3rd Gen Nuzlocke Challenge Thread!

[WynautQueen]

Time for a Nuzlocke challenge! I'm actually on my second day, and I just got my second badge, so here's the rundown.

I started with Bulbasaur, and my mercy rules are that I am allowed to use any items I find, but I can only buy Pokeballs-- not even Great Balls and Ultra Balls. My second mercy rule is that if I am unable to catch a Pokemon the first time I go to a location, I may return later to catch one, and I may choose another if I don't want a duplicate-- more for the sake of variety than anything else. Seems like a lot, but I keep getting frustrated when playing these, and the point is to have fun. If I'm not having a good time, then what's the point? So I'm cutting myself some slack.

So far I've lost only two Pokemon, and it was to that darn kid with the level 14 Spearow after Pewter City. Funky Fists the Mankey and iThrust the Kakuna fell to it. I've just arrived in Vermilion and am about to board the St Anne with the following team:

Tubby (Ivysaur)
Fang (Raticate)
Islington (Pidgeotto) (cookies for the ones who get the reference)
FairyDustr (Butterfree)
Thornking (Nidorino)
Countess (Zubat)

The following Pokemon are waiting in the wings:
Jack (Spearow)
I Got Pie (Abra)
Moddish (Oddish)
Kippers (Meowth)

Thankfully I haven't used any of the revives or rare candies I've found so far. I took a lot of time to grind before taking on A**face and Misty, so I beat both of them fairly comfortably.

 

[bbbrrritcold]

So...I have done a lot...
Where to begin...
I cleaned up the routes left before the safari zone. My rules are that you get one attempt per zone, but you have to do it all in your first run. So, zone one saw me catching Amy II (Venonat), zone two saw Timothy (Exeggecute), zone three saw me failing to even get to the water to fish as a Doduo assaulted me and fled, and zone four saw me catching Meghan (Ryhorn).
After finishing cleaning up routes, I did a team assessment. I needed to add a water type and I also wanted to bring in Timothy. Thusly, Ariel and JoHanna were benched for Timothy and Essence. After cleaing up Cycling Road (and refighting a few on it), I got Timothy to 37, where I evolved him. I then took out the fighting dojo with him and picked up a Hitmonchan, 2.0. I wasn't going to use it until I saw the modest nature. I had an open slot, since I didn't want to keep Ashley around once Ben evolves, so I stuck him in, training him up to speed at the pokémon tower to get as many Sp. Atk. EVs as I could. I trained Essence up a bit and evolved her and raised everyone else a level or two. I also spent time at the slots to get Ice Beam, Thunderbolt and Shadow Ball for Essence, Tyler and Austin.
I took on Koga's gym and won pretty easily. Koga fell to Timothy's Psychic and Austin's Dig and I got the ability to surf. I decided to quickly stop at the power plant to see if I could pick up a back-up electric. Imagine my surprise when that back-up is an Electabuzz. Having never trained one (I have done Pikachu and Voltorb mostly, except for recently where I am using Jolteon and Magnezone in my two Nuzlockes), I decided it would make a nice back up.
I have been going through Silph Co. on and off. I am also at the slots, wanting another Ice Beam (for Austin) and another Shadow Ball (for Tyler) before Sabrina and Giovanni. And I am trying to think if there is anything better than 2.0 I could add that would not just be a back up.
Speaking of which, my backup team is complete, finally! Not that I want anyone to die, but if they do, I am prepared.

Spoiler: Back-up Team

Brice ;058;, Rachel ;116;/Taima ;061;, Ariel ;047;, JoHanna ;012;/Amy II ;048;, Meghan ;111;, Maginnis ;125;.

Team:
Ben - ;006; - Lonely - Lvl 36
Essence - ;091; - Modest - Lvl 36
2.0 - ;107; - Modest - Lvl 37
Tyler - ;135; - Docile - Lvl 37
Austin - ;034; - Serious - Lvl 37
Timothy - ;103; - Naive - Lvl 39

Spoiler: Other Mon's

Dead:
NONE

Box'd Mons:
Box - Bad
Callie - ;052; - Modest - Lvl 10
Darren - ;096; - Jolly - Lvl 11
Derek III - ;020; - Calm - Lvl 25
Box - Usable
Shawna - ;023; - Sassy - Lvl 19
Amy - ;048; - Careful - Lvl 24
Box - Decent
GoldMeg - ;118; - Gentle - Lvl 6
Stormi - ;013; - Jolly - Lvl 7
Muza - ;021; - Gentle - Lvl 10
Tiny - ;052; - Lonely - Lvl 10
James - ;023; - Bashful - Lvl 11
Misako - ;043; - Gentle - Lvl 12
Derek II - ;019; - Hasty - Lvl 16
Kaitlyn - ;022; - Sassy - Lvl 25
Garth - ;143; - Naive - Lvl 30
Maginnis - ;125; - Careful - Lvl 35
Box - Nice
Katrina - ;095; - Relaxed - Lvl 13
Roseann - ;104; - Sassy - Lvl 17
Rachel - ;116; - Sassy - Lvl 18
Brice - ;058; - Quiet - Lvl 20
Honey - ;050; - Hardy - Lvl 22
Amy II - ;048; - Bold - Lvl 22
Taima - ;061; - Lonely - Lvl 25
Meghan - ;111; - Naughty - Lvl 26
Mirror - ;132; - Jolly - Lvl 23
Shadow - ;132; - Jolly -Lvl 25
Box - Trained:
Derek - ;019; - Hasty - Lvl 12
Sarah - ;130; - Jolly - Lvl 20
Al - ;057; - Bashful - Lvl 28
Ashley - ;017; - Serious - Lvl 31
Ariel - ;047; - Relaxed - Lvl 31
JoHanna - ;012; - Quirky - Lvl 31

 

[Squiddly Dee]

So, I started a LeafGreen nuzlocke, and I'd like to know if this is a good team for the 1st gym.

Team:
;002; (M) Monty Level 16
;016; (F) Maximum Level 14
;015; (M) Pigsley Level 14
;019; (F) Farah Level 14
;012; (M) Aizen Level 14

Also, if you get the references I used for Maximum and Aizen's names, you get a cookie.

 

[Alder]

Maximum Ride.

Anyway it looks like it'll just be an Ivysaur sweep. You should be fine. It's just a Geodude and an Onix after all and you're like 2-4 levels higher and not weak to Rock.

 

[Squiddly Dee]

Maximum Ride.

Anyway it looks like it'll just be an Ivysaur sweep. You should be fine. It's just a Geodude and an Onix after all and you're like 2-4 levels higher and not weak to Rock.

*gives cookie*

Yeah, it was. Monty swept the entire gym, and I was just fine. Team is unchanged from my last post.

 

[Dangertrout]

I'm just starting a Nuzlocke on my Leaf Green game.

The rules I'm following:
-You can only use the first Pokemon you encounter in each route/town/city/cave.
-All Pokemon must be nicknamed.
-If a Pokemon in your party faints you must box/release it and not use it anymore in your challenge.

I started earlier this evening and now I'm just about to head into Mt Moon. I'm really not liking my current team, so hopefully I get something good in there

So far in my adventure:
-Got Bulbasaur, named him Ichiro
-Caught Pidgey on Route 1, named her Haruka
-Went to Route 22, and landed a crit on the Spearow at the wrong moment. Missed catch
-Caught another Pidgey on Route 2, named her Sakura
-Promptly lost Haruka to a crit from a wild Rattata (her first battle she was one-shotted. so sad)
-Defeated Rival with Sakura
-Caught Weedle in Viridian Forest, named her Sumire
-Defeated Brock with Ichiro
-Lost Sakura to a crit from a trainers Pidgey
-Caught Spearow on Route 3, named him Ikki

Team:
;002; Ichiro, Hasty, level 16
;015; Sumire, Lonely, level 10
;021; Ikki, Bold, level 6

Dead:
;016; Haruka
;016; Sakura

 

[Squiddly Dee]

So, in my LeafGreen nuzlocke, I'm currently on the SS Anne, and this is my team:

;002; (M) Monty Level 25
;017; (F) Maximum Level 23
;020; (F) Farah Level 23
;012; (M) Aizen Level 23
;022; (M) Dagger Level 23
;050; (F) Cherra Level 23

 

[Dangertrout]

Update:
-Caught Zubat in Mt. Moon, named him Yuichi
-Caught Rattata on Route 4, named her Maria
-Defeated Rival, but lost Ikki and Maria both to critical hits
-Lost Yuichi to a trainer on Nugget Bridge, again to a critical hit
-Missed catching a Metapod on Route 24, this time I landed the critical hit T_T
-Caught Bellsprout on Route 25, named her Iris
-Defeated Cerulean Gym, but lost Iris to one of the trainers... TO A CRITICAL HIT

I feel like I suck at this, but there's really not a whole lot I could do differently. Sure, I could have used potions, but every one of them was still in the green prior to the killing blow : /
Oh well, let's see just how far Ichiro can get on his own. Onwards to Vermillion City!

Team:
;002; Ichiro, level 27
;015; Sumire, level 14

Spoiler: R.I.P.

;016; Haruka
;016; Sakura
;019; Maria
;021; Ikki
;041; Yuichi
;069; Iris

 

[psyrose3]

Oh, hey everyone. After about half a year of hiatus, I'm finally getting back to my Gale of Darkness Nuzlocke. Since there aren't any specified rules for Colo/Gale, I've made my own ruleset.

1-If a mon faints, it's dead and permaboxed.
2-Snag everything, and if you can't, tough luck.
3-Only 1/2 Poke Spot mons.
4-If a Shadow Pokémon faints before being purified, it cannot participate in any battles and must be purified through cologne/purification chamber. After being purified, it is considered dead.

I'm currently up to Shadow Pokémon Lab, and I'm training everyone so no one dies.

Current Team
;197; Sol-Level 20
;216; Terezi-Level 20
;166; Vriska-Level 20
;180; Woolie-Level 19
;363; Polly-Level 19
;322; Matthew-Level 18

Snagged 10/11 (Spinarak got critted...)
Most recent Snag: Matthew

 

[~Silver Aura~]

Thought I'd give this Nuzlocke thing a try on my Leaf Green. Not much to say except that I'm currently training for the Cerulean gym. Already beat Gary at Nugget Bridge.


Rules:
-You can only use the first Pokemon you encounter in each route/town/city/cave.
-All Pokemon must be nicknamed.
-If a Pokemon in your party faints you must box/release it and not use it anymore in your challenge.


Team:

;008; Shelldon

;012; Kitty

;016; Louise

;041; Abbie

;021; Mike

 

[Dangertrout]

Update:
- Caught Pidgey on Route 5, named her Ayame
- Caught Meowth on Route 6, named her Kanna
- Sacrificed Sumire to save Ichiro during a trainer battle on Route 6
- Got Vs. Seeker
- Got Old Rod
- Caught Magikarp in Vermillion City, named her Kohran
- Caught Sandshrew on Route 11, named him Kenshin
- Found a shiny Pidgey on Route 6 while training! Caught it, but won't use it for this game
- Caught Diglett in Diglett Cave, named him Yahiko
- Defeated Rival on S.S. Anne with Yahiko
- Defeated Vermillion Gym with Yahiko

Things are going better ^_^ I'm a little miffed about the shiny. I mean, yay it's a shiny, but I switched to playing my Nuzlocke because MMing my shiny charmander wasn't going so well. (almost 700 eggs now). Anyways, onwards!

Team:
;002; Ichiro lvl 31
;017; Ayame lvl 26
;130; Kohran lvl 22
;052; Kanna lvl 21
;027; Kenshin lvl 20
;051; Yahiko lvl 28

Spoiler: Deaths

;016; Haruka
;016; Sakura
;019; Maria
;021; Ikki
;041; Yuichi
;069; Iris
;015; Sumire

 

[Whimsicotton]

I started a Nuzlocke on FireRed over a week ago.
At the moment, I'm at Silph Co. and I'm battling Team Rocket there.

My team is on rotation and it is, in order of capture:
;003; Bentley, lv. 33, brave
;020; Ramsey, lv. 32, bashful
;012; Kodey, lv. 26, hardy
;022; Fulton, lv. 27, hardy
;075; Rochelle, lv. 30, naive
;053; Franklin, lv. 28, serious
;024; Medusa, lv. 27, quiet
;058; Pyrrhus, lv. 22, bashful
;092; Enigma, lv. 17, hasty
I also have an eevee called Teddy, but I'm not using him since I'm not counting gift pokemon.
Also Kelvin the Magikarp, who is currently being raised by that daycare guy.

Deaths:
Diglett
Oddish

 

[iwillHM01you]

are you allowed to use in-game trade and gift pokés?

 

[Dangertrout]

are you allowed to use in-game trade and gift pokés?

The only mandatory rules are:
-You can only use the first Pokemon you encounter in each route/town/city/cave.
-All Pokemon must be nicknamed. (Actually, I think this one is also optional, but I've never seen anyone NOT use it)
-If a Pokemon in your party faints you must box/release it and not use it anymore in your challenge.

So if you want to make use of gift pokes outside of rule #1, that's up to you. The way I play for those instances is:
-if I have the pokemon required for the in-game trade (still alive and was the first encounter for the route) I may make the trade but can't catch anything else on the route of the original pokemon or get anything else in the area the trade was made
-gift pokemon count towards first pokemon of the area. (So in celadon I have to choose between fishing, surfing, game corner prize or eevee)

 

[Dangertrout]

Update:
- Caught Rattata on Route 9, named her Kaoru
- Caught Sandshrew on Route 10, named her Tomoe
- Caught Machop in Rock Tunnel, named him Sanosuke
- Defeated Rival in Pokemon Tower, but lost Kanna
- Caught Pidgey on Route 8, named him Hajime
- Caught Bellsprout on Route 7, named her Megumi
- Received Eevee in Celadon City, named her Suzume (evolved her into Flareon)
- Cleared Rocket Hideout, but lost Kaoru to a critical hit
- Cleared Celadon Gym with Ayame

Team:
;003; Ichiro lvl 36
;017; Ayame lvl 34
;130; Kohran lvl 26
;051; Yahiko lvl 32
;066; Sanosuke lvl 27
;136; Suzume lvl 25

Spoiler: Boxed

;028; Kenshin lvl 22
;027; Tomoe lvl 15
;016; Hajime lvl 18
;069; Megumi lvl 19

Spoiler: Deaths

;016; Haruka 3-3
;016; Sakura 3-12
;019; Maria 12-18
;021; Ikki 6-18
;041; Yuichi 8-19
;069; Iris 13-14
;015; Sumire 4-14
;052; Kanna 10-21
;020; Kaoru 16-21

 

[Marigold]

I recently started a Nuzlocke on LeafGreen. I'm currently training for Cerulean gym.

Rules:
-Only catch the first Pokemon in a specific area (exception: shiny Pokemon may be caught, but not used unless they are the first captured)
-All Pokemon must be nicknamed
-If a Pokemon faints, it must be permanently boxed (exception: in battles for shiny Pokemon which are not the first Pokemon in an area)
-Legendaries may be caught but not used

Current team in order of capture:

;008; Blast
;017; Doc
;017; Beck
;041; Sarl
;012; Frish

Spoiler: Deaths

;021; Fletch
;019; Whisper
;019; Cari
;069; Marn
;052; Urban

 

[Dangertrout]

Good luck Marigold!!

It's been a while and I haven't been working on it much, but I may as well update while I still remember what happened. So, update:
- Caught Gastly in Pokemon Tower, named her Misao
- Cleared Pokemon Tower
- Missed catching Snorlax on Route 16 (Why didn't he use rest?!)
- Caught Snorlax on Route 12, named him Iwanbo
- Caught Venonat on Route 13, named him Aoshi
- Caught Ditto on Route 14, named it Kamatari
- Caught Venonat on Route 15, named her Toki
- Caught Doduo on Route 17, named him Shigure
- Suzume died to a crit from on of the bikers' pokemon
- Iwanbo died... well that was my fault. I was annoyed at losing Suzume (Flareon is one of my favorite pokemon) and not making the best decisions.

So now I'm making my way down to... Fushia? along the bike path, then I have two gyms to clear. I'll probably update again once those are done.

Team:
;003; Ichiro lvl 37
;017; Ayame lvl 35
;130; Kohran lvl 34
;051; Yahiko lvl 34
;066; Sanosuke lvl 27
;093; Misao lvl 34

Spoiler: Boxed

;028; Kenshin lvl 22
;027; Tomoe lvl 15
;016; Hajime lvl 18
;069; Megumi lvl 19
;048; Aoshi lvl 24
;132; Kamatari lvl 23
;048; Toki lvl 24
;084; Shigure lvl 28

Spoiler: Deaths

;016; Haruka 3-3
;016; Sakura 3-12
;019; Maria 12-18
;021; Ikki 6-18
;041; Yuichi 8-19
;069; Iris 13-14
;015; Sumire 4-14
;052; Kanna 10-21
;020; Kaoru 16-21
;136; Suzume 25-34
;143; Iwanbo 30-30

 

[munchlaxboy]

Just started my first ever Nuzlocke on Emerald!

My Rules (besides the standard two):
1. Only up to 3 healing items per battle (as that is what most Gym Leaders and the Elite 4 use).
2. Nickname all Pokemon based on my real life friends/family (even CLOSER relationships!).
3. If the first Pokemon seen in the area is a duplicate, I can find another Pokemon until it is one I do not have.
4. I must use the same number of Pokemon as the Gym Leader during Gym Battles.
5. Any "dead" Pokemon will instead be permanently boxed (to remember them by ).
6. Legendaries may be caught but not used.
7. Shinies may be captured at any cost (even if it means breaking the rules), but cannot be used if done so while breaking the rules.

My Current Team:

;253; "Jer" : Level 25, Hasty

;277; "Jess" : Level 25, Timid

~

;183; "CJ" : Level 4-13, Adamant (DEAD)

Everything was going smoothly until my battle with Brawly. I had all three Pokemon left, and all he had was his Makuhita. All Jer needed to do was use one more Bullet Seed... but Brawly healed his Makuhita, along with it getting a berry heal. With Jer down to 9 HP, I could not afford to lose him. I sent in CJ... to take the fall. I healed up Jer while CJ was out, and I ended up winning the battle... But at the cost of a dear friend.

 

[Dangertrout]

Made some more progress, so update:
- Caught Rattata on Route 18, named her Sayo
- Caught Seaking in Fushia City, named her Shizuku
- Caught Poliwhirl in Viridian City, named her Shiho
- Caught Nidoran(F) in Safari Zone, named her Yuko
- Defeated Koga with Aoshi
- Cleared Silph Co / Defeated Rival / Defeated Giovanni
- Obtained Lapras in Saffron City, named him Ichise
- Cleared the Fighting Dojo (collected my Hitmonchan, but he won't be used for the challenge)
- Defeated Sabrina

No deaths this time 'round, and this is officially my longest Nuzlocke now ^_^

Team:
;003; Ichiro lvl 43
;018; Ayame lvl 45
;130; Kohran lvl 39
;051; Yahiko lvl 46
;067; Sanosuke lvl 29
;061; Shiho lvl 20

Spoiler: Boxed

;028; Kenshin lvl 22
;027; Tomoe lvl 15
;016; Hajime lvl 18
;069; Megumi lvl 19
;049; Aoshi lvl 45
;132; Kamatari lvl 23
;049; Toki lvl 43
;085; Shigure lvl 33
;093; Misao lvl 43
;020; Sayo lvl 39
;119; Shizuku lvl 21
;029; Yoko lvl 22
;131; Ichise lvl 25

Spoiler: Deaths

;016; Haruka 3-3
;016; Sakura 3-12
;019; Maria 12-18
;021; Ikki 6-18
;041; Yuichi 8-19
;069; Iris 13-14
;015; Sumire 4-14
;052; Kanna 10-21
;020; Kaoru 16-21
;136; Suzume 25-34
;143; Iwanbo 30-30

 

[Marigold]

Thanks, Dangertrout!

I haven't been able to work on it much recently, but here goes:

-Beat Misty and by sheer luck didn't lose anybody
-Route 6, caught Bellsprout, named her Mossy
-Diglett's Cave, caught Diglett, named her Digger
-Lost Mossy to a Diglett
-Evolved Sarl into Golbat
-Route 11, caught Sandshrew, named him Sandy

I'm now training for the Vermilion gym and the S.S. Anne.

Current team in order of capture:

;008; Blast
;017; Doc
;017; Beck
;042; Sarl
;012; Frish
;050; Digger

Spoiler: Deaths

;021; Fletch
;019; Whisper
;019; Cari
;069; Marn
;052; Urban
;069; Mossy

Spoiler: Boxed

;027; Sandy