[Challenge] The Nuzlocke Challenge

TheCrystalFlaaffy · Jul 25, 2015

Part 20 is here, it the episode of Mega Evolution!

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Splash · Jul 26, 2015

Username: Splash
Version: StormSilver
Single/Ultimate?: Single

Rules:
1. Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead, and must be released (or boxed).
2. Only the first encounter on each route can be caught, no second chances.
3. Trading is completely banned, but trading for the purpose of evolution is perfectly fine.
5. Have fun!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Some Optional 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.
You must change the battle style to SET.
You may only use PokéBalls.
You may not use/catch legendary Pokémon.
No Duplicate Captures.
Separated Areas (Only if they are actually separated, like North/South 204 from Sinnoh, or multiple floors in a cave)

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TheCrystalFlaaffy · Jul 28, 2015

Part 21 everyone! We take on the 5th gym this time and also have another run in with the 1st gym leader Miss Silk. Make sure to check it out :]

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Part 22 is here :) It's a very pivotal episode for Team Mirage if I do say so myself

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Volga · Aug 3, 2015

I'm back guys. I've been away, just life stuff.

I got the OP updated, so let me know if I missed anything.
It's almost 5 AM and I'm running on no sleep, so I wouldn't be surprised if I did miss something. :p

PageEmp · Aug 3, 2015

Note to self: Stop shitting myself and get something done.

13 Outside... (3/8/15)

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TheCrystalFlaaffy · Aug 6, 2015

Part 23 is here :]

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Tora · Aug 7, 2015

Part 6: I shouldn't have said anything

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In Driftveil City, there was more Plasma drama waiting for me. I met Rood, a former member of the seven sages, Hugh finally revealed that it was his sister's Pokémon he was after and why does Team Plasma even have a Zorua? Oh, nevermind. He's giving it to me as a gift. That's fine with me. (Also, yay for N backstory!)

Now that that was out of the way, there was nothing that could stop me from going after the next badge. Clay's gym design was terrible in Black and White, but this is ridiculous. It's much worse now. But at least the music is good.

The battle itself went smoothly, even though I had a bad feeling about this. It was pretty unnecessary, after all. I had two water types and a bug/grass type (that I would have only sent out in an emergency, for fear of the rock type move). Sam quickly got rid of both Krokorok and Sandslash, but for the Excadrill, I switched out into Mimi, because Sam got a bit too much damage from those two already. Mimi was a lot bulkier and with a Charm, the Excadrill was no problem at all. I guess I'll keep that move for as long as possible. It could save me at some point.

With the fifth badge in my pocket, I was going to leave Driftveil, but Clay had other plans. He dragged me and Hugh off to the Pokemon World Tournament, telling us to participate. Well, alright, why not? What could possibly go wrong?

Without thinking much about it, I chose Boris, Betty and Mimi. The first battles against Hugh and Cheren were a breeze. I even felt a bit bad when Cheren's Stoutland hit itself three times in confusion without being able to touch Boris and his Cinccino knocked itself out after setting up two Work Ups. But then there was Colress and I finally realized that I had a huge weakness to electricity. I tried it with Boris' Confuse Ray, but his Magneton never once hit itself. Instead, it proceeded to paralyze Boris, confuse him and finally bring him down into the red, while Boris was paralyzed three times in a row. Thank you, karma. I was forced to switch into Betty, who got paralyzed on the first Thunder Shock. She never once broke through the paralysis or the following confusion either. My only option was to switch to Mimi. At least he would be able to take a few hits better than the other two.

I was very lucky. On the switch, Magneton just used Mirror Shot and on the next turn, it missed the Supersonic. Thankfully, I had just made Mimi remember Aqua Tail. To my surprise, he managed to defeat the Magneton in one hit, outsped the following Klink and the Elgyem, beating them with two more Aqua Tails. That was really close, I already thought I'd lose three team members at once. And there I was initially thinking I'd just exchange Mimi for something else once I had more Pokémon. Now, Mimi is pretty much our lifeline. I just wouldn't have thought that the sad looking Azurill would turn into a monster you don't want to mess with.

Still, I'm not entirely happy with this current team. Four of my Pokémon are physical attackers. Boris' attack stats are pretty even, so he could be mixed. But the only special move he has, is Venoshock. And while Sam is obviously a special attacker stat-wise, his only special move is Water Pulse. Also, Boris is the only one I can have in front when I step in the tall grass. Most of the others are too slow to escape, except for Bluebell, but with his annoying ability, he'll just draw in more Pokémon. I might have to mix the party up a bit eventually. But for now, I want to keep them as they are and hope for the best.

After the barely won tournament, we had to fight some Plasma ninjas on a boat, but in the end they escaped using the ninja trio's mysterious ninja powers. Yeah, they're a pretty shady bunch. Well, there was nothing I could do about them now, so I made my way north again, after I explored the Relic Passage a bit. Since I couldn't catch the Volcarona anymore, I just left it alone.

A bit further down the next route, Cheren met me at the Season Research Lab again to give me Surf. Well, never mind me complaining about having no special attacks for Sam. On the way to the Chargestone Cave, I actually met Terrakion... not sure what to think of that.

I'll blame the electric charge for the stupidity that followed in the cave. I got into a Triple Battle and was really focused on making sure that Oliver wouldn't die. That had been my main concern all the way through Relic Passage, because I wanted to train him, but his special defense is nearly nonexistent. Well, Oliver didn't die. But I completely missed the Tranquill, standing plainly in the middle of the battle screen. I only noticed the threat when I had already selected the last attack – Razor Leaf with Betty. The Air Slash was pretty obvious and it hit. There was no way for her to survive that.

I'm sorry, Betty! I should have paid more attention! I probably jinxed myself. I shouldn't have mused about switching up the party... For now, I'll end this part here. I'm really upset about this loss and how easily it could have been avoided. Also, I need to think about what I'm going to add to the team now.

Current location and objective: Driftveil City, get through Chargestone Cave

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Junier · Aug 8, 2015

Shout out to everyone putting more effort in writing out their posts than I plan to, haha :P

Username: Disclosed
Version: Pokemon Platinum
Single/Ultimate?: Single. I might also Nuzlocke the aftergame, as I've never experienced it.

Optional Rule #1: Nicknames are a go-go.
Optional Rule #2: Starter will be chosen based on ID number.

So wish me luck :/

PageEmp · Aug 9, 2015

14 Other plans (9/8/15)

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TheCrystalFlaaffy · Aug 10, 2015

Part 24 is here, and it's a crazy one. Deaths upon deaths.

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Pave Low · Aug 10, 2015

Username: Spartacus
Version: Platinum
Single/Ultimate?: Single

Tora · Aug 12, 2015

I really have no words...

Part 7: Aren't we supposed to be friends?

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Current location and objective: Undella Town, train a new team.

Team
Currently no team.

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TheCrystalFlaaffy · Aug 15, 2015

Part 25 :]

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Part 26, the massacre, is here too! :]

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ShiningKami · Aug 20, 2015

UPDATE #15: THE ROCKET-SEEKING IDIOT BALL

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I'm back, guys! And not before time; I've really been neglecting this, due to exams and such, but I'm back, I'm free from work for now, and we're ready to roll again.

My main objective was to meet up with Lance in Mahogany, but I needed to take some time out first. The thing was, the next Gym Leader was Pryce, and my team was frankly not suited for battling Ice-types. Tristan, Artax and Kiba were obviously going nowhere near Pryce; Leto would take super-effective damage from Piloswine and struggle against the other two; Justin still didn't have any Psychic-type moves and had way too low SpD to withstand anything more powerful than an Aurora Beam; Terra was the only Pokémon I had who wouldn't struggle against Pryce. I needed a new team member for the time being, and I had the perfect candidate - I pulled Maxwell out of the PC and set about levelling him up.

Once my Magnemite was at a reasonable enough level, I headed back out to Mahogany, where I found Lance menacing a Rocket Grunt with his Dragonite. No big deal, it wasn't like Lance would order Dragonite to maim the guy or anything-

"Dragonite, Hyper Beam!"

Welp.

Anyway, we headed down the stairs into the hideout, where I was accosted by four Grunts before I got annoyed and switched off the cameras. Thanks, scientist who told me exactly where the controls were and not to touch them! *Facepalm*

The battles were uneventful, with Maxwell gaining much-needed experience and the rest of the team getting to kick some butt too. The real entertainment came from the Team Rocket members themselves, all of whom seemed to have taken their stupid pills that morning. Case in point: after running into an electronically-locked door, I met a Grunt who told me the password straight out... and then informed me that, by the way, the door actually needs two passwords! Oh, but I'd never get the second one, no way!

One Grunt later, and I had the second password just given to me, because there was no way I'd already have the first one! *Headdesk* Look, I know plot convenience and all, but this is ridiculous.

Things got even more hilarious when I was challenged by Petrel. After being flattened by my team, he decided to be the next to grab the Idiot Ball and told me the password to the generator room, gleefully adding that the door was coded to respond only to his voice, so what was the harm in telling me? Apparently he didn't notice the voice-mimicking Murkrow standing in his office, who led me to the generator and repeated the password in Petrel's voice, opening the door for me. *Headdesk* No wonder Team Rocket have never managed to accomplish anything, if even their Executives are this stupid!

Back at the generator room, Lance and I teamed up against Ariana and a Grunt; with Lance's (underlevelled, by the way) Dragonite on our side, they went down easily. We then cleared out the Electrode - me not catching one, because apparently the Idiot Ball had no one else to stick to - and shut down the HQ. Victory!

Man, Team Rocket are dumb.

UPDATE #16: MAXWELL'S SILVER HAMMER!

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With Team Rocket cleared out of Mahogany and the Pokémon of the Lake of Rage safe again, the Gym was open for business, and I set about preparing. At this point, Maxwell was still too low a level for the Gym battle, so I took time out to evolve him before taking on Pryce. After a barrage of wild Pokémon battles - during which I caught a Girafarig named Jeremy on Route 43 - and the few trainers in the Gym, I had a Magneton!

It was at that point that I discovered that it isn't possible to get hold of a Magnezone in HGSS without trading, so - still within the rules - I borrowed my sister's 3DS and her copy of Diamond so I could let Maxwell level up in Mount Coronet. Soon enough, he was at level 31, and evolved into my first ever Magnezone.

[EDIT (18/9/2016): I was just now made aware that evolving Maxwell is technically breaking the rules, which I wasn't aware of at the time. My mistake, and it won't happen again.]

That was enough for me. It was time to face Pryce.

Pryce first sent out Seel, a pure Water-type; I sent in Justin. Seel was at a rather lower level than my Espeon, so Justin was able to take it down with a few Bite and Swift attacks. Then Pryce threw in Piloswine, and the battle got real.

I threw in Terra, hoping to take out the Ground/Ice-type with a Surf or two. Piloswine had other ideas, starting off by using Hail. A pain in the neck, for sure, but it wasn't until the next turn that I realised just how dangerous this was - 100% accurate Blizzard.

Blizzard did a good deal of damage to my Quagsire - not enough to knock her HP out of the green zone, but enough to make me worry - and, to put the icing (heh) on the "uh-oh" cake, froze her. I couldn't take the risk - I used one of my precious Full Restores, bringing Terra back to full health. What followed was a desperate struggle for survival, with Piloswine spamming Blizzard and Ice Fang and me working overtime to keep Terra alive. It took two Soda Pops and about four Surf attacks, but it was Terra who finally emerged victorious - and when Dewgong entered the battle, it was with relief that I recalled Terra and sent in Maxwell.

Dewgong was a fiercer opponent than I'd reckoned, with Aurora Beam doing decent damage for a not-very-effective move. The other issue was, of course, Rest and Sleep Talk, which got on my nerves to no end - Maxwell's Thundershock didn't do enough damage to knock Dewgong out, but enough to make it use Rest, locking us into a cycle of zapping and healing. After a few turns of this, then, I decided "screw it" and had Maxwell use Magnet Bomb, knocking the opponent's HP down enough that one Thundershock would take it out. And with that, well, as the song goes...

"Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
"Came down upon [its] head.
"Bang! Bang! Maxwell's silver hammer
"Made sure that [it] was dead."

The Glacier Badge was mine.

You know, I might hang on to Maxwell; he might be useful against Clair. But there's no time for that - the Radio Tower needs liberating! See you then!

UPDATE #17: RADIO GA GA!

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The Radio Tower - late-game though it was, I wasn't particularly worried about what I'd face there. The place was full of Rocket Grunts, all of whom used Poison-types, so Terra, Artax, Maxwell and Kiba would have a field day. With that in mind, it was time to storm the place. In disguise as a Rocket Grunt, I made to go up the stairs, only to be interrupted by Silver, who... ripped off the Grunt disguise. And a million pieces of fan art were drawn that day. Anyway, Maxwell and Kiba dealt with the attacking Grunt, and we headed upwards.

The battles weren't too tough, with most of the Grunts' Pokémon going down in one or two hits; the only real annoyance was Artax and Leto being repeatedly poisoned, which I was fortunately able to heal before they succumbed to it. When I got to the Director's office, I met Petrel again, who challenged me to battle.

He wasn't very difficult, packing five Koffing and a Weezing; Artax, Maxwell and Kiba took them out one by one. In return, he proved that the Idiot Ball was still bouncing around Team Rocket and told me where to find the real Director, even giving me the Basement Key to expedite my rescue. Look, Petrel: I understand that you might be telling me these things in the interest of fairness, but the last time you did that, you had your entire HQ shut down as a result. How stupid are you?

Anyway, it was back to the Goldenrod Tunnel, where I ran into Silver again - and this time he wanted a fight. He'd added a Sneasel - stolen from a guy in Cianwood City - to his party for this battle, which wouldn't have been a problem if not for his Magnemite paralysing and almost taking out Leto beforehand. Luckily, Maxwell once again proved his worth at dealing with Ice-types by taking out the Screech-afflicted Sharp Claw Pokémon with a single Magnet Bomb.

In the basement, among the various Rocket members, I found the Director, who gave me the Card Key; so with that, I headed back to the Radio Tower to face Proton.

Proton threw out a Golbat and a Weezing, neither of whom put up much of a fight; up on the next floor, I was challenged by Ariana, who started with an Arbok. She was rather more of a challenge than her colleague, but Terra, Leto and Maxwell were able to deal with her Arbok, Vileplume and Murkrow respectively. After that, I decided to rejig the team again for the last battle; Tristan wouldn't enjoy fighting the last Executive, so I boxed him in favour of Justin, whom I decided to teach Shadow Ball to replace Bite.

Back on the observation deck, it was time to challenge Archer, who started out with a Houndour; needless to say, I immediately pulled back Justin and sent in Terra. My Quagsire took two Crunches from the Fire-type before it went down from a Surf, and then Archer sent in something much worse: a level 38 Houndoom. Uh oh.

Houndoom was, of course, faster than Terra, and did a massive amount of damage with Faint Attack and Bite before finally going down to Surf and Mud Shot. By this time, Terra was on the verge of collapse, and I was relieved when Archer sent out a Koffing as his final Pokémon. Immune to Koffing's Sludge, Maxwell zapped the Poison-type into oblivion, and Team Rocket were defeated, Terra levelling up and learning Earthquake as a bonus. You know, that might have been useful to have before the battle started!

As a reward for liberating the Radio Tower, the Director gave me a Rainbow Wing - yay! And with that, it was time to go.

Back in Mahogany, the RageCandyBar seller had finally finished blocking the road, so I set off along Route 44 - Justin levelling up during a Trainer battle, and finally learning Psybeam! Justin is now viable for battle!

But now we have to go through Ice Path. I'm aiming to find a good Ice-type there, because no way am I fighting Clair without super-effective moves, and I can't get the Extremespeed Dratini until after beating the Gym. Ugh. Until then, folks!

CURRENT OBJECTIVE:
Travel to Blackthorn City through Ice Path.

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Tori [F] Lvl. 3
Hardy
Often dozes off
Met at Route 31 at lvl. 3
Ability: Chlorophyll
Vine Whip
Cut

Jai [N/A] Lvl. 5
Impish
Very finicky
Met at Ruins of Alph at lvl. 5
Ability: Levitate
Hidden Power [Dark/Dragon/Fighting/Ghost/Psychic/Rock]

Michael [M] Lvl. 8
Rash
Capable of taking hits
Met at Union Cave at lvl. 8
Ability: Sand Veil
Scratch
Defence Curl
Sand Attack

Breeze [F] Lvl. 6
Brave
Proud of its power
Met at Route 33 at lvl. 6
Ability: Leaf Guard
Splash
Synthesis

Simon [M] Lvl. 6
Naughty
Proud of its power
Met at Slowpoke Well at lvl. 6
Ability: Own Tempo
Curse
Yawn
Tackle
Growl

Nuptup [M] Lvl. 5
Docile
Good endurance
Met at Ilex Forest at lvl. 5
Ability: Chlorophyll
Absorb
Sweet Scent

Piper [M] Lvl. 12
Quiet
Alert to sounds
Met at Route 34 at lvl. 12
Ability: Insomnia
Pound
Hypnosis
Disable
Confusion

Quia [F] Lvl. 13
Serious
Somewhat vain
Met at National Park at lvl. 13
Ability: Mould Breaker
Focus Energy
Bind
Seismic Toss
Harden

Spinner [M] Lvl. 15
Docile
Highly curious
Met at Route 37 at lvl. 15
Ability: Insomnia
Scary Face
Constrict
Leech Life
Night Shade

Jonathan [M] Lvl. 12
Docile
Likes to thrash about
Met at Route 35 at Lvl. 12
Ability: Rivalry
Leer
Peck
Focus Energy
Double Kick

Whit [M] Lvl. 21
Adamant
Often scatters things
Met at Route 29 at lvl. 4
Ability: Insomnia
Uproar
Peck
Reflect
Hypnosis

Racer [M] Lvl. 21
Timid
Good perseverance
Met at Sprout Tower at lvl. 6
Ability: Guts
Bite
Sucker Punch
Hyper Fang
Focus Energy

Fluorine [F] Lvl. 14
Sassy
Loves to eat
Met at Burned Tower at lvl. 14
Ability: Levitate
Poison Gas
Tackle
Smog
Smokescreen

Jam [M] Lvl. 16
Bold
Often lost in thought
Met at Route 40 at lvl. 16
Ability: Liquid Ooze
Supersonic
Constrict
Acid
Toxic Spikes

Ren [F] Lvl. 25
Lax
Good perseverance
Met at Route 41 at lvl. 25
Ability: Water Absorb
Bubblebeam
Headbutt
Wing Attack
Agility

Kellie [F] Lvl. 20
Quirky
Likes to run
Met at Cianwood City at lvl. 20
Ability: Hyper Cutter
Leer
Harden
Bubblebeam
Mud Shot

Serra [F] Lvl. 14
Quirky
Quick-tempered
Met at Route 47 at lvl. 14
Ability: Hydration
Growl
Water Sport
Icy Wind
Encore

Hoodlum [M] Lvl. 20
Gentle
Somewhat stubborn
Met at Route 48 at lvl. 20
Ability: Anger Point
Horn Attack
Scary Face
Pursuit
Rest

Loretta [F] lvl. 21
Quirky
Scatters things often
Met at Route 42 at lvl. 21
Ability: Water Veil
Supersonic
Horn Attack
Water Pulse
Flail

Scarlett [F] lvl. 30
Modest
Strong-willed
Met at Lake of Rage at lvl. 30
Ability: Intimidate
Bite
Dragon Rage
Leer
Twister

Jeremy [M] Lvl. 15
Docile
Likes to thrash about
Met at Route 43 at lvl. 15
Ability: Inner Focus
Confusion
Odour Sleuth
Stomp
Agility

Artax [M] Lvl. 36
Lax
Quick to flee
Egg hatched at Violet City
Ability: Serene Grace
Yawn
Charm
Extrasensory
Wish

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TheCrystalFlaaffy · Aug 22, 2015

Part 27 everyone!

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And part 28! We take on the 7th gym this time so make sure you check it out! :]

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Episode 29 :]

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Shiisaa · Aug 28, 2015

Username: Shiisaa
Version: X/Y
Single/Ultimate?: Single

EDIT: Update 1

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TheCrystalFlaaffy · Aug 30, 2015

Part 30 is here :]

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Blastin'Tyruntz · Aug 31, 2015

Hey, Blastin'TyruntZ.
Wanted to say that my Emerald nuzlocke, along a lot of other saves of several stuff were lost and I wanted to sign up to another game instead!
Username: Blastin'TyruntZ
Version: White
Single/Ultimate: Single.

My starter of choice is Snivy, update will come later on.

PageEmp · Sep 2, 2015

15 Burned (2/9/15)

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TheCrystalFlaaffy · Sep 2, 2015

Back with a new team in part 31 :]

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Splash

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Volga

The Dragon Knight

PageEmp

Sea what I did there?

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Tora

Junier

Fake Friends Forever (´･ω･`)

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Sea what I did there?

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Tora

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Keeps blasting off again!

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