Elite 4: what challenger who's rigorously raised their pokemon for weeks to stand here comes to challenge us? Jrose: caught those bad boys a minute ago
Oak to his grandson: "You didn't love your pokemon!" Red pokerfacing about the numerous pokemon he put in the PC the minute he was able to catch stronger ones while Blue actually maintained a consistent team through the whole game.
@@MarioMastarReminds me of when Jrose did that Emerald doubles Nuzlocke and won with essentially fourth-string Pokemon at every position due to carelessness and bad luck.
Im gonna say this because i feel like JRose doesnt hear this often, but I really love the little jokes he sprinkles throughout these runs. These challenges are already very entertaining, but the little jokes always put a smile on my face
Evil zacharynewman7627 be like: Im gonna say this because i feel like JRose doesnt hear this often, but I really hate the little jokes he sprinkles throughout these runs. These challenges are already very boring, but the little jokes always put a frown on my face
Jrose runs are the perfect inbetween of "i can watch it to fall asleep" and "i can watch it and learn a thing or two" and i am always all for it. This run just showed how much strategy and difficulty you can get out of pokemon games outside of the typical "Nuzlocke" ruleset. Simply amazing run, keep up the awesome videos!
honestly i think it's an insult to his work to say "i watch this to fall asleep". never understood you type of people. immerse yourself, enjoy and appreciate the work. some of y'all use too much tiktok so you're sentisized to the point of not being able to sit down and watch a 1:30h video without losing all attention within 10 mins 🤦♂
@@xKamiiiiDude you should enjoy and appreciate life. Because this is some negative bullshit. People have been falling asleep to shit for millenia, we used to fall asleep to birds and animals, then we fell asleep to the sounds of villages and music. People evolve and so do their forms of entertainment, it has nothing to do woth tiktok. Also, they are appreciating the work did you not read anything besides half of the first sentence of their comment?
@@xKamiiii are you dense? Can there be anything more immersive than shutting your eyes and losing yourself in the creator's storytelling, no distractions?
The battle vs Steven in this is one of the more impressive battles I’ve seen across any challenge run. You’ve genuinely become quite good at these games over the years
A piece of strategy Jrose did and didn't talk about. You have to be careful in which tile you are when the rival battle cut scene triggers because depending on where you are nature power can be either stun spore or swift
That's an incredible piece of trivia that I'm sure most people wouldn't have the eye for detail to notice. I'm amazed at how I'm still learning new things about Emerald to this day
It's absolutely unreal how many small seemingly inconsequential things that are coded into these games. Like the one about Pressure or Vital Spirit or whatever to get a lvl 45 Gyarados? Fucking BONKERS.
@@Bludgeoned2DEATH2 Bonus points if they're genuine mechanics and not just exploits that make Gameshark fair game. Jrose does keep the game as vanilla as possible so these are all things we can try in our playthroughs casually.
@@taebeebeePressure and Vital Spirit give a 50% chance to force an encounter with the highest level possible on a route. This applies to every Pokemon you find on the route.
This run is way more interesting with the "no items" and "no legendaries" clause. I expected the E4 to just be swept by a Lvl 70 Rayquaza -- looking forward to how you will do it!
This is what I like about Jrose. His rules really are meant to show the limits of the game itself, and not just his personal limits as a player. This allows any of us watching to really see the full potential of a pokemon and even discover surprises we wouldn't have known about them (like Abra being TERRIBLE in a solo run because until WAY later in the game, it doesn't learn any useful special moves) as well as how to make the most of particular strategies (like as annoying as it can be when he does reset a tough battle he barely won due to luck, he does verify where the battle could ONLY be won by luck or if it's a legitimate win, like seeing if a lucky crit may have completely changed the course of the battle). So it's very informative and thus a lot more entertaining for veterans and new players a like.
After your no experience run of crystal I was inspired to do a no exp run on fire red and you are so right about gamefreak's design early on. Every gym leader has a counter nearby and it's really neat. Blaine surrounded by water, surge and diglett cave etc. had a perfect team to counter rival 6 but has to make sacrifices to the lineup to counter Agatha. Was a wild ride. Champion took 100s of tries but it was possible and it felt so cool to achieve
Simply incredible. Your mind for strategies and how to mix and match teams to outsmart the AI is truly remarkable. Obviously the red/blue solo challenges are your bread and butter but videos like these are truly where your skills are on full display. Keep up the amazing work.
Yeah, if you take into account knowledge of multiple gens, he’s definitely in the top 1000 pokemon players in the world imo. Incredible achievement when you remember that millions of people play these games.
@@edman1357 Considering that a lot of the mistakes he does are extremely amateurish and that his most common answers to obstacles (that are most of the time just obstacles because of rules he set for himself and still occasionally break regardless or because of his own mistakes) are just relying on absurd amounts of luck and overleveling, that he lacks a lot of basic knowledge regarding games that he played quite a lot by this point and is quite forgetful, I would be surprised if he was even in the top 10,000 worldwide. Once you also bear in mind that a lot of great Pokémon players aren't on the public scene in any way, shape or form, you will quickly realise that he's really not all that. Jrose's appeal lies in the entertainment value (which is owed, in part, to all the shortcomings that he has) and the funny Pokémon run concepts he toys with. That's really it.
The madman actually did it! I saw a bit of this live and was convinced it was impossible after you struggled so much with Wallace haha. Glad to see you proved me wrong
Hey Jrose, I just wanted to thank you for creating these videos. I remember stumbling across your catch em all videos and hoping you would eventually return with more content. I have anxiety, and something I've been trying to work on is "grounding" myself when im anxious. There are a lot of things recommended for this, but talking about things I'm familiar with, like reciting the entire plot of a pokemon game, helps me. Your videos help me a lot when I'm anxious. You talk indepthly about topics that are familiar to me, but I still get to learn more stuff at the same time. I love hearing you find solutions to problems with all the tools you have accessible to you. Thank you. I wish you the best!
I love the use of Substitute against Steven. I always used it on my own soloruns, because Skarmory has Toxic and Spikes and Steven's AI actually doesn't see that Toxic won't work, so you can get free setup (with a bit of luck) as early as Turn 1. I even managed to beat the game with a single Carvanha that way, and that thing is a one-hit from just about every move in the game :D
I love how your videos show off the complexity of Pokémon. How the items and abilities are used, strategies like PP stalling or destiny bond, and even AI manipulation... absolutely stunning.
@@averyhaferman3474I think that's what they're saying -- by playing Pokemon with crazy constraints it forces you to really use the extra stuff they put in the game, rather than just being able to spam a super effective move
Try battle frontier challenges. They are really fun to play and actually different. Especially when you add constraints they become next to impossible, bar some crazy strategies
Truly intense. I was on the edge of my seat for most of this. It's funny you mentioned SmallAnt, he actually beat Emerald with *negative* XP, but he used Legendaries and items in battle.
Probably one of my favourite runs ever! It was interesting to watch the strategies for each battle unfold. Through the narration, you can also really hear your enthousiasm for these games and how fun it can be to craft the required strategy. Thanks and I'm looking forward to the next runs!
Love this! One of my least favorite things about Pokemon games is the grinding and the inevitable moment where you overshot the power level and just decimate the gym leaders with no competition. It never feels like you can just slot a wild (non-legendary) Pokemon into your party and compete with it, so this is a really inventive and impressive run!
Just want to say that you're a huge inspiration and entertainment for all of us. I took a page out of your book and tried to see if I can beat FR/LG with every evolutionary line at least. Just finished Venusaur in 5:35 at level 72 while using fun strategies. So fun doing it and it was thanks to you (btw I know the time was kinda slow lol)
I admire you SO MUCH for sticking through this. I definitely wouldn't have had the patience for such a thing, and I'm sure it helped thatyou had a stream chat there with you to make it less agonizing, but still, it sounds like hell. Not only did you stick with it, but you DID IT. Good job, genuinely!!
Jrose: I think Gamefreak wants you to catch new Pokémon teams for each gym, especially in Red and Blue Also Jrose: Let‘s beat Red and Blue with every single Pokémon solo
I got a lvl 45 Gyarados in Sootopolis today on my second try: I had the most ridiculous luck today, and the fact that I’m watching this video on the SAME DAY is insane. I am trying to catch every Pokémon at max level on Emerald, and today I did Gyarados. I have the spreadsheet with the probabilities of different level ranges and I knew that even getting a Gyarados in the 5-45 range was ridiculously small, and even with my Absol at the front to have a 50% chance of boosting the level, I knew I was in for a long session of reloading… First catch, a Magikarp so I reset before I even saw the level. Second catch, it was a Gyarados but of course I wasn’t expecting anything so I was still fumbling with my phone to play a TH-cam video in the background. I looked up and saw the 45, and I nearly fell out of my computer chair laughing! I thought it was going to be just as mind-numbing as getting my lvl 45 Whiscash (which actually took so long that I got a shiny Barboach while trying to get it), so the SECOND CATCH was absolutely ridiculous. I just paused at the point where you just started to explain how different level ranges appear, so I really hope that you didn’t suffer the way I was expecting to 😅
Wow, ok ngl, now that I’ve watched your description, I didn’t know my odds were that high 😅 I only knew about the 5-45 block. My spreadsheet was missing the 35-45 block, so I thought it was only a 1% chance of getting it in the 45 range and then a further 50% of boosting it… Don’t get me wrong, getting a 2nd try on a 1/37 is still pretty cool, but I thought I had just hit it on a 1/200 😅
Somehow these are always incredibly entertaining the entire time despite being 30 minutes to over an hour long. Some of my favorite videos to see appear on my TH-cam feed
Bless him for putting up with this in REAL time. Unlike the Shiny hunters and nuzlockers who really seem like they're just wasting thier own time for the sake of views, JRose actually puts effort into something worth watching. Anyone can win the slots and brag about how they got rich overnight, but JRose actually puts in the work hours and earned his paycheck in the end of the year!
I'm going through a rough break up right now and these videos are honestly a great distraction. These challenges are amazing to watch. I can do solo runs but I wouldn't have the patience to do runs like this. Need to see a gen 5 no exp run sometime!
What an amazing run! Being able to achive this with no legendaries is nothing short of impressive. Wow, kudos, honestly. I really thought before clicking on the video that you might not even be able to get through Tate&Liza, let alone the Pokémon League!! I guess I really underestimated how high level the Pokémon in water routes can get to, uh? 🤔 Just a small correction, I don't think the Mod of the ROM does anything to Effort Values (EV). EV's work in tandem with EXP gained, meaning that if you don't gain EXP, you can never get EV's. That's simply the consequence of the way they're implemented, not just something that is arbitrarily disabled.
Dude, Ive been with you since the absolute beginning. I know these take a while, but I still really enjoy these videos! Especially this gen. Keep it up
Roxanne’s nosepass will always use rock tomb until your Pokémon is slower than it and then it will switch to its other moves for the rest of the fight.
@@Whurlpuul Because speedrunners and romhackers have analyzed the intricacies and depths of each generation's trainer AI. Unfortunately, because this is the work of speedrunners and romhackers, there is no convenient collection of all the information, and you have to jump between sources in order to find the info for each generation. For Gen 3, there is a video called "Pokémon Generation III ROM Hacking: Tutorial 15: Trainerbattle Dissection" that has the information.
I didn't think you'd take on Steven....really impressed with this one! Super glad you decided not to bother with legendaries and hopefully maintained your sanity in the process
I actually remember playing this challenge as a kid. My Gameshark for some reason back in the day had an option to manipulate EXP so they would be at 0% among other options to increase EXP drastically. So one time I played though sapphire with 0 EXP for fun. I actually got to Drake and then at some point gave up because i couldn't ever get past him.
Loved the glalie impression 😂 great video as always jrose!! Keep up the great work!! (And aj too ❤) the video ideas that you do are always so crazy, absolutely love watching them!
I will say this was probably my favorite challenge run. The solo runs are really fun and most of the impossible challenges you can more or less see they'll either be possible with some strategy or not possible at all. This one actually looked impossible and you still managed to find a way. I knew about the Gyarados but was thinking it wouldn't make a difference against Wallace anyway so no point going for it. Didn't think it would be able to beat Wailord and save Wobbo for his Gyara.
Fun fact for anyone else dumb enough to try this challenge, all of the GBA Hoenn games let you catch a Level 40 Carvanha with Super Rod fishing. It’s default move set is Screech, Take Down, Swagger, Agility. And since it can outspeed or resist STAB on the entire Elite Four roster, you can absolutely do some confusion hax cheese the whole way through if you really feel like it. Or you can just use it as an opener to a rough battle and then put your actual strategies forward with the other five team members.
That was honestly oncredible. The shift from grueling step by step explanation of beating Wallace to "anyway after 7 hours this is how I beat Steven" was some aerious whiplash. What a journey.
This was so good. I expected wobbuffet strats but the type swapping for type immunities and stalling out PP was cool to see. Also, it seems like gen 3 water Pokémon are just unrivaled.
this run in particular is pretty water-biased because a lot of the higher level Wild Pokemon you can catch are from Surfing/Super Rod fishing, only other good spots that come to mind is Victory Road and Sky Pillar
Yes I've only seen one other no exp challenge done by someone else and the strategies used in that one video were some of the most interesting I've ever seen in a pokemon challenge can't wait to watch this
I usually don’t like videos, but I had to like this one. Your dedication, your strategy, your determination and your ability to complete it was just truly amazing. This was incredible.
I had genuinely expected to see a Crobat somewhere in this run. Your point about the tunnel vision is so true. When your strategy feels like it 'could' work, it's very difficult to pivot to something else.
You can get a Golbat at Lvl 44 in Victory Road, run around with it for a bunch of time to increase friendship and use a rare candy to get Crobat @@TheSarias
@@TheSarias exactly, once you get surf you have access to lv35 Golbat in meteor falls. I believe once you have waterfall you could find them at lv40 in a couple places, but I had used the earlier one.
15:59 brought back some bad memories lol. Had to do this against a random scientist's grimer/muk(don't remember which) in black and white 2. It had just used minimize 3 times and couldn't actually damage it. Used the unremarkable regional bird to avoid the mud slap and the megnemite to avoid sludge.
When Shelgon got frozen in the first Drake battle, I was like: "Surely, he's gonna switch in Altaria now, set up a few Dragon Dances and try to sweep. After all it's only 20% each turn that it thaws out." Aaaand then he just didn't...
This will be fun. I've done this challenge a few years back, no items, set mode etc and it was a blast, recently redid it a month ago (this time I allowed myself rare candies for some variation). I'd seen you were streaming this and have been looking forward to this video and seeing how you approached the challenge, definitely excited for Wattson and Norman. The species clause is an additional layer I haven't attempted and will likely need to try for myself.
I think using rare candy or exp boost is really necessary if you want to play alot of the custom pokemon games or do runs. It's soo much grinding to constantly level mons for a nuzlocke or something.
@@stompingpeak2043 I would agree with that in almost every situation. The lack of grinding is why I am drawn to No EXP challenges, it feels more like a puzzle and a little less about whose numbers are bigger. However for me, I initially was doing my SansXP runs without them as an added personal challenge. Because I didn't need them in Crystal, I didn't use them in Emerald either. Essentially asking "Did Game Freak give us everything we need?" During replays I decided to use them because it's fun to have more pokemon/moves available. It also makes the routing very different.
@@stompingpeak2043to your point as well, I've been happy to be using the exp share in Crystal Legacy to keep team members from falling behind. Though it won't be so useful when I inevitably patch Crystal Legacy to have No EXP. The game is tough enough as is, so I may be forced to use rare candies in that challenge run.
All I can say is just WOW!!!!! Truly amazing! Your dedication to this challenge is just out of this world! I’ve gotta say this is the first challenge that I actually thought there’s no way I can do! Kudos brother
(3:40) It's actually a 10% chance for Effect Spore to trigger in Gen. 3, and then after that, only a 1/3 chance of getting the status effect you want. So, a 1/30 chance poison will occur with any one direct hit. (39:04) LOL, "Phweb". (1:07:06) Huh, a level 5 Gyarados is possible there? I somehow wasn't aware of that. (1:21:24) And that's game! Congratulations on winning without EXP! (1:28:27) Wow, you even managed to defeat Steven Stone! That's amazing!
Amazing video man! Wallace here gave me ptsd from my Mudkip solo run. Had to train to Lv.94 to win. Aside from that I enjoyed the video a lot, thank you :) Have a nice day ^^
Soooooo about those vitamins: usually they don’t take effect on your stats until you level up. Did this mod change that? Cause otherwise your Exploud wouldn’t have gained anything from the vitamins and just hit different damage ranges maybe?!?
Google the Pokemon box trick. If you put your Pokemon in your PC, then its EVs will be recalculated without needing to level up. But also this is unnecessary with vitamins because vitamins do take effect on your stats immediately from Gen 3 onwards. Only in Gen 1 and 2 do you have to level up or use the PC when using vitamins.
At roxanne rn and ive heard this a couple times from you, but im pretty sure its not that Nosepass wont use Rock Tomb if it wont KO. Nosepass will use rock tomb if your speed is higher than its own. Nosepass has 17 speed.
I did NOT think Steven waa going to be possible. That's insane. I know you mentioned the vitamins. If it were me, i probably woulda grinded VS Seeker fights to grind money for more of them. You can max out a pokemon's EVs using vitamins. An extra... what would that be, 12 points per stat would have been huge. Thats like 5 more levels.
Unfortunately, there’s no VS Seeker in Emerald. The best way to grind money is to battle the reporters over and over again with the Amulet Coin equipped. And, as mentioned previously, you can only get 100 EVs per stat with the vitamins.
@@archeey8543 Yes, but when you have 6 stats you can put vitamins into, then you can easily reach the cap of 510. I think it was gen8 that finally did away with the vitamin EV limit.
@@vegetavsluigi As I just replied to the other guy. You're misunderstanding my meaning. It's 100 EVs per stat and the max is 510 total. Since you have 6 stats, you can very very easily reach 510 total EVs.
@@gerg905 You could, but, like, should you? That’d be 100 in 5 stats, probably HP, both Defenses, Speed, and your best offensive stat, and 10 in the last stat. This also doesn’t take into account exactly how long it’d take to grind up the money to do that even with battling the reporters with the Amulet Coin over and over again.
That Mr. Mime video trick was actually pretty cool for that run, I even showed a friend "GLALIE TWO" is so great lmao EDIT: No EVs makes the run even harder than it already appears, wow
Adter so many years of playing and viewing pokemon content It's rare to find out something that I didn't know already... but Actually I never knew about the effect of Pressure/Hustle/Vital Spirit outside of battle... Congrats, that was a nice surprise
Jrose11 Drinking Game: Drink every time he: - earns a gym badge - says "thankfully" - says "unfortunately" - gets a first try victory - wonders whether a crit matters - counts as the count - says "let's go!" - mentions the pathway to victory - apologises for his pronunciation of something - explains the badge boost glitch or defends its use Finish your drink when he becomes the champion.
A strat you could have considered against Wallace is teaching Substitute to Altaria. Of course, it has to go over something (I'd say Fly first, and then teach fly over Dragonbreath after Lance). With Substitute, you can protect yourself against Leech Seed while you set up Dragon Dance. If you have +6 Atk, +6 Spe when you knock out the Ludicolo, and your substitute is intact, you can get 2 attacks off against whatever switches in as you'll now outspeed and the opponent still has to kill your substitute.
As someone who was part of the time where Pokemania first started in the mid 90s and has not played a Pokemon game in 22 years I have to say that I absolutely love watching Jroses videos.
Elite 4: what challenger who's rigorously raised their pokemon for weeks to stand here comes to challenge us?
Jrose: caught those bad boys a minute ago
Oak to his grandson: "You didn't love your pokemon!"
Red pokerfacing about the numerous pokemon he put in the PC the minute he was able to catch stronger ones while Blue actually maintained a consistent team through the whole game.
😊😊
@@MarioMastar❤32
@@MarioMastarReminds me of when Jrose did that Emerald doubles Nuzlocke and won with essentially fourth-string Pokemon at every position due to carelessness and bad luck.
Im gonna say this because i feel like JRose doesnt hear this often, but I really love the little jokes he sprinkles throughout these runs. These challenges are already very entertaining, but the little jokes always put a smile on my face
Evil zacharynewman7627 be like:
Im gonna say this because i feel like JRose doesnt hear this often, but I really hate the little jokes he sprinkles throughout these runs. These challenges are already very boring, but the little jokes always put a frown on my face
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Jrose runs are the perfect inbetween of "i can watch it to fall asleep" and "i can watch it and learn a thing or two" and i am always all for it. This run just showed how much strategy and difficulty you can get out of pokemon games outside of the typical "Nuzlocke" ruleset. Simply amazing run, keep up the awesome videos!
honestly i think it's an insult to his work to say "i watch this to fall asleep". never understood you type of people. immerse yourself, enjoy and appreciate the work. some of y'all use too much tiktok so you're sentisized to the point of not being able to sit down and watch a 1:30h video without losing all attention within 10 mins 🤦♂
@@xKamiiiiDude you should enjoy and appreciate life. Because this is some negative bullshit. People have been falling asleep to shit for millenia, we used to fall asleep to birds and animals, then we fell asleep to the sounds of villages and music. People evolve and so do their forms of entertainment, it has nothing to do woth tiktok. Also, they are appreciating the work did you not read anything besides half of the first sentence of their comment?
Man has a soothing voice I fall asleep to his videos at times but most of the times I give them my full attention. Let people enjoy things
@@xKamiiii ok
@@xKamiiii are you dense? Can there be anything more immersive than shutting your eyes and losing yourself in the creator's storytelling, no distractions?
"But Minun is fairly bulky."
I never thought I'd hear that sentence
I pictured some really buff Minun lol
It kinda is though early game. 😂
@HOUOUIN_KYOUMA_001 Some thoughts should stay inside your head
@HOUOUIN_KYOUMA_001 why is it futanari though?
@HOUOUIN_KYOUMA_001delete this nephew
The battle vs Steven in this is one of the more impressive battles I’ve seen across any challenge run. You’ve genuinely become quite good at these games over the years
A piece of strategy Jrose did and didn't talk about. You have to be careful in which tile you are when the rival battle cut scene triggers because depending on where you are nature power can be either stun spore or swift
That's an incredible piece of trivia that I'm sure most people wouldn't have the eye for detail to notice. I'm amazed at how I'm still learning new things about Emerald to this day
It's absolutely unreal how many small seemingly inconsequential things that are coded into these games. Like the one about Pressure or Vital Spirit or whatever to get a lvl 45 Gyarados? Fucking BONKERS.
@@Bludgeoned2DEATH2 Bonus points if they're genuine mechanics and not just exploits that make Gameshark fair game. Jrose does keep the game as vanilla as possible so these are all things we can try in our playthroughs casually.
@@Bludgeoned2DEATH2wait could u explain this one?😳
@@taebeebeePressure and Vital Spirit give a 50% chance to force an encounter with the highest level possible on a route. This applies to every Pokemon you find on the route.
This run is way more interesting with the "no items" and "no legendaries" clause. I expected the E4 to just be swept by a Lvl 70 Rayquaza -- looking forward to how you will do it!
This is what I like about Jrose. His rules really are meant to show the limits of the game itself, and not just his personal limits as a player. This allows any of us watching to really see the full potential of a pokemon and even discover surprises we wouldn't have known about them (like Abra being TERRIBLE in a solo run because until WAY later in the game, it doesn't learn any useful special moves) as well as how to make the most of particular strategies (like as annoying as it can be when he does reset a tough battle he barely won due to luck, he does verify where the battle could ONLY be won by luck or if it's a legitimate win, like seeing if a lucky crit may have completely changed the course of the battle). So it's very informative and thus a lot more entertaining for veterans and new players a like.
You can’t even capture Rayquaza until after beating the E4 anyway
Same with the box legendaries in emerald only
@@aceclover758 Actually in Emerald you can go back to Sky Pillar right after Rayquaza stops Groudon and Kyogre and catch it.
@@aceclover758wrong. In emerald you can catch Rayquaza before the elite 4
@@Goro_Maj1ma you catch the dragon while your trying to beat the final gym
I am now honestly convinced that quickclaw Wobbuffet is the MVP in all MinBats and 0 Exp challenges
Can quickclaw Wobbuffet even do anything, since it's main way to do damage is countering?
@@TheShiningEnergyDestiny bond
@@logans4789 ooh. forgot about that move.
Right before bed?!?! Dude...
Who needs sleep when you have no experience emerald
@@spectatorrd6826 agreed
No kidding, I just laid down...
I just got home from work. This is awesome 😂
do what i do WATCH IN BED lol
After your no experience run of crystal I was inspired to do a no exp run on fire red and you are so right about gamefreak's design early on. Every gym leader has a counter nearby and it's really neat. Blaine surrounded by water, surge and diglett cave etc. had a perfect team to counter rival 6 but has to make sacrifices to the lineup to counter Agatha. Was a wild ride. Champion took 100s of tries but it was possible and it felt so cool to achieve
Simply incredible. Your mind for strategies and how to mix and match teams to outsmart the AI is truly remarkable. Obviously the red/blue solo challenges are your bread and butter but videos like these are truly where your skills are on full display. Keep up the amazing work.
Yeah, if you take into account knowledge of multiple gens, he’s definitely in the top 1000 pokemon players in the world imo. Incredible achievement when you remember that millions of people play these games.
@@edman1357except he didn’t know some very crucial stuff that actually helped him win. He needed a lot of help from chat
@@edman1357 Considering that a lot of the mistakes he does are extremely amateurish and that his most common answers to obstacles (that are most of the time just obstacles because of rules he set for himself and still occasionally break regardless or because of his own mistakes) are just relying on absurd amounts of luck and overleveling, that he lacks a lot of basic knowledge regarding games that he played quite a lot by this point and is quite forgetful, I would be surprised if he was even in the top 10,000 worldwide. Once you also bear in mind that a lot of great Pokémon players aren't on the public scene in any way, shape or form, you will quickly realise that he's really not all that. Jrose's appeal lies in the entertainment value (which is owed, in part, to all the shortcomings that he has) and the funny Pokémon run concepts he toys with. That's really it.
@@Forever...Wanderer ok bro you’re in the top 10. Feel better?
@@edman1357 I'm not even in the top 10,000 myself so whatever it is you think you're doing there is just silly at best.
The madman actually did it!
I saw a bit of this live and was convinced it was impossible after you struggled so much with Wallace haha. Glad to see you proved me wrong
Hey Jrose, I just wanted to thank you for creating these videos. I remember stumbling across your catch em all videos and hoping you would eventually return with more content.
I have anxiety, and something I've been trying to work on is "grounding" myself when im anxious. There are a lot of things recommended for this, but talking about things I'm familiar with, like reciting the entire plot of a pokemon game, helps me.
Your videos help me a lot when I'm anxious. You talk indepthly about topics that are familiar to me, but I still get to learn more stuff at the same time. I love hearing you find solutions to problems with all the tools you have accessible to you.
Thank you. I wish you the best!
I love the use of Substitute against Steven. I always used it on my own soloruns, because Skarmory has Toxic and Spikes and Steven's AI actually doesn't see that Toxic won't work, so you can get free setup (with a bit of luck) as early as Turn 1. I even managed to beat the game with a single Carvanha that way, and that thing is a one-hit from just about every move in the game :D
These are my favorite videos to binge. I've seen most of them twice (or more). Always so happy when you upload!
I love how your videos show off the complexity of Pokémon. How the items and abilities are used, strategies like PP stalling or destiny bond, and even AI manipulation... absolutely stunning.
You say this but 90 percent of people's playthrough is: spam type effective move. Win
@@averyhaferman3474I think that's what they're saying -- by playing Pokemon with crazy constraints it forces you to really use the extra stuff they put in the game, rather than just being able to spam a super effective move
Try battle frontier challenges. They are really fun to play and actually different. Especially when you add constraints they become next to impossible, bar some crazy strategies
Watch any Nuzlocker or Speedrunner and they show off all that stuff and more
Truly intense. I was on the edge of my seat for most of this.
It's funny you mentioned SmallAnt, he actually beat Emerald with *negative* XP, but he used Legendaries and items in battle.
Go see his insane Wattson strat for the best part.
Probably one of my favourite runs ever! It was interesting to watch the strategies for each battle unfold. Through the narration, you can also really hear your enthousiasm for these games and how fun it can be to craft the required strategy. Thanks and I'm looking forward to the next runs!
With the swapping of pokemon, this video could alternatively be titled, "Can you beat Pokemon Emerald as a Pokemon Ranger?"
Love this! One of my least favorite things about Pokemon games is the grinding and the inevitable moment where you overshot the power level and just decimate the gym leaders with no competition. It never feels like you can just slot a wild (non-legendary) Pokemon into your party and compete with it, so this is a really inventive and impressive run!
Just want to say that you're a huge inspiration and entertainment for all of us. I took a page out of your book and tried to see if I can beat FR/LG with every evolutionary line at least. Just finished Venusaur in 5:35 at level 72 while using fun strategies. So fun doing it and it was thanks to you (btw I know the time was kinda slow lol)
I admire you SO MUCH for sticking through this. I definitely wouldn't have had the patience for such a thing, and I'm sure it helped thatyou had a stream chat there with you to make it less agonizing, but still, it sounds like hell. Not only did you stick with it, but you DID IT. Good job, genuinely!!
Jrose: I think Gamefreak wants you to catch new Pokémon teams for each gym, especially in Red and Blue
Also Jrose: Let‘s beat Red and Blue with every single Pokémon solo
Most entertaining pokemon streamer for sure, im never tired of your videos
I got a lvl 45 Gyarados in Sootopolis today on my second try:
I had the most ridiculous luck today, and the fact that I’m watching this video on the SAME DAY is insane. I am trying to catch every Pokémon at max level on Emerald, and today I did Gyarados. I have the spreadsheet with the probabilities of different level ranges and I knew that even getting a Gyarados in the 5-45 range was ridiculously small, and even with my Absol at the front to have a 50% chance of boosting the level, I knew I was in for a long session of reloading… First catch, a Magikarp so I reset before I even saw the level. Second catch, it was a Gyarados but of course I wasn’t expecting anything so I was still fumbling with my phone to play a TH-cam video in the background. I looked up and saw the 45, and I nearly fell out of my computer chair laughing!
I thought it was going to be just as mind-numbing as getting my lvl 45 Whiscash (which actually took so long that I got a shiny Barboach while trying to get it), so the SECOND CATCH was absolutely ridiculous.
I just paused at the point where you just started to explain how different level ranges appear, so I really hope that you didn’t suffer the way I was expecting to 😅
Wow, ok ngl, now that I’ve watched your description, I didn’t know my odds were that high 😅 I only knew about the 5-45 block. My spreadsheet was missing the 35-45 block, so I thought it was only a 1% chance of getting it in the 45 range and then a further 50% of boosting it… Don’t get me wrong, getting a 2nd try on a 1/37 is still pretty cool, but I thought I had just hit it on a 1/200 😅
Somehow these are always incredibly entertaining the entire time despite being 30 minutes to over an hour long. Some of my favorite videos to see appear on my TH-cam feed
Bless him for putting up with this in REAL time. Unlike the Shiny hunters and nuzlockers who really seem like they're just wasting thier own time for the sake of views, JRose actually puts effort into something worth watching. Anyone can win the slots and brag about how they got rich overnight, but JRose actually puts in the work hours and earned his paycheck in the end of the year!
This challenge should be quite the... experience.
I'm going through a rough break up right now and these videos are honestly a great distraction. These challenges are amazing to watch. I can do solo runs but I wouldn't have the patience to do runs like this. Need to see a gen 5 no exp run sometime!
Praying for quick healing for you, friend. These vids are wonderful. Sleep well.
good new no one will get mad at u when u look at the hot girl walking by anymore
i'm going through one as well and it's horrible. i hope things get better for you and just know you're not alone. these videos help me a lot too
What an amazing run! Being able to achive this with no legendaries is nothing short of impressive. Wow, kudos, honestly. I really thought before clicking on the video that you might not even be able to get through Tate&Liza, let alone the Pokémon League!! I guess I really underestimated how high level the Pokémon in water routes can get to, uh? 🤔
Just a small correction, I don't think the Mod of the ROM does anything to Effort Values (EV). EV's work in tandem with EXP gained, meaning that if you don't gain EXP, you can never get EV's. That's simply the consequence of the way they're implemented, not just something that is arbitrarily disabled.
Who else can't stop binging Jrose? I swear your content is so addicting. Love it!
Dude, Ive been with you since the absolute beginning. I know these take a while, but I still really enjoy these videos! Especially this gen. Keep it up
jrose runs is the best thing to watch before sleep 🫶🏻
Where is Jose running to?
It's better than ASMR
I love to sleep to them XD
Most times I fall asleep in Cerulean and sometimes I wake up when RNG makes Jrose scream during E4 fights xD
@@kurono1934 😭
All these Gen 3 runs lately have been sick, hope they perform well for you! ❤
is that claire as your pfp?
@@xLadyRaine yep!
GEN 3 IS THE BEST.
Roxanne’s nosepass will always use rock tomb until your Pokémon is slower than it and then it will switch to its other moves for the rest of the fight.
How do you nose that?
@@Whurlpuul Because speedrunners and romhackers have analyzed the intricacies and depths of each generation's trainer AI. Unfortunately, because this is the work of speedrunners and romhackers, there is no convenient collection of all the information, and you have to jump between sources in order to find the info for each generation. For Gen 3, there is a video called "Pokémon Generation III ROM Hacking: Tutorial 15: Trainerbattle Dissection" that has the information.
@@misirtere9836 I'll give it a pass.
@@WhurlpuulI gotta say, asking how someone knows this and being like "lol whatever" when they answer you is pretty snotty
@@bluegum6438
I think their original comment was meant to be a joke, not an actual inquiry
i love how jrose acts surprised and jukes you as a bit, makes the battles exciting instead of just another explanation of a battle. love you bro.
I didn't think you'd take on Steven....really impressed with this one! Super glad you decided not to bother with legendaries and hopefully maintained your sanity in the process
I actually remember playing this challenge as a kid. My Gameshark for some reason back in the day had an option to manipulate EXP so they would be at 0% among other options to increase EXP drastically. So one time I played though sapphire with 0 EXP for fun. I actually got to Drake and then at some point gave up because i couldn't ever get past him.
Wow! That was some big brain energy at the end.
Highly entertaining. Loved it.
Okay, I was not expecting you to actually beat Steven Stone. Impressive work!
Loved the glalie impression 😂 great video as always jrose!! Keep up the great work!! (And aj too ❤) the video ideas that you do are always so crazy, absolutely love watching them!
I will say this was probably my favorite challenge run. The solo runs are really fun and most of the impossible challenges you can more or less see they'll either be possible with some strategy or not possible at all. This one actually looked impossible and you still managed to find a way. I knew about the Gyarados but was thinking it wouldn't make a difference against Wallace anyway so no point going for it. Didn't think it would be able to beat Wailord and save Wobbo for his Gyara.
Bravo! Maybe its your best video. Very interesting the final battle, and garyados is always a game changer
Fun fact for anyone else dumb enough to try this challenge, all of the GBA Hoenn games let you catch a Level 40 Carvanha with Super Rod fishing. It’s default move set is Screech, Take Down, Swagger, Agility. And since it can outspeed or resist STAB on the entire Elite Four roster, you can absolutely do some confusion hax cheese the whole way through if you really feel like it. Or you can just use it as an opener to a rough battle and then put your actual strategies forward with the other five team members.
That was honestly oncredible. The shift from grueling step by step explanation of beating Wallace to "anyway after 7 hours this is how I beat Steven" was some aerious whiplash. What a journey.
Spoink is such a great name lol the Flannery battle was so good because Jrose said it like 20 twenty times 🤣
Incredible and unbelievable! Congratulations, Jrose! Nicely done! That is in fact a specialist's job!
This was so good. I expected wobbuffet strats but the type swapping for type immunities and stalling out PP was cool to see. Also, it seems like gen 3 water Pokémon are just unrivaled.
this run in particular is pretty water-biased because a lot of the higher level Wild Pokemon you can catch are from Surfing/Super Rod fishing, only other good spots that come to mind is Victory Road and Sky Pillar
Watson and Tate/Liza are arguably the hardest gym leaders in Hoenn. Roxanne and Flannery are royal pains. Norman is a bit tricky but manageable.
Yes I've only seen one other no exp challenge done by someone else and the strategies used in that one video were some of the most interesting I've ever seen in a pokemon challenge can't wait to watch this
I usually don’t like videos, but I had to like this one. Your dedication, your strategy, your determination and your ability to complete it was just truly amazing. This was incredible.
Love these full length movies we're getting
It's really nice that Gyarados helped you in this challenge and the one in Crystal version.
I had genuinely expected to see a Crobat somewhere in this run. Your point about the tunnel vision is so true. When your strategy feels like it 'could' work, it's very difficult to pivot to something else.
How would he even get a crobat?
You can get a Golbat at Lvl 44 in Victory Road, run around with it for a bunch of time to increase friendship and use a rare candy to get Crobat @@TheSarias
@@TheSarias Walk for a few hours and use a rare candy probably
@@Rarest26 oh yeah, rare candies ofc
@@TheSarias exactly, once you get surf you have access to lv35 Golbat in meteor falls. I believe once you have waterfall you could find them at lv40 in a couple places, but I had used the earlier one.
That was a very intense video and I enjoyed it very much keep up the good work jrose
15:59 brought back some bad memories lol.
Had to do this against a random scientist's grimer/muk(don't remember which) in black and white 2.
It had just used minimize 3 times and couldn't actually damage it.
Used the unremarkable regional bird to avoid the mud slap and the megnemite to avoid sludge.
the switch loop to PP stall is a Battle Frontier classic
I didn’t even think this run was possible. It’s nice to know all the tm’s in the game and how to use them to your advantage.
I really like the thumbnail man. I don't know if you hired someone for this but it looks like way more effort went into it than normal.
Good job 👍
When Shelgon got frozen in the first Drake battle, I was like: "Surely, he's gonna switch in Altaria now, set up a few Dragon Dances and try to sweep. After all it's only 20% each turn that it thaws out." Aaaand then he just didn't...
Genuinely thought this was a Lv. 5 run 😂
I love the thumbnail!! Lycel is such a good artist
This will be fun. I've done this challenge a few years back, no items, set mode etc and it was a blast, recently redid it a month ago (this time I allowed myself rare candies for some variation). I'd seen you were streaming this and have been looking forward to this video and seeing how you approached the challenge, definitely excited for Wattson and Norman. The species clause is an additional layer I haven't attempted and will likely need to try for myself.
I think using rare candy or exp boost is really necessary if you want to play alot of the custom pokemon games or do runs. It's soo much grinding to constantly level mons for a nuzlocke or something.
@@stompingpeak2043 I would agree with that in almost every situation. The lack of grinding is why I am drawn to No EXP challenges, it feels more like a puzzle and a little less about whose numbers are bigger. However for me, I initially was doing my SansXP runs without them as an added personal challenge. Because I didn't need them in Crystal, I didn't use them in Emerald either. Essentially asking "Did Game Freak give us everything we need?" During replays I decided to use them because it's fun to have more pokemon/moves available. It also makes the routing very different.
@@stompingpeak2043to your point as well, I've been happy to be using the exp share in Crystal Legacy to keep team members from falling behind. Though it won't be so useful when I inevitably patch Crystal Legacy to have No EXP. The game is tough enough as is, so I may be forced to use rare candies in that challenge run.
@@SwnkyTigerCrystal Legacy is tough? 😂 You Sir SUCK😂
All I can say is just WOW!!!!!
Truly amazing! Your dedication to this challenge is just out of this world! I’ve gotta say this is the first challenge that I actually thought there’s no way I can do!
Kudos brother
I love being able to see a wide variety of Pokémon (often under appreciated ones) come through in a run like this.
Also the GLALIE got me so good 😂
This was soooo satisfying to watch!!! I knew you would need agility with beedrill for Red, but I did not anticipate using curse!! BRAVISIMO!!!
The no EXP challenges are tight.
Watching these at .25 or .5 speed, you are my drunk buddy talking about pokemon.
Thank you sir for your consistency. You bring a lot of joy 🙏🏽 keep it up!
I don't know what it is about your videos but I usually watch every single one. Keep up the good work
About to go bed, Jrose drops a dank video. Welp looks like in staying up to watch this run. GG Jrose, you got me again.
That was brilliant!!!! Incredible strategies and so much patience. All I can say is congratulations 🎉🎉🎉
Smallant saving the day was a twist I did not see coming!
Great video, really full of great strategies. Looking forward to the next one!!
3:41 Effect Spore has a 10% chance of activating in Gen III, which was buffed to 30% in Gen IV.
(3:40) It's actually a 10% chance for Effect Spore to trigger in Gen. 3, and then after that, only a 1/3 chance of getting the status effect you want. So, a 1/30 chance poison will occur with any one direct hit.
(39:04) LOL, "Phweb".
(1:07:06) Huh, a level 5 Gyarados is possible there? I somehow wasn't aware of that.
(1:21:24) And that's game! Congratulations on winning without EXP!
(1:28:27) Wow, you even managed to defeat Steven Stone! That's amazing!
Do you guys think Slugma is a meme in the Pokemon world like ligma is a meme in ours?
Amazing video man!
Wallace here gave me ptsd from my Mudkip solo run. Had to train to Lv.94 to win.
Aside from that I enjoyed the video a lot, thank you :)
Have a nice day ^^
Surprised you didn’t try to cheese the Norman fight with Sableye and leech seed with Skarm.
What Pokémon in emerald knows leech seed when caught?
@@bobjoe3492 he used it on that fight, cacnea does have it available.
@@bobjoe3492 he already had leech seed with Cacnea in that fight, did you watch the video?
@DJFracus no I listened to it in the background because I like background noise when I get high, it was a genuine question and not sarcastic
13:20 that's the face of someone who desperately needs a haircut. I found that line hilarious for some reason 😂
Aren’t you able to use Rock Smash in battle even if you haven’t defeated Wattson yet?
Yeah, but he responded in the comments to say that he was actually referring to being unable to catch stronger pokemon up north
Other trainers: "My Pokemon and I have bonded for so long that we are inseparable!"
Jrose: :)
Soooooo about those vitamins: usually they don’t take effect on your stats until you level up. Did this mod change that? Cause otherwise your Exploud wouldn’t have gained anything from the vitamins and just hit different damage ranges maybe?!?
You don't have to level up for vitamins in gen 4, not sure about gen 3
Google the Pokemon box trick. If you put your Pokemon in your PC, then its EVs will be recalculated without needing to level up.
But also this is unnecessary with vitamins because vitamins do take effect on your stats immediately from Gen 3 onwards. Only in Gen 1 and 2 do you have to level up or use the PC when using vitamins.
@@DJFracus thanks for clarifying! I didn’t know from what gen on the vitamins took effect immediately
that steven battle was just unreal. Can't believe you pulled that off lol
At roxanne rn and ive heard this a couple times from you, but im pretty sure its not that Nosepass wont use Rock Tomb if it wont KO. Nosepass will use rock tomb if your speed is higher than its own. Nosepass has 17 speed.
17:41 when you’re trying to trick someone with a ligma joke setup they haven’t heard before
I did NOT think Steven waa going to be possible. That's insane. I know you mentioned the vitamins. If it were me, i probably woulda grinded VS Seeker fights to grind money for more of them. You can max out a pokemon's EVs using vitamins. An extra... what would that be, 12 points per stat would have been huge. Thats like 5 more levels.
I'm pretty sure you can only give a pokemon 100 EVs with Vitamins. At least thats how it was in Gen4
Unfortunately, there’s no VS Seeker in Emerald. The best way to grind money is to battle the reporters over and over again with the Amulet Coin equipped. And, as mentioned previously, you can only get 100 EVs per stat with the vitamins.
@@archeey8543 Yes, but when you have 6 stats you can put vitamins into, then you can easily reach the cap of 510. I think it was gen8 that finally did away with the vitamin EV limit.
@@vegetavsluigi As I just replied to the other guy. You're misunderstanding my meaning. It's 100 EVs per stat and the max is 510 total. Since you have 6 stats, you can very very easily reach 510 total EVs.
@@gerg905 You could, but, like, should you? That’d be 100 in 5 stats, probably HP, both Defenses, Speed, and your best offensive stat, and 10 in the last stat. This also doesn’t take into account exactly how long it’d take to grind up the money to do that even with battling the reporters with the Amulet Coin over and over again.
AAAAHH this was so good! Genuinely thrilling, great work!
undertale ahh challenge
Awesome video, great journey!
That Mr. Mime video trick was actually pretty cool for that run, I even showed a friend
"GLALIE TWO" is so great lmao
EDIT: No EVs makes the run even harder than it already appears, wow
So many of your runs make that whiscash look like the T-1000
Adter so many years of playing and viewing pokemon content It's rare to find out something that I didn't know already... but Actually I never knew about the effect of Pressure/Hustle/Vital Spirit outside of battle...
Congrats, that was a nice surprise
Holy crap that was an impressive run, well done sir!
Absolutely stellar battle with Steven.
Great video Jrose!
Jrose11 Drinking Game:
Drink every time he:
- earns a gym badge
- says "thankfully"
- says "unfortunately"
- gets a first try victory
- wonders whether a crit matters
- counts as the count
- says "let's go!"
- mentions the pathway to victory
- apologises for his pronunciation of something
- explains the badge boost glitch or defends its use
Finish your drink when he becomes the champion.
A strat you could have considered against Wallace is teaching Substitute to Altaria. Of course, it has to go over something (I'd say Fly first, and then teach fly over Dragonbreath after Lance). With Substitute, you can protect yourself against Leech Seed while you set up Dragon Dance. If you have +6 Atk, +6 Spe when you knock out the Ludicolo, and your substitute is intact, you can get 2 attacks off against whatever switches in as you'll now outspeed and the opponent still has to kill your substitute.
"id advise you to look at how much video is left"
me: holy crap lol
btw your Glalie impression, spot on lmaoo
It's true you couldn't use rock smash outside of battle without the badge, but you could still use it in battle and lowered defenses of Watson's team.
I'm leaving a like, so I can show that I'm interested in more gen 3 challenges
you said slugma would replace gulpin without even flinching thats powerful stuff
As someone who was part of the time where Pokemania first started in the mid 90s and has not played a Pokemon game in 22 years I have to say that I absolutely love watching Jroses videos.