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

[@SilphSpectre]

Well, it's not KZbinr boxing... but perhaps it's close enough. Don't forget to click that Subscribe button if you haven't already, it really helps the channel a lot!

[@yanfagundes3006]

You should water types only in Pokémon sword cause kingdra is in the dlc

[@antoniolara9004]

Quick question. I watch a lot your vids. In the later generation I see you don't really use mega or max evolution that much. Is there a specific reason or is that for difficulty?

[@markomestrovic9837]

I think you put the wrong pic of watsons team :D great video as usual

[@BIGDDrome]

Wait how did you trade evolve machop without connecting to other games?

[@jjrich1856]

@@antoniolara9004 it's for difficulty, he uses it rarely

[@jsoyinka]

Silph used Rock Tomb 6 times and only hit once. The chance of him hitting all six rock tombs is 26% chance. Not great but he only really needed two to get a KO on Altaria. The chance of him missing 5 out of 6 rock tombs is 0.026% chance. That's some really sh*t luck.

[@kstanni87]

He gets a lot of bad luck with pokemon natures as well

[@Rose-ew7bv]

I missed 6 rock tombs in a row on a caterpie recently. That was fun

[@jsoyinka]

@@Rose-ew7bv rip

[@Rose-ew7bv]

@@jsoyinka nah it was fine, it just used string shot a bunch

[@AndrewMakesPuns]

That's literally almost shiny odds

[@jordanthejq12]

24:10 JSYK, Jennifer has a Sableye and not a Milotic in Emerald. GameFreak actually nerfed her after apparently realizing Milotic in the rain might be a bit much to handle. (The Milotic returns in ORAS.)

[@Gwynbleidd1724]

I just love Emerald nuzlockes and I also love Silph content! Win win

[@er1chfounddirt940]

So true

[@RoseTinted2]

Exactly

[@mikezombra350]

Preach it brother

[@The_Dragonrex]

I see this as an absolute win

[@buddhamanemusic9274]

Silph makes me feel like I’m playing too😂

[@TheRagnarokknight]

Dude! You read my mind on naming that Medicham Akuma. I was thinking, "since it's an event Meditite, ya might as well name him Akuma." Bro. Brilliant.

[@acriolu]

Sunday Monday or Tuesday, it's always a good time to watch a Silph Nuzlocke!!! Also, Fighting type are one of my fav

[@bryndenrivers1697]

Black Belt Nob is actually present in many games since Gen2 (the first one in which the trainers had names). He is one of Chuck's Gym trainers in GSC, he has a Machoke with Rock Slide, which could only be learned by this mon in Gen1. He is a Hiker in FR/LG and this Black Belt in RSE. Nob happened to be the game's original translator iirc, and his way to be included in the game was as a fighting type trainer, his favorite type. Later the franchise decided to part ways with him but you can see Nob on every game from Gen2 to Gen4.

[@abrarkadabrar7829]

Very solid run! I didn't even know about that Meditite encounter method so that was a pleasant surprise. It was a good effort with Steven at the end. Skarmory was the most annoying there. It usually is even under Winona too. The Liza Tate sweep was the most hilarious thing because you have fighting types.

[@Grotto1998]

i want to try that too but could not find how to claim it via event

[@marcinkrol1050]

Missed opportunity to name the Torchic “ken” cause he’s a fiery chic-ken 😔

[@jaidamwhi4589]

I love the fact that you do a bit of studying ( or refreshing) before each nuzlocke to give the best possible outcome for each one...and the commentary is great too!!

[@villiandustybit]

Yaaay, new video! Have you ever considered doing a randomized nuzlocke run?

[@SilphSpectre]

Stay tuned! 😉

[@christophergenedadural4190]

I was literally screaming at this Rock Tomb missing Medicham the whole damn time like crazy. Love all the runs, Sir. 👏👏

[@LordLucario12]

Gotta say, I always love seeing you find ways to throw in encounters you wouldn't have access to otherwise! The Meditite thing was really, really cool

[@spartanxbear9076]

Just wanted to let you know as someone battling with health problems and has pretty major anxiety because of that, I love when your videos come out. The nature, humor, and mood of them help chill my anxiety. Thanks for the content and as a huge Pokémon fan I’m glad I found this channel

[@_Koyomi_]

Keep your head up, you're a champion.

[@BDiggityDawg]

After 29 years I FINALLY went to someone and got diagnosed with ADHD and anxiety within the last five months. If you haven't, rewatch his videos. It's very therapeutic in the background for me while I work so hopefully it helps chill and relax you too!

[@soulslicr5743]

Crazy how losing one team member can fuck up the entire run/make battles way harder than they need to be. Losing breloom was a huge blow and could've trivialized a few battles.

[@ant-ony7332]

Great run! Also for whatson you could have directly used vital throw on voltorb, as it oneshots. With lower hp from fake out he was more likely to use self destruct.

[@hommefataltaemin]

The amount of times you say “not good” and “oh man” in a weird stressed voice is quite astounding. Like in absolutely every single video of yours. definitely those are your catchphrases.

[@mattildas7515]

When setting up Guts before Brawly, I tend to just fish up a Tentacool and let it use poison sting. Saves you the trip back. Also, depending on your in game trades rules, I think Slakoth can be a valid encounter in Petalburg Woods since it can be traded for a Makuhita in Rustboro.

[@othamneil8958]

You can't trade a Slakoth for Makit in Emerald, sadly.

[@mattildas7515]

@@othamneil8958 ah, got confused with Ruby Sapphire. Still, makes the Petalburg encounter guaranteed to be Shroomish so it all works out

[@punkfunk3496]

Shot on iPhone Meme -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z52XZqKmm9ibaaM

[@silymorn2240]

Thanks to your videos, I'm really tempted to try an hardcore nuzzlock for the first time. You're the only nuzzlocker I watch. Entertaining, and great edition of the video!

[@driftingswordsmanzer]

Love fighting types so this was a treat. Also happy birthday street fighter!!! (Jp release August 30th 1987) Missed naming opportunities Blaziken: Ken Breloom: Balrog or Dudley Heracross: Chun-li Medicham: dhalsim

[@othamneil8958]

Who is Webb by the way?

[@driftingswordsmanzer]

@@othamneil8958 no idea. 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@davidbeales4270]

Great run as always! I wonder how much longer you can avoid the gen 7 games tho 😛 you've gotta give them a go at some point and when you do I know loads of us will look forward to seeing some nerve-wracking sketchy runs!

[@lmaolol7702]

i dont blame him tbh gen 7 feels awful to play through even if the battles are cool

[@davidbeales4270]

@@lmaolol7702 it's definitely different but also so challenging esp Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon with the Totem Togedemaru battle yikes run killer big time!

[@punkfunk3496]

Shot on iPhone Meme -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z52XZqKmm9ibaaM

[@Tommyguci]

I thought it was over when Medicham missed rock tomb 5 times 💀 by the way silph you’re a beast. Great run!

[@carua2431]

Here a little tip: using blocks in the Safari zone you can catch heracross with a 99% catchrate, there are tutorials that explain how to do that. Hope it helps for the upcoming nuzlockes! I think it works with all pokemons in the Safari zone

[@blackrockfire]

Silph, have you ever thought about making a nuzlocke but instead of making it a mono type nuzlocke, you only use pokemon that have their total stats bellow a certain number?Like below 500 or so

[@dusatriplife333]

This would be great

[@dabmonstr7403]

Ferrothorn: whomst has awakened the ancient one

[@Dan55888]

If it isnt 100% accurate it is 50% accurate. Or in the case of Rock Tomb appearently 20% accurate

[@Metaknighttheloneswordsman]

33:12 Remindes me of a pokemon showdown match I recently had. My Blastoise got paralyzed by Togekiss, Blastoise missed toxic, got air Slash flinched twice in a row, got fully paralyzed. My Metagross switches in, gets Paralyzed, and gets paraflinched for 2-3 turn... This is fake. This happened yesterday.

[@creamrunner]

When Silph, Chaotic Meatball, and Antlerboy all upload within 30 minutes of each other... what's a man to do??

[@MadameTeqi]

Wait, for real? I didn't realize I was unsubscribed from the other two so thank you for making the announcement!

[@friedrichritter1978]

A big THANK YOU to you, Silph, for the consistent and amazing content. The great stuff from you helps put a smile on my face through rough times

[@magiccauldron5553]

Hey Silph! I had an idea for a challenge run that I think is really cool, and Id be absolutely thrilled if you tried it out! I call it the MagicLocke (Partially named after me, and partially named after the challenge, you'll see why) The MagicLocke is a typical Nuzlocke, but with a couple added rules. 1. You can't use a pokemon with a base Special Attack stat more than 60 in battle (Or 60 base Special in gens 1 and 2) 2. You can't use any physical move, only special moves that have 70 power or less 3. (Optional) To make things a bit easier, if you're doing this in gens 1-3, you are allowed one physical move on only one pokemon that's either Ground or Fighting. This is because you will literally have no super effective moves against Electric, Normal, or Dark type pokemon. 4. (Optional) For an extra challenge, you can force yourself to use Struggle until you have access to a special move. I think this is a really interesting challenge, especially in gens 1-3, because Normal, Poison, Flying, Bug, Rock, Ghost, and Steel type moves are completely off-limits (And Ground and Fighting, if you choose to ignore the lifeline rule). This makes the very early game especially hard, because very few pokemon have moves that aren't normal or flying type. It would mean a TON if you try this challenge, because I did my best to come up with some good rules to make it interesting. If you want to make it even more challenging, you could do it with hardcore Nuzlocke rules as a base, rather than a regular Nuzlocke.

[@Yapyapownz]

Never seen Rock Tomb miss that much. Wally's got hax

[@Chimichinking]

Tf is Mareep doing there with Watson ? 😂

[@SuperRamenSauceBoss]

Really missed out not naming your Torchic Ken

[@hunterhanson5559]

I’m 18 years old and I find you hilarious. I love Pokémon again because of you. Thanks man.

[@Pvp_clues]

Fun fact: black belt Nob is actually a cameo who has made appearances in all gens leading up to Diamond and Pearl (correct me if I’m wrong) he is the person responsible for translating all the Pokémon games to English! And to show appreciation, Game Freak gave him a cameo as a black belt, though he said he wasn’t much of a martial artist and more of a hiker, I think in OR/AS or Platinum (again, correct me if I’m wrong) he was changed to a Hiker, more fitting to his actual interests.

[@Epicnetan]

“You pulled it off with a plum” RIP me Died of Laughter

[@nightmare348]

It's official; Rock Tomb hates Akuma.

[@zackbonno3675]

Street Fighter nerd here. Wouldn't Ken have been a better name for your starter? Not only does the color match better, but fire and kicking are Ken's thing as well

[@jamielovell427]

Thank you for taking your time and making these videos. You are an amazing person and we all appreciate you ❤️

[@A1KX100]

Webb the real MVP 🏆👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@joy-juggernorton4488]

Thank you for the time and effort you put into these runs silph, I always love watching your videos. :) Edit: Also, hope whoever ends up reading this is well!

[@davidshowalter120]

So good I had to watch it more than once. Thank you Silph! You're so fantastic! Always a valiant effort and I appreciate you!

[@Sweatygumbo]

"She's attracted to her pokemon...what a weirdo" Ahh yes that is weird *nervously looks over at browser history*

[@richardguthrie271]

I don't know but unfiltered Silph against mr. Briney absolutely killed me! 😂😂

[@arashinoguardianyeah9083]

19:52 isn't low kick stricly better here? 120 power against slaking if I am not mistaken.

[@jsoyinka]

I was thinking the same thing so I looked it up and it's 100 power against Slaking, but that still does the same damage as a crit from Karate Chop. Low Kick is def the smarter move here to avoid crit luck.

[@norbelarchilla5578]

MAN SILPH AND ANTLER IN THE SAME DAY? Thank you for the serotonin

[@joker0762]

12:17 when you’re so sleep deprived you put the rematch team and not the original one

[@Josh-xl6zh]

You don't need to go all the way back, you can poison guts makuhota for brawly on wild tentacool if you fish north of dewford

[@turky1490]

Just a friendly reminder, double kick would have done more than peck, using combusken at least, for the mons that are only 2x weak to flying and neutral to fighting and you get fighting stab. Goes to show that just because it’s super effective doesn’t mean it’ll do the most damage out of your options. Edit: just watched a bit farther into the video and actually paid attention and realized you leveled past double kick and my comment was mostly for brawly but the calcs stay consistent anyways.

[@skiblizzyy]

Silph could you please do a final segment where you decide which Pokémon was the MVP of the run? I think it would be really cool to hear your opinions and who you thought really carried the team the most, most of all i love your videos! they’ve gotten me to start nuzlocking myself, and truly making play throughs amazing for me again 🙏🏻

[@saffronsolos7699]

The voice of Pokémon with another banger, my day is made

[@LiShuBen]

Idk if this is a thing done before but a nuzlock I've been doing is catching the first of each type I come across with evolutions included, so like if playing gen 1 and you get charmander you can't get anymore fire or flying types because charizard is a flying type. The hard version is the types you catch are the only ones you can get for the whole run.

[@Ollzbollz]

Silph is a great nuzlocker. Keep it up Silph!

[@montelvontaviouspore]

The fact that Honda from Streetfighter has his main special move which is basically Arm Thrust and that Makuhita has it is pure unintentional genius I'm sure 😅👌 love it!

[@sunsifire]

The slogan for your nuzlockes might as well be "but they lived on 1hp"

[@benjenner4726]

Was waiting to get home from work just to watch this as soon as I got the notification, was not disappointed. I'd love to see Silph do a soul-link with PokemonChallenges! Love the content!

[@punkfunk3496]

Shot on iPhone Meme -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z52XZqKmm9ibaaM

[@tdhhellian7509]

I think once you beat the E4 and they heal your team, the death rule should be lifted for "bonus champ fights" You're the champion now, get ya team back.

[@MrProbeNWatch]

The entire end of the game had me on my toes 😂😅 when u fought Wallace with 3 pokemon and Steven with 2 I didn't think you'd do as well as u did

[@BananaMan99100]

You need to try Crystal with Bug Types only!

[@caioafcarvalho]

If I'm not mistaken you could've taught Ice Punch to Medicham through the Move Rememberer for an easier Drake with Calm Mind setup + Ice Punch. I'm also trying this challenge, currently on my fourth attempt after wiping to Tate and Liza as I did not know you can add Medicham to Emerald through a niche event (thanks for the insane tip tough). Superb video!

[@badtimebandits]

25:14 it's nickname is assassin

[@ohitsyang]

I remember spending hours trying to catch Shroomish for that guy in the forest because my buddy says he’ll trade me a good Pokemon for it. Boy was I a gullible kid…

[@jimmysbordone8071]

Hey Silph, have you ever thought of doing challenges just using your favorite pokemon rather than specific types? That'd be fun to watch!

[@jeffspurlock3861]

I love your nuzlockes! They got me into playing my own and I am always stoked when you upload a new one

[@zackgowen8056]

Bro , you’re my go to channel when I’m stoned just wanted to say thank you

[@brayansalgado480]

Merrill the real MVP going against a beastly claydol knowing damn well it could barely tickle it 😂

[@thetakerofknees9737]

6:27 I didnt expect it to be uncensored

[@ParallelSeries]

My fondest memories of gen 3 include being the first game I completed the dex in, as well as not knowing about thief so I caught like 100 luvdisc for heart scales

[@genv.b521]

If Silph does another Fighting Hardcore Nuzlocke and fights an Altaria, he has to reference how that very thing was the bane of this run's existence. Also,a genuine surprise to get a Silph video but hey it's a Silph video so I'll take it

[@Xagittarius_vods]

Using Ryu instead of Ken for torchic gave me psychic damage. Anyways great run as always

[@asdfghjkpaige]

Another great vid! I would love to see you attempt a PLA nuzlocke! I think it would be so cool to see you play it and how you'd approach the challenge! 🙂

[@raccoonmyroom6861]

I didn't realize the channel was already over 200k subscribers. Congrats! Can't wait to watch the channel grow even more!

[@roggie839]

That burn on Manectric in the gym saved you from possibly losing the run

[@punkfunk3496]

Shot on iPhone Meme -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z52XZqKmm9ibaaM

[@soulslicr5743]

You could've waited for shroomish to learn spore before evolving, but it learns it ridiculously late so I don't blame you

[@mvgazanarz3364]

dude i watched most of your videos and your are my favorite nuzlocker keep up the good work

[@SpaceChodes]

Rewatching your runs is always a favorite pastime of mine.

[@patrickl671]

Love the runs. A fun idea that you could do for each game would be a starters only HCN. Just torchic mudkip and treeco at level cap for the whole run

[@reggoryisadingus]

Both Winonas and Wallys Altarias were BONKERS, hooooly

[@Di11zCODM]

fighting can definitley be done, ice and dark type elit four members. and norman being a normal type gym leader, probably the hardest gym in game. I feel like this one should be pretty easy tbh in comparison to your others

[@burkeychathouse5537]

Ah yes, a new nuzlocke featuring a fire-fighting starter. What’s not to like?

[@punkfunk3496]

Shot on iPhone Meme -- kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z52XZqKmm9ibaaM

[@dylanearly9194]

Kecleon only run? Lots of fun hurdles to overcome in that run

[@ridel1357]

Love the content and I have a quick question. If the run doesn't start until May gives you pokéballs, if you were to hypothetically lose to her in the first battle, would you keep going?

[@danielwest7477]

Finally, a set of nickname references I get. Great video!

[@ivanbluecool]

if you need a new idea. you can try "can I beat Pokemon with certain egg groups" so we can get more variety in the teams and it would be a fun theme I don't anyone has tried star knight would be a nice Pokemon name.

[@michaelmorton6052]

Lmao that picture you used to show Watson I was like wait he doesn’t have level 40 mons right then realized that was the rematch one

[@nyleo04]

Rock Tomb having 80% accuracy at the time was crazy, plus low 50 attack!? Glad they fixed it afterwards and made it usable

[@Portmonet]

Another fantastic episode, I really enjoy your videos. Emerald is also my favourite game. Can't wait until the next nuzlocke!

[@visioapparel4302]

A really fun one! loved the mystery encounter, didn't know about it

[@jeminem619]

Naming BlaziKEN Ryu had to be intentional.

[@bigbaconbot]

LET'S GO BABY!!! SILPH SPECTER UPLOAD!!!

[@tdhhellian7509]

I got my hands on pokemon games really late (2007) but Emerald was the 3rd game I got to play, and it was by far my favorite. I always had a tough time picking my team early on because I always pick the fire type starter and I LOVED shroomish as much as the guy in Petalburg woods. It was also the first generation where the grass starter was my absolute favorite, so my team always had 2 fighting types or 2 grass types 🙄

[@saltysantos]

I’ve been wondering where my Silph daddy was?! Great video as always king

[@Nadimiyo]

Why not just teach Combusken double kick at level 16 through level up ?

[@martins8786]

Just a little trivia, Black Belt Nob and Hiker Nob in the Fire Red/ Leaf Green and Let's Go games are a tribute to Nob Ogasawara, main translator of the franchise through Platinum.

[@dakshverma5773]

2:35 poor may left without a loving dad

[@BloodThirstyAvengers]

Fun fact about Steven. Prior to the battle, he mentions how you fought alongside each other at the Sootopolis Space Centre... there is no Sootopolis Space Centre, the Space Centre is in Mossdeep.

[@fish8346]

Did you accidentally skip over double kick by any chance bc combusken should’ve learned it on evolution

[@garchiapet]

I was thinking this same thing. It learns it when it evolves at level 16.

[@yamiryushi]

Zangief is bold....its nature is perfect. The dude wrestles bears for training. He is the boldest of bold!

[@jellyjon2678]

Awesome content every time! I love using your videos for tutorials and trying these nuzlockes 💪

[@SGTSmithBrown]

Looking at the title I’m thinking oh yeah! A Blaziken! Too easyyy. Love the content bro

[@gjergj124]

That crit earthquake on Honda was heartbreaking