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

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Edited by @FiveToedSloth - / fivetoedsloth
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the first Dark Type Pokémon I find on each route; This includes Pokémon that evolve INTO Dark types, but does NOT include non-Dark Pokémon that evolved from Dark types!
3. Nickname Pokémon
Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset:
4. No items in battle (held items okay)
5. No leveling past the next gym leader/E4's ace (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on "Set" battle mode
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[@Dani-hu1iw]

I can’t be the only one who is always so hyped whenever FlygonHG posts a gen three run bc of how invested I am in the Steven Stone letter saga

[@therealCaptain_Whales]

Same

[@mxlies15]

Lmao top tier take

[@billybrilliandi8937]

me tooo

[@sofiamariewyatt]

I wonder what Pokémon Daddy Stone will fall in love with next

[@renegadeforlife5782]

I’m hyped whenever I see a FlygonHG anything.

[@danieluribe4927]

FlygonHG: “Nuzleaf is the only pokemon to canonically have nipples” Militank: “Am I joke to you”

[@guildmasterri5995]

Kingambit "aiyaiya"

[@sofiamariewyatt]

Those are udders

[@ZoeyAnonschild]

@@sofiamariewyatt And what exactly are udders…?

[@faytleingod1851]

Udders are the bag like organ holding the mammary glands. Not quite the same thing. It would be the same comparison between say a scrotum and a testicle. Or foreskin and phallus.

[@therabidcyndaquil6330]

Only Rick and Morty fans and BME PHD's are smart enough to engage in this discourse

[@klukoo7025]

The absolute positive change in mood that a FlygonHG video can instill in me is truly amazing

[@heartnet40]

Wrath, Sloth, and Lust showing up and instantly cleaning house on the last of the playthrough is like a pack of street thugs throwing down on a guy because he was picking on a couple weak kids. (The kids in this instance being Greed and Pride lol)

[@SongokuJidai]

The whole thing felt straight out of Jojo

[@melchorochinang9005]

Ironic since Greed and Pride are the strongest sins

[@tusharlakshminarayanan3776]

I remember watching your first nuzlockes before you blew up, and the energy in your narration and writing between then and now is like night and day, you are clearly having so much more fun and we are all reaping the benefits. Amazing job

[@wowitscoldout1119]

I'm glad you said this because I've been missing the older, calmer style of video lately. But yeah, you're right! He does sound like he's having more fun! Whole new lookout on these videos ^^ thank u!

[@Luigiking3]

After losing a Gen-Locke to Tate & Liza and having to restart from Pokémon Red, it’s cathartic to see them just get walloped with ease.

[@jasonreed7522]

As a kid i always struggled with them, to the point that i can only think of them as a tough fight. Definitely cathartic to see them get destroyed. (I think my issue was not liking grinding so i would end up underleved. Also not knowing a bunch of the mechanics that aren't explicitly stated in game, but i was also 8 or something without the Internet to help.)

[@cheeze588]

I was too lazy to grind against them and decided to just spam potions

[@Clarksonnn]

Aimlessly perusing KZbin only to see on the horizon of my phone screen a FlygonHG Nuzlocke notification. A true joy for the office procrastinator 🖤

[@bearpatrol1558]

It’s really nice to see your growth as a creator. I rarely comment on your videos but have been watching since the emerald grass nuzlocke. I love so many of the little running jokes and themes on your channel that have started to build on top of each other, like garchomp FJ or how poppy has inspired so much of the dog pokemon love on your channel. Not only does your scriptwriting get better, it also seems like you have more fun writing it now. What I’m trying to say is that your channel has some of the most visible growth in quality that I have seen on KZbin, and I appreciate the content you drop❤

[@sagenod440]

Seeing my boy Sableye go all the way in a nuzlocke brings tears to me eyes

[@GrandDuchessTaco]

What happened to Norman is payback for what Norman tried to pull off on the Spheal Team Six run when masquerading as your father.

[@zizzix08]

I feel bad for laughing but that cut to "I killed so many Lotads" caught me so off guard I couldn't help it.

[@vitormanuel9889]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1435">23:55</a> Absol is the Disaster Pokémon because it predicts disasters, not causes them.

[@TheEnigmaticKasai]

"I predict that you're going to be KO'd by Earthquake"

[@sandyr5407]

But how can a *shark* cause earthquakes? They live in the water. How???

[@dorik0]

​@@sandyr5407same reason why Gastly, a pokemon that is just made up of gas and does not have hands, can learn fire punch

[@Relaxish]

@@dorik0the same reason Ghoulurk learns fly

[@CierraJohnson-bh4mc]

@@dorik0 If you've seen the anime episode "tower of terror", it's shown that gastly can create hands with its gas.

[@SigEpic]

Pausing to read Daddy Stone’s letters make these videos that much better every time.

[@kangaskdan]

The letters from Daddy Stone get more and more heartbreaking, I'm so invested. The nuzlocke was cool too.

[@brendankeyes5338]

I’m living for the TSwift references. I love how you always throw a line in when applicable. Impeccable as always Dr.

[@jefferymitchell3632]

FINALLY SOMEONE WHO NOTICED IT TOO ISTG I THOUGHT I WAS IMAGINING IT😭

[@Fencrux]

I missed it?? Where was the reference?

[@brendankeyes5338]

@@Fencrux “bloodstained, crimson clover”

[@jordanrodriguez2263]

I thought I was the only one who heard them😂

[@maijashmaija]

this is genuinely one of the reasons why flygon is my fav pokemon creator. 2 of my fav things (swift's music and pokemon) coming together

[@DracoMetorHD]

I sure hope the movie about Wrath won't negatively impact the Sharpedo population for a long time 😃

[@Demonslayre]

Flyboy, me gon! Gotta tell ya, every time I see you, silph, or antler upload a dark type nuzlocke I get a mite terrified because you guys always get my baby, umbreon, killed. Doesn't matter the gen, the fear be there.

[@sandyr5407]

Mr. Krabs?

[@Muriuki34]

Mr. Krabs ?

[@taylorchesser8990]

"Nuzleaf is the only Pokemon to canonically have nipples" Looks like SOMEONE forgot Miltank

[@gogovish]

only natural to supress truamatic expiriences

[@jasonreed7522]

But are utters nipples? While obviously they come from the same organ, the question is if "nipple", "teet", and "utter" are the same or truly distinct by their definitions. (I am too lazy to look further into this, and don't feel like having it in my search history)

[@bobjoe3492]

​@jasonreed7522 the udder is "modified nipples" much like arms are just modified legs.

[@jasonreed7522]

@@bobjoe3492 that was not what i was going for, since they are very similar in evolutionary origin. I was more curious about linguist definitions and the whole all squares are rectangles but not all rectangles are squares angle. After putting in the research the udder is analogous to the breast/boob and represents 2-4 fused together into 1 mass. Dangling below the udder are the teats which are basically nipples with the distinction being if it is on a human or other animal. I took the sacrifice to my browser history, but the short answer is that miltank counts as having nipples. (Just by another name)

[@bobjoe3492]

@jasonreed7522 you did a little too much nipple reading just for a silly KZbin comment. Gonna have to fine you for that

[@haroldhaddick674]

It actually makes sense that Absol can't learn earthquake. Absol explictly doesn't cause disasters. It merely senses when they're coming.

[@crashdrc]

Sableye always seemed to be underrated but he’s an absolute monster when you use him right.

[@Idonothaveastand]

I did one of these too a few days ago. Absol carried this team pretty hard. Only thing I regret was EV training them all only in Speed and Attack... Strength was basically my strongest move since all Dark/Water/Grass moves were special 😅

[@heirofaniu]

Psychic only in Enerald might be interesting. One of the hardest generations for it I'd think since you have few encounters, the evil teams use dark types heavily, and there's a dark type elite 4 member.

[@zoeyvalkyrie]

Plus there's a ton of incidental Dark, Bug, and Ghost moves on random trainers. Bite is everywhere.

[@heirofaniu]

@@zoeyvalkyrie The early game would be a nightmare, your only two potential encounters going into Roxanne are Ralts and Abra, and both of those don't know any attacking moves when you get them. Plus Ralts and its evolutions are really mediocre until Gen VI and catching Abra is a matter of whipping a ball at it immediately and praying.

[@blueakagod.413]

Gotta respect Doctor-one-ball HG for sharing his feelings about Ludicolo, that takes two-huge-balls HG fr

[@crimsonpresents]

I love dark types! Pumped to see what strategies you cook up

[@tuiteyfruity5010]

“The dragon killer button” had me laughing SO HARD

[@finalscore2983]

I'm just impressed you gave GarchompFJ an existential crisis all in pursuit of an awkward ad segue.

[@isaacstaresinic6549]

there's exactly two channels that i actually sit through all of the sponsor segments; it's you & the yard podcast. keep it up!!

[@BreezyStarfish]

Flygon Video not on a Saturday? What a treat

[@ThetaWindfall]

"Gluttony mows down Roxanne's Rock types with her grassy seed" - FlygonHG That has GOT to be one of the most cursed things I have ever heard.

[@sgt.milkshake3352]

Been great being a sub since your first vids. Most KZbinrs I've accompained that long either become boring or lose what made them fun. The more you grew, the more you found a genuinely funny way of making these vids and stuck to it. It's been great!

[@duckstorm4779]

Only nuzleaf has nipples..... man miltank is RIGHT there

[@daalimbe]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="133">2:13</a> im glad that president stone is fully aware of how old and sad he is. and old. love the worldbuilding elements, truly the stone family is turning around a new corner towards a brighter future with no unforseen injuries inflicted upon the stone patriarch that might have been prevented by a Lifealert, which as we all know, don't exist in the Pokemon universe

[@TheForeignGamer]

I would've loved to see this particular team fight Steven as an extra bonus battle. Even if you hacked in rare candies to avoid having to grind, I absolutely wanna know how the Sins stack up against the Stone!

[@salmonandsoup]

I love you, GarchompFJ. If nobody loves you, not even your creator, I love you. ❤

[@SNUFFGURLL]

Absol is my ABSOLute favourite pokemon, I'm so glad to see it get some use in a run! I couldn't stop imagining the mons in this run being the homunculi from FMA, because of the names, lmao. Hope to see more absol runs in the future, and it's always a treasure to watch the gen 3 runs specifically, purely because of the stone family drama.

[@LaLaBrave]

Flashing back to when I did a run of ruby with tan aqua pokemon. Watson is truly hoenns great equalizer if you don't have marshtomp/geodude. So many kabooms. So many tears. I was rewarded with a shiny numel ironically tho, so that was fun

[@red-eyessolares1817]

Nice to see some of my favorite dark Pokémon doing so well

[@raerae304]

I love how these videos expand on the Steven lore, they get me imvested in Pokemon attract love stories, and they make me nervous for any potential death. I love the videos, thank you FlygonHG for everything you do.

[@shockandawesome3368]

Holy fudge …. A dark type Nuzlocke in one of the hardest games to Nuzlocke (based on my experience) as dark was still not effective against steel and dark being special before the physical/special split AND all viable encounters being physical attackers …… Dr. OneBall HG with another banger

[@jasonreed7522]

Atleast some of those quirks work in his favor. Roxanne's rocks have bad special defense and don't resist dark so Bites from Poochyena rip through her. Ghost moves are physical so shadowball benefits from sword dance. Cacturnes growth boosts all of its dark and grass moves. The times before the physical special split are weird, some mons are nearly unviable like sneasle, amd others get to pull of some shenanigans like Cacturne and Linoone. (Bellydrum linoone sweeps Phoebe with physical shadowball.)

[@bobjoe3492]

What's really funny about dark being special is when the physical special split came every pre gen4 dark move became physical

[@DBstudios98]

I love that classic monotype runs, always a breath of fresh air

[@Mindphuck93]

We need a full animated version of the Daddy Stone Saga. It'd be the best Pokemon Soap opera

[@K-l808]

Dude,this reminds me of my childhood. After i played the game on my gba for a hundred plus hours on my first try, i started a new game while only using dark types because my favorite pokemon at that time was shiftry. I just loved its design. Thank you good sir.

[@brighiddoll3750]

This was the first nuzlocke I ever did, and I actually made a school project out of it. I was inspired from watching your videos a few years ago, and I'm so happy you finally did an emerald dark nuzlocke!

[@LTDextel]

Calling Numel a sad lumpy horse is the funniest thing ever. Your jokes are always improving; I loved the slugma jokes

[@Mostima25]

Hey, I just want to thank you for these videos, I love to watch them before I fall asleep, gen 3 is dear to my heart and your playthroughs are fun ti watch with just you voice narrating them no face cam no nothing. Thank you

[@solexiavortex8608]

I've always loved your content and the comedy that is garchomp FJ has taken your content from a 10/10 to 12/10 keep up the amazing work flygon

[@danielhale1]

The cannibal doggo will return as a villain in a future nuzlocke.

[@andrewschaosson]

GOOD GAME, DUDE! Congrats on the deathless run!

[@danilotieppo437]

Really liked this one flygon! I like when its safe and i love dark types, been waiting to watch a drak type monolocke made by you

[@COMICSAREAWESOME]

I wasn't expecting a FlygonHG upload today...But I ain't complaining. 💜🖤

[@Nick-zb6xl]

“Tattle to the green noodle” made me laugh so hard haha made my day

[@Mr_Chasm]

Every flygonhg new upload video makes my day that much better

[@FIFAmusicMAN]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="132">2:12</a> “Old & sad & old” Dr. HG truly has a shakespearean way with words

[@mr.k.b6689]

I also tried this challenge a few months ago, never made it past Watson. Awesome to see how you made it and how easy the rest of the challenge was to you.

[@thomaswawrzyniak118]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="60">1:00</a> If nuzleaf milk comes from the mammary glands of a nuzleaf, it should be considered closer to dairy If we want a vegan alternative, we would take many nuzleaf and blend them up into a paste to be mixed with water until it becomes a milk-like consistency

[@assassincharizard]

Great job solving the Watson puzzle so quickly. You had it on round one like you said.

[@user-eh2mi2oh4h]

I’ve always used a Cacturne whenever I played gen 3, and it was so satisfying to see it kick ass this run.

[@Nuclearstomp]

Glad to see such an underrated mon like Mightyena do so much work. This was a real fun one. Anyway once again I'll recommend returning to no stab moves as a nuzlocke. After playing a couple ones, Platinum, B/W, Emerald and X/Y are all fun games to run for the challenge. X/Y I think is the most fun, though I think Emerald without the game corner TMs is the hardest.

[@DalPrince14]

I love flygon posts and will watch all of them forever

[@purplejellytotPJT]

This was a really fun vid as always - great work FlygonHG!

[@gabr.7878]

yeeeeee! i always love seeing these, i just get a smile outta these vids. such good vibes and I like

[@fruitpunchsamuraidavid]

Emerald and Gen 6 is Dr.HG bread and butter and we love him for it! More please

[@oglambo]

Love your videos so much bro, thanks for the great content

[@AlejandroLopez-wl2qi]

Taking out Ludicolo and Milotic back to back like you did was so pleasing! 👌🏼

[@cullenhutchison6528]

<a href="#" class="seekto" data-time="1441">24:01</a> Absol can't learn moves like Earthquake because it doesn't cause disasters, it only foresees them and tries to warn people; but this makes people think that it causes the disasters, hence why it learns moves like Future Sight and Perish Song. It's unfortunate from a viability standpoint, but makes sense given its lore. The only move in its learnset that doesn't really match this theme is Rock Slide, though in the anime it does try to cause rock slides in order to protect people from a disaster, so it's not too far off; meanwhile, earthquakes are only ever destructive.

[@Dagaz168]

Not sure if this is why Absol actually can’t learn earthquake, but the species is called the disaster pokemon because they can detect disasters with their horn and try to warn people about them, rather than actually causing them

[@okeynwachie]

It's about damn time!!!!! Also thanks for making this a great Thursday my dude 😁😁

[@patrickmohr6985]

If you think about it, of the deadly sins, gluttony is probably the least damaging to one’s soul. So the naming theme was fitting going into the end, bringing the strongest 6 deadly sins

[@junkwarrior9947]

Your nuzlockes are the best! Like your sense of humor, especially that Pokémon X challenge where you had those paper puppets 😂

[@sebapy1987]

Poor Slugma being an argument against darwinism, that was real funny

[@Planetthegreat]

You should have left envy in the box and lead with pride for every elite 4 , just for the bit 😂 But another fantastic video! Thank you Doctor One Ball!

[@maxwellmcadoo]

Kind of scary how similar our senses of humor are, probably why I love your content so much!

[@ThomBaws]

I hope Daddy Stone finds a fellow Daddy or a Mommy to share the rest of his life with. He deserves a break ❤

[@HaisaySasaki]

Hell yeah, love seeing my favorite pokemon Cacturne get some recognition since he was pretty short lived in the grass type run

[@zombeef3074]

And this, my day was made! Thanks Dr. Oneball HG!

[@DhruvSirigineedi]

Has the style of video changed recently. For a while the style of video was more like showing clips from streams, but now it's more narration like it was at the begining of the channel. That aside, a FlygonHG video always makes my day, it's amazing how much of a happy influence these videos have on me.

[@mollychankawaii]

Flygon FJ's villain monologue had me in stitches 😂

[@layachaz7318]

such a great run Thanks as always, man

[@kingpearlshine]

I love both Gen 3 and Dark Types, so this was peak FlygonHG for me. 🙌🏻

[@Bosstoaster]

Love the shout-out to the Twitch (and VOD) crowd. Big! Meaty! Claws!

[@Khlaylav]

That is a great idea for a movie! It just needs a quick and snappy one-word title that encompasses the essence of what a shark is and how it feeds. I think I'd call it "Bitey."

[@MegaInfernapeAkins]

Congratulations for beating the game deathless bro. The Pokémon on your thumbnail is my favorite dark type Pokémon. Keep up the success on your channel bro.

[@havi2000]

“greed is free…” indeed it is Dr. Oneball… Indeed it is.

[@diablorose]

My top 3 types are Dark Fighting and Poison thanks for always rotating around so we all get to watch our faves kick ass!!!

[@And1AndDone]

Best Part of the Week: "FlygonHG has uploaded..."

[@nickhelmer]

I tried this run a long time ago, naming all of my party members after Lord of the Rings villains, and got walled by Wattson. It was nice to see you succeed. RIP to Sauron the Mightyena, Gollum the Sableye, and Willow the Nuzleaf.

[@RoyalJester17]

Camel = sad lumpy horse Gotta love how this channel is Always educational

[@platinumrug]

LMAO I absolutely lost it at GLACIA, omfg I was not expecting that and that is mad funny!

[@fred8422]

I literally only watch these for the Nosey and Steven Stone lore, thx flygon

[@wesley_3201]

Love that Sableye is a gym-obsessed little goblin. Good for them

[@viridiansexperimentchannel711]

The fake out and torment additions to the usual pivoting was nice to see. I'm a bit surprised Gluttony was denied the chance to eat a leaf stone, tho

[@digitaldarmanitan3072]

I love your stuff flygon HG. Keep doing what you do 😎👍

[@rubiconprime1429]

Augh! You should’ve called Nuzleaf sloth since it wound up spending all its time sitting around in the box. Hindsight is 20/20

[@paulnicholas7798]

Wow...i was thinking of starting this exact run and came to see if you did one , so I o knew my encounters. I assumed if you did it would be an old video. Great timing ! I'm gonna wait to watch it tho. You are the man Flygon

[@paulnicholas7798]

Oh boy...this is a tough one. Im gonna do a two type run. Anyone have a cool tag team partner for dark?

[@AugustTheNinjaGR360]

Bro really made a whole youtube channel dedicated to Flygon. What a chad.

[@KarkatVantasBitches]

I liked watching this imagining Flygon was talking about the Fullmetal Alchemist characters.

[@rocwrecks3753]

Great naming theme, using the 7 deadly sins fits so well!

[@silvercaroseul4679]

So awesome ^-^ i would love to see you do a nuzlocke, then see Garchomp FJ to do the same nuzlocke. At the end, have the two teams fight! Or prehaps have Garchomp FJ 'collab' and do a soul link!

[@bellystrawberry]

waiting diligently for Dr.OneBall to upload while i study on the side, truly an amazing experience

[@bigbaconbot]

GARCHOMP FJ! He's always welcome. Also we need a video of only Garchomp FJ.