BlissyMKW
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- Age 28
- The Shadow Realm
- Seen Jan 20, 2024
Nuzlocke. You must be joking. I have to beat the Elite Four with a team that just dies to Will and reach the Elite Four with no deaths or else I'm likely screwed. Also if Crueltenta dies we're probably doomed. Sounds like a textbook recipe for disaster.
Episode 8 - Escaping the Cemetery
Final Curses
Fridge Horror - No Fire move or Ice resist = No STAB moves. No longer a problem.
Ghostly Adventure - Haunter is bad outside of rentals in Stadium if it can't evolve into Gengar.
Cursed Ground - No Ground, Rock, or Fighting types.
Too scared to move - Only 3 attacking moves.
Making Frankenstein - Primary types for team members must be different.
Zombieland - So irrelevant, it doesn't even matter anyway because Elite Four.
Starter-lock Hex - Now irrelevant due to Rectangular Force
Rectangular Force - Any non Ghost, Dark, or Poison types are banned.
Curse of Curses - Curse is now locked in
Elm Street Neighbors - A slashing move or Dream Eater is required to be put on. Level 38 on Stalker is needed.
Frozen Curse - Frozen Pokemon are permaboxed, but this is Gen 2, so this is pretty much irrelevant.
Final Destination - Get Destiny Bond. It must be used at least once a gym battle, but by the time I get it, the game will be over.
Locke Clause - Rule 1 of a Nuzlocke Challenge.
So I have no idea how the hell I can win now. Because of nuzlocke, Will basically kills me alone. To offset this, I went back, grabbed Hex again, abused the speedup button in Goldenrod to run up and down a ton until he reached the next happiness stage and I finally evolved him into Umbreon. It also required me to change the time on my PC so it would be night in game. Now I don't just lose to Will and Hex has a lot of Special Defense going for him. As long as Crueltenta doesn't die, I have a plan for Lance. Now that we're out of Normal type, I can teach him Headbutt for a good Normal type move and something that isn't Mud-Slap. Anyway, the road to Victory Road started off a bit rocky with some paralysis shenanigans in the first two battles, but I was able to retake control of things once the Venusaur girl and the Magneton guy were dealt with. After clearing out all the trainers, I decided to do some grinding since there's a free heal spot right near some grass.
I got everyone to Level 40 while Stalker hit 41 and got Dream Eater at Level 39, so we finally have more options. I also ditched Hidden Power for Thief since Hidden Power Ghost sucked because Ghost is physical this gen. After a nice, casual stroll through Victory Road, the only remaining challenge was Stizh...and he got completely obliterated. We did have some paralysis shenanigans where Hex was fully paralyzed for 4 turns in a row against his Feraligatr, but overall, it was easy. I did do a bit more grinding afterward to get the whole team to Level 43, though. And now...after buying more Hyper Potions and Full Heals, it's time for hell. The Elite Four.
So up first is Will, but I have Hex, so I pretty much autowin this battle. Things only got a bit dicey towards the end with his Jynx putting Hex to sleep turn 1 and then doing lots of damage with Ice Punch, but we got through with minimal issue. Next up is Koga, probably the worst one of the pack next to Bruno. My own Koga had his time to shine, but in true Koga fashion, I had to deal with the annoyance that is evasion spam. I missed a lot of attacks, and it really sucked. We still managed to pull off a win, though, with a few close calls because of missing hits. Bruno is probably the scariest next to Lance himself. His Machamp has Rock Slide...and it killed Koga in one hit all because I missed a Sleep Powder. Now we're in a bad spot. He also crit me and instakilled Crueltenta. Now my Lance option is dead. It took Stalker to put down the Machamp. Great, now I have to do Karen with just an Umbreon and a Haunter. This is fantastic. With a combination of hax, healing items, and lot of Mud-Slap and Dream Eating the Vileplume, I made it past Karen. So, now, I'm going to fight Lance in the most uncerimonious way possible, and that is using X items. I also used my Ethers to restore Hex's PP before the fight...is what I would say, but I forgot to, so I had to use them while stalling the Gyarados.
Do I feel shame for using X items on Lance? No. I got nuzlocke at the end of the game, combined with the cruel mix of Fridge Horror, Cursed Ground, Making Frankenstein, and worst of all, Rectangular Force. This was only fair considering if I didn't use X items, winning was absolutely impossible with this team, even if I could freely heal spam. It would've only been a matter of time before I ran out of items and my whole team died. Although, I didn't, so here we are, at the end. Anyway...
And so, we survived the various curses the cemetery threw our way. My sanity is surprisingly still in tact...for now. Rectangular Force can actually go burn in the fires of Almia's Volcano Cave.
Episode 8 - Escaping the Cemetery
Final Curses
Fridge Horror - No Fire move or Ice resist = No STAB moves. No longer a problem.
Ghostly Adventure - Haunter is bad outside of rentals in Stadium if it can't evolve into Gengar.
Cursed Ground - No Ground, Rock, or Fighting types.
Too scared to move - Only 3 attacking moves.
Making Frankenstein - Primary types for team members must be different.
Zombieland - So irrelevant, it doesn't even matter anyway because Elite Four.
Starter-lock Hex - Now irrelevant due to Rectangular Force
Rectangular Force - Any non Ghost, Dark, or Poison types are banned.
Curse of Curses - Curse is now locked in
Elm Street Neighbors - A slashing move or Dream Eater is required to be put on. Level 38 on Stalker is needed.
Frozen Curse - Frozen Pokemon are permaboxed, but this is Gen 2, so this is pretty much irrelevant.
Final Destination - Get Destiny Bond. It must be used at least once a gym battle, but by the time I get it, the game will be over.
Locke Clause - Rule 1 of a Nuzlocke Challenge.
So I have no idea how the hell I can win now. Because of nuzlocke, Will basically kills me alone. To offset this, I went back, grabbed Hex again, abused the speedup button in Goldenrod to run up and down a ton until he reached the next happiness stage and I finally evolved him into Umbreon. It also required me to change the time on my PC so it would be night in game. Now I don't just lose to Will and Hex has a lot of Special Defense going for him. As long as Crueltenta doesn't die, I have a plan for Lance. Now that we're out of Normal type, I can teach him Headbutt for a good Normal type move and something that isn't Mud-Slap. Anyway, the road to Victory Road started off a bit rocky with some paralysis shenanigans in the first two battles, but I was able to retake control of things once the Venusaur girl and the Magneton guy were dealt with. After clearing out all the trainers, I decided to do some grinding since there's a free heal spot right near some grass.
I got everyone to Level 40 while Stalker hit 41 and got Dream Eater at Level 39, so we finally have more options. I also ditched Hidden Power for Thief since Hidden Power Ghost sucked because Ghost is physical this gen. After a nice, casual stroll through Victory Road, the only remaining challenge was Stizh...and he got completely obliterated. We did have some paralysis shenanigans where Hex was fully paralyzed for 4 turns in a row against his Feraligatr, but overall, it was easy. I did do a bit more grinding afterward to get the whole team to Level 43, though. And now...after buying more Hyper Potions and Full Heals, it's time for hell. The Elite Four.
So up first is Will, but I have Hex, so I pretty much autowin this battle. Things only got a bit dicey towards the end with his Jynx putting Hex to sleep turn 1 and then doing lots of damage with Ice Punch, but we got through with minimal issue. Next up is Koga, probably the worst one of the pack next to Bruno. My own Koga had his time to shine, but in true Koga fashion, I had to deal with the annoyance that is evasion spam. I missed a lot of attacks, and it really sucked. We still managed to pull off a win, though, with a few close calls because of missing hits. Bruno is probably the scariest next to Lance himself. His Machamp has Rock Slide...and it killed Koga in one hit all because I missed a Sleep Powder. Now we're in a bad spot. He also crit me and instakilled Crueltenta. Now my Lance option is dead. It took Stalker to put down the Machamp. Great, now I have to do Karen with just an Umbreon and a Haunter. This is fantastic. With a combination of hax, healing items, and lot of Mud-Slap and Dream Eating the Vileplume, I made it past Karen. So, now, I'm going to fight Lance in the most uncerimonious way possible, and that is using X items. I also used my Ethers to restore Hex's PP before the fight...is what I would say, but I forgot to, so I had to use them while stalling the Gyarados.
Do I feel shame for using X items on Lance? No. I got nuzlocke at the end of the game, combined with the cruel mix of Fridge Horror, Cursed Ground, Making Frankenstein, and worst of all, Rectangular Force. This was only fair considering if I didn't use X items, winning was absolutely impossible with this team, even if I could freely heal spam. It would've only been a matter of time before I ran out of items and my whole team died. Although, I didn't, so here we are, at the end. Anyway...
And so, we survived the various curses the cemetery threw our way. My sanity is surprisingly still in tact...for now. Rectangular Force can actually go burn in the fires of Almia's Volcano Cave.
The Survivors
Stalker (Haunter) Lv. 44 @ Smoke Ball (whoops, forgot to remove it)
Moves: Hypnosis, Thief, Curse, Dream Eater
Truly, I have learned once and for all that Haunter sucks without the ability to evolve into Gengar. It took until now for Stalker to be mildly useful at all. Simply sad. LVP, no question.
Hex (Umbreon) Lv. 47 @ Nothing
Moves: Shadow Ball, Headbutt, Sand-Attack, Mud-Slap
You know, I'm glad I gave Hex a second chance. If I didn't, I would've lost because Bruno killed half my team. He also carried me through Will, Karen, and Lance, along with being generally useful before evolving, even more useful than Stalker. Since Crueltenta is dead, he's now the MVP.
The Fallen
Crueltenta (Tentacruel) Lv. 43 @ Amulet Coin
Moves: Sludge Bomb, Supersonic, Surf, Icy Wind
Critted to death by Cross Chop. Totally a BS death.
Koga (Venomoth) Lv. 43 @ Quick Claw
Moves: Tackle, Sleep Powder, Psybeam, Supersonic
The Machamp had Rock Slide and I missed my Sleep Powder. I don't think anything else needs to be said.
Stalker (Haunter) Lv. 44 @ Smoke Ball (whoops, forgot to remove it)
Moves: Hypnosis, Thief, Curse, Dream Eater
Truly, I have learned once and for all that Haunter sucks without the ability to evolve into Gengar. It took until now for Stalker to be mildly useful at all. Simply sad. LVP, no question.
Hex (Umbreon) Lv. 47 @ Nothing
Moves: Shadow Ball, Headbutt, Sand-Attack, Mud-Slap
You know, I'm glad I gave Hex a second chance. If I didn't, I would've lost because Bruno killed half my team. He also carried me through Will, Karen, and Lance, along with being generally useful before evolving, even more useful than Stalker. Since Crueltenta is dead, he's now the MVP.
The Fallen
Crueltenta (Tentacruel) Lv. 43 @ Amulet Coin
Moves: Sludge Bomb, Supersonic, Surf, Icy Wind
Critted to death by Cross Chop. Totally a BS death.
Koga (Venomoth) Lv. 43 @ Quick Claw
Moves: Tackle, Sleep Powder, Psybeam, Supersonic
The Machamp had Rock Slide and I missed my Sleep Powder. I don't think anything else needs to be said.
