Can You Beat Pokémon Legends: Arceus Using Only a Magikarp? 

I really enjoyed how many rival battles you were allowed to lose in Arceus, it made it feel like an actual rivalry instead of me just curb stomping Hop while he talks about how we're equals

I'm baffled by them removing moves from Magikarp, especially since there are Pokedex entries talking about how they used to be much stronger in the past

the most painful part of this i noticed is your magikarp had minus attack and boosted spa, which probably honestly didnt hurt terribly but plus attack minus spa is definitely ideal here

wow...simultaneously pulling a Magikarp-Only run AND a Struggle-Only run, at the Same Time...

I feel like them removing moves from magickarps move pool just feels mean. Like there’s no reason for them to do it they just did it to punch down on that was already terrible for no reason.

Every single volo moment had me giggling regardless of if I knew it was coming Your humor is enjoyable and you put a lot of effort into your videos! Keep up the great work c:

ok but the cynthia theme jumpscare when volo first appears is fucking glorious editting

congrats on finishing this absurd run, and that struggle bug is super weird. As a note for future Arceus runs-you can force spawn new pokemon without having to return to the village by double resting at a bed, with best/most consistent results being sleeping until midday and then sleeping until dawn so it forces 2 days to pass. Used this to try and do shiny hunting stuff...to mixed success

_Legends Arceus could've gave Magikarp some insane moves and just used Biological Evolution as an excuse as to why it doesn't have those moves in Modern Day._

that struggle miss mechanic is so weird... why would they even bother adding something like that to a move that 99% of players will never see?? yet it still wasnt enough to stop a singular magikarp LMAO

Absolute legend, I would have given up after learning Magikarp only learns Splash and definitely thought it was over with the weird dodgy Munchlax, bravo 👏

Really great video but I can only imagine the pain and suffering you went through to make this 😅 Magikarp definitely didn’t need another nerf 😵‍💫

Man this was amazing, and with an MODEST magikarp too, literally the worst possible nature and you did it. You are super underrated and I hope you get more subscribers.

20:17 I have a theory why. starting around the second half, the clan leaders and wardens start doing multiple pokemon at once, in others words, the game started doing final fantasy nes jank and aimed at nonexistent mons. it's why it's a coin flip

After beating Pokemon Gen 1 to 6 (Blue, Gold, Emerald, Platinum, White, and X) with a single Magikarp (and a Ditto in Gen 1 for the Ghost types), I highly appreciate this video. Unfortunately I don't have a switch yet, so I can't do this run just yet. Next on my list for now is Ultra Moon. Thank you for this video!

Man beat Volo with a fish

Magikarp no longer flops It floats!

This is honestly quite impressive. Not something I would've dared do. Absolute mad lad.

This video is a testament to the power of healing items. Also, good job on surviving the insanity inducing run lol

your commitment is so admirable i had to subscribe!

i feel nothing but complete despair and dread watching this. i would have given up a thousand times over.

Another really cool video, keep it up This challenge really turned much more interesting than what I initially thought it would be

Well… there is still one more thing you can do… get to 50 in the endless battle reverie.

Okay did not know they removed Tackle and Flail.. Struggle is also weird only in the Clan fights for most part.. The surprise at not taking damage is fine.. I had the inverse when I was 10 levels above a random Drifloon and still got OHKO'd because damage calcs are so weird in this game I swear... Like my theory is the damage calcs are in some kinda weird tiering.. like if two Pokemon are similar levels and on same invisible tier (ie Bidoof and Starly) damage works out as expected for most part.. but if like.. well Magikarp is probably on lower tier than even them then it takes a lot more levels to offset it (ie Shinx using spark on Magikarp vs Starly.. Starly doesn't have to be as high of level to start living earlier than Magikarp has to be to do the same) My only evidence for this theory is even in main series pretty sure Magikarp would live stuff at least sometimes when 20-30 levels above stuff.. if not earlier... That Meli fight at start of the Highlands? On my playthrough when he asked I had clicked "no" so I could prepare.. and he just let me pass.. my only fight with Meli was the one with all 3 mons lol But because of that.. how many fights can be skipped by just saying "no"? Like.. how many losses were avoidable coin flips? Okay I have an idea.. the fights against trainers where Stuggle worked? They use Pokeballs.. other times they are seemingly half treated as wild mons.. and.. maybe since sometimes there can be up to 3 mons in those fights Struggle is just programmed weird and not realizing there isn't the max amount of targets and "missing" the only thing on the field.. and then you said Struggle still missed even when 3 mons were on the field... so maybe just maybe there was a chance more mons were gonna appear in multi battles but the idea was scrapped but data for it still existed for Struggle, and since it is not a thing most playtesters would be testing for... it got overlooked

Should've let that Magikarp evolve at the end. Sure as hell earned it. But I suppose maybe it didn't since it was unable to defeat the game's true antagonist: *potatoes*

does he realise he can chose who he can attack in battle by usig the ZL button

they should really take away any recoil when using struggle, either have it hit or not hit just for the people who want to do interesting challenges like this. great video and keep up the work

I have no idea why struggle was behaving oddly. Such behavior isn't even on bulbapedia.

The editing in this is so good. Love the volo moments lmao

This was amazing! Can't believe I haven't seen that many Legend Arceus challenges before

Honestly, as someone who did a pacifist run of PLA (that is, only battling when absolutely mandatory, and even then attempting to catch pokémon (in forced battles like alpha kricketune) by chucking balls without damaging them) I have full confidence before watching that you'll be able to do it since there are shockingly few *mandatory* battles... good luck with the postgame boss though, if you end up trying it. edit: 48 mins in and you've 'completed' the main story... time for ~15 minutes focused on my favourite character 🎉🎉 edit2: congrats on beating him with the world's most pathetic fish oh my god

dude this video was so entertaining and interesting- how does it only have 20k views?! this is a crime ToT

I'm pretty sure Struggle missing has something to do with trainers who use no pokeballs, I have no other explanation since unless I missed something every trainer who uses balls is hit with Struggle

I had no idea that Magikarp didn't even get Tackle in this game

Surprised there are so few trainer battles with electrice type pokemon

Wow, magikarp is even worse than usual in this game. Why would you remove moves from Magikarp?

I really like your videos. Keep up the good work

Funny thing i didnt know about the possibility to send my pokemon to fight the bosses... So i basicaly just exhausted my dudes arm and yeeted these things at the dudes

Kind of sad that this video was overshadowed by Keegan J’s video on Magikarp.

This deserves more views

I made the mistake of watching this video in the presence of my dear wife; and EVERY SINGLE TIME he said "drain splash's PP", she chuckled and started cracking jokes. I got my money's worth out of this video in so many ways.

Did I missed the part where you talk about mints or you decided to be a f-psycho and did all of this with a modest Magikarp?

I just can't believe it's possible to move first without Giratina getting a free two-hit KO on your lead Pokémon, especially when it's a Magikarp! Guess I must have been under-leveled when I fought him. 🤷🏼‍♂️

Jeez, every time I heard the Volo theme, I got worried irl.

IT'S THE KING OF KARP: MAGIKARP! ...oooaaahhh...

Oh wow, and youre sticking to a single Magikarp too?

Thanks RU-vid for waiting 8 months to give me a notification for a channel I am literally subscribed to. Ugh! RU-vid sucks sometimes!

It's dumb how missing a move that does recoil. That shouldn't be how recoil work.

great video!! this was so fun to watch

I would have given in and grabbed the alpha magikarp so fast

Now I wonder if it's possible to beat Palworld with only a Chikipi

The *_Struggle_* is real.

Magikkarp is my favorite pokemon

Man, idk why you’re incessant on torturing yourself but this entire channel is a testament to your patience and intelligence. Nothing but good luck for your channel, man 🫡

But...WHY would they remove Tackle? I have the game but have barely played it to where I don't even think I learned about the tasks yet. I legitimately don't remember because last time I even turned on the console was over a year ago. The one thing I do remember is you're in the past...so maybe this is lore related? Like, it evolved (hah) to learn how to protect itself via tackle, which explains why modern Magikarp can use it, but these can't.

Do this again but with a garydos show them what true power is

After a certain point, this challenge went from "can magikarp beat..." to "can the game beat itself?" XD Thats not saying you did nothing to make it happen, but if the endgame is just waiting for the opponent's struggle, then you are not really making active progress anymore. Contributing, yes. Speeding up the process with your own attacks? no.

I had fun with it

nice video!!! where is that "join" button???????

holy shit

Are you sure you don’t want to go the Mario rpg saga coinless but I can’t because I do t have a capture card so I can’t record footage, again I would love to but I can’t

Could you not have ever used agile style to deplete splash's pp by 2, and increase the chance of getting two turns in a row?...

Magikarp learned aka 47 attack

Why not drain pp on other Magikarp? Instead of bidoof and shinx

Pixel i have to know how many hours this took you, both Ingame and Realtime!

45:12 broke me

Next video when site?

Leave my son alone

And then he gave up and disappeared from RU-vid forever. Another one bites the dust.

Man that must have been such a huge pain. I'm glad it was possible

Algorithm

I liked the vast majority of the run. But once you devolved into item stalling and evasion strats I had to rescind the like on the video. It wasn't a magikarp run anymore, it was a "Can you beat pokemon by Item Spam". I personally would have just conceded the run because anyone can beat any game if you break it.