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0:00I've beaten Pokémon Fire Red dozens of
0:02times, so much so that it's often
0:04[music] too easy. If only there was a
0:06way to make it harder. And, dare I say,
0:09more radical. Cue the Radical Red, a ROM
0:12hack that I'm sure the vast majority of
0:13you are familiar with. It basically
0:15takes Fire Red as a base game and
0:18changes everything. Most notably, it has
0:21the complete, up-to-date Pokédex and
0:23much more challenging battles. And, to
0:25make this even more radical, I've
0:27decided to beat the game as the best
0:29trainer class to ever exist, the bug
0:32catcher. Or, maybe they're the worst. I
0:34don't know. In addition to all the rules
0:36Radical Red imposes on you, I only use
0:39bug Pokémon and I approach the battles
0:41completely blind, not looking at any of
0:44their teams beforehand. Before I begin,
0:46let me know how many times you think I'm
0:48going to lose. Spoiler alert, it's a
0:51lot. I start as the OG bug catcher,
0:53Rick. The very first bug catcher you
0:55find in non-radical Fire Red. My rival,
0:59who wants to squash my bugs, is none
1:01other than Nike. I activate minimal
1:03grinding mode and normal mode, though
1:05it's still way harder than regular Fire
1:07Red. I get to decide which region my
1:09starter is from, which is cool and all,
1:11if only I could use them. There are
1:13still zero bug starters. Game Freak, get
1:16on that already. I stick with Kanto and
1:18choose the most buggy of the starters,
1:20giving Nike Charmander. In spite of, you
1:23know, not being a bug, Bulbasaur did all
1:25right. I then get a couple of hundred
1:27rare candies from this youngster, not a
1:29big deal. Throughout this game, there
1:31are optional battles like this [music]
1:33where you can choose from a list of
1:34Pokémon to try and beat a trainer. They
1:37typically give you a pretty good reward
1:38for winning, but I won't focus on them
1:40because I don't get to use my own
1:42Pokémon. But, I will say this first one
1:44goes quite well, where I, all on my own,
1:47figured out this incredible strategy and
1:50won right away. Okay, maybe chat helped,
1:53but still. Go me. That's enough
1:55stalling. Let's use my time control
1:57powers to catch our real starter
1:58Pokémon, Paras, who somehow becomes the
2:02chat president. Don't ask. Their
2:04nicknames come from viewers in chat, so
2:06if you weren't there, you missed out.
2:08Next up, I find a Dwebble, who, as
2:11you'll see right about now, carried the
2:13beginning of this run. Take Nike for
2:15example. His bird and Mander are easily
2:19rock blasted by Gumby, no problem. Don't
2:22worry, Bushido, you're still chat's
2:23favorite. As you might have guessed, the
2:25Viridian Forest has an absolute stump
2:27load of bugs. So, I'm not going to show
2:30them all, but rest assured, I stripped
2:33that forest bare. They'd much rather be
2:35in a digital box than some bug infested
2:37forest anyway. With so many bugs to
2:40choose from, I form a team of six and
2:42head north [music] to an unexpected
2:44other rival battle. Looks like Brendan
2:46is in this game, too. He's about as easy
2:48as Nike was, though. Sage Mage, the
2:50Joltik, simply mega drains, even though
2:53he's electric, and Tristao is twinned by
2:56Bennu, the Beedrill. I thought this game
2:58was supposed to be hard. Let's see if
3:00Falkner is any tougher. That's right,
3:02there are Johto gym leaders in this
3:04game, too, and his birds look hungry.
3:07Stay safe, bugs.
3:09Gumby exceeds my expectations, out
3:11speeding this Rufflet and blasting it
3:13right out of the sky. His Fletchinder
3:15gets some time to speed boost and calm
3:17mind, which is less than ideal, but
3:20Bennu, having really good special
3:21defense, actually survives that Psybeam
3:24to twin needle its face off. Well, that
3:27was unnecessarily violent. I try to keep
3:29her alive with a bug bite, hoping to
3:31steal a berry, but Wattrel had a berry
3:33juice instead, which is totally
3:35different. Snom does powder snow a
3:37single time, thanks to an Occa Berry,
3:39but it wasn't enough. No worries, back
3:42to Gumby to finish the battle with
3:43another blast. Man, I even beat a flying
3:47dude. My bugs are unstoppable. At this
3:50point, I realize I didn't leave the
3:52forest quite as barren as I thought.
3:53There's a new Viridian Forest expansion
3:56with a number of new bugs. Okay, let's
3:59do this again.
4:00>> A few moments later.
4:02>> With my box now almost overflowing with
4:04bugs, it's time to make a Brock counter
4:06team, which is difficult since I don't
4:09actually know what Pokémon he has. Safe
4:11to say, they're probably rocks. Here are
4:13the main Radical Red restrictions for
4:15gym battles. You can pause and read them
4:17if you want. I'll just highlight any as
4:19they become relevant. All right, gym
4:21battle number one and a half technically
4:23cuz I beat Falkner. Let's go. He starts
4:26with Geodude as expected, but it's the
4:28electric one. Less than expected. Smoky
4:31nimble gets a quadruple kick broken up
4:34by a rock tomb, but thanks to a crit, it
4:36was barely enough. Next up is Varoom. I
4:40didn't see that coming. Goodbye Smoky
4:43and hello Relor Smith who's about to mud
4:45shot the crap out of Varoom, but hits
4:47Onix instead. Not quite what I wanted
4:50there. Bushido tries to do anything, but
4:52just fails. Her sacrifice allows Surskit
4:55Sarcophagus to bubble Onix. Archen as
4:58well, but Defeatist is bypassed thanks
5:00to a berry juice heal. Sage Mage then
5:02Electrowebs him and Varoom too for good
5:05measure, finally earning our first Kanto
5:07badge. And you can earn even more
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5:16access to videos and more. At which
5:19point I find a thunder stone quite early
5:21and hit my bugs with it till Jaylen
5:23evolves into Vikavolt. A bug with a 145
5:27special attack? That's pretty incredible
5:29at this point in the game too. He gets
5:31me through Mount Moon without too much
5:33trouble, just blowing through all these
5:35trainers Pokémon. Near the exit, I'm
5:37challenged by Rocket Admin Archer from
5:39the Johto region. His team's not bad,
5:42but Gumby once again rocks it. Pun
5:45totally intended. I can't believe how
5:47well this crab is doing. In Cerulean, we
5:50have a normal rival battle where Nike
5:52shows off his new Pokémon. Of course,
5:54his Kirlia is scared of being knocked
5:56out, so she retreats in place of
5:58Pawniard, who is in turn knocked out.
6:01Didn't achieve much there, Nike.
6:03Charmeleon has Ancient Power. Didn't see
6:05that coming, but Gumby's stones are much
6:07bigger. Not even Staraptor's Intimidate
6:10or Pluck can stall his role. Since he
6:13did so good, I'd rather not kill him
6:15needlessly. Smith can finish off Kirlia.
6:18Ooh, a Poké Rider. This is not complete
6:21garbage, unlike that Fame Checker. Now,
6:23one of the good things about bugs is
6:25that many of them evolve decently quick.
6:27So, here are a few evolutions, but I
6:29won't be showing most of them. There's a
6:31lot. My mostly evolved bugs and I then
6:34hit up Misty and almost immediately lose
6:36too many Pokémon to her stupid non-water
6:39type Cloyster. So much so that even when
6:42Bushido heroically finishes it off, she
6:45still has an icy winding Floatzel,
6:47knocking out my final Pokémon and
6:49marking my bug's first loss. I almost
6:52got two badges before losing, but now I
6:55know what to expect. Misty is going
6:58down. First, Frogadier tries to outspeed
7:00and change his type, but the thick
7:02pelvis Leavanny, that's a an unfortunate
7:05nickname, is too fast. Expecting a swap,
7:08I slash as Cloyster appears. This time,
7:12W Soul or Beetle simply Psy Shocks him.
7:15Neither Starmie nor Floatzel can hurt
7:17the man that is Shedinja. So, once
7:20Frogadier is swapped into and dies, this
7:23badge is as good as mine. It still takes
7:25some time with Fury Cutter, sure, but
7:27not too shabby. That second round, I
7:29only lost a single Pokémon, too. Here,
7:32I'll point out that there are a few bugs
7:34in Radical Red with different typings,
7:36like Illumise being a fairy, which is
7:38interesting, but we'll see how much I
7:40use it. Not as interesting as a
7:42challenger to my bug throne. Bugsy
7:44thinks his bugs are better and more
7:47fearsome than mine. Let's see it then.
7:49Gumby gives his life to stealth rocks,
7:52which I hope I don't regret. Anderson
7:54defeats that Lokix, but doesn't do
7:56anything to Scizor. Huh, I still
7:58expected him to have a Scyther. I don't
8:00have any fire bugs yet, but since Jaylen
8:02is special attacking, two flashes would
8:05have been enough if it didn't U-Turn
8:07away. W Soul tries to Scizor shock the
8:10now fighting Ledian, but hits the
8:12non-metal Scyther instead. I didn't
8:14expect Bugsy to have both, that's for
8:16sure. He sacrifices himself to reflect
8:18because I think I'll need it. This
8:20allows Forretress gang to tank even more
8:23hits than normal. He also has rock tomb,
8:25squashing those three remaining bugs, no
8:27problem. That wasn't so bad. Yeah, I'm
8:30disappointed in you too, Bugsy. Yet
8:32another thing we have in common. That
8:34U-Turn might come in handy though. At
8:36this point I realize I haven't had any
8:38Pokémon follower in a while. So I get
8:40that fixed right away. Who wouldn't want
8:42a giant undead crab thing following them
8:44around? Near the SSN, I finally catch
8:47Wimpod, a Pokémon quad T called Dibs on
8:50quite early. I've never been a huge
8:52Golisopod fan, but he proves quite
8:54useful in this video much, much later.
8:57For now, I find Oh, Whitney.
9:00Oh, Whitney. You can tell how excited I
9:03was about the prospect of facing her
9:05rolling demon cow, which is hard enough
9:07in a regular game, let alone one this
9:10radical. She starts with the very normal
9:12type Pokémon Tinkaton, which does fit
9:14her personality, so I'll let it pass.
9:17Punchy Ledian, who is a fighting type
9:19now, does quite poorly, and quite
9:21frankly, so do the rest of my bugs. They
9:24are squashed and burned until there's
9:26nothing left. Well, there's the second
9:28loss, but since I saw so much of her
9:31team, I now have a plan. First, send a
9:33scorched Golisopod, who would have made
9:36short work of her steel fairy if not for
9:38an encore. Um, I only wanted one coil,
9:42not five. But, I guess it's okay because
9:45it does let her survive Miltank, which
9:47has to count for something, right?
9:48Drampa doesn't seem to think so.
9:51Ribombee Puck is almost fairy enough to
9:53counter the dragon, but not quite.
9:55Punchy tries to get a free attack boost
9:57here, but Whitney runs away to fairy
9:59giraffe. Fine, I'll bring out Smokey to
10:02lunch. He also double kicks the barely
10:04surviving Tinkaton for good measure.
10:06Now, Herdier Dunsparce loves to stall,
10:08but you can't out-stall the stalling
10:10master, Bushido. Something Whitney
10:13realizes far too late. Course, fire is a
10:16major weakness, but I still have cute
10:18little Gumby to counter any fliers. At
10:20this point in the run, my save file kind
10:23of got removed. It was a whole thing. I
10:26don't want to get into it. Suffice it to
10:28say mistakes were made on all sides. So,
10:31I had to start over, catching and naming
10:33countless bugs for the second time.
10:36We're going to pick up after that
10:37Whitney battle, but if some of my
10:39Pokémon had a gender transition all of a
10:40sudden, that's why. On the SSN, there
10:43are a few tough battles, like this
10:45double battle where I was down to a
10:47single Gorillapeed, but it all works
10:49out. How about a rival battle against
10:51Brendan though? Hey, this was supposed
10:53to be Nike's spot. Well, the still thick
10:56pelvis Leavanny gets an attack boost as
10:58Loudred falls, letting her start a
11:00sweep. But, I got a bit greedy here
11:03trying to go for another attack boost
11:05when Bullet Seed was a better option.
11:07Oh, well, nothing I can do about that
11:09now. Smokey sucker punches and lunges
11:11one more time for the win. He's
11:13improving at least if nothing else. For
11:15Surge, I do have a single ground bug,
11:18but didn't feel like using it just yet.
11:20Cue the first mega of the game,
11:22Manectric, who does a pretty good job
11:25taking me out. Not on his own
11:26necessarily, but that was still
11:28humbling. After that horrific loss, I
11:31become a cave hermit just long enough
11:33for Kabama to become a sandy cloak. I
11:36prefer the trash one normally, but I
11:37need some ground power here. Not that it
11:39does much to a levitating Vikavolt. That
11:42was a bit unfortunate. But now all of
11:44the gloves are off. If Surge wants to be
11:47cheap, I will gladly give him front row
11:49seats to the quiver dance. Admission
11:51only costs a few dead Pokémon. With
11:53enough quiver dances, Kabama takes very
11:56little from Vikavolt's bug buzz,
11:57responding with her own struggle bug.
12:00Belly Bolt is still a concern, what with
12:02a Shuca Berry, but muddy water is not
12:04strong enough. Even with all those
12:06dances, Mega Manectric is still too
12:09quick, but with Belly Bolt gone, things
12:11are much more doable. Thick Pelvis fell
12:14stingers Palmont, but is unable to
12:16capitalize on that attack boost. Good
12:18thing Smokey has priority, and then his
12:20first Pokémon Pincurchin is still alive
12:23and unable to hit the man. That's what
12:25I'm talking about. How appropriate that
12:27I lost to the third gym leader three
12:29times. On the way to Rock Tunnel, I
12:31encounter this random trainer with a
12:33V-create Smeargle. He's not a concern,
12:36but the assisting Contrary Spinda is.
12:40Are you kidding me with this? I can't
12:42lose to a nobody like you.
12:45What a jerk. At least I win next try. On
12:48to Celadon to battle Erika, who my bugs
12:51should have an advantage against, right?
12:53She has grass Pokémon after all. Great
12:55start there, Benu. A006 Scolipede is all
12:58ready to get revenge on her fallen bug
13:00brother, but Erika has other plans in
13:02the form of a Mega Venusaur. Yeah, that
13:05makes sense. I do manage to defeat it
13:07with my queen bee, who, like most bees,
13:10dies after a sting. A06 dies after an
13:13explosion, and Durant never stood a
13:15chance to this apparent fire hidden
13:16power. In spite of that, things are
13:19still going okay, and I get to her final
13:21Pokémon, Meowscarada, with Protean. Of
13:24course it has that. Unfortunately, one
13:27turn away from victory, I come up just
13:30short, losing yet again. I miss the days
13:33where I won things first try. Those were
13:35happier times. With only a minor change
13:38in strategy, we get back to where we
13:40left off, but now Escavalier has full
13:43HP, countering that no longer grass cat
13:45without much trouble. Eh, only one loss
13:48isn't too bad. For that victory, one of
13:50Professor Oak's aids gives me a Sevi
13:53Isles egg. In this game, there are new
13:55Sevi Isle regional forms, a few of which
13:58are bugs. So, I run around hatching some
14:00lame Pokémon, and a few cool ones,
14:03admittedly, till Clauncher pops out, a
14:05dark bug in this game. Not bad. Speaking
14:09of dark, the basement of this Gambler's
14:11Den is infested with Rocket Rodents.
14:13They're not much more of a speed bump to
14:14my bugs, though. Let's see if Giovanni
14:17is any tougher. In this game, Masquerain
14:20is now a water type, which means that
14:22Thunderbolt is super effective. But, it
14:24also gets a stab water boost. Water or
14:27not, it doesn't help much against Mega
14:29Kangaskhan. I've got a Hera cross for
14:31that. It still didn't quite work out,
14:34but Subnautica did great. Hey, don't run
14:36away from Punchy. That's not fair. Good
14:38thing the now evolved Quad T has the
14:40super effective First Impression. Eat
14:43it, Belluza. I do a bit of swapping to
14:45second First Impression Honchkrow, as
14:47well. Not even Orthworm can stand up to
14:49her. Wow, she is doing great. Of course,
14:52Infernape has a Focus Sash and Swords
14:54Dances, which is less than ideal.
14:57Goodbye, Quad T. Let's try this Punchy
14:59Mach Punch again. Two of those,
15:01interrupted by Fake Out, defeats
15:03Giovanni on the first try. About time we
15:06did that again. Thanks for the Silph
15:07Scope. Too bad there's only one bug
15:09Pokémon, and I've already got it. At
15:12this point, the Johto leaders appear to
15:14be optional battles, but since I want
15:17their items, and to prove I'm the very
15:19best, I opt to do them, even if it gives
15:22me a bit of trouble. Unlike this
15:24Mimikyu, thanks to an Iron Flitch, it
15:26does literally nothing. The fake shiny
15:28Ceruledge, not the shiny part, is easily
15:31double sucker punched by Smokey, who
15:33only survives the encounter because of
15:35an Occa Berry. She hits Skeledirge too
15:37for a decent chunk of HP. Heracross
15:40eventually almost finishes it off after
15:42several rounds of Slack Off healing, but
15:44can't quite do it. All right, 8-Bit the
15:47sevi clawitzer, let's dark pulse. He
15:50even gets a crit to one-shot Mega
15:52Gengar. That's what I'm talking about.
15:55Dusknoir quickly follows suit. The focus
15:57sash Ceruledge, the real one this time,
16:00poses a bit of a problem, or would if
16:03not for a flinch. Dang, 8-Bit, that was
16:06an incredible debut. I think I'm going
16:08to like you. Of course, that was
16:10technically the third attempt. The first
16:13two didn't quite go so well. For now
16:15though, I will only highlight the
16:17occasional loss cuz this video is going
16:19to be far too long already. But rest
16:21assured, I am keeping track of all of
16:24them, so you can point and laugh at my
16:26lack of skills at the end of the video,
16:28or throughout, whatever floats your
16:30boat. Either way, having saved Mr. Fuji,
16:33I get the Poké Flute, allowing me to
16:35steal some unfinished food from the
16:36Snorlax. Coupled with the Item Finder,
16:39and yet another Snorlax, I now have
16:42[music] four pairs of apple cores. Nice.
16:45Again, Chuck is another optional battle,
16:47but I really want to knock him down a
16:49peg or two. Not so much Ariados,
16:51unfortunately, but he sticky webbed,
16:53which is all I wanted from him. Puck
16:55barely survives a triple axel to quiver
16:57dance, healing a bit with kisses.
17:00Course, that was wasted thanks to
17:01Lucario. A Araquanid Warja liquidates
17:04Lucario, and Elvis Butterfree does
17:07nothing to Quaquaval aside from giving
17:09him time to speed boost and moxie. Well,
17:12that's unfortunate. Good thing the man
17:14can't get hit by him at all. Sneasler
17:16certainly can and 006, too. I'm not very
17:20good against poison fighters right now.
17:21Oh, thank you for surviving that, Varja.
17:24It was much too close. Puck picks off
17:26Breloom, unveiling Chuck's Mega Gallade,
17:29and with her knocked out, it's all up to
17:31the man. Not a great spot to be in, but
17:33he is sneaky if nothing else. Chuck's
17:35last mon is the duck who can't touch
17:37this. Several screeches and countless
17:40fury cutters later, it is defeated and I
17:42actually beat Chuck on the first try.
17:45Thanks for that expert belt, Chuck, by
17:47the way. This will be a huge help. In
17:49Silph Co., Nike shows up again after a
17:52bit of a hiatus. I wonder where he's
17:54been. Sage Mage starts off Thunder
17:56Caging Staraptor, even surviving Brave
17:58Bird. This Jumpluff is a bit more
18:00problematic than expected and Nike has a
18:03great counter to my steel bugs, a Mega
18:06Charizard Y. But Kleavor, Omega, tanks
18:09the sun-boosted hit on the swap with a
18:11whopping 3 HP. I probably should have
18:14sacked somebody there instead, but with
18:16Accelgor, it all works out for me. Why
18:18send out King Gambit so early, though?
18:20Only two of your Pokémon have fainted.
18:22That's just weird. Either way, Frito,
18:25the Falinks, who is now a bug fighter,
18:27can simply close combat, even with that
18:30Chople Berry. Azumarill's Iron Headed,
18:33revealing once again the still alive
18:35Jumpluff. I only have two guys left
18:37over, but if Accelgor outspeeds, I've
18:40got this. He Final Gambits, sacrificing
18:43his own HP to deal the same amount of
18:45damage to Jumpluff and it totally works.
18:49Hey, I like that kamikaze bug. Not so
18:51bad. Get out of here, Nike. Let me
18:54finish off Team Rocket. Uh-oh. You know
18:56some unfair crap's about to go down when
18:58the dev himself gives you a warning.
19:00Turns out we have a double battle up
19:02next, where Brendan, you know, an
19:05actually decent citizen, sees the evil
19:07of Team Rocket and teams up with me to
19:09stop them. Something Nike would never
19:11dream of doing. He's too busy making as
19:14much money as possible. Now, this battle
19:16may not start off amazing, but thanks in
19:18large part to Brendan's Mega Sceptile,
19:20we actually win. When I'm down to only
19:23Is. Oh, man. I am very grateful to
19:26Brendan right about now. Course, he too
19:28ditches me to face the big kahuna on my
19:31own. Maybe I gave him a bit too much
19:32credit back there. Seeing as how
19:34Giovanni had a Garchomp walking around
19:36behind him, I'm assuming that's his
19:38mega. Thick Pelvis starts off Leaf
19:40Blading Hippowdon, no problem. His very
19:43non-Mega Garchomp then Scale Shots the
19:46Pelvis. Ouch, that's got to hurt. With
19:48minus defense, Quad T's First Impression
19:51takes it out. Oh, turns out it's still a
19:53Mega Kangaskhan. Okay, then. Omega can
19:56Brick Break it, or not. Accelerock then?
19:59Still not. This mother and baby sure are
20:02hanging on. With half my team gone, I
20:04need a bit better luck. Is has the
20:06priority Water Star, which is pretty
20:08nice. And then Frito no retreats
20:10Garganacl. I like that immediate Omni
20:12Boost. It's quite useful. Case in point,
20:15Close Combat is now a one-shot. Almost
20:18the same with Excadrill, if not for a
20:20Focus Sash. But, we still have the Water
20:22Star, Is. His Kamikaze does not quite
20:25defeat Torterra, so it's time for 8-Bit
20:28to Struggle Bug his last Pokémon. Wow,
20:30that was a close one. For beating
20:32Giovanni, I get not only the useless
20:35Master Ball, I have the easy catch,
20:37thank you very much, but also, and much
20:39more importantly, the Mega Ring. About
20:42freaking time. I feel like I've been
20:44fighting Megas for far too long. Now, I
20:47can finally get my own. But, who is it
20:49going to be in this apparent Sabrina
20:52double battle? Dang it, I didn't see
20:54that coming. Course, I'm not the one
20:56who's psychic. Now, the psychic terrain
20:59means that priority moves are not going
21:01to cut it. Fury Cutter still does,
21:02though. Good job, Siva, the newly caught
21:05Scizor. And that Trick Room actually
21:07helps me a good amount. After all,
21:10Bushido is not that fast, unlike the
21:12Mega Gardevoir. What happened to your
21:14ace Alakazam? That's weird. Yeah,
21:17someone was bound to get fired there.
21:19But my now very quick Pokémon take
21:21advantage of their unexpected agility.
21:23Things are going pretty well for a
21:25double battle. You know what time it is
21:26now? My first Mega Evolution. I bet you
21:30didn't expect Gorillapeed. That's right,
21:33he has a mega now. Not that it helped
21:35much here. Darn Ursaluna. A few more
21:37hits takes out the Porygon2 as well,
21:40earning the sixth badge. Being a double
21:43battle, I expected to struggle quite a
21:45bit more there. It's a good thing the
21:46bike path is hugely problematic and an
21:49apparent Nuzlocke killer, too. It starts
21:51with three back-to-back biker battles.
21:54Goodness, that was altogether too much
21:55alliteration. After the second biker, I
21:58am down to a single Pokémon, Quad T, who
22:01somehow beats the third biker all by her
22:03lonesome. That was close.
22:05The rest of this route is not smooth
22:07sailing, per se, but doable. That is
22:09aside from the hurricaning and dragon
22:11pulsing Salamence. Why you got to be
22:13like that, William? I almost made it
22:15through alive. Just like I almost got to
22:18the Safari Zone where a bunch of awesome
22:20items are waiting. All right, Brendan,
22:22you were helpful last time. I can
22:24forgive this intrusion, I suppose. And
22:26he starts off with a freaking floating
22:29Metagross. Call me crazy, but I doubt
22:32one little air balloon would somehow
22:34float a steel Metagross. It does work
22:37somehow, unlike my team. Get it
22:39together, bugs. A single change and we
22:42should be good to go. Time to show what
22:44Mega Gorillapeed can really do. Get
22:46blown up on. Gee, thanks, Brendan. Gumby
22:49shell smashes before rock blasting
22:51Exploud. As fast as little Gumby has
22:53been in the past, and even with plus two
22:55speed, she's got nothing on a Mega
22:58Sceptile. Unfortunate, but expected.
23:00Bushido almost takes out the Mega with
23:02leech life, but just missed out. Oh, Oh,
23:05man, and here comes the chop. You know
23:07what does out speed Sceptile? Quad T's
23:09first impression, that's what. Medicham
23:12activates her emergency exit, but only
23:14after dying. Siva picks off Crawdaunt,
23:17but not quite Gardevoir. For once, I'm
23:19okay with emergency exit as it lets T
23:22come back out to second impression,
23:24defeating Brendan again. I still can't
23:26be too mad at him even if he did block
23:28access to these incredible items. No,
23:31obviously not the gross golden teeth or
23:34even surf. What I want are these mega
23:37stones. Koga will stand no chance now
23:39that I have these. Hey, you can't lock
23:42your door. You're throwing off my whole
23:43groove. It turns out Koga is a chicken.
23:47Who knew? He wants extra time to
23:48prepare, forcing me to rebattle the
23:51first three gym leaders. Not only do
23:53they have updated teams, but they also
23:55each have a new gimmick like sandstorm
23:58in Brock's gym, which seems like a
23:59mighty uncomfortable building to be in
24:01if we're being honest, but I have no
24:03choice. Believe it or not, Brock ends up
24:06being a bit tougher than last time
24:07mainly due to his Hisuian Arcanine who
24:10takes a heck of a lot less from a four
24:12times water star than expected. But
24:14after a handful of tries, I get cheap
24:16starting with Sarcasm to quiver dance.
24:18That Great Tusk stealth rocks is another
24:20pretty big issue. He gets two quiver
24:22dances in, loses an expert belt
24:25unfortunately, but fully heals with Giga
24:27Drain. Tyranitar misses Stone Edge,
24:29which is amazing as Sarcasm gets to go
24:32even farther. Omastar is drained,
24:34Ursaluna surfed, and Arcanine almost
24:36surfed, but he has a focus sash. Still,
24:39Sarcasm did amazing and even though it's
24:42very not effective, first impression
24:44only has to deal one damage. This brings
24:47out his mega Aerodactyl who stands no
24:49chance against a non-mega Scizor. Two
24:52bullet punches is all it takes. Still, I
24:55lost three times getting to that
24:57victory. Now, for Misty, she obviously
24:59has permanent rain. I start with Bennu,
25:02who we haven't seen much of in a while.
25:04He goes mega and destroys the not yet
25:06hero Palafin. Granted, he doesn't do
25:09much to the non-water type Arcanine, but
25:11the man can't even get hit. He gets a
25:14free crit phantom force on Kingdra
25:16before swapping to Jaylen. He has a
25:18brand new move, Thunder Clap, which is
25:21basically sucker punch but electric and
25:23special, which is perfect for the super
25:25slow Vikavolt. Once again, Arcanine
25:28cannot hurt the man, giving me another
25:30hit on Gyarados, who naturally becomes
25:32mega. But little does Misty know that
25:35Bushido with leech life, leftovers, and
25:38dry skin is an absolute Gyarados
25:41counter. Arcanine is a bit tougher, but
25:43Bushido sappy seeds, which also leaves a
25:46leech life, which is awesome. I bring
25:48the man back out to fury cutter just in
25:50time for Misty to sacrifice Gyarados,
25:53which is not a very smart move.
25:55Of course, Ferrothorn can hurt my ghost
25:57in a number of ways, so let's just final
25:59gambit with Ys. Now, Bushido still can't
26:02do a ton of direct damage to that very
26:04water building, but leech life does
26:06something, and just look at how much HP
26:08she is healing every turn. That's
26:10insane. Thanks to leech seed, Gorbus'
26:12focus sash is immediately broken, and
26:15Misty is now down to her last Pokémon.
26:18At this HP, Bennu's pin missile is more
26:20than enough. Well, there you go, Misty.
26:22That actually took four tries this time,
26:24so it's safe to say things are getting a
26:26bit more difficult. On to the third gym
26:28leader, Surge, for the second time. He
26:31also starts with stealth rocks because
26:33obviously. Through trial and error, I
26:35find that Iron Threads cannot hurt the
26:37man, letting me start some fury cutters.
26:40Belly Bolt can't hurt the man either, so
26:42not sure about that swap. If nothing
26:44else, it allows the man to hurt
26:46Manectric, too, and absorb a double
26:48intimidate before being flinched.
26:50Figures he'd have that move. With that
26:52fury cutter damage, quad T's first
26:54impression is all I need. I had hoped my
26:57only ground Pokémon, Kabema, could get a
27:00chance to set up here with quiver dance
27:01like he did last time, but the electric
27:03Hariyama had other plans. What a jerk.
27:06Time for a very exciting stall with
27:08Bushido. What with leftovers, leech
27:11seed, and protect. I do try a double
27:13protect just in case, and it doesn't
27:16work. I actually tried a few times in
27:18this run, and it never does. Despite
27:20being a 33% chance, allegedly.
27:23Regardless, Bushido survives that
27:25fighter. She almost takes out Bellybolt,
27:27too, till Surge swaps to Pawmot. No
27:30matter, that leech seed sappy seed combo
27:33easily takes it out. Rotom, too, falls
27:35in a single hit. Bushido is rocking this
27:38battle. Let's pick off Bellybolt, and
27:40finally Iron Treads. Are you kidding me
27:43right now? A flinch at the very end?
27:47Fine. You still did good, Bushido. Take
27:49a rest. With that nonsense filler out of
27:51the way, and four additional losses, we
27:54return to Koga, who I naively thought
27:57was still a poison type user. Turns out
28:00he uses ninjas instead, and my team is
28:02simply not up to the challenge. I
28:04expected, you know, Weezings and stuff.
28:07Instead, I got this speedy bug. No fair.
28:10After a team change, I try again.
28:12Jaylen's Thunderclap takes out Swellow
28:15before he can do anything, swell or no.
28:17But Jaylen's real purpose is to sticky
28:19web and slow down Koga's ninjas. That
28:22boom bursting mega Toxricity is a bit
28:24concerning, not going to lie, but W
28:26Soul, the Orbeetle, can take the hit and
28:29respond with psychic. That's as far as
28:31he goes. Mega Bennu could easily take it
28:34out if pin missile had more than two
28:36hits. Oh, and is immediately crit, too,
28:38so that's fun. Is can finally bug buzz
28:41it. Thanks to the sticky web, he out
28:44speeds Koga's Accelgor. As they exchange
28:46powerful bug buzzes, Koga swaps to an
28:49Iron Valiant who quickly defeats Iss.
28:51Okay, I've only got two Pokémon left now
28:54and I don't want to lose to Koga a
28:56second time. Quad T Liquidations because
28:59First Impression would be super weak and
29:01thanks to Knock Off, she actually
29:03survives to then Sucker Punch. Nice. A
29:06Sliggoo is also punched. Koga still has
29:08a Greninja, unfortunately, but this one
29:11does not have Protean. Bushido is a
29:13sacrifice, I'm afraid, letting Quad T
29:15come back out. I'm praying that First
29:18Impression is strong enough here and it
29:20is, taking a Battle Bond Greninja right
29:23out. I still lost once, but it's much
29:26better than the more recent battles. On
29:28Cinnabar Island, I encounter May from
29:30the Hoenn region. I was just trying to
29:32get a Secret Key in the Poké Mansion,
29:34but apparently, she doesn't want me to
29:36do that. Okay, I start with Jaylen again
29:39as it's worked out well in the past. Her
29:41Solrock starts with a Stealth Rocks. Why
29:44does everybody have that move? It's
29:46really rough on my bugs. Either way,
29:48Jaylen bug buzzes and thunder claps the
29:51rock, no problem. This brings out Mega
29:53Blaziken. Jaylen does some damage before
29:56being Flare Blitzed into oblivion. With
29:59that speed boost, I need a priority move
30:02and with Smokey's Tinted Lens, Sucker
30:04Punch is good enough. Relicanth is Aura
30:06Sphere'd by 8-Bit as Mega Banette does
30:09some chip to Flygon with U-Turn.
30:11Volcarona Lunatic takes half HP from
30:13those stones and is Earthquaked. She
30:15never stood a chance. But her sacrifice
30:18allows Banette to get a Fell Stinger KO
30:21with a dramatic attack boost. May's two
30:23remaining Pokémon, Breloom and
30:25Manectric, are simply out sped and
30:27Poison Jabbed, no problem. Hey, that's
30:30the first major battle in quite a while
30:33that I won first try. Maybe things are
30:35looking up for my bugs. Or, you know,
30:38not. Because in Blaine's gym, the last
30:41several trainers do not have a quiz to
30:43avoid a battle. And being fire Pokémon,
30:46let's just say they have a fairly major
30:48advantage against most of my team.
30:51Oh, and rock and ground types, too, just
30:53to make things more difficult for me.
30:55Just getting to Blaine cost me six
30:57additional losses. That's not a great
30:59start to this gym. For Blaine himself,
31:02well, I also lose a bunch of times. I
31:05eventually come to realize that if I
31:06want a chance at victory here, I need to
31:08get rid of the sun.
31:10Q Fairy, the Illumise's very first and
31:13only battle. She has Prankster, giving
31:15Rain Dance priority. Coupled with an
31:17Occa Berry, she manages to survive a
31:20hit. Granted, that's basically all she
31:22does, but still, Omega can finish off
31:25Armarouge. I try to dual Wing Beat his
31:28Slither Wing with my own, but hit a
31:29Charizard instead. Who, naturally,
31:33brings the sun right back as he mega
31:35evolves. That Occa Berry was not nearly
31:37enough, but Omega can Accelerock again.
31:41Grellipede absorbs some fire on the
31:42swap, mega evolves because he is really
31:45my only option here, to eventually Fire
31:47Lash Slither Wing. Executor is kind of
31:50the opposite of a fire Pokémon, but Is
31:52can take it out with a four times
31:54effective Bug Buzz. Typhlosion, who is
31:57going to erupt at full HP, his fire
32:00moves have priority, so Is can't do much
32:02of anything. But, Orangutanid resists
32:05fire because of his ability and has a
32:07water boost, too, one-shotting with
32:09Liquidation. Last is Ogerpon, who Varja
32:12almost defeats, but not quite. No
32:15matter, Omega can once again Accelerock
32:18for the win. That's his main
32:20responsibility, after all. That was not
32:22great, but I am super happy to be
32:24leaving this gym. I don't go far, but I
32:26encounter Jasmine. Might as well do this
32:29before I leave Cinnabar. Her first
32:30Pokémon, Forretress, obviously has
32:33Sturdy, but that's not an issue, unless
32:35it also has an Occa Berry, giving a
32:37normal move priority. Also, not a great
32:40start here, and we never quite recover
32:42from that loss. Okay, second time's the
32:45charm. On this subsequent attempt, her
32:48Forretress now looks an awful lot like a
32:50Bronzong. Wait a minute here. She has a
32:53completely different team. Didn't see
32:55that coming. Not much Lunatic can do
32:57here, but Fiery Dance, getting two
33:00special attack boosts in the process.
33:02For some reason, none of her other
33:04Pokémon have Sturdy or a Focus Sash, and
33:07Lunatic simply dances through her entire
33:10team. That was unexpected, but after the
33:12gym losses we just suffered, I'll take
33:15it. And those pretty awesome items, too.
33:17On the nearby Seafoam Islands, we
33:19encounter Old Man Price. It makes sense
33:21he'd hang out here. He starts with Jynx,
33:24and I Omega. He is put to sleep, wakes
33:27up with a Berry to Stone Axe and set up
33:29Stealth Rocks. Next turn, obviously,
33:32it's Accelgor. On Walrein, he misses at
33:34the exact wrong time, getting Ice Beamed
33:37as a result. That's fine. I do have
33:39Subnautica, the Mega Heracross. Walrein
33:42is picked off, and Backscalibur starts
33:44with a Dragon Dance, which would be
33:46concerning if Heracross weren't so
33:48freaking awesome. He even survives a
33:50Mega Glalie's Double Edge. He's doing
33:53amazing. That is, unfortunately, as far
33:55as he goes. Is simply Kamikaze's
33:58Arctozolt for revenge, while Jaylen
34:00Thunderclaps Cloyster for the win. While
34:03not my first attempt, it was only the
34:05second, so not so bad. With that, it's
34:07time to challenge the final gym leader.
34:09Psych. Brendan wants my help taking down
34:13Team Rocket once and for all in Cerulean
34:15Cave. All right, then. Let's go. There
34:18are a handful of not difficult Rocket
34:20battles here, until I find Mr. Team
34:22Rocket himself, catch Mewtwo with a
34:25Master Ball. I would be upset, but
34:27Mewtwo is not a bug, so I couldn't use
34:29it anyway. At this point, Lance shows up
34:31to
34:32with his not best Pokémon. Why are you
34:34walking around without your best team?
34:37Maybe he's leveling up some stragglers.
34:39The just caught Mewtwo is somehow able
34:41to mega evolve, which, as you might
34:43imagine, does not go well for me,
34:46especially with the psychic terrain
34:47preventing priority moves. But now that
34:50I know what to expect, I have a plan.
34:52Lunatic has a psychic seed to boost her
34:54special defense and begins with a quiver
34:57dance. While Lance's Dragapult knocks
34:59Tapu Lele right out. Lunatic then fiery
35:02dances Celesteela and bug buzzes Mewtwo,
35:05who only mega evolves after fainting,
35:08cuz that's completely fair. That
35:09expanding force move is so powerful and
35:12it hits both of us. However, I have a
35:15perfect mega Mewtwo counter. My own
35:18mega, a freaking Beedrill. Bennu out
35:22speeds and one shots mega Mewtwo, no
35:25problem. That was awesome. Scizor then
35:29just starts fury cuttering. It slowly
35:31builds up power as he takes out
35:33Giovanni's remaining Pokémon. Well, that
35:35battle wasn't actually that hard. I like
35:37how after his complete and utter
35:39decimation, this game tries to make me
35:41feel bad for Giovanni. Talking about how
35:44sad he is that he abandoned his family
35:46to pursue these criminal enterprises.
35:48Yeah, it's not working. You suck, man.
35:51Even if Admin Archer and the other one
35:54try to cheer you up. Anyway, Mewtwo
35:56escapes and kicks us out of his home,
35:59which is remarkably restrained
36:01considering what Giovanni just did to
36:03him. Anyway, Team Rocket is finally
36:05defeated, so it's time to get the last
36:06badge from Claire, who is not only the
36:09final Kanto leader, but also the final
36:12Johto one. It's only Claire, though.
36:14She's never really been that difficult.
36:16Until now, apparently. Those of you who
36:19watched this live, I am truly sorry
36:21about that.
36:22>> You're lame. You're the worst. It's
36:24weird that she's now the eighth gym
36:25leader of Kanto, but she wasn't Oh,
36:27that's unfortunate. If you didn't, just
36:30know that this pushed me to my absolute
36:32limits. I was at this battle for a
36:35freaking hour and a half, resulting in a
36:38whopping 18 losses, by far the most of
36:43any other battles. So, I'll just show
36:45the strategy that did work. Suffice it
36:48to say, I was less than enthusiastic at
36:50this point. I start with Sage Mage, who
36:53is taunted by Aerodactyl. This means I
36:55can't use the sticky web, but I can
36:57Electro Web, slowing down the 'dactyl. I
37:00know she's going to swap, because we've
37:01done this before, so I Volt Switch the
37:03Naganadel. Mega Heracross does not take
37:06it out, unfortunately, but does enough
37:09for Omanyte to. I swap to Golisopod to
37:11defeat the Steel Fairy Magearna, and
37:13sacrifice him to Dragonite. Now, this
37:16dragon has Multiscale, meaning the first
37:18hit does half damage. So, I U-Turn to
37:21break that scale. Sage Mage takes a Dual
37:23Wingbeat, and I would love to sticky
37:25web, but Extreme Speed makes that
37:27impossible. A Stone Axe now defeats
37:30Dragonite, and layers some rocks while
37:32Omanyte is at full HP. Gouging Fire is
37:35very defensive, but between those rocks,
37:38another Stone Axe, and a Stone Edge,
37:40it's taken right out. Roaring Moon's
37:42Iron Head is weaker than expected, so I
37:44could have done another Stone Axe Stone
37:46Edge combo. Instead, I double Stone
37:48Edge, leaving that Moon alive. Sure, I
37:51have a Focus Sash Puck, who easily
37:53knocks it out, but I forgot about
37:55Aerodactyl. Are you kidding me?
37:57>> Wait. No! Dang it, I think I don't have
38:01this still. I think I'm
38:05What the
38:06He taunted me.
38:09He let me win.
38:12That was horrible. I hated that so much.
38:15Claire, having been forced to squash my
38:17bugs 18 times in a row for the past
38:20almost 2 hours, just gives up. It turns
38:23out she too is tired of being here. You
38:26know what? A pity win is still a win.
38:29Ash knows all about that. As long as I
38:31get the eighth badge, I don't really
38:33care at this point. Clearly, we still
38:35have Nike blocking our way to the Elite
38:37Four, so let's deal with him real quick.
38:40Sage Mage starts with a sticky web and
38:42never gets the Thunder Clap,
38:43unfortunately. Omega's Accelrock is
38:46barely too weak as he swaps to Sneasler.
38:49I feel like Puck is my best counter
38:51here, but still not great. With Dazzling
38:53Gleam damage, Mega Septile [music]
38:55simply Arm Thrusts. Grapelipped faces
38:58off against his Mega Charizard X as it
39:00Dragon Dances. That's not great, but he
39:03did enough for Omega to Accelrock, no
39:05problem. Septile comes back out to Arm
39:08Thrust Sandy Shock and Omega causes
39:10Steraptor to knock himself out. For
39:12once, Accelrock doesn't quite work out.
39:15Is also fails to KO this Azumarill,
39:18leaving it all up to Septile. A Bullet
39:20Seed is more than enough. Last and
39:22certainly least, Nike has King Gambit
39:25who is sent out properly this time to
39:27maximize his ability. But that Chople
39:29Berry is rendered pointless by this
39:31multi-hit attack. Great job, Heracross.
39:34You brought me to victory here. First
39:36try. It feels good after that Claire
39:38fiasco. Oh, I need more practice?
39:41Whatever, dude. Right before entering
39:43Victory Road, I am stopped by yet
39:45another rival. This time, it's Brendan.
39:48Okay, let's do another battle, I guess.
39:51He starts with a Deoxys, which seems
39:53slightly unfair, if you ask me. Sage
39:55Mage can't stand up to it at all,
39:58especially not with a crit. Omega Stone
40:00Axes and then Accelrock to break that
40:03Focus Sash. Next up, he has a Jirachi
40:06that Grapelipped could handle if he
40:08didn't swap to Road Runner Zapdos. Omega
40:11can still take it out, but that is as
40:13far as he goes, thanks to yet another
40:16legendary Pokémon, Landorus. I don't
40:19know where they're all coming from, but
40:21in a few minutes it should not matter. I
40:23was hopeful that maybe Subnautica could
40:25finish off Jirachi, but nope. At least
40:28Is can Bug Buzz it and then Giga Drain
40:31the very non-legendary Huntail. What's
40:33up with that? Last is his Mega Sceptile.
40:36Is is clearly not fast enough for that.
40:38All right, Puck, it's all up to you.
40:40Please survive this hit. It looks like
40:42Bullet Seed is Sceptile's best move. A
40:45Dazzling Gleam barely leaves it alive.
40:47So, as long as Bullet Seed doesn't hit
40:49five times, we should be okay. It does
40:51not, defeating yet another rival on the
40:54first try. Hey, I could get used to
40:57this. In Victory Road, there are clearly
40:59some tough trainers, including Mega
41:01Evolutions, but we make it through
41:03easily enough. We also catch a few of
41:05our own Legendaries, Genesect and this
41:09big buff bug. I'm not going to use them
41:11though. I'll stick with my normal bugs
41:13for the Elite Four instead. Before
41:15starting, you can talk to this guy who
41:17tells you which team Lorelei will have.
41:19So, I form a team perfectly crafted to
41:22defeat Lorelei's water Pokémon, whatever
41:25they are, and every other Elite Four
41:27member, too. Oh, this is a double
41:29battle? Well, that didn't go as
41:31expected. I try a few more times with my
41:34initial team because I really want to
41:36keep Subnautica here, but in the end, it
41:38just is not working. Okay, let's swap
41:41them around and try again. This time I
41:44lead with Jaylen and Quad T. Quad T
41:47immediately one-shots Ogerpon, while
41:49Jaylen Sticky Webs to slow everyone
41:51down. Lorelei's Pokémon outspeeding has
41:54been a major issue thus far. I swap into
41:56Bushido, who, as we already know, is
41:59near invincible in the rain. Jaylen
42:01almost defeats Politoed, but is overcome
42:04by a Mega Swampert. Nothing that Lunatic
42:06with Giga Drain can't quite handle. Come
42:09on. Well, that burn should be enough
42:12After Politoed hazes for some reason I
42:14and Bushido puts it to sleep. I do a bit
42:17of swapping around to my two Scyther
42:19knockoffs. Omega only survives because
42:21of a passho berry. Together, they team
42:24up to take out Walking Wake, though Siva
42:26falls in the process. This brings out a
42:29primal Kyogre. Why does she get a mega
42:32and a primal reversion? That's no fair.
42:35Against all odds, Bushido the Parasect,
42:38or dare I say Parasect the mighty, takes
42:42a fully powered ice beam to the face and
42:45still survives. Yes. Sappy seed almost
42:49one shots that Kyogre, too. It'll die
42:51next turn anyway, so Omega accelerates
42:54her final Pokémon as Bushido does what
42:57she does best, stall and let leech seed
42:59do its thing. All it takes now is a life
43:02orb first impression and Lorelei is
43:04defeated on the fifth try. A bit more
43:07than I had hoped for, but far less than
43:09Claire. I'm much more hopeful for Bruno,
43:12even if he does start with a stealth
43:14rocks Great Tusk. Not a big fan of that
43:16move, in case you couldn't tell. After
43:18putting it to sleep, Bushido sappy seeds
43:20on the swap to suck the life out of
43:22Zacian. That was not very strong, but
43:25hopefully Omega Scizor can bullet punch.
43:28Not quite, but she survives a swords
43:30dance boosted close combat. That's a
43:33miracle. Let's just stall to heal a bit
43:35more. Urshifu is choice specs thunder
43:38clapped and Bushido begins to stall
43:40another iron hands, kind of like with
43:43Surge. I'm not ready to sack her yet,
43:45though. Instead, bringing out quad T
43:47once iron hands has taken enough damage.
43:50My enough was way off, it seems. Quad T
43:53was less than victorious. Lunatic with
43:55some heavy duty boots to avoid those
43:57stealth rocks fire dances the iron
43:59valiant instead and follows it up with
44:01another dance. She then one shots mega
44:03Lucario with a crit, at which point iron
44:06hands is picked off, as is Great Tusk
44:08with Giga Drain. Maybe this didn't look
44:11all that tough, but thanks in no small
44:13part to those Stealth Rocks, I lost
44:15seven times here. So, not great. How
44:18about Old Lady Agatha? She starts with a
44:21Gengar and prevents Jaylen from sticking
44:23up this place. No fair. Turns out it's
44:26not a Gengar, but Jaylen doesn't care.
44:29It's Thunder Clapped all the same.
44:31Goldengo is up next and that's more or
44:33less what I expected. Lunatic tries to
44:36fire it, but Agatha swaps to Chi-Yu, a
44:38Fire Fish instead. The fish tries to
44:41fire me, but Lunatic swaps to Omega
44:43instead. That Flamethrower was a bit
44:46more powerful than expected and with
44:47Life Orb damage, he only has 1 HP left.
44:51Can't even make the most of it either,
44:52thanks to Shadow Sneak. Time to Bushido
44:55stall once again. Marshadow isn't doing
44:57much of anything to her, so Bushido
44:59wins, no problem. Goldengo returns to
45:02now paralyze Lunatic, but even a slowed
45:04down dance is more than enough. I do
45:06sack her to Roaring Moon for quad T to
45:09get a clean First Impression swap.
45:11Perfect. She also has Sucker Punch. It
45:14almost defeats Mega Gengar, but not
45:17quite. That's fine. At this HP, all I
45:19need is a priority move from my own Mega
45:23and Agatha is driven to an admittedly
45:25late grave. Believe it or not, that was
45:28my first attempt. What a Halloween
45:30miracle. Things are looking up. Hugh
45:33Lance with the lamest, but still
45:35relatively effective, I begrudgingly
45:37admit, strategy. First, he starts with
45:40Aerodactyl to Stealth Rocks because, of
45:42course, he freaking does. Everybody and
45:44their dog, or prehistoric pterodon, as
45:47the case may be, has Stealth Rocks in
45:49this game. The real issue comes after
45:51Aerodactyl is dealt with in the form of
45:54Primal Dialga. Now, aside from being a
45:56freaking legendary with incredible
45:59stats, his Roar of Time has the added
46:01non-benefit of force switching my
46:04Pokémon in the middle of stealth rocks.
46:06So, even if someone survives the hit,
46:09they just come back out later and die. I
46:11eventually get past it, but the damage
46:14has already been done. And Salamence
46:16picks off the stragglers. After several
46:18attempts, I still haven't even seen his
46:21full team. That's when chat gives me an
46:24ingenious idea. Aerodactyl knows taunt,
46:27which I've found out the hard way. But,
46:29if I teach Omega toxic instead of
46:32starting with stealth rocks, Aerodactyl
46:34will taunt to try to avoid that move.
46:36This lets me get past Aerodactyl without
46:39those pointy rocks of death. And it's a
46:41huge accomplishment. It's time [music]
46:43for plan B of my strategy, where Omega
46:46gives way to Lunatic on a flash cannon.
46:48She is equipped with choice specs and
46:50now overheat. It still isn't a one shot,
46:53but it does a heck of a lot of damage.
46:56So much so that Jaylen should be able to
46:58thunderclap. Or not. That's unfortunate,
47:01but it allows Mega Scizor to appear for
47:04free. Now, this Dragonite also has been
47:06an issue, but its multi-scale is ruined
47:09by my own pointy rocks of death. Dual
47:11wing beat isn't that bad. You got this,
47:13Siva. Especially with a crit. That was
47:16nice. I wanted an attack boost with
47:18metal claw there, but I can't complain
47:20since I might actually win. I sacrificed
47:23Lunatic to Omega Salamence, who
47:25ironically gets burned after a fire
47:27fang. That's why you don't play with
47:29fire, kids. Accelerock may not be
47:31enough, but Salamence takes care of that
47:33with his own double edge. Omega hits
47:35Melmetal with a decently strong close
47:37combat and then dies. Good thing Siva
47:40also has close combat. Finally, his last
47:43Pokémon is revealed to be Iron Jugulis.
47:47I swap to Bushido as a sacrifice. I'm
47:49afraid she can't stand up to fire to
47:51allow quad T the chance she needs to
47:53first impression. It was barely too
47:56weak, resulting in her death to a crit.
47:59My final Pokémon left standing is Siva
48:02with a bullet punch. Oh man, that dude
48:04was tough. With eight losses, it was by
48:07far the hardest Elite Four battle. But
48:10we're clearly not done yet. Not when
48:12Nike is the current champion. I'm not
48:15about to allow that. Let's do this,
48:17Nike. He taunts me with that bug
48:19Pheromosa, who I can't get till post
48:21game. There's no need for that, Nike.
48:24Since I don't know what to expect here,
48:26Omega just begins with Stone Edge. What
48:28else? Followed up by a Solrock, we're
48:30starting off okay. Turns out though, he
48:33has a crap ton of legendaries. So things
48:36quickly are not okay. After trying that
48:39method a few times, I decide that
48:41slowing down Nike's Pokémon is more
48:43important. So I start with Jaylen. The
48:45problem is, some of his Pokémon fly and
48:48it still doesn't quite work out. You
48:50know what? I am tired of all this
48:52losing. It's about time me and my bugs
48:55were winners, not chicken dinners. So, I
48:58throw caution to the fiery wind and just
49:00lead with Lunatic to Quiver Dance. That
49:03burn was a huge help, by the way. She
49:05also has Roost to keep herself alive in
49:07addition to Leftovers. After four
49:09dances, I think we're okay to get
49:12sweeping. Now, Yveltal does have a
49:14priority Sucker Punch, but I've learned
49:16through trial and error that once its HP
49:18is too low, it wants to Oblivion Wing to
49:21get healed back up instead. That move is
49:23not priority, so suck at you, dark
49:26whatever. Miraidon is not quite psychic.
49:28Maybe I should have danced five times
49:30instead, but Parabolic Charge is a
49:32special move, so I'm not concerned. Mega
49:35Metagross is simply danced and Eternatus
49:37psychiced to bring out Nike's last
49:39Pokémon, an Imposter Ditto. Now, Ditto
49:43copies all stat changes as well, so this
49:45dude has plus four to special attack,
49:48special defense, and speed. In other
49:50words, I've created a monster.
49:52Fortunately for me, after Lunatic
49:54experiences what it's like to be on the
49:56other end of a fiery dance, I have a
49:59perfect Volcarona counter. None other
50:01than Omega, who is clearly an MVP. I
50:05know quite well firsthand how weak
50:07Volcarona is to rock, so I end this run
50:10with Omega's favorite move, Accelerock.
50:12Oh, yeah, a first try victory, if you
50:16ignore the previous seven losses. And
50:18that defeats Nike once and for all, in
50:21spite of his team of almost pure
50:23legendaries. With that, I have not only
50:26beaten Radical Red for the very first
50:28time, without foreknowledge of my
50:29opponent's teams, I have done it as a
50:32bug catcher. Because, why not? Now, I'm
50:35not going to sit here and pretend I did
50:37amazingly well. Clearly, with 84 losses,
50:40I did not. But, I've wanted to play
50:42Radical Red for quite a while, and I can
50:44at least say that now, I've beaten it.
50:46And you can all say, Professor Joe may
50:48not be as good at Pokémon as you
50:50thought. I'm okay with that. Though, if
50:52you were in any of the live streams, I'm
50:54sure you already knew that. I will also
50:56point out, to make me feel a little bit
50:58better about myself, that the 84 losses
51:01included resets if a battle started off
51:03poorly, so there's that at least. Still,
51:06it was frustratingly fun playing through
51:08this game. So, what did I learn from
51:10this? Bugs have a ton of weaknesses, but
51:13also one or two strengths. Whether they
51:17can overcome their weaknesses, well,
51:19I'll leave that up to you to decide.
51:21Thank you for watching, and a special
51:23thanks to my YouTube and Patreon
51:25members. I really appreciate your
51:26support. And, as always, I'll see you in
51:30the next region.

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