Unfortunately in B2/W2, you can’t get a fossil until Post Game. I know this is good for the UA-cam Algorithm, but just wanted you to know. Hope this helps.
Both Elgyem and Beheeyem's names are based on acronyms, and as such, I always figured they were supposed to be pronounced as the acronym. LGM: Little green men and BEM: bug-eyed monster. Get it? Because they're aliens.
5:34 Actually, common misread, but Assurance (Dark) only does double damage if the TARGET had been hit already that turn, specifically by a partner in Double Battles, not if the USER was hit, that's the effect for Revenge (Fighting) and Avalanche (Ice), which have negative priority to ensure the foe has the chance to attack first, while Assurance is the default neutral priority.
Leaving a comment for the algo because I don't watch B2W2 videos. I've deluded myself into thinking I'll play this gen one day without spoiling the story beforehand. Shuckle is an amazing choice.
Id love to see a run at any Game with only round/chonky boiz. Like Jigglypuff, Marill, Spheal, Venonat and so on Or a Hoenn deep sea run with Gorebyss, Huntail, Relicanth and Lanturn
@2:43 IV calculator at psypokes gives these ranges: everything except speed has a range from 0-19, where for speed the IV range is 10-29. It is higher than 10 as a speed IV of 10 would make the speed stat 5, where yours have 6. So at the very least, a speedy shuckle. Note: the IV ranges are very broad at lower levels.
@@bradlyhaskell9821 If only Shuckle was fast enough to make that work... Given it's almost non-existing attack power and HP, Power Trick would turn Shuckle into a wet single-layer toilet paper Railgun that will pretty much never go first. And a Quick Claw it's not gonna be enough to fix it.
Very good video ! I propose Pokemon = Shuckle Nature = Adamant Ability = Sturdy Item =Silver powder, Wide lens or Leftovers I.V 31 IV in P.V 31 IV in Attack 25 IV in Defense 00 (not important) IV in Spe. Att 25 IV in Spe. Def 31 IV in Speed E.V 96 EV in P.V 200 EV in Attack 00 EV in Defense 00 EV in Spe. Att 00 EV in Spe. Def 112 EV in Speed Total stats 100 in P.V 100 in Attack (includes +10% Attack) 255 in Defense 009 in Spe. Att 255 in Spe. Def 064 in Speed Moves: 1 - Bug Bite 2 - Stone Edge 3 - Earthquake 4 - Return or Shell Smash
Funny enough, I had a Shuckle on a team back in a Johto game. A friend opted to go 1v1 with my team and his. My Shuckle had Sandstorm, Rollout, Toxic and Swagger. It swept.
My suggestion: make a tier list video of the hardest solo runs challenges And then the 6 Pokémon’s ranked the worst you can use in your team (they all should have the same name from the challenges) It would be the greatest crossover in UA-cam!
MDBAMA: In Unova play throughs, why don’t you take on Cynthia or Alder? You take on Red in silver and gold play throughs and Steven in Emerald. I’m gonna keep asking till I get on MDBAMA.
I don't exactly remember about Alder, but Cynthia is only there on Summer (Gen 5 uses not only Day/night cycle but also seasons change) so he would have to change the time on the emulator or PC to do it. So I guess MDB just feels is not worth it. But hey, we can keep requesting it and maybe he'll consider it or at least explicitly address why he doesn't.
The only Pokémon game I ever actually owned was Gold, when I was a kid. I used to love having shuckle in my team, and after I learned there was a real life elite four back then (I don't remember exactly how it worked but I think it had something to do with some official championships) and one of them used a shuckle to I was so thrilled. I think my usual moveset was safeguard / rest / toxic / sandstorm. After setting up I'd just sit back and watch. Sometimes it didn't work but it was really fun
MDBAMA When you do slow runs like Shuckle ones, do you usually try to have a shorter, easier one like version exclusives in the week before or after, so that you can have more time on the slow run?
Elgyem and Beheeyem are references to different types of alien classification, Elgyem meant to be L.G.M. or Little Green Men and Beheeyem being B.E.M. or Bug-Eyed Monster, the best way to pronounce their names is just by saying the abbreviations
@@DefinitelyNotAFerret Semantic ambiguity should be avoided by not using pronouns to refer to someone if someone else the pronouns could feasibly be referring to is named afterward. MDB is usually pretty good at catching that, so I got confused.
I think this is your most by the skin of your teeth run you even did it just short of max level lol good job.... Anyway can you do a heracross only run?
On our way through, I took the Plume Fossil. I knew if I didn’t say what I took, you’d all ask. Actually, now that I think about it, everyone asks anyway. Comments are good for the UA-cam algorithm.
I actually started a Playthrough of White Two today. I am doing a no starter run. I picked Tepig, named him Lord Tusk (Skyrim reference), and boxed him as soon as possible.
@@phoenixblade8315 By that point, I think he was locked into Rollout, and so couldn't use another move. Then he'd get stuck in the rest -> get hurt -> wake up + attack once -> have to rest again rut. By which point he probably didn't even realize he could try clicking dig after hitting Klingklang at least once.
I am holding fast that the MDB Christmas gift will be the first challenge in Gen 6. Have we gotten a Gen 5 fossil Run? Also, I think a Feebas run would be cool. You pulled off a Magikarp run. You should be able to do Feebas.
Hello. Here are several suggestions: A team of Pokemon only starting with M D or B in any Gen. Excluding legendary, pseudo and mythical, or pokemon not starting with that letter then evolving into to one that does. A team run, in any Gen, using moves only starting with M D or B. Or for solo runs, Pidove, Surskit, any Gen.
One thing that may be useful to take note of as it might come in handy in a future black and white 2 challenge is that you can actually hit Ghetsis levitating Eelektross for super effective damage by transferring Mummy onto it from Ghetsis’s Cofagrigus.
MDB…I just started this video and I cannot believe you attempted this, lol. I’ll be surprised if you make it. Gen 5 is tough and Shuckle is…well, Shuckle. Excited to see how it goes!
You've got Assurance backwards. The extra damage only comes through if the target has already taken damage this turn, and I don't remember if entry hazards count. I can't blame you though, it's not like it's a good or common move.
2:26 YES I DO KNOW I’m a psychotic loony who’s obsessed with natures and abilities and genders and many a time I’ve spent the beginning of my games soft resetting until the starter has the best nature, this one time in a Bug run of Pearl I finally found a Heracross tree and spent the ENTIRE day trying for a good nature with Guts but sadly it broke my will and had to settle for Adamant with Swarm And this doesn’t even come close to the countless Drilbur I had to scum in BW for a Sand Rush with an attack nature
Maybe try doing a randomized run where the encounters, starters and trainers will all be random so you won't know what you're getting into, and perhaps you can do nuzlocke encounter rules where you can only catch the first pokemon you encounter in each route, cave or forest
Why did you decide to not use power trick? It makes your defense stat your attack stat and vice versa. It wouldve made so many fights full sweeps with rollout+dig. The defense being low is overlooked because of sturdy+lefties
After seeing you rely on Rollout building so much this run, I do have a minor question. Did you ever save around when Shuckle could get Rock Slide - be it from level up or TM - and see how that went instead, with your Power Split plan? Just curious because I feel that could have saved some time.
I noticed that Mah-Dry-Bread has yet to do a Pokémon run with only a pure rock type so how about Pokémon Emerald with only 1 Nosepass or Platinum with only 1 Bonsly?
MDBAMA: I realized in a lot of your runs there's a lack of setup moves used during the run, would you consider running them more if they do help you achieve the same result with lesser grinding? E.g. using both shell smash +withdraw in the shuckle run to get the benefits while negating the defence downs
Adamant doesn't matter at all for Shuckle. With perfect IV's, the difference between a neutral nature and beneficial nature is only 11 points. Just maxing out attack EVs provide 5 times that. More effective would be a Def/SpDef boosting nature (SpAtk/Spd reduction). That's a 50 point difference over neutral. And max out Atk and HP EVs.
MDBAMA: Will you ever truly do runs in gen 6? Fairy types, megas, it could be a fun time! And gladly, grinding isn't too awful, while TM variety is plentiful, and by gen 6 even cruddy mons least have decent movesets.
Gonna say I thought this would be easy because of shell smash, rock slide, earthquake, and power trick. With those moves you have neutral coverage on all types plus the ability to boost your attack while lowering your opponents then skyrocketing your attack. Then slap on the leftovers and you're good. We'll that would be my plan and I haven't watched yet but let's see eat you did MDB
**Week 155 of asking for Platinum With Only Drifloon** I will never give up I know its coming eventually, it's just a matter of tradition at this point
Do you think Shuckle should get a new evolution or form? What would you like to see? I’ve always liked it since Johto and wish it was better, like a steel water type and it can make berry juice full time
My speed barely increased at 3x speed in the NES game I was playing on my iPad Pro with a DualSense controller aka PS5 controller the game is Zanac A.i. it’s way harder than it looks i been playing it almost 2 days now I couldn’t beat the 2nd boss fight in Area 2!
Pokemon Crystal with only a Hoothoot would be a real hoot.
My suggestion : Pokemon White2 or Black2 with only one Maractus 🌵
😊 Good week-end !
Yes totally agree
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Which fossil did you take? Only asking for the UA-cam algorithm.
How tf is your comment from 24 hours ago when it was uploaded an hour ago?
Dead joke its 2024
People often upload videos ages in advance but keep them unlisted until they are ready to release it.
There are ways to fins unlisted videos.
Unfortunately in B2/W2, you can’t get a fossil until Post Game. I know this is good for the UA-cam Algorithm, but just wanted you to know. Hope this helps.
@@arjunsriram3878 the video was released to member early that how.
Both Elgyem and Beheeyem's names are based on acronyms, and as such, I always figured they were supposed to be pronounced as the acronym. LGM: Little green men and BEM: bug-eyed monster. Get it? Because they're aliens.
That makes so much sense. I never even realized that. I always just do my best to say them as they're written, which seems to work out most times.
BEM is bug-eyed-monster?! I never knew that!
Fun fact: Grant in X and Y has Hyper Potions, despite him being the second Gym Leader (mostly due to his ace being level 25)
When did they nerf hyper pots to 120 healing? Was that gen 6 or 7?
@@stigmaoftherose That was Sun and Moon
@@stigmaoftheroseHyper potions are 200 hp for Kalos
extraordinarily rare sun and moon L
Well, *shucks...*
Requesting Pokemon B2W2 With Only One Chinchou.
5:34 Actually, common misread, but Assurance (Dark) only does double damage if the TARGET had been hit already that turn, specifically by a partner in Double Battles, not if the USER was hit, that's the effect for Revenge (Fighting) and Avalanche (Ice), which have negative priority to ensure the foe has the chance to attack first, while Assurance is the default neutral priority.
Exactly what I thought, it only can be double power in doubles, right? Like Fake Out something and Assurance will do double damage
If im not mistaken I think it also does double damage if the user hits a target that switches in and takes damage from something like entry hazards.
Leaving a comment for the algo because I don't watch B2W2 videos. I've deluded myself into thinking I'll play this gen one day without spoiling the story beforehand.
Shuckle is an amazing choice.
If you procastinate longer youre better of spoiling since at the time you play ityou will forget many things
Id love to see a run at any Game with only round/chonky boiz. Like Jigglypuff, Marill, Spheal, Venonat and so on
Or a Hoenn deep sea run with Gorebyss, Huntail, Relicanth and Lanturn
Which algorithm did you take? Asking for the UA-cam fossil.
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Good question
@2:43
IV calculator at psypokes gives these ranges: everything except speed has a range from 0-19, where for speed the IV range is 10-29. It is higher than 10 as a speed IV of 10 would make the speed stat 5, where yours have 6.
So at the very least, a speedy shuckle.
Note: the IV ranges are very broad at lower levels.
nobody cares. we just want to watch a game, not a calculus seminar.
@ejokurirulezz bro, I get the humor. 😂
He was just talking about never knowing his pokemon's IVs, seemed like an easy thing to find out.
9:50 I guess Game Freak thought the fourth gym was a good point for gym leaders to use Hyper Potions; Flannery also uses them
If you want a way to remember how to pronounce Beheeyem, remember that it's a reference to the abbreviation BEM, meaning Big-eyed monster.
Sturdy we getting sturdy baby 0:47
It's pronounced LGM and BEM
Their puns on little green man and bug-eyed monster.
Power Trick swaps your Attack and Defense.
You are describing Power Split.
paper railgun then
He used power split in the video. He knew what he meant, just not what he said
@@bradlyhaskell9821 If only Shuckle was fast enough to make that work... Given it's almost non-existing attack power and HP, Power Trick would turn Shuckle into a wet single-layer toilet paper Railgun that will pretty much never go first. And a Quick Claw it's not gonna be enough to fix it.
I get the sunlight thing😂. I live in Edmonton and we are at 10 hours of daylight right now. I didn’t even see the sun Friday, school is not my friend.
Very good video !
I propose
Pokemon = Shuckle
Nature = Adamant
Ability = Sturdy
Item =Silver powder, Wide lens or Leftovers
I.V
31 IV in P.V
31 IV in Attack
25 IV in Defense
00 (not important) IV in Spe. Att
25 IV in Spe. Def
31 IV in Speed
E.V
96 EV in P.V
200 EV in Attack
00 EV in Defense
00 EV in Spe. Att
00 EV in Spe. Def
112 EV in Speed
Total stats
100 in P.V
100 in Attack (includes +10% Attack)
255 in Defense
009 in Spe. Att
255 in Spe. Def
064 in Speed
Moves:
1 - Bug Bite
2 - Stone Edge
3 - Earthquake
4 - Return or Shell Smash
Funny enough, I had a Shuckle on a team back in a Johto game. A friend opted to go 1v1 with my team and his. My Shuckle had Sandstorm, Rollout, Toxic and Swagger. It swept.
My suggestion: make a tier list video of the hardest solo runs challenges
And then the 6 Pokémon’s ranked the worst you can use in your team (they all should have the same name from the challenges)
It would be the greatest crossover in UA-cam!
MDBAMA: In Unova play throughs, why don’t you take on Cynthia or Alder? You take on Red in silver and gold play throughs and Steven in Emerald. I’m gonna keep asking till I get on MDBAMA.
I don't exactly remember about Alder, but Cynthia is only there on Summer (Gen 5 uses not only Day/night cycle but also seasons change) so he would have to change the time on the emulator or PC to do it. So I guess MDB just feels is not worth it.
But hey, we can keep requesting it and maybe he'll consider it or at least explicitly address why he doesn't.
That complete no-sell when you encountered Cobalion really popped me (insider terms)
Love watching these each week
Klingklang doesn't have Levitate.
That outro goodness 💋🤌
"I named him Juvie, cause hes got the juice" 😂😂😂 god your wrestling references are incredible 😂😂
This was so fun, love your stuff
I'm sure you beat this with 1 shuckle, but now it's time to ask can you beat Pokemon Y with 6 Shuckles?
No
Lol
Klingklang actually doesn’t have Levitate. I know it looks like it is, but it can be hit with Ground moves
The only Pokémon game I ever actually owned was Gold, when I was a kid. I used to love having shuckle in my team, and after I learned there was a real life elite four back then (I don't remember exactly how it worked but I think it had something to do with some official championships) and one of them used a shuckle to I was so thrilled. I think my usual moveset was safeguard / rest / toxic / sandstorm. After setting up I'd just sit back and watch. Sometimes it didn't work but it was really fun
Emerald run with just Swablu!!!!!
That's a very interesting and really challenging run. Wattson gonna be a pain!!
MDBAMA When you do slow runs like Shuckle ones, do you usually try to have a shorter, easier one like version exclusives in the week before or after, so that you can have more time on the slow run?
Elgyem and Beheeyem are references to different types of alien classification, Elgyem meant to be L.G.M. or Little Green Men and Beheeyem being B.E.M. or Bug-Eyed Monster, the best way to pronounce their names is just by saying the abbreviations
I love these brutal single Pokemon challenges. Bring back Wobbufett! ✨
18:50 Brine does double damage when the target of it is below half health, not the user.
He as in Shuckle, not he as in Jellicent.
@@DefinitelyNotAFerret Semantic ambiguity should be avoided by not using pronouns to refer to someone if someone else the pronouns could feasibly be referring to is named afterward. MDB is usually pretty good at catching that, so I got confused.
I think this is your most by the skin of your teeth run you even did it just short of max level lol good job....
Anyway can you do a heracross only run?
On our way through, I took the Plume Fossil. I knew if I didn’t say what I took, you’d all ask. Actually, now that I think about it, everyone asks anyway. Comments are good for the UA-cam algorithm.
the lights in the final battle of the PWT looked sick sped up
Assurance does extra damage to the target if they have already had damage taken that turn, so only works in doubles effectively
So MDB tries to beat another Pokémon game with one of the strongest Pokémon again? Well, it definitely deserves a watch.
MDBAMA: Have you ever been stonewalled in a challenge by a random (mandatory) route trainer?
I think it's happened a couple times but i don't remember exactly when. But hey, you can go give the challenges a binge watch and find out!
I love how you said meteor smash instead of meteor mash that was funny
I actually started a Playthrough of White Two today. I am doing a no starter run. I picked Tepig, named him Lord Tusk (Skyrim reference), and boxed him as soon as possible.
Bro, KlingKlang doesn’t have levitate
It had an air balloon, which MDB probably didn't notice until after the fact.
well he didn't say that, he said it was "levitating" which is something caused by the item Air Balloon.
@ fairs tbh. Still made it sound like he couldn’t hit it after the balloon popped
@@phoenixblade8315 By that point, I think he was locked into Rollout, and so couldn't use another move. Then he'd get stuck in the rest -> get hurt -> wake up + attack once -> have to rest again rut. By which point he probably didn't even realize he could try clicking dig after hitting Klingklang at least once.
@@faerylnhiikira1053 that’s fair👍
I just noticed as well you have the Regigigas description 😂
MDB is a little derpy 😂
I am holding fast that the MDB Christmas gift will be the first challenge in Gen 6.
Have we gotten a Gen 5 fossil Run?
Also, I think a Feebas run would be cool. You pulled off a Magikarp run. You should be able to do Feebas.
Hello! I'd love to see Pokemon FireRed with only Houndour. I feel like Dark types in Kanto are super interesting.
Hello.
Here are several suggestions: A team of Pokemon only starting with M D or B in any Gen. Excluding legendary, pseudo and mythical, or pokemon not starting with that letter then evolving into to one that does.
A team run, in any Gen, using moves only starting with M D or B.
Or for solo runs, Pidove, Surskit, any Gen.
@Mah-dry-bread, have you ever considered doing move restricted games? Like, Beat Soul Silver using only moves that aren't very effective?
One thing that may be useful to take note of as it might come in handy in a future black and white 2 challenge is that you can actually hit Ghetsis levitating Eelektross for super effective damage by transferring Mummy onto it from Ghetsis’s Cofagrigus.
MDB…I just started this video and I cannot believe you attempted this, lol. I’ll be surprised if you make it. Gen 5 is tough and Shuckle is…well, Shuckle. Excited to see how it goes!
The next one's a gold run is it Well I'm still hoping you'll do that game with just a Murkrow, but this one still sounds like it'll be fun as always
You've got Assurance backwards. The extra damage only comes through if the target has already taken damage this turn, and I don't remember if entry hazards count. I can't blame you though, it's not like it's a good or common move.
Oh damn i did not know Colress uses items on his pokemon on the frigate
Can you beat Pokemon Platin or Emerald with only a Dragonair?
Typo in your summary description, says White 2 with only one Regigigas. Other than that, great video!
2:26 YES I DO KNOW
I’m a psychotic loony who’s obsessed with natures and abilities and genders and many a time I’ve spent the beginning of my games soft resetting until the starter has the best nature, this one time in a Bug run of Pearl I finally found a Heracross tree and spent the ENTIRE day trying for a good nature with Guts but sadly it broke my will and had to settle for Adamant with Swarm
And this doesn’t even come close to the countless Drilbur I had to scum in BW for a Sand Rush with an attack nature
Playing older games makes me so thankful for all the quality of life changes the newer games have like mints, ability capsules/patches and bottle caps
Maybe try doing a randomized run where the encounters, starters and trainers will all be random so you won't know what you're getting into, and perhaps you can do nuzlocke encounter rules where you can only catch the first pokemon you encounter in each route, cave or forest
If you power split and then power trick, will that mean you actually have some defenses while making your attack cracked?
Why did you decide to not use power trick? It makes your defense stat your attack stat and vice versa. It wouldve made so many fights full sweeps with rollout+dig. The defense being low is overlooked because of sturdy+lefties
Make way, people. Shuckles is rolling to town.
To be tall, you have to have a lot of centimeters!
(Algorithm)
Yellow with Gary's team and moves.
After seeing you rely on Rollout building so much this run, I do have a minor question. Did you ever save around when Shuckle could get Rock Slide - be it from level up or TM - and see how that went instead, with your Power Split plan? Just curious because I feel that could have saved some time.
I wonder if the Ground gym would've gone better if you hadn't used Power Split on Krokorok? Probably not by much though
I noticed that Mah-Dry-Bread has yet to do a Pokémon run with only a pure rock type so how about Pokémon Emerald with only 1 Nosepass or Platinum with only 1 Bonsly?
MDBAMA: I realized in a lot of your runs there's a lack of setup moves used during the run, would you consider running them more if they do help you achieve the same result with lesser grinding? E.g. using both shell smash +withdraw in the shuckle run to get the benefits while negating the defence downs
I am surprised that you didn't try a Shell Smash Shuckle. It seems like that would be decent.
Adamant doesn't matter at all for Shuckle. With perfect IV's, the difference between a neutral nature and beneficial nature is only 11 points. Just maxing out attack EVs provide 5 times that.
More effective would be a Def/SpDef boosting nature (SpAtk/Spd reduction). That's a 50 point difference over neutral. And max out Atk and HP EVs.
U probably shouldve kept bide cause doubling damage after 3 turns (which you would live most of the time) would 1-2 tap anything
For the gen5 stuff, you shouldve hacked in max IVs (or IVs max enough for a good hidden power type) and hack in like 95 rare candies
Day 69 of asking for Skyrim with no weapons and no spells. Punchcat!
Klingklank is levitating, but it doesn't have Levitate. It has Clear Body.
this run just solidifies the term "don't fuckle with shuckle"
MDBAMA: Will you ever truly do runs in gen 6? Fairy types, megas, it could be a fun time! And gladly, grinding isn't too awful, while TM variety is plentiful, and by gen 6 even cruddy mons least have decent movesets.
Ard Power Split with any late game is crazy of an idea. I never knew that move existed
Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't power trick the one that swaps your attack and defense stat
this was a great run.
I'd love to see a bw/bw2 Elgyem run
Mah-dry-bread uploaded a new challenge: i sleep
With Shuckle: REAL SHIT
Gonna say I thought this would be easy because of shell smash, rock slide, earthquake, and power trick. With those moves you have neutral coverage on all types plus the ability to boost your attack while lowering your opponents then skyrocketing your attack. Then slap on the leftovers and you're good. We'll that would be my plan and I haven't watched yet but let's see eat you did MDB
You think its a challenge to use the most overpowered pokemon in the game? OH, you said Shuckle. Good luck!
Week 11 of remembering to ask for you to do a Zorua run in whatever Pokemon game you want.
I'd like to see a gen2 Chinchou run.
It's a good thing getsis decided to use his one contact move with hydregon
**Week 155 of asking for Platinum With Only Drifloon**
I will never give up
I know its coming eventually, it's just a matter of tradition at this point
Hey MDB! Have you ever thought about doing a Fire only monotype run?
Ummm how did you hit Hydreigon with dig when it has the ability levitate? Nevermind lol I just saw that it had the ability mummy from hitting you
Yesss more white 2 runs!!!
That's not how Assurance works. It does double damage against targets that have already taken damage that turn.
Every time when he says Zinzolin, I hear insulin 😂😂😂
I always pronounced it “ Be-He-yehmm “ (the last part sounding more Gem but…yem)
Do you think Shuckle should get a new evolution or form? What would you like to see? I’ve always liked it since Johto and wish it was better, like a steel water type and it can make berry juice full time
My speed barely increased at 3x speed in the NES game I was playing on my iPad Pro with a DualSense controller aka PS5 controller the game is Zanac A.i. it’s way harder than it looks i been playing it almost 2 days now I couldn’t beat the 2nd boss fight in Area 2!
I heard Elder Joseph called to tell us to follow you on bluesky
Week 4 of asking for a Pokemon Game with only Pokemon Go moves.
I think it'd be fine to give ev boosting items to make it more like regular grinding but faster
If you do a surskit run I will kidnap a water strider and...
Treat it very well 😁
A cool run would be a champions team but first form.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, but you can only use Gen 1 Pokemon with Gen 1 moves.