up! To be fair, there was a lot of material from December.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon December did get me behind. My dark souls obsession rekindling, and then the decent amount of livestreams that have been happening has really been clogging up the works, lol. That's not a bad thing, of course. Just takes time
I’m still not sure why the Special Attack and Special Defense is listed before the Speed on the enemy Pokémon, but on the Pokémon that you’re using, it’s flipped.
It’s likely so that attack and special attack are in line with each other, same with the defense stats
@@Shadowvanify not sure if that’s a necessary “solution” to a problem that didn’t exist, especially since there’s no parity between it and the opponents Pokémon.
It's something I wanted to do to add visual clarity while playing. It makes parsing attack comparisons faster (same with defense)
I know that everyone hates it... I tried it in the past. But I'm going to stick with it this time. I think it is the superior approach.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon if that’s what you think is superior, then by all means, it’s hard to disagree with your logic. I will say that if everybody does hate it, though… then maybe it’s not the best decision?
At the very least, pair it with the opponents Pokémon, so that their stat order matches the Pokémon being used. It makes for better consistency and makes the change less jarring. Just my personal opinion, though.
I have another option, which is to arrange them like the current Pokemon games. In a hexagram. Hp top, Atk and SpA in a row, and Def and SpD in a row, with Spe at the bottom. I haven't done this yet because it creates a few other graphic design issues and it will require major work to restructure my programs. But that is probably where we will end up in 1-2 years.
Sentret/furret was my first solo run. It's my favorite. Surf does so much for him
Churro is an orange, therefore you must love him.
looking forward to the furret one, furret is my favorite pokemon alongside tropius :^)
You should value Quick Attack a lot more during the early game when playing (weak/slow) Normal types, especially with the Pink Bow.
it’s actually really good for the entire game. stab bonus makes it incredibly useful because of the priority
I'm working on this
I always wanted to use this wen I had played but it was disappointing. But Scott makes any mon pretty much viable. GG
At 13:57 you would have lived the extra curse even without levelling, before Sentret was taking 19 per turn and had 40 HP, after the level it was taking 20 per turn and had 43.
Since it is percentage based on the remaining health I am not sure curse even has a range to kill you after a level up, since your max health always increases by the same amount as your actual health.
Thanks!
After that first run, realy looking farward to furret. And its soon! Sweet.
Pokedoll on the Gyarados is no different than using it to skip the Pokemon tower ghost Marowak, no?
Yeah but we can't recognize that he shouldn't be doing it in Yellow 😅
Oh no, we do recognize I shouldn’t be doing it in Yellow. It’s not worth restarting that series this far in to change it. I was inexperienced when I set those rules, plus gen1 is janky, so the ruleset there is overly complicated and full of exceptions. It isn’t ideal, but it’s what we have. Honestly, quite fitting for gen1.
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That makes sense, thanks for clarifying.
Cant wait for furret, I remember my furret being a HM slave and it's strength still 1 shot red pickachu. Furret better stats should solve a lot of the issues.
Furrett was my mvp in my playthrough of Gold
You would’ve lost a hell of a lot less in the early game if you used Quick Attack. You didn’t need luck, just less button mashing.
Can't wait for Furret to redeem it's child form. Furret is hands down mt fave gen 2 pokemon. Love my cuddly noodle utility knife. So many HMs ❤
Wouldn’t Thunder Punch have more utility with Sentret being weaker? It takes care of the resets against the red Gyrados and gives you the potential to paralyze Chuck, increasing the odds you luck through there while not restricting your moves since you can buy as many as you need.
As always, love your videos Scott. I will say things appeared a little rushed with Sentret’s video but I know you’re on one heck of a time crunch with the delays from the first of the year and then getting a video out this week with the delays to the Mother’s Day video you planned out. I hope you’re doing ok buddy and you have a Happy Mother’s Day! ❤
It doesn't KO the Gyarados. Roughly 65% - 75% damage. I just tested it after reading another comment.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon That’s good to know. I just assumed it would. Even with the lack of a KO, a two hit that would prevent resets from the Gyrados right? Maybe using Magnet for Thunde Punch or Pink Bow with Quick Attack with can be on its moveset for priority if Gyrados will KO with 2 thrashes? It won’t make a large difference but maybe it’s a bit more consistent and doesn’t change that much from your current route. If nothing else, maybe that helps with some of the frustration around Sentret being such a weak first stage. You are the Pokémon master and I enjoy seeing your mind work Scott.
In cases like this where the rival is a wall I would consider doing blackout training rather than reset.
And here I be catching up with the last video! And you know, DROPPPEEED MY BALLLSSSS.
Are people seeing a different video than me? I clearly see Scott talking about the Pokémon for ~2 minutes, going over the usual moves and stats.
I don’t care about the intro, this was probably hard enough to produce without people people hyper critical. Sentrent is maybe the worst regional rodent in the series. Johto is my favorite region but it really got the short end of the stick with Pokémon.
Btw, I think you probably meant that ice punch does 2x damage against Clair’s dragonairs, not 1x, unless you meant return but the wording is weird.
I have never quite got why sentret, a squirrel-sugar glider-rabbit thing, evolves into a furret, a ferret.
Me wondering why Scott’s not using quick attack against the zubat rival fight in azelea
Especially when Bayleef is on red without reflect, missed opportunity to KO
@@Enderblade312 people forget how strong quick attack is on normal types
@@claytonroberts1622 Fair enough, not even trying to sound critical here because it’s something most people would overlook and it honestly wouldn’t have saved significant time for Sentret
I always forget priority moves
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Which is understandable. It doesn’t come up on a regular basis and it’s not something that would have really changed Sentret’s time regardless.
I recently finished a run where I used only Normal types (no dual types) and had a Furret through much of the game. It came in clutch against Lance with Powder Snow against it's last Dragonite! Both of us were at the last hit lol
Now, on its own? I imagine Furret would be a tough play haha
Personally I miss the intro just a bit. That startup definitely helped with figuring out your headspace and opinions on the Mon before we got fully into the mechanics.
Should have tried rest, amnesia, defense curl and rollout!
Sentret is such an underrated fave
I think i basically always used furret when i did a new game. Since it has cut and surf and decent moves. I am pretty sure zigzagoons evolution was better though.
I mean linoon is among the strongest early normal types so not really a fair comparison lol
@@nekogaming5300 i mean for easy hm stuff. Linoon could learn cut, strength, surf, and rocksmash. Bibarell as an early 2 form normal type gets the most I think.
@@chaosryans bibarel might have more coverage in hms but linoone would mollywop a bibarel any day lmao linoone just has more use throughout the games it’s in and stays relevant theoughout the whole game compared to bibarel which gets outclassed fairly early on
I think you have the volatile and non-volatile statuses confused. Curse is volatile, as is confusion.
Volatile means "Ephemeral; fleeting" so it's all the status effects that disappear after the battle ends. Non-volatile status effects are those that stay after the end of the battle.
This is just a mistake - said the wrong thing and didn't catch it during review.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Right, that's what I had assumed. I only commented because you did it several times in a row, so I figured you might have gotten them mixed up. I know it happened to me once. For some reason I got the two of them switched around for months, until a friend pointed out my mistake.
Also, I want to say I *very much* appreciate how much effort you put in making your videos as accurate as possible. That's what made you my favourite pokemon challenge runner.
Thanks for the comment. I'll be extra careful about this in the future.
Not 100% sure this is still the case. But I’m pretty sure that Sentret is the slowest Pokémon that can learn quick attack.
Loved the editing!
Always been my favorite rodent / early route mon.
Furret is my favourite early game Normal type
Is there a move reminder in Gen 2? I feel curse and quick attack might be a good late game strategy
Man you need some return curse rest merch. I'd get that on a hat.
Great idea
I got Pokémon silver the day it came out. Sentret was the first Pokémon I caught
Was playing Pokemon Stadium 2 again with a fresh save file just hours ago. The Sentret in I think Whitneys gym kept getting crits with quick attack ;-; so I'm a little biased against the bugger today. He even ruins speed runs occasionally by refusing to get caught. Just a little bully all around!
Wait, you allow the Pokedoll skip in Yellow, but not in Crystal? Both are using Items In battle against a level 30 Foe that is supposed to be Dangerous.
Correct. I am not consistent between generations. Marowak skip is grand fathered forward for consistency. I would not do it if I started playing generation 1 tomorrow.
So I get that Scoot doesn't allow Pokédolls in gen2, but would teaching ThunderPunch, even if only for the one fight against the Red Gyarados improve consistency, or is money too tight?
Great video Scott!
Before watching I'll say Sentret is likely an example of a pokemon with terrible stats that can be carried to Kanto by its coverage and can be carried through red by curse rest return strat.
I've delayed watching this video thus far. I'm in the hospital supporting my wife with her labor. I do look forward to watching when I can though!
You have your priorities straight!
Hey Scott, I know you have a lot on your plate but thought I'd pitch the idea incase its not too time consuming. Do you think it could be worth it to slightly darken the battle screen to a light gray instead of pure white? Its hard on the eyes.
I don’t think this is a change I will make. I try to leave the visuals within the game unchanged so that others can experience them that way. If i change them then everyone has to experience the game that way. Maybe you can adjust monitor settings to help with battle?