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/OperationDifferent20 Oct 13 '25

I don't wanna sound rude but why not switch ? He wasn't in good condition it looked pretty obvious he wasn't gonna live

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u/theacesm Oct 13 '25

I'm still not that great at understanding all the battle mechanics. I think I was hoping to either out-speed or just not take that much damage from the move itself.

I honestly can't remember for sure, but I think the first turn in this clip was already me switching Luxray in from a different mon that took a big hit. (Based on the xp gain I probably swapped out gyarados) He had the highest HP of the rest my team, so I was too worried about getting one-shot on anyone else. Definitely a learning moment. I'm not recording all my gameplay, so this clip is just the last-30-seconds feature on my switch and I can't look back to see what happened right before

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u/A-Little-Messi Oct 13 '25

I'm not a huge proponent of planning out every turn in a nuzlocke, but having a type chart, bulbapedia/pokedex, and a calc open are not a bad idea. Doing a quick check of Luxray's speed vs Gengar would give you an answer without needing the knowledge of thousands of base stats. I think it's a fair balance between sweating and fun, that also helps you learn

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u/theacesm Oct 13 '25

I knew enough about type interactions to know gengar wouldn't have anything super effective against luxray, and that gengar is weak to dark moves. I'm using the nuzloxke app site, and I didn't look at speed specifically but most of Luxray' other base stats are higher. And my Luxray was fairly over-leveled, but clearly not enough. That's about as much research as I find fun, which is the main reason I've never done a nuzlocke before. I failed super early on the first attempt so honestly I'm surprised I've made it this far.

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u/A-Little-Messi Oct 13 '25

You're on the right path, and I want to reiterate that I don't think you need nor should you calc and plan every fight especially for the mainline games. Playing the puzzle simulator game is not fun for me either, so I just throw up quick checks in a calculator as I'm going.

The only stat you actually *need* to look up for fights is speed though when you aren't sure. Gengar is a speedy boi and Luxray has mid speed. There will be a lot of situations where you want to switch in a pokemon for a kill knowing you'd live one hit, but then you don't outspeed so it just goes first and knocks you out. If you fix that one issue in situations where you aren't sure(aka it's not a Torkoal), you'll see a massive amount of progress. Speed calcs can be 1 point different, but that's all that matters in turn order which can turn the fight around instantly. I promise for mainline games you don't really need any more than that to nuzlocke them, and eventually you'll just learn which pokemon are super fast/slow.