How Fast Can You Beat Pokemon Red/Blue with just a Persian?

Very mediocre stats, okay movepool, no way this is gonna be good, right?

[TheLudicrousLuv]

My god you werent lying when you said videos will come out more frequent than ever before. Huge respect on you

[JonathanChute]

Jrose: So this pokemon has a high-chance to critical hit
Also Jrose: Well I got a critical hit and that feels too lucky

[djkates]

If you're wondering why the Pikachu went first with the X Speed, it's because of how (or, more to the point, when) the AI decides whether to use an item. The AI will always choose a move for its Pokémon. At this point, the AI's action for the turn gets the priority level of the move it chose. Before performing the move, if the AI is of a class that can perform special actions (switching or using an item, or in Agatha's case both) the AI calls the RNG to determine whether it will replace its move for the turn with the appropriate special action; the priority level of the action will not be changed by this. This means that, in most cases, the AI doing a special action will have the same priority as a standard move. However, Surge's Pikachu knows Quick Attack. In this case, the AI must have chosen Quick Attack as its move for that turn, then rolled "use an item instead" on the RNG. End result, X Speed at Quick Attack's priority level.

[juliamavroidi]

apparently I've never seen Persian's Gen 1 backsprite. Looks more like a middle evolution between Meowth and Persian though

[DarkSoulsSauron]

Persian had a legit niche in gen1 competitive because it was diet tauros and tauros itself was so good that having a 2nd source of oppressively fast neutral damage was worth the team slot. not surprised at all at the results

[lafusion]

I don´t know if this is even possible (Because of the nature of Missigno) but i would LOVE to see a MISSIGNO SOLO RUN, stats wise is really bad 33 HP, 136 Attack is great, 0 Defense is AWFUL, 6 Special is TERRIBLE and 29 Speed is really bad when you dont take hits, movepool wise it was Water Gun and Sky Attack as lvl 1 moves (and the only lvl moves) but it learns quite a lot of TM´s, should be hard if even possible

[tori_girlonline]

I feel like you can't even count all the crits as "luck" for Pokemon like this where it happens so often.

[CAFFIENEHOUND]

Persian: Tauros for people without patience for the Safari Zone.
Also slash with 100%crit rate (minus 1/256 glitch)

[HarmfulDesign]

Thanks for doing these videos, Jrose. I recently lost my grandmother and watching helps keep me distracted. I appreciate it.

[AndrooTheNerd]

You definitely need to save a TON during these challenges but what I love about JRose videos is how thorough he is. He explains everything as though you’re brand new to Gen 1 and I love that.

[b.g.r.andreverbrugghe]

I never realised I never used a Persian in these games. I know because I don't remember ever seeing this back sprite.

[Igorcastrochucre]

When False Swipe gaming described Persian as a "second Tauros for the team", my interest on the Pokémon went from 0 to 100 real fast.

[ianh]

Poor Bruno, he definitely got into the elite four through nepotism or something. The man had so many chances but he just kept tossing out x defends

[nickzakos]

6:15
The check for whether or not the AI will use an item happens after it's already decided on a move. Pikachu chose quick attack that turn but then rolled the (around 25%) chance to use an item, so the item had increased priority too.

[dreamz]

Huh, it just occured to me that I've never seen Persian's backsprite in these versions. It's honestly pretty good.
Can't wait to see how this one goes.

[ace]

Oh hell yea, this is just what I needed to watch after rewatching your past runs like 9 times in a row now lol

[galten]

I like how you named the rival after Emiru and your name as Mizkif and the Persian after his cat Chompy

[Rikrobat]

This is quite the engaging run! I never used Persian as a kid, probably a blend of not vibing with Normal-type Pokémon and this being Giovanni’s staple in the anime. Seeing it perform really well during the front of the game was a pleasant surprise—I’m guessing the E4 proved to be a significant roadblock though.

[MasterShanicus]

It's kinda funny how Agatha is such a difficult battle, given how amazing Persian is in later games at dealing with Ghost types - in Gen 3 it's probably one of the best choices to handle Agatha thanks to Physical Shadow Ball absolutely annihilating the Gengars. Amazing what one little change can make to a pokemon!

[louieshilling]

One of the best series on youtube and Jrose is delivering with quality consistency