I Banned 100% Accurate Moves From My Hardcore Nuzlocke

I attempted a Pokemon HeartGold Hardcore Nuzlocke where only INACCURATE Moves are allowed. This means that a move MUST have an accuracy lower than 100%, and bans any move that can't miss - including moves that bypass accuracy checks (like Swift) and setup moves (like Swords Dance, Reflect, and Synthesis). GOTTA HAVE A CHANCE TO MISS. HMs are allowed in the overworld, but I can't use them in battle.
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The Hardcore Nuzlocke rules for this challenge:
1. Only catch the first Pokemon on each route. (Duplicates Clause: If my first encounter is a duplicate, I can re-roll).
2. If a Pokemon faints, it must be boxed for the rest of the run.
3. No over-leveling above the gym leader's highest level (use Karen's ace for E4).
4. No items in battle.
5. Play on Set Mode.
6. Only inaccurate moves.
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[@parasgupta8411]

This is great to check whether you should buy a lotto ticket

[@parasgupta8411]

Thanks for pinning :D

[@wezen89]

If you hit focus blast twice in a row the lotto prize is yours

[@Gelo2000origami]

@@wezen89 "you call that a focus blast? Where did all the focus go?"

[@michaeldavidblunt]

So true 😅

[@altrxceyt2949]

-some random guy who likes castform

[@dynamic8192]

Remember kids, if it's not a 100% accurate, it is 50% accurate.

[@crafthermanos758]

With the exception of focus blast, which is just around 10% accurate

[@tjman4616]

That's right. It's 50-50 cause it either hits or it doesn't

[@MafiaGaming-zl1os]

That is mandjtv's signature dialogue

[@crafthermanos758]

@@MafiaGaming-zl1os yeah that's the joke

[@ShinyRK9]

Unless you’re a npc

[@inklinggboy5236]

"Where all 100% Accurate are completely banned." Sounds like pokemon Mystery Dungeon's attacking moves.

[@alexhirsch5738]

Okay, stickler time: With Compound Eyes, some of Butterfree's other moves become 100% accurate, like the Tackle used in Whitney's gym battle

[@Rylockes]

You know, that’s super fair and idk why I didn’t realize that lol. I looked back and thankfully Tackle was the only move that ended up being >100% (I mostly kept 75% accurate status moves). But I appreciate the callout - shouldn’t have been able to use Tackle in the Whitney fight!

[@alexhirsch5738]

​@@Rylockes Nah, it really didn't make a difference. But I did see it :P

[@Mogri1]

I was wondering if Machop would end up with No Guard, but it didn't come up.

[@somechupacabrawithinternet8866]

so my stun spore is pure evil? i had a Compound Eyes stun spore miss 4 times in a row pure evil

[@ITYW]

Ok double stickler time, compoundeyes is a 1.3x multiplier on accuracy so we’re really looking at a 123.5% accurate tackle which is not technically the banned 100% 👀 nuzlocke is saved run still counts

[@vanochristian7639]

I can’t believe he did a challenge with only 50% accurate moves!

[@simon3662]

I like this kind of nuzlockes, i think KZbin is currently overloaded with monotype nuzlockes so this ones are really refreshing, keep it up!

[@revalentinemashups510]

Something I thought was notable is that bruno's machamp has the ability no guard, which affects both sides of the field-making it impossible to miss. Not sure how that'd affect the run since you didn't factor in other things the opponent could do (like Sand attack and double team) on your move choice either, but I thought it was worth bringing up.

[@SomeGuy712x]

I suppose it's perfectly legal, since it was the opponent who had the ability that guaranteed every move hits, and there's nothing the player can do about it. Perhaps as long as the player isn't intentionally trying to take advantage of it with a move like Sheer Cold, it's fine. (And, I'd honestly be okay with seeing a OHKO move used against that Machamp myself.)

[@Meewthree]

Rock slide always misses when i need it most : ") This is a really neat run idea, love it!

[@craigwatson1420]

This is a super creative challenge and I love seeing underrated mons like Jumpluff and Dewgong get some use. Dewgong has carried me through the HGSS E4 many times.

[@xxxmysticaldragonxxx]

Focus Miss always seems to mess me up when I try to put it on a Pokemon. Even if there are or were any Pokemon with the combination of Compound Eyes and Wide Lens that can learn it, I'm sure it would still miss a Lot of the time. This is a really interesting run! There are sooo many moves with 95% and less accuracy. I guess the whole accuracy thing compensates for some of the less-accurate moves having much higher power than lower-power but perfectly accurate counterparts (ie. Fire Blast vs Flamethrower..)

[@SomeGuy712x]

Actually, if you have both Compound Eyes and Wide Lens combined, then a 70% accurate move would become 100.1% accurate. (I've done this before with Galvantula and Thunder. Compound Eyes by itself makes Thunder 91% accurate, and then the Wide Lens boosts it up to 100.1%.)

[@captaindestructo2630]

​@@SomeGuy712x i don't think that's actually how it works out. I'm pretty sure both buffs apply to the move's base accuracy, making 98% accurate, which while close, is not 100%. I think I once missed a hurricane with both compound eyes and wide lens on a vivillon, but who knows I might be wrong.

[@SomeGuy712x]

@@captaindestructo2630 Huh... Well, now I'm not sure myself.

[@captaindestructo2630]

@@SomeGuy712x either way, 98% Hurricane or thunder is still fantastic

[@fabiomcmuffin]

Love the idea for the challenge. I think another good one could be using only really slow Pokémon (maybe 40 base speed and below) so that you always have to deal with the opponent going first

[@awsumg2168]

This accuracy nuzlocke was great, would love to see a part 2 with kanto or another game with this nuzlocke format!

[@posslord1221]

Nothing like watching Ryan torture himself for our amusement. Also as a dad I approve of all the puns and dad jokes

[@FlakManBegins]

Fun (and frustrating!) idea for a Nuzlocke! I always appreciate the creativity in your playthroughs 🔥

[@davidnyman6968]

I had this idea a few months ago but then thought, "nah, someone would have to be insane to actually try that" and here we are!

[@tsawy6]

Fun run! I'm sure it was a little frustrating in the moment to moment, and the way you couldn't plan the E4 is pretty funny.

[@purplexcity335]

First video I'm seeing from you. Love it. Straight to the point. Clear cut narration, awesome strats, and cool challenging. Will be binging your videos :)

[@joshuariederer8845]

My most hated used move is play rough, 90% accurate, more like 90% to miss.

[@THGMR-ox7sd]

So true. Play Rough feels like it has less accuracy than it says it has.

[@natecgames4612]

Not the worst offender for inaccurate move, but while doing a full dex challenge of sword, I had a blaziken in front and accidentally ran into a swinub. So obviously, I blaze kicked the sorry thing to next Tuesday. That's how it should have gone until it missed. Then it hit me with a blizzard, not too lucky. But then the same interaction happens again on the next turn, a miss into a blizzard. So I get pissed but I think to myself "Blaze kick is 90% accurate while Blizzard is only 70%. There's no way this happens again." I missed, and the tiny pig knocks out my professional kickboxing chicken with three blizzards.

[@ItsFireTiger]

If it's snowing, Blizzard is 100% accurate

[@derAlphabet]

What an amazing idea and play through. I love your unique nuzlockes and unique challenges!

[@hasslibergs]

Great video! As always, I love your creativity in tackling new challenges

[@ctcdreamer]

Awesome vid! Not sure if you’ve done this but it kind of reminds me of those metronome only runs where it’s literally up to chance. And a deli bird that uses present bc it’s also by chance. I think those two combined with one hit KO only moves would make a funny and probably impossible run!

[@alexandersrensen5131]

Not impossible just unlikely :)

[@Giga-lemesh]

Very fun, I was just researching some of your old videos, so good timing

[@velames27]

What a wonderful video bro, great work! 👍🏻

[@austria-hungary7680]

I like how nobody is talking about how he managed to do this on his first try.

[@damianoskatsoudas2579]

Wonderful Nuzlocke, keep doing new nuzlocke videos!!

[@JW7431]

I was wondering if you were going to try for a hustle Togepi! Very fun video!!

[@GeneralWarfield]

Great video, so glad I subscribed to your channel!

[@Giga-lemesh]

Would love to see this again!

[@joyit6062]

This was a lot more interesting than I expected, at first I was like, oh its the same but his moves will miss sometimes, but the limitations on movepool and pokemon you can use becuase of not having inaccurate moves makes it really interesting

[@timmyczajkowski4528]

I'm pretty sure compound eyes tackle is over 100% accurate.

[@RoninCatholic]

I like the tension and clutch victories. I've always been a fan of moves/attacks with imperfect accuracy, as both a gamer and a developer.

[@blanche__]

Thunder wave always missed in legends acreus... Always when I most needed the paralysis

[@cyberdarkturtle6971]

For some reason, I always have good luck with iron tail, even though it's only 75%. But I've only hit Hydro Pump like twice in my life

[@Maria.Annette]

Somehow, I always miss Fly. My Empoleon hits Hydro Cannon about 3x as much as my Staraptor hits Fly on my original Diamond save file.

[@joshuasims5421]

Great theme idea!

[@zacharywooden2113]

Kinda disappointed you didn't try to Horn Drill Lance's Charizard for the final move, but great video!

[@rayyaninspookymonth1630]

It's always that 5-10% miss chance

[@Snowstorm174]

oh this sounds like pain I hate using moves that aren’t 100% accurate

[@TactlessC]

He didn't name his starter pokemon Horseshoes after the only game where missing is acceptable.

[@louiswendlander9083]

This gave me the most anxiety of any nuzlocke I think I've ever watched 🤣

[@cutiefox19]

I always love your refreshing and fun challenge videos (albeit i am a bit late to them sometimes)!! The inaccurate move that always messes with me most is Draco Meteor. I've only ever used it once on an actual, serious, non-casual team and it went horribly wrong. I needed a strong dragon move that wasn't Dragon Pulse in case I needed a higher damage option on my specs mon, and I only had 1 other option besides Dragon Pulse. I only hit Draco Meteor *_ONCE_* and statistically that should not happen Also same with Hurricane. I hate Hurricane

[@ghartman56]

Really cool idea!

[@elwaldo8877]

I'm surprised that you did a 50% accurate run, if anything I'd expect mandj tv to do this first 😂

[@Banana_Banshee]

As a swimmer, I’m ashamed that I never thought of that butterfree pun

[@Moss_Dude]

I swear I miss toxic (90%) more often than hydro pump, thunder, or anything like that.

[@kahukuracollinsmohi]

When playing Pokemon Showdown oddly it's enough it's draco meteor that manages to screw me. Love the deceptive 90% acc moves.

[@c3_pulsar]

I do competitive battles so Focus -Blast- Miss is the obvious choice for moves that mess me up, but the true evil is Volcanions 95% accurate Steam Eruption. I hate it so much

[@matthewdodd1262]

Some people may think that using Tackle breaks the rules. And on Butterfree it does, but on other mons no. Because pre-gen 5, tackle is only 95% accurate, minus the 1/256 glitch of gen 1

[@jackmusic5994]

Price must've been pissed after you beat him with dual sheer colds

[@yeahbrotha3717]

The raticate dying is a good nod to Pokémon red and blue lol

[@princesshannah7]

You have RNGesus' blessing 🙏

[@nejinoniwa4804]

That's some good running. No Red though? I was hyped for Kanto!

[@Idonothaveastand]

QOTD: Focus Blast. It's a Meme at this point

[@Banana_Banshee]

Amply knows how middle management works. He ain’t gonna work more getting low pay because then they’re going to expect him to work that much for that pay

[@drakejohnson5386]

I can't wait to see someone do a nuzlocke on either pokemon colosseum or XD gale of darkness

[@zachpro5475]

If it’s not 100 percent accurate it’s 50 percent accurate

[@gaminggoddess85]

To paraphrase a certain scam fortune teller: "30 percent of the time, it misses 100 percent of the time." Sing's probably the inaccurate move that's screwed me up the most. I'm lucky if it lands once per 10 attempts.

[@nikothelittlelamb]

Leech Seed has gotta be the move that always messes me up. Worst part is I always get greedy and keep trying for it until I've taken too much damage ._.

[@BubbaJoeSwag]

Mod the game so that power and accuracy is swapped and all moves that don’t have power always fail. Sounds like a good time to me.

[@Cyberedge27]

Wow tournaments with these type of changes would definetley change thw whole game

[@andersonantunesdeleu8591]

that run was brutal... relying on these moves sure is risky. fortunately the inaccurate moves are bad for both you and the characters of the game! besides they use so many times the most powerful moves of the game.

[@silversteel8160]

Focus miss, that move is the bane of my runs

[@Laura-ns9wx]

When he said „I need to find my wincon“ I was 100% sure he was gonna start clicking Sheer Cold

[@ritasonka330]

You misspelled "consistency" at the start of the video (0:21; you have a c instead of the first s). Hopefully that's an easy fix, since it's just a caption. Actually, can you fix stuff like that once you've published the video? Also, amazing opening pun, I laughed hard. And occasionally giggled at "Miss" throughout the video.

[@BulbaOGPPL]

Great vid as always, but... I may not be up to date, so that's why I'm asking. Did you stop doing letterlockes? It's my favourite series of yours and it hasn't been up for long time. Have a good time!

[@KetsubanZero]

The Gyarados Crobat fusion in the hall of Fame was cool

[@smavemen99]

Will you make the BINGO video you did the other day available to watch?

[@abarette_]

it took me 3 whole minutes to get the pun and i am very proud of it

[@ivanthegreat-ol6rw]

“That’s why I value consistency over everything.” Spells consistency wrong.

[@aaronreinsmith6136]

You banned 100% moves, which didnt hurt me as i was able to hit a 50% accurate subscribe for the one shot.

[@dominickalmeida5026]

Well, it was asked for so here we go. *I. Hate. Focus Blast.* Be it in Pokémon Black being used by my scrafty against grimsley, Be it in Pokémon showdown, Be it IN ANYTHING. Focus Blast ALWAYS MISSES. Out the top of my head, I can remember 10 times I tried using it, and only one of those it didn’t miss. So ironic a move with the word “FO-CU-S” in it to be so GOD-DAMN inaccurate

[@Venemofthe888]

I never seem to have a reason to use it at all

[@dominickalmeida5026]

@@Venemofthe888 I wish for that streak of fortune to continue. Cause the first moment you need it, it will let you down

[@Venemofthe888]

@@dominickalmeida5026 I always feel like there's better options out there and honestly I don't understand why people use it in the first place lol

[@iantaakalla8180]

The only literal reason is that either that is the only fighting move the Pokémon learns or that Pokémon desperately needs the higher damage range. Alternatively, the Pokémon is a Machamp with No Guard. Otherwise, there is no reason.

[@tubthungusbychumbungus]

To this day I had no idea that roost removes the flying typing

[@catriamflockentanz]

*haven't seen the video yet* So one could call this attempt a "Hardcore Nuzluck".

[@iBenjamin1000]

I have fantastic luck with fire blast, thunder, blizzard, etc. I basically never miss. But my casual reliance on will o wisp all the time will probably eventually cause me regret

[@TheDawn15]

Rock Slide, Stone Edge and Focus Blast. I love using these moves, but they always miss when I need them to hit.

[@sandysantos7182]

I'd be as confused as steelix too if focus miss hit me twice lol

[@TheOriginalJphyper]

Missed opportunity to use a Pokémon with the Hustle ability. With it, ANY physical attack (except Aerial Ace and Faint Attack) would be legal. The Pokémon that get this in Gen 4 are the Togepi line, Delibird, Corsola, and Remoraid. Most of Corsola's physical moves are already low-accuracy anyway, Delibird sucks, and Remoraid loses Hustle when it evolves (and can learn the fewest physical moves of all of these). That just leaves the Togepi line.

[@mgrega9345]

Iron Tail was soooo cool in the anime but I never use it cause I always miss lol

[@fluffyycactus2396]

Poker is the mvp in my heart

[@ryanrossi6792]

Hypnosis always fails me when I need it most

[@Lokiip]

I remember thinking the 1HKO moves had such amazing animations back in Gen 3. SCold and Fissure were insane to watch every time they actually worked. Sometimes 5/5 sometimes 0/500. Ah Pokemon logic. Lmao

[@ColonelMustache]

I name all my zubats Baseball as well!

[@hamburgerman805]

i missed four focus misses in a row on showdown the other day. Fun!

[@mrmag990]

Definitely Sleep Powder has screwed me over the most

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

I hate Air Slash with LITERAL 95% ACCURACY. Hurricane is more reliable for me I don't even know why

[@superlombax1561]

Actually, I think Hurricane doesn't miss when in the rain. That's of course assuming the only time you used it in the game was unintentionally during Rain.

[@dynamic8192]

Focus blast? Nay! Focus miss!

[@rubikonium9484]

Dual Wingbeat has often cost me more games than even FOCUS BLAST.

[@EricTang]

Baaaasketball HAHA very clever name 🐑

[@gam360y]

Headsmash, can't believe how much I missed with it.

[@thomashpotato6378]

No way he actually did it!

[@cravonomire9971]

We need a tournament that only has moves that have some kind of RNG in it

[@bee5707]

there was a metronome only tournament in sw/sh. can't get more RNG than that

[@cravonomire9971]

@@bee5707 that one was funny but it would be both fully RNG and strategic at the same time with my idea

[@prof.reuniclus21]

so every damaging move? ranges exist

[@dunbrevur8185]

u should do a hc nuzlocke where u only do recoil moves

[@aappaapp6627]

5:45 based

[@kitkatboard]

Play Rough is my archnemesis. It's supposed to be 90% accurate but I swear I miss at least half of my shots.

[@jakemf9771]

Would you allow 100% accuracy moves on a pokemon with Hustle?

[@ugochukwunyere3196]

11:53 you clearly haven’t been to goldenrod dept store enough

[@Master5522111]

It would be cool to see you do a challenge where you are only allowed to use moves that has a Damage Value of 0 or - so that Sonicboom and Dragon Rage are still allowed. It would be interesting to see

[@solgaleo3533]

Oh, so only status moves and moves that deal direct damage?

[@Master5522111]

@@solgaleo3533 pretty much, status moves, direct damage moves, stat change moves, as well as unusual moves like Counter, Mirror Coat, and Destiny Bond

[@alexanderdejesus4986]

Focus Blast Focus Blast Focus Blast ^ Had to say it 3 times becaused the first two missed.

[@Squirtle_Squad_Supremacy]

9% chance for the first 2 to miss in succession

[@tackoz1045]

RAZOR LEAF AND TACKLE ALWAYS MISSES ON THE WORST TIMES!!!