Pokémon Ultra Sun Hardcore Nuzlocke on my first ever playthrough! (No items, No overleveling)

Can I beat Pokémon Ultra Sun using Hardcore Nuzlocke Rules on my first time ever playing the game?
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the first 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
Additional USUM Ruleset:
7. No Pokémon Refresh
8. Z-Moves are allowed
9. No Ultra Beasts, Island Scan, or S.O.S Chaining
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[@1BlueYoshi]

I think the Flying-type E4 member’s deal is that Golf has a bunch of terms relating to birds, like “Birdy” or “Eagle”, so it’s supposed to be a pun

[@Locormus2]

I never realized this.. Also, the Braviary makes sense since the sport is so popular in the States. And yeah 'Eagle'. Isn't 3 under par named an Albatross or something?

[@1BlueYoshi]

@@Locormus2 tbh I have no idea, I've only ever played Golf on Wii Sports lol. I just remember there being bird-related things

[@Tomatism27]

@@Locormus2 yeah Albatross comes next with 3 under par, and then sometimes on the internet there are condor and ostrich for 4 and 5 under par, but i guess they're not official

[@bimblor9858]

Does she have a Pelipper? I know it's based on a pelican, not an albatross, but it still would make sense for the joke

[@Cream12345Ice]

It's like that alice in wonderland girl with birds for golf clubs

[@NinjaPickle]

Lusamine's entire battle strategy: My enemy can't know what I'm doing if even I don't know what I'm doing

[@edgyanole9705]

Also clefable is definitely the perfect pokemon for her since they're both evil

[@obits3]

Deranged character picks irrational moves... checks out

[@CrazedKitsune]

Canonically she suffered a mental breakdown over the death of her husband. She's got random AI because she's insane. Her grief manifested in in a dangerous obsession with the Ultra Beasts. In the original games she wanted to gain their power for herself but in the expanded lore of USUM she wanted to destroy them all. Which is why she had Type: Null created, why she treated her kids like trash and tried to turn her son into the trigger puller for the weapon that is Type: Null. Cosmog was always central to her plans as she needed its transdimensional warping powers to rip open portals to the dimension of the Ultra Beasts.

[@HuangLongGaming]

@@CrazedKitsune so what do you have to say about larry's staraptor (5th gym leader's ace) only knowing aerial ace and facade

[@CrazedKitsune]

@@HuangLongGaming I say I didn't know this as I have yet to fight him. Though from what I know through osmosis: Larry is SEVERELY overworking himself, is perpetually exhausted and thus probably doesn't always think clearly and thus makes questionable decisions at times. For reference I have fought one gym and then decided to delay gyms until wild pokemon approach my max obedience level and then do another until I have explored everywhere I can. THEN I'll do the story. I'm also training basically everything as a personal challenge so it's taking a LOOOOOOOOOOOONG time. I have 2 badges now and when I finish grinding will go do a 3rd.

[@Patterrz]

You're a brave man, I just did a normal Nuzlocke of my first run of the game and Necrozma absolutely mollywhopped me

[@LawnChair43]

I beat him on my first try because of a lucky quick claw + a crit

[@Drejitsu316]

Gurry would have won

[@user-uv2cp1qd1j]

Cry more

[@noodle3909]

@@LawnChair43 i just normally do focus sash endeavour and then priority works every time :)

[@PepsiMan299]

Dude the power of friendship easily carried me

[@LAZERAK47V2]

"Seems like my character is a hardcore gen 1er." Well yeah, your family moved to Alola from Kanto.

[@ethnictendo]

In the Pokémon community, it's spelled "genwunner", but it's definitely possible you didn't know, so I'll let it slide.

[@thedragonshoard9130]

Hey uhhh I knew people spelled it like that but I never knew why?

[@KKG_SWITCHED]

How would u know only cuz ash moved from kanto doesnt mean main character did too

[@ethnictendo]

@@KKG_SWITCHED In literally the first ten minutes, it's established that you, your mom, and her pet Meowth moved from Kanto to Alola.

[@LAZERAK47V2]

@@KKG_SWITCHED The character’s mother literally states this at the start of the game. It’s also why she has a Kanto Meowth instead of an Alolan one.

[@Glory2Snowstar]

“Hardcore Nuzlocke” and “Ultra” in the same sentence has me hilariously terrified of the certain carnage ensured by the funny prism man.

[@B1lguun4]

Power gem

[@rboss5919]

Funny Prism Man learned to FEAR the Raticate.

[@StarryOrchid]

Dragon Pulse

[@melon42301]

Sash destiny bond

[@Lurefanten]

"funny prism man" good one ahahah

[@meganleonard1523]

Knowing that you were finishing a PhD while preparing this huge video makes it even better. Thanks for the content, always a joy to watch.

[@yonatanbeer3475]

What did they get a PhD in?

[@meganleonard1523]

@@yonatanbeer3475 biomedical engineering I believe, related to speech?? I feel like such a stalker now haha

[@yonatanbeer3475]

@@meganleonard1523 weird, does he say that in video? What time stamp?

[@boianko]

@@meganleonard1523 explains his mispronounciation of everything, he knows how to mess with people

[@ZEFFENWULF]

@@boianko I thought it was me mishearing multiple times wow

[@nightmare348]

Considering how Lusamine was being severely poisoned by Nihilego venom, that may explain why her AI was so wonky. Or at least that's how I'm going to justify it.

[@yoshpeters3079]

What you mean in ultra sun and moon? She got poisoned from nihilego in sun moon but after failing to catch necromaza in ultra she’s actually decent and changed. In sun moon she is a psycho bitch and has no redemption.

[@pluigipng9061]

@@yoshpeters3079 its a joke-

[@trogbison1625]

@@pluigipng9061 I don’t mean to be rude but jokes still have to make sense.

[@GamerGrovyle]

I think the AI just have a random chance to make a random move because I've played this game several times and don't remember her being such a dimwit

[@waatermel0n]

sure but you can absoultely understand what the joke here even if the reasoning isn't 100% thorrough@@trogbison1625

[@huckmart2017]

Despite the cut scenes, i still think this is one of the best pokemon games. You get so many options to build your team the way you want and there are tons of unique and interesting battles.

[@akilcharles3473]

Plus without HM's, you don't have to resort on wasting a movepool on one's team.

[@tkdarkheart]

@@akilcharles3473 that right there is what makes it hard for me personally to go back to old gens, forcing the use of an HM slave kinda kills part of team building. So many quality of life changes that I adore and make the games better.

[@kiepyon1]

i agree.

[@Coconut_Prrson]

AND THE STORY! THE STORY IS AMAZING

[@sweetwolfsteve5583]

@@Coconut_Prrson no it isn't the storyline sucks it's the exact same storyline as sun and moon just with some slight differences and not to mention the rotom Pokedex never shut up it was always talking every 5 seconds it was talking and asking the same questions over and over

[@bippythechippy882]

This whole playthrough is just "Funny Flygon Man watches AI die of deadly diseases"

[@Spagote]

It’s the most optimal strat for the game

[@endk.3500]

@@Megidramon but game hard

[@sado2692]

Oh shit he put a "." At the end

[@ItsYuhBoyyyy]

Definitely doesn't sound fun

[@treecko3453]

I didnt play USUM (or SM for that matter) until last summer, wary of the hate I had seen for it. But when I played it, I felt they were severely underrated. Of all the games, these try the hardest to do something different, and I thought they were successful in that. They aren't my favorite games, but I do treasure them more than anything from the 3ds/Switch era

[@MythicAce218]

black amd white was the same case. tried something different that people didn't like. personally gen 5 amd gen 7 are my favorite games with gen 5 being #1. i struggled more with black and white then i did with ultra sun and moon(except with ultra necrozma) thats just me tho both are fantastically good games

[@pricedisland]

best pokemon game in my opinion

[@asprinjuice425]

Pokemon fans hate reading

[@lavenderwalrus9875]

@@asprinjuice425 but will also constantly complain about the story that they arent reading being bad and the rivals being boring

[@prexzah]

@@MythicAce218I thought gen 5 was the most liked game

[@ProphecyPhrase]

Wait the Trainers in Ultra Sun have IVs and EVs AND good natures!? I never knew that. My goodness.

[@vivalaglavii6736]

It certainly explains some of my losses while playing

[@Dreamyzas]

I will just that: Ultra Sun and Moon are better in every way possible, except the history.

[@alexemp6201]

This game is hard man, don't underrestimate it. I'm actually looking forward to do a hc nuzlocke on this game too

[@jordansinger8841]

That explains why I had to get carried through the game by the level 50 event Celebi

[@ComputerPirates]

Yeah I wouldn’t know I hit one button on my incineroar the entire game

[@PorcuDuckSlug]

I’m not even joking, a big reason these games are one of the hardest to nuzlocke is because one of the main things needed for nuzlockes is patience. This game has so many cutscenes it genuinely tests patience in vanilla playthroughs. So many people get impatient because of the cutscenes that they make mistakes

[@crppledizzle9374]

ultra necrozma also doesnt help literally higher stats than god itself

[@Sammy_The_Umbreon]

I feel like this game was design purely to make nuzlockes of it hard.

[@eon00001]

​@@Sammy_The_UmbreonHonestly feels like it, never nuzlocke these

[@nerdyoof6248]

No not really, it's because the trainers and totem fights are just built to be very difficult and have good ev trained pokemon with maxed out IVs, unlike almost every other game

[@Stale_Struggle]

You should see Pokémon SV then man.. 💀 (well mostly at the beginning)

[@ernestotorelli1209]

Does he know how to cheese Ultra Necrozma though? "This raticate will be important later." He knows! :D

[@Ekoluxx]

my choice was a mimikyu

[@akilcharles3473]

Pretty sure if ratata/raticade wasn't in the game, he woulda be screw.

[@solfireblaze9292]

My choice was zoroark with punishment

[@supreme_king_obama1158]

@@solfireblaze9292 level one zoroa disguised as a pure poison type with the move toxic. Ultra necrozma’s AI can’t differentiate zorua/zorark when they’re disguised, so If they’re disguised as a poison type he’ll always spam photon geyser, of which zoroa is immune, allowing you to safely toxic stall with no worries.

[@Cuteseals2]

Ultra necrozma is terrifying. Went in and immediately watched all my team go down in one hit each except my muk who lived on like 1/4 health

[@jinxtheunluckypony]

If USUM had a “skip cutscene” button it’d probably be the best game in the series. The fights are so much fun, there’s just so much dead space between them.

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

Shotput had a naughty nature and “likes to thrash about” would imply it’s highest IV was attack, so considering it was max phys attack magnezone it really (shot)put in a lot of work

[@greninjafw]

you're saying it as if having high attack and high special attack are mutually exclusive lol, or that it having an attack boosting nature or high attack IV affects its special attack in any way

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

@@greninjafw edit for a TL;DR it’s bad compared to other magnezone, not other Pokémon in general. I’ll try to better explain my reason for saying so. Amongst its magnezone peers, it naturally has special attack that is average at best. It has the highest of the least useful stat. Of 25 natures, the only 4 u could objectively call worse than naughty are each that lower special attack. It has potentially the 6th worst nature it could have, since brave could arguably be below naughty. Speed lowering natures that aren’t quiet or brave are less detrimental to its survival as they would at least compensate with extra defense. Based on the info we have, comparing it to other magnezone would show that it is average at best in speed, average at best in special attack, and below average at taking special hits. A slow special attacking tank, without a boost to special attack, and an inferior ability to take hits, without even a boost in speed to compensate slightly, means that it is less likely to survive the play through, compared to at least 5 other magnezone out of 10.

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

@Brandon H. unless that has changed in gen 7 or 8, which to my knowledge, it hasn’t, the characteristic refers to the highest IV of a pokemon. Likes to thrash about means that it’s highest IV is attack, or alternatively, it has several IVs at the same value and attack is one of them. An attack IV of 1,6,11,16,21,26 or 31 would result in “likes to thrash about”

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

@Brendan Yee because bad versions of Pokémon typically underperform compared to good, or even mediocre versions of themselves. That magnezone deals less damage than a good one, even a decent one. It also takes more damage on the special side, and has bad speed. Imagine a high school basketball team fielding a 6’3 center. He’s inferior athletically to more than 50% of his peers. Edit cause KZbin somehow turned your name into a chain of 15-20 random characters lol

[@ethanhudkins1580]

Putting that all aside, how in the name of Arceus did he evolve magneton before Poni Island in the first place?!

[@Laprisu]

actually leaving a second reply here regarding Elite 4 Kahili: I think they cut an entire part of more storyline as there's a full-blown golf course on the Alola Map and everything and Golf uses a few words like Birdie, Eagle, etc. so yea.... she's just.... there

[@BrandonClaridge]

I agree. I had thought that perhaps the golf course would play some role in USUM (as it was on SM's map too, and inaccessible there as well), but it turns out Game Freak didn't add it in. It would have done some good for giving Kahili a role in the plot. I believe that Kahili's only non-E4 appearance occurs when you obtain the Flyinium Z at Ten Carat Hill in USUM, where she demonstrates the movement that activates the Flyinium Z (what she calls "her dance" in the dialogue). And there, the game only gives her name as ???.

[@akilcharles3473]

@@BrandonClaridge I'm pretty sure she even in one of those hotels I guess!

[@grunklesam787]

@@akilcharles3473 That is correct. She is in the Grand Hano resort post game I believe. She tells you that her family owns the hotel, encourages you to train, and gives you the Trick Room TM.

[@MsMoonDragoon]

Its been confirmed by the devs that they had to cut an entire island due to crunch. it was too glitchy to release and they weren't allowed to go back and fix it due to the timelines the shareholders set.

[@somerandomgoblin2583]

@@MsMoonDragoon Damn, that's a shame. It would've been really awesome to play through another island, and getting an idea as to who Kahili was

[@backpackerraden6268]

I appreciate the consistency that horses aren't real animals and are just weird shaped cows. Congrats on the run!

[@vinceeager8553]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/gZPOf6iiadyEfpI

[@aubarlowe]

what... is this _"horse"..._ you're referring to?

[@elNatoo]

FlygonPhD: "I believe the scientific term for this is that I am f***'d" This was too funny, someone help me get up from falling off my chair lmao

[@kuahzheren7483]

I must have missed it while letting the video play on the background, at which fight did he say this

[@Elijah2pac]

It's crazy that the Butterfree was actually Lee Harvey Oswald all along

[@randomzergling]

When did he say it

[@ShadowFenix98-Official]

I fuken know right had me doing crunches for at least 10mins on the floor

[@ShadowFenix98-Official]

About the 8 min on wards

[@SierraDawn]

The real 'hardcore' part of this challenge is making it through the cutscenes

[@iqgaming3916]

True

[@killerbanana3127]

Ikr 😭 bro I hated this game

[@diamondminer5459]

@@killerbanana3127 I thought it was alright, but the sheer concentration of unskippable cutscenes was awful.

[@Dark_Side_Productions]

Hot take here, I don’t really think the story here is a problem. If anything, it adds to the replayability. And if you don’t like it, that’s what speed-ups are for. How are you going to tell an engaging story without keeping the player on a set path and constantly providing new character developments? I’m not saying these games are perfect, they’re just seen under the wrong light.

[@killerbanana3127]

@@diamondminer5459 your right but I hated the Pokémon and the elite four

[@GrandDuchessTaco]

"Get an ability capsule, hide it in a peanut butter sandwich" had me rolling.

[@professorjibe8818]

The fun part of doing a hardcore nuzlocke of this is when I assumed everyone banned Z-moves for it so I did the same thing and did 5 attempts of resets before I finally won

[@weewer3369]

I ban Z-Moves as well, but I also don't go full Hardcore with the ruleset (I use limited items). Full HC without Z Moves is quite the feat.

[@thefrubblewarrior4678]

@@weewer3369 I did ban Z-moves in my regular moon nuzlocke and it made the game a little more strategy based, even if I did use items.

[@thatsprettyfarfetchd9888]

@@thefrubblewarrior4678 I disagree, using items causes less strategy when compared to using z-moves in my opinion. I believe this to be the case as items are much more versatile and can be applied in a lot more scenarios, while z-moves are essentially just a one-time super attack.

[@thefrubblewarrior4678]

@@thatsprettyfarfetchd9888 well then again I rarely used items

[@prexzah]

@@thefrubblewarrior4678that’s the great part of nuzlockes, you can play them however you want to, to have the most fun 😀

[@adromea5628]

personally i really like how it's more focused on story stuff, so the cutscenes arent bad imo

[@feralpossum2089]

I like story stuff too - but the cutscenes just make it a pain to replay since you already know what's gonna happen A "skip" option would have been an easy solution imo

[@MonkeyToes05]

Honestly, USUM are my favorite games in the series, the only problem I have with them is that beginning of the games are really slow. Everything else from that is straight fun and actually challenging. Definitely the hardest game to Nuzlocke

[@Lechgang]

I'm glad to see people giving the alola games love.

[@Lechgang]

@@trogbison1625 Gen 5 is the other region that deserves love because it's the best

[@louish5068]

Was looking for a comment of someone saying how great alola is. By far the best gen, and my only fault is the start of the game but compared to the faults other games in the series have it is easily (imo) better. I get not liking the cutscenes but the story is really good mainly in vanilla sun and moon. Its more character focused than plot focused but i think that really works. I also think he exaggerated how long it takes to ev train, if anything gen 7 are the easiest to ev train with sos chaining (minus gen 6 having super training).

[@Lechgang]

@@louish5068 Alola is a fantastic experience for a first playthrough, but the more and more you play it, that's when the cutscenes get to you. I'm willing to bet most people are playing pokemon on roms nowadays. The problem with that is, it only covers the 2d era of pokemon, and it has speedup, so skipping past all the dialogue is much easier. So a lot of the lulls of Alola aren't even its own fault. The story is great, but a good story can get dull with too many repeated visits, like watching the same movie over and over. But I think if there was a "skip cutscene" button, people would be a lot nicer.

[@NinjaPickle]

My list is Gen 5 Gen 3 Gen 7 Gen 4 Gen 8 Gen 6 Gen 2 Gen 1 Gen 8 and 4 are kinda interchangeable for me though

[@joncoates9757]

In theory, couldn’t each wishiwashi in a school form another school of its own creating a Pokemon to rival even bidoof?

[@owenaspinall2046]

infinite Wishiwashis

[@BaconEater666]

wishiwishiwishiwishiwishiwashi

[@Ajehy]

The Pokédex entries do say that they “attract others of their kind”, but it does seem quite silly on land...plus, Pokédex entries are not exactly sane/literal. My headcanon is that Wishiwashi are able to create Stand-like projections of other Wishiwashi, that break when hit too hard.

[@wadespencer3623]

...why wasn't THAT a Gigantomax? The SUPER-Wishiwashi surrounded by tiny fish... that are full-sized swarms in their own right!

[@PenCatStudio]

Wishiwashi can only school when above level 20 :(

[@Lamentationsofapoory]

Love that you did a generation past 5. A fun story about Ultra Necrozma: I was running Zoroark in my first playthrough of Ultra Sun, having no idea the Ultra Necrozma boss fight was a thing. I also happened to be running a poison type. Having disguised Zoroark as my Poison type, Ultra Necrozma just could not punch through with it's Photon Geyser. A notoriously hard fight completely washed by a mix of pure coincidence and improvisation. I remember hearing my brother, who was playing UM, talking all kinds of shit about how difficult his battle with UN was. I just giggled because it literally didn't do a single thing to me, and was also genuinely surprised because it didn't occur to me what power that thing actually had until everyone talked about how hard it was.

[@mr.fluffypantz4150]

I had a reverse similar circumstance with my roommate. I wiped twice and had to use the x item for crits to get through. Told my roommate to let me watch him. His Malamar lives a hit and gets off a topsy turvy and sweeps the thing since it was omni-dropped then

[@drifloonsupremacyassociation]

I won the Ultra Necrozma fight by pure sheer luck. My strat was to grind my Incineroar to a point where he could survive a power gem and decimate Necrozma with a Malicious Moonsault. I tried but he couldn't survive a hit and when he didn't survive I just whited out. The only pokemon in my team who was not OHKOed by necrozma was my magnezone. He survived a hit and I used tri attack just to waste the turn but IT PARALIZED NECROZMA. I saw my opportunity and revived Incineroar as Necrozma killed my magnezone. Then Necrozma was fully paralized so he couldn't power gem my incineroar. Then Malicious Moonsault destroyed that goddam thing.

[@aiger6356]

when i was battling against ultra necrozma i wiped like so many times that i even have to use roto boosts on my primarina and some x items because my primarina was the only one that can survive a photon geyser and after spamming healing items and necrozma run out of photon geyser i was able to take down that monster...........

[@Dark_Side_Productions]

I saw someone in YT comments who OHKOd it with a crit First Impression. I only beat it after my Incineroar dodged Power Gem off Friendship then got a crit with Malicious Moonsault.

[@supreme_king_obama1158]

@@drifloonsupremacyassociation sounds like a fucking anime moment. The protagonist gets taken down by the BBEG, only for the best friend/rival to sacrifice himself so that the protagonist can be revived and stand a chance against the BBEG, and so the protagonist finally takes down the BBEG with his signature move/new form that he may or may not have unlocked through his best friend’s death.

[@TheSamuraiQuack]

I genuinely love these games. It might be the fact that gen 7 was the gen I played the most, but they are still my favorite. Also, I love nuzlocking these games since they are actually difficult games at some points making it a great challenge.

[@WoogaChan]

Everyone that hates the games just ignored the cutscenes and mashed through to dialogue, similar to how gen 5 was initialy dislike because of its focus on story

[@Tarasevich_00]

Me to myself: “flygonHg is only taking the piss when he pronounces arcanine and lapras the way he does” FlygonHg: “lemme just say M A G NA MEEETAAY”

[@lebrunjemz687]

"leafagè"

[@corberus3119]

its mag-nem-it-ee (rhymes with Yosemite)

[@Tarasevich_00]

@@corberus3119 it’s mag na myte

[@Tarasevich_00]

@@lebrunjemz687 he is quite boujee with his pronunciation of leafagé

[@henriquecarballoaranha9100]

Doopder

[@anima4971]

It's probably not intentional, but the comedic timing of you panning Lusamine's faulty AI into almost immediately targeting the Noivern instead of the Kommo-o is just hilariously on point. Never change, Dr. Flygon.

[@logariuswheels5244]

I am absolutely dreading the Ultra Necrozma fight, it's kept me from nuzlocking this game... also the 5000 cutscenes

[@mysticia4582]

Seriously, while playing usum I kept getting mad at my 3ds every time a cutscene played because I was so sick of them

[@diamondminer5459]

Say what you will about Sword and Shield, but the cutscenes weren’t as plentiful.

[@_V.Va_]

@@diamondminer5459 The story was poorly executed but the game itself is a lot of fun, imo.

[@slickrickjr8616]

Yep we ALL know how scary that monster is too nuzlocke.

[@slickrickjr8616]

Bro but u also have to remember lurantis too I remember I tried to nuzlocke and let's just say I.Hate.Lurantis.

[@lorddelibird]

I love how similar this is to when I nuzlocked this game. Toxic stall just sometimes was the only safe answer to a lot of these terrifying pokemon. I refused to FEAR necrozma so it ended up being a toxic stall with a bunch of sturdy Pokémon with protect.

[@andrea-zm2ft]

Highly anticipated you playing this!

[@BairTheBeagle2047]

Am I the only one that doesn't mind all of the cutscenes in this game? It was a nice change of pace to have a more cinematic game, in my opinion at least.

[@J-theSloth]

I think you might be. Not to say you’re wrong, but you might actually be the only one who doesn’t mind :P

[@Tomatism27]

I didn't mind the heavy story based ones, but some explanatory scenes were just too much, also the end credits last foreveeer

[@mandoingshitonline]

Same, Gen 7 is my fave lol, but I do have to say, not being able to skip cutscenes can make it hard to replay lol

[@ethancampbell9096]

I thought it made the story more engaging. Another one of my favorite games, xenoblade 2, has literally 14 hours of main story cutscenes and that's one of the best games I've ever played. I think it makes it much more enjoyable, as long as the actual gameplay doesnt suffer as a result (which it doesnt as seen in this run).

[@ethancampbell9096]

@@sneed5449 never understood this complaint. Like, you know you can just ignore it? It doesnt harm gameplay at all

[@lucas_TF]

Ah I just got the Ashton Eaton joke. He’s a decathlete and eevee has a ton of forms. Clever

[@ArcherSolstice]

Your channel and playthroughs have definitely become a comfort channel for me. I listen to your nuzlockes while I'm writing my story, and when i'm just relaxing. I love all your playthroughs and you are, by far, the funniest i've come across! Keep up the good work, and thank you for doing these!

[@koonehkun6404]

When he said, “Hoo, Mraar and Bwark Bwark” I felt that!

[@garorade]

"i'm basically a flying type trainer now" half an hour later: "i'm so sick of these birds" is this how being a bird owner feels like?

[@KhezuWiggles]

Depends on how endearing the birb can act

[@MLGProMaster-tu9tz]

My grandma has a macaw named Napoleon, Best Parrot ever.

[@wretched_skull]

As someone with five chickens I can say from my experience it generally oscillates between the two maybe hourly.

[@mr.potato]

I love doing blind nuzlockes when a new game comes out. Unfortunately, I've never won any because I'm always underleveled and don't want to spoil the gym's levels

[@vcom741]

The way I do it is scouting the first gym trainer. Usually, the gym trainer’s pokemon’s level is: Highest level of the pokemon on their team+the amount of pokemon the trainer has + 2. It normally gives the trainer’s ace level, give or take a level. Not 100% though

[@Thorozak]

I love that whole rant about Wishiwashi, I thought about it once and not to that extent and now I’m very VERY confused.

[@rockysquid7694]

Your video is so good I didn’t even realize it was nearly an hour long. You’re an incredible youtuber!

[@CreoTan]

The fact that there's a move called "throat chop" feels strangely brutal

[@bentowers3614]

Honestly, we just need a Pokemon that can learn Throat Chop, Brutal Swing, Guillotine, and Curse. Not the best moveset, but it is pretty brutal.

[@benman92]

@@bentowers3614 mew? Are they all tms

[@sayvionwashington1939]

In Japanese, it's called fucking Hell Thrust.

[@thefrubblewarrior4678]

@@sayvionwashington1939 Jesus H. Christ! Of course its called hell thrust.

[@cheeta2920]

@@benman92 You could probably get it on Smeargle with sketch

[@Gibstack]

"seems like my character is a diehard genwunner" LOL as someone who's never played the game i do dig the poliwhirl rug though

[@Milacat]

Still remember when I found your channel when you were at 15k subs. Your challenge runs always make me smile! Thank you so much for your time spent on the challenges. :)

[@captainsnake8515]

After you said this was your longest video ever, I checked the length and saw that it was almost an hour. I’ve never been so surprised by a video length. Seriously felt like 15 minutes. Amazing.

[@Radiolonestar]

I swear these games would have soooooo mucch replay value if GF have just heard of a skip cutscene button before.

[@corhydrae3238]

But if we add the possibility to skip cutscenes, a six-year old who can barely read might skip one by accident and then would be completely lost on the entirely linear road to the next cutscene!

[@TheLordAizen]

@@corhydrae3238 I mean flagon here got confused multiple times by children’s puzzles so you never know

[@BaconNuke]

@@corhydrae3238 A compromise is having the skip button only appear on new games on a cleared cartridge, so you have to know what is going on first time around and then replayability increases because there is at least an option now

[@furiouscorgi6614]

​@@BaconNuke to be fair, the games don't let you have multiple save files, so it can't track if you've beaten it because the only way to replay it is to reset the cartridge on 3DS or your account save data on the Switch games

[@aidenanimations6350]

I’m excited for the Ultra Necrozoma fight I wanna see how you strategize to Win.

[@mexyo539]

Hope you're not hype 😂

[@alexanderthegreat913]

@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 that is your mistake. Nothing helps against that monster.

[@JamesFragwurdig]

@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 arent you that guy that called other people 4 year olds because of a joke under the heartgold rival theme video?

[@dragonlogos1]

So what did you think of that strategy? I personally feel dumb because of course that would work.

[@remi.86]

I just spammed night slash and it's done

[@bhavysaini5727]

Situations where the well known "FEAR" strategy fails: 1. Opponent uses a multi strike move(gen 5 onwards) 2. Rattata flinches before endeavor. 3. Since Endeavor is considered a contact move, it triggers Opponent's iron barbs, rough skin or rocky helmet. 4. Opponent uses a move that inflicts status like a burn from scald, poison from poison jab, paralysis followed by full paralysis from discharge, confusion followed by bad confusion luck from signal beam, freeze from ice beam or sleep from relic song. 5. In a similar way, Rattata triggers Opponent's flame body, poison point, static, or effect spore 6. Hailstorm( gen 9 prior ) or sandstorm is in effect. 7. Opponent has the ability Dazzling or Queenly majesty which prevents any priority move including quick attack 8. Psychic Terrain is in effect which also prevents priority moves 9. Opponent knows its own priority move. 10. Opponent uses a move that does residual damage at the end of turn like heatran's signature move magma storm. 11. Magic room is in effect which prevents focus sash from activating. 12.(only implies for zeraora)if rattata is hit by zeraora's plasma fists move its normal type endeavor gets changed to an electric type move therby instead cutting zeraora's HP to 1, it'll activate its volt absorb ability. I'd be happy if anybody adds more of threse situations. Since ultra necrozma's case doesn't fall under any of these conditions it is safe to imply FEAR strategy or FESPR strategy like flygon.

[@yatazen7670]

There goes an hour of my life, without me realizing it! You are by far one of the most entertaining Pokémon content creators I've ever watched.

[@pyromaniac000000]

I love how carbink stole the show. I love carbink, thanks to gen 8 i have one thats shiny max defenses with iron defense and body press making carbink the single tankiest sweeper to ever exist, and its hilarious. 3 iron defenses and it has effectively 1700 defense and body press hits with it effectively hitting with 1700 attack. Its the funniest thing and i love it

[@borisdejong8962]

Hey man, just wanted to say I feel like you're really comming into your own with the commentary, increasingly more fun, witty and feels like your personality is coming through more and more

[@iistonton]

This was so fun to watch on twitch. Everyone should catch a stream some time Matti is super nice live and chat is very friendly. Great video, good to relive this roller coaster of a run

[@NQnnCA53]

Been binging your videos all day whilst playing through an Emerald Nuzlocke. Looks like you decided to bless me with another video to grind to

[@thevioletbee5879]

I have my problems with the Ultra games, but their challenge, aesthetic, and side quests make them my favorite post gen 6 games.

[@ernestotorelli1209]

To those planning to do this challenge: -start with litten, its type combination is very valuable -use thief to steal 6 leftovers from route 1 munchlax -totem mimikyu + wide lens from sableye + will o wisp always guarantees a free burn, collect those stamps for the gift totems -never understimate a veteran or ace trainer, go look up the wiki and prepare to counter them -kartana with swordsdance and the right moves can solo most bosses on its own -ultra moon has better gift totem pokemon and the first totem has 4x weakness to fighting, choose the version you want to play wisely

[@nathan.w9906]

to add onto this, on route 2 avoid the grass until the patch at the very end of the route past the pokemon centre, that patch has the highest chance of getting spearow which can be traded for a hawlucha in the pokemon centre and will make the first trial super easy

[@ethnictendo]

Wait, but one of the rules was "no ultra beasts"... Why did you recommend an ultra beast?

[@mysticia4582]

@@ethnictendo Everyone has their own nuzlocke rules. He probably considers UBs fine while flygonHG doesnt.

[@ethnictendo]

@@mysticia4582 Okay, but if this person was trying to consider FlygonHG's rules, then he failed to do so.

[@dathbaeder]

@@ethnictendo okay, but if this person was not trying to consider FlygonHG’s rules, then they didn’t fail to do so. :)

[@Dalkaen]

I really enjoy that you don't sound like a sports commentator like a lot of other KZbinrs. Your voice is much less exhausting to listen to, which is nice for videos as long as these.

[@autobus.bustavo]

Alolan games are by far my favorite. I think I love every bit of the game and believe there will never be a better one. So I am very sad when I hear that everyone hates cutscenes in the game. I just love the story making between the countless battles that bored me in previous games of the series. The battle music makes me want to encounter every important character again and again in the alolan games so I'm not as bored. The game is just perfect for me

[@ThePokeStarter]

39:16 "Pelipper threatens with a 200 basepower Spit Up" Marlon's gym trainer from Black 2/White 2 REALLY got you looking out for those, huh?

[@joe277_2]

As a fellow runner I appreciated the running humor!

[@kozmikarp6637]

Something about your profile picture resonates with me

[@iananderson7678]

Gatlin killed me 🤣

[@WeekendWarrior522]

I appreciate when people bend the rules on plays like this. You don’t have to be so strict and uptight for us to enjoy watching your runs

[@Gwynbleidd1724]

Never played The Ultras, but definitely looking forward to a Flygon Nuzlocke

[@babyoxeley]

I was honestly looking forward to you wiping at Ultra Necrozma, but I severely underestimated how well you'd prepare for this run! Well done HG!

[@joeyandreatta4767]

Out of all my subbed channels, your videos might just be the ones with the highest chance to make me drop everything im doing to sit and watch in their entirety.

[@nedkelly74]

I started watching you for the Pokemon, I come back every time for the comedy. You're a funny guy, keep it up man!

[@Bklzarfd]

"if is not 100% it's 50%" words from mandjtv when he fails the toxics

[@fenixrises9854]

@Aradhya Gupta hail yeah indeed 😉

[@GiovanniDimike]

Precipitation affirmation

[@lethe.archive]

finally finished these games and now i get to watch your videos on them cause i didnt want spoilers. extra excited cause this is by far the hardest pokemon game i ever played. the zoruark cheese was real on some of these battles though.

[@Randroth]

EV training in this game is actually incredibly easy... if you use SOS chaining, which you banned. Still, I hope you at least used the "Power" items, which increase your EV gain. They are available really early in this game, on the second island.

[@MarkofWisdom]

I think he specifically banned SOS chaining for catching pokemon, not in general. he didn't know what it was though, so he probably didn't use it for EV training either

[@flareonguy7922]

2:56 him saying that he's always wanted meowth pov reminded me of the meowth's party copypasta. It was about a guy who saw the spaceworld demo of meowth's party and became obsessed with it.

[@NinjaAO42]

Regarding Kahili, there was a commenter once that pointed out why she is a golfer and a flying type user: One stroke under par is a "Birdie" Two strokes under par is an "Eagle" Three strokes under par is an "Albatross" Four strokes under par (unofficially) is a "Condor"

[@BlakeRogers1434]

Hey, it’s me, the guy in twitch chat who said Rimbombee wouldn’t double dance. Glad to see I got the roasting I deserved in the video. Great run as always!

[@topazberlitz]

ive never played usum for the same reason that i didnt enjoy sun/moon that much. so this video is my first time watching the game ever, and its probably the best way i couldve experienced it lol, amazing video as always :)

[@vcom741]

Then you missed Team Rainbow Rocket episode, which is probably one of the most fun post game stories in the series.

[@Kona_AJ]

My boy. He back. He giving me more to watch in an EVEN LONGER format! Let's go, buddy. I believe in ya.

[@logans.7932]

If that isn’t USUM I don’t know what is. This optional boss Butterfree has literally PERFECT optimized stats, like fit for competitive professional play… and it only knows 2 moves.

[@twinkleshines8043]

I love how the naming theme went from celebrities to sports to sport objects

[@speedwayxdful]

The title should be "how i toxic stalled an entire nuzlocke run" A bit too much stalling for my taste, but a good video as always, keep it up man!

[@Velociraptor2000]

I mean stalling is one of the best ways to survive in Ultra Alola specially against that lie- lie- Light dragon.

[@diode_wow]

I love your runs because they show you can use unconventional Pokémon to overcome massive challenges. A lot of lets players and Nuzlockers just want to have a team full of OP pseudo legendaries and brute force the game, which often leads to wipes.

[@lastwhisper4033]

Saw this pop up while cooking, guess I’ll have a great time getting my lasagna done now :)

[@cars3official]

"i name it DnF" caught me so fuckin off guard with all the sports themed nicknames

[@Nick.Avramov]

So glad you played this, I think this game is so underrated. Plus, it has a great postgame with rainbow rocket and the ultra worm holes to get the legendaries,

[@tetsudikawakami3071]

Agreed

[@rattyxoxo7397]

While the Ultra worm holes are fun, I wish all the legendaries had their own locations within the wormholes, like the ultra beasts do. While I’d prefer them to be around the map in their own locations, I’d at least like to see some variety in location other than water, cave, clifftop and ravine. Even if they were just unique rooms that call back to original games, like a N’s castle room for Zekrom and Reshiram, it’d be much better than how USUM handles the legendaries.

[@akilcharles3473]

Same, my favorite was doing the Mantine surfing. That was enjoyingly fun😁

[@copper4855]

Old video, I know, but US/UM are genuinely my some of my favorite Pokémon games *because* of the cutscenes. I hope gamefreak continues to not half ass the story like they do with every other Pokémon game. S/V did a great job with story too.

[@TheRegibump]

I'll be honest in saying that the main reason why I can get past these cutscenes and still love this game is because PMD was my childhood and trained me to make it through cutscenes.

[@xeno_phobik]

I like that he points out the cut scenes. I never finished playing Sun/Moon because of the cut scenes. The gameplay to me was not good enough to compensate for the amount of cut scenes.

[@imBocaaa]

The tombstones at 16:37 made me laugh so much

[@rowan_png]

I dont know why, but pokemon ultra sun and ultra moon are criminally underrated, and are my favourites in the pokemon series

[@SeanySalamii]

39:53 "It would've been pretty embarrassing if our electric type got knocked out by a water type." I predict that magnezone is going to die to a water type. edit: lol

[@Person-nf6dj]

oh haha i didn’t notice that

[@potitishogun2961997]

If you freeze frame at 48:46, you'll see a terrifying toucan blasting towards you from the sky... with folded wings, in a standing stance, no flight whatsoever. That just looks hilarious xD

[@DarkraiTV]

You know it's gonna be a good day when Flygon posts

[@Sonicsion]

"I believe the scientific term for this is that I am f****d." I lost it there. This is gonna be a great video!

[@blueythedragonknight3949]

3:54 Man i love that certificate bit, Though i heard that US Hau is harder than his SM Counterpart. Also my god does this game have a lot of cutscenes

[@Dime_Guy98]

Although the cutscene can get annoying, I absolutely love this game, and it’s my personal favorite.

[@someoneelse4579]

I didn't watch the ending to this for as long as I could (I think you started streaming it in June?), believing that you would eventually upload this to YT. Today I finally decided 'Oh well he's not going to ever upload it so might as well watch it' and right now I'm kicking myself in the shin for spoiling the ending for myself.

[@johncaseyjenkins]

Loved it! Your Nuzlockes are my absolute favorite on KZbin

[@alexleven8266]

Interestingly, Lusamine is basically the only lategame trainer with beginning-game trainer AI. I think it's probably supposed to represent that she's gone off the deep end? Anyway, I always enjoy the content, and always glad to see another USM run! Aside from the slow earlygame, they're pretty much what my ideal Pokemon games look like: Hard, but fair with tons of Pokemon variety, and just the right level of campiness of characters in Gladion, Hau, and other minor characters.

[@bunchiebob-_-4805]

Great video. Well played and fun that the finale was deathless.

[@alijohar4937]

I can’t believe you went through that cutscene torture for us. I liked these games because of the difficulty (which was missing in the previous generation) but absolutely HATED it because of the cutscene every single second. And the annoying part was that half the time it was your rival who just wanted to explain basic buildings/places to us. As if we can’t explore things on our own. These are the only Pokemon games I’ve only played once, and for good reason

[@half8n191]

What an amazing run, full of twists and turns and even got to learn a few things, this was by far my favorite video you've made, really enjoyed this playthrough! GG on beating the nuzlocke, thanks again for a great video

[@cincerewilson9658]

thank you for posting this video flygon

[@mmileymiley15]

The fact that sun and moon look visually way better than scarlet and violet is a tragedy

[@tizi365]

I've never thought that flygonhg would mention chaotic meatball in one of his vids

[@isaacsmith3998]

Toxic stalling: the game Featuring roost, protect, and recover from the devil may cry series

[@melly5741]

This games pretty hard to nuzlocke, I’m excited to see how this turns out!

[@melly5741]

Also what document is that at 0:44? Might need that if I try this game

[@gambitscard6882]

"F*ck you, Remy" , that was priceless!