CAN I BEAT A POKÉMON HEARTGOLD HARDCORE NUZLOCKE WITH ONLY GROUND TYPES!?

[@SilphSpectre]

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[@obiwon8295]

Hardcore nuzlocke but you can only use the rarest pokemon from each route.

[@marcroeffen4701]

Or maybe a fighting type run again would be interesting, the last one of those was a year ago. And in terms of interesting games to do it on would be X, Y or one of the newer games like sword, shield, scarlet or violet If no better plans though

[@psychogamerplays9794]

My son loves your videos and wants to see if you would do a Hardcore Nuzlocke of Ultra Sun with Fire types.

[@neehime6]

Love your vids as always. Can i suggest one nuzloke run here? It would be amazing if you can do a only bug crystal nuzloke run alm the way until red. And as a 2nd part of the run (maybe you could do a new series of this as a post game series) try to do a complete run at the battle tower after beating red with softlock rules (if your team loses you cannot use same 3 pokemon together anymore so you have at least to change 1 in order to try again). So if you beat red you pokemon should do the lvl of the closest lvl posible (probably lvl 70) That would be amazing cos the battle tower cheats (3 horn drill in a row is one of my darkest memories back them when i was a kid playing battle tower with a supper slow pc so i watched that hp bar dissappear in lile 15secs) Best regards!!

[@nate_freeman18]

Just something I wanted to point out: in the cliff cave you can actually repel manipulate encounters to get a Steelix, you just make sure a Pokémon at level 23 is at the front of your party which I can understand if you couldn’t do it

[@modelomegatyler]

45:50 there's some poetry in the fact that the first gym leader red ever faced gave you the tool you needed to best him.

[@winnerthecoolguy2009]

After constant months of asking and giving up I finally got my wish 😭

[@All-Fur-Coat_No-Trousers]

Bless you, person of tenacity

[@seifer447]

Your wish was granted. So happy for you and us.

[@TrashCanDolfie]

And here i got my foreskin removed... shit really ain't fair huh

[@Aaron.Seabolt]

Ask and you shall receive. That being said Silph post feet pictures.

[@tastychapstick2213]

NEVER BACK DOWN, NEVER WHAT?

[@MadameTeqi]

Ground type is high among my favorite, and heart gold and soul silver speak for themselves as the most incredible games in the franchise. I'm so excited to see this one!

[@mjja4783]

In the… franchise? First time I’ve seen someone say that can’t lie

[@mvd3804]

@@mjja4783I agree though. Pokemon following. Beautiful scenery. 2 regions. Many legendaries to catch. Challenging postgame because you can re battle the gymleaders and battle red. But for me its mostly the scenery

[@sd80mac]

That's a pretty widely-held view@@mjja4783

[@romannamor95]

@@mjja4783what game(s) is better than HG/SS?

[@anthonyt425]

@@mjja4783It’s actually a pretty common opinion. HG/SS is arguably the best, if not in the top 3 for most Pokemon fans.

[@KimJongPhil]

20:45 lol as a dad, you have the dad joke stamp of approval.

[@LAZERAK47V2]

WOW dude. Giving props to Giddy, Entity and the Nidos at the end, but straight up NOT acknowledging Ric *completely invalidating* your team's biggest weakness? #JusticeforRic

[@ekonthungcyrusngullie4391]

Just imagine if sheerforce was available in gen 4, Nidoking here would be a beast!

[@williamgillespieiii2600]

The foreshadowing of the Dragonite/Nidoking stare down. Chefs kiss

[@Fizzys_FunFest]

Okay but “Grass on the trees???” Is the best quote from silph 😂

[@seldomsane5278]

Just want to give a shout out to the grinding you do for these vids. Whether it be the game corner, EV training or just getting your pokemon leveled to Red's pokemon, the work you put in is next level. As always, cheers for the content.

[@melzbellz7768]

Donphan has always been one of my favorite ground types from gen 2

[@rossnsuchthangs]

When you forgot the "L" in your rivals name you should have said, "don't worry we will hand him plenty of L's later.".

[@masterjoda999]

In your mom's defense on those Wacan berries, I don't think you ever actually told her you were using ground types only.

[@colevitiritto8976]

gliscor is one of the most underrated mons of all time imo, especially for a nuzlocke.

[@onslaught6677]

Excuse me, underrated? You should watch or play some competitive pokemon

[@SentretPeanut]

Gliscor is my favorite ground type Pokémon ❤️ wish I had more opportunities to use it through a play through though :( Also it’s shiny is amazing! ♥️♥️♥️

[@jaddal2215]

"underrated"

[@Thund3rDrag0n12]

I have not met a single person who is unaware of how good Gliscor is

[@colevitiritto8976]

@@onslaught6677 I meant in the scope of a casual playthrough, not competitive. my point is it’s very well documented how good a mon like gyarados is for a casual playthrough or nuzlocke, but i think gliscor is just about as good. at least to me.

[@alex28582]

Ah yes... grass on the trees... my favorite band 😂

[@miguelsuaza4413]

My man Ppl eater deserved way more. I call foul play from Pryce! #justiceforppleater

[@MonyMonyK103]

Love the Gen 2 remakes!!! Way to go!

[@PattyDaddy15]

“Grass on the trees” lol, amazing video silph!

[@voiceappeal]

18:44 cracked me up 😂

[@Vesdus]

The naming convention is Mad Max! This one was a bit harder than the others, but People Eater and Rockatan really gave it away to me.

[@Brokenscam]

I haven’t watched any of the Mad Max films, so I wouldn’t know. Thank you for sharing.

[@KimJongPhil]

Ditto person above me. I was like wtf is his theme?!

[@ThePokeTran]

LMAO okay the Baoba pronunciations intentionally getting progressively worse is sending me

[@marsella527]

Starting the playthrough with that Oak joke...? I'm sold

[@wren842]

Hell yeah, Entity! I absolutely love Donphan and I'm glad it got featured in your video.

[@DivineTidepod]

Nothing like getting high and watching Silph on a Sunday 😎🥰

[@chasebannedspeedrun]

I needed a new Silph Spectre episode today. I started watching like a month ago and I've watched every one twice at this point, Monotype nuzlocke content is my comfort thing at the moment I guess? And you have some of the best out there, keep it up

[@mikeb-easy]

Yes!!!!!.... I been waiting for another silph upload, Lord Arceus answered, lol 😂❤

[@Klmp13]

How dare you not showcase Phanpy's adorableness when you talked about ground types great designs 😂

[@ymac1999]

2 tusky bois , the nidopairs, and ofc Ric. Gr8 vid

[@choppertheman302]

Love the vids always outs a smile on my face to watch then keep up the good work!

[@sunnicune3396]

Honey, wake up! New Silph video dropped.

[@ers5255]

You can get Onix before Falkner - you must catch Bellsprout and teade it in house near PokeCenter. IDK if it's eligible encounter for you.

[@jacobhoff7960]

Babe wake up, a new Silph video dropped

[@objectryshorts5407]

Rip quagsire😢 and it's one of the best mono type nuzlocke on you're channel

[@legionkubi]

Babe wake up, new SilphSpectre video

[@TheAquarius87]

Last time I was this early, the physical and special stats weren't split!

[@fernandoguillen5996]

The Golem line is one of the best early game pokemon you can obtain. Strong against Falkner, Bugsy and Jasmine, also a female geodude with rock smash and defense curl is good against whitney. In Kanto is good agaisnt Brock, Surge and Blaine

[@decidukye4563]

That "box fury" joke was so ace!

[@joaonatalio3124]

The legend returns when we need him the most

[@mariodiaz262000]

His return was told in the prophecies… Now he’s back to bless us all 🥲🥲 Missed ya Silph, awesome video!! 🤌🏽🤌🏽

[@JoeKell365]

27:53 most competitive players have never had a Sub last as long as the one created here, and the only reason it broke is because you were forced to switch

[@Scatteredpast]

Heartgold was, and honestly still is, my all time favorite pokemon game. Great run!

[@philipspigelmeyer959]

Omg at 2:53 i didnt even realize there was an upstairs at the lab. 😂😂😂 ive never seen anyone ever go up there. 😂😂😂

[@13Jordanator]

Would’ve chosen Totodile as starter then Chikorita would’ve been a bigger threat due to resisting ground

[@antoinepaulhiac99]

Yeah especially with Rival 2 when u have two 2× weakness to razor leaf and just sandshrew in your team 😂

[@wouwtunes1564]

yes, also the challenge was immediately a lot easier with quagsire's water absorb

[@evawhite1144]

At this point, I'm sure the only reason he decided to give the rival Totodile and not Chikorita is because the rival fight in Azalea would've been impossible to beat with the team Silph had at that point, going against a potential Bayleef. He had a Geodude, Wooper, and Sandshrew. I really, really can't see him defeating a Bayleef that has Razor Leaf with those guys. But also, giving him Totodile is a joke, given that his Wooper had water absorb. So Bayleff would've been impossible to beat in Azalea, and Croconaw is a joke with water absorb wooper. Though I agree that it would've been interesting to see him try and strategize and come up with a plan to try and beat the rival's Bayleef. Would've made things more interesting and challenging.

[@raptorneon4919]

Okay I have a question. Are all my games glitched because every time an enemy opponent used roost and I hit it with a move that WAS ONLY SUPEREEFECTIVE against FLYING types, I still get the super effective damage

[@gedlegedleh1799]

“Grass on the trees” this is gonna be good

[@jamesstone404]

Here is 2025 for the dopamine hit of Heart Gold playthroughs while I still sit here shiny hunting for the Legendary beast in this game.

[@MoreSystemSilver]

Isn’t the level cap for Pryce 34 not 35, but I can’t blame, jhoto level curve is wierd

[@UncleDude19]

Great video as always! I loved the last part when you showed off your team nice touch!

[@mvd3804]

19:01 actually funny haha I never knew quagsires sprite looked like that

[@MooN.Negi.]

I'm about eat dinner. And seeing video coming now be I'm be like:- This meal will be legendary.🗿

[@wildtofurkey1013]

It's 1am in Australia and I got in on a SilphSpectre video. Let's go. Being this late I survived on literally 1HP 😂

[@quintonfloyd420]

The way you approached the Red battle was weirdly clumsy. Pikachu was set-up fodder for Donphan. His moveset could've been modified to solo sweep Red pretty easily. Could've set up sandstorm with Quagsire, swapped to Donphan with a moveset of substitute, rock polish, earthquake, and a coverage move for Charizard.

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

I like to think Celebi now has multi timeline beef with Sandshrew

[@shirox11]

A silph Nuzlocke is just what i needed on this kinda crappy day.

[@jeremythetiger7095]

Hooray for Marowak for not dying like its mother did

[@TheVegasaur]

You're back!!❤🎉😂

[@porkysugrim]

I think that Venasaur was able to OHKO because Overgrow was active

[@georgewells8585]

Liverpool won and then this drops, what a day!

[@djshdjd3920]

Idk how to explain it but your voice and your commentary is so comforting, keep going

[@suckadoesstuff7095]

Could've easily saved that dugtrio against red if you had switched your quagsire in on his laprass and then could've yawned it beat it then continued the yawnin until victory

[@grundgutigertv6170]

21:25 I understood "Eggmite" and didnt even question it. A Fusion of eggsecute and Magnemite would be pretty weird

[@blujay5147]

Legends say that PPL Eater is still in timeout

[@SemuEight]

4:09 yea its like you get stone for free

[@buckstop]

"And grass in the trees" Hmm

[@CalebWalsh45]

I’ve been playing Pokémon for 18 years and I never knew that they lost their flying type after they use roost

[@RedDragonForce2]

You didn’t get Rocky? Bellsprout learns cut, so you could have caught Bellsprout to trade for Rocky!! Why you doing Rocky dirty!!

[@Clouded-Logic]

The way wooper looks at the screen when you send him out kills me.

[@Bscrizz]

As a Canadian, you should know to never underestimate snow/ice 🤣

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

Pretty nice, Silph! You are one who takes pokemon challenges seriously and consequently, always gives us, you expectations, the best possible challenge! Too much fun, too much emotion... you're definitely, one of the poketubers! 👏👏👏

[@josephippolito3788]

Posted 45 seconds ago......wow I have never been so early. But I am looking forward to this video as always.

[@mitsukiakiyama3041]

That lv17 Marowak had a rough childhood as a Cubone, he had to grow up fast lol

[@benediktwindisch2778]

I just heard that a few days ago when you go in the cave before Safari zone and get a Pokémon at lvl 19 in front of your team with repel you have a chance for a wild Steelix. I love the remakes as I started Pokemon with Crystal in 2001 and for me they're the best Pokémon games, together with Emerald and Crystal

[@chrisD1711]

I can understand if it was due to time pressure for the video, but i just got to mention it. Dont recall which day but one day a week there is no hail on mt silver so you wouldn't have to waste a turn on sandstorm and just OHK the pikachu and have dugtrio at full hp.

[@griever4519]

After doing a sandstorm team playthrough of Soulsilver, Sandslash has earned a special place for me. It performed way better than I thought it would.

[@KimJongPhil]

I'm currently standing in front of red in ss on a poison type playthrough. I've always loved poison types(crobat tentacruel nidoking and gengar have always been hard-core favs of mine) but I've never used a drapion and I haven't used a victreebel since I was a child(silver first play through). I have a very deep respect for sniper nights lash cross poison drapion and sunny day solar beam leaf blade chlorophyll vicreebell. Sweepers for sure!

[@adriancovelo]

Man, you are the GOAT of entertainment nuzlockes! Always looking forward to seeing your next video!

[@derrickbusby3560]

Pokemon Fire Red Omega poison type team please sir. I'm a huge fan of all your videos. Keep up the great work

[@miscellaneousmastermind8817]

Silph, you and flygonhg should do a soullink

[@wheatthins4565]

Nidoking survives both Poison and Ground playthroughs of this game

[@curtissearle6462]

The Nido's flexibility are so underrated they are all Stars everytime I use them

[@TommyCG_]

Donphan is my favorite pokemon, and I am so excited I got to see it used in a run finally!

[@SnazzieAzzie]

This Challenge is Proof that Nidoking is the OG GOAT

[@thatponybro6940]

you should do a 6 Wooloo run and call it the comfiest run

[@JumbraVR]

So glad to see Giddy in a video. That’s my son Gideon’s nickname, it was great to hear he got MVP ❤

[@brunodelpasso]

Ground pokémons desing are really cool

[@jonathanstewart8106]

You did my boy ric dirty with that final battle Silph!

[@blaxkstar1431]

THERES NO WAY ! this man is a psychic type. I’m almost done my mono ground type team play through of heartgold then silph uploads this video! Goated!

[@cesarflamenco9484]

Another cool run. Ground Type is the only type that doesn't have a specialist in Johto, so this was exciting to watch. Cool to see Donphan, Quagsire, and the Nidos together used. Shame we couldn't see Gliscor used, but considering how much of a pain it is to get in most games, it's understandable.

[@garrisoncornwell9585]

Honestly I don’t even know who would be the mvp of this team. Every Pokémon performed exceptionally well and all of them did what they were supposed to do with some surprising results. If I have to pick one I would have to also pick giddy just because I didn’t expect a dugtrio to be that useful but he did amazing. Finally I would consider this a deathless run because it’s almost impossible to keep a deathless monotype run when facing red. This was one of my favorite runs you’ve done and I’m excited to see some more. Maybe more scarlet and violet ribs? :)

[@MasterofInterspace]

I wouldn't go for allowing pokemon that will gain the necessary type unless it's the first one you catch and there's none for a while. By these same rules, why wouldn't Altaria have been allowed in the normal run?

[@AntoineLavoisier]

Sandshrew get back in the water!

[@DrengrByHeart]

Silph is a fun predrinking game. Everytime he says but, you need to take a sip or shot...

[@Vekk669]

I barely use any ground types ever. The missing speed was always a big problem for me. Ghost/Bug/Ice always my go to if possible :D

[@norbelarchilla5578]

I'd count Rhyhorn as a death cause that was dirty, leaving him in the box and not seeing the light of the definitely real DS

[@Neogen2298]

You could of got a straight steelix in the cliff cave with a certain level pokemon

[@NathanWooley]

I'm pretty sure you were initially correct at 16:30, Ice Beam, Flamethrower, T-bolt etc changed from 95 to 90 in Gen 6! haha

[@Gwynbleidd1724]

Every time Silph does a nuzlocke, I will be here!

[@anthonyanglemyer]

Deathless until Red...yep, this was one of your best challenge runs yet. Always good to see you upload. 😁 So, just curious, how has life been treating you? Hopefully things are good with you. Haven't heard anything about your 'big project' in quite some time, is that going well?

[@alvinnarciso6130]

I’ve been going through a lot. Thanks for coming out with a video when I’m down haha

[@dylanlabon9667]

The editing in the beginning of this video is wild! XD