It has always annoyed me that psyduck is not a psychic type, and yet has early access to a psychic move, but does not have access to a water type move as a water type until lv 50 😂
Psychic is really the only GOOD Psychic type attack good for the entire game too bad even in Gen 1 Psyduck never actually LEARNS it as a lv up move and in Crystal theirs no TM for it.
That I'm not sure since Psychic as a TM FOR FREE doesn't exist so the CASINO Token COST is like 3500 in a Pokemon game where playing ANY OF its Casino mini games is NOT worth it. Besides Golduck in Gen 2 can't even USE the TM for Psychic it ONLY gets it RANDOMLY via hatching it out of a EGG and confusion and its ONLY psychic type of attack by games end SUCKS unless its Kadabra/Alakazam that's still using it.
Great to see HM friends doing runs! I dont know about favourite but I really liked Aipom since I could never imagine him doing so well. This run might be a new favourite since I havent seen anyone else doing Golduck yet.
So for that falkner battle the two fights were identical besides the critical hit on the pidgey. The only thing I can think of is that there’s some ai quirk that gives falkner a chance of using mud slap as a control move rather than a damage move. There was probably a chance that he’d use either tackle for damage or mud slap for control there.
Water types in Gen 2 had a really easy time: Surf before the 4th gym, ice punch potentially, return/headbutt, no electric/grass gym leader in Johto, & the biggest challenge is often the rival's starter
Well, Golduck is actually an underrated pokemon for playthroughs. I always get a Psyduck as my main water type way back ♥️ I'm glad that he's getting all the love ✌️
@ZrInfinity literally was disappointed finding out that her psyduck didnt evolve thats how bad ass I remembered golduck was as a kid because of that episode
You know random idea that might be cool (though time consuming) a separate time list for the pokemon who clear the league fastest and then the current one where red is the finishline
I wonder if dynamic punch would been a viable move against the snorlax. That one Pokémon is always a killer in crystal as any other Pokémon can be taken down by special moves 🤣
AAAA I've been waiting so long for this run! I loooove Psyduck. Anyway, the reason Falkner's AI chose Mud Slap is because you disabled his highest-damaging move, Gust. The part of the AI that checks which move does the most damage is a bit buggy and doesn't check if the move is actually usable, resulting in all of his (usable) moves having the same priority. As a result, he'll pick a random move.
Golduck is fantastic. I wish they gave him more love and attention....i dont want a mega form..i wanna see it evolved into Espinard.( Esp..Extra sensory projection mixed with Canard...French forduck)
I doubt this will mean anything given how you probably select Pokemon, but... You should definitely do Starmie next. If Golduck does this well, Starmie should absolutely plow through the game with it's insane coverage of Surf, Ice Beam, TBolt, Psychic, and Hidden Power (maybe Grass or Dark?)
Starmie has been recorded and is in the editing queue! It was due out in Golduck's slot, but I needed to swap them around to have a HM Friend for the anniversary, as Parasect's run was a little trickier than anticipated.
I discovered your channel last week and absolutely LOVE your challenges! I binged through all of them in a couple of days. Your pacing is perfect and your commentary makes it just so enjoyable to watch. Crystal is indeed the best game to do those challenges in and I'm looking forward to many more in the future!
Falkners ai (maybe all of gen 2) doesn't always do what does the most damage. Its slightly random, from what I've seen. Some things have priority, but they are not guaranteed, unlock gen 1 "good ai"
I watched a kaizo ironmon win where golduck was the true final boss. Sketch imprison golduck. Sketched Needle arm from a swampert and imprisoned it so swampert couldn't use it. I've never seen a more terrifying golduck
Another great video, i can not wait until you get to Lanturn, that electric/water typing would do great against Falkner and Bugsy's Scyther. not sure about Whitney but up until then i know you will be good though might struggle in Sprout Tower.
@squidgy so what happened in part with the flying gym is simple, disable wore off and during the tail whips, but on round two it didn't so he was stuck spamming mud slap
My farvorit is kingler i am soft person for that crab 😂 but I personally think that was your best video not that the others are bad they are perfect to but kingler have my hard😂
It's a tough call which one is my fav, I haven't yet watched every run, but I'm a fan of dichotomy and my favs are your Porygon2 and Shuckle runs. I started watching your channel after Kangaskhan was already at the top of the leader board, so it was exciting to watch a pokemon do it even faster. And Shuckle was just interesting and fun. Did his best, gave Magcargo some company, it was a good one! My very first Crystal solo run was Golduck, and while I was super slow, it was still so so fun to try! I also struggled with the Whitney fight and had to grind some levels. I finished the run at level 68 with Surf, Protect, Ice Punch, and Dynamic Punch (which was a lucky two hits in a row against Snorlax and Blastoise!) and holding Leftovers. I use the same Universal Pokemon Randomizer, but I haven't figured out how to change the IVs to get the right hidden power typings. How are you able to start with the right IVs for the right HP type?
I use a program called GameHook to set my DVs! There's a wee link in the description for the video if you wanna check it out, but you will need to use the RetroArch emulator; if you don't wanna do that, a third party piece of software like PKHeX can set your DVs instead!
I don't know if it would be more or less work, and I have ZERO clue if it would be better for the algorithm or not, but why not bundle those redo runs together. Depending on how short they are you could put two or three for a video. Again, I don't know how hard that would make it so feel free to totally ignore that suggestion if its dumb. I know nothing about how video making works. :D
For some of the less interesting redos, that's definitely an idea I'll consider, but it does involve putting multiple Pokémon on a thumbnail, and I'm terrible at that!
Before watching the vid I bet golduck will do really well (unless it has an awful starting moveset), after all it has solid stats all around and a good movepool. It may be mediocre, but the useful kind of mediocre
After watching the vid: Not having access to something like water gun early on is a shame. Beyond that golduck destroyed everything, even red excluding snorlax. Maybe dynamic punch instead of psych up would've helped?
I loved the Sunflora run, it's the one that got me to the channel - It's (one of) my favourite pokemon and I've never ever seen anyone else use it for anything. )
Does special defense not get a badge boost? I read a guide on the badge boosts that says you get both special stats from the Mahogany gym, but I noticed special defense never rises with the other stats on the right in your video.
Hey! Sp.Def's badge boost is glitched in Generation 2 - it only activates between a very specific set of parameters, which you don't normally attain in a run like this.
After a year it baffles me how your channel has still not blown up yet despite consistent uploads, fantastic commentary and great inside jokes (seriously, the Jasmine/Secretpotion joke never gets old). Hope it doesn't disourage you from making more content - at least you seem to have a pretty loyal subscriber base
Sneasel is my favorite Pokémon. So the sneasel run is my favorite. But any run you can evolve and not have to trade, I always think that’s cool. Not having to trade to evolve. Reminds me of the red/blue/yellow glitch you can evolve Pokémon with Pokémon that have the same hex number as a stone
My favourite run is Rhydon. It's my favourite pokemon and I feel like you having a horrible time is my fault so I need to give you positive feelings about it.
I was playing scarlet yesterday and I was looking for a ralts and then I looked left and there was a shiny Psyduck right there and I audibly gasped and now You've uploaded a Golduck run what are the odds
It's going to sound silly, but I love the magcargo run, I knew it was going to be slow, but I needed to see someone being slower after him. Also sunflora my son (sonflora?) Because I love him
Congrats on all the progress this year, especially considering the roadblocks you faced! You've blown up and it has been amazing to see all the work you've put in!
our hm friend is on an beautiful run ty so much keep up the wonderful videos we are always here for it and you having fun hmmm nocowl just because it brings me back to being 11 playing crystal for the first time looking forward to a slowking video someday
my favorite run was kecleon! it was really interesting to see how its ability affected its strategy and performance- gimmicky pokémon in general, like smeargle, are always the most interesting to me!
Id love to see the leader board if every reset was given a 1 minute time penalty. I suspect it may shake it up quite a bit, it would certainly be interesting to compare both boards side by side
Golduck such a underrated Pokémon first couple of gens it was good once it was able to learn better move sets it was a lot better than most water types but never got the love I remember using it on my first Pokémon emerald play through and it was my pvp
It has always annoyed me that psyduck is not a psychic type, and yet has early access to a psychic move, but does not have access to a water type move as a water type until lv 50 😂
Psychic is really the only GOOD Psychic type attack good for the entire game too bad even in Gen 1 Psyduck never actually LEARNS it as a lv up move and in Crystal theirs no TM for it.
@@veghesther3204wait doesn't mister psychic in safron still have it
Looking at psyducks move set I'm just simply offended
Not to mention it's called PSYduck
That I'm not sure since Psychic as a TM FOR FREE doesn't exist so the CASINO Token COST is like 3500 in a Pokemon game where playing ANY OF its Casino mini games is NOT worth it.
Besides Golduck in Gen 2 can't even USE the TM for Psychic it ONLY gets it RANDOMLY via hatching it out of a EGG and confusion and its ONLY psychic type of attack by games end SUCKS unless its Kadabra/Alakazam that's still using it.
Great to see HM friends doing runs! I dont know about favourite but I really liked Aipom since I could never imagine him doing so well. This run might be a new favourite since I havent seen anyone else doing Golduck yet.
So for that falkner battle the two fights were identical besides the critical hit on the pidgey. The only thing I can think of is that there’s some ai quirk that gives falkner a chance of using mud slap as a control move rather than a damage move. There was probably a chance that he’d use either tackle for damage or mud slap for control there.
Surf / ice Punch / psychic / cross chop Psyduck what i run in crystal its a beast
Water types in Gen 2 had a really easy time: Surf before the 4th gym, ice punch potentially, return/headbutt, no electric/grass gym leader in Johto, & the biggest challenge is often the rival's starter
Well, Golduck is actually an underrated pokemon for playthroughs. I always get a Psyduck as my main water type way back ♥️ I'm glad that he's getting all the love ✌️
I think Golduck was the "coolest" of the gen 1 mons
Always thought it was a cool water mon...never ran it in Gen 2 mite need to change that!
Especially after seeing Golduck in the anime when Misty thought her Psyduck evolved.
@ZrInfinity literally was disappointed finding out that her psyduck didnt evolve thats how bad ass I remembered golduck was as a kid because of that episode
Love you squidge. Please do politoed ❤️
You know random idea that might be cool (though time consuming) a separate time list for the pokemon who clear the league fastest and then the current one where red is the finishline
In the spreadsheet that's linked in the description, I've got those ranks displayed in case anyone's interested in them!
The antithesis of the bumhead fire duck! Love the normal head water duck. Congrats on the growth of your channel over the last year my man 💙
I wonder if dynamic punch would been a viable move against the snorlax. That one Pokémon is always a killer in crystal as any other Pokémon can be taken down by special moves 🤣
AAAA I've been waiting so long for this run! I loooove Psyduck.
Anyway, the reason Falkner's AI chose Mud Slap is because you disabled his highest-damaging move, Gust. The part of the AI that checks which move does the most damage is a bit buggy and doesn't check if the move is actually usable, resulting in all of his (usable) moves having the same priority. As a result, he'll pick a random move.
Snowy, you're an absolute genius!
Golduck is fantastic. I wish they gave him more love and attention....i dont want a mega form..i wanna see it evolved into Espinard.( Esp..Extra sensory projection mixed with Canard...French forduck)
Though Quaxly is my least favorite S/V starter, Scamulet Coin is punny.
Still love ya, Squidge.
I doubt this will mean anything given how you probably select Pokemon, but... You should definitely do Starmie next. If Golduck does this well, Starmie should absolutely plow through the game with it's insane coverage of Surf, Ice Beam, TBolt, Psychic, and Hidden Power (maybe Grass or Dark?)
Starmie has been recorded and is in the editing queue! It was due out in Golduck's slot, but I needed to swap them around to have a HM Friend for the anniversary, as Parasect's run was a little trickier than anticipated.
I discovered your channel last week and absolutely LOVE your challenges! I binged through all of them in a couple of days. Your pacing is perfect and your commentary makes it just so enjoyable to watch. Crystal is indeed the best game to do those challenges in and I'm looking forward to many more in the future!
Thank you, bud! That's very, very kind of you to say!
I'm looking forward to making many more challenges!
Falkners ai (maybe all of gen 2) doesn't always do what does the most damage. Its slightly random, from what I've seen. Some things have priority, but they are not guaranteed, unlock gen 1 "good ai"
I watched a kaizo ironmon win where golduck was the true final boss. Sketch imprison golduck. Sketched Needle arm from a swampert and imprisoned it so swampert couldn't use it.
I've never seen a more terrifying golduck
My favorite run was Noctowl :) btw I think dynamic punch at the end for Snorlax could have worked!
Normal type just owns this region 🔥
I join ppl saying it's frustrating to see Golduck not having access to Psychic and not being psychic type 😆
For the algorithm!
Another great video, i can not wait until you get to Lanturn, that electric/water typing would do great against Falkner and Bugsy's Scyther. not sure about Whitney but up until then i know you will be good though might struggle in Sprout Tower.
It doesn’t get an electric move until 25 iirc :(
wow those gen1-2 learnset were rough..no stab until hydropump at 50 O.O at least Surf its in the 4th city but still :)
the way British people pronounce the letter "H" makes life worth living
An psyduck egg run would have psychic and ice beam . that would fix the early game
Always love your videos. This one had some great humor in it. Much appreciate it for depressing night shifts
@squidgy so what happened in part with the flying gym is simple, disable wore off and during the tail whips, but on round two it didn't so he was stuck spamming mud slap
Magmar :) mostly since I think it's the run that could be improved the most
It is cruel, I think, to teach Headbutt to Psyduck, given that it usually already has a miserable headache :(
Despite it being rather mediocre statswise, golduck is still one of my favorites.
Hey Squidgy can we get an Ariados challenge please?
Girafarig I think was the first video I saw from you. Consistency and entertainment every time
Favorite gotta be Dellibird because of the Dutch nickname
My farvorit is kingler i am soft person for that crab 😂 but I personally think that was your best video not that the others are bad they are perfect to but kingler have my hard😂
25:47 PeePee Porpoises
If you can do this I don't want to hear anyone saying I'm giving up by having one on my team
It's a tough call which one is my fav, I haven't yet watched every run, but I'm a fan of dichotomy and my favs are your Porygon2 and Shuckle runs. I started watching your channel after Kangaskhan was already at the top of the leader board, so it was exciting to watch a pokemon do it even faster. And Shuckle was just interesting and fun. Did his best, gave Magcargo some company, it was a good one!
My very first Crystal solo run was Golduck, and while I was super slow, it was still so so fun to try! I also struggled with the Whitney fight and had to grind some levels.
I finished the run at level 68 with Surf, Protect, Ice Punch, and Dynamic Punch (which was a lucky two hits in a row against Snorlax and Blastoise!) and holding Leftovers.
I use the same Universal Pokemon Randomizer, but I haven't figured out how to change the IVs to get the right hidden power typings. How are you able to start with the right IVs for the right HP type?
I use a program called GameHook to set my DVs! There's a wee link in the description for the video if you wanna check it out, but you will need to use the RetroArch emulator; if you don't wanna do that, a third party piece of software like PKHeX can set your DVs instead!
feraligatr was my favorite run, but thats because ever since gen 2 is has been my favorite Mon
Psyduck is one of my favourite mons. Nice to see it do so well.
I am baffled Psyduck does not learn Water gun
I don't know if it would be more or less work, and I have ZERO clue if it would be better for the algorithm or not, but why not bundle those redo runs together. Depending on how short they are you could put two or three for a video. Again, I don't know how hard that would make it so feel free to totally ignore that suggestion if its dumb. I know nothing about how video making works. :D
For some of the less interesting redos, that's definitely an idea I'll consider, but it does involve putting multiple Pokémon on a thumbnail, and I'm terrible at that!
Before watching the vid I bet golduck will do really well (unless it has an awful starting moveset), after all it has solid stats all around and a good movepool. It may be mediocre, but the useful kind of mediocre
After watching the vid:
Not having access to something like water gun early on is a shame. Beyond that golduck destroyed everything, even red excluding snorlax.
Maybe dynamic punch instead of psych up would've helped?
Marcargo was a great run of yours and probably my fav
Yes my favorite water Pokémon from gen 1
I loved the Sunflora run, it's the one that got me to the channel - It's (one of) my favourite pokemon and I've never ever seen anyone else use it for anything. )
I'm still attached to that Sunflora! It was such a fun run to do, and Sunflora was a pleasure to work with!
Does special defense not get a badge boost? I read a guide on the badge boosts that says you get both special stats from the Mahogany gym, but I noticed special defense never rises with the other stats on the right in your video.
Hey! Sp.Def's badge boost is glitched in Generation 2 - it only activates between a very specific set of parameters, which you don't normally attain in a run like this.
After a year it baffles me how your channel has still not blown up yet despite consistent uploads, fantastic commentary and great inside jokes (seriously, the Jasmine/Secretpotion joke never gets old). Hope it doesn't disourage you from making more content - at least you seem to have a pretty loyal subscriber base
I'm always happy if my videos get a single view and make somebody happy!
@@Squidgy That's such a healthy mentality to have. Keep being you!
houndoom was my favorite run
Sneasel is my favorite Pokémon. So the sneasel run is my favorite. But any run you can evolve and not have to trade, I always think that’s cool. Not having to trade to evolve. Reminds me of the red/blue/yellow glitch you can evolve Pokémon with Pokémon that have the same hex number as a stone
also nice Disable usage on Rival2
My favourite run is Rhydon.
It's my favourite pokemon and I feel like you having a horrible time is my fault so I need to give you positive feelings about it.
Oh, it absolutely was your fault, but it was a fun run regardless!
@@Squidgy happy to be a (self proclaimed) friend of the channel.
I have to say your community engagement is second to none, mate.
You deserve all the love man. Keep up!
I was playing scarlet yesterday and I was looking for a ralts and then I looked left and there was a shiny Psyduck right there and I audibly gasped and now You've uploaded a Golduck run what are the odds
Congratulations on the shiny Psyduck! It's a beautiful colour!
This video must've been written in the stars!
@@Squidgy and Golduck did pretty well all things considered, it must've been
It's going to sound silly, but I love the magcargo run, I knew it was going to be slow, but I needed to see someone being slower after him. Also sunflora my son (sonflora?) Because I love him
Congrats on all the progress this year, especially considering the roadblocks you faced! You've blown up and it has been amazing to see all the work you've put in!
our hm friend is on an beautiful run ty so much keep up the wonderful videos we are always here for it and you having fun hmmm nocowl just because it brings me back to being 11 playing crystal for the first time looking forward to a slowking video someday
Congrats on one year! My favorite run is probably Smeargle. It's a very interesting pokemon mechanically, and you made it look downright viable
ROLLERCOAATER OF A YEAR
my favorite run was kecleon! it was really interesting to see how its ability affected its strategy and performance- gimmicky pokémon in general, like smeargle, are always the most interesting to me!
Great video!!
Le quack
Id love to see the leader board if every reset was given a 1 minute time penalty. I suspect it may shake it up quite a bit, it would certainly be interesting to compare both boards side by side
Ducky
My favorite run was probably Aipom, purely because it truly surprised me how good it turned out to be.
A morning with a Squidgy run is a kickass morning. Thank you bro!
Golduck such a underrated Pokémon first couple of gens it was good once it was able to learn better move sets it was a lot better than most water types but never got the love I remember using it on my first Pokémon emerald play through and it was my pvp
mvp= most valuable player
pvp= player vs player
Typo 😂
Keep up the good work