in frlg Hitmonchan is the worst fighting type because his coverage of the elemental punches are special in this game, and hitmonchan's sp. attack is really low, and hitmonlee is just faster and stronger so he's better
@@AlphaOrange99Fighting type in general is kinda cheeks in Gen 1 because of how strong psychic is. Not to mention in FRLG, Hitmonchan is kinda useless against Koga, Sabrina, Blaine and Giovanni to an extent. Its just a case of physical special split being harmful to an old pokemon
1:50 in Yellow, you can actually trade a Cubone for a Machoke that evolves into Machamp with an NPC so you can use a fully evolved Machamp on that game
@@tnoor836 the NPC is located on the Route 5-6 Underground Path leading up to Vermilion City, so as soon as you can catch a Cubone at Pokemon Tower, you can go back, do the trade and get a fully evolved Machamp as early as the 4th Gym battle
I did this on my first yellow playthrough. I used for a gym or two but it really didn't learn any impressive fighting moves. And, by the time you get,it, fighting type really isn't that useful. Only against lice types but you got many choices for those
@@AlphaOrange99 feel free to make more vids like this, so many uploaders take way too long, you cut to the point... we all have our fav pokes so we'll take your info here and as example i would scrap pidgeot from my team and add alakazam/gallade, etc... your vids help alot of players
Machamp is available in yellow, there is a trade where you are given a machoke that evolves right after, also for the yellow team charizard is overrated so If you don't want to keep your starter then i suggest instead of those 2 use venasaur cuz automatically crit chance with razor leaf and snorlax, also isntead of starmie get a slowbro because of amnesia being the best setup move in the game
Interesting video, but I have a little nitpick. You said Hitmonchan was the best fighting type choice because of the elemental punches, and while that sounds good on paper, if you look into it more, all of the elemental punches are special types in Gen 3, and Hitmonchan's special attack isn't very good, so I feel Hitmonlee would be a better choice for a fighting type in FR/LG
Yeah I was gonna mention that too, Hitmonlee has seen many playthroughs in FR, and I'm using one in the Yellow Legacy romhack, definitely the best. Additionally, there is a practically free in-game trade evo for a Machamp in Yellow as well, so it might be better as well, apart from Primape landing more criticals with its better speed.
5:31 Mega gardevoir is available you just have to do the primal groudon/kyogre plot and talk to the girl in verdanturf (I forgot who) and she’ll give you a gardevoirite.
Its really interesting hearing other people's teams. Here's mine from Gen 1 and 5! Gen 1 Jolteon, dragonite, snorlax, sandslash, Lapras, Alakazam/hypno. Gen 5 Bouffalant, Seismatoad, Eelektross, Musharna, Virizeon and of course overpowered hydreigon.
The Snorlax erasure for Kanto is insane, tbh. For the OG Gen 1, Tauros gets a pass because…Tauros is a freaking monster in those games, but Hitmonchan over Snorlax in the remakes?
@@AlphaOrange99 Not a problem. While slow, Snorlax is a beefy tank. Body Slam, Shadow Ball via TM, a wide movepool to work with, the chance of it having Thick Fat to take Fire and Ice type attacks, and even relearning Belly Drum if you’re brazen enough.
2:33 Hitmonchans special attack is so low, its not worth using the elemental punches. Also you can get a Machamp in Yellow. Its an ingame trade. Swampert can learn ice type attacks. So there is coverage against Dragon
I did miss the first two facts so thank you for pointing that out for me! About Swampert you can get Dragon coverage like this and in more ways on the team but what I was saying was you can't get STAB super effective damage on Dragon types until the remakes. Hope this makes more sense now, thanks for commenting!
I am not convinced by many of your choices, but those teams can work, so it's all about preferences. The exception is the red/blue team. Leaving aside Nidoking's lack of dig in gen 1, making it unpractical and bested by dugtrio in it's ground-type role, you packed that team with mons that heavily rely on TMs to function, in a gen severely lacking TMs. Starmie is famous for it's icebolt combo, and nidoking for the same reason actually, but you have one single thunderbolt and ice beam tm for walkthrough, and if you use tm24 (thunderbolt) on any of them, you can't build a jolteon at all. Tauros is optimal for its normal+ground coverage, but using earthquake on it means you can't teach Nidoking any stab, making it useless. So, although they are all really good pokemons, they don't function as a walkthrough team at all.
Ice fang is definitely very helpful and I love the Totodile line so using it is always good fun. However, I still think Cyndaquill might be better as Clair's most powerful Pokemon is not weak to ice. Thanks for commenting!
That still doesn’t change the fact that cyndaquil helps in more major battles than feraligatr does, check out mandjtvs video on the best starter to choose in every game.
It's good you stay clear of trade-Pokemons because otherwise, Alakazam would win for the first four generations. Hell, Kadabra is often considered decent to use as well. Okay, I am editing this to add....uhh Fightning is pretty bad in Gen 1. Primeape is probably fine for the Yellow playthrough but Hitmonchan is notorious during the first three gens because types determine if a move is physical or special. The elemental punches were all special, and Hitmonchan has a base special stat of 35. Yeah, I would say to go with either Primeape again or Hitmonlee.
I think staying away from trade evolutions makes the video more accessible so I prefer to do it, and I'm glad you like it too! This is very true and would make Hitmonchan a far worse option than I first thought, an oversight on my part. Thanks for correcting me and for commenting!
I got 2:41 in before i had to stop the video. The elemental punches on hitmonchan are worthless as they go off of his special attack stat. You can beat the first 2 generation of games with just a kadabra because its so powerful. Also Tauros is way too complicated to catch. Get a persian with slash for crits or clefable who is just as useful as Nidoking.
Golem is a great pokemon to use but it wasn't included in any of these teams due to being a trade evolution, but I'm glad we mostly agree haha! Thanks for commenting!
Firered and leafgreen still have the old physical special split. So your hitmonchan will use it's elemental punches with it's abysmal special attack stat. It's still coverage... but very weak.
To counter necrozma, i think zoroark is the best choice. I think if you have a pokemon like lucario on the front it will cause necrozma to only use psychic move because the steel type of lucario resist the dragon type moves but it was a while since i did it that way. It was my first time fighting ultra necrozma and i didnt even plan to do that since i didnt know ultra necrozma changes types
I still go for Lapras in Gen 2 (if you adjust the clock correctly you can get it pretty early) en it makes Lance a cakewalk. The rest of the team was my exact same
@@obiwanfx I mainly go for Slowbro, because after the 4th gym and going deep in the Slowpoke well and surfing there, Wild Slowbro, while rare, can be found.
for the ultra games I would suggest either a naganadel or a carbink instead of muk, naganadel because the E4 and carbink because from when you reach olivia, it is just a mater of giving it leftovers, and protect and then toxic stall everything
I'm not sure I'd include Naganadel as I'd probably treat the ultra beasts as legendries and wouldn't include them. The Carbink strategy is interesting though, thank you for the tip!
Zangoose can become quite handy in Black 2/White 2, with Ice Punch boosted by Toxic Boost (Pokémon from hidden grottos can have their hidden abities) he completely destroyed Dryden
here's my team for gen 2 typholison, dragonite, nidoking, tarous, espeon, gyarados actually i choose pokemon with higher speed+attack/spattack and widepool of moves regardless to type u can teach nidoking thunderbolt an advantage against water and u can ignore flying pokemon as they are mostly used for mobility u can use espeon in cainwood gym and typholison covers grass and bug pokemon asper tarous it is a clean sweep pokemon u can deal fighting pokemon with zen headbutt if you want u can teach it surf but it's spatk is pretty low gyarados atk is mindblowing if taught earthquake if defenitely won't dissapoint and i think crobat is a good replacement for espeon but as nidoking is already taken it won't be of a much use but if u definetly want a flying crobat is better comparing to other flying pokemon if you choose team basing on moves this could be the best team
I'd argue that for RBY Persian could come in for Tauros. Persian with Slash is an almost guaranteed crit. Also Hitmonchans coverage in FRLG comes off it's very low Special Attack.
i think blissey deserves a mention for sinnoh. if you know what you’re doing, you can effectively cross off every special attacker from that point in the game onwards if you so choose to use it, its THAT broken. i know myself and many others choose to ban it and garchomp in platinum nuzlockes because they simply make the game too easy (garchomp is self explanatory, swords dance earthquake can sweep basically the entire game lol)
So you can actually get Ricky the Machamp in yellow via a trade normally. Not sure if its moves are any good but its probably better than primape still, even if it is relatively fast.
Yeah, you can get it as early as the pokemon tower where you can catch a Cubone for the trade. Plus he gets boosted exp. Only reason to chose Primape over Machamp is availability and speed.
I beat Emerald a few weeks ago with a Breloom, would not recommend. If it could learn Spore after evolution, it would be amazing, but it can't so it's basically not an option. Grass is good defensively in Hoenn, but it has no coverage outside of Fighting. With only 60 SpA, Giga Drain does nothing without 4x weakness. It's good in ORAS, though
You got the Kanto teams all wrong except for the first one (even then, Nidoking is only better than Snorlax in Let’s Go due to many Lasses with Fairy types, plus you forgot to mention that Fearow can be swapped for Zapdos or Articuno should they decide since the Normal overlap with Tauros). Yellow: There’s a free in game trade for a Cubone for a Machamp, so Primeape is outclassed after a bit. FireRed and LeafGreen: Hitmonchan is victim to “Special” types, meaning the elemental punches are special attacks and not physical until Gen 4. Hitmonlee gets the job done better with Primeape as the Pokemon to use before that point. But if you want coverage, Clefable gets the elemental beams (Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and Flamethrower) and blasts (Blizzard, Thunder, and Fire Blast) and Normal STAB for Strength or can be fodder for Flash. Let’s Go Eevee: The Arcanine from the trade can’t use Flare Blitz, so Rapidash or Charizard can get the job done better (the latter can Mega Evolve before the league). Fairy types are actually bad in Kanto with so many Poison types, so Magneton or Alolan Dugtrio are better. Let’s Go Pikachu: Arcanine is good, but not perfect (again, Rapidash, Charizard, and even Flareon hit hard). Alolan Raticate is actually great and slightly better than Alolan Muk (to not overlap with Nidoking) because the Normal type blocks Shadow Ball and Night Shade. Sabrina’s Alakazam couldn’t do anything!
tbh, even though bulbasaur is one of my favorites, i honestly can't say i'd recommend picking it over squirtle in gen 1 games if convenience is asked for. squirtle has the best movepool growth. it's water type moves just keep getting better (bubble -> water gun -> bubble beam -> surf -> hydro pump) + it gets ice beam relatively quickly to counter grass types. grass type kinda had sh*t moves in gen 1, i think razor leaf was broken, but everything else was low power with the exception of petal dance (unavailable to most pokemon) and solar beam, which is a set up move.
just a run down: Brock: Squirtle beats it Misty: Wartortle will do fine, it's high defense and resists Bubblebeam Lt. Surge: you can get Nidoking or other ground types at this point Erika: Wartortle can now use Ice Beam, but also Nidoking Koga: Blastoise should do fine, but also Nidoking Sabrina: Blastoise is bulky it will do fine Blaine: Blastoise has this Giovanni: Blastoise has this Lorelei: Blastoise resists water & ice, maybe get an electric type as #3, Jolteon f.e. Bruno: Blastoise shouldn't have an issue here Agatha: Nidoking is still around Lance: Ice Beam Rival: Blastoise deals with Pidgeot, Rhydon and Arcanine. Jolteon kills Gyarados, Alakazam has no counter but weak defenses, Nidoking should be able to take Venusaur
I still think Venusaur is the better option due to its typing but both are great choices and both are definitely better starter choices than the most popular pick in Charizard. Thanks for sharing your opinion and it was great to read your detailed explanation too!
2:30 I thought the physical-special spilt didn't exist yet until the next gen and Hitmonchan special is pretty weak and the elemental punches were special so hitmonlee was a much better choice if not primeape.
For fire red/leaf green I’d probably swap out hitmonchan for either snorlax or kadabra. Snorlax is a fantastic bulky attacker. Body slam,shadow ball,rest and sleep talk are all you need. Kadabra is just a really good physic type and even if you can’t get an alakazam you can still do fine with just a kabadra. That thing has a monstrous 120 special atk stat. All you really need are reflect pysbeam and physic since it just kills 90% of things with those moves. Your team can pretty much cover against anything this thing can’t just one or two shot.
@@AlphaOrange99 Just curious but what’s your favorite pokemon card? Mine is the original holographic tyranitar. Saw one in a display at a place called pokepawn and thought it looked amazing.
The Hoenen region i bag to differ other then Mudkip Gardevior n Manetrik(mind my spelling pls) Crobat maybe I'll consider using but my team was diff other then the three i mentioned
1:52 ...yes but machamp is an in-game trade, so it isn't unobtainable. Can't believe I support Machamp, which I never used and probably never will! Edit: just saw it has been pointed out already!
I will die on this bill but the best team in FRLG is Venusaur, Jolteon, Lapras, Snorlax, Aerodactyl, and Mr. Mime This is the literal best team for the elite 4 and rival fight.
For Kanto (red and blue) Dodrio is better than fearow; fearow has 90 base attack where as Dodrio has 110 base attack so it just hits harder than fearow.
@@AlphaOrange99video was great man. very refreshing. it gets very tiring hearing people tell me use Alakazam to win for the first four games when I have no way of obtaining him without a GameShark code
I think only using these mons would be very difficult to do as there is no starter pokemon to base the team around and also since you can explore the entirety of this area there is not as much focus on availability. Thanks for asking though, great question!
@@AlphaOrange99 fair enough tho as a "starter" I'd say the Slowpoke you get at the train station would be a good/unique pick 😅 atleast for SwSh as for S/V I'd have to get back to ya on that [don't actually have S/V DLCs yet...]
Few things about the Kanto games. Fearow is still a better than Charizard for Yellow as fire types really aren’t that useful at all in Kanto, especially gen 1, as well as fearow having access to drill peck, which is much more useful than access to fly. Hitmonchan having access to the elemental punches in gen 3 is completely useless as it has an abysmal special attack stat and all those moves are counted as special. It’s also not that good of a pokemon.
I think having the extra coverage and better stats does mean Charizard might be the better option, but Hitmonchan was definitely a mistake on my part haha! Thanks for watching!
i don't know man the gen 1 teams could use some improvements like venusaur and nidoking are fine but something like jolteon and starmie are just bad choices like jolteon gets thundershock at level 31 and that's basically jolteon's only move until thunder at 54 and at that point you're already at the elite four but i guess you can make a argument that the casinos right there and you can buy thunderbolt, but starmie is just straight up bad it actually gets no moves and you have to manually get psychic and surf to make this thing at least good and plus gyarados exist and it's just an upgrade in every way... and i guess tauros is okay but snorlax is just right there
lol guy said swampert could do the whole game on his own yet mine just gets giga drained by every pokemon imaginable im so bad at pokemon i lose 6v1 sometimes
Ok this video triggered me.....not sure how much but could be worse and also better First of all including hard to get and late game mons without mentioning alternatives like I get that starmie and tauros are S tier in gen 1 but starmie is quite late and you can get lapras/cloyster earlier and tauros is so hard to get that most people will just settle for snorlax or in gen 5 beartic might be good but it's quite hard to get unless you happen to play during in game winter not to mention that apart from ice type attacks all it can do can also be done by mons like haxorus darm archeops golurk and bisharp with 2 being type overlaps(golurk and darm) and 2 being quite late game (golurk and bisharp) and one being on team but also stoutland works nice in same role as beartic and luckily there is not much need for ice type Other thing was saying that there is no coverage for certain type even thought with proper ms those teams can cover every single type and team in game e.g in gen1 psychic is covered by jolteons pin missile (and also by normal types special bulk coming mostly from health) and dragon by starmie ice beam/blizzard And ghost is by starmie psychic(all ghost types have poison type) so well its just like saying infernape covers only 4 gyms and 1 E4 member while it actually covers more depending on coverage(bertha with grass knot and wake with additional thunder punch and folkner and flint with EQ (yeah you can't run 5 moves and nearly nobod gives infernape EQ but ya know what I mean)) Also not mentioning some great mons in certain games like not mentioming snorlax dugtrio gyarados lapras and cloyster in gen 1 games or lapras in gen johto games and crobat in HG/SS and some others and yeah I get that you just can't slap 6 OP mons on team and hope it works but there were some mons with considerable alternatives depending on preferences or way of playing And lastly some wrong information like saying that machamp can be obtained in gen1 without trading while it can but only in yellow by in game trade or claiming hitmonchan to be best fighting type while elemental punches from that mon deal little damage due to low special attack and both hitmonlee and primape being faster and having slightly better movepool Welp anyways I should stop complaining and tell ya that you'll get those little nuances quite quickly and also your idea of running sinnoh team without electric type but with grass seems interesting but also means that sole coverage for gyarados would be infernapes thunder punch.....or gyarados/garchomp stone edge...which comes just before E4 where there is no gyarados to fight...but also most are just some random trainers except for few ace trainers in late game that actually have AI that knows type matchups Also can't say that quag getting some attention here was bad like this frog or whatever not only has stab EQ by lvl up but also ice punch by tm to deal with dragons and same can be said with breloom as most people seem to forget that this shroom has whooping attack stat Anyways good luck with next videos
Exactly as Nuzayh said as it is available later I think Fearow is therefore a better option. Either are great picks though so thank you for commenting your opinion!
@@NuzayhEbrahim dodrio’s attack stat is 10 points more than fearow, the fact that you get it before koga’s gym is a nice bonus. In fact if you get it after beating lt surge and clearing out the rocket hideout in the game corner you can get it before having the pokeflute. So that doesn’t sound that late if you think about it, and what you could do is use a fearow until then.
Delphox and Greninja you can get in Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon Via Island Scan. But The Water/Fairy is great and it move coverage can hlep with almost every trial/kahuna. There are other good water types in Alola. Gyarados, island Scan in the Ultra Games you can get Marshtomp Via Island Scan. In Ulta Sun I used both Primariana and Swampert. Yes despite the water overlap Swampert can cover 2 of Primariana's Weaknesses (Electric & Poison). Then you have Ice Beam to cover grass mons though Primariana can learn Psychic.
Although Greninja & Incineroar are more popular Pokemon, Delphox & Primarina are better for playthroughs. Especially Primarina who matches up well against most of the important fights in the story. Thanks for asking!
It's speed being higher than Venusaur's does make it better for some people. However, I think on type for Kanto Venusaur wins. Either way both are great! Thanks for commenting!
So untrue. Espeon's subpar movepool and later availability makes kadabra the superior choice for a psychic in a 2nd gen walkthrough, while umbreon can stall almost everything to ko.
Hitmonchan for elemental punches? They are special in fire red leaf green with hitmonchan having a sp atk stat or like 35... you lost me there honestly
Thank you for your opinion, I think Archeops is better for the teams coverage needs so that's why I believe it should be in the best team. Thanks for commenting!
Welp can't agree with that arche has great speed and one of highest physical attack and great special attack with acces to nice moves like acrobatics rock slide stone edge EQ dig focus blast(risky but fun) u-turn crunch shadow claw etc while sigi is also very good then psychic+air slash combo isn't that great and coverage is welp not bad but when you have team of 6 it's hard to pick something usefull that will make it a bit more standing out so you will find encouraged to actually use it against disadvantage matchup but for B2/W2 can't deny it's one of best choice alongside crobat who learns acrobatics
unfortunately in gen 2 heracross doesnt learn bug or fighting moves so I think it's limited, I'd go with Forretress if you want to keep the bug type or with Primeape if you wanna keep the fighting one
Well there is extremely late megahorn and I think pin missile from breeding and also fun usage of endure+revershal but for ease of use probably best bet here would be normal type as there is no good dark type coverage anyways(iirc primeape line is version exclusive and only bug type with bug type moves are parasect and beedrill unless you wanna use fury cutter).....damm gen 2 is that weird middle ground where GF got idea that some mons were too strong but also had no idea how to make less OP mons that are also fun to use
😅😅😅 fearow? Kkkk dodrio is better. Tauros? Hard tô cacth and no need two normal types....snorlax better😅 venusaur always third option.. much Poison type in game
in frlg Hitmonchan is the worst fighting type because his coverage of the elemental punches are special in this game, and hitmonchan's sp. attack is really low, and hitmonlee is just faster and stronger so he's better
This is true and its an oversight on my behalf, thanks for picking me up on this!
@@AlphaOrange99nah you got it right just high jump kick to victory always
@@AlphaOrange99Fighting type in general is kinda cheeks in Gen 1 because of how strong psychic is. Not to mention in FRLG, Hitmonchan is kinda useless against Koga, Sabrina, Blaine and Giovanni to an extent. Its just a case of physical special split being harmful to an old pokemon
Technically primape is a even better option as you can get it early in yellow and frlg
Congrats to Gardevoir for being a three time winner across different generations.
Gardevoir is always a very good option to use and only gets more powerful with a mega evolution and the fairy type. Thanks for commenting!
@@AlphaOrange99, it is my favorite Pokémon
@@alwinvideochannel3610 I know what kind of man you are
@@SouperBly and I know how much of a twisted mind you have
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1:50 in Yellow, you can actually trade a Cubone for a Machoke that evolves into Machamp with an NPC so you can use a fully evolved Machamp on that game
I didn't know this thanks for letting me know! Hope you enjoyed the video!
Can u say me the location please?
@@tnoor836 the NPC is located on the Route 5-6 Underground Path leading up to Vermilion City, so as soon as you can catch a Cubone at Pokemon Tower, you can go back, do the trade and get a fully evolved Machamp as early as the 4th Gym battle
@@essentiel2b thanks 👍
I did this on my first yellow playthrough. I used for a gym or two but it really didn't learn any impressive fighting moves. And, by the time you get,it, fighting type really isn't that useful. Only against lice types but you got many choices for those
Thank you for getting from point A to point B. No fluff, no bs. Thank you.
Thank you for watching my friend! I'm so glad you enjoyed. Thanks for commenting!
@@AlphaOrange99
feel free to make more vids like this, so many uploaders take way too long, you cut to the point... we all have our fav pokes so we'll take your info here and as example i would scrap pidgeot from my team and add alakazam/gallade, etc... your vids help alot of players
I love these kind of videos but I really think each region needs its own video to go into more detail for your choices
Machamp is available in yellow, there is a trade where you are given a machoke that evolves right after, also for the yellow team charizard is overrated so If you don't want to keep your starter then i suggest instead of those 2 use venasaur cuz automatically crit chance with razor leaf and snorlax, also isntead of starmie get a slowbro because of amnesia being the best setup move in the game
Thank you for the recommendations and for commenting!
Interesting video, but I have a little nitpick.
You said Hitmonchan was the best fighting type choice because of the elemental punches, and while that sounds good on paper, if you look into it more, all of the elemental punches are special types in Gen 3, and Hitmonchan's special attack isn't very good, so I feel Hitmonlee would be a better choice for a fighting type in FR/LG
This is very true, well done for spotting my oversight and thanks for letting me know!
Yeah I was gonna mention that too, Hitmonlee has seen many playthroughs in FR, and I'm using one in the Yellow Legacy romhack, definitely the best.
Additionally, there is a practically free in-game trade evo for a Machamp in Yellow as well, so it might be better as well, apart from Primape landing more criticals with its better speed.
5:31 Mega gardevoir is available you just have to do the primal groudon/kyogre plot and talk to the girl in verdanturf (I forgot who) and she’ll give you a gardevoirite.
Thank you for telling me!
Its really interesting hearing other people's teams.
Here's mine from Gen 1 and 5!
Gen 1 Jolteon, dragonite, snorlax, sandslash, Lapras, Alakazam/hypno.
Gen 5 Bouffalant, Seismatoad, Eelektross, Musharna, Virizeon and of course overpowered hydreigon.
Good video, very straightforward
Thank you so much!
The Snorlax erasure for Kanto is insane, tbh. For the OG Gen 1, Tauros gets a pass because…Tauros is a freaking monster in those games, but Hitmonchan over Snorlax in the remakes?
Many have also pointed out Hitmonchan was probably a mistake haha! Snorlax would be a great replacement, thanks!
@@AlphaOrange99 Not a problem. While slow, Snorlax is a beefy tank. Body Slam, Shadow Ball via TM, a wide movepool to work with, the chance of it having Thick Fat to take Fire and Ice type attacks, and even relearning Belly Drum if you’re brazen enough.
2:33 Hitmonchans special attack is so low, its not worth using the elemental punches.
Also you can get a Machamp in Yellow. Its an ingame trade.
Swampert can learn ice type attacks. So there is coverage against Dragon
I did miss the first two facts so thank you for pointing that out for me! About Swampert you can get Dragon coverage like this and in more ways on the team but what I was saying was you can't get STAB super effective damage on Dragon types until the remakes. Hope this makes more sense now, thanks for commenting!
I am not convinced by many of your choices, but those teams can work, so it's all about preferences. The exception is the red/blue team. Leaving aside Nidoking's lack of dig in gen 1, making it unpractical and bested by dugtrio in it's ground-type role, you packed that team with mons that heavily rely on TMs to function, in a gen severely lacking TMs. Starmie is famous for it's icebolt combo, and nidoking for the same reason actually, but you have one single thunderbolt and ice beam tm for walkthrough, and if you use tm24 (thunderbolt) on any of them, you can't build a jolteon at all. Tauros is optimal for its normal+ground coverage, but using earthquake on it means you can't teach Nidoking any stab, making it useless. So, although they are all really good pokemons, they don't function as a walkthrough team at all.
Soul silver and heart gold water starter is best because ice fang .😊
Ice fang is definitely very helpful and I love the Totodile line so using it is always good fun. However, I still think Cyndaquill might be better as Clair's most powerful Pokemon is not weak to ice. Thanks for commenting!
That still doesn’t change the fact that cyndaquil helps in more major battles than feraligatr does, check out mandjtvs video on the best starter to choose in every game.
It's good you stay clear of trade-Pokemons because otherwise, Alakazam would win for the first four generations.
Hell, Kadabra is often considered decent to use as well.
Okay, I am editing this to add....uhh Fightning is pretty bad in Gen 1. Primeape is probably fine for the Yellow playthrough but Hitmonchan is notorious during the first three gens because types determine if a move is physical or special. The elemental punches were all special, and Hitmonchan has a base special stat of 35. Yeah, I would say to go with either Primeape again or Hitmonlee.
I think staying away from trade evolutions makes the video more accessible so I prefer to do it, and I'm glad you like it too!
This is very true and would make Hitmonchan a far worse option than I first thought, an oversight on my part. Thanks for correcting me and for commenting!
2:34 it does have coverage, but since all the punches are special in Gen 3, it’s firing off 35 base special attack moves.
Awesome video‼️🎮🕹🔥
I got 2:41 in before i had to stop the video. The elemental punches on hitmonchan are worthless as they go off of his special attack stat. You can beat the first 2 generation of games with just a kadabra because its so powerful. Also Tauros is way too complicated to catch. Get a persian with slash for crits or clefable who is just as useful as Nidoking.
The team in heartgold and soulsliver is almost the same team I used but, I used Golem and Gyrados instead of Heracross and Queasire
Golem is a great pokemon to use but it wasn't included in any of these teams due to being a trade evolution, but I'm glad we mostly agree haha! Thanks for commenting!
Why are y'all pressed by his team, is the best for himself, you have all the liberty to use whatever team you want
5:58 Oh, yeah? How am I supposed to get a Garados? Don't tell me I have to catch a Magikarp at the pool next to the Pokemon league and evolve it.
You can catch a Magikarp as soon as you get the old rod, before the first gym
@Poio_Freido Okay, thanks.
Firered and leafgreen still have the old physical special split. So your hitmonchan will use it's elemental punches with it's abysmal special attack stat. It's still coverage... but very weak.
Indeed this was an oversight by me haha! Sorry about this, hope you still enjoyed the video!
To counter necrozma, i think zoroark is the best choice. I think if you have a pokemon like lucario on the front it will cause necrozma to only use psychic move because the steel type of lucario resist the dragon type moves but it was a while since i did it that way. It was my first time fighting ultra necrozma and i didnt even plan to do that since i didnt know ultra necrozma changes types
Nice video brudda
Thank you so much!
When i played ultramoon i had a mimyku that one shooted ultranrcrozma with a z move crit it was glorious
I still go for Lapras in Gen 2 (if you adjust the clock correctly you can get it pretty early) en it makes Lance a cakewalk. The rest of the team was my exact same
I'm glad we agree mostly haha! Lapras is always a great mon to use! Thanks for commenting!
@@obiwanfx I mainly go for Slowbro, because after the 4th gym and going deep in the Slowpoke well and surfing there, Wild Slowbro, while rare, can be found.
Great video. But hitmonchan was a pretty bad choice bc the Elemental punches were special attacks
for the ultra games I would suggest either a naganadel or a carbink instead of muk, naganadel because the E4 and carbink because from when you reach olivia, it is just a mater of giving it leftovers, and protect and then toxic stall everything
I'm not sure I'd include Naganadel as I'd probably treat the ultra beasts as legendries and wouldn't include them. The Carbink strategy is interesting though, thank you for the tip!
Zangoose can become quite handy in Black 2/White 2, with Ice Punch boosted by Toxic Boost (Pokémon from hidden grottos can have their hidden abities) he completely destroyed Dryden
here's my team for gen 2 typholison, dragonite, nidoking, tarous, espeon, gyarados
actually i choose pokemon with higher speed+attack/spattack and widepool of moves regardless to type u can teach nidoking thunderbolt an advantage against water and u can ignore flying pokemon as they are mostly used for mobility u can use espeon in cainwood gym and typholison covers grass and bug pokemon asper tarous it is a clean sweep pokemon u can deal fighting pokemon with zen headbutt if you want u can teach it surf but it's spatk is pretty low gyarados atk is mindblowing if taught earthquake if defenitely won't dissapoint and i think crobat is a good replacement for espeon but as nidoking is already taken it won't be of a much use but if u definetly want a flying crobat is better comparing to other flying pokemon if you choose team basing on moves this could be the best team
I'd argue that for RBY Persian could come in for Tauros. Persian with Slash is an almost guaranteed crit. Also Hitmonchans coverage in FRLG comes off it's very low Special Attack.
Bennet in all three games in gen 3 is a joke
i think blissey deserves a mention for sinnoh. if you know what you’re doing, you can effectively cross off every special attacker from that point in the game onwards if you so choose to use it, its THAT broken. i know myself and many others choose to ban it and garchomp in platinum nuzlockes because they simply make the game too easy (garchomp is self explanatory, swords dance earthquake can sweep basically the entire game lol)
I love Fearow, but i would change to Dodrio who is extremely broken in the first games
Nice video bro❤❤❤
You did what mysticumbreon took a decade to do 🤣
Haha, thank you for watching!
What’s wrong with that?
So you can actually get Ricky the Machamp in yellow via a trade normally. Not sure if its moves are any good but its probably better than primape still, even if it is relatively fast.
Thank you for telling me, hope you enjoyed the video!
Yeah, you can get it as early as the pokemon tower where you can catch a Cubone for the trade. Plus he gets boosted exp. Only reason to chose Primape over Machamp is availability and speed.
I beat Emerald a few weeks ago with a Breloom, would not recommend. If it could learn Spore after evolution, it would be amazing, but it can't so it's basically not an option. Grass is good defensively in Hoenn, but it has no coverage outside of Fighting. With only 60 SpA, Giga Drain does nothing without 4x weakness. It's good in ORAS, though
If you didn't want to use Breloom then Hariyama is also a great option to use. Thanks for commenting!
You got the Kanto teams all wrong except for the first one (even then, Nidoking is only better than Snorlax in Let’s Go due to many Lasses with Fairy types, plus you forgot to mention that Fearow can be swapped for Zapdos or Articuno should they decide since the Normal overlap with Tauros).
Yellow: There’s a free in game trade for a Cubone for a Machamp, so Primeape is outclassed after a bit.
FireRed and LeafGreen: Hitmonchan is victim to “Special” types, meaning the elemental punches are special attacks and not physical until Gen 4. Hitmonlee gets the job done better with Primeape as the Pokemon to use before that point. But if you want coverage, Clefable gets the elemental beams (Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and Flamethrower) and blasts (Blizzard, Thunder, and Fire Blast) and Normal STAB for Strength or can be fodder for Flash.
Let’s Go Eevee: The Arcanine from the trade can’t use Flare Blitz, so Rapidash or Charizard can get the job done better (the latter can Mega Evolve before the league). Fairy types are actually bad in Kanto with so many Poison types, so Magneton or Alolan Dugtrio are better.
Let’s Go Pikachu: Arcanine is good, but not perfect (again, Rapidash, Charizard, and even Flareon hit hard). Alolan Raticate is actually great and slightly better than Alolan Muk (to not overlap with Nidoking) because the Normal type blocks Shadow Ball and Night Shade. Sabrina’s Alakazam couldn’t do anything!
Thank you for commenting your opinion.
tbh, even though bulbasaur is one of my favorites, i honestly can't say i'd recommend picking it over squirtle in gen 1 games if convenience is asked for. squirtle has the best movepool growth. it's water type moves just keep getting better (bubble -> water gun -> bubble beam -> surf -> hydro pump) + it gets ice beam relatively quickly to counter grass types. grass type kinda had sh*t moves in gen 1, i think razor leaf was broken, but everything else was low power with the exception of petal dance (unavailable to most pokemon) and solar beam, which is a set up move.
just a run down:
Brock: Squirtle beats it
Misty: Wartortle will do fine, it's high defense and resists Bubblebeam
Lt. Surge: you can get Nidoking or other ground types at this point
Erika: Wartortle can now use Ice Beam, but also Nidoking
Koga: Blastoise should do fine, but also Nidoking
Sabrina: Blastoise is bulky it will do fine
Blaine: Blastoise has this
Giovanni: Blastoise has this
Lorelei: Blastoise resists water & ice, maybe get an electric type as #3, Jolteon f.e.
Bruno: Blastoise shouldn't have an issue here
Agatha: Nidoking is still around
Lance: Ice Beam
Rival: Blastoise deals with Pidgeot, Rhydon and Arcanine. Jolteon kills Gyarados, Alakazam has no counter but weak defenses, Nidoking should be able to take Venusaur
I still think Venusaur is the better option due to its typing but both are great choices and both are definitely better starter choices than the most popular pick in Charizard. Thanks for sharing your opinion and it was great to read your detailed explanation too!
2:30 I thought the physical-special spilt didn't exist yet until the next gen and Hitmonchan special is pretty weak and the elemental punches were special so hitmonlee was a much better choice if not primeape.
Starmie and vaporeon using ice beam do more damage than lapras using ice beam regardless if it's stab due its pathetic satk
For fire red/leaf green I’d probably swap out hitmonchan for either snorlax or kadabra.
Snorlax is a fantastic bulky attacker.
Body slam,shadow ball,rest and sleep talk are all you need.
Kadabra is just a really good physic type and even if you can’t get an alakazam you can still do fine with just a kabadra.
That thing has a monstrous 120 special atk stat.
All you really need are reflect pysbeam and physic since it just kills 90% of things with those moves.
Your team can pretty much cover against anything this thing can’t just one or two shot.
Thank you for the recommendation! Hope you enjoyed the video!
@@AlphaOrange99 Just curious but what’s your favorite pokemon card?
Mine is the original holographic tyranitar.
Saw one in a display at a place called pokepawn and thought it looked amazing.
The Hoenen region i bag to differ other then Mudkip Gardevior n Manetrik(mind my spelling pls) Crobat maybe I'll consider using but my team was diff other then the three i mentioned
1:52 ...yes but machamp is an in-game trade, so it isn't unobtainable.
Can't believe I support Machamp, which I never used and probably never will!
Edit: just saw it has been pointed out already!
I love heracross
But him on a best team for GSC is not a good option with that movepool
Actually you can trade a cub one for machamp in game
Fearow on best ss team is ridiculous bro 😭 why he like this long neck bird so much
In gen 2
No need fearow
No need heracross
No need quaksire
No need umbreon.
Maybe ampharos
Wow you really like using Gardevoir lol but it makes sense
The kalos team is exact which what I played but gyaradoes instead of sharpedo
2:15 bro that's literally my team but with flareon and without jolteon
Part 2 with only using pokemon from that region?
It won't be one of the next few videos I make as it would be very similar, but eventually I think it would be a really good video to do. Thanks!
No Luxray on Sinnoh team is criminal
You can trade for a Machamp in game on Yellow version
For gen 1 dodrio is actually the best flyer
I will die on this bill but the best team in FRLG is Venusaur, Jolteon, Lapras, Snorlax, Aerodactyl, and Mr. Mime
This is the literal best team for the elite 4 and rival fight.
Thank you for commenting your opinion!
Excluding Colosseum and Gale of Darkness
For Kanto (red and blue) Dodrio is better than fearow; fearow has 90 base attack where as Dodrio has 110 base attack so it just hits harder than fearow.
Thank you for not including trade evolution pokemon I hate when they are included
I think it makes the video more accessible to everyone if I don't include them and I'm glad you agree! Hope you enjoyed the video!
@@AlphaOrange99video was great man. very refreshing. it gets very tiring hearing people tell me use Alakazam to win for the first four games when I have no way of obtaining him without a GameShark code
Charizard, dragonite, nidoqueen, toros & hitmonchan
So for Sword and Shield dlcs and Scarlett and violet dlcs what's the best teams using only those mons?
I think only using these mons would be very difficult to do as there is no starter pokemon to base the team around and also since you can explore the entirety of this area there is not as much focus on availability. Thanks for asking though, great question!
@@AlphaOrange99 fair enough tho as a "starter" I'd say the Slowpoke you get at the train station would be a good/unique pick 😅 atleast for SwSh as for S/V I'd have to get back to ya on that [don't actually have S/V DLCs yet...]
Try assembling a good team doing a nuzlocke challenge
Now i want you to tell us which worst team of pokemon would make the game the hardest to beat, don't give us the moves for them but only the pokemon😅
Actually Hitmonchan is awful. In gen 3 there is no physical special split, so elemental punches hit with its mere 35 spa stat
Definitely an oversight on my behalf, sorry about this!
What about xd and colosseum
Few things about the Kanto games.
Fearow is still a better than Charizard for Yellow as fire types really aren’t that useful at all in Kanto, especially gen 1, as well as fearow having access to drill peck, which is much more useful than access to fly.
Hitmonchan having access to the elemental punches in gen 3 is completely useless as it has an abysmal special attack stat and all those moves are counted as special. It’s also not that good of a pokemon.
I think having the extra coverage and better stats does mean Charizard might be the better option, but Hitmonchan was definitely a mistake on my part haha! Thanks for watching!
i don't know man the gen 1 teams could use some improvements like venusaur and nidoking are fine but something like jolteon and starmie are just bad choices like jolteon gets thundershock at level 31 and that's basically jolteon's only move until thunder at 54 and at that point you're already at the elite four but i guess you can make a argument that the casinos right there and you can buy thunderbolt, but starmie is just straight up bad it actually gets no moves and you have to manually get psychic and surf to make this thing at least good and plus gyarados exist and it's just an upgrade in every way... and i guess tauros is okay but snorlax is just right there
ps i actually just wrote a essay lol
Thank you for commenting your opinion!
lol guy said swampert could do the whole game on his own yet mine just gets giga drained by every pokemon imaginable im so bad at pokemon i lose 6v1 sometimes
On fire red i'll use blastoise because He learn bite, dig and ice beam
I don’t think fearow is that great of a flying type
Ok this video triggered me.....not sure how much but could be worse and also better
First of all including hard to get and late game mons without mentioning alternatives like I get that starmie and tauros are S tier in gen 1 but starmie is quite late and you can get lapras/cloyster earlier and tauros is so hard to get that most people will just settle for snorlax or in gen 5 beartic might be good but it's quite hard to get unless you happen to play during in game winter not to mention that apart from ice type attacks all it can do can also be done by mons like haxorus darm archeops golurk and bisharp with 2 being type overlaps(golurk and darm) and 2 being quite late game (golurk and bisharp) and one being on team but also stoutland works nice in same role as beartic and luckily there is not much need for ice type
Other thing was saying that there is no coverage for certain type even thought with proper ms those teams can cover every single type and team in game e.g in gen1 psychic is covered by jolteons pin missile (and also by normal types special bulk coming mostly from health) and dragon by starmie ice beam/blizzard
And ghost is by starmie psychic(all ghost types have poison type) so well its just like saying infernape covers only 4 gyms and 1 E4 member while it actually covers more depending on coverage(bertha with grass knot and wake with additional thunder punch and folkner and flint with EQ (yeah you can't run 5 moves and nearly nobod gives infernape EQ but ya know what I mean))
Also not mentioning some great mons in certain games like not mentioming snorlax dugtrio gyarados lapras and cloyster in gen 1 games or lapras in gen johto games and crobat in HG/SS and some others and yeah I get that you just can't slap 6 OP mons on team and hope it works but there were some mons with considerable alternatives depending on preferences or way of playing
And lastly some wrong information like saying that machamp can be obtained in gen1 without trading while it can but only in yellow by in game trade or claiming hitmonchan to be best fighting type while elemental punches from that mon deal little damage due to low special attack and both hitmonlee and primape being faster and having slightly better movepool
Welp anyways I should stop complaining and tell ya that you'll get those little nuances quite quickly and also your idea of running sinnoh team without electric type but with grass seems interesting but also means that sole coverage for gyarados would be infernapes thunder punch.....or gyarados/garchomp stone edge...which comes just before E4 where there is no gyarados to fight...but also most are just some random trainers except for few ace trainers in late game that actually have AI that knows type matchups
Also can't say that quag getting some attention here was bad like this frog or whatever not only has stab EQ by lvl up but also ice punch by tm to deal with dragons and same can be said with breloom as most people seem to forget that this shroom has whooping attack stat
Anyways good luck with next videos
Hitmochan is horrible because of the lack of physical/special even with that mechanic it’s still trash
I was wrong on that one, sorry for the mistake and thanks for commenting!
Dodrio is better than Fearow, but obviously you can get a Spearow much earlier
Gyarados is usuefull in every generation 🔝
Dodrio is better than fearow
You get it quite late tho and the difference isn't appreciable
Exactly as Nuzayh said as it is available later I think Fearow is therefore a better option. Either are great picks though so thank you for commenting your opinion!
Ok i respect ur opinion but still I believe dodrio is better and I think we can get a doduo as soon as we go to celadon city
But you get it for the Erika gym with fly. That's a good time to trade out fearow. Also, in red and blue drill peck is overpowered
@@NuzayhEbrahim dodrio’s attack stat is 10 points more than fearow, the fact that you get it before koga’s gym is a nice bonus. In fact if you get it after beating lt surge and clearing out the rocket hideout in the game corner you can get it before having the pokeflute. So that doesn’t sound that late if you think about it, and what you could do is use a fearow until then.
Why in Kalos & Ahola you choose Delphox & Primarina instead of Greninja & Incineroar?
Delphox and Greninja you can get in Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon Via Island Scan. But The Water/Fairy is great and it move coverage can hlep with almost every trial/kahuna. There are other good water types in Alola. Gyarados, island Scan in the Ultra Games you can get Marshtomp Via Island Scan. In Ulta Sun I used both Primariana and Swampert. Yes despite the water overlap Swampert can cover 2 of Primariana's Weaknesses (Electric & Poison). Then you have Ice Beam to cover grass mons though Primariana can learn Psychic.
Although Greninja & Incineroar are more popular Pokemon, Delphox & Primarina are better for playthroughs. Especially Primarina who matches up well against most of the important fights in the story. Thanks for asking!
Why you have two flying type in your Sinnoh team if it was me I switch out gyarados or Floatzel or Gastrodn am just saying or using a Luxray
The type overlap isn't ideal but due to how good Gyarados is with dragon dance I still think it belongs in the team, thanks for commenting!
Where do you get an Aerodactyl in Kalos, or did you confuse it with Alola? 😅
pretty much the team I did all those games
2:33 Except Hitmonchan’s Sp Attack sucks and Elemental Punches were Special in Gen 3. So Hitmonlee or Primeape is better.
I agree, my bad for this mistake.
Do the early generation teams take hm’s into account or would you advise to use HM slaves?
Use hm slaves don't waste your Pokemon move slots with hm moves except surf and fly
You sound Welsh to me. Newport?
Hot take: blastoise is actually the best starter for a gameplay in all kanto games except yellow
It's speed being higher than Venusaur's does make it better for some people. However, I think on type for Kanto Venusaur wins. Either way both are great! Thanks for commenting!
@@AlphaOrange99 yeah i usually prefer blastoise cause even with the worse typing u can just cover it with the other mons
@AlphaOrange99 Venusaur is faster than Blastoise.
@@marcelohulse yeah i forgot cause i usually round up stats
in red and blue is much stronger dodrio instead of fearow😮
what website again do you find those stats? i forgot the site
Gen 2 why not Espeon?
in gen 2 I'd go with Crobat over Fearow
Both are great options!
Dodrio is far better than Fearow
I think getting Fearow earlier means it is more useful for the playthrough, thanks for watching!
Espeon > umbreon in Gen 2
I love the design on Umbreon but it's so weak
So untrue. Espeon's subpar movepool and later availability makes kadabra the superior choice for a psychic in a 2nd gen walkthrough, while umbreon can stall almost everything to ko.
Hitmonchan for elemental punches? They are special in fire red leaf green with hitmonchan having a sp atk stat or like 35... you lost me there honestly
Haha sorry about this, a mistake from me there! Thanks for commenting!
Starmie is better than Lapras FR and LG. It is fast and with the coverage it can solo the elite 4.
I think it is a close call but both are great options anyway. Thanks for commenting!
@@allanjensen59 Starmie is exclusive to Leaf Green though, so Fire Red players are fresh out of luck.
@@AlphaOrange99 both are in my top 6 favorite water types. Starmie is my favorite Pokemon
@@thepuppet4321 true, Lapras is still very good. And has good coverage. So no problem there. But I feel the speed of Starmie makes it better
@@allanjensen59 Yeah, but like I said, Fire Red players just don’t have access to Starmie because it’s a version exclusive to Leaf Green.
All games " Fearow" 😂😂😂😅😅😅
Best fire starter ever is the dirge
Hitmonchan in 3 gen team? Seriously?
He mention of the element punches like if they were physical in gen 3, most likely forgot😅but now i want to know who would be picked foe that spot
For gen 5, sigilyth is a lot better than acheops
Thank you for your opinion, I think Archeops is better for the teams coverage needs so that's why I believe it should be in the best team. Thanks for commenting!
Welp can't agree with that arche has great speed and one of highest physical attack and great special attack with acces to nice moves like acrobatics rock slide stone edge EQ dig focus blast(risky but fun) u-turn crunch shadow claw etc while sigi is also very good then psychic+air slash combo isn't that great and coverage is welp not bad but when you have team of 6 it's hard to pick something usefull that will make it a bit more standing out so you will find encouraged to actually use it against disadvantage matchup but for B2/W2 can't deny it's one of best choice alongside crobat who learns acrobatics
unfortunately in gen 2 heracross doesnt learn bug or fighting moves so I think it's limited, I'd go with Forretress if you want to keep the bug type or with Primeape if you wanna keep the fighting one
Well there is extremely late megahorn and I think pin missile from breeding and also fun usage of endure+revershal but for ease of use probably best bet here would be normal type as there is no good dark type coverage anyways(iirc primeape line is version exclusive and only bug type with bug type moves are parasect and beedrill unless you wanna use fury cutter).....damm gen 2 is that weird middle ground where GF got idea that some mons were too strong but also had no idea how to make less OP mons that are also fun to use
Sword and shield are way easier than any of the other game
I think X and Y are easier personally but both are some of the easier games throughout the series. Thanks for commenting!
Greninja is better, than Delphox
Possibly in isolation but with the rest of the team and options taken into account, I think Delphox is better, thanks for commenting!
😅😅😅 fearow? Kkkk dodrio is better. Tauros? Hard tô cacth and no need two normal types....snorlax better😅 venusaur always third option.. much Poison type in game