Radical Red 3.02 Mono-Fire Major Trainer Battles (Party Size Limit)
Channel: Rooreelooo
Date: 2022-09-17

17/18 monotypes done, and as you can see from the title i decided to take this one to the next fucking level. 

elite 4 video: https://youtu.be/hWbogy8FRLs
full playlist of my monotype runs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZQQ3CBOJeZo0XkmpGNOcLKlr9JGxHwAu

not only is this a monotype fire run, but it's also a restricted slot challenge. that means that i can't ever use a full team of 6 mons - 5 is my maximum. realistically though i always pushed that number down as low as i could - in the entire run of 40 battles i only used all five slots 4 times. here are the stats on that:

5 slots used: 4 times
4 slots used: 6 times 
3 slots used: 18 times
2 slots used: 7 times
1 slot used: 5 times

pretty sweet bell curve of data there, huh? fire types are just incredible from a hyper offensive damage dealing setup, especially under sun. HOW BOUT THAT SUNFLORA, HUH? holy SHIT, that mon got a glow up. more like a BURN UP. it's kinda funny when weak mons get huge buffs in romhacks, and sunflora is maybe the poster child of that for radical red. put it next to a sun setter and watch it go apeshit. there are battles here where it was just sunflora only, no items, final destination. (ok they did have items but you know what i mean)

other MPVs were Eyfjalajkl the torkoal... look it's not easy shortening Eyjafjallajökull to only 10 characters. see if you can do it any better. this mon is everything a sun setter should be, later it was good for both providing AND removing stealth rocks. those flamethrowers are no slouch either. strollin' stu got me through much of the early game but fell off. i wasn't sure which of the two megas to prioritize running - piantissimo (blaziken) or Goin 2 Miami (centiscorch). even though i played with a few blaziken sweeps at the end i think i found centi to be way more consistent and useful, hence why that one ended up coming with me to the e4. 

a friend suggested i use mario sunshine music. i was having trouble thinking of a game soundtrack that would work with fire types, so he put me on the path to delfino plaza. i'm glad he did because that also gave me a holiday vibe that inspired pretty much all the nicknames. all in all i'm super happy with how this run went - both in terms of gameplay, mon choice, consistent theme, the whole bundle. i hope you enjoy it!

usage stats:

27: Eyfjalajkl (torkoal)
20: Pianta (sunflora)
14: StrolinStu (ponyta / rapidash)
12: Rocksticks (hisuian growlithe / hisuian arcanine)
9: Goin2Miami (centiscorch), Sand Bird (seviian dodrio)
8: Flamingo (talonflame)
4: BeachPizza (hisuian typhlosion), DonkeyRide (galarian ponyta / galarian rapidash)
3: Piantssimo (blaziken), Cataquack (oricorio baile style), Grilmaster (houndoom)
1: Airport (charmander)

timestamps: 
00:00 falkner
00:59 brock
02:19 archer mt moon
03:20 rival cerulean
04:28 bugsy
05:22 misty
06:02 whitney
09:00 brendan ss anne
09:42 lt surge
10:46 morty
12:28 chuck
13:30 erika
14:43 giovanni game corner
16:03 marowak
16:31 rival silph co
17:37 archer + ariana silph co
19:49 giovanni silph co
21:19 mudkip kid
22:35 brock rematch
23:41 misty rematch
25:08 lt surge rematch
27:22 sabrina
28:59 brendan fuchsia
30:19 erika rematch
31:52 koga
33:43 pryce
34:56 jasmine
36:12 may
37:33 blaine
38:57 jojo fan
39:52 archer + ariana cerulean cave
42:05 giovanni cerulean cave
44:20 clair
46:18 rival rt22
47:49 brendan victory road