Ranking the Kanto Gym Leaders Weakest to Strongest

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5 жыл бұрын

The Pokemon Gym Leaders. They are the ones you must test your might against if you want to make it to the Pokemon League and become the champion. So naturally you might think that they get progressively harder as you go along your journey. But that’s not true. There are so many different factors in everyone’s journey that could make them feel one gym leader is harder to take on versus another. That’s why today, I’ve decided to do some research and rank some of these gym leaders from easiest to hardest. And I figured the best place to start is with the OG games in the series, Pokemon Red and Blue. When creating this list, I took a couple different things into consideration such as the Pokemon you’ll be up against vs the selection of Pokemon you have available to you at that point in the game, as well as the moves available to you vs the moves on their Pokemon. Just because a gym leader has a level 47 Pokemon doesn’t necessarily mean they’re hard to beat at all. I mean, the classic meme we know the most is how tough Whitney and her Miltank are, and she’s only the 3rd gym leader in Johto! So yeah with that all being laid out, I hope you guys enjoy this ranking list, as it’s not based solely on my opinion. With that being said, let’s hop right into battle with the Kanto Gym Leaders.
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@davicito4841 5 жыл бұрын

Raichu was a cakewalk, but opening the electric gate to Surge was a nightmare back in 1999 😬

@Akiloxa 5 жыл бұрын

-trash can intensifies-

@davicito4841 5 жыл бұрын

@@Akiloxa my pokemon career almost ended right there 😂

@Akiloxa 5 жыл бұрын

Haha

@Akiloxa 5 жыл бұрын

Nope! Just trash here.

@DCONightingale 5 жыл бұрын

Highwind Rider *Great Pokémon War flashbacks*

@stevenjohnson6962 5 жыл бұрын

Wow. I never realized how bad the movesets for gen 1 gym leaders are.

@TheKoopa4561 5 жыл бұрын

Lol not even just the gym leaders. Blue’s Rhydon had tail whip AND leer during the champion battle

@finnsimpson5253 5 жыл бұрын

TheKoopa4561 not many moves were avaible then and not for many Pokemon

@Docmain3 5 жыл бұрын

Blues exeggcutor only has three moves lol

@finnsimpson5253 5 жыл бұрын

Docmain Joseph yeah and one of them is barrage

@finnsimpson5253 5 жыл бұрын

Xx_savage fartz_xX I thought it was Petal Dance? But yeah venasaur pretty much got that and mega drain to use a grass moves

@Jacob-rd2wh 4 жыл бұрын

“Nope there’s only trash here! Hey the electric switch reset!”

@nobody-mr9js 4 жыл бұрын

"STARMIE used BUBBLEBEAM!''

@Glinjan 5 жыл бұрын

I have a slightly different opinion, but only with one major change: 1. Surge: Insert everything you said here. 2. Brock: You beat Surge easily without having to rely on a good starter choice. Brock with Charmander is another story, and grinding up a Caterpie is almost like being overleveled at that point. 3. Blaine: Insert everything you said here. But Roar didn't have any effect in Gen1, so it makes it even easier. 4. Erika: You forgot that before battling Erika, you can get HM Fly. This makes everything a lot easier, since Fearow and Pidgeot are both quite fast and Bind won't hit first. 5. Giovanni: Insert everything you said here. 6. Koga: His Pokemon know Smoke Screen and Minimize. Do I need to say anything else? 7. Misty: Insert everything you said here. 8. Sabrina: Insert everything you said here.

@manuellord2010 5 жыл бұрын

I always accidentally skipped Erika and went back and thrashed her with lv 40/50s

@deathkiller2.0bs60 3 жыл бұрын

lol

@krazytusk4696 3 жыл бұрын

I skip lt surge

@MysticUmbreon 5 жыл бұрын

LOL so 10:54 I meant to say Leech Seed that literally slipped my mind sorry. Obviously meant to say Leech Seed.

@flamingpickle8846 5 жыл бұрын

mystic this video is stupid lol i used a randomizer to get level 100 moltres, articuno, zapdos, venusaur, blastoise, and nidoking and literally none of these chumps were hard

@TKnHappyNess 5 жыл бұрын

How about Ranking the Kanto Gym Leaders in Yellow due to their different teams and being forced to start with Pikachu?

@hambu4781 4 жыл бұрын

@@flamingpickle8846 So funny

@shinedown8888 4 жыл бұрын

You can use Jolteon against Sabrina because it learns pin missile at level 36 in gen 1

@LittleAl016 4 жыл бұрын

@@shinedown8888 In Yellow. In R/B, however, it learns Pin Missile at Level 48.

@teamprimarina 5 жыл бұрын

Giovanni: *exists* Articuno: i’m about to end this man’s whole career

@glaciveestudios6170 5 жыл бұрын

Back in those days Rock type attacks were OP as well so idk what you mean

@cinderleaves3949 5 жыл бұрын

Sabrina: *exists* Mewtwo: Im about to end this man’s whole career

@kaizofedora5093 4 жыл бұрын

Same for me 😅

@LittleAl016 4 жыл бұрын

Erika: **exists** Clefable: What do got for me, trainer? Me: Want Ice Beam or Psychic? Clefable: Either one's good.

@BoostGlitch357 4 жыл бұрын

Unoriginal jokes...

@maverick5169 4 жыл бұрын

Blaine can be smacked by Gyarados too, in first gen its special stat is actually pretty darn good!

@camsnow9822 3 жыл бұрын

Yes!!! It also tanks sabrina and misty's pokemon and hits hi attack owns them

@ElBlocko 4 жыл бұрын

As a note: Fissure on Giovanni's Rhydon is a virtual non-factor as OHKO moves automatically fail if you'e slower than the opponent, and Rhydon's one of the slowest in the game. Unless you're paralyzed or using something like Slowpoke, you've got nothing to worry about, especially if you're using Haunter or Gengar.

@linamay16 5 жыл бұрын

I would definitely love a series about this!!!

@matthewmcmillan1337 5 жыл бұрын

I would swap Giovanni and Koga around Only cause Blaine is beaten with water pokemon leading for them to be primed to take on Giovanni with Koga you would need a ground or psychic pokemon so a water pokemon won't be getting over leveled (unless you got a slowbro)

@misfortune6666 4 жыл бұрын

And Blaine loves using potions on full health pokemon

@Krow621 5 жыл бұрын

You may not read this but I'll like to thank you for being one of the few Poketubers that strayed away from spoiling Sword and Shield content and making some great videos instead.

@adrianwoodruff1885 5 жыл бұрын

In my opinion, I would put Surge just one spot higher, switching him with Blaine. If only because of that dang puzzle.

@sceptilethehedgehog5862 5 жыл бұрын

Roar is Useless in Gen 1. In That Gen Roar Fails if On A Trainer Battle It Only Pushes You Away if Used By A Wild Pokemon

@FinalFinale 4 жыл бұрын

Just curious, did they ever fix moves like whirlwind/roar in Stadium?

@sceptilethehedgehog5862 4 жыл бұрын

@@FinalFinale Nope They Only Fixed Hyper Beam And Focus Energy

@FinalFinale 4 жыл бұрын

@@sceptilethehedgehog5862 :/ What about in Stadium 2?

@sceptilethehedgehog5862 4 жыл бұрын

@@FinalFinale Stadium 2 Has Gen 2 Mechanics Nothing Else

@bennel3588 4 жыл бұрын

If you use roar against a wild pokemon, does it scare it away?

@TheForeignGamer 5 жыл бұрын

Hey Mystic, might I offer a suggestion for future videos? I would love to see you slow down your commentary and give yourself a bit more time to enunciate and make sure everything you're trying to say comes off more clearly. It'll make creating your commentary a little easier, and easier to understand, especially for your fans who don't speak English as fluently as others. It's most noticeable during your intro, particularly when promoting your 2nd channel. Just thought I'd leave that there. Love your content!

@nomongosinthaworld 5 жыл бұрын

Holy shit, I never noticed how much he slurs words. Yeah, you def need to fix this, Mystic

@jigglypuff2cute 5 жыл бұрын

After reading your comment I decided to press play to see if he really did talk too fast. It was at 13:08 And all I heard was DOVEMLOVEM the comments! 😂 That was so fast I went back to hear it again and still cant figure out what he was trying to say there Lol

@DannieRay23 5 жыл бұрын

Spanish is my first language and i watch his videos at 2x speed without issues. Your brain gets used to it if you focus.

@TheForeignGamer 5 жыл бұрын

@@DannieRay23 And that's fantastic! But not everyone is in the same boat as you, so my comment was really a way to give the people struggling a stronger voice. I don't have an issue with his talking speed personally, but as a teacher in a diverse district it's something I'm always cognizant of.

@Jpthaprince 4 жыл бұрын

DannieRay23 Spanish is actually spoken faster than most languages so it may be easier for your brain to process vs someone with a slower language

@marcuspineda8391 5 жыл бұрын

Constrict isn't a trapping move and Roar straight up doesn't work in Gen 1.

@BlazingSS4 4 жыл бұрын

The thing with Constrict is that it can drop your speed, giving Tangela a chance to be able to outspeed and trap its opponent with Bind. That's what he was getting at.

@LunarWingCloud 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely wanna see more of this series, I love ranking gym leaders based on difficulty

@luizalbano2014 5 жыл бұрын

Last time I was this early I dissapointed my girlfriend

@argeliaestrada3726 5 жыл бұрын

Last Video? (joke)

@tyreekgarrettasmrchannel 5 жыл бұрын

Or do you mean you disappointed your boyfriend

@RoySmith22 5 жыл бұрын

tyreek garrett lol that’s a good one

@casualcrusader1547 5 жыл бұрын

@whoismitchconnor120 4 жыл бұрын

You stole this joke

@andrewmont5539 5 жыл бұрын

I think Erica isn't as hard as you're giving her credit for. You seem to forget that as soon as you get to Celadon City, your team's power goes up a lot with all the TMs you gain access to. You can immediately go get the Fly HM, so you don't have to worry about not having Drill Peck or Wing Attack, and you also get Ice Beam, and you can give some water to the guard and go to Saffron to get Psychic as well. The easiest thing to do is just teach Fly to whatever bird you have, and just use that to one-shot all her pokemon. I think Koga and Erica should switch places on the list.

@MrCozzdogg 5 жыл бұрын

If Psychic was weak to Ghost type in Gen 1, I don't think it would make a difference as Lick is the only Ghost type move you get that is Super-effective and it's Base Power is 20. Also Gastly, Haunter and Gengar would be weak to Sabrina's Psychic type moves. Great video though loved the content!

@wschippr1 5 жыл бұрын

If scyther or pinsir had decent STAB options Sabrina would be easy. Or basically if any Pokémon had good bug coverage. If you rom hack the game and make slash a bug type psychics become a lot less broken.

@MrCozzdogg 5 жыл бұрын

If you really want that super effective hit without Beedrill on the Psychic gym I suppose you could go for Jolteon with Pin Missile. But that's not even a great strategy.

@wschippr1 5 жыл бұрын

MrCozzdogg Thunderbolt, on average, does more damage than pin missile on jolteon to psychic types. Pin missile is usually ran on jolteon in Gen I to deal with grass types that resist electric attacks (and since bug is super effective against poison types in Gen I it hits everyone of them super effectively). But ya, that’s why psychic was so busted, jolteon is probably the best user of a bug type move in the game and even it doesn’t use it on psychic types (barring exeggutor).

@MrCozzdogg 5 жыл бұрын

@@wschippr1 well yeah but I did say for that super effective hit not more damage but I know what you're saying. I mean why you wouldn't do Tbolt still would have me stumped. Maybe if they wanted to save pp but Idk what for.

@LittleAl016 4 жыл бұрын

@@MrCozzdogg It's actually better than you think.

@babarshaikh463 5 жыл бұрын

Contnue this series mystic, do this ranking for all regions. All ur videos are great, I watch them all 😍

@lemmyxpro 5 жыл бұрын

Please Keep Doing This For All The Games! I Really Like This Actually

@lukemcinnes3792 5 жыл бұрын

Hey guys. WE HAVE SHIRTS ON SALE.

@articfoxlover0154 5 жыл бұрын

lol

@BoostGlitch357 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@davidsolis4258 5 жыл бұрын

Great video

@zacthemastodonranger 5 жыл бұрын

this was awesome can't wait for jthe johto video

@ultrabeastiary7261 5 жыл бұрын

But MysticUmbreon, my Mewtwo that I caught in my Randomizer had no problem beating the game.

@littenpaw8533 5 жыл бұрын

Lol

@glaciveestudios6170 5 жыл бұрын

...

@glaciveestudios6170 5 жыл бұрын

I mean why not Necrozma Ultra? Whoy only Mewtwo?

@ultrabeastiary7261 5 жыл бұрын

@@glaciveestudios6170 Ultra Necrozma didn't exist in RBY

@glaciveestudios6170 5 жыл бұрын

@@ultrabeastiary7261 Just kidding

@RFGfotografie 4 жыл бұрын

I cannot wait for the rest :P

@nj.1661 4 жыл бұрын

Woah, love the editing style! Definitely worth the sub!

@masterbrad89 5 жыл бұрын

Erika was a nightmare for me when I was a kid due to her status inflicting moves from Victreebel and Vileplume. Everyone else was easy minus Sabrina but I don’t recall losing to her. I had the most trouble with gen 1 gym leaders till I grew up and found out how to strategize my move sets.

@philliprosewood7049 5 жыл бұрын

u should do a series on this. mystic going from kanto to kalos ranking all the gym leaders from easiest to hardest

@ritvikellendula3371 5 жыл бұрын

You can’t go to cinnabar island without a water type- Mystic Rhydon-Am I A Joke TO YOU😢?

@aaronstephen3058 5 жыл бұрын

Rhydon’s Ground STAB does 2x to Blaine’s Pokemon, and resists Fire and Normal with its rock type.

@oresti9271 5 жыл бұрын

He wrote it down or a pokemon who can learn surf and rhydon knows surf so 😂

@weedmilk 5 жыл бұрын

Aaron Stephen m.bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Rhydon_(Pokémon)/Generation_I_learnset Hope you have that Dig or Earthquake TM handy then.

@nick56677 4 жыл бұрын

Don't forget Surfing Pikachu

@ritvikellendula3371 4 жыл бұрын

Heath N true

@cole_man.exe_2002 4 жыл бұрын

Brock is honestly a cakewalk with Charmander due to gen 1’s stupid AI.

@SupermarketSweep777 4 жыл бұрын

Also while not in Red and Blue, from Yellow onwards you can get a Mankey from nearby routes which makes short work of Brick with Low Kick.

@Anbulord8tv 5 жыл бұрын

This was awesome I wanna replay red now and challenge these gyms with this info 🤔

@bigdrip3092 5 жыл бұрын

Oh I like this series I can't wait for a series

@nancymontenegro5882 5 жыл бұрын

Loved it! Do the other regions!

@jaceycarlos 4 жыл бұрын

All-female cast for the top 3 spots!definitely agree with your list man!though i found it rather harder to fight Erika than Misty as i have an all-grass arsenal...kept seeing "it's not very effective..."

@briansherrod1916 4 жыл бұрын

My Parasect actually beat Sabrina’s gym with a lucky critical. It’s really not a bad Pokémon with spore. Great video as always!!

@munromister777 4 жыл бұрын

Getting a Dugtrio from Diglett cave ensures that the second half of Kanto is kind of a cake walk, since its speed makes Slash really good and crit often to cover Sabrina, covering Koga and Blaine with ground moves, and Giovanni can be taken care of with your starter.

@petersmythe6484 4 жыл бұрын

Sabrina's Alakazam was pretty bonkers. The heal or recover move that gets back all Alakazam's hit points makes it really tough. I did it with Kadabra with a normal attack, as well as some others to put the Alakazam to sleep etc. (but this time I will use "body slam" instead of Mega Punch). I really like how Kadabra's stupidly high special and resistance to psychic types makes it one of the few good enough to battle Alakazam for a multiple turns, until the Alakazam is knocked out. I have not finished the game (only free online and many years later).

@purplecat4586 5 жыл бұрын

My wish finally came true. I have been asking this series for a long time

@glaciveestudios6170 5 жыл бұрын

No you are Delcatty

@MrJogle345man 5 жыл бұрын

I remember playing my self-propused challenge of going throught gen1 with only a beedrill, and it was glorious watching Sabrina's team crumble apart with over-leveled Twineedle attacks.

@servosmash7588 4 жыл бұрын

Can you do a gym leader ranking for each Region, that will be great.

@rock_it9771 4 жыл бұрын

You can beat brock with nidorans doublekick or mankies karate chop too.

@RealGateGuardian 4 жыл бұрын

Only in yellow. He's talking about red/blue. Mankey wasn't west of Viridian City & the Nidos learned double kick in the 40s

@LittleAl016 4 жыл бұрын

@@RealGateGuardian In which case, the starter should be more than enough for Brock. Even Charmander.

@RealGateGuardian 4 жыл бұрын

@@LittleAl016 Ember would take a lot longer but it does inflict burn status. Also Butterfree didn't learn confusion in R/B but did in Y

@LittleAl016 4 жыл бұрын

@@RealGateGuardian 1. Brock's Pokémon have poor Special. And it was this that I was referring to. Even if you're slowed down because of Brock's typing, the crowd of Bug Catchers after Brock makes up for the time lost against Brock. 2. Butterfree learns Confusion in R/B at Level 12.

@blueberrybit1712 5 жыл бұрын

good vid

@gabrielfarkas257 5 жыл бұрын

I remember the time I almost lost against Sabrina in FireRed, because my mons were umderleveled (levels 38-39), and my last team member alive was Primeape. Her Alakazam swept my entire team, but against Primeape, she used Calm Mind instead of Psychic and let my Primeape use Mega Punch and knock that demonic Alakazam down.

@vaporterra 5 жыл бұрын

This was an interesting video even though some of the first and last entries were obvious. It gets a little trickier in other generations tbf

@alexchandara1850 5 жыл бұрын

I feel bad i watch your videos on loop and i havent even subbed let me hit that real quick

@SanaxUltd 5 жыл бұрын

What a godsent video ❤️❤️

@queenpressys2412 5 жыл бұрын

You are fantastic you oploud every day

@vulcron4319 5 жыл бұрын

Sabrina might be hard, but if you have an Eevee or any of the eeveelutions with bite than she is much easier to handle~ ^-^

@deltavictor8369 4 жыл бұрын

Bite was Normal type in Gen1. Not a huge help.

@LittleAl016 4 жыл бұрын

@@deltavictor8369 He was referring to Jolteon.

@psyduck1264 5 жыл бұрын

Pssst! You thought any of this was HARD? Smh, I just used x accuracy horn drill and OHKOed all of them.

@oresti9271 5 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

@azelfdaboi5265 5 жыл бұрын

Does Nidoking have horn drill before Brock, with the level 100 glitch?

@tyrant-den884 5 жыл бұрын

🙄

@supersonicsandshrew9742 5 жыл бұрын

My level 50 charizard, gloom, and pikachu before Brock beat the whole game easy

@Slqepy 5 жыл бұрын

@Tyler Vincent theres a glitch

@icestorm1445 4 жыл бұрын

For sabrina I usually go and get articuno or zapdos since they available right after you are done with fuchsia city

@zuperzack9502 3 жыл бұрын

I chose charmander, but in the gen 1 games there is a special mechanic, so if you go up two levels and the first level would have learned you a move, then you don't learn it. So i have a charmeleon that doesn't know ember.

@joshholden9391 5 жыл бұрын

You can get fly before fighting Erica and just rip her. You can also use snorlax to deal with sabrina and scythe and pinsir can be caught before fighting her. Good vid though

@pumpkin6192 3 жыл бұрын

Sabrina will still be hard tho

@barnhapax8032 3 жыл бұрын

For Erika, a solution is having Gyarados with ice beam, since in Gen1, it was quite effective and with its dual-type combined with its good defenses, Gyarados was easily able to resist Erika's attacks :)

@MrCactuar13 4 жыл бұрын

Gonna predict ahead of time that Claire is the hardest gym leader in Gold/Silver, and the HG/SS version is probably the hardest in the series.

@SJtheMFZB 7 ай бұрын

You might have a point at Misty and Sabrina. Yellow, however, and Koga and Giovanni would kind of be balls to the wall right along with them. Gracefully, Gio's Guard Spec spam offers reprieve. I think you just lose a lot, otherwise. Speedrunners say Blaine's up there, but I don't have any supportive anecdotes.

@VegasValentineMusic 5 жыл бұрын

True story: in yellow version i brought an Oddish with Cut into Celadon Gym. every trainer including Erika only used Poisonpowder to no effect. the only pokes i had to even remotely worry about were Exeggcute and Tangela

@murilosimas7477 4 жыл бұрын

I really enjoy your videos, super awesome material. But let me tell you this: You could speak a little slower (not much, just a little). The videos wouldn't be much longer but you WOULD make them much easier for foreigners to understand, and believe me, we like your videos too.

@KenlexMarron18 5 жыл бұрын

I love the face that he ignores the gift lapras you get in the silph co. He talks about it like its a version exclusive

@maciejkaminski97 5 жыл бұрын

You suppose to start this list with Erica, she is always go in, take the badge and go out, no excuses. She is that easy

@jonathanburton9855 4 жыл бұрын

I played firered and I thrashed Surge with a Geodude. It had Magnitude. Even if you get a 4 or 5, you are still doing well

@johnbakasmoothhotchocolate 5 жыл бұрын

The only ways for horn drill or fissure to not be a problem for you is if your Pokemon are at a higher level than the Pokemon using those moves against you.

@derekdunn9643 5 жыл бұрын

The one thing you forgot to mention is that you can get the HM move Fly before taking on Erica. Thus, flying types can wreak damage to her grass types easily. As far as Koga goes, Kadabra/Akakazam could destroy his team in seconds. Psychic all the way til you win. Good video.

@oresti9271 5 жыл бұрын

According to this video the female Kanto gym leaders are harder than the male ones and I agree lol 😂

@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121 5 жыл бұрын

Looks like Brock wasn't so rock hard after all xD

@oresti9271 5 жыл бұрын

@@KyogresHideout_Vegito2121 true lol 😂

@exiledrop281 5 жыл бұрын

yes brock hard with you but my lady beat you 135 time

@oresti9271 4 жыл бұрын

@Matthew Hecht that's true Whitney and clair are really hard

@whoops957 4 жыл бұрын

I'm living solely for the fact all the female gym leaders are the top 3.

@ariesstorm9577 5 жыл бұрын

I remember the first time I beat Brock when I started with a Charmander. I felt like a god when I beat him. Bare in mind, those were the days before steel types so no metal claw.

@Domesthenes Жыл бұрын

There's also the fact that it's very viable to get either a Nidoking or a Nidoqueen at this point in the game, with Nidoran being available around Viridian City and Moon Stones in Mt Moon.

@gutscross9706 4 жыл бұрын

idk if i would move erika to an easier spot, but it is notable that her gym is right next to the cycling road, above which you get the free HM fly, so those flying type moves are VERY much on the table and u can grab a doudo on the route if u didnt have a bird to use it with

@ryanalan14 5 жыл бұрын

Fun fact about Erika that I discovered as a kid. If you send out a grass pokemon she'll continue to use "sleep powder" over and over. You can't put a grass type to sleep. Vic and Via were never a problem once I discovered that bug... I think it's a bug? It always worked for me in both games. Probably the only reason I was able to beat her at that point in the game.

@Seth6000 5 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed that video, please me us some more

@VancouverGuardians 5 жыл бұрын

Brock is super annoying in Yellow with Pikachu; best option is to opt for Mankey early on. Misty is very difficult as she can be a speedrun killer with RNG.

@The_Ghost_King 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah... I kind of agree. I remember how many times Erika, Misty, and Sabrina made me repeat their matches. I usually got Misty in two or three tries, but Erika and Sabrina usually caught me flatfooted way more often then Misty. The only thing I'd change is switching Erika's and Misty's positions, if only because I found Erika more difficult than Misty. But that might just be me.

@LudiColorado 5 жыл бұрын

Just a heads up - you're using stat spreads from Gen 2 on for Pokemon. Gen 1 was before the special stat split so Special ATK and DEF were just one stat

@martinsolia 3 жыл бұрын

11:06 if you pass the cerulean city's Bridge you have acces to oddish or bellsprout depending on you version and in the road to bill there ara a lot of trainers with water or rock pokémon

@TheSandwhichman108 Жыл бұрын

You could also catch a geodude I think earlier on or while a bit more convoluted find a moon stone in mount moon and evolve nidorino into nidoking.

@bettycreepersayuri-chan809 4 жыл бұрын

Hard Pokemon Fangames: **Exists** Me: ...Oh boi Where do I start.

@TheParanoidLogician 5 жыл бұрын

So it's funny you brought up how Wrap used to work in Gen 1 and all the nasty things you can do with it, because honestly you can take Misty down quite easily with all that in mind as Bellsprout learns Wrap at level 13 and then Poison Powder at level 15. Then again, being exclusive to Blue probably puts a damper on it, but hey, that option is there.

@alldayagain 5 жыл бұрын

I think trying to find their rematch teams (based on games) would be a good way to judge their base skill

@samadhanjain9271 5 жыл бұрын

For Sabrina maybe jolteon with pin missile sine psychic type has bad defence normally

@Alienldr 5 жыл бұрын

Jolteon also has a pretty bad attack stat too, along with Pin Missile being weaker than now. Thunderbolt would still do more than pin missile in most instances

@LittleAl016 4 жыл бұрын

@@Alienldr 2X effectiveness.

@TheCicloChannel 5 жыл бұрын

Adding to the Sabrina's segment, Jolteon has access to pin missile at level 48 (36 on Yellow), which can easily destroy her team because of how crits and multi hit attacks works in Gen 1

@trent800 4 жыл бұрын

Jolteon Pin Missile (3 hits) vs. Alakazam: 81-96 (25.8 - 30.6%) -- approx. 4HKO does nothing

@pumpkin6192 3 жыл бұрын

Jolteon doesn't have good attack

@lamfan3591 2 жыл бұрын

Jolteon has low attack though so that may not be consistent

@andrewrandolph2547 5 жыл бұрын

Am I literally the only one who taught Erika was the easiest gym leader ever🤣

@matthewmacrow8142 4 жыл бұрын

I thought she was easy. Look it at this way, even golbat is good as its the perfect counter lol

@BoostGlitch357 4 жыл бұрын

I thought Giovanni was easy. So was erika, sabrina, brock and Blaine. Lt surge was medium while koga and misty were hell for me

@matthewmacrow8142 4 жыл бұрын

@@BoostGlitch357 dont know how sabrina was easy mate the only objectively difficult ones are misty and sabrina even with the best counter and brock if you dont do your research.

@BoostGlitch357 4 жыл бұрын

@@matthewmacrow8142 dude, I just found her easy okay? I dont care about you getting angry I just found her easy for some reason. I beat her with all my pokemon about 7 levels lower than hers

@matthewmacrow8142 4 жыл бұрын

@@BoostGlitch357 dude settle down i aint angry just curious and surprised thats all. Be like seeing someone saying ornstein & smaugh is the second easiest boss in dark souls

@XGame80 3 жыл бұрын

I find it funny how you find a hard counter to surge’s gym literally next door

@TigerFestival1988 5 жыл бұрын

I never had any problems with Erika or Giovanni. As for Sabrina, you can always use Jolteon with pin missile and it's faster than all of Sabrina's pokemon. Other than that, I mostly agree with the list.

@davidsolis4258 5 жыл бұрын

I think the thing that really decides anything is the hax gods

@eggboi3798 4 жыл бұрын

"if you chose squirtle I feel sorry for you you won't be able to use it" Me who taught it dig:haha squirtle goes dig dig

@krash9911 5 жыл бұрын

I believe you were able to catch mankey before battling Brock. If I'm not mistaken, he learned low kick. That was pretty effective vs Rock types.

@newparadigmbeings4127 5 жыл бұрын

Hey @mysticumbreon roar and whirlwind don't have in-battle mechanics in gen one. They can only make wild pokemon run away. Those moves didn't switch the opposing party's pokemon until gen 2.

@Heie_ 4 жыл бұрын

Sabrina#1 I'm not surprised that Kadabra and Alakazam was OP one shootings all my Pokemon

@aarontaylor3520 5 жыл бұрын

Ugh Mystic did you in the beginning have to mention Whitney and that godforsaken BROKEN Miltank? Still scarred.

@dav129id 3 жыл бұрын

i dont remember very well the blue and red games, but couldnt you entirely ignore sabrina's gym and do first erika's, koga's and blaine's alongside all the trainers you face in the way and come back then to face sabrina with pokemons in like level 40 or 45?

@Gopherbee 3 жыл бұрын

You could actually teach your Pidgeot or Fearow fly, which would be super effective against Erica

@muffinland 5 жыл бұрын

Blaine was definitely the easiest. Fire types in Gen 1 were pretty weak all around outside of speed. Lots of them had good *attack* but not great special. Doubly bad when water was also special! Definitely agree with Misty and Sabrina being the hardest. I died a bajillion times to Misty having not been lucky enough to get a Pikachu and having Squirtle as my starter. Sabrina I was able to brute force with Snorlax thanks to the Abra line's abysmal defense, but I never had a type advantage and it was a slog having to Rest up a few times during the battle.

@camsnow9822 3 жыл бұрын

I find the easiest way to deal with Misty is to buy the magikarp, level it to Gyarados. His attack is insane so you can rinse both of them with bite, or feel free to give to give gyarados bodyslam. It's also viable vs Sabrina bc its hi special and hp allowmit to tank the psychic attacks pretty well

@DigitalxGamer 5 жыл бұрын

I dunno.... Misty's Staryu is a cakewalk and then all you need to do is land a successful Thunder Wave on Starmie and she becomes much easier to handle. Or if you're using Squirtle, you probably have a Wartortle by now and Mega Punch makes things pretty easy too. Blaine can possibly be a bit harder because of Fire Spin, considering it works the same way as Wrap. Also, I never really had that much trouble with Erika. I dunno, maybe it's because I've always had Charmeleon instead of the others, but I always thought Koga was harder purely because of the sudden level spike

@azelfdaboi5265 5 жыл бұрын

This is assuming that you chose Bulbasaur I think...

@flix250 5 жыл бұрын

the only way i was able to beat her with Charmeleon was with dig

@DigitalxGamer 5 жыл бұрын

@@azelfdaboi5265 Even if that were the case, I'd think she may actually be EASIER if you use Bulbasaur. Because Bulbasaur's a Grass/Poison type, she will try to spam you with Poison attacks because Gen I AI is garbage and thinks that Poison is the best Type of move to use. Because her Grass-type moves will be 1/4 effective. Problem being...said attack is Poison Powder. So she will keep using Poison Powder. Which will fail every time because Poison types can't be Poisoned. That's just how the Gen I higher-level AI works. All that matters to them is the Type of move that it's using. If they have a move type that is super effective against your Pokemon's primary type, they will prioritize it. And if their move is Not Very Effective, they will avoid using it unless all move types are Not Very Effective. However, there's a catch here. The game sees that Bulbasaur's primary type is Grass. Therefore, it will prioritize a Poison-type move. Because all the AI is seeing is that you're a Grass-type and Poison is Super Effective against Grass. So, they prioritize it...even if it has no effect in the end because you are ALSO a Poison-type. As such, it's rare for the Victreebel to even USE Wrap against a Grass/Poison type, even though it's in its moveset. Because it will prioritize the Poison-type move in its arsenal.

@azelfdaboi5265 5 жыл бұрын

@@DigitalxGamer makes sense to me, I don't care about the ranking because I do the level 100 Nidoking Glitch and win

@DigitalxGamer 5 жыл бұрын

@@azelfdaboi5265 Haha, fair point xD

@airocanivel 4 жыл бұрын

In FireRed/LeafGreen, I only beat Sabrina by spamming here Psychic-types with my Squirtle’s Bite (Yep. I don’t evolve some of my Pokemon so it’s still a Squirtle.)

@jjcooler6961 4 жыл бұрын

Ngl but i love the leech seed/poisonpowder combat

@Knight41b 5 жыл бұрын

Starter Level at Gyms. Brock: Lv. 12 - 16, Misty: Lv. 20 - 26, Surge: Lv. 30 - 36 (most of the time, I usually have a Charizard or another fully evolved starter with either Dig or Body Slam), Erika: Lv. 38 - 43 or 44), Koga: Lv. 44 - 48, Sabrina: Lv. 46 - 50, Blaine: Lv. 53 - 58, Giovanni: Lv 58 - 62 ( most of your other Pokémon should be around mid to late 40’s at this point. This is on a casual play through if you Battle every wild Pokémon you come across.)