Farfetch'd is Actually AMAZING in Pokemon Red/Blue

A gen 1 Farfetch'd not named Dux is the most unbelievable aspect of this run

“Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites. I like your style. You understand what’s important.”

Protip: if your Gen 1 moveset is rocking two or more boosting moves, remember that they each reset their affected stat's badge boost to the normal +12.5%. In other words, using Swords Dance will cancel the extra ATK badge boost from all prior uses of Agility, and vice versa. Don't alternate if you can help it, and boost the stat you want to be the absolute highest first.

Farfetch'd beating Tauros is something else, really shows you what a pokemon can achieve with good moves

The Japanese word for "roar" ほえる actually signifies just a loud animal sound and would also include things such as barking or howling. In fact, the most commonly used kanji is 吠える　which, features the character for "mouth" next to the character for "dog". This is just something lost in translation.

Arcanine is based on the mythical Chinese lion-dogs. You can see their statues guarding temples. That's why Arcanine is called the "legendary" pokemon.

I love to see DUX sweep through the whole game with some simple setup. It's ironic that crits were the lose condition here considering what game freak would go on to make Farfetch'd focus on right after by introducing the Stick.

The funny thing is that farfetch'ds low base speed actually helps it not crit as often to benefit more from swords dance in gen 1 lol

i used Farfetch'd back when the game came out and quickly learned how insanely powerful it can get thanks to SD and Agility. Used it again in Gen 2 and swept most of the E4 with SD and Fury Cutter. I love this little duck so much.

The AI isn't programmed to use Growl just because you used Swords Dance. Lorelei uses AI Routine Modification #2, which on the second turn prioritizes any move that does something other than just deal damage. But that applies to all four of Dewgong's moves.

I always liked Farfetch'd's look and wanted to use it. After watching this, I'll use it on my next gen 1 run

When a kid with a cap and a backpack decides to go on a walk with his cracked out duck...

Hey, how’s my old FarFetch’d doing?

Lt. Surge got demoted SO MANY TIMES that his rank had an integer underflow, making him instantly the highest rank possible. So the US army was like "Dude, we can't have this guy be an Elite General Space Ranger. Let's just hard-code him to lieutenant""

i've had a very complicated relationship with farfetch'd over the years but came to love it eventually. this video is right up my alley.

I was not expecting this to be one of the best runs ever. Probably my favourite run ever, due to you Body Slamming it right to the end

I saw this. I immediately think this idea is far fetched but who knows.

By using Swords Dance and Agility you technically get two moves that contribute to the badge boost glitch.

I've never clicked one of your videos so fast! This is my favorite Pokemon! So happy to see the title and thumbnail!!

So Lorelei not only has "good AI", which is the coloquial name for one of 3 AI routines NPCs can have, she actually has all 3. The first is to prevent the AI from using a status move on a pokemon which already has a non-volatile status condition. The 3rd is the famous and buggy "good AI" which favors super effective moves. And the 2nd is the one that was responsible for Lorelei's Dewgong using Growl against Farfetch'd. It is also quite buggy, my guess is that it was intended to encourage the AI to use stat boosting moves on itself or stat reducing moves on the opponent at the start of the fight, but what it actually does is favor a specific set of move effects, but only on the second turn of battle of each of its pokemon. The moves favored by this routine are the following : all stat boosting moves, all stat reducing moves, Pay day, Swift, Conversion, Haze, Reflect, Light screen, Transform, and all healing moves Since Growl is a stat reducing move, it is favored by this routine, making it as likely to be picked as super effective moves, but since this routine works only on the second turn, that's why you will never see Lorelei's Dewgong use Growl on any other turn when Aurora Beam is super effective, because Aurora Beam is favored on every turn. This is also true of Rest. So in conclusion, Lorelei's pokemon can all have their "good AI" derailed on their second turn by this other AI routine if they have eligible moves. Slowbro has 3, so it is very prone to it for example. This AI routine isn't very common, the only trainer classes that have it are : Super Nerd, Pokemaniac, Psychic, Scientist and Lorelei.