how ludwig was able to keep composed and not even crack a smile when pokemonchallenges whispered about his sweaty balls is very impressive

Honestly nowadays its more surprising to hear that Ludwig didn't cheat at something

This is one of those videos that makes you love chatters. The sheer amount of people calling his choices terrible when it was Jan telling him what to do, and the people telling him to heal the paralyze the WHOLE time over and over again. So funny.

The best bait and switch of the entire run was reading out of chat that he could reload save but we'd call him a cheater. How he managed to get through that without laughing at us is beyond me.

This is like the streaming version of ratatouille

I'm not even mad, I'm just disappointed that I thought Ludwig could actually win a Ludlocke in

give this man a fucking oscar, there's NO WAY you could actually keep a straight face at the sweaty balls thing

I love how the entire chat is spamming no when Ludwig says the idea but if Pokemon Challenges said it they would completely agree

The whole section at 20:30 about how he got paralyzed Linoone into the E4 is a perfect encapsulation of “if you spent as much effort studying as you did cheating, you wouldn’t have needed to cheat.”

As much as Ludwig is becoming the personification of the boy who cried wolf, I have to admire his skill to come up with bs excuses to be able to play this off on stream

"Too early to call myself the greatest nuzlocker" has got to be the slyest most snakiest way to admit he cheated 😂😂😂😂

Not gonna lie, the way lud was talking and explaining things i would have never guessed he had someone on a call telling him what to do. His actions actually looked like he thought of them himself lol

FYI the Wally battle wasn't changed. That's where he appears in Emerald, he shows up at the end in Ruby and Sapphire.

We all know he struggles with Pokémon battles, not surprised he needed to hire help.

Ludwig actually really showed off his acting chops here I could not keep a straight face like that lmao

Only Ludwig can mispronounce 'Linoone' as 'LiLoone' 15 times during a monologue about how he's a genius 🤣

the editors did a really good job making everything flow seamlessly and fun to watch! props to them

Lud’s next video will be “I hired a pro streamer to entertain my chat the past five years”

I don't blame Lud for doing this. It's super frustanting having to replay stuff you've already done.

I like how he left out the part where he whited out on this run, said it didn't count, and reset keeping the pokemon alive

I loved seeing the experts in chat calling his choice of Pokemon bad when he was initially setting up the team when it was Jan's team lol

Being a ludwig viewer has given me trust issues

Honestly the Venesaur threw a wrench in the plan and Ludwig came up with the solution, he gets partial credit

I like the showmanship, the acting, the drama etc. However what I like most of all is that in the end, when you where at your wits end, you called a friend for help. I hope you both had fun and keep up the good work.

When are you gonna do the opposite and have a pro player hire you to secretly react to the button in their ear?

All us banned chatters should change their name back to REDACTED.

Probably the most entertaining nuzlocke you have to to date. Can’t wait for the next one!

pchal and ludwig two of my favorite creators love when they do collabs like this.

the fun part about this is that Lud literally told us PChal was his coach for this game like stream one, and nobody batted an eye.

Ludwig really showing Linoone no mercy with how he pronounced it’s name

Already mentally and emotionally preparing for the damage of "I Hired a Pro Mario Party Player to Destroy My Chat"

13:45 "I just felt like Ender from Ender's Game: everyone who had died on my team and everyone I banned from chat was just fodder, I didn't see them as people anymore" this is literally the complete opposite of what Andrew Wiggins felt 😭😭😭 he was so good a strategist *because* he knew every single one was a full person and went through incredible distress for being able to use that to his leverage

Honestly, Luds plan to get into the Elite 4 is far more impressive than any of the strats PC made up to beat them

This is funny because he could have just said he's been watching pokemon challeges, and it gave him the inspiration to use that strategy.

Honestly, I don’t think this even qualifies as cheating. He didn’t hack/break the game, abuse glitches or enter cheat codes. He just devised a strategy with a dude…

you know, the reason i love ludwing is because even though i have never been really into pokemon, he still somehow managed to make this super interesting and entertaining

Ludwig is the kind of guy to break the law and submit the evidence to his local police station

From beating the god gamer gauntlet to cheating in a childrens game, the character development is wild

Very nicely done, it's very impressive that you contacted Pokemon Challenges to cover up the fact that you accidentally entered the elite 4 with a paralyzed linoone.

Okay I had no clue at all that he was cheating. I honestly thought he accidentally started the elite 4 with a useless linoone. Well played Lud.

from becoming an instant lud fan watching the firered ludlocke years ago to being completely scammed out of my fav content.. thats my streamer :')

I thought the fast play was sussy. But I didn't think he had a whole other person playing. He sold it so hard though. Well played Mr. wig.

Expectation: Online pvp battles with chat using a pro to play. Reality: Rudimentary lessons on EV/IV basics.

That was top tier content and you sold it pretty well, I ain't even mad

idc if he's cheating, at least it makes an enjoyable entertainment. GG Lud and Jan.

HE CANT KEEP GETTING AWAY WITH THIS

I'll be honest, the rage moment was way funnier than I thought it would be.

I just want to know who was so patiently waiting to speak to Ludwig to wait at the back of the room that whole time.

Just a quick correction. You gain EVs for every pokemon you defeat, not only when you level up.

15:21 random chatter had the gift of foresight lmaooo

I can't believe this. My trust is ruined. I was so hyped when you finally beat it. My day is ruined.

Glad to see Pokemon Challenges getting some love

"Hi, I'm Ludwig, I'm a professional cheater. I'm probably the best cheater in the world, this is how I used the best Nuzlocker to help beat my own Nuzlocke." Should've been the intro

That was an impressive stream, no wonder Lud had insane strats

I LOVE the ending. Lud: *nods* in appreciation for enjoying his acting skills and watching this far.

Wow you started this on my birthday I feel so special now. This was so fun to watch lol

i said ludwig lied people died and was placed back in time out (it was not worth it) i’m glad i got to tune in to what i could

Watching the chat thinking he’s braindead for not healing linloon other than like one guys is so satisfying. I love watching people being so confident and so wrong at the same time.

I had my suspicions when he didn't reset but this wasn't even really that bad! you just got advice from him and it made for a great vid

Thank you for explaining EVs and IVs way better than Slack did on Cobblemon, I knew about IVs but had no idea EVs were a thing.

I can't get over how well Ludwig does the Sykkuno voice. I keep wanting to look around for Sykkuno like he entered the chat somehow. 😅

We can't let him keep getting away this

I called it as it happened several times in chat, Ludwig was making plays that needed research without looking anything up.

At this point I’d expect nothing less of Ludwig

Honestly this is so cool cause it gives the opportunity to show someone’s skills but also use Ludwig’s improve I need more of this

He really knows how to turn things controversial so people comment and like the video! Amazing storytelling and collab with Jan, love to see the interactions and antics Ludwig always gets himself up to! Can’t wait for the next one!!

Always feels bad when you can tell the streamer's not enjoying themselves. Glad you could get through this finally though

The fact that the Venasoaur wasn’t part of the code and Ludwig just kept his calm and thought of a new strat before pokèmonchallenges did is amazing.

Missed opportunity to wear Jan's E4 glasses. The answer would have been right in front of us the whole time.

3:17 🤣 It’s still funny that he stops himself from spiking the controller only to think about it then spike it anyway.

Wow, can't believe I admired Ludwig for the mental fortitude to not give up and eventually succeed

15:21 "Message Pokemon Challenges God knows he can carry you" How right Caleb Griffin was!

We trusted you and you betrayed that trust. How dare you. You're not a closer. You've never BEEN a closer.

24:10 was hilarious when jan was calling the shots and lud is doing a mortal combat finisher ripping out the heart lol

6:07 Community notes: You do not necessarily gain EVs on level up, you gain EVs according to the Pokemon you just killed. So you can get a lot of EVs before you level up. They are capped at 255 total, so like 60 in one stat 60 in another, etc. etc.

Imagine working 40 hours of the span of 6 weeks. Ludwig is living the life.

I watched the stream live at the finally, I didn't watch much earlier of the ludlocke, but I was so amazed at how good you had gotten by the end! Now watching this… Great acting skills Lud, atleast there's one thing your good at

the improv classes did pay off goddamnit you are an insane man

i love how he asked if he can reload and EVERYONE says Yes, but he gaslights hiim self into not reloading

The "oh no i accidentally ran in" excuse was actually smooth af

Ludwig does realized that he is never going to have our trust ever again?

no way i was there for that "accidental" run into the elite 4 rooms.

"Just me from now on, I don't need to cheat. My skill is enough" I was expecting him to say "this ending script was generated by an AI" after that one lmao

He knew what I was thinking. Like a good neighbor, Ludwig is there

He can't keep getting away with it

To be fair, the Wally location actually the same from the original emerald. The Wally location you claimed was the original location in emerald was actually the original Ruby/Sapphire location.

Missed this style of Lud content! Loved the video!

ludwig edited into the LTG thunder meme has literally scarred me mentally. truly the most mogul of moves

Man I wish when he lost like 6 runs in a row to sped up crits on wild mons would've made it in, that shit had me rolling. Otherwise great vid Lud.

lud is the reason i have trust issues

Just for clarification at 2:40 In Pokemon Emerald the first wally victory road fight is at the beginning and the rematches are at the end and in ruby sapphire all wally fights are at the end of victory road

Honestly, still a beautiful ending to another ludlock :) this was so good 😊😂😢😢

Can’t wait for “I hired a professional streamer to trick my chat”

Are we convinced ludwig doesn't cheat at reacting to the button and tik toks at this point

Keeping shedinja for that long actually pretty impressive

In vanilla emerald the rival battle is in the same spot of this mod

Ludwig scamming his way through another win again. Just another Tuesday.

Lud should really run a pokemon infinite fusion nuzlocke now. The Tom Foolery would be endless lol

Lud and Pokémon will always go good together

Actually The rival battle on the start of victory road is the normal game in the emerald version, the other versions its on the final