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Team 1: Leavanny / Zebstrika / Kangaskhan / Gorebyss / Mismagius / Ursaring
ban smashpass

edit: Articuno / Zebstrika / Kangaskhan / Gorebyss / Mismagius / Shedinja
lost to gurdurr rip
 
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Game 1: VENOM / Gorebyss / Ursaring / Kricketune / Fraxure / Audino
Ursaring under webs is fun n_n

Game 2: VENOM / Gorebyss / Jumpluff / Exeguttor / Fraxure / Audino
6-0 ez

Game 3: VENOM / Gorebyss / Jumpluff / Exeguttor / Fraxure / Audino
Another 6-0, ban mdino http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-244993247

Game 4: VENOM / Gorebyss / Jumpluff / Exeguttor / Fraxure / Audino
Another 6-0 this team is godly http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-244994279

Game 5: VENOM / Gorebyss / Jumpluff / Exeguttor / Fraxure / Audino
Lost eggy to offensive xatu D: http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/battle-nususpecttest-244995727

Game 6: VENOM / Gorebyss / Jumpluff / Bouffalant / Fraxure / Audino
After just joining the team bouffalant got blown back by a scarfed venoshock weezing. Gorebyss got blown away by boom weezing. http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-244997158

Game 7: VENOM / Weezing / Jumpluff / Raichu / Fraxure / Audino
Missed a sleep powder and got swept by a carracosta :[
 
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i decided to create a journey towards suspect reqs using NUzlocke teams. Here is my story:

Battle 1: Regice / Marowak / Zebstrika / Sandslash / Mismagius / Primeape

I started out as a young trainer full of reckless abandon. I decided to use "cool" and "innovative" sets like phys def regice and tail whip thrash zebstrika to no avail. I was slaughtered and had to start again

Battle 2: Swanna / Linoone / Lilligant / Electivire / Dusknoir / Prinplup

After seeing this new team, i knew that linoone was the hero my team deserved. Unfortunately I thought it was a good idea to run Memento in a NUzlocke challenge so that ended Dusknoir's run. Linoone lived up to the hype however and finished the game

Battle 3: Linoone / Lilligant / Ditto / Delibird / Rotom-F / Kadabra

It looked like the NU gods were punishing me with this next team. However, ditto was about to achieve a moxie pyroar counter sweep before running into phys def counter ludicolo. After some unfortunate hax i lost lilligant and rotom-f before Linoone was finally able to clean the game.

Battle 4: Linoone / Jumpluff / Magmortar / Pawniard / Lampent / Kangaskhan

Going up against another legitimate team, it once again came down to linoone. unfortunately missing out on a roll cost Linoone the game and once again I had to start over.

May continue my journey later, will update if I do.
 

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And so it begins.

1:

Casualties: none

This team is actually pretty legit. I went with CB Sneasel, stallbreaker Mismagius, special BP Floatzel, Expert Belt Toxic Electivire (didn't want crazy Wild Charge + Life Orb recoil because I'd like it to stick around), standard Wish/Heal Bell Mega Audino, and Stealth Rock Ferroseed. I outsped my opponent's Tauros with my Mismagius and burned it as he subbed. He then Ice Beamed by Audino and timed out.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-245156590

2:

Casualties: all

The entire team is now gone because of a lucky rain player who managed to dodge a Will-O-Wisp and get a full para that kept me from stalling the rain.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-245158722

3:

Casualties: none

Not sure what to make of this. I've got two great Pokemon that can autowin pretty much from Team Preview, especially on low ladder, but then I also have a Ditto, a tremendous Spikes weakness and a slight Stealth Rock weakness, and no hazards/hazard removal of my own. I went with Scarf Ditto, Sub SD Scyther, Choice Band Arbok to lure Grounds and Rocks for Scyther, CM Heal Bell Musharna, Toxic Quagsire, and Thunder Wave/Encore Liepard. The team ends up prevailing in a 6-0 against an unsurprisingly odd team, but at least it functioned pretty much how I intended it to.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-245162740

will continue the journey later
 

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Team 1:
Quagsire/Quilladin/Zangoose/Granbull/Weezing/Pelipper
The entire team, composed of physical titans, collapses like a leaf at the merest special attack. However, this was definitely fun, so I'm returning to the NUZlocke challenge - a sneak peek at Team 2 is below, with further details of the journey into the NUZlocke forests coming shortly
Team 2:
Torterra/Mantine/Zangoose/Electivire/Carbink/Hariyama
Match 1: Won by forfeit against a mono-Ice team once I set up SR
Match 2: Won by forfeit again, but not before I lost Carbink to an Explosion that killed nothing: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-245632725
Torterra/Mantine/Zangoose/Electivire/Xatu/Hariyama
With the new member Xatu I switched my RP Torterra to an SR Tank and continued my journey with Match 3...
Match 3: Lose Torterra to confusion hax gods, Mantine to sheer bad play and electivire to some bad prediction on a Lanturn + scald burns. The hax gods appear to have devastated my team, but the replacements look interesting
Tauros/Kingler/Zangoose/Hippopotas/Xatu/Hariyama
 
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Looks fun, I am not too good at NU, but I'll have a crack at it. Using a fresh alt called LadderingIsAmusing.

Team 1: Gorebyss / Grumpig / Linoone / Crustle / Raichu / Primeape

Game 1: Gorebyss / Grumpig / Linoone / Crustle / Raichu / Primeape
Won, but I had so many losses :(. Linoone is still here to land a sweep next game, and Gorebyss can still SmashPass. Custap lead Crustle didn't really stand a chance.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-245626099

Game 2: Gorebyss / Linoone / Archeops / Carracosta / Kabutops / Pinsir
Won again, Kabutops never got to see usage, but Linoone got a late game sweep (actually would have, if my opponent didn't forfeit). The Linoone / Gorebyss core stays strong though. I played kind of poorly, but meh, a win is a win.
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-245629766

Game 3: Gorebyss / Linoone / Kabutops / Arbok / Poliwrath / Tauros
Will take this later
 
Okay, I've done a handful of Smogon challenges and I have a question that has been plaguing me for some time that I just can't find an answer to.

The rules state that "the first Pokemon you catch is the only one of its kind you can catch on that route, no duplicates". But suppose you weren't able to catch a Pokemon on one route, but find the same Pokemon on a different route, can you try catching it again there?
For instance, you kill a Pidgey on Route 1, but find another Pidgey on Route 2. Are you still able to catch it?
 

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I've never played a NU game in my life so let's see how this goes.

Starting Team: Golem / Stoutland / Mantine / Musharna / Prinplup / Ninetales
Game 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-246873153
Golem / Stoutland / Mantine / Musharna / Prinplup / Ninetales
I might as well give up. :I

Team 2: Weezing / Stoutland / Shedinja / Liepard / Zebstrika / Stunfisk
Game 2: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-246878833
Weezing / Stoutland / Shedinja / Liepard / Zebstrika / Stunfisk
Of fucking course all the good Pokemon die.

Team 3: Torterra / Stoutland / Shedinja / Carracosta / Gorebyss / Stunfisk
Game 3: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-246885005
Torterra / Stoutland / Shedinja / Carracosta / Gorebyss / Stunfisk
A fucking Shedinja swept me. A SHEDINJA.

Team 4: Haunter / Frogadier / Audino-Mega / Lickilicky / Lilligant / Gourgeist-Small
Game 4: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-246892261
Haunter / Frogadier / Audino-Mega / Lickilicky / Lilligant / Gourgeist-Small
Not bad, lost my Mega though. :P

Team 5: Beheeyem / Frogadier / Kabutops / Lickilicky / Lilligant / Gourgeist-Small
Game 5: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nususpecttest-246895830
Beheeyem / Frogadier / Kabutops / Lickilicky / Lilligant / Gourgeist-Small
Why do I even try?
 
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GAME 1: Golurk / Lickilicky / Mawile / Swanna / Sandslash / Cacturne | (1-0, 5 KO'd) - TEAM

I haven't played NU in like literally forever, so this match was a bit of an eye-opener in terms of me remembering things like the fact that Scyther exists. My opponent showed his skill level fairly early on when I made a double from Mawile into Swanna early on expecting his safe switch into Torkoal, but he just decided to Knock Off instead which made decisionmaking easier down the road. Sandslash clutched it at the very end by not missing a Stone Edge, although I'm really sad I had to give up Lickilicky here because it'd be one of the most useful mons available to me for this type of challenge. :_:

GAME 2: Sandslash / Stunfisk / Hariyama / Floatzel / Pawniard / Uxie | (2-0, 5 KO'd total)

STATIC

GAME 3: Sandslash / Stunfisk / Hariyama / Floatzel / Pawniard / Uxie | (3-0, 8 KO'd total) - TEAM

Oops, accidentally sacked a couple pokes that I probably didn't need to, haha. Cool game tho

GAME 4: Electivire / Regice / Audino / Stunfisk / Floatzel / Uxie | (3-1, 14 KO'd total) - TEAM

This was unfortunate. I lost because my opponent used Bulk Up + Salac Sawk and my Electivire didn't roll high enough to kill, and because my opponent got a max roll on Uxie. Happens to everyone. :(

GAME 5: Vileplume / Musharna / Simipour / Grumpig / Klinklang / Haunter | (4-1, 16 KO'd total) - TEAM

100% expected Grumpig to die instantly. It did.

GAME 6: Vileplume / Musharna / Simipour / Klinklang / Mismagius / Gorebyss | (5-1, 16 KO'd)

o_k

GAME 7: Vileplume / Musharna / Simipour / Klinklang / Mismagius / Gorebyss | (6-1, 19 KO'd) - TEAM

I choked by not subbing with Gorebyss once or bothering to do calcs; I had Ice Beam as last, so that really sucks. My fault for not using Surf, either, probably.

GAME 8: Vileplume / Musharna / Klinklang / Golem / Arbok / Dodrio | (6-2, 25 KO'd) - TEAM

...

GAME 9: Vanilluxe / Quilladin / Flareon / Servine / Malamar / Gourgeist-Small | (6-3, 31 KO'd)

welcome to team "Four Fire-Weaks and a Flareon". i am actually not even going to bother giving that one a team pb

edit: i didn't even realize that there were so many on the list, holy crap. i will resume at a later time haha
 
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Team 1: Zebstrika/Snedinja/Malamar/Zangoose/Frogadier/Granbull

hydro miss cost frog but it prevented rocks, granbull died to flame body specs magmortar and didnt really have a switch as malamar was choice scarfed

Team 2: Zebstrika/Snedinja/Malamar/Zangoose/Piloswine/Mismagius

Faced a very good/ actual NU team, I had scarf malamar which is 100% shut down by quagsire. And shedinja without hazard removal is lol. Couldnt do much.

Team 3: Linoone/prinplup/mantine/quilladin/dodrio/bouffalant
Interesting team
 
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User NuzMFF reporting for duty!

Game 1: Delibird / Muk / Claydol / Kangaskhan / Stoutland / Ludicolo

My mission: Get lord Delibird out of this hell alive at all cost.

Game 2: Delibird / Muk / Galade / Kangaskhan / Stoutland / Ludicolo

I did all I could to preserve lord Delibird. All of them did. We all knew what kind of a mess we were getting ourselves into at the start of this adventure and we damn well knew that not everyone of us was going to make it out alive. rip my friends.

Number of casualties: 3

Game 3: Delibird / Rampardos / Galade / Kangaskhan / Stoutland / Jynx

I don't want to talk about it.

Game 4: Delibird / Rampardos / Scyther / Kangaskhan / Stoutland / Jynx

Mission status: FAILED
Number of casualities: 10

MFF Signing out.
 
Haven't played in FOREVER but I decided to give this a shot because it looked fun. :D

Game 1: Arbok / Zangoose / Mantine / Golurk / Ursaring / Mr. Mime
Replay: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249102379
Importable: http://pastebin.com/CSVLy93G

- I really should have lost to Cacturne, but for some reason the guy didn't Sucker Punch my Ursaring so I ended up winning pretty easily. Also I forgot that Mega Audino existed... lol rip.

Game 2: Zangoose / Mantine / Golurk / Mr. Mime / Dusknoir / Simisage
Replay: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249110136
Importable: http://pastebin.com/NcGKuPYa

- Low-ladder team, not a very hard win. Matine's getting renamed to deez nuts though cause he got em'.

Game 3: Zangoose / Mantine / Golurk / Mr. Mime / Dusknoir / Hariyama
Replay: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249116285
Importable: http://pastebin.com/7CfEvu3N

- Again another low-ladder player. Gogoat required me to sack some shit but besides that it was pretty easy. I hate how Sawk has Sturdy though, really obnoxious x_x

Game 4: Zangoose / Mantine / Golurk / Hariyama / Cacturne / Cryogonal
Replay: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249120851
Importable: http://pastebin.com/5tXaNWU8

- A better team, but the guy wasn't very good. The Cacturne was once again scary but I knew he would Sucker Punch the Zangoose so I could Quick Attack to take it out. Also he forfeited at the perfect time so I got to keep my Mantine c:

Game 5: Zangoose / Mantine / Cacturne / Cryogonal / Pawniard / Floatzel
Replay: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249125967
Importable: http://pastebin.com/LZfpqVuB

- Actual team this time lol (outside of Bidoof). Fucking Pinsir, Swellow, and Liepard are scary! Forgot Liepard has U-turn because I'm dumb and haven't played in forever. Ended up winning because of a nice crit burn on Liepard and a Stone Edge miss which let me clean sweep with Zangoose lol. Also RIP DEEZ NUTS, best team member I could have asked for <3 (Also I forgot to name Pawniard and Floatzel because I'm dumb... so sorry about that. :()

Game 6: Zangoose / Cryogonal / Kricketune / Ninetales / Chatot / Swellow
Replay: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249435301
Importable: http://pastebin.com/drBmnLTY

- Moral of this game - I'm bad. I forgot Klingklang has Clear Body so I expected Sticky Web to keep it at bay, was horribly wrong. Luckily the guy was even worse - he tricked away his Scarf when Scarf Rotom cleans my team easily, and he subbed with both Uxie and Klingklang when he didn't have the speed in order to make the sub first. Forfeit also meant I got to keep a bunch of my mons, which honestly is probably pretty bad considering how weak this team is to a bunch of stuff... Also does Uxie always run max speed on CM? Seems weird to me lol.

Game 7: Zangoose / Cryogonal / Ninetales / Chatot / Swellow / Raichu
Replay: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249440185
Importable: http://pastebin.com/fGceb1Rh

- Glad to see Raichu considering how weak I am (was) to Electric. Fucking Chatot putting in WORK with that hax... Too bad I had to sack him in the end cause of that Sawk (which I swear to god is the bane of NUzlockes everywhere in terms of killing at least one Pokemon every battle, but w/e). Also can we talk about how bullshit it is that Guts max Attack STAB Brave Bird from Swellow doesn't OHKO a fucking Scyther? I don't care if it's Eviolite or what, that should have killed... :(

Game 8: Zangoose / Cryogonal / Ninetales / Raichu / Ferroseed / Rapidash
Replay: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-250086429
Importable: http://pastebin.com/BrJ2wFDk

- RIP... This guy's AV Magmortar caught me off guard and forced me to sack Zangoose... from there I lost to Leafeon (Didn't realize Quick Attack was a move it normally had, got rekt by that shit lol.) In hindsight I should have went banded Rapidash and LO Raichu, Raichu's coverage is good and running Specs fucked me over. Fun times though, this was a super cool challenge! :)
 
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This seems interesting, I'll give it a try.

Game 1: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249153311
Piloswine / Gurdurr / Garbodor / Audino / Carbink / Xatu

Piloswine was a mainstay on my BW/BW2 teams, Audino is a mainstay on my XY/ORAS teams and Xatu is my favorite Pokemon. It almost feels like the bot is taunting me by giving me a team full of stuff I love. :^)

Fortunately they all made it through. I lost Gurdurr by mispredicting a Jynx and Carbink to SD Pinsir. My opponent forfeited with good timing, as I would have needed to sack against Swellow in order to win.

Game 2: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249240829
Piloswine / Sandslash / Garbodor / Audino / Mr. Mime / Xatu

The opponent forfeited before we chose leads.

Game 3: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249241397
Piloswine / Sandslash / Garbodor / Audino / Mr. Mime / Xatu

A clean 6-0. I think his Fletchinder was going for a Fire move on turn 2, ty for letting me take on Xatu from 100%. It feels good to use Piloswine in NU again after so long.

Game 4: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249243760
Piloswine / Sandslash / Garbodor / Audino / Mr. Mime / Xatu

The rest of the original team falls. I lost Xatu to an unexpected Facade Granbull, and sacked Garbodor to Archeops. Then I misplayed Audino hard against Exegg, though I guess Toxic and specs damage would have fucked me over anyhow. Big boi wishpassing plays and evo timing on my part :^) Piloswine sacked against Exegg with a farewell Ice Shard.

S/O to Mr. Mime for taking Defeatist Head Smash with 4% and to the opponent's RestTalk Weezing with Toxic, Return and no item.

Game 5: http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249250569
Kabutops / Sandslash / Metang / Avalugg / Mr. Mime / Dodrio (haha good luck keeping your rocks I'm behind 3 RAPID SPINNERS)

I left Metang in on Golurk like a dumb nerd lmao. After that strong start Mr. Mime and Avalugg's efforts got me another forfeit. Thanks PU lord squad!

Will probably continue later, this is pretty fun.
 
Decided to try this, started with Delibird / Ursaring / Hippopotas / Beheeyem / Gurdurr / Zebstrika and forgot to save the replay, but with a team like this, only gurdurr survived.

Second team was Gurdurr / Zangoose / Exeggutor / Pawniard / Aurorus / Gourgeist-Small
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249752002

Rip Gurdurr, you did well, I killed him by accidentally putting choice specs on rock polish aurorus and losing my sweep oppurtunity.
New team is Aurorus / Pawniard / Linoone / Servine / Volbeat / Quilladin
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249755293

Lucky 6-0 there and in this amazing replay against a lone dunsparce with no recovery
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249757801


I came up against a banded archeops and got slaughtered, end of run
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/nu-249758437
 
I just made a NUzlocke team:
Rapidash / Tangela / Gorebyss / Stoutland / Mismagius / Quagsire.
Will edit after first battle.
I'm using the alt BoltEnder.

Battle 1: Loss
I forgot to get a replay for this one.

Team 2: Zangoose / Kricketune / Bouffalant / Simipour / Haunter / Fraxure

Code:
Archeops
Gallade
Sneasel
Tauros
  Audino (Mega)
Garbodor
Kabutops
Kangaskhan
Lanturn
Lilligant
Mawile
Mesprit
Sawk
Uxie
Xatu
Carracosta
Fletchinder
Gurdurr
Klinklang
Ludicolo
Magmortar
Malamar
Musharna
Pyroar
Samurott
Scyther
Torterra
Aurorus
Cacturne
Electivire
Exeggutor
Gourgeist-S
Jynx
Liepard
Quagsire
Regirock
Rhydon
Rotom
Swellow
Barbaracle
Claydol
Ferroseed
Floatzel
Gorebyss
Granbull
Hariyama
Haunter
Huntail
Mismagius
Pawniard
Piloswine
Pinsir
Prinplup
Tangela
Weezing
Vivillon
Zangoose
Bouffalant
Crustle
Cryogonal
Golurk
Gourgeist-XL
Kecleon
Leafeon
Ninetales
Pelipper
Poliwrath
Rotom-Fan
Stunfisk
Togetic
Vileplume
  Articuno
Flareon
Mantine
Primeape
Rampardos
Roselia
Sandslash
Swanna
Ursaring
Vanilluxe
Arbok
Audino
Avalugg
Beheeyem
Chatot
Cradily
Dodrio
Drifblim
Fraxure
Gogoat
Golem
Grumpig
Jumpluff
Kadabra
Meowstic-M
Miltank
Muk
Ninjask
Probopass
Raichu
Rapidash
Rotom-Frost
Sawsbuck
Servine
Simipour
Stoutland
Victreebel
Zebstrika
Zweilous
Carbink
Ditto
Dusknoir
Frogadier
Kricketune
Lampent
Leavanny
Lickilicky
Linoone
Marowak
Misdreavus
Mr. Mime
Quilladin
Regice
Shedinja
Simisage
Basculin
Delibird
Heatmor
Hippopotas
Kingler
Lapras
Metang
Monferno
Volbeat
Vullaby
 
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Thanks to everyone who participated, another one of these might happen in a couple of months.
 
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