Venusaur-Line Solo Challenge - Pokemon FireRed
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- Опубліковано 7 лис 2023
- This is the start of the public release for formerly exclusive series that started airing in early 2023. Minor edits have been made to fix only overt errors.
Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle, except held items
3. No glitches, exploits, save states, or RNG manipulation
4. No evasion moves before level 100*
Rule details:
-- *In gen1, evasion boosting is allowed if the Pokemon does it through means other than learning the move by level up or TM. For example, using Mimic or Mirror Move to boost evasion is allowed. (This exception is to keep ranking consistent with my legacy videos.)
-- I am allowed to manipulate my starter
-- I play the game at 4x game speed
-- For fair comparisons all my Pokemon have perfect (or near perfect) DVs / IVs
-- I am allowed to catch HM users - I can use all field moves
-- All in-battle glitches are allowed in generation 1
-- In generation 1, I'm allowed to skip Marowak with the Poke Doll
-- Surge's trash-can-puzzle is automatically solved
-- The bike is allowed in gen1, banned in gen2, and allowed for bypassing terrain in gen3
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
-- I can pause the game and timer to take breaks
-- The footage is sped up / slowed down to match the pace of my narration
-- The ability Pickup can only be used if the starter has it
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As a broke college student who watches all of Scott’s videos, I am so excited for this series. I wish I could contribute more financially
Liking and commenting for the almighty UA-cam algorithm is also a good way to attribute
Righteousness
As a broke autistic college student same.
Just a question, not attack but sincerely interested. Do you work, because if you've watched all of Scott his videos it sounds like you have lots of spare time
Don't want to sound harsh but, if you have all these hours to watch YT then wouldn't your time be better spent earning some money? I mean this as advice not criticism, I don't know your situation.
Looking at this first playthrough, it seems you underestimate the power of Leech Seed in gen 3. It actually deals 1/8 of the target hp, and heals you for 100% of that amount. Combined with sleep powder, this offers pretty good damage and recovery.
growth would've helped with offsetting the intimidate, too. rule of thumb: if it is only a one shot with a stat boost, the stat boost is effectively free
@@Hoxeel growth only does special attack in gen 3 and there's no badge boost glitch to boost attack on use of boosting moves.
Leech Seed, Toxic, Mega Drain.
@@Hoxeelgrowth boosts physical attack starting in gen4.
Before it was only special, as Grass was a special type
Yeah, would've helped with early-game Harden/Growl users and Sand Attack spammers. It was rather frustrating seeing Scott ignoring that move in all those fights where I'm certain Leech Seed's passive damage would've been a huge help.
You can clearly see Scott's improvement in playing gen 3 games. He was non used to natures, EVs, the missing of badge boost, power creep, abilities, but he got so much better during these months and playthroughs. Now I'm looking forward to watching him playing gen4
I'm looking forward to how confused he gets with his first time thinking some moves are special that end up being physical and vice versa. That'll be funny and the improvements he makes over time will be exciting to see
22:41-23:09 To correct what Scott said here, you only need 252 Effort Values, not 552, because that would be impossible with a limit of 510 EVs.
Ya I was like wait what i had to rewind that a couple times i thought i had brainworms for a sec there
surprised he didn't correct that in the re-upload. not the end of the world but definitely a confusing error to someone who's not familiar with EV mechanics
I’ve been watching your videos for a long time now, and I’ve gotta say that no other poketuber works harder than you and no other poketuber is more passionate about it that you. It’s really a joy to watch.
Blackglasses for dark types is pretty easy to obtain. You can pick it up in the Rocket Hideout with minimal effort.
I just became a member yesterday but i am super excited that everyone will be able to see more of your content. Keep up the great work
Thanks so much for the support.
Thank you!! I watch these to go to sleep to for work :) i work overnights so sleeping is hard enough during the day. These help relax me so much!
It took me 6 attempts to watch this video. Trying to watch Scott while laying down with your eyes closed is a sure way to fall asleep.
I always feel like time-exclusive stuff is a sensible way to go with stuff like this. Rewarding people able to give money is always cool, but hard to imagine anyone would be too upset that the content they got for donating is released if it's like a year later or whatever. Might even be a nice reminder it exists and have been long enough to be rewatchable by that point.
A year later? That seems kind of absurd. Most channels with exclusive content release it anywhere from a few days to a month later. You have the right idea, but delaying content for over a year just doesn't make sense. Scott has built an incredibly positive community, so I just don't understand encouraging him to make such a rash and toxic decision.
@@TheRealBlakers Wha? It was just a rough handwavey number - the description says this was origionally made at the start ot 2023, it's now getting towards the end.
I can't say I've felt the lack of this over the year has felt particularly "toxic" either, the man pumps out a pretty consistent stream of content even if this stuff had stayed private.
As a subscriber, yes, I can confirm it's fun to rewatch. That said, I don't think he's releasing it all ahead of UA-cam cause he only just released the 6th or 7th video and I believe we get the next one at the same time as UA-cam
Been waiting for these releases! I really would like to donate to you but I need to better my financial situation first so I can give back more later. Thank you for your hard work!
Love your overlay! You and jrose are the best and as a huge fan of both i love that you each have your own niche ❤❤❤
Thank you for making this series public ❤
Thanks for making these videos available to the public, I have been looking forward to them!
This is amazing! Thank you very much for uploading these videos!
Man I love how your pumping out videos,can't wait to watch them all
Oh! What a nice surprise! I just finished my homework so this is great timing.
Scott, you’re one of the few content creators that I would give money to if I were able. But all I can do now is watch, like, and comment to support your amazing content.
I really enjoy your content so much!
Thanks for everything that you do.
Not only are you the UA-camr of choice when my partner and I eat dinner but we both also use your videos for background noise to listen to while doing other things
Thanks! ♥
Nice! Excited to see the fighting type venomoth run!
Scott I think you should do all your first runs on a Neutral Nature than after the run you have a idea what moves/strategies you will use and how the pokemon works. Than on your optimized playthrough you will know what nature is best. Also love the content thanks for uploading.
Thanks for sharing these! Super excited.
Thank you! Appreciate everything you do
I actually love the off topic rambling about your learning process and such, so please keep it in :)
Already forgot so im watching it again😂 thanks for all your uploads😊
Channel is blowing up man. I remember when I was in your discord helping with ideas/checking scripts etc. Super happy for ya man
yaaaay I can finally watch this series and be broke at the same time! Thanks a lot, Scott! I really wish I could aid the channel financially, but at the moment that's not possible xD I'm also really excited for gen IV(because of HG/SS - I despise the Sinnoh games; they made me give up on the franchise until gen VI xD)! Thanks for all the hard work and entertainment, your content is awesome and always improving! It really came to mean a lot in my life lol Cheers, all the best!
Nice!! I’m so happy to see a playthru that has full evolutions!! Very happy to see this new series!!!
All hail the Abra evolution line😊
"Some of you have been here for 2 years now." Gosh, I really have, haven't I? Wild to think about. I subbed at pre-1K during lockdown. Amazing that so much time has passed already.
im glad you finally released it i do like the more analytic style you do nowadays but i missed the excitment and gameplay fails it makes it so much more enjoyable for me to watch. Thank you for publicly releasing it much love from a long time viewer! ♥
So excited to see how this series will come along
The mention of fast growth rate pokemon made me check on which pokemon actually has that growth rate, seeing togekiss on that list amazed me knowing how strong it is and now I really want to see it in a run
a backported gen 2 togekiss run would be awesome!
A lot of Ghost-types too oddly enough. At least the Dusknoir, Banette, and Mismagius lines are in the Fast growth rate. Dunno why they gave the Fast growth rate to them but hey.
I'm just gonna say i love the UI man, It's neat to look at
Best poketuber, awful businessman.
Here guys, have all my stuff for free, I just feel too guilty charging you for all my hard work
As yet another broke college student who watched every video you put out, thank you for making these videos public!!!!
I’ve watched so many of your videos that in my nuzlockes i’ll regularly go “i wonder how fast this pokemon would be in a scott video”😂 so it’s always great to have more content!
Thanks Scott, this is awesome
_Finally! The Scott _*_has come back_*_ to Kanto!_
I've been excited for these to be public.
Yeah i have been here since your first runs. And i still watch jrose and other people who do challenge runs but i like your's the best. The overlay and talk of debugging is so much fun. I really want to dig into the code but would get pulled into the matrix.
The one sucky thing about making videos members only is that I am not able to save those videos to a playlist that I listen to while I work.
Love hearing everything about the overlay development.
Much prefer the exclusive videos like this. Happy Venonat customer and happy everyone gets to see these regardless of payment! Keep up the amazing work (you and your team)
Epic, looking forward to this
When it comes to exclusive content you could also do it like many other channels do and release these videos on patreon like a month early compared to the UA-cam release. Still provides the extra incentive for the extra dedicated members/patreons but doesn't punish non members overall. I think that's a relatively fair way to do things (Coming from someone who is currently a non member)
This means I have to organized enough to not finish everything right before the releases...
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon haha fair enough lol. Whatever works best for you at the end of the day, I'll be here waiting for the next releases however you do it. Love your vids!!!
Honestly so excited to finally see these
Man this a game changer literally! New moves! Can’t wait to see my boy Venusaur kick some ass! Also keep rambling my ADHD really digs all your stats and video process talks lol
This was my second Pokémon game with silver being the first game I ever played. Very excited to see how this game will differ from the original. Also I wonder how long it would take to beat the elite 4’s second team.
Since you’re going for time I think you only really have two options for the EV’s: either modify them at the start as you see fit, like you do with IV’s and nature; or ignore them and get what you get. It’ll probably be very slow to seek out the EV’s you want, and by the time you can do that you’re forced to have a bunch in stats you might not want due to mandatory fights.
Let’s go Scott! You the man!
I love when new Scott's Thoughts videos come out
Woooooo!! So excited!
Great video. I would suggest either a Naughty, Rash, Mild, or Lonely Nature of Venusaur. The early game is loaded with Physical moves and the late game with Special moves, so it just depends where Venusaur is having the most problems.
wild to think ive been watching you I believe for 3 years
The Agatha fight reminded me of when I did a Bulbasaur only series of videos in Pokémon Red years back, and that fight was a suuuuuch a slog to get through, haha
Been a while since I've seen this, so here I am again!
Super exciting to get extra videos! While you're definitely right that the general audience probably isn't here for the ui development and such as much, I really enjoy hearing about it as a fellow hobbyist programmer. As far as venusaur goes, I expect it to get fairly poor results, even though it'll always be number 1 in my heart as both my first ever starter and favorite pick for nuzlockes since it just hard carries the first 3 gyms and helps with catching because of sleep powder.
Awesome news mate!
Huh, I had no idea these were even happening. Neat!
Scott, I love your series, i can't wait till we get to Ruby and Sapphire.
2nd comment,
A note on the gen 3 ai is that it’s pretty much impossible for the ais last pokemon to use any self destructing moves
unless they have random ai which some hikers do and most rocket grunts do as well, but it’s useful for something like koga
Would love to see the gen 2 starters in FireRed.
i have so many good and bad memories with this game, stoked to see you add it to your list of games. i do however miss the enemy stats/moveset on the TM sidebar, hope you manage/have managed to add it somehow :D
It’s already in the software don’t worry. This was just filmed in January. In a couple weeks you’ll see how far everything develops ;)
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon sweet! i really noticed it during your lorelei battle and you mentioned slowbro having ice beam. cross referencing things take time, but thats why you made the overlay in the first place
You Rock Scott!
Thank you for making these publicly available. IMO FRLG are the "hardest" pokemon games in the series.
Loved the video as always Scott keep up the good stuff! I had a goofy idea about a quarter of the way through the video, very niche but I thought quite funny. Perhaps even for April fools or something would it be possible to flex your coding muscles to mod the badge boost glitch into a later game? Maybe a fire red run to make it a little more like the original red? I thought that might be interesting and funny!
I've been watching this series recently, due to the fact I got randomly given membership as a gift in a stream(?) They're fun :)
Seeing Fire Red on here is really cool!
With the early game cocoons, if they manage to get off multiple hardens, it may be better to switch to vine whip even though it's resisted, simply to hit special defense instead
The fire red music is so nostalgic, it was my first Pokémon game.
Thanks for unlocking this! I know it's old but I think rash or mild might've been the optimal naturez. It's true that you don't want to lower attack so why not your defenses? Sp.D is the higher one and it's used for resists anyway, but you would have to watch out for fire and psychic so maybe defense.
By far my favorite starter in gen 1, solid choise in hardcore nuzzlocks.
Finally a public FR run
its a good thing those gengars have terrible movesets and are frail lol. fun vid man, thanks for doing fire red for the freebies
As a contributor: I don't want exclusive content. I'm just happy to contribute. I think all of your fans should get to enjoy the stuff you make.
Here we go!
Fighting Pokemon coming? So it's venomoth in Firered? Nice
Best Pokémon channel 💪
Venusaur was my favorite pokemon as a kid. I think cuz of the 3 (or 4 cuz of pikachu) Gen 1 starters Venusaur got the least amount of love so naturally I gravitated to it. And to be honest, it's a beast. Especially in modern games with the move pool, abilities, mega and gigantimax. I know ppl hate when Gen 1 gets all the love but I always get excited when Venusaur gets to shine. Gives me that nostalgia high lol
I heard a long time ago that firered and leafgreen had the same stat experience system as red and blue, despite ruby/saphire/emerald using the updated system. They even said to be sure to EV train when you trade over because it would be reset.
Based on a quick google search, it looks like I was misinformed lol. Young me was fooled by a lot of misinformation
Hi Scott, I want to take a quick moment to talk about you gating off content behind memberships. I am not a paid member (it's just not something I typically do on UA-cam) but I recognise that this is your job, your brand, and your business, and you have a family to support. I want to reaffirm that it is okay to gate some content off with the goal of encouraging people to compensate you. You've given us a lot for free when you had no obligation to do so (though I recognise that you do enjoy it). Obviously there is the fine balance even from a business perspective, but I just wanted to perhaps help quell any grumbling doubts or guilt you might have had in your head.
Oh nice! Blastoise has the world record down on this game, so that will be fun!
Lets gooooo!
I think using leech seed on Rival 2’s Pidgeotto is the correct call after sleep. I know it only has 90% accuracy but it’s reliable chip damage once it’s down, and allows you to abuse sleep better. The only downside is that surviving with multiple sand attacks on you could just waste time.
1:06 guys, he's finally going to use the Fighting/Ground type: Venomoth!
Is the fighting type Venomoth?
SO HYPE!!! FINALLY GEN 3 KANTO!!!
I friggin love fire red. Yay!!!!
Koga’s monotype flying venomoth got me SHAKEN
This just looks like my childhood playthroughs lol
Glad to see your FR run being released to the public, for subsequent battles will you be doing league 2 as well as that i feel is the true final end of FRLG, also with some rare candies and useful hidden items location being swapped compared to the original gen1 games, it may be nice trying to know their location.
It may also be a debate to give yourself straight 60 pokemon for your dex right at the start so u have exclusive rights to some of the aides items, and instant access to sevii island part 2 once u cleared the league P1
As someone whose very first pokemon game was fire red and very first starter was bulbasaur, i can predict whatever will happen at every point in this video.
Also, this video deserves a like.
EditS:
5:59 the critical hit didn't mattered, bulbasaur always one-shots onix
9:42 when i played for the first time, i was stuck at that fight for a long time lmao💀
I know the charizard in the thumbnail is related to the actual game cover but hear me out. How sick would it be if it was the super famous charizard pose that’s on the crazy expensive rare Pokémon card. Would be awesome
We’re all here to hear Scott say “…UGH, it’s so frustrating!”
I'd say Mild (+SAt, -Def) is the best nature for a Bulbasaur solo run.
It's Def is relatively low, and there aren't many scary physical attackers in the game (not until the elite 4, really). Boosting its SAt strengthens Vine Wip and Razor Leaf.
It wants Atk to use normal moves and Earthquake for coverage. It wants Spd, because in a solo run you always want to keep whatever Spd you can. There are a lot more dangerous special attackers in the game, and the Bulbasaur line already has good SDf, so there's no reason to drop that stat.
Wow, St Anne battle at 14:00 -> sand attack into kinesis into smokescreen XD lmao
Heh
I actually really like evolutions being part of the runs. Evolution level/method is just as important to a Pokémon as exp growth rates for a speed run, arguably more so for some Pokémon. Its fun to see non-evolving runs too of course.
Rip high crit razor leaf, I'd have gone with -S.def, +S.Atk for Bulba as there are a lot of physical attackers in the game, but psychic/ice might be an issue then. I was anticipating use of sludge bomb (post game TM nooo, could have sworn it was earlier, poison types can't catch a break?) and Earthquake so attack matters, but then Earthquake actually isn't great against the elite four. Return too as always.
Late game there is only 1 good special move in Razor Leaf/Giga drain which has such low PP, modern Giga is so much better. Hidden power would help Venusaur a lot.
Not sure what would have been good for Agatha. Sunny Day Solar beam might have been nice, or growth giga drain. Neither seem like big run changers. Secret power has a 30% PRZ chance while inside, like a mini body slam, that might be okay. But doesn't help with ghosts.
Leech seed is good for Agatha I think, but giving the roulette more turns could be a risk with curse and hypnosis around.
Zard gets a very needed S.Atk buff and a decent wing attack after Gen 1 so that'll be nice to look forward too.
Nice
Regarding the EV system there are some places for just 1 single stat, such as spA in pkmn tower,sabrina gym trainers, speed in blaine gym and attack in the fighting dojo. Hope this helps and for early prebrock grinding, the route where the optional rival is has the only attack ev in mankey and the rest are speed evs from there
Attack has Machop and Mankey lines at Cycling Road as well.
The Birdkeepers near Fuchsia also gives Attack and Speed EVs with their Spearows, Fearows, and Dodrio.
Also, at Celadon Gym, you can either get Attack EVs if you go left or Special Attack EVs if you go right.
I feel like Sassy would be solid on a Bulbasaur. The boost to special defense would make it easier for Bulbasaur to survive the rival's fire moves, and Venusaur is not fast to begin with.
The nugget bridge rival is gonna be interesting in the blastoise run…
I like the neutral natures because it puts all pokemon on the same foot.
at 1:10 I wanna say I approve of the nod to Hyrule Gamer.