Nuzlocking Pokemon SCARLET AND VIOLET... But With Only Grass Type Pokemon! (No Items/overleveling)

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Rules of the challenge:
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch one Pokémon on each Route (Species Clause)
3. Nickname Pokémon
Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset:
4. No items in battle (held items okay)
5. No leveling past the next gym leader/E4 (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on "Set" battle mode
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[@midnightgamer2088]

Ah yes, my favourite Pokémon, *Florgatito* Also, it was very cultured of you to catch that shiny Glimmora even though it wasn’t the right type

[@TheOmegaRiddler]

The cool thing is that he can put it in his Pokemon Home box and transfer it to his main profile.

[@FuryousD]

Glimora is one of those Pokemon while i am thankful it isn't because f my team comp, should of been a Grass Type.

[@noizihonni8191]

Dolliv really survived the Mela fight solo, and proceeded to become the MVP of the run. What a baller.

[@YarnLalms711]

Mannnnn, Jumpluff going down to the final Pokemon after essentially carrying the run since the beginning hurts

[@mitchellbailey5029]

Having tried and failed, miserably, to attempt this very nuzlocke I have to say well effing done! *A little tidbit for future runs*: you CAN get a sunstone through the Artozon Gym Challenge. If you tag one of the Sunflora that battle you, beating them will drop a sunstone. Or if their too strong you can Covet/Thief the item during battle and then run away. Hope this helps!

[@gabbycushman2232]

i thought so because i thought i remember getting one from one of the sunflora but i thought i was misremembering things

[@ebev91]

Grass seems like a really good type for a nuzlocke in this game. If I was gonna do a monotype nuzlocke I'd definitely choose grass.

[@TippytoeZombie]

I don't know if there are any poketubers who are worse at pronouncing things than you, Meatball. Great video.

[@metaloom]

Florgatito is killing me

[@hatster401]

i think he does it on purpose

[@samszczepanski2281]

There is only one worse: Wolfey. 9/10 pokemon get mispronounced

[@lmaolol7702]

wolfe is worse

[@alexy5611]

dRaGaRgLe

[@dvillines26]

Using Jumpluff as an attacker is pretty wild, because it has such a deep support movepool. also it makes me sad that Brambleghast was completely forgotten. I mean, its movepool is lacking, but it's decently fast and strong. Did you decide that Mow Rotom didn't count? because I think it totally does as long as you never use it in base form or in the other forms. I just finished a grass run, but it wasn't a Nuzlocke and I didn't have level caps because I'm bad at Pokemon and have never EV trained even once in my life. but it was fun as hell. Flapple ended up being one of the MVPs because I used Jumpluff first to Charm the lead to oblivion, swapped in Flapple after getting off a Sleep Powder, and Dragon Danced as many times as I felt safe doing. Then I went for an Outrage sweep. I had it hold a Persim Berry. I managed to plow through Hassel's team. now I'm regretting not giving Arboliva a chance. I am too dumb to understand its true beauty.

[@masterhand6263]

Bruh I un ironically use tera blast ground on Jumpluff. No mess with the best pluff

[@ThexZeldaxChampx90]

i actually have a story from the Gym Challenge in Monenerva in the last battle before Ryme against MC Sledge, i led with both Kirlia evos and managed to outspeed and KO Sableye with Garde's Dazzling Gleam his Drifblim used Explosion since Ghost is immune to Normal and didn't KO both my mons but managed to get them in the red i just imagined them surviving but with a big layer of black soot on them except for their eyes like in a cartoon and i made an image of such a thing

[@percival3068]

I dont know what game has the most past starters, but you should do a starter pokemon only hardcore nuzlock of it

[@nevrikx]

Most of those that do have those starters locked to Postgame... Otherwise either one of the GameCube Games or a 2 Pokémon run of X or Y

[@asierra86]

I don't get the whole no Terra thing. Just like the no mega thing from your xy oras run. For a real challenge I'd forgo ev training and go for using the version mechanic to make up for it instead. Seems more fun than grinding evs and skipping a huge part of the game

[@MarshtompGames]

It adds *c h a l l e n g e !*

[@TheDhOwner]

I’d ban setup moves instead.

[@truemasterex5482]

Great Video Chaotic. Hope see the rest of POC and Franchiselocke soon.

[@cullenhutchison6528]

I can't believe you got a Sprigatito that evolved into a Florgatito instead of a Floragato. How unique.

[@Amelia4111]

FLORGATITO AND FLORAGATO *ARE THE SAME POKEMON, YOU IDIOT!*

[@pyromaniac000000]

Grass only in paldea is still a cakewalk compared to johto. 3 gyms are super effective against it, 5 gyms resist grass (including mortys ghost gym because for some reason they gave him only the gastly line) also the champion and koga also resist it, and even tho their specifies types arent good against them, will has 3 pokemon that resist grass plus a jynx with ice punch, and karen has 4, including vileplume which is 4x resistant, has spore which before gen 6 does affect grass types, and it also has moonlight to heal, AND has super effective acid. Like good fucking luck getting a grass nuzlocke team past the league. And then on top of that you have all of kanto as well which isnt all that much better, with the fire, poison, and grass gyms, plus blue and red. Like grass only is terrible, but it has been much, MUCH worse than this.

[@futuristicmaccheez2355]

For the future, there is a sun stone in West Province Area 3. It's hard to be specific so I'll be as detailed as possible. In you map, look near the top right of West Province Area 3. The sun stone is located in a little tunnel under a hill near the right end of a river blocking it off from the North Province. You can find the hill to the right of three circles forming a triangle on your map. I don't know if this helps or is clear at all but here you go. :)

[@AmyJ_ThaFurryWitch]

Flo-ra-ga-to It's pronounced Flo-ra-ga-to My dude

[@denimdinofan9]

fr this guys just doesn’t know how to pronounce half the names

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

This is why I don't use nicknames with new Pokemon usually lolol

[@shaunp8044]

16:31, I didn't know even knew how to turn into the cutest loaf ever.

[@SplotchTG]

Anyone else notice that his deerling changed from the spring form to the summer form?

[@strawberryjades]

It changes it's form throughout the game

[@magiccauldron5553]

Love the video, but I gotta say, him saying "Florgatito" instead of "Floragato" bugs the hell out of me- Words with origins in spanish aren't that hard to read people, I promise, just look at it for more than half a second and you can read it fairly easy. You may not understand it, but you can read it.

[@Yobtar5]

The CH in Daschbun is probably pronounced with a K sound. It's a Dachshund Bun. Abomasnow is Abominable Snow. Arboliva is Arbol and Diva. The way you pronounce Pokemon names is really funny.

[@manuelromero8837]

I prefer Oliva as in Olive, myself. But yeah, their pronouncing of it makes it sound like a part of an anatomy

[@issy.with.s]

you'll be happy (?) to know that grusha is not the only "bugsy situation". atticus is also a man. also ortega, but i wasn't sure if you were she/her-ing him or his pokemon.

[@peterrealar2.067]

No way! You're doing the same thing I'm doing! I am going to critique this run HARD.

[@spectilia]

Currently around the 26 min mark. Correct me if I am wrong, but couldn't you also get a copy of Nasty Plot from the history teacher after punching all the ruin mons? Not saying it is a GOOD option by any means, but technically it is AN option

[@LightningFastStudios]

Dolliv: "All my friends are dead."

[@cj_skywalker]

I am doing a Grass mono-type challenge for Violet. Too bad this Nuzlocke didn't want until now because the DLC gives you a lot more Grass-types with Leavanny, Dipplin and even Ogrepon who can change its dual type with its masks. I'm going to use Cornerstone Ogrepon as Grass/Rock would have easily swept Mela. ^_^

[@asterXemil]

That is exactly what I did, but on Violet first playthrough. I Ended with Meowscarada, Arboliva, Scovillain, Brambleghast, Toedscruel, and... Glimmora Grass-Tera. I mean, it's a crystal flower, so it's a plant still, right?

[@UltimateVegetaLover]

It's pronounced flora gahto

[@iAmMuu]

Special shoutout to the rain being the MVP in the Mela fight lmao

[@Mostrichsauce]

Hey Sean, Don't overdo it. Im hyped for thr GX Video. What is also really cool and dont take you so long are Pokemon Rumble Monolockes. When you want to make something else that dont take too much time try that out. I finished Pokemon Rumble with only Poison Pokemon on last weekend and i played each day a few hours :)

[@Gray8277]

There was such calm music during that mela fight where everyone died lmao

[@timberich1647]

Floragato? Nah! Florgatito

[@SPeterJamesN]

You're in the middle of a fire-type boss battle with only grass-type Pokemon, and it RAINS for you, and you don't even MENTION IT???

[@norbelarchilla5578]

Glad I didn't see the upload, now I have something to look forward to when I get off Uni

[@captainsunshine64]

I just started a run using only pokémon 1' and under, this will help me plan ahead!

[@Rebbykins]

so I actually did a pseudo-grass only run in violet actually! I also rocked a Blissey and Florges with the grass tera type. It was hardf or sure, I had to redo a few battles too. And I do feel like I missed out on using a lot of other cool pokemon!

[@cj_skywalker]

House Meatball's Alma Mater: "Hindsight is the Golden Rule." :p Meatball: "F'K YOU, SADA! DIE A SLOW AND PAINFUL DEATH MWAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!" Nuzlockes bring out the worst in people. :( Speaking of which, can't wait for the rend of the Franchiselocke. ;)

[@Ramperdos]

Finally some Gen 9 Nuzlocking with NO Tera typing to cheat you out of the Mono-type challenges! I have no idea why most Nuzlocke video creators I'm following are using Teras to basically nullify the reason to do a Mono-type run in the first place.

[@TheDhOwner]

Probably because using set ups every fight makes fights far less interesting. I would rather see clever uses of terastrelezation than set up spam. I think banning offensive set up moves would make the challenge far more interesting.

[@FamilyStoriesInc]

35:04 YOU DID NOT JUST SAY GARGANACL LIKE THAT. I BETTER BE HEARING THINGS

[@Kaiser8513]

I didn't know if the ice gym leader was male or female so I just assumed they were undefined like Crona from Soul Eater who's gender is never confirmed. And for anyone going to point out that the anime says Crona is a boy english does not have a word for a neutral possessive term so manga switched between him and her between volumes when translated but original source doesnt confirm either

[@stevesamuals2651]

I'd really enjoy seeing you do a video on the rom hack xg gale of darkness remake. mostly because I could REALLY use a video on every single shadow move in the game

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Awesome video Had plenty of options at least As always Jumpluff is underrated

[@liamsawyer8193]

People really underestimate Sunflora, like fr fr. I was able to one tap a Groudon in random gen 9 battle in Pokemon Showdown with solar beam. Tbf he set up sun for me but on him he underestimated my pokemon.

[@annabelwessel7545]

Noooo, deerling, my baby. I always love using deerling in nuzlockes, of course especially in unova, it always does such good work for me 😭

[@VintageMeteor]

Nice to finally see the grass types finally get some respect! 🤣

[@FuryousD]

i mean it is the worst starter choice usually, only Snivy, the owl (i forget his name) and Sprigatito are exempt from that being the best of their generation, Bulbasaur is great but he is still the worst 1st gen starter so yea, Chicorita and Treeko are strait garbage, Turtwig is in the same boat as Bulbasaur, 6th gens is also the worst, and 8th gens is mid (i forget it's name too, i keep drawing blanks on Pokemon names today), so yea that's sort of the reason why it get's a bad rep, being a starter choice and mostly being the worst option really doesn't give it time to shine.

[@katherinerichardson2273]

The names are often Spanish like assado or glassado, cortando

[@darienresh7105]

You actually don't need to terastalize Koraidon in the mirror match. You can still beat it without doing it.

[@dman452]

I suggested this one in the discord I feel like I am a part of it

[@geneticwolf8571]

i also got that shiny on my way to a colinoscopy

[@Odin22]

is that just bc of the fast gameplay or is your minimap actually 60fps??

[@rb4734]

I. Simply. Love. Meowscarada.

[@jordanscheuer4762]

Great video I'm really looking forward to the next episode of the franchise Lock

[@cj_skywalker]

Great to see this video. Grass is one of my favorite types and it's sad that it is so weak in Pokemon games. :(

[@talenstout8324]

WE NEED A STRAIT MAP FOR STORY. I USED TERA GRASS SEED BOMB FLORAGATO.

[@Rebateman]

Challenge idea: Can You Beat Pokémon Violet with Only Tera?

[@galacticpheonix5328]

26:27 gotta throw for content right?

[@gamingcrossroad2011]

After watching so many of ur videos I have a question. Is it possible to do nucklocke or sololocke without training in evs? Would that give u more of a challenge if u don't use them?

[@AdamDawson3]

Sunflora gets so much negativity its an awesome and underrated Pokemon I used a Male Sunflora on my recent HeartGold playthrough and it did really well.

[@coolguy48457]

I hate these modern nuzlocks...seems like the new mechanics are always banned from the run...but the entire reason im curious is to see the new mechanics implemented. Devs need to balance better...

[@FuryousD]

Flower Trick is physical though and it's the best move in the game bare non, a move that never misses and always crits should be a must, it's a waste to train special on Meowscarda wtf are u thinking.

[@Buckeye_Bill]

Love your videos. Glad you’re taking your time! I am still really looking forward to the chronological hardcore Nuzlocke.

[@arielmccarthy4892]

Scovillian is my favorite gen 9 that's my opinion. 2 cute!!

[@FortunAdlaich]

Okay, some advice for the future, maybe you could tone down the sped-up footage of running around? (Like the footage used when talking about EVs) because the camera angle changes at that speed are a bit nauseating

[@snakaloo9441]

Mainly special run

[@miscellaneoof]

Fun fact: Geeta’s entire team is weak to bug and fighting moves

[@RDAGamering]

Abomasnow has a tail? 😰

[@Wynntersenk6017]

Grass type is my fav type of all time

[@willhargreaveshf]

6:06

[@paulmccreery7027]

I've been waiting for a grass nuz of SV, and this did not disappoint! Awesome video👍👍

[@phillipk4196]

am i the only one botheref by him pronouncing the bread dog as Dashbun?

[@nevrikx]

Her? Atticus is a guy unless I am missing something

[@charmer129]

I'm doing my own bug type nuzlock right now

[@FuryousD]

the team star member u called a girl earlier Atticus is also a guy so there's more than 1 Bugsy moment in this game (although how u could think Bugsy is a girl is beyond me, same goes for Atticus, which is a male name btw XD)

[@dilemmawhatson]

Love your content and nuzlocke ideas but please stop saying war of attrition multiple times in every video

[@tromboneejf67]

I JUST FINISHED MY RUN OF THIS EXACT SAME THING i was gonna do all the types

[@WiredSquid]

It’s been so draining to watch any video since gen 8 from all the raid battles boosting stats and getting the best moves early to running around collecting the best items so early no strategy needed past set up moves right know it’s supposed to be a nuzlocke to win but there’s no challenge there’s no emotion anymore it’s always drained I understand Pokémon isn’t what you even really wanna do anymore unfortunately that’s how the majority of your subs found you I found you from the prof oak and been watching since but having been around so long I watched you mentally and emotionally fall so hard with every video you make is rough I wished people loved all the content you wanted to make if that’s something you want you’ll have to make that push yes people will unfortunately leave cause that isn’t what they want but I think it’s probably best for your sake your community wants nothing more then for you to be that funny amazing person you are rebranding is hard it’s rough it’s challenging but if anyone can do it it’s you best of luck to you meatball stay safe

[@RatedX29]

Looks like I really dislike this gen. Half the trainers have a car you have to fight, and it feels like 80% of the strategies are leftover, protect stalling, and then sweep.

[@pkfan15]

Love it!

[@swampert564]

Man I wish Scarlet/Violet were anywhere close to as good as Gen 5.

[@mr.mimikyu2342]

Didn't some of these faint

[@marvpott687]

Floragato.

[@creltry1756]

If you can, please try Black or White 2 ( your pick) with Ground types

[@awildzubat8221]

Steenee died, but who cares. Me sitting there like, Tsareena is the only of my top four mons that made it into the game...

[@Alcremieknight]

I started over on pokemon sv and I'm doing this challenge with only lilligant. Any one cannon fodder because you're focused to use 2 at the ghost gym. I mean it's very easy just weight training to max two of her stats. Speed and sp.atk. git gud filthy casual.

[@IronWolf123]

You should ban set-up moves to challenge yourself because all the battles you do are crushed because you use swords dance and set-up turning a powerful opponent into a joke

[@andruberriosbuzura7835]

Florgatito

[@jebus7x7]

Why does everyone call it "gia coh moh". Its "jach ah moh"

[@alessionovelli97]

No it's not, my dude. Giacomo is an italian name, and you pronounce It as It reads, with an accent on the A (no weird j or a's added in). He pronounced It pretty good (weird american accent on the O's aside but what can you do).

[@jebus7x7]

@@alessionovelli97 except i spent 18 years going to school with the exact same name in a very dense italian culture setting lol

[@alessionovelli97]

@@jebus7x7 except I spent like 25 years (and counting) being born and living in bloody Italy and I never once heard someone named Giacomo being called "Jachahmoh", it's just not how you pronounce It, but you do you i guess. Appearently your "very dense italian culture setting" was not very italian after all😂

[@The-Wock]

Hello

[@chiraffo]

Did he just use she/her pronouns for Atticus? 😃

[@theness_1015]

Missing ya meatball hope all is well

[@THEDEY2]

i don't like to say bad thing but, this video's music selection... killed it completely... it felt soooo slow, and boring...

[@CHICKEN_550]

It’s not that hard I beat the game with an entire grass team

[@MrProfDrHoff]

An excellent run, now please understand my intent in saying this is not to be rude. Floragato. Flo-ruh-gaw-to.

[@TheNarwhalAssassin]

Tip for next time: the Starmobiles have infinite PP on all of their moves so you can’t stall them out

[@bjwessels]

Yeah, that was annoying to discover.

[@FuryousD]

wait what, they do? that's stupid af.

[@Legithiro]

Also, most status moves that aren’t stat drops just don’t work. In multiple play throughs I’ve tried to go for leech seed only for it to not work

[@ethman7914]

You should Nuzlocke Pokemon Conquest. If a Warrior's Pokemon faints, you can never use that Warrior again; no item usage during battle; no duplicate Warrior types and no duplicate 100% links

[@asrieldreemurr7229]

Yo holy shit, a Pokemon Conquest reference?! I swear that game gets no praise whatsoever. Nobody I know has ever heard of it!

[@FuryousD]

@@asrieldreemurr7229 best Pokemon side game ever, and until Legends Arceus it was just the best Pokemon game.

[@corvosweet-moon8629]

Tip, by completing history class and capturing the calamities you can get nasty plot before entering area zero

[@dacknostrum]

That’s what I did, which is why I was confused when meatball complained about nasty plot.

[@aery136]

The disrespect for tsareena is hurtful I’m very sad she’s really good. At least for story teams

[@SilverZephyrFalcon]

I don't know why it took me so long to realize - you play Pokemon like it's a modern Yu-Gi-Oh match. You make sure your side of the field is set up with all the buffs and negates possible before trying to close things out in one big hit. It's very different from what I usually see, aside from one-Pokemon challenge runs where it's essential.

[@notscorchingsands9718]

And the crits that ruin his strategy is the opponent dropping the ash.

[@FuryousD]

i mean that's kind of how u have to play in a nuzlocke like this mate.

[@SilverZephyrFalcon]

@FuryousD I've been doing one of these for the past two years now and haven't been doing this. Sure I lose more Pokemon, but it makes the experience more fun for me.

[@FuryousD]

@@SilverZephyrFalcon exactly, u lose more Pokemon, i presume u dont take into count crit ranges and such which is what get's allot of nuzlockers killed myself included (although i haven't actually done a nuzlocke that's what always get's me, critical hits when i dont want them).

[@SilverZephyrFalcon]

@@FuryousD Yeah, that's one of the issues. My only point was that you don't NEED to play like that, it just makes for less losses. I've been staying around 50% of that gen's dex used even with my less-cautious playstyle, so there's still plenty of Pokemon left.

[@electricnezumi]

wah, stop saying "florgatito"! it's "floragato"!

[@FuryousD]

that's actually probably how u are supposed to say his name, since Game Freak bloody refuses to put voice acting in the games despite these characters actually having voices due to the anime for a stupid reason (they want people to imagine their voices and yet the anime gives them voices so that defeat's the purpose of imagining their voices gamefreak), but yea rant aside Rika is make so i would presume it isn't pronounced as the female name re ka (he is another one i thought was a female during the game until they calling him a he in the elite 4).

[@mrsokolmeliodas5463]

How about don't use buff in your challenge? (It's so boring when you 3-6 times use 1 buff and after that "one shot" all enemies)

[@Imgourab97]

The setup sweep really gets monotonous after the first ten minutes... And you do that in almost all of your challenge videos