THE OFFICIAL NUZLOCKE CHALLENGE THREAD

[dragonite149]

Update Time!
Chapter Two(in progess)-
Got Yanappu and nicknamed it Oakey!
Beat Specs Guy in the Trainer School like place.(Alvin grew to LV11)
Beat the Gym Trainers
Grinded the team to LV14

 

[koopa1234]

starting my HG run right now. Never done this before so I may be in for a rocky road. Wish me luck!

 

[jujuju]

Ugh. This challenge has just not been good so far.
Update:

Spoiler:

Since I have already finished the challenge using Chikorita and Cyndaquil, I decided to go for Totodile this time. Named the Totodile Zephania
After completing the beginning stuff, I went to Route 42 and caught a Jigglypuff named Kamaria and grinded Kamaria for a very long time.
In the Dark Cave, I caught a Geodude named Ealisaid and proceeded to grind it to take on Falkner. First, however, I caught a Rattata named Abena in the Sprout Tower, but it unfortunately, died while training.
Falkner went down easy after training all three pokemon.

On Route 32, I caught a Mareep named Tsholofelo and in the Slowpoke Well, I caught a Zubat named Kirabo, but both died while training (I tend to be very careless). Zephania also evolved into a Croconaw along the way.
Bugsy was still easy though.

I then caught a Caterpie named Afua and trained it until it was about the same level as the rest of my pokemon and evolved into a Butterfree.
The gym leaders continued to drop like flies as Whitney was also very easy to beat.

I used Rollout to my advantage with Jigglypuff learning it before the battle.
I decided to take my chances in the Bug Catching Contest, but unfortunately, I was only able to catch a Kakuna. Named it Esi, but put it into the box.
On Route 36, I caught a Hoothoot named Kwame and then on Route 37 I caught a Growlithe named Asha, but both died in training.
Finally, I was able to add another member to my team when I caught a Zubat in the Burned Tower. Named it Tendaji. Ealisaid also evolved into a Graveler.
Morty was relatively easy to beat thanks to Afua's Confusion and Ealisaid's Magnitude.

Many things happened on the way to face Chuck.
First I caught a Miltank named Hlengiwe on Route 38 and then a Rattata named Sibonaka on Route 39. I put Hlengiwe in the box, but kept Sibonaka for now.
Then after going through the Light House, I caught a Tentacool named Xolani on Route 40 and a Tentacruel named Jumaane on Route 41. Both were deposited into the box. Unfortunately, there were some deaths as Tendaji and Kamaria were both taken down by a Swimmer's Goldeen and Seaking. I trained a lot before taking on Chuck, but I was too lazy to add new Pokemon to my team so Zephania, Afua, Ealisaid and Sibonaka were forced to handle it by themselves. Sibonaka already evolved into a Raticate.
And Chuck proved to be easy.

Unfortunately, Jasmine was not. I thought Ealisaid would be strong enough to take down all of her pokemon, but I was mistaken as 1 Iron Tail was all it took to take Ealisaid down. Zephania finished her off, but it was a tough blow. (I forgot to take a picture).
After catching a Seaking named Imeda on Route 42 went to the Lake of Rage and then entered the Rocket Hideout. Everything was going well until Sibonaka was taken out by an exploding Electrode.
Since then, Hlengiwe has taken its place and I went back to Goldenrod to get an Eevee named Farai. And that is where I am now.

Current Team:
:t133: Farai
Lv. 26
Tackle
Tail Whip
Sand-Attack
Quick Attack

:t012: Afua
Lv. 33
Tackle
Gust
Sleep Powder
Confusion

:t160: Zephania
Lv. 35
Cut
Bite
Surf
Leer

:t241: Hlengiwe
Lv. 33
Tackle
Milk Drink
Defense Curl
Stomp

Boxed:

Spoiler:

:t073: Jumaane Lv. 20
:t014: Esi Lv. 16
:t072: Xolani Lv. 18
:t119: Imeda Lv. 22

Dead:

Spoiler:

:t020: Sibonaka Lv. 16-31
:t075: Ealisaid Lv. 4-29
:t039: Kamaria Lv. 3-25
:t042: Tendaji Lv. 15-27
:t058: Asha Lv. 14-14
:t163: Kwame Lv. 13-13
:t041: Kirabo Lv. 5-6
:t179: Tsholofelo Lv. 6-6
:t019: Abena Lv. 4-4

Failed to Catch Pokemon in:

Spoiler:

Route 29 (Sentret)
Route 30 (Pidgey)
Route 31 (Caterpie)
Ruins of Alph (Quagsire)
Union Cave (Rattata)
Route 33 (Rattata)
Route 34 (Drowzee)
Route 35 (Abra)
Mt. Mortar (Rattata)
Route 43 (Flaaffy)
Lake of Rage (Magikarp)
Rocket Hideout (Koffing)

 

[koopa1234]

Started with cyndaquil and did all the beginning junk in HG. Caught a rattata, another rattata, and a third rattata >_> horrible luck so far. Ran into union cave and caught a geodude. Went to route 32 hoping for some better luck and ran into....... another rat GREAT. Gunna go train and so sprout tower and hope for some better luck tomorrow :(

 

[mondays suck]

According to my PUAP list, today was the day to continue my Green Nuzlocke, so that's what I did.
I was at Vermilion, without having beaten Misty. So I did the stuff to do around, lost a Diglett and a Pidgey while trying to level them, but managed to let one of my Sandshrews catch up to my team of Charmeleon, Butterfree and Golbat. Caught a Magikarp on the SS Anne and beat Gary quite easily, beat Misty thanks to poison and Golbat's super-effective Leech Life without any losses, slayed Surge, killed a Spearow and caught a Sandshrew (my third) and a Zubat (my second). Saved in front of Rock Tunnel.

Team:

Spoiler:

:t005:LIZAR, lv. 26
:t012:NATUR, lv.26
:t042:GAOLU, lv.27
:t028:SANDW, lv.26
:t027:DESER, lv.14

Movesets are still uninteresting at this point. Everyone spams the moves they are known for anyways.

Box:

Spoiler:

:t129:CARPS, lv.5
:t027:DSR C, lv.15
:t041:PPN B, lv.16

Dead:

Spoiler:

:t029:NIDER, lv.4-4, Pidgey
:t016:BOBO, lv.4-17, Zubat
:t050:DEGUD, lv.16.17, Magnemite
:t016:BOBO, lv.14-17, Rattata

DSR C and PPN B are supposed to mean Sandshrew (in this game called DESER) 3 and Zubat (called Papan) 2. The level 14 cut slave in my team will be renamed DSR B at some point. Also, I love Sandslash's name.

 

[Vamaar]

Alright hello! Odds of me being remembered as a challenger? Very poor, it's been ten pages... Anyways, once again a link to my Youtube can be found in my sig, where I'm putting all of the "video log" I'm making... So, what happened since I beat Misty?

Went and got a Meowth (Vittish), Diglett (Vashnir), Oddish, and Ekans(Veronica/Viper), but Diglett died. Boxed Oddish and took on Vermillion, it was good times. After that I went through to Rock Tunnel. On the way, I found another oddish or spearow, I forget which, it's in the log. In the cave I caught an alcoholic mankey (Vitalia), which was after a small debate, boxed for the ten minutes before my Butterfree (Vallint) died (good riddance, really) and pulled him out again. Caught another Meowth west of Lavender, ground Vitalia, moved on.

 

[champagnepapi]

Hey, sorry for not updating, everyone.
Imma go head and delete the challengers section as tons of people take on the nuzlocke challenge each day (which btw is great, thanks guys) and keep the champions section.
VM me if you beat the challenge, please.

 

[Grassmen]

I've tried six times to complete one of these, but I either die (generally in the early stages), or get bored. I got up to Sabrina on one LG Nuzlocke run, but made one silly mistake and got myself into a situation where I couldn't land a hit, and lost every member of my team :(

I might give it a go again on HG or something. Definitely not starting with Chikorita though - stupid shallow movepool.

 

[dragonite149]

OK, Update time!

Update 3-You win some, you change some, you lose some, then you get some more

Spoiler:

OK, So I grinded the team, then I beat the Gym Leader of Sanyou City, with Yappy alone. Cool badge getting animations, I think. Then I went to the Dream Place, and caught another Minezumi. Caught it, nickname is Senty. Next route, battle some kids and a teacher, Yappy evolves and I deposited Senty in the Daycare. Then I beat Specs Guy. I withdrew Senti. I also caught Mamepato, nickname is Tweta. Next route, while grinding, guess what. Tweta died. I was shocked, but I was a little careless in that battle. You shall never be forgotten, Tweta. I deposited Tweta in the Dead Box I had to make.
Then I entered that cave thing, and the first thing to show up was a Koromori! Caught it. Nickname is Batri.

Party:
Senty the Sentret
Alvin the Sentret
Oakey the Yanapuu
Yappy the Haderia
7nyat the Pokabu
Batri the Koromori

Boxed:
None yet

Dead:
Tweta the Mamepato. Killed by a Minezumi

Update over.

 

[champagnepapi]

I've tried six times to complete one of these, but I either die (generally in the early stages), or get bored. I got up to Sabrina on one LG Nuzlocke run, but made one silly mistake and got myself into a situation where I couldn't land a hit, and lost every member of my team :(

I might give it a go again on HG or something. Definitely not starting with Chikorita though - stupid shallow movepool.

The only thing boring about nuzlockes is the grinding, or rigorous training which is quite essential. I would reccomend grinding your 'mons to the level of the Gym Leader's strongest Pokemon, if you hope to stand a chance. Chikorita may seem bad at first, but honestly your starter does not have to be your "Alpha Male" in Nuzlocke runs, hell I did a white run with a Gigiasu at lead after Aloe killed Max, my Futachimaru. Anyhow, if you want any more tips, feel free to VM me.

 

[RobotUnicorn]

I started this in LeafGreen, and my friend started in Platinum.
My Team:

Spoiler:

Bulbapedia
Species: Bulbasaur
Level 9

Falkner
Species: Spearow
Level 9

Thunder
Species: Pikachu
Level 4

My Friends team:

Spoiler:

Charmander.
I forgot its name.
Level 20

Killer
Steelix
Level 50

Charizard
Pikachu
Level 32

 

[Zaroas]

Hey there, sorry for being inactive for so long. I kind of got bored of my Sapphire run of this, so I'm going to be doing a HeartGold run. I'll start tomorrow. I'm going to be using rules 1,3,4,5,6, and 7. Thanks!

 

[SacredMiKeY]

For once someone else posted. :D

Update time
Swept all the trainers from the cave exit up to Snowpoint. I actually caught things this time. :D I caught a Snover Lvl 32 I think (named it Ice Age). Grinded Ice age to Lvl 40 and evolved it. I really wanted a Tentacruel so I went and surfed below Sandgem (luckily there are 3 routes because the first 2 had Wingull in it >_>) Caught Tentacool (named it Rule 34) Grinded Rule 34 to Lvl 41 and decided to pwn Candice. Her trainers stood no chance against me. Then we got to Candice, now her pokes where laughably easy then there was Abomasnow. It did not want to die and due to me not paying attention to how much health I had Dissonance died to the hail.
After Dissonance fainted Raid cleaned up shop with Attack Order. Skipping up to the Cyrus battle because nothing interesting happened. Now I thought all of my losses were done until the 2nd Cyrus battle or Volkner where I always have problems.
Murkrow and Golbat were no problem at all, then there was Sneasel. I had put Ice age up for it and after seeing how low my hp was after Wood Hammer recoil and it Ice Punching me I decided it would be a good idea to send out Rule 34, this was not a good idea however because it then preceded to hit me with slash, critical hit, and Rule 34 fainted. At this point I wanted to rage because I just caught the damn thing yesterdayand raised it up 22 Lvls in less than 2 hours. >_>
Anyway Raid came in next and finished off Cyrus. After that I barely beat Saturn, but no casulties. After that I did the whole Iron Island event got my Riolu egg and am now saved in Wayword Cave attempting to get a Gible so I can completely trash the rest of the game w/o worrying about it dying.
Raid Lvl 45
Ice Age Lvl 44
Riolu Still inside the egg.

Dead: Leif Lvl 2-35
Off Lvl 15-32
Dissonance Lvl 5-45
Rule 34 Lvl 22-44

 

[jujuju]

Huge Update here:

To the Elite 4

Spoiler:

After training Farai for a while, I decided to challenge Pryce. Unfortunately, the lead up to Pryce did not go as planned as both Farai and Afua were killed by trainers inside the gym. Still, I tried to take down Pryce using just Zephania and Hlengiwe and won easily.

In preparation for what was about to come, I went into the Ice Path and caught a Golbat named Giorgi as well as a Krabby from Cianwood named Uduak. I also caught another Krabby named Andile in the Whirlpool Islands, who I put in the box. I trained both of them as well as my Tentacool, Xolani, before going to Goldenrod to take down the Rockets. All was going well until Giorgi was taken down by an exploding Weezing. The rest of the Rockets went down quickly after that. Next up was Clair. Before challenging her, I caught a Magikarp in Blackthorn named Nuru and grinded it to the same levels as the rest of my team after in evolved into a Gyarados.
Clair wound up being the toughest trainer I had to face up to this point. In fact, she killed basically my entire team. Fortunately, Xolani and Zephania prevailed. The others, were not as lucky.

So the preparation for the Elite 4 began. I decided to go to Ecruteak where I caught a Poliwag named Blaanid. Then on the way to the Elite 4, I caught a Goldeen named Dakarai in Tohjo Falls, a Ponyta named Kato on Route 27 and an Ursaring named Emem in Victory Road. I decided to train the Ponyta, Ursaring, Poliwag and the other Krabby I found before to complete my team.
Team before the Elite 4.

The Elite 4:

Spoiler:

I tried to kind of switch the pokemon I used for each one
Will was easy as Zephania Ice Punched and bit everything to death

Koga went down quickly thanks to Kato's ember and Emem's Earthquake

Next up was Bruno who was no match to Xolani

Karen was not much harder except Andile was killed by her Umbreon

And then there was Lance. I tried what I thought was a pretty good strategy. Blaanid opened up by taking down his Gyarados. Then, his next pokemon was put to sleep and Zephania swept everything afterwards with Ice Punch or surf.

Kanto: I currently have 7 badges as I have been too lazy to take on Blue yet.

Spoiler:

I went through the first gym leaders very quickly and I was kind of lazy to update everything that happened. Essentially since the Elite 4, Emem died and I tried to replace him with a Murkrow named Awotwi. I also replaced Andile with a Muk named Lerato. Then both of them died to different Gym leaders and I replaced them with a Marowak named Aberash (Got extremely lucky as I noticed after that it was carrying a thick club) and a Hypno named Dikeledi. Also, I dropped my Poliwhirl and replaced it with a Pidgeot named Ime.

Current Team:
:t105: Aberash
Lv. 55
False Swipe
Bonemerang
Bone Club
Headbutt

:t078: Kato
Lv. 54
Iron Tail
Ember
Stomp
Fire Spin

:t097: Dikeledi
Lv. 55
Shadow Ball
Hypnosis
Psychic
Flash

:t073: Xolani
Lv. 56
Sludge Bomb
Whirlpool
Cut
Surf

:t160: Zephania
Lv. 57
Slash
Ice Punch
Bite
Surf

:t018: Ime
Lv. 54
Wing Attack
Fly
Steel Wing
Swift

Boxed:

Spoiler:

:t163: Makena Lv. 3
:t028: Ekua Lv. 10
:t021: Vardo Lv. 8
:t011: Nkruma Lv. 5
:t050: Dumisani Lv. 17
:t019: Mchumba Lv. 5
:t056: Ean Lv. 13
:t072: Sithembile Lv. 40
:t014: Esi Lv. 16
:t119: Imeda Lv. 22
:t073: Jumaane Lv. 20
:t061: Blaanid Lv. 52
:t044: Bosede Lv. 21
:t118: Dakarai Lv. 24
:t069: Unathi Lv. 8
:t100: Isingoma Lv. 17

Dead:

Spoiler:

:t198: Awotwi Lv. 17-54
:t089: Lerato Lv. 27-53
:t217: Emem Lv. 32-53
:t099: Andile Lv. 22-50
:t130: Nuru Lv. 11-39
:t241: Hlengiwe Lv. 13-38
:t099: Uduak Lv. 15-38
:t042: Giorgi Lv. 22-37
:t133: Farai Lv. 20-37
:t012: Afua Lv. 6-33
:t020: Sibonaka Lv. 16-31
:t075: Ealisaid Lv. 4-29
:t039: Kamaria Lv. 3-25
:t042: Tendaji Lv. 15-27
:t058: Asha Lv. 14-14
:t163: Kwame Lv. 13-13
:t041: Kirabo Lv. 5-6
:t179: Tsholofelo Lv. 6-6
:t019: Abena Lv. 4-4

Failed to Catch Pokemon in:

Spoiler:

Route 29 (Sentret)
Route 30 (Pidgey)
Route 31 (Caterpie)
Ruins of Alph (Quagsire)
Union Cave (Rattata)
Route 33 (Rattata)
Route 34 (Drowzee)
Route 35 (Abra)
Olivine (Tentacool)
Mt. Mortar (Rattata)
Route 43 (Flaaffy)
Lake of Rage (Magikarp)
Rocket Hideout (Koffing)
Route 44 (Poliwag)
Dragon's Den (Magikarp)
Route 45 (Graveler)
Route 26 (Tentacool)
Celadon (Grimer)
Route 18 (Grimer)
Fuchsia (Magikarp)
Route 15 (Quagsire)
Route 13 (Quagsire)
Route 8 (Growlithe)
Cerulean (Krabby)
Route 5 (Pidgey)
Route 25 (Abra)
Pallet (Tentacool)
Route 21 (Tangela)
Route 20 (Tentacool)
Seafoam (Chinchou)

 

[champagnepapi]

You know how intense stuff is when you use Hoppip as a starter in Gen III, amiright?

 

[SacredMiKeY]

Very small but very worth while update :)

Started in Wayword Cave (Secret Entrance) I figured since I had terrible luck finding Heracross that I wouldn't have any chance of finding a Gible.
Well about 15 seconds later random battle, it was a Gible (insert 4 turns of toxic and throwing pokeballs like mad) I caught it named it Dolex and when I checked its nature it was indeed adamant. Now I'm EV training it so don't expect another update until I'm finished training it.

Oh and Riolu hatched as well. :p

 

[champagnepapi]

Very small but very worth while update :)

Started in Wayword Cave (Secret Entrance) I figured since I had terrible luck finding Heracross that I wouldn't have any chance of finding a Gible.
Well about 15 seconds later random battle, it was a Gible (insert 4 turns of toxic and throwing pokeballs like mad) I caught it named it Dolex and when I checked its nature it was indeed adamant. Now I'm EV training it so don't expect another update until I'm finished training it.

Oh and Riolu hatched as well. :p

EV Training in Nuzlocke?
You sir, are a winner.
Good luck, and have fun when Gible dies
I need to go buy a new DS charger to resume my diamond.

 

[SacredMiKeY]

I play competitively so it'll be easy to train.

 

[Zaroas]

Ok, first update for my HeartGold run.

Spoiler:

-Started game, named myself Matt
-Got a Totodile from Proffesor Elm, named him Gatorade (After a "Let's Play," I read a while ago)
-Grinded Gatorade up to level 10
-Got my Running Shoes from the Guide Gent
-Went to Mr.Pokemon's house and got my Pokedex
-Battled my rival outside Cherrygrove City
-Went back to the lab and told the cop my rival's name was Kyle (After my real life Pokemon rival from a couple years ago)
-Went to Violet City
-Caught a Mareep to the south of Violet City and nicknamed it WoolCoat
-Grinded Mareep to level 12
-Beat Sprout Tower
-Easily defeated Falkner in the gym using WoolJacket, who evolved into Flaaffy after the battle
-Got the Togepi egg
-Got Rock Smash
-Travelled to Union Cave and caught a Sandshrew, who I nicknamed SandSlave (Yes, Sandshrew is an HM slave. He's actually really good at it, too)
-Beat Union Cave, evolving Gatorade into Croconaw towards the end
-Reached Azalea Town

Team:

"Gatorade" the Croconaw
Lv.18
Sassy nature
-Scratch
-Leer
-Water Gun
-Bite

"WoolCoat" the Flaaffy
Lv.17
Quiet nature
-Tackle
-Growl
-ThunderShock
-Thunder Wave

"SandSlave" the Sandshrew
Lv.6
Brave nature
-Scratch
-Defense Curl
-Rock Smash

Egg

Boxed:

None

Dead:

None

 

[Blazeeken]

MY FireRed Challenge Run

Adventures:

Spoiler:

1- Begin the journey as Red
2- Got Charmander (Explosion)
3- Received Pokédex
4- Caught Jerry the Rattata at Route 1
5- Caught It's Free the Caterpie at Viridian Forest
6- Stopped At Pewter City
7- Challenged Camper Lian at Pewter Gym

Team:

Spoiler:

Explosion the Charmander Lv.5-12
Jerry the Rattata Lv.3-3
It's Free the Caterpie Lv.5-5