CAN I BEAT A POKÉMON BLACK 2 HARDCORE NUZLOCKE WITH ONLY DARK TYPES!? (Pokémon Challenge)

[@SilphSpectre]

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[@olliealous604]

Happy Holidays good sir. Thanks for all the great content you've provided for us over the years. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[@kephalai]

missed opportunity not calling this run "Darker than Black"

[@sanyammalhotra5137]

You giving away free gifts?

[@Sunny-rh5xd]

Sorry to ask but can you please give me some nuzlocke tips

[@OmarAlMutairi92]

أي اابي أهم ت في الاندلس 😂اننثغ😊 سبًا

[@LagrimaArdiente]

He was so frazzled in the end that he kept calling it a Fighting-type Nuzlocke. 😭

[@kode-man23]

Drain Punch is one hell of a drug, apparently haha

[@Metaknighttheloneswordsman]

@@kode-man23 Drug Punch

[@SAFIS448]

Lmao

[@JonasSimp]

Frazzled like a salazzle

[@YABOIMIKEYBOI]

Man was flabergasted,frazzled and dare. I say bamboozled

[@reddragonpress]

First Three E4 Members: "please don't hurt us" Marshal: "I'm about to end this man's whole career."

[@Driftsai]

i loved how at the end he said: we beat a nuzlocke with fighting types

[@BloodThirstyAvengers]

Technically he did beat it with a fighting type.

[@Lot1886]

@@BloodThirstyAvengers Exactly

[@tropicalpuppy6431]

lol 😂

[@nathanmellott2262]

The Krookodile line is so good. Powerful dark and ground attacks, access to fighting and dragon moves and Intimidate or Moxie? An absolute beast

[@generallegath974]

19:44 "I wonder what the record is for the most characters on screen in a 2D pokemon game" Probably that Team Galactic rally scene in Platinum.

[@chaserucker604]

That’s what I was thinking

[@1233arceus]

Either that or the scene at Team Plasma’s Castle when all the Gym Leaders and Sages are on screen including your character

[@Gwynbleidd1724]

Love being a rival in a Nuzlocke

[@domski8879]

After binge watching all your videos as of late, I Tried my first ever nuzlocke about a week ago on Pokémon Y. Didn’t lose anyone until I made a sacrifice against Diantha’s Mega Gardevoir. Was pretty proud of myself lol Love the vids Silph!

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

Pokemon Y is a great place to start, nice choice!

[@nnzmrgnbgn]

Congrats . I started my First nuzlocke aswell a few days ago , in Pokémon Emerald , i Just Beat tate and Liza , but already lost Swellow, pelipper , breloom and pooch 😅

[@domski8879]

@@nnzmrgnbgn thank you! Emerald was my favorite Pokémon game growing up. I’m probably going to attempt that one soon. Best of luck on completing it! Juan’s Kingdra is a SOB 😂

[@GGarbin]

@@nnzmrgnbgn Today i finished mine, kinda turned my team into a lot of water types, lost my gyarados in victory road, but managed to get the win, crobat S tier for phoebe, Salamence an overall monster with earthquake, Lanturn carried though champion fight and glacia fight

[@RedDragonForce2]

@ 25:58 You didn’t have to battle him. You just needed to surf across below the bridge. I know that you didn’t have a team member that learns Surf, but you could have temporarily switched out one for travel purposes.

[@toastyt4477]

Vullaby could’ve been encountered on Route 23. Probably would’ve made Marshal a lot more manageable lol

[@313dabii5]

But this script has way more drama lol

[@henrique2b]

Video starts at: 2:11

[@PBK1977]

My hero!

[@PerfectFlyer4]

I love how you use the Dream World encounters. It always makes me smile. I remember having such fun with the Dream World when it was still online.

[@georgewells8585]

Yes silph, black 2 is one, if not my favourite game of all time, I love when you play gen 5 like the white 2 bug run you did 😍

[@jacksonchristmas1637]

Cobalion would’ve FOLDED your entire team for sure😂 great run Silph, always enjoy them

[@Keydicken]

Oh wow! That Scrafty vs Haxorus battle in the end was intense!

[@legogoldenglider6684]

You might think Norman is named after a villain like Norman Osborn, but in fact he is named after Pokémon’s greatest villain. *Your negligent father*

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Amazing video Marshall battle was definitely brutal Moxie Scrafty with Drain Punch was workhorse of the run for sure

[@who_m7315]

Thank you so much Silph. I’ve been trying to avoid scar/violet spoilers until I can scrounge up the money, and being barred from my favorite content has been awful. Thank you so much for putting this out.

[@diablorose]

The way all my neighbors had to hear me scream "NOOOOOO!!!!" when she landed that sing 🤣🤣🤣 this is a great video almost as wild as the world cup game

[@anthonyanglemyer]

Another nerve-wracking run finished, good work. BTW, I noticed toward the end you said 'Fighting' when you were using Dark-types. XD Now, I have to ask: will we ever see the True Power series return someday? I'm missing it. And I remember long ago, on Twitch, you tried to do a B2/W2 Hardcore Nuzlocke using Brock's Pokemon, which is based on his True Power video. Will that ever come up here, too? So much to ask, but I dunno if you even have the time! Much less see this comment.

[@benwarped7272]

YES TO THIS. i am rewatching them all haha

[@peepoweird]

Technically he did beat the run with just a fighting type (remaining) haha Scrafty put in some serious work

[@Crystal_SunRise1094]

Your nuzz locks have inspired me to try to do another one. My first one ended in sword against the fire type gym leader, because I was under leveled. So, yeah. I’ll try again at some point. Whenever I have the emotional fortitude to try.

[@SpiderDil]

Good luck! Watch your levels and type coverage and you should be good!

[@graceholbert2126]

Seems like no matter what type is used in a HC of this game, Marshal is always the biggest threat.

[@emilysmith2965]

One thing to recognize in a Dark-type run is that Fighting and Poison both resist Bug. In other words, that Durant didn’t have anything great to hit Scrafty, and it only went for Dig against Drapion because that’s its one type weakness. In general, when scouting moves? If you haven’t seen all four, assume they have that type you’re worried about - especially if it’s STAB for them, they probably do have it. I love Nuzlocke runs for myself as a player, and also watch a lot of different creators from PChal to Moxie2D to FlygonHG, ChaoticMeatball and others. One thing I am always looking for is, how frequently does that creator play around crits? I think out of everyone I watch, your runs have a great listenable quality that lets them be audio-only (not something every creator has), but I also notice that you rarely play around crits, even when you acknowledge that a crit might kill. As a result, not only are there sometimes avoidable losses, but they disproportionately include Intimidate users and screen setters BECAUSE you assume that those things make you safe. Unless you have something with Battle Armor (which you actually did in this run), those things do NOT make you perfectly safe. 1/16 is still a fairly high chance in a long playthrough. Battle Armor as an ability is at least as valuable as Intimidate, if not more - because stuff like Featherdance, Iron Defense, Cosmic Power etc. that normally wouldn’t be super viable, actually 100 percent makes you safer. It deserves to be valued way more. Anyway… end rant. You still seem to win most of these, but yeah. There is a distinct lack of preparation for crits.

[@FarmerSakki]

That Scrafty man. One Pokémon to rule them all.

[@jadenyuki312]

That ending was incredible!

[@bitcoinmigo9785]

Have you ever done a nuzlock on Let's Go? I've been watching your vids since seeing the first one few weeks ago. I can't get enough of em. Keep it it!

[@wylieisme5572]

When you mentioned that thing about the most characters on screen, i think when Cyrus was giving his speech in Platinum can give that title a run for its money

[@kirstyforbes7918]

Oh my lord! that was one terrifying nerve racking nuzlocke, but congratulations for winning the nuzlocke Silph Spectre

[@envystar687]

Oooh love the slasher/horror movie villain nicknaming convention!

[@trophy_hunter95_]

I’m doing my own nuzelock on White 2 atm it’s much harder than I thought especially when I’ve not been checking the levels per gym and beat the 3rd gym leader who was 5 levels higher than me! Love these videos bud nicely done beating the champ with 2 Pokémon!

[@grimm6506]

Your videos are big part of my sleeping routine! I dont need the visuals bc ive seen it all regarding Pokemon but your commentary is amazing to let the thoughts wander to and from. Keep it up :)

[@fruitpunchsamuraidavid]

Would LOVE to see you give a romhavk a go! Start maybe with Storm Silver or Ren Plat.... more encounters for mono runs with cranked up difficulty would be so much fun

[@dabmonstr7403]

Radical red mono bug type or no balls

[@supremeoverlordfallen5]

First attack crit=easy winning the whole thing: 2022 Argentina theory.

[@chrisigl89]

Hey Silph thanks for all the great content you're giving us! It always puts a smile on my face if i see a new upload. Have you ever thought about nuzlocking fan games/romhacks like infinite fusion?

[@emmettcleere1205]

I think the scene with the most characters on screen in a DS Pokémon game is the scene in Platinum when Cyrus addresses the grunts just before going to Mt. Coronet.

[@justinkushyk5669]

Hey silph. I love all your nuzlockes they're all very entertaining and every time I go into work I listen to you go through your nuzlockes as I'm driving to work. Can you do a nuzlocke on scarlet and violet but instead of just going to the elite four how about you try and complete the game and fight the end boss? It doesn't matter what type you want to do that's up to you of course, but I think I'll be interesting to see you do.😁

[@RedDragonForce2]

I’m looking forward to a Scarlet Rock-Type Nuzlocke challenge next year! Outside of a retired teacher, the Rock-Type is the ONLY type that doesn’t have a dedicated specialist.

[@aerybirb8748]

Gordie?

[@RedDragonForce2]

@@aerybirb8748 he’s Galar.

[@aerybirb8748]

@@RedDragonForce2 oh I thought you meant in general

[@RedDragonForce2]

@@aerybirb8748 I meant in Paldea. There are several Rock Specialists: Brock, Roxanne, Roark, Grant, and Olivia besides Gordie.

[@cesarflamenco9484]

Then I guess that would make her the dedicated Rock Specialist technically. Just because she's not a Gym Leader or E4 shouldn't discount her.

[@mattheweckenrode3288]

POV: vullaby isn’t a white 2 exclusive and you missed out on it in route 23. Love your videos man keep it up.

[@perfectedwarrior79]

You actually don’t have to battle the dude in the middle of the bridge at 25:57 . You can surf around him on the path below! (Which I’m sure doesn’t help as you don’t have a surf mon at that point.)

[@NotTheDragon837]

Honestly, the record for most characters on the screen in a 2D pokemon game is probably that Cyrus speech in pokemon platinum

[@smoxiero636]

I love the Unova runs! My favorite games by far :D

[@darkbaron7]

After playing through all Gen VIII and Gen IX, I am convinced now more than ever that this game Pokemon Black and White 2 are by far the best ones in the Franchise.

[@Drebin169]

That has to be one of the closest runs I've ever seen. Great job!

[@RyGuy36]

You don't have to battle that Durant Lucario trainer. Just surf around him.

[@thepanelbiter9915]

Hey Silph! Wanted to thank you for inspiring me to try more challenge runs! I just completed a Fighting type run of Pokémon X, and I’m currently doing a Mega Run of HeartGold! I have a list of other runs I want to try too. Do you think you’ll ever do another True Power tourney? Have a good holiday!

[@gabrielemanderioli2113]

The final battle was straight up INSANE Great job Silph

[@AppleIstory]

I just love watching the different perspectives from each of them

[@zacharymcvicker5820]

YO I woke up just in time for this ON MY DAY OFF! Silph, did you just mind control my sleep schedule??

[@cesarflamenco9484]

That end was basically one big All is Lost moment. Scrafty is greatest MVP.

[@Dzyntara]

The Dark Type is my favourite and most of the ones I like best are from Unova like Bisharp, Krokorok and Liepard, so I'm really looking forward to the run!

[@BenJammin1127]

Well done on the run Silph! Here's an idea for a run you can do: it's the mono-move nuzlocke, where you are only allowed to use the first move listed in a 'mon's movepool while in battle. This means you won't be able to use set-up moves very easily because you can only have access to up to 6 moves per battle. I think it would be an interesting challenge!

[@JokerSpirit160]

Love your content, but severely miss the True Power Series! Hope to see more of it in the future, and thought of a cool suggestion! (Take all of the teams that beat the hardcore nuzlocke challenges and fight them out in a true power tournament!)

[@baihaqi_rk]

out of all the amazing Dark type pokemon i never thought scrafty is the last one standing, that was very very cool

[@PackgodIsAGigachad]

It facts, you should never sleep on this pokemon especially in nuzlockes, that’s why I love the line so much(Plus Scraggy is cute and Scrafty is badass just like all the other gen 5 dark types), even in later gens with the Fairy type it’s still really good because you can just teach it Iron Head or Poison Jab plus Dragon Dance and you’ll be fine if it doesn’t KO you.

[@getsugatensho7602]

I legit love when silph says stuff like "stab super effective expert belt blood of Hercules hair of Zeus alpha male giga Chad" before saying the name of the attack

[@tylerkennedy9672]

Good to see you back silph if your getting bored of the mono type nuzlockes you should try a rom hack normal nuzlocke like blaze black or other one! Love the continued content!

[@theinkyanimator1604]

Great to see another upload by Silph!

[@whalekingdork]

The fact that I had the game when it first came out and I didn’t realize until almost 12 years later that the pokestar studio owners name was mr Stu Deeoh is crazy Mr. studio

[@auraman39]

Yo Silph, love ur vids. But I'd like to see you try a Steel type pokemon nuzlocke in black 2 and white 2. It's ok if not, but I think it's a solid choice. Keep up the good work bro!

[@MegaInfernapeAkins]

O wow you did that bro. Congratulations dude and I was crossing my fingers. Keep up the success on your channel bro.

[@anyathepanther7977]

16:00 Those sound effects made this so much funnier! 😄

[@redactedredacted1860]

You had the “Assurance”. You knew what you were doing. Lol.

[@charlesman8722]

“Come back her you sonova-“ *Ad* Comedy perfection.

[@luigiRobs14]

You can get Rock Tomb before the Nimbassa gym for an even easier time

[@Religion0]

That patch of grass sure does look like a rocket! And that white bit is clearly a cloud.

[@jeffreygao3956]

11:07 You missed an opportunity to call it Floor tentacles!

[@definitelynothiiragi9108]

i kinda wanna see a hardcore nuzlocke with only eeveelutions

[@abogus1756]

That might be the coolest elite four yet. Good job Silph!

[@jameskim2814]

43:58 lol its a dark type run, not a fighting type

[@feartheoldblood7222]

Great video and run as usual! Did you change mics or rooms? There's a slight echo happening.

[@CairoOmar39]

This has to be my favourite video of yours yet. Two of my favourite pokemon carrying you to a very close victory!

[@Th3hun13r]

Hey silph, tip for the flying type gym. On the same turn that a flying type uses the move roost, it can be hit by a ground type. However this is only on the same turn as roost and you have to move after roost has been used for it to work

[@AliLiz91]

You just made my Sunday better! A nuzlocke featuring my favorite Pokémon type (: Thank you, Silph! :D

[@aquatrez]

I'd love to see some runs with unique traits besides type. Traits like gender-exclusive evolutions, trade evolutions, form-change abilities, etc.

[@gray-pogo2916]

Hey Silph don’t you love how in this game. In the desert area you can find the black glasses in the sand but find the soft sand item from the man wearing BLACK GLASSES! So ironic

[@riccardodonarini5238]

YEAH! NEW HC NUZLOCKE BABY!

[@jestermagus]

It wouldn't be a SilphSpectre video without him describing at least one evolution as "beastly" 😆 And GF little Golumn you made you fallen comrades proud!

[@cliffwarden5934]

I once used a zoruark disguised as a fighting type to solo a psychic gym. I felt so smug as psychic after psychic rolled off my "Blaziken"

[@flosscandies]

God I remember playing through this game with only a Froslass, probably my hardest challenge run bc of all the steel and dark types. Amazing run with ur team!!!

[@CyberchaoX]

Wow. Yeah, it didn't even occur to me that the introduction of Kingambit makes Pawniard the new latest-evolving first stage of a three-stage line, as both Deino and Dreepy only need to reach Level 50.

[@TheOfficialDovahkiin]

Foreman being boxed was a metaphor for him leaving that 70s show to play the dark type Spiderman.

[@TheOfficialDovahkiin]

I can't believe how hard the first two names faked me out

[@MonkJordanMusic]

What about a challenge where you beat an old game with a team that would eventually become Fairy type?

[@89tunerr]

1 month no nuzlocke Silph where are u ?

[@robstanley46]

3:04 legit the same thing happened when I started a bug types only run of this game. Got crit on the first turn but still won

[@nickybecnel5047]

That e4 run was like a movie climax man. Get Jaiden to animate this shit for you Silph!

[@branislavvodackovic7258]

19:45 its probably in gen 4 when Cyrus gives off his speech to around 50 or more team galactic grunts

[@vexy8713]

I love Silphs amazing challenge nuzlockes

[@awwabwadekar7944]

26:36 Gentleman stone wall on village bridge is not necessary, as using surf you can go under the bridge. So krookodile could have been saved.

[@pepsicody13]

Honestly I’m looking forward to gen 5 remakes! Absolutely one of my favourite games

[@ss44gokuson]

Man I can't believe you made it with one pokemon and beat the game I was hoping big T. would be at the very end. F for him 😢. I would love to see a Fairy run on Scarlett and violet, or a Dragon run.

[@winnerthecoolguy2009]

If you want you should do a ground only run in this game

[@koalakrown]

Wow I loved the ending of this video

[@gunner6233]

you should do a challenge where you only use rat pokemon, just swarm people with rats, that would be cool and challenging

[@russelldixon2266]

Hey Silph, The next time you do a run of Black/White 2, and you want to either save some time or just skip the hell out of PokéStar Studios, there is a walk anywhere cheat code that you can use in the building where you're forced to film the movie. You can use it to walk through one of the pillars towards the left of the entrance, walk around the two guys that won't let you leave, and you can just waltz out of there and continue the rest of the game as normal. I get that this is a cheat code and might technically violate a rule, but I think it might be worth considering.

[@Rydeman2]

Do a B2W2 run in CHALLENGE MODE. You choose the type.

[@pkzammy666]

I am so happy seeing Tyranitar used in these runs. You almost never see it cuz it's so hot busted xD My favorite Pseudo and in my top list xD

[@dibujador9458]

Scrafty was amazing!

[@polterdice.]

You should do a flying type challenge in soul silver.

[@ph03n1xphyr3]

TERMINATOR: That's not an earthquake! *THIS* is an earthquake!

[@STNJ_YT]

Looking forward to seeing more runs of violet and Scarlett. Hope to see new videos soon

[@stevensurnear8938]

Scrafty is such an underrated pokemon