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I will NOT be naming the pokemon after my friends this time, I got tired of doing that

they will get bespoke nicknames

"You forgot the rule that you have to name every pokemon" I always name ever pokemon

every

Level cap is currently 15

first pokemon: Mr. Bird

Ability appears to be a x1.5 multiplier to fire damage when at under 33.3% HP

Nuzlocke begins

so, by the area designation, my starter actually counts as my Route 101 encounter

so I can't get another from there

I'm going to add a corollary to my level cap rule

The level cap rule is ignored whenever I am inside a gym

so if my guys go over the level cap during the gym challenge it's OK

also applies to the elite four and champion

Route 102 catch: Zote

it seems this pokemon can take two different paths to evolution

Shield Dust seems like a useful ability... in the later game

for now not many moves have secondary effects

and status moves don't count

let's see... first gym is rock

so I need to be on the lookout for grass, water, fighting, or ground moves

Torchic is definitely the hard mode first gym

sure didn't just almost lose my starter to a wild zigzagoon crit

ough

Route 103: Barkarina

okay apparently Taillow DOES have a Flying move at level 3

fortunately, Zote did not instantly die

yeah I think gen 3 was where Peck superseded Tackle as the basic "it came free on your xbox" move for birds

must be nice, having a STAB move

Route 104: Admiral

I thought I had a rock gym sweeper but it's weak to rock...

I think I need to train up Barkarina and Zote to a high level and just neutral through it

no not Zote, that's weak to rock

god it's literally just my dog

dog vs the world

do you want a suggestion

sure

this is not, like, Definitely Guaranteed, but if i was doing it

i would train up admiral and use the fact that rocks are usually slow
and just water gun through and pray

I did consider that

but also: it's scary

if water gun one-shots the enemy mons then you don't have to worry about the matchups

true

WHY DOES THIS RANDO HAVE A FULL RESTORE

hmm!

so this puts him on the Dustox route

Shed Skin, 1 in 3 chance each turn to purge any non-volatile status condition

my early game survival math is:

- Note damage done by the enemy's first hit

- Increase that number by one, then double it, to get the Cutoff

- If HP <= Cutoff, switch out

so if a tackle does 3 damage, I'm safe until I hit 8 HP

Petalburg Woods: Bait

straight into the box with you

the rando is a Rich Kid iirc

Lady

Rich Ladies can afford Full Restores

absolute nailbiter of a fight

he had a lv9 poochyena jacked up on Howl that could 2-hit anyone on my team

FINALLY A FIRE MOVE

team status by the time I got to safety

scary moment: I forgot about the kamen rider matchup

ah, you got through Run Killer #1: Weirdly Jacked Dog

which one, the first aqua grunt?

yeah

yeah that almost tanked my first run

there's three walls really where nuzlockes in gen 3 go to die and the solo match against the dog that punches you in the face is the one people don't expect

who are the other two

your second rival fight and, in emerald, the psychic gym leader (which is a double battle, which are naturally more stressful in nuzlockes since both guys can just team up on one of yours)

so noted

second rival fight is largely where speedruns go to die, too; it's just a rough fight since your rival has second stage starter and you probably will not yet

especially rough since speedruns go with mudkip and grovyle absolutely shreds through it

is second counting the start-of-run starter fight

yeah. you don't face that for a while though, i forget exactly where route 110 is but i want to say it's between the second and third gym?

good to know