Challenge The Nuzlocke Challenge Page 25

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

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5.6 Years
Username: ZeoStar
Version: Dark Rising
Single/Ultimate: Single
Optional: Nickname
Shiny Clause
Duplicate Clause

This probably isn't a great idea. If I pass even the first gym I'll consider it an accomplishment.

Edit: Dead at the first gym.

Level 20 Heatmore with drought set up with Fire Punch and Thunder Punch killed my entire team. That was brutal. -_-

I may still try this game on a non nuzlocke

Kung Fu Ferret

Derp

He/Him
Digital World
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Posted 19 Hours Ago
1,335 posts
17.7 Years
Username: Kung Fu Ferret
Single/Ultimate: Single
Version: Fool's Gold (ROM hack of Crystal with different typed versions of all Pokemon out of the first 251)
Nicknaming theme will be SMITE gods, also Dupes Clause is always in effect, blacking/whiting out is a game over, shiny clause (because, shiny odds are significantly higher than they normally are, in this hack), and this last rule is a bit of a mercy rule due to some of the difficult battles... Instead of having being only able to faint once, each Pokemon will have 3 "Lives".
I will roll a six-sided die to determine my starter.
1 or 2 = Chikorita (Fighting)
3 or 4 = Cyndaquil (Ice)
5 or 6 = Totodile (Flying)
I rolled a 4... Cyndaquil it is!
"A lie told often enough becomes the truth."
"The most important thing when ill is to never lose heart."
"Sometimes - history needs a push."
-Vladimir Lenin
She/Her
Johto Region
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Posted February 25th, 2023
115 posts
4.1 Years
Username: Pumpkaboo92
Version: red, crystal, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2 (Into Black), Y, Ultra Sun, Shield
Single/Ultimate?: Ultimate!
Extra rules: I will be fusing this with my time warp run, just so everyone knows, that and I will fuse these two also with the story challenge! I will most likely post here, then time warp then write out a chapter in story challenge, (and possibly somewhere down the line, do a comic of this whole thing.)

DyingWillFlareon

Burning Candle

Age 24
She/Her
Under a bucket (still)
Seen March 11th, 2021
Posted March 10th, 2021
4,308 posts
8.5 Years
Looking like the threads still up- Sign me up too! :>

Username: DyingWillFlareon
Version: Blue
Single/Ultimate?: Single!

Additional rules-
* Dupes clause always in effect
* Shiny clause- JK im playing blue :(
* No hacks for trades: I won't be evolving my eventual inevitable Graveler :')
* Food themed names, because I'm not that creative with names!.....

Update 1:
Spoiler:
Got my Squirtle Blueberry, and headed off to grind him and get teammates. We caught Shortcake the Pidgey and Yew (technically its a berry!) the NidoranF. Thankfully we managed to fight my rival Felix with very little trouble.

Going in to the forest we also caught Sushi the Caterpie who quickly evolved into a beautiful Butterfree, and Lettuce the Kakuna who is going straight to the box for now lol.

After intense training we head for Brock...

GYM 1: BROCK

I wanted to rely on Blueberry for this and not take any risks just for training purposes. So in 4 turns exactly, he drowned both of Brock's pokemon. Lol get rekt.

Traveling onward we caught Wheat the Spearow, bought Taiyaki the Magikarp, and Cookie the Zubat, all boxed for now. Blueberry and Yew also evolved during training, and soon so did Shortcake.

Unfortunately a Rocket grunt got a crit Hyper Fang on Sushi, so we must say farewell friend...

Going into Cerulean, we caught...a Rattata finally. Im still a bit salty about that other Rattata but Banana will serve us well.

After some training we went to Nugget Bridge and fought Felix- what a disaster. I'm surprised we all made it out alive, man... Thankfully in the end everyone did survive, but it was a wakeup call that we should keep training. Going on past him, we managaed to catch the elusive Abra, amazing.. Who then joined our team and been dubbed Latte and evolved into Kadabra while Banana evolved into Raticate.

GYM 2: MISTY
Her battle went... Pretty similar to Felix's. At first, Latte managed to shoot down her Staryu, but after a hard hit from her Starmie we had to recuperate and switch out. I already forgot but I know we used a defense lowering attack to deflect her Defense Up, so either Blueberry or Banana tanked her out slowly.

With another messy victory, we marched on towards Vermillion, catching Tuna the Meowth on the way. We also caught a Diglett named Choco Pie in Diglett Tunnel, and thats where we stopped last. Time to train for the next gym.

Update 2:
Spoiler:
We continue on to the SS Anne to train, and go the wrong way into an accidental Felix battle. Thankfully, we managed to push him back somehow just fine. Taking our prize, we left to get our next catch, a Sandshrew named Veal who used Dig for us, and straight to the gym.
GYM 3: LT SURGE
With Choco Pie's Dig, we made his gym a joke in just a few turns. With relief, we head on to get to Rock Tunnel.
Along the way we also miss a catch, snag a Geodude named Rocky Road(again Im very creative), and a Vulpix named Flambe (that counts right?). Choco Pie also evolves om the way.
Going straight from Lavender Town to Celadon, we also grab the Eevee named Cream and rush at the Rocket Hideout to grind and clear them out. Again, Choco Pie Digs through all of Giovsnni's pokemon and it was kinda funny honestly.
Moving forward again we run to Erika's gym.
GYM 4: ERIKA
Honestly, Latte destroys almost all the trainers himself with Psybeam. He takes out all the poison types, and Yew gets the Tangela, with Shortcake getting the Exeggcute a trainer had.
Moving on, we do the Lavender Tower next, getting lucky with a Cubone catch. I named him Raspberry and planned as a backup teammate already. We get through with little problem, althought it was difficult as Choco Pie was the only one fighting for the most part. Everyone else either had only Normal moves, Poison which did nothing against the Poison/Ground types, Latte was overleveled from the last gym and would only be backup, and Blueberry kept getting hit too hard and taking too many turns to beat the opponent without getting paralyzed. Thankfully we again make it through safely and talk to Mr Fuji.
We head on with the Poke Flute to get our Snorlax named Marshmello(w), yeah turns out the name is too long. ^^;; We also get Peas the Bellsprout. Anyway, unfortunately that "backup" plan I had happened too soon... Choco Pie was hit by a crit from a trainer's Fearow, and replaced with Raspberry, who had to train quickly on the route's poison trainers. He quickly evolved and caught up thankfully.
We get to Fushia and make our way fast through the Safari Zone to get Surf, and the teeth for Strength, giving them to Blueberry and Raspberry respectively. In the Safari Zone, we lost an Exeggcute catch, then proceeded to accidentally button spam catch 2 NidoranFs and a Paras. (Obviously they wont be used.) We also nab a Doduo named Rotisserie. Less thankfully, was the next gym.
GYM 5: KOGA
Most of his trainers are psychic users, making his gym harder to get through. Eventually we can make it to him with several trips back to the Pokecenter. While Yew, Latte, and Raspberry take turns, Raspberry tries to quickly end the battle against his Weezing with Bone Rush, but he was just too slow and not strong enough to finish it off, ending up in the crit Selfdestruct I was afraid of.
We take our badge and bury our next friend, taking time now to decide who to join next...


Update 3:
Spoiler:
A warning, I forgot a lot of my catches this round and missed a couple Tentacool in areas because I wasnt paying attention, oops. But theyre there in my pc and heart.
We head on, adding Cream to the team and immediately evolving him to Jolteon. He gets trained up and we go on-

Only for Shortcake to meet an untimely demise...
Quietly, I have to find a team replacement in Rotisserie the Doduo. We get him also trained up, and he immediately dies to a Rocket grunt in Saffron....
This is getting hard.
I entirely forget until now that I still had a Flying type in Wheat the Spearow, and add Flambe the Vulpix instead, which turns out so far to be a good move. After getting Flamethrower, she also evolves into Nintales. Along with some training, Blueberry also finally evolves into Blastoise, and Yew into a Nidoqueen finally.
The Rocket takeover goes about as well as planned- I wandered around for half an hour until I accidentally ran into my rival. At least this time I had the team healed up and ready lol. All of his pokemon go down in one or two hits, Im very happy with my good mons.
We also beat the gym- the Fighting Dojo i mean. Very easy. On to the "gym gym".
GYM 6: SABRINA
While her trainers gave us a little trouble here amd there, we had no casualties and made it pretty quickly. Switching in physically strong teammates like Banana and Flambe helped us get the badge in no time without any scares surprisingly.

Even more onward, we go back to Fushia to surf to Cinnabar since we're nearby- Until I realized we have to go through Seafoam Islands. Nah.
We head back to Pallet Town quickly. After a surf down we reach Cinnabar safely. I also surprise myself getting through the mansion so quickly... Welp time to go.
GYM 7: BLAINE
The coolest Kanto gym leader and nothing you say will change my mind otherwise.
For the most part, Flambe and Blueberry take on his trainers, I ace the quizes ofc (expect button mashing the Poliwag one oops-) but want that exp.
For Blaine himself, Blueberry's Surf and Yew's Earthquake squash his little team, and we got that shiny badge.

And yet onward again...
Without any hesitation or anything in our way(besides the Cinnabar Mart) we run up to Viridian!
GYM 8: GIOVANNI
A quick run through lets us drown and psyche out the opponents, reaching Giovanni quickly. Again, Yew Earthquakes his first Rhyhorn, then Blueberry drowns the rest. Final badge acquired.

So far the Gym leaders have all been fairly easy... The only one giving me real trouble was Misty, and Koga to an extent (mostly bc of Self Destruct fear). While its nice that we got so far, I also sort of hope the League has some more challenge.


Final Update: POKEMON LEAGUE
Spoiler:
Finally, we head off into Victory Road. Right after one last battle with Felix. It doesn't go very badly at all, so we heal up and march on. Running in we take quite a while to figure out the layout of the cave, missing our catches of an Onix and a Ditto (outside) but thats ok we've already gone this far and wont need anyone else.
Despite the time it took and a severe lack of insight on my part for stocking up on potions, we make it through just fine and alive. Everyone gets up to level 44, we buy like 30 Full Restores, and head off.
VS LORELEI
We already struggle, her Dewgong already roughing Blueberry up, but with some patience Blueberry switches and gets Cream out to electrocute them all. With a couple more swaps we struggle our way through.
VS BRUNO
Ok this was a freaking joke everyone died in one hit. Next pls m8
VS AGATHA
We only had a litrle trouble with her, mostly because she kept switching her Gengar in and out. But we got to Psychic and otherwise destroy her with a lot of our own switching.
VS LANCE
I don't think Im allowed to use the words I want to use here. First, we start off ok. No worse than before. Then, his first stupid Dragonair crit kills Cream with a Hyper Beam (seriously, does Hyper Beam even need a crit??). Then Blueberry gets the same treatment from the Aerodactyle. Then Latte against his next Dragonair. Then Banana at his Dragonite. Flambe barely manages to finish off his Dragonaire with a Quick Attack. Meaning we now only have two teammates to fight Felix with.
VS FELIX
We start out with Yew, who barely survives his Pidgeot, only to get a crit kill against his Alakazam. Flambe goes out to avenge her sister, but sadly gets taken out after a couple turns as well, almost defeating the Alakazam but ending with her hurting herself in sudden confusion from that turn.
So easily beaten.

Well, Ive been sadly listening to In The End and reflecting on this journey. What Ive learned is that Gen 1's crits are even more flawed than I realized, and that I should really level up before the League. Welp, I'm gunna go cry and probably redo that battle unofficially to feel better. But for now, Flare and her team are signing off.


Final Party:
Spoiler:
-N/A-



Rip:
Spoiler:
Sushi the Butterfree
Choco Pie the Dugtrio
Raspberry the Marowak
Shortcake the Squashy Pidgeotto
Rotisserie the Dodrio
______
Cream the Jolteon
Blueberry the Blastoise
Latte the Kadabra
Banana the Raticate
Yew the Nidoqueen
Flambe the Nintales

The Undisputed Era

Shock the System.

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In the Flax Fields.
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Emerald Nuzlocke, Team After First gym!
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Update:
Team After 3 gyms!
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Team After 5 Gyms!
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Team after 6 Gyms!
Spoiler:

The Undisputed Era

Shock the System.

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Team After 8 Gyms, Made some adjustments, realised it's an awfully balanced team but thinking yolo lmao.

Spoiler:

The Undisputed Era

Shock the System.

Male
In the Flax Fields.
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Game Set match, Lost only 3 pokes all game and all 3 were just getting smushed by OP opponents. Didn't realise Gyarados would out speed Magneton because I'm a derp.


Zap Braff's Moveset and Level I put in as an honor thing because he did a lot of work.

The Undisputed Era

Shock the System.

Male
In the Flax Fields.
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12 Years
Team After 4 Gyms, This rom hack is sadly very easy, the trainers and gym leaders become under leveled compared to you very easily

Seen February 12th, 2023
Posted May 28th, 2021
7 posts
2.2 Years
This is my first post in this forum, and I've expressed interest in performing a nuzlocke, for the first time. I certainly hope to be able to see how far I can get. So here is my submission form.

Username: superherokid
Version: Leaf Green, Soul Silver, Ruby, Diamond, White 2, Y, Ultra Sun
Single/Ultimate?: Ultimate. I know half the games I couldn't finish, but that's part of the challenge.
Extra Rules: *Must nickname all pokemon
*Duplicate clause
*Shiny clause (But cannot use unless it's the first pokemon caught in a region)

I'll see how far I can go. I've tried a monotype challenge with my brother, the only pokemon other than the type being HM slaves, in Fire Red. Let's see what's going to happen.
Seen February 12th, 2023
Posted May 28th, 2021
7 posts
2.2 Years
Just started the challenge!

I began my journey, and beat my rival! Went to catch all the pokemon I can at that point, and I am currently training them. After 30 minutes, here are my first ones.

Jetstream (Squirtle) Lv 11
Nutty (Rattata) Lv 6
Spearow (Accidentally pushed cancel on the option to nickname. Oops!) Lv 6
Skye (Pidgey) Lv 6
Buzz Buzz (Weedle) Lv 5

I haven't yet beaten my rival west of Viridian City. I need to make sure I can take him down, and tear up his pokemon, easily. So I'm working to grind, to ensure that my Pokemon can survive. I've seen some Nuzlocke videos where someone has half his team below level 8 when they fight the rival in Cerulean city. I don't want that to be me.

I don't want my beloved Pokemon to die! Let's go! *insert Viridian City them song*
Seen February 12th, 2023
Posted May 28th, 2021
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2.2 Years
Just beat Brock, in grand style.

Unfortunately, I lost Buzz Buzz while training outside of Viridian City.

Here is my team, about to tackle Route 3 and Mount Moon.

Guess that's what happens when you name a Weedle after a character in Earthbound that dies in the beginning.

Just a piece of advice: In a Nuzlocke... Don't get greedy.

Jetstream (Wartortle) Lv 19
Spearow (set to be renamed later) Lv 15
Skye (Pidgey) Lv 15
Nutty (Rattata) Lv 15



List of the deceased

Buzz Buzz (Kakuna) Lv 7 (Getting greedy during training to a Rattata outspeeding me, for the first time in the fight)
Seen February 12th, 2023
Posted May 28th, 2021
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2.2 Years
New Update!

I've arrived at Mount Moon, and after a respite to make sure my new friends are up to date, I am here with the update!

Jetstream: (Wartortle) Lv 26
Spearow (To be Renamed) Lv 17
Skye (Pidgey) Lv 17
Nutty (Rattata) Lv 17
And newcomers
Lola (Nidorina) Lv 17
The Rock (Geodude) Lv 17

In the box
Fishsticks (Magicarp) Lv 5


RIP
Buzz Buzz (Kakuna) Lv 7


I am keeping Fishsticks in the PC so that he can be an extra backup surf slave. I will also keep an eye on both Skye and Spearow so that I can keep an extra Fly slave. Although my list of Cut able pokemon aren't as present. I maybe only have Nutty and Lola. I was going to keep Buzz Buzz for such a task, but alas, it was not meant to be.
Seen February 12th, 2023
Posted May 28th, 2021
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2.2 Years
Made it out of Mt Moon, got past the Rival and Nugget Bridge. No casualties to date now. And I lucked out with an Abra! Had three weedles show up on route 25, then got the Bellsprout.

Here's my fresh team

Jetstream (Wartortle) Lv 30
Lola (Nidorina) Lv 17
Skye (Pidgey) Lv 17
The Rock (Geodude) Lv 17
Mindwave (Abra) Lv 13
Pepper (Bellsprout) Lv 13

Box
Fishsticks (Magikarp) Lv 5
Mankey (Another cancel click. Oops!) Lv 10
Spearow (Hehehhe...) Lv 17
Nutty (Rattata) Lv 17


RIP
Buzz Buzz (Kakuna) Lv 7


Things are looking great here. Got an extra water and flying type to help out with Surf and Fly if something happens to Skye or Jetstream.

Although I'll need a bit more training for my team to be able to manage enemy threats.
Seen September 16th, 2021
Posted July 1st, 2021
12 posts
2.1 Years
Username: Pumpkaboofan4life
Version: Yellow, crystal, omega ruby, pearl, Black 2, Y, Ultra Sun, Shield
Single/Ultimate?: Ultimate!
Extra rules:
All:Dupes clause and Shiny clause are active, may catch shiny and can skip dupes (3 tries then must catch.)
Yellow:None
Crystal:Cannot use Hold items
Omega Ruby:Cannot use pokemon amie.
Pearl:None
Black 2:Hidden Grotto's are seperate to the route they are on.
Y:Cannot use mega evolution
Ultra Sun:Cannot use Z moves
Shield:Cannot use Gigamax. (Can use dynamax but only that.)
Seen September 16th, 2021
Posted July 1st, 2021
12 posts
2.1 Years
Received Chu the pikachu lv. 5
Beat Leo
Caught Eo the Pidgey, lv. 2
Caught Kee the Mankey lv. 5
Caught Queen the Nidoran Lv. 4
Caught Free the Caterpie Lv. 5
Battled trainers and Free evolved into Metapod
Battled against wild pokemon, Free evolved into Butterfree
Battled Trainer in gym, used Kee with Low Kick
Battle Brock, used Kee, one hit with geodude, 2 low kicks with Onix
Got badge
Spoiler: Pokemon

Chu the Pikachu Level 9
Eo the Pidgey Level 9
Kee the Mankey Level 11
Queen the Nidoran girl Level 10
Free the Butterfree Level 10

FactoriesFarAway

Youngster

she/her
UK
Seen August 5th, 2021
Posted August 4th, 2021
69 posts
4.2 Years
Can I sign up after already completing a challenge? I started it on Saturday due to not having access to a computer and finished it today.

Username: FactoriesFarAway
Version: Fire Red
Single/Ultimate?: Single



This was a Hardcore Nuzlocke (i.e. additional rules being no items in battle, set mode, and level limited to the next gym leader's highest Pokemon). Additionally, I put in dupes clause for a Pokemon's entire evolutionary lines (even for mons I failed to catch. If I fail, I don't get another shot on a different route).

This was my first ever one completed! A summary of my playthrough is below:

Spoiler:
Nickname theme: Animal Crossing Characters

I chose Bulbasaur nicknamed Leif as my starter. Route 1 encounter was Rattata who I nicknamed Rod. Route 2 encounter was Pidgey which I crit and killed. Route 22 encounter was Spearow who I nicknamed Anchovy (though at the time I was hoping for Mankey). Viridian Forest encounter was Weedle who I nicknamed Flick, who at the time I was pretty disappointed with - I wanted Pika or Caterpie.

I grinded Rod, Anchovy and Flick on Route 22 as it only has Pokemon that give Speed and Attack EVs until they were level 13 or so. Therefore Flick evolved into Kakuna, the Beedrill. I grinded Leif to level 12 (as I was concerned about overleveling) on Route 1 as it gives just speed EVs - this gave him a chance to potentially outspeed in upcoming fights.

I only fought the trainers needed to progress (the bug catcher at the end of Viridian Forest with Spearow and Brock's gym trainer with Bulbasaur) before engaging Brock, one level underlevelled. But I wasn't concerned, Brock isn't really a threat with Leif's Vine Whip, and I took that victory easily. Badge 1 obtained. No Deaths.

Route 3 Encounter was Nidoran Male who I nicknamed Bob, and Route 4 I chose Magikarp who I nicknamed CJ from the salesman (which in retrospect, I regret, because Magikarp is a free encounter on so many routes, and I still hadn't gotten Ekans or Mankey). In Mt Moon, I obtained Geodude who I nicknamed Tank, which is far better than getting Zubat in this game. All encounters up to this point, I EV trained. I'll get more specific about this later on since I was much more selective by the end of the game. I skipped most Mt Moon Trainer's as to not mess up my EVs and as not the overleveled, and went on to Misty. Bob evolved into Nidorino and then I used the Moon Stone to make him a Nidoking. A monster for this early in the game. Rod also evolved into Raticate. Leif also evolved to Ivysaur.

Misty was definitely more tough than Brock. The EV training didn't help Leif outspeed Staryu/Starmie, and whilst Staryu was a one-shot, I didn't think Vine Whip on Starmie would result in even a two-shot and it would lead to a heal, and Swift does a surprising amount of damage. So I leech seeded and poisoned the Starmie and then switched to Flick. Flick took nearly half a health bar's worth of damage, and I knew if Starmie crit, he was dead, but I risked Twineedle, as I honestly wasn't all that bothered about Flick dying. Surprisingly to me, the amount of time I'd invested into EVing actually paid off, and Beedrill outsped this Starmie, who made it faint to take the victory. Badge 2 obtained. No Deaths.

The Rival fights were never very difficult and not worth talking about as I was often overlevelled and overprepared for all but the last one, so I made my way up and past Nugget Bridge. My Route 24 encounter was Abra, who I nicknamed Katrina. I was really hyped to get an Abra in a Pokeball. Thats a 1 in 4 chance! Route 25 I got an Oddish who I named Kiki. I skipped all trainers where possible.

With S.S. Ticket in hand, I went down towards Vermillion, picking up a Meowth on Route 5 called Kid Cat. Route 6 I had to skip temporarily due to having all the encounters I'd come here later for a fishing or surfing encounter. Diglett Cave I obviously got Diglett as my encounter, who I called Resetti. My route 11 encounter was Drowzee who I called Luna.

This is when I started to be more selective with my EV training, only opting to EV trainer mons I saw as useful in the upcoming gyms. It is to note, that there's no consistent way to EV special attack yet - that's in Lavender Tower, so I opt to just EV special-oriented mons in speed for now. I'll mention the important and EV'd mons as I talk about the gym fights. After skipping most trainers on board the S.S. Anne, I did another easy rival fight and then faced Lt. Surge. Easy. I dealt with him with just Resetti, who swept the first 3 mons with ease and Tank who dealt with the Raichu. Badge 3 obtained. Still no deaths.

I went back and fought all the trainers for EXP now that I significantly overleveled them and most of the Pokemon I planned to keep using were fully EV trained, and then I continued to Route 9. I fought most trainers I encountered from here on out for money and EXP. Kid Cat tagged along to use Cut and Flash because after 20 years of playing this franchise I still suck at navigating Rocket Tunnel and also because Persian sucks and I didn't plan to use it. My Route 9 Encounter was an Ekans called Snake (lol). Route 10 was a Voltorb called Static. Rock Tunnel encounter was a Machop called Champ.

Now outside of Rock Tunnel, I headed to Route 8 to obtain a Growlithe, who I named Isabelle. Who I immediately went on to kill by underestimating Erika's gym trainers. She got wrapped and I couldn't switch. RIP Isabelle the Growlithe. I'd already encountered everything on Route 7, and on Route 16 I obtained Doduo, who I named Peck.

Erika was probably the toughest yet. The status conditions were annoying. I led with Flick, thinking she was going to send out Tangela first, then switched to Luna who took a decent chunk of damage and then got paralyzed, then lastly I switched to Anchovy who swept with Aerial Ace. This fight was unnecessarily complicated. I should've just led Anchovy and led him sweep. Badge 4 obtained. 1 Death.

Rocket Hideout and the whole Rocket sidestory for that matter, wouldn't be important if it wasn't for Bob dying to a Mega Punch crit on Giovanni. I severely underestimated his Kangaskan's damage. This death SUCKED. Nidoking was a mon that I think is incredible in these games, and I thought he was going to come until the end with me. RIP Bob the Nidoking.

Also, encounters. In Lavender Tower I obtained a Gastly named Wisp. On Route 12 I obtained Snorlax who I called Stitches. On Route 15 I obtained Venonat who I called Nat. On Route 14, I obtained a Ditto who I named Blanca. Routes 17 and 18, I already had all the encounters for. Safari Zone I got Paras who I named Jacques (because I was running out of Animal Crossing characters actually related to bugs at this point so I did a haha Paras = Paris = France meme).

The next two gyms, I overprepared for to my detriment. I lost 2 mons to carelessly grinding on random trainers (Tank to a random Metronome Blizzard crit, and Rod to a burn tick on Tri Attack). RIP Tank the Graveller. RIP Rod the Raticate.

I overprepared, EVing and grinding Luna, Katrina, Nat (who evolved into Venomoth) and Resetti, and everything said and done, Koga was actually super easy. I swept his entire gym with Nat. Badge 5 Obtained. 4 Deaths.

With that gym out of the way and now with the Super Rod and Great Rod at my disposal, I flew around to get all the missing fishing encounters and various miscellanious ones. In Viridian City I obtained a Poliwag called Lilly, in Vermillion City I obtained a Horsea called Cleo. In Celadon City, I picked up the Eevee who I called Labelle (She's not a hedgehog but, much like Labelle transformed her image from a small town clothes shop owner to a city living fashionista, Eevee changes from a normal type to some cool elemental type). In Fuschia City, I obtained a Goldeen called Julian (because he has a horn. I'm running out of options, lol.) And on Route 13 I obtained a Krabby called Gulliver.

It's also worth noting at this point I'd fully EV trained Static, now an Electrode, and it would be an important asset to my team in the super boring rival fights. In Silph Co. I obtained Lapras who I named Kapp'n (because much like Kapp'n, he's most notable for sailing people across the sea).

Thinking the Sabrina fight would be tough as Gastly isn't a great answer to Sabrina in gen 3 due to Ghost being a physical type and Haunter having awful physical attack, I opted to just bring a team of Physical Attacking powerhouses (including Anchovy, Stitches, Resetti, CJ and Flick, as well as Luna for if I ever needed to switch into a heavy-hitting Psychic attack). Leading with Flick who I very much expected to die in this fight. But no. He outsped and swept every single Pokemon with Twinneedle. And this shows you how much an advantage having EVs has. I mean, he does have a Jolly nature, but even still, Alakazam has 45 more base speed and he still outsped at an equal level. This was twice I'd expected him to die and he destroyed instead. Honestly, Flick the Beedrill was the real MVP in this run, even if he didn't make it to the Elite Four. Badge 6 Obtained. 4 Deaths.

I then went on to get all my encounters that required Surf, including Sprocket the Magneton in Power Plant, Joey the Psyduck on Route 6, Octavian the Tentacool on Route 19 and Zucker the Tangela on Route 21. Route 20 had no new encounters. Then I continued to Cinnabar where I revived Aerodactyl as my encounter, and named him Blathers (not an owl but certainly belongs in a museum either way). Seafoam Island encounter was a Dewgong named Rhonda.

Onto Pokemon Mansion we go, where I obtain Boomer the Weezing (lol). And then onto Blaine's gym who I'd grinded up a bunch of new Pokemon specifically for this gym, but swept it with Blathers and CJ the now Gyarados anyway. Badge 7 Obtained. 4 Deaths.

I actually chose to go to the Sevii Islands to get the few new encounters there, which included One Island encounter Pascal the Shellder, and Kindle Road encounter, Reneigh the Ponyta, as well as giving me a new place to grind. I also was going to get Magmar in Mt. Ember before realising it was a Leaf Green only encounter. Berry Forest apparently has Exeggcute too, but I went through probably 50 encounters and never saw one so I gave up.

It was now time to face Giovanni, who once against I'd prepared a team for but swept with Lilly, who was now a Poliwrath. Badge 8 Obtained. 4 Deaths.

Rival fight was uninteresting as always. He still has 2 unevolved mons, why? I actually used Flick the Beedrill for the last time in Victory Road since he's good against a few trainers there. Solid. While we're here, my Route 23 encounter was Porter the Mankey, too late to really be useful now, and Klaus the Onix. Awful encounter.

So now it was time for the Elite Four, and after weighing up the pros and cons of various team members, the team I decided, in the end, was Lilly, Static, Kapp'n, Stitches, Blathers and Luna. I grinded them up and gave them all appropriate move sets.

Lorelei: Most of her team I swept with Static's Spark, except her mons were too tanky and did too much damage, (I should've taught Static Thunderbolt but I was too lazy to grind casino coins) forcing me to switch to Lilly to deal with her Lapras. For Jynx, I switched in Stitches who Toxic Rest Snore stalled her. She was very annoying though because she kept confusing me, attracting me and putting me to sleep before I could rest. Probably the hardest Elite Four fight.

Bruno: I had Lilly deal with his Onix's and Luna deal with the rest. Easy.

Agatha: I gave Luna an Ether to restore Psychic PP and then swept with her.

Lance: Gyarados was one-shot by Static and the rest of her mons were one-shot by Kapp'n's Ice Beam, with the only slither of damage taken was his first Dragonair opting to use... Dragon Rage on the switch in. I calculated with a +speed nature (which I had), Lapras would always outspeed Lance's Dragonite with Max Speed EVs. OK. Dragon Master Lance was the easiest Elite Four fight.

Blue: His Pidgeot was a two-shot with Static. He then sent in Rhydon who I one-shot with Lilly's Surf. He sent out Charizard next, but I switched, worried I wouldn't KO and he'd use a flying-type attack. I predicted correctly, and Blathers took the flying type hit with ease, and then I used Ancient Power to one-shot him. He then sent out Gyarados who Static easily dealt with. He then sent out Alakazam, who I switched Stitches into knowing he could take a hit due to having max SpDef EVs from grinding Tentacools. In two hits of Return, Alakazam was dead. Lastly, he sent out Electrode. Initially, I sent in Blathers, but upon taking too much damage, I switched back to Stitches. I once again Toxic Rest Snore stalled his last Pokemon to obtain the win.


END PARTY:
Spoiler:
Lv 61 Electrode - Static (Met in Route 10 at Lv 16)
Lv 60 Poliwrath - Lilly (Met in Viridian City at Lv 12)
Lv 60 Lapras - Kapp'n (Met in Silph Co at Lv 25)
Lv 60 Aerodactyl - Blathers (Met in Cinnabar Island at Lv 5)
Lv 61 Hypno - Luna (Met in Route 11 at Lv 11)
Lv 60 Snorlax - Stitches (Met in Route 12 at Lv 30)

Total: 6 (Duh)

BOX:
Spoiler:
Lv 34 Magneton - Sprocket (Met in Power Plant at Lv 34)
Lv 24 Tangela - Zucker (Met in Route 21 at Lv 24)
Lv 13 Oddish - Kiki (Met in Route 25 at Lv 13)
Lv 15 Ekans - Snake (Met in Route 9 at Lv 15)
Lv 32 Mankey - Porter (Met in Route 23 at Lv 32)
Lv 32 Weezing - Boomer (Met in Pokemon Mansion at Lv 32)
Lv 47 Fearow - Anchovy (Met in Route 22 at Lv 5)
Lv 16 Gastly - Wisp (Met in Pokemon Tower at Lv 16)
Lv 14 Meowth - Kid Cat (Met in Route 5 at Lv 14)
Lv 23 Ditto - Blanca (Met in Route 14 at Lv 23)
Lv 32 Dewgong - Rhonda (Met in Seafoam Islands at Lv 32)
Lv 46 Onix - Klaus (Met in Victory Road at Lv 46)
Lv 25 Eevee - Labelle (Met in Celadon City at Lv 25)
Lv 50 Machoke - Champ (Met in Rock Tunnel at Level 16) (Who I wasted time grinding up despite not being useful at all!)
Lv 21 Psyduck - Joey (Met in Route 6 at Lv 21)
Lv 22 Paras - Jacques (Met in Safari Zone at Lv 22)
Lv 7 Goldeen - Julian (Met in Fuschia City at Lv 7)
Lv 11 Krabby - Gulliver (Met in Route 13 at Lv 11)
Lv 11 Horsea - Cleo (Met in Vermillion City at Lv 11)
Lv 34 Dodrio - Peck (Met in Route 16 at Lv 18)
Lv 39 Venomoth - Nat (Met in Route 15 at Lv 24)
Lv 50 Venusaur - Leif (Met in Pallet Town at Lv 5)
Lv 24 Shellder - Pascal (Met in One Island at Lv 24)
Lv 44 Kadabra - Katrina (Met in Route 24 at Lv 10)
Lv 47 Tentacruel - Octavian (Met in Route 19 at Lv 15) (Another I grinded up to not use at all)
Lv 34 Ponyta - Reneigh (Met in Kindle Road at Lv 34)
Lv 53 Gyarados - CJ (Met in Route 4 at Lv 5)
Lv 53 Beedrill - Flick (Met in Viridian Forest at Lv 3)
Lv 53 Dugtrio - Resetti (Met in Diglett's Cave at Lv 19)

Total: 29

MISSED ENCOUNTERS
Spoiler:
Pidgey in Route 2
Exeggcute in Berry Forest

Total: 2

DEATHS:
Spoiler:
Lv 16 Growlithe - Isabelle (Met in Route 8 at Lv 16)
Lv 30 Nidoking - Bob (Met in Route 3 at Lv 6)
Lv 32 Graveler - Tank (Met in Mt Moon at Lv 7)
Lv 31 Raticate - Rod (Met in Route 1 at Lv 2)

Total: 4. RIP.

Total Encounters: 41
Total Encounters Caught & Alive: 35

FINAL THOUGHTS:
Spoiler:
Fire Red is not a very strategic game and most of the 'boss' Pokemon have easy answers. I wasted so much time grinding up and EVing mons I ultimately didn't use because they were easily checked by something else and I overprepared.

Also, I don't see myself doing this game again unless it's a specific type of Nuzlocke like a monotype. The encounters are very boring and many routes offer similar Pokemon, so you'd more or less get the same encounters every time leading to the same teams over and over. For example, the fishing mons and Tentacool are guaranteed encounters, as are Pidgey, Spearow, Rattata and Doduo because of how common they are. Out of the 74 non-legendary evolutionary lines in Kanto (if I can count correctly), I encountered 41 of them, meaning I'd already encountered most of the mons in the game. Out of the 31 I never encountered, 4 of them were very rare Safari exclusive encounters I'd likely never catch even if I encountered them, 3 of them are only obtainable through in-game trades, and 7 are version exclusive. So just less than half are basically unobtainable. Most of the other half were early encounters locked to one or two early game routes such as Jigglypuff and Clefairy or gift mons with better alternatives such as Porygon or the Hitmons. For this reason, I'd imagine more or less most Nuzlockes of this game being the same.

Was it fun though? Yeah. Grindy towards the end, but yeah.
Completed Challenges: Ultimate Bug Monotype (LeafGreen, HeartGold, Ruby, Platinum, Black, Y, Sun), Fighting Monotypes (FireRed, OmegaRuby), FireRed Hardcore Nuzlocke
Ongoing Challenges: HeartGold Hardcore Nuzlocke

FactoriesFarAway

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Seen August 5th, 2021
Posted August 4th, 2021
69 posts
4.2 Years
Sorry for double post. Doing another sign up. Just started tonight. Again, same rules as last time.

Username: FactoriesFarAway
Version: Heart Gold
Single/Ultimate?: Single

So far my encounters are:
Spoiler:
New Bark Town - Brand the Cyndaquil - Lv 10
Route 29 - Zilean the Hoothoot - Lv 9
Route 30 - Elise the Spinarak - Lv 9
Route 32 - Twitch the Rattata - Lv 9
Violet City - Lux the Mareep - Egg (from Primo)
Route 46 - Malphite the Geodude - Lv 9
Dark Cave - Vladimir the Zubat - Lv 3
Sprout Tower - Karthus the Gastly - Lv 6

No badges. Just been grinding so far.
Completed Challenges: Ultimate Bug Monotype (LeafGreen, HeartGold, Ruby, Platinum, Black, Y, Sun), Fighting Monotypes (FireRed, OmegaRuby), FireRed Hardcore Nuzlocke
Ongoing Challenges: HeartGold Hardcore Nuzlocke
Seen January 25th, 2023
Posted November 2nd, 2022
57 posts
4.8 Years
I had a signup of SS a few years ago...., I'd like to drop that and just restart with a fresh run.

Username: Pluckles
Version: Gold
Single/Ultimate?: Single (for now)
Additional rules: Shiny Clause, Dupe Clause, No Legendaries, Blackout = Game over
Current Challenges:

Monotype
Normal - Fire Red, Heart Gold, Emerald, Platinum, Black, X, Moo

Lottery
Emerald

Random
Platinum

Monocolor
Red - Firered, Gold, Emerald, Platinum, Black, X, Ultra Moon, Shield

Randomized Nuzlocke
Platinum