Going to drop a couple corrections here which you incredible people have brought to my attention. However, continue to comment about how I was wrong in the video, algorithm blah blah blah. 1. Overlay has an error. It says Special Defense 95. This is the combined generation one Special stat. Lapras has 95 base Special in generation one. 2. Bubblebeam or Body Slam vs Raichu. Wasn't aware electric doesn't resist water, thanks for the feedback. If we examine the numbers I still think I made a sensible choice. Bubblebeam gets STAB: 65 x 1.5 = 97.5 power, Body Slam doesn't: 85 power. Raichu has 55 base Defense and 90 base Special in generation one so I figured the 12.5 power advantage that Bubblebeam would be negated by Raichu's stat distribution. Body Slam has the additional chance to paralyze. 3. Ice Beam or Bubblebeam vs Giovanni's Rock/Ground Pokemon in the first fight against him. I was completely wrong here. Bubblebeam is the correct choice 65 x 4 x 1.5 = 390 (Ice Beam: 90 x 2 x 1.5 = 270). Thanks for all the comments and the support on Patreon. I'm humbled. See you all next week with Dunsparce!
I'd also like to bring up body slam vs Ice Beam on Sabrina's Alakazam. With neutral stats, Body Slam is better, but once it receives an X-Defend or applied Reflect, Ice beam should do more. Adjusting the calculator for a 135 base special defense Alakazam (the gen 1 calculator doesn't work because it just assumes max level and EVs on everything while the gen 3 one allows for changing base stats): Lvl 42 0 SpA Lapras Ice Beam vs. Lvl 50 0 HP / 0 SpD Alakazam: 23-28 (17.6 - 21.5%) Lvl 42 0 Atk Lapras Body Slam vs. Lvl 50 0 HP / 0 Def Alakazam: 33-39 (25.3 - 30%) Lvl 42 0 Atk Lapras Body Slam vs. +1 Lvl 50 0 HP / 0 Def Alakazam: 22-26 (16.9 - 20%) Lvl 42 0 Atk Lapras Body Slam vs. Lvl 50 0 HP / 0 Def Alakazam through Reflect: 17-20 (13 - 15.3%) Lvl 42 0 Atk Lapras Body Slam vs. +1 Lvl 50 0 HP / 0 Def Alakazam through Reflect: 11-14 (8.4 - 10.7%) At the X-Defend alone stage, it's close enough that you might conceivably prefer the more consistent 30% paralysis chance to the rarer but more potent 10% freeze chance, but when reflect is up, switching to ice beam seems like it could be an optimisation.
I always thought Ice resisted grass till you mentioned that Lapras was weak to grass... you learn something new every day Also an Omanite/Omastar vs Kabuto/Kabutops run would be so cool to see
lol nope, although I think Ice should defo resist Grass. With Grass already being the most resisted type in the game though, they probably didn't want to cripple it any more than they already did. Ice is in serious need of some resistances man, its pretty dumb that Ice only resists itself, and nothing else.
I totally agree with your stance on modern poke games. I love how they look and they're fun but I never went anywhere in moon because their was just so many cutscenes. I care about plot and flavor but not if they actively get in the way of the games pacing!
Glad I am finally fully caught up on all of your challenges. Keep it up man I really like how each challenge is a slight improvement over the last with the quality and commentary
I like the, As fast as humanly possible tablature reference in the beginning. Also, Ice beam is better than Blizzard no matter what the Gen...bring it haters.
@@CyberchaoX I'd argue Blizzard in the World versions is still better. You get a 25BP boost for the cost of 10% accuracy, which is a small price to pay. Yes, over longer periods of play, Blizzard will let you down with that 10% chance to miss and having less PP. But in individual battles, assuming max PP for both moves, it's reliable enough for how crazy strong it is, especially with stab.
One trick that I just learned so that you avoid wasting time at the trashcans: after you find the first one, save and then go for the one you think is the second one. If it isn't, restart and try with another. It really helped me save time on this part of the game.
Scott's Thoughts over here handing out good takes like "game design", "thinking", and "personality" 👀 Another great episode! I've always loved Lapras :)
Lapras is such a good Pokemon, there is basically no situation where it doesn't give you options, even as an HM mon. I wish it wasn't so rare! Honestly kind of surprised it had to breach the Lvl60 range to get it done. Goes to show how important good speed is in these challenges.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Against Flareon, definitely, since that would have removed Ninetales from the team in the final battle, but Vaporeon would still have it. And Vaporeon may have been difficult to get the final blow, since it's so bulky, particularly if Leech Seeded. I'd say Vaporean and Jolteon would be roughly the same in terms of difficulty here.
Pokémon Yellow was my first Pokémon game ever. It is nice to see someone running this game, instead of just Red or Blue (so thank you for that)! I also cannot thank you enough for getting me through long days of work. I recently went back to finish college after a long hiatus and your videos have helped me get through those long days of sitting at a computer and working! Thanks for the content man and can't wait to see what comes next!
Obligatory comment to help with the algorithm. Can I just say, I love that you fo these in Yellow instead of Red or Blue? Yellow is the one I'm most nostalgic for, having spent years playing it growing up
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon The chrome dome krillin like a villain fossil Rip speed stat ironically and badge boost reliability Fun facts Gastly and poliwag can technically do minimum battles and bulbasaur at 59 can do ex champion butt ironically because all 3 have easier setup than lapras n Gastly has higher special and speed, poliwag has amnesia and bulbasaur sleep powder and growth
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon i also think your lapras had a terrible special ivs and hidden adamant nature Because it has higher attack than special attack and I know that is not supposed to occur unless both are true
Hand holding is a lot more common pretty much all Rpgs These days. The games were designed around you getting lost and pointing you in the correct direction actually became more commonplace in the SNES - Playstation Eras. They usually left the more confusing, cryptic stuff for side quests.
Apparently Lapras was originally partly based on the Loch Ness Monster. Hooray for our local beastie! 😁 With regard to lack of handholding, I really liked how gen 2 handled it. Cut is the only HM you actually get from an event that blocks your path. All of the others you have to go and find, either by optional side quests (Sprout Tower for Flash) or by going out of your way to go about speaking to people (the woman outside the Fighting Gym, the Sailor in the bar, and the guy in the Kimono Girl place). And that's not to mention TMs and other goodies you could find talking to folk at the right places at the right times. It felt really rewarding finding these without guides and the Internet, and encouraged you to speak to NPCs because you never knew when you'd get a reward.
Dang that shell is unbreakable! I agree about the good ol' days being great. I had no guide and nobody in school had beaten the game yet. Seafoam Islands was intimidating and I was scared of getting lost in there. I saw some strange bird while jumping down the holes and I decided to try my best to navigate the area. I made it to Articuno and caught it on my first attempt. I felt like such a bad ass doing that.
I became a butterfree patron because you're a rebel with the dome fossil. Anywho, your videos are fun and entertaining and got me doing solo run challenges for fun.
I’m so happy you decided to use Lapras. It really is one of my absolute favorite Pokémon ever. Love all of the videos, Scott. Keep up the awesome content. Hey, I was just thinking about this: Since you always just use Charmander for HMs, how about doing a solo run with Kanto’s iconic little fire lizard? Now that’d be a sight to see.
I'm Hyped for the Magmar VS Electabuzz video, can't wait to see more ! Oh and i Kept thinking Venomoth was a poison flying type until i used a simple thing, just call it venom,moth, and can't help but it makes my brain,stop and think of what i just said, and why it was stupid.
You took the wrong fossil FOOL! Memes aside, digging the content man! You're up there at Jrose for me, good content, good jokes and always a pleasant challenge using some fresh new pokemon! As a fan of that weird-odd-looking-pokemon, I am looking forward to that run! ;)
I've been watching/listening to quite a few of your vids lately Scott and at least from my perspective this vid is your best by a mile (others were good too). I love when I get to listen through a bunch of videos cataloguing a creator finding their voice as you seem to be finding yours. Anyway keep doing what you're doing.
If memory serves, Lapras was one of only like three Pokemon that I beat the game below Level 55 with. This was really fun to watch, and makes me realize just how lucky I actually got in order to actually beat the game at that level. lol
Gutted I missed the premiere! Nice run, shame Lapras' speed isn't the best. That final battle with Jolteon was so tense! I actually gasped when that Freeze hit XD Looking forward to Dunspace and Aerodactyl runs!
For the algorithm!!! Great video! Shame I didn't get the final level range right, but still. This was still good to watch. Keep it up! Something to note for your dunsparce run; obviously the rollout defense curl strat, but it's move pool is surprisingly very diverse. I love teaching that thing flamethrower. If you need a good name for it. I just name mine Danzio cuz it sounds cool.
No, you were right that Rock slide would have done more damage than dig to Venonat/Venomoth (or at least equal). Bug types resist ground moves. It's one of those annoying resists that I often forget about, so even if they're poison type and weak to ground, the bug type cancels the weakness out.
I love the Kalos region because while it is linear, there are many areas within routes such as Terminus Cave and the lost hotel that encourage more exploration for someone who wants to get the most out of the game
yea there are many routes in X/Y that have branching paths, but not to the extent where you would get stuck, it just changes the trainers you fight and items you find, so going back and exploring the other path is usually worth it.
Of course our Scout knows the truth and dont praise the false Prophet. (Seriously tho I never liked twitch plays pokemon or any of the memes it spawned so someone who just Pulls a troll with it is always great in my opinion)
The picture of Lapras on the left of the video is one of my favorite pictures. Look at how funny Lapras looks glancing back making eye contact with that cheeky mischievous smile haha. A pretty standard run here. Lapras is just a bit of a beast, it is that simple. I thought the final level of Lapras would be slightly lower to become champion. I guess the speed and typing of Jolteon had other ideas! One day I'll catch one of these vids when it premiers!!! See you next time dude :)
Why couldn't you bubblebeam Surge's Raichu? Electric doesn't resist water, but am I missing something? I mean, body slam paralysis got you the win, but since Raichu used growl, I'm curious what bubblebeam would have done with Lapras at full special.
03:18 And simply for that and a creative take on the overused Fossil"joke" I like to watch your videos even more :D (And we know you speak the truth Kabutops is a Badass with sickles as hands! Omastar is just... a Spiky Seasnail xD)
I remember being a kid and going completely out of the way to rush through silph so I could pick up Lapras. I still remember the shock when I found out lapras had access to electric and psychic type moves. I played a lot of fire red so I grabbed thunder, psychic, surf, and rest. And then add a espeon with baton pass and calm mind. Sheesh that’s one heck of a mon
Yes dome fossil gang ♥ This activates my hipsterism (ew helix fossil memes are popular) and my childhood love of kabutops. Also, your vids are getting better :D
Scott: rules no sleep tactics, keeps sing on lapras for the first 20 levels as a dead move slot. Also scott: hates sand attack and stat lowering shenanigans, deletes mist at the first opportunity.
I enjoyed the run, but I feel inclined to point out (after noticing late in the video against Bruno), you list the stats with Special Defense in Blue and Special Attack presumably cropped out. You can preview the stats with a single unified Special on Bulbapedia as well, with a link at the bottom of the stat listing for 1st gen pokemon. Other than that, nothing to add, great video, looking forward to the next one :D
Episode name: "Reminiscing with Scott feat Locky the Lapras" Jokes aside, man what a run! My inner kid loved this as he really loved Lapras growing up :D Also next VS run: Ekans Vs. Koffing!
I think its hilarious how you played a good chunk of this game in your childhood pretending to be on the toilet. That is something we have in common lol. I feel like pokemon on the potty is where i do my best work.
I like how you take feedback and continuously improve. Each time you put out a video, the quality of the video and gameplay improve. :) Have you thought of playing Pokemon Blue Kaizo (or some other hack)? It doesn't fix the AI, but it rebalances the opponents' movesets around the AI so that opponents don't make any decisions that are downright stupid.
I appreciate the hand holding personally. I nearly gave up on my first playthrough of leafgreen because I couldn't work out how to get past the snorlax and/or into saffron city (I don't remember which one it was) and looking it up somehow didn't get me the answer. I spent hours trying to find it out and would've loved someone to just tell me how to do it
why not have a setting to turn on/off tutorials/tips instead? fixes your problem as well as everyone else's. I wish gamefreak listened to constructive criticism.
you were most likely stuck at the safron city guards, they changed how you get past them between red and fire red, so when you look it up, you get wrong information from the old games.
Another great video. Nice one! Along with you know who (a certain user whose name begins with a J and ends with an 11), I'd say your Pokemon challenges are the most fun to watch in the whole internet. I'm just wondering why the recent need to include so many visual memes. I honestly don't think you need them, as your content is good and your narration original enough without those comedy devices. Just a subscriber's opinion, anyway! :) Keep up the good work!
I agree that newer games are more linear, but gen 1 has much more problems than newer gens. Plus, in the gen 3, 6 and 7 games, exploration is highly encouraged with places such as: Secret Isle, Secret meadow, Secret shore, shoal Cave, Route 123, route 130, route 131, route 132, pacifilog Town, route 133, route 134, route 109, route 108, route 107, route 106, route 105, sealed chamber, underwater, meteor falls, safari zone. And that is just hoenn. In kalos the ones I know are, the lost hotel and terminus Cave. In gen 7, it's a freaking archipelago hiw could there not be exploration there.
you know i thought about making a romhack where i give every trainer the same pokemon of the same level they're supposed to have, but with optimized move sets and the most suitable AI routine for their pokemon, but then i looked into how rom hacking works and instantly gave up on it because it's WAY too complicated for my monke brain.
10:40 Don't forget that the legendaries are no longer hidden in obscure dungeons, some of which you aren't even required to visit during the main game! No no, now they're front and center, integral to the plot of the games. You WILL catch these pokemon, you WILL encounter them and you WILL be amazed at how rare it is to encounter such pokemon, the game screams at you while making it impossible to ever miss them. No longer do they roam around, making you have to actually chase them down if you want to catch them. The further you go in generations, the more and more and more constricting and corridor-like the games become. In every respect they become more and more condescending to the player, refusing to allow any amount of freedom and exploration. Pokemon has become so afraid that you might have to put in some effort to enjoy the game that it spoon feeds you everything now. And that might even be tolerable _if what it was spoon feeding us was good._ I love traditional, linear JRPGs. I don't think linearity is automatically a bad thing. But holy crap is Pokemon's writing bad! So not only do you have the game coming to a screeching halt every time you get to a new location so that it can vomit up its plot to you, but it's a really bad plot, with shallow, under developed characters. I could talk for hours about the declining quality of the Pokemon franchise. Please attend my upcoming Ted Talk :V
**walks up to microphone**
**taps head of microphone**
**clears throat**
"Sand Attac-tics."
**walks away**
Going to drop a couple corrections here which you incredible people have brought to my attention. However, continue to comment about how I was wrong in the video, algorithm blah blah blah.
1. Overlay has an error. It says Special Defense 95. This is the combined generation one Special stat. Lapras has 95 base Special in generation one.
2. Bubblebeam or Body Slam vs Raichu. Wasn't aware electric doesn't resist water, thanks for the feedback. If we examine the numbers I still think I made a sensible choice. Bubblebeam gets STAB: 65 x 1.5 = 97.5 power, Body Slam doesn't: 85 power. Raichu has 55 base Defense and 90 base Special in generation one so I figured the 12.5 power advantage that Bubblebeam would be negated by Raichu's stat distribution. Body Slam has the additional chance to paralyze.
3. Ice Beam or Bubblebeam vs Giovanni's Rock/Ground Pokemon in the first fight against him. I was completely wrong here. Bubblebeam is the correct choice 65 x 4 x 1.5 = 390 (Ice Beam: 90 x 2 x 1.5 = 270).
Thanks for all the comments and the support on Patreon. I'm humbled. See you all next week with Dunsparce!
I'd also like to bring up body slam vs Ice Beam on Sabrina's Alakazam.
With neutral stats, Body Slam is better, but once it receives an X-Defend or applied Reflect, Ice beam should do more. Adjusting the calculator for a 135 base special defense Alakazam (the gen 1 calculator doesn't work because it just assumes max level and EVs on everything while the gen 3 one allows for changing base stats):
Lvl 42 0 SpA Lapras Ice Beam vs. Lvl 50 0 HP / 0 SpD Alakazam: 23-28 (17.6 - 21.5%)
Lvl 42 0 Atk Lapras Body Slam vs. Lvl 50 0 HP / 0 Def Alakazam: 33-39 (25.3 - 30%)
Lvl 42 0 Atk Lapras Body Slam vs. +1 Lvl 50 0 HP / 0 Def Alakazam: 22-26 (16.9 - 20%)
Lvl 42 0 Atk Lapras Body Slam vs. Lvl 50 0 HP / 0 Def Alakazam through Reflect: 17-20 (13 - 15.3%)
Lvl 42 0 Atk Lapras Body Slam vs. +1 Lvl 50 0 HP / 0 Def Alakazam through Reflect: 11-14 (8.4 - 10.7%)
At the X-Defend alone stage, it's close enough that you might conceivably prefer the more consistent 30% paralysis chance to the rarer but more potent 10% freeze chance, but when reflect is up, switching to ice beam seems like it could be an optimisation.
Dunsparce is the correct choice for any run. Headbutt + Glare/Body Slam will beat most things, Dig will handle the rest.
You saved me the trouble of pointing these corrections out myself, but I'll still mention as much anyway to help appease the almighty algorithm.
"I am so sorry"
Don't lie to us, you're not.
Canadian. Had to say sorry even if I didn't mean it.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Oh well, can't fault you for genetic predisposition
You're like a hybrid of Jrose and MDB; this is a compliment
Good thing it's mothers day. Lapras is about to make this game her child.
Dome fossil ftw. Kabutops was my favorite gen 1 mon.
Lapras beats children confirmed
"Please keep insulting me, attention is attention"
I didn't come here to get attacked.
I did.
Maybe you could do a gen 3 Zangoose vs Seviper Pokemon challenge race
That's a good idea!
Maybe A Solrock Vs Lunatone Race?
Love this idea.
@@Wyrs4392 oh gawd. Here I was wondering which mon would struggle with tate and Liza more (seviper vs zangoose) but a half mirror match seems awful
i second this idea
I always thought Ice resisted grass till you mentioned that Lapras was weak to grass... you learn something new every day
Also an Omanite/Omastar vs Kabuto/Kabutops run would be so cool to see
lol nope, although I think Ice should defo resist Grass. With Grass already being the most resisted type in the game though, they probably didn't want to cripple it any more than they already did. Ice is in serious need of some resistances man, its pretty dumb that Ice only resists itself, and nothing else.
Ice is one of those types that they seemed to just add for balance and it makes no sense, like steel.
Ice only resists Ice and that sucks so bad lol
Scott already did the fossil run
@@That_Epseon99 yeah, about 2 months after my initial comment 😅😅😅
"Girlfriend reference: check."
What a dweeb ugh I love it 💛💛
you sound like adult Tina from bob’s burgers. Keep up the good work! 😂
Oof this is too accurate 🤣
*Professor pops out mewtwo*
Prof: "Ah yes, these are pokemon"
Me: well then.
For the Record, Dome is the superior fossil, shun the helix believers, another nice video Scott! Thank you
Shun the Dome believers and False Prophet. Praise Lord Helix and Bird Jesus
Typing/stats in gen 1 actually make Omastar better tho :c which is sad Kabutops looks so much cooler lol.
Praise lord helix
Idea:carvanah and sharpedo Vs crawphish and crawduant Pokémon emerald
* Carnvanha * Corphish * crawdaunt
This is definitely a hidden gem of a channel.
I totally agree with your stance on modern poke games. I love how they look and they're fun but I never went anywhere in moon because their was just so many cutscenes. I care about plot and flavor but not if they actively get in the way of the games pacing!
Thank you for including my comment in your video! I was so excited I showed my wife 😂. Great video as always!
0:15 "Don't throw the game, throw Pokéballs instead"
Glad I am finally fully caught up on all of your challenges. Keep it up man I really like how each challenge is a slight improvement over the last with the quality and commentary
Working really hard to make them better!
I like the, As fast as humanly possible tablature reference in the beginning. Also, Ice beam is better than Blizzard no matter what the Gen...bring it haters.
The more Pp (Hehe PP)
Is clearly a Big plus
But Blizzard is stupid OP in gen 1. It's also better in gen 4-8 with hail
@@CyberchaoX I'd argue Blizzard in the World versions is still better. You get a 25BP boost for the cost of 10% accuracy, which is a small price to pay.
Yes, over longer periods of play, Blizzard will let you down with that 10% chance to miss and having less PP. But in individual battles, assuming max PP for both moves, it's reliable enough for how crazy strong it is, especially with stab.
@@FamilyTeamGaming Plus extra PP doesn't matter much if you have to use the higher PP move twice as often
One trick that I just learned so that you avoid wasting time at the trashcans: after you find the first one, save and then go for the one you think is the second one. If it isn't, restart and try with another. It really helped me save time on this part of the game.
at 6:40 u can see it says to not use save strats for yellow version?
Scott's Thoughts over here handing out good takes like "game design", "thinking", and "personality" 👀
Another great episode! I've always loved Lapras :)
Petition for Scott to give his rival Cyndaquil in all future gen 2 runs just so we can see him suffer with smokescreen
Oh no. Please no.
Lapras is such a good Pokemon, there is basically no situation where it doesn't give you options, even as an HM mon. I wish it wasn't so rare!
Honestly kind of surprised it had to breach the Lvl60 range to get it done. Goes to show how important good speed is in these challenges.
Probably could do it at a lower level against Vaporeon or Flareon. Jolteon just too stronk.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Against Flareon, definitely, since that would have removed Ninetales from the team in the final battle, but Vaporeon would still have it. And Vaporeon may have been difficult to get the final blow, since it's so bulky, particularly if Leech Seeded. I'd say Vaporean and Jolteon would be roughly the same in terms of difficulty here.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Would be fun to redo this with the rival having Flareon.
Pokémon Yellow was my first Pokémon game ever. It is nice to see someone running this game, instead of just Red or Blue (so thank you for that)! I also cannot thank you enough for getting me through long days of work. I recently went back to finish college after a long hiatus and your videos have helped me get through those long days of sitting at a computer and working! Thanks for the content man and can't wait to see what comes next!
New plan, Omanyte vs Kabuto speed run
That should be interesting. They
should plow through the game but I could see Erika, grass trainers and Lorelie being tough.
Obligatory comment to help with the algorithm. Can I just say, I love that you fo these in Yellow instead of Red or Blue? Yellow is the one I'm most nostalgic for, having spent years playing it growing up
35:23 "I'm a cool guy. I've got a girl friend!"
Exactly!
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
The chrome dome krillin like a villain fossil
Rip speed stat ironically and badge boost reliability
Fun facts
Gastly and poliwag can technically do minimum battles and bulbasaur at 59 can do ex champion butt ironically because all 3 have easier setup than lapras n Gastly has higher special and speed, poliwag has amnesia and bulbasaur sleep powder and growth
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon i also think your lapras had a terrible special ivs and hidden adamant nature
Because it has higher attack than special attack and I know that is not supposed to occur unless both are true
@@nateschendel4585 does hidden natures ocurr in gen I tho?
This videos feel like an old friend chatting about childhood memories at the bus stop
Very cozy, love your work
New sub! Really loving this Lapras run! Thanks dude! Love hearing about the good old days... many good middle school memories with these games 🎮
Hand holding is a lot more common pretty much all Rpgs These days. The games were designed around you getting lost and pointing you in the correct direction actually became more commonplace in the SNES - Playstation Eras. They usually left the more confusing, cryptic stuff for side quests.
Premieres in 24 hours?
Challenge accepted
Great video! I wasn't expecting Ninetails to give you such a hard time in the champion fight.
Apparently Lapras was originally partly based on the Loch Ness Monster. Hooray for our local beastie! 😁
With regard to lack of handholding, I really liked how gen 2 handled it. Cut is the only HM you actually get from an event that blocks your path. All of the others you have to go and find, either by optional side quests (Sprout Tower for Flash) or by going out of your way to go about speaking to people (the woman outside the Fighting Gym, the Sailor in the bar, and the guy in the Kimono Girl place). And that's not to mention TMs and other goodies you could find talking to folk at the right places at the right times. It felt really rewarding finding these without guides and the Internet, and encouraged you to speak to NPCs because you never knew when you'd get a reward.
Dang that shell is unbreakable! I agree about the good ol' days being great. I had no guide and nobody in school had beaten the game yet. Seafoam Islands was intimidating and I was scared of getting lost in there. I saw some strange bird while jumping down the holes and I decided to try my best to navigate the area. I made it to Articuno and caught it on my first attempt. I felt like such a bad ass doing that.
Scott I've watched all your videos many times but I throughly enjoy your style and personality. Never change man. Algorithm boosted.
Thanks Toxic Brood!
"Yes Mom! I'm taking a poop!" Happy Mother's Day from the world of Pokemon!!
Indeed haha
I became a butterfree patron because you're a rebel with the dome fossil. Anywho, your videos are fun and entertaining and got me doing solo run challenges for fun.
Thank you so much!
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon you're welcome and thank you for all the videos!!
Easily one of my favorite Pokémon challenge channels
I’m so happy you decided to use Lapras. It really is one of my absolute favorite Pokémon ever. Love all of the videos, Scott. Keep up the awesome content. Hey, I was just thinking about this: Since you always just use Charmander for HMs, how about doing a solo run with Kanto’s iconic little fire lizard? Now that’d be a sight to see.
Charmander line in the nearish future!
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Yayy! The Charmander line is my favorite group of Pokémon! (Not to sound like every kid who played Gen 1 ever...)
I'm really digging all the meme graphics, they're great!
Me too! I think it's my favorite part of making these videos!
Ah finally somebody gets it Dome fossile for life
Who doesn’t like getting dome?
Intelligent people
I love how the champion still kicking ass till the very end and yet have to finish the game with luck. Nice video ❤️
I'm Hyped for the Magmar VS Electabuzz video, can't wait to see more ! Oh and i Kept thinking Venomoth was a poison flying type until i used a simple thing, just call it venom,moth, and can't help but it makes my brain,stop and think of what i just said, and why it was stupid.
You took the wrong fossil FOOL!
Memes aside, digging the content man! You're up there at Jrose for me, good content, good jokes and always a pleasant challenge using some fresh new pokemon!
As a fan of that weird-odd-looking-pokemon, I am looking forward to that run! ;)
I've been watching/listening to quite a few of your vids lately Scott and at least from my perspective this vid is your best by a mile (others were good too). I love when I get to listen through a bunch of videos cataloguing a creator finding their voice as you seem to be finding yours. Anyway keep doing what you're doing.
I agree. Slowly but surely finding a unique voice and I think quality is improving.
That very last battle with Jolteon was nerve wracking lmao
If memory serves, Lapras was one of only like three Pokemon that I beat the game below Level 55 with. This was really fun to watch, and makes me realize just how lucky I actually got in order to actually beat the game at that level. lol
Fantastic run well done 👍 you have became one of my favorites UA-camrs Keep it up
Finally someone takes the CORRECT fossil for once
Dome to send your opponents home!
Wrongeth again, thou weaketh being
Gutted I missed the premiere!
Nice run, shame Lapras' speed isn't the best. That final battle with Jolteon was so tense! I actually gasped when that Freeze hit XD
Looking forward to Dunspace and Aerodactyl runs!
For the algorithm!!! Great video! Shame I didn't get the final level range right, but still. This was still good to watch. Keep it up!
Something to note for your dunsparce run; obviously the rollout defense curl strat, but it's move pool is surprisingly very diverse. I love teaching that thing flamethrower. If you need a good name for it. I just name mine Danzio cuz it sounds cool.
I'm subbed to a bunch of pokemon challenge channels and I find yours to be very high quality amongst them. You'll be at 10k subs in no time!
Thanks for the sub! Glad you're enjoying the content.
No, you were right that Rock slide would have done more damage than dig to Venonat/Venomoth (or at least equal). Bug types resist ground moves. It's one of those annoying resists that I often forget about, so even if they're poison type and weak to ground, the bug type cancels the weakness out.
I love the Kalos region because while it is linear, there are many areas within routes such as Terminus Cave and the lost hotel that encourage more exploration for someone who wants to get the most out of the game
yea there are many routes in X/Y that have branching paths, but not to the extent where you would get stuck, it just changes the trainers you fight and items you find, so going back and exploring the other path is usually worth it.
Finally dome fossil gets some recognition.
Of course our Scout knows the truth and dont praise the false Prophet. (Seriously tho I never liked twitch plays pokemon or any of the memes it spawned so someone who just Pulls a troll with it is always great in my opinion)
Obligatory comment for the UA-cam algorithm to help what is quickly becoming one of my favorite UA-cam channels
10:30 The ramblings of a PokéBoomer
I love your videos man keep it up
The picture of Lapras on the left of the video is one of my favorite pictures. Look at how funny Lapras looks glancing back making eye contact with that cheeky mischievous smile haha. A pretty standard run here. Lapras is just a bit of a beast, it is that simple. I thought the final level of Lapras would be slightly lower to become champion. I guess the speed and typing of Jolteon had other ideas!
One day I'll catch one of these vids when it premiers!!! See you next time dude :)
I think Lapras will do well. It's funny because I was thinking about suggesting a Dewgong vs Lapras challenge but then I saw this video of Lapras up.
He chose the rival of Lord Helix, Master Kabutops! THIS MAN'S A MANIAC. SUBBED IF YOU KEEP DOING IT.
Oh I'm going to keep doing it.
This mad lad took the dome fossil. My respect to you
This is honestly the only channel I comment on. I want to help with the algorithm and to show my support to the creator. I rather enjoy your content.
Thanks so much! I really appreciate you're support!
Why couldn't you bubblebeam Surge's Raichu? Electric doesn't resist water, but am I missing something?
I mean, body slam paralysis got you the win, but since Raichu used growl, I'm curious what bubblebeam would have done with Lapras at full special.
03:18
And simply for that and a creative take on the overused Fossil"joke" I like to watch your videos even more :D
(And we know you speak the truth Kabutops is a Badass with sickles as hands! Omastar is just... a Spiky Seasnail xD)
I remember being a kid and going completely out of the way to rush through silph so I could pick up Lapras. I still remember the shock when I found out lapras had access to electric and psychic type moves. I played a lot of fire red so I grabbed thunder, psychic, surf, and rest. And then add a espeon with baton pass and calm mind. Sheesh that’s one heck of a mon
Yes dome fossil gang ♥
This activates my hipsterism (ew helix fossil memes are popular) and my childhood love of kabutops.
Also, your vids are getting better :D
Scott: rules no sleep tactics, keeps sing on lapras for the first 20 levels as a dead move slot.
Also scott: hates sand attack and stat lowering shenanigans, deletes mist at the first opportunity.
yeah that really annoyed me too haha. "no sleep strats" yet taught bubblebeam over mist which as u know counters stat altering moves >.
Someone is FINALLY doing a dunsparce run!!!!
Success Kid was actually born premature, so that intro was spot on.
That final turn is so scary but so amazing! Just wow....
Enjoying watching these while I'm playing Legends Arceus
I enjoyed the run, but I feel inclined to point out (after noticing late in the video against Bruno), you list the stats with Special Defense in Blue and Special Attack presumably cropped out. You can preview the stats with a single unified Special on Bulbapedia as well, with a link at the bottom of the stat listing for 1st gen pokemon.
Other than that, nothing to add, great video, looking forward to the next one :D
Forgot to fully edit the graphic. Should be Special 95.
Got amped for the premier then saw i had a 24 hour wait 😄
oh hell yes im a charizard in your patrons. i am so okay with that B) okay now time to actually watch the vid
Nice to see my favorite Pokémon putting in work.
I don’t remember playing with Lapras before Picking up Gold as a kid. I’m glad it didn’t go extinct!
Episode name: "Reminiscing with Scott feat Locky the Lapras"
Jokes aside, man what a run! My inner kid loved this as he really loved Lapras growing up :D
Also next VS run: Ekans Vs. Koffing!
I think its hilarious how you played a good chunk of this game in your childhood pretending to be on the toilet. That is something we have in common lol. I feel like pokemon on the potty is where i do my best work.
I was getting ready to leave for work in 25mins, When I seen you'd posted...
I'll just be late they'll understand
Man, just officially watched every video. Need more please 👌.
Sunday (the longest one yet)! Also, there are two coming this week.
I like how you take feedback and continuously improve. Each time you put out a video, the quality of the video and gameplay improve. :)
Have you thought of playing Pokemon Blue Kaizo (or some other hack)? It doesn't fix the AI, but it rebalances the opponents' movesets around the AI so that opponents don't make any decisions that are downright stupid.
I will look into it!
I love how you tell very personal stories :)
I appreciate the hand holding personally. I nearly gave up on my first playthrough of leafgreen because I couldn't work out how to get past the snorlax and/or into saffron city (I don't remember which one it was) and looking it up somehow didn't get me the answer. I spent hours trying to find it out and would've loved someone to just tell me how to do it
why not have a setting to turn on/off tutorials/tips instead? fixes your problem as well as everyone else's. I wish gamefreak listened to constructive criticism.
you were most likely stuck at the safron city guards, they changed how you get past them between red and fire red, so when you look it up, you get wrong information from the old games.
Also, it was me (maybe others too) who noticed that you said Leech Life instead of Leech Seed 😅 Also another comment for the algorithm :3
Another great video. Nice one!
Along with you know who (a certain user whose name begins with a J and ends with an 11), I'd say your Pokemon challenges are the most fun to watch in the whole internet.
I'm just wondering why the recent need to include so many visual memes. I honestly don't think you need them, as your content is good and your narration original enough without those comedy devices.
Just a subscriber's opinion, anyway! :) Keep up the good work!
12:10: "Venonat and Venomoth are both bug-poison types".
13:20: "...Venomoth. That psychic-flying behemoth".
Uuuh...
Oh sorry, it's Dark/Fairy. I keep getting this one mixed up.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon at least you've never [yet] said augumon evolves into charizard.....
@@epicfail9271 Don't tempt me Frodo.
It's clearly Bug/Flying; it evolves from Metapod. ^-^
I had no idea Lapras could learn Psychic. What a movepool she has.
Yeah... amazing move pool and good stats to back it up.
I mean Solar Beam is also pretty suprising (And only here it could learn it)
@@Acacius1992 to be fair, a bunch of weird shit that has absolutely no business learning solar beam learns solar beam
@@KissyKaede Yeah thats true.
But I mean a water/ice type is especially weird xD
But its Pokemon gen 1. Here is everything possible xD
@@Acacius1992 A bunch of water Pokemon with no business learning thunderbolt learn that too. Lapras especially.
that AAAhhhhh against surge could have a little bit of passion xD
"My Parents want me to only play/gaming on the weekends". Finally found someone, how had the same strange rule as a kid :D
It was the worst!
Gen I Lapras in particular is like an actual tank. Not to slow, hard to take down, hits hard.
Dome fossil! I loved the Kabutops line.
Love your content! Always look forward to seeing it
I respect the Dome Fossil pick *liked & saved* ✊🏿
I agree that newer games are more linear, but gen 1 has much more problems than newer gens. Plus, in the gen 3, 6 and 7 games, exploration is highly encouraged with places such as:
Secret Isle, Secret meadow, Secret shore, shoal Cave, Route 123, route 130, route 131, route 132, pacifilog Town, route 133, route 134, route 109, route 108, route 107, route 106, route 105, sealed chamber, underwater, meteor falls, safari zone. And that is just hoenn.
In kalos the ones I know are, the lost hotel and terminus Cave. In gen 7, it's a freaking archipelago hiw could there not be exploration there.
I’m literally binge watching all of your video’s😂
Great videos dude. Your passion is appreciated and awesome.
Your comment is appreciated and awesome.
Holy, the classic playing in the bathroom. Now that brings back memories!
could you imagine how much harder these games would be if they actually had good AI?
you know i thought about making a romhack where i give every trainer the same pokemon of the same level they're supposed to have, but with optimized move sets and the most suitable AI routine for their pokemon, but then i looked into how rom hacking works and instantly gave up on it because it's WAY too complicated for my monke brain.
10:40 Don't forget that the legendaries are no longer hidden in obscure dungeons, some of which you aren't even required to visit during the main game! No no, now they're front and center, integral to the plot of the games. You WILL catch these pokemon, you WILL encounter them and you WILL be amazed at how rare it is to encounter such pokemon, the game screams at you while making it impossible to ever miss them. No longer do they roam around, making you have to actually chase them down if you want to catch them.
The further you go in generations, the more and more and more constricting and corridor-like the games become. In every respect they become more and more condescending to the player, refusing to allow any amount of freedom and exploration. Pokemon has become so afraid that you might have to put in some effort to enjoy the game that it spoon feeds you everything now.
And that might even be tolerable _if what it was spoon feeding us was good._ I love traditional, linear JRPGs. I don't think linearity is automatically a bad thing. But holy crap is Pokemon's writing bad! So not only do you have the game coming to a screeching halt every time you get to a new location so that it can vomit up its plot to you, but it's a really bad plot, with shallow, under developed characters.
I could talk for hours about the declining quality of the Pokemon franchise. Please attend my upcoming Ted Talk :V
Glad you took the root fossil this time