Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
So it took me, 2 weeks to get past mossdeep gym. I had to place some wild pokemon, change default movesets, because they are either really bad, or really gamebreaking. You'd be surprised how easy it is to exploit and cheese even a genuinely hard fight, especially since the AI in 3rd gen is inferior to 2nd gen AI.
Most grass and cave wild pokemon, at least until mossdeep, is complete.
One thing I got really annoyed though, is that Steven has actual EV spreads programmed into his team, but never in his ingame boss team. Also natures, which really surprised me, and made me wonder why doesn't the ingame have EVs?
So, ever heard of Very hard mode, Intense mode, or 9.0 difficulty for Super Smash Bros? In classic mode, the AI is set high, and has good stats. And teamates for giants or 2 vs 2, have lowest AIs, weaker stats?
Steven isn't that handicapped; he has a good team, near equal to the enemy levels, and has great AI, but no items, no ev spreads, and only his Metagross has 31 Ivs. Steven doesn't have earthquake so he can't hurt you by accident, and doesn't have Aggron's special attacking set. But they can be less impressive than you'd expect.
So here is the vid, it took me several tries, and I wasn't expecting to win this one honestly, but luck was on my side this time.
The biggest worry of this fight is that I was afraid Steven wouldn't have a changed team.
My annoyance is the phone calls and Courtney's sprite not in the rom. And Sprite editing, ugh goddf*ck me. Sprite editor is what causes many unwanted and often dangerous glitches in many hacks. I haven't used it yet, but I might need it just for Courtney.
So it took me, 2 weeks to get past mossdeep gym. I had to place some wild pokemon, change default movesets, because they are either really bad, or really gamebreaking. You'd be surprised how easy it is to exploit and cheese even a genuinely hard fight, especially since the AI in 3rd gen is inferior to 2nd gen AI.
Most grass and cave wild pokemon, at least until mossdeep, is complete.
One thing I got really annoyed though, is that Steven has actual EV spreads programmed into his team, but never in his ingame boss team. Also natures, which really surprised me, and made me wonder why doesn't the ingame have EVs?
So, ever heard of Very hard mode, Intense mode, or 9.0 difficulty for Super Smash Bros? In classic mode, the AI is set high, and has good stats. And teamates for giants or 2 vs 2, have lowest AIs, weaker stats?
Steven isn't that handicapped; he has a good team, near equal to the enemy levels, and has great AI, but no items, no ev spreads, and only his Metagross has 31 Ivs. Steven doesn't have earthquake so he can't hurt you by accident, and doesn't have Aggron's special attacking set. But they can be less impressive than you'd expect.
So here is the vid, it took me several tries, and I wasn't expecting to win this one honestly, but luck was on my side this time.
The biggest worry of this fight is that I was afraid Steven wouldn't have a changed team.
My annoyance is the phone calls and Courtney's sprite not in the rom. And Sprite editing, ugh goddf*ck me. Sprite editor is what causes many unwanted and often dangerous glitches in many hacks. I haven't used it yet, but I might need it just for Courtney.
![No EXP Sinister Run 🔴 Pokemon Blue [Episode 4]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/p_G-SRNq-Qw/mqdefault.jpg "No EXP Sinister Run 🔴 Pokemon Blue [Episode 4]
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Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE for the raw, beefy Pokemon Blue No EXP Sinister run, as the creator of Pokemon Blue Kaizo and Pokemon Emerald Kaizo, SinisterHoodedFigure, travels on a catching spree, and fight monsters.
Sinister Run Rules:
No items in battle at all
No repeat pokemon in the party (no two pidgeys in the same party)
No overleveling the bosses Strongest Pokemon.
Poke Balls ONLY. NO Great Balls, Master Balls, or Safari Balls.
Glitchless Run, no safari zone glitch, mew glitch, skipping, etc.
NO LEGENDARY BIRDS
NO RARE CANDIES
No EXP
Try to catch all possible pokemon with these restrictions
New catches
Lv. 29 Dugtrio: Thats for AFTER Rival Jrose, only used for Giovanni, proxing catches, and a future gym battle. Getting a level 22 diglet, the highest level in the cave. No sand attack yet.
Lv. 17 Voltorb: No electric moves. This is a theme with electric types. Sonicboom is very helpful and powerful at that level, and is fantastic at catching pokemon. It can also use Flash, although innaccurate, can serve the same backup accuracy haxer.
Lv. 17 Machop: If this thing only had fighting typed karate chop this would be so much more useful.
Lv. 17 Onix: Bind and screech, speed, and an extra rock type, because there is a required exploder battle, and my bellsprout isnt high leveled. Also caught Geodude with rock throw and defense curl, specifically for the enemy Graveler.
Lv. 25 Raticate: Honestly, this can replace vaporeon for another eeveelution... except Id be wasting thunderbolt. Still, Stab Hyper Fang and quick attack are helpful. I shouldve used this for Rival Jrose11 in hindsight. Level 25 is rare.
Lv. 20 Gastly: I was phoning it somewhat, because I plan to replace it with a level 30 haunter instead of a level 27-29, for Hypnosis. So, its there to buffer Erika. Didnt work out so well.
Bosses:
🔴 Dugtrio: Yes, the wild dugtrio is the hardest pokemon for me to catch with Pokeballs. Level 29, with sand attack, and STAB Dig? It will run through your team harder than Lt. Surge ever will. Not bad for a rare, wild Pokemon. A ton of sand attacks is needed, along with several growls... which barely does any good, because this thing WILL crit very often if it hits. You thought Diglett was bad... the goal is to get Drowzee to put this thing to sleep. It is only level 15 vs level 29, and it takes more pokeballs than you can imagine.
🔴 Rock Tunnel Trainers: From the stun spore and wrap abusing grass types, to the powerful slowpokes, and a required Hiker Battle. The Hiker has an illegal graveler at level 21, which can use self-destruct, along with two other geodudes. Bellsprout is only level 14, so they may get hits in... which can include self-destruct. More dangerous than Lt. Surge, which is why they are mentioned.
🔴 Rival Jrose11: GYARADOS. With HYDRO PUMP and DRAGON RAGE. This is a moveset used by the FINAL BOSS of RBY. I was really surprised back then when I tried using geodude to rock throw the gyarados, assuming it doesnt get water moves... but it turns out Gyarados always starts with that except in Yellow. That is the biggest threat of his team, replacing his dead Raticate. Honestly, there really isnt much available that can handle this beast, except for Vaporeon, Raticate, or team efforts including voltorb. On TOP of the really tough Kadabra and Pidgeotto. Ivysaurs team is the one with the highest level enemy Gyarados.
🔴 Giovanni: Sadly the Hiker put up a better fight here, though Kangaskhan can be midly threatening... if it doesnt use rage. Dont worry, in this exclusive No EXP run, this will change, though I might be willing to No EXP Blue Kaizo. Rhyhorn is cool looking I must admit.
🔴 Erika: Im aware of the Good AI exploit for the big grass types, which makes the underlings somewhat tougher. The Cooltrainer, bellsprout users, and Exeggcute are the ones to be mindful of with Ninetails, it doesnt do enough with ember. Bellsprout can (eventually) own Victrebel and Vileplume, but Im not gonna do that. Razor Leaf REALLY hurts, even on something as bulky as Gastly. Wrap is incredibly obnoxious that it can stall Ghost types. Hilariously enough, Onix wins against Tangela, who doesnt have status OR grass attacks. Just constrict (weakest attack in the game), and bind (annoying).
To make the boss fights more interesting, I am planning to make changes to just the upcoming bosses. Not KAIZO levels, no movepool changes, just something that would appear in Red or Blue. Next week, look forward to these.
Btw Red and Blue level up movesets on most pokemon are godawful.")
