"Whitney gives out the Tm for Attract, which I can't learn." You might not be able to, Scott. But I refuse to believe a sexy Sudowoodo like Tree couldn't
A few things : - Using "weaker side" coverage moves can sometimes be a good idea (well not with this 30 base special of course), but a good instance of this is, say, Ambipom against Steelix with Fire Punch. In general, you can roughly evaluate the relative powers of moves using this formula : (base power x stab x effectiveness x your offensive stat)/the opponent's defensive stat It looks convoluted, but if you train enough, it ends up being automatic, you compare the bp x stab x effectiveness of all move available, then compare attack/def vs spattack/spdef to know roughly how much better (or worse) special moves will be compared to physical moves Note that roughly knowing the opponent's defensive stats is more than enough, a +-15% won't change the calculations in a significant way. In practice, experience lets you narrow it down to only two moves most of the time, and when one of your offensive stats is much better than the other (like more than 2x as good), the question of physical/special isn't even worth asking for most opponents (only extreme cases, like Golem, Forretress, Steelix... might Also with experience comes the ability to estimate All of this to say : most important is that you have a good idea of what every pokemon's stats are (roughly), not to "avoid special moves on X mon because they're a physical attacker" or such - With sudowoodo though, it does make sense to avoid using special moves - the only point where it might've been useful is Koga's forretress, and you destroyed it anyway, and mayyybe jasmine's steelix (100/200 vs 30/65 but Fire punch is more powerful than Dig and steelix likes to setup the sun) - Your old videos have become unwatchable to me. The same videos that got me to love your channel now feel kind of bland when compared to the awesomeness that your videos are currently. The jokes, the tone, the gameplay, the editing... You stepped up, big time and it feels weird to see videos from you not so long ago because the quality was not the same. Don't get me wrong : your videos weren't anywhere close to being bad, but now they're awesome. - Dare I suggest a Noctowl playthrough ? I LOVED this guy in my first ever pokemon game (was platinum), and I'm pretty positive it's utterly awful. It's also probably the most forgettable (or forgotten) "generation bird" - probably because it was the weakest one. Even 9 year-old me figured out that a crobat would do much, much better than whatever noctowl was able to.
@@priestesslucy Well, actually low kick is 50 BP in gens 1-2. You can actually notice that at some point he uses it and it does less than dig. Fire punch would have been 100% better against steelix in the end because of how stat exp impacts low base stats more significantly than high base stats, but keeping it... Maybe not as relevant ? Dunno, low kick was useless anyway.
@@thsand5032 yeah someone else pointed that out to me in another comment thread. I knew it was flinch instead of variable damage in Gen 1, didn't realize that carried over to Gen 2.
I don't know...the gameplay and editing have gotten better, I don't see how his tone has changed that much. But these recent videos have seriously gotten me to question whether it's worth it to worth his channel. The dry and tired jokes which he's had since the beginning are grating and I am so close to deciding it's not worth sitting through them.
Silver's last 2 teams give good exp & ev's, speed & special boosts particularly. He's a little tougher than Blue so I kinda feel like he's a fun final match in kanto. time is important but a lot of 2nd gen playthroughs become a level grind before red anyway. So I'd say, if you beat the kanto leaders and want some more EXP before red just rush his last two battles
Watching you grow in knowledge has been amazing. I remember leaving tips in the comments for you a year ago and now I'm learning from you. Great job Scott
As a kid I actually had Sudowoodo on my team all the way to Red... I've really been looking forward to this one! Also, as to optional rival battles, I'm on team crush-???-every-chance-you-get!
Its so weird to me how they never considered dropping the second Haunter from Morty's team in favor of a Misdreavus. Like its a new, nice looking ghost type Pokemon. It has a fairly lacking movepool at the level Morty appears at, however both of Morty's Haunter know Mimic, a move they only learn/know if transferred from Gen 1 so obviously cheating the moveset a bit wouldn't really be an issue.
"I wanted to dress up as a tree for Halloween, but I got the vibe that my peers wouldn't find it as funny." Oh, so you branched out and chose something else?
Really loving the videos man, I found you after craving more Pokémon content from JRose11 posting less often but am loving the fact you do Crystal runs: Crystal is possibly one of my favourite Pokémon games! When I get paid next week I'm definitely joining your Patreon :)
Dude, we love Halloween at our place too! Every year we throw a party where no one shows up in costumes, but we have them go down stairs and change one person at a time, so we can set up the fog machine and music. Everyone has their own WWE style entrance when we see their costumes for the first time. Really creates that "WOW" factor.
Sudowoodo is an amazing idea for a Pokemon. I do think it needed to be earlier in the game, or have better stats, either defensively or just more speed, to be more fondly remembered by most. Challenges like these are really good for Pokemon like Sudowoodo, but most players wont have that chance. Its a shame, a rock type mimicking a tree while being afraid of water is a really funny and clever idea. Slower, bulkier Pokemon CAN do fine in a solo playthrough, but the issue with this one is its not both bulky and a hard hitter. There arent too many in gen 1 or 2 that fit that bill, and for gen 3 onwards you have to be mindful of natures and stuff which can undermine that. Still, Im surprised at how well it did, considering the latter half of Johto's gyms have so much that hit it super effectively. I wish you luck on the upcoming challenges!
I love how sudowodo just get’s shafted thanks to not having the psychical/special split on Gen 2. This thing has a movepool any pokemon at that time would kill for, but most of it is special, and he has 30 special attack.
Even tho I stopped playing after gen 2, the fact that Mimiku is basically in costume strikes me as a great Halloween Pokemon. Maybe Hypno for the whole stealing children lore, too.
7 smokescreens is so funny lmao, makes me think of like shell smashing again and again with a cloyster against a bisharp to outplay sucker punch, except of course claire is only doing it to taunt you
I've used it in Renegade Platinum. Really cool pokemon. *EDIT:* I also used it in Crystal way back when. That's a solid level 20 and it's not like I was training a Geodude lol
I remember getting a Japanese cartridge translated into bad English when I was young and I was able to teach sudowoodo the HM fly - I’ll probably never see something like that ever again 😂
*Imagine a Halloween themed Pokemon team with Crobat, Trevenant, Chandelure, Gourgeist, Houndoom, & Ariados (admittedly it wouldn't be the best team, but it would be Halloweeny)*
Oh, yes, I always called this one "Sudo aguado" in Spanish. In Spanish, we're used to mispronouncing Pokémon's names. I work as a translator, yet I still do.
You should battle "Silver" or better known as "that guy" in the last two games in the second half and post game. He is your rival. Might as well. Also AMAZING job with the intros for almost each foe and it takes a lot of time but it's great!
While I can get behind this idea I'd also like to remind that this is about speed and those fights are optional: as Scott says in the video, he's on the clock.
I used to do so in my gold / heartgold challenges, but trust me, the Mt.Moon fight is nothing really special. Although it is nice to see his pokemon finally evolved LOL! But once you get there, your level is likely pretty high though.
I love the noise Scott makes when he gets hit with something that may knock him out. It’s also the same noise I make when I step in something cold and wet while wearing socks
Love the new intros to the gym leaders/elite four, really cool :) I used a sudowoodo recently in a monotype run of Heart Gold, it was actually really solid with wood hammer and rock head :D
Great title! 😁 It made me chuckle. I know next to nothing about Sudowoodo and I've never used it so this should be an interesting run. Also love the new gym opening - it looks fantastic and gives a really nice quick bit of info before the fight.
I was so excited to see this run. I’m sure you were already planning on doing this run, but it was really cool to know I suggested a video and it got made! Great content as always! Looking forward to the rest of the Halloween videos.
Your editing has improved big time, my dude. Loving the transitions and Gym Leader intros. This video was great, and loved watching the "treen't" (shoutout to Ehrenpiep) go trick or "tree"ting. Much love.
I like that you call me out for listening passively 👍🏽 bonus I watch you at x2 speed. Because I’m binging your stuff since episode 1 -those vs episodes got me hooked. Didn’t think I’d watch these single Pokémon episodes but here I am near the end of your playlist
Thank you for making content friend, it always warms my heart when I see you have a new video out that I can enjoy and fall asleep too, it’s always so entertaining and soothing and just makes my whole week ☺️
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon no, thank you friend! I’m so glad I could bring some light to your day, in the same way that your content brings me so much joy 😭
I'm imagining you are going to have to do at lest 9 playthroughs in total; 1 for each starter initially, followed by 2 efficiency/luck checks afterward each. As for my prediction as to which one is going to succeed, my money is on Blastoise. Yes Venusaur gets a strong early lead, but I doubt it could maintain that momentum especially when you get to mid/late game. Lack of coverage is really going to suck and you will probably have to rely on slower stall tactics like powders and leech seed. Charizard is the most offensive of the starters and can have some decent options, but will flounder at seemingly random points depending on whatever Pokemon you face and will have a devestatingly slow start from the beginning of the game that I doubt it will be able to recover from. Blastoise has a good defensive typing, decent coverage and most importantly will have consistency throughout the run. It will have the same early lead that Venusaur will get out the gate and won't fall prey to bad luck as often as Charizard.
During the kingdra fight when you ask the audience to pay attention because you suspect we're listening to the video in the background while playing pokemon 😂😂😂 was actually playing crystal myself while watching!
Sudowoodo worked its way in to my heart when I played through Pokemon Insurgence hard mode. I never intended to train the tree, but with sturdy, counter, sucker punch, and stone edge, it was always able to ko an opposing pokemon in the many boss battles this game had. It became my legendary killer. Groudon, Rayquaza, armored Kyurem, and Primal Giratina were but a few of the pokemon it managed to defeat. It was never my highest leveled pokemon, but it was my secret weapon, able to take on and take out any physical attacker that might give the rest of my team trouble. I may not have originally intended to keep it on my team, but when I realized just how insane this beast is, I never gave it up, and it stayed with me all the way to the end of the game. Its one of my favorite pokemon now, and I'm happy to see you take a turn with it here.
@@nateschendel4585 This wasn't a nuzlocke, just a regular playthrough, and I didn't record it. I've done one recorded nuzlocke on my channel, but it was of pokemon sword, not insurgence.
Thank you for your videos. They are nice and chill and fun to listen to and watch. I enjoy the efforts you have put forth into making these video's enjoyable. I eagerly await your next video. Your crystal vids have me anticipating you covering Skymory
Low Kick in Gens 1 and 2 is a 50 BP move with a 30% flinch rate, but in Gen 3 onwards, it deals weight-based damage (20-120 BP) but no longer flinches.
Hi Scott!! Looking forward for that one, I'm pretty sure it will be good at the beginning, but might struggle by the end of Johto (Vs Chuck and Claire). We shall see!
Hearing that the magical Misdrevus is next episode has made my week. Easily my favorite pokemon but that early game is going to be incredibly painful.. I'm looking forward to it.
I was the tree in our production of Chicken Little in first grade. I was darn proud of that role, so I can empathize with wanting to be a tree for Halloween. =P
For a Halloween themed Pokémon for Gen 1 or 2, I have some ideas... Omanyte/Omastar - Cthulhu/Kaiju related Cubone/Marowak - Wearing dead mother's skull only for it to merge with Marowak's head. Mr. Mime - People can be afraid of Mimes and Clowns, plus Clowns have been depicted in horror. Drowzee/Hypno - Pokédex entries as well as some of the stories told about them. Paras/Parasect - The parasitic fungi basically controlling and eventually taking over the insect itself. Gastly/Haunter/Gengar - Self-explanatory. Zubat/Golbat/Crobat - Self-explanatory. Spinarak/Ariados - Self-explanatory. Houndour/Houndoom - Should be obvious. Misdreavus - Obviously scary/creepy. Murkrow - Crow + Witch's Hat I guess.
7:50 It's doubly weird because Sudowoodo isn't a tree, it's a rock! You can't use scissors on a rock! 14:52 What the heck, Claire?! 16:11 I'd like the extra battles! 18:22 I wonder if you got a high-roll earlier.... 18:52 Only 1 Pumpkaboo. 26:42 Well, it IS pretending to be a tree. Trees don't move much. It probably blinks because everything alive blinks in fiction. Or to get moisture out of its eyes; Sudowoodo hate being wet! Anyway, neat run video! Thanks for uploading!
Gen 2 'Mons are the most desperate for new evolutions, and I'd love to see Hisuian evolutions for Ledian, Ariados, Sudowoodo and Sunflora. Ariados' evo can stay the same type, but Ledian's evo can be Bug/Fairy, Sunflora's can be Grass/Fire, and Sudowoodo's can be Rock/Fighting (not Rock/Grass to stick with the theme of a fake tree). My proposed names for these theoretical evos are Silkryptid, Lediornaut, Solpetal and Jeudowoodo
I think my favourite Spore creation was a pretend tree. Made a palm tree type thing with flipped around poison spitters for coconuts. I distinctly recall giving it the ability to jump super high
My brother and I loved Sudowoodo growing up and would always put it on our team. It was defensively strong but we never could get the full potential out of it and would replace it eventually.
I was afraid Chuck was going to throw the boulder at me when I first played the game. Also how can you run put of pp? You're using a giant walking one, with six balls.
Love seeing that subscriber count go up and up! Interesting run and moveset at the end, too. Given all that, still waiting for Slowbro vs Slowing. Request #13.
Catching this Pokémon as a 10year old kid made me feel invincible. I lucked out and never felt the wrath of Whitney’s Milktank until my later play throughs
I never used one before, so it was fun watching you beat the game with a fake tree. I wonder, if a trainer in the Pokemon universe ever dresses it up as a Christmas tree before? Can you imagine Scott fighting with a Christmas light decked out sudowoodo? Now that would be funny. Or want to keep kids away from the gifts until Christmas day? Place them under a sudowoodo Christmas tree.
15:00 - I’ve heard a theory that they were supposed to miss the protagonists at some point. I haven’t seen the movies, so I can’t give more info than that. You’ll have to find the theory yourself. Good luck :3 (Also, hope you’re having a good day, and thank you for making so many great videos for us! I can tell they take a lot of time)
Oh my gosh, you've already done Sudowoodo in Crystal, I literally just commented on your most recent video asking you to do this ;) 😂 Love the content Scott! Been watching for over a year, I always look forward to your videos. I'll hit you up on Patreon I owe you one :)
When I played Gold version I tried so hard to keep this funny tree on my team, but as is the case with a lot of mons introduced in Gen 2, the move pool just didn't have enough to compete with other choices.
Sudowoodo is one of my all time favorites. I've always wanted to hunt his shiny form... After my swinub hunt maybe :-) Can't wait to see how he performs!
My guy! Love the vid. Sounds like a good idea for a video🤔 Keep up the grind man. I’ve fallen off the challenge wagon. The effort you put in the videos is unreal.
Low kick is base 50 power in generation 2. It does not do damage based on a Pokemon's weight ;)
It's still a fighting type move and it can cause flinching.
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@@dakotashroom5401 Rock slide Is stronger after stab
"Whitney gives out the Tm for Attract, which I can't learn."
You might not be able to, Scott. But I refuse to believe a sexy Sudowoodo like Tree couldn't
Dat buttwiggle is irresistable
But Scott doesnt need to learn it, he already has a girlfriend anyway.
@@milonchello1643 Getting a girlfriend without having the ability to attract anything is impressive indeed.
"Bruno is dressed up as an elite four for halloween. That's a great costume!"
I laughed so hard that my chest hurts now.
"I'd invested my time becoming a Pokémon master, after all, not a social butterfly."
... don't you mean a social Butterfree?
I love how the final strategy was "Use Rock Slide every turn"
Well, except EQ for Pikachu right?
Right...
*EDIT:* oh, now I see. Makes sense
A few things :
- Using "weaker side" coverage moves can sometimes be a good idea (well not with this 30 base special of course), but a good instance of this is, say, Ambipom against Steelix with Fire Punch. In general, you can roughly evaluate the relative powers of moves using this formula : (base power x stab x effectiveness x your offensive stat)/the opponent's defensive stat
It looks convoluted, but if you train enough, it ends up being automatic, you compare the bp x stab x effectiveness of all move available, then compare attack/def vs spattack/spdef to know roughly how much better (or worse) special moves will be compared to physical moves
Note that roughly knowing the opponent's defensive stats is more than enough, a +-15% won't change the calculations in a significant way.
In practice, experience lets you narrow it down to only two moves most of the time, and when one of your offensive stats is much better than the other (like more than 2x as good), the question of physical/special isn't even worth asking for most opponents (only extreme cases, like Golem, Forretress, Steelix... might
Also with experience comes the ability to estimate
All of this to say : most important is that you have a good idea of what every pokemon's stats are (roughly), not to "avoid special moves on X mon because they're a physical attacker" or such - With sudowoodo though, it does make sense to avoid using special moves - the only point where it might've been useful is Koga's forretress, and you destroyed it anyway, and mayyybe jasmine's steelix (100/200 vs 30/65 but Fire punch is more powerful than Dig and steelix likes to setup the sun)
- Your old videos have become unwatchable to me. The same videos that got me to love your channel now feel kind of bland when compared to the awesomeness that your videos are currently. The jokes, the tone, the gameplay, the editing... You stepped up, big time and it feels weird to see videos from you not so long ago because the quality was not the same. Don't get me wrong : your videos weren't anywhere close to being bad, but now they're awesome.
- Dare I suggest a Noctowl playthrough ? I LOVED this guy in my first ever pokemon game (was platinum), and I'm pretty positive it's utterly awful. It's also probably the most forgettable (or forgotten) "generation bird" - probably because it was the weakest one. Even 9 year-old me figured out that a crobat would do much, much better than whatever noctowl was able to.
He struggled so much against Steelix because of 60 power Dig instead of 120 power low kick lol
@@priestesslucy Well, actually low kick is 50 BP in gens 1-2. You can actually notice that at some point he uses it and it does less than dig.
Fire punch would have been 100% better against steelix in the end because of how stat exp impacts low base stats more significantly than high base stats, but keeping it... Maybe not as relevant ? Dunno, low kick was useless anyway.
@@thsand5032 yeah someone else pointed that out to me in another comment thread.
I knew it was flinch instead of variable damage in Gen 1, didn't realize that carried over to Gen 2.
I don't know...the gameplay and editing have gotten better, I don't see how his tone has changed that much. But these recent videos have seriously gotten me to question whether it's worth it to worth his channel. The dry and tired jokes which he's had since the beginning are grating and I am so close to deciding it's not worth sitting through them.
Silver's last 2 teams give good exp & ev's, speed & special boosts particularly. He's a little tougher than Blue so I kinda feel like he's a fun final match in kanto. time is important but a lot of 2nd gen playthroughs become a level grind before red anyway. So I'd say, if you beat the kanto leaders and want some more EXP before red just rush his last two battles
Watching you grow in knowledge has been amazing. I remember leaving tips in the comments for you a year ago and now I'm learning from you. Great job Scott
Chaotic suggestion: Venomoth run but every battle it's typing gets randomized.
Reminds me of the good old days of Shift Venomoth in the early days of the Trading Card Game.
Do it
A year later and its HAPPENED
Re-digging the graves for ghosts...damn, this is deep
As a kid I actually had Sudowoodo on my team all the way to Red... I've really been looking forward to this one!
Also, as to optional rival battles, I'm on team crush-???-every-chance-you-get!
I'm guessing 69 playthroughs for the starter versus.
EDIT: Also YEEEEEESSSSSS Misdreavus next week, my favorite gen 2!
Nice
The feminine haunter, lol.
Should be fun and looking forward to it none the less ☺️
Its so weird to me how they never considered dropping the second Haunter from Morty's team in favor of a Misdreavus. Like its a new, nice looking ghost type Pokemon. It has a fairly lacking movepool at the level Morty appears at, however both of Morty's Haunter know Mimic, a move they only learn/know if transferred from Gen 1 so obviously cheating the moveset a bit wouldn't really be an issue.
I'm going to guess it'll be five playthroughs of Yellow at least to determine which starter is the best. Here's hoping Venusaur comes out on
top!
Venusaur is the best
My brain ....... trying to register the 5 starts when its pikachu and eevee and the other 3
@@liquidsleepgames3661 If Eevee is in play it's not 5 starters, it's 7
@@MazterP28 preach
"I wanted to dress up as a tree for Halloween, but I got the vibe that my peers wouldn't find it as funny." Oh, so you branched out and chose something else?
I reckon you've been nurturing that one for a spell.
This is the best comment so far.
Really loving the videos man, I found you after craving more Pokémon content from JRose11 posting less often but am loving the fact you do Crystal runs: Crystal is possibly one of my favourite Pokémon games! When I get paid next week I'm definitely joining your Patreon :)
Hey Dan, glad you're enjoying. JRose11 is certainly posting less often these days. I miss his posts but I'm happy to fill the void hah
Subscribed ;)
I knew this was going to be a goody at the point of "I wanted to dress up as a tree for Halloween".
Dude, we love Halloween at our place too! Every year we throw a party where no one shows up in costumes, but we have them go down stairs and change one person at a time, so we can set up the fog machine and music. Everyone has their own WWE style entrance when we see their costumes for the first time. Really creates that "WOW" factor.
Joke's on you, I was tabbed in and watching intently while eating cinnamon pancakes when you tried to call me out in gym 8.
Sudowoodo is an amazing idea for a Pokemon. I do think it needed to be earlier in the game, or have better stats, either defensively or just more speed, to be more fondly remembered by most. Challenges like these are really good for Pokemon like Sudowoodo, but most players wont have that chance. Its a shame, a rock type mimicking a tree while being afraid of water is a really funny and clever idea.
Slower, bulkier Pokemon CAN do fine in a solo playthrough, but the issue with this one is its not both bulky and a hard hitter. There arent too many in gen 1 or 2 that fit that bill, and for gen 3 onwards you have to be mindful of natures and stuff which can undermine that. Still, Im surprised at how well it did, considering the latter half of Johto's gyms have so much that hit it super effectively. I wish you luck on the upcoming challenges!
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Awww, look at that. The TREE loves you so much that it created the affection bonuses way before Game Freak did. How cute.
I love how sudowodo just get’s shafted thanks to not having the psychical/special split on Gen 2.
This thing has a movepool any pokemon at that time would kill for, but most of it is special, and he has 30 special attack.
I would do E4 runs with Tyranitar as a kid, and that damn Hitmonchan’s Mach Punch would be the only move that hit in the E4.
Even tho I stopped playing after gen 2, the fact that Mimiku is basically in costume strikes me as a great Halloween Pokemon. Maybe Hypno for the whole stealing children lore, too.
I don't think he is doing anything past g3 for Halloween.
7 smokescreens is so funny lmao, makes me think of like shell smashing again and again with a cloyster against a bisharp to outplay sucker punch, except of course claire is only doing it to taunt you
I don't think I've ever had any experience using a Sudowoodo in any generation, so I'm curious to see how this plays out.
I've used it in Renegade Platinum. Really cool pokemon.
*EDIT:* I also used it in Crystal way back when. That's a solid level 20 and it's not like I was training a Geodude lol
He should have used low kick on Steelix. Low kick does more damage on heavier pokemon.
@@dakotashroom5401 that, and Dig got nerfed in Gen 2.
It's 100 power in Gen 1, but in Gen 2 and 3 it's kind of junk
I have in HeartGold
I used him for some time in HeartGold, but yeah, that’s about it. Still more use than I’ve gotten out of Delibird
I love how you know I am playing Pokémon in the background! Lol!
That's what I'd do ;)
I’m here for the Pokémon play throughs. I stay for the bloopers. I’m enjoying marathoning your content.
I remember getting a Japanese cartridge translated into bad English when I was young and I was able to teach sudowoodo the HM fly - I’ll probably never see something like that ever again 😂
The Elf Monster one? IIRC that's the Vietnamese version.
Sudowoodo is neat. I especially like it in later gens with Rock Head Head Smashes and Wood Hammers.
*Imagine a Halloween themed Pokemon team with Crobat, Trevenant, Chandelure, Gourgeist, Houndoom, & Ariados (admittedly it wouldn't be the best team, but it would be Halloweeny)*
Halloweeny. I love the English language.
Scott, I’m excited to see this one. Can’t wait for the witty comments you make. The content will be awesome as always.
~ Scott
Oh, yes, I always called this one "Sudo aguado" in Spanish. In Spanish, we're used to mispronouncing Pokémon's names. I work as a translator, yet I still do.
The editing on this video was A+. This is quickly becoming my favorite Poketuber channel!
You should battle "Silver" or better known as "that guy" in the last two games in the second half and post game. He is your rival. Might as well.
Also AMAZING job with the intros for almost each foe and it takes a lot of time but it's great!
While I can get behind this idea I'd also like to remind that this is about speed and those fights are optional: as Scott says in the video, he's on the clock.
I used to do so in my gold / heartgold challenges, but trust me, the Mt.Moon fight is nothing really special.
Although it is nice to see his pokemon finally evolved LOL! But once you get there, your level is likely pretty high though.
I love the noise Scott makes when he gets hit with something that may knock him out. It’s also the same noise I make when I step in something cold and wet while wearing socks
Love the new intros to the gym leaders/elite four, really cool :) I used a sudowoodo recently in a monotype run of Heart Gold, it was actually really solid with wood hammer and rock head :D
Your transition between the gyms and stuff is great. Keep up the good work with it and the challenges. You got this
How they justified Sudowoodo as a mono rock type I will never know. Surely they could have snuck grass typing in, your man is a tree after all!
Isn't Grass a terrible defensive type when paired with Rock, tho?
@@FernandoRafaelNogueiraReis oh for sure, but at the time my 7 year old self couldn’t figure it out 😂
Great title! 😁 It made me chuckle.
I know next to nothing about Sudowoodo and I've never used it so this should be an interesting run. Also love the new gym opening - it looks fantastic and gives a really nice quick bit of info before the fight.
I was so excited to see this run. I’m sure you were already planning on doing this run, but it was really cool to know I suggested a video and it got made! Great content as always! Looking forward to the rest of the Halloween videos.
Your editing has improved big time, my dude. Loving the transitions and Gym Leader intros. This video was great, and loved watching the "treen't" (shoutout to Ehrenpiep) go trick or "tree"ting. Much love.
I like that you call me out for listening passively 👍🏽 bonus I watch you at x2 speed. Because I’m binging your stuff since episode 1
-those vs episodes got me hooked. Didn’t think I’d watch these single Pokémon episodes but here I am near the end of your playlist
Glad you’re enjoying even the solo content :)
Thank you for making content friend, it always warms my heart when I see you have a new video out that I can enjoy and fall asleep too, it’s always so entertaining and soothing and just makes my whole week ☺️
Thanks so much for this comment. I honestly needed it today! You really brightened my day
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon no, thank you friend! I’m so glad I could bring some light to your day, in the same way that your content brings me so much joy 😭
I'm imagining you are going to have to do at lest 9 playthroughs in total; 1 for each starter initially, followed by 2 efficiency/luck checks afterward each.
As for my prediction as to which one is going to succeed, my money is on Blastoise.
Yes Venusaur gets a strong early lead, but I doubt it could maintain that momentum especially when you get to mid/late game. Lack of coverage is really going to suck and you will probably have to rely on slower stall tactics like powders and leech seed.
Charizard is the most offensive of the starters and can have some decent options, but will flounder at seemingly random points depending on whatever Pokemon you face and will have a devestatingly slow start from the beginning of the game that I doubt it will be able to recover from.
Blastoise has a good defensive typing, decent coverage and most importantly will have consistency throughout the run. It will have the same early lead that Venusaur will get out the gate and won't fall prey to bad luck as often as Charizard.
Its amazing just how much cooler the editing is now. Makes the videos so much more immersive
Your videos are amazing, it always cheers me up when I see a new one. Keep up the good work, Scott!
During the kingdra fight when you ask the audience to pay attention because you suspect we're listening to the video in the background while playing pokemon 😂😂😂 was actually playing crystal myself while watching!
Ey!!! Those gym leader animations look really cool! It's incredible how you keep improving what seems like already great content. Congrats! :D
8:11 what an _attractive_ HP stat
Sudowoodo worked its way in to my heart when I played through Pokemon Insurgence hard mode. I never intended to train the tree, but with sturdy, counter, sucker punch, and stone edge, it was always able to ko an opposing pokemon in the many boss battles this game had. It became my legendary killer. Groudon, Rayquaza, armored Kyurem, and Primal Giratina were but a few of the pokemon it managed to defeat. It was never my highest leveled pokemon, but it was my secret weapon, able to take on and take out any physical attacker that might give the rest of my team trouble. I may not have originally intended to keep it on my team, but when I realized just how insane this beast is, I never gave it up, and it stayed with me all the way to the end of the game.
Its one of my favorite pokemon now, and I'm happy to see you take a turn with it here.
Did you nuzlocke it on hard mode n is it on your channel
@@nateschendel4585 This wasn't a nuzlocke, just a regular playthrough, and I didn't record it. I've done one recorded nuzlocke on my channel, but it was of pokemon sword, not insurgence.
Thank you for your videos. They are nice and chill and fun to listen to and watch. I enjoy the efforts you have put forth into making these video's enjoyable. I eagerly await your next video. Your crystal vids have me anticipating you covering Skymory
Thanks Zarthus, I’m really enjoying making them!
Love the new gym fight intro clip! Can't wait to see what's next
Edit: wouldn't low kick be better on steelix because of how heavy it is?
Low Kick in Gens 1 and 2 is a 50 BP move with a 30% flinch rate, but in Gen 3 onwards, it deals weight-based damage (20-120 BP) but no longer flinches.
I don't think weight existed in gen 1-2, that's why back then low kick is pretty useless late game
Thanks for clarifying!
I can’t wait to see those amazing arms wrecking things left and right.
"The Rival sends out Haunter but my dig knocks it out"...I was only listening to the vid for a moment and man, i had to listen twice xD
Hi Scott!! Looking forward for that one, I'm pretty sure it will be good at the beginning, but might struggle by the end of Johto (Vs Chuck and Claire). We shall see!
Hearing that the magical Misdrevus is next episode has made my week. Easily my favorite pokemon but that early game is going to be incredibly painful.. I'm looking forward to it.
Love the vid Scott, I always boxed the weird rock tree Pokémon myself. Also love that I showed up as Nidoking, my favorite Pokémon. Thanks bud!
I was the tree in our production of Chicken Little in first grade. I was darn proud of that role, so I can empathize with wanting to be a tree for Halloween. =P
Love the gym leader edits! Super cool and would love to see more of those in future videos
For a Halloween themed Pokémon for Gen 1 or 2, I have some ideas...
Omanyte/Omastar - Cthulhu/Kaiju related
Cubone/Marowak - Wearing dead mother's skull only for it to merge with Marowak's head.
Mr. Mime - People can be afraid of Mimes and Clowns, plus Clowns have been depicted in horror.
Drowzee/Hypno - Pokédex entries as well as some of the stories told about them.
Paras/Parasect - The parasitic fungi basically controlling and eventually taking over the insect itself.
Gastly/Haunter/Gengar - Self-explanatory.
Zubat/Golbat/Crobat - Self-explanatory.
Spinarak/Ariados - Self-explanatory.
Houndour/Houndoom - Should be obvious.
Misdreavus - Obviously scary/creepy.
Murkrow - Crow + Witch's Hat I guess.
Thank you for doing my Favourite Pokémon today:
*Sudowoodo!* Love your content, hugs n love from Portugal!
Hugs back at you from Canada
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7:50 It's doubly weird because Sudowoodo isn't a tree, it's a rock! You can't use scissors on a rock!
14:52 What the heck, Claire?!
16:11 I'd like the extra battles!
18:22 I wonder if you got a high-roll earlier....
18:52 Only 1 Pumpkaboo.
26:42 Well, it IS pretending to be a tree. Trees don't move much. It probably blinks because everything alive blinks in fiction. Or to get moisture out of its eyes; Sudowoodo hate being wet!
Anyway, neat run video! Thanks for uploading!
Love the gym transition/leader intro pages! Vids keep getting better!
A battle of creatively named pokemon:
Seel vs. Spheal.
but that's the next gen...
I'm only at 7:41 and I'm already thinking... HOW MANY WOOD EUPHEMISMS IS HE GOING TO USE!!??
It’s super cool watching this channel explode right before my eyes
I always loved Sudowoodo. Happy to see him represented
Gen 2 'Mons are the most desperate for new evolutions, and I'd love to see Hisuian evolutions for Ledian, Ariados, Sudowoodo and Sunflora. Ariados' evo can stay the same type, but Ledian's evo can be Bug/Fairy, Sunflora's can be Grass/Fire, and Sudowoodo's can be Rock/Fighting (not Rock/Grass to stick with the theme of a fake tree). My proposed names for these theoretical evos are Silkryptid, Lediornaut, Solpetal and Jeudowoodo
I think all Ledian really needs is a regional form that swaps it's Attack and Sp.Def
I think my favourite Spore creation was a pretend tree. Made a palm tree type thing with flipped around poison spitters for coconuts. I distinctly recall giving it the ability to jump super high
Always named mine Pharisee meaning Pretender. It's a rock type that tries to look like a grass type.
Fun fact: Squirtle is the "Tiny Turtle", when it evolves into Blastoise, it becomes "The Shellfish" Pokémon.
Really fitting for being close to Halloween. With the whole dressed as something else thing works well for Sudowoodo
My brother and I loved Sudowoodo growing up and would always put it on our team. It was defensively strong but we never could get the full potential out of it and would replace it eventually.
The kingdra call out caught me off guard and I wanted to start looking for cameras. Damn man, you FBI?
I was afraid Chuck was going to throw the boulder at me when I first played the game.
Also how can you run put of pp? You're using a giant walking one, with six balls.
It's surprising to see him only have 2 pokemon. You would think he would at least have a machoke to have another pokemon to lift with.
@@dakotashroom5401 Chuck chucks the rock himself, no Pokémon help needed.
@@dakotashroom5401 It's underwhelming to. How did that guy become a gym leader anyway?
Give him a Hitmonchan/lee/top or a Machoke......or something!
I groaned so many times listening to this one.
Fantastic work.
I love the intros you put for major trainer battles.
your videos get better and better with every one that comes out, keep it up :)
Love seeing that subscriber count go up and up! Interesting run and moveset at the end, too.
Given all that, still waiting for Slowbro vs Slowing. Request #13.
Imagine doing the Santa Claus and the Christmas Tree Pokémon before December. What a thought, Scott!
Catching this Pokémon as a 10year old kid made me feel invincible. I lucked out and never felt the wrath of Whitney’s Milktank until my later play throughs
I love how you can't punch ghosts but, you can throw rocks at them.
First time catching a premiere! Let's go baby, glad I could experience this with all of yall
I never used one before, so it was fun watching you beat the game with a fake tree.
I wonder, if a trainer in the Pokemon universe ever dresses it up as a Christmas tree before?
Can you imagine Scott fighting with a Christmas light decked out sudowoodo?
Now that would be funny.
Or want to keep kids away from the gifts until Christmas day?
Place them under a sudowoodo Christmas tree.
15:00 - I’ve heard a theory that they were supposed to miss the protagonists at some point.
I haven’t seen the movies, so I can’t give more info than that. You’ll have to find the theory yourself. Good luck :3
(Also, hope you’re having a good day, and thank you for making so many great videos for us! I can tell they take a lot of time)
I was a cardboard box one year for Halloween. It was big enough for me to fit entirely in so I sat in random spots and scared people.
Am I thinking of the wrong move here, or does Low Kick do more damage to heavier Pokemon? May have been an option for steelix
Only from Gen3. In 1+2 it has 50BP + flinch chance
You are correct, but that wasn't the way it worked in Gen 2. It worked the way you think in later gens.
Crap I messed that up in another comment. _Whups_
Ah I see. Good job steelix wasn’t too much of an issue in this run then 😂
14:36 Me tapping back in from my activities to watch scott 🔥🔥🔥
These are great videos to watch and even better to fall asleep to, I fall asleep to your playlists with my TH-cam premium, hope it helps!
It does help! Glad you’re enjoying the videos and they’re perfect to fall asleep too!
Oh my gosh, you've already done Sudowoodo in Crystal, I literally just commented on your most recent video asking you to do this ;) 😂
Love the content Scott! Been watching for over a year, I always look forward to your videos. I'll hit you up on Patreon I owe you one :)
Thanks so much Nathan! Glad you found the Sudowoodo video!
I love your transitions to the big battles!!
More coming soon ;) I’m pretty hyped about them myself
Amazing as always! I'm having so much fun watching your content :)
When I played Gold version I tried so hard to keep this funny tree on my team, but as is the case with a lot of mons introduced in Gen 2, the move pool just didn't have enough to compete with other choices.
This should be enjoyable, Let's see how Sudowoodo gets on in Pokémon Crystal.
Sudowoodo is one of my all time favorites. I've always wanted to hunt his shiny form... After my swinub hunt maybe :-) Can't wait to see how he performs!
draining my pp preventing me from moving, while the ghost licks my tree, im on a timer, my pp is going to run out 7:04
The vast majority of my time scripting goes into writing these paragraphs...
Rock slide is a wonderful move.
Really helped sudo by learning it so early and naturally(golem/rhydon doesnt even learn it naturally lol).
"Lance's not a dragon master, he's a flying master."
YES, FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT
Oooo misdreavius! I always loved her. I look forward to it! :)
Also at least 12 runs for those three in your group starters vid!
My guy! Love the vid. Sounds like a good idea for a video🤔
Keep up the grind man. I’ve fallen off the challenge wagon. The effort you put in the videos is unreal.