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In this video I take you along my ridiculous Pokemon Black Challenge Journey through the world of Unova in Generation 5 as I attempt to beat the entire game with only Deerling and without using Items in Battle! Am I able to do it? Only one way to find out!
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That Deerling would've needed a perfect 31 IV and 248 EVs, or 30 IV and 252 EVs in order to hit 143 at level 65. That was nearly perfect by sheer chance.
I love competitive nerd stuff!
They did the math!
You mean "by _deer_ chance."
@@EVPointMaster YES!
30 IVs only need 250 EVs
14:38 So I checked with a stat calculator, and at Lv. 65, a neutral nature Deerling with max Attack IVs and EVs would have 144 Attack. So yeah, your Deerling with 143 Attack had max or near-max Attack IVs and had incidentally maxed or near-maxed its Attack EVs.
Also, he somehow managed to avoid getting any SpDef EVs
@@silverrey7379 It is a pain in the but to get Special Defence EVs in BW, at least for a playthrough. The earliest ones are Frillish if I remember right from my attempts at a nuzlocke. All the other EVs you can get pretty easy, especially ATK as the first route is only ATK ev pokemon, and the next several are very heavy on ATK EV pokemon. Prior to the first gym you only get Attack and Speed.
And Feint Attack would have 2HKO'd most of Shauntal's Pokémon.
@@silverrey7379 The area outside the normal gym, where he trained, doesn't have any! It has three Atk pokemon and one Speed!
@@BardicLasher Don't forget the Lillipups, Patrats and Purrloins on route 2. Is so easy to gain attack in the early game of Black/White...
Deerling learns Faint Attack which would've been a physical move against Ghost. It's pretty weak, but better than anything you'd use with that special attack.
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Now maybe I missed it but I think we missed something very important - you didn't take a fossil so I can't comment to ask which one you took! This is an outrage!
Fun run
This Deerling was insane. Near perfect EVs and IVs for its Attack stat, STAB Return, and a powerful Fighting move for the Rock and Steel types that resist Normal moves.
Undeertaker honestly made me laugh so much until he threw Mankind off the top of hell in the cell and he plummeted 16ft through an announcers table
IMO its more impressive that he managed to climb back up afterwards and undertaker slammed him through the top of the cage into the ring
Dude, it was a jump kick to Ghetsis off the top of his castle, and that was awesome.
Undeertale...
(dis dood got yeeted)
Hmm... I think using Feint Attack on the Ghosts would have worked better than Shadow Ball since it's physical. It sucks that Deerling only gets Seed Bomb by tutor in B2W2 and doesn't get Horn Leech before evolving. EDIT: I checked the Showdown Damage Calculator and your Deerling was a guaranteed 2HKO against Cofagrigus with Feint Attack. Just equip a berry to cure burn.
One of these days I would love to see him try to take on Cynthia in these gen 5 challenges. She is the secret final boss like Steven was in Emerald
Same! I would love to see him challenge her (with rare candies ofc)
I honestly don't know why he doesn't know that he knows we're okay with him using rare candies after he beats the game
@@SoggyCoffeeAddicthe knows, I think he just forgets because weâve been over that several timesđ
To be fair something like deerling would definitely be destroyed though maybe not his insane perfect attack iv one but normal ones for sure
DUDE. I played gen 5 before gen 4, and while exploring post-game I ran into her, not knowing she was a boss. I got WRECKED and was so excited to train up to fight her again
On our way through, I took the plume fossil. I knew if I didnât say what I took youâd all ask. Actually now that I think about it everyone ask anyway. Comments are good for the CZcams algorithm.
On our way through, I took the plume fossil. I knew if I didnât say what I took youâd all ask. Actually now that I think about it everyone ask anyway. Comments are good for the CZcams algorithm.
Gen 5 is really cool. Would love to see a Litwick only run
Or gen 6 runs as well, a lot of great Pokemon to try
Deerling and Sawsbuck is one of my favorite Pokemon from Gen V, and was excited to see it back in all its forms in Scarlet and Violet. In Gen 6 you could only get the Spring version without breeding a transferred Deerling and Gens 7 and 8 just didnât have him.
So, your grinding spot of choice has Tympole, Pidove, Sawk, and Timburr. Of these, Pidove, Sawk, and Timburr give Attack EVs, while Tympole gives Speed EVs. By grinding here this early, you likely maxed out Deerling's attack EVs, so it probably had 30 IV, which is still very good. Maybe keep this in mind for future runs: If you want Attack, that grinding spot will get you lots of it.
Here's a tip for if you're playing Black 2 or White 2: In Mistralton City Professor Juniper gives you a lucky egg which doubled the amount of exp you gain this has helped me a lot in the late game and help me get Chuck to level 70 with ease
@@Tiberium10332 This is Black, the game forces you to take it
Lucky Egg and the rematchable breeders in B/W 2 are lifesavers for grinding fr
Maybe I got them all in post game, but the last time I played black/white I'm pretty sure I had like. 2-3 lucky eggs, not that I used them
@@SoggyCoffeeAddict Idk where you get them in black and white since I haven't gotten very far in playing that game
@@CrazyCyranYT just checked wiki, apparently it's repeatable in post. Only get 1 and no more without trade in bw 2 though
That was an absolutely nutty run. GG, MDB! And I hope you and whoever else you're living with that's been ill for a while, both feel better soon! And that the delivery from the butcher came through before the storm
Gen 5 runs are always such a treat! Shame they're so difficult thanks to the level curve.
Finally!!! I have been waiting too long for the Deerling challenge! So excited!!
I love Black and white and always love Black and White videos.
Love the work and Iâm glad to see you going into the later gens more and more!!!
You could of made this so much easier if you reminded faint attack ( or just kept it) . 60 bp physical super effective move is significantly better then shadow ball or wild charge
I was thinking about Faint Attack, too. Was going back to the Move Reminder too much trouble?
Chandelure's Flame Body might give some trouble.
The Deerling line is one of my favorite! I know you lucked out with the attack stat, but I still choose to believe that this video shows that Deerling is in the top percentage of Pokemon and its a crime it was so hard to have one in your party after gen V, at least until Scarlet/Violet
That little bit of you taking like 3 steps and getting attacked in victory road, multiple times in a row, sums up what Gen 5 feels like with rival fights honestly.
Gen 8 rival fights
Angry Bambi just smashing through the Big Bad's personal monster army with only a little "natural enhancement" was good for a laugh!
So glad you're doing better and back. I missed your videos when you were gone. These are so entertaining.
An idea should you ever do another one of these runs! I get why you replaced Snivy with Deerling, but maybe pick a starter so that one rival always has the advantage and one ISN'T weak to you!
To elaborate, I did a run of BW with Klutz Golett and I replaced Tepig so that both rivals had a starter effective against me (It was absolutely brutal)!
It makes me think how different this run would be like had Bianca had Emboar and Cheren had Serperior!
I love the little bits at the ends of your videos like the mini rant bits
I want you to know how much I appreciate that you made this video while under the weather! I was born with a compromised and very weak immune system so I catch any and every little bug that comes around. So I know what itâs like to feel like crap and still have to work!! Thank you for all you do, it means a lot, and get well soon so we (your subs) can keep seeing you around.
I know youâve been back in action for a bit now, but itâs really nice to see you back man. Content is great always! đ
I don't think I've ever seen a deerling challenge run before. I like
This whole video was twists and turns and man it was entertaining! Keep up the great work, I am looking forward to your next video! And good luck with the oncoming cold, I hate that feeling >.
Fallout 4 with no perks
MDB: I think that's going to be a hard one.
Me when my entire first run was no perks because I didn't scroll down the bar and only saw the skills: Vietnam flashbacks to 2018-2019
Congrats on having the buffest Deerling in Unova right there :P
Also sorry to hear you're getting/you got sick; hope you feel better soon!
These challenge runs are always funniest to imagine in-universe in Black and White, considering how high-stakes and personal the story is in those games. Just the idea of demolishing N's legendary dragon with this small deer and then sweeping the final boss with it always makes me laugh. These challenge runs are great!
Oh my god that explanation of you getting sick is so relatable, Iâve had that a few times before and it is the worst! I chug so much water when that happens but itâs never enough. Glad Iâm not the only one who gets that. Youâve got my sympathy mate.
love the Deerling line, but this is going to be rough!
Which Fossil did you take?
Also speaking about Fossils, how about showing one of them a bit of love again? Pokémon Ruby/Saphire/Emerald with Lileep or Anorith. Or Diamond/Pearl/Platinum with just Cranidos or Shieldon.
I love this run, Deerling and of course Sawsbuck is one of my favs. Good job
One of my all-time favourite Pokémon! So excited for this run
Oh deer, this looks more challenging than usual. It's good to buck the trend now and then doe.
I love how Krookodile's Intimidate saved you from being knocked out by its Foul Play.
Talk about an underrated mon. Awesome video, and i hope you and your family get well soon đ
I love learning so much about a Pokémon like Deerling, which I've never used. It really makes you appreciate the amount of time and effort that goes into these games, when most people will probably only actually use 10% of any regions given roster of Pokémon.
Always happy to see an MDB video, let's go Return!
Glad to see this run. I remember I have asked for it quite some time ago and now it's finally here. Nice work MDB. Even if the Attack had not been so high I think the middle game would still have been managable with only minor obstickles. Well that guesswork but that's just my opinion
Teddy Long: Ghetsis, tonight you're gonna go one on one with....DA UNDEERTAKA!
MDB after you hit level 32 (when deerling naturally learns energy ball) and have the tm for grass knot (and have access to the move reminder [Driftveil]), you would be able to switch between energy ball and grass knot interchangeably. If your deerling had energy ball and you wanted it to have grass knot, all you would have to do is use the grass knot tm, and if your deerling had grass knot and you wanted it to have energy ball, all you would have to do is pay the move reminder one heart scale to relearn it.
However, this introduces another problem, how to get infinite heart scales (legit), but luckily, in Driftveil there is an npc who will give you one heart scale per day if you show her a pokemon with whatever TM/HM move she wants to see that day. So, for instance she might ask you to show her a pokemon which knows cut, at which point you pull out your handy-dandy HM slave and score a free heart scale. Repeatedly setting your clock forward a day would allow you to get something like a heart scale every 2-5 minutes, I would estimate. And it gets better too! The "move lover," as bulbapedia terms her, will only ever ask to see moves that you already have the TM or HM for, meaning that in this one pokemon challenge she will only ask for a pokemon knowing Grass knot (which your Deerling should already know if you are trying to teach it energy ball), all the required HM's which you presumably already have a pokemon for, and the required TMs the gym leaders give you: Retaliate, Volt Switch, Work Up, Dragon Tail, Struggle Bug, Bulldoze, Frost Breath, and Acrobatics.
To that purpose, I would recommend (for future gen V runs if the same problem occurs) catching a scraggy (retaliate, dragon tail, & work up), a dwebble (bulldoze & struggle bug), an emolga (acrobatics & voltswitch), & any gen V ice type (frost breath). While you might be tempted to use the pan--- pokemon (the elemental monkey) the game forces on you since they learn acrobatics and work up, I can promise you that it would not be worth it unless you plan on getting lucky. (If you want to know why, it is in the next paragraph.)
There actually is another 4 (first form) pokemon combination that fulfills all of the required TM's AND include the free monke: a Pan--- monkey (acrobatics & work up), a Druddigon (retaliate, bulldoze, dragon tail), a Joltik (struggle bug & voltswitch), and any ice type (Frost breath); however, Druddigon and Joltik are both problems because you run into them after you get to Driftveil city, the first point in the run that this method of swapping moves should be possible. This is problematic because Druddigon is supposed to represent 3 TM's including retaliate, which you will certainly get before druddigon and even Driftveil (the second gym leader, Lenora, gives it to you). Thus, when you get to Driftveil, you are inable to necessarily get one heart scale per resetting the clock because occasionally the Move Lover will ask you for a pokemon with retaliate, which you won't have yet. The problem is similar in joltik's case: you can not get joltik until beating Clay (they are found in Chargestone cave) but need a joltik to present struggle bug (given to the player by the 3rd gym leader) & voltswitch (given to you by the 4th gym leader). Inevitably you would be forced to catch 3 extra pokemon because no pokemon (you can catch before the elite 4) learns even just two of those (voltswitch, retaliate, and struggle bug) except for joltik, nullifying any advantage you could have gotten by using the free monke.
Concluding statements: I have no idea if this strategy would be time efficient or helpful to you, but I though might as well help expand your Pokemon challenge tool box, especially since it gave me an excuse to research my favorite pokemon game!
(Btw. cubchoo learns frost breath, HM01 cut, HM03 surf, & HM04 strength)
Also, since I got distracted before actually watching the video, I think you are going to succeed. Deerling is pretty good imo though I have never tried one of these challenges so I don't really know if not being able to evolve will really be that detrimental.
Undeertaker may be my favorite nickname youâve ever given a pokemon đ
Also, in the future for Black and White, doing the elite four again so you can fight Alder as a final boss (similar to Red or Steven) would be really cool
Ah I've been waiting for this run I knew he had to do it sooner or later.
15:29 I 1000% thought you were gonna say "we're fucked" lol
This was a fun run to watch!
âWe took a ton of damage, got burned and lostâ
Yep that sounds like a Shauntal fight in a single Pokémon run.
Nice job. Go Deerling go.
Out of all Pokémon other than Legendaries, Mythicals, Megas and Ash-Greninja, Chandelure has the highest base value for its special attack. So, yes, it really is that much of a beast.
Since you mentioned editing out the sniffles my mind is adding in a sniffle between every pause - just for immersion ^^
Id love to see a shuppret run sometime. Its a pokemon i feel gets overlooked, plus it gets some random coverage like thunderbolt to kill all of the wingulls and tentacools in the sea, ( love your vids btw keep it up, wish your hands well :)
12:56 drayden showing off his wisdom of age lol
15:08 âghost gymâ never change MDB
Love your content man. Hope you recover soon
Hope you enjoyed your food, and I hope you recover from whatever illness it was that you caught. Thank you for your hard work!
Normal types with Return are so underrated tbh I love having Ursaring/Zangoose/Exploud on my team and just watch them decimate
Early reupload woop woop, I'm glad to see you changed the intro card lol
I have an idea for a unique challenge: PokĂ©mon but you can only use stab moves, but you can make an exception at the first rival battle because youâll get your first stab move immediately after
I didn't play gen 5 or later for so long, but honestly I love some of the gen 5 pokemon so much, I'd been missing out. Deerling is a great one, I love how cute but actually strangely strong it is
Awesome run as always gen 5 runs are always great to see. Hopefully you can fight alder or Cynthia like you would red or Steven in faster runs.
Here's a challenge idea in any pokemon game of your choice use the first pokemon of each gym leaders team to beat the game. Ex: gen 1 Brock Geodude,misty Staryu, surge Voltorb etc. Gen 2 Falkner Pidgey, bugsy metapod, Whitney clafairy, etc. Your choice if you wanna use their exact moveset or not. Hope you enjoy your week and take care
MDB AMA
Hey man, glad to hear youâre doing better from your update, take care of yourself and take your time getting yourself to %100.
My question is if you have plans for the next Nancy Drew game with Whattageek and Brandon? No pressure at all, I understand schedules are difficult to align. Love the content, keep it up man!
The fact that the Lenora fight went so fast that MDB had to play the Watchog fight *twice* is funny to me.
You know, I was so dumb in my playthrough of Black when I was a child that I never actually got past Shauntel (my fault for having my only good Pokemon being Serperior and Stoutland) that it made me forget that a lot of Gen 5 Pokemon are really good. This was a great reminder
Return STAB is great in-game plus a fighting move often leads to great coverage except for ghosts types
Great challenge. That little Bambi was a beast.
Would love to see you get back into some Skyrim runs.
Iâm surprised by how well Deerling did! It makes me happy because Grass is my favorite type, plus I just like it and Sawsbuck a lot. One thing I will say is that Iâm surprised you didnât get a Heart Scale to relearn Faint Attack when it came time to fight Shauntal. It could very well have OHKOed the more threatening ghosts.
The Great Bambi?
That whimpy de... no not this one.
This was one IS great
I love how we see deerling change forms throughout the video XD
Glad youâve been back for a while! Do you think youâll bring back PokĂ©mon mystery dungeon any time soon or are you done with it?
0:34 before I watch the video, Iâm going to guess you took the Plume fossil. Commenting is good for the CZcams algorithm- so Iâm looking forward to the run!
Just got into the intermission about people assuming you made a mistake! I really do appreciate every note you make about your mistakes, nobody is perfect and only few will actually acknowledge their mistakes. It's slightly maddening that people would tear into you, even if their intentions were good.
One of these days, I want to see you try a regi run. Start with one one the regis. Youâd think it would be easy, given its a legendary. However, they donât learn new moves for a LONG time, and all they usually have at the beginning is explosion.
Thank you for a great run. Hope you are feeling better! Undeertaker is such a fun name. As a huge Black Butler fan I always name my Mareeps Sebaastian. Now I have another fun name and reason to use deerling=3
Looking forward to the upcoming FO4 run! I'm really curious how not having perks will impact your run.
Why I love Chandelure - 145 Base Special Attack. Add in the fact it learns Calm Mind and can learn a variety of Special Coverage Moves, and you have a Pokemon that can be a serious threat. It's a Fire/Ghost Pokemon you don't want to underestimate.
Yeah, Gen 5 was definitely the Power Creep, my friend. And this was all BEFORE Mega Evolution hit.
I like deerling/sawsbuck! Hoping it does well but early game is probably gonna be pretty rough. I did a monotype normal run and had a great time, Sawsbuck and Cinccino were my powerhouse sweepers.
Actually I'd like to recommend a minccino only run then now that I think about it, it's move pool is passable and it's stars are pretty bad, but the Technician and Skill link abilities have some fun uses that could make the run interesting. Skill link is definitely better on the evolved from though, since it learns rock blast and bullet seed
Hitting archeops first looked to be crucial in order to win since it did over half health to deerling but was also under half health which activated defeatist which halved its attacking stats, crazy.
Something for future gen 5 runs. If you go to the house just before the gate that takes you to the desert, you can pick up an eviolite, boosts defense of unevolved pokemon
looking through the early game it's wild to see that almost everything fought and beaten gave ATK EV's up until lvl 32, and if not that it gave SPD, hence the intensely weighted stat spread by the end
Have you considered doing a death counter? Thought of this because I also hate playing nuzlockes but counting downs is still interesting in single mon runs. Not necessarily a continuous counter but could update after particularly run stalling fights, or just a âcomment your guess, drumroll please: X deaths!â Love the challenges thank you for your skill and consistency!!
16:11 reminds me of Dogmeat CAN wear armor đ
I think this is my favorite nickname for his pokemon so far
Holy cow. That is freaking amazing. I've never seen a Deerling run that well. I guess now I have a new found respect for it. Also, that had to be perfect ATK IV mon for it to even have those stats, if not near perfect. Your luck of the draw is ABSOLUTELY insane, man, and I've seen randomizers before. Truly, amazing stuff.
#MDBAMA Question! Will you ever do a randomizer run for Pokemon as a stream or video one day? I can't remember if you had or hadn't done one before, but I just had to ask. Been a long time watcher since your Smeargle HGSS video was your newest Pokemon run, and I've loved your stuff ever since. Please keep up the good work, MDB. ^^
Deerling line is a top tier design and pretty powerful moves in casual play, underrated mon.
I remember playing pokemon white and destroy 4 gyms with one fighting type pokemon. It was not even my starter. It was just some random pokemon I caught earlier in the game and I went full murder mode with only that pokemon. I didn't even caught more pokemon, my team was just my grass type starter pokemon, a water pokemon and that beast of a fighting type. I almst did the whole game like this.
Saying this before I play any of the video, I LOVE DEERLING! Really hoping this run ends up going well
I always liked Deerling's cry tbh.
Requesting Pokemon B2W2 With Only One Chinchou.
Yay for Deerling! Man though, that final boss stood no chance!
MDBAMA
Now that I finally have reliable internet, I've been going over your challenge videos since I can actually watch them in one sitting now. Thank you for everything you do to keep us entertained on our lowest days and so glad to hear you're doing better!
As for my one (ok, two if you want to get technical) question, if you could redo any of your challenges for any reason, would you? If so, which ones and why?
13:24 exactly that is part of why I don't enjoy nuzlockes
I would like to suggest either pokemon Emerald with only Regirock or Platinum with only Regigigas. I think both would be very entertaining.
I wonder if Lenora can be beaten earlier with some help from Sand-Attack. Definitely requires some luck but if you can get Watchog to miss Retaliate, future uses shouldn't get the 2x damage boost from an ally fainting the previous turn. Still, only needing Lv. 24 to reliably beat Lenora is great.
Overall Deerling was a boss against a big chunk of the game, especially once it got STAB Return. That combined with Jump Kick coverage allowed it to deal with any non-Ghost-type really well. Alas, Ghost-types were in fact the one thing that kept it from being truly dominant, as seen with Shauntal (and to an extent Ghetsis's Cofagrigus). Still, a really great run in which a young deer demolishes almost any opponent in its path. Undeertaker indeed.
Doesn't Watchog have Keen Eye?
@@sosams According to both Serebii and Bulbapedia, Lenora's Watchog's ability is Illuminate.
Because we're obligated to do so ....
OY!!!!
Which Fossil did you take?! đ
Tbh I almost never notice the differences in your voice. You always sound great in your videos.
An idea for a series could be where you use your favorite pokemon from a generation and get to carry that pokemon forward, so the Gen1 mon gets traded to gen2, gen1+2 to gen3, etc. Would obviously get easier as the series goes on and you get more and more pokemon, but that is part of the fun.
My idea for a challenge run: any Pokemon without using stab and super effective moves. Shouldn't be too hard but I think it could be fun.
I live in Minnesota, down in the states, I feel your pain about the weather.
Yeah chandelure is a beast. People often run it with a choice scarf because it actually hits so hard.
I love how the middle part was just: that was easy, maybe the next part will be hard.... well that was easy đ