@@kyledavid9415 if you don't like it, don't buy it... It's not a scam because it gives the product it advertised. I'm not buying it because I don't want it and that's fine. Don't need to throw a fit over it lol
Cynthia round 3 from BDSP is a god. Fully IV and EV trained, competitive move sets and she has the AI on max. Its pretty brutal if you dont outlevel her.
People thought that Cynthia was going to be easy because of fairy types. I had a heart attack when round 1 had a Yache berry. It has to be illegal that only the elite 4 are stacked and the trainers before are casual. No one is normally going to make competitive teams for a regular playthroughs!
I had an Ampharos in USUM that managed to tank PHOTON GEYSER from Ultra Necrozma and one-shot it with Dragon Pulse. I don't know what that sheep was smoking, but it became instant MVP from that point onwards.
I challenge level 4 with Bugsy being the worst gym leader of all time. Blaine in Red and Blue has four high leveled Pokémon with horrible movesets and used super potions when they are at full HP. He’s not a threat in the slightest.
@@ethandobbs , i think Brock's onix in the yellow version lacks the ground type. Inot full shure, but i remember landing a thunder shock against when a was young (besides geodude still be imune😓)
I was so confused when I beat Ultra Moon, and went online to see everybody complaining about Ultra Necrozma's difficulty, as it was one of the easiest battles I've ever faced. Little did I know that the Pokemon I just thought looked cool (Zoroark, Sylveon, and Kommo-o) were as strong as they were lol
Honestly, I used Zoroark during my Ultra Necrozma battle, not even knowing it was a great choice going into the battle. And this guy was trained all the way from being a Zorua from the early-game. I believe it did take a couple tries, but Zoroark definitely helped taking that beast down.
Level 20 Alakazam is possible. Abra evolves at 16, and if you trade that level 16 Kadabra, boom. Level 16 Alakazam. It's just a terrifying Pokemon to have at Level 20 in a Generation 1 game.
Agreed. And considering how broken the psychic type was in gen 1 (essentially having no weaknesses due to being immune to ghost and the only damaging bug-type moves being Twineedle and Pin Missile, both of which were pretty weak)...having a Mewtwo or Alakazam basically meant you were literally "playing with God".
In Let's Go! Pikachu, I think your starter gets access to a move that's super-effective to Brock's Pokémon (because otherwise you goin' down--I remember the dental-exam-without-novocaine levels of pain that Yellow brought to the table...and yes, I did find a way to beat Brock WITH Pikachu)
@@tyrant-den884 True; be aware though that the only way you can get any money in Yellow is by defeating trainers. Eventually it gets to the point where your only source of income is by beating the Elite 4 over and over and over again.
2:50 Yeah, she's tough there, she made me faint her Marshtomp with my Combusken, and then I went through the rest of the route with my Combusken. By the end, I had a Blaziken.
I've beaten the ultra Necrozma with a Zorua. Red in Pokemon Gold and Crystal in 2001 was the hardest npc for me. 9 years old, only ferialgatr at Level 65, I've lost many battles
Quick side note: You also have access to nidoran with double kick in Yellow. Which it gets around level 12. It can be found on the same route as mankey. (double kick usually worked pretty well for me against Brock)
i didnt know people struggled with the onyx in sword and shield, it has a 4x weakness to two of the three starter and you can pick up chewitle on the early routes
Or being at lvl 60 like him. With exp. share and facing every trainer before Ultra Necrozma, you can get 3/4 team members at lvl 60. I got Incineroar, Ribombee (it's risky but faster than him, at least mine was) and Magnezone at lvl 59/60 and was an OK battle, fair enough
I fell like the Nemona battle right before you enter Mezagoza should have been on here somewhere. That was one of the very few battles I lost. Though I do understand why it’s not. It’s just a watered down Ultra Necrozma, where if you know it’s happening, it’s pretty easy, while if you don’t see it coming, it will screw you over.
During my first playthrough of Brilliant Diamond, I actually had to purposely lose against Cynthia so I can go back and level my team up some just so I can have a better chance to beat her.
Mimikyu was my savior in the ultra necrozma fight. Disguise took one hit. High friendship let it live on one hp. And thanks to rotoluck, I pulled off two let’s snuggle forever z moves. Mimikyu now holds a special spot in my heart since then.
@@Ryanthemudkip honestly I don’t really remember what move it used to break the disguise. It’s been a while since that first fight when Mimikyu saved me.
@@PhantomsnowAlexa it has smart strike, which is super effective on fairies, so being a Pokemon ai, it probably just clicked that instead of the optimal move
I remember encountering that Onix later on, and completely God-stomped it in one move using either Mewtwo or one of my Mew (I have two). My Mew-Mewtwo team has 8 moves that are designed to offer nearly 100% super-effective coverage. Really the only Pokémon up to gen 8 that escape this are...Tynamo, Eelektrik and Eelektross, simply by virtue of being electric monotype with Levitate. They're pretty weak, so a couple of Aura Spheres, Psystrikes, or other neutral moves will turn them into a rather effective floor mop.
The first time I took on Brock I did it with a level 16 pikachu that had been painful to grind up. The second time, I hit him with a Butterfree that knew Confusion and he went down like a bitch. I'm pretty sure in Yellow, that was a level 10 move. Absolutely trivial to get a caterpie up to that level.
4:39 my advice how to defeat Brock in Pokemon yellow is to lead off with Pikachu have Pikachu weaken Geodude before Geodude takes it down and then have Mankey finish off Geodude in 1 or 2 hits and then it can can destroy Onix on its own easily.
That's the usual strategy. Either that or use Nidoran's Double Kick (I think both genders get it). And besides, defeating Geodude would get you a level or two if you're lucky. This would help you tank Onix that much easier.
I recently started playing Pokemon Yellow,and I can confirm that Brock is the toughest there is,the only way I beat him was by using Ratata to Tail Whip and Quick Attack his Geodude,and using Pikachu to use the same strategy on his Onix,and because Pikachu was taking damage from bide,I decided to bring out my Pidgey to Sand-Attack it to lower the accuracy and to also heal my Pikachu,that battle was hell and I felt so relieved after surviving it
internet was around during pokemon gold. including walk through guides. Also you can have a lv20 alakazam. Abra evolves at lv16 then you can evolve straight away by trade. but yes some of the fisherman’s other pokemon are illegal
Anyone who tried to get a Surfing Pikachu in Gens 1 and 2 would tell you that the Gambler from the Round 2 Prime Cup Master Ball in the original Pokemon Stadium is ridiculous. His Pokemon all have a move that either lowers Speed or causes paralysis, and at least OHKO move, with how effective they are based on Speed
It's silly how the Grovyle from the Route 110 rival fight isn't mentioned at all. Also yeah, Shroomish can take down Marshtomp, just bring a Guts Taillow for the foe's Shroomish. Against Brock, well I had the curiosity to go out of my way to Route 22, it's just that I didn't know about Low Kick. Besides it's not the only option, there's also Butterfree with Confusion and Nidoran with Double Kick (that one gets learned the most lately out of the three though). Besides if you still want to use Pikachu, you can brute force with Tail Whip along with Quick Attack. Also keep in mind that Onix's attack stat is meaningless.
I love how you included pokemon stadium. :D It's one of my favorite games out there. You're right! Stadium can be a "cruel mistress" so to speak. Especially seeing as the RNG seems to be relentless sometimes (most notably in round 2). Allow me to nerd out a bit more: what really got me hooked on (both) stadium(s) was buying transferpaks and all the old skool games along with it. So I could build teams in r/b/y or g/s/c and then put them in stadium. And even trade with myself. xD It's loads of fun and I often revisit it with a new challenge for building a theme team for stadium.
Gamblers spamming Guillotine, Fissure and Horn Drill...and hitting EVERY SINGLE TIME! I've lost entire teams to that garbage. To put it into perspective, hitting any of those moves six times in a row has odds of 1:242 (that is, 242 failures on average for every success). Yet the game pulls this off far more frequently than that. Proof that the game can manipulate its OWN RNG! Or where just ONE Sand Attack from the AI and suddenly I'm miss-miss-miss-missing everything. I could spam Sand Attack on the AI, though, and they just hit me like nothing's wrong. "Oh, was I supposed to have accuracy nerfs? I didn't even notice." *Proceeds to land their fifth consecutive critical hit*
I remember trying to face Ultra Necrozma with my team not knowing what I was about to go in through.. But now that I'm more experienced, I managed to beat it!
I remember Going up against Ultra Necrozma for my first time, and I immediately started spamming Roto-boosts that I obtained throughout the game. I one-shot it with my Incineroar
Who's stronger: The literal protagonist of the first game with plot armor and 6 way overleveled Pokemon and the literal final battle battle, or one stone boi
Tbf I still would've ranked Bdsp Cynthia alongside Volo If you went in unprepared and not knowing they have perfect IV and EV stats Shits fr tough af ~~(also without affection)~~
Bruh, I had no idea who Veteran Trainer Taiga was when I first saw him in Festival of Champions. And now I've learned he's actually Veteran Shaun. I never knew this character existed; this guy is insane!
the hardest battle for me was the red battle but I did it on the 10 try with only my feraligatr and when I was happy to get the shiny garydos then when i took 4 steps in the grass then I saw a shiny pidgeotto in pokemon heart gold....
IMO the fact that PLA doesn't have abilities or held items, the fact that catching and training high level Pokemon in the late game is simple, AND because Volo used hisuien Arcanine instead of milotic made him overall weaker than BDSP Cynthia. I had a team of level 80 pseudo legends and actual legends with maxed grit when I faced Volo, I had a team of under level 70 Pokemon with basically random EVs facing Cynthia.
7:38 The move "Photon Geyser" does NOT ignore reflect or light screen Photon Geyser does NOT ignore endure, or protect Photon Geyser ONLY ignore the abilities that can be ignored Multiscale is an ignorable ability. Photon Geyser ignores Multiscale Shadow Shield is NOT an ignorable ability. Photon Geyser does NOT ignore Shadow Shield Filter is ignorable Prism Armour is not
One of my fondest memories in Pokemon is realizing that Red's Snorlax on Pokemon Silver simply couldn't touch a Ghost type. So I caught a Misdreavus, taught it Mean Look, Curse and Confuse Ray, and watched that lvl 2X little ghost thing completely wall the beast that had demolished all my other lvl 5X-6X pokemon on the previous fights. That was the first time I strategized at a Pokemon game, felt really proud of myself back then. Misdreavus is still one of my favorite 'mons because of that.
I'm gonna die on the hill that Bugsy was actually a pretty decently tough challenge early on in the Johto games. That Scyther, if it gets enough Fury Cutters up is an absolute _menace,_ since you're not likely to have anyone who can reliably outspeed or outdamage it. As far as Gym Leaders go, the easiest I've ever fought was Wulfric...which stinks since I _really_ like Avalugg, and he seems like a cool guy
volo... the thing that is making mi rage rn, I tried using 6 100 level pokemon that I brung from sword and shield and that failed worst than I did with the pokemon already there in the game I used
3:42 This was me. I first played Yellow in 2008-2009 as my first Pokémon game ever and I too had to take multiple attempts to beat Brock. 7:04 I only defeated Ultra Necrozma 2 years ago in my second Ultra Sun run because I bred my Milotic to know Mirror Coat.
There is greevil at the end of xd gale of darkness you have to fight xd001 then his full team of shadow pokemon which also have articuno zapdos and moltres its been a while but I'm sure that's how it goes or vice versa
@@ethandobbs probably over Ultra Necrozma because Zygard is definitely tougher to beat and origin Giratina at level 100 is stronger than a level 70(I think) Necrozma
I think that you're overstating the "less access to the internet for the 90s games" fact a little. We used magazine game guides and official books instead... or at least I did! Otherwise, well done on your research, you've done a lot of hard work here!
Guess I'm never getting shiny Zygarde. I don't wanna deal with that after going through the pain and torment known as Dialga. Also ice types can still be good against it, you just need to be lucky. Dynamax adventures is all about Luck and only a small amount is actual skill.
Wild area onix is as much a challenge as you make it to be I was able to take it down with my krabby and newly evolved thwackey after exploring the wild area for a bit before motostoke
My most impressive feat was probably beating red in Pokemon crystal with just a level 40-50 team. I remember that I used Typhlosion, Suicune, Snorlax and Pupitar, I think I also brought a Dodrio and another pokemon that I forgot. I really just remember that Typhlosion and Snorlax carried heavily
People never mention how hard Dusty is to fight at Sunset Stadium in Pokémon Battle Revolution. He chooses from six Pokémon, but always has Lucario on his team. The other two are either Vigoroth, Gabite, or Grovyle. It took me seven attempts to finally beat him.
I commented it on your top 10 video and I will mention it again. I think the male pokefan from the round 2 final Little cup battle in Pokemon stadium 2 should be on this list. He has a scyther and a chansey, two of the most broken pokemon in little cup at the time. If he uses scyther, you automatically lose the fight and have to try again. His chansey has counter and softboiled, which should tell you enough that any physical attack his chansey surives means an automatic one hit ko to your pokemon. He also has an elekid with thunderbolt, cross chop, ice punch, and psychic which is capable of hitting almost every pokemon super effectively and outspeeds pretty much every rental pokemon available.
Bro ultra necrozma took me 21 tries back when I still had the 3ds.i was able to use incineroar and ko the ultra necrozma with the dark type z move,I don't know if incineroar was on roids or something but it definitely pulled it's weight,and this was after my boi slowing got destroyed.
There is a fangame called PokéOne where you are forced into triple battles against trainers with up to EIGHTEEN Pokémon. Oh--and these Pokémon are sometimes *beyond* level 100.
There is a way to kind of "cheese" those triple battles: you can have up to two friends join you in that battle, so you can have your six Pokémon and six for each of your friends--18 on 18 triple battles. A full-on tactical wargame. Not to mention that the AI governing the NPCs in PokéOne are often deviously smart--they'll switch their Pokémon if they sense YOU trying to make a switch, and will often "out-outmaneuver" you: you switch into what you think is a type or speed advantage...only to find out the AI countered by doing the same exact thing! Yes, in PokéOne, the AI does have the ability to read your entire team layout--movesets, what move(s) you're going to use, types, held items, abilities and even natures. Even scarier--the AI in those high-level (sometimes higher than 100!) battles will also use Pokémon who always have maxed out IVs and optimized EVs. Even worse than that: there are battles in holiday events that have "cruel" versions where the AI is allowed to have up to 400 EVs IN EVERY SINGLE STAT, on top of being sometimes up to level 130.
I like how everyone is talking about cheesing a lot of these fights, but I only see 1 person saying they beat Volo with ease. Volo is the hardest main-series battle that isn't involved with glitches.
There’s a very easy way to beat Brock with Pikachu (albeit a fair amount of level grinding is required). First, use Double Team 6x. Second, use Tail Whip 6x. Third, use Quick Attack which will do decent damage due to minimizing Geodude’s defense (or, if you really want to go ham with level grinding, Slam works even better). Then do the same Tail Whip + Quick Attack/Slam combo again with Onix.
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Oops, originally the video was going to be “20 levels of Pokémon Battles” but I changed it to 15 halfway through and forgot to redub the beginning lol
Where all human and we all make mistakes, so no worry's XD.
oops
It probably should have been 20 levels, given the gap between 4 and 5.
@@kyledavid9415 if you don't like it, don't buy it... It's not a scam because it gives the product it advertised. I'm not buying it because I don't want it and that's fine. Don't need to throw a fit over it lol
Hey dobbs, your video is awesome, AS always, but pardon me to asks....
Where can i contact the pokemon anime writers?? Or studio i suppose..?
Cynthia round 3 from BDSP is a god. Fully IV and EV trained, competitive move sets and she has the AI on max. Its pretty brutal if you dont outlevel her.
Orre Colloseum Eldes: AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
People thought that Cynthia was going to be easy because of fairy types. I had a heart attack when round 1 had a Yache berry. It has to be illegal that only the elite 4 are stacked and the trainers before are casual. No one is normally going to make competitive teams for a regular playthroughs!
She wants you dead
I had an Ampharos in USUM that managed to tank PHOTON GEYSER from Ultra Necrozma and one-shot it with Dragon Pulse. I don't know what that sheep was smoking, but it became instant MVP from that point onwards.
That's my kind of sheep
This is exactly why I'm an Ampharos enthusiast
What a sheep
I had a bisharp as my ace in the ultra necrozma battle
Name him Shaun
I challenge level 4 with Bugsy being the worst gym leader of all time. Blaine in Red and Blue has four high leveled Pokémon with horrible movesets and used super potions when they are at full HP. He’s not a threat in the slightest.
Yeah Blaine is pretty terrible too haha
But his anime episode…
@@ethandobbs , i think Brock's onix in the yellow version lacks the ground type. Inot full shure, but i remember landing a thunder shock against when a was young (besides geodude still be imune😓)
@@matheusgomespinto4915 sure you didn't just quick attack him to death and conflated the anime?
@@tyrant-den884 Can be my memory tricking me, but is how i remember. But problably i defeat the Brock's Onix with my butterfree anyway.
I was so confused when I beat Ultra Moon, and went online to see everybody complaining about Ultra Necrozma's difficulty, as it was one of the easiest battles I've ever faced. Little did I know that the Pokemon I just thought looked cool (Zoroark, Sylveon, and Kommo-o) were as strong as they were lol
Honestly, I used Zoroark during my Ultra Necrozma battle, not even knowing it was a great choice going into the battle. And this guy was trained all the way from being a Zorua from the early-game.
I believe it did take a couple tries, but Zoroark definitely helped taking that beast down.
Level 20 Alakazam is possible. Abra evolves at 16, and if you trade that level 16 Kadabra, boom. Level 16 Alakazam. It's just a terrifying Pokemon to have at Level 20 in a Generation 1 game.
Machamp is possible too, even lower level if you have Gen 2 connections
You can have as low as a level 5 Machamp in Pokémon Yellow and there's no hacks.
@@asianriceballz There are others that you can have as low as Level 5. You can get a Level 3 Electrode
Dragonair is possible too, you can get them at L.15 in Yellow I think.
Agreed. And considering how broken the psychic type was in gen 1 (essentially having no weaknesses due to being immune to ghost and the only damaging bug-type moves being Twineedle and Pin Missile, both of which were pretty weak)...having a Mewtwo or Alakazam basically meant you were literally "playing with God".
There are two other (imperfect) strategies for Yellow version Brock: leveling up a Nidoran till they learn Double Kick
Or a Butterfree with confusion.
Butterfree with confusion is Op against brock
@@donaldrts butterfree with is op**, and thanks to the lack of split in gen1...
You can beat the E4 with butterfree solo 😂
In Let's Go! Pikachu, I think your starter gets access to a move that's super-effective to Brock's Pokémon (because otherwise you goin' down--I remember the dental-exam-without-novocaine levels of pain that Yellow brought to the table...and yes, I did find a way to beat Brock WITH Pikachu)
@@psychotheunsane7285 yeah, just use Quick-Attack and potions. It's not like they can hurt you much either.
@@tyrant-den884 True; be aware though that the only way you can get any money in Yellow is by defeating trainers. Eventually it gets to the point where your only source of income is by beating the Elite 4 over and over and over again.
2:50 Yeah, she's tough there, she made me faint her Marshtomp with my Combusken, and then I went through the rest of the route with my Combusken. By the end, I had a Blaziken.
I've beaten the ultra Necrozma with a Zorua. Red in Pokemon Gold and Crystal in 2001 was the hardest npc for me. 9 years old, only ferialgatr at Level 65, I've lost many battles
Especially the first time because of how worn out all the pkmn are and then you fight him xD
Bugsy from true power tournament: am I a joke to you
Quick side note: You also have access to nidoran with double kick in Yellow. Which it gets around level 12.
It can be found on the same route as mankey.
(double kick usually worked pretty well for me against Brock)
Bugsy's Scyther whipped my butt in heart gold but you're right about OG Gold and Silver haha
i didnt know people struggled with the onyx in sword and shield, it has a 4x weakness to two of the three starter and you can pick up chewitle on the early routes
Did you know that ultima agatha can up your level pokemon like level 100 to 101 and she can down your level to 94 and 92
I didn’t! That’s cool
You don’t even need a level 1 Zorua to cheese Ultra Necrozma, just a light screen and reflect
Or being at lvl 60 like him. With exp. share and facing every trainer before Ultra Necrozma, you can get 3/4 team members at lvl 60. I got Incineroar, Ribombee (it's risky but faster than him, at least mine was) and Magnezone at lvl 59/60 and was an OK battle, fair enough
Cythina: who are you
Volo:you but better
I fell like the Nemona battle right before you enter Mezagoza should have been on here somewhere. That was one of the very few battles I lost. Though I do understand why it’s not. It’s just a watered down Ultra Necrozma, where if you know it’s happening, it’s pretty easy, while if you don’t see it coming, it will screw you over.
During my first playthrough of Brilliant Diamond, I actually had to purposely lose against Cynthia so I can go back and level my team up some just so I can have a better chance to beat her.
Bro I thought level 15 was gonna be zacian or zamazenta from the start of Sword and Sheild 💀
Mimikyu was my savior in the ultra necrozma fight. Disguise took one hit. High friendship let it live on one hp. And thanks to rotoluck, I pulled off two let’s snuggle forever z moves. Mimikyu now holds a special spot in my heart since then.
Doesn't photon geyser ignore disguise? Did it not click that for some reason lmao
@@Ryanthemudkip honestly I don’t really remember what move it used to break the disguise. It’s been a while since that first fight when Mimikyu saved me.
@@PhantomsnowAlexa it has smart strike, which is super effective on fairies, so being a Pokemon ai, it probably just clicked that instead of the optimal move
In my original playthrough, the onix just whiffed a few moves and got water pulsed to death from my level 10 sobble :)
I remember encountering that Onix later on, and completely God-stomped it in one move using either Mewtwo or one of my Mew (I have two). My Mew-Mewtwo team has 8 moves that are designed to offer nearly 100% super-effective coverage. Really the only Pokémon up to gen 8 that escape this are...Tynamo, Eelektrik and Eelektross, simply by virtue of being electric monotype with Levitate. They're pretty weak, so a couple of Aura Spheres, Psystrikes, or other neutral moves will turn them into a rather effective floor mop.
The first time I took on Brock I did it with a level 16 pikachu that had been painful to grind up.
The second time, I hit him with a Butterfree that knew Confusion and he went down like a bitch. I'm pretty sure in Yellow, that was a level 10 move. Absolutely trivial to get a caterpie up to that level.
4:39 my advice how to defeat Brock in Pokemon yellow is to lead off with Pikachu have Pikachu weaken Geodude before Geodude takes it down and then have Mankey finish off Geodude in 1 or 2 hits and then it can can destroy Onix on its own easily.
That's the usual strategy. Either that or use Nidoran's Double Kick (I think both genders get it). And besides, defeating Geodude would get you a level or two if you're lucky. This would help you tank Onix that much easier.
Note: That sycther could have been a Scizor. 1:34
also you can just Powder it and spam tackle, also you can just use one of your other pokemon to use.
What do you mean Powder it?
@@beardedgamer14 like poison or sleep powder
I would’ve put the phantom zacian/zamazenta as lvl 15, since you don’t know its level and you can try to hit it, but you can’t.
I was really expecting either the Turo/Sada fight or the Eri fight
They're so easy tho
@@sobblegaming350 not without knowledge ahead of time
I really love this idea. Great video!
this was a lot of fun! not boring in the least, I enjoy your style regardless ❤️
I recently started playing Pokemon Yellow,and I can confirm that Brock is the toughest there is,the only way I beat him was by using Ratata to Tail Whip and Quick Attack his Geodude,and using Pikachu to use the same strategy on his Onix,and because Pikachu was taking damage from bide,I decided to bring out my Pidgey to Sand-Attack it to lower the accuracy and to also heal my Pikachu,that battle was hell and I felt so relieved after surviving it
Or you know use a Butterfree with confusion
@@donaldrts I had a Caterpie at the time but I only started to train it *after* the Brock fight
Dude all I did was catch a Nidoran and called it a day.
internet was around during pokemon gold. including walk through guides.
Also you can have a lv20 alakazam. Abra evolves at lv16 then you can evolve straight away by trade. but yes some of the fisherman’s other pokemon are illegal
Anyone who tried to get a Surfing Pikachu in Gens 1 and 2 would tell you that the Gambler from the Round 2 Prime Cup Master Ball in the original Pokemon Stadium is ridiculous. His Pokemon all have a move that either lowers Speed or causes paralysis, and at least OHKO move, with how effective they are based on Speed
It's silly how the Grovyle from the Route 110 rival fight isn't mentioned at all.
Also yeah, Shroomish can take down Marshtomp, just bring a Guts Taillow for the foe's Shroomish.
Against Brock, well I had the curiosity to go out of my way to Route 22, it's just that I didn't know about Low Kick. Besides it's not the only option, there's also Butterfree with Confusion and Nidoran with Double Kick (that one gets learned the most lately out of the three though). Besides if you still want to use Pikachu, you can brute force with Tail Whip along with Quick Attack. Also keep in mind that Onix's attack stat is meaningless.
Speedrunners dread that fight
03:40 For Brock you can just use Butterfree, which learns Confusion at Lv 10, which is a Special attack and thus very usefull against Geodude & Onix.
I love how you included pokemon stadium. :D It's one of my favorite games out there. You're right! Stadium can be a "cruel mistress" so to speak. Especially seeing as the RNG seems to be relentless sometimes (most notably in round 2).
Allow me to nerd out a bit more: what really got me hooked on (both) stadium(s) was buying transferpaks and all the old skool games along with it. So I could build teams in r/b/y or g/s/c and then put them in stadium. And even trade with myself.
xD It's loads of fun and I often revisit it with a new challenge for building a theme team for stadium.
Gamblers spamming Guillotine, Fissure and Horn Drill...and hitting EVERY SINGLE TIME! I've lost entire teams to that garbage. To put it into perspective, hitting any of those moves six times in a row has odds of 1:242 (that is, 242 failures on average for every success). Yet the game pulls this off far more frequently than that. Proof that the game can manipulate its OWN RNG!
Or where just ONE Sand Attack from the AI and suddenly I'm miss-miss-miss-missing everything. I could spam Sand Attack on the AI, though, and they just hit me like nothing's wrong. "Oh, was I supposed to have accuracy nerfs? I didn't even notice." *Proceeds to land their fifth consecutive critical hit*
1:03 Wait, why are there two IV sections?
Anyway, neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!
I remember trying to face Ultra Necrozma with my team not knowing what I was about to go in through..
But now that I'm more experienced, I managed to beat it!
I remember Going up against Ultra Necrozma for my first time, and I immediately started spamming Roto-boosts that I obtained throughout the game. I one-shot it with my Incineroar
When I battled Ultra Necrozma, I didn't know it was hard. I just used a super effective Z-move and was it.
Who's stronger:
The literal protagonist of the first game with plot armor and 6 way overleveled Pokemon and the literal final battle battle,
or one stone boi
I’d pin this comment if I hadn’t made a dub error I needed to address 😆
I actually tried Cheesing the Ultra Necrozma with a Zoroark and a Hawlucha, it immediately went for a different move and one shot it.
Time for the 15 20 battles
I remember beating that onix multiple before the first badge with either sobble or grookey at like level 11-13
Tbf
I still would've ranked Bdsp Cynthia alongside Volo
If you went in unprepared and not knowing they have perfect IV and EV stats
Shits fr tough af
~~(also without affection)~~
Bruh, I had no idea who Veteran Trainer Taiga was when I first saw him in Festival of Champions. And now I've learned he's actually Veteran Shaun. I never knew this character existed; this guy is insane!
Love these videos, Dobbs! So creative
Title: Says 15 levels
Dobbs: 20 levels.
Bro. That's some human error right there. Lmao
It’s destroying my OCD lol
the hardest battle for me was the red battle but I did it on the 10 try with only my feraligatr and when I was happy to get the shiny garydos then when i took 4 steps in the grass then I saw a shiny pidgeotto in pokemon heart gold....
You never mentioned the Level 100 Giratina from Pokemon Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
honestly for speed run brock and may would be consider to be the hardest depending on what pokemon they use lol.
I always beat Brock in yellow with Butterfree's confusion a bit of grinding to get it up but super fast
IMO the fact that PLA doesn't have abilities or held items, the fact that catching and training high level Pokemon in the late game is simple, AND because Volo used hisuien Arcanine instead of milotic made him overall weaker than BDSP Cynthia. I had a team of level 80 pseudo legends and actual legends with maxed grit when I faced Volo, I had a team of under level 70 Pokemon with basically random EVs facing Cynthia.
There was internet in 1999 dude. Not sure why you think we couldn't look up strats at this point. Gamefaqs had already been a thing for four years.
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The move "Photon Geyser" does NOT ignore reflect or light screen
Photon Geyser does NOT ignore endure, or protect
Photon Geyser ONLY ignore the abilities that can be ignored
Multiscale is an ignorable ability. Photon Geyser ignores Multiscale
Shadow Shield is NOT an ignorable ability. Photon Geyser does NOT ignore Shadow Shield
Filter is ignorable
Prism Armour is not
One of my fondest memories in Pokemon is realizing that Red's Snorlax on Pokemon Silver simply couldn't touch a Ghost type. So I caught a Misdreavus, taught it Mean Look, Curse and Confuse Ray, and watched that lvl 2X little ghost thing completely wall the beast that had demolished all my other lvl 5X-6X pokemon on the previous fights. That was the first time I strategized at a Pokemon game, felt really proud of myself back then. Misdreavus is still one of my favorite 'mons because of that.
Sometimes cheese is the best strategy. 😁
Oh hell yeah mankey was my main in those games I don’t recall if I had a hard time with it though?
I always used a caterpie that i evolved into a butterfree against brock
I'm gonna die on the hill that Bugsy was actually a pretty decently tough challenge early on in the Johto games. That Scyther, if it gets enough Fury Cutters up is an absolute _menace,_ since you're not likely to have anyone who can reliably outspeed or outdamage it. As far as Gym Leaders go, the easiest I've ever fought was Wulfric...which stinks since I _really_ like Avalugg, and he seems like a cool guy
That random Rocket grunt with the level 16 Raticate in Mt Moon almost made me break my Gameboy back in the day
POv: you was waiting for a certain cow Pokémon
I'd say Whitney is a Level 12 battle.
What about zacian/zamazenta? That is also an unwinnable battle.
You technically didnt lose the battle, its more like a tie
The Houndoom actually attacked. Zacian/Zamazenta's image basically just had a fancy way of running away.
Honorable mention for Greevil from Pokemon XD Gale of Darkness and his 6 Shadow Pokemon that you are meant to catch
volo... the thing that is making mi rage rn, I tried using 6 100 level pokemon that I brung from sword and shield and that failed worst than I did with the pokemon already there in the game I used
3:42 This was me. I first played Yellow in 2008-2009 as my first Pokémon game ever and I too had to take multiple attempts to beat Brock.
7:04 I only defeated Ultra Necrozma 2 years ago in my second Ultra Sun run because I bred my Milotic to know Mirror Coat.
I definitely thought AI Turo’s battle was tough and I almost lost all of my Pokemon
That Zygarde took me 20 tries to beat
For me Turo was easy
There is greevil at the end of xd gale of darkness you have to fight xd001 then his full team of shadow pokemon which also have articuno zapdos and moltres its been a while but I'm sure that's how it goes or vice versa
Zacian and Zamazenta in the begging of gen 8???
Ironically Level 15 was that Poochyena who called up his best friend’s older brother and asked him to beat you up.
Don't forget Whitney and her miltank
Why not just take out Brock's team team with your Butterfree that knows confusion?
I would have liked to have seen frontier brains in this installment, but still a great video.
So how does one go about defeating the fisherman? Luck? (I never played Pokémon Stadium.)
for level 7 you can use a nidoran male and double kick sweep brock :)
What about the shadow Giratina from bdsp? Its literally a level 100 legendary.
That exists? I haven’t finished the game so had no idea! That’s pretty cool, what would you personally level it at?
@@ethandobbs probably over Ultra Necrozma because Zygard is definitely tougher to beat and origin Giratina at level 100 is stronger than a level 70(I think) Necrozma
I must have been extremely lucky because I remember beating the max raid den Zygarde the first time. Sorry to all those who didn't have my luck
I think that you're overstating the "less access to the internet for the 90s games" fact a little. We used magazine game guides and official books instead... or at least I did!
Otherwise, well done on your research, you've done a lot of hard work here!
Guess I'm never getting shiny Zygarde.
I don't wanna deal with that after going through the pain and torment known as Dialga.
Also ice types can still be good against it, you just need to be lucky. Dynamax adventures is all about Luck and only a small amount is actual skill.
8:25 i spent a while on that one legendary
Wild area onix is as much a challenge as you make it to be I was able to take it down with my krabby and newly evolved thwackey after exploring the wild area for a bit before motostoke
I used to think that I am the most op pokemon player who will never lose a single battle until I got destroyed by that ultra necrozma.
My most impressive feat was probably beating red in Pokemon crystal with just a level 40-50 team. I remember that I used Typhlosion, Suicune, Snorlax and Pupitar, I think I also brought a Dodrio and another pokemon that I forgot. I really just remember that Typhlosion and Snorlax carried heavily
A very nice and interesting video. Keep it up Dobbs.
People never mention how hard Dusty is to fight at Sunset Stadium in Pokémon Battle Revolution. He chooses from six Pokémon, but always has Lucario on his team. The other two are either Vigoroth, Gabite, or Grovyle. It took me seven attempts to finally beat him.
I commented it on your top 10 video and I will mention it again. I think the male pokefan from the round 2 final Little cup battle in Pokemon stadium 2 should be on this list. He has a scyther and a chansey, two of the most broken pokemon in little cup at the time. If he uses scyther, you automatically lose the fight and have to try again. His chansey has counter and softboiled, which should tell you enough that any physical attack his chansey surives means an automatic one hit ko to your pokemon. He also has an elekid with thunderbolt, cross chop, ice punch, and psychic which is capable of hitting almost every pokemon super effectively and outspeeds pretty much every rental pokemon available.
I usually used Butterfree with Confusion on Brock so he can be pretty easy, tho I remember as a kid Training my Pikachu to about lvl40 🤣
God...I can just picture the look on Brock's face when you enter his gym with The Terminator 😂
Fun fact: Zygarde dynamax battle footage was from Alphard video
I wonder if you could beat that houndoom by hacking in or deliberately over leveling?
Yay new video
Chikorita's poison powder with bugsy: am I joke to you? (Not to mention you should absolutely have 2nd stage evolution by then).
"One of the few battles Ive lost in a pokemon game" okay Dobbs.. sure there's only a "few"🙃
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I used that Onix to grind! Water Pulse Sobble got it to Sturdy and confusion damage for the W
Wasn't the nidorans also available with double kick for brock?
Volo was a piece of cake
You can have an Alakazam at lvl 20
How do you cheese Necrosma with a Zorua?
Make Zorua disguise as a Poison or Fighting type to make Ultra Necrozma spam Photon Geyser (that can't damage Zorua) and use Toxic.
@@TunaBear64 Ok, you can toxic it and stall with protect with any team though, even of level ones with a sash.
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You can have a Shroomish with mega drain or even Breloom by then.
Bro ultra necrozma took me 21 tries back when I still had the 3ds.i was able to use incineroar and ko the ultra necrozma with the dark type z move,I don't know if incineroar was on roids or something but it definitely pulled it's weight,and this was after my boi slowing got destroyed.
There is a fangame called PokéOne where you are forced into triple battles against trainers with up to EIGHTEEN Pokémon. Oh--and these Pokémon are sometimes *beyond* level 100.
There is a way to kind of "cheese" those triple battles: you can have up to two friends join you in that battle, so you can have your six Pokémon and six for each of your friends--18 on 18 triple battles. A full-on tactical wargame. Not to mention that the AI governing the NPCs in PokéOne are often deviously smart--they'll switch their Pokémon if they sense YOU trying to make a switch, and will often "out-outmaneuver" you: you switch into what you think is a type or speed advantage...only to find out the AI countered by doing the same exact thing! Yes, in PokéOne, the AI does have the ability to read your entire team layout--movesets, what move(s) you're going to use, types, held items, abilities and even natures. Even scarier--the AI in those high-level (sometimes higher than 100!) battles will also use Pokémon who always have maxed out IVs and optimized EVs.
Even worse than that: there are battles in holiday events that have "cruel" versions where the AI is allowed to have up to 400 EVs IN EVERY SINGLE STAT, on top of being sometimes up to level 130.
I like how everyone is talking about cheesing a lot of these fights, but I only see 1 person saying they beat Volo with ease. Volo is the hardest main-series battle that isn't involved with glitches.
There’s a very easy way to beat Brock with Pikachu (albeit a fair amount of level grinding is required). First, use Double Team 6x. Second, use Tail Whip 6x. Third, use Quick Attack which will do decent damage due to minimizing Geodude’s defense (or, if you really want to go ham with level grinding, Slam works even better). Then do the same Tail Whip + Quick Attack/Slam combo again with Onix.
What happens if you hack in a Magikarp with a trapping ability? Can that Poochyena still flee?
i like how Dobbs used Alpharad video for the zygard raid
Technichly that Youngster Tyler you mentioned is from Pokemon Platinum bcause in Pokemon Diamond, Pearl and BDSP has a Magikarp and a Starly