The Nuzlocke Challenge

[Matzeho1996]

Part 3:

Spoiler:

Critted a wild Audino (first encounter --> second encounter rule activates yay) and caught an Oddish and traded it for a Level 1 Inkay - not bad at all; Snubull and Ralts evolved; defeated every trainer on the route and helped the rich man to find his Furfrou; at Route 7 I caught Snorlax and traded it for a Level 3 Pikachu, skipped the trainers till I get my next encounter

Connecting Cave -

Level 21,

Level 21,

Level 22,

Level 22,

Level 25,

Level 26 - Rule 17- Random kill 1 team member - this rule does not count because of the rule that I got on Route 1 :D; caught an Axew and traded it for Petilil Level 1 (finally 9 Pokemon, and that means on the next city I can finally use Rule 3 :D); defeated every trainer on the route; btw they all had Smeargle hahahaha

Route 8 -

Level 22,

Level 22,

Level 23,

Level 23,

Level 26,

Level 27 - Rule 40: It is forbidden to teach your Pokemon any TMs (perm.) - I hope I can deactivate this rule soon...caught a Seviper and traded it for a Level 58 Tyranitar, this Pokemon will be very useful later and I do not have to train it now, that is very nice; found Leaf Stone and evolved Pansage; the trainer on this route have been very weak

Ambrette Town - first switch: got the numbers: 2,4 and 5: so I have to deposit Kirlia, Luvdisc and Simisage. I withdrew Inkay, Pikachu and Petilil

Route 9 -

Level 1,

Level 1,

Level 3,

Level 23,

Level 24,

Level 27 - Rule 28: Ignore the next good rule - I can live with that I guess?; caught a Sandile and traded it for a Honedge Level 1; I'm very happy now

Saved.

Part 4:

Spoiler:

Glittering Cave -

Level 8,

Level 8,

Level 9,

Level 23,

Level 24,

Level 27 - Rule 43: Use the same amount of Pokemon against the gym leader as they use - i wanted to try this rule out either way :D; Failed to catch an Onix, but thanks to Rule 32 I get the chance to catch another Pokemon :D; but I also failed to catch a Lunatone so no new Pokemon here for me..; defeated Team Flare, had some little problems with the training, but I had enough Super Potions, Paralyz Heal and Antdiote with me; back at the town I recieved Tyrunt and traded it for a Fearow Level 59; again another high leveld Pokemon...; the beach still counts as Route 8 so again no new Pokemon for me..but the beach was a good training spot

Cyllage City - another team member switch: 2, 3 and 6: so I have to deposit Inkay, Pikachu and Granbull and I withdraw Luvdisc, Kirlia and Honedge. I keep the gym later, first I'm gonna train on the next route:

Route 10 -

Level 1,

Level 19,

Level 23,

Level 24,

Level 25,

Level 27 - Rule 30: Weakest Pokemon must be in the front of your party and you can not switch out outside a battle - I wanted to train Honedge anyway hahaha; caught a Snubull and traded it for a Flabebe Level 8 ;Petilil died in a battle against a wild Golett thanks to a critical hit Shadow Punch..R.I.P Petilil; put Pikachu back in my team; saved the game before entering the gym

 

[mikey]

Update #3

Since my last update, I trained a little and took on Bugsy. I knew this battle would be tough because of his Scyther. Anyway, it wasn't too bad. We did lose Voltage though, to a U-Turn which was really unfortunate. We almost lost LaterGater too, who lived with 1HP from a U-Turn later on. Sky helped us out a lot, and we got lucky with a crit that won us the match. After getting the badge, we went to Ilex Forest where I accidentally killed my encounter again lol. We got cut and headbutt too. Right now, we are about to explore Route 34 and hopefully get an encounter!

Also, decided to take Serenity out of the box and give her a try.

The team:

LaterGater Level 19

Sky Level 16

Serenity Level 10

Deaths: 3

Box:

 

[Matzeho1996]

Part 5:

Spoiler:

The trainer in the gym have been very easy. Before the gym leader I decided to fight him with Luvdisc Lv 29 and Kirlia Lv 27.

Vs Grant: Luvdisc vs. Amaura; Luvdisc was paralyzed 3times in a row, but Amaura could not really hur Luvdisc, easy win.
Luvdisc vs Tyrunt. Charmed Tyrunt and switched out to Kirlia.
Kirlia vs Tyrunt. Bite let me flinch twice in a row, but after a Super Potion I decided to weak his attack even more, so I switched back to Luvdisc to use Charm again. I even critted and confused Tyrunt with Water Pulse. After another Water Pulse Luvdisc and I won the fight. It was more difficult than I thought it would be.

Back at Route 10. Withdrew my other 4 Pokemon and Honedge has to be again in front of my party because of Rule 30. Defeated the Flare Grunts without problems (except that one Golbat kept flinching my Pikachu...) and reached the next city.

Geosenge Town: Got the numbers 2,3 and 4, so I deposit Pikachu, Kirlia and Volbeat to withdraw Flabebe, Simisage and Inkay. Saved, because I don't have more time today...

Part 6:

Spoiler:

Honedge is perfect against Korrina.

Route 11 -

Lv 13

Lv 21

Lv 24

Lv27

Lv31

Lv31 - Rule 20: Only use 4 Pokemon in this are: I choose Inkay, Honedge, Simisage and Noibat. The trainer here have been strong, but I managed it somehow. The double battle against Machoke and Mr.Mime was very easy with Simisage and Honedge. Caught a Chingling and traded it for a Timburr Lv 1, first I was happy but then I noticed I have to trade it to get Conkeldurr...

Reflection Cave -

Lv 17

Lv 24

Lv 26

Lv29

Lv32

Lv32 - Rule 8: Do not mind the first kill on this area - I'm lucky for this rule, because this cave has very strong trainer; BUT I have to skip that rule becuase of Rule 28 I got earlier; caught a Wobbuffet and traded it for a Rufflet Lv 13; Flabebe evolved; A Hawlucha killed my Noibat with Rock Tomb...R.I.P; I hope Rufflet can replace Noibat...; the other trainers were no problems.

Shalour City - I get the numbers 1, 2 and 4. So I have to replace Rufflet, Floette and Honedge (all Pokemon that would be helpful in the next gym) for Timburr, Pikachu and Volbeat (skipped Kirlia because I already have a Psychic type in my team: Inkay) Saved.

 

[mikey]

Update #4

Since my last update, we arrived at Goldenrod City. I used headbutt on Route 34 to catch a Spinarak, which is pretty cool. He's currently on my main team. I never used one before, so I am excited. Anyway, we challenged many trainers on Route 34 as well as in the Underground in Goldenrod City. We also started to make our way through the next route. I unfortunately killed my encounter there, which was a Tangela. Would have been pretty cool to have one of those. Oh well. I'm currently in the National Park battling all the trainers! I am dreading the next gym battle. I know that Rollout Miltank will cause a few deaths :/

The team:

LaterGater Level 22

Sky Level 17

Serenity Level 16

Ardos Level 15

Deaths: 3

Box:

 

[Blastin'Tyruntz]

Yeah, dropping out of Enhanced Platinum because 4th gen is so boring to me, picked a new hack
Name: Blastin'TyruntZ
Game: Pokemon Pitch Black (hack of black)
Optional rules: Hug my computer and pray really hard no one imprtant dies. And all names must be picked via a random name generator.

Starting!
-Named player Ace.
-Cheren is a girl and Bianca is a guy in this hug, DAMN that looks funny.
-Picked the holy Snivy.
-Girly Cheren's Tepig somehow defeated the holy Snivy. Blashpomy, i say!
-Snivy's name (M) is now Bladric, which apparently means bold, brave, or power. Seems legit.
-Pokeballs obtained.
-Route 1, first encounter was a lvl 4 Rattata (F), which got the nickname "Rosario", which means Rosary.
So i got a german Snivy and a Spanish Rattata. Weird.

Team:
Baldric, lvl 5, M, Overgrow: Tackle, Leer.
Rosario, lvl 4, F, Guts: Tackle, Tail whip, Quick attack.

Death count of all randomness: 0.

 

[Matzeho1996]

Part 7:

Spoiler:

Defeated Serena and all the trainer in the gym without problems. Inkay evolved after the fight against Serena and I let Pikachu evolve before the gym leader fight. For the gym leader I chose Malamar Lv34, Raichu Lv29 and Simisage Lv35 as my 3 Pokemon against her.

Vs Korinna: Simisage vs Mienfoo; SeedBomb 1HKO; Hawlucha comes in; switched out to Raichu
Raichu vs Hawlucha; 1 T-Bolt crit and Hawlucha was defeated; I switched Raichu out for Malamar against Machoke and got hit with Rock Tomb, which raised my speed. 2 Psybeams defeated Machoke and I won my 3rd badge. The fight was easier than I thought.

After I defeated Korinna again in the Mega-Lucario fight; I received Lucario and traded it for Scatterbug Lv 3.

Route 12 -

Lv23,

Lv30,

Lv31,

Lv35,

Lv36,

Lv38 – Rule 37: You can not buy anything. Good that I bought some HyperPotions before the Korinna fight; I received Lapras and traded it for a Eevee Lv 1, according to the Pokemon I have right now I would evolve it to Flareon, Vaporeon or Glaceon, but I don't know yet. Timburr evolved on this route.

Azure Bay -

Lv30,

Lv33,

Lv32,

Lv36,

Lv37,

Lv39 – Rule 17: Random kill 1 team member: Random generator picked 2: R.I.P Raichu……; put Rufflet back to the team; caught a Luvdisc and traded it for a Pinsir Lv 1; the trainer on this route have not been a problem at all

Coumarine City – Time to switch 3 Pokemon out: 1,3 and 5: Rufflet, Volbeat and Simisage are traded for Pinsir, Eevee and Floette. Scatterbug is skipped because of Pinsir. I think the random generator is against me; again I had to switch out 2 Pokemon that would be super effective against the gym…Decided to evolve Eevee into Flareon; defeated Serena and the trainer in the gym. For the gym leader I chose Flareon Lv25, Gurdurr Lv 35 and Malamar Lv40.

Vs. Ramos. Flareon vs. Jumpluff. Acrobatic and Fire Fang did about 70 % each. I switched Flareon for Malamar out. A Psycho Cut was enough to knock out Jumpluff. Malamar vs. Gogoat. Psycho Cut did about 40 % and Gogoat used Bulldoze, which raised my speed. After some Hyper Potions Malamar defeated Gogoat. Malamar also 1HKOed Weepinbell.

Route 13 -

Lv20

Lv28

Lv29

Lv36

Lv41

Lv42- Rule: 47 –Wondertrade any Pokemon you want from your PC or party; I chose Fearow and traded it for a Goomy Lv 1. I also caught a Trapinch and traded it for a Scraggy Lv 1.

Defeated Team Flare without any problems. Reached Lumiose City, but because I already visited Lumiose I am not allowed to switch my Pokemon out.

Saved

 

[edwardo999]

Update #5: Nearly at the League

Spoiler:

Got a call saying something as wrong with the radio, so I ran back to Goldenrod City to find Team Rocket had taken control of the Radio Tower.
Beat the ass of all Rockets I could get to in the Radio Tower, and then went to the underground to rescue the Director.
Went back into the tower and beat the rest of the Rocket's. Lost Desmond and Locke to the final Executive.
Went back to Mahognay Town and headed East into Route 44.
In Route 44, found a caught a level 24 Female Lickitung. Called her Julia.
Entered Ice Path, where I caught a level 23 Male Swinub known as Benjamin.
Made my way through ice Path and into Blackthorn City.
In Blackthorn City, managed to hook and catch a level 20 Male Poliwag, which became named Goodwin.
Goodwin died to a Self-Destruct while going to catch a Pokémon in Route 45. No catch here. -_-
Benjamin died to the next wild Pokémon's Self-Destruct. I HATE THAT MOVE.
No catch in Route 26 either. I killed it too easily.
After making my way back to Blackthorn City, I trained Rose, Bernard, Walt and Julia all to level 40 in Ice Path.
Faced the trainers in Blackthorn Gym and healed my Pokémon afterwards.
Defeated Claire with a bit of difficulty. All 4 of my team members had dropped to yellow health or lower at the time of winning.
In Dragon's Den, caught a level 15 Male Magikarp called Danny.
With the help of Rose and Bernard, trained Danny to level 20 evolving him to Gyarados, and taught him Whirlpool and Waterfall.
Fetched the Dragon Fang for Claire and got the eighth badge.
Got a call from Prof. Elm and went through Routes 45 and 46 back to New Bark Town.
Got the Master Ball from Prof. Elm.
Surfed onto Route 27 of Kanto and caught a level 20 Female Tentacool, called it ClaireBear.
Danny died to poison. Didn't get to Cherrygrove Pokécenter in time...
In Tohjo Falls, caught a level 21 Male Goldeen and called him Peter.
Luckily, Peter was able to learn Waterfall so I managed to get through Tohjo Falls.
I made my way through, battling the trainers and strengthening my new team members until I got to Route 26.
In Route 26, I found and caught a level 28 Male Doduo, which became known as Nathan.
After training my Pokémon in Route 26, I stopped to take a break at some nice lady's house.

Team so far:

Spoiler:

Rose, level 45
- Scratch
- Faint Attack
- Bite
- Pay Day

Bernard, level 45
- Stomp
- Strength
- Vicegrip
- Surf

Walt, level 45
- Tackle
- Psybeam
- Confusion
- Stomp

Julia, level 45
- Lick
- Slam
- Wrap
- Stomp

ClaireBear, level 40
- Poison Sting
- Bubblebeam
- Wrap
- Acid

Peter, level 40
- Fury Attack
- Waterfall
- Flail
- Horn Attack

R.I.P.:

Spoiler:

Kate, level 3, died to a Critical Hit from a wild level 3 Bellsprout.

Charlie, level 12, died to a Critical Hit from a wild level 6 Rattata.

Jin, level 7, died to a Fisherman's level 15 Magikarp.

Libby, level 11, died to a wild level 6 Onix (Which got caught and became Sawyer).

Boone, level 12, died to himself. Metronome used Explosion.

Jack, level 24, died to Whitney's Miltank's Rollout.

Ana Lucia, level 18, died to a Firebreather's level 13 Magmar.

Sawyer, level 23, died to Seth's Magnemite' Sonic Boom (Burned Tower encounter).

Claire, level 29, died to Morty's Gengar's Dream Eater.

Hurley, level 21, died to Morty's Gengar's Shadow Ball.

Sayid, level 20, died to Morty's Gengar's Shadow Ball.

Michael, level 19, died to Morty's Gengar's Dream Eater.

Eko, level 19, died to Morty's Gengar's Dream Eater.

Sun, level 18, died to Morty's Gengar's Shadow Ball.

Alexandra, level 24, died to a Swimnmer's level 18 Shellder.

Rousseau, level 25, died to a Blackbelt's level 27 Hitmonchan.

Shannon, level 41, died to Pryce's Piloswine.

Desmond, level 34, died to a Rocket Executive's level 35 Houndoom.

Locke, level 37, died to a Rocket Executive's level 35 Houndoom.

Goodwin, level 21, died to a wild level 24 Graveler.

Benjamin, level 23, died to a wild level 21 Geodude.

Danny, level 21, died to poison.

 

[mikey]

Update #5

Since my last update, we took on Whitney and actually had no deaths! I was sure I would lose at least one Pokemon to her Rollout Miltank. I got really lucky! That was awesome. I caught a Nidoran (M) as an encounter before battling her, and evolved him into Nidorino. Having double-kick helped a lot!

Anyway, we made our way to Ecruteak City and I am currently training to get everyone up to level 20. I know a Rival battle is coming up in the Burned Tower, so we need to be prepared.

Oh, I caught a Growlithe too.

The team:

LaterGater Level 25

Ardos Level 20

Serenity Level 18

Sky Level 17

King Level 20

Deaths: 3

Box:

 

[Matzeho1996]

Part 8:

Spoiler:

Defeated every trainer in the gym. For the gym I decided to use Flareon Lv38, Gurdurr Lv42 and Floette Lv36.

Vs Clemont. Floette vs Emolga. Aerial Ace did exactly half of the damage, so I switched Floette out for Flareon. Flareon did a very good job and burned Emolga. Only Static was a bit annoying. Switched out for Gurdurr and 2HKOed Magneton, because of Sturdy. Gurdurr had about half HP after 2 TBolts. Heliolisk T-Bolt critted Gurdurr to death...R.I.P Gurdurr. Flareon needed a Full Restore. 2 T-Bolts from Heliolisk (which was faster) and Flareon had only 4HP left. Flareon critted Heliolisk with a Flare Fang, which was enough to kill it. A very close battle...

Replaced Gurdurr with Scraggy and went on.

Route 14 -

Lv 1,

Lv 34,

Lv 37,

Lv 40,

Lv 47,

Lv 47 - Rule 19: The pokemon on this area is not allowed to evolve - The battle against Serena was pretty easy., caught a Skorupi and traded it for a Weedle...I can't freaking evolve that Weedle...man that's stupid..

Laverre City - Got 2, 3 and 5 so I switch Pinsir, Floette and Malamar for Goomy. Scatterbug (skipped Weedle because of Scatterbug) and Rufflet. My team niveau just decreased drastically. Let's see if I can manage that no Pokemon dies from my current party, which only has 2 Pokemon higher than Lv 40: Flareon Lv44 and Luvdisc Lv50. Luvdisc seems to stay in the team forever, and because of the EXP Share it will always be trained with the other Pokemon... Thanks to Flareon the gym was pretty easy and Scatterbug evolved into Vivillon. The not buying rule slowls hurts me. I can't buy any more Repels or Potions... For the gym leader I chose Rufflet, Flareon and Luvdisc

Flareon defeated the gym leader on his own with FlareBlitz + 1 Hyper Potion (although Mr. Mime got a Reflect up and critted with a Psybeam, Flareon was down at 15 HP after that Flare Blitz)

At the Factory I lost Vivilon to a Toxicroak. Somehow I thought Toxicroak would use Sucker Punch, like it did against Rufflet. But nope, it used Venoshock....R.I.P Vivilon.
Put Kirlia back to the party.

 

[atie]

Name:Atie
Game:Black2

Optional rules:
Nickname my friends :3
No Legendaries or gift Pokemon.
If the first Pokémon in a route is already catched I may catch the next one.
I may Catch shinies.

 

[Matzeho1996]

Part 9:

Spoiler:

Kirlia evolved in the Factory. Rufflet died to a High Jump Kick from a Scraggy, even if Rufflet had the Eviolite...R.I.P Rufflet...after I defeated Team Flare I withdrew Honedge to replace Rufflet

Route 15 -

Lv29,

Lv31,

Lv 32,

Lv 37,

Lv 49,

Lv 53 - Rule 25: Only use 1 move for each Pokemon. I will choose the attack when I battle. Caught another Skorupi, which Hone Claw+Poison Fang critted my Goomy...R.I.P Goomy and traded that Skorupi for a Litleo. I also put Volbeat back to my team. The rule combined with that I don't have many items left and I'm not allowed to buy any is really difficult for this route, but I still have Flareon with Flare Blitz :D I've notived, that this challenge gets more difficult, the more Pokemon I have...Lost Gardevoir to a Seadra Brine, totally forgot it had that move...but Granbull back to the team and Scraggy evolved. I lost 4 Pokemon from the Factory to this route...Honedge evolved :D

Lost Hotel -

Lv37;

Lv35;

Lv38;

Lv41;

Lv52;

Lv54 - Rule 44: I can catch as many Pokemon as I want, but I have to use all Pokeballs and I can't weaken them; let's see how this goes after so many losses (I also have to use the Master Ball; and I can't catch any other Pokemon in the other areas; because I can't buy anything...); I caught 4 Pawniard and 3 Magneton; 1 Klefki and 1 Electrode traded them for a Froakie, a Totodile, a Riolu and many more (I think these Pokemon are the replace for my fallen ones...)

Route 16 -

Lv40;

Lv39;

Lv40;

Lv43;

Lv53;

Lv56 - Rule 13: In the next gym I can choose my party from any Pokemon that I own (except fallen Pokemon), but only for the gym and the gym leader. Can't catch any Pokemon here, because I don't have any more Pokeballs and I'm not allowed to buy any...Also Doublade lost against a Sligoo Muddy Water Crit in the Rain...put Furfrou in the team (Level 9)

Saved.

 

[ShiningKami]

Challenge accepted!

Username: ShiningKami
Game: StormSilver (SoulSilver hack)
Optional Rules:

Spoiler:

- All Pokémon will have nicknames
- Duplicate clause
- Shiny clause
- Gift Pokémon can be used
- Legendary Pokémon (including roaming legendaries) can be caught but not used
- Battle style on SET
- Black out = game over
- And of course, make a written log of my journey!

UPDATE #1: HERE WE GO!

Spoiler:

So, Pokémon StormSilver. I've played a bit of this hack before, but didn't get very far, so it'll be interesting to play through. In a twist on my usual play style of the Johto games, I chose to play as a girl, called Melanie for some reason. I went through the usual SoulSilver beginning stuff, obtained the Running Shoes, Bicycle and GB Sounds (ah, sweet, sweet nostalgia) from my mom, and things were underway.

I decided to use the last digit of my ID number to decide my starter - 1 to 3 would get me Chikorita, 4 to 6 Cyndaquil, 7 to 9 Totodile, and 0 whoever I wanted. Turned out that my ID number ends in a 3, so Chikorita it was - a brave male with Natural Cure. Awesome! After a bit of deliberation, I decided to name him Tristan. With that done and my Pokégear picked up, it was time to head out along Route 29.

The journey to Cherrygrove City gave Tristan a chance to train, and despite a dodgy encounter with a Bidoof, he had hit level 7 and learned Razor Leaf by the time we had reached our destination. Upon arrival, we were immediately accosted by the Guide Gent, of course, who gave me an Old Rod and the Map Card for the trouble. Nice! After Tristan had finished splashing around in the water (which he seemed to really enjoy -aww!), we healed up and moved on to Route 30, where I picked up the Apricorn Box. Since it was gone 9 pm, we found ourselves running into the more nocturnal wild Pokémon along the way. The Hoothoot were nothing Tristan couldn't handle, but we had to run away from two Spinarak in a row for fear of being hit with a super-effective Poison Sting. As if that wasn't enough, we then had a worryingly close encounter with a Bug Bite-wielding Kricketot. Poor Tristan was on only 6 HP, but by that time we had reached Mr Pokémon's house. And who should be standing outside but Cynthia!

Cynthia told us a story, the tale of a Trainer who travelled through Johto and Kanto, caught all Pokémon known to exist, even came face to face with the one who Pokémon call god. Foreshadowing! Before she left, she gave me a gift of a level 5 Eevee: a serious male with Run Away, whom I decided to call Justin. I would have preferred him to have Adaptability over Run Away, but okay.

We get the Mystery Egg and the Pokédex, and leave Mr Pokémon's house... but oh no! Something's happened back at Professor Elm's lab! I sense an invasion of the plot!

We managed to get back to Cherrygrove without incident, discovering along the way that Justin really likes the water too, before running into a certain red-haired someone. Justin and Tristan made short work of his Cyndaquil, reaching level 6 and 8 respectively. You're going to be the greatest Trainer ever, pal? Not if you're being beaten by an Eevee and a Chikorita, you're not.

With that done, it was time to make our way back to New Bark Town, Justin levelling up again en route. Back at the lab, I gave my rival's name as Marco - it'd make sense for Giovanni's son to have an Italian name too, right? - and handed over the Mystery Egg before sorting out money-saving with my mom. That done, it was time to leave again, and this time, with Ethan handing over a whopping fifteen Poké Balls, my challenge was officially underway.

I was hoping for my first catchable encounter on Route 29 to be a Poochyena, but alas not. It was in fact... a level 4 female Bidoof. Thanks, game. I caught her with one ball, and named her Bella, probably the most ironic name possible - seriously, just look at Bidoof. I hate you, random number gods.

I healed up in Cherrygrove City again, and that was where I shut off for the night. Three team members and no deaths so far. I'm keeping my fingers crossed for a male Ralts on Route 30.

ACTIVE TEAM

Spoiler:

Tristan [M] Lvl. 8
Brave
Strong willed
Met at New Bark Town at lvl. 5
Ability: Natural Cure
Tackle
Growl
Razor Leaf

Justin [M] Lvl. 7
Serious
Sturdy Body
Met at Route 30 at lvl. 5
Ability: Run Away
Tail Whip
Tackle
Helping Hand
Sand Attack

Bella [F] Lvl. 4
Mild
Often lost in thought
Met at Route 29 at lvl. 4
Ability: Unaware
Tackle​

BOXED
None yet

DEATHS
None yet, thank Arceus

UPDATE #2: ENTER GARRETT!

Spoiler:

With a little time to play before getting on with some work, I decided to use the Old Rod in Cherrygrove City and get a new team member. To my surprise, I found a level 5 Corphish, whom I caught and named Garrett. He turned out to have Adaptability, which is awesome.

Next I headed out to Route 30, hoping for a Ralts to pop up. Surprise surprise, it didn't; instead I found a male Weedle. Oh well, I caught him and named him Sting. Concerned about letting a Bug-type face Falkner in Violet City, and hoping to find a Natu on Route 31, I put him in the PC for the time being.

We trained for a bit on Route 30, letting Bella and Garrett have a few battles with wild Pokémon. We had a dodgy encounter with a Caterpie (seriously, what is up with all of these Pokémon having Bug Bite?), but managed to avoid any disasters. During this time I gained a new respect for Bella, her Unaware ability allowing her to ignore Metapod's repeated use of Harden, and by the time I decided to challenge Youngster Joey, both she and Garrett had reached level 7. Joey's top-percentage Rattata lasted all of four turns against Garrett and Tristan.

I healed the team up at Cherrygrove, and saved for the time being. More to come later today.

ACTIVE TEAM

Spoiler:

Tristan [M] Lvl. 8
Brave
Strong willed
Met at New Bark Town at lvl. 5
Ability: Natural Cure
Tackle
Growl
Razor Leaf

Justin [M] Lvl. 7
Serious
Sturdy Body
Met at Route 30 at lvl. 5
Ability: Run Away
Tail Whip
Tackle
Helping Hand
Sand Attack

Bella [F] Lvl. 7
Mild
Often lost in thought
Met at Route 29 at lvl. 4
Ability: Unaware
Tackle
Growl

Garrett [M] Lvl. 7
Naughty
Likes to relax
Met at Cherrygrove City at lvl. 5
Ability: Adaptability
Bubble
Harden​

BOXED

Spoiler:

Sting [M] Lvl. 4
Rash
Likes to relax
Met at Route 30 at lvl. 4
Ability: Shield Dust
Poison Sting
String Shot
Bug Bite​

DEATHS
Still none, touch wood

 

[Dragovian98]

Username: Dragovian98
Game: FireRed
Optional Rules: You must nickname all of your Pokemon.
You may not use legendary Pokémon. (I will, however, be catching them.)
No duplicate captures.

Update 1:

Spoiler:

Our journey began in Pallet Town. I headed off out the tall grass, with Professor Oak chasing after me, telling me about the dangers of the world. Because of this, he gave me a Pokémon. I chose a Squirtle, who I named Venus. My rival, Green, chose a Bulbasaur. We battled, and thanks to a lucky critical hit from me, he went down within a couple of turns. With Venus by my side, we headed off to Viridian City. Encountering Pokémon on Route 1 meant that I couldn't catch any Pokémon that lived there later on. Eventually, I arrived in Viridian City, and picked up a delivery for Professor Oak. Upon returning to Pallet Town, Professor Oak gave Green and I a Pokedex each. Now, I could truly begin my journey.

I headed back to Viridian City, stocked up on Potions and Pokeballs, and started training on Route 22. While there, I caught a Ratatta. I named her Rala. I trained Venus and Rala for a while, and bumped into Green. Venus took out his Pidgey with ease, and his Bulbasaur was no match for Rala's Quick Attack. After defeating Green, I decided to press on to Route 2 and Viridian Forest. On Route 2, the first Pokemon I encountered was a Ratatta, but the no duplicates rule meant that I couldn't catch it. After this, I entered Viridian Forest, where I encountered a Caterpie. I captured it, and named him Bort. Now, I am training Bort on Route 2 before we press on to Pewter City.

The Team:

Spoiler:

Venus(Squirtle)
Level 10
Moves: Tackle
Tail Whip
Bubble

Rala(Ratatta)
Level 9
Moves: Tackle
Tail Whip
Quick Attack

Bort(Caterpie)
Level 5
Moves:Tackle
String Shot

Deaths:

Spoiler:

None yet!

 

[Seth Rollins]

Might as well do this.

Username: Isaac
Game: Fire Red
Optional Rules:
1.Must nickname all Pokemon
2.Black out/white out is game over
3. No legends

Update:

Spoiler:

So I start off my journey. Grabbed that potion on the PC. Same old Pallet Town, Oak nowhere to be found. Idk why but it gives me nostalgia cuz it's been ages since I played this game. So I talk to everyone, nothing really new. Then I went to the tall grass but then Prof.Oak stopped me and saying how dangerous it is to go on a journey without a Pokemon and blah blah same old stuff lol. Then he took me to his lab and yeah, same old cocky Ryan (Ryan = Blue/Green because, come on, he looks like a Ryan doesnt he). But let's skip all that stuff and stop right when I am going to choose my starter. So...who did I choose? Yep, the one and only Charmander! He's a classic, I tell ya. So I nicknamed him Classic. Yeah I know I am not creative. The Relaxed nature Charmander. uh I mean Classic. Relaxed nature...sigh this is bad. Then Ryan and his cocky self challenged me and lost. I mean, just keep using scratch. So I finally started my journey, the Pokemon Mart guy gave a sample and I grinded till level 10. Went and delivered the parcel to Oak and he gave me a Pokedex and 5 PokeBalls. So, the nuzlocke starts now. Went to see who my first Pokemon was going to be...it's..it's...it's..........Rattata. Okay lol. It's not bad in the beginning. So that being said, my Route 1 pokemon is Rattata. I called him Joey. I always call my Rattatas Joey. I dont need to explain why, do I? ;D Then arrived Joey's first battle. YAY. It was against a Pidgey. FRIGGIN BIRDS. ...Joey Tackled Pidgey, i think it...did 25% damage? Pidgey's tackle did idk, almost half damage. I thought Joey would endure it, leaving him with 10% hp. but no. FRIGGIN BIRDZ. Pidgey critical hit Joey and sent him to death. I HATE YOU BIRDS. Classic then easily defeated Pidgey with ember. Then when I was depositing Joey on the dead box I quickly realized he was female. Oh well. But wait. We still have the Route 22 Pokemon! SO my route 22 pokemon is...................Mankey. This was a must catch pokemon. how am I going to defeat Brock without it? I then catched Mankey, I called him Destroyer because his final stage looks like a Destroyer. Then I grinded Destroyer to level 8, and then battled Ryan. Classic easily defeated his Pidgey while Destroyer kept low kicking Squirtle. That didnt really work so I withdrew Destroyer and Charmander Scratched him till he fainted. In the end I won and Destroyer leveled up to level 9 while Classic to lv.11. It was a good ending for both me, Classic and Destroyer. Not a good ending for poor Joey who was killed by a BIRD. And i came to a conclusion: I will avenge Joey. I will complete this nuzlocke for her.

Team:

Spoiler:

Classic (Charmander) lv.11
-Scratch
-Growl
-Ember

Destroyer (Mankey) lv.9
-Scratch
-Leer
-Low Kick

Dead:

Spoiler:

Joey (Rattata) lv.3
-Tackle
-Tail Whip

I WILL AVENGE YOU JOEY

 

[ShiningKami]

I'm back!

UPDATE #3: BUGS AND OTHER BUGS!

Spoiler:

With my exams over and some free time on my hands, I've been able to get back to this, and my first port of call was the second Trainer along Route 30: Aroma Lady Julia. Things went pretty well, with Garrett and Justin hitting level 8, Justin learning Bite, and Tristan reaching level 9 and learning Poison Powder. There was a brief moment of panic when Bella was hit with Julia's Seedot's Bullet Seed and Quick Attack, but my Bidoof somehow hung on with only 1 HP left. Phew! Needless to say, I healed up in Cherrygrove after that battle.

On the way back up Route 30, I took the opportunity to level Bella up a bit more. I was grateful for the abundance of Metapod and Kakuna, with her Unaware ability completely nullifying Harden, and she was up to level 8 by the time we were back by the Trainers. We also ran into a Ralts along the way, much to my annoyance - I wanted one of those!

Idol Carly was the next Trainer, and pretty easy, despite an annoying Jigglypuff using Sing on Bella and a Skitty almost taking out Garrett with a critical Tackle; both of my guys managed to knock out their opponent and reach level 9. Justin fell victim to Clefairy's Cute Charm, but still managed to knock her out.

On Route 31, I debated going into Dark Cave and looking for a new Pokémon there. Curiosity won, and I did so, running into a level 8 Sandshrew. Better than a Zubat, anyway. He proved to be a bit of a pain to catch, what with his constant Sand Attack spam, but Tristan managed to poison him and I caught him. His name, I decided, would be Michael, and I quickly used my only Antidote on him to prevent him succumbing to the poison.

Another trip to Cherrygrove, to heal up and buy some Antidotes, and it was back to Route 31. I was less happy about the Metapod this time, having Justin up front, but even less happy about a Bide-using Seedot I ran from (no point taking risks) and a Weedle that poisoned my poor Eevee, prompting a use of one of my Antidotes. Lucky I bought them, really!

With no encounters on Route 31 yet, I was hoping to run into a Natu, but no: I found a level 6 female Buizel instead. Not really useful, considering that I already had Garrett, but hey; I caught her, and named her Jenna. That's a full team of six! With that, I managed to avoid Bug Catcher Wade and headed straight for Violet City.

In the Pokémon Centre, I found a guy with a Juggler sprite, who asked me if I wanted to take a quiz. I said yes, and passed, which led to the guy offering me a Pokémon: a Bulbasaur, Charmander or Squirtle. I decided to roll a die to choose: 1 or 2 would get me Bulbasaur, 3 or 4 for Charmander, and 5 or 6 for Squirtle. I was secretly hoping for Charmander, since that would cover all three basic types in my party, and, in a stroke of luck, I rolled a three! I named my new Charmander Lucian, and discovered that he has Solar Power. Lovely! There I saved, which turned out to be a very good idea later.

Healed up, I walked back to Route 31 to fight Wade, who was pretty easy, despite almost losing Tristan to a Bug Bite from Nincada. Always the Bug Bite! Fortunately, I pulled him out and Garrett finished it off with a Bubble, narrowly averting disaster for the fifth time.

Back in Violet City, I decided to explore the buildings and talk to a few people. This proved to be a mistake when I went into a particular house - specifically, the one in the south-west of the city - because after I left, the game underwent a bizarre graphical glitch that messed up all the character sprites on the screen. In an attempt to fix it, I went into the Trainer School... which caused the game to crash. Just lovely.

I reset the emulator, and was incredibly relieved to find myself standing outside the Violet City Pokémon Centre, Lucian in tow. Thank Arceus. Unfortunately, I would have to fight Wade again. Annoyed, I gave up for the day - but not before attempting to replicate the glitch, in case it was a thing that happened for that particular house. Spoiler alert: it wasn't. That's something, at least, but I'm wary of it happening again, so I'm saving regularly now.

Still can't believe I've had no deaths yet. But next up are Sprout Tower and Falkner, so that could change very quickly. This is gonna suck.

ACTIVE TEAM:

Spoiler:

Tristan [M] Lvl. 9
Brave
Strong willed
Met at New Bark Town at lvl. 5
Ability: Natural Cure
Tackle
Growl
Razor Leaf
Poison Powder

Justin [M] Lvl. 8
Serious
Sturdy body
Met at Route 30 at lvl. 5
Ability: Run Away
Tail Whip
Tackle
Bite
Sand Attack

Bella [F] Lvl. 9
Mild
Often lost in thought
Met at Route 29 at lvl. 4
Ability: Unaware
Tackle
Growl
Defence Curl

Garrett [M] Lvl. 9
Naughty
Likes to relax
Met at Cherrygrove City at lvl. 5
Ability: Adaptability
Bubble
Harden

Michael [M] Lvl. 9
Naive
Likes to run
Met at Dark Cave at lvl. 8
Ability: Sand Veil
Scratch
Defence Curl
Sand Attack

Lucian [M] Lvl. 10
Relaxed
Somewhat vain
Met at Violet City at lvl. 10
Ability: Solar Power
Scratch
Growl
Ember
Smokescreen​

BOXED:

Spoiler:

Sting [M] Lvl. 4
Rash
Likes to relax
Met at Route 30 at lvl. 4
Ability: Shield Dust
Poison Sting
String Shot
Bug Bite

Jenna [F] Lvl. 6
Careful
Mischievous
Met at Route 31 at lvl. 6
Ability: Swift Swim
Growl
Water Sport
Quick Attack
Water Gun​

DEATHS:
Still none, somehow.

 

[Shrew]

(8/26) Progress Report #3: These events took place a couple months back; however, I went on two separate hiatuses over the course of the last 3 months, coinciding with events which crushed my will to continue (Dwebble & Roggenrolla deaths). I'm back, and not giving up on Pokemon Omicron! >:)


New Deaths:

Spoiler:

Rattata (Abstinent) lv15
Died while training in a cave against a Geodude, who survived Grass Knot and retaliated with a high-roll Magnitude. :( I was very emotionally attached to him, as the pokemon who saved us from the Beedrill who killed Firstborn with his Run Away ability, teaching me the lesson that every team member is an asset. R.I.P.

Helioptile (Swindler) lv17
Opponent was a Charmeleon with Dragon Rage, capable of 2HKOing my entire team. I had to make a sacrifice for a safe switch in with this new recruit. His Mud-Slap was not able to change the course of the battle.

Dwebble (Playground) lv19
Same battle with Charmeleon. Earlier, Ivysaur dodged 4 out of 6 Rock Blasts (90%) I used. It survives on ~1%, so I try to knock it out with Fury Cutter (95%) so that his next pokemon will take more damage if it's weak to bug. Fury Cutter also misses! And every Rock Blast that did hit only rolled 2's, including against Charmeleon later (when I DESPERATELY needed just ONE 3-hit!) She meant SOOO much to me! It I hadn't risked Fury Cutter and just used Strength she would have had enough health to take Dragon Rage. I took a hiatus for over a month because of this. R.I.P.

~Hiatus 1~

Pikachu (Medusa) lv22
Critical hit from Wild Trainer Smeargle Body Slam after it had already paralyzed me the previous turn. I didn't want to risk switching in Rhyhorn because Smeargle are unpredictable and could outspeed with Hydro Pump for all I knew.

Hippopotas (Shotgun) lv22
Geodude's Magnitude 10 while using Dig.

He would have been a great asset to my many rock members with Sand Stream.

Kadabra (Abstractly) lv29
Beedrill used Rage. I used Protect. My strategy is to Disable the move on the following turn if it was super-effective. Thinking it's safe, I hit it with Psybeam. It survives at 20% and kills him with Twineedle. Later it reveals Pursuit, yet I know I would have lived it because the first Twineedle hit hardly did half. A case of the CPU being too dumb to use one of its 2 SE move made my strategy backfire.

Flowers (Boldore) lv29
Same battle as Kadabra. I went AFK to cool off, and had forgotten who the next pokemon that was going to be sent out was (when prompted to switch), so I just stayed in and he sent out Heracross. Brick Break, I take 55%, and set up Iron Defense. I heal back to Sturdy, and Brick Break only does around one-third. I use my custom move Fireworks (Fire-type, 70 base power), and it lives only to kill her with Counter. Although I don't like the Roggenrolla line, this death really crushed me because she was my longest and favourite team member personality-wise. R.I.P.

~Hiatus 2~

Team:

Spoiler:

Team (randomized names):

Linoone (Chief) lv7-> 33:
Rash and persistent. Although he's always been a team captain behind the scenes from the PC, he has been inspired by the death of his comrades to fight. Raised him from lv7 to 27 in a several hours long training session.

Plusle (Attachment) lv16-> 32:
Lax and vain. Team cheerleader who never cracks under pressure.

Rhyhorn (Mother) lv18-> 33:
Relaxed and perseveres. Met at the Safari Zone, whose family was poached. Thinks of the many rock-types I've had as her children.

Solrock (Hymn) lv22-> 32:
Calm. New recruit. Sings ominous Gregorian chants.

Maractus (Blurb) lv24-> 32:
Brave. New recruit, caught immediately before Flowers died. Finally a much needed grass/ground/water resist.

Badges: 4
Total Caught: 19
Total Dead: 14

 

[Leòmhann teine]

Username: Obsideon
Game: Pokemon Ruby
Optional rules: nick name all Pokemon, black out = death

[S-HIGHLIGHT] I named my character Aeridil and chose Mudkip as my starter nicknamed it Ice finn I am currently on my way to fight rival May! Trained Ice finn to lvl 10 then battled rival and won in two hits goes back to Oldale town and heals Pokemon![/S-HIGHLIGHT]

 

[Blastin'Tyruntz]

Wow this thing was abandoned for a long time! I must quit my challenge (if i haven't already)...maybe i'll do another one in the future.

 

[welsknight]

Username: welsknight
Game: Pokemon Emerald
Optional Rules:

• You must nickname all of your Pokemon.
• Dupes/Species Clause
• You may not use/catch legendary Pokemon.
• Special or Legendary Pokemon (i.e. Snorlax) do not count as your first encounter in an area, even if they are.
• Shiny Clause - Rule #2 does not apply to Shiny Pokemon encounters.
• Trading with NPCs is fine, but any other trading is not fine.

I'm currently in the middle of this challenge for a Youtube series (you can find the series in the Let's Play subforum, or using the link in my signature if you want), so I figured I might as well sign up and get credit for it if I complete it.

I did add a few optional rules, so if what I've added bends the challenge too much, please let me know, and I will withdraw my sign-up.

 

[Blastin'Tyruntz]

Well, apparently not doing challenges is boring too, so i'm just gonna mass-sign up to a bunch!

Username: Blastin'TyruntZ
Game: Pokemon Zeta
Optional rules: None

And the first update:
Name is Troy
Starter was Bellsprout named Bella