How I Beat The Hardest Brilliant Diamond Nuzlocke

[@johncook2504]

Staraptor: why do you keep feeding me these roots?! Jan: because you lack hatred

[@DMXIII]

You need to hate life more :)

[@travv88]

"so that when I burn you, you don't heal yourself. I'm doing this challenge you see..."

[@aldrensiscar3988]

Is this an Arcane reference? Haha

[@shilohmagic7173]

@@travv88 imagine if Jan in the game explained to his staraptor about the challenge and then told it “SO DONT YOU DARE SHAKE OFF YOUR BURN! YOU GOTTA SUFFER SO WE CAN WIN THIS THING!”

[@travv88]

​@@shilohmagic7173 Staraptor: "ok. go team!" Jan: "yea about that..." *force feeds horribly bitter roots until resentment is sufficient*

[@mikecharecky2818]

"I just realized I have protect and choice specs. That was my plan going into this" Easily one of the best quotes from this run

[@strangerinastrangeland3613]

gotta get that STAB specced protect sweeper

[@aidanspence1178]

I just got this joke omg

[@deadmemer]

you gotta give protect more damage

[@marshie5434]

@@deadmemer For sure, like protect with the choice specs boost does huge damage. Such a slept on strat

[@deadmemer]

@@marshie5434 honestly choice scarf protect is better you have to outspeed the other person before they use tackle

[@researchinbreeder]

Jan, that night, had a terrible nightmare. "Cynthia's Garchomp toughed it out so she wouldn't feel sad!”

[@pranavkarmarkar]

Jeez, just imagine if the NPCs also played with affection mechanics...

[@tedpowles7819]

I want to see a mod made where NPCs use those mechanics for each major fight.

[@EyeOfArgus]

God, a fight where the opponent has the friendship mechanic would be terrifying

[@juanstaroldchannel3553]

I wish they had that with their main pokemon (only their main)

[@leonel392]

​@@juanstaroldchannel3553 Well, canonically Cynthia had to increase her friendship with mons like Togepi :v

[@BeardedDragonite]

I love that part of the strategy for this was making a staraptor into an angry hate fuelled burn victim

[@bobthegamingtaco6073]

Anakin Skywalker

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

@@bobthegamingtaco6073 _Took the words right out of my mouth._

[@starlight0313]

@@Obi-Wan_Kenobi hello there

[@Xman34washere]

Agni from Fire Punch. I'm a nerd

[@sourabhbharadwaj9531]

What somehow makes this comment funnier is that at the time of reading this, this comment has 911 likes.

[@Raivon]

"no setup moves" Ah I see, we're doing this like when we were kids

[@Nyghtrid3r]

Tfw your Monferno has Flame Wheel, Flamethrower, Fire Storm and CC

[@Raivon]

@@Nyghtrid3r Meanwhile my Samurott be rocking Razor Shell, Hydro Pump, Aqua Tail, and Revenge

[@therranolleo468]

steroid your Invernape to high heavens with Flamethrower, fire blast, blast burn, and close combat as its move pool and just hope to steamroll your way to the wins

[@tessamarie2691]

😂 physical mon using ember, flamethrower, fire blast, and flame wheel lol

[@alexanderchipman9571]

@@tessamarie2691 Infernape is a Mixed Attacker, though.

[@xscizor2050]

This guy seems pretty good. He should try Emerald Kaizo.

[@diode_wow]

I bet he'll take like 151 attempts to beat it

[@baltazarperez5857]

he should use a ludicolo in the league, i heard it is pretty good

[@cameronsharples2544]

@@baltazarperez5857 i heard that it always gets crit by glacia

[@SpudNug69]

Impossible.

[@GildedWarrior331]

Update : the smoothest brain alive

[@lionide138]

"We're done ungrinding friendship" is one of my favorite quotes now. Ungrinding is a good word.

[@jdk2535]

but he said degrinding, lol???

[@SeveralGhost]

Germans are great at compoundwordmaking

[@venti3849]

@@SeveralGhost wait hes german?

[@SeveralGhost]

@@venti3849 yes, his name is pronounced "Yahn" and he lives in Germany

[@jacobballenger5181]

Well the alternative was hate grinding and something about that phrase feels unsettling soo....

[@stephenhealy6367]

Shoutout to the person who told him iron ball removes levitate, literally saved the run

[@8brahmanas8]

First

[@cyrberlinetempest2841]

A bit late, but at what time did this happened?

[@drenched327]

@@cyrberlinetempest2841like 35 mins in

[@Niels835]

@@cyrberlinetempest2841at the end of the lucien fight

[@stephenhealy6367]

@@cyrberlinetempest2841 just at the lucian fight near the very end

[@nj8833]

Imagine this from Aaron's perspective: Since childhood, everyone around you mocked your ridiculous dream of making the elite four using only bug types. Through perseverance, innovation, and skill, you dedicated your life to this mission and realized your life goal of joining the ranks of the elite four. Then, a seared, grouchy bird humiliated your entire team in 5 seconds, proving all the haters right.

[@nooobiechild]

That's what you get for being the president of the GLEE club.

[@serkxneo8293]

Well being a bug type specialist in the region with the strongest early bird IS a bad idea after all

[@veenadayma6514]

Aaron does get Scizor in rematches to seek revenge

[@alexread6767]

I mean, basically every E4 has SOME comically powerful counter

[@vorgjr8519]

@@alexread6767most elite fours get humiliated by FEAR

[@Viranical]

Poor staraptor, kept stranded in hail until its skin repeatedly tore just to be fed bitter medicines to keep carrying on until its hatred maxed out for the trainer who had raised it all so it could be set on fire and kept with a body covered in burns in order to create the perfect weapon

[@daanstrik4293]

I'm pretty sure thats the plot to Akira

[@Sponsie1000]

Imagine if chat didnt tell him IronBall cancels the ground immunity

[@Theplatzguy]

Oh no! What veteran Nuzlocker with over 4000 hours of nuzlocke experience will react to this playthrough now!?

[@samuelsmith7353]

He’ll just react to someone else’s reactions

[@duckofages8493]

Or better yet, he can react to his own run and just have someone else do a voiceover for it. See if chat falls for it lol

[@neonlights_12]

Write a script for a "reaction" and get someone off Fiverr to voice it

[@x0gucx]

The weird thing is that they react too much🤣. They always manage to talk about themselves and how they would win through most of the "reaction", just stfu and watch for 2 seconds.

[@yourboi5492]

@@x0gucx bro, it’s a reaction and a “what I would do”, this isn’t a new thing, some chefs do it, if you don’t like it then you shouldn’t be watching.

[@XGame80]

42:47 *The opposing Garchomp toughed it out so Cynthia wouldn’t feel bad!*

[@PostTraumaticSwagDisorder]

**Dark souls music starts playing**

[@metachop7444]

it dosent say that??

[@melonmelon8241]

@@metachop7444 it's a joke. based on the fact that a champion's pokemon would probably be affectionate towards them, and thus could get the random chance to live on 1hp. now, this may be sarcasm, but i wouldn't know

[@4o8ic37]

@@melonmelon8241 i mean gible was cynthia starter and if friendship was avaible for enemies it would make sense

[@thedarkgenious7967]

I really love the fact they went hard with the competitive teams for the gym leaders and League. normal players won't notice it much because they just have to over level a bit harder, but for content creators who don't allow that, it requires some serious work to get around.

[@TajUrIt_VT]

That’s actually quite interesting to point out bc I remember specifically picking up a list of mons w diff abilities that would help me roll endgame. I ended up finishing with Gyara, Houndoom, Clefable, Azumarill, Roserade, and Crobat. and incredibly underlevelled (highest mon was 65, cap of 66. My gyara was 57 😅oops)

[@AceMercado10]

I started E4 with Dawns team all at lvl 55 except my Togekiss which was level 53 and i beat it, Empoleon (Piplup), Buneary with fake out quick attack and charm, Quilava , Pachirisu, and Mamoswine, it was hard though and I had to try twice on a couple of the E4 trainers

[@malcanth3481]

I find it really interesting how so much of the strategy revolves around manipulating the AI so that you can switch to the pokemon you want without taking a bunch of damage. Like 90% of the strategy is figuring out a problem that you don't even have in switch mode. It just shows how much set/switch matters.

[@vee_kay21]

God the production values on this are so much higher than even a couple months ago. Seriously good on you and your editors, Jan!

[@xeris7082]

You wrote this 3 minutes after the 40 minute video came out. You can't even know how this Video ist going to be

[@vee_kay21]

@@xeris7082 true, but it was pretty much clear after the intro that this was the case, and halfway through the video my original comment still holds true.

[@mastersinperformance]

It's more of a smallant type video, with the mix of gameplay and narration in post. I really like it

[@arniepage1662]

@@vee_kay21 how do you know if food tastes good if you don’t even try it

[@vee_kay21]

@@arniepage1662 I mean in this example I had already tried a bit of the meal, liked it, and rushed to comment before continuing. Should I have waited until I watched every single frame before saying anything? Sure, that would be more accurate, but I thought to make the comment while it was still fresh in my mind. I stand by what I said though, the production quality is a step up from even a couple months ago

[@jesse32387]

Full on cackled for a good minute at the “We’ll be right back”, that threw me sideways

[@890sigma]

When?

[@1unar_eclipse]

@@890sigma 19:09

[@shawnkestern5911]

yesssssssss XDDDD

[@snsnsnsn2922]

Strategically making the Staraptor hate you. Now I see the birth of Jan the Dennis. Edit: the sunglasses made Jan even more Dennis.

[@thesunwillneverset]

He literally did the Pokémon anime villain thing of sacrificing his Pokémon's happiness/wellbeing for greater performance. It's amazing.

[@FutureOverYou]

HE IS THE GOLDEN GOD!

[@itschickpeas1810]

actual anime villain strat.

[@KhanMann66]

@@thesunwillneverset Sums up all competitive Pokémon players.

[@herbert164]

like dennis the menace or nedry?

[@andyhinderliter9909]

I laughed way too hard at "time for her to randomly poison jab my steel type"

[@yaboi912]

The cut on his scream during the Crobat switch is HILARIOUS.

[@raineob4996]

Every Nuzlocker has had that exact reaction after switching in something that dies from a move they forgot the opponent had.

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

“7th gym leader, Ligma” is what did it for me lmfao I’m a grown 29year old man with a family and a house and I can’t stop laughing at these terrible jokes I likely never will

[@SquirrelAssassin247]

how do you have a house at 29????

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

@@SquirrelAssassin247 ah my moms dead, so my dad was living alone, and he did the heavy lifting to buy the property. Basically, it was my credit, and credit history, and his monetary backing.

[@MERCENARYTAO1]

@@SquirrelAssassin247 don’t live in a huge city. 25 and have my own rental property.

[@SquirrelAssassin247]

@@HarveyMeadowlark oh dang sorry I feel bad for asking now

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

@@SquirrelAssassin247 naw, don’t feel bad man, I know u didn’t mean anything negative by asking. My dad has always worked hard, and still does. I wouldn’t have sh¡t if it wasn’t for him.

[@WelsknightGaming]

The inclusion of Hollow Knight music for the Cynthia battle was a great touch.

[@static7950]

Hi wels

[@daanpieters2388]

Hi wels

[@insertepiknamehere2648]

Hi wels

[@TheMosquitto]

Hi wels

[@catalyst1641]

Welsknight! Great to see you here!

[@elibaumann9718]

I actually like the affection mechanic in Nuzlockes because it's a reward for keeping a pokemon alive for a long time. Ideally you'd be able to disable it for added difficulty.

[@iMarzie]

Whoever edits these videos….you’re legit. All the subtle edits throughout the entire video are very much appreciated

[@julian0496]

"Guru Mc-titknees" must be the best nickname ever given to a Medicham

[@komodok1ng495]

Jan thinks he's going to get us with a Candice joke when we all know he doesn't even read the comments.

[@shrimpkid7714]

Candice guy read the comments goteem

[@komodok1ng495]

@@shrimpkid7714 😢😢😢

[@Blexmer1]

All I know is that the 7th gym leader makes a killer salsa. Says the key is technique when cutting tomatoes

[@ReverseRomenYouTube]

Her name escapes me right now

[@mxm6]

Affection is such a silly mechanic, my Torterra tanked like 4 ice punches because of it. My Gardevoir took a Garchomp poison jab and I won. I felt like I cheated the E4 and Cynthia fights

[@Broekje]

Had the exact same thing. Affection saved my ass way too frequently.

[@youngrootv]

Yeah I wish that you could turn off that mechanic. It’s so unnecessary lol

[@AcornPlays]

Honestly I hate the mechanic being mandatory. In USUM it's perfect because the game is pretty hard at base, but you can make it easier by taking care of your Pokemon so for kids it increases the immersion and shows the "importance of loving your pokemon". But having it always on? Awful.

[@adamstadick2044]

@@youngrootv I do wish you could turn it off (or in previous games where you had to actively gain affection and it wasn’t passive) but it does make for more cinematic fights, especially when the elite 4 has prefect evs as well as competitive sets. To me it can even out before you have access to things like good held items.

[@GildedWarrior331]

Bro against Cynthia you def need it lol she is so tough took me legit 4 trys before I could beat her ass

[@sucharitchatterjee943]

Imagine if he missclicked moonlight instead of blast as he screamed completed

[@gorillagamer1392]

Lmao

[@gentleseal1778]

Dude, my ass was clamped during Cynthia. As it always is. But this run has such high stakes and your explanations make them much much deeper than I every thought. Massive props to you

[@artursilva6189]

The first death with the Abras was some of the funniest things I ever saw live with Jan 😂

[@foxtail286]

those things were tough af in my playthrough, they would both target one pokemon and wipe it

[@mattcrvg]

I saw the Crobat one live, my ears never recovered

[@StateOfGav]

Wish I was there lol

[@WorldEaterZero]

That abras were bitches. It kills my pokemon unexpectedly too

[@yuukinoyuki9064]

Those Abras cost me my Buizel in my Nuzlock. It was my first death and it came out of left-field 😭

[@carprincess]

I’m glad to see that he struggled against those Abras. They really messed up one of my mons too in my nuzlocke

[@hurgcat]

my first blond run had me wipe to the charge beaming abra in the training school hahah

[@bluestorm749]

Imagine having such a powerful team as a gym leader, that when Jan comes to challenge you for your gym badge and loses, he trash talks you down for being too good 🤣

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

every expert player ever

[@joelschmierer3544]

that poison jab at the end on the clef switch-in...just brutal

[@Ultramarinum]

"The start of the fight is pretty simple, we just go ahead and click facade." Dustox faints* "Okay next up we get Heracross. This one's also pretty simple, we just click *FACADE." *Heracross faints* "Now the Beautifly, this one's also pretty simple, we just click *FACADE." Beautifly faints* "Ok it's the Vespiquin. So this is where things get a little more nuanced. (A little more complicated.) Basically what we have to do is... click *FACADE." Vespiquin faints* "And then things get a little bit more complicated, even so on his ace here the Drapion because this like a high defense- like high defense mon this is a pretty bulky pokemon. What we have to do on this IS..... basically click *FACADE." Drapion Faints* -And that's Aaron." ;) (Just need the Facade, don't ya.)

[@ribottostudio]

I have such a love hate relationship with affection. On the one hand of course it makes sense that a Pokemon you've raised and love through your journey would be affectionate towards you, dodge in time of your shouts, shake off that paralysis. It feels very anime like and one big thing I LOVED about sword and shield is how the final battles it being ranked is like STRAIGHT outta the anime. ON THE OTHER HAND THOUGH I do wish it was better balanced or that leaders and elite 4 members also had affection. What do their Pokémon just not love their trainers as much as ours love us? Ouch 😂

[@mohbius2]

Wish it was just optional like it used to be. Great mechanic if you invest time into it in X/Y. Sun/Moon it didn’t feel as OP maybe that’s just bad memory from me.

[@commonviewer2488]

I think affection evens out for casual players that don't ev train during the E4 challenge

[@Kozmic_CL]

@@mohbius2 I think the affection being optional kinda defeats the point. Like, you feel like playing with your pokémon for a while? Well, you can't, because if you do, you will be stupidly overpowered for the rest of the game. I like that they add ways to interact with the Pokémon outside of battle, just don't make it affect the gameplay.

[@mohbius2]

@@Kozmic_CL it not being optional ruined the playthrough for me. By wake everything was getting random crits and dodging 100% accuracy moves. I’m already 5 levels above everything permanently

[@Kozmic_CL]

@@mohbius2 I think you did not read my comment. I never said it should be mandatory, I said the mechanic shouldn't be there, even if optional. It's just a bad mechanic and shouldn't be implemented, just let me do stuff with my pokemons without worrying about being overpowered for the rest of the game.

[@zeonlucid]

"Get me back to 2D, please" I felt this. Time to go back to Emerald Kaizo then.

[@iantaakalla8180]

It’s funny how basically every mainline Pokémon game since Black 2/White 2 is basically the franchise of Pokémon admitting it can’t work in 3d.

[@iantaakalla8180]

Legends: Arceus counts as well because that’s far different than any mainline Pokémon game despite it being labeled as such

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

Pokémon in 3D works very well imo. I feel nostalgia for the 2D games like anyone else, but 3D is far superior

[@sptflcrw8583]

@@ThwipThwipBoom bruh

[@ThwipThwipBoom]

@@sptflcrw8583 If it weren't, Gamefreak would go back to 2D. I'm sure 2D is cheaper anyways

[@phantomzimm]

The Facade strat brings back memories… RIP Pilot.

[@obitofinn666]

F

[@duckofages8493]

Always remember the sacrifices made along the way.

[@nineteenct]

Stupid Thundering Slaking

[@Moxtrots]

Never forget

[@calebangell77]

But how did he get facade? The TM isn't available until after the post game, and staraptor doesn't learn facade by level up.

[@AlphaMaximus808]

Calling Medicham "Guru McTitknees" is probably the best thing I'll hear all week.

[@1rotzy]

I feel like when you say your the best nuzlocker in the world you should also say, “and the most humble.” It just fits to perfectly.

[@doodledan8134]

It was the cut off scream and the “We’ll be right back” for me

[@sand747]

lmaoo

[@James-vc1kc]

That was meant to mimic Eric Andre’s talk show, something extremely chaotic will happen followed by a “we’ll be right back” screen

[@bluestorm749]

25:55 That’s such a based strat, friendship degrinding to beat E4 🤣

[@CommentPositionInformer]

Grinding hatred.

[@SGalaxyify]

I wish in that last hoorah he screamed “no setup moves” cause that’s what actually made this hard

[@BookofConke]

Love the fact that you played the PMD2 Desert music during the "Attempt 5 planning phase" because that song also plays in a scene in that game where everybody is planning a trap for Grovyle. Fitting.

[@MatWith0neT]

Stamping 19:05 so when I come back to this I can get a laugh everytime.

[@caterlloo]

2 minutes in and you’re already at attempt three. If you continue at this rate, you’ll dethrone the 151 Emerald Kaizo attempts in no time XD

[@tsawy6]

Well no, because the video is 43 minutes, not 100

[@TrueSaikor]

One for every kanto pokemon ;)

[@emphriam]

"Time for it to randomly poison jab my steel type let's go." The amount of studying and preparation for that, is funny as shit because if out the blue, they use a random move to test it out.

[@jasond.b-w]

Love the little added explanations in this one. I've said it here before, I'm a brand new player and I have some cognitive disabilities as of last year. I watch channels like this to learn how to start playing with the edge I know I need, but I tend to miss the full effect of some of these strats when I don't know the reason for certain choices/what the move or item or ability being used actually does/etc, and then I end up fucking it up in my own game (choice items for example) *Explaining how the AI works is also so helpful This format make the lessons in these sorts of runs much more accessible to newer and disabled fans and I really appreciate it

[@scott--1629]

simply get good

[@Fanimati0n]

​@scott--1629 simply don't be a dick

[@Penguinhelper121]

Tbh I thought you were going to throw ham sandwiches at everyone. Then I remembered that you take Nuzlocke challenges seriously, and don't cheese them. A lot of respect.

[@markpiper6382]

7:30 ah yes, lots of cool puns to break the ice with!

[@AsianRailgun]

Imagine if Staraptor had Guts as one of its available abilities lmao.

[@alexmoon3130]

Then that would make it Swellow

[@No.1_Reuniclus_Fan]

@@alexmoon3130 but better

[@codonbyte]

@@alexmoon3130 With like 35 more base attack.

[@raqeebahmed1452]

@@No.1_Reuniclus_Fannot exactly swellows base speed is MASSIVE and facade when you outspeed your opponent is really good

[@scott--1629]

@@raqeebahmed1452 "erm actually 🤓"

[@revannoct6571]

This suddenly has a much more educational vibe to it, especially the first half of the video.

[@quetzalthegamer]

I love his fake-outs during the Aaron fight. "Click Façade." 🤣

[@zkatt3238]

The lore for this run: the player character gets too depressed when one of their Pokémon dies and decides to retire forever

[@cola98765]

"**sniff** I don't want to pokemon champion anymore"

[@slowmow29]

My strat for Cynthia was pretty simple in my 1st playthrough. I just used belly drum, amnesia Snorlax with healing stall from rest and swept though everything but milotic. It was not a nuzlock but I was proud of myself because I realized that I learned a lot from this man.

[@raineob4996]

My first time I improvised SubCM Mismagius on the fly after realizing how awful Gastrodon’s Rock Tomb was and won that way.

[@loomigameryt9117]

I love how finally Pokemon Challenges and Alpharad have something in common. They both died to energy ball

[@thomasjaredsarabia8267]

Bro everyone died to those abras

[@iantaakalla8180]

I wonder who did not die to those Abras

[@jirilaska9788]

You´ve heard of friendship grinding, now get ready for no friendship grinding.

[@itslexactually]

This is big brain time

[@AshfcknKetchum]

"This gym leader whose name escapes me right now" Sure, I'll bite. You mean... Candice?

[@waffleweirdo1252]

candice joke be any more overused

[@maxakareflex8420]

@@waffleweirdo1252 Ladies and Gentlemen: we gottem

[@iantaakalla8180]

Like the Venus de Milo except she’s not armless and handless

[@Evie0133]

Congrats on hitting #15 on Trending, Jan! Been watching this series on your Twitch, and it was so fun :)

[@dddmemaybe]

38:00 This moment when it's DPP and Cynthia's Spiritomb actually has any type weakness.

[@AnnieTheDarkChild]

this video is basicly like the nuzlocke videos from jaiden, just without the animation. But from a storytelling perspective and the editing it really feels like one. I would love to see this animated

[@sneezebazooka6068]

Damn the amount of planning dor cynthia was sick, esp the improv, great job Jan!

[@Brelicity]

I can't believe it took him more attempts to beat BDSP than it did to beat Radical Red. Truly brilliant diamond is the hardest pokemon game to date. 😏

[@prinnyDooD.]

if not deathless maybe 1 or 2 tries maybe

[@akiltahsin7981]

"Brilliant Diamond, Hardcore Nuzlocke, Deathless... COMPLETED!" ngl that scream before the final moonblast was super cool.

[@Hydra-s_GambitYoutube]

39:46 'that's not a dragon!' well so isn't applin, and look where we are.

[@Mmuff]

I really like the new commentary thing on this one Jan. The editing rounds this up very well, although i followed the run some1 who didnt see it could understand everything you did!

[@ShadowMewto]

Congrats on getting to #23 on trending, not just gaming trending! You have really great content and it's good to see you get recognition in the KZbin Community from all sorts of creators.

[@samuelzelalem7343]

the friendship degrinding was genius my boy well done, Cynthia rematch is so fucking hard though her Porygon Z swept my whole team the first time I played her

[@leonardocbp]

Man, I was watching some older videos of yours and I must say: this is the best video format yet. The narration and all.. I LOVE it

[@shadowdoyler]

Nice to see the video production value is being increased, hope it benefits you and your channel in the long run

[@giovannifiorillo5046]

Definitely a fan of this type of video. Hope to see more of this style from you!

[@thesimiccombine3192]

This was a rush to watch on the pchal daily channel. Great compalitation of the best moments of the run!

[@jakemoore5064]

I was deathless till Cynthia until she crit poisoned my infernape, froze my roserade, then froze my clefable on the swap.

[@seabirdflutter]

epic Pokemon rng moment

[@LowassLuck]

Him going though the elite 4 is like competitive sword and shield. You just click one attack and sweep

[@SmeargleStuff]

Optimisation tip for gen 4: Don’t catch the 218 Magicarp and instead go back to your hometown and fish for a magikarp. This way you get your magikarp and can get it to evolve while also getting a route 218 encounter. There is some water that you can fish in within your hometown.

[@endergamerboi6140]

I love the fact that he made this video because he makes videos like this not a lot but there is so much more things to watch and I love it.

[@semmlon]

7:29 LMAO I see what you did there!

[@SERMareep2007]

Yeah it's defo not a trap

[@ayeshaakter9340]

Hmmm i wonder what the name is

[@sand747]

candice comment section tell me her name?

[@fordyjnr3421]

I love watching your videos, it's interesting to see how complex these games can be. I've only played for fun so doing a nuzlocke would be very challenging, I learn a lot from your videos and I'm going to start nuzlocking soon

[@SageSchispell]

37:13 everyone trying to calm down right before the Cynthia fight only for that piano to strike the fear of god into you

[@ssbm_crisc0672]

gotta say, it seems like the storytelling / delivery / writing here has really improved. Good stuff.

[@leealoevera5912]

The Melene fight is so hard because she spams bulk up then goes in with drain punching and if not she screeches you and then kills you.

[@Burningbluey]

Literally got swept by her on my Nuzlocke of the game, I got caught off guard way too hard

[@glam4663]

My gardevoir that was (thankfully) faster defeating it no problem

[@mattcrvg]

You were right, the editing on this is fire. With a game worthy of Pchal Daily uploads and Emerald Kaizo level comps for the leaders, the content is looking great

[@Obi-Wan_Kenobi]

Candice during these Nuzlockes to Jan: *_say my name_*

[@VoidLegendAura]

For the underground I usually just get in a room, look at all the Pokemon in the room and catch one for each room

[@Glizle]

my mans out here took the story telling route to his videos, you may not be mcdonalds, but im definitely lovin' it ;)

[@fing4222]

These videos are actually so so fun to watch

[@n8m8___]

sometimes i kinda forget just how good jan is and that lucario fight was nuts

[@bdf1006]

I just want to say that when I fought Cynthia I had setup Light Screen and she Recover stalled with her Milotic and on the turn it ran out switched into her Lucario (I was using Bibarel). I wouldn't have been surprised if she called your Clefable switch

[@MrSilly241]

“This is the most complicated nuzlocke ever.” Also him “so we just click facade.”

[@waffles9637]

"Guru McTit-knees" was so much funnier than it had any right to be lmfao

[@Will-bx1ro]

8:57 This man literally throw a gyarados at a 2x bulk up ice punch - rock slide Medicham... so this is the level of a self proclaimed pro nuxlocke player uh? lol

[@abilitytrax]

Jan -> shows a mistake he made with bad strategy Viewer: look you made a mistake there you aren’t actually gOoD Don’t you feel stupid sometimes?

[@lazypaladin]

Dude, someone in Pokemon Co. Must've had a rough 2021. I've recently got BD and ran into *alot of low level trainers* with moves you wouldn't expect. Irontail on a lv 16ish Turtwig?! Excuse me?!

[@Javis5527]

Jan doesn’t want to say Candice lol

[@ejz19]

19:09 the funniest freeze frame to we'll be right back is hilarious

[@cryolitegem]

I like to imagine that upon seeing the death of one their friends, the rest of the Pokémon are so horrified that they all die of heart attacks.

[@mijuzs8894]

The editing was superb, and that Elite4 was insane. I was soooo scared of doing a nuzlocke of this after my regular run because of how cracked the Elite4 is (although my team wasn't perfect and I didn't wanna change it), but you just made it look easy.

[@goreangel1258]

It makes me feel better that even Mr.Challenges had a hard time with Maylene

[@akko3186]

Such a sick video, love the editing on this one

[@remebeau]

yo Jan i love this change in format, i have adhd so i sometimes had trouble staying focused over the other playthroughs you've posted, but the editing and the voice-over work on this is really nice! it's really cool to see

[@noahpokeemon6503]

43:09 "Cynthia cosplay when?" Bruh let Jan have his moment lol

[@deebo429__]

Hey i just bought Shiny Pearl so this will give me great tips for my nuzlocke adventure

[@rottenranch7917]

Get good

[@deebo429__]

@@rottenranch7917 thanks dad

[@SERMareep2007]

@@rottenranch7917 Can't argue with this