Ehh, it's up to you whether the floors are different areas or not. If you're really afraid of Brawly, I'd say count them differently; then, you might get a Sableye, and not a single one of his Pokčmon can do any damage to it whatsoever. They only have Normal, Fighting, and Psychic attacks, and Sableye's immune to all three. I think one or two of the gym trainers might have Foresight, which would make it weak to Fighting instead of immune, but I know none of Brawly's Pokčmon have it, and it wouldn't be too hard to just switch to another Pokčmon as soon as Foresight is used.
I don't know of anything good to put in my signature, so I guess I'll just tell you my teams. (for all the games I am playing now, at least)
Spoiler:- Here they are:
Current Platinum Nuzlocke team: (in rotation) - -- --- - ----- -------- --- - - -
Kathy - Risa - Waka - Anna - Gruntilda - Emile - Molly - MumboJumbo - Squashini - Sissel - Waffles - Ionia - Tanner
Badges: 4
Deaths: 1
In Pastoria City, preparing for Wake
We did everything we could do in Rustboro City, and then went up to Route 116, where we caught a Whismur. Called it Joel. We then decided to have a grinding session. We got RoastChicken to 16, which means Torchic evolved. Then we got Dojo, Pumpkin and Joel to level 15. That done, we went in the gym with Dojo up front. He OHKO'd every Pokemon until Nosepass, which went down after a good fight. Dojo was now level 17. We left the gym and saw 1 team magma grunt run away after stealing some stuff and went after him. Turns out he also stole a Wingull. We chased him, battled him, beat him with Joel, and got the stuff back. We got a reward after getting the stuff back, a Pokenav! We left Rustboro and headed south to Dewford, and when we arrived there, we saved.
As probably expected, I'm doing a Nizcloke as well. As everyone expects, I'm using Emerald and I started with Treecko, which I called Geek. I trained Geek to level 8, and then beat May. Got Pokeballs and got to level 9. I caught a Zigzagoon, failed to capture a Wurmple on the route above Ordale (don't expect me to know the routes) and then Zigzagoon fainted to a crit from a Poocheyena, which I caught and named Chomp. Got Chomp to level 7, and went and did Petalburg and all that. Caught a Wingull named WingZ, and trained her and Chomp to level 9, as with Geek. Failed to capture a Shroomish in Petalburg Woods, and went through to Rustoboro. Caught a Nincada on route 116 (hey!!) and a Whismur in the Whismur Cave. I'm going to train Whismur, who I called RokkU. I got my team to level 13 (except Geek) and let Geek and WingZ conquer the gym. Roxxane went down easily enough. I saved, and finished for today.
Team (no pictures today, will do at some point):
Geek (Treecko) Level 14
WingZ (Wingull) Level 13
Chomp (Poocheyena) Level 13
In the box (either to be used or otherwise):
RokkU (Whismur) Level 7
Bugzee (Nincada) Level 7
Ok, I have a little update here, with minor things that will get to be important (Emerald Nuzlocke Challenge). I have a few questions in the last line of the the list, so please, if someone can help, I'd appreciate it.
- Went to Route 114 and got a Rare Candy using Waterfall.
- Took Arbusto the Oddish from the Daycare at Lv 44 and evolved it into Gloom, and then in the end I decided to go for Vileplume, who has a better Special Attack stat.
- Bought 10 Calciums in Slateport and gave them to Vileplume.
- Left Bola the Spheal at the Daycare.
- Went to Route 115 to fight the Black Belt there until I got to use Thief on its Machamp with Crobat, getting a Black Belt for Sumo.
- I was REALLY lucky at the desert, where the 5th wild Cacnea was holding the Poison Barb, I gave it to Crobat.
- Torpe the Numel and Bola the Spheal had an egg! I hatched it, just for curiosity, and the Numel that was born from it knew Body Slam! I put this Numel in the Invalid box with Castform.
- Caught a Natu (Chica) in the Safari Zone (Don't know why I left that place behind..., I know I couldn't enter at first, but I've had plenty of time to go...)
- I have kept training with Route 117 trainers (if someone knows a faster place, I'd be grateful), as until everything reaches lv 58 (including Vileplume) I won't battle the E4, because I don't want to fail at the end of the challenge. What do you recommend me, train more, or should the E4 be easy for my team? This time I give you the attacks of my team, so that you can help me.
Any of the ones listed above or their evolutions.
Zigzagoon-Linoone: A Zigzagoon appeared at Route 101 before I got the Poké Balls (and not the one that attacked Birch, as I didn't count that one, it appeared in the grass)
Tentacool-Tentacruel: Missed catching Tentacool at Route 106.
Electrike-Manectric: Missed catching Manectric at Route 118.
Also, I wanted to mention that I may start a Nuzlocke in Pokémon XD quite soon...
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I am Spanish, so my English isn't very good.
My Route 103 encounter was a Zigzagoon but a critical hit knocked it out. Oh well. I continued along the route and watched as WonderWorm evolved into Silcoon! I trained a little more and then headed to Petalburg and watched Wally capture Ralts. I then went to Route 104 and captured a Zigzagoon (Ughghgh, based off my reaction to encountering it). I skipped the few trainers and went to the Petalburg Woods. I was really hoping for a Shroomish or a Slakoth but ended up with a Taillow (Cheeky, I don't why). Cheeky led against most of the trainers in the Petalburg Woods and on Route 4. Before I knew it I was in Rustboro. I grabbed Cut and then went to Route 116 and found a Nincada (Sweeney). I beat the trainers and trained Skipper, WonderWorm (who evolved into Beautifly), Cerberus, and Cheeky to Lv15 and decided to go ahead and evolve Skipper. Once I had Marshtomp I went to the gym.
Since my four main Pokemon were 15-16 I was condident that I would easily win. I started with WonderWorm against Roxanne's Geodude and used Absorb. Geodude survived with only a sliver of health left before using Rock Tomb. I covered WonderWorm's Health Bar with my thumb because I knew what was about to happen. WonderWorm fainted. Skipper more than compensated for WonderWorm's loss by beating both Geodude and Nosepass with Water Gun. I got my badge, but at a steep price. As I left the gym I saw a man who I helped in the Petalburg Woods being harassed by a Team Aqua member. I took off and captured a Whismur (Earily) in the Rusturf Tunnel after beating the Team Aqua grunt. After getting stuff in Violet City I visited Mr Briney and took off to Dewford Town. I went to the Granite Cave and captured a Makuhita (Punchy) and trained it before taking a break.
Ok, I finally did it!!! I have beaten the E4!!! Sydney was way easy, with Peeko destroying Mightyena, Sumo beating Absol, Crobat won against Shiftry and Cacturne, and Vileplume did well against Crawdaunt.
Pheobe killed Peeko with Banette!!! I didn't remember it had Thunderbolt and... The battle was otherwise easy with Exploud's Shadow Ball.
Glacia was KO'ed with Sumo, all her team OHKOed with Brick Break with the exception of Walrein (2HKOed)
Drake's Salamence killed Aurum! A critical Flamethrower. Also, Crobat suffered against Flygon, due to continuous burning with Flamethrower. Exploud's Hyper Beam helped with Salamence, and Crobat had enough bulk to attack and heal three or four turns later. I wanted to use Peeko's Ice Beam here, but he had died, so I had to chage my plans...
And Wallace wasn't difficult, with Exploud beating Wailord, Crobat stalling Milotic until it ran out of Ice Beam, for Vileplume to beat it. Crobat beat Ludicolo, Vileplume did well with Sleep Powder, Giga Drain and Petal Dance against Whiscash, Milotic and Gyarados. Sumo destroyed Tentacruel with Strength.
So I suppose it's over, because I don't think I'll grind 15 levels for Steven Stone. I have enjoyed a lot this 1st Nuzlocke, it will not be the last one...
Any of the ones listed above or their evolutions.
Zigzagoon-Linoone: A Zigzagoon appeared at Route 101 before I got the Poké Balls (and not the one that attacked Birch, as I didn't count that one, it appeared in the grass)
Tentacool-Tentacruel: Missed catching Tentacool at Route 106.
Electrike-Manectric: Missed catching Manectric at Route 118.
Hall of Fame:
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I am Spanish, so my English isn't very good.
I continued training Punchy and evolved Cerberus before returning to Granite Cave and going through to deliver the letter to Steven. Then I went through the gym and swept the place, including Brawly, with Cheeky's Wing Attack. Easy. I went to Slateport and skipped the trainers on the beach to go to Route 110 and catch a new Pokemon. I found and captured an Electrike (Puppee) and slapped the newly acquired Exp Share on it before returning to the beach and battling the trainers. I got into the museum Team Aqua was at and beat two grunts before they all fled.
With nothing left to do I went back to Route 110 and battled some trainers before exploring the Trick House . I got through and then battled May. I tried using Electrike but a single Water Gun took out half of its HP so I swapped out Punchy and beat it with Vital Throw. Skipper defeated Numel with Water Gun and Cheeky beat Grovyle with Wing Attack. I trained a little after the battle and evolved Cheeky before taking a break.
Well everything just went downhill for me after I make one bad decision.
- Decided not to count different floors of caves as different routes.
- Beat Brawly with ease.
- Went to Slateport, fought everyone there.
- Caught a Electrike (Akeno-chan) lv: 12.
- Trained for a bit. This is where it went all wrong
- Thought to myself, "I don't like training here with all of these electric types. I want a better training place. Lets fight May!"
- Took out her Lombre easily.
- She sent out Marshtomp. I switched my Combusken out to heal him. Apparently ground type moves are super effective on Tentacool. Did not know that... Lost Mizu.
- Attempted to take out Marshtomp using my Combusken. Marshtomp used mud shot on me, it took more than half of my health and it lowered my speed. I was hoping it didn't lower my speed enough for it to be faster than me, or that my quick claw would activate, unfortunately Marshtomp became faster and knocked out Combusken (NO!).
- Used Electrike's Quick Attack to knock out Marshtomp.
- Paralyzed Slugma hoping it would give me a chance to attack it. Nope. It kept using Yawn so I was constantly switching out to avoid falling asleep. It finally gave me an opening when it defeated my Poochyena with one hit. Finally beat May after losing 3 Pokemon in one fight.
- I reached Mauville City where I fought Wally and his Ralts and crit him with my Zubat's Bite.
- Since I lost 3 Pokemon from May, I went to Route 117 to catch another Pokemon. I ran into and caught an Oddish (Yasai) lv: 14.
- back-tracked a tiny bit to fight a fisherman on the previous route, thinking he had nothing but Magikarp. Here was my second mistake.
- Defeated his Tentacool with my Dustox pretty easily. Then he sent out his trump card. Wailmer.
- Wailmer began to use to use Rollout. I quickly switched out to save my Dustox. My Oddish was sent out to hopefully knock it out with a grass-type advantage. Again, nope.
- The Rollout of Wailmer was too strong at that point for Oddish to handle. I was hoping Oddish was faster and could Absorb some HP to survive the hit. It wasn't.
- Sent out Dustox again since I KNEW it was faster. Left Wailmer with a little fraction of an HP before Rollout overpowered me. Lost Dustox there.
- My Electrike saved the day again with Quick Attack. Then, to my dismay, he sent out another Wailmer.
- Electrike didn't have an electric type attack at this time, so I switched to Zubat to use supersonic.
- Luckily, Supersonic did its job and kept Wailmer from keeping Rollout on.
- Finally won that battle and lost 2 Pokemon in the process.
OK so now my team is very small compared to before. Who knew I would have lost 5 Pokemon in one go? That was a painful day. I really need to stick to this place and just train for awhile. I currently have no advantages over Wattson so I'm not sure how I'll win this one, or if I'll fail my first Nuzlocke.
Spoiler:- Current Team:
Akeno-chan Lv:23 Uryuu Lv:23
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In the Day-care: Sloth Lv:10 Rhythm Lv:13
Just recently finished my first Nuzlocke run for Emerald. Went pretty well, but wish I could have done it without any deaths. I decided to take whatever I encountered first regardless of whether I had caught it or not. This resulted in a about 5 Poochyena, but did allow for a second electrode. I did not use nicknames because it takes me forever to make my mind and I did not want to have to do it 20+ times.
Final Team
Lv. 59 Lv. 56 Lv. 59 Lv. 55 Lv. 58 Lv. 25
Deaths:
Lv. 9 (foddered by something) Lv. 32 (Killed by Norman's Linoone after it Belly Drummed) Lv. 19 (Killed by a Breloom) Lv. 30 (Killed by Lv. 37 Dodrio while grinding)
E4 went down much easier than expected, but I probably should not have abused the terrible AI.
Once in Dewford, we went directly to the Granite Cave where we killed a Geodude (wouldn't even be helpful anyways) and we delivered the letter to Steven. Once that was done, it was training time! First Shroomish, then Combusken, then Whismur and finally Dustox. All to level 18, and Dustox at level 17. Then, I entered the gym with Dustox up front, beat 2 trainers and went to Brawley.
First up was Dustox agaisnt Machop. I was faster and used a mix of Confusion and Gust. He healed, and the battle went on until I beat Machop, after taking an amount of damage. Then it was Makuhita... I switched to Combusken because I am faster, and awesome Peck does half damage!! He uses Bulk Up and I get a CRITICAL HIT!! YES!!!! Brawley defeated, 2nd badge upon me!! So happy I didn't lose anyone!! xD After that I healed and went to Slateport City by boat.
I continued through Route 110 until I reached Mauville City. The first thing I did was go west onto Route 117 and I found a Roselia (MossEisley). I considered adding it to the team until I saw that it had a Careful nature. Every Pokemon has a crappy nature! I beat all the trainers on the route and then went east of Mauville and beat the couple of trainers there. Next was the Winstrates and apart from a close call thanks to that Meditite it wasn't bad. I let Cerberus take on Wally so it could finally be useful and then I went to the gym. Skipper and Punchy took on the gym trainers and then I went to Route 117 and evolved Punchy into Hariyama!
Wattson was ridiculously easy. Skipper used 3 Mudshots and knocked out all three of his Pokemon. I taught Rock Smash to Ughghgh and got Strength in the Rusturf Tunnel. I took a break afterwards.
Ima start a nuzlocke on LG but with an extra rule;
If I have six pokemon on my team and I catch another one, I must use an RNG to see which pokemon it MUST replace.
Also once one of my six pokemon in my team die, I must use an RNG to see which pokemon I must get from my box. So basically if a bulbasaur died on my team of six pkmn, then I had a squirtle charmander & a pidgey in my box then I use an RNG to decide which ome I should get to replace bulbasaur.
Well, last update I arrived in Slateport. I got Joel aka Whismur up front, and beat most trainers in the beach with the occasional help of Shroomish. Finally in the city, I met the devon guy and then beat Team Magma, where Whismur evolved into Loudred! After, I healed and headed up. The first Pokemon I found there was a Gulpin, which I kicked twice with Combusken. Another Double Kick, and then I caught it I called it GOAL, and then trained all my Pokemon to level 20's around that. It's a pain to train GOAL. But Sludge did help, so it wasn't so bad at the end. It was pretty much 2hko's all the time. After I trained all my Pokemon to level 20, I battled May. I beat her pretty quickly, and it was really easy.
I headed north and skipped the few trainers between Mauville and the Fiery Path. On Route 112 I captured a Numel (whose I can't remember for the life of me) and in the Fiery Path I captured a Slugma (Slucious). I decided to add Slucious to the team and once I did I began to train everyone on the trainers I skipped. I continued on and met a nice elderly lady who would heal my Pokemon so that made the battles much less terrifying. On Route 113 I found a Sandshrew (Unwanted) and then continued until I reached Fallarbor Town. I decided to take a little time to raise everyone on my team to Lv25 before taking a break. I am going to be ditching Cerberus soon, it's just too weak.
1) If your Pokémon faint, it's dead. Permabox. (Not release, because it conflicts with roll 20.)
2) Unless rolled otherwise, you catch the first Pokémon in each area. Shinys are no exceptions. Gifts and special Pokémon may be used.
3) No items may be bought unless rolled. (I completely forgot about this one so it doesn't apply, at least not in the beginning ='D)
4) Every time you enter a new area (the Name change indicates what is a new area), you roll a die with 20 sides (or RNG it, whatever) before you do ANYTHING else. Act according to the list below:
1. Randomly (Dice) choose one of your Pokes. That Poke is now dead. Doesn't apply if you only have one poke.
2. Swap one random Team member for a random box poke. Doesn't apply if you don't have boxed Pokes.
3. Choose a random Poke from Team and box it, not replacing it until the next catch. Doesn't apply if you have only one Poke currently.
4. Choose random Poke. You can only use this poke in this area, either until all quests are done or until it's dead.
5. Choose random Poke. That Pokemon cannot ever evolve.
6. This area, you can't choose to escape from Pokemon and must always continue fighting.
7. This area, you can't choose to fight wild Pokemon and have to keep pressing escape. You can't heal, you can't switch, and you can't attack/status. (However, you may catch the first encounter normally.)
8. You may not weaken any catches in this area and may only throw balls without attacking or statusing, but to compensate, you get four possible catches. If you catch all four, you may use all of them.
9. No catches here.
10. You may catch the first two encounters.
11. You can't use the Pokecenter/free healing service in this area.
12. May not use items in this area, except Pokéballs.
13. You may purchase 5 items in this area. Doesn't apply if there is no shop.
14. You may purchase 10 items in this area. Doesn't apply if there is no shop.
15. Choose a random bag section, except Basic Items and TMs. Then choose a random item kind and throw away all individual items you have of that kind.
16. Choose 5 individual items manually to throw away.
17. Go through this area in one go, and do not return to any place before you have completed all quests.
18. Whenever possible, use a Pokemon that is either defensively or offensively weak to the opposing Pokemon in this area.
19. Nothing Happens.
20. You may revive one of your dead Pokemon. You may not save this for later, even if you don't have any dead Pokémon yet.
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So, I’ve decided to attempt my first Nuzlocke on Firered after reading this entire thread about all of your journeys! I have always wanted to try, but I’ve been too afraid—but no more! I will stick my neck out and see how things go. XD So, without further ado: Let the journey begin!
For my first time, I’m just going to stick to the standard rules:
• If a Pokémon faints, it is permaboxed
• Nickname all Pokémon
• Can only catch the first Pokémon on each route/cave/body of water
• However, I will catch any shinies I come across, regardless of the previous rules. But, I will not use them if I had to break the rules to catch it.
Spoiler:- The Story:
I began my journey in the town of Pallet—population, 6. My mother seemed none too concerned as I marched down the stairs and demanded a Pokémon of my very own. “Do what you want, honey,” she sighed heavily as she sat at the table with a cup of coffee, reading the latest issue of Cosmo. She must not have heard me correctly, or there was something strong in that coffee, but I bolted for the door before she could change her mind. After searching ruthlessly for Professor Oak, whom I knew could give me what I desire; I grew increasingly impatient as the time wore on. My eyes flickered to the one narrow route that lead to Pallet. The grass grew tall between the trees, obscuring any hidden dangers within. I had always been reminded as a child to never wander into the forest without an adult. The tales that were passed around of children being dragged away into the depths of the homes of wild Pokémon were too horrific for any child to challenge them. But I was different. A lover of all Pokémon, I wanted to befriend and strike out on my very own journey for a long time. I would try to sneak away into the wilderness time and again, but my mother must have contained an acute sense for this, as she watched me like a hawk. But unless my ears deceived me, she had just granted me permission to become a Pokémon trainer, something I was not going to give up on easily. But that crotchety, old Professor decides now he doesn’t want to show himself in town. Well, we’d see how long that stops me.
I inched toward the route, hoping that the nosy neighbors wouldn’t call my mother to warn her of my escape. I was close enough I could smell the wilderness! Hear the rustle of the grass as the wind passed between its dancing fingers. I was ready to bolt, but I was afraid I’d scare off the Pokemon I wanted to trust me. I was within jumping distance now, every fiber of my being vibrating with excitement. I reached my arm out, to part the grass before me, to take my very first step beyond Pall—“WAIT!” I jolted, swinging my body around to face the person who foiled my plan. And sure enough, Oak came huffing and puffing toward me, arms outstretched as if he could keep me firmly planted there with the Force. I folded my arms in front of my chest, bracing myself for the onslaught of reprimands I was sure to receive. The old man soon reached me, gasping for breath as he hunched forward, hands on his knees.
“Fang! What—are—you doing?! You know you’re not supposed to go out there alone,” he fixed a stern glare on me as I quailed a bit, I forgot how intimidating this old man can be sometimes. “You were supposed to come straight to my lab and get a partner before trying to leave!” I was about to yell back that I had been looking for him all morning when my breath caught in my throat.
“I was to do what?” I asked, with barely a whisper. My irritation had suddenly flared into exhilaration at the prospect of actually being allowed to get a Pokémon.
“Didn’t your mother tell you to come find me? We talked about it months ago, that when I received all the proper supplies, you would be allowed to train Pokémon,” his anger had died drastically; he only looked at me quizzically. I shrugged my shoulders, wondering why my mother had decided not to tell me that I was actually allowed to be a trainer. At that moment I had a flashback to last night, I thought I heard her crying in the next room, but I dismissed it, as she normally cries when she reads those sappy romance novels. Well, I guess I can’t blame her too much, with Dad gone, she’d be all alone if I left. But I can’t let her keep me tied down forever, this is my chance to escape from this dreary little town and I will take it.
Finally I answered Oak’s questions after my inner monologue, “She didn’t mention it, but she might have just mixed up the days.” I shrugged again.
“Well, then if you’re done trying to run into the wilderness armed with only a toothbrush, you can follow me back to my lab and choose your very first Pokémon,” he then promptly turned on his heel and headed back toward his lab. I jogged forward until I matched his pace. My heart was thumping so hard against my ribcage I was sure the Professor could hear it. I tried to calm my pulse as we reached the lab, but the moment we stepped inside it skyrocketed once again. We approached a device that contained three Pokéballs, time seemed to slow down as he opened the lid to the container, revealing the glistening orbs that possibly contained my first Pokémon. Suddenly the door behind us swung open forcefully and a young boy around my age with incredibly spiky brown hair stormed in looking really pissed.
“Gramps! What the hell? I’m supposed to be getting first pick! And who the hell is she?” the young man was whining like a little crybaby and when he shoved his finger at me, I couldn’t help but take a step back at his aggression. Then the blood broiled within me and I straightened my back.
“For your information, boy, my name is Fang, and I’m going to be the Pokémon League Champion,” I said icily through clenched teeth. He froze, all aggression gone when he saw me stand up to him.
Oak must have decided that things had gone far enough because he stepped into each of our lines of sight and cleared his throat loudly, “That is enough you too! Both of you are here for your Pokémon to start on your journey as respectable trainers! There will be no petty squabbling in this lab! Now,” he lowered voice to a normal level, “Fang, please, go choose your starter. Green, stop your groaning, you’ll get a chance.” I stuck my tongue out at Green from behind the Professor’s back and walked up to the Pokéball terminal. I knew these starters well, Bulbasaur the grass-type, Squirtle the water-type, and Charmander the fire-type. This decision would impact my entire journey; I had to make a choice that could make or break me in the future.
“Squirtle.” I reached down and lifted the precious orb from the terminal. I let the Pokéball drop to the ground, it split open and a bright white light appeared, the light twisted and turned in the air, slowly condensing on itself, and faded out, revealing a little blue turtle Pokémon. I crouched down so I was eye level with the Squirtle, “Hey there Squirtle, my name is Fang, and if it’s alright with you, I’d like to be your partner and help train you so we can take on the Pokémon League someday.” The Pokémon looked at me questioningly as it deciphered what I was saying. It lifted its chubby little arms and gave me what looked like a peace-sign. “Oh, and I should give you a name! Hmm…” After a bit of contemplation I finally picked the perfect one, “Leonard.”
As I picked up the little squishy fellow, thanking the professor profusely, and turned to leave, Green grabbed my shoulder and spun me around, a gleaming Pokéball in his hands, barking a challenge at me even though we only just got our Pokémon. Well whatever, if he wants to feel his first loss right now, so be it. I set Leonard on the ground and Green tossed his Pokéball allowing the small grass Pokémon Bulbasaur to materialize. Of course he would make his choice based on my type disadvantage. But I was not perturbed, because at such low levels, his Bulbasaur would not know any super effective moves against Leonard, at least not yet. So I commanded Leonard to Tail Whip a few times to lower Bulbasaur’s Defence, as his own high Defence stats allowed him to brush off Bulbasaur’s weak Tackles. After two Tackles himself, Leonard was able to knock out Bulbasaur, thus ensuring our first victory. Green recalled his fainted Pokemon, groaning about how he made the wrong choice, and ran from the room, unable to bear his loss. So after bidding Professor Oak goodbye, Leonard and I stepped out into the world feeling as if the possibilities were endless and our journey was just beginning.
Team: Leonard ♂
Tackle | Tail Whip
Okay, I’m really sorry this post turned out so long. I was originally just going to do bullet points highlighting the important parts, but it kinda turned fanfic-ish really quickly. Let me know if you guys are even interested in reading it as a story and I’d probably continue to do so! ^__^
Last edited by Zerrah.; 3rd February 2013 at 11:05 PM.
I played Firered for almost 8 hours yesterday, and let me tell you, I almost gave up on this Nuzlocke challenge. I thought I had everything worked out; that all those threads I've read of people's attempts had prepared me for the journey, but sadly, I was mistaken. And the most unfortunate part is that the reason it started to go downhill so badly wasn't entirely my fault. You see, besides a Rattata, the only Pokemon I had upon entering Mt. Moon were weak to Electricity. But since I hadn't seen an electric type yet, I thought I would be fine. Boy, was I wrong. But let me back track a bit, so you know my story:
Spoiler:- The Story - Part 2:
I just want to point out that I imposed a Dupes Clause (as in I do not consider an encounter the first if I already have that Pokemon) because I really want to have a variety of Pokemon.
After obtaining Leonard my Squirtle, I left Pallet Town and headed North. Since Oak had not yet given me Pokeballs, I didn't count any encounters on this route, so I'd be able to come back and catch something later. I reached Viridian City after Leonard had gained a few levels, healed, and then headed to the Mart. The sales clerk forced me to return to Pallet with a package for Oak, but it worked out because now I could start catching wild Pokemon! After heading back out of Pallet, my first encounter on Rt1 was a Lv3 Pidgey. I caught it and nicknamed him Lucian. By this point Leonard was level 9, so I level grinded until Lucian caught up. Then I headed over to Rt22, desperately hoping my first encounter was a Mankey. Unfortunately, a Lv3 Rattata appeared, and I caught her and nicknamed her Vicky. I headed back to Rt1 and level grinded Vicky to Lv9 as well. See how I thought I'd be good? I have no problem level grinding these Pokemon to decent levels before continuing.
At this point I thought it would be safe to try to go through Viridian Forest. After the pushy old guy forced me to watch him capture a Pokemon, even though I clearly knew what I was doing, I headed to Rt2, where my first encounter was a Lv4 Caterpie (I really wanted a Nidoran, but meh). I nicknamed her Butters, and headed into the forest. My first encounter here was a Lv4 Weedle, which I nicknamed Barbara. The first trainer battle was going fine until the Bug Catcher's Weedle managed to Poison me with Poison Sting. How for the love of god did I forget about Poison?! It's like the bane of all Nuzlockers everywhere! But thankfully I had a few Potions, so I managed to keep Leonard's health up while I ran back to the Pokemon Center. After this little mishap, I went to the Mart and stocked up on as many Antidotes as I could afford (which was only 8). Headed back into the forest I felt a little better knowing I was better prepared. For the remaining trainers I switch trained Butters until it evolved into a Metapod. By this point I exited the forest, where I continued to train Butters, Leonard, Lucian, and Vicky all up to Lv13 for taking on the gym.
Butters (now a Butterfree) was the beast of my team, and along with Leonard, I swept Brock's Pokemon, earning myself my first badge. I healed up, spent a bit on some more Potions for the journey, and headed out to Rt3. Here I obtained the running shoes, and progressed until every trainer on the route had been defeated. I finally reached the grassy area where I was hopeful once again for a Nidoran. And once again I was disappointed when a Lv3 Spearow hoped out at me. Gah! But, I caught her, named her Yolanda, and headed up to the Pokemon Center. I should have noticed at this point, but I now had 3 Flying types, and 1 Water type. But I didn't consider it, and went on my merry way into Mt. Moon.
Here things took a turn for the worse. I'm not a big fan of Geodude, but after watching Marriland's Wedlocke challenge, I could see the potential of having one. However, with my luck, my first encounter was a Zubat (See? Another Flying type). I named her Christina, and she went zipping off to the PC. So I progressed a little through the cave, collecting the items that I thought would probably help me later, when Super Nerd Jovan (I will take this name to my grave), spotted me and our battle ensued. He sent out Magnemite, I sent out Rattata (I love its Run Away ability for the Zubat). I started chipping away at its health, slowly realizing that this thing could potentially be dangerous for the rest of my team. But I thought, "Maybe it doesn't know an electric move yet, it hasn't used one" and I continued to attack it when it suddenly Thundershocked me, KOing Vicky. I was stunned, I had raised that little Rattata from such a young level only to be taken out by my indescretion. I groaned inwardly, my team wouldn't be able to handle such a powerful move. I had to sacrifice someone, so I sent out Barbara to take an attack. She perished in the battle, even before I got a chance to train her. I switched in Butters. Thankfully Vicky weakened it so one Confusion would do the trick. Yes! It fainted and I thought my troubles were over. Alas, the Nerd wanted to send out Voltorb. I started to sweat, I knew Voltorbs were naturally fast. I kept Butters in, not knowing anyone else to be able to try to outspeed it. Butters managed to hit with Sleep Powder! After two Confusions it was gone. I cursed the Nerd after our battle, he had destroyed two of my Pokemon with his nasty Pokemon. I slowly walked back to the Pokemon Center just outside the cave and created a box for my dearly departed. After depositing them, I decided to do a little research.
I picked up the game once more after finding out that the only other Electric type in the cave was a Voltorb that guy had right before the fossils. I knew that my previous strategy would be enough to overpower it, so I set off. Minutes later I was walking out of the cave with a new fossil and defeated Rocket Grunts behind me. I saw I was almost to Cerulean, and that there was one more route before the city that I could catch a Pokemon. Once again hoping for Mankey, but when the grass parted, an Ekans slithered out. I captured her, named her Susan, and decided to train up my Spearow until she matched my team. I had never used Fearow on a team, it had always been Pidgeot, since I was shallow and slightly disgusted with Fearow's design, but for the sake of the challenge, Fearow hit harder and faster, especially considering my Pidgey was Modest.
Finally it was time to head up Nugget Bridge, but I knew my Rival would ambush me as soon as I attempted, so I switched Leonard in first to take on his Pidgeotto. After an easy victory, I healed up and headed up the bridge. I knew the first four people had mostly bugs, so I allowed Yolanda to lead the way. Then, right before the shady Rocket Grunt, the young boy with the Mankey was facing off against Yolanda and I. I thought the battle was our, seeing as we had the type advantage, but when Mankey was blessed with a critical Karate Chop, Yolanda fell. Again I was stunned. All that training was for nothing. I'd never have a Fearow, all my visions of Fearow and I taking on the E4 were dashed in an instant. You know what? Fine. I was just about done. I'd had it. All this death. My bad luck with random encounters. I just wanted to shut the game off and never do a Nuzlocke again. But something inside of me stayed my hand. Once again I took to the internet to do some research. I learned that on Rt24 and Rt25 the only Pokemon I had not encountered were Oddish and Abra. I knew that I wanted an Oddish. Misty's gym was going to be so difficult if I wouldn't be able to capture one. And since there were two routes with the same encounters, I knew I'd be able to get one no matter what! Finally fortune was in my favor! So, I headed into the grass on Rt24, and after encountering a few Pidgey and Rattata, I found an Oddish! I was so excited I took so much care in making sure it did not faint and I caught her, nicknaming her Gloomy.
I spent about 10 minutes training her up to level 18, which is where my remaining Pokemon were at. And after stocking up on a few Potions, I entered the Cerulean City gym. I kept Oddish out first, knowing she'd be able to take out Misty's Staryu easily, and possibly get a status condition on Starmie, where I would swith to Leonard who knew Bite, since he would be resistant (I was unsure if Starmie would know an Ice type move). However, after a few Absorbs, Oddish had completely swept the floor with both of her Pokemon, and evolving into a Gloom right after the battle. I received my second badge! From there my hope in my challenge was restored, and I left Cerulean headed South. In Rt5 I captured a female Meowth and nicknamed her Nala in honor of my cat that just recently passed away, and headed to Rt6 where I defeated all the trainers, but I couldn't capture anything yet since I had all the Pokemon available in the tall grass. And there I saved right before entering Vermillion, where I hope I won't fail this challenge at Lt. Surge's gym. 'Til next time!
Team: Leonard ♂
Level 20 | Bold | Torrent
Mega Punch | Tail Whip | Water Gun | Bite
Coming fresh off a successful Platinum Nuzlocke, I'm going a bit more old-school with a Sapphire Nuzlocke. Without further ado . . .
Rules
1. If a Pokemon faints, it is considered dead and must be boxed.
2. Only the first Pokemon encountered in each new area can be caught.
3. Duplicates are allowed.
Part 1: The Journey Begins
- Ah, quaint little Littleroot Town, I love thee so. Though I still wonder how a truck got here when there are no roads. Just imagine all the Zigzagoon road-pizza on Route 101 . . .
- Oh hey, a guy getting murdered by a tiny wolf-hyena thing. I'd better send in a gecko to save him.
- Welcome to the team, brave Luke. I have a feeling we're gonna be good friends, especially after seeing the way you beat down that crazy Torchic.
- Route 101: Caught a Wurmple (her name is Cherry)
- Route 103: Luke killed a Poochyena with a critical-hit Absorb. Thanks a lot, Luke!
- Route 102: Caught . . . Surskit. Honestly? Surskit has a 1% chance of appearing and is ABSOLUTE CRAP. Sure, this doesn't happen with the good rare Pokemon, only the bad ones. Er, sorry about that Skittles. I didn't mean to offend you. Honestly, I like Surskit, but if I try using her in the game, she'll get killed. Seriously, I tried training Skittles on Route 101. She was Lv. 4 and was nearly killed by a Lv. 2 Wurmple.
- Cherry evolved into Silcoon while training.
- I left off in Petalburg, getting ready to enter the Gym.
Team Luke Lv. 10 - Pound, Leer, Absorb Cherry Lv. 9 - Tackle, String Shot, Poison Sting, Harden
Reserves Skittles
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RoastChick Lvl 16
Pumpkin Lvl 15
Dojo Lvl 17
Joel Lvl 15
NumeroUno Lv 3
Aggron (Aurum) Lv 11-55 Rock Head / Quick Claw / Double-Edge, Iron Tail, Earthquake, Cut.
Crobat (Cruelbat) Lv 9-56 Inner Focus / Poison Barb / Sludge Bomb, Wing Attack, Confuse Ray, Thief.
Hariyama (Sumo) Lv 9-55 Thick Fat / Black Belt / Brick Break, Strength, Fake Out, Arm Thrust.
Exploud (Noisy) Lv 6-55 Soundproof / Silk Scarf / Return, Hyper Beam, Rock Smash, Screech.
Pelipper (Peeko) Lv 12-55 Keen Eye / Mystic Water / Surf, Ice Beam, Wing Attack, Fly.
Vileplume (Arbusto) Lv 13-49 Chlorophyll / Miracle Seed / Petal Dance, Toxic, Giga Drain, Sleep Powder
Skipper Lv17
Cerberus Lv16
Cheeky Lv15
Punchy Lv12
Sweeney Lv8
Wonderworm Lv3-15
Cerberus Lv19
Cheeky Lv22
Puppee Lv17
Uryuu Lv:23
Sloth Lv:10
Mizu Lv:10
Yasai Lv:14
Lv. 59
Lv. 59
Lv. 55
Lv. 58
Lv. 25
Brawley defeated, 2nd badge upon me!! 
MossEisley Lv14
I called it GOAL, and then trained all my Pokemon to level 20's around that. It's a pain to train GOAL. But Sludge did help, so it wasn't so bad at the end. It was pretty much 2hko's all the time. After I trained all my Pokemon to level 20, I battled May. I beat her pretty quickly, and it was really easy.
Joel Lvl 20
GOAL Lvl 20
Slucious Lv25
??? Lv15
Unwanted Lv 15
Leonard ♂
Leonard ♂
Lucian ♂
Butters ♀
Gloomy ♂
Nala ♀
Luke Lv. 10 - Pound, Leer, Absorb
Cherry Lv. 9 - Tackle, String Shot, Poison Sting, Harden
Skittles
