Gen Three Philosophers be like: Plato: If it's green, it's definitely a grass type. Diogenes: _throws a shiny espeon_ *BEHOLD! A LEAFEON!*

Ludicolo running for the "Pokemon featured on the most Scott's Thoughts thumbnails" award

Dude, Imagine getting Astonished by a 40-foot, 800 pound behemoth

I have a strange connection to Wailord. When Emerald dropped my best friend and I were absolutely obsessed with the battlefrontier and spend entire days in there. One day I lost my Emerald cartridge in the sand and I was so disapointed that my all pokemon were gone. I was kinda broke, so I ordered a used Emerald on the internet. It looked like a normal cartridge exept it had a different cover(the sticker that says pkmn emerald). Fear not, this wont turn into a creepypasta :D As one does when one encounters a pokemon cartridge that used to belong to someone else I checked the savegame: one mudkip level 7 standing in front of the lab. Lame. I started a new game and kinda rushed through it, so I could get started with the battlefrontier again. After defeating the champ I saved and upon restarting the savegame was deleted. I played though it once more and the same thing happened again. I was furious! It was a buggy bootleged copy of emerald! So I saved up some money until I could afford to buy a real copy of emerald from a serious retailer. At this point I just wanted to rush though the game to get to the battlefrontier to play with my friend and so I asked him to send me a strong pokemon to speed up my playthrough. He got my mudkip and I received a lv. 52 Wailord named 'Wal' he just had laying around on his box. At first I was not thrilled because I couldnt control it at all and it just did whatever it wanted (mostly relaxing instead of doing the move i chose). Most battles I was like 'do something you fat fish' 😂 After a while I started to like that thing. It was hilarious to see this giant whale just dont giving a damn and still winning every battle because it was way overleveld. Slow and steady Wal and I conquered the gyms and finally the champ and after the game saved and I started it up again He was still there and I had gotten control over him. And I could finally start building a Team for the battlefrontier and Wal became the first member to join and the first pokemon I ever have gotten to lv. 100. This pokemon really has grown on me more than any other ond I ever owned.

Obscure Out of Pocket Wailord Fact: On the 92nd Mt. Battle trainer in Pokemon XD, there is a guy named Bodybuilder Albah. He says "Sometimes, I can't see my Castform in front of my Wailord" before starting the battle. He immediately sends out Castform and Wailord. As soon as I looked at each pokemon's body shape I died. Best joke in all of Pokemon, hands down. I honestly can't believe they got away with it... Anyways looking forward to the run!

“I wonder how the Regis would do in a solo playthrough.” *Laughs in Tidas*

Fun fact: regis literally cannot beat a solo playthrough.

In regards to the Regi's they'd take some special "for this Pokemon only exception" to your rules because the only move they know until level 9 is explosion

Scott: * names his Wailord 'Braille' * Me: Ha! I *see* what you did there.

Return in Japanese is... Return Favor. Not really important but it does explain the move a little better.

The Regi play throughs are gonna be so good!! I love the trio

Hi, Scott! EV guy here. I looked at the Raichu playthrough on stream, and I'm 100% convinced that farming for attack EVs on route 22 would've been faster. Not only do you hit 20+ ranges that you missed throughout the run, but the 2 places where you would miss the defensive EV (Champion 1 and Bruno 2, yes, that's literally the only 2 places where you benefited from the defensive EVs) could've been solved faster and more consistently with a higher attack stat, using Iron Tail on the first one and Substitute on the second (Bruno 2 is unreliable no matter what, but resetting if steelix 1 EQs instead of Rock Tomb is way faster than resetting if a whole bunch of ranges don't go your way).

Never in my life did I think I needed to see Ludicolo riding a Wailord we live in a great time ❤

I think hanging onto rollout could be a viable answer to glacia. Also removing surf before the league and teaching water pulse or any other move allows for more move flexibility in the league + you can teach surf at any point when needed.

Those white bike bridges might be what are called “skinnys”, which are real things specifically made to be biked on. I’m not sure about the vertical hopping ones though…

Just wanted to say you've gotten a lot better at Emerald since you started, Scott! You seem a lot more confident and collected and seem to have a much better understanding of the game!

Calling it now. The surprise in store are 3 impossible tier pokemon.

I think you might be underrating rollout a little bit, compared to rock tomb. If rollout can 2-hit, it's far more consistent(81% chance vs 64%). Then you can continue to use the high base-power move on the following pokemon. On pokemon rock tomb 3-hits, rollout is strictly better. For the record, rollout is still a bad move, and rock tomb and rollout being your best options to hit something is a pretty niche situation. Still, I think it's worth consideration.

Been away for a little while from this channel, catching up on a few that I've missed. Glad to see that Wailord performed relatively well. It might not be the most imaginative design, but it is one of my favorite water types in the entire series. Partly due to it being genuinely pretty good, but also because I love the mental image of being able to ride on its back through the oceans in Hoenn. Another great video Scott, hope you're doing well.

I did not know there was a difference between water spout/sport. I never paid enough attention to it. When you started talking about it in this video I was confused until you mentioned there is a move water sport. Thanks Scott!

Cool lore about the Relicanth/Wailord Regi connection! Those sort of thematic storytelling devices are part of what makes Pokemon awesome.

Field egg group kind of makes sense for Wailord because it seems like they put (mostly) all the mammals in it. But I would love to see how a Diglett and a Wailord breed lol.

In fairness, whales are basically the oldest Megafauna species since they survived the mass extinctions by hiding in the ocean, so the ancient theme still fits.

Luditrollo shaping up to be the Gen 3 Sandslash

I also got water spout and water sport confused as a kid but because of that I thought some moves had different properties on different pokemon, which made me try different pokemon with less optimal movesets to see if I got something cool.

I literally had this thought and wanted to see if there was a video! Thank you for making this 😭😭.

I love the regis. I remember sitting at the kitchen table with a pen and paper and spending literal hours decoding the braille one by one with my Gameboy on and my strategy guide next to me. I was so excited when I finally caught them.

So happy the regular content is back!

Glad I'm not alone in mistaking Water Sport for Water Spout and vice versa 😅Awesome video, well done

I love that Ludicolo is rapidly evolving into Scott’s nemesis.

That art is awesome! XD

The shoutout to the Regis in this video sounds like a teaser for a potential video on a certain day in April (or March 31st going by the allusion at the end of the video).

That thumbnail art is amazing. I love it.

I'm glad someone else made that mistake with Water Sport and Water Spout as a kid too :D I didn't learn Water Spout with Wailord or Kyogre the first few times I played ruby and sapphire because I thought it was the trash move. Then several years later I got emerald and Wallace's Wailord wrecked me with it and I realized it was a separate move. Then I looked it up and felt really dumb. I have one word for you about the Regi playthroughs: Kaboom!

The thicc man himself. I've never gotten around to using one of these. I'm really excited to see if it can do a good job. Though, i'm not expecting too much from the healthy whale

I did not think of this correlation between Relicanth and Wailord! That's a neat detail. In Pacifidlog, a woman also tells you that "6 dots open 3 doors" (paraphrased because I play in german). And well, Wailord has 4 white dots on its back, while Relicanth has 2 red ones (one on each side). That's the way I explained it.

I recall using both Claydoll and Wailord on my team in my original Ruby playthrough so both of them being done right after the other like this feels very fitting.

I love Wailord. I remember in 2003 going to my neighbors house to use the internet to figure out how to catch the Regis. Even as a kid I recognized the strategy was way too extra for no reason lmao. Of course I had to get the big boi, and I loved it ever since.

Every time I hear how you pronounce "truant" I get a chuckle. Thanks for another interesting vid!

Definitely mixed up water spout and water sport in my time, too. You're not alone

I wouldn't ask for a hardcore nuzlocke of Emerald Kaizo, but let's get a hardcore nuzlocke of Vanilla Emerald Scott! Would love to see your game knowledge put to use like that.

Can't wait to see some Regi playthroughs!

Wailord actually did really good. It's strong and has surprisingly high attack stats, Speed isn't too bad either. Great runs.

Wailord might not end up needing it, but you are undervaluing Rollout. Planning out a battle so you can likely hit a particular obstacle or two with two tactical nukes (240BP and 480BP) is game-changing for some Pokémon. Edit: Glad to see you lean on it at least a little during your final attempt.

That Watson fight was very nerve wracking, Scott

I say ludicolo becomes the new channel mascot. Come on just look at that happy face

Fluctuating sounds great for a solo challenge. You start fast and once you get to level 60 and you don't level up fast at all anymore, you can use your rare candies.

Haven’t watched the video yet, liked it already !!

I'm really curious as to how you're going to handle the Regis, since the moveset on a level 5 Regi is Explosion. I'm going to assume it will be like the University Magikarp video, where they have to be slightly modified to make the run possible.

i really cant wait for a regirock/regice/registeel VS video, it'll be a really close call, but im putting my money on registeel

I’m oblivious as well!! Hahah I’ve even gotten in trouble for flirting when I didn’t think I was 😂

If you ever do a Marill solo run you should name it ‘Survivor’ after this moment of it staying alive through the gym fight.

Once I saw "water sport" I registered it in my brain and skiped all text. Water spout was then always read as water sport and I always overleveled so it took me almost 10 years to realise what water spout actually was.

Can't wait for the 'surprise' on Sunday cause I think it might feature my favourite group of legendaries. Too bad Regieleki isn't there for another 5 gens thats my favourite Pokemon of all time

if we're going by shape as our reference, then we could easily argue that wailord is more in the 'i dont care' camp than the 'i dont know' camp

Is that a flareon on top of a wailord who is wrapped up in a leech seed? Oh my😊

When Scott keeps landing that sleep move so you have to reset to extend that watch time

It took a lot of convincing and a borderline argument for me to convince my cousin that water spout was an attacking move, he was dead set that it was water sport

The Regies only start with Explosion so..

Good luck with that Regi playthrough 😅

My guess is that the special surprise is going to be some kind of Legendary Vs video, either the weather trio, the Lati twins, or the Regis.

32:15 not necessarily spout vs sport however i mix other things up Like judy instead of jody for a start Yay dyslexia

Let’s gooooo Birthday vid for meeeeee!!!!!

"It's a grass type because it's green." *confused elektrike noises* xD

It's a shame that the Regis can't even get out of Oldale Town. Would have been fun to see them in action.

Regarding Rollout, I understand that you don't like its inconsistency (it bothers me as well how much it misses), but it felt a bit weird that you didn't mention the 4th and 5th turns of Rollout, which respectively do 240 and 480 base power of damage. If you really want to be disingenuous, you could add the 5 turns of Rollout together and say it does an average of 186 damage per turn. It was cool seeing Rollout show up in the redo, playing a prominent part. Just a heads up, hitting 5 consecutive Rollouts is a 59.049% chance, aka slightly less likely than Hypnosis hitting once, so I definitely get why your biases sway you away from using Rollout. I'd maybe argue that Rash is a better nature because Amnesia can patch it up, but that's a bit of a stretch. Anyway, you played quite well with Wailord and I'm excited for Ludicolo to absolutely crush yet another Pokemon's dreams tomorrow :) (I just realized that it's a bit strange that Wailord doesn't learn AncientPower by level up in this game, considering its ancient associations).

Dope nickname. Could have even gone with "Braille-Lord" !

Perhaps a stupid question, but wouldn’t it be better to use water spout on Steven instead of surf? Edit: talking about the first playtrough. Austin’s strat for Steven was lit :D

Just in time for lunch, LESSGOOOOOOO

I’m stunned you didn’t know how water spout worked, it’s exactly the same as eruption and dragon energy, it’s arguably the best offensive move ever in doubles. It really rips on Kyogre since it also sets the rain or paired with peliper/politoed/manual prankster weather. Really gotta watch some VGC lol.

I feared for your sanity thinking of Ludicolo and its Leech Seed. A common interaction in gen 3 competitive was Celebi using Leech Seed against Blissey... While it would struggle to put much of a dent in Bliss with its normal moves, Blissey donating 8% of its HP to its opponent every turn was naturally a real big problem. Looking forward to Relicanth, at any rate. I kinda feel Pokemon and Animal Crossing have done a lot to make the coelacanth a fish that gamers of a certain age group are surprisingly familiar with.

Wailord being able to breed with Tauros and Miltank is less strange when you learn that whales belong to the group of hoofed mammals. Still kinda funny

Yeah I was always confused about Water Spout and Water Sport. I always thought as a kid that when Wailord used Water Sport it turned into Water Spout because Wallace’s Wailord was the first time I saw the move and thought it was a special type of Water Sport that could only be learned by ancient Pokémon like Kyogre and Wailord. Plus the back sprite of Wailord looks a lot like Kyogre to me so I always thought Wailord was a descendant of Kyogre since it’s used to unlock the Regi’s and they could both learn Water Spout

Great foreshadowing in the thumbnail, sorry in advance for your suffering with ludi Scott

Regi solo run, instant loss to Explosion XD Aka the Megumin run hahaha

Water Spout has made me want to see some Eruption action, Torkoal when?

Confusion also confuses the trainer AI. I don't know for sure, but my best guess is it takes confusion into account when it rolls damage/effect. The AI sees that only yawn would connect, so that's the best outcome. Essentially it just prevents the AI from using any effect that rolls confusion, since that results in damage to self. So it de-prioritizes that move super far.

Ludocolo, the pokemon that broke Scott's software :)

it feels kind of wild that Pokemon Egg groups aren't just like, Water Egg group and such

I'm with you on water sport, but my story goes differently. I discovered it in my cousins Kyogre, and just assumed it worked differently for that Pokemon, just like how curse worked differently for ghastly line (the only ghost Pokemon I used at that time due to misdrevous being very out of the way)

I make sure to no longer confuse them because I watch VGC where Water Spout is very very relevant, but I am also guilty of confusing Water Sport and Water Spout in my youth. A lot.

I feel like Water Spout could so speed this up a good bit. Even in the very last fight, rain dance boosts surf to less base power than a full health water spout, which might be easier to get with substitute. So spout instead of rain dance there maybe? Or spout plus dance?

I really love your HUD. Was that a live program or post play edits?

Scott: I'm getting curious: how would they do in a playthrough of Emerald? Me, having watched the April Fools vid: Um... Not very well :)?

Inevitably, I must point out that another unlikely member of the Field egg group is Seedot.

Holy shit a banger pokemon i dont think ive seen this one before

ooooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh "Braille" I get it!!

That absorb heals shroomish a lot doesn't have to do with the hp that Wailord has, but the defense-supereffective since it is percentage of damage dealt. On the other hand, if Wailord would have gotten leech seeded then the big hp stat works against it.

"Lucky for me this doesnt happen" the viewer vs background listener test

Big Whale has a big day!

I can name one Water type line Wailord can breed with off the top of my head: the Piplup line, who is also in the Field Egg Group. (Even though it seems like the Flying Egg Group would make more sense; they're already in Water 1 as well.) Also, if I'm not mistaken, Chansey is in the Fairy Egg Group. Which means that a Wailord _can_ be a Chansey's grandfather, if he breeds with a Pikachu or Raichu, who are in both the Field and Fairy Egg Groups. (Why is Pikachu in the Fairy Egg Group? Who knows?)

Don’t worry about the “water spoUt/water spoRt” confusion, you aren’t alone. Another poketuber lost their randomiser nuzlocke in (small) part due to this.

In solo challenges high HP is only a problem for leech seed, otherwise only your low defences might hold you back

So Ludicolo is basically the gen 3 mascot of the channel by this point right? Also, you know. DROOPPEEED MY BALLSSSS

Scott, Braille-Lord was right there....

Finally what wailord deserves

The best wailord fact is that it is lighter than air.

Sunday is definitely gonna be the Regis which cannot beat the game

Holy heck that thumbnail =D

Any way to put a little + and - next to the nature stats on the overlay? I forget what "mild" means 4 seconds after you say it lol