Few antagonists are as iconic – or feared – as Pokémon’s Elite 4 and their champion. Any gamers who’ve frolicked within the Kanto and Johto areas particularly (in addition to a number of others) will really feel a specific sense of dread upon listening to the title ‘Lance.’ That’s proper: the Dragon-type coach with a aptitude for the trendy, and a dazzlingly dramatic wardrobe. He’s up there with Cynthia as a legendary adversary, rightfully: along with his highly effective Pokémon, he’s a complete nightmare to defeat.
Or, at the very least, that’s what we’d thought till now. Over on Reddit, one decided participant has defeated Lance on HeartGold and SoulSilver whereas solely utilizing… the evolution of a Bellsprout. Sure, this genius fan used a lone Victreebel (certainly one of our faves from the Johto Pokédex) to wipe out all of Lance’s fearsome Dragon Pokémon, with no objects, and simply three strikes. We’ve performed the entire Pokémon video games so as extra instances than we are able to depend, however that is one thing we’d by no means thought we’d see.
As you may see for your self, in a video shared to Reddit by person Imvenommate, Victreebell makes use of a mixture of the strikes Sleep Powder, Giga Drain, and Sludge Bomb to annihilate the opposition. It proves to be a potent set of strikes. Sleep Powder, clearly, nullifies the risk posed by the enemy Pokémon whereas Giga Drain concurrently damages and heals, earlier than Sludge Bomb knocks them out. Easy, actually.
Having mentioned that, as many commenters level out, there’s a slight catch. The Victreebell, right here nicknamed Pinki, is stage 100 in opposition to Lance’s companions, who’re across the stage 75 mark. “All this actually reveals is how, with sufficient ranges, (practically) any Pokémon can turn into OP,” mentioned one person. One other chimed in, saying, “I imply, the plant has 20+ ranges on the whole workforce…” To us, although, the extent of the Victreebell doesn’t diminish the achievement, and we’d fortunately watch one completely happy plant demolish six dragons. In any case, we’re all the time rooting for the underdogs.
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