Why Rattata is The Fastest Pokemon for Gen 2 Speedruns 

I think Youngster Joey was onto something 🐀

the fact that a video about an old-gen pokemon game is sponsored by a hair loss treatment company is giving me emotional damage

Some minor things I'd like to point up: Hidden Power is not actually faster than sticking with Mud Slap. I massively overestimated the amount of time Mud Slap lost, and it's turning out that sticking with Mud Slap ended up with around ~1:10-1:20 of timesave (the exact number is fuzzy as the newest iteration of the TAS isn't complete). Although in any case this just easily cements Rattata as the best option for TAS. "RNG seed" isn't quite an accurate way of describing of Gen 2s RNG (although it is appropriate for describing Gen 3+'s RNG). The RNG rather works in tandem with a hardware timer; in this case it's just a fast timer that loops from 0-255 constantly. Even more ridiculously, the RNG simply takes this timer at points and does a simple substraction on the current RNG state. Slightly altering inputs alters the time this timer is queried, thus modifying the RNG. Route 35 (route north of Goldenrod) is quite different in Pokemon Gold compared to Crystal. While Crystal it can be passed by avoiding spinners, this is not the case in Gold, where there are static trainers which must be fought if that route is taken. The Abra timesave also misses the point that it is used for getting to the Power Plant twice, with the first time taking Rock Tunnel rather than the route east of Cerulean. The reason is again another Gold/Crystal difference. Gold has more unavoidable trainers east of Cerulean compared to Crystal, so while it's better for Crystal to use that route, it is not for Gold, which opts instead to use Rock Tunnel, then use the Pokemon Center right after Rock Tunnel for an Abra teleport spot for the second trip to the Power Plant. (These reasons are also why Abra is used in RTA, they of course turn out to apply to the TAS too).

Ive never heard someone pronounce "Ecruteak" more incorrectly in my life

the final question is though: Would this still beat out the Totodile TAS if the player named their avatar "Joey" insteaed of A?

I recently completed my first Nuzlocke challenge in Pokemon Blue and after losing my first Pokemon UsagiJimbo the Nidorino to a Raticate's Hyper Fang I would get PTSD when a Rattata or Raticate would show up.

7:51 please don't tell me that's actually how Ecruteak is pronounced

Joey would be proud

Red in shambles after having his entire party wiped out by a single Raticate. Now that's some real karma for the SS Anne thing.

the real top % ratata.

I have never heard someone pronounce Ecruteak so insanely before (it’s pronounced Ek-Ro-Teek/ Ek-Ru-Teek)

Definitely in the top percentage of Rattatas

Rattata: *turns to the Gameboy* "Let Me ask you, does a machine like yourself ever Experience F.E.A.R"

I’ll let the ecruteak pronunciation slide for not saying ratuh-tatuh

no way this man pronounced ecruteak EH CREW DEE AK

I immediately pictured "FEAR" Rat. I was right

As you mentioned, you compared Rattata any% TAS with Totodile any% RTA. But what is the Totodile any% TAS time? Is there a TAS leaderboard available somewhere?

Wait... this actually beats out manipping Raikou? You gotta be kidding me.

That cannot be how you seriously pronounce ecruteak? All the towns are named after plants, it's named after teak trees.

A tas for a visual novel game is something I never expected to see 💀

>Gameboy camera TAS Truly a god mere mortals can't understand or comprehend his reasoning&logic

Uh-uhhh- “Ecru-tee-ahk”?

I love your music choices. Gravity Rush is always great, and Trauma Center is solid.

"You all mocked and laughed at me. But I told you Rattata was top percentage. I TOLD YOU!" - Youngster Joey, probably -

Love these vids pulse. Keep up the good work!

I F.E.A.R this video when i watch it

"I can feel it coming MD Hair tonight" is the only thing that went through my head during the sponsor...

Rats? I was rats once, they put me in a rubber, a room rubber, a room rubber with crazy, the crazy made me rats… Rats? I was rats once, they put me in a rubber, a room rubber, a room rubber with crazy, the crazy made me rats… Rats? I was rats once, they put me in a rubber, a room rubber, a room rubber with crazy, the crazy made me rats…

These pokemon videos are something i really look forward to, keep up the good work

As a certain Nuzlocker calls it "RAT POWER"(yeah i know its used for Raticate as well)

Have you ever heard of PokeMMO? I would love to see a speedrunner try to speedrun PokeMMO storylines.

Neat analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

Every town is named after a tree and a color. Ecru is an eggshell white and teak is a tree. Ecru Teak. Ek-Roo-Teek. Not Ecrewdiack.

Here I thought rattata is only useful for the FEAR strategy

Rattata: That's two for flinching!!

Not here to dog pile. But the way you pronounced ecruteak made me physically recoil. love your vids

I guess that's why Team Rocket use a lot of those rats

Hearing "Ecruteak" pronounced "Ecrudyack" made my hair fall out. It's "ecru-teak" like the teak tree.

AYOOOO 4:45 THE BAKERY

Incredible thumbnail. Top tier.

Youngster Joey speedrun with his top percentage Ratatta!

NORMAL STAB SUPREMACY NORMAL STAB SUPREMACY I LOVE NORMAL STAB (featuring HP ground I guess)

chunky cheese

That thumbnail is dope

The Abra strat actually made me physically pog.

Crazy? I was crazy once, they locked me in a room, a rubber room, a rubber room full of rats, and rats made me crazy

top tier rat

I love how people triggered about the Ecruteak pronunciation 🤣

...Is that how you're supposed to pronounce Ecruteak? I thought the "teak" was like "teek" like the teak tree.

RAT SWEEP 🧹 🐀

Joey approved

Never underestimate RAT POWER.

I love the thumbnail, that's Rattata if it was in JoJo's, too much swag, I'm bout to run radical red with a Rattata glued to my squad, what should I name it?

EK-RU-DEAK??!!!!

Ooh, my homie Rattata.

Top percent video.

FEAR Rattata

I still didn't get how Rattata caught up to the Feraligator run.

I love Gen 2!

Am I right in thinking there was a really old TAS (might be like ten years old at this point) that used Geodude, and abused Magnitude, Rollout and Quick Claw to plough through everything? How does Rattata compare to Geodude. Genuinely surprised that anything can compete with a mon that, from a very early level, has what under TAS conditions effectively becomes a 300 base-power STAB move (which even has a lovely 30 PP).

I only clicked the video, because of the thumbnail, who's the artist?

That fucking thumbnail

Man I clicked on this to watch a 13 minute video about Rattata only to have the first 5 minutes be about everything but Rattata 😭

How did you pronounce Ecruteak?

RAT POWER

My favorite pokemon of all time.

Incorrect. A bad TAS is still a TAS, while not being theoretically perfect by any stretch of the imagination.

Okay but I feel like you never addressed why non tas runs wouldn’t try this route. Like couldn’t a human run still beat WR taking as many tas elements it can. Obviously wouldn’t come close to the tas WR but it must be worth looking into.

So, the reason why Rattata is better is because Totadile talks too much?

7:56, how the FUCK did you pronounce Ecruteak? It's ECRU-TEAK NOT ACRU-TIAK I just shook so hard in my boots

joey would be proud

Super interesting video and great production. My only nitpick is your delivery. The majority up your sentences have your voice inflecting upwards, and then sharply downwards. If you iron that out into something more even/naturalistic, A+ work.

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wait i used to to this like a year ago, this is meta now? xD

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Why do people use third party software to speed run, that's cheating and where's the fun in that?

“Eh-Crooty-Ack”???