[Challenge] The Nuzlocke Challenge

[keishajay]

Pokemon Sun Update #2

So, I was really worried about Hala after the trouble I had with him last time, but Copperfield swept his first two pokemon without even taking a hit. I let Dancer take the last one just to get some variety. He was unbelievably easy.

My team has gone through some changes since Hala, and here it is now.

Pebbles
Lv. 18

Vegeta
Lv. 18

Sneaks
Lv. 21

Copperfield
Lv. 21

Bailey
Lv. 23

Egg

I'm on Akala heading towards my water trial now. The egg was a gift from the Breeders in Paniola. I'm not sure if it's illegal or not, and I'll probably drop it off in my PC anyway.

 

[keishajay]

Pokemon Sun Update #3

I'm on my way to the fire trial now. I caught a Fomantis on Route 5, which helped with Totem Wishiwashi. I did have to resort to using my Brionne to finish it off though, after it nearly killed my Fomantis. It took forever for a Grubbin to show up on Route 6, but it was the only thing I didn't have on that route. I seriously had two Eevees pop up before that Grubbin did. :| My team now is:

Vikka
Lv. 17

Vegeta
Lv. 23

Harlequin
Lv. 23

Pebbles
Lv. 24

Copperfield
Lv. 25

Bailey
Lv. 27

Also, I evolved my Spearow so I could eliminate Fearow from the pool and then promptly lost it to an Oricorio's critical hit.

 

[keishajay]

I also have a quick update on Pokemon Alpha Sapphire. I beat the psychic gym with ease thanks to Mightyena and Exploud, and I'm working my way through the Sea Cavern to finish off Team Aqua. My current team is:

Plantaina
Lv. 47

Faster
Lv. 49

Shenzi
Lv. 49

Mr. Rogers
Lv. 49

Wanda
Lv. 50

Krillin
Lv. 51

 

[TheCrystalFlaaffy]

Found another shiny in Prism :]

Spoiler:

 

[SirDolan]

Signing in for a challenge. Updates will probably be slow, apologies in advance.

Username: SirDolan
Version: Omega Ruby
Single/Ultimate: Single

Additional Rules:

• You must nickname all of your Pokemon.

• A black out/white is a "game over," even if there are Pokémon left in the PC.

• No Duplicate Captures (Only applies if said Pokemon is alive).

Update!
I have obtained my starter!

Rhododendron the Treecko
Male|Relaxed|Overgrow|Lv. 5
Pound
Leer
Absorb

I'm going to make a post solely for updates now. Well. Maybe not now. Maybe later. When I'm not tired.

 

[purplecicada]

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]

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

 

[keishajay]

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!

 

[keishajay]

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

 

[smason15]

Username: smason15
Version: Leaf Green, Soul Silver, Omega Ruby, Platinum, Black 2, X, Sun
Single/Ultimate?: Ultimate!

I'm following the normal rules! No nicknaming though :)

 

[Beatbox]

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

 

[Skarper]

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

 

[Skarper]

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

 

[Skarper]

Log #5
I lost... Fantina's Mismagius run through my team. But I'll come back, someday...

 

[WolfeeWolfsta]

Username: WolfeeWolfsta
Version: Sapphire *randomizer*
Single/Ultimate?: Single

 

[BlissyMKW]

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

 

[youngster_joey]

Username: Youngster_Joey
Game: Fire red, Heart gold, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2, Y, Moon
Single/ultimate?: Ultimate.

I'll be using dupes clause.

I'm starting off with Platinum.

 

[BlissyMKW]

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 Leafage, 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
​

 

[AimLess]

Username: AimLess
Version: Fire Red, Soul Silver, Emerald, Platinum, White, Y, Sun
Single/Ultimate?: Ultimate

 

[Halfcadence]

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 Counter?d by Hapu?s Mudsdale during the Grand Trial battle while the Mudsdale had like, 1 HP left :(

kek the Toucannon, Lv. 3-55: Took Hau?s Inceneroar?s Inferno Overdrive from full health in the fight right before the E4 :(