Pokémon X Hardcore Nuzlocke - Green Pokémon Only! (No items, No overleveling)

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Can I beat Pokémon X with only Green Pokémon using Hardcore Nuzlocke Rules?
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the first Green Pokémon on each route
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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[@zozzlez]

stupid idea perhaps, but what about a fairy nuzlocke… in a generation without fairy types? where you can only use Pokémon that would in later gens be fairy types. not quite a monotype challenge, but still following very specific encounter rules. Totally get if it would be too similar to the fairy monolocke you already did, just more a random thought. Absolutely loving the color type challenges, they’re super fun to watch! lots of diversity to play with

[@joshuajennings4070]

I think platinum would give you the most options for this one

[@marquesdinapoli9945]

That’s honestly genius

[@silversteel8160]

So Clefabe, Granbull, Togekiss, Wigglytuff, Mr. Mime, Whimsicott, Azumarill, Mawile and Gardivoir? And if it's ORAS he could use Mega Audino/Altaria...

[@Kanbei11]

@@silversteel8160 can't use ORAS as fairy types exist

[@nicktime5841]

Ya definitely I would like to see platinum

[@bippythechippy882]

Serena's Strategy: You can't predict what I'm going to do next if I don't know what I'm going to do next

[@ItsMrBozToYou]

Can't tell if it's bad or genius.

[@angelicaph483]

As silphspectre said in his diamond normal only HC run, "either she has 4,000 prediction iq or this is the stupidest AI in the world"

[@aphrillis]

Tactical Stupidity is genius

[@ddjsoyenby]

"what's strategy"

[@ethnictendo]

That's literally my strategy as the hider in the Hide & Sneak minigame in Mario Party 3: I just close my eyes and wiggle the control stick around rapidly, so even I don't know where I'm hiding. XD

[@SethWistful]

The paper cutout fight was so epic, I loved scyther

[@redgaming-nq9dx]

Hear me out… paper cut out nuzzelocke for a subscriber special Maybe at 200k subs????

[@williamiotte1850]

@@redgaming-nq9dx omg yes lol, may be more work than it sounds though to be honest.

[@Silvermoon424]

I love how Scyther was inexplicably just a praying mantis with scissors in your reenactment lmao

[@lwfawn]

Is that not representative of Scyther?

[@blehbleh2186]

I'm Irish and the fact that I either know someone or have heard of someone with the names used is really funny to me. The cut out of Scyther was amazing

[@RockmanX47]

Damn, Diantha's true power seems to be her ability to corrupt footage. Terrifying.

[@ddjsoyenby]

holy sh1t diantha is useful for something!

[@Idkwhoiam1400]

you have no idea how much i smiled seeing you bring back the paper cutout bit from your first Kalos nuzlocke. just as entertaining as ever. keep it up bro!

[@germen2631]

It's sad to not see Mr. Jackson back, I've read is not the best days for their relationship, I hope they can figure this out and work for a higher goal together, maybe even an Oscar, who knows.

[@phyllotaxis]

It's kind of a small thing, but I like that you always get the pokemons' genders right. Always bugs me when people just default to 'he' (or she if it's Gardevoir or Delphox or whatever)

[@plazmatic2664]

Small things like that gives a lot of these mons personality

[@johnnyshortfor]

I always noticed that too, makes this enby very happy!

[@Takapon218]

Was just coming down here to comment about that.

[@didsomeoneaskforanegg2168]

Who honestly cares? Why does it matter? Are you a transmission seeking validation on the internet?

[@daviddaniel8304]

@@plazmatic2664 ah yes, more personality to pixel, so important

[@KindaKaon]

I love these colour themed nuzlockes, they mean you don't have to do monotype strategy gymnastics but you also get stuck with some really weird teams. These nuzlockes really are the highlight of my saturday, thanks so much for the content man!

[@rileymosman2808]

I like them a lot as well, I'd like to see a "colorblind" challenge as well using red/green pokemon but maybe that's insensitive 😅

[@iantaakalla8180]

It could be done for colorblind awareness day or something like that.

[@axiomlb4967]

I really felt that Ivysaur death against the Axew bc the exact same thing happened to me yesterday. I also assumed that it couldn't have dragon rage that early 😢

[@lanturn4950]

Dragon Rage from an Axew in that exact area was the cause of my first Nuzlocke death ever.

[@HamazuraGOD]

Brooo I gotta give you props for the sick Accelerator pfp! Recognized it immediately from the cover of Volume 15!

[@axiomlb4967]

@@HamazuraGOD thank you my fellow Index connoisseur ^^

[@-MelodyMoment-]

It's worth it because haxorus is an extremely good pokemon

[@Zero-rm7fp]

@@-MelodyMoment- but FlygonHG can't evolve Fraxure to Haxorous since it's considered yellow

[@hekonaleeinos5510]

O'Donnell's "sprite" for the final battle is a true work of art.

[@juliogomez2534]

Can't say what I enjoy more, the colorful commentary during the battles, the tone for each run, the tinge of sadness with each in memoriam or the hue that the paper cut outs give to the final battles. It all gives an excellent glow to the final work. Keep em up.

[@zyaicob]

Hehe colourful

[@1BlueYoshi]

I think Golett and Golurk are supposed tool like they're made of rusted copper, hence them being classified as green

[@noavaneijk7043]

I thought it was cuz there was moss growing on them considering they are made of rocks

[@1BlueYoshi]

@@noavaneijk7043 That's also plausible. Though Regigigas also has that but it looks different. That could be attributed to different art styles from different artists though

[@solanceDarkMOW]

The gym leader party matching is something i always do and it's great! It really makes you think and plan even without a hardcore or nuzlocke ruleset

[@karlthenoob1637]

yh I know and it really gets you into that ash style journey instead of just spamming a full team of underleveled Pokemon at gyms. I plan on party matching for gen 9 but I need a way to figure out how many pokemon they have without knowing what they are (for a bit of a surprise).

[@naplockblubba5369]

@@karlthenoob1637 Maybe ask a friend/someone else who's playing through the game to keep track of how many there are.

[@solanceDarkMOW]

@@karlthenoob1637 that's a bit of a pickle. I don't typically do it for my first playthrough, but if i was going to, i'd just ballpark it. Maybe 2 pkmn for Gym 1, 3 for 2-4, and 4 for 5-8? Same spirit if nothing else.

[@KrissyBlues]

@@karlthenoob1637 Bulbapedia puts the pokemon for important trainers in tabs that are collapsed by default, but the display for the collapsed version shows how many pokemon they have. Could use that!

[@karlthenoob1637]

@@KrissyBlues thanks a lot :). That is some very useful information.

[@greenjolteon0772]

I love how you dissed Lysandre for judging things off of appearances, and then reiterated the challenge of deciding a Pokémon’s worth based off if it’s green or not. That was a good one lmao

[@Couriway]

I just want to say how much i love your videos. It’s incredible how comforting and peaceful your videos are while still being engaging and goal oriented Kalos is also my favorite region, so its been doubly amazing with so much of the music and gameplay. Thanks for doing what you do!

[@doogo4809]

Oh cool didn't expect you to be here, and I agree!

[@not_quite_clarinet]

This makes so much more sense since I was suspecting that your name is from the town in Kalos but I thought it was unlikely. Even if I am right that'd be pretty cool.

[@fluidzed]

same

[@kokomrade5035]

It's curry!

[@usedpidemo]

The Gogoat alliterations made me smile a bit. Very fun run and fast paced, love to see Politoed and Chesnaught pull their weight in a Nuzlocke

[@paulelderson934]

That on-the-fly stall strategy on the magneton really shows your experience in battling. That magneton was looking incredibly scary. One badly timed accuracy drop or thunder bolt paralysis could have easily been a wipe.

[@gamerinthebasement]

How is Regidrago considered green? If you look closely to the list, you can see that Regidrago is the 2nd last Pokemon on that list.

[@iistonton]

Bronzor and Bronzong are on the list too, they're clearly a metallic blue lol

[@cloudy978]

I guess maybe its Arms are a very Dark shade of Green ? Mayybeee ?

[@VorseRaiderStrike]

he's real big on renewable energy :)

[@IceRaptor]

Blue and Green in many cultures were often considered to be the same color, maybe that's the logic here

[@VorseRaiderStrike]

@@IceRaptor There's a separate color category for Blue in the Pokedex, though, so I don't think that's it.

[@demoncyborg9802]

Another color themed nuzlocke. I like these particularly cuz of the diversity. Let's see how this holds up Edit: I just finished the video it definitely held up to my expectations especially the ending 😀

[@legopizza8063]

PaPa sea does a lot of these color themed nuzlockes

[@demoncyborg9802]

@@legopizza8063 I don't really like his content. I just find it a little boring.

[@Akiak7]

>diversity >they're all green

[@demoncyborg9802]

@@Akiak7 Yeah lol. But I meant in like diverse types since dr.flygon usually does monolockes if a particular type

[@legopizza8063]

@@Akiak7 the different types

[@N8ith]

Politoed is my favorite pokemon, and debatably under rated, so I'm glad you used it. Amazing vid, keep up the good work!

[@maxtoncooke1726]

Huzzah! A man/woman of quality! I love Politoed! :3

[@codydavis3353]

Politoed is apart of my SH/SW battle team. Great mon for competitive when used correctly

[@alexpowell1184]

How is it underrated lol

[@maxtoncooke1726]

@@alexpowell1184 Most people see it as a Pokemon that they don’t really think about too much

[@thewiedword3253]

I think it's partly because it's a trade evolution

[@FIFAmusicMAN]

"Time for GameFreak to shove Gen 1 down our throats". I don't know why, but this line made me laugh way too much

[@gabbywills98]

I know it may be a small thing, but I hugely appreciate the fact that you appropriately gender all the Pokemon in each video (he/she/they, etc). Just an observation 🧡 I'd love to see a food or egg themed team for Easter!

[@Cricket-mo4vr]

This was so fun!! Loved the throwback ending, especially Scythers picture. The gym pokemon number matching was an awesome addition.

[@frankryuhou3065]

I literally lost my breath in laugh with the Scyther at the end, and I loved that.

[@FatherAbroham]

FlygonHG Productions always makes the highest quality motion picture productions. Dinner with Diantha part 2 is a must see.

[@awszaza3225]

well i had just recently found your channel and i've basically binge watched most of your runs for the past week i actually did watch the first X and Y run where you lost the footage and i genuinly enjoyed the impeccable re-enactment especially the ice cube killing transport lol another great video man , well done

[@cytherclaw]

The ending to this is literally perfect, the highlight of my day HAHAHA

[@elenpena42564]

Honestly I really hope that we get to see Kalos again on Scarlet and Violet, I truly love that region and even if the games aren't that hard I do love them a lot

[@nikolai4241]

"it is a fish with teeths ough" every shark is crying and some whales and dolphins jokes aside, i appreciate the more videos you did the last 2-3 months if i am not mistaken, keep up the good work!

[@dogz_rulez]

I tried this with Emerald! Could not get past Flannery lol

[@rontheauraknight9606]

Funnily it’s the person who sounds like they have an Irish last name as their first name

[@smethanreal3462]

Did you post this on r/nuzlocke? I remember seeing someone who was attempting to do this Locke in emerald there

[@dogz_rulez]

@@smethanreal3462 I did! DogzRulez is me! Wanted to play further, but just started a new job and don't have the time

[@matheuslopes3304]

Emerald with Treecko can be really tricky sometimes

[@zvephemeral]

The O'Donnell at the end took me all the way out. What a cool run with an incredible conclusion! Thanks!

[@brendanmanning2725]

Great video, Dr Flygon! Have you ever considered doing a run without using any dual type Pokemon? I've tried it a few times and it's pretty fun

[@piemaster831]

I'm definitely stealing this!

[@TheGamingCamel22]

Amazing! Really love that you brought back the papers at the end, you and Dana are awesome! However, I am not sure I agree X and Y are easy for Nuzlockes, I struggle with these games a lot when I try to Nuzlocke them. It's not the bosses, the random trainers are strong!

[@gammastar3225]

Being from Ireland, you nailed the second names of all these Pokémon, bravo

[@eoin..]

You pronounce gallagher like that, im Irish and I’d say it as Gal-a-her

[@gammastar3225]

@@eoin.. didn’t get that far into the video when I commented haha, yeah that was the only hiccup but the rest was perfect

[@Nuclearstomp]

I would like to still recommend a "no same type moves" nuzlocke where you can't use any moves that share the type of the mon.

[@beau2787]

I’ve been watching your vods/streams for a couple of weeks now (catching up to Renegade Plat right now), its a kind of weird but nice change of pace to watch a main channel video again! Very entertaining, as usual!

[@lucasrohr7293]

Hey FlygonHG, I have a suggestion for a possible future kalos run, since it seems like you enjoy doing them! I think that doing a mono flying/levitate run, where you have to challenge every sky trainer could be pretty fun and challenging.

[@joe-4]

I love the new Y and X videos!! Finally love for these great games.

[@im_curry]

agreed, I liked these games a lot at first, but now the nostalgia is overwhelming. has it really been 9 years? 😭

[@crimsonpresents]

I agree. I feel like Kalos doesn’t get much love, so it’s nice to see that change for a bit

[@SERMareep2007]

@@crimsonpresents Where z version?

[@valkyriediaries308]

the return of the paper cutout theatre is a blessing, I have never been more excited about a FlygonHG Paper cutout Production!

[@thesimiccombine3192]

Oh my god that final battle is amazing. Thank you so much flygon, that was hilarious.

[@cashflow559]

These videos just keep getting better. Well done, O'Flygon.

[@faleeria7029]

That final battle was absolutely amazing. The paper cutout fights really are on a whole different level of entertainment and I live for that. What a great video!

[@gattskin]

The chespin line is my favorite grass starter, and i find quilladin cute in a goody way. makes me happy to see one of my favs here !

[@Amelia4111]

QUILLADIN, NOT QUILIDAN!

[@gattskin]

@@Amelia4111 thank you for i was half asleep writing the post.

[@etsmp_gh]

Ya I love quilidoan he my favourite thing

[@PsiFi96]

This play was just as good as the first one. Truly a magical experience.

[@Magooinvesting]

Loving these videos. Love how creative you've gotten

[@ShinoLia]

Your writing in these videos keeps getting better and more hilarious! Love the colorlocke challenges too, keep it up.

[@Ridge33]

16:59 got me thinking: what if you did a "most hated" pokemon run? Like you'd go through the game catching your personal least favorite pokemon from each route

[@edgyanole9705]

That's a great idea

[@user-uv2cp1qd1j]

What about if its a route where you like every mon, or are indifferent to them.

[@Ridge33]

@@user-uv2cp1qd1j in that case he’d probably just pick based on which ones he loved the least, or make up some other arbitrary rule for catching ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@edgyanole9705]

@@user-uv2cp1qd1j than either chose your least favorite pokemon or no encounters that route.

[@edgyanole9705]

Or maybe he choses like his 10 least favorite pokemon of the game he's playing and uses them only, or maybe his least favorite encounter before every gym battle.

[@TheHopperUK]

That scyther cutout was perfection.

[@HamazuraGOD]

It's nice to see another Flygon fan! I've loved that guy since I got his card as a kid.

[@theschachter9816]

Yes, that final fight was everything I could have hoped for! Great video as always ^_^

[@merryasemily]

I loved the in memoriam bit, found myself giving the fallen 'mon an Irish Blessing, may the rain always fall softly upon their fields.

[@Obironnkenobi]

My heart is still racing from that intense battle against the champion. Good form good sir. I tip my hat to you.

[@konokoekarashitebestending36]

Pokemon X and Y are my favorite games and green is my favorite color. Thank you so much!

[@grundgutigertv6170]

I loved the paper cutouts. Especially the portrayal of scyther as a mantis with scissors xD

[@alesthesmalllegend5639]

Man i love watching your videos while im on my break at work, i get to look forward to your upload every saturday, keep up the great work.

[@nickroyer3893]

Absolutely adore your content, can't wait for the next one :)

[@syntec4322]

I know it should be the norm but it always makes me so happy that you gender every Pokémon correctly

[@paulinethegreat1]

I love that you made the paper cutouts for Diantha's battle on purpose. It's cute, and that I loved that you loved doing it.

[@louissantelli7633]

So funny, at the beginning of this video I thought to myself "Man the paper cutout fight was really funny a while back. I wonder if hell over do it again". Was hyped when I saw it haha

[@zinc333]

I'm doing my first nuzlocke in Pokemon Y cuz it's considered pretty easy and I just have to say every death I've had has been 100% fair. With either me being stupid or not paying attention at all it's really taught me that. I NEED TO FOCUS ON EVERY BATTLE

[@Dark_Side_Productions]

I’m planning on doing a Y nuzlocke at some point too! :D

[@zinc333]

@@Dark_Side_Productions I'm using some guys I've never thought I'd use. I don't have an electric or fire type at all, but my Granbull knows thunderbolt and flamethrower. It's pretty good

[@PokemonBigSad]

@@zinc333 haha yeah there are so many cool underrated Pokémon to use in X and Y! In my last hardcore nuzlocke of X my team’s ace ended up being a Miltank! Fun stuff.

[@cottoncandiez8872]

I love your videos, I don't care if they're easy or hard just like seeing you do em

[@Failerist]

Your videos are super enjoyable to watch. I ve already decided I m gradually seeing all of them. The papercut final battle was again, super funny to watch

[@trishmann8259]

man this is literally pokemon asmr i love it here - great videos! my favourite nuzlocker by far

[@davialmeida4442]

This challange definetly made me aprecciate chesnaut a lot more. Despite the weird color scheme for no reason, he is a preety cool pokemon

[@Amelia4111]

DO NOT LEAVE OFF THE GH IN CHESNAUGHT! AND DO NOT CALL CHESNAUGHT A HE!

[@Werewolve100]

for the next time u "lose your footage" i rly liked the use of props to represent the moves(like flamethrower), would love to see what u can come up with to represent different moves from different games

[@wowbafu]

It's surreal how much I love your videos, your content been helping me a lot, thanks flygon, fr

[@Drachenherz1901]

The visualization of goodras fire blast was absolutely killing me Love ur vids by far the best pokemon youtuber

[@tsifirakiehl4250]

Serena’s strategy: “My opponent can’t know what I’m doing if even I don’t know what I’m doing!”

[@JayHankEdLyon]

I love seeing runs from later gens, but this seems like a shoo-in for Emerald.

[@LovJinxx]

The scyther paper puppet was the best! Loved the return to a creative finale, thank you for putting in the effort for fun this time 😊

[@LagrimaArdiente]

This was super fun and I especially love the paper theater finale!

[@traditonalbutt701]

Got a couple ideas that could be interesting for a Nuzlocke challenge. The first is one where you only use Pokemon that have died in a previous challenge, could limit it to just the successful challenges too. And the second is only using Pokemon that have killed one of your Pokemon in a previous challenge, again you could limit this by only counting the successful ones. The first could even make for a fun Halloween episode, the ghosts of Nuzlocke past coming out to frighten those who have wronged them.

[@rosiewelham426]

How would you handle encountering a shiny in a colour specific run? Would you go with the colour it’s supposed to be or the colour that it became? ✨

[@furiouscorgi6614]

The Pokédex is used as the classification, so shinies would be allowed, but there's no Shiny Clause

[@misad6308]

"Not quite green, but whatever." Meanwhile me, with my candlelight-tinted night mode at 5:11 AM that makes hyperlink blue look like teal: "Mhm, sure, boss, whatever you say."

[@funnylittleman8050]

I’m totally amazed at how good Flygon is at nuzlockes!! I’ve been playing an X nuzlocke and I literally have lost a Pokémon at every gym battle while u have to literally handicap urself to make a challenge Awesome work dude!!!

[@thefriedsoup52]

I don’t think I’ve noticed it before, and I’m unaware if it’s intentional or not, but you use he/him if a Pokemon is male, she/her if a Pokemon is female and they/them if a Pokemon (in this case the Golurk line and Starmie) doesn’t have a gender. I’d just like to say thank you for respecting pixels on a screen better than some people treat other people irl. It might not to other people, but it means a lot to me. Thank you :)

[@jakejones4801]

(Spoiler free) The ending of this video is why FlygonHG is a friggin gem of this community. Never change man

[@kinoko6096]

These more creatively themed nuzlockes are so fun! I hope we get more from you :)

[@ramzam7672]

I'm loving the constant content from both channels. Keep it up.

[@dirty222]

hopefully you will make nuzlocke with only pokemons what markiplier would smash. love you content

[@greyscaleadaven]

I'm not sure why, But I really appreciate that he always gets every single pokemon's gender right without fail. Like it's slightly irritating at times when people say the wrong one when it's right there in their name. Not blaming those people or anything, it's an honest mistake to make but it's satisfying to see someone not do that. I'm also loving the color theme runs bc it's often an arbitrary thing that a lot of people don't even know about in the pokedex. Also, I love using the anime rules of same amount of pokemon as the opponent in my casual runs, so it's nice to see it being used here in a nuzlocke.

[@jackoleary6537]

I usually put these on as fun background noise/accompaniment when I'm working or gaming but today's was extra funny. Dr. HG: "It was always O'Leary's destiny to die" Me: "Wait what"

[@carloscordova7873]

Scyther has been my favorite pokemon since gen 1 first came out and the bit at the end with the paper cut out praying mantis and ✂️ hands was the best thing I've ever scene in a pokemon video. Thank you. It was hilarious

[@QuinnTheGM]

It's not easy being green.

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

I call CRAP! Haxorus is a shade of green and no one can convince me otherwise Edit: Flygon I really wish you’d been able to use a Haxorus, would’ve actually been an equivalent to how good Venasaur is in these games Edit edit: also could I suggest a run of Pokémon emerald Trashlocke that’s also Typelocked?

[@garbagelord4374]

Why the heck is Leafeon considered green? I mean, sure, its tail and... single bladed mohawk(?) are green. But that really shouldn’t be the deciding factor when 95% of their body is tan.

[@gabrieldevoogel6225]

@@garbagelord4374 well… it’s considered green because it’s colored like some lettuce, green at the top and a tan/whiteish color elsewhere, so it’s more a visual aspect that calls back to that

[@blinkrush6101]

I can really feel your love for Kalos growing, I vibe with it

[@alessandrosimonguerreroseg8651]

Thanks you for all your videos, i just completed my first nuzlocke this week and the things i learned here really helped me 👍

[@PorcuDuckSlug]

I respect your use of the “they” pronoun on genderless Pokemon. I know it’s small but normalizing the pronoun is respectable af

[@tiagocardosom]

Thank God that in my language that BS doesn't exist. Everything has genders including objects so there's no "confusion"

[@PorcuDuckSlug]

@@tiagocardosom Wait what's the BS you're talking about? I cant tell if you're calling how people dont respect pronouns BS or calling people wanting the they'them pronouns BS

[@tiagocardosom]

@@PorcuDuckSlug The they/them pronouns are BS.. There are only two genders.

[@SuperGamerNinja74]

Another great video! I think it would be cool to see some non-species based nuzlockes- maybe a hardcore nuzlocke where your pokemon can only have one or two moves? I don't think ive seen that before and should be pretty hard.

[@higgy0789]

Loving the Gen 6 nuzlockes! XY were my first games, so I love them a lot

[@omegafears7873]

Love these videos honestly, especially HC nuzlockes of later gens with more Pokémon available.

[@grittykitty24]

i like the new rule with these "easier" challenges to match the opponents number of pokemon! this green one was fun, i'm glad there was some fun diversity in the pokemon you got to use

[@jonimmink5592]

Absolutely loved the paper puppet show. Truly top tier production quality, especially the Scyther!

[@popplio728]

Yay, I love the ending!!! Glad you brought back that fan favorite.

[@douglaslima9637]

I didn't even know about pokemon nuzlockes and now i watch your videos every day, you make it so interesting!

[@braxton7th]

I'm only 5 minutes in but this banter is absolutely fantastic. Keep it up FlygonHG. you're a legend!

[@JJ-qz1dg]

Great video Love all your challenges even the "easier" ones Also video 2 of requesting all unique types run would be interesting to see what you do with that

[@peter_schomus]

Great run! I love these types of categories. I would love to see another trashlocke type playthrough of some sort. Very fun!

[@vincentm3955]

bro I love seeing the new vids come up on my home, such a treat every time