How The Hardest Pokemon Game Was Beaten Deathless

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[@-BenGaming-]

Ok

[@-BenGaming-]

Happy new year!!!

[@Defaultywizard]

You're my favorite furry.

[@Cannabeknown]

Jesus christ that hairline is looking terrible…

[@00TheMusic]

You really are leaving all of this.. even giving your crown of the best in the world away..

[@lesqueegee]

The crippling debt that nuzlockers would accumulate if they discover gambling is sickening to my stomach

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

"There's a 99.999% chance I lose my house here, hands together chat, let's pray we dodge this debt."

[@melancholyz1069]

​@@kiritotheabridgedgod4178 lmao

[@ordeaux26]

Funny you say that cause Prouty outside of nuzlocking does sports betting, might be some connection there, lol. I can't say if he is in any debt, but it is something he does.

[@ckb1137]

gotta play around the crip-..pling dept

[@elliotw.888]

​@@ordeaux26he fuckin rolled the 1/3 twice, that kind of shit definitely screams degen gambler

[@garrett3292]

Deaths: 0 Crits dodged: 28 Times headphones taken off and put back on: 344

[@turboallen]

Yeah the audio is all over the place lol. Im still trying to watch this through video even months after the release

[@TheDragonQueen-uh4lm]

Yeah, i actually getting a headache from watching this. ​@@turboallen

[@ZaChemas]

@@TheDragonQueen-uh4lm i only watch this every once in a while, my speakers can't handle me playing with the volume that much (neither my fking ears)

[@Captain00Chaos]

It drives me up a fucking wall how quick PChal is compared to the guy. Like I turn it up to hear PChal then the dude screeches in my ears and deafens me

[@Rinienna]

God having to continually move the volume slider up and down to adjust for PChal's nice chill voice to the absolute constant pop offs was a thing lol

[@renktalksball]

Ikr, wish the editor had adjusted the volume

[@danielbaker6931]

Yeah this video has some of the worst audio mixing in history

[@purple2098]

Ong…+ no subtitles made it annoying as fuck

[@seeranyx1643]

For real though. Quiet commentary interrupted by ear piercing screams is NOT a pleasant listening experience.

[@slof69]

true

[@smittywerbenjagermanjensen7027]

"Shell bell heals us out of Alakazam Thunder Punch crit range" IS SUCH a deranged statement.

[@cremapastelera00]

chronically online pokemon sentence

[@Steflora]

How is that statement even remotely deranged?

[@_kadoodles_]

​​​​​@@Steflora1) Shell Bell's heal rate is so ass that it's hardly ever worth using most of the time. Try and see if you can find even 1 competitive player who ever used it. Emerald Kaizo (especially deathless) is a rare exception because of how long it takes to get Leftovers, how rare mid-battle healing options are for the player in general, and because (unlike competitive) players know the exact stats of the mons and AI's choices for every opponent, as well as edit teams before matches, so they can do calculations to find out if Shell Bell's healing would actually be useful per fight. 2) Most Pokemon games are post-Gen 4's physical/special split, and anyone into Pokemon is super used to thinking about mons' movesets/viability that way by now. Alakazam running Thunder Punch and actually being threatening with it sounds like a joke for anyone who doesn't play Gens 1-3 religiously, which is most people.

[@nothingatonce]

​​@@_kadoodles_ i dont know much about the games anymore but i know my alakazam was mvp in a lot of fights because of it's speed mainly. i had lead scissor, u turn into blaziken mach punch flinch and see from there for easy kills. kyogre set up drizzle and had thunder, surf and ice beam, absol had crunch, shadow ball, solar beam (how and why but yes indeed) and more thunder obviously. big pp matters. the blaziken had mach punch, overheat, uppercut and aerial ace to honor it's chicken ways and it came in handy. the zam had shockwave for easy par and i used flygon for dragon moves and earthquake. gotta have some earthquake. i didn't make the rules. also i needed a flyer to fly on. 😂👍 anyway indeed i'm old and remembering my childhood wtf do i know?? i'll tell you. i know you respect an Alakazam 🗿

[@auroraourania7161]

​@@nothingatonceeither you are remembering wrong about your scizor's moveset, or you are referring to generation 4 or later. U turn wasn't introduced until generation 4. You could be thinking of baton pass? I'm not sure if The way it learns that is something that you get in a normal run (egg moves or something like that), but I do know that it gets it. Blaziken never has had access to Mach punch, so I assume you mean sky uppercut or some other fighting move, none of which flinch but that's fixable with an item so I assume you had it holding a King's Rock. For me, I forget some details, since I've always always relied on more than six pokémon at a time, but I do know that my original emerald playthrough had my Blaziken, flygon, walrein, Rayquaza, ludicolo, and salamence as my original Hall of Fame team. All of those still hold a special place for me.

[@jeffm7007]

This entire video was an exercise in anticipating having to turn my volume down when this guy started screaming and then turning it back up whenever pchal started commentating again.

[@hauntedsunsets]

literally I turn down the volume to not have my ears blown out then think I muted the video because I can't hear jan at ALL

[@LucRio448]

Ye, kinda wish the stream parts were toned doown in volume in the video already. Look away from the screen for a second for literally any reason and you can almost book an appointment to get your ears checked - which is udnerstandable in a livestream, but could easily avoided in an edited video.

[@MinecraftMaplestory]

Same, pchal's editor should have just normalized the stream audio so that his pop offs aren't ear shattering

[@jbrew1237]

This is genuinely my only complaint about the video

[@perrycoffey5410]

​@@hauntedsunsetshope you dont develop hyperacusis or misophonia because of this

[@amosjohnson6348]

Having pokemon challenges relinquish their title and call you the greatest nuzlocker in the world must be a huge honor. Also shows the respect pokemon challenges has for the sport of the game. Loved this video.

[@goranpiljic9362]

I'm sure he'll do something similarly insane and win it back.

[@amosjohnson6348]

@@goranpiljic9362 y'know? I can see it lol

[@moralessanchezoscarelias6412]

True

[@shade08538]

@@amosjohnson6348Narrator: (He Did Not)

[@roberthansen5727]

I crunched the numbers. Bro played perfectly but still only had a 15% chance to dodge all 29 of those crits. Legend

[@thod-thod]

That’s why it’s >400 attempts he is legend yh

[@DiabloTommaso]

That s why i will never play games this hard to begin with. In a normal game i m fine with crits but when there is no room for error luck shuoldn t be a part of the game imo.

[@rseth912]

​@@DiabloTommaso That actually what puts the fun into it and why you see all these amazing reactions when luck shines in their favor. Sure, we can take out the RNG of the game and make it into a glorified numbers game where you just plan everything from the start and the result will always be the same no matter how many times you do it. Plus, it'll be boring to watch something like that and you've got to admit that the reactions were amazing, and you'll always be on the edge of your seat whether a crit or a status effect would land that could potentially end the whole run.

[@sundalius]

@@rseth912it also forgets that for every crit an enemy can get, the player can crit too. They can land the surprise para. The enemy can have a 6 turn defrost. The luck element cuts both ways and is a massive part of what makes good players good!

[@PM-ty2yr]

he didnt play perfectly tho, he missclicked roar

[@ShayyTV]

Super great accomplishment from Prouty! While I do like that the pop-offs were featured heavily in this video, the audio balance between yourself and him probably needs to be looked at. Had to lower the volume a lot because my ears were getting blasted, but then the commentary was way too quiet. 😅

[@duskshift]

Shayy deviates from Undertale speedruns to attempt Emerald Kaizo, I’d totally watch that.

[@Shuryo_]

Exactly my thoughts, desperately need to check the audio balance. Or maybe at least put some volume warnings. I legit couldnt watch the entire video because i dont have an earphone with me and there were people around i could disturb with the loud audio...

[@Phoenixflara]

@@Shuryo_earphones wouldn’t help…I had to take em off constantly cause he has no chill >.>

[@Fascism_Is_One_Helluva_Drug]

Hoping the audio balance wasn't intentional so people could feel the parasocial hype screaming ....

[@summerdroscha3566]

I'm 3 months late but it's nice to see you here

[@kraykyle]

Dang. He took 151 attempts 2 years ago, now we have Emerald Kaizo with 402 attempts deathless. What's next, only 5 members deathless after 1000 attempts or something?

[@aarij9260]

dont give them ideas

[@decryptorknight]

emerald kaizo : Kaizo Ironmon... lol

[@Chibuga]

Damage-less after 99999999 attempts

[@kubacocangrybird9424]

@@decryptorknighttbh unless boss battles arent randomized it would be easy-ish (speaking that ironmon is even possible to be considered as easy, but you got the point, handmade battles are doing the difficulty, nerdge)

[@jesperwillems_]

@@decryptorknightironmon isnt a game of skill tho, thats just gambling lmao

[@YellowGetRekt]

Pchal's calming voice is half the reason I watch this channel and this video just made me bleed my ears out

[@slackerofhell]

You know Jan is hyped beyond belief seeing his dawg Zangoose make the E4 and win

[@tdarkhorse4]

AND as the primary sweeper.

[@fybso3057]

He must be so jealous

[@viridiansexperimentchannel711]

Might have been half the reason he was so willing to part with the "greatest nuzlocker in the world" title. Acknowledging the deathless run after hundreds of attempts is one thing, but doing all of that with Jan's favorite Pokemon?

Sorry about the audio issues folks, I didn't do a final audio pass on this draft and just published and went to a NYE party. Kinda too late to reupload now you guys are gonna have to do some active volume switching for this one, I apologize

[@BeyondTrash-xe1vs]

It's all right, mistakes happen. Rip to all the headphone users out there though 😅

[@christophermcnamara3885]

Prouty is an absolute legend, he did all of that on a gag run, shotgunning beers and rolling along for the ride. Put his heart on his sleeve man, this video made me feel something Thanks Jan for a beautiful summary to contextualize it and thanks Prouty for being willing to try something so absurd.

[@HasteKing18]

"Watch Prouty work his magic and earn, unequivocally, the title of Greatest Nuzlocker In The World"- This single line gave me goosebumps. What a feat for Prouty to achieve for PC to relinquish his title to him.

[@ultimapower6950]

“Please note a day later his title was revoked and given back to Jan due to being too loud”.

[@vincentcircharo8259]

yeah PC relinquishing his self-proclaimed title, what a gentleman lol

[@chronicnuisance9576]

Heads up to headphone users. Keep your volume button ready, jan's commentary is quiet and prouty screams a ton in this video. (Obviously because the clips are mostly him popping off).

[@spudnaysh]

Bro, I needed to jerk the volume sliders off with $10 speakers. I can't imagine what headphone users are experiencing.

[@LaHuguu]

If only there was a way to adjust volume spikes during video editing .. guess we'll never know

[@shardtheduraludon]

@@LaHuguuI feel like Jan would’ve wanted to preserve the pop offs as they were from Prouty’s original stream

[@aigis0423]

⁠@@shardtheduraludonon one hand I get that. On the other its kinda unbearable and the editors either should have made Jan louder so we can keep the volume lower or edit the audio to be less fucking ridiculously loud. I get that he’s excited, and this is a very impressive achievement, but geez

[@slof69]

@@shardtheduraludon but hes 1/4 the volume and literally impossible to hear compared

[@lilitpatchwork]

I need like a counter on the screen counting down to the next jump-scare scream, my goodness. That aside, this was a really amazing video. I love all of the commentary on why the decisions were made the way they were, and why certain moves were so risky. Beautiful video all around

[@Cows546]

Now beat it with just an Onix

[@burntbwak]

please do this

[@-BenGaming-]

That’s impossible

[@Okeana_Aster]

That's DEFINITLY impossible.

[@thegreatchipman]

WHAT DID I SAY, BRADEN!? WHAT DID I SAY!?!?!?

[@XpPotions]

​@@Okeana_Aster But if you have the quick claw....

[@Nyanti_Games]

i think my favorite part of this whole thing is how the starter everyone wrote off as the one you generally don't want to pick kept coming up as THE answer to the problems

[@jtpilfered7391]

Prouty truly did an outstanding accomplishment with this challenge. He initially started it out as a joke just to see if it was feasible to get a least a few gym badges, let alone pushing all the way through. I don't think anybody in the community was ready for the dedication this man had, and it was truly amazing seeing everybody come together to make these strategies work in the end. Great work!

[@xProuty_]

Those e4 sessions w u and Icculus never forgot the grind

[@Maximmmino]

@@xProuty_ Hey look.. it's the three of us again

[@Drxxyt]

🙏 well said

[@catandfishfc]

Mimic the goat strat

[@WeirdMagnus]

Omg you still exist

[@alienhatz3265]

the difference in volume between Jan and Prouty is astonishing

[@YmirIsHere2015]

I don't know why PC passing the greatest Nuzlocker in the world title to Prouty got me so emotional :')

[@unseengnosis7880]

Glad I wasn't the only one. And qualified it with *unequivocally*. No argument to be made. This is FIRE.

[@RealRamaladni]

Pchal was never the greatest Nuzlocker to begin with

[@xavierrey1]

@@RealRamaladni definitely one at one point in time

[@Visualeaf]

​@@RealRamaladniThat's subjective, but the point is less that he was or wasn't ever the best nuzlocker, it's that is his tagline. A source of his KZbin identity. Even if you never believed it ti be true for him to unequivocally ordain someone else as the greatest nuzlocker in the world is significant.

[@MrBell-iq3sm]

To be fair, I don't think he ever claimed to be the greatest, but the best.

[@Eira_99]

I LOVE that a Chicken Run got to be the winning run. Shows the true level of skill on display here, you can know all the optimal starergies and teams and try to pull it off, but to make it work and figure out new inventive starts to work around not having the optimal team and winning it anyway, that's true Nuzlockeing right there. That's the whole point right, that we can't always pick what mons we end up with. Love that it wasn't just he got the perfect mons each time.

[@crystalcrusader711]

As I’ve said on the video about PChal’s own run, I like to imagine each attempted run as an embodiment of whatever Pokemon it matches on the national dex. Pokemon 402, the winning run in this case, is Kricketune. Enjoy that visual

[@doctorreed_]

delelelele wooooOOOOOOOOOO

[@Go.D.Usopp2137]

Kricketune's cry is literally the embodiment of "LEEEEEROOOOYYYYY JEEEEEENKIIIIIINSSS!" so that's why he won

[@CosmicPlatonix]

That explains the pop-offs.

[@richskov5040]

That kricked my tune when I read it.

[@Beepbooopbopdoop]

Yes Loud

[@spiciestbirb]

The greatest achievement of Pokemon history and it is not close. Simply a ridiculous run. The 402 attempts. The Wooper 50 50. The Mimic Kingdra. The batshit E4 - roar misclick, slowbro dodge. Truly the GOAT of nuzlockes

[@glumreaper8885]

Okay featuring other greatest nuzlockers in the world on this channel is something I can stand behind. Hope to see more insane pokemon challenge creators featured

[@TF2430-m7w]

I get that Prouty was in the mood, but goddamn do I have to constantly lower my volume just so that my eardrum wont just fly into my skull.

[@samboi3830]

That’s on the editor of thus video. The audio was not mixed well at all

[@IamREBORNPUNISH3R]

you know ill take it, rather than the usual cringey, terrible jokes and awkward commentary. Im not even hating, love this dudes videos but hes clearly never seen a boob.@@samboi3830

[@HerMajestyVelvet]

Now it’s time for Jan to erode away the last shreds of sanity trying to beat EK deathless

[@bucsheels2424]

Nah that would require him to stream

[@superlombax1561]

Or better yet, trying to beat it without taking damage at all.

[@LeftHook-em6rv]

@@bucsheels2424Update: Hey guess what

[@fernquan6817]

great video, I didn't know that the ending pop off clip came from a deathless run but the audio balance was off, I run loudness equalization on my speakers and even with that I had to turn Jan's commentary up each time

[@g_hyperstar3609]

Holy shit talk about impressive. This is a whole another level of insanity, skill and dedication to this game. Massive kudos to this guy

[@omefrfr]

More like massive (emerald) kaizos

[@Dottoge]

Idk why it’s so wholesome to see him saw “we did it” instead of “I did it”. Streaming really is something else man

[@Brianlikescars]

Yo yo did Jan just freely pass the belt at 33:10? Props for respecting the next title holder.

[@zorimanar2247]

The comedy of the massive Wailord sprite at 22:42 is immense :p

[@azure-mist]

I was enchanted watching Prouty get through this run. Your commentary adds so much - even if I wasn’t here for the hundreds of previous attempts, I could feel the intense weight of every decision. And seeing him pop off with each win made me grin so hard!! I sincerely hope Prouty knows how amazing and impressive what he has accomplished is.

[@annaxuldraugworc7832]

Considering how he lost his mind after finishing the run, deathless nuzlock emerald Kaizo should be listed into a way of self-harm 💀

[@Mookie5]

LOL I agree, I just made a Pokemon Types Tier List on my most recent video, PLEASE let me know what you think

[@xProuty_]

The Goose is always loose. What a ride

[@xaius4348]

6:10 Wait a minute, are all his pokemon set to 1 turn of sleep for safe switch-ins against burn?

[@SerDerpish]

So is Jan going to intro all of his vids of 2024 with “I’m probably the second-best nuzlocker in the world”? 🤔

[@kheireddineattala1281]

"one of the nuzlockers of all time" would be the funniest imo but I highly doubt he would

[@Vmac1394]

That dude who ran Blaze Black deathless is probably #2.

[@kheireddineattala1281]

@@Vmac1394 blaze black deathless is nowhere near ek deathless

[@sirnunyabuiz6529]

@@Vmac1394 You make it sound like that's a hard thing to do. Blaze Black is not an game on par with EK or even run n bun. If anything, if you get more than 4 deaths on an average run that'd be considered alot.

[@YahiamiceLIVE]

Can't wait for you to open up next video with "Hey i'm pokémonchallenges, and i'm probably the SECOND best nuzlocker in the world..."

[@Lvl1Glaceon]

Him missclicking the roar and still pulling through makes it soo, soo much better What a hype run 🖤

[@AndrewCheshire]

To hear PChal call him the best Nuzlocker in the world is just friggin awesome.

[@oAyyJayy]

Started watching on his 50th attempt and was there for almost every stream up to and including the finale, truly an honor to get to watch his progression live. If you’re reading this Prouty, I appreciate the endless hours of content you gave me every night for over a year :)

[@xProuty_]

Appreciate u G always 🎉

[@oAyyJayy]

@@xProuty_ happy new year man❤️looking forward to ck+

[@rainbow_blacklight]

I love this style of video where you cover others challenges and how they accomplished them!! I will say that the constant swings in volume level was a bit jarring, but everything else was super engaging and educational 🎉

[@doctorreed_]

jan proclaiming prouty the greatest nuzlocker in the world truly hits different

[@parkerdj4116]

Him looking down during those rng sections of the e4 reminds me of my childhood playing pokemon for the first time. The passion is both contagious and nostalgic for me. I love this community

[@SmoothAsFelt]

Great video as always. but humble request to put limiters on the volume. Prouty's screaming made me had to frequently lower the volume, and then raise it again after in order to hear you speak. It was pretty difficult to watch since I normally have youtube on my second monitor

[@SnakeNamedJake]

Naming the Wobbuffet Dak Prescott is the funniest shit I've ever seen

[@Force2reckonVods]

Not PChal managing to create a script that succinctly told the story enough to be invested in it, even if I knew where it was going, boy's grown a lot with his scripting and storytelling

[@bahe_4058]

9:43 Hinging your hopes of success on Dak Prescott is extremely unoptimal, since we all know he can't perform when he's under fire.

[@yumeir8148]

What an insane run holy crap, thanks for covering it PC

[@faby6515]

Man, Frozen, 2 HP, stalled the f*ck out of every menace, that was the clutchest Slowbro of all time

[@darkie2908]

Frozen for +5 turns Stalled the fuck out of a fucking Aerodactyl Tanked a Draco Meteor with 2HP remaining, like a champ The most Slowbro of all Slowbros

[@DegenWeb]

this chad is a professional upstairs neighbour

[@ParadoX-os]

Jan, your editor did us dirty with your volume vs prouty's constant screeching. It sadly makes the video hard to watch.

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

Congratulations Jan, you are now officially the second best Nuzlocke'r in the world at the most :P

[@RealRamaladni]

There's other nuzlockers better than Jan already.

[@kiritotheabridgedgod4178]

@@RealRamaladni hence "At most"

[@Semystic]

​@@RealRamaladni Yeah cmon man, learn to read

[@Drew57720]

The peak gigachad energy of shotgunning a beer and then completing a deathless run of one of the hardest nuzlockes every conceived cannot be matched by ANYONE.

[@Whisker_Fish]

This video's impossible to watch with Jan speaking quietly and then, "YEEEEEEEEES!!!!!!" blasting my ear

[@Laretiaz]

One of my fav parts of this video, is that Prouty shouting "WE ARE GOING TO STEVEN" is the EXACT same shout, same tone and word for word PKchallenges did himself on his final run

[@AloofBidoof]

Bro he needed to put in more headphone warnings bc I got jumpscared time after time by his pop-offs, including while writing this comment. But seriously dude, keep up the amazing videos 😁

[@PredictableEnigma]

Yeah and Jan talking so quietly in comparison didn't help. Great coverage of the run though

[@iemier]

Yeah that was just way to shrill, and the dude playing needs a better quality mic.

[@pokeflora]

Hey pChal, great video. I would suggest in the future to lower the volume of all the EPIC GAMER MOMENTS and raise your own voice because even at a low volume your mans was breaking my speakers.

[@tales9342]

Blaziken gonna have permenant back-pain with all this carrying

[@Drxxyt]

This is truly an amazing achievement. Before it was said this game was impossible to nuzlocke. Now we have broken the game down bit by bit by AI knowledge, encounter routing, precise calculation planning, and other factors that gave us the edge. Prouty was committed and deserves the victory ✌️ 🎉

[@LeftHook-em6rv]

33:09 The moment where Jan hands his World’s Greatest Nuzlocker crown to someone else

[@chinobambino5252]

Man I can’t finish this video with all the screaming volume so high, i’d recommend a reupload with the mixing fixed Jan.

[@emorawr7983]

NO FUCKING WAY HE ALMOST THREW WITH THE ROAR 😂

[@Xcluxide]

my eardrums exploded more than 30 times

[@perrycarters3113]

I feel like when a difficulty hack is able to be run as a deathless nuzlocke, the time has come for a redux of that hack to make it *even harder*

[@roberthansen5727]

Bro played perfectly and still had to rely on missing a 1/16th chance 28 times to make it - there's hardly any building on that

[@StarrDust12]

@@roberthansen5727 theres always building on it :)

[@utopias187]

​@@roberthansen5727how about every battle you need to dodge a crit, instead of just 28

[@raputha1148]

That doesnt make the game harder, it just adds unfair rng and removes agency ​@@utopias187

[@iedgiie9279]

@@utopias187 then its not difficult its just dumb rng

[@3o5ragib]

The way he screamed and shouted, it was honestly cringe and hard to endure . Glad thing pChal is covering this video, would've been a nightmare, lol

[@jesteroffire]

This is my fifth time watching this video and it’s just as awesome as the first time. The storytelling combined with the raw emotion is just…perfection.

[@scottb235]

You know a video is well made when you know the ending... but still feel the anxiety. Great job. Happy New Year everybody. Best of luck in 2024.

[@LPerion]

I was starting the video and going to bed. After 15 minutes I couldnt bear it anymore and dragged myself to the computer to pause the video. The screaming woke me up several times.

[@farees2006]

35:55 You notice how the music matches the mood and tone of the situation Prouty is in? As the music gets lower, he checks around for any other choices. The music stagnates for a bit before sounding a little triumphant, he has found the play and the gamble he needs to win As Jirachi goes for thunderbolt, the 1st main part of the song plays, the suspense of waiting for that health bar to drop to see the outcome, whether it crit or not As Mirror Coat is about to hit, the 2nd main part of the song plays, the decisive victor has almost been settled, as he waits in anticipation, the music getting higher and higher as the Jirachi’s HP bar drops to zero And finally at the end, victory trumpets play at both the end of the song and at the beginning of the tune that plays once you beat Steven It’s not very important but it’s cool, I wonder if Prouty felt like a main character as this went on

[@AMH9000]

Can't wait for a certain Poketuber to say that Prouty cheated for using a savestate to keep 9/10 mons consistent in every playthrough despite the fact that the run is just as difficult with or without that stipulation lol

[@Rob-b2q8p]

It’s easier with that stipulation. Just a fact. Doesn’t take away from it

[@afandomatrandom]

I'm fairly certain 'that Poketuber' is against any ROM hacks/randomizers to begin with🤔 (I can't recall if that's a fact i heard him say or if I imagined it so take it with a grain of salt lol!)

[@dragonslayerz2220]

​@@Rob-b2q8pIt's less attempts, but not less difficulty. The run dies as soon as those encounters don't happen.

[@lookie4448]

who are you talkin' bout, out of curiosity? @@afandomatrandom

[@afandomatrandom]

@@lookie4448 The same person I assume op is talking about: Verlisify. He is very much against hacking/cheating in Pokemon (competitive or personal). One such topic is hacking in a Pokemon with the IVs/nature/moveset instead of breeding the mon (some argue it doesn't make a difference, Verlis argues that the time difference is an advantage for the hacker vs the breeder) He's a controversial topic, and I know a lot of the Pokemon community seems to hate him with a burning passion. I'm neutral towards him- I believe hacking is wrong for competitive play (especially Nationals or other Competitions), and those guilty of it should be called out, but he can be a bit much/stubborn on some things. I can concede a couple exceptions for hacking if it is purely for personal use (like randomizers, modding for a different starter or such like for those challenges you can find on KZbin, or a shiny/event mon as long as it only stays in that game) . But that's just my two cents😞

[@midnightwolfwarrior]

I love how even Pchal is like "nope, title's his, I'm not even going to attempt this bullshit"

[@kiraselby3790]

How does he always guarantee his mons wake up on the right turn? There were multiple times he went into battles with sleeping mons and they always woke up on exactly the turn he needed - and I didn't see sleep talk or chesto berries or anything like that. Does the sleep counter transfer between battles or something?

[@LocallyConstantDuck]

Yes sleep transfers between battles, so you can guarantee wake ups

[@superlombax1561]

​@@LocallyConstantDuckOh, I actually didn't know that. That's super helpful.

[@Daffodillon]

Jan voice volume: 5% Runner voice volume: 5000%

[@genuinebucket681]

I've never heard of this guy, but he is psychotic. Love him and I'm glad to see him claim the crown, he definitely earned it

[@samuelsumuel9683]

Jan's brains, Alpharad's gambler instincts. The ultimate nuzlocking lifeform.

[@eliaspeyton9417]

When hes in the elite 4 its such a rollercoster of emotion especially on glacia

[@zandatsu07]

Now i understand why Pokémon Company hates rom hacks because it is fun to play and challenging than the vanilla.

[@Benisuber1]

A truly insane run, but ngl I cringed at these popoffs lol.

[@Noonan1]

3:37 - he didn’t nickname his camperupt, therefore didn’t play by nuzlocke rules. Hate to see an attempt like this fail :(

[@bavarian_mapping]

That rule is so petty, like honestly it has no impact on gameplay so it doesn't disqualify the run in my eyes.

[@Kevin-ff8ob]

Don't ask what happened to prouty's misdreavus on Expert Macy and Hex Maniac Sylvia! 😳

[@keyboardstudios6960]

What happened?

[@Kevin-ff8ob]

​@@keyboardstudios6960 it died to perish song and he reloaded an earlier save file

[@eulefranz944]

Why was it allowed/ ok there to reload?

[@Mayochip227]

Was it in this run?

[@Kevin-ff8ob]

@@Mayochip227 yeah

[@Exponaut_R-01]

30:48 When you open your present and it's free tickets to Steven

[@ThisismineIguess]

I think popoffs have become a little too exaggerated on account of people always trying to outdo one another with their "crazy popoffs" and love going viral. Congratulations to him, that last-second Glacia strat sure paid dividends. Big thanks to the user who forced the Chicken Run, too.

[@Stratocaster42]

Yeah it comes across as so forced and fake. Really just cringe

[@universalplayz7496]

@@Stratocaster42u do realize he had been doing this for literal HUNDREDS of hours… ud expect emotion…

[@superlombax1561]

​@universalplayz7496 Yeah. Actual emotion though. Not forced emotion, I guess.

[@BeyondTrash-xe1vs]

That's ridiculous lol, dude has been working for this over a year, he's allowed to be excited that he accomplished something he worked hard for.

[@raj-mp7rp]

Its really not man. These people put in hundreds of hours just make a run work. And to factor in literal rng you should understand how hype they get when their pokemon holds

[@airsoft1238]

9:57 crazy Dak Prescott didnt choke here, y'know, considering his name and all.

[@paulmichaud2437]

Great video, sadly ruined by the volume difference between pchal and prouty which make it painful to watch.

[@trollomane]

Hes using the well known "no bad things will happen if i dont look" - strat

[@VoiidAsp]

I see why one of Pchal's all-time favorites is Zangoose because holy sh*t that thing is a monster.

[@DerrylHopkins]

Would be cool if you linked their VOD/channel in the description, comments, or anywhere. :)

[@tyronesmith5014]

It has been added!

[@DerrylHopkins]

​@@tyronesmith5014Yay!

[@JJames666male]

"all we needed was a chicken and a dream" is a hell of a line. Absolutely majestic

[@menotyou135]

Genuine question: did you intentionally audio balance this vid so that his screams are more hype? Because when headphone users like me watch this video we have to constantly adjust the volume so that we can hear you talk without having our ears start bleeding every time you cut to his live reaction. I understand wanting to emphasis "hype" moments through volume balancing but this is way way way over the top. Like your base volume is significantly lower than the volume of him just regular speaking, which he usually isn't doing in this video. He is screaming most of the time you cut to him and even when he isn't, his volume feels like it is twice as high as yours. I feel like my ear drums are going to burst, so I turn it down to about 30% normal volume which is barely tolerable and then when you come back it seems like you are whispering to the point that I am not able to hear you without turning it back up to 100%, at which point he comes back on screaming and bursting ear drums. Even like a headphone users warning would have been super helpful, or just balancing the audio to where you speaking doesn't sound like a mouse skittering across the room vs him being a F16 fighter jet's engine blasting directly into our eardrums through a series of megaphone feeding into larger and larger megaphones. Like I exaggerate with this comment but not by much. My ears are ringing after watching this video, and I don't suffer from tinnitus. Like you are going to cause legit hearing loss in some people with this audio balancing.

[@jonahcalvo1873]

not reading that essay

[@menotyou135]

@jonahcalvo1873 then don't? Lol

[@linktrifloyd1731]

not reading that essay

[@menotyou135]

@@linktrifloyd1731 then don't? lmao

[@QueenCreeps]

My hero is the chatter at 36:00 who typed "CLICK MIRROR COAT, FOR THE BOYS". What an amazing win 💖

[@xperimental839]

Man this guy’s luck and spontaneous plays are UNREAL

[@AndrewMarshallOfficial]

What’s crazy is drew and I went to high school together and finding out he is nuzlocking through you 🙌🏻 so sick!

[@robertalvacaldo4117]

An amazing accomplishment and it's really neat to have a video walking through it! However, I will say watching through it was a bit of a trip with the constant swings of quiet commentary to extremely loud popoffs. In the future if the volume could be more consistent throughout or if there were more warnings for loud segments, that would be very appreciated. Great work as always aside from that!

[@Tehpoofochez]

28:18 Champed shotgunning that beer, low key very impressive

[@dizznotdizzy]

so what im hearing is pchal finally has a fair matchup

[@SaiBoreal]

I have to say, as someone who saw your early acomplishments and followed your best nuzlocker moment, seeing you knowingly take the crown out and placing it on the next nuzlocker was beautiful. Claps to both, for the ungodly achievement and to the sportsmanship and integrity shown.

[@ericfranklin1802]

God damn, what a run. I’ve beaten EK on hardcore rules but some of the strats used by him are stuff I never considered despite how obvious some may be.

[@myst6673]

17:43 The delivery here is absolute gold.