Why Speedrunners NEED Five Pokemon to Beat X and Y

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@N12015 Жыл бұрын

Btw, you have to use the girl in the Speedrun. Not because she's cute (She is), but because of a quirk in the first two rival fights: Kalem's Meowstic is much worse than Serena's, with a -Speed nature. That's important so Hawlucha can outspeed that thing.

@roberteospeedwagon8178 Жыл бұрын

The girl is the optimal choice every time the other player character is part of the game

@Spex2601 Жыл бұрын

@@roberteospeedwagon8178 HGSS. You must pick Lyra, cus if you pick Ethan then Lyra talks for too long, slowing you down.

@N12015 Жыл бұрын

@@roberteospeedwagon8178 But normally due to dialogue, not due to a different team altogether... Although that also applies to May 2.

@MemeMeow6 Жыл бұрын

the one time that using the male character is optimal (that i know of) is in the alola games, where it saves a few seconds because lillie gives you an extra item if you're playing as the girl

@tbagent8615 Жыл бұрын

@@roberteospeedwagon8178 not in usum, theres an extra dialogue box where you get a makeup kit as a girl

@emmahansen4858 Жыл бұрын

was not prepared for how he was gonna pronounce lucario 💀

@firepuppies4086 Жыл бұрын

He said it right later. He baited

@anibry6666 Жыл бұрын

Loo-ke-reo --> loo-cuh-ryo

@ThatOneWeirdFlex Жыл бұрын

@@anibry6666loo-ca-ree-oh

@justashzz Жыл бұрын

Nono it's Low--cry--oh

@TimothyGod 10 ай бұрын

@@firepuppies4086doesn't matter still strange, much like his arc-a-nine-ee

@metleon Жыл бұрын

Probably the main reason XY is so easy is because you get a free Lucario that just steamrolls the rest of the game. So it makes sense that speedrunners mostly use that, and just find the fastest Pokemon before it becomes available.

@aruakise2665 Жыл бұрын

dont forget that none of the gym leaders have a full team of 6, also the exp share

@AsianRailgun Жыл бұрын

@@aruakise2665 Lucky egg on top of all that too

@ECXLEvan Жыл бұрын

You can also get Riolu way before Lucario is given to you anyway. That thing was a monster

@GamblerSilver Жыл бұрын

And when it launched ha torchic with its mega stone

@zoruafox7512 Жыл бұрын

I mean agieslash is significantly better then mega lucario in a a casual play through so using mega lucario’s not the most obvious thing

@Igorcastrochucre Жыл бұрын

The way you pronounce Lucario, one of the most talked about Pokémon ever...

@burstvgc Жыл бұрын

Congrats, you've been baited into commenting for the algorithm

@staydetermined6717 Жыл бұрын

Lukario

@aminadabbrulle8252 Жыл бұрын

@@staydetermined6717 Luke Aerio.

@jus2befrank Жыл бұрын

It’s because it “carries” the run

@staydetermined6717 Жыл бұрын

@@roachybill Oh! Tbh I could care less, most of the time, (it’s mainly when it’s on purpose it’s like damn, but I won’t lie you did make me think otherwise! So uh… thanks for the character development! :D

@staydetermined6717 Жыл бұрын

Amauras ability allows normal moves to become ice type Take down: 90 physical damage Combine this and you get a physical ice beam

@GarfieldTheLightning Жыл бұрын

It's even stronger than that - Refrigerate also boosts the power of the Normal moves it transforms by 30% in gen 6, so Take Down becomes a 117 power move.

@staydetermined6717 Жыл бұрын

@@GarfieldTheLightning GOOD GOLLY-

@N12015 Жыл бұрын

@@staydetermined6717 And that's why in future gens is only a 20% boost.

@nguyenminhquang9393 Жыл бұрын

@@staydetermined6717 it is actually EVEN stronger than that because of stab so it becomes something like 170+ power

@ThisIsActuallyJiji Жыл бұрын

@@nguyenminhquang9393 Well damn, wait until the next gen adds something that makes it even more powerful and we're dead

@EnbyFish Жыл бұрын

I’ll never forget when I tried running this and had to take a pee break because it’s too long for my tiny bladder

@N12015 Жыл бұрын

Hey, there's the war cutscene for that.

@IAmGun. Жыл бұрын

My favorite part of this video is 0:45. "*Halves* your fire moves by *50%*" (???) Displays *67%*

@ArceusIsCool Жыл бұрын

You got baited, for the algorithm!

@dragonslayerz2220 3 ай бұрын

I think it's 50% in Gen 6 and 67% in Gen 7.

@LucarioSpdWagon Жыл бұрын

The way he pronounced Lucario triggered my fight or flight response

@ChihuahuainaTrenchcoat Жыл бұрын

Did you punch your phone?

@rion_blank Жыл бұрын

@@ChihuahuainaTrenchcoat😭😭😭

@rion_blank Жыл бұрын

@@ChihuahuainaTrenchcoat😭😭😭

@justashzz Жыл бұрын

Loo-ca-rhy-oo?

@tigerwarrior1787 Жыл бұрын

Oh look, you are a flightless mammal.

@pokeperson1000 Жыл бұрын

“Which halves your fire moves’ power by 50%” Just out of curiosity, what else could it by halved by? Great video, enjoying all of these a lot.

@Hekza0024 Жыл бұрын

It could also be halved by 67%

@DiamondGuy6 Жыл бұрын

Refrigerator ability 💀💀

@MrHublibubs Жыл бұрын

I love refrigerators

@witherkichian4867 Жыл бұрын

I never thought my boi Chespin would shine in anything. But now I see he's the best starter in an XY speedrun? I have a cope argument now for my favorite pokemon, thanks.

@testerwulf3357 Жыл бұрын

It's the best pick..because it'd be the worst to fight against. It's the optimal pick to get it out of the game funny enough, it not existing in the run asap is the optimal strat

@classicalcat Жыл бұрын

4:51 pulse you slipped up on your “correct pronunciation of Lucario” Kappa thanks for this video! Woo hooo

@PulseEffects Жыл бұрын

Omg X Y Speedrunning legend Classicalcat. Big fan here. 🥳

@yehku Жыл бұрын

i really love these videos, very fascinating to see the strats employed in speedruning each game, keep it up!!!

@abarette_ Жыл бұрын

"which halves your Fire moves' power by 50%"

@KindaKaon Жыл бұрын

Not to mention it says 67% on screen

@wretchedpkmn Жыл бұрын

He said it on purpose so you ackshually 🤓 him and he gets more comments from people wanting to tell him he's wrong.

@perishforyoursins7941 Жыл бұрын

It was 50% in older gens so that's where the mistake probs come from.

@PulseEffects Жыл бұрын

I actually hadn't realized it changed between generations until I was editing the video. So I put a caption on there with the correction!

@abarette_ Жыл бұрын

it's just about the "halves by 50%", not the actual effect lmao I can read a damn caption

@lemeres2478 Жыл бұрын

I am always confused when I look at an XY character and not see them in a 1920's mobster suit. Which might sound weird, since that is one of the most expensive clothing sets in the game. But weirdly, you can get it before you hit th second gym due to the battle chateau. It isn't even hard to get teh cash, since this game's central theme is "money".

@lemeres2478 Жыл бұрын

In summary- my preferrred method of playing XY is breaking rich boys' knee caps and taking their money.

@jurekmc Жыл бұрын

@@lemeres2478 based

@gummygamer396 Жыл бұрын

Dude, holy crap your channel is LEGIT! I battled you at the Knoxville Pokémon VGC regional. Glad I remembered to check, your content is DOPE!

@jdrmanmusiqking Жыл бұрын

Dang near had an aneurysm when i heard that Lu-CARE-Rio pronunciation lol quite literally never heard that before

@laggianput Жыл бұрын

Man really called him lu-care-io my poor ears

@hellspawn32x66 Жыл бұрын

Quacklin' was the first Pokémon I ever got to level 100. He is my son and I love him 🦆

@PaPaSea Жыл бұрын

hey you kinda sound like that one pokemon speedrunner on twitch

@PulseEffects Жыл бұрын

I could see what you mean. A lot of folks compare me to Werster and I can see the resemblance.

@ZoofyZoof Жыл бұрын

@@PulseEffects people who compare you to werster have obviously never even watched him, you two have completely different voices and personalities.

@PulseEffects Жыл бұрын

@zoofyzoof Nobody compares to me Werster lol... I am responding to a friend who commented on my video in a silly way.

@latioshunter Жыл бұрын

Can't believe you said Luke-kay-rio. Thats even more surprising than needing 5 pokemon to speedrun

@hanswurst9120 Жыл бұрын

4:56 Wrong. It boosts exp by 50%, so you gain 150%. It does not boost BY 150%, otherwise you'd get 250% or 2.5 times exp.

@thevarietypacksnaxx405 Жыл бұрын

lucario is literally in smash 3 times, the announced says his name clearly as LU-CAR-EE-OH every time

@rpawlyv Жыл бұрын

Just listening to speedrun videos while I do chores… but I cant focus when you put them good UNIST ost tracks!

@PulseEffects Жыл бұрын

Understandable. UNIST hits way too hard.

@sagacious03 Жыл бұрын

Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

@volbla Жыл бұрын

You're forced to catch the legendary even if you run away? How the hell does that work?

@Garde_Mystik Жыл бұрын

Like in Pokémon Black and White.

@thisshowisreallygood Жыл бұрын

@@Garde_Mystik But what if you have no pokeballs?

@thisshowisreallygood Жыл бұрын

@@Garde_Mystik But what if you have no pokeballs?

@TheGodIvy Жыл бұрын

@@thisshowisreallygood its almost like the game gives you a masterball

@Garde_Mystik Жыл бұрын

@@thisshowisreallygood it appears they will sit there until you exit and buy more.

@hyphe1337 Жыл бұрын

This is one of the only times i've seen where Water sport actually matters

@maneruloquendero Жыл бұрын

Ah yes, my favorite region

@splgk6204 Жыл бұрын

You mean "ma région favorite"

@idkg574voidofdeath4 Жыл бұрын

Wow wel i did not know that cool, nice vid👍🏻

@ninteney9777 Жыл бұрын

LuCARRYio carries the game

@japanpanda2179 2 ай бұрын

1:34 Even in a normal game, I found Farfetch'd to be an incredible option in XY. You can trade for one or catch it very early, and it learns a lot of useful moves: Fly of course, False Swipe for bringing Pokemon to 1HP, Air Cutter which lets you get berries off trees, and Swords Dance or Roost for battles. I used it on my main team for the entire game, and only after beating the champion swapped it out for Noivern.

@LegendStormcrow Жыл бұрын

X and Y were great in all ways save length and difficulty.

@Noahmediacorner Жыл бұрын

I still love the series too it’s really fantastic

@lyresonfire1909 Жыл бұрын

"which halves your fire moves' power by 50%" he says, with 67% shown on screen...

@JJSSBU Жыл бұрын

I never knew Amaura had Refrigerate

@tigerwarrior1787 Жыл бұрын

Amaura with Refrigerate? *Puts my Dr. Pepper on it's head*

@Spark31Gaming Жыл бұрын

I paused like 5 times over the frame that said "Chestknot stats" lmfao. I didnt know if I was tripping or of the video was wrong.

@EclipseGamin_ Жыл бұрын

"Luk-care-io"

@The_BryanD Жыл бұрын

He can't keep getting away with this... 💀

@pimpim6552 Жыл бұрын

5:02 Power of friendship!

@boompancakes21 Жыл бұрын

saw the farfetch'd and i had to see

@jamesroy791 Жыл бұрын

Bro said LuKARIO

@Seattletyy93 10 ай бұрын

X and Y was the last Pokémon game I bothered finishing the Dex 100%. It felt like a full game unlike whats followed it. The side challenges, mini games and outfits were actually fun and not a slog.

@mrbubbles6468 6 ай бұрын

Which is funny because XY were so infinished entire parts of the maps exsist for no reason and Iit’s entire post game and third legendary was put in SM. That’s ontop of what SM already had. XY is probably the most unfinished Pokemon game

@suwazo1545 Жыл бұрын

My boy Farfetch'd contributing

@bnpuggeroini9530 Жыл бұрын

4:37 lucareio

@aliteralplateofspaghetti51 Жыл бұрын

So it would seem my birthday is the perfect day to speedrun X and Y lol

@busterbinks7087 11 ай бұрын

You forgot to mention the best part of the pokemon X/Y speedruns of swords dancing 2-3 times against AZ and dying! You beat this speedrun by losing :D

@atroecious9357 Жыл бұрын

So, uh... Why is Fennekin a bad choice due to the Bug gym using Water Sport if the run uses Farfetch'd for the bug gym?

@IAmGun. Жыл бұрын

cause water sport halves their fire damage by 50%

@atroecious9357 Жыл бұрын

@@IAmGun. but why does that matter? You're not using Fennekin in the gym anyways. The fire damage reduction is a moot point

@N12015 Жыл бұрын

@@atroecious9357 Because you don't want to face Chesnaught's spiky shield. Also, I've used Fennekin in X/Y, and the movepool it has until fully evolved is just ATROCIOUS, being just Ember and Psybeam, and doesn't get dazzling gleam in X/Y. It gets quite a jump once it gets psyshock, stab on Psychic moves, grass knot and Mystical fire, but is just ridiculously weak as Braixen.

@atroecious9357 Жыл бұрын

@@N12015 I get that, and those are viable reasons to discount Fennekin. My question is specifically regarding the statement of why it's bad for the bug gym, given that the starter isn't used there anyways. Whether it's good or bad in the bug gym is irrelevant. It won't see any action either way. It's like saying Chespin will be bad in the Ice gym, well after you get Lucario

@N12015 Жыл бұрын

@@atroecious9357 Well, is less about the water sport and more due to the fact that STAB bubble hurts a lot and ember deals less than scratch when water sport is active. Is definitely doable due to blaze but is quite slow and needlessly risky compared to aerial ace from Farfetch'd or Rollout from Chespin. And again, Braixen is just awful so there's no real reward.

@holyelephantmg8838 Жыл бұрын

Core-inna

@KrissyBlues Жыл бұрын

Phonon's theme, taste 💜

@kstanni87 Жыл бұрын

I use Froakie. There are plenty of people that can provide a spare fennekin egg in wondertrades.

@kstanni87 Жыл бұрын

Besides after you have all these moves then Greninja has dominate pretty much every Elite 4 and Champion without worries. Surf...Water Shuriken (to break most pokemon that have Sturdy) Dark Pulse and Ice Beam. It does struggle with Wikstroms Probopass.

@dogma32 16 күн бұрын

@@kstanni87 Yes but this vid was for specifically speedrunning. When you have the time to go through wonder trades, yes, you can get every starter at once. No problem.

@shinyhuntersmo4982 Жыл бұрын

"Lucayreo" 💀

@matthewskulliton Жыл бұрын

Lukyario

@mikethechaoshost Жыл бұрын

Loo-kare-ree-o, why??????? It's loo-kare-ree-o.

@mario-nk7be Жыл бұрын

Wait why do you wanna drop the boxart legendary on the box is it bc it forces you to lead with it even if you have an empty slot

@PulseEffects Жыл бұрын

Yes! That's the exact reason!

@kelpsie Жыл бұрын

The A in Lucario is the A in car, not care.

@RaynmanPlays 9 ай бұрын

Imagine if you couldn't change the clock on your 3DS. If it was connected to a clock server at all times. You could only attempt a legitimate X or Y speedrun twice per year.

@Nootathotep 6 ай бұрын

halves your fire moves' power by 50%

@autumnshinespark Жыл бұрын

Wasn't this the game where they used to manipulate an excadrill?

@adriangarcia5305 Жыл бұрын

This man really said Lukario and Korena

@Nuk4Queen 9 ай бұрын

ever have i heard the name Lucario so wrong. 4:35 Lu-Cari-O Lu-Car-E-O

@hatemate1612 Жыл бұрын

I only needed 1 mega Blaziken to beat it back in 2013 so uhh get on my level internet people

@SquishyBomb69 Жыл бұрын

Bro pronounced Korrina and Lucario wrong💀☠️🏴‍☠️

@yayeeters4919 Жыл бұрын

"Halved by 67 percent"

@LandenKizer Жыл бұрын

LOOCARRYO

@mini69 Жыл бұрын

Halfs your fire moves by 50% 👍

@TurnipBoy666 Жыл бұрын

PLEASE don't pronounce Lucario like that again, for everyone's sanity

@cruz6720 Жыл бұрын

Lucerio

@nomenclature7662 Жыл бұрын

Lou carry oh

@bluemasterblue7267 Жыл бұрын

0:50 How, is 1/2 = 2/3

@disconibba4965 Жыл бұрын

4:36 Lukerio?

@ScrubMyTub Жыл бұрын

WHITE DAY!? woah wtf

@testerwulf3357 Жыл бұрын

It's valentines but the reverse sort of? It's where you give gifts to those who got you valentines gifts. You give people gifts on valentines, then on white day those people give you gifts in return. :]

@Typhlosion37. Жыл бұрын

LU-CARE-IO??????/

@MrHublibubs Жыл бұрын

Why would you want to box the xerneas?

@riecola_ Жыл бұрын

You dont need it

@GarfieldTheLightning Жыл бұрын

Xerneas is not as good as Lucario at that point (11 levels lower, no Swords Dance, Fairy Aura wastes time), and it can't beat Lysandre on its own because its moves are not good against Pyroar. You also need to hit Lv. 75 before Siebold's Gyarados, and the extra bit of exp you get from leading Lucario instead of switching to it mid-battle lets you skip a Rare Candy later on.

@MrHublibubs Жыл бұрын

@@GarfieldTheLightning yeah i guessed that it was weaker than lucario but i thought you intentionally pick up the johto starter before going to xerneas' fight so i thought xerneas was somehow harmful to the speedrun

@GarfieldTheLightning Жыл бұрын

@@MrHublibubs It is - if you have space in your party, it automatically moves to the front.

@MrHublibubs Жыл бұрын

@@GarfieldTheLightning And that's the point I missed, thank you! :)

@blumwashere Жыл бұрын

"halfs your fire moves by 50%" so 75%?

@angelgarza4949 Жыл бұрын

Lukerio

@JoseTheAlolachu Жыл бұрын

Who did the thumbnail art? I’m asking because I want to share with others while at the same time crediting them

@PulseEffects Жыл бұрын

twitter.com/teliivision ! She also covered the art on my Shuckle video!

@JoseTheAlolachu Жыл бұрын

@@PulseEffects thanks!

@DrRank Жыл бұрын

OK but what the hell is White Day?

@NatetheNintendofan Жыл бұрын

You pronounce Lucario wrong

@weirdywonka Жыл бұрын

1:10 that’s… that’s not how you write Chesnaught…

@snowblossom4961 Жыл бұрын

So your saying that in order to make XY hard, you have to speedrun it

@talenstout8324 Жыл бұрын

I BEAT THE EARLY FIGHTS WITH MY FROAKIE, EASILY.

@AffyMoon Жыл бұрын

Yeah but froakie struggles in a speedrun, where you do everything as fast as possible so your Pokemon are underleveled

@staydetermined6717 Жыл бұрын

Lukario

@matthewdodd1262 Жыл бұрын

A lot of people are stuck in their ways and assume that the old theory of '1 pokemon is fastest' will always remain accurate. There is no pokemon TAS I'm aware of that only uses 1 pokemon, and most games do switch mains at least once. X and Y just switches mains the most.

@PulseEffects Жыл бұрын

TAS is not a good comparison. They do unreasonable things to beat the game, like using Metronome to land moves they don't have. RTA on the other hand is usually Starter + Legendary if they give the opportunity before E4.

@Noahmediacorner Жыл бұрын

Serena is so cute I wish they add her in smash bros

@TWLSpark Жыл бұрын

People saying something about the Lucario pronunciation, but I legitimately don't hear anything wrong with it. Something exclusive to the English pronunciation?

@nikocayetano1805 Жыл бұрын

Yeah the english dub show pronounces it differently even the person in the video pronounces it normally afterwards.

@TWLSpark Жыл бұрын

@@nikocayetano1805 Ohh, yeah, I can hear it now. I swear it was so subtle that if you weren't used to it, you probably wouldn't notice it on the fly, like me. Or maybe my hearing is just that bad.

@hylianhero1921 Жыл бұрын

Lu-CAR- eoh. Lucario. It's how I've heard it everytime and he say it that way. Apparently it's Lu-CARE-eoh

@cabinboycott Жыл бұрын

@@hylianhero1921 he said it lu care eoh first then started saying it properly, it's bait

@mushmak Жыл бұрын

I'm convinced you pronounce Pokémon names differently just to upset people

@meltyyii Жыл бұрын

loo-care-ee-oh ...?

@jimimcmahon4522 Жыл бұрын

No it's been beaten with one for speedruns

@heroicsandwich4715 Жыл бұрын

Dont ever say lucario again

@samdilophosaur9787 Жыл бұрын

Lu 🚗 io, not lucareio

@GengarYes Жыл бұрын

0:34 I'ma stop you right there, you see, Bulbasaur had the upper hand against the FIRST. 4. GYMS. And he levels up way faster than Charmander, so yeah, try that again.

@PulseEffects Жыл бұрын

The fastest Bulbasaur Speedrun is literally 20+ minutes slower than both the fastest Squirtle and Charmander Speedruns lol.

@TheStar42 Жыл бұрын

lukerio🐩

@TheSpencermacdougall Жыл бұрын

Why did you pronounce "Lu Car E Oh" "Lu care E oh"? Was it to generate comments like this?

@HaydenTheEeeeeeeeevilEukaryote Жыл бұрын

it’s pronounced Lucario

@blazethegame Жыл бұрын

XY is my fav pokemon game

@queene1036 Жыл бұрын

Celeryduck mvp

@Vei0102 Жыл бұрын

Lew care e o

@elementalcatplays6463 Жыл бұрын

I swear you pronounced lucario wrong on purpose

@Usernamesareforbabies Жыл бұрын

FIRST (lol)

@luxendarcknight7807 Жыл бұрын

X and y were easy? Since when? I barely beat the elite four on my first try.

@ZoofyZoof Жыл бұрын

I really hope this is a joke... I might be getting baited right now. X and Y are the easiest games in the entire franchise. That's the biggest issue the game has. EXP was modified in this game, and you get so much more here than you used to so you level up like crazy. In a casual playthrough, no grinds, your team can reach and be over level 80 at the elite 4, which is approximately 20 levels above their Pokemon. You have to deliberately avoid fighting trainers and wild Pokemon to be appropriately leveled. I personally had a level 86 Cradily when I fought the champion. Mega Evolution also turns your Pokemon into destroying machines that will sweep your opponent's team like it's nothing. EXP Share is turned on by default and the majority of people didn't know you could turn it off, adding to the easy difficulty of the game. There's also the issue that trainers just simply do not have good teams, or good AI.

@testerwulf3357 Жыл бұрын

Same..it was my first pokemon game.. I don't think I was that overleveled? I don't really remember. It could of easily just been that I didn't have the optimal pokemon and moves..but I remember staying up late up night many many many nights just retrying the elite 4! I ended up running out of money for revives and potions and had to grind some more fighting the rich brats in the battle cheateu.

@testerwulf3357 Жыл бұрын

@@ZoofyZoof Not everyone is that good..

@ZoofyZoof Жыл бұрын

@@testerwulf3357 It's not a case of whether you're good or bad at the game, it's a case that the game was deliberately designed to be extremely easy. There's really something wrong with you if you had any trouble playing X and Y. Like I said before, a completely casual playthrough ends up getting you up to around level 80 at the elite 4. You have to deliberately avoid fighting any NPCs to get a low level. The game being this easy was the biggest criticism these games received.