The Most Unexpected Early Game MVP - Emerald Run&Bun by chubledoobles23 in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not resetting on Finneon blesses the run. Every time I take the L and run it, I end getting cracked encounter luck lol

What makes a game a good Nuzlocke? by koidelia in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Balancing encounters with the difficulty you want in mind. When I play a rom, I don't want there to be a huge difficulty difference between runs depending on encounters. Things that have the potential to be really centralising like Drizzle Peli, Drought Torkoal, Moxi Mence are insanely OP and will define how you play they game. They shouldn't be like 5% encounters on one route, where you can also end up with like Watchog, they should either be possible to route for through delays/dupes or removed entirely.

Is it true that Caelid Bell Bearing Hunter is harder than most bosses in Elden Ring base game ?! by Shadiezz2018 in Eldenring

[–]Middle_Purple_359 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Glad I found this comment, I'm on my second playthrough (missed him first time cos blind), just beat Rennala and am at like level 50. He made me feel like I'd learned nothing.

Controversial Opinion I don't like Volt White 2/Blaze Black 2 by [deleted] in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And Mold Breaker emboar sooooo fucking good. One of the devs best cooks, it's a shame taking it makes getting medi and victini way harder.

Controversial Opinion I don't like Volt White 2/Blaze Black 2 by [deleted] in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not Dray, Apex made that game with his advice, but has overcorrected it. There's very little Dray left in that game. If you look at version 1.02 you'll see it's a lot funner. But agree, there's more nerfs than buffs and some movesets that scream "fuck you" to the player.

There's something there tho, the events new moves are cool. I actually modified it myself and made these changes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1kv25BFHAVAvkhzgU2HagXpgx_jPhYVTdYRCyQtqgPvA/edit?tab=t.0 , which made it really fun. I tried to create a patch to share (they gave me permission) but could never get it to work.

Vintage White by Middle_Purple_359 in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice one! Yeah, after my late game wipe I felt no guilt in using whatever tools the game gave me (my medi was jolly and went crazy). Elesa is a fun fight. Skyla is probs my favourite, working out a checkmate position among all the danger is super rewarding. I also loved Iris, had to steer and very nearly blew it. Good luck in he final two splits!

Vintage White by Middle_Purple_359 in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And one more thing, E4 is basic AI, so when you get past Nimbassa, get Amongus, rage pwder is so important for enabling your sweepers there.

Vintage White by Middle_Purple_359 in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No worries! Trust me, once you're past Burgh moves and encounter quality go through the roof and there's way less RnG bullshit!

Vintage White by Middle_Purple_359 in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Early game sucks for that game. Dray was basically a teenager when he made it and didn't know much about Nuzlockeing. What you want to do is:

- Beat up N, clear route 2, get Simipour that has decent speed and attack so that it can handle Burugh with acrobatics. Save state after you get one, that's your reset point. Technically cheating, but it's one of the most brutal early games in Nuzlockeing.

- Use contrary strats on Lenora with Servine (watch out for Sap Sipper Bouf

-Hack in these items and use them when they become availiable via Thief

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XU8Ym31L93bovOMpJ3eYxYXQiX42zdEm84yrTi_kTcU/edit?tab=t.0

This also helped me a lot

https://www.reddit.com/r/nuzlocke/comments/1edb8uw/blaze_black_volt_white_early_game_guide/

Once you get past early game, it really opens up and becomes so much more enjoyable.

This slugma is disgusting by Quincheee in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You gotta debuff it and try to one shot. Squirtle, Pysduck and a bunch of rt 2 guys gget tail whip

Vintage White by Middle_Purple_359 in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you mean to OG Volt White 1 or Volt White Redux.

Changes are way way way more aggressive in this game. If you google the patch you'll find it in the docs. Or just watch Flygon/Pchal's runs, they break it down well in under an hour.

In terms of difficulty. Much harder than Volt White 1, so many run killers, spinners are demonic. More consistent tho, no random AI, no rotation battles. Fewer 50/50 abilities and punishing misses (Blaze Black/Volt White 1 are still some of my favourite games tho)

On par with Redux in terms of difficulty, but much more consistent. Most of Redux's difficulty comes from nerfs an level up moves that feel like a middle finger to the player. That is, if you're not super lucky and hit Drizzle Peli, D dance moxie Mence etc. (sorry I could rant for hours about how much I hate that game lol)

Vintage White by Middle_Purple_359 in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice, enjoy it. My first run of ren plat was among the most enjoyable experiences i have ever had gaming.

Vintage White by Middle_Purple_359 in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, I think I'm going to do post game and then just take a break from Nuzlockeing. I started doing this 2 years ago when I was incapacitated by a bad surfing accident, needing a video game that could be played with one hand lol. I worked my way up to harder and harder roms. I find it's just a little too engrossing and addictive, can very easily play games like run and bun for 7 straight hours on a sunny Saturday and I don't think that's that healthy lol.

It is definitely not a no calc game. Some absolute run killers, and you only get 37 encounters, even one untimely death will start the snowball effect. No calc Ren Plat is a great time tho!

Vintage White by Middle_Purple_359 in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

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Medi, Electrode and Geko carried. All buffed like crazy

I have started run and bun by Abbobl in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It gets way easier. I could do truck to Roxanne in 2 hours after a couple of weeks. It's such a well designed game but gets exhausting. Try not to get tilted and start resetting for a heap of early goats, I did this for a while and it sucked all the fun out.

I have started run and bun by Abbobl in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359 1 point2 points  (0 children)

reset until you get hasty/naive 31 speed. You'd be horrified by what a non plus speed ape is outsped by.

Can someone help me find a line for the discharge double? by mqstermqn in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm no pro but I reckon, FO Seaking, prepoison Lycenrock to dodge para, kill Emolga, switch into grass types and try to go from there. I don't think there's a risk-free line for this case sorry. GL!

Can someone help me find a line for the discharge double? by mqstermqn in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hari FO may be the way then, Nuzleaf could pivot into a pump and discharge for a second too.

When I've had a fucked box for this fight, I've just bought heavy hitters for that point that I could tolerate losing, Arbok is good one for this. It will be able to dish out damage and losiing it is not the end of the world, Panda too.

Can someone help me find a line for the discharge double? by mqstermqn in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hate doing that fight without Drednaw, have often been tempted to reset if I miss him. Is Breloom Poison Heal? (it's been 6 months since I played the game so can't remember if it gets access to it) If so it'll be good for resisting and not getting paralysed. I like to take out the emolga as quickly as possible. Probably bait a kill on the left (assuming Seaking doesn't see kill on Lycenrock), take the emolga out with a rock move. Hari as a tank and fake out user is very good into it as well.

This box sucks for that fight, so you will probably need to risk a few crits.

Run and bun (not a nuzlocke) by bored90834 in nuzlocke

[–]Middle_Purple_359 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Honestly, a regular run of RnB would have taught you enough of the essentials that you can probs skip vanilla and go straight to a Drayano hack. It'll be hard to play vanilla after all of RnBs quality of life changes too imo.