I was more disappointed in its design cause imagine a huge spider covered in webs for a 2nd evolution, it feels it could be better if they just gave it a 3rd stage, I get not making an early pokemon too good, but finizen and mankey exist, sooo…
Spidops is one of the cruelest jokes in the franchise. HP: 60 Atk: 79 Def: 92 Sp. Atk: 52 Sp. Def: 86 Speed: 35 Total: 404 They gave this Gen 9 Pokémon the stats spread of a Gen 2 Pokémon.
I think what sucks about the Lokix loss the most is that it has Throat Chop, a move that it not only learns at level 36, exactly the level cap of Larry, but it also eliminates the usage of sound attacks. Since Torch Song is a sound attack and that's the only Fire-Type move that Nemona's Skeledirge ever learns at this point and beyond, all of those sacrifices you made to that crocodile would have been prevented very easily.
Even if only for novelty, Spidops could've made a reasonable Bug/Normal candidate. Nine generations in and still we haven't filled out every type combo XD A great run though. Always appreciate bug types, they're such charming chaps
I don't see how it shuts it down if it immediately tera fire, losing its dark weakness. Also I am uncertain if it would of saved anyone, throat chop would of had to deal over 25% hp to Skeledirge for Rabsca to not die. Either way, it would at most saved one pokemon at that point.
@@squirtle3219 throat chop nullifies sound-based moves, which Skeledirge has two in Snarl and Torch Song. Its only other move left was Lick which does little to no damage. Equipped with a Covert Cloak, Lokix could have solely bodied Skeledirge with no problem at all, despite not doing super effective damage to it
LET'S GO! I was in fact just rewatching your Pokémon Y Poison Monotype, and was appreciating the beauty that is Scolipede. Not in this game, yes, but STILL A BUG! Loving this run, Antler!
fyi there's a couple of possible Indigo Disk encounters - it's possible to find a Dewpider as low as level 50 in the Savannah or Coastal Biome, and Joltik as low as level 50 in the Polar or Canyon Biome. Probably not particularly useful, but maybe helpful for someone who's incurred heavy losses by that point and needs to fill out the team. Venonat also seems to have been entirely forgotten here, and that's in the base game lol. Kitakami has Spinarak, Volbeat, and Illumise for sack fodder, I guess. Well, Ariados might have SOME utility.
I like the friendship mechanic, especially from a storytelling perspective. They see their friends fall in battle, and they want to survive and fight on. They’re giving it their all for you, to make sure you win. I don’t know if that was explained well enough
Bug will forever be my favorite typing so I got excited when I saw you post this run. Especially with the cool new bugs we got this generation. Spidops, Lokix and Rabsca are awesome and fun to use imo
Bug and dark types are unironically my favorite types. I feel like they always have at least a couple bangers in each generation. If not for power then at least for looks.
Hi, Antlerboy! You seemed especially frustrated with the affection/friendship mechanics in this episode, but luckily there's a way around them: They only happen as a result of picnics. If you never bring a Pokemon into a picnic, they will never trigger the dodging, bonus critting, hanging on so you don't cry, etc mechanics. Hope that was helpful!
Once again, another run where Scizor shows how unnecessary it getting a Mega evolution was, its already just so strong. Nice to see some Yanmega appreciation, its always a solid member of my Kaiju teams as Megaguiras and a horribly underrated Pokemon.
Eh, most mega evolutions were highly unnecessary for a variety of Pokémon like Mewtwo (why?), Rayquaza (seriously why?), and the pseudo Legendaries (like Salamence, Tyranitar and ugh, Metagross were already good?)
@athenaflautt4104 my all time favourite typing is psychic, and my top pokemon are Espeon and alakazam...did alakazam need a mega form thou...him and Medicham are also good sweepers
Hey Axl, heads up - if you want to avoid the friendship mechanics the let you dodge moves and live on 1 HP… you can lower your Pokémon’s friendship by using herbs to heal instead of potions throughout the playthrough
I´ve tried this myself, the DLC helps a ton if you use early heracross at level 13 plus vicavolt for bomberdier. Also did the blueberry academiy leage with kleavor araquarid and scizor (since I can´t trade) for new gen nuzlockes the bug type roaster is the best.
I feel like having a stat sheet after a run would be such a cool idea. Maybe not for every Pokémon but if one Pokémon absolutely dominates a Nuzlocke you could show KO’s, most used move, close calls, etc. idk how it would work but a thought regardless
@@CloverDragon03 nah just walking around and battling boosts friendship, just by playing BDSP and SV normally you'll get friendship effects, pretty annoying tbh
I did a monotype bug run, and Skeledirge was no problem at all because lokix gets throat chop at level 36 and disables skeledirge's only fire move, and its only threatening move in general. If Lokix was just at level cap for that skeledirge fight, it would have survived
30:07 oh no haha you had throat chop on Heracross with a Scarf you could have shut down that Skeledirge then and there (Throat Chop prevents Skeledirge from using Torch Song because its a sound-based move and its only Fire Type Move afaik) 😂
Been out of the loop for a while and just came back to your channel today to check up and see how youve been and was surprised with an upload 🖤 hope youre doing well in 2024
It's a shame a fair few of my favorite bugs aren't in the game even with the DLC: Dwebble/Crustle, Venipede/Whirlipede/Scolipede, Shuckle, Anorith/Armaldo, Sizzlipede/Centiskorch, and Durant.
Even though this video came out 14 hours ago, I still got a notification just now and said to my Boyfriend that the new Atler boy video has dropped and the one thing he said was great to watch in the other room. I’m tired.
I saw this in a video by keegan j when he did a bug only play. Throat chop Lokix. If you had a speed natured or speed EV focused Lokix with throat chop (That learns at Lv 36 or via TM 221 with X2 scraggy sweat and X3 Zorua fur) you would be able to Nullify Skeledirge's torch song and save your bug run.
Yknow I know it’s not super feasible from a streaming perspective, but I’d love to see a NuzLocke that covers through either Rainbow Rocket in USUM or Indigo Disk in ScVi
I actually used Rabsca on my playthrough team so I'm quite fond of the lil guy plus Revival Blessing is dope af (shame you can't use it here). Still weird to me that both it and Pawmot get the move meanwhile Brambleghast gets shafted by having no signature move and heck it's signature ability Wind Rider was even given to Shiftry 😕 12:31 Why didn't you use Throat Chop? Skeledirge wouldn't have even been able to use Torch Song if you did and 2 might have been enough to take it out. Rip Nightmare and Rabsca 16:52 That was impressive 😂 Cool run!
If the friendship mechanic hurts you just as much as it does me you could always use the healing items that lower the friendship value and so keeping it low enough not to be relevant. By selling the items you find in the overworld and only buying items like healing herbs and the like you can have an entire run without friendship ever having effect
Love masquerain so underrated especially with intimidate when baton pass was legal in competitive I would use it to baton pass quiver dance to nidoking such a broken strategy lol
“Time to DELELELWHOOP-SOME ASS” is my new favorite quote for all of 2024 and will be hard to beat
"Bug types evolve early"
Larvesta: 👁👄👁
To be fair it's in unova 🤣🤣 everything amazing evolves late
thats the truth@@Broken_Everlark7
@@Broken_Everlark7yeah it’s such a weird pattern in that generation. Like why tf did they do that 😂
They made TMs reusable in that game so they needed another way to make the game difficult
Well, it is Arceus Jr.
"Quatro Three" is the perfect name for Forretress and I am shocked that I never noticed how well that works
Some other good names for forretress include walnut and knox.
@@laurensprungl7722Named my Pineco 'Knox' in Crystal Clear like 2 days ago lol
Bugs have improved drastically over the years but damn does Spidops suck. Lokix is pretty dope though
New ability for spidops should be Glimora's but instead of Tspikes it sticky web
Facts
I was more disappointed in its design cause imagine a huge spider covered in webs for a 2nd evolution, it feels it could be better if they just gave it a 3rd stage, I get not making an early pokemon too good, but finizen and mankey exist, sooo…
I'm currently planning to do a run with only Katy's mons and I am worried. So much grinding and EV training 😅
Yeah it being called spidops but not looking like a grom operative or being ghillied up is egregious@@ragnaricstudios5888
Spidops is one of the cruelest jokes in the franchise.
HP: 60
Atk: 79
Def: 92
Sp. Atk: 52
Sp. Def: 86
Speed: 35
Total: 404
They gave this Gen 9 Pokémon the stats spread of a Gen 2 Pokémon.
I feel so bad for the poor thing....
I thought Spidops evolved and had it on my team until lvl 45 when I finally looked up haha
Wasn’t scizor from gen 2 tho?😭😂
26 points worse than Gligar's stats, and it got an Evolution.
Is a shame if spidops has better ability he would have been good
I think what sucks about the Lokix loss the most is that it has Throat Chop, a move that it not only learns at level 36, exactly the level cap of Larry, but it also eliminates the usage of sound attacks. Since Torch Song is a sound attack and that's the only Fire-Type move that Nemona's Skeledirge ever learns at this point and beyond, all of those sacrifices you made to that crocodile would have been prevented very easily.
😢
Even if only for novelty, Spidops could've made a reasonable Bug/Normal candidate. Nine generations in and still we haven't filled out every type combo XD
A great run though. Always appreciate bug types, they're such charming chaps
12:24 if your Lokix was level 36, it would have learned Throat Chop, effectively shutting down Skelerdirge and saving you many mons in the process lol
I don't see how it shuts it down if it immediately tera fire, losing its dark weakness. Also I am uncertain if it would of saved anyone, throat chop would of had to deal over 25% hp to Skeledirge for Rabsca to not die. Either way, it would at most saved one pokemon at that point.
@@squirtle3219 throat chop nullifies sound-based moves, which Skeledirge has two in Snarl and Torch Song. Its only other move left was Lick which does little to no damage. Equipped with a Covert Cloak, Lokix could have solely bodied Skeledirge with no problem at all, despite not doing super effective damage to it
@@squirtle3219 Bro has NEVER heard of secondary effects
LET'S GO! I was in fact just rewatching your Pokémon Y Poison Monotype, and was appreciating the beauty that is Scolipede. Not in this game, yes, but STILL A BUG! Loving this run, Antler!
Not the kricketune cry 😂
I'm 'buzzing' with excitement to watch this video.
Bad joke.
😬👍
Finally a run that uses vespiqueen and they survived their first battle, a first on many nuzlocks
Yanmega is one of the most underrated pokemon ever.
I don’t know how they manage to make Scizor look more and more incredible, but they do
I liked the little "Ahh" when he caught Surskit.
Great video man!!
Well, you technically DID end the fight with Nemona in the most humiliating way possible.
Poor, poor Quatrothree
11:58 When Axl Forgot That Volcarona Exists
Araquanid too
@@Bopulous Araquanid would have been good but it's sadly only in The Indigo Disk
I don't think a level 36 Volcarona is even possible outside of Unova
@@megademongaming6954skurkit bawling rn
if lokix didnt get knocked out he would've been perfect for geeta, literally solos her
fyi there's a couple of possible Indigo Disk encounters - it's possible to find a Dewpider as low as level 50 in the Savannah or Coastal Biome, and Joltik as low as level 50 in the Polar or Canyon Biome. Probably not particularly useful, but maybe helpful for someone who's incurred heavy losses by that point and needs to fill out the team.
Venonat also seems to have been entirely forgotten here, and that's in the base game lol. Kitakami has Spinarak, Volbeat, and Illumise for sack fodder, I guess. Well, Ariados might have SOME utility.
"there's isn't a single bug encounter in the game that takes neutral damage against fire"
Larvesta and Dewpider: 👁️👄👁️
The editing in this video was top knotch! Keep it up guy
I like the friendship mechanic, especially from a storytelling perspective. They see their friends fall in battle, and they want to survive and fight on. They’re giving it their all for you, to make sure you win. I don’t know if that was explained well enough
Bug will forever be my favorite typing so I got excited when I saw you post this run. Especially with the cool new bugs we got this generation. Spidops, Lokix and Rabsca are awesome and fun to use imo
Bug and dark types are unironically my favorite types. I feel like they always have at least a couple bangers in each generation. If not for power then at least for looks.
Hi, Antlerboy! You seemed especially frustrated with the affection/friendship mechanics in this episode, but luckily there's a way around them:
They only happen as a result of picnics. If you never bring a Pokemon into a picnic, they will never trigger the dodging, bonus critting, hanging on so you don't cry, etc mechanics.
Hope that was helpful!
Kricketune with the all-le-le-le-eee - oop last second
As per usual, my favorite bug type Scizor is the mvp its always ment to be. Gamefreak was cooking when they gave Scyther that evolution.
Fun fact Rabsca is scarab but spelled differently.
and muk is--
Slugma-
@@zeatehkcasualaccount😨
Once again, another run where Scizor shows how unnecessary it getting a Mega evolution was, its already just so strong. Nice to see some Yanmega appreciation, its always a solid member of my Kaiju teams as Megaguiras and a horribly underrated Pokemon.
Eh, most mega evolutions were highly unnecessary for a variety of Pokémon like Mewtwo (why?), Rayquaza (seriously why?), and the pseudo Legendaries (like Salamence, Tyranitar and ugh, Metagross were already good?)
@athenaflautt4104 my all time favourite typing is psychic, and my top pokemon are Espeon and alakazam...did alakazam need a mega form thou...him and Medicham are also good sweepers
@@SYOTOS1807 Alakazam certainly didnt but medicham needed the buff ngl.
Hey Axl, heads up - if you want to avoid the friendship mechanics the let you dodge moves and live on 1 HP… you can lower your Pokémon’s friendship by using herbs to heal instead of potions throughout the playthrough
Immediately liked for the kricketune subscribe. Top tier.
It took me 15 minutes to understand Forretress nickname and honestly Quatrothree is underrated
"Because he's a little bi-"🤣🤣
The damn outro LOL, Good stuff antler!
Bug runs are my favorite! Thanks for this. 🙂
I´ve tried this myself, the DLC helps a ton if you use early heracross at level 13 plus vicavolt for bomberdier. Also did the blueberry academiy leage with kleavor araquarid and scizor (since I can´t trade) for new gen nuzlockes the bug type roaster is the best.
That dialogue right before Quatrothree moved saying it was about to cry, oh my god
As someone named Atticus, Scarlett videos always confuse tf out of me for a sec
Still waiting for the day when the Champ of a new region is a bug trainer
Even if bug type are the weakest defensively its good offensively against some strong types like dark and psychic
You know what bugs me?! The fact that this video is so goated!
31:44 was that a Sokka reference
“I’m just a guy with a boomerang I didn’t ask for all this flying and magic”
I feel like having a stat sheet after a run would be such a cool idea. Maybe not for every Pokémon but if one Pokémon absolutely dominates a Nuzlocke you could show KO’s, most used move, close calls, etc. idk how it would work but a thought regardless
Liked the little Sokka reference at the end there
these uploads make my day frfr
My favourite antlery guy is back!
Throat Chop 🪓 the Skeiedirge 💀💀💀
It bugs me how underrated you are
You should try to do the two DLC of Scarlet and Violet while in hardcore nuzlocke, it would be REALLY HARD, but fun
“Quattrothree” is an amazing nickname 😂
I'm confused on what it means
just feed your Pokemon bitter medicine to make sure the friendship mechanic doesn't activate
Pretty sure the friendship boosts don't even kick in unless you actively start up a picnic anyway
@@CloverDragon03 nah just walking around and battling boosts friendship, just by playing BDSP and SV normally you'll get friendship effects, pretty annoying tbh
our lord and god has uploaded!
Is Blueberry Academy post-game only? I know you have to finish the Teal Mask for it but having Araquanid could have been worth
IF I wasn't already subscribed, the Kricketune joke would have absolutely gotten me.
The kricketune noises are what I'm here for 😂
I did a monotype bug run, and Skeledirge was no problem at all because lokix gets throat chop at level 36 and disables skeledirge's only fire move, and its only threatening move in general. If Lokix was just at level cap for that skeledirge fight, it would have survived
This is peak, I love how Vikavolt while on 3hp tanked another hit cuz of friendship
30:07 oh no haha you had throat chop on Heracross with a Scarf you could have shut down that Skeledirge then and there (Throat Chop prevents Skeledirge from using Torch Song because its a sound-based move and its only Fire Type Move afaik) 😂
Been out of the loop for a while and just came back to your channel today to check up and see how youve been and was surprised with an upload 🖤 hope youre doing well in 2024
I hope you do a steel run! Love steel types! I think you can even get a metagross. Be cool to get a shiny one and win the game :D
You gotta feel for Scizor watching the three bugs before him fall
Always a good time when you get home and *ding* Antlerboylive has uploaded
It's a shame a fair few of my favorite bugs aren't in the game even with the DLC: Dwebble/Crustle, Venipede/Whirlipede/Scolipede, Shuckle, Anorith/Armaldo, Sizzlipede/Centiskorch, and Durant.
I would have like Golisopod in the game, but I can live without it
kricketune was the goat o this run🗿
The internet shall remember your buffoonery in this video 🤣🤣🤣
If there was ever a time it would be ok to use friendship mechanics to dodge moves, it absolutely would be dodging teeter dance
The one time we hear antler cuss without audio cuts. 16:52
Even though this video came out 14 hours ago, I still got a notification just now and said to my Boyfriend that the new Atler boy video has dropped and the one thing he said was great to watch in the other room. I’m tired.
EVERYONE SHUT TF UP; ANTLERBOY UPLOADED
I saw this in a video by keegan j when he did a bug only play.
Throat chop Lokix.
If you had a speed natured or speed EV focused Lokix with throat chop (That learns at Lv 36 or via TM 221 with X2 scraggy sweat and X3 Zorua fur) you would be able to Nullify Skeledirge's torch song and save your bug run.
I don't always click 'Like' before the video even starts, but when I do, it's probably an Antlerboy Nuzlocke!
Bug type Pokémon are the coolest
Happy 300K!!!!
Would be nice if revival blessing actually revived a Pokémon in nuzlockes
If Antler posts , then you know for sure it will be a very good day
Yknow I know it’s not super feasible from a streaming perspective, but I’d love to see a NuzLocke that covers through either Rainbow Rocket in USUM or Indigo Disk in ScVi
The whole time I was yelling that you could get a dewpider in the indigo disc 😂
I would love to see a bug type nuzlocke run in legends arceus
I actually used Rabsca on my playthrough team so I'm quite fond of the lil guy plus Revival Blessing is dope af (shame you can't use it here). Still weird to me that both it and Pawmot get the move meanwhile Brambleghast gets shafted by having no signature move and heck it's signature ability Wind Rider was even given to Shiftry 😕
12:31 Why didn't you use Throat Chop? Skeledirge wouldn't have even been able to use Torch Song if you did and 2 might have been enough to take it out. Rip Nightmare and Rabsca
16:52 That was impressive 😂
Cool run!
The ending got me, so very true!
Omg an antlerboi video ... Today is a good day ❤
If the friendship mechanic hurts you just as much as it does me you could always use the healing items that lower the friendship value and so keeping it low enough not to be relevant.
By selling the items you find in the overworld and only buying items like healing herbs and the like you can have an entire run without friendship ever having effect
The Bug gods
is charlotte the spidops a reference to charlotte’s web?
YES IT IS
IM THINKING THE SAME THING
I'm surprised he didn't stack spikes for Skeliderge.
Oh wow in my first playthrough of scarlet I used a volcarona nicknames Sol too 😂😂
FINALLY ANTLERBOY VIDEO DROPPED!!!!
You could have used Throat Chop in the last Nemona fight to disable Torch Song. That way there could have been less casualties
thanks for this video. this was very fun
Damn, im actually shocked to learn that Vikavolt only has a base speed of 43. I really thought it was a fast guy
Love masquerain so underrated especially with intimidate when baton pass was legal in competitive I would use it to baton pass quiver dance to nidoking such a broken strategy lol
Yeah, you are talking my language steel types are amazing !! 💯💪
Imagine is cricketune got that KO at the end 👌
Also lokix was good for another reason because it got the move throat chop preventing skeledirge from using torch song
I am so glad he used scizor it is my favorite pokemon
So who’s gonna tell so who’s gonna tell Young Yog Tales and ADrive this?
Pls make another bug only nuzlock but pokemon sword and shield my bug bros deserv more atention
Scizor is my favorite big type and will forever be my favorite bug type
Fun fact I lost this very run yesterday and I learned that you can catch a third bug type down at the water near the school city 0:42
Currently doing a steel type run in Violet
Next major battle
Team Star Fighting base