Nuzlocke Challenge

[shadow_lugia]

shadow_lugia's Pearl Nuzlocke Run​

Status: Grinding around Oreburgh to prepare for Roark

Pokemon:


Cleopatra
F
Lv. 11
Rivalry
Careful
Route 203


Soak
M
Lv. 10
Torrent
Brave
Lake Verity (starter)


Simba
M
Lv. 10
Intimidate
Timid
Route 202


Mu Cephei
F
Lv. 11
Keen Eye
Careful
Route 201


Solid
M
Lv. 7
Sturdy
Careful
Oreburgh Gate

Notes:

The point of this Nuzlocke run is so far defeated, since I already love all these Pokemon and their evolutions, and therefore love them. Maybe this will change if I get a Zubat or something in Oreburgh Cave (or whatever it's called). Okay, that's probably not true anymore, since I'm not really a fan of the Geodude line (mostly since I have no one to trade with to evolve Graveler into Golem). Solid is handy though, since I found out that none of the other Pokemon on my team can learn Rock Smash.

I put "starter" next to my Piplup's location because I will not be counting it as the first Pokemon I got there. I will probably count it as being from Twinleaf Town or something unless I suddenly get an interest in that random pool of water.

I will be accepting gift Pokemon and probably using them. On the other hand, I will probably catch legendaries, but not ever use them.

I will allow myself to breed, but I won't be using any Pokemon that hatch from the eggs (aside from the gift Pokemon like Riolu). Simba and Cleopatra are catching my interest as a couple.

I mark all of my Pokemon with a heart, which isn't so much a rule for this Nuzlocke run as a tradition of mine. I just thought I'd mention this because it's quite fitting.

 

[Autumn]

My Nuzlocke died. o.e Had Golbat, Azumarill, Kirlia, Gyarados, Gulpin and Mightyena on Wattson. Got up to Manectric with no casualties, but then I ran out of paralysis healing items and Soda Pops and so everything died except Gyarados. Which then proceeded to die at the Winstrate house. o.e

Restarting though...


Conner - Male - level 5
Littleroot Town

ETA: actually screw that, first I'm doing a HeartGold Nuzlocke


Jack - Male - level 9
New Bark Town


Emily - Female - level 4
Route 29


Casey - Male - level 3
Route 30


Conner - Male - level 3
Route 31


Summer - Female - level 3
Sprout Tower


Meriwether - Female - level 6
Route 32

PC:


Mae - Female - level 2
Dark Cave

Dead:

Jake - Male - level 9
Route 46
That'll teach me to zone out while playing -_- if I hadn't been so caught up in listening to music at 1:30 AM I would have noticed that I was attempting to fight a fucking Bellsprout with a Geodude on 9 HP. >:/

My best friend and I both have a habit of naming everything we catch after people from our marching band. :x

 

[gdoo]

I have two that I shall post progress on tomorrow! :D

 

[Ether's Bane]

Status: Searching underground for Shieldon fossils (it's Platinum, and my ID's last number is a 2).

I'm playing standard Nuzlocke, except I allow for HM slaves if I don't have the right Pokemon.

Team:


Guanidine / Female / Lv. 17 (Route 206) (currently level-grinding)


Flotilla / Male / Lv. 20 (Route 204)


Ursprache / Female / Lv. 20 (Twinleaf Town)


Juggernaut / Female / Lv. 20 (Valley Windworks)

Boxed:

Tubular / Female / Lv. 10 (Floaroma Meadow)

Slaves:

BIDOOF / Male / Lv. 12 (Cut) (I don't think you have to name the slaves)

Dead:


Parabola / Male / Lv. 6, died to a Youngster's Bidoof's Tackle, which was a critical hit. (Route 201)


Soliloquy (Zubat, F) - Lv. 10, died against Roark's Geodude after Supersonic missed - I wanted it to get some more EXP. (Oreburgh Gate)


Muezzin (Shinx, M) - Lv. 14, died against a wild Shellos that I was trying to catch at Route 205 due to a critical hit Water Pulse. (Route 202)


Rhombus (Bibarel, F) - Lv. 15, died against a Bug Catcher's Beautifly. (Eterna Forest)


Cavernous (Geodude, M) - Lv. 17, died against Jupiter's Skuntank. (Oreburgh Mine)


Pastiche (Machop, F) - Lv. 18, died against Jupiter's Skuntank. (Route 207)


Gingham (Chingling, M) - Lv. 19, died against Jupiter's Skuntank. (Mt. Coronet)

 

[Spatz]

That is one Skuntank

 

[gdoo]

I have two Nuzlockes going! The first in Sapphire. (:

Guitar \ lvl. 25 \ Starter


Camera \ lvl. 21 \ Route 102


Poster \ lvl. 11 \ Route 103
**I haven't used him in a while, so I'll box him when I can. (:


Keys \ lvl. 22 \ Route 104


Books \ lvl. 20 \ Route 110


T Swift \ lvl. 14 \ Route 117
**Newly caught, and will probably be boxed. (:

PC: Tons! XD
Dead: None
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The other in Soul Silver.
Team:

Gianni / lvl. 15 / Starter


Nonny / lvl. 14 / Route 30


Jade / lvl. 12 / Sprout Tower


Spencer / lvl. 13 / Route 31


Joshua / lvl. 6 / Slowpoke Well

PC: Zubat: Colin / lvl. 2 / Dark Cave [Will be used if Nonny dies]
Rattata: Cody / lvl. 6 / Route 32 [Will be used if Jade dies]

Cemetery:

Andrew / lvl. 4 / Route 29
Died while battling Youngster Mikey's Rattata. I zoned out. D:​

 

[Chief Zackrai]

Yay my new Heartgold Nuzlocke!

Team (in order that I caught them):

[Eridan] lv. 20 Bite/ Water Gun/ Ice Fang/ Scratch (New Bark Town)

[Itchy] lv. 18 Quick Attack/ Fury Swipes/ Defense Curl/ Foresight (Route 29)

[Kanaya] lv. 20 Quick Attack/ Gust/ Tackle/ Whirlwind (Route 30)

[Jack Noir] lv. 15 Leech Life/ Poison Sting/ Night Shade/ Constrict (Route 31)

[Karkat] lv. 20 Wing Attack/ Bite/ Astonish/ Supersonic (Dark Cave)

[John] lv. 13 Splash (Union Cave)

PC:

[Togepi Egg]

Dead: None

Location: Azalea Town
Badges: Zephyr
Notes: I didn't catch at the Ruins of Alph because the Unown I ran into didn't have Hidden Power Ice or Rock, and was essentially useless to me. I didn't catch on Route 32 because I ran into another freakin Zubat. Same on Route 33. I need to stop playing at night. Haven't run into a pokemon in the Slowpoke Well yet, as I am too busy grinding for Bugsy. Also, I will not get a pokemon from the Ilex Forest due to the fact I ran into a Caterpie, and killed it. Hopefully awaiting the day when John Ascends to God Tier. Yes, they are all named after Homestuck characters.

 

[Autumn]

Got one in HeartGold that's going extremely fukken successfully, even though I've only beaten one gym thus far. Not the same one as my earlier post cause idk. i started over for whatever reason


Bubba - Male - level 1
Azalea Town


Cheniqua - Female - level 12
Route 30


Casey - Male - level 12
Route 46


Emily - Female - level 13
Route 29


Alexis - Female - level 6
Route 33


Wilson - Female - level 9
Union Cave


PC:


Doyle - Male - level 13
Sprout Tower


DK - Female - level 14
Route 31


Jake - Male - level 13
Dark Cave


Jack - Male - level 14
Route 32


Madison - Female - level 13
New Bark Town

 

[shy ♡]

I'm playing a game through Emerald. Soon taking on Norman, grinding my mons atm. So far everyone that's died for me has been while grinding. I'm pretty negligent. My team so far:

Skip, 27, Calm; Strength, Cut, Dig, Growl
Voodoo, 26, Naive; Peck, Swift, Fury Attack, Agility
Tinkle, 30, Quiet; Water Gun, Tackle, Mud Shot, Ice Beam
Faith, 28, Modest; Peck, Steel Wing, Astonish, Hidden Power (normal)
Clint, 25, Gentle; Bite, Secret Power, Rock Smash, Howl
Hostile, 25, Bashful; Psybeam, Confusion, Shockwave, Recover

Stored:


Dead:


Trying to get my team to level 30 at least before taking on Norman. And I'm not fighting any more selfdestructers. :|

 

[Chief Zackrai]

Heartgold goin well.

Active pokemon:

[Eridan] Lv. 20 Ice Fang/Water Gun/Headbutt/Bite

[Itchy] Lv. 20 Headbutt/Quick Attack/Cut/Rock Smash

[Kanaya] Lv. 20 Gust/Quick Attack/Tackle/Whirlwind

[Jack Noir] Lv. 20 Shadow Sneak/Nightshade/Leech Life/Poison Sting

[Karkat] Lv. 23 Wing Attack/Bite/Astonish/Confuse Ray

[John] Lv. 20 Bite/Tackle/Splash

PC box:
[Togepi Egg]

[Dave] Lv. 11 Peck/Hypnosis/Foresight/Growl

[Aradia] Lv. 14 Pound/Hypnosis/Disable/Confusion

Dead: none

Location: Goldenrod City
Badges: Zephyr, Hive
Notes: Dave was caught on the Route outside Goldenrod, named because of his association with time. I am surprised at my Crobat, because of his relatively low level; this is the first time I have had such an accomplishment. Togepi remains unhatched due to lack of need. Route 35 yielded a Drowzee, deemed Aradia. National Park catch was unsuccessful and I have yet to try in both the Slowpoke Well and Route 36. Bike obtained.

 

[Eloi]

Huh, what's the challenging part of the Nuzlocke Challenge?

That it's annoying you have to release Pokemon even if you want to cross-transfer them to another game? That it's annoying you can't really catch Pokemon?

I mean, I pretty much just take my starter, grind it in the first routes, and then just start using it in every single battle and I usually never faint, with a hoarde of HM slaves (which is almost always whatever ends up in my party from first-captures in routes). And that's pretty easy. Maybe there should be a rule like:

You must train all of your Pokemon to be within 3-0 levels of each other.

Because otherwise, it's stupidly easy and just kind of annoying if you like catching Pokemon.

 

[Bellsprout]

Huh, what's the challenging part of the Nuzlocke Challenge?

That it's annoying you have to release Pokemon even if you want to cross-transfer them to another game? That it's annoying you can't really catch Pokemon?

I mean, I pretty much just take my starter, grind it in the first routes, and then just start using it in every single battle and I usually never faint, with a hoarde of HM slaves (which is almost always whatever ends up in my party from first-captures in routes). And that's pretty easy. Maybe there should be a rule like:

You must train all of your Pokemon to be within 3-0 levels of each other.

Because otherwise, it's stupidly easy and just kind of annoying if you like catching Pokemon.

That, actually, is the point of the Nuzlocke challenge: to make the game more difficult by self-imposed rules of team moderation to see what kinds of strategies you can devise (short of severe over-leveling) to beat the game. And most of the people who participate in Nuzlocke challenges actually do train their teams within strict ranges (such as 0-3 levels of each other).

 

[Chief Zackrai]

Yeah, like I never try to have a Pokemon that is more than five levels higher than my weakest Pokemon. And if you do the extreme over leveling thing, what happens on the off chance you get whacked with a ridiculously powerful and super effective move, and you get crippled? Or you reach a part where you are at a severe disadvantage? (however the latter point is kind of moot because I did beat all of Team Aqua with an underleveled Baltoy once, but I digress)

 

[Bellsprout]

Bellsprout's Nuzlocke Challenge
featuring the Sinnoh region​

Basic Rules
- The challenger is only allowed to catch the very first wild pokémon encountered in each route. If the pokémon faints or flees, no other pokémon may be caught in that area.
- Each party pokémon must be given a nickname.
- If a party pokémon faints (either during battle or on the field due to PSN), the pokémon is declared "deceased" and rendered unuseable for the rest of the game.
- If the challenger runs out of useable pokémon, the challenge is over.

House Rules
- The challenger is not allowed to heal during battle, barring hold items such as Oran Berry, Sitrus Berry, Leftovers, etc.
- Pokémon levels must be capped at intervals of 5 in between each gym, starting at Lv15 for the first gym. (ie: Gym 1 - Lv15 cap, Gym 2 - Lv20 cap, Gym 3 - Lv25 cap, etc.)
- Species Clause is in effect.

Anyway...here's how it started...

PARTY


Samwell, Lv6
Relaxed / Simple @ none
Tackle / Growl
Caught in Route 203

Dondarrion, Lv10
Careful / Rivalry @ Quick Claw
Tackle / Leer / Charge
Caught in Route 202​

PC:
none

Deceased:
Catherine, Lv7 - caught in Lake Verity - defeated in Jubilife City by Schoolkid Harrison's Abra
Huggy Bear, Lv7 - caught in Route 201 - defeated in Route 203 by Rival Damion's Turtwig

More progress reports soon...

 

[shy ♡]

I beat my nuzlocke! Here is my team! :D

Hostile, lv 55; Psychic, Shockwave, Recover, Light Screen
Nein, lv 56; Thunderbolt, Shadow Ball, Psychic, Will o Wisp
Tinkle, lv 57; Surf, Earthquake, Ice Beam, Brick Break
Molly, lv 57; Flamethrower, Quick Attack, HP (fighting), Will o Wisp
Clint, lv 55; Crunch, Strength, Rock Smash, HP (water)
Voodoo, lv 55; Air Cutter, Fly, Steel Wing, Toxic

Annnd dead:


RIP. :[

 

[RespectTheBlade]

I'm thinking of doing a nuzlocke soon, on either Platinum, Black, or Yellow, whichever I decide would be better. (it'll have to wait for a couple of weeks till August 12th, when I can buy a 3DS, but I want to do it on one of those games.) I also think I might write a narritive of it, but IDK.

Any ideas for which game I should choose? (I'm personally thinking Platinum, but there's a ton on Black and Yellow I haven't trained.)

 

[Crazy Linoone]

I'm thinking of doing a nuzlocke soon, on either Platinum, Black, or Yellow, whichever I decide would be better. (it'll have to wait for a couple of weeks till August 12th, when I can buy a 3DS, but I want to do it on one of those games.) I also think I might write a narritive of it, but IDK.

Any ideas for which game I should choose? (I'm personally thinking Platinum, but there's a ton on Black and Yellow I haven't trained.)

Hm, I heard it's rather hard to do a run on Black because the Gym Leaders are actually hard, and it's almost impossible to grind. Meanwhile, Platinum is pretty easy. Not sure about Yellow though.

 

[Superbird]

I started one on Diamond. It's been fun so far.

SUPERBIRD'S DIAMOND NUZLOCKE


[Turtank] Lv. 10
Rash nature (Meh, not the worst)
~Tackle
~Withdraw
~Absorb
~
Caught in Sandgem Town (Because that's where I got its nickname. I want to save lake Verity for Mesprit)


[SuperStar] Lv. 10
Modest nature (I'm going to box him as soon as I can teach Zuu a Flying-type move)
~Tackle
~Growl
~Quick Attack
~Wing Attack
Caught on Route 202


[Doofey] Lv. 10
Timid nature (It'll do for a while, but if I find something better he's going straight to the box)
~Tackle
~Growl
~Defense Curl
~
Caught on Route 204


[Cthulu] Lv. 10
Quirky nature (I'll keep it.)
~Splash
~
~
~
Caught in Twinleaf Town. (I cannot WAIT until this evolves. =D)


[Zuu] Lv. 10
Naughty nature (I'll keep that, it could definitely be worse)
~Leech Life
~Supersonic
~Astonish
~
Caught in Oreburgh Gate.


[Equius] Lv. 10
Naughty nature
~Low Kick
~Leer
~Focus Energy
~Karate Chop
Caught on Route 207.

Boxed
•None.

Deceased
•None!

Current location: Oreburgh City, soon to get the first badge.

RULES
•Standard two Nuzlocke essentials
•I must nickname my pokémon
•If I need a HM usage that I cannot provide for I MAY catch something, let it use the HM then release it afterwards, in a Pokémon Ranger style
•No using items during battles
•My pokemons' levels may not be more than 3 levels more than the gym leader in question, if I can help it.​

 

[RK-9]

Uhh, Mespirit flies around.

 

[Superbird]

OH FREAKING WELL I'll just use it for something else instead if I need to.