The Nuzlocke Challenge Thread [R/S/E]

[Timmetje]

I'm gonna start whit a Nuzlocke on Ruby. I use the normal rules

First at all i did al the name and gender stuff. A boy named Nuzzy
I came out the truck go in my room set the clock en picked the potion and saved the prof with a Mudkip. I named the Mudkip Tuff. travelt trough the two routes but at al routes appearerd a pokémon. I defeated May and get my pokéballs. I catcht a Zigzagoon, Zaggo. I trainend until Petalburg and let Wally be damn lucky and catcht his Ralts. On the next route i catcht a Wingull and named it Gull. The wild Wurmple i faced in the Petalburg woods was killed by a crit. Trained an trainend at the route above Rustboro and failed to catch a pokémon. Also at the tunnel i failed... Trainend and trainend and then i beated the first gym and i give rock tomb to Tuff.

Then i did al the other stuff and take the boat to Dewford. Catch a Makuhita and named it Sumo. I trainend it and but then a Aron appeard. I switcht to Gull and fired a Water gun who almost killt it. He tackeld me. I used Wing attack because i toucht the wrong button and Aron headbutt critted my poor Wingull dead.

R.I.P

Team:

Tuff, Marshtomp
lv. 16
- Tackle
- Rock tomb
- Mud slap
- Water gun

Zaggo, Zigzagoon
lv. 16
- Cut
- Sand attack
- Tail whip
- Headbutt

Sumo, Makuhita
lv. 10
- Tackle
- Focus energy
- Sand attack
- Arm thrust

Boxed:

None

Dead:
Gull, Wingull lv. 4 to lv. 15
Killed by a Aron

 

[miakemi]

I think I'll make this my first challenge on the Pokemon games. I'm going to use Emerald with the normal rules. My life is pretty busy at the moment, but I'll try to update weekly at the least.

Day 1:

Spoiler:

Character Name: Emilie

- Took potion from the PC.
- Met Brendan before I could steal the item in his room.
- Chose Torchic against my better judgment. Roxanne is going to be annoying.
- Was impatient and accidentally missed nicknaming Torchic. This rule might be hard to get used to.
- Route 101: Encountered Poochyena without Pokeballs. No chance for pokemon from this route. :(
- Route 103: Ran into a Poochyena without Pokeballs again. Torchic grew to level 6.
- Battled Brendan. Torchic grew to level 7.
- Route 102: Caught a Wurmple (Roy).
- Route 104: Caught a Wingull and forgot to nickname it.
- Petalburg Woods: Finally was able to catch a Poochyena (Cody).
- Cody died on Route 104 due to a critical hit from a wild Wingull. T-T
- Had my first battle with a Team Aqua grunt. Thankfully, he wasn't too much trouble.
- Arrived in Rustboro, healed, and saved.

Team:

Torchic => Lv 11
Roy (Wurmple) => Lv 8
Wingull => Lv 9

Back-ups:

None yet...

Dead:

Cody (Poochyena) => Lv 7

 

[mondays suck]

I was being busy with other stuff the last few days, but today I finally continued:

Spoiler:

I got the Pokedex, but still no Pokeballs here...

So, I searched everywhere, and after hell of a time, I ran across Gary...
who almost killed me. I sadly didn't screenshot any details.

At least he gave me some Pokeballs.

New Route!

Grrreat

I'm using this Name Generator, and Spanish names only

Did I mention it also has Pickup? Yeah, it's pretty much a Bug type Zigzagoon.

Grindan....

Again, a May battle. And she already has 3 Pokemon.

And I forgot to heal...

...dammit.

But, even with only Tackle, Buizel fell quickly to the Wrath of Prudencio the Krickzagoon.

Chimchar was a bit more annoying, but Bite+Sandstorm brought it down.

I hate you.

Grasswhistle. That thing should go die in a fire.

And Prudencio kept sleeping.

GRAAAAH

...

...crap.

Ummm, let's pretend that never happened...

So, let's just...

Spoiler:

..let's just assume that Lunes died,

but one year later...

...his brother mondays (I decided to go with my standard name this time) became a trainer to avenge his death...

...and for some reason had an extremely similar start in his trainer carreer.

Ok, plot aside. I beat May, got a Pokedex and beat Gary (who has a Starly and a Piplup).

Dammit, not THAT Pokemon...

so, what might I call you...

That's for what your species did. Be loyal and I might change that name into something acceptable.
(Yeah, I'm so mature, throwing around insults as nicknames for Pokemon I dislike for some reason)

And then I grinded, and I grinded a lot.

Prepare to die...

Did I mention that Cherubi did for some reason learn Fury Swipes at some point?

Screw type disadvantages, I have Leech Seed.

The bastard went down surprsingly easy this time. Only got one Tackle off.

The team. See how Larvitar got an awful nature and is still doing great.

Finally, new places.

Spoiler:

Weird house guarded by tons of Police. A have a feeling that the evil team will take this over at some point.

And here's the new city. With a 0 in its name.

A gym. But what the hell is that guy in front of it? The dive sprite?

But, there's more in this town.

Yet another cave with nothing but talking people in it. And a market. I bought some more Pokeballs there.

In the south, there's a cave, and in the east, there's a route.

Hell yes.

Meh... Well, at least I will be able to spam Magnitude soon.


Next: Going further to the east. Or maybe I'll talk to that weird dive guy in front of the gym.

 

[Maraala]

ok...I got really far... Farther than i thought i would. I'll just start now...

-Started new game-went through the boring intro-Said i was a girl-Named her Sammy-Got out of the moving truck(Why was i riding in the back and not the front?!?)-Met Rival-Saw Prof Birch get attacked by a Poochyena(Weak!)-Chose Mudkip(Named Mimi afterwards)-Got to Odale town's Pokemon Center and organized my PC Boxes(named the last 5 boxes DEAD cause i didn't want to release the 'Dead' Pokemon)-Saw Poochyena on Route 103 but had no pokeballs :(-Owned my Rival-Got the Pokedex and some Pokeballs-Caught a Wurmple on Route 101 (named Slicks)-Grinded Slicks to level 5-Caught Zigzagoon on Route 102 (named Mugsy)-Mugsy picked up a useless Revive so I just sold it-Reached Petalburg and went to see my daddy and help Wally-Slicks died in battle against Rich Boy Winston-Caught a Silcoon in Petalburg Woods and named it Slicky in memory of Slicks(what a great Pokemon....)-Saved the Devon person-Got to Rustboro-Caught Whismur on Route 116 and named it Sheep for a weird reason.....**NOTE: I encountered a Skitty and being them so rare and that I loved Skitty, I caught it but put it in my PC DEAD box**-Sheep died in training for Roxanne :(-Went to Rusturf Tunnel and caught another Whismur (named Sheepy)-Mimi evolved into a Marshtomp-Went to challenge Roxanne and won :)-Ran into Devon person and he told me his troubles-Ventured to Rusturf Tunnel and rescued Peeko and the Devon Goods-Sailed to Dewford-Changed the trendy phrase to "ADULT TOYS" XD- Spent about 5 minutes laughing at the things the people said XD-Got a Silk Scarf from a random dude that i didn't know-Caught Makuhita in Granite Cave and named it Smacker-Got through Granite Cave without Flash because i played this game too many times and delivered Mr. Stone's Letter-Sailed to Slateport City-Caught Plusle on Route 110 and named Mimzy-Went back to Brawly after grinding a couple of more levels(this battle ate PP up like crazy!!)-Sheepy evolved!-Delivered the Devon Goods-Owned my Rival with level 17+ Pokemon on Route 110 **NOTE: I encountered a Minun before the Rival battle so I did the same thing as with the Skitty except I named it Mumzy (Mumzy and Mimzy...Makes sense right?)**-Caught Volbeat on Routee 117 (named Squishy)-Got really cocky and challenged Wattson before training and luckily I won (mostly OHKOs and 2HKOs)-Bought some Great Balls in Mauville cause I was running low after I got the Mach Bike-Traveled to the Rusturf Tunnel and cleared it and finally realized why it was called Rusturf Tunnel (I never payed much attention to it cause it was so small and only had Whismar in it)-Ventured through Route 111 fighting Trainers as I went along-Arrived at Feiry Path and caught a Torkoal and named it Smokes-Caught a Numel on Route 112 (named Lemun)-Caught Sandshrew on route 113 (named Spins)- Grinded levels- Grinded some more levels-Mugsy finally evolved-Arrived at Fallarbor Town-Caught Lotad on Routh 114 (was hoping for a Swablu) and named it Dots-Caught a Lunatone in Meteor Falls and named it Luna-Rescued Prof. Cozmo-Grind more than people at a skate demo-backtracked to Fiery Path and fought Archie and retrieved the Meteorite (Mimi got very close to fainting but he pulled through for me:) )-Owned Flannery didn't need to train for her-Recived Go-Goggles from Rival-Went to desert part of Route 111 and caught a Trapinch and named it Click-Meant to grab Root Fossil before I left the desert but totally forgot-Caught another Numel on Jagged Pass and named it Num-Nums-Went to Petalburg Gym and defeated all the Trainers 'cept for daddy (stupid Delcatties kept putting me to sleep but Mimi pulled through several, several times)-Went back to the desert to grab the Root Fossil and to grind some more levels

CURRENT TEAM:
Mimi/Marshtomp, Level 29
Mimzy/Plusle, Level 22 (Route 110)
Click/Trapinch, Level 23 (Route 111)
Smacker/Makuhita, Level 22 (Granite Cave)
Num-Nums/Numel, Level 21 (Jagged Pass)
Luna/Lunatone, Level 22 (Meteor Falls)

R.I.P.
Slicks/Wurmple, Level 6 (Routh 101)
Sheep/Whismur, Level 9 (Route 116)
Slicky/Silcoon, Level 5 (Petalburg Woods) (Not really dead, but might as well be...)

 

[mondays suck]

Massive update (including the first gym battle) ahead.

Spoiler:

The first thing I did today was grinding my newest friends, Celino the Ralts and Elisa the Geodude to a decent level.

Talked to that Wailmer guy. Apparently he's there to tell people that the gym leader is not there.

Decided to explore the cave further before doing anything else. aAnd suddenly, May.

But, this time she doesn't want to murder me, and asks for help instead.

...the hell? First May killed me, and then she is afraid of a Poochyena...?

Someone in the cave gave me a Miracle Seed. Puta doesn't know any grass-type moves yet, but why not?

The cave has two exits. This was the first one.

Suddenly, some guy jumps out of nowhere and tells me stuff I don't understand.

Also, after returning into the cave, there were more Rockets.

I thought this would turn out into an epic battle, but the Rocket Executive wasn't that strong.

Well, he did have that Bronzor that almost killed Larvitar, but apart from that, Larvitar and later Elisa killed everything with ease.

And then, I was alone.

And then, the gym was open.

But, I decided to look what's behind the second cave exit. And, it turned out there isn't much.

Also, there's not much to do on Route 304.

So, I decided to go to ... Petalburg Gym (haha) instead

Surprisingly, the guy who replaced Norman didn't sent me and some other guy away to go catch a Ralts but he challenged me.

Luckily, I was leading with the right Pokemon.

Magnitude

Magnitude

MAGNITUDE

MAGNITUDE

MAGNITUDE

MAGNI- Oh wait.
Yeah, overall this battle wasn't too hard. The Hippopotas growled Elisa's attack stat down quite a lot (and would have been bulky enough without doing that), but nothing Jose had could really hurt her, so I won after using Magnitude MANY times.

...Surf? Already?

Also, instead of a TM, I got some pretty damn weird item. And that's an understatement.


Team at this point

See how the alpha male is Ralts.

More Update. Tragedy strikes.

Spoiler:

Better not. I don't want to fight a level 30-ish Swellow (or what was in that room again?) now.

I'm heading north on Route 304. This guy gave me a Bullet Seed TM, but Puta can't learn it.

And I arrive at a new city.

Suddenly, I don't pay attention for a second and run into Gary.

Of course, I'm leading with the wrong Pokemon.

Starly died easy, but this thing was a major pain.

Like, for example when it almost killed Puta.

But, in the end it went down.

This thing went down surprisingly easily, I love Double Team.

The last Pokemon is a Gible.

Dragon Rage? At level 14? What is this I don't even...

Die in a fire, murderer.

More update, more tragedy.

Spoiler:

RIP, Celino Lv.4-17. You brought down most of Gary's team and then died a completely unexpected and unfair death. You shall be avenged.

Continued exploring the current city. Found a pink Pikachu in a house.

I thought drugged people see pink elephants, not pink Pikachus...

Also, I get a Cut HM. I teach it to Puta.

Looks like a trade. But I don't have any of these, so no trade for me.

Also, somewhere around is a route. Which is blocked at this point.

Water type? Great, my Grass type doesn't know a Grass-type attack and my other two Pokemon are 4x weak to Water.

But, since the gym trainers were pretty weak, I decide to take on the leader.

This thing was annoying, but didn't do any major damage.

But suddenly, Puta was dead. I underestimated the danger of having a lowered defense stat, but I also didn't dare to switch and risk a water attack. And, I was thinking Puta could take that one more hit and then finish off Croconaw, but everything went wrong.

There's no way I can outspeed this thing, and there's also no way not to get OHKOd. But, I have still a chance to win...

Leech Seed.

Victory. But, at what cost?

There was no way to win this without a loss, but I could still have saved Puta by switching in the right moment and sacrificing Elisa. But, I failed.
RIP, Puta (Lv.8-18) and Elisa (Lv.6-19)

Note:

Spoiler:

If I don't update in a while it's not going to mean anything. The problem is just that I have to evolve Larvitar into Tyranitar before I can do anything.
Why, you ask? Because Tyranitar can learn Cut.
This is going to take a while, especially when considering the highest-leveled wild Pokemon I can battle are at level 9.
Forget it, with less than 100 Exp per battle and something like 100k or 200k Exp needed to even be able to learn Cut, this would take way too long. This run is over, I guess. Gonna try something easier the next time before I get back to stuff like this.

 

[miakemi]

Here's an update of my progress:

Day 2:

Spoiler:

- Route 116: I was unable to catch Abra. That's the worse pokemon to be my first encounter.
- Rusturf Tunnel: I caught a Whismur (Jet) at level 8.
- Beat Roxanne.
- Received PokeNav and headed to Dewford.
- Granite Cave: Caught a Makuhita (Bob) at level 10.
- Dewford Town: Obtained Old Rod and caught a Tentacool (Jellyman) at level 5, which I boxed as a back-up.

Team:

Bob (Makuhita) => Level 13
Roy (Dustox) => Level 15
Torchic => Level 15
Jet (Whismur) => Level 16
Wingull => Level 18

Back-up:

Jellyman (Tentacool) => Level 5

Dead:

Cody (Poochyena) => Level 7

Badges: 1

Day 3

Spoiler:

- Trained Bob to catch up to the rest of my team.
- Route 106: Caught Magikarp (Ai) at level 10.
- Torchic evolved into Combusken.
- Beat Brawly.
- Delivered the letter to Steven.
- Went back to Devon Corp and received Exp. Share, which I gave to Ai.
- Sailed to Slateport and got ambushed by people under umbrellas.
- Bought pokeballs.
- Met with the name rater and renamed Combusken, ColSanders and renamed Wingull, Scuttle.
- Beat Team Aqua and delivered the Devon Goods to Capt. Stern.
- Route 110: Caught another Poochyena (Cody II) at level 12.
- Ran into Brendan before healing my pokemon. Jet (Whismur, level 18), unfortunately, was killed by his Lombre. Roy (Dustox) was down to 12 hp against Marshtomp but was able to finish him before being killed.
- Received Itemfinder from Brendan. A poor payoff after he killed Jet.
- Replaced Jet with Cody II (Poochyena) and gave Cody II Exp. Share to help it catch up to the other pokemon.
- Saved in Mauville.

Team:

Ai (Magikarp) => Level 18
Bob (Makuhita) => Level 18
Roy (Dustox) => Level 19
ColSanders (Combusken) => Level 19
Scuttle (Wingull) => Level 19
Cody II (Poochyena) => Level 15

Back-up:

Jellyman (Tentacool) => Level 5

Dead:

Cody (Poochyena) => Level 7
Jet (Whismur) => Level 18

Badges: 2

 

[mondays suck]

Time to stop my negative series of 3 failed runs, but I also don't feel like playing a regular game... Emerald 386 is my choice, and this time I'm for once not going to die. No screenshots, just regular progress updates and stuff. Because I don't feel like thinking of funny (or not) comments.

Rules: Basic Nuzlocke rules+Set mode.

Ok, first Update. In Boring log mode because I'm lazy.

Spoiler:

Started. Chose Treecko because I never used one before. Named (or, let the random name generator generate a name) him Fran. Did usual early stuff and failed not to meet a Pokemon on the route north of Oldale.
Caught a Zigzagoon named Sevda on Route 102. Grinded and killed everyone.
I also caught a Surskit named Askr on the next route, I think I'm going to box him, just in case...

Current Team (in very short form because all have their standard movesets anyways):
:t252: Fran Lv. 10
:t263: Sevda Lv. 11
:t283: Askr Lv. 6

More Update

Spoiler:

In Petalburg Woods, I caught a Caterpie named Uzziel. Grinded Uzziel to level 10 before doing anything and then breezed through the woods and northern part rest of Route 104.
In Rustboro, I let Fran (all alone since everyone else would have had a type disadvantage) take on the gym. Successfully.

Oh yeah, I decided to screenshot badges.

Suddenly, spoiler splitting. Haven't had this problem for weeks. Dammit.

Spoiler:

Current Team:
:t253:m Fran @/ - Lv.17 - Pursuit, Leer, Absorb, Quick Attack - Brave, Overgrow - Route 301
:t263:f Sevda @/ - Lv.13 - Tackle, Sand Attack, Tail Whip, Headbutt - Calm, Pickup - Route 302
:t012:m Uzziel @/ - Lv.12 - Tackle, String Shot, Harden, Confusion - Gentle, Compuoundeyes - Petalburg Woods

Box:
:t283:m Askr Lv.6 - Route 304

Dead (Box "Hell"):
None yet, thankfully

No catches: Route 303

Spoiler:

After doing the easy Rusturf Tunnel quest (on the way there I caught a Skitty and an Igglybuff, both of them are enjoying the box currently), there was this one May battle. She had a Lotad, that Sevda killed with ease, but then there was Torchic. And it critted with Ember on Sevda, leaving her with 3 HP. And both of my other Pokemon at that point were weak to Fire. So, I had to let Sevda use Headbutt, die so that Torchic was in Quick Attack KO range for Fran. This seems like too early for a sacrifice death, so I probably undergrinded.
Anyways, I then arrived at Dewford, and caught 4 Pokemon at various places:
3 Magikarps (I was hoping they put in something else for the Old Rod, otherwise I would have only fished one) and a Sableye (I used one of Sevda's Repels for this). I chose the highest Magikarp for my team and then proceeded to rape Brawley's gym with Malene the Sableye. Piece of cake since nothing could even hit her.

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

Current Team:
:t253:m Fran @/ - Lv.19 - Pursuit, Leer, Absorb, Quick Attack - Brave, Overgrow - Route 101
:t012:m Uzziel @/ - Lv.17 - Tackle, Poison Powder, Sleep Powder, Confusion - Gentle, Compuoundeyes - Petalburg Woods
:t129:m Hazael @/ - Lv.11 - Splash - Bashful, Swift Swim - Route 106
:t302:f Malene @SilkScarf - Lv.19 - Scratch, Fury Swipes, Night Shade, Astonish - Hasty, Keen Eye - Granite Cave

Box:

Spoiler:

:t283:m Askr Lv.6 - Route 104
:t300:f Luiza Lv.9 - Route 116
:t174:f Roxelana Lv.8 - Rusturf Tunnel
:t129:m Kgosi Lv.8 - Petalburg City
:t129:f Jelka Lv.7 - Dewford Town

Dead (Box "Hell"):
:t263:f Sevda - Lv.4-14 - Route 102 - May's Torchic, Rustboro

No catches: Route 103

Spoiler:

Arrived at Slateport and caught a Meowth named Hristofor. Grinded Hristofor and Hazael up to a decent level. It was a pain.
Then, after beign Team Aqua, I had to fight these two Pokefans north of Slateport. The first one went down easily, but the second one... not.
Due to hax reasons, I had the following situation: Uzziel was out against either Plusle or Minun (I can't tell them apart), in Spark KO range and paralyzed. Everyone else but Hazael whom I didn't even send out was at extremely low health and paralyzed. I decide not to switch and hope for Quick Attack or Growl. It didn't happen. Already the second time one of my Pokemon had to sacrifice itself to make Fran able to safe anyone else's life with a Quick Attack. I don't like this tendency...
Currently grinding the rest of my team + Askr the Surskit to level 25. Why 25? Some awesome moves are learned there, like Dragon Rage or Bubblebeam.

 

[miakemi]

Another Update:

Day 4

Spoiler:

- Had an annoying battle with Wally. It reinforced my hatred of the move Double Team.
- Having not played through Emerald before, I have a right to say Scott looks really suspicious.
- Cody II (level 15) met a similar fate of Cody (Both Poochyenas) thanks to a crit., this time to a wild level 12 Poochyena.
- Looked at the gym and realized quite a few of my pokemon are at a type disadvantage. Wonderful.
- Route 117: Caught another Poochyena (Codi) at level 13. Hopefully this one will survive more than a few levels. -_-
- Ai evolved into Gyarados. No more leeching with Exp. Share! ^-^
- Gave Jellyman (Tentacool) to the daycare.

Team:

Codi (Poochyena) => Level 17
Scuttle (Wingull) => Level 20
Ai (Gyarados) => Level 20
ColSanders => Level 20
Roy => Level 20
Bob => Level 20

Back-up:

Jellyman (Tentacool) => Level 5

Dead:

Cody (Poochyena) => Level 7
Jet (Whismur) => Level 18
Cody II (Poochyena) => Level 15

Badges: 2

 

[ChrisTom]

Yay! I wasn't interested in these kinds of challenges until reading the comic strip. But now I'm really excited!

I'm ChrisTom, this is the first challenge I'm participating in and I'm picking Sapphire. My starter will be Treecko(not because it was in the comic, but because it's the only one I haven't used for Hoenn). I'll keep you posted!

With all regards,

-ChrisTom

 

[mondays suck]

New update.

Spoiler:

Grinded the team to level 25. Went northwards. Found...Altering Cave? I thought it only existed in FRLG... Well, I caught a Totodile named Eibhear there. Then, proceeded to beat May. Hazael beat her on his own, but only barely. Fought Wally (he had a level 28 Kirlia, Malene killed it anyways) and then cleared the route on the east and cycling road. At some point, I was pretty damn close to a loss. Enemy had a Magnemite. 4 Pokemon were paralyzed and at low healh. Hazael was not paralyzed but in KO range for Magnemite anyways. Askr was out, and it did somehow manage to beat both the Magnemite and the follwing Loudred without dying.

Next: All that stuff in the West and North of Mauville. Wattson can wait, I'm not eager to fight him early.

Current Team:
:t253:m Fran @/ - Lv.26 - Pursuit, Screech, Absorb, Quick Attack - Brave, Overgrow - Route 101
:t130:m Hazael @KingsRock - Lv.26 - Splash, Tackle, Bite, Dragon Rage - Bashful, Intimidate - Route 106
:t302:f Malene @SilkScarf - Lv.28 - Scratch, Fake Out, Night Shade, Astonish - Hasty, Keen Eye - Granite Cave
:t052:m Hristofor @/ - Lv.26 - Scratch, Growl, Bite, Pay Day - Bold, Pickup - Route 110
:t284:m Askr Lv.27 @/ - Bubble, Quick Attack, Gust, Bubblebeam - Careful, Intimidate - Route 104
:t159:m Eibhear Lv.26 @/ - Scratch, Leer, Bite, Water Gun - Naive, Torrent - Altering Cave

Box:

Spoiler:

:t300:f Luiza Lv.9 - Route 116
:t174:f Roxelana Lv.8 - Rusturf Tunnel
:t129:m Kgosi Lv.8 - Petalburg City
:t129:f Jelka Lv.7 - Dewford Town

Dead (Box "Hell"):
:t263:f Sevda - Lv.4-14 - Route 102 - May's Torchic, Rustboro
:t012:m Uzziel - Lv.6-21 - Petalburg Woods - Pokefan's Plusle or Minun, north of Slateport

No catches: Route 103


Looking at it, only Sableye can actually fight Wattson. Groyvle and Meowth can't touch Magnemite/ton (not even with Screech, I tried it), and while Gyara, Masquerain and Croconaw can deal some nice damage to these things, they're all weak to Electric, so I can't use them. Looks like it will soon be massive grinding time again, especially since some of the normal trainers are already giving me problems.
Well, I might consider getting a Flamethrower Jigglypuff, but that's not going to be easy... It would definetely be helpful though.

 

[ChrisTom]

Ok.
Here is my current progress:

I have my first gym badge and have just set foot in Dewford. The only Pokemon who has died so far is Zig the Zigsagoon but that wasn't a big deal because I only caught him as a backup anyways.

My current team is:

Malakai the Treecko at Lvl 14

Nippers the Poochyena at Lvl 10

Mr.Chirps the Taillow at Lvl 11

Jared the Wingull at Lvl 11

Miran the Nincada at Lvl 10

I'll be sure to keep you posted! ^_^

 

[mondays suck]

Emerald 386 is seriously harder than I was thinking. After managing most of the rest of the Mauville area without major problems and evolving Eibhear into Feraligatr, I took on the Winstrate family. The first three had already died without causing any greater troubles, but then suddenly that Meditite killed Fran (Groyvle), who still had quite a lot of HP with High Jump Kick after not getting OHKOd by Leaf Blade. Great, my only Pokemon that's good against Electric types just died.
Currently grinding Roxelana (now already a Jigglypuff) and Alastriona the Illumise (dammit, I wanted an Oddish) up to the rest of the remaining team, and then I'll proceed to grind everyone to level 35 or so.

 

[ChrisTom]

Alright. Luckily I haven't lost any friends yet. I've just now defeated May at the underpass. All of my Pokemon are level 15 with the exception of my newly evolved Grovyle. I do have a question though:

If I save the game before battle, and faint in battle, can I simply open up that save file and try again?

I've been doing that for a while now and I just wanted to make sure before I make large progress in the game. Thank you so much! ^_^

With all regards,

-ChrisTom

 

[Maraala]

Okay from where I left off from last time... Went trained in the desert until my team was level 30+ and grabbed the Root Fossil-Click, Smacker and Num-Nums evolved-Went to challenge Daddy and won!(the second Slaking was hard...)-Got Surf from Wally's parents-Taught Surf to Smacker(didnot know that Hariyama can learn Surf)-Caught Electrike on Route 118 and named it Volts-Cleared the Weather Institute of Team Aqua...need to go back and get Castform-Defeated Rival on Route 119 but lost Num-Nums in battle-Replaced Num-Nums with Smokes-Went to Route 120 and caught Kecleon and recieved the Devon Scope-Defeated Winona but lost Volts (stupid Skarmory)-Traversed to Route 121 and Caught Shuppet (Spooks)-Trained a bit and Click and Spooks evolved-Visited Lilycove before i went to Mt. Pyre-Encountered Tentacool on Route 122 but didn't feel like catching it-Encountered another Shuppet in Mt. Pyre....wanted to get a Vulpix...didn't catch it-Archie stole the Red Orb and I received the Blue Orb-Flew to Slateport City and witnessed Team Aqua steal the Sub-Flew to Lilycove and surfed to the Team Aqua Hideout-Was gonna try to Catch the Electrode but it used Selfdestruct before i had a chance-Found the Masterball (Yay!)-Team Aqua escaped with the Sub-Surf to Mossdeep City(used some Repels to keep Pokemon away...didn't feel like fighting)-Defeated Tate & Liza (didn't need to train...my Pokemon was level 43+)-Received Dive from Steven-Went to Route 127 and 128 and found the Seafloor Cavern-fought Archie and defeated him-He awoken Kyogre and it started raining....very hard-Went to Sootopolis City (Too many o's in that city)-Went to the Cave of Origin and used my Masterball on Kyogre-Trained to level 49+-Challenged Wallace and won the Rain Badge(not so tough)-Ventured to Ever Grande City (not much of a city...again used Repels)-Victory Road was a breeze-Wally was a breeze(Delcatty gave me trouble with it's Assist)-Somehow managed to grind till my team was level 60+-The time has come....I challenged the Elite Four but spent all my money on Full Restores first-Arrived at Sidney-Used Smacker the whole time and it was super easy(OHKO's)-One down...four to go-Arrived at Phoebe-Used Spooks and Phoebe went easily...although the Sableye gave me trouble-Two down....Three to go-Arrived at Glacia-Used Mimzy, Smacker and Smokes and she went down like a charm...So far so good-three down...Two to go-Arrived at Drake-Used Click-All was good until Drake's last Pokemon, Salamence, came out and Click fainted so i used Mimzy and Mimzy avenged Click-Four down....one left....this is it-Made sure everyone was ready....then proceeded to the room with Steven, the Champion-Most of his Pokemon went out with 2HKO's- it was down to Me, with 5 Pokemon, to Steven, with only his Armadlo left-Thinking I was gonna win, I went all out (kinda was a bad idea)-Used Mimi's Muddy Water-Mimi ended up fainting from Aerial Ace-Sent out Smokes, knowing that fire is super-effetive agaist bug but Armadlo was too fast and OHKOed Smokes-Used Smacker and, alas! He went down too-I was down to two Pokemon, Mimzy and Spooks-I decided to play it safe....a tactic i never really used before...-Sent out Mimzy...three turns later she fainted-My last Pokemon...-GOOOOO...SPOOKS! AVENGE THEM ALL!!!-Used Curse at the start and then just waited it out...when i felt it was safe i would use Shadow Ball- Just kept using Full Restores whenever Spooks got hit ( I had like 30 of them in my bag at that point and wasn't really using them up until now)-After about 20 turns, my patience paid off and Armadlo fainted-stared at the screen for a while, processing what just happened then started shouting-YAY!!! I JUST DID IT!!!!

Hall of Fame Debut: 32:36

Winning team(or who was left):
Spooks/Banette, Level 60 (Route 121)

R.I.P.
Mimi/Swampert, Level 65
Mimzy/Plusle, Level 66 (Route 110)
Smokes/Torkoal, Level 63 (Fiery Path)
Click/Flygon, Level 67 (Route 111)
Smacker/Hariyama, Level 64 (Granite Cave)
Num-Nums/Camerupt, Level 34 (Jagged Pass)

 

[dragon0fangz]

*attempts to raise popularity*
in other words, BUMP.
But seriously i will try this challenge on Sapphire.
(Oh yeah, i added a challenge, i cannot use healing items except during Gym leaders and E4)
Chose Treecko, named Draeae.
Decided to not count pokemon encountered until i get pokeballs.
So on Route 101 i got Poochyena.
called Arooo
On Route 103 I got Zigzagoon called Zagzig (will not use)
On Route 102 got a Taillow named Kaw, will be on team.
Did Wally Stuff
On route 104 caught a Wurmple called Xoth and desperately hoped for a Cascoon.
In Petalburg woods, encountered a Silcoon which i wanted, but accidently killed it with a crit.
Got my wish when Xoth evolved.
On route 116 caught a Whismur called Whiner. Do not want.
Challenged Roxanne. Bad idea, as my pokemon were underleveled.
Xoth switched out to Draeae first, but Draeae took heavy damage from Geodude. Used Absorb, halfway healing me and leaving Geodude with 1 hp
Roxanne healed Geodude, leaving him open for another absorb, fully healing Draeae. Geodude fainted. Nosepass came out, i used absorb, Nosepass had 2/3 health left, he used Rock tomb and got Draeae down to 3 hp. Fearing for my life, i used absorb, Nosepass has 1/3. Nosepass killed Draeae. Thinking that was it for me, i switched in to Kaw, who was very lucky and got 4 Wing Attacks in, while Nosepass kept missing Rock Tomb. Finally he hit, but Nosepass had a tiny amount. Kaw died, and Xoth finished it off with Confusion. Wow. That sucks.
I really suck at this dont i? Arooo, which i was grindin', died from a critted Water gun by a wild Wingull. All I want is a decent battling team.
Went to Granite Cave, lucked out, and caught a Makuhita, which i called Dosukoi. (You know, that sumo shout)
Got Old rod, fished in Dewford for a Magikarp. Caught it, unfortunately it was at lv 5. named it Grashcrash. Beat Brawly with barely a scratch with my Xoth.
Went to Slateport, did stuff, and got a Plusle at Route 110. Disappointed, I named it addend.
Went up to Mauville, got Lucky and caught a Volbeat on route whatever is left of Mauville.
Thats rare right? Wait, who am i talking to, nobody reads this.
*sighs* Okay I went north. Caught a Grimer at steam cave and numel at route 112. Grimers are cool, but i already have a poison type.
caught a Spinda. called it Pachiri. Still looking for trainable pokemon. tried Numel, decided he was too pathetic.
Went Down, got a Swablu, which was worth training. called it elegy. Got screwed over in Meteor falls, where i wanted a lunatone but got a zubat instead. (called it No. Why? Just ... no.)
RIP Xoth. Lost it against Archie on Mt. Chimney. There goes my longest-lived pokemon.
RIP Elegy. I know. I wanted to train it so bad, but it instantly went down by an OHKO critted Karate Chop by a WILD Machop (Jagged Pass). Caught the machop and called it I HATE YOU. and i dont even need it.
My team

Spoiler:

Dosukoi/Hariyama lv 31
Zagzig/Zigzagoon lv 6
Splund/Grimer lv 16

In box

Spoiler:

I know you dont care about boxed pokemon.

Dead

Spoiler:

Elegy/Swablu lv 17 wild Machop
Xoth/Dustox lv 29 Archie's Golbat
Arooo/Poochyena lv 5 wild Wingull
Draeae/Treecko lv 14 Roxanne's Nosepass
Kaw/Taillow lv 13 Roxanne's Nosepass

 

[Soldek]

Is this still open for takers? I'll sign up for LeafGreen.

 

[dragon0fangz]

meh. Swept Lavaridge with just dosukoi, and trying to train Splund. got go-goggles, and caught an useless Sandshrew in the desert. Picked a Lileep fossil, and restored it at Rustboro. Happy, called it gneiss. Swept Norman with Vital Throw, but i admit it was close. While surfing at route 11...whatevers right of Mauville, gneiss died from a Tentacool. First used Wrap so i couldnt escape, then proceeded to Acid it to death (I got a Linoone there). Its like the whole world is against me. But i got this far, so i shouldnt complain. got an awesome Magnemite at New mauville, called it Rarecoil, and proceeded to use on team. On route 119, caught an Oddish. I wanted a cool pokemon, but oddish's not bad, providing i can find a leaf stone. (or sun) named it ploom after the oddish in my failed blue nuzlocke. Got Leaf stone and evolved ploom into Vileplume. Rarecoil evolved. And then i challenged Winona. I seriously thought i was going to win. and then... boom. Altaria used Earthquake. Come on, how does that thing know earthquake? Needless to say, my rarecoil was owned. My whole team, including dosukoi, was taken out. Thankfully, i had the sense to deposit Ploom in a box before, but i dont think i stand a chance anymore. So thats it. im giving up. for now.
My team

Spoiler:

Ploom/Vileplume lv 28

In box

Spoiler:

I know you dont care about boxed pokemon.

Dead

Spoiler:

Elegy/Swablu lv 17 wild Machop
Xoth/Dustox lv 29 Archie's Golbat
Arooo/Poochyena lv 5 wild Wingull
Draeae/Treecko lv 14 Roxanne's Nosepass
Kaw/Taillow lv 13 Roxanne's Nosepass
Gneiss/Lileep lv 21 wild Tentacool
Dosukoi/Hariyama lv 36 Winona's Skarmory
Rarecoil/Magneton lv 32 Winona's Altaria
and a lot more trash.

 

[Vrai]

Soooooo I was going to try this on my LeafGreen but then when I started, my rival's Charmander critted Scratch and KO'd my Astro. Do I get the record for fastest loss? D:

 

[560cool.]

I'm In for Emerald 386 !
Shall update later ... when my 3G Network Downloads this damn ROM :O

 

[HoennBlaze]

I'll give it a go for Sapphire, although I'm new to this and haven't even completed a Solo yet :/

Ok so far I have a Torchic named KAIN (Route 101) and a Shroomish named EUTYCHUS (Petalburg Woods). KAIN is level 12 and EUTYCHUS is level 8. Already had a Wurmple named BOAZ and a Zigzagoon named HELLADIOS die :/

I'll try and keep you updated.