Can I Beat Pokemon Platinum with ONLY Ponyta? 🔴 Pokemon Challenges ► NO ITEMS IN BATTLE

A fire type? In MY Sinnoh game?!

Diamond and Pearl only had Chimchar and Ponyta prior to the E4... never forget poor Flint, who had to use Drifblim, Lopunny and Steelix to fill in the gaps in his "Fire" team. Platinum added Flareon, Houndoom and Magmortar to minimize the issue.

(1:47) Actually, Fire is still super effective against Torterra. Ground doesn't resist Fire, even though it is super effective against Fire. (22:19) And that's game! Ponyta succeeded where Shinx did not!

For road blocks like Gyarados and Garchomp, Natural Gift is great as an out-of-jail card since its damage type depends on what berry you're holding.

MDB actually pronouncing Cranidos right in a video? It's more likely than you think!

“Ponyta go!” Horsea jumps into battle

I always feel weird getting the challenges early. Yes, I get it early, but then I don’t have a challenge for my normal Saturday routine. Welp, here I am!

Ponyta will always trigger the memory of my first time catching one in pokemon legends. I was then stomped into paste by its mother. Good times.

Honestly, that was a fun run. It's always interesting when you get right to the end and suddenly there's a last minute road block that makes you wonder if it's actually possible. I'm fortunate enough to work a job where i can have youtube running in the background while i work and your definitely helping maintain my sanity! You're my favorite channel on the platform and I look forward to delving yet further through the backlog!

Fire Types really got the short end of the stick in 4th Gen. Weak to both other fully Evolved starters and there are barely any Fire types to choose from.

Make sure you take care of yourself. I remember the YouTube grind and I used to do the same thing - not eat until mid to late afternoon because either I was so excited to make/finish a video or I felt like I couldn’t delay making a video until after I’d eaten. I can’t imagine doing that now that I’m 30. The time it takes to make and eat food is worth being able to work at full capacity without your hunger putting you on a time limit!

I love watching your solo runs, it's always so funny watching strong fully evolved pokemon being squashed by tiny base form pokemon. XD

Surprising end result! Awesome video as always :)

Super awesome vid! I always love seeing what creative solutions you find to these challenges. (Also unrelated but I've been asking for a Trapinch run for a bit now. I think it'd be a real funny one)

Ponyta/Rapidash was a pivotal member of my team in Platinum. It got to the point where I had to force myself not to use it so the rest of my team could keep up. This was a team with an Alakazam and a Dragon Dance Water Onix, by the way. I've never had a member of the line come close that level of performance since then.

I believe Chimchar & Ponyta were the only natural spawning fire types in the wild in D/P. There was a thing on the original DS where you could get Growlith to spawn if you had Fire Red in the GBA slot. But that's about it for fire types before the elite 4. They fixed it in Platinum but not by much. I think they gave us access to Eevee & Magmar before the elite 4.

In terms of what fire types are availible before post game, the sinnoh pokedex only contains 5 fire types total, the 3 chimchar line and the 2 ponyta line, thats it, only those 2 lines EDIT: Platinum has a differnt dex that has about 60 pokemon added to it, and that dex adds on the magmar line (availible outside the ironworks), flareon and the houndour line (the routes between the south of veilstone city and the grand lake hotel), also note that rotom doesn't change its ghost type in its different forms, like heat being elec/fire or wash being elec/water, until gen 5.

I have never been able to catch your challenges early, so this is a blessing!

I always have a lot of respect for you, because I know how much work goes into making in genre of content, as long as you edit it yourself lol

I used to watch these in like 2021 and you legitimately have not changed in 3 years. I don’t know whether I should be scared or proud