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

Let's not beat around the bush - Grass types aren't known as being fantastic in the Pokemon universe, but we do have access to a cool variety of them in Pokemon Emerald. Can we make the best of what we've got and use them to beat Pokemon Emerald's hardest challenge?!
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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 Grass 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.
#HardcoreNuzlocke #PokemonNuzlocke #pokemonchallenge

[@SilphSpectre]

Primal Groudon told me he's going to burn down our entire team with a Heat Crash if you don't Subscribe and help us get us to a quarter million so uh... please save my dear plants 😥

[@benjaminseelking9483]

Hello Silph, this popped into my Head this morning, and instead of letting it fester, i decided to immideatly solve it: What is your Nuzlocke Count like, regarding Gens & Types. So, since i have nothing else to do with this Information, here is the result (assuming i made no mistakes). You have not Nuzlocked the Games Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, OmegaRuby, AlphaSapphire, Sun, Moon, UltraMoon and Violet. You have played once each through Crystal, Pearl, UltraSun, Sword, Shield, ShiningPearl, BrilliantDiamond and Scarlet, 2 Times through Diamond, White, and X, 3 Times through Ruby,Black, and ,. 4 Times through Sapphire and SoulSilver, 5 Times through Emerald,HeartGold and Black2, and a full on 6 Times through Platinum. Typewise, you are more Balanced, currently being on 2 runs with Poisen, Steel, Water, Electric, Ice and Fairy, 3 Times with Flying, Ground, Rock, Ghost, Grass (including Today) and Psychic, 4 runs each with Normal, Fighting, Fire, Dragon and Dark, and 5 Times with Bug. I do not know if there is any use for this Information, but as i said, i wrote it down mostly so it would not bug me for Weeks

[@philipstanley5611]

I tried this once got wiped by Flannery

[@ernest292]

Petalburg woods is home to bug pokemon mostly. Forests are mostly for Bug types also not really much Grass types.

[@SlickDaUnknown]

Roger that sir 🫡

[@treyblake8556]

Is this a tease for an ORAS run?

[@user-eh2mi2oh4h]

There’s something satisfying about watching Tropius being an unlikely hero.

Justice for a underated poke

[@maxspecs]

It’s meta right now in S/V, funnily enough.

[@simon3662]

25:50 Fun fact: Swablu waked up because of Natural Cure, an ability that cures all status by switching out the pokemon. In fact, the reason why Swablu was switched out was because of this ability

[@atomicpunk2360]

Lmao “waked up”

[@simon3662]

@@atomicpunk2360 i knew something was wrong lol, I'm not a native english speaker, sorry for that

[@simon3662]

@@atomicpunk2360 just to know, the right way to say it is "woke up"?

[@atomicpunk2360]

@@simon3662 yes sir! Sorry I assumed you primarily spoke English 😅 lots of people who speak English make goofy mistakes like that 😂 but yes that is correct 😬

[@skyninegaming]

Ludicolo being able to learn ice beam is nuts.

[@ThatGuyThai]

Nah, whats nuts is he can Fire Punch lol

[@ShadowtheYouTuber523]

Part water

[@juliangonzalez4038]

@@ShadowtheKZbinr523 but how do water Pokémon create ice without being ice type

[@ShadowtheYouTuber523]

@@juliangonzalez4038 water types can turn water into ice or hot water.

[@juliangonzalez4038]

@@ShadowtheKZbinr523 but that doesn’t make any sense

[@quentinmcmasters6609]

I thought to myself I wonder if silph posted. Lo and behold 8 seconds ago he posted!

[@cardosmith2607]

Very lucky

[@captaincriticize8050]

Divine intervention. God wanted you to watch this video.

[@smasher_plays9762]

You must be a psychic type

[@ethanmendiola3070]

I feel a disturbance in the force.

[@thelionman09]

Okay gay

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Sceptile is probably my favorite grass starter. So emerald is a good one to do this in for sure!

[@SilphSpectre]

A super nostalgic one for me for sure!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@@SilphSpectre for sure! Though I spent a lot more time with blaziken and swampert back in gen 3

[@Vesdus]

Gen 3 is the only gen where they got all 3 starters right. Sceptile is a baller!

[@mewf2an]

R u a pmd eot player

[@DataLeak06]

Nice to see two of my favorite nuzlockers interacting it’s like a crossover episode

[@All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers]

That Flannery strategy execution was a thing of beauty.

[@Zoalsoul]

Seeing this reminded me of Christmas in 2005. Getting this game for Christmas and playing at night with my flashlight under my covers. It's so surreal how time has just vanished. The memories are so bittersweet. Thank you Sliph.

[@sceptile2794]

Thanks for having me on thumbnail! Suggestions: please do some other types of nuzlockes too. Variety is the spice of life.

[@SilphSpectre]

No problem Sceptile; thanks for your service in this run!

[@PirateCentral4540]

Nah bro there is no way you’re here Sceptile

[@srirammohan2597]

@@SilphSpectre Silph do a nuzlocke in Pokemon Legends Arceus

[@raymondjones7423]

@@SilphSpectre Hey Silph Love your videos. I wanted to post an idea that would be fun to see. I would love to see you do a "Falconry" run.🦅🦅 It's a rule set I devised in which you can nuzlocke or not. Basically you only can use Bird of Prey, dog, and Horse Pokemon. You can have only up to 3 Pokemon in your party at a time and at least 1 of them has to be a Bird Pokemon. You run it with either 2 Birds and a Dog, 2 Dogs and a Bird, or 1 bird dog and Horse. This is inspired by Kazakhstan eagle hunters and English Falconry practices. Other than that you can run it hardcore, a normal playthrough, or a normal nuzlocke. You don't necessarily start over when you lose a battle but lose when you lose all your eligible bird Pokemon. So if you still have a Bird in your box your still eligible but if your last bird Pokemon dies you must start over. Hope this gives you another idea for a video. Love your content

[@oscarwijkamp770]

“Wowie got an Owie” I laughed a lot harder than I should have haha Lovely run Silph, keep it up

[@three-b4212]

This video showcases why I love grass types more than any other. They may have a fair amount of weaknesses and drawbacks, but they make up for it with great versatility. Especially in terms of stat boosts and conditions.

[@mitchdominick9799]

It took me until shroomish to figure out the name scheme lol. Pineapple kush/headband possibly, Acapulco gold, Maui Wowie, Blue/Poison ivy, Bubba kush, White Widow, Grandaddy Purps, and Fruit rollupz/ Roll Up. Clever name theme this go, good stuff silph.

[@RavenBlackHero]

Definitely a run I've been anticipating! Stoked to see how you'll get through a run with so many tough counters!

[@kagetaz8534]

30 years old and just started a new playthrough of Emerald with my OG copy and OG Gameboy SP after YEARS of it being lost and not working! Add Silph’s video to it and talk about the ULTIMATE nostalgia trip 😆😆😆😆

[@sedricgranger]

The variety of grass types in Hoenn are terrific! So much coverage and fun dual type combos!

[@Nate42494]

Glad Ludicolo got some love during this playthrough. Ludicolo is an excellent choice for the RSE games: Good bulk, good typing for the region, solid power and coverage. It's a bit of a wait to get, but you'll be rewarded in the end. Great video as always!

[@charles2860]

“No items in battle” proceeds to use pokeballs 😉 love your videos Silph been watching for ages but this only just occurred to me. All the best man

[@davidshowalter120]

I have a theory that Breloom is cursed to hardly ever make it to the end of a Nuzlocke. Another fantastic run! I love this channel! Thanks Silph!

[@starcrusher7304]

It's because breloom is extremely frail, so when it misses a KO, it's probably gonna die. Poor breloom, one of my fav mons.

[@JonJon-pj9ly]

I did this too. I wiped more than 30 times, including one to Wally, one to Juan and one to Glacia. I eventually succeeded, Shiftry is such a BEAST. I was waiting a long time for silph to try it. Its definetly worth It, but I think dark in emerald is Just as hard. Edit: I did the ultra hardcore version, in Ruby, where you dont have lombre/ludicolo to fight Flannery, Winona, and Drake. And the final Boss is Steven rather than Wallace, so theres no realiable way to Deal with his Metagross (and Skarmory). Almost. Its doable.

[@aksharpatel2619]

This video really made me realize how much I love Pokémon emerald, one of my favorite video games ever

[@starblitzz7283]

This man keeps getting funnier and funnier! The comedy elements of the video really enhance the experience so keep it up!

[@Lurichans]

I look forward to these literally every week. Over the last year or so, your videos have become part of my everyday routine (I actually fall asleep to them at night and then come back and pick up where I left off) and I couldn’t ask for a better piece of entertainment! Your jokes and one-liners are honestly the best and I’ve already laughed at least 4 times at 2 and a half minutes in! Thanks for being so awesome, Silph!! 💚🍀

[@superbodoque7860]

I swear man ever since I started watching you all my opponent's mons survive in the red when I thought they were toast for sure, so I'm blaming you XD

[@whatthebeardoin3160]

Here's hoping you use Cradily in this one! One of my favorite grass types and definitely my favorite fossil

[@burkeychathouse5537]

Good morning, good morning! Silph, have you thought about doing an XD gale of darkness or Collusseum nuzlocke? They are both technically main series games and would be interesting to see. I am 95% sure a dark type monorun of XD is possible as you get three dark types right off the bat.

[@camdenplays5443]

This nickname theme is wild, absolutely love it

[@cesarflamenco9484]

Alright, this has been one of the Nuzlockes challenges I have been waiting to see on this channel for a long time. Hoenn has a lot of neat options for Grass Pokemon and some of they finally got the chance to shine here. Also props to Silph this run since I believe this is the first run where he finally manages to defeat the extra Steven fight in the end.

[@perryjames9139]

The adlibs in this video are outstanding!!! The arnold clip is a gem.

[@TallManVanitas]

I don’t think I’ve clicked one of your Monotype Nuzlockes quicker than this one. Here’s hoping for a FireRed/LeafGreen Mono-Electric run in the future!

[@Ninj4Squirtle]

Isn't that just 3 pokemon? Ouch

[@AndzyGM]

@@Ninj4Squirtle well 4 if you include Zapdos but knowning this man he doesn't include Legendaries so yeah 3 Pokemon lol

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

@@Ninj4Squirtle Raichu, Electrode, Magneton, Electabuzz?

[@Ninj4Squirtle]

@@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy I forgot electabuzz. But voltorb magnetite and electabuzz are all in the same area arnt they?

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

@@Ninj4Squirtle isn't electabuzz in the hotel? I remember seeing magmar there. But I'm pretty sure Electrode and Magneton are in the same area Edit: not hotel mansion

[@raymondjones7423]

I would love to see you do a "Falconry" run.🦅🦅 It's a rule set I devised in which you can nuzlocke or not. Basically you only can use Bird of Prey, dog, and Horse Pokemon. You can have only up to 3 Pokemon in your party at a time and at least 1 of them has to be a Bird Pokemon. You run it with either 2 Birds and a Dog, 2 Dogs and a Bird, or 1 bird dog and Horse. This is inspired by Kazakhstan eagle hunters and English Falconry practices. Other than that you can run it hardcore, a normal playthrough, or a normal nuzlocke. You don't necessarily start over when you lose a battle but lose when you lose all your eligible bird Pokemon. So if you still have a Bird in your box your still eligible but if your last bird Pokemon dies you must start over. Hope this gives you another idea for a video.

[@CurlyCat3]

i wasn’t ready for the editing in this one 😂 great video as always!!!

[@ClassicCobalt]

Silph your videos are amazing the Strats The Plays THE COMEDY bro it's the best!

[@SilphSpectre]

Hey thanks so much! Very glad to hear you're enjoying them :D

[@radjimenez8383]

Quagmire's giggty got me good lol

[@ethanfrogmanbirkin]

Bro the bit with the avatar movie cracked me up 🤣 was not expecting that

[@atomicpunk2360]

The fact that they’re all named after weed strains is seriously fucking awesome 😂

[@joeycilfone9802]

Got to say love that you put so much work into these hardcore nuzlocks and you always do your homework when it comes to them and the comedy is 10/10 🔥🔥. Sceptile was my favorite gen 3 fully evolved starter and emerald may very well be one of the greatest pokemon games of all time top 5 for sure

[@troyb5362]

Amazing run! Always appreciate you keeping us all entertained, Silph

[@bigboymatthew]

This makes me so happy. Love gen 3 love your gen 3 runs. Sceptile, Breloom and LUDICOLO are dope. Great vid

[@rub3r678]

I love the detail of putting the flower corner. How deep!

[@Jefe86]

What a great run! Loved seeing two of my fav Grass types in Sceptile and Ludicolo shine.

[@Jajanken98]

Hey Silph, great to see you back, hope you have enjoyed your vacation A suggestion for a run: what about a Fighting team on Pokémon FireRed, to be fair with you, you can have one of the hitmons as your starter, and would be nice if you do the post game, so you can catch some other Fightings poké like heracross and hitmontop

[@Arrowstorm19]

That was amazing! Thanks for doing a grass type nuzlocke on Emerald :)

[@ellabayarea]

Do a dog or cat only nuzlocke! Or maybe fish or bird looking Pokémon! Very different and good change of pace from type Pokémon nuzlockes

[@galaxydbx]

The comedy was on point! Great run as always Silph! Keep it up!

[@chrislaycock9813]

I laughed out at that Arnold bit. Keep up the good work!

[@jacoblawton7716]

I did this one myself a while ago for fun. It’s a good challenge, but not outrageously hard, and there’s a good selection of secondary typings to make for some interesting teams. Enjoyed seeing your take on it! I personally used a bellossom instead of vileplume just because I’d never used one, but vileplume is probably more useful.

[@rodrigosalamao]

It’s really funny to see the “Confused Lady” meme around the world. By the way, it’s a brazilian meme and we use it a lot around here. Thanks for the vid, Silph!

[@TheSphero]

Poor Wally thinks he's the protagonist, its adorable! Woo! Grass is my favorite type, with Shiftry being be favorite among them. For grass starters specifically, Its a toss up between Meganium, Sceptile, and Chesnaught. The utility Meganium has makes it a theoretically amazing 'lifestyle' pokemon for a more realistic journey, Sceptile is similar but trades direct support for much better battle capabilities, and I love Chesnaught's aggressive draintank/counter battle style.

[@scottythompson4958]

I'm so glad to see you popping more videos lately any chance we could get a dark only for scarlet or violet ?

[@Gachadon97]

This the 1st gardcore hoenn nuzlocke he beat post-game Steven. Nice work

[@8Charisma]

Great vid so far... how about themed nuzlockes like a feline 🐈 team run or a "sunny day" team so they have to have an ability affected by the sun (for extra difficulty you can't have sun down longer than 2 turns or you have to sack a pkmn at the end of that battle)

[@freebird1621]

Why did he go for sleep powder on the last Glalie instead of an attacking move? If he attacked it, it would of KO'd and he wouldn't have been hit by hail as that was the last Pokémon, saving his Vileplume. Also, I'm calling rain dance "rain dish" from now on lmao. Edit: Oh, rain dish is the name of the ability lol.

[@marcorossi2854]

Silph the only vanilla nuzlocker i enjoy

[@evident5961]

200 IQ rain dance at the end

[@MooN.Negi.]

can we still hope for some kind of tournament??? TPT remember...btw big fan

[@xIsaacCantu]

I wonder if a PURE grass team could have won this challenge. A lot of the run's core moments revolved around the fact that they were multi-typed pokemon. Either way, it was fun to watch. Congrats on your succesful run!

[@bigslappy823]

27:40 Gets asked a question related to current lifestyle. Gives a resounding "yes." Gets a TM with Giga in the name. That was an unintentionally meta joke.

[@Eeveethegamer26]

The moan after you repeatedly pounded Zigzagoon killed me 😂😂😂 Edit: 1:37

[@KimchiFarts]

Are there better technical players who have nuzlocke content? Yes. Is Silph still the best because of not only the quality of his videos, but also the hilarious voiceovers? Also, yes. 😂

[@big_rick_energyy4564]

Grass team that has the video end with 4(4:20) nice Silph

[@visioapparel4302]

Ya that intro made me realize just how many threats there are against grass in this gen. How rude of them

[@K-l808]

This bought back memories. I tried this when I was only 12.it was not a nuzlocke but I only used grass types in emerald. Thank you good sir for the wonderful vid.

[@MrMacdaddymcfly]

That 1st Zigzagoon got me good xD

[@tdhhellian7509]

I didn't get to start playing Pokemon games of my own until I was 15, despite being born into this series. Emerald has a lot of my favorite Pokemon. Swellow, Linoone, Sceptile, Blaziken, Metagross, Breloom, Flygon, Medicham 🤘👌

[@zerox933]

how did you make HIDDEN POWER type FIRE?? Here he always stays in the normal type, and in this old generation he doesn't have the GEM. Congrats on community pokemon service, I'm a huge fan! hug from Brazil!

[@Fotbollshugo]

It would have been hilarious if you would have picked up a sunkern in the new safari zone area after the elite four and smashed Steven with a sunflora after roasting it in the intro

[@erdapfel300]

Very well done Nuzlocke, congrats! One thing you might have forgotten is to get Sunflora for the final battle. (not that it mattered) :D

[@murarmight]

This run was insane ! Congratulations Silph

[@baileybird905]

okay you got a sub just for that clip from avatar. my favourite movies almost ever. you have good taste, friend.

[@andyoctapus1]

The audio clip from Arnold really got me good 😂😂😂

[@firstswordcorvus7368]

I know this video is kinda old, but there's a Seedot in the town of the first badge you need to catch a Ralts for. So you could've had one before Brawly, not that it would've helped much

[@thegaminggoose7]

Great video as always Silph. I got into Pokémon back with the original blue, yellow and red with my Gameboy colour, I also loved gold and silver too. However, I stopped playing after that even though I still loved Pokémon, I'm going to try and get back into it for sure. Anyway, thanks for another great video!

[@willem66508]

Who else uses silph videos to fall asleep? 😂

[@mitchboothe5152]

I thought I was the only one.

[@halowarrior917]

I did this using Sceptile, Ludicolo, Shiftry, Cacturne, Vileplume, Bellossom. Single hardest Mon to get past wasn't Torkoal or Altaria or even Skarmory. It was that goddamned Magneton. Your run comes down to 3 mons and a little RNG with each. It also requires abusing the rematch system with Rich Boy Winston and Lady Cindy, after beating Dad and getting the Amulet Coin from Mom. You'll soon have enough $$$ to buy game corner coins for TMs like Ice Beam (invaluable against Winona) As far as dealing with her Torkoal, double team spam is the best strat. Overheat only has 90 base accuracy, so it's a gamble, but one that can pay off in a big way if you get lucky enough for a turn 1 miss.

[@metroidhunter965]

I would like to see a Regi nuzlocke. The Regis, especially Regigigas, are seen as the weakest legendaries. That slow start ability would be brutal.

[@joehritz3rd-hb5yz]

A deathless battle against Winona 'wind' Ryder... that's a 'miracle seed' if I ever seen one.

[@christhompson3317]

Wowie got an owie… 🤣💀

[@Wellshem]

"Touch grass!" *Proceed to monotype hardcore nuzlocke with grass type*

[@brandondurant1381]

Thank you for still doing early gen nuzlockes. I won't watch any pokemon content past this game

[@tiemen9095]

25:15 The Swablu/Altaria line gets the ability "Natural Cure" which heals status on switching out. The AI that most major trainers have in Emerald is programmed to switch out if their pokemon with this ability get statused.

[@Razi-e]

Burst out laughing watching this after the pounding a zigzagoon sound edit! Unfortunately was at work on my lunch break and my coworker asked me what so funny 😅

[@garnetkyle]

your jokes were absolutely unhinged in this one

[@xylerramsay7748]

Who else is loving the consistency of uploads? Wait, plan come to fruition against May? I see what you did there 😏

[@relt1554]

Lileep would've been fine even if it wasn't in Mirage Tower. Fossils are counted as part of the location that you revive them, not where you received them. Check the Trainer Memo on their stat page.

[@xtreme843]

21:21 …. The moment in there video you laughed way harder than you should have

[@robstanley46]

Can I just say I’ve been watching your videos for a year now and they got me into doing nuzlockes of my own. I’m also so loving the new videos too👍

[@tarah2048]

23:15 After you beat the guy that gives you secret power you can head back to slateport and buy both secret and hidden power.

[@desmondkissoon8273]

I laughed so hard at the zigzagoon joke

[@MonosDBZ.]

I miss watching these, thank you bro 🫰🏻

[@jimboslice4753]

I about choked on my spaghetti on that avatar meme

[@matthewtucker1918]

Thanks for providing me with a good source of entertainment I really appreciate it Especially late at night when I’m just chilling

[@fruitpunchsamuraidavid]

Silph is a dad for sure!! All these puns is my proof!! Great video as per usual

[@wildtofurkey1013]

Love the change in the Intro :)

[@margaritaramirez7641]

The great one returns with grass nuzlock whooooooo

[@HollandTHG]

I adore seeing proper use of Nature Power! Excellent work.

[@kraussonny6906]

yeah, finally the grass type on emerald!!! have been waiting for so long!!

[@PeekabooMinecraft]

"You masochistic weirdo..." 😂

[@rboss5919]

So you can actually get the Oddish pre-Brawly. It's not *great* since it doesn't evolve until after Brawly but it can give you a little wiggle room.

[@malcotheblerd5268]

This nickname theme xD love this and your videos.

[@nishant9289]

0:09 Poison in S-Tier ... YEP! That's how you impress a random video visitor like me! EDIT: 0:12 I guess I need to take back my words that I was impressed. But anyway, I'll watch this video.