Can You Nuzlocke Pokemon Platinum Without Evolving?

[@FreezaiPokemon]

SMALL CORRECTION: Stench does not flinch in gen 4, whoops. Night Slash critical is still something i have to play around so the strategy would probably be the same, but yea i played around something that didn't exist

[@thefatpikachuchannel7672]

I just saw that comment correcting you bruh

[@Wrulfy]

I was gonna comment it right now, I was surprised how that one flied by considering your immense knowledge. I guess everyone can make mistakes

[@zad_rasera]

Imagine if you didn't know and then it screwed you. Better safe than sorry.

[@meticakolli1237]

Never lets then know your next move

[@enigmatic2878]

You have two rapidashes on your little team preview line during a part of the elite four. F for bronzong there Edit: Glad it did comeback though and was the last one to survive. Imagine how less poetic this wouod be if mantyke survived?

[@TheMetakev]

No death was more emotional than the loss of the Sticky Barb. A salute to the true MVP.

[@justarandomdood]

Loss of Piplup? 👍 Loss of Sticky Barb? 😭

[@brianchan8]

@@justarandomdood starter cute penguin sucks, ball of glue and spikes is great

[@veenadayma6514]

I mean, he just makes us feel all the deaths intended and casually says ‘sacrifice X to bring Y’ and this is also the first time (atleast for me) to see someone use sticky barb. Which is why loss of sticky barb is definitely more emotional.

[@leoshaw4675]

Freezai last nuzlocke: I will name my pokemon numbers, as they are simply tools to an end goal Freezai this nuzlocke: I will name my pokemon after my patreons, for a different reason.

[@jayconstell9937]

So basically he's sending his patreons to death lmao

[@enigmatic2878]

@@jayconstell9937 katsken is the only one to live

[@sekaihunter9378]

@@enigmatic2878 yeah, pretty sure zeuspoof the Bidoof lived till the end as well because he used it as a Taunt slave and had to keep it alive.

[@Werelight]

Patrons are just numbers in his bank account. Respect.

[@meinekeman161]

That Fling + Light Ball play was awesome. The creativity on display in these Nuzlockes is a joy to watch.

[@YungNikey]

That made my brain explode

[@fgometaanalyst1426]

20:24 why lightball moment

[@Begeru]

I’ve seen it in a lot of challenge runs.

[@Colin1Moriarty]

@@Begeru What other challenge runs?

[@SpectreXS]

"Getting back sticky barb" strats are on another level.

[@mewtationssb]

Can we talk about how insane that Gastly was? That thing OHKO’d so much throughout this run. Insane stuff.

[@cheatoh8261]

Seriously. Look at gastly's stats. That thing is not normal lol

[@Dragonboy1300]

gastly is banned from little cup for good reason. 100 base special attack and 80 base speed is nutty on a basic pokemon.

[@ImMcBruh]

@@Dragonboy1300 the only thing that kept it in check was pursuit

[@sekaihunter9378]

@@ImMcBruh Which doesn't exist in Gen 8. That's why it was instant banned in Gen 8 LC.

[@ilavain]

@@sekaihunter9378 seeing this discussion under a Freezai vid is super funny lol

[@itsaIIgoodman]

I swear I've never seen a Sucker Punch Geodude my whole life until this video, didn't know it could learn it through Move Tutor, great run as always!

[@AstridCeleste96]

Sucker Geo was very fun in Little Cup to catch people off guard. Have a Sturdy Geodude with Custap berry for priority-- get put to Sturdy but kill the attacker, then typically Earthquake the next thing too with priority they didn't expect, and then chip a third final thing (or kill, depending on what they brought in) with Sucker Punch was a highlight of some earlier gen LC games for me.

[@Kai............]

“And no it’s not that edging” LMAO I’ve never laughed harder at a Pokémon vid

[@Cardb33]

Dude you're my favorite nuzlocker and these "without evolution" nuzlockes are the coolest thing I've ever seen done in a Pokemon game. The amount of in depth strategies you... Absolutely amazing stuff and very unique. I was the guy in the last nuzlocke video that asked if you'd do a Platinum one not sure if you seen the comment or not but so cool to see that you did this run!

[@gidthekid8445]

He called it a "Little-locke."

[@thefatpikachuchannel7672]

Seeing a Flying/Normal type against a Ghost/Ice type is a bit of a surprise

[@priestesslucy3299]

Would be useful to force an ice move. Curious exactly what Freezai is going to do with it

[@DogZuDem]

havent gotten to that part yet but I assume to pp stall with bronzor to tank the ice moves and hoothoot for the ghost moves

[@davidtoomey4712]

Why does it outspeed at level 20?

[@A_Baguette_]

trick room

[@Sunny92809]

@@priestesslucy3299 actually first thing I thought when I saw the hoothoot “I think it’s using foresight but why?”

[@wlatno]

2:58 this is probably the funniest and most unexpected thing I’ve ever heard in a Pokémon challenge run video, thank you for making me laugh

[@RaventhortheWarrior]

Ahhh, so we're just littlelocking all the gens to flex on everyone, now, aren't we?

[@yeet8036]

This is the first time I've ever seen someone use foresight in pokemon. Incredible video

[@N12015]

Someone has not played gen 4 UU. Double ghost is a strat there due to foresight + rapid spin.

[@austinish]

I used it in my own (regular) nuzlocke of Platinum, similarly to make sure I hit the Froslass.

[@amotoz]

This is crazy, it’s like you planned every single battle out to completion!

[@justinrouzier9148]

The sticky barb strats were so clean and my favorite because of the level of difficulty. Not only do you have to plan taking a hit, you have to get hit by a contact move and THEN time it perfectly to kill the other mon with a physical move, if you're even one turn off you lose the sticky barb. You'd made it look easy

[@siakora4613]

Big brain strats as always. Also cool to see the Houndour name, until it became Sticky Barb strategy fodder 😂

[@nosfrattirek5690]

I like how GameFreak did their best to up the difficulty in those games, but not once did they think to make the AI switch out when hit with something like Yawn or Ghost-type Curse. RBY Agatha can be smarter than this on occasion.

[@Math.Bandit]

It's a no-win for GameFreak lol. In PC's Level-1 Platinum run he abused the fact that the AI *does* switch on Perish Song to win a ton of the fights.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Furthermore, Freezai also used the fact that Pokémon switch on Perish Song to actually Perish Song the important Metagross instead of a less useful Pokémon.

[@mattmc1234]

this guy might just be the most creative nuzlocker on this platform, his strats are so cracked

[@solomonsomers7033]

That last fight was so cool. I love that you ended it on explosion. That geodude put in some work in that run

[@GreenPorridge19]

Foresight negating evasion was something I NEVER knew about. Something to keep in mind if they still have that effect in later games. Thank you very much.

[@SupThomas]

Can’t wait to watch Pokemon Challenge break down the pure gigachad-alphaness of this run. Lost it at the Fling + Light Ball strat. Well done sir!

[@termsconditions5033]

Of course the Pokémon community would call a technique “edging”

[@FernandoRafaelNogueiraReis]

Kinda impressive that breeding isn't called egging.

[@diggle6103]

I like this video. No beginning “THIS IS CRAZY GUYS INSANE” just pure information and content.

[@itsukizy]

nuzlocke content on youtube has become so repetitive and uninspired recently, but you’ve breathed new life into it with more challenging and more interesting runs at a high level of play. these last few videos have been really good, i hope to see a gen 5 one soon as it’s my favourite gen :)

[@ashutoshkumar3864]

Really, really loving this littlelock series. I hope you'll do a littlelock in BW next. It should be fun as it has some really good 1st stage mons like Archen, Mienfoo, Scraggy, Pawniard, Ferroseed. And Eviolite should make things a little easier too.

[@LordIvul]

I think Freezai would ban eviolite.

[@Kn0wka]

There'd also be things like gen V sturdy for pivoting, and since the E4/Ghetsis fights are at a pretty low level relative to other games champs it should make it a bit easier. Although I imagine having explosion and self-destruct only doing half as much damage will hurt certain strats.

[@kefkapalazzo1]

@@LordIvul idk gen v had some nasty power creep

[@christianjaymatas875]

Can't wait for a Radical Red of this Edit: Loving how your runs end up with only one pokemon surviving XD

[@Torilati]

Yeah love how he gets the maximum out of the little he has that feels just awesome

[@porpoise8160]

You would need insane luck for a radical red littlelocke

[@shadowhunterpiano4873]

These Nuzlocke videos are sooo fun to watch! Apart from the obviously really cool Light Ball strategy, I liked the Imprison Bronzor beating its own evolution very much :D

[@drchunkalicious]

and ponyta completely walling its evolution lol

[@RellSpeaks96]

The preparation for this run is massive. I just wiped on the E4 in my first full nuzlocke of Platinum. So seeing you own this with all baby Pokémon let’s me know how much more I have to learn. Love the content

[@elliotw.888]

it's incredible how much coverage the gastly line has

[@Nauriek]

This is the first time i ever seen Sticky Barb being legitimately useful, so that's the highlight for me! I'd love to see more contant like this!

[@GenericName1450]

It was cool to see a normally unused item in Sticky Barb be put to such great effect in this run. I always love seeing these insanely creative strategies and look forward to the gen 5 run :)

[@emanuelkukucka9349]

Can't wait for Unova, with reusable TMs and, if you'll play the first games, all new pokemon

[@sagacious03]

22:41 I guess the AI doesn't understand Trick Room, hence not sending in Gallade earlier? Pretty interesting. I wonder what you would have done without Bronzor. Even if you sacrifice so many of them, I like how varied your teams & thus, runs end up being. Great run & analysis video! Thanks for uploading!

[@davidgardner6677]

Gen 4 AI calls assist from the fainted pokemon and sees which move does the most damage (not checking STAB) and then sends out the mon with that move, Drxx had a video on it that was p good.

[@emilklompmaker1979]

Great video Freezai stench first had a flinch change gen 5 onwards

[@FreezaiPokemon]

whoops, good catch anyway i had to play around crit so the strats were the same

[@emilklompmaker1979]

@@FreezaiPokemon ye ofc it was just a thing i noticed

[@mr.q4575]

Didn't expect no guard "negative" effect to come into play

[@carlwheezer623]

Watching you nuzlocke might be my new favorite thing “I knew about light ball fling because I used it in competitive” OKAY FREEZAI

[@lachlanparker9127]

Absolutely amazing content, keep it up. The sticky barb strats are so incredibly based

[@nokronis]

Seeing Garchomp get one shot by a Mantyke, I laughed so hard.

[@Yahiamice]

"and no it's not THAT edging"

[@archangel4741]

Hello yahi

[@volcaronaa]

i love how the ghastly is named valently, so when he fled from giritina it almost looked like "Valiantly fled with its Smoke Ball!" which i think its absolutely hilarious and monty python-esc

[@Nvel09]

Absolutely delighted to see another one of these by you-love your strategic discussions and sense of humor. Thank you for your hard work on this!

[@troyjuhn7346]

Thanks for the late night content just as I was about to fall asleep

[@fandango7676]

Same

[@eeeeee8443]

"and no, not that edging" freezai, this is why youre one of my favorite youtubers

[@josephspagnolo3376]

Dude I’m gonna be straight up, you may be one of the best players I’ve ever watched. Lots of smart strats. No idea how you beat Cynthia

[@cyanideytcuriousseadoggo]

Planning and using the AI’s decision process against it

[@MeForRealAgain]

Again such impressive strats, I have never seen foresight, sticky barb, or light ball fling before

[@NuzlockeJoe]

As someone who is relatively new to Nuzlockes and just learning more complicated strategies, this was legit. Seriously, it was really awesome seing how you did this.

[@limerumpus3589]

17:14 with the sped up footage wooper in the party graphic looks like he is have the time of his life

[@magicalgirllaurie]

I genuinely didn’t know Foresight did something other than making Normal and Fighting moves but Ghost types, so that was really cool to find out! Also that Fling + Light Ball play was awesome And I really want to know how you beat Mars

[@blablablabla3878]

Prolly geodude eats purugly for breakfast

[@patrickburton1401]

I’m very happy they changed skuntank’s sprite in future installments

[@amberberry_]

Saw Patterrz react to this, and I just wanted to come here to say that this was absolutely amazing. I was speechless

[@SimisearOfficial]

NGL the most big brained strat to me was the perfect timing of trick room against Lucian. I could never come up with something like that

[@thebiggergazza4042]

Your Littlelockes inspired me to start my own XY LittleLocke. So far I’ve beaten the 1st gym. If you ever consider doing XY, I’d be interested in what strategies you think of. Update: 2nd gym down and almost lost the run to a Hawlucha in Glistening cave losing important Pokémon for the 3rd and 4th gyms. Jazz the Combee needs to carry me in the next 2 gyms…

[@Aceius]

Poor Lickitung doesn't get banned despite previously being a single stage like Gligar and Scyther. Also that Fling play was cracked

[@suiseisrighthandglove]

Freezai out here milking every single possible mechanic that can be done in Pokemon for his little locks

[@Drxxyt]

I absolutely love the nuzlocke content. Very interesting challenges and we can tell you know a lot about what you’re doing. I love the explanations and strats you use and foresight for what you need late game. I would encourage you in the future to try out emerald kaizo- you would destroy that game. That edging joke too lmao

[@Drxxyt]

Omg I just saw myself ahhh YIPPEEEEEE glad it was helpful ty

[@veenadayma6514]

Oh it's another unusually smart nuzlocker here.

[@cav2403]

This was insane, wow. Very fun to watch and some strategie left me mindblown

[@NoobMaster-px1ic]

was not expecting that edging joke lmao

[@RykalRs]

Dude your knowledge and skill of this game is incredible. And your narrative/explanation of the situation makes it so easy to follow along Great video. Please continue these (and your other analysis videos)!

[@AgnaktoreX]

This is one of the hardest and cleanest nuzlocke challenges out there. Nice calculations o_o

[@egekahraman8985]

killing the last mon of the champion with explosion is kinda poetic

[@BlackArche0ps]

This vid was legitimately so cool to watch

[@lone_walker611]

First time I've ever heard someone say Mantyke is a powerful water type and an E4 member. Kudos on the run bro.

[@Realitylex]

I’ve been considering streaming a run like this. I didn’t realize the level of strats needed to get through platinum with these rules compared to other gens. Thanks so much for the inspiration!

[@c3_pulsar]

I really loved the Sticky Barb plays. I'm really glad I checked out your Nuzlocke stuff a while ago coming from competitive cause it's super entertaining. :) Impressive stuff as always.

[@Trebolt]

Love the bluntness of the title combined with the thumbnail.

[@cloudfinraptor]

I love your commentary. "No not that kind of edging" Insightful.

[@colorman9323]

Hello! One of the people from the Nuzcord who discovered your content there! Keep up the good work!

[@noahmartin2201]

The light ball fling was sick. Talk about game knowledge

[@slappydave4241]

I think Nuzlockes are generally kind of boring but you are an absolute madlad with your competitive pokemans strategies and willingness to sacrifice any tool once it has served its purpose. It is truly wonderful

[@snowythecolaaddict]

You are cracked at nuzlockes man. Well done for the win! You deserve it for your creativity with strategies. I would have never knew about fling light ball if it wasn't for you :)

[@wendywhalims1257]

Rip to the GASTLY, out of all the pokemon I seen died in nuzlocke vids, you deserved to live the most🥺😔

[@scorn9018]

This is the first time i've ever heard the phrase "Dread Plate Geodude" in my life

[@wallisbudge4022]

Great video! I hadn't been interested in nuzzlock content before, since a lot of the time it boils down to KZbinrs shouting at pokémon deaths, but your littlelocks are just on another level.

[@PieShapedPiper]

This whole video was like Sophie's choice between his Pokemon and that sticky barb, except the sticky barb always won.

[@snoozocrome4635]

It is very cool to see you use competitive strategies here.

[@tarotdactyl752]

These challenge videos are so well made

[@jackdias9263]

The greatest Fling play since Kyurem Black with TR43 (it’s the TR for Overheat)

[@malareon]

I usually average the levels of the gym leader's pokemon in order for the ace to out level my team cause I feel that it makes the ace stand out more. I also use a rule that of my pokemon go above the cap, it cannot be used EVEN if it levels up during battle, in that case I have to swap it out for a different mon (this is to specifically prevent edging and make sweeping with a single mon harder.) It also feels like cheating the level cap if after I ko the first gym leader mon my pokemon is then immediately above the level cap I set. Like I set a level cap for a reason, I should have to stick with it even mid-battle.

[@PZMKSD]

You imagine if a kid rolled up to your elite four with all no evolved Pokémon then just Murcs you and all your buddies teams, worst day ever 😂, these videos are so cool! Your sooooo good

[@typhlosion7872]

I love how the thumbnail still has the "yes" in massive bold green, but the title has changed so it's no longer a "can you beat" so new viewers will be confused

[@timmaia5082]

Really cool stuff! I've seen the Fling + Light Ball interaction before (in the Furret-only tournament lmao), never seen Sticky Barb used though! Having to get it back every single time sounds like a pain...

[@elouenandril6671]

This man, crushing competitive pokemon while T-baging the games in his free time

[@elouenandril6671]

@UCpZ0p6UhjwCWfDoLGnLa4CQ Lol

[@howdoiturnssj3]

Gonna say. Jan is gonna love this. This was really well made again! Still really easy to understand the 200 IQ strats!

[@silvershine2261]

Madman making sticky barb work, salutes for that play

[@eleanorrepertoire1390]

Freezai’s littlelock uses so much game knowledge I love it

[@noobslayer7564]

freezai used future sight! Real talk, your foreshadowing is amazing and I love all the jokes and storytelling. That lightball fling is nothing short of genius. This video really came down to the wire. I love this kind of content and look forward to more!

[@themaincharactertm]

found the sticky barb strats really cool, also explosion to finish is so satisfying

[@leonardobarbosatelles2779]

Amazing vid, definitely loves the sticky barb strats the most

[@bighex5340]

Freezai, come on bro, you can't say it's not about THAT edging, and then literally the next words out of your mouth were about "polishing your rock" 😭😭😭

[@panosplays4297]

I loved the moment were mantyke 1shot the land shark of nightmares with a smile on his back.

[@snivyboy168]

That Lucian strategy with the specifically calculated Trick Room-struggle-switch out-kill has to be the most insane master plan I've ever seen in my life I did not know such a thing could be done in Pokémon

[@jainabraina]

These are so *clean*. Hats off to the planning and strategy involved.

[@jkid1134]

He's done it again! And what a tour de force. I can't believe Sticky Barb is useful and not just a poorly conceived waste of time. I guess that's what predictable AI gets you. Ever more hopeful to see Unova now that Sinnoh is slain. All the best!

[@marcster6767]

What is most astonishing to me is the fact that you kept in mind how the AI worked in the fight against Phantine, which means that you checked everything carefully. I know for a fact that I would have completely forgotten how the burn would infulence the AI's choice in that situation

[@mrtrollnator123]

"We have to use a technique called edging, and no its not THAT edging" 💀💀💀😭😭😭😭😭

[@poggorseel]

You’re taking that little cup tournament to another level

[@AniGaAG]

I like the honesty of the thumbnail. Like - we _know_ you can, these games are so easy compared to other RPGs that you can beat gen 1 with just a Magikarp. So I kinda like the blatant "Yes." in the thumbnail. Just missing the "What did you expect?". xD

[@Exalosia]

reminds me of this video kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3qvqnWOaKmUZ9U

[@HiHello-jo8tp]

Before I even watch the video, I gotta say the balls on this guy for rolling up to Cynthia with unevolved mons

[@connorgross3410]

Geodude using explosion to ohko the Milotic and win the run deserves a medal of honor

[@airtempest8945]

13:06 what's funny about this fight is that in min battles, you actually have a level 20ish Shieldon KO the Staraptor by itself 'cause of how bad that Staraptor is.

[@N12015]

Meanwhile Staraptor is like, the best companion in a gen 4 playthrough.