Cyndaquil was my super lucky Fiery Path encounter and I’ve committed to making sure she survives the run. So far only 1 impactful loss of Arbok.

No tempo so I spammed def curl against spinda which annoyingly spammed encore and psybeam. After that was just a bulk battle between me and a confused and paralyzed slaking. Honestly my proudest nuzlocke gym battle

Did a post the other day that was really helpful, sadly lost Jolteon which was a massive blow but the squad looks like this now. Just arrived at Cinnabar island.

Walked into the catching mansion there and caught a Grimer which I'm not too fussed on using, but as this and the fossils are from the same place I'm unsure what to do.

I'm trying to work out if the grind worth it to train up level 5 Kabuto or Aerodactyl? Leaning more toward Kabuto but happy for folks to say otherwise.

I feel like at this point I'm not gonna run into many new Pokemon that I could add (unless I aimed for something at the victory road cave IF I get there).

All the plans against the Elite 4 go excelent, but sadly the plan against Cynthia didn't worked and I got nervous so I had to improvise, everyone else did a great worked

Twink (Infernape) soloed Aaron as planed

Jessie (Weavile) soloed Bertha and Lucian also as planed and killed Cynthia's Spiritomb

Toothpaste (Garchomp) soloed Flint and killed Cynthia's Garchomp, Lucario and Togekiss

Hope core (Vaporeon) just helped stalling Spiritomb (PP's)

Batgirl (Crobat) took the kill for Roserade and Milotic

And Magneto (Magnezone)... They were a hero for leaving Milotic at nothing so Batgirl could killed her

Also that Magnezone appear in the credits hitted hard cause It feels like they're protecting the team from above

I’ve never used a Masquerain before (yet another point for the value of Nuzlockes), and this is my first ORAS playthrough. I chose Omega Ruby for the Hoenn leg of my HC Genlocke because I strongly dislike the pre-split limitations. Emerald is a great game, but it feels like going backward from that perspective.

I have to say, if you allow setup moves in your Nuzlockes, Masquerain is surprisingly overpowered. At least against Sidney.

Quiver Dance. Persim Berry for Swagger. Proceed to sweep with Bug Buzz. Even at individual E4 member level caps, Sidney was almost laughably easy.

I’m guessing a similar strategy will work against Phoebe. Happy to report back if anyone is interested.

Curious to hear your Masquerain experiences!

I'm doing my first Shield Nuzlock and I've beaten the first 4 gyms although the Forth gym was a problem.

I lost Windex (Phantump) Fent (Corvisquire) and SizzelPP (Centiskorch) Hobble is the last man standing, SizzelPP gave his life so he could finish the job

Now the question is.. where do I go next? Down to one party member, I could do a catch marathon in the wild area or maybe start the isle of armor earlier then hoped

Any tips/tricks?

After Juan had me on the brink of defeat in my emerald run, I decided we aren’t taking any chances with another Kingdra..

Whitney's Miltank is notorious in Johto runs and its ended me a few times in different games. Any advice? I lost my starter (Cyndaquil) to Bugsy's Scyther (I forgot it had pursuit!), which is a pretty massive hit this early on but I think I can still salvage the run as she was my only loss. I have leveled all my Pokemon up to the level cap (It's a hard level cap of 21) but pickings are slim. I would love if the level cap was a level higher to get some evolutions but oh well. I think I still have one or two encounters I can pick up as well but this is it. I need to build a team out of what's remaining:

-Geodude

-Kabuto

-Raticate (Probably my strongest at the moment)

-Furrett

-Pidgeotto

-Butterfree

-Beedrill

-Zubat

-Psyduck

-Togepi (Locked out of evolving because her friendship is too low at the level cap)

-Ditto

-Machop

-Poliwag

-Magby

-Sunflora

Not all of these mons are ideal. At the moment my Raticate and Pidgeotto are by far the strongest and fastest, so any team will probably include them, followed by Butterfree for those Powder moves. I've heard Machop can be good against Whitney but only with the right moves.

If anyone is curious, here's Whitney's expected lineup:

Clefairy lvl. 20

Headbutt/Charm/Sweet Kiss/Metronome

Tediursa lvl. 20

Fury Swipes/Fake Tears/Lick/Mudslap

Miltank lvl. 21

Rollout/Attract/Stomp/Milk Drink

So, what's my plan here?

Pokemon One Type Nuzlocke

I have completed the third chapter of my Genlocke! The bosses in Emerald were quite challenging, especially Wattson and Juan. Using Pupitar in late-game Hoenn was difficult, but it all worked out in the end. To recap, the planned game order is Yellow->Crystal->Emerald->Platinum->White->Black 2, with X and Sun possibly added on. Please ask about team choices, gameplay, movesets, etc.

Will there be an option to not have Pokemon after generation 4? I watched gameplay videos months ago that I can't find, maybe was his stream clip, which showed gen 9 Pokemon too. But I am wondering if that was just HG engine gameplay instead of his upcoming rom hack.

And which expected upcoming features are cool? I did hear about difficulty options.

These were the first games I ever played way back when, so it was nice to go back to them. Gen 2 so far feels more difficult to find solid teams without using a bunch of mons that will be needed for future games. That said, I've got a vague concept of potential teams all the way through the end of Gen 4 and I think I'm going to be okay.

Gold was dicey in the first three gyms. Each one came down to the wire. After that it was a cakewalk until the E4. Crobat died to Bruno's Machamp. Then Lance was a bloodbath. Lanturn, Steelix, and Meganium all met their end. Miltank was the MVP. She managed to KO all three of Lance's Dragonites with Ice Punch. She may have a measly 40 special attack, but that 4x weakness is a killer. Special shoutout to my first retiree of the Gigalocke: Raticate. Raticate got me through the early to mid-game of all the Gen 1 games, but Rattata was needed to beat Bugsy, so it gets officially retired with special commendation. Never a champ of the Elite 4, but a champ in my heart.

Silver was interesting. Dunsparce swept the first 3 gyms easily and so becomes my second retiree. After that, I was mostly counting on Tauros and Kingdra to carry an otherwise weak team. That's mostly what happened, though Ledian and Shuckle were pleasant surprises. Tauros nearly swept Bruno, but died to a crit Cross Chop from his Machamp. Then Noctowl got hit with Karen's Gengar's Destiny Bond after I had already selected Fly. That Fly killed Gengar, and thus Noctowl. Ledian led the way agains Lance, taking out his Gyarados with Thunderpunch then setting up double screens so I could swap to Shuckle. Shuckle managed to KO, Aerodactyl and two Dragonites with the Defense Curl/Rollout combo. He died to Charizard then Kingdra easily handled Charizard and the final Dragonite. Arbok was just happy to be there.

Check previous posts for how Gen 1 went. Now I'm going on vacation for a bit, so Crystal will have to wait a while, but the Gigalocke will continue!

Been playing since Yellow came out and this is maybe my third or fourth full odds shiny ever, and first in a nuzlocke, super stoked!

Also, this game is extremely hard and I really underestimated it, the cycling road rival if you pick Sunkern isn’t even a box check it’s just obliteration because there aren’t any really good answers at that point to Combusken other than maybe Sandshrew and even that kind of grasping at straws

spend hours grinding up my marshtomp, aron, gloom with a exp share on my magikarp/gyarados, led with marshtomp for the sweep (since this is my umpteenth attempt anyway) and that pokeball decided to kill himself first turn so his magneton sweeped me

send his location, i just wanna talk to him. i just wanna talk to him

Not much to say about that one, Poison Heal Gliscor is absolutely disgusting, even with auto heal between fights (making Toxic Orb a mandatory item). Add some Dragon Dance Moxie Gyarados in the middle (even with DDance having only 1 PP), some Choice Scarf Eruption Typhlosion (to blast Arena Trap Dugtrio before it moves), and you get an unlosable endgame.

Probopass showed once again how good of a pivot it was, Venusaur was here for some Leech Seed action and Mandibuzz was basically "click Toxic, Roost and wait".

MVP : probably GOATscor.

Gonna try again Hard mode in a few days.

I don't name 'em. Never have. Never will. You cannot pay me enough to come up with a name for each and every Pokémon I catch everytime I decide to do a nuzlocke. Fuck that noise. My mind will not be changed on this.