Hey everyone, If you're new to my channel, I'd like to thank you for taking a chance on a channel like mine with a small subscriber base. I know that a humble sub count is a bit of a red flag, but if you've scrolled down this far I've hopefully managed to hook you! To my wonderful subscribers, thanks for being patient with me. It took me about 35 hours of writing/recording/editing to put this one together; I hope it was worth the wait! Reading your comments is what makes the process worthwhile. I'm at a point where I feel confident enough in my videos to start more aggressively promoting them across platforms. If you've come across this comment, would you mind leaving a reply letting me know how you came across my tiny channel in the first place? Just call me Colress because I'll be analyzing your feedback to help me reach a wider audience. And of course, if you could share my content with others who you feel might be interested I'd really appreciate it! Thanks everyone!

@munchcrunch4880

3 жыл бұрын

i think i was watching a jrose solo run and saw your spamming the A button run, and every videos been amazing since!

@TheBlueWizzrobe

3 жыл бұрын

I first saw the eggcellent Exeggcute run on a Reddit post and thought it was great, so I kept watching!

@Sam-oz8pn

3 жыл бұрын

Super late to reply, but I saw your comment on Jrose’s Mewtwo run about how you’d just done one, and I decided to check out your channel. When I noticed you had like 100 subscribers I was *amazed* because it’s seriously quality content and absolutely up to par with other channels in production value. PS. Since Jrose did a run with the (unevolved) starters asking roughly the same question as you did in this video, how applicable do you think his experience was to your rankings?

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

No no, thank you for taking the time to reply! I think most will agree that it's tacky to promote on other channels, so I try my best not to, but the upload timing just worked out too perfectly to pass up. Thank you for giving me a chance! As for JRose's starter rankings affecting this video, I'd say they had marginal influence, if any. Being able to evolve changes a lot, especially for Charmander where he (unfortunately) gains a flying type. This video also considers that you can always bail yourself out by using a different Pokemon, which is very different from a solo run where your only choice is to either figure out some clever workaround, or just give up.

@Sam-oz8pn

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Haha yeah, that must have been pretty funny when you saw it. Thank you for sparing me your attention even though I’m just one of thousands of viewers, and for taking the time to engage with so many comments! Your channel deserves way more subs, but being able to engage with the creator is really a plus too. You’re totally right; I guess being able to switch avoids the “you’re only as good as your worst fight” scenario (like with Jrose’s Charmander being slowed down by an hour+ because it just can’t beat Lance’s Gyarados) and you don’t have to rely on setup as much when you’re fully evolved and your stats are on par/superior to your opponents’ (which helps Blastoise a lot)

Just to add something to your analysis of Bulbasaur: Lance's dragon types are actually useless against it, since they'll just keep spamming Agility and Barrier

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

You're absolutely right! I mentioned the "good" AI with Erika, but Lance's buffoonery completely slipped my mind. How could I forget, especially since ATV the Venomoth's legendary victory against Lance in Twitch Plays Pokemon was only possible because of Agility/Barrier spam? For shame.

@My1xT

3 жыл бұрын

But only gen1 kanto.

@DKQuagmire

3 жыл бұрын

Who remembers the legendary level 37 All Terrain Venomoth from Twitch plays Pokemon? the weakest member on their team, and by using poison powder, they where able to defeat Dragonite, since Lances AI said "Barrier is psychic type. Agility is psychic type. psychic type is super effective against poison type. lets spam Barrier and agility because they are psychic type moves!"

@tylerdibenedetto2641

3 жыл бұрын

This is a fact.

@hostiusasinhostilityhostil7853

3 жыл бұрын

Add in Toxic-Leech Seed, which literally gives your opponent three turns while you sit down, heal off them with the Toxic counter buildup, and use Growth for stat boosts (or play the flute to preserve PP... "Now that's a catchy tune!"), and Bulbasaur is technically the only starter line in the entire series that can actually stall-tank dangerously (I'm so sorry Chikorita).

Imagine an alternative world where game freak idolized bulbasaur instead of charazard.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Psh, who would ever shill for a salad lizard over a D R A G O N?

@Blue-fg8vt

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese sure a dragon is cool but so is lazer flower

@haka-katyt7439

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese hehe charizard is fire/flying

@fxwizard6421

3 жыл бұрын

But Blastoise it’s a turtle with canons it has CANONS HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT A WATER CUTER CAN DO IT CAN CUT METAL IN HALF EASALY IMAGINE WHAT IT CAN DO TO FLESH

@The-Man-of-Pepsi

3 жыл бұрын

@Aquatic Typhoon Venusaur: * pulls out a bendy straw *

How Game Freak sees this video: "Green Charizard, Regular Charizard or Blue Charizard, which one is THE Charizard?"

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Masuda, is that you...?

@user-dv2cn6sk5j

3 жыл бұрын

Good joke. Charizard is popular, but this is too much. I hope that none of the starters will ever become the second pikachu again

@epicandcoolguyever

3 жыл бұрын

Wait it's all Charizard? Always has been

@MegaDude10

3 жыл бұрын

>_> Didn't they add the other two starters in SwSh and give them Gigantimaxes as well? Yes, it was an update, but still.

@floorpanel8749

3 жыл бұрын

@@MegaDude10 yes, it was dlc, but still

Bulbasaur. No matter how many Pokemon are created, he'll always be #001

@neppyneppynepu

3 жыл бұрын

You're not exactly wrong and i hate that

@visionaeon

3 жыл бұрын

A single manly sweat rolled down on my face.

@DKQuagmire

3 жыл бұрын

Robbie Rotten will always be my number 1. :( Rest in Piece Stefán Karl Stefánsson

@leeeroyjenkins555

3 жыл бұрын

Eh, 007 is a better number >:)

@wertyami

3 жыл бұрын

unless you use the Kalos regional dex where he is #080 :^)

I always just picked bulbasaur because i liked frogs. I've been looking for a vid like this!

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Tbh I picked Charmander because "fire and dragons cool."

@valeryreyes7383

3 жыл бұрын

I picked squirtle because is a cute turtle and in the final Evo it has cannons water cannons!

@TomitaGregorias

3 жыл бұрын

I picked bulbasaur because it had giant tree on it's back... Guess who I picked in Gen 4. xd

@theothemegamanboy2687

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Same

@XGame80

3 жыл бұрын

I picked Squirtle (In FireRed) because I like water better than fire and grass

You can cheese Lance easyli with Venusaur by abusing two glitches. The first glitch makes the AI think that the Psychic-type Agility will be effective against Venusaur's Poison-type, so his dragons will always spam Agility against Venusaur. The second glitch is the Toxic-Leech Seed combo

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

That's true! It certainly helps Venusaur overall - the big wall is still Agatha and her ghosts, I'd say.

@Kyouma.

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese I simply use Dugtrio for that, lol (Earthquake, Fissure, Rock Slide for Golbat) (¬‿¬). I use a Special Gyrados for Lorelei (Thunderbolt, Fire Blast for Jynx). Venusaur roasts Bruno just with Razor Leaf. By the way, I'm playing Red with Hardcore Nuzlocke rules right now, and it's still too easy. I even could cheese Erika with my Beedrill alone 'cause Twin Needle is effective against Poison-types

@Lil_Ducky43

2 жыл бұрын

Hey that’s atv’s signature ability stall some poison turns until dragonite goes down

@galaxyacegaming241

2 жыл бұрын

@@Kyouma. try radical red😏

@NeightrixPrime

3 ай бұрын

I mean sure, but you can also just use the Lapras you got for free.

*throws rocks at a dragon* Charizard: *dies*

@mattyh2863

3 жыл бұрын

blastoise dies on a leaf 😞

@XGame80

3 жыл бұрын

@@mattyh2863 Blastoise freezes said leaf

@justiceuponus3766

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattyh2863 lol ice beam said HI XD

@pumpkin6192

2 жыл бұрын

Venasaur dies by touching dirt

@Pikachu_25_

2 жыл бұрын

@@pumpkin6192 Grass is strong against ground....

Adding something: Eggecutor’s line and venusaur’s line have access to an obscure glitch: toxic and leech seed use the same damage calculator. Since these two Pokémon are the only ones that learn both moves, leech seed will inherit toxic’s snowball mechanic, which means that whatever damage toxic is at, leech seed has the same

@TheCabalOnMars

3 жыл бұрын

That is terrifying and I love it. Does this work today?

@Heattokun

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheCabalOnMars only in gen 1. In the later games toxic goes off toxic multiplier and leech seed has its own

@TheCabalOnMars

3 жыл бұрын

@@Heattokun well, that's a little bit of a bummer. At least I know how to shred stuff when I go back to gen 1 now! Thx!

@tylerdibenedetto2641

3 жыл бұрын

Also the life you get back from the snowballed leech seed will always be calculated by the toxic multiplier rather than actual damage dealt by the LS. Example: toxic hits for 25% damage, bringing them down to 1 HP. LS triggers next, killing the opp, dealing 1 damage. However, instead of just getting 1 HP, you will get the full 25% HP regeneration on you active pokemon.

@Heattokun

3 жыл бұрын

@@tylerdibenedetto2641 also this was a really good anti tank strategy

I love how Bulbasaur uses Razor Leaf while Charmander uses Flamethrower and Squirtle uses Surf

@calvinsimpson1301

3 жыл бұрын

Well considering razor leaf has a 100% crit rate and he learns growth, sleep powder and leech seed....razor leaf is actually better than both. Although crits bypass stat increases with growth, and you can replace razor leaf with mega drain mid to late game and solo everything

@Twigs_20

3 жыл бұрын

Razor Leaf has a 100% crit rate?

@calvinsimpson1301

3 жыл бұрын

@@Twigs_20 in gen 1 yeah lol. But only for venusaur, not bulbasaur because his base speed is slightly too low. Bulbasaur crits at like 50% with razor leaf, ivysaur around 75% and 100% with venusaur

@Gustavo81988

5 ай бұрын

@@calvinsimpson1301Mega Drain is like 40bp

When I was a kid, i chose Charmander. When I was a teenager, i chose Squirtle. Now, as an adult, I choose Bulbasaur. Actually, I've always chose Bulbasaur, my froggy boy's the best !!!!

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I chose Charmander. When I was a teenager, I chose Charmander. Now, as an adult, I choose Charmander. Burn, Grass-type heretic.

@oMaruMesmo

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese LMAO, dude, i'll dislike your video! Lol i'm joking, nice video btw !!! (Keep up the amazing content)

@chadzard4

3 жыл бұрын

@@XGame80 There are so many better water types than Blastoise in gen 1 lol

@yaboidragonitehere1137

2 жыл бұрын

@@chadzard4 I agree. But it's still really good albeit mediocre. The problem wasn't the competition. In gen 1. Blastoise's movepool was quite bad. It does not learn swords dance that it's brethren use. And it does not have much coverage.

@DolphyBlueDrake

10 ай бұрын

@@chadzard4 There's also a better Fire-type in Gen 1 than Charizard: Arcanine. Fire is garbage in Gen 1, anyway. The only thing you "need" a Fire-type for is Erika's Gym, and even then, A Fearow with Drill Peck solos it just fine. You are in no position to talk about there being better Pokémon of the same type as a starter. That 3/10 is well-deserved.

Imported Cheese: You can slowly stall out opponents with fancy tactics, or you can flamethrower and win. Blissey, a go-to competitive staple: And I took that personally

@mistermr2147

3 жыл бұрын

Which uses flamethrower periodically lol

@snowcatapeller

3 жыл бұрын

@@BLUEBOYISLEDGE are you really trying to flex pokemon pvp knowledge for no reason? Go back to showdown low ladder chat, I’m tired of this crap

@christinekatzman2164

3 жыл бұрын

@@BLUEBOYISLEDGE I don't play a lot of competitive, but what's wrong with Blissey? Good special wall, right?

@priestesslucy3299

3 жыл бұрын

You do realize Blissey didn't exist in Gen 1 right? Also, Charizard Guaranteed Critical Hit Slashes made fairly short work of Chansey

@priestesslucy3299

3 жыл бұрын

@@BLUEBOYISLEDGE because it's fun in Gen 1

Im a shuckle fan and im enraged!! With 5 base speed it took me months to type this comment

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad you could finally air your thoughts. I look forward to hearing your next one in a few months!

@vampyberry

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese It took me way less to reply with a trick room but I am a shuckle fan too.

If the criteria is the one that gets you into the Hall of Fame as fast as possible, we already know it's Squirtle from speed runs

@chonchjohnch

3 жыл бұрын

By that logic Nidoran is the best

@leetfukk

3 жыл бұрын

@@chonchjohnch This video is about the starters, but if it was all Kanto Pokemon then yes it would be Nidoran. This is the criteria he gives near the beginning of the video

@johannesboomsma4680

2 жыл бұрын

@@leetfukk Yeah but squirtle is just used to get through brock really fast, they ditch it immediatly after getting nidoking so yeah

@leetfukk

2 жыл бұрын

@@johannesboomsma4680 before they discovered the Nidoking route Squirtle was used. In fact for a while there was debate about which was actually faster. I wanna say one was preferred for blue and one was preferred for red because male nidoran is more common in one of the games, but then they discovered rng manipulation so it didn't matter any more

he likes erika? no need to hear more **subscribes**

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Beautiful, we'll get along well. Go watch my Pokemon Waifu tier list pls.

@floorpanel8749

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese sounds like a plan, if Erika is S tier I will sub and worship you

Sooo... Pikachu is your internet explorer to download a real browser

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

That's being pretty generous to Pikachu, but an apt description. Not even Microsoft Edge smh

@honeyslime7178

3 жыл бұрын

But what we forget is if you choose Pikachu you get the other starters for free

@ZerryBerrytheSpaceRaccoon

3 жыл бұрын

Not a good starter, but a semi-decent Electric-type for the early to mid game. Hey, at least Raichu is actually somewhat good.

@RaphielShiraha64

2 жыл бұрын

@@ZerryBerrytheSpaceRaccoon except you can't evolve your starter pikachu

@autobotstarscream765

2 жыл бұрын

@@honeyslime7178 I think that's literally the joke in the first place.

Absolutely fantastic intro. Also, minor correction: at 19:47 you say that gen 1 rock throw has 70% accuracy, but it's actually slightly worse than that with a measly 65% chance of hitting.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! The intro took a good few hours, I'm glad it landed. Ah...thanks for the correction. Let's just say that Gen 1 Rock Throw is so horrific, that I couldn't bring myself to speak its true accuracy. That's also totally the reason why I thought Charizard got Wing Attack in Gen 1, yeah, not an excuse or anything...!

@3.2187_Kilometres

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh rock throw in gen 1 has less chance then hitting then focus blast.

You should do this with FRLG because of all the new moves added, better movesets, etc.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe! I'd definitely do vanilla Gen 2 before the FRLG remakes.

@bethany5882

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese legend has it we're still waiting for Gen 2 starter analysis to this day

@ImportedCheese

2 жыл бұрын

@@bethany5882 Arceus legends?!

@RK-cj4oc

2 жыл бұрын

@@bethany5882 he finally made it.

@bethany5882

2 жыл бұрын

@@RK-cj4oc he did, and he gave my favorite starter the lowest rating be careful what you wish for, I suppose...

Bulbasaur easily wrecks most of the gym leaders by virtue of it's typing alone. On top of that, it can abuse the most Gen 1 glitches. Super easy crits, laughable "super-effective" AI, Toxic + Leech Seed Shenanigans, etc.

Raticate is also really decent in gen one, body slam+ bubble beam beats any pokémon with 1-2 hits.

@ghengiroo4143

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, it’s so good. It gets STAB Hyper Fang at like Lv. 14 or something stupid like that so even before you reach the SS Anne you are gonna be doing so much damage.

@Gaius453

2 жыл бұрын

In gen 3 it gets guts boosted stab facade, which is pretty good.

@PreciousLuna1988

10 ай бұрын

Persian does that better

@usuario15965

8 күн бұрын

Hyper fang and quick attack and ready

@usuario15965

8 күн бұрын

Hyper fang and quick attack and ready

I'm impressed. I hate charizard and love venusaur, but I've found someone who simps on charmander like I do Bulbasaur. You earn a sub. Also good video by the way.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I will always defend Charizard...I am on the side of GameFreak. They will continue to push Charizard until only Charizard fans remain.

@mrwang397

2 ай бұрын

Same but i love blastoise

Pokemon Yellow was my first game and I remember that I always caught Mankey, evolved him, and sweeped through the entire game with him, completely ignoring my Pikachu, Pika really was just terrible.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

You'd think they'd make starter Pikachu extra powerful, but they did the opposite by restricting his evolution wtf

@Demonoid619

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese well u can evolve it... by first trading it to blue/red using the stone then trade it back.

@ShiningJudgment666

3 жыл бұрын

Was good for Misty but that's about it. I usually ditch it once it's done its job since there's like 3 electrics better than him in Yellow.

@owhood366

2 жыл бұрын

I just throw that electric mouse to the box and catch a king.

Werster had a pretty good describtion of Pikachu in one of his yellow speedruns, absolutely tore it to shreds.

@ImportedCheese

2 жыл бұрын

Pikachu bad.

Razor leaf with 100% crit rate, sleep powder, growth increases both special attack and defense in gen 1, leech seed, sleep powder, mega drain powered up by growth, and absolutely demolishing the first half of the games gyms makes bulbasaur utterly broken in gen 1. I've soloed the entire game with venusaur with literally no grinding when I was like 8-9 years old, and I didn't even have the understanding about all these gen 1 mechanics back then.

@egekahraman8985

2 жыл бұрын

also you can easily replace blastoise with another great water type and charizard is just bad

@onyxthaphonix5784

2 жыл бұрын

Pokemon can only have 4 moves though 🤓

@peanutyoverdrive9235

2 жыл бұрын

@@onyxthaphonix5784 So what?

@onyxthaphonix5784

2 жыл бұрын

@@peanutyoverdrive9235 this isn't an argument. Its a fact. So why don't you keep your goofy mouth shut ok?

@thesquad2253

2 жыл бұрын

@@egekahraman8985 ikr charizard did kinda suck lol i remember i thought fire spin would be a good move worst decision ever

“Imported cheese” that has to be the best account name ive ever seen

@axel8728

3 жыл бұрын

I subscribed for the name alone.

in every single one of my yellow version playthroughs i use NIDOKING!! If anything, Nidoran male should be treated as the yellow version starter pokemon. though Mankey and Nidoran female are also options.

recommended blesses me once again

Every of your videos is well made and just exciting. Thanks dude

I always picked charmander. It's the obvious choice. Would you rather have a dumb giant turtle, an overweight frog or a freaking fire dragon

@JTK_XXL

2 жыл бұрын

And the crit rate in Gen 1 was sick with slash

Great job striking a beautiful balance of comedy and information I found this video really interesting and funny Do you plan on making similar comparisons for future gens? Also small sidenote - I think one additional thing that might be worth discussing is comparing the starter to other pokemon of that type available in the game. While squirtle is better than bulbasaur when comparing them directly or if only using starters, there are much better water types than blastoise later in the game, such as starmie, while venusaur is the best grass type in gen 1

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, thank you for the kind words! I do plan to do the other gens, though I imagine the videos will be shorter in length since there aren't as many wonky mechanics that need to be explained. Good point about comparing the viability of the starters to other pokemon of their types - I might mention it, but I think these vids might be under the assumption that you're just pumping your starter full of as much XP as possible and steamrolling the game. A lv 50 Starmie wallops a lv 50 Blastoise, but a lv 50 Starmie against a lv 80 Blatsoise goes in our slow boi's favor.

Venusaur might be the best as you should just catch a nidoran and evolve it to nidoking. Venusaur covers more of the tings nidoking is weak to.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

In the context of a full team, I agree, especially because a lot of Nidoking's power is locked behind TMs, which Blastoise would need to steal from him, whereas all Venusaur needs to BRRRRRRRRRRRRR is his level-up movepool.

@ShiningJudgment666

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Better water types than Blastoise also exist even if you didn't go the Nidoking route.

@XGame80

3 жыл бұрын

@@ShiningJudgment666 exeggutor also exists

@ShiningJudgment666

3 жыл бұрын

@@XGame80 It's kinda slow and obtained pretty late. Not to mention Exeggcute for the point in the game you get it is pretty bad and you'd want to grind to get the good moves before evolving which becomes a bit of a chore. It does have the advantage of not being slowed down by Agatha as far as type coverage goes though so it has that but you know, the Agatha lottery.

Man, I love your sense of humor!

Squirtle is my favorite one. He can learn powerful physical moves and Ice Beam. Ice Beam is probably the best attack in the game along with Psychic.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

I'd say Gen 1 Blizzard edges out Ice Beam...130 base power with 90% accuracy, absurd. And a 10% chance to OHKO since freeze lasts forever, who let this in the game lol

@sebastianaliandkulche

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Yeah, and in Pokemon Green it was 30% freeze chance :0

@XGame80

3 жыл бұрын

Squirtle’s my favorite too. Plus, he has Dig and Earthquake to beat out Electric types

@fxwizard6421

3 жыл бұрын

Yea Blastoise it’s a turtle with canons it has CANONS HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT A WATER CUTER CAN DO IT CAN CUT METAL IN HALF EASALY IMAGINE WHAT IT CAN DO TO FLESH

@Surcur65

3 жыл бұрын

Haha haha wartortle god

You can teach submission to blastoise if you want it to take down lorelei faster. It works against her cloyster even.

Honestly both Venusaur and Blastoise are SUPER good in gen 1. I think I’d lean more towards Venusaur since imo it’s the best grass type in the game and almost every water type in kanto is great (special shout-out to starmie and slowbro for also being psychic types). If you’re gonna be over reliant on your starter though blastoise is probably better though.

The incredible effort you've put into this is tangible man, like wowzers what a kickass video.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! This is probably the video that took the most editing hours to put together, which is why I'm a bit nervous to start on the Gen 2 version xD

@cranberrysos

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Aye, I hear you man. But hey yknow what they say, the Ruins of Alph weren't built in a day.

the amount of times i’ve replayed your videos for sleep aid is crazy butter smooth voice

15:52 your comedy is actually perfect i'm binging these videos

I love how bulbasaur is set up to abuse the games code lol. You get the auto crits, you get the badge boosts, you get the toxic and leech seed combo, it’s a great time

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

I think he's also instrumental in the Brock Through Walls glitch that's used in actual speedruns of the game...?

seeing this video after watching the green bug videos... this is my new favorite pokemon channel

This is a fantastic video. I love the structure! Thanks!

@ImportedCheese

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! I'm sure Gen 2 will come out someday (tm).....

Bulbasaur was my first starter since I had the game with the whole handbook and read the gist of the game and figured out with my 9 y/o brain that Bulbasaur has advantage to several gyms

I want to come earlier than my rival and be a very sneaky person and YOINK all three.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Ash woke up late, which is why he got stuck with loser Pikachu...so if you wake up early, then it would make sense that you'd get all three!

@usuario15965

8 күн бұрын

​@@ImportedCheeseThe worst part about pikachu is that he refuses to evolve like its unnecesary

You have a lot of character and obviously put a lot of effort into your videos. It's very entertaining, so I subscribed. Here's to your success!

@ImportedCheese

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Hope to see you in the next upload

@k.d.2589

2 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Done! If I ever go back to uni, I may actually use them. 😁 Thanks!

You’ve got a new subscriber off beginning of the video love your energy and can’t wait for more videos you would be a great narrator in movies

@ImportedCheese

2 жыл бұрын

Eyyy thank you

yesss a new upload and it’s half an hour long YESSSSS

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your patronage! Let's! Analyzing!

lmao imagine not over-leveling so much that you walk up to misty with a charizard. T-T

This is hilarious, definitely earned my subscription

@ImportedCheese

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I think Gen 2 is a better video, check that one out, too!

Very good video. Congrats!

"johto starters" you hear that? thats the sound of me crying because i know my boi chikorita is gonna get roasted safkalsfa

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, spoilers that will surprise no one but Chikorita is getting a 1/10 lmao, probably the worst starter in Pokemon history (aside from...Snivy? I think Snivy is actually much better, but he's also in a far more difficult game.) Speaking purely in terms of ingame performance, of course, I love Meganium's little antennae things. To be fair, any Grass starter would fare poorly in Johto; Gamefreak really wanted to troll kids who thought Grass would also be the Gen 2 easy mode.

@Exenton

3 жыл бұрын

radical red:imma build this mans whole career (radical red gave a massive boost to megainium)

@rokka7188

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Well to be fair, the 3rd and 4th gym, along with the Ice-type gym surprisingly, are pretty easy with Chiko line up. Clair also has a Kingdra and the Fighting-type gym Poliwrath. Ones that people have complained about, Whitney and Morty, with the recovery and all, aren't too bad.

@officersoulknight6321

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Snivy is in the bad game, relatively weak, but after you find a way to get a hidden ability and bring that Contrary Leaf storm in... Wow

@athath2010

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Wouldn't Pikachu still rate lower than Chikorita?

So many of the psychic moves been boosting moves makes Venosaur untouchable.

I just noticed the heat waves, and random smoke during the Charmander bit. Good job dude.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Aw, I'd like to take credit for that, but it was just a part of the stock background =(

@RobertSeeJen

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese either way. The algorithm has blessed me with your channel. And the algorithm has blessed you with a view, and a new subscriber. Much love _\- -/ And I appreciate the honesty.

The Thumbnail says it all - no further comment until Gen6 and Mega-Evos came around

Great video and about Charamander being hard mode is very true. The difficulty I faced as a child facing Brock and Misty were unmatched in the whole run till I reached Lance (even though the Lance fight was made trivial by overleveling) Probably the long time I had to level up Charamander and its line made me like Charizard so much that its my favorite starter, even though I feel Swampert and Typholsion are much better in their respective regions.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching! It's nice to find kindred spirits who know the struggle of being a Charmander player. Charizard is much stronger in the remakes (with a better movepool, buffs to fire type, and buffs to its special attack) but I will agree that Typhlosion and Swampert both perform better in their vanilla releases, especially Swampert. I haven't thought much about Gen 3 yet, but I'm pretty sure Swampert is getting a 9/10, it's one of the best starters of all time.

@bitthalranjit

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Indeed, the change for Charizard was a welcome one. Swampert is great even in the remake imo, but Typhlosion has a close challenger in the remakes because Feraligatr can learn Ice fang, which is a game changer vs Claire and Lance. But Leveling up the red Gyarados or making the Piloswine your party members as Typholsion is better imo

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

@@bitthalranjit I really wish Typhlosion had more unique traits to help it step out of Charizard's shadow, as if getting a copy-paste of Charizard's stats wasn't bad enough. It gets Eruption, which can be a cute gimmick, but without a mega or a crazy alternate ability like Drought I don't see the Typhlosion fanbase growing =(

@bitthalranjit

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Even though the fanbase may not grow, we can take heart in the fact that it is the best starter in its region. Though a mega evolution/ a good gimmicky move would help. Lets hope it gets a regional form that is good. That's the only way I see Typhlosion being more popular.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

@@bitthalranjit While Typhlosion is my favorite of the Johto starters, I think I may be giving the edge to Feraligatr in vanilla G/S. The very first video I made for this channel, a minimum battle run of Gold, relies on the broken Gen 2 incarnation of Rage, which only the Tododile line can use. I'd love a regional form for Typhlosion, although please not another regional ice type... Also, Typhlosion's Japanese name is hilarious, it's pronounced "Bag-hoon," which sounds like it's got a burning passion for collecting handbags and purses.

Absolutely amazing video, but JOHTO WHEN Also new sub

Underrated video

People tend to forget a big part of the game; Trainers. As the first part of the Trainers have flying-, bug- or poison-type Pokemon, Bulbasaur is pretty tedious to play with. Especially when most of them outspeed him, you'll visit the Pokémon Center a lot. Unlike Brock and Misty show so. Charmander blows through the game like a breeze. Same for Squirtle, but resists Trainers way better than Bulbasaur.

@nickdentoom1173

8 ай бұрын

They aren't type specialists though, so they don't count for a what is the best starter in a playthrough. Like, to deal with trainers that have bugs early on, you can catch a Flying type early on, not to speak about Bug being a shitty typing, since their weren't even any offensive bug moves (The only one was Twineelde on Beedrill and Leech Life could only be learned by Paras/Parasect and other non-bugs + it was only a 20 power move at the time as well, so pretty useless). Poison types only had acces to Poison Sting early on. Flying types had acces to Gust, but that wasn't even a Flying type move in gen 1.

@franksony1992

8 ай бұрын

@@nickdentoom1173 indeed, but try that with starters only.

@ThePurplePeppy

7 ай бұрын

​@@franksony1992 ​Going with just the starter seems kinda arbitrary and wrong, honestly. It'd be wrong to sit there and go "Wartortle bad bcuz can't solo Lt.Surge." like, ok, but the matches where you'll face even some challenge is what we are looking at, bug catcher #5 or rocket #4 really aren't a challenge planning is needed for at all. Besides, as far as those bug catchers early on go, some pack poison sting weedle, not getting poisoned saves a lot of headache, and the starters take a bit into it to get their first elemental attacks.

I find that picking bulbasaur Leads me to trying to actually team build

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

I think you could argue it both ways. Having a strong early-game starter like Bulbasaur means you're free to use whatever pokemon you'd like without crippling youself. But a weak early-game starter like Charmander FORCES you to teambuild, or else you'll never get past Misty. Who picks Squirtle lmaoooo

@chonchjohnch

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese I always use bulbasaur as a status mon in firered, I find it does better with toxic and leech seed while leaving the heavy lifting to other moms

@ShiningJudgment666

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese You can get past her with a bit of luck or grind until you can 2HKO her Starmie but yeah, leaning on just Charmander will give you a hard time with Misty. Bulbasaur is good for more than just early-game stuff too. It gets Sleep Powder which is really nice because of how strong gen 1 sleep is, not to mention for catching the hard stuff. You may wanna get it before evolving into Venusaur though since if I remember correctly, Venusaur gets it pretty late.

@DolphyBlueDrake

10 ай бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Lol, who picks Charmander? If you think you "need" a Fire-type, just get a Growlithe right outside Celadon. Celadon is the only place where Fire is even somewhat useful since the Grass Gym is there, and Arcanine has better stats than Charizard. _Way_ better stats. But even then, you can just sweep the whole Grass Gym with a Fearow with Drill Peck. It's almost as if Fire is useless in Gen 1!

“It gets STAB bonus” 8:14 Ah yes, same type attack bonus bonus.

@ImportedCheese

11 ай бұрын

ATM machine

And more seriously, can't wait for Johto. Especially what will you say about Whitney fight (the saving grace for the best starter, Chikorita).

Fury cutter doubles it's power every time it's used in succession paired with something like a wide lens it's really scary lol Arguably better than rollout for trying to set up sweeps

@ghengiroo4143

3 жыл бұрын

True but not for the first few gens.

This brings me back to a time when I didn't know fainted pokemon could still use HM moves. Had Wartortle who got roasted by Surge. Exit gym. See tree. Oh no.... I'm trapped forever! Welp, guess I have no choice but to restart the entire game and pick Charmander this time. 12/10 no regrets

Ok. At the time of writting this comment i already love your video. And im only about 2 minutes in, it is rare that I immediately like a KZreadr discussing any of my interests. But that offensive Stat comment immediately gained you. Spot in the top ten!!

My favorite starter is Pablo, it’s such a cute little guy and I don’t know *when* it became my favorite, but it did

Swords dance, Earthquake, Body Slam, Rock Slide and Chari just takes everything. 1 swords dance will one-shot everyone on the first 3 elite four with EQ.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

I agree on Bruno/Agatha, but Lorelei uses three beefy bois (Cloyster, Slowbro, Lapras) who can all take a +2 hit and retaliate. You could always Swords Dance multiple times, but then you need to hope that you don't hit the 20% chance to crit, negating your own boosts.

@ShiningJudgment666

3 жыл бұрын

Zard also doesn't get Rock Slide in gen 1. Only way you can get it is Gen 2 trade-backs since it's an Egg move from there. Yeah, that's why teambuilding is important. Unless you're overlevelled, he will struggle a bit in unfavourable match-ups.

I want a comp of your puns...for pain

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

If you're here for the puns, might I recommend my Gen 1 "Egg" move run? It's basically a half an hour of aggressive egg / food puns with a pokemon game in the background, I guess. Behold! kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4WomJaDo5efXco.html

I always preferred Charmander to the other two, but they're all useful. I got to use all three in Yellow, so that's what I did.

Little boys pick Charmander cuz "it's a dragon!" Adults pick Bulbasaur cuz "L A Z E R FROG"

@ImportedCheese

10 ай бұрын

WORTHLESS typing

I know that Pikachu as a starter sucks but in a red or blue playthrough, Pikachu/Raichu would be the only electric I would consider using in a playthrough, due to the fact it gets surf. For the actual topic I would use Venusar due to having the best design, Double stab and always crit razor leafs.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, I'm not sure even Surf is enough to redeem Pikachu, its stats are just...unforgiveable. Really cute, though! My favorite Gen 1 electric type is probably Eevee, just hop over to the department store, pick up a thunderstone, and start blastin'.

@3.2187_Kilometres

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese I was talking about using Pikachu/Raichu in a normal playthrough by itself it's awful. Jolteon unfortunately has the issue of I've only got electric and normal type moves meaning it can't get past any ground types (funny enough this issue still stays with Jolteon even nowdays now that HP ice got snapped).

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, my mistake. Jolteon can actually get both Double Kick and Pin Missile, which can at least affect ground types, but you should probably just switch out >.> I think modern Pikachu has access to Grass Knot, which is pretty nifty.

@ShiningJudgment666

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Pikachu can't get Surf without Stadium or glitches in gen 1. I usually ditch it in Yellow once it's done its job of beating Misty. I can do without until I pick up Jolteon or Zapdos since you don't miss out on much without an Electric at that point in the game. Zapdos also kinda destroys Sabrina with just Drill Peck. Jolteon's attack is also kinda pretty bad but gen 1 crits make its physical movepool sort of viable. It can do more than Zapdos to the Rock/Ground types that wall him but its bulk is paper. Modern Pikachu also does get Grass Knot.

I'd say pikachu is the best starter because you won't feel bad for stuffing it in a box after you caught your nido.

it took me 220 years but i found someone who actually appreciates bulbsaur

Personally I think the fact that Squirtle remains a pure water type needs to be factored in a bit more. Despite Venusaur not being able to use many poison moves or Charizard not getting any flying moves, at least the dual typing helps offer some defensive advantages. Water is a good typing, but I think that Squirtle should have gotten a dual type like the other 2 pokemon.

@ImportedCheese

Жыл бұрын

it would be better if it were a dual type and actually got offensive stab, but defense doesn't really matter past like....the third gym

@JStamato

Жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Love your videos bro

"we're going to be ranking them based on stats and matchups" "this is all subjective" good to see we have two statements that go against each other before it even starts

Overall Bulbasaur is best due to being good in-game and being competitively viable in PVP battles.

"Waifu type erica" That had me in the first half

Fat toad with a flower sucking it's shit out, a flying lizard with fire powers, a turtle with pipes in it's back

You could add the leech seed toxic stacking glitch for bulbasaur

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

That's true, but it's slow! We gotta go fast!

Fun fact: Bulbasaur is the best grass starter

You had me at “Greetings, my name is Imported Cheese.”

@ImportedCheese

2 жыл бұрын

Easy line to write! It's my name!

I've been eagerly waiting for the Gen 2 sequel to this video, mostly because I love hearing you crap on grass types

@ImportedCheese

2 жыл бұрын

We have a major vacation here in Japan this upcoming week, I'll try my best.

It's Squirtle because that's the one I chose and I swear to God, anyone that disagrees will get Hydropumped and not even grass typing will save you.

No one cares that I’m commenting on an old video, it was in my recommended video feed. In gen 1, if we are talking about Pokémon that are good to get through the game, then bulbasaur, in gen 1 it can use growth to take advantage of the badge boost glitch so it can reck everything. Yet, if we are ranking them by themselves then squirtle is best, it can learn ice moves which are super against bulbasaur, yet it’s also a water type so bye charmander. I like squirtle the most so 😂

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, I care that you're commenting! Charizard is the best. I know I made a 30 minute long video that concludes that Charizard is very much not the best, but it's all just uh, propaganda, Charizard is the best!!

Wow! amazing vídeo!

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Ah, thank you! Any points you disagree with or edits you thought could be improved?

Solid video!

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching! Any parts that you felt dragged on or could have been trimmed down?

@vanderan

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese Not really, you said what you needed to say, put a few jokes in there, and finished it. Pretty good IMO.

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

@@vanderan Thanks a million! I hope to see you in the next one!

Actually, Lance suffers from Peanut Brain AI and a level 1 ekans can beat his Dragonite and 2 Dragonairs with ease. He'll only use Agility and Barrier, nothing else. Venusaur is actually only vulnerable to his gyarados's hyper beam, but it shouldn't 1 shot you, so the fight should be trivial.

Venasaur is definitely a threat in the last Battle with razor leaf. You gotta be like 10 levels over for Ice Beam to Okho. Same with Erika if you try to fight her at even level. Likewise I would say Koga's Pokemon can easily take a Dig and it's not just an open/shut Battle.

Haven't watched the video yet,but love squirtle it gets shell smash (or atleast blastoise) coverage for grass types with ice beam and overall a pretty good movepool with identical atk and sp.atk making it unpredictable,also water is easily one of the top 4 typings out there,along with Dragon,Fairy&Steel

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

I believe I concluded that Blastoise did indeed win the Gen 1 starter war, at least for in-game

This video was puntastic

Uploader: I'm a loser Me: IDK, I kinda think you'd be a cool dude to talk to. Uploader: Source: Dude trust me. Me: (>'.')> come here... bring it in.

@priestesslucy3299

3 жыл бұрын

'Waifu type Erica' Checks out

Ah yes, the well known protagonist of the original Pokemon games, "a". And his douchebag rival, "A".

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Hey, the B-roll footage from the "A Button Only!" run was what I had on hand, all right >.> I was also hoping that people wouldn't be able to read it and catch on to my antics...ya got me.

OOOH the avater opening im crying XD

Will this series return? This was the video that had me subscribe back then

@ImportedCheese

3 ай бұрын

Eventually

@matthewmullins4046

3 ай бұрын

@@ImportedCheese as long as it's before we die 😎

afaik, I traded my Pokemon Yellow Pikachu to my Red version, evolved it, and traded it back. Yeah, it lost all the interation bits, but I mean, I had a Raichu.

I would largest media franchise of all time out of ten still choose Pikachu, then get the whole squad together for late game!

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Living the Ash roleplaying dream!

Your humor and editing are awesome you deserve way more subscribers. Also, never realized how good squirtle was against the bosses. Might have to use him next time I play blue.

Gonna have to sup an like after that first 30 sec

Supa hot fiya is my favourite non existent attack Pls nerf

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Non-existent? Have you ever gotten a RBY Charizard to lv 100? It's real, man, just like Mew is under that truck...

@sleprvrru6y-lin-92

3 жыл бұрын

@@ImportedCheese i knew it, gamefreak loved charizard since the very beginning. *honestly i never was a fan of charizard and i havent used one in about 12 years*

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

@@sleprvrru6y-lin-92 I mean, I've been a hardcore Charizard fanboy, but once I found out how mediocre he was my fanaticism definitely died down. Good thing both his megas are fantastic! What's that? Megas are gone? Uh...dragons! Fire! (Gamefreak pls bring back megas...if you truly do wish to milk us fanboys...)

@sleprvrru6y-lin-92

3 жыл бұрын

The charizard megas were definitely busted, maybe they're just hiding megas from us because they're turning all existing megas into charizard megas. Wait its all charizard? *it always has been* Ever since stealth rock appeared i figured out that he wasnt the best - Moltres exists and does everything charizard wants to but better

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

@@sleprvrru6y-lin-92 I'm pretty sure their endgame is to give every pokemon an alternate Charizard form, it would be in like with their policy thus far. Hey, Charizard is 10 points of speed faster than Moltres! And...it gets Belly Drum! And...uh....it looks cooler...?

Pikachu is underperforming because they starved it to sell better. Say no to Anorexia! Bring back Chunky Pika!

@ImportedCheese

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh we're talking about OG Pikachu at the peak of his Thiccness, tho! Skinny Pikachu from Let's Go is actually much stronger!

That was great

Damn, didn’t even mention the leech seed-toxic glitch(yes i know he pointed out he wouldnt be using those types of moves but its so insanely good)