Board 8 > Hydras Blind Nuzlockes Pokemon Emerald Expert 386 -- Post for Names!

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Through Victory Road without much trouble, now just training up to face the Elite Four, who I'm sure will be somewhere in the 80s. I think I have pretty good coverage, so should be okay. No fire, so steel is about all that would stop me, but I got fighting for that.

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Good luck with the E4, I'm curious to see what nasty tricks they have up their sleeves in this game. You've got a pretty strong team built up though, so you should be fine.

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From: Murphiroth | #152
Good luck with the E4, I'm curious to see what nasty tricks they have up their sleeves in this game. You've got a pretty strong team built up though, so you should be fine.

I'm more worried about the Champion fight at the end, hah. Inevitable dragon guy could be trouble too -- you're the only guy I have with an Ice attack, and the doubles format means you'll always be at risk.

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Huh, was not expecting GTM to learn a move at level 79.

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XVI -- Through Victory Road, and final preparations

Couple reasonable trainer battles throughout Victory Road, but nothing my party can't handle. Ran into Wally again, who almost killed STAN with a Hydro Pump/something else combo that brought him to two HP, but I prevailed. Found a Psychic TM along the way. Benched ORACLEPRAM for the trip through and brought RAKAPUTRA out for Flash/Strength duties. Catch GENNY the Pupitar along the way.

After making my way to the Pokemon League, I flew back to the move forgetter and got rid of Waterfall on MURPHY and replaced it with Psychic, giving it quite the arsenal of special attacks. Gave Earthquake and Giga Drain to ORACLEPRAM, and replaced quick attack on NICK with Return. Gave Calm Mind to STAN, though I'm not a fan of bulking up so I probably won't use it. Replaced Cosmic Power, so no big loss.

Then, headed back into Victory Road to level my party up to be able to face the grind of all 4 elite four and the Champion. I figured they'd be in the 80s, so figured 85 should do the trick while not overpowering myself.

Almost lost PERIL to a critical Rollout when I wasn't really paying attention to what I was doing -- 15 HP. Fortunately Giga Drain fixed that right up...

Side note, MURPHY and GTM take a ludicrous amount of XP to level up compared to the rest, especially STAN.

The Elite Four, and the Champion, await!

Party
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Chillout
CODY the Lonely Vulpix, Lvl. 24
MNK the Relaxed Wynaut, Lvl. 25
ARTICUNO the Rash Tentacool, Lvl. 10
BOB the Docile Corphish, Lvl. 35
RYO the Timid Sharpedo, Lvl. 35
TSUNAMI the Jolly Eevee, Lvl. 40
PRINCEKARO the Brave Teddiursa, Lvl. 41
METEOR the Quiet Gastly, Lvl. 44
POKA the Naughty Linoone, Lvl. 40
RAKAPUTRA the Quiet Absol, Lvl. 45
CELTGUARD the Impish Weepinbell, Lvl. 47
BIRIBIRI the Gentle Magneton, Lvl. 40
BLAIRVILLE the Rash Torkoal, Lvl. 28
OROCHIMARU the Bashful Pelipper, Lvl. 50
MANA the Brave Snorunt, Lvl. 40
KENSHIN the Bashful Clamperl, Lvl. 22
ZEE-EX the Quirky Octillery, Lvl. 50
LICHSANDRO the Hardy Zubat, Lvl. 30
PANTHERA the Bashful Snorlax, Lvl. 50
GENNY the Jolly Pupitar, Lvl. 40

Valhalla
NATWAFAKID the Naive Nuzleaf, Lvl. 15 (Slain by May's Torchic)
GENESIS the Gentle Surskit, Lvl. 18 (Slain by Black Belt Takao's Machop)
AYVUIR the Modest Tentacool, Lvl. 9 (Slain by a devious Diglett in Granite Cave)
SIRTHOMPSN the Relaxed Magby, Lvl. 24 (Slain by May's Swellow)
KAZBAR the Jolly Groyvle, Lvl. 32, (Slain by Picknicker Carol's Murkrow)
HAN the Serious Yanma, Lvl. 27 (Slain by a wicked Wynaut on Route 114)
PIRATEKING the Gentle Xatu, Lvl. 33 (Slain by a beleaguered Baltoy in Meteor Falls)
CHUMPMONEY the Lax Gyarados, Lvl. 24 (Slain by a malicious Medatite on Route 113)
AMBER the Jolly Marowak, Lvl. 40 (Slain by Flannery's Ninetails and Torkoal)
CTES the Lonely Hitmonlee, Lvl. 40 (Slain by Flannery's Ninetails and Torkoal)
BOSHY the Bold Ariados, Lvl. 42 (Slain by Flannery's Torkoal)
JUSTIN the Gentle Machamp, Lvl. 57 (Slain by Cool Trainer Jennifer's Sableye)
SHADOWHALO the Gentle Sandslash, Lvl. 57 (Slain by Team Aqua Grunt's Camerupt)

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Party
All level 85.

PERIL the Naughty Parasect
Silk Scarf
Slash, Spore, Rock Smash, Giga Drain
HP 242
Attack 249
Defense 165
Special Attack 169
Special Defense 143
Speed 150
Total with HP: 1118
Total without HP: 876
XP 614894

NICK the Naughty Swellow
King's Rock
Steel Wing, Aerial Ace, Return, Shadow Ball
HP 261
Attack 269
Defense 224
Special Attack 172
Special Defense 174
Speed 262
Total with HP: 1362
Total without HP: 1101
XP 637117

Stan the Impish Lunatone
Lax Incense
Confusion, Rock Throw, Psychic, Calm Mind
HP 266
Attack 206
Defense 178
Special Attack 259
Special Defense 191
Speed 172
Total with HP: 1272
Total without HP: 1006
XP 491457

ORACLEPRAM the Jolly Flygon
Soft Sand
Earthquake, Dragonbreath, Giga Drain, Fly
HP 247
Attack 229
Defense 166
Special Attack 152
Special Defense 187
Speed 207
Total with HP: 1188
Total without HP: 941
XP 637140

MURPHY the Mild Starmie
Mystic Water
Surf, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Psychic
HP 208
Attack 165
Defense 162
Special Attack 266
Special Defense 164
Speed 229
Total with HP: 1194
Total without HP: 986
XP 768538

GTM the Jolly Salamence
Leftovers
Dragon Claw, Crunch, Brick Break, Aerial Ace
HP 293
Attack 306
Defense 154
Special Attack 192
Special Defense 159
Speed 229
Total with HP: 1333
Total without HP: 1127
XP 767852

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Hype!

Please don't let the E4 and Champion be lvl 100 and perfect EV+IV freaks >_>

Although... I guess that'd be Steven's domain.

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MURPHY is a beast, dat speed and special attack. Hopefully he can survive the coming battles.

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Super late tag.

Good luck!

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Dat speed of mine will be ensuring First attack on pretty much all.

Except for moves that are instantly first move.

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hype

go team!

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XVIII -- The Elite Four Fall, pt. 1

Gather up all my potions and such from the PC for healing between fights -- good thing I've been stockpiling them. Note I have four rare candies, but decide against juicing my squad.

I figure a strong starting lineup would be GTM and ORACLEPRAM... a strong single target attacker and a strong multitarget attacker.

The first foe is Sidney, who leads with level 82 (same with every other pokemon mentioned) Shiftry and Mightyena -- looks like dark type. My warriors quickly prove their supremacy, as GTM slaughters the Shiftry with a critical Aerial Ace, and a Houndoom is switched in only too be instantly killed by an Earthquake from ORACLEPRAM that also heavily wounds the Mightyena. A Tyranitar replaces the fallen. GTM eyes up this new foe with disdain, and crushes the Tyranitar with a mighty Brick Break as Sidney Full Restored the Mightyena. ORACLEPRAM unleashed another Earthquake, once again heavily wounding the Mightyena and the freshly switched in Absol. This pattern of Brick Break and Earthquake led to the crushing of the two, along with Crawdaunt. The dragons proved to be a mighty alliance. Both lost about 60 hp during the ordeal.

Entered the next room, noting the purple ground. Seemed like it would be psychic type -- dangerous, but tending towards squishy towards physical attacks. I figured the old speedy overpowering alliance of GTM and NICK would prove useful here.

I realized my mistake as Phoebe sent out her first two pokemon, Banette and Umbreon. Ghost and Dark, eh... even better than psychic. NICK quickly slew Banette with a Shadow Ball, while GTM did the same with Umbreon and Brick Break. NICK and GTM proceeded to gleefully hack apart a Gengar, Sableye, Dusclops, and Mawile with ease (note, Sableye and Mawile both had their base stats boosted to 480 in this mod). Nothing to it so far. Minor wounds were sustained by both.

The next room had an icy floor -- this one would be an easy guess, Ice! Leaving GTM in would be suicidal I feel, and NICK would surely be at risk. ORACLEPRAM also had a x4 weakness to ICE... and PERIL a x2 -- Looks like STAN and MURPHY were up.

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XIX -- The Elite Four Falls, pt. 2

My guess proved right, as Glacia sent out a Jynx and a Delibird (note, Delibird's base stat total was boosted up to 600, 100s in everything (Mew)) STAN targeted the Delibird with a Rock Throw, and MURPHY unleashed a SURF attack, which did reasonable damage to both. However, the Rock Throw missed. Jynx used a Psychic attack on MURPHY, doing minor damage that was immediately rectified by a healing Present from the Delibird. STAN's next Rock Throw did not miss, slaying the Delibird. MURPHY took a bit more chip damage from the Jynx. A Glalie replaced the Delibird. After a heated skirmish, both the Glalie and the Jynx were left slain (Critical hit from Surf finished Jynx. missed a rock throw on Glalie -- STAN didn't repeat that mistake, however, and killed it with the next)... however, MURPHY was now down in the red. The opponents were a Lapras and a Walrein... hmm.

NICK replaced MURPHY as STAN unleashed a powerful Psychic attack against Walrein, doing significant damage. However, he ate a vicious Hydro Pump that dropped him into the low red. NICK took an Iattack that dropped him to a little better than 50%. NICK landed a critical Aerial Ace that finished off the Walrein, as PERIL replaced STAN, immediately eating an Ice Beam from the Lapras that dropped him to about 30%. A Cloyster was Glacia's final pokemon. I decided to keep PERIL in, hoping that he'd giga drain enough HP from the Cloyster to survive and not wanted to risk either of my dragons, praying his knack for survival would see him through another day. NICK continued to wound the Lapras with Aerial Ace as PERIL drained the life force from the Cloyster -- not enough, however, only getting filled to the 60% range. The Lapras lined him up and unleashed... a Hydro Pump... thank goodness. One Aerial Ace and a Giga Drain later, and the ice lord had fallen. A harrowing battle, to be sure.

I entered the final room, and prepared to face what I figured would be the Dragon Trainer. GTM and MURPHY would lead this battle.

Surprise surprise, Drake led with a... Gyrados (?) and a Flygon. MURPHY quickly dispatched the Gyrados with a Thunderbolt, while GTM narrowly missed out on a one hit Dragon Claw kill on the Flygon, leaving it with what must've been sub-5HP. The Flygon responded with some piddly attack that left GTM in the green. Kingdra replaced the Gyrados. Switching up targets, MURPHY annihilated the freshly full restored Flygon with an Ice Beam, and GTM heavily wounded the Kingdra. GTM ate a Hydro Pump in return. A Dragonite swapped in, and was immediately scoured from the skies by an Ice Beam. GTM had apparently had enough of that Kingdra, as he slew it with a critical Dragon Claw. The final two foes were a Salamence and a Altaria. The Salamence met with the same fate as his Flying/Dragon cousin, freezing midair and shattering upon impact with ground due to MURPHY's pinpoint Ice Beaming. GTM wounded the Altaria, and took a wound in turn, dropping yellows. No matter, as MURPHY continued his cold blooded Ice Beaming, finishing the battle... certainly earned his keep there.

The Elite Four had proven quite easy with the exception of Glacia... how will the Champion fare against my well trained squad of slayers? I used up most of the remainder of my potions to heal up, and prepared to face the final challenge.

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lol Santa XD

Around 80? Not too bad.

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Awww yeah, MURPHY earning his keep.

Your writeups are great, BTW.

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From: Murphiroth | #166
Your writeups are great, BTW.

Thanks.

I've been out playing poker and drinking fairly heavily, so I should finish this off tomorrow. My luck's been bad enough tonight, and there's no bluffing in Pokemon (well, against AIs at least)

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Sorry to anyone else who's following -- another night of boozing (hey, it's the weekend) means another non-writeup.

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lol, Critical hit to save the day.

Just my style.

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Tonight.

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It's alright... if you cut off a Hydra's head it grows back thrice as much. By that same logic, if Hydra cuts himself off from this Nuzlocke for a while, when he returns he should have thrice as many updates!

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He's been on recently too!

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