Can I Beat Pokemon Gold with ONLY Shuckle? 🔴 Pokemon Challenges ► NO ITEMS IN BATTLE

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  • @billie-ve_in_yourself6464
    @billie-ve_in_yourself6464 10 месяцев назад +315

    Do you ever imagine someone looking through the old records of the hall of fame and doing a double take at the sight of a single Shuckle?

    • @Pikachu_25_
      @Pikachu_25_ 10 месяцев назад +71

      There's probably like 130 mdb runs lol and he probably goes "oh it's this guy again"

    • @endlesslogins156
      @endlesslogins156 10 месяцев назад

      @@Pikachu_25_ At what point does a Hall of Fame council look into MDB's successes as a possible performance enhancing 'product' scandal?
      "The Pokemon League council prides itself on the legitimacy of the Hall of Fame inductees. We are dedicated to reviewing and confirming that all entries are legitimate, or we will deliver legal recourse as necessary. While we do not have any updates at this time, MDB is cooperating with league officials to confirm he competed in good faith." haha

    • @billie-ve_in_yourself6464
      @billie-ve_in_yourself6464 10 месяцев назад +60

      @@Pikachu_25_ I specifically remember a phanpy run comment where a defeated elite four member walks over to the next elite four and goes
      “It’s him. He’s back.”
      “Oh god what is it this time?”
      “A phanpy… a goddamn phanpy.”

  • @Barracius
    @Barracius 10 месяцев назад +508

    I am sad there is no fossil to take on your way so that I can ask you which one you took.

    • @MusharnaMush
      @MusharnaMush 10 месяцев назад +4

      lol

    • @williamfalls
      @williamfalls 10 месяцев назад +76

      Now that you mention it, ask anyways. Comments are good for the RUclips algorithm.

    • @voiddwelling7285
      @voiddwelling7285 10 месяцев назад +16

      What are you talking about?! There were some fossils to pick up. (Wink wink nudge nudge, funny comments help the algorithm joke)

    • @GelatinCoffee
      @GelatinCoffee 10 месяцев назад +11

      do you think people will ask about it anyways in the comments?

    • @hyrumkohler
      @hyrumkohler 10 месяцев назад +3

      Could he get the Old Amber from Pewter City? 🤔🦕

  • @riemaennchen
    @riemaennchen 10 месяцев назад +78

    Don't Fuckle with Shuckle!
    As stupid as this thing is I can't help but love it.

  • @IttarraOda
    @IttarraOda 10 месяцев назад +289

    "Then Espeon came out and put the fear of God into me" This single line had me laughing so hard I had to pause the video. God MDB your scripts and writing keep getting better every challenge, absolutely loved the whole ride.

    • @Zedaxal
      @Zedaxal 10 месяцев назад +4

      Same!

    • @thatGillessGamer
      @thatGillessGamer 10 месяцев назад +2

      Agreed.

    • @endlesslogins156
      @endlesslogins156 10 месяцев назад +3

      Absolutely, has me laughing out loud for real.

    • @inkii-y
      @inkii-y 10 месяцев назад +2

      absolutely same

    • @cwduggan17
      @cwduggan17 10 месяцев назад +2

      I was coming here to say the exact same thing 😂

  • @almightyk11
    @almightyk11 10 месяцев назад +49

    Shuckle got a massive power boost in Sword and Shield. He can now get Infestation as an egg move. While it does do a little bit more than wrap on the initial hit, it is also bug type which nothing is immune to.

    • @Zorgdub
      @Zorgdub 10 месяцев назад +8

      And it's also same Type for the bonus damage!

    • @fansee1368
      @fansee1368 9 месяцев назад

      Crack it's health up to 50 and this thing will strike fear in the hearts of millions
      Or better yet, give it an useless evolution just let us use an eviolite set

  • @floatingf8783
    @floatingf8783 10 месяцев назад +151

    If Rhydon never does anything to you maybe you should consider doing a run with it.

    • @AgsmaJustAgsma
      @AgsmaJustAgsma 10 месяцев назад +22

      A Rhyhorn-only challenge would be dope, tho. Like the Onix challenges but less agonizing.

    • @AndreNDP
      @AndreNDP 10 месяцев назад +2

      It's time for *Cyrus voice* RRRRRRRRHINO!

    • @rancorrage5646
      @rancorrage5646 9 месяцев назад

      It's really not that weak.
      It lacks stab early on the in the early gens, and it's super weak to specially attacking water and grass types, but it's got great attack, high defense, and great STAB moves.
      There's certain bosses in different games that would be hard for it, but overall it'd make for some pretty easy challenge runs.

  • @DARobin-iv4tp
    @DARobin-iv4tp 10 месяцев назад +43

    JRose, Squidgy and MDB all doing Shuckle in the same week..? Can't be a coincidence! *X-File Theme plays*

    • @Pusto24
      @Pusto24 10 месяцев назад +18

      JRose's Shuckle video was 2 years ago.

  • @JoaoFerreira-pj1uc
    @JoaoFerreira-pj1uc 10 месяцев назад +32

    Man, you really missed out on the Defense Curl + Rollout combo. You definitely wouldn't need to reach level 100 with that.

    • @SillyInsaneGamer
      @SillyInsaneGamer 10 месяцев назад

      It is a delight with a shuckle run, I did mine a few weeks ago and that was half of my strategy LOL! I wish I could remember the end game level but it was under 90 for sure, hard to believe Shuckle was fun for me.. and togepi made me pull my hair out against red LMAO

  • @135forte
    @135forte 10 месяцев назад +25

    You might want to look into damage thresholds for more efficient attempts at bosses. According to Scott's Thoughts, the most important levels to change damage calcs are ones that end in 3, 5, 8 or 0, so if you are going to just grind attempts hoping for good RNG like you did on Bugsy, those levels are the best ones to do it. In at least a few of your runs you have actually noticed the jump because you mention how you 'randomly' do a lot more damage at those levels occasionally.

  • @TheTaintedWisdom
    @TheTaintedWisdom 10 месяцев назад +3

    MDB - "Don't worry Shuckle! We can do anything with the power of -Return- Friendship!"
    JROSE11 - "Rollin' Rollin' Rollin'..."

    • @SillyInsaneGamer
      @SillyInsaneGamer 10 месяцев назад +1

      I cannot imagine doing shuckle and avoid rollout, I just cannot LMAO it's SO slow..

  • @MrMattderp
    @MrMattderp 10 месяцев назад +4

    It was a hell of a sight to see that sailor transform into a pidgeot at 20:04

  • @discgolfwes
    @discgolfwes 10 месяцев назад +10

    Struggle and Rollout are key to this run

  • @zaborg007
    @zaborg007 10 месяцев назад +34

    Wow, Squidgy and MDB posting Shuckle runs almost in unison, love when that happens, because we get to see how different/similar the approaches to finishing the game are.

    • @Codyherb18
      @Codyherb18 10 месяцев назад +5

      Glad I’m not the only one who noticed! It was interesting to see MDB not use struggle early on. Would have made the start somewhat easier

    • @mikedorato6148
      @mikedorato6148 10 месяцев назад +2

      Watching Squidgy's run before this run has me extremely confused why rollout wasn't utilized in this run lol

  • @SuzuriHeinze
    @SuzuriHeinze 10 месяцев назад +17

    MDBAMA
    What's been your favorite Pokemon challenge run so far? Or, if someone's all ready asked you that, uhh... do you have a favorite candy bar, or other preferred snack?

  • @AmberF2
    @AmberF2 10 месяцев назад +9

    Shuckle runs are always so good because of just how niche Shuckle's stats are

  • @zephyrurchin4763
    @zephyrurchin4763 10 месяцев назад

    I'm glad you pulled through in time to release this on my birthday. It makes it that much better to watch.

  • @Podderich
    @Podderich 10 месяцев назад +2

    it's so fun to see how differently one can apporach exactly that type of challenge. did it 2 years ago and and man did i follow a way different approach, especially with miltank and timing the rollout against the ghost's curse so the curse cannot trigger any damage between turns :o

  • @lilalexthe1stofficial
    @lilalexthe1stofficial 10 месяцев назад +5

    This is BRUTAL. Later generations he gets a move that swaps his defense and attack turning him into a beast.

    • @drascia
      @drascia 10 месяцев назад +2

      There's also Body Press, Gyro Ball, and either Curse or Contrary Shell Smash.

    • @lilalexthe1stofficial
      @lilalexthe1stofficial 10 месяцев назад +1

      @@drascia mhm. shuckle in gen 2 may look weak but he gains strength later

  • @Cyniv0
    @Cyniv0 10 месяцев назад +4

    No Toxic until Kanto... Ouch.

  • @ShadowMichaelFawcett
    @ShadowMichaelFawcett 10 месяцев назад +19

    MDB: Is there any TM I want in Johto other than Return?
    Me: Well Headbutt, Rollout, Dig and Sludge Bomb are all nice enough moves available there.

    • @dmcmahondm
      @dmcmahondm 10 месяцев назад +2

      sludge bomb would have been kinda nice just for the 30% poison up until he got toxic

    • @geologist1235
      @geologist1235 10 месяцев назад

      Yeah I was thinking sludge bomb would have been good too.

    • @danielcarrilho5217
      @danielcarrilho5217 10 месяцев назад

      Rollout would have been great for Lance, he really missed out

  • @sirkingdra
    @sirkingdra 10 месяцев назад +1

    Always awesome watching your content man.
    I got into your videos back when Covid first started and I got hooked. Keep up the amazing work 😊

  • @mayonakao2488
    @mayonakao2488 10 месяцев назад +1

    "Why do we even learn Bide?" --I think that classic pokemon were given movepools that would represent their typical, on-theme, animal behaviors. Behaviors which are often entirely redundant if not useless in combat. An infamous example of this design philosophy would be how the hyper-quick Zapdos learns Agility.

  • @rabootfanboysam5068
    @rabootfanboysam5068 10 месяцев назад +87

    MDBAMA
    Has there ever been a Pokemon Challenge which you have thought of doing a few times but never actually went around doing it cuz its either extremely time consuming or you genuinely believe it to be impossible ?

    • @shaunduzstuffs
      @shaunduzstuffs 10 месяцев назад +9

      I wonder if he's scrapped any Pokémon challenges he's worked on

    • @timhiltz6323
      @timhiltz6323 10 месяцев назад +5

      Wanna see Heracross only run.

    • @circularnectarine1439
      @circularnectarine1439 10 месяцев назад +9

      Heracross is actually pretty cracked
      It’d def be fun to see preburn strats with Guts in a Heracross run

    • @rabootfanboysam5068
      @rabootfanboysam5068 10 месяцев назад +7

      I doubt we will get a proper "Heracross" run but its a possibility that we will get a " First form Bug pokemon run " in gen 2 like we did for Kanto and Heracross would be a great candidate for that

    • @geologist1235
      @geologist1235 10 месяцев назад +1

      I doubt he has, but a good question regardless.

  • @samuelmax8739
    @samuelmax8739 10 месяцев назад

    I just wanted to comment and say that I love your videos, and am quite looking forward to this one since Shuckle is my favourite Pokemon

  • @SNoodle
    @SNoodle 10 месяцев назад

    It’s 1 AM for me. I should be asleep.
    But then this video popped up in my feed. The Fire Red Shuckle run is my favorite of your videos, so I HAD to stay up and watch this.

  • @Shade557
    @Shade557 10 месяцев назад +4

    Don’t fuckle with the Shuckle

  • @cliffburton13
    @cliffburton13 10 месяцев назад +1

    hey MDB
    thanks a lot for your challenges, it's always fun to watch them.
    As for the dv chart, you were right that it was a decent shuckle, but ideally you would want high dvs in the stat you are already good at, because it makes a bigger difference. If you look at ranges your stats can get to, you realize that the range for higher stats are greater than the ranges with low stats. Even if you need your attack and speed for the challenge, you should keep that in mind. The same goes for natures in later games

  • @kazekamiha
    @kazekamiha 10 месяцев назад +1

    Fun story; as a kid I played one battle against another kid in Gen2 and sent out my Shuckle first. It bore Roll Out, Toxic, Sandstorm and Swagger.
    It swept.

  • @herrice3227
    @herrice3227 10 месяцев назад +1

    Every time I see Shuckle, all I can think of are these sprite animations I watched a while back, that had a super self-confident Shuckle who'd proudly announce himself every time he appeared. He was also rather unfortunate - he ended up in Hell at one point - but he never lost his cool, mostly because he was so dim =P

  • @GusterTails
    @GusterTails 10 месяцев назад +3

    On our way through, I battled Youngster Joey. I knew if I didn’t say what I took, you’d all ask. Actually, now that I think about it, everyone asks anyway. Comments are good for the RUclips algorithm.

  • @nravenz7538
    @nravenz7538 10 месяцев назад +25

    Who's ready for an insanely slow challenge? I am

  • @Lynsneakers
    @Lynsneakers 10 месяцев назад

    Your strategy with Shuckle at the end there reminded me of my first Moon playthrough where I had to do something very similar with one of the kahunas. My entire team was extremely weak to the kahunas ace and kept getting destroyed in one hit, save for my Pyukumuku. I Toxic'd, Rested, and Countered until that living hell was finally over. I don't remember how long it took, but it felt like eternity. Before that, it took me around 45 minutes to even get the Pyukumuku to spawn so I thank the gods I found my Friend (his nickname).
    Shuckle and Pyukumuku are Toxic & Rest strat buddies 5ever.
    Also, "Then Espeon came out and put the fear of God into me". Amazing. 10/10

  • @SomeGuy712x
    @SomeGuy712x 10 месяцев назад +2

    (7:14) Actually, Fury Cutter has 95% accuracy, so only a 1/20 chance of missing. (You might've been thinking of Rollout's 90% accuracy when you said "1 in 10" there.)
    (8:06) Oh, geez... 47 attempts when you're at more than double Scyther's level...
    (10:16) If you're already Cursed, then you do take damage from it on turns that you're underground. But, Curse can't hit you if you're already underground when it's used.
    (16:05) 348 Def and 340 SpDef are certainly something.
    (23:17) And that's game!

  • @ASilverSilkWing
    @ASilverSilkWing 10 месяцев назад +5

    I'm really hoping you'll eventually do a Combee only run! Combee is my favorite bug type pokemon, even though it's unusable in Diamond.

  • @DonYagamoth
    @DonYagamoth 10 месяцев назад

    Thank you for the comfy videos :)

  • @ScottsTanks
    @ScottsTanks 10 месяцев назад

    Great challenge MDB. You should take it easy on yourself next week after 2 brutal challenges

  • @MusharnaMush
    @MusharnaMush 10 месяцев назад +1

    sweet run, Shuckle is cool.

  • @pokevids1
    @pokevids1 10 месяцев назад

    Bro I love this video!!!!

  • @ViniVash10
    @ViniVash10 10 месяцев назад +1

    The question is not "Can I beat", but "How FAST can I beat all puny pokemon with the best of bois".

  • @d.n.3652
    @d.n.3652 10 месяцев назад +2

    I haven’t watched the video, but for the final set I can see it being
    Toxic
    Wrap
    Protect/rollout
    Sandstorm
    Item: leftovers

  • @Hunlover123601
    @Hunlover123601 10 месяцев назад

    MDB hearing your voice brings me so much joy ❤

  • @BoredTruckn
    @BoredTruckn 9 месяцев назад

    I like to imagine that last battle is going on in a stadium, and the entire audience is watching that shuckle go to sleep over and over and over again.
    Riveting.

  • @Grey_Warden_Invasion
    @Grey_Warden_Invasion 9 месяцев назад

    That got pretty thrilling at the end. XD

  • @tekno4blood
    @tekno4blood 10 месяцев назад

    For the F3 run you'll want to do "the pit" to get the infiltrator. Its a silenced scoped assault rifle. There is also a unique version by collecting steel ingots that's a buffed version.

  • @gwammeh
    @gwammeh 10 месяцев назад

    MDB: we’re coming up to another nightmare scenario
    Me, nodding: fury cutter
    MDB: Gastly
    Me: OH NO

  • @slateportraichu5416
    @slateportraichu5416 10 месяцев назад

    Ah, shuckle=) Thank you for a great video=)

  • @Kagnis1
    @Kagnis1 10 месяцев назад

    You beat red?! Wow Shuckle did what I thought impossible. Stall tactics work, shouldn't have been surprised

  • @Naxhus2
    @Naxhus2 10 месяцев назад +1

    Some time ago a poketuber by name of Scott's Thoughts released a program that allowed for solo runs like this to be more easily customisable. I'm not aware of exactly what it entails but it may help you set up your solo runs as EVs and natures go. Or you could ask him directly, man to man, he's a very nice guy.

  • @janssensbaskoro
    @janssensbaskoro 10 месяцев назад

    2 seconds in this video and I'm already thinking, aight defence curl and rollout it is 😂😂😂

  • @TheDexplorer2011
    @TheDexplorer2011 10 месяцев назад

    Finally a new video

  • @SpliffingBrit
    @SpliffingBrit 10 месяцев назад +1

    That was surprising, I thought shuckle would have struggled more

  • @horgh_japan
    @horgh_japan 10 месяцев назад

    Good ol' Shuckle! Shuckling up a storm here! If Shuckle had an evolution, I bet he'd get a ton of spoons.

  • @TheMS991
    @TheMS991 10 месяцев назад

    What an amazing run. Well done again for another Shuckle run. Shroomish in Fire Red/Emerald?

  • @jennyperpa5302
    @jennyperpa5302 10 месяцев назад

    I'm surprised at how smooth that run went after the early game hurdles.

  • @Cam_M
    @Cam_M 10 месяцев назад

    I haven't finished watching yet, but you earned my like at 47 attempts at the 2nd gym. Not sure why I said that way when you frequently get my likes.

  • @westyuk_3746
    @westyuk_3746 10 месяцев назад

    Would love to see you do a Gen 1 run with your favourite/preferred team. I know you would beat iteasy. But think just be a nice easy run for you to complete and actually enjoy it. 😂

  • @TheDanVail
    @TheDanVail 10 месяцев назад +1

    Missed a chance to grab a Qwilfish for the awesome combo of "Juvi and the blowfish"

  • @Raziel_HHL
    @Raziel_HHL 10 месяцев назад

    This Shuckle made me chuckle

  • @bigchez2855
    @bigchez2855 10 месяцев назад +2

    I'm surprised you never used rollout, it didn't seem to matter since you did super well with what you had, but given how early the game gives it to you I was expecting some rollout sweeps

  • @twyliiight8546
    @twyliiight8546 10 месяцев назад

    20+ years playing this franchise and it's the first time I've heard gym leaders referred to as 'bosses' and levels referred to as 'skill levels'
    MDB reinventing the lore.

    • @MahDryBread
      @MahDryBread  10 месяцев назад

      I do refer to major fights as bosses, but I wasn't talking about level ups when I said skill levels

  • @raikiri23
    @raikiri23 10 месяцев назад

    Man I love Shuckle runs

  • @loganeidell8778
    @loganeidell8778 10 месяцев назад

    There is beauty in the struggle.

  • @sonoffreyr8022
    @sonoffreyr8022 10 месяцев назад

    Not only is it a heatwave, but here in Alaska it’s also fire season, so cheers to staying inside so I don’t die to the smoke lol

  • @ratix64
    @ratix64 10 месяцев назад

    Actually i rather like the fast forward. Its really satisfying to watch.

  • @wesleyoldham4222
    @wesleyoldham4222 10 месяцев назад +2

    Khimyra has great shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!

  • @aroguespartan7627
    @aroguespartan7627 10 месяцев назад

    YAY SHUCKLE! I know he isnt that good, but I still adore the little guy ❤

  • @DistrarSubvoyikar
    @DistrarSubvoyikar 10 месяцев назад

    Many surprises here

  • @sharktenko267
    @sharktenko267 10 месяцев назад +1

    Shuckle is one if my favorite pokemon :)
    He's gets allot better once he gets stuff like infestation

  • @kirant
    @kirant 10 месяцев назад +8

    MDBAMA
    So, I'm curious - what is your stance on accuracy debuffing moves for solo challenges> This is written on your Shuckle solo - when I did the run, I ran into the same challenges (stopped hard by Scyther) and decided Flash was a perfectly acceptable alternative to avoid overleveling. Compared to evasion strategies, it is difficult to use in a large Pokemon battle (not enough uses to debuff entire teams).

  • @irithylldragon
    @irithylldragon 10 месяцев назад

    MDBAMA !
    are there any games / game series that you want to do challenge runs for but aren't sure if there's an audience for?
    i've been loving all the elder scrolls and fallout challenges and i'm at the very least aware of Dragon's Dogma having interesting challenge runs, and your pacing has always been excellent with introducing new games to do for challenge runs, so it'd be a joy to see :)

  • @gilgamesh68
    @gilgamesh68 10 месяцев назад

    It’s like they say “defence wins championships” XD

  • @sertero0962
    @sertero0962 10 месяцев назад

    A fun, but also different challenge. Try playing through a gen 5 game with only pokemon that start with vowels. So start with Oshawott and find more pokemon starting with vowels.

  • @idontwantahandlethough
    @idontwantahandlethough 10 месяцев назад

    I love shuckle. Such a goofy little guy

  • @BigBoct
    @BigBoct 10 месяцев назад +3

    On the Lance fight did you consider holding a MysteryBerry for the PP restore?

  • @bewitcherrr9321
    @bewitcherrr9321 10 месяцев назад

    HA! juvi... cuz hes got the juice. as a wrestling fan i chuckled hard at that

  • @shinypiece6984
    @shinypiece6984 10 месяцев назад

    “Beat the biker on first try and only lost 2/3s of our health”
    This is gonna be fun

  • @weannow
    @weannow 10 месяцев назад

    One of my favorite Pokémon

  • @totalyahooman3779
    @totalyahooman3779 10 месяцев назад +1

    mah-dry-bread time les go

  • @neuchatelxanax
    @neuchatelxanax 10 месяцев назад

    There are no EVs in GSC, there is Stat Experience which cap at 65535 for each stat, even at lvl 100 they're often not maxed out.

  • @matthewdavis6741
    @matthewdavis6741 10 месяцев назад

    SHUCKLE!!! Its everyone's favorite Pokemon! I wonder what he's going to evolve into....yeah.....maybe i'll have three heads.....any time now.....just waiting to evolve......

  • @davalious5107
    @davalious5107 10 месяцев назад

    Thst run went better than I expected. As for suggestions I'm still holding out for Pokemon gold/silver with a single Murkrow

  • @kbowman772
    @kbowman772 10 месяцев назад +1

    A Shuckle run without rollout? Blasphemy

  • @TheSteeldemigod13
    @TheSteeldemigod13 10 месяцев назад

    I was thinking about a run idea. Only using multi turn moves. Examples; Bide, solar beam, sky attack, dig, ect.

  • @agrithdragonflame3775
    @agrithdragonflame3775 10 месяцев назад

    So, a bit of explanation as to how Pokemon handles stat buffs and debuffs. Essentially, it takes a fraction and increases either the numeratornor denominator as you accumulate buffs and debuffs, with no buffs or debuffs being 2/2. If you gain a buff while the denominator (bottom number) is 2, the numerator (top number) increases, up to a maximum of 8 (8/2, or a 4 times modifier). Meanwhile, if you get a debuff and the numerator is 2, the denominator increases, to a maximum of 8 (2/8, or a 0.25 times modifier). Note that, if a buff is used while the denominator is not 2, the denominator is decreased instead of increasing the numerators. The same is true for debuffs and the numerator. Accuracy and Evasion are a little different, using a 3/3 modifier at neutral.
    To show an example:
    -Shuckle starts a battle with 28 defense and a 2/2 defense modifier.
    -Shuckle uses Defense Curl, increasing its modifier to 3/2. Shuckle's defense is treated as 42 (unless he gets crit, where the modifier is ignored).
    -If an opponent uses, say, Tail Whip, it would decrease Shuckle's modifier back to 2/2.
    -If Tail Whip was used again, the modifer would become 2/3. Shuckle's defense would plummet to 14.
    -Of course, using Defense Curl again would increase that back to 2/2.
    As for why Pidgeotto did 2 damage regardless... Well, the way the formula uses Attack and Defense is also in a fraction- specifically, Attack/Defense- which is then multipled and divided by other values (I'll show the Gen 2 one below). Assuming Pidgeotto's Attack stat is, at least 10, any value rolled would be rounded to 2. Even with a critical hit.
    ((((((2 x Level)/5)+2) x MovePower x (Attack/Defense))/50) x HeldItemBoost x Critical + 2) x Other x Random
    HeldItemBoost is the bonus for type-enhancing held item.
    Other is anything that applies a multiplier to attacks, like Weather, STAB, badges (if you have a badge that is the same type as your Pokemon), type effectiveness, and move-based modifiers (such as successive hits from Triple Kick or Rollout's bonus from consecutive hits and Defense Curl).
    Random is a random variable between 0.85 and 1, though it is always 1 for the moves Flail and Reversal.

  • @kylianthehylian
    @kylianthehylian 10 месяцев назад

    You should pay attention to levels at damage rounding thresholds, levels that end in 3, 5, 8 and 0 will round to the higher integer thus doing more damage.

  • @RiverwalkerWolf
    @RiverwalkerWolf 10 месяцев назад +1

    MDBAMA
    What's been your absolute favorite runs in your career of challenge runs? Fallout/Oblivion included. I can never get enough of going back to watch your "Poison Type Moves Only" or "Restoration only"

  • @tdarkhorse4
    @tdarkhorse4 10 месяцев назад

    i'd be interested to see what you would do with shuckle in hgss, specifically against red bc that fight is VERY different. if you were to do it my suggestion would be to get the tm for sandstorm to replace probably earthquake. i know it's definitely possible to beat hgss red with shuckle using sandstorm bc i've used that strat to beat half of his team with items just bc i felt like it, yes it was the shuckie from cianwood. for those in the comments here who don't know, one of the major problems with red in hgss is at the top of mt silver it's snowing and a whopping 3 of his mons know blizzard which is guaranteed to hit in hail (on top of the constant chip damage you get from hail up there). however, using sandstorm once not only clears the hail away for 5 turns for sand, the hail doesn't come back and nothing on his team knows hail so getting rid of it once solves the problem entirely. i chose sandstorm for my run bc it also boosts shuckie's defenses for a little bit which buys even more time. the trouble though is bc rest and toxic are necessary, what between eq and return do you replace?

  • @1DcoolJ
    @1DcoolJ 10 месяцев назад

    Challenge idea Sleep only run.
    You have to use rest or another way to go to sleep and attack with either snore or sleep talk. I'm interested in wat kind of strategy you'd use to win with those restrictions.

  • @FreyRosfield
    @FreyRosfield 10 месяцев назад

    Hey
    I almost never comment because I usually don't know what to say
    But I want to thank you for your videos, they always made my day, you are such a fun person that the runs are always really great to watch

  • @Phoenixesper1
    @Phoenixesper1 10 месяцев назад

    Shuckle. Pokemon's answer to the question: "What if the wood beast from flash gordon was a pokemon?"

  • @Kagnis1
    @Kagnis1 10 месяцев назад +4

    MDBAMA while you were away I tried to watch lots of videos to help suppose you but I want to know. Does sitting through the whole ad help get you paid more? Other than Super thanks or patreon what helps more- watching more mins of videos or letting ads play through?

  • @SuperThinHippo
    @SuperThinHippo 10 месяцев назад

    If you wanna know your IV's you could use rare candies to level 50 and then check. You'll get more accurate values with higher numbers.

  • @noddyjoe
    @noddyjoe 10 месяцев назад

    Toxic strats are my favourite 😂

  • @UnoriginalUsername25
    @UnoriginalUsername25 10 месяцев назад

    "Trying to make a level 2 Sentret faint" is one of the saddest things I've ever heard, and I don't just mean in Pokemon.

  • @Kehman86
    @Kehman86 10 месяцев назад

    Sweet!

  • @jakekoehler1
    @jakekoehler1 10 месяцев назад +1

    Finally, a new fridge!!!!

  • @Beavie
    @Beavie 10 месяцев назад

    I had to Buckle my Shuckle for this video.

  • @jsavage_yt5714
    @jsavage_yt5714 10 месяцев назад

    You should make a video of the top 10 hardest challenges you've done so far

  • @mizusenshi8172
    @mizusenshi8172 10 месяцев назад

    We've been having to deal with workers in the house a lot recently, so I feel for you there. It took forever to get our carpet replaced upstairs cause they wouldn't respond to my parents' calls in a timely manner, and then when they DID install the carpet they could only do part of it because only part of it had arrived...😅 Glad that's over.
    Anyway, gotta admit, watching this was brutal. I knew Shuckle had some bad stats but holy crud. Like only having 100 HP at Level 51, when most Pokémon would have twice as much at that point. Not a challenge I would enjoy.
    It also occurred to me you could counteract having to rely on Rest so much by having Shuckle hold a Berry that would wake you up immediately, so you could still attack. But there's only one such Berry in Gen 2, apparently, called the Mint Berry. And it can only be found on Route 39 and in Pewter City. So probably not that helpful. Besides, if you aren't using items in battle, an item like Leftovers makes much more sense.

  • @348joey
    @348joey 10 месяцев назад

    15:48 Yeah, in Gen 2, with no EVs, grinding just gives you more and more stat xp without having to worry about 'maxing out' the wrong stat. That, and all AI 'mon have 0 stat xp, so your trained pokemon are always going to be better than an otherwise identical opponent's. This would be much harder in Gen 3+