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

Can I beat Pokémon HeartGold Using ONLY Bug Type Pokémon?
Edited by @FiveToedSloth - / fivetoedsloth
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the first Bug Type Pokémon I find on each route (Species Clause); This includes Pokémon that evolve INTO Bug types, but does NOT include non-Bug Pokémon that evolved from Bug 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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[@GreyDuovis]

Imo bug monotype runs are consistently the most fun. A decent selection from the early game, and you get to use pokemon you likely didn't use in the late game. Bugs also tend to have (relatively) good utility options, so you often have to come up with big brain strategies instead of clicking earthquake!

[@GreyDuovis]

Gravy the heracross is not exactly proving my point though...

[@Heratic_]

Ironically, Heracross can learn earthquake

[@paulelderson934]

You're right, he definitely isn't proving your point here

[@mentalika433]

i would LOVE to see a scarlet run with bugs only. theres some really fun options.

[@OvisArcana]

i gotta agree, i just came off of a sword monotype run with bug types and it was incredible. i never imagined myself actually struggling in areas of that game i previously thought were easy xD it really taught me me to think more critically about the pokemon i keep on my team and what kind of strategies i should use in battles beyond just spamming the hardest hitting moves! only took me about 25 years to learn it lmao!

[@watcherknight8760]

Gravy has gotta be one of the hardest carries I've ever seen in one of these videos

[@paulelderson934]

He's like a bug type Gyarados, honestly.

[@dvillines26]

any Fighting or Bug run where Heracross is in the dex is a situation for Heracross to hard carry, it's a busted Pokemon in-game, just stupidly good.

[@Judgement_Kazzy]

Common Heracross W

[@jakeausman1402]

would love a nuzlocke series with you playing as different trainers in the series! Let’s see Trainer Joey get his shine haha

[@gumbawu4135]

14:22

[@XyrnaTheTrainer]

That would be the ultimate RAT POWER

[@michaelpepsin9581]

gen 5 Alder run?!

[@jasonkabanuck1436]

Bug catcher Wade Johto run

[@nathanielschaper295]

@@michaelpepsin9581 Can you get the Beldum line in gen 5?

[@sloane2222]

knowing from twitter how much you went through to get that venonant plush makes the way it shows up all the more hilarious

[@paulelderson934]

He went and emptied the bin just for that 0.5 second Venonat throw. I love it

[@scottjennings2942]

But look at how worth it, it was. Such a pure moment, I loved it

[@maxenglish5106]

what a payoff

[@smusher6]

I really adore all the Bug's Life cut-ins. That movie is such a trove of fun quotes and reactions.

[@scottjennings2942]

One of my favourite Pixar movies! Incredibly underrated

[@GlatterAal]

its a shame that gen2 bug types have been trash from the start. Their designs are amazing, they deserve better

[@_Koyomi_]

Ledian got violated. Base 35 attack and 110 special defense is ridiculous

[@FreyOdyssey]

@@_Koyomi_ imagine if they where swapped

[@dvillines26]

imo Ariados and Ledian should just straight up get evolutions.

[@wrigthtalekenavi2066]

its a shame entire jotho dex is almost all trash 4 me, only good mons in jotho dex that can be found in jotho in gen 2 besides starters are: Crobat, Ampharos, Quagsire, Espeon and Umbreon, Slowking, Scizor and Kingdra. from them, Crobat, Espeon, Umbreon, Slowking, Scizor and Kingdra are ALL Kanto evolutions.

[@nablamakabama488]

@@dvillines26 Exactly!

[@sakshambajaj714]

the scrambled egg sure caught me off guard 😂 2:57

[@ericktv97]

not the poor togepi breakfast 😂

[@ashngoyuchiha215]

Rip togepi

[@valley9047]

FR

[@odgersh]

i’m traumatised 😭

[@galejo92]

“Only morons wear multiple hats” The irony is not lost on twitch viewers 😂 On a more serious note, I really appreciate how transparent you are with your rules and changes to them Love it, love your conten

[@myth1757]

Physically unprepared for that poetry slam. Good for you that was awesome

[@VectorKnightZX]

HG's right in that the odds are tricky and wouldn't be exact, but using the numbers he shows, that set of events has about a... ...0.124% chance of happening. Utterly wild. (To say nothing of the rest of the luck at hand, or lack thereof)

[@Poke-Plays]

I was just wondering, how did you come up with that number?

[@arcanelizard4646]

@@Poke-Playsjust by multiplying together every number he showed on the screen as percentages. So that would be: (0.2^2) * 0.25 * (0.75^3) * 0.5625 * 0.525 = 0.001245… This doesn’t take into account the turn that Bread broke through or the turns where paralysis and flinch were both options that produce the same outcome (that being Bread not being able to move). So realistically the odds are probably closer to about 0.5% but I can’t be bothered to figure out how to calculate that exactly so less than 1% is good enough

[@AmberF2]

That tinnitus buzz on the final move against Lance legitimately raised my heart rate

[@Ephydament]

Hey DrHG! I have a challenge for you. Do a hardcore nuzlocke using only pokemon with F, H or G as the first letter of their name. Any game you want. Or... don't. I don't know. But I do know I should thank you for all your nuzlockes so far. Good job doctor.

[@nablamakabama488]

That sounds fun. Letterlock could be the new thing. He could just take any short word and than catch only Pokémon with the letters from the word. And starting with FHG makes sense. I still want my ungulates run, but letterlock is cool too.

[@Teaandephemery]

There's only so difficult it'll be, considering he'll be allowed Flygon, Heracross and Gyrados 😉 But letterlock in general would be cool. I wonder which letter has the strongest pokemon overall?

[@adizMMZ]

​@@Teaandephemerymaybe he'll be allowed Flygon, but how would he evolve Trapinch and Vibrava? Also FHG makes him locked with just Feebas 🤣

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

Outside of Heracross and Scizor, Johto has absolute dog water for bug types

[@misters6749]

Pineco and his big brother included?

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

​@@misters6749more mid than anything else

[@Bugboy_8]

Shoutout to the best Pokémon, Yanmaaa. KEEPING IT REAAAAAL since 2001..

[@noahtaylor1721]

@@misters6749Probably the worst bug/steel type besides wormadam trash cloak

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

​@@Bugboy_8Yanma by itself is fine but I consider Yanmega more a Sinnohnian Pokemon than anything else

[@vorsutus7615]

Impeccable narration over a fun run as always, but that poem for Casserole over the Halo monks absolutely blew me away. Seriously, kudos Dr HG, your passion for your work is not unnoticed and man have I been enjoying a slow binge of your videos

[@lilsunny7399]

The Heracross Show: ft. some bugs

[@thecatherd]

I absolutely adore the narratives, running gags and one-off jokes in your videos. Seeing your humor come through makes these runs uniquely yours. Never change, man.

[@PancakebatterLuigi]

Lances 2nd dragonite was the true final boss of the run, he meditated in a clover field for 12 hours before this video.

[@red-eyessolares1817]

I don’t know if FlygonHG knows this, but by the time you defeat Falkner you can potentially get Sitrus Berries and even some of the powerful items like Choice Scarf from Mom thanks to getting access to Rock Smash early. You use Rock Smash the rock in Violet City which gives access to the Shards which you can trade with the Juggler, and you can then sell items like the Revives and Star Pieces which can allow you to get the items from Mom sooner.

[@tatarashi]

before gen 5, most bug types were just one cough away from dying

[@Fanimati0n]

Yeah, there were only a handful of good ones. Scyther, Scizor, Heracross & Pinsir are really the only ones that come to mind off the bat. Gen 5 did WONDERS for them

[@dntremad8290]

​@@Fanimati0n You sure about that? Cause gen 5 bugs also suck ass. The only good ones are Volcarona which lets be real gets hard carried by Quiver Dance otherwise too much stuff would easily outspeed and tank hits (Quiver Dance is so busted it made Venomoth really good) and Scolipede which sucked very hard until it got one of the most broken abilities in the game. Seriously, speed boost? Imagine an actual good pokemon getting that, we saw that with Blaziken

[@cartooncritic7045]

@@dntremad8290 Galvantula is a great Pokemon with a good type and movepool. It evolves fairly soon after catching it in many of the games you can find wild Joltik. Crustle has solid bulk and can Shell Smash sweep without too much trouble. Even Leavanny can pop off in the right circumstances. It's still not great but it's considerably better than any of the early-game Bugs of prior generations.

[@dntremad8290]

@@cartooncritic7045 Sure but thats a low bar set anyway. Gen 5 having something better in bug types doesn't mean much when only two bug types prior to gen 5 were good, Heracross and Scizor. And all the bugs you mentioned do not do much in competitive or playthrough teams. I like galvantula but unfortunately its terrible despite having decent stats at first glance Edit: Also forretress. Forretress was very good between gens 2-5. It wasn't practical to use in playthroughs but it was a competitive star

[@cartooncritic7045]

@@dntremad8290 If we’re going to be talking shit about Gen 5 Bug types for playthrough teams Galvantula is so much better than Scolipede and it’s not close. You’re also just never getting Volcarona in a playthrough of BW1 because Larvesta evolves so late; at least BW2 lets you catch a free one with no extra caveats. Even then, Galvantula gives you a basically free Skyla and Marlon and can be good in the Plasma and League battles.

[@GumyShark]

pineco/forretress is one of my favorite lines, always happy to see it used!

[@XyrnaTheTrainer]

Just as the overall quality of your videos have gone up, I’ve very much enjoyed the evolution of pacing and editing style from you and your editors. Your videos only keep getting better. Thanks for another great video and happy holiday!

[@NintenJoe09]

The choice of naming them after thanksgiving food, plus poison type was genius. Food poisoning.

[@layachaz7318]

So glad to see Heracross showing us what terror is. It was a shame that we didn't get to see scyzor in action as well though

[@casperbinnett8265]

I am having the saddest Thanksgiving ever right now and this really helped cheer me up. In college on the other side of the country from my family, small college, dining hall open once all break between 10-2 today to serve some to-go thanksgiving meals. Only they miswrote it, it closed at 1, i got there at 1:10. I got handed a pre pakaged "salad," no car to get groceries, im eating lettuce with parmesan cheese in my dorm room, no family or freinds in the state. But i do love some bug types and im sure ill laugh about this in a few years from now haha, thanks Flygon HG!

[@casperbinnett8265]

Oh they also forgot to give me a fork so I ate my salad with chopsticks. GREAT VIDEO STILL

[@MadameTeqi]

This is a very late response but I hope your college experience has been better since then. Time without family and under such bad conditions, it must suck.

[@JJ-me5sg]

Ah, the Frodo scream fade to black on Bugsy’s Scyther was gold.

[@MadameTeqi]

THANK YOU. I knew that scream was from someone but I had no clue where

[@Hex17alv]

Astounding quality as always! I love how much passion, love and attention to details you put into EVERY video. You are a bright example of what KZbinrs must aspire to be! ❤ ❤ Much love and my continued support Mr Dr One-ball HG

[@jinxmeys]

flygon i discovered your channel at the start of the year and i cannot put in words how much joy your content has brought me over the past months. whenever i see that you’ve uploaded i settle down with a snack and get ready to enjoy a silly yet thrilling adventure that never fails to make me laugh. thank you for the amazing year!

[@kirapipikirapika]

i've recently been binging your videos to listen to while doing other things, and i just have to say that your script writing is so engaging that i just end up get absorbed in the story-telling you do in these runs! the way you play the game is also *very* satisfying. seeing strategies in nuzlockes is surprisingly rare in my experience. not to mention major hats off for actually making me wanna try playing a nuzlocke again after sweeping to winnona in oras lol

[@lightningstrike3346]

This is perfect timing I was hoping for something pokemon related and FlygonHG always comes in clutch

[@MultiEpique]

I was just thinking about how much I'd love a new bug challenge. And then I see this. Thanks Flygon, you always deliver.

[@CaptainJack67]

A Bugs Life is a classic, the clips were perfection

[@danielhale1]

I'm most thankful for the deepest, most terrifying pit of hell where the Random Number Generator goes after every pokemon run ♥ Congrats on another really cool and successful challenge run!

[@aLime404]

I did a Bug run of this game, and it felt a lot like Dr. Oneball’s experience. I will say that if you also have a Yanmega with speed boost, LEAVE DETECT ON YOUR SET! It lets you get a free speed boost on Crobat and Dragonite.

[@clanedogg1]

What a feeling when Flygon releases a run you’re currently in the middle of yourself. Feels like divine intervention.

[@ndr8128]

Thankful for you and this channel! It’s been one of my favorite things to watch recently

[@stankmongerjones]

Always elated when you upload, Doc! Keep it up and if you're still doing requests, I'd like to see a playthrough that uses Sandstorm Pokémon only (Rock, Ground, and Steel) i think a wider range of usable mons would be interesting, especially in a game that is more challenging. Whether you want to limit it to ONLY pokemon who are those three types (like no Swampert or Magnezone) is completely up to you! I just wanna see my three favorite types absolutely go crazy on like US/UM or a high-quality rom hack of your choice. I'm thankful for your channel, king keep ya head up thank you for getting me back into this game series

[@IrfanFakhrianto]

since the second dlc for scarlet and violet is coming out and is said to give a proper challenge, i think doing a "dlc mons only" run of the game where you go all the way to the end of the dlc would be interesting to see

[@TheGodIvy]

...whats the challenge your talking about here? Your basically saying to.complete the DLC

[@IrfanFakhrianto]

​@@TheGodIvydlc only mons

[@tijnkielstra4603]

I was just rewatching your SoulSilver Smeargle only nuzlocke, which to this day must be one of your most impressive runs. Any chance of getting a Smeargle nuzlocke in a more recent gen? Anyway great video as always

[@larsbouwmeester5022]

Found your channel yesterday. I love the content and your humour/editing. Keep it up!

[@onnivinpelzel6368]

I'm glad you make whatever content you enjoy producing and bring attention to cool roms and modes, but your monotype challenges are always going to be my favorite of your content and it makes my day whenever you post one!

[@connorradcliffe1769]

congrats on that win, although couldn't detect have avoided the thunder?

[@mackwight3235]

Yanmaga had choice specs. Would have been locked into detect and unable to attack

[@sourcandy7608]

Just in time for my train ride home. Thanks Flygon!

[@briansherrod1916]

Bug types in these games are such a struggle but I will say my Heracross was always MVP. Great video as always!

[@nicholasschneider2478]

Love all the Bugs Life cut screens 😂 thanks for the smiles Flygon

[@banditrests]

I feel like most challenge runners love bug/poison/terrible mons and that is kinda what gets them into the space. Heracross has always been one of my favorite. Except flygon is great lol.

[@danieldavies3092]

I did this run a LONG time ago so I'm happy to see it here

[@M1eXcel]

Absolutely loved the Taylor Swift reference at around 5:00 during the bugsy fight 😂😂

[@Antwantheswan69]

The A Bugs Life blooper made this video absolutely perfect

[@patonosequecosa]

It buggs me how underrated this type is

[@Spilner15]

Great run! The A Bug’s Life clips were especially fitting, haha. Fun-themed nicknames too.

[@nibbletman]

The humour has been absolutely on point recently, really enjoying the content

[@flintluz1789]

Bug types are goated, lets go.

[@addrodyn5374]

Would love to see a poison monotype run of Emerald!

[@maxvanderhoning8375]

It looks like you had a lot of fun making this video, making it even more fun to watch. Great work HG, the best pokétuber

[@rizu-kun9687]

Well I'm greatful to you, Dr. OneBall HG. Your videos have kept me company through some pretty rough times and I appreciate the laughter brought by the puppet shows, the pronunciations, and the Nosey saga. Enjoy the end of the year and I'll look forward to what the future will bring.

[@aaronrodgers6683]

Happy thanksgiving everyone 🦃

[@karlamotsch5831]

Bugs are underrated af

[@LoraOredson]

Only three minutes in and so far, you’re editing has been top-notch. The clips of frying the Togepi and the news report saying “Man stabbed record number of times” was so funny.

[@vorpalpizza3250]

That cut to the scrambled eggs was devious🤣🤣🤣 2:55

[@chrissythekid0907]

For anyone wondering, the percentage total of all those things happening is roughly 0.12%...

[@thatonellama7869]

It’s buggin time 🎷🐛

[@justanoreo2.0]

What a great video for thanksgiving, being people up with the creepy crawlies coming for your feet

[@BasedSham]

I always love seeing my favorite pokemon flex so hard. Great job to Gravy and the rest of the thanksgiving squad

[@42sigma30]

Yo! Buggy Boys!

[@Rexonow]

You should have used detect with Yanmega to get the speed boost and then used ancient power. You either could have lived and killed dragonite or made it a guarantee kill with heracross.

[@alejandro_rodriguez_99]

How? It had a choice specs

[@Rexonow]

@@alejandro_rodriguez_99 shittt I think you’re right

[@JAEVideogroup]

Fantastic video as usual. Thank you for all the insane amount of work you do just to make strangers on the Internet smile

[@LTDextel]

Loved the Bug's Life clips in your bug nuzlocke

[@pumpkinarthur]

Actually bugs do hatch from eggs...

[@H3XM4N1AC]

No they don't, stop it, let him believe what he wants, if bugs don't hatch from eggs, then bugs don't hatch from eggs. We believe whatever Mr Flygon says.

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

WHY DID YOU HAVE TO REMIND ME OF BYE BYE BUTTERFREE?!!

[@wolverineminer]

Pop goes the weasel was originally about making hats. The "weasel" was a tool used to shape felt, so "when that's the way the money goes, pop goes the weasel," or when youre broke, go to work.

[@patricklynch4074]

I love the weak option runs, its fun seeing you work through the late game when you only have weak options

[@asteroid_field]

26:20 made me laugh so fucking hard 😭 fantastic video happy thanksgiving dr oneballhg

[@justaperson8381]

This video might have some of my favourite bits from you. The scrambled egg and the "record number of stab wounds" made me choke on my water.

[@denangriv]

I love all your videos, they are simply not that long and so incredible funny! Keep with the drama and jokes, you are doing great

[@coltonxq2723]

I don’t always comment or like your videos but I watch them all and I love your content thanks for another great video!

[@ghetsispokemongaming8942]

Knowing the lore behind that bit with the Venonat plushie makes it 10 times funnier

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Awesome video Didn't expect Red to be that easy but deserved it after the Lance fight

[@KaTdRaGoNn]

Been sitting in your channel foaming at the mouth waiting for a new banger vid god bless

[@joonbang2480]

Hey Flygon, great upload as per usual. Kind of anticlimactic thanks to Heracross - blessing and a curse. I’d like to suggest trying a “Fearless” Nuzlocke. Usual hardcore rules apply, but after each Gym battle all your Pokemon “die.” Really grindy without candies, but it adds a nice spin - lots more thought when team building, but still punishes you for careless deaths. Am currently running one on FRLG :)

[@GavinbuckinReed]

I love watching these videos, especially when I'm not feeling well

[@thecubanbear5840]

My favorite type

[@AbsoluteZero1313]

THAT was what you needed the Venonat plushie for!? 😂

[@zeroesandones4145]

The casserole sacrifice prophecy poem was so good 🔥🔥🔥

[@PuppetsByPalmieri]

Bug types are some of my favs can’t wait for this run!

[@hypez4692]

R.e the weasel bit. So I live in the UK, I learnt a song as a kid "half a pound of tuppenney rice, half a pound of treacle, put it together and what have you got? Pop goes the weasel." Sounds bad for the weasel, I guess. Great vid as always!

[@JcookiezGaming]

When you devastated all of team rocket and your rival. The president: ITS A REPLAY OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION

[@oranqedemon]

so happy to find out what you needed the venonat plush for

[@dahuntre]

Excellent uses of Bug’s Life, including the “bloopers”

[@birbknight]

My job forced me to miss both chances of Thanksgiving with my family, so I'm happy to see this funny af video in my feed. I thank you. 👌😩

[@christianbolner3609]

Your awesome man love these runs and that episode of the anime always makes me cry

[@roachdawgjr]

I snort laughed at the scrambled egg bit. Madd my day

[@christopherbohan1451]

11:40 "It's kind of a hat on the hat situation in runs like this, and only morons wear multiple hats." TARNISH NOTTE THE *MAJESTY* OF MY *TOWER* OF *HATS!*

[@blackdoomduck]

The weasel refers to your Sunday best. Pop goes the weasel is pawning off your Sunday best to make ends meet during the week, before buying it back for church on Sunday. So Clair is probably the weasel in this scenario

[@ilovegarradors]

FlygonHG: *sees horse* cow. *sees alligator* frog. Me: Sure, let's go with that.

[@jackvogel701]

Love your humor flygon keep being yourself

[@starryfae]

the lance fight was sooo rough... omg very well done in the end

[@justinperez976]

The fact that the venonat plushie you tweeted about was for that .3 second clip makes it entirely worth the money and trouble

[@Omonomogon]

Mans just keeps getting funnier and funnier with every video. The peak is nowhere near in sight.

[@foxburrows]

Happy Thanksgiving, FlygonHG! Today, I’m thankful for Poppy. And you’re alright, too.

[@donaldtNS]

I'll admit it: @3:33 had me laughing until I started coughing. Happy Thanksgiving Dr. OneBall, I named a Flygon I caught today in your honour for a project I'm working on.