Recent content by Gym Leader Matt

This week's Pokemon I did was Krabby. There's a huge misconception inside this thread, which is weird for the poster that actually did the Krabby run. OP and that person both said Krabby learned Mega Punch and OP even bumped it up a full tier because of that. It can't learn this move and there...

Agreed but, like you said, the leveling group really determines that final level more than anything. For example, Alakazam and Gengar would naturally be a higher level just because they take much less experience than the slow groups like Tentacool is in. That's just another layer that makes...

I'd have to look back but I believe early, I went for hikers and what not after Brock going towards Celadon and did things like battle the Gentleman on the SS Anne for the Rare Candy. Later on, I fought trainers in Blaine's gym because it really only 'wastes' a few minutes but being in the slow...

I'm back after some weeks off the pre-evolved runs and this time I'm back with Sandshrew. I did Cubone several weeks ago and it was an abysmal slog, if I'm being nice. I wasn't expecting much going in but let's take a look at how it performs. End result: Level 70 Sandshrew. 5:18 in-game time...

Interesting! I have a Tentacool run finished up as well and it's roughly the same. I think I finished 64 but had a time of 4:36. I'd say there's no arguing about it being A-tier. Keep in mind the tier list OP put isn't from someone actually playing the games and they are generally just a rough...

Concurring Bellsprout for A tier. It's an interesting Pokemon and one that I've never seen anyone else actually do. It's weird because it's fantastic and my final time came within 15~ minutes of Jrose's Gastly time with minimum battles. It does have it's shortcomings and it's definitely not 'S'...

More or less concurring with Cubone for D tier. It was really rough so I almost lean towards E due to how poor it does against the Elite 4, but the Pokemon in that tier do seem like they'd be worse so we'll stick with D for now. I have my writeup and if anyone is interested in footage from my...

Concurring with Clefairy for B tier. 90% of the run could be considered for A tier but the Brock fight alone keeps it back at B. Name: Clefairy Stats: Clefairy doesn't have any stats that jump off the paper at you but it's base HP and Special are pretty nice at 70 and 60, respectively...

Good to know. I was just wondering as it had been a good 5 months since the last post but this is essentially the only place for this specific discussion that I can find. I’m currently fairly into solo runs atm and I got a couple more write ups in the works. Do you only want new Pokémon not...

This is the kind of information that I love. I see the tiers at the top but I often wonder how they came to the conclusion. Thank you for the information. Makes sense why it’s held back from ‘A’ tier but your explanation let’s use know why it’s still solid and where it’s at.

Is this a dead discussion? If anyone can tell me if there’s a new place that would be great but this is the only tier discussion solo red/blue runs I can find on the Internet. I’d like to add in my thoughts. I have 3 under my belt but we’ll start off with Slowpoke for now. I’ll say that I agree...