Pokémon Brilliant Diamond Hardcore Nuzlocke - Psychic Type Pokémon Only! (No items, No overleveling)

The question is, can I beat a Pokemon Hardcore Nuzlocke challenge in Brilliant Diamond version using only Psychic types? Well, it's a short question, but with a long answer, get some popcorn and a beverage and hope you enjoy.
Rules of the challenge:
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the Type Pokémon on each 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 (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on "Set" battle mode
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[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

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[@mycreativeandgamerschannel]

Why is Jirachi a steel/psychic type when it looks a fairy and its wishing star and fairy's grant wishes.

[@adolfolerito6744]

It’s surely too late for my comment to mean anything, but there is literally nobody within the Pokemon challenges scene that uses trade evolutions, so if you started doing it, that would be absolutely unique :)

[@Israel_Augustine]

Because it was released befor gen 6 and they can't change one of its types to fairy. That would change everything about it. When they added the fairy type to prior Pokémon in gen 6 they only did to monotype Pokémon or did it normal type Pokemon.

[@damianklaasse4372]

This video felt more like: Can jirachi beat Brilliant Diamond

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

Hey, to be fair... Wasn't all Jirachi. He used other Pokémon too.

[@brandonreese3359]

Jirachi and friends

[@scorchpowdispenser]

I think if a Poke survives up to the elite four then it deserves a trade evolution if possible. Otherwise how do you justify letting it evolve with having to reach a certain level or friendship level etc... but definitely yes to trade evolutions!

[@jimierobinson6231]

Ofcourse it survived he almost soloed with a mythic

[@EpicGamerSetzuna]

Amen, lol. Especially with how beastly the E4 is in this game, let alone Cynthia. No reason not to evolve

[@EpicGamerSetzuna]

Besides, if the dupe glitch is fair game, so should trade evolutions

[@sploosh1317]

I think trade evos are ok, but mythical Pokémon I think is a little over the top.

[@ayaann7052]

I kinda agree but jirachi’s base stat total is 600 which I’m pretty sure is the same as salamense or hydragon

[@ayaann7052]

Nvm I meant garchomp but u can’t get that till really late so I think he should have only used him in the elite 4

[@cosmicaIity]

it's just one. it's not like he used mew as well

[@Israel_Augustine]

@@ayaann7052 but he got it at the beginning. He used Jirachi for every fight. He might well have made a Jirachi only run.

[@Israel_Augustine]

It's still really overpowered. He used Jirachi in *every* battle. I found the video incredibly boring because he just kept on using Jirachi. CM: Wow! Now I know why I don't usually use legendaries! *proceeds to use Jirachi* And yes, I know Jirachi's a mythical.

[@ztsweetman]

I think allowing trades and pearl exclusives is absolutely fine and would be cool

[@cornyfirstkill]

Seconding this.

[@Mut4ntG4m3r]

more fine than allowing the "preorder" or release window exclusives imo... that jirachi feels so unfitting

[@mattmc1234]

@@Mut4ntG4m3r yh the jirachi is too op

[@granitegargoyle7975]

The Jirachi solo video was great.. But I would have loved to actually see a psychic type TEAM playthrough! Rather than just a Jirachi solo run.

[@digikid3347]

Like with pokemon that are only pure psychic type pokemon, that actually sounds cool

[@firewispgames7539]

Lmao

[@wertyswar]

@@digikid3347 Or not use a mythical pokemon in a hardcore nuzlocke...

[@digikid3347]

@@wertyswar yea Jirachi is pretty op with is mythical stats and typing

[@fizzmillo949]

@@wertyswar a bit late here but jirathi has the same amout of stats as garchomp which people Seem to be fair game

[@tomjackson3432]

To be honest, I'm not sure why you'd allow mythicals and the dupe glitch but ban trade evos. I'd have those the other way round. Using the dupe glitch in particular seems against the spirit of a nuzlocke

[@domenicavallone28]

7:08 yes you should definitely allow trade evolution! I genuinely don’t see a reason as to why not, the hardcore nuzlocke already imposes a bunch of rules, why add more difficulty? Besides the option to allow impossible evolutions on a randomizers sets the level if evolution around the high 30’s which is like 5th-6th badge range so I think that’s fine 🥰

[@Bludgeoned2DEATH2]

Yeah the Universal Pokemon Randomizer sets impossible evolutions to 37 which makes sense.

[@Israel_Augustine]

What difficulty? You mean the Jirachi only run he's doing in this video. Yep. Really difficult, extremely challenging.

[@granitegargoyle7975]

Also RIP Smoochum/Jynx having literally graced the screen 0 times.

[@nathanburwell4866]

I would rather see Trade evolutions and no mythicals such as jirachi

[@EpicGamerSetzuna]

Gonna be honest, allowing trade evolutions would make this far more interesting than not evolving them. Just set up a gate for them like max friendship or lvl 40 or something

[@Scatteredpast]

Trade evolutions are great!! Using Mythics/Legendaries kind of make it monotonous tho :c

[@firewispgames7539]

Using jirachi made this run very boring

[@Israel_Augustine]

Extremely boring.

[@Israel_Augustine]

It's like a click bait title.

[@ricardoorellana8507]

Evolve all Pokémon. Trade sounds good to see those Pokémon in action

[@3toedpoli469]

Considering you are using the duplication glitch for rare candies, wouldn't you think it would be more challenging to have separate level caps for each Elite 4 member?

[@ItsFireTiger]

Without the duplicate glitch you can't grind in-between E4/Champion so it does make it harder which is fine still

[@simoneredoglio6315]

I'm all for allowing trade evolutions! I never got to play them in my games, so it would be nice to see them in your challenges. What I don't like is the use of glitches and legendaries: it's really boring seeing only Jirachi for half the challenge

[@judgegames7293]

Agreed. I was on board with the run, and the KZbinr, until he started using glitches (I don't care if it is time saved. He specifically mentioned skipping "challenging" trainers which obviously removes some of the challenge of the game). He certainly uses every advantage in these runs but the point is to entertain the viewers and sweeping half the game with a mythical and skipping challenging fights using glitches is not my idea of entertaining.

[@Israel_Augustine]

It's also supposed to be a challenge..... Nothing about this run screams challenge.

[@robertbarrows6687]

I understand using Jirachi in the beginning, but you should have boxed it the moment you got new encounters.

[@michaeliccutreb6321]

Yeah might as well title this vid "wow legendary Pokemon sure are powerful, huh?"

[@robertbarrows6687]

@@michaeliccutreb6321 If you were to use Legendaries, put stipulations on their use. Psychic has a lot of encounters so Jirachi should have only been used in the beginning, or saved as a 'endgame' or 'last resort' Pokemon. Kadabra (or if he chose to Alakazam) is plenty powerful enough to solo Gardina, and I was looking forward to seeing what strategies we'd get with Bronzong...yet it was a continual Jirachi lead.

[@uomospazzaturatube]

Yes to evolution trades, no to exploits, even if its just to avoid grinding. The risks related to grinding are an integral part of the nuzlocke spirit in my humble opinion.

[@bg3929Z]

"Why doesn't grass resist steel?" one word, @ChaoticMeatball : Lawnmower.

[@thefinalskarm1754]

Without trades these can become stagnant (more than pokemon already is) so seeing a funny Golem or Steelix around from time to time would be nice.

[@joeyparker9406]

Jirachi solo run with unlimited money and items >>

[@urek9808]

Great video! I love your monotype nuzlockes! I'm loving this much upload you're doing, thank you for the hard work you put in making these videos! I love to watch them!

[@christianmaltais2688]

Allow the trade evolution!! Release their true power

[@ConcernedAboutCrows]

I'm doing a psychic only run too, except I banned Jirachi for myself. It's a fun type to try.

[@velvet7304]

I love how this run is just Jirachi and its cheerleaders lol

[@yoyesnoble]

Watching a 600 base stat total Pokémon abusing bugs to play an already easy game. Very entertaining 👍

[@BigJuiceTheOriginalGypsy]

Stay mad lol

[@andrijor]

I loved the HOWEVER and the Destiny Hero nicknames!! Cool video! :D

[@jacobmatt3532]

Trade evolution’s are a mechanic available to players so it should be allowed as long as you trade it with a weaker pokemon

[@elirantuil5003]

Unless you don't have online or any friends that play this game.

[@arceus8089]

I think trade evolutions are fine conditionally. Just look at the base stat total of the trade evolution, and then find other Pokémon with that base stat total, and evolve the trade Pokémon at the same level the other Pokémon with the same BST evolves. For example, Alakazam evolves via trade and has a BST of 500. Pokémon like Ampharos and Rapidash also have a BST of 500. Ampharos evolves at level 30 and Rapidash evolves at level 40, so maybe you just have Alakazam evolve via trade after you reach level 35. It’s just math and comparison, and you’ll find a reasonable level to evolve the trade evos at.

[@sehbueno]

So it's a Jirachi solo run

[@eep6903]

Why use Jirachi? I just feel like the run got way more boring when using legendaries.

[@babel_UV]

tbh a combination of bronzong and alakazam is just the same if not better as jirachi, alakazam (which can be get before gym 2 by this ruleset) is faster and stronger than jirachi, and bronzong is a very early and easy to get more defensive jirachi which also one less weakness

[@Lucaazade]

@@babel_UV lol I don’t think anyone is going to hack the game to combine two Pokemon into one in a nuzlocke

[@babel_UV]

@@Lucaazade Im not talking about a literal combination, im just saying having both bronzong and alakazam in the team duh

[@Lucaazade]

@@babel_UV Alakazam gets 1 shot by any physical attack because it doesn’t have Bronzong’s defence stat. Unlike legendary Pokemon which can sweep the whole game. It was a joke :)

[@babel_UV]

@@Lucaazade Alakazam is very fast, so it can sweep with strategy or, in the early game, even without it. You can literally get a level 16 alakazam before the first gym and it'll be both faster and stronger than Jirachi. Surely you can have Jirachi do the same role as alakazam and bronzor put together, but it won't do the alakazam role as well.

[@McsnailGaming]

I’d say keep the trade evolutions in as it sucks to see a Pokémon not reach its full potential, but I’d like to see the run not use the duplication glitches

[@williamhancock77]

While I agree with the trade evolutions, the duplication glitch is just a faster way to ev train so you can see these videos on time. The video is exactly the same but just released earlier because of not having to grind.

[@McsnailGaming]

@@williamhancock77 in my opinion it kinda upsets the challenge when you can get perfect EV trained Pokémon and have everyone on the exact level for each major battle.

[@timfreborg8759]

@@McsnailGaming Thing is, that's gonna happen either way. The only difference is whether he grinds for it or not. These challenges are to make the battles harder, not to wear you out running back and forth for hours

[@bippythechippy882]

15:13 Love the Jirachi Duplication there

[@f0rm0r]

Definitely allow trades, you actually have the opportunity since it's the latest version

[@dpower6402]

I'm not gonna lie I am really enjoying the grown up streak oh phrasing you've taken lately..and the wrestling puns.

[@amethystlove6164]

alternate title: pokémon brilliant diamond hardcore nuzlocke - jirachi only

[@jamesgriffin7962]

I know someone has probably already mentioned this but if you use items like the bitter herbs on your Pokémon that can stop the affection bonuses also great video as always would like to see you attempt a run with only Dark types since Houndoom is one of my favourite Pokémon of all time plus it would be cool to see Cyrus go down to the one Pokémon they didn’t choose to give him despite it being in the Underground and him having one in Platinum

[@hanstheflamenwerfer2649]

Id Love to see a Rock Mono hardcore nuzlocke!

[@IonicSarge]

I say evolve all including trade. It’s just a personal preference but having an unevolved Pokémon ruins the dynamic for me. It just feels incomplete and out of place. If you want to make it challenging don’t evolve it till after the gym battles. If it survives those then trade it before victory road or right before you go into the elite 4.

[@kirazen3740]

Over half of this video is "My name is Jirachi and you kill my father" moments XD

[@PostieGames]

ahhhhhhhhhh I get enough of DPE every Saturday at locals and now I see D Heroes in this video?!?! I'm gonna pull my hair out! Anyways, nice video!

[@JoordyDreaming]

Loving the yugioh referances during this xD

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Awesome video Should do Mythical/Legendary only of BDSP Manaphy, Mew, Jirachi and Dialga/Palkia

[@IntingPig]

I think having Jirachi made this run too easy.. became quite a stomp throughout, would have rathered you skipped using it.

[@tinytim1060]

Life’s not okie dokie but hell yeah, time to pretend its okay and watch Chaotic

[@TeamChaosYugi]

Lmfao @ the Mystic Mine fight

[@pappinator97]

Sweeping with Jirachi is like topdecking Destiny Fusion on an empty board

[@navidahmed1]

How fast can you beat BD with (not only) jirachi!

[@Thumper17]

So you are hesitating on trade evolutions but didn't blink before picking up a mythical? Priorities bro.

[@matthewwyman7089]

Hey Meatball, Your crushing these nuzlockes. Have you tried an avatar the last air bender nuzlocke? Could be fun and would love to see. Thanks for the great content!

[@ludesen9604]

Psychic types are mostly really cool, this is gonna be a hype run

[@pedromiguelabdofidelisdepa4732]

I've been a solo psychic trainers for years and I got to click the 1000th like. Thank you for the experience, sir

[@drewyarbrough1020]

"Dick kick city" made me laugh so hard I woke my wife up across the house

[@professorbirk9368]

well i dont see how this challenge would be all that scary. you got jirachi or mew and some other very powerful choices so i heavily doubt this run is gonna fail

[@antoniocoyan7013]

Oooh this is gonna be good considering psychic is my favorite type of Pokémon. Also like Dragon, Ghost, poison etc a lot are really cool IMO idk I like all lmao

[@max199090]

Great jirachi play through lol

[@wertyswar]

Using the Jirachi? Hardcore ye... LUL

[@asierrv]

"Excuse me, search for a glitch that made you one shot every mon, since theyr gonna faint anyway".

[@keithhall199]

Lovin the D-Heros dude

[@Emolga91]

I'm super late to the party, but id be eager to see an electric type nuzlocke run from you. i know roark is incredibly difficult without having that shinx evolved, and even then very few pokemon to choose from pre end game

[@hiugnadie5303]

jirachi is an example of why legendaries/mythics are normaly banned in hardcore nuzlockes lol

[@shaunpinto3833]

Destiny heroes are my favorite archetype in yugioh! Good choice 👌

[@TheNathanb240]

Usually enjoy your videos but use of overpowered for early game Jirachi and then after duplicating the vitamins and rare candy, I switched off. It's no longer a challenge except from a strategy viewpoint at e4. Will still watch future vids but hopefully they don't have these strats again. Sorry to be a downer!

[@eddiejohn7615]

great run beast. no legendaries next time tho

[@giocaughtzzz]

Ahhh, the famous, “But I digress...” quote 😌

[@potitishogun2961997]

I personally don't mind the use of Legendaries, Mythicals, Ultra Beasts or whatever, throw it all on your team if you want! But a balance in spotlight is important, so if you use any OP Pokémon, reserve them for the stickiest situations :P But who am I to talk; YOUR run, YOUR way of playing! Do whatever you enjoy! Being based gains respect XD

[@vietbritney]

Love all the yugioh references :)

[@m.fadhilhidayat4550]

That poison jab miss tho 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@masonmojica4073]

I’d allow the trades, it would be fun seeing the final evolutions and how they impact the run.

[@liquidsleepgames3661]

This run is mind blowing

[@pocketfullofdubify]

Dick Kick city had me LAUGHING. Bravo, sir. Bravo.

[@victortrindade592]

About the use of Myticals, is a grey are for me now, I have been reflecting, we use Gyarados which is very powerful and the Pseudo Legendaries which have a total base stat greater than some legendarys, like dragonite has 600 and jirachi too, while zapdos has 580. And you don't see people not using garchomp for example... So do as you like, most of the time, you won't have access to them anyway

[@Bludgeoned2DEATH2]

10:33 IS THE WAY THAT YOU'RE MAKING ME FEEEEEL TONIGHT!

[@handleidk606]

From now on I think you should feed your Pokemon herbal medicine to negate all their affection so you could have a fair battle. At least do that before the elite four, otherwise it feels like a cheap win.

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

The herbal medicine only works for friendship. Theres no way to decrease affection.

[@skibot9974]

7:10 I say allow them but not till you get all 8 badges or use the randomizer level requirements (For example Kadabra evolves at 37)

[@danielgreene9656]

I’d say yes to trade evolutions! For Pokémon that don’t need an item, i’d evolve them around level 36 or so, like a starter. For Pokémon that need one, I’d make the evolution available as soon as you get the item.

[@shawnthompson321]

less of a mono psychic run and more of a solo jirachi run

[@dunkerdonnie3582]

Def allow for trade evolutions, but I think it is easy to see why most dont allow mythical pokemon. It's your run tho, do what makes u happy, that's the beauty of nuzlocke runs.

[@ShinyJoey349]

Jupiter doesn't need to get lucky. She just needs to get good and top deck twin or lightning storm XD

[@nuclion2895]

I think for the gyms and elite four , champion do not use a mythic pokeymon but for rival fights go right ahead

[@MinecraftLover37]

I personally like not evolving trade evolutions because I feel it's more of s challenge, the thing with trade evolutions is that they don't get a massive stat buff when evolving so they're still fairly strong. But at the end of the day it's your run and you can play however you want and I wouldn't be opposed if you did choose to include trade evolutions. Play how you want to :)

[@alphacraig4784]

How were you able to get Jirachi/Mew? I talked to those NPCs the other day and they never gave me either??

[@tylerhunnell9172]

I think adding trades would be good cause its the only way to get the best version of that Pokémon at its full Potential

[@TiltedTek]

I'm fine with the exploit usage. Grinding is monotonous and time consuming at the best of times. I'd argue against the usage of mythical/legends in the future, though. Would've loved to see more screen time of the other members of your team. You had some awesome mons that just... didn't see use, unfortunately. To round it off, yes to trade evos.

[@saxpackabs]

I'd be fine with trade evolutions. The options there and variety is the spice of life

[@robertbarrows6687]

Allow trades. The only reason not to do trade evolutions in these runs is when you're on an emulator, if you're on an actual console it'll be easy to find a partner to trade with.

[@sambohan4455]

Cant wait for the fire type one 😂 the most you can have is 4 on that team…

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

A few people have already done Fire types so I'll be passing on that one.

[@sambohan4455]

@@ChaoticMeatballTV Makes sense

[@tinytim1060]

@@ChaoticMeatballTV imagine getting an expensive game with thousands of bugs, questionable graphics, and nearly the same storyline, all well awaited for all these years, only to go through the game forcing yourself to use one of the least abundant types in the game.. yikes

[@garyoak835]

Do you take requests for non-pokemon monster trainer games?

[@mycreativeandgamerschannel]

Can you do Professor Oak Challenge On the fan game Pokemon Uranium I'm playing atm and it's fun seeing all new pokemon people have made

[@mewgayoh]

i think trade evos should absolutely be allowed even if for no other reason than to show what the theme of the run is really capable of

[@arcisle5162]

trades seem fine, but do legendaries normally get used?

[@Da__goat]

Curious to know how a cat uses Aerial Ace at all. Even more curious to know how a poison normal type can do that with the THICK FAT ability

[@ardillabonis91]

You will be shocked after knowing that Digglet can learn Aerial Ace too

[@Ray_Fangsby]

You should allow trade evolution but only after the fourth gym so you don't get an over powered pokemon too early

[@maxgosse4647]

Wonder if a normal mono type nuzlock would be fun to see

[@andystephon871]

You put the right guy on the thumbnail

[@MisterBumFluff]

Jesus christ, this should have been titled 'Jirachi only nuzlocke '

[@halberto1304]

I think you should allow trade evolutions! It would be interesting to see

[@peterrealar2.067]

I'd like to see a competent Island Scan run of either SM or USUM.

[@venomviper09]

I love the trade evolutions I never understood why people don't use them

[@bvd_vlvd]

Not "allowing" trade evolutions is so random to me. Like yeah see this pokemon? Fuck that pokemon in particular. You don't get to evolve it. And while I get that lv16 Alakazam is ridiculously OP, so is Crobat at 23 yet all nuzlockers go crazy about how crucial it is to evolve pokemon early. It's high key hypocritical. I think you should always use whatever game lets you do. It was intended like that anyway

[@hitot7426]

I don't see a problem with trade evos tbh. Most of them aren't THAT amazing, and the two great ones (Alakazam and Gengar) still have major downsides in a nuzlocke given their immense physical frailty and weakness to Sucker Punch. Have you done a Normal type run yet? If not, that's my vote