Can you beat Pokemon Emerald WITHOUT EXP?!!

This was legitimately one of the toughest challenges I've ever attempted

Editing by: @SimplyAJ
Music by: @makegamemusic
Thumbnail by: @Lycel

[yorulaney]

Elite 4: what challenger who's rigorously raised their pokemon for weeks to stand here comes to challenge us?
Jrose: caught those bad boys a minute ago

[zuperzach]

Im gonna say this because i feel like JRose doesnt hear this often, but I really love the little jokes he sprinkles throughout these runs. These challenges are already very entertaining, but the little jokes always put a smile on my face

[geonunes]

A piece of strategy Jrose did and didn't talk about. You have to be careful in which tile you are when the rival battle cut scene triggers because depending on where you are nature power can be either stun spore or swift

[Akntor]

Jrose runs are the perfect inbetween of "i can watch it to fall asleep" and "i can watch it and learn a thing or two" and i am always all for it. This run just showed how much strategy and difficulty you can get out of pokemon games outside of the typical "Nuzlocke" ruleset. Simply amazing run, keep up the awesome videos!

[azuritecola]

The battle vs Steven in this is one of the more impressive battles I’ve seen across any challenge run. You’ve genuinely become quite good at these games over the years

[hundredLeech]

"But Minun is fairly bulky."
I never thought I'd hear that sentence

[GeneralWarfield]

This run is way more interesting with the "no items" and "no legendaries" clause. I expected the E4 to just be swept by a Lvl 70 Rayquaza -- looking forward to how you will do it!

[Hilan-Jasura]

I am now honestly convinced that quickclaw Wobbuffet is the MVP in all MinBats and 0 Exp challenges

[RadicalRaymondd]

After your no experience run of crystal I was inspired to do a no exp run on fire red and you are so right about gamefreak's design early on. Every gym leader has a counter nearby and it's really neat. Blaine surrounded by water, surge and diglett cave etc. had a perfect team to counter rival 6 but has to make sacrifices to the lineup to counter Agatha. Was a wild ride. Champion took 100s of tries but it was possible and it felt so cool to achieve

[Sylph_Rose]

Hey Jrose, I just wanted to thank you for creating these videos. I remember stumbling across your catch em all videos and hoping you would eventually return with more content.

I have anxiety, and something I've been trying to work on is "grounding" myself when im anxious. There are a lot of things recommended for this, but talking about things I'm familiar with, like reciting the entire plot of a pokemon game, helps me.

Your videos help me a lot when I'm anxious. You talk indepthly about topics that are familiar to me, but I still get to learn more stuff at the same time. I love hearing you find solutions to problems with all the tools you have accessible to you.

Thank you. I wish you the best!

[vinniebar]

Simply incredible. Your mind for strategies and how to mix and match teams to outsmart the AI is truly remarkable. Obviously the red/blue solo challenges are your bread and butter but videos like these are truly where your skills are on full display. Keep up the amazing work.

[gloomstones]

These are my favorite videos to binge. I've seen most of them twice (or more). Always so happy when you upload!

[HappiestMango]

The madman actually did it!
I saw a bit of this live and was convinced it was impossible after you struggled so much with Wallace haha. Glad to see you proved me wrong

[felix_irgendwas]

I love the use of Substitute against Steven. I always used it on my own soloruns, because Skarmory has Toxic and Spikes and Steven's AI actually doesn't see that Toxic won't work, so you can get free setup (with a bit of luck) as early as Turn 1. I even managed to beat the game with a single Carvanha that way, and that thing is a one-hit from just about every move in the game :D

[Limomon]

I love how your videos show off the complexity of Pokémon. How the items and abilities are used, strategies like PP stalling or destiny bond, and even AI manipulation... absolutely stunning.

[Mr.Not.Perfect]

Probably one of my favourite runs ever! It was interesting to watch the strategies for each battle unfold. Through the narration, you can also really hear your enthousiasm for these games and how fun it can be to craft the required strategy. Thanks and I'm looking forward to the next runs!

[knodelimperator]

Truly intense. I was on the edge of my seat for most of this.

It's funny you mentioned SmallAnt, he actually beat Emerald with *negative* XP, but he used Legendaries and items in battle.

[ener.g]

With the swapping of pokemon, this video could alternatively be titled, "Can you beat Pokemon Emerald as a Pokemon Ranger?"

[tinneyo]

Jrose: I think Gamefreak wants you to catch new Pokémon teams for each gym, especially in Red and Blue
Also Jrose: Let‘s beat Red and Blue with every single Pokémon solo

[IsmetČehić]

Just want to say that you're a huge inspiration and entertainment for all of us. I took a page out of your book and tried to see if I can beat FR/LG with every evolutionary line at least. Just finished Venusaur in 5:35 at level 72 while using fun strategies. So fun doing it and it was thanks to you (btw I know the time was kinda slow lol)