Watching someone else struggle with the battle frontier makes me feel so much better about my long attempts to get the gold medals in the tower and dome after most comp players called these the easiest facilities
For real. I’ve gotten so close to getting the Gold for the Battle Pike and the Silver for the Battle Factory right before some RNG shenanigans destroyed my run. At least we can all struggle together 😂.
You made me buy pokemon emerald and sapphire again. As a dumb 9 year old kid I did not know about natures, ivs, evs and moves that don’t do damage. I wanted to get the gold frontier badges and thanks to your guides I’m going to try now !
As someone who has been running Emerald Battle Frontier essentially since the game was released, bot casually in a theory crafting way but then competitively, I have some constructive criticism to give you. You need to drop Steelix. I get that you like Steelix and this is a challenge run to win with Pokemon you like which aren't necessarily the best, but having all of your Pokemon initially slow is detrimental - but Steelix is not only slow, he's also a one-trick. Sturdy and Mud Slap are both handy, yes, but it's common knowledge at this point that the RNG will just let trainers at the Frontier hit you if it feels like it, despite impossible odds with -6 accuracy and +6 evasion. Steelix is also dead weight because while Steel is arguably the best type in the game, Steelix itself takes heavy damage from Water, Fire, and neutral from Grass which is not good. Tyranitar can carry its own weight and Dusclops is hit or miss, but with Dusclops being a stalling machine and Steelix being a scout which is weak to many of the most common attacking types in the game on top of a somewhat low HP stat and an abysmal special defense, something has to budge. But Dusclops is objectively better than Steelix because of Pressure, Normal and Fighting immunity, as well as having special attack coverage options if/when necessary. Steelix has high defense but not much else. I like it too, but I heavily suggest swapping Steelix for something more on the special attacking side, that way you have a 2:1 ratio of offense instead of 2:1 ratio of stall. This compounds on top of the fact that Dusclops is also dead weight, but it provides more as a dedicated stall rather than Steelix just being used to look at a team. You're essentially playing with 2 Pokemon while everyone else plays with 3. Fire Blast or Hydro Pump can blitz Steelix before it can Roar or Torment which immediately puts you behind. With all that said, Skarmory is an alright replacement, but Magneton could also do well even though you'd have to breed for HP Grass or Fire or something. Both also have Sturdy, and the computer doesn't switch out very often so Magnet Pull wouldn't be necessary. Metagross is the optimal route though which is obvious to anybody who has ever looked at the gen 3 meta, but it's very strong for good reason. A mixed set with Agility, Psychic, Meteor Mash, and maybe Explosion or Brick Break or Shadow Ball, something that Tyranitar doesn't cover, or breed for a Hidden Power. Or a mixed Salamence or an Alakazam or Starmie, something quick with a lot of power behind it. As it stands, your team has absolutely nothing to deal with opposing Pokemon that have high defense except Toxic stalling and hoping you can get enough Dragon Dances under your belt for it to not matter, yet even then a single Intimidate can end your run, or Skarmory can just wall out out completely between Steel typing and Whirlwind or Counter like you mentioned. But also right now all the opponent needs to do is endure and break through Tyranitar and the rest of your team basically falls apart because Rest + Leftovers + Seismic Toss is not going to have enough muscle behind it to make a dent in a lot of things before they can knock down Dusclops' low HP. Most Pokemon have ~300 HP at level 100, usually more even if only by a little, which means that you have to commit to at least 3 Seismic Tosses + Toxic to win that battle, and you're nearly guaranteed to go second with at minimum 2 out of 3 of your options which is also not helpful, and again compiled on top of Dusclops' low base HP stat. Pressure doesn't do much unless the opposing Pokemon in question has already been worn down at least a little bit, but if I recall I think every PP on Frontier Pokemon are maxed out? I might be wrong about that, I'd have to look at my notes again. A fast Salamence or Alakazam or something would do wonders for you considering the above. If you ABSOLUTELY INSIST on using Steelix, please give it Explosion at least. Gen 3 is where Explosion is still good and your current plan is to sack Steelix anyways when times get tough. You know you can live a few physical hits which you could take advantage of. Use Protect to see what you're up against, and then Roar to try your luck and see anything else and to see which of your reserves is going to be more valuable, and then if the situation calls for it, you can keep trying to Roar and see if you can get a glimpse of the last Pokemon, or more likely just blow up. Explosion will heavily dent anything that it touches and you aren't necessarily any worse off failing an Explosion due to getting outsped and 1-shot from Steelix's horrible special defense. I see what you're aiming for with Mud Slap, but I did the math - if you used Explosion, at an Attack IV of 15, 4 Attack EVs, you would have killed that Whiscash. 4 Atk Steelix Explosion vs. 0 HP / 255 Def Whiscash: 280-330 (77.5 - 91.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO (this is the stat line of the Whiscash that beat you with 2 Fissures, Whiscash 3 to be exact, and while not a 1-hit, it would have put Whiscash in a position where Tyranitar could have killed it with Earthquake instead of trying to Dragon Dance) 252+ Atk Tyranitar Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 255 Def Whiscash (at ~25% HP, so assuming the worst possible damage roll): 119-140 (32.9 - 38.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO 4 Atk Steelix Explosion vs every Marowak in the Battle Frontier is a guaranteed OHKO except for Marowak 1, I looked at all of them. I implore you to drop Steelix in favor of something better, but if you don't want to do that (because again, I understand this is a casual run and you want to play with Pokemon that you like, a noble thing), please take Explosion. You are holding yourself back without it. For Dusclops I would also consider Pain Split. It can go either way but Pain Split technically also does damage, and consider having a look into Fire Punch because you have no other ways to really hit any opposing Steel types like you mention toward the end. It's not a great solution but even just a band-aid is better than bleeding out.
man, you reminded me of the joy of playing pokemon the way it was meant to be played. I even have my own notebook where i write the stuff im doing/have to do or things to do in each city...it's so nostalgic to play it that way
13:35 If I remember correctly, 1-hit KO moves are not affected by accuraccy/evasion stat changes. Meaning you cant use stuff like hone claws in later gens to just surehit those moves, but also cant increase your/decrease their evasion/accuraccy stat to affect the hit chance; Hence even with those drops it always should have been a 30% hit chance. Dont know if it is like that in older gens tho.
From gen 3 onward, accuracy and evasion stats do not influence the one-hit ko move's accuracy, so the fissure was still at 30 percent accuracy after all the mud-slaps when it hit tyranitar.
Yes, that's right. When same level as the opponent the accuracy is 30 and every level the user is higher gives an extra accuracy percentage point. And if the user is lower level the move will fail.
@Vepazia OHKO moves bypass evasion and accuracy. They're always 30% accurate assuming both pokemon are the same level. Evasion and accuracy work as intended for other moves.
I'm so hyped for the gen 4 content! I got Soul silver recently so definitely going to play alongside. Also would you ever consider doing a stream of a battle tower attempt? That would be pretty cool. Although I get that it might get quite stressful, especially if you get people commenting on what move to use etc. The other kind of life updates like you getting the venus fly trap and the cat clips were cool too. I'm in the process of buying my first house and getting a cat is one of the first things I want to do afterwards.
Perfect time to start a new file too! And yea I have been wanting to stream. It just hard timing everything. I dont want to plan a stream then cancel, it feels wrong. Life gets in the way! Hope you are able to get a house! The market is pretty tough. I have been looking too but man its expensive
9:54 I absolutely love your teambuilding. BrightPowder carrying Steelix weilding Torment, Protect, and Mudslap in a sandstorm. Are you kidding me! 😂 Whiscash is nuts though. Whiscash can carry Blizzard and Ice Beam too and thats usually what does my teams in 🤦♂️
Congrats on the shiny Cyndaquil! I got it a few weeks back myself in roughly the same amount of SR's as you, really hyped to start gen 4 after I get burned out on emerald. Keep the content coming brother, really good stuff!
That Dusclops is a beast. I love watching your videos man! Definitely cheering for that Dusclops! It has made me reconsider how I play the game, really.
By using slow mons, you give the ai more chances of hitting you with bs. Moves like drill run and such might be inaccurate, but they only need to hit you once or twice to reset your streak. In my experience, using fast pokemon is better. Even then, I remember losing to quick claw + fissure several times. Try using Swampert, Latios, and Metagross if you want an easier time.
Congrats on the shiny, that's awesome It's cool to find this channel, I've recently been thinking about playing gen 4 games lately too, I have a HeartGold save and a Platinum save I sort of dropped but can pick up again. I just play them alone and don't really have people to talk with about it so I appreciate your kind of content, it's like having that and hanging out. Been thinking lately about trading a Growlithe and maybe some others to Platinum from HG(Sinnoh pls with the no fire), and a few from Sinnoh to my HG save. Your cat is adorable and that's probably one of the coolest house plants ever
I like your videos! I still have to finish watching the hour long video on breeding, but I'm learning a lot. And it's good to see that in the era of AI, one can still write things down with a pen! That notepad looks great!
I love the idea of two defensive tanks and one sweeper! With pressure, I bet you could fully stall out the relevant pp of their lead mon, and then set up 6 dragon dances and sweep. I’m not sure if you’ve PP maxed out the dusclops, but I expect you’ll find tons of success if you commit to hard stalling then setting up a sweep once they struggle
The battle frontier can be nonsensical at times, but I still love it. I wish Gamefreak would’ve been able to innovate on it instead of just removing it.
Hey man great cozy videos! Dont give up on the frontier its hard to use your favorites the whole run. Its a big grind but theres nothing like the Emerald frontier
nice video man and cool update! regarding wiscash: accuracy lowering has actually no effect on KO-Moves also just recently found that out, so always 30% no matter double team or whatever...
Have you consider pain split on dusclops? Maybe you will enjoy it more with sandstream synergy. You said you wanted to preserve rest tho and it's a misdreavus egg move as well.
I'd be very interested to watch a Gen 4 breeding guide. Currently trying to get a jolly toxicroak with fake out but I'm stuck on how to get better IVs. I want the frog + empoleon for the Battle Tower
Awesome update. I could tell from the thumbnail that you encountered something dumb in the frontier. Whiscash is such a mediocre Pokémon in this generation because of no dragon dance that fissure is the only thing it has over swampert. Recommendations I would make if you do try to switch out a Pokémon would be either ludicolo or starmie. I raised a starmie for my team and it has solod so many battles for me. But I know you wanna use your favorites so I hope you can beat it with the guys you have now. Good luck! EDIT: i wanted to mention one thing about mud slap and moves like fissure. in gen 3, ohko moves ignore evasiveness. this means that no matter what they are always 30 percent accurate.
Perhaps replacing Steelix with Skarmory? Gives you a ground immunity + neutral to water and you can spikes/roar essentially filling the same role as Steelix.
dunno if you tried calm ludicolo with toxic leech seed ice beam and a fourth move of your choice.nice video, and one hit ko moves bypass normal accuracy checks, they take into account your level and other stuff cant remember right now just check bulbapedia fissure in gen 3 onwards
Try this set for Dusclops. Calm @ Chesto Berry/Leftovers 252 HP, 252 Sp.D, 4 Def Will-o-Wisp, Toxic, Night Shade, Rest/Pain Split Your dusclops is way too frail rn and gets completely walled by other ghost types with Seismic Toss.
I've been playing bits of firered when I can and am using mons I don't normally use on a playthrough (besides the starter). I know gyarados is good in general but I got my hopes up for arbok. Training for cerulean gym at the moment. I've played this story a bunch of times. My high school game got lost in a move but that story was blastoise, nidoking, beedrill, pidgeot, vileplume, and I forget the last. (I think it was arcanine but I can't remember)
good old Whiscash-3 & Whiscash-4. i really need to continue my Frontier grind soon. last year i lost the Gold fight against Noland and still need revenge.
For the battle frontier team, while this is certainly easier said than done what if you tried swapping out Steelix for another defensive pokemon? Perhaps something with a grass move or hidden power grass that can one shot them. Know hidden power grass is easier said than done to get but could be worth considering. Could see something like Cloyster, Suicune, Slowbro, or possibly even a Swampert of your own being able to fill that role even if they don't quite have the immense defense stat like Steelix does.
The best way to get good statistics is with RNG, and you don't have to manipulate the game, so I managed to get the ones that I liked the most to be able to pass the battle front on the day, it's the same thing you do but you have to press the buttons on a given moment
@nostalgicnighthawk yeah. So if mons with OKs come in, it's probably best to rely on sturdy being that you have it on your team rather than crossing your fingers.
Calling the Quagsire, Quagmire XD Ur best bet for having an easier time against the battle tower would be ur type coverage and switching the steelix out. I know u don’t want to so my suggestion would be to change steelix to have toxic instead of dusclops and give dusclops will-o-wisp. It works extremely well against scary physical types since burn cuts their ATK in half so it makes tanking on dusclops so much easier. I personally have it on mine and have my milotic toxic with recover to stall out the bulky water types.
@@nostalgicnighthawk u can attempt to take off roar as it kinda counteracts the torment and the point of setting up accuracy drops with mud slap that way u can still stall with protect and rest. And this would help where u get matched up against scary threats that cant be poisoned like metagross since dusclops would have will-o-wisp and u would be able to tank more due to the ATK being cut in half.
Watching someone else struggle with the battle frontier makes me feel so much better about my long attempts to get the gold medals in the tower and dome after most comp players called these the easiest facilities
For real. I’ve gotten so close to getting the Gold for the Battle Pike and the Silver for the Battle Factory right before some RNG shenanigans destroyed my run. At least we can all struggle together 😂.
You made me buy pokemon emerald and sapphire again. As a dumb 9 year old kid I did not know about natures, ivs, evs and moves that don’t do damage. I wanted to get the gold frontier badges and thanks to your guides I’m going to try now !
As someone who has been running Emerald Battle Frontier essentially since the game was released, bot casually in a theory crafting way but then competitively, I have some constructive criticism to give you.
You need to drop Steelix. I get that you like Steelix and this is a challenge run to win with Pokemon you like which aren't necessarily the best, but having all of your Pokemon initially slow is detrimental - but Steelix is not only slow, he's also a one-trick. Sturdy and Mud Slap are both handy, yes, but it's common knowledge at this point that the RNG will just let trainers at the Frontier hit you if it feels like it, despite impossible odds with -6 accuracy and +6 evasion. Steelix is also dead weight because while Steel is arguably the best type in the game, Steelix itself takes heavy damage from Water, Fire, and neutral from Grass which is not good. Tyranitar can carry its own weight and Dusclops is hit or miss, but with Dusclops being a stalling machine and Steelix being a scout which is weak to many of the most common attacking types in the game on top of a somewhat low HP stat and an abysmal special defense, something has to budge. But Dusclops is objectively better than Steelix because of Pressure, Normal and Fighting immunity, as well as having special attack coverage options if/when necessary. Steelix has high defense but not much else. I like it too, but I heavily suggest swapping Steelix for something more on the special attacking side, that way you have a 2:1 ratio of offense instead of 2:1 ratio of stall. This compounds on top of the fact that Dusclops is also dead weight, but it provides more as a dedicated stall rather than Steelix just being used to look at a team. You're essentially playing with 2 Pokemon while everyone else plays with 3. Fire Blast or Hydro Pump can blitz Steelix before it can Roar or Torment which immediately puts you behind.
With all that said, Skarmory is an alright replacement, but Magneton could also do well even though you'd have to breed for HP Grass or Fire or something. Both also have Sturdy, and the computer doesn't switch out very often so Magnet Pull wouldn't be necessary. Metagross is the optimal route though which is obvious to anybody who has ever looked at the gen 3 meta, but it's very strong for good reason. A mixed set with Agility, Psychic, Meteor Mash, and maybe Explosion or Brick Break or Shadow Ball, something that Tyranitar doesn't cover, or breed for a Hidden Power. Or a mixed Salamence or an Alakazam or Starmie, something quick with a lot of power behind it. As it stands, your team has absolutely nothing to deal with opposing Pokemon that have high defense except Toxic stalling and hoping you can get enough Dragon Dances under your belt for it to not matter, yet even then a single Intimidate can end your run, or Skarmory can just wall out out completely between Steel typing and Whirlwind or Counter like you mentioned. But also right now all the opponent needs to do is endure and break through Tyranitar and the rest of your team basically falls apart because Rest + Leftovers + Seismic Toss is not going to have enough muscle behind it to make a dent in a lot of things before they can knock down Dusclops' low HP. Most Pokemon have ~300 HP at level 100, usually more even if only by a little, which means that you have to commit to at least 3 Seismic Tosses + Toxic to win that battle, and you're nearly guaranteed to go second with at minimum 2 out of 3 of your options which is also not helpful, and again compiled on top of Dusclops' low base HP stat. Pressure doesn't do much unless the opposing Pokemon in question has already been worn down at least a little bit, but if I recall I think every PP on Frontier Pokemon are maxed out? I might be wrong about that, I'd have to look at my notes again. A fast Salamence or Alakazam or something would do wonders for you considering the above.
If you ABSOLUTELY INSIST on using Steelix, please give it Explosion at least. Gen 3 is where Explosion is still good and your current plan is to sack Steelix anyways when times get tough. You know you can live a few physical hits which you could take advantage of. Use Protect to see what you're up against, and then Roar to try your luck and see anything else and to see which of your reserves is going to be more valuable, and then if the situation calls for it, you can keep trying to Roar and see if you can get a glimpse of the last Pokemon, or more likely just blow up. Explosion will heavily dent anything that it touches and you aren't necessarily any worse off failing an Explosion due to getting outsped and 1-shot from Steelix's horrible special defense. I see what you're aiming for with Mud Slap, but I did the math - if you used Explosion, at an Attack IV of 15, 4 Attack EVs, you would have killed that Whiscash.
4 Atk Steelix Explosion vs. 0 HP / 255 Def Whiscash: 280-330 (77.5 - 91.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
(this is the stat line of the Whiscash that beat you with 2 Fissures, Whiscash 3 to be exact, and while not a 1-hit, it would have put Whiscash in a position where Tyranitar could have killed it with Earthquake instead of trying to Dragon Dance)
252+ Atk Tyranitar Earthquake vs. 0 HP / 255 Def Whiscash (at ~25% HP, so assuming the worst possible damage roll): 119-140 (32.9 - 38.7%) -- guaranteed OHKO
4 Atk Steelix Explosion vs every Marowak in the Battle Frontier is a guaranteed OHKO except for Marowak 1, I looked at all of them.
I implore you to drop Steelix in favor of something better, but if you don't want to do that (because again, I understand this is a casual run and you want to play with Pokemon that you like, a noble thing), please take Explosion. You are holding yourself back without it. For Dusclops I would also consider Pain Split. It can go either way but Pain Split technically also does damage, and consider having a look into Fire Punch because you have no other ways to really hit any opposing Steel types like you mention toward the end. It's not a great solution but even just a band-aid is better than bleeding out.
I agree with this. Having better options can arguably be more fun. Explosion is fun and great.
man, you reminded me of the joy of playing pokemon the way it was meant to be played. I even have my own notebook where i write the stuff im doing/have to do or things to do in each city...it's so nostalgic to play it that way
Great video bro…you’re lowkey a mindfulness channel…calm vibes
The content is pokemon but the root of the channel involves meditation in a sense!
13:35 If I remember correctly, 1-hit KO moves are not affected by accuraccy/evasion stat changes. Meaning you cant use stuff like hone claws in later gens to just surehit those moves, but also cant increase your/decrease their evasion/accuraccy stat to affect the hit chance; Hence even with those drops it always should have been a 30% hit chance. Dont know if it is like that in older gens tho.
marowaks in Emerald battle tower hold the thick club which doubles marowaks attack stat making it hit pretty hard
From gen 3 onward, accuracy and evasion stats do not influence the one-hit ko move's accuracy, so the fissure was still at 30 percent accuracy after all the mud-slaps when it hit tyranitar.
Level difference is the only thing that effects it right? Which obviously doesnt matter at the Battle Frontier.
Yes, that's right. When same level as the opponent the accuracy is 30 and every level the user is higher gives an extra accuracy percentage point. And if the user is lower level the move will fail.
@@Vepazia Just for ohko moves
@Vepazia OHKO moves bypass evasion and accuracy. They're always 30% accurate assuming both pokemon are the same level. Evasion and accuracy work as intended for other moves.
keep learning something new everyday about this game!
I'm so hyped for the gen 4 content! I got Soul silver recently so definitely going to play alongside. Also would you ever consider doing a stream of a battle tower attempt? That would be pretty cool. Although I get that it might get quite stressful, especially if you get people commenting on what move to use etc.
The other kind of life updates like you getting the venus fly trap and the cat clips were cool too. I'm in the process of buying my first house and getting a cat is one of the first things I want to do afterwards.
Perfect time to start a new file too! And yea I have been wanting to stream. It just hard timing everything. I dont want to plan a stream then cancel, it feels wrong. Life gets in the way!
Hope you are able to get a house! The market is pretty tough. I have been looking too but man its expensive
@@nostalgicnighthawkmakes sense! Also thank you and good luck to you too 😁
9:54 I absolutely love your teambuilding. BrightPowder carrying Steelix weilding Torment, Protect, and Mudslap in a sandstorm. Are you kidding me! 😂
Whiscash is nuts though. Whiscash can carry Blizzard and Ice Beam too and thats usually what does my teams in 🤦♂️
yea we got some spicy tactics LMAO. Whiscash needs to chill that poke is too derpy looking to be that powerful!
Congrats on the shiny Cyndaquil! I got it a few weeks back myself in roughly the same amount of SR's as you, really hyped to start gen 4 after I get burned out on emerald. Keep the content coming brother, really good stuff!
That Dusclops is a beast. I love watching your videos man! Definitely cheering for that Dusclops! It has made me reconsider how I play the game, really.
By using slow mons, you give the ai more chances of hitting you with bs. Moves like drill run and such might be inaccurate, but they only need to hit you once or twice to reset your streak. In my experience, using fast pokemon is better. Even then, I remember losing to quick claw + fissure several times. Try using Swampert, Latios, and Metagross if you want an easier time.
Choice banded Salamence Curselax and Suicune is prob the best but you'll need Colosseum for Cune
That's a really nice Cynda, Rash and Alert to Sounds implies it'll have pretty decent stats too.
Congrats on the shiny, that's awesome
It's cool to find this channel, I've recently been thinking about playing gen 4 games lately too, I have a HeartGold save and a Platinum save I sort of dropped but can pick up again. I just play them alone and don't really have people to talk with about it so I appreciate your kind of content, it's like having that and hanging out.
Been thinking lately about trading a Growlithe and maybe some others to Platinum from HG(Sinnoh pls with the no fire), and a few from Sinnoh to my HG save.
Your cat is adorable and that's probably one of the coolest house plants ever
I like your videos! I still have to finish watching the hour long video on breeding, but I'm learning a lot. And it's good to see that in the era of AI, one can still write things down with a pen! That notepad looks great!
Congrats on the new shiny!!
Just built a Snorlax for Battle Frontier, choice banded max attack and defense.
I love the idea of two defensive tanks and one sweeper! With pressure, I bet you could fully stall out the relevant pp of their lead mon, and then set up 6 dragon dances and sweep. I’m not sure if you’ve PP maxed out the dusclops, but I expect you’ll find tons of success if you commit to hard stalling then setting up a sweep once they struggle
The battle frontier can be nonsensical at times, but I still love it. I wish Gamefreak would’ve been able to innovate on it instead of just removing it.
Try running Will-O-Wisp on Dusclops for Scizor, Skarmory, and other Steel types/ physical attackers.
Hey man great cozy videos! Dont give up on the frontier its hard to use your favorites the whole run. Its a big grind but theres nothing like the Emerald frontier
nice video man and cool update!
regarding wiscash: accuracy lowering has actually no effect on KO-Moves also just recently found that out, so always 30% no matter double team or whatever...
been hit by KO moves as well that's ended my streak a few times now both been on shearcold walrein
Morwak has thick club it doubles its attack i want point that out
Damn that scyther line got me lol subscribed 😂👍🏼
Have you consider pain split on dusclops? Maybe you will enjoy it more with sandstream synergy. You said you wanted to preserve rest tho and it's a misdreavus egg move as well.
I'd be very interested to watch a Gen 4 breeding guide. Currently trying to get a jolly toxicroak with fake out but I'm stuck on how to get better IVs. I want the frog + empoleon for the Battle Tower
going to be a bit before i get to that point but yes a guide like that is in the future!
Awesome update. I could tell from the thumbnail that you encountered something dumb in the frontier. Whiscash is such a mediocre Pokémon in this generation because of no dragon dance that fissure is the only thing it has over swampert. Recommendations I would make if you do try to switch out a Pokémon would be either ludicolo or starmie. I raised a starmie for my team and it has solod so many battles for me. But I know you wanna use your favorites so I hope you can beat it with the guys you have now. Good luck!
EDIT: i wanted to mention one thing about mud slap and moves like fissure. in gen 3, ohko moves ignore evasiveness. this means that no matter what they are always 30 percent accurate.
so nice to see you are following this awesome trainers videos!
@@carameljo of course! hes the guy who inspired me
I wanna make a starmie but don’t know what EV spread. Maybe HP bulk and recover or full out full speed/sp atk sweeper. Which one is yours?
@@scarredk0 mine is max speed and special with modest nature.
Hello! Love watching your content. What is the little stand you use for your analogue pocket? Thank you.
Perhaps replacing Steelix with Skarmory? Gives you a ground immunity + neutral to water and you can spikes/roar essentially filling the same role as Steelix.
BUT STEELIX is too cool. One of my favorite pokemon
Off topic, but do you have any info to share on your keyboard? Looks sick :) Great vid ofc!
Shiny Cyndaquil, nice! I've always wanted one in Crystal. The shinies hit differently in G/S/C 👌
Those water/ground types are dangerous.
dunno if you tried calm ludicolo with toxic leech seed ice beam and a fourth move of your choice.nice video, and one hit ko moves bypass normal accuracy checks, they take into account your level and other stuff cant remember right now just check bulbapedia fissure in gen 3 onwards
Loling at you calling quagsire quagmire 😂
Try this set for Dusclops.
Calm @ Chesto Berry/Leftovers
252 HP, 252 Sp.D, 4 Def
Will-o-Wisp, Toxic,
Night Shade, Rest/Pain Split
Your dusclops is way too frail rn and gets completely walled by other ghost types with Seismic Toss.
I've been playing bits of firered when I can and am using mons I don't normally use on a playthrough (besides the starter). I know gyarados is good in general but I got my hopes up for arbok. Training for cerulean gym at the moment.
I've played this story a bunch of times. My high school game got lost in a move but that story was blastoise, nidoking, beedrill, pidgeot, vileplume, and I forget the last. (I think it was arcanine but I can't remember)
good old Whiscash-3 & Whiscash-4. i really need to continue my Frontier grind soon. last year i lost the Gold fight against Noland and still need revenge.
Vaporeon with wish and baton pass substitute is a good waterproof teammate
marowak has thick club item which DOUBLES the attack it has. Makes its moves do sooo much damage basically makes its attack 500+ super strong
For the battle frontier team, while this is certainly easier said than done what if you tried swapping out Steelix for another defensive pokemon? Perhaps something with a grass move or hidden power grass that can one shot them. Know hidden power grass is easier said than done to get but could be worth considering. Could see something like Cloyster, Suicune, Slowbro, or possibly even a Swampert of your own being able to fill that role even if they don't quite have the immense defense stat like Steelix does.
Agree completely he needs a counter to bulky waters tbh. Milotic and pert sets will end his runs no problem
The best way to get good statistics is with RNG, and you don't have to manipulate the game, so I managed to get the ones that I liked the most to be able to pass the battle front on the day, it's the same thing you do but you have to press the buttons on a given moment
Your dusclops could benefit from pain split? Also Gliscor with toxic heal could work well too
only gligar exist in gen 3 with sand veil
PLEASE make a video of training for gen 4. I’m clueless when it comes to ev/iv training and I would enjoy a beginners guide.
wont be for a little while but that is a video i will eventually do!
One hit KO moves accuracy will always be 1/3 it doesn't matter if you change the accuracy
wait is it really like that?? Just looekd it up...learn something new about this game everyday!
@nostalgicnighthawk yeah. So if mons with OKs come in, it's probably best to rely on sturdy being that you have it on your team rather than crossing your fingers.
Calling the Quagsire, Quagmire XD
Ur best bet for having an easier time against the battle tower would be ur type coverage and switching the steelix out. I know u don’t want to so my suggestion would be to change steelix to have toxic instead of dusclops and give dusclops will-o-wisp. It works extremely well against scary physical types since burn cuts their ATK in half so it makes tanking on dusclops so much easier. I personally have it on mine and have my milotic toxic with recover to stall out the bulky water types.
its basically the same name haha. Your recommendation is to add toxic on steelix but what would i remove?
@@nostalgicnighthawk u can attempt to take off roar as it kinda counteracts the torment and the point of setting up accuracy drops with mud slap that way u can still stall with protect and rest. And this would help where u get matched up against scary threats that cant be poisoned like metagross since dusclops would have will-o-wisp and u would be able to tank more due to the ATK being cut in half.
Marowak has Thick Club which means it has an attack stat of 568 easily KO anything weak to its attack.
:O that attack stat is absurd
Can't enjoy a pokemon adventure if I'm in the battle frontier🤣🤣
Skarmory would wall Marowak and the OHKO pokemon. Btw Dewgong has horn drill and sheer cold
Cool Video
random question - have you tried or played any rom hacks before
Why dont you turn off the animation?
Get a metagross in there instead of the steelix
Your team isn't all that well balanced you are better off with three sweepers than having a single dusclops
buy a gba sp or else, if you're playing a retro game i wanna see a retro console 😡
Quality is better on analogue pocket lol would you like him to play on the og gameboy with no light?
@xavierramirez6194 there better be the occasional streetlight that gives it one second of image every few seconds 😂
@@xavierramirez6194 gameboy sp mfer, SP
@@Mr-Eleven fr 😭😂
@@plutoniumfriedrice better be modded with 4k
Are you Silent Sounds?