Close encounters edition>What are you running?>How are you running it?>How's your run going?>Are you doing a weird ruleset? And if so, what is it?>/nuz/ resourcesMostly outdated, but if I add something new it will have (Updated) somewhere in it. Let me know if there's something that needs updated if you have something to replace it with.>Nuzlocke infohttps://pastebin.com/8b3rHGuX>Nuzlocke generatorhttps://nuzlocke-generator.herokuapp.com/http://nuzlocke-generator.com/>Guide to running the generator locallyhttps://pastebin.com/etNFB00r>Links to official games (thru Sw/Sh) (outdated)https://pastebin.com/hsJ0TaJ7>Romhack links (outdated)https://pastebin.com/GzWfs9Bzhttps://pastebin.com/GfJ9zhqx>Definitive emulator info (note that OpenEmu is the best option for Macfags period as RBY through B2W2 may all be played on it and all run smoothly)https://pastebin.com/HmVC99sZ>Difficulty listhttps://pastebin.com/vvwTEgwJ>Pokémon Nuzlocke imageshttp://www.mediafire.com/file/sxu318m9an5ulbm/>Pokémon Bank spriteshttp://www.mediafire.com/file/ueadxvt1f52m0md/>Pokémon Home Spriteshttps://projectpokemon.org/docs/spriteindex_148/home-sprites-gen-1-r128/>Additional templateshttp://www.mediafire.com/file/vmfck3jdowgn472>(UPDATED)Anon's Level Caps Dochttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZOwQ2MnzKF-fJuSGEkTUIenGbPoZymS6jYrY6zIbzkk/edit#gid=1752410600>Level caps/general Nuzlocke infohttps://nuzlockeuniversity.ca/2022/01/18/hardcore-nuzlocke-level-caps-by-generation/>Nuzlocke challenge wheel (new!)https://rentry.co/pokemon-challenge-run-autism-wheelsPrevious Thread: >>58419413
>>58511387The trainers are all in their mid 30's, so you could just solo them with Swampert, but be warned that there are a couple of Grass types on route 133, I wouldn't risk them hitting your starter even with the level gap.
>>58511862Haven't played it myself, but I guess it depends how many of each type there are and what types the bosses are.>>58510900>Focus Miss hitting more than onceWhat trickery is this?
I beat Clay!>Lv. 31 Magnezone>Lv. 30 Zoroark>Lv. 29 Whimsicott>Lv. 28 Sandslash>Lv. 28 Conkeldurr>Lv. 25 Gothitadidn't realize the last thread was in danger of dying until it was too late...
>>58516254Congrats! Guess it went smoothly since you didn't recap.
miraculously, I defeated the Driftveil Tournament without a single casualty. unfortunately, the game threw a triple battle at me and Whimsicott was killed. unlike Charles the Heartbreaker, there's no sign or warning that this trainer was a triple battle. it's a huge loss because I was banking on that Whimsicott to cripple opponents with Prankster priority. I wish I could fall back on Ducklett but in B2W2 you don't get Scald in Driftveil like you do in BW.>>58516976things were going smoothly for a while
Small update to save the thread.Made my way through the lakes, losing Blaine the Ponyta to Saturn’s Toxicroak surviving in the red off Flame Wheel then hitting Revenge. No problems with Mars or getting through 216 and 217. Caught a a Snover, an Medicham, and then a Sneasel at Acuity Lakefront. Working my way through the Snowpoint Gym, and making sure to not use the left stick to move so I don’t softlock. Should probably go back and teach Medicham Thunder Punch to go with Fire Punch for the few Water types in the gym.
I don't really have an update ready, but I don't want to do an empty bump so here goes: there's only 2 irregular trainers in Chargestone Cave (B2W2): a male cooltrainer and a female cooltrainer (better name than ace trainer). The male is the dangerous one: he appears after the long bridge that is being repaired if you enter the area too early. His is a triple battle so formations are of the upmost important. The female trainer is stationary and facing north. She's very easy to avoid but her battle is a rotation battle, so you can just solo all 3 mons if you have a someone strong enough. The other cool trainers are moving and not irregular battles.>>58517771dangit, you beat me to it. I was busy looking for an image.
I beat Skyla!>Lv. 36 Zoroark>Lv. 36 Magnezone>Lv. 35 Swanna>Lv. 34 Sandslash>Lv. 33 Gothorita>Lv. 32 ConkeldurrMagnezone solo'd her entire gym...
I had the misfortune of running into a Darmanitan in a double battle so that means Zoroark and Swanna are dead. Darmanitan switched into battle while Zoroark was underground with Dig, so I didn't even get a chance to react. Darmanitan used Flare Blitz on Zoroark (camouflaged as Magnezone) and 1-shot it. Swanna was killed by a critical hit Thrash from the same Darmanitan. I believe its health was also completely full. The foe's Excadrill was also on the field, so I prioritized it over the Darmanitan thinking Swanna could resist a fire attack. I'm going to stop here for today and sleep on it.
Unfortunately I lost Sharpedo and Duskull this morning. Sharpedo to a Swimmers Gyarados using Thrash and Duskull to a Ace Trainers Manectric using Crunch. So no dark or ghost types to help me against the psychic gym. I did beat the sixth gym leader Winona though. First Sealeo took out Swablu with Ice Ball, then her Tropius uses Sunny Day but Torkoal takes advantage of Sunny Day to use Flamethrower on Tropius and her Skarmory taken them both out, Swampert took out Pelipper with a few Surfs and finally Sealeo took out her Altaria with one Aurora Beam.Any advice for Liza and Tate?Also never played yesterday.
>>58518932Swampert is far and away stronger than Tate/Liza's team, but, once again, their Solrock has Solar Beam. Odds are you could one shot each one of them by focusing them down one at a time, but Sealeo is five levels from evolving. As long as you take out Xatu and Solrock before they sets up Sunny Day, you should be fine
I beat the seventh gym leader Tate and Liza but at a severe cost because I lost Sharpedo and Duskull earlier, pokemon that would have been good against the psychic gym. So first I lost Sealeo to Xatus Confusion and while Swampert was able to take out both Xatu and Claydol with Muddy Water, I unfortunately lost Muddy to Solrocks Solar Beam. With two pokemon dead, Torkoal and Hariyama came in to save the day, Torkoal took out Solrock with enough Flamethrowers and Hariyama took out Lunatone with enough Vital Throws. I may have won but I'm down to two. I was able to beat the leader of Team Aqua Archie though. Hariyama used Vital Throw on his Mightyena and Sharpedo and Torkoal used Flamethrower on his Crobat. Now that both Team Magma and Team Aqua are out of the way, it's time for the final gym.Any advice for beating Juan with just two pokemon? Or am I fucked?
>>58519518It's to late, I forget that Solrock knows Solar Beam and I lost my ace as well as Sealeo. I'm still down to two but I think I'm fucked.
How do I undo this?I haven't beaten Juan yet but I accidentally clicked mark victory on Juan when I meant to click Archie but I can't get rid of it which is annoying.
>>58519946 >>58518675Ouch. What a day. I'm getting a Trapinch for the next Littlemon team. A Sheer Force Adamant Trapinch. He will be supported by Trick Room Duskull I think. It never goes as planned
>>58517771Beat Candice, but lost Bruno to her Abomasnow. Blizzard froze Goku, meaning I needed to switch and things got hairy as I played musical chairs. Probably could have just gone straight to Hulk, but wasn’t sure if he would survive the EQ. I’m not running calcs on every battle.Now to Lake Acuity to save that chump Ash from Team Galaxy.
Randomized Starter Volt White 2 redux Normal Mode anon back again, got through Burgh!Run is feeling a little less cursed, Eevee potentially becoming Jolteon and Grimer w/ Black Sludge becoming muk are big gets for moving forward in Nimbasa.Just gotta get my team coordinated for the suprirse attack by Lenora and her husband in Nimbasa.
Well i just lost my Emerald Nuzlocke.I surprisingly was able to beat Juan. Hariyama took put Luvdisc and Whiscash with ease but because Kingdra kept using Rest and Double Team, it took forever for me to take down Kingdra and Hariyama ran out of PP, so did Kingdra so I had Torkoal trap Kingdra in a fire vortex using Fire Spin and finally Kingdra went down, Hariyama struggled to beat his Sealeo and Crawdaunt but managed to beat them by struggling due to lack of PP. Unfortunately at Victory Road, I would lose my two remaining survivors to Wally's Gardevoir that used Psychic and so my nuzlocke ends here.RIP to all the pokemon I lost in Emerald.I'm gonna do Platinum next which is my favourite.
>>58521611Forget to post the grave. Here it is.
I have more bad news: Sandslash is dead. 1-shot by a wild Excadrill's Horn Drill. At least I have an Excadrill now.
>>58521611I was gonna say, i'd be shocked if you pulled the run off with two mons. Good work on beating Juan though, and good luck in Platinum.
update to bump from page 9Hugh's damn Simipour burned my Magnezone on switch in. I didn't have any better switch-ins so I had to spam healing items while praying that Scald didn't get a critical hit, or else Magnezone might have died. Thankfully, I won the battle with no casualties.>Lv. 45 Cobalion>Lv. 40 Gothorita>Lv. 39 Banette>Lv. 38 Magnezone>Lv. 38 Conkeldurr>Lv. 37 ExcadrillI chose to use the Masterball on Cobalion. Cobalion was at a much higher level than any of my guys and I didn't have anyone who could safely tank all of its hits.I do not own a single Pokémon that can use Surf. please help.
>>58523376HM Slave clause yourself a surfer and never use it in battle.
more bad news: Conkeldurr is dead. it was a double battle with two Roselias. I guess I figured I'd be fine if I used double Rock Slide on turn 1 (the other mon being Excadrill), but those Pedal Dances hit crazy hard. There was also no way of knowing which of the two Pokémon the Roselia's would hit. At least I caught a Surf-user in the next area.>>58523684miraculously, I just caught a Golduck but I guess I would have to use HM Clause if it came down to it. in retrospect: Oshawott might be the best starter if I want to avoid using HM Clause.
Is there a challenge run where you can capture as many Pokémon as you'd like but you can only capture on per line and if they die you can't use that Pokémon line anymore.
>>58524015probably not but that's the best part: you can just make it up and play by your own rules
"It's been 3,000 years," indeed. I was a bit rusty after putting down the game for so long, and it showed.>Malva: Her Pyroar tried to take Maillot down with Wild Charge, but he wasn't having it. Rain Dance and Surf easily swept her entire team away.>Siebold: Maillot's intended purpose was to be a troll with Water Absorb, but I was the one who got trolled in the end. Thunder got a low roll, allowing his Barbaracle to Cross Chop my Lapras to pieces. Cestus and Mackintosh took revenge, Stickpin Crunched on Starmie while Siebold desperately healed, and finally Babydoll one-shotted his Gyarados, bringing this messy fight to a swift end.>Wikstrom: Ruff and Cestus held up well against most of his team in spite of the foe's coverage moves, but Aegislash's Sacred Sword spam nearly destroyed Lucario and forced me to switch him out. Stickpin was all too happy to make the ghost sword into another chew toy.>Drasna: Babydoll immediately neutered the threat of Dragalge with a Psychic blast, clearing the way for Ruff to do her stuff with Play Rough. (Also, Ruff's Quick Claw somehow activated despite being Frisked by Noivern?)>Diantha: Babydoll blew away Hawlucha and Gourgeist, while Ruff wrestled with Tyrantrum, Aurorus, and Goodra. Lastly, Gardevoir's display of Mega Evolution was nullified by a Cross Poison from Stickpin.>AZ: Not much to say here, but at least Mackintosh got to see some action.Now I'm off to Alola, once I give sweet Maillot a burial at sea.
>>58522496Yeah I think I was fucked when I lost Sharpedo and Duskull, two pokemon that would have helped against the psychic gym leader. Even Absol would have helped.
I don't really have an update to be honest>Lv. 43 Pawniard>Lv. 42 Excadrill>Lv. 41 Magnezone>Lv. 41 Gothitelle>Lv. 40 Banette>Lv. 36 StaryuI'm procrastinating at Undella Bay because I'm scared of Drayden
>>58524677I think it says something about Kalos' difficulty that you only lost one team member despite being rusty. Congrats by the way.>FriskIt identifies held items only.
I've just began my Platinum Nuzlocke. I picked Turtwig as my starter and I caught Budew as my first catch. I did beat Roadk, I had Budew paralys Geodude with Stun Spore, then I spammed Growth over and over again until Budews Special Attack was maxed out and then Budew took out both Geodude and Onix with Mega Drain instantly. Unfortunately Cranidos outsped Budew and killed her with Headbutt which upset me. Still Turtwig was able to save the day with Razor Leaf and Absorb.Also ignore the Bidoof, she's a HM slave or HM Slut as I named her, she will be used as a tool.
I beat Drayden!>Lv. 45 Virizion>Lv. 43 Magnezone>Lv. 43 Excadrill>Lv. 43 Pawniard>Lv. 42 Gothitelle>Lv. 41 Staryuunfortunately, Banette was killed by a critical hit during a random triple battle>>58525445that's unfortunate but Budew was probably redundant with Turtwig around. I've never been able to evolve the thing early, even with it holding a Soothe Bell.
>>58525426>It identifies held items only.Oh, I must've somehow confused it with Knock Off or something.
>>58524015You could probably alightly modify Oak's Challenge to do what you're asking.>>58525106>Magnemite line is back to the topAs it should be.
Turtwig evolved into Grotle, I caught a Buizel at the Valley Windworks and I beat the second gym leader Gardenia. First I had Grotle use Withdraw until it's defense stat was max and then I had Grotle take down Turtwig, Roserade and Cherrim with Bite, it was difficult due to Grass Knot but I succeeded.Any advice for Fantina?
What encounter in a given game is inexplicably based?>magnemite in bw2>guts tailow in RSE
>>58528098guts doesn't negate the attack debuff from burn in gen 3 iirc
>>58528207It does, I used a burnt fly swellow against phoebe
>>58528043I know you’ve lost at least one Pokémon, but how do you have only two Pokémon after two gyms? Do you have an additional rule that you can only use free Pokéballs or something? Have you just killed a lot of potential catches? Because Platinum has some great team members early that you just haven’t got.
>>58528303Because I made a rule stating that aside from starter, I can only catch pokemon that are part of the evolutionary line of characters aces. So like Roserade and Floatzel for example. Weavile and Toxicroak would also count.
>>58528959most jewish way to guarantee a gible:
Running Emerald, will Glacia's Sealeo encore or body slam Gardevoir after one calm mind? Only need to get to +2 to sweep, thorn between mental herb and lum/cheri.
>>58528967I've used a Gabite in a nuzlocke once without those rules.
Gothitelle was killed in battle. I knew Crustle was physical based, so I set up a Reflect and intended to switch out but X-Scissors was a critical hit, completely bypassing Reflect, and 1-shot Gothitelle.>Lv. 46 Pawniard>Lv. 45 Magnezone>Lv. 44 Excadrill>Lv. 38 BoldoreVirizion was also 1-shot by a Scrafty's High Jump Kick (critical hit). 90% accuracy and 130 base power with STAB is insane to go up against in a nuzlocke. I didn't have any answers for it. I erroneously sent out Starmie to try and Minimize out of desperation but of course it didn't work and Starmie was 1-shot by Moxie+1 STAB Crunch. I really thought I would wipe in that battle but now that I survived: I'm not sure if I can continue.
I beat Marlon!>Lv. 46 Magnezone>Lv. 46 Pawniard>Lv. 44 Excadrill>Lv. 43 Gigalith>Lv. 42 Golduck>Lv. 40 Sewaddlebut Cobalion was killed in battle...
well, the situation went from bad to worse. Gigalith is dead. It was against a Excadrill who had used Swords Dance. I definitely misplayed somehow but also, I didn't have a good answer for the Excadrill. I have no flying-types, and my team had multiple Steel-types. There's no way Golduck could tank a Sword Dance boosted Earthquake. I should have just spammed healing items over and over, healing to full health and abusing Gigalith's Sturdy until Earthquake ran out of PP, but I had forgotten about Sturdy in that moment; I'm simply not used to having Sturdy, but it was a lesson learned.The real bad news is that Pawniard is dead. Pawniard was my answer for most of the Elite 4. It was the stupidest mistake I could have done this run: I used the Colress Machine on the Crustle inside that one cave while I had Max Repel in effect. I had forgotten that Pawniard was in front of the party because it was at the highest level at Lv. 47. Foolishly, I decided to battle the Crustle thinking I had a type advantage when surprise, surprise: X-Scissor was a critical hit and 1-shot Pawniard. I don't have a plan for the Elite 4 anymore.>Lv. 47 Magnezone>Lv. 46 Solrock (LOL)>Lv. 44 Excadrill>Lv. 43 Golduck>Lv. 43 LeavannyI also completely forgot about Terrakion so I got a shitty ecounter in dark grass instead (Thick Fat Marill lol). I don't think this run is winnable, but I want to stick it out and learn as much as possible.sometimes I wonder, can I defeat the Witch's Curse?
How do you guys decide on what games and rules for your nuzlocke? I've never done one before.
>>58531710I try and play thr game i've gone the longest without touching, but there are exceptions. As for rules, I've formed mine out of a personal preference to use different team members each playthrough (so a series wide dupes clause), and a bit more difficulty in serious battles (no healing in battle of thr Pokémon is leading). For a first run, i would pick a game that you know well or FRLG, and with only the essential rules, maybe an HM Slave clause if you think it's necessary.
Buizel evolved into Floatzel, I caught a Gible at Wayward Cave that would later evolve into Gabite and then I also caught a Ralts.Any advice for Fantina?
>>58532831Bite with floatzel and grotle
>>58531273Hey now, you beat the first half of gen 5, you can beat the second half. It's not all bad, you still have Magnezone and Excadrill. It could be better, but it cpuld also be worst.
>>58533686yeah, Magnezone carries this run so hard it's insane. I don't know where I'd be without it.
Had an unfortunate death in Candice's Gym.Ace Trainer Sergio had a Floatzel, and Orphan the Crobat had previous damage. I wasn't sure if Floatzel had pursuit and didn't want to risk a crit Pursuit. Instead Crunch into an Aqua Jet Crit did the work. Checked afterwards and the Floatzel does not have Pursuit.Spent some time since leveling up Bald Bull the Rampardos.>Vs Candice>SnoverCharap oneshots with Hyper Voice>SneaselI swap Chelsea in on Faint Attack.It Slashes Chelsea, who puts it well into the yellow with Specs Surf.Candice switches Sneasel out for:>AbomasnowWho takes the Surf somewhat well.I send Wilykit in on Wood Hammer, expecting the Intimidate to turn Abomasnow into easy pickings. However, Wood Hammer hits for almost half even while weaknened and without a crit. The Hail from Abomasnow's ability brings Wilykit belwo half.I can't stay in, Wood Hammer again will kill and I can't kill first. The scary part is that my best choice, Charap, might die instantly if Abomasnow goes for Avalanche. However, I'm lucky, and it goes for Wood Hammer... which still does near half, jeez.However, all the recoil makes Chatter a guaranteed KO.>SneaselCandice uses a Full Restore, and Charap's Chatter confuses Sneasel.It hits itself, thankfully, and Chatter takes it out. Avalanche was probably the only Sneasel move with a chance to KO, but Slash or Faint Attack could have forced me to go for Vessa vs the Medicham. >MedichamInstead, Medicham just uses Detect twice, before falling to Chatter on the third turn.Wood Hammer had me shook.
>>58534474>crit pursuitsomething to be fearful of, for sure>no dupe clause>honey treesuh oh
>>58534845I'm honestly having a laugh at all my Zubats.
>>58528098Geodude in HGSS.>>58529036It might use Encore if it doesn't see a kill, but i don't know the gen 3 ai very well.
>>58528098Greedent is completely bonkers in SwSh. Orbeetle is also way better than it has any right to be.
I beat Colress, the Shadow Triad, and Ghetsis!>Lv. 54 Metagross>Lv. 50 Excadrill>Lv. 50 Solrock>Lv. 49 Leavanny>Lv. 48 Golduck>Lv. 48 Magnezoneon to Victory Road!
