Hypno vs Poliwrath - Pokemon Yellow

Playthrough Rules:

1. Only my starter in battle

2. No items in battle*

3. No glitches or exploits*

4. No Double-Team TM before level 100*

Other rules:

-- *Pokeballs & Pokedolls are allowed in battle

-- *The badge-boost glitch is not restricted at all

-- *Skipping the Rocket Hideout & Marowak is allowed

-- I play the game at 4x game speed (238 frames per second)

-- My Pokemon has perfect DVs

-- The Trash-Can-Puzzle is automatically solved so times are not affected by RNG

-- The bike is allowed (the bike skip is not)

-- Skipping the bike is not allowed

-- Saving between league members is allowed

-- If the solo Pokemon faints and I choose to blackout it counts towards my reset counter

*Double-Team:

-- Almost every Pokemon can learn Double-Team through TM

-- The TM can be purchased in Celadon -- Using it would centralize the meta -- Every Pokemon would use it to overcome tough battles at lower levels

-- It raises evasion

-- It triggers the badge boost

-- Banning the TM allows Pokemon who learn it through level up to use it

-- I believe evasion is part of Pokemon and shouldn't be banned entirely

-- I don't want the videos to all be double-team spam though, that's not fun or entertaining

-- Only two Pokemon learn Double-Team through level up: Pikachu & Scyther

-- Minimize is the other evasion raising move, these Pokemon learn it through level up:

-- Clefairy, Clefable, Grimer, Muk, Chansey, Staryu

Versus Format Clarifications:

     -- In this video I played each Pokemon independently, never thinking to have them compete against each other.

     -- Only after results were in did I realize that they make a compelling duo to face each other 

     -- I always try my hardest when using each Pokemon

     -- I'm human and I make mistakes, I'm sorry if these impact your favorite! (Had to apologize, I'm Canadian and it's contractually required.)

Yellow Version changes from Red/Blue:

1. You cannot use Dig/Escape Ropes in Bill's House or the Pokefan Club

2. You cannot talk to the trainers in Blaine's gym to battle them

3. Surge, Sabrina, and Blaine do not have Good AI

4. The Elite Four have better movesets

5. Koga, Sabrina, Blaine, and Giovanni have higher level teams

6. Blaine doesn't use Super Potions are full HP

7. The rival picks his eeveelution based on the outcome of the first two battles.

-- Lose in the lab: Vaporeon

-- Win in the lab and skip route 22: Flareon*

-- Win in both locations: Jolteon

-- *You cannot lose on route 22 because you blackout

Terms:

-- STAB

-- Same-Type-Attack-Bonus - a 1.5x damage multiplier

-- Stat Experience

-- The Gen1&2 equivalent of effort values. You can invest in all stats until they max out at 65535

-- DVs or Determinate Values

-- The Gen1&2 equivalent of IVs (individual values), these range from 0-15

Changing Starters:

-- Software: https://pokehacks.dabomstew.com/randomizer/

-- Guide: https://youtu.be/tRuneAisRnU

Software I Use:

-- Live RAM access: https://gamehook.io/

-- Recording: https://obsproject.com/

-- Photo & Video Editing: https://adobe.ly/3Q4uj77

-- Timer: https://livesplit.org/

-- Reset Counter: https://github.com/LiveSplit/LiveSplit.Counter/releases

Illustrations

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