Hitmonchan Only – Pokemon FireRed

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Love your videos Scott, please keep up the fantastic work! That gen1 mindset tends to kick you around a little but you're still learning and I'm along for the ride and love watching you grow as both a player and as a content creator.

One thing for the gen 3…or really any gen game is that substitute is a completely broken move 9 times out of 10. You said in the Hitmonlee video that Bulk Up makes substitute pointless, but it actually makes it a million times better. The defence boosts makes your sub harder to destroy for physical attackers and while still preventing the negative effects like stat drops or status. This would allow you basically a free +6 against the Heracross or the Steelix in the league rematches due to rocktomb spam, and because the ai doesn't really understand substitute mechanics, Lance's Gyarados would just spam T-Wave the entire time as well. At +6 even resisted brick break will kill almost anything. Also the sub would make Agatha far more consistant by blocking hypnosis and confuse ray. +3 brick break would still kill Arbok who is probably spamming Glare into your sub anyways. So Bulk Up, Substitute, Brick Break and Rock Slide is basically the perfect moveset for the entire game once you can get them.

Sorry for the wall of text, and I look forward to watching all of your future content!

Looks like Hitmonchan's redemption will be delayed until platinum 😅

7:16 should have used Brick Break here cuz Voltorb doesn’t have Static and it would have 1 shot where Secret Power failed

Instead of teaching Rest, Sub would probably have been better in the rematches since chances are good Gyarados would've just spammed t-wave while you set up

I play both Starcraft AND Pokémon since 1999!

I think in the future it is worth considering not teaching earthquake to fighting types before the e4 despite it generally being a good move.

Forgetting Limber yesterday just to turn around and forget Keen Eye today (wow, can't believe I was lucky enough to hit the Gengar after it boosted its evasion so much!)

Are abilities in generation 3 the new Type Effectiveness Chart in terms of mishaps from Scott? Sign me up!

I love the content as per the usual 😀

You really should have learned Rock Slide when you first got the chance earlier in the run. It would have helped you a ton with Blaine's Arcanine and later the rival's Charizard.

Isn't return straight up a better move for Hitmonchan than EQ? By the time you get it, you've already dealt with Blaine, and the only mon it's best at during the league it's Arbok. Big whoops. Return is also chan's strongest move into the Eggxecutor.

Also also, is there any chance a moveset of brick break, bulk up, rock slide and substitute to be better during the second league? It covers for thunder wave and rock tomb. Could free up some turns used by rest.

Great run, btw. Gen 3 is truly the gen that gave hope to the fighting types. The following ones made them truly strong.

Crit-poison sludge from Koga’s first Koffing TWICE IN A ROW is crazy bad luck.

Saying that with bulk up substitute is less useful is just plain wrong, it just blocks status, and potentially crits that can bypass the increased defence. It will be less reset intense while u safely setup behind the sub. Fighting + rock coverage is more than enough for the lategame so earthquake is essentially useless imo for FRLG lategame

I dunno why youre surprised that gyarados lives a thunder punch. Its specially bulky plus hitmonchan has bad sp attack as you know

Scott has had Brood War on the brain a lot lately. Not that i'm complaining I love it.

Ah. Yes. Only two videos. I'm sure there wouldn't be one about a three-legged mon, that'd be too fitting.

Hey there!
Since you asked: I really like you explaining moveset constraints.
We might forget some details about moves (availability for example) and sometimes I find myself thinking "Why is he not using XYZ" while there is a solid reason for your choice that you might give for granted the audience remebered as well. 🙂

Is iron fist not better than keen eye? Avoiding accuray drops is very useful in certain situations, but i wonder if the overall increased damage from iron fist is worth considering.