Pokémon Red/Blue Hardcore Nuzlocke - GRASS TYPES ONLY! (No items, No overleveling)

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The question is, can I beat a Pokemon Hardcore Nuzlocke challenge in Blue version using only Grass types? Well, it's a short question, but with a long answer, get some popcorn and a beverage and hope you enjoy.
Rules of the challenge:
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the Type 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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[@JeremiahAndJordan]

Please see my commet

[@kylegravel5298]

Can you do a soul silver/heart gold nuzlock plz ?

[@MegaGeewee]

Ah yes, the best grass types: Venusaur, worse Venusaur, better Venusaur, dead insect, spaghetti, and eggs

[@jwatts94]

👌👌

[@Afghan-Footballer]

👌👌

[@jordywatson1179]

But venasuar is the best grass in gen 1 tho

[@GyroNutz]

@@jordywatson1179 serious answer, Exeggutor is by far the best Grass Pokemon in gen 1. Victreebel and Venusaur compete for second place, with Venusaur having better bulk and Victreebel having better offenses + Wrap.

[@jordywatson1179]

@@GyroNutz no it's terrible sorry for the serious answer but it's true fact that when used it can't compete to something bulcky especially how it doesn't get very good moves in gen 1 and it's typing doesn't really help it any with weaker defense I mean yes venasuar is more of a personal choice but it's a far better choice than Exeggutor

[@pedro-e-o-lobo]

I just love this channel's visual identity

[@caseydemarco8882]

@@rajeetdave I noticed that too, that was a dope thing to do, guy works hard for our entertainment and it is appreciated!

[@solovelynaturals]

LOL I just LOVE you loosing your temper lol 🤣🤣

[@jacoblawton7716]

Wrap is pretty broken, but it has two major drawbacks that kept it from being too competitively viable in gen 1. First of all, that 15% miss chance. Since wrap is so weak, you’re going to have to use it a lot, so you’re almost guaranteed to miss one or two. Second, it’s only really cheap if you outspeed the opponent. The fastest mon that gets it I think is tentacruel, at something like base 90 speed. It’s reasonably fast, but not faster than the biggest threats of gen 1, namely Tauros, alakazam, and gengar, all of which can hit it super effectively. Other than that, you could try to set up agility on dragonite and use wrap, but then you’re forced to set up, and if you miss, a lot of mons were packing ice beam/blizzard back in the day. On the whole, other stuff was just more effective than wrap, but it was very good and kinda game breaking against AI.

[@BaconEater666]

Accuracy up/Evasiveness down moves go brrrrr

[@SaryTheWolf]

@@BaconEater666 What Accuracy up/Evasiveness down moves. Gen 1 didn't have any.

[@priestesslucy]

Pst, Tentacruel is base 100 speed

[@SaryTheWolf]

@@priestesslucy It's still outsped by Tauros, Alakazam and Gengar.

[@ExperincewithFiction]

Agility dragonite

[@Brutalmetal93]

How is the weight loss journey going man? That's what made me initially subscribe and was a big motivator. Keep us updated

[@theinsanegamer1024]

I've kind of wanted to do this with bug types, but start with one of the version exclusives so I can start with a bug type and have more possible team members.

[@rohanacharya3873]

Misty doesn't have a psychic move on Starmie in FR/LG either (Rapid Spin, Swift, Recover, Water Pulse)

[@beta511ee4]

Let’s Go is the only game where her Starmie actually has a Psychic move.

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

@@beta511ee4 So... She doesn't have a Psychic move in the actually challenges, but in the literal baby games she does? What? How does that make sense?

[@slashb7836]

@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 LGPE (and a lot of the newer games, tbh) actually tend to have quite a few challenging battles, especially if you impose any kind of challenge rules on yourself (espexially level caps)

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

@@slashb7836 No, Let's Go is super easy. No matter what. I'll give you the other games, though.

[@slashb7836]

@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 they're overall pretty easy, not denying that, but there are a fair few battles that are surprisingly troublesome. From the OHKO move spammers several levels above where you'd reasonably be at that point, to just general better move variety on some bosses, there's some surpsing hurdles.

[@Mega11683]

God, I'm doing a monotype right now and while it was hard at first, slight modifications to the rules had to be made since it happened to be a fire run. Luckily, my team is ready to commit arson in Viridian City now.

[@hanezutchins2786]

I failed a Bug monotype nuzlocke in Crystal today so I started a Ground monotype about 3 hours ago. I currently have a Geodude, a Wooper and a Sandshrew

[@dude86264]

I've been playing casual monotype runs in crystal and gold. Using poison types in crystal and flying types in gold.

[@internetontheperson7550]

Been trying to do a steel monotype run on B2, after 13 pityful attempts of wiping near the 7th gym and resetting, decided to take a break Now I'm doing my 1st ever casual run of US, with only gen 6 and 7 mons (as I've never played through any game past gen 5)

[@averyedwards9887]

Challenge ideas: Pokémon Silver with only water types (including Kanto) Pokémon Black with only monotypes (no dual types)

[@yommmrr]

Finally someone who knows what monotype means!

[@inferno9237]

@@yommmrr well, a monotype pokemon and a monotype team are different. monotype team means the entire team has one mutual type, but monotype itself means a pokemon has one type. so it's not really like most people don't know what it means, they just think of a monotype team instead of a monotype pokemon.

[@RuvaRoyale]

Dual types are good tho!

[@klhx]

Wow. One minute ago. That’s actually kinda cool.

[@maxgosse4647]

Love how broke the gen 1 mechanics are, the old sprites, the mono colours for each route *happy tear*

[@naraiceylob]

I would have thought that delaying as much stat experience as possible till you can drug up in cerulean(where you can choose where you want your stat experience) would be more optimal than grinding on level 2s.

[@dantemalick2872]

Gen 1 doesnt have a total cap it's only per stat

[@heath8377]

Excited to catch a new video as a new viewer!

[@mjf2891]

I did an all clefairy run on fire red. Yes, it was as miserable as it sounds

[@garyoak835]

Ngl I am a genwunner. I feel a strong sense of nostalgia for it despite its prevalent imperfections

[@DvonDowell]

Wrap + Hyper Beam = 👌

[@twilightrosegaming4896]

duuuude from what ive seen your gonna be live on my birthday on twitch! ill def be tuning into that

[@dtcc2k9]

Actually beedrill can learn pin missed in gen 1 but yeah beedrill is still the only bug in gen 1 to learn it and jolteon is the only non bug to learn it in gen 1 as well

[@corbettdaae4083]

Grass types are fairly strong in this game. I’d be surprised if it’s more than two attempts. Comments are good for the KZbin algorithm

[@katie.hin.1318]

It might take a bit more because of Sabrina. Half of his team is going to be weak to psychic after all and i don't know if Parasect gets any good Bug type moves in gen 1.

[@DCC_Jeephunk]

Got here less than 10 minutes after upload, so that was pretty cool

[@kingcaz1990]

my guess is about 3 attempts. Sabrina will be a hard point due to the Plosion type being common among Grass types in gen 1

[@alessandromazzini7026]

There also Blaine Fire type Gym, i think One of the deaths Will be Sabrina and One blaine

[@coriseoris]

If Obama was a grass type gym leader his name would be Growbama

[@swampert564]

Good old Bulbasaur.

[@jiwonyun2115]

Pin missile is not exclusive to Jolteon. Beedrill also learns it but why teach pin missile when you have a better move?

[@derek3231]

Disagree about ev’s being better than stat exp. Ev’s are definitely better competitive battling, but for a play through I thing stat exp is much less of a pain. If you want to control your ev’s you still have to grind, and if you don’t, every ev in a stat you don’t want is at the expense of the stat you do want. Better to just be able to battle anything and not have to run away from half the encounters.

[@derek3231]

I also find that the ev system disincentivizes the games most basic mechanics. It makes me not want to switch to a water type to deal with a rock type because I don’t want the defense ev’s on my special attacker at the expense of special attack ev’s. Therefore my only options are to be annoyed that my reward for playing smart is that my pokemon is worse off, or bore myself to death grinding. Better off to be able to just enjoy playing knowing my Pokémon get all the stat exp. My solution would be to switch ev gain from the pokemon defeated to the move used, I think it makes more sense for a pokemon to get better at the types of moves it uses.

[@LetortAngler]

Been waiting for this one!!

[@DDMYT]

Jesus, I know that Victribell is the most OP grass type in gen 1 but GODDAMN! That thing carried the team for so long!

[@colbyschmidek4506]

That title actually belongs to Exxegutor. It's the 4th best Pokemon in the game outside of Mew and Mewtwo.

[@TheMan-jf5jv]

I respect your work dude because i know that all your videos take weeks to get everything together. good job my good sir...

[@Bannacat]

This is my first time watching a Pokémon Nuzlock

[@TheSkymane]

Should have named the Bellsprout “Pawrappa” cause that boi was a WRAP GOD!

[@alexanderzack3720]

moves like wrap were so busted in this gen.... 1. locks opponent out of moves 2. if the first damage crits, all consecutive ones do as well

[@christopherjohnson9057]

for this game, you could have set up the Toxic/Leech Seed bug, which is totally legal, lol. in the old game, both of these move use the same formula so using them together works in dealing more damage faster. I plan on it when I get my current playthroughs of new games finished, :)

[@elirantuil5003]

A wise man once said: "should have played around the crit"

[@siegeheavenly3601]

Nice Halo 3 reference on the day the Xbox360 Halo servers are permanently shut down.

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

Yeah honestly I had no idea that was happening, freak coincidence and unfortunate that the servers were finally taken down.

[@Cam-hs1qi]

is it to soon to ask for more bdsp nuzlockes?

[@syndere6755]

Since you mentioned it, how about a Normal type nuzlocke of Gen 1? Maybe not immediately, since you just did Gen 1, but you know. Also, while I'm here, how about a Pokemon Ranger: Shadows of Almia Professor Oak Challenge?

[@bfrd1989]

I'd be surprised if you would need a reset but I say this at the start of the video

[@bfrd1989]

So close to a deathless You had plus 4 and I think gyrados lowered your defence with leer, awesome run

[@goldbatter7317]

This mans a true Pokemon fan.

[@brandonsoto7225]

Forgot how horrifying these battle sprites were

[@azeemsiddiqui4764]

Charizard doesn't learn Flamethrower until level 46.

[@Sam-cd9jz]

6 attempts. 9 deaths. nice

[@codangarrison1195]

Why did you have to do this

[@randomeman3]

Ohh interesting pick

[@ladygodiva2762]

Love the new style and the videos 🥰👍👍👍👍

[@Joel97_]

Wrap and all trapping moves are not that obnoxious in competitive gen 1, since you can still switch out and everytime you do, you waste an PP of the opponent and it checks for accuracy again. You can use those turns to wake up your slept Pokemon(if needed) and also you usually switch to bulky Pokémon that don't care that much about getting some wraps, like Starmie, Chansey and Snorlax, and in worse scenarios, Alakazam or Tauros. You also need to keep in mind that the best user of Wrap (Dragonite), is only 80 speed, and needs to find an opportunity to come in, don't get paralyze or take an ice beam/blizzard. Other users exist but they are more niche/not used, Moltres and Cloyster are your other best options if anything. The former needs to be careful, since it's weak to Ice still and the latter it's mostly used to gain some momentum, not to sweep with Clamp. All of that needs to be added that usually those teams are a bit more lackluster and have a harder time checking Starmie/Zam or Tauros There is probably some other things that I forgot to mention but, long story short, they are not *that* annoying, but played perfectly and with a bit of luck, they could win some games

[@waynoinsaneo]

Quickest I've ever jumped on a video

[@shankarbalmiki4174]

Can you do a randomizer hardcore Nuzlocke

[@dantemalick2872]

Didnt you break cap during Erica's battle

[@anshkumar769]

Uhh can anybody tell me why it was showing that mega drain was showing not very effective against rival's gyarados in the champion hall?

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

So Gen 1 is held together by spit and a wish, it still does neutral damage, it just shows super/not very effective text based on the secondary typing of the Pokemon, hence why that occurs.

[@crimsonknight4713]

Hey chaotic loved the videos and your work. If you are up to request I was thinking a brilliant Diamond shining Pearl run but with only Stone evolution mons

[@adamqjsmith]

now this is epic

[@crimsonknight4713]

Hey chaotic got a fun monotype run that I attempted and won but still was hard as heck. Wanted to see how you could handle a BDSP mono flying type nuzlock

[@alolandugtrios]

yeeeeah my boy tangela showin out at the end!!

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

Tangela is good. It even managed to beat almost all of Rival A's Pokémon in the final battle. Only exception being Charizard.

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Great video Should do Johto Grass playthrough as is terrible for them

[@kairegrant8581]

Hi I was just wondering if you could do a professor oak challenge in pokemon emerald multiplayer

[@cosmicdjinn1743]

Would love to see a nuzlock of dragon warrior monster terry’s adventure. It was kinda like Pokémon but way better in my opinion.

[@alessandromazzini7026]

My Guess Is a maximum of 3 attempts, the psychic Gym Will be hard, blane's Gym too

[@mattmckay9600]

Does anyone know why Giovanni the ground type gym leader's badge is a feather

[@dsklizzle]

I totally forgot how cursed the gen1 sprites were

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

Haunter was one of the cool ones.

[@taipaulsen4347]

Drew Sklar yeah at least yellow fixed them tho unfortunately not the terrible back sprites

[@marklamont9401]

Masterball on Tangela...oh my soul ... haha

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

It was the last encounter, figured I already had it so why waste it.

[@gordonfreemanlaw]

Love the monólocks keep them up :)

[@thesaltyweeb]

Victreebel and Tangela MVPS!!!

[@Tonkaonaja]

Can you do Shining Pearl Hardcore nuzlocke Fire type only ? (With National dex)

[@geneticwolf8571]

Sad you did not do badge boosting or setting up on dragonite

[@freakzdota8648]

love all u video..... i hope u do more POC coz i like it so much... new sub form malaysia..

[@gabr.7878]

I love the older games

[@ghostein.stereo]

Prediction: 3 Pokemon die but win on attempt 2

[@jonforget]

Is a Poison type Nuzlocke possible in Red/Blue?

[@luizbezerra4373]

My favorite type! Instaliked :D

[@LetortAngler]

Please upload more like this.

[@charlottesfunandfreechannel]

When you gonna do professor Oak challenge in fan game pokemon uranium Yes you have catch all the uranium pokemon even if dosent add anything to the pokemon dex If you do this challenge can you name your starter Lanphin

[@petercross1879]

Until gen 4, the grass types best move was razor leaf

[@pixel3042]

solar beam/giga drain

[@leekit8951]

Leaf Blade and Magical Leaf were Gen 3 my guy

[@taipaulsen4347]

@@pixel3042 I would say razor leaf is better than giga drain. Sure giga does more damage, but it only gets 5 pp gen 3

[@johncalabro8710]

Grass only Emerald Would be great

[@elbartoWasTaken]

Can someone explain why he grinds in route 1?

[@JeremiahAndJordan]

If meatball sees this please add the platinum oak challenge. If you could that would be great. Please see this :(

[@lemmygamer1884]

Me waiting for the radical red Professor Oak’s Challenge

[@Chunkosaurus]

Why didn't you use spore more since sleep is grotesquely broken in gen 1

[@pigglewiggle175]

PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!! do a dough-nation train for every time you use a word with the letter 'e' in it!!!!!

[@CharlieBrown-fp7iu]

chaotic meatball can you do a pokemon insurgence professor oak challenge

[@chaosgaming4070]

Man Wrap in Gen 1 were annoying because of the opponent to using it and the accuracy it has.

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

Gen 1 Wrap OP.

[@arisia8622]

3 attempts, 5 losses

[@kjinu6512]

0 Resets 0 Deaths is my guess 👌

[@randompokemonstuffandmore4445]

Can you do water type only run in kanto next

[@bdsp7268]

1 attempts. 69 losses.

[@bdsp7268]

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[@ananaspizza7014]

I think it'll take you 2 tries and you'll loose 14 pokemon.

[@ananaspizza7014]

wow i was really wrong, im doing a leaf green nuzlocke and I've already lost 12 pokemon after 2 badges. I guess im just a noob lol

[@codangarrison1195]

Excuse me what!!!!!! Gust is normal type in gen 1

[@ChaoticMeatballTV]

So are Karate Chop and Bite! It's quite a weird thing to remember.

[@codangarrison1195]

@@ChaoticMeatballTV I knew about karate chop and bite but GUST of all things

[@johncalabro8710]

@@ChaoticMeatballTV I will say Bite becoming dark never made sense to me. I get Karate Chop and Gust

[@FalscheHoffnungen]

Why dont hardcore nuzlockes use the average level of a gym leaders pokemon instead of their max leveled one and the same amount of pokemon?

[@DanoM316]

Emm meatball Ratata isn’t effected by stun spore

[@low_vibration]

Finally!

[@officerdiamond245]

USUM poc?

[@3gbros943]

Only two?!

[@mindustrial]

To much hate vs Gen 1. Gen 1 best gen!

[@javierhuertanavarro531]

Awesome

[@jaydub5500]

First try is my guess

[@dracosteven4524]

Yea.

[@moisgatoscool5470]

Yo cuando escuché Bruno:no se habla de Bruno no no no no se habla de brunooooo 🤣

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

Pepa: We don't talk about Bruno, no, no, no We don't talk about Bruno, but It was my wedding day Félix: It was our wedding day Pepa: We were getting ready And there wasn't a cloud in the sky Félix: No clouds allowed in the sky Pepa: Bruno walks in with a mischievous grin Félix: Thunder! Pepa: You telling this story or am I? Félix: I'm sorry, mi vida, go on Pepa: Bruno says, "It looks like rain" Félix: Why did he tell us? Pepa: In doing so, he floods my brain Félix: Abuela, get the umbrellas Pepa: Married in a hurricane Félix: What a joyous day but anyway Both: We don't talk about Bruno, no, no, no We don't talk about Bruno Dolores: Hey, grew to live in fear of Bruno stuttering or stumbling I can always hear him sort of muttering and mumbling I associate him with the sound of falling sand, sh, sh, sh It's a heavy lift with a gift so humbling Always left Abuela and the family fumbling Grappling with prophecies they couldn't understand Do you understand? Camilo: A seven-foot frame, rats along his back When he calls your name it all fades to black Yeah, he sees your dreams and feasts on your screams (Hey) All: We don't talk about Bruno, no, no, no (We don't talk about Bruno, no, no!) We don't talk about Bruno (We don't talk about Bruno) Señora Pezmuerto: He told me my fish would die, the next day, dead (No, no) Osvaldo: He told me I'd grow a gut and just like he said (No, no) Priest: He said that all my hair would disappear, now, look at my head (No, no) All: Your fate is sealed when your prophecy is read Isabela: He told me that the life of my dreams Would be promised, and someday be mine He told me that my power would grow Like the grapes that thrive on the vine Alma: Óye, Mariano's on his way Dolores: He told me that the man of my dreams Would be just out of reach Betrothed to another It's like I hear him, now Isabela: Hey sis, I want not a sound out of you Dolores: It's like I can hear him now, I can hear him, now Mirabel: Um, Bruno Yeah, about that Bruno I really need to know about Bruno Gimme the truth and the whole truth, Bruno Camilo: Isabela, your boyfriend's here All: Time for dinner A seven-foot frame, rats along his back (It was my wedding day, it was our wedding day ) When he calls your name it all fades to black (We were getting ready and there wasn't a cloud in the sky) Yeah, he sees your dreams and feasts on your screams (Bruno walks in with a mischievous grin) You telling this story or am I? Óye, Mariano's on his way Bruno says, "It looks like rain" (He told me that the man of my dreams would be just out of reach) In doing so, he floods my brain (Betrothed to another, another) Married in a hurricane (And I'm fine, and I'm fine, and I'm fine, I'm fine) He's here Don't talk about Bruno, no Mirabel: Why did I talk about Bruno? All: Not a word about Bruno Mirabel: I never shoulda brought up Bruno

[@siama222]

Post more video chaotic

[@alessandromazzini7026]

1 death at elite 4 maximum

[@thefierybrib]

The screaming rant at 17:06 is so very ugly and uncomfortable, and in addition to this is also false, because Pin Missile is NOT exclusive to Jolteon: Beedrill too learns it. I'm almost sorry to feed the algorithm by writing this down, because such an obnoxious-to-hear, wrong tantrum is more than enough for me to blacklist the channel. Mistakes are not a problem per se, we are all failable humans, and being annoyed at stupidity (or faking so for the sake of the acting) is so very understandable, but the arrogance of how the two were mixed produced an unbearably irritating result.

[@1musamune]

I predict 4 attempts