>>58838273
Congrats! That's some heavy hitters spent in the first gen, but it will open up routes a ton in future games.

is my run invalid if I use 2x speed?

>>58838770
I wouldn't personally think so. All you're doing is what you were already doing, just quicker.

>>58838770
It's invalid if a mon faints while you are autopilot leveling and you still use it after that

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First badge acquired and Mars driven out of Valley Windworks. Next up is a training arc in the Eterna forest before i try my luck with the balloon pokémon

Has anyone done a nuzlocke to try and foment creativity through writing or drawing? Has it worked for you?

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>>58840041
>Time to finally level up my abra
>First encounter is 2 murkrows that both know pursuit
Fuck you game. I should have waited for the EXP share

>>58840844
>caught a good Pokémon
>want to train it to evolve it
>it dies on the very first battle
I've been there more times than I care to remember.

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Fuck. Today hasn't been the best and I'm pissed off.

So I caught a Nidoran and a Hoothoot at National Park but in a battle against a Psychic, I lost both my Spearow and my Quilava to a Kadabras Confusion which sucks so bad. Why did they need to add a Kadabra that early? It really fucked me up and I felt shit losing my starter and another good pokemon this early.

The rest of today was okay. I caught a Growlithe and I beat the gym leader of Goldenrod City Whitney despite how risky things where. First Bellsprout uses Poison Powder to poison her Clefairy though Clefairy uses Metronome and gets in two ice attacks, I'm lucky though as Bellsprout dodges all of her ice attacks and uses Vine Whip to take out Clefairy. Bellsprout was supposed to use Stun Spore on her Miltank but missed and took a Stomp that nearly killed her so I returned the plant and out came the Rock Geodude. A few Magnitudes and Rock Throws and Miltank is eventually killed and Whitney has a temper tantrum before handing me her badge.

After that, I could have made it to Ecruteak City but I wasted time at the Pokeathleon and I did get the Sudowoodo out of the way. Any advice for Morty?

>>58840168
I try and come up with backstory for all my team members in Nuzlockes if that counts.

>>58840951
That Kadabra is a menace. I'm always overly cautious when facing that Psychic because they don't give you anything that can resist Psychic-type at that point in the game (besides other psychic types).

>>58840168
there's RubyClaw's lorelocke that gives a bit of backstory and lore based on myths

>>58840844
gotta check for those pursuit mons anon

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Speaking of lorelocke I managed to get back to where I wiped last time, using this team to beat Aaron before reaching Hearthome
I did try another time but Gardenia's Roserade destroys me if I don't get a Crobat,: definitely the MVP what a great pokemon

>>58841570
It's the one on the same route where that Sudowoodo is.

>>58842530
Yeah, i spent the entire 2025 playing gen 3 games where pursuit is barely a thing so i forgot it even existed until it was too late

>>58842763
yeah, I know. I think that might be the only Kadabra-trainer in the game, (at least until Kanto because I can't remember Sabrina's gym all that well).

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>>58843730
Today has been interesting. Things started off bad but today ended on a positive note.

So first I lost two pokemon to a double with two Beauties who I never wanted to battle both in the first place. First a Clefable used Metrone and landed a Thunder which instantly killed my Zubat. This really upset me because I had left Zubat in the daycare to become stronger and even bonded with her in hopes she would become a powerful Crobat. Then Growlithe was killed by a Wigglytuffs Pound. This sucked as both today and yesterday, I had lost four pokemon that could have been useful against Morty.

But things did get better. I caught a Spinarak on my way to Ecruteak City and then I caught a Koffing in Burned Tower. While grinding, I caught a Magnemite and Geodude evolved into Graveler while Bellsprout evolved into Weepinbell. The egg that was given to me in Violet City also hatched into a Togepi.

And then I took on the gym leader of Ecruteak City Morty. Before the battle while in his gym, Hoothoot evolved into Noctowl and Spinarak evolved into Ariados. The two newly evolved pokemon would be put to good use and turned what could have been a hard battle into a one sided battle. First Ariados used Shadow Sneak and killed Mortys Ghastly instantly and then did the same to his first Haunter which did land a Curse but all it meant was Ariados had to be returned and out came Noctowl who turned out to be a menace because Mortys Gengar did absolutely nothing to Noctowl, Gengar used Hypnosis but Noctowls Insomnia kept it awake and also managed to put Gengar to sleep with it's own Hypnosis. Then Noctowl made sure to use Reflect incase Gengar woke up and used Sucker Punch before annihilating Gengar with Confusion. As for the second and final Haunter, Noctowl did the same thing, Reflect, Hypnosis and Confusion, one Curse from Haunter did nothing and only contributed to Mortys defeat. This made me extremely happy.

Now any advice for Chuck?

>>58843932
I KNEW Metronome couldn't be trusted!

>>58843932
Noctowl is a pretty cool guy

>>58843932
>double with two Beauties
I've had one of those clefables in that same battle metronome explode on me in the past
Lost an elekid and my starter in 1 turn

>>58844084
Yeah fuck Metronome.
>>58844546
Noctowl is based, I hope Bohemia carries my team.
>>58845067
Yeah and I've lost pokemon to them in the past. They suck.

>>58843932
I see you've discovered the trick to beating Morty, he can't do anything to a Normal type with Insomnia as long as you're mindful of Sucker Punch on his last two team members. Chuck is all about getting Focus Punch off, with stall moves like Double Team and Hypnosis. His Primeape has Rock Slide too. Gonna get ahead of this now, rematching trainers in HGSS is based around the Pokegear, each trainer has a day and time frame they can be rematched, and you are going to want to find a good trainer to grind off of once you reach the league.

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Today has been awful.

First I caught a Natu in the Ruins of Alph but when I entered Union Cave, I would go on to lose 3 pokemon to overpowered trainers which pissed me off.

First I lose Slowloke to a Pokemaniacs Kangaskhan using Bite. Then I lose two of my pokemon to a Ace Trainera Polwhirl. First Weepinbell is killed by a Body Slam and then Mareep is surprisingly killed by a Bubble Beam that landed a Crit and it was raining thanks to Poliwhirl using Rain Dance. This sucks as I still remember when Mareep helped out against Falkner.

Afterwards things went whatever. I received a Eevee from Bill in Goldenrod City. I caught a Tauros, then a Tentacool and then a Mantine. Magnemite evolved into Magneton and I'm now at Cianwood City.

Any advice for Chuck?

>>58845713
Thanks for the advice.

Chuck is gonna be hard though, I really don't want him to use Double Team and I'm scared of that Rock Move his Machoke has. Kinda wish I still had Slowpoke.

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>>58846005
Natu is cute and I want to like it but unfortunately, it's level up movepool is garbage
>no special STAB move until Kanto
what were they thinking

>>58846013
Having an move that always hits like Aerial Ace helps a lot, but your current best bet might be Tentacruel. Tentacool evolves at level 30 and its typing resists most of the moves Chuck uses, just have it hold a Chesto in case Hypnosis from his Poliwrath hits.

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>>58846670
I always get put off by that movepool but i really want to give it a try once i get to HG/SS if i manage to capture one in my marathonlocke.
Maybe with toxic, substitute, roost or rest if it has early bird and some token attacking move
>toxic tm is postgame
Or maybe not

>>58848300
...isn't substitute a voltorb flip prize?

>>58848313
ye

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Here's what happened today.

I received a Shuckle at Cianwood City and I was able to beat the Mystery Man Eusine himself. Magneton paralysed his Drowzee before using Spark followed by a Magnet Bomb to take out Drowzee, Graveler took out Electrode with Magnitude and Noctowl used Confusion on his Haunter after it had already used Curse making things worst for it.

Unfortunately in the Cianwood City gym, I would go on to lose two pokemon against a Blackbelts Hitmonchan. Here's how things went down, I had Noctowl sent out but unfortunately his Hitmonchan nearly took Noctowl out with Thunder Punch and Ice Punch so I switched out to Graveler who used Magnitude but could not finish Hitmonchan off due to getting Magnitude 4 and 5 instead of 9 or 10, Hitmonchan eventually lands a powerful Mach Punch and Graveler is taken out which sucks as he had been my highest defense and helped out against both Bugsy and Whitney. I also had to sacrifice Ratatta who was just a HM slave at that point just to heal Noctowl so Noctowl could stand a chance of finishing Hitmonchan off. Ratatta was killed by a Fire Punch.

After all that, I was still able to beat the gym leader Chuck. First I had Noctowl used Confusion over and over again before Primeape could reach pure evasion by spamming Double Team and eventually Primeape was taken out. Against Poliwrath, Noctowl used Reflect first while taking a hit from Surf, Noctowl however healed by using Pluck to attack Poliwrath and eating its Sitrus Berry, Noctowl had to keep using Confusion because Poliwrath knew Focus Punch which lands whenever your pokemon doesn't attack so we couldn't use Hypnosis and only use Reflect when needed, eventually Poliwrath was taken out.

After that, I headed east and caught a Machop at Mt Mortar and caught a Mankey outside of Mt Mortar before entering Mahogany Town. I'm gonna try and catch the red Gyarados and any advice for Pryce?

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>>58848878
The Red Gyarados will be a good edition to your team if you can manage, and it will be your best option against Pryce's Piloswine. Unfortunate that you lost Graveler right before the Team Rocket subplot reaches the endgame.

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No casualties today.

I caught a Girafarig and then a Red Gyarados at the Lake of Rage. While dealing with Team Rocket in there Hideout, I also caught a Voltorb.

Then I took on the gym leader of Mahogany Town Pryce who was somewhat difficult. First he sent out Seel and i had Magneton use Spark but before I could take out Seel, Pryce had Seel returned to Piloswine could come out instead. I had Gyarados take out Piloswine with Surf but it was difficult due to Blizzard nearly killing Gyarados multiple times. Eventually Magneton took out Dewgong with Spark despite its best attempt to heal itself with Rest and Seel was finally finished of by Magnetons Spark too.

After that, I caught a Seel in Whirl Island and tomorrow I will be heading to the Cliffs of Johto and taking on Jasmine. Any advice for Jasmine?

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Just beat the fourth gym and I destroyed Crasher Wake even with perpetual rain by doing some risky pp stalling on the Quagsire. By switching between Empoleon and Rotom he ran out of Earthquakes and then between Gyarados and Empoleon for the final 5 Ice Punch pp. Thanks to the multiple Intimidate drops Jolteon could come and set 2 Agilties before switching to Gardevoir who traces Quagsire's Water Absorb leaving him with no choice but to use Recover, then setting up 6 Calm Minds and a Reflect. With this even the Swift Swim Floatzel got outsped by a single point and his Aqua Jet was left unusable thanks to Gardevoir Water Absorb. And thanks to the Reflect Gardevoir could take a hit out of the Focus Sash Sharpedo before cleaning the rest with Moonblast and Magical Leaf. It was very risky regarding crits but I am glad it paid off lol

>>58851762
Not fourth, fifth!

>>58851221
Jasmine is as easy as having a good Magnitude or Earthquake user. You might have a bit more difficulty with her, maybe have Tauros with Rock Smash deal with the Magnemites, which have Magnet Pull for their ability so don't throw Magneton in, and if you evolve Tentacool it should be able to deal with Steelix with Surf.

>>58840844
Had the same happen to my kadabra except with sucker punch. Poor thing never got a single move out

>>58851762
Nice work! Always a treat to get a clean clear of a gym. I can only imagine that Cyrus is gonna be a major pain to deal with once you get to him.

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Today has been exhausting.

I caught a Wooper in Cliff Cave and I later also caught a Chinchou and a Diglett.

Afterwards I beat the gym leader of Olivine City Jasmine.

First I sent Ariados against her Magnemite who I had taught Dig. Unfortunately Magnemite used Thunder Wave first to paralyse Ariados which prevented Ariados from using Dig and then a Thunderbolt nearly killed him. So I switched out to Tauros who also nearly got killed by Thunderbolt so I switched out to Magneton instead. Taking out her first Magnemite took forever as it kept using Thunder Wave and Super Sonic on Magneton, I took the time to heal Ariados because luckily enough Magneton was strong enough to take hits and eventually after enough Sparks and using Thunder Wave to give Magnemite a taste of its own medicine, the first Magnemite was taken out. Next Jasmine sent out her second and final Magnemite in which I had Ariados use Dig against and despite another Thunder Wave paralysing Ariados, he managed to land a Dig which took out Magnemite instantly. Finally she sent out her powerful Steelix, I sent out Tentacool to use Surf but Steelix was way to powerful and used a Iron Tail to nearly kill Tentacool, not liking how things where, I decided to quickly heal Tauros but sacrificing Tentacool who was killed by another Iron Tail. Tauros came in to finish off Steelix with Surf and it was eventually over.

After that battle came a long and exhausting moment dealing with Team Rocket and there bullshit at the Radio Tower.

In my battle against Team Rocket Executive Petrel, I lost a team member and I was constantly worried. First Noctowl uses Confusion to kill his first Koffing and then his Weezing which manages to poison Noctowl with Sludge so I send out Mankey against his next Koffing to heal Noctowl but unfortunately despite Mankey best effort, it also gets poisoned by Sludge and taken out by a Tackle. Noctowl comes in and takes out the Koffing with Confusion and proceeds to destroy his next two Koffings with Confusion as well but one Koffing managed to lower Noctowls accuracy with Smokescreen, not wanting to risk it, I had Magnetoncome out and finish off the final Koffing with Spark, when it's accuracy was lowered, I just had Magneton use Lock On before using Spark. This battle made me anxious because his pokemon can Self Destruct at any moment.

While dealing with Team Rocket, Wooper evolved into Quagsire and then I took on the final three remaining Team Rocket Executives. Against Proton, Magneton took out Golbat with Spark and Noctowl took out Weezing with Zen Headbutt. Against Ariana, Noctowl took out Arbok with Zen Headbutt, Magneton took out Murkrow with Spark and Noxtowl took out Vileplume with Fly. And against Archer, Gyarados took out Houndour and Houndoom with Surf while Noctowl took out Koffing with Zen Headbutt.

After all those Team Rocket battles, I have Team Rocket Fatigue but they are finally gone. Any advice for Clair?

>>58853959
>teaching Tauros Surf in a party with 2 water-types
I don't understand.

>>58853964
I had Tauros before I had any water types. I originally had Slowpoke as my Surfer but I lost him.

>>58854050
hmm ok that makes sense

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>>58853961
Grind. You are not presently ready for Clair, and she's difficult even on the best attempts. It's not going to be fun, grinding in Johto sucks due to the level curve, but it's got to happen. Minimum level across your team should be 38, and don't grind south of Blackthorn City. The Geodude and Graveler know Self-Destruct, and the cave nearby has Wobbuffet with Shadow Tag.
A trick that i've picked up for grinding in Johto is using the Pikegear to keep rematching the same trainers. The Gentleman in Olivine Lighthouse is pretty good for this, all you have to do is leave the room and you can endlessly call and battle him from 10am to 8pm today.

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>>58851762
Oh I caught Mantyke of all things
Luckily I managed to catch it since it had the "An Invader to our World" lorerule which prevents me using pokeballs or great balls and I was running out on my other balls
Also even luckier is that I caught a Remoraid a while ago and haven't evolved it

>>58855172
Nice! Mantine is one of those mons that i'd like to use but is a rarer or later encounter.

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>>58855113
I don't have a Pokegear. I had one when I was a kid but I lost all my stuff when I ran away from home. I bought a second hand copy of Heartgold but it came with no pokegear.

>>58857406
You're thinking of the Pokewalker. The Pokegear is the phone thing at the bottom of the touchscreen that npc's call you on, and serves as the map and radio as well.

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Today has been difficult.

I head to Blackthorn City and on the way I catch a Poliwag, a Swinub in Ice Path and then a Gligar.

I then take on the gym leader of Blackthorn City Clair who turns out to be my hardest battle yet and I nearly lost. First I sent out Magneton against her Gyarados who used Spark and managed to paralyse it but her Gyarados did do alot of damage back, Magneton went to finish off Gyarados but she switched out to Dragonair who took the hit and ended up paralysed too. I sent out my own shiny Gyarados who managed to get paralysed by her Dragonairs Thunder Wave which made things difficult but eventually after enough Ice Fangs, Clairs first Dragonair goes down first, next comes her second and final Dragonair and it uses Dragon Pulse and unfortunately lands a hit and my Gyarados is the first casualty of this battle. I send out Noctowl to take down the final Dragonair with Fly and Zen Headbutt but Clair is strong and Noctowl is nearly killed so i send out Quagsire to distract her while i heal Noctowl, Quagsire is killed by a Body Slam from Dragonair. Noctowl returns and eventually finishes off the final Dragonair and then comes her scary Kingdra, because Noctowl took alot of damage the second time it tried to take out her Dragonair, I sent out Tauros while healing Noctowl and unfortunately Tauros was killed by one Hydro Pump. Noctowl stood strong using its two iconic moves and even using Reflect but Clair keeps healing her Kingdra and Kingdra deals alot of damage forcing me to heal multiple times, unfortunately Kingdra uses Dragon Pulse and lands a crit and my strongest pokemon so far Noctowl is killed. Annoyed and scared, I sent out Ariados just so I could heal Magneton, Ariados was taken out by a Dragon Pulse and would become the final casualty but atleast Magneton came out and finished of the Kingdra with Magnet Bomb. Finally Clair sent her Gyarados back out and Magneton killed it with Spark ending the fight but I had lost five pokemon.

>>58858593
After that grueling battle, I catch a Dratini in the Dragons Den. I don't think it's looking good but any advice for the Kimono Girls? I know they are a run killer.

>>58858599
Kimono Girls are NOT a joke. You can't heal between fights either so either the Pokémon in the lead slot gets worn down or the Pokémon you switch into gets worn down.

Unfortunately, there's no real advice I can give you against them since they are a party-member check. If you're allowed to use items in battle: I suggest you stock up on non-potion healing items and X-items. Even if you're down to only Magneton, hope isn't lost.

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>>58858599
Echoing the other anon. If you can manage to weather the Kimono Girls you'll have a legendary to work with, which will help out a bit but won't be enough for the E4. There's also the rival battle close to the endgame of Victory Road as well so watch out for that.

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It's over, I lost my nuzlocke.

So I take on the five Kimono Girls way too early. Magneton was able to beat Umbreon and Espeon with Magnet Bomb but when Flareon was next, I knew I was gonna be screwed, I sent out Pidgey to use Sand Attack but Pidgey was killed by a Quick Attack, Diglett came out and next to use Dig but was also killed by a Quick Attack and while Seel managed to land a Surf, Florence killed Seel with Last Resort and then out came Magneton, Magneton did managed to use Thunder Wave and Paralyse Flareon but Flareon used Fire Blast and Magneton out instantly.

By this point, I knew it was to late but I decided to continue anyway and use up all the remaining pokemon in my reserves but they would all begin to be killed by the Umbreon as I had to start the battle again. In order, I lost Mantine, Swinub, Voltorb, Girafarig, Paras, Machop, Poliwag, Shuckle, Eevee, Nidoran, Dratini, Chinchou, Gligar, Caterpie, Xatu, Togepi, Hoppip, Abra and finally Koffing. And with that my nuzlocke was over.

I wish i had took more time to grind and became more patient, mabye I could learn how to hack in rare candies, mabye things would have been better if I hadn't lost my starter or pokemon that where valuable at the beginning but there is not much I can do. Tomorrow I'm gonna do Pokemon Emerald next as that game is easier to grind in and doesn't have low level pokemon torwards the end.

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This image and the image before it are all the pokemon I had this nuzlocke that all unfortunately died. RIP to them all.
>>58859007
Yeah I'm well aware of how tough the Kimono Girls are, I still didn't give up even after losing Magneton but unfortunately it was to much.
>>58860419
It's unfortunate, I would have loved to have used Ho-oh.

>>58861483
Rip. It's rough losing team members here because of the limited grinding spots to get new members up to speed. At least Emerald will be a bit smoother with grinding.

>>58861472
>too many under-leveled party members
the Johto level curve strikes again. I didn't need to grind the two times I beat HGSS because I used 2 Pokémon each time, but I can see how anyone else wouldn't have enough EXP.

RIP run. sorry for your loss.

>>58862073
>>58862286
I know who I'm picking but who would you pick?

For Emerald as a starter of course.

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>>58862420
I don't like using starters as active party members in my run. I typically go with a water-type because they usually learn the most HMs and give the rival the worst typing of the 3, grass (to make the game easier). Even if you do plan on using your starter, while Torchic is good, Mudkip is still probably the best objective choice with it's amazing typing and solid bulk.

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>>58862420
I rotate starters each run myself, but on a first run i would choose Treeko. Mudkip is by far the best starter for Hoenn however.

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I just began my Pokemon Emerald nuzlocke and for the first day, things have gone amazing.

I picked Mudkip as my starter and I caught several pokemon, these pokemon are Poochyena, Wingull, Zigzagoon, Wurmple, Shroomish which was caught in Petalburg Woods, a Nincada and a Whismur caught in Rusturf Cave which only has Whismurs for some reason.

I was able to beat the gym leader of Rustboro City Roxanne very easily. First Wingull one shotted her first Geodude with Water Gun, then Shroomish used Absorb to take out her second Geodude as well as healing itself after the rock pokemon used Rock Tomb, then came her Nosepass, the plan was simple, Shroomish would use Leech Seed, then Stun Spore and the superior Mudkip would come in to take out Nosepass with Mud Slap to lower its accuracy as well as use Water Gun to take it out, this is because Nosepass can become genuinely tough however Nosepass used Block after Shroomish used Leech Seed preventing me from switching out, regardless Shroomish used Stun Spore and after a few Absorbs, I prevailed without losing a pokemon and without the help of my starter which is a shame but oh well.

With that out of the way, anything I should know about the battle against Brawly?

>>58864670
>anything I should know about the battle against Brawly?
his makuhita can be a problem because its bulky and hits hard, and if you dont have a strong flying/psychic attack for it you might want to grind a bit before the fight

>>58864670
Brawly is utterly shut down by Beautifly/Dustox, but that would probably be the most use you get out of it without risking a death, so if you wanted to Wingull could work decently also.

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>>58838531
Internet was down for a bit. Took a break after Bugsy hard sweeped me, thought Flaafy could handle it but nope, 100% accurate Scyther is just too OP. Probably start the journey back up next week. Wondering what hack I play in place of or in addition to Crystal though.

>>58865454
I've used Dustox in the past against him but there is a chance Wurmple evolves into Beautifly instead so.

>>58866258
It still quad resists Brawly and gets Gust as well. A bit less defense overall but it still works wonders.

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Here's what happened today.

First I went to Dewford Town and I did some fishing catching both a Magikarp and a Tentacool. Then I caught a Makuhita in Granite Cave before taking on the gum leader of Dewford Town Brawly.

The fight with Brawly was tricky.

First I had Wingull take out Machop with Wing Attack though Machop did deal alot of damage with Seismic Toss, Wingull had no issue taking out Meditite with Wing Attack and refusing to allow Meditite to attack with Focus Punch and finally out came Brawlys Makuhita, scared of its Vital Throw, I sacrificed Poochyena just to heal Wingull, Poochyena was killed by a Arm Thrust and finally Wingull came out to use Wing Attack, Makuhita did nearly kill Wingull with Vital Throw but Wingull got lucky and landed a crit killing Makuhita before Makuhita killed him.

After that gym battle, I take the boat to the mainland, I unfortunately lose my low leveled Makuhita to a Tubers Zigzagoon using Headbutt which I was trying to grind him up to be useful later for the Norman battle but Mudkip did evolve into Marshtomp. I also caught a Electrike before making it to Mauville City.

Don't worry about the infamous third rival battle, I've already did it with no issue. Any advice for Wattson?

>>58867616
I think that rival is only infamous for being troublesome in the speedrun. I've never heard of anyone having trouble with it during a casual or nuzlocke challenge playthrough.

>>58867616
>gum trainer
hhhehehe

Hey am I the only one doing a nuzlocke right now? Where's everyone else?

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>>58867834
I-I'm sorry, I started another run in a non-Pokémon game... I'll come back... eventually...

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>>58867834
There's a hailstorm in burgerland so maybe they don't have internet.
I'm about to crack this next plan on my littlemon challenge

>>58867616
>Any advice for Wattson?
marshtomp should make him a non-factor

>>58867834
I'm playing classic HC WoW and Last Defense Academy but I'll be back to my nuzlocke when I'm done with the latter

>>58867834
It's been a pretty slow week overall. It happens sometimes.
As to your question, Marshtomp should shut down Wattson completely, but his Magneton does have Sonic Boom so be aware of that.

>>58868167
Is that second one any good? I've never played it before but it's made by the same guy who's made other games I like.

>>58868755
I havent finished it but its so so so far
pretty much the same dna as the other stuff for better and worse, once you get to start making choices and see the alternate routes its better but I suspect its going to fail to deliver on some explanations

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>>58868771
Oh yeah, i remember seeing that game in a direct. Not something i was personally interested in, so wasn't aware it released.

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Here's my progress today.

I caught a Volbeat while grinding for the battle against the gym leader of Mauville City Wattson. The battle against him was way too easy. Marshtomp was able to use Mudshot to take down Voltorb, Electrike, Magneton and Manectric all in one hit.

After the battle with Wattson, I battle against the Winstrate family but I unfortunately lose Electrike to a Taillow while battling the dad of the family, sucks because Electrike doesn't learn an electric move until level 20 which upsets me.

But Wingull evolved into Pelipper and then I caught a Numel and later a Camerupt in Fiery Path.

Tomorrow it's time to face Flannery.

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Are there any good gen 1,2, or 3 romhacks out there for nuzlockes? Something akin to the Drayano hacks for the DS

drayano hacks are overrated and I'm tired of pretending they're not

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>>58870551
They probably are, but I really enjoy playing them :)

About to take on RED and put an end to my suffering in Gold.
Typhlosion, Victreebell, Gengar, Nidoqueen, Machamp and Qwilfish.
Machamp was my sole survivor against Lance in the E4, Typhlosion the sole survivor against Blue.

>>58870659
Please defeat Red and kick him off the mountain for me.

>>58870040
>Tomorrow it's time to face Flannery.
good luck, shes a menace

>>58870040
Even with two Water types Flannery is no joke, all because of that Torkoal of hers. If you can weather the Overheats and the white herb you'll win.

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Currently doing a Gen 1 Bug only run, team is obviously pic related (only bugs in this gen).
Beat all the gyms at level 38, but the pre-League rival fight is a brickwall, and only because of that fucking Charizard with Flamethrower, I can't outspeed it for the life of me. Probably gonna need to grind a little bit.

>>58871129
My boys got it done, even with a shaky start. Nido took out Pika with ease, Espeon ended up causing me problems as I misclicked my input and sent out a different pokemon than Gengar, it used reflect but when I swapped in Gengar it one tapped me with psychic. I realized after that I didn't really prep well for psychic but my only neutral types were not specially bulky anyway and I am saving my Murkrow and Sneasel encounters for gen 4 when it can evolve. All in all finished the fight with the 2 survivors that stuck through everything I threw them at before. But a win's a win. Hardcore rules, "genlocke" not going to use encounters again that champion in future games, though I might have to reconsider for remakes and such.
Silver was off to a terrible start, ended up losing everything but my Totodile in Violet gym, lost my Ekans encounter as well right after so I reset again and made it through to Ecruteak.

>>58872060
Based, glad you beat Red, I heard that battle is incredibly tough and I've never battled him because I can never get to that part in the game.

Trying to run through all the games, what are some nice rules to use on my run so that the early gens aren't laughably easy?

Can Connor stop necroing the threads he has up. Thx

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Today has been good and bad.

I caught a Spinda while on my way to Fallarbor Town but in a stupid double battle I didn't want to he apart off, I lost my very own starter Marshtomp to a Ninja Boys Koffing using Self Destruct. Fuck Koffing.

Afterwards I catch a Lotad, witness Shroomish evolve into Breloom, catch a Zubat in Meteor Falls and even catch a Spoink which I named after your mom at Jagged Pass.

The battle against the gym leader of Lavaridge Town Flannery was lucky for me. First Pelipper took out her Numel in one Water Gun and then my own Numel took out her Slugma with two Magnitudes, Pelipper came out again and defeated Camerupt with Water Gun and then used Super Sonic on her defensive Torkoal causing it to attack itself, then to my luck, Pelipper lands one Water Gun and gets a crit and Torkoal is killed instantly.

Honestly I thought I might be screwed without my Water starter but I can carry on. Any advice for Norman who is actually a real threat though?

The Niglocke challenge: You may only use Pokémon that are Dark or look like Niggers... Need it or keep it?

>>58872309
Level caps equal to the next gyms ace -3.
Three chance dupes clause, if you encounter something you've already caught enough times you forfeit the encounter for that route.

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>>58873409

>>58872290
It can be difficult, I think the bulk of the difficulty in Gen2 is Johto, especially the first half and the E4. Especially the E4, depending on your rules, is pretty unforgiving. Once you get to Kanto you get a ton of encounters but Blue and Red specifically are both pretty beefy. Gen2 without candies is not much fun, been a few years when I was playing without them and ended up crashing out when I lost to the E4 on both Gold and Silver at the same time lol.
>>58872886
The one crit room and evasion room are stupid in the gym, I think Normie himself is pretty easy though it's been a while since I played vanilla RSE. Pelipper should know protect which could help with Slakings but I doubt it has the power to KO, might need to get lucky with some confuses haha. I love Breloom but it's so frail, doubt it could even two hit unless you overlevel for Sky Uppercut.

>>58872886
That is a seriously unlucky way to lose Marshtomp, but i guess if there was one way it would be via Self-Destruct. Norman does have Psybeam at the start of battle and Faint Attack on his Vigaroth and Slaking. Your team needs levels too, otherwise they'll get one shot.

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Today hasn't been so great.

I caught a Baltoy in the desert and I even caught a Trapinch in Mirage Tower while also collecting the Claw Fossil and taking it to the Devon Corporation for restoration.

I then went on to take on the gym leader of Petalburg City Norman but he and his Slaking turned out to be a pain in the ass and I would go on to lose a pokemon.

First I had Breloom take out Spinda in one Mach Punch as it landed a crit, then Breloom used Counter to take out his Vigoroth when it went for a Facade, then I healed Breloom before having Breloom use Counter again when his Linoone used Facade before finishing it off with a Mach Punch and finally Norman sends out his Slaking which is a problem. First I send out Pelipper who uses Protect whenever Slaking goes to attack and while it's loafing around, I take the opportunity to heal Breloom and use Super Sonic which ends up doing nothing, in-between Protects, Pelipper uses Wing Attack which those not much damage and I eventually run out of Protects so while Norman heals Slaking, I then send out Breloom who gets in a Leech Seed before using Counter when Slaking uses Facade doing some damage but Norman heals his Slaking again and Breloom lands a Mach Punch dealing some damage while the Leech Seed drains Slakings HP, unfortunately while I have Breloom use Counter again, Slaking lands a Facade and for stupid reasons, it lands a crit which is stupid and Breloom is killed in one hit despite healing itself with the Leech Seed. Pissed off, Pelipper comes out and finishes Slaking off with Wing Attack along with the Leech Seed draining it and atleast Breloom was able to use its Spore ability to make Slaking go to sleep.

After that battle, I catch a Voltorb in New Mauville but I lose Baltoy to a Experts Hariyama using Vital Throw but I did catch a Taillow later and then I received my Anorith from Rustboro City.

Now I'm gonna focus on the water route.

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Boutta the Silver E4, not sure who my 6th is though. Maybe Sunflora because it's funny and can probably stall for a bit, if only Toxic wasn't Kanto.

>>58874675
Used the Loogie and it was EZPZ, usually afraid of the E4 but actually using a legendary is nice. Hitting RED again, Kanto once again a shitshow for me, lost a lot of good pokes out there.
Going with Arbok, Sudo, Slowking, Ampharos, Donphan and Stantler to sack if needed.

>>58874976
Stantler is actually pretty good. It hits harder than you would expect and one saved my HG run years back against Lance when i would have probably lost otherwise.

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>>58871983
My own recent Yellow playthrough has had Parasect hit pretty hard. Its given me a new appreciation for the line.

>>58877385
based Parasect appreciator

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Today has been awful.

Voltorb evolves into Electrode but while exploring the Abandoned Ship, i lose Taillow to a Sailors Machoke using Revenge after Taillow used Wing Attack. While I did catch a Carvanha and then later a Kecleon, in the jungle, I lost Carvanha because she was to low and was killed by a Bird Keepers Swellow using Quick Attack. I feel like things aren't going so great.

I got tired and stopped as soon as i made it to the Weather Institute. Any advice for Winona?

Also goodnight guys.

>>58878494
>Winona
try not to get murdered by altaria

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Today has been great and I got lucky against Winona.

So first I received a Castform at the Weathwr Institute and I later caught a Oddish but I somehow lost Electrode to a Weather Girls Castform that used Weather Ball in the Rain and took down an Electric type. That's fucked up but I did catch a Shuppet to make up for it.

As for the battle against the gym leader of Fortree City Winona, I had a perfect strategy.

First I had Shuppet use Thunderbolt to take out Swablu, Swablu did use Mirror Move which meant Shuppet took some damage but Swablu was defeated, then out came Tropius and I sent out Slugma, Tropius stupidly used Sunny Day making the sunlight strong giving Slugma the perfect chance to take out Tropius with Overheat in one hit as it's fire moves got boosted in the sun, next came Pelipper, I sent out Castform who changed into its fire form and I healed Shuppet while Castform became a sacrifice. Pelipper used Water Gun and Castform took alot of damage, when the sun faded, Castform used Sunny Day to bring back the sun before being killed by her Pelippers Aerial Ace, Shuppet came out next to one shot her Pelipper with Thunderbolt and because it was still sunny, Slugma was able to one shot her Skarmory with a Overheat too. Finally out came her Altaria, if I still had Castform, I would have had it used Hail to boost ice attacks but one Ice Beam from my own Pelipper was enough to kill Altaria in one hit.

And after that, the battle was over and I've beaten one of the hardest gym leaders in Hoenn but I still have Tate and Liza as well as Juan to go who are both hard.

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Littlemon team #44 to beat Alpha Sapphire's E4 + Champ. Deathless & reliable strategy. No Potions, level cap, "usual nuz rules".
Strong team. Two support Grass Pokemon and three sweepers.
Pansage has a great strategy with Chesto + Rest + Recycle. Seedot has good Defense and Leech Seed.
Roggenrola has Rock Polish, Iron Defense and Rock Slide. That's a good combination. Flinching is never in the script, because the run needs to be reliable. But flinching from Rock Slide is a great bonus.
Smoochum is awesome. Great Sp.A and a good variety of moves.
Shuppet is a surprising hero. It learns Phantom Force and Sucker Punch. And has great Attack and Speed. What else do you need? Well, there's two move slots left so why not have Confuse Ray and Thunder Wave as well.

Sidney:
>rogger sets up and sweeps
Phoebe:
>shuppet without setup just ohko's everything with phantom force
This is a scary fight, since Banette can use Grudge, Drifblim can counter with its own Phantom Force and Chandelure's Flame Body can burn. But the Grass Pokemon are a backup so if it goes south then we still have plan B. Killing Mega Sableye required a master plan. Roggenrola baits Power Gem and Smoochum switches in and it's equipped with Weakness Policy so its Sp.A is sharply boosted and it kills Sableye with one Ice Beam
Glacia:
>smoochum and seedot pp stall abomasnow out of blizzard pp so rogger can enter and setup and sweep
Drake:
>choice scarf smoochum ohko's everything with ice beam
LOL kwab
Steven:
>debuff skarmory
>smoochum sets up and sweeps with shadow ball

KOs:
Smoochum 13
Roggenrola 12
Shuppet 5

Two teams left lfg

>>58880584
Very nice team with a balance of KO's between them. What are the last two teams gonna be?

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>>58880028
Nice work. Pelipper on its own won't be able to deal with Tate and Liza on its own, you gotta grind your team up, and be careful when Trapinch evolves into Vibrava since it's arguably weaker.

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Thread question: what in your opinion is the hardest non-gym leader/e4 trainer battle?

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Hello everyone, I'm gonna be away for a while because I'm going to a convention which means for three or four days, there won't be any pokemon nuzlocke updates because I won't be playing for now, I'll probably get back to Emerald soon though. I was gonna play yesterday but it I was busy planning my trip and checking my bank balance and finding a affordable hotel room. I will be bringing my DS to play with on the train rides but I won't be playing Pokemon Emerald because I don't want to lose that game, gonna bring 42 all time classics(clubhouse games) instead because that game is replaceable with another copy and can be bought in CEX for less than 2 quid.

I will be going to a anime and gaming convention and I want to ask a question here. How do I get stepped on by a hot female cosplayer?

I'm trying to get stepped on by a cosplayer so badly. I heard that it happens alot at cons in the US and Japan but not I live in the UK and I do not have the money to support a holiday(vacation) to either of those countries.

The issue is at UK cons tend to be more stricter and worst, the ones I go to is the anime league conventions but they tend to be more family friendly and less big with less room and there never is a hot cosplayer holding up a sign willing to step on people and I'm to nervous to ask cosplayers to step on me myself.

Please help, I am really desperate to have my dream true before I get to old and reach my 30s, I want to do this when I'm young.

christ

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Polished Crystal wipe, made it to Goldenrod at least. The dark trainer in the basement cleared with Murkrow, Qwilfish and Muk.
I'll have another go at it in a couple days I think.
Dead team: Bayleaf, Vulpix, Sandshrew, Heracross, HootHoot and Magikarp (had exp share). Even if I somehow killed it with Bayleef I have no clue what the 4th poke was and I probably would have lost anyway. Sucks losing to an optional but I know better now.

>>58885816
Conner...

>>58886337
Any advice?

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>>58885816
Okay Connor.
>>58881591
Thanks! The next team core is Skrelp & Pumpkaboo, and the final team core is Houndour & Trapinch. Pumpkaboo can learn some odd moves, I'm experimenting with that. Flame Charge to boost Speed and Charge Beam to boost Sp.A so that sweeps Phoebe's team..? Wooper or someone can weaken Banette's attacks, but then I need to worry about Toxic.. Maybe I should quickly kill Banette and pick another target for boosting..
I'm going to miss planning like this after it's over.

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Currently going through my fourth (serious) attempt of Ultra Moon, just beat Totem Kommo-o thanks to this guy.

It's like he's been engineered to cripple Totem Pokémon. Access to eviolite means he was basically guaranteed to survive a hit while removing all stat boosts with Clear Smog. He even managed to inflict burn on Kommo-o with Flame Body to cripple it even further. From there the whole fight was basically over.

He was also instrumental against Totem Mimikyu due to fire's resistance to fairy and Clear Smog being effective through Mimikuy's Disguise while still breaking it. Even as a Magby with no eviolite he was still great against Lurantis. What a guy. Needless to say I'm not too worried about Totem Ribombee.

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I don't feel like nuzlocking anything...

>>58887679
Ribombee is pretty frail overall, so you might not even need Clear Smog at all.

>>58886978
It's gonna be weird not having the Littlemon Challenge around in the thread once its over. It's been a long road since you started, getting from there to here. It's been a long time since you started, but now the time is for it to end is finally near.

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Looking for some bonus rules to try out. Something to make a vanilla game more challenging and interesting without just playing a romhack instead. I've already tried the classic ones, such as no items in battle, only using the same number of mons as a gym leader, etc, as well as some less common ones like taunt lock, technician lock, no STAB moves, no TMs/tutors and no HM moves in battle, things like that. Eventually, I want to create something similar to the heat system/pact of punishment from hades for nuzlockes, I just need more ideas for additional rules to try out.

have you guys ever done a double-nuzlocke? (nuzlocking 2 games simultaneously and allowing yourself to trade between them)

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>>58886978 This is what my team looks like after a succesful Glacia fight. jfc
It's funny how Glacia is the hardest fight since Ice is one of the worst types defensively. The problem is Abomasnow who summons Hail on entry which makes Blizzard 100% accurate and if you kill it with Fire / Fighting she sends out Walrein or Froslass. Very well played, ngl.
The strat is:
>golett kills abomasnow with fire punch
>punches froslass into healing range with shadow punch so there's a free switch
>nosepass kills froslass
>pp stall walrein out of blizzard with switching
>pumpkaboo out of all pokemon sweeps
This is the best I can come up with. Every single one, except Houndour, out of my remaining Pokemon are weak to Glacia's team (she has Freeze-dry against Water).
My "reliable strat" rule is like I could upload the save file and instructions and anyone could do this. This is what I can do now and there's crits, Hail boosted Evasion for Froslass and Beartic, Body Slam Paralyze, getting Frozen from all of her team and just being unlucky. Man.

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Lost motivation to play after losing Altaria and then Accelgor soon after, then practically forgot I was doing this run in the first place. But now we're back to finish the final stretch.
Gigalith joined the team because I wanted something super effective against ice types for team Plasma, then Heracross replaced Accelgor and may have left it a bit obsolete already. Don't really have anything I'd want to replace it with so for now we'll wait and see.
Marlon is probably the worst 8th gym leader, he's always a joke so with 2 coils Prouder just walked over him.

>>58887679
Never even considered Clear Smog for totem mons, that's clever. I've always liked how the SM/USUM games force you to use completely different strategies in nuzlockes.

>>58886154
RIP. Fighting a Muk at level 17 seems pretty fucking dire honestly.

>>58871983
BASED Parasect

>>58877385
>>58877416
BASED Parasect enjoyers

>>58890345
I did puck up a variation of the no healing in battle rule here, you can heal during battle but not the active participants, but i'm not sure if that's what you're looking for.
>>58890346
No, but i do allow trades for the evolutions.

>>58891116
Team is looking nice. Not much left to go before the E4 either. What other games do you have left, or is this the last?

>>58891116
It was Murkrow into Hisuan Qwilfish then Alolan Muk, looking at the party now had a sucker punch Alolan Raticate right after, literally nothing I could do at that point haha. Doing regular Crystal in the mean time with my previous restrictions, doing Goldenrod tower stuff probably beat the E4 tonight.

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>>58890619
Whatever, I'll take it.
Here's Littlemon team #45 to beat Alpha Sapphire's E4 + Champ. Deathless & reliable strategy, level cap, no bag items, usual challenge rules.
Skrelp is amazing. A bit slow, but takes hits and deals damage back. Acid Armor helps it to clear Sidney and Steven. Wooper is frail, but learns Eerie Impulse which is extremely helpful. Pumpkaboo learns good moves and is a random card. I had Nosepass lvl1 in the box for a very long time to use FEAR strats but I backed myself into a corner and I had to evolve it up until 75. FEAR would have been cool, I should have done it with a Rattata or something. Anyway, I couldn't have beat Glacia without Nosepass (and I tried about a hundred times) <3

Sidney:
>pumpkin leech seeds, skrelp sets up and sweeps
Phoebe:
>wooper puts banette to -6 sp.a, pumpkaboo sweeps
Glacia:
>golett kills abomasnow, nosepass kills froslass
>pumpkaboo, a grass pokemon, has to sweep the rest
Drake:
>golett ice punches altaria
>wooper debuffs dragalgae so skrelp can boost and sweep
Steven:
>skrelp sets up against skarmory and sweeps

KOs:
Skrelp 17
Pumpkaboo 10
Golett 2
Nosepass 1

Final team coming up

>>58891922
E4 down, lost my Meganium to a crit from Machamp, Wigglytuff to Karen's destiny bond and Lance ripped through my Lanturn with his Aerodactyl landing every rock slide and flinching every turn, Politoed cleaned him up but he was down to a couple HP and paralyzed when the final dnite came out, my Jynx was already on 2 HP after tanking a hyper beam so I sacked the Toed for a clean switch and kill with ice punch. Only survivors from this E4 were my Crobat and the shiny odd egg Jynx. Time to Kanto, unless something crazy unforseen happens I plan on bringing at least my Jynx and my first encounter shiny Raticate to the RED fight.

>>58892046
>Aerodactyl landing every rock slide and flinching every turn
Damn that sucks. GL

>>58892064
That Lanturn managed to outspeed the Gyarados and then got off it's own twave and confuse ray on the first dnite allowing me to set up my Jynx for the first kill. At least I will have those encounters for HGSS if I make it that far.

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gonna try a double nuzlocke with white and black 2 and see how it goes. rules aren't written in stone but are something like this:
>generic nuzlocke rules (until post-game)
>must trade as many Pokémon to the other game as possible
>wiping in one game means wiping in both games
I'm cautiously optimistic because it's a lot harder than it sounds. let's see how it goes!

>>58892046
Kanto went pretty well, I am an idiot and lost Quagsire to Janine's Exploding purple balls and Electabuzz to Starmie because he couldn't one shot at level 44. A lot of good mons in the bank but since I am working through each game without repeats the final team is Raticate, Venomoth, Kingler, Weezing, Jynx and Magcargo. Maggy couldn't one shot Pikachu after the charm, at least it's thunder didn't crit so took it out with ease, Espeon bodied my shiny Rat with two psychics but my return did a solid 80% before going down, Jynx cleaned up but his Charizard ended up flamethrowing my Kingler to bits after a decent surf. Weezing easily beat Snorlax after a smokescreen and Venomoth cleared Venosaur and Blastoise getting me that win.

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>try to play 4D chess with Bide
>Chili ends up setting up 6 Work Ups
>entire party gets 1-shot
...mistakes have been made

>>58893589
at least its a new way to lose

>>58893886
I've lost that way before (not sure if I've ever posted it here though). I know using Leer once and then spamming Tackle is optimal, but I was feeling cheeky.

>>58892934
Congrats on the win! What's the next game you're running?

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Hello everyone, I'm back and unfortunately I lost my Emerald nuzlocke.

First I caught a Wailmer and Oddish evolved into Gloom but things immediately went sour afterwards.

I lost Shuppet to a Psychics Kadabra that used Psybeam and then to make things worst, I lost my strongest pokemon Pelipper to a Psychics Wobuffet using Destiny Bond and Pelipper couldn't escape.

Immediately afterwards, I lose Trapinch to a Psychics Wobuffet using Destiny Bond again. Then I fuck up by losing two pokemon to a Parasol Ladies Castform, first the recently caught Wailmer to a Thunder and my HM bitch Zigzagoon to Solar Beam.

I did catch a Vulpix at Mt Pyre but the final nail in the coffin was against a two Aqua goons in a double battle. Loads was killed when a Wailmer kept using Rollout and I forget Magnitude hurts allies and while taking out a Poochyena, Nutella killed Slugma with Magnitude.

After that battle, I couldn't leave Mt Pyre as the only pokemon I had on my team alive where Gloom, Numel, Kecleon and Zubat and non can learn Surf or Fly. With no way of Mt Pyre and despite having a few survivors, my Emerald nuzlocke ends here.

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These are the pokemon that died. RIP to them all.

This nuzlocke kinda got really bad, I wish I hadn't lost my starter or Electrike or Breloom I did.

Also I'm back from my trip to the convention, it was so fun and I even made some friends.

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Here are the pokemon that survived. Atleast they got to live and if anyone wants them, just let me know and I will bust out the link cable.

My next nuzlocke will be Platinum.

>>58894762
rip

>>58894762
Wobuffet can be a real menace. good luck with Platinum!

>>58891767
Kinda just picking the games as I go, mostly from the ones I actually own physically. Don't really have a set order or a specific end goal in mind.
I was gonna play either Sun or HG when I realised I hadn't finished B2 yet, so after this I'll probably play one of those.

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>>58894467
I'm onto Ruby now, just getting my last encounter before Roxanne, hoping for a Taillow but I got a Wingull in 104 so not really needing it for now.
The woods got me a Slakoth which I never used before, at first I was thinking about the trade but I think I can clear Roxanne with some yawns and water gun. I hope I don't regret it.
I'm going through every game (for right now up to BW2 unless I can find a good emulator and files for the 3DS games) with regular hardcore rules with the caveat that I can't use any past champions from an ever growing list I will be forced to get creative. Not sure how the remakes will go if I get that far.

>lose to Cherin1 (critical hit)
...maybe this was a mistake

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white is not cooperating. gonna try black2 for a bit.

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Pretty normal run of Ruby, gotta grind a bit before Brawly. I'm trying to figure out if I want to keep JAWSOME in team or replace him with an Electrike. Obviously Electrice is objectively better, but on paper I think that I can make Mawile work as Iron Defense passer with Toxic and something.

>>58896258
based jojo

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Lost my first poke to Winona, should have checked her moves but Double Team Endeavor killed my Solrock. Luckily my Gyarados hit the surf after getting knocked to 1 HP. Pelipper was a non issue with Manectric, then Altaria came out. Vigoroth swapped in on a DDance and tanked an EQ to get the Yawn off. Castform got the hail when she switched to Skarmory, Camerupt easily got the kill with flamethrower, back to Castform for the EZ kill with weather ball. No other rock types in the bank right now but at least I have a Spoink waiting for his chance to play.

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I managed to beat Cheren by some miracle. I got cheeky again and went for Bide, and his Patrat set up 6 Work Ups. It somehow didn't manage to 1-shot my Patrat because of X-Defend, but I lost Patrat anyway because of a dumb mistake (thinking I could outspeed Lillipup without X-Speed).
>This deployment is temporarily paused
oh, the nuzlocke website is down

>>58896523
Lost Manectric to the Milotic trainer on Route 120, cleared the Magma hideout, got the Super Rod, got a near perfect Sharpedo on Route 118. T&L should be EZPZ with Absol assist. Probably use my pickup winnings to get some TMs at Mauville too could really use some lightning coverage.

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>>58896970
Revenge on Wallace's Milotic at least, got a nice crit psychic on it. Easy win, Slaking too OP, easily killed Luvdisc with secret power, got some yawns off. Thought he could outspeed the Seaking and encored but oh well, bodied 3 rain boosted hydro pumps, got another yawn off on confusion to swap into my big bad Grumpig that finished the fight easily. Hariyama easily cleared the Sealeo and Beautifly scraped past the Whiscash.
Now onto the E4, not sure who to bring. Going to do FR next so don't have to worry about dupes just yet.

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I have just began my Pokemon Platinum nuzlocke and so far things are good.

I picked Turtwig to be my starter and I caught a Starly, a Bidoof at Lake Verity, a Shinx, a Kricketot, a Zubat in Ravaged Path, a Geodude in Oreburgh Gate and finally a Machop.

The battle against the gym leader of Oreburgh City Roark was easy. I gave Turtwig a Metronome that I took from the Kricketot I caught and then I just had Turtwig spam Razor Leaf to take out Geodude, Onix and Cranidos. The battle was over pretty quickly. Basically a Metronome which is an item I never heard of until now makes attacks more stronger the more the attack is used in a row and so even when Cranidos doesn't have double weakness to grass types like Roarks other pokemon, Cranidos went down in one hit.

My journey in Sinnoh has just begun and it's my favourite pokemon region. I love Sinnoh so much and I'm gonna continue later.

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I managed to beat Chili! had to sacrifice Patrat as per usual. now I can start trading between the two runs.

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Things are going well.

I caught a Shellos at Valley Windworks and dealt with Team Galactic there. I then caught a Buizel before Eterna Forest.

In Eterna Forest, Starly, Shinx and Turtwig evolved into Staravia, Luxio and Grotle and I caught a Budew in Eterna Forest too.

While grinding, I caught a Meditite and then a Chingling on Mt Coronet though I was hoping for a Nosepass.

Then I beat the gym leader of Eterna City Gardenia who was easy to say the least. I gave Staravia the Metronome and then had Staravia spam Wing Attack and take out Turtwig, Cherrim and Roserade and even Stun Spore did not slow Staravia down.

With that, I haven't lost any pokemon yet and things are looking good. Any advice for Jupiter?

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>>58896258
Done with Brawly. I was bit worried but lol lmao Silky critted Makuhita.

>>58896285
She will be crucial against Flannery.

>>58897945
How did Patrat get sacrificed?

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serious question: what's with the scientist encounter in Virbank Complex?
>Heating crude oil seperates it into many different components... That's what this distillation tower is for! It's also known as a topper, but I want to call it a distillation tower. Oh! My knowledge overflowed, and it was overheard!
I beat the game and there was never any follow-up to this guy. I feel like this was supposed to be the player's first encounter with Colress but they forgot to change the generic scientist sprite that they were using as a placeholder.
>>58898189
same as always: once the first gym leader's Lillipup has multiple Work Ups under its belt, there's very little point in switching out. whatever you switch to will probably get 2-shot (getting hit during the switch-in turn) AND out-sped (before you can do any damage), making switching out completely pointless. may as well leave Patrat in get some chip damage before it goes down. Better Patrat than Lillipup.

>>58898272
You can follow it around the Virbank Complex - he explains you a bit of various stuff and then gives you some item but I forgot what it was.

>>58898350
>You can follow it
>it
gendered pronoun bros...

>>58898387
It's a science nerd, barely counting as a living creature.

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>>58898173
Nevermind, Jojo got smashed into the ground by 5-hit double slap (at least 2 were crits) from a Skitty. Gotta need to figure out new Water-type before Flannery. I guess there's Magikarp waiting in my box but ehh...

Current pokemon insurgence team. Not a nuzlocke though. In between 6th and 7th badge: delta Blastoise, delta quagsire, Alakazam, delta Gardevoir, marowak, cloyster.

>>58898599
rip jojo

>>58898272
Fuck Patrat, it's not worth using.

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Tonight has been exhausting.

I first catch Ghastly in the Old Chateau and then I take on Team Galactic at the Team Galactic Eterna Building and I was dreading the battle against Commander Jupiter and the battle against her was annoying.

Luxio took out Zubat with no issue using Spark but then out came her annoying fat Skuntank, I sent out Shellos to use Harden but Night Slash was to powerful, I then switched out Shellos and sent out Staravia to lower Skuntanks attack stat with Intimidate, eventually I kept healing and switching Staravia and Shellos in and out trying to lower its stat and while Shellos did use more Mud Bombs to deal damage to Skuntank but one Night Slash landed a crit killing Shellos. Staravia came in and saved the day with Wing Attack but that fight was annoying.

After Team Galactic where dealt with, i caught a Ponyta but then lost my second water type Buizel to a Hikers Onix using Rock Throw which annoyed me. Still I catch a Gible at Wayward Cave and make my way to Hearthome City.

Any advice for Fantina?

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in classic witch curse fashion: Lenora's Herdier effortlessly killed my Timburr despite 6 Smokescreens (thanks to Koffing) with a critical hit after I had a Guard Spec and 2 X-defends under my belt. having to reset both runs over and over again is too much. the double nuzlocke is an interesting concept but gen 5 is too unforgiving, at least with my skill level.

>>58899022
I personally used Luxio with a Rawst Berry to set up on her Duskull with six Charges, then just used Bite to qear down her team. You'll probably want to buy a couple burn heals jist in case if that's what you do.

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This morning has been something.

So first I receive a Eevee from Hearthome City before taking on the gym leader of Hearthome City Fantina and the battle against her was stressful.

First Grotle took out Duskull with Bite and that was no problem, then I had Grotle use Bite on her Mismagius before it used Confuse Ray to confuse Grotleso I switched out to Luxio to use Roar forcing her Haunter out next which is what she should have sent out, of course her Mismagius did alot of damage to Luxio. I sent out Staravia against her Haunter and spammed Double Team boosting evasion until Haunter couldn't hurt Staravia and then healed Luxio before taking out Haunter with Wing Attack, Staravia did also use Wing Attack on her Mismagius before taking some damage from Psybeam so I had Luxii finish off Mismagius with Bite. Trying to think of a strategy for this fight was a pain and alot of time wasted and I was constantly worried but I beat her.

After that I fished a Goldeen that I caught, then I caught a Unown in Solaceon Ruins and finally I caught a Scyther.

I couldn't catch a Duskull because it's not nighttime and I wanted to continue and head to Veilstone City but I will do that next time.

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>>58898599
>>58898599
Post-Watson.
I sadly failed to obtain new Water-type and decided to replace Silky with Nijask. 'Goon is here foe HMs and Pick-Up shenanigans. Hopefully I'll find answer for Flannery soon.
Also shoutout to Echoes for surviving Voltorb's Selfdestruct and Jawsome for Flinching Magnemite to death.

>>58900925
You have 3 chances for a ground type before her plus maybe Solrock in meteor. You can always "waste" some route encounters with the old rod and either get another Tentacool or a Gyarados. RS Flannery is not too bad either way since she doesn't have herbs and doesn't seem to bring in Torkoal until she has to.

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I'm bad at giving up, so I'm gonna give it another go with some rule changes:
>Pokémon that die in their native game can still be traded
>wiping in one game doesn't kill the other run
>losing a battle doesn't result in a wipe (box'd Pokémon can be used after losing a battle)
it's easy mode but who cares. I'd rather enjoy an easy playthrough than reset dozens of times.

I dub these two playthroughs the "easylocke".

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I beat the first gyms of each game with 0 deaths. Purrloin's Growl is underappreciated.

what nuzlocke websites do you guys use?
the one I use isn't working for some reason.

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Tonight has been great.

I caught a Duskull in Lost Tower and caught a Marill on my way to Veilstone City.

Then I took on the gym leader of Veilstone City Maylene. First I gave the Metronome to Staravia again and first had Staravia spam Double Team until it's evasion stat was high, then I had Staravia spam Aerial Ace and it took out Meditite, Machoke and Lucario all as they struggled to hit my bird.

Afterwards I did some backtracking to some places where I hadn't caught a pokemon because the only option left was hard to catch pokemon and so I decided to wait until I had the pokeballs to catch them. First I caught a Abra, then an Onix in Oreburgh Mines and of course a Ralts.

Continuing with my journey, I got lucky and caught a Houndour, then Staravia evolved into Staraptor, Houndour evolved into Houndoom and Gible evolved into Gabite. I also caught a Girafarig at the Valor Lakefront before making my way to the Santorini inspired hotel.

Any advice for Crasher Wake?

>>58900960
Probably the best to save yourself future headaches you'll no doubt be in the receiving end of.

>>58901516
I saw someone posted that the nuzlocke app was down, I don't use that website but someone restored it. Looks pretty good I might actually use it. I normally just use the template site in the OP.
https://nuzlocke-redux.vercel.app/

what would you even need a website for

>>58902654
It's not necessary but helps if you are running multiple games or take breaks between so you don't have to look through your PC every single time to see what you have. That site I posted looks like it helps to route out encounters as well. If you just straight up catch the first pokemon in each location obviously that's not necessary and vanilla games are mostly easy enough as it is but still.
I keep a notepad of all my previous champions for my current challenge but it's fun to see your team and what you have to work with even not in game.

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>>58900925
Flannery done. Solaire was a really lucky capture and I don't think that I would be able to push through that damn Torkoal without it.

>>58903125
based solrock

Is it too late to make a nuzlocke comic? My comic idea is fucking ridiculous and borderline porn.

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Here's my update.

I caught a Hippopotas at Ruin Maniac Cave and then I caught a Wingull followed by a Croagunk in the swamp. Luxio evolved into Luxray and then I caught a Pichu in the Trophy Garden behind Mr Backlots Mansion. I also went back to Floaroma Meadows and caught a Male Combee from a honey tree that I'm sure will be useful.

Anyway anymore advice for Crasher Wake?

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unfortunately, I did not encounter Roggenrola in Wellspring Cave.
>Lv. 8 Patrat (dead)
>Lv. 13 Purrloin (dead)
>Lv. 15 Woobat
>Lv. 16 Tympole
>Lv. 16 Herdier (dead)
>Lv. 18 Koffing
that's the second gym of both games defeated, although half of my party in White has been eviscerated.
>>58902545
no kidding
>>58902642
thanks!
>I saw someone posted that the nuzlocke app was down
that was probably me lol...

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This nuzlocke has been going to well.

I beat the gym leader of Pastoria City Crasher Wake and it was easier than in the past where I've lost pokemon to him. Luxray used Thunder Fang to take out his Gyarados, Grotle used Razor Leaf to take put his Quagsire and then Luxray took out his scary Floatzel with Thunder Fang. The battle was over and even afterwards Grotle finally evolved into Torterra.

I haven't lost any pokemon aside from my two water types earlier. I wonder if I'm safe?

>>58904253
You're never safe in a Nuzlocke. Having said that, Byron shouldn't be too bad to deal with.

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page 9 bump!

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>>58903125
Post-Norman.
I'm... not very proud of this fight.
Before it started I swapped Echoes for Marika - Loudred is well known for having a rough time in mid-game and we really will need Water-type, anyway. I don't like Gyara but it's the best we have for now.
Fight against Norman was doing fine - switching around Jawsome, Marika and Solaire made first Slaking pretty easy, same with Honoka double kicking Vigoroth's ass. I tried the same switch-dancing against second Slaking but apparently it's spamming Focus Punch and Jawsome was in the wrong place at the wrong time... Honoka ended the fight spamming double kick. Rip Jawsome - you actually were a damn good Pokemon and you dying is mine fault.
I... guess Echoes is back in the team?

>>58905079
norman is always rough