Nope Never used that team in Gen 2. I used NidoQueen Gen 1 with Bubblebeam, Thunderbolt, Icebeam and BodySlam. Gen 3 Leaf Green tried Sandslash can't recall move set off hand. I tried a SlowKing in a gen game forgot which one. Noctowl recall gave up on it in Gen 2 thus outside other Gen game yep for me never used that team. Crystal no idea why Clefairy was my 1st level 100 Pokemon either when never did Cleafable.
I hope you do a “Rivals Best Team” series. It’s where you create teams that can counter every best team that you’ve done. Hope you do something like that in the future; other than that, keep up the great work!!
Yeah agreed, those 2 are usually that cute/cool vibe i like ive definitely used them both many times in silver teams, in fact its because of using them so much in that game i had 2 incredible builds for sun and moon for them both lol
@@ggletsplay5041 Problem with octillery is that you can get remoraid with super rod, which you can only get from Kanto. I read that you could obtain Remoraid earlier with good/old rod by forcing a remoraid swarm in the area. A bit of a hazzle but probably worth it, if one intends to use octillery.
This is the team I used on a recent playthrough of HeartGold alot of these Pokemon are very rarely used Meganium Xatu Corsola Furret Donphan Forretress
You got to add Purugly in the Sinnoh video. Also Shuckle is forgotten too much considering one could get one from a trainer that had the Sneasel Silver stole, making them rivals like how trainers clash their starter Pokémon with the rivals’ starter Pokémon regardless of type advantage.
My Pokemon Crystal team was Dragonite, Tyranitar, Slowking, Typhlosion, Kingdra and Furret which was my HM mule. A friend helped me get the trade evolutions one weekend. He started with Chikarita, I initially started with Totodile, after I traded him over Pokemon for caterpie I reset my game, rushed too Goldenrod, he sent over Seadra, Dragonair, Pupitar and I got a slowpoke with a king's rock. I didn't know you could catch Pokemon holding items at the time, we were 8 maybe 9 at the time. We ended up completing our Pokedex with the exception of Mew and Celebi. Being in Australia they were impossible to get, we only had access to the internet at the school library, that's how we found out who held what and where to get them. We didn't know the daycare glitch or the fly trick for them. Slowking was an absolute monster, he held his own alongside the rest of my team, even Furret put some work in. Trading with link cable was annoying. It was a good 4 weeks working on in together.
I actually love Noctowl and Sandslash. I love the design, even if they aren't the most viable options, and I've got both on a HeartGold nuzlocke team right now. I also prefer Nidoqueen to Nidoking. I like the more defensive stat spread.
@@zachnapa1191 since when? pretty sure I could access it just after the first trial, that was when I first noticed it unless they changed it for the ultra versions
I've legit run a team through Gold with Noctowl, Sandslash, Nidoqueen and Sunflora. Think the other two were Feraligatr and Ampharos who basically carried though. Never used a Dunsparce in my life though
i used Sandslash on my team in Crystal, and they were definitely one of the best ‘mons on my team. if you have the patience to raise one, it’s definitely rewarding
I've used Nidoqueen on kanto teams a few times as an alternative to Nidoking. For a playthrough of the main game, there is barely anything between them I find. I basically catch whichever Nidoran I find first and that's the one I choose
For the last Pokemon i was expecting to see Heracross because of so hard it was to get or maybe Forretress but..Sunflora ? Damn,i forgot that Pokemon for GOOD. Also i remember me as a kid finding Dunsparce for the first time,i got so hyped finding a new Pokemon and by the looks of it i thought "damn this one will have a badass evolution" but as we all know..yea..
Right now I'm doing a Pkmn Gold Nuzlocke and: - Had to use Hoothoot at the beginning, she's out of my team now but she took down Bugsy only with Peck - Got a Sandsdrew who evolved into Sandslash and although I want to replace him, he is one of my most valuable Pkmn with high ATK and DFE - I'm a Slowpoke fan, but I'm keeping her in the box because I don't want her to get hurt or die... but might use her as a SlowQueen This was a great video, keep going with the series =)
i think good defense is not that great if you don't have a recovery move if you are not using items. i don't loathe good defense because i prefer peacekeeping defensive mons, but i mentioned in the "You never used this Kanto team" before, Clefable is in a similar situation to Nidoqueen. This is a pity because I actually like Clefable.
for a challenge in pokemon gold i used gold's manga team, including his sunflora, and that sunflora was better than expected. she crushed pryce and she was one of the most used mons in kanto. i also had a aipom, and that thing was way worse that sunflora.
No Ariados? That was always my obscure little addition in the Gen 2 games, still is. Not because it's good, it's NOT, it's not even the best poison type in a gen more than a decade before poison OR bug types got thrown half a bone. I just always play with it because I like it and it's pretty little spider face. One of the short list of pokemon I'd want for my partner if I lived in the pokemon world.
I would swap out confusion with return in noctowls moveset, which gives him a great normal STAB move that often overshadows fly. And then once reaching Kanto, I would immediately go fix the kanto power plant before doing gyms to get the XPN card, then wake up Snorlax and head over to Viridian city in order to grab dreameater. Then I'd replace nightmare with dreameater which actually gives noctowl a useful method to make his special attack count more for the latter part of the game. It's a small upgrade in my opinion since with Noctowl you're gonna spam return mostly, and use fly against pokemon with weakness to it. But it can be a good way to deal with stronger pokemon, and/or pokemon weak to psychic. With confusion, you'd never really get use of it since it gets 120 power when super-effective while return gets 150 power just through STAB bonus. Thanks for the video, it was a nice one! :)
Dunsparce is my favourite pokemon, and is a legit beast if properly ev-trained. Glare or thunderwave to paralyze and slow your enemies, then bite and headbutt to make them flinch, and something to keep it alive, like rest, roost or leftovers. Unexpected and hard to deal with if you use it at just the right time in the match.
Nice team comp. I’ve used Sunflora before, and theyre not as bad as you would think. Really solid for water/rock/ground types and growth/synthesis/giga drain is also nice. I think maybe some Pokémon like Lanturn/Ursaring/politoed are also a bit more underused.
I actually used nidoqueen in my original playthrough as a kid. She's my favorite of the two and in my top 10 favorite pokemon. I bodyslammed and ice punched everything. I'm so happy to see her here
Noctowl in Crystal was my first-ever shiny (excluding the red Gyarados, of course). Sadly, I didn't get to enjoy it much because my save file corrupted not long after. Dunsparce is really fun to mess around with in later generations due to its Serene Grace ability. I had one on my team in Y and it could hold its own. I used Sandslash in Yellow once. It was alright; it got the job done. I don't think I've ever really used a Slowking before. Nidoqueen should not be underestimated. It may not be as good as Nidoking, but the difference isn't all that great; it can still do anything Nidoking can do. I remember experimenting with Sunflora in Crystal. It was... something. I was having fun, so I guess that's what matters.
My favorite team to play through Silver and Crystal used to be: Typhlosion Umbreon Noctowl Scizor Slowking Ampharos Once I played it through with only bug pokemons and my team was this: Heracross Ariados Crobat Forretress Scizor Gyarados only for Surf etc.
You'd love my sun and moon box with junk mons i try to redeem with z moves etc, i had a really good bulky assault vest sunflora and a z move sandstorm/stone edge, i can't remember nidoqueen but i also had that in silver too
I just finished my adventure on Soul Silver using only Johto pokemon and it feels really great to beat a game without overused pokemon, I used Lanturn Heracross Xatu Quagsire Bellossom and Magcargo
I've used Noctowl, Sandslash, Nidoqueen, Slowking, and Sunflora, but never all on the same team. The first 3 are ones I tend to come back to in other games and Gen 2 replays, though, mostly for how much I love the designs.
Dunsparce is my favorite. Total meme Pokémon. My GSC moveset is, well, actually good, so maybe it doesn’t fit here, but it is Curse, Zap Cannon, Headbutt, and Rest.
I've used Sandslash, Nidoqueen, Noctowl, and Dunsparce in a team together before, but I definitely have never used a sunflora xDx mightve used a Slowking in another run, but I remember using those other 4 in my 2nd Crystal playthrough. Always been a Sandslash fan, always loved the Nidos, Noctowl looked cool at the time, and Dunsparce I was convinced would evolve into a dragon until it was about lvl 70 xDx man, I both remember fondly and with disdain how much misinformation went around back then around pokemon games ( Mew under the truck, 2nd S.S. Anne trip in RBY/RGY, dunsparce evolved into a dragon, Pikablu, the list goes on.
My sisters team for Pokémon Crystal was Meganium, Slowking, Noctowl, Espeon, Weezing and Electrode. She was one of those lucky ones to get the kings rock on her slowpoke she caught.
believe it or not the first two members of this video was on my OG johto team from my pokemon gold and also used sunflora lol. the team was thyphlosion, noctowl, quagsire, amphoros, sunflora and dunsparce. brought this same team back when I got heartgold then I finally revamped my johto team.
Sandslash definitely deserves more love! I used one in my first Crystal playthrough and it was my lead for the longest time. That f****** shrew could tear up the whole elite four by himself. And it was only like level 55 or 60! 🤷🤣
Bug contest is not that hard to win, just don’t attack and throw balls lol. Love your movesets though, enjoy your videos. I’ve used all the boys you’re talking about here in gen 2 play throughs, but definitely not at the same time haha.
Gameboy gold was my first ever game and my introduction to pokemon, it was all new to me, and i still somewhat remember my team of that time. Meganium, Hypno, Pidgeot, Quagsire, Raticate, and i think the finall member was the butterfly i evolved from the first poke that catterpe that i got. it was a very weird team honestly XD. but i wouln't mind trying something similar once again.
Funny enough I've used 2 of these before on the same playthrough in Nidoqueen and Sandslash, but I ain't never gonna use sunflora when every single grass type in Johto outclass it
Yeah that is a unique team. The only pokemons that I actually use from that team is Sandslash because I like it but I don't use it often because I try to use a gen 2 only team when I play crystal. But I always use Dunsparce because it is my favorite pokemon of all.
I'm going to wait until you get to gen 8 with this series and then pick my favorites of them that aren't that popular. Because I totally would use Nidoqueen and Sandslash in a team (Heck, I'd even use Clefable :3 I loved it before it became Fairy Type).
Bitch please, dundparce is amazing. Used all of this multiple times. And Stantler, and Ariados, foretress, all that useless Mons from johto. Johto is amazing
I don't know why but watching this video got me thinking about a gen 1 rock team. I mean there are 6 rock types in gen 1 but only 5 available in 1 playthrough.
My current SS team I’m running with is: - Maganium - Scizzor - Slowking - Raikou - Misdreavus - Tyranitar (I try to never use legendaries on my team but I have never played with any of the dogs and Raikou is my favorite I thought it would be time to use him for a playthrough)
My team was not as common but plausible, I had feraligatr,jolteon, victreebel,wigglituff,togetic, and golem. Believe it or not wigglituff was the mvp with the elemental punches plus it was shiny so that made it even better
DUNSPARCE IS LITERALLY MY FAVORITE POKEMON AND I HAVE USED IT IN EVERY GENERATION ITS BEEN AVAILABLE IN! And I don't do it as a meme. It is legit my favorite and the one I always have on my team. It was also my first ever shiny. Also Noctowl, Dunsparce, Slowking, Nidoqueen, Sandslash, and Sunflora... that is literally what my Crystal team was. The moves were different, but this was my Crystal team.
Mystic, can you rate this team? I had been theorizing what if Ash was the post game boss in G/S/C and HG/SS? So I made a team for it. The teams would be similar to Red's because I chose to evolve his Kanto starters. So the team for G/S/C would be: Pikachu - Thunder, Rain Dance, Quick Attack, Iron Tail Venusaur - Razor Leaf, Sleep Powder, Leech Seed, Curse Charizard - Flamethrower, Dragonbreath, Wing Attack, Rock Slide Blastoise - Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt. Protect Noctowl - Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Wing Attack, Swift Donphan - Earthquake, Headbutt, Mud Slap, Ancientpower Next, his team in HeartGold and SoulSilver would be somewhat the same but with one change and better/tweaked movesets Pikachu - Thunder, Rain Dance, Fake Out, Iron Tail, Rash Mild Nature and Focus Sash. Venusaur - Toxic, Leech Seed, Growth, Energy Ball, Calm Nature holding Leftovers to stall Charizard - Flamethrower, Earthquake, Wing Attack, Dragon Pulse, Serious Nature for mixed attacking, holding a Sitrus berry Blastoise - Flash Cannon, Surf, Skull Bash, Ice Beam, Quiet nature holding Mystic Water Noctowl - Shadow Ball, Air Slash, Psychic, Hypnosis, Modest nature, holding Wise Glasses Heracross - Close Combat, Aerial Ace, Rock Slide, Night Slash, Naive Nature, Guts ability, holding a Flame Orb. For this team, Heracross is probably the star player and will probably sweep the player's team if not prepared, and while these teams may not compare due to Red having Pokémon like Espeon and Snorlax, I wanted to focus on Ash's Johto catches and Noctowl, Phanpy and Heracross were kind of the top choices for me. So.. that's what I got.
My original team for Johto (which for me was HGSS cause I never owned GSC) was Meganium, Noctowel, Flareon (cause I had beat Cynthia’s Garchomp with it XD) Furret (not as an HM Slave) Ampharose, and finally a Dragonite because dragons are awesome!
I think flareon would be a good choice to go into this team too, cause it doesn’t suck but who goes out of their way when they have an Eevee to get that? Like umbreon and espeon debut in this gen
Never used this exact team all together, but Slowking is the only one of this bunch I never used ingame. I've been known to use Noctowl from time to time. I have a Dunsparce and a Sunflora on my Crystal team right now, and not for the memes- I just like Sunflora and _really_ like Dunsparce (legit my third favorite Pokémon) Sandslash featured heavily in a recent Nuzlocke I did in Crystal, though tragically died to a Graveler's Self-Destruct, and I've used Nidoqueen many times, albeit more in Gen 1, but I know I've used it in Gen 2 at least once or twice.
Welp, let's see which of these I've used in the past. Noctowl: I've used this exactly once before, in HeartGold. It's kind of a godsend against Morty specifically with its access to Confusion and Insomnia. It's definitely better in Gen 4 than 2. Dunsparce: Nope. Haven't gotten a chance to use Dunsparce yet, unless Pokemon Uranium counts. Sandslash: I've never used a Kantonian Sandslash before, but Alolan Sandslash was good when I used it in Moon. Slowking: Ironically, I've used Politoed twice now, and never Slowking. Not even Slowbro. I guess it's mostly because there's so many other Water options that I just haven't gotten around to it. Nidoqueen: I've used this one 3 times so far; once in Blue, once in LeafGreen, and once in SoulSilver. It's not in my top 10 favorites along with Nidoking for nothing. Sunflora: I'm not THAT masochistic lol
Me having Dunsparce and Sunflora as my favorite Normal and Grass type not only for Johto but for the WHOLE franchise... And Noctowl as my go to Flying-type on G/S/C on gameplays were I limit myself to never use Gen I mons (because Murkrow is only postgame) The other 3 I never used on Johto tho (but have used Sandslash and Nidoqueen on Kanto), soooo, 3 out of 6 lol.
I caught a shiny Alolan Sandshrew in my digital copy of Pokémon Ultra Sun and named it Bluebelly, I kept it as a Sandshrew because I enjoy the shiny and it was a full odds shiny when I was grinding out my Pokédex. I have my best shiny luck with Gen 7, as I usually fill a box full of shiny Pokemon in the ultra games, and got a few full odds, no grind, shiny mons, like Bluebelly and my purple Mareep. A challenge I have is to have someone fill a box full of shiny Pokemon by any non hack/GameShark means in the Ultra games
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Nope Never used that team in Gen 2. I used NidoQueen Gen 1 with Bubblebeam, Thunderbolt, Icebeam and BodySlam. Gen 3 Leaf Green tried Sandslash can't recall move set off hand. I tried a SlowKing in a gen game forgot which one. Noctowl recall gave up on it in Gen 2 thus outside other Gen game yep for me never used that team. Crystal no idea why Clefairy was my 1st level 100 Pokemon either when never did Cleafable.
Used this team many times. Stop with the clickbait
2 Ground, 2 Normal, not 2 creative
You could have replaced Sunflora with Jumpluff. Jumpluff is pretty bad but not as bad as Sunflora as a grass type.
Nice idea!
I hope you do a “Rivals Best Team” series. It’s where you create teams that can counter every best team that you’ve done. Hope you do something like that in the future; other than that, keep up the great work!!
Definitely not a bad idea. I’d like to see how imposing Silver can be if he actually builds a good team.
And If that happens then he could make a rivals worst teams
He should pay you a slice of his TH-cam pie for this idea! Keeps him going longer 😂
That's actually a really dope idea.
Great suggestion!
Well I'll be damned I love using Noctowl and Sandslash on my Johto playthroughs
I love Hoot Hoot and Noctowl, they are perfect ghost and psychic killers with that high special defense. I would replace nightmare with dream eater.
In my first playthrough i actually used Noctowl and Slowking too
Noctowl was definitely always one of my favorites!!!
Noctowl pretty much always makes it on my team, and I really think he’s underselling it. It holds its own quite a bit better than he implies.
Yeah agreed, those 2 are usually that cute/cool vibe i like ive definitely used them both many times in silver teams, in fact its because of using them so much in that game i had 2 incredible builds for sun and moon for them both lol
My weird team would be (no gen 1s):
Ariados
Sudowoodo
Girafarig
Piloswine
Octillery
Hitmontop
Octillery is op. Just a pain to get an level up.
Sudowoodo is one of the most used pokemon lol.
Replace sudowoodo with Shuckle for this to work.
@@ggletsplay5041 Problem with octillery is that you can get remoraid with super rod, which you can only get from Kanto. I read that you could obtain Remoraid earlier with good/old rod by forcing a remoraid swarm in the area. A bit of a hazzle but probably worth it, if one intends to use octillery.
This is the team I used on a recent playthrough of HeartGold alot of these Pokemon are very rarely used
Meganium
Xatu
Corsola
Furret
Donphan
Forretress
That’s really nice
Props for Corsola
My team is always changing, first starts out with the common types then all lengendaries end game. But i always keep my starter pokemon
I'd argue coraola and xatu are heavily used as they look like cool new Pokemon in gen 2. Not just redesigned gen 1 mons like Marill
I have a Meganium and a Donphan on my Crysyal team right now, cheers
You got to add Purugly in the Sinnoh video. Also Shuckle is forgotten too much considering one could get one from a trainer that had the Sneasel Silver stole, making them rivals like how trainers clash their starter Pokémon with the rivals’ starter Pokémon regardless of type advantage.
My Pokemon Crystal team was Dragonite, Tyranitar, Slowking, Typhlosion, Kingdra and Furret which was my HM mule.
A friend helped me get the trade evolutions one weekend.
He started with Chikarita, I initially started with Totodile, after I traded him over Pokemon for caterpie I reset my game, rushed too Goldenrod, he sent over Seadra, Dragonair, Pupitar and I got a slowpoke with a king's rock.
I didn't know you could catch Pokemon holding items at the time, we were 8 maybe 9 at the time.
We ended up completing our Pokedex with the exception of Mew and Celebi.
Being in Australia they were impossible to get, we only had access to the internet at the school library, that's how we found out who held what and where to get them.
We didn't know the daycare glitch or the fly trick for them.
Slowking was an absolute monster, he held his own alongside the rest of my team, even Furret put some work in.
Trading with link cable was annoying.
It was a good 4 weeks working on in together.
That happens to have been the exact move set for my Slowking in my latest play thru of HeartGold 😂
Truly an amazing mon'!
Me: MysticUmbreon, can we have Meganium on the team?
MysticUmbreon: We have Meganium at home
The Meganium at home: 12:43
😂😢
I like the sandslash add. I’ve always been a big fan of it
I used Slowking in my playthrough of Crystal and it was amazing
Love the Slowpoke line representation. Great video!
I actually love Noctowl and Sandslash. I love the design, even if they aren't the most viable options, and I've got both on a HeartGold nuzlocke team right now. I also prefer Nidoqueen to Nidoking. I like the more defensive stat spread.
Sandslash is my go-to ground pokemon. I know there are better pokemon for that role but I just love the little thing!
I’m still waiting for the redone sun and moon team(it recommends joltion for totem wishiwashi, even though you can’t get a thunder stone before then)
Poke Pelago says otherwise(unlock the treasure island early and you may just have a thunderstone by then)
@@brendanboomhour7606 the poke pelagio doesn’t unlock till after the fire trial.
@@zachnapa1191 since when? pretty sure I could access it just after the first trial, that was when I first noticed it unless they changed it for the ultra versions
@@brendanboomhour7606 you need charizard fly to go there, at least in the original sun and moon.
@@zachnapa1191 you're a correct
I've legit run a team through Gold with Noctowl, Sandslash, Nidoqueen and Sunflora. Think the other two were Feraligatr and Ampharos who basically carried though. Never used a Dunsparce in my life though
i used Sandslash on my team in Crystal, and they were definitely one of the best ‘mons on my team. if you have the patience to raise one, it’s definitely rewarding
I try to use Slowking all the time when I can, super underrated
I've used Nidoqueen on kanto teams a few times as an alternative to Nidoking. For a playthrough of the main game, there is barely anything between them I find. I basically catch whichever Nidoran I find first and that's the one I choose
For the last Pokemon i was expecting to see Heracross because of so hard it was to get or maybe Forretress but..Sunflora ? Damn,i forgot that Pokemon for GOOD.
Also i remember me as a kid finding Dunsparce for the first time,i got so hyped finding a new Pokemon and by the looks of it i thought "damn this one will have a badass evolution" but as we all know..yea..
I used dunsparce in a crystal nuzlocke. Honestly it did great for the first 4 badges. Rage and rollout are very strong early Gen 2
Early Dunsparce is an amazing Pokemon. STAB Headbutt pretty early is extremely good, and it has decent bulk.
Right now I'm doing a Pkmn Gold Nuzlocke and:
- Had to use Hoothoot at the beginning, she's out of my team now but she took down Bugsy only with Peck
- Got a Sandsdrew who evolved into Sandslash and although I want to replace him, he is one of my most valuable Pkmn with high ATK and DFE
- I'm a Slowpoke fan, but I'm keeping her in the box because I don't want her to get hurt or die... but might use her as a SlowQueen
This was a great video, keep going with the series =)
This looks really good love the content
My first Johto team was Typhlosion, Raticate, Furret, and Noctowl. I only used Typhlosion and Raticate in battles, and really, only Typhlosion.
Slowking is one of my favorites, great choice
While you're still talking about johto, I think you should remaster the best teams for meganium and feraligatr because it uses trade evolutions
I actually use Nidoqueen over her male counterpart always.She has good attacking stats and is far better than Nidoking defensively
i think good defense is not that great if you don't have a recovery move if you are not using items. i don't loathe good defense because i prefer peacekeeping defensive mons, but i mentioned in the "You never used this Kanto team" before, Clefable is in a similar situation to Nidoqueen. This is a pity because I actually like Clefable.
for a challenge in pokemon gold i used gold's manga team, including his sunflora, and that sunflora was better than expected.
she crushed pryce and she was one of the most used mons in kanto.
i also had a aipom, and that thing was way worse that sunflora.
Okay I can honestly say tho I have used all the mons on this team I have never used them together. Good job man
No Ariados? That was always my obscure little addition in the Gen 2 games, still is. Not because it's good, it's NOT, it's not even the best poison type in a gen more than a decade before poison OR bug types got thrown half a bone. I just always play with it because I like it and it's pretty little spider face. One of the short list of pokemon I'd want for my partner if I lived in the pokemon world.
I literally hunt for dunsparc every play through lmao
I would swap out confusion with return in noctowls moveset, which gives him a great normal STAB move that often overshadows fly.
And then once reaching Kanto, I would immediately go fix the kanto power plant before doing gyms to get the XPN card, then wake up Snorlax and head over to Viridian city in order to grab dreameater. Then I'd replace nightmare with dreameater which actually gives noctowl a useful method to make his special attack count more for the latter part of the game. It's a small upgrade in my opinion since with Noctowl you're gonna spam return mostly, and use fly against pokemon with weakness to it. But it can be a good way to deal with stronger pokemon, and/or pokemon weak to psychic. With confusion, you'd never really get use of it since it gets 120 power when super-effective while return gets 150 power just through STAB bonus.
Thanks for the video, it was a nice one! :)
Dunsparce is my favourite pokemon, and is a legit beast if properly ev-trained. Glare or thunderwave to paralyze and slow your enemies, then bite and headbutt to make them flinch, and something to keep it alive, like rest, roost or leftovers. Unexpected and hard to deal with if you use it at just the right time in the match.
Nice team comp. I’ve used Sunflora before, and theyre not as bad as you would think. Really solid for water/rock/ground types and growth/synthesis/giga drain is also nice. I think maybe some Pokémon like Lanturn/Ursaring/politoed are also a bit more underused.
I actually used nidoqueen in my original playthrough as a kid. She's my favorite of the two and in my top 10 favorite pokemon. I bodyslammed and ice punched everything. I'm so happy to see her here
Noctowl in Crystal was my first-ever shiny (excluding the red Gyarados, of course). Sadly, I didn't get to enjoy it much because my save file corrupted not long after.
Dunsparce is really fun to mess around with in later generations due to its Serene Grace ability. I had one on my team in Y and it could hold its own.
I used Sandslash in Yellow once. It was alright; it got the job done.
I don't think I've ever really used a Slowking before.
Nidoqueen should not be underestimated. It may not be as good as Nidoking, but the difference isn't all that great; it can still do anything Nidoking can do.
I remember experimenting with Sunflora in Crystal. It was... something. I was having fun, so I guess that's what matters.
I’ve used Dunsparce, it was pretty fun honestly
You think your team is weird? (Laugh track) Well, meet mine! These are the Pokémon I've never used
All those pokemon were definitely used when the game originally game out
My favorite team to play through Silver and Crystal used to be:
Typhlosion
Umbreon
Noctowl
Scizor
Slowking
Ampharos
Once I played it through with only bug pokemons and my team was this:
Heracross
Ariados
Crobat
Forretress
Scizor
Gyarados only for Surf etc.
Crobat is Poison Flying tho…?
I ALWAYS use Noctowl in my in-game play through a since Silver, I like this already
…and actually, I used Noctowl and Nidoqueen in Soul Silver 😭
I always use Sunflora, Sandslash, and Nidoqueen in my gen 2 runs. I also have a liking to slowking.
You'd love my sun and moon box with junk mons i try to redeem with z moves etc, i had a really good bulky assault vest sunflora and a z move sandstorm/stone edge, i can't remember nidoqueen but i also had that in silver too
Funny enough, in my last SoulSilver playthrough, I used 1/3 of this team. Sandslash and Nidoqueen. It was a fun but frustrating Mono-Ground type run.
Sandslash is literally my dude that might be gen 1 Slash bias
This was a complete curve. I've always liked the slowking look never had it unfortunately. Great series right here
I just finished my adventure on Soul Silver using only Johto pokemon and it feels really great to beat a game without overused pokemon, I used
Lanturn
Heracross
Xatu
Quagsire
Bellossom
and Magcargo
I've used Noctowl, Sandslash, Nidoqueen, Slowking, and Sunflora, but never all on the same team. The first 3 are ones I tend to come back to in other games and Gen 2 replays, though, mostly for how much I love the designs.
Dunsparce is my favorite. Total meme Pokémon. My GSC moveset is, well, actually good, so maybe it doesn’t fit here, but it is Curse, Zap Cannon, Headbutt, and Rest.
funny thing is in my original silver play through
i used noctowl and dunsparce (i thought dunsparce would evolve had it till elite 4)
I've used Sandslash, Nidoqueen, Noctowl, and Dunsparce in a team together before, but I definitely have never used a sunflora xDx mightve used a Slowking in another run, but I remember using those other 4 in my 2nd Crystal playthrough. Always been a Sandslash fan, always loved the Nidos, Noctowl looked cool at the time, and Dunsparce I was convinced would evolve into a dragon until it was about lvl 70 xDx man, I both remember fondly and with disdain how much misinformation went around back then around pokemon games ( Mew under the truck, 2nd S.S. Anne trip in RBY/RGY, dunsparce evolved into a dragon, Pikablu, the list goes on.
Just played through crystal with poliwrath, slowking, and pigeot. Didn’t have much trouble till the elite four, entered at lv 42.
My sisters team for Pokémon Crystal was Meganium, Slowking, Noctowl, Espeon, Weezing and Electrode. She was one of those lucky ones to get the kings rock on her slowpoke she caught.
believe it or not the first two members of this video was on my OG johto team from my pokemon gold and also used sunflora lol. the team was thyphlosion, noctowl, quagsire, amphoros, sunflora and dunsparce. brought this same team back when I got heartgold then I finally revamped my johto team.
Dunsparce is actually kinda good at times I have used it before and it wasn't the best but still fine lol
Sandslash definitely deserves more love! I used one in my first Crystal playthrough and it was my lead for the longest time. That f****** shrew could tear up the whole elite four by himself. And it was only like level 55 or 60! 🤷🤣
Bug contest is not that hard to win, just don’t attack and throw balls lol. Love your movesets though, enjoy your videos. I’ve used all the boys you’re talking about here in gen 2 play throughs, but definitely not at the same time haha.
I loved slowking. It just socks it takes so far into the game to get it.
Nidoqueen had same stats as nidoking too which was definitely the best non starter in gen 1
I used Noctowl a fair amount, then again I also played Colosseum a lot so I used a bunch of odd Pokemon there, and so used them again in Crystal.
Gameboy gold was my first ever game and my introduction to pokemon, it was all new to me, and i still somewhat remember my team of that time. Meganium, Hypno, Pidgeot, Quagsire, Raticate, and i think the finall member was the butterfly i evolved from the first poke that catterpe that i got. it was a very weird team honestly XD. but i wouln't mind trying something similar once again.
Funny enough I've used 2 of these before on the same playthrough in Nidoqueen and Sandslash, but I ain't never gonna use sunflora when every single grass type in Johto outclass it
Haha jokes on you MysticUmbreon, this is the team i used i my VERY FIRST PLAYTHROUGH (i say, lying through my teeth)
My recent Nuzlocke run of gold finished with Typhlosion, Nidoqueen, Slowbro, Xatu, Eggseggutor, and Jynx
Yeah that is a unique team. The only pokemons that I actually use from that team is Sandslash because I like it but I don't use it often because I try to use a gen 2 only team when I play crystal. But I always use Dunsparce because it is my favorite pokemon of all.
I'm going to wait until you get to gen 8 with this series and then pick my favorites of them that aren't that popular. Because I totally would use Nidoqueen and Sandslash in a team (Heck, I'd even use Clefable :3 I loved it before it became Fairy Type).
Bitch please, dundparce is amazing. Used all of this multiple times. And Stantler, and Ariados, foretress, all that useless Mons from johto. Johto is amazing
I don't know why but watching this video got me thinking about a gen 1 rock team. I mean there are 6 rock types in gen 1 but only 5 available in 1 playthrough.
My current SS team I’m running with is:
- Maganium
- Scizzor
- Slowking
- Raikou
- Misdreavus
- Tyranitar
(I try to never use legendaries on my team but I have never played with any of the dogs and Raikou is my favorite I thought it would be time to use him for a playthrough)
I've used Noctowl, Nidoqueen, Sandslash, and Slowking on a team before. But I also had Houndoom and Gengar so very close
Hm, how very interesting, can’t wait to see more of these.
Ah mystic umbreon assumes that I have not used this team again. He would be right 😆
My team was not as common but plausible, I had feraligatr,jolteon, victreebel,wigglituff,togetic, and golem. Believe it or not wigglituff was the mvp with the elemental punches plus it was shiny so that made it even better
Well Slowking's attack was better than I thought. That Shadowball won't go completely waste.
For the ruby, sapphire, and emerald one volbeat is option but I used it was a beast
Sparce is one my favs I use him somewhat frequently
I think Donphan would be less likely to be used than Sandslash
i think you should do an x and y best team remastered since im pretty sure thats the only team you havent remastered
DUNSPARCE IS LITERALLY MY FAVORITE POKEMON AND I HAVE USED IT IN EVERY GENERATION ITS BEEN AVAILABLE IN! And I don't do it as a meme. It is legit my favorite and the one I always have on my team. It was also my first ever shiny.
Also Noctowl, Dunsparce, Slowking, Nidoqueen, Sandslash, and Sunflora... that is literally what my Crystal team was. The moves were different, but this was my Crystal team.
If only the virtual console of the johto games were able to trade online than I would have no problem trying to have a slowing for a team like this
I like slowking, it's just such a pain in the butt to get as you mentioned 🥺
I used Dunsparce in Soul Silver. Actually amazing early to mid game with stab serene grace headbutt.
What Have I Used Here?
Noctowl: Yes
Dunspares: No
Sandslash: Yes
Slowqueen: No But I Will Some Day
Nidoqueen: Yes
Sunflora: Yes
Nidoqueen is actually the more defensive of the two nidos, also the elemental punches are all special attack based
My first play through of this region was feraligtr, ariados, noctowl, ampharos, umbreon, and donphan
I thought it was a pretty good team! Lol great video!
Mystic, can you rate this team? I had been theorizing what if Ash was the post game boss in G/S/C and HG/SS?
So I made a team for it. The teams would be similar to Red's because I chose to evolve his Kanto starters. So the team for G/S/C would be:
Pikachu - Thunder, Rain Dance, Quick Attack, Iron Tail
Venusaur - Razor Leaf, Sleep Powder, Leech Seed, Curse
Charizard - Flamethrower, Dragonbreath, Wing Attack, Rock Slide
Blastoise - Surf, Ice Beam, Headbutt. Protect
Noctowl - Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Wing Attack, Swift
Donphan - Earthquake, Headbutt, Mud Slap, Ancientpower
Next, his team in HeartGold and SoulSilver would be somewhat the same but with one change and better/tweaked movesets
Pikachu - Thunder, Rain Dance, Fake Out, Iron Tail, Rash Mild Nature and Focus Sash.
Venusaur - Toxic, Leech Seed, Growth, Energy Ball, Calm Nature holding Leftovers to stall
Charizard - Flamethrower, Earthquake, Wing Attack, Dragon Pulse, Serious Nature for mixed attacking, holding a Sitrus berry
Blastoise - Flash Cannon, Surf, Skull Bash, Ice Beam, Quiet nature holding Mystic Water
Noctowl - Shadow Ball, Air Slash, Psychic, Hypnosis, Modest nature, holding Wise Glasses
Heracross - Close Combat, Aerial Ace, Rock Slide, Night Slash, Naive Nature, Guts ability, holding a Flame Orb.
For this team, Heracross is probably the star player and will probably sweep the player's team if not prepared, and while these teams may not compare due to Red having Pokémon like Espeon and Snorlax, I wanted to focus on Ash's Johto catches and Noctowl, Phanpy and Heracross were kind of the top choices for me. So.. that's what I got.
My original team for Johto (which for me was HGSS cause I never owned GSC) was Meganium, Noctowel, Flareon (cause I had beat Cynthia’s Garchomp with it XD) Furret (not as an HM Slave) Ampharose, and finally a Dragonite because dragons are awesome!
Dunsparce rules and I love using it, especially early in the game.
I think flareon would be a good choice to go into this team too, cause it doesn’t suck but who goes out of their way when they have an Eevee to get that? Like umbreon and espeon debut in this gen
Never used this exact team all together, but Slowking is the only one of this bunch I never used ingame. I've been known to use Noctowl from time to time. I have a Dunsparce and a Sunflora on my Crystal team right now, and not for the memes- I just like Sunflora and _really_ like Dunsparce (legit my third favorite Pokémon) Sandslash featured heavily in a recent Nuzlocke I did in Crystal, though tragically died to a Graveler's Self-Destruct, and I've used Nidoqueen many times, albeit more in Gen 1, but I know I've used it in Gen 2 at least once or twice.
You should do a best team for each game but you can only use first stage Pokémon
Slowing is a mandatory pic for my Gen 2 games lol. I always name it Oxforde.
I used dunsparce as a kid trying to figure out why it didn’t evolve but I brought it through up to the elite four till I gave up trying to evolve it
12:43 insert "EEEEEWWWWW DUDEEE, WTF!"
Ye that seems like a team i would use and probably used one close to that. Even did several Dunsparce only runs and it works out quite good :D
Welp, let's see which of these I've used in the past.
Noctowl: I've used this exactly once before, in HeartGold. It's kind of a godsend against Morty specifically with its access to Confusion and Insomnia. It's definitely better in Gen 4 than 2.
Dunsparce: Nope. Haven't gotten a chance to use Dunsparce yet, unless Pokemon Uranium counts.
Sandslash: I've never used a Kantonian Sandslash before, but Alolan Sandslash was good when I used it in Moon.
Slowking: Ironically, I've used Politoed twice now, and never Slowking. Not even Slowbro. I guess it's mostly because there's so many other Water options that I just haven't gotten around to it.
Nidoqueen: I've used this one 3 times so far; once in Blue, once in LeafGreen, and once in SoulSilver. It's not in my top 10 favorites along with Nidoking for nothing.
Sunflora: I'm not THAT masochistic lol
Me having Dunsparce and Sunflora as my favorite Normal and Grass type not only for Johto but for the WHOLE franchise... And Noctowl as my go to Flying-type on G/S/C on gameplays were I limit myself to never use Gen I mons (because Murkrow is only postgame)
The other 3 I never used on Johto tho (but have used Sandslash and Nidoqueen on Kanto), soooo, 3 out of 6 lol.
I caught a shiny Alolan Sandshrew in my digital copy of Pokémon Ultra Sun and named it Bluebelly, I kept it as a Sandshrew because I enjoy the shiny and it was a full odds shiny when I was grinding out my Pokédex. I have my best shiny luck with Gen 7, as I usually fill a box full of shiny Pokemon in the ultra games, and got a few full odds, no grind, shiny mons, like Bluebelly and my purple Mareep. A challenge I have is to have someone fill a box full of shiny Pokemon by any non hack/GameShark means in the Ultra games
This does seem like a fun thing to try out.
I always use Sandslash so