Can I Beat Pokémon White 2 As A Team Plasma Grunt?

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Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch one Pokémon used by Team Plasma Grunts per Route (Species Clause)
3. Nickname Pokémon
Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset:
4. No items in battle (held items okay)
5. No leveling past the next gym leader/E4's ace on Normal Mode (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on manual "Set" battle mode
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[@some1koolpp84]

Dr.Hg, I feel that most creators don't take what their commenters say to heart, but you go the extra mile and fully embrace what we say. So on the behalf of all your favorite viewers, thanks for listening.

[@somerandomgoblin2583]

absolutely agree! it definitely seems like he noticed how much we enjoy storylines and different in-jokes, and keeps them in mind.

[@typhoonboom]

agreed

[@sasha335]

Why did you call him doctor am i missing something

[@wumpmas2]

he has a phd

[@somerandomgoblin2583]

@@sasha335 he has a phd in microbiology iirc

[@hunterlane1845]

This story actually makes a lot of sense and gave me the chills. A former team plasma grunt just wanting to help Pokémon be free but being brainwashed and manipulated the whole time. Then going on a brand new redemption arc as a Pokémon trainer wanting to become the best and get revenge on the neo-plasma members that can’t be reasoned with.

[@cuanchulainn]

It's such a great recontextualization of bw2's story tbh, now im kinda miffed this isnt the canon story lol

[@simonhoran9775]

@@cuanchulainn This is in the canon though. This is exactly what Rood and the Ex-Team Plasma members are doing in B2W2.

[@modelomegatyler]

@@simonhoran9775 i think they meant your character being ex-team plasma

[@jordancottrell1996]

In the official B2W2 manga the female protagonist is a member of Team Plasma

[@Jia-dw3bp]

You should check out the pokemon adventures manga! Whitley (Rosa) is actually a former member of team plasma

[@usedpidemo]

Would like to see you do Paldea as a Team Star grunt, but with a twist: you use each of the five leader’s types until you defeat them, then you switch to the next leader’s type. After rounding them up, you use an Eeveelution team for the endgame!

[@Teaandephemery]

This is such a great idea.

[@cryolitegem]

Hope you don’t mind me using that idea lol

[@MadameTeqi]

...did you just spoil the game for me.

[@Dandori_Fanatic]

@@MadameTeqi get shit on

[@Azumeme]

​@@MadameTeqino

[@backpackerraden6268]

1. The storytelling in your nuzlockes has been stellar this year. Massive kudos 2. If you did a Team Skull nuzlocke, would you try to rap the whole thing? I know it's a titanically stupid idea, but I can't get it out of my head

[@TheRaven752]

I would pay to see this ngl

[@Vile]

seconding the team skull idea!

[@Ajehy]

Maybe he could start out rapping and beat-boxing…for about a minute, before he remembers how much he hates Nuzlocking Sun/Moon

[@treehugger0241]

He did manage to rhyme the whole way through in the Holiday Special, so it's not that stupid of an idea.

[@cullenhutchison6528]

I was already going to suggest Team Skull, but this idea is fantastic!

[@resolutefoot5382]

I thought it was just a coincidence when you said “ I am the one thing in life I can control” but then you started the names. Love the run.

[@darktrunks8820]

Wait. What is the naming scheme this time?

[@citrineshark9240]

RIGHT??

[@beansbeans8904]

I WAS JUST ABOUT TO COMMENT THIS, I WAS LIKE “well that’s funny” and then I saw lafeyette and I was like that’s how it’s going huh, then the “and he is not going to throw away his shot”

[@PedroHenrique-mk5zi]

Team Plasma allows their grunts to have somewhat of a diverse team. Team Rocket don't give their employees the same benefit.

[@Thegamergabe4.0]

Much to Grunty Boi’s dismay…

[@xRaiofSunshine]

Team Rocket should unionize

[@KindaKaon]

@@xRaiofSunshine The Kanto region actually has strict anti-union laws giving workplaces the right to remove any workers found in them under any circumstances

[@jbriggss]

Team plasma is an equal opportunity employer 🙏

[@Joel-xr8xc]

No wonder red beat everyone alone

[@yeta.]

Gotta say, Team Plasma knew what they were doing with their mons, Crobat, Scrafty, Krookodile, Drapion & Bisharp are basically all S tier mons

[@Lechgang]

To be fair, most Gen 5 pokemon are S tier mons. Crobat and Drapion are the gravy on top.

[@KindaKaon]

Dr. HG hitting us with some incredibly high effort story arcs lately, loving the content upgrade as of recent.

[@grahamroy910]

The mono-type hcn genre became saturated quickly. I love how hg has always been a step ahead of the curve.

[@st0reytime208]

Dont know if you'll see this, but a cool idea for hoenn could have you play where your parents are from team aqua and magma, which they left after meeting each other. This lets you use pokemon from both teams and gives you motive to stop them

[@TheKaosKilla16]

Gotta be emerald to take out both groups

[@naftalilipman8153]

He actually did this... Like last week! Great suggestion my guy

[@link2time]

I'm only a few minutes into the video and you've already injected so much humor and character into it. You have such a wonderful balance of wit, whimsical playfulness, and strategic difficulty with your content. You've really carved your own niche in the quickly expanding nuzlocke community. I think people can forget how much work being a creator is and I hope you continue to find joy in that sometimes draining process. :)

[@QuinnTheGM]

I really like the more narrative focus of this video and last week's! Nuzlockes are really fun as purely challenges, but it's the storytelling potential that I really loved reading the old comics a decade ago. Great work as always!

[@oliverolson6578]

It’s so weird seeing the ASOIAF and Pokémon creators you both like on KZbin existing in the same world, the internet is simultaneously the biggest but most connected place in the world.

[@Araraki-Itto1]

Dude, you are so good with your narrative. Like within the first few seconds you already had me immersed in the lore of this run. You've made the MC seem like a genuine character. I love your imagination. And this video has only made me want a pokemon game where you can play as one of the bad guys even more. Amazing video dude. 👏

[@cheesylemming]

The irl skit was a brilliant inclusion. I hope these continue. Your unique twist on these videos are my favourite!

[@mellow_mallow]

Oooh another run!!! I just watched Spheal Team 6 yesterday, your narration and the stories you come up with always make these really special to watch

[@Cat.In.A.Wig.]

I love how he’s completely dismissive of his own well-being when he says that his corgi will stab him, and now I think I know where Rattata’s Guts ability went.

[@texeoghea]

i love these story-based runs. i'd love to see a galactic run in platinum, mostly because im curious how giratina might play a part in whatever you come up with

[@purgatoryproductions310]

every time you post a new video, i think your content can’t get any better. but every single time, you manage to *blow us all away.* at the end of every video i am left more than *satisfied* with the experience. you are of course a great strategist, and *that would be enough* to keep me around. but the thing that truly elevates your videos is your storytelling ability. every nuzlocke is a flow of *non-stop* emotions of all manners, from elation to misery to fury and everything in between. thank you, mr. dr. flygon, for everything you do.

[@necrozma4029]

*why did you write like you were running out of time*

[@GPurcellMusic]

Gotta love how Matti makes sure he gets the high ground against Colress

[@somerandomgoblin2583]

another villain team run! i'm so excited to see where the story takes us this time! i love generation five, so i'm looking forward to what you do this time! great plasma costume, by the way!

[@michaelsostre1670]

Heard the “wait for it” line immediately turned my head and I was so glad that it was actually all Hamilton focused

[@vyomyadav4797]

I love these story gameplays and i hope u keep making them truly fills my heart we delight.please don’t stop making these

[@vyomyadav4797]

Wait did he really like my comment

[@alessandromazzini7026]

I still do not understand how Flygon doesn't already have 1 million subs. He Is hands down the best poketuber out there, the work he puts in the videos, the Genius, the story telling... Chapeau to you general HG, we'll follow you to the grave

[@kadezz]

THIS. his content is so good, he needs ALOT more subs, 266k is still an amazing number

[@sceptile2794]

The problem is that there are fewer people who care about Pokemon nuzlockes. Nuzlockes with some of the highest views are on those channels who are already quite famous. Also , length of a flygon hg video is around 40 minutes which is good for us dedicated fans , but not many people would sit through entire length of the video. This is really great content and I wish it would be a lot more popular.

[@supreme_king_obama1158]

My first thought when seeing this comment was “oh it’s been nine months he surely has a mil now” and saw the 300k subs and thought, “damn”

[@Aviplotbunny]

I love the narrative structure in this one, as always. The way you build stories around runs is phenomenal, as is your integration of song lyrics. You've given me another wonder Saturday accompaniment to my weekly planning session! I think all the evil team runs would be a blast, but I can't help but want to see Emerald where you're constantly playing double agent between Magma and Aqua, and we don't know until the end whose side you're really on. My second runner up would be Alola, just cause I feel like you could also blend between Team Skull and Aether Foundation for something interesting. Regardless of what you go with, I'm always looking forward to the next run!

[@jhona7605]

Thank you so much for the Hamilton-Theme. I absolutely love Burr’s adamant nature 😁 and all your puns about not throwing away your shot and being a new man and so many more. You’re so dedicated to your work and to make every video a great experience for everyone and I appreciate that so much! Thank you for everything you do ❤

[@genderhuman3558]

And it makes sense as well bc Unova is based off of New York

[@xemirahobbyless]

I love this evil team grunt series and greatly appreciate all the extra work you put into your "backstory"! I would love to see a team magma grunt being mad that Hoenn has too much water 7.8/10

[@Haymaker26]

I just want to let you know how appreciated the effort is, Dr. HG. I've been here since the beginning, maybe even in the first 500 subs. Every video is still super high quality, super entertaining. Your content is always a must-watch when I see a new notification. Thank you.

[@TungstenArm]

My favorite part of this nuzlocke was the part when HG says “It’s Plasmin’ time” and then plasma’d all over the place

[@jeremiahsmith7588]

Gasp! Sir, this is a family channel! Control yourself! Lol

[@RBoobitydoo]

It's a good thing this was done in Gen 5 not Gen 9, because Washington never wanted to be a King(ambit)! Awesome run and as always, I love the narratives you put together for these videos.

[@dragoniteisbased]

Just wanted to say that the videos you make are awesome, you clearly put a lot of time into making the lore for each video, and I always laugh out loud every video at something. Thank you for such great content!

[@SpectreAce]

I like this concept because in the Pokémon Adventures manga, the one of the main characters, Whitley, is a former Team Plasma grunt.

[@emperortoho]

i mean blake is more of the mc but yeah its a funny coincidence

[@omegastarmania3199]

Still funny that their agent name is Whi-two

[@davidshowalter120]

Honestly, are there words? The absolute and unbridled fun I have watching your content just makes me so happy. It is exciting to see when you post and I can't wait to watch. Keep going, FlygonHG! Thank you for your fantastic work!

[@ashishvr226]

Can't wait for the story you've built around this character!

[@averageshmo]

Another banger! I've really enjoyed the format of these types of nuzelockes you do, it's a refreshing take on the nuzelocke genre and you have a great knack for storytelling! Keep it up brother and thanks for all the great content👍

[@emilypower9801]

I love this new "grunt-locke" series! I hope you keep making them. I think a team star one, but you have to choose 1 squad, would be really interesting cause it would make a limited mono-locke in scarlet/violet, which usually have a lot of options.

[@PerfectFlyer4]

Loving the story you're adding into these runs. It makes them so much more fun to watch. You do great at crafting a fun narrative.

[@nightsangel3055]

Watching these runs is such a fun time. I've learned so much from your videos and have even managed a few base game nuzlockes. Your content has helped me through so hard times as well. Tysm flygon you are an amazing content creator.

[@whacktreesgetbees]

Hi, I haven't watched this video yet, but I started watching your videos a little bit ago. I just wanted to say that I truly love your content! You have such an amazing combination of story-telling and content, and as an actress who LOVES content that tells stories, this makes my heart so happy. Keep doing what you're doing because it is so fundamentally amazing! 💜💜💜

[@FIFAmusicMAN]

Love the character, love the story, and love the creative name theme! Another week another great video!

[@quimator]

This channel is one of my favorites, and I love the shift into more storytelling-focused videos. Keep up the good work :)

[@ErikEdlund11]

Matti I gotta say I’m loving the narrative focus these latest nuzlockes have had. It’s like we’re watching you take the next step as a content creator. Keep up the good work :)

[@CJ_Was_Here]

I look forward to watching you tackle the Sinnoh region as a Team Galactic grunt. As a big fan of the musical, I was ecstatic to see this story unfold with all the references. Keep up the excellent work!

[@cloevoyant]

I'm loving how creative you're becoming with all the costumes and gag shots to enrich the storytelling you're doing; it's been an absolute joy watching you grow in so many ways

[@That1weirdfan]

This was so good, doc. I can't wait to see more narrative-driven nuzlockes from you, keep up the good work!

[@Pikarose150]

I am absolutely living for this content, keep up the great work Dr.Hg.

[@moopsten]

Always love the storytelling in your videos

[@alicecrawford1033]

This was amazing!! Your humor is still so on-point, I loved the Hamilton references (and I think a Sound of Music reference?), and your storytelling keeps getting better! You're doing great work, and I want you to know it is recognized and appreciated

[@StevenBryceWroten]

Such a great video! The references, narration, set up, and images were inspired.

[@Gloominesss]

I love the little cutscenes from you and the other grunts, amazing work! :D

[@panosplays4297]

I love that the missing purrloin is named Thanos. This is a referance to the B2/W2 nuzlocke with only dark types. And he also refears to lafayel as the mad titan aka Thanos

[@meowman69420]

OHHH YEAH SCRAFTY ON THE THUMBNAIL SCRAFTY ON THE THUMBNAIL (scrafty is my favorite pokemon)

[@meowman69420]

aw :(

[@sariix2656]

I've been really enjoying these story themed videos! Thank you for the excellent content! Team Magma is always fun for me!

[@riskybiznu9702]

Honestly love how innovative your content is. You make the most out of what is admittedly a pretty limiting format. By far the best hardcore nuzlocker out there. Keep doing great content and thank you for all the amazing stuff you’ve given us so far.

[@eclipsedmoon87]

I love that your challenge runs have extra story to them. It makes the game SO much more interesting than the average playthrough

[@iantaakalla8180]

Fun fact: Nuzlockes, before they became solely challenge runs, were story focused around winning and losing various Pokémon. He is inadvertently hearkening to the earliest Nuzlockes.

[@fuecoco_nom_nom]

FlygonHG’s been popping OFF with the story telling these last few vids ❤😮

[@catastrophesb]

The beginning was very fun and creative. Kept me tuned in! Way to go dude!

[@zunakei]

Loving the content as always!

[@mosstits]

I love the ex-team plasma member narrative! Ever since the B2W2 Adventrues manga, I've been itching for more stories of the same concept. Surprisingly, I ended up liking your story more than the manga. Thank you for the hard work!

[@greyscaleadaven]

If I had to choose what I would like to see for your next challenge, I think a regular colosseum run would be awesome to see. It's a very challenging game to nuzlocke, and you'd technically already be a former member of Team Snagem. I've always wanted to do a nuzlocke of the game myself, so I'd be interested to see how you'd route it from a more experienced nuzlocking perspective. Also, I love how much this run highlights how brutal cheren can be in a nuzlocke. Especially challenge mode Cheren. There's not a ton of clear cut answers to him outside of a 5% riolu in flocessy ranch bc you can evolve it and it cleans despite not having a fighting move. Outside of that, it can be an absolute crapshoot with cheren with the lack of encounters you get early on. I wish more starting pokemon was like this (and not like rock half the time which almost always has a clear counter lmao), it's fun to have a challenge this early in an RPG with basic pokemon and little resources outside of your own craftiness. I guess Viola is the same way to a lesser extent surprisingly if you don't pick fennekin (and even then surskit can kinda shake you around a lil) and gen 7 has kind of a tough early game too with the totem and teacher/Ilima fights (with USUM having a decent amount of additional hard battles early on too).

[@BardockSkywalker]

I'm loving these more story driven Nuzlocke videos, great job

[@tredorre6590]

God I love your content!! I look forward to it every single week and I'm never disappointed. Thank you Dr HG!

[@K3wlG33k]

Oh my God. You're making a Flygon-verse of characters now, just like Ryan George. Absolutely amazing editing. 👍

[@K3wlG33k]

@@FlygonHG well you're welcome. Praising you is super easy, barely an inconvenience.

[@zachstyles4378]

Always love when HG plays the gen 5 games. I personally think the animated sprites are the best look the Pokémon have had even compared to the 3D models today.

[@NaoshikuuAnimations]

Man, these last videos have been so much fun. Congrats on the awesome content!

[@ria00]

i LOVED the shadow triad/plasma grunt breakroom skit, this video is so much fun!!! thank you for putting so much effort into your storytelling for these nuzlockes, i love seeing what you come up with!

[@tirelessfrog916]

flygonhg has turned to the side of evil .... Good video!!

[@manuboy9]

Great idea here. Would like to see you do this for gen 3, but choose the opposing team for whatever version you choose (Ruby/Sapphire or ORAS)

[@loveandhate]

I have been loving how you have been adding in more story to these nuzlockes, and makes you stand out. I enjoy this deadpan humor style as well.

[@jamesshroogle6331]

I've come to love your recent nuzlocks, mainly because of the narration. Thanks for all the videos, you're great!

[@xRaiofSunshine]

I love these villain nuzlockes, they’re pretty funny and interesting ^^ Maybe Aqua or Skull next?

[@gamebustonaut3171]

the storytelling in these themed nuzlockes is immaculate to say the least

[@BreezyStarfish]

These themed Nuzlockes are superb. Keep of the great work Flygon!

[@dragula2950]

The content recently has been so good love the story lines you come up with it makes the Nuzlockes so fun and entertaining more more also can’t wait for the 6 part 2

[@nishant9289]

So you're telling me that Dr.HG uploaded two videos in a week especially when the previous one was so wholesome in every aspect? That left on me as much as an impression when I came to know Larry was a gym leader and an elite four member, perhaps even more. EDIT: 0:36 Damn; another well-worked video!

[@randomweebdoinggames3072]

Best poketuber.

[@Wynntersenk6017]

Your videos are truly fantastic, you are my favorite nuzlocker and I dearly hope you understand your impact on the community, thank you for everything you do

[@ADCruz2]

Matti, I must say that this vid in patrcular was stupendous! I love how you injected so much analytical wit, zealous panache, and lighthearted humor into it (mind you I'm only about halfway through while writing this), and I can't help but stress how polished your unique sense of content creating style has become. Thank you for your hard work, it hasn't gone unnoticed!

[@kevingreenley1765]

I think you should do a Black/White playthrough where you only use pokemon available in Shaking grass, dust clouds, and rippling water. I know you haven't done a lot of B/W playthroughs since there's not a wide variety of pokemon before the first gym, so I think this one could be done. And since shaking grass isn't a thing until after the first gym, you can use the Dreamyard Monkey as your encounter since the monkeys are shaking grass pokemon anyways.

[@ClockworkBlade]

Okay okay hear me out…. The Shining Star Shinx run, you’re helping a baby shinx that is looked down on in its home town for being a runt… Now this little shinx got their few friends together and is heading off with a small child to prove itself by defeating legendaries and the Pokémon league. Idk I think it could be cool, like a team of three or four underrated Pokémon led by a shinx, all trying to evolve along the way and prove themselves back home.

[@antoniovettore7605]

Great video as always 🔥🔥

[@sammckeon738]

flygon, i’ve been watching for a little while now and i’m so glad to see how much the channel has grown. love your vids man and glad your getting recognised!

[@dustyclink1468]

Where did the Hamilton theme come from lmfao

[@briansherrod1916]

An idea I haven’t seen yet. This is super exciting! Thank you for this!

[@wavin6526]

I really love that there is always a little backstory to the runs. This extra work makes it much more interesting and it feels very lovely ❤

[@pawsomedoggo5949]

I really love the story telling in your videos! You definitely do more of it!

[@tomasernstb3829]

Dude, I love how extra this is!! This channel rekindled my love for Pokemon, you’re a great dude, greetings from Chile 🇨🇱

[@willywonderbread1691]

Love the extra little stories you give to your nuzlockes, makes them stand above the rest

[@Catsaclysm]

These videos are easily the best part of my weekend, keep up the amazing work Dr. HG! Would love to see a Team Yell run, Obstagoon is such a badass Pokemon

[@WarioLandIV]

Constantly pumping out such high quality content is genuinely insane. Dunno how you do it!

[@MyJesterHat]

Haven't watched one of your videos before but the narration and story building was quite fun as mentioned by others.However, I really have to give props to the strategy used in the harder fights, smart use of items and moves to plan around the opponents team. You definitely deserve more subs.

[@ericmaloney6730]

Just found your channel last week, have almost watched through all of your challenge runs some of the most interesting gameplay out there

[@Wolffeay]

The IRL cuts and edits were hilarious! Great work as always, Flygon!

[@alexanderst.7993]

The production value goes up for every video and I'm very grateful to Dr.HG

[@Looby_Lake]

Absolutely brilliant video! Love this kind of story driven nuzlocke content. You are amazing! AlsoI got caught on to the Hamilton naming scheme before you even named your purrlion. I need to watch it again now! Will be watching this video again first though!

[@sammisafetypin]

I love so much th more narrative-based videos you’re doing ! ! I spent so much time when I was younger reading nuzlocke comics constantly , and though th more strategic challenge focus th community tends to have now is cool in its own way , nuzlockes will always be dramatic stories in my heart :D I think you mix those two very well in videos like this and th Spheal video !

[@jtobillo4303]

Great video! You've easily become my favorite nuzlocke creator at this point. I think a fun "evil" team run would be team star, both for pokemon variety and story telling beats

[@indesomniac]

Thank you Dr Flygon for the effort you put into these videos

[@daveclayt85]

You were already comfortably the best at what you do, but lately you've managed to improve even further! Really impressive, thank you for all the entertainment!

[@w1nther930]

PLEASE do more of these sorts of nuzlockes. I love the stories and plots and its much more engaging

[@LXAIndyComic]

Genuinely the most enjoyable nuzlockes to watch, particularly because of your engaging and intelligent narratives. Keep up the great work!

[@aSUGAaddiction]

Your story telling is my favorite part. The spheel team 6 and now this! Thanks, the effort is noted!