To explain Hypnosis, in gens 1 and 2 status moves have 2 accuracy checks. Mind Reader bypasses the normal check but there is an additional 25% chance that a status move used by an NPC will just fail.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon someone campared venomoth to caterpie and metspod they look so much a like Venanat looks like it evolves into butterfree There was a theory or something because that was going to be caterpie and venanats final evolutions but changed obviously Can ya do a venamoth only run in heart gold or soul silver? If ya want to that is...it could help ya learn venamoths typings...just a subjection!
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I truly have difficulties remembering that Venomoth is a Poison-Bug type. It's a purple moth with wings that knows Psychic... Everytime I see it I just think: Okay Flying-Psychic. Rip me. Also thanks for the mind reader clarification! Keep commenting about these two things though, roast me more, it helps with the UA-cam algorithm. Also go watch Mah Dry Bread's vids, he's awesome :)
Thats funny, i always think its a bug-psychic because it use psychic moves. My brother thought it was flying-bug. Both of us just ignored the fact that it's got venom in it's name. enjoying the video's, just subscribed
It was actually meant to be a grass type, because it was inspired by a Japanese moth species that is made of the same fibers as wood. This is why it learns so many grass-type moves and why the card is grass-type.
I love that you've done challenges for a lot of the underappreciated early gen bugs like Ariados, Ledian, Beedrill, etc. Maybe a Mareep-only Johto run would be interesting down the line?
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon if you think about it, Blue as the Earth Badgr makes sense as he uses a variety of types or 'pokemon from all across the earth'. Just something I thought about.
I didn't really mind Team Rocket in Gen 2, Johto always felt like it was meant more for exploring, with some sidequests on the way. I can definitely see why some people wouldn't like that, but it's the reason Johto is still my favorite region.
@@jeffreyprice9790 Forretress was OU singles for a ton of generations and had a niche in FUCKING UBERS, Idk where you got the idea that it's bad, spikes and rapid spin alone was an insanely powerful setup back in the day
One Pokemon I'd like to see a run with is Jumpluff. I keep hearing people say it's awful, but experience tells me otherwise. Its speed and movepool allow it to cheese so many bosses that its other stats aren't even an issue. Sleep powder, leech seed, synthesis, headbutt, and even flash make it untouchable.
no Bugsy should of had a Ledian and Spinarak with his scyther and maybe hint to there being an evolution to scyther that was recenetly discovered Just like how Morty should of had a Misdrevous
I think one of the biggest reason the rocket plot in gold and silver was so weak was because of the hardware limitations and them jamming Kanto it the game. If it was just johto then they could have flushed out everything about Johto a bit more. Having two regions made both Johto and Kanto really barren and lackluster. Heartgold and Soulsilver at least gave life to both regions the best they could.
Alot of the issues in gold/silver were just bad balancing I mean the gyms after the elite 4 are weaker than Clair in a few spots and the lackluster move pools/stats ment the second half just felt meh And the rocket plotlines would have ment something if they weren't under leveled
Taking the nostalgia glasses off, Gen 2 really isn't that great. 8 gym leaders and a total of FOUR WHOLE ASS Gen 2 Pokemon. 4 of the gyms only had Kanto Pokemon.
Also you can rebattle gym leaders. Gives alot of experience points and can much easier assemble level 100 teams. I would deliberately hold off on evolutions to decrease experience points needed as well.
Actually, as the urban legend goes, Iwata wrote a new compression algorithm that saved so much space they could put Kanto in, relatively close to the deadline. They didn't have enough time to flesh out Kanto very much because of that, but everything in Johto was more or less finished months before that. So in a world where Iwata hadn't intervened, Gold and Silver would've been just really mediocre games with a terrible story and weird region.
I appreciate how well you narrate these because I get a full vision of whats going on in your game without having to keep eyes on the screen. Thanks dood
I've always loved bug types. Even though they are resisted by so many types, even though early bug types had garbage stats totals, even though they are weak to such common moves... I guess butterfree being my carry through my very first pokemon game (yellow, I'm a genwunner) it stuck with me.
Have you ever considered a parasect only run? He is abysmal speed, and that grass bug typing is ROUGH against fire types lol, but he is one of my favorite Pokémon from gen 1 after I did a nuzlock run with him
ahh spinarak.. the first pokemon i caught ever... my first pokemon game was gold... i loved the design and the episode of the anime... so many feels... the nostalgia
Just found your channel and I'm happy about that. Being a fan of JRose11 i find it refreshing to have another Poketuber to watch that does these solo challenges. Especially across a variety of the games. I don't know about the rest of your subscribers but I'd be happy to see the length of these videos increase to about at least 30 minutes if you could somehow extend your footage to include more content. I like seeing the journey, hearing some narration about the different sights in the region, even about what items youre buying, how much and why and just hearing the thoughts in general about why you went here or there first rather than just cutting immediately from fight to fight. Either way, ill continue to watch your videos. Keep it up!
@Denis Scott literally mentions JRose in his videos and credits him with his inspiration. There's no foul in mentioning i am a fan of that channel and also complimenting the approach Scott has taken to this format.
@Denis Oh, haha. That doesn't occur to me. I don't use an ad block. I just skip to the end of the video and then press replay. It gets rid of the ads. I don't care how many ads a video has. I do this to all of them. What's wrong with being a Trump supporter? He's more successful than you or I can ever dream to be
I really love your content, the commentary is very interesting, I love to hear your strategies on completing the run. I watched all the videos so far and looking forward for some more. Do you plan on playing FR/LG as well?
Bugsy having kakuna and metapod is actualy explained by a bit of lore. Gym leaders choose teams based on your badges. If Bugsy was your first he would only have a caterpie and weedle. If he was your 8th he would have a fortress scizor heracross pincer ariados etc.
Nah, the second gym leader should not have Metapod and Kakuna. Trainers with one badge can handle a Butterfree lmao he has a Scyther which is WAY more powerful
Ariados is one of my fav gen2 mons. I like its design a lot. I've been binging your videos the last week, and I have a few I need to finish watching cause I'll see another of your videos and I'm like "Oh cool! I wonder how that mon will do?" And forget to finish the video I'm already watching lol.
If you take requests, can you do a gen 1 run with only krabby, as in literally only krabby? It can learn all of the required hms (cut/surf/strength). I've done this and had a lot of fun with it, especially with krabby having high attack/defense. I did this in red version, and entered the hall of fame at level 75. I'd be interested to see how it'd do in yellow version!
Literally just discovered your channel with this video. You have a very cathartic yet entertaining voice, and I enjoy your polished yet simple editing style. I'm looking forward to exploring your other videos this week, have a good day my guy!
With what you were saying about Bugsy’s team. I really like Sacred Gold’s take with him having that butterfree and beedrill alongside pinsir heracross and scyther
Ariados happens to be my brother's favourite Pokémon so this was an interesting one to watch on that basis. It was a great video and the many comparisons with your Ledian Solo run (which I also enjoyed a lot) was a neat addition.
Just clicked on the video but I tried this run a year or two ago. It might be possible but I had to give up when it bagged down too much on my phone's emulator grinding before the Elite 4
When you talk about any gym leader having a weak team, I'm reminded of my favourite fan mod: Pokemon Crystal Clear. Among various other changes (Like 30 or so starter choices, making the world more free-roam, making every Pokemon available) it makes it so every trainer scales based on your badge count. Think Buggsy running 2 cocoon pokemon is odd? Well, rematch him with 16 badges and he runs 6 fully evolved level 80 odd 'mons. It makes it seem like every gym leader has different teams based on the challenger. Which would be useful if you were some kid who lived in somewhere like Blackthorn and had Clair as your first gym leader. challenge.
Great run. Funnily enough, I got stuck on the power plant fiasco as a kid too. I never talked to the manager so the event to fix the power plant never triggered.
I’m curious if you’d have one hit his espeon without the critical. But more importantly I’m all caught up on your videos now since I watched the new ones as they came out but was watching the old ones as I waited for new ones. So now I’m even more excited for your hitmonlee video. As always get ass video 👌
3:45 the designers seemed to agree. With the remake, they gave Bugsy uturn on his scyther, so his cocoon pokemon at least felt a little more appropriate, since they could be seen as tool for the scyther- metapod is a tank that absorb that big attack you might have prepared for scyther, while the kakuna has poison- and only does poison.
I think Bugsy was meant to be fairly easy which was a mistake as most other early gen games let the second gym be reasonably tough (I would say Brawley is the weakest through gen 4 on a relative basis when you take out Bugsy and he can pose a challenge if you dont grind). Butterfree and Beedrill would have made him a much better gym 2. Even adding the weaknesses of flying on top of bug wouldnt make a huge difference. You dont really get electric or ice type moves and the best rock type move is Rock throw which is meh damage and 90% accuracy.
Recently found your channel, subscribed at the kanto fossil versus vid. Never thought I’d like ariados, not into bug Pokémon except the scolipede line. Kinda like ariados now after this
@@Captaintrippz dig was 60 base power in gen 2 it was 100 in gen 1 and then increased again in later gens after gen 3 maybe it went from 60-80 somewhere I just can’t remember
@@DeadLeeShooter ah the generational BP switches, always goofy stuff. Also, dig was 100 bp in gen 1? Holy bejesus no wonder it felt like an earthquake.
@@Captaintrippz yeah I always forget it’s 100 Bp until I watch a speed run and I’m like that’s silly oh wait it’s earthquake right after the second gym lol
Yes, but I do really enjoy the runs where people just use a single pokemon to wipe everything, and I tend to think of the evolutions as just alternate forms of that same pokemon, with the obvious exception of Shedninja, which results in two pokemon. That is potentially an interesting run in itself though. Start with one pokemon and end up with two to finish out your run.
Great run, nice job taking out Red! If you want to try a ground type, I beat Crystal with just a Rhyhorn. I'd love to see how you'd tackle Red, he was quite challenging for me!
wow this guy is great at the game. he really has a good thought process around the game and he puts together really intelligently done videos. the data and the methodology and stuff is rigorous and we trust his results.
I remember doing a Gym Leader challenge about 2 years ago and chose to beat the game using Poison-Type. I was pleasantly surprised with the work that Ariados put in on that run
@18:27 Agility is the answer against Red. Agility turn one against Pickachu and you (usually) win as long as Charm fails or Thunder does not paralyze you. Then Ariados outspends everything and Espeon is no concern. I was able to win at Lv. 84 after a ‘defeat all trainers’ solo run with Ariados. However, I was fortunate to get H.P. Rock to OHKO Charizard. Otherwise I probably would have had to level up. Edit: Just noticed this was done on Gold/Silver. Unfortunately, Ariados only learns Agility in Crystal.
I love Ariados. I got him and Hootoot on my first ever play through of Gold and they were on the team when I beat Red. I added Ho-Oh to my team and has to cut a mon but couldn’t let go of Ariados or Noctowl… they were my boys!
The reason for hypnosis missing is because in gen 2 the ai has a chance to miss status afflicting moves despite them having 100% accuracy. So, when poliwrath used mind reader, it still has like a 15% chance to miss. Hope this cleared it up!
Snorlax had me stuck for awhile as a kid. Silver was my first game so I didn't know about the Poke flute. I didn't pass Snorlax until after I beat Yellow.
Bit late most likely, but point of note for the ice path: you only need to do 2 left boulder puzzles to progress. You can then just drop down the lower-left one to be able to make it the whole way.
Mind Reader+Hypnosis doesn't bypass the inbuilt 25% chance for all enemy used status moves to miss. This is a quirk of Gen 1 and 2 (which the presence in the latter shows that it was intentional and not a bug) but basically all status moves be they Hypnosis, Thunder Wave, Tail Whip, you name it have a secondary accuracy check that has a 25% chance for them to fail but *only* if an NPC uses the attack, it doesn't affect players.
In my opinion, Gen 2/Gen 4 Team Rocket is vastly more experienced. Hear me out, even though they lack Giovanni, he was in the Celebi event. He had an intention to go to the Radio tower. But, we fought him, which makes me think.
I like how you will do a video of ariados but not start with him... yet start with spinarak and level him up... that’s different and pretty cool. A lot of people will start with the evolution instead of the first stage !
Glad these Bug run dont... bugging you! :D ...I know the for is on the left xD Also I prefer team Rocket in gen 1. Despite many good new things and changes, I prefer gen 1 over 2 always
I remember playing Gen1 as a child and actualy enjoying fighting against Team Rocket. With my save up allowance i bought Silver, as my Gen2 game - went like yeay team rocket. After less than 10min of boring wave attacks i got frustrated and stopped playing for a week. Most of my friends around that time overleveled hardcore, just to get easily through the team rocket sections. Team Rocket (and every Villian Team after them) was never a danger i took seriously, but Gen2 def gave them a Top5 place of most annoying canonfodder in games ever.
I thought spinarak and ariados looked cool, but what got me hooked was that ariados could learn psychic. Hoothoot was almost always my first catch though.
Morty's Gengar: has no Mind Reader - always hits with Hypnosis Chuck's Poliwrath: uses Mind Reader which ensures hitting on the next turn - Hypnosis misses :D
Team rocket was disbanded by red in the first generation, in gen 2 you’re dealing with the remnants… it’s said many times throughout the game during the rocket sequences
Y'know I was wondering why your Spinarak was purple and thought you somehow got a shiny one. I looked on bulbapedia and it turns out for some reason, Spinarak wasn't properly colored green until Crystal version. ...how the heck did that not get fixed until slightly later? Edit : Sneasel too! How the heck did nobody notice that it was very blatantly brown in the sprites when it's like, a very dark blue or black in official artwork? Again that only got fixed to the proper colors in Crystal.
17:31 A case of unfortunate translation choice. In Japanese you don't have the badges matching their types, but you do get in Gen 2, the Green Badge being given out by Green. :D
Gen 2 Team Rocket makes sense since they are so lost due to not having Giovanni guiding them since he left the Rockets in Gen 1, which is the reason why they feel so... tacked on
I love Ariados, its one of my favorite Pokemon and definitely my favorite bug type. Such a great design, i wish it had better stats, either more speed or more hp and defenses for bulk
To explain Hypnosis, in gens 1 and 2 status moves have 2 accuracy checks. Mind Reader bypasses the normal check but there is an additional 25% chance that a status move used by an NPC will just fail.
"I don't have a super effective move against Venomoth."
*Sad Psychic noises.*
and dig as well
I swear I always think Venomoth is Psychic Flying. Seriously rip me. Why did they have to give it wings and make it purple...
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Tbf it has "Venom" right in the name
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon because poison is purple in video games
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon someone campared venomoth to caterpie and metspod they look so much a like
Venanat looks like it evolves into butterfree
There was a theory or something because that was going to be caterpie and venanats final evolutions but changed obviously
Can ya do a venamoth only run in heart gold or soul silver? If ya want to that is...it could help ya learn venamoths typings...just a subjection!
in gen 2, status moves have a built in extra 25% chance to miss, but only if the opponent uses them
It happens in gen 1 also
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Poliwrath used mind reader the turn before though, so shouldn’t the next attack land without fail?
@@SirAuron777 nope, IIRC the 25% miss chance is always there and overrides mind reader
Nice
13:17 all poison moves are physical, you could use Sludge Bomb
I truly have difficulties remembering that Venomoth is a Poison-Bug type. It's a purple moth with wings that knows Psychic... Everytime I see it I just think: Okay Flying-Psychic. Rip me. Also thanks for the mind reader clarification! Keep commenting about these two things though, roast me more, it helps with the UA-cam algorithm. Also go watch Mah Dry Bread's vids, he's awesome :)
Thats funny, i always think its a bug-psychic because it use psychic moves. My brother thought it was flying-bug. Both of us just ignored the fact that it's got venom in it's name. enjoying the video's, just subscribed
Venomoth is used by Koga and Sabrina. It's Poison/Psychic
It was actually meant to be a grass type, because it was inspired by a Japanese moth species that is made of the same fibers as wood. This is why it learns so many grass-type moves and why the card is grass-type.
This video must have been the catalyst to the meme. I was like wtf????
I love that you've done challenges for a lot of the underappreciated early gen bugs like Ariados, Ledian, Beedrill, etc.
Maybe a Mareep-only Johto run would be interesting down the line?
Nah
Add another vote for a Mareep run
My favorite gen 2 line
He actually did a run and it did not do that bad.
Living on 1 hp to win a fight is such a powerful rush of emotions. I'm looking forward to seeing a Heracross run someday.
That one is coming sooner than you might think :)
Spinarak is my favorite pokemon, bar none. For the sole reason that you did this run, you get my subscription. Thank you for this one.
Welcome :)
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon if you think about it, Blue as the Earth Badgr makes sense as he uses a variety of types or 'pokemon from all across the earth'. Just something I thought about.
Jrose had this issue with status moves after mind reader. Even with infinite accuracy after mind reader it still has 25% miss chance in gen 2
I didn't really mind Team Rocket in Gen 2, Johto always felt like it was meant more for exploring, with some sidequests on the way. I can definitely see why some people wouldn't like that, but it's the reason Johto is still my favorite region.
Watchig this reminds me how many great bug types were introduced in Gen 2. Ariados, Heracross, Forretress, Scizor
I can't believe you didn't include Ledian
Tbh only 2 of those are actually good.
Ofc its scizor and heracross
@@jeffreyprice9790 Forretress was OU singles for a ton of generations and had a niche in FUCKING UBERS, Idk where you got the idea that it's bad, spikes and rapid spin alone was an insanely powerful setup back in the day
I honestly can't wait for this because looks so cool for spider Pokemon and he got his own signature move in the newer generation of Pokemon
One Pokemon I'd like to see a run with is Jumpluff. I keep hearing people say it's awful, but experience tells me otherwise. Its speed and movepool allow it to cheese so many bosses that its other stats aren't even an issue. Sleep powder, leech seed, synthesis, headbutt, and even flash make it untouchable.
no Bugsy should of had a Ledian and Spinarak with his scyther and maybe hint to there being an evolution to scyther that was recenetly discovered Just like how Morty should of had a Misdrevous
Ariados is one of my favorite gen 2 mons. Can't wait to see this one~
I think one of the biggest reason the rocket plot in gold and silver was so weak was because of the hardware limitations and them jamming Kanto it the game. If it was just johto then they could have flushed out everything about Johto a bit more. Having two regions made both Johto and Kanto really barren and lackluster. Heartgold and Soulsilver at least gave life to both regions the best they could.
I think you're right...
Alot of the issues in gold/silver were just bad balancing I mean the gyms after the elite 4 are weaker than Clair in a few spots and the lackluster move pools/stats ment the second half just felt meh
And the rocket plotlines would have ment something if they weren't under leveled
Taking the nostalgia glasses off, Gen 2 really isn't that great. 8 gym leaders and a total of FOUR WHOLE ASS Gen 2 Pokemon.
4 of the gyms only had Kanto Pokemon.
Also you can rebattle gym leaders. Gives alot of experience points and can much easier assemble level 100 teams. I would deliberately hold off on evolutions to decrease experience points needed as well.
Actually, as the urban legend goes, Iwata wrote a new compression algorithm that saved so much space they could put Kanto in, relatively close to the deadline. They didn't have enough time to flesh out Kanto very much because of that, but everything in Johto was more or less finished months before that.
So in a world where Iwata hadn't intervened, Gold and Silver would've been just really mediocre games with a terrible story and weird region.
I appreciate how well you narrate these because I get a full vision of whats going on in your game without having to keep eyes on the screen. Thanks dood
Scott: why didn’t they give bugsy a bedrill and a butterfree?
All gsc speed runners: thank f they didn’t! 😅😆
I've always loved bug types. Even though they are resisted by so many types, even though early bug types had garbage stats totals, even though they are weak to such common moves...
I guess butterfree being my carry through my very first pokemon game (yellow, I'm a genwunner) it stuck with me.
Love the content my guy! I’ve been binge watching all the episodes for the past couple of days, keep up the great work!
Have you ever considered a parasect only run? He is abysmal speed, and that grass bug typing is ROUGH against fire types lol, but he is one of my favorite Pokémon from gen 1 after I did a nuzlock run with him
ahh spinarak.. the first pokemon i caught ever... my first pokemon game was gold... i loved the design and the episode of the anime... so many feels... the nostalgia
Just found your channel and I'm happy about that. Being a fan of JRose11 i find it refreshing to have another Poketuber to watch that does these solo challenges. Especially across a variety of the games. I don't know about the rest of your subscribers but I'd be happy to see the length of these videos increase to about at least 30 minutes if you could somehow extend your footage to include more content. I like seeing the journey, hearing some narration about the different sights in the region, even about what items youre buying, how much and why and just hearing the thoughts in general about why you went here or there first rather than just cutting immediately from fight to fight. Either way, ill continue to watch your videos. Keep it up!
@Denis Scott literally mentions JRose in his videos and credits him with his inspiration. There's no foul in mentioning i am a fan of that channel and also complimenting the approach Scott has taken to this format.
@Denis Oh, haha. That doesn't occur to me. I don't use an ad block. I just skip to the end of the video and then press replay. It gets rid of the ads. I don't care how many ads a video has. I do this to all of them.
What's wrong with being a Trump supporter? He's more successful than you or I can ever dream to be
@Denis Yeah, and.. Do you think you could have done what he did with the same available resources?
@Denis You must also be quite adept at psychology as well to deduce that I am a Trump supporter from one single message that I wrote online. 😂
@Denis Wow. Guess I must be pretty astute too!
Look forward to seeing you run for president! 😉
I really love your content, the commentary is very interesting, I love to hear your strategies on completing the run. I watched all the videos so far and looking forward for some more. Do you plan on playing FR/LG as well?
Bugsy having kakuna and metapod is actualy explained by a bit of lore. Gym leaders choose teams based on your badges. If Bugsy was your first he would only have a caterpie and weedle. If he was your 8th he would have a fortress scizor heracross pincer ariados etc.
Nah, the second gym leader should not have Metapod and Kakuna.
Trainers with one badge can handle a Butterfree lmao he has a Scyther which is WAY more powerful
dude I seen a lot of 2nd gyms better than that lol like misty for example.
heck even in diamond first gym had a geodude, oynix I think and he had that dinosaur. so uh no lol.
I use his videos to win arguments.
Thank you for all of your hard work and helping me win arguments.
I also enjoy all of your videos.
I liked the contextual music editing. Playing the victory song during the Kanto victory lap was a nice touch.
Base 90 attack and sludge bomb make ariados the strongest of the 4 early bugs of gen 2... And it shows.
Also, HP Bug is a nice option
Ariados is one of my fav gen2 mons. I like its design a lot.
I've been binging your videos the last week, and I have a few I need to finish watching cause I'll see another of your videos and I'm like "Oh cool! I wonder how that mon will do?" And forget to finish the video I'm already watching lol.
You deserve a big ole sub count..and you will have it
This is just the start
I'd invest in your channel
I had Ariados in my first ever run-through in pokemon gold. 20 odd years ago now
Yes
If you take requests, can you do a gen 1 run with only krabby, as in literally only krabby? It can learn all of the required hms (cut/surf/strength). I've done this and had a lot of fun with it, especially with krabby having high attack/defense. I did this in red version, and entered the hall of fame at level 75. I'd be interested to see how it'd do in yellow version!
I like that idea a lot. I'll do it!
Literally just discovered your channel with this video. You have a very cathartic yet entertaining voice, and I enjoy your polished yet simple editing style. I'm looking forward to exploring your other videos this week, have a good day my guy!
Welcome aboard! Glad you enjoy my content!
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Glad to be here! Keep up the good work, my guy!
Just got done watching the premier, And THAT 1 HP CLUTCH WAS INSANE. GG Scott
With what you were saying about Bugsy’s team. I really like Sacred Gold’s take with him having that butterfree and beedrill alongside pinsir heracross and scyther
Great run dude! Congrats to you and Spider on a successful challenge!
I know Spinarak gave me a hard time beating Blue and Red! I do love Ariados, his design is sweet, eager to see this! :D
Ariados happens to be my brother's favourite Pokémon so this was an interesting one to watch on that basis. It was a great video and the many comparisons with your Ledian Solo run (which I also enjoyed a lot) was a neat addition.
Looking forward to this!!!
Also looking forward to a future Poliwag run? maybe?
Ariados is a solid Pokemon. I just don't think he'll make it past Lance's or Red's charizard
Just clicked on the video but I tried this run a year or two ago. It might be possible but I had to give up when it bagged down too much on my phone's emulator grinding before the Elite 4
Exactly what I was thinking
If spinarak can, his evolved undoubtedly too ;)
When you talk about any gym leader having a weak team, I'm reminded of my favourite fan mod: Pokemon Crystal Clear.
Among various other changes (Like 30 or so starter choices, making the world more free-roam, making every Pokemon available) it makes it so every trainer scales based on your badge count.
Think Buggsy running 2 cocoon pokemon is odd? Well, rematch him with 16 badges and he runs 6 fully evolved level 80 odd 'mons.
It makes it seem like every gym leader has different teams based on the challenger. Which would be useful if you were some kid who lived in somewhere like Blackthorn and had Clair as your first gym leader. challenge.
Great run. Funnily enough, I got stuck on the power plant fiasco as a kid too. I never talked to the manager so the event to fix the power plant never triggered.
“bugsy opens with metapod which isn’t very hard to take down” 😂 😂
PREDATOR: Oooh, tasty bug!
SPIDER: My butt has a face, how does that make you feel?
PREDATOR: Ew, pass!
Seeing as I have a sentimental connection to Ariados, this puts a smile on my face.
„What kind of sludge bomb is that?!“
„I AM the sludge bomb!“
ariados is my favorite bug type so I’m very happy you’ve done one on this wonderful spider! Also, hi denis.
Loving these runs man. I loved ariados as a kid and got gold because of it! Bug type is a favourite of mine too
huge bug maniac here, im so happy that theres another poketuber i like that likes the bug type ;w;
Your use of Rest makes your runs unique :) Thanks for another great run!
I really like your voice. Your tone also makes it easy to listen to when trying to relax.
Thank you Biology for granting me such a soothing tone ;)
I’m curious if you’d have one hit his espeon without the critical. But more importantly I’m all caught up on your videos now since I watched the new ones as they came out but was watching the old ones as I waited for new ones. So now I’m even more excited for your hitmonlee video. As always get ass video 👌
Another solid video man. Ariados is such an underrated gem
3:45 the designers seemed to agree. With the remake, they gave Bugsy uturn on his scyther, so his cocoon pokemon at least felt a little more appropriate, since they could be seen as tool for the scyther- metapod is a tank that absorb that big attack you might have prepared for scyther, while the kakuna has poison- and only does poison.
I think Bugsy was meant to be fairly easy which was a mistake as most other early gen games let the second gym be reasonably tough (I would say Brawley is the weakest through gen 4 on a relative basis when you take out Bugsy and he can pose a challenge if you dont grind). Butterfree and Beedrill would have made him a much better gym 2. Even adding the weaknesses of flying on top of bug wouldnt make a huge difference. You dont really get electric or ice type moves and the best rock type move is Rock throw which is meh damage and 90% accuracy.
Recently found your channel, subscribed at the kanto fossil versus vid. Never thought I’d like ariados, not into bug Pokémon except the scolipede line. Kinda like ariados now after this
Yeah, it's pretty decent! I can't wait to try it out again.
My appreciation of team rocket in gen 2 went up when I found out Silver is Giovanni's son, but the radio tower can still get stuffed
Stab sludgebomb is stronger than dig! Even if dig is super effective and slidgebomb is neutral unless it’s quad effective like electric steel
Well electric steel you can't use sludge bomb anyway lol
80x2=160. 90x1.5=135.
I think super effective dig is stronger than stab neutral sludge bomb.
@@Captaintrippz dig was 60 base power in gen 2 it was 100 in gen 1 and then increased again in later gens after gen 3 maybe it went from 60-80 somewhere I just can’t remember
@@DeadLeeShooter ah the generational BP switches, always goofy stuff.
Also, dig was 100 bp in gen 1? Holy bejesus no wonder it felt like an earthquake.
@@Captaintrippz yeah I always forget it’s 100 Bp until I watch a speed run and I’m like that’s silly oh wait it’s earthquake right after the second gym lol
Was anyone else expecting this to start with an Ariados instead of evolving a Spinarak?
Yes, but I do really enjoy the runs where people just use a single pokemon to wipe everything, and I tend to think of the evolutions as just alternate forms of that same pokemon, with the obvious exception of Shedninja, which results in two pokemon. That is potentially an interesting run in itself though. Start with one pokemon and end up with two to finish out your run.
Ariados here was pretty much a psychic trapdoor spider that shoots sludge and can drain your energy. Lovely.
Trapdoor spiders are indeed very cool.
And terrifying.
Great run, nice job taking out Red! If you want to try a ground type, I beat Crystal with just a Rhyhorn. I'd love to see how you'd tackle Red, he was quite challenging for me!
wow this guy is great at the game. he really has a good thought process around the game and he puts together really intelligently done videos. the data and the methodology and stuff is rigorous and we trust his results.
7:18 that's what he said!
I remember doing a Gym Leader challenge about 2 years ago and chose to beat the game using Poison-Type. I was pleasantly surprised with the work that Ariados put in on that run
This video is gonna me to grind a n Ariados now lol I just finish my silver playthrough got a full gen 2 Pokedex great video man!!!!!!
Gen 2 Scyther please. Gen 1 would be too easy, want to see you rock fury cutter
@18:27 Agility is the answer against Red. Agility turn one against Pickachu and you (usually) win as long as Charm fails or Thunder does not paralyze you. Then Ariados outspends everything and Espeon is no concern. I was able to win at Lv. 84 after a ‘defeat all trainers’ solo run with Ariados. However, I was fortunate to get H.P. Rock to OHKO Charizard. Otherwise I probably would have had to level up.
Edit: Just noticed this was done on Gold/Silver. Unfortunately, Ariados only learns Agility in Crystal.
I'll be re-doing this one in crystal in the future ;)
I love Ariados. I got him and Hootoot on my first ever play through of Gold and they were on the team when I beat Red.
I added Ho-Oh to my team and has to cut a mon but couldn’t let go of Ariados or Noctowl… they were my boys!
Can’t wait to use him again!
Glad to see Ariados get some attention, love that Pokémon!!
I've always loved ariados even though in gen 2 it's not that great. Glad it's gotten better in the newer gen
The reason for hypnosis missing is because in gen 2 the ai has a chance to miss status afflicting moves despite them having 100% accuracy. So, when poliwrath used mind reader, it still has like a 15% chance to miss. Hope this cleared it up!
Got it!
Think you’re the first person who is excited over bugs past Scyther and Pinsir haha
My favorite bug type is vespiquen
Bug type Pokemon are pretty cool though. Especially the Unova Bug types imo.
@@2oorsymcbuster833 they can be pretty cool, I’ll be honest and say I’ve never really been one to use them though
@@MortyChallenges You should really try using a Bug type in a playthrough sometimes. They have really gotten better since they started out in Gen I.
@@2oorsymcbuster833 might give it a shot, I enjoy doing solo runs so maybe using one of them in one would be a way of getting some more appreciation
Snorlax had me stuck for awhile as a kid. Silver was my first game so I didn't know about the Poke flute. I didn't pass Snorlax until after I beat Yellow.
I remember getting pokemon gold for Christmas and catching and using this spider ,i taught it thief and was one of my endgame mons
'Ay! Admiral ariados appreciation!
Fantastic run well done keep up the great work
Ariados is my either my first or second favorite bug. I feel like it just wasn't given the tools to keep up.
My other possible favorite is Vespequin.
Bit late most likely, but point of note for the ice path: you only need to do 2 left boulder puzzles to progress. You can then just drop down the lower-left one to be able to make it the whole way.
It took me way to long to figure this out! Got it now though.
I hope Venomoth will get a regional variant some time, just to add the the confusion 🤣
Mind Reader+Hypnosis doesn't bypass the inbuilt 25% chance for all enemy used status moves to miss. This is a quirk of Gen 1 and 2 (which the presence in the latter shows that it was intentional and not a bug) but basically all status moves be they Hypnosis, Thunder Wave, Tail Whip, you name it have a secondary accuracy check that has a 25% chance for them to fail but *only* if an NPC uses the attack, it doesn't affect players.
In my opinion, Gen 2/Gen 4 Team Rocket is vastly more experienced. Hear me out, even though they lack Giovanni, he was in the Celebi event. He had an intention to go to the Radio tower. But, we fought him, which makes me think.
I like how you will do a video of ariados but not start with him... yet start with spinarak and level him up... that’s different and pretty cool. A lot of people will start with the evolution instead of the first stage !
Glad these Bug run dont... bugging you! :D
...I know the for is on the left xD
Also I prefer team Rocket in gen 1.
Despite many good new things and changes, I prefer gen 1 over 2 always
I remember playing Gen1 as a child and actualy enjoying fighting against Team Rocket. With my save up allowance i bought Silver, as my Gen2 game - went like yeay team rocket. After less than 10min of boring wave attacks i got frustrated and stopped playing for a week. Most of my friends around that time overleveled hardcore, just to get easily through the team rocket sections.
Team Rocket (and every Villian Team after them) was never a danger i took seriously, but Gen2 def gave them a Top5 place of most annoying canonfodder in games ever.
Wow the Red fight was so clutch omg. Good thing Blastoise didn't use Rain Dance first or it may have ended differently
I thought spinarak and ariados looked cool, but what got me hooked was that ariados could learn psychic. Hoothoot was almost always my first catch though.
Morty's Gengar: has no Mind Reader - always hits with Hypnosis
Chuck's Poliwrath: uses Mind Reader which ensures hitting on the next turn - Hypnosis misses :D
Team rocket was disbanded by red in the first generation, in gen 2 you’re dealing with the remnants… it’s said many times throughout the game during the rocket sequences
Y'know I was wondering why your Spinarak was purple and thought you somehow got a shiny one.
I looked on bulbapedia and it turns out for some reason, Spinarak wasn't properly colored green until Crystal version.
...how the heck did that not get fixed until slightly later?
Edit : Sneasel too! How the heck did nobody notice that it was very blatantly brown in the sprites when it's like, a very dark blue or black in official artwork? Again that only got fixed to the proper colors in Crystal.
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A case of unfortunate translation choice. In Japanese you don't have the badges matching their types, but you do get in Gen 2, the Green Badge being given out by Green. :D
Keep up the content, great vids!
I've been skipping that damn spider for 20 years. Nobody told me it was good(-ish).
Idk if you're doing this already but get some carbos and other vitamins to boost those stats. Keep it up bro. Glad to see your channel growing.
Yeah I need to use vitamins and EV training more actively.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon you're doing awesome as is man keep it up
I think they did Bugsy like that to make you feel like the battle will be easy and then hit you with a tough fury cutter scyther.
Excuse me a minute
I have to get myself together after seeing Miltank, triggering Shellshock
Your the best! Your videos are amazing 👍🏻❤️
Ariados is my top 6 Gen 2 Pokémon. Along with Scizor, Heracross, Xatu and Kingdra and Miltank
Gen 2 Team Rocket makes sense since they are so lost due to not having Giovanni guiding them since he left the Rockets in Gen 1, which is the reason why they feel so... tacked on
You can actually catch a poliwag or poliwhirl in the pond in Ecruteak city for whirlpool/waterfall instead of the red Gyarados.
I love Ariados, its one of my favorite Pokemon and definitely my favorite bug type. Such a great design, i wish it had better stats, either more speed or more hp and defenses for bulk