Board 8 > Alright since everyone and their mother is doing it, Saphire Nuzlocke.

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bospsychopaat
02/29/12 7:17:00 AM
#101:


Onwards we go!

Blackhydra manages to win a battle of attrition with a stubborn Milotic and then Ayvuir gets embarrassed by a Castform.
A Castform, people.

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Castform

Perhaps it isn't too big of a loss.

I further through the route since I feel like my pokémon are a bit too underleveled and I want to catch a few new pokémon to see if I get anything good.

Route 121 nets me:
PIRATEKING, the naughty Shuppet!

Then in the Safari Zone I avoid all the grass and use my bike to catch:
Boshy, the Phanpy!

Hurrah! Really glad that it didn't run away. Boshy looks like a prime candidate when I'm in need for a ground type but I really need some coverage against water so he goes in the box for now.
Pirateking gets in, especially since the first team has been suffering some casualties the last updates.

Articuno and Hideto both evolve making me feel a lot less uneasy in using them. Thinking of buying a leaf stone I head to the department store. And there she is, the killer of Wazzup. This time, I'm prepared and Blackhydra beats her up. Of course I realise as soon as I enter the store that they don't sell any stones.

The Team

DANTE the Combusken, Level 34, Male, Blaze, Careful, Route 101
BLACKHYDRA, the Gyarados, level 31, Female, Swift Swim, Impish, Route 106
GENESIS, the Lunatone, level 30, Levitate, Timid, Meteor Falls
HIDETO, the Grumpig, level 32, Female, Own Tempo, Careful, Jagged Pass
ARTICUNO, the Gloom, level 26, Female, Chlorophyll, Rash, Route 119
PIRATEKING, the Shuppet, level 26, Insomnia, Naughty, Route 121

The Bench

PRAM the Beautifly, level 12, Male, Shield Dust, Sassy, Petalburg Woods
SCUD the Dustox, level 27, Female, Shield Dust, Relaxed, Route 102
CODY, the Golbat, level 22, Male, Inner Focus, Sassy, Granite Cave
CTES, the Numel, level 15, Female, Oblivious, Bashful, Fiery Path
RYO, the Lotad, level 16, Male, Rain Dish, Modest, Route 114
BOSHY, the Phanpy, level 27, Male, Pickup, Gentle, Safari Zone

The Fallen

POKA, the Plusle, level 13, Male, Plus, Serious, Route 110
Died from internal bleeding caused by a headbutt from a wild Zigzagoon on route 110.

MUDDERS, the Tentacool, level 15, Female, Clear Body, Careful, Route 107
Was crushed by a Mud Shot by May's Marshtomp on route 110.

SHADOWHALO, the Roselia, level 24, Female, Natural Cure, Naughty, Route 117
Didn't survive a critical headbut from Youngster Neal's Linoone on route 113.

CATA, the Loudred, level 25, Male, Soundproof, Jolly, Route 116
Eaten alive by Maxie's Sharpedo on Mount Chimney.

WAZZUP the Linoone, Level 28, Male, Pickup, Sassy, Route 103
Shot by May's Marshtomp just before Fortree City.

WICKLE, the Manectric, level 30, Male, Lightningrod, Serious, Route 118
Got rocked by an earthquake or an arial ace by Winona's Alteria depening on in which alternative reality you're living.

AYVUIR, the Trapinch, level 29, Male, Arena Trap, Impish, Route 111
Got hit by a critical weather ball by a freaking Castform of all pokémon.

The Crudely Photoshopped Bonus Pictures:

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The List:

Mr.378
mnk
Grand Kirby
Lavalord
Orochimaru_Fan (--> Orochimaru)
mccheyne
TsunamiXXVIII

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GenesisSaga
03/01/12 4:20:00 PM
#102:


Yay!

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GenesisSaga
03/03/12 6:59:00 PM
#103:


Still alive.

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Peace___Frog
03/04/12 8:57:00 AM
#104:


pictures make this the best nuzlocke I've read in a long time

add Peaf to your list!

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bospsychopaat
03/05/12 3:44:00 AM
#105:


Back on the road in Lilycove City, but I'm a little concerned about my levels. They probably should be a bit higher for a Nuzlocke run, but I'm not feeling much for grinding so I embark for Mt. Pyre. The Pokémon tower only harbors more Shuppets which ensures I won't be catching any of them. Too bad! But on the mountain itself I encounter Mr.378 the Vulpix. Hopefully I won't be needing him since Dante has been great so far.

Team Aqua proves no match for Hideto (who's been surprisingly great so far) and we continue along south since we're needed in Slateport for advancing the plot. Unfortunately I get careless or severely overestimate Pirateking and a surprise faint attack ends his participation in this run. I have to say, I'm learning a lot about my lack of knowledge of types and possible movesets, the standard game seems now even easier than it did before. Boshy gets the place on the team.

That said, I encounter no more problems (and get giga drain, which I'm not using yet) and make it to Slateport. I have no flyer yet, so I have to backtrack the entire way. I'm glad I had to since I forgot about Watson and the power plant rip-off. In the building I encounter MNK the Voltorb! Hooray, something that can kill water types! (Articuno doesn't have a grass attack.) Still, I'm keeping him on the bench so far since he's so frail and that isn't such a good thing to be in a Nuzlocke.

Back in Lilycove I make my way to the fantastically well-hidden Aqua hideout and they don't pose to much of a threat but I somehow manage to get Articuno killed. Oops. But if I have to be honest, the only thing I can thing off is that I didn't use Giga Drain on him. Didn't really have time to bond. MNK has the best typing and I'll really need him for the 8th gym. EXP share all the way!

Anyway, Team Aqua gets beaten but manages to get away, etc. So I set out for the great beyond. The great beyond doesn't net too many pokémon at first but the haul (so far) is:

Grandkirby the Wailmer
Lavalord the Wingull

Hurrah, a flyer! Prepare to sit safely in a box while you serve as a taxi, Lavalord. Also, the first name is really fitting, the other... not so much.
I pretty much kill my chances of catching anything else on the routes, but then again I don't think I could have caught anything new there. Well, besides diving...
I also went to the Shoal Cave, a cave which I never even found before I saw it on bulbapedia a year ago or so, and caught Orochimaru the Spheal!
Sorry Genesis, you're benched for now.
I also check out the abandoned ship (should have waited until I could use Dive) and get a new rod (as evidenced by the capture of Grandkirby).

Some training later and MNK is now an Electrode, Dante a Blaziken, Boshy a Donphan and Orochimaru is a Sealeo. But we still have some more training to do before we attempt the gym.

For now, let's all remember the ones who helped us getting here, at this beautiful service:


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The Team

DANTE the Blaziken, Level 36, Male, Blaze, Careful, Route 101
BLACKHYDRA, the Gyarados, level 35, Female, Swift Swim, Impish, Route 106
HIDETO, the Grumpig, level 35, Female, Own Tempo, Careful, Jagged Pass
BOSHY, the Donphan, level 31, Male, Sturdy, Gentle, Safari Zone
MNK, the Electrode, level 36, Static, Calm, New Mauville
OROCHIMARU, the Sealeo, level 32, Female, Thick Fat, Impish, Shoal Cave


I updated the rest but I'm only going to post it once in a while since it has gotten a bit too big, but with three new first team members I felt I at least needed to post the party list.

Oh, and thanks for the comment Peaf, and you, Genesis, for the bumps, I really appreciate it and I'll try to update more regularly!

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Pram_the_Oracle
03/05/12 3:54:00 AM
#106:


XD

The service

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GenesisSaga
03/05/12 7:26:00 AM
#107:


That pic is so excellent

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bospsychopaat
03/06/12 4:55:00 PM
#108:


Played some (got all the badges) but I'll update later since it's 2 AM now!

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Peace___Frog
03/07/12 6:41:00 PM
#109:


bump?

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bospsychopaat
03/09/12 4:33:00 PM
#110:


I have a whole day tomorrow to come up with something else for the picture instead of pokémon on ice skates (battling Wallace).

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GenesisSaga
03/11/12 4:26:00 PM
#111:


:(

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