Can you Beat Pokemon Emerald with Just a Shuckle?
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2023
- The long awaited sequel to "can you beat Pokemon Crystal with just a Shuckle". It's way worse lol.
Edited by: @SimplyAJ
Music by: @makegamemusic
Rules and Explanations
Rules: (1) Only use the one Pokémon in Battle, others for HMs are fine. (2) No Items in battle (3) No Glitches* (4) Set Mode (5) No evasion moves - Hry
A wise person once said, “Don’t f*ckle with Shuckle.”
Do not*
For Phoebe: her lead Dusclops *does* always use Protect until the first turn you use a move. Key word, until. If you open the bag and use a useless item, like a pokeball 10 times, you can burn all protect PP as she will use it over and over until you attack.
Video source of this trivia - Alpharad's Mudkip solo run
Hooray for funny broken AI moments
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Dont think you can use Pokeballs to skip your turn though
no items in battle though
Funny enough I did this challenge my senior year of high school but gave up around the weather institute. I remeber the reason for me stopping was that I was getting bored of doing the same thing ever battle very slowly. So good job JRose! I respect the commitment.
It's one of those really grindy repetitive challenges, not everybody can do them or should. These challenges are more of a huge test of patience and focus than anything else, like with completing a bare-fisted Dark Souls run.
If you play the game sped up the grind isn’t bad
Cool little mechanic: at 34:21, Vigoroth gets taken out by toxic damage, and since it dies to a passive effect, the game reads that as Slaking’s first turn in battle, so its first ACTIONABLE turn is being read as its second, which is why it looks like it’s loafing around on its first turn
I spotted the first turn loafing around and was like wtf lmao is this an unknown bug? I don't pretend to know everything about these games but I thought I knew a lot of the big bugs and glitches
@@JellyLocke lmao i saw it and immediately knew something was up, so I dug into it and found like a 15 year old gamefaqs post talking about it
@NotoriousDink this is actually pretty interesting. Thanks for the tidbit!
I would classify that as a bug, not a mechanic, seeing how it's not actually Slaking's first turn in battle.
Something like that happens in Gen 6 and 7. If an Alakazam Mega Evolves in front of a Slakoth or Slaking, they will loaf around in the very first turn.
Somehow I get the feeling this isn't going to go as well as Gen 2 did for Shuckle
Especially because Defense Curl is a post-game exclusive tutor move, so the combo that made it awesome in Gen 2 is unavailable.
Too much water
@@lukaskback9710I got that reference
> it did not
The ai is also a lot more tricky, the battles don't go as straight as they did in gen 2
Bide in gen 3 actually got standardized to 2 turns of bide guaranteed instead of 2-3. Fun fact, In gen 4 it got a +1 priority bracket; making it much scarier imo
No shot. Really??
@@evankurasu3190 Yup, I even double checked Bulbapedia before posting. It’s always really interesting to keep track of all the little nuances of Pokémon moves across the generations
i was just waking up when I read this and read the first instance of Bide as Biden, and now the Biden Blast being standardized to 2 turns is living rent free in my head.
@@CillmaCuvas Bro same wtf.
On topic, I find it crazy that it got priority so late, it was so underpowered because of 0 priority.
Biden getting buffed is insane. No wonder he's president now.
This is a whole actual feature film. Borderline sanity. I love it.
I like that you didn't say he was bordering on *insanity* bro is genuinely insane for videos like this
*borderline insanity
Yh it is... I really like when you tubers playing runs that I have no patience to do
@@Medabee8nah he got it right. Read first reply lol
I like trains.
18:01 you know the situation is dire when Rock smash is the best move you have access to.
Game freak are cowards, give 👏 shuckle👏body👏press👏
That's what I'm saying, muh boi gets Iron Defense, and now with Contrary it could even set it up with Shell Smash, but noooooooooo
This video has come to at the perfect time for me, as I was feeling down, Jrose videos always makes me feels better
it'll be ok bud, Shuckle can protect you with it's defenses until you feel a little better!
Shuckle is here for us, he's a fantastic emotional support... rock thing (?) 🤗
Hope you get to feeling better bud👍
I know what you mean. I hope you feel better.
Hope you feel better man
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The „Impossible Challenges“ are my favorite videos from you, the uncertain outcome makes them interesting and the lengths you have to go through to achieve victory
I love Shuckle, he's such a cute little dude. playing with a Shuckle is such a different experience from playing with a normal pokemon. he is just so unique in just about every way.
Game freak just really loved having rock types as the first gym. Gen 1 and 3 really jamming you up
Don't forget gen4
I wish they did Ice first and Rock last for once because Ice has the opposite situation to Rock: Ice gyms are usually 7th or 8th when everyone and their grandma can hit them super effectively. Not to mention the two Ice type Elite 4 members who both are basically Water type trainers in disguise because Ice on its own would be a joke at this point.
The point of rock type gyms being first is that you can't just click through them with normal type attacks as long as you aren't really over leveled, so you find out how type effectiveness works
@@rainpooper7088also generally there's rock types you've seen on your journey to the first gym but not really many ice types. I agree tho ice would be rad
And Gen 4. lel
Just saw JRose beat Watson, it's insane how many of these battles Shuckle is winning on single-digit HP on the lucky runs. JRose is one tenacious shuckler!
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Might be buried by now but there is a good way of levelling up your Pokémon in the day centre.
If you choose the Acro bike and then head to the mud slide thing above the desert (normally you need the Mach bike to go up it) you can just keep something pressed against the "Up" button/key and you will repeatedly move.
You can leave this going overnight or whatever and will max out your level no problem.
The day care also forces your Pokémon to learn new moves though
@@TheJingles007 thankfully that doesn't matter in this case since he's not worried about what moves it knows, only what level it gets to
He doesn’t like doing that kind of thing though.
At that point you might as well just cheat the rare candies in with the cheat device he uses to replace the starters lol
You, sir, are insane. The amount of patience and tolerance required to actually beat this kind of challenge must be huge. Massive respect for doing this! Oh, and getting Leftovers the long and legal way, too!
I really love the idea of moving past red and blue, like I adore the red and blue content but throwing in some gens 2-5 playthroughs now and then would be pretty cool
Jrose always comes in clutch! Been going through a rough time and nothing makes it better than a new Jrose video!
Hope it gets better soon
watching this on .25x speed
XD
Just a heads up as someone who did a Feebas Diamond/Pearl solo run since you mentioned you're doing one near the end for Platinum: As someone who did that same thing years ago, it's almost a necessity to use an egg move (Dragonbreath) because of the changes made to Struggle during Gen 3 -> Gen 4 that make it damn near impossible to use a Feebas that only hatches with Splash; the Feebas with an Egg move was my second attempt.
Instead of dealing recoil damage based on how much damage you dealt, you simply lose ¼ of your health every time you use it. I’m guessing they did this because of Wobuffet - two Wobuffet locked into battle with Leftovers was a huge problem in competitive Pokemon in generation 3 but I digress. Since it’s your only means of damage for Feebas until Level 15, it becomes a major problem, especially given how frail a level 1 Pokémon is, let alone one with such awful stats. And since I wasn't using not using items in battle, not even against wild Pokémon, this makes it considerably more daunting than it would have been compared to any of the past generations. In the first two routes, there’s only one Pokémon that you can burn Splash PP against without risking being knocked out against, Kricketot, who has Bide and Growl.
Kricketot can only be found at night which isn’t that big an issue since you can just change the clock. The bigger issue is that it learns Bide which is pretty hard to avoid. While you can try to flee, since Feebas is only level 1 and the chances of fleeing Kriketot or any other Pokemon are based on speed, it’s unlikely that will succeed and this is even further compounded by the lack of resources one has at the start of the game, let alone how few one will have going forward.
It’s all a matter as to whether they use Bide before getting KO’d/before Growl lowers your attack to the point where you're dealing less than 1/4. And while you can always try to run until you succeed and face a Bidoof or Starly, it’s not like the other local Pokémon will be much easier to beat even if you do have Struggle and full HP. Both of them possess the move Growl which will lower Feebas’ already meager attack even further.
Good tip! But why start with a level 1 Feebas? Traditionally the Pokemon that you get always starts at level 5
@@Eroil Well for one i'm assuming JRose is acquiring his Feebas the same way I did/the same way he did in Emerald which is via an Egg he bred and in Gen 4, eggs start out at level 1, not 5.
For another, Feebas still doesn't learn any moves until level 15 which because it's part of the erratic egg group means getting the EXP for that is excruciating. It's worse in Platinum than Diamond/Pearl because the latter actually gives you access to Hidden Power fairly early so you could conceivably make a rush for it and hope you get lucky with an HP that will help you out at one of the points you'll get stuck (the first Purugly/Team Galactic boss, the Grass gym which has the benefit of a good grinding spot due to Cheryl healing you after every encounter, etc.) before you get access to Surf or Blizzard.
There's also Abomasnow at the Ice gym who took an absurd amount of time to beat but that's way later in the game when you have more tools to approach that battle.
@@CazTheGamerGuy afaik usually he uses a cheat engine to replace one of the starters to Feebas, this is what he does in most of his videos. It might still be a wise decision but I'm pretty sure for Jrose it's usually as long as it's possible he would not use anything but the standard (which wouldn't be an egg move mon)
@@Eroil He never uses cheat engine unless it's a modded run using an emulator. 99% of the time he is using an actual cartridge, a gameshark or action replay to hack in the mon, or trading an egg in, and playing on a Retron5 for the speed up mode.
Each of these videos is like a badge boost to my enjoyment. Thank you Jrose for going through these fun and often grueling challenges to cheer me up after a long day at college.
8:23 - almost 6 GB footage so far haha holy.
Can’t wait to watch the rest. I have made many Shuckle teams for ranked on the mainline games. My fav Pokémon! Always entertaining haha
Happy to see someone else having it as their favourite pokemon as well! Welcome, Friend!
I feel like Encore could've been used a lot more in the early game, especially with moves like Rock Tomb and Constrict to lower speed. Continually locking Makuhita into Bulk Up instead of just once, locking Manectric into Howl to prevent damage and locking Numel into Sunny Day to lower chip damage are just some of the strategies I think could've been used to make things easier. It probably would've taken even LONGER so I understand why it wasn't used that often but I still feel it could've helped out a lot more.
I watched a lot of this run live cause I know Jrose. It was tried. Quite a lot. It just wasn't viable IIRC. Tho, Jrose could correct me if I'm wrong.
@@douglaswills4624 he never tried to encore and rollout though. Normally you use encore to setup, but rollout does that too.
Encore would have helped immensely with Kingdra I feel
Yeah I thought more Encore would be better. There was one point in Roxanne where he Encored a Rock Throw though, so maybe you don't use it to avoid that
@@douglaswills4624I don't see how it couldn't be viable against, say, Manectric. Rock Tomb to lower speed and then Encore the Howl. When the encore is about to end, do it again. Infinite howl. Unless Gen 3 is different than modern mechanics for how encore works.
It's always a good day when Jrose uploads. Even moreso when it's one of your favourite Pokémon in your favourite game of the series.
Wholeheartedly agree - was genuinely surprised to see Shuckle AND Emerald in the same title
Shuckel yeah
Ps during poke fest 2023 ended up only getting a single shiny in pokemon go and it was shuckel
@Dorkly needs to take note of this and do an episode. Imagine Shuckle constricting a Geodude to death. 😂
yeeeah, shuckle!
This man really did a solo Shuckle run, and at some point, Shuckle wasn't even his highest level Pokemon. Outstanding move.
I've been subbed for almost 3 years and I have to say, this is now my favorite video. Thank you and your editors for taking on this monumental challenge, what an incredible showcase of all your strategy, knowledge (edit: and patience 😂🤣) of the game. This is just legendary.
Your videos always make my night Jrose :)
I'm glad, after Lafrenière and Kakko you deserve something to look forward to :P
@@Jrose11 'Can I beat Fire Emblem with just an Amelia?' You really could expand into Fire Emblem y'know. It's just Pokemon with arena tactics.
@@Marcara081I'm doing a deathless hard run of that game RN 😅 Training Ross in the arena and considering trying to throw Amelia in there as well...
@Jrose11 The other day, I realized that there is a Pokemon that's gonna be as bad as Abra in Gen 1: Raichu. Raichu only has Thunder Shock, Growl, and Thunder Wave. That's it. Combined, those moves have a whopping 90 Power Points! It'll take forever to use Struggle, but hopefully, due to Raichu having much higher Attack and HP, it'll be faster than Abra.
@@Jrose11 OUCH
I never know how much i need a jrose video until i see a new one in my feed one of my favorite channels right now!!!
to me even being able to time the Substitutes at all is insanely impressive, I flat out can't use Substitute strategies in game because I never get the timing right. Some of the play in that final E4 run was just insane, most especially how the Milotic was handled, hahaha. Toxic/Sandstorm is also a really funny and rude combination.
One more video before bed...
Duuude after seeing your videos for the first time, about 3 years ago, I did my own shukle run on emerald! Love your video, keep on :D
Was looking for something to fall asleep to for the last hour. Guess the universe was just keeping me awake in order to enjoy this
I apologize in advance for the fresh underworld you will be experiencing in this challenge. This thumbnail and title made me immediately go "Oh no."
I absolutely love the 1HR+ videos! This looked excruciating! I was so excited to watch this, thanks for the vid and all of your content! And thanks to AJ for his work editing! The little bits you toss in are great!
To quote dorkly, “Shuckle”
Oh hey, another Impossible Challenge run for me to watch, that’s what we like to see. But this one will have to wait for the morning this time. Let’s see how this turned out in a few hours
Edit: Welp, that sure was a Shuckle run in Pokémon Emerald
sweet dreams, my dude!
I love this. MDB's playthrough of Fire Red with a Shuckle was what first got me into watching these runs.
My man is really giving a new meaning to "Don't Fuckle with the Shuckle."
Do not fckle with Shuckle. Mewtwo has been put on notice. My appointment is measurable and my day is perfected.
Jrose, remember that EVs were not capped at 252 until like gen 7. In gen 3, they cap at 255, but the extra 3 points have no effect.
gen 6*
They technically have an effect because those points beyond 252 become wasted, meaning you have lower potential stats for the others
Heya Jrose! Just popping in to tell you that Rock Tomb IS a TM in gen 4. You can get it in the Ravaged Path (that tiny cave just north of Jubilife) if you rock smash to the left after going in. So you need to wait until after the first gym, but it's entirely obtainable. Hope that helps!
Thanks for all the videos! They're always a treat! Keep at it!
So rollout is available in emerald in mauville city. The guy by the gym or pokecenter will teach it.
Watch the whole video next time. 😂
This might be my favorite JRose11 video ever. All the different strats, twists and turns. Truly an epic ride.
Whoo boy. Imagine if Shuckle could get Foul Play. I wish.
Imagine if it got fissure. The salt would be immense
Leech seed is my pick. It would heal it a ton.
1:10:39 that glalie voice was spot on 😂
😂😂 lmfao I thought to myself is that really what it sounds like??
The dedication is inspiring. Love these impossible challenges!
So well presented buddy! You even get me interested with Pokemon games with your energy in these videos.
Ok, so you said in the opening this would be significantly harder due to a lack of roll out, but iirc, in emerald specifically, there's a guy in Mauvaile who will teach it to one pokemon. Will edit if you bring this up.
You remembered correctly. Don't know why he didn't get it.
I believe he does call out that there's a move tutor but chooses not to anyway
havent started watching the video yet but i just wanted to say i love whenever you do an emerald run!
I love watching your videos while doing my daily chores, it gets me motivated to be productive and entertained. Keep up the great work! ❤
these are just so entertaining. thank you for continuing to make these
Let's go Shuck!!!
YAAAAY.😃
Always always Always a wonderful day
ight when a new Jrose video pops up.
Now it's "Shuckle time."
"Yeeaaah, Shuckle."
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shuckle was making rock tomb look like a 50% accurate move in this video
What a great video. I love Shuckle and as he's my favourite, it was nice to see the journey happen
Jrose you always know how to deliver a video right when the world seems to need a good day. Keep doing what you do we all appreciate your work more than words can express.
Jrose approaches these runs like artisans of Japanese Calligraphy Ink. The effort may be lost on some folks, but you can feel the energy put into the product 👌
This upload’s timing was perfect I just finished all your Nuzlocke videos. I can’t w8 to see this conclusion
I remember when I solo'd Heart Gold with my Shiny Blue Shuckle... (nicknamed "Shucklord"). Good times. Took forever.
Jrose videos always hit so different time to vibe out 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Don't fuggle with shuggle
Jrose? You're my goddamn hero. The effort you put into this... is astounding. I applaud you... you absolute lunatic lol
Yay. I'm struggling to sleep. Cheers for the good work. Keep it up ❤
Its Midnight.
Hard to sleep.
Suddenly, Jrose11 video pops up!
Welp, time to watch this epic run lol
Yay Shuckle!!! Now in the spirit of the Mewtwo run, how about Rayquaza? 😅
At least im early for the video for once. Currently you havent beaten roxanne yet. Jeez this looks hard. Gz for doing this run man!
What's "Gz"?
The things you do for us JRose, I think I speak for all of us when I say thank you for bringing us this content. I know some videos are more of a struggle than others, but we appreciate it all!
Longest run?
Better start watching now then 😁 (if you see this comment I love your content, it helped me big times when life was kinda rough, keep up the good mood and the good work 🔥)
Everybody gangsta until Jrose uploads a two hour run.
Isn’t TM44 Rest available in Lilycove? Seems like an obvious choice for a Toxic-stall strategy. Sleep Talk and Substitute are options available via Move Tutor as well. 🤔🤔 I mean, mad props for grinding for Leftovers instead, but Rest seems like a slam dunk even in combination with Leftovers.
Edit: Ah, I see; “I thought I might ultimately regret deleting a move” strikes again.
Edit 2: Gee, if only there were a way to heal poison or prevent it with a move, then that Tentacruel might not be so dangerous. 😅
Edit 3: Ah, he’s finally discovered Substitute. 😂
Edit 4: NO STEVEN FIGHT?! 😢 I was so curious/sadistic about seeing whether you’d need to pivot off of Toxic entirely in order to get a moveset that can deal with his Toxic-immune Steel types.
At the end of the video, did we just get a teaser about Feebas in Pokemon Platinum? That's REALLY interesting. Looking forward to that.
Anyway, amazing video even though this run HAD to be brutal for Shuckle. Once again, you did it with Shuckle though it was hardly the curbstomp that this was in Crystal. Also can't believe how long this vid was, lol.
But yeah, was nice to see some variety on a Pokemon NOT known for variety in strategy. Would Defense Curl have even worked in this game, assuming Shuckle could even get it? That's what I'd like to know.
Jrose I had this video playing while I was on my walk today, and I loved every second of it, it was probably such a pain to get through on your end but a very entertaining video nonetheless!
I feel like Rollout in Mauville and Swagger in Slateport could've been helpful move tutor moves to learn for this run, but I love all your runs JRose!
Edit: Rollout does appear! It genuinely surprises me that Shuckle can't learn defence curl until the battle frontier, could've made it significantly easier
...he...he did use Rollout. I seriously don't grasp how so many people are commenting this. Did y'all just...not watch the video?
@@stormbornapostle5188 made this comment around the Wattson battle and then forgot and didn't delete it
That Bad Religion sample in your music is dope.
Been falling asleep to your impossible challenge playlist lately and now I got a new one woot
Awesome! It akways makes my day when Jrose video goes up
Awesome job again Jrose, love it!!
This is why I love Shuckle! It just lives. Throw a whole move set at it, and it just lives on.
Another video so soon? I am shell shocked. Thanks for another awesome video.
Congratulations Jrose, hard fought. Proud of you.
I have determined that the only people who enjoy Shuckle are people who do not wear socks while playing
This is some top tier patience here. Great video as always
I can't wait for a modern Shuckle challenge, Shuckle actually gets to be funny now with Contrary, Shell Smash, and Rest.
Yet still not great because it doesn't learn freaking Body Press.
i know these long videos can take their toll on you but trust me, we, the fans love them, this was amazing to watch my dude.
"Shuck yeah, it's Shuckle tiime."
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What an absolute horror. You’re a beast for pulling through!
I needed a cheer me up today. And this is a HUGE cheer me up! Thank you so much JRose! ❤️
Also I love shuckle. Such a cutie! ❤️
May at the end: Is it OVER ALREADY?!
Jrose11 playtime: Yes
I rewatch the old videos anyway, I can do reruns all year long :D
your narration is king
Great run, really enjoyed!
My serpentine belt shredded up in my car today, but Jrose released a new video so it’s a good day regardless
This level of commitment is deserving of a job far more vital then pokemon
This is a challenge movie=) And i am all here for it! Thank you and have a nice day=)
This really highlights just how much Emerald relies on RNG shenanigans for its difficulty. So much Double Team, Acc dropping and Attract.
Hi, always been anticipating that!
Great job Jrose and keep up the amazing work
I think you should try a run with magcargo the typing is really bad for emerald not only vs gym leaders but also against both teams aqua and magma, and its stats leave a lot to be desired
Jrose: *spends 30 minutes of the video absolutely suffering through the elite four, only to get stonewalled at the champion*
Also Jrose: *absolutely CRANKS those same elite four members in like 1 try each by finally using rollout/substitute, like he probably should have been the entire time*
My hair started falling out. "You're tank shuckle! Use it's OG wrecking ball set!" But I guess he's a masochist because he could have just used Rest over Leftovers as well. Would have been even better than Safeguard against Tentacruel.
Me: "I can't watch movies anymore, I just lack the attention span nowadays, y'know?"
Also me: "90 minutes of Jrose? Hell yes!"
Everytime I'm about to go to sleep there's a video. This is bliss.