CAN I BEAT A POKÉMON CRYSTAL HARDCORE NUZLOCKE WITH ONLY GRASS TYPES!? (Pokémon Challenge)

[@SilphSpectre]

It occurred to me this might be the worst type to try Crystal with. Mistakes were made. BUT WE DO IT FOR THE SILPH SQUADDD 🙌

[@ronswanson7371]

@Colbdolb me too 😔

[@technicalraghav3814]

We enjoy the talking and video

[@skeetermania3202]

Speaking of mistakes, you got the level cap for Bugsy wrong, both in the commentary and in the footage. You could’ve had a Bayleef for facing him.

[@PixiePulse_]

Shit dude, I beat B/W with grass types a while ago and I only made it to Pinwheel Forest before I thought "A nuzlocke for this would be impossible." So maybe add that to the to-do list?

[@somaricraftbros6283]

when bugsy has a level 16 scyther in gen 2 but level 15 in gen 4

[@ThePokeTran]

Picnicker Gina the undisputed GOAT

[@valvukovic1394]

True

[@horse_tornado7820]

i thought she only gave one leaf stone. thats crazy

[@jessefram2432]

I didn't know she gave out leaf stones! I thought the only evolutionary stones were from bills grandfather in the post game and sun stone in the park game.

[@ronaldgall5590]

Um Youngster Joey has amazing stats and the statues they built of him in KANTO????!?!?! HES A WAR HERO THEPOKETRAN GET A GRIP 🥸

[@SirAuron777]

@@jessefram2432only in Crystal, in gold and silver the only way to get evolution stones is from bill’s grandpa

[@Criminalupper2200]

Went out of his way to bend the rules a little so he could win the bug catching contest for a sunstone, then ends up never using the pokemon he did it for. Maximum Silph achieved

[@djd1335]

The absolute GigaChad

[@comcasttiny]

It was fodder lol

[@marcelocapeljunior3579]

He could have used that Sun Stone for a Bellossom. Though I imagine losing the Grass type wouldn't have been good.

[@soulhoney1227]

@@marcelocapeljunior3579 actually poison type

[@marcelocapeljunior3579]

@@soulhoney1227 Thanks for catching that. Coulda swear I edited it.

[@lukispillz981]

AHH the nostalgia! Grass types did pretty well here, lots of good utility throughout the team. Your strategies for the first 2 gyms were especially impressive, nice run

[@randomsonygaming7054]

Don't be racist man

[@pablonietocc7972]

@@randomsonygaming7054 HAHAHAHAH

[@superlombax1561]

@@randomsonygaming7054 What?

[@rickydillon]

I LOVE JUMPLUFF!!!!!!!

[@SilphSpectre]

Yesssss! The fluffy puffball of goodness 🙌

[@nateschendel4585]

@@SilphSpectre excellent chokorita ivs I see but I would have reset for perfect spec attack since that's the most important stat on chikorita I imagine early game will be awful falkner bugsy n rival are nit grass friendly mid game will be easy except for Lance another awful fight for grass types n kanto I'd hard route celadon n get to look at Erika n the department store there n route in solarbeam Koga you can handle with exeguttor n farm leaf stones from Gina Pryce is not good vs grass types at all actually light screen n kill with razor leaf id actually say he's worse with fire types actually

[@luiseduardo8806]

First person to do a grass hardcore nuzlocke in johto. What a legend, you deserve all the subs you have and even more. Not just that, he's using meganium he deserves our respect. Take this chikorita-haters.

[@soumyajeetbag2553]

Wait, there are chikorita haters? Why?

[@Venemofthe888]

Actually no if you count the remakes someone done it before silph a month ago.

[@soumyajeetbag2553]

@@Venemofthe888 well, silph himself did a bug type only nuzlocke in heartgold before, he is probbaly talking about gold/silver/crystal

[@Venemofthe888]

@@soumyajeetbag2553 well he said johto so i would expect both versions of johto

[@luiseduardo8806]

@@Venemofthe888 I wasnt specific, I meant gen 2 johto not gen 4, my bad.

[@bryndenrivers1697]

"People have been searching for effective Miltank counters" My go-to counter is a female Geodude. Resists both Stomp and Rollout, being female makes it immune to Attract. And you can even use Rollout and beat her with her own strategy.

[@Sangraven13]

I tried using the in-game traded Machop in my current HG Nuzlocke. She plowed through Whitney's gym so hard I felt dirty for using her.

[@bryndenrivers1697]

@@Sangraven13 Focus Energy against Clefairy and then proceed to Karate Chop everything! Muscle FTW!

[@mandstv0709]

Geodude is the best pokemon for gsc it is effective in first 4 gyms and 6,7th gyms and if you can goel/geodude is good against some pokemon in elite four mainly lances team In kanto and reds team it is literally a god send in these games

[@eevee7663]

My go to was similar but I used my quilava to spam ember till it got the burn then set up leech seed with my skip loom and brought in geodude (male so attract was annoying but that's why burn and leech seed were there), the rollout combined with the burn and leech seed effectively countered the milk drink spam since it got brought down to 3 hp on the final move and burn finished it off.

[@riccardomosena4162]

Never had problems with bayleef 🤣

[@darkninjafirefox]

I will always say that sunflora should be a grass/fire type. Give it drought to charge up solarbeam and it could be so much more memorable.

[@tortoiseknight8438]

Man, Johto really doesn't take kindly to grass types. My girl Chikorita was done dirty in those games

[@macabweu7682]

Yeah kinda comes down to the game's Gyms being everything that wasn't a Gen 1 Gym. And most of Gen 1's Gyms weren't strong against Grass types.

[@kohinoorbanerjee4009]

Chikorita is 87% male. What do you mean my girl?

[@tortoiseknight8438]

@@kohinoorbanerjee4009 somehow it was always a girl when I took it as my starter, including the first time I chose her. Since then my brain made it the default sex, this is not negotiable.

[@james_ford86]

Yeah, well, in Gen 1, the fire type starter was considered the "hard mode" for Pokemon, as the first two gyms were pretty rough on it and there weren't many gyms that Charmander was good against. In Gen 2, it was changed around to Grass being the "hard mode." So, if you picked the grass type in Gen 1, you'd have a much easier time of it than if you picked the grass type in Gen 2.

[@jonathanlgill]

@@kohinoorbanerjee4009 Ash's Bayleef is female in the anime. I think it's fine to refer to the species as female.

[@lazypaladin]

Used the Hoppip line once, through my second proper HG playthrough. It and Togetic really did work as my support line. Grass Type are underrated imo, so many great designs and mons.

[@slashb7836]

I did a Grass monotype in Gen 2 (no nuzlocke) somewhat recently, Jumpluff was surprisingly useful. Stun Spore, Leech Seed, and Headbutt were excellent cheese

[@manuelpavanello90]

Thanks to its blazing speed, Jumpluff is a nice supporter (in-game speaking). It lacks some offensive presence to deal damage immediately, though.

[@timelink8633]

You could do more Crystal Hardcore Nuzlockes,it's one my favorite games and it would be awesome if you did more with this game

[@thenintendocrusader5058]

Dude that leaf stone trick was genius !!!!!!!!

[@GTFOPoetry]

Right? I would have used it to get Leafon but what he did was a pro play for the confusion against physics and ghost

[@thenintendocrusader5058]

@@GTFOPoetry yeah but getting the leaf stone trick is a genius way for nuzlockers like me who don't have the patience to receive it from the post game or wait a hour or two for the dumb call

[@skubu8262]

@@GTFOPoetry Leafeon is not available in gen 2

[@GTFOPoetry]

@@skubu8262 yes it is, you can get an eveee from bill after you beat Whitney and go to the next town-and through this strat you obviously can get a leaf stone

[@skubu8262]

@@GTFOPoetry dude Leafeon was introduced in gen IV. And from gen IV-VII you could only evolve eevee to Leafeon next to a moss rock. Only in gen VIII can you evolve it with a leaf stone. So unless there's been some sort of update Im not aware, you can't get Leafeon in crystal cause it doesn't exist

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

I've been meaning to replay Gen 2 for a bit now, this might be the reason that gets me to do it!

[@itsdaniel7760]

Yoo chaotic meatball I watch you proffeser oak challenges all the time. That shield one was in my opinion the best

[@SilphSpectre]

Yess! I was unsure how things would go for an HC nuzlocke in an early-gen game, but it was surprisingly enjoyable operating with the old mechanics 😄

[@saahilsabi5152]

Underrated Opinion: Gengar's Gen 2 sprite is absolutely MENACING yet incredibly badass

[@blackstab3913]

It's BY FAR the best Gengar sprite.

[@JFHeff]

I've always thought that it looked like a 3D model, even on the GBC's screen.

[@superlombax1561]

@@blackstab3913 Personally, I prefer Gengar's Gen 4 sprite.

[@Simfuls]

It's my favorite, I love it so much I got it tattooed on me : D

[@_V.Va_]

Where are your statistics.

[@DarkraiTV]

I'm excited to see how you do this with just Grass types :o

[@marufalamushno6542]

Ur Dark yt channel is not monetization

[@FutbolFan10x7]

Hi dude

[@tooktookishere]

Hi nightmare How do I go to your island?

[@HardikAgarwal10]

@@tooktookishere Just Subscribe

[@hampushagelin6303]

Love that you used the Gen 2 sprites for your team overlay!

[@kohinoorbanerjee4009]

Hey fun fact: if you do a hardcore nuzlocke in crystal with electric types, you can't get mareep. So that would be interesting to watch.

[@SilphSpectre]

Crystal's biggest sin...

[@diode_wow]

So the challenge starts after Bugsy if you get lucky and get either Pichu or Elekid in the egg

[@skeetermania3202]

@@SilphSpectre Fortunately, you could do that in HGSS since Mareep is available before the first gym. However, that’s all you’re going to have up until the fourth gym unless you resort to the Pokéwalker (Elekid is available at the cost of 500 watts and 5000+ steps). For every 20 steps, 1 watt is earned. Discounting extraneous ones your Pokémon could find, every 5000 steps you take, you’ll earn 250 watts, meaning you may have to walk at least 10000 steps for this to be possible. Speaking of which, if you do do such a run, make it your first run of a Johto game that actually does Kanto. From there, the options open up (Pikachu in Viridian Forest, Plusle and Minun through Hoenn Sound, and Shinx with Sinnoh Sound). On the other side of the coin, have you ever planned to do HNs in Gen 6 or later?

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

Alright perfect timing, I can watch this while I eat my lunch. As u probably know, this is the highest compliment one could ever give to a KZbin video 👍

[@jonathancrewe8019]

Dude for real. Sometimes I tell my girlfriend I’m not taking lunch just so I can have 30 minutes to myself to watch stuff uninterrupted 😂 we ain’t cheating these days, we out here lying so we can watch Pokémon videos 😂 how did I get here at the age of 28 🥸

[@LoryLilyBomber]

13:52 : over easy, but before I flip it I put some cheese and a slice of ham over it. The ham gets nice and seared, the cheese gets melty and crispy on the edges; and the yolk stays runny while the white is all cooked. I eat it over a bowl of rice, which is the best thing to mix a runny yolk into. Mmmm, now I’m hungry…

[@eevee7663]

Nah, scrambled with cheese and tiny bits of bacon and ham is the best. I made the bacon first and cooked the egg in the bacon fat for extra flavour.

[@wolfy5523]

I think this was my favorite run yet! I love gen 2 classic, and seeing the potential of Jumpluff of all Pokémon was super fun to watch! Excellent stuff man.

[@allstar1218]

It's always good to see a fellow a Jumpluff appreciator, it kicked so much ass this run

[@tedgrove7775]

Absolutely loved the Jumpluff line in Gen II Pokemon. I always caught a female since it looked like a feminine pokemon (great for Whitney battle). Anyways, Skiploom with leech seed, stun spore, and a combination of headbutt (w/ kings rock) + a high speed stat was a blessing. Great creature to use in a playthrough 💪💪🔥

[@clanedogg1]

Been waiting for someone to try this for ages! I thought it would be the hardest mono run imaginable and it sounds like it was. Special kudos for trying it on crystal. Adds a really exciting dimension with all the crazy idiosyncrasies.

[@anthonyanglemyer]

Simply Amazing. I'm honestly shocked you managed to pull this one off! Now the win/loss record for hardcore nuzlockes you've done (that you posted on KZbin) is 12/4. Good work, my man! Jumpluff saved the run for you. Would've loved for this to be deathless, but eh. It is what it is. Y'know, I planned to play Pokemon Silver later today, and seeing this gives me some idea for the level cap I'll use. So thank you for that.

[@eevee7663]

Don't you mean *Silphly amazing* ? ba dum tss

[@DropDeadDebater]

Hey, Silph! Always stoked to see an upload from you!

[@marufalamushno6542]

No u don't

[@bobbanter5744]

@MARUF ALAM USHNO you don’t control peoples minds stop it

[@RadiantFlames-]

Question: Why not give the secret boss battle a try? (Ex: Red/Steven)

[@buhbasaur6183]

Johto ends at red, not lance. Really sucks when youtubers don't fight red.

[@RadiantFlames-]

@@LazarusBell While that is true in general; just attempting Red/Steven would be enough for an x amount of viewers.

[@voxiiro3090]

@@buhbasaur6183 bruhhh, when The credits appears is The final, but in some cases there are double credits, is The case for red in Johto, but lance is a valide nuzlocke end, cuz is The champions bruh

[@HardikAgarwal10]

No one has tried Steven in emerald because they probably don't know about it.

[@GamerGrovyle]

You're forgetting or don't know that he does these videos weekly and also has a regular job he needs to do. Grinding all the way to Steven/Red is time he simply doesn't have when he also has to edit his own videos and stream.

[@me_zaldy]

Gengar is an absolute accuracy beast

[@fish8346]

True. I just did a firered hardcore with trash mons and Agatha’s gengar landed 5/6 hypnosis on my team and almost caused me to wipe

[@summitsummit3634]

I’d literally just finished the last of these and the single Pokémon challenge runs, and I’m so happy that you’ve uploaded a new one to keep me going!

[@pachi3955]

Love to see another jumpluff fan! In my top 10 favorite mons, and without it I wouldn’t have beaten Lance or red in my first hgss play through that I finished a month ago! Keep up the great work!

[@umbraluna8387]

15:41 The coolest strategy I ever used against miltank was in crystal clear, using a swinub with curse and rollout. Cursed 6 times on clefairy, then started using rollout and two-shot the miltank. That felt great.

[@Twig387]

Yessss finally a new video🤤

[@marufalamushno6542]

Another UNmonetization channel ahaahhaha..

[@TheAndrewColletteShow]

Impressive stuff!

[@SilphSpectre]

Ayy thanks Andrew! This was an interesting one for sure. Gen 1/2 mechanics are wild

[@grundgutigertv6170]

This was rough, buddy. But nice how you strategized! How do you feel about a trashlocke? Only pokemon with bad stats, bad typing and/or bad movesets. And bad abilities if you want. In Gen 4 or onwards.

[@skylarjune1635]

It would be really cool in a game with a lot of variety like X or Moon!

[@savemeimanobodylostonline4279]

He could try PChal’s rom hack like FlygonHG did!

[@pauloing1pauloing167]

00:45 click here to start the video

[@Power11112]

Damn it always is nice to see a nuzlock that isn’t in a gen 3-gen 5 game

[@hanezutchins2786]

Omg same

[@saikrishnak106]

This guy DESERVES to be famous

[@swaggerbeastnaynnayn]

agree, deserves more subs than cringe dream over here

[@austinmiller8356]

What I like about grass nuzlocks is that it requires you to really think about a strategy except just using super effective moves

[@visioapparel4302]

Love this series so much. Always kicks off my week in the best way

[@jordanbean5507]

Damn, I can't believe you beat the Flying-type master, Lance, with a team of five Grass types. Ku to the dos.

[@dominichusbands7042]

Amazing work as always Silph.Your strategies and delightful commentary make these videos so damn amazing.Best Nuzlocker in existence

[@magalymasis2]

This is the first video I see in your channel. I must say I was impressed with the creative ways in which you went around the first 3 gyms. However, it got even better as the video continued. For instance, using rollout to beat Lance was genius man. I have played pokemon for a while (Crystal was my first game) and I did not know eggxecutor learned it. However the absolute MVP was Jumpluff. What a leyend taking down dragons! I lost it with Colonel at the end.. Hilarious

[@Srrgi]

Finally someone else likes jumpluff

[@ny_fn]

YES hes back! Keep doing this! I look forward to your monotype videos on gen 1-5 every time!

[@miguelito6031]

Hey Silph, I absolutely love your videos. It’d be awesome if you could add some snippets of the stream with your live reaction to some key moments. Like seeing your face o listening to important moments would be super cool!

[@CEL1896]

I love videos like this where you get to see lesser used Pokémon shine. I've never seen a Jumpfluff shine so bright and now it makes me want to use one!

[@Beck02]

So psyched for another silph vid!!

[@brendancosgrave2490]

Great run Silph, got me super nostalgic going back to Gen 2. Keep up the great work

[@johnshafer9245]

was waiting for the next video and watched the black 2 grass type nuzlock to pass time, only to realize you really like to torment yourself with grass pokemon once i saw this drop. should be a good watch as usual!

[@TempestMauve]

This Nuzlocke exemplified how Grass-type Pokemon are suppose to be used: Set-up. Stall. Support.

[@murr1885]

was just thinking about this channel today, wondering when the next one was gonna drop, love it ]

[@sarcasm-aplenty]

Colonel is that one guy who didn't do anything for the group project

[@itsoneofthosedays4900]

I can’t wait to see your gym leader nuzlock videos! I’m looking forward to watching this nuzlock later.

[@delaneyh7813]

Watching this and thinking how much pain and resetting it took, thanks so much for pushing through and uploading! Love these vids!

[@antoniovettore7605]

You are my favourite nuzlocker man! Almost no stalling with toxic or protect, great job! 🤙

[@lycorisgaming5422]

I haven't thought about the land before time since I was like 9! Thanks for that blast from the past Silph!

[@technicalraghav3814]

Congratulations for defeating whitney and don't sacrificing 5 Pokemons

[@asierrv]

Huge jumpluff! Love those 2 first gyms and how u manage to work around weaknesses using each mon to have each own use.

[@PrinceAzyreon]

Happy Sun(flora)day, Silph!

[@marcusebersol9069]

Omg this fight against faulkner was by far the best one of all your vídeos

[@giacomoalessandrodeluca]

Great video, as always. I do really like the monotype nuzlocke challenge.

[@EOwens-uq4zd]

Gina and Q-Tip, the MVPs of this run ✌️ Awesome job! I think grass type nuzlockes are some of the hardest.

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

Very fun Silph! Although not many, Pokemon Crystal has got many nice Pokemon to play with! That was a good idea!

[@Crafttee]

Defo need more videos like this on Crystal/Red/Blue etc!

[@GreyLeo]

Enjoyed the video and looking forward to the true power Sinnoh tournament

[@josephtucker8456]

This run should just tell people to never underestimate fast pokemon with status conditions lol. Jumpluff MVP

[@EOwens-uq4zd]

I know Miltank is a menace, but I just love that happy little hoof wiggle

[@mattchronister3327]

Love that you named chikorita the same thing you did in your gold lets play

[@itsdaniel7760]

Let’s go you no it’s a good day when Silph uploads

[@marufalamushno6542]

Ur hot and cool Because ur fire and ice

[@marufalamushno6542]

Don't reply me Plz reply 😢😢😢

[@itsdaniel7760]

@@marufalamushno6542 hi

[@marufalamushno6542]

@@itsdaniel7760 ur boring😑

[@itsdaniel7760]

@@marufalamushno6542 what did you want me to say?

[@Aerowarrier]

I love grass types so much. Just all the status and utility moves, they’re so fun

[@lonlonm1lk]

Glad to see Jumpluff putting in work! It's been my favorite Pokemon since I was a kid.

[@alejandrogonzalez7129]

Crystal, what a game...when berries were called after the status + cure + berry...

[@joeyteter9383]

I love Jumpluff too! I actually also enjoy the whole evolution line of Hoppip. Really good looking shinies imo too. I’m glad to hear someone else enjoys these underrated mons

[@Gwynbleidd1724]

Never played Crystal so looking forward to this one

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

I love jumpluff. Its adorable and I don't like it when people bash on it. I was so happy when it got swords dance, it really boosted its viability

[@tb7306]

nice one, love your hardcore nuzlocke videos ^^ you should also count the amount of resets it took you to get to certain points, e.g. won gym battles and write it next to your death count ^^ i´m sure it would be pretty interesting to see it all time

[@payrysdoscs4903]

Congrats on this being the 5,000th video I've ever liked on this account 😄

[@dandyriver_]

it makes me so happy that jumpluff pretty much carried for a lot of the battles, skiploom is my favorite pokemon and it’s so nice to see it do something useful

[@ThomazSDA]

Okay, that was amazing. Grass type playthroughs (Nuzlocke or otherwise) are for sure the hardest in these games. Very entertaining! I've done Mono Bug in Crystal (non-Nuzlocke) but my game save got deleted before I could sweep Lance with Shuckle. ;_; Perhaps I'll try again in a Nuzlocke form.

[@azumafoo2688]

Why am i not surprised that i loved this video. You always put so much work in your videos! We don't deserve you Papa Silph!

[@rakeshpathak1250]

I have test tomorrow but I am still watching this long video time in India 20:40

[@4Tom4lepus4]

Love to see that I'm not the only one who loves the Grass Type and thinks that Jumpluff especially is underrated. I love its design and even though it's stall-y, it can be SUPER good in runs!

[@superlombax1561]

Yeah, same. I remember using a Jumpluff long ago in Heartgold when I was younger. Good times.

[@Matthias.Abaddon]

Here for the egg discourse. Over easy/softboiled is best hands down

[@nazeersadek6705]

Very fun run appreciate all your efforts Silph 😄

[@ThePokeTran]

Before watching.. how the *hell* are you gonna do Falkner. This should be good

[@thelemonylime3097]

Before I start watching this, I recently finished a grass type only challenge of crystal myself. I whited out *many* times; like I had to be over leveled just to beat Falkner. And I wasn’t even doing a nuzlocke. Excited to see how you manage to pull this off

[@Cream_Cheese27]

Plz try a rock and ground type hardcore nuzlocke and this video was lit. I am very happy when I see your notification and plz try my request for rock and ground type only

[@iistonton]

The best part was that as lances dragonite killed that guy the ad for "Only Murders in the Building" came on and it was so perfect.

[@Holymerde]

I think this was a lovely bunch of flower power in action. Great vid as always Silph.

[@shirox11]

I love seeing nuzlockes of the really old games. There is just something super nostalgic about it.

[@Niko-lu9ph]

Colonel mad af cuz his Name was wrong. Thats why he didnt do shit at the end 😂

[@halibutcannon5457]

I was looking for a crystal nuzlocke and then this was uploaded 27 minutes ago.😎👍

[@john_4254]

I liked that genuine laugh from “Darth Bayleaf” 😂🤣

[@maximegignac4869]

When fighting Gengar in Mahogany gym, let him hypnosis someone and switch to someone else, then switch back to the asleep one, and so on. He will Hypnosis -> Dream Eater ->Hypnosis until he runs out of PP. It works 100% of the time. PP stalling make that gym winnable with every team. Hope it helps for future Johto playthrough!

[@eevee7663]

Wish I knew this, got destroyed on my first attempt but on the second one my Kadabra managed to sweep the gengar (Gengar is part poison) after it missed Hypnosis

[@smusher6]

"I like my eggs over hard." Liked, subscribed, bell rung. Your content is great, but that was the selling point for me.

[@camcambambam5128]

The nostalgia I felt watching this was awesome, grass was my favorite type in the first 3 generations.

[@mayelferrera9674]

Where do you find this games online and how do you hack them? Been binge watching you a little too much recently and every time I do. You make me want to play these games so much again! Love your content. 👌

[@gummybuns]

Im highly allergic to eggs so I gotta go with the superior Easter chocolate egg B3

[@SilphSpectre]

I never even thought about chocolate eggs... you out here changing the game

[@friedrichritter1978]

Nuzlocke runs are never easy, with the level of difficulty going up exponentially in a run with grass types only. When I looked at the length of the video, I thought Lance's Charizard was the end of it. Nope, the team pulled it off against unimaginable odds. Amazing stuff, Silph.

[@Loop0001rath]

seems nuts that you had to created so many careful and advanced strategies to succeed. amazing. thank you for the content!

[@Drowmerc]

Yeah I do love the first two gens for not being afraid to grind on the wrong Pokemon.