Pokémon SoulSilver Hardcore Nuzlocke - As a Rocket Grunt! (No items, No overleveling)

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Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch one Pokémon used by Team Rocket Grunts per 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's ace (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on manual "Set" battle mode
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[@MarshiMelly]

the part in the end where he dressed up as Giovanni and threw himself off a real life waterfall was a little much but i admire the dedication to the challenge

[@NuzlockeJoe]

You’re supposed to hide your spoilers, man! Now I know Flygon is dead thanks to you

[@mewziikal8331]

I admire your dedication for watching all 38 minutes of the video within 6 minutes of it being released !

[@ngotemna8875]

@@mewziikal8331 6.5x speed gang rise up

[@fiddlechrome]

@@NuzlockeJoe Bold of you to assume he can die

[@PlatyRush]

The part where he tried to rob a bank throwing pokemon plushes definitely was the best part tho

[@thomaslecomte1570]

The objective being not so much to beat Koga but to play around muk’s sticky hold to steal and keep his item is the most team rocket hing that could happen in such a playthrough

[@Regeor]

And the black sludge was what allowed him to stall out so many Pokémon and clutch up the Red battle.

[@greyscaleadaven]

I live for how you made an entire subreddit with a description, put a picture of giovanni in the banner, created two alternative accounts, photoshopped the member count, and crafted at least 9 posts on said subreddit for a 7 second joke at the start of the video. Truly art

[@thewitchofgeek]

I was actually hoping for a subreddit where people were RPing as team rocket grunts :(

[@greyscaleadaven]

@@thewitchofgeek Ykw I'm sure you could find one somewhere out there

[@WhiteWolf-lm7gj]

@@thewitchofgeek I would bet you $100 you can find at least 3 tumblr accounts rping as team rocket

[@thewitchofgeek]

@@WhiteWolf-lm7gj I wanted a subreddit. Not tumblr. Subreddits always felt more immersive to me, like a slice of life.

[@WhiteWolf-lm7gj]

@@thewitchofgeek suit yourself

[@Novadolls]

That final battle had me on the edge of my seat!

[@VNCstudios]

After this video I have new found respect for Muk and Arbok.

[@pokal3b831]

Juno wasn’t going down without pulling her weight, and boy did she pull, not only her weight but the throats of red’s last two Pokémon.

[@cheesylemming]

Any genius music chads here know the tune at 26:12?

[@zabban]

same, great run one of the best

[@darthfastball1150]

@@cheesylemming ​​⁠ After searching through some Summoning Salt videos (I knew it had been featured there) it is Wavetable by Patricia Taxxon! It might be the cut up version on youtube called “Wavetable by Patricia Taxxon but it’s only the good parts” Happy listening!

[@DemonsFlame]

That ending was so incredibly clutch! I thought for sure there was no way in hell you were taking Red down with just 3 pokemon, but not only did you do it, you finished it without a single death and had *Muk* of all pokemon solo the last 2 while on Death's door. Well played!

[@ThemightyTho]

It was incredible

[@notaraven]

Muk is incredibly goated, if it wasn't for the weakness to psychic it would be a nasty special defender that hits like a brick.

[@chubbyman2564]

@@notaraven yes we have one, it's called Alolan-Muk lol absolute beast on UM nuzlocke run

[@notaraven]

@@chubbyman2564 yep! Loved that alternate form but it was much later in the games so there were a lot of other checks. Every new earthquake user makes Muks life worse.

[@matthewgagnon9426]

Don't fuck with muk.

[@platinumraven118]

I like the story beat of "Well of COURSE I have to help raid the Rocket base, he just hit a man with a Hyper Beam point blank!"

[@Patterrz]

Instant like for not being a snitch on Silver 🙏

[@some1koolpp84]

I cannot stress how much i love these styles of nuzlockes with stories, I'm practically glued to the screen of a video I put on as background for another task. I know these take more time and are harder to create than typical nuzlockes but god damn are they a nice treat. Keep it up Dr.HG!

[@some1koolpp84]

One more thing I forgot to make clear, the Christmas video of last year where everything rhymed and this video where the scripts also had a theme made the video 100% better.

[@Zazzles10Z]

@@some1koolpp84 One of my fav videos he's made. I watched it with some friends and they liked it too lmao

[@lorgon2111]

@@some1koolpp84 The Christmas video is my go-to to bring up when I recommend this channel to friends, actually

[@shaneg9081]

I agree. It takes it to another level to do the work to build a story around the nuzlocke. There are a million plain jane nuzlocke runs, but this in a way reminded me of the old comics.

[@m.m.2341]

I had this video as background noise, but yeah the same thing happened to me right now. Especially the Kanto part has been super fun this time.

[@Tyran_Trick]

I was cheering so hard for Arbok and Muk there. Such a good... I mean, evil, run.

[@ObsessiveFanNumber1]

This might genuinely be my favorite of your runs and favorite of your videos yet. The lore, the losses, the clutch wins. Wow. Just wow. I am in awe. This is incredible. Well done, Dr. HG. Well done indeed. Let's all follow this incredible example and do some crime!

[@Mattschmalzter]

I’ll always have a soft spot for Ekans/Arbok. I was that weird kid who loved snakes growing up, so they’re probably in my Top 15 Pokémon of all time for that nostalgia alone. Great to see them used in a nuzlocke!

[@mrpiccionedivino5598]

Look out for the pokemon fans to trash your liking because they're so obsessed with hating genwunners despite the fact the genwunners haters are like the triple or quadruple of the actual genwunners

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

I’m doing a regular Nuzlocke of Soulsilver right now, and I had an Arbok named Cressida on my team. I was hoping to take her all the way to Red, but she sadly went down to some asshole Weezing using Explosion.

[@eagle_and_the_dragon]

The best Arbok I've played with is in Vintage White. Dragon/Poison. Good stats as well.

[@veenadayma6514]

@@eagle_and_the_dragon Arbok in Inclement Emerald is also amazing. In one of his videos, Flygon HG said that he would be equally happy if in his next encounter, he found a Heracross (which can mega evolve) or an Arbok. Especially he was doing that run without sweeping moves, and those are the points where Arbok shines the most, as he gets both coil and dragon dance. Poison/Dark Pokémon with 480 base stats, intimidate, sweeping moves and glare is actually quite good.

[@aubreyh1930]

@@tsifirakiehl4250I’ve also lost really good Pokémon that way 😔 rip my huge power azumarill named B0ng Water from my run of y. She carried the entire run

[@KindaKaon]

I love this style of video - it's sort of like the snaplockes, because it forces you to use arguably pretty bad pokemon, but there's more type diversity and general range of utility than with most monolockes. I'd love to see this with team galatic/team plasma, because they both have really fun pokemon variations. I'd be really interested to see this with some of the boss fights included as well, as I'm sure Plasma would be great to do with Magnezone and Galactic would be great to do with Weavile. Hopefully more of this down the line!

[@NuzlockeJoe]

Here’s hoping he does the little Giovanni arc at the end. I didn’t even know about that until recently.

[@mrpiccionedivino5598]

Spoiler: I wish he talked more about silver battles,the team rocket grunt in Kanto and did that event

[@afox8050]

Oh hi joe whats ur next vid gonna be? I recomened a normal nuzlock

[@NuzlockeJoe]

@@afox8050 well, I just came out with a video this morning. It’s not a normal run, but it’s still something

[@None-Like-Asko]

@@mrpiccionedivino5598 what event

[@mrpiccionedivino5598]

@@None-Like-Askothe celebi event,search it on youtube

[@JMalaby89]

Something I feel has become under-appreciated in the current age of nuzlockes is narratives. Don’t get me wrong, I love seeing optimal and calculated play, but your storytelling elevates these nuzlockes so much. Pair that with an amazing run like this and you have a 10/10 video. Amazing job!

[@joewaldeck]

I see the thumbnail and I can’t wait to see the return of RAT POWER

[@epsilonr.5868]

damn. i think it might just be my favorite video of yours, and you're BY FAR my favorite Pokémon content creator. By that I mean that you're the only Pokémon youtuber that i actually rewatch videos of without getting bored, so know that it does truly means something. but man. this video was so much fun through and through. the rocket storyline becoming a revenge story. the early game struggles. the return of rat power. THAT LAST FIGHT oh my fucking god. it's easy to see you had so much fun making that video, and that's truly awesome. genuinely, you keep improving your content with every video and every challenge, and that makes me, a random gal who enjoys nuzlocke but is bad at them, really really happy. so yeah, congrats for being amazing dude.

[@Metaknighttheloneswordsman]

I feel you on that one. I love watching nuzlockes. But suck at them

[@tjepic5256]

My favorite is the Halloween style run plus the Christmas rhyming

[@rook673]

The ending was pretty poetic. In true Team rocket grunt fashion, you managed to take on Red with three Pokémon.

[@Crystantemum]

The immersion you set up for this one with your jokes were great. The love story between protag and his rival becoming Lance is peak fanfiction. A+ video concept, A+ execution homie 🤙

[@aslightlysavageburrito8217]

"Page 42" on the Rocket Manual, Miltank's "udder beauty", the Trapinch by your side when you were a bairn, the smiling purple worms in the subscription graph... this video is chock-full of hilarious little details. Superbly done, Mr. HG!

[@JustAnotherHaiku]

Holy shit, that was some of the best and worst RNG I've ever seen. I think this might be my new favorite video from you. The storytelling, the return of RAT POWER, the jokes, the final battle... It was beautiful.

[@Metaknighttheloneswordsman]

The synergy of Vostok, Juno, and Bumper had in the final fight was so entertaining. Vostok the offense powerhouse Bumper the speedy revenge killer Juno the defensive tank

[@TheGhostFart]

he shouldve wiped but because he cheated so it wasn't perma hail he "won"

[@Metaknighttheloneswordsman]

@TheGhostFart Well, he already beat the run. Red is a postgame fight after Lance

[@cuanchulainn]

@@TheGhostFart lmao "cheated"

[@aubreyh1930]

@@TheGhostFartit’s not cheating it’s an in game mechanic. He could’ve waited until that date if he really wanted to, this just sped it up tremendously

[@LMC_Jarred]

(Spoilers for the final run) I honestly think the fact that you beat Red deathless with an Arbok, a Vileplume, and a Muk is the second most impressive thing you've ever done in one of your Nuzlockes. The only thing that surpasses it is the Fire-type Nuzlocke of Diamond (even though you didn't complete it, I still think it's the most impressive thing you've done). Amazing work as always, Matti!

[@TheGhostFart]

this run gets an asterisk because of using crobat against blue and cheating to change the weather off of perma hail

[@LMC_Jarred]

@@TheGhostFart I agree that the Crobat incident is technically a rule-break, though I think the time change for perma-hail is completely fine. That's completely doable without any sort of cheats, so I wouldn't count it as unfair to simulate it.

[@jasonreed7522]

@@LMC_Jarred and the crowbat thing, despite being a rule break technically made the fight harder so its easy to overlook. And i agree that the diamond dust thing is perfectly doable without cheating, so its kinda like the common practice of using rare candies to get up to level caps as a time save. (Otherwise he would have just changed the time on his system and kept restarting until he has his prefered weather)

[@timob1681]

@@LMC_Jarred the crobat thing made the fight harder - he did like 5 damage to the pidgeot and then almost lost his muk and the entire run because of the u-turn

[@pixxyofice]

HOLY SHIT THAT RED FIGHT?! this run was awesome and showed off both incredible luck and playing around said luck!

[@chuck6330]

I've been doing a variation on Nuzlockes I came up with a ruleset for called the First Gym Challenge. Rules: -You're allowed to catch any Pokemon you want *before* you challenge the first gym. -You may catch dupes, but you must release all but one of any species you have in your party or boxes before challenging the first gym. -If you use Pokemon with evolution trees (Wurmple, Ralts, etc.) you may catch and keep as many variants as you expect to evolve during the run without using duplicate final evos. You could catch and keep a male and female Burmy, for instance, since they evolve into Mothim and Wormadam, but you couldn't keep three or more Burmy. -You may not catch any Pokemon, complete trades, revive fossils, or accept gift Pokemon after you defeat the first gym. Forced Legendaries should be fainted immediately. -No saving and resetting catches to optimize natures and stats. -No overleveling past the gym leader’s ace. -Battle mode on set. -No items in battle. -If a Pokemon faints, it's released or permaboxed. This type of run really helps you understand team planning for an entire run, since your type options are limited and the early route Pokemon usually require creativity to remain viable into the late game. And with a limited number of Pokeballs and money you can acquire before the first gym, it also demands good item management, planning order of operations (which Pokemon to prioritize), and budgeting in the early game. Waste a bunch of Pokeballs on that low catch rate Riolu? Better have a backup plan. Would love you see you try a run. I don't think it would amount to much of a challenge in Galar or Paldea, but I've had a ton of fun with it in games up to Gen 7. To me, Gen 6 has proven the most fun for this type of run.

[@paulelderson934]

Sounds like a lot of fun actually. The idea of balancing resources vs the chance of a better nature or ability seems like a great concept!

[@Yeshua_Kristos]

That. Was. Incredible. It also reminded me of a headcanon Marriland and Chuggaaconroy talked about in 2017: that Lance was himself a criminal, taking out Team Rocket for muscling in on his turf. So the revenge lore in this run was especially fitting. :D

[@g_hyperstar3609]

That's a really cool idea! Hope you'll use this idea in other game (such as Magma/Aqua grunt, Galactic grunt etc.)

[@cyberdarkturtle6971]

Team Aqua and Magma only have zubat, mityana, numal, and carvanna

[@Theauu]

@@cyberdarkturtle6971 That's probably one way to spell those Pokémon names

[@cyberdarkturtle6971]

@@Theauu you get my point

[@owenaspinall2046]

@@cyberdarkturtle6971 I think they also have wailmer/baltoy for whatever reason, and grimer/koffing in the remakes

[@texeoghea]

every single teammate was crucial, but juno and bumper had a powerful protags with plot armor moment at the end there. awesome

[@TheGhostFart]

the power of cheating so you don't take hail damage is indeed pretty strong

[@rosencvetanov6129]

@@TheGhostFart It ain't cheating, it's in the game and you can legitimately wait until diamond dust, do you want to?

[@AuraGuy]

something i love abt ur channel is how much u take advantage of the storytelling potential that nuzlockes bring to any run of the mill pokemon playthrough, this video had me rolling at multiple points cus of how well u changed the narrative to fit this specific run your writing and personality are always the highlight of these videos, keep up the good work dr. flygon 🙏

[@jasonreed7522]

His narration is the main reason i watch him, for the most part i don't watch other nuzlockes on youtube because their narration isn't good. (Although Bloody who did a soullinked nuzlock with Flygon is also pretty good at making a compelling narration to nuzlockes)

[@somerandomgoblin2583]

i always love it when your nuzlocke videos have stories alongside them- your holiday nuzlocke is still one of my favorites of all time! this was so entertaining, and i loved the narrative throughout!

[@Tinkatube]

You could totally follow up this run with a nuzlocke of the romhack "FireRed Rocket Edition." It's a hack where you play as Team Rocket and actually steal your encounters from other trainers. Super cool, conceptually!

[@alexjones4611]

LMAO, team rocket grunt stealing items from elite four member's pokemon. Incredibly fitting. I love your storytelling in this video!!

[@ngotemna8875]

My favourite part was when he said "It's Rocking Time" and rocked all over the place

[@TheSandFoxx]

Mr. Flygon, I must say once again that your storytelling is the best on youtube

[@mewziikal8331]

The narration is absolutely amazing. I would LOVE for you to do more nuzlockes like this with an element of roleplay !

[@LagrimaArdiente]

I knew this would turn into a revenge story! Loved it.

[@mattt6920]

The champion and red fight were so unbelievably clutch. Mad respect for pulling that off

[@ZunkleFunkle]

Genuinely insane run, I was legitimately clapping and crying at the very end. Masterful performance, mad props to you and the rocket gang.

[@DoughPlanet]

Without a doubt, this is the most inventive WRITING I've ever seen in a nuzlocke video. Bravo. Seriously.

[@jakejones4801]

Flygon exploring his villain arc with hilarious inner monologues made my week lmao. Plus the return of rat power is alwasy a welcome treat

[@littlepuppy0093]

I love your story for this because it reminds me of the Pokémon Rom Rocket Edition where you play as a new Grunt and work your way through Rocket missions.

[@Uh_khakis]

Absolute banger of a video. Love the script, pacing, and tone. I am going through a tough transition in my life and getting a great video from one-ball HG was a needed pick-me-up

[@kyle601]

I did this same challenge in emerald. Only using team magma and aqua Pokémon. It was fun and worth trying!

[@Samy-yl8lu]

This is the best Nuzlocke I’ve ever seen, man. Really well written and the voice over was incredible!! All hail Juno, Bumper and Vostok!!

[@KarlMarkyMarx]

19:27 vostok being able to underspeed really brought this play-through home

[@Aviplotbunny]

Excellent video as always. I, too, enjoy doing crime. That said, your storytelling skills are phenomenal, and you had me giggling in public not even thirty seconds into the video. Seeing a different team theme was also fun, and I agree with others that this with the other organizations' grunts would be great to see! Thanks for the fun run, and looking forward to what you do next!

[@solidseagull4062]

This has to be my favorite run of yours so far! The drama, the suspense, the crime! Great work! It might be fun to have a "reincarnated" run in Ultra Sun/Moon where you transcend time and space to try and join Team Rocket again. I don't know if it could top this run, though.

[@christianacevedo2422]

You should definitely do a video of your top 10 best pokemon performance you've ever had. Bumper and Juno gotta be there! lol. AMAZING VIDEO💯

[@fruitloops2058]

1:28 haven't even finished the video and I'm already laughing at this whole list. Also Koffing hits differently after what it did to my baby. Rip Togepi "Jeppi"

[@fruitloops2058]

15:48 this whole section. I'm not sure if it's the lack of sleep but *man*

[@johnnyshortfor]

I would love to see this recreated in XY if only to see what insane outfits Matti comes up with to try and impress Team Flare. Change after every gym/story battle maybe?

[@neonowes6415]

this is easily one of your best videos so far! the storytelling was impeccable and had me on the edge of my seat the entire time!! another common flygonHG banger

[@LAZERAK47V2]

Man, the Furies were really looking out for this team, the sheer emotional rollercoaster leading to the perfect finale of final vengeance was absolutely amazing.

[@TheGhostFart]

he nullified the run by not boxing a dead mon and changing the weather

[@pixxyofice]

@TheGhostFart salty, are you? I suppose you're the type who would insist on grinding in thr johto games. Anyway this was perfect and it's called taking advantage of the game- just like the ai.

[@LittleXAnimeXMonster]

@@TheGhostFart Nobody cares, stop crying. Imagine leaving dozens of comments on the same video about freaking weather.

[@jkid1134]

A healthy amount of Rat Power in this one. I think my favorite thing is Gastro Acid Arbok enabling Black Sludge. There's nothing better than the nuzlockes that just squeak through.

[@nishant9289]

SPOILERS: Arbok is one of my favourite Pokemon so seeing it take down all the three of Lance's Dragonites (as well as other notable Pokemon like Sabrina's Alakazam, Red's Pikachu and even a freaking Snorlax) makes me so much happy!

[@KrissyBlues]

This was an incredible run and definitely my favorite story you've done thus far, kinda wish uncle jimtendo gave you the special event celebi to do the Giovanni fight to really cap this off but the narrative stakes put on fighting Lance and Red were both really charming and made this victory feel more earned than in a normal run, especially with how amazingly the final battle played out

[@el_zinga]

I totally thought he'd be playing Pokemon Rocket edition, but this makes sense. He'd more likely play vanilla.

[@nishant9289]

0:39 Flygon HG respecting team rocket for their upcoming farewell

[@njivwathomassilavwe2056]

Grunty Boi would be so happy

[@bobvagana5443]

i love the story telling in this, i hope you do more videos like these

[@ianpeters1980]

Beyond having a lot of engaging fights in this run I just wanna say that Lagging Tail plus U-Turn for a safe switch (even if you didn't get to pull it off) is absolutely genius and would never have occurred to me, that's some good stuff

[@Jaggedice23]

That Red battle was legendary.

[@robertclarke4388]

literally one of the best teams you’ve worked with and awesome vid

[@Silvermoon424]

Real talk though, I do think that making Team Rocket- who were the Pokemon equivalent of the Yakuza in the original Japanese- the Pokemon equivalent of the mob in the English release was pretty brilliant. The Yakuza is more widely-known internationally now, but everyone knows what the mob is. It's a good shorthand.

[@donovanlocust1106]

Thanks , Martin Scorsese

[@peter_schomus]

What a crazy playthorough. They aren't the same, BUT to think you almost reset Ren Plat because you didn't get poison heal glyscar and then have playthroughs like this that go against all odds. The joy of nuzlockes

[@asteroid_field]

i think this is a strong contender for my new favorite video of yours, between the incredible editing, nerve-wracking battles, fun concept, and fantastic script, it's definitely one of your best. you love to see it

[@link2time]

This is such a fun and creative video! As someone who loves the Pokemon Team Rocket typically catches, I love that they got some time to shine! You really knock it out of the park with the running jokes, editing, and inserts. RAT POWER. Hope your new romhack playthrough is going well!

[@AntHyacinth]

What an AMAZING start to the new year!! This has quickly become one of my fave videos of yours, love the story, what insane battles, keep doing you FlygonHG

[@HawksNLionsFan_1200]

I LOVE CRIME💀💀💀💀

[@hamatlante1280]

Be gay, do crime

[@emilyrakov2340]

Muk is my favorite pokemon, so seeing Juno win it all was so rewarding to me! I love the narrative of this one. It's so charming.

[@typhoonboom]

spoilers for the ending Damn that was crazy luck against Red's blastoise with Juno! Probably now one of my favorite battles in your nuzlockes! Juno mvp for sure. Also, pretty cool story, I really like the more story focused nuzlockes.

[@ponyboy9765]

You’re storytelling and narration of these nuzlockes truly sets you apart from all the other nuzlocke channels. Another awesome run.

[@thecatherd]

I absolutely loved the narrative you came up with for this run. Excellent video and an incredible fight against Red.

[@Alex-vm6ef]

great video, awesome run, I really enjoy the little stories you create and roleplaying you do throughout

[@nate_freeman18]

Grunty Boi would love this playthrough

[@purgatoryproductions310]

it would be fun to see him react!

[@shmirko1665]

It would be cool to do a nuzlocke where you can only use the mons used by one of the dexholders from the Pokémon Adventures manga. For example a Leaf Green Nuzlocke using mons Green used. I haven't start reading the Adventures manga yet, but I've ordered the Red & Blue boxset, should be arriving in about 1 to 2 weeks. Excited, I hope it's gonna be great!

[@Silvermoon424]

The Pokemon Adventures manga is phenomenal! You'll love it.

[@UltaFlame]

Ohhh enjoy the rabbit hole

[@Jp_1998_]

This is probably one of your best videos yet: great theme, challenging run, great narrative, great jokes, great pacing, you name it. Kept me on the edge of my seat numerous times. It really shows how good you are at what you do, never a dull moment

[@torch_k8110]

Love the naming! I spent a lot of time learning about the history of space exploration over the past couple years and was very happy to see all the names, even the bumperwac which really doesn’t have a direct lasting legacy

[@Maximmmino]

Matti what a great video. It's so easy to see how much work you put into each one of these

[@justin9420]

Not gonna lie, had a rough day and this comes just at the right time. Thank you, my man. Keep up the great work!

[@XGlamdringX]

This is one of my fav playthroughs so far, very epic ending! Great storyline told throughout and a very creative Nuzlocke team. I think more Nuzlocke team type challenges like this one might be a fun way to add more flavor to the playthroughs. +1

[@radiantreploid3214]

Arbok puttin in work warms my heart since this thing put up all star numbers for me when i nuzlocked ultra moon and fire red. Its grown on me alot and ill never slander the goat again

[@kodyallen9121]

Right ! I’ve already been a fan of team rocket over any other evil team because of the mons they choose to use . If they would actually train , evolve , and give them a real move set , they’d actually be a threat . Especially vileplume , used correctly it’s always an overlooked powerhouse

[@Chicanochars]

Best Nuzlocke Ever That final fight was incredible!

[@Merlesbestfriendalex]

This vid absolutely reignited my love for your content

[@VaellinTheBard]

Thank handbook is great. Venonat: for the grunt that wants to feel special!

[@bitterzombie]

Doing rocket runs in pokemon games is one of my favorite ways to play, so I'm happy to see my favorite nuzlocker do it grunt mode!

[@LilMunchlax]

Fun run!!! Seemed decently challenging without being a total nightmare. I would love to see other "Evil Grunt" Runs in the future, but I wonder if starting gym type will be a strong factor in if its even possible. Rock type first gyms seem pretty rough at a glance for most evil grunt pokemon.

[@jasonreed7522]

In emerald it may be possible because poochyena is dark type which is neutral to rock types and is special so bite will bypass the typically high defense of rocktypes. (It gets bite at lv13, cap is 15) Although without checking further it would be a rough run because i believe the only options are the poochyena, zubat, numel, and carvanha lines. (Surprisingly strong for grunts but very limited selection and slow to gain new team members. I don't know if poochyena can solo Roxanne even using sand attack and bite.)

[@peepoweirddf4330]

@@jasonreed7522 You could go on a limb and allow Muk/Weezing because Maxie/Archie use them. Kind of cheating but then you get a full viable team

[@QuantumWaltz]

I tell you what though, I did a TR run of FireRed, and the only option available before Brock is Rattata. My boy Tony was Adamant/Guts and I made sure to go pester Weedle in the forest until one got the poison off, so I was going in with maximum RAT POWER possible for the level cap. The Geodude ended up being an absolute joke, easily going down after a couple Hyper Fangs. That said, with a level cap, I still needed two Potions (so, not a full Hardcore Nuzlocke ruleset) to get through Onix. Onix's offensive output is pitiful, thankfully, so two Tail Whips into Guts-boosted Hyper Fangs did the trick. Maybe with better IVs the battle would be do-able without Potions. I actually seldom use items in battle even when I'm not _technically_ doing a "Hardcore" Nuzlocke, so I figure that's as good as someone like me is gonna get, and I'm not bothered about refining the strategy.

[@Vis_BSG]

Prepare for trouble, FlygonHG is here And make it double, a nuzlocke has come again this year To protect the world from devestation To unite the people within our nation To denounce the evils of truth and love And extend our reach to the stars above Team Rocket blasts off at the speed of light Surrender now or prepare to fight

[@MadameTeqi]

Flygon, dats right!

[@TheSychuinTree]

Oh, the joy of finding a PokéTuber with whom I share Flygon as favourite Pokémon, and who also happens to come up with fun narratives for his Nuzlocke challenges! I enjoyed how you justified helping Lance in the Rocket hideout (fear of being killed), and how you framed your EF challenge as revenge for Team Rocket's defeat and disbandment :D

[@JoePlinkelton]

Stealing the Item of an Elite 4 Member, now that is a smooth move

[@kevingreenley1765]

My headcannon is that Lance is secretly the Secret leader of Team Rocket after Giovanni, which is why a literal Crime Lord was allowed to be a gym leader and Team Rocket was able to move around Kanto without the pokemon league even attempting to stop them. And the reason he destroys the base in Mahogany town is that after the Red Gyarados, they were too reckless. Plus, Lance is also nowhere to be seen when they take over Goldenrod.

[@grunkleg.3110]

Lance was very much Team Rocket in the manga

[@dwhitt44]

I’m only 5 minutes in so far and can already tell your writing for this one is going straight at the top of S-tier

[@dwhitt44]

Update: really enjoy how much you fully committed to the bit during the storytelling and battle explanations the whole way through on this one The last couple lines of the video caused an involuntary laugh that legitimately would have been a spit-take if I was drinking something lol

[@Caragea1348]

I was so excited to log on after a long day and see this posted. Thank you so much for all the great binge-worthy content!!

[@thatoneguy1492]

Unironically the the most beautiful performance of a nuzlocke

[@ransomA.]

The ending commentary actually had me laughing out loud. I hope you know we appreciate your amazing scripts!

[@SteelKnightPlays]

I love your content man! You’ve inspired me to try the same ever since I watched your first fire red hardcore nuzlocke. Thank you for be you!❤

[@clydethecat]

I totally agree! FlygonHG you’re amazing, best of luck!

[@aaronatkinson8554]

I really appreciate the extra effort you go through for these. The small things like the news paper articles or letters from Steven.

[@markuss6102]

I had the felling that you put very much heart into this video. The story is amazing written and well thought out. Big compliments for this video!

[@backpackerraden6268]

Honestly this might be some of your finest storytelling

[@Bobbot2005]

The return of RAT POWER!!!

[@Shiradrenaline]

What an incredible video, especially that final battle! The highs, the lows, the heartbreak. One of your best videos yet.

[@sarahsilberman9519]

Love your videos. They help me relax when I get home from work, so it’s always a treat to see the new content in my feed.