Azumarill is like the move Rollout in Pokemon form. It starts from existing but not actually existing in Gen 1, to actually existing but being terrible in Gen 2, to getting huge power, to getting physical water moves, to being blessed with fairy typing as time went on.

"And through TM and HM it gets Dynamic Punch in case you wanna miss..." I almost spat my drink at my laptop, that was unexpected xD

@silverrey7379

Жыл бұрын

I mean, half of the gen 1 mons get Fissure, and most of the mons that get it there are pretty slow, which basically means it will ALWAYS MISS

@jamesdigital8841

Жыл бұрын

Same. I laughed so hard at that line.

No wonder why it got Huge Power as an ability in Gen 3

@Batlas

Жыл бұрын

Even broken huge power has helped me solo/farm for a good team in SV.

@CoffeeFlavoredMilk

Жыл бұрын

Azumarill is actually pretty good in-game in Gens 4 and beyond, especially when it gets the Fairy-type. Hits like a truck, quite tanky, and good level-up and TM movepool. Helps that in most cases its really easy to get and has quite early availability.

@TMSreptiles

Жыл бұрын

@@CoffeeFlavoredMilk it’s also been good I’m competitive battling!!

@tylerd1297

Жыл бұрын

@@CoffeeFlavoredMilk it's actually a pretty good pokemon in general lol, power creep and Tapu Fini has sunk it slightly in competitive but it's still very good. BD/SP made it OU again in that tier. Seen plenty of VGC use through the years. It's *okay* in Generation 3 in game *if* you get it set up with full Ev investment and the only good TM's it can learn. It's still slow, and isn't hitting that hard with Return and Brick Break/Focus Punch. And unless you're solo run-ing they'd be better used on something else.

@n64_kfp

Жыл бұрын

I'm pleasantly surprised. Azumarill did much better than I thought it would. Hope to see a playthrough one day in a future gen with huge power.

Seeing a Pikablu run is cool. Hope to see a Yoshi run in Yellow soon. You know, you can evolve Dragonite to Yoshi in the game. Billy on the playground told me that.

@InternetLad

Жыл бұрын

Only if you beat the elite four 1000 times and eat an entire light bulb

@yaziyo

Жыл бұрын

it's true my uncle works for nintendo

JRose and Scott doing the whole dueling fiddles thing is overloading my work poop schedule 😂

Azumarill celebrating his HOF induction is the cutest

Feels so wrong for marill to have the same party sprite as jigglypuff

@ScottsThoughtsPokemon

Жыл бұрын

It does…

I think a major reason the Gen 2 results are more clustered is just better game balance. There was a big focus on every Pokemon, no matter how weak, having a chance to shine in Gen 2 compared to games like Gen 1 and Gen 5 where you have mons like Beedrill and Unpheasant next to mons like Alakazam and Excadrill. Even the really good Gen 2 Pokemon tend to have quad weaknesses or low stats in one or two categories and even the really bad ones tend to get wide movepools and set up strategies.

I too remember the Pikablu days. I’ve always loved Marill; it’s so cute and round! And it’s ears are so round too! And then it gets bunny ears! So cuuuute!

Wow fast growth rate is so OP! As a kid I used to sweep the entire game with Gatr, but it would take it so much longer to reach that high a level by the end. As a result I'm guessing Azu's weaker offences get balanced out and it can knock anything important out fast enough anyway. So cool that it ends up being great even before Huge Power.

Currently watching your month of videos from sunny Cape Verde, where tonight this one is a balm against England's world Cup defeat by France. Thanks again for this amazing surplus of content.

The almighty Weedle was of course the greatest of all challenges 😂

Azumarill's artwork is peak "Does this look like the face of mercy?"

Looks like that Hiker who found his way into the pokemon league managed to get his revenge during this playthrough 😂

Pikablu ♡ I doubt it will do great, but looking forward to seeing how it fares! Decent coverage, decent defense, abysmal offense. Seems very doable, but the low offense will likely inflate the time needed to finish.

@vizzy61

Жыл бұрын

wow, that's how you know scott's made it. he's got scam bots impersonating him in his comments.

I love your content Scott! Usually your Canadian accent doesn’t show through very much, but when you were saying rollout it sounded like roll-ote 😂. Keep up the awesome content!

Excited for this one (obviously haven't seen the whole video yet). I remember I used to think Azumarill was a pretty "Eh" pokemon but then I heard it was pretty damn good. It was when I played a Pokemon Emerald Nuzlocke and used an Azumaril that became a reliable pillar of defense for my team when really started to love this pokemon. RIP Ferix the Azumarill. Died to Dragon Dance Boosted Critical Body Slam from Drake's Kingdra.

@Romeder

Жыл бұрын

It was eh until abilities came in. Gen 2 was not kind to Azumaril.

@GhGh-gq8oo

Жыл бұрын

Without huge power it’s garbage

@Zulk_RS

Жыл бұрын

Mine had Thick Fat. It was good as a defensive option.

@collinqs2541

Жыл бұрын

Critical hits aren’t boosted by dragon dance. Crits don’t take stat boosts or decreases in to account.

@Zulk_RS

Жыл бұрын

@@collinqs2541 In Gen 1 crits ignore stat changes. I'm pretty sure Gen 3 Crits count your stat boosts though. If you boost your attack/sp.atk stat, your crits would also probably do more damage.

Azumarill is the doom blueberry. Especially when it gets belly drum, its kinda funny to watch it massacre everything

@silverrey7379

Жыл бұрын

Imagine if it got a priority before gen 4, (only priority moves in gen 3 are Quick Attack and Extreme Speed) It would be amazing We all know how good it was (and still is) after receiving Aqua Jet

I guess I should congratulate you, Scott; you're officially famous enough to have bots. Rollout is so fun to use though. I remember one time in the Trainer Tower in LeafGreen I was up against a trainer with a Snorlax that had it and Return. Thing gave me a run for my money, that's for sure. I was thinking Azumarill wouldn't do so hot without Huge Power but it did pretty good here!

absolutely excited for this one. the marill line was a favorite of mine as a kid

Rollout is completely busted in this generation in my opinion. I know a big german challenge runner who bans this move in his solo runs. Maybe you should use it as a last resort move? :) Im a big fan of your videos by the way. Keep up the good work! 😄

@ScottsThoughtsPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Imo rollout isn’t that over powered because it locks you in and can miss. Yes it’s very strong, but for a lot of Pokémon there is usually a better option. (typically return haha)

@BrisanteStories

Жыл бұрын

@@ScottsThoughtsPokemon The thing is if it hits it can cheese hard fights very easy. Its ofcourse worse when resets are counted in the valuation of the Pokemon. But imo with 90% acc it goes through maybe 50% against all the enemies pokemon. 50% chance to cheese a whole fight is a lot in my opinion. But bro do what you want, like I said love your videos. 😋

I love the little detail where the text box blinks along with Lance’s theme at 29:17

I always throw on the ipad while I cook and you’re usually my go-to, love the videos

Azumarill is my single favourite pokemon since Black 2! I've even taken it through a crystal solo so I can empathize with this run more than any other. My run I let go of rollout too early and didn't have a good HP type so I had to surf through Morty, and it took me a while to figure out I should be using rest so Karen gave me trouble, other than that it was almost identical to your second playthrough, it's a really intuitive pokemon to use. Like it has all the tools it needs without any distracting fluff moves or long dead space

@tjentiji6022

Жыл бұрын

Right on! I'm using a Thick Fat ability Azumarill in my playthrough of pokemon violet. Even without the Huge Power ability it's a very good water type pokemon. Those defenses are solid.

I simply love Azumarill! Its rabbit ears, its cute round form, such a cute design! That's my favorite run so far Scott! Thank you very much! You know what? Marill was kind of forgot this generation, no one uses it, it's not important in any fight! I don't know if you,ve done already but you could do maybe a run with lantern line! I guess it is also one cute forgot Pokemon! Anyway, I always look forward to your next challenge! This month, I gotta say, you're doing a lot, I 'm enjoy really much but don't exhaust yourself out, but thank you anyway! Luck for you, always!

Scott you been doing a lotta work lately. Love that new uploads are coming out so frequently now

The overlay is great. I don’t have to go back to the beginning to see all the options/stats

your content is amazing, and so consistent i love it!!!!! and your voice is soothing

been using one for the first time in a bw2 playthrough recently, it's actually really great. big fan of it now

This I am excited for, i know its it not going to be good here, HUGE POWER made it pretty good as did the Fairy typing later.

@briandinh9169

Жыл бұрын

^ Bot

I'm glad I'm not the only one that still calls this line Pikablu!

patiently waiting for any frlg content from you. but still enjoying all your content!

You've outdone yourself with the title! Outstanding

You should do this again with azumarill but mod crystal to always double your attack stat meaning you always have huge power. Would be interesting to see how much better that makes it in gen 2 specifically.

Scott's thoughts of xmas... thank you all the content

All this talk about the Almighty Weedle reminds me of an old meme of Weedle being the ultimate Saiyan repellant because Goku is afraid of needles while Vegeta is afraid if bugs. XD

Pyrce being the worst gym leader makes him being the big villain of the Pokemon Special GSC arc even funnier.

Dang scott’s PP jokes are unrivaled😂

Azumarill actually got better every following gen. It got huge power in gen 3 effectively doubling its attack. Then due to the physical special split it could use its water moves from the physical side and some other moves(ice punch and superpower). Moreover,in gen 6 it got the fairy typing which made it so good! Bellydrum ,aqua jet,ice punch and play rough is a very threatening set in competitive!

@resonae17

Жыл бұрын

And in gen 5 it got pseudo buffed with rain, and gen 7 it was pseudo buffed by being one of the best Z move abusers. I was convinced it was gonna be buffed or pseudo buffed every gen. And then it got axed until isle of armor and didn't even get buffed in gen 8. Oh well

Azumarill has gotten so many buffs across the generations that it's practically a different pokemon today. Gen 3 gave it Huge Power, Gen 4's phys/special split gave it usable water STABs and coverage like Superpower and Ice Punch, and Gen 6 made it Water/Fairy (still one of the best all-around type combos in the game). Forget Pikachu favoritism, Pikablu is clearly the dev team's favourite.

Yay Azumarill!! One of my favorite lines. Also 22:45 yay for three Dragonair in the intro! Lol. And three Dragonite as well, later on!

I'm old enough to experience both memes... Pikablu and huge power juggernaut

I remember when I first found Marill next to Ecruteak City and that it was adorable but also tanky looking. I didn’t know it evolved and was pumped when it did. I really enjoyed using it with the Defense Curl/Rollout combo.

The leaderboard with a sneak peak at Espeon and Umbreon though. LOL.

Azumarill in later generations is so daaaaaamn good. My problem with gen 2 is that most of Johto mons are in Kanto :(

Kinda excited for this one. The Marill is my favourite line and no, i'm not one of the kids who believed in Pikablu, because i got introduced to pokémon in during DS runtime aka platinum, but is more of a combination of factors: The tail design is intriguing, the concept of azurill being premature is weird, the rounded design with blue and white is so adorable, so was the kinda bounce animation in the 3DS (One of the few well animated mons alongside Ludicolo, Hitmontop and Spinda. 3D mons look so lifeless 80-90% of the time), and well, huge power means is a simple yet deadly beatstick, my favourite kind of playstyle and wheter was AV, Sitrus belly drum or CB, it was good at its job.

@N12015

Жыл бұрын

Oh wonderful, EVEN SCOTT'S THOUGHTS HAS SPAM.

I remember what Pikablu was supposed to be being two different things. One was Marill, though at the time I saw the picture of "Pikablu" I already knew what Marill was. The other was a Surfing Pikachu. I would read fake tutorials of how to get Pikablu online, (usually involving "Bill's garden") but then I'd read how to get Surfing Pikachu legitimately and was kind of confused because I didn't play the games at that point. And then I got a Gameboy and Pokemon Crystal and tried the Egg Moves method. (Which in these games you'd have to teach the egg directly, if I remember right.) It worked, but only because I kept forgetting what gender the parent Pokemon has to be for the baby to be that species. So I got a Marill who knew Surf at birth.

I would love to see a meowth/persian run in either yellow or crystal, the ability to generate extra cash with payday would be interesting to see how it affects the game

@tsawy6

Жыл бұрын

He's done meowth in yellow. He used payday a very small amount

That Run 2 Blue fight was... Nice ;)

Funny how an azumaril video comes out when it’s raining here

The Pikablu line reminded me of an ancient German fan site where I read that rumour way back when. I just checked, and it's still online.

Pryce in the artwork is a classy gent whereas in-game he's that drunk grampa in the barbacue

Third reason: Brock. He's a much bigger wall in Gen 1 than Faulkner is in Gen 2. Nearly everyone can do neutral damage to the birds, but to get past Brock you need super effective damage, special attacks, or lots of levels.

I was listening to this and playing around on a new save file of Scarlet. Found a shiny Wooper before the first city! Seems like you're good luck!

Hold up. Correct me if I'm wrong, but... Rollout's base power = 30. Add defense curl (x2) = 60 Add stab (for a rock-type; x1.5) = 90 Add hard stone (x1.1) = 99 (let's just say 100) That means used on the fifth turn... 100x2=200=400=800=1600! If used on a flying type, that's 3200! If that flying type is also fire, ice, or bug, then 6400! That's almost 10x ancient power and swift! Hot dang! Edit: forgot about Brock's badge. That's another 12.5%. That makes it over 7000 power!!! 😵

@ScottsThoughtsPokemon

Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Rollout is very good.

Since you're doing Gen 2 and 3 now, you should test out Pokemon with and without egg moves! Are egg moves OP? Ps. I'm pretty sure it's pronounced A-zoo-marill. Like in Azure, not a short "Azu".

16:40 Actually, HP Ground would have been stronger because the Attack badge boost beats an increase of 1 BP. Though, granted, the difference was minimal.

Pikablu is cute and was the best Gen 1/2 leak early on and also feel like ground HP is like always used in this game cause Jasmine even if water would be neutral

5:53 - "i guess weedle is stong but Faulkner isn't" Of course, Faulkner doesn't have a wEakNess poLICyyy 😍

Dynamic punch, just in case you wanna miss. Lmao I died.

45:12 Wait a minute… Espeon in S-Tier? I don‘t remember you doing a video on it, maybe it’s a future release? Anyways, glad that it‘s comparable to legendaries; I speedrun Espeon as an alternate Main Pokémon in Crystal, my current time is 3:51:53 on vanilla Crystal, without speeding up the game!

Marill was always such a cutie!

Yuuh dude i remember the pokegod rumors on the playground that takes me back!

Lmfao Scott when you say Rollout your accent becomes thick.

pikablu was really good , even though I didn't had that much hopes for that one , but that rollout defense curl strat was on point to a certain point , I would say up until the mid game . But then the combo of return curse was really getting the job done ,and I mean this Pokémon even got an s tier finish , if it wasn't for that giga chad Weedle 🤣. That kind of makes me wonder how would Shukle would do with this strat? other then that , thanks for changing my perspective on the Maril line .😄

I know you like to do native gen pokemon for runs before doing earlier gens, but Id be super interested to see an Azumarill run in Emerald now

Man this run was a rollercoaster!

So, fun fact: I went with my grandparents in 1998 to Atlanta, and I bought a Pikablue figure from a shop. My grandma told me she would give me $20 per day that I was good, and, at the end of the trip, I was able to afford Ocarina of Time for $80. Man. Those were the days. I miss those times.

Everyone will now live in fear of weedle

You should do tyranitar vs dragonite. I think it would be a good video since they are 2 very strong pseudo legendaries and it would be nice to see who would win. Maybe dragonite vs kingdra would be more fitting but kingdra is a trade evo so I think you'd do that separate. I think tyranitar would win due to the early game moveset

21:36 Update: Just finished, and man having the fast growth rate really does come in clutch

If possible plz do Pseudo Legendary comparison like dragonite vs salamce or dragonite vs tyranitar ...

To me Azumarill is like the Gen 2 equivalent of clafable Bulky Diverse enough move pool Gets fairy buff Slow af Really good in playthrough and competitive

3:25 - "weedle is too strong" of course, @WeedleTwineedle is too strong, you activated their wEakNess poLICyyy 😍

Gen 2 introduced a lot of Pokemon that I feel are either mistyped or a missed opportunity for a unique (at the time) typing; Sunflora not being Grass/Fire is probably the biggest disappointment to me, but a much lesser example is the Azurill family not being Water/Normal - especially given how Azurill is Normal type. Would certainly have helped to give them STAB Normal and even an immunity to Ghost, possibly more than the attempt at compensating for the lacking attack stat with Huge Power in generation 3.

I ran out of PP on the same Weedle with Cyndaquil the other day 😂😂😂. Wasn’t paying attention at all…

I'm no programer so this might be a shit idea If you pick rollout, double rollout's effective damage every time "rollout" appears in the text box. If "fight" shows up on screen (meaning it missed or ended), reset to initial value Would something like this work?

19:16 is it possible the AI sees that you’re faster and wants to slow you down, similar to how Roxanne’s Nosepass sees Rock Tomb as a stat lowering move in Gen 3?

I can see return ice beam surf and perhaps some awesome move you came up with in order to win. Keep going Scott! I am a huge fan

Hey Scott, My fiancé and I been loving your content since you started. Wigglytuff and Igglybuff are her favorite Pokémon and she wanted to know if you would consider an Igglybuff solo run! Though I understand if that would be too painful to do, since it’s a terrible Pokémon.(hopefully she doesn’t see that I said that)

Azumarill desperately needed an ability. And the physical/special split. And the fairy type. And a strong and accurate STAB move like Liquidation In summary, Azumarrill needed a lot to be good.

@llSuperSnivyll

8 ай бұрын

And Belly Drum.

Your comment about Tri Attack sometimes being a Fire Type move made me wonder, what if it was always Fire, Ice, and Electric type. How that would do against abilities like Flash Fire and Volt Absorb aside, it would be neutral against Normal, Fighting, Poison, Psychic, Ice, Ghost, Dark, Steel and Fairy, while being resisted by Water, Electric, Rock, and Dragon; being double resisted by Fire; presumably ineffective against Ground; super effective against Grass and Bug; and finally double super effective against Flying. Butterfree beware! Not altogether very good though

I would love to see a solo Run of the Marill Line with Huge Power ability at Fire Red or Emerald. What would be sick is Azumarill: Nature which boosts Attack + Huge Power + Belly Drum + Rest

It's funny to see how many people here in the comments thought Azumarill wasn't very good in Gen 2 but this playthrough shows otherwise. Sure, it's not a threat on the competitive side, but not all Pokemon are meant for competitive pvp; some are just fine being a beast in regular playthroughs.

Made it all the way to the ultimate test at a NICE level!

I'm stoked. I love this little champion.

You should just make a mod that changes Venomoth's type with the joke.

Interesting to see how it’ll do without Huge Power.

Pikablu… I haven’t heard that name in 84 years

Pikablu is such a good name.

huge power on azumarill is even better since in japan it’s name is muscle man

I'm using a huge power Azumarill in violet and it is a beast

Metronome. Splash. That's hilarious.

Azumarill is incredibly egg-shaped😨 I remember I had a playthrough of Gold with Feraligatr, Weepinbell and Azumarill as a young one, good times. Oddly, I think I didn't evolve Weepinbell to Victreebel back then🤔 is it even possible to obtain a Leaf Stone before meeting Bill's grandfather in Kanto in Gold/Silver? I know Crystal had those trainers that would call & give you stones sometimes.

@SombreroPharoah

Жыл бұрын

The girl in the grass below Celadon will phone you and give a leaf stone

35:45 nice

Azumarill is a beast. I have one in my Violet team and it just hammers so many things with the extra attack

I love your content. I follow you since a while and always enjoyed your ways to improve your times and our viewer experience. But one thing which annoys me a bit: In gen 2 (maybe even in gen 3) the enemy stats don't align with your own. Speed is the 4th slot on the left side but on the right side it's the last slot. It'd be great if you make it the same order (whichever you prefer).

It didn’t forget it just wanted to be fancy

Do you have to keep using defense curl after every rollout ends to get buff… or only use defense curl once and then can just spam as many rollouts you want (keeping the buff from only using the fist defense curl)

I was expecting a much worse finish but the fast growth rate must have came in clutch for it.