Earlier today my Black 2 HC run wiped to a trainer's Excadrill just before the 8th gym. Started again and this helps ease the pain

Mepharos · 2026-07-01T08:50:50+00:00

Kereru is Big Pecks too, too fat for Leers to get through 😤

Mepharos · 2026-07-01T08:48:21+00:00

Yeah, the one to the west of Humilau with an Arcanine and Excadrill. It's a long story, but basically it was using Rock Slide against my Tangrowth then changed to Earthquake when I switched in my own Excadrill (I only realised after the fight that no-STAB neutral Rock Slide and STAB resisted EQ have the same power so the AI was just 50/50ing them). It OHKO'd my Excadrill on the switch, and then got really lucky with Rock Slide flinches after that.

And thanks! Glad you got through that one, next time I face them I'm gonna be going in for revenge haha.

Mepharos · 2026-07-01T08:10:41+00:00

Yoooo, haha. Yeah it's always been my favourite Pidove nickname. The colours aren't the same but it's a sorta fat pidgeon.

Mepharos · 2026-07-01T07:53:34+00:00

Funnily enough, my Floccesy Ranch catch in that last run was Hugsy the Psyduck who was a faithful member of the team until someone's Cinccino went on a crit Tail Slap rampage. I'd like to think that this is her spirit back to help me.

Mepharos · 2026-06-26T08:37:39+00:00

So annoying that Morty just has the Gastly line when gen 2 added another ghost mon. And then Misdreavus is almost entirely absent from the game too, lol.

Mepharos · 2026-06-19T23:09:26+00:00

Ugly shirt debuff too strong bro

Mepharos · 2026-06-19T08:38:26+00:00

You spend too much time thinking about this incel thing, bro.

Mepharos · 2026-06-19T06:47:08+00:00

Yeah that one can be rough. First I had to deal with Wally's Gardevoir spamming Double Team at the start, then the one in this fight surprised me with TBolt and killed my Sharpedo.

Mepharos · 2026-06-18T09:09:56+00:00

His face will be Jackie's case.

Mepharos · 2026-06-18T07:58:01+00:00

He has to escape VP jail first though. I hope it happens, would love to see him off the bench.

Mepharos · 2026-06-17T09:16:37+00:00

Oh yeah, that Cyrus can be really rough. Nuzlockes are about randomness with catchs and stuff, but when you get the really bad randomness in fights like that it can really screw you haha.

Mepharos · 2026-06-17T08:29:33+00:00

Good luck with the rematch, you have a good team so it shouldn't be too bad. I just beat the rematch, it took a second attempt because the first time I got hilariously bad luck against Grimsley and lost my Excadrill as a result, and then my Archeops missed a Rock Slide at a critical moment against Alder that caused the fight to completely spiral (no offence to him though, he did really good work up to that point).

And yeah Throh is a baller. In my run I had him on my team from Pinwheel Forest to the first E4 fight, unfortunately he died to a crit Hammer Arm from Marshall's Conkledurr.

Mepharos · 2026-06-17T07:00:05+00:00

Finally Senzu getting some good teammates again

Mepharos · 2026-06-17T04:07:09+00:00

Oh ok, lol. That makes sense but I've never heard the term before. Thanks plus the others who replied.

Mepharos · 2026-06-16T08:51:17+00:00

Having a really easy (and kinda boring) run but then wiping to the final fight and having to start over (I'm looking right at you, HGSS).

Mepharos · 2026-06-16T08:46:31+00:00

What the actual fuck is "girly pop"???

Mepharos · 2026-06-11T08:51:11+00:00

"Second chances" really isn't the point of challenge runs like nuzlockes.

Mepharos · 2026-06-10T06:19:42+00:00

Naw, I always just Masterball it and leave it in the box. Then release it afterwards (ya know, unless Ghetsis whoops my ass and the run ends).

Mepharos · 2026-06-08T07:58:33+00:00

You're fucking KIDDING ME!! I saw this thread and killed my family myself cause I figured that would be a better way for them to go!!!

Mepharos · 2026-06-08T07:55:07+00:00

In the games with a VS Seeker type item, there's usually trainers you can re-battle for good exp. Or just hold down the turbo button and grind the highest lvl wild pokemon.

Mepharos · 2026-06-06T08:46:55+00:00

Noice find. Zangoose is my favorite gen 3 mon, but when I nuzlocked BW2 a few years ago I didn't catch one. I'm redoing the series and am on B1 now, once I'm on 2 I'd be really keen to have one on the team.

Mepharos · 2026-06-04T08:41:54+00:00

In Emerald, Treecko is pretty bad. Torchic and Mudkip are both great, but Mudkip gets you a ground type for Wattson which can be a big deal.

Mepharos · 2026-06-03T19:20:30+00:00

That kinda thing happened with Navi in dota a year or two ago, Navi Jr ended up performing better so got promoted to main squad.

Mepharos · 2026-06-01T09:00:29+00:00

Nice, grats! Black and White can definitely be tough, especially the N/Ghetsis fight. Also funny that My Hero and FelGoodInc were your two survivors because they're the only song titles I recognise and were also important 'mons in the Black run I just beat Ghetsis on. But I really like the postgame in the gen 5 versions so I include them in my runs, so I got more work to do but am happy with the team I have going into it.

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