Pokemon Shield but I can Only use SHINIES

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A Pokemon Shield Hardcore Nuzlocke Challenge with ONLY SHINY POKEMON - Can it be done? (No items, No overleveling)
Make sure to let me know what hardcore nuzlocke challenge you want to see in the comments!
RULES:
1) If a Pokemon faints, it's considered dead and can no longer be used.
2) Only the first shiny encounter can be caught on each route.
3) Species Clause; I can reroll an encounter if the first encounter is something already caught.
4) No items in battle (held items are fine).
5) No overleveling the next gym leader's highest Pokemon (leveling up during the fight is allowed).
6) Battle style must always be on 'Set'.
#Pokemon #HardcoreNuzlocke #ShinyPokemon

[@Quinnjamin]

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE SHINY POKEMON???? Gen 8 or otherwise... :)

[@anatidae2874]

Definitly magnemite

[@Quinnjamin]

GIGACHAD BABY

[@waltterikoponen8426]

Gen 8: inteleon, alcremie, ponyta and eiscue (ice face is a bit better) Other gens: meowstic, dragalge, dedenne, drifloon, drifblim, altaria and others...

[@kellen8405]

Probably dragapult, greninja, or vikavolt.

[@THEGOAT00ga]

Corvinight

[@nicolasczellecz1160]

I have to admit it is a huge pet peeve of mine when the lowest version of an evolution line has the best shiny. Like staryu looks so good with that sandy color and then evolves and looks pretty similar to the regular form of starmie

[@jeremybailey3717]

Just go the Ash Ketchum path, "they don't have to evolve to be strong!"

[@dmmetoes8805]

Treecko imo

[@serenitynow85]

Gible

[@beautifulagonization]

Totally agreed

[@nonodfox9450]

i dont know i kinda like the purple gem over the red one it has a really nice look to it

[@latiiyoutube6468]

Quinn when they see an OP pokemon that isn't ghost type or possibly flying: *Body Press, take it or leave it*

[@Quinnjamin]

Lmao tru

[@sandychen1381]

Latias

[@TheTownNarcoleptic]

Body press is how I beat the Normal type restricted sparring

[@latiiyoutube6468]

@@sandychen1381 saitaL

[@YtWuff]

Lol true

[@amroyflash1326]

I'm impressed that he did a nuzlocke without any deaths

[@LloomiDreamz]

I mean he does have access to a variety of pokemon

[@lucomaiore3227]

yea no ones talking about how he didn't lose a single pokemon

[@krisman1771]

It’s cause this game is incredibly easy

[@scorbunnyfanatic5292]

@krisman 1 true

[@konoev2669]

he didnt look at 25:50

[@ssscout]

give it a few years and i think people will look back fondly on gen 8

[@WillTango]

Wild area is a W

[@breanda]

i mean hey man SwSh has dynamax adventures, like i dont think ANYONE wouldnt always love 1/300 or 1/100 shiny odds for legendaries

[@kiwigamer4671]

@@ofisblagoevgrad6424 My man wrote an essay because he thinks a game is bad. Just let people enjoy things, it’s less work. Personally I think the games are fun.

[@MandyBains88]

Not yet

[@ssscout]

@@MandyBains88 that's why i said a few years lol - wait for the crowd that enjoyed it to revisit it, and the crowd that initially didn't enjoy it might give it a 2nd chance. it happens like clockwork with almost every pokemon release

[@wxhrscheinlich4890]

18:50 as far as I know, dynamaxing stops the effect of choice items

[@salemdavea]

It does

[@dabmonstr7403]

It keeps the power but not the lock on as much as i remember

[@taxcollector6959]

@@dabmonstr7403 nah dynamax disabled items for however long it's active

[@Kev.in1997]

@@dabmonstr7403 I mean... A little Google search doesn't hurt

[@zecklesvgc6106]

@@dabmonstr7403 It doesn't keep the power or the lock. It basically just disables it for the 3 turns.

[@officeman15]

agreed with your intro! SwSh have such a great variety of pokemon to build a team with, and the wild area, dens, and gym battles are all epic.

[@Quinnjamin]

Yeah that plus the move relearner at every pokemon center. Makes the QOL so great in these games

[@officeman15]

@@Quinnjamin yeah it really is hard to go back to previous games. Even in usum and bdsp you can feel the effects the lack of the QoL changes has.

[@dreepy6906]

i completely agree it’s prob my favorite poekmon game atm i love everything about it it’s so fun and so rewarding and feels like the only game when you beat the champion that you did it you beat the best pokemon trainer it’s very rewarding i hate when people talk bad about the game because i truly do love this game

[@pimpekb9]

Agree

[@jasonlobo2350]

@@dreepy6906 ngl how they did gyms on this game its just superior to every game of the saga

[@benwatson9570]

The fact you didn’t let each shiny *sparkle* when you encountered it is insane to me haha. We come for the shine! 1:24

[@yeahitsjacob]

2:31 he let it shine for like one frame

[@KrazyKai9]

It’s cause his shiny runs are fake unfortunately

[@tash_cash4902]

@@KrazyKai9 don’t hate on him it is all legit

[@KrazyKai9]

@@tash_cash4902 I’m not trying to be an ass sorry but, there’s a video showing he encounters each Pokémon around 5 times or so before getting each of his shinies, in his ORAS runs he even blurs the Pokédex when he catches a new Pokémon cause it shows how many times he has encountered the Pokémon and it’ll usually say something like 8, plus I expect him to delete my comments

[@tash_cash4902]

@@KrazyKai9 oh thank you for telling me

[@anatidae2874]

U should put a timer and an encouter counter. Other than that great vid keep it going!

[@jasonlobo2350]

Hope he sees this

[@gabrielguedes1910]

They never do. Because it would require too much extra work to fake it even more than it already is. Funny how no one else does Shiny only runs like Smallant does.

[@smokedcaramel3818]

@@gabrielguedes1910 Plenty of people do shiny only runs legit, literally just look up a shiny only stream.

[@lambybunny7173]

@@gabrielguedes1910 you uhhh do know it was VOD right. It was MULTIPLE edited VODs. You can watch the full streams on the VOD channel. You're acting as if he just edited in a timer and counter when it was literally from a stream

[@SincerelyYitc]

He boosted the shiny rates as said in the description, so some of the magic would fade away! But I would like to know how mmuch he boosted them.

[@SentretPeanut]

This was one of the most aesthetically pleasing shiny teams to look at :) I love Starmie’s shiny so much. I’m happy you used it! :) Great run and subscribed ^_^

[@vincelejeune4524]

Pokemon has always been a relatively easy game. This game is no exception and is arguably one of the easiest. However, it's still the most fun I've had in a Pokemon game since either Black/White or HG/SS. Absolutely love this game.

[@LoneBread90210]

X and y are the easiest games by far this is close second tho

[@bukochu6843]

There's a bunch of nuzlock vids out there, and I'm happy to say, yours is the only vid i didn't skip through and watched til the end. Cheers man, defo deserve more subs

[@alphaareus]

100% agree with you, Shiny Gigalith is definitely my favourite shiny (alongside Shiny Reshiram) because it was the first Shiny I ever caught!. I found it as a Boldore in Twist Mountain in Pokémon White 2!

[@iffatmansoor5589]

Nkt to judge but shiny reshiram couldve been better but still cool i think i got it

[@niel5595]

Now that's a take I would like to hear more of personally I love these games especially for the roster of characters in the games like the character design is so good looking and I like their personalities I don't like friendly rivals but hope was different he actually had a arc into actually accepting he can't be as good as his brother and that's good he accepted that. Anyway this game is really great have more than 1000 hours on it so I agree

[@Quinnjamin]

I think the main two things are the wild area and move relearner which both increase the QOL for nuzlockes by so much. I do agree about the character design. It definitely feels like each gym leader has a strong personality based around their types.

[@bigpoggers6507]

I agree, I don't remember any rival that had an actual character arc, Blue is always a jerk, Silver is always edgy, they don't really change throughout the game and have a character arc. It's nice to have a rival that doesn't just seem like somebody who wouldn't actually exist.

[@joshuamangnall]

@@bigpoggers6507 N is probably the best one in that regard

[@xiaoalatus2569]

And people always complain about him picking the weaker pokemon when the whole point of him doing that was because his whole life he wanted to beat his brother so he took the starter that is stronger than leon"s

[@vincenzobarry8050]

@@xiaoalatus2569 now that is a good point. I’ll give you that one

[@grayssa262]

Finally beat main story hardcore nuzlock but now doing dlc in the same rules but watching your stuff really got me back into Pokemon so keep doing what you do and love seeing you enjoy Shield so many people shit on these games which I feel isn't right cause they are actually pretty good

[@sal_n729]

I also love Sword & Shield so I'm glad you do too! another great video :)

[@roknindo]

I think... I think this might be the first time I've watched a Pokemon Sword/Shield vid from someone that enjoys them (youtube "recommends" me all the... other vids). And I agree, I love 'em personally. Playing through Shield a second time as a mono-themed run and it's just... fun.

[@bashfulwolfo6499]

I did enjoy Shield quite a bit, mainly for the diversity of Pokémon you can get right away. I also got my first ever legitimate shiny (full odds, random encounter too, not counting USUM wormhole shinies) in my second playthrough. My Golett (now Golurk) immediately became my favorite, what makes it even better is that I was shiny hunting him in BW

[@jatin4417]

same mate love ur vids was waiting for u to upload

[@bezzuu]

Amazing video, really loved it!

[@almondjoy4570]

The first two pokemon you got in the hunt reminded me of what i'm doing right now, and its the exact same thing you're doing. You inspired me to do the hunt on my own, and I wanted to give myself more of a challenge and NOT USE the isle of armor or the crown tundra. Thank you for all you do, and wish me luck (edit: my ideal team for my run is corvinight, coalossal, obstagoon, dusclops, grappoloct, and runerigus)

[@anatidae2874]

Im inpressed that u upload so frequintly even throughout u do these pretty time consuming challenges

[@enderwiggins8248]

Someone said he cheats them in so it’s not that time consuming

[@tuesdaysarecool5964]

@@enderwiggins8248 kid, don't belive everything you hear. Also he streams most of his stuff so how would he cheat?

[@ChimmyP3]

@@tuesdaysarecool5964 most people have their reactions in the video, plus he was already caught cheating on the omega ruby video so don’t be so blind

[@zachbarron328]

He literally cheats if you ever watched his streams he uses cheats to increase shiny odds to where every Pokémon is shiny don’t let him mislead you.

[@hydrus3610]

he uses a mod to increase shiny odds

[@urek9808]

great video! your videos are amazing! you're a goat for doing a shiny run!

[@ALilSparrow]

Mega jealous about how Rookidee and Wooloo were Jolly Nature, basically ideal natures for the in game story. The natures I usually get are either the exact opposite of the ideal nature or sassy and the like

[@gefitrop3496]

Fun fact: Roggenrolla(?)'s second stage was my favorite mon in Black2, my forst pokemon game, so I went on the hunt as well and got one. Beautiful shiny colors!

[@Dudeston]

Id like to have seen a bit more of you actually trying to catch the shinies. I guess more like just a way to know how long it really took you to catch each shiny

[@theluchakabuto5206]

Read the description. Probably takes about 20 minutes a piece

[@dexteralvarez1200]

rlly appreciate the time you put into the videos!! way more satusfying to see full odds shiny playthroughs rather than some people who play with increased odds

[@rumurr1767]

He said in the description he increases the shiny odds

[@T0NI_]

Yeah this had altered shiny odds. I still haven't managed to find anyone do a legitimate shiny only playthrough yet, which is a little sad but understandable

[@danischom749]

To be Honest, youre super underrated. I love your content

[@nobelium4487]

0:16 the pokemon that they chose to bring back for sword and shield are just incredible. Tonnes of gen 5 and 6 pokemon

[@timoderpro4661]

I agree with you on sword n shield beeing awesome

[@mozescrossing]

I love Starmie! happy you used it for this 😊

[@mazharsiddiqi7288]

Good video First time seeing most of these shinies and in action too

[@hunnerhouston2163]

I feel like Dragapult deserves a gigantimax form.

[@mysticalpenguin44]

true

[@AntoniyaZ]

Fr

[@mrscatastrophe]

I would have liked an encouter counter but other than that great work!

[@emmanu3lmor745]

I do really thank you for uploading this to youtube. I'm fully aware of the try yuo did recording your adventure on Galar as of passing over screen your progress. I don't even find a video where you share your progress.

[@Natan-ry8nh]

Can’t believe how much time this took u. Great video!!

[@Nerdonis]

I know he's not technically a gym leader, but you gotta give Nanu a shout-out when talking about dark type gym leaders. He was a kahuna after all!

[@jerichoregidor8204]

I agree Sword and Shield are definitely one of my favorite games. The dex may have been cut (which is understandable) but it has a really wide and diverse roster of Pokemon to pick from so you can never be bored. Recently I've been doing a Trashlocke and it is surprising how even the "trash" Pokemon are really able to hold their own thanks to TRs and the move relearner. Anyways Shiny Gigalith is pretty dope reminds me of Diamondhead from Ben 10

[@Quinnjamin]

Ya the relearner is amazing for nuzlockes makes it so enjoyable to build teams

[@bannedforever69]

A time and encounter counter would be so good in vids like these

[@TheOneAnd0nlyLoco]

Aye your not alone man! You said wild berry poptart and I smirked so hard🤣 thanks for that man.

[@NotTheDragon837]

Max flare only did half damage because the dynamic moves override the choice specs, so you are able to use any dynamax move when you do that. But you don't get the boost

[@cannondorf]

“After selecting the best starter, Grookey” instant like

[@CloudCollapse]

Grookey is cute but his evolutions are wack. Cinderace all the way baby

[@cannondorf]

@@CloudCollapse Rillaboom has amazing hair and a drum set (by far the best of the three), Thwackey is kinda meh. Cinderace is alright, better than Inteleon.

[@tabiibat]

That edit with the double nice was just brilliant

[@bentisch-bostock1758]

I agree, I have played most pokemon games but this game is amazing. This and fire red are top teir pokemon gmaes

[@canadianguy7291]

I think Sword and Shield got so much better once both dlc's got added. The first one isn't the best but is still a pretty fun few hours but the second one omg. That dlc made the game so fucking fun, the story of the main game may not be the best but the game is so much fun and idk why people get so mad about these games

[@FatalHog]

People got pissed about the pokemon balance, and the lack of alot of OG pokemon, forgetting what the game introduced, however, black and white were hated in launch, and are now loved so, I think they will become more popular.

[@stormy.wholesome.moments]

I know, right?

[@SilvarusLupus]

I don't want to pay $90 for a complete pokemon experience.

[@testerwulf3357]

@@FatalHog After Legends Arceus I don't think they really will get popular (kinda showed the company could of done better with SwSh but didn't), not as popular as Legend Arceus anyways. Black and White was disliked for other reasons than SwSh, can't say SwSh will end up the same when it's a different ball game; Black and White was mostly disliked for being a bit boring, SwSh is disliked for basically everything under the sun: the graphics (trees), the easiness, the bad methods of shiny hunting it added, the story, and especially the price. Black and White started to get appreciated in later years because newer pokemon games sucked so bad for people! It became a "yikes..can we go back to how stuff was? I think I prefer that over this disaster" situation. Unless something down the road is far worse than SwSh it probably won't get the same appreciation as Black and White..

[@lostpathblog]

15:39 No one mentioned that the Drakloak is STAR SHINY? That thing is super rare!

[@regulus4052]

In another comment he mentioned he boosted the shiny odds for the play through. He also said it must also have boosted that.

[@saltgummi9221]

Cool video, Dude! 👍

[@tesbor7863]

Awesome video man

[@pokefantom8588]

Finally, an opinion I can agree with

[@user-nn1mf8lr2w]

I agree that Sword and Shield are very fun games because of all the team options you can get

[@vexfrsty1097]

18:00 Raaock (Voice Crack) 😂 Happens to the best of us

[@GhostieToasterStrudel]

Finally someone else that likes Gen 8 personally the Galar games are my favorite. And i grew up when Gen 1 came out (literally came out a few years after I was born) and I love a lot of things with the Galar games from the regional forms to the fact I can finally use Safari balls where ever I want without a game shark.

[@Acs2004]

A deathless run! Good job. And shiny grimmsnarl is pure awesomeness

[@mmburp]

Doesn't dynamax unlock your moveselection, even if the pokémon is holding a choice item?

[@Quinnjamin]

doesn't work for assault vest but not sure about specs never tried. Would be a good test

[@solairofastora690]

Yes it removes the choice item effect. If the buff also gets removed is a thing I do not know but I guess it also gets removed.

[@voguefurret]

Assault Vest stays the same regardless of Dynamax but since Choice Items would lock you in regardless of your moveset those get disabled during the duration including the 1.5x boosts they normally provide

[@Cherie_nby]

@@Quinnjamin it does unlock the move selection when the pokemon is holding a choice item and also cancels the boost of the item - at least that's what it does in Pokemon Showdown

[@Quinnjamin]

@@Cherie_nby Good to know thanks for the heads up

[@Redkey7]

I love shiny grimmsnarl too much so hyped to see it

[@TheeKoifish]

I agree with you sword and shield are one of my most favorite pokemon games of all time. the first games I ever completed the pokedex in

[@thats4thebirds]

I’m absolutely fine w increased shiny odd play through, but you oughta put that disclaimer up early and clearly 🤷🏽‍♂️ Good run!

[@jasonwalker5241]

Seeing drakloak made me happy as it was the first and only shiny I’ve ever caught

[@pureluck8767]

Your not alone, I’m a 90’s kid :) lol love this video and you have a soothing voice and good humor :)

[@crazy.drew.1163]

That was like the best flawless I have seen.

[@juliuspearce]

I agree gen 8 definitely was great and deserves more love I loved every moment

[@toio6054]

omg same gen 8 is underrated af i love these games

[@katbor_3608]

Alright Quinn how long did it take for the whole run

[@zachbarron328]

He doesn’t get legitimate shinies

[@JakeHorne90]

6:18 your not alone🤦‍♂️ 90's baby here too my brother.

[@stacia1713]

this guy is my favourite youtuber!

[@FeedMikroMore]

How he get lucky to get 2 Jolly at the start? Odd.

[@FreddtheWizard]

For me, it is interesting seeing that all your wild Shinies are Star Sparkles instead of Diamond Squares 🤔 I have been hunting for shinies in Shield since release date and I haven't encounter a Single wild Star Sparkles shiny (I know you can find them in the wild, but at a low %) and you here, rocking 5 Star Sparkle shinies 🤔🤔🤔🤔 not counting Impidimp cuz it was a Static encounter, so it had a higher rate for Stars) I don't know, it just look pretty sus!! It was hard to notice it, cuz you barely show them Sparkling or entering a battle...

[@Quinnjamin]

Thanks for reminding me, I meant to add a disclaimer to the description. The shiny rate has been increased for the play through so that probably affected which spawns we got

[@FreddtheWizard]

@@Quinnjamin so that's why, well, good, nice video by the way 🌟

[@annmarie8489]

Good ole Louis 😂❤ that was my grandpas name and spelling too! He’s gone now. But his soul lives on. ❤😊

[@kainvalero948]

This is a really good video

[@sinas6441]

Doesn't the rules say one pokemon per route and it must be the first you encounter? Then why did he catch wooloo on route 1

[@playingviking8983]

I think the "hardcore" means 1 mon per badge. Could be mistaken.

[@timothywalker4621]

Cry about it

[@sinas6441]

@@timothywalker4621 i still am, to this day

[@Greenapple.]

Huh 🤔 I am 99.99% you turned up your odds a bit there chief. bc as far as I could see, you tried cutting out all of the shiny effects (you did not succeed in that) and the shiny effects I was able to see where always star shiny wich is very rare for a wild pokemon. About 1/16 shinys are star shiny or 1 in 65.536 encounters. Also the fact that almost every shiny effect is cut out makes it even less believable for me

[@Quinnjamin]

Not trying to hide it, just the way the edit turned out. See the disclaimer in the description

[@Greenapple.]

@@Quinnjamin eh alr

[@maddoxlane5040]

I enjoyed this video 👍

[@sheeto5153]

This was shiny only video I had and will ever see :>

[@colesdroid24]

Wild berry poptarts were so good dude

[@urek9808]

let's gooooooooooooo quinn upload BABYYYYY

[@latinderpy6920]

Gen 8 is fire and definitely memorable. I just wish there was more customization but no big deal

[@Nathansus]

"Pokémon Sword and Shield are some of the best pokemon games" "The best starter Grookey" I love you so much and I haven't even met you

[@Ckeymanx]

Whooloooooooo! More games need them.

[@shyguyjr._7135]

Very good vid keep it up 👍

[@Quinnjamin]

Thanks :)

[@weirdquirkyanddifferent]

I took a three year break from Pokemon and just read people trashing Sword and Shield but when I played it I got to use some of my favorite Rokemon and actually explore a Rokemon region so its in my top 5.

[@conductivv2927]

YES A NEW ONE!!

[@fadeandshinysatan2938]

took me a second to get why his trainer number was nice but i see what you did and i like it

[@vanishk420]

Everyone: taking number 420 as a joke Meanwhile me: has actual birthday on that day

[@YtWuff]

Also to get the haxorus, just go to axew’s eye in the wild area (in a lake(I’m not sure if it is sword only))

[@oryandabner3135]

You aren’t alone my friend I am with you POPTARTS FOREVER

[@Flooper63]

are these pokemon you would use normally in a play through or are you just using them because they are shiny? if so what would be your perfect team for shield?

[@Mayonnaise99]

He made sure none of his pokémon fainted witch I RESPECT

[@magikcode]

yh your vids are slapping

[@diegosanchez3729]

cool voice cool transitions cool challenge and cool shinys just a very good video

[@arcticfoxcookie]

Is it just me or is this my first seeing a nuzlocke without any deaths

[@sewerlid8640]

Great video

[@diagonalrobin9935]

Finally I have found one of my brethren some one who actually likes Pokémon sword and shield like me

[@patrickday112]

WILD BERRY!!!!! One of my personal favorites and I'm a 90s kid also.

[@gabriellejacobholgado6679]

i just saw gigalith and dragapult in the thumbnail so I clicked it and now I'm subbed

[@BooshBag1]

Super late here, but wild berry pop tart is the best!!

[@8bitbenny879]

Great job

[@Leo-tq1nw]

i found a first attempt remoraid shiny while watching this-- thanks for the luck :)

[@yoyleb1711]

glad to see the shiny gigalith love!

[@aestheticm8590]

Dude is Doing the Impossible

[@shimmyking4]

Me, Literally 5 Seconds In: I like this guy

[@lilboo4954]

Nice video i like it