Can You Beat Pokemon Red/Blue with Just a Zubat?
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- Опубликовано: 7 июн 2022
- Awful stats, awful movepool, ya.... this is gonna be bad....
Edited by: SimplyAJ ( / simplyaj )
Rules and Explanations
Rules: (1) Only use the one Pokémon in Battle, others for HMs are fine. (2) No Items in battle (3) No Glitches* (4) Set Mode (5) No saving in the Elite Four (6) No evasion moves
Badge Boost "Glitch" Explanation: When you collect odd numbered badges the game boosts a stat by 12.5%. Brock gives ATK, Surge DEF, Koga SPE, and Blaine SPC (in game text is wrong). When any of your stats are modified (even by you using a move like Withdraw, or your opponent using Leer) the badge boosts are re-applied. So If you use Swords Dance, you also gain *an additional 12.5% in Speed/Defence/Special (on top of the 12.5% you were supposed to be getting). When you level up, the game corrects this error, and only the non-glitch 12.5% remains. Because of how difficult it is to avoid, I've allowed for it to be exploited, since opponents will spam Leer/Growl anyways, and this way battles are less random. Red/Blue are extremely buggy, so there's always going to be some glitches present, and because of how unavoidable this one is, it is allowed in runs, and considered more like a special Generation 1 mechanic as opposed to a glitch. 
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Lance: This guy comes back every week, using one pokemon and powers through us despite us being the best trainers in the region. Like the actual hell are we doing wrong?
Bruno: Hey, maybe we should also only use a single Pokemon. I'm gonna release all my Pokemons except my Onyx.
Not just one pokemon.
More often than not it's some first stage junk lol
Pokemon League Officials: We have finally come to a consensus as to what a Pokemon Master is.
It's what this kid is doing. Using every species of pokemon to it's fullest.
Lance, you and the "Elite" four have been demoted to regular trainers. If you want your titles back become masters yourselves!
Also Lance: "Dragonair, use agility!"
@@UnknownVir he tries using the badge boost glitch, he just doesn't have any badges.
Just imagine that zubat, spinning at such high speeds its body takes the form of a drill, piercing through blastoise in a grotesque demonstration of pure determination
"This is the Zubat that will pierce the heavens!"
zubaterang
"Believe in the zubat that believes in you!"
"ZUBAT-SENJIN!"
*whirrrr*
@@melvint-p9500 You came back! :D
I love how the final battle ended. You're kicking yourself for misusing Mimic and then it ends up securing your victory. Absolutely love it.
One of the best mistakes he's ever made!
I think you shortchanged cashier Surge. With the amount of tries you would've needed to beat him at the normal level he'd probably be intergalactic general.
Petition to not demote Surge if you need to defeat him after Erika! ;-)
Yeah Cashier Surge getting demoted doesn't make sense, if the Champion came and beat him should he get demoted? Of course not, he's just a cashier what did you expect.
I am more curious to know how low that guy will get by the end of this serie
@@igorlopes8463 I can imagine the segment has to get closer and closer to just pure, insane evil
Soon he’ll just be unemployed surge
@@ryansimpson3849 Yup. Then out-of-home surge, then homeless surge, then drug addiction surge, then community service surge, then violent assault surge, and lastly prisoner surge.
I just hope it doesn't get any darker or more detailed.
"It didn't just stomp my Zubat. It stomped my hopes. My dreams." What a mood.
I was expecting him to follow with "my will" and end the run right then and there, the rest of the video is just a tirade about how bad Poison Type is in Gen 1.
Over an hour long? Oh this must have been an easy one then.
The Elite 4 section is even less than 40 minutes, too.
Yeah he spends 30 minutes explaining the badge boost glitch in this one. Even made a PowerPoint
I had something similar. It’s really bad but it’s almost deceptive. It doesn’t really hit you until you get later in the game and by the time you hit Lorelei you are like ‘ohhh this thing is really bad’.
I’d imagine if you used cheap strats like double team or something or didn’t care about a tier list then it would be easier but it was my worst run I’ve had.
In honor of this run I'm getting a jolt and naming it Zubat lol
I didn't know you watched jrose11 content lol
Honestly that horn drill at the end was such a good conclusion. Sometimes threading the needle with a lucky strat after all that grinding can be really satisfying to watch
Crazy how Zubat and Golbat have gone from being easily some of the worst Pokemon to their final stage Crobat being one of the most consistently amazing Pokemon in Nuzlockes.
Good bulk and speed, decent attack, good support movepool, and a pretty good defensive typing. With boosted Leech Life it gets pretty decent Bug coverage(also gets XScissor but for it, Leech Life is better. Gets Roost, U-Turn and Taunt. Also gets screens iirc. Been using one in Reborn and it's pretty decent. I can very safely pivot my Dark types, including a Drapion with it. Share no weaknesses.
Just... not in leafgreen nuzlockes
I ended up giving my Golbat the Everstone just to prevent that cutscene where it tried to evolve but AUTOMATICALLY WAS cancelled -.-
@@Acacius1992 Yeah. LGFR counts as one of the games it's just not available. Unless you do postgame. Why I usually don't play vanilla FRLG for Nuzlockes. Go figure actually having their evolutions makes several Kanto Pokemon usable.
Crobat carried my HeartGold nuzlocke! I grinded to have one for Morty (it was quite easy since I got a Zubat in Dark Cave) and it clutched victories against Clair's Kingdra and was forced to solo 4/6 of Lance's team
I almost always get a Crobat in every Pokémon game I can, it’s just too good!!! lol
That ending was like a moment in a Shounen battle manga. The outclassed protagonist clutches the win through sheer willpower and a bit of luck. Great stuff.
Chekhov's misclick. JRose couldn't hide the excitement in his voice and I don't blame him because that was hilarious and brilliant. This run was like a movie, just like the epic Friendship Bidoof run.
I'm reminded of an episode of Yu-Gi-Oh Arc V. Slight backstory: the show introduces a new form of the game called Action Duels, where Action Cards with randomly determined effects are scattered around the area and the players can find them to use. In one of the episodes, Yuya (the main character) faces against a guy named Edo. Towards the end of the duel, Yuya tries to grab an Action Card, but Edo makes him miss and gets the card instead. Edo uses it and is about to win the duel. Yuya is frantically running, looking for another Action Card. As he's running, he trips, but manages to turn the fall into a roll while simultaneously finding the Action Card he needs to win.
Great greeeat ending
This horn drill is the drill that'll pierce the heavens!
Literally stopped everything just to see how you managed to beat the infamous zubat solo run. Regardless of how you did it, bless your heart man you got the patient of a Saint or a mad man 😂
by one shotting the rivals blastoise using horn drill
Go to mah-dry-bread channel he has done thise way before this guy he has alot more solo runs these
@@chadmabe7069 Not as much buggy Gen 1 goodness though.
@@chadmabe7069 Cringe, stfu my guy. MDB would tell you not to shit talk JRose. Doesnt matter when it was uploaded nor does it matter what MDB has done. They use different strats and use different rule sets. I watch Jrose and ScottsThoughts
@chad bro we’ve all watched MDB too. If you think these runs are so basic that there’s only a single way to complete them, you’ve not been paying attention
mimic is truly a crazy move. in a game where movepools are generally more restricted and grounded (at least for some mons), they let almost anyone learn a move that lets you copy anything
Such a life saver in this generation, especially since you can just pick any move from your opponent! Crazy
And then they nerfed it to being less useful than tackle
That's impressive, honestly
You know these runs be hard when the "one ... two ..." counter is gone
There's a counter?
@@dynastystar5515 he means The Count Impression
@@Guimhj I thought that Jrose was trying to abandon it or at least "use it sparingly"(I like the Count Impression, but if he wants to stop, thats fine. I just wish he would make up his mind on what jokes he does or doesn't want to make on his channel)
I love how a miss-click towards the end came in such clutch. 🤣
Sort of. Hitting with Hypnosis would likely have won anyway.
@@yoseftreitman7226 Possibly. The chances of hitting with Hypnosis are still better than the chances of hitting with a One-Hit KO move.
It was a phenomenal moment!
The rapid fire commentary at 58:10 at 2x speed was pretty wild. That ending against the champion though, I love it so much.
this was SO GOOD lmfaoooo hope to see more of this ahaha
Nice to hear other people are also watching at 2 times speed haha
that was fantastic. thanks for the suggestion lol
I loved it. It makes me want to see him commentating hockey plays now XD cuz that's the kind of speed you need to go at to keep up with the action in that sport.
Jose, I just wanted to share that of all the infinite content stream at my fingertips, only yours makes me feel so cozy. Your series here has been a God send for not only surviving covid and the pandemic at large, but also with the quiet misery or toils of adult life. You continuing your struggle with cruddy pokemon in this game has been a bizarre comfort to observe as I move through my days and the routine of my life. I hope you read this, and I hope you continue to make your art. It is ludicrous, but it is so welcome to my life.
Perfectly said and perfectly true
Jose
Jose ~ perfectly said. He is my comfort streamer lol
Exactly. Pokémon is a horrendous awful insufferable game. It's RPG so it's a life simulator.
I don't know if I ever want to play Pokémon again. But I know I love those mad brave heroes who battle and train themselves so we don't have to. Their pain is my childhood memories. I know how they feel and they know how I feel. They understand me when neither of us understand half of the godawful glitches or mechanics.
The only thing worse than battling a Zubat must be training a Zubat. That poor man. We must build a Fandom in his honor.
PokéAsmr
Can tell this is going to be a difficult run right off the bat 😳
That pun got to less attention. I wonder if it was just too bat.
Both of you go home and sit facing the corner
@@ProjectRedfoot I bat you're fun at parties -_-
@@ProjectRedfootSeems a bit harsh for something the probably came up with on the fly. Sometimes it's more fun to just wing it
These videos are so addictive. I just want to watch all 151 run. All the mid evolutions, the lot.
I know right
Agreed, I can't get enough
Man I've never even seen Zubat's back sprite in this game. No one in their right mind uses this thing, and for good reason. But you did it anyway, for the challenge. What a legend.
The back sprite is cute af 😢
@@AmperahGaming So are you bby 😘
@@radishpineapple74 thank you 😊
Zubat. (One of) my fave Gen-1 Pokémon. How dare you 😡
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Man, I just want to say how much I love that you use the alternative color palates for the different pokemon. I had so much fun doing that on my gbc as a kid and it brings me back every time.
@@TheVisualNovel i know nothing about castlevania but the player & his rival are named alucard & dracula so it could be because of castlevania
@@TheVisualNovel Black and red, Castlevania theme.
How do you do that?
@ When the gameboy logo pops up push a direction button with a or b
@@swiftdasher Thanks.
I love how you create suspense with every battle. I never know what's gonna happen until it does. It's one of the most entertaining parts of your videos.
thank u for having such good narration it helps to listen on nights where my head hurts too much to watch i dont miss anything
Ya i make these so you could close your eyes and still know what's going on haha.
Seconded, but because they make my walks to school way less lonely feeling. Narration do be on point
@@Jrose11 I listen at work so I can't watch and also greatly appreciate tye narration. thank you.
@@mickdipiano8768 Same! Genuinely one of the best commentators on gameplay. Reminds me of listening to redwings games over the radio with my dad.
After seeing how horrible zzubat is, I get to appreciate Game Freak rewarding those who still loved it with a friendship evolution in gen 2. So cute!
And it could learn Fly !
@@InsanityForce Only as a Crobat
I just started playing Pokemon heart gold and while trying to level up my zubat, I noticed how awful it was by only knowing leech life at low level so I thought to myself "It would be cool if jrose did a zubat only run"
And here it is, what a coincidence
I actually started playing soul silver recently!
Finishing that with horn drill was such a treat! I do love seeing human error turn to unexpected sucess
The Run that was promised and wanted by everyone that follows. Can’t wait to see how you get through this challenge!
Also that ending was very satisfying lol
Hopefully weedle run next!
@@AelfricBlack that one is barely possible
I think he should do it with x items (at least it would be more interesting to play and watch than without)
Since it's a zubat called Alucard...could we say it's..Morbin time?
i'll see myself out
The only shiny pokemon I've ever gotten (been playing since gen 1) is a shiny Zubat in Emerald, so I developed a bit of a soft spot for it.
This is going to be great.
My first shiny was zubat too in gen 3! Zubat and it’s evolutionary line has really cool and distinct shiny colors though so I wasn’t upset
Golbat in Gen 2 for me
My first shiny not counting the red gyrados was a shiny golbat outside silver cave in Crystal, it evolved into a pink crobat.
Honestly, crowbat is really good. A constant on my team in some games.
Funny how stuff like that happens to make people like certain Pokemon that they normally wouldn't think about.
Weather it's from a Shiny in a game or a card from a booster pack like your first Mega, EX, GX or DynaMax you really like or even a cute toy or trinket of a random Pokemon that someone special gave you as a gift.
Pokemon really can be awesome can't it?
😄👍
"Thank you for watching if you've made it all the way to here, lemme know." Of course, these vids have become my comfort food since the pandemic, I watch these start to finish no matter how long you make em. Liked, subbed, commented for the algorithm, and looking forward to the next one!
I love these > 1 hour runs, always so relaxing to watch :)
Same
I believe this is the first time I've ever been excited to see a Zubat.
This reminds me that I REALLY like seeing battles you lose. It ties everything so much better together, since we see more of what motivates your decisions, and also the pacing just gets slowed down a little, which helps keep track of where we're at.
Some of the videos are super easy to get lost in if you so much as look away for 10 seconds or get distracted by an ad, which is a tough ask to persist through for a RUclips audience of a 30-40 minute video. A little more context from showing full/lost battles might help a ton!
weird. I'm thinking the exact opposite. cut that shit out, I just want to see the champion battle
I liked the McGyver way of thinking in the last battle: let’s use what we’ve found and make it to the best.
Brutal run man!
When I did this run, I was level 95 at the end, and my final move set I held onto Bite for flinches. Wasn't aware it was only 10%, but it's doable. I kept that and Confuse Ray, I had the TMs for Double-Edge and Mimic but I didn't want to forget any of the moves I had. Still miserable of a run. Granted, Weedle is the worst.
I got so unrealistically hyped when you flubbed Mimic at the end. I'm so glad it paid off in the end.
After this u clearly earned your self a starmie run 😂👌
I thought the 4 mid-battle switches from the the first Agatha battle was wild, but that Horn Drill at the end was unbelievable
58:12
The rapid-fire commentary was amazing! I got so hyped up hahaha
First of all jrose is a legend and second of all, that editing showing the movies and stats at the start was super clean, it does not go unnoticed!
He did do the intro, it was Castlevania themed!
Commenters are contractually obligated to mention the intro whether he does it or not
@@tdizzle4 it helps the algorithm!
@@FernandoRafaelNogueiraReis he did the intro but it wasn't the same tune :(
Edit nvm it was i didn't hear the song underneath the spooky noises haha
@@nicklagoni7306 baby u got it!
I was originally going to say "the end of the Rival Fival fight was was probably my favorite thing in the video," and then.... the end of the Champion Fight happened. Would love to see an artists take of that final moment hahaha.
That was so fun to watch! I'm glad to see you using Zubat to its fullest potential here, testing the limits of the handful of straps available to it. Loved the horn drill ending too. Thanks for an entertaining run with one of my favorites!
I love the fact that you doing these runs is bringing love back to the original games! I grew up playing these and have learned so much about them from these videos. Thanks man!
Oh wow, this run is going to be an excruciating one.
Zubat literally was the most annoying part of going through rock tunnel.
@@tpad6 and Mt. moon.
I'm honestly pretty surprised at how well Lorelei went, I assumed that without STAB on double edge, she would have stonewalled you for even longer than pidgey, but it seems like the combination of mega drain and being poison type for slowbro saved your bacon.
I can't express how much I really wanted you to use horn drill after that mimic happened. These are very dedicated videos, totally appreciated!
This was incredible to watch. I do wonder how much easier it might be as a Golbat.
The Zubat line is actually my favorite line all of Pokémon! Younger me really like golbats gen 1 sprite. I’m so happy to watch!!!
Thanks Jrose
There's something charming about those gen 1 sprites.
What did younger you think when you first saw Crobat?
Ah man it's 1:30am, but I need to know if Zubat can do it!
Almost 3AM for me lol
Little past three for me, but it's on me for finding it an hour late at this point lmao
Started it up 2:30 my time. I’m watching the whole thing.
Amazing video as always. I indeed watched this in one go and had a blast. Really loved the Castlevania theme to it as well. Fantastic commentary too, the fast narration round was fun. I love how Surge is now down to cashier rank now. Can't wait for the next run! Keep it up Jrose!
I open up youtube to see that you're finally doing the dreaded ZUBAT run??!! Well anyway, well done on completing it. Can't wait to watch the hell you went through.
I cannot describe how grateful I am for the upload. It helps me relax at days end, thank u
This was a piece of art, dude. That ending was hilarious. Good job and thanks, JRose :)
You can tell from the tone of Jrose's voice when he says "hey everyone, how's it goin" whether this will be a fun or painful run.
Hey, look, it's Pidgey but worse. Can't wait to see how you handle this one!
Edit: the successful battle against the champ is the perfect example of "task failed successfully" meme
Megadrain and Poison AI abuse make it Pidgey but Slightly Better
It actually did better than Pidgey lol
@@Begeru I was surprised to see that the Poison type and the advantages it brought to the table (Agility is super-effective, folks!) and access to Mega Drain and Confuse Ray outweighed the otherwise terrible movepool, mostly worse stats (even by a small margin) and the utter lack of a good STAB move (Pidgey at least had stab Double-Edge and Agility without Mimic).
I mean, they are both terrible but still, I would have thought Zubat would do worse than Pidgey.
I knew zubat couldn't do worse. Gotta love gen 1 ai.
@@werisekk3 Going back to the Pidgey video, the main reason that Pidgey did worse was because it got absolutely stonewalled (icewalled?) at Lorelei, and needed to grind to Lv. 88 for that fight alone. Outside of that fight, Pidgey didn't really struggle nearly as much with the rest of the game (in part because so much level grinding was needed for Lorelei alone that the rest of the League was much easier).
In contrast, while Zubat had some advantages against Lorelei, it definitely struggled a lot more with the rest of the game. So one could argue that Zubat is "worse" in some ways than Pidgey.
Dang, this will be extremely tough. I can hardly wait.
I just wanna say that I love Pokemon and I love watching my favorite RUclipsrs play video games on RUclips but I didn't think I would enjoy watching gen 1 solo runs until I found your channel. I've easily been binging all your runs. You are awesome man! I might have to catch you on twitch one of these days
After doing a Solo Run in Yellow with Weedle recently, those Rock Tunnel challenges felt all too real! Awesome run and looking forward to more!
Always great to see your vids :D
Can't wait for the scyther vs pinser rivalry to be settled 👌
Let's go team scyther :)
Keep up the great work 👌
Haa!
Of the two i'm a Scyther fan aswell.
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33:02 I'm actually pretty happy to see you reset, since I appreciate seeing whether or not the battle was a consistent win, which you've always said is the point of these runs; with average luck, what is the best consistent strategy, and how difficult are most battles going to be?
Thanks for doing these. I find myself watching them all back again and again. Love it. Looking forward to catching your streams as well.
I love these videos, your commentary is so on point that I listen to the videos while I'm at work and I can follow exactly what is going on during your runs without ever seeing the screen. After watching your videos I was inspired to try these myself. I decided to randomly roll 1-151 to determine which pokemon I run, and for my 5th playthrough... I got Ditto... lol.
Made it to the end man, the commentary on this one was perfection :D What a great video
Dude you are literally crazy, I honestly wasn’t sure if this was possible.. Props to you for doing this!
Edit and spoilers****:
After finally listening through the whole video… the fact you ended this run with HORN DRILL of all things… wow
Honestly I can't stop watching these they are oddly addictive! Thanks for all the hard work!
Patience of a Saint! Really appreciate how you're churning the great content out. :)
Let's gooo. Jrose posting good content like usual. I'm wondering if mimic is the only way past Agatha lottery
the house always wins - the only way to beat the lottery is to be the lottery
If it's super high level, eventually Double Edge and Wing Attack will do the job.
@@randomname285 very true, I'm dumb thought your comment said something else lol
@@samperez1727 double edge being normal would not help against Agatha. She's very cheesy with her Gengar and especially the first one she sends out lol.
Oh good lord I can’t wait to see how this goes
I love these runs so much! This is by far the most surprising and I was invested so much
The rapidfire commentary at the Agatha fight was one of the best parts of the video! Great work, another amazing video! :D
That horn drill win had me dying of laughter!! Great video as always
I would just like to thank u for your upload times lol there’s literally nights where I can’t sleep and your videos pop up and I’m like YES! These always help bring some entertainment and peacefulness to my mind!
Your first encounter with Agatha is the single most Zubat thing that has ever zubatted
Loving the work JRose, especially the seamless transition of phasing out the Count Von Count jokes and phasing in the Surge can’t keep a rank jokes
J, thank you so much for your constant uploads. between you and Scott, its been perfect
Should've named him Morbius; we all know this should've taken a Morbillion years to complete lmao
Morbius is the big one, so it’s obviously gonna be Golbat. Duh.
Oh man, that ending! lol, high drama. Great stuff Jrose, you did not disappoint when you promised something big.
made it to the end and enjoyed the whole ride ty for your content! it's been a blast listening/ watching them
Very happy to see the uploads have increased sir. Thank you for keeping me, along with several others I'm sure, entertained. Always happy to see a new Jrose video in my feed perfect thing to vibe to as I fall asleep after a LONG night at work. Thank you sir 🙏
Had a kinda bleh day, just seeing this in my feed perked me right up. Thanks for creating so much content Jrose :^)
Don't you mean... Blah...? Sorry
@@Dan-bz2nh 🦇
That was an epic conclusion! Your new rapid-fire release schedule makes me happy, thank you.
Absolutely amazing effort Jrose. Top class commentary for over an hour to go with it. Amazing video. Epic finish as well. Zubat horn drilling the Blastoise… Never saw that coming!
YES!! Love your videos man. Dont ever stop making them please.
I literally just watched this whole series you have and was wondering when your next will come lol
Thank you for a great video as always! Lance's overworld sprite really fits to this theme with that Dracula cape :D
Made it through 😄 seen all of ur Gen 1 runs so far and several Gen 2 and beyond. Love your content. Relaxing and exciting at the same time. Even a little nostalgic.
Got lucky this went up while on my way to work and have enjoyed immensely even if this sounded brutal. Best of luck on the next run and may it be as easy as Hypno.
Trying this with Zubat is bound to drive anyone batty
Nice
airhorn😅
I'm so happy that I found your channel. I absolutely love your challenges and you got me back into playing pokemon after I haven't done so in years.
I watched all the way to the end, just letting you know. I personally like longer videos, so thank you, this was a treat.
seeing this video is an hour and 10 mins long, I can already see where this is going
Great start of a day!
I'm really happy to see Jrose putting even more effort in his videos - it's good to see him engaged with pokémon.
I think this is the 3rd time I've watch this run. Just wanted to say I did enjoy that speed commentary. And it's always ridiculous when moves like that work when they shouldn't. Everything going against it and it still being what clutched it. Still enjoybrewatching these, so keep up the entertaining work and as always looking forward to the next.
Loving all the episodes of this lately!
Oh man….honestly weird you didn’t get to this one before.
Zubat is kind a special Pokémon for me. It is one I found annoying from the beginning, but at this point it is kind of a fun Gen 1 Pokémon that fits in the same space as old commercials in my brain. I’m just happy when I remember it exists even if I don’t really care about it in a meaningful way.
Amazing color scheme again! Keep up the great work Jrose
Thank you for suffering through this run for us, man was that entertaining. Loving the videos!
I'm so glad I caught this right away!
I’d love to see you do a first gen run with a full team caught in game, just to see how you’d approach it after all this experience
Just a comment to say it may take time to get through but there are plenty of us out here who will watch every video you post all the way through. Thank you for the great entertainment & the hard work you put in!
Yooooo, the palette on this run is sick. Love castlevania and your videos, keep it up!
Hahahah, fantastic intro with the bats and all.