Black Nuzlocke

started 13/11/22

Gen 5 is my least favorite generation by far. I don't care for most of the Pokémon, or the region, really, as I recall. But I do love N. And I'm hoping Nuzlocking it will make me fall in love with my stupid dog.

In an interesting turn of events, I have all four gen 5 games. I've picked Black because Zekrom seems more suited to N.

Current

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Tepig, charging forward.

Baji the Tepig

lvl5 F Hasty
Nuvema Town
Snivy is my fav gen 5 starter, so we're goin' Tepig!

Patrat, keeping watch.

Timon the Patrat

lvl3 M Quiet
Route 1
Missed opportunity for Puumba the Emboar but I'm gonna box the rat asap anyway.

Lillipup, coming through.

Poppy the Lillipup

lvl7 M Brave
Route 2
High hopes for the pupper.

Leader Cress


2vs2 lvlCap 14
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Actually wiped me out the first time. Restarted and leveled better and he still brought them both to critical. I didn't take the monkey on account of I really don't like 'em.

Purrloin, slinking about.

Matches the Purrloin

lvl8 F Modest
Dreamyard
I don't hate the cat, but she's already been boxed for being useless.

Pidove, head empty.

Marmu the Pidove

lvl9 F Lax
Route 3
Love rl pigeons, I think I can find it in my heart to love this ugly little guy too.

Roggenrola, ambling.

Goro the Roggenrola

lvl10 M Mild
Wellspring Cave
hhhhhh I almost repelled to find a Drilbur but I took a chance on Woobat. And so, stuck with the rock.

Did you know the yellow bit is an ear?

Herdier, looking stern.

Poppy Evolved!

Not nearly as cute anymore, but this boy is carrying the team.

"For ages, they have helped trainers raise Pokémon." oh T_T

Pignite, tackling a tree.

Baji Evolved!

Hopefully this will help with the constant almost dying.

Spoiler alert: it didn't.

Leader Lenora


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Poppy did alright but Retaliate really fucked Baji up, even without the double BP.

Pignite, tackling a tree, greyed out.

RIP Baji

lvl5-17
Murdered by Lenora's Watchog
A shame to lose my starter so early, but she was having a real hard time taking hits.

Sewaddle, being baby.

Seth the Sewaddle

lvl15 F Hasty
Pinwheel Forest
This is my baby and I love her.

Man, I talk a lot about gen 5's shitty dex but Sewaddle is perfect actually. (And surprisingly strong. I'd assumed they were Caterpie equivalent.)

Swadloon, grumpy and sleepy.

Seth Evolved!

I love my blanket child so much. Grumpy teen is one of my favorite genres of Pokémon.

I lowkey kin Swadloon.

Leader Burgh


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A scary crit took Poppy to 1 HP but other than that, no problem.

With the Bianca fight in the Route 4 gatehouse, that makes three mentions already of the dangers of battling indoors. I can't think of this ever being mentioned in another gen. Why is this a running theme?

Sandile, excited about life.

Lyle the Sandile

lvl15 M Modest
Route 4
No strong feelings on the man, but I appreciate his type coverage.

Sandile, excited about life, greyed out.

RIP Lyle

lvl15-18
Murdered by a rando's Timburr
"Hmm he's at 50%, should I switch him out? Nah, ground's not weak to fighting." I forgot about dark ;_;

Whoops. Gave Poppy Dig to compensate.

Sigilyph, using Gust.

Laputa the Sigilyph

lvl20 M Quiet
Desert Resort
What an ugly guy. Almost died to Sandstorm cause he didn't wanna stay in the ball.

I don't want for psychic coverage, and his movepool isn't doing anything cool, unfortunately. Boxed.

Boldore, ready for battle.

Goro Evolved!

Still ugly, but he's definitely pulling his weight. And he's about to destroy Elesa.

Yamask, looking lost.

Spears the Yamask

lvl20 F Rash
Relic Castle
A neat little guy, nice to have a ghost. But I think I'm guaranteed a Litwick encounter later and I know which one I'd prefer.

Yamask is cute and sad but Cofagrigus doesn't do much for me (plus I don't need anymore physical tanks).

Tirtouga, swimming through coral.

Cassim the Tirtouga

lvl25 M Hardy
Nacrene City
I do like the turtle. And it's nice to have a water attack.

Like I said, physical tanks all the way down.

Yamask, looking lost, greyed out.

RIP Spears

lvl20-20
Murdered by N's Scraggy
Had to switch Marmu out (because I forgot Roost takes away flying type ._.). Wasn't expecting Feint Attack. OHKOed her.

Leader Elesa


3vs3 lvlCap 27
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Holy shit Volt Switch. If I was the sort to restrict healing in nuzlockes this would've ended me. Wish Lyle was here.

Leavanny, looking back.

Seth Evolved!

I prefer Swadloon but who am I to hinder her emotional growth? (She comes out of her shell when she evolves by friendship?? T_T)

Minccino, playing in water, greyed out.

Missed Minccino

Route 16
Marmu critted them. I dunno why I didn't switch out my Super Luck Scope Lens bird for this but here we are. I'm not too upset, honestly.

Cottonee, vibing with flowers.

Lede the Cottonee

lvl20 M Quiet
Lostlorn Forest
I do like Whimsicott (particularly post-fairy, I'm heavily biased), but boxed for now.

Trubbish, enjoying her trash.

Cali the Trubbish

lvl19 F Quiet
Route 5
Cute, but she'll probably be switched out soon for stat reasons.

Ducklett, happy dancing.

Lily the Ducklett

lvl24 F Hasty
Driftveil Drawbridge
Not much to say about the duck. We won't see her again unless something terrible happens.

Vanillite, cold and sweet.

Froyo the Vanillite

lvl24 M Quiet
Cold Storage
I don't particularly like Vanillite & co., but I'm glad I didn't miss what I assume is my only real chance for ice to Timburr.

Foongus, in the underbrush.

Emil the Foongus

lvl23 M Docile
Route 6
Pokéball mimicry confuses me, evolutionarily speaking.

Pidove, head empty, greyed out.

RIP Marmu

lvl9-29
Murdered by a gym bro's Drilbur
my baby

Leader Clay


3vs3 lvlCap 31
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We were killin it til Froyo got outsped and one shot. I, uh, forgot ice is weak to rock.

Vanillite, cold and sweet, greyed out.

RIP Froyo

lvl24-31
Murdered by Clay's Excadrill
All those levels for naught.

Stoutland, not backing down.

Poppy Evolved!

Still a beast, now with extra mustache.

Joltik, charging up.

Jo(lene) the Joltik

lvl25 F Naughty
Chargestone Cave
Too small, too cute, not Klink. What more could I ask for?

I know it's probably the same as always (which is to say, too high) but holy fuck the spawn rate in caves fucking sucks. This is absolutely miserable. I would kill for a cleanse tag.

Deerling, in the winter quiet, greyed out.

Missed Deerling

Route 7
Sad. I'd've had a hard time fitting them on my team, but I love Deerling.

Litwick, in a creepy park.

Thomas the Litwick

lvl28 M Quirky
Celestial Tower
There he is. I worry about him. A lot of the team's kinda glassy.

Leavanny, looking back.

RIP Seth

lvl15-34
Murdered by a rando's Sigilyph
Not my girl D: This is what I get for watching TV while nuzlocking.

Well, there's room for that Deerling now.

Leader Skyla


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Was worried Jo was gonna go the way of Froyo, but Poppy was already overleveled to put in. She pulled through tho.