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

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Pokemon X & Y are the main series games I haven't played in the longest time... but can we beat one of its hardest challenges?! It's time to attempt a hardcore nuzlocke of Pokemon X with only Ground types!
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 X Hardcore Nuzlocke with only Ground 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 trading/importing Pokémon, Items, etc.
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[@grantdaily9662]

"What do you have against Solrock?" *Stares hard in Cosmic Power and Rock Polish and the sound of getting kicked out of a Raid Den*

[@eduardocarreno4525]

They knew

[@Simply_resharkable]

Damn you, Martin

[@icenindroid2369]

MARTIN, DAMN YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!

[@angelicaph483]

The player: **Fought a rare pokemon on a Raid battle** Martin: **im about to end this player's whole carrer**

[@iwumboyouwumbo4257]

16:55 Fun fact: you can actually decline the Lucario! I did it in a normal playthrough to see what would happen, expecting a dumb line like "The bond between you and Lucario is too strong to ignore!" but it actually just stayed there.

[@dabmonstr7403]

I would never try my chances of not getting a lucario

[@popsy1100]

they do kind of guilt trip you into accepting though. otherwise he just stands there all sad 'waiting' for you lol

[@ZoofyZoof]

@@dabmonstr7403 I hate lucario.

[@dabmonstr7403]

@@ZoofyZoof i hate you too

[@itzsquishy3712]

@@popsy1100 I relish in the suffering of that pathetic Pokémon

[@samuraiyeeet]

Gamefreak: *creates flying type* Gamefreak: *creates ground type* Gamefreak: *makes flying immune to ground* Gamefreak: *gives ground access to rock move pool*

[@TheBestEver1998]

Gamefreak: Combines these two types and creates a uber meta slayer in OU

[@SACREDGAMER9116]

@@TheBestEver1998 the king of ou and the king of toxic absorber

[@dabmonstr7403]

@@SACREDGAMER9116 he is talking about big daddy landorus not Chad gliscor

[@SACREDGAMER9116]

@@dabmonstr7403 hm landorus therian is the king of ou

[@phoebehamilton8957]

Ice beam exists so water types can have coverage against grass, change my mind

[@RRGames09]

In order for Shauna to heal you in the forest you have to talk to her. She doesn't heal automatically.

[@antPPP17]

That’s what I was thinking as well.

[@kierrific1357]

I learned that the hard way

[@adamjones3672]

Use this church

[@horse_tornado7820]

and near the end of the forest she stops healing you

[@hajisaiku]

Which I find ridiculous it should be automatic only if your pokemon are lower than half life after a battle but that's just me

[@donovan802]

17:11 Why wasn’t it in Galar?! Not even the expansion pack?! Decently strong Grass Type, pretty good coverage to deal with all of its weaknesses, and Skidoo is SO CUTE!!!

[@stardoge6624]

Cause gamefreak hates us

[@noonespecial348]

It's back in pokemon scarlet and violet

[@TBoring]

Probably best you lost Cayde early. Since it was male it wouldn’t become part ground type

[@skirtsftw]

Plus cayde-6 tends to get murdered forever devastating the entire community

[@societyisboring]

​@@skirtsftwleaving us hunters lost without guidance

[@auramaster8763]

I laughed maniacally upon seeing his Burmy was male.

[@Magnetize_]

So happy you used Destiny character names ❤️ especially with nidoking being Traveler is cool since people treat the traveler like a shiny

[@Skreemish]

But hearing Ikoras name pronounced ick-er-uh was deeply upsetting 😮‍💨🤣😂

[@flamenny9936]

What an absolutely monumental episode for the hardcore nuzlocke series man, beautiful to see things come this far

[@ShadowFlux]

I agree! X and Y had it's flaws (HMS) but they are some of my favorite games.

[@Nikolaj11]

@@ShadowFlux I'm oddly nostalgic for XY. They were my first Pkmn games since gen 3 after going to uni where it was no longer "weird" to like video games!

[@Sir_Dwarf]

I already love this video! Ground type is my favorite, kalos is so beautiful and the thumb nail really got my heart pumped! Keep up the good work silph! Love your work!

[@Randomboii4897]

SAME BROOOOO!

[@yo-pd2vi]

L

[@jackcollins5394]

My favorite is bug type

[@ICR_Frizzstroyer]

My favourite is steel

[@Simply_resharkable]

I think my favourite is dark type They just usually look cool. Look at Weavile, Yveltal, Zoruark etc. Although, I do admit that a lot of ground types look cool too, krookodile (one of my favourites), nidoking, rhydon, Zygarde 100%

[@pausetocontinue7621]

Correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m almost certain that the theme for this was Destiny, what with Traveller and Zavala, although why you chose it for ground types is beyond me

[@redglade3991]

Cayde is what gave it away for me, honestly.

[@tonnak6808]

I picked up on this too and I went nuts about it hah!!

[@noahposh2624]

Xur made me wonder and zavala confirmed it for me

[@Zacatito]

@@redglade3991 when he named his pokemon uldren I jokingly thought of uldren sov, then when he named the next one cayde I got that it was destiny too

[@eknowles402]

@@Zacatito I had just replayed the forsaken campaign earlier today and then this video came out. I was a little too excited about it.

[@TheMurphination]

I actually just did a challenge run in Y! Yes Shauna says she’ll heal you, but you need to talk to her to activate it. It’s not like Gen 4 with partners and how they do it automatically after every battle, which is stupid

[@matthijscalje4143]

In a nuzlocke it's probably preferable, if you want your guts pokemon to stay poisoned, or if you want your dead party member to stay dead, etc.

[@diegorafaelgarciagodosonof161]

@@matthijscalje4143 Not in the first forest of the game tho

[@mongoosemark1385]

Silph: goes with Destiny naming theme. Also Silph: names early mon Cayde. Still Silph: *lets Cayde die immediately* Destiny fans: NOOOOOOOO

[@whitebearXDD]

xd

[@D.W.M.T.Y.A.W._CheckAbout_]

😭

[@WorkInProgressX]

Just like the real one

[@ethandollarhide7943]

17:14 As somebody that used one in their first playthrough of Pokemon X, I can confirm that Gogoat is indeed very strong and very underated.

[@ethanchavers5572]

hey nice name

[@noonenothing3898]

I agree Gogoat is good

[@matthijscalje4143]

Gogoat goated

[@princeapoopoo5787]

Me too!!! I love my Gogoat

[@shinigamimiroku3723]

It's a Grass-type Luxray, at least stat-wise.

[@silverchicken20]

I'm so glad X & Y are getting some love. They're super underrated

[@nobodyspecial115]

Great pokemon spawns, great location, an mega evolutions... but the characters... god the gym leaders, rivals, an evil team just makes an amazing game feel so bland, boring, an straight up goofy

[@nicholasgardner2178]

Seeing videos on the 3ds games is a nice refresher, so many hardcore nuzlocke videos are the gen 3 games and occasionally gen 4 and 5. As somebody that didnt start playing pokemon until Gen 4 and really getting into the games in gen 6 it makes me happy to actually see the modern games being played.

[@skulletorable]

Just saying, you mustn’t be looking very hard. Usum is a very popular nuzlocke game uploaded due to the difficulty

[@vega0vegasv1]

I appreciate the Shofu reference "Diggersby THO!" made me laugh out loud genuienly!

[@JWR-fu7yl]

24:38 was half expecting him to hit us with a “Did you know, in terms of…”

[@noodle0512]

I love the fact that his final team has my 5 favorite Ground Types, Krookodile, Flygon, Nidoking, Mamoswine, and Golurk, plus Quagsire, another one of my favorite Ground types

[@darkninjafirefox]

Kalos is one of my favorite regions, I love the selection of pokemon available. It was really fun to complete the pokedex back in the day

[@chespinsupremacy]

I was literally arguing about how underestimated this game is with the selection of pokémon available

[@raymondswartz5754]

I do love flygon more than most dragons but I really feel like it should be bug/dragon rather than ground

[@Maelstromappoc]

This run had four of my favorite pokemon on it! Travelers loss actually made me say "No!" Out loud. Shiney King rest in peace

[@shirox11]

Nice to see silph finally tackling one of the 3ds games. I know X and Y are generally seen as really easy even by Pokémon standards, but they can still be really fun to nuzlocke.

[@-watermelon-4678]

Not only prepared and skilled, you are super entartaining and able to provide contents in which there's so much effort. It's surely noticeable every video, 'cause it's special 💫

[@majinsonic8766]

Haha, I love these small chats you have with NPCs to turn the dialouge into something fun. It always makes me laugh! Great run, Silph.

[@fishyweeb4820]

Question: Did you have some self imposed challenge to use EQ as little as possible? Even with a type boosting item, EQ would do more than Crunch or Dragon Claw if both are super effective. (IE using Dragon Claw on Tyrantrum and Crunch on Chandelure.) Great video either way, keep on Nuzlocking!

[@aarondoudna7351]

As soon I saw someone get nicknamed Cayde, I knew what was going to happen.

[@papaguacamole422]

It makes me very happy to see my favorite nuzlocke channel doing a nuzlocke of x. I'm currently doing a bug type nuzlocke and I'm happing alot of fun using button pass with swords dance and iron defense on Scolipede to swap into whatever I need to absolutely clean house

[@mattmc1234]

i love the length of these nuzlockes, i lose track of time when watching your vids. thanks so much man

[@Thecodered75]

Thanks for making my Monday afternoon Silph! Gave the video a like

[@relentlessrevan5889]

Imagine almost losing a ground type nuzlocke to an electric type In all seriousness good vid loved the destiny nickname theme

[@ImyIsStillHere]

I'm still anoyed he was rude to Clemont

[@DragonGaming73]

Actually you have to talk to Shauna in the over world for her to heal you! I’m playing through Y since I got it yesterday and only just realised it🤣 great videos!!

[@thatoneweirdbish6364]

I love this video, my first shiny ever was a nidoran and Nidoking is one of my favorite mons as well. This brings so many good emotions

[@tibeerius3656]

Man, challenge videos make it look so easy. I'm doing my first nuzlocke of my favorite game in the franchise, bw2, and I've lost 12 mons by the 7th gym! Hopefully this B team will be able to get me through the rest of the game. (Magnezone is my carry, GO BROKEN STEEL TYPE!!)

[@CrimHawkins]

Your channel inspired me to do my own Pokemon challenge--Pokemon Y with a mono poison team. I don't think I was ready for a nuzlocke lol My own Nidoking is named Kaiser!

[@BulbaOGPPL]

That's actually a hardcore nuzlocke I wanted to attempt. Thanks for the vid. Keep up the work, man. I really like people dedicated tovharcore nuzlockes

[@Flaris]

Another nice run here. Lot of options and seeing X again after years was good. Advertising was fun as always. Nothing I’d spend money on. But hey, getting sponsors for videos is fair.

[@infamousgengar2706]

Pokémon X and Y I had been playing around with a rule set in my head for a while now, My idea tho for for a Hardcore Nuzlocke rule set (not mono type) with the obvious hardcore rules but since all the Gym Leaders have 3 mons and none use a mega. I was gonna do Gym Battles max 3 mons on my team and only able to use a mega in a battle where the opponent uses a mega

[@R011TID3]

I like this, and implementing a rule where I use the level cap to match each level of the gym leaders mons too. So like 17,18,21 my level cap isnt 21, its 17,18,21 to match the leader.

[@infamousgengar2706]

@@R011TID3 that’s interesting as well. That would make this even more tough. Very interesting concept

[@lordkronoz6784]

You literally deserve more!!! I will always like and share. Stay up homie your 1M will come in no time and with all the past content they will binge and it will all work out 🖤

[@lordkronoz6784]

Went to comment and see I already did lol 😂

[@thedboi1911]

I loved the ad this video, ive never heard of them and thats the kind of stuff i enjoy sharing and experiencing with my father. thanks for that!

[@calumross3651]

the way he pronounces ikora was like a dagger to my heart every time

[@butlerian1765]

Silph been a viewer for awhile, but I have to comment on my love that you let Cayde die to allow Uldren to live. Definitely haven't seen that happen anywhere else :wink:

[@knielrivera7240]

Lol nah definitely haven’t seen it anywhere else

[@antoniacorrales9148]

Imagine how easy this would've been with huge power Diggersby

[@vincentwerts4724]

I actually loved the companions in pokemon x. I spent a little bit of time in the "post game" trying to find where they all had run off to.

[@eppuddlesreyes2348]

Awesome job Silph!!! Love when your runs come out

[@anthonyanglemyer]

This was pretty fun to watch. Don't think you did X/Y yet, so this was nice to see. Record's now 24/5. The shiny Nidoking was awesome to see, as well. I think you oughta try an OR/AS challenge next.

[@Beck02]

Silph content always makes my day!

[@SirChahseh]

Loved the Destiny 2 naming system this time around Silph!!! Grinding that out as we speak while watching your video right next to it! Keep doin what you do man!

[@diegoconsejon8pi663]

Now that was a final team that can complete a day one raid. Great video man!

[@Azumafoo]

A Silph video on Monday? Just made the start of the week awesome!!

[@iridescent7816]

It was so fun to watch one of the best shiny Pokémon carry hard in a nuzlocke!

[@VaellinTheBard]

SilphSpectre about Nincada: "Well it's a pokemon" Me, whose favorite is Nincada: a damn fine one who saves at least one dungeon for you!

[@Xcal64]

Absolutely love the Shofu - Diggersby reference, been watching him for a long long time, though not as much recently. Takes me back man.

[@annemartinie5196]

man all these destiny nicknames make me wanna play thru the game again lmao good vid man

[@MadameTeqi]

I sure hope you can but I'm ready to watch either way!

[@quixoticornithologist]

always love your vids, silph!! this one was awesome :D

[@johnd3268]

I’m watching this at 4:30am feeding my daughter and you did the pronunciation of Siebold I nearly woke her back up laughing. Totally unexpected lol I love it.

[@willfredosauce]

The thumbnail made me think we were about to have a shiny locke

[@mattchew8mealey921]

Would love a wonder trade hardcore nuzlocke for this gen. Not sure how active the game still is though, might be hard to pull off without doing a live stream where you ask viewers to spam trades. Would be lots of fun though.

[@samanthaguyer9381]

The DS game servers have closed, so I'm not sure if wonder trade can still happen

[@escapism-by-proxy5338]

Im actually doing a wonderlocke of this gen now and honestly, the wonder trade game is still pretty good! If anything it's almost a little better - I've gotten a few stinkers here and there, but I've gotten a lot more starters, breedjects, fossils, rare egg moves, ect. I personally try and do my part by breeding version exclusives and Pokerus mons. Still very viable in my opinion!

[@rayceland7625]

@@samanthaguyer9381 3DS games are still supported on wifi

[@kevinrafael2318]

The names he gave for the pokemon definitely comes from Destiny ngl Cayde, Xur, Uldren, Mara, Ghaul, Traveler, Ikora, Banshee, Petra And how unfortunate coincidence it was that Cayde also dies.

[@wanderlustwarrior]

Do you intend to do anything with True Power again? Either tournaments or playthroughs, or revisiting Cynthia's team?

[@Kento617]

I’m just gonna LIKE this now cause we already know our boy bringing that 🔥🔥🔥💪🏾

[@penguinduck8870]

Love the Destiny nicknames, and love the content too! Great video.

[@dorel102]

You’re so talented that even though I’ve never played Pokémon X (or anything past gen 3 beside HG remake) I still enjoy these videos Nice.

[@MonkStarling]

This is an amazing video, like always I enjoy your content Silph! ( Silph, at 34:04 your mamoswine has 21hp but when switched back at 34:20 it has 25hp, might wanna check your splices)

[@gray4018]

Really loved this video! The D2 naming scheme and the shofu video clip were great. Let me know if you want to do a raid in D2 sometime!

[@fabled5906]

Fitting that Cayde dies first and Uldren remains standing. Loved the naming theme this time around.

[@frosthunterzz]

"Bun-l-bee" "kor-i-na" "i-kura" Also love the names this run Perfect how Cayde had to die to let Undren in

[@emilialuciani2924]

Totally agree with the wish to ride a mamoswine in the winter! I live outside of Niagara Falls and definantly could have used one after the snow storm this weekend.

[@mechromancer2845]

I am so happy that their are destiny 2 themed nicknames wasn't expecting it man thank you for brightening my day with that

[@michaelagainstme]

love the vid :D , just find it weird to see that shiny nidoking is just a nidoqueen in gisguise XD. Keep it up

[@od1401]

Really intelligent tactics this run dude, nice one

[@duncanmeehan9586]

You combined my favorite Pokemon game with my all time favorite game in Destiny 2. Brought a tear to my eye.

[@emilialuciani2924]

Awesome video! Really enjoyed it. Have to ask though is the name Traveler for nidoking a reference to the fanfiction

[@joeschof9088]

Favourite type with references to my favourite game in one of the most underrated Pokémon games, what a trifecta

[@cesarflamenco9484]

Neat. With this, Silph only needs one type and one more region to go through to cover all games. He still needs to do a Fairy monotype run and still needs to do a run in the Alola region. Would be neat to see him do either of those two next, or better, both at the same time.

[@TheBestEver1998]

He can use the starter even.. smart

[@JoltZero289]

I love how he spent more time trying to pronounce Siebold’s name correctly instead of trying to pronounce Ikora’s name correctly.

[@adarrm]

You're about the only creator that immediately makes we want to play Pokémon - thanks for the content.

[@CCkun91]

Killing Cayde so Uldren could succeed is some kind of poetic.

[@Judgementday3010]

I respect you even more now. You're a man of my own heart; pokemon and survival tools.

[@RpJThunder1]

I love the destiny name theming, one of my favorite games and fantastic nuzlocke. Lova ya silph

[@carlospolk5033]

Lmao all these jokes in between certainly add character to the run. And for some reason… I had a feeling you’d use a shofu clip when you got a Diggersby. Some memes become fresh after not seeing/hearing them for a long time. So as a shofu sub, I approve lol

[@urek9808]

Amazing video, king! Love your videos! Thank you for the upload!!!!!!!!

[@XMiner3Xtreme1]

Dude this brings me back. I done a sbq in x and got blessed with a modest nature nidoran male.. and get this. It had HUSTLE.. I was distraught, in utter disbelief! Sheer force nidoking was a powerhouse

[@Popinazo]

I love watching your videos while playing nuzlockes... the only thing that I would recommend to you is to use rare candies with each trainer at the league so you can be at the same level... that's what I do anyway, keep the good work!

[@sammcbreeze5874]

I really want to watch this but i have work to do first, i'll take it as motivation, thanks Silph!

[@SilphSpectre]

Get it done then we'll have a viewing party!

[@Osama_Rashid]

This was a really fun run, Golurk is such a cool looking Pokemon.

[@MrDeman66]

Been having a rough day. Get home from work to see Silph posted. Thank god.

[@FabianAschigaru]

Omg Destiny Nicknames, this made my day. Been watching all the Nuzlockes you did And they got me in a big mood to try one out myself one day!

[@ghostein.stereo]

I lost a shiny recently and seeing luck finally on your side makes me feel like I sacrificed mine to give to you haha. Childish, yeah, but it’s making me feel better. Thanks for another great video!

[@Xelbooru]

Another gen 6 hardcore nuzlocke would be really interesting especially since most of the ones I see are gens 1-5, so it's nice to have a little variety

[@jestermagus]

A shiny nidorino in X was the first shiny I found and cought completely randomly without hunting so seening a shiny nidoking in this run felt super nostalgic 💙

[@gingerlion4636]

The part where he just starts babbling Siebold's name caught me off guard and made me laugh for like 5 minutes 😂

[@hejiemeriales7680]

I've watched all of your pokemon hardcore nuzlockes and its very entertaining !!! Please do make more videos !!! Also name the pokemon you get with its original japanese name on your next video. More power ! Kudos!

[@BoothTX]

X&Y were the first pokemon games I beat. It'll always hold a special place in my heart :)

[@profbrain8474]

I love the naming theme for this run!

[@matthijscalje4143]

XY and SM USUM are great games for monolockes because they have a lot of variety of pokemon from different gens

[@superlombax1561]

Also Sword and Shield

[@matthijscalje4143]

@@superlombax1561 true

[@SteelixtheSteelersfan]

Shiny nidoking is amazing this was a good run thanks silph for the entertainment. Hope all is well in your world

[@jaye4521]

Good video and run, but I gotta be *that* guy here since I haven't seen it mentioned yet. Your Burmy was technically illegal according to your rules. Burmy is always mono-Bug, actually, regardless of form. It only gains its Grass, Ground, or Steel secondary type after evolving into Wormadam. Even allowing for Pokémon that *eventually* gain the Ground typing, your Burmy was male, and thus would have evolved into Mothim (Bug/Flying) instead of Wormadam.

[@formy52]

Nice to see some 3DS content! Love to see you explore the other games. Also, are the Gen 6 starters really that bad? Chesnaught is a dumpster fire but I really liked Greninja and Delphox.