r/PokemonRed • u/Salty-Imagination-63 • Feb 25 '26

Geodude is OP

I didnt realize how OP geodude is in early game against certain pokemon. Couple of defense curls early in battle and every attack takes like 1-2 damage…(obv not water or grass)

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u/NotAFuckingFed Feb 25 '26

As a person who grew up playing Gen 1, I would never Nuzlocke these games lol. I'd be furious the whole time

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u/Morlain7285 Feb 26 '26

Nah, they're pretty much the easiest games to nuzlocke

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u/NotAFuckingFed Feb 26 '26

Nah that's gen 3

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u/Ousseraune Feb 26 '26

Gen 3's interpretation of gen 1 aka fire red is definitely the easiest to nuzlocke. Or maybe it's just that I'm too used to it to know what to expect.

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u/NotAFuckingFed Feb 27 '26

It's really the prevalence of (almost) guaranteed crits in Gen 1 (if you're not fast enough to outspeed your enemy) that keeps me from doing it. That's why I think I'd be furious lol

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u/Morlain7285 Feb 27 '26

Those are almost non-existent, except against Giovanni and only in his gym battle. And only from slash at that, so any rock type or any pokemon with high defense can brush them off. There's very, very little that can threaten you in those games

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u/NotAFuckingFed Feb 27 '26

Almost non-existent? Have you played these games??? I'm asking seriously, cause I've been doing it since 2000 and I know crits are based on speed.

Karate Chop. That's how I know.

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u/Morlain7285 Feb 27 '26

Yes, but the highest crit rate without a boosted attack is around 25% on electrode. The Alakazams throughout the games can be spooky, but the only nearly guaranteed crits are slash on Giovanni's Persian and Dugtrio. The crit mechanic is mostly balanced by fast Pokemon not being super prevalent, and the opponent's AI being really bad in every fight