CAN I BEAT A POKÉMON EMERALD HARDCORE NUZLOCKE WITH ONLY RANDOM POKÉMON!?

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We've done many challenges with specific types of Pokemon... but what about a run with fully random encounters!? What if we got access to the full spectrum of possible encounters in Pokemon Emerald... could our randomized team beat the game's hardest challenge - a hardcore nuzlocke?
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We've done some hard Pokemon challenges in the past, but usually they were a solo Pokemon challenge run. What if we still did a really difficult challenge... but with a full team using hardcore nuzlocke rules, and with only random Pokemon? Today we find out: can I beat a Pokemon Emerald Hardcore Nuzlocke with only Random Pokemon? No items and no overleveling!
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Monotype Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset:
(1) If a Pokémon faints, it must be permanently boxed or released.
(2) Only the first type-specific Pokémon encountered in each Route/Area can be caught.
(3) No Legendaries/Mythicals, duplicates, or same-evolution-line Pokémon can be caught or used. If a duplicate is encountered, the next unique type-specific Pokémon encounter can be caught.
(4) Additional Pokémon may be caught for the purpose of HM use, but these may not be used in battle at any time during the run.
(5) No Items can be used in battle (Held Items are allowed).
(6) Party Pokémon levels are limited to the highest level Pokémon of the next Gym Leader or Elite 4 Member. So long as your Pokémon are at or below the level cap when the Gym Leader/Elite 4 Member battle starts, they can level up mid-battle.
(7) "Set" Battle Mode must be used at all times.
(8) No connecting with other games for the purposes of importing Pokémon, Items, etc.
#HardcoreNuzlocke #PokemonNuzlocke #pokemonchallenge

[@SilphSpectre]

Want to get your own Bluebeard Dragon? Download Dragon Mania Legends for free and support me via this link: dml.page.link/SilphSpectre. If you are on Google Play or iOS, you will receive your cartoon dragon and a special welcome package after completing the tutorial. Thanks to Gameloft for sponsoring this video! Appreciate the support y'all - I've been travelling for Canadian Thanksgiving but wanted to get a vid up for you guys nonetheless. Hope you enjoy!

[@donoppp45]

please i m begging make more randomizer please

[@jacobwolf581]

Hey I know you probably won't even come back to this comment or reply, I love watching your videos for background noise while I play other games. But can I suggest Pokémon Radical Red, you could ether do a monotype nuzlock or a randomized nuzlock, radical red has the setting already built in and the reason why I think it would be interesting and entertaining is because it has Pokémon from gen 1 up to sword and shield, not sure if it got updated yet or not, the game is in fire red type graphics and has the same map but its own story and the gym leaders are seriously buffed

[@od1401]

Fair warning to you there are bad actors pretending to be you inviting people to download from links to win prizes. Just thouht you should know. I received one of these fake messages in your name.

[@jpw547]

I’ve watched a lot of Nuzlocke videos and I feel like the Whismur/Loudred ALWAYS dies before becoming an Exploud

[@standard-carrier-wo-chan]

It was never meant to be

[@-el8mm3zv5s]

@@standard-carrier-wo-chanliterally

[@jasont12]

Because Loudred evolves so late

[@ryanshuler2362]

You can set all the randomized Pokémon to “similar strength,” so that it’ll still be randomized but the difficulty escalates more steadily. You can also force fully evolved Pokémon at a certain level (like 40 or 50) so when you reach that point in the game you’re only facing fully evolved mon’s. Loved this video as always Silph!

[@delt19]

That would make these random runs so much better.

[@shadowrasengan1358]

@@delt19fr

[@bp3366]

But chaos go brrrrrrrr 😞

[@standard-carrier-wo-chan]

@@delt19 Maybe, but where's the fun in that?

[@AlexD3GAMING]

Just say pokemon

[@TooCoolforaName]

Gen 3 is easily my favorite region, and randomizer runs are so fun, can't wait to watch this.

[@samwill7259]

My favorite thing about Randomizers is that it makes any character with dialogue refering to a singular pokemon or type sound like a crazy person

[@Gobl_943]

Great run but a note for future Randomizer HC Nuzlocke runs. There's an option in the randomizer where you can force opposing trainers to have fully evolved Pokémon (as low as 30 and as high as 65) and an option to not have Legendaries and Mythicals as encounters. Take note of this if you plan on another Randomizer HC Nuzlocke run!

[@SwolbiWanKenobi]

Wouldn't Shedinja have had 1 HP and a randomized ability? 😂 Fantastic run!

[@000622477]

Typically Shedinja doesn't randomize from wonder guard

[@SwolbiWanKenobi]

@@000622477 I wonder how it's excluded from the randomization in the coding, but that's a cool fact to learn!

[@DrPotatoSkins]

What a great start to the day, I always love to see new Silph content. If Silph somehow sees this, I think it'd be great to not limit yourself to a type, but to a concept. Like, only using quadruped (stands on 4 legs) Pokemon, or Pokemon that only learn a certain move like Bite.

[@Joshfeatmario]

Loved the video and love randomziers and im very glad you mentioned deciding to force evolve for atleast the elite 4 for future ones, having first stage mons in the champion or steven battle makes it quite anticlimatic, for my own runs i usually force evolve from level 40 onwards which so far has been great. Pairing a randomizer with a collab to customize gym leader and e4 teams like antlerboy and flygon have recently done also seems like a fantastic idea to add depth to the otherwise level up movesets, but im sure you're already working on that.

[@cairoingram1329]

Hey man as a long time viewer I want you to know the mods you’ve been doing have really refreshed the content I have been enjoying it a lot. Please keep doing them even if you repeat them!

[@chicks5283]

Love to see old school games! Specially randomizers, keep up the good work ❤

[@jaysmooth4998]

LMFAO! Feraligator was double cheeked up!

[@cesarflamenco9484]

These are always fun runs. You can never expect what happens next. At one moment, you are destroying Wallace who has a team of first stages, and on another, you're run almost comes to a heartbreaking end against Tate and Liza. Definitely look forward to another run where every Pokemon is at around a similar level in power as you advance.

[@TheAquarius87]

You're such a madlad, Silph. Makes me want to give a shot at hardcore nuzlocking again 🍻

[@torwel24]

The Rayquaza and Dan Moment had me rollin on the Floor laughin 😂

[@c.m.9369]

41:16 I love how happy you were that you could hit Sheninja… Even though Abilities were randomized, meaning Shedinja probably could have been killed by any light breeze ;-)

[@mattprice302]

I’ll watch more Emerald randomizers for sure. Different Pokémon each time so it’s always different. Platinum and Heartgold/ soul silver be fun to watch more too randomized

[@Keydicken]

Happy Silph Sunday! I hope all my fellow Canadians (who celebrate) have a happy thanksgiving this weekend!

[@AliLiz91]

I'm looking forward to watching this madness 😂 Especially seeing Feraligatr in the thumbnail (:

[@bedermanben1595]

Just got to the point in the video where you catch my beloved Feraligatr and name it after me. You sweet man you silph. Totodile squad for life!

[@wonderfulrose477]

Glacia leading with a Caterpie only to have a Mewtwo in the back was the funnest thing I’ve seen in a while

[@kurtrussell8877]

A mod where your team is rerolled randomly every battle would be an absolute trip

[@grimtwin5581]

Three of my favorite normal types showing up as Gym Leader pokemon in early game. Nice

[@keezygoodchristenyoute4055]

Happy Thanksgiving to silph and my fellow Canadians

[@randytravis1167]

Really enjoyed this one! Emerald randomizers are the best

[@Astro986]

I tried out a randomizer yesterday and man is it an amazing experience. Nothing like catching a Flygon right outside of Twinleaf Town.

[@tahahamoud5232]

Do you have the link for the download of the randomizer? I really want to do one

[@AlmightyKing143]

@@tahahamoud5232download the Pokemon Universal randomizer and you can do it yourself by just using a rom of any game you want to play/randomize.

[@jessefutrell1779]

Same I’d love to get something like this on my mac!

[@rb4734]

Love these randomizers!

[@hay4664]

Shame you never ran into a Slaking.

[@evie2670]

I love how Bambam the crawdaunt have battle armor as it’s ability since it has shell armor as a regular ability which is the same ability but a different name. You love to see it

[@theleoita90]

Shedinja wasn't going to be a problem with a randomised ability xD Well played

[@dollarbill125]

Really good Locke and surprised but glad Dan made it through

[@micahfordkendall]

I'm not sure if anyone else will share my opinion but personally I enjoy randomized Pokemon encounters and randomized trainer Pokemon. I'm not really as big a fan of things like randomizing moves or natures of Pokemon. Just thought I'd share some feedback, but of course, you should keep making the videos you like to make

[@Shadowjackal]

Hate to tell you, Natures are always random

[@RK-cj4oc]

​@@ShadowjackalHe meant abilities. I understand the confusion.

[@ClairvoyantLastrus]

For future runs, if you have to restart you should rerandomize it. You should set a level cap of some kind for having fully evolved pokemon. So any trainers that have pokemon at like lets say level 35 are fully evolved by default

[@DaanHeijnis]

Please do more of these randomizers Silph!! Preferably in gen 4 or below :) They're the best, so enjoyable

[@zeroskaterjjr98]

It's cool that dragon mania gives us a glimpse of the special farm. I remember my mom telling me about it when I was a kid. I'm gonna download it so I can see my dog againm

[@jieksun]

The nicknames this video where hilarious 😂 Just the fastness of this is Ben the Fergilator

[@juliogomez2534]

To this day I don't understand why Emerald has never been remade, same as why they never did for platinum o.O

[@nickdangelo43]

Been waiting for this one

[@Justin-dp9tw]

29:20 Not quite. Submarines have an escape trunk that allows people to exit and enter while submerged. You swim into the trunk from the outside, the hatch is closed, and then water it pumped out

[@nickboon1235]

Silph, AntlerBoy and Dr.HG are the trifecta of nuzlockes and nobody can change my mind

[@closetevangelism]

My favorite part is that his league team looks almost like an actual possible Hoenn team. Sceptile, Torkoal, Crawdaunt, and Raichu are all available in Hoenn, just trade over the Porygon2 and Steelix and you’ve got yourself a really great team

[@MadameTeqi]

Can we talk about the chances of a sound based pokemon being named Mike? That's incredible

[@mikeb4828]

🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤Nice!!!... Most definitely a great start to the day

[@hisokaxd1710]

finally a randomizer.. i love to watch it

[@Gloominesss]

For me watching randomizers is best when the power of the Pokémon are around the same power level than the original ones

[@raveneffectnevermore1995]

YES, NEW SILPH NUZLOCKE VIDEO!

[@dexterwillmon]

That “Wynaut” joke got me harder than it should have.

[@W1F1N1GHTM4R3]

future sight is treated as a typeless move in terms of what it hits in gen 3 which is how it hits crawdaunt! it didnt work as a psychic move until... i think gen 5? i know its still typeless in gen 4 because i helped a friend with a platinum randomizer where we kept running into mewtwos too and had to work around future sights pretty often

[@BlueCyanid]

Yup, since gen 5 future sight deals psychic type damage

[@chrisk5512]

LOVE THIS VIDEO! I love gen three, and randomizers! Are you thinking of doing any gen six again??

[@jacobhoff7960]

Nothing better to start the day than being early for a Silph video

[@batmander80]

I love your videos I got a Inspired Of your videos I see them all And I did my own Challenge run In pokemon scarlet and Violet Only Use one type I did every type I almost lost hope But I watch your videos They give me hope And they're funny

[@jirubyraiden9934]

I can just feel your pain the whole time you were battling Tate and Liza

[@explicitboyo6157]

Man I wasn’t sure if you were gonna beat that Charmander in the rain with Surf. I’m surprised it didn’t cause you to wipe

[@bobbydrillboids7419]

so idk if you know this, but with the Pokémon randomizer you can make it 100% random and what I mean by that so the settings that you have it set to make to that every Pokémon that would normally be there just gets replaced by another, but it’ll always be the same replacement so for example your rivals and flaneries slugma both get replaced by vaporeon, and that’s why your dad has two glalies because slaking gets replaced by glalie, huge fan btw bro!!!

[@sixtales7681]

One thing you need to understand is that Future Sight does not calculate type when doing damage. So, even though they're dark type, they still took essentially typeless damage.

[@BlueCyanid]

That was only until gen 4. Since gen 5, future sight does take types advantages into account

[@sixtales7681]

@@BlueCyanid okay? And what gen is this? Clearly that's still a thing when you know.. he's playing Emerald? Which is gen 3.

[@BlueCyanid]

@@sixtales7681 Just read your first comment again and try to think (if it's not too difficult for you) why clarification was needed

[@sixtales7681]

@@BlueCyanid I mean if you know this is a thing in Emerald though, why brind it up? At all, even?

[@louismatos5565]

Keep the nuzlockes coming

[@YadonIsrael]

18:41 what is that old man doing up on the shelf? 😂

[@MFAniki6390]

So I learned something new today, I had absolutely no idea that Chimecho was a Gen 3 Pokemon. I've always assumed it was a Sinnoh native.

[@sadast1778]

I love emerald and i love randomizers please do more of these!

[@Wildboyfanz97]

That 7th gym battle had me stressed who knew Lugia would be that powerful💀

[@3two1zero76]

I also suggest for the next randomize to have fuller teams!

[@resdraon]

Imagine being one of the 5 strongest trainers in the country only to send out a caterpie to lead your team. Then your boss is a mewtwo.

[@IValhallaGamingI]

“Exploud one of my favorites ever!” Said no one ever

[@gabethyrubenstein7984]

Love your videos! You really missed out on an opportunity with Sand Stream Golem

[@mlujua4279]

2 tips: 1- There is an improved version of the universal randomizer out there, the ZX one. I recommend it 2- You can make any pokémon above a certain level to be fully evolve, not only the ones in the league. Maybe it's more enjoyable that way

[@jonwoods4590]

in my emerald nuzlocke i caught a fully evolved blaziken on route 101 and he died to a crit from wallace’s geodude, gen 3 randomizers are so chaotic and i love them😌

[@Konstantin-91]

I am a simple person. I see my first ever pokemon to your thumbnail, i see the video!

[@joemedina244]

Love these videos of this Gen.

[@SquidSatan]

You remembered the meteorite on the emerald water type only run I watched immediately before this lol.

[@digitaltailsmon4096]

As a gen 3 fan and a anime fan I am so happy he basically ended with 4 mons that Ash used in gen 3s anime besides evolving Pikachu and Corphis.

[@rufio.5961]

“Dragon Simulator” is wild fr

[@bigslappy823]

I know too well how painful it is to fight Lugia in a randomizer. I did a regular nuzlocke in Leaf Green and Blue's ace randomized into one. That bastard almost team wiped me and kept spamming Recover whenever I made any progress. It was hell.

[@kalesmart1]

Gen 3 games actually factor in statistical favouritism for gym leaders and specific battles, it's to make the game significantly harder for those iconic fights. For example you have a reduced rate of critical hits and they have an increased rate, also you'll often get low damage attacks because it is skewing the odds against you. I don't know which other generations did this but I know it was gen 3

[@RedDragonForce2]

If Ampharos could learn Solarbeam, its lights out Ground types!

[@neehime6]

Love this rub! Could you try a bw2 random run with national dex? That has to be awful and funny at the same time... greetings!

[@anthonyanglemyer]

Another randomizer? Oh dear lord...At least you survived to the end. 😆

[@Electroghoul]

I wouldnt want to deal with the Sky Pillar puzzle all the time.

[@Chimichinking]

“There was a party and I wasn’t invited? Que malo”

[@seldomsane5278]

These randomizer runs can be quite funny.

[@dylanlabon9667]

I know the submarine thing with Archie was just a joke. However, I did want to throw out that most modern submarines can be boarded underwater because they have an airlock.

[@SuperSleepwalker13]

Emerald is my favorite game to watch any challenge like this

[@ForestX77]

Silph: The perfect randomized Sheep! Arceus: ha ha ha. No. *throws a geodude* Now suffer mortal.

[@Arnav20475]

his voice and gameplay is soo soothing man

[@tylerbartlett28]

I would like to see a gen 1 playthrough with all the bugs and glitches in it. Maybe a bug team to match

[@MarkofWisdom]

that wally fight was just...that win was pure luck, and him losing would have been absolutely warranted because of the dumb decision to leave the meme as his *only* option in the fight, instead of leading with the meme team while having actual regular party members in the back in case things went sideways, like they did.

[@delt19]

Randomizer runs are so damn good!

[@Ha-zh1sp]

Oh my god finally a new sponsor than raid shadow legends

[@richigervacio3889]

More of these please!🙏🏽

[@VALDiesel01]

38:21 immense overkill 🤣🤣🤣 think magcargo would've died at least 256 times with all those boosts

[@WILSON-tc4bb]

Drink every time you hear "out of nowhere" 😂

[@raptorneon4919]

Quick question: how come you reset the run before it had begun with mareep? Doesn’t the run start once you get poke balls

[@Sai_92]

It would've been easier to reset the run rather than trying to beat a Geodude with just tackle

[@raptorneon4919]

@@Sai_92 but he doesn’t have to beta geodude, nuzlockes start once you get poke balls so it hadn’t started yet

[@nickricca4273]

Hey Silph! I was wondering if you’ve ever considering doing a run of radical red, I think it would definitely take more than one run so it could become a really cool series!

[@Naxhus2]

Subsequent Golduck sounds like a great band name

[@giovanniyorke7455]

Your best episode I have seen so far

[@MegoPlays]

Crawdaunt is my favorite pokemon. Its my 2 favorite types, and its design is so freaking cool!

[@ethanhess8230]

10:40 I’m pretty sure a safari ball is mechanically an exact copy of an ultra ball since it apparently has the same catch rate modifier at full hp

[@kamikazenights58]

Oh man yes! What a drop 🙌

[@svendvanmuijden2448]

Shedinjas randomized ability: "am I a joke to you?"

[@user-fq9mj9xz3o]

I have no idea how this thing is gonna go but i do know one thing though .... "bitches they come they go"

[@Shadow-fw3tu]

Congrats on getting a quarter of a million u deserve a million tho