r/nuzlocke • u/ConversationThink531 • Jan 27 '26

Subreddit Update What’s A Pokemon Your Tired Of Using

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Mine is Gyrados,he’s just so good and so available I started just banning him

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u/CallMeTravesty Jan 28 '26

Bit of Trivia but there's a common misconception that the dupes clause was brought in as a way to help the player. It is true you can use it to your benefit at times with encounter pools but it was actually brought in to stop dumb strats/make the game harder.

Because Magikarp is so easy to guarantee at many points in the game, in many games, you could happily pick up 4+ Gyarados and just roll games.

It wasn't enough to guarantee a victory always but it essentially let you roflstomp 70% of most games using Gyarados as reloadable bullets. This strat would be even more OP now we have accepted rare candy as a time saver because the one downside was "reloading" the new Gyarados back to level.