Do Pro Nuzlockers ACTUALLY know anything about Pokémon?

I invited 4 of the BEST Nuzlockers in the world to test their skills when it comes to Pokémon knowledge. Just how good are the professional Nuzlockers who play some of the hardest Pokémon challenges?
THE CONTESTANTS
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@PokemonChallenges : pChalTV
@FlygonHG : FlygonHG
@Whacko2 : Whacko2TV
@Moxi : moxittv
Special thanks to @Drxxyt for helping come up with the questions for the different categories.
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[@nevenpatrk9661]

Jan really shows up more on other channels than he does on his own channel.

[@hassassinpapaya5502]

This has to be the reason why he doesn’t upload that often

[@SondreGrneng]

@@hassassinpapaya5502 that and his not even remotely secret disdain for youtube.

[@Nobody-su9km]

@@SondreGrneng that would be true, if not for the fact he streams for 1 month then take several 3 months vacations straight after that.

[@orance2526]

whos jan?

[@hassassinpapaya5502]

@@orance2526 Pokemon Challenges' real name

[@mistermaxie6487]

The glowup for Brayden by going from "I THOUGHT IT HAD STURDY!" to a full nuzlocker capable of winning races, lmao. It's so funny to think about, but it's also impressive.

[@sailorgallifrey1365]

The training arc

[@TikiShades]

that's the same guy? lmfaooo that's great

[@beerypollens]

@@sailorgallifrey1365 hell yeah

[@DKQuagmire]

oh that clip was hilarious. i got the feeling that most of these Nuzlockers never played the older generation Pokemon games, as a lot of the abilities worked completely differently in generation 3, than how they work today. Sturdy for example, only effected actual OHKO moves. moves with the names: Fissure, Horn Drill, Guillotine and Sheer Cold. It was in generation 5, that the ability was changed to allow the Pokemon to survive on 1HP, if it would be knocked out, from "Full HP" from any attack in the game. Basically Focus Sash!

[@ChaosDragon]

@@DKQuagmire Then you have Jan losing his damn mind reacting to that clip because he knows that isn't how sturdy worked back then.

[@Drxxyt]

Bird keeper billy grew up so fast 🤧

[@Masong-dq3qz]

Bro y did u send an aggro on a medicham

[@chaitanyaghuge540]

We need answers dammit

[@chaitanyaghuge540]

😂

[@Whacko2]

This was SO fun CaptainKidd!! Thank you for having me!!

[@alejandrovasquez4044]

That sturdy misplay is gonna haunt Kidd for the rest of his life

[@SomeAsian]

He beat Emerald Kaizo Hardcore and he STILL won't live it down.

[@MrSupersonic2012]

It was the start of his arc.

[@CosmicPlatonix]

Bruce Wayne will never get over the death of his parents in an alley. Peter Parker will never get over the death of his uncle to a robber Peter could have stopped. And Captain Kidd will never get over "I thought it had Sturdy".

[@DustD.Reaper]

And after his life, it will be engraved on his tombstone so it can haunt him for his afterlife

[@Quetzal00358]

Lives rent free in my head

[@Moxi]

Thanks for including me dude, this was SO FUN! Loved the questions and categories

[@Cavereous]

kek

[@ETLettuce]

I love how Jan looks like he's in physical pain whenever he answers

[@Joural0401]

Ive never seen him not look like that tbh

[@fenixchief7]

Flashbacks to how he learned whatever they were asking about.

[@chadwick1360]

7:25 Pokemon Challenges was also Right, Courtney only has a Camerupt during the whole game, the only fights with her that have other pokemon are pokemon from the Magma Grunt in the Double Battle

[@dickpunch583]

I was gonna say I just did a play through of OR and could have sworn she had just the camerupt

[@buffcatty5858]

A FELLOW MUDKIP ENJOYER

[@coyolord8031]

bro my brain was like wait there's two answers for this. WHY AM I TRIPPING

[@melissam6931]

I’m honestly surprised how long they took to get Whitney’s team, I was like, okay two Pokémon, they’re both pink, then the miltank started materializing and I was like WHITNEY

[@deucemaulding3493]

Same, and I stopped playing Crystal before I fought Whitney

[@python1972]

I was distracted by the pixel art making Clefairy look like a luvdisc

[@LolWutMikehSM]

I imagine actually conjuring whitneys name was the hardest part

[@Leonardodeboni0406]

And then ptsd

[@VJ-Vice]

You should do one more with Alpharad, Ludwig, Jaiden, and RT games to have a mid level competition

[@JohnyMeBoi]

nah alpha is the nuzlocke king, youtube said so lol

[@smokyoderpsiau]

​@@JohnyMeBoias people have said before you don't have to be the best at something to become king

[@familyneves9777]

@@smokyoderpsiau Literally everyone when monarchy:

[@Kingolimar354]

Alpha is too good now. Probably In between these tiers

[@hydreigonchungus]

Mid was definitely the correct wording when describing these KZbinrs

[@terrificloyaldust]

Flygon missed the opportunity to flex his irl PhD. But in all seriousness this is a funny video and would love to see this content again.

[@SSardonic]

Given the option, Flygon always chooses self-deprecation over flexes

[@montyeggman3075]

I would love to see this done again in the future; it was interesting and hilarious.

[@alphalupus7527]

When the Nuzlocke King isn’t in the video

[@Super_Wooper]

Alpha didn't get included 😢

[@lordtoomas]

damn 😔

[@competitively3315]

I’m disappointed too.

[@blueknight8657]

dude is already king he has nothing to prove

[@Treblebeatgames]

He wanted it to be an actually fair gameshow

[@lizziekowalski4273]

I love how scruffy pokemon challenges always looks in these collab videos

[@draw0833]

that’s why we love our Jan 😭😭🙂

[@kylecresswell0478]

Just for viewer engagement, I would suggest another round but with vanilla games only. That way a higher viewer count can also "play along" with the contestants.

[@JubioHDX]

yea i was assuming itd be about vanilla games, but thats probably cause the one i watch the most by a huge margin is flygon hg lmao. I could be wrong but if it was vanilla games i feel like he wouldve crushed since he has so much experience playing all the games so many times doing all those monotype runs while the others do mostly romhacks that take alot of time away from getting more runs done overall

[@DekiVen]

When I read “I thought it had sturdy” I died of laughter!!!! 😂

[@calemcclure2573]

flygon was really like "i have a PhD, i'm not watching other people's nuzlockes" i love him

[@gengarzilla1685]

I'm genuinely impressed with myself for guessing Marley's team from Renegade Platinum before these guys despite having _never_ done a full playthrough of that romhack. I just remembered that she specialises in high Speed mons and took the shot off of that.

[@WiiMote070]

I guessed Courtney, then, when the answer showed up I was like "oh yeah there's an Arcanine that's kinda her thing huh". Interestingly that team there is actually the one she fights you with in Platinum if you remove the Sceptile & Starmie and replace them with a Ninjask.

[@Gaia1054]

Before the first time appeared I jokingly screamed "Cynthia!!" and when her team faded in I laughed so hard

[@Apolluci]

Another banger video! This one was such a delight. Can confirm, filling out that type chart is trickier than it looks, even if you have all the types memorized in practice: I took a crack at it after finishing this video and only remembered the one type combo I was missing with less than a minute left. (It was that ice is super effective against flying, lol)

[@Fabiocean2000]

Sometimes it's hard to remember that Ice is good for something lol

[@Apolluci]

@@Fabiocean2000 in my mind ice is there for garchomps and other dragons to be highly allergic to it and not much else

[@SirBroadsword]

I dislike rock types, so it probably shouldn't be surprising that I forgot rock is good against bug. Got all the rest though.

[@Ax20414]

This was a lot of fun to watch! I've only nuzlocked a couple of vanilla games, and I'm currently trying my hand at Radical Red, but I've watched so much footage from you guys lol

[@sleepi866]

such a cool concept! really entertaining! please do a second part

[@kanesicle]

Agreed!!!!!

[@Hazearil]

When I saw the Camerupt team, I thought it was going to be "wild encounter". Also, I expected you to pull a fast one on them and include either Tate or Lisa's team, separate from the other.

[@WiiMote070]

That would've been a good one to include; take one of their PWT teams. Though I'd bet the Solrock/Lunatone would give it away.

[@DarknessDust]

loved this! would definitely watch another one of these! (I was so waiting for the 'WHAT DID I SAY?!!!' from Alpharad xD)

[@AugmentalGameplay]

I need more of this, this was amazing

[@gaymerjames4127]

I rarely comment on people's videos (yes I know I should for the algorithm), but this was one of the best videos I've seen! Please do more of these! Maybe a tournament, where the winners of each one go into a final round!

[@Dubreezy]

That was actually awesome I hope you do more! You’re the best!

[@orchididol]

this is so much fun! would love to see more like this

[@lilaccreeper2005]

Can't believe I got Whitney in the first round before any of them. Gonna thank MandJTV for his hate of that miltank that has solidified her team in my head. Great video!

[@bdf1006]

Same. I beat all of them to Whitney. That Miltank caused me too much pain in childhood

[@Chelarino]

as soon as the question with the medicham came up and it was established that the aggron killed it i was just like "how?" and i am so happy that pokemon challenges went in immediately after asking the same thing xD

[@remi_ctr5248]

At 11:53 Machamp also takes resisted/neutral damages from houndoom so I think it's random between miltank and machamp but I'm not sure I don't really know about Gen2

[@Qu4resma]

Now Jan can change up his intro from "I'm probably the best nuzlocker in the world" to "i'm the best nuzlocker in the world, according to Captain Kidd" XD

[@emelieleonie4783]

I really really enjoyed this video! As someone who consumes nuzlockes daily, this quizshow gives me "who wants to be a millionaire" vibes where I sit there blaming the participants for not knowing the answer even though i would've chosen the wrong answer myself xD Greetings from Germany and i am looking forward to the next one!

[@JuanVasquez17]

I like the community you guys area creating around nuzlockes i dont know if its been here for long im new to it and im having a blast

[@endr7u7]

I love this, another one would be a blast!

[@Primarina341]

I can't look at an onix anymore without the immediate thought becoming "WHAT DID I SAY, BRAIDEN?"

[@redwings13400]

Most people: Would be embarrassed by telling a popular youtuber to use onix against a Jynx in a nuzlocke Kidd: Proceeds to milk the heck out of that clip and considers it his defining moment I'm not even mad, its well deserved, and you've done it super creatively and hilariously. Well done.

[@Rikrobat]

When a clip becomes that known, best thing to do is roll with it. Even if it's embarrassing, if you own it, it can lead to laughter and discussion. :)

[@catfeldman3614]

i would like to suggest a game of pokemon scattergories with categories like pokemon name (possibly even bug type pokemon), location, move, ability, item, character; that sort of thing i feel like the chaos that could come from it would be very fun

[@joshuabidleman9912]

I just started and honestly I'm proud of myself for calling Cynthia's team before Jan

[@RealityMasterRogue]

only four minutes in and i'm already having a blast watching

[@ps2catgirl]

oh boy what a fun new nuzlocke related video from captain kidd! sure hope that onix sturdy clip doesnt haunt this one

[@Logi-Bro]

For the single Camerupt team it actually could’ve been Admin Courtney from ORAS. You fight this team during the Delta episode in Petalburg.

[@MeriadocMyr]

I am already proud that I managed to get a few of the teams in the first section before the pros did

[@SSardonic]

I’ve been watching PC for longer but ended up rooting for Flygon - was pretty happy they came in 1st and 2nd!

[@HandsomeLongshanks]

So, when's episode 2? This would be a great reoccurring series

[@TheJacoboGordon]

Really funny, really well done!!

[@bonniefitz591]

youre such a king for adding the type match up points

[@jakeblaylock3490]

Fantastic video with creators I already like, instant like and sub, keep it up!

[@Vexiarla]

FlygonHG saying "ive been practicing my whole life for this" before the master baiter section is so unhinged LMAO 💀

[@dismasyves]

The switch ai questions were very interesting and informative! Fun video

[@swigzby]

Where's the Nuzlocke king? Where's Drew? EDIT: Ok so Drew helped put it together.

[@Satherian]

lmao, great video! I love friendly competition!

[@mattemactics1280]

Jan was Ice cold "Don't worry I have it saved on my computer"

[@Zoroarkarceus123]

Wait, if the reasoning Miltank comes in is because it's not weak to Houndoom's STAB and has a super effective move, how is Machamp's Dynamic Punch not considered? Doesn't it have a higher base power than EQ?

[@cullenlatham2366]

only a blind guess from a not-experienced nuzlocker, but accuracy/power average? Example numbers: 120 base power, 50% accuracy averages out to 60 damage per turn before pokemon stats are factored in and comes out to less than a 70 base power move that hits 100% (or near enough to make rounding vs slightly more complicated numbers) of the time. 120>70, but 60 average

[@gyronutz3043]

Miltank comes in first because of the team order.

[@Zoroarkarceus123]

@@gyronutz3043 oooooooh, okay. That makes sense!

[@otterex]

​​@@cullenlatham2366 machamp dynamic punch has 100% accuracy do to no gaurd tho

[@cullenlatham2366]

@@otterex Like i said, merely a guess. I am very likely wrong, but the flip side of your counterpoint comes in 2 parts: first, when were abilities introduced again? I started in gen 3, and they have been present ever since, but i thought i heard that they were not introduced until gen 3. By that logic, gen 2 AI will not account for it unless we are talking about romhacks that "retroactively" introduce them. The second point is just the unknown minutia of the AI in general. He already threw a "hidden power is always seens as normal by AI, regardless of actual type" twist, so again the AI might ignore something as obvious as abilities. Just to be clear, still just speculation. I have no clue how true any of what ive said is, but i wanted to take a swing, regardless of how wildly off i was.

[@eclipseeffigy]

One of the outros ever 😅 great show nonetheless, well done!!

[@pimp_daddy]

Flygon hg has a PhD and said a 50% vgc winrate is his highest accolade

[@blu6295]

Love that pchal looked like he doesn't give a fuck, he's just gotten out of bed

[@HWRoadHouse93]

for the 2nd master baiter question Isn't machamp also not weak to houndoom's stab moves? and he has 2 2x damage moves, wouldnt it be random? or is it miltank because its before machamp in the lineup

[@bashfulwolfo6499]

I def don’t want much Nuzlockes, never watched any ones for fangames, but I’m glad I was still able to get some points in this lmao. Anyways I’m def gonna be watching more now just for the quotes alone in Whose Line.

[@ShadowWasntHere8433]

When the quotes category popped up I yelled out the Aloharad part of “I thought it had sturdy”

[@LadyPriscillaCh]

Would Pokémon Challenges not also have got a point for the Courtney answer for Camerupt, as thereis three fights, where she only has a Camerupt too?

[@jancojicanoder]

yep, in Omega Ruby she only has a Camerupt, so he was correct too

[@RizztarSpeedruns]

more, please!!

[@lerbyn]

12:05 wouldnt the same apply for machamp? it hits super effective and is neutral against stab from houndoom

[@176463]

This is correct. i have no clue why they weren't both correct. I understand it not being ttar as HP is treated as Normal type in the gen, however not only does houndoom *lose* to machamp on the dark side, since machamp *resists* dark, but machamp is also *neutral* to houndoom's fire type moves, and it *also* hits houndoom for fighting type super effective damage. By all means, if any, machamp would be prioritized by smart ai.

[@Leonardo-fv4vu]

@@176463 my theory is it multiplies power with accuracy to get an average, so milktank has 100 avg with earthquake but because of 50% accuracy machamp has 50, and abilities didn't exist in gen 2 so no guard doesn't apply.

[@176463]

@@Leonardo-fv4vu You forget though that the machamp also still has Rock Smash.

[@zakdan2254]

"The ping is clearly not holding you back" 10 seconds later "It was the ping"

[@Kuszutoe]

I have to flagon OG I’m so happy he’s getting recognized as a top nuzlocker he deserves it

[@etourdie]

It would've been amazing if you scored this like the pokeathelon

[@RidentGaming]

whose line is it was the best section by far

[@90degreesfahrenheitgaming57]

What did I say, Brayden?! WHAT DID I SAY?!

[@watchtowergaming5285]

I knew challenge would raise his hand lol

[@nicolle2126]

that "master baiter" section sounded so goofy on the name alone, but it was a really inspired section for a quiz for the participants! really fun watch

[@SienAppelsien]

That whos that team game is so much fun but sadly i dont play any romhacks so couldnt guess any of those... I did get a few regular ones really quick though

[@isabellasears3569]

The fact that I got most of these questions right yet haven’t done a single nuzlocke just proves how much space of my brain has been willingly given up to this game

[@thediethrower1803]

I can't belive in the trainer guessing part you didn't put in our boy Youngster Joey!

[@joker0762]

Flash news: famous pokemon nuzlocker Moxi retires after not remembering that ice is super effective against dragon

[@lukadark9761]

12:00 wait I’m confused, isn’t Machamp a viable switch since it has fight, which Houndoom’s dark typing is weak to, and isn’t weak to fire/dark?

[@giraffedragon6110]

y'see that's the thing! It's just MATH! but it's explained in such a fun way that's easy to remember.

[@xenowolf7285]

I was doing pretty well with the MB questions until the infernape one. I thought it would be Lucario cause I see it having 4x damage plus stab and I'm pretty sure it doesn't have any specific weakness to aggron. Now I'm curious on how well I'd do on that type chart quiz as well

[@CharlesABelair]

I'm guessing that the Gen 4 AI goes in for supereffective rather than resisances beforehand, according to what Captain Kidd explained, therefore making it Infernape and Lucario both being 4 x supereffective with Fighting, and Neutral with either Fire or Steel. So I suppose Infernape comes in first solely because it is before Lucario in the roster... Otherwise, I thought the same as you, Lucario is actually more resistant as Rock is neutral on Infernape, Steel is resisted by Infernape. While Rock is resisted by Lucario and Steel is also resisted by Lucario.

[@galaxystudios370]

alright here's what happened. Every pokemon in the back has a quad effective move, so it then goes to type matchups. The way it's calculated is calculating the effectiveness of each pokemon's types against Aggron. Infernape gets a score of quad + neutral. Lucario also gets a score of quad + neutral. (Machamp gets quad + quad, but that causes overflow and it's ranked below quad + neutral) With a tie between Lucario and Infernape, it goes by team order and Infernape is sent out.

[@xenowolf7285]

@@galaxystudios370 Ooohh, okay. That makes sense cause I had it down to infernape and Lucario when I was watching. I picked Lucario because it would be a special attacker and aggron is a physical tank. I can see how a computer wouldn't acknowledge that though. Thank you!

[@sgt.zaitsev287]

Love to see FlygonHG here!

[@rabpanz6145]

Oh my god, I didn't know it was YOU in the WHAT DID I SAY clip lmao. Legendary. Also this is a ton of fun!!

[@gjbsarmeri3957]

Pchal is just goated

[@pyromaniac000000]

Never done a single nuzlocke and cant even do any of the special games cuz no pc, but i still woulda done better than whacko in the first section. I wouldve taken both whitney and lorelei from them, and i said Candice at almost the exact same time as the other two did, but i think i was second on that one. Not bad for a guy who hasnt played the games seriously in a long time haha

[@ashleymockensturm8028]

I have no idea how I guessed Cynthia's team when it immediately popped up 😂

[@rileyackison4495]

Have I already watched this video before? Yes. Did I rewatch it just for the sturdy clip? Also yes.

[@RandomWeebAppeared]

12:10 Machamp is also not weak against houndoom's STAB moves (even resisting dark), while he has a super effective rock smash/dynamic punch to land. If anything, miltank threatens to hit his secondary type super effectively while machamp hits his main type super effectively. Can I get my point?

[@edber111]

I hope people continue to milk the sturdy clip i still laugh whenever i see it

[@tabbender1232]

I recognized Whitney and Candice before them

[@HatsuneLuka]

I'm tryna get a quick 100% where's that type chart test at?

[@garchompgamer1874]

The master baiter 😭😭😭

[@texteel]

12:00 Im confused. Houdoom STABs are fire and dark, why would the AI send in a Milktank with the reason of "neither fire nor dark are super effective against miltank", when it has a machamp, that resists dark?

[@corazonpagkaliwangan5766]

If both pokemon have super effective moves and isnt weak to houndooms stab then the ai will go team order

[@1stCommentCop]

When I saw the Bird Keeper team I actually yelled: "TEAM SKY!"

[@elise3852]

tricky to guess some of these if the camera cuts away to someone’s face beforehand

[@michaelgrey1503]

I'm really glad Dr. FG is on this list.

[@metaljay77]

I wish Whacko had somehow jumped Moxi. Also not surprised Jan won it. Gotta do more of these.

[@69teeth]

4:36 oh you were waiting for that one

[@JDoradoTube]

omg Dr Flygon is so quiet in this! My precious angel is just a soft spoken man

[@JubioHDX]

i assume cause its almost all about romhacks or watching other peoples content when he was spending half his nuzlocke career working on a phd instead and 90% of the time just does things like monotype or

[@Temmie_on_smash]

In gen 3 and maybe 4, sturdy only worked against one hit knock out moves like fissure and sheer cold, then it got changed to if the pokemon is at full hp and would faint, it lives on one

[@hundredLeech]

Bro's answering the thumbnail 💀

[@OscatJ]

7:38 Tabitha is going out in onesie pyjamas with shorts and a jacket and just hoping that nobody calls him on it (we have all been there)

[@ame-chan579]

Doesn't Flygon HD has a PHD or whatever the USA citizens call a doctorate? That's a pretty impressive achievement if you ask me.

[@DndMisadventures]

Bro i was a bit disappointed when the pokemon teams didnt turn out to be the evil organizations in the games i was so prepared

[@BadgerBadass]

whats the name for the website that you used for type matchups