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

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Dragons are known to be among the strongest Pokemon out there... but can they beat Pokemon Emerald'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 Emerald Hardcore Nuzlocke with only Dragon 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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[@YourPalAlRetroGamer]

Should you have renamed this video, "How to Train Your Dragons to Try to Beat a Pokemon Emerald Hardcore Nuzlocke?"

[@metanightmare4454]

@@YourPalAlRetroGamer I get most of them. The Bewilderbeasts from the second movie, Gronckles like Meatlug, Rumblehorns like Skullcrusher, and the Red Death from the first movie, but what's Terrelia?

[@andrefernandez847]

@@YourPalAlRetroGamer ppp0p00

[@gabmarcuz456]

bewilder gronckle cloudjumper kinda sounds familiar like its from a certain animated series/movies doesn't it?

[@solomonadjei758]

Sorry to bother you, but can you post the link to this version of your pokemon emerald. I'd like to play with Dratini

[@troythewizard9940]

*"How does it feel to be nothing but Sp. Attack EV fodder?"* Damn, Silph. Savage.

[@AnonimusQualquer]

Someone bring an ambulance, Wally just got burned badly

[@unkindled6410]

why does it seems all nuzzlockers hate wally so much? hes such a good boy....

[@cindyzhaoyingzi8719]

Not even a billion burn heals could heal that

[@dscyrux]

I'm glad you're allowing yourself to use trade evolutions and pre-evolutions of your chosen type. It's a lot more fun!

[@joaquin17171717]

If it's not the chosen type, shouldnt be used.

[@zachj7953]

@@joaquin17171717 that's just, like, your opinion, man.

[@civilwarwasaninsidejob7405]

@@joaquin17171717 oh man didn't know ole joaquin wrote the 10 Nuzlocke commandments.

[@incognitobandito244]

@@zachj7953 no it's literally the rules but okay

[@halfwayspiral8460]

@@incognitobandito244 nah dude ur tripping

[@Chikien-me2df]

"Well, this battle looks impossible. Let's try it!" This is probably my favourite silph quote lol

[@sheriffpumpkin4104]

My favorite one is "But we survived at just ... HP!"

[@visioapparel4302]

Emerald is such a great game. I keep forgetting that Trainer Hill exists IN ADDITION to the Battle Frontier. Just so much extra love put into it

[@ejokurirulezz]

Unpopular opinion.

[@samahissimplistic]

Best Pokémon game ever imo

[@Loris71734]

The gyms in this game are brutal too. Probably the toughest in the series in my opinion. If you don’t come up with a good plan and strat you can get fucked so easily. It’s not hard to wipe to a ton of the leaders in HC nuzlocke if you don’t get the right encounters

[@greed94]

@@ejokurirulezz That's a very popular opinion ya nobhead

[@akaneriyun4774]

@@Loris71734 I'd say Gen 4 is harder in general. Gen 3 gives you Swampert who is absolutely broken.

[@maxitaxi9462]

Just finished your rock type heart gold, and was about halfway through your psychic soul silver play through. You’ve really reinvigorated my love for playing through games with mono type teams. Always felt like you were evening the odds with the gym leaders and elite four by playing with one type, and it just adds to the immersion IMO making you feel like an actual trainer in the world. Rather than just running around with a generic god squad

[@alphabetbeer]

I play every gen with Bug types if possible on the first playthrough (no hardcore rules otherwise) just to make it more challenging

[@LinkMaster5555]

​@@alphabetbeerbug runs are brutal i haven't done it yet but i can imagine

[@CarbonGod666]

MaxiTaxi no

[@choklat4606]

Honestly the starter thing seemed really cool to me and it’s not that broken cus already this is gonna difficult challenge Hope something like that happens in more future nuzlockes

[@levy9595]

Starting with a level 5 dratini is worse than just using a regular starter till you can catch a dragon legit. Dratini vs Roxanne is pain

[@shirox11]

Dratini is pretty meh til dragonair. That’s the things with dragons. They start out slow, but get pretty significant boosts in power once they hit there first evo and then are incredibly powerful once fully evolved. (For dragons that have 3 forms anyway)

[@justinenulam]

I really liked the relaxed rules for trade evos and wrong type unevolved Pokémon. I hope you keep those changes to open more options for type challenges in the future!

[@c0debreaker_x534]

I love the "How to tame your dragón" theme of this video, amazing as always.

[@stachiogreen3125]

Finally a nuzlocke where he gets to use his mascot 🤣🥳🥳🥳

[@JudgeTyBurns]

The starter situation was a clever way of doing things.

[@ericharrison348]

How did he get a Dratini?

[@Astromontana]

Ok, this is what I love about your nuzlockes. You actually show the whole footage even if you lose at the end. That makes it a lot more entertaining imo because you literally don't know if you'll beat the challenge or not until the end, unlike a lot of nuzlockers who only show their wins which gets boring imo because you know they'll beat it so there's no suspense when it comes to deaths. Can't wait for the next one!

[@RelaxinSam]

I recommend your try a pseudo legendary run. I’ve always wanted to see you destroy the run with a stacked overpowered pokemons like Tyranitar, Metagross, Haxorus, Aggron And other Pokémon you don’t normally get to use.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Aggron and Haxorus aren’t pseudo legendary.

[@MegaGeewee]

Aggron and Haxorus aren't psuedos. The psuedolegendaries are Dragonite, Tyranitar, Salamence, Metagross, Garchomp, Hydreigon, Goodra, Kommo-o, and Dragapult. 7 dragons, a steel, and a rock.

[@danfurtado9158]

Let's be real they are big scary strong pokemon close to 600

[@silvervirio3642]

@@MegaGeewee what does pseudo legendary mean? Are they stat high or are they kind of being worshipped in the game? I never read the lore in the game.

[@gokun_98]

@@silvervirio3642 3-stager, slow EXP curve and 600 base stat total

[@arca173]

It was fun watching Dragonaire evolve into Dragonite and Bagon in the wild being caught. Definitely one of my favorite Nuzlocke’s.

[@Amelia4111]

DRAGONAIR *DOES NOT END WITH AN E!*

[@AliLiz91]

I was hoping you were going to upload today (: Kingdra is my favorite Dragon type Thank you, Silph :D

[@samahissimplistic]

Kingdra is such an underrated mon as well. I've always loved it and enjoyed using one in my HeartGold playthrough

[@AliLiz91]

@@samahissimplistic oh absolutely (: I love being able to use it. I got a little plushie of him

[@macemickson3190]

Having a tough time lately, really appreciate being able to switch my brain off for half an hour or so. Cheers.

[@Holacalaca]

Special attacking dragonite was a pretty great threat in gen3, im not as sure for competitive but the Battle Factory and frontier in general has some that are HUGE threats

[@RedDragonForce2]

Silph, you can grab the Meteorite immediately after defeating Archie/Maxie at Mt. Chimney. You don’t need to leave and come back. I did it all the time when I played RSE back in the day.

[@ThePokeTran]

Never thought Meteor Falls would be THAT useful.. who knew. Love learning new things from these vids

[@kangaskdan]

These videos are too good :D Wally being special attack EV fodder broke my heart.

[@arkadebarman3780]

Mate, you have an amazing way of narrating. It feels like even we viewers are also part of the same adventure you are on. Looking forward to more videos like this. Just brilliant!

[@zacharydane4606]

Honestly one of the most interesting and best runs I've seen (not just cause you used my favorite mon Salamence), keep on keeping on Silph!

[@tdhhellian7509]

Love the little background story for having your starter. I'm on Wulfric on a dark only run of Y, and I don't have X, so no Houndoom. However my old roommate traded me a shiny houndoom on my AS game like 12 years ago, so I bred it, traded it over and damn! It AND my Froakie had a modest nature off the bat.

[@colinakersakers44]

Damn, that was a rough conclusion but a great run

[@perfectedwarrior79]

THAR BE DRAGONS! Can’t go wrong with these bois. Excellent run, Silph!

[@brycemaggio6144]

Watch these every night after work while I wrench on stuff in the garage. Just wanted to say I appreciate the time and effort these take and I like how lengthy they can be. Well done

[@jpw547]

That was the most horrifying Goldeen……

[@marianavarro2112]

I love that he’s using names from how to train your dragon since it’s a dragon type run

[@darkhydrat9096]

I did a mono dragon run in Emerald myself and the moment I saw Dratini as a starter, I knew we were in for a wild ride

[@moebro101]

I had no idea you could fight your rival in front of Mr.Briney's house. Even weirder I just found out that specifically May (and not Brendan) will have a Torkoal in this second battle but replaces it for Slugma immediately after. Brendan on the other hand has a Slugma the whole time. I definitely think this is an oversight.

[@danikirk5774]

Yea, I'm wondering if that encounter happens If you don't fight them in the optional battle... that was strange, I've never seen it happen before cause I always hit them early

[@lightningqueen1145]

​@@danikirk5774yeah it's the game's way of forcing you to register your rival in the nav

[@6ixnovavi92]

I like the casual mention of the guns and roses use your illusion 1 /2 double album after showing ev grinding

[@anthonyschroeder521]

unfortunate to lose Salamance on the ice set. other option might have been to try to fish for the shell bell for extra sustain on that hyper offensive team.

[@frnzilla]

Silph listens to Guns&Roses? And just when I thought you couldn’t get any cooler. (Also, the Claire/Dratini backstory was an *excellent* touch. 👌🏾)

[@reapersoul9993]

Love the fact you included backstory to make it so you get another mon that is fully legit

[@AlexTheRB2]

These vids really take the pain off man. Life is really hard for me right now and its nice as hell to come and get some good nostalgia behind a dope commentary. Keep it up Silph.

[@theratpatch3936]

I hope all is well man!

[@jinxeekatt]

I was just watching some old runs as background noise while I do some cleaning when I think to myself “I don’t remember this one..” look up to see a brand new adventure! Great start to a Sunday morning ☺️

[@bobvagana5443]

I would honestly really like if you chamged your starter more often, getting to see a dratini used throughout the whole game made this run super unique

[@carlossalas1354]

ty for showing each death and wipes, making us feel the struggle and grind!

[@little_blackwinged_crow181]

I knew it was a Httyd naming theme, just from the first Dratini being called Bewilder, favorite childhood movie & show😊

[@MoswenMedia]

I know I'm not alone when I say I REALLY like the starter being apart of the type exclusive challenge.

[@embryhart539]

Silph, this was such a fun run! :D What a challenge! Kudos to you for having the persistence to continue on with so few resources available to you. I absolutely loved the idea of replacing a starter with a rare, later game typing for these tricky mono-type runs. Very excited to see what you conjure up in the future, my friend! :D

[@Tomy_Lightning]

I did a fire types only but my friend decided the rules I could hack the encounter use 100% iv hack use the master ball hack to fill the dex and one non-fire type pokemon I chose dragonite he was one of the best of pokemon alongside flareon who blitzed Agatha.

[@novapanther2058]

I was looking at Kingdra’s learnset and I saw toxic. Maybe for the Milotic using toxic, protect, dive and rest could have worked better.

[@brandimarker9844]

The dratini line is one of my faverites and I was so happy when you said you where using it as a starter

[@loganfranck109]

Thanks for the video Silph. My family's male Bearded Dragon of 8 long years, Steve, passed away a couple of weeks ago and I'm still having a hard time adjusting to the loss of such a sweet boy. This video helped to ease my pain a lot, but it has also inspired me to attempt a Dragon Types Only run on some Pokémon games of my own. Thanks for being an amazing youtuber and nuzlocker. Keep up the awesome work!

[@strategicbread1629]

Substitute strats in E4 especially that glacia fight would've made this very easy, good run still!

[@SodaTabGamingYT]

I think Brilliant Diamond Grass only would be epic.(Remember to get the national dex before the league. You can get Venusaur, Leafeon, Sceptile etc.)

[@raymondlalbiakzuala9184]

Yo Silph! Its always nice to see u again. Also u finally used the mascot of your channel,Kingdra!:)

[@mirror857]

I recommend doing a Grass Type run in BDSP. Six encounters, one of them being a Safari zone one and the RNG necessary to beat some of the trainers makes for a fun run. I did one and would be curious to see how you would tackle it

[@obscurevideogameruns6250]

Great run! Without spoiling: that ending though, damnnnn

[@cleanuritis3866]

Why is your voice so relaxing?!?! Much love, love the nuzlockes silph!

[@jamesfowler6785]

These are always the most dramatic runs on the whole site, what a channel!

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

My favorite day of the week, and the silph video is amongst the reasons why. Thanks for the upload 👍

[@IvanGonzalez-mp4xh]

So glad you got to use Kingdra! It’s poetic. Humor was on point yet again. Can’t get enough of these videos! Btw did you speed up your talking? Felt a little rushed or fast this time? Maybe just me

[@seshjuan42069]

holy moly Silph, Emerald was the one GBA game I played the most, and I never knew you could fight the rival if you go to Mr. Briney's house before fighting the grunt again to save his Wingull :0 wowee.

[@nin_xxl871]

Ahhh, Another Silph Sunday. And with emerald? Quite literally the BEST way to start the day off,THANKS FOR BEING AWESOME SILPH!

[@jasonkabanuck1436]

Great start to my day! Thank you Silph!

[@slomosis8923]

I have never been so early in my life, oh and congrats on the sponsor!

[@ThePokeTran]

you know wattson's bad when the people you live with instinctively know whats going down LOL

[@MrGlobalcarrot]

These videos give me life, thanks Silph!

[@Gwynbleidd1724]

Love a trip to gen 3 with Silph

[@austinha5576]

great vid. I enjoy these nuzlockes :) 26:45 could have been super scary if Camerupt hit Rock Slide when Clouder Jumper was flying!

[@danikirk5774]

Pretty sure Rock Slide can't hit a pokemon in the air... I think Thunder is the only move that can hit polemon mid-fly.

[@dysphoria_1.040]

I really hope we get a part two to this!

[@dilemmawhatson]

As soon as I saw you were doing a dragon type emerald nuzlocke I thought to myself Damn to make this possible I hope he starts off with a dratini 🤝

[@dilemmawhatson]

Man, Watson was so clutch

[@oofjeff3735]

Finally a challenging nuzlocke video, was getting bored with all the easy ones

[@skeletah9870]

Very nice challenges man, you inspired me to finally pull off my first nuzlocke!

[@ishaandavids611]

bro Im always waiting for new vids everytime I get a notification i get so happy 😂

[@bandit2853]

You should do a fire nuzlocke in platinum

[@prodbyellis1998]

i love those videos so much they’re so amusing! thank you!!!

[@derekcoffey7365]

Good job with the videos. I think a good idea for a run could be where you could use any pokemon but it has to be under 500 base stat total. Also since BDSP has been out for a while now so please bring back the True Power series!!!!!

[@averyspottswood9255]

I love when you revisit Hoenn! That’s the only game I ever sincerely enjoyed in Pokémon

[@darksteelfuzzy]

Somehow I always end up looking forward to your sponsor messages, I've yet to see any other KZbinr integrate a necessity like that into an amusing part of the video. Loved the run, shame about the ending, but it's not that surprising seeing as how little you had to work with. Kudos for even trying this and making it that far! How about a Sun/Moon run next? Any reason why you're avoiding those games?

[@JoePlinkelton]

I liked the idea of starting with a dratini, still feels like a legit run for me and mist importantly, enjoyable to watch

[@vangeliskag]

It's my birthday today and you gave me the best present I am so excited that you did dragon type today 😊

[@SilphSpectre]

Happy Birthday brother; hope you enjoy the video and have a great day!

[@anthonyfell]

Happy birthday! Hope you enjoy your birthday! :)

[@lordfrog1315]

Happy birthday have an excellent day

[@ImRinoes]

Ly for getting my love back for the games. doing a ruby normal type hc nuzlocke atm and I love it

[@GuppiBuppi]

WOAHHH how to train your dragon and dragon types nice

[@Magooinvesting]

Sweet video! At first I thought this would be a super easy challenge based on the late game power.

[@DiegoLearnsSpanish]

Soooo good, I loved the pacing for his nuzlocke!

[@branthebuilder8012]

I started a new Ruby run just for the heck of it. Caught me a Zigzagoon and named it HM Master cuz I didn’t wanna it to be a slave anymore lol but watching this video again and seeing that you also named your Zigzagoon HM Master got me shook!

[@xXohkevinn93]

I look forward to your videos every Sunday! Perfect weekend hangover cure lol

[@nazeersadek6705]

You win some you lose some Silph the run was fun and I really like the starter idea since it makes a lot of sense

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

Absolutely love these videos and they actually are the reason I have firered, leafgreen, ruby, sapphire, and emerald so thanks Silph ☺️

[@LazHamlet]

It is a really interesting run. However I’d like to share with you what I do in my usual playthroughs just cause I think it may make it more fair for you. In my runs I use a heal item if enemy used one (full restore if they used it or max potion etc.) otherwise it just looks unjust as enemy can use a item and you can’t. Anyways greet video ^^

[@alexwhitby2541]

Wait, did you use Trapinch in the Norman battle? It wasn’t a dragon type, yet. 😅 Love the vids man. Always fun to watch!

[@breddie_is_rookie]

YOOO finally a metal/hard rock as well as pokemon stan November Rain is one of the coolest things out there ngl

[@catalyst1641]

Phenomenal song.

[@justinjenkins4301]

Wait you didn’t get to finish the run Silph😮😮😮 I’ve watched your videos for the past couple weeks and you always manage to finish wow that’s crazy ,great run though

[@TomAmit42]

15:33 Well you could have forgoed the Dupes Clause, which would give you a few more potential party members.

[@100brokensticks]

You should try a single-ability run. I am doing a non-nuzlocke technician only run of Renegade Platinum right now and it is a lot of fun.

[@AranaDiscoteca95]

I enjoy all the videos but this one was really fun to watch. Emerald is a big personal favorite of mine

[@Hassan-rh8bb]

I love the How to train your dragon names ❤️

[@LordLucario12]

Wait, how did you get May to come out of Briney's house and challenge you? I thought that second fight only happens if you challenge her in Rustboro

[@slateportraichu5416]

I've played pokemon emerald countless times, but I've NEVER KNEW you can battle your rival at Briney's. Wow, thank you for showing the battle=)

[@alisalem938]

I've seen other nuzlocke channels but honestly this is the best Nuzlocke channel by far

[@jonaalaan4294]

Duuuuude so invested in the video had to watch ⌚️ 🙃🔥

[@HinderYourGeneral]

How were you able to start with the Dratini? I thought that was a really cool and had a great in universe explanation.

[@MatthewG1247]

My favorite Nuzlocker, great commentary included.

[@grahamcrackers8]

I was devastated when Salamence fainted to that ice beam. Truly tragic!

[@shrimpguy6900]

Kingdra and dragonair in a double battle looked so cool 😩

[@UnknownPerson-ed4ew]

I am loving this kind of challenge for much

[@TheDoctor323LDS]

Love the recognition for the HM Pokemon. Proper troopers they are

[@dr.drakofly756]

17:06 When you grab the charcoal, the old man in the backround is climbing the shelves lol