CAN I BEAT A POKÉMON SHIELD HARDCORE NUZLOCKE WITH ONLY STEEL TYPES!? (Pokémon Challenge)

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Steel type Pokemon have sky high Attack and Defense, but often evolve quite late... given these factors, can they beat Pokemon Shield's greatest challenge!?
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 one type? Today we find out: can I beat a Pokemon Shield Hardcore Nuzlocke with only Steel types? 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.
#PokemonChallenges #HardcoreNuzlocke #PokemonNuzlocke

[@SilphSpectre]

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[@Afonso_2007]

When your of birthday come try to do Pokémon heart gold hardcore nuzlocke with ONLY Kingdra ok 👍

[@ernest292]

Should have tried this with Sword you missed a chance to get Mawile.

[@connorobrien8763]

Maybe another true power tour tournament could be gym leaders in their game state So all the first gym leaders against other to see who the best first gym leader is And so on through 8

[@YourPalAlRetroGamer]

How about anything Gen 7? You need a trip to PokeHawaii after all that.

[@benjaminseelking9483]

I would like to see an Electric run in UltraSun

[@skylar9046]

27:50 Fell Stinger actually raises Attack by 3 stages, so +150% Attack. It's ridiculous if you can get it off. EDIT: I should note that this is easier starting in Gen 7 and later. In Gen 6, when the move was first introduced, it had 30 Base Power and raised Attack by 2 stages. It got buffed going into Sun/Moon to 50 Base Power and a finishing blow raises Attack by 3 stages.

[@annabelwessel7545]

This haha

[@ItsFireTiger]

Double Fell Stingers is op, especially if you're doing a Grass, Psychic, or Dark run and don't have a move good against Bug

[@silverchoas369]

Was saying this in my head every time.

[@theogkaleb4150]

I randomized US/UM and got a speed boost Dragalgea with fell stinger and just absolutely swept the whole game.

[@1233arceus]

The fact you beat Leon with a Duraludon is a slap in the face to Raihan 😂

[@michaelkowal3230]

Because Raihan couldn't defeat Leon's Charizard with his Duraludon?

[@TheHeartlessAlchemist]

@@michaelkowal3230 And because Raihan does Gigantamax his Duraludon.

[@mightywaranvil2912]

You DO realize he's the Great Raihan, don't you?

[@politail3747]

Lol😂😂

[@crolico05]

Can anyone tell me who's Raihan-?

[@iistonton]

I tried this same challenge a while back. Rookie is busted early game, use hone claws then Power Trip. Since HC boosts 2 stats it makes power trip do MASSIVE damage. Carried me through the early game for sure

[@americas_soldier1490]

Seeing him not use power trip was bothering me. He literally could have one shot everything early game

[@rugs777]

I used that against hop only. I relied on body press + iron defense when using corvi.

[@Astrojandro]

@@americas_soldier1490 He was trying to not use Rookidee much because it wasn't steel type yet, same with Drilbur.

[@shirox11]

@@americas_soldier1490 it’s because Silph goes a little further than most nuzlockers by not using a Pokémon till it has its proper type or as little as possible.

[@TMDBlaze]

Every time I get notification of you uploading, it just makes me happy.

[@whopperwitfries8754]

Fr

[@imbattlnscurvy5922]

True

[@k0ench]

Y'all ready know

[@yatharth69og72]

Same to same

[@thirdeyej4903]

Agreed

[@henryannable3807]

Just so you know for future runs, fell stinger grants plus 3 attack

[@andrewsandiego8429]

I have a challenge for you, do a hardcore nuzlocke but only with raid dens mons, the first time you step into the wild area you can fill your team, but after that you get 1 raid den encounter per gym badge.

[@jeffreygao3956]

Impossible!

[@machamp-ion8032]

Yo, steel is one of my favorite types. Excited to see you do this on shield.

[@unhealthyburrito6589]

Steelix is prolly my all time favorite Pokémon. I don’t like Steel itself too much, but steelix man. It’s just great design.

[@machamp-ion8032]

@@unhealthyburrito6589 Steelix and Metagross are tied for my favorites. Unfortunately the Onix/Steelix line gets slept on all the time.

[@charlessugg6102]

Steel is my favorite type as well. My favorite Pokémon is part steel but also part rock my second favorite type, Aggron. Steelix of course is my favorite trade evolution mon and Metagross is my favorite Pseudo legendary. So yeah steel types are awesome.

[@unhealthyburrito6589]

@@charlessugg6102 I love the Galerian meowth as well.

[@charlessugg6102]

@@unhealthyburrito6589 Good one as well. I like Perserker.

[@neduegeh5859]

As someone who completed a Steel monotype run in Pokémon Sword, I can safely say that Excadrill is a must have.

[@charlessugg6102]

Yep he is and while Steelix is my favorite of the steel/ground type mons, Excadrill is a must have because you can get him much earlier than you can get a Steelix. Hopefully in the future though Gamefreak will continue to allow players to get trade evolution mons like they have recently.

[@AmborusBliss]

07:36 Using the STAB move was certainly not the play to go for there, even tho it worked out just fine. Peck: 35 x 1.5 = 52.5 Power Trip: 20 + 10 x 20 = 220 Power Trip has it's BP increased by 20 for each stat increase, so +5 Attack and +5 Accuracy from Hone Claws would've made it about 4x stronger than Peck. That move is pretty nutty

[@skiblizzyy]

Silph could you please do a final segment where you decide which Pokémon was the MVP of the run? I think it would be really cool to hear your opinions and who you thought really carried the team the most, most of all i love your videos! they’ve gotten me to start nuzlocking myself, and truly making play throughs amazing for me again 🙏🏻

[@derekbird9276]

Video idea! A randomizer hardcore nuzlocke. You choose one of the randomized starters and that starter determines your type for the run. That way you never know when and where you'll get a new encounter, could make for an interesting run

[@liogerzero]

what if your starter choose is dual-typed?

[@derekbird9276]

@@liogerzero pick which type you prefer and go with that one

[@skiblizzyy]

idk about that one chief

[@jacksoe3530]

@@skiblizzyy it’s a good idea idk what you’re talking about

[@Boundless-Boredom]

@@skiblizzyy why don’t you know bout this one chief?care to elaborate?

[@zeckemyro7031]

I'm happy to see a Steel-type run, but it just disappoints me that other generations really don't allow you to do the same because Steel is usually a type you get late into the game.

[@mcnugnug6562]

same with ice for me, i really like the ice type ever since i started in gen three and it kinda makes me sad that its so late in the game that you can catch one

[@chezlord9962]

You could try steel in black/white 2. You can get a riolu and max friendship before leveling it up, getting a level 6 lucario before the first gym. Would be tough, but possible

[@clanedogg1]

Doable in Kalos. Riolu and Burmy before the first gym. Honedge before the second gym.

[@charlessugg6102]

@@clanedogg1 Those three and also an in game trade that allows you to get a Steelix. Don’t remember what the gym is though.

[@clanedogg1]

@@charlessugg6102 ah yeah. That’s town of the second gym but east to get as only need to trade a luvdisc which you can find straight outside.

[@Nameless.Hermit]

That ending was intense! Always a good watch when silph uploads!

[@DrPotatoSkins]

28:55 Piers' foot going turbo mode really brought a smile to my face

[@arjunswaminathan165]

Love steel types. Another video I would love to see would be a friendship-only run on whichever game has a good amount of encounters.

[@jaidamwhi4589]

In sw/sh runs I think it's perfectly fine to dynamax your Pokemon with the gym leaders since they basically all use it

[@andre_af]

When he ran through the mysterious slumbering Wīēøēğh, I felt that

[@TheReaperofHades]

You defeated Leon's Charizard with a Duraludon of all things x3 Raihan would be proud!

[@rugs777]

When I did this run last year, I realized one thing. Excadrill and Corviknight go really well with each other

[@lucascolantoni8012]

Grookie is the right starter choice for this run. He is a heavy METAL drummer after all lmao

[@cesarflamenco9484]

Awesome run. It's been a year since the last Sword/Shield Nuzlocke channel, and with a type not seen often. Lot of deaths in this run. The end was especially close, but Silph managed to pull through. Really wished to see some Pokemon like Copperrajah and Aegislash, but luck had different plans. Always look forward for the next one.

[@paulmelton5653]

I've watched every single one of your monotype nuzlockes, and just now realized I wasn't subscribed 🤦‍♂️ I've fixed that now. Love the content, keep it coming 👌🏼

[@sethsevaroth]

Pokemon say their names. Therefore Zamazenta's real name is Grield. Zacian is Garaou. They also say Bark later in the game so they could also be Bark Bark.

[@slughonkshoomi]

Unfortunately, Steelworker doesn't power up the entire party's steel moves, only the steel moves of ally Pokemon sent out alongside Perrserker. So it's only useful in a double battle scenario, though I guess that would be amazing for Raihan.

[@anthonyanglemyer]

37/7, this was another insane run. Fun fact: this is the 44th run you've done, and it's length on YT is 44 min. Interesting. XD

[@danielkatz829]

I wish there was a love button. I laughed so hard when you said “what an idiot” because hop chooses the starter that is weak to yours. That is too funny

[@randomweeb2809]

Silph: Steel types are pretty slow Excadrill: HA

[@Aerowarrier]

Perserrker is such a sick Pokémon tho, can’t wait to see how you use him

[@deeptroit_5692]

a "fossil pokemon only" nuzlocke would be fun to watch. if there is someone who makes it legit possible, i‘m sure it‘s you

[@lazypaladin]

_"Yeah buddy High-Five; We're gonna do _*_NOTHING_*_ together."_ Funnily enouhh, thats how I make friends. 👌

[@HenloBoppo]

Excadrill definitely made my first Sword playthrough easier than it should have been. Has it always been so powerful in-game in the previous gens?

[@smarrtie2571]

11:30 that accent was perfection 😂😂

[@shirox11]

If the story wasn’t so short sword&shield would be one of my favourites to do challenge runs on. (It’s still fun to do them.)

[@patgaming4973]

6:34 bisharp: why are you running?!? why are you running?!?

[@kazekamiha]

Didn't notice until the end, but by xhoosing Grookey he gave Leon TWO fire types, making the last battle harder.

[@taywimz]

Hey, Silph! I feel like people have probably already said this, but I'm pretty sure you could have just set your Switch's Date & Time settings to manual and changed the day on it until you got the correct weather to find a Doublade. I don't think that would be against any Nuzlocke rules, but not doing that did make the run more of a challenge for you, so it's not a bad thing that you didn't do that.

[@mattblack3813]

Steel monotype is awesome for challenge especially if you make sure Hop gets Cinderace. Adds a modicum of challenge to an otherwise easy game. Or for a really hardcore final battle, giving Leon two high powered Fire Pokémon

[@kartoffelbrei310]

Could you do a Hardcore Nuzlocke on the alola games? I would love to see one or two! Love your content BTW :3

[@hommefataltaemin]

There’s an easy trick to changing the weather that you can use !:) just use a wishing piece & go to “invite people” , then just change the day over and over in your switch settings until it is the weather you want! The whole process takes less than 5 minutes!:)

[@MaceOfHeartz]

Steely Spirit only boosts allies in double matches, I believe all if not most abilities only affect Pokémon on the field. That's why neutralizing gas will stop regenerator if the Pokémon left the field while it was still active.

[@chrisdixon7377]

I absolutely loved sword and shield. The wild area, the raids, the story wasn't that fun but the game is a lot of fun and an absolute gold mine for content on KZbin

[@realgod1002]

Good to see i am not the only fan of Tick Tock Clock ^^

[@juwelplaykid1042]

It sucks that you couldn’t use Bisharp, one of the coolest steel type pokemon if not pokemon as a whole (in my opinion)

[@elizabethkitching7769]

man that last battle was so intense!!!

[@walkwithoutrhythm9858]

I've adored Corviknight since I first saw it. It's utterly terrifying with how big it is...

[@eeveejr3258]

Bring back the true power series please 🙏 !!!!!!

[@hunterchavez9672]

Alister has canonical social anxiety

[@Awakened_Mucacha]

Beyond belief, nah we need more, more, more. Also, Todd "The God-Man" Howard will put Skyrim on your microwave.

[@radicalswampert7980]

"He need some milk" God I fucking love you Silph 😍

[@DemonGio]

I could have sworn that there was an Excadrill in the thumbnail instead of a Duralidon

[@LordLucario12]

It's back to Drill

[@captaincringe9312]

39:53 everyone always roasts my boy Leon for using a standard pokeball on a legendary but what they don't realize is that he was just trying to flex.

[@destendgem]

Ah, the Tick Tock. We shall simply, wait out the heat death of the universe. No one's gonna get that.

[@Kongumon]

I just finished a Shield Nuzlocke myself, and Excadrill was one of my MVPs. He swept Opal no problem, and almost swept Melony on his own.

[@SACREDSCIZOR9116]

Not saying excadrill is bad i love the thing but any Steel type can sweep opal

[@MiguelDuran]

Wow the fire gym was ROUGH

[@Marshall498]

Between Silph and Jrose at 33 years old, I'm getting back into pokemon

[@kriger619]

Nicknaming a future Ferrothorn "Nokia" got me to laugh, nigh indestructible phone, nigh indestructible Pokemon. God I love Ferrothorn, that thing could survive a nuke.

[@kairacarter7530]

I have an interesting run idea. Maybe you could do a sort of Nuzlock for Sword and Shield DLC content? Like the Isle of Armor trials and the Crown Tundra?

[@Fostered1]

9:22 ok, ok, ok. You win, sir. Explanation approved. lol

[@Fostered1]

Also, big respect for not continuing to use the pokemon in other battles. Happy viewer. :)

[@VoltLuke1]

for future runs the move powertrip is stronger the stab peck or pluck if u have use the move hone claws or any move that raises ur stats positively since hone claw raises attack and accuracy power trip goes from base 20 to base 60 and it goes up 40 each time you use hone claws same for if u were to use bulk up or dragon dance

[@RedMadMichael]

A recommendation for games you haven't done yet - Psychic in Sun or Ultra Sun and Ice in Moon or Ultra Moon (the specific versions are due to extra encounters).

[@SilverEye_7]

I've been at home for the week due to having Covid and to be honest your videos have been great to binge watch, and made better when you upload too lmao love the content :)

[@Jedda678]

Since Ash won with Thunderbolt vs Fireblast this is oddly also very fitting.

[@fufu_212]

Did this (and a few other types as well) a while ago. If you want the extra challenge you can pick your starter to give your rival a strong match up. Here you would pick Grass, giving him Fire which would make it harder for you throughout the game when facing him

[@nateissalty8740]

A challenge wear each Pokémon encounter has to have one typing of your last encounter. Example: Start with grass Pokémon. Next encounter has to be grass/?. I don’t know if any games make this possible but it’s interesting to see if it’s possible.

[@ThePokeTran]

fantastic run, loved the pokemon selection in this one

[@toualee1430]

Just when I was looking for something to watch. Coming in clutch.

[@mylestomsik4720]

Durant has a higher base speed than Galarian darmanitan, so you didn’t have to worry about the speed tie. Especially because you were two levels ahead.

[@namelessdragon330]

I've literally been doing this run for a while! Taking it slow but having fun. Great to see how someone else handles it!

[@nibbs3752]

The “ArE yOu mY rEaL dAd?” had me dying

[@danielbraden8750]

Very close with Leon. Great job.

[@VALDiesel01]

I say this a lot, despite the reputation these games ended up having, I actually enjoyed them to a degree. It was a breath of fresh air to play them on the big screen for the first time. The music, the atmosphere and the variety of pokemon to choose from was something I appreciated! I also come back to them to this day to do hardcore nuzlocke runs!

[@christopherteer4764]

I always like to do these challenges but with mons that have the typing, so using Rookidee early would actually be banned. Therefore, to make this more interesting, incude the use of Isle of Armor pokemon as part of the Wild Area, and you can pick up Alolan Sandshrew after collecting 30ish digletts, which becomes your starter as this is actually a Steel mon.

[@shreadhead5260]

The fact that he forgot about power trip early game with how it gains 20 power for every state boost

[@josh.kaneko]

Kevin the Durant, nice basketball reference Silph 😎

[@brandontownsend2756]

Interesting idea. I play my own nuzlockes with the rule that if I white out I can try one more time but only with pokemon from the box and new encounters.

[@SACREDSCIZOR9116]

36:21 hmm silph fell stinger is +3 attack yes so I think that Electric terrain was overkill

[@jordie7604]

Omg! That’s so awesome, this exact nuzlocke was my very first completed run!

[@ICR_Frizzstroyer]

YESSSSSSS. My favourite type playing the galar game that I own. I will be doing this eventually

[@visioapparel4302]

Didn't think we'd see a gen 8 run again, but really cool to see newer pokemon getting their chance to shine. Who knew durant and togedemaru were such powerhouses

[@Gwynbleidd1724]

Perfect video to catch up on after a long shift at work

[@nsiems09]

For what it's worth, sure giving Hop the fire starter could have made things hard, but giving Leon that team was the stuff of madmen.

[@Pinkstars1605]

FYI gengar doesn't have levitate in gen 8 , game freak dropped it from gengar from gen 7 onwards because it was too popular in competitive.

[@ankushbharadwaj340]

More Sw/Sh challenges! I love the team variation you can have, makes each nuzlocke unique bc of how many choices you have :)

[@toddjackson6684]

Todd is the best nickname for a Pokémon

[@hommefataltaemin]

Woah I was shocked by you trading out Excadril for Togademaru! I didn’t see that one coming at all :o but then I kept watching & it made total sense lol. I have Sword version so I didn’t know the Ice gym leaders team!

[@kstanni87]

11.......? That was a insane ammount of deaths in a single run with no resets. Still you won.

[@christianrodriguez3877]

Cromwell for Pawniard fits so well, I never thought of that similarity before but now I can’t unsee it

[@wowf0rl1f3]

God tier strats Silph. Good work on this one, I was almost certain you'd be bodied by the raihon semi-finals and you made him look easy

[@CreeperDjGirl]

Another great video another challenge idea any nuzlocke where if a pokemon faints the primary type can no longer be used example charizard my favorite faints its fire type can no longer be used the rest of nuzlocke really puts a deathless run to the test since i feel it would be difficult id figure you pick game to see your opions if possible with your rule set

[@jordanhamel6191]

Hone claws boosts attack AND accuracy, which affects the move power trip. Its incredibly OP and would have left the early game a lot less up to chance.

[@futureDreamer4]

That champion battle was dope

[@abc1232141]

Kevin the Durant is to good lol

[@Kleineralsdulil]

That was an intense video and imo one of your best so far alone for the tactics you pulled to slither you back out of sticky situations. I love how you keep getting better

[@aidenjoeo3382]

Bruh how are you going to have a Kevin Durant that often misses 😂

[@kiyo6262]

My favourite Pokémon always die in these nuzlockes lol. Still great fun to watch though.

[@elijahwayt7577]

it would’ve been cool to see the Aegislash, but weather encounters are really annoying. i would have just weather manipulationed it lmao

[@Kitinporta]

I adore your canadian jokes, Silph, hahaha!

[@davidshowalter120]

I have a suggestion!!!!! Made this suggestion to FlygonHG as well. Do a repeat of a run you "lost" and turn it into a WIN!! Doesn't matter the type or version or anything. Maybe things will be different this time. Try something new! I know you can do it, Silph! Your content is amazing! Thank you for posting!!!

[@clanedogg1]

This was the first monotype nuzlocke I completed. Also did it with only one Pokémon surviving; Aegislash for me.