Can You Beat Pokémon Violet Without Taking Damage? 

Hey guys, several comments have notified me that critical captures are just superficial animations that occur when you already have the same pokemon, and don't actually affect the catch rate(though the route 1 catch rate still looks to always be 100%). Also, for those you worried about the Ralts at 4:57, I reviewed the footage and have bad news...

I like how this run shows a redemption arc where in sprigatito's first battle, it failed to crit and thus couldn't avoid damage, but upon maturing, it perfects critical hits so well that it's signature move only does so.

fun fact for the algorithm: Hidden Move HMs arent in this game but Herba Mystica stands for Hm which is why it gives Miraidon and Koraidon the new abilities 👍

26:50 You don't need any Miraidon power ups to access the elite four. There's a cave in the main city that leads to the path. I went there before doing any gyms and beat up a level 12 maus trainer, only to get stomped by the next guy's level 52 krokorok.

So, a fun thing you can do with Nemona’s second battle. She terastalizes Pawmi, but the only move it ever goes for is Thundershock, even if your Pokémon has an immunity to it. That means that battle can be very easily cheesed with a level 5 Wooper, which is available immediately after you leave the lighthouse. Every playthrough I have done so far I have simply switched in Wooper after her starter goes down and Mud Shotted her Pawmi to death with no damage.

I love the Vivillon pattern in this game. For those who don't know, the pattern of the ones in Paldea is the Fancy Pattern. Originally, you were only able to get a Vivillon with this specific pattern via the Nintendo Network in July 2014 when the Global Trade System celebrated its 100 millionth trade. So the fact they brought it back for Gen 9 is a detail that I appreciate. As for the storylines, the Titan one is hands down my favorite. Because once you realize why you're collecting the Herba Mystica, you feel bad for (or relate to) Arven and his Mabosstiff and so you're motivated to help him and get his Mabosstiff better and stronger. Not to mention the story connects to the legendaries.

8:27, I never noticed that all of Makuhita's stats are exactly doubled when it evolves. Neat

About egg moves: you actually don’t need to make a sandwich for the Pokémon holding the mirror herb to learn the move, you simply have to spend 30 seconds in picnic mode

6:33 love the slideshow, it's so detailed, it even looks like the actual game!

Flyingfalcons: Where did all the people go? Arceus, disguised as Larry: *Gone, reduced to atoms* As much as I love Spain, it's nice to see they also did their research for the Portuguese bit of the region and that it's not all Spanish. The striped houses in Porto Marinada are based off the ones in Costa Nova, nicknamed the Venice of Portugal. The striped houses there are cottages used by fishermen to store their nets. They're called palheiros, which means haystacks. And Alfornada is based off Sagres. The dishes on the walls are a reference to Artesanato a Mó in Sagres, and the chimneys there are based off ones found all over the Algarve.

I dont think I'm the first to see this but at 4:56 there is a ralts just sitting under the water. I barely caught it as it transitioned to the next scene. I couldn't help but laugh seeing that.

I noticed that you were pushing the emotion button repeatedly at 16:44 but you only need to press it once per emotion; this will save some time as the timer stops each time you press a button. Great vid!

Personally I think the starfall street storyline was my favorite. Expecting it to just be another "We're the antagonists so we must want world destruction for some reason at the cost of the box art legendary" storyline, it actually turned out to have me feeling really bad for just going in and steamrolling them. Then to find out who it was totally not commiting crimes to pay me to do it was absurd and surprisingly unexpected. Also I have a strong biased liking to the character due to relating to them a lot in regards to their experinces and personality. (Also their design is really cute).

I think the reason for the critical captures at the start are due to the area having 100% capture rate, but I could be wrong

3:46 In Scarlet and Violet if you already have a Pokemon of one species, every successful capture attempt on a later Pokemon of that species will play a critical capture animation, but still go through the normal calculation for 3 shakes.

100% loved the Titan storyline literally only because it upgrades your dragon bike and that's my favourite part of this game: getting from point A to point B by riding my dragon bike.

heres a comment for the algorithm: been breeding for a shiny Bombirdier for about 2 days straight, roughly 2000 eggs. i was down to my last half box full, promised myself this was the last batch for the day. hatched it as soon as i pressed play on the video. thanks bro 😎👍

a rare flyingfalcons upload

the ed sheeran jumpscare was horrifying, it was like 2 am when i beat the game and then suddenly ed sheeran starts blasting on the tv

I thought at the start, "There's no way you could possibly go through the game without taking damage", and yet! I'd also say I wound up enjoying the titan storyline the most, when it was my least favorite at the start. I'm playing Scarlet, so running around with my Koraidon has been a lot of fun. I can't imagine how Pokemon will one-up itself next time.

I like how both times he fought Larry he had difficulty the first time he lost and the rematch he got lucky and didn’t hit himself in confusion

I seriously love your videos, dude. I have binged every single one of them in the past 3 days. Your sense of humor perfectly appeals to me but outside of that, your use of strategic replacement of moves, switching of Pokémon, grasp on AI and knowledge of stat training is very interesting and digestible for me! I mainly shiny hunt in PKMN games and get very lost when people much more intelligent than I am try to explain competitive (or Nuzlocke adjacent?) strategies to me because all I know how to do is make my Pokémon turn a funny color. But something about how you can briefly describe what you're doing then show it in action makes it make a lot more sense for me! I know you're not meant to be a tutorial channel by any means, but still, past being a very entertaining guy I feel like I'm learning a lot about a game I've been playing for way too long to not know half this stuff! I can't wait to see more from you!!

Although you said that catching Pokemon in the first route could be risky, I recall from somewhere that you actually have a 100% catch rate of any pokemon in Poco Path. This is similar to the Route1 in Alola and Route 2 in Kalos, the first route to catch pokemon will never fail So theoretically you could just keep catching pokemon there to level up Pokemon, if that is really the case. Also, in this game, any successful capture for registered species will display as a critical capture, regardless of what it really was.

Your videos are very entertaining and you've got a very calming voice, I think this means you're one of the greatest youtubers, at least in my book. Keep up the great content!

Violet is such a fun game, it’s unfortunate that the school sections are so boring and the fact that nothing works as intended

37:14 regarding the skunktank sucker punch fiasco, ive observed that the team star bosses can have some pretty strange and erratic AI behaviors. When I fought Ortega, I sent out my Great Tusk against the fairy star mobile. It had three whole chances to use a super effective fairy move on Great Tusk, but it never went for it, instead just using the not very effective Steel Roller and Spin out. For the algorithm question, I really enjoyed the Team Star story, learning about their struggles and the lore about the school was really fascinating, and the fights were all pretty fun. I did also really enjoy Path of Legends, having lost two dogs Arven's story really got to me. I also had a ton of fun taking on Great Tusk 15 levels underleved, and catching it way before I was probably supposed to. It wouldn't even obey me at first haha. The weakest story for me was probably the gym challenge, mostly because it really just does feel like a standard pokemon gym romp without much variation. Though, I did enjoy a lot of the leaders personalities and gym challenges (Iono's gave me a huge smile.) I also really liked Nemona as a character and she makes for a really fun final fight.

My favorite story line was the titan story line. It really hits you in the feels

14:15 The Titan storyline is, in my opinion, the best. It actually makes you feel emotions besides: "yAy, i DId a pOKemOn baTtLe!" I feel proud of Arven and Masbosstiff (besides the fact that I actually remember their names, unlike anyone else. Except Clive. Clive is the MVP of pokemon games.)

this was super cool to watch, incredible video!!! love your dry humour also :)

Awesome Video! I love your no damage challenges and also huge respect for the work you put in this challenge. They are hella difficult cuz you have to research and plan every single thing, which can be frustrating sometimes... I would never come to the idea to use fake out to break sturdy. My brain would tell me ,,go for spiky shield! " XD.

I really enjoy your no damage videos. I was a bit worried at first that with your rules to save anywhere that they may become more luck based reset-fests, something that I feel really misses the point of a no-damage challenge. While some segments (like the first battle with the starter in almost any generation) that really can't be avoided, I've come to appreciate that your goal of under 10 resets post-starter helps serve the same purpose as restrictions on saving while allowing you to maintain a far larger chunk of your time/sanity. Real shame about the little asterisks on this game, but it was a fun watch none the less and I look forward to watching more of your challenge videos as a whole!

Hey I just found this channel and wanted to say I love the content you are making, please keep up the awesome work!

i really really enjoyed the titan storyline. The mabosstif was really emotional and the plot of the proffessor was really enjoyable

Great vid. The effort and the research you put into each of these vids(no dmg) is amazing. Just a request; is the layout of the vids where you have your 6 pokemons/team somewhere is something I've personally found aesthetically pleasing. If u have the chance to in the future I would love to see that. plz and thank you love your content!!!

I really enjoyed the titan storyline the most too! really good video :)

This is crazy for a run, awesome vid

Bro ur knowledge is great, u gained my respect and a sub.

My opinion on the champion battle is that Geeta is going (somewhat) easy on you. She knows Nemona wants to go all out against you, and from a gameplay standpoint Nemona would be the 'true' champion battle.

Another day substantially improved by a flying falcons video

Just a quick comment to say thanks for adding subtitles! Despite these videos usually being scripted, most youtubers don't really bother, so it's nice to see someone making the effort!

Mnemona: "and in your most private moments, you will remember that the one trainer that could hit you, was me!"

25:57 you do not need to make a sandwich. You can open a close the picnic.

You’re the first poketuber I’ve heard who can pronounce the name Cassiopeia correctly. Thank you so much

Ngl, tinkaton is my favorite pokemon so I am very happy to see you use it in the run

Thought it was neat how the captions included some extra text. Arven's story was definitely my favorite, and was indeed very touching.

Yeah Geeta's team is bizarre. I laughed out loud when I saw Gogoat. Great job on the run!

"Extremely fun but extremely broken." It worked out well for gen 1.

My favorite is the gym challenge because I'm old school lol. I've loved Pokemon since I was a toddler and seeing three storylines in a Pokemon game was a breath of fresh air because it gave me more stuff to do. I'd usually beat the game in less than a few days.

8:00 Even if the raids aren't replicable - you still can change the Tera Types after finishing Normal Gym. You should be allowed to use these after that as it's only a matter of slow grind for Tera Shards. 11:35 Using Miraidon you can actually cheat it and kick the olive over the spider webs. Straight line into the basket. 12:40 And that's why you buy a Loaded Dice and get yourself a Multi-Attack Pokemon. Then you don't really even need to use slow Pokemon like Hariyama. Funnily enough this generation has extreme amount of Pokemon that can put others to sleep. That's also alway good strategy for no damage playthrough. 14:20 I actually enjoyed the Gym Challenge + School/Classes storyline the most. It was more distinct from other games and I like that ever since Sword and Shield they are giving more character to it. 18:05 They got nuked. 24:05 Also I love how we all refuse to use official pronouncation of Farigiraf. It makes so much more sense for it to be Fari-Giraffe and not Fari-Key-rafe - as said in reveal trailer.

I got sick with covid recently, but I got so excited with a new flyingfalcons upload.

Regarding Iono's Bellibolt having its ability activate even when it's fainting - if I had to make a guess, I'd say that abiities are programmed to always go off whenever activated, even if the Pokemon's about to faint, so that things like Aftermath and Glimmora's Toxis Debris proc as they should.

here's a comment for the youtube algorithm! my favorite storyline is probably the team star one i like the designs of all the bosses, decent backstory, a good story overal (for a pokemon game anyway) but if the area zero storyline counts, that ones my favorite also wooo new upload

Titan storyline is my favourite because Mabostiff and I want to help Arven by helping him heal his Mabostiff

Nice video I think I like seeing team star, arven & this final storyline a lot though I don't even have the game 😂

At 3:30, those aren't actually "critical captures." What the game does is, once you've registered a pokemon, all future successful catches of that pokemon will display as crit caps. The early pokemon just have wildly high catch rates. It doesn't affect your catch rate in any way. Failed critical captures also just look like the pokemon broke out with no shakes; so, in a way, critical captures in this game have a 100% catch rate.

amazing videos just found ur channel subscribed

For the Nemona battle before entering Mesagoza, her pawmi only knows electric moves so you can use a ground type like wooper

Another banger, keep up the good content.

underrated good youtuber keep it up!

i love that arvens battle theme is in the background. its a banger!

Nice video man!

Fun fact: You can no-hit some of the later raids with gholdengo, because they will spam a status move that you are immune to, and they don't get the idea of trying a damaging move for once.

really great video!

Bro I love tinkaton. It genuinely might be my favorite Pokémon ever now

My favorite story was actually starfall street. The auto battles thing was interesting and unique, the leaders I though were cool and I liked learning about the past stuff at the school, plus there was silly stuff like Clive.

I enjoy, good work.

I really like the Titan storyline with Team Star storyline being a close second. Then changed depending on my mood.

the GOAT is back

This video appears in sort by most popular before videos with less views. If you want to know why. That's because it's gaining views faster than youtube can update 'most popular'. This is a really good video and youtube can't keep up with how fast it's gaining views

My favorite storyline is the team star one, because at the end of it, Penny wants to watch anime. mood

Subscribed because you are the first poketuber to pronounce Geeta's name right

The titan questline had the best story and rewards. Plus arven might be tied for the best fight in the game. As the only person on earth who liked usum it was also great to see totem Pokemon again, even if they aren't quite totem Pokemon.

This was a good video. Well done. I suppose it didn't matter in the long run, but I was surprised you took Gengar over Haunter tbh. Defences and attack not being relevant, the stat difference between the two isn't massive (130 SpA/110 Speed vs 115 SpA/95 Speed) and levitate means Haunter has 3 immunities instead of 2.

13:06 TFW you got all the Strange endings in VoltWhite 2 and actually had to modify the game to get past the Red Fog of Terror series because Drayano messed about with Sigilyph

Gem of a channel, glad I found it

14:50 Mindy's Haunter is only holding an Everstone because Diamond/Pearl/Platinum have their in-game trades broken in that they don't cause trade evolutions. The Everstone is just to hide this from most players. No idea if the in-game trades are still broken in Brilliant Diamond/Shining Pearl, but I wouldn't be surprised given how the "remakes"(read: bad attempt at a remaster) are "extremely faithful"(read: basically a copy) of the original Diamond/Pearl. 25:53 The sandwich part isn't actually needed, if anyone is wondering, you can just immdiately exit the picnic and it'll have happened.

I don’t know how intentional it is but your delivery is absolutely hilarious

Great content, I Didnt watch the whole video yet because off spoilers etc. but i am Gonna watch it when i am done whit the game etc. you deserve much more subs than you have and everyone who enjoyed this video should go ahead and sub to him!

"Wugtrio is up next, but it waints to a flower trick as well." LMAO that got me good

So, the answer is "No, but we're gonna do it anyway." I respect that.

Geeta's team is supposed to represent Paldea as a whole, each poke representing different areas of the region. Cute in concept but they're mostly bad pokes. Well that and the role of Champion in Paldea just doesn't mean as much as it did back in the day. Like we know the gym leaders don't use their best teams against aspiring trainers and that's been in the canon since BW. But the champ was always supposed to be the best in the region and should be going all out against you. I get they wanted to have Nemona be the "final boss" of the main story with the prof being the postgame boss but it makes the idea of the region's champion fall a bit flat. Also 4/6 of her team falls over to a Lokix, which is funny. Avalugg and Glimmora are the only problem children due to Avalugg being physically tanky and you probably don't want to use Axe Kick and have to reset when it inevitably misses even with Wide Lens.

The RNG seed thing is only an issue for battle stadium, however I believe it's just hardcoded impossible to crit Nemona there

Ty for upload on LeMickey Birthday

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Something I did when fighting Larry was use a Mismagius with Levitate. So his Dudunsparce was a pushover.

fyi you dont need to eat a sandwich to transfer egg move in picnic, merely enter picnic then exit picnic and done!

This was a really good one

It's cool to see someone use pyroar for once. One of my favorites

I know it's been 8 months but I thought it'd be good to add in how this actually works for anyone who stumbles into the discussion in the future. Critical Captures are very much not just visual, as they have their own calculation separate from the catching formula. The chance you have to get a Crit Cap is determined by how many species are registered in your pokedex, capping out at 600 for the highest chance. At 31 species in the dex, you have a multiplier of 0.5. It factors the original catch rate formula (that I will not be putting here since it is absurdly complicated) into that multiplier. The game then generates a number from 0 - 255 every time you throw a ball, and if that number is less than your crit cap modifier, it becomes a Critical Capture. Critical Captures only have to do one shake calculation instead of three/four (depending on which game you're playing). TLDR: Critical Captures are a rare chance to get a much higher success rate on a catch that is based on how many pokemon are in your pokedex. Now onto the animation part. Scarlet and Violet exclusively have a quirk with the animation of Critical Captures that make any successful capture of a pokemon already in your dex appear to be a Critical Capture, regardless of whether or not it actually was. For example: a player catches a scatterbug. The decide they don't like the ability it has and go to catch a second one. Despite them not even having enough pokemon in their dex to have a chance of a Critical Capture, the second one they catch looks like one. There is another (albeit much less common) occurrence within the same quirk, that being the fact that any Critical Capture that ends up failing its singular shake check actually appears to be normal instead of critical. TLDR: Already owned pokemon will always show a Critical Capture when you successfully catch a new one, regardless of the actual chance of Critical Capture. Source: Bulbapedia's page on catch rate. I hope this comment helps to clear up any confusion on the matter! If you want to check out more details about how all of this works, I highly recommend looking through Bulbapedia's page on it all. It's a lot of numbers and math but the main paragraphs make it all concise enough to understand (most of the time).

are we not gonna talk about the ralts that's just drowning in the pond? 4:57

I laughed when you forgot that Staraptor lost its flying type

Vivillon's pronunciation had me completely baffled. Turns out hard or soft double L could work in French pronunciation. I had always pronounced it vi-vil-lon rather than vi-viy-on

0:40 When you don't have a chimney but Santa needs to come in to steal your cookies and milk and leave coal

Damn, would love one of this on USUM, those are really tricky games for any challenge

2 uploads in 3 months, what a good time to be alive 🙏

My favourite story path is starfall street because it's the most different one and the music is straight 🔥

Speaking of the gym challenge auction. Best way to do it is make the highest bid at the start, then on the second bid you can pick up the item for 40k and get a free 10k

Damn u weren’t kidding when u said “Soon”

I like the titan story line because I have shared the same pain with arven being almost losing a pet

titan story was also my favorite, wanted to do it fast as possible for poor mabosstiff