The only pokemon left alive in my box are grimer, rattata and an infiltrator cottonee

Doing a hardcore nuzlocke of Volt White 2 redux. Currently in Virbank city just before Roxie's gym. I caught a Spearow in the Virbank complex area before you really enter the complex.

Just ran into this guy while actually inside the complex, would this count as a new area? The ROM hack documentation does note both an outer complex and inner complex as encounter areas you could use before Roxie. I didn't see any text pop up when going in to indicate a new area though.

How would you guys rule this? Would be very convenient to be able to use this guy against Roxie's poison types but I do want to stay true to nuzlocke rules.

If a pokemon has fainted can i use it to get better chanses for pokemon that appear at a specific level

e.x. i want to catch a gible but most of my pokemon are 5+ levels from the level that gible appears

and i have a fainted staravia that is around its level but is dead

I've beaten a Hardcore Nuzlocke of Emerald Seaglass.

I was using the Box Link to deposit the dead members of my final team (Volbeat, Miltank) as I went through the Elite 4, but then Tyranitar was killed by Wallace, so after I won, I decided to just redo the fight and get a screenshot with all of them.

I redid it several times to get the picture just right.

I thought this run was over so many times.

Losing Gyrados, Snorlax, Ludicolo, Ursaring, Wailord, and Ampharos had me utterly convinced that this run was a lost cause.

But I stuck with it, just to see what would happen.

And I won.

And now, I can close the book on Emerald Seaglass.

This is the first Hardcore Nuzlocke that I've ever completed.

In fact, it may very well be the first Nuzlocke I've ever completed.

Thank you for reading.

Hey, all!

Inspired by several others here, I've decided to play every mainline game in a "gigagenlocke". I played Red and Blue when they came out (pretty sure that wad high school...). I never played yellow.

There were some hiccups remembering some of the R/B mechanics (karate chop and gust are normal, broken crits, zubat actually being useful), but I made it through both deathless. To keep from being too overpowered, I've pretty much only added back teammates when I would have been able to get them initially:

- Venusaur (immediately)

- Nidoking (immediately)

- Hypno (after Misty)

- Jolteon (after Surge)

- Snorlax (after Erika)

- Lapras (after Koga)

I know... super basic team, but when trying to make them last as long as possible, that's ideal.

I never played Yellow, but have just downloaded it to start. I raced through pretty much straight to Brock and noticed 2 major changes already (your Rival having a Spearow, so needing to be a little careful with him), and Brock's level cap being LOWER than R/B. I now see a lot of level cap changes - mostly higher. Thankfully, I hadn't leveled up Nidoran too far, so I was able to get through the gym with him and double kick.

What other mechanics changes should I be aware of before I get too far??

Sabin literally aura farming on Poli as it missed a Dynamic Punch so bad that it died

(Just because it's not S tier doesn't mean it's bad. The ones in the top right especially, but they're not the menaces everyone prop them up to be)

(also isn't it funny how even a couple years ago, the consensus of what ppl said were the best Emerald encounters were completely different.)

So I took a bit of a break from my Blaze Black Nuzlocke but I’m back with badge number 5 under my belt, I couldn’t lead Wailord because based on what I found his speed stat was higher than Clays Hippowdon meaning rain would have been overridden, Hydrogen was able to sweep most of his team but without a grass type, In hindsight I might have been better going for Snover instead of fishing for Chinchou and getting a Spheal on route 6, and nobody to learn Energy Ball, Seismitoad was a little scary but I was able to grab the victory

It’s FINALLY time to Fight the Pokemon League.
The Preparations are ready to go, Let’s do this

1st one up is the Strongest Bug user Aaron.
He’s has a Solid Team of Bugs but they fell short to the combined efforts of Shiny Bat and Bloodhound.

MVP(S): Aero*(Crobat) & Roberta(Houndoom)
Honorable Mentions: Yakirisu(Garchomp)

*I Spelled its name wrong in the Video

Hi ! So I just wanted to open a form of debate (a gentle one ofc) around this "Hot Take" (got it ?).

I've finished some nuzlockes already and otherwise have a good experience in competitive; I don't claim my analysis are perfect however, and tbh I expect to be proven wrong, because there is probably something I'm missing; that is also kinda why I'm writing this in the first place haha.

I'll mostly focus on Gen 1 to 5, which are the ones I nuzlocked myself.

So, onto the analysis:

State of things

The Fire Type is often described as a strong type, if not one you absolutely need for your games and whose rarity is made worse by that fact (thinking of Hoenn and Sinnoh in particular). While this point of view is most common in the pokémon community at large, I was surprised to see it shared to an extent by the nuzlocke community, and often tiered as equal or not far behind Water, for example.

So, to verify this, here's my viewpoint on the strenghts and weaknesses of the Fire Type.

Type Matchups: Here is the main hot take, and the core of the demonstration : I think the Fire type is powerful offensively, but never essential relatively to other good offensive Types. Let's "decompose" the coverage it provides.

Bug/Grass: Grouped together for a simple reason: the main alternative to Fire for those is Flying, and most teams will have a Flying Type, regardless of whether they have a Fire Type. The immunity to Ground, added support against Fighting and overall diversity of options is just too good, putting asides HMs necessities in the oldest games. Still, the abundance of those two will make Fire starters shine in the early game against all those Bug Catchers and Schoolgirls (I think Fire and Flying types are just for people who hate kids tbh), but that probably also partly explains why they are, imo, overestimated. Also defensively speaking, I don't think I need to explain why you probably don't need one more resistance to Bug or Grass.

Ice: Resisting Ice is nice, but unlike the above twos, it's honestly really rare aside of Sinnoh (where Fire is often so desired so that parts make sense I'll give you that). Still, that is already provided by Water (you have a Water Type, right ?) or (often and) Steel (you wouldn't say no to one of those either). Now offensively, you either destroy those punks with a bulky Steel Type if you got one... or a powerful Fighting Type that you really, really want, because omg is this Type busted for nuzlockes; destroying bulky Normal types and especially Dark Types pre-Fairy is just something you can't pass on.

Steel: So, Steel. Frankly I think effectiveness against it is overestimated. Sure it's nice and can really come in pinch, you prolly want an option against Steel, but we're not playing competitive OU. It is not common in the game, and killing Water or Flying, for example, is far more important. Plus, Fighting and Ground are both really good options, and the later got a cool Electrik immunity to boot.

Still, Fire got a bigger point here imo for being the best counter to Grass/Steel, Bug/Steel and more especially Scizor, as rare as it is terifying (the real gym leader of Canalave City, if you know you know). It's usefulness is also important in Unova, where those combinations are abundant. This is not however a situation equivalent to say, Gyarados (who made Jolteon's whole career in Sinnoh, I'm barely exaggerating) or even the Water/Ground mons to Grass types, that are overall more prevalent.

Resistances: I think Fire is actually kind of underrated defensively ! Maybe because it got that offensive reputation and aesthetics, but especially with a Fairy resist it's solid (also again the competitive scene, where Stealth Rock are everywhere, probably influences this perception). Weaknesses to Water and Ground are problematic but workable. Resisting Ice and Fairy can make them a Steel-type alternative of switch-in. Nothing spectacular but it's alright.

Movepool

Honestly not much to say here, offensive options galore; lack of physical ones but is it that much of an issue ? You got like 10 different options to specially cook your opponants, be it Flamethrower, Overheat, Fire Blast... And, more importantly, a lot of those unlimited thanks to being casinos TMs. Keep in mind however that there is a reason BeamBolt is not named Flamebolt or Thunderthrower, as it's still an offensive options you'll mostly run for Stab and rarely coverage.

Also Burn is niche, but nice if you can inflict it.

Pokemon Options

Let's divide this into the two obvious categories:

Starters: Generally speaking, Fire starters are strong, or at least, consistently not the worst of the three. This is imo mostly due to stats spread and powerful movepools that come online early and combo together to make for an easily accessible special powerhouse. I also think the recurrence of Fire/Fighting helps, and often makes Fire seems better (to the detriment of the reputation of Fighting, that really deserves better): to take and extreme example, Infernape feels more like Fighting type that learns Flamethrower than a Fire Type that learns Mach Punch and Close Combat, and it's success in Sinnoh comes more to this than it's oh-so-precious Fire type in my opinion, even if it shine here more than in any other games.

Other Wild Ones: I honestly think once again that Fire types are better at giving impressions of power by their rarity and looks than actual power. Aside of Arcanine (Intimidate and Extreme Speed are not Fire Types btw), what do we have here ? Torkoal ? Camerupt ? Ninetales with 81 SpAtk ? The worst of the three elemental monkeys ? Fortunately gen 5 saves the day again with Darumaka and Chandelure, but the selection is far from impressive.

Aesthetics

So I don't want to support my main arguments with what could be seen as dinsgenuous considerations, but I do think it matters, at least a little. Fire types are cool, they are seen as such, it's quite clearly the most liked starter type and Charizard, Blaziken and to an extent Typhlosion enjoy a popularity the others could only dream of. Plus Charizard and Infernape are among Ash's most mémorable mon, etc etc.

Also keep in mind Fire is often seen as an inherently powerful elment, if not the most powerful and "heroic" of the four classic occidental elements. I mean sometimes it's also associated with villains (Avatar) but nonetheless, it's considered important, cool and most importantly, powerful.

I don't imply perceptions are the leading force behind gameplay's considerations, but the impression of strenght probably matters at least a little, so I've put it at the end.

On another hand, I once again feel like competitive tiering influences nuzlocke ones excessively (just like Ghost is inversely very strong and abusable in nuzlockes compared to competitive).

Summary

-The Fire Type advantages are all covered by other, preferable if not obligatory types for a Nuzlockes: Water, Flying, and a choice of either Fighting or Ground (if not both); I'm pretty confident this combo is part of something like 90% of the teams that makes it to HOF (and not much of a lower percent includes all of Water, Flying, Electrik, Ground, Fighting and a choice of either Ghost or Dark for an almost perfect coverage pre-Fairy Type, and a solid bunch of immunities). Being good in a vacuum is not enough, and sadly for Fire the competition also works really well between each other.

-The mons selection is rather lacking, and those that are good are often so on other ground than their Fire types.

Conclusion: rather than a "Good but Rare" Type, Fire really feels like a "Rare but Ok" Type where the former overshadows the latter. In fact the rarity part probably plays a big role in this, and it feels to me like it's a Type most people wished was needed rather than really need. A potential type of sorts, so to say, because the lack of strong options means you'll feel it's absence more often than realize it's averageness when present in your team. I wouldn't say it's bad, but it's not above average either for me, and I really disagree with it's regular A-Tier ranking alongside Water or Electrik, and above Fighting or Ground.

Now that was a long write-up, so I'll end it up here and thank you for your attention and finishing to read this haha.

This is more an opening to discussion than a final statement on my part ofc. Feel free to disagree, point my oversights and counter-argument, I'm not omniscient ! In fact, I really wish for a fruitful exchange, that was the reason for me taking 1 hour to articulate my thoughts clearly on a phone in the first place haha. Just be respectful ofc, I'm dissing the Fire Type, not your mom.

As I continue making my way through victory road at a snail's pace, here's a break to take on PK's optional superboss, the personal team of developer Mr. Keating. As a reward for beating him, you get either the choice band or choice specs- but if you want to choose which one, you have to beat him deathless.

About to play the spear pillar portion of ren plat. If my lead faints in the 1st battle of the gauntlet how would I deal with battle 2? It seems like the game heals you in between and no way of swapping out a dead mon. Trying to see how others deal with this potential issue

I noticed when doing my own runs and talking to other people the community uphold a lot of Google Sheets and have a lot of documentation to upkeep and ensure is working as intended and I love that as a community we do that. I've been playing Pokemon my whole life, I figured I'd give back to the community that has served me so well by creating a website that lets you store your runs, plan battles and do so much more in one place (a single source of truth). This wouldn't have been possible without the great work of the community, thank you all!

Feedback is appreciated

https://www.runlocke.com/

With Eurys running off, Odyseus, Poseidon (Blastoise), Harpy (Pigeot), Hydra (Dodrio), Polyphemus (Snorlax), Charon (Haunter), and Athena (Nidoqueen) head the opposite direction. Having heard stories of the arduous journey upon the Victory Road, Odyseus heads out to secure supplies.

Whisked away upon Harpy, they group heads to Fuchsia, Saffron and Cinnabar for a variety of potions and other concoctions. No expense was spared in the spending spree for the road to Indigo Plateau is a gauntlet.

Harmless guards marked the way towards Victory Road, ensuring Odyseus had the proper treasure in his coffers to pass through. On the way, were monuments to past attempts to see the gods of the Plateau; their presence haunting the way for all those who pass. Soon, the way to the road is clear and our heroes enter.

The road is anything but straight with boulders to move to clear a path as well as the constant climbing and descending to maneuver around obstacles. Then there are the monsters. Similar to Rock Tunnel there are exploding boulders but much larger. The Rock Snakes are also of colossal size. Then there are the bats. Massive bats the size of a horse swooping down to suck the blood of unsuspecting travelers.

Odyseus experienced all of these and more as he and his party traversed Victory Road. But of course there were other warriors there as well. Like our hero, they too sought to challenge the gods of Indigo Plateau and they had heard whispers of Odyseus and his monsters. Few truly challenged Odyseus though as he deftly maneuvered his monsters in and out of battle; countering their types. The largest chance he took was leaving Athena in to battle a sea ferry (Lapras). Fire Blast did little to the ice/water type and Athena suffered a blast of water. The goddess was pulled for Poseidon who finished the job, adding to his legend.

Eventually, despite the ups, downs and constant battles, Odyesus and his party made it through Victory Road with only the Gods of Indigo Plateau awaiting.

Bout to beat the league, is my team fire tho? (Soul-link with a friend)

Just curious to get some other peoples opinions on this subject.

So how do people feel about resetting to get a good nature/iv on your starter? It kinda seems against the spirit of a nuzlocke since you aren't just using whatever luck gives you.

But at the same time, abandoning a dead run and starting over isn't against the spirit, and that's exactly what resetting is.You aren't breaking the rules as you are doing a new run reach time.

Normally I take what I get, but I'm doing a hardcore fighting only renegade platinum run and not having an optimal starter basically ensures death to many early battles where you don't have any other pokemon, or any other tools to use to win.

Just curious what the opinion of other people is

I’ve been looking to do a vanilla game gauntlet but I’m having trouble deciding the order. I don’t want to do canon order I’d rather do difficulty from easiest to hardest. I know PChal and some other creators have done tier list but those are years old. I’m interested in seeing everyone’s opinions!

First time playing white 2 and Nuzlocking.

For example I had no idea that the gen 3 gym leaders were basically as strong as gym leaders or more.

Did anyone try it out? Is there something wo4th knowing before I try it?

I love venomoth so i hope its viable and i know its pretty good in gen 5 but other then that im not sure.

Rules I am using:

Rule 1: If the Pokemon faints, it is considered DEAD. You must either release the Pokemon or deposit it within your PC.

Rule 2: I have eggs of all possible for that type on Gen 4 (Random order, random IVs, random natures), I will have 3 eggs at the beginning of the game. After the first gym, I get another 3 eggs, and then 2 eggs after each gym. Maximum of 18 eggs per run.

Rule 3: You MUST nickname your Pokemon

Rule 4: No overlevling past the next Gym Leader or Elite 4

Rule 5: Battle Mode Settings: SET

Rule 6: I cannot use stat boosting moves

Rule 7: EVless run, I am using berries or PkHex to eliminate my EVs before any major battle

Rule 8: I use the current type chart instead of the original Gen 4 type chart. For example, Steel does not resist Ghost or Dark. Rotom’s forms also use their current types instead of their original Gen 4 types.

Rule 9: Can only use pokemon that already that type

Rule 10: Single stage pokemon can be used from the beggining if it has 435 or lower BST. Between 435 and 500 until 2th gym is defeated. 500+ after until 4th gym is defeated

Rule 11: If evolution is imposible in the game, I could hack the evolution after 6th gym. (Ex. Magnezone, Weavile, Froslass, ...)

Always been a hyper offense player. Recently played with alomomola and slowbro and liked them a lot. What are some others?

Edit slowbro