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The fact you’ve NEVER used a Tentacruel despite how actually great it is is amazing. Would love to see you do a playthrough of, say, Fire Red using ONLY Pokémon you’ve never used
I got something better about Tentacool and Tentacruel for ya. Can you tell me a game or cartoon/anime where jellyfish aren't depicted using electricity that isn't Pokèmon? Yeah it only occured to me when I was watching some Jellicent and Frillish in Sword. Tentacool and Tentacruel are jellyfish and they are water/poison type unlike Jellicent/Frillish who are ghost/electric (I think. I know they aren't poison) and also jellyfish. Jellyfish in real life don't have electricity like electric eels. They inject a poison with their stingers. I thought that was cool that they were depicted more accurately. They could have easily made Tentacool and Tentacruel electric type instead.
@@TTMv4 I got ghost right at least. I can never remember dual types that well. To be fair there's over 1000 Pokèmon now. Thanks for the correction and for not berating me over it.
Any time I've used one of those Pokémon it was either in a Gen 4 game where I can use my DS and 3DS or in a ROM that's been modified to make them evolve by level up or stone instead.
Yeah, I've never used to a trade pokemon. I didn't have any but Graveler when I did have someone to trade with and personally I never used a ghost type until Gen VI. I wish the Pokemon Bank counted as a trade, I don't get why it doesn't considering Pokemon transferred that way are treated like trade pokemon in every other way.
I used Primeape on my RBY playthrough, and he was pretty good. It was mostly because he was overleveled and had a lot of coverage TM/HM moves, but still.
I feel you on the "caught a shiny so I used it". The first time I used a tentacruel was in HGSS when I found a shiny tentacool (she was named Violet) and decided she had to come with me for the rest of the game. Same with Clefable in Let's Go when I found a random shiny that I almost didn't realize was shiny.
My first shiny was an Arbok in Crystal, which I found on Mt. Silver. I didn't even know shinies were a thing, and just caught it cause of the animation so I assumed there was something special about it.
same. in pokemon shield, i found a random shiny vullaby who would from then on vibe on the playthrough team as "sparkl bb" or some dumb name like that. she consistently found herself as death fodder, but it wasn't a nuzlocke so it's fine. iirc she evolved partway into the league.
You should really consider using Lord Helix, Kabutops, Primeape, and Pinsir. These Pokemon are too underrated and they can pull through. Pinsir is surprisingly bulky being able to tank at least two super effective physical moves. Omastar can actually be a good sweeping pokemon as well as Kabutops. Primeape is just overall kinda fun he hits really hard and makes me feel op when I have it.
Was doing a randomized nuzlocke (soul link with a friend) of fire red and we didn't randomize starters. My rival had the most busted overhyped charizard ever somehow, it wiped big chunks of my team more than once. Getting a kabuto (danger cake!) and building kabutops for the champion battle to put that hot lizard in its place was deeply satisfying.
I notice that a lot of these are good pokemon...just defensive/stall style. I think Mikey's explanation for Chansey probably applies to many more pokemon, as a result.
@@MandJTV *chanting:* series, series, series lol would actually love to see a series of this per generation. it's making me think about what I haven't used.
I once tried to make a SS run using only weak Pokémon I wouldn't normally use, so I actually have won a league using Beedrill, Arbok, Meganium and Parasect lol I don't remember the other two
The VERY first time I used Gengar was Sword and Shield because you guessed it trade evolution. It was really fun using him, but I still just don't get that emotional attachment to him or Alakazam that most people have. It's like that with a lot of trade pokemon actually.
I was able to use an Alakazam in SoulSilver because I have an original DS, a 3DS, and a copy of Diamond, but for the most part trade evolutions are completely out of the question. I'm very glad that they seem to be phasing them out since we haven't gotten any more since Gen 6 and the "trade" items that they added in PLA.
I briefly used Magmortar in Legends Arceus because I love Magmortar and finally got the chance to use him since they removed the trade requirement. I also used Alakazam on my main team. In White 2, had I contined that specific save file, I would have gotten an Electivire, since I could trade with myself because I had both White and White 2. Those are the only notable trade evos I've used.
Clefable was one of my first Pokémon Blue champions. She rocked. I think I used her because I liked the idea of a weird space marshmallow kicking butt. Bubblebeam, Psychic, Hyper Beam, and Sing was quite terrifying back in the day. Clefable has been my weird pink friend ever since 😁
@@denzelllaurencelising101 Mainly because Sleep was so utterly broken in Gen1. Also I think little kid me just loved the concept of singing enemies to sleep 🤷♂️
@@aviatinggamer9051 i was exclusively thinking of spots of water near grass early enough in game. That grass is basically endgame requiring surf to access.
@@Madadader right. Finding a starfish based Pokémon in grass doesn’t really make sense to me. Maybe they could’ve made it like one of the caves with a section of sand in front of the water and on that sand you could encounter staryu. I’m not saying it’s a perfect solution. But it’s better than what they did at the time imo.
I'm actually pretty sure that you can find Mankey in the route west of Viridian City in Fire Red/Leaf Green. I've used it several times, and it's good.
It is indeed good, but it just requires a lot of grinding. Not a bad thing but my issue with it was that at least in leafgreen/FireRed that the move power points were really troublesome. Seriously like it gets scratch and low kick. If you want to use it for Brock then you are stuck to train in like 3 routes. All there is are Spearow, Pidgey, Weedle, Caterpie, Kakuna, Metapod, Pikachu, and Rattata. Most of these either take little damage from fighting types or they are just hard to survive attacks from. The only thing you could really train against it consistently is Rattata or Caterpie. To get a remotely good fighting type move you would have to grind like 6 - 10 levels or so to get karate chop.
I will point out that the Mew glitch in Gen 1 is easy as long as you're following the steps correctly, effectively making it a very good team choice since it has a very good typing and can learn any TM move.
I'll give Mikey one thing, he's the only RUclipsr whose sponsor segments I actually watch, for the sole factor that I don't want to miss any of Grunty Boi's quite frankly amazing character arc.
I used a Vileplume in a Randomised Platinum Nuzlocke, and it was my longest surviving pokemon. It took it from a middling pokemon in my eyes to one of my favourites.
in fact vileplume isn't a bad pokemon, its got tanky stats to go with typing, plus its move pool has some good options, pretty much the biggest being Strength Sap
I've used quite a few of the Pokemon listed here through Randomized Nuzlockes. It's actually interesting just how much the "terrible" Pokemon can do when you have no other choices. And then there are the ones that are still just terrible...
I had a Clefable on my first ever playthrough of Pokemon Blue. It was the first mon I got to level 100 and I used to just take it into the Elite Four and use Metronome over and over for my own amusement.
You can get a Mankey before Brock. It's located in the grass heading to Victory road before entering Viridian Forest. It's a low encounter rate in FR/LG but they are there. I've exploited this for Nuzlockes
I think the only reason I've ever willingly used the Pidgey line was because I caught a shiny as my first catchable Pokemon in my first run of Let's Go Eevee. His name is Hermes and I love him.
I remember I found a shiny onix while in a cave hunting for a normal Charmander then low and behold a shiny onix appeared I didn't use it but I still have it
Years and years ago I got a random full odds shiny Pidgey in the Route between Johto and Cherrygrove right after the catching tutorial in Gold version, and he was absolutely required on my team after that. That save file has been long lost, but I remember him fondly.
3:44 I choose to argue about Clefable. While it definitely reached its best in Generation 6, I think it actually became viable back in Generation 4, when it gained the Magic Guard ability. Pair that with its toolbox move pool, and you have something that can get you through the game. Plus, it’s easier to catch than Munchlax. Duh. 7:21 But it’s great as a catcher in later games. Spore + False Swipe = THANK YOU! 8:16 Are you forgetting the relationship between Speed and Critical Hits in Generation 1? That’s when Kantonian Dugtrio was at its best, man! 13:17 Plus, catching a Chansey in the old days was the ULTIMATE test of patience. I only managed it ONCE, in GSC, in order to trade for Aerodactyl. Literally decades ago. 14:56 OY! I can’t trade in my Gen. 1 games, so she’s my go-to Psychic-Type! And she’s worked out great for me!
Way back in the day in Crystal I got a Smoochum from the Odd Egg, and Jynx was really really useful. Getting an Ice/Psychic type that early in the game certainly changes things. It would be really fun if they brought the Odd Egg mechanic back in some form.
I don't know how people can do multiple runs over and over again but NOT use a bunch of mons they've never used before, like do people just pick Dodrio or Fearow every run and never pick Pidgeot? Seems like a way to bore yourself of the game quickly lol, and you can't really be sure the Pokemon isn't good or you don't like it until you do use it
@@JDLong006 it's got a better stat spread or access to "better" moves in tri attack and drill peck, sure. But having used pidgeot more times than the other two combined, I can more than confidently say it absolutely works for a casual playthrough. Using one option dozens of times in a row and never using the others because it's "the best" has got to be the most boring and minimalist way to play a game ever lol.
@@BusinessSkrub I hate playing through Kanto, have never used Dodrio once, just that it gets better moves. I am a Fearow enjoyer as it carried me through Crystal and I feel nothing towards Pidgeot because it gets no good moves so I just box it
4:34 😏 If Mikey isn't 100% certain he used Vileplume in a Kanto playthrough . . . then that means, according to Mandjtverse mechanics, that . . . he is 50% certain.
In my first silver playthrough I caught a bellsprout not knowing I'd never be able to evolve it into a victreebel. But that thing was a beast. Maybe no johto gym leaders are weak to grass per se, but weepinbell got me through the elite 4 and champion. I don't think she was even especially over leveled. In my next kanto playthrough, I made sure I caught another bellsprout, because if weepinbell was good enough for late game how good was victreebel? Very. It basically carried. Victreebel has been securely my 4th favorite pokemon ever since.
Ninetails with drought was my choice on a all fire team play through I had. Solarbeam with out having to wait a turn was incredibly helpful. Def worth using in a play through
To be fair, Victreebel is actually really useful against Chuck's Poliwrath since it resists both its stab types. I actually kept a Victreebel on my team for about the whole game in my first ever playthrough of Soul Silver, and it did pretty well overall. Side note, I really appreciated how Soul Silver added the pokeathlon dome as a way to get evolution stones before the post game, which helped a ton of pokemon be more viable in playthroughs. In Gold and Silver, you can't get a Leaf, Water, Fire, or Thunder Stone until you're in the Kanto region, which means you can't use Poliwrath, Arcanine, Ninetales, Victreebel, Vileplume, Starmie, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, or Cloyster for your main playthrough, even all of those pokemon's previous evolutions can be obtained in the Johto region. Also, I have Diamond, but on my first playthrough, I did the whole game without a fire type at all since I picked Turtwig, and I regretted nothing.
That's not true at all. You can get leaf, fire, and water stones from specific npc's in Johto, when they call you on the poke gear there's a chance they offer you an evolution stone. Picknicker south of Goldenrod for leaf stone, fisher west of Mahogany for water stone, and the fire stone don't remember which pc exactly off the top of my head. It could take several hours to get one, but you absolutely CAN access those stones in Johto!
Exactly! My Weepinbell saved my first ever nuzlocke when I was playing soulsilver. I don't really know why I got completely destroyed by by Chuck, I think it was a combination of being underleveled (the level curve in Johto is really weird) and unprepared/cocky, but I ended up being taken down to my last Pokémon (Weepinbell) which somehow managed to pull through and save the run. I evolved it into a victreebell as a reward after that and it gained a status on my team like that of a starter. Wasn't too bad for the rest of the playthrough too
I feel like regarding Dugtrio most people only ever used it to beat Lt. Surge, just walk for a bit on Diglett tunnel until you encounter one, chuck balls at it since you're likely underleveled (Dugtrio was around Lv: 28 at that point I believe) deliver a royal beating with Dugtrio at the Vermilion Gym, toss it into the computer and move on.
Great to have you back Mikey. Also your ditto joke literally made me laugh out loud in the middle of the living room surrounded by family....little awkward haha
You have gained me. I am a introvert and messy type. Messy type is the type that can learn a verarge of moves. Introvert type meaning that I'm an introvert. The moves I currently know are: game out, an introvert type move that can inflict a random statice effect on all enamies and boost my attack and special attack by playing a game so hard that it becomes real but all enamies will regain hp, cluter, a messy type move that causes damage to an emimie by throwing cluter at them, shadow ball and dazzling gleam. I'm week to: water, due to it cleaning things up and cleaning people, and bug, cause introverts don't like the outdoors and a mess containg food will attract bugs, type moves. The types that are week to me are: grass, gouhst, electric, ice, dark, poisen.
I caught an Oddish early on in my Red team and wasn't sure if I would use it the whole time, but decided to keep it around for a bit. It then pretty much solo'd the S.S.Anne since most of the trainers use Water types and Absorb heals it. It evolved into Gloom before I was even done with the ship, so I just went "ok, I guess I'm using a Vileplume on this team". And now Vileplume is one of my favorite Pokemon.
... 15:33... I've learned my lesson, never drink anything whenever someone mentions ditto it could take a turn for the worst, you may end up drowning, definitely coughing for a very long time.
Kantoian Ninetails is actually pretty decent, I am actually using one in my Pokemon Sword Nuzlocke that I haven't continued for a while, I should continue it, btw the Ninetails' name is Firefox
I used a Ninetails and Kingler in my play through of Eevee and I have to say they were pretty decent Pokémon to use. I’ve been playing Pokémon for almost 20 years, and it’s awesome that even after all that time, I can find new enjoyment using Pokémon I’d usually give a pass to.
Personally using Kingler in Leaf Green to finally beat the game to complete and its amazing to use and kills just about anything that isn't Dodrio (too fast and Tri Attack can wipe out most of my team anyway) or has Levitate (cause ground type moves are godly on it)
I've been doing a lot of this kind of thing lately, I just want to try and use different Pokemon that I've never used before in a game and not just whatever the newest gen ones are or the same ones all the time. I just try to build a viable team around type coverages along with different Pokemon regardless of looks or stats. You can honestly beat every game with just about any Pokemon, and I've done it.
Dugtrio surprises me. In all my red playthroughs as a kid, I always went to Digletts cave and caught the Dugtrio rare spawn. I loved that pokemon so much.
You broke my heart with Ninetales. I’ve had him (always named Balto) on every team. Flamethrower, Nasty Plot, Extrasensory, and Dark Pulse/Ghost Ball. Great Special defense, speed, and sp. attack with Nasty Plot.
Very strong against special hitters: set up Nasty, take a special hit, then one hit kill, with speed always first. Plus, Ninetales has such a presence, it’s spooky yet elegant, and its intense lore is pretty alluring. Intelligent, beautiful, vengeful. Still think it should have been fire/ghost, with its lore and move set.
Admittedly, I really like the sponsorship for this one despite the company making the sponsorship. I guess they expanded the things they are able to do? I wonder what's the story behind that sponsorship and getting Death Knight to show up?
Man butterfree is such an underrated Pokémon. It’s an excellent setup mon getting access to tailwind and sleep powder. And with compound eyes boosting sleep powders accuracy it’s a good Pokémon. I usually run a focus sash
Hey Mikey! I recently beat my first my very first play through and I want to thank you because I thought Pokémon was really weird before I found your channel! So thank you for bringing me to the franchise!
@@jeroenvagenende6712 I played Brilliant Diamond which I know wasn’t the best choice but the Sinoh games sounded fun and it was the only one I had access to soooooooooo
Gotta start somewhere! You can choose which games you would love to play! You can always play pokemon on emulators on the pc and phone, without buying anything
I would do this, but I'm currently playing each main game in order for the first time, so my pokemon list would be far too long 🤣 currently just beat the first gym in black/white, and this channel has definitely been fun to watch while I play through the games!
I like the pigdgeot. I know that is below fearow, but it's usefulto catch legendaries becouse sand attack. It's pretty easy to reduce accuracy, and after make the combo damage + sleep. Butterfree is also an excellent pokemon to capture others in an early game. Lvl 15 it has sleep pownder and is faster than abbra.
if im being honest, i like using weak pokemon, i get bored just being able to one OKO everything, so i usually only use one or two actually good pokemon. an example is when i played black 2 for the first time, my team was emboar, braviary, ampharos, audino, zoroark, and maractus. this team may not be the best, but thats what was so fun, having struggling battles you barely manage to come out alive. it just gives more exitment to the game.
I'm old enough to remember when it was just Red, Blue, and Yellow, when Charizard was NOT considered a flying type, and Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres were very difficult to get, so Pidgeot was the flying type on everyone's team.
I repeatedly used Beedrill in Blue/Red playthroughs. One, I thought it was cool. Two, it was the only one to learn actual Bug moves which were effective on Psychic. If I remember correctly. I used him a lot against Sabrina.
I certainly have used Vileplume and Victreebell on very recent teams. I did a Poison only run of Sword where Vileplume bodied Nessa twice and wound up beating Raihan in the Champion Tournament, and in Let's Go Eevee Bellsprout was my first pokemon that I caught (and used), I loved its overworld animation as Bellsprout (Weepingbell and Victreebell's were much less interesting) and it wound up have a game-long rivalry with Trace's starter Pikachu. So those 2 are very special to me now.
It's surprising that you haven't used a Tentacruel, it's legit one of the best water types out there thanks to its special bulk and speed, add in it being pretty good offensively on the special side and it's a staple of nuzlockes for a reason although I do know that you don't like to Nuzlocke.
That's an interesting list. Considering Gen 1's popularity I'm always curious about which of those Pokemon never made the cut for someone's playthroughs. Sticking with the parameters of what you mentioned, the following are Gen 1 Pokemon I've never used in my main team: Raticate, Raichu, Nidoqueen, Clefable, Wigglytuff, Vileplume, Dugtrio, Persian, Golduck, Tentacruel, Slowbro, Farfetch'd, Dewgong, Cloyster, Kingler, Electrode, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Licktung, Weezing, Chansey, Tangela, Kangaskhan, Seadra, Seaking, Starmie, Mr. Mime, Jynx, Electabuzz, Tauros, Ditto, Porygon, Omastar, Kabutops, Aerodactyl, Snorlax, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew. I've played Pokemon games many times yet I've never had the opportunity or need to use the ones I listed here for my main roster.
My favorite thing about this list is that six-year-old me beat the elite four using pretty much just Primape and Seaking. :) I think I used Pikachu to get through Misty, but beyond that, this is all I used back in the day before I really knew what I was doing. I certainly had no idea what STAB was, but I did understand typing for the most part.
Og Pokémon I haven’t caught: Mewtwo: it fled while my mom was trying to catch it for me but she didn’t know it wouldn’t respawn Tentacruel (maybe): idk if I ever caught this one, I think I didn’t Not shiny Voltorb line (maybe): I didn’t really care about the dex I was just going to power plant with my Zapdos so it could visit its old home and as we were leaving I saw this blue Voltorb rolling towards me and caught it thinking it was for a special blue Voltorb event and named it Hero after finding out it was shiny Fully evolved starters: my first Pokémon game that I played (I played Fire Red before it but the save button didn’t work) was Let’s Go Eevee and I never fully evolved the starters I caught
Forgot to mention Pokémon like Gengar since I didn’t know about trade evos or even trading with other players so I was trying to grind my Haunter to a Gengar and during the process I even tried Moonstones and Sword and Shield came out and after Speedrunning the game after being stuck in the Wild Area for a YEAR I found out about trading
This video is why I like the 'go anywhere' aspect the games are taking of late. It's not been perfect by any means but in a playthrough if you can go virtually anywhere on the map & encounter all sorts of pokemon, then you aren't gated as to what sorts of pokemon become available & when, you can just go to where they spawn & catch them to use in a team! Balancing this would be as simple as they've already done before, having wild pokemon levels tied to gym badges, incrementally increasing the level cap of pokemon you can encounter & catch with each badge collected.
I used Arbok in my most recent SoulSilver playthrough. It was better than I was expecting. It was the main reason I was able to defeat Whitney's Miltank more easily than usual!
@@kenmaken078 I'm guessing that yea. It also has Glare to spread paralysis and it can learn Crunch early on to help against Morty's Ghosts. Pity it can't learn any good STAB moves until late; Gunk Shot at a high level and the TM for Poison Jab is available only from the Fuchsia Gym in HGSS. On a related note I encountered a shiny Ekans in a VC play through of Crystal after beating Faulkner. I unfortunately had to let it go b/c I forgot to stock up on balls before going out into the wild ugh.
@@bugcatcherjacky1334Goldking? Are you german? Because in german it‘s called Golking! Not Goldking, just Golking, I think it comes from Goldfisch + King
@@lilalizzard Guilty as charged, haha! I haven't played the games in german since I was a little kid, I knew there had to be a reason I called it that! 😂
I remember watching you and I always thought that team sky was an actual team in the games, so imagine my surprise when I learned that team sky was a thing that you made up.
I am a zookeeper in chicago and I regularly feed the hippos day old sausages so they have a taste of their home. I put strings on the sausages and swing them around the hippos they get so mad at me and scream but it's an obsession sometimes the hippos try and break out of their cages but I keep swinging those hotdogs in wide circles over their heads. Luckily my boss doesn't know I do this or my coworkers....
Beedrill is very useable in the first Generation. Bug-type is good vs Poison, and Beedrill being one of 3 Fully Bug-types to learn a Bug-type move, is very useful against the Grass, and Poison-type gyms. If it can outspend Sabrina's gym too.
Yeah that's always the tricky part, it's a real mixed bag. I remember when I took Beedrill to Sabrima in Red it was faster than Kadabra but not Alakazam.
Mikey: “And last I checked, Alolan Ninetales was subscribed to my channel, while regular Ninetales was not.” Me, having originally used Alolan Ninetales as my pfp: OH MY GOD, HES TALKING ABOUT ME
I'm subbed so here is what you need to know: Weaknesses: Attract, glare, intimidate, dark, bug, ghost, is dumb Strengths: Memes, fighting, (etc. I'm psychic,) allergies, is smart
Shocked he never used Slowpoke because allthough you can’t get it till far late game in gen 1 its so worth it with Amnesia boosting your special which is Special Attack and Special Defense and then Surf, Ice Beam, and Psychic which are all tms. Its really good and I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t used it before
Arbok was decent in gen 1 specifically. It was designed around the move Wrap, and that move was broken back then, especially paired with Glare or Toxic. When they nerfed Wrap in Gen 2, Arbok had basically nothing going for it after that.
In my opinion Beedrill carried me when I was fighting Misty's Starmie because when it hits level 25 or higher it learns a bug type move which is super effective against psychic types and it's also good with Koga with his poison types but it could be challenging when up against the psychic gym since it is also a poison type
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The fact you’ve NEVER used a Tentacruel despite how actually great it is is amazing. Would love to see you do a playthrough of, say, Fire Red using ONLY Pokémon you’ve never used
sounds like a good idea!
Yeah like it has such a good sp.def for a normal mon
I got something better about Tentacool and Tentacruel for ya. Can you tell me a game or cartoon/anime where jellyfish aren't depicted using electricity that isn't Pokèmon? Yeah it only occured to me when I was watching some Jellicent and Frillish in Sword. Tentacool and Tentacruel are jellyfish and they are water/poison type unlike Jellicent/Frillish who are ghost/electric (I think. I know they aren't poison) and also jellyfish. Jellyfish in real life don't have electricity like electric eels. They inject a poison with their stingers. I thought that was cool that they were depicted more accurately. They could have easily made Tentacool and Tentacruel electric type instead.
@@ZombifiedBuizel uhh Jellicent is water ghost
@@TTMv4 I got ghost right at least. I can never remember dual types that well. To be fair there's over 1000 Pokèmon now. Thanks for the correction and for not berating me over it.
You using a primape in Scarlet and Violet is character development.
Because it got the best evolution it could've possibly asked for.
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I think for a lot of people Golem, Alakazam, Gengar, etc. would be on this list not because of their stats but because of trade evos lol
Any time I've used one of those Pokémon it was either in a Gen 4 game where I can use my DS and 3DS or in a ROM that's been modified to make them evolve by level up or stone instead.
They would have been on my list as well if it weren't for SwSh and Legends lol
I do a lot of emulated nuzlockes so I just modify the save to evolve them whenever I catch them, but only if they reach level 36 to make it fair
That was my issue for years growing up.
Yeah, I've never used to a trade pokemon. I didn't have any but Graveler when I did have someone to trade with and personally I never used a ghost type until Gen VI. I wish the Pokemon Bank counted as a trade, I don't get why it doesn't considering Pokemon transferred that way are treated like trade pokemon in every other way.
I found your channel a while back and you reignited my love for Pokémon. I just wanted to thank you Mikey
Reason I got into the main series games.
This channel is the reason I play pokemon, such an amazing channel!
Same! Lol i found him right before his sabbatical, so i got scared he was quitting youtube indefinitely.
I used Primeape on my RBY playthrough, and he was pretty good. It was mostly because he was overleveled and had a lot of coverage TM/HM moves, but still.
and he's got an evo
@@MorrisPXG Not in RBY
@@jacobcorn7758nah man they’re talking about the Mitsubishi
One time I was heading to catch mewtwo and I ran into a shiny primeape and caught it in a heal ball
@@nickchamov2589 congratulations
Having a third person in the conversations of Mickey & Grunty boi was excellent! I hope we get other interactions like this.
Pokemon Talk vibes
I'm actually hoping some of the people Mikey collabs with (PM7, Purplecliffe etc.) will one day react to Grunty Boi
grunty boi and mi- WHO??????
Mickey???????
bruh “mickey”💀
I feel you on the "caught a shiny so I used it". The first time I used a tentacruel was in HGSS when I found a shiny tentacool (she was named Violet) and decided she had to come with me for the rest of the game. Same with Clefable in Let's Go when I found a random shiny that I almost didn't realize was shiny.
IN KANTO IN HG I FOUND SHINY TENTACOOL AFTER E4
My first shiny was an Arbok in Crystal, which I found on Mt. Silver. I didn't even know shinies were a thing, and just caught it cause of the animation so I assumed there was something special about it.
Happened to me in Emerald, my first shiny pokemom was a poochyena that I evolved into Mightyena so they both ended being one of my favorites
That random shiny I caught in Let's Go was Parasect, I caught it as a Paras
same. in pokemon shield, i found a random shiny vullaby who would from then on vibe on the playthrough team as "sparkl bb" or some dumb name like that. she consistently found herself as death fodder, but it wasn't a nuzlocke so it's fine. iirc she evolved partway into the league.
You should really consider using Lord Helix, Kabutops, Primeape, and Pinsir. These Pokemon are too underrated and they can pull through. Pinsir is surprisingly bulky being able to tank at least two super effective physical moves. Omastar can actually be a good sweeping pokemon as well as Kabutops. Primeape is just overall kinda fun he hits really hard and makes me feel op when I have it.
Primeape will definitely be used a lot more with Annhilape existing.
Annihilape
Was doing a randomized nuzlocke (soul link with a friend) of fire red and we didn't randomize starters. My rival had the most busted overhyped charizard ever somehow, it wiped big chunks of my team more than once. Getting a kabuto (danger cake!) and building kabutops for the champion battle to put that hot lizard in its place was deeply satisfying.
I notice that a lot of these are good pokemon...just defensive/stall style. I think Mikey's explanation for Chansey probably applies to many more pokemon, as a result.
Would love to see this for gen 2
that list would be significantly longer lol
@@MandJTV cue the baby pokemon
@@MandJTV do it in PokeRap form
@@MandJTV *chanting:* series, series, series lol
would actually love to see a series of this per generation. it's making me think about what I haven't used.
Gen 5 would be cooler
I once tried to make a SS run using only weak Pokémon I wouldn't normally use, so I actually have won a league using Beedrill, Arbok, Meganium and Parasect lol I don't remember the other two
Parasect isn’t weak !
Meganium?
@@SourAttmozfalse
@@SourAttmoz Two quad weaknesses, BST of 405, his ass is WEAK
@@SourAttmoz whot
The VERY first time I used Gengar was Sword and Shield because you guessed it trade evolution. It was really fun using him, but I still just don't get that emotional attachment to him or Alakazam that most people have. It's like that with a lot of trade pokemon actually.
First time I used Machamp was HeartGold because it was fresh in my trading capabilities
I was able to use an Alakazam in SoulSilver because I have an original DS, a 3DS, and a copy of Diamond, but for the most part trade evolutions are completely out of the question. I'm very glad that they seem to be phasing them out since we haven't gotten any more since Gen 6 and the "trade" items that they added in PLA.
Conkeldurr and Gengar are absolute bro Pokemon
Gengar is the only trade evolution pokemon I've ever used and only cause i traded with myself 😂
I briefly used Magmortar in Legends Arceus because I love Magmortar and finally got the chance to use him since they removed the trade requirement. I also used Alakazam on my main team. In White 2, had I contined that specific save file, I would have gotten an Electivire, since I could trade with myself because I had both White and White 2. Those are the only notable trade evos I've used.
Clefable was one of my first Pokémon Blue champions. She rocked. I think I used her because I liked the idea of a weird space marshmallow kicking butt. Bubblebeam, Psychic, Hyper Beam, and Sing was quite terrifying back in the day. Clefable has been my weird pink friend ever since 😁
Clefable has been one of my faves since Gen 1 as well, mostly because of Pokémon Stadium
I have a Clefable named Celebi. I caught it as a Clefable in the giant casem in black when I was younger
And its God tier cuz magic guard was in gen 4 its also very competitively viable
Im sorry sing? Why sing?
@@denzelllaurencelising101 Mainly because Sleep was so utterly broken in Gen1. Also I think little kid me just loved the concept of singing enemies to sleep 🤷♂️
I find it hilarious that Gamefreak locked staryu behind the super rod when starfish are known to wash up on shore irl.
The only place I can think of that is near water early enough is before Rock Tunnel where you get Voltorb or I guess Cerulean City by Nugget Bridge?
@@Madadader there is also a patch of water in pallet town they could have used since it does lead out to the ocean.
@@aviatinggamer9051 i was exclusively thinking of spots of water near grass early enough in game. That grass is basically endgame requiring surf to access.
@@Madadader right. Finding a starfish based Pokémon in grass doesn’t really make sense to me. Maybe they could’ve made it like one of the caves with a section of sand in front of the water and on that sand you could encounter staryu.
I’m not saying it’s a perfect solution. But it’s better than what they did at the time imo.
@@aviatinggamer9051 yeahhh at this point we're rewriting the game 😅
I'm actually pretty sure that you can find Mankey in the route west of Viridian City in Fire Red/Leaf Green. I've used it several times, and it's good.
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It is indeed good, but it just requires a lot of grinding. Not a bad thing but my issue with it was that at least in leafgreen/FireRed that the move power points were really troublesome. Seriously like it gets scratch and low kick. If you want to use it for Brock then you are stuck to train in like 3 routes. All there is are Spearow, Pidgey, Weedle, Caterpie, Kakuna, Metapod, Pikachu, and Rattata. Most of these either take little damage from fighting types or they are just hard to survive attacks from. The only thing you could really train against it consistently is Rattata or Caterpie. To get a remotely good fighting type move you would have to grind like 6 - 10 levels or so to get karate chop.
@@numbernumber25 fair, I just know that it was useful for the first gym when I had my Charmander run
Love that you are back; the positivity you put into the world is welcomed.
I will point out that the Mew glitch in Gen 1 is easy as long as you're following the steps correctly, effectively making it a very good team choice since it has a very good typing and can learn any TM move.
Yeah I got two of them!
I'll give Mikey one thing, he's the only RUclipsr whose sponsor segments I actually watch, for the sole factor that I don't want to miss any of Grunty Boi's quite frankly amazing character arc.
I used a Vileplume in a Randomised Platinum Nuzlocke, and it was my longest surviving pokemon. It took it from a middling pokemon in my eyes to one of my favourites.
in fact vileplume isn't a bad pokemon, its got tanky stats to go with typing, plus its move pool has some good options, pretty much the biggest being Strength Sap
@@bulborb8756 not in gen4 tho
I've used quite a few of the Pokemon listed here through Randomized Nuzlockes. It's actually interesting just how much the "terrible" Pokemon can do when you have no other choices. And then there are the ones that are still just terrible...
Hey that's like that other guy umm projared I think who did a fire red nuzlock with that being his mascot pokemon
I used it in Lets Go with the intention of booting it off the team later but I never did. It was solid and did well
I had a Clefable on my first ever playthrough of Pokemon Blue. It was the first mon I got to level 100 and I used to just take it into the Elite Four and use Metronome over and over for my own amusement.
You can get a Mankey before Brock. It's located in the grass heading to Victory road before entering Viridian Forest. It's a low encounter rate in FR/LG but they are there. I've exploited this for Nuzlockes
I think the only reason I've ever willingly used the Pidgey line was because I caught a shiny as my first catchable Pokemon in my first run of Let's Go Eevee. His name is Hermes and I love him.
I remember I found a shiny onix while in a cave hunting for a normal Charmander then low and behold a shiny onix appeared I didn't use it but I still have it
Years and years ago I got a random full odds shiny Pidgey in the Route between Johto and Cherrygrove right after the catching tutorial in Gold version, and he was absolutely required on my team after that. That save file has been long lost, but I remember him fondly.
3:44 I choose to argue about Clefable. While it definitely reached its best in Generation 6, I think it actually became viable back in Generation 4, when it gained the Magic Guard ability. Pair that with its toolbox move pool, and you have something that can get you through the game. Plus, it’s easier to catch than Munchlax. Duh.
7:21 But it’s great as a catcher in later games. Spore + False Swipe = THANK YOU!
8:16 Are you forgetting the relationship between Speed and Critical Hits in Generation 1? That’s when Kantonian Dugtrio was at its best, man!
13:17 Plus, catching a Chansey in the old days was the ULTIMATE test of patience. I only managed it ONCE, in GSC, in order to trade for Aerodactyl. Literally decades ago.
14:56 OY! I can’t trade in my Gen. 1 games, so she’s my go-to Psychic-Type! And she’s worked out great for me!
I used a Jynx in my Ultra Moon playthrough and actually enjoyed it. It came in handy against Hau's Noivern and I also really liked its wide movepool.
I will never use jynx it’s too ugly
@@ZBRO881 You Might Be An Gamer Who Only Uses Characters That Are Cool Not Me I Only Like Cool And Strong I Might Use Jynx Too Maybe
@@k9handler95 Why Do You Type Like This
@@ZBRO881 Thats Just Being An Pro K Like Whatever You Want
Way back in the day in Crystal I got a Smoochum from the Odd Egg, and Jynx was really really useful. Getting an Ice/Psychic type that early in the game certainly changes things. It would be really fun if they brought the Odd Egg mechanic back in some form.
Now I want a run where you only use Pokémon you haven’t used
I don't know how people can do multiple runs over and over again but NOT use a bunch of mons they've never used before, like do people just pick Dodrio or Fearow every run and never pick Pidgeot? Seems like a way to bore yourself of the game quickly lol, and you can't really be sure the Pokemon isn't good or you don't like it until you do use it
@@BusinessSkrub Dodrio is objectively better than both and Fearow is a staple of early game Johto
@@BusinessSkrub yeah your right
@@JDLong006 it's got a better stat spread or access to "better" moves in tri attack and drill peck, sure. But having used pidgeot more times than the other two combined, I can more than confidently say it absolutely works for a casual playthrough. Using one option dozens of times in a row and never using the others because it's "the best" has got to be the most boring and minimalist way to play a game ever lol.
@@BusinessSkrub I hate playing through Kanto, have never used Dodrio once, just that it gets better moves. I am a Fearow enjoyer as it carried me through Crystal and I feel nothing towards Pidgeot because it gets no good moves so I just box it
"I have used it a lot in the daycare though. Heheh..."
*instantly clarifies*
4:34 😏
If Mikey isn't 100% certain he used Vileplume in a Kanto playthrough
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then that means, according to Mandjtverse mechanics, that
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In my first silver playthrough I caught a bellsprout not knowing I'd never be able to evolve it into a victreebel. But that thing was a beast. Maybe no johto gym leaders are weak to grass per se, but weepinbell got me through the elite 4 and champion. I don't think she was even especially over leveled. In my next kanto playthrough, I made sure I caught another bellsprout, because if weepinbell was good enough for late game how good was victreebel? Very. It basically carried. Victreebel has been securely my 4th favorite pokemon ever since.
Ninetails with drought was my choice on a all fire team play through I had. Solarbeam with out having to wait a turn was incredibly helpful. Def worth using in a play through
*NINETALES, NOT F*CKING NINETAILS! FIX IT NOW!*
To be fair, Victreebel is actually really useful against Chuck's Poliwrath since it resists both its stab types. I actually kept a Victreebel on my team for about the whole game in my first ever playthrough of Soul Silver, and it did pretty well overall. Side note, I really appreciated how Soul Silver added the pokeathlon dome as a way to get evolution stones before the post game, which helped a ton of pokemon be more viable in playthroughs. In Gold and Silver, you can't get a Leaf, Water, Fire, or Thunder Stone until you're in the Kanto region, which means you can't use Poliwrath, Arcanine, Ninetales, Victreebel, Vileplume, Starmie, Vaporeon, Jolteon, Flareon, or Cloyster for your main playthrough, even all of those pokemon's previous evolutions can be obtained in the Johto region. Also, I have Diamond, but on my first playthrough, I did the whole game without a fire type at all since I picked Turtwig, and I regretted nothing.
That's not true at all. You can get leaf, fire, and water stones from specific npc's in Johto, when they call you on the poke gear there's a chance they offer you an evolution stone. Picknicker south of Goldenrod for leaf stone, fisher west of Mahogany for water stone, and the fire stone don't remember which pc exactly off the top of my head. It could take several hours to get one, but you absolutely CAN access those stones in Johto!
@@BusinessSkrub not in the original Gold and Silver, however. That’s 2/3 of the Gen 2 games where you can’t get evolution stones before Kanto.
@@BusinessSkrub Okay, you don't have a CONSISTENT way to get them, since you get those by random chance on rematches, is that better?
@@yorecf9641 that is totally fair, it is in Crystal only.
Exactly! My Weepinbell saved my first ever nuzlocke when I was playing soulsilver. I don't really know why I got completely destroyed by by Chuck, I think it was a combination of being underleveled (the level curve in Johto is really weird) and unprepared/cocky, but I ended up being taken down to my last Pokémon (Weepinbell) which somehow managed to pull through and save the run. I evolved it into a victreebell as a reward after that and it gained a status on my team like that of a starter. Wasn't too bad for the rest of the playthrough too
I feel like regarding Dugtrio most people only ever used it to beat Lt. Surge, just walk for a bit on Diglett tunnel until you encounter one, chuck balls at it since you're likely underleveled (Dugtrio was around Lv: 28 at that point I believe) deliver a royal beating with Dugtrio at the Vermilion Gym, toss it into the computer and move on.
Wait....Im not the only one who did this???
@@ThatOneGuy15270 It's the sole reason Diglett Tunnel has a Dugtrio encounter at all.
@The Legendary Arceus I only did it when I was a kid, now adays, I have better knowledge of types and moves.
Lmao true
Kind of funni how a month later and we got annihilape, a broken evolution of primeape that is amazing for sv playthroughs
8:44 you can also get Mankey before Brock in Fire Red and Leaf Green, I used it against him, it's on the route with the optional rival fight.
Yeah. And Dugtrio is useful against Lt Surge
9:00 Correction: Mankey is available in firered leafgreen as well before brock
The route west of viridian city
Tentacruel was amazing because the poison typing makes it neutral to grass and its available in every single region when you get surf
Except Unova
Anyone else think it’s strange Michael is back now? Best part of my day when he uploads. Keep it up Mikey 👍
Yep
Worst comment ever
Lol u must have no life if a youtuber is the best part of ur day
@@birdmanforever008 yours or mine
@@Wooper_Enjoyer07 yours his videos before he left and took well deserved break were way better
Great to have you back Mikey. Also your ditto joke literally made me laugh out loud in the middle of the living room surrounded by family....little awkward haha
You have gained me. I am a introvert and messy type. Messy type is the type that can learn a verarge of moves. Introvert type meaning that I'm an introvert. The moves I currently know are: game out, an introvert type move that can inflict a random statice effect on all enamies and boost my attack and special attack by playing a game so hard that it becomes real but all enamies will regain hp, cluter, a messy type move that causes damage to an emimie by throwing cluter at them, shadow ball and dazzling gleam. I'm week to: water, due to it cleaning things up and cleaning people, and bug, cause introverts don't like the outdoors and a mess containg food will attract bugs, type moves. The types that are week to me are: grass, gouhst, electric, ice, dark, poisen.
Clutter*, Enemy*, Ghost*, Poison*
I caught an Oddish early on in my Red team and wasn't sure if I would use it the whole time, but decided to keep it around for a bit. It then pretty much solo'd the S.S.Anne since most of the trainers use Water types and Absorb heals it. It evolved into Gloom before I was even done with the ship, so I just went "ok, I guess I'm using a Vileplume on this team". And now Vileplume is one of my favorite Pokemon.
I caught an Oddish in route 1 while playing LG Pikachu just so I can enter Brock's Gym and it hard carried the entire game more than my Pikachu did
... 15:33... I've learned my lesson, never drink anything whenever someone mentions ditto it could take a turn for the worst, you may end up drowning, definitely coughing for a very long time.
Kantoian Ninetails is actually pretty decent, I am actually using one in my Pokemon Sword Nuzlocke that I haven't continued for a while, I should continue it, btw the Ninetails' name is Firefox
THERE SHOULD BE 3 N'S IN KANTONIAN! AND *IT'S NINETALES, NOT F*CKING NINETAILS! FIX THE SPELLING RIGHT NOW!*
Ninetales was my ace in Sapphire. Loved that thing. Return and flamethrower were devastating. Don't remember the other two moves.
I used a Ninetails and Kingler in my play through of Eevee and I have to say they were pretty decent Pokémon to use. I’ve been playing Pokémon for almost 20 years, and it’s awesome that even after all that time, I can find new enjoyment using Pokémon I’d usually give a pass to.
Personally using Kingler in Leaf Green to finally beat the game to complete and its amazing to use and kills just about anything that isn't Dodrio (too fast and Tri Attack can wipe out most of my team anyway) or has Levitate (cause ground type moves are godly on it)
@@pokefanalex9504 kingler has some decent attack and never realized it until I used him. Plus using those candies I made him a beast.
I've been doing a lot of this kind of thing lately, I just want to try and use different Pokemon that I've never used before in a game and not just whatever the newest gen ones are or the same ones all the time. I just try to build a viable team around type coverages along with different Pokemon regardless of looks or stats. You can honestly beat every game with just about any Pokemon, and I've done it.
Dugtrio surprises me. In all my red playthroughs as a kid, I always went to Digletts cave and caught the Dugtrio rare spawn. I loved that pokemon so much.
I almost always grab a diglett for Surge
Same! Always went to grab a dugtrio in red
You broke my heart with Ninetales. I’ve had him (always named Balto) on every team. Flamethrower, Nasty Plot, Extrasensory, and Dark Pulse/Ghost Ball. Great Special defense, speed, and sp. attack with Nasty Plot.
Very strong against special hitters: set up Nasty, take a special hit, then one hit kill, with speed always first.
Plus, Ninetales has such a presence, it’s spooky yet elegant, and its intense lore is pretty alluring. Intelligent, beautiful, vengeful. Still think it should have been fire/ghost, with its lore and move set.
15:39 Mikey?! 💀👀🗿
Same
Literally me fr
Is he cheating on Drowzee!?!?!?
Not him personally. He just realized that sounded really bad.
Admittedly, I really like the sponsorship for this one despite the company making the sponsorship. I guess they expanded the things they are able to do? I wonder what's the story behind that sponsorship and getting Death Knight to show up?
I feel bad for death knight
Man butterfree is such an underrated Pokémon. It’s an excellent setup mon getting access to tailwind and sleep powder. And with compound eyes boosting sleep powders accuracy it’s a good Pokémon. I usually run a focus sash
I know there are better options, but I loved using Parasect as a catcher Pokemon with Stun Spore and False Swipe in a fangame or another
It also gets Spore. And sleep gives better odds for catching than paralysis iirc
@@AlldaylongRock, true. I honestly didn't remember which Spore attack I mainly used (or even both, since some Pokemon can't fall asleep).
I also use Parasect as it can have damp ability (usum) which is good for chaining pokemon that use explode.
Eh if you're not running against the wromg type it's pretty durable and can deal a good chunk.
Hey Mikey! I recently beat my first my very first play through and I want to thank you because I thought Pokémon was really weird before I found your channel! So thank you for bringing me to the franchise!
Which game did you play? Awesome to hear you enjoyed it!
@@jeroenvagenende6712 I played Brilliant Diamond which I know wasn’t the best choice but the Sinoh games sounded fun and it was the only one I had access to soooooooooo
Gotta start somewhere! You can choose which games you would love to play! You can always play pokemon on emulators on the pc and phone, without buying anything
no one talks about how RIPPED and absolutely SHREDDED mikey is
I would do this, but I'm currently playing each main game in order for the first time, so my pokemon list would be far too long 🤣 currently just beat the first gym in black/white, and this channel has definitely been fun to watch while I play through the games!
Pokemon is my childhood, and I'm glad I found an amazing person to watch play it!
I like the pigdgeot. I know that is below fearow, but it's usefulto catch legendaries becouse sand attack.
It's pretty easy to reduce accuracy, and after make the combo damage + sleep.
Butterfree is also an excellent pokemon to capture others in an early game. Lvl 15 it has sleep pownder and is faster than abbra.
THERE SHOULD BE ONLY ONE G IN PIDGEOT! THE O IN BECAUSE IS SUPPOSED TO BE AN A! THERE IS NO N IN POWDER! AND THERE SHOULD BE ONLY ONE B IN ABRA!
if im being honest, i like using weak pokemon, i get bored just being able to one OKO everything, so i usually only use one or two actually good pokemon. an example is when i played black 2 for the first time, my team was emboar, braviary, ampharos, audino, zoroark, and maractus. this team may not be the best, but thats what was so fun, having struggling battles you barely manage to come out alive. it just gives more exitment to the game.
Funniest sponsor segment ever 😂😂😂😂😂 I loved it so much 😅
I'm old enough to remember when it was just Red, Blue, and Yellow, when Charizard was NOT considered a flying type, and Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres were very difficult to get, so Pidgeot was the flying type on everyone's team.
A lot of the water types you listed have something to make them unique and good
I repeatedly used Beedrill in Blue/Red playthroughs. One, I thought it was cool. Two, it was the only one to learn actual Bug moves which were effective on Psychic. If I remember correctly. I used him a lot against Sabrina.
Paras can learn a bug move but beedrill is better. Good choice.
How did it not get destroyed by psychic attacks?
Man, it's so weird seeing you guys with a beard...
I'm glad to still see you on that grid.
4:21 does this mean subscribing to MandJTV is equivalent to military conscription?
Yes
I certainly have used Vileplume and Victreebell on very recent teams. I did a Poison only run of Sword where Vileplume bodied Nessa twice and wound up beating Raihan in the Champion Tournament, and in Let's Go Eevee Bellsprout was my first pokemon that I caught (and used), I loved its overworld animation as Bellsprout (Weepingbell and Victreebell's were much less interesting) and it wound up have a game-long rivalry with Trace's starter Pikachu. So those 2 are very special to me now.
Used butterfree for a very very short time but counted it. Used pidgeot for half the play through and half counted it.
"Pokemon I Never Used"
"I used Pidgeot for five gyms but-"
They did my boy primeape dirty glad he finally got an evolution
I love how Mikey says he hasn’t used tentacruel and that’s the only kanto Pokémon I’ve ever used in Hoen
HOENN IS SUPPOSED TO END WITH 2 N'S!
It's surprising that you haven't used a Tentacruel, it's legit one of the best water types out there thanks to its special bulk and speed, add in it being pretty good offensively on the special side and it's a staple of nuzlockes for a reason although I do know that you don't like to Nuzlocke.
It would be awesome if this were a series
I feel old because I used pretty much every Pokémon tryed using different ones each time
That's an interesting list. Considering Gen 1's popularity I'm always curious about which of those Pokemon never made the cut for someone's playthroughs. Sticking with the parameters of what you mentioned, the following are Gen 1 Pokemon I've never used in my main team: Raticate, Raichu, Nidoqueen, Clefable, Wigglytuff, Vileplume, Dugtrio, Persian, Golduck, Tentacruel, Slowbro, Farfetch'd, Dewgong, Cloyster, Kingler, Electrode, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Licktung, Weezing, Chansey, Tangela, Kangaskhan, Seadra, Seaking, Starmie, Mr. Mime, Jynx, Electabuzz, Tauros, Ditto, Porygon, Omastar, Kabutops, Aerodactyl, Snorlax, Articuno, Zapdos, Moltres, Mewtwo, Mew. I've played Pokemon games many times yet I've never had the opportunity or need to use the ones I listed here for my main roster.
My favorite thing about this list is that six-year-old me beat the elite four using pretty much just Primape and Seaking. :) I think I used Pikachu to get through Misty, but beyond that, this is all I used back in the day before I really knew what I was doing. I certainly had no idea what STAB was, but I did understand typing for the most part.
THERE SHOULD BE 2 E'S IN PRIMEAPE!
Og Pokémon I haven’t caught:
Mewtwo: it fled while my mom was trying to catch it for me but she didn’t know it wouldn’t respawn
Tentacruel (maybe): idk if I ever caught this one, I think I didn’t
Not shiny Voltorb line (maybe): I didn’t really care about the dex I was just going to power plant with my Zapdos so it could visit its old home and as we were leaving I saw this blue Voltorb rolling towards me and caught it thinking it was for a special blue Voltorb event and named it Hero after finding out it was shiny
Fully evolved starters: my first Pokémon game that I played (I played Fire Red before it but the save button didn’t work) was Let’s Go Eevee and I never fully evolved the starters I caught
Forgot to mention Pokémon like Gengar since I didn’t know about trade evos or even trading with other players so I was trying to grind my Haunter to a Gengar and during the process I even tried Moonstones and Sword and Shield came out and after Speedrunning the game after being stuck in the Wild Area for a YEAR I found out about trading
Man, I missed these analysis or retrospective videos :)
Dude I see the Kurzgesagt calendar in the background at 6:24, or any part of the Grunty Boi segment
This video is why I like the 'go anywhere' aspect the games are taking of late. It's not been perfect by any means but in a playthrough if you can go virtually anywhere on the map & encounter all sorts of pokemon, then you aren't gated as to what sorts of pokemon become available & when, you can just go to where they spawn & catch them to use in a team!
Balancing this would be as simple as they've already done before, having wild pokemon levels tied to gym badges, incrementally increasing the level cap of pokemon you can encounter & catch with each badge collected.
I just want to say thanks for what you do Mikey it has helped me through a tough time😁
Justice is served in playthrough of Scarlet, where he picks Primeape/Annihilape and Toedscruel 💯
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To be honest, I’ve probably only used 3% of all Pokémon.
I used Arbok in my most recent SoulSilver playthrough. It was better than I was expecting. It was the main reason I was able to defeat Whitney's Miltank more easily than usual!
What made it good vs Miltank?
@@codonbyte intimidate maybe
@@kenmaken078 I'm guessing that yea. It also has Glare to spread paralysis and it can learn Crunch early on to help against Morty's Ghosts. Pity it can't learn any good STAB moves until late; Gunk Shot at a high level and the TM for Poison Jab is available only from the Fuchsia Gym in HGSS. On a related note I encountered a shiny Ekans in a VC play through of Crystal after beating Faulkner. I unfortunately had to let it go b/c I forgot to stock up on balls before going out into the wild ugh.
I just love MandJTV list videos. I get excited every time there's a new one
Vileplume was the mvp of my first ever playthrough of pokémon, just because I thought his flower hat looked cool.
Parasect is good for shiny hunting since it can damp as a hidden ability and can learn false swipe. That's like, the only thing though.
Don't forget spore (the only guaranteed to hit sleep move).
@@violeth2255 don’t forget yawn
They should make a variant for the Goldeen line. It still probably wouldn't be great, but I feel you could do a lot with the design concept.
I actually really love Seaking (who I constantly call Goldking lol) so I would really love that!
@@bugcatcherjacky1334Goldking? Are you german? Because in german it‘s called Golking! Not Goldking, just Golking, I think it comes from Goldfisch + King
@@lilalizzard Guilty as charged, haha!
I haven't played the games in german since I was a little kid, I knew there had to be a reason I called it that! 😂
I remember watching you and I always thought that team sky was an actual team in the games, so imagine my surprise when I learned that team sky was a thing that you made up.
I will say tho, that Primeape shouldnt be on the updated list due to him using Wraith the Annihilape in his Scarlet playthrough. 8:31
This video came before SV comes out
@@fadhilmulyono9230that's why he said updated
I am a zookeeper in chicago and I regularly feed the hippos day old sausages so they have a taste of their home. I put strings on the sausages and swing them around the hippos they get so mad at me and scream but it's an obsession sometimes the hippos try and break out of their cages but I keep swinging those hotdogs in wide circles over their heads. Luckily my boss doesn't know I do this or my coworkers....
Bro took his time
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Butterfree is also better in later gens because Compoundeyes + Sleep Powder can be quite useful.
Beedrill is very useable in the first Generation. Bug-type is good vs Poison, and Beedrill being one of 3 Fully Bug-types to learn a Bug-type move, is very useful against the Grass, and Poison-type gyms. If it can outspend Sabrina's gym too.
Yeah that's always the tricky part, it's a real mixed bag. I remember when I took Beedrill to Sabrima in Red it was faster than Kadabra but not Alakazam.
Mikey: “And last I checked, Alolan Ninetales was subscribed to my channel, while regular Ninetales was not.”
Me, having originally used Alolan Ninetales as my pfp: OH MY GOD, HES TALKING ABOUT ME
6:48 poor death knight
4:10 Hey I’m subscribed Now
I'm subbed so here is what you need to know:
Weaknesses: Attract, glare, intimidate, dark, bug, ghost, is dumb
Strengths: Memes, fighting, (etc. I'm psychic,) allergies, is smart
Shocked he never used Slowpoke because allthough you can’t get it till far late game in gen 1 its so worth it with Amnesia boosting your special which is Special Attack and Special Defense and then Surf, Ice Beam, and Psychic which are all tms. Its really good and I highly recommend it to anyone who hasn’t used it before
Slowpoke is trash look at it's stats
WHERES ASPITIPY
mike wheres the "type then vs now" series at??? Please dont tell me you forgot
Arbok was decent in gen 1 specifically. It was designed around the move Wrap, and that move was broken back then, especially paired with Glare or Toxic. When they nerfed Wrap in Gen 2, Arbok had basically nothing going for it after that.
In my opinion Beedrill carried me when I was fighting Misty's Starmie because when it hits level 25 or higher it learns a bug type move which is super effective against psychic types and it's also good with Koga with his poison types but it could be challenging when up against the psychic gym since it is also a poison type
8:45. Actually in Firered and Leafgreen, Mankey is available before viridian forest in Route I think 22