The Nuzlocke Challenge

[Star Girl]

Finishing Grinding

Spoiler:

Decided that I was tired of training at Granite Cave after leveling the team up to level 23 and decided to head onward to Slateburgh with plans to return to Dewford once training had completed.
Before heading out though I talked to a random fisherman near the gym and got myself an Old Rod.
I headed north to Route 106 and used it to catch myself a male Magikarp whom I dubbed Magic.
After some encounters with overzealous trainers on the beach I managed to get through the city after talking with various Team Aqua grunts along the way.
Caught myself a female Oddish whom I dubbed Ora.
Went and delivered the Goods to Captain Stern and beat up a couple of Aqua Grunts and met Archie for the first time.
I used Brimey to head back to Rustborough and got an Experience Share which I promptly equipped to Magic.
Returned to Slatebourgh via Brimney and decided to go ahead and head north Mauville knowing they had a Game Corner and I might be able to get a Pokemon from the corner.
Ran into Professor Birch.
Ran into Brendan, Lombre and Slugma fell without issue. However Padlina and Whisper both were casualties of the fight with his Swampert before Blaze finally took it out.
Headed north to Mauville.
Got a Mach Bike.
Went back got the Harbor Mail and finally got the Coin Case.
Discovered that there were no Pokemon offered as prizes.
Made a note to come back for the TMs though.
Headed west and dropped Magic off at the DayCare and equipped the Experience Share to Ora.
Caught another female Oddish in the area around there and dubbed her Olina.
Dropped her off in the box with plans to use her only if Ora dies.
Began running Route 110 as a means of training everyone who was currently residing in team.
Leveled Blaze up to level 25 and Marina to level 24 along with Ora reaching Level 19.
Healed up again at Mauville Pokemon Center.

Team:

Spoiler:

Blaze the Combusken (Start-Current)
Lv. 25
- Scratch
- Peck
- Double Kick
- Ember

Marina the Azumarill (Route 104-Current)
Lv. 24
- Tackle
- Bubblebeam
- Roll Out
- Water Gun

Ora the Oddish (Route 110-Current)
Lv. 19
- Absorb
- Sweet Scent
- Poison Powder
- Sleep Powder

The Boxed or Daycare Pokemon

Spoiler:

Magic the Magikarp (Route 106-Current)
Lv. 16
- Splash
- Tackle

Olina the Oddish (Route ? (the one next to the daycare)-Current)
Lv. 15
- Absorb
- Sweet Scent
- Poison Powder

Deceased Pokemon

Spoiler:

Wilma the Cascoon (Petalburg Woods-Route 104)
lv. 7
- Tackle
- String Shot
- Poison Sting
- Harden

Naruto the Nincada (Route 116-Route 104)
lv. 7
- Scratch
- Harden
- Leech Life

Mickey the Makuhita (Granite Cave-Granite Cave)
lv. 15
- Tackle
- Vital Throw
- Focus Energy
- Arm Thrust

Padlina the Mightyena (Route 102-Route 110)
Lv. 23
- Tackle
- Roar
- Sand Attack
- Bite

Whisper the Loudred (Route 116 Tunnel (don't remember the name of)-Current)
Lv. 22
- Pound
- Astonish
- Uproar
- Growl

 

[Zaroas]

Hmm, so after some considerations and some Pokemon capturing I have decided on my final team for Black.

-Gaiden the Samurott: For all around power
-Jet Li the Sawk: Dark types? Hydreigon? Pfft.
-Burns the Darmanitan: Pure. Freakin. Power. Will really help with Marshal for that.
-Ranger the (future) Bisharp: For Caitlin and Shauntal to a degree. Did I mention it would help with Drayden?
-Behemoth the (future) Golurk: Balances out Ground weakness somewhat. Also can be used for Caitlin and Marshal's Mienshao.
-Dane the Stoutland: All around power. Could be useful for Caitlin and N/Ghetsis possibly. I'm predicting a combination of Dane and Jet Li can own all of N and Ghetsis besides Zekrom, Seismitoad, and Archeops possibly.

Also, why am I having such luck? Am i just that cautious? I've only been able to capture a Patrat once, even though they're everywhere. Only one team member, and a new one at that, has perished.

Edit:
On second thought, Osiris's nature isn't really that bad. I think I misread it. Then it turns out that Behemoth has Klutz. And somewhat of a bad nature. Osiris is in, Behemoth is out.

 

[Star Girl]

A Good Streak

Spoiler:

I resumed training on Route 110 running to and from Mauville to help train not only the team but to raise up the levels of Magic who was still in the Daycare.
Magic reached level 19 shortly after Ora finally evolved into a Gloom and learned Acid deeming her ready to fight on her own.
Ora got a break at level 24 just as Magic finally evolved into a full fledged Gyrados.
Finally as the team reached an even level for the first time since before the fight against Roxanne we turned hightail back to Dewford and took on Brawly at long last. He fell in one fall swoop to Blaze's power.
I headed north on Route 111 for some battling against trainers taking out all of the locals. The family of four fell easily to Blaze's sheer power.
Deciding to go out on a limb I returned to Mauville and challenged Watson. Some tense moments ensued but we emerged victorious without casualty.
With plans to return once I had the much needed goggles to navigate the dessert I skipped through Route 111 only encountering trainers including a certain nagging pair of reporters.
After emerging into Route 112 I headed to the nearest patch and caught myself a Numel that I dubbed Nicky.
After beating all of the local trainers I stepped into the Fiery Path where I quickly added a female Machop whom I dubbed Minie.
Continuing west into Route 113 I encountered a female Splinda who I caught and dubbed Selene.
Heading straight for Meteor Falls I only stopped long enough to catch a Swablu on Route 114.
Upon entering Meteor Falls I encountered a female Zubat whom I have dubbed Zenon at first glance. Kind of disapointed but happy to add another flying type I added him to the roster.
After healing up the team in Flabourgh City I returned to Route 114 where I began to grind Minie, Zenon, and Serena. While finishing leveling up Blaze, Magic, and Ora to level 30.

Team:

Spoiler:

Blaze the Combusken (Start-Current)
Lv. 29
- Rock Smash
- Peck
- Double Kick
- Ember

Magic the Gyrados (Route 106-Current)
Lv. 29
- Splash
- Tackle
- Bite
- Dragon Rage

Ora the Gloom (Route 110-Current)
Lv. 29
- Absorb
- Sweet Scent
- Poison Powder
- Sleep Powder

Zenon the Zubat (Meteor Falls-Current)
Lv. 18
- Leech Life
- Supersonic
- Astonish
- Bite

Minie the Machop (Fiery Path-Current)
Lv. 20
- Seismic Toss
- Low Kick
- Focus Energy
- Karate Chop

Serena the Swablu
Lv. 16 (Route 114-Current)
- Peck
- Growl
- Astonish
- Sing

The Boxed or Daycare Pokemon

Spoiler:

Olina the Oddish (Route ? (the one next to the daycare)-Current)
Lv. 19
- Stun Powder
- Sweet Scent
- Poison Powder
- Sleep Powder

Marina the Azumarill (Route 104-Current)
Lv. 28
- Tackle
- Bubblebeam
- Roll Out
- Water Gun

Nicky the Numel
Lv. 21 (Route 112-Current)
- Growl
- Tackle
- Ember
- Magnitude

Selena the Spinda
Lv. 15 (Route 113-Current)
- Tackle
- Uproar
- Faint Attack

Deceased Pokemon

Spoiler:

Wilma the Cascoon (Petalburg Woods-Route 104)
lv. 7
- Tackle
- String Shot
- Poison Sting
- Harden

Naruto the Nincada (Route 116-Route 104)
lv. 7
- Scratch
- Harden
- Leech Life

Mickey the Makuhita (Granite Cave-Granite Cave)
lv. 15
- Tackle
- Vital Throw
- Focus Energy
- Arm Thrust

Padlina the Mightyena (Route 102-Route 110)
Lv. 23
- Tackle
- Roar
- Sand Attack
- Bite

Whisper the Loudred (Route 116 Tunnel (don't remember the name of)-Route 110)
Lv. 22
- Pound
- Astonish
- Uproar
- Growl

 

[hazard master]

Sorry for no update yesterday. I can only type as fast as I can think...

Here be chapter two

Spoiler:

"Okay my Uber team of extreme underleveled mons, lets get us a new
member!"
Enter Mushi, the Shroomish.
"Now team, enter epic grinding montage to 'Eye of the Tiger.'"
One epic grinding session later.
"Okay guys, now I know you're ready to take on the gym leader, but
first we need to catch some new mons."
Enter Ziggy 2, the Zizagoon, and Rush, the Wismur.
"All right Roxanne, let's battle!"
"Okay, but I must warn you, I am a master pokemon trainer."
"Yeah, yeah, whatever. Go Mushi and Torch!"
"Go Geodude and Nosepass!"
Mega drain, mega drain, rock throw, rock throw (bet you can't guess
who won).
"Wow! You're pretty good! Here's your badge and here's a TM from me
;).
Lock exited the gym.
"WAIT! PLEEEAAAZZZEEE DON"T TAKE MY GOOOOODS!"
"Ah crap. I guess we have to help him."
"WWWRRROOOAAARRR PEEEEEEKOOOOOO!"
"And him."
"Hey thanks for getting the goods. Let me abduct you real quick."
"Yo, talk to my boss."
"Ah, so you are going to Slateport? Good. Take this letter to
Steven."
"Hey, I don't like doing things for free."
"Ah, of course. Take this pokenavigator."
"Hey, I don't like doing things for free."
"What do you want? Money? Get out!"
Lock then traveled to Mr. Briney's seaside home.
"Hey. Can I travel with you to Dewford? I sleep heavy..."
"Sure. Let's go Peeko!"

 

[Zaroas]

I got more badges, more Pokemon... But at what cost?

Spoiler:

-After grinding on the surf routes (And catching a Scraggy along the way), I challenged the gym. Easiest. Gym. Ever. Every signe one of Brycen's Pokemon were 1HKOed by Burns's powerful Fire Punches.
-Battled Team Plasma at Dragonspiral Tower, catching a Golett who I named Behemoth along the way. Kind of hoping for a Druddigon because he's one of my favorites this gen, but whatever.
-Obviously failed to stop N.
-Went to the Relic Castle and listened to Ghetsis's lecture.
-Went to Nacrene City to receive the Light Stone.
-Grinded on the route from Iccirus City and a little bit on the Moor of Iccirus.
-Then proceeded to destroy Bianca's Pokemon.
-Caught a Pawniard on Route 9, named him Ranger.
-Talked to Drayden and Iris and all that story stuff.
-Caught a Vullaby on Route 10. Bouffalant would've been pretty nice, so meh.
-After grinding, I challenged the gym. Fraxure was taken down in a fraction by Jet Li's signature Brick Break + Low Sweep combo. To face Druddigon, I sent out Dane, because Dane's been able to beat those even with Chip Away before. The fight was going well, until Drayden decides to use his Hyper Potion when I'm one Strength away from beating it. Aaaaand then Chip Away crits.


You know what that probably means.

Dane DIED. I was actually near tears when it happened because Dane was so reliable and was with me since Route 1.

So, having seen that, Burns was sent straight out to avenge Dane. Durddigon took a Flare Blitz right to the face. Ha.
When Haxorus was sent out, I revealed my secret Pokemon that I was grinding all this time before the gym. Osiris the Cofagrigus was sent out. Haxorus tried to Dragon Dance, but I simply burned him. Then it tried to use Dragon Claw, but it barely made a dent. Shadow Ball then 2HKOed the thing.
-So, with Dane dead, I had no idea what to raise. Basically all the Pokemon in my box are terrible. I decided to see what I could find on Victory Road and moved on.
-Battled Cheren. Without Dane, this fight was much more difficult. I almost lost everyone except Gaiden to Panpour's Scald. Talked to Bianca and Cheren, and recieved the Max Revives (Which are virtually useless in a Nuzlocke run).
-Went through the Badge Check Gate. I'm assuming that's a seperate area, so I caught a Herdier named Tribute, as tribute to Dane.
-Entered Victory Road. I really wanted an Excadrill to pop up, so I waited there for about an hour. When I saw a dust cloud, I sprinted for it, but a wild encounter ruined it. It was a wild Durant, who I caught and named Kevin (Kevin Durant. :P) because I realized it could be pretty useful. Jolly nature? Seemingly high Attack IV? Bug Bite and Crunch? Oh yes. This is what I'm looking for. Because with that I can cover each of the E4 pretty well. Let's have a look.

Shauntal - Kevin crunches Cofagrigus and Golurk, while Gaiden can take down Jellicent with Grass Knot and Chandelure with Surf.
Grimsley - Jet Li can take down most of these things, although Kevin can be pretty handy in case Jet Li gets low on HP.
Caitlin - Kevin alone can take on this team. Bug Bite + Crunch + Bug/Steel type + Jolly nature = Psychics get owned. Osiris may be able to help, too.
Marshal - Throh can probably be taken down by a combination of Gaiden and Burns, while everything else pretty much gets owned by Osiris.

So, I'm still grinding. I'm thinking I'm going to go with level 52 for each of them, because hopefully what will happen is I'll be able to take down Zekrom and also be able to KO Hydreigon, too.


Team:
Kevin the Durant, level 47
Osiris the Cofagrigus, level 48
Jet Li the Sawk, level 48
Gaiden the Samurott, level 48
Burns the Darmanitan, level 48
Pilot the Pidove, level 11 (Fly Slave)

Box:
Behemoth the Golett, level 30
Hermit the Crustle, level 44
Inception the Munna, level 10
Hex the Roggenrola, level 12
Gear the Klink, level 27
Ebil the Patrat, level 6
Stryke the Axew, level 30
Tribute the Herdier, level 33
Gangsta the Scraggy, level 29
Scavenge the Vullaby, level 36
Ranger he Pawniard, level 31

Dead:
Steve the Foongus, level 27
Dane the Stoutland, level 45

RIP

 

[hazard master]

Woot! Update! I am sad to say however that I lost Dempsy XD. I'll release details later though.

Spoiler:

"Okay, welcome to Dewford."
"Kthnxbai."
Locke walked to the completely out of place cave.
"Okay team, don't screw this up we need a new mon."
Dempsy, the female Aron.
"Hmm, you're kinda weak. Let's grind."
grind grind grind grind grind grind
"Brawly! Let's battle!"
"Ok, but I must warn you, I won't go down without a fight."
"Fine. Torch, peck!"
"Wow, its bright in here for some reason. Here's your badge, take it,
you've earned it."
Locke then traversed the dangerous Dewford cave in search of Steven.
"Hey dude, some weirdo wants you to have this."
"Sweet. I've been waiting for this letter."
"Then why are you in the back of a cave?"
"Because I can be. Here take this TM. Its my favorite move, but only
one of my pokemon can use it."
"Kthnxbai."
"Mr. Briney, we must go to Slateport!"
"Okay. Peeko! Let's Go!"
Locke and the weird Mr. Briney traveled to Slateprt, home of great
beaches and the wonderful museum, which was incredibly backed up.
"Well, I guess Cap'n Stern is in the construction yard."
"If you're looking for the Cap'n he ain't here."
"Well, can I just leave these parts here?"
"NO! You have to give them to the captain."
Later, outside the museum:
"Oh look team. We can check out the museum now!"
"50 bucks for entry."
"WTF!?"
"Cap'n Stern? I have some useless junk for you."
"Why thank you. I had that on order."
"Hey! Give us that stuff!"
"Torch, dispose of these fools."
"Gladly."
After delivering the useless junk. Locke traveled north.
"Why hello Pluse. I shall name you Zappy."
After traveling north some more:
"Hello Locke. Remember me?"
"May. So we meet again."

 

[Zaroas]

So, I have finished the challenge, my goal being Ghetsis defeated. Details on the E4 battles along with the N and Ghetsis battles inside the spoilers:

Spoiler:

After some grinding...

Battle Versus Shauntal!
This battle was a bit trickier than expected. Shauntal first sent out Cofigrigus, who Kevin took down in a Crunch or two. Next up was Chandelure. Yikes. I switched out for Gaiden, who defeated it in a Surf. Jellicent was next in line, and I healed up Kevin while attempting to wall Jellicent's Shadow Balls with Osiris. Kevin soon took care of it. Golurk? Gaiden surfed it away.
Battle Versus Grimsley!

Grimsley was a bit easier than expected. I kind of expected to sweep him all the way through with Jet Li, but I realized that was a bad idea due to Aerial Ace. I first sent out Gaiden to beat Scrafty in a couple Surfs. For whatever reason he then sent out Krookodile, so that got defeated, too. Bisharp was up next, and Jet Li 1HKOed him with Close Combat. I was worried about Liepard having Aerial Ace, so I switched out to Burns and used Hammer Arm.

Battle Versus Caitlin!

Honestly this was the hardest battle out of every signle one I've faced so far. Reuniclus wasn't so bad, Kevin took him down in a Dark Gem boosted Crunch. Gothitelle was up next, and Kevin defeated her in two crunches, but not after taking some serious damage from Thunderbolt. Next I had to deal with Sigilyph, so I kept Kevin in, healed him, and then got a crit Crunch. Musharna was sent in, and I didn't want to risk losing Kevin. So I sent out Burns to take it down in two Fire Punches.

Battle Versus Marshal!

This battle was a lot easier that expected. I first sent out Burns, who beat Throh in two Fire Punches. Sawk was sent out, and I just sent out Osiris. For whatever reason, after running out of Stone Edge PP (I was stalling with burn for a bit),
Sawk started to use Grass Knot. What? That makes no sense. The same went for Conkeldurr - I stalled them out with Burn before getting bored of attempts to kill Osiris with Grass Knot and Shadow Balling them into oblivion. Mienshao was sent out. I burned him and then Shadow Balling him to death.


So after those cool cutscenes and such, I arrived in N's throne room. After another cutscene, I had to battle Reshiram. I used Gaiden to weaken it a bit and then Burns's Dig to go in for the kill. It was easy to say the least.

Oh gosh, N was up. After healing my Pokemon...

Battle Versus N!

I decided I would take out Zekrom with Osiris. Teravolt did nearly halfway, so after a burn it couldn't do that much. Then I just used Shadow Ball over and over again. I switched out Osiris for Carracosta and sent out Jet Li. Close Combat OHKOed the turtle. Then was Archeops, who I switched in Gaiden for. Acrobatics did quite some damage, but Archeops as a whole couldn't do anything after a Surf. Next up was Klingklang, and Burns was sent in. Fire Punch got a crit on it. For Zoroark, I used Jet Li's Close Combat again. And for Vanilluxe? It took a Sheer Force boosted Flare Blitz to the face.

So after another cutscene...

Battle Versus Ghetsis!

I was pretty scared for this battle, actually. Cofagrigus was first, and Kevin utterly destroyed him with two Crunches. Hydreigon was next? Oh gosh. I sent in Jet Li. Hydregion was a bit faster, so he took a Dragon Pulse like a man and then proceeded to Close Combat the thing. OHKO, oh yeah. Jet Li was a bit weak, so I sent in Osiris to burn Bouffalant while I healed and then I sent Jet Li back in for the kill. Eelektross was sent out, so I countered it with Burns, destroying it in two Fire Punches. Seismitoad was no match for Gaiden's Surf, and Bisharp was treated with a nice Close Combat. Ghetsis was defeated!


Final Team:

Osiris the Cofagrigus, level 53
Gaiden the Samurott, level 52
Burns the Darmanitan, level 52
Kevin the Durant, level 51
Jet Li the Sawk, level 52
Pilot the Pidove, level 11 (Fly slave)

And here's a review on each Pokemon's preformance:

Spoiler:

Gaiden the Samurott
Gaiden has been with me since the first seconds of my Nuzlocke adventure, and never has he let me down. Gaiden has always been the most reliable and trusted members of the team, able to take some hits but retaliate was some bigger ones. Gaiden overall was one of the greatest Pokemon Ive veer used in a Nuzlocke thus far, and I appreciate how far he has gotten me.

Jet Li the Sawk
If there's one thing I could say about Jet Li, it would be MVP. That's right, Jet L has gotten me through some tough times and tough battles. If he wasn't on the team, who would've beated Lorena? What about Grimsley? And Ghetsis/N? If Jet Li wasn't on the team, I would've failed a while ago. Overall, Jet Li was the best Pokemon on my entire team the whole game and I was glad to catch and use him.

Burns the Darmanitan
Burns was the powerhouse of this team. She could literally destroy anything, even Water types. Because of this, Burns was a great member on a team that had firepower, but could use a lot more. That 'lot more,' was Burns. Overall, Burns was an awesome team member and I apprectiate what she has done for me over the past 30 hours of play.

Dane the Stoutland
Although she got killed rather recklessly, Dane was probably among the greats in this run. She helped me all the way through from Route 1 to the battle against Drayden. I wish she could've been on my team when I took down Ghetsis. Overall, Dane was a seriously great Pokemon whos time ended early.

Kevin the Durant
Although he was the most recent member of the team, Kevin really shone in that time. In Victory Road, he was taking on Pokemon 8 levels higher than he was - And beating them. Kevin was almost a savior to my team - If I had gotten something else instead of him, I would've failed at Shauntal's Jellicent. Kevin was, overall, a great helper, and I'd recommend the Durant species to any new players.

Osiris the Cofagrigus
Before the league, Osiris never got a chance to shine. He was stuck in a box for a while, only being sent out right before Drayden. But did then prevent him from being awesome later on? No way! Osiris made me win against Marshal and N, and provided a great wall for me to heal my mons with or stall something out with. Overall, although probably never reaching full potential, Osiris was a beast.

Hermit the Crustle
I didn't use Hermit in the league for a simple reason - I didn't want him to die. Hermit was lagging behind all my team members then, and the arrival of Osiris only made that worse. Before, though, Hermit has helped me when some key battles. Like Osiris, he never reached full potential, although overall he was a very nice Pokemon to have.

Steve the Foongus
Steve was shortlived, simply put. I never got the chance to truly use him. In the time that I could, he was very much like Osiris in a way. I wish he could've been on my team longer, he would've made a great asset as a status spreader and Grass type. Overall, although I couldn't use him for long, Steve was a mighty fine Pokemon.

So, I'm thinking of doing another Nuzlocke run in this just for fun, and I'll see which one is better for the comic. We'll see how it turns out.

 

[bilzandpap]

1st Chapter of my Black Nuzlocke challenge: Striaton City.

Spoiler:

Hi, the name's Conway and I'm a sixteen-year-old kid. I've lived in Nuvema Town all my life so I don't get why Professor Juniper had to re-introduce me to the world of Pokemon. I don't care though, let her do whatever she wants to do cause she's going to give me a Tepig today.

Of course my best buddies Cheren and Bianca are also getting a Pokemon. Me and Cheren have been rivals for a long time, so of course Cheren wanted the Pokemon that could beat my Tepig - Oshawott. Bianca picked Snivy.

That morning, Cheren and Bianca came to my house and we each took a Pokemon from the box Juniper had left for us. My Tepig was female and I named her Heather, but Cheren and Bianca were too boring to name their Pokemon anything.

Bianca and Cheren, of course, instantly were talking about being the best Trainer in the world, but kicking both their butts got them to stop talking that nonsense. Their Pokemon trashed my room. I'm going to be the greatest trainer in the world, see if I'm not.

I got a lot of stuff in the next few moments: a Town Map, Xtransceiver, Pokedex, and I got to see Bianca running away from home too. Then we went on Route 1. Juniper gave us all Poke Balls and showed us how to catch Pokemon with her Minccino. Then she told us she'd be waiting in Accumula Town.

Bianca decided to have a catching contest, and Cheren joined, but I said "you suck, I'm taking the Nuzlocke challenge see and I can't catch more than 1 Pokemon on this route." Too bad Bianca and Cheren had already left.

Heather started searching for someone to catch and found a female Patrat who she got along with. I managed to catch it, and I named it Norma.

I did some grinding on Route 1 before heading up to Accumula Town. Even though I wasn't even participating in the contest I was part of a three-way tie. I should have won though cause both my Pokemon were level 8. I met Juniper and Bianca at the Pokemon Center, but Cheren was apparently way too cool to get shown around a Pokemon Center. I healed my two Pokemon friends and then I bought as many Potions as I could afford.

Those Potions came in handy. In the Town Square I met this weird guy named Ghetsis who led this "Team Plasma" and he did a speech on liberating Pokemon. What a cook. Then after that there was this fast-talking guy called N with long green hair and a cube on a string in his pocket.

"Your Pokemon speak to me," he said before pouncing on Heather with his Purrloin.

Heather managed to fight Purrloin off, but not without a Potion, and she gained level 9. Then I healed again and went to Route 2.

My mom showed up to give me a pair of Running Shoes, then she left. I was intent on catching a Purrloin or Lillipup here and I ran into a Lillipup level 7, but Norma massacred it in one hit with Tackle. With TACKLE!

I breezed past all those little kids who came up to me and pestered me with Pokemon battles. By the end both my Pokemon were level 11.

Bianca was waiting for me at the end of Route 2, but her Lillipup and Snivy were no match for Norma and Heather respectively. After beating her and healing in Striation City, I went out to the Dreamyard to play. I had to fight my way through a couple of little kids but the man at the end gave me a male Pansage for my efforts. No Munna, then? I named the Pansage "Forrest" and then backtracked.

To train Forrest I went to the trainers school where Cheren challenged me. With just Forrest I killed both his Oshawott and Purrloin and then I went to the Gym.

In the Gym, a nice man gave me Fresh Water, and two not-nice people attempted to kill my Forrest. Forrest got some good training so he was level 11 - almost level 12 - when I went to fight Chili, Cilan, and Cress.

Well, actually I only had to fight Cress. I switched between Norma and Heather against the Lillipup, and it kept Working Up. It bit Norma and nearly killed her, but I switched again to Heather to take it down. Both grew to level 12 after emerging victorious. Panpour posed even less of a problem. Forrest's Vine Whip managed to kill it in 3 hits. Forrest grew to level 12 and I earned myself a nice Trio Badge.

TEAM:

Spoiler:

Norma the female Patrat (Lv. 12)
Detect, Bide, Bite, Tackle

Heather the female Tepig (Lv. 12)
Ember, Tackle, Odor Sleuth, Defense Curl

Forrest the male Pansage (Lv. 12)
Vine Whip, Scratch, Lick, Leer

 

[musesum626]

OK I was just plain stupid.

-I took on the Eterna Gym
-The trainers weren't so bad, between Bugs' Frustration and Manlius' Karate Chop
-Then I stupidly challenged Gardenia, even though my Pokemon were underleveled
-Manlius fell to a Razor Leaf crit hit
-Bugs took out Turtwig but was killed by Cherrim's Magical Leaf
-Everyone else died to that Cherrim
-I proceeded to take out Bob the Lv5 Psyduck and try to run back to a place with lower-leveled Pokemon. A Bidoof killed Bob....

I failed, but I'm starting up a Fire Red Nuzlocke.

The Deceased:

Spoiler:

Anya the Shinx
Ace the Staravia
Manlius the Machop
Bugs the Buneary
Rox the Geodude
Fluffy the Prinplup
Hurf the Bidoof
Shido the Shellos

 

[Dominus Temporis]

I got inspired by some of the people on the official Nuzlocke forum and am currently doing Platinum in hopes of eventually doing a comic (in fact, I have a huge plot planned out that will span the first four regions and a total of six years for the protagonist). I'm on a bit of a hiatus, but my current party consists of:

Ares the Infernape
Sushi the Gyarados
Lancelot the Gallade
Salvatore the Magnezone
Boris the Hippowdon
Frutasaur the Tropius

I've had... well, not to spoil but the number of deaths is between five and ten, that's all I'll say. Currently training for the Elite Four, hope to get everyone to at least Level 60, Cynthia's Garchomp in particular scares me. Sushi knows Ice Fang, so that's a small comfort, but I'm not fool enough to assume that'll get me through unscathed.

In case of bad stuff happening I've got a few guys in the box I can use as backup, including Trash Cloak Wormadam, Kricketune, Rhyhorn (at daycare currently), and a Gabite that I'm working on evolving. Yeah, Bugs seem a bit odd but I saw people bring Kricketune and Butterfree to the E4 with successful results, so don't underestimate them.

After Platinum will be one of the Hoenn games, then LeafGreen, and finally HeartGold.

 

[Sammuthegreat]

Cynthia's Garchomp in particular scares me.

Give that Gyarados Avalanche, and you'll have Garchomp on toast. Nuff said. Seriously.

What's your username on the official Nuzlocke forum? I'm Sammuthegreat there too. I'll keep a beady eye out for your comics... I'm supposedly working on my first comic, of a Sapphire run I did a while back, but life keeps getting in the way at the moment. I'm planning to tie the plot for my Sapphire run in with my more recent Pearl run... if I ever get round to drawing more.

Slightly more on-topic... I'm going to do a run pretty soon on Black or White. Oh yes.

 

[Zaroas]

I finally figured out the whole plot for the comics.

The order will now be Black -> Platinum -> Firered -> Ruby -> Heartgold

...And it will include amnesia, reliving memories, and beatin' up the bad guys.

 

[Sammuthegreat]

I finally figured out the whole plot for the comics.

The order will now be Black -> Platinum -> Firered -> Ruby -> Heartgold

...And it will include amnesia, reliving memories, and beatin' up the bad guys.

Sounds awesome. Are you on the Nuzlocke forum too?

 

[Grassmen]

Eh, it's kind of mid-challenge (so probably a bit late to be posting this), but here's my team on Black at the moment.

Dandeecott (Whimsicott) Lv.37
Dharchar (Darmanitan) Lv.36
Swanduce (Swanna) Lv. 35
Aractic (Galvantula) Lv.36
Roquette (Gigalith) Lv.30

Had a few losses here and there, including my starter, Slythe, the Servine, who, after defeating Elesa almost completely by himself, lost to a toddler's Herdier in the double battle west of Nimbasa. +1 atk. helping hand boosted critical hit Take Down took it down in one hit. Fail.

 

[Dominus Temporis]

Give that Gyarados Avalanche, and you'll have Garchomp on toast. Nuff said. Seriously.

What's your username on the official Nuzlocke forum? I'm Sammuthegreat there too. I'll keep a beady eye out for your comics... I'm supposedly working on my first comic, of a Sapphire run I did a while back, but life keeps getting in the way at the moment. I'm planning to tie the plot for my Sapphire run in with my more recent Pearl run... if I ever get round to drawing more.

Ah, thanks. I've never even used the move Avalanche so I hadn't thought of that. Great idea, Sushi's already close to level 60 so she should make that a snap. As for the forum, I haven't actually joined that but my username'll probably be "Graphing Mercury" or some variation (long story as to how I came up with that), and I named my player character Mercury as a play on that and the Galactic admin names.

I have a mostly free day today so I'm hoping to get some good grinding in.

 

[WillPowerPedro]

Sign me up for Emerald, please.

link to chapter 1: https://willpowerpedro.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3bufwo

https://willpowerpedro.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d3bufwo = link to first chapter

 

[hazard master]

UPDATE! (sorta)

Ok, so here's how Dempsy died. Crit haxx from a Shroomish. I caught Mr. Camel and Mrs. Camel (Numels) from the route above Maulville and fiery path. Mrs. is a backup should the worst happen.

I am sad to say that I will not continue writting the story (I'm lazy)

 

[Westie7]

I might not have mentioned, but I started a Nuzlocke challenge on Firered. I just entered Mt. Moon and my team is Puny the Squirtle, Pajaro the Spearow, Pekenese the Rattata, and Hawkeye the Nidoran Male. I have one casualty, Deathfang the Rattata, and two missed catches (Weedle in Viridian Forest and Clefairy at Mt. Moon (I forgot I was Nuzlocking).

 

[hazard master]

UPDATE!

First things first: Mr. Camal is not from route 111, but from 112. Route 113 (I think?) is a Spinda, the next route a Seedot (major headesk there lol). Meteor Falls is Sunny the Solrock.

Maxie went down nicely, but I almost lost Torch to Golbat.

Firey Path get issssssssssssssss

Numel :(

Flannery went down easily, but at what cost? Mr. Camel to be exact. After that, Egg get and goggles get. Route 111 get is Kasi the Cacnea (I'm not sure of the gender)

Yeah so mostly garbage pokemon gets.

 

[Zaroas]

Sounds awesome. Are you on the Nuzlocke forum too?

Thanks. Not on the Nuzlocke forums, but I have nothing to do, so I guess I'll register.