Pokémon FireRed Hardcore Nuzlocke - Bug Types Only! (No items, No overleveling)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ก.ย. 2024
- Can I beat Pokémon FireRed with only Bug Type Pokémon using Hardcore Nuzlocke Rules?
Normal Nuzlocke Ruleset:
1. Fainting = Death
2. Can only catch the first Bug Type Pokémon on each route.
3. Nickname Pokémon
Hardcore Nuzlocke Ruleset:
4. No items in battle (held items okay)
5. No leveling past the next gym leader/E4 (at the START of the battle)
6. Play on "Set" battle mode
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I love how he took the "bug" topic, turned it into computer bugs and made a naming theme around programming. Nice!
I watch his streams and I can agree, man has great humor
And even bugged out before starting the last attempt
I love the way he nicknames haha
Yeah. That was neat.
I realized that 10 minutes in! Definitely a clever and humorous take to the challenge
"So far, luck is on our side." **10 minutes of the video remain**
Me: Uh oh
*video pauses*
"Luck in fact, was not on our side"
Your dedication to these challenges is always appreciated and respected. Honestly I think most of us would have been okay if you just reloaded your save, but you just had to pull a gigachad move and win with even worse bugs. You are gigachadHG
I adore your profile picture lmao
@@Keydicken lol game grumps are the best
100% respect for playing the entire game again when losing at the champ and not choosing the easy way. Thanks Champ. Thank you for the great video.
Gotta respect a guy who completes a run after whiping to the champion.
Nooo you spoiled me😭😭😭
I guess it's my fault for reading the comments.
@@larsm867 yes, yes it is
Has happened to me as well
I'd put a quote from Jaiden's second nuzlocke here, but I don't want to watch it again :/ One emotional rollercoaster is enough for me.
Thanks, I appreciate it
I think pokemon white/black with only bug types would be cool since that's when a lot of good bugs were made
Scolipede is amazing so it probably wouldn't be too hard,and Crustle
I don’t know about that since the first bug available to you is after the second gym. Maybe black 2/white 2 though
@@LoafOfWeb I’m pretty sure you can catch sewaddle before the first gym
Edit: I was thinking of black white 2 lol
I second this. Gen 5 has some really fun bug types like Levanne(who has my favorite design even if its typing sucks), the electricity spider which can get 91% accurate 110 stab moves with compound eyes, and then scolipede and the floating ones and such. lots of variety I think it'd be a fun run
That's what I was going to say
Is no one here going to talk about the way he pronounces Arcanine? Well, never the less a very great run and pure entertainment (:
I was like "Excuse me, Arca-What?"
yeah. great vids but I cringe hard every time at that.
He does that as satire. He also does it with Lapras and pronounces it as Lapra.
He also pronounces "Facade" rather.... charmingly.
The "little kid doesn't know the word" kind of charming.
Because when Flygon HG was a little kid, he didn't know how to read Facade and just stick with his unique way.
Come on, he says puns like "rest in bees", saying things weirdly is his humor.
Every time my man pronounced it, my ears perked up like he was talking about an imaginary Pokemon in Fire Red. Last 20+ years of my life, this guy has altered state Ar-kay-nine to Ar-kay-ni-nay. Each time was like a Flea-go-nay buzzing by my ear and irritating me.
Gen 3 nuzlockes are always a delight to watch. I don't really know why, the games just seem to have a pretty cheery atmosphere.
simpler times, simpler games.
Despite how much I love gen 3, you get to admit they weren't very well balanced - many pokemons were simply unusable because of bad movesets and there were so many annoying mechanics. Winning an hardocore nuzlocke challenge (especially using bug types) require major strategic abilities and dedication and that's why FlygonHG runs are so addictive
@@Ritacuore3 Sometimes unfair odds are more interesting to watch than cookie cutter gen 5 bullshit where every pokemon gets a stab move with 60 power at level 20.
@@calculus3661 I remember my first time playing through pokemon Black steamrolling absolutely everyone and everything with my Dewott, Darumaka and Drilbur spamming Razor shell, Fire punch and Dig.
@@calculus3661 No it's not , it's unbalanced repetitive and garbage , the only reason this is watchable is his excellent commentary
Oof, Dr. Flygon's Academia Trauma came through for a second. Always rough to hit a wall in the last boss fight.
I had the same thing in college. Had to redo my last year due to burnout…but I made it!
You really got me with “Rest in Bees”, lmao
that's the kind of jokes that I'm looking for on FlygonHG videos 🤣🤣
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I love bug-type Pokémon and I’m currently majoring in linguistics. I guess it goes without saying that this is now my all-time favorite video on TH-cam.
I have nightmares about my Syntax lectures (but mostly because they weren't especially comprehensive).
Neat. I'm an Engineering major myself and I just completed a Computer Science course last year, and yeah, seeing Flygon do this is pretty cool.
Aah simple and sweet...the exact opposite feeling of using Bug types in Gen 3.
Who is aah
@@fluidzed it’s not a name. It’s an interjection
@@opchild oh
@@fluidzed dude
@@fluidzed lmao
Well then, stubborn determination/idiocy as the cause or not, resetting the run and retrying after wiping to crap luck at the champion certainly took some dedication and certainly made for an interesting end to the video. Congrats on completing the run. I was worried when I saw the scyther run away during the last attempt, but forgot about being able to buy one from the game corner
19:33 “I have to beat an old lady with a stick” Flygon please don’t do that
I had to beat an old lady with a stick to get these Cranidos
Syntax saves lives. “Let’s eat grandma” vs “let’s eat, grandma.”
Love the programming theme. Fun fact, the term “computer bug” was created when a literal moth flew into an early computer and physically messed with its operations
Well why runtime then? Compilation? Seems to be a video theme
@@cursedcat6467 those are programming terms. Runtime is how long a program is running and compilation is equally self explanatory
@@cursedcat6467 what?
That rain dance strat against Blaine is genius. I’d have never thought of teaching that to butterfree mainly because I also didn’t know it could.
I want your rain dance inside my butterfree
If Legends Arceus has taught us anything it’s that we all should fear Paras and Parasect.
Fuck paras
Yeah about that.......
(**INSTANT FLASHBACK TO THE F*CKING PARAS**)
I feared them since I read the Pokédex entry and learned about the mind-control fungus. Traumatized 90’s kid time.
Kinda entertaining that out of the champions pokemon, there were technically 4 types super effective against you (not that gyarados has a flying move). Probably the most odds against you, great run
Seeing such a brutal bug run with such limited moves makes me realize just how much help the bug typing really needed in more recent gens. Gen 5 really did give us a much stronger pool of bugs, huh?
I’m so proud you stuck through this run, you have so much dedication to these nuzlockes and we really appreciate it as fans!
Rain dance on butterfree for Blaine was something I’d never have thought about. Well played!
It's always a good time whenever flygon uploads
Well what if the video is titled facing the champion at 3AM
Have you considered doing a nuzlocke, but you can only catch one of each type? So one normal, one bug, ect. And if the pokemon has two types, its counts for both.
1 type starter moment
What'd happen if a pokemon evolves to have 2 types?
I love how you always manage to bring some light and create strategies for underappreciated pokémon. I also feel like it´d be fun if you could do that for some seemingly useless moves, like maybe having a run where your only direct attacking move is Last Resort or Metronome, or one where you have to use moves classified as "usually useless" by Smogon
I wouldn't do the metronome one just because it can roll selfdestruct (or is it explosion) which is possibly the worst move for a nuzlock outside of very specific circumstances and you know it would roll it against a wild pokemon.
My experience is that metronome sounds cool until it rolls 3 growls in a row and then selfdestruct where it immediately gets replaced at next levelup.
But any other move restriction that still gives him control over what actually happens would be interesting.
@@jasonreed7522 Yeah I´d have to agree with you there. I imagine it´d be fun enough to watch, but it sounds absolutely infuriating, and doesn´t really have that much strategy besides the pokémon and items you use and the other non-damaging moves you run. (Though to be fair his last nuzlocke was one where his pokémon died randomly, but this one would probably still be worse)
Couldn't help but let a short "awww" out when I read "magane" 😖
It's "manage", I know we all know.
But typing it differently reminded me of how Flygon HG says "Facade". Not correct, but somewhat endearing 😉
Man, mad props for actually going through the entire run again. I've only seen a few other people get into this situation and it's honestly kind of a let down when they just reload the champion fight. You've earned yet a new level of respect, good show.
The strat used against Blaine was such a 5head galaxy brain moment
Omigod the ending killed, me there truly is nothing like the endless grind set of education to leverage your insecurities and give you imposter syndrome. Can’t wait for grad school 🤪
Have fun
I know you’ve mentioned disliking replaying S/M US/UM but those games have a ton of unique bug encounters and good moves. I think they’d be perfect for a new buglocke
I loved Moon but i will never restart it, just something about triggering a cutscene at every new route just isn't fun when the routes feel so short.
Personally i did enjoy doing a bug run in Heartgold, not a nuzlock though, i just a type restriction to try and use some cool pokemon like Yanmega and Forretress.
I also can't help but feel that he could break shuckle with the right generation's moveset. I remember seeing a move to average your attack stats with your target and considering the weird base stat spread that could be broken, or even just trick room and then swap your attacking and defensive stats for the ultimate glass cannon.
No, it's Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl that have a bunch of great bug encounters
I think a Gen 5 Buglock would be really cool, you have some pretty good options there. Scolipede, Leavanny, Galvantula, all good picks.
I was watching this, semi spacing out thinking about other stuff I have to do this evening, but your “beat an old lady with a stick” comment brought me right back lmao. Great stuff as always HG
25:52 well that stung, that's gonna bug me for a while.
@Rude its the Beedrill man himself show some respect
@@stellarknight04 You mean “themselves?”
@@skeetermania3202 wait what?
@WeedleTwineedle I didn't know you watch FlygonHG! I sometimes forget the content creators are normal people like me who like watching other people. I love your videos Weedle ❤❤❤
@@Gordo123415 your pfp seems familiar
I did this as my first ever hardcore nuzlocke a few months ago! I was inspired by your streams and wanted to use mons I hadn't before. I'm glad you're doing it as well! :D
I was thinking. How would you tackle a hardcore nuzlocke but you can only use pokemon seen on the opening movie of the game (and their evolved and unevolved forms).
This would give a wide selection of pokemon, and I'd imagine a wide range of difficulties to choose from, with frlg probalby being the hardest to black/white being the easiest
Hmmm.... gengar and nidoking are super strong so i think it is easily done
@@dabmonstr7403 that's the catch. All you have is Haunter, Nidoking, and Venusaur or Charizard. Some fights are going to be difficult
@@Neefew actually i think charizard can solo everything in e4 (i done it before and i will do it again) but also nidoking and gengar can destroy gym leaders and e4 and champion with ease
I can see how haunter can cause some issues but if i were him i would just turn impossible evos on and destroy the game with those two mons. If charizard gets involved it would be a bloodbath
You're one of a few creators that I click like before even watching, bc I honestly know that your vids never disappoints
This run can't be that hard. As I learned from game grumps, Beedrill is the best pokemon.
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It can be, when the person using it actually uses it well
"Semantic kinda sucks"
Me, whose favorite pokemon is paras:
It's ok rocky, you go when you want to
I'm playing Grass-only in Soulsilver. You'll never take my dearest mushroom man
If you want the opposite bug type experience, I'd recommend playing through one of the Unova or Alola games with them. The bug type probably performs the best in gens 5 and 7 due to Pokémon availability and improved movesets.
Fun fact from a teacher. The education system at least where I've lived and taught doesn't put you against each other or compare you at all. Think about it. Was there ever a single time where anyone in your school said anything even remotely similar to "if you do better/worse than your peers..." The students are the ones who compare each other. The only time we ever compare grades is to the generally accepted grade level standards in order to see if you're performing above or below expectations of a student in your grade.
I think a fun game to nuzlocke with Bug Types (a buzz-locke if you will) would be either B2W2 or USUM. The bugs in all those games are generally great, especially in Black 2.
Good work on this run! Must've been tough with the way run 2 ended.
Ultra sun/moon are great for bug-type only playthroughs - hideously difficult, even without nuzlocking, but you get a fantastic variety of typings (volcarona, araquanid, vikavolt, ribombee). I think it would be really interesting to see done as a buglocke.
I'm thankful that FlygonHG's naming schemes are always so educational
A lot of people just restarted the final fight, but you took the extra mile! I really appreciate it. Great video as always^^
FlygonHg: Sadly I underestimated logic
Logic: wasnt very logical was it
I just love when these pop up on my feed the narrative you tell and detail into your story keep me waiting for the notification bell! I would love a later gen bug type maybe even sun and moon or bdsp
Damn, bug types sure is an interesting/risky one, even the slightest mistake can cause you the whole run.
But I guess, they're still cool and the satisfaction of sweeping the run with bug types must've been amazing.
I'd really like to see, a Gen 4 or Gen 5 bug type run.
man it's notable how much more effort you are able to put into your videos with the time you got now. congrats, super happy for you!
Should have used a generic exception handler to handle these bugs....
Great content Dr. FlygonHG!!
I don't know, birdman seemed to have a pretty good debugger at the end
Gonna update my CV with title "bug-catcher"
Headcannon: _Old Man Viridian is _*_a fruad._*_ That Weedle is his Pokemon and he's pulling an elaborate stunt with it to trick new trainers._
I did this in leaf green years ago, pinsir was a huge carry, solo'd the elite 4 with earthquake, rock slide and swords dance
Basically perfect coverage for what you face in the game, especially E4, and a setup move. Last move probably Substitute.
Bug memes and jokes aside, I'm seriously really glad that you stuck it to the end and finished this run legitimately from start to finish. I really love watching your Nuzlockes, and it's really exciting whenever you release a new piece of content on here, as seeing these games played in a different way brings a really fun and brand new experience. Bug typing is one of my favorites, so it's really heartwarming to see it get some love even when it was so limited in the earlier generations.
This was crazy... giving bug types their due and glory love it!
FlygonHG's nicknames is the greatest redemption arc.
I actually did this too and did 7 gyms before just stopping fsr. Butter free with speed evs + sleep powder + dream eater + sub is amazing
add giga drain too
Speed evs+sleep powder for me
seriously dude, I love your videos. Great voice overs, really nice pacing and I love the aesthetic of the videos too ❤
Bug is the type I dig the most! Happy to see this! I'm still pissed they didn't give Flygon the Bug-Dragon typing tho, along with Yanmega.
Sword and Shield is good for bug types. There's a good number of them and they're half decent but at the same time it's not a cakewalk thanks to the third gym and Leon's charizard
Crustle gets Stealth Rocks though, so I doubt even those would be an issue
I WHEEZED at that "joke" about academics into "I call it determination". I put joke in quotes because of the deep seated wounds it poked within me lol. Incredible stuff.
that education moment was too real lmao, but what a fun watch! These are honestly so soothing to watch.
I just found this channel a couple weeks ago and have been binging all your videos. I really appreciate and give you major props for going through the full attempt #3
May I make a suggestion for an easy 1?
Pokemon R/S/E with single form pokemon. This can give some love to the other single form poke.on besides absol and Sableye
INCREDIBLE! Local Child DESTROYS Elite Four with FACTS and LOGIC. And BUGS.
Joking around of course. But thank you for the video! I'm glad there are TH-camrs like you doing what you do.
I would've loved to see this in B&W that gen has the coolest bug types
I've done a bug only run on B2W2 before, Crustle is such an mvp in that run, same with Leavanny!
galvantula my beloved
I love smallant because no matter how ridiculous his title is he doesn’t cut corners. I found your channel through a video from smallant and I sincerely appreciate you properly restarting the run. Thank you.
I would love to see a Gen V+ bug run.
As long as you have Galvantula. That's what matters.
I also had a lot of fun just recently doing a Poison-only run in Sword.
Wulfric 🤝 Giovanni
Being super easy in the games, but being super hard in the anime
I tried this a couple times and just gave up when I realized Brock has Rock tomb in this game. I am weak
@@heinzdoofenshmirtz8643 ur mid
I think a Gen 7 bug type nuzlocke would be neat! Lots of options, as well as team skull leader Guzma being an actually challenging bug type trainer.
Hearing you say arca-knee-nay was so hard to listen to, that’s not how you say it 😫
19:28
"Next up I have to beat an old lady *with a stick."*
Love the double reference here. XD
It's a very small detail but I really appreciate you using proper pronouns for each Pokemon, it drives me nuts when people just default to 'he' even if the Pokemon is female. Plus as a nonbinary person it's nice to hear 'they' being used so casually
Same here, bud.
I found your fire type sinnoh challenge a few months ago. I've since watched your videos during work on Saturdays pretty religiously, but I also put your videos on to help me go to sleep sometimes 😭 Your voice is just so even and relaxing! I feel like I can't be the only one. Anyways I love your work man, keep it up!
" ar kay nee nay " got me so hard haha i've NEVER heard someone call it that before. you say it with such certainty, i can't tell if its a running joke, or if you actually think its called that x"D
It's brave to use a type that's weak to the title of the game you're playing.
This was legit one of your most riveting runs at the end, loved it! I'd LOVE to see you do a Gen 5 Bug run, although I know that would be time consuming, but I'd love to see it! Thanks again Flygon for all you do brother!
First channel that after watching one video I subscribed to. Loved it man. Learned a lot from this run. Been trying to get into nuzlocking and this video gave me a lot of insight on how to build a winning strategy.
"The bug type is easily the worst type in Pokemon"
Ice type: "Allow me to introduce myself."
It's ar-cane-nine. Like Arcane and canine. This was so hard to listen to.
Some might call it an unhealthy obsession with striving for perfection fueled by two decades of going through an academic system that pits individuals against one another leading to deep seeded insecurities about their own comparative self worth no mather what level of success they achieve.
...but I call it determination.
Thats exactly how I feel!
At first I thought that I had missed one hardcore nuzlocke but THEN I SAW: New video.
*Naisu*
Bug type should be super effective against fairy. It makes more sense.
Just to make sure every one understands: The names are errors you can get while coding: Compile error, Logic error, Syntax Error, Runtime Error, Symantic Error (similar to Logic error).
Give this man his 200K subs.
Gotta respect a man that goes though a pokemon game with only arguably the worst bugs in the game.always great videos. Keep it up!
Arcanine is a dog. A canine. An arcane canine. Arcanine :)
I can definitely recommend a Bug only Nuzlocke in Pokemon SwSh, my own was a real fun. Especially planning around a gigantamax charizard in the last Fight. I also really enjoyed the Video. Great Work.
this madman went through the whole game again.
"beat an old lady with a stick"
My brain lagged for a split second as I had to realize you mean you were going to beat an old lady that _had_ a stick and not that you were going to beat an old lady with _the use of_ a stick.
That duration of time had me trying to remember what grass type moves there were in generation 3 that were wood-themed, before I went "oh wait"
Nice twist at the end with the run back. I always look forward to youe videos, there's always a laugh to be had and something exciting to look forward to. You really never know what might happen (yes, this is exactly about you getting Pokémon killed to random trainers. We love you for it.)
Wow. Your last minute talk made me laugh and respect you to the point of subscribing ( i already liked it ) AND sharing with all of my friends interested to your content man.
every Arcaneenay made me just flinch
Fun fact onix used tackle cause it was ONLY using rock tomb as a speed control move...so once Butterfree was slower it doesn't equate rocktomb as a super effective move or best move to use it sees it has a speed advantage and considered it time to attack
This was a video! After that run to the end, and restart?! Good on you for doing it proper! So many props true pokemaster
Dude is naming pokemon after my biggest nightmares in my study, very nice
Hey Matti, loved watching the run! As for the switch to Arcanine as opposed to Rhydon, I believe this has to do with Gen 3 switch mechanics, which I learned from Pokémon Emerald Kaizo (which, side note, I think you should definitely look into playing at some point!). The AI will prioritize sending out a Pokémon on various conditions. The first is it sends a Pokémon out that has a super effective move, which is the more obvious condition. The second, which is the harder condition, is that it takes into account the typing of the Pokémon and "scores" a modifier. Arcanine's Fire typing is super effective against Bug (2) and neutral to Poison (1), so it essentially has a modifier of 2 (2x1). Rhydon, on the other hand, has to account both of its types against Beedrill's two types. For Rock, it's super effective against Bug (2) and netural against Poison (1), so again a modifier of 2. For Ground, it's not very effective against Bug (1/2), but super effective against Poison (2), so they essentially cancel out and yield a modifier of 1, resulting in a total modifier of 2 as well. Since these modifiers are the same, what the AI likely did was just decide on one of them randomly.
This is why I subscribe you're probably the only channel that would lose in the final fight and STILL redo the entire run
“May you rest in bees” got me.
13:05 IM SPEECHLESS.... this guy's humor blew me off ☠️
19:28 "I have to beat an old lady with a stick" can be interpreted rather differently.
red version bugs are hard to work with, I'm glad to see you made it work. when I was deployed we held tournaments with pokemon X and Y. brackets were made and you randomly picked a type out of a jar, only you (and who you told) knew what you had. Bug in that generation was muuuuuuuch easier than what you have here, and I still only got 2nd outta 30 sum.
That Blaine fight gave me Game Grumps vibes: "...and then I fired again, and then I missed, and then I fired and then I fired, and I missed..."
Didn't expect my deep seated insecurities to get surfaced, prompting significant introspection, by a silly Pokemon challenge video today.