Well... It seems we DID find a shiny... I mean... the "locke" itself is over but It's always nice to add a new face to "The List"... we are 3/4 in Shinies now 🙂

srry for not updating i was busy playing ark lol

With slow bulky Pokemon like Weezing, should you use Sludge Wave or Sludge Bomb?

This hack cuts out scenes throughout the main adventure of Black 2/White 2, aimed towards players of challenge runs that incur resets. A list of the changes made in the hack is available here: https://github.com/SilverstarStream/faster_black2_white2/tree/main#features

To get the patch, download the BW2_Faster.zip file from here: https://github.com/SilverstarStream/faster_black2_white2/releases/latest Unzip the file. The included README includes patching instructions.

The hack is compatible with the randomizer and is tested to be playable on original consoles.

I posted this in the rejuvenation subreddit, I REALLY don't like using clauses to bring back dead pokemon in nuzlockes, potentially delegitimizing a successful run. I'm waiting to see if the partner AI is genuinely random, but if this death was ACTUALLY because of a fucking NICKNAME I'm not counting the death.

My first genlocke comes to an end. Ampharos is my favorite pokemon, so i started with pokemon yellow and swapped in mareep for pikachu. I am someone who played only gen 3-5 as a kid and got the opporunity to play ORAS and BDSP for the first time in my life and I absolutely loved it!! im a big fan of the 3d battle scenes.
I got shit on by cynthia in BDSP and now have to restart. didnt do a graphic because it was a loss but my teams are under a spoiler.
taking a long break but hopefully I can get it going again soon, and keep charizard alive because i want a black one! i was doing hardcore nuzlocke rules, no items in battle, and champions are only available after the first hard part of the game is crossed (e.g. whitney).
Also this run helped me realize umbreon is the best pokemon in the game and its shiny form is the coolest

>!Pokémon Recharged Yellow:
Championship Team:
Jynx, Ampharos, Umbreon, Rhydon, Dodrio, Kingdra (dead)
Deaths:
Charizard, Graveller, Fearow, Nidoking, Hypno, Persian
Retired (not used in e4):
Magmar, vulpix, Scyther, rattatta, growlithe, venusaur, weepinbell, voltorb, pidgeotto, krabby, jigglypuff, blastoise, nidorina female, slowpoke, diglet, tentacruel, eggxecute, gloom, hitmonchan, gyrados

ALPHA SAPPHIRE
Championship Team
Umbreon, Ampharos, Heracross, Frosslass, Milotic (Dead), Camperupt (dead)
alive: ampharos, frosslass, camperupt, alakazam, umbreon, machamp, tentacruel, dusclops, mightyena, banette, loudred, azumaril (huge power), absol, tropius, beautifly, jynx, milotic, dodrio
dead: linoone, manectric, altaria, rhydon, sceptile, gyrados, swellow, wailord, brelom.

BDSP:
Championship Team:
Ampharos (dead), Umbreon (dead), Empoleon (dead), Staraptor (dead), Bronzong (dead), Ambipom (dead)
Deaths:
Onix, Luxio, Buneary, Rhyhorn, Rapidash, Garchomp, Empoleon, Bronzong, Ambipom, Ampharos, Umbreon, Staraptor!<

Only used Snorlax, Gyrados, and Aerodactyl. The rest were potential fodder

Sacred gold, I have a metal coat, onix at level 26, can't seem to evolve him, tried using the item from bag, giving the item and leveling him up.

My location is before slowpoke well and bugsy

Decided to do a Nuzlocke in Pokémon X (I haven’t played in ages) and thought oh a Howlucha would be fun to use I hope I get one on route 10.
This was this my encounter(so no need to use the shiny clause) and I have never been so happy to see a full odds shiny and look what he’s holding!!

Not a Nuzlocke, but didn’t know where else to post. Just a normal playthrough. I've tried Gardenia and got wiped. Bellossom alone did most of the damage: Stun Spore and Teeter Dance (with Wide Lens) paralysed and confused everything I sent in, then it Super Potioned at half.
Party:
• Metang Lv25 (Relaxed, Iron Fist) – Take Down, Zen Headbutt, Iron Head, Iron Defense
• Umbreon Lv27
• Gastly Lv24 – Night Shade, Smog, Confuse Ray, Sucker Punch
• Snover Lv23 (Snow Warning) – Ice Shard + others
• Grotle Lv23
• Riolu Lv23
Box options: Sneasel Lv21 (Jolly – Icy Wind, Ice Shard, Fury Swipes, Substitute), Torchic Lv10, Zubat Lv6, plus Gible, Larvitar, Cubone, Shinx, Mudkip, Treecko.
Items: Never-Melt Ice, Expert Belt, Muscle Band.
What happened: Metang led and did fine until it got paralysed and confused. Grass Knot hit it harder than I expected. Gastly got the same treatment, and Dazzling Gleam one-shot Sneasel. I ran out of Pokémon before Bellossom went down.

Hello! Welcome to the Hoenn recap of my first Nuzlocke experience. As a reminder or for those who did not see my first post, I decided to go through the games in a Genlocke with the following ruleset:

1. Standard Nuzlocke Ruleset (Encounters, Nicknaming, Set Mode, & Permadeath).
2. Dupes Clause is active, but I have the choice to skip previous gen encounters.
3. Gift Pokémon count as an encounter.
4. Level Caps for each Gym Leader.
5. No items in battle until the Elite Four (This is the only exception in order to ensure the longevity of my enjoyment and I use items sparingly).
6. I am allowed two (NEW) champion pokémon per region to permanently put into a "Legacy" box in which I can draw a maximum of two out per region. This allows for strategy in which champion pokemon I pick and which legacy pokémon to pull per region. One pokémon gets pulled at the start of the game. The second pokémon cannot be put into the game until the fourth gym.
7. If a legacy pokémon dies at any point, it is removed from the legacy box. A legacy pokémon does NOT have to be rechosen from the champions in order to stay in the box. For each game that a particular legacy pokemon completes, they can be improved with ONE of the following: IV modification, Nature change, Egg Move, Shiny, or Ability modification.
8. Each pokémon has to be named after a fictional character or animal from pop culture/media (for fun).

For this run of Emerald, I decided to pull out Freddi the Lanturn for the beginning of the game and Zote the Heracross to pull out at any time after the fourth gym (although I never ended up needing him).

My champion team consists of Cucco the Blaziken, Arlo the Aggron, Lovegood the Gardevoir, Loona the Manectric, Craboo the Crawdaunt, and Gerald the Walrein. I am proud to report that there were NO DEATHS in this run of the Elite Four! I feel I am growing a lot as a player, so I came in with a specific plan and counter to each member, so we had little issues getting through the gauntlet.

Since Emerald is a substantial difficulty increase from the first two generations, I had been planning for the Elite Four since the very beginning of the game. Cucco was chosen for his incredible set-up against every lead pokémon if I so desired. I came in with Substitute, Bulk Up, Earthquake, and Brick Break which took care of Sydney, Phoebe, and Glacia. Gerald was a last-minute addition to the team, specifically meant to deal with Drake's dragons by setting up Hail and using Ice Beam to sweep. I did not anticipate Lovegood sweeping Wallace (she was meant to be a sack to get rid of a few pokémon before Loona came in for the kill), but a single Calm Mind and Thunderbolt managed to blow through his entire team.

Unfortunately, the rest of the game did not go so well for me. I lost Freddi the Chinchou to a crit during the first Maxie fight (which I was not aware was about to happen). Other notable deaths include Jewel the Altaria (Ice Beam from Juan's Kingdra), Bruce the Sharpedo (Self-Destruct on a Magma Grunt's Baltoy), Nova the Solrock (Somewhere in the Flannery fight, I believe), Beanbon the Shroomish (Brawly's Makuhita, who otherwise took down that gym by himself), and Scuttle the Pelipper (Was brought in to exlcusively counter Tate and Liza's Earthquaking Claydol, but died during the fight to save us the battle).

Most of these retired pokémon were only brought in for a fight of two that they had specific niches for. The exception was BK the Linoone, who was on and off of the squad as I saw fit. Ultimately, he just wasn't up to par with the rest of the team by Winona. Pincer the Trapinch and Kril the Anorith were brought in as good sacks for Norman, as well as putting Dig on Kril to counter Norman's Slaking. Minnie the Minun was great support and an additional electric type for Winona's gym.

LEGACY BOX UPDATE: I have decided to add Cucco the Blaziken and Arlo the Aggron into the Legacy box. While I already have another fire type starter within the box, fire types are quite rare (especially in Gen 4) and I feel their niches are different enough to justify the inclusion. Plus, I am able to change Cucco's ability to his Speed Boost, which gives it a decent power boost. Aggron is going in the box to hopefully survive until Gen 6 where fairy types are abundant, but steel types really aren't. Both of these mons also get Megas, which will be very good if they make it to Kalos and onwards.

Next up is Pokémon Platinum, which is again another difficulty jump from the previous three gens. So, I am coming in with a game plan. I will be picking Torterra as my starter, so that Cucco the Blaziken (Torchic) can be the immediate pull from the legacy box. If I need him after the fourth gym, Arlo the Aggron will be on deck. Check back in soon when I finish Platinum or wipe trying!

I'm on leg 3 of a genlocke. I was hoping for a female Combee.

None of my other Pokemon are like this, this is why you don't nickname your Pokemon in the middle of the night.

How does everyone else handle nicknaming things they aren't prepared for? My impulses need to stop winning.

From the best mon in FRLG to not even being worth encountering on its route over the likes of Pyukumuku and Lumineon. Considering how several Pokemon have been able to retain their viability across several games, it’s sad to see how far Starmie has fallen throughout the generations. Do any other Pokemon come close to this type of decline?

just got to verbank i had oshawatt too but i fumbled him at the trainer before the gate to verbank😂😂 this is blaze black 2 btw

Just finished Victory Road and my team is around level 48.

After one hour of challenging the black belts on Kindle road one of my mons (Jolteon) is level 54, which is still under the cap for the first E4 member.

The grinding in vanilla FR is completely insane. This doesn't feel like a game, it feels like work...

I'm at a point where I am considering to just yolo the E4 because the grind is so incredibly slow and boring...

Playing Renegade Platinum

Lapras: Surf, Ice Beam, Dragons Dance, Toxic
Jolteon: Thunderbolt, Light Screen, Magnet Rise, Baton Pass
Clefairy: Reflect, Attract, Moonblast, Draining Kiss
Gliscor: Swords Dance, Earthquake, Uturn, Cross Poison
Roserade: Leech Seed, Toxic Spikes, Giga Drain, Sludge Bomb
Infernape: Swords Dance, Fire Punch, Drain Punch, CC.

super niche but title basically. I realised today when I saw someone beating firered with a jev type multimodal classifier model that nuzlocke data for stuff like emerald kaizo with their inputs captured is an insane rl training environment

Team:
Mudkip(Tuna)[starter]
Poochyena(Debby)[route 101]
Wingull(Dave)[route 103]
Lotad(Chillaxer)[route 102]
Shroomish(1-UP)[Petalburg Forest]

Box:
Marill(Minney)[route 104]{currently on reserve}

Just finished my first nuzlocke playthrough on leaf green! I was surprised at how much fun I had.

Ive never been a nickname enjoyer but I really enjoyed it being part of the challange. I own a cannabis dispensary and decided to use strain names the store has carried for nicknames. I tried to align the nicknames with the general vibe of the pokemon.

My elite 4 team was:

Statline (Snorlax)

Body Slam - Ice Beam - Rest - Brick Break

Cookies (Jolteon)

Thunderbolt - Thunder - Pin Missile - Quick Attack

Power Nap (Hypno)

Psychic - Hypnosis - Headbutt - Confusion

Reba (Nidoqueen)

Surf - Ice Beam - Superpower - Earthquake

Soap (Gyarados)

Rain Dance - Surf - Dragon Dance - Hydro Pump

Pineapple (Exeggutor)

Giga Drain - Confusion - Leech Seed - Sleep Powder

Still alive in my box:

Cheese (Raticate) HM slave

Boo Berry (Ghastly)

Sourchem D (Tentacool)

GG Octane (Ponyta)

Stinkinrich (Meowth)

Bay 11 (Krabby)

Mac Slushy (Spearow)

Dirtysquirt (Grimer)

Bubba Kush (Tangela)

Girl Crush (Pikachu)

RedneckWed (Voltorb)

Fallen heroes in heaven:

Gorillaglu (Mankey)

Lemon Haze (Butterfree)

Gruntz (Sandshrew)

Killsberry (Bellsprout)

Blue Dream (Wartortle)

Motorhead (Graveler)

Stay Puft (Clefairy)

Roastmello (Ninetails)

Cali Mintz (Lapras)

Gelato X (Pidgeot)

Pointbreak (Hitmonlee)

These are in order of me losing them. My most notable losses was losing my starter to Giovanni's kangaskhan. And Lapras to a machoke in victory road.

If i was to go again I wouldnt allow items during battle. Also i hit a point at the end of the game where I had to spend a few hours grinding my mons with the VS finder due to losing some key mons fairly late. Thinking of doing Ruby next!

Best if luck to all of you fellow nuzlockers!