I'm sorry but in what world is Ledian important? It's a weak little bug that no matter the typing, it's always overshadowed. Heracross is a better bug fighter and *How many bug fliers are there again?*
the way you did this ad read honestly feels the most organic I've seen anyone do it didn't break focus on the video and while skipping 5/10 secs ahead was possible I just didn't feel like doing it since you still were explaining other party members and I potentially would skip over it and have to go back
the arc of pokemon idealists alpharad becoming the standard cold, heartless, and logical nuzzlocker vs jaded nuzzlocker jan becoming attached to pokemon in his hardest challenge yet is poetic
That Mt Pyre fight was so heartbreaking to watch... Even worse when he ran it back on speed up after wiping and we got to see how free the fight was if everything didn't go wrong.
My favorite quote from Jan during the fight was, “Someone asked, “What happened?” and another person said, “Sirfetched got frozen.” and that’s like asking what happened on 9/11, and saying that a bunch of flights got delayed”
@@VerkatosEnsei "You don't win Nuzlockes using your favorites" I'm pretty sure most people do win nuzlockes with their favorites, even excluding the possibility their favorites are the 'best' pokemon
That 0.00029% RNG was so hard to watch live, it was just: *"Thats unlucky, but he can still make it out of this"* _Followed by:_ *"Thats pretty bad, but he has a few outs if he gets lucky"* _Followed by:_ *"how could this possibly get any worse"* _Followed by:_ *"oh... Thats how"*
It's wrong. That's not how chances work. It's not oh let's add up everything that happened. If you did this with pretty much any battle you'd get an extremely low percentage because it just means the chance that everything that happened would happen in that exact order, which is a number that's pretty much always gonna be really low
@@gjbsarmeri3957The reason the RNG is shown like that is because things did need to happen in pretty much that exact order, even if we say for the sake of argument that there were nine other ways he could of lost that fight and all of them had about the same odds of happening that is only 10x as likely and still unbelievably unlikely
There it is. THAT'S why I cringe every time I see comment use that quote but I agree with Karen. "Favourite" is such a vague term that varies from person to person that trying to use the quote to admonish any use of a meta mon is foolishness. Are you really going to tell people they can't like Incin, the VGC king and far more importantly, many people's starter through Alola just because it's meta but sing praises about Pachurisu when Se Jun Park has stated it wasn't his favourite, it was the best fit for his team and strat at the time and became his favourite?
@nousername191 The talk around Pachirisu and that event with Se Jun Park is that, regardless of what the man himself says, people will always see the little electric squirrel and go "Look, he took a bad Pokémon and made it win a World Championship, even using it in his finals battles." And then every VGC player or TH-cam video that goes over the fights proceeds to tell the proper reason as to why it was chosen. I mean, sure, I'd love to win a World Championship with Audino, my favorite Pokémon, but the meta is so hostile to Pokémon like it that an Audino winning worlds is never gonna happen.
Hawlucha tried to stop Ledian : “I thought we weren’t allowed to die when there’s no point to it !” Ledian calmly answered : “There is a point to it. Significance, too. Even a great cause.” “You know that’s impossible !” “You could do it, couldn't you, Phoenix ?” Ledian slowly turned back : “Are you the strongest because you're Pchal’s favorite ? Or are you Pchal’s favorite because you're the strongest?” Hawlucha stopped for a second “I’ve decided how I'll live my life. Now it’s just a matter of doing the best I can to achieve that.” Said Ledian while walking to the battlefield against Blaziken.
What I love about watching Jan is that he doesn't reset when he RNG shits on him and he doesn't catch meta mons. He plays the whole run through with what he has, which not only embodies the soul of the nuzlocke challenge, but he also ends up finding some really good strats with mons that other people don't look twice at (eg. fast Ledian able to execute Encore).
I mean, isn't that what Nuzlockes were about in the first place? They were always meant to be a fun adventure with unlikely friends who you came to know and like before they inevitably leave you forever. Nuzlockes were always meant to be driven by emotion, and it's honestly great to see those emotions surface even when you're trying to min-max everything. o7 to the fallen. edit: 2 months later I realized I made a typo
This. I play nuzlockes to meet new pokes that I never normally use or even consider using and I regret nothing when I found a weird encounter and try my best to make him work.
I disagree, A Nuzlocke wants you to get attached so that when you have to sac off something you might decide not to and lose like Jan did. The attachment is meant as a hurdle for you to climb over
Yeah like I have nothing against the difficulty hoes, I admire their dedication, but it does suck when some of them will act like being emotionally invested in your pokemon is stupid
Jokes about the end of the month aside, these videos on in-progress runs are honestly some of my favorites. It gives an opportunity to shed some light on unpopular encounters and smaller fights that might get cut from full-run recap videos. It's cool to see the in-between moments that, despite not being pivotal boss fights, still define how the run will ultimately play out.
just so some of you guys know the footage for the plan he demonstrated for the double battle near the end was him using speed up after the fail to see if his plan woulda worked without bad rng and he made the fight look easy in 30 seconds 😭😭
A phrase I thought you would say in the end is “to win with your favorite pokemon does not mean to win with them dealing the final blow” Most of the pets and companions we have through our life won’t be there when we finish ‘our run’. But we enjoyed every moment we had with them
I have a friend whose favorite mon is Wooper. His nuzlockes (which he does as randomizers) always include what he calls the "Wooper clause": if he runs into a wild Wooper, he *must* catch it, even if it's not the first encounter of the route. But, once he catches it, it *stays* on his team permanently, and if it dies, the run is over, even if the rest of his team survives. He has embraced his favorite, and has woven it into his runs. (This friend also has a similar clause for shinies. The first shiny he runs into during a run gets a specific nickname calling back to one of his OCs, and if that mon dies than the run is over. The difference being that the shiny in question *is* allowed to be boxed.)
The odds isn’t actually that but it was still unlucky in a vacuum There will always be a result that will always be low and if you account for every move in a battle and tally the odds of every single one it will always be low
@@MrMonkey2475 Please either rewatch the video or watch the full fight on pchal daily, I'm so tired of people just refusing to engage with the content properly. It wasn't accounting for every move in a battle, it was accounting for every _unlucky_ move in a battle. Ordinarily you would also have to factor in all the moves that weren't unlucky, but there were literally none in this fight, which is why the stats are so crazy. Realistically all you'd have to account for to make the stats properly valid would be missed crits, but _not critting_ is a 23/24 chance and at that point it's not like it would alter the final number at all.
No shame in admitting emotional attachment to your Pokemon, it's part of the appeal of nuzlockes in the first place. A beautifully done video, good luck avenging this run on attempt 5!
I've been watching the Run & Bun streams highlights everyday religiously for months now. They drop exactly when I finish my shift at work so I get to watch them on the way back home on the bus, this has become my way to decompress after a hard day and I've grown way more attached to it then I ever thought I would. When the Mt. Pyre fight dropped I remember I very loudly gasped in shock at the Delcatty survival and the old lady sitting next to me looked at me, looked at my phone and looked back at me in disgust. Truly unforgettable stuff
How I like to see the quote from a competitive perspective is not to use your favourite Pokémon in terms of looks, but in terms of how they play. Most people will like what works best, but if you enjoy playing against the odds, or enjoy gimmicky strategies, then that’s what you should play.
even outside of that competitively there is almost always a niche for any pokemon somewhere, in some tier in some generation. you might have to get real niche but there's usually something.
@@jamiedoesstuff5871 And if there's not, there's always lower tiers where your favorite CAN have a niche. It may be real hard to use Wobbuffett in VGC, for example, but it may be able to shine in a lower tier.
Script on this one was fantastic. Love the curveball of the Archie fight being solved only to be lost, even if I already knew it from streams/highlights. RIP Run 2, the team clutched it out to go so much longer than it should have on paper.
My favorite part of these videos is how over the years the quote is slowly but surely finally reaching him, like how the one dude constantly reset and then once he stopped he won.
No joke, this is probably one of the best scripts/edits I’ve seen from this channel in awhile! I’m not an every-video kind of subscriber but this video makes me think I might have missed some real gems! Gonna scroll through the backlog and check it out 😮 Excellent video, super sick attempt at this challenge. I enjoyed watching you outthink everything and use unconventional strats. Hats off.
This may be the best ‘I need to get a video out at the end of the month to fulfil a sponsor requirement’ ever. Such good story telling, such a cool thumbnail, just such a great concept
I like to think Phoenix the Hawlucha is out there living the good life drinking tequila and watching sunsets, remembering her old trainer who chose to save her life over the greater good in a tough situation Who despite not showing it openly, clearly loved her
great video. extremelly well navigated last fight showing the rerun attempt at the last fight (that went fucking smoothly) as an example for the plan that you were going for and slightly foreshadowing the upcoming failure, then enumerating the things that went wrong and putting up a number for the people to understand how unlucky that was yet not crying over it and making that a lesson to keep improving in your gameplay and way of seeing things for further attempts. currently following attempt 5 btw. revenge is god damn close.
Having only watched the pchal daily video of this fight I had no idea that there was another route to winning that fight, I thought you just got extremely unlucky and there was nothing you could have done, but hearing you admit to the world that your run would still be alive if you sacked Hawlucha for this fight instead was such a big plot twist
Dude. Your script writing and storytelling has gotten so much better over the years. I remember the whole "ahh im not good at intros heres what we doing today" and now I get a full cinematic experience along with the great nuzlocke content. *Chefs kiss* Great work
this is genuinely one of the best-written, paced, and emotional videos you've ever posted. It's really. REALLY well made. I love how all the seemingly disconnected part tie together so cleanly and meaningfuly into that final message. awesome work by you and your team!!
As funny as the “end of the month” joke may be, this is a genuine very well put together video and I can tell you out a lot of time into it. You’re doing a great job with the new content direction. I love watching how your channel has grown over the years. Keep up the great work!
I always interpreted the quote as “with proper skill you can find use for Pokemon who are considered weak” which this video amongst many other instances throughout Pokemon history has proven. People who use this quote as an excuse “well I should win with this team” are missing the biggest part of the quote; “truly skilled trainers” and often by opening your heart to change your favorites end up being the ones you’re most reluctant to use, and goes both for someone who refuses a Pokemon for being too strong, and someone who gives a Pokemon they deem weak a try.
Society when my favorites are flutter mane, incineroar, landorus-T, pre nerf zacian and dacrovish:
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7:55 that Easter Egg was freaking hilarious. For those who don't know (which is presumably 99% of pchal's fanbase), Kristoffer Jonas Klauß is a German gangster rapper that beat up a swan once
@@linguisticsstudy9177 yeah, but don’t say you are going to change your TH-cam channel by not posting only for the end of the month and then yet continue to do so. Not everyone can catch his streams
@@silverytc1566 pchal daily exists. Check it out. And he didnt say that he would post often on this account. He said he will be uploading more regularly which he does on pchal daily. Be thankful that he does that on the side. Man people always gotta talk without looking it up...
Lots of creators try to implement words from their sponsors in a way that feels unforced and natural, but I genuinely think you are setting the standard in that regard. I always appreciate your different creative approaches to this discipline. In general, the production value is really superb in your videos. So thank you!
What an incredible video. Loved how you weaved a narrative around your arc playing RnB. Will be putting it on my "favourite videos of all time" playlist. GG Jan.
A friend and I do pretty casual nuzlocke stuff, really just playing for fun. When we did a randomzied soul link of black 2 and white 2, we got very attached to a pair we got in castelia sewers, my Meinshao and his Seismitoad (both lovingly named Meintoad) to the point where when we finally lost that duo on the Ghetsis fight, we basically ended the run. We could keep going, but the loss of our favorite pair in that run was so strong it kind of killed the mood permanently. tldr, when you lose your favorites, it really hurts
Thank you for the vid! This was a nice little story you put together. It's astonishing how random chance encounters can snowball into actual bits of personal narrative.
Now, I am one to usually skip sponsors but what you did here was brilliant. Explaining the runs mechanics while only mentioning the sponsor for 5 seconds prevented me from skipping anything.
You're my favourite Nuzlocker on YT. I'm always happy when your videos come out. I love your no-nonsense narration style and approach. Looking forward to the next part (which I hope still drops despite your emotional attachment to Hawlucha...)
The ends reminds me of my first s/v nuzlock that made it to Grusha. My skelidurge swept him to his altaria, and would have one-shot. But then… Altaria hits hurricane (70%), confuses skeli (30%), who proceeded to hit himself (30%). I then switch to my cyclizar to get rid of confusion and then switch back in with shed tail, but gets frozen (10%) Switched to clodsire, who also got frozen (again 10%) I don’t remember exactly what happened after that, but I failed to paralyse with several body slams (30% each), multiple key hurricanes hit, ie. Killing my breloom and they got the range to finish of my skelidurge. In the end, ‘‘twas my clodsire, who eventually unthawed, vs. the altaria, now chipped down into the red. Clod couldn’t out speed, but could survive one more hit, and finish altaria. It crit. Clod died. (1/24 in modern games)
Daaaamn, that was such a great video. That script was f***ing amazing too, I genuinely got attached to this run and it hurts so much to see that fight on Mt Pyre. Especially after you showed what could of happened. Keep up the great work
Best video you've ever made. You've come a long way with your scripts, editing, and execution. I know it prolly doesn't mean much from a rando but I'm proud of ya
I love how Jan has really honed his craft with these scripts, and has really improved on the story telling aspect of these nuzlocke recaps. Looking forward to watching him get better and better!
Well God damn. I clicked this video curious about the thumbnail cause I saw Hawlucha and Toxicroak. I left this video hearing the story of three heroes and getting a glimps into how intense Nuzlockes can be and the inner workings of Nuzlockes. This was an amazing video
As a pChal Daily frog I was waiting for a video on attempt 2. Seeing all the build-up to the Archie battle was devastating, that battle was truly heartbreaking. Banger video as always Jan!
Damn. It'd be cool to have a run where you name your pokemon the names that they had when they got the furthest in your previous run. Maybe it'd be somewhat of a sequel to hawluchas story.
I got to give your writer and editor big props! If i could watch ads like the NORDVPN one spliced into videos but both the ad and the video being content I don't think I'd ever feel the need to skip an ad again!
I think what Karen's trying to get across is less "your favorites can be viable if you try hard enough" and more "this game's a lot more interesting when people bring themselves to the table."
The thing about Claire's quote is that the world it's said in is NOT pokemon Run and Bun. It's pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal. In the universe it's said in it makes perfect sense and is entirely valid. You've just left that world.
Fabulous video. Jan has evolved as a challenge runner & a YTer. When he beats R&B i hope the channel explodes again. A happy Patreon subscriber for the Nuzlocke 🐐
Why do I feel like I just scaled a mountain every time I watch a pchal video? Incredible vids man, inspired a lifelong pokemon fan to finally challenge myself and begin the newest chapter of my Pokemon journey. Love and blessings!
Ah, the video of Run 2 wiping to Pyre Tag right on time for when Run 5 probably wipes to the same battle this week also 2:07 dafaq is that E4 team with Gorebyss Exeggutor and Walrein?
I really enjoyed this one. I think we really need to grow up and remember we like these games not just because of the numbers and strategy, but also because of the designs, the stories we make along the way, while there will *always* be the optimal strategies and choices, that doesn't mean we can pretend to be emotionless and act like we have absolutely 0 bias when we play. We play because we like certain things about what we play. Coming to terms with it allows us to make the decisions we need to
Really glad for your comeback. I was sceptical when I saw the "I hate my youtube channel"-redemption vid, but so far, you absolutely deliver. Way to pull yourself out of a bad situation.
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I'm sorry but in what world is Ledian important? It's a weak little bug that no matter the typing, it's always overshadowed. Heracross is a better bug fighter and *How many bug fliers are there again?*
@@Arcana_zero_studios did you watch the video
the way you did this ad read honestly feels the most organic I've seen anyone do it didn't break focus on the video and while skipping 5/10 secs ahead was possible I just didn't feel like doing it since you still were explaining other party members and I potentially would skip over it and have to go back
the arc of pokemon idealists alpharad becoming the standard cold, heartless, and logical nuzzlocker vs jaded nuzzlocker jan becoming attached to pokemon in his hardest challenge yet is poetic
They really rubbed off on each other ig
Phrasing.
Truth and ideals
Thesis becomes its antithesis.
@@J.Blazerhegel is goated
That Mt Pyre fight was so heartbreaking to watch... Even worse when he ran it back on speed up after wiping and we got to see how free the fight was if everything didn't go wrong.
It still hurts watching it back.
It hurted on Stream, It hurted on the daily Channel and I know it's going to hurt now
@@Bridges94hey btw “hurted” isn’t a word. It’s “hurt”.
My favorite quote from Jan during the fight was, “Someone asked, “What happened?” and another person said, “Sirfetched got frozen.” and that’s like asking what happened on 9/11, and saying that a bunch of flights got delayed”
@@moe5177 my bad
The renaissance of "Pokemon are tools to win nuzlockes" from 2020 all the way back to here is hilarious
I'm happy with this character development
@breadmaster5614 We must realize that pokemon are not friends, they are weapons to crush your enemies (in the video game).
They still are tools though
You don't win Nuzlockes using your favourites, you use whatever is the best
@@VerkatosEnsei "You don't win Nuzlockes using your favorites" I'm pretty sure most people do win nuzlockes with their favorites, even excluding the possibility their favorites are the 'best' pokemon
@@VerkatosEnsei you must be fun at parties
That 0.00029% RNG was so hard to watch live, it was just:
*"Thats unlucky, but he can still make it out of this"*
_Followed by:_
*"Thats pretty bad, but he has a few outs if he gets lucky"*
_Followed by:_
*"how could this possibly get any worse"*
_Followed by:_
*"oh... Thats how"*
The freeze at the end was just too funny
@@Kongaii by that point there wasnt even anymore despair, it was just pure cynicism
It's wrong. That's not how chances work. It's not oh let's add up everything that happened. If you did this with pretty much any battle you'd get an extremely low percentage because it just means the chance that everything that happened would happen in that exact order, which is a number that's pretty much always gonna be really low
@@gjbsarmeri3957 okay still unlucky lmao
@@gjbsarmeri3957The reason the RNG is shown like that is because things did need to happen in pretty much that exact order, even if we say for the sake of argument that there were nine other ways he could of lost that fight and all of them had about the same odds of happening that is only 10x as likely and still unbelievably unlikely
Honestly pchals videos have improved massively in quality since he went back to streaming, genuinely good storytelling here
i know right. im glad he didnt make another hoyoverse sponsored video comparing waifus to pokemon.
@@mushukotenseiiNah I hate that game from a place deep inside me but that video was peak because of how stupid it was
@@dccdislame it was really fuckin stupid, i kinda agree actually. it was entertaining
@@mushukotenseii I'm here from the future with bad news
@@ClosetFurry69 uh oh. Did he relapse?
one does not "win with their favorites" one makes new favorites along the way
There it is. THAT'S why I cringe every time I see comment use that quote but I agree with Karen.
"Favourite" is such a vague term that varies from person to person that trying to use the quote to admonish any use of a meta mon is foolishness.
Are you really going to tell people they can't like Incin, the VGC king and far more importantly, many people's starter through Alola just because it's meta but sing praises about Pachurisu when Se Jun Park has stated it wasn't his favourite, it was the best fit for his team and strat at the time and became his favourite?
@nousername191 The talk around Pachirisu and that event with Se Jun Park is that, regardless of what the man himself says, people will always see the little electric squirrel and go "Look, he took a bad Pokémon and made it win a World Championship, even using it in his finals battles."
And then every VGC player or TH-cam video that goes over the fights proceeds to tell the proper reason as to why it was chosen.
I mean, sure, I'd love to win a World Championship with Audino, my favorite Pokémon, but the meta is so hostile to Pokémon like it that an Audino winning worlds is never gonna happen.
Yanmega carried one of my runs so hard that it became a part of my top 10 favorite pokemon ever
Ooh, I see what you mean. You don't "win with your favorites," your favorites are "the ones you win with."
Gsc jumpluff,rse pelliper and hariyama becoming some of my favorites after carrying my runs and/or dying heroically
Hawlucha tried to stop Ledian :
“I thought we weren’t allowed to die when there’s no point to it !”
Ledian calmly answered :
“There is a point to it. Significance, too. Even a great cause.”
“You know that’s impossible !”
“You could do it, couldn't you, Phoenix ?”
Ledian slowly turned back :
“Are you the strongest because you're Pchal’s favorite ? Or are you Pchal’s favorite because you're the strongest?”
Hawlucha stopped for a second
“I’ve decided how I'll live my life. Now it’s just a matter of doing the best I can to achieve that.” Said Ledian while walking to the battlefield against Blaziken.
Dies from peak fiction
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I'm sick af💀The Lobotomy is inescapable
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What I love about watching Jan is that he doesn't reset when he RNG shits on him and he doesn't catch meta mons. He plays the whole run through with what he has, which not only embodies the soul of the nuzlocke challenge, but he also ends up finding some really good strats with mons that other people don't look twice at (eg. fast Ledian able to execute Encore).
Mf didn’t watch EK attempts after 77 😭😭
@@THAT_GUY119 I did. But I'm talking about the R&B runs specifically
@@morghoula yeah I’m just goofin. I see the vision
"environmental storytelling" and showing the pdp bridge is crazy 😭
peak youtube
I mean, isn't that what Nuzlockes were about in the first place? They were always meant to be a fun adventure with unlikely friends who you came to know and like before they inevitably leave you forever. Nuzlockes were always meant to be driven by emotion, and it's honestly great to see those emotions surface even when you're trying to min-max everything. o7 to the fallen.
edit: 2 months later I realized I made a typo
o7 to the namesake, John Locke the Nuzleaf
This. I play nuzlockes to meet new pokes that I never normally use or even consider using and I regret nothing when I found a weird encounter and try my best to make him work.
I disagree, A Nuzlocke wants you to get attached so that when you have to sac off something you might decide not to and lose like Jan did. The attachment is meant as a hurdle for you to climb over
Yeah like I have nothing against the difficulty hoes, I admire their dedication, but it does suck when some of them will act like being emotionally invested in your pokemon is stupid
@@jeremyvisser3877 That's the complete opposite idea the original webcomic was trying to portray dude.
Jokes about the end of the month aside, these videos on in-progress runs are honestly some of my favorites. It gives an opportunity to shed some light on unpopular encounters and smaller fights that might get cut from full-run recap videos. It's cool to see the in-between moments that, despite not being pivotal boss fights, still define how the run will ultimately play out.
"Focus blast hits 30%"
Yeah it does feel like that sometimes
Lol, it's supposed to be 'Focus Blast Targets x and Hits"
Fissure at -6 acc >>> Focus Blast
@@calebjohnson9740🤓 well actually fissure ignores accuracy checks and it's always 30% accurate
@@ryanmahon1 Interesting, didn’t know that! Thanks for the correction
@@calebjohnson9740Fissure’s accuracy is the level differential plus 30%. It fails if you are lower level. A pokemon 70 levels higher will always hit
just so some of you guys know the footage for the plan he demonstrated for the double battle near the end was him using speed up after the fail to see if his plan woulda worked without bad rng and he made the fight look easy in 30 seconds 😭😭
You know it’s bad when the first “ boss fight” is not the gym leader but the aqua grunt 💀
I mean you can just go blow for blow with that guy
it’s a boss because it raises the level cap
Shout out to Middlefart being an unsung hero of the runs that it was in.
I wasnt ready for him to slam out such a decently unknown danish city xD
And for having the most random name
I love the scrolldown of people who've beaten Run&Bun hardcore and all but one of them has some form of Urshifu on their team.
Steven gifts you a kubfu that I think has 31 IVs in 3 stats.
@@owenaspinall2046urshi is also inargubly busted, especially in doubles
just an broken mon after all like competitive, surprised u can get one in the game
@@lulukomadori9651 probably because the difficulty is literally structured around you having one at that point
Ledian was born to switch into ground types, just like nord vpn was born to give you safer browsing options
😂
The fact that he ran back that Mt Pyre immediately afterwards and it went exactly as he planned is sad af
A phrase I thought you would say in the end is “to win with your favorite pokemon does not mean to win with them dealing the final blow”
Most of the pets and companions we have through our life won’t be there when we finish ‘our run’. But we enjoyed every moment we had with them
I have a friend whose favorite mon is Wooper. His nuzlockes (which he does as randomizers) always include what he calls the "Wooper clause": if he runs into a wild Wooper, he *must* catch it, even if it's not the first encounter of the route. But, once he catches it, it *stays* on his team permanently, and if it dies, the run is over, even if the rest of his team survives.
He has embraced his favorite, and has woven it into his runs.
(This friend also has a similar clause for shinies. The first shiny he runs into during a run gets a specific nickname calling back to one of his OCs, and if that mon dies than the run is over. The difference being that the shiny in question *is* allowed to be boxed.)
Pchal- enjoying his run, about to take on the double battle
0.00029% RNG- Good morrow
The odds isn’t actually that but it was still unlucky in a vacuum
There will always be a result that will always be low and if you account for every move in a battle and tally the odds of every single one it will always be low
@@MrMonkey2475it's just exaggeration for the sake of a joke lol
No wonder Jan doesn't bother reading his TH-cam comments
@@LunarWingCloud my guy he calculated it to show how unlucky he was 😂. There was no joke or hidden meaning, it was exactly as it was. 🤦♂️
@@MrMonkey2475 Yeah those calcs were hillariously wrong
@@MrMonkey2475 Please either rewatch the video or watch the full fight on pchal daily, I'm so tired of people just refusing to engage with the content properly. It wasn't accounting for every move in a battle, it was accounting for every _unlucky_ move in a battle. Ordinarily you would also have to factor in all the moves that weren't unlucky, but there were literally none in this fight, which is why the stats are so crazy. Realistically all you'd have to account for to make the stats properly valid would be missed crits, but _not critting_ is a 23/24 chance and at that point it's not like it would alter the final number at all.
No shame in admitting emotional attachment to your Pokemon, it's part of the appeal of nuzlockes in the first place. A beautifully done video, good luck avenging this run on attempt 5!
Seeing the one chatter say "f**k you ledian" while Jan is saluting it absolutely sent me😂
Ah, end of the month is here!
you know it’s the last day of the month when pchal posts
Lol
Sponsor deadline approaches
@@_lumpiaremember when he said he wouldn’t do this anymore yet still does it?
@@silverytc1566remember that pchal is also just a normal human and can't always keep what he sets himself out to do?
was about to start a walk. couldn't find a video to listen to while i walked. this drops immediately. walk begins.
Enjoy your stroll.
Fine ill go on a 420 walk
Bro walking is underrated. Enjoy that walk, my scrow
I've been watching the Run & Bun streams highlights everyday religiously for months now. They drop exactly when I finish my shift at work so I get to watch them on the way back home on the bus, this has become my way to decompress after a hard day and I've grown way more attached to it then I ever thought I would. When the Mt. Pyre fight dropped I remember I very loudly gasped in shock at the Delcatty survival and the old lady sitting next to me looked at me, looked at my phone and looked back at me in disgust. Truly unforgettable stuff
What an ending to the video! your script writing has gotten way better, really enjoyed the story and the video. Keep going strong on attempt 5!
Pchal daily viewers be like: ahhhh yes he's condensed the tragic attempt 2 into a video. I'm here for it lol
After seeing a bidoof sweep an entire team of legendary Pokémon, I can confirm that quote
Moody is one hell of a drug
How I like to see the quote from a competitive perspective is not to use your favourite Pokémon in terms of looks, but in terms of how they play. Most people will like what works best, but if you enjoy playing against the odds, or enjoy gimmicky strategies, then that’s what you should play.
even outside of that competitively there is almost always a niche for any pokemon somewhere, in some tier in some generation. you might have to get real niche but there's usually something.
@@jamiedoesstuff5871 And if there's not, there's always lower tiers where your favorite CAN have a niche. It may be real hard to use Wobbuffett in VGC, for example, but it may be able to shine in a lower tier.
Script on this one was fantastic. Love the curveball of the Archie fight being solved only to be lost, even if I already knew it from streams/highlights. RIP Run 2, the team clutched it out to go so much longer than it should have on paper.
My favorite part of these videos is how over the years the quote is slowly but surely finally reaching him, like how the one dude constantly reset and then once he stopped he won.
46:27 "Focus Blast hits - 30%" so real
No joke, this is probably one of the best scripts/edits I’ve seen from this channel in awhile! I’m not an every-video kind of subscriber but this video makes me think I might have missed some real gems! Gonna scroll through the backlog and check it out 😮 Excellent video, super sick attempt at this challenge. I enjoyed watching you outthink everything and use unconventional strats. Hats off.
The percentage in the last part really drove home how unlucky that was
It's not always what it is, but sometimes it do be like that
The thumbnail is so fire
This may be the best ‘I need to get a video out at the end of the month to fulfil a sponsor requirement’ ever. Such good story telling, such a cool thumbnail, just such a great concept
This run really was full of unexpected GOAT encounters with their own narratives and niches, it was beautiful to witness
philosophical pchal is a different breed
I like to think Phoenix the Hawlucha is out there living the good life drinking tequila and watching sunsets, remembering her old trainer who chose to save her life over the greater good in a tough situation
Who despite not showing it openly, clearly loved her
great video. extremelly well navigated last fight showing the rerun attempt at the last fight (that went fucking smoothly) as an example for the plan that you were going for and slightly foreshadowing the upcoming failure, then enumerating the things that went wrong and putting up a number for the people to understand how unlucky that was yet not crying over it and making that a lesson to keep improving in your gameplay and way of seeing things for further attempts.
currently following attempt 5 btw. revenge is god damn close.
Having only watched the pchal daily video of this fight I had no idea that there was another route to winning that fight, I thought you just got extremely unlucky and there was nothing you could have done, but hearing you admit to the world that your run would still be alive if you sacked Hawlucha for this fight instead was such a big plot twist
Same lol i had no idea about thwt
Dude. Your script writing and storytelling has gotten so much better over the years. I remember the whole "ahh im not good at intros heres what we doing today" and now I get a full cinematic experience along with the great nuzlocke content. *Chefs kiss* Great work
"Ah yes, let this be a reminder that your parents do have favorites, and if you had to ask, it Probably isnt you"
-Jacob Alpharad
Only children realizing we’re both the favorite and least favorite
this is genuinely one of the best-written, paced, and emotional videos you've ever posted. It's really. REALLY well made. I love how all the seemingly disconnected part tie together so cleanly and meaningfuly into that final message. awesome work by you and your team!!
As funny as the “end of the month” joke may be, this is a genuine very well put together video and I can tell you out a lot of time into it. You’re doing a great job with the new content direction. I love watching how your channel has grown over the years. Keep up the great work!
That croagunk-ledian-lucha art is so cool looking, I love it. Great video, I hope the next onee covers your victorious run
Erm actually it’s toxicroak 🤓👆
Jan's storytelling has gotten so much better. The end of this video was genuinely good
I always interpreted the quote as “with proper skill you can find use for Pokemon who are considered weak” which this video amongst many other instances throughout Pokemon history has proven. People who use this quote as an excuse “well I should win with this team” are missing the biggest part of the quote; “truly skilled trainers” and often by opening your heart to change your favorites end up being the ones you’re most reluctant to use, and goes both for someone who refuses a Pokemon for being too strong, and someone who gives a Pokemon they deem weak a try.
“People should win with their favorites”
My favorites are Incineroar and Landorus-T
Society when my favorites are flutter mane, incineroar, landorus-T, pre nerf zacian and dacrovish:
7:55 that Easter Egg was freaking hilarious.
For those who don't know (which is presumably 99% of pchal's fanbase), Kristoffer Jonas Klauß is a German gangster rapper that beat up a swan once
Forgot it was the end of the month already. Gotta keep those advertisers happy
Remember when he said he wouldn’t do this anymore?
@@silverytc1566yea but he’s also streaming regularly now
@@linguisticsstudy9177 yeah, but don’t say you are going to change your TH-cam channel by not posting only for the end of the month and then yet continue to do so. Not everyone can catch his streams
@@silverytc1566 pchal daily exists. Check it out. And he didnt say that he would post often on this account. He said he will be uploading more regularly which he does on pchal daily. Be thankful that he does that on the side. Man people always gotta talk without looking it up...
@@silverytc1566 pretty cringe comment, especially since hes streaming again and uploading to pchal daily
Lots of creators try to implement words from their sponsors in a way that feels unforced and natural, but I genuinely think you are setting the standard in that regard. I always appreciate your different creative approaches to this discipline. In general, the production value is really superb in your videos. So thank you!
No pet is perfect. It becomes perfect when you learn to accept it for what it is.
What an incredible video. Loved how you weaved a narrative around your arc playing RnB. Will be putting it on my "favourite videos of all time" playlist. GG Jan.
A friend and I do pretty casual nuzlocke stuff, really just playing for fun. When we did a randomzied soul link of black 2 and white 2, we got very attached to a pair we got in castelia sewers, my Meinshao and his Seismitoad (both lovingly named Meintoad) to the point where when we finally lost that duo on the Ghetsis fight, we basically ended the run. We could keep going, but the loss of our favorite pair in that run was so strong it kind of killed the mood permanently.
tldr, when you lose your favorites, it really hurts
46:26 watching Jan as dragalge used focus blast was kinda heartbreaking. He goes from super pissed to just begging for his Lucario’s life
Another Jan banger. The Run & Bun victory video is going to be insane
Thank you for the vid! This was a nice little story you put together. It's astonishing how random chance encounters can snowball into actual bits of personal narrative.
jan unleashing full story mode mode
Great content! I love a good nuzlocke narrative, kinda feels like reading the Nuzlocke comic. Keep it up Jan, you're the best!
God attempt 2 was special
This was so good! I love the storytelling, the quality, and the game play. Thank you for the hard work PChal and Team.
I like that, coincidentally, this vid is coming up just as we're approaching the Run 2 PB.
Your storytelling has gotten so good Jan, this was an awesome video even if I haven't been tuning in for the streams.
27:40 Was not expecting the pewdiepie on the bridge lol I almost spit out my ass
Now, I am one to usually skip sponsors but what you did here was brilliant. Explaining the runs mechanics while only mentioning the sponsor for 5 seconds prevented me from skipping anything.
Detroit the Togedemaru was also absolutely a Guy, btw. Pour one out for him.
The Archie fight was so fucking brutal.
You're my favourite Nuzlocker on YT. I'm always happy when your videos come out. I love your no-nonsense narration style and approach. Looking forward to the next part (which I hope still drops despite your emotional attachment to Hawlucha...)
The ends reminds me of my first s/v nuzlock that made it to Grusha. My skelidurge swept him to his altaria, and would have one-shot. But then…
Altaria hits hurricane (70%), confuses skeli (30%), who proceeded to hit himself (30%).
I then switch to my cyclizar to get rid of confusion and then switch back in with shed tail, but gets frozen (10%)
Switched to clodsire, who also got frozen (again 10%)
I don’t remember exactly what happened after that, but I failed to paralyse with several body slams (30% each), multiple key hurricanes hit, ie. Killing my breloom and they got the range to finish of my skelidurge.
In the end, ‘‘twas my clodsire, who eventually unthawed, vs. the altaria, now chipped down into the red. Clod couldn’t out speed, but could survive one more hit, and finish altaria.
It crit. Clod died. (1/24 in modern games)
evil 💀
Daaaamn, that was such a great video. That script was f***ing amazing too, I genuinely got attached to this run and it hurts so much to see that fight on Mt Pyre. Especially after you showed what could of happened. Keep up the great work
That freeze was such a kick in the nuts tho
Best video you've ever made. You've come a long way with your scripts, editing, and execution. I know it prolly doesn't mean much from a rando but I'm proud of ya
Absolute banger
I love how Jan has really honed his craft with these scripts, and has really improved on the story telling aspect of these nuzlocke recaps. Looking forward to watching him get better and better!
you cooked this vid to perfection well done jan
Well God damn. I clicked this video curious about the thumbnail cause I saw Hawlucha and Toxicroak. I left this video hearing the story of three heroes and getting a glimps into how intense Nuzlockes can be and the inner workings of Nuzlockes. This was an amazing video
This feels like it’s going to be a banger
Know exactly what you mean. Thumbnail and title putting in work
As a pChal Daily frog I was waiting for a video on attempt 2. Seeing all the build-up to the Archie battle was devastating, that battle was truly heartbreaking. Banger video as always Jan!
Always love a pChal update
What a fantastic conclusion. Congratulations on such a great video, man
Damn. It'd be cool to have a run where you name your pokemon the names that they had when they got the furthest in your previous run. Maybe it'd be somewhat of a sequel to hawluchas story.
probably the best add incorporation ive ever seen, well done pchal, your hard work hasn't gone unnoticed!
really like the new direction your videos are going 👍💙
I got to give your writer and editor big props! If i could watch ads like the NORDVPN one spliced into videos but both the ad and the video being content I don't think I'd ever feel the need to skip an ad again!
Hell yeah new Pchal upload
"winning with your favorites" sounds like it could be a fun (and unique to each player) challenge in itself tbh
I think what Karen's trying to get across is less "your favorites can be viable if you try hard enough" and more "this game's a lot more interesting when people bring themselves to the table."
Your videos are the only ones I can immediately think of where I'm actually inclined to watch the full ad read
The thing about Claire's quote is that the world it's said in is NOT pokemon Run and Bun. It's pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal.
In the universe it's said in it makes perfect sense and is entirely valid. You've just left that world.
It's Karen, not Claire
Karen is a nice cool woman, and Claire is a whiny b***h
Karen*
Fabulous video. Jan has evolved as a challenge runner & a YTer. When he beats R&B i hope the channel explodes again. A happy Patreon subscriber for the Nuzlocke 🐐
certain music choices makes me wonder if pokerogue may get a video soon..
Why do I feel like I just scaled a mountain every time I watch a pchal video? Incredible vids man, inspired a lifelong pokemon fan to finally challenge myself and begin the newest chapter of my Pokemon journey. Love and blessings!
Sirloin tender Steak
Watching you replay that Mt.Pyre double right after flawlessly still bring me sorrow. But yet so much joy we get to continue the journey. Here's to #5
Ah, the video of Run 2 wiping to Pyre Tag right on time for when Run 5 probably wipes to the same battle this week
also 2:07 dafaq is that E4 team with Gorebyss Exeggutor and Walrein?
I really enjoyed this one. I think we really need to grow up and remember we like these games not just because of the numbers and strategy, but also because of the designs, the stories we make along the way, while there will *always* be the optimal strategies and choices, that doesn't mean we can pretend to be emotionless and act like we have absolutely 0 bias when we play. We play because we like certain things about what we play. Coming to terms with it allows us to make the decisions we need to
Sponsors: "Pchall! Did you remember to get started on your homework?"
Pchall: "...Cant I just have 29 more days? Then I'll get started!"
Really glad for your comeback.
I was sceptical when I saw the "I hate my youtube channel"-redemption vid, but so far, you absolutely deliver. Way to pull yourself out of a bad situation.