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The Nuzlocke Challenge

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Sandslash Fan

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The Official Nuzlocke Challenge

Rules

  • Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead, and must be released (or boxed, never to see the light of day again).
  • You may only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area, and none else. If the first Pokémon encountered faints or flees, there are no second chances. (Can be adjusted to ban duplicate captures.)
  • Trading is disallowed, but the reasons following this clause are allowed. Egg trading is okay, same thing with Pokemon that can't have eggs. (optional) Trading simply for the purpose of evolution is perfectly fine.
Optional:
PLEASE NOTE: These are only a few suggestions of optional rules to further increase the difficulty of your challenge. It is perfectly fine to add additional optional rules of your own, so long as they coincide with the main rules of the challenge.
DO NOT submit a new challenge thread that is a variation of the Nuzlocke challenge! Instead just make a note of the optional rules you are using when you sign up.

  • You must nickname all of your Pokemon. (highly recommended)
  • A black out/white is a "game over," even if there are Pokémon left in the PC.
  • You must change the battle style to SET.
  • After the first wild Pokémon was caught, you must release your starter.
  • You may not heal outside the use of Pokémon Centres and moves such as Softboiled.
  • You may not heal outside of healing items and moves such as Softboiled.
  • You may not heal outside of battle.
  • You may only have (whichever number you like) Pokémon Centre visit per town.
  • You may not use held items.
  • You may only buy a (whichever number you like) amount of PokéBalls per PokéMart.
  • You may only use PokéBalls.
  • You may not use/catch legendary Pokémon.
  • Make comics of your challenge and have fun! (strongly recommended)
These are the most common ones, but feel free to adjust your challenge to fit you. Use as many optional rules as you like.



Sign-up

Only sign-ups with the first update of your challenge are permitted. If you do not have time to start your challenge right away, wait until you have started to post your sign-up. This is to avoid clutter in the participants list.

Username:
Game:
Optional Rules:

Example:
Username: vaporeon7
Game: Green
Optional Rules: None



Current Challengers

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Champions

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Champions of Previous Thread

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Helpful Links and Userbars

Old Thread
Older Thread
Official Nuzlocke Site (warning, comics contain crude language)
Nuzlocke's Bulbapedia Page
Smogon's Nuzlocke Article


By Huggermugger:
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If you are mid-challenge, just post the sign up form again, and update from where you are at.
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I'll take over for Vaporeon7 for now. I've been PMing with Jak, who says it would be ok to go all He-Man on the thread.

BY THE POWER OF FORUM MODS, I HAVE THE POWER!!!
 
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Username: AoTora
Game: Blaze Black 2 (Hope that it's ok~ I cannot get original Black and White without EXP glitches)
Optional Rules:
- I won't use any legendaries.
- I have to nickname all of my Pokemon.

I ll make the first update when I start - Will edit it in because I don't want to be logged out again and losing all this >_<

Update time!

  • Chose oshawott as my starter and named him Samurai - I play as a girl named Lara and my rival's name is Hugh
  • Got trough all the beginning stuff and tutorials
  • First encounter on first route was Weedle - Caught and named her Michelle
  • First encounter on next route was male Pidove- caught and named Pepe
  • First encounter on next route was Houndour -caught and named her Cera
  • Helped finding Herdier - than I stopped playing for now.

Team:

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Good perservance.
Pepe
Male, lvl 7
Relaxed Nature, Ability: Big Pecks
Gust
Growl

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Often lost in thought.
Samurai
Male, lvl 11
Relaxed Nature, Ability: Torrent
Tackle
Tail Whip
Water Gun
Water Sport

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Loves to eat.
Michelle
Female, lvl 10
Timid Nature, Ability: Sniper
Poison Tail
Cross Poison
Bug Bite
Struggle Bug

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Often lost in thought.
Cera
Female, lvl 9
Careful Nature, Ability: Flash Fire
Leer
Ember
Howl
Smog
 
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Necrum

I AM THE REAL SONIC
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Username: [Supporter]Necrum Warrior[/Supporter]
Game: White Version
Optional Rules: Black out = death

I currently have 2 badges worth of progress and only 2 Pokemon left before fighting Burgh, both of which are weak to bugs. So my next post will either be me losing or a badge update. Wish me luck!
 

Sydian

fake your death.
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Just popping in to let everyone know that if you post your sign up without an update, your post will be deleted for not following the rules! You're free to sign up again, but make sure you have some progress to post when you do so. This is one of the most popular challenges, and the OP wants to keep the challenger list less cluttery, and people signing up and never coming back to the challenge really makes a mess of things. So please, make sure you adhere to this rule. This rule only applies to the Nuzlocke Challenge (so far), so bear that in mind.

Thanks for understanding, birds.
 

AngelicPikachu

"We're Ready"
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  • Seen Oct 20, 2016
Name: AngelicPikachu
Game: Flawless Platinum Normal
Optional Rules:
Nickname all Pokes

DAY 1-
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THE TEAM 11-13
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BaroNight

Chaos Incarnate
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  • Age 30
  • Seen Sep 18, 2014
Name: Chaos [M]
Game: White
Optional Rules:

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First update:
My first diary got corrupted so.... I'll just post my stats before I made another diary. I had two badges at this point.
My Team:
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In the box:
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Deaths:
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Second Update:
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My Team:
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In the box:
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Deaths:
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Necrum

I AM THE REAL SONIC
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Well I beat Burgh but I blacked out on Route 4, so I guess I lost. So I guess take me off the list. I actually have no Pokemon in the box either so there is literally no way for me to continue.
 
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My time to shine!

Username: codylynn94
Game: yellow
Optional Rules: win at all cost


Got my pikachu named him BEAST.... we shall destroy all that gets in our way
 

CelticsPhan

Get Poke'd
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Name: GucciMeme
Game(s): Yellow, Platinum

Unfortunately, my DS emulator is being a pain. I'll have to postpone my Platinum Nuzlocke (almost at 2 badges now) until an update EDIT: Platinum Nuzlocke is finished (as of 3/16)!

Until then.... YELLOW NUZLOCKE!!!
RULES:
-No Starters. Sorry Pikachu.
-No Legendaries! In fact, I'll defeat all of the Legendaries as an optional rule.
-Black out = Dead
-No Trades (until after I complete the Nuzlocke of course)
-Nickname ALL Pokemon! After doing some Nuzlockes in the past, I will always nickname.

UPDATE #1
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  • Seen Jan 5, 2018
name: natnew
game: pearl
optional rules: starter based of trainer id number, must nickname everything

current team:

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training to level 20 right now)
 

jdthebud

Engineering Solutions
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13
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Username: jdthebud
Game: Blaze Black 2
Optional Rules: Nickname all Pokemon, No legendaries.

Update #1 on Black Black 2:
Name: Danny
Rival: Hugh
Starter: Oshawott


Current Trainer Status:
Number of Badges: 4
Location: Route 6, training for Clay.​

Screens:
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Pokemon Encounter Record:
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Team Danny (Current):
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Scavvy the Impish Mandibuzz, ♀ - L33 @ Amulet Coin
Ability: Weak Armor
Moves: Nasty Plot, Flatter, Faint Attack , Fly
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Charlie the Relaxed Gallade, ♂ - L40
Ability: Trace
Moves: Low Sweep, Ice Punch, Strength, Swords Dance
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Otto the Relaxed Dewott, ♂ - L34
Ability: Shell Armor
Moves: Low Sweep, Aqua Jet, Razor Shell, Revenge
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Zaggy the Mild Linoone, ♀ - L21
Ability: Pickup
Moves: Headbutt, Cut, ExtremeSpeed, Rock Smash​

Boxed Pokemon:
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R.I.P:
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AngelicPikachu

"We're Ready"
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  • Seen Oct 20, 2016
2ND UPDATE on FLAWLESS PALTINUM

Went from Oreburgh Gate to Valleywind Works and took out TEam Galatic
1-Captured a Cubone (m) named him AK47, did alot of grinding
2-Reached Oreburgh City, went up to 207 captured Sandshrew (F) named it Taila (boxed) and then went in the underground place to get Roark and captured a Geodude (F), naming it Geodudette
3-At that point I was like what is this a mono ground type nuzlocke xD anyway...finally battled roark and won with no problem with
4-Defeated Roark with Tellis and AK47..Tellis evolved into Grotle yay McGee evolved to Nidorino after leveling up on the trainers before Roark
5-Headed for Floraroma Town, in Valley Windworks captured a Grimer named it Demon66
6-Took out Team Galatic in the windworks and got the honey from the old man

Team:
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RIP- (nickname, levels (Pokemon and Route met)
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BOXED (On Call)
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BaroNight

Chaos Incarnate
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  • Age 30
  • Seen Sep 18, 2014
Third update:
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My Team:
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Boxed:
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Deaths:
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D3M0NIX

|Dead things go bump in the night|
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Username: xXCrazyJXx
Game: Emerald
Optional Rules:
  1. You must nickname all of your pokemon
  2. You may not use/catch legendary Pokemon
  3. You must change the battle style to SET.

Update #1
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CelticsPhan

Get Poke'd
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UPDATE #2 of my Yellow Nuzlocke!

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Sandslash Fan

Spikey Boi
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Username: Superstrength79
Character Name: Casey
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Game: Pokemon Y
Optional Rules:
- Must nickname all Pokemon
- Battle style is SET
- You may not heal outside of battle (except visits to Pokemon center)
- Make comics (I'll do recaps in written form instead)
- No Super Training (EVs can be earned only by battling wild Pokemon and trainer battles. EV bags are ok as long as the Pokemon found it.)
- No Pokeaime
- Dupes Clause

Current Team:
- Quacklin' (Farfetch'd, Jolly, Keen Eye) LVL 49 - Night Slash/Air Slash/Fly/Cut
- Beatty (Cubone, Lax, Lightning Rod, Rocky Helmet) LVL 42 - Bonemerang/Rock Tomb/Headbutt/Swords Dance
- Aurora (Aurorus, Gentle, Refrigerate, Leftovers) LVL 36 - Ancient Power/Avalanche/Aurora Beam/Round
- Thumper (Steelix, Impish, Rock Head, Hard Stone) LVL 41 - Iron Tail/Stone Edge/Strength/Bulldoze
- Punchy (Lucario, Hasty, Steadfast, Lucarionite) LVL 43 - Shadow Claw/Swords Dance/Aura Sphere/Bone Rush
- Cally (Lapras, Docile, Water Absorb) LVL 36 - Rock Smash/Ice Beam/Strength/Surf

Storage:
- Baron (Volbeat, Naughty, Swarm) LVL 14
- Blossom (Oddish, Calm, Chlorophyll) LVL 16
- Sweety (Luvdisc, Calm, Swift Swim) LVL 15
- Kricket (Sandile, Naive, Intimidate) LVL 18
- Buttercup (Snubbull, Gentle, Run Away) LVL 19
- Dodger (Absol, Calm, Super Luck) LVL 28 - Aerial Ace/Slash/Bite/Protect
- Terry (Aerodactyl, Mild, Rock Head) LVL 20
- Whisper (Mr. Mime, Bold, Soundproof) LVL 29
- Paula (Slowpoke, Careful, Oblivious) LVL 26

R.I.P.
- Feather (Pidgey) LVL 3
- Merlin (Fennekin) LVL 12
- Punchy (Riolu) LVL 15
- Muse (Roselia) LVL 14
- Mr. Grabby (Bunnelby) LVL 18
- Fang (Zubat) LVL 16
- Seedric (Ivysaur) LVL 30
- Campy (Pansear) LVL 32
- Oblio (Nidorino) LVL 22

Update #1
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Update #2
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Update #3
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Update #4
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Update #5
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Update #6
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Lamp

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Username: Lamp
Game: Pokemon Expert Emerald
Optional Rules:
- Must Nickname all Pokemon.
- Battle Style is Set.
- A black out/white is a "game over," even if there are Pokémon left in the PC.
- You may only Heal in Pokemon Centre.
- You may only use Pokeballs.
- Dupes Clause

My Team:
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Box Pokemon's:
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Dead Pokemon's:
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Update #1:
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BaroNight

Chaos Incarnate
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Right now, I'm in a dilemma.

I was in Route 10 when Cheren came and challenged me. Neptune was doing well, since all his Unfezant did was to Taunt and Detect. Then came Samurott. He unleashed hi Aqua Tail, mine my Smack Down. I decided to just buff up with Curse but he unleashed a critical Aqua Tail.

In short, Neptune..was drowned.

I defeated him quickly after. But afterwards, Cheren healed my Pokemon.

So what should I do? Should I treat Neptune as dead?


Nah, disregard that. Will update further later.
 
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Right now, I'm in a dilemma.

I was in Route 10 when Cheren came and challenged me. Neptune was doing well, since all his Unfezant did was to Taunt and Detect. Then came Samurott. He unleashed hi Aqua Tail, mine my Smack Down. I decided to just buff up with Curse but he unleashed a critical Aqua Tail.

In short, Neptune..was drowned.

I defeated him quickly after. But afterwards, Cheren healed my Pokemon.

So what should I do? Should I treat Neptune as dead?

Most people will say no, it's still dead. Likewise, if something dies against N, then you'll most likely not want to use it against Ghetsis. Although one person I saw doing Blaze Black 2, one of his Pokémon died against Kyurem, but he considered it revived against Ghetsis. But yeah, I'd just consider it dead.

On another note, I'll probably start a Nuzlocke here shortly.
 

BaroNight

Chaos Incarnate
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  • Age 30
  • Seen Sep 18, 2014
Fourth update:
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My Team:
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Boxed:
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Deaths:
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