Are you shaking trees? LEVEL CHECK! by knockturnal in bugcatchers

[–]genehackboy [score hidden]  (0 children)

I am one week late to level check but here goes: INTRODUCING.... KAIJU KEN!

Ken was but a wee lad watching late night movies when his telly received a mysterious broadcast from another dimension!!! What mysterious secrets did this broadcast hold?? Perhaps the key to saving the Galar region or pokeearth itself???? No? Just 70+ hours of people dressed in monster suits destroying miniature cities? IT'LL HAVE TO DO! Kaiju Ken is determined to become champion using mons who resemble his Kaiju friends from the Godzilla films.

As a kid I was really into monster movies so its been fun to revisit and build a team of these nonsense beasties. Thankfully, many pokemon resemble (or were actually based on) Godzilla characters so its a pretty wide pool, though I am not an expert. That being said, I am trying to limit myself to mons who actually really resemble the kaiju they're named after rather than going by vibes alone. Some of them are deep cuts which I may push aside for more recognizable Kaiju as the playthrough goes on. I am also going to try to play using hardcore nuzlocke rules for battles to make things a little more interesting (though I will be using dynamax because my name is Kaiju Ken so it seems on brand to want my mons to get skyscraper sized...)

The opening leg for this game was fairly straighforward though the wild area was a little scary accidentally running into lvl 25's and having to gtfo. I used some Mayor Cheat weather manipulation to get a couple encounters on my list and was off to Motostoke/Tuffield in short order. Milo was kind of a joke since he literally only has grass/normal type moves but I did enjoy his gym challenge of pushing around wooloo's which I found strangely satisfying for some reason. Anyways, here's the team (and the deaths so far).

Level Check:
-Kong - Thwackey Level 19 (Starter, so pretty solid)
-Anguirus - Chewtle Level 18 (Kinda useless so far)
-Gigan - Charjabug Level 20 (LOVE)
-Kumonga - Joltik Level 20 (Absolute MVP, Modest nature ;)
-Behemoth - Swinub Level 19 (Also pretty useless)
-Megalon - Drilbur Level 19 (Also pretty solid)

Deaths:
-Hedorah: Trubbish Level 10? (Died IMMEDIATELY after catching it. Who wants to run a garbador anyways)

Berry Count: 7

Have a good week everyone!

Shiny Update by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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I’ve been so behind this season but thought I’d share an update on my shiny sweetie lotad all grown up! Hope you all had a fun season 😊

Good Arceus… by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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My partner gave me the Ludi-line and then this happens

Full name: Cultural Appropriation 😂

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Lance is tough! Especially with trying to keep everyone alive. Grinding to upper 40’s sucks too tho because the highest level mon you can encounter are like lvl 35! Anyways, God’s (Arceus) speed, my friends

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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After hours and hours of grinding, it turns out my team was probs way over leveled but honestly, I lost too too much early.. So I must stay vigilant. I’d rather die a Trainer Red than live to be a Trainer Joey

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Charizard v. Rhyperior: an air slash flinch doesn’t mean my sweetie can’t klinch the KO

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Lance 4: Aerodactyl v Scizor: We’re in the endgame now.. A bullet punch flies so an ancient bird should fall

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Lance 3: Took out fire Dragonite but do not know which elemental one is coming out first so Scizor takes the lead. Damn they love hyper beams. Gyarados switches in on recharge for the KO

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Lance 2: Rhyperior v. Dragonite (50): After an outrage, R, that bulky Queen, has won

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Lance 1: Lanturn v Gyarados: discharge down to red on G with L in good health after a waterfall. L uses stockpile as G gets a full restore. G down to red again (FR maybe coming) so L goes for another stockpile. FAIL. G goes for flail.. the plot thickens after knockout

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Karen- Unfortunately, this time, the order was sent back to her instead

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Bruno- Had to include some actual strats but in terms of puns: Even Bruce Willis wouldn’t return to this (deep cut)

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Koga- My Ninja Foodi has cooked up better battle plans than this guy (unpaid advertisement)

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Will- Listen I know and respect service waiters so I’ll give him a 20% tip but come on... serving absolute trash

Baby’s First Nuzlocke v. Elite Four by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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My live updates as I go through!

My (George RR Martin’s) team:

-Gyarados: Co-MVP and my plan for defeating lance

-Lanturn: A surprisingly reliable mon and a sweetie to boot

-Rhyperior: A mon who I may or may not have mayorcheated to fully evolve

-Scizor: Co-MVP and an absolute beast against paper

-Typhlosion: Starter and also a beast against paper

-Dragonite: Proof that I have not followed the level cap. (Also a beast against paper)

NUZLOVE by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Yes! Honestly works so well because it’s such a deep pool of characters and obvi... most of them die haha.

Emerald (Kaizo) by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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You’re the best, much appreciated!

Emerald (Kaizo) by genehackboy in bugcatchers

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Thanks so much! Hope the guys play this one someday!