Tentacool Only - Pokemon Yellow
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 2 ต.ค. 2024
- Gym Leader Matt
Poliwrath: • How Fast Can You Beat ...
Kabuto: • Can You Beat Pokemon R...
Tentacool: • Can You Beat Pokemon R...
Playthrough Rules:
1. Only my starter in battle
2. No items in battle*
3. No glitches or exploits*
4. No Double-Team TM before level 100*
Other rules:
-- *Pokeballs & Pokedolls are allowed in battle
-- *The badge-boost glitch is not restricted at all
-- *Skipping the Rocket Hideout & Marowak is allowed
-- I play the game at 4x game speed (238 frames per second)
-- My Pokemon has perfect DVs
-- The Trash-Can-Puzzle is automatically solved so times are not affected by RNG
-- The bike is allowed (the bike skip is not)
-- Skipping the bike is not allowed
-- Saving between league members is allowed
-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter
*Double-Team:
-- Almost every Pokemon can learn Double-Team through TM
-- The TM can be purchased in Celadon
-- Using it would centralize the meta
-- Every Pokemon would use it to overcome tough battles at lower levels
-- It raises evasion
-- It triggers the badge boost
-- Banning the TM allows Pokemon who learn it through level up to use it
-- I believe evasion is part of Pokemon and shouldn't be banned entirely
-- I don't want the videos to all be double-team spam though, that's not fun or entertaining
-- Only two Pokemon learn Double-Team through level up: Pikachu & Scyther
-- Minimize is the other evasion raising move, these Pokemon learn it through level up:
-- Clefairy, Clefable, Grimer, Muk, Chansey, Staryu
Yellow Version changes from Red/Blue:
1. You cannot use Dig/Escape Ropes in Bill's House or the Pokefan Club
2. You cannot talk to the trainers in Blaine's gym to battle them
3. Surge, Sabrina, and Blaine do not have Good AI
4. The Elite Four have better movesets
5. Koga, Sabrina, Blaine, and Giovanni have higher level teams
6. Blaine doesn't use Super Potions are full HP
7. The rival picks his eeveelution based on the outcome of the first two battles.
-- Lose in the lab: Vaporeon
-- Win in the lab and skip route 22: Flareon*
-- Win in both locations: Jolteon
-- *You cannot lose on route 22 because you blackout
Terms:
-- STAB
-- Same-Type-Attack-Bonus - a 1.5x damage multiplier
-- Stat Experience
-- The Gen1&2 equivalent of effort values. You can invest in all stats until they max
out at 65535
-- DVs or Determinate Values
-- The Gen1&2 equivalent of IVs (individual values), these range from 0-15
Resources:
-- Gen 1 Stat Calculator: pycosites.com/...
-- All Trainer Pokemon have IVs (DVs) of 89888 (hp, atk, def, spd, spc)
-- All Trainer Pokemon have EVs of 0
-- Gen 1 Crit Rates: www.smogon.com...
-- Crit rate is determined by dividing base speed by 512
-- High crit rate moves determine their rate by dividing base speed by 64
-- All crits have a 1/256 to fail, even if the rate is 100%
-- Crits don't multiple damage by 2, it's a formula based on level
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I already know this video is gonna be a ten outta tentacle!
Hay its Andrew Davis you come for the solo challenge and end up staying solely for the puns
@@eeveestars3668 That’s my style. Making people laugh when they don’t want to. I call it reluctant comedy.
@@AndrewDavis2112 Truly a visionary in our time.
Booooo!
That feeling when you see yourself in the description of the video before it premiers. I've been wanting to redo a lot of my old runs but I can't wait to get to Tentacruel. The stats for gen 1 are never talked about but it has some crazy ones. I'm interested to see if you stuck with Barrier because my biggest mistake was swapping to Sword's Dance and struggling in the E4.
I'm excited for you to see this one! I should probably add your Tentacool video to the description too. Will do that now.
Ps. Barrier is very good!
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I would say my older ones are cringey but I’m sure everyone thinks that. I watched your Hitmonchan and Butterfree videos the other day while working on a script lol.
You guys happily discussing your runs with each other is the most wholesome thing I've seen all day. Love both your channels!
Ayyy
Glm in da house
Quick sidenote, I appreciate the fact that you let the pokemon evolve at the end of their struggle. They have fought long and hard and deserve it. And it feels like something is missing if they don't get to evolve.
Giovanni be like: *Only uses guard spec*
Also Giovanni: “Ha! That was a truly intense fight.” 💀
I just wanted to let you know that I found Jrose, then Muh-Dry-Bread, then you, then from your video Vanman, and enjoy all of the Pokemon challenge runs, but your videos are my favorite to listen to. Your scripts and speech patterns really make your videos the easiest to listen to at work (sorry I don't watch, so I don't know whose video editing is best ha ha). If every early generation challenge runner puts out a video at the same time of the same Pokemon, Scott's Thoughts is always my first choice to view. Keep up the good work!
Scott's editing is by far the best. The Quality is outstanding.
Agree, scripting speech and editing is by far best at Scott's channel.
Scott has put A TON of work into his editing and video formatting. And he keeps improving it. I'd strongly recommend watching it sometime.
Love all the little animations you add to the Pokémon sprites on the side -- its a nice touch!
I've been dealing with extremely excessive stress in my life over the past year, and the only way I can get myself to sleep is watching Pokemon videos because it soothes me and makes me think of my childhood Pokemon Yellow days on my clear purple game boy color (simpler times). Your videos are perfect because you have a very calming voice and don't fake enthusiasm/raise your voice more than necessary, you are just your genuine self. Also your PP jokes crack me up every time. Very grateful I found your channel, I probably watched all your videos 2-3 times over the past 6 months and they make me sleep like a baby away from all the stress every time, thank you for that Scott
That's great to hear! I agree his voice and being genuine is why he's the only poketuber I watch. Very professionally done too.
I have his Clefable vs Wigglytuff video on my nightly sleep playlist.
It helps *so much.*
Same. I sleep to Scott's Thoughts a lot too. He's well structured, says interesting things, with a good voice, patient editing and a calm atmosphere.
Ok but literally. Same. Here. This channel and others like it literally give me comfort and peace as I try to sleep and it’s the highlight of my day when their videos come out. Honestly thank you Scott!
Same here! You are not alone! I hope you are doing better! Cheers from Portugal!
Scott in nidoran run "I wont make any promises anymore" scott here "horsea is next :D"
Was recorded before I wrote Nidoran.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon why do you not release them in the order of recording? It seems so weird holding back a finished vid. Is it just because of the promises in the past?
Loving how all the iconic trainers have a "trainer representative" in the bottom right screen. Shout out to the self destructing hiker.
Absolutely loved this video, especially because of the tentacool expressions and that fairy type venomoth art!
For the Algorithm!
I think the channeler with two gastly is worthy of getting their own art like the self destructing hiker. I find it really fun when regular NPCs who are consistantly an issue get that treatment, and I feel that channeler is tough for mons who struggle to hit ghosts (and tentacool aparently hehe). Plus I think Serena's take on them could be wonderful~
Agreed. More cute art is always welcome.
Gym Leader Matt: Certified Cool dude
Anyone would think tentacool would be a "Cool" experience for being a water type, but that poison type and low late level up is just "Cruel"
_'A Charity Kinesis!"_ Good one Scott, yeah... that was a good one!
Fun Fact: pineapples don't grow on trees but right above the ground in a sort of bush haha
Tentacool's second playthrough was amazing, keep up the great work and I looking forward for other second playthrough with Pokémon who miss them ❤
True. Exeggcutor is actually based on the watermelon tree.
Wait, really?
@@KainaX122 yep blew my mind as well
@@UlimativeDunkelheit what’s blowing my mind is whether there’s ACTUALLY a type of tree called a ‘watermelon tree’ or if this other guy is just trolling
Oh watermelons grow like pumpkins, right on the cold hard ground
It’s always so wild to see how optional trainer battles still manage to pull out a faster time over the playthrough without optional battles. Well optimized Scott!
Scott, I have watched every video of yours. I love your content. It's so straightforward and simple, but it's also everything inside the inner child in me dreams of.
Scott lulls me to sleep most nights, no joke. It's an interesting enough topic to me that I think about it instead of what's on my mind, but it's familiar enough that I don't think too hard.
@@bradlauk1419 I also use Scott's videos to help with sleeping or doing chores for those exact reasons, but also watching his most latest videos are also good to just wind down to as well.
You're the Wrapping Lass now!
Glad to see a poison type do well even if its mostly because its water typing lol
Tentacruel will always have a soft spot in my heart. My first ever play through of Pokémon red had some kind of chest code on it where I had like 50 master balls and a Ratana with surf. Because of this I accidentally went the wrong way to start the game. It was confusing and super hard but the tentacruel I caught carried me through the entire game until I got mewtwo.
I think Mega drain should have been kept. Hear me out. Most of the final gauntlet has a lot of pokemon weak to grass. Lorelei's pokemon, a chunk of bruno's, and even Blue's team to name some examples. You can replace rest with Mega Drain for the champ fight, half it's team, not counting the eeveelution are would make for good "rest" points in that fashion. Sometimes, the "weaker" move can prove to have more potential.
Edit for anecdote to help illustrate point:
Once, for fun, I did a Scyther Only run on Crystal. It was certainly an interest run and had a more casual approach to it, but when I got to red. I beat him with only Fury Cutter. That move is a lot better than what people give it credit for.
This run was sweet. Surprised at how well you managed to mitigate the Poison typing, especially once you revealed slow growth rate too!
I told ya Tentacool would be sick. I think it's a real underappreciated gem of a Pokemon, especially when it evolves. While it may seem weird it has the slow growth rate, Tentacruel's stats in this generation are so good I think it might even be warranted. 120 Special! 100 Speed! Bonkers for a Pokemon no one bats at eye at.
Horsea...well it might end up being a little better than Seel. You do get Agility after all. But Horsea definitely is going to suffer in similar ways to Seel, outside of having a more inverted early game.
At least Horsea gets Smokescreen? :shrug:
No one bat's an eye at Tentacruel? It's the undisputed king of RBY UU in competitive Pokemon.
@@glitchedoom I more meant in the casual sense. I actually knew that fact, but the amount of people who know how Generation I's meta works is fairly small and any meta outside of OU is incredibly niche.
Tentacool and Tentacruel are just Pokemon you constantly run into in the water and pass by.
I was excited to see a lot of unusual moves showcased here, like acid, cut, and toxic. It's interesting to have such a great special stat paired with low-power moves.
WAIT, WAIT. Your girlfriend was playing Hollow Knight? Is she enjoying it so far despite the ragequit? Did you ever play it? It's pretty difficult, but it's literally my favorite Indie game. Don't feel obligated to answer, I just get hyped whenever I see people play games that I enjoy, I'm a simple man like that, haha.
That Toxic + Leech Seed + Wrap combo is downright evil. Thank goodness I think no Pokémon can get all 3 moves naturally in Gen 1.
Seems like 4-moveslots-syndrome hit you very hard this run. It's somewhat rare for in-game playthroughs, but I guess it can happen for solo runs.
Venomoth isn't a Dark poison type. It's obviously the mythical Fairy Dragon type.
Tombstoner brother. Thanks for giving Matt a shoutout bro!
Happy to spread the word about other awesome creators!
Scott, you'll always be tenta-cool.
I need to watch your older video to find out about the Venomoth typing!! On a side note I would love to see a Mono Fairy Venomoth as regional form.
You should do Pinsir in Crystal. Seems easy enough until you realize the only move it has that hits ghosts is fury cutter. Lol
So painful…..
15 minutes in "Scott's making great time!" *checks the video length* "Oh, not for long."
So the gameplay is good, the commentary is engaging, but I'mma be honest, I show up for the animations of the mons, and how their emotions change depending on the circumstances. Happy tentacool best tentacool.
Dude, 100 special? That's amazing haha. Can't wait for Horsea, Seadra was always one of my fav underused mons. Then there was Kingdra . . .
Tentacruel has 120 Special and 100 Speed. I never used it, but it seems to be absolutely amazing.
And yeah, Horsea should be really solid.
Good thing I always stay till the end because now I know venomoths typing for the next 7 days.
Hello Scott and Denis!
I don't know anything about Squidward's move set in the early game, so I'm not sure what to expect, but I don't think it will be TOO bad.
Tentacruel is a god among fish, so I'm looking forward to seeing our lord of the sea's prevo's performance.
Ooh, a portrait for the difficult Pokemaniac in Rock Tunnel. Love that.
Finally tried the Toxic/Leech Seed combo, eh? Pity it didn't work, but it's very neat nonetheless.
It’s so neat!
Honestly tentacool was MVP in my poison type mono nuzzlocke. He unfortunately passed away in the fight against Lance. RIP Hydroxide
Scott did you know that the self destructing hiker is named Dudley when they gave them names in heartgold and SS? Ironic since when a bomb doesn’t go off it’s called a dud
Spending those Rare Candy so early when you could've fought trainers in the first run really came back to bite you hard
12:03 - Tentacool's typing makes Petal Dance neutral, so typing isn't saving it. Just its high special stat.
I think he meant that Tentacool could be a pure water type, but the poison type saved it from having a super effective hit
Would have been super Kool to see misty with a tentacruel
Scott out of context: "could acid be the answer?" 🤣
So, something that I’ve learned recently thanks to new coverage of the format, Tentacool is one of the star pokemon of gen 1 7U format.
7U is the lowest tier of competitive play, based on Pokemon Perfect’s tiering system. It’s a very low power format but still really cool! Like, in what other format are you gonna see a team of Hitmonchan, Beedrill, Ivysaur, Charmeleon, Tenacool and Meowth?
As for why Tentacool is one of the best mons in the format, part of it is its access to Wrap, using it to put a foe into potential ko range. But its most important role is as a Charmeleon counter. Surf has a high chance to OHKO Charmeleon, and that can’t get countered.
Wrap is goood!
Thanks for the content. Its smooth and relaxing.
You're welcome Ryan :)
To explain badge boost for the uninitiated. In gen 1 and 2, 4 badges boost a stat 12.5% (gen 3 10%, mechanic removed in gen 4). In gen 1 specifically, there is a bug that causes all the badge boosts to apply again whenever your stats change stage (from moves or Xitems). However, when you level up and your base stats change, this triggers stat calculations to be run from scratch, resetting the badge boosts to the unglitched 12.5% again.
Additional trivia about badge boost glitch: the stacks are based on number of changes, not the severity of the change. A +2 attack stage from swords dance applies the same badge boost as a -1 accuracy from sand attack. Badge boosts do not cap at +6 like stat change stages do.
Just a quick math for you as I continuously watch you refight the champion. Surf does more damage than blizzard to magneton (and Alakazam).
Surf = 95 x 1.5 = 142.5
Blizzard = 120
There were several times where you blizzarded magneton and it lived on a sliver where surf would have killed it.
Ps. Love the content, keep it up 😀
If I am using Blizzard I am probably trying to freeze or save time because it’s way faster to continue using the same move at this speed. I was probably unaware / forgetful if I used Blizzard twice in a row.
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon for sure, just something I noticed while watching. Keep up the amazing content
Finally, my favorite pokémon('s pre-evolution)!
When i watched this my eyes almost poped out of my sockets not only the fact that it has a 100 SPECIAL stat and it has a slow groth rate but when i think about it it makes sense since it has a 100 special and a slow groth rate to balance it out
I think the slow growth rate does more than balance it out!
Tentacool is the second best pokemon in rby 7U tier alongside Charmeleon, so it's technically better than mons like Farfetch'd, Golbat, Rhyhorn, Beedrill and Ivysaur, so I honestly think it's pretty underrated on its own
And Tentacruel is really good in UU from what I've heard.
@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 always has been
Well not in generations it's banned in UU, that is.
Poison type is best type: bulbasaur is the best starter, nidoking is the de facto best speed runner, and now you know how good the tentacool line is. Oh and it’s often paired with the second best type, bug. It counters psychic, @ me.
Edit: oh and poison went hand in hand with ghost for a very long time, another great type.
Horsea having smokescreen, agility and water/ice/normal moves means it'll probably do alrite. The miserable Special stat is going to cause problems at some point though
Tentacool after that first Oak battle: ""Use Barrier against Tauros!" Scott said to me. "You will be fine!" he said to me."
Should have gone with the Mr burns for your cool sprite. He looks like he's saying "excellent"
This talk about growth rates really makes me want to see a video comparing a pokemon with two different growth rates, for science I'd love to see you take a Pokemon that has say a slow growth rate and compare it to a run where you've edited it to have a fast or medium fast growth rate and see if it changes much
I predict Horsea will not do better than Tentacool, but will be faster than Goldeen, just guessing.
Beating Alakazam with Wrap and Surf is so in-character for Tentacool
Jrose11 as well points this out, but Brock seems like it decides so many pokemons ranking. Also I didn't know it leveled slow, but it actually makes sense. It's already infesting the waters of gen 1, having a fast grow rate would ruin the ecosystem. Its weird how some pokemon like Tentacool/Cruel can be way better in one generation versus another. I keep forgetting as a result of this if its good in Gen I/II stadium games.
Tentacool is quite op in gen 1. I wonder how it would fare in the remakes? 🤔
I will name the exeguttor I use pizza topping , just because you gave me the vision
I wonder if people in the pokemon world would eat cans of "Zubat of the Sea" Tunacool
This UPR gives you more than just a change of starter, you can switch on Full TM/HM Compatability. This being said, try Pokémon using moves that cannot learn naturally or even moves that might suck for that Pokémon like Alakzam using strength or Onix using surf.
This might not be something others have attempted.
I just realized that at some point you got rid of Ice Beam. That hurts me to my core lol
Just because the badge boost is there doesn't mean you got to use it 😂 so many times you should've just attacked
I wish that they’d give you horsea as a starter or early on. I love that Pokémon!
Pretty good run! That slow growth rate really hindered it, but having a water typing is great, and wrap really helped with brock!
Venomoth is a Ghost/Normal type with wonder guard in Gen1
Horsea has awful hp but decent stats overall. I say low B tier high C tier
It also has Agility, which is an amazing boosting move.
I have pretty high hopes.
@@shytendeakatamanoir9740 Oh yeah I forgot about that
I'm not sure if you're interested in doing it after Abra, but I would love to see how Gen 1 Pokémon would perform with their Gen 2 learn sets, or at least the ones that get walled off hard by Brock.
I will do it again!
Imagine this in gen 2, where tentacool is significantly worse.
Yo! Two pokemon have no resets now!
No, ubers don't count.
By the way, I've always wondered how you don't already know how high a Pokemon's stats have to be to get one hit KOs or two hit KOs in each fight.
Haven't you been doing this enough that you can track exactly when a Pokemon, with its stats at a certain number and using a certain move with a certain base power and factoring in stab and resistance is going to for sure knock out another Pokemon with a certain number of usages? Obviously barring crits and misses.
Damage calculation uses level, attack, other Pokémon’s defensive stat. Because it uses both stat and level it’s hard to pin it down exactly. I’m sure I’ll come to a place one day where I’ll have a good idea. (Also damage ranges from 85%-100% of the calculated amount, so it can be hard to feel out)
time for aCooltent to shine
Should have given Tentacool Kamina Glasses instead 😋
43:11 "supersonic might very well be the least consistent move before dynamicpunch was introduced"
Horn drill: am i a joke to you?
Ok but that move only needs to hit once to get the job done, meanwhile Supersonic needs to hit and then pass up to 5(?) checks per infliction to even be helpful. So I would say Horndrill is the better bet if you have a choice to make.
Recover is Normal Type in EVERY Generation.
Recently discovered your channel Scott… never thought I’d ever find a content creator to out-jrose jrose. Keep up the incredible work!
Well I’m glad you’re enjoying my stuff.
Nice :-)
Looking forward to how this is going
Haha you fully set up against oak then leveled up and didn't even notice
An extremely underrated set of pokemon. I cannot WAIT
I wonder if it's worth not adding surf so early (and just keeping bubblebeam) to maintain moveset flexibility? Helped gym leader Matt in his poliwrath run
Tentacool in sunglasses looks like it's gonna steal your girl ... wait
Venomoth is clearly Dark/Fairy in gen 1 ^^
Fact
Lets see how the small jellyfish does, It's not even evolved yet and it seems to be a good Pokémon.
Nice video, definitely spent the first quarter of the video recovering from your pronunciation of ‘rattata’ ;)
LOL - I swear I watched like 40 anime clips and tried my hardest and I still can't do it. Rip me.
Another amazing video! Didn't think the second playthrough would be such a breeze. What a cool little jellyfish.
Premieres...
You gonna have to give me statistics that prove these do more than annoy me.
Just kinda feels like a tease.
I think it’s fun to watch with everyone else and chat together.
@@jareddoesstuff1928 Watch together? I don't think i understand how these work then, i thought they were just a way to promote the video before it releases as normal.
Though I'm Australian and most of these 'premier' at like 2am for us.
19:57 a cursed image if I ever seen one. A larpris with teeth.
Venusaur: what do you think I am, some multi type moth!? Of course I do good!!
Soct: dewgong will use rest b/c I'm a psychic type.
Didnt you plan a Aerodactyl Crystal Run? Hope thats comming soon.
It's coming. Eventually. October is the month of dead things brought back to life after all...
I had no idea Tentacool has 100 Specials! I remember as a kid thinking, "oh, this water jellyfish stands no chance against my Pikachu." It then lived two thunderbolt from my rat, so I guess it made sense.
Never used Tentacool in the past. Its back sprite looks like a creepy slime with eyes, staring into your soul. 😱
Horsea should do well in the beginning with water type move. However, with low HP, not so high speed, and no setup move; it is not very optimistic...
Pineapples don’t grow on trees! :) also I think horsea will struggle mightily. It starts with bubble, which will make Brock really easy, but other than that it’s moveset is soooooooooo limited I think it’ll struggle later. Agility will be nice though :)
Horsey Is Gonna Be Cute😍 😍😍
I think horsea will be about as good as poliwag
Horsea will land in the S rank on both tiers yeehaw
Nice one of my favorite Pokémons, and Gym Leader Matt is awesome! Love his videos
He is awesome!
Yoooo so fun!! Literally just did a tentacruel run, let my lil buddy evolve. It was fantastic with barrier and swords dance. Tentacruel ended with Blizzard, Surf, Swords Dance, and Hyper Beam
Oh man I feel bad for you already for Horsea lol Base 30 HP and 40 Attack... Decent base 70 Special and with a speed of 60 it'll crit 11.7% of the time which isint bad... But that movepool is atrocious. Atleast it learns things like Bubble Beam and Water Gun for the early game but for later on? It's only good moves are Ice Beam, Surf and... Mimic? Swift? Rest? That's about it. Lorelei and Agatha are gonna *suck*
Horsea: Would be a tough one, because it starts with a horrible Bubble attack and you don't really get type coverages. Sure it would easily rip Brock but Misty and Surge (skippable till later) will be an issue because that is all you have even with Bubblebeam. Once you can Ice Beam though, things will start to unlock for you. You do get Agility for using the Badge Boost Glitch so let's see how this pans out.
Tentacruel was always my go-to water Mon in Gen 1. Glad to see Tentacool save face with that second play through. That has to be one of the biggest improvements between a first and second play through on your channel, no?
I cant even get through a whole video without wanting to play pokemon😂 been subscribed for awhile now, watched almost all your videos man. You’re my favorite youtuber at this time
So I watched Twitch Plays Pokemon and can confirm Venomoth is actually bug/steel. Just look at this completely accurate close-up sprite: static.wikia.nocookie.net/helixpedia/images/d/db/ATV.png/revision/latest?cb=20140520184733
Tentacool is such an adorable pokemon, and with your custom animations it was even more adorable ☺️.
That run was really thought thorough, and you've improved the results of your first run so much. Thanks for trying the super troll strat of toxic and leach seed, even if it didn't get to job done for the champion fight.
While watching you fish for the freeze, I thought you would resort to use rage, to express that frustration of getting walled at the champion fight 😂. The slow growth rate is an issue when it comes to solo runs, even though Tantacool is a great pokemon for gen 1 and even in general. 🤔You've made Cool very proud of you👏👏👏☺️. Good job!
By the way these bloopers are never getting old, I always find it to be one of the best moments in your runs, and they always make me lough so hard while I do tedious stuff. So thanks for always making them, they're awesome. 😁
By the way, don't underestimate the of rage, because it can give you badge boost, with an awful price, of only using your attack stat. But, it can help somehow if you need other extra badge boost because you've leveled up at the middle of battle. 😊