Can I Beat A Hardcore Nuzlocke Without Healing from Pokécenters OR Items?!

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Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the first Pokémon I find 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's ace (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on manual "Set" battle mode
No Healing Ruleset:
7. No using Pokémon Centers.
8. No healing using beds or optional healing spots.
9. Pokémon may only be placed in the box IMMEDIATELY after capture or if they are at full HP and PP.
10. Day-care Center is allowed only if Pokémon are at full HP and PP.
11. Story-mandated healing points are obviously allowed.
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[@BrightofNight]

“We can skip ahead to attempt #7” Oh so this is going to be one of THOSE challenges huh. Looking forward to this.

[@DarknessDust]

exactly my thoughts xD

[@weepashbp2270]

So true, there are only two types of challenges: Attempt 1 win Attempt 23 first gym leader! 😃

[@doriankamanzi6874]

Exactly

[@flowdugie399]

That clutch Grovyle save from the poison was hollywood-worthy

[@anasmohamed9632]

It's better than most of the trash movies rn

[@poketrainerjames7246]

Certified anime moment

[@vincelu2585]

For anyone wondering what Ohio the electrode’s finals words were 😂 “What the f*ck are you doing?” “This is not the only way!” “Why am I dying?” “This is NOT okay!”

[@AmoCran3]

Yeah i had to do a lips reading course there and that made me laugh! Good work for the lazy others tho!

[@MischiefAndTrickery]

thank you for this! i was way too busy laughing at how horrifying the face was to focus on the lip reading lol

[@shashanksistla5400]

I did NOT catch this. Nice one

[@mutevampire]

Thank you for this. I am profoundly bad at lip reading, and after 3 attempts I had to give up and jump into the comments for help.

[@1musamune]

as an Ohioan I gotta say you are right there were other ways.....

[@jbrad3538]

“Wait you can heal Pokémon? I’ve just been throwing them away!” - Rusty

[@mr.deeznutz8761]

Big surprise (・o・)

[@maheshramkeesoon67]

Who could have guessed that Gyarados would be holding 2 wacan berries AND it terastalized into a ground type? Rip Ohio, truly an unavoidable casualty😭

[@cliffordanosike1008]

3 Words: Cheek Pouch Gyarados

[@alepeviani]

Huge F to Ohio, the true MVP of the run!

[@mjja4783]

2!!?? haha

[@mooreshmallow]

*Kingdom Hearts voice* Two?!

[@TDeadlyFork]

On the one hand it is a true tragedy you'd expect from Shakespeare himself. On the other hand being named Ohio means it's always deserved.

[@lanceams483]

I think the craziest part of this run was finding out pelipper can learn shock wave. Had to double check that it wasn't a secret power or something.

[@TheGhostFart]

If you think that's crazy Tyranitar, Weavile, and Gogoat can both learn surf.

[@nero7862]

​@TheGhostFart I knew ttar, but weavile? GOGOAT?!?!?

[@kasagure.]

@@nero7862 Aggron learns it too. you know, the massive steel dinosaur that eats metal and rocks, pushes over mountains on its way to the toilet, whose entire gimmick is being incredibly heavy and clad in iron armor. yes, it is buoyant enough to glide effortlessly across the waves! gotta love that pokemon logic

[@SirGrimLockSmithVIII]

​@@kasagure.Given how buoyant giant steel ships are, I wouldn't say it's super unrealistic

[@jasonreed7522]

​@@SirGrimLockSmithVIIIit you trust the Pokedex propaganda you could figure out its density, i know wailord is literally less dense than air. (Figuring out the volume would be a bit tricky, maybe estimate as a cylinder and use proportions from its height to figure out the diameter of its waist, should be close enough to see if its significantly denser than water or not)

[@federicopellicori3780]

pokémon: america version

[@Leet.Time.]

You used move Mind reader

[@JShortsFR]

this comment is underrated

[@federicopellicori3780]

@@Leet.Time. commented even before seeing the first nickname lol

[@TungstenArm]

Beat me to it, drat

[@potatoqueen5248]

Should’ve done it in Unova then

[@davidshatto7604]

That electrode bit was one of your best to date imo. One ball HG never misses✊

[@suriyanarayanan8341]

That healing grovyle's poison play was really impressive flygon!

[@ddjsoyenby]

he's a genius.

[@veenadayma6514]

40:06 [SPOILERS] Alright, now Flygon HG has left me perplexed as now I'm both crying over his words and laughing over the two wacan berries holding Gyarados and the bombball exploding for its namesake. Nuzlockes ending with a big bang are always epic👍

[@patricialock1862]

I think he was mouthing what the fuck this is not the only way so I’m laughing my ass off

[@TheCreoleSon89]

You can’t tell me spark wouldn’t have KOd that gyrados lol 😂

[@exracer44]

Usually I am only running these videos in the back while doing something different... Damn this one literally had me put everything aside and be fully invested. Go Flygon ma boi

[@jfreemandrums]

Another incredibly high effort video, sacrificing Ohio seems necessary not only for this run, but something we should look into in general

[@PedroHenrique-mk5zi]

With how much effort FlygonHG puts on storytelling, I would love to see how he would write a script for a Wedlocke. With each 2 party members married to each other, the final product could be wholesome, sad and hilarious at the same time.

[@juliawidobravely]

Oh, I agree! I hope Dr. AltariaHG considers this.

[@bigtastybacon_xd6253]

Hell yeah

[@mauriciosalasart]

Same !

[@niclasbohme5747]

this would be awesome!

[@juanig4198]

need this

[@Olivia-lx9tq]

I'm so invested in the Daddy Stone storyline. Is Steven ever going to respond???

[@DarknessDust]

I'm always extra excited when you do pokémon Emerald challenges, because I always look forward to reading daddy Stone's letters xD

[@loudwhispre9406]

12:55 Absolutely *_NO SHOT_* a Fire type move of all things killed California. I'd say you couldn't script this if you tried, but we've all read the letters Daddy Stone has been writing to Steven, so we all know you're a literary genius Flygon. This little song and dance of yours is over.

[@MetaSkipper]

I'd love to see you do a version of this run in Scarlet/Violet. Boxing doesn't automatically heal, which could be both good and bad.

[@andrewwojtas8486]

Every gen 8 and onward game does this besides legends

[@HLDVR]

yes boxing doesn't auto heal in gen ix, but nearly every single important story moment heals you before or after so it's really kinda pointless.

[@diehardfreak1]

And to top it off, when he catches a wild Mon that means he won’t be able to heal it since he’d have to use the healthcare sys

[@bicepsking]

@@diehardfreak1 Guess he could box every other pokemon and only heal the ones he caught?

[@Ah0yKatie]

@@bicepsking I'm pretty sure using a pokecenter heals the entire box in Gen 9

[@Frenchaboo]

I really liked this challenge, it's cruel, but you're so skilled at this point that you've earned a little difficulty spike haha I'd love to see it with newer gens where they heal you more, but there are less exploits like the daycare or move deleting (I think).

[@kpDiDDy]

In later gens tms aren’t one use only. He could probably manage to do the relearning loop from the beginning in that case.

[@LordAryu]

This challenge was AWESOME! Loved the narration, and that Electrode bit had me laughing for a solid minute! Also, the hidden power/secret power and Thief Heart scale strats are genius level plays!

[@jackcostantino890]

“Health care is for suckers, all you need is a good nap,” this is literally just how D&D works

[@MoxieInfernape]

I've watched a lot of your videos Matti, but this is one of my favorites. Perfect example of a new way to innovate Nuzlockes, even in a very familiar game, that makes the challenge experience very different. The meta of what Pokemon are good gets flipped from a standard Emerald Nuzlocke and it was super fun watching you figure that out. Illumise was one of the most important Pokemon of the run and that's not a sentence I thought I would hear!! I would love to watch a Vod for this challenge if available because it would be fun to see your thought process throughout the challenge and how you realized some of these neat work-arounds to healing here. Also didn't know I needed to see Matti's face on an Electrode begging not to die but that's something I'll never unsee. I love Pokemon Emerald and I apprecaite all your efforts to keep revisiting this awesome game. You're killing it dude :D

[@SpiritofrockinKids]

This Nuzlocke is so different from the Monolockes. The limited PP, different mechanics for leveling, and how you use your money throughout the run show a new (or under utilized) set of skills in Nuzlocking. Keep up the fantastic work!

[@Victini0510]

I know you put a lot of effort into the story vids but I gotta say, these high difficulty runs where you claw your way to victory is so much more interesting and entertaining imo. Vids like these are the FlygonHG experience.

[@gatikchopra3613]

Didn't know Wallace's Gyarados was holding two Wacan berries and could terastallize in the ground type. Well, you do learn new things everyday Rest in pie- er, peace Electrode. That willing sacrifice saved the run

[@bubblecat7827]

“You can heal Pokémon? I’ve just been throwing them away” -FlygonHG

[@f0rm0r]

I definitely thought the nickname theme was going to be iced tea or something based on the first name. Also that last turn was phenomenal 😂 gotta watch out for those 2 wacan berries

[@lajm1000]

Haven't watched the whole thing but more bats**t crazy concepts like this please! Keeps the nuzlockes novel ❤️

[@christianacevedo2422]

that was a fire challenge! congrats on passing it🥳 i started laughing when the electrode had to sacrifice himself to win the run lol

[@prestonm-f382]

This reminds me of Utter Lunacy, No Healing Platinum, something I read on Nuzlocke forums a while back. Same as this, but no healing moves either (but with items in battle, just no healing items.) good memories, great vid!

[@kameronjohnson3888]

Man that was like my favorite run I had read.

[@kevindragon3883]

For a challenge as hardcore as this, I would say evolving Nincada into Ninjask and Shedinja would be acceptable just to give you a little extra help. Besides, it's done after a single hit.

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I was surprised you didn’t start with Treecko because of absorb and the drain moves

[@ragnaricstudios5888]

He likes to not use stuff to make the game easy

[@raikiri6456]

He did lol

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@@raikiri6456yes, but not to start with. He initially went Mudkip, and it surprised me is all

[@andreaaurigemma2782]

If you're familiar with nuzlockes you know that mudkip is so much better than treeko that your natural instict would be picking it regardless of the specific challenge.

[@joeyyoung5173]

​@@andreaaurigemma2782I wonder if tje guy named "Nuzlocke Joe" has experience with Nuzlockes. But that aside, Nuzlockes isnt a game about instinct, but about planning and thinking your actions thrugh and especially Dr. HG knows this. So yeah Mudkip was quite an odd choice

[@typhlosion7872]

I honestly would like to see this again, but with a twist. In a difficulty enhancement hack, but on a charity stream and every donation of $5 or more allows you one potion/ether (or anything in their categories for healing/PP restoration)

[@tobintobintobin]

A non square space sponsored flygonhg video is insane

[@grieveromega6060]

10:53 Guess who had the thought in mind: "who in the world would watch this over and over without being subscribed." Well... guess who just subscribed after about 2 years of enjoying the content by thinking he was already subscribed...

[@sspearss9112]

I loved this run! Adding specific rules causing you to work around them in creative ways was so cool. I'd love to see more runs with extra rules like this.

[@pebbellz]

This was such a fun challenge to watch. Always so great to see all the ways you can get creative and find workarounds for the rules you set yourself. I predicted at the beginning that Wish would have a big part in the run, but I'm used to seeing it on Umbreon, so seeing Kansas the Illumise really come in clutch was such a refreshing change of pace. The most fun part of these videos is truly seeing you figure out ways to make even the most seemingly useless pokes into heroic linchpins of the run.

[@dootdoot5538]

BABE WAKE UP, NEW FLYGON HG VID DROPPED!!!!!

[@brentdavison1633]

HG, I don't know if you'll see this comment but I just wanted to say I really love your work. A week ago I had never heard of you. Four days ago I wasn't subscribed. Now you are the melody that plays me to sleep and when I wake up I scroll back to where I nodded off and keep going. As of now I've watched about half of your videos and I can't wait to see more. Keep doing what you're doing ❤

[@Keydicken]

So happy I finally get to watch this! I have been busy with grad stuff all week, and this is the first new video I get to watch as a high school graduate! I’ve been watching the channel since close to the beginning, and it’s amazing how much the content has progressed. Here’s to more milestones!

[@airschut13]

This was an awesome variation. You had some incredible plays in this one, like the Grovyle save, which showcased your nuzlocke and Pokemon skills. I was glued to the journey of this video!

[@2bluedragons492]

Honestly, I think we should be talking about the "four more than I need" line, because that was incredibly cool.

[@BrandonKellogg22]

So, after months and years of watching your channel, I've known that I haven't been subscribed because I subscribe to very few YTers. But this video changed all of that. Emerald is by far my favorite game and this Nuzlocke combined with my home state of Michigan, the Ohio meme, the jokes and humor, and basically everything finally did me in enough to subscribe. So yeah. Congratulations on being one of what has to be 5 channels that I am now subscribed to.

[@jaredloitz2436]

34:19 I nearly missed the very clever reference lol😂 I salute your comedic timing sir!

[@Kai0496]

First KZbinr ever who gets me to laugh at zero Seconds with "wood". I love this guy and his Nuzlockes

[@jasonfox6932]

The amount of micromanaging in this run must have been intense mad respect for completing such a difficult run

[@mauriciosalasart]

I JUST got recommendations from your channel again after a looooooong time... so I think it's time to grind. Absolutely glad your growing and I love the new video style..! Much more energetic 🙈

[@wazak5829]

This was such a cool challenge. I actually found myself smiling while watching. I would love to see more in the other gens. Love all your content man, but the last 2 have been your best yet. Great job.

[@jasonisigkeit1811]

Loved this chalange and the creativity that came with it! I started watching this, saw thae rules and thought it has to be impossible. Loved to see the creative workarounds you came up with toovercome this ruleset, Well played! Was a lot of fun to watch.

[@GalvanizedEntropy]

This was a great one! The problem solving and creative solutions to this challenge were fun to watch

[@harryb1613]

i had an idea for a nuzlocke, don’t know if it’s been done before but thought i’d share - an intergen nuzlocke. The idea is using the encounters from one game to complete another, like completing ultra sun using encounters from diamond or something. great vid btw, keep it up

[@poopydingus808]

I've watched every video and after dozens of videos it amazes me how original you can be. I've watched poketubers for 10 years and you're my favorite. Keep up the good work!

[@clumpofdirt1193]

o7 ohio, your sacrifice will be remembered. this was a great video hg! your strategies were really cool and there were a lot less deaths (+attempts!) than i thought there would be. keep up the good work!

[@FileFire]

o7

[@admiralcuddles3339]

You inspired me to give ~softcore~ nuzlockes a try. I don't yet have the Pokémon knowledge, but learning the AI is incredibly fun. You should do some videos on Drayano's storm silver/sacred gold!

[@ZSeraph]

Really great video! Love the editing and script like usual

[@lexinicole4317]

Mad props to OperaGX for sponsoring my guy FlygonHG. You deserve this. Thank you for making the best poketuber content on the platform, consistently!

[@CaptainKiddYT]

Honsetly opened this video expecting the first few minutes to just be resetting for Illumise LMAO

[@marcuscuscus]

The way this set of rules allowed for such flexible but interesting and unexpected plays is peak content!!!

[@christianwellfare2462]

In terrible pain at the moment from jaw issues, and your videos are the only thing distracting me and its a huge help. Im a massive fan, keep up the gpod work brother

[@Pannnthemannn]

Awesome run. I loved hearing the mechanics around hidden/secret power, move deleter/relearner and daycare.

[@winchestermonroe5694]

Did you name Spinda New York because of the smoke/ash in that route? Absolutely golden naming as always

[@darrynsmith183]

Huge respect for this run! As someone who heals before EVERY battle, I could never attempt this 😂 this run was both enjoyable and stressful 😂

[@MrbaldRevell]

I do this in regular playthroughs

[@Aviplotbunny]

Thanks for giving me something to enjoy instead of panicking about an important job interview today you’re amazing Dr HG. A super wild run! Love seeing all your game knowledge on display. Looking forward to the next one!

[@titusbarker7921]

Think this has been my favourite video of yours recently. Incredibly engaging. Please do more of this challenge!

[@missmara4980]

I've seen other KZbinrs do the "no healing" challenge before, but I've never seen it as a Nuzlocke. This is going to be interesting! Edit: OMG without items too?? You mad, sir.

[@joshuasims5421]

This was fantastic. The heal ban really works well with nuzlocke rules, since it highlights pokemon scarcity. The restrictions on PC storage made for a good team building challenge as well. I’d love to see this in other games, or even in emerald again to see if you can get a lower death count, perhaps.

[@styledbyllucy5584]

Loved this one so much!!! Would love to see more challenges with unique rules, maybe one where you can’t use the same Pokémon twice in a battle or something

[@mrsirttv]

"I'll be your delivery boy in this life and the next, my king" goes HARD

[@NuzlockeJoe]

I bet miltank would have been a great Pokémon here! Or Pokémon with recover. Heck, even slaking would be pretty great!

[@TheGhostFart]

slaking would've been terrible due to truant

[@matthewfodden7770]

​@@TheGhostFartand therefore would use half pp.

[@tsawy6]

​@@matthewfodden7770big brain

[@muhammadahmed214]

amazing type of nuzlocke with a lot of effort put into it. great job rlly appreciate the effort and patience and quality of content

[@timob1681]

I love the bit with Electrode - "Gyarados is holding TWO Wacan Berries!!" which isn't even possible, and it doesn't have even one LOL

[@chucknorris-xi8vs]

Amazing video! I can’t believe you had the patience for that. Also if you do anymore runs like this once you unlock the move learner and deleter while farming heart scales you can’t basically reset all the pp and hp on a Pokémon so to save time you could just allow free swapping in the pc since it would meet your rules of not missing hp or pp

[@wyldstallyns__]

i’m honestly surprised it only took 8 attempts, that’s truly impressive. keep up the great work flygon!

[@bird5306]

12:57 I thought California was done being killed by fire

[@gonzalourteaga3237]

I don't have much to say actually, just leaving a comment to boost the algorythm or something cuz I think the amount of effort put into this deserves some special recognition

[@deshawncorley4123]

Glad to see your channel still growing and love to see ads on these. Keep up the great work man been following you for a while

[@pinkpolarbear24]

This is going to be a rough one, let's go!!!

[@acertainfruit]

Flygon, the way you keep innovating in your content is what kept me watching since 2021, keep it up!!

[@emilyrakov2340]

This is such a unique challenge! I had completely forgotten about the box healing you - i love how you had to work around that! Had me a bit stressed haha

[@80nt]

excellent run, fun to watch. consider doing some more of these!

[@LAZERAK47V2]

Dude, the moment I saw him pop Dig on Slaking's loafing turn, I was like: "He... he didn't. He did NOT forget that Counter has negative priority!" Considering the nature of this run, he likely forgot because his plan was to avoid damage instead of tanking it.

[@fortello7219]

So theoretically, in this challenge it is legal to teach a pokémon thief and then have them steal a berry and then have your pokémon eat that berry? Held items are allowed, and you can't use berries on your pokémon, but if in a fight an effect of a move grants the effect it's a loophole?

[@FluffiestWalrus]

Really, really cool video idea! Love creative runs like this that require clever problem solving. You laid out all the planning for the viewers perfectly

[@dragonhunter2001]

I love the more tedious/difficult nuzlockes like this and the Emerald grass type one. So fun watching you plan your run and the story line is always a home run too lol.

[@andrewcassell8757]

As soon as you said "Adamant Voltorb", I knew Ohio's fate.

[@FileFire]

Rest in piece flygon's sanity, rest in peace my lunch because I am going to enjoy this with it.

[@FileFire]

My lunch is finished and it was worth it.

[@MajinMattPlays]

I appreciate how you played with the rules for this challenge rather than being overly strict, it made the strats you were going to use far more entertaining and it felt like you were being clever rather than brute forcing it. The biggest example is Kansas going into the box a couple times and coming back out because she was at full HP and could mess around with TMs, HMs, and Move Re learner stuff. Was a great watch!

[@peerpi]

This was an amazing video, would love to see more Locks like this

[@pokemonadventuresanimewhen3023]

im gonna bet that that Adamant nature on Electrode ensured the Explosion K.O. /s

[@mpepp9]

This was better than the usual challenges imo. The problem solving was way more interesting

[@KatelynC-xt3dc]

great video! definitely doubted if this was even possible, but this challenge and the strategies you used were a delight to watch. I will say, the vibe of this channel definitely has changed over time. I miss the more low-key commentary and humor of some of the older videos, personally. regardless, this video was super fun. the electrode bit at the end got me, lmao

[@KaitN9]

Rough one! Gratz for clearing this!

[@kristoffer3075]

Mudkip being named Arizona sent me lmao

[@tigerking3297]

I'm pretty sure Ohio said "What the f are you doing" at the end lol

[@reesebroderick7414]

This video is incredible and that final move was absolutely necessary, I hope you do this challenge in other games too.

[@ribjoh98]

An instant FlygonHG classic! These hard runs are why I keep clicking on all the uploads

[@Stand.v9283]

0:11 Blink twice if you need help Dr. HG

[@syan2240]

Ohio was such a noble pokemon It analyzed the situation and knew it had to give up its life on its own to ensure its friends were safe

[@Kaeratts]

arizona making his reappearance was like the avengers assemble moment in endgame

[@LiamFromNewBarkTown]

This is a fantastic effort and so well edited. Great stuff

[@Infernal07]

Petition to ban clicking on SD/Explosion on any and all nuzlockes ! ... maybe except for those where you really start asking yourself "are we the baddies in this game?"