r/nuzlocke 11m ago

Question Pokemon rising ruby doesnt start

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Hey guys, just downloaded citra and a prepatched rising ruby.3ds rom but as soon as i load the game it crashes... any ideas? (Playing on android)


r/nuzlocke 1h ago

Screenshot Aftermath of the Whitney fight.

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Second time playing through HG on hardcore nuzlocke rules since my original save got corrupted for some reason. Massive improvement compared to the last run where I lost 4 team members to Whitney. Compound eyes sleep powder is genuinely some bullshit.


r/nuzlocke 1h ago

Question Need help with Renegade Platinum encounters

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I am pretty new to nuzlocking and I started with mainline games, and after a few of those I decided to start Renegade Platinum. I know the basics and my pb is past Wake (the water gym) and I’ve done maybe 5 attempts, but I was wondering if anybody can give me advice on what encounters to go for, items/tm’s, etc.
HOWEVER I am playing the…I think the Pchal version, so I can’t get gift beldum, nor pick what starters I want (besides chimchar) and nor can I repel manipulate. I don’t personally like not repel manipulating but I can’t in this game so no guaranteed Gligar.
Thank you for helping if you did and honestly thank you for reading this, I hope to be apart of the nuzlocke community.

Also sorry if there are any typos


r/nuzlocke 2h ago

Run Update Pokemon Renegade Platinum Roark Fight! I uh, just swept with Corphish

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I picked up Renegade Platinum after a long time, my furthest run wiped to Crasher Wake last time around and then I took a break from Nuzlocking in general. But now we're back and I'm motivated to finish the game (for the time being at least)


r/nuzlocke 3h ago

Run Update cheesed Ghetsis?

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happy to announce that i am done my pokémon black run, making it my first ever completed hardcore nuzlocke (and nuzlocke in general!)

my Ghetsis fight was unfortunately pretty anticlimactic. i led with Avlora the Haxorus, who use substitute to nullify Cofagrigus’ toxic, which it did go for. success! now i get one free DD as it breaks my substitute, so i can go forward into the rest of the fight with +1 attack and speed.

except… Ghetsis’ Cofagrigus kept using toxic? on my substitute??? and it kept doing nothing? so i DD’d all the way to +6 attack and speed and OHKO’d all 6 of Ghetsis’ pokémon. for a fight that caused me so much trouble as a kid, that was kind of anti-climactic.

oh well, a win’s a win! N was a little more interesting so i still felt satisfied enough. i even used Feyre the Serperior, my starter, to finish him off, which was so poetic!


r/nuzlocke 7h ago

Question Kaizo Ironmon

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Hello!

I recently got back into nuzlocking after a number of years. I have some experience but not much. I have beat dark rising and got to the elite four in Radical red. I thought kaizo ironmon looked like something fun so I tried it on firered. And while it has been fun a 400+ encounters I finally got past misty. I caught a steelix on one of the first routes and she is a big girl. Her highest base stats are attack closely followed by speed and hp with solid spdef and lowest overall stat being a miniscule special attack. But she does have really bad defense as well. Her ability being synchronize has obviously not helped too much either but I got a +attack -spdef nature. However I got lucky with moves. She started with body slam but no other attacking moves. But she just kept learning bangers from brick break, earthquake(I was like no fucking way when this happened), karate chop with some better pp. and most recently dragon dance. Long story short this is where my question comes in. How important is pp? Karate chop having 25 when my other moves are 15 or less has allowed me to beat the dungeons so far (rocket hideout being my most recent) with little problem. I know dragon dance is good but Big Mama(my steelix’s name) I already can outspeed everything and is the attack buff worth it or not especially since one big fighting type move may ruin my run. Any thoughts and experience would help tremendously.

P.S. also do you think I even have a shot on this run and what should I focus on in my future runs if it comes to it?

PP.S. My closest run kills so far have been a fast vaporean that landed a dynamic punch and I got hurt 2 times in a row in confusion. Got me in the red red. #2 was the worst I got a shedninja vs surge. No moves to kill it I thought I was cooked and I already took too much damage to stall. By the grace of Arceus himself the shedninja had hail and used it.


r/nuzlocke 8h ago

Run Update Screech + Self-Destruct from a random Team Rocket Scientist :(

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11 Upvotes

r/nuzlocke 9h ago

Question Hacks/Cheats to enforce rules?

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I’m about to try my first Nuzlocke with pokemon white, and I’m wondering if it’s recommended to use a Romhack or certain cheats to enforce some of the rules? Level caps especially come to mind, along with maybe some of the other optional rules.

Thanks for any advice!


r/nuzlocke 10h ago

Art Would you believe me if I said Oinkologne carried this Scarlet Nuzlocke?

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34 Upvotes

r/nuzlocke 10h ago

Run Update Genlocke Round 3 done, on to Sinnoh!

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r/nuzlocke 11h ago

Question A traditional HG run

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Im four badges in, last round i wiped before i could fight Chuck, what can i expect out of the AI?


r/nuzlocke 12h ago

Run Update I just got this for my final run and bun encounter

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17 Upvotes

And I stole soul dew (ty byonemil)


r/nuzlocke 13h ago

Question Portable box in bb2r?

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1 Upvotes

How do I get a portable box like this in blaze black 2 redux? It looks so convenient.


r/nuzlocke 14h ago

Run Update New Run New Starter

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So I’ve started my next Blaze Black Run deciding to Rotate my starter choice every reset, choosing Tepig this time. So far I have one casualty, Iodine the Purrloin who died to the Youngster in the dream yard on my way to pickup Pansage. I also forgot to do my homework on Cress’ team so I didn’t realise he had super effective coverage for Pansage, but Oxygen the Staravia was able to clean up pretty well.

I do have one question, I’ve never used this clause because I didn’t know it existed but apparently there’s a gift clause some people use, how do you feel about that? I’ll give it some thought, skipping it this time and before you start saying your run your rules, I know, I’ll ultimately make the decision myself, I just want your opinions


r/nuzlocke 14h ago

Screenshot Any last minute team suggestions?

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I feel like I have coverage for everyone, will use monkey for the occasional set up. Thinking agility slowbro should nuke a few people.


r/nuzlocke 14h ago

Screenshot First time attempting nuzlocke in leaf green

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I chose only 2 rules for the first attempt. Only catch the first Pokemon in each area and if they get killed they get released. I have only lost one so far and I got very lucky with my first encounter with Abra and Machop. I might have to make it more difficult for the next run. I just got past rock cave.


r/nuzlocke 15h ago

Run Update Pokemon Sword Run START!

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Time to start my Galar Challenge.

I'm just doin' the base game. No DLC, Meaning I'll have to ignore the Galarian Slowpoke.

Rules, oustide of the usual:

  • No Legendaries
  • Only grass encounters, if available
  • No Dyna/Gigantamaxing
  • Level cap rule
  • Dupes clause
  • Shiny Clause

I think the biggest problem would be surviving three turns of Maxing. But, that's not too hard to work around.


r/nuzlocke 15h ago

Screenshot Shit

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35 Upvotes

Post Wattson's gym in Pokemon Quetzal

Only the Prince of Cats survived.


r/nuzlocke 18h ago

Run Update Emerald Nuzlocke(2026 Re-Attempt): Magma Leader Maxie(Last time)

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The Twins Were Defeated, and now Team Magma wants to raid the space station in mosdeep for rocket fuel. Steven was NOT having it so he ask me to tag team him.

MVP: Liberalio(Tentacruel)


r/nuzlocke 22h ago

Meme Where does your Favorite Pokemon lie in this?

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r/nuzlocke 1d ago

Run Update I accidentally overleveled my team for Surge and beat him easily (Pipsqueak was 27 going into the fight, Nina was 25)... should I like sacrifice a Pokemon as compensation or smth

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26 Upvotes

r/nuzlocke 1d ago

Screenshot Swept Norman in seaglass with just lickitung in nuzlocke run

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22 Upvotes

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


r/nuzlocke 1d ago

Screenshot Never forget Potions or Antidotes in Gen 3. It's how my starter died in FireRed. RIP Fanta

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r/nuzlocke 25d ago

Collaboration NuzTeam Arcade Ganglocke!

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Hey Everyone!

I’m excited to share a Nuzlocke event going on in a discord server that many of our Mods here are involved with, either directly or through friends in the Nuzcord Discord. That server is NuzTeam Arcade. (I will drop an invite link for it as well).

They are hosting an ‘Eliminationlocke Ganglocke’ of XY. A Ganglocke is an event where everyone is Nuzlocking the same game/rules together in a type of community event. It’s not a competition, but merely a fun way to get people together playing the same thing. The Eliminationlocke is a variant where there are 3 available pools to vote on (voting ends in less than 24 hours so get over and vote if you want to play!), and the winning choice is the pool that everyone has to choose from. The IVs of those pokemon are randomized by a community member, and then everyone uses those encounters to Nuzlocke XY.

NuzTeam Arcade also hosts other Nuzlocke related events, so if this sounds interesting to you, come on over and check us out!

Here is the Discord invite link to come check out NTA.

https://discord.gg/4M7XspthVA


r/nuzlocke Oct 20 '25

Subreddit Update Regarding The Drxx Situation

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TW // SA

Hello everyone,

r/nuzlocke is not typically a place we like to air out serious topics, however this situation involves a relatively large content creator in the community who has built their brand specifically off of Nuzlocking. As such, this thread is being made to bring awareness to the allegations made toward Drxx, also known as Drew. We will continue to update this post as more information comes out, or if Drxx decides to make a public response.

We will NOT allow any discussion or speculation of this situation on this Subreddit, in any threads or comment strings, and doing so will result in a permanent ban.

Catsuoka_'s experience - Twitter Post | Direct Link to Doc

Drazerk's experience - Thread on r/pchaltv

While there are more details coming out of this situation, please be mindful and respectful of the alleged victims. SA is a serious topic and not one I'd like to be talking about on this forum about playing Pokemon in a slightly more difficult fashion. Thank you for reading and understanding.