/nzg/ - Nuzlocke General

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I really haven't been able to be active, sorry. Props to everyone that deserves it.

Here's my update, I STILL haven't beaten Norman... Training on Route 11, it has Kirlias spouting 300xp

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I kept the Logo as is, was happy with what it became.
Just finished the layout as well, ready to start the game now and be tormented.

>>33019291
man the layout looks fine but your bg is a colorful mess

tone down the opacity so people can focus more on the things over it instead

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Playing Moon Emerald blind, i'm hoping that it will be fairly interesting considering i haven't seen many people play it before

>>33019329
Thanks for the tip, I also felt the background could get worked on but never thought about opacity.

>>33019335
Where did you find the link? I've been interested since Hoodlumscafry's taglocke

>>33019387
http://www.pokemoner.com/2016/11/pokemon-moon-emerald.html

Just download it from here, it will already be patched as well.

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>>33019329
>>33019291
Okay, so I was messing around a bit more with opacity and other things. . . Somehow my brain led me to this, and I quite like it.

>>33019441
That looks pretty cool, man.

Anon doing his first Nuzlocke, here! (I really gotta come up with some pseudo-name or nickname or something.)

I didn't have time to update my team picture thing, before work.

My current team is Poliwhirl, Vileplume, Primeape, Dodrio, Hypno, and Wigglytuff.

I finally evolved Gloom, and I'm just going to keep Poliwhirl unevolved because I like how fat and bouncy he looks. He should be fine as long as he's leveled properly and I'm careful.

I just completed Sabrina and Koga's gyms very easily. I don't know why, but I thought they used to give me a lot of trouble. I was completely sideswiped by Blue showing up in Silph Co. Forgot all about that shit. Dodrio made quick work of him though.

Primeape is still an unstoppable rape machine, though. Whenever it comes time to grind a bit with him, I'm always surprised at how he sweeps teams. Even when hitting Poison or Psychic mons, it's rare that he doesn't put them in the red with one shot or completely ohko.

Up next, I'm gonna let Vileplume tear through water mons on the way to cinnabar island. And then Blaine...

>>33019821
Good going Anon, looks like a decent team. Keep it up.

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ANONS HELP ASAP

Before League team, who should I use? (Skarmory is fucking Modest of all things)

>>33019964
Not sure which game, but I think ORAS.
If so Machoke can put in work against 2/4 E4 because Dark and Ice. Azumarill can do in work against Drake because fairy types plus if it's Huge Power that thing will just wreck ship.

>>33019981
It is Thick Fat. And the Machoke is Bold.

I had no luck with natures this time around. Camerupt is Sassy (making it slow as hell), Delcatty is Quiet (used Super Training in it so it wouldn't die right in the start, also my biggest sis/bro), Wailord is Brave and Banette Relaxed. Roserade is my one and only salvation being Timid and holding a Black Sludge.

>>33020048
I am so sorry, that sounds horrible aside from Roserade.

>>33020048
What about that Manectric?

Just finished up PokeStar, on to Castelia! Hoping I get a Grimer in the sewers but we all know that's not happening.

Holy goddamn shit, Wayward Cave in Platinum nearly killed half my team from wild encounters alone. The Gabite I succeeded in catching got my Monferno, Graveler, Bibarel, Psyduck and Luxio all into the yellow in one shot with that damned Dragon Rage. Took 10 balls to catch it. Then three steps away from the exit escorting Miri an encounter I couldn't run away from had a Geodude Self-Destruct and leave my Monferno with 2 HP. Nearly shat myself.

Not grinding, but there's so many trainers between Eterna and Hearthome, that I'm going to be overleveled for Fatina. Already at 26 for all but one, haven't even gotten into Mt.Coronet.

>>33020155
Atleast you got out alive. But damn.

>>33020118
I think I'll use it. Going to look for Ice Beam TM and see if Lunatone isn't also useful.

Anyone who says X and Y are easy Nuzlockes are overleveling casuals or outright liars. This shit makes Platinum look like Gold and Silver.

God cunting dammit.

>>33020894
you're just bad
x and y give you tools every single step to make the game a breeze. unless you handicap yourself severely, this shit is easier than emerald

>>33021141
I don't do too much. No gift mons, level limit based on next gym leader, no items in battle, no Amie. Same rules I play every Locke by, And I've beaten every main series game besides X/Y and HG/SS doing so

>>33021256
I agree with you, Rayze. If you're not using exp share and grinding to a target level before setting out, it can be hard. I'd say it also depends upon what you're getting in each area, too. It could be a cakewalk or a complete slaughter depending on what your random encounters are. Caves are always shit, too.

And for the grand reveal of what pissed me off: Galadriel, my starting Delphox, has fallen. It's my own fault, though. I've calmed down enough to accept that. Left her in against a Liepard that I thought she could comfortably one-shot with Flamethrower. Damn thing survived with a sliver left, and responded with Assurance. I'm not big on anyone I have in the box, at least not as a replacement for Galadriel. I might go get my Routes 15, 16, and Lost Hotel encounters before I pick a replacement. Wouldn't mind a Murkrow, to be honest.

>>33021467
Damn, that really sucks to hear. Good luck with the encounters.

>>33021467
Heart of the cards, bruh. Good luck on finding something decent.

>>33021476
Thanks.

For some reason it won't let me post my updated layout. It keeps telling me that the system thinks it's spam.

Platinum Randomizer anon here; wiped at Volkner. He was still an electric gym, but he killed Cala the Cubone with an Electrode explosion. Then it just went to hell from there.

I don't feel like resetting, so any other games to nuzlocke?

>>33021608
>Cubone
Marowak, I mean.

Still grinding, don't have an update, but this needs a bump.

how do you do a run without a pokecenter and items?

>>33022329
Mega Drain and Leech Seed EVERYTHING

>>33022329
With an extreme case of autism, presumably.

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#triggered

After opening with a Beautifly, Gym Leader Mallorie (Norman) used a Xatu and a Togetic.

Oooh, but you know something had to take place of his Slaking!

THE SLIMY CUNT HAD A MOTHER FUCKING DRAGONITE

The ONLY reason, the ONLY reason I came out with so little damage is because after it ate its Sitrus Berry, an Aurora Beam brought it to yellow, but Mallorie didn't heal and a miracle crit killed it.

For fucks sake, that Ampharos was a beast... It was my desert catch, it only got trained up before dying in its first major fight. It OKHO'd everything before being Slammed to death.

Send your pokeprayers.

>>33022414
F

That's amazing you got away with only one death, considering your team, against a Dragonite.

Also, general question: how is ORAS to nuzlocke, no EXP share, set, etc. normal rules? Relative to other games.

>>33020155
Before going up against Fantina I realized absolutely nobody on my team could tank or kill Mismagius, so I trained up my Magikarp to a Gyarados and Bite swept. Damned Confuse Ray made it dicey, though. Also, fuck Teleport. I've missed an Abra and Ralts because of it. And just accidentally killed my Lost Tower encounter in Gastly.

Still haven't lost anyone yet, but I've been very cautious. Had many close calls in the red.

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>>33021485
A thought. Maybe the image is too similar to my others, and that's why it's calling it spam. Let's rearrange some things.

>>33022802
Goddamn fucking critical hits. After my swell lick catching Scyther on the route above Solaceon, the next route over I encounter Lickitung just to crit it dead. That's 4 missed captures now.

>>33023037
The rearrange actually didn't work, but then I changed the title of the image. Apparently the variation of "rest well doggo" that I used is considered spam.

Anyway, since this I have caught a Murkrow, and though I can't get a Dusk Stone quite yet, I'll keep her on the team for now.

>>33022139
this

Just finished Pokemon Moon and with a lack of stuff to do, I've decided to try a Nuzlocke on Pokemon Sun. I have no idea how hard that is and I've never done one before so this should be an interesting experience. Wish me luck, gentleman. I'll make an image eventually.

>>33019441
I like the other one, but whichever one you want to use anon. The template looks great

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I'm also still grinding. Tried to grind somewhere else than Iron Island and got fucked once again

I'll bump this thread. Post an update soon

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Decided to do Emerald Moon since I just survived regular Sun and I'm not feeling it for my Y run.

Also tried to make a new kind of layout. Is it too much? Or just fine?
>>33024148
Good luck my man, what kind of rules you going with?

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I didn't expect Cynthia to stand infront of Mr. Pokemon's house and hand me an Eevee. . Well then.

>>33024214
The layout looks fine, easy to look at an understand. However there is a huge amount of open space that isn't getting used.

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>>33024214
Here's my starter image and what I'm planning. I'm going to allow PokeMarts and PokeCenters to give myself a little bit of a break for my first one. I'm also gonna catch the first pokemon I can, get it to level 5, and box my starter. Shouldn't be too big of a problem since I usually box my starter anyway.

>>33024288
No pikipek clause? It's literally guaranteed to be your first encounter. Like Pidgey in Y/X

>>33024243
Was planning to add some screenshots there. Since it's a fairly new and unknown romhack. Might give some wtf moments.

Like Popplio learning Psychic Fang at level 6, and the move description being from High Jump Kick

>>33024319
That's actually a nice idea, showing people what happens in that romhack.

>>33024315
Didn't really think about that. Pikipek may be my default starter. I never used Toucannon in my Moon playthrough, so I'm okay with that. It learns Rock Smash and the first trial is weak to fighting, so hopefully that will help. I'm also going to allow trades (I don't really consider that a gift pokemon), so if I get lucky I can get Machop pretty early as well.

What is the best way to randomize? I randomized stats, types and movesets but I keep getting my shit pushed in with lvl 4 pokemon with blizzard and other bullshit.

>>33024473
The best way is not to randomize stats and types. That's like asking to be killed 24/7.
Trainers, Wild Pokemon, Items & Moves are all fine to randomize.

>>33024473
i have two randomizer settings
one that just randomize starters, wild pokemon (1-by-1 area catch em all), movesets by type (but not type of moves and power/accuracy/PP) and TMs/move tutor/items. everything else stays as it is. this way you can have a fresh but familiar experience without being surprised by bullshit

and then i have another with random everything but move type/pokemon evolutions and no legendaries/game breaking moves-abilities. pure chaos.

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What. The. Fuck.
That Swablu just 1 turn solarbeam'd the shit out of Geodude. God damn.

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5 badges in, looking good

>>33024475
>The best way is not to randomize stats
why not? both options still keep the values in accord to their BP so its not like caterpies will become pseudo legendaries.

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I'm off to an okay start so far. Running into a lot of bugs, so grinding with Penelope has been pretty easy.

>>33024738
That's some pretty bad luck, I'm sorry for your loss.

>>33024981
anon first pikipek encounter (and first encounter after ilima) is always forced

>>33025004
I know, someone already mentioned it before I started. I decided to roll with it since I never used Toucannon during my Moon playthrough.

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>>33019203
DAMN YOU FALKNER
Am I just shit or is Sacred Gold actually rather hard?

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decided to continue the Blazeblack 2 nuzlocke

team in it's post Elesa status, battered, bruised but no miraculously no deaths. Her behavior being highly predictable helped a lot.

I am wondering which of the 2 bugs I should box in favor of Dewott (starter), Taft was a replacement for him during this gym but he's just to good to ever box again (to bad about him having his HA)

>>33025176
As a person doing Storm Silver right now. The Gym Leaders and Boss battles are of course made harder. I lost my Geodude to Falkner's Solarbeaming Swablu for example. And almost lost Vaporeon just now to a Team Rocket Admin. You need to stay alert all the time.

>>33025225
>first gym having solarbeam

this is ridiculous

>>33025243
>first gym having solarbeam
Power herb solarbeam at that. And on a fucking Swablu, because that's the first move you'd think to associate with that species, ain't it?
It's basically tailor made to rek Geodudes.

>>33025243
Oh and I just found a Gible in Union Cave. Shitflinging little arsehole could 2hko my whole team with dragon rage.
Also who should I replace that valiantly sacrificed Magikarp with? Teddiursa, Gible or Remoraid?

>>33025327
well gible is easy mode right now
you wanna play the game in easy mode?

>>33025299
I'm doing a romhack too, your rival have giga impact, recover, substitute and thunder wave as the moveset, and if you lose the first fight you can't progress in the game

My romhack is the best

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>>33025342
>your rival have giga impact, recover, substitute and thunder wave as the moveset, and if you lose the first fight you can't progress in the game
Are you playing fucking Clover or something? That shit is ridiculous.

>>33025337
No, I don't. I so fucking wish Garchomp wasn't so overpowered, I actually do like that overly spiky shark design yet I feel cheap using it. I'll go with Teddiursa, I haven't raised an Ursaring since fucking Gold.

>>33025363
hey at least you know that if you ever wipe, you can come back with landshark vengeance

I wiped to Norman's gym trainer that had the Zangoose with Swords Dance. I wasn't prepared and he sweeped my whole team. I'm done with Hoenn right now. What is an easier game with around the same difficulty as Emerald.

>>33025417
ruby/sapphire

>>33025417
>easier game with around the same difficulty

hmmmmmm

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I needed something else to keep my sanity while i endure the slow hell of gen IV so ive started another project

god knows i needed even more pokemon nuzlockes in my life

wish me luck, this translation of green is just horrible. at least Memet my rival is stuck with a caterpie forever now

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poor cubone

too bad ive only found one monster ball to capture a Silip

>>33019203

Is Ilima really good at stopping nuzlocke runs?

>>33026164
Not that bad, but he catches you off-guard

>>33026164
when sun and moon came out many people tried to first run it nuzlocking. you can imagine most had their runs cut short by ilima's trick of having the effective move against you on his smeagle

>>33025774
Why not just play the jap version?

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>>33026230
i kinda wanted to understand what was going on when ive got the translation

but its so bad id be better off playing in jap anyway

still have amusing moments like this tho

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Well now for sure the Vanilla version of these Drayano hacks also have broken mons everywhere.
Beedrill has Sludge Bomb and critted Staravia, R.I.P that hurts alot.
And it also has cut which is not a grass type move and killed Vaporeon, so, so stupid. I thought the Vanilla version didn't mess with moves.
Have to grind up Croagunk and Swinub otherwise Silver will destroy me and end the locked, feeling pretty bad right now.

>>33026458
now* lock*

>>33025417
FRLG, not sure why people in these threads meme about Emerald being easy.

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A few things are kind of weird in this game.

>Popplio doesn't have Watergun from the start and the new moves it learns are a bit strange
>You can buy a Megastone in the first town.
>The Screen sometimes glitches out when you've catched someone

>>33026613
Hilarious

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Finally caught Sultan IV.

The Game Corner has Flame Wheel and Earthquake TMs, I might have to get those...

I don't know if it stays the same throughout the game, but Maxie was Electric type, and his Electabuzz was not fucking around last time.

>>33026458
Lost Budew and Swinub to crits and Croagunk had to be sacrificed, the RNG doesn't want me to win it seems.

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Daily update!

So, "NoHips" the Hypno died to a Weezing Explosion in the Ruined Mansion on Cinnibar Island. She pulled me through so many battles. A friend recommended I switch in a Voltorb that I had in the bank, saying he could be useful for the Elite 4.

WhirlGirl took Blaine out by herself with Rain Dance + Surf.

The most exciting thing to happen recently was BIGGLYDICC the Wigglytuff knocked Articuno out with a single punch while being level 43.

I was just about to grind up Voltorb a bit when Bill was all, "Wanna go fuck around in some tropical island to the south?" So we're taking a brief vacation, tag-teamin' the local bitches.

I hate Pokemon, I'm stuck in a 7 turn paralyzation.

>>33024288
don't try any of the modded sun versions with this or you'd get crushed, but for regular sun this looks great, good luck man

Bumping the thread haha

>>33027297
>Hypno
Told you: >>33014805

>>33024288
I'm still on a Sun nuzlocke, I use items and centers and all that, still have had 15 deaths through the end of Ula'Ula (I'm on Aether Paradise now, about to take on Lusamine). It's tough, friend.

>>33027632
It's incredible that you managed to predict that.

>>33027297
Bigglydicc sounds like an amazing team member.

>>33026265
>type: superman
FUCK YEAH SEAKING

>>33027413
Oh, I'm not. I'm playing regular, base Sun on my 2DS.

>>33027652
May god have mercy on my soul.

>>33027632
I figured you were right, considering I had a few strings of poison type ahead and type advantage can only do so much, something had to get through eventually, right?

>>33027662
Between Wigglytuff and Primeape are easily my favorite mons on this team. And I never knew Dodrio hit so hard.

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Made a new template. I think it's a bit better than my old one >>33012116
Tell me what you guys think

Anyways, Swablu and Raichu died in training, defeated the Canalave Gym, defeated the Galactic Admin at Lake Valor and now I am on my way to Lake Verity.

I'm staying on my toes.

>>33028036
Hm. I do wish I had made room for screenshots and other random stuff. May change it up a little

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>>33026458
So as is seen between the previous and current layouts. I beat Whitney, however Silver quickly took out Croagunk after I finished training it and on my way to Goldenrod Budew & Swinub also bit the dust.
I was so sure of it that I was going to lose the locke at Whitney when I only had Quilava left as an actual usefull pokemon but then I managed to catch these three and trained them up, Nidoqueen & Spiritomb are really putting in work. I just hope they can keep it up for a while longer till I get some more good encounters for back up.

>>33028036
Looks nice and easy on the eyes. The colors fit the game as well.
R.I.P Swablu & Raichu.

>>33028166
So Nidoqueen has Water Pulse, but of course that shouldn't do too much to the lvl 25 Sudowoodo.
Boy was I wrong, left it on a nudge and confused it. Guess what happened next.

>>33025986
haha

>>33028166
Thanks anon. Your template actually inspired me to make one better than the one I was using.

You got some powerful mons there. Hopefully you don't run into a Dugtrio Crisis reminds me of my Drifblim, treat it well anon

>>33027835
You saw me nearly wipe to one last thread >>33004793

>>33028350
Thanks anon, I'm glad my template inspires others to do better.
Oh dear god now I see how big my ground type weakness is, thanks for pointing that out.
Crisis must survive for a good long time, it's my best defense.

>>33028420
>>33028166
I have a no legends rule but I just ran into Entei, was pretty funny since I was just grinding infront of Ecruteak where it literally just left from the tower.

>>33028452
Okay Entei stop, not again.

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Going into Fortree City soon.
my Hariyama continues to destroy all he sees and my newly evolved Timid/Sturdy Magnezone is quickly moving towards becoming another permanant team member.

God damn is Volbeat fucking murder in BlazeBlack. The one in the third gym just annihilated my Pidgeotto. Hopefully this doesn't turn into another death streak.

I wanna start a nuzlocke, but cant decide on a game to do it on. Dubs decides what game, starter, and nickname

>>33028599
And now Raikou is in the sea.

>>33028950
Black, Oshawott, Shell

>>33028950
HeartGold, Chikorita; Ivan if male, Not-Ivan if female

>>33028984
reroll

>>33028452
do you just ignore it or does it fuck up your encounters if it's the first thing in that area? not sure what people usually do with the roaming beasts desu

>>33028926
it's bug/electric in that isn't it
sorry for your loss m8

>>33028950
yeah go with what >>33028984 said

>>33029006
Yep, it one-shot it with a surprise shockwave. Fortunately I was able to kill it before it was able to boost its special attack by three. Still, it sucks, the thing was my first catch.

>>33028950
X/Y
Use trainer ID to determine mon.

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>>33028166
Okay, I'm managing to get along from the third gym all the way to Olivine City without losing team members.
Not too many close calls except for one during the route before Olivine and of course Morty gave me a heart attack with Gengar's Shadow Ball/Thunderbolt. Came down to luck if shadow sneak killed or not, was really close.

Managed to catch a few new Pokemon thanks to surf opening up some old areas for encounters. Never used Quagsire but water/ground seems like a good type in Johto so I put her in.

>>33029006
I just ignore the roaming beasts, since for me legendaries can't be used.

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Double Battles can be such killers in Nuzlockes. So falls my seventh team member, Glorfindel, to the Fairy Tale Girl/Hex Maniac combo of Gardevoir and Alakazam. It's not a devastating loss to the functionality of things, thankfully, as I have plenty of good backup Water types, but I loved the idea of taking an Octillery to the Elite 4, and his legacy shall be missed.

With a Super Rod in tow, though, I finally grabbed my Parfum Palace encounter in The Mouth of Sauron, shortened to "The Mouth," the Gyarados. A couple of other fun catches, and it was off to face Olympia. One of my newest teammates, Boromir the Magnezone, ended the gym fight with 3 Thunderbolts, and now it's time to prepare for Flare.

Some concerns. The first is that my team is very unbalanced. 2 Poison types and 2 Electric types means that I may be well prepared for Fairies and enemy Gyarados, but that a good Ground type fucks up almost my entire team. Should I bump into a Mamoswine, 5/6th of my team is thus rendered useless. Once Team Flare is taken care of, I do hope to get my hands on a non-Truant Durant, and if I replace Morwen the Heliolisk with it, that'll solve a lot of my problems. If my Route 18 encounter is not a Durant, or is one but with Truant, then I'm not sure what I'll do.

This team should do fine for our friendly neighborhood evil team, though. I'm gonna grind everyone up to 50, then head off into the lion's den.

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>Decide to do a wonderlocke in AS
>End up finding out the hard way that without any badges, the highest level for an obedient outsider is ten
>Roxanne's highest is 14

Boy, can't wait for that shitfest to unfold

>>33028950
Liquid Crystal, Totodile, Toothache

>>33029936
The final fuckening is upon you, friend.

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Went to Snowpoint, got my four encounters, and swept Candice with Lucario.

Now I'm in Veilstone about to confront Galactic. But I'll do it tomorrow. Night everyone!

>>33029936
Unless you got REALLY unlucky Roxanne shouldn't be a problem. Just take her on with not-obedient stuff. IIRC they only mess up about half the time.

>>33029386
Good luck, anon. I love the nicknames.

>>33029968
>using Lucario
Boo.

>>33029952
Rollan

>>33022788
It's decently tough, i'd say around the same as like an XY no exp share run

>>33029971
>Boo
I know, but the only one I could have used was Tentacruel, and honestly just wanted to get her gym over with.

Actually, I did use Tentacruel for her Froslass

>>33028910
Magnemite is an MVP-tier nuzlocke mon. I've never had a Magnemite in a nuzlocke that didn't kick ass and save my team on multiple occasions.

Very nearly faced an early tragedy. I stupidly used peck on Hau's Pichu and paralyzed myself.

I survived though. Almost lost my nuzlocke immediately. It was a good reminder that I need to be more careful in the future.

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Training complete, time to see if Team Flare's all they're cracked up to be.

Once I beat them, I'll hit Route 18, and be able to grab a Dusk Stone. If I replace Morwen the Heliolisk with Honchkrow, Meneldor, after that, I think I'll have a solid, decently balanced team. Thoughts?

>>33030279

I had one die to Totem Gumshoos because it was in a bad spot, but it was good up until then, and every other one I have used has been fantastic. Little less so in Platinum though, that game is a bit unkind to Magnezone due to lots of Ground moves everywhere.

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So I decided to start a run on Ruby. I ran Emerald a few years ago and ran Alpha Sapphire a few times, so Ruby seemed like the best fit. I picked Treecko because I'm not fond of everyone else, though Wattson is going to laugh at me. Also the nature isn't too bad.

My ruleset will be fairly generic three strikes for dupes clause, but that's about it. Anything else goes.

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trying out nuzlocke for the first time, so I'm not going too super hardcore. Just finished brock with very little drama and moving on.

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>>33031856

Good luck! Bulbasaur's always a safe option for Kanto.

I've cleared out all the Route 104 trainers pre-Petalburg Woods. I count the starter as Littleroot, so Route 101 had Wurmple (now I know she's prospective Dustox, might be nice early), 103 gave me a Bold Poochyena who is piss weak so far, 102 gave me Zigzagoon for mad swag (the second encounter, frustratingly, was Ralts), and 104 gave me Wingull after the first Zig dupe. No deaths or anything. Might need to grind even more soon. Trainer levels are weird in Hoenn.

>>33031931
question about "areas" and what is widely accepted

are caves, etc one area and only allow one catch in the entire location or is each floor with a different set of pokemon a different area

>>33032065

Usually caves and such are one area. Pinwheel Forest in BW1 is sometimes two because both outer and inner have widly different encounters. Route 1 in Sun and Moon is another exception, as the Trainer's School and the Outskirts have different encounters, and you need all you can get early on.

For everything else, generally it's one per cave/route/town. I would certainly count Mt Moon as one area, for instance.

>>33032076
right makes sense thanks.

>>33032065
>>33032076
>>33032079
What ever the Pokemon's "Met At" or "Encountered" says is what I go by. So even if you are not sure, I would catch the Pokemon to see if you already had that encounter. If so, then just release it.

A lot of people don't know this but the guy that sells you the Magikarp before Mt. Moon actually says "Met at Route 4", since the PokeCenter is part of Route 4 on the othe side of the cave.

>>33032143
route 4 is both before and after mt. moon.

it goes like pewter - route 3 (trainers and a single patch of grass with the EEK DID U TOUCH ME girl) - route 4 - mt moon - route 4 - cerulean

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Roxanne went down pretty easily to Treecko, of course. This is the team now. Taillow on Route 116 seems redundant with Wingull, but it has an Adamant nature and hits like a train. Not sure I'll keep both mons on my team long term though, but Brawly is coming up very soon due to Hoenn's strange pacing so having them and Dustox gives me some insurance at least.

I also managed to get Slakoth in Petalburg Woods, but I'm not using it because it's utter ass early on from experience - might be one for the Exp Share if I need back ups. I did also get the obligatory Whismur in the cave, and it nearly took all my balls to catch and kept critting my Dustox. God damn. Wuntch is giving me loads of swag.

>>33032143
About Route 4 part - the same goes for starter Pokemon in Hoenn, game says it is met at Route 101, so technically one cannot catch there another Pokemon but a lot of people treat it as Littleroot encounter.

>>33032632
or lake verity in gen IV

i just treat starters as a special case. after all you never really capture them

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Update.

Lost Rattata to a Pin Missile from a trainer's dewpider. Catched Munchlax, one of my favorite mons, right after. After that I caught a Stufful and on to training.

Some interesting notes;
>Popplio learns it's first Water Type move at level 15.
>Rusturf Tunnel has nothing but Stufful
>Bide is not a priority move.
>Trainers in the Gym had nothing but Yungoos, except for one.

>>33032756
Oh and Bouncee was literally useless until level 13/14.

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>>33032373

After trouncing Roxanne and dealing with WROOOAR PEEKO, I decided to just grind some more so I could defeat Brawly instantly, as between Wingull, Taillow, and Dustox, I figured I would be fine. And I was. Brawly was super easy. Dustox then became my Flash slave in order to get to Steven, and I caught a Lax Thick Fat Makuhita along the way. I don't see Dustox doing much else from this point on, so she's been boxed. After yet more grinding, I moved on and took to the seas some more and arrived in Slateport.

Also I have a Tentacool and Magikarp in the PC as well. I hope Route 110 gives me an Electric type, even if it's Plusle - Electric in Hoenn is a godsend. Wattson is a very scary prospect, even with Makuhita - lowered Special Defense is really bad. The Hariyama line is one of those lines that always dies on me as well.

>>33032917

Wait, I thought I'd screened my team and not the centre. Team is Grovyle/Mightyena/Makuhita/Wingull/Taillow/Zigzagzoon loot mon. My bad.

>lost Makuhita to a speed tie on turbo against a Magnemite

Wattson is going to murder me now.

>>33019203
Anyone have a link to cuckold emerald?

>>33033426
Go back a few threads in the archive. Jolly Tripfag shared a dropbox link to their entire rom folder late last month & Cuck's in there

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After losing Makuhita before Wattson's gym, Amy is back on the team. Wattson was a complete haxlord by the way, Voltorb's Self-Destruct got a crit on Rosa, making Intimidate not helpful. Magneton ended up getting a crit Shock Wave almost immediately after on Gina, who was ground up just for this gym. What proceeded then was a terrible stall war with me burning almost all my items and burning both of Wattson's potions. But hey, at least I didn't lose my starter. Dustox is staying on the team for now - she's earnt it.

I have a Plusle and Roselia in the box, but I want to see what the next few areas grant me. Either a good natured Numel or Torkoal would be nice, and Machop too as I've enabled trade evos at level 37 with the randomiser.

I honestly expected to wipe. ORAS makes Wattson a joke, and that's partially the lack of Self-Destruct, but more just because you get TMs that can actually hurt the magnets.

>>33029324
Just finished catching in the Safari Zone. I've got almost one box full with back up now, and an empty spot on the team. Jasmine is coming up and since it's Storm Silver she'll have 6 pokemon. I'm not sure what in my box would be smart to add for her and Team Rocket/Later Gyms.

Quagsire got of course critted by Chuck's Focus Punch because he spammed hypnosis and it hit everytime, which really sucks because Quagsire could've done a great job against Jasmine.

For now I'll have to grind the team up for safety, if anyone knows a good box Pokemon for me to add please tell.

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>>33033762
Of course I forget the layout.

>>33033713
Never realised people found Wattson a problem in vanilla, but now that I think about it the only ground & fire types you can pick up beforehand are the starters & Geodude (that only appear in a single location). This is what you get for picking the lizard, I suppose

>>33033762
Honestly your team already has fire/electric/water/ground which should deal with all possible steel types. May be worth chucking in Machoke I suppose. Pretty sure she has at least one of Metang or Bronzong & it's a bastard, but Spiritomb should be able to handle either -
Magneton could be a shout too though

>>33033778

Yeah. It's like picking Tepig in BW2. It's easily possible to miss every Water or Grass type minus Ducklett before Clay, and Ducklett is weak to Excadrill's Rock Slide. I once wiped because this happened to me.

Hoenn loads you up with Water and Flying types like almost no other region. Didn't help me that I got crit twice either.

Then, you can capture Machop, Numel, and Torkoal almost immediately after Wattson.

>>33033866
It's strange because pre-Wattson, Mauville gives you access to two new routes, another town AND an alternative entrance to a cave. Why no Machop on Route 117? Why no fishable Barboach on Route 118's sandy stream? (okay you only have the Old Rod then fine but still) Why no extra floor in Rusturf or patch of grass by blackglasses with Geodude? You get all of these extra locations & no reason to go to them other than trainer battles & a couple of unremarkable items

>>33033778
All the starters stand well against Wattson
Whoever loses to Wattson in vanilla RSE absolutely sucks

>>33034405

What exactly does Grovyle do? Rock Smash? Sure it resists Electric, but Thunder Wave is still crippling, as is Supersonic, or Voltorb's Self-Destruct (which cripples nearly everything else too), or flat damage Sonic Boom.

What counts as a new area?

Playing Blue for the first time in years and wanted clarification on that rule.

Question here. I played X back in 2013, only once. It was regular run and I remember the game being easy as fuck. How is it in a (almost blind) nuzlocke run? Is easy even with the exp share turned off? Or is hard in any way

>>33034501
a new route or town

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About to fight the elite 4, recommended levels?

>>33034637
51-54 is ok

>>33034586
It makes the game much better, but you may want exp share on at some point.

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Blazeback 2 continues and we're just past Clay's deathsquad
Motherfucker opened up with a Hippowdon which happened to have a Passho berry equipped (nearly lost Shelldon to that, thank fuck for its low sp-def and Chlorine's +sp-atk nature)
and course his excadrill probably had sand rush
I say probably because after that nothing mattered courtesy of Hungry, turns out
A his Nidoking was the special variant
B after 6 quiver dances literally nothing stands in the way of my Perfect Great Moth

god why can't dustox be useful in the actual games, buffed dustox is the MVP of the run sofar and he's yet to learn hurricane

My nuzlocke quickly comes to an end. In its confusion, Penelope hit herself from 20hp to 6hp and Wingull killed her. Fuck you Wingull.

I will be trying again, this time with a random starter. The last number of my post will be how many times I random. I'll get it on Moon and move it to Sun when I can.

Been a bit busy so hadn't continued my Nuzlocke of Silver for a bit, made it to Blackthorn and here's the team
Joan - Level 35 Kadabra
Tracey - Level 38 Ampharos
James - Level 34 Crobat
Nelsha - Level 36 Typhlosion
Bristle - Level 35 Pidgeotto
Crim - Level 24 Krabby
Heading back to Goldenrod to do the Radio Tower part

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>>33033769
>>33033762
Managed to grind Poli up to the rest of the team and buy a water stone to evolve it. I also forgot about my route 47 encounter below the safari zone and caught a spheal which I contemplated with. It was either that or Magnemite, however with Claire and Lance later on an Ice type would be nice plus it has thick fat.

Jasmine was no problem with the combined effort of Crisis, Poli & Explotaro. Gyarados was also an easy catch, now I get to see Lance destroy Team Rocket. I just hope I don't get destroyed myself.

>>33034637
>pretending like you made it to Moltres without an encounter

Yeah, okay.

Took an anon's advice and went back about 4 threads but still couldn't find cuck emerald. I think the older thread that had the link originally is gone.

Anyone got a link?

>>33035511

Repels exist

>>33035538
>abusing repels to catch a legendary

this is disgusting beyond words

>>33035545
Not him, but how else would you go about doing it?

I do the same thing for a chance to catch Aron in Granite Cave

>>33035873
its one thing to use repels in a cave to fish for other encounters (you could still find a makuhita/sableye/mawille instead of aron anyway)

its another to get a guaranteed legendary out of it

>>33034586
Exp share off, no amie, no super training. Playing that way, X and Y are arguably the hardest games to vanilla Nuzlocke. Random trainers have crazy good shit all throughout, Serena/Calem is a persistent threat, and I can't even tell you how many runs have seen end on the bridge where you have to fight Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor back-to-back.

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>>33034994
>making it past BB2 Clay with no deaths

Damn. That fucker was the bane of my run.

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Update boys.

Friend the Tentacruel died to Cyrus' Gyarados. My entire team was weak to his Gyarados because:
-Ice Beam
-Hydro Pump
-Earthquake

Gyarados doesn't fuck around
And of course, I risked the crit Earthquake.
Got some additional encounters along my way to Sunyshore City and now I'm just chillin'.

>>33036109
to be fair I got a bit lucky, for some reason the AI fucked up and it's Nidoking kept using sludge wave on my Dustox instead of earth power allowing it to quite safely quiver dance all the way to +6

that said, it's challenge mode, I'll take anything I can get, checking it's pokemon list after the fight and that excadrill would have been terrifying
luckily even NVE attacks kill at +6

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Hey ! I finished a vanilla run of Pearl so i actually let my red nuzlocke on the side for two days, but I finally beat the third gym!
Brobat and Mac my Mankey died during grinding, both to crits, but i'm not that mad, as long as I have pidgeotto and ivysaur I feel like i'll be ok.
I should probably grind up that Magikarp but I'd really like to use another water type for once, so idk

>>33035873

Agreeing with >>33035888 and >>33035873

The trips have spoken.

>>33036395
Yeah, let the guy have is fun, Nuzlocke is just self imposed rules anyway

For FireRed Omega, which starter is easy mode? Hard mode?

About to start a Platinum nuzlocke (using Turtwig), should I stay on easy mode or use a different starter

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Roxanne was no trouble at all.

Bundo against Geodude almost ended in tragedy, but he pulled through. Poppy killed Rockruff in two aqua jets. And Stumpy took care of that tanky, annoying Nosepass.

Time for PEEKOOOOOOOO

Is it a bad sign that I only want to complete this Y Nuzlocke so that I never have to touch a Kalos Nuzlocke again?

Xerosic fucked my Heliolisk, and Lysandre Round 2 took out my Toxicroak. I'm running out of good options and, even quicker, patience.

>>33036951
What are your options?

I have an Y locke that's currently on hiatus right where you are, might have some tips.

>>33036999
I'll post a layout update a little later, but I think I do know what I want to add in for now. My current team is a Gogoat, Magnezone, Gyarados, and Dragalge. I think a Politoed and a Rhydon could make decent additions.

>>33036734
PEEKO TIME

Question, whatcha gonna do with all that space in your template anon?

>>33037196
No fucking clue tbqh.

Not enough stuff worth taking a screenshot of. For now anyways

Just started an X nuzlocke, mixed luck so far. My Lv.12 Fletchling died to that Lv.9 Riolu Rising Star on Route 22, so that sucks. Also got a goddamn Thick Fat Azurill. On the other hand, my Froakie is Timid and I have a Vivillon. Time for the first gym.

Team:
Dexter/M/Bashful/Vivillion/15
Cobalt/M/Timid/Froakie/15
Darlin/F/Quiet/Psyduck/8
Mason/M/Bashful/Azurill/5

Dead:
Nova/F/Rash/Fletchling/12

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>>33036999
So here's what I have to work with.

Honestly, I think I'm just going to go in and finish Team Flare's hideout. I have some decent catch chances after I've beaten Lysandre for the last time, like potentially a Durant on Route 18, or a Noibat in Terminus Cave.

>>33037312
Why not Boldog to counter some weaknesses?

Kalos is fucking filled with Fighting Types

>>33037441
I've been unsure about Boldog because she doesn't have Intimidate and learns Play Rough so late, but I guess I've hit a level where the last point is now moot. I'll give her a try.

blissey died to the galactic onslaught on top of mt coronet (fucking weaville after switching from torterra used brick break instead of an ice move, could never imagine that)


why cant the good pokemon last?

>>33037483
wait why exactly were you switching blissey into a physical attacker?
without the full smogonset that entire line can't take a single hit

>>33037519
i had torterra on and he used an ice attack before
i thought i could switch to blissey and then switch back to someone else while he target her with an ice attack. blissey is the only one on my team who can take an ice attack

>>33037549
why not switch to someone else then unless literally your entire team is weak to ice

>>33037571
literally my entire team is weak to ice (except for the bibarel HM slave which is so low level it would die to an ice attack anyway)

I put 15 hours into Sun when it came out and dropped it hard.

Is it worth picking up to Nuzlocke or should I just go with the classic SS now that I've been wanting to play some Pokemon?

>>33037683
Are you me? I literally stopped in Diglett's Cave.

Try nuzlocking it

>>33037462
Yveltal killed, Lysandre beaten, no more deaths to speak of. Crazy how much easier he is the third time you fight him, just because he always saves Gyarados for last.

Off to get some catches, then rebuild.

>>33037244
I'm sure you'll find something to put there

>>33037584
shieeeeet

what's in your box? and what's your team?

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of fucking course the fucking octillery hit a crit aurora beam and one hit my torterra

ughhh

>>33037798
backupbirb and a snover

which is now replacing my torterra

>>33037958
kek, anyways try to catch something from the ironworks and grind it up if you haven't already, also pick up something from the water route and victory road

good luck buddy

Winona is a Bug type leader.

She's about to get fucked.

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>>33037740
Rebuilt. Gonna grind the whole team up to 54/55 before taking on the Bridge, just to be safe. My cap right now is 59, so that should be a safe level to get me up to and through the last gym.

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JESUS FUCKIN' CHRIST, I knew that Victory Road was gonna be hard but it literally took a culmination of every healing item I've obtained over the course of the game to complete it, as well as escape roping out and running back to the Pokemon Center twice. It was pretty awful, but now I made it.

Also... One of my buddies informed me at the last minute here, that Dodrio can use Fly. The things you learn, playing Pokemon you've never used before.

I need to grind a bit, but I'm not sure to what level. I'm gonna get everyone to 55 at least, before heading in to the Elite 4. I also gotta come up with some sort of plan, deciding on which mons are gonna take care of which Elite 4 members. Now that I'm looking at the lineup, it looks like I'm gonna have to play this really carefully.

>>33038134
I personally like your team a lot more, now. Looks like you took care of some of the weaknesses you had.

>>33031814
Grovyle can tank most of watson's stuff, just try to get something to handle him before then even though there isnt much.

>forgetting the screenshot
Koda II died, Bambi V was dropped to 6HP, Sultan IV was dropped to 2 HP.

Sometimes I forget just how strong Scizor, Heracross, and Pinser are.

>>33038240
your team looks well-rounded, the hardest member for you imo will probably be agatha as you don't have anything to counter her with

also evolve poliwhirl

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>>33038388
>*forgetting TO screenshot

Caught Koda III. The coverage I have is non-existent.

>kingler can't learn waterfall
I'm gonna have to box one of my boys
Should I replace my Kingler with Magikarp and just hope to grind it to the same level?

>>33038468
yeah, gyarados > kingler

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>>33038395
>also evolve poliwhirl

IF I DO SHE WON'T BE CUTE AND ADORABLE ANYMORE!

>>33038503
alright, working on my little buddy Mundy the Magikarp now
gonna get railroaded into teaching it Whirlpool, Waterfall, and Surf but whatever, all water is still special at this stage anyway

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And here's the team after beating Roark, managed to get through with no deaths

C. Norris (Machop) Lv. 11
Yellow (Psyduck) Lv. 10
Hawk (Starly) Lv. 11
Birch (Turtwig) Lv. 12

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Started a White nuzlocke and 3 are already dead before the second gym. I'm extremely unlucky with crits in gen 5.

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>>33038537
>just beat bruno
>intense fear on each of these
Fucker had a sandstorm almost the whole fight, too close. Koga and the other guy were easy compared to this.

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>>33038716
AND WE DID IT
So many close calls but Lance loves Hyper Beam too much so the extra turns were enough for Joan to smash through him with Psychics

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>>33019335
>>33019427

Thank you for telling me about this.

>>33038749
YA DUN IT! Good job, bro! What was your final team, exactly?

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>>33038761
This was the final team
Tracey the Ampharos
Mundy the Gyarados (he really only came in handy against Bruno's Onix since I didn't grind him hard enough)
Joan the Kadabra
James the Crobat
Bristle the Pidgeot
and Nelsha the Typholosion

thinking of doing a run of original Red version for fun next

>>33038784
Okay doing the Red run, first reply picks my starter

>>33038808
Bulba

>>33038820
You got it, and the Journey begins
after I give Oak his fucking parcel

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>>33038835
Okay so Grabbed a Pidgey on Route 1, Nidoran Male on Route 22, and a Weedle on Route 2
Gonna grind to 7 or so on Weedle and Pidgey and head into the forest

>>33037683
It's much more fun to nuzlocke, surprisingly challenging. Lost 15 mons through 3 islands, ten on the second one alone.

>>33038879
>enter forest
>pikachu first encounter
>gust is normal type so it didnt resist
>in the arms of an angel.mp3

>>33038988
>beat brock easy with Bulba
>grind for a while
>have Pidgeotto and Nidorina, as well as Beedrill
>Route 3
>Jigglypuff
>Critical Poison Sting, poisoned, and refused to be caught
>i will remember you.mp3
hhhhhh
time to maybe buy some repels and hope to god to not get a Zubat in Mt. Moon

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>>33039008
>take 3 steps into Mt. Moon
>realize I just blanked on getting repels
>one step from the door
GOD. DAMMIT. Nothing even that bad is happening but I just keep getting weirdly shafted

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>hyper fang rapes my pidgey
>double slap from a random clefairy kills my mankey with 3 crits and 4 hits
>caught a magikarp at vermillion and stuck him in the daycare until he got to 20
Chilling on the SS Anne now

>>33039023
I didn't even think about how lucky I was to get geodude at mt moon until just now. I'm sure i'll end up with a zubat somewhere though.

>>33039066
If you're playing a game where it's late enough to get Brobat, do it, but I'm gonna be carrying a Golbat most of the game
here's praying for something solid after coming out of the cave

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>>33039082
>BUG IS SUPER EFFECTIVE AGAINST POISON IN GEN 1
>CRIT LEECH LIFE KILLS EKANS
HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
team update

>>33038749
Congrats dude!

>>33039082
My money is on Sandshrew/Ekans

Also, why the fuck doesn't Jynx learn a single psychic type move in gen 3

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>>33039107
>>33039113

forget I said anything

>>33039121
>>33039113
I think Misty's Starmie is level 24 so I'm gonna grind a bit more and head up Nugger Bridge

>>33039124
I'd skip her. Do Bill, then fight your way Lt Surge, get some solid catches, do SS Anne, then go do Misty and Rock Tunnel. Get the tea and go through Saffron back to Vermillion for My. Surge

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>>33039140
I usually skip her but since I have Bulba instead of Charmander, seems easy enough, going towards bill now. Routes 24 and 25 and a bunch of trainers to grind on my way.

ROUTE 24 HHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH PLEASE POKEBALL DONT FAIL ME

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>>33039157
its starting to feel like I catch an Abra on every nuzlocke, which is awesome but leaves me with a 2-stage psychic

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>>33039206
>enter digletts cave
>no mercy from second 1
>nab me a high level beast
only 16 levels until EQ
things are starting to look up

>>33039276
wow nice job

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>>33037683
I dropped Moon after Poni island or whatever, fuck that shit, cutscenes on every start and end of a route, taking the adventure from my hnds, FUCK OFF AMD LET ME EXPLORE, GOD DAMN PLAY IT FOR ME

Nuzlockes can't save AWFUL GAME DESIGN.

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>>33039298
thanks!

Time to face Surge, gonna try not to use Smiles (my new Dugtrio) unless I have to or I'm at great risk

>>33039397
yeah thats what really bothered me about SM, replaying leaf green gives me a greater appreciation for the freedom of the old games

>>33039397
I mainly disliked how they didn't let me explore side areas as I passed them, just in case I somehow missed out on the story at the end of the route. Like, calm your tits, game, I'll get to the story when I'm good and damn well ready, let me explore this world you've created. That's what I buy Pokemon games for, not the same hashed-out story again.

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>>33039398
Smashed Surge with Charlotte, fucked up EVERY. SINGLE. CATCH. after Dugtrio, and I just made it out of Rock Tunnel, went way worse than I expected

>>33038240
>>33038395
>>33038512
Alright... It's time.

I evolved my Poliwhirl to Poliwrath, all of my Pokemon are at a level I think is appropriate. My stomach hurts and I'm nervous. I've come this far and if I fail all of the work before this is gone. If I wipe, it ends here...

>>33039469
I believe in you, anon
go get 'em

>>33039481
All the way in Celadon we have our first death
Wolf the Beedrill, killed by a simple quick attack
Gonna leave the slot open until I either buy a pokemon in Celadon, catch one on the route between Celadon and Lavender, or nab me a Ghost in the tower

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>>33039481
And so, the first chapter of my Pokemon Nuzlocke has come to a close.

>Evolved Poliwrath, like everyone kept suggesting.
>Electrode took care of Lorelei all on his own.
>Took care of Bruno by switching between Vileplume and Dodrio
>Agitha is where shit starts to get out of hand.
>Started switching between Pokemon to mitigate poison and Gengar/Haunter's immunities.
>Vileplume gets taken out by Golbat.
>Bite the bullet and switch to Poliwrath, try surfing it out.
>Though he fights nobly, Wigglytuff is taken out by Dragonite.
>Blue and I trade off, KO for KO.
"Not like this." *Looks and Neo* "NOT LIKE THIS..."
>Back venasaur into a corner with Primeape, widdled down completely, but I see death in his eyes.
>He had come so far... From Route 22. He was the first Pokemon I had caught.
>SOLAR BEAM
>Electrode finishes Venasaur off with Swift.

That shit was stressful, I have no business being a Pokemon trainer...

>Ride my bike back to Palette Town
>Mommy GF asks, "Where are you going?"
>I start loading Pokeballs into my bag.
HOENN AWAITS.

>>33039641
well done lad, how many did you have to kill total to win it?

>beat dad, do the water routes and new mauville
>start to realise I'm going to be slightly overlevelled for Winona and there's nothing I can do about it

Every time. It's like her levels needed to be raised. Even in ORAS, the same thing happens as there's more experience. She's only two levels above Norman.

>>33039798
Norman needs to drop a few IMO. The desert doesn't give you too many levels, so you'd be ready for Norman after it, and then you'd just naturally level up to where you need to be for Winona.

>>33039641
Nice job m8

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Flannery and dad both had close calls, but no losses. Pelipper is surprisingly great.

After clearing the water routes nearby, New Mauville, and getting the Ice Beam TM from the Abandoned Ship, I had to dodge most of the trainers from Route 119 onwards in order to not be overlevelled for Winona, and even then I was at level 34. Unfortunately, I did lose Amy the Dustox on the way up to Fortree. Fucking Counter on Breloom killed her. Luckily, I got Absol on Route 120 (mild nature isn't too bad in this generation either), who took and still has the Exp Share in order to catch up while slowing the growth of everyone else. It's like I can't have a full team - apart from a shitty natured Voltorb, almost all my captures are either shit, redundant, or weak to Ice which means they'll have no long term utility. I'm honestly hoping for Meditite at the tower's summit. Glacia looks like a problem!

It's also this part of the game where I start to run out of non-Water type captures. Maybe I can get myself a Spheal in Shoal Cave. The Game Corner at least could be a source of another Ice Beam TM.

Winona was piss easy with Shock Wave and Ice Beam on Pelipper alongside Overheat Camerupt. I even froze Altaria and she only has Hyper Potions and not Full Restores.

>>33041061

Also just realised that, because I failed to catch a Zubat earlier, I'll probably get cockblocked in Shoal Cave without my three strikes dupes clause. We shall see.

>>33035888
trips of truth and dignity

>>33040999
>>33039787
I stand on the corpses of a dozen of my comrades. My entire team that I took through the game is dead. :(

But, maybe I'll do better in Sapphire version! Kind've coincidental that the Pokemon that's known for exploding and self destructing was the one that survived.

>>33041377
yikes im dreading my run at the E4

>>33041377
>hoenn
why are you skipping gen II

>>33041408
I'll be going back to gen two with HGSS.
I'm doing a run where I transfer my boxed Pokemon over after each game.
If there was a Silver/Gold GBA remake I would've played the fuck out of it!

>>33019291
Nice

I didn't know that the two grass areas on Mt Pyre had different encounters. Had I looked them up, I would have realised I just got a dupe Duskull for nothing. I could have just used different grass and got a Vulpix or Meditite. God damn it. Also lost both Dodrio and Girafarig in the Safari Zone.

About to go into Gardenia (team is Grotle, Staravia, Shellos, Machop, Beautifly), what levels should I grind to

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Are you fucking kidding me

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>>33041101

I HATE BEING RIGHT I GOT A MODEST ZUBAT WHEN I HAD MORE CHANCE OF GETTING SPHEAL FUCK YOU GAME AND GIVE ME A GOOD SIXTH POKEMON

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I did at least get a Chinchou with Volt Absorb from Underwater, so he can have the Exp Share. But my god, he's so low levelled and in the Slow Exp group and has a Lax nature, but it's the best 6th slot I've got so far.

Tate and Liza were piss easy. I ganged up on Solrock with Lohank and Jake, then Jake crit Lunatone on the next turn after it's Hypnosis missed.

guys.. been thieving for a thick club in xy cave for hours (4-5). should I yield? move on? feel like a meme

Well, rip Marge the Audino. I nearly beat Elesa with no deaths, only a couple near-misses and by god was this the most clownish fight I've been in thus far:

>Elesa throws in Galavantula against Jonny the Marowak
>I switch in my Girafarig with Sap Sipper because lolenergyball
>Girafarig proceeds to eat Energy Ball for breakfast and I try to Baton Pass the buff off to Marge
>Girafarig just barely makes it out alive with 8 hp because of Signal Beam, but he's got heart
>Immediately Dig with Audino while Galvantula Volt Switches out
>Enter Raichu
>Marge is safe from its incoming Focus Blast underground, and proceeds to land the Dig right on the fucker's fat chubby chin
>THE THING LIVES WITH A MAGIC PIXEL OF HEALTH
>A second Focus Blast then annihilates her where she stands

She had no business surviving as long as she did, with how much I used her as a meat shield and all, but she single-handedly saved my run in the rotation battle against Cheren. God damn.

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I've got my grinding done, which would have been super painful were it not for turbo, Lanturn also has Thunderbolt and we're ready to conquer routes 126 and 127 before defeating Maxie for the last time.

I'll probably just use the Master Ball on Groudon. I have no intention of ever using it, but I really don't want to risk more losses, even if it is scummy.

>>33043050
can't you just run from it

>>33043061

Perhaps. Considering I'm basically banning it either way, the net result is the same.

>>33043099
I think you should kill it. Treat it as a boss fight.

I'm playing through Blaze Black 1 and I've lost both my route 1 and 2 Pokemon to critical hits. Should I just reset? I'm gonna end up wiping at Striaton gym.

>>33044033
If you're gonna wipe at the gym anyway, then get to the gym and wipe. Better to lose than to give up.

bumpu~

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Made this for shits, giggles, and discussion. Thoughts?

>>33044529
>x/y difficult
just because you suck at it doesnt mean the game is hard, stop using your own memes on a chart

>leafgreen/firered not being absolute bottom

nothing is easier than them

>sun/moon the hardest

you're either memeing HARD or just a retard for fucks sake

>>33044529
>HGSS in god has left tier
>XY in i want off tier
>ORAS not in baby's first tier

>>33044529
Rayze my dude..... i know you had some issues with gen VI, but really, the games are quite easy. You can get screwed by RNG during teambuilding which could make it pretty challenging, sure, but most of the time a single broken encounter is more than enough to cruise the entire game.

Platinum is the hardest game to nuzlocke assuming all restrictions. No doubts. Can't even fathom what made you put HGSS in the highest tier, were you playing sacred gold and storm silver perchance?

>>33044600
I am basing this off of both my personal experiences, and from other Nuzlockes I've watched. I've never seen an X and Y locke that wasn't chaotic and filled with death, unless the person was abusing the exp share or Amie. I can accept that I seem to be in the minority among people here, but I personally breezed through Platinum on my first attempt.

HG/SS have, in my humble opinion, the hardest gyms in the series. Every one of them has some sort of super strong ace that can right fuck your whole team. The other justifications I make for HG/SS are the length and the Elite 4 rematches, which are mandatory if you plan to end at Red.

>>33044656
HGSS is fairly easy, desu.
The only hard aces are Scyther, Miltank, and Kingdra. Maaaybe Chuck's a little annoying because of hax. Also, it's unfair to the other games to say that HGSS ends at Red. End it at the Champion (Lance) like every other game.

>>33044656
>Every one of them has some sort of super strong ace that can right fuck your whole team
That's like every gym ever
Typing (and the limited number of pokemon in gen2) alone makes HGSS gyms a joke - besides Clair the rest is too pitiful to be a problem, i mean, come the fuck on, flying gym with a pidgey and a pidgeotto? a gym leader with a fucking kakuna? steel could be a problem, but its just a bunch of magnemites and stee "spit on me and i'm dead" lix. ice gym lol. you get the point

being long does make it harder to finish, but because its boring, not because its difficult

>>33044716
You also forget the Kimono Girls, which I think is the most wiped on moment I've seen in any Lockes.

As for your second point, which Lance would you end it at? First time Lance or rematch Lance? If we're ending it at first time Lance, I'd move it down one tier, maybe two.

>>33044745
First time Lance, duh. At least point out in your image that you're ending at Red.

Also, at that point in the game you should have a balanced-enough team that you shouldn't get wiped by them at all. The hardest part about them is the surprise factor, which granted, can be tough sometimes but a lot of games have stuff like that.

>>33042642
Don't give up! I've theifed for 2 Moon Stones from Clefairy in FR for a while.

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Psyduck and Staravia both died to unlucky crits, whatever did i do to piss RNGesus off

current team:
Birch (Grotle, Lv. 18)
Nice n Wet (Shellos Lv. 17)
C. Norris (Machop Lv. 17)
Sucker (Beautifly Lv. 19)

Thinking about grinding up the Bidoof or Bronzor i have in box, which one should i do?

>>33045006
Bronzor for the sake of having a steel type

>>33045006
I'm gonna have to disagree with >>33045017 on this one. bronzor just isn't great until it evolves. Bibarel can be a real monster early game.

>>33045093
I have both on my team just to be safe (although Bidoof was intended to just be a cutslave)

Fml I wiped at Cheren, I didn't even get to do Striaton gym.

>>33045127
how the hell do you even wipe to *Cheren*

>>33045371
Well, I was playing Blaze Black and both my route 1 and 2 had died to critical hits in training. All I had was my Oshawott so fighting his Snivy went about as well as you could expect.

>>33045497
route 1 and 2 catches, I mean.

lets see if we can't keep this from dying

>>33046125
We're almost at bump limit, right? Might as well make a new thread at this point.

>>33046171
eh sure

new bread: >>33046198

What've my /nzg/-bros been up to, today?

I hike around Mammoth Cave National Park all day and saw a lot of wild animals up close. It made me think about would it would be like to be a Pokemon Trainer, wandering out in the woods, hunting for rare Pokemon and being alone in solitude.