Pokémon Ruby Hardcore Nuzlocke - BUG Types Only! (No items, No overleveling)

Can I beat a Pokemon Hardcore Nuzlocke challenge in Gen 3 Ruby and Sapphire using only Bug types?
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Nuzlocke rules:
Fainted Pokemon must be permanently boxed
Only the first encounter on any given route may be caught (dupes clause)
All pokemon must be nicknamed
Hardcore Rules:
No items in battle (only held)
No overleveling the next gym leader
#pokemon #nuzlocke #challenge

[@antlerboylive]

What's your favorite bug? *-Misty has left the chat.*

[@modernandvintagegamer1018]

Scolipede man what a boss

[@zesty2538]

Pinsir from HG/SS!

[@AlfredoSauce69]

Centiscorch

[@shanesgang]

Scizor is a chadbug

[@TheSphero]

Volcarona; Movie monster is my favorite theme team and it makes a great Mothra. Yanmga (Megaguiras), Galvantula (Kumonga), Durant (Meganulon), Heracross (Megalon), and Armaldo (Gigan) are all solid reference options too, but the sheer power combined with it coming from a little fluffy baby requiring dedication to train brings Volcarona to the top of the list.

[@barrymanihigh4899]

Moonlight healing more in the sun makes sense it is just reflected sunlight.

[@Brandon-dy8us]

We don't use logic around here

[@bellarue6738]

But consider, witchy moon rock=more health

[@_V.Va_]

Knowledge.

[@r04ch36]

Well in Japanese, Sunny Day is called "Clear Sky" so the Pokémon is basically clears the sky to have more moonlight/sunlight

[@tyknight2488]

Fun fact in the Japanese version of the game sunny day is called clear skies

[@Reir0o]

13:33 you know, moonlight is just sunlight reflected. It actually makes sense that it heals more during sunny day.

[@XIII5]

I feel that shiny pain. I’m doing a mono-water run in shining pearl and I got a shiny machop.

[@citrineshark9240]

o7

[@grey8459]

Shiny clause??

[@XIII5]

@@grey8459 but then it’s not a mono-water run anymore

[@ethanjos]

@@grey8459 machop is my favorite water type

[@maximilian6829]

@@XIII5 Just catch it and trade it to a different game who cares

[@hymasusee8984]

That random first encounter shiny is how you know that you're the main character

[@ff10fire666]

Bug types are my 2nd favourite typing after grass. Doesn't matter which gen I play I always use 1 bug pokemon. One of the reasons why gen 5 is in my top 3 is because of how much they improved the bug typing and introduced my favourite bug Volcarona

[@matthewbrown6573]

Grass type is so great, my favourite type too

[@WorkInProgressX]

Gen 5 and 7 have the pinnacle of bug types.

[@aggressivetrash6084]

Same. Bug type 2nd to dark for me. Also Scolipede is best bug

[@YourNumberOneRated1997Salesman]

I like Leavanny and Scollipede

[@michaelclark2458]

Paras fan eh? hahaha jk

[@colinakersakers44]

I, like you, underestimated Ninjask. Then I used it as (more or less) my starter in Sword one time. He tore through Galar with want and slaughter

[@dorianjareth9198]

wanton slaughter*

[@Kev.in1997]

For clarification: Dupes clause means that you can't catch the same pokémon twice Species clause means you can not catch another pokemon of that species For example when you catch a magicarp, you can't catch another magicarp later on with dupes and species clause But when you find a gyarados you can catch it when you play with only dupes clause (because gyarados is not a magicarp) but you can not catch it when you play with species clause because gyarados evolves from magicarp

[@_V.Va_]

Hardly makes a difference, really

[@zaclittlejohn2701]

silcoon vs cascoon is probably the only time this comes into effect.

[@BrandonKellogg22]

@@zaclittlejohn2701 Yeah and I can only think of Eevee lines and Slowpoke outside of Hoenn within Gen 3. Because everyone uses Slowbro and Slowking

[@AlphaStoutland]

I always have loved Shedinja and Ninjask, thrilled to see them get some spotlight in this run! Impressive that the only two you lost were the Wurmple line 😎

[@ImNotDuck]

Always a good day when antler boy uploads

[@Kok0mi-main]

Yes!!!!!

[@danielrosmanov2525]

Indeed brother

[@czsup8967]

Love it

[@zed311]

and tomorrow is monday

[@deus5535]

yessirr

[@isRispy]

Bugs peaked at Surskit.

[@Thegamergabe4.0]

ah.

[@WIZRAD.]

Surskit goes ah

[@michaelhaverbusch9142]

a

[@natehasenecz4100]

Ever heard of Gen 5 lmao

[@jordanbaker8091]

Ah

[@user-ow2ln3pw7d]

33:36 : Well bef the spec/physical atk split in Gen 4 right after Hoenn oddly enough Ghost type moves were all physical for some reason, so you could have used Screech from the get go with Shedinja to save you the pain of chipping away at Steven's Aggron ! Neverthelss Great video: and even more impressive is to have the dedication to play with bugs in a generation in which they were absolutely awfull, aside Heracross and Scizor ! I tip my hat to you ! :)

[@elisjones4470]

Well done for beating this nuzlocke using one of the worst types in gen 3 yes there are some great bug types in gen 3 such as armaldo or heracross but also there are terrible bug types like volbeat and illumise Also great content as always :)

[@ethanjos]

Volbeat and illumise are amazing in game, just highly technical with encore and baton pass strats

[@ethanjos]

Actually I've just realized Volbeat doesn't get baton pass by level up, yeah it's garbage, illumise is still decent

[@trluqy8987]

but Volbeat get Signal Beam, which js quite a strong bug type move. And there's very limited strong bug type move in the game too

[@soulslicr5743]

Volbeat is one of the 3 pokemon that get access to tail glow tho...

[@superlombax1561]

@@soulslicr5743 Yeah, but that's not very good for Bug type STAB since all Bug moves are physical, so at least in terms of being a Bug type, Volbeat is bad.

[@danielrosmanov2525]

You know when ever I’m bored I usually go to antler boy channel to search around and see your nuzlocke videos which are really good edited your skills and I’m excited when you post something new

[@reishi_gaming7938]

I used ninjask in showdown and that is some broken stuff right there. The only reason that bug is the weakest type is because ice has good offense like froslass and weavile and the fact they have a weather condition and abilities that exploit it. Bugs are still super underrated though because the good ones don’t need that. Keep up the good work.

[@user-ow2ln3pw7d]

A real shame that when Fairy type was introduced they didn't Make Bug super effective vs it like Poison... Bug steel are decent, though quad week to Fire, there are some names such as Scizor and Durant also Excavalier...

[@_V.Va_]

Bug is a weak type because its weaknesses are the most common. 💀

[@_Koyomi_]

I wish they'd buff Ninjask's stats and give it a priority move like Extremespeed

[@RellSpeaks96]

Bro that backup plan for Normal was tough. Excellent utilization of the team. The pivoting to get your setup sweeper in after protect/poison stall didn’t work. That was some grade A stuff Ant

[@joeyteter9383]

Still my favorite typing by far. So I love seeing a new ‘locke with just them bugs

[@Kento617]

You probably knew this but if you held off on evolving Surskit til lvl 25, it would have learned bubblebeam. Just got off work from pulling a double and your videos are one of he few things I look forward to. Thank you for being amazing and keeping the love of Poke'mon alive!

[@tengenuzui5899]

Nice video Antlerboy your content is amazing!!

[@markrobson4060]

This was the run that confirmed @AntlerboyLIVE is the best nuzlocker /pokétuber for me. The strats I've learned from these videos has really helped speed up my runs when trying 2 complete my living dex Awesome job dude!!

[@SSJ22Terris]

Moonlight heals more in "Sunlight" because the move Sunny Day is actually called "Clear Sky" in Japanese. It's supposed to be parting the clouds, more so than bringing in sunlight directly. This of course also means it brings in moonlight indirectly as well.

[@queenielo1759]

5:05 that caught me off guard i’m laughing💀💀💀😂

[@sudiishu2752]

Thanks for uploading ! It feels so better to watch an Antlerboy nuzlocke on my Birthday! :D

[@samuelmadriaga8717]

Another awesome nuzlocke! The FU's really caught me off guard and made me laugh so hard, love the humor!

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

Y'know, chuggaaconroy has been doing that quite a bit in his Pokémon LPs.

[@albertmunt6943]

BUG Types are my favorite.. Type. I love your videos. Every time I go to sleep, I watch your videos.

[@tyralosally1329]

i love that back when i did my monotype buglocke, i literally had the exact same setup and strategy for flannery. My ninjask even got poisoned aswell when i swapped it in on the first slugma. That is hilarious. Thinking about it though this strategy might be 1 out of maybe 2 strategies that would work on flannery.

[@Keydicken]

This was the last video I got to watch before I had to head out to work (early might I add). I always look forward to watching (and rewatching) your videos regardless of my schedule!

[@hassanmahmoud6495]

I love how the E4 was easier than everything before

[@machamp-ion8032]

Enjoy the videos, keep them up. Could you do a ground playthrough for sword next?

[@3two1zero76]

I LOVE watching your channel. Maybe do an inverted type run like FlygonHG did? I'd also like to see a ghost only Alpha Sapphire run--but i'm not sure it's possible with so few encounters. Love your stuff!

[@bizar3904]

Antlerboy I love all your videos 🤩 best nuzlockes on yt

[@sergigamero5496]

Man asap I get out of work I'm watching this. Love to see you playing gen 3 games!!

[@ruleofwtf]

The fact that this Bug-type team beat the Elite 4 without a single death is absolutely incredible considering how often "stronger" types take 50% or more casualties during the E4.

[@greendishatibaia9899]

Holding Surkit from evolving a few levels will give him Bubblebeam, a decent water move. It can also learn Ice beam and it has Intimidade, if you peoperly EV teain it its pretty decent for the run. Finally, it can learn Water Sport, which will be useful in Flannery too. Illumise is also not bad for the run. It has Charm, Encore, Wish/Moonlught, and It can learn Thunderbolt and Water Pulse for coverage.

[@srijanpandey20]

How's it going Antlerboy? Its first time I have ever seen surskit in hoenn original games...man Hoenn is rough for poor bugs

[@antlerboylive]

Going quite well thank you :) Enjoying the summer weather!

[@userWeavile666]

I like the naming choice this time. Love Mario games and their enemies 😄

[@BasedButter737]

Love your videos!! You should do more bug type runs, its my personal favorite type!!

[@pierceddude5040]

You winning this nuzlocke with my favorite pokemon Shedinja just made it that much more enjoyable for me

[@Lil_Ducky43]

How and why is that your favorite Pokémon yeah it’s pretty broken but it’s also pretty vulnerable and weak

[@pierceddude5040]

@@Lil_Ducky43 I like the aesthetic

[@dabmonstr7403]

@@pierceddude5040 how to be based af 101

[@muhamadelfatro9450]

Oh my god!!! Getting crazier and funnier than ever! Damn, really wish Dustox and Beatifly didn't die, imagine beating Pokemon Hoen Region with the Champion having Steel type with your bug type. Looking forward as always for upcoming videos! Hopefully deathless

[@jacobdeweil3553]

Antlerboy never fails with jokes and commentary. You are hilarious mate. I wanna a Grass/Psychic USUM nuzlocke.

[@mentos15]

Moonlight might do more because the light the moon emits actually is just the sun’s light being reflected from the moon

[@redshirtdude4194]

I would love a fire type platinum run. After original Sinnoh hand only two fire types, I think it would be cool to see a run in the updated deck! btw my favorite bugs are Orbeetle and Golisipod

[@pilkkimies]

Heartgold with Ground types would be a nice thing to see

[@chelychan4863]

I've been trying to watch others to through pokemon..but they end up leveling up to like level 50 before even the first boss and still pretends like it's gon be a challenge🤦‍♀️ so I'm definitely gonna subscribe to you and go on a binge watching your content~

[@oofitsxernas9715]

Antler: *runs away* Groudon: soooo I’m just going to keep making more land

[@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643]

Antlerboy: NIGERUNDAYO SMOKEY!

[@sonicdragon813]

In Japanese, Sunny Day is called Clear Skies. This is why Moonlight heals more.

[@StxrryN1ght]

I've found your channel recently and I've been watching all your videos I love your channel

[@johnd3268]

the fufufu bit really got me. nice one lol.

[@jokasthejokas]

That was awesome! I do believe the optimal choice on the Steven fight would have been to leave ilumise to be sacked, in order to get the free switch, but it does feels better to see the entire team come out alive from the E4. Congrats on the win, Shedinja is broken.

[@armaggedon390]

I remember trying Bug Type Hoenn before. Keyword: trying. Watson beat the crap out of me.

[@GelatinCoffee]

"your average boxed legendary" wooooow, what a sick burn. But so true 😂😂, i have never caught a legendary except for the sole reason of completing a pokedex

[@juamzinhomoranguin7721]

25:08 I'VE NEVER THOUGH ABOUT THIS CONVERSATION LIKE THIS AND I CAN'T STOP LAUGHING LMAAOOOO

[@Amelia4111]

Stop typing in all caps!

[@scottatkins6915]

Would love to see either a Poison type run through an alola game, or a run through any game using only non-evolving pokemon

[@komplextes6422]

Always love watching ur nuzlocks

[@_bizmo_fungus_894]

I would love to see another randomizer nuzlock

[@typhoonboom]

5:07, fun fact weavile ccan't learn rock climb

[@antlerboylive]

really? swore it could...

[@Ryuken115]

lets goo

[@nickboon1235]

I was waiting and refreshing my home page for hours. You’ve come! I missed you!

[@BeefieYT]

I don't know if you've done this run already, but I want to see how hard it is to do an electric only run in unova, cause I like magnezone and galvantula

[@grandadmiralbreloom1218]

Honestly, didnt think it was possible. Well done.

[@LightStalker]

Ooh neat, another vid! Honestly, I don’t like evasion strats either, but let’s call a spade a spade here. In a Nuzlocke, you’re the only one whose Pokémon aren’t immortal (unless you have a shiny), so survival at any cost. “You can’t hit me” ain’t as broken as “what’s this dying thing that that kid was talking about?” Anyway, captain storytime here prefers Scizor. I purified Stryke (teenage me: what if we just changed 1 letter?!) in one of the Colosseum games as a Scyther, sent her over to Emerald, evolved her via trade, and she then proceeded to do everything. Battle Frontier fights, 12 total contest ribbons across 2 gens, more postgame Gen 4 fights after another transfer, and basically protagonisting it up like crazy. By the time she was done conquering everything, Scizor was one of my favorite Pokémon of all time.

[@RustyGreen21]

Bug types! I like them, I hope bug type gets better in time Hold up you got a random shiny?!?!?

[@antlerboylive]

yeah, couldve been a Nincada too :(((

[@RustyGreen21]

@@antlerboylive that would’ve been insane:/

[@dabmonstr7403]

@@antlerboylive if you got a random shiny that wasn't the type you had to use you should pkhex a pokemon in your team to become shiny

[@wadian17]

I'm disappointed

[@shogoyamada945]

It’s not meant to get better. It’s meant to be strong early game

[@davidds445]

A bug run without heracross is always harder as he is just super strong, love the love Shedinja got and him being the last match(s) winner was great

[@EchoDoomba]

Shedinja with swords dance and Fury cutter *Chef's kiss* perfect

[@lemonszz._]

bug types are so underated! In my opinions they're so good in early-middle games! In the late games its hard since there are more super effective moves cause of certain moves!

[@taylorleer2760]

Doing an alpha sapphire run right now where I also found…a shiny zigzagoon 🤨🤨🤨 I named her Lucky and she has an adamant nature, never thought I would transfer a mon from 3ds to switch but here we are 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@zesty2538]

I really enjoy watching your nuzlocks and playing pokemon myself at the same time. Keep up the good work man!! Ps: Whats you favorit bug type pokemon? :) mine is Pinsir in Heartgold/Soulsilver a very underrated pokemon you can catch during the bug catch contest. It learns *revenge* at lvl 18 witch can help with Whitneys miltank i does have -4 priority doe but deals massive damage when getting hit by a stomp or a rollout.

[@antlerboylive]

thank you! :) I'm a big fan of Golisopod!

[@kennyford3168]

I would love to see a branch type nuzlocke, caught a pokemon with the same type that you currently have and if it has a secondary type then that branch is open to you.

[@davidlauta8442]

I would suggest a Chronolocke. Its something i came up with, maybe idk if someone already did it, But what it means is that you can only use the pokemon you catch in chronological order and if the any of the first six pokemon you catch faints you HAVE to use the 7th then 8th then 9th and so on. You can use repel to skip through areas you want to catch pokemon, then catch them later on. Although i dont know if you can do this in a setting Harcore nuxlocke since i played in with Harcore rules but only in Shift mode. Its just something i thought of and decided to share if it might piqued your interest.

[@JonJon-pj9ly]

Hey man Im doing that run myself I noticed two things you missed. Delaying Surskit evolving at level 25 grants him Bubblebeam which is pretty decent, since hes of no use at Wattson anyway. He also can learn Ice Beam If you have the money ir the patience. And Illumise could learn either thunderbolt pra Shockwave. Both of these would make Wynona fight a Lot easier. Another one is: that move water sport that no one ever used, you can use It at the first Slugma in Flannery to tank the First Overheat.

[@anirudhshrivastava4502]

i love your content ....i never miss any of your nuzlock videos .....love from india❤♥❤

[@anwa3142]

Nice job on this one! Love the strategies and will definitely help me out with my own nuzlockes. For the next one you should do a psychic only for black and white 2 if you haven’t already done that.

[@pokemankirito]

Bruh am addicted to these vids man,there so fun to watch

[@dexobj]

The dream of all Bug Catcher NPCs. GG!

[@guimon78]

So! The reason Moonlight heals more in the sun is quite simple. In japanese, sunny day is called "clear skies."

[@antlerboylive]

someone else also said its because moonlight is reflected sunlight, but this adds to that :)

[@matthewbrown6573]

When I did mono flying type team for roxanne I literally got 6 rock tomb misses in a row, no evasion strats just really lucky

[@marshmallowgamer2904]

i dont know if this one is done before but sword/shield dark type only run would be cool

[@cullenhutchison6528]

Illumise isn't my absolute favorite or anything, but I still like it decently enough. My favorite Bug type is Araquanid.

[@isaaclim8645]

I prefer Volbeat because it looks more like a firefly.. wish it had fire as it's secondary type though! Illumise would be a cool bug/electric

[@lasorsgopewpew2869]

I remember last night I checked to see if there was a new Video and was like ok maybe tomorrow? Totally not disappointed!

[@FrostFoxMinzer3216]

I do believe Davey would like seeing that "Bug"(the shiny zigzagoon)

[@Saul190]

He does the best nuzlockes

[@SteejMeister]

The fufufu narration had me dead hahaha

[@LuisApenas068]

its so cool seeing my boy(ninjask) being useful in a run

[@rjthepoet500]

Poor Wurmple line 😂 Great run!

[@benewing2701]

I would really like to see a fighting type nuzlocke in legends arceus as I think it would be a good challenge with only 9 encountors

[@Amelia4111]

ENCOUNTERS IS SPELLED WITH 2 E'S, NOT 2 O'S!

[@spaceshipcaptain411]

Wait! If your dad is in his gym, your mom is in front of you... who in God drives the truck??? Challenge idea : Harcore nazlock only single type pokemon

[@v1ncee947]

So he can use any mon?

[@_V.Va_]

A truck driver.

[@lorebanjo8516]

@@v1ncee947 no, only single type pokemon means no dual types

[@v1ncee947]

@@lorebanjo8516 yea you can use any mon that is a single type like Gen 8 starters those are single type

[@RyanFribble]

Not that it helps now, but Illumise could have learned shock wave for the Winona fight

[@denmarkgadia4092]

Well done on this nuzlocke. I enjoy your content. I just wondering if you could try nuzlocke grass type on HG/SS? Most of gyms in Gen 2 were resistant/ strong against grass type. Hope you could take this!

[@uhWizey]

Wow! The night before I set off on a holiday to italy, mr Antlerboy uploads a vid. Amazing!

[@antlerboylive]

ahh, bella Italia! Dove?

[@TheLazyUser]

Well I guess you “Bugged” the gym leaders.

[@knight393]

the emotional damage...when the shiny zig popped up OOF

[@emporer15]

My favorite bug is whatever youtubers use to get shinies easily in their challenge runs.

[@ethandollarhide7943]

Antlerboy: " Do you guys think Illumise has a good design?" Me: " What's an Illumise?

[@jasondaniel983]

6:27 , don't worry about dustox being burned. It just can't thanks to his talent btw.

[@zackhaggerty4574]

Love Your vids

[@Morgadus]

"F me? F U!" Lmao

[@ShadowStorm_The_TrailBlazer]

Yo yo yo its the meatball man with the best jokes I've heard back at it again

[@justjoannak]

As much as I love Gen 3 (mainly Emerald), the fact that most Pokemon get such *TRASH* movesets via level up really brings down the game

[@justjoannak]

Ah! Thanks for the heart

[@jordanhamel6191]

Aside from a singular unnecessary death, this was pretty optimal. Very cool.

[@Kurtoise100]

Moonlight heals more during Sun because the Japanese name of Sunny Day is Clear Skies. So the sun and moon light gets stronger.