Pokemon Emerald Hardcore Nuzlocke - Grass Types Only! (No items, No overleveling)

I tried a Hardcore Nuzlocke of Pokemon Emerald using only Grass Type Pokemon! There's only 8 Grass Types in Emerald, so this was tough! Let me know what I did wrong and what type of Nuzlocke challenge I should try next!
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the first Grass encounter on each Route (Species Clause)
3. Nickname Pokemon
Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset (from Pokemon Challenges):
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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#Pokemon #Gaming #Nuzlocke #PokemonEmerald

[@deaconshoes394]

"what this asshole doesn't know is that I have magical leaf" I'm crying dawg

[@thedeafeningdunce]

why is it so funny 😂😂😭

[@graememcgaughey2061]

Best part of the video

[@oked99]

26:50

[@rojibeans5816]

@@thedeafeningdunce Because double teaming is an incredibly annoying strategy, designed to make the pokèmon nearly impossible to hit, either stalling out PP or making them able to sweep by being untouchable, making it a scummy strategy, A.K.A making the guy an asshole. The funny part is that magical leaf cannot miss, so all those turns are completely wasted

[@azizthanawala7670]

I lol’ed so hard on this man 😂😂😂😂😂😭😭😭😭

[@rodrigomoreira1901]

I love how he was running from wurmples not to get the wrong EV, but when he found a shiny he just had to kill it xd

[@wheelrunner4]

Amusing indeed.

[@bigcheese9021]

11:16

[@navidahmed1083]

Please catch them next time; rules be damned, it feels like a crime against humanity. Wow, I flipped out there!

[@littlekingbaku5092]

You could have just used the shiny clause where if it's shiny you are allowed to catch it

[@littlekingbaku5092]

@@navidahmed1083 same

[@BMeiome13]

"He sends out voltorb so I--holy shit he just used self destruct" LMAO

[@NecroDatro421]

Every nuzlocker with a Voltorb or a geodude fear is real

[@Osama_Rashid]

@@NecroDatro421 Yeah.

[@bengal4047]

@@NecroDatro421 Or Koffings if they have self-destruct. The starter in my fav nuzlocke series died that way

[@wylieisme5572]

😂

[@ItsFireTiger]

The fact that his Mon survived it though 👀

[@PokeWeekly]

Just know that whenever Flygon says "Allstate" that its not edited. His voice just naturally goes that deep.

[@lenardacejo7894]

W h a t.

[@goldenpotato392]

Excuse me

[@Abaguette494]

3:20 he said it normally

[@cools-mc-fools]

this is a whooooosh moment

[@FCB_Ajelandroo]

He just didn’t understand the joke I don’t find any r/woosh here

[@caluminnes579]

“We don’t talk about attempt 4...that was the gas leak attempt” finished watching community for the first time a couple weeks ago and now I finally get these references everyone seems to make 💀

[@jackgottsegen1499]

Making references to Community is so much fun

[@becoolpolo]

It did caught me off guard

[@defscanvas7633]

Omg i caught that too and i made a double-take. I love how community is getting more known ever since it came on netflix

[@pablowoods1848]

In no time at all, you'll be streets ahead.

[@caluminnes579]

@@defscanvas7633 yeah lmao I hate that I can’t claim to have been there before it went on Netflix but unfortunately that’s me haha

[@miscellaneoof]

I’m not going to ask why all of the Pokemon are named after insurance companies

[@gabethyrubenstein7984]

So he could try and save them

[@miscellaneoof]

@@gabethyrubenstein7984 nice

[@jollykirby2138]

aw man..

[@gameranimequeen903]

I was wondering myself. But it's clever.

[@ecwilliams24]

@@gameranimequeen903 ?

[@jasonreed7522]

Breloom is the Goat of all the grass types in Hoenn. It has only 1 downside, it belongs to the "Fluctuating" exp growth group which means it takes the most exp to reach level 100 and the level/exp curve is a very weird peicewise function.

[@DeuxisWasTaken]

It also has pure garbage special attack, which by gen3 rules eliminates all damaging grass-type moves. But yeah, Breloom is bae. Alongside Cacturne, which is a free win ticket against Tate&Lisa, Juan and most of the Elite 4.

[@jasonreed7522]

@@DeuxisWasTaken true, gen 3 rules for attack damage category being typed based really nerfs a bunch of pokemon. For example sneasle is a physical attacker but both dark and ice types are special. And its signature move beat up deals typeless damage. Granted after gen 3 they didn't get better about matching physical/special attacker to the move pool of pokemon making some pokemon suck for no good reason just because stats and moves don't match.

[@wanderingbardgaming]

@@DeuxisWasTaken at least the Grass typing gives Breloom Leech Seed

[@sumguy789654]

Maybe Im just really high but this was an absolute emotional rollercoaster. The last fight especially.

[@OneHitSkill]

"Wet fart of a surf" what a word play

[@keichi5930]

Yea XDDD

[@cowonaboat5795]

I died of laughter for no reason

[@derpi3438]

Pfp source please sir?

[@OneHitSkill]

@@derpi3438 Sora no Otoshimono, her name is "Astraea" might be written diffrently depending on the subtitles/language

[@Dark_Side_Productions]

I really love how the EVs stacking up is demonstrated and explained by stacks of Eevees.

[@sleepysukii]

i was laughing so hard when the EVs were shown as eevees (even though ive seen that like fifty times) that i literally had to pause the video to laugh

[@xstrikefiredragon]

It's the first time I've seen anyone use this pun and I love it.

[@reez5906]

THIS NUZLOCKE HAD ME INVESTED, I WAS LITERALLY SAD WHEN SOME OF THEM DIED THIS IS AN AMAZING VIDEO KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

[@ecovrse]

hey gundham pfp i see u

[@reez5906]

@@ecovrse YEEE

[@bryantaspedon3130]

All you had to do was wait for him to reset and they are back

[@atouchofviolet5138]

Gundy baby!

[@neonrain7731]

Dis kids annoying

[@omegaforcezero5440]

As a shiny hunter, that poor Wrumple killed hurts me

[@pumpkin6192]

Ah yes,my favorite Pokemon:Wrumple (No offense)

[@querticle9965]

Wrumplestiltskins

[@taakotruck1894]

I feel that, I’m hunting for Daly’s in a similar area, I would have kept and lived that’s shiny worm!

[@andrewryan9087]

What gen 3/4 shinies do you currently have?

[@MedsieLovr]

Self ploclaimed Shiny hunters when they are lost in a forest and have to hunt a different color animal in order to survive

[@mdpitterle]

This man is still hearting comments made a year after this vid was made. What a legend.

[@SS-ig9lj]

but... this was made, like, 3 months ago! Time travel confirmed?

[@heroes0844]

@@SS-ig9lj it's for the future

[@tangytim6699]

I wish he didn't heart this so much

[@rogeliolargo5341]

This man a time traveler

[@masterfakeio4736]

I like you funny word magic man But in all seriousness it was made 3 months ago

[@potatug1212]

The Tropius picture at the very start had me in tears 😂 I began binge watching your content. You definitely deserve more views and subscribers! Your content is really good and I love your humor.

[@taritzreyes1384]

Tropius is dino

[@HIPHOPHEAD1031]

Finally a nuzlocke that doesn’t just over level everything and make it boring

[@Crouton-]

thats not a nuzlock then, it's literally apart of the rules

[@MrReyfan619]

@@Crouton- No, that's part of hardcore nuzlocke rules.

[@emmareiman64]

Hardcore Nuzlocke, but not a 'regular/standard' Nuzlocke where the only rules are to name everything, only catch 1 pokemon per route & if it faints it's dead Level caps are a self assigned rule for those who want more challenge

[@cattic3550]

@@emmareiman64 why is it a rule to name everything?

[@emmareiman64]

​@@cattic3550 The base idea of it is that you grow attached to the pokemon. It's more personal to have Bob the Pikachu than Pikachu the Pikachu. And then you can scream "NO BOB!!!" and it feels personal, you know? The goal is to hurt yourself more through emotional connection to your teammates To some though, it's just a silly thing they do. Especially people who run Nuzlockes more often and are more 'efficient' & 'strategy' based rather than just in it for the fun stories. They'll be more bummed out about their Bob dying because he was good for the next gym, rather than the attachment through a long journey - more often than not. People do still get attached, even if it's not that deep

[@Evan-cl9be]

I love how this isn’t some bullshit “Can you beat this Pokémon game with this Pokémon” challenge. Challenge in quotation marks, because those are generally piss easy. This is an actual challenge. Keep up the banger content man 👍

[@mithleshpandey8789]

Mdb with having to grind to level 100 disagrees

[@Evan-cl9be]

@@mithleshpandey8789 that’s not challenge that’s just having patience

[@umbrellaxrd]

I didn't get how this is hard one bit

[@bigpoggers6507]

Jrose who used Magikarp and Feebas: *Are you sure about that*

[@defscanvas7633]

New to the community so this is probably a dumb question but are you allowed to save at all? Also, if you lose a gym battle or something does that mean you automatically lose? Or are you allowed to pull a different set of pokemon in the box since it technically isnt violating any of the rules?

[@luketalbot2643]

That Winnona fight was soul crushing. Say what you will about your performance, but I think your unluck was so unfairly immense. One sweet scent probably could have saved you but I still don't think the game was feeling nice regardless

[@RinnTheFinn]

Seeing Littlefoot from Land Before Time just hit me with such a huge wave of nostalgia. Damn those were such good movies.

[@hiroam3711]

I love how he names all his Pokemon after insurance companies.

[@damotoneko1500]

As someone who gets attached easily. I dont do nuzlockes. Much less this extreme. But i gotta say i'm impressed by how you managed to win. Thumbs up!

[@spritelady4669]

Tropius is one of my all time fave Pokémon, and Land Before Time started my childhood dinosaur obsession. So naturally I cackled like a maniac at that Littlefoot edit. 🤣

[@k4mrat]

your darumaka with cylinder and stick from pp reminds me of my darumaka Bernard from my first white playthrough (he looked exactly the same), he was my favorite pokemon and I loved him so much

[@spritelady4669]

@zen Darumakas are absolute gems tbh. The one in my icon is from my most recent White play through. Her name is Hypatia and I would die for her. 🥺

[@k4mrat]

@@spritelady4669 🥺🥺

[@ghostein.stereo]

Crazy to think that 2 years ago, I became a fan of this guy’s content. It feels nice to see how far along he has come

[@Deoxys_Used_Mimic]

You absolutely broke my mind with Lombre’s movepool. I’ve been spoiled by ORAS for so long that I legit couldn’t *believe* that it didn’t learn any water moves other than Hydro Pump. I promptly looked it up on Serebii to make sure it wasn’t a mistake or a Ruby/Sapphire exclusive moveset and... it’s all true. I felt like I got Mandela’d or something. I was freaking out, dude. Well done.

[@keegieweegs6587]

I feel like I never noticed because i always taught lombre surf and dive for water moves

[@braves4life25]

Mannn you’re about to blow up in subs!! I keep reading comments like “ this was in my recommended”. (Same for me) but if we’re all getting these the algorithm is right where you want it!! Keep up the good work man ... just noticed you went up 600 subs in 2 days nice!!!

[@manguy9937]

@@FlygonHG two months and you have 63 thousand subs. You absolutely deserve this and should absolutely keep blowing up. Keep it up because I love these runs!

[@damjankrupa3950]

@@FlygonHG Keep going! Love your vids!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@WaveForceful]

Hoenn R/S/E had good variety with grass types though tbh. You have Sceptile, Ludicolo for a water type, breloom for a fighting type, Shifty or Cacturn if you want a dark type, Tropius if you need a flying type, Vileplume or Roseila for a poison type and Cradily for rock type

[@pumpkin6192]

That's some good variety

[@matadeverdoemden]

Too bad that Shifry and Cacturne are physical attackers, but dark was a special type. Same thing with Roselia -- special attacker and poison being q physical type.

[@pinkkam]

also, tropius's stats should be so much better. It's such a cool pokemon, i'd love to see it much more viable

[@mayplaysgames7978]

@@matadeverdoemden there's ways to fix that though. Roserade can be absolutely incredible

[@techmark3665]

@@matadeverdoemden cacturne has equal attack and special attack

[@latrodectusmactans7592]

I personally feel like species clause shouldn’t apply to split evolutions. It’s your run though, so your rules.

[@damjankrupa3950]

But you cant guarantee that theyll survive long enough to actually Evolve. And he would have had two Glooms/Oddishes in his team at some Pointu because of that.

[@stillcantthinkofaname4800]

I always read the species clause as being optional. If your encounter on a route is a line you already have, you MAY choose to reroll the encounter. I thought it was supposed to help you avoid being stuck with 6 wurmples, not ban you from choosing to do it.

[@kevingu9270]

Just came back to watch again after seeing the shorts

[@yohan3451]

Just binge watched half of your channel. This is just what I've been looking to find on KZbin. Hardcore nuzlocke on old gens with good thoughts and narration. Keep it up! Greetings from Belgium

[@timojet]

"Good Game Dad you suck" xD

[@MrTimtendo]

Very well done! Breloom's one of my fave Pokemon and my fave Fighting type. :) Honestly? Might be a hot take but I do think Wallace is actually pretty scary for Nuzlockes. Yeah he's a Water type specialist but in Gen 3, where Water's weaknesses are Special AND the fact his Mons are Specially bulky (Gyarados, Milotic, Tentacruel, Ludicolo) gives him an easier time wearing down teams for hardcore Nuzlockes lol. His team has some pretty good synergy to cover Water's weaknesses too. Turns out, Water's an amazing type. :V

[@ItsFireTiger]

Most Water types does get access to Ice moves

[@kira3286]

I have only watched two of your videos but damn your content is amazing. The fact that you actually use an strategy for these fights is so nice, like setting up attack boosts and calculating the right EVs for your team unlike other youtubers on their challenge videos. I'm totally looking forward to watch more nuzlockes from you.

[@AnimationFreak91]

This was insane. You earned a sub from me.

[@space3709]

This is underrated wtf

[@slakinboyz]

Going back and watching this one again a year and a half later, it's obvious just how much you've improved in quality both in play and in production. I got lucky and KZbin recommended me your first ever video right after it came out, and I haven't missed one since. You've come so far and it's been great to watch.

[@poketorr1517]

This was AMAZING! I've always wanted to do a monotype run (probably not as difficult as this) but this makes it look super fun!! Also you can 100% tell how happy Farmers must be to have stayed alive in that final battle so she could stand tall with the rest of the team! :D

[@MauricioSaIas]

Currently binging on your videos, and I gotta say IDK why I didn't find you sooner, your strategies are INCREDIBLY well thought out, you're like the nuzlocke genius lmao

[@roa7587]

Subbed! love this man youre doin what I wanna start doin, awesome to see that other people are getting in to nuzlockes lately too

[@someoneelse4579]

Great run man. I love when people impose these extra Nuzlocke rules, because there were just so many instances here when I was just glued to my screen. You earned a new subscriber. Keep up the good work!

[@AhmedHussain-ju6xd]

You are so underatted. You deserve 20K right now. I think you should add more memes to make it even better.

[@lostlang]

The “gas leak” attempt reference made me way happier than it should have

[@Cricket-mo4vr]

Rough day? Time to rewatch all of Dr. FlygonHG's videos!! Love to the grass types; the underrated legends

[@od1401]

Dude that tropius land before time reference at the start...only 90s kids will have got that one. I had totally forgotten about the films and you're beaking my heart making me remember them

[@thatoneguy0027]

Went back to watch this and it’s incredible how much better you’ve gotten at both content creation but also at nuzlockes.

[@jackleese7949]

Very glad I found this channel. I love nuzlockes and this is so interesting. Keep it up :)

[@LittleMsJester01]

Honestly the best gen for Mono Grass. I’ve always loved the typing but this is the only generation I ever attempted a mono grass challenge on. Ludicolo, Breloom and Cradily is just great coverage. Good luck

[@WaveForceful]

too add, Shifty or Cacturn for a dark type, Roseila and Tropus for a flying type too

[@ItsFireTiger]

HG/SS Grass Nuzlocke 🤪

[@lulukalia]

I don't know how you kept so calm, I would be freaking out even just narrating that fight. You are so good, it's insane!

[@NoOne-jy2qi]

You deserve more subs bro. This is the first video I’ve ever watched of yours. Your dry humor is great. Keep up the good work!

[@B24ninja]

OLOLOLOLOLOLOL the gas leak attempt! That community reference!!!

[@CreativeWitchArt]

The fire type gym and flying type gym: PREPARE FOR TROUBLE AND MAKE IT DOUBLE

[@savannahp8967]

Wow. Great job. It stresses me out too much to try anything like that myself, but I loved watching you do it! I liked how you told it all in one video, too. I'll definitely have to check out more of your stuff.

[@urbadkid2669]

The next gym leader is Norman, who happens to be my dad. Made me laugh way more than it should have

[@irnico7791]

Hey man, how do you only have that few subs? You are amazing, got my sub for sure mate. Looking forward to many more vids :)

[@rickysingh7896]

Damnnn recommended gave me this and it was an incredible video hope you keep goin up

[@tedburwick8997]

these videos are absolutely amazing man, huge respect this is so much work lol

[@tammytheranger7645]

I can see every shiny hunters collapsing after seeing the shiny Wurmple getting murdered

[@lennartbaumgartel6475]

Hey, amazing video! Really love your voice, it’s perfectly fitting this video. Do you have a dark or rock type run planned? Would love to see such a run from you :)

[@lennartbaumgartel6475]

@@FlygonHG either gen 4 for the rock types (sadly you can only get one fossil, but I don’t care wich one you use, I love both of them) or gen 5 for the dark type, let’s see some krookodile sweeps!

[@vishvakhsenan8414]

hey u can play 1 gen (fire red ) with only fire pokemon

[@keichi5930]

OMG I LOVE FLYGON TOO ITS MY SECOND FAV POKEMON btw my fav pokemon is zoroark

[@brandonfoster7013]

my fav is breloom but second fav is flygon

[@keichi5930]

@@brandonfoster7013 Nice!

[@melvinthesexyskeleton]

In Brazil Brazil is Brasil Like house is casa(caza)

[@nellewoodruff6337]

My favs are the skitty line

[@keichi5930]

@@nellewoodruff6337 nice i think they are cool too

[@lucatorricelli6766]

your videos are really fun to watch, just discovered your channel today and already watched 3 nuzlockes, keep up the good work!

[@damienalvarezdetoledo496]

This was absolutely beautiful man. Thank you. Please keep doing videos just like these.

[@shortstreet53]

Dude how do you only have 324 subscribers these are great videos!

[@Palmtreeshinobi]

FlygonHG: *beats fire gym leader* Me: *aggressively fists pumps in victory*

[@fastfire22]

Not gonna lie, you deserve more subs. Your videos are fun and great to watch, keep it up my dude!!

[@pratinjaysharma8313]

This by far one of the most awesome and strategic nuzlock I have seen... Thank you for such terrific content... 😁

[@trentwitt6666]

I really have never been so into a pokemon video. On the edge of my seat the whole time.

[@UnLuzky]

I subbed ^^ great video, will be watching more!

[@Lawless411]

This just came up on my recommended, glad to have subbed before 3k and looking forward to your future stuff!

[@brunoquaia7375]

Your videos are sooo good man, I can't wait for a new nuzlocke, I hope you get big cause you deserve it ❤️

[@spazerdazer8421]

16:44 "I rock tomb to slower its speed"

[@Galactic613]

Absolutely loved the little community reference “Gas leak attempt”

[@iamlambandchicken]

That reference to Community was killer! Love the video-- gonna check out more of your videos!

[@nicolaziggiotto6172]

Jusr found this series, love it. Really hope you'll become a big name in the nuzlocke community!

[@thflamino]

Wow great video, glad you were in my recommended

[@harshadevera3395]

2:17 i laughed so hard when i saw that tropius

[@joshuavarughese6701]

dude your videos are such high quality and really fun and educative to watch and for that you have earned my sub, Well done!!

[@windsweptmtn]

These are so addicting to watch, I've binged your channel over the past four days

[@endyenderman69]

Is this considered “insurance fraud” (get it due to the insurance references with treeko being geico Lotad being Allstate and shroomish being farmers)

[@pacoramon9468]

Hoenn is by far the best region to do an only grass run. You get a full time with different coverage options.

[@imaybemangle3614]

The moment i started watching this video, i immediately subscribed and have begun to binge your content. Awesome vids

[@sarvo_1]

It's an absolute injustice that you don't have more subscribers, I am immediately subbing

[@TheMythrilMind]

This was great, by far the most entertaining of all these various Pokemon challenge videos that are popular nowadays. I really like your calm tone while you maintain insightful and interesting commentary.

[@Jellysfrickingstuff]

Lmaoo I knew you were gonna wipe at least once . I was just expecting against Watson. Using sceptile, even without a nuzlocke, ur gonna be super prone to wiping.

[@derekb5455]

I absolutely love your jokes. The names are fantastic, the “gas leak attempt”. PLEASE keep this up.

[@sabiqqosman24]

Severly underrated, hope ur channel grows even more and keep up with the amazing vids

[@fluffcake]

Damn, finding a shiny while doing a very strict nuzlocke must be really tempting

[@BehindEyesGamingPOE]

I appreciate the Community reference :D Gas leak attempt indeed!

[@dudeiscool117]

This is absolutely insane. This is the most persistent youtuber I have ever seen. This dude deserves more credit, your videos are awesome.

[@icedphat]

Been binge watching this channel. So calming and fun to watch

[@raidar382]

130th sub I'm watching and it makes me interested keep up the good work fam

[@goodnighthawks]

“We don’t talk about attempt 4. That was the gas leak attempt.”

[@londyn3333]

These are great! It’s insanely entertaining to see how you think and plan for fights

[@felipepalomino1337]

Hey Flygon, i really enjoy the idea of nuzlock, i've tried to play them by my self but i find games lately too much of a time consumer! So having you that make all the "tedious" part behind scenes is very satisfing (It can be tedious but i know its also fun) To sum Up, i like your humor and how do you explain all you did to solve the challenge. This one in particular was a very exiting run! Keep doing What you do! And thanks for doing It! Take care!!

[@stivercalderon1360]

Tropius has me rolling

[@cosmooliveira2110]

Winona's Skarmory is a absolutely MVP

[@rsvpjcp6569]

I loved the video definetly subbed to see more great things in the future

[@neildwivedi1302]

Oh my god...this was such a frustrating run...props to you!

[@rush8354]

Wtf!This Channel Grew sooo Fast i watch this when you have 128 subs now u have 1k+

[@ubermaster1]

"Gas leak" is now my new term for when I do something incredible stupid.

[@BassLineProductionsI]

Its a reference to community the television series (at least I think it is, there fourth season was deemed the gas leak season due to the original creator being fired then rehired after that season) Edit: their fourth season*

[@bagel5394]

COMMUNITY WOOHOO

[@BassLineProductionsI]

@@bagel5394 a GOAT series

[@themagicalaxolotl2258]

Love the casual reference to Community with the gasleak attempt. A Flygon of culture, I see

[@davidalbarracin3012]

Lmfao this run was the most interesting, the struggles made it worth the watch! Good job!