Pokemon Ruby but only super-effective moves do damage

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  • What if every Pokemon had wonder guard? Could I beat the game?
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  • @nickswift6044
    @nickswift6044 Před 3 lety +7919

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

    • @li-ion6228
      @li-ion6228 Před 3 lety +45

      lmao truly

    • @tyranno5669
      @tyranno5669 Před 3 lety +87

      It’s even better in his No Damage Platinum run

    • @nickswift6044
      @nickswift6044 Před 3 lety +43

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

    • @paris2777
      @paris2777 Před 3 lety +4

      900th like!

    • @nickswift6044
      @nickswift6044 Před 3 lety +5

      @@paris2777 I was not expecting this many likes lol

  • @smile--
    @smile-- Před 3 lety +3151

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

    • @Daniel_3322
      @Daniel_3322 Před 3 lety +70

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

    • @quote1207
      @quote1207 Před 3 lety +13

      @@Daniel_3322 Anything from JoJo is cursed.

    • @entruh4520
      @entruh4520 Před 3 lety +44

      I, Rock Lee, have a dream

    • @npcjacob93645
      @npcjacob93645 Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @lolface_9363
      @lolface_9363 Před 3 lety +6

      @@quote1207 so breathing is cursed

  • @geesmells
    @geesmells Před 3 lety +1062

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

  • @radboyrandom1976
    @radboyrandom1976 Před 3 lety +473

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

    • @curse7370
      @curse7370 Před 8 měsíci +1

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

    • @eldritchcat3222
      @eldritchcat3222 Před 8 měsíci +10

      ​@@curse7370what is bro saying

    • @tomhus6055
      @tomhus6055 Před 8 měsíci +6

      @@eldritchcat3222bro is tweaking 😂

    • @Benziboiiii
      @Benziboiiii Před 6 měsíci

      *summoning salt music ensues*

    • @freaquin
      @freaquin Před měsícem

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

  • @mini-_
    @mini-_ Před 3 lety +3662

    Sableye: "This is my favorite run!"

    • @leastlikelysuspect5122
      @leastlikelysuspect5122 Před 3 lety +406

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

    • @bongosmcdongos4190
      @bongosmcdongos4190 Před 3 lety +237

      @@leastlikelysuspect5122 well, and struggle

    • @mini-_
      @mini-_ Před 3 lety +278

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

    • @Khyrex
      @Khyrex Před 3 lety +91

      @@bongosmcdongos4190 does toxic not work?

    • @zapking8209
      @zapking8209 Před 3 lety +8

      Yeah what mini said in the 3rd reply is correct

  • @shenanigans3035
    @shenanigans3035 Před 3 lety +3491

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

  • @zerocool0221
    @zerocool0221 Před 3 lety +544

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

  • @HunterX05
    @HunterX05 Před 2 lety +627

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

  • @spiderdude2099
    @spiderdude2099 Před 3 lety +5902

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

    • @aaronmurray9646
      @aaronmurray9646 Před 3 lety +45

      Omg lol

    • @Ari.1460
      @Ari.1460 Před 3 lety +497

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

    • @spiderdude2099
      @spiderdude2099 Před 3 lety +165

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

    • @raerohan4241
      @raerohan4241 Před 3 lety +90

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

    • @generalhamster3337
      @generalhamster3337 Před 3 lety +45

      sableye:aight,ima head in

  • @ellispedersen4192
    @ellispedersen4192 Před 3 lety +826

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

  • @jetsoo2415
    @jetsoo2415 Před 2 lety +229

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

  • @emma_nutella58
    @emma_nutella58 Před rokem +161

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

    • @Jgame0701
      @Jgame0701 Před rokem +5

      He heard about the mega stones

  • @anomalymon
    @anomalymon Před 3 lety +4714

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

    • @KaiTheMemeKing
      @KaiTheMemeKing Před 2 lety +661

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

    • @CODA96
      @CODA96 Před 2 lety +677

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

    • @laurdragan968
      @laurdragan968 Před 2 lety +299

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

    • @enderserpent4433
      @enderserpent4433 Před 2 lety +17

      Same bro

    • @enderserpent4433
      @enderserpent4433 Před 2 lety +16

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

  • @AnthonyYDG
    @AnthonyYDG Před 3 lety +1428

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

    • @Poseidon-oz9pg
      @Poseidon-oz9pg Před 3 lety +64

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

    • @muddledlion9593
      @muddledlion9593 Před 3 lety +7

      Except when flygon has earthquake

    • @bruis1527
      @bruis1527 Před 3 lety +25

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

    • @accadueoaccadueo945
      @accadueoaccadueo945 Před 3 lety +18

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

    • @bruis1527
      @bruis1527 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @filiecs3
    @filiecs3 Před 2 lety +371

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

    • @khit007
      @khit007 Před 2 lety +24

      all of life is just diglett....

    • @agirlinsearchof9057
      @agirlinsearchof9057 Před 2 lety +35

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

    • @heather_foreather
      @heather_foreather Před rokem +2

      Wynaut

    • @thebrokenolive5213
      @thebrokenolive5213 Před rokem +1

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

    • @DoTheDishesOrElse..
      @DoTheDishesOrElse.. Před rokem +11

      This aged beautifully now that Wiglett exists

  • @koinzellascheriit4282
    @koinzellascheriit4282 Před 2 lety +54

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

  • @IMacSports75
    @IMacSports75 Před 3 lety +2258

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

  • @Scriblyn
    @Scriblyn Před 3 lety +759

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

  • @bubbline1334
    @bubbline1334 Před rokem +45

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

  • @Dumpwe3d
    @Dumpwe3d Před 3 lety +37

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

  • @hayden8883
    @hayden8883 Před 3 lety +1034

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

  • @supturkey
    @supturkey Před 3 lety +3814

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

  • @TotalJargon
    @TotalJargon Před 2 lety +130

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

  • @ace_kira6776
    @ace_kira6776 Před 2 lety +97

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

    • @jimmygarza8896
      @jimmygarza8896 Před 2 lety +33

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

    • @sadagusfate
      @sadagusfate Před 2 lety +20

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

  • @Patterrz
    @Patterrz Před 3 lety +10362

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

    • @Nheyah
      @Nheyah Před 3 lety +27

      hiii patt!!!:)

    • @NefariousStories
      @NefariousStories Před 3 lety +39

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

    • @alphacore6616
      @alphacore6616 Před 3 lety +83

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

    • @nomLuL
      @nomLuL Před 3 lety +8

      Bro I literally just finished watching your newest video.

    • @replaymemes9392
      @replaymemes9392 Před 3 lety +9

      He's only growing more self-loathing

  • @LegoEngineer003
    @LegoEngineer003 Před 3 lety +2699

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

  • @Gamebits_The_Unicorn
    @Gamebits_The_Unicorn Před rokem +18

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

  • @acemerceramv8561
    @acemerceramv8561 Před 2 lety +19

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

  • @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache
    @TheRealGuywithoutaMustache Před 3 lety +1095

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

    • @pinkducklett1051
      @pinkducklett1051 Před 3 lety +29

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

    • @Azuhrei
      @Azuhrei Před 3 lety +5

      big brain

    • @mr_bone8
      @mr_bone8 Před 3 lety +1

      @@pinkducklett1051 they might be a bot...

    • @mastahrage9931
      @mastahrage9931 Před 3 lety +6

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

    • @JohnDoe-df7bl
      @JohnDoe-df7bl Před 3 lety

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

  • @murphthasmurf5923
    @murphthasmurf5923 Před 3 lety +449

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

  • @kartoffelhexe
    @kartoffelhexe Před 2 lety +64

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

    • @skeetermania3202
      @skeetermania3202 Před 2 lety +9

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

    • @ProtocolDroidHK47
      @ProtocolDroidHK47 Před rokem +6

      Battle Armor would like a word with you.

    • @kartoffelhexe
      @kartoffelhexe Před rokem +3

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

  • @goudacheese9405
    @goudacheese9405 Před 3 lety +21

    “Magne-might not survive this magnitude” 😂

  • @isaacguessous6579
    @isaacguessous6579 Před 3 lety +397

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

  • @homevander
    @homevander Před 3 lety +277

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

    • @acanofjuice
      @acanofjuice Před 3 lety +29

      His pokemon do not get wonder guard

    • @jvictorgds
      @jvictorgds Před 3 lety +12

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

    • @PRDGL_WindyBW
      @PRDGL_WindyBW Před 3 lety +20

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

    • @applechild2606
      @applechild2606 Před 3 lety +1

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

    • @jamessicard1705
      @jamessicard1705 Před 3 lety +8

      Dark-Ghost pre-XY is a fucking nightmare

  • @VoidPetsBack
    @VoidPetsBack Před 2 lety +55

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

  • @BurgerFred1
    @BurgerFred1 Před 3 lety +356

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

    • @Thomas-ex6tp
      @Thomas-ex6tp Před 2 lety +63

      It would be a normal-type attack run

    • @cyan7433
      @cyan7433 Před 2 lety +14

      @@Thomas-ex6tp ghost types

    • @iknowyoursearchhistory
      @iknowyoursearchhistory Před 2 lety +5

      @@cyan7433 runs over at that point

    • @dazcar2203
      @dazcar2203 Před 2 lety +8

      @@iknowyoursearchhistory just use literally any other type for that

    • @dazcar2203
      @dazcar2203 Před 2 lety +9

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

  • @subparbanana1481
    @subparbanana1481 Před 3 lety +967

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

  • @kontonce89
    @kontonce89 Před 3 lety +409

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

    • @sunnyhvar1992
      @sunnyhvar1992 Před 3 lety +47

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

    • @vondas1480
      @vondas1480 Před 3 lety +38

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

    • @Jesin00
      @Jesin00 Před 3 lety +8

      @@sunnyhvar1992 Yeah I really dig that speech.

    • @johnperseo1044
      @johnperseo1044 Před 3 lety +3

      Yes

  • @tsundere-.-
    @tsundere-.- Před 2 lety +7

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

  • @rowlec
    @rowlec Před 2 lety +9

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

  • @muffinbutton1075
    @muffinbutton1075 Před 3 lety +432

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

  • @potatertot2179
    @potatertot2179 Před 3 lety +85

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

  • @Thebes342
    @Thebes342 Před 2 lety +15

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

    • @hypersonicspeedgrov
      @hypersonicspeedgrov Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @defeatstatistics7413
      @defeatstatistics7413 Před 9 měsíci

      Sunny Day+Overheat is a Nuzlocke killer tbf

  • @z3_gaming526
    @z3_gaming526 Před 3 lety +16

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

  • @zapking8209
    @zapking8209 Před 3 lety +228

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

    • @sagescribe_
      @sagescribe_ Před 3 lety +17

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

    • @aurelionsolofficial
      @aurelionsolofficial Před 3 lety

      @@sagescribe_
      When the WR is 2 chunks

    • @zapking8209
      @zapking8209 Před 3 lety

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

  • @FrancisACNH
    @FrancisACNH Před 3 lety +459

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

    • @corundumkrabble5035
      @corundumkrabble5035 Před 3 lety +7

      Oooooooooh nooooooooooo

    • @Black_Sabbath0
      @Black_Sabbath0 Před 2 lety +4

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

    • @bobuxdoesmemes924
      @bobuxdoesmemes924 Před 2 lety +4

      hmm..? I don't get ot

    • @t.j.8388
      @t.j.8388 Před 2 lety +22

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

    • @bobuxdoesmemes924
      @bobuxdoesmemes924 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @LucyKosaki
    @LucyKosaki Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @SkyNinja759
    @SkyNinja759 Před 3 lety +23

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

  • @icarlygod
    @icarlygod Před 3 lety +86

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

    • @Name-px6em
      @Name-px6em Před 3 lety +2

      norman will be VEEEEEERY difficult...

    • @hellokev6645
      @hellokev6645 Před 3 lety +10

      Best chance at that point would be toxic and leech seed

    • @jadenlothes5001
      @jadenlothes5001 Před 3 lety

      I was gonna recommend the same thing

    • @GalaxyStar99
      @GalaxyStar99 Před 3 lety

      What a about ghost moves?

    • @icarlygod
      @icarlygod Před 3 lety +1

      @@GalaxyStar99 obviously they only hit dark types

  • @plantimations1232
    @plantimations1232 Před 3 lety +1488

    Alternate title:
    Pokémon, but Shedinja is useless

    • @user-rg7vr1kd1w
      @user-rg7vr1kd1w Před 3 lety +178

      Wait that's just Pokémon.

    • @ahhaahaah
      @ahhaahaah Před 3 lety +135

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

    • @wumpoooo
      @wumpoooo Před 3 lety +6

      Shedinja is an amazing sac

    • @bobuxdoesmemes924
      @bobuxdoesmemes924 Před 2 lety +29

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

    • @wumpoooo
      @wumpoooo Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @inkseyy
    @inkseyy Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @hugoforcada2167
    @hugoforcada2167 Před rokem +5

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

  • @ked2890
    @ked2890 Před 3 lety +302

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

  • @dr.assblaster3355
    @dr.assblaster3355 Před 3 lety +276

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

  • @ashtonrahnell2406
    @ashtonrahnell2406 Před 8 měsíci +1

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

  • @SSBFWU
    @SSBFWU Před 2 lety +6

    3:17 "Is he out of Tacos?"

  • @Clevernamegoeshere
    @Clevernamegoeshere Před 3 lety +159

    Sableye: *maniacal laughter*

    • @briankaste6931
      @briankaste6931 Před 3 lety +3

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

    • @harisboi3280
      @harisboi3280 Před 3 lety +1

      He should have done this on oras where fairy type exists

    • @stbobstbob
      @stbobstbob Před 3 lety

      that's totally why he picked ruby lmoa

  • @picklenik9658
    @picklenik9658 Před 3 lety +217

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

    • @jamesperrou6936
      @jamesperrou6936 Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @theguynamedbob1733
      @theguynamedbob1733 Před 3 lety +13

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

    • @SirMisterMister
      @SirMisterMister Před 3 lety +2

      Or Status Moves rihht

    • @Humg12
      @Humg12 Před 3 lety +25

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

    • @DJFVH22
      @DJFVH22 Před 3 lety

      Why???

  • @jillianhamilton5509
    @jillianhamilton5509 Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @saragonzalez7839
    @saragonzalez7839 Před 3 lety +6

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

  • @huntereddy4014
    @huntereddy4014 Před 3 lety +24

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

    • @entruh4520
      @entruh4520 Před 3 lety

      I'd say this is pretty off the wall hard

    • @Likes_Trains
      @Likes_Trains Před 3 lety

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

  • @hunlim2117
    @hunlim2117 Před 3 lety +33

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

    • @entruh4520
      @entruh4520 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @JaculaDudek
    @JaculaDudek Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @violethope02
    @violethope02 Před 2 lety +34

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

  • @iluvchess14736
    @iluvchess14736 Před 3 lety +156

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

  • @theconsumerofpenguins81
    @theconsumerofpenguins81 Před 3 lety +114

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

  • @SoggyTuna
    @SoggyTuna Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @meddown6859
    @meddown6859 Před 2 lety +14

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

  • @Arusu1451
    @Arusu1451 Před 3 lety +218

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

  • @scaleonkhan183
    @scaleonkhan183 Před 3 lety +2207

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

  • @ampoulgon8716
    @ampoulgon8716 Před 2 lety +3

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

  • @Not_Fierce
    @Not_Fierce Před 2 lety +5

    “fly is just bird dig“ My favourite line

  • @blaneyfan73
    @blaneyfan73 Před 3 lety +154

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

    • @Poptomist
      @Poptomist Před 3 lety +17

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

    • @Kostyurik
      @Kostyurik Před 3 lety +15

      @@Poptomist and Struggle, as in the beginning.

    • @solt_frfr
      @solt_frfr Před 3 lety +21

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

    • @BloodThirstyAvengers
      @BloodThirstyAvengers Před 3 lety +7

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

    • @danedeang
      @danedeang Před 3 lety

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

  • @1SLMusic
    @1SLMusic Před 3 lety +82

    Electric Types: Hold on let me get my balloon

  • @leahalenia5074
    @leahalenia5074 Před 3 měsíci +1

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

  • @Chaos_Phoenix
    @Chaos_Phoenix Před 2 lety +4

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

  • @otherthanlou
    @otherthanlou Před 3 lety +42

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

  • @MightyRicardoWarrior
    @MightyRicardoWarrior Před 3 lety +67

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

    • @gameinsane4718
      @gameinsane4718 Před 2 lety +8

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

    • @kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214
      @kirbyfazendoummoonwalk9214 Před 2 lety +1

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

    • @aetherblackbolt1301
      @aetherblackbolt1301 Před 2 lety

      Probably just use Destiny Bond

    • @livelyboopmushie9392
      @livelyboopmushie9392 Před 2 lety +3

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

    • @agirlinsearchof9057
      @agirlinsearchof9057 Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @chrissmart219
    @chrissmart219 Před 3 lety +1

    Had to sub loving these creatively challenges keep them coming mate

  • @f4_kaboom375
    @f4_kaboom375 Před 2 lety +7

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

  • @owenchen1215
    @owenchen1215 Před 3 lety +26

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

  • @realkingofantarctica
    @realkingofantarctica Před 3 lety +153

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

    • @entruh4520
      @entruh4520 Před 3 lety +17

      Not hentai, but r34 artists

    • @Bruh0h
      @Bruh0h Před 3 lety +11

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

    • @nope2942
      @nope2942 Před 3 lety +4

      @Liam Berg (STUDENT) big oof for u fam

    • @Vbeechu
      @Vbeechu Před 3 lety +1

      @@Bruh0h lmAo

    • @ieuanhunt552
      @ieuanhunt552 Před 3 lety +1

      I swear those people are the most inventive people ever.

  • @jaserr.
    @jaserr. Před měsícem +1

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

  • @Fireboy3727
    @Fireboy3727 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @prizterixprism810
    @prizterixprism810 Před 3 lety +90

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

  • @CynamminStyx
    @CynamminStyx Před 3 lety +77

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

  • @bluehorizon9490
    @bluehorizon9490 Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @joshuamehrdad8186
    @joshuamehrdad8186 Před 3 lety +4

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

  • @gigasus77
    @gigasus77 Před 3 lety +1586

    this man is a god

  • @zuldafan2352
    @zuldafan2352 Před 3 lety +91

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

    • @Scriblyn
      @Scriblyn Před 3 lety +3

      Omg yeah

    • @SolMasterzzz
      @SolMasterzzz Před 3 lety +12

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

    • @nickvanginkel6274
      @nickvanginkel6274 Před 3 lety +2

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

  • @soofiesss
    @soofiesss Před 2 lety +1

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

  • @furiouscorgi4812
    @furiouscorgi4812 Před 3 lety +2

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

    • @m4rcyonstation93
      @m4rcyonstation93 Před 2 lety

      What?

    • @teamfossil6312
      @teamfossil6312 Před 2 lety

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

    • @bell7987
      @bell7987 Před 2 měsíci

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

  • @tradeka4206
    @tradeka4206 Před 3 lety +151

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

  • @IboxingkangerooI
    @IboxingkangerooI Před 3 lety +17

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

    • @kingfail3819
      @kingfail3819 Před 3 lety +2

      Yeah, but it’s an Adamant Ralts.

    • @seabassjames8222
      @seabassjames8222 Před 3 lety +5

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

    • @kingfail3819
      @kingfail3819 Před 3 lety

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

  • @LoneSWarrior
    @LoneSWarrior Před 2 lety +2

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

  • @PixelSageYT
    @PixelSageYT Před 8 měsíci +1

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

    • @MuchWhittering
      @MuchWhittering Před měsícem

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

  • @sjgames9104
    @sjgames9104 Před 3 lety +70

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

  • @EthyrielY
    @EthyrielY Před 3 lety +22

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

  • @TechnoNut96
    @TechnoNut96 Před 2 lety

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

  • @kalemjade5258
    @kalemjade5258 Před 2 lety +2

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