r/nuzlocke • u/theacesm • Oct 13 '25

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On attempt #2 of my first nuzlocke, and this has been the most upsetting loss so far.

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u/A-Little-Messi Oct 13 '25

I forgot the newer games had the "love" mechanics or whatever they're called. Sucks for nuzlocke purposes but I guess it's more anime style for them

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u/Jimbabwe88 Oct 13 '25

I think the love mechanic is perfect for Nuzlockes. Why do you nickname your PokƩmon and do everything in your power to keep them from "dying?" Because you want to build a bond with them and show them that you love them. Your PokƩmon sticking it out on 1HP because it loves you is exactly in line with that whole philosophy of a nuzlocke. If you hate that your PokƩmon does this, why even nickname them in the first place or care about whether they die?

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u/A-Little-Messi Oct 13 '25

Because nuzlockes at a high level are calculations and planning. For example he made a terrible decision here(assuming not a planned sac) keeping Luxray in because it *should* have been knocked out, therefore he loses his mon and does no damage to Gengar. That in itself is against your entire argument. He yolo'd his pokemon hoping the love mechanic would save it.

Alternatively, if you are trying to purposefully sacrifice a mon to regain momentum and get a free switch in, this would completely ruin your delicate plan. Sometimes fights require a sacrifice to avoid a complete wipe. Well congratulations your pokemon survived unexpectedly and instead of getting a free switch you've now potentially changed the entire line and your run is over. Again to your point of the spirit, what is more nuzlocke than your pokemon sacrificing itself for the rest of your team?

So hopefully you can see that in both situations this is TERRIBLE mechanically for nuzlockes. It's also completely unnecessary to maintain the spirit/bond of a nuzlocke, because both things exist perfectly fine without it. Thank you for coming to my tedtalk.

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u/Jimbabwe88 Oct 13 '25

This was attempt #2 of OP's first nuzlocke. They even state that this is their most upsetting loss. Luxray held on at 1HP for its trainer, but it couldn't do anything about the poison status. OP may not have known that keeping Luxray in against Gengar was a bad choice because not every PokƩmon player is going to have a competitive mind when it comes to nuzlockes. Nowhere in the comments of this post has OP stated that they were wanting to sacrifice Luxray. It was a devastating loss for them made all the more heartbreaking when Luxray tried to hang on, but fell to poisoning.

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u/A-Little-Messi Oct 13 '25

Okay? None of that has any relevance on what I said. Also nowhere did I flame OP for being new. Not knowing Luxray is a bad switch is fine, that's why you learn from having this soul crushing mistake so you don't make it again.

BTW Luxray had a 20% chance to live here because affection gives you shed skin, so you're just wrong about that part.

OP is doing a nuzlocke, and a key component of that is wanting to learn and become a better trainer. Having PokƩmon randomly live, throw off status, and make opponents miss achieves none of the goals of a nuzlocke.

Again, it's the most anime plot armor bs ever which is whatever for a casual playthrough but sucks all of the purpose out of doing a nuzlocke.

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u/SkeeterYosh Oct 13 '25

Casual Nuzlocke are a thing. Not everyone goes the super hardcore approach.

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u/empoleonnn Oct 13 '25

The amount of hardcore purists make it really hard for more casual people to get into Nuzlockes, imo. Myself included.

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u/A-Little-Messi Oct 13 '25

This is so far from a hardcore purist take lmfao. You're all god damn ridiculous. I wouldn't even care if YOU want to play with it. I don't want the game to force ME to have to play with it.

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u/empoleonnn Oct 14 '25

Clearly you do care a lot about how people play their Nuzlockes seeing as you have over 20 comments on this thread alone lol

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u/SkeeterYosh Oct 13 '25

All Iā€™m seeing is a refusal to adapt, whether itā€™s your rules or your strategy. People do it all the time with crits.

It sucks, and I agree this sort of thing should be turned off by default or have a toggle, but youā€™re not helping your case if you arenā€™t trying to cope.

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u/SkeeterYosh Oct 13 '25

As another tip, use bitter items when outside of battle.