Thank god that Phanpy can learn mud-slap from the TM Falkner gives you, otherwise you would have to grind to level 33 so that it can hit Mortys ghost pokemon with roll-out!
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
The TM for Rollout is just north of Goldenrod, so that would be an option instead of doing the training. Annoying, but thematic, that this little Elephant doesn't get Dig.
@shadowtitanx3962
Жыл бұрын
Don't forget the Rival's Gastly btw.
@TheKingQazbatt
Жыл бұрын
yeah you wouldn't reach morty unless you struggle the rival after bugsy for the whole fight
@TheDarkFiddler
Жыл бұрын
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Elephants will actually dig for food and water with their trunk, so I say give the elephant Dig!
@eternalnos2179
Жыл бұрын
I'd just like to point out that there is now a comment that praises mudslap and justly so.
@MatthewIceDragon
Жыл бұрын
Phanpy is such a cute and cool Pokemon design. I actually think it's really neat that Phanpy gets Water Gun through breeding when Donphan breeds with a male Quagsire. Quagsire can also give Phanpy Ancientpower and Body Slam through breeding. Also I believe Sage Li's name in the manga translates to Elder Li which is a play on the word elderly.
@PokeMaster22222
Жыл бұрын
I'm pretty sure that's also true in HGSS - the "Elder Li" part. As for Water Gun Phanpy...why'd they remove that? Sure, Ice Shard is way more useful, but it's not as fun or 'logical' as Water Gun.
@MatthewIceDragon
Жыл бұрын
@@PokeMaster22222 I know Water Gun and maybe Hydro Cannon should be given to Donphan that would have been cool even though they are special moves it would just be canon with their design.
@sonshawnzy9975
Жыл бұрын
Some of the random moves Pokémon use through breeding is wild
@JPayne95
Жыл бұрын
@Tziouv they mean the name elder li is a play on the world elderly which means old people.
@charizard7666
Жыл бұрын
Since scarlet and violet came out, donphan has grown to become my favourite pokemon. Great tusk and iron treads are also awesome, but they've really made me appreciate just how cool the base form is.
@CoffeeFlavoredMilk
Жыл бұрын
I've always liked Phanpy and Donphan but never really got the chance to use one in a playthrough. Doesn't help that in the first few gens its either late-game or gets no good STAB options until very late. That being said its nice they've given it and its counterpart of Ursaring some attention. Funny enough Ursaring also became a Ground-type when it gained its evolution in Ursaluna. Guess it comes full circle?
@N12015
Жыл бұрын
Who is Iron Threads? I've only heard about the former, who is clearly awesome, my favourite paradox and basically a Mega Donphan, both in design and gameplay.
@N12015
Жыл бұрын
@@charizard7666 In all seriousness, Iron threads is just so forgettable compared to Great tusk, both in design and competitive (You might have seen some great tusk on action, but there were only 4 Iron threads in a 780 VGC tournament compared to 131 Great tusk)
@jacobscully4707
Жыл бұрын
I love Phany & Donphan. I really wish they were more accessible earlier in the game.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Play Crystal! It's available early :D
@jacobscully4707
Жыл бұрын
@Scott's Thoughts will do! Thanks Scott!
@adventureoflinkmk2
Жыл бұрын
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon only problem: there is no Mareep in crystal, which pisses me off and why I don't play crystal lol
@leahbeth8335
Жыл бұрын
@@adventureoflinkmk2 Ditto. Amphoros is such a fixture on my Johto teams that I can't play Crystal anymore.
@adventureoflinkmk2
Жыл бұрын
@@leahbeth8335 iktr.. was gonna say I was just discussing Pokémon favourites and teams with my fianceé the other day and I made two points: Mareep is part of my goat team but isn't available in crystal which is bullshit And in gen3, MUDKIPZ. ALWAYS MUDKIPZ
@Chogathable
Жыл бұрын
I think Karen's Gengar is destined to use Lick, it has 69 Attack after all.
@TheJbjfan
Жыл бұрын
Nice
@ChaosWindScar99
Жыл бұрын
Nice
@rctecopyright
Жыл бұрын
Nice
@theSato
Жыл бұрын
Nice
@zeckemyro7031
Жыл бұрын
Nice
@vo117man
Жыл бұрын
38:50 Phampy out here ejecting sus Team Rocket from Electrode electrical with its tiny amongus feet. What a good crewmate. Thanks for the upload! Cool to see some of the Twitch stream for one side of your production cycle, then KZitem for the final part!
@danielspencer4665
Жыл бұрын
Scott: Phany is one of the cutest Pokémon Scott’s Fans: That’s why theyre perfect for you
@PokeMaster22222
Жыл бұрын
Funnily enough, when Phanpy evolves into Donphan his HP doesn't change *at all* - they both have 90 base HP. I've always found that quite bizarre.
@brendanhart517
Жыл бұрын
Some mons lose stats upon evolution i think floette into florges loses sp attk Keeping hp stat is kinda cool
@PokeMaster22222
Жыл бұрын
@@brendanhart517 The one I remember the most is Torracat into Incineroar - it loses like 30 points in Speed, for some dumb reason.
@rjante2236
Жыл бұрын
@@PokeMaster22222 Trapinch has the same Attack stat as Flygon, too.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, Octillery is another weird one for level up. Lanturn too.
@shadowtitanx3962
Жыл бұрын
Iron Treads has the same HP as Phanpy and Donphan. Great Tusk has a good deal more HP than those 3.
@Former_Gamer
Жыл бұрын
Early on tackle is doing just marginally more damage than mudslap (it really is only a slight difference) But mudslap also has the accuracy lowering effect which more than makes up for the slight loss in damage in my opinion. That being said, mudslap does have PP problems if you use it too often..
@InuyashaMaster14
Жыл бұрын
Lance's intro gave me omega chills man. No words, just your sick graphic and that music. Timeless.
@AMos050
Жыл бұрын
I think you should've gone into the Bugsy fight pre-damaged (maybe around 40% HP), such that you can setup on and live the Metapod/Kakuna attacks and have high-powered Flails for Scyther's first two Fury Cutters
@TheABom1989
Жыл бұрын
Swapping to flail against Scyther. OP move Scotty. Nice play.
@NativeGolfer10
Жыл бұрын
Phanpy is one of my favorite Gen 2 mons. Great job getting a good time out of it! Can’t wait for Donphan, Teddiursa, and Ursaring!
@TyrantofChaos
Жыл бұрын
Phanpy was my first shiny Pokémon (excluding Red Gyarados). So happy to see this play through.
@bryndenrivers1697
Жыл бұрын
This video gives me so many good memories. My first time playing Crystal I had a Phanpy. I went to route 46 to catch a Jigglypuff, like I did in Silver, and there it was, a cute little baby elephant. The first one fled, and I didn't even know a non-legendary beast could do that at the time. So I bought more pokéballs, went back there and walked around that grass until I was able to catch one. He is so good for early game, as you said, good HP, attack and defense, evolves at level 25, Donphan learns Earthquake considerably early. Top tier mon for a Crystal run, no doubt.
@johnyboy413
Жыл бұрын
Love our little bluey elephant💙 He’s gonna Crush the enemies ❤
@nathanandsugar5252
Жыл бұрын
*Roll on
@Kanbei11
Жыл бұрын
How could you cut away when Lance had something important to tell you? Perhaps he was about to admit he's actually a flying type trainer Edit: just as the first Jasmine fight, I wonder if a PP restoring berry would have helped
@TheMoogleKing93
Жыл бұрын
Til there is a PP restoring Berry in Gen 2; the Mystery Berry. You can get one in one of the secret Ruins of Alph areas.
@thesacredlobo
Жыл бұрын
@@TheMoogleKing93 - You can also get one from the tree on Route 35. Albeit you need surf in order to reach it.
@TheMoogleKing93
Жыл бұрын
@@thesacredlobo ah thats probably the easier one to grab then
@ashharkausar413
Жыл бұрын
One of the most dominating late game performances I've seen in your vids. Especially against Red!
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Yup. It was very surprising!
@libraryscholaralexis6581
Жыл бұрын
I really like Phanpy. Pokemon Crystal was my first pokemon game so the Johto Region has a special place in my heart. Seeing Johto Pokemon get love always makes me happy. Please keep up the good work on videos and thanks for the great content.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
You’re welcome! I will keep the work up!
@rainbowfish420
Жыл бұрын
Man blows me away how much u grew over the last two years, I started watching u a little after u started and loved all ur vids,u are my fav pokemon solo run youtuber, I recorded my solo run with pokemon outlaw with Mewtwo but still working on my first rom hack playthrough tho,it is a lot of work with full-time job and family haha haha, keep up the good work bud and looking forward to our new vids
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Yeah the last two years have been a roller coaster of learning. Strangely, it feels like it’s accelerating. It just takes longer for new things to be implemented now that I’m juggling 4 games.
@jrodriguez9017
Жыл бұрын
My favorite pokemon to catch right away after picking my starter. I'm glad you can locate it in the early stages in crystal despite how annoying it was encountering geodudes and spearows. I'm happy you did a Speedrun with phanpy. It's an amazing pokemon
@MrVelyx
Жыл бұрын
"I've got a plan so cunnung, you could put a tail on it and call it a weasel!" -Blackadder
@jameshope3652
Жыл бұрын
Good run. I've always wondered if that cute little guy was any good. Can't wait to see the evolution.
@jaycobsimmons4078
Жыл бұрын
Been watching your stuff since the beginning, kudos on your success and your content is great! Keep up the great job, that 100k is coming up soon!
@charlessegale6493
Жыл бұрын
I haven't used a Phanpy in years! I ended up evolving it into a Donphan later on and used it up until the Red battle where I stumbled upon a Larvitar and power-leveled it up to 51 so it could learn Earthquake (I previously taught that to Donphan in Victory Road) and then leveled it up again until it became a Tyranitar. Fun fact: Chuggaaconroy caught a Phanpy in his playthrough of Pokémon Crystal many moons ago.
@MadameTeqi
Жыл бұрын
And our boy Chuggaa's reaction was nothing short of precious. "OH MY GOD I FOUND A PHAN-PYYYYY
@charlessegale6493
Жыл бұрын
@@MadameTeqi And then the first one fled. ;~; Chugga: *WHAT?!*
@eightteentwo
Жыл бұрын
These videos have given me the inspiration to finally work on my first actual coding project: a rom hack of pokemon crystal by modifying the decompiled code. A number of the frustrations you encounter these vids have been giving me ideas for things to try to change, most notably learnset/typing disparities. I mean, Phanpy/Donphan are pure ground-types with a fairly standard normal-type level-up and TM/HM learnset.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Please remove the type-badge-boosts. Those make the game so unfair for Pokemon of certain types (like the Ground and Dark type).
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
It also makes the game so much easier because the context is the Johto level curve.
@eightteentwo
Жыл бұрын
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon I'm absolutely going to remove those. Among other things, I'm also going to change the level curve to end with red at lv 100 (sadly rendering single mon challenges nearly impossible), fix some design flaws/choices, rebalance all mons to be useable, and adding the physical/special split. the hardest specific goal I have is trying to nerf Return, though I'm not fluent enough in the assembly programming language to understand what to change yet.
@vincentsterel6448
Жыл бұрын
One thing I think might have made the Bugsy fight easier - though also even less consistent - set up less defense curls. Scyther's fury cutter would do more damage and you might get better flail ranges earlier on in the fight. Plus, a reset would be less costly time-wise as the battles would be shorter.
@TerraEmperor1
Жыл бұрын
Man I love this little guy definitely one of top 10 pokemon on OC rooster
@CelticGuardian7
Ай бұрын
Phanphy is such a cutie! I'm glad it did as well as it did, considering it's a first stage. =3
@mmburp
Жыл бұрын
Hey Scott :) To feed the algorythm I did some calculations: Hidden Power fire would be a guaranteed 2HKO (with the same stats your Phanpy had) while HP ground would only be around 98% to 2HKO (even with Soft Sand). Phanpy is cute and I appreciate your work :) Keep it up man
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Granted hidden power Fire is so much less useful in a playthrough, especially with a Pokémon with less special attack.
@mmburp
Жыл бұрын
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon Absolutely agree on that. I just wanted to write something kinda interresting ._. Maybe this will come in handy someday, especially if the atk/sp atk stats aren't that far off each other (as a sidenote, long ago I ran an Adamant Donphan with HP Ice to 1HKO Gliscor)
@bateltheassistant
Жыл бұрын
That run was reminding me about me as a kid trying to catch a Phanpy in route 46, because I wanted to complete the pokedex in crystal. 😁Lately I had one in a nuzlocke and it was really good, and that run has shown me, that I wasn't just lucky to have one, Phanpy is just a really good pokemon, especially with hidden power. 😄As first stage pokemon, even though its speed could have been problematic, it was doing a fantastic job in this run,and all thanks to you. Well done.👏👏👏 The second playthrough was really showing that you were studying from your past mistakes in the first one, even though Karen was causing you a somewhat usual reset, but I think that if only Phanpy could have learn dig, you could change the type of hidden power to fighting, so that Karen could been trivia, and avoiding losing because sand attack. That kind a reset can be really annoying sometimes. But overall that was well played, and I had a great time, so thanks for that. 😄
@shadowtitanx3962
Жыл бұрын
The main problem is that Hidden Power Fighting's DV drop is worse than Hidden Power Fire's DV drop. You have 3 DV in HP and 12 Atk and Def DVs for HP Fighting.
@bateltheassistant
Жыл бұрын
@@shadowtitanx3962 yeah that's things that you'll need to take into consideration whenever you're hidden power. 🤔And yeah that could hurt that peak performance of any pokemon with these kinds of dvs. So I could get why it wouldn't be useful as much.
@Batlas
Жыл бұрын
The change to the rankings is nice. seeing it ranked in time windows makes so much sense.
@josephnation9063
Жыл бұрын
So animals with hooves are called ungulates, which means that they walk on sort of a modified nail. Elephants are part of a group called sub-ungulates -- their feet are just that -- feet, and they walk on their tip-toes, so even though it's close to the modified nail, it's not actually on it. They also have a fat sac under their heels to make the impact of walking on their tip-toes less. tl;dr, Phanpy has feet.
@KayLoo202
Жыл бұрын
As someone who adores elephants, I adore Phanpy with all my heart. I just want to kiss his snout, so so SO cute.
@kingofcrap4414
Жыл бұрын
Guys, we need to talk about the elephant in the room. Phanpy. Phanpy is cute.
@jakebarton8897
Жыл бұрын
I always know it’s gunna be a good day when I get that notification about a new video. Thanks Scott!
@SteorraD
Жыл бұрын
Listening while im working when you do your runs is always entertaining keep it up scott
@pocketpoprocks4577
Жыл бұрын
To be honest, while idk if you would want to do it, I personally think it’s reasonable to pause the timer while you get HM Pokémon. While I haven’t posted anything, I’ve recorded a few Gen 3 challenges and before I enter the forest I pause the timer, go back, catch every HM Pokémon needed for the rest of the game, walk back to point I was at then start the timer again. I also pause the timer when boxing hm Pokémon for gyms, as I think cause HM Pokémon are mandatory and in every run they shouldn’t really count towards time, especially since they made a few seconds of variance depending on whether or not you actually get the one you need in random encounters. So with the Psyduck you could pause the time just to get the optimal HM poke,on for your runs without worrying about how they impact game time.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Probably not. This is way more complicated than it sounds. And for other generations it isn’t fair. I want to avoid generation specific rules if possible.
@NecromancyForKids
10 ай бұрын
@@ScottsThoughtsPokemonRuns between generations aren't really comparable, so it doesn't really matter if one has exceptions and the other doesn't. The results are going to be completely different no matter what.
@Unotuchable
Жыл бұрын
Really love how Phanpy is one of the pokemon that has a 50% flee chance so you can't really whittle it down early game.
@SSK2600
Жыл бұрын
Hi Scott! Thanks for another great video! I have a suggestion: Could you maybe add the levels of the opposing trainer's Pokemon in the overlay? You've done an amazing job on that overlay in general, BTW! So much attention to detail - love it! :)
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
It was that way originally. I dunno if I’ll add it again, I’ve been toying around with it. Preventing clutter is very important at this stage.
@arga400
Жыл бұрын
Fun Fact: Phanpy can learn Water Gun via breeding in Gen 2 and can be transferred up to Gen 7 with the move via 3DS ports.
@adventureoflinkmk2
Жыл бұрын
Let's hope by gen2 you mean HeartGold SoulSilver because GSC isn't even compatible with gen3
@nomis2268
Жыл бұрын
@@adventureoflinkmk2virtual console (on 3ds) gsc is compatible with bank or whatever it's called tho
@adventureoflinkmk2
Жыл бұрын
@@nomis2268 derp I forgot that will soon be a thing
@adventureoflinkmk2
Жыл бұрын
@@nomis2268 oh yeah and it's Pokemon Home now
@thebigbean8783
Жыл бұрын
I never have trouble training a phanpy or a donphan, so I think you're gonna do a good job with it. This is one I'm really looking forward to
@matheusrios4223
Жыл бұрын
I love the fact that you named the Phanpy Dumbo.
@xPandamon
Жыл бұрын
Ah Phanpy. I have some old Pokemon cards here, including a well preserved eCard Phanpy ^^
@jeremyl2728
Жыл бұрын
My brain is so rotted that I thought you were going to name your family dummy thicc 1:34
@SkaPhilosopher
Жыл бұрын
That Clefairy's first Metronome cracked me up.
@DrDrao
Жыл бұрын
I'm sorry, but imma stan my boys shaymin and pachirisu here.
@gidan1128
Жыл бұрын
Grass/Poison doesn't resist ground! You kept switching from earthquake to return for these mons when earthquake would been much stronger. Just had to point that out because it was bugging me lol. Great video, Scott.
@TheMoogleKing93
Жыл бұрын
Phanpy is just such a ridiculously adorable little destroyer of worlds.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Yup!
@costby1105
Жыл бұрын
In the original Japanese version of Gold and Silver Phanpy was exclusive to gold while Teddiursa was exclusive Silver. In case people were wondering why Phanpy was in HeartGold and Teddiursa was in SoulSilver.
@darkblue62
Жыл бұрын
That's interesting I wonder why they changed it?
@costby1105
Жыл бұрын
@@darkblue62 Maybe Gamefreak thought it would balance out the exclusives better. I believe this is the only time version exclusives were changed internationally.
@darkblue62
Жыл бұрын
@@costby1105 makes sense
@woofervision673
Жыл бұрын
Never really used this Pokemon, always seemed like a bad Sandslash and terrible Gen 2 learnset, like did you really want to waste your earthquake TM on this thing? But looking at Donphans stats, really much better than expected, better than Sandslash in almost every way. More strangely though, its HP value stays the same upon evolution, not sure Ive seen many Pokemon like that (At least through Gen 4). I don't think HP ever worsens on evolution, minus Shedinja, it almost always increases. Anyways, thanks as always for the excellent content and keeping the nostalgia alive!
@ThePKMNTrainerAndrew
Жыл бұрын
I worked at a Zoo for a year doing their I.T. work. I can confirm that Elephants have hooves. They just are distributed a bit differently compared to Horses, Zeebras, etc due to their immense weight.
@TalesoftheChronic
Жыл бұрын
Phanpy is my first shiny in pokemon go love this. way to go scott!!!!!!!
@danw3576
Жыл бұрын
The fact that Stantler and Phanpy came so close makes a lot of sense, after all a baby elephant and an adult reindeer both weigh around 300 pounds.
@thecatherd
Жыл бұрын
You're actually correct about Morty's AI regarding Curse. The AI for "smart" trainers has various exceptions when it comes to certain moves including recoil, self KO and other status moves. It will favor Curse at full HP, but will discourage it once damage has been taken.
@thecatherd
Жыл бұрын
If you want more info on this, I heavily recommend looking into the decompilation project for Crystal. It takes a bit of deciphering and snooping in the game files, but the AI logic is in there and fairly well annotated.
@magicalgirllaurie
Жыл бұрын
I love Phanpy and Donphan, they’re such good designs. Phanpy gets the same reaction out of me as my dogs, that being I can’t stop smiling when I look at it bc it’s so cute. And Donphan is just a Pokémon I’ve always thought looks really cool, and it’s good in battle too. Also as a note: Phanpy is really annoying to catch in Crystal even though it is early on because it’s one of those annoying Pokémon that can flee. And it’s not one of the 3 flee mons that the Fast Ball works on.
@ktvx.94
Жыл бұрын
Hey Scott this is a rather specific scenario but, since in pvp matches if one player uses self KO moves or Destiny Bond and both pokemon faint, the other player wins, wouldn't it be fair for you to not reset if Karen does it? If you don't have any revives it's kinda moot but still.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Interesting point. Maybe… still feels like an emotional loss though. I’ll probably keep things the same but maybe mention this if it occurs in the future.
@bo_g4284
Жыл бұрын
People always looked at me weird when i said Phanpy was my favorite pokemon, but thats always been my dude
@NathanielHart1988
Жыл бұрын
"Uhhhhhh my PP is not very big" made me chuckle at 35 years old and I hate myself a little bit for it.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Just enjoy the chuckle. ;)
@emilydonegan3208
11 ай бұрын
Phanpy is adorable! Donphan is cool, but I remember being so confused after seeing it in the first movie! Also, Phanpy is actually a Gold exclusive in the Japanese version, oddly enough. It went back to being a HeartGold exclusive in the remakes, but the US version of Silver made it a Silver exclusive! Weird, huh?
@OathOfRevenge
Жыл бұрын
Hey Scott! Bit of a niche issue, but would it be possible to have the overlay show flail's damage dynamically? Thank you for these, I'll finish the video now ;)
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Yeah I already have that in Gen3. Forgot to port it over. Thanks for the reminder.
@UtubeWatchu
Жыл бұрын
Phanpy is incredibly cute, agreed! Have you considered doing a Porygon2 + Sharpen playthrough? The idea for this is silly. I've noticed that one of your favorite terms when it comes to easily beating (or being beaten) fights is to 'polish' off the trainer(or yourself). Why not literally polish yourself?
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Haha that’s a funny idea. I’ve got plans for Porygon2 this year!
@roryrevolution2348
Жыл бұрын
Finally!!!!! I've been looking forward to this one for so long!
@kevinniemann8218
Жыл бұрын
You could potentially save time on gaining an even better swimmer since poliwhirl spawns at night before violet city. (And it learns all 3 swimming hms) Alternativley you could go for rocksmash in olivine city on the shore on the rocks instead (Since krabby has also a high chance spawning there) And bellsprout does also learn rocksmash if im not mistaken.
@prchdm
Жыл бұрын
I have just realized that i've been mispronouncing Phanpy as Phanphy for the past couple of decades. Oops!
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
I think this is the case for a lot of people
@grinbrothers
Жыл бұрын
Ground types are one of my preferred types, an with Crystal's new placement of Phanpy, I was able to enjoy a Johto adventure with one of these adorable elephants. I imagine there will be difficulties given it's limited move-pool but I'm rooting for Phanpy to do well. 5:44 - In the remakes, Li's title has changed to Elder. Also, wouldn't Mud-Slap have been the better option here? 100% accurate, lowers accuracy and the STAB would have resulted in it being almost as strong as Tackle. Such an exciting and close fight early on. 9:55 - I was expecting that to be the solution. Your strategy was to use Flail so I doubt you'd have an Oran Berry equipped and you've yet to get Roll-out to utilise that Hard Stone. 13:17 - Very unfortunate results; I'm sure Phanpy could have tanked that Selfdestruct on it's own but a crit on top of it was harsh. 20:32 - Had to pause to see this part but you'll be happy to know it got a good laugh out of me. 28:07 - I love the fanfare feeling to obtaining Earthquake, though I hardly blame you. Looking over Phanpy's move-set, I question why it learns Sunny Day. Was it supposed to learn or be able to be taught Flame Wheel at some point? Johto's Pokémon and their moves are rather peculiar overall. 32:38 - Rather funny that minute speed difference. I know Phanpy is 13 levels higher but it is amusing to see it out-speed Charizard here. 35:17 - I feel the better play here would have been to just go with Earthquake here. The only remaining Pokémon Blue had after the Alakazam would be Arcanine and Rhydon; the former would do less to your defence increased Ground type and the latter being better dealt with by Earthquake than Rollout. Still, it worked out well in the end with your new move-set being ideal for taking Red out afterwards. Congrats to Dumbo the Phanpy for the great results!
@iantaakalla8180
Жыл бұрын
Sunny Day feels like retroactive justification to make a past paradox Pokémon Great Tusk that interacts with the sun (being that Phanpy was technically associated with sun teams by being able to set the sun and Ground not being a bad typing for Sun teams given base form Groudon)
@garryfischer3679
Жыл бұрын
That Lance fight was crisp!
@TeamRedWolf11
Жыл бұрын
Hey for your next crystal playthru have the kingdra in claires intro hydropump the Dragonair instead
@thomegatherion924
Жыл бұрын
18:59 that selfburn though🤏
@KainaX122
Жыл бұрын
*[happy smol elephant noises]* Rollout strats, here we come!
@Chefvonbreezy
Жыл бұрын
Omg I love phanphy so much I caught a Donphan in platinum, bred it, and traded it to soulsilver so I can play with it the tiny elephant is so freakin adorable. Had to come back and add a shout out to Dennis for the exp.
@Wow1w
Жыл бұрын
39:35 would a possible alternative be setting up on the Kakuna? that way, you'd be at lowish health but have maximum defense and higher power for the flail for the Scyther. then again, the poison chance may make this method inconsistent.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Interesting idea. I don’t think setting up on Kakuna is a good idea though. Just set up differently on metapod.
@pyriel6870
Жыл бұрын
Overlay question, have you considered adding an evasion/accuracy stat so you can show when you've been hit by sand attack or use double team? I know that's probably alot of work, but I was just curious if you thought about doing that or something similar.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
It isn’t a lot of work. It was originally a third column besides power and pp. showing each move’s dynamic accuracy. I removed it intentionally to prevent bloating, get larger text for viewers on mobile, and to avoid clutter. I’ve got a demo working with reflect, weather, light screen, safeguard, evasion, and accuracy. They just pop up when they are relevant and then disappear when no longer needed. It needs a lot of work with styling though until the aesthetics are good enough for me to implement it. Will probably show up in May~
@Real_Beyoga
Жыл бұрын
So is it worth trying to code it so that way the rollout power is reflecting the damage increase from defense curl? I know this is a very niche occurrence, but was curious if it was something you thought of doing?
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Coding rollout and having it's power display properly has been a nightmare. We have had to make a patch to the rom to actually implement it in a visually satisfying way. In the next video it should work a lot better. It accounts for defense curl, updates when I'm selecting my next move (instead of immediately after Rollout hits) and it resets properly when I miss or Rollout finishes.
@alejandrocano2493
Жыл бұрын
Hey Scott, great vid as always! Do you ever feel nostalgic nowadays whenever you play the first two gen games thinking about when you first played them and if so what is your most memorable memory from back then?
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Sometimes. However, for me the games feel very fresh and alive. I have a playthrough metagame in my brain and I'm constantly trying to improve my default routing. Sometimes I add small updates, other times I figure out biggest sections of the game. It's really fun to refine.
@saberix69
Жыл бұрын
I been thinking about how your channel name makes sense based of your content.(If you guys didn't know Scott wanted to make top 10 videos thus Scott's Thoughts.) It's called that now because Scott's constantly thinking a lot about how to optimize his pokemon runs. That's how the channel name makes sense still.
@frankiebeato4680
Жыл бұрын
I am glad you are doing this video for phanpy and donphan are in my top 5 favorite johto Pokémon and hoping to see donphan vs ursaring video and a speed run of donphan
@input-latency2684
Жыл бұрын
hello person scrolling by. hope you have a good rest of your day. also, i feel like this little goober is gonna do at least *okay*? haven’t looked at stats or movepool, but being a physical attacker will help versus Red’s Snorlax, i think - assuming you can deal with Pikachu’s Charm.
@MrMacdaddymcfly
Жыл бұрын
With the removal of hidden power do you set your DVs to perfect for the 1st playthrough? Or do you try to keep them the same as playthrough 2 for consistency reasons?
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Perfect for first run, the optimal hp. The loss of DVs isn’t as much a hit to damage that most people think it will be. Plus, I have the software to compare the two scenarios. It’s almost always (I have yet to find a case) the case that type coverage is more important than the loss of 1-3 DV points in attack and/or defense.
@tehy123
Жыл бұрын
Against Lance it might make sense to just lead off with Rollout. It looks like it would 2-hit, so you could avoid taking a rain-boosted Surf, and potentially avoid any damage. That would force you to restart rollout against the third Dragonite but I have to imagine that works better than taking a big surf from Gyarados.
@lumencontego4997
Жыл бұрын
Elephants have feet! Each foot has five toes, and they're actually able to "hear" through their feet. They have a special nerve that runs along through the feet and gives elephants a similar sensation to how it would feel to have your ear to the ground. It allows them to hear when other animals are nearby and may be used in long distance communication!
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
That is exceptionally awesome…
@C_Train74
Жыл бұрын
Lol’d at that awful luck on the first Whitney fight.
@laureate90
Жыл бұрын
Donphan name suggestion: 'Stampy', a la Bart's brief yet memorable pet in the Simpsons.
@desiccant
Жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see Shuckle's run when you get around to it.
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Next month
@TheArgentAgent
Жыл бұрын
Fun fact: If you search for and find a Phanpy before Cherrygrove City, there's a chance during the encounter it will just run away. Not sure why the programmers did this to troll Nuzlocke players in the future...
@kylelundgren5133
Жыл бұрын
The sage at the end of bell sprouts tower is named elder Li in Is heart gold and soul silver.
@prancingzebra9106
Жыл бұрын
Scott, How do you set your DV/IV's with the universal pokemon randomizer?
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
I don’t. I use Gamehook for that.
@sonshawnzy9975
Жыл бұрын
I had donphan in my crystal team . Loved this Pokémon like
@thebigbean8783
Жыл бұрын
I made a pinecoe comment that was supposed to be on a KZitem short. It ended up posting here. I'm sorry if you saw it. Go phanphy though! Great finish for the little guy
@J6ravy
Жыл бұрын
I'd love to see more gen 2 runs
@NineD4ys
Жыл бұрын
Will you be adding your new Videos to your Playlist? Gotta watch em all while sleeping ^^
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
They should be there? I’ll do some playlist maintenance today
@PenguinMafia336
Жыл бұрын
Glad to see my favorite ground type getting a chance to sweep johto
@Hiroyashy
Жыл бұрын
Phanpy will always be S tier in cuteness
@Bl3Moze
Жыл бұрын
The only and only true trunk boy. Unlike the fake trunks from DBZ.
@keltikglider9188
Жыл бұрын
Never fails to give me a laugh anytime you see 69 and say “nice” 😂😂😂😂
@danielwatson7386
Жыл бұрын
Scott, one recommendation I would to suggest is a simple graphical one. When you're performing your tier list, you have the times listed but only in the first and last tiers do you have "above" or "below." I think it would be more visually appealing if you used > for above, =< for every tier except for the last one, which just gets
@ScottsThoughtsPokemon
Жыл бұрын
Good tip. I assumed people would intuit that “above” applies to all the times until “below” is stated. Your solution is better.
@iantaakalla8180
Жыл бұрын
I thought that for some reason tierings were worse in general. That is, a Pokémon with 1:36:00 completion time was in the tier labeled 1:30:00, as in “the time took was greater than 1:30:00”. I wised up to the meaning but it is somehow just confusing enough that if the conditions are right I forget the real meaning of the times.
@cambutcooler_
Жыл бұрын
although it was really cool that they let you catch phanpy early in crystal, its not only the incredibly low encounter rate for it that discouraged players from using it, its also the fact that it actually has a chance to just run away if you encounter it. which like. why. you didnt need to make it even more annoying to catch this guy, hes just vibing man
@nedstark93
Жыл бұрын
Wouldn't It be Better to pre-damage phanphy to have flail hit hard from the start of the bugsy Battle? To One shot the cocoons and survive One Quick Attack from the ace?
@brendanhart517
Жыл бұрын
I love phanpy and donphan, looks interesting in the gen 9 games with new forms (i need to see) never actually used one and had no idea you could get one early in crystal but i never really play in the morning time (unless I can’t sleep) but that’s cool. Also crystal is the only game that you can breed water gun onto Phanpy, totally useless but still kinda cool i think Also i just thought of damage rounding thresholds acronym as DRT or just Dr T
@shimauta1941
Жыл бұрын
Four because Phanpy is so cute that I don't even mind if it never evolves into Donphan in this video.
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