Shiftry Only - Pokemon Emerald - The terrifying crotch chin Pokemon
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2022
- Playthrough Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle*
3. No glitches or exploits*
4. No Double-Team TM before level 100*
Other rules:
-- *Pokeballs are allowed in battle when I need to catch an HM user
-- I play the game at 4x game speed (238 frames per second)
-- I allow myself to manipulate my starter (IVs, nature, HP type)
-- Using the bike for movement speed increases is banned (it can be used to obtain items)
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
-- HM Mules cannot use Pickup (I want to ensure that the comparison between Pokemon is as accurate as possible, this RNG would skew things.)
*Double-Team:
-- Almost every Pokemon can learn Double-Team through TM
-- Using it would centralize the meta
-- Every Pokemon would use it to overcome tough battles at lower levels
-- It raises evasion
-- It triggers the badge boost
-- Banning the TM allows Pokemon who learn it through level up to use it
-- I believe evasion is part of Pokemon and shouldn't be banned entirely
-- I don't want the videos to all be double-team spam though, that's not fun or entertaining
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Skarmory: *uses Air Cutter*
Scott later: “Does it even know a flying move?”
Yes, Scott. Yes it does.
Lmao I heard and replied, I didn't notice it used it in the video as well that's hilarious
Can you tell I don't like to read? Haha
I'm really excited for Scott's growth this episode... I hope he doesn't run into PP problems
There certainly will be growth in this video.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon is that a special attack boost or is shiftry just happy to see me?... OK I'll see myself out..
@@wisconsibility only a person from my state makes TERRIBLE JOKES like that lol
I too wish Scott the best with his growing PP issues
If only it learned Growth, or any boosting moves… or powder/seed… or good stab attacks. They did Shiftry dirty. At least Ludicolo gets Water Stab and Ice Beam.
21:50 A tip for the Wobbuffet battles: Dark types like Shiftry are immune to Mirror Coat (and Ghosts are immune to Counter). And since Wobbuffet is very slow, it almost always uses Destiny Bond second, meaning you can just not attack the next turn to completely avoid it. So Giga Drain gave you a guaranteed win against every Wobbuffet, as long as you didn't attack the turn after they used Destiny Bond... Which you did, and that's why you died.
Good tip! Thanks so much
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I think substitute was the play for Flannery
It would force Flannery to LAND multiple 90 percent accurate overheats in a row
Also I think it would negate spinda or belly drum linoone
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon substitute might even negate wobbuffett entirely too
Here’s the issue: Substitute is at Lilycove City. You ain’t getting Substitute until you get Surf (You can skip Winona).
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Also remember that it checks for if Destiny Bond was the last move used by the Pokemon, not if it was used that turn. It's next to impossible to lose to it if you're faster and have a status move.
I honestly and unjoking-ly love the big ol Tengu. Never really saw him as a "crotch for a chin" guy, cause - first of all - he looks like a wooden doll and as most action figures and dolls just doesn´t have a crotch really and second because I always thought it´s not really having a mouth as having a movable part like at one of those creepy dolls. Again - with the doll theme. I know. And despite all of it I love it. It is weird, its based on a cool japanese yokai and much too much doll things going on that it should be.
Looking forward to it. You kicking it out of the ball park for a while now Scott and I want to say thank you. I am happy to be here along the way talking about wooden dolls in pokemon for whatever reason.
I just think of Shiftry as the Jiraiya Pokemon.
Long White Haired Leaf Ninja
@@priestesslucy3299 That is brilliant! How is it, that I never saw that? But also means he writes ecchi novles in his free time ... with his fans? Nope - just Jiraiya. That works for me.
Thank you
Oooh I love the gen 3 grass types. Cacnea, Shiftry, Tropius are some of my favourite Pokemon. Hype!
Tropius needs a buff! Long live the big banana boi
No Sceptile and Breloom??? :((((
Especially Breloom. Breloom was the spore user in Gens 3-4.
Ludicolos a grass type too.
Right? I prefer zarude to tropius tho
I was so fond of this one that Shiftry always had a spot in my Ruby team , and I don't know why...
DUDE same... I played the game so much and I HAD to get a shiftry everytime. I really don't know why.
On the bright side, we'll only have to see the back sprite for most of the playthrough!
I never looked at this pokémon close enough to notice the teeth until pointed out, I always thought the nose was beak-like, which shifts the aesthetic greatly, that makes it look a lot more ninja-eagle-hedgehoggy, and eliminates the chin issue.
You know what would be interesting? An emerald versus video between a pokemon that gets walled hard by roxane vs a pokemon that gets walled hard against stephen. This could be a close match even though at no point they would be at the same major trainer battle making predictions a lot harder to make
Feebas vs Magikarp
@@TheMoogleKing93 Feebas can learn TMs, iirc.
Ive been bing watching your vids, the amount of details and dedication its amazing!!!!!
The way you speak calmly but still keep talking like a human (laugh, etc.) makes this a great bedtime cartoon.
Love seeing more gen 3! keep it up hopefully 50k subs by the end of the year. Honestly the Crotch Chin pokemon did better than I thought
One of my favourite pokémon! Thank you Scott!!
Slaaaaakiiiiing soon pls.
Also love all your work plus excited for more gen 3
I never noticed that his crotch is also his chin until you pointed it out. Cannot unsee. Thanks for that 😂
You’re welcome. It’s the only thing I see when I look at it…
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon you monster haha
Shifty is one of my favorites! It’s definitely a strange designs but it’s also a great one. It’s a shame that it debuted a generation before the split and can’t make optimal use of its typing, but I’m glad you came around to it in the end!
Awesome work like always, I'm hype for the next video too :)
Scott: armoldo looks like an airplane, must be bug/flying.
Latios/latias: are we a joke to you?
Hahaha
Love these videos, keep them rocking :)
One of my favorite 3rd gen Pokémon, so nostalgic. Thanks Scott
We are truly being spoiled with these HOENN play throughs! Thanks for the great content
You’re welcome Kaleb!
One my favorite RUclips channels. Good job Scott
Thanks Ryan!
Scott my an! loved this video. Ive always liked Shiftry, looking forward to the optimized video. LOL at that wobbuffet fight
Thanks Garry, also for supporting with membership btw! Yes, the Wobbuffet fight was ridiculous.
I'm looking forward to the Skarmory playthrough since it's such a nightmare to solo pokemon runs. Gen 3 is my favorite gen so I always enjoy every video you do of Emerald. I also watch every video of yours, I just don't always comment.
Plus it's been fun seeing how far this channel has gotten and the video production which has made this my favorite Pokemon youtube channel. Props to all your editors as well, they really do a great job and have been improving as well.
So keep it up! Me and so many others really appreciate all the effort you put into these videos.
Oh btw I cannot unsee the crotch chin on Shiftry, thanks for that!
Your welcome
I really appreciate the effort you've taken to improve the display. I didn't mind the more basic one, but it looks super sweet now.
*for those of you who are just audio listeners* aww thanks man, that's so thoughtful!
I'm working on a birthday card while listening and feel a bit bad about it 'cause you've been putting so much effort into your overlay. Hearing you adress this makes me feel a bit better. I do appreciate all the work you put into aking these videos look amazing! Just sometimes I can't sit and watch an (almost) hour long video without actually doing sth myself. It's the same with a ot of content and series and movies; gotta be doing sth when I'm alone.
Really appreciate it.
EDIT love the bloopers & you looking into seal movement. So endearing and relatable lol. I also would not have known.
I gotta be doing something too. ADHD I guess, but my hands and brain just keep going!
Watching you play these games is interesting because these are definitely my favorite they're the ones I grew up on. Like sometimes I find it really frustrating like I'm sitting here yelling at the screen cuz you don't know something, but it's also really satisfying to watch you figure things out. Like I think it was the last video where you kept trying to set up on wailord But realized you needed a weaken it first so you wouldn't get the water spout. That was nice. I'm also really interested for the future like it's going to be interesting once you get to the more crap pokémon and are up against the murder twins.
I love all the cute editing choices made in your videos!! I prefer Shiftry's design to Ludicolo's, but I never used it because I preferred Mightyena as a dark type because it got better access to Dark moves.
We’re always trying to put little things in there to hopefully make you smile :)
Tengu! 👺 can’t wait to see how he fares in these runs! Let’s go!!
Another banger of a vid! You’re getting better with each challenge. But I have to say that you gotta do all the grass types now 😂 Breloom, Cradily, Tropius, Cacturne and *Roselia* awaits!
Cradily was my battle factory carry when I was younger.
There are a lot of awesome grass types in this game. I guess it makes up for the lack of grass-types introduced in generation 2.
Hey Scott man I looked so forward to one more of your videos! I simply love pokemon content! I even feel the lack of videos along the weak. But anyway finally one more video! Thank you so much! Surprisingly I still like Shiftry and Ludicolo despites their lack of good move display... I prefer much Ludicolo than Shiftry, but Shiftry is nice too. It went incredibly well e.g. against Tate and Liza. And I guess growth also did helped a lot! I can hardly wait for your next challenge! You have my admiration for your hard work! Maybe someday I too will be able to dedicate myself so entirely to something. I wish you more and more success! I'll be always for more of your challenges! Bye bye and may God bless the work of your hands always! Thank you man!
I watch like 3 other people that do solo videos, but you are my favorite.
Thanks Rick
One of my favourite Pokémon, hope he does well. Go beardy high heeled bunny eared nutcracker!
Also reason I loved Shiftry due to me pulling a holo Shiftry in a pack of Ex Hidden Legends as a kid.
Very nice! Great job Scott
"Time to fight a lego character" came out of nowhere and absolutely slaughtered me xD
Also as a fellow music nerd i also think Wally's remake theme is pretty good, but my one complaint about it is that it's such a short loop. You don't notice it so much when battling him but just go to the battle tower in oras and change the music outside to his theme, i get sick of it after the third or fourth loop (so about two minutes). Now, the Hoenn E4 theme on the other hand, that is absolute perfection, god *damn* i love that battle theme. Used to walk around as a kid with my headphones on and my gameboy in my pocket in an E4 battle just listening to that dope ass theme
i would like to see you go throught emerald with Dusclops ! i think it would be an interesting one ! also i love your content keep up the good work !
Heads up for future Dark and Psychic runs in Hoenn, aim for Tate’s Pokémon first (Claudia and Solrock). Liza’s Pokémon only have Psychic as an attacking move. So if you take out Tate, who is the only one with coverage, Liza can only annoy you with status (namely sleep and boosting Special). It really takes all the bite out of the battle.
What an amazing video more people have to see these
I just realized that both Ludicolo and Shiftry are opposing version exclusives based on yōkqi from Japanese folklore, kappa and tengu respectively. Pretty neat
Ohhhh, that's probably why it's named Kappalores in German. Well, the more you know :o
Shiftry won my heart over when I got it in Pokemon XD, you get Seedot pretty early, and in the same area you get it you get a Leaf Stone just before a major boss fight, so you can get Shiftry really early and it was my favorite
Also I just cannot unsee that it just has a huge chin now. Thanks.
Back like we never left!!!! Scott keep this up and your gonna make me try to achieve my dream of putting my stories I write on RUclips. I don’t wanna do it to gain subs or anything like that I just want to see if my ideas I’ve been writing for years appeal to other people
Do it!
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon thanks for the encouragement Scott!
I'm happy to see gen 3 runs. Love the variety. I know grass is quite good in hoenn
Oooh I love Shiftry. I had Ruby as a kid so I have fond memories of raising a Seedot into a Nuzleaf and then evolving it. That...explains a lot huh.
I do think the cool thing about Shiftry in comparison to the Pokemon around it like Ludicolo or Swampert is that it always felt like it had good options available to it. Maybe an earlier Growth could have spared it some levels against Steven? I'm not entirely sure. Steven seems...a lot scarier in Emerald than Red in Crystal, especially Skarmory. Feels like every Pokemon that goes against it has to play the puzzle of "How do I beat the Skarmory".
Great video!
I personally love this thing. Cool Japanese cultural reference in the design. Tough-looking, and while not stellar, it's moveset is well-themed. I also just like physical attackers or physical-leaning mixed attackers.
I'm gonna go out on a limb... And say I actually like shiftry! At least you have it planned to evolve as you go, have some fun Scott 🤙
I’m glad you still gave Shiftry a fair shake, even if you think it’s creepy. Another one I think is kinda cute! It always made me think of a marionette because of the chin lol; Also, it looks like it has eevee’s ears in the key art lol
When you say you read all comments I never thought I’d get a reply from a video a year ago. Keep it up sir. You’re great 🎃
I do. Luckily RUclips shows then to me as they come in, so it isn’t a big chore to see them on old videos.
I am glad your appreciation for it improved, but I can’t say the same. Definitely a Pokémon I’ll be leaving at an assisted living facility. Thanks for another video though!
"If a move could do negative damage, that move would be psywave."
Delibird: "Is my signature move a joke to you?"
i always thought shiftry looked like it was wearing tights up to its chin lol. great video
I never even realized that it had a visible mouth. I just thought that was it's chest, but it is very clearly a chin. That made ME like it's design significantly less haha.
Also that second spinner in Mt Pyre absolutely sniped you 😂 He was like "Excuse me madame, do you have time to hear about our lord and saviour, Wobbuffet?
Hello Scott and Denis!
Good luck tree thing!
Shiftry was actually my favorite new Gen 3 Pokémon.
very nicely done sir, I gotta say that was fairly rough. if I suggest for future Gen 3 play throughs, go with HP fire if you got a special attacker or mixed attacker or HP Fighting if its a physical; I've recently done a view plays on Fire Red and currently doing one on Sapphire (on actually cartridges as well) and found the steel types too much for pokemon and movesets (mostly bug types so far, Beautifly at the moment) and found the only good answer is HP Fire or Fighting. HP Fire would of been best for you here I think. Also as its Halloween, do you have plans for a Shedinja only vid. its a ghost for Halloween and we all know how much you like your bug types.
I’ll always love Shiftry as it’s basically this cool Dark/Grass Tree Ninja Mon!
I think part of why you struggled later was because you weren’t sure what strategies were the best to commit too. Like do you go more Physical based to try to brute force fights or do a Special setup with Growth. I personally think Growth setup is pretty good in the League since the first Mon tends to use a setup move.
If you’re going for HP Fire in the future, Rollout could be good for Flannery and Winona. Rollout can be used on Slugma so you one shot the Torkoal, and it can be also used on Tropius so you can one shot Altaria. In terms of dealing with Drake, I think Growth + Thief with Black Glasses could be a way to deal with the Dragons that can’t be hit with Giga Drain.
As a Shiftry fan, I can’t wait to see how you optimize it in the future! Maybe a Ludicolo vs Shiftry race?
Growth and thief and black glasses with stab must be a strong move. I used to use special attacks only. Not much stategy like this
-Good nature choice
-Good HP choice, even if it ended up being a mistake in the end that's really hindsight, HP ice isn't a clear mistake logically thinking
-Picked up all useful TMs
-Good battling strats, except for Wobbufett and Winona's Skarmory but those were over quickly
-Started using persims
Definitely your cleanest Emerald run, not even by a small margin, it's leaps and bounds better. It's a pleasure to see all the improvements
But... questioning the gym leaders using potions when you 2hko anyway... that is just sheer hypocrisy after Gengar "I need to hit it one more time to win so lets use hypnosis!"
Was that a spoiler at the end? You don't have a Rayquaza video yet right?
I streamed Rayquaza on twitch. I'll post a video for it in the future.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Complete analysis
First few gyms VERY GOOD
Flannery I'd run substitute for same with Norman
I'm questioning the hidden power choice maybe hp fire was the answer specifically for Steven this is very debatable because drake would have been the wall without hp ice n question is would you take a bad drake or an awful Steven
Tate n Liza definitely would have been a sweep with shadow Ball
Fun fact you can save n reset for shadow tag from catching or Thieving wild duskull or shuppet which would have helped vs tate n liza n allowed you to hit dusclops n sabeleye ranges
Sidney I had a gripe with not using white herb you would have swept the fight instead of an unnecessary close fight
Phoebe I'd run spell tag or sitrus berry
Glacia I ran the calcs n yeh you didn't have a good play there
The champion Wallace fight WAS REALLY POORLY PLANNED
You taught REST and no chesto berry to compliment, that was really bad n COST YOU AT LEAST 10 MINUTES minimum
Same went for Steven more time lost because of no resto chesto
It is 100 percent THE IDEAL PLAY to go chesto berry on your rest pokemon unless
A. You get one shot anyway
B. A range YOU must hit ABSOLUTELY needs to happen or you lose
This does happen a bit which is WHY we research type boosting items n berries
C. Confusion status or attract
D. If your opponent swords dance, dragon dance or calm mind n that essentially leads to situation A
Man really put the word "crotch" in the title
My respect for you only grows
What sold me on Shiftry were its idle animations in pokemon colosseum and XD. It stood on it's weird high heels clanking its teeth menacingly. It just looked like some old wood demon tree spirit ninja -thing, and that was really cool for childhood me.
I love the little animation before you fight a gym leader
Easily one of the most underrated mons
Shiftry had a lot of love back in the Hoenn era judging from how many holographic Pokémon cards he got in the ex era, and I remember my group of friends in the day thought he was cool. It’s a shame he’s sort of fallen into obscurity in later years, but he’s still one of my favourite Pokémon.
I was zoning out a bit during a mightyena fight. when it used bite, I thought that the text box said “CHIN used BITE”. The image my brain conjured up was one of the most revolting and terrifying things I’ve ever imagined.
I love both Ludicolo and Shiftry (their design is awesome), but I think they lack 30 points in their base stats to really shine. Especially Shiftry that has a lot of weaknesses.
It's a tengu.. tengu, in Japanese folklore, a type of mischievous supernatural being, sometimes considered the reincarnated spirit of one who was proud and arrogant in life. Tengu are renowned swordsmen and are said to have taught the military arts to the Minamoto hero Yoshitsune.
i resorted to using this thing for my Dark Type in Sword, i was surprised how good it was, the grass typing certainly had a factor into its usefulness but yeah the weaknesses really hurt it if you are not too careful.
For Sydney, you can get a white herb to negate the Intimidate drop outside the berry shop on route 10 after you beat watson in gen 3. It's best at sydney maybe drake or Wallace for physical attackers, because against Maxie and Archie, their mightyena can always swagger you and give you +1 with the persim berry.
"When Bruce Lee beat 20 guys, it tooks him a few minutes--but now comes CHIN!" --James Rolfe
"It feels like they JUANted him to be bad."
Probably not an intentional pun but I laughed.
I love that Shiftry has such a villain vibe, and I have nostalgia for Tengu from DOA2. I just can't justify using it with the weaknesses and shallow movepool though.
Yeah, in-game it's not really all that good, but in ADV Ubers it's really good alongside Groudon, especially since it learns Explosion.
Shiftry never runs out of PP. It's evolved to have the biggest chin crotch. You just can't handle this perfection.
(Breloom was always my favorite grass in that gen despite Ludicolos mood being amazing)
Ayeee lets gooo my favorite pokemon !
Pokemon emerald the best game of gen 3 I played a lot on my roms on my pc back in the days as a child good memories 😎✌️
Very keen to see you start giving the bad Pokémon a go in Hoenn, Luvdisc (sorry) is calling :P
Haha been trying to take it easy on myself while I’m learning. Luvdisc deserves a shot though.
The chicken strikes back sounds like a wild Star Wars parody movie
"If a move could do negative damage, that move would be Psywave" (in the flying gym section.)
That move is called Present. It exists.
I feel like solo itemless challenges are exactly what this game was made for. That AI is absolutely brutal and they have really good 'mons too, but you'd never experience that if you were playing the game with a team. At every turn that AI wrecked you and exploited so many aspects like item use to get an advantage. Emerald is such a great game for that.
I, for one, would LOVE if you "de-made" the Wally battle theme into RSE music. That would be absolutely amazing.
Shiftry first form is so cute
Like the ugly ducklings but other way around
Now that i think of it, even though gen 3 is my favorite and i've been playing it since release i think this is one of the only mons i never used.
I love generation 3!
I haven’t played much past diamond/ pearl, those two were SO. SLOW. PACED. So honestly I don’t even play those much but I do enjoy it.
RBY are obviously high on the list, I was playing those before I even could comprehend what I was doing and constantly saving over my brothers game and him getting pissed…oops!
Silver/ Gold are great too, although I have the least amount of time with those, I actually still have to look up some stuff with those two.
I also played White and honestly I hated it so much I never went past it bahaha.
But emerald is the one where I was actually old enough to understand most of the concepts, I think I was in middle school when it released so I spent soooo many hours playing it, and it’s the one I always seem to go back to. So basically what I’m trying to say is THANK YOU for playing Gen 3!
I do have a question, I don’t think I’ve seen you play Fire Red/ Leaf Green? Did I just miss it or any reason you dont?
I’m adding games sequentially. Emerald is the latest addition to the channel. FireRed and LeafGreen eventually!
I freaking love Shiftry I used him in my second playthrough of Omega Ruby
This felt like a series of unfortunate events. Not as many resets as certain other videos, but Shiftry got the short end of the stick in so any ways.
All I know is that, one day, we will get Sinnoh playthroughs, and that means the grim reaper Darkrai, the perfect Halloween Pokemon, will one day be played for one of these October creepy-mon playthroughs.
Given Shiftry's STABs and best Hidden Power options, I'd have gone with high special attack and not regular attack, despite it having a slightly higher attack stat. Wanna boost what you're gonna use the most in the end game
One thing i’d like to see is Vigoroth vs Slaking.
And an Exploud only run because it is the best normal type and I’m tired pretending it’s not
During a casual playthrough I realised I'd never trained a Whismur.
As soon as it evolved and I saw Exploud's backsprite, I immediately boxed the poor thing out of trypophobia.
Commenting for algorithm
Loving the emerald content as well!
Thanks RyanFam
Shiftry is a really unique and cool Pokémon
I can't wait for your optimizations for gen 3. I think Shiftry could get a 2:30 time for sure now that you know how to get around Steven.
It's going to be fun!
Woohoo! What a video!
Friday and Scott Thoughts, Great times.
I'm glad someone also appreciates Garbador as much as I do. He's so ugly he's adorable.
Such a great little guy :)
We're getting a RAYQUAZA playthrough?!? HYPE
And Mewtwo
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon can't waiiiiitt
Seeing Seedot for the 1st time: "Awww that's kinda cute, a little strange but still not bad"
Seeing Nuzleaf: "That's actually kind of a cool design! I wonder what it evolves into"
Seeing Shiftry: "Good lord what even is that thing!?"
This mirrors my reactions too.
Gen 1 PC story time:
Once when I was a kid, after fighting Koga, I was switching a few pokemon around from my PC box because I didn't really have anything that could surf on my team (because I was a kid and really only used Venasaur and Graveler) and I managed to black out and lose half my money because I put away my only pokemon with HP left and withdrew a fainted poliwag.
According to the cards, his hands are those leaves. I guess you could say he has a green thumb.
I was waiting for you to try Shiftry because it is honestly pretty good, especially in later Gens with Leaf Blade and Night slash, also Shiftry is much better than many Hoenn Dark types that have the "Rampardos" problem, i.e. High attack, low and everything else, but Shiftry has high attack and high speed. Also, if you're gonna try this again, maybe Break Break is good for Steven?
2:50 Nice stats for a solo challenge. 90 spa is good for its stab moves and 100 atk is nice to hit with other types if you need to.
I always thought it looked like a nutcracker. So all the crotch related jokes had an extra effect on me.
Speaking of the Root Fossil, I'd love to see a Lileep run. I expect it would lose a race vs Anorith, but maybe the latter would get stuck on someone that Lileep could just stall out?
I see two potential answers to Flannery's Torkoal: allowing Amnesia as an egg move, or learning Rollout via move tutor. Apparently that particular tutor is in Mauville City, but I haven't played Emerald anywhere near as much as Ruby. Maybe the NPC is inaccessible before Flannery, e.g. you need Surf or something.
I really want to do Cradily vs Armaldo
I like the way shiftry looks he's like the grumpy old man of the forest 😂
I didn't really like shiftry as a kid, it always looked so odd to me. And besides I really hated to face Sydney's shiftry because of double team.😅
But you've kind of gave it a great run. As stone evolution it's movepool can be very limited, but you've managed to make it, even though it kind struggled at the end game for sure.
I think that having chlorophyll is better then early bird for the hoenn playthroughs, because they rarely use a sleeping moves in hoenn, so having that with paired with sunny day could work against Wallace and Steven.
If you're using rest you could combine it with substitute, if you want to avoid being hit by status move at the turn you wake up. By the way, you can make a use of skarmory's toxic to use facade(it would do natural damage because of Steven having steel types) , and then heal whenever the toxic damage is too strong. It would only work with attract though to make sure that the skarmory won't attack you.
By the way, to avoid cruse from phoebe's ghosts you can use protect or torment to make sure they won't use that on the next turn.😊
Shiftry would have wished to have its egg move of amnesia and leech seed, for this run. The physical/special split of pre gen 4 is really is really bad for shiftry overall, add to that a team full of steel types. Yeah, the hoenn games are not kind to grass type at all. 😅
But, hey, I love watching you try new strats, to make the runs a bit better in emerald, a little by little, and you're doing a great job at it, so keep it up! 😊👏👏👏
It's Tengu Tree's time to shine!
I find stone evolutions so interesting in your videos, because they solely rely on TMs. It shows how few good ones there are before surf in this game.
So true. Gen3 does feel like the most sparse for early game TMs. The ones you get aren’t particularly useful, Rick Slide and Bullet Seed or they aren’t widely accessible, like Bulk Up.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon i always taught my combusken rock tomb and bulk up haha. Its so frustrating that dig is *after* watson.