Pokemon Vs. Kanto - The Tier List

Pokemon Vs. Kanto Tier List

Last updated: October 1, 2024

The following is the up-to-date Tier List for Pokemon Vs. Kanto, the video series where I try to see how fast, or even if I can, beat Pokemon FireRed using solo evolutionary lines. These rankings factor in both completion level (or brickwall fight) and in-game time.

NOTES:

Pokemon names in orange are not part of the official Pokemon Vs. Kanto canon, due to significant rule breaks and/or creative liberties required in order to complete the run. They exist more as thought experiments than anything else.
The Brick Wall, as the name implies, refers to the point in the game where an evolutionary line could not viably pass through under my self-imposed run rules. They can be found in the description of any Pokemon Vs. Kanto video.
The Rare Candy bonus deduces 5 minutes off of the original in-game completion time per candy remaining in inventory by run's end, in order to make runs where I had some in tow by the end better comparable to runs where I used all of them.
This tier list is by no means scientific, due to a myriad of factors including, but not limited to: Not using Rare Candies in an optimal fashion, the IVs the pokemon I'm using varying wildly by run, and particularly in earlier runs, utilizing less-than-ideal strategies, both in battles and routing.

WARNING: This tier list is up-to-date, and may contain spoilers if you're not caught up on the series.

	Pokemon Evo. Line	Brick Wall	Final Level	Base Time	Unused Candies	Final Time
Run Completed - A	Abra (Alakazam)	N/A	76	06:30	8	05:50
	Krabby	N/A	79	06:16	7	05:41
	Tyrogue (Hitmonchan)	N/A	77	07:03	6	06:33
	Tyrogue (Hitmonlee)	N/A	81	07:31	13	06:21
	Clefairy	N/A	82	07:18	12	06:18
	Psyduck	N/A	82	06:53	6	06:23
	Slowpoke	N/A	84	06:46	3	06:31
	Poliwag	N/A	86	06:38	4	06:18
	Tyrogue (Hitmontop)	N/A	79	07:47	3	07:32
	Squirtle (Redux)	N/A	87	06:23	3	06:08
	Nidoran (M)	N/A	87	06:56	6	06:26
	Drowzee	N/A	88	06:31	2	06:21
	Abra (Kadabra)	N/A	86	07:13	6	06:43
	Mankey	N/A	89	06:22	0	06:22
	Bellsprout	N/A	86	07:08	4	06:48
	Nidoran (F)	N/A	89	07:23	8	06:43
	Machop (Machamp)	N/A	93	06:52	7	06:17
	Shellder	N/A	87	07:36	0	07:36
	Charmander (Redux)	N/A	92	06:59	0	06:59

Run Completed - B	Exeggcute	N/A	89	07:50	4	07:30
	Sandshrew	N/A	89	07:48	3	07:33
	Bulbasaur (Redux)	N/A	93	07:11	0	07:11
	Seel	N/A	92	08:14	9	07:29
	Tentacool	N/A	84	09:13	0	09:13
	Cubone	N/A	94	07:22	0	07:22
	Koffing	N/A	95	08:15	5	07:50
	Farfetch'd	N/A	95	07:51	0	07:51
	Gastly	N/A	100	07:20	0	07:20
	Doduo	N/A	98	07:55	2	07:45
	Lickitung	N/A	99	08:11	0	08:11
	Growlithe	N/A	96	09:01	3	08:46
	Meowth	N/A	100	08:40	1	08:35
	Pidgey	N/A	100	08:37	0	08:37
	Zubat	N/A	96	09:26	3	09:11

Run Completed - C	Venonat	N/A	98	09:10	0	09:10
	Rattata	N/A	100	08:55	0	08:55
	Jigglypuff	N/A	100	08:59	0	08:59
	Grimer	N/A	100	09:01	0	09:01
	Spearow	N/A	100	09:08	0	09:08
	Diglett	N/A	100	09:09	0	09:09
	Oddish (Vileplume)	N/A	100	09:48	1	09:43
	Weedle	N/A	100	10:44	0	10:44

Run Not Completed	Machop (Machoke)	R2 Champion	100	07:34	0	07:34
	Geodude	R2 Champion	100	08:26	0	08:26
	Ekans	R2 Champion	100	08:42	0	08:42
	Vulpix	R2 Champion	100	09:12	0	09:12
	Pikachu	R2 Champion	100	09:55	0	09:55
	Oddish (Bellossom)	R2 Champion	100	10:07	0	10:07
	Ponyta	R2 Lance	100	08:37	0	08:37
	Caterpie	R2 Lance	100	09:05	0	09:05
	Paras	R2 Lance	100	10:50	0	10:50
	Magnemite	R2 Bruno	100	08:27	0	08:27
	Voltorb	R2 Bruno	100	08:37	0	08:37
	Onix	R1 Champion	100	09:43	0	09:43