Pokémon Emerald Hardcore Nuzlocke - Bug Types Only! (No items, no overleveling)

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Edited by @FiveToedSloth - / fivetoedsloth
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch Bug type Pokémon; This includes Bug type Pokémon that evolve into non-Bug type Pokémon, but not non-Bug type Pokémon that evolved FROM Bug type Pokémon (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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[@garbless]

im so glad i got to witness the first recorded use of watersport

[@cartooncritic7045]

I don't think I've seen the Gen 3 animation for Water Sport in my entire life prior to watching this video tbh.

[@SheffiTB]

@@cartooncritic7045 I've seen it used by opponents plenty, but never on the player side.

[@misteral9045]

​@@cartooncritic7045I used it once as a kid because I didn't read the description, and never used it again after seeing the effect.

[@elizabethtyler9351]

The space is necessary there lmao

[@gideonogilvie482]

An explanation as to why the AI went for rock tomb against your Beautifly: Rock tomb gets a -3 score, because Nosepass sees itself as being faster. ~70% of the time however, it will get a +2 score from being doubly super effective, meaning rock tomb can get up to a -1 score. Tackle, being not the highest damaging move will sit at a -1 score all the time, meaning it can tie Rock Tomb. Block will sit at a large negative score after the target is already trapped, so after it is used once, it should not be considered anymore. As for harden, ~70% of the time it starts at +2, the other ~30% at 0. Then there is a check that runs when a Pokemon is between 40% and 70% hp. That check says: if the last move used by the opponent was a special move, -2 score. This means that the lowest scores for harden can be -2, tackle is always at -1, and rock tomb can go up to -1. When moves are tied for score, one of them is chosen at random, with equal odds. This effectively means there is a roughly 10% chance (if I did the math correctly) for the AI to go for rock tomb when faster, if the player mon is 4x weak against rock. These number change when above 70% hp and again below 40% hp, and depending on whether you last used a status move, physical move, or special move, but it boils down to that there is always a small chance for the AI to go for rock tomb when faster and the player mon is 4x weak

[@Jfromla_]

Thank you

[@brandontownsend2756]

I came to the comments for this

[@ishthewall1915]

I like your funny words magic man

[@InfamousDucks]

That fake squarespace scene was the most ****ing funny thing I’ve seen all day. The bait was TOO good. Flygon has always been a great comedian, but he’s improving immensely still. Keep up the good work.

[@jmablazer]

He wanted so badly to segway there😂😂

[@Ranamo_]

I was so scared

[@iMajoraGaming]

​@@jmablazer does anyone remember segways like the thing mr bean rode

[@NovaTheAngel]

It got me too!🤣

[@WeBeJayMin]

100%

[@JSKWilson]

Hoo boy, Daddy Stone ending his letter with "Regards" instead of "Love"... This feels like the end of an era.

[@jhfh3112]

this feels like a really old school flygon video, when it popped up in my recommends i thought it must be one i'd just not seen before

[@ewwitscullen9132]

A refreshing return to form

[@Zayedzzzzzz]

Same

[@GavinSalmon]

Same!!

[@VerkatosEnsei]

I have NEVER, EVER seen anyone actually use Water Sport ever, until now

[@swampert564]

Honestly I'm not sure that anyone actually has.

[@Scout819]

@@swampert564 Maybe that's why it was removed in Gen VIII? Lol

[@swampert564]

@@Scout819 I'll probably never stop being at least a little salty about Return or Pursuit but there were definitely some moves that were fine to drop.

[@Scout819]

@@swampert564 yet somehow, freakin Splash made it through

[@swampert564]

@@Scout819 I'm ok with that one, it's simply iconic in its uselessness.

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

Bugs in Hoenn truly vary from absolute trash to somewhat less absolute trash

[@VaellinTheBard]

You take that back. Nincada is perfect (also Shedinja is stellar)

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

​@@VaellinTheBard I regret nothing

[@VaellinTheBard]

@@njivwathomassilavwe2056 Queen Basalt forever!!

[@romulomendes445]

outlier: Shedinja, who trivializes half the game

[@youtube-kit9450]

When I wanted to do a "bug only run" in Hoenn, it very quickly went from "catching all the bugs" to "EV-pump Masquerain and Armaldo and Masq gets all the special moves and Armaldo all the physical moves" because holy moly all the other pokés are hot garbage, especially when you didn't have the exp all to get them levelled quickly and instead had to actually train them individually.

[@avasiliu1514]

For anyone wondering- the naming theme for this challenge i'm pretty sure is Ant-man characters. Though he doesn’t show up in any of the movies/shows to my knowledge, “Eric” is named after “Eric O’Grady” i'm pretty sure, the third and second least known ant man. Bit sad to see no representation for the second wasp (not Hope in the comics) or giant man, Nadia and Raz, or the fourth ant man Zayn, but those are all pretty deep cut character references anyways, even if you do read the actual comics.

[@pedrofialdini]

Run idea: slicing-themed only Pokemon so that every kill feels like a perfectly cooked fish fillet

[@viiranen]

if this is doable, then bite and sound based runs would also be interesting to see. but i dont know if there are enough pokemon to make any of these into a full run, let alone interesting/fun video

[@dawnfox4881]

Ig you could do like Gallade, Bisharp, Gliscor (hyper cutter mon plus a a few design details), honedge, scyther/kleavor (scizor us more punch/bite) hisuian avalugg, Haxorus and, anything with like hypercutter and other “cutting/slashing related abilities like sharpness.

[@dawnfox4881]

I forgot about veluza who is like THE fish fillet

[@auroraourania7161]

Yeah, this is a clever one and I think it would have to be in Scarlett or violet (or a particularly new ROM hack) so that as many of them as possible can actually have the ability sharpness. Ideally I think a ROM hack though, since I suspect that kingambit and haxorus alone would trivialize almost any battle in the Scarlet and violet base game. Or he could do one that includes the DLC, that would actually be cool

[@crumpetsancheese2197]

run idea: food based pokemon nuzlocke where he has to cook and eat what the pokemon is based off when they die

[@sonny4757]

Entomologist here! I was way to excited to hear you say Lepidoptera Sharing this with my lab - as you can guess, there’s a few Bug Type fans in the group

[@GarchompFJ]

You should have been a bug type pokemon I am the true ground dragon boi

[@pixelturtle5041]

gorlompadis

[@silver_was_found]

yay, it’s our favorite moustachioed menace GarchompFJ! I can’t believe you tried to be the moral compass of this video for once, is this the start of a new character arc??

[@GarchompFJ]

@@silver_was_found great things are in the works, stay tuned

[@silver_was_found]

@@GarchompFJlooking forward to it!

[@nevrikx]

A fully Evolved Ground/Bug Type other than 1/3 of Wormadams wouldn't bee too bad a thing

[@alexandermullarkey210]

I love the naming theme of it being all the Ant-Man/Wasp/Goliath heroes!! Great run!

[@yajnacasiano1028]

Thank you for this! I was wondering what the theme was this time

[@lilyofthevalley430]

GarchompFJ is starting to look more and more like the moral compass of this duo. Are we sure he's the villain?

[@ruthlesace]

He's the antagonist. Not necessarily the villain, just the guy that causes the most trouble for the main character.

[@GarchompFJ]

I promise I’m definitely not the villain.

[@GarchompFJ]

@@ruthlesace I don’t cause trouble!

[@ruthlesace]

@GarchompFJ what about that tone you locked Flygon in the basement and refused to tell him it was a joke until afterwards? That caused him trouble. Making you his antagonist.

[@lilyofthevalley430]

@@ruthlesace it was deserved. Flygon was in the way.

[@yannismpa3701]

We need a "The level cap ends at the start of the battle" shirt.

[@darkninjafirefox]

Never underestimate the hypnotic call of the cicada, they're screaming outside my house right now

[@Magicdfox]

the squarespace bait into fakeout, into the moral dilemma that results in the actual squarespace ad. masterclass.

[@corkscrew1038]

Torching Shedinja was like watching the ring be melted in the lava

[@luketalbot2643]

I'm glad Daddy Stone has finally stopped enabling Steven's neglect. After all the poor Stone family has been through, he deserves a supportive son rather than Steven

[@relay6109]

The humor, small margin of error, and use of Shedinja make this peak FlygonHG. Always love to see when the newest stuff is well-cooked

[@sebastiancaris]

Since Flygon always fights against Red on Gen 2 nuzlockes, I'm still waiting for him to fight Steven the final boss on Emerald

[@barrybludgeon7448]

This and the second elite 4 battle on leaf green and fire red. I dont even care if he has to use rare candies tbh

[@MrRogordo]

​@@barrybludgeon7448 do you think nuzlockers grind? Most of them use rare candies. Grinding adds nothing to the challenge and it's boring

[@barrybludgeon7448]

@@MrRogordo well thats a load of sh*t otherwise how do they ev train.

[@myleslondon5220]

@@barrybludgeon7448by grinding with way less time… he makes a video every week ofc he uses rare candies

[@MrRogordo]

@@barrybludgeon7448 most of them don't or they hack vitamins. Nowadays the most popular romhacks even ditch EVs because no one wants to see a streamer kill 372828388382818 level 5 rattatas to gain 1 speed point

[@patrickmohr6985]

loved the gags in this one. Kill Bill, A New Hope, sponsor fake out, cursed cicada

[@dangerboatsouth4747]

Leave it to Mr FlygonHG to find a specific use for Water Sport in an important battle. Next we need a mud sport use and we’ll be good.

[@JoeDobbs]

Flygon casually breaking one of his own rules by hunting for both Illumise and Volbeat on the same route and thought we wouldn't notice

[@eternaldestiny5232]

7:30 Don't abandon your pokemon ! *Litteraly asking to abandon the shiny to keep the old Illumise*

[@qwertyqwertsalot]

The Nosey lore keeps getting deeper and way more depressing

[@therealsapph]

Y'know, with Darren being the undeniable MVP of the run, now you know why GameFreak decided to lock it to a 1% encounter rate! Imagine if they just let that much raw power run amuck!

[@pdiao25]

masquerain my beloved

[@thelaw2855]

Love to see a shiny being used in a themed run, Illumise's shiny is beautiful!

[@dracenathe6th383]

Yeah I've never seen this one!

[@hayden1351]

every time the fish fillet bit returns I laugh. it gets me every single time. I am an incredibly simple person

[@gunnarschlichting9886]

So you're saying that joke cuts straight through your humor just like a finely cooked fish filet? Also same.

[@shanoc5902]

For that seemingly random Rock Tomb, I think it might be something like the AI double rolls the speed tie to see if it 'thinks' you outspeed it. Like first the game determines who will go first, anytime Nosepass goes first the game *thinks* that it's faster so it won't go for rock tomb, and anytime you go first it now has Rock Tomb as an 'option'. At this point it needs to decide which move to use, and whether it prioritizes Rock Tomb or deprioritizes it is based on it flipping another coin due to the speed tie to see if they think you're faster or not. In all cases but speed ties, double checking like this would seemingly make no difference but probably make programming the AI easier, but in the case of a speed tie it might result in speed control moves essentially having a 25% chance to be chosen as you both need to go first and the AI before it rolls the 50/50 on if it thinks you're faster. That's just my guess though.

[@alexanderstephens9408]

My thought was that the nose pass ran out of move pp

[@wheresmymuffins]

@@alexanderstephens9408 tackle alone has like 30+ pp, the battle was like a dozen turns max, there's no way it was a pp thing

[@yannismpa3701]

No way he found a way to make Watersport relevant

[@dankanubis1345]

A Nuzlocke of my favorite game? With my favorite pokemon type? On my birthday? It's gonna be a good one. Edit: thank you for all the happy birthdays and well wishes everyone! 🥳

[@ThunderGleek]

Happy Birthday!!!

[@fumeknightofshovelry3901]

Happy Birthday!

[@pedrohenriquereispeters8627]

Happy Birthday

[@VaellinTheBard]

Happy Birthday! Favorite type here too! Though my birthday isnt until Wednesday

[@featherglacier6822]

A fellow bug fan! Happy birthday, hope it’s a good one!!

[@animationfan007]

Queen Basalt must be honored! Long live the Queen!

[@ariajohnson8107]

...what.. what secrets does Daddy Stone have that he hoped to share with Steven?

[@silver_was_found]

perhaps more illegitimate half-rock type children?

[@mbclove1]

Watching the nosepass doing the ludicolo dance brings a smile to my face

[@timeaftertime5328]

At this moment, no one knows how this will end. The tragedy, the agony that is to await him... Godspeed Flygon, Godspeed

[@waffleman246]

i believe regardless of the speed-based AI in gen 3, there is always a small chance of going for quad effective moves. I remember something from a Drxx video talking about it when a jolteon used thunderwave over thunderbolt on a gyarados despite seing the kill. But i don't know specifics

[@thesoupman340]

This man needs more sponsors at this point I can quote his whole square space segment in my sleep

[@TakariSoratoMishiro]

love that you found a shiny illumise before a volbeat. fun fact! while training on that route in my first ever nuzlocke on an actually real emeral cartridge, I spent so much time levelling my team I actually found a shiny volbeat. I never thought about how the 1% encounter rate makes this even more insanely rare than just finding a full odds shiny in gen 3

[@Mr_Mazemaker]

Shoutout to the random quote from Linkin Park. You should take Nosey with you the next time and pay a visit to their brother Steven.

[@yannickgrignon2473]

The "perfectly cooked fish filet" joke gets a chuckle out of me every time. Proof that some jokes do get better the more you tell em.

[@dillonsturm5343]

Editing that sad music to perfectly match the rocks falling during the rock tomb animation was absolutely top tier.

[@PGCasta13]

If I'm not mistaken, base emerald AI can roll crits when doing the calc for damage so maybe that's what happened on Roxanne? She saw a crit kill with rock tomb even tho it didn't end up criting. Not entirely sure tho, just something I think I've heard at some point :]

[@KadurOrdo]

The New Hope joke was hilaaarious!! xD Edit: Yh, alright, the Kill Bill one was great too!

[@roberthoward9901]

Tiny detail but I love how at 4:10 the falling rocks from rock tomb lined up perfectly with the opening notes of the sad music 😭

[@marsl.6971]

4:34 Eric tried so hard and get so far... in the End it doesnt even materrrrrrr.... *insane guitar background*

[@linuluna]

scott looked at torkoals attract and said with a straight face: "Love is for the weak" and fucking murders the turtle

[@InsertFunnyThingHere]

My shiny beautifly who used swagger once and then died instantly would be proud

[@k.m.2629]

Shows how lasting the impact of the MCU had on me that I saw Illumise and went, "Ah, there's Nad-- who is Hope?!"

[@michaelbrophy8175]

The way I CACKLED at the New Hope Star Wars joke, not helpful as it’s the middle of the night and my family is asleep but that was too funny

[@nathanaelsmale9088]

This video may have just joined the ranks of "Favorite FlygonHG Videos" for so many reasons: 1. I actively teared up a little at the death of Beautifly. 2. The Fake Out Ad Segue 3. The hypnotic call of the Nincada line was both hilarious and terrifying when it started booming through my car speakers while listening. 4. A legitimate & successful Water Sport strat? I mean, come on! 5. And last, but most certainly not least, getting to use the Shiny Clause not just in-game, but using it to start a moral dilemma that became the actual ad segue? BRILLIANCE. FlygonHG, you've been my favorite PokéTuber ever since your first video, and this goes up there with Spheal Team Six in terms of quality content.

[@NovaTheAngel]

I really love his editing style. Such drama and emotion for these pixilated Pokémon.

[@lemo1631]

It would be awesome if in some nuzlockes that have a battle frontier you would see how the rest of your team last after the final challenge!

[@vorsutus7615]

The star wars bit caught me so off guard I snorted and had to hit like right there only seven or eight minutes in, 10/10 entertainment as always. Kudos Dr HG

[@Ferroseed597]

Hello! Can you try doing a fossil only nuzlock? You can roll a wheel for a random fossil at the start, as well as after each gym challenge

[@michaelrodriguez4818]

1. How about a foodlocke? The encounters are pokemon that are stated in the pokemon to be eaten by people, other pokemon, or parts of them are used as food. 2. Please collaborate with lord enter the unknown! 3. Please collaborate with falseswipe gaming for a remake of "How good was flygon actually".

[@Olivia-lx9tq]

I have never seen a "Sport" moved used in a Nuzlocke EVER, way to go Scott!

[@RainyGhost190]

This video made me realize that Magneton is the most literal they/them pokemon to exist. It's a group, first of all, and it's a combination of three magnemites; a pokemon that is "genderless"

[@nightspawnson-of-luna4936]

Can't believe I didn't realize at first you were doing an AntMan name theme... also kudos for including Iredeemable in there

[@Fatfish33W]

A female nincada… not named queen basalt???

[@DASandwichGuyYT]

I'm going to need a 4h apology video from him now smh my head

[@DemonsFlame]

Little did Flygon know that he didn't just catch any old Volbeat, he caught a Volbeat blessed by Arceus himself.

[@ck_anon1881]

Seriously, your humor is hilarious. Love all of your videos and this squarespace ad attempt was perfect. Thank you for your entertainment. Greetings from Germany

[@Lilyclu]

the fricking volbeat freezframe at juan, that was goddamn hilarious the garchompfj/segue bits were amazing too

[@finally_dorian]

I dug around for this comment, cuz how dare he 😭🤣

[@ameerkadir8398]

this perfectly cooked fish fillets bit has gone too far and I'm all here for it

[@giraffedragon6110]

Thank you for using Shedinja. You're doing an all bug type challenge, your pokemon are very limited for awhile, you're not immune to bad decision making, so I think it's balanced. Edit: oh... fair that's a good reason.

[@San-lh8us]

Man, i love emerald challenges partially because the game is great, but mainly because i get to see more chapters of the Stone family drama. Will Steven ever respond to daddy Stone's letters? we may never know ... but, you know, i hope we do

[@skubu8262]

Missed me some Dr HG videos. Bug types no less PS: finally daddy stone is seeing Steven for the monster he is. But even then, I hope he keeps writing. This soap opera just keeps getting better

[@Spilner15]

Great run - always love Emerald nuzlockes! As for Roxanne’s “random” use of Rock Tomb during a speed tie, normally the AI will build up boosts if it doesn’t have super effective / high damage output moves, as these moves get a +1 or more score. However, once AI gets between like 2-4 boosts, that move falls to +0, so it becomes equally likely they use something else with a +0 score, in that case Rock Tomb. Anyways, thanks for sharing!

[@Error403HRD]

Darren being the mvp is crazy, I've never once heard good things about Volbeat lol. Amazing work, this was super entertaining!

[@citrus5797]

This is a great video! Volbeat and Ninjask are some of my favorite pokemon, I've always thought that they're super underrated.

[@fropsy6110]

I really need to commission some art of GarchompFJ doing the thousand yard stare, but with Flygon Sponsorships.

[@91Caesar]

For those wondering, Volbeat and Illumise are pseudo exclusives in Ruby and Sapphire, with one of the pair being a 1% encounter in each game (compared to 18% for their opposite). The idea being that while you could catch one, it would be easier to trade for one with your friend on the other game. I believe Plusle and Minum share the same set up, with one being a 2% encounter and their opposite being a 15% encounter in each game. When they made Emerald's encounter tables for the relevant routes they took the 1% Volbeat from Ruby and the 2% Plusle from Sapphire. That way emerald couldn't be a substitute for either game in terms of 'psudo' exclusives. It's the same approach used with the real exclusives. They make sure the third game is missing at least 1 exclusives from each of the 2 'main' games

[@etoile7174]

Appreciate these side nuzlockes while you’re rocking through run & bun. Keep up the good work!

[@criticalhotdog4924]

i am so happy to finally see someone be greatful for gen 3 volbeat being insane

[@davidwehmhoff5710]

Always good to see a new video drop from you. Nice run!

[@souljahwitchluv]

dawg that smile zoom was so fucking good, girlfriend almost woke up from me laughing 😭

[@superiorsloth]

The fish filet call back !

[@Nejifangal1]

Loved this playthrough and how you used each teammate. Keep up being awesome!! :D

[@derekschacht7667]

Last time I played Sapphire I used Volbeat on a whim. Expected it to be useless, but it surprisingly held its own and put in serious work. Seeing it contribute so much here makes me happy.

[@danielhale1]

Butterflies drink tears, so at least that devastated nosepass will have an occasional visitor in the afterlife >:D

[@misteral9045]

The dual signal/solar beam for the Tate&Liza fight win was beautiful. Go bugs.

[@MidnightRelapz]

What a great bug-locke! I can’t wait or the next run!

[@Gwynbleidd1724]

My favourite nuzlocker with my favourite game. Love it Dr F

[@Myis260]

Love the cutaways in this video they were great

[@megellen5357]

I love that you were able to keep the shiny alive. I got nervous at the end there…

[@Uh_khakis]

I have never seen a legitimate water sport usage before. Well done

[@Hutch2Much]

never in my life have i ever seen water sport actually used in a strategy. insane plays here

[@numbug1234]

The AI in Pokemon do test rolls before actually selecting their move - Roxanne's test roll likely just got a Critical hit that led to a OHKO, and the AI saw that and went "yes this move will KO, I should go for it now."

[@MrCONBO]

GarchompFJ can kick rocks yo, I bet that moustache isn't even real

[@joshkyei3105]

FlygonHG is such a fun nuzlocker to watch, I swear.

[@NA-jd6wy]

This was great, as usual!!!

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

The first shiny I ever found-not counting the Lake of Rage Gyarados because that’s guaranteed-was an Illumise! Her name is Jane.

[@SparkstarScope]

Oh, and here I was, about to finally add a 1 to the tally of times Water Sport wasn't a waste of a move slot.

[@featherglacier6822]

Always a great day to see my all time favorite get usage

[@xflaviusx2240]

Ok now do it on Platinum

[@munchie3909]

4:10 The music went in perfect sync with the rock tomb animation. It was magnificent!

[@yourfellowpancake6335]

Nice job finding a shiny before a 1% encounter lol, I always say that I’ll find a shiny before the 1%, it hasn’t happened to me yet though

[@thatponybro6940]

even if bugs kinda terrify me irl, i will always rep a Bug type Pokemon anytime i do a run of Emerald, cause someone's gotta show them love

[@damianoskatsoudas2579]

It's a good day when FlygonHG gives us a hardcore nuzlocke.

[@pokemonadventuresanimewhen3023]

freaking Uncle Jimtendo did it again! All hail Uncle Jimtendo!