Can The Gym Leader Beat a Hardcore Nuzlocke in Pokemon Emerald?

[@chooseastarter]

I did the run twice, because of the final boss. What's your take on beating the champion vs beating the final boss? Let me know! Watch next: GymLocke Part 2 - Crystal: kzbin.info/www/bejne/omLWiqFnm9qSl8U

[@kangaskdan]

Great run! I'm loving this gym leader themed nuzlockes for a region! I can just imagine Steven's face in that final battle watching solrock set up :|

[@chooseastarter]

Haha, yeah, I thought Solrock was a "bad" encounter, but it turned out just fine!

[@diegoc8795]

21:43 Best, best, best moment

[@diegoc8795]

My favorite Hoenn Gym Leader is Winona

[@diegoc8795]

16:07 Another best moment

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

Very tough challenge, Winona was the very best of the team!

[@chooseastarter]

Thank you! Yes, Winona was actually the reason the run went so smoothly in the end

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

@@chooseastarter yeah she did just great!

[@diegoc8795]

7:23 Best moment

[@diegoc8795]

4:13 It feels a little weird to give a male Pokémon a female name

[@chooseastarter]

I understand and I try to make them part of the ruleset starting in the next Gymlocke, but truth be told, I didn't realize that while doing the run.

[@KaesekuchenPlayers]

Very nice run love me some original gen 3 from time to time

[@chooseastarter]

Yes, Emerald is very nice! 😉👌

[@fritz1651]

The subtitle says "the hoe in germany are very strong" 🤣

[@chooseastarter]

The gardening tool is quite good, especially in Germany. I thought you were joking, but actually the correct subtitles weren't published yet, thank you for pointing it out! But the sentence is so funny, maybe I should've kept it in

[@bateltheassistant]

Wow , Steven was really tough, and he was lucky with high roll crits. I wasn't expecting you to lose most of your party in this battle,but I guess that you were preparing for that battle throughout the whole run.🤔 Winona and Roxanne and Watson were carrying this run ,even though Juan was the one who completed the run in the end. 😁 I really liked the story behind that run . And also I'm used to switching whenever I don't need to 😂😂😂,so don't feel bad about that.

[@chooseastarter]

Usually I don't plan that far ahead, but the first try ended basically right before the final boss, that's why I knew what was coming and which battles are harder than I might have expected at first. Winona was way too strong, but to be fair, I already knew that from my Water Nuzlocke. Pelipper's movepool is just so good. In the first try I had Wattson beat Wallace's Gyarados only to see Whiscash next and switch into Pelipper while Whiscash sets up Amnesia, so I tried to go around that by switching earlier, but Wallace "knew" what I tried to do and outplayed me yet again. The run was fun, so I didn't mind to redo the whole thing

[@bateltheassistant]

@@chooseastarter it's a fun run after all, so it makes sense that you'd like to redo it . I wonder if you'd do a similar run with the elite 4's teams 🤔, because I'm really curious to know how their Pokémon would do.😄

[@chooseastarter]

I think about it. But the usage of HM would be a bit tough. Also for example in gen1 there is no encounter before facing Brock. But maybe I'll figure something out