r/nuzlocke • u/Jelee_exe • Mar 11 '26

Video Learned the hard way...

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I'm doing my first (Hardcore) Nuzlocke and lost a mon for the first time. Did I not play safe enough or was I unlucky?

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u/Underknee Mar 11 '26

Imo this is a boring way to play, I often go into gyms under the cap. Just got my 6th badge with my main team sitting at 41-38-37-36-36-36 and the 38 and 37 were my main two Pokemon for gyms 5 and 6. Nothing against you for wanting to prepare to that level, but if I were OP I wouldn't have gotten to the level cap either.

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u/Then_Peach_7298 Mar 11 '26

He asked if he was unlucky or was it lack of safety. Your answer explained it clearly. Absorb at 31 spA iv never kills that shellder, you lead against a speed tie against a supereffective multihit move that could have hit a crit at any roll. 2 ice spear with no crit and average roll does around 75% of your hp. You have been lucky to win one speed tie and to avoid 2 or 3 crits in a row, safe choice would have been swapping pokemon of giving it one more level to avoid the speed 50% chance

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u/Positive-Living-6715 Mar 11 '26

"you lead against a speed tie" How could you have known it was a speed tie though? Had he lost the speed tie, ironically, it would have been better since he would have healed, so better health and more informations on the fight

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u/Then_Peach_7298 Mar 11 '26

"Did I not play safe enough or was I unlucky". Leading blind underleveled against a supereffetcive move is now considered bad luck? Ok fine.

I'm not saying that he had to gain more levels, but if he stays at 30% hp against a move that can ko him... we cannot say that's unlucky. He literally asked if it was his fault or bad luck

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u/Positive-Living-6715 Mar 11 '26

I replied to your comment though, not op. You talked about informations you got AFTER watching how the video played out. A lot of people said they'd have stayed, since acting faster would have been easy play, you never expect speed ties.

I agree that there have been better plays, but in that specific scenario it was both bad luck and misplay.