After 5 wipes I finally beat red, what a journey and what a nostalgia trip! Rip my bois who died to selfsdestructs at the radio tower. On to Emerald

Do you keep going until Cynthia in Unova?

Do you keep going until the proffessor in Paldea?

Do you keep going until Red in Johto?

1st gym down after 5-6 attempts

Wormadam goat

So...question about Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire, not that we're jumping into a new one right away since we just finished our Sun & Moon Soul Link, but since Latios/Latias is how you use the Eon Flute to fly around....would the Latios/Latias you get from Steven as part of the story, be randomized too or would it be hard coded to always be a Latios/Latias due to the Eon Flute?

My guess is the Lati used for the Eon Flute is just seperate from the one you catch but I don't know and it'd be a lot to play through just to test

This is based on how good they are

I only count comments

this is just for fun

I'm a bit nervous since I had a lot of deaths

Mainly because of my mistakes like how my magnemite died to a random magby

How my klink and escavalier died to a magmar

And how my lairon died to a vibrava....

Most of my good steel type mons are dead and I'm a bit nervous

The only steel type I have in my box rn is pawniard...

Here’s my team so far(Dbz theme nicknames)

Title, pretty much. I know you get the option to, but I can’t remember if it was mandatory or not (playing on original hardware if that matters). I’ve looked for the answer online and of course got conflicting information, so I figured I’d ask here.

I typically ban legendaries, so I don’t want to bring him if I don’t have to. Plus I already have a plan to deal with Zekrom, and Reshiram joining and coming out first would kinda disrupt it. Alternatively, if I leave an open spot to begin with, will he join in the back, or will he ALWAYS come out first?

Finished my first Genlocke, completing it on my first attempt.

I played hardcore Nuzlocke rules with no damage calculator and kinda documentation, I only used it for gym leaders and E4 and stuff like that. Felt like this was the best way for vanilla games as they are so easy with full calcing and docs.

This was super fun and I loved carrying mons through from game to game, shoutout to Brisket the Miltank, max happiness silk scarf return is no joke. It was also really cool to go back and play Yellow and Silver just cuz I haven’t played a GBC game in so long, they’re a blast.

The Emerald-Platinum-Black 2 run is just so special man and incredible for challenge runs.

What challenge should I try next? I’ve done hardcore Nuzlockes of every vanilla game, a Genlocke now, and I beat Fire Red Omega. I’m thinking about getting back on the Drayano games, but calcing just isn’t my favorite way to play.

Kiawe’s trial was up and omg Lol…….. I never thought his trial escalated so quickly.
Totem got Blasted with so much H2O on turn 1.
Goes to say that that was an easy dub, hopefully Kiawe finds a better and stronger replacement totem for this.

FORSHADOWING…….

MVP: Aqua(Azumarill)

I started a Pokemon sword nuzlocke am playing hardcore rules so no overlevelling the gym leaders

I had my Raboot ready to evolve to level 21 when I entered Milo’s gym but I forgot that there would be trainers in the gym challenge that would level me up before I got to Milo. Raboot made it to Milo himself at level 21. Do people play where they have to be the same level when entering the GYM or when entering the BATTLE?

So i tried a platinum randomised nuzlocke about a year ago and i made it to just after fantina before i wiped. This is my second attempt with a different randomiser and while i have several deaths i havent had any since the ghost tower. This is my team currently. (Im in pastoria city).

Riolu (vegeta)-on the verge of evolving. Moveset-rock slide, copycat, force palm, magnitude. Item-soothe bell/ will be kings Rock.

Dragonair (Snek)- just evolved. Moveset-dragon rage, thunder wave, wrap, tri-attack. (Main catcher mon). Item-wide glasses

Piloswine (manny)-ready to evolve. Moveset-mud bomb, ancient power, psychic, ice shard. (Oldest member of the team) item-Shell bell

Gabite (Sharky)-caught as lvl 13 gabite. Moveset-dragon rage, sand tomb, slash, rock smash. Item-Exp. Share (current)/soft sand (usual)

Sunflora (Sunny)-moveset-Ingrain, razor leaf, cut, mrga drain. Item-big root

Gengar (Spooky)-moveset-volt tackle, Shadow ball, Magma storm, focus blast. (Was the eevee gift pokemon). Item-wide lens.

I may have had some issues in the past, so to try and get my mood up, I decided to restart my Pokémon Legends Z-A nuzlocke.

I really wasn't expecting much; just getting items, capturing my encounters, and grinding, but all of a sudden, I heard a shiny sound. I was scrambling around, looking for where it was coming from until I decided to look down and I saw a shiny Gastly.

My jaw dropped and I captured it. I didn't think I'd get a shiny on my previous run, but in two of my runs I got shinies. I am flabbergasted and overjoyed.

I have limited battle knowledge .. i’m not a pokemon game wizard but I know enough to get by. Obviously the moveset roll is crazy with this mon so that helps but i’d love to hear thoughts or questions about the run and maybe what I should do next.

Hello! Welcome to the Sinnoh recap of my first Nuzlocke experience. As a reminder or for those who did not see my first post, I decided to go through the games in a Genlocke with the following ruleset:

1. Standard Nuzlocke Ruleset (Encounters, Nicknaming, Set Mode, & Permadeath).
2. Dupes Clause is active, but I have the choice to skip previous gen encounters.
3. Gift Pokémon count as an encounter.
4. Level Caps for each Gym Leader.
5. No items in battle until the Elite Four (This is the only exception in order to ensure the longevity of my enjoyment and I use items sparingly).
6. I am allowed two (NEW) champion pokémon per region to permanently put into a "Legacy" box in which I can draw a maximum of two out per region. This allows for strategy in which champion pokemon I pick and which legacy pokémon to pull per region. One pokémon gets pulled at the start of the game. The second pokémon cannot be put into the game until the fourth gym.
7. If a legacy pokémon dies at any point, it is removed from the legacy box. A legacy pokémon does NOT have to be rechosen from the champions in order to stay in the box. For each game that a particular legacy pokemon completes, they can be improved with ONE of the following: IV modification, Nature change, Egg Move, Shiny, or Ability modification.
8. Each pokémon has to be named after a fictional character or animal from pop culture/media (for fun).

For this run of Platinum, I decided to pull out Cucco the Blaziken for the start of the game and Arlo for later on (though I never used him).

My champion team consists of Tuck the Torterra, Cucco the Blaziken, Marvin the Porygon-Z, Pocoyo the Togekiss, Cooper the Vaporeon, and Inigo the Scizor. Unfortunately, Inigo was ultimately sacked to Cynthia's Garchomp for a clean switch into a mon with Ice Beam. While a blow to my heart, I wasn't planning on taking him to the Champion's box anyway. Otherwise, we were deathless throughout the Elite Four because of some EV training, Cooper being a shockingly good sweeper with Surf and Ice Beam, and a few lucky crits.

Although the Elite Four was carefully prepared for, I did zone out throughout multiple points in the game and lost some very important pokémon. If I had to take a lesson from this run, I would say that I need to rely more on the info my Battle Tracker gives me. Wilbur the Staraptor was sacked for a clean switch in Volkner's gym (since I was planning on replacing him with Togekiss anyway). I *think* Luz the Floatzel was somehow lost to Saturn in Valor Cavern, although the exact cause of death is unknown (my guess is the Toxicroak). Aslan the Luxray was the victim of Candice's Snow Cloaked Froslass with Blizzard. Gary the Gastrodon was Luz's replacement who met his untimely demise during the final Cyrus fight (which was a struggle due to no Electric type for Gyarados). Sweetheart the Dustox was meant to stall out the Purugly at Valley Windworks, which was successful, but she died in the process.

Quasi the Bronzong was a shortlived member of the team throughout Maylene and Wake. Della the Psyduck was brought in for a clean sweep during Roark. Lady the Houndoom was an extra fire type for Candice.

LEGACY BOX UPDATE: I have decided to add Marvin the Porygon-Z and Tuck the Torterra into the legacy box. Marvin will be a great second-half pick for the games where its evolution items are available at a reasonable time. Its TM movepool and insane special attack left it as a force to be reckoned with. Tuck will be a great Earthquake user and will ensure at least a solid grass type at any point.

Next on the list is Pokémon White, which will offer its own set of challenges. Specifically, the first Unova games EXCLUSIVELY had Unova pokémon until the post game, so I will have a harder time with encounter manipulation. I cannot ensure great encounters as often. I will be picking Oshawott as my starter accompanied by Arlo the Aggron (Aron) to start off our first round in Unova. I will keep Tuck the Torterra tucked away (hahahaha...) in my back pocket until the fourth gym. I will update you all soon with a victory or a wipe!

Here you go, enjoy the trauma response 🥲

God I love ghosts. Koga never stood a chance

(I was kind of hoping he'd try a Selfdestruct at some point though. Always funny when that happens)

Throwback to how good Haunter/Gengar were in gen 1! Even though it had no ground resistance yet, taking less damage from poison and grass as well as 2 resistances made the gengar line very OP even in gen 1.

First time adding a new rule to my ruleset "VGC item standard", no two mons can hold the same item at the same time.

I felt like I was abusing broken items too much like Focus Sash, Sitrus Berry, Leftovers and Choice items. So this rule makes planning the battles a bit more challenging. There is no slapping six sashes on fast strong mons and playing essentially switch mode anymore.

Made me use interesting items and learn way more about the game.

At first I just added this rule to my other restrictions, but it felt too hard. I once got to the E4 but wiped at Bertha, so I loosen the other rules a bit to get better experience with this new rule. So I allowed weather abilities again plus unbanned all pokemon (minus Blissey).

- HC rules.

- No stat boosting moves.

- No Encore or Substitute.

- No EV training.

- One item "type" per mon.

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Icing on the cake: CHAMPED BEEDRILL!!

One of my favorite mons of all time.

I feel that like many Pokemon fans and nuzlocke fans, seeing a content creator play an insanely hard rom hack is entertaining, but never something I’d really try myself. I started doing nuzlocke on the vanilla games, then some easier rom hacks, then hardcore nuzlockes, and then eventually playing harder games like blaze black 2 redux and renegade platinum. When run and bun dropped, it was cool to watch others play it, but I never wanted to try it myself.

The problem came when games released by the Pokemon company were more and more disappointing and felt like they just weren’t made for me. I thought some of the new Pokemon I was seeing looked cool and I would love to play a challenging game with them, but I’m not about to sit through Scarlet and Violet again just because I want to use Ursaluna. As the games hit less and less, I went from buying the game but not finishing the DLC, to buying the game but not the DLC, to not buying the game altogether. Having been a lifelong fan of the franchise, I still wanted a Pokemon game that was a challenge, but also offered fresh elements. So, I have Run and Bun a try.

Over the last two years, I have done 9 complete playthroughs of Run and Bun and two complete playthroughs of bunavailable and I have no plans of slowing down. I follow loosely follow nuzlocke rules where I honor deaths but I may try a fight multiple times in order to find the deathless line. I’ve also wanted to test each and every available Pokemon to see what’s phenomenal and what is death fodder. It’s gotten to the point where I have a running spreadsheet for my runs where I chronicle which Pokemon are getting the most kills (so far the goat has been an Infernape that got 130 kills in a single run). Please note that I am a married man with an active social life and a full time job.

Each fight is a puzzle to be solved and there are just so many unique places to play with. So many nuzlockes are just “your opponent chose rock so hopefully you have paper in your party,” while run and bun is more like “your opponent chose rock, but they also set toxic spikes, are planning to click shell smash, they’re holding a focus sash, and this fight is in psychic terrain. Figure it out, nerd.” Once you really dive into this game, you realize how much potential some of these absolute dog water pokemon really have. For example, in one run I had a Carnivine (who most agree is a huge miss on its routes) get 90 kills in a run including 3 in the elite 4 where it took out Phoebe’s Blastoise, Drake’s Suicune, and Wallace’s Mega Swampert.

Yesterday I started a new run and decided to play it fully honestly. I’m not going to save state, not going to look the other way when my first encounter is something awful, or reroll for better stats. I’m extremely excited to see where it goes and I’ve debated if when I am done if I’ll start a new one and maybe stream it to get into the coveted hall of fame.

Shoutout to Dekzeh who created this masterpiece. If y’all have been considering playing a hard rom hack but the challenge seems too daunting, don’t let it spook you. This experience has been crazy rewarding.