Pokemon FireRed Hardcore Nuzlocke (No items, No overleveling)

Check out my attempts at Pokemon FireRed Nuzlocke using Hard Rules! Have you Nuzlocked FireRed? Tell me how it went and tell me which game to Nuzlocke next!
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the first encounter on each Route (Species Clause)
3. Nickname Pokemon
Hard 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
Follow me on Twitter: / flygonhg
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#Pokemon #Gaming #Nuzlocke #PokemonFireRed

[@Lact0seFree]

The "elaborate strategy" and "clever gameplay" had me rolling 🤣

[@OhBlivEUn]

"Let's take a look"

[@rileyackison4495]

I was very confused when he said that about Blake because I didn’t realize it was sarcasm. I’m thinking huh I just one shot everything with lapras. Must be because I overlevelled. The. I watched that and the giovani battle and went oh nope sarcasm.

[@Hitaro69]

same 🤣

[@abhishekpraharaj4481]

@Aura Sweet recurring story since 1997 regardlesss of nuzlocke

[@CarlYan]

Raise your hand if you ever just KO “Surf” your way through an entire battle(s) 🙋‍♂️

[@dakotawheelock4436]

"after saving a little girl from a hypno " "Jesus christ, Nintendo " I'm fucking dying 🤣 lmao

[@TheSage1211]

I guess Jeffery went insane.

[@xenngonzales]

I didnt get it pls explain

[@dakotawheelock4436]

@@xenngonzales hypno was giving off "rape" vibes really bad. So he was like " Jesus Nintendo! That's creepy as hell! "

[@leocastaneda8389]

😂

[@dunnomyname8666]

@@dakotawheelock4436 I thought it was the rhyme lol

[@lccody1537]

Bro, the Blaine and Giovani fights were unnerving to watch. If it wasn't for your elaborate strategy, you would've been destroyed. Great video!

[@ultm8gamer326]

It wouldn’t have worked without his full team’s participation. All 6 played a vital role in the fight

[@damjankrupa3950]

Those were the closest fights ever! And that strategy was so well thought! I would have never think of a strategy that good.

[@mreagle2931]

diving down the nuzlocke rabbit hole after your grass only hoenn vid popped up

[@flickerr.6775]

same haha

[@Lucifer_Summons]

Recommend is really bringing us all together haha

[@florante-ph]

same

[@PhantomRXY]

Yo same I’ve seen like 10 of his videos now

[@axlr8deathpls294]

Does anyone else scroll thru a youtuber's channel to find more videos cuz you really enjoyed it? Does anyone else do this when they see a new youtuber they really like

[@lufta7752]

that zoom-in on "earned" while getting the Volcanobadge really had me laughing

[@themuffinteers7612]

Under-rated youtuber award goes to

[@monkeyjt9503]

YAY

[@shpaghettishpaghetti6219]

Flygon, because Garchomp is overrated.

[@jereenmoniislam8118]

@@shpaghettishpaghetti6219 Shut up. No one's overrated here. Both of these Pokémon get less love than what they deserve.

[@shadowblade4142]

SMALL ANT!!!!!!!!!

[@themuffinteers7612]

@@shadowblade4142 he got 1mil besides he won last year

[@W333L]

This guy decided he’s gonna be pchal, mdb, and Wolfey all at the same time in jrose’s voice

[@tommyortega7796]

Lmao

[@rub8252]

He’s been produced in a lab

[@cjdziesiuta1995]

@@FlygonHG let me translate: really good content, plz make more

[@iraloS]

This is some solid shit man. Good quality and actually humorous. Haven't checked your channel yet but definitely hoping for more nuzlocke content.

[@dudeiscool117]

@youtubeteam 3220 lol

[@nathanielgutierrez7800]

@@FlygonHG arc-in-nenai is always great in fact do a mono arc-in-nenai run

[@ThemightyTho]

Heyyy! Came over to check out Flygon's first video!

[@darknessmaster4562]

I gotta say nuzlocking has made me realize how strong some Pokémon can actually be, I never really cared for raticate before nuzlockes but damn in fire red it’s a pretty good encounter

[@kanto20]

Raticate can hard carry in the first half of Kanto and Johto just because of the sheer damage output and incredible speed it has for that part of the game, not to mention it's surprisingly diverse moveset.

[@Atyen7a]

Had the same opinion nuzlock made me realize how good radicate really is I feel bad for disrespecting it

[@darknessmaster4562]

@@Atyen7a yeah especially guts raticate holy broken

[@AlldaylongRock]

Guts+Facade is nuts, and even just Hyper Fang or Maxed Return

[@mamunhussain7825]

i feel the exact same way about linoone, i didn't think it was that good until i used one to annihilate the entire elite 4 with a crit sweeper build with no overleveling

[@acesniped639]

The "does nuzlockes for a living - dream job" line is so nice to hear after seeing how well flygon has done in the present!

[@josephallen3076]

When I was a kid I always thought dodrio was worse than pidgeot, boy was I wrong about that gangly ass bird. Especially when it gets swords dance later

[@aditg847]

Pidgeot is superior, emotionally

[@cdoggo3352]

@@aditg847 bird jesus

[@aditg847]

@@cdoggo3352 just beat fire red today with bird Jesus

[@theblueslime5705]

The plan for Blaine was so complicated that nobody could ever think of using that

[@anyaforger844]

i thought yall were serious💀

[@fluffysamehada6072]

I love how you pronounce some Pokemon-names wrong on purpose. Or at least I think you do it on purpose for the troll.

[@Gstrikerzz]

I know right! Weedle becoming a Wedelle

[@TheTankWaffle99]

Watch his headbutt only run, he missnames Ho-oh in like 5 different ways in 1 battle I was rolling cause he does it so chill like 🤣

[@fluffysamehada6072]

@@TheTankWaffle99 yeah i saw that few days ago I then realised that he always puts in some of those name shenanigans

[@cdoggo3352]

Arca-Nae-Nae

[@maxtoncooke1726]

@Thiago Teixeira Disagree. There are official pronunciations for Pokemon

[@tycohen6683]

I love how he was naming off a lot of encounters and casually says krabby named STD...

[@shade5388]

Commenting just for that clutch blaine battle. That shit was intense.

[@garchompgamer1874]

Dude I thought he was gonna lose. Thats how close it was

[@ultm8gamer326]

I’m out here trying to figure out exactly how he did it

[@daltonbuchholz5061]

@@ultm8gamer326how did he do it?? By earning it!!

[@curtiswilson233]

9:05 Rare footage of FlygonHG mispronouncing "Arcanine"

[@ruginho666]

He didn't really call his zubat "patient zero"... 😂

[@karyoplasma]

I chuckled at first. Then I thought about last year and started crying.

[@treyw-k6473]

Really a quality nickname lmao

[@AlldaylongRock]

I had to re-check the upload date 😂 goddamn Covid 😂😂

[@user-wc1ef4tr2k]

oh i get it now

[@SlowForest]

I love how you put a drawing of dodrio on fire in replacement of it's death footage lmfao

[@loudwhispre9406]

Every so often, I come back to this video, just to relive the nostalgia. I love seeing how far you've come, confidence-wise, and nuzlocke-wise.

[@jaye4521]

Great run. Fearow is really underrated.

[@zerozap6119]

ikr

[@jerryakatony5724]

Fearow is dope. He was on my team

[@WelshWizzard01]

Kenya is the GOAT

[@monkeyfucker1053]

fearow only gets attention cause kenya the fearow which is sad cause its better then pidgeot in playthrough

[@dudeiscool117]

this has 69 likes. keep it that way boys.

[@LeDawg1337]

"I catch a geodude and name him GeoGuy" My man, it's clearly a Rockman Subbed due to the sheer quality presented here

[@kheireddineattala1281]

Flygon HG : fire red is pretty easy Pokemon challenges: let me do something about that

[@ultimatehope549]

I just finished my hardcore Nuzlocke of this game today. Made it through with Arcanine and Snorlax left. Losses were Mankey and Rattata to the Nugget Bridge rival battle, Magneton to some random trainer on Victory Road (probably the hardest loss since my E4 strategy mainly revolves around him), Vaporeon to Bruno (once again, Lance strategy relied on him), Graveler to Lance, and Gyarados and Venusaur in the final battle. MVPs were easily Arcanine and Gyarados, but Venusaur probably had the best battle by stalling out the champion’s Gyarados who was the biggest threat to me, and could’ve ended my run right at the end.

[@kelseymo9683]

I’ve been a Pokémon Challenges fan for a while now and I’m so happy I found your channel! I’m new to nuzlockes, and you both have mastered the art of sharing some seriously helpful Pokémon knowledge in your vids without mansplaining or making me feel dumb. your content is great, I really hope you will be able to do this as a living one day!

[@tdhhellian7509]

You had me for a sec with that set up for the Blaine strat joke. I was like "Blaine can be devastating? I usually sweep him with surf or earthquake." 😂

[@ibrahimijaz6408]

im only here because of the arcaneenay and neenaytales genius nicknames throughout the run

[@apratimshambharkar6394]

The beginning of the rise of the flygon

[@bradymartin5417]

I found this channel a week ago and am really enjoying the humor and content. Thanks for the hard work, have a sub!

[@draconix4131]

here’s why I think Bruno has an Onix: to train up his other pokemon on it.

[@space3709]

Pretty sure onix is to screw people up who are using flying types I never thought about it until this comment

[@endeavor3406]

Otherwise his optimal team would be Machamp, Hitmonlee, Hitmonchan, Primeape and Poliwrath

[@fmantovani.99]

0:46 - Rules 3:10 - Starter (Attempt #1) 3:33 - Starter (Attempt #2) 4:11 - Brock 5:43 - Misty 7:25 - Lt. Surge 9:16 - Erika 13:48 - Koga 14:15 - Sabrina 17:22 - Blaine 18:44 - Giovanni 20:39 - Lorelei 21:47 - Bruno 23:11 - Agatha 24:30 - Lance 27:25 - Butts 2 29:22 - Hall of Fame

[@t-rex_tion9612]

23 seconds 🤣

[@gentrymiller3170]

It’s awesome coming back to watch this again 2 years later and seeing the insane quality of dr one ball’s videos that has only improved since this first one.

[@dragonroots]

I'm screaming during the Sabrina fight to USE DISABLE to stop it from using psychic or calm mind

[@jackmusic5994]

It would’ve outsped and it could use a different move

[@dragonroots]

@@jackmusic5994 1 of 2 things likely happens, it disables calm mind thus preventing a potential snowball effect, or it disables psychic and removes its primary means of attacking allowing it to be very easily taken down.

[@jackmusic5994]

@@dragonroots or C It uses recover, and that’s disabled

[@KrishTheGamer0]

@@jackmusic5994 Or D the 55% accurate disable misses

[@jackmusic5994]

@@KrishTheGamer0 or E You don’t play a hardcore nuzlocke

[@evanroldan4270]

your battle with Blaine and Giovanni, it made me speechless

[@garchompgamer1874]

I was so scared Thank god for Golduck clutching that battle

[@evanroldan4270]

@@garchompgamer1874 I was lost for words watching the battle

[@niekstellingwerf5188]

Im glad to see he’s improved so much since this video, I always really excited for every new video

[@Jack-lm3hh]

Clicked on one of your videos because I was like “oh a nuzlocke and I love flygon.. cool? And now I’m hooked on your videos and subscribed. You’re amazing man please never stop making videos

[@meander8458]

I enjoy watching your nuzlockes so I’m coming back to the start of this playlist. Also, I’m doing my first ever nuzlocke and…you bet “Always, always, always play around the critical hit” is going through my head a lot! Great stuff, thanks for all the videos :)

[@arbazs501]

Those last two gym section was hilarious I was laughing madly 😂😂😂😂😂

[@WinslowSmith96]

Well yes. I do plan to binge the entirety of your content in one sitting.

[@LightningStrike0KAR]

hey, I love your videos!! I've been a fan for a while and I've watched most of your newer videos, and it's rly cool to go back and watch these older ones when u have barely started out nuzlockeing and see how awesome they are and how much u have grown as a content creator, how ur more confident explaining the rules in the beginning!! I think I'm going to do a nuzlocke of my second playthrough of brilliant diamond, all thanks to u!! 😄 thank u so much for these videos! they've actually calmed me down or distracted me from several panic attacks. 😊

[@baseball1manager2011]

Just rewatched this after watching Flygons newest snap lock, and I just want to give the BIGGEST shout out to my favorite nuzlocker. This video is great, and you could’ve kept this same format, but you have expanded upon and grown in your style in such a staggeringly impressive way. Huuuuge shoutout to you @FlygonHG. Going from great to better in this community is so impressive. Keep doing what you’re doing. It’s been so fun to watch.

[@neutralnoob4599]

This dude is going to blow up, i can just feel it.

[@smortswish8118]

I’ve been trying to start nuzlocking after 7 years of playing 😅 and this really helped me a lot because I’ve always wanted to do a nuzlock and on one of my favorite games, so thank you a lot

[@fernandogordillo9347]

I keep coming back to your videos while enduring our *SIXTH* COVID lockdown in Melbourne. They just brighten up my day mate, such good stuff! Also, congrats on the PhD fellow scientist!

[@VALDiesel01]

Your content has just been popping up in my recommended and I’m not complaining, this stuff is actually golden!!! Well done :)

[@wyattdiggs2227]

6:45 , I laughed my ass off, instantly subbed, I love your content and the way your vids are put together

[@erikschrader4737]

I did a Soulsilber Nuzlocke a while ago. I had a Hoothoot that I had relied on for a little before the Azalea Town rival battle. I never knew how terrible its attack was. Then I got a Spearow after the battle and it evolved later. It devastated and carried the team most of the way.

[@ILucuna]

have watched almost all of your other nuzlocke challenges before I watched this one and I love to see how it started!

[@rataslesbianass]

"...who does nuzlockes for a living, dream job" is so sweet to hear a few years after 😭 congrats on making it man :)

[@DazzlingDayCee]

Right!? I'm so happy for him, I said this on another comment but I'll say it here too; It's so inspiring, and impressive, that Flygon has reached this growth in "only" 2 years since this video- loads of people don't get HALF of this level of growth in 5. But, Flygon is an exceptional fella' after all. Some of the most entertaining Nuzlockes I've ever seen in my life comes from this dood.

[@MitchSanna]

This was incredibly entertaining, thank you man

[@igorjaworski]

Congratulations @flygonHG you are now promoted to my asmr buddy nap. I really enjoy all these nuzlocke you’ve made but it allways makes me sleep and I am very greatfull to you. Good job bro

[@leagueofmike4828]

I've watched your other vids as well and i found them pretty creative. Gj man can't wait for more! :)

[@BlueSodaPop_]

I always think the "Set battle Mode" rule is kinda funny. Like, I started doing nuzlockes and promptly giving up because I didn't really have much fun with it. But after I started playing on set mode, I just never changed back, even in casual play-throughs. It's so much more fun and dynamic then switch mode, so in my mind the rule doesn't make sense xD But that's literally just me lol

[@Evan-cl9be]

That was sick! Quality stuff my man 👍

[@joerawesome]

Grass type vid came up fist for me and now I’ve watched em all. I feel like your content is too good for the content. Anyway, keep it up and thoroughly enjoyed!

[@nunyeoa1292]

going through all of your videos one by one, and it's an absolute treat

[@GenerusCrow]

I just found your channel and am enjoying everything I've seen so far. Your particular brand of humor has been fun

[@abrafo1891]

Flygon has such great rewatchability!

[@luizbezerra4373]

Just found your channel and you're so underrated! Subscribed

[@Josh-fb8us]

This was brilliant! Recently discovered and now binge watching the videos. And the humour in this video had me giggling like a school girl. Keep it up sir

[@angel_bonzai]

"because (the harder rules) makes it more fun.... a lesson well learnt from "dwarf fortress" - losing is FUN. Love your content! Subscribed!

[@blodstainer]

The macho brace also helps when grinding for exp and EVs, you can get it by looting the 8th gym where Giovanni stood using the itemseeker

[@quadzy4354]

It’s easy to say that flygon is one of the best Pokémon and flygonhg is one of the best Pokémon youtubers

[@stijngouverne4305]

Honestly, the fact that you allow veteran viewers to skip by adding the timer for the gameplay starts.... So underrated, cheers 4 that!

[@Beegirl12345]

Best nuzlocker ( Pokémon challenges isn’t even close) goes toooooo FLYGON HG!!!

[@draconix4131]

I like how his strat for the last 2 gyms is just: spam surf.

[@hypersonicspeedgrov]

So elaborate, I had to watch that part 20 times to understand that complicated strategy

[@aaravdiwakaristhebest]

I did the same thing in Pokemon leafgreeneen

[@HarveyMeadowlark]

Damn, I’ve already subscribed, and then I heard the “Bjork” nickname for growlithe, which is exactly how I also describe the sounds a dog makes.

[@tinkermack6602]

I just found your channel and I’m loving it! Current on a binge with your videos ahaha - keep up the awesome work!!!

[@pedrocarvalho4386]

fire red was my favorite pokémon game as a kid, it was nice to watch the video, made me feel nostalgic

[@draconix4131]

I like his team, it has a lot of good color combos, and he has a lot of good pokemon and ones that I like.

[@JDphones17]

That voice crack at 16:11 had me dying

[@bannerthesuperdog]

Pokémon challenges is great, glad to see you doing these I’ve been bingeing them

[@wyattcrider8367]

"in mount moon, I catch a zubat and name it Patient 0" LMAO

[@PEWPlays]

really likin your nuzlockes, and its pushing me to try one.

[@ericrice4844]

The reenactment for Bill and Ted was fantastic

[@jaccowiering4806]

Your videos are quality mate, your doing great. Keep on going

[@jonsmith430]

Nah dude I feel that. Playing a hardcore nuzlocke of Red and I ran into a lv 29 dugtrio I knew I couldn’t run because of the lv diff so I hit it with bubble beam sacked the diglett I just caught and hyper fanged with raticate. Lucky to only lose moleman to his dad

[@davidma6616]

I watched the water type pearl playtheough and knew this was an easy sub. This was further confirmed when I audibly (sh)chuckled at the ratatouille joke.

[@vbph2011]

Love your videos. Watched them from the start, but never commented. I'm doing my own nuzloke journey, inspired by you. Can't afford patreon, so I figured I'd do what I can and re-watch alllll your videos (2x speed, of course) and comment on each and every one of them. Already liked em all haha

[@dsiv08]

i enjoy these vids so much, so glad i found your channel!!!

[@j1gglypuff42]

"local free healthcare clinic" lol your my new fav youtuber

[@davidma6616]

Lmao at the zoom in on “earned” after the battle with Blaine

[@the.ceo.of.1sis884]

Bro u are super underrated u are like the only nuzlocker who can make it entertaining amd not 2 hours king

[@kryvi9415]

this was the best, man! keep up the great work😁

[@sagelettuce724]

Your so underrated your videos are amazing

[@qlorainium8130]

my mans really said "suck him dry" while fighting that guy or smth LMFAOO

[@iBenjamin1000]

damn, I've been watching nuzlockes for a while now and flygon is just one of those nuzlocke guys that I see in video recs. I didn't realize he'd started on yt so recently.

[@JDBrayArtShorts]

Just binged the whole channel in one night can’t wait for more

[@pokecat5135]

I've watched your nuzlockes for about 2 hours now.

[@eightbitmonkeyman6925]

Amazing to see how far he’s come

[@typhoonboom]

2:25. this. im so glad you now have your dreamjob. the moment when you announced you went full time with youtube made me so happy. glad you could do this now.

[@PikachuPlays]

This was impressively funny, glad it got recommended to me. Will definitely be checking out some more of your stuff :]

[@andrewcoates4952]

This was my first introduction to Nuzlock and it wasn’t disappointing

[@Animesh_Raj]

He pronounced Arcanine correctly, I'm proud P.S. He usually calls it arca-'neene' Edit: DANG IT! He called it Arcanine before, then calls it arcaneene later when it evolves....

[@misuvittupaa8068]

He says it wrong on purpose. Because most of the people are fucking tired of grammar nazis

[@Gabe413]

@@misuvittupaa8068 this is pronunciation not grammar

[@Animesh_Raj]

You know I'm joking right? And I'm not harming him by "whining", I'm helping him actually

[@misuvittupaa8068]

@@Gabe413 oh yeah, you're right:)

[@misuvittupaa8068]

@@Animesh_Raj butthurt much?:)

[@dimes3150]

Watching this for like the 3rd time, I just realized that you posted your first video on my birthday - I like that coincidence. Keep up the good work, dude

[@simonmcnally5646]

I actually went on to KZbin to watch UFC embedded but fell into this and I must say I do not regret! Really enjoyed this 😂😂

[@dividualizer]

Arcanine is among my favorite pokemon, such a good boi

[@adrenalinerush387]

It was 24 minutes later til I realized why he named his Spearow, Spearcolumn

[@BaconNuke]

I don't get it

[@alanthonygavine1204]

Row and column

[@JesusGarcia-fz4fr]

“Bite is Special” “Shadow Ball is Physical” Game Freak: makes perfect sense. 👍🏼

[@SoupMistro]

You are the only KZbinr that I actively seek content out for. It's good stuff man

[@space3709]

You should watch his twitch he does a lot of challenges there

[@urijahwalden8771]

“This is because Pokémon games in general are stupidly easy” me who still has ptsd from Cynthia

[@eyeconqueror1185]

When you're not prepared, the end games and certain gyms can occasionally be a challenge.