Pokemon Ruby but only super-effective moves do damage

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  • Опубликовано: 29 ноя 2020
  • What if every Pokemon had wonder guard? Could I beat the game?
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  • @nickswift6044
    @nickswift6044 3 года назад +7917

    One hour in - “alright now we should be able to fight the first trainer” that’s the stuff I come here for

    • @li-ion6228
      @li-ion6228 3 года назад +45

      lmao truly

    • @tyranno5669
      @tyranno5669 3 года назад +87

      It’s even better in his No Damage Platinum run

    • @nickswift6044
      @nickswift6044 3 года назад +43

      @@tyranno5669 I dunno man, that was fucking hilarious too, platinum is probably still number 1

    • @paris2777
      @paris2777 3 года назад +4

      900th like!

    • @nickswift6044
      @nickswift6044 3 года назад +5

      @@paris2777 I was not expecting this many likes lol

  • @smile--
    @smile-- 3 года назад +3150

    Pokemon: *has wonder gaurd*
    Ant: *catches the pokemon*
    Pokemon: "Well now I'm not doing it."

    • @Daniel_3322
      @Daniel_3322 3 года назад +70

      Your profile pic is the most cursed thing I've seen in a while

    • @quote1207
      @quote1207 3 года назад +13

      @@Daniel_3322 Anything from JoJo is cursed.

    • @entruh4520
      @entruh4520 3 года назад +44

      I, Rock Lee, have a dream

    • @npcjacob93645
      @npcjacob93645 3 года назад +6

      @@quote1207 Then it is a curse we all bear.

    • @lolface_9363
      @lolface_9363 3 года назад +6

      @@quote1207 so breathing is cursed

  • @geesmells
    @geesmells 3 года назад +1062

    “Marill is the only thing we can’t handle” never thought I’d ever hear that

  • @radboyrandom1976
    @radboyrandom1976 3 года назад +473

    Early game ant: I fear no man. But that thing
    Taillow: "Stares"
    Early game ant: it scares me

    • @curse7370
      @curse7370 8 месяцев назад +1

      tailow is weak to fire ? and combusken had ember so why ?

    • @eldritchcat3222
      @eldritchcat3222 8 месяцев назад +10

      ​@@curse7370what is bro saying

    • @tomhus6055
      @tomhus6055 8 месяцев назад +6

      @@eldritchcat3222bro is tweaking 😂

    • @Benziboiiii
      @Benziboiiii 6 месяцев назад

      *summoning salt music ensues*

    • @freaquin
      @freaquin Месяц назад

      @@curse7370no literally i'm sitting here 3 years later like. flying is weak to fire. is smant ok.

  • @mini-_
    @mini-_ 3 года назад +3662

    Sableye: "This is my favorite run!"

    • @leastlikelysuspect5122
      @leastlikelysuspect5122 3 года назад +406

      I think there is literally one way to deal with Wonder Guard Sableye in this Generation and that’s Foresight, then Damaging Fighting Type

    • @bongosmcdongos4190
      @bongosmcdongos4190 3 года назад +237

      @@leastlikelysuspect5122 well, and struggle

    • @mini-_
      @mini-_ 3 года назад +278

      I haven't seen the full run, but it's also possible to hit Wonder Guard Pokemon with weather effects, like those from Sandstorm.

    • @Khyrex
      @Khyrex 3 года назад +91

      @@bongosmcdongos4190 does toxic not work?

    • @zapking8209
      @zapking8209 3 года назад +8

      Yeah what mini said in the 3rd reply is correct

  • @shenanigans3035
    @shenanigans3035 3 года назад +3491

    Everytime I think "he has to be out of ideas now" he has the audacity to shut me up.

    • @lucascho2834
      @lucascho2834 3 года назад +101

      this is an actual unarguable statement.

    • @Andy5k
      @Andy5k 3 года назад +6

      Lmao

    • @stonksagent9040
      @stonksagent9040 3 года назад +3

      Agreed

    • @shenanigans3035
      @shenanigans3035 3 года назад +5

      @Nishil Lipare Humanity thanks you for your service.

    • @JJvideoman
      @JJvideoman 3 года назад +13

      The sheer arrogance of the man.
      I mean REALLY

  • @zerocool0221
    @zerocool0221 3 года назад +543

    I laughed too much at "fly, it's just bird dig"

  • @HunterX05
    @HunterX05 2 года назад +627

    "A Ralts with Thick Fat, how does that even work?"
    DeviantArt uh finds a way.

  • @spiderdude2099
    @spiderdude2099 3 года назад +5901

    “Only super effective moves can hit”
    Normal type moves: “aight, ima head out.......”

    • @aaronmurray9646
      @aaronmurray9646 3 года назад +45

      Omg lol

    • @Ari.1460
      @Ari.1460 3 года назад +497

      pokemon with refrigerate, pixelate, liquid voice, etc: "oh yeah, it's all coming together now"

    • @spiderdude2099
      @spiderdude2099 3 года назад +165

      @@Ari.1460 modern problems require modern solutions....

    • @raerohan4241
      @raerohan4241 3 года назад +90

      @@Ari.1460 Dragon rage would be so OP early game

    • @generalhamster3337
      @generalhamster3337 3 года назад +45

      sableye:aight,ima head in

  • @ellispedersen4192
    @ellispedersen4192 3 года назад +826

    "Fly: its just bird dig"
    Is such an amazing quote

  • @jetsoo2415
    @jetsoo2415 2 года назад +229

    14:50 It was explained in the pokemon adventures manga series that the letter contained braille and was supposed to be the information needed to awake the regis

  • @emma_nutella58
    @emma_nutella58 Год назад +161

    Apparently Steven has been looking for rare stones in the cave for weeks, he hasn't seen civilisation for weeks

    • @Jgame0701
      @Jgame0701 Год назад +5

      He heard about the mega stones

  • @anomalymon
    @anomalymon 3 года назад +4710

    this really brings me back to the first time I played pokemon emerald and didn't realize I could go left after the rival battle so I was stuck on the first area long enough to evolve my starter

    • @KaiTheMemeKing
      @KaiTheMemeKing 2 года назад +661

      Ahh, pathfinding. A casual pokémon player's worst enemy

    • @CODA96
      @CODA96 2 года назад +677

      I did worse, i kinda never knew there was an elite 4. I kinda skipped through every dialogue, trained my Groudon and Blaziken to lvl 74 and THEN realized the giant waterfall someday. Then i got surprised that there is still content left, then oneshotted the entire Elite 4. Good memories.

    • @laurdragan968
      @laurdragan968 2 года назад +299

      @@CODA96 my first pokemon emerald plathrough was: elite 4 first try
      Seconde gym:16 tries

    • @enderserpent4433
      @enderserpent4433 2 года назад +17

      Same bro

    • @enderserpent4433
      @enderserpent4433 2 года назад +16

      I was stuck for two days on third day I gave up and watched the walkthrough

  • @AnthonyYDG
    @AnthonyYDG 3 года назад +1428

    The dig bit was too funny
    “Protect? Just the first part of dig” lmao

    • @Poseidon-oz9pg
      @Poseidon-oz9pg 3 года назад +64

      The funniest was and splash? That's exactly like not using dig!

    • @muddledlion9593
      @muddledlion9593 3 года назад +7

      Except when flygon has earthquake

    • @bruis1527
      @bruis1527 3 года назад +25

      My favorite part was when he said swords dance is like the first part dig but it raises your attack and to balance it out you can get hit😂

    • @accadueoaccadueo945
      @accadueoaccadueo945 3 года назад +18

      It's like saying that every Martial art technique is a jab.
      "An armlock is like a jab, but you break your opponent's arm instead of hitting him".

    • @bruis1527
      @bruis1527 3 года назад +2

      @@accadueoaccadueo945 “an arm lock is like a jab but instead of the strike of a jab it locks their arm in place and instead of hitting and striking like the end of a jab you break their arm

  • @filiecs3
    @filiecs3 2 года назад +371

    When you think about it, all Pokemon are just variations of Diglett.

    • @khit007
      @khit007 2 года назад +24

      all of life is just diglett....

    • @agirlinsearchof9057
      @agirlinsearchof9057 2 года назад +35

      @ThatGuyBailey10 It was a joke about how Smallant said that Protect was just the first part of Dig, and how Fly was just Dig for Flying-type Pokémon. Since Diglett is the best-known user of Dig…

    • @heather_foreather
      @heather_foreather Год назад +2

      Wynaut

    • @thebrokenolive5213
      @thebrokenolive5213 Год назад +1

      @@heather_foreather Wynaut is known for being the baby version of fear

    • @DoTheDishesOrElse..
      @DoTheDishesOrElse.. Год назад +11

      This aged beautifully now that Wiglett exists

  • @koinzellascheriit4282
    @koinzellascheriit4282 2 года назад +54

    FYI: The Letter you gave Steven is about specific information on Team Aqua and Team Magma, Stevens Dad asks him to do some things in advantage. They couldn't talk on the PokeNav because the Company got kinda infiltrated, that's why Team Aqua knew about this shroomish-guy in the 1st Forrest.

  • @IMacSports75
    @IMacSports75 3 года назад +2258

    Me: Wait, it's all Dig?
    Ant: Always had been.

    • @18rocksthegames78
      @18rocksthegames78 3 года назад

      True

    • @cleasfam7112
      @cleasfam7112 3 года назад +4

      what about status moves though

    • @tarrare337
      @tarrare337 2 года назад +30

      @@cleasfam7112 do not question the elevated one

    • @cleasfam7112
      @cleasfam7112 2 года назад +22

      @@tarrare337 my bad i wont make this mistake ever again

    • @peytonvaldez2892
      @peytonvaldez2892 2 года назад +14

      @@cleasfam7112 that's just the first turn of dig with extra steps

  • @Scriblyn
    @Scriblyn 3 года назад +759

    "Magnemite?
    Magne-might-not-survive-this-magnitude"
    I wish Pokemon were real just so I could use this against someone

  • @bubbline1334
    @bubbline1334 Год назад +45

    14:29 As soon as he finished saying "about 20 minutes" it cut to an ad starting with "20 years of hardships," it was just too perfect

  • @Dumpwe3d
    @Dumpwe3d 3 года назад +37

    20:42 "Had to leave what happened"? "Oh I was just talking about my Gamboy Ass" lmfao

  • @hayden8883
    @hayden8883 3 года назад +1034

    “If it’s not 100% accurate, it’s 50% accurate”

  • @supturkey
    @supturkey 3 года назад +3814

    "When you think about it, everything is just dig." - That alone will keep me coming back to this channel forever

  • @TotalJargon
    @TotalJargon 2 года назад +130

    19 years and I somehow never figured out that you could shift moves around the 2x2 selection while in a battle...

  • @ace_kira6776
    @ace_kira6776 2 года назад +97

    i just started the video and i remembered the second elite 4, she has sableye and there are no super effective moves on him until the sixth generation

    • @jimmygarza8896
      @jimmygarza8896 2 года назад +33

      Status moves bypass wonder guard, so sableye can be hit with foresight+fighting move. This is the only way to hit Sableye and Spiritomb for SE damage before gen 6.

    • @sadagusfate
      @sadagusfate 2 года назад +20

      @@jimmygarza8896 they can also be hit by super effective moves in gen 5, through the use of soak, simply changing they're type to water

  • @Patterrz
    @Patterrz 3 года назад +10362

    Torchic must have self esteem issues after being absolutely dumpstered for like the first 3 hours

    • @Nheyah
      @Nheyah 3 года назад +27

      hiii patt!!!:)

    • @NefariousStories
      @NefariousStories 3 года назад +39

      I heard its hard to get a response from pat (Im basically asking you to respond. ;) )

    • @alphacore6616
      @alphacore6616 3 года назад +83

      They should give torchic a special ability just for this so it has its self-esteem back

    • @nomLuL
      @nomLuL 3 года назад +8

      Bro I literally just finished watching your newest video.

    • @replaymemes9392
      @replaymemes9392 3 года назад +9

      He's only growing more self-loathing

  • @LegoEngineer003
    @LegoEngineer003 3 года назад +2699

    Dang, Adamant male Ralts would have been useful in literally any game after gen 3

  • @Gamebits_The_Unicorn
    @Gamebits_The_Unicorn Год назад +18

    Mr. Stone: "Hello random 10 year old girl I never met, I heard you saved my employee, as thanks, take this letter to my son who is across sea, probably in a random dark cave near a town you never heard of before, you probably don't have Flash or Surf but you'll figure it out, oh and I'm trusting you won't open it, anyways good luck"

  • @acemerceramv8561
    @acemerceramv8561 2 года назад +19

    Ant: The Camerupt is the biggest threat right now
    Golbat: and I took that personally

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache 3 года назад +1095

    Alternate title: *Everyone is Shedinja, but has more than 1 hp*

    • @pinkducklett1051
      @pinkducklett1051 3 года назад +29

      How do you comment alternate titles on like every video I watch

    • @Azuhrei
      @Azuhrei 3 года назад +5

      big brain

    • @mr_bone8
      @mr_bone8 3 года назад +1

      @@pinkducklett1051 they might be a bot...

    • @mastahrage9931
      @mastahrage9931 3 года назад +6

      @@mr_bone8 youtube has this thing where you can directly put someone elses video onto your channel when being viewed. It shows the actual amount the views the original video has, and you wont make money: the original creator gets it. Fake MrBeast bots are known to do this, but people can see through the trick via checking if the fake channel has a verification symbol.
      This is what these dudes are doing: its a large variety of people who do this trick, making it seem like its just one person seeing multiple channels that are polar opposites.

    • @JohnDoe-df7bl
      @JohnDoe-df7bl 3 года назад

      Who are you and who are you working for?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @murphthasmurf5923
    @murphthasmurf5923 3 года назад +449

    It makes me so nervous when the pokeball doesn’t do a final click like in emerald

  • @kartoffelhexe
    @kartoffelhexe 2 года назад +64

    a version of this where only crits do damage might be interesting. you'd need to focus on attacks and items with increased crit likelihoods

    • @skeetermania3202
      @skeetermania3202 2 года назад +9

      So Scope Lens, Razor Claw, Focus Energy, Frost Breath, Storm Throw, etc.? That sounds odd.

    • @ProtocolDroidHK47
      @ProtocolDroidHK47 Год назад +6

      Battle Armor would like a word with you.

    • @kartoffelhexe
      @kartoffelhexe Год назад +3

      @@ProtocolDroidHK47 yeah, guess it'd have to be a gen I or II video :'D

  • @goudacheese9405
    @goudacheese9405 3 года назад +21

    “Magne-might not survive this magnitude” 😂

  • @isaacguessous6579
    @isaacguessous6579 3 года назад +397

    23:02 "Fly is just bird dig" -SmallAnt 2020

    • @vladskiobi
      @vladskiobi 2 года назад +6

      Dive? Fish dig.

    • @halt22
      @halt22 2 года назад +2

      Dig is just Fish dive

    • @davidtheboss22
      @davidtheboss22 2 года назад

      Fish is just dig dive

    • @pluto3194
      @pluto3194 2 года назад

      Shadow Force? Spooky dig.

  • @homevander
    @homevander 3 года назад +277

    Ant: Catches Sableye
    Also Ant: That's a surprise tool that will help us later!

    • @acanofjuice
      @acanofjuice 3 года назад +29

      His pokemon do not get wonder guard

    • @jvictorgds
      @jvictorgds 3 года назад +12

      @@applechild2606 sableye don't have wonder guard in normal pokemon lol

    • @PRDGL_WindyBW
      @PRDGL_WindyBW 3 года назад +20

      @@jvictorgds Bruh imagine if it did. It would dominate the meta until gen 6.

    • @applechild2606
      @applechild2606 3 года назад +1

      @@jvictorgds Oh shit you right. Somehow got it confused.

    • @jamessicard1705
      @jamessicard1705 3 года назад +8

      Dark-Ghost pre-XY is a fucking nightmare

  • @VoidPetsBack
    @VoidPetsBack 2 года назад +55

    1:17
    This kinda has the semantics of the Acid Rain glitch (a glitch in Gen 4 that causes every weather effect to occur at the same time) where instead of being hurt by sandstorm/hail they're hurt by their Abilities.

  • @tsundere-.-
    @tsundere-.- 2 года назад +7

    8:23 “I’ll just punch him myself” lmao

  • @subparbanana1481
    @subparbanana1481 3 года назад +967

    “A marril is the only thing we can’t handle”
    It is too buff

  • @kontonce89
    @kontonce89 3 года назад +409

    "it's just like not using dig"
    Honestly funniest thing I ever heard

    • @sunnyhvar1992
      @sunnyhvar1992 3 года назад +47

      The whole dig speech was some of the funniest things I've ever heard :D

    • @vondas1480
      @vondas1480 3 года назад +38

      Roar of time: it’s like the second turn of dig then forcing your opponent into the first part.

    • @Jesin00
      @Jesin00 3 года назад +8

      @@sunnyhvar1992 Yeah I really dig that speech.

    • @johnperseo1044
      @johnperseo1044 3 года назад +3

      Yes

  • @BurgerFred1
    @BurgerFred1 3 года назад +356

    It would actually be interesting to see the opposite, where only neutral damage or not very effective moves deal damage.

    • @Thomas-ex6tp
      @Thomas-ex6tp 2 года назад +63

      It would be a normal-type attack run

    • @cyan7433
      @cyan7433 2 года назад +14

      @@Thomas-ex6tp ghost types

    • @iknowyoursearchhistory
      @iknowyoursearchhistory 2 года назад +5

      @@cyan7433 runs over at that point

    • @dazcar2203
      @dazcar2203 2 года назад +8

      @@iknowyoursearchhistory just use literally any other type for that

    • @dazcar2203
      @dazcar2203 2 года назад +9

      @@iknowyoursearchhistory grass has way too many weaknesses so it would only be hit by a significantly smaller amount of moves

  • @rowlec
    @rowlec 2 года назад +9

    “Only super effective moves can hit”
    Eelektross with levitate: "Hit me if u want"

  • @muffinbutton1075
    @muffinbutton1075 3 года назад +432

    “You dont get hit when dig”
    Rock climber onix use earthquake

  • @potatertot2179
    @potatertot2179 3 года назад +85

    "'Had to leave, what happened?' Oh I'm just talking about my Gameboy ASS" This made me laugh more than it should've

  • @Thebes342
    @Thebes342 2 года назад +15

    Finally, actual footage of Flannery posing a challenge, a historic moment indeed

    • @hypersonicspeedgrov
      @hypersonicspeedgrov 2 года назад +1

      Indeed. I remember soloing Flannery's entire team with a Sceptile, which is weak to Flannery.

    • @defeatstatistics7413
      @defeatstatistics7413 9 месяцев назад

      Sunny Day+Overheat is a Nuzlocke killer tbf

  • @z3_gaming526
    @z3_gaming526 3 года назад +16

    21:26 "Unless it's like Magnitude 2"
    From the Bulbapedia Magnitude page: Magnitude's power varies based on a randomly selected "magnitude" value ranging from 4 to 10.
    So that Magneton would have definitely survived Magnitude 2.

  • @zapking8209
    @zapking8209 3 года назад +228

    I really want Ant to secretly mod one of these runs so that the in game time (the one that appears when you save) always says 20 minutes

    • @sagescribe_
      @sagescribe_ 3 года назад +17

      "Breath of the Wild speedrun but I only play it in 20 minute chunks"

    • @aurelionsolofficial
      @aurelionsolofficial 3 года назад

      @@sagescribe_
      When the WR is 2 chunks

    • @zapking8209
      @zapking8209 3 года назад

      @@aurelionsolofficial ehh depends on the category. Any% has 2 chunks but 100% has 57 chunks

  • @FrancisACNH
    @FrancisACNH 3 года назад +459

    Alternate title 1: Pokémon but every Pokémon has Wonder Guard
    Alternate title 2: Pokémon but Sableye transcends into a deity.

    • @corundumkrabble5035
      @corundumkrabble5035 2 года назад +7

      Oooooooooh nooooooooooo

    • @Black_Sabbath0
      @Black_Sabbath0 2 года назад +4

      @@AeroMaster7 oh man i got all worked up for the sableye rom :(

    • @bobuxdoesmemes924
      @bobuxdoesmemes924 2 года назад +4

      hmm..? I don't get ot

    • @t.j.8388
      @t.j.8388 2 года назад +22

      @@bobuxdoesmemes924 Sableye is only weak to Fairy type, which didn’t exist at this point in the series.

    • @bobuxdoesmemes924
      @bobuxdoesmemes924 2 года назад +1

      @@t.j.8388 oh that's op

  • @LucyKosaki
    @LucyKosaki 2 года назад +3

    14:05 "Ughh... This is gonna do nothing." *proceeds to one shot the makuhita* xD

  • @SkyNinja759
    @SkyNinja759 3 года назад +23

    Sableye: _"My time has come. Fear me mortals!"_

  • @icarlygod
    @icarlygod 3 года назад +86

    We need the sequel to this: "pokemon, but only not very effective moves work"
    Normal types are invincible

    • @Name-px6em
      @Name-px6em 3 года назад +2

      norman will be VEEEEEERY difficult...

    • @hellokev6645
      @hellokev6645 3 года назад +10

      Best chance at that point would be toxic and leech seed

    • @jadenlothes5001
      @jadenlothes5001 3 года назад

      I was gonna recommend the same thing

    • @GalaxyStar99
      @GalaxyStar99 3 года назад

      What a about ghost moves?

    • @icarlygod
      @icarlygod 3 года назад +1

      @@GalaxyStar99 obviously they only hit dark types

  • @plantimations1232
    @plantimations1232 3 года назад +1488

    Alternate title:
    Pokémon, but Shedinja is useless

    • @user-rg7vr1kd1w
      @user-rg7vr1kd1w 3 года назад +178

      Wait that's just Pokémon.

    • @ahhaahaah
      @ahhaahaah 3 года назад +135

      @@user-rg7vr1kd1w Dude you didnt hafta do shedninja that dirty

    • @wumpoooo
      @wumpoooo 3 года назад +6

      Shedinja is an amazing sac

    • @bobuxdoesmemes924
      @bobuxdoesmemes924 2 года назад +29

      Shedninja isn't useless without his ability. It's just super super bad without his ability. But with just a little choise scarf it can do the thing.

    • @wumpoooo
      @wumpoooo 2 года назад +1

      @@bobuxdoesmemes924 curse baton pass (for our lovely speed drop) pyukumuku to a white herb shedinja with sticky web support maybe

  • @inkseyy
    @inkseyy 2 года назад +3

    A literal small ant:"Everything is dig when you think about it"
    Me: *hysterical laughter intensifies*

  • @hugoforcada2167
    @hugoforcada2167 Год назад +5

    Smant talking about dig will forever be my favourite twitch clip of all time

  • @ked2890
    @ked2890 3 года назад +302

    Ant:"NO DONT HURT YOURSELF WHAT ARE YOU DOING?"
    Gerg:" I DONT KNOW IM CONFUSED"

  • @dr.assblaster3355
    @dr.assblaster3355 3 года назад +276

    Guys why isn’t anyone talking about “Can you beat Pokémon Fire Red with only a Dennis?”

  • @ashtonrahnell2406
    @ashtonrahnell2406 8 месяцев назад +1

    The self hatred filled sigh at 21:00 after his own joke is the funniest thing I've heard all week.

  • @SSBFWU
    @SSBFWU 2 года назад +6

    3:17 "Is he out of Tacos?"

  • @Clevernamegoeshere
    @Clevernamegoeshere 3 года назад +159

    Sableye: *maniacal laughter*

    • @briankaste6931
      @briankaste6931 3 года назад +3

      I guess he'll have to toxic/leech seed stall them

    • @harisboi3280
      @harisboi3280 3 года назад +1

      He should have done this on oras where fairy type exists

    • @stbobstbob
      @stbobstbob 3 года назад

      that's totally why he picked ruby lmoa

  • @picklenik9658
    @picklenik9658 3 года назад +217

    Sableye: *Exists*
    Me: “Wait, thats illegal!”

    • @jamesperrou6936
      @jamesperrou6936 3 года назад +7

      oh shit, he has to fight one in the elite four

    • @theguynamedbob1733
      @theguynamedbob1733 3 года назад +13

      James Perrou struggle or one of the moves that makes normal or fighting type moves hit ghost, both work i think which is cool

    • @SirMisterMister
      @SirMisterMister 3 года назад +2

      Or Status Moves rihht

    • @Humg12
      @Humg12 3 года назад +25

      Pretty sure Odor Sleuth/Foresight makes Sableye weak to fighting because it takes away the ghost immunity but keeps the dark weakness.

    • @DJFVH22
      @DJFVH22 3 года назад

      Why???

  • @jillianhamilton5509
    @jillianhamilton5509 2 года назад +4

    Your monologue on dig had me rolling; so glad I found your channel!

  • @saragonzalez7839
    @saragonzalez7839 3 года назад +6

    Im watching this while doing my make up and after finishing my foundation ant goes: "at least now we have some coverage", and maybe im crying

  • @huntereddy4014
    @huntereddy4014 3 года назад +24

    I like how this channel does challenges that are not always off-the wall hard or meme-y. One of the best variety for challenges on any channel I follow.

    • @entruh4520
      @entruh4520 3 года назад

      I'd say this is pretty off the wall hard

    • @Likes_Trains
      @Likes_Trains 3 года назад

      Can you reccomend any other decent Pokémon challenge channels please? I love this genre!

  • @hunlim2117
    @hunlim2117 3 года назад +33

    Smant: 1 hour 15 minutes in, gym one!
    This mans's patience is unparalleled.

    • @entruh4520
      @entruh4520 3 года назад +2

      Thats nothing compared to some of his other runs like the completing eventide island without actually starting the challenge one

  • @JaculaDudek
    @JaculaDudek 2 года назад +4

    "only super-effective moves" - ahhh, Shedinja already comes to my mind, my precious, good times of emerald

  • @violethope02
    @violethope02 2 года назад +34

    double kick is just the second turn of dig if it happened twice in one turn and was fighting type

  • @iluvchess14736
    @iluvchess14736 3 года назад +156

    "Fly: It's just bird Dig"
    ~Smallant

  • @theconsumerofpenguins81
    @theconsumerofpenguins81 3 года назад +114

    Drinking game: take a shot every time someone mentions sableye in chat

  • @SoggyTuna
    @SoggyTuna 2 года назад +3

    Just discovered your channel a bit ago, and I have to say I absolutely adore these types of pokemon content. Keep up the good work, man.

  • @meddown6859
    @meddown6859 2 года назад +14

    I hate randomizers, but man, I would love to see a randomized challenge of this.

  • @Arusu1451
    @Arusu1451 3 года назад +218

    This is the closest Smallant will ever get to just normally playing pokemon

  • @scaleonkhan183
    @scaleonkhan183 3 года назад +2207

    I would love to see a challenge where move types are reversed. Ex: fire is super effective against water types, electric is not very effective against water

  • @ampoulgon8716
    @ampoulgon8716 2 года назад +3

    13:00 "a raltz with thick fat!? How dies that even work?"
    R34 artists: yes

  • @Not_Fierce
    @Not_Fierce 2 года назад +5

    “fly is just bird dig“ My favourite line

  • @blaneyfan73
    @blaneyfan73 3 года назад +154

    At the beginning I'm thinking "I can't wait until he fights Sableye"

    • @Poptomist
      @Poptomist 3 года назад +17

      His only chance at stopping the sableye is with damaging status effects like burn and toxic

    • @Kostyurik
      @Kostyurik 3 года назад +15

      @@Poptomist and Struggle, as in the beginning.

    • @solt_frfr
      @solt_frfr 3 года назад +21

      In a fire red randomizer this happened where sableye got wonder guard and it was with one trainer on nugget bridge so it was required, and we didn't have any status moves. :(

    • @BloodThirstyAvengers
      @BloodThirstyAvengers 3 года назад +7

      He'll need a Machoke with Foresight or something. Foresight would make Fighting-Type moves Super effective. And yes, NEED. Phoebe has a Sableye.

    • @danedeang
      @danedeang 3 года назад

      Yeah i wished he had one but he can't because sableye is a version exclusive(Sapphire) and its good to use one Especially in what he is doing

  • @1SLMusic
    @1SLMusic 3 года назад +82

    Electric Types: Hold on let me get my balloon

    • @thatoneredyoshi8113
      @thatoneredyoshi8113 3 года назад

      Air ballon can be popped

    • @unluckygend1646
      @unluckygend1646 3 года назад +18

      @@thatoneredyoshi8113 not if you can't touch them

    • @thatoneredyoshi8113
      @thatoneredyoshi8113 3 года назад +1

      @@unluckygend1646 did not think about that

    • @jarredallen3228
      @jarredallen3228 3 года назад +3

      Gravity: I'm about to end this man's whole career.

    • @mme.veronica735
      @mme.veronica735 3 года назад +4

      Taunt: What was that you were saying? I couldn't heae you over the sound of loser

  • @leahalenia5074
    @leahalenia5074 3 месяца назад +1

    28:30 wait, if bodyslam can paralyze...
    bro, isn't that basically saying you slammed into the pokemon so hard that you broke their spine???
    Holy... that's brutal

  • @Chaos_Phoenix
    @Chaos_Phoenix 2 года назад +4

    "Every move is like dig" ah yes everything in this universe is either a duck or not a duck

  • @otherthanlou
    @otherthanlou 3 года назад +42

    14:05 “This is gonna do nothing...
    IT’S A CRIT!”

  • @MightyRicardoWarrior
    @MightyRicardoWarrior 3 года назад +67

    Imagine doing Gen 4 and you face Cinthia and realize she has a spritomb and your forced to get yourself to struggle

    • @gameinsane4718
      @gameinsane4718 2 года назад +8

      @@TheDeffeffe tox-stall, leech life, ghost curse, sandstorm/hail, will-o-wisp, there’s always a way to kill something that doesn’t want to die

    • @kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214
      @kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214 2 года назад +1

      Foresight to make it so fighting type moves can hit it?

    • @aetherblackbolt1301
      @aetherblackbolt1301 2 года назад

      Probably just use Destiny Bond

    • @livelyboopmushie9392
      @livelyboopmushie9392 2 года назад +3

      Pretty sure Gen 4 had a glitch that made fire fang hit through wonder guard no matter what anyway.

    • @agirlinsearchof9057
      @agirlinsearchof9057 2 года назад +1

      @@kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214 That… actually might work! I thought that wouldn’t be useful since Foresight doesn’t make a Fighting-type move super effective, but then I remembered that Spiritomb’s other type is Dark!
      That would also solve any theoretical Sableye problems in Gen III! (Don’t know if it’s relevant to this video, though, since I think Sableye might be exclusive to Sapphire?)

  • @chrissmart219
    @chrissmart219 3 года назад +1

    Had to sub loving these creatively challenges keep them coming mate

  • @f4_kaboom375
    @f4_kaboom375 2 года назад +7

    I love chat, Smallant: "what shape is that?" Chat: "CIRCLE!, TRIANGLE!"

  • @owenchen1215
    @owenchen1215 3 года назад +26

    When you realize mid video that Pheobe has a Sableye with no weaknesses:
    "..... anyways good luck"

    • @entwixed3406
      @entwixed3406 10 месяцев назад

      YEAAAA that's a lil' broken

  • @realkingofantarctica
    @realkingofantarctica 3 года назад +153

    "A Ralts with thick fat. How does that even work?"
    Don't let him know about all the hentai...

    • @entruh4520
      @entruh4520 3 года назад +17

      Not hentai, but r34 artists

    • @Bruh0h
      @Bruh0h 3 года назад +11

      @Liam Berg (STUDENT) why are you commenting that are your school account, not very smart.

    • @nope2942
      @nope2942 3 года назад +4

      @Liam Berg (STUDENT) big oof for u fam

    • @Vbeechu
      @Vbeechu 3 года назад +1

      @@Bruh0h lmAo

    • @ieuanhunt552
      @ieuanhunt552 3 года назад +1

      I swear those people are the most inventive people ever.

  • @jaserr.
    @jaserr. Месяц назад +1

    I have to grind out assignments, and this the perfect thing for the background

  • @Fireboy3727
    @Fireboy3727 3 года назад +2

    Pokemon but everything has wonder guard
    Sableye: its free real estate

  • @prizterixprism810
    @prizterixprism810 3 года назад +90

    “Splash it just like not using dig” -SmallAnt 2020

  • @CynamminStyx
    @CynamminStyx 3 года назад +77

    “Oh there’s a ghost elite four? Let’s get a duskull, or a shedinja, or maybe a zubat”
    *_Cries in baenette_*

    • @entruh4520
      @entruh4520 3 года назад +8

      Banette is really slow

    • @nickvanginkel6274
      @nickvanginkel6274 3 года назад +4

      *Cries in Dark types*

    • @slaine5997
      @slaine5997 3 года назад

      Why not teach Ralts shadowball?

    • @thomaswood4991
      @thomaswood4991 3 года назад

      @@slaine5997 ghost is a physical damage type pre phys/spec split

    • @slaine5997
      @slaine5997 3 года назад

      @@thomaswood4991 Ah...yeah i remember

  • @bluehorizon9490
    @bluehorizon9490 2 года назад +2

    Ant: We’re gonna rock tomb through the love, because atsign doesn’t fall in love-
    Also Atsign: Falls in love
    Ant: *most of the time*

  • @joshuamehrdad8186
    @joshuamehrdad8186 3 года назад +4

    Now that the no damage dealt run came out, it's kinda funny to see how that's just a more extreme version of this run, the big difference being that fire red has better pokemon for status dealing damge

  • @gigasus77
    @gigasus77 3 года назад +1586

    this man is a god

  • @zuldafan2352
    @zuldafan2352 3 года назад +91

    His next challenge should be a not- very-effective-move only challenge.

    • @Scriblyn
      @Scriblyn 3 года назад +3

      Omg yeah

    • @SolMasterzzz
      @SolMasterzzz 3 года назад +12

      Then normal-types all become unkillable except with status moves.

    • @nickvanginkel6274
      @nickvanginkel6274 3 года назад +2

      Immune moves should hit as well but they should become not-very-effective

  • @soofiesss
    @soofiesss 2 года назад +1

    Raltz? Dug under the ground, Kirlia popped out.
    Kirlia, the EMOTION PokéMon
    A Psychic Ghost Type.

  • @furiouscorgi4812
    @furiouscorgi4812 3 года назад +2

    Ant: gets Ember
    Also Ant: has no way of attacking most Pokemon now

    • @m4rcyonstation93
      @m4rcyonstation93 2 года назад

      What?

    • @teamfossil6312
      @teamfossil6312 2 года назад

      Mudkip starts with mudslap, or gets it after one level. I have no clue why he thinks being able to hit flying types early is better than being able to hit normal types at all, let alone the amount of bugs he can kill with ember

    • @bell7987
      @bell7987 2 месяца назад

      @@teamfossil6312I know it’s dumb commenting on a old comment but mudslaps a ground type movie

  • @tradeka4206
    @tradeka4206 3 года назад +151

    “This is gonna do nothing” *crits and one shots*

  • @IboxingkangerooI
    @IboxingkangerooI 3 года назад +17

    "Damn what should we get for the ghost coverage?"
    *Has a ralts that can eventually get shadowball*

    • @kingfail3819
      @kingfail3819 3 года назад +2

      Yeah, but it’s an Adamant Ralts.

    • @seabassjames8222
      @seabassjames8222 3 года назад +5

      @@kingfail3819 In generation 3, all ghost type moves are physical

    • @kingfail3819
      @kingfail3819 3 года назад

      @@seabassjames8222 I’d forgotten about that. That’ good.

  • @LoneSWarrior
    @LoneSWarrior 2 года назад +2

    So... "Struggle" is a move...
    And avoids the "Wonder Guard" but also has no weakness or strength and can hit everything without fail...
    Huh.

  • @PixelSageYT
    @PixelSageYT 8 месяцев назад +1

    A run where all battles are speed ties would be interesting!

    • @MuchWhittering
      @MuchWhittering Месяц назад

      Honestly not really. That sounds like it'd get old quickly.

  • @sjgames9104
    @sjgames9104 3 года назад +70

    “Can you beat Pokemon Fire Red with ONLY ONE Dennis?”

  • @EthyrielY
    @EthyrielY 3 года назад +22

    “This will do nothing.”
    *Absolutely annihilates it.*

  • @TechnoNut96
    @TechnoNut96 2 года назад

    Man I love the music in these generations. My first game was emerald! So much nostalgia.

  • @kalemjade5258
    @kalemjade5258 2 года назад +2

    ant comparing every move to dig made me laugh so hard my ribs hurt