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

[@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*

[@I_Need_A_Username_1]

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

[@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!

[@pedro-e-o-lobo]

I'm blue dabadeedabada

[@Wolfoz_the_destroyer]

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?

[@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!

[@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

[@Motivational_Analogies]

True I didn't get out my bed

[@Borderlands123123123]

Sadly it is Monday mornint here so 😔

[@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

[@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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[@AaronWebber9]

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

[@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.

[@Everlarke]

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

[@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!

[@reader_dragon]

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!

[@pedro-e-o-lobo]

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

[@Everlarke]

@@pedro-e-o-lobo 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

[@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 :)

[@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.”

[@samanthastafford3319]

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

[@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!

[@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

[@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.

[@RedMadMichael]

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

[@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

[@Flowery0]

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

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@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. 😂😂

[@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 😔.

[@matthewhaynes509]

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

[@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 :)

[@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.

[@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

[@Carnage88]

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

[@akashsil9994]

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

[@aappaapp6627]

Babe wake up, silph just posted

[@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 :)

[@jonredfern8231]

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

[@timmyward1105]

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

[@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

[@zerojack8443]

My guy entertains me for an hour lol

[@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.

[@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.

[@juwelplaykid1042]

Imagine this trainer’s mom in game. This kid just started his journey and almost immediately hit his emo phase

[@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

[@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😏)

[@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

[@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

[@ThePokeTran]

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

[@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

[@BloodThirstyAvengers]

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

[@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

[@lewisclements6290]

The fact you nearly let Honchkrow die is blasphemous. THE MOB BOSS NEVER DIES FOR IT'S CRONIES!

[@joelraynor15]

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

[@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.

[@RockmanZeroModernDay]

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

[@Kai-nn9sw]

I like when Silph does those little comments when things happen. Survive on just one HP, "Oh no" But we get a crit, "Nice" One shot opponent, "Amazing" Hurt by confusion. "Not good"

[@sulagnadastidar1566]

When you play with these "no connecting with other games" rule, just play on a Trade Evolution Patched game.

[@smoakdragon]

MURKROW!! Definitely one of my top 5 favorite Pokémon. Super luck, night slash, scope lens Honchkrow is a PUNISHER. Glad you were able to make this run work and use one of my favorite Pokémon early! Happy Spooky Season🎃🖤

[@lakshaygandhi5509]

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

[@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.

[@nishchaldayal419]

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

[@SilphSpectre]

That means a lot Nishchal! Thanks for your support 🙌

[@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.

[@crumch2410]

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

[@nightmare348]

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

[@inman333]

Best way to procrastinate on Sunday. Watch Silph play Pokémon challenges

[@GirtaniaGaming]

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

[@kisslevente4109]

all this time we thought the answer was Diapal.. now we know it is actually Paldea

[@stanacc6999]

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

[@emmagrace6022]

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

[@bdegroot7258]

This Honchcrow is not super luck in crits but super luck in low roll enemy team. MVP

[@Ggdog21]

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

[@croissantqwq3072]

I clicked on this thinking it was a Zwiggo video, but I was pleasantly surprised. This guy gives off good vibes and he has a nice voice. Like a slight monotone, but still expressive, yet not loud? If you get what I mean?

[@AliLiz91]

I always tune in to your videos, but seeing Umbreon in the thumbnail made me click on your video even faster

[@ethanwallis5678]

Fr your content is really entertaining, well done

[@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

[@trapcard1286]

As an insomniac Shilph’s soothing voice and these nuzlockes are the only thing that can help me fall asleep I love binge watching these videos so much, but maybe I missed it but is there an x y Pokémon nuzlocke? I don’t think I’ve ever seen one from silph

[@Csalahydn]

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

[@andresquintero8833]

I never knew skuntank could learn flamethrower and i have no idea on how he's capable of using it

[@skotiaH2O]

it produces a lot of gas, i'm guessing that gas is flammable and it lights it up somehow

[@TheRagnarokknight]

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

[@SillyInsaneGamer]

..That bug catcher has really done it, don't we all know that we do NOT mention this pokemon, ever! :O

[@tooktookishere]

Wow Dark is actually my favourite type.

[@SilimSavertin]

...There's a claw to evolve Sneasel in Cyrus' room?! How did I never know this?!

[@jadenyuki4117]

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

[@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.

[@mezshowerhandle]

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

[@ProfKevyg]

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

[@Da_Hubz]

I think it would be really fun for you to ask the community for pokemon eggs and do a nuzlocke, pulling out a random egg after every gym or mandatory battle or so. Playing a nuzlocke with your fan's favorite Pokemon and a chance to play with Pokemon that are unobtainable otherwise. Just think about it

[@carlosong4232]

I love the Zelda references you put in the nicknames.

[@cej2971]

16:49 that bold nature saved revali's @ss 😂

[@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)!

[@harshpatil2489]

Most of the dark types are my favorite ..umbreon OP

[@Sleepybear6032]

this man is too good, he would become a pokemon researcher.

[@Shane-sf9pv]

I love how they made Skuntank's sprite lift its leg like a male dog marking its territory

[@Dusk1991]

Don't forget its cry when it does that. Hilarious.

[@summitsummit3634]

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

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

So I guess you could say revali had SUPER LUCK......alright I'm gonna head out

[@trentondickerson9813]

Are we not gonna discuss weavile being an absolute attack MONSTER

[@lionofdemise]

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

[@ja-melvinson7994]

Being a Zelda fan, I LOVE this naming scheme

[@alzheid7440]

Silph having flashbacks on his platinum kricktetot only run

[@TheNoNamedd]

The Zelda Easteregg with eevee😍Ganon. I love it

[@shirox11]

Houndoom is a beast, and a underrated Pokémon. It has been putting in good work in my brilliant diamond playthrough.