Pro Nuzlocker Reacts To Alpharad "How I Survived My First Pokémon Nuzlocke"

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[@Alpharad]

I’m just here so I don’t get fined

[@SensationalShades]

Braden is 5head. He is light years ahead of us.

[@menoditto2721]

Bringing an Onix to the elite 4 and champion really is a power move when you think about it.

[@codyromrell6897]

Alpha you broke him by switching to onyx lmao. Well done.

[@oldsammyboy8916]

Yeah

[@obamacares7242]

The true Best Nuzlocker in the world

[@cosmictoast7615]

Jan to Jaiden: Master Chef Jr. Jan to Jacob: Hell's Kitchen

[@gabrielrodriguez8019]

Bruh really accurate 😂😂

[@iamraginghard4486]

it really is

[@joselynecarpiopadilla5547]

Such a good comment hahahahaha

[@othamneil8958]

Lmao that's just because Jaiden's less risky with her plays, which leaves Jan with less to work with. Apharad does 1 stupid decision in his game for every 5 minutes, and spend 3 hours to make up for it.

[@bread9132]

Well jacob does a lot more mistakes than jaiden (for the sake of content and all, and i respect that) and since jacobs video isn’t animated jan can nitpick a lot more

[@Onlera]

I love how he tries SO hard not to be critical or judge-y, but the Onix play completely breaks him 🤣

[@skynuggy5175]

1.1k likes and no comment? Let me fix that

[@Onlera]

@@skynuggy5175lol, thanks 😂

[@megameltan]

What else could've been done there its simply just a potato moment you think of that what you will

[@Onlera]

@@megameltan lol, I understand why he lost it there. It was just funny after he’d spent the whole video keeping his temper, even at dumb decisions 🤣

[@pomchi14ify]

@@Onlera I feel like the pot was simmering and at that moment with the onix it just went full boil

[@thevoidlord1796]

Jan: "We're here to learn, not to judge" Also Jan: "GEN 3 STURDY DOESNT WORK LIKE THAT!!!"

[@KaushalNRL]

Well it teaches the audience something soo it's fine

[@MrLegendofLP]

In fairness, he's judging Alpharads friend, not Alpharad.

[@othamneil8958]

Shouting angrily about someone's mistake doesn't mean judging. Judging, in this context, means to form an opinion on someone. To try and analyze whether or not Brendan, Jome, or Alpha, is incredibly stupid. An example for judging is: After analyzing this one decision Alpharad has made, which had severe repercussions to his run, I can conclude that Alpha is, in fact, stupid What Jan does: IT IS IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL!!!!!! He is not judging them, he's just trying to lecture them, educate them, scold them, purely for us all to be able to learn. "No matter how amgry mommy seems, remember that she's just doing that because she loves you." This quote I heard from my therapist last night seems like a good analogy for their relationship.

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

@@othamneil8958 Even if that mommy quote doesn`t apply to all parents still gotta agree with you there. A person who points out your mistake but doesn`t insult you on that & doesn`t think of you as stupid for doing the mistake is clearly trying to help you correct the mistake, but somehow some people around me whose mistakes I correct sometimes think I`m taunting or judging them, even tho I`m just trying to help them improve... well I guess its human nature to be angry at someone pointing out that you are not as good as your expectation

[@jcl2435]

I mean, that's not judging. It's stating facts.

[@thomasturnpaugh8823]

"Arcanine stops learning moves but growlithe doesn't." My brain, immediately: Oh my god, you can't teach an old dog new tricks..

[@LeoZe]

Except from discs apparently

[@certifiedteriyaki9372]

@@LeoZe *Forcing a dog to choke on a disc so it can jump higher* yea sure

[@bred9901]

puppy

[@damienburroughs2119]

...cn't....breathe....laughing too hard!

[@FlameHidden]

Except it works like that for almost all evo-stone evolutions

[@flopic5791]

I think we all learned an important lesson today: don't have any friends

[@rboss5919]

I mean some of the suggestions would have been okay...if they hadnt been chronically underleveled.

[@Fanimati0n]

Way ahead of you

[@PurpleRaspberry]

"Who needs friends when you got video games"- Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen NPC

[@navaneeth7017]

Ohhhhhh your sooooooooo true

[@emeraldjayent2403]

Already there.

[@boredfangerrude]

"Crits are rare" Tell that to Jaiden! The amount of crits she gets is insane.

[@slendveny7191]

Tell that to anyone who uses ancientpower on me. Why the HELL do they crit with that SO MUCH?!?! It doesn't have a high crit rate! WHY?!

[@ZephyrLeopard]

Her Platinum run was a total nightmare

[@rotciv557]

If I remember right, I believe crits are more common in Gen 4 (and potentially onwards) than they were in Gen 3, so maybe the statement is correct in that regard?

[@michaeldavid1566]

@@rotciv557 i think crits are mor common in gen 6 but crits deal less damage compared to pre grn 6

[@ZephyrLeopard]

I'm bad at playing around crits

[@genderqueergorehound]

I think this run is a perfect example of why people think Nuzlockes are ridiculously hard when the issue is actually just that people don't train their Pokemon, ever.

[@marcorossi2854]

In FRLG you don't even need to match the Gym leaders level cap, but being 10 levels below like alpharad did is not good.

[@kevinbell5674]

@@marcorossi2854 Yeah, pretty sure Gen 1 is designed around you being underlevel for the later half of the game. That's why you see people beating the Elite Four and Champion with Pokémon in the high 40s.

[@galaxyvulture6649]

@@marcorossi2854 I'm always several levels above and I struggle still (in fan pokemon games). Those mons have perfect stats in insurgence and use insane items like life orb.

[@trixstudio7134]

Why train when you can just yolo it up to the e4

[@mioj0000000]

Not everyone has a bredan helping

[@menoditto2721]

They really let Braden convince them to bring a damn Onix to the elite 4 and champion.

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

I mean, Onix could have been a stopgap against Charizard, I can actually see that. Pretending that Weezing explosion isn't the best idea. The real problem was not keeping it in reserve like the niche pokemon it is.

[@galvsparks6295]

@@aprinnyonbreak1290 even as an option to Charizard, Any of the fossils would have been better. Onix is just too specially frail (35/45 special bulk) to even survive 2 fire blasts so even as a Charizard counter it would have most likely failed

[@aprinnyonbreak1290]

@@galvsparks6295 Hence why I said stopgap, not counter.

[@sarahgilliss3503]

To quote Jaiden Animations: "Basically, Dwayne (Onix) was death fodder."

[@flippy7035]

Yo is that best girl in pfp?

[@seandunn596]

Case study take-away. If this nuzlocke can finish, then you can finish yours for sure lol

[@speeddemon2901]

so true maybe except romhacks

[@itzsquishy3712]

@@speeddemon2901 No, Rad played the game so horrendously bad that even the worst of nuzlockers, should theoretically have the ability to accomplish a dark rising hardcore nuzlocke

[@Richard-jj9bj]

I can’t even make it past the first gym in fire red omega

[@tomfarber6860]

@@Richard-jj9bj off topic af, but do you know where to get FR Omega? Every option I’ve tried doesn’t lead to an actual ROM

[@EasilyBoredGamer]

@@tomfarber6860 you're never gonna find the rom, you have to patch it yourself

[@wyattmason8838]

39:54 Fun fact: Coughing actually just died in a fight before that but we in chat told Alpharad to lie for entertainment

[@potato1094]

Ngl that sound alike something chat would do

[@Dracon350]

did he sack coughing to heal up savoir/goku?

[@sarad2487]

Wooooooow

[@TheDarkfighter101]

@@Dracon350 I don't remember if he healed but Goku got the KO and Coughing accomplished nothing.

[@Dragonatrix]

@@TheDarkfighter101 Extremely on-brand for Goku tbh

[@HeyyItsDaleVODS]

Early game Jan: "Were here to learn, not here to judge." Late game Jan: *aaaaaaAAAAAHHHHHHH*

[@quinnholloway5400]

He witnessed brandon

[@zaneheaston8254]

Ah, just like his time with Emerald Kaizo

[@shakxd4043]

When alpharad posted his video, I was like, “it’s only a matter of time before this shows up.”

[@MC-sx6ix]

That was my very first thought when I saw the notification, like "Oh my god, he has to do this one, right? It's a gold mine, I know it, and I haven't even watched it yet."

[@aminn003]

The reason why I found this channel was because someone was like "Can't wait for pokemon challenges to do a reaction to this" lol

[@MikeTheEntei]

He called it during his first stream. Patterz was in the chat and he was all "make sure to react to this and title it 'pro nuzlocker reacts'"

[@abarette_]

For real !! lmao

[@RiverTheFluid]

That first minute is just jan’s worst nightmare.

[@emeraldjayent2403]

Exactly what I was going to say.

[@jcfrvr23]

Yeah.

[@swigzby]

He broke Jan and still won, that's gotta count for something.

[@peytonibarra8992]

New hard run idea: Have Brandon in a call and do all that he tells you.

[@averagevirusbombenjoyer]

Emerald kaizo ain’t got shit on this.

[@jeltevl8868]

ye no I will attempt an emerald kaizo hardcore no pokemon centre nuzlocke before doing the brandon run.

[@patrickm2746]

Me: “That’s a pretty good strategy” Jan: “A couple things” Me: “A couple things”

[@WonderVis97]

Fucking hilarious comment

[@alexanderst.7993]

Jan losing his mind is pretty much everyone's reaction watching that video in a logical, educational manner.

[@skelebro9999]

is his name pronounced as Ian or Jan ?

[@pedromiguelabdofidelisdepa4732]

@@skelebro9999 you should put "Jan" in German google translate and listen. I always do that to learn foreign names

[@skelebro9999]

@@pedromiguelabdofidelisdepa4732 good idea

[@VGInterviews]

Emphasis on the "logical" part since a lot of the comments on the original video clearly know less than Alpharad, saying things like he should've used bite against a boosted sp.def Alakazam to flinch it, ignoring the fact that bite is a special move in gen3 and Alakazam was faster than Arcanine so he could never flinch it

[@kikomagana1990]

Alpharad had to have made most of those outrageous mistakes on purpose for content. Some of that shit was ridiculous 😂

[@marleytarver9759]

Braden being there to ruin the run at every turn (arguably more than Jacob himself) is the most aggravating, if not the funniest shit ever

[@silentkhaos1176]

He's like that friend who has never played Dark Souls trying to tell you what to do

[@Apple80089]

@@silentkhaos1176 "use the drake sword Jacob"

[@silentkhaos1176]

@@Apple80089 "Level Resistance Jacob"

[@Apple80089]

@@silentkhaos1176 "use a raw weapon Jacob"

[@ECODKyleskymast]

@@Apple80089 "Listen Jacob, hiding behind a shield is clearly the best way to play"

[@KoopaThaKing]

Braedon either has the Pokemon knowledge of a 2 year old or was trying to sabotage the run there is no in between. Mythical Pokemon Quick Claw Onix!

[@YVogelbekdier]

100% trying to sabotage

[@geode5224]

I’d only ever seen the onyx/jynx clip out of context and thought “aww poor jacob, jan must’ve been having a bad day” seeing it in the context of how he played his entire run, I now think “oh okay, jan’s bad day was *caused* by jacob” those were some mighty bad plays throughout

[@sanjablazina2879]

Alpha: "A nuzlocke is the best way to turn this baby's game into a masochist's wet dream." The resident masochist: "To make the game playably hard."

[@sanjablazina2879]

... To make the "game" playably *hard* question mark? Jan?

[@mebreevee1997]

@@sanjablazina2879 Your comment is criminally underrated.

[@tomb2681]

True

[@julianaaraujo7687]

jan bottom text

[@curious9904]

jan bottom

[@asdfg3046]

Ah yes, my favorite ability: gen 3 sturdy

[@shenzhong3078]

Its so stupid,it only blocks ohko moves(example horn drill,fissure,sheer cold) also genwunner stay mad

[@ShiningJudgment666]

Eh. It can come in clutch against random OHKO move users as few as they may be. Glacia's Walrein is one such example.

[@mangosteak]

@@ShiningJudgment666 are there really any sturdy pokemon U want in vs a walrein?

[@Cuculutu]

@@mangosteak Magneton

[@orangotango9231]

@@shenzhong3078 are those the moves that like have 30 percent precision but they kill every time right?

[@reilly5005]

19:00 I love how Alpharad and everyone else in the video is like “that’s so fucked up” while jan is just sitting back chuckling

[@MiguelitoJimz]

How to trigger a nuzlocker with just 3 words: "Gen 3 Sturdy."

[@GreenAngelX]

Me: "Oh nice, another 'wholesome' Nuzlocke reaction." Start of Video: *chaos noises*

[@g.wilson536]

Alpha in a nutshell :D Chaos follows him, and he has the luck of the gods xD. As well, a lot of his mistakes were because he listened to friends (either to prove how they are wrong or misplaced trust) and got a touch overconfident

[@pogchampaxolotl8507]

@@g.wilson536 the chaos is just because altrive is there

[@adityashelarnd_med_math-it90]

This might be the worst nuzlocke logically but is still the most entertaining

[@2ndpretzeld]

Uh, check out purplecliffes nuzlockes they are also entertaining

[@nero7862]

My favorite nuzlocke ive seen so far lmao

[@2ndpretzeld]

@@nero7862 Uh alpharads? Or purplecliffes?

[@nero7862]

Alpha

[@BookofConke]

It's far and away the worst played Nuzlocke I've ever seen.

[@sadaderlangga17]

Watching Alpharad managed to win THAT increase my confidence to a whole new level

[@synthdott7954]

Pchal: “this is a case study” Also Pchal: *has a breakdown over sturdy*

[@GJimenex20]

Jan banning the people who told this was a “no items nuzlocke” might be the best play of the entire video.

[@daybreakhorizon2513]

It was pretty based lmao

[@eafesaf6934]

It's such a troll move even more than the others intentionally or not saying "no item run"

[@tyguy275]

Dude if Purplecliffe did that during his runs he wouldn’t have anyone in his twitch chat

[@babeyy-nq9gs]

Yeah jan has 0 tolerance for that stuff in his chat. After watching EK for a bit tho you realise how much he relies of chat for quick answers sometimes so absolutely fair

[@GJimenex20]

@@babeyy-nq9gs and I would be the same if I streamed hahaha I understand and support that way of doing things. If you don't know the answer just shut up and let other people help.

[@samueltaylor6421]

Alpharad was actually pretty competent in his attempts at VGC, so to see this nuzlocke coming from him is crazy. I think beyond the many lessons PC told us in this vid, a big takeaway is to take a break if you're panicked or distracted.

[@blazefactor6849]

Honestly, this is right on brand for Alpha. As someone who's been watching his content for a while, he's almost definitely screwing around here and not taking it seriously on purpose. He does this kind of thing all the time, purposefully doing suboptimal shit because it makes for more effective content.

[@missdreavus649]

@@blazefactor6849 this, tho. He used a team full of vileplumes in LGPE just for the memes, including using his master ball on an oddish immediately after getting it. That’s what the Oddish was definitely in reference to.

[@haruhirogrimgar6047]

This felt more like Alpha wasn't enjoying it all that much and didn't feel like grinding. Except for the Casino and Elite 4 (since he didn't want to restart.) It would explain why he played so brazenly and regularly had his friends with him while he played. So he had something more interesting to do than play Pokemon. Because no way after those VGC runs is he that bad at regular Pokemon.

[@trixstudio7134]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 tbf I also like to play Nuzlockes on the risky side and do things like not grind, not do a ton of research, and so forth because it's just kinda boring. Does it make it needlessly difficult? Yeah. But is it fun as fuck? Also yeah. Especially in Fire Red where you can afford to do those things more often. I mean heck, my first Nuzlocke was on Fire Red, and that in itself was the first time I'd played a game in the Kanto region period, and I didn't research into a single damn thing, didn't do a second of grinding, and it was a blast... in retrospect I have no clue how I beat it lol.

[@abhishekverma8303]

@@haruhirogrimgar6047 are you the same guy that religiously defended grimgar in that one comment chain on a vid talking about why grimgar is a masterpiece

[@chrisvieau6781]

Honestly, the only part that kills me trying to attempt Nuzlockes is the patience and dedication required for it. It gets tedious, and I dread running through an old pokemon game all over again whenever I wipe. Everything else is so much fun though.

[@snolls105]

I'm working on a nuzlocke now and my plan is just "if I lose the nuzlocke, I'll just be like, cool, I'll just play the game like regular now so that I don't feel as bad ¯\_(ツ)_/¯." It's a good enough way to get me less intimidated by the prospect of the run.

[@louiswaze4603]

@@snolls105 not a bad idea, I would continue to try and treat the rest of your playthroihj like a nuzlocke as well though otherwise you won’t learn form your mistakes as quickly as there is no real consequences

[@snolls105]

@@louiswaze4603 that makes sense, my own personal nuzlocke rules are that if my entire party wipes, I get one free retry specifically for that reason. Just makes the entire idea a bit less intimidating.

[@stuartlarkinmadtv]

I had a nuzlocke "training program" where I can only lose pokemon to gym leaders, gym trainers and special trainers, plus if I would lose more than two pokemon I got to retry that battle once, just to get the thinking down, also I only play the romhacks, I can recommend renegade platinum and blaze black 2 as good ones to start with.

[@homerdough5389]

Just hack in rare candies and play with a level cap. Sooooooooo much funnier that way

[@jalenbell769]

The only thing this run taught me is that Braden has the smoothest brain known to man.

[@thespanishinquisition4078]

But if he had quick claw...

[@Trashtox]

@@thespanishinquisition4078He had Sturdy!

[@IzaRain]

37:25 the fact Jan Almost Went Crazy when Braden Said "I thought it was Sturdy"

[@treasuremage7546]

11/10 Jan bait, honestly. It doesn't have sturdy, you can check to make sure, and sturdy doesn't work like that, and even if it did the play would still suck.

[@shenzhong3078]

@@treasuremage7546 the onix has rock head right?

[@marcusferro7588]

This is the most confused ive ever seen pc about another persons nuzlocke

[@cynniethia]

good

[@lisabarnes924]

He's hurt in confusion.

[@Crazy56U]

For good or for ill, Braden is why this run was so memorable. All the spilled blood at his feet regardless.

[@HexQuesTT]

"This is just a case study we're not here to criticise their decisions" Braden "And I took that personally"

[@gengallade]

Your KZbin intro should be "I'm probably the best nuzlocker in the world, but I'm probably the worst at KZbin intros"

[@blaze_4587]

I really want to like this comment but I don't wanna ruin the 69😭

[@heinrichsachs7039]

we all know damn well jan is capable to do a perfectly fine, average yt intro, hes just pretending to be awkward to make it his trademark

[@marshie5434]

@@blaze_4587 what if KZbin likes capped at 6.9k likes?

[@mattimeikalainen6963]

@Nogilthazaa who the fuck has an ad as their intro?

[@swigzby]

That pretty much already is his intro.

[@hansenhorst3117]

38:05 Jan to himself: "Get your shit together, case study case study, it's just a case study"

[@dantesrealm624]

Yeah I feel like he got a little too aggravated. It was Alpha's first one anyways.

[@jacobmonks3722]

@@dantesrealm624 Regardless, it doesn't take a pro nuzlocker to realize that Onix has shit special defense and that Ground is weak to ice. He was using the Internet to prepare for the E4 after all, he very well could have looked up the type charts.

[@tsonny1104]

@@dantesrealm624 Im pretty sure Alpha knows enough about pokemon to not play like a complete moron and was goofing around a lot

[@hansenhorst3117]

@@dantesrealm624 I thought it was funny af

[@misirtere9836]

@@dantesrealm624 Literally Alpharad was the one saying that switching in Onix was a terrible idea. This is a session for dunking on Brayden.

[@whichDude]

This is by far my favorite reaction you've done. Apha screaming at his friends, questionable choices, how he barely survives encounters, and your growing frustration as he gets beaten down.

[@aaroncarr3413]

I would argue that grass type is VERY useful in fire red and leaf green, you remembered the gyms but also dont forget all of team rocket uses giovanis pokemons and all of the ground and rock types get slammed by grass

[@sasir2013]

yeah, and picking charmander in a nuzlocke of this game is a great mistake. Not only will you find tons of water, electric, ground and rock pokemons, and be in disadvantage in 3 gyms, but 3 of the elite four have counters against it

[@bubalackgaming8892]

@@sasir2013 yeah, I think he really overstates how good fire types are. Grass types and water types are just way more reliable in general.

[@aetherius6221]

@@bubalackgaming8892 sure but your odds of getting another fire type are low, unless it's RSE, getting the guaranteed fire type is the safest play. As Jan says, "they're rare and powerful".

[@bubalackgaming8892]

@@aetherius6221 not really to be honest, they may be rare and generally have high attacking stats but they're horrifically unreliable and usually only good for select matchups, otherwise they're pretty much glorified death fodder compared to all the other Pokemon you can get that just flat-out fill their role better.

[@aetherius6221]

@@bubalackgaming8892 a fast fire type like monferno, cinderace or delphox is pretty irreplaceable for nuking speedy threats or deleting bulky steel types. Magnemite, steelix, or aggron line are hard to kill early to midgame without special ground or fire moves, and special ground moves are very difficult to get early unless you picked mudkip (doesn't count because you should always pick mudkip anyways) and difficult to get powerful enough late without the TM for earth power or a claydol, considering fire types are rare and usually much weaker than the starter whereas as most grass and water starters besides bulba and maybe decidueye have approximate and maybe even superior replacements as they are fairly common and the most common respectively. Speedy fires have two significant purposes, and good fighting types are rarer than you might think, as well as not typically warranting a full slot most of the time, meaning a dual type with fire is pretty good. Even if you only unbox it for Steven or Jasmine, having a speedy fire type can make or break a gym/E4 strat

[@Cuculutu]

Weezing didn't explode on Dragonite, Alpharad used Magneton instead. But it was later crited by Dragonair's outrage. Alpharad was so mad about it that he decided to lie in the video later.

[@johnathanera5863]

Soooo. He actually didnt win the nuzlocke.

[@bynightfall_4516]

Wait when did this happen... is it in a replay?

[@poliorice3600]

@@johnathanera5863 what?

[@raphaelsanchez7386]

@@johnathanera5863 No, he did win. It’s just that his Weezing didn’t go out like a champ, so he lied about him using Explosion because that seemed cooler.

[@johnathanera5863]

@@raphaelsanchez7386 I've already forgotten but didnt he need magneton to beat the champion? He shouldnt have had it if it died to lance, so he probably would have lost to champion. But maybe I'm wrong and he didnt use magneton. Like I said I already forgot the fight, so I very well could be wrong.

[@DrCye]

Makes me want to see him "coach" people that don't really know much about pokemon through their first nuzlocke

[@SchmavidSchmobb]

This is a fantastic idea.

[@justanotheremptychannel2472]

@@SchmavidSchmobb what's that kitchen reality show of the guy who screams at people?

[@pj9dtheiii736]

@@justanotheremptychannel2472 Ah crap Jan would be the Gordon Ramsey of Pokémon.

[@justanotheremptychannel2472]

@@pj9dtheiii736 he should do it with his family and friends lmao

[@pleasedont7439]

@@pj9dtheiii736 specifically Nuzlockes. Cause there are lots of Pokemon competitive stuffs.

[@MarshallLeeFlames]

PC: What did we learn about this playthrough? Me: That Onix is a terrible pokemon?

[@NeoDanomaru]

"Crits are rare" Really, maybe tell that to JaidenAnimations while reviewing her Platinum Nuzlocke video!

[@michaelandrews117]

Been doing my first Platinum Nuzlocke and Platinum has a fucking crazy high crit rate I swear. Roark's Cranidos wiped my team of 6, because EVERY move was a crit. Absolutely insane.

[@Ihavealeftbrain]

Or Ludwig's Ludlocke

[@cullenlatham2366]

im pretty sure he already has. he was confused about the multiverse plot until his chat went into detail to explain it. Tangent: i thought the multiverse explanation to the failed run was obvious enough, even without seeing it first hand, but maybe i just hang around the S.T.E.M./theory-crafting side of the internet more than most.

[@6023barath]

@@michaelandrews117 I've lost all my fire types(except a potential Flareon ig) to unplayable crits, this game is insane lol Crazy that Roark got so many crits, what a hacker!

[@kat_8340]

platinum crits are known to be broken af

[@rc4780]

I’ve never seen someone speak ESL get so mad and not slip back into their first language.

[@LiminalQueenMedia]

I suspect Jan is a dual language speaker where he learned both young enough to naturally think in both as opposed to second langauge learners who learn later in life who often have to actively translate. Its pretty common in Germany. Whats interesting is that he has an American accent when speaking English. I wonder if one of his parents is an American expat.

[@april5767]

@@LiminalQueenMedia According to him he spent the first few years of his life in sg + hk where he went to english speaking schools, and in those places there were channels like cartoon network available. then he went back to germany when he was 12 and had a pc, and at that point the internet had been well established. That's why he has an American accent. Effectively he is a dual native speaker, but he has an American accent through a more unique method.

[@justanotheremptychannel2472]

If he started screaming in German that would be scary lmao

[@sapphiredawn5773]

@@justanotheremptychannel2472 german is a great but scary rage language

[@dragodjordje2425]

we learn american english in german schools. most of our english teacher have an american accent and also the way we learn the Vocabulary and some phrases are american english. for german students american english is the default english so we try as good as we can to speak that way but some ppl have a german accent ofc.

[@Commando23414221998]

Poketuber: uploads any Nuzlocke content Jan: IT’S FREE REAL ESTATE

[@amonpfaudler1043]

Cringe KZbin comment

[@Commando23414221998]

@@amonpfaudler1043 Algorithm boosting is worth any amount of cringe

[@amonpfaudler1043]

@Commando23414221998 yeah true but he hates you :)

[@pengoschwortz4734]

But only if they have more subs than him and he has something to gain 🙄

[@denji3397]

This can be a meme

[@bile9917]

"what did we learn" don't listen to brayden

[@lexieaeterna7763]

YOUR ENTIRE REACTION WITH THAT JINX IS AWARD WINNING 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Malenrick]

After watching the original video, all I could think is "He's gonna have a field day with this one". But that's alpha for you, he just loves leaving it up to fate to decide if he wins or not. Definitely makes his content frustrating yet enjoyable to watch.

[@zuils]

I already saw this live on twitch and omg that Sabrina fight made me died a little on the inside. Also the fact that he didn’t bring power birb to the elite 4 but brought an onix made me died even more on the inside

[@sinnohperson8813]

Dodrio is the best kanto bird for in game

[@pkmntrainerred4247]

Dodrio would`ve swept half of Bruno`s team, and Funko pops would`ve beaten those Onix easily. Then he could`ve used Phoenix for sweeping Agatha`s Arbok & maybe even Golbat

[@yeta.]

I don’t get how someone can spend 3 hours getting 1 move, to then not spend 30mins just levelling up their Pokemon so they aren’t under-levelled for every gym. Edit: I don’t get how someone can spend 12 hours getting 4 moves, to the not spend 30mins just levelling up their Pokemon so they aren’t under levelled for the gym.

[@megasora4]

alpha in all his videos spends more time doing the funny/entertaining option rather then the smart one. its not surprising to see as him streaming his daycare method could get grating on the viewer. outside that, i think he only did the first casino run on stream, since he mentioned the 2nd was "half his Tuesday." but i could be wrong.

[@HazeEmry]

Mr. Rad would never pass up the opportunity to gamble

[@ONLY_RR7]

@@megasora4 yeah he didn’t stream anything past the Sabrina fight

[@thejennybean]

3:37 I actually think that it's actually a little more fun without this rule. Imagine losing everything you worked so hard for, then coming back and winning using what you have left.

[@thefanman2912]

true

[@GuyThatSighs]

Love Alpha but after watching Jan for the past year, the Sabrina fight was more painful than hype for me tbh

[@Fanimati0n]

P sure it was meant to be painful.

[@nero7862]

It was painful for me too but hilarious at the same time.

[@illusionaryheart3325]

It was probably much more painful for Jacob

[@JoshusBarber]

It wasn’t meant to be hype. They even put sad music in the background and everything

[@michaeldavid1566]

@@JoshusBarber also lapras. Pokemon Mystery Dungeon's star

[@FluffyPlush]

how to do better in a nuzlocke: 1. Don't have any friends helping you

[@riggerzagain3444]

Tell that to @pokemonchallenges when he built his t and l team then spega who play tested the fight on his save file and made him use a completely different team😂😂😂

[@anniebehm-raymond4093]

What I love about Jan is he will chirp you for what you did wrong but will also compliment you for what you did right.

[@hokuwong]

“41x2 often times is more than 72” made me laugh

[@daveericson8282]

I have never seen Jan so stressed. This video seems like it's just Jan's descent into madness.

[@guilhermefarias5255]

His Joker origin story

[@PurpleRaspberry]

I knew Pokemon Challenges would be furious at this but would be entertained

[@jakehamilton4053]

The way his voice breaks when analyzing the Onix death is great… Reminds me of my sanity breaking when my non Pokémon fan friend made me watch him stream “Pokémon H” My brain just couldn’t even…

[@sarahgilliss3503]

The "Vs. Seeker" DEFINITELY works! In fact, I used the "Vs. Seeker" in combination with the "Amulet Coin" to help me grind my Growlithe to LV49 to evolve it into Arcanine AND buy "Flamethrower" for my Nidoking!

[@josemercado1223]

attempting to look at this video in any logical way is a mistake. However this is the most entertaining nuzlocke

[@calemx1637]

God, Pc was going HARD on brayden

[@ashen.6887]

I am genuinely surprised that he survived after having like half of his pc obliterated

[@thespanishinquisition4078]

That's the magic of Alpharad. He is INCREDIBLY good at what he does... And also takes the worst decissions all the time. It's like God saw how competent he was and decided "Too perfect, I'm nerfing this boy by making him really... really dumb."

[@CidAghast]

"First off Sturdy dosnt work" Me: SO we are just going to ignore this dude using onix right?

[@gavinmiller8980]

He didn’t ignore it

[@turbosonic7219]

He said something to the effect of *even if it was sturdy* right before that and also talked mad shit on how bad Onix is

[@Oropher420]

Can we have Alpharad react to this lmao.

[@user-zb9hu4qr7g]

Honestly shows how easy the base games are.

[@user-uv2cp1qd1j]

FRLG is piss easy though. Even compared to Red and Blue, which are “harder” through Gen I fuckery

[@marcorossi2854]

Go watch Dingdong's (the channel name is nuzlocke enjoyer) 1 death=reset nuzlocke of fire Red with only NFE mons

[@RealMineKD]

His frustration with Alpharad not using the Snorlax is just priceless xD

[@jonathangetachew1522]

I'd love to see PC react to more Flygonhg nuzlockes, especially his Pokémon Diamond fire only run. I feel like Flygonhg is probably the best nuzlocker after Jan so I think it would be the most interesting to see Jan react to him.

[@baron3904]

How does he do the encounters? Hack them in when he reaches the point in game that they become available?

[@jonathangetachew1522]

@@baron3904 Oh no. His only encounters are Infernape and Rapidash and if they die the run is over. Just two chances. So he of course chooses Chinchar and looks until he finds a Ponyta then boom those are the only Pokémon for the run.

[@baron3904]

@@jonathangetachew1522 What a madman. I gotta check this out. I can't see him beating certain fights like Bertha. Thanks for the plug.

[@jonathangetachew1522]

@@baron3904 No problem. If you like PC then you'd probably like Flygonhg.

[@Rikrobat]

Hahaha, I’m only in the intro and PC’s frenetic reaction has me hooked. So excited for a new reaction video for nuzlocke learning!

[@bastianschuck5455]

I mean... there were a few semi-good plays But most of the time it was very chaotic and unprofessional lmao But that's how Alpha is, he doesn't really play the best way to win but the way how it's the most entertaining content. I think it's funny how different two of my favorite content creators are in that belonging, Jan plays extremely logical and optimal and Jacob is just out to have fun and create chaos, and i love both lmao

[@ArtificialWay]

37:27 the amount of pure confusion and anger felt at this play is hilarious

[@ZexalDSJAsh]

The takeaway from all this is if you have a friend in call, especially if the friend is named Braeden (don't matter the spelling), DON'T listen to their advice unless they have some credible experience of playing Pokemon!

[@lunarmathemagics7881]

Bræden

[@frankwest5388]

After studying some Nuzlockes, I learned some stuff for casual play as well, much of which contradicted what someone not familiar with the series deeper mechanics won’t realize. Which is probably why Alpha failed. He didn’t understand most interactions Easy tips The early Bugs are surprisingly good, especially as defensive pivots. Don’t underestimate the early Rat. They hit surprisingly hard (unless you are Furret and disappoint anyone beyond level 16) The Pidgy line looks powerful but are ass and do nothing. And STAB calcs can outdamage lower power super effective moves. Most casual players probably won’t realize those things and make easily preventable mistakes due to it.

[@4137Swords]

10 year old me always went for super effective moves. 25 year old me realized that STAB moves are usually better, and that coverage moves should only be used for types that your STAB moves are resisted by.

[@falteredstar]

What are STAB moves? Can someone explain? I plan to continue my Nuzlocke and I have no idea what STAB moves mean but I plan to use these tactics and mental notes soon to get through it. (Luckily I got a Rattata on my SS run, they almost died due to poison but survived somewhat)

[@4137Swords]

@@falteredstar STAB stands for Same Type Attack Bonus. It means if you use a move that's the same type as the Pokemon using it, it gets a boost. A 1.5X boost to be exact. So an example of a STAB move being better is this: let's say you have a Arcanine with Flamethrower and Bite, and you're against a Psychic Pokemon. Bite, being Dark type, is a super effective move, which doubles its power. 60 x 2 = 120. Flamethrower, being Fire type, is a STAB move, and thus would be 95 x 1.5 = 137.5, or 138 rounded up. This means that, despite Bite being super effective against Psychic, Flamethrower would actually do more damage.

[@frankwest5388]

@@falteredstar it stands for "Same Type Attack Bonus". Meaning that if you use an attack of a type, that your Pokemon is, the attack does 50% more damage. Example you have 2 Pokemon with the exact same stats use earthquake, which has a base power of 100. One is a normal type and the other is a ground type. The normal type will use a 100 power earthquake, while the ground type does a 150, power move. This is important because it makes your moves hit a lot harder. However in the example in my comment, I point out, that sometimes a STAB move will do more damage than a super effective move. Example, I have a normal type Pokemon (so I get STAB on normal type moves) and fight a poison type (which is weak to psychic). My Pokemon has 2 special moves to hit it with. Hypervoice, which is an 90 base power normal move and confusion, a 50 base power psychic move. Which attack, will do more damage? Well the opponent is poison, so confusion would do super effective damage, doubling its power. Meaning the move has an effective power of 100 (50 x 2). Sounds like a good move to use. However, Hypervoice has 90 base power. So, by applying STAB it's effective power is 135 (90 x 1.5 or 90 +45 which is half of 90). Meaning that despite confusion being super effective, Hypervoice does more damage. This has wider applications during you playthrough that you might not think of. Example: Let's say you are at the beginning of the game and you have your starter Charmander and a Rattata (also they will be the same level let's say 15). Your starters strongest move is Ember (40 power). While Rattata's is Hyperfang (80). And you are fighting a Grass Type Bulbasaur. You would think that Ember does more damage, because it is super effective and get's STAB. Which is a total power of 100 (40 x 2 + (40 x 1.5) or 80 + 20). Ratta's Hyperfang will still do more damage due to STAB which is now 120 (80 x 1.5 or 80 + 40). These types of calculations are very unintuitive of newcomers and average players, but are key to becoming as good as you can be.

[@exeko8681]

Jan is the Gordon Ramsay of Pokemon (nuzlockes) and I respect that so much

[@Iamnikan]

"who is this?" Brayden, aka captain kidd, aka someone who should do a nuzlocke next just to see you react to it. Because pain.

[@waz207]

“41 x 2 is often more than 72” That got an out loud laugh out of me!

[@driotari]

KZbin comments might be worthless, but we still enjoy the vids. was waiting for this vid

[@graemetang4173]

Alpharad: Makes any decision Everyone else: Wait, but why

[@Bubby0304]

If anything this just shows how easy Firered is to nuzlocke (at least with items). So many bad decisions but hilarious to watch

[@theh3rbinator485]

If anything, this run is the epitome of 'never give up'. I just love how chaotic it is haha

[@awildzubat8221]

Alternate Title: Jan loses his Sanity.

[@saigesmart4167]

I was shocked how long it took alpharad to do a nuzlocke considering he has already done the solo mudkip video, which I feel like is a harder challenge

[@ixdffg3572]

To an extent, however if he wipes he doesnt have to restart which is a big difference...

[@saigesmart4167]

@@ixdffg3572 yeah I don't disagree, they are a different kind of hard. But nuzlocking fire red is pretty recoverable (clearly) unless you wipe. But I think a lot of the challenges he solved in the emerald run were really creative

[@watfordone1]

Genuinely love when PC reviews another person’s nuzlocke, it’s one of my favourite things on KZbin, praise the lord

[@The1Goby]

Was eagerly waiting for this reaction!

[@jackcooney1651]

Seeing him have a stroke in the beginning was more mad than I’ve ever seen him get at his own runs which is hilarious to me

[@suchomimustenerensis]

Algorithm Also can't wait to see him roast the shit out of Alpha

[@kellet-5746]

Yes

[@lohchong4862]

Good reaction video. Lots of good takeaways for improving gameplay quality, nuzlockes or casual. Thanks pChal.

[@klown5809]

Thinking about trying my first nuzlocke with Soulsilver soon. I'm hype after those type of video! Great content!

[@LoudWaffle]

Would not recommend SoulSilver or HeartGold for a first (or really any) Nuzlocke because the level curve in the mid-to-late game is really dumb and there's suddenly a massive level spike at Claire that necessitates a TON of boring grinding for hours in order to catch up to her. If you're going to do it, I recommend hacking in rare candies ONLY to skip copious amounts of grinding. Like Jan I'd recommend FireRed or LeafGreen as a first Nuzlocke, they work really well with the format. But whatever you decide, best of luck!

[@Mrthatguy295]

If they weren't so long, the tfs nuzlockes would be a fun reaction

[@lionofdemise]

Fire Red has a 2 video summary while Soul silver had 4

[@largetea8475]

@@hahmann They also cheated in Gen 3 if I remember right

[@prideguy3233]

@@hahmann How did they cheat in Soul of Silver? If you're referring to modding different Pokemon into the game that was because they wanted to fight their old team.

[@thomasb2265]

Jan: "Most people don't get to three hours of grinding." Me: *Looks at my nearly 90 hours on my Black 2 nuzlocke to get to PWT.*

[@Average2228]

Editing is getting cleaner. Glad to see the improvement

[@Jonobonan]

Oooh boy I was looking forward to this one. The whole time I was watching the original video I was thinking 'boy PC is going to lose his mind over this one' 🤣

[@WillKazeOh]

Never seen you react so angrily to a nuzlocke as you did in that intro, wow!

[@JKGotYou]

37:27 while it's zooming on Jan raging it looks like the cursor is slowly moving away from him like it just doesn't want to be near him 😂

[@ChadBeetle]

jan plays around quick claw, alpharad plays for them. that’s the difference.

[@HZTenh17g]

Considering the ROM hacks he plays and their difficulty he has too.

[@eafesaf6934]

I was waiting for this for ages!

[@TiggySL]

Ah yes, watching the internet funnyman are we?

[@djjosec5514]

You should do a Pokémon challenge, but you got a listen to Braden

[@rafaellucadetena9355]

"For Arbok it would be nice to have something like earthquake, but you know, life sometimes have different plans." - The guy that happen to have an Hypno.

[@joshfarmer8408]

We later learn that Jacob lied about weezing, it died to one of his dragonairs, but he edited it so he lost it to explosion