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

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Pokemon Platinum is one of my favorite games in the franchise, and there are a lot of great dark type options in Gen 4... but might it be a bit more challenging than expected in a hardcore nuzlocke? Let's find out!
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 Platinum Hardcore Nuzlocke with only Dark types?
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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 trading/importing Pokémon, Items, etc.
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[@platinumfanboy8201]

so I played pokemon platinum at least 20 times. and i have seen at least 50 runs of it. but this is the first time that someone told me that there is a dusk stone in that cave. thank you for blessing me with more knowledge

[@SilphSpectre]

It's quite an interesting one too since that part of the cave is blocked off until lategame in D/P! Hope you find it as useful as I did 😄

[@platinumfanboy8201]

@@SilphSpectre surely it will! Have a good evening and a great start to the next week :)

[@theepicergreninja3018]

I like how your name is platinum fanboy

[@RavenDeathKnight]

Funny coming from a fanboy

[@ushkill7986]

👏👏

[@lakshaygandhi5509]

Umbreon: absolutely walls ground type elite Four Sylph: no praise *Sad umbreon noises*

[@lenoob_2359]

Random kid in department store: I'm gonna give an hp up to my kricketot. Silph: *Vietnam flashbacks intensify*

[@acriolu]

Best way to wake up on a lazy Sunday, watching a Silph Nuzlocke still in jammies.

[@romanlorimer9728]

Actually though

[@catrycerz]

I can vibe with that~

[@rylanmorgan9753]

You are so right

[@Cuteguy6911]

Amen sister

[@JJ_yaboi]

True I didn't get out my bed

[@visioapparel4302]

UMBREON! So glad we get a Halloween themed episode thanks Silph!!

[@fletch2772]

Umbreon is fun

[@yoshpeters3079]

Isn’t Halloween ghost type?

[@kk29992]

F u n n y

[@wheeler116]

@@yoshpeters3079 ghost and dark I’d say. Maybe bug and poison too

[@uwvbolkosqynxyjsdzsa467]

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[@JesseNightingale]

26:48 Barry is totally the type of guy to have a 20 level lead on the gym's lol

[@MrMonkey2150]

Na he just so pumped that he flipping climbed up those rocks himself using his hands

[@hawkeyeCFB]

Super Luck absolutely rubbed off on the team. What a great run, where we got to see everyone fully evolved and pull their weight to make it a successful run. Way to go, Silph!

[@OfficialBrandonEmeka]

Taking advantage of the fog with Faint Attack is a pretty cool strat! I'll be sure to try to do the same in my next Sinnoh run.

[@SilverScarletSpider]

When was this?

[@ItsFireTiger]

I think I'd rather use defog. What are the odds of getting a Mon that have non missing moves like Faint Attack or Aerial Ace in certain Nuzlockes?

[@JoshuaWebbs]

@@ItsFireTiger it's do-able

[@LG-ii7gl]

@@ItsFireTiger HMS suck man I'd rather go out of my way for aerial ace or faint attack since they're actually good moves for that part of the game and can be easily replaced unlike the tumours that are mostly useless HMS

[@garrettradtke4840]

I never knew that there was a razor claw in the Galactic HQ, makes sense as to the fact that the next time you battle Cyrus he has a weavile as opposed to his sneasle.

[@SilphSpectre]

Hey all! Hope you guys are excited for what is certainly an interesting run - the Dark types deserved some extra love I thought, and Platinum's a super fun game for it! A big thanks to Raid for supporting the channel so much and allowing me to get more videos out for you guys. If you haven't yet make sure to try the game out: clik.cc/7Ce7I Gonna be working hard to try and get you guys another Halloween Special for next week so make sure you're Subscribed so ya don't miss it!

[@pedromiguelabdofidelisdepa4732]

I'm blue dabadeedabada

[@MujtabaHashirhusnain]

Dududuududududu

[@Ando1428]

I don't think the losses at the pokemon champion should count as deaths. They are imputed into the hall of fame. They should get the glory.

[@1jhonyx]

Could you try an monotype fire type emerald nuzlocke

[@erikramirez8671]

silph what is the wedsite you play your games on?

[@readerdragon7783]

I would suggest using a pokemon randomizer to set one of the starters to be a dark type pokemon so you can have it from the get-go!

[@pedromiguelabdofidelisdepa4732]

I suggested something like that once and he said he likes to keep the vanilla games as vanilla as possible

[@willowwhisper6575]

I think he doesn't play on a PC, that's why he cannot do that

[@OfficialBrandonEmeka]

@@pedromiguelabdofidelisdepa4732 but then he adds in Murkrow and Stunky, when one can’t catch them in Platinum… Hopefully he reconsiders for future videos lol

[@sebastiana.zepedalopez9642]

And how did he do that by the way? I want to put Solrock or Lunatune in a Psychic run that i'm trying but i don't know how

[@astaldo]

@@sebastiana.zepedalopez9642 universal Pokémon randomizer

[@naftalilipman8153]

You should do a new type of run that I invented Called a Mono-Weakness run Instead of only using pokemon of one type, you only use pokemon who are all weak to one type. This would give you lots of choice depending on the type you choose but whenever that type shows up you're in for a challenge

[@truechaosmulala3831]

Maybe a only 4x weakness run

[@AaronWebber9]

Ah excellent, something to watch while I eat lunch. Always enjoy the monotype hardcore nuzlockes, appreciate the content.

[@jadenwolf6951]

As an FE 3 Houses Fan all I can imagine is that when Houndoom comes out trainer Sylph in game screams “Dimitri, KILL EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM.”

[@saintwarriorwithin2226]

A great way to be entertained for an hour drive lol

[@RedMadMichael]

How 2 hrs ago?

[@saintwarriorwithin2226]

@@RedMadMichael ??

[@RedMadMichael]

@@saintwarriorwithin2226 this video was posted an hour ago, your comment says 4 hours ago. When i commented your comment was 2 hours ago and that was 6 minutes after it was posted

[@saintwarriorwithin2226]

@@RedMadMichael Patron Early access.

[@nayreel3529]

This series is absolutely awesome, you are consistently outputting some of the best nuzlocke content out there imo. You're producing so many videos, and yet each of them are still extremely good quality! Thank you so much for your videos!

[@Lotloxa]

It’s interesting you talked about how bad the Dark types are before the Physical-Special split. It makes me curious how strong the other types are in their generations. Fairy certainly isn’t a type you’ve done yet~

[@infinitethunder6184]

I know Gengar was completely screwed over until Gen 4. Both Ghost and Poison used to be physical types. And, as we all know, Gengar is not a physical attacker. So running STAB moves was essentially suicide. It had to rely on Psychic as it's best move

[@mirandaoakwood8612]

So many got screwed over before the physical specials split: gyarados didn't have any physical STABS due to water being all special Flareon, Arcanine couldn't use their higher physical due to fire being all special Butterfree, Venomoth, Masquerain couldn't properly use bug because it was all physical Hitmonchan couldn't use the elemental punches properly because they were all special The list goes on but you get the idea; Gen 1-3 hurt a lot of pokemon.

[@nidohime6233]

Gyarados was a interesting one. In the first gen it was incredible because not only for its inmense Attack but also because back then Special Attack and Special Defense where merged in the same stat so Gyarados also had "both" good Special Attack and Special Defense at the same time. But during gen 2 it came the physical/special stat split, making Gyarados somewhat useless because it gived Gyarados a terrible Special Attack, and since Water types where of the special category in the first 3 gens it made the poor thing being one of the worse water type Pokémon for many years. It wasn´t until gen 4 it become a beast again with the physical and special moves split. But also the physical/special split wasn´t always good for all Pokémon, Dodrio was very dangerous for its Tri Attack in the first 3 gens until it became a special move, so Tri Attack is now Porygon-Z´s signature move while Dodrio is now rarelly seeing in battles.

[@pikminman13]

@@mirandaoakwood8612 you say that as if flareon was worth anything at all until like gen 7 (i think thats when it got flare blitz) but even then its still terrible (unless you play a rom hack then its pretty good)

[@vaiyt]

In gen 1, psychic was overpowered because none of its weaknesses worked properly, but the real MVP was Normal. Normal moves hit basically everything and had the best physical moves in the game in the form of STAB Body Slam and Hyper Beam. Both fighting-type moves and Pokémon sucked so they weren't an adequate counter. Rock had its only success story as a defensive type because of Rock/Ground being able to switch in on Normal and Electric moves. People think Alakazam was the most powerful regular mon in gen1, but it got bodied by Tauros, Chansey and Snorlax.

[@boltthunder2061]

Boss: Quick we need shiny idea! Random employee: dim the sprite a little bit Boss: Brilliant you get a raise

[@Osama_Rashid]

Damn, that hurts 😔.

[@tdhhellian7509]

Your brave nature sneasle had IV's in defense. It's - speed shouldn't've been bad as long as you put some EV's into them. That's a decent sneasle :)

[@Flowery0]

I love how pokewalker(another item + another game) is ok for no connecting rule, but underground(minigame) isn't

[@akashsil9994]

9:05 yes. It's the only reason I nuzlocke Diamond instead of Platinum.

[@charyxard5086]

Wow. What a freaking cool run. Kinda wanna make myself playing some dark type challange. Amazing video! Really it was often really close and very entertaining I enjoyed it definitely!

[@theoryofeeveelution]

Seeing this uploaded on my birthday is just so sweet! I really do enjoy your Nuzlocke runs Silph and I hope that you continue with them. Also I really miss your True Power tournaments. I hope maybe one day a Sinnoh one is possible :)

[@Ianni1994]

What a cool run. Dark tipe is my fav and watching the team clutching multiple times and come all together up to the final battle was amazing. Thanks man

[@ahumanbeingfromtheearth1502]

Fun fact: despite the fact that dark used to be a special type, there is not a single attacking dark type move that existed before gen 4 that diddnt become physical after the physical/special split. Seriously look it up, there is not a single dark type move that is currently special that existed before gen 4. Apparently game freak also realised how stupid it was to make so many physically focused pokemon with a special type.

[@boxofturtles761]

Almost as bad, ghost moves were all physical before gen 4, but some ghost moves stayed physical like lick

[@dubblgg9615]

"Togetic is like the embobinment of light,get that thing away from me!" This is the murder bird,he might look cute and innocent like that,but have it in front of you while paralysed,and you'll understand its way more evil than any dark or ghost type.

[@samanthastafford3319]

This run through made me realize how much I love dark types. Never realized it before for some reason.

[@aappaapp6627]

Babe wake up, silph just posted

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

Wow Silph that was super! Dark types are nice, after all, more than I thought! I have to say, this challenge really caught my attention from the beginning to the very end! Man, your challenges are always worth watching, no doubt! Lots of fun! Thank you!

[@anthonyanglemyer]

Very good work! I bet this felt liberating after losing the Dark-type Emerald Nuzlocke some time ago. Redemption never tasted so sweet. Current record now stands at 16/4. Well done. Now, your pinned comment mentioned you planning a special for Halloween, so best of luck with that. I'm sure it'll turn out good, but don't stress out over it or anything. Also, love the Zelda naming convention. Real clever.

[@averageshmo]

Dark types never get enough love so thanks for giving them some. Keep it up man you're the only hard-core nuzlocke KZbinr I consistently come back to, thanks for the great content 👍

[@triggeredcat120]

I wasn't familiar with Nuzlocke challenges and watched a few and now I can't stop watching them. I love playing Pokemon while watching people play Pokemon. Edit: Your sense of humour kills me. 😂😂

[@tomfrost6049]

Best part of all these nuzlocke challenges I have watched, I hate seeing the sacrifices of Pokémon in the elite 4 and/or champion battle so I'm so happy those brave Pokémon are still registered in your hall of fame induction for completing the run. It shouldn't mean much to me but it does, every Pokémon truly matters.

[@crimsonbloodmoon8826]

I personally would’ve chosen Turtwig, so that by the end of the game, my rival would have Infernape, the hardest of the three starters for an all-dark team to fight. But, then again, I am a masochist.

[@FalcoNat]

Empoleon is your favorite Gen 4 starter, but Torterra is close behind? I agree. You have good taste, Silph.

[@kotaguy]

My fav is Infernape

[@akashsil9994]

3:43 YES!!! FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT!!! What ENHANCED version removes Pokemon from the game ? (Totally not salty because Honchkrow is one of my favourite Pokemon😏)

[@sadgirlhours4088]

Loved the naming scheme of zelda baddies, minus dimitri and nayru. It's insane how much revali managed to, ironically, survive all those times he should have died. And even to the end. Honchcrow revali is the superior birb

[@heyitsmeobama4335]

The way you word your narrations gives me mini heart attacks man. “I thought we could live two attacks… and we do” loving these nuzlocke runs, keep it up

[@timmyward1105]

"I think I like super luck..." I think I like YOU Silph! 👏👏

[@lauderdaleceo3704]

Love these challenge runs...just subscribed 💪🏾💯

[@GirtaniaGaming]

Absolutely perfect timing, i logged on and got this in my feed just as i went to watch one video while eating dinner!

[@azumafoo2688]

Your quality is unmatched among hc nuzlockers imo. Will always be a fan keep up the great work a great start to my weeks :)

[@nishchaldayal419]

I love Your channel and challenges. Plus your voice is amazing!

[@SilphSpectre]

That means a lot Nishchal! Thanks for your support 🙌

[@aaronzartler8492]

Damn you Silph, getting me hooked on listening to nuzlockes while I’m at work, I need more!

[@Carnage88]

Something Silph never says: "All my Pokemon have the perfect nature's and abilities" Lmao XD

[@Gemini_Blessed_Boy]

I simply loved the team, my edgy teen is coming, but I don't care: Weaville is such a good Pokemon, frail but reliable with the high Atk and great spd. Houndoom is a great choice for a Fire type in Sinnoh (most people use Monferno), and one of the few Dark type Special attackers. Drapion is a beast!! great Def and Atk, Dark-Posion is such a good type combination only weak to ground Hounchkrow has some drip going on, Mix attacker and Flying gives you an asnwer to fighting. Absol has crazy attack but lackluster everything else however if you manage to give him spd EV's he snowballs Umbreon, what can I say?? The Toxic Wall, the most defensive of the eveelutions and one of my favorites

[@jessebunn3429]

Awesome video silph, can't wait to see what's next. If you ever get the chance, you should try a poison only run on, let's say...... ultra sun or moon, or the original sun and moon!

[@jonredfern8231]

Great video Silph. The Answer to everything. DIAPAL. See it was the upgraded version after all

[@jimmymelanson1977]

A dragon type run would be really fun. I think Pokémon x or y would be the best. This will let you get three dragons before the second gym- Axew, Bagon, and Tyrunt. However, nothing for the first gym.

[@Scorpionspear77]

Sword and Shield work well for a Dragon run too, since you can get Axew, Noibat, and Applin from the Wild Area early on.

[@jimmymelanson1977]

@@Scorpionspear77 that’s true. I just prefer x and y over sword and shield personally

[@mezshowerhandle]

Thanks for making these videos perfect for watching on my lunch break at work👌

[@RedMadMichael]

The darkness of this month and type consumes me whole... keep up the good work! Luv ya vids!

[@jadenyuki4117]

Lowkey the best hardcore typed nuzlocke I’ve ever seen….. the tension was incredible

[@trueblue092]

I'm happy to see another upload! Great job, Much appreciated!!!

[@zerojack8443]

My guy entertains me for an hour lol

[@matthewhaynes509]

Silph’s commentary is probably the best and funniest Pokémon content on KZbin

[@damienmaverick9937]

Awesome run!! Dark types are my faves so it's great to see them shine!

[@jaredadkinson]

I will say for future reference: if you’re updating encounters, you could instead edit the starters with the universal randomizer to make one of the starters an unobtainable Pokémon of the type you’re planning to use. For example, making one of the starters Stunky/Murkrow in this case

[@calijoca]

In this type of situations the easy way would be to just have one of the pre-evolved dark types as a starter (randomized ou picked by poll) and just run with it.

[@ArchetypeGotoh]

Man, real missed opportunity with that Eevee: it gets a big happiness boost for being in the party when you beat a gym leader, and the Soothe Bell doubles that, too. Those early points in happiness are so helpful, too: much faster than walking forever or growing berries, and much cheaper than buying vitamins

[@MaiderGoku]

You're exceptionally good, most people say come near me Cynthia but you're like Get away from me, not a lot of people resist Cynthia in any way.

[@Csalahydn]

Silph you ain’t slick you avoided giving your rival chimchar on purpose 🤣

[@Buubje13]

Can you try a renegade platinum nuzlocke (or even regular playthrough) ? It's basically an enhanced version of platinum, but so much more encounters and so much more fun (but also much harder)!

[@jadenkouta2879]

Love your videos have watched all of the nuzlockes atleast twice. Wondering reason for not choosing turtwig to give Barry super effective fighting type against you? it's cool to see that additional challenge especially in games where your rival is a bigger threat like final Barry and a lot of Blue fights

[@boxofturtles761]

Great video to make me not get out of bed on Sunday, btw you linked the ground type platinum run instead of the ghost type one

[@vbph2011]

Love your nuzlockes, instant watch! Speaking of Gen 4, any plans to do a True Power Tournament for them? Or post a reaction/analysis video for BDSP/LA? Or anything other than one nuzlocke a week?

[@riken1829]

He once said that he will do the Gen 4 True Power once BDSP is out since there might be new Teams, Rematches or stuff like Megas in it.

[@jinkoken]

I dont remember which other run of these i saw, but you gave yourself a mon to start with since there wasn't one available and I think that could've been a good idea here. For that in the future maybe consider using one of the post-game options to keep it "within game"

[@lakshaygandhi5509]

That Barry's heracross really showed that prugly who's the boss

[@ProfKevyg]

Hehe, I was like these nicknames sound familiar! A classic Zelda theme. Great run as always Silph!

[@joelraynor15]

Guess you could say Cynthia's Roserade has been a...Thorn in your side in many Nuzlockes!

[@crumch2410]

Hell yeah new silph dropped, your content always hits my guy. Raid shadow legends

[@Thecodered75]

Love when SilphSpectre uploads. Always the best feeling! Love the dedication he has towards his videos.

[@emmagrace6022]

Silph: *I have to Sac of Revali* Revali: *I think not human for you do not understand my power*

[@davidyounan3013]

Please do more Pokémon platinum and diamond/pearl episodes. They bring back so many good memories. Love your content!

[@AQUA_Cosplay]

I love the LOZ theme! Also, I love the shiny zubat! I love all your challenges and I actually have one, Pokémon white 2, Dark types! Ahaha

[@tanmaypuranik6849]

Nice video!! Always look fwd to your challenge videos!!

[@13JackStorm]

Why does 4:10 make Barry sound like Tweek from South Park? 8:10 Damn, Looker's been around hasn't he? Loving the Zelda themed nicknames, even if I thought Pokévania before I clicked. I have a Mawile called Midna.

[@ThePokeTran]

So happy to see you getting support for your channel man, you deserve it and your quality never falters. Get that bread!

[@stanacc6999]

To make it harder, you could have selected turtwig so that barry gets infernape with its part fighting type

[@lionofdemise]

I name my Hunchkrow Big Berta. She's amazing with Super Luck and Razor Claw, and Night Slash for days ❤️

[@Aitaitaitai]

Paraphrasing: “I named the Eevee Ganon which might not make sense…” Bruh… I’ve been watching a lot of your videos, that’s one of the names that makes the most sense

[@UnwantedGhost1]

I love these nuzlocke videos. Keep em up. 😂👍

[@chefc8371]

Dude your sub count has skyrocketed. Congrats! I swear just yesterday it was 60k. My man!

[@nickywal]

One of my favourite types and one of my favourite pokemon in umbreon. Dark types definitely don't get enough love, they're so badass. As for honchkrow, I basically always use one when I play HGSS, the elite 4 doesn't know what hit it

[@BloodThirstyAvengers]

The craziest part of this run is the FIRE expert being wrecked by an ICE type.

[@summitsummit3634]

This is going to be my treat video after finishing my essay this afternoon.

[@Gourzon]

Man Silph you put so much time into your content. Just want you to know you are appreciated 🙏❤️

[@hiXtrah]

Been waiting for this all week lets fkn go!!! I watch these religiously

[@ethanwallis5678]

Fr your content is really entertaining, well done

[@lakshaygandhi5509]

Ganon can literally be switched into anything

[@prosto-random]

10:39 thanks for reminding, how i had to kill shiny gible in my pokémon diamond randomizer nuzlocke, cause i found it on the route, where i previously got a mawile. Also i didn't know about rule, that would allow to keep shinies in nuzlocke

[@sheulybhadra7710]

Jeez man! Jeez! That run was kinda intense at the end.

[@richarddill692]

Platinum is upgraded. Fans wanted a harder Sinnoh experience, so Game Freak nerfed the early game.

[@nightmare348]

I see Silph HC Nuzlockes, I click. Nice name scheme too.

[@TheRagnarokknight]

Silph you mad lad. You have become quite strong in your evolved nuzlocke state. Lol!

[@JesusMusic1988]

Nice silph! Great video as always!

[@georgewells8585]

Hell yes!! Platinum is one of the best games and dark type is a good typing, buzzing for this one 😅😅

[@rockmanzeromodernday941]

Umbreon is straight up my favorite Eevee evolution at one point, even in Pokemon Colosseum.

[@jeffreywagner6829]

LAZY SUNDAY IS IN FULL EFFECT NOW! Binge watching this🙌🏼

[@Rodneyp26]

Fire, ice, fighting, dark, normal and poison are my six favorite types and I always make my teams around those six.

[@karlduncombe7362]

Really enjoying your monotype nuzlockes will you ever do a ice type or fairy type run-through? I was wondering if you could help me with a nuzlocke I'm doing I want to do a team rocket jessie and james team but have idea what pokemon to use or which game to play your help would be appreciated