Can I Beat A Hardcore Nuzlocke Without Healing from Pokécenters OR Items?!

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Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the first Pokémon I find on each Route (Species Clause)
3. Nickname Pokémon
Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset:
4. No items in battle (held items okay)
5. No leveling past the next gym leader/E4's ace (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on manual "Set" battle mode
No Healing Ruleset:
7. No using Pokémon Centers.
8. No healing using beds or optional healing spots.
9. Pokémon may only be placed in the box IMMEDIATELY after capture or if they are at full HP and PP.
10. Day-care Center is allowed only if Pokémon are at full HP and PP.
11. Story-mandated healing points are obviously allowed.
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@BrightofNight Жыл бұрын

“We can skip ahead to attempt #7” Oh so this is going to be one of THOSE challenges huh. Looking forward to this.

@DarknessDust Жыл бұрын

exactly my thoughts xD

@weepashbp2270 Жыл бұрын

So true, there are only two types of challenges: Attempt 1 win Attempt 23 first gym leader! 😃

@doriankamanzi6874 Жыл бұрын

Exactly

@vincelu2585 Жыл бұрын

For anyone wondering what Ohio the electrode’s finals words were 😂 “What the f*ck are you doing?” “This is not the only way!” “Why am I dying?” “This is NOT okay!”

@AmoCran3 Жыл бұрын

Yeah i had to do a lips reading course there and that made me laugh! Good work for the lazy others tho!

@MischiefAndTrickery Жыл бұрын

thank you for this! i was way too busy laughing at how horrifying the face was to focus on the lip reading lol

@shashanksistla5400 Жыл бұрын

I did NOT catch this. Nice one

@mutevampire Жыл бұрын

Thank you for this. I am profoundly bad at lip reading, and after 3 attempts I had to give up and jump into the comments for help.

@1musamune Жыл бұрын

as an Ohioan I gotta say you are right there were other ways.....

@maheshramkeesoon67 Жыл бұрын

Who could have guessed that Gyarados would be holding 2 wacan berries AND it terastalized into a ground type? Rip Ohio, truly an unavoidable casualty😭

@cliffordanosike1008 Жыл бұрын

3 Words: Cheek Pouch Gyarados

@alepeviani Жыл бұрын

Huge F to Ohio, the true MVP of the run!

@mjja4783 Жыл бұрын

2!!?? haha

@twofortiel Жыл бұрын

*Kingdom Hearts voice* Two?!

@TDeadlyFork Жыл бұрын

On the one hand it is a true tragedy you'd expect from Shakespeare himself. On the other hand being named Ohio means it's always deserved.

@flowdugie399 Жыл бұрын

That clutch Grovyle save from the poison was hollywood-worthy

@anasmohamed9632 Жыл бұрын

It's better than most of the trash movies rn

@poketrainerjames7246 Жыл бұрын

Certified anime moment

@jbrad353 Жыл бұрын

“Wait you can heal Pokémon? I’ve just been throwing them away!” - Rusty

@mr.deeznutz8761 Жыл бұрын

Big surprise (・o・)

@lanceams483 Жыл бұрын

I think the craziest part of this run was finding out pelipper can learn shock wave. Had to double check that it wasn't a secret power or something.

@TheGhostFart Жыл бұрын

If you think that's crazy Tyranitar, Weavile, and Gogoat can both learn surf.

@nero7862 Жыл бұрын

@TheGhostFart I knew ttar, but weavile? GOGOAT?!?!?

@kasagure. Жыл бұрын

@@nero7862 Aggron learns it too. you know, the massive steel dinosaur that eats metal and rocks, pushes over mountains on its way to the toilet, whose entire gimmick is being incredibly heavy and clad in iron armor. yes, it is buoyant enough to glide effortlessly across the waves! gotta love that pokemon logic

@SirGrimLockSmithVIII Жыл бұрын

@@kasagure.Given how buoyant giant steel ships are, I wouldn't say it's super unrealistic

@jasonreed7522 Жыл бұрын

@@SirGrimLockSmithVIIIit you trust the Pokedex propaganda you could figure out its density, i know wailord is literally less dense than air. (Figuring out the volume would be a bit tricky, maybe estimate as a cylinder and use proportions from its height to figure out the diameter of its waist, should be close enough to see if its significantly denser than water or not)

@suriyanarayanan8341 Жыл бұрын

That healing grovyle's poison play was really impressive flygon!

@ddjsoyenby Жыл бұрын

he's a genius.

@davidshatto7604 Жыл бұрын

That electrode bit was one of your best to date imo. One ball HG never misses✊

@veenadayma6514 Жыл бұрын

40:06 [SPOILERS] Alright, now Flygon HG has left me perplexed as now I'm both crying over his words and laughing over the two wacan berries holding Gyarados and the bombball exploding for its namesake. Nuzlockes ending with a big bang are always epic👍

@patricialock1862 Жыл бұрын

I think he was mouthing what the fuck this is not the only way so I’m laughing my ass off

@TheCreoleSon89 Жыл бұрын

You can’t tell me spark wouldn’t have KOd that gyrados lol 😂

@jfreemandrums Жыл бұрын

Another incredibly high effort video, sacrificing Ohio seems necessary not only for this run, but something we should look into in general

@Olivia-lx9tq Жыл бұрын

I'm so invested in the Daddy Stone storyline. Is Steven ever going to respond???

@federicopellicori3780 Жыл бұрын

pokémon: america version

@Leet.Time. Жыл бұрын

You used move Mind reader

@JShortsFR Жыл бұрын

this comment is underrated

@federicopellicori3780 Жыл бұрын

@@Leet.Time. commented even before seeing the first nickname lol

@TungstenArm Жыл бұрын

Beat me to it, drat

@potatoqueen5248 Жыл бұрын

Should’ve done it in Unova then

@exracer44 Жыл бұрын

Usually I am only running these videos in the back while doing something different... Damn this one literally had me put everything aside and be fully invested. Go Flygon ma boi

@PedroHenrique-mk5zi Жыл бұрын

With how much effort FlygonHG puts on storytelling, I would love to see how he would write a script for a Wedlocke. With each 2 party members married to each other, the final product could be wholesome, sad and hilarious at the same time.

@juliawidobravely Жыл бұрын

Oh, I agree! I hope Dr. AltariaHG considers this.

@bigtastybacon_xd6253 Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@mauchr0matic Жыл бұрын

Same !

@niclasbohme5747 Жыл бұрын

this would be awesome!

@juanig4198 Жыл бұрын

need this

@CaptainKiddYT Жыл бұрын

Honsetly opened this video expecting the first few minutes to just be resetting for Illumise LMAO

@LTDextel Жыл бұрын

Fun fact: sea turtles actually eat jellyfish. So the fact that your tentacool got eaten by the torkoal is relatively lore accurate.

@MetaSkipper Жыл бұрын

I'd love to see you do a version of this run in Scarlet/Violet. Boxing doesn't automatically heal, which could be both good and bad.

@andrewwojtas8486 Жыл бұрын

Every gen 8 and onward game does this besides legends

@HLDVR Жыл бұрын

yes boxing doesn't auto heal in gen ix, but nearly every single important story moment heals you before or after so it's really kinda pointless.

@diehardfreak1 8 ай бұрын

And to top it off, when he catches a wild Mon that means he won’t be able to heal it since he’d have to use the healthcare sys

@bicepsking 6 ай бұрын

@@diehardfreak1 Guess he could box every other pokemon and only heal the ones he caught?

@Ah0yKatie 2 ай бұрын

@@bicepsking I'm pretty sure using a pokecenter heals the entire box in Gen 9

@Frenchaboo Жыл бұрын

I really liked this challenge, it's cruel, but you're so skilled at this point that you've earned a little difficulty spike haha I'd love to see it with newer gens where they heal you more, but there are less exploits like the daycare or move deleting (I think).

@kpDiDDy Жыл бұрын

In later gens tms aren’t one use only. He could probably manage to do the relearning loop from the beginning in that case.

@DarknessDust Жыл бұрын

I'm always extra excited when you do pokémon Emerald challenges, because I always look forward to reading daddy Stone's letters xD

@LordAryu Жыл бұрын

This challenge was AWESOME! Loved the narration, and that Electrode bit had me laughing for a solid minute! Also, the hidden power/secret power and Thief Heart scale strats are genius level plays!

@loudwhispre9406 Жыл бұрын

12:55 Absolutely *_NO SHOT_* a Fire type move of all things killed California. I'd say you couldn't script this if you tried, but we've all read the letters Daddy Stone has been writing to Steven, so we all know you're a literary genius Flygon. This little song and dance of yours is over.

@bubblecat7827 Жыл бұрын

“You can heal Pokémon? I’ve just been throwing them away” -FlygonHG

@jackcostantino890 Жыл бұрын

“Health care is for suckers, all you need is a good nap,” this is literally just how D&D works

@tobintobintobin Жыл бұрын

A non square space sponsored flygonhg video is insane

@gatikchopra3613 Жыл бұрын

Didn't know Wallace's Gyarados was holding two Wacan berries and could terastallize in the ground type. Well, you do learn new things everyday Rest in pie- er, peace Electrode. That willing sacrifice saved the run

@MoxieInfernape Жыл бұрын

I've watched a lot of your videos Matti, but this is one of my favorites. Perfect example of a new way to innovate Nuzlockes, even in a very familiar game, that makes the challenge experience very different. The meta of what Pokemon are good gets flipped from a standard Emerald Nuzlocke and it was super fun watching you figure that out. Illumise was one of the most important Pokemon of the run and that's not a sentence I thought I would hear!! I would love to watch a Vod for this challenge if available because it would be fun to see your thought process throughout the challenge and how you realized some of these neat work-arounds to healing here. Also didn't know I needed to see Matti's face on an Electrode begging not to die but that's something I'll never unsee. I love Pokemon Emerald and I apprecaite all your efforts to keep revisiting this awesome game. You're killing it dude :D

@grieveromega6060 Жыл бұрын

10:53 Guess who had the thought in mind: "who in the world would watch this over and over without being subscribed." Well... guess who just subscribed after about 2 years of enjoying the content by thinking he was already subscribed...

@Victini0510 Жыл бұрын

I know you put a lot of effort into the story vids but I gotta say, these high difficulty runs where you claw your way to victory is so much more interesting and entertaining imo. Vids like these are the FlygonHG experience.

@kevindragon3883 Жыл бұрын

For a challenge as hardcore as this, I would say evolving Nincada into Ninjask and Shedinja would be acceptable just to give you a little extra help. Besides, it's done after a single hit.

@SpiritofrockinKids Жыл бұрын

This Nuzlocke is so different from the Monolockes. The limited PP, different mechanics for leveling, and how you use your money throughout the run show a new (or under utilized) set of skills in Nuzlocking. Keep up the fantastic work!

@NuzlockeJoe Жыл бұрын

I was surprised you didn’t start with Treecko because of absorb and the drain moves

@ragnaricstudios5888 Жыл бұрын

He likes to not use stuff to make the game easy

@raikiri6456 Жыл бұрын

He did lol

@NuzlockeJoe Жыл бұрын

@@raikiri6456yes, but not to start with. He initially went Mudkip, and it surprised me is all

@andreaaurigemma2782 Жыл бұрын

If you're familiar with nuzlockes you know that mudkip is so much better than treeko that your natural instict would be picking it regardless of the specific challenge.

@joeyyoung5173 Жыл бұрын

@@andreaaurigemma2782I wonder if tje guy named "Nuzlocke Joe" has experience with Nuzlockes. But that aside, Nuzlockes isnt a game about instinct, but about planning and thinking your actions thrugh and especially Dr. HG knows this. So yeah Mudkip was quite an odd choice

@f0rm0r Жыл бұрын

I definitely thought the nickname theme was going to be iced tea or something based on the first name. Also that last turn was phenomenal 😂 gotta watch out for those 2 wacan berries

@dootdoot5538 Жыл бұрын

BABE WAKE UP, NEW FLYGON HG VID DROPPED!!!!!

@lajm1000 Жыл бұрын

Haven't watched the whole thing but more bats**t crazy concepts like this please! Keeps the nuzlockes novel ❤️

@christianacevedo2422 Жыл бұрын

that was a fire challenge! congrats on passing it🥳 i started laughing when the electrode had to sacrifice himself to win the run lol

@jasonfox6932 Жыл бұрын

The amount of micromanaging in this run must have been intense mad respect for completing such a difficult run

@typhlosion7872 Жыл бұрын

I honestly would like to see this again, but with a twist. In a difficulty enhancement hack, but on a charity stream and every donation of $5 or more allows you one potion/ether (or anything in their categories for healing/PP restoration)

@2bluedragons492 Жыл бұрын

Honestly, I think we should be talking about the "four more than I need" line, because that was incredibly cool.

@Kai0496 Жыл бұрын

First KZfaqr ever who gets me to laugh at zero Seconds with "wood". I love this guy and his Nuzlockes

@yessir2456 Жыл бұрын

Thank god that electrode was adamant to barely ensure that explosion kill at the end

@GalvanizedEntropy Жыл бұрын

This was a great one! The problem solving and creative solutions to this challenge were fun to watch

@NuzlockeJoe Жыл бұрын

I bet miltank would have been a great Pokémon here! Or Pokémon with recover. Heck, even slaking would be pretty great!

@TheGhostFart Жыл бұрын

slaking would've been terrible due to truant

@matthewfodden7770 Жыл бұрын

@@TheGhostFartand therefore would use half pp.

@tsawy6 Жыл бұрын

@@matthewfodden7770big brain

@mrsirttv Жыл бұрын

"I'll be your delivery boy in this life and the next, my king" goes HARD

@prestonm-f382 Жыл бұрын

This reminds me of Utter Lunacy, No Healing Platinum, something I read on Nuzlocke forums a while back. Same as this, but no healing moves either (but with items in battle, just no healing items.) good memories, great vid!

@kameronjohnson3888 Жыл бұрын

Man that was like my favorite run I had read.

@brentdavison1633 11 ай бұрын

HG, I don't know if you'll see this comment but I just wanted to say I really love your work. A week ago I had never heard of you. Four days ago I wasn't subscribed. Now you are the melody that plays me to sleep and when I wake up I scroll back to where I nodded off and keep going. As of now I've watched about half of your videos and I can't wait to see more. Keep doing what you're doing ❤

@harryb1613 Жыл бұрын

i had an idea for a nuzlocke, don’t know if it’s been done before but thought i’d share - an intergen nuzlocke. The idea is using the encounters from one game to complete another, like completing ultra sun using encounters from diamond or something. great vid btw, keep it up

@sspearss9112 Жыл бұрын

I loved this run! Adding specific rules causing you to work around them in creative ways was so cool. I'd love to see more runs with extra rules like this.

@Keydicken Жыл бұрын

So happy I finally get to watch this! I have been busy with grad stuff all week, and this is the first new video I get to watch as a high school graduate! I’ve been watching the channel since close to the beginning, and it’s amazing how much the content has progressed. Here’s to more milestones!

@winchestermonroe5694 Жыл бұрын

Did you name Spinda New York because of the smoke/ash in that route? Absolutely golden naming as always

@clumpofdirt1193 Жыл бұрын

o7 ohio, your sacrifice will be remembered. this was a great video hg! your strategies were really cool and there were a lot less deaths (+attempts!) than i thought there would be. keep up the good work!

@FileFire Жыл бұрын

@blazeboi5873 Жыл бұрын

I love how Crobat is used for Ludicolo that entire Elite four. I would say that Crobat is cheering upon them

@rickycarns9008 Жыл бұрын

What an awesome way to force yourself to use a lot of the pokemon you would normally just leave in the box. This challenge was great and I'm glad it didn't take you 20 tries.

@mauchr0matic Жыл бұрын

I JUST got recommendations from your channel again after a looooooong time... so I think it's time to grind. Absolutely glad your growing and I love the new video style..! Much more energetic 🙈

@admiralcuddles3339 Жыл бұрын

You inspired me to give ~softcore~ nuzlockes a try. I don't yet have the Pokémon knowledge, but learning the AI is incredibly fun. You should do some videos on Drayano's storm silver/sacred gold!

@literalsteam2631 Жыл бұрын

The idea of retiring pokemon in a nuzlocke is cool as hell, this challenge is awesome

@Kaeratts Жыл бұрын

arizona making his reappearance was like the avengers assemble moment in endgame

@darrynsmith183 Жыл бұрын

Huge respect for this run! As someone who heals before EVERY battle, I could never attempt this 😂 this run was both enjoyable and stressful 😂

@MrbaldRevell 7 ай бұрын

I do this in regular playthroughs

@muhammadahmed214 Жыл бұрын

amazing type of nuzlocke with a lot of effort put into it. great job rlly appreciate the effort and patience and quality of content

@timob1681 10 ай бұрын

I love the bit with Electrode - "Gyarados is holding TWO Wacan Berries!!" which isn't even possible, and it doesn't have even one LOL

@pebbellz Жыл бұрын

This was such a fun challenge to watch. Always so great to see all the ways you can get creative and find workarounds for the rules you set yourself. I predicted at the beginning that Wish would have a big part in the run, but I'm used to seeing it on Umbreon, so seeing Kansas the Illumise really come in clutch was such a refreshing change of pace. The most fun part of these videos is truly seeing you figure out ways to make even the most seemingly useless pokes into heroic linchpins of the run.

@bird5306 Жыл бұрын

12:57 I thought California was done being killed by fire

@marcuscuscus Жыл бұрын

The way this set of rules allowed for such flexible but interesting and unexpected plays is peak content!!!

@poopydingus808 Жыл бұрын

I've watched every video and after dozens of videos it amazes me how original you can be. I've watched poketubers for 10 years and you're my favorite. Keep up the good work!

@christianwellfare2462 11 ай бұрын

In terrible pain at the moment from jaw issues, and your videos are the only thing distracting me and its a huge help. Im a massive fan, keep up the gpod work brother

@andrewcassell8757 Жыл бұрын

As soon as you said "Adamant Voltorb", I knew Ohio's fate.

@kristoffer3075 Жыл бұрын

Mudkip being named Arizona sent me lmao

@Filthy__Weeb Жыл бұрын

If you do this challenge in later generations, you could delete moves and relearn them to restore pp! Or you can stock up on tms to delete and cycle infinite PP

@jaredloitz2436 Жыл бұрын

34:19 I nearly missed the very clever reference lol😂 I salute your comedic timing sir!

@wyldstallyns__ Жыл бұрын

i’m honestly surprised it only took 8 attempts, that’s truly impressive. keep up the great work flygon!

@BrandonKellogg22 Жыл бұрын

So, after months and years of watching your channel, I've known that I haven't been subscribed because I subscribe to very few YTers. But this video changed all of that. Emerald is by far my favorite game and this Nuzlocke combined with my home state of Michigan, the Ohio meme, the jokes and humor, and basically everything finally did me in enough to subscribe. So yeah. Congratulations on being one of what has to be 5 channels that I am now subscribed to.

@kosuwu Жыл бұрын

"Daddy Stone always provides! I'll be your delivery boy in this life and the next!" followed by the most well timed grubhub ad in existence was not one way i thought my night would end but i don't mind it one bit LOL

@wazak5829 Жыл бұрын

This was such a cool challenge. I actually found myself smiling while watching. I would love to see more in the other gens. Love all your content man, but the last 2 have been your best yet. Great job.

@joshuasims5421 Жыл бұрын

This was fantastic. The heal ban really works well with nuzlocke rules, since it highlights pokemon scarcity. The restrictions on PC storage made for a good team building challenge as well. I’d love to see this in other games, or even in emerald again to see if you can get a lower death count, perhaps.

@missmara4980 Жыл бұрын

I've seen other KZfaqrs do the "no healing" challenge before, but I've never seen it as a Nuzlocke. This is going to be interesting! Edit: OMG without items too?? You mad, sir.

@johng4044 Жыл бұрын

39:41 I can make out "What the f are you doing? This is NOT the only way! WHY AM I DYING? THIS IS NOT OKAY!"

@titusbarker7921 Жыл бұрын

Think this has been my favourite video of yours recently. Incredibly engaging. Please do more of this challenge!

@pinkpolarbear24 Жыл бұрын

This is going to be a rough one, let's go!!!

@acertainfruit Жыл бұрын

Flygon, the way you keep innovating in your content is what kept me watching since 2021, keep it up!!

@jasonisigkeit1811 Жыл бұрын

Loved this chalange and the creativity that came with it! I started watching this, saw thae rules and thought it has to be impossible. Loved to see the creative workarounds you came up with toovercome this ruleset, Well played! Was a lot of fun to watch.

@airschut13 Жыл бұрын

This was an awesome variation. You had some incredible plays in this one, like the Grovyle save, which showcased your nuzlocke and Pokemon skills. I was glued to the journey of this video!

@FileFire Жыл бұрын

Rest in piece flygon's sanity, rest in peace my lunch because I am going to enjoy this with it.

@FileFire Жыл бұрын

My lunch is finished and it was worth it.

@LAZERAK47V2 Жыл бұрын

Dude, the moment I saw him pop Dig on Slaking's loafing turn, I was like: "He... he didn't. He did NOT forget that Counter has negative priority!" Considering the nature of this run, he likely forgot because his plan was to avoid damage instead of tanking it.

@breeduce8252 Жыл бұрын

I started watching this video last night before going to bed. I didn't finish and went to bed instead. This morning I was completely sure, I dreamed this challenge, because no-one would try something this wild 😂😂

@ribjoh98 Жыл бұрын

An instant FlygonHG classic! These hard runs are why I keep clicking on all the uploads

@mpepp9 Жыл бұрын

This was better than the usual challenges imo. The problem solving was way more interesting

@tigerking3297 Жыл бұрын

I'm pretty sure Ohio said "What the f are you doing" at the end lol

@ZSeraph Жыл бұрын

Really great video! Love the editing and script like usual

@fortello7219 Жыл бұрын

So theoretically, in this challenge it is legal to teach a pokémon thief and then have them steal a berry and then have your pokémon eat that berry? Held items are allowed, and you can't use berries on your pokémon, but if in a fight an effect of a move grants the effect it's a loophole?

@krishivrathi4381 Жыл бұрын

How is this run even possible???

@lexinicole4317 11 ай бұрын

Mad props to OperaGX for sponsoring my guy FlygonHG. You deserve this. Thank you for making the best poketuber content on the platform, consistently!

@Pannnthemannn Жыл бұрын

Awesome run. I loved hearing the mechanics around hidden/secret power, move deleter/relearner and daycare.

@pokemonadventuresanimewhen3023 Жыл бұрын

im gonna bet that that Adamant nature on Electrode ensured the Explosion K.O. /s

@Amanda-zt8et Жыл бұрын

Electrode at the end 😂 "what the f***" Anyone know what else he said?

@vivimastermage Жыл бұрын

Yeah ahaha, we need someone who can lipread! He definitely said something like "What the f**k are you doing?!" but I couldn't catch the rest

@sgt.milkshake3352 Жыл бұрын

@@vivimastermage"Wtf are you doing? This is not the only way! Why am I dying? This is not okay!"

@iceberg_dmb Жыл бұрын

Thanks for always coming up with fresh ideas and having fun scripting and edits.

@KaitN9 Жыл бұрын

Rough one! Gratz for clearing this!

@Stand.v9283 Жыл бұрын

0:11 Blink twice if you need help Dr. HG

@syan2240 Жыл бұрын

Ohio was such a noble pokemon It analyzed the situation and knew it had to give up its life on its own to ensure its friends were safe

@SiobhanRJ Жыл бұрын

I cried laughing at the Electrode part omg XDD This was so much fun!

@chucknorris-xi8vs Жыл бұрын

Amazing video! I can’t believe you had the patience for that. Also if you do anymore runs like this once you unlock the move learner and deleter while farming heart scales you can’t basically reset all the pp and hp on a Pokémon so to save time you could just allow free swapping in the pc since it would meet your rules of not missing hp or pp

@Infernal07 Жыл бұрын

Petition to ban clicking on SD/Explosion on any and all nuzlockes ! ... maybe except for those where you really start asking yourself "are we the baddies in this game?"