Challenge The Nuzlocke Challenge Page 18

Started by Volga December 5th, 2014 4:48 PM
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purplecicada

Ultimate Swordswoman

Age 25
She/Her
Brexit
Seen June 19th, 2021
Posted June 10th, 2018
730 posts
6.1 Years
Okay so I've been attempting FireRed nuzlockes with the Universal Randomiser. Basically I'm having terrible RNG luck. I don't know if the Randomiser is allowed, but I'm doing it just for fun. Anyways, I was screen sharing my messes with SirDolan, and basically she's watched me fail over and over because the starters I'm getting are basically getting one-shot by my rival's. Pls help me I want to cry. ;_;

SirDolan

Relicanth ❤

Age 26
Female
With cats
Seen April 7th, 2018
Posted November 22nd, 2017
437 posts
6.1 Years
Omega Ruby Nuzlocke

Spoiler: 21/04/2017 Updates
Update #1

Activity:
-Defeated Brendon
-Encountered and captured a wild Zigzagoon at Route 103 (renamed to "Hellebore")
-Encountered and captured a wild Seedot at Route 102 (renamed to "Polianthus")
-Encountered and captured a wild Wurmple at Route 104 (renamed to "Erysimum")

Update#2

Activity:
-Erysimum evolved into Cascoon
-Encountered and captured a Shroomish in Petalburg Wood (renamed to "Lupin")
-Lost Erysimum in a wild Pokémon battle. RIP.


Spoiler: 22/04/2017 Updates
Update #1

Activity:
-Encountered and battled first Magma Grunt
-Encountered and captured a wild Skitty at Route 116 (renamed to "Sundiasca")
-Lost Lupin in a trainer battle. RIP.
-Encountered and captured a wild Whismur in Rusturf Tunnel (renamed to "Lavender")


CURRENT PARTY


Rhododendron the Treecko
Male|Relaxed|Overgrow|Lv. 12
Pound
Leer
Absorb
Quick Attack


Hellebore the Zigzagoon
Female|Lonely|Gluttony|LV. 11
Tackle
Headbutt
Tail Whip
Sand Attack


Polianthus the Seedot
Male|Lonely|Chlorophyll|Lv. 11
Bide
Harden
Growth


Sundiasca the Skitty
Male|Lax|Cute Charm|Lv. 11
Tail Whip
Tackle
Attract
Sing


Lavender the Whismur
Male|Modest|Soundproof|Lv. 10
Pound
Echoed Voice
Astonish

Pokémon obtained: 8
Pokémon lost: 2
Female
Seen May 31st, 2022
Posted May 1st, 2019
43 posts
7.2 Years
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire Update

This is my last update before the Elite Four. I apparently have the worst luck with fliers, as I lost Plantina to an Ice Fang in the Sootopolis Gym. I replaced with a Golbat and worked far too long to get her up to a Crobat. Anyway, my Elite Four team going in is:


Fembat
Lv. 55


Mr. Rogers
Lv. 56


Faster
Lv. 56


Shenzi
Lv. 57


Wanda
Lv. 57


Krillin
Lv. 58

I'm heading in to the Elite Four now. Fingers crossed!
Female
Seen May 31st, 2022
Posted May 1st, 2019
43 posts
7.2 Years
Pokemon Alpha Sapphire Completion Update

I lost Mr. Rogers to Steven's Cradily. I'm not sure how. I thought I used a full restore, turned away for a second, and he was dead. Either way, I beat the Elite Four and Steven, and my nuzlocke is complete. Whoo!!! My final team was:


Fembat
Lv. 58
X-Scissor
Cross Poison
Fly
Steel Wing


Faster
Lv. 59
Volt Switch
Thunderbolt
Bite
Overheat


Wanda
Lv. 61
Boomburst
Rock Smash
Rock Tomb
Crunch


Shenzi
Lv. 61
Fire Fang
Strength
Sucker Punch
Crunch


Krillin
Lv. 62
Waterfall
Dive
Surf
Earthquake
Male
Lisbon, Portugal
Seen February 20th, 2023
Posted July 17th, 2019
66 posts
11.2 Years
Skarper
Pokemon Platinum
Single
Note:
Spoiler:

This is actually my second go around, I didn't sign up or anything, but I was wiped out by Gardenia and her Roserade.

Log #1:
Chose a Chimchar, named him Fire Fist, for "Fire Fist" Ace. On route 202 I killed the first encounter (oops!), it was a Bidoof. On 201 I caught a Starly, named him Wrath II (I had a Starly named Wrath in my first attempt). Caught a Bidoof in Lake Verity. Made my way to Jubilife city.

Team:

Fire Fist lv8
Moves:
-Scratch
-Leer
-Ember


Wrath II lv4
Moves:
-Tackle
-Growl


Alberta lv5
Moves:
-Tackle
-Growl


Log #2:
Met Looker in Jubilife City and gave the parcel to my rival, in return he gave me a spare town map. Caught a Magikarp on route 218 with the Old Rod, a Kricketot on route 204 and a Zubat inside Ravaged Path. Did some training and defeated my rival, killed my 205 encounter, it was a Shinx. Did some restructuring to my team since I had a huge weakness to electric, and boxed Zubatwoman and Alberta (the Bidoof).

Team:

Fire Fist lv10
Moves:
-Scratch
-Leer
-Ember
-Taunt


Wrath II lv11
Moves:
-Wing Attack
-Growl
-Tackle
-Quick Attack


Horacia lv7
Moves:
-Bide
-Growl


Ilda lv4
Moves:
-Splash


Log #3:
Made my way through Oreburgh Gate, I think I forgot that I had an encounter so that's that. In route 207 I caught a Ponyta, and in the mine an Onix killed Ilda, and I had to run from it because I suddenly realize that my whole team was weak to Rock.
I got Alberta, the bidoof, back to the team, grinded like hell and went to the gym. An evolved Horacia took care of the trainers with Rock Smash. Then Alberta destroyed Roark.

Team:

Fire Fist lv12
Moves:
-Scratch
-Leer
-Ember
-Taunt


Wrath II lv13
Moves:
-Wing Attack
-Growl
-Double Team
-Quick Attack


Horacia lv14
Moves:
-Fury Cutter
-Growl
-Leech Life
-Rock Smash


Alberta lv16
Moves:
-Tackle
-Growl
-Water Gun
-Rollout
Male
Lisbon, Portugal
Seen February 20th, 2023
Posted July 17th, 2019
66 posts
11.2 Years
Skarper
Pokemon Platinum
Single

Log #4:
Defeated team Galactic at Floaroma town and caught a Shellos at Valley Windworks.
Went through Eterna Forest, caught a Ghastly. On route 205 caught a Budew and Bronzor on 211. Defeated Gardenia with not to much trouble with Fire Fist and Wrath. Then defeated the grunts inside the building and I'm grinding to level 24 to face their commander. Also got a Fossil underground, a Cranidos.

Team:

Fire Fist lv21
Moves:
-Mach Punch
-Leer
-Flame Wheel
-Taunt


Wrath II lv21
Moves:
-Wing Attack
-Growl
-Double Team
-Quick Attack


Tyranus lv20
Moves:
-Take Down
-Pursuit
-Focus Energy
-Scary Face


Horacia lv20
Moves:
-Fury Cutter
-Cut
-Sing
-Rock Smash


Steelbrain lv19
Moves:
-Extrasensory
-Hypnosis
-Imprison
-Confuse Ray


Laurinda Lv17
Moves:
-Mud Bomb
-Hidden Power
-Harden
-Water Pulse

BlissyMKW

Rawr

Age 28
The Shadow Realm
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted 4 Weeks Ago
1,151 posts
12.7 Years
So while I very, very, very slowly make progress on White 2 (because reasons) and Y (because sheer laziness/I have other games to beat. Let's not forget the infamous track record of not doing that Gen 2 Furret solo), let's do a Sun Nuzlocke because why not? Well, actually, I have an actual reason and that's mostly just because I want to see how badly RNG screws me when I'm not recording. Let's just say my recent track record with nuzlockes has been an absolute trainwreck.

Username: BlissyMKW
Version: Sun
Single/Ultimate?: Single

BlissyMKW

Rawr

Age 28
The Shadow Realm
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted 4 Weeks Ago
1,151 posts
12.7 Years
So, I have good news. I haven't lost the locke yet. Bad news, I've already gotten two mons killed.

Now, when it came to how the early routes work in Sun and Moon (because Route 1 is massive compared to every other game's first route), I decided to split up potential encounters into seperate sections if the game tells me it's a different portion of the route (like how there's Route 1 proper and then Hau'oli Outskirts is a thing). I'm saying that just to clarify why I have a certain team member.

Episode 1 - Welcome to Alola. Don't lose in three episodes.

So after the normal "let's start up the game and then get Nebby back in the bag" beginning, the time had come to choose a starter. I went with Popplio on my first playthrough, so I thought it was time to change it up and went with everyone's favorite Alolan starter, Rowlet. After getting my Goldeneye and destroying Hau's Popplio in moments flat with Leahage, we were on our way. Route 1 proper came around and I got myself the first addition to our squad, Samantha the Pikipek. Once she was all caught up with Goldeneye and I swept through the trainers on the route, I did some grinding due to being unsure of what level Hau's mons were going to be when I had to battle him again up in Iki Town again. Yeaaah, let's just say I overleveled a little bit and got the squad to Lv. 10.

Do we even need to explain what happened to Hau? Well, the short version is his Pichu got destroyed and his Popplio also got destroyed. It was a grand helping of pain for his team. Fun for me, but not for him. Now, Hau getting destroyed twice in one update aside, over in Hau'oli Outskirts after getting my annoying dex (I'm not a fan of Rotom blathering on every time I catch something), Arceus answered my prayers and didn't give me a Wingull for an encounter, but a Slowpoke. Master Derp has come to me for the first time outside of Stadium 2.

So after even more tutorial stuff, I got screwed for my Hau'oli City encounter. I got a Wingull, but at the time, my Electric weakness was bad enough with both Samantha and Master Derp, so I boxed Scarfed God the Wingull for now. In the event Master Derp dies somehow, his time in the sun will come. Speaking of Samantha, after the Team Skull eradication (even though it was one guy) and I faced Captain Illma, I was an idiot and didn't switch Samantha out after her defense was lowered and this man brought in his Smeargle. It had Tackle, and it killed Samantha. Her defense wasn't good in the first place, but I obviously underestimated Smeargle.

Onward to Route 2 where I would've easily gotten a Smeargle as my encounter and then likely screamed to the heavens, but luckily, Tabitha the Makuhita came on the offensive and attacked me before I could get an actual encounter in the grass. Anyway, after that, we got ourselves Hau'oli Cemetary, which is totally a new area, and the place where Lurker the Ghastly joined the squad. Of course, this screws me out of any encounter in a certain area on the third island due to dupes clause, but oh well. We'll see where this leads.

Speaking of leading, after more Team Skull cracking and grinding Tabitha up so he could destroy our first trial, we come to our first trial. Naturally, Normal types are no issue for Tabitha (except for the Hyper Fang flinch, Curse stalling the first Yungoos since it couldn't touch Lurker and then Drowzee gets destroyed once again), it was time for Totem Gumshoos. At first, it was a fine encounter...until they started using Leer on Tabitha. In my head, I thought "there's no way they can hurt Lurker, right?" so I switched in Lurker, then attempted to switch back to Tabitha, but it turns out the ally Yungoos have Pursuit. To be honest, going into this, I was already expecting ally mons to do something to throw everything out a window planning wise (Rock Blast Trumbeak, anyone?), but not this soon. I think we already know what happened. Lurker dropped like a rock and Tabitha cleaned up the mess.

On the sort of bright side, I got a Zubat as my encounter in Verdant Cavern. I don't feel very happy, though, because it's just a new Electric weak mon in the team. If she lives, then having a Crobat with the upgraded Leech Life would be nice.

Team Ruby

*insert Rowlet sprite here*
Goldeneye (Rowlet) ? Lv. 16 @ Nothing
Nature: Serious
Ability: Overgrow
Moves: Tackle, Razor Leaf, Astonish, Peck


Master Derp (Slowpoke) ? Lv. 15 @ Nothing
Nature: Naive
Ability: Own Tempo
Moves: Confusion, Yawn, Tackle, Water Gun


Tabitha (Makuhita) ? Lv. 16 @ Nothing
Nature: Impish
Ability: Thick Fat
Moves: Tackle, Force Palm, Fake Out, Brick Brick
Age 30
Male
Seen July 27th, 2022
Posted December 13th, 2018
247 posts
11.1 Years
Pokemon Moon Nuzlocke - Fourth and FINAL Update

Spoiler: Video of Hall of Fame


Infosheet (Catchlist, Final Team, full Honored Dead list): Click here

Finally got around to finishing my Moon run! Two deaths right before the E4 ( :( ) resulted in me needing to grind two new members up from scratch, which was a real drain on me. Also as a result of this, in combination with me not thinking to turn of Exp Share, the rest of the team got fairly overleveled, making the E4 pretty painless. No more deaths!

Biggest thing I got out of this run is a profound respect for both Bastiodon and Ribombee. Heidi and Tuffee were definitely the cornerstones of my team throughout the majority of the game.

Honored Dead:

Bouncee the Tsareena, Lv. ?-53: Got Counterd by Hapus Mudsdale during the Grand Trial battle while the Mudsdale had like, 1 HP left :(

kek the Toucannon, Lv. 3-55: Took Haus Inceneroars Inferno Overdrive from full health in the fight right before the E4 :(
Male
Land of Crippling Depression.
Seen June 23rd, 2017
Posted June 22nd, 2017
10 posts
6 Years
Username: Beatbox
Version: Diamond
Single/Ultimate?: Single

Btw I had already started it, and heres what had happened so far:

In Team:
Redemption the Monferno
Nathan the Murkrow
Helios the Shellos
Greece the Bronzor

Death:
Cookie the Budew - Got Critted.
Mercy the Staravia - Also got Critted.

Alex

what will it be next?

Seen December 30th, 2022
Posted December 26th, 2022
6,407 posts
16.4 Years
Username: McCree
Version: Alpha Sapphire
Single/Ultimate?: Single

My undocumented Moon nuzlocke was an epic failure, so I decided to play something I'm a little more familiar with and something that has considerably less cutscenes. It's already been started, so here's where we're at:

Just got Wattson's badge! Only one casualty along the way and that was in Petalburg Woods. I've been picking up a bunch of mons for backup and am using Nincada as an HM slave/false swiper at the moment.

Current team:

Strutter - Lv. 26
Peck
Double Kick
Flame Charge
Sand Attack


Buddette - Lv. 23
Ice Fang
Howl
Sand Attack
Bite


Guuurl - Lv. 23
Venoshock
Moonlight
Psybeam
Harden


Tony - Lv. 16
Thunder Wave
Leer
Howl
Spark


Genji - Lv. 17
Sand Attack
Mud-Slap
Cut
False Swipe

Casualties:
Seagull the Wingull - died due to carelessness in Petalburg Woods. He was originally the plan in case Torchic didn't work out in Rustboro (yeah right) and was meant to sweep Brawly.

BlissyMKW

Rawr

Age 28
The Shadow Realm
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted 4 Weeks Ago
1,151 posts
12.7 Years
So yeah, it's been quite some time since I updated. I originally planned to do Hala in a short Episode 2, then all of Akala Island and the three infamous trials there in a seperate update, but I ended up grinding out Hala, Akala Island, the Nihilego, the Electric trial, and your boy Guzma already, so instead of another fabulous update that probably would've had a lot to do with the absolute range of disasters that took place on Akala Island and the Hau battle on Ula'ula Island, I'm just gonna give a team update for where I'm up to so far (Route 12. Got the Mudsdale for the Ride Pager and got my encounter for the route.)

Team Ruby


Master Derp (Slowpoke) Lv. 35 @ Eviolite
Nature: Naive
Ability: Own Tempo
Moves: Psychic, Yawn, Zen Headbutt, Water Pulse


Tabitha (Hariyama) Lv. 35 @ Nothing
Nature: Impish
Ability: Thick Fat
Moves: Knock Off, Vital Throw, Fake Out, Brick Break


Roxanne (Nosepass) Lv. 35 @ Nothing
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Magnet Pull
Moves: Thunder Wave, Power Gem, Spark, Rock Slide


Spiderman (Ariados) Lv. 32 @ Nothing
Nature: Careful
Ability: Swarm
Moves: Leech Life, Sucker Punch, Shadow Sneak, Smart Strike


Delta (Skarmory) Lv. 32 @ Sharp Beak
Nature: Hardy
Ability: Sturdy
Moves: Aerial Ace, Spikes, Steel Wing, Swift


Smokey (Torkoal) Lv. 28 @ Nothing
Nature: Impish
Ability: Drought
Moves: Flame Wheel, Curse, Lava Plume, Body Slam

Next update will hopefully finish up Ula'ula Island, cover the plot (Poni Island) and the final trials, with my amazing side commentary about how badly my team members get destroyed...or something. I'm also slowly doing my earlygame grinding in the Y Nuzlocke. I'll get around to continuing it...eventually.

Alex

what will it be next?

Seen December 30th, 2022
Posted December 26th, 2022
6,407 posts
16.4 Years
Wanted to ask for future reference: How do I post images of pokemon like the ones people are using in their updates?
I use the same images that Serebii uses in its individual Pokedex pages. Right click the sprite, click Copy Image Address and then wrap it in an [img][/img] tag on PC.

Alex

what will it be next?

Seen December 30th, 2022
Posted December 26th, 2022
6,407 posts
16.4 Years
Excuse the double post - I can merge it if need be.

The trek between Mauville and Lavaridge felt much longer this time. Maybe it's because it's been a while. Lots has happened!

After beating Watson I noticed I have no viable option to sweep Flannery. I backtracked to Dewford to snag the old rod, and caught myself Brain the tentacool. Unfortunately, while getting a bit too cocky in Vendaturf tunnel and momentarily forgetting my poison typing against a Geodude, Tentacool was one shot by Magnitude. Feels bad man. :( So I fished up a Goldeen (named Pinky in memory of Brain) on Route 117 and have trained super hard with it along with the rest of the gang in the Mauville - Lavaridge trek. I'm parked right outside Flannery's gym and we'll resume there.

The team:

Strutter - Lv. 35 @ Macho Brace
Blaze / Bashful
Peck, Double Kick, Flame Charge, Bulk Up


Buddette - Lv. 32 @ Black Glasses
Intimidate / Impish
Ice Fang, Howl, Embargo, Assurance


Guuurl - Lv. 32
Shield Dust / Gentle
Venoshock, Silver Wind, Psybeam, Toxic


Tony - Lv. 27
Lightning Rod / Hardy
Thunder Wave, Bite, Howl, Thunder Fang


Pinky - Lv. 33 @ Mystic Water
Water Veil / Serious
Waterfall, Tail Whip, Horn Attack, Agility

& also carrying the egg from the lady in Lavaridge cause I totally forgot what it hatches into!

Honourable dead thus far:
Seagull the Wingull, Lv. 5 - 5, dead at Petalburg Woods.
Brain the Tentacool, Lv. 5 - 14, dead in Vendaturf Tunnel.

BlissyMKW

Rawr

Age 28
The Shadow Realm
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted 4 Weeks Ago
1,151 posts
12.7 Years
.....The Ghost trial can go burn.

Episode 3 - Your Boy Guzma Strikes Back


So between losing a good chunk of my team during the Akala Island Disaster, getting a couple of useless encounters, and all sorts of general disasters so far, I think this run is going fairly standard for me when it comes to nuzlockes. That's beside the point, though. It's time to get our encounter for Blush Mountain (because even though Secluded Shore is a seperate area, there's basically only things there I've already caught, just like a couple of other areas we're hitting up for encounters.) Anyway, Blush Mountain. I managed to get myself an Alolan Geodude, but at the time, since I had Roxanne, I boxed Eleczilla and headed inside to get some free rocks that'll make Smokey's Drought a bit more useful.

I swear this game is filled with ways to halt progression, even for a little bit. This time, I'm not even referring to the team destroying disasters. I'm talking about Gladion sliding on over and warning me about Team Skull's Cosmog hunting even though they end up capturing the wrong Pokemon later on when that plot point becomes somewhat relevant. We'll talk about that later, I promise. Let's just slide on over to Tapu Village and get ourselves an encounter...

...or get interrupted less than five minutes later by Hau because Pokemon League is under construction. Keep in mind that at this portion, I haven't gotten my Haina Desert encounter, partly because you need to do the Ghost trial and partly because I seriously forgot about it because of what happens during the Ghost trial, then remembered it while I was typing this up. More on that shortly.

Tapu Village encounter was something I wasn't expecting to run into until near the end of the run, and that's Alolan Vulpix. Is it good or not, I have no idea. I figured since it's probably the only Ice type I'm gonna get in the run, I'll hold onto her and leave her in the PC until one of my other team members die. Yeah right, like that'll happen. I'm totally good at this game. This totally isn't sarcasm at all.

On an off topic note, can I just say that I'm not a fan of the random transition from Tapu Village to Route 15. It's just like "oh, we're suddenly at Route 15, and we gotta do a random required battle against one kid with an easy to kill Elekid. Totally a good time, bro" and it's just kinda...meh. That's just how I see it. Alright, folks, let's kill the happy times for a bit, because it's time for everyone's favorite part. The part where disasters happen and I go cry in the corner because I'm stupid and make misplays like an idiot during important battles. The short version is our sixth trial.

Let me just say this right away. The Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar you have to deal with before the totem were not really a problem. Spiderman dealt with them all pretty well. Sure, Gengar gave me a bit of trouble because Hypnosis, but no real problems a Super Potion couldn't fix. Then, there was Totem Mimikyu. I knew Disguise would be a problem, so I had a game plan set up for this one. My plan was to spam Curse with Smokey to eat any of the totem's attacks, then Lava Plume until eventual burns drained it's HP along with it's ally. Because my luck is the physical embodiment of suck, that didn't happen at all.

So here's the story of how my team got turned upside down. Grab your popcorn, kiddies, because it's story time. Trust me, this one's worse than how I lost Bloodwing solely because I didn't know Totem Salazzle had a berry that raised it's Special Attack. Haunter, ladies and gentlemen, is part of the reason this went to hell. Now, we all know that Hypnosis is a lackluster move due to it's awful accuracy, right? Apparently, this Haunter had his glasses on today because he never missed Hypnosis at all. That threw my whole gameplan out the window because I had to heal Smokey every turn because, even at +1, Mimikyu's Shadow Claw hurts. The only positive of this early segment was that Mimikyu is a Ghost type and it used Mimic to learn Curse. We know where this is leading, but let's not get ahead of ourselves.

In an attempt to get Mimikyu to kill itself on it's own via Curse, I tried to continuously switch out to lure it into using Curse until it died. This only lead to Spiderman getting put to sleep and nearly killed the next turn. Under the assumption that Tabitha could survive a turn and hopefully kill the Haunter or something, I switched him in. Now, ladies and gentlemen, I have a question for you. What move do you obviously think Mimikyu would have in a situation like this? If you answered Play Rough, then you are clearly much smarter than me and totally deserve a cookie because the turn after I switched in Tabitha, the game gave me a heavy slap in the face because Play Rough sent Tabitha on a one way trip to the Shadow Realm.

So my possible best team member died, and I was pretty tilted. I decided to continue with my Mimikyu suicide strategy by trying to use Delta to bulk out hits. Haunter's 100% Hypnosis made that a wasted effort and then Night Shade and Shadow Claw spamming occurred, then after a high roll from Astonish (I continued stalling with Smokey for a bit to drain those Shadow Claws since it was obviously it's most devastating move outside of Play Rough), a Night Shade did 2 HP just enough to kill Delta. After that, all it took was getting Mimikyu to Curse to death, then I sent in Master Derp to attempt to clean up the Haunter. After another Hypnosis and praying to Arceus to get paralyzed by Lick so Haunter couldn't put me to sleep anymore, we finally finished off the penultimate trial.

Now, with that text wall of dread completed, it's time for Frozen to join the team. Along with that, we got a rematch with that one Team Skull chick. What was her name again? Plumeria. Yeah, her. She was easy. Sure, I missed a Zen Headbutt on her Golbat, but it was still an easy battle thanks to Eviolite Slowpoke. Anyway, remember earlier when I mentioned that Team Skull is filled with idiots and they snagged the wrong Pokemon? Guess what? They actually did it. They screwed it up. Now we gotta go to their base in Po Town, alone. Oooh, scary...is what I would be saying if I didn't need to grind.

Speaking of which, remember Mount Hokulani and Melemele Sea? I never got encounters at either of those places (or Haina Desert), and there's nothing in the nuzlocke rules saying I can't not get my encounter on my required visit then come back for it later. I ended up leaving Mount Hokulani to rush over and battle Guzma, so I never caught anything there, while Melemele Sea was unable to be accessed without Lapras Paddle, but I waited until I got Sharpedo Jet.

Long story short, Arceus smiled down on me and I got a Beldum for Mt. Hokulani but then Melemele Sea got me the most useless mon since Weedle, Luvdisc (and then the horrible memories of my Gen 3 Luvdisc solo started to flood back). Route 15 had nothing for me because I was playing at night, and Route 16 was more of the same stuff Route 15 offered. I did do some grinding on Route 16, though. After that, we come to the motherload of Ula'ula grinding, the Ula'ula Meadow. My encounter was Buzz Buzz, the Ribombee. Once that was done, I did some major grinding for the new team members to catch them up to the rest of the team, and it was off to Route 17.

Fearow. It was bound to come eventually, and it did sooner rather than later, which is good. With that out of the way, let's go to Po Town and take care of business.

Right away, Team Skull really let the place go. It's the only place I have to pay to heal, which sucks a bit because I've been hurting for money most of the run. That aside, Team Skull grunts are getting destroyed left and right and we're on our way to the Shady House. First priority was to pick up the Ice Stone so I can evolve Frozen when I feel she's ready (which may or may not be soon). After that, between the destruction of all the grunts, I went around and found all the answers to the questions for the "Guzma likes" quiz, then memed it up with a nice and clean no. Now, it's time, once again, for our boy, Guzma!

Long story short, he got wrecked. Gladion did too. After that, I can admit I got a bit cocky and wanted to just get the Grand Trial over with. Bad idea. I ended up losing Roxanne to the Z-Move, then had to kill off Spiderman due to Power Gem being able to crush most of my team and I needed a chance to get Smokey back in there to finish the job. On the bright side, I went and got my Haina Desert encounter. Sandile isn't a bad catch. I'm gonna need to do some major grinding to prepare myself for Aether Paradise, next time on the Pokemon Sun Nuzlocke.

Team Ruby


Master Derp (Slowbro) Lv. 39 @ Mystic Water
Nature: Naive
Ability: Own Tempo
Moves: Psychic, Slack Off, Zen Headbutt, Water Pulse


Smokey (Torkoal) Lv. 39 @ Heat Rock
Nature: Impish
Ability: Drought
Moves: Rock Slide, Flamethrower, Lava Plume, Body Slam


Frozen (Vulpix) Lv. 39 @ Eviolite
Nature: Timid
Ability: Snow Cloak
Moves: Extrasensory, Feint Attack, Hex, Ice Beam


Buzz Buzz (Ribombee) Lv. 38 @ Nothing
Nature: Hardy
Ability: Shield Dust
Moves: Silver Wind, Dazzling Gleam, Psychic, Bug Buzz


Shades (Sandile) Lv. 30 @ Nothing
Nature: Calm
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Mud-Slap, Embargo, Swagger, Crunch
Age 26
he/him/his
Seen February 17th, 2021
Posted December 1st, 2020
82 posts
6.9 Years
So... I couldn't find my copy of Platinum so I decided I'd do Fire Red first. Dupes clause is still in effect so I'm not training a pack of Rattatas.

Spoiler:
Anyway, I started the game and chose Bulbasaur (because that Brock battle can go **** itself). I named him Ivey because I wasn't feeling creative. I beat my rival handily by using the brilliant strategy of using Tackle until his Charmander was done for. Afterwards, I trudged through the early-game stuff (get Oak's Parcel, get the pokedex, whatever) until I traveled to Route 22 where I encountered my first Pokemon. Praying to whatever ethereal being there is that it would be a Mankey, I was sorely disappointed when a purple rat appeared on the screen of my Game Boy. Still, a Pokemon is a Pokemon and I caught myself a Rattata, which I named Rocket. I then stocked up on Potions and Antidotes (lots and lots of antidotes) before heading north of Viridian to get my second encounter. Pidgey.

I named him Roger and placed him in the first slot of my party. I entered Viridian Forest and encountered my third encounter - Weedle. Of course. I couldn't even catch the wastrel - Tackle landed a critical hit and saw to that. After slogging through the forest I got to Pewter City, where I entered the gym and prepared for a tough battle.

2 Vine Whips later and the Boulder Badge was mine. On Route 3, I beat some trainers and Ivey evolved into an Iv(e)ysaur. My encounter was a Spearow but yet another critical hit took it out before I could try to catch it. I'm sensing a theme here. However, I did get a new team member before entering Mt. Moon... unfortunately, it was a Magikarp and thus useless (for now). I named him Sushi (honestly, that's basically what he is to anyone he battles).

Up next was Mt. Moon and here Roger evolved into a Pidgeotto (I also caught a Zubat). He made quick work of most of the trainers, though I did have a nail-biting close call with the Super Nerd before the exit. After Mt. Moon was Cerulean City, and not wanting to fight my rival just yet I made a beeline for the gym. The gym trainers went down quickly, and Misty's Starmie would have been a problem had I not had the incredibly cheap combo of Sleep Powder + Leech Seed on my side. However, unbeknownst to me, tragedy would soon strike.

After the gym battle, I stocked up on healing items before heading for the Nugget Bridge. I soon came face to face with my rival, who decided it was time to throw a wrench in my Nuzlocke challenge. We began the battle. First up was his Pidgeotto, which was annihilated by my Pidgeotto. Next was his Rattata, which was an utter joke. Then, however, came Charmander. Ivey, being at full health, went for Leech Seed. I survived the ember, and I decided to sacrifice my Zubat so that I could switch in to Roger without him getting Ember'd. So I do that, switch in to Roger, Roger gets off a gust after Ember takes out a third of his health. I go for another Gust, and you all know what happens next.

"Foe Charmander used Ember"
"A critical hit!"
"Roger fainted"

And there goes my other decent Pokemon. I ended up winning the battle with Ivey at rather low health, and having only 2 other Pokemon, I decided to take a break from progressing in the story to raise up Rocket and Sushi a bit.

I'll update again after the 4th gym.

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Team:

Ivey (lv22 Ivysaur), Rocket (lv6 Rattata), Sushi (lv8 Magikarp)

Dead:
Roger (lv18 Pidgeotto), Yvette (lv7 Zubat)
Age 26
he/him/his
Seen February 17th, 2021
Posted December 1st, 2020
82 posts
6.9 Years
Double posting since this is a new update... if I need I can merge it.

Spoiler:
So, after the tragic ending to last episode I spent a bit training up Rocket to be battle-ready, or at least as battle-ready as a Rattata can be. Together, I, Ivey, and Rocket took on Routes 24 and 25, catching a new Pidgey in the process, Quilliam. Quilliam was unceremoniously dropped in the PC as I wasn't keen on raising a new Pidgeotto. After helping Bill out of his predicament I headed south of Cerulean, nearly losing Rocket to, well, a Rocket. En route to Vermilion City I caught a Meowth, Israel, whom I also decided against raising. Before getting on the SS Anne I conquered Route 11, where I caught a Spearow, and Diglett's Cave, where I caught a Diglett (Moe) and nearly lost Ivey to a wild Dugtrio. Returning to Vermilion City, I decided that Spearow was boring so I traded him for Ch'ding, the Farfetch'd. Why his original trainer gave him that name I will never understand.

On the SS Anne I made short work of the trainers, with Rocket now a Raticate and with Dig in his moveset. Eventually I confronted my rival, and after some blustering about how great he is we started battling. First up was Kadabra, and Moe went to work on it with Dig, critting and OHKOing it. Next was Pidgeotto, and I switched in to Rocket; two Hyper Fangs and it was over. Rocket also made short work of his Raticate, and when it came time for Charmeleon to do his worst I switched out to Moe hoping to get a high Magnitude.

Unfortunately, luck was not on my side, and a Magnitude 6 ended up costing Moe his painfully short life as a member of my party. Still, Rocket can Dig too, and this ended up saving me the battle. Afterwards, a sick sea captain asked me to rub his back. A sea captain wants a young boy to give him a massage? Seems legit.

Up next in my adventure was the epic gym battle with Lt. Surge. After spending a few days trying to find the two electric locks (seriously, **** that puzzle), I found myself face to face with the Lightning American himself. He tried to explain to me how he wanted to make Electric Pokemon great again, but by the time he started to elaborate on the finer points of his plan to build a wall around Giovanni's Ground-type gym and making Team Rocket pay for it I had annihilated his team with Dig. I collected the Thunder Badge and made a beeline for Rock Tunnel, stopping in Cerulean to steal a bike redeem my bike voucher.

On Route 9 I caught an Ekans (Olivia) and fought a few trainers, with Ch'ding struggling to take down anything. Just goes to show, even in the early-game Farfetch'd is garbage. Rocket performed spectacularly, yet I couldn't shake the realization that in a few cities he will be unusable. I pondered the thought of raising up Olivia but stopped when I realized how bad Arbok is late-game. When I finally reached Rock Tunnel I encountered a wild Mankey! Finally, a good team member who will be able to keep up throughout the game, and a fast Fighting type at that! This will be so good with my Brick Break TM and-

Critical hit. Wild Mankey fainted.

Figures.

So, throughout the past few routes I had been switch-training Sushi. Finally, in Rock Tunnel, he reached the key level of 20 and evolved from a diminutive Magikarp into a fearsome Gyarados. I fed him my Water Pulse TM and he made short work of the remaining trainers in Rock Tunnel.

Lavender Town was up next, but besides using the Pokemon Center I didn't do much there; I had high ambitions for the next few routes. Route 8 was just east of Lavender Town, and I knew what I had to do. I entered the grass, encountered a Growlithe, and prepared to capture it. Using Tackle I knew would get it down to low enough HP where I could catch it in a Great Ball, and-

Wild Growlithe used Roar!

...

Anyway, I cleared the route of trainers and headed to Celadon CIty via Route 7, where I was able to snag a Growlithe. I named him Fenrir and added him to my team in Celadon, removing the useless Ch'ding. I also got a new team member in Celadon in the form of an Eevee I named Zeus. It's obvious looking at the name that I evolved him into a Flareon Sylveon Jolteon.

Together with my new team members I got rid of the Team Rocket members hiding in the basement of the casino. Along the way Ivey evolved into a Venusaur.

Up next was Erika. Fenrir burned through the gym trainers before nearly dying to Erika's first Pokemon.

Not impressed with his performance quite yet, to be honest.

Interestingly, Rocket was yet again the MVP of the battle, Hyper Fanging through Erika's team. Vileplume nearly killed him with poison, though, and I had to switch to Sushi for the rest of the battle.

Now, I gingerly approach Pokemon Tower, silph scope in hand, scared not of ghosts but of the very real possibility that yet again I will lose a Pokemon to the next rival battle, as has happened during every rival battle so far.


Current Team:

Fenrir lv25
Ivey lv33
Sushi lv29
Zeus lv27
Rocket lv28
Israel lv12 (HM cat)

Backup:
Quilliam (Pidgey lv13)
Vultur (Spearow lv13)
Olivia (Ekans lv16)
Ch'ding (Farfetch'd lv26)

Dead:
Roger (Pidgeotto lv18) - died to rival's Pidgeotto
Yvette (Zubat lv7) - died to rival's Pidgeotto
Moe (Diglett lv20) - died to rival's Charmeleon