Can I beat the CHAMPION CYNTHIA with ONLY BUG POKEMON?!

Yo!

What is going on, YouTube?
It's your boy Dan, aka "aDrive".

I brought you guys
another episode

of our Pokemon
Brilliant Diamond Buglocke.

We are sitting here
in the Elite Four

about to take on
perhaps our hardest challenge yet,

the Fire-type Master Flint.

And then ultimately
the rest of the Elite Four.

Can our bug squad hold it down
and come out

on top here as we battle
to become the champion

of the Sinnoh region?

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And I'm excited
to tell you guys

that I plan to continue
to play this series

through postgame.
I know there's a lot

of rematches.
There's plenty of postgame

Bug Pokemon that I want
to grab.

So stay excited for that,
'cause this is not

the end of the series
regardless of what goes down.

Unless I get obliterated
in which case

I supposed it could be.

I made a couple tweaks
to the team.

I've got Sterling
with the Occa Berry,

my only Occa Berry.

And my thought process
is I need,

I need to get Sticky Web up.
I have to get

Sticky Web up.

If I can Sticky Web up,
then there's a chance

that things like Luck
and Skaraborn

can put in some work.

But I have to get Sticky Web up.
And then ideally,

I get Stealth Rock up too.
But I'm not convinced

this is going to all work out
that way.

So we'll just see what happens
and see if we can beat Flint,

the Fire-type Master.

Let's do it.

And here we are
in Flint's chambers.

Yo, trainer!

You had me counting
the days of my fingers

waiting for you to come.

I heard from Volkner
what you did

in Sunnyshore.

You managed to light a fire
in that guy's heart again.

How could you not expect me
to look forward

to seeing you in battle?

Dude, I don't know.

I don't know how
we beat this.

I really have no idea.

I really have no idea.

He... Like I know
he doesn't have

a full team of Fire-types,
but we presume

everything has Fire moves.

And he leads off
with Rapidash. So...

I mean, here's the deal,
I have to get

Sticky Web up here.

And even then,
I don't even know

if we still have enough
after that.

'Cause then something's
go to come in

against it. It's just...
This is going to be rough.

This is going to be rough.
He goes for Flame Charge.

There goes my Occa Berry.

At least I'm going
to be able to get off

a Sticky Web.
I actually take it.

It's going to speed him up
which is fine.

And I do get up the Sticky Web.
So that's a good start.

Now what do I do after that?
I really don't know.

I really don't know
what I do next.

I think...

I mean he did, what to me?
He did 50 something.

I could live another one.

So do I try to hit
a yolo hail mary Sing here?

I think so.

I think so.

He's going
to Flame Charge again.

We live on 13.
If I hit the Sing,

that would be
absurdly massive.

Sterling, come on.

Come on, Sterling.

Oh, I missed.

I missed the Sing.

Okay.

I think the play
is you go Clyde.

I don't know.
I don't know what you do here.

I just don't know, man.

The good news is,
it's Flame Charge, right?

It's not like this thing
is firing off Flare Blitzes.

But I don't know
if I can take two.

I can't. I can't.

And I forgot
to give him a berry,

so I'm already
in a bad spot here.

I'm going to go
for the Toxic on the off chance

I live.

77/161. I don't think I do.

I don't think I do.

I just don't know
what you're supposed

to do in this fight.
I just don't know.

I just don't know.
I'll Toxic.

I just don't know.

I don't know what
you're supposed to do here.

I just don't know what
you're supposed to do here

in this fight, man.

(sighs)

This is ridiculous.

It's actually ridiculous.

Okay. So Burmadette
does have the ability here

to get off a Bulldoze.

I don't know if Burmadette
lives two hits.

I think it does.

So we click Bulldoze.

I don't think it's going
to knock it out.

But if I can live
two hits here...

It does live two hits.
Okay.

That's some good news.

That's some good news.

Not enough, man.
I needed that,

I needed that KO.

I needed that KO real bad.

I can't even set
Stealth Rock up.

I just have to click Bulldoze.
He's going to Full Restore.

Okay.

So he used a Full Restore.
The other trainers

did not use any of those.

I'm just so defeated right now.
I just don't...

I need, I need Burmadette
to like dodge.

I'm wondering
if it's worth my time

to... to just set up
Stealth Rock

and then let it go down,

just to have
the Stealth Rock

to potentially win later, right?

Honestly, it's probably
worth it.

I don't know
if it's worth it.

'Cause I can go Redemption
and then...

But then I go Redemption
and I can't do that,

because Redemption
Bullet Punches,

but I'm in
a really bad spot, right?

'Cause then I have
no switches.

So I think I just go
for the Bulldoze.

It just is what it is.

Burmadette hangs in there,
lives the hit.

We're going to get rid
of the first Pokemon,

but guys, I just don't know.
I just don't know

how you do this.

I just don't know
how you do this.

All right.

Well, Sticky Webs are up.
So anything that comes in

is going to get affected
by Sticky Webs.

That's some good news.

Skaraborn gets a level.
It's kind of nice.

Here comes Lopunny.

I don't know
what this Lopunny wants to do,

but I'm going to use
my first potion

of the battle and just heal up,
and see what this Lopunny

wants to do.

So let's do that.

'Cause you presume
that it's going to Fire Punch

or something like that, right?
Like that's, that's what...

Or we go for
a big Normal move.

And Burmadette's
probably the strongest

defensive Pokemon.

Here comes the Fire Punch.
Can I take two of these?

Yes.

Yes is the answer.
That was a crit too.

Oh! Come on, dude!

Oh! Burmadette shake off
the burn. Okay.

Okay, Burm.

Okay. You're doing it.
You're really doing it.

Okay.

Now we click Bulldoze.

Here's another Fire Punch.

Okay. This is actually fine.

That crit was annoying,
but this is okay.

I still have...
That does nothing though.

I still have two more potions.

What is this, Leftovers?

You would have Leftovers.

Okay.

I still have two more potions.

So let me use one
of them right now

to heal up Burmadette to max.

Going to switch out
the Lopunny.

Into what? into Drifblim.

Okay.

Now Drifblim's scary
because he could have

a Flying-type move.

I don't actually know
what he's going to do.

I have Rock Blast though.

Let's go for Rock Blast.

He's going to Minimize.
Don't do that to me.

Don't do that to me.

I missed.

Can we not?

And he's going to miss.
He's going to dodge the Will-O.

And I hit a Rock Blast.

Okay.

Oh, it doesn't do that much.
Okay. Here's an idea.

If I can get Will-O-Wisp
onto Skaraborn,

I make him stronger
'cause of Guts.

I'm going to risk it.

If he Will-O-Wisp me
and makes me burned,

and I hit a Rock Tomb,
we're going to put in

so much work.
Here comes the Will-O.

He does burn me.

I am officially burned.
And now I'm stronger

than I was.

Okay. This is actually
not the worst thing.

I need to hit a Rock Tomb.

Come on, Skaraborn.

You're the leader we look in...
Oh, he's faster.

He's going to Baton Pass.

He's going to Paton Mass
and Minimize.

He was faster. Into Lopunny.

If I hit this though,
this is huge still.

'Cause I'm faster
than the Lopunny.

I just need to hit
one of the next two attacks.

Rock Tomb hits.

Doesn't knock him out though.

Okay.

The good news is,
I knock out the Lopunny with...

a Brick Break.

The bad news is
it has a Minimize,

and I may miss.

Come on, buddy.

Yes!

Huge!

Huge!

Okay.

Okay.

That's two down.

That's two down.

What else you got? Steelix.

My play here is you just,
you just attack it, I think.

I think you just
Brick Break this.

I may go down here,
but you just click Brick Break.

I got to get as much damage off
on this thing as I can.

I didn't even knock him down
all the way.

Iron Tail. Miss.

Skaraborn lives on one.
Shake out the burn.

Shake out the burn.

Shake off the burn.

So close.

So close.

So close.

Okay.

I think the play here
is you Rock Smash.

I mean the issue is,
no matter what I do,

Redemption is in
a really bad spot, right?

No matter what I do.
So actually, maybe you

Burmadette Bulldoze.

Yeah. Maybe you
Burmadette Bulldoze here instead.

What is your health?

I may need to revive.

You are pretty low,
but I don't think

you are Bulldoze range.

I still go for it.

I'm not sure
this does enough though.

Oh, it does. Burmdadette.

Go on, girl.

Go on. All right.
Steelix is gone.

I may need to revive Skaraborn,
but I don't know if I...

Dude, I don't know
what we do.

I don't know what we do.

Oh man.

Here comes Drifblim again.

Okay. So he's going
to want to burn me,

is what he did last time.

I don't have a way
to get burned here.

But I'm wondering
if I can get Luck in.

He showed me Minimize,
Baton Pass, Will-O-Wisp.

I'm going Luck.

I'm going Luck
and I'm Quiver Dancing.

And I'm going to see
if I can sweep this way.

That could be the play.

That could be a play.

He's going to Will-O.
He misses.

Do I just...

Do I go for the sweep
or do I just try

to hit him actually?

I could just Shadow Ball him.

What's his last?
His last is going to be

probably...

I think it's Infernape,
isn't it?

Which means at that point,
I think, I think you go

for one Quiver Dance here.

Yeah. You go for
one Quiver Dance.

He's going to Will-O.
He misses again.

Go on.

Luck, the hero
of the team, hits a Quiver.

It's going to make him
faster than everything else.

And now we click Shadow Ball
and knock out this Drifblim.

Shadow Ball.

I have Sticky Web up.

Here comes the Shadow Ball.

That's going to knock
Drifblim down.

Good job, Luck.

Are you saying
there's a chance?

I'm not saying
there's a chance,

but there's a chance.

All right. What do you have left?
I think it's Infernape.

It is Infernape.

Okay. There's two ways
that this goes well for me.

I should be faster.

I need to hit an Air Slash.

And I need to flinch him.

Come on, Luck.

You're my mascot.

You can do this.

You can do this. Flinch him.

He has...

He has a Focus Sash.

He flinched! Yes! Yes!

Oh!

Oh!

My goodness!

He Full Restores.
He Full Restores.

I Shadow Balled
'cause I didn't want to miss,

but I think I still
knock him out

with two Shadow Balls.

Wow!

Okay. I'm going to hit...
I'm going to have to hit

an Air Slash.

95% accurate.

Luck does it!

Oh baby, we made it
through Flint. Let's go.

Let's go.

Wow.

We got through Flint.

Wow.

Wow.

I wasn't expecting this.
I wasn't looking down

on you, but I didn't think
for a second that I'd lose.

This is fantastic.
You and your Pokemon

are inspiring.

And we actually
just did that.

Burn right down to cinders.

Wow.

Oh baby.

All right. Let me revive
the fallen ones.

Let me actually give
held items to stuff

'cause I kind of messed up.

Clyde was begging
for a berry.

Would have helped a lot.

All right. We're heading
into the next room.

And this is the Psychic master.

I'm going to get up
Sticky Webs

and then try to sweep
with Redemption.

I think that that's the play here,
so let's get it.

Ah, you timed your arrival well.
I've just finished

reading a book, you see.

Allow me to introduce myself.
I am Lucian,

I am a user of Psychic-types.

I must say, you've already
proven yourself

to be outstanding
by coming this far.

They say I'm the toughest
of the Elite Four.

I'm afraid I have
to go all out against you

to live up to that reputation.

All right. Let's do it.

The Elite Four Lucian.

We have the
advantage here, right?

I mean this is the good news.

'Cause we have a bunch
of, you know, Bug-types.

He's going to lead
with Mr. Mime.

All right. This should
give me an opportunity

to set up Sticky Webs,

which I think will be helpful.

And then from there,
like I said, I mean

I think Redemption
puts in a lot of work.

So let's get
those Sitcky Webs up.

He's going to go for Reflect.

I don't really care
about that right now,

to be honest.

I just want
to set up Sticky Web.

And then I think
I just start Swords Dancing.

Like is there any downside
to just going Redemption

and clicking Swords Dance?
Like what is a Mr. Mime

going to do to Redemption?

I don't feel like
it does a whole lot.

I don't feel like
it does a whole lot.

Going to go for
the Light screen.

That's understandable.

So then, what is your play?

I'm going to click Swords Dance.

And you're going to go
for Psychic.

How much is this going to do?

Not really a lot.

Oh, dude.
The special defense drop, man.

Actually the worst.

Actually the worst.

Oh. That kind
of changes things.

I can no longer
just sweep this fight now.

I mean I can go
one more Swords Dance,

but I think honestly
i just take the KO here.

I have Thief, but...

I'm going to yolo.
I'm Swords Dancing

one more time.

That special defense drop
is brutal though.

Don't do it again. Okay.

I may still be able
to live one more hit

from something.

But now I'm +4.

So we're going
to be pretty strong.

And I have the advantage
of the Sticky Web.

So here comes
my Bullet Punch.

This definitely knocks out
Mr. Mime.

But what's next
is the question.

What other Psychic-types
does he have?

And is Scizor or Redemption
is going to be fast enough

to deal with them?

Here's Medicham.

I wish I still had Aerial Ace.

I don't know if I live
a hit here, to be honest.

I don't know if I live
a hit here.

If I Bullet Punch,

I'm not convinced
it's going to knock him out.

I think I still do it.

But this may not
knock him out.

I may... This may be
the first loss for Redemption.

Okay.

He lands a crit!
Redemption says,

I have never lost
a fight in my entire career,

and it's not going
to be today.

Redemption.

All right. Here comes
the giraffe.

If I'm faster, we definitely
knock this out with Thief.

I should be faster.

I am faster.

And giraffe goes down.

Okay.

Redemption is putting
the squad on his back

once again.

Alakazam, dude.

Oh man.

I think you just click
Bullet Punch, man.

It's an Alakazam, right?
Like he just dies?

Bullet Punch.

I'm not convinced
this is going to do enough.

Okay.

I severely underestimated
the power of Redemption here,

if I didn't think
that was good enough.

And Reflect is gone.

We just did all
through Reflect.

And a Bronzong.

I can deal with a Bronzong.

I can deal with that.

That's his last.

Thief kills.

We're going
to the Champion, baby.

Redemption with the sweep.

Bro, let's go, dude.

Let's go.

Go on, squad. Go on.

All right.

We're going to the Champion.

It doesn't mean you're done
with the Pokemon League.

There remains the Champion.

Now go on, step through
the doorway to the final battle.

Let's make sure everyone
is healed up

and let's figure out
our final strategy.

All right. It is officially time
for the Champion Cynthia.

Whoo.

Our bug squad
has made it this far.

Have you been keeping well?

Thank you for Mount Coronet.
I'm truly grateful.

Together, you and your Pokemon
overcame all the challenges

you've faced,
however difficult.

It means that you've triumped

over any
personal weaknesses too.

The pwoer you learned,
I can feel it

emanating from you.

But that's enough talk.

Let's get on why you're here.

As the Pokemon League Champion,
I accept your challenge.

All right. We're going
to just try to get up

Sticky Webs with Sterling
and then go from there.

'Cause obviously,
our team's not super fast

so we kind of have
to play around that.

All right.

She's got a Spiritomb
to kick things off.

So I should definitely
be able to get up

Sticky Web here
'cause we're going to be faster.

So let's just start with that.

Let's get up our Sticky Web
and go from there.

She's got Pressure.
Not a big deal.

All right.

Sticky Webs are going
to go up. Let's get it.

Sticky Webs up.

Let's go, Sterling.
You got this.

Okay.

And she's going
to go for Dark Pulse.

Holy damage.

What?

Okay. I'm not sure
I have a super good switch

into this.

I don't think
I do it all actually.

I'm going to hit a Sing.

Sterling.

This could be the end
of Sterling.

I realized this is
a big risk.

But what switches in
to a Dark Pulse

or a Shadow Ball
on my team? Nothing.

You got this Sterling.
Hit this Sing.

Sterling hits the Sing.

Sterling hits the Sing.

Okay.

Just keep him sleeping
for a couple turns for me.

Please.

I need to get off
a few X-Scissors here.

This might be Swarm boosted.
This is Swarm boosted.

Swarm boosted X-Scissor.
This should do some damage.

That does nothing.

Still sleeping though.

Huge.

Okay. We're just going
to go for another X-Scissor

and we're going
to crit this one.

Ster... I know I'm kind
of throwing Sterling here,

but I don't think
I have a choice.

It's got a berry, of course.

Still asleep. One more turn.
One more turn of sleep.

He wakes up.

Goes for Dark Pulse.

I'm sorry, Sterling.

(sad music)

Ah, the Starlys are attacking.

There it is. We found it.

Our starter Pokemon,
Kricketot.

I tell you, some of these
early battles are going

to be pretty darn painful.

Yeah. It's time, baby.
Sterling is evolving!

This is it. This is where
it really begins, my friends.

And Sterling wants
to be the very best.

Let's go! Sterling clutches up
and wins us

our first gym badge.

And Sterling is our first
fallen member of the squad.

And it's a sad time.

It really is a sad time.

But I don't think
I had a choice.

I think that was
the right decision.

Okay.

I'm thinking Luck
could come in

and maybe Quiver Dance,
take a hit,

and then deal a big
Bug Buzz off.

And that could be
the smart play here.

So that's kind
of what I'm leaning towards.

Our starter Pokemon
Sterling, man. That's sad.

Okay.

I'm going to Quiver Dance.

And then I'm going
to fire off a big Bug Buzz

and we'll hopefully knock out
the Spiritomb here.

This thing is very tough
for me.

Dark Pulse.

Oh my god. That does so much.

All right. I just have
to trust that Bug Buzz

does enough.

55%. Let's go. Let's go, Luck.
You got this buddy.

Let's go!

All right. One down.

One down.

Here we go.

What's next?

Gastrodon.

If this thing has a Rock move,
I am so dead, dude.

I think I save Luck here
and go Skaraborn

and just Bullet Seed it,
to be honest.

I'm going for that.

I got to think this thing
is going to have

a Rock move, dude.

She brought it in
without hesitation.

Not that the AI...
Yeah. Rock Tomb.

Not that the AI is going
to hesitate either way, but...

All right.

This is actually fine.
If I can get this

Bullet Seed off,
we just one-shot, I think.

I might have to hit
three times though.

Oh, I have to hit
like four times. Wow.

I have to hit five, dude.

I don't even get it.
I don't even get close.

And it's going
to Rock Tomb again.

I'm not sure the second
Rock Tomb matters.

I'm probably still faster.

Okay. This isn't the first thing.
I need to hit three hits.

Three Bullet Seeds.

He's got Leftovers.
That's annoying.

I need to hit
three Bullet Seeds here.

She's going
to switch it out. No!

Into Roserade.

Oh, come on.

Oh, that's rough, dude.

That's so rough.

I'm going to do nothing
to this thing.

Oh, she switches, bro.

Okay.

What's my Roserade answer?

Is it Clyde?

Just Venoshock it down.

Or do you go Redemption
on it and just Swords Dance

Bullet Punch everything?

I think you go Redemption.

I think this is my chance
to set up with Redemption

and try to win the game.

I think on Roserade,
this is my chance.

Let's see what it has.

Go for Sludge Bomb.

Dazzling Gleam. Okay.
I can take that. That's fine.

Doesn't really do that much.

Now I think we just
Swords Dance

and go for the sweep.

Shadow Ball.

Let's see how much this does.

Okay.

I can get another
Swords Dance off.

Do I need another one though?

Do I need another one?

I might as well.

I might as well
'cause I'm going to live

another Shadow Ball.

I'm going to heal after this.
That'll be my first potion.

And then I one-shot
with Bullet... or Bullet Punch.

No Sp. Def drop. It's huge.
I get the Swords Dance off.

Okay. This is big.

This is actually huge.

I think, I think Redemption
can put in the work here.

We're going to Max Potion.

We're going to have
to take one really powerful

Shadow Ball.

But we can live it.
And then we'll one-shot

with Bullet Punch.

Here comes the Daz...
He goes for Dazzling Gleam.

Oh my god. That's so lucky.

It saw the kill with D-Gleam
'cause I was so low

and it just saved me
like 10% health, 20% health.

That's huge.

Roserade's gone.

Okay. This is big.

This is huge.

This is actually huge.

What's next? Gastrodon.

Gastrodon is low enough
that I think Thief knocks him out.

I'm +4, dude.

That Bullet Seed damage
was big. Let's go for Thief.

I think this just knocks out
Gastrodon.

I'm about to sweep
with Redemption?

I get a crit.

Yo. Redemption
has never lost a fight before.

Okay.

That was huge.
Skaraborn learning

Close Combat.

That actually is a good time
to learn it.

We'll get rid of Brick Break.

Okay. I'm sitting +4 right now
with a Scizor.

This could be huge.

And Redemption
has never lost a fight

in his life. Lucario.

I don't think I'm faster
than a Lucario.

If I am, this is huge.

I'm not.

He gets off an Aura Sphere.
I think we live one though.

This should KO.

Let's go!

Huge.

Lucario goes down.

What's left?

Milotic.

Okay. So I actually
destroy this thing,

but I'm kind of low.
So I'm going to use

my second potion
of the battle right now.

And let's heal up Redemption.
I'm +4. I got to stay in.

Like I can't switch out
of this point.

We're too strong
to switch out.

I wonder if I should
have just clicked Thief there,

to be honest. Scald.

Don't burn me.

Oh.

Wait. He burned himself.
He's Flame Orb.

I think I just click Thief
and deal massive damage then.

Oh, it doesn't do
that much, dude.

I got to take another Scald.

Oh, this is tough.

This is tough.

This is so tough.

What does one do
in this situation?

I think...

I think I go Clyde?

I think I go Clyde.

Because then
I can heal up Redemption.

I only have one potion left.

I think you go Clyde
and try to stall

this Milotic out as long
as you can.

You take that opportunity,
heal up Redemption,

and then you try to win
the game with Redemption

and everyone
that we have left.

I think that's the play.

I think staying in here
and trying to beat

this Milotic right now
with what I have

is not going to happen.

I need Redemption.
I need him to be strong

for Garchomp.

Scald can't burn Cl...
Oh, that did way more

than I thought it was going
to do.

That did way more
than I thought it was going

to do.

Okay.

Either way,
the play is the same.

We heal up or use our last potion
on Redemption here.

Use our last potion
on Redemption.

I can live one more.
Oh, she's got Recover too. Okay.

This may take a while then.

This may take a while.

Yeah. This might take
a little while.

Although, I don't have
as many Moonlights

as she's going to have
other things.

I'm going to Protect
and stall this fight out.

This... I may cut out
some of this part of this battle

'cause this might get
really stall-y.

All right. I'm at kind
of a weird situation

where I think I have
to start attacking this Milotic.

Because my way to victory
is still have a way...

That does nothing.

And it's going to Recover.
Yeah. I don't know

how I beat this thing actually.

Because it can just
Recover stall me.

I'm going to have
a really hard time

beating this thing.

I'm not even sure
what I'm supposed to do.

And I can't Toxic him either.

I can stall turns of burn,
but there's not a whole lot

else I can do. I think I...

I think I needed
to just heal Redemption

while he was on the field,
but I didn't want to risk a burn.

I'm not really quite sure
what I'm supposed to do here.

This is going to be really hard
for me to beat.

Okay. I've kind of,
I've kind of run out

of options here.

I kind of need Clyde to go down
and just have the Milotic

as low as health as possible,
so I can have a chance.

But it's actually going
to Mirror Coat me

and finish me off here.
Oh. No, I'm still alive. Okay.

I need to get this thing
as low as possible

because it continues
to Recover.

And if it were...
I have to let Clyde go down.

I need him to not Recover here.

And I need to get him
a little bit lower

so a Bullet Seed
may knock him out.

He's going to go for Scald.

And that's going to be the end
of Clyde here.

I'm sorry, Clyde.

You were great,
and you can have your love story

with Sterling
in Poke Heaven now.

So at this stage,
my only hope is for Skaraborn

to be able to do
some massive damage here

with Bullet Seed.
I'm not even sure

I really have another option.

If this thing Recovers on me,
I'm done for.

I mean that does nothing.
I need to hit five times.

I needed it to not Recover.

And I need it...

I mean I hit twice, dude.

If this knocks me out,
I think I just lose.

No burn. Okay.

If she does not
Full Restore here,

there's a chance.

What does more,
Close Combat or Bullet Seed?

Bullet Seed is 25
plus Miracle Seed.

I got to do some math.

Okay. So Close Combat
does the same amount of damage

as Bullet Seed if Bullet Seed
hits three times.

I'm pretty sure.

'Cause Bullet Seed is 25
which is essentially 50

every hit 'cause
it's super effective.

And it has a 25% buff
because of the Miracle Seed,

so that buffs it up to 60.

So does 60 damage each hit.

Close Combat does 120
in a hit. But it has STAB

so it goes up to 180
because of that.

So I need
to hit three Bullet Seeds

to equate to what
Close Combat's going to do.

I think the play
is click Close Combat

and hope it's enough.

I think that's the play.

Close Combat.

Oh, she Full Restores.
You've got to be kidding me, dude.

You've actually got
to be kidding me.

I got nothing.

I got nothing.

And she's just going
to heal that burn

right back off, dude.

She Full Restores on me, man.

I mean what do you do
in that situation?

What do you do?

I guess I'll go
for the five-hit Bullet Seed

and a bunch of crits. Oh man.

If I hit five with some crits,
maybe there's some hope.

Come on, Skaraborn.

There's a crit.

Keep going.

Keep going.

It's going to hit four.

Can you tough out
an Ice Beam here, buddy?

On one?

(gasps)

Skaraborn toughs it out again!
No way!

Oh my gosh.

I'm in the same situation
as I was before.

And last time I click
Close Combat.

I think I do it again.

Or do I go for the Bullet Seed
and hopes of the crits.

Oh, this is so tough.

I got to believe
in his Bullet Seeds.

I'm going for Bullet Seed.

She Full Restores again.
You've got to be kidding me.

You can't keep doing this.

I need to hit five.
I need to hit five

without the defense buff.

Come on.

Three.

Give me two more.

Give me one more.

Okay.

Huge.

Skaraborn, you have been
such a legend.

I just need you to do it again.

Five more.

Here we go.

One.

Two.

Three.

That's it.

Can you dodge?

You're not going
to dodge, buddy.

You did great, man.

You did great, Skaraborn.
Honestly, you're the only reason

we're still in this fight.

Thanks buddy.

(sad music)

Yes!

Oh, dude. I had a feeling
this one was shaking so much.

We finally got him.

You've got to be kidding me.

Over 100 honey trees.

Probably closer to like
140 honey trees.

Skaraborn, baby.

We have grinded so much
for this legend.

Can you tough out
an Ice Beam here, buddy?

On one?

(gasps)

Skaraborn toughs it out again!

Okay. I think at this point,
we go into Luck.

And we click Bug Buzz
and hope it's enough.

It's got to be enough.

I can't believe it.
She has clicked Full Restore

three times.

How?

How?

I don't even know
what you're supposed

to do with that.

I need Luck to just hit
every flinch now.

I don't even know
what I'm supposed to do here.

I need to flinch.

I need to just hax
this thing out.

I can't believe this.
Three Full Restores, dude.

Flinch. Okay.

Can you get one more flinch
for me, Luck?

I'm doing everything
to win this fight right now.

Get one more flinch
for me, buddy. Please.

One more flinch.

Nope.

And Luck goes down.

Redemption, it's all
up to you, buddy.

I'm not really sure
what else I can do here.

But go into Redemption
and set up a Swords Dance

and then try to win with that.

I don't really know
what else I can do.

Redemption's never lost
a battle.

Clang those swords
together, buddy.

You are our last hope
in the Buglocke.

And it Recovers.

Just the fact
that it continuously Recovers

is so brutal.

I think I just have
to click Thief.

I don't even know.

If I get burned,
I'm so done for.

I can try to get
a defense drop with Rock Smash.

Or do I just go +6
and then just hit it

as hard as I can?
I think that that might be the play.

But if I get burned, it's...
I mean, I think I can live

two Scalds. It's going
to Recover again.

It's probably actually
good for me.

I'm +4.

Now is my chance.

I think I go for Rock Smash
and try to get

the defense drop.

'Cause I don't think
Thief does that much.

Three Thiefs might be
enough though.

I'm going to try
for three Thiefs.

Here's one.

That's good.

That's enough.

It missed the Ice Beam.

Redemption.

Redemption.

Thief again.

Crit.

It's going to Recover. Okay.

Is it out of Scalds?

Is it out of Scalds?

If it's out of Scalds,
I click Swords Dance again.

I think I click Swords Dance again
no matter what actually.

Swords Dance.

I may have stalled out
every one of its Scalds.

Recover.

We might have stalled out
all of its Scalds.

I can't believe this Milotic.
It's insanely powerful.

Redemption has never lost
a fight.

Thief.

That's a two-hit KO.

Mirror Coat doesn't work.

She doesn't have
any more Scalds.

We might do this. Thief.

Redemption.

Redemption.

I can't remember last time
I was put in a corner like this.

She's got Garchomp.

But I think
two Bullet Punches KOs.

We have to worry
about Rough Skin here as well.

I think I always just click
Bullet Punch.

Redemption does it!

He does it!

On the back
of the strongest Bug of all time.

Redemption carries the team
to the championship.

Wow!

Wow.

Oh my gosh, dude.

I can't believe
we beat that fight.

I didn't think
I could beat the Milotic.

Wow.

And we still have three
standing Bugs, Luck,

Redemption, and Burmadette.

But unfortunately,
Sterling, Clyde and Skaraborn

all went down.

That was excellent.
Truly an astounding battle.

You gave the support
your Pokemon needed

to maximize their power.

And you guided them
with certainty to secure victory.

You have both passion
and calculating coolness.

Together, you and
your Pokemon can overcome

any challenge
that may come your way.

Those are the impressions
I got from our battle.

I'm glad I got to take part
in the crowning

of Sinnoh's new champion.

Now then, step on to the lift.

Wow.

Wow.

And here we are
in the Champion Hall

with the bug squad.

Redemption still
has never lost a battle.

The room ahead
is the Hall of Fame.

Your last battle was splendid.

A child I enlisted
for my Pokedex project

has come far.

It's only natural
that I come and witness

their crowning achievement.

You've grown
into a real champion.

Wow.

All right. We get
to go to the Champion Hall now.

It's been a long while
since I entered this room.

If it was the last time
you were here

is when I became Champion,
then that would be quite

a long time ago.

Welcome to the Hall of Fame.

Your names will be recorded
for posterity here.

What you are leaving
are memories of your adventure

so far. It's time
to record your names,

you and your Pokemon.

Your Pokemon
are partners that grew with you

through many challenge
and battles.

This machine will make
a permanent record

of your achievement.

Wow, dude. Let's go.

Let's go.

Welcome to the Hall of Fame.

Sterling.

Redemption!

Never lost a fight.

Luck the mascot.

Burmadette,
the unluckiest Pokemon

doing big things.

Clyde in heaven
with Sterling now.

And Skaraborn came
at the end but did work.

Yo. We did it.

What a squad.

The League Champ.

Look at those bugs, baby.
Let's go!

Let's go, dude.

Wow.

Oh, we get a nice
postgame cutscene.

Oh, that's cute.

The end.

But it is not the end.

I actually really want
to do a lot

of the postgame fights.

I've heard they're really tough.
I don't know

how we're going to proceed,
whether I'm going to

stop the Nuzlocke
or whether I'm going

to continue the Nuzlocke.
I'm not really sure yet.

I may kind of take
your thoughts on that,

but I'm very excited
to do the postgame

in this game 'cause I've seen
that it's actually

pretty tough and it should
be a lot of fun.

Deathly came looking
for you a while ago.

I don't know,
but he wanted

to see you at a ship
at Snowpoint City.

Anyway, how's your project
with Professor Rowan going?

I mean it's going all right.

All right, guys.
I think this is where

we're going to wrap up
this episode

of the Brilliant Diamond
Buglocke.

We still have so much to do.
I've got to finish

my Pokedex.

I've actually just made
a list of all the Pokemon

I'm missing.
It's not too many.

So we're going
to finish our Pokedex.

We're going to ultimately
get the Poke Radar.

We're going to find out
what Deathly wants

in the ship,
and much, much more.

Hit that like button
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Buglocke. Show some love.

And that's going to be that
for me guys.

I'll see you guys
on the next episode. Peace!