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Today has been great.

At Akale Island, I catch a Mudbray on my way to Paniola Ranch and there I catch a Lillipup and then a Sissy before Brooklet Hill. Grubbin also evolves into Charjabug which makes things amazing.

Then I enter Brooklet Hill to take on the Island trial hosted by Lana and this one was a close call. I face off against the totem pokemon Araquanid who summons Dewpider to assist, I have Charjabug use Charge and then Spark on Araquanid but Bubble from the two water types did alot of damage, luckily enough Araquanid got paralysed which meant it didn't always attack and this gave me plenty of opportunity to heal and attack with Spark while Araquanid was stuck, eventually Charjabug killed Araquanid and then used Charge and Spark one more time to instantly kill Dewpider when it was left alone. I would have had to sacrifice Charjabug if it wasn't for paralys saving the day. After that battle, I caught a Paras before leaving Brooklet Hill.

Any advice for the next totem battle?

>>59148707
Bulbasaur, Cyndaquill, Mudkip, Turtwig, Tepig, Fennekin, Rowlet, Scorbunny and Fuecoco.

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I have decided to TAKE NO PRISONERS. North Dakota has become a glorious Alakazam, and he could walk up to Koga’s face and slime his whole team right now if he wanted to (I did the calcs). Only issue is I don’t want him to be too overleveled compared to the rest. After Koga’s done, I have to go back to Celadon and grab Shadow Ball for North Dakota because he’s also our best shot at Sabrina. Would’ve been cool if Gastly was a Gengar by now too, but oh well

>>59149865
Cyndaquil is shit.
It evolves very late and for most of the game run with mid-power Fire- and Normal-moves, with lol Dig and Rollout being the "coverage" options.
And then in remakes it lost Thunder Punch so you can't even cope about it eventually becoming good.
And it can't even be used for support like Meganium because it's best support move is... Smokescreen, maybe?
Compare it to Totodile fully evolving at level fucking 30 and getting pretty based Water/Ice coverage early in the game both in GSC (Ice Punch) and remakes (Ice Fang) or even just Meganium's fat ass siting behind screens.

>>59149865
Also
>Gen 4
>Turtwig
>When Chimchar rapes half of the game.
>Gen VII
>Rowlet
>The singular fucking case of starter's final evolution being so raped by late-game that running eviolite and not evolving it is best strategy.
>In a game where Bara Cat of healthy meta iexists and late game is full of opponents folding to Fire and Dark types.

Please be trolling...

>>59151084
No it's my opinion.

>>59148707
Chikorita, Chikorita, Chikorita, Chikorita, Chikorita, Fennekin, Popplio, Chikorita
...and there are no pokemon games after SwShit

>>59151030
It takes restraint not to go ham here, i'd probably knock out Koga and Sabrina the grind up everyone else before heading to Cinnabar Blaine, but that's just me.

>>59153112
I think it’s gonna be safer to keep everyone in the same level ballpark than to just slime Koga and Sabrina now and level up the rest later. If something goes wrong, if I get careless and lose Dakota somehow, everyone else would be screwed. Besides, I have to grind the Game Corner anyway for the Shadow Ball TM

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Lost two pokemon tonight.

I caught a Pikipek and then a Larvitar at Digletts Tunnel and then an Alolan Diglett. This is all before I make my way to Wela Volcano Park to take on the next trial hosted by Kiawe.

Against this trial, I would go on to lose two pokemon.

I face off against the totem pokemon Alolan Marowak, I send out Wingull to use the Z move Hydro Vortex but unfortunately Marowak used Detect which I did not expect and Hydro Vortex barely did any damage and to make things worst, Marowak summons Salazzle to assist, Wingull did use Water Pulse on Marowak which did alot of damage but then Salazzle used Poison Gas and then Venoshock which killed Wingull. I send out Mudbray for revenge and use Bulldoze which kills Salazzle instantly but unfortunately Marowak used Detect and saved itself from being killed and then retaliated by using Flame Wheel which killed Mudbray. After killing two of my pokemon, i thought I may be screwed but then I send out my trusty Murkrow and finish off Marowak with Assurance ending the battle but with two casualties. I am so far away from the piss easy Kalos region.

After that trial, I capture a Fletchling before leaving Wela Volcano Park and flying back to Melemele Island to unfortunately catch two unwanted gen 1 pokemon. A Tentacool in Melemele Sea and a Slowpoke in Kala'e Bay. I fly back to Akale Island to continue my journey.

Any advice for the Totem Lurantis fight because this is one of the hardest battles in the game?

>>59153328
True. You would probably get away with that in gen 1, but better to be safe than sorry in any other gen.

>>59148674
I always struggle in nuzlockes of harder games because I struggle to think of what's happening in the moment. I lost half my team in a fight that should've been deathless all because I forgot to put a certain item on a Pokemon, and even then, I had a way to simply adjust by killing the Elekid with Zubat instead of swapping to Meowth.

>>59156425
That's rough to hear. Maybe getting into the habit of double checking everything is how you want it would help, but you might already do that to an extent.

>>59156701
How am I shitting up the board?

Today has been extremely difficult.

First I catch a Kecleon at Dividing Peak Tunnel and then I catch an Alolan Ratatta which I have plans to use later.

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>>59158914
I make my way to the Lush Jungle to take on the trial hosted by Mallow and this would go on to be the hardest one yet. I faced off against the totem pokemon Lurantis, I send out Murkrow to use the Z move Supersonic Airstrike, Murkrow did alot of damage to Lurantis but unfortunately it did not kill Lurantis, to make things worst, Lurantis would summon Comfey who would use multiple Flower Shields to boost Lurantises defense while Lurantis used Synthesis to heal itself so that whenever Murkrow tried to take out Lurantis with Wing Attack, it did less damage each round as Lurantis kept healing and soon Lurantis was fully healed, to make things worst, Comfey used Sunny Day so that Lurantises Solar Blade would do alot of damage in one hit, and whenever I healed Murkrow, Comfey healed Lurantis using Floral Healing, Murkrow tried to do its best and take out Lurantis using Wing Attack and I was able to keep on healing Murkrow so that rounds would be wasted and mabye Lurantis and Comfey would run out of healing moves but unfortunately one Solar Blade turned out to be a crit and my beloved Murkrow who helped me out so dearly in former battles died. Next came out Zubat who was able to use Confuse Ray and this did confuse Lurantis and helped a little bit while Zubat got in some Wing Attacks but unfortunately Lurantis snapped out of confusion and killed Zubat with a Solar Blade. Luckily enough when Charjabug came out, thanks to Murkrow and Zubats effort, Comfy had run out of Floral Healing and Flower Shield and Lurantis couldn't use Solar Blade or Synthesis anymore which meant Lurantis was stuck using Low Sweep and Comfey was stuck using Magical Leaf, all moves that did little damage and after a few Bug Bites from Charjabug, Lurantis was finally killed and defeated once and for all. Dartrix came in to finish of Confey with a few Plucks and the battle was over.

>>59158923
After that exhausting half an hour battle, I caught a Passimian in Lush Jungle though I wanted Steenee and then Fletchling evolved into Fletchinder, I also caught a Magikarp and Mankey evolved into Primeape. Im now at Konikoni city.

Any advice for Olivia?

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>>59148674
Just beat Wattson, it was a tight match. I'm limiting myself to 5 healing items per battle, and I needed to use 5 for this match (3 soda pops, a full heal, and a paralyze heal).
>>59156425
I always lose mons on easy fights when my guard is down. I got through May 2 and Wattson with 0 casualties but lost a whismur to fucking WALLY.

>>59158000
Yeah, but the bigger issue is me not realizing that I could just kill Elekid with Zubat and not still try to switch to Meowth. I'm really bad at like, seeing alternate routes to take to victory if I realize that something's wrong.

>>59159305
Good job! If this is Emerald you still have Flannery to go through, but even if this isn't she'll still give you trouble with your team comp.

>Try Plat Kaizo
>Wipe to Roark because forgot to give Roselia toxic TM
It's so hard but it's kinda fun. I'm starting to understand the appeal of the super sweaty romhacks

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Today has been difficult. Lost three today.

Alright so unfortunately I lose my Alolan Diglett to a Gentleman's Jolteon that just so happened to know Double Kick that caught me by surprise and annoyed me. I did catch a Phantump at Memorial Hill and then a Stufful at Akala Outskirts but then in the fight against Team Skulls Plumeria, I lost Larvitar to Golbats Wing Attack and Larvitar was a bit underlevelled.

Then i took on the Kahuna of Akala Island Olivia. First I had Primeape use Karate Chop to take out Anorith and Lileep, though Primeape took some damage, then she sent out her Lycanroc which I was worried about. I sent out my own starter Dartrix but I expected her to use the rock type z move which could kill Dartrix my plan was to get her to use the move and switch out to Slowpoke instead hoping she would waste the move on Slowpoke which would also be me sacrificing Slowpoke. Unfortunately she did not use and used Bite instead which killed Slowpoke instantly meaning the sacrifice was nothing but now I know she isn't gonna use the rock type z move on Darteix straight away so I had Dartrix come back out and use the Z move Bloom Doom which nearly killed Lycanroc, Lycanroc used Bite and Dartrix had lost half its HP and fearing that Olivia might use the z move, I sent out Primeape clearly not wanting to sacrifice my starter and more willing to sacrifice Primeape but she never did for some reason and Primeape took out her Lycanroc with Karate Chop. That battle made me anxious.

Afterwards I caught a Sandygast at Hano Beach and Dartrix finally evolved into Decidueye, then I leave Akala Island and head to Ula Ula Island.

Any advice for the next trial?

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I'm doing simple mono-bug team runs, simple rules, only use bug to battle, of course I need hm slaves. Already ran Yellow, ZA and today I finished emerald.

>>59162153
They're certainly not for everyone, but the sweat hacks do give a level of difficulty not matched by the main games.

>>59164015
It's not only the difficulty, but what I found that made it fun for me was how intentional the game seems to be designed. The game was made with nuzlocking in mind, and in normal Platinum, you can skip the Oreburgh mine trainers and just talk to Roark to get him to go to the gym, but the path you normally take by going to the right is blocked by Rock Smash, and you have to go left. On the left side, there's two unskippable trainers, but you also have to jump off a ledge. So once you do that, you can't change your team or go back to the Pokecenter, so you have to do both fights without losing to get to Roark. It's the same thing in his gym, where the path to go straight to him is blocked by Rock Smash rocks, so you have to fight the two gym trainers.

It's 100% not for everyone, and I'd never recommend a nuzlocke of it to anyone who isn't willing to be sweaty about it, but I found it fun. Ironically, I think a regular playthrough of Platinum Kaizo would be kind of easy.

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just finished a mono-Bug type run of Pokemon Ruby. it was a lot of fun even if some fights came down to just gambling if turn 1 would go well

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>Vs Cheren
>Patrat
Piper Wraps it and tries to get Rollout going, but Patrat keeps getting flinches. Eventually though, it begins to use Work Up, allowing me to Encore it. Rollout proceeds to wipe it out.
>Lillipup
It gets a Bite in, activating Piper's Oran Berry. Rollout does big damage.
Another Bite, another Rollout, and the battle is over.

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>>59165563
Really stupid first death: I know Riolu has Counter, and yet I went for Return immediately, losing Jenny the Patrat to Worker Nathan.
>Vs Roxie
>Koffing
Piper Encores Koffing's Assurance, allowing Caesar to get in and start Flame Charging Koffing.
Koffing falls after 4 of them, as it 3HKOs, but a Super Potion after the first two slows things down. A crit puts it back low, and then it falls.
>Whirlipede
It uses Protect a few times, but in the end it falls to two Flame Charges, but it gets a Venoshock crit in before falling.

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>>59159305
Dang, I REALLY underestimated Archie.

I used 5 super potions, yet both Dustox and Swellow were still taken out by his Golbat, and Grovyle barely survived against his Sharpedo. I was expecting Dustox to fall off eventually but I'm still very sad that she died because she had been an MVP from the start and never failed to pull her own weight. She will be remembered for her faithful service to the cause.
>>59160930
This is Sapphire, and Im not too worried about Flannery since I got a Lunatone. Gonna need to grind a little to catch up though. I generally refrain from grinding since I think the game is designed around being a little "underleveled" at times, but I figure getting to ~24 is reasonable for Lavaridge gym.

>>59165800
Flannery shouldn't be a problem then, she doesn't have the White Herb/Overheat combo. Your team looks good too.

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Today has been awful.

I caught a Ariados at Malie Garden and then a Mincinno at Malie City and then a Komala, a Fearow and then a Ditto at Mount Hokulani. Unfortunately I would go on to lose Charjabug to a Veterans Absol using the Z move Blackhole Eclipse. See this hurts because Charjabug has helped me in two of the trials and was my first capture.

I then head to the Hokulani Observatory to take on the next Island trial hosted by Sophocles.

I faced off against the totem pokemon Togedemaru, I sent out Sandygast to use Bulldoze which did some damage but not alot, then Skarmory was summoned and used Stealth Rock, then Sandygast was killed by Togedemarus Iron Head. I sent out Fletchinder who unfortunately took alot of damage from the Stealth Rock, Fletchinder still managed to use the Z move Inferno Overdrive and deal alot of damage to Togedemaru but did not kill and Togedemaru would kill Fletchinder with Zing Zap. Out came Primeape to save the day, though Togedemaru used Bounce, Primeape used Focus Energy and after Bounce had landed, Primeape managed to take out the totem once and for all with Karate Chop. As for Skarmory, it used Steel Wing but it did not do alot of damage and Primeape finished it off with a Cross Chop and a Karate Chop.

Fuck please guys I need some help and advice. My team is looking shit right now. What are my options for later?

>Playing Stormsilver
>Just beat Blue
>Have all 16 gym badges now
>Entire team is level 70
>Decide to train to face Red
>Go back to Elite 4
>Its the rematch teams

I thought that all the gym leader and elite 4 rematches happened after I defeat Red? Really caught me off guard and I cant find any guide that has the rematch team listed

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give me a fangame that forces me to win every battle without taking damage

>>59167645
I think rhat would have to be a self-imposed challenge, i'm not sure any fangame has ever implemented a rule like that.

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I was so pumped up about it that I forgot to take a proper post battle screenshot, but I avenged my previous loss to Roark in Platinum Kaizo, and pic related was the team to do it. Wigglytuff and Aron were the big MVP's. Aron by killing both the Ancient Power spamming Lileep, and also killing the Cranidos that has Rock Head+Head Smash. Wigglytuff? Wigglytuff did absolutely nothing, and that was perfect. Gulpin toxic'd Roark's Corsola, and Wigglytuff swapped in to do absolutely nothing.

He did so little direct damage, but Corsola couldn't kill it before it succumbed to Toxic. Unfortunately Cranidos came in afterwards, and that spelled the end for Wigglytuff. Gone, but will never be forgotten.

>>59165611
To make the Hidden Grotto more interesting, I'm going to ignore the forced Minccino encounter in the tutorial.
Still only one Hidden Grotto mon though.

>>59166832
Hey guys, I'm really desperate for advice because my team sucks right now. What can I do?

>>59166832
Getting the obvious out of the way, take a bit to train your team up. Route 14 has a Frillish you can catch as a special encounter, the desert has a good chance of giving you Krokorok, and that's all i can really say on routes without having played US and not knowing where you've been already. If you haven't been, consider farming Mantine Surf for BP or at least check out the move tutors to see if you want anything for your team.
>>59167520
Bulbapedia says the change happens when you earn 16 badges, maybe people are used to gunning it for Red first.

>>59169369
Alright thanks. I hope I can encounter a Krokorok first in the desert. This game is getting harder.

I just lost five pokemon in a row.

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>>59165800
>>59166780
Flannery was indeed a problem.
I lost both Lunatone and Numel to her Torkoal. It was entirely due to overconfidence on my part; I had used an X attack on Lunatone, which made its Rock Throws take about 1/3 of Torkoal's health (Whereas it took about 1/4 from Torkoal's Body Slam). I put it to sleep with Hypnosis and at that point I genuinely thought the match was won, but it woke up early and took out Lunatone with Overheat. I had been at just under half health, like 36/73, but didn't bother to heal. Total foolishness on my part. From there, Numel landed a Magnitude, but got a low roll and left Torkoal alive with like 5 health. Hilariously, I finished it off with my level 21 Swablu (she had already used both of her Hyper Potions). Terrible outcome, I seriously need to start being more cautious, every death so far has been preventable, I keep thinking "surely this unlikely thing, like a crit or a 10% secondary effect, won't happen" and then it does and I lose a mon. To a degree I do it because taking risks that pay off is part of the fun of Pokemon but at this point I'm losing out being able to use mons I actually want to try out, which is the whole point of a nuzlocke

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Fuck today I lost 7 pokemon. But I think my team has improved and gotten better.

First I lost Ditto to Ryuki inside the Kantonian gym, while Ditto transformed into Turtonator, Drama killed Diitto with Dragon Breath. Then in the first fight against Guzma, i lost five pokemon. I ended up sacrificing Minccino, Fearow, Tentacool and Grimer all to Masquerains Air Slash just to heal my starter and then to make things worst, I lose my powerful Primeape to Golisopods Razor Shell. Still I did not give up.

While traveling in Ula Ula Island, i would go on to catch a ton of pokemon, I caught a Houndoom, then Pikipek evolved into Trumbeak, then I caught a Crabrawler at this islands beach, then Magikarp evolved into Gyarados, then I caught an Alolan Graveler at Blush Mountain, then I fished a Wishiwashi, then in Tapu Village I caught a Snorunt followed by catching a Absol at Mount Lanakila and while there, Crabrawler evolved into Crabominable. I then also caught a Frillish and them finally a Fineon. Unfortunately I lost Wishiwashi to a Veterans Gabite using Earthquake. I'm very tired today.

How those my team look?

>>59170046
Be careful when you get to Winona as she's the hardest.

>>59170046
Ouch, sorry to hear. Planning around unlikely scenarios is part of the game, risk vs reward. It's always a good bet that the ai will benefit itself primarily though.

>>59168763
And then I wiped in Floaroama Meadow because I forgot how Shadow Tag worked. I feel good about the next attempt though. I should be able to get back to Roark without losing a mon

>>59170354
Your team is a bit better now because it's roughly equal in levels at least. If you want Froslass the only Dawn Stone without working Poke Pelago is in Royal Avenue, and only after Ultra Megalopolis is done with.

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Fuck this game.

I first began by going to the Thrifty Megamart and taking on the sixth Island trial hosted by Acerola.

I fage off against the totem pokemon Mimikyu, I send out Deciduye to use Leaf Blade to quickly destroy its disguise, the biggest problem, then Mimikyu used Shadow Claw which did more than half damage, I had no choice but to send out a pokemon to sacrifice, as much as I would like a Frosslass, I sent out Snorunt while Mimikyu summoned a Banette, Shadow Claw from Mimikyu did alot of damage and Banette used Will o Wisp which set Snowrung on fire, I had no choice but to heal my starter while Mimikyu killed Snorunt with a Play Rough. I send out Deciduye again this time with full health so Deciduye could survive another Shadow Claw and then Decidueye used the Z move Sinister Arrow Raid that would go on to obliterate Mimikyu straight away. Finally after healing Decidueye, Banette used Will o Wisp but the burn didn't matter as Deciduye killed Banette with Spirit Shackle straight away. Mabye another day I will use a Frosslass.

I catch a Klefki before leaving the shop and Fineon evolves into Lumineon and I also catch a Krokorok at Haina Desert. Things look like they are going good but then things get worst after this.

I take on the Team Skull member Plumeria for the last time and this battle would piss me off. I sent out Alolan Graveler and used the Z move Continental Crash that nearly killed Golbat, Golbat countered with Poison Fang which did poison Graveler too but Graveler took out Golbat with Thunder Punch. Next she sends out her Salazzle, i send out Krokorok with the plan to use Dig to kill it which it should but Salazzle ends up going first, using Flamethrower and killing Krokorok instantly before I get a chance to use it. This pissed me off and then I sent out Lumineon and used Water Pulse but Sludge Bomb nearly killed Lumineon so I send out my starter Decidueye but Sludge Bomb nearly kills Hoot too, I decide to send out Graveler hoping he could tank hits but Flamethrower kills Graveler. Annoyed I send out Houndoom to use Bite but that doesn't kill Salazzle who uses Poison Bomb that those alot of damage, I decide to heal Decidueyeand sacrifice Houndoom who dies to another Sludge Bomb and so I send out Decidueye who gets hit with a Flamethrower but survives and kills Salazzle with Spirit Shackle.

Later after that battle, I catch a Scraggy and then I lose Ariados to a Teachers Torkoal using Flame Wheel though it was a sacrifice. I catch a Oricorio at Ula Ula Meadows and then a Skarmory outside Po Town.

Fuck this game, I just want to be able to create a team instead of losing pokemon.

I thought I was doing good last time as I was able to get some good pokemon only to lose a good chunk of them. I'm really worried and I may be screwed.

>>59172553
Yeah it doesn't matter anymore because I've lost a good chunk of my team and many great team members. I also lost a Krokorok I was told to try and catch to help things out onlyto fucking lose it instantly. I think I'm fucked. Next up is the second Guzma fight too at Po Town.

>>59173169
That's a rough string of losses, but it's never over until the bar hits zero. You just need to take a moment and assess what you've got left.

>>59173169
Ultra Sun is really, really tough compared to most pokemon games. Losing mons in it is way more common.

>>59173169
I respect why you might be feeling a little discouraged after losing so many good mons, but try to think about how good that'll make your eventual victory feel. One of the best parts about Nuzlockes is winning even after taking a genuinely crippling hit. All my favorite nuzlocke memories are from beating a tough boss even after my main counter to them dies.

>>59174175
>>59174453
>>59175074
I'm still gonna keep going but I may be losing this nuzlocke. I'm still gonna enjoy and have fun. Next up is Po Town.

>>59171938
Sounds like you're keeping better spirits than most that run Drayano. That's a good thing to have since you're probably repeating sections a lot.

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>>59165611
>Vs Burgh
Caesar Flame Charges Swadloon, then spends a bunch of time Flame Charging and Arm Thrusting Dwebble thanks to a Hyper Potion from Burgh.
Eventually, a 4-hit Arm thrust finishes Dwebble off, and
>Leavanny
falls to a single Flame Charge

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Alright today has been exhausting but I'm still going.

First I lost Skarmory to Gladions Type: Null using Crush Claw but I was able to beat the Island Kahuna of Ula Ula Island Nanu with no casualties. First Decidueye took out Sableye with two Spirit Shackles, then his Krokorok used Swagger on Lumineon, big mistake as it boosted Lumineon attack and made Water Pulse more devastating, now Krokorok did land a powerful Earthquake but Lumineon snapped out of confusion and took out Krokorok with another Water Pulse and finally Crabominable used the Z move All Out Pummeling to deal alot of damage to Alolan Persian before finishing it off with a Power Up Punch.

Then comes the part where I head to the Aether Foundation to deal with the baddies of this game. While infiltrating, Trumbeak evolves into Toucannon. Then I take on the boss of Team Skull Guzma for the final time. First I have Decidueye the Z move Supersonic Skystrike on his Golisopod but Golisopod those heavy damage with Sucker Punch and while the Z move also those alot of damage, Golisopod retreats from the battle and out comes Pinsir. I send out Klefki and heal Decidueye while Pinsir uses Storm Throw. Klefki uses alot of Play Roughs and eventually Pinsir is dead, then came out Vikavolt who's Thunderbolts did alot of damage forcing me to keep on healing Klefki until Vikavolt runs out of Thunderbolts, then Klefki slowly takes it out with Play Rough, Golisopod comes out again and I have Decidueye kill it with a Pluck but not before Golisopod lands a Sucker Punch. Finally it's Guzmas fucking Masquerain that I despise. I send out Crabominable with the intention of using Ice Punch straight away to kill Masquerain and I assumed Crabominable could resist a Air Slash, it did not and Punch was killed for no fucking reason whatsoever. Eventually Klefki slowly takes out Masquerain with Play Rough and the Air Slashes kept causing flinches which drove me mad.

After that fucking battle, I then take on the head of the Aether Foundation Lusamine herself. First I sent out Klefki against her Clefairy, I use Flash Cannon while she uses Moonblast but eventually they keys win, next is her Lopunny, I send out Passimian to use Rock Smash but Lopunny kills Passiminian with Fire Punch and Dizzy Punch, I send out Deciduye who is hit with a Fire Punch bug Decidueye manages to kill Lopunny instantly with Leaf Blade, I need to heal Decidueye so I sacrifice Lumineon to Milotic using Dragon Pulse and then send out a fully healed Decidueye to take out Milotic with Leaf Blade, unfortunately Milotic did land another Dragon Pulse before that so when Lusamine sent out her scary Bewear, i sent out Absol to make another sacrifice while I heal Decidueye, Absol is killed by a Takedown and then a Drain Punch, I send out Deciduye and use the Z move Supersonic Skystrike which to my surprise kills Bewear instantly and then I send out Toucannon against her Lilligant who unfortunately is hit with a Teeter Dance but manages to get in a Drill Peck before being killed by Petal Dance. After losing four pokemon this fight, Decideye finally ends the fight with a Pluck. After all that, I make it to Poni Island at last.

Am I fucked? Is it over?

>>59175720
>Drayano
Oh, Drayano didn't design Platinum Kaizo. He was on the dev team, but he didn't design the trainer battles, IIRC.

>That's a good thing to have since you're probably repeating sections a lot
Yeah, it's starting to get to the point where I can speed up the emulation for most pre-Roark fights. The ones I really have to watch out for are
>Youngster Tyler with Rain Dance Feebas, followed by a Swift Swim Magikarp w/ Hydro Pump
>Barry after Jubilife with Choice Band Crush Claw Slakoth
>The two trainers in Oreburgh Gate
The other trainers are pretty easily dealt with, even the 3 Poketch clowns, who each have a Metronome team.

>>59176750
Shoot that's right. I'm just used to people running Renegade. It's been awhile since anything other than that got ran here.

>>59176382
I think you actually have a good team here, but you've gotta grind them up before going forward. If you do that, I think you have a decent chance of still pulling through.

Bump.

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Today has been bad. I nearly lost but I'm still going.

At Poni Island, I was gifted a Aerodactyl at Seafolk Village, then I caught a Granbull at Poni Wilds, a Gastrodon at Ancient Poni Path, a Wailmer at Poni Breaker Coast and a Pinsir at Exeggutor Island.

For the final time, I beat the Ultra Recon Squad member Dulse in which Klefki was able to use the Z move Corkscrew Crash followed by Mirror Shot to beat Poipole. After that, I caught a Boldore in Vast Poni Canyon but then tragedy would ensue. I would go on to lose Pinsir to a Veterans Kangaskhan using Dizzy Punch and while Scraggy was able to evolve into Scrafty, i would then lose Klefki and Gastrodon to a Veterans Flygon using Earthquake.

I then head deeper into the canyon to take on the seventh Island trial hosted by no one this is where i nearly died. I face off against the totem pokemon Kommo-o, I send out Granbull to use Play Rough but I lose Granbull to Poison Jab instantly and then Kommo-o summoned a Noivern, I sent out Deciduye to use the Z move Supersonic Skystrike but Kommo-o using Dragon Claw followed by Noivern using Air Slash did alot of damage and cause Decidueye to flinch, this is where trouble began, I had to sacrifice a pokemon just to heal Decidueye but the problem is whenever I sent out Decidueye, it would end up flinching and taking alot of damage again and again. As a result, both Aerodactyl, Wailmer, Scrafty and Gyarados died to Kommo-o. Eventually Decidueye did not flinch and managed to get in the Z move on Kommo-o but it did not kill Kommo-o. I just had to keep healing hoping that the two opponents would run out of moves and eventually Noivern missed which gave me an opening to finally kill Kommo-o with Pluck. After that, Decidueye managed to kill Noivern with two Spirit Shackles. I thought it was over.

Afterwards I was able to atleast beat the legendary pokemon Necrozma at Megalapolis. That Alolan Ratatta i caught earlier, I was saving it for this battle. I gave Ratatta a Focus Sash and took the Dragon Pulse, followed by Ratatta using Endeavour and then Quick Attack. Essentially I took the easy way out with that fight but atleast afterwards Stufful evolved into Bewear and I received a Poipole from the Ultra Recon Squad.

I still think I may be screwed though. I hope I'm not.

I want to do a run of BDSP with the worst available pokemon (not counting unown or NFE mon)
Any suggestions? so far my roster is
Kriketune
Carnivine
Chimecho

>>59180372
Cherrim? What about Wormadam?

>>59180425
Ideally I wanted to avoid too much type crossover but they really are dogshit mons so I may just have to

>>59180425
Wormadam is surprisingly a solid choice, especially trash form.

Issue with any "Trashlockes" (I kinda hate this name, lol) is that ultimately with exception of complete gimmicks everything has one or two moves that can be abused and make it kind of work.
Something like Chatot is pretty unimpressive until you realize that 65 STAB flying attack with 100% confusion rate is kinda neat, it learns few support moves like Taunt and Parting Shot and late game can spam STAB Hyper Voice or fucking Boomburst if you allow yourself breeding. It's worse than other similar options, but it's still good...

>>59181417
Chatot also gets Feather Dance, which is excellent in Nuzlockes.

>>59180425
BDSP Wormadam-Grass can sweep Bertha, Lucian and Cynthia unassisted I believe.
Quiver Dance+Giga Drain+Bug Buzz+Psychic/Shadow Ball

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>>59175746
>Vs Elesa
>Emolga
Celine Sleep Powdered the opponent after getting hit by Pursuit.
I get three or so Quiver Dances in after a Leech Seed, and then Giga Drain finishes off Emolga.
>Zebstrika
It goes down to Giga Drain
>Flaaffy
I put it to Sleep and then Leech Seed it.
Knowing I can easily secure victory, I send in Luciana on a Thunder Wave(it woke up). She's holding the Amulet Coin.
I swap her out for Caesar, who finishes it off with a Flame Charge Crit.

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>>59182057
>Vs Clay
>Krokorok
Celine puts it to sleep turn one.
It immediately wakes up as she starts Quiver Dancing and keeps using Bulldoze. After two dances, I KO it with Giga Drain.
>Sandslash
Giga Drain.
>Excadrill
It lands a Metal Claw, then Giga Drain sends it into the red. It is brought out of likely potion range by its own Sitrus Berry, which means it falls to Giga Drain the next turn after another Metal Claw.

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>>59182068
Of course, then I went to the PWT and made an ass of myself. I completely forgot Colress is the boss of the first tournament, and I brought neither my Pignite nor a mon with anything to break Steel-types.
Except Celine, who might be resisted but still had Quiver Dance+Giga Drain.
She ended up having to Quiver Dance a lot to break through Colress for me. Thunder Wave paralysis meant she kept ending up on low health though, and Elgyem managed to get Heal Block onto her as well.
She finally succumbed against his final mon Klink, having left the team in a position where they could actually manage to scramble a victory.

>>59180372
I wouldn't call it the worst, just severely outclassed by better options, but what about Lumineon? If that's too good then i have an even worse mon:
Male Combee.

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It's over. I lost my nuzlocke.

I began the final trial hosted by Mina where I would begin to lose alot of my weaker pokemon sacrificing them to keep the three stronger ones alive. In order of who I lost while battling all the trial captains, i would lose Komala, Oricorio, Psyduck, Alolan Raticate that did evolve before being killed, Kecleon, Bewear, Lillipup and Frillish.

Then I take on the totem pokemon Ribombee and here's how it goes. Ribombee who uses Bug Buzz to deal alot of damage to my starter Decidueye, Decidueye uses the Z move Supersonic Skystrike and deals alot of damage. While Ribombee summons Blissey, I switch out my starter and sacrifice both Cottonee and Phantump to Bug Buzz just to heal Decidueye. When it's Decidueyes turn to come out, he takes another Bug Buzz that was stronger than the last one due to Blissey using Helping Hand but he manages to kill Ribombee with Brave Bird. Finally I send out Formantis who is killed by Blisseys Dazzling Gleam, a sacrifice so Pinhead could attack first. Pinhead came out and used Toxic on Blissey followed by two Poison Jabs and soon it was over. I had won.

Then I take on the Island Kahuna of Poni Island Hapu and it was all Decidueyes doing. Golurk and Gastrodon where killed with one Leaf Blade, Flygon took a few Leaf Blades to take down and even got in a few Dragon Breaths but Mudsdale was killed instantly by the Z move Bloom Doom.

Unfortunately the nuzlocke would end when I battled Gladion at Mount Lanakila. His Zoroark took out my Boldore with the Z move Black Hole Eclipse and then just straight up killed by Poipole and my starter Decidueye with Night Daze.

I had lost all my pokemon and so my nuzlocke is over.

I had fun with this nuzlocke but in the end, I kept fucking up and now it's over. Here are all the pokemon that died along with the first image. 54 in total.

Next nuzlocke is Sword.

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Forget to post the second grave.

Goodnight everyone.

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Took a nice break from nuzlockes for about a year, but decided to come back and get Emerald out of the way. Maybe I've played too many hacks, but I'm really starting to despise Hoenn, so this took a bit of conviction to get started again. Luckily I only feel that way about the Eastern half of the game, all of West Hoenn is a wonderful experience. Going with a game naming convention. I do have a dupes clause, but it's only for champions, so I'm sorta incentivised to get the bad encounters to the end, like linoone in Ruby. Unfortunately, that gave me 3 Poochyenas. Didn't like the first too much, but I'd started to grow attached to XD and decided to leave the others as fodder that sand attack before dying. Worked well for Roxanne, but I'd underestimated the optional rival fight and because of my grass overrepresentation, XD's Bite was my best bet. Unfortunately it must've triggered Blaze and got practically ohkoed due to the Rash nature. If I don't wipe to Flannery or Wattson, I'll have my next run in with them in ORAS. Thinking about putting mini in the daycare instead of keeping it, because while Breloom is great for Wattson later, Spore shenanigans for the E4 sound too fun to pass up.

>>59183638
Sucks that you lost, but properly replacing losses is something that has to happen sometimes. Maybe Sword will turn out better for you.

Okay, the only thing I don't like about constantly trying to make it to Roark, is how I know if I'll lose to Roark, or get so decimated that I can't even make it through Eterna Forest before I even enter the gym. His Cranidos is too much of a monster.

>>59185334
And I just got packed up by Roark again. I had awful options for his team. No Wormadam, no grass types for Corsola. Then his Cranidos crit my Sandshrew and if that Cranidos gets a crit, you pretty much lose off of that. We go again though.

>>59183873
Welcome back! It's looking kinda rough for you at this point, but there's always the chance that you make it through thanks to a future encounter.

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>>59186385
I'll admit, it is nice to be back doing a somewhat regular nuzlocke instead of enhancement difficulty hack number 37 or a run of pokerogue. The limitations each pokemon has feels quaint. Your concerns are appreciated, but through getting Hariyama, Golbat/Crobat, and Golem to the champs, my only valid encounter for floor 1 of granite cave was an Abra. The nature does suck a bit, but I was lucky enough to get the 5% held item, the twisted spoon, so that reverses the drop. Brawly, as always was a pushover, but this time even more so. Wattson, however, I often wipe or nearly wipe due to the resistances and the bullshit, so I decided that I'm not going to play nice and Leech Seed + Wonder Guard him. He deserves nothing better. Now I'm pretty sure this next stretch is going to be one of my favorite parts of any pokemon game.

>>59185768
That's how these types of hacks go sometimes from what i've picked up, everything needs to swing your way or you way as well reset. Part of the reason why i don't mess with difficulty hacks.

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Just began my pokemon Sword nuzlocke.

My starter is Scorbunny, I caught a Rookidee and then a Yamper. In Motostoke, I fished a Chewtle.

That's probably the least amount I've done in a day. Any advice for the entire game?

Bump.

>>59186733
>Leech Seed + Wonder Guard
Just watch out for Sonic Boom

>>59187948
Just taking the time to replace losses with a bit of grinding. Probably a lot easier here with how gen 8 forces the EXP Share on you.

>>59187948
Just focus on Scorbunny

Question. Those anyone here nuzlocke gen 8 or 9? I'm asking because I know those games aren't popular on /vp/.

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Here is my progress.

I first catch a Galarian Zigzagoon before Scorbunny evolves into Raboot. I then catch a Drilbur in Galar Mines and Rookidee evolves into Corvisquire. Outside the mines, I catch an Electrike.

At Turffield, I take on the gym leader Milo and it was easy. Corvisquire killed Glossifleur with a Pluck and Raboot dynamaxed and took out a dynamaxed Eldegoss with Max Flare.

Afterwards I catch a Eldegoss and Zigzagoon evolves into a Linoone and I also catch a Arrokuda in Hulbury.

In Hulbury, I take on the gym leader Nessa. Hot chocolate queen BTW. Yamper took out Goldeen and Arrokuda with Spark and finally I dynamaxed Eldegoss and used Max Overgrowth to take out the dynamaxed Drednaw. After the battle, Chewtle evolves into Drednaw.

I'm doing fine. No losses.

>>59190203
There have been a few runs, but it's a bit harder to run those gens with the Wild Area and complete lack of traditional routes in gen 9. Not by thar much mind you, but it's still something that needs to be addressed.

Back to my Black run, cleared Drayden but not without some pain. Lost my Krookodile to an Ace Trainer's Fraxure in the gym.
Drayden himself went a little different than I had planned but it was all good, never had any doubts :v)

>>59187749
Yeah, I think the early games in the really hard difficulty hacks are a little bit more RNG dependent than the rest of the game is. Fortunately, I have a good feeling about this new run. I've got a lineup that's not only really good for Roark, but also Pokemon like Sentret, Skitty Marill, and Jigglypuff that people have told me are really good once you get past Roark. I have 4 fights until Roark, so I just have to not fuck it up until then.

>>59190203
I've run both, best way to play those games.
The biggest issue is deciding how you handle the random catching now that catches are mostly visible. Blindfold or online rngs are both good, honesty to yourself is basically the real factor.
Gen 9 sort of had an issue with having so few named areas that some liked separating the areas by their pokemon centers(into area 1, part 1 and the like). I did this the first time. If you have the DLC, Kitakami easily gives you enough new named areas to not need that though.

>>59192511
Shame about losing Krookodile, but nice work getting past Drayden. Hope your ready for the league and Team Plasma.

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Today has been great. No casualties yet.

I caught a Shellos in the second Galar Mines, then my little Yamper evolved into Boltund and then in the Outskirts of Motostoke, I caught a Scraggy though I do not want it.

I then take on the gym leader of Motostoke Kabu and this fight was a little harder. First I sent out Drednaw against his Ninetales, Water Gun did little damage, Ninetales used Ember a few times that did some damage but Drednaw took out Ninetales with the superior Rock Tomb. Next came Arcanine, I had to save Drednaw for Kabu's ace so I sent out Boltund instead who used Spark which did not do alot of damage, eventually Boltund was hit with an Flame Wheel and so out came Raboot who lasted longer using Double Kick but ended up taking alot of damage from Bite, so I sent out Corvisquire who finally finished Arcanine off with Pluck. Against the dynamaxed Centiskorch, I dynamaxed Drednaw and used Max Rockfall which took out Centiskorch instantly.

After that, I left Motostoke, went to Hammerlocke, caught a Silicobra on my way to Stow and Stow Side and here I am.

Any advice for the Bea fight? Because I know I've lost to her a few times.

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>>59186733
Not sure if I'm playing nuzlockes in the most fun way. After Wattson I got a bunch of new encounters and decided that my Flannery team needed to be much different than my current team. But this invloved getting a bunch of ~level 16 pokemon to ~level 29, meaning a lot of grinding was needed. I think I went too far, because Flannery was an absolute cakewalk for me thanks to Dragon Rage and Ultra, mainly just need to make sure Torkoal isn't sent out while the sun is still up. I'm unsure how to feel about Gyarados, as it feels very cheap to use (I used it in Red too), but it'd be really really nice for future runs to have Magikarp excluded from the encounter pool. I think I'll attempt to take Jump all the way to the league, as I might abuse it if I allowed myself access to it in future runs (especially in Sinnoh) and I'm pretty sure gen3 Gyarados is the 2nd least broken version behind gen2. Speaking of abusing, I really tried to cheese Norman. I brought along all my bugs, with Coro intended to nullify with Charm (got a Slash crit), Shadows to switch in on normal moves and Toxic, and Almia was supposed to tank a Faint Attack and then cheese Truant with Dig. My dumbass decided to Dig while Truant was active instead of when the attack was coming out. I do think it was a painless death, because I'm not sure how much deadlier you can get than a 10 level difference with a pokemon with paper thin defenses taking a 140bp stab attack from the hardest hitting monster in the game. MASTERSEX is undoubtedly the mvp of the run so far.
>>59192511
I remember him being hard back when I did a White 2 run. I managed to not get any hard hitting pokemon that didn't have their good attacks be unresisted. Lot of Dragon Dances happened that day. Pretty sure I lost my starter and the pokemon I was left with lost at the E4. Struggling to assemble a team after a near loss is one of the funnest parts of a nuzlocke tho.

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>>59194178
Not really prepared just kinda sending it. Didn't know there was a Cheren fight on the next route and ended up pretty easily beating him despite the 3 level difference.
>>59196293
>My dumbass decided to Dig while Truant was active
Yeah that's the usual course of action since not a lot of dig users outspeed a Slaking but since it's a Ninjask you literally outspeed everything anyway. Only move it should be able to hit would be counter which would be peanuts. RIP anyway to Illumise and the Ninja. My favorite strat against him was using Torkoal curse+protect and one shotting everything that came out since I could 100% encounter one in my current venture.
Party, box and the grave, probably finish the game tomorrow, maybe start White if I'm feeling cute idk. Running every game, champions are considered duplicate encounters.
Never tried emulating 3DS or Switch before but I will have to give it a shot since I only ever bought XY and US and I never redownloaded them before the purge.

>>59196574
I might be mistaken, but I think you can still redownload things from the shop at the moment, you just can't buy anything anymore.

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>>59193166
So this run died.

Then I went again, and once again, I was too hyped to remember to take a proper post battle screenshot, but I finally beat Roark again. It's really funny, because I finally beat Roark in a situation where I had 0 resists for Cranidos. No Onix, no Aron, no Sandshrew, no Wormadam, not even a Geodude. Ariados is apparently just the best Pokemon in the game, because it 1v1'd Roark's Lileep, Shuckle, Corsola, AND Gible.

Unfortunately, Bayleef, Koffing, Luvdisc, and Psyduck passed away. But I won't let their deaths be in vain, in my quest for a new personal best with Platinum Kaizo. Which is like 4 fights away. These mons + Monferno will be the ones to take me there.

>>59195742
Bea can't quite answer Flying types with her team's movesets, being able to ine shot her team can also prevent Revenge from chipping your team down. Some more levels wouldn't hurt either, you're decently underleveled for her fight.

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I've lost seven pokemon today.

I caught a Impidimp at Glimwood Tangle though I wanted Hattrem. I then took on the gym leader of Stow-on-Side Bea and this would be a massive jump in difficulty.

So first I send out Corvisquire against her Hitmontop. Corvisquire manages to take out Hitmontop with two Pluck but did take alot of damage from Revenge. I needed Corvisquire to be full health because I was scared of Beas ace Machamp so I sent out Raboot against her Pangoro and healed Corvisquire however Pangoro used Circle Throw and sent forced Ngubu out and in came Silicobra. Silicobra used Dig while Pangoro used Work Up, while dig landed, Pangoro killed Silicobra instantly using Night Slash making the snake my first casualty. Luckily enough Sand Spit was activated and that unleashed a Sandstorm, I healed Raboot and then used Double Kick which did some damage but Raboot was instantly killed by the next Night Slash and I lost my starter. Eldegoss came out next and managed to land two Razor Leafs before dying to Night Slash but luckily enough, Pangoro died to the Sandstorm.

>>59197111
Pearl edition?

After that exhausting battle, I would go on to lose Impidimp to Bedes Hattrem using Dazzling Gleam and then when doing the Ballonlea gym challenge, Scrafty and Drilbur where both killed by a gym trainers Gardevoir using Dazzling Gleam but atleast Corvisquire evolved into Corviknight.

I then battled Opal. First I sent out Corviknivht against her Galarian Weezing that couldn't do anything and kept using Fairy Wind which did barely any damage so I saw the opportunity to spam Hone Claw over and over again until attack stat was maxed. Then Corviknight proceeced to take out both Weezing and Mawile out in one hit each using Steel Wing. Next came Togekiss so I sacrificed Electrike to Togekisses Draining Kiss while i healed Corviknight. Then I sent out Drednaw who took out Togekiss with Rock Tomb but it was tough due to Togekiss using Draining Kiss. Finally I dynamaxed Corviknight and took out a dynamaxed Alcremie with Max Steelspike, not in one hit but Alcremie was defeated.

As you can see, my team is in dissaray and I'm in need of some good pokemon. What are some good pokemon to look out for later?

>>59198622
Unfortunately your a little late to the advice. I beat Bea and Opal but I lost 4 of my team to her. Do you have an advice for good encounters on the way to Circhester? I'm thinking of picking up Falinks.

Bump

>>59198872
Unfortunately I'm not familiar with the Galar routes or encounters, so I don't really know what's good or not. I think Falinks will be a good addition though, just be careful with No Retreat.

>>59198868
Platinum Kaizo

>>59197111
Looks like you have a good variety in your box at least, but for all i know this is actually a poor group of encounters for Platinum Kaizo.

Bump.

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Here's my progress.

Unfortunately I lost both my Shellos, Zigzagoon and Arrokuda to Hops Boltund using Spark. I forget Shellos doesn't have the ground type and Arrokuda kinda just got sent in because Roar. I did however catch a Thievul and then a Falinks.

I took on the gym leader of Circhester Geordie.

First I had Falinks use No Retreat and boost all it's stats but Barbaracle used Shell Smash and then Razor Shell which did alot of damage but Falinks retaliated with Reversal and killed Barbaracle easily. Then Corviknight used Hone Claw a few time and then used Steel Wing to take out both Sfonejourner and Shuckle. Finally I dynamaxed Drednaw and used Max Geyser against dynamaxed Coalossal. Surprisingly two Max Geysers did not kill Coalossal who retaliated with a few Max Volcalith and nearly killed Drednaw, I had to heal him and eventually dynamax ran out on both sides, Bowser then finished Drednaw off with one little Water Gun.

After that battle, I caught a Pincurchin and now it's time for me to take on the gym leader of Spikemuth.

Any advice?

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>>59196293
I think I'm going to stop optimizing my team for every fight by swapping members out, at least until the Elite 4. For a vanilla game that's not named Ultra Sun, changing teams drastically isn't necessary, and kinda goes against the spirit of the challenge. Commitment is a core part of the challenge, because it makes deaths more meaningful, just like the nickname requirement. Mystery was a pokemon I was really looking forward to, but with base 40 speed and a Sassy nature, he couldn't escape a wild Geodude in the magma hideout a few levels below him. I've generally avoided encounters on water routes, because I really want to get a Wailord. Not because I want it on my team for battles, but when I started my Emerald challenge, I've fantasized about using a Regice on my team. Maybe you'll all disagree, but the og Regis feel like the few legendary pokemon that aren't busted in nuzlockes, like Aurora (Suicune) from my Crystal run, or the lake trio and the swords of justice (maybe not Terrakion). I am wondering how the Underwater section counts as it's spread over two routes. Though I suppose my chances for a Relicanth are still slim so maybe I need to beat Emerald and a Kalos game with the Clamperl evos to guarantee a Regi for each remake instead.

>>59203023
Depends how you run the game as it's met location is Underwater regardless of which route you caught it underwater. If you treat it as seperate then you can catch one with repels, though it looks like you can repel guarantee one in ORAS since it's the only thing at level 35* (if Bulbapedo is accurate).

>>59203023
Self-Destruct is just one of those moves that demands you know exactly when it can pop up to avoid losing anyone. Being able to tank it well, especially with the threat of multiple users in succession, is a good trait to have.

Bump.

>>59202779
Falinks would be a good mon to lead with i think, but Piers foes have a Psychic type move on his Malamar and counter on his Obstagoon. I think those two will be the ones that give you the hardest time.

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Beaten all gyms in Galar.

First I took on the gym leader of Spikemuth and leader of Team Yell Piers. First Corviknight took out Scrafty with a Brave Bird and then a Drill Peck, then Thievul took out Malamar with a few Foul Plays, then Falinks went up against his Obstagoon, I had Falinks use No Retreat and then spam Iron Defense, unfortunately alot of times Falinks used Reversal, Obstagoon used Obstruct which protected him and lowered Falinks defense and I had to be careful of Counter and Throat Chop. Still after enough Reversals and using Iron Defense again and again, Obstagoon was killed. I sent out Drednaw against Skuntank and used Bite but Skuntank used Snarl and even Screech which did alot of damage and lowered defense, fearing a Toxic, I switched out to Corviknight who used Steel Wing to take out Skuntank despite taking alot of Sucker Punches. When Skuntank died, then activated Aftermath and nearly killed Corviknight leaving her with one HP. Atleast that's the end for Team Yell.

I then took on the gym leader of Hammerlocke. Raihan and it was difficult, I kept thinking I was gonna lose pokemon. First I sent out Drednaw and Corviknight against his Gigalith and Flygon, I would first focus on his Gigalith which would eventually be taken out by Steel Wing and then I would focus on his Sandaconda which replaced his Gigalith but was killed by a Liquidation. Then Duraludon came out and dynamaxed, I made the best decision to switch out Drednaw and send out Falinks who then dynamaxed. This was tough as I nearly lost Corviknight twice, once because Flygon kept using Thunder Punch and then because Duralodon used Max Punch. I kept healing Corviknight and soon Falinks killed Duralodon with Max Punch and even managed to do the same to the lone Flygon who at that point, the only damage it had taken so far was a Drill Peck.

After that, I caught a Snover who evolved into Abomasnow and I've made it to Wyndon. Let's hope I don't get stabbed.

How's my team look?

>>59205617
Piers was alright. I had the fox take out Malamar instead.

>>59205949
Nice to hear you had a decently smooth run of the last gyms. Team is looking good too.

>>59201365
>>59201365
I don't think the problem is necessarily the problem, just how I'm playing. The furthest I got ended because I forgot how Shadow Tag worked, for some reason I clicked a killing move with Destiny Bond up, etc.

Bump.

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Pre-cheren split on Volt White 2 Redux. How fucked am I?

>>59209157
It's always a safe bet that you're fucked in Drayano hacks. Pretty sure Cheren is dependent on your encounters, you might eek out a win here, but expect heavy casualties.

>>59182068
Currently considering if I should evolve Brannigan all the way to Vire or stay at Buzz.
Eviolite Bulk is nothing to sneeze at, and Buzz is faster.
That being said, Vire's ThunderPunch is stronger than Buzz's Thunderbolt, even without a held item, and Wild Charge is a significant upgrade over that...
Bulk and utility vs offense I suppose.
... Kinda think it suits the namesake far better to go Vire.

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Give me any advice for Chairman Rose and the Champion Leon.

I was able to beat all three of my rivals for the final time. Against Marnie, Caesar of course was able to beat both her Liepard and Morpeko the same way, using No Retreat, From Defense and Reversal. Maggie was able to beat her Scrafty and Toxicroak the same way too, using Drill Peck. As for her dynamaxed Grimmsnarl, Maggie dynamaxed and took down her Grimmsnarl easily with Max Steel Spike.

Then it was Hops turn, Bowser took out his Dubwool with Jaw Lock, Caesar used No Retreat and then Reversal to take out Snorlax, Maggie used Hone Claw multiple times while Hops Corviknight only helped us by using Swagger, Maggie then took out the opposing Corviknight with Drill Peck, Robber took out Pincurchin with Foul Play and finally my dynamaxed Maggie took out Hops dynamaxed Rillaboom in one Max Airstream, probably helped by the fact it's attack stat was maxed out.

Then there it's the battle against Chairman Rose's secretary Oleana at the top of Rose Tower. Robber took out her Frosslass with Foul Play, Spike took out her Milotic first using Electric Terrain and then Zing Zap, Bowser took down Salazzle with Liquidation, then Alpine took down Tsareena with Blizzard though it was the Hail that killed it and then my dynamaxed Maggie took down her dynamaxed Garbador with Max Steel Spike.

And of course before the final tournament, Bede interrupts and demands one more rematch. He was too easy, Maggie spammed Hone Claw until attack stat was maxed out, then used Steel Wing to take out Mawile, Gardevoir and Galarian Rapidash. Maggie dynamaxed and took out a dynamaxed Hatterene with Max Steel Spike.

Then the tournament came and I was able to defeat the three gym leaders, Nessa, Bea and Raihan again.

Against Nessa, First Maggie used Drill Peck on her Golisopod and forced it to use Emergency Exit. Then came out Barraskewda who would be taken out by Drill Peck, Golisopod came out again only for Maggie to finish it off with Drill Peck. Spike then set up Electric Terrain and proceeded to kill Seaking and Pelipper with Zing Zap. I then dynamaxed Alpine and used Max Overgrowrth to one shot her dynamaxed Drednaw but Max Rockfall did nearly kill Alpine.

Against Bea, First Spike used Electric Terrain and then Zing Zap to kill Hawlucha though the High Jump Kicks where annoying to deal with. Maggie killed Falinks, Grapploct and Sirfetch-d with Drill Peck before dynamaxing and taking out dynamaxed Machamp with Max Airstream. Easier than the first fight.

And against Raihan, First his Torkoal activated Drought which made the weather sunny and Bowser used Liquidation which did not kill Torkoal who countered with Solar Beam straight away, Bowser only survived because of the Focus Sash and finished off Torkoal with another Liquidation. Alpine took down Goodra with Ice Punch, then i healed Bowser and took iut Turtonator with Rock Tomb, Alpine returned and one shotted Flygon with Ice Punch and then my dynamaxed Caesar dealt with a dynamaxed Duraludon using Max Knuckle, this is the second time Caesar got to take out that stupid building.

That's alot of major battles, I'm nearly at the end.

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>>59203023
Well damn. So far, the opposing trainers usually have the most dogshit moves and teams possible, so I must've gotten complacent and forgot about how incredibly scary spread Earthquake and +1 Psychic can be. I'll miss Harmoknight, early gen stab normal moves are quite fun comparitively. Ultra was a pretty pivotal member for the past few fights, though I suppose it would've been not great for the remaining ones except for maybe Drake. Not entirely sure what to add to my team. I do still have the shoal cave encounter as well as 2 underwaters (hopefully a Relicanth). Maybe Sapphire (Sharpedo), since Dark is good for a few fights more and it's Rash so it can make good use of Surf and Ice Beam.

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Fantina you dumb bitch

>>59211380
A gym leader should know better than to burn a Swellow, the entirety of Hoenn shudders at its power.

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>>59148674
im playing pokemon green randomized but its the shitty translation from taiwan, its a dratini(starter), spearow, and tentacruel(randomized from the magikarp at mt moon)
Currently at vermillion
playing a shitty translation is oddly fun actually, like when the opponent uses "go all out" and you realize its tackle
and an in-game trade asked me for a "unide" whatever that is
it ever so slightly recaptures the feeling of playing for the first time

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i just finished a crystal randomizer nuzlocke, with the additional rule that i may only gain exp from trainers, so no grinding, this makes exp a limited resource and actually recaptured the fun of nuzlockes for me, i havent finished one in probably 10 years before this. that being said i lost to Red at mt silver (i still consider it a win as long as i entered the hall of fame), his levels are just too high to beat with the limited exp rule unless you have really good luck with what his team randomizes into, also i set it so trainer pokemon are always fully evolved past level 40, and likewise i set my own pokemon to evolve no later than 40 because i wanna be able to use a pseudo for once, anyway heres the team and where i got them

the team i beat lance with:
tyranitar was my starter, super lucky
smokey (seaking) was an in-game trade in violet city (usually onix), the trade exp boost was really nice with this ruleset
raikou was the suicune at tin tower
victreebel was caught at route 45 when i really needed a grass type

postgame:
weezing was the level 50 snorlax blocking diglett cave, i kept him with a polkadot bow for explosion just in case
suicune was from lugia

same poster btw >>59213565

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I just beat my Pokemon Sword Nuzlocke.

I caught a Orbeetle in the Slumbering Weald which I thought would be my final pokemon. I then beat Chairman Rose and he was easy. Maggie took down his Excavalier with Dril Peck and Ferrothorn with Brave Bird and Caesar used No Retreat, Iron Defense and Reversal to take down his Klinklang and Perrserker. Caesar of course dynamaxed and used Max Knuckle to defeat his dynamaxed Copperajah though Max Mindstorm nearly killed Caesar. Afterwards I caught Eternatus at the top of the Tower Summit in Hammerlocke. After dealing with all of Chairman Rose's bullshit, I finally took down the champion of the Galar region Leon.

The battle against Leon was mostly easy. I had Maggie spam Hone Claw over and over again before taking out both Aegislash and then Haxorus with Drill Peck, it was hard with Aegislash's King Shield though. I had Robber take out Dragapult and Mr Rime using Foul Play. I had Alpine take out Inteleon with just one Wood Hammer. Finally I dynamaxed Bowser and Leon dynamaxed his Charizard, both of us used Max Rockfall but Bowser survived and Charizard didn't. I am now the champion of the Galar Region.

I'm still gonna continue and do the post game. What's there to do? Is the DLC worth it?

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These are basically all of the pokemon that died. What interests me is the fact i never lost a pokemon before the third gym and then I lost alot of pokemon only to never lose a pokemon past the sixth gym.

Also this game has to be the shortest pokemon game ever.

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>>59211162
I ought to buy a lottery ticket before my luck runs out. Not only did I encounter a Relicanth underwater, but I encountered another one in the other underwater route. Saw this as a sign that I don't need to muck around in Shoal Cave and got this beauty of a Pokemon, Crystal (Regice). Nature is extra nice too. I did spend nearly all of my money getting Ice Beam + Thunderbolt TMs via game corner, but boltbeam Regice is surely a good investment. After the Tate and Liza fight, I was really suprised that Archie was a complete pushover. Added Sapphire (Sharpedo) to my team as I think a better answer to Phoebe will be needed, she did stop my first Ruby attempt. Thought 44 was a little cheap to bring to Juan, but that asshole has Double Team Kingdra. Nearly wiped, but luckily Sapphire pulled of a clutch Screech for Jump (Gyarados) to smack it with a critical Secret Power. I still might try to go for spore Breloom, but I'm kinda liking this team too. Let me know what adjustments you think it might need and what an appropriate level to head into the elite 4 will be. I've still got Victory Road, so maybe a few deaths are coming my way before then, see you all on the other side.
>>59213955
I'm quite suprised that Robber seemed to pull his weight. Thought it'd be a sacked mon by now. I haven't played the switch games, is Galar really that short? I thought I was playing pretty fast, but you seem to be zipping through it. How'd it work as an nuzlocke experience?
>>59213604
I tend to get really cautious when I see a level cap and grind against wild pokemon for a while to meet it, but maybe I'll try out a run without that. RBY or GSC seem like the best canidates, as the badge boosts can really put in the work.

>>59214103
Galar is really short. I play three hours a day usually and I got the game done in like 8 days. There isn't really a big gap in between both the first, second and third gyms and then there is such a short gap in between the fourth and fifth gym and then a short gap between the sixth and seventh gym. Immediate after beating the seventh gym, the next thing to do is go and do the final gym. Honestly it's fun but not great. You don't have alot of options for places to get pokemon. Yes there is the wild area but I avoid that because alot of the pokemon are overdevelled and I don't want to risk losing pokemon in the early game trying to catch overlevelled pokemon and as a result of the game developers adding the wild area, they didn't have alot of room to make actual routes. If you do the nuzlocke the way I did it then your limited to 19 pokemon, compare to Alola before it where there is loads of areas to catch pokemon. Your basically limited to 10 routes, two pokemon you can finish in cities (those being Motostoke and Hulbury) your starter obviously, two forests, two caves, the Outskirts of Motostoke which counts and then the legendary that Rose tries to summon. That's really it.

What I find also weird is that the early and late game is easy but the mid game is really difficult, especially with Bea and Opal.

I think this game is also easy to nuzlocke because you can kinda pick what pokemon you get per area as long as you avoid actually bumping into a pokemon you don't want and so you can basically pick the pokemon you think will be best for the upcoming gym or the game overall.

As a side note, I'm not the biggest fan of Hop, you battle him more times than any character in the mainline pokemon games with a whopping total of 8 battles and he just gets way to much screentime.

>>59214143
That sounds pretty appealing to me strangely. The middle part of a pokemon game is always the most fun part for me. You're excited for every new encounter you find, as you're starting to get a good idea of your team, but it's not yet set in stone. Getting a high-mid power stab move feels amazing then. That doesn't seem like a lot of encounters, but choosing them might give you more leeway than a game with more encounters but less variety (like RSE, DP, or RBY). The closest I could get to playing it after finishing my 4 alola runs (without spending 100s of dollars for a switch lite) is a GBA demake, though I'm not so sure how faithful it is.

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>Win Mars Fight
>Two Pokemon had to die because Deliberd couldn't kill Gligar through the Yache berry
God I've never felt so alive playing a Pokemon game. I keep forgetting to take post battle screenshots because there's so much going through my head, I can't help but be glad because this is currently the furthest I've gotten in Platinum Kaizo, but I'm so upset because Gligar barely lived and it was probably a bad damage roll. Then since Mars' Gligar has a Hippotas that sets up sand for it's Sand Veil, I miss Fake Out with Delcatty and Gligar kills Kricketune with a Rock Slide. Picrel+Grotle is what I have going forward. But Route 205, and Eterna Forest encounters will be there for me, so reinforcements are incoming.

>>59214548
Mabye you could do 2 encounters per route and 10 more to that 19.

>>59214103
Nice luck getting Regice! I think level 55 is a good point to head into the E4, that's Wallace's lowest level Pokemon.
>is Galar really that short?
I might be wrong about this, but i don't think Galar has all that much to do outside of the main game. No route exploration since they're straight lines, Leon deals stuff the later would have dealt with in previous gens, so you can only really press forward to the next gym. Again, I might be alwrong about that, i never played gen 8.

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Post game complete.

I beat all the forced dynamaxed pokemon that Swordward and Shielbert used made to run amok across Galar and I beat Swordward too. I also beat Zamazenta and then I caught Zacian but this doesn't count as its in the same place I caught Eternatus so I will probably just box it and never use it. That's kinda it.

Is there atleast anymore to do or should I just go to the DLC? How much is it?

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>>59215043
This is the "Team of the Run" so far, the 6 Pokemon who've knocked out the most opposing trainer Pokemon

>>59216802
The DLC is the good stuff but you’re kinda supposed to do the first one while playing the campaign and the second is about adventouring, not battling

Bump.

>>59217774
It's different seeing Delibird and Farfetch'd be useful in later games, so that's cool. Congrats on getting so far as well!

>>59213604
A bit late, but congeats on the win! How's the Taiwan translation run going?

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Not so much a run, just a continuation of one, but I've taken to finishing off the battle and challenge medals in BW2, it's fun turning the teams from my last playthrough into level 90+ solo mons to wipe the E4. I'm bringing all sorts of tech like switching out Heracross's moves between Stone Edge/EQ/Aerial Ace/Shadow Claw depending on the E4 member, to wacky stuff like Iron Defense Tyranitar to shut down Marshall.

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This morning all I did was pick up a Charmander left by Leon in Postwick and I did some of the tournaments but I'm annoyed you battle Hop all the time. I've had enough of him. I bought the DLC and I'm gonna begin it later. It better be worth it.
>>59217797
I thought one was for Sword and one was for Shield. Also it looks like I'm probably not gonna lose one then lmao.

>>59219693
You can get Farfetch'd as one of your first encounters in the game, has buffed base attack, 95, and gets Brick Break + Poison Jab before level 10. So it's extremely good against all the normal types you fight very early on. Delibird was given adaptability in Platinum Kaizo, also a really early encounter, and there's a bunch of bugs and grass along with the normal types early on so Deli gets good value there. It's also one of the few mons that you can reliably OHKO Roark's Sand Veil Gible, and Mars' Yache Berry Sand Veil Gligar with.

Unfortunately I lost the run just a few fights post Mars. I think I'll take a day or two off of running Platinum Kaizo. I'm getting further each run, so it's finally nice to see myself getting better and making some form of progress, instead of losing to the Metronome clowns and Roark all the time.

>>59220634
thanks, its really amusing and i got used to it surprisingly fast, and figuring out the moves and remembering them is fun in its own way too, currently im at cycling road, just caught the snorlax which was now a nidoking (translated to delan) which i caught and taught tm26 earthquake which i found in the rocket hq

>>59223791
That sounds like a game winner there, but it is still a randomizer. For all I know the game will throw Mewtwo at you in the league.

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>>59214103
I didn't know Gardevoir learnt Thunderbolt, sorry Jump. I think whoever designed the Hoenn Elite 4 should be shot. Sand Attack. Double Team. Pressure+Protect stalling. Double Team. Double Team. DOUBLE TEAM. Over and over and over. It's pretty much just a gambling minigame (moreso than pokemon usually is). I did finally break out mini (Breloom) out of the day care to get spore shenanigans going. Syndey pulled out Sand Attack turn 1, so I knew he wasn't going to be doing much, but Crystal (Regice) definitely lived up to their fame especially with an Amnesia. Phoebe was pretty easy thanks to Sapphire's (Sharpedo) good special attacking Crunch. By this point, I lost any incentive to respect the spirit of the game, as the game certainly does not respect me, so Glacia just got a Calm Mind + Psychic spam. I'm not going to check, but I'm assuming she's also running sheer cold, so I am glad I did some grinding, thank you >>59216797
. Drake, unlike all the others, was actually an engaging fight. Crystal looked like she'd just sweep, but Flygon's Earthquake into Salamence's Rock Slide (thank god it didn't flinch) put it down to red. That meant Altaria got a Dragon Dance up and I didn't really have much that could tank a Double Edge. It managed to get a second one too, so I was suprised that Mastersex (Alakazam) took a +2 Double Edge and lived. I did try to cheese Wallace with mini, but an early wake up from Wailord into a Blizzard freeze doomed him. Sorry mini. Teal (Sceptile), for about the first time since Roxxane, actually was the mvp here. Ice Beam from Milotic was scary, doing just over half. Another Leaf Blade wouldn't have done it, so I opted for a Giga Drain assuming It'd put me into Overgrow range. For some reason, in all of the important fights, Leaf Blade never critted, but Giga Drain did, lol. Not sure if the ai is very smart or cheating, but it was funny seeing his Gyarados against Teal clicking Earthquake right as I swapped out to Dash (Manetric).

>>59224926
Overall, I think gen 3 Hoenn (not gen 3 overall as FRLG are amazing) is kind of a miserable experience to nuzlocke. The encounters early game are very overpopulated with the same weak pokemon, with only a few chances for good ones outside of the starter. Mid game is pretty good. Late game, all of the encounters are Water types, so if you're trying to patch up a team after a loss, it can feel hopeless. I really only won because I got incredibly lucky. The grinding is very egregious, as you can only reliably use wild encounters to make up the difference. If Hoenn had a proper VS Seeker, then I'd think more favorably of it. Mvp is either Mastersex or Jump. The first neutered a lot of fights and the second was always a reliable pick that also had good hm utility. If HarmoKnight (Exploud) had survived a while longer, she might've claimed that title, because Silk Scarf + Strength + non paper thin bulk carried me midgame, outdamaging Jump a lot of the time. As long as the special attack isn't horrible, I do think Sharpedo can be a very underrated pick. Solrock would be underated, but you're stuck with Confusion and Rock Throw for way too long. Not sure when I'll pick up Diamond.

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I just began the Isle of Armour DLC and it's so fun.

First I caught a Galarian Slowpoke at Wedgehurst train station to begin the DLC before going to the Isle of Armour. I then caught a Buneary at the Fields of Honour, a Sharpedo in the Workout Sea though I was trying to catch a big fat Wailord, a Skorupi at the Soothing Wetland, a Bulbasaur the Master Dojo though that was given to me and finally a Venipede in the Forest of Focus. I probably should put my team in the box and use these new pokemon but I've already began.

I never expected the DLC to be so fun.

>>59222776
Certainly some substantial buffs. Sorry to hear you lost.

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Tonight I just caught a shit tonne of pokemon I'm probably not gonna use.

I caught a Kingler at Training Lowlands, a Cubone at Warm Up Tunnel, a Golduck at Brawlers Cave, a Salandit at Challenge Road, a Torkoal at Potbottom Desert, a Cramorant at Challenge Beach, a Dwebble in Courageous Cavern, a Magikarp at the Stepping Stone Sea, a Exeggcute at Insular Sea, a Combee at Honeycalm Island, a Wailmer at Honeycalm Sea and finally a Malamar at Loop Lagoon.

That's it. Any advice for the final Klara battle?

>>59227272
Don’t die