CAN I BEAT A POKÉMON CRYSTAL HARDCORE NUZLOCKE WITH ONLY GRASS TYPES!? (Pokémon Challenge)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ย. 2024
- They're some of the weakest Pokemon in the franchise... but can they take on one of its hardest challenges?
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 Crystal Hardcore Nuzlocke with only Grass types?
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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 trading/importing Pokémon, Items, etc.
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It occurred to me this might be the worst type to try Crystal with. Mistakes were made. BUT WE DO IT FOR THE SILPH SQUADDD 🙌
@Colbdolb me too 😔
We enjoy the talking and video
Speaking of mistakes, you got the level cap for Bugsy wrong, both in the commentary and in the footage. You could’ve had a Bayleef for facing him.
Shit dude, I beat B/W with grass types a while ago and I only made it to Pinwheel Forest before I thought "A nuzlocke for this would be impossible."
So maybe add that to the to-do list?
when bugsy has a level 16 scyther in gen 2 but level 15 in gen 4
Picnicker Gina the undisputed GOAT
True
i thought she only gave one leaf stone. thats crazy
I didn't know she gave out leaf stones! I thought the only evolutionary stones were from bills grandfather in the post game and sun stone in the park game.
Um Youngster Joey has amazing stats and the statues they built of him in KANTO????!?!?! HES A WAR HERO THEPOKETRAN GET A GRIP 🥸
@@jessefram2432only in Crystal, in gold and silver the only way to get evolution stones is from bill’s grandpa
Went out of his way to bend the rules a little so he could win the bug catching contest for a sunstone, then ends up never using the pokemon he did it for.
Maximum Silph achieved
The absolute GigaChad
It was fodder lol
He could have used that Sun Stone for a Bellossom. Though I imagine losing the Grass type wouldn't have been good.
@@marcelocapeljunior3579 actually poison type
@@soulhoney1227 Thanks for catching that. Coulda swear I edited it.
AHH the nostalgia! Grass types did pretty well here, lots of good utility throughout the team. Your strategies for the first 2 gyms were especially impressive, nice run
Don't be racist man
@@randomsonygaming7054 HAHAHAHAH
@@randomsonygaming7054 What?
I LOVE JUMPLUFF!!!!!!!
Yesssss! The fluffy puffball of goodness 🙌
@@SilphSpectre excellent chokorita ivs I see but I would have reset for perfect spec attack since that's the most important stat on chikorita
I imagine early game will be awful falkner bugsy n rival are nit grass friendly mid game will be easy except for Lance another awful fight for grass types n kanto I'd hard route celadon n get to look at Erika n the department store there n route in solarbeam
Koga you can handle with exeguttor n farm leaf stones from Gina
Pryce is not good vs grass types at all actually light screen n kill with razor leaf id actually say he's worse with fire types actually
Man, Johto really doesn't take kindly to grass types. My girl Chikorita was done dirty in those games
Yeah kinda comes down to the game's Gyms being everything that wasn't a Gen 1 Gym. And most of Gen 1's Gyms weren't strong against Grass types.
Chikorita is 87% male. What do you mean my girl?
@@kohinoorbanerjee4009 somehow it was always a girl when I took it as my starter, including the first time I chose her. Since then my brain made it the default sex, this is not negotiable.
Yeah, well, in Gen 1, the fire type starter was considered the "hard mode" for Pokemon, as the first two gyms were pretty rough on it and there weren't many gyms that Charmander was good against. In Gen 2, it was changed around to Grass being the "hard mode." So, if you picked the grass type in Gen 1, you'd have a much easier time of it than if you picked the grass type in Gen 2.
@@kohinoorbanerjee4009 Ash's Bayleef is female in the anime. I think it's fine to refer to the species as female.
I will always say that sunflora should be a grass/fire type. Give it drought to charge up solarbeam and it could be so much more memorable.
Dude that leaf stone trick was genius !!!!!!!!
Right? I would have used it to get Leafon but what he did was a pro play for the confusion against physics and ghost
@@GTFOPoetry yeah but getting the leaf stone trick is a genius way for nuzlockers like me who don't have the patience to receive it from the post game or wait a hour or two for the dumb call
@@GTFOPoetry Leafeon is not available in gen 2
@@skubu8262 yes it is, you can get an eveee from bill after you beat Whitney and go to the next town-and through this strat you obviously can get a leaf stone
@@GTFOPoetry dude Leafeon was introduced in gen IV. And from gen IV-VII you could only evolve eevee to Leafeon next to a moss rock. Only in gen VIII can you evolve it with a leaf stone. So unless there's been some sort of update Im not aware, you can't get Leafeon in crystal cause it doesn't exist
Underrated Opinion: Gengar's Gen 2 sprite is absolutely MENACING yet incredibly badass
It's BY FAR the best Gengar sprite.
I've always thought that it looked like a 3D model, even on the GBC's screen.
@@blackstab3913 Personally, I prefer Gengar's Gen 4 sprite.
It's my favorite, I love it so much I got it tattooed on me : D
Where are your statistics.
Thanks to its blazing speed, Jumpluff is a nice supporter (in-game speaking).
It lacks some offensive presence to deal damage immediately, though.
Used the Hoppip line once, through my second proper HG playthrough. It and Togetic really did work as my support line. Grass Type are underrated imo, so many great designs and mons.
I did a Grass monotype in Gen 2 (no nuzlocke) somewhat recently, Jumpluff was surprisingly useful. Stun Spore, Leech Seed, and Headbutt were excellent cheese
Hey fun fact: if you do a hardcore nuzlocke in crystal with electric types, you can't get mareep. So that would be interesting to watch.
Crystal's biggest sin...
So the challenge starts after Bugsy if you get lucky and get either Pichu or Elekid in the egg
@@SilphSpectre Fortunately, you could do that in HGSS since Mareep is available before the first gym. However, that’s all you’re going to have up until the fourth gym unless you resort to the Pokéwalker (Elekid is available at the cost of 500 watts and 5000+ steps).
For every 20 steps, 1 watt is earned. Discounting extraneous ones your Pokémon could find, every 5000 steps you take, you’ll earn 250 watts, meaning you may have to walk at least 10000 steps for this to be possible.
Speaking of which, if you do do such a run, make it your first run of a Johto game that actually does Kanto. From there, the options open up (Pikachu in Viridian Forest, Plusle and Minun through Hoenn Sound, and Shinx with Sinnoh Sound).
On the other side of the coin, have you ever planned to do HNs in Gen 6 or later?
13:52 : over easy, but before I flip it I put some cheese and a slice of ham over it. The ham gets nice and seared, the cheese gets melty and crispy on the edges; and the yolk stays runny while the white is all cooked. I eat it over a bowl of rice, which is the best thing to mix a runny yolk into. Mmmm, now I’m hungry…
Nah, scrambled with cheese and tiny bits of bacon and ham is the best. I made the bacon first and cooked the egg in the bacon fat for extra flavour.
You could do more Crystal Hardcore Nuzlockes,it's one my favorite games and it would be awesome if you did more with this game
I've been meaning to replay Gen 2 for a bit now, this might be the reason that gets me to do it!
Yoo chaotic meatball I watch you proffeser oak challenges all the time. That shield one was in my opinion the best
Yess! I was unsure how things would go for an HC nuzlocke in an early-gen game, but it was surprisingly enjoyable operating with the old mechanics 😄
Alright perfect timing, I can watch this while I eat my lunch. As u probably know, this is the highest compliment one could ever give to a TH-cam video 👍
Dude for real. Sometimes I tell my girlfriend I’m not taking lunch just so I can have 30 minutes to myself to watch stuff uninterrupted 😂 we ain’t cheating these days, we out here lying so we can watch Pokémon videos 😂 how did I get here at the age of 28 🥸
I'm excited to see how you do this with just Grass types :o
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Gengar is an absolute accuracy beast
True. I just did a firered hardcore with trash mons and Agatha’s gengar landed 5/6 hypnosis on my team and almost caused me to wipe
Love that you used the Gen 2 sprites for your team overlay!
This Nuzlocke exemplified how Grass-type Pokemon are suppose to be used:
Set-up. Stall. Support.
What I like about grass nuzlocks is that it requires you to really think about a strategy except just using super effective moves
Impressive stuff!
Ayy thanks Andrew! This was an interesting one for sure. Gen 1/2 mechanics are wild
Damn, I can't believe you beat the Flying-type master, Lance, with a team of five Grass types. Ku to the dos.
Hey, Silph! Always stoked to see an upload from you!
No u don't
@MARUF ALAM USHNO you don’t control peoples minds stop it
Yessss finally a new video🤤
Another UNmonetization channel ahaahhaha..
Damn it always is nice to see a nuzlock that isn’t in a gen 3-gen 5 game
Omg same
Happy Sun(flora)day, Silph!
Colonel is that one guy who didn't do anything for the group project
Colonel mad af cuz his Name was wrong. Thats why he didnt do shit at the end 😂
Question: Why not give the secret boss battle a try? (Ex: Red/Steven)
Johto ends at red, not lance. Really sucks when youtubers don't fight red.
@@LazarusBell While that is true in general; just attempting Red/Steven would be enough for an x amount of viewers.
@@buhbasaur6183 bruhhh, when The credits appears is The final, but in some cases there are double credits, is The case for red in Johto, but lance is a valide nuzlocke end, cuz is The champions bruh
No one has tried Steven in emerald because they probably don't know about it.
You're forgetting or don't know that he does these videos weekly and also has a regular job he needs to do.
Grinding all the way to Steven/Red is time he simply doesn't have when he also has to edit his own videos and stream.
I think this was my favorite run yet! I love gen 2 classic, and seeing the potential of Jumpluff of all Pokémon was super fun to watch! Excellent stuff man.
Been waiting for someone to try this for ages! I thought it would be the hardest mono run imaginable and it sounds like it was. Special kudos for trying it on crystal. Adds a really exciting dimension with all the crazy idiosyncrasies.
Before watching.. how the *hell* are you gonna do Falkner. This should be good
15:41 The coolest strategy I ever used against miltank was in crystal clear, using a swinub with curse and rollout. Cursed 6 times on clefairy, then started using rollout and two-shot the miltank. That felt great.
This run should just tell people to never underestimate fast pokemon with status conditions lol. Jumpluff MVP
This was rough, buddy. But nice how you strategized!
How do you feel about a trashlocke? Only pokemon with bad stats, bad typing and/or bad movesets. And bad abilities if you want.
In Gen 4 or onwards.
It would be really cool in a game with a lot of variety like X or Moon!
He could try PChal’s rom hack like FlygonHG did!
Plz try a rock and ground type hardcore nuzlocke and this video was lit. I am very happy when I see your notification and plz try my request for rock and ground type only
Congrats on this being the 5,000th video I've ever liked on this account 😄
One of the best runs I've seen, keep the gen 2 runs coming
Glad to see Jumpluff putting in work! It's been my favorite Pokemon since I was a kid.
Love to see another jumpluff fan! In my top 10 favorite mons, and without it I wouldn’t have beaten Lance or red in my first hgss play through that I finished a month ago! Keep up the great work!
Im highly allergic to eggs so I gotta go with the superior Easter chocolate egg B3
I never even thought about chocolate eggs... you out here changing the game
This is the first video I see in your channel. I must say I was impressed with the creative ways in which you went around the first 3 gyms. However, it got even better as the video continued. For instance, using rollout to beat Lance was genius man. I have played pokemon for a while (Crystal was my first game) and I did not know eggxecutor learned it. However the absolute MVP was Jumpluff. What a leyend taking down dragons! I lost it with Colonel at the end.. Hilarious
Not halfway through the video I was saying to myself, no way to beat Lance. Then you did. That was absolutely brilliant.
Let’s go you no it’s a good day when Silph uploads
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When fighting Gengar in Mahogany gym, let him hypnosis someone and switch to someone else, then switch back to the asleep one, and so on. He will Hypnosis -> Dream Eater ->Hypnosis until he runs out of PP. It works 100% of the time. PP stalling make that gym winnable with every team. Hope it helps for future Johto playthrough!
Wish I knew this, got destroyed on my first attempt but on the second one my Kadabra managed to sweep the gengar (Gengar is part poison) after it missed Hypnosis
Love that you named chikorita the same thing you did in your gold lets play
I usually make an egg omelet every morning. I always throw in onions, sweet peppers, meat scraps, BBQ sauce, cheese, the list goes on and on.
So psyched for another silph vid!!
Crystal, what a game...when berries were called after the status + cure + berry...
I’d literally just finished the last of these and the single Pokémon challenge runs, and I’m so happy that you’ve uploaded a new one to keep me going!
I haven't thought about the land before time since I was like 9! Thanks for that blast from the past Silph!
That first gym fight showcases why the beginning of these games has always so good cuz that low levels it really matters what you're up against
Omg this fight against faulkner was by far the best one of all your vídeos
The best part was that as lances dragonite killed that guy the ad for "Only Murders in the Building" came on and it was so perfect.
Amazing work as always Silph.Your strategies and delightful commentary make these videos so damn amazing.Best Nuzlocker in existence
"I like my eggs over hard."
Liked, subscribed, bell rung. Your content is great, but that was the selling point for me.
Yeah I do love the first two gens for not being afraid to grind on the wrong Pokemon.
YES hes back! Keep doing this! I look forward to your monotype videos on gen 1-5 every time!
was waiting for the next video and watched the black 2 grass type nuzlock to pass time, only to realize you really like to torment yourself with grass pokemon once i saw this drop. should be a good watch as usual!
I love videos like this where you get to see lesser used Pokémon shine. I've never seen a Jumpfluff shine so bright and now it makes me want to use one!
was just thinking about this channel today, wondering when the next one was gonna drop, love it
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Love this series so much. Always kicks off my week in the best way
Im working on a monorock hardcore nuzlocke of platinum. It’s very very difficult…you’ve gotta try it!
it makes me so happy that jumpluff pretty much carried for a lot of the battles, skiploom is my favorite pokemon and it’s so nice to see it do something useful
Great run Silph, got me super nostalgic going back to Gen 2. Keep up the great work
Hey Silph, I absolutely love your videos. It’d be awesome if you could add some snippets of the stream with your live reaction to some key moments. Like seeing your face o listening to important moments would be super cool!
Here for the egg discourse. Over easy/softboiled is best hands down
I can’t wait to see your gym leader nuzlock videos! I’m looking forward to watching this nuzlock later.
Colonel lived up to his name, made everyone else do the hard-work, then take all the glory.
So they made the bitterberry for confusion, the mint berry for sleep, and then they ran out of creativity :).
Gina and Q-Tip, the MVPs of this run ✌️ Awesome job! I think grass type nuzlockes are some of the hardest.
Wait... how would you get celebi without cheating on a base crystal version?
If it wasn’t for my brother I never would have found ur channel I’m addicted
Morty went for Shadow Ball on your sleeping Over Hard because it was super effective, and Dream Eater was resisted. That's why the prediction switch failed.
Over-hard and scrambled are the only ways I can eat eggs. Runny eggs were ruined by throwing up soft boiled eggs as a child.
Great video, as always. I do really like the monotype nuzlocke challenge.
I was looking for a crystal nuzlocke and then this was uploaded 27 minutes ago.😎👍
Imagine you're the legendary dragon trainer, the most powerful trainer of all time, and your team gets merc'd by a Jumpluff with no offensive abilities
I love grass types so much. Just all the status and utility moves, they’re so fun
That Falkner battle is one for the history books
It's refreshing to watch Pokemon Gen 2 challange
I want one nuzlocke where Silph doesn’t lose a single Pokémon
Imagine seeing a random kid pull up with a q-tip and taking your title 5 minutes later. Lance has it rough man...
I’m here for the civil conversation on what level of cooking is superior
0:17 Bulbasaur's starting to make me regret watching this at nighttime. Jesus, his little face is the stuff of nightmares...Is...Are those...Knife claws?
You should have just taken the Sudowoodo and gone the whole game with it in your party, pretending it was a plant.
"Someone play pokemon crystal"
Me dont know its even exist "what"
Watching this and thinking how much pain and resetting it took, thanks so much for pushing through and uploading! Love these vids!
Very fun Silph! Although not many, Pokemon Crystal has got many nice Pokemon to play with! That was a good idea!
13:55 Well... let’s put it this way... If an egg (for eating) was sentient, I’d let it look at the frying pan in horror, before sticking it on my plate. The runnier the better.
Over hard is the worst way to fry eggs. Over easy is the only correct choice.
I love jumpluff being the harbinger of death
When you caught exeggcute, it was already asleep because it was night
I had few ideas how to avoid having to rely on Flash strats. For example - abusing weird EV mechanics of gen 2, doing switch battles with lvl 2 pokemon instead of grinding exp normally, which allows us to get bunch more fights down before getting to the level cap. To test this out i got a chicorita, cloned the savefile and trained it up to 9 progressing normally and - on the cloned save - avoided all trainers i can and used a good chunk of my time to grind rattatas for 8xp. The result? Literally same stats. Not a single point of difference. Back to the drawing board.
gen 2 leer animation was the artistic peak of pokémon
Lance fears 3 things now:
Red
Rollout
Jumpluff
Yours is by far the best pokemon channel
1. Why not wait for Weepinbell learn razor leaf before evolving? If I remember correctly victreebell doesn't learn it by lvl up.
2. Hidden power ice😏
3. Same as #1 for gloom for petal dance.
I guess he prefered having bulkier Pokémon than to wait for stronger attacks. Bellsprout learns Razor Leaf at lvl 37 and Oddish learns Petal Dance at lvl 39, way too late if you ask me 😅
Hmm, I thought this would be in the remakes.