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

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Rock type Pokemon are powerful, but often slow and share many weaknesses. Can they beat Pokemon Black 2's greatest challenge!?
We've done some hard Pokemon challenges in the past, but usually they were a solo Pokemon challenge run. What if we still did a really difficult challenge... but with a full team using hardcore nuzlocke rules, and with only one type? Today we find out: can I beat a Pokemon Platinum Hardcore Nuzlocke with only Rock types? No items and no overleveling!
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Monotype Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset:
(1) If a Pokémon faints, it must be permanently boxed or released.
(2) Only the first type-specific Pokémon encountered in each Route/Area can be caught.
(3) No Legendaries/Mythicals, duplicates, or same-evolution-line Pokémon can be caught or used. If a duplicate is encountered, the next unique type-specific Pokémon encounter can be caught.
(4) Additional Pokémon may be caught for the purpose of HM use, but these may not be used in battle at any time during the run.
(5) No Items can be used in battle (Held Items are allowed).
(6) Party Pokémon levels are limited to the highest level Pokémon of the next Gym Leader or Elite 4 Member. So long as your Pokémon are at or below the level cap when the Gym Leader/Elite 4 Member battle starts, they can level up mid-battle.
(7) "Set" Battle Mode must be used at all times.
(8) No connecting with other games for the purposes of importing Pokémon, Items, etc.
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[@SilphSpectre]

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[@Zajura]

You should try gen 4 with only pokemon that became fairy type after gen 6

[@ernest292]

🪨 types actually beat 🐛 and 🧊. The 🪨 Pokémon who lost 🧊 Pokémon were not pure 🪨 like the Gigalith line.

[@jsinmcc92]

A fun one could be Pokémon based on where people lived like if you lived in the desert 🏜 and all you had were l 🦂 🐍 and 🌵 stuff like that

[@jaredrparkinson]

Do you think you'll reattempt this challenge again? You know, hoping you don't lose craydily and maybe get better natures?

[@M4x_P0w3r]

Is there any reason why you didn't pick the Onix in Relic Passage? Just because you already counted having caught the Rogenrola there?

[@skipperxiv9401]

14:17 The reason Magnemite kept hitting even though you mud-slapped him is because Magnet Bomb never misses, like Aerial Ace.

[@GardenOf-Eden]

Good catch

[@sampletext9332]

I always forget Magnet Bomb has perfect accuracy lol

[@hueheii]

good catch !

[@corruptedyungmind1620]

Holyshit after nearlt 2 decades of playing this game i never knew that

[@hueheii]

he saved me in my randomizer nuzlocke, double teamed so many times and remembered it doesn’t miss, clutched norman’s gym

[@TheCac4392]

Can’t stop watching these challenges I absolutely love them. I’ve never done a nuzlocke myself but want to try in the future. Love your vibes man keep them coming!!

[@CatLover-lk9gz]

I have done nuzlockes. But never finished one.

[@CatLover-lk9gz]

I always end up quitting or cheating midway through.

[@perc120]

Try it out it’s actually a challenging and rewarding experience currently doing a nuzlocke on platinum haven’t finished yet tho

[@DarkLobster69]

@@perc120 I’m doing a X firetype only and it’s really fun

[@zttaylorfitness6637]

Just remember, you start nuzlocking, you can’t go back to normal play throughs 😅

[@TheDarkSide11891]

If anybody wants to attempt the mega-hardcore version of this run, technically it’s possible to get a rock type right at the start of the game fully legitimately. Using the Pokémon Dream Radar game you can obtain and trade over a Shuckle as soon as you get the Pokédex. I don’t know how viable it would be to use a Shuckle, granted, but I would certainly be fascinated to see!

[@nicholasmays4257]

Difficulty levels: Novice Beginner Intermediate Advanced Expert Ultra Nightmare Shuckle

[@incognitobandito244]

Wish me luck, I'll provide updates (current attempt number: 1) NOTE: Should I try Shuckle only for the chuckles and fuckles? EDIT 1: New game started on Pokemon Black 2 and Shuckle was obtained from dream radar (Gender: Female, Nature: Jolly, Ability: Contrary) EDIT 2: Help me with a list of names as I have no creative imagination thanks. EDIT 3: I'm starting to think that contrary shuckle is broken. The enemy pokemon keep growling or leering and I just use roll-out as its the only stab/decent move currently while they buff me. Don't fuckle with shuckle. EDIT 4: Got scared thinking I might break the level cap but got to Cheren at level 13 thank God. Also Shuckle just rolled through his whole team so badge 1 complete. I'm thinking a shuckle only run is completely viable except I don't have defence curl in gen 5 so I can't max damage roll-out. But it's still fairly powerful provided I don't flinch or get paralysed. EDIT 5: Shuckle died to a grimer in virbank city gym. Poison gas coupled with disabling my roll-out caused Shuckles demise. End of Run 1. Will restart tomorrow.

[@UltaFlame]

@@incognitobandito244 good luck

[@lunarixis9957]

Personally when I did this run I started with Onix over Gigalith, since it's the mon you have the means to guarantee as an encounter through Repels and dust clouds. Onix kinda just hard carried through the first 5 gyms with Curse or Rock Polish (or sometimes both), especially with the Eviolite and Rest for recovery. From that point on I just abused Shell Armor Crustle againsy the remaining gyms and most of the E4.

[@dradon.]

36:34 I think it's ok if one of your pokemon levels up mid battle, as a lot of other nuzlockers actually use that to their advantage.

[@hommefataltaemin]

Yes I was surprised that he didn’t go by this rule as well! Thanks for pointing it out so maybe he’ll see it

[@yukiamijochi]

Thy was coming here to say the same ^^

[@cameronzahedi9365]

Even Silph has done this with e.g. Magnemite against Roxanne in Gen 3. So I was a bit surprised.

[@abadminecraftplayer]

You know what'd be good for a water type gym? A grass type with storm drain

[@mrwiggy8812]

Too soon

[@FireFog44]

Yeah, if someone needed to get sacked, I feel like lileep was a much more valuable Pokémon than rogenrola

[@loganchilds9750]

@@FireFog44 The only problem with that is Lileep is weak to Dwebble’s bug moves, and Roggenrola isn’t. I agree with you, only if Dwebble was already gone.

[@damjankrupa3950]

R.I.P. Lilleep

[@Tantei7]

The disrespect on the GOAT shuckle cost you in the end, sir. Rest, Power Split, Protect and Toxic paired with leftovers is a filthy filthy FILTHY moveset. This little Tortoise boi single handedly won me my bug only hardcore nuzlocke in Pokémon X :D Love Shuckle to bits

[@Poketom-ob1dl]

5:00 fun fact, according to manga, he apparently lost on purpose because he honestly agreed with N’s message

[@omegazer0800]

So, if he wanted, Adventures Alder could kick N's ass?

[@lemonhead19]

@OnegaZer0 I bet he still would’ve lost considering N had Zekrom, but he probably would’ve put up way more of a fight

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

manga is its own cannon. nothing in it applies to the games, which is a shame cause the manga is my favourite version of pokemon

[@anthonydaquet7934]

You could have got Onyx before the second gym in relic passage and it with eviolite would have crazy physical defense

[@DrFoggyPants]

Almost right on regarding the early Ultra Ball, although the earliest you can get one is right after you get poke balls in Ruby/Sapphire with Zigazagoon's pickup

[@pokeperson1000]

Well I guess it’s the earliest guaranteed one with no grinding then.

[@matteosangiorgi7095]

Here in Italy it's 10 p.m. and now I just can relax and chill with your video, you ROCK man

[@Gwynbleidd1724]

Silph on a Monday, what a pleasant surprise

[@Dragonmaster0118]

"A Nosepass?" *Gasps* "Perry the Probopass!"

[@Vereid]

You’ve got some awesome timing. I just finished watching your Platinum run recently and when it finished I was like “wish he had a new Gen 5 run”. Then I see “13 minutes ago uploaded”. Excellent! Anyway, scary timing aside. Your videos are always awesome.

[@nayanbhudia3181]

once again thank you silph for the hard work, this put a smile on my face and black 2 was my first ever pokemon game, ill enjoy this one!

[@heartbreaker9819]

Dwebble is one of my favorite pokemon and I never evolve it in my runs. It was nice to see him shine again!

[@empathetic_chaoss1993]

Nice, needed a good excuse to re binge your hard-core nuzlockes

[@cullenhutchison6528]

I think you can get Ultra Balls before the first trial in one of the Alola games for having caught a certain number of Pokémon.

[@Jeracross]

Hey Silph, fantastic and hilarious video as always! I thought it was okay to level past the level cap mid-battle in the Elite Four?

[@jacobgannon9674]

He still had Marshall left after Caitlin and was still under the Lvl. 58 level cap so when Fleet got up to 59 he was technically over leveled for the elite 4 not the champion fight

[@_shadowfix7664]

as a musician i love the naming theme in this run - love the runs as always Silph!

[@SpaceShark-ck2tg]

Honestly, I would've sacrificed Roggenrola. Lileep into eventual Cradily is much stronger.

[@fullmetalplatinum5915]

I love the naming scheme, like Jimi for Jimi Hendrix and Fleet for Fleetwood Mac. They all follow famous rock artists

[@TheSphero]

Any run that gives Probopass some love is a good run!

[@HDGamerofficial]

Amazing run Silph! You won in our hearts 😉 Also, reminder that Rock Smash isn’t an HM in Gen 5 so you don’t need to move deleter to get rid of it Another thing is that I just did a monotype Bug playthrough of White 2 cuz I’ve been inspired by your awesome videos! I didn’t do a nuzlocke just a play through and man was it still a challenge! Just like you in this video I’ve never used Crustle before on a playthrough and he clutched out victories for me like beating Ghetsis and even Iris at the end! My respect for Crustle is higher than it’s ever been 😁 If anyone was curious this was my team and their Nicknames Dweedo - Leavanny Vengeance - Scolipede Curt Rustle - Crustle Karrabola - Escavalier Thundarach - Galvantula Morpherno - Volcarona

[@ekonthungcyrusngullie4391]

What nature were these Pokemon? Please update 😊

[@Zoroarkarceus123]

If you use Dream World encounters, you can also use Dream Radar encounters, which has Shuckle (which imo should have been your starter since you can get Shuckle immediately after you get your Pokédex). Dream Radar has been essential in many of my nuzlockes, and I'd love to see more of it later.

[@ste---ny4lh]

How do you even access Dream World? The service has been shut down

[@Zoroarkarceus123]

@@ste---ny4lh idfk, I'm just a Dream Radar advocate

[@zyouri121]

Just a heads up for future challengws, Payback does double damage if the user moves after the target, regardless of if the target attacked

[@marchustedt9763]

Hey, i love your challenges! Maybe should have used iron defense at the Burgh fight to prevent lileep dying?

[@Nate42494]

For Burgh's gym, you could've used Acid since Poison is super effective on Grass types. Otherwise, great video as always!

[@acriolu]

Sunday, Monday, Rain or thunder Imma always be here for Silph Nuzlocke Challenges!!! Loving the rock type

[@Aerowarrier]

I love that this team has two of my favorite Pokémon in it, Gigalith and Aggron. They’re both so cool

[@shenmian9769]

I agree

[@troyb5362]

Devastating! A fun run as always, thanks for making awesome videos Silph

[@Lurichans]

These are the best thing about the start of the week. Love these, Silph. Thank you for blessing us!

[@grimtwin5581]

Well done. I love Rock Types, and it's always a joy to see them used in challenges

[@erickasham6137]

I swear I love your challenges I watch every ep until a new one comes out

[@SilphSpectre]

Appreciate you Eric, thanks for the support! 🙏

[@erickasham6137]

your welcome

[@tylerseeloff2212]

What a great way to relax 😊 Looking forward to it!

[@Kandall05161]

If you want to go by badge numbers I'm almost certain it's possible to get ultra balls before the first gym in sword and shield thanks to the DLCs, but by time or distance from the start of the game that one may be the earliest.

[@rekabla]

Man, I totally slept on Crustle. That thing had so many sweeps in this run.

[@blue_boo3171]

Challenge idea: can you beat all the Pokestar Studios movies without losing your sanity? lol

[@brickerboom]

Just sat down to start doing some editing. This was well timed, and thank you for the upload as always

[@sampemberton7625]

Love watching your content Silph! This challenge ROCKED.... (Insert tumbleweed)

[@Kitinporta]

Nice! Thank you for this videos! They are so much fun! I hope you can do any run on Alola, it can be fun with you playing them, hahaha.

[@gio3976]

YES! a new episode! Can’t stop watching your video’s, thanks for it Silph

[@Taijirai]

Excellent playthrough. I like the way you utilized Solrock and its suite of setup moves, it proved invaluable to me when I ran through Omega Ruby with Psychic types before. I'm also glad to see Aggron back in the rotation. Rock is a really solid type offensively, but Gen 5 was a really hard time for them and added a lot of support for Fighting and Steel types, and the ability buffs were bothersome to me. Still, you did a great job and I cant wait for the next run!

[@rodrigonascimento1800]

The first battle against Colress, Magnet Bomb never misses

[@bryarreyes9952]

Man i love rock types thx silph for making this vid😊

[@dontub7078]

You inspired me to try out some challenges like these, they're so much fun Love your videos, keep going, Silph!

[@bankshot4192]

Can we just take a minute and appreciate the skill this man has to not only do nuzlock’s in every game but also with a single type weekly!?! Like I am rn doing my first ever nuzlock with all types on soul silver and it is ROUGH ngl!😅💯

[@RealBigFudge]

Great video man, as always love the content! One thing I would suggest is, if you're doing a challenge where a mon is locked behind the post game I bet the majority of your fans would be more than happy for you to set one of those as your starter. Just a suggestion, keep up the great work 😄

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

the issue is that these vids are meant to show that its possible with nothing more than what the base game itself gives you. hacking roggenrola early is fine, you'll get one later anyway guaranteed so getting it early makes no difference (you'll notice that he skipped the onix encounter he could have gotten in that area where roggenrola was normally first available, because if he had not used hacks then that cave would have been roggenrolas encounter location). hacking in a pokemon you cant normally get at all defeats the point of the challenge.

[@RealBigFudge]

@@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502 While I see your point, I would argue that the distinction between base game availability and post game availability is not a big difference, as long as the devs intended on you being able to use them in the game. I can totally understand not making your starter a mon such as Rhyhorn or Omanyte because they aren't in the game, but Archen, Tirtouga, or Larvitar, were intended to be useable, and may have made the challenge possible.

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

@@RealBigFudge uh, no? I'm not trying to be rude, but I genuinely cannot understand why you think that doesn't make a big difference

[@RealBigFudge]

@@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502 Because, as I said, they were programmed into the games. That is the biggest distinction between which Pokémon should be used in a challenge.

[@hunterevans6084]

Silph! So happy to see you upload!

[@Julio_Cezar1604]

I remember doing a rock type monotype run in these games, it wasn't nuzlocke though, and my starter was my favorite pokemon line, the Rhyhorn line, it was really fun, final team was, Rhyperior, Aggron, Lunatone, Gigalith, Crustle and Terrakion

[@himark]

I want you to know that I live for these uploads. I’m usually asleep when you post - but the minute I wake up and check my notifications I’m like “I MUST WATCH THIS IMMEDIATELY” So, no pressure

[@Jajanken98]

Another great video Silph, once again saying you are the best Can you do a Psychic hardcore nuzlocke on Pokemon LeafGreen? You have good options for psychic pokemon and wold be cool seeing you using a mr mime

[@qorv4973]

Silph has like the most awesome sounding voice lol. It sounds so epic to watch these!

[@rjthepoet500]

Damn i just knew you were gonna pull through in the final battle! Great video, Iris is tough

[@theodoretekkers]

First time I saw Silph defeated! I'm shocked!

[@Keydicken]

Just ate dinner after a long day of school (I have one more extracurricular in a few hours) and I love winding down by watching your videos, Silph :)

[@piercebrackett9954]

Morning made, thanks for this Silph!

[@OshawottLuke]

It'd be great if you played one of these in Challenge mode since the gym leaders all get one additional Pokémon and of a species that they don't already have in their team, and the Elite 4 get the same plus really good held items. They're listed in their Bulbapedia pages. It'd be a great challenge! And also fun because it'd be a bit of a fresh one, since it's a bit different than the regular runs.

[@Lonaly4202]

rock is my 2nd favorite type and i loved playing both BW and B2W2 so i hope to enjoy this video

[@Anonymous20789]

Damn that was epic! Thanks for the video

[@SigSeg-V]

Missed an opportunity to name the solrock Martin

[@norbelarchilla5578]

This dude is pumping out content like it's no tomorrow, appreciate the grind bro

[@Rydeman2]

Do a run of B2W2 in Challenge Mode. You choose the type.

[@Vereid]

Agreed.

[@Rydeman2]

Seanus Been trying to get him to for quite a while now.

[@OshawottLuke]

14:18 King, Magnet Bomb bypasses accuracy check, always hits.

[@erickim5397]

Love your content dude! Really makes my day when I watch your videos!

[@CoffeeFlavoredMilk]

Solrock and Lunatone are Pokemon I'd really like to use in a playthrough sometime, maybe even in like Gen 3. They're pretty mediocre overall but in the contexts they're in in the games, they have good utility with being Rock-types not weak to either Ground or Fighting, and are just strong enough to be useful. I used a Lunatone in a ROM hack once and it was pretty decent actually.

[@poanddumplins5789]

love your vids silph! keep it up!

[@richarddill692]

14:18 Magnet Bomb bypasses accuracy checks.

[@Brokenscam]

The earliest I have ever been for a Sliph Spectre video. I was hoping to do this run myself but my DS is damaged.

[@newergamer7974]

14:20 magnet bomb can't miss that's why it was so lucky Good job on the run btw

[@RasAlKhul]

Crustle put in work.

[@annabelwessel7545]

If remember correctly, magnet bomb doesn't miss (or that was mirror shot), so that would make sense to not miss even with the accuracy drops

[@SumitSingh-hh8tp]

The jellicent whiped out my whole team in my black 2 nuzlocke run

[@Paleozin]

I love these videos, I'll never get tired of watching you challenges✨

[@Sithplayer]

Finally figured out most of the bands you were referring to. Hardest one was Joe Perry for Nose/Probopass

[@dollenrm]

Silph I know you can rule it however you want these are your videos after all, but every other hardcore nuzlocker I've watched stops worrying about the levelcap once the elite four gauntlet starts. So like you should be totally fine to keep using the mon you were thought had overlevelled around 36:30

[@RandomMusingsOfLowMelanin]

Silph on date - SILPH: I know a SPOT Girl: Ok Wha- SILPH: POKEMON DREAMWORLD! WE GET ANOTHER ENCOUNTER

[@tjman4616]

Something to watch at work. Nice

[@mitchellfranks5711]

I have never seen a freeze come in clutch like that

[@jacksonchristmas1637]

LETS GOOOOO PERFECT DROP FOR A LAZY HOLIDAY. LOVE YOU SILPH

[@handfliker]

Bro, he was so close, luck honestly tripped him at the end, oof.

[@Huhnlord]

The Jokes were absolutely on point this time xD Keep it up Champ !

[@royal_pyth3n811]

Man this was a good run, definitely one of my favourite'. What a roller-coaster

[@stellarknight04]

Magnet Bomb never misses Silph, it's like Aerial Ace and Shock Wave but it's only exclusive to few lines.

[@DAHKn1ght]

the comeback in this one is insane!

[@liamkemp4315]

Have you thought about recording the gym battles, E4 and champion gaemplay with live voice instead of commentary, but having commentary for the remainder of the video? I feel like the video would be more engaging on the battles? Great vid though! Rock only HC nuzlocke would be my worst nightmare😂

[@alexanderstilianov]

I remember a couple years ago I found a shiny 💫Boldore in the cave where Bianca "helps" you (where the game forces you into double battles). Since I had already found a shiny Spoink outside the same cave the previous week (and I had a shiny Rattata on that save from that one place where you can catch wild Eevee past the Castelia sewers), I was a bit nervous about the double battles. I trained up my Heracross to be strong enough to K.O. her more threatening 'mon with Close Combat just in case. And wouldn't I know it, a shiny Boldore shows up. I acted quickly and killed off her team, got rid of the second wild 'mon, and caught it. Neutral nature, good IVs. The VERY NEXT DAY, I find another shiny Boldore in the exact same room. Bianca killed it because I wasn't prepared but I didn't care since I already had yesterday's shiny. That's the one time I can say "Meh, I already have that shiny."

[@yasedb]

Pokémon Legends of the Arena is a really decent game which is now complete, a rare breed of rom hack that doesnt try to be an ultimate pokemon game, it's fresh so you could simply hardcore nuzlocke it without extra rules

[@CrimsTech]

Always love seeing your notifications for videos. It makes my day! :)

[@melindamuller4466]

Magnet Bomb never misses

[@rev6983]

Man I really wanted to see cradily get used, unfortunate

[@det4590]

YOO LETS GOOOOO NEW SILPH VID. I'm also one of the early gang!!!

[@nathanrullman9816]

Fun fact, I actually got an Ultra Ball from my pickup Lillipup in Black before the first gym. That could possibly be the earliest, unless you meant gifts/pokeball pickups.

[@thecasualcanuck4590]

This video was on point. Had me laugh a good couple times. And that 90 day fiance bit, yeah uh. My wife likes that show, I may have seen far too much of 90 day fiance, it's not healthy.

[@ryanmacdougall4651]

Getting through Clay deathless was impressive.

[@phr0zen316]

I’ve been so addicted to watching nuzlockes especially silph and flygon keep up the amazing vids

[@Kento617]

You did amazing! I think if you would have let Crustle hold that Hard Stone after Gigaleth fainted, it could have given you the slight edge in the end. Still an amazing job

[@jacoblawton7716]

I don’t know if it was on purpose, but I really appreciate aggron’s nickname. The term “heavy metal” was coined to describe Jimi Hendrix’s sound, so naming the steel type after him was a nice touch.

[@harrisoncuming4352]

Silph got really lucky during this run. I counted at least 10 times where he was in crit range but just never got punished. And against the ghost elite 4 member (shauntal I think) he used rock slide against 2 pokemon. If that had missed, he would have lost his crustle. But still, overall well played silph.

[@skeetermania3202]

Crits are generally unlikely to happen, though.

[@harrisoncuming4352]

@@skeetermania3202 Not as rare as youd think. Its 1 in 16, and if you're risking it 10 times, that's a 5 in 8 chance for it to occur at some point.

[@newreal1428]

Finally Mr. Silph is back