JCJ's Crazy RandomLocke

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Backtrack

I thought I would backtrack and fish in towns/areas I had been in before to try to find my 6th pokemon. Unfortunately that was actually only Petalburg and Route 115. In Petalburg it was  Wynaut. I killed it by accident / on purpose. I should probably stop doing that, as it might have been good. I need to remember this is a Randomlocke.

On Route 115...



Annoyingly it only has Ice moves, and i already have an ice pokemon. Could be better.
Off to Slateport. First, Route 109 Fishing:



That'll do, but Metang kinda covers that too. I'll hold off leveling him till I pop my head into the next area.

So this happened. The text of the Move Tutor said it was Mega Kick...



And then, fishing in Slateport..



Interestingly RNG chose to give it an ability it can already have. Could be cool having access to serene grace moves that wouldn't usually apply. Like its current Sludge Bomb.

Route 110... FINALLY! a pokemon who fits into my team!



Cool. Time to do a bit of grinding before continuing, I don't want to be blindsided again. I think lvl 22 is a good aim for now.

once that was achieved...



A Wild May appeared!



Not a good start, i'll need to switch. Lanturn made short work of it. the expected Lombre was next, i switched back Ariados and OHKOed with silver wind. After that:




OH NO!... but wait... all is not lost. How did Machop die? HYPER BEAM. 150 Attack Power, and Machop was clearly level below 25. The first, and probably last lucky recipient of my Epic Death clause.
Still was pretty scary before I remembered that. Metang polished off the recharging Tauros.

Killed Route 118's Psyduck. Keep forgetting I'm supposed to not kill things sometimes.



Wally, don't be as painful as May's Tauros... everyone is over level 25 now...

Ok, that was anticlimactic. He had one pokemon, a level 16 sunkerrn. And I started with Snorunt, so that was fine.

Before taking down the gym, I'll zip into routes 117 and 111 to train on trainers and try to not kill Nuzlockers.

Route 117 yielded one of my favourite pokemon, despite it actually being fairly bad...



Then, on route 111 these guys:



left machop (why is it always machop?) looking like this:

Still it survived. Route 111 south's Nuzlocker is...



Now THAT is a nice replacement for lanturn, should I ever need one. My backup squad is taking shape, time to go for Gym #3....

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Wattson

Come on you spiky haired pensioner, show me what you got!



Gonna have to switch on that, Snorunt isn't durable, and machoke could throw a nasty punch.



Metang took a Sky Uppercut to the face, but it did low enough damage for me to risk staying in to Luster Purge... Dead Machoke!



Next match could be a tricky one, so i went with neutral damage and hope for some resists. Thunder Punch and Volt Tackle did the job leaving Lanturn at about half health. i decided to swap him out to face...



Xatu went first with Aeroblast (ouch) and took Snorunt to yellow, but responded with a OHKO ice beam. Wattson's final poke was...



Annoying as all hell, using Rock throw, causing Ariados pause for thought:



Less than half HP, so I risked staying in for another hit.



WHAT WERE THE CHANCES of a DARK GHOST pokemon having Rock Throw... AND ROCK SLIDE?



at this point I had to send in an injured poke, because machop and vigoroth had no moves it wasn't immune to. Metang had the best chance but was also my most valuable pokemon, and i didn't know Sableye's other 2 moves. I decided to risk lanturn. Hydro Pump missed the first time, but Rock Slide hardly touched the flashy fish, so i stayed in, and finished off Wattson's ghost. GG Wattson, gg.

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Highlights

Numel up to replace Ariados (which is nice, because i can't friggin spell the latter).

I'm going to be brief, unless something exciting happens.

Fiery Path: Golduck (could have been Celebi. Damn)
Route 112: Altaria (cool)
Route 113: Slugma

I somewhat limped into Falarber Pokemon Center after yet another tough Doubles battle, I didn't catch a screenshot of the fight, but it was the last of a long route, and involved a Kyrogue and a Gyrados. I struggled because I left Lanturn in the box for HM Slave Sealo. This is as the team looked just before i healed up:



But then... Route 114...



Moves ain't amazing, but my first Nuzlocked Legendary, so i'm calling it a win.

Meteor Falls: Doduo

Now... BOSS FIGHT!



His Umbreon lvl 24 bit the dust early, but he was following up with Milotic, and lanturn was damaged from grunts. i decided to risk him though. OHKO with Volt Tackle, but teh recoil put him into teh Red, so switched to Machoke for Porygon.

Next up, Gym #4

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Flannery



Should be simple. he hit Numel harder than expected, but wasn't crazed.



Roxanne flashbacks. randomlock wants to give me a last feeling of ease before everyone is fully evolved at lvl 30.



Yup easymode. Sorry guys, might not need popcorn for this one.



Meh. TM 50 was Extremespeed though so that's cool. Night all!

[Manuel]

so lucky getting a vigoroth: slaking is a 670 base stats, more than most legendary pokemons, without truant nothing can stop him

[Submachine]

I noticed that you are not giving nicknames to your pokémons, and I wonder if it's intentional or you just forgot to add it. I'm also wondering if you are using any healing items in battle, because it's not stated in the rules, but you didn't use anything to heal your Loudred back when he was fighting against Mew.

So, the Bug Catchers around here are doing well for themselves nowadays aren't they?

This was golden. xD

Overall, you have pretty solid team choices, lot of interesting pokémons. I'm starting to get why RandomLockes are so popular.

[JonathanCrazyJ]

It's so ingrained in my muscle memory to cancel name-giving when I catch a pokemon I have always failed at that aspect of a Nuzlocke. And no, no items allowed in battle

And yeah, Slacking will be more OP than Pure Power Loudred I think, especially with Double Team and healing.

[Ginyu]

Just imagine Slaking was the one with Pure Power...

[JonathanCrazyJ]

What Next?

Just a quick post before Gym #5 to fill in the gaps:

Desert:



Mirage Tower: Killed a Bagon, oops.

Mirage Tower Fossil:



HOW DOES A MASSIVE STOMACH FOSSILIZE? Do Swalots even have bones?

Ah well, off to see Daddy Norman.

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Norman



Nice simple first matchup



OH SNAP! That's more like it!
P.S. Camerupt is OP. Took an Iron Tail like a boss (30% damage) and OHKO'd with Fire Punch. WITHOUT HANDS.



Daddy's bringing some big-guns. Swapped out Camerupt because if Sceptile has an OP move he'd be faster, and I'm happier to lose Snorunt than Camerupt.



He started with Ingrain, was almost OHKO'd by Ice Beam, but he did go first, so could still suffer a big hit.
Nope, Needle Arm, hit for about 40% damage.



I could have used Camerupt, But what's life without Jeopardy?



Mega Kick missed, Thunder Wave. Machoke's Marvel Scale gives him 50% Defense, which is useless, but cool. Scaley Machoke.



Thunder, and Fully Paralyzed. Yup, too much jeopardy. Besides, this is why we carry an earth pokemon. Switchy time.

Camerupt Soaked Thunder and Thunderbolt, and OKO'd with Mud Shot.

Daddy are you proud now?

[JonathanCrazyJ]

Swim Swim

I was planning on skipping posting about the 'Mopping up the Surf Areas' Part of the game.

But then I lost Snorunt to a swimmer with Relicanth. Ancient power Triggered Stat Increases and i wan't paying attention. RIP Snorunt. Also, I went a bit silly and turned Sealo into an HM slave (I have Full HM Compatability selected, though won't use the good ones on pokes that can't already learn them (EG no Surf on Butterfree) but means I can slave easier.
Decided that, as my only Ground Super-Effective is also weak against ground, plus I lost a super effective against flying, I'd go with lilleep. Damn, I was looking forward to using Gailie.

Once I swam through to Slateport i poked my head into Route 134 and got:



Weird ability, kills the STAB but also lets him wall most things that aren't super effective against themselves.

Mauville Power Plant: Electrode (how thematic) with awful moves and Run Away ability. The following 2 pokemon i ran into there were Deoxys and Moltres.

Ran into Shiny SloBro when leveling up lileep, but sadly had to kill it cause Nuzlocking.



Route 119 had a nondescript Ponyta for the box.

[JonathanCrazyJ]

The Long Road

The Weather Institute yielded Loatad instead of Castform, and then a wild may appeared.



Still only 3 pokemon, that's lame. Doduo, Beedril and Ludicolo all got rekt.

In Foretree City I used the Hidden Power tutor to teach Hydro Cannon to Camerupt, because that amused me.

Route 120 on the way to get the scope from Steven, Route 120 gave me a Goldeen.
Once I had the scope, It was time for Gym #6...