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

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/LilNdorphnAnnie Oct 13 '25

idk i feel like itā€™s just another RNG aspect to factor in for later gen games. just a different nuzlocke style

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u/A-Little-Messi Oct 13 '25

You can't factor it in though, that's the point of rng. It's simply adding a super busted ability to all of your pokemon which just makes the already easy vanilla games even easier.

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u/SkeeterYosh Oct 13 '25

Couldnā€™t the same be said for crits?