Just wanted to add this comment to fix a mistake that I made in the past. This video was a misleading and omitted a key element to the nuzlocke. When this Nuzlocke was first streamed, unlike today where I do not permit the use of EVs, I allowed myself to freely switch around the EVs of my Pokemon. This doesn't really affect anything past the midgame since EV reducing berries are available and I can feasibly grind EVs, but this does change the difficulty of the early game. Where I made my mistake was when I simply gave my Pkmn EVs at the start of the Nuzlocke. If I recall, i discussed this with viewers who were watching at the time and collectively agreed that since grass types only would be a challenge, granting the starting few Pkmn with EVs was allowed to make the challenge move along faster. But this is something that I failed to mention in the video. This was a mistake on my part, and I want be clear about how the Nuzlocke was carried out. There was no intention to cheat since at the time when this was streamed, I still considered having EVs and switching around my EVs to be fair game, but giving EVs to my pokemon at the beginning of a run is definitely over-powered in hindsight. Just wanted to clear up a mistake I made and be a better person.
Well normally a grass/water gym happens pretty soon off the bat and some games you don’t get it until after like 3rd gym (b2w2) Also the ones you get mid early game are rock ground so you die to the grass water even with stratagy
I am playing platinum rn lol, (is nick stalking me? Idk.) And at distortion world, _Cyrus decides to teach me about genes._ But man, he is an amazing biology teacher!
This man did the whole run until Cynthia deathless. This proves truly how ridiculously easy vanilla games are. If you want a show of his intelligence, his runs of Blaze Black (both 1 and 2) show truly how smart be is because those games actually have some difficulty to them
A Grass only Platinum challenge is among the hardest in the game; tbh, he did get a bit lucky here lol. Renegade Platinum is also a great challenge to attempt; I'd love to see it.
@@djdrizzy9139 He rarely got lucky. Even monolockes aren't difficult if you're just smart. Sure, some luck played into the run being deathless until Cynthia, but very little. Grass only may be one of the not as easy monolockes, but it definitely isn't hard.
@@WyvernOverlord1 It's possible Renegade Platinum may have changed Leafeon's moveset to have it learn Leaf Blade (or heck, even Seed Bomb for that matter) at an actually reasonable level.
This is why Tangrowth is my fav Grass type😀 And from Gen 7 onwards it has access to Assault Vest so it's a potent mixed tank. Good video. Good to see Grass types getting some love
I've watched a lot of Nuzlockes since I discovered them a few months back, but I have never seen a finale as intense and closely-fought as this Cynthia battle. Goddamn. Great content as usual, hope you get the follower count you deserve soon.
I did that challenge too a few months ago! It made me realize how little reliable grass types were actually in the game and the first Cyrus fight was a huge roadblock because of Sneazel. Same applied to Candice and Flint, but I pulled through ^^
I think with the Tangrowth vs Milotic, putting the Milotic to sleep activated marvel scale which is probably why Tangrowth did less than you calculated
You are mentioning it being tied with rock for most weaknesses, now do rock. Obviously kidding you don't have to do what I'm suggesting, your videos are amazing either way
I love how there’s a lot of up-and-coming RUclipsrs doing hardcore nuzlockes of Pokémon games. For your next, I suggest attempting Kalos with only Psychic Types, or Alola with just Electric types. But I’ve seen very few hardcore runs of the 3DS titles (the ones I genuinely enjoyed the most while playing) so I’d take any run of Gen 6 or 7.
I enjoyed this one a lot and would like to see a Pokémon Yellow (yes gen 1) NORMAL Hardcore Monolocke challenge, though actually it does not have to be normal poison would be nice too
Grass is my fav type, I’ve never done a monotype nuzlocke but I always choose the grass starter in my hardcore nuzlockes and have so much fun using them in any challenges I’ve done
The reason solar beam did so little damage was because solar beam’s base power actually gets halved when under other weathers. Because of the snow warning, your solar beam had a base power of 60 instead of the usual 120
Pretty sure the naming convention of this video is alcoholic drinks: Bourbon, tequila, whiskey, wine, vodka Edit: found someone who guessed it 15 minutes earlier than me
I've been seing u on twich recently and u are very good at this type of nulockes and other even more difficult! Hope the best for u and for your future!
Great Video! And I'd love to see more people doing this challenge wth Ice types only... (for the selfish reason that a ton of my fav pokemon are ice types haha)
Well, there's a problem with that. The first available ice types in DPP are on Route 217. And for Eevee to evolve into Glaceon, you'd have to make your way to the Ice Rock to begin with.
I tried this challenge and I thought getting pass Cyrus and Flint alive was nearly impossible. Turns out I needed to level up a bit more, invest in speed IVs, and adjust some of my moveset. My go-to strategies were Roserade stun spore+Torterra curse sweep (early to mid game), and Stun spore to Growl Leafeon. Also, I didn't go for a Cherubi, but that Sunny Day-leech seed set up looks useful. I suppose I'll give this challenge another try soon; no deaths!
I tried doing a Nuzlocke mono grass of platinum myself. The biggest roadblock was the first Jupiter fight. Zubat and Skuntank’s speed and crits make it almost impossible to beat unless the AI is dumb and goes for poison gas. I had to restart the run six times because of her.
Well you used solar beam in hail and fyi solar beam in hail/sandstorm deals reduced damage so your calcs weren't wrong but you just forgot to add hail into your calcs
I hope that one day we get to have two all new new video games where you and your Rival in Pokemon Generation 9 can have a Tag battle against both Cynthia and also Diathia, and also against Steven Stone and Wallace, and also against Iris and Alder, and also Clair and Drayden!
its called DeSmuME emulator, just search for it then just search for a platinum rom and load it up im sure there are youtube videos explaining it better
All the recent themed nuzlockes from people have really been showing off how good natural gift is I mean it's the same in functionality as hidden power but with a different trade off
Just wanted to add this comment to fix a mistake that I made in the past. This video was a misleading and omitted a key element to the nuzlocke. When this Nuzlocke was first streamed, unlike today where I do not permit the use of EVs, I allowed myself to freely switch around the EVs of my Pokemon. This doesn't really affect anything past the midgame since EV reducing berries are available and I can feasibly grind EVs, but this does change the difficulty of the early game. Where I made my mistake was when I simply gave my Pkmn EVs at the start of the Nuzlocke. If I recall, i discussed this with viewers who were watching at the time and collectively agreed that since grass types only would be a challenge, granting the starting few Pkmn with EVs was allowed to make the challenge move along faster. But this is something that I failed to mention in the video. This was a mistake on my part, and I want be clear about how the Nuzlocke was carried out. There was no intention to cheat since at the time when this was streamed, I still considered having EVs and switching around my EVs to be fair game, but giving EVs to my pokemon at the beginning of a run is definitely over-powered in hindsight. Just wanted to clear up a mistake I made and be a better person.
Vermouth: gets hit by ice beam
Also Vermouth: lives on literally 5 hp
"Call an ambulance! Call an ambulance! But not for me...."
Proceeds to become *god*
Bourbon: Am I a joke to you
"The snow cloak does activate her snow cloak ability"
Ah yes, the floor here is made out of floor
LMAO is like brawly's gym in ORAS:
_Hmmm..._ *The Gym here is made out of Gym.*
@@luiseduardo8806 Fatina's gym in Diamond and Pearl be like
MATH IS MATH
@@typhlosion7872 i like ur commenr but man, I've never played diamond or pearl before so... *yes*
Child NPC's be like : "OMG OMG ice is made of water did you know? Here take this piece of ice. Give it to your pokemon to become stronger :3"
@@truepotential206 like when someone gives you a hard stone. _Here, take this random rock I found._
I really wanna see a Rock-Monolocke, nearly no one does it and Rock-types are usually pretty underrated.
I did one in renegade Platinum tons of fun
I’ve done one before. Lost in 2nd gym. Gave up
Well normally a grass/water gym happens pretty soon off the bat and some games you don’t get it until after like 3rd gym (b2w2)
Also the ones you get mid early game are rock ground so you die to the grass water even with stratagy
@@mightymate I once did one in vanilla Platinum, but with trade evos disabled so that I could have Golem and Rhyperior. I really loved it.
Not underrated because the type is actual trash
That Cynthia fight was insane!!! Tangrowth super clutch
The damage calculations for Solarbeam were probably affected by hail. Solarbeam will have its power halved if used during Hail or Sandstorm
That's stupid because you already need two turns for the move
@@truepotential206 Pokemon logic is most of the time pretty stupid indeed xD
@@robbevevo1381 how are you gonna solar beam without a sun though? It makes sense to me
Vermouth, The One, The Legend, & The Only; Survivor & Champion! ❤
20:29 if you're wondering what happened here, all weather conditions except Sun halve the damage of Solar Beam and Solar Blade.
I can’t believe you used Cherrim seriously in a nuzlocke.
Cherrim is ok
I mean… it’s not horrible but it is still pretty bad
@@shinydecidueye9593 With it's ability it gives more spdef and attack to it's team in the sun
Robbe Vevo It’s stats are still meh compared to other Pokémon that could easily replace it
Bro that freaking comeback! I thought my man Vermouth was about to die but he pulled through! Insane!
i read that as "Venomoth" and was very confused
I am playing platinum rn lol, (is nick stalking me? Idk.) And at distortion world, _Cyrus decides to teach me about genes._ But man, he is an amazing biology teacher!
This man did the whole run until Cynthia deathless. This proves truly how ridiculously easy vanilla games are. If you want a show of his intelligence, his runs of Blaze Black (both 1 and 2) show truly how smart be is because those games actually have some difficulty to them
No he’s just BEYOND ‘lucky’
@@sliced8669 Nah. The only difficult vanilla games are B2W2 and USUM
A Grass only Platinum challenge is among the hardest in the game; tbh, he did get a bit lucky here lol. Renegade Platinum is also a great challenge to attempt; I'd love to see it.
@@typhlosion7872 i agree but i thot b2w2 and usum was pretty easy as well
@@djdrizzy9139 He rarely got lucky. Even monolockes aren't difficult if you're just smart. Sure, some luck played into the run being deathless until Cynthia, but very little. Grass only may be one of the not as easy monolockes, but it definitely isn't hard.
Yes. I am happy that ma' boi leafeon is in the thumbnail. I hope it surrvives till the end
I was playing Renegade platinum right now and my leafeon sweapt 6 main boss battles TODAY not counting from I started the game
Swords dance, stab, quick attack/Double edge, random move like night slash or psycho cut
@@swampy725 IKR
@@swampy725 Was the stab move Razor Leaf?
@@WyvernOverlord1 It's possible Renegade Platinum may have changed Leafeon's moveset to have it learn Leaf Blade (or heck, even Seed Bomb for that matter) at an actually reasonable level.
That run was awesome. Tangrowth held on like a mad lad for that win. GG and thank you for the video.
Amazing video, the final battle had me biting my nails!
Milotic most likely had the "Marvel Scale" ability which doubles the pokemons physical defense when they are affected by a status condition.
Dude that would be incredible on someone like Snorlax!
This is why Tangrowth is my fav Grass type😀
And from Gen 7 onwards it has access to Assault Vest so it's a potent mixed tank.
Good video. Good to see Grass types getting some love
I love your videos, you are one of the most underrated RUclipsrs I’ve ever subscribed to, I’m excited to see more of your content!
I've watched a lot of Nuzlockes since I discovered them a few months back, but I have never seen a finale as intense and closely-fought as this Cynthia battle. Goddamn.
Great content as usual, hope you get the follower count you deserve soon.
I did that challenge too a few months ago! It made me realize how little reliable grass types were actually in the game and the first Cyrus fight was a huge roadblock because of Sneazel. Same applied to Candice and Flint, but I pulled through ^^
THERE IS NO Z IN SNEASEL!
@@Amelia4111 sorry?
I think with the Tangrowth vs Milotic, putting the Milotic to sleep activated marvel scale which is probably why Tangrowth did less than you calculated
Marvel scale boosts defense or special defense?
@@andreluisconceicaolemos6552 defense not sp defense
@@andreluisconceicaolemos6552 oh yeah, I thought he was talking about just the brick break but could've also been solar beam
Holy God the surprise factor of the final battle was amazing
Bro you're getting blessed by the algorithm rn, keep up the enjoyable content man, cheers
fwiw solar beam does half health during hail, rain, or sandstorm! amazing run though, it was very entertaining ^^
Omg. All his names for his pokemon are drinks 😂😂😂
You are mentioning it being tied with rock for most weaknesses, now do rock.
Obviously kidding you don't have to do what I'm suggesting, your videos are amazing either way
Let’s go I’ve been waiting for a new one, keep up the good vids!!
im enjoying all of your lockes. I'm gonna watch them all today
Good luck to you buddy! just started the vid but wanted to say happy to see you growing, you deserve it and keep it up! :)
Its insane how grass types are considered to be bad in play through or nuzlocke, but its broken in VGC competitive especially in Gen 8.
Whimsacot, rilaboom and?
@@swampy725 venasaur?
@@CesarMT1661 yeah
@@swampy725 Kartana, Amongus
@@SteamPunkVGC amogus
Howdy! Congrats on 4k!! Can't wait for this video
I love how there’s a lot of up-and-coming RUclipsrs doing hardcore nuzlockes of Pokémon games. For your next, I suggest attempting Kalos with only Psychic Types, or Alola with just Electric types. But I’ve seen very few hardcore runs of the 3DS titles (the ones I genuinely enjoyed the most while playing) so I’d take any run of Gen 6 or 7.
Wow dude! U really got me tricked at the end thinking you got beaten by Cynthia! Really good video! I'm subscribing right now! 😁
I enjoyed this one a lot and would like to see a Pokémon Yellow (yes gen 1) NORMAL Hardcore Monolocke challenge, though actually it does not have to be normal poison would be nice too
That last momment really gave me rollercoaster tho😳
Anyway, great video, thanks Nick!
I subscribed yesterday and hit the bell and I do NOT regret it
Keep up the good work!
That last fakeout at the very tail end of the Cynthia fight, chef kiss.
Second time I’ve seen a nuzlocke where Wormadam is legitimately used. 😂
Grass is my fav type, I’ve never done a monotype nuzlocke but I always choose the grass starter in my hardcore nuzlockes and have so much fun using them in any challenges I’ve done
Wow that was so intense ! This last fight was awesome !
The reason solar beam did so little damage was because solar beam’s base power actually gets halved when under other weathers. Because of the snow warning, your solar beam had a base power of 60 instead of the usual 120
Bro, I love ur videos, just keep up the good work.
Also, a poison type run of emerald would be insane to pull off
Pretty sure the naming convention of this video is alcoholic drinks:
Bourbon, tequila, whiskey, wine, vodka
Edit: found someone who guessed it 15 minutes earlier than me
no shit (respectfully)
Let's go, Vermouth! Pulling through when it matters the MOST. hell yeah
I've been seing u on twich recently and u are very good at this type of nulockes and other even more difficult! Hope the best for u and for your future!
as a huge tangrowth fan, this video is sick as hell
Real ones know grass type is s big flex. Go off doc
Woah is this a great docZ upload
Great Video!
And I'd love to see more people doing this challenge wth Ice types only...
(for the selfish reason that a ton of my fav pokemon are ice types haha)
Well, there's a problem with that. The first available ice types in DPP are on Route 217. And for Eevee to evolve into Glaceon, you'd have to make your way to the Ice Rock to begin with.
The Vermouth of Nick is the coolwhip of Stewie I love it hahahha
3:07 why did you name bidoof that
The video IS so cool but I would like to see you try pokemon black or white with only flying type pokemon please😁
I was gonna say the same thing lol
it would be a pretty easy challenge though, Archeops alone dominates in that game and the only troublesome battle would be Elesa
Arechops would be good yet it can't do much to the water gym leader. It would be fun to watch that video
@@DabBuster Marlon's only in B2W2. Original comment specified BW.
I love all types that are rejected by humanity, like Grass Types, Bug Type, Poison Type
Loving the names of your Pokemon!
Can you please tell me why did you chose liquor theme?
you know, every man goes through this phase of his life
crazy fight, well done in the champion
Damn gg, that was a crazy win!!! I believe that was ev’s saving your butt.
This had gotta be the biggest growth in sub ive ever seen
Like less then 500 now almost 5k
Yeah I remember that I saw him at 2k last week
That final battle was really epic
I tried this challenge and I thought getting pass Cyrus and Flint alive was nearly impossible. Turns out I needed to level up a bit more, invest in speed IVs, and adjust some of my moveset. My go-to strategies were Roserade stun spore+Torterra curse sweep (early to mid game), and Stun spore to Growl Leafeon. Also, I didn't go for a Cherubi, but that Sunny Day-leech seed set up looks useful. I suppose I'll give this challenge another try soon; no deaths!
I tried doing a Nuzlocke mono grass of platinum myself. The biggest roadblock was the first Jupiter fight. Zubat and Skuntank’s speed and crits make it almost impossible to beat unless the AI is dumb and goes for poison gas. I had to restart the run six times because of her.
The best thing about these games is that they make the 10 year old investigate the bomb
I had to leave a like for tangrowth staying alive with 5 HP
The themed names are the best part of these
Nice work as always my man
Nice video! Though there were like a dozen instances in the last 10 min where you would have lost to a crit but it didn't happen :/ Crazy
Dude be growing faster than a sunny day-boosted growth
I love getting an Eevee early in a run. Unlike Diamond and Pearl. (And remakes)
Taking an eeveelution along for the run; is nice.
Nick: **calls Burmy and Wormadam a 'he**
Me: hmmm u sure bout that
Well you used solar beam in hail and fyi solar beam in hail/sandstorm deals reduced damage so your calcs weren't wrong but you just forgot to add hail into your calcs
6:30 docz: at this point I don’t have a good counter to other grass types
Me: isnt womadam bug type?
Docz: a GOOD counter
I hope that one day we get to have two all new new video games where you and your Rival in Pokemon Generation 9 can have a Tag battle against both Cynthia and also Diathia, and also against Steven Stone and Wallace, and also against Iris and Alder, and also Clair and Drayden!
run was very impressive, you're a good player
Great run man. I love your videos.
Roserade is a monster Grass type! It's fast and hits super hard with tons of coverage moves.
The power of friendship won at the end lmao
I've been here since ten subs 👀 btw
7:23
thats a lot of repels how did you get those
You know you’re on a 5k sub channel when you hear that gooood mic static
A yes Ferrothorn and Whimsicott, my fav Sinnoh grass homies
Holy shit that Tangrowth living was CLUTCH!
*Sees leafeon in thumbnail*
Welp, watching this now
Interesting that you went with an alcohol theme for the names on these guys... I like it. It's unique.
IDK if anyone mentioned this, but since Milotic was asleep it's Marvel scale ability was active, which increased defense by 50%
WE DON'T USE THE WORD ITS AS A PRONOUN IF THERE'S AN APOSTROPHE IN IT! STOP DOING THAT!
where did you get the ds I'm looking for one play platinum but i can't find one in my country
Its an emulator
@@itsluca914 where can i download
its called DeSmuME emulator, just search for it
then just search for a platinum rom and load it up
im sure there are youtube videos explaining it better
@@BobaT0 search for desmume
Isopropyl would’ve been an amazing nickname for snover
Vermouth is definitely an MVP.
Hi I just woke up and had an Idea : Onix only
Love your Videos
I love that bidoof and rival name
I loved that fake out on Milotic lol
Btw wasn’t the milotic marvel scale? The ability that makes it take less damage if it’s statused?
DocZ : all he needs is bug
Me : why would a evil team leader be using bug Pokemon
Nice hardcore nuzlocke in Pokemon Platinum Nick!
Just wondering what software you use to create your background ive been trying to create one with OBS but it looks no where near as good as yours.
That poor bidoof didnt deserve what you did to it
Vodka is 100% the MVP.
oo ok i love leafeon i hope you actually use it (only saw thumbnail)
Wow, my favorite type, on my favorite game? Thanks daddy Nick. 😍
All the recent themed nuzlockes from people have really been showing off how good natural gift is I mean it's the same in functionality as hidden power but with a different trade off
How about B2W2 with only hidden grotto mons?
This is one of the best channels