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A year or so back I played a Red version nuzlocke on the virtual console. It included one of my most difficult rulesets - set style, no healing items EVER (no not even during the Elite Four). And yet, it was a completely deathless run! I don't know if that magic will ever happen again, but it was a great run!

And a great team! I tried to use Pokemon that I'd never used before (except my starter, since I've used all Kanto starters at some point). Somehow I'd never gotten around to using a Jolteon nor an Arcanine up until this point, despite those pokes being fan-favorites. The Mew I used was not through the Mew glitch. It was an event Pokemon that was available in Japan for the virtual console, and I couldn't pass up using an actual legitimate Mew in a run.

So here is my champion team:

Sakura the Venusaur, lvl 66, mega drain, growth, leech seed, razor leaf

Choco the Wigglytuff, lvl 67, toxic, rest, body slam, bubblebeam

Oshou the Farfetch'd, lvl 67, fly, slash, sword dance, cut

Eon the Jolteon, lvl 67, double kick, thunder wave, thunderbolt, pin missile

Hanashi the Arcanine, lvl 67, hyper beam, dragon rage, flamethrower, dig

Myuu the Mew, lvl 68, rock slide, softboiled, ice beam, psychic

Some game notes if you're interested:

- This was a Japanese version of the game. "Oshou" is the nickname given to the traded Farfetch'd in Japanese. I couldn't nickname Mew because it was an event Pokemon, so they were stuck with the Japanese name "Myuu", which is basically the same thing.

- "Hanashi" means "toothless" in Japanese, so yes, I named my Arcanine after the dragon from How to Train your Dragon.

- This was one of the first times I tried out other battle strategies since I COULD NOT HEAL. So I had to use moves I'd normally pass up on, like stat-boosting moves or healing moves.

- Myuu helped a lot during the E4 when I had restricted all healing items. I taught them Softboiled, which can be used out of battle to heal your other team members at the cost of the user's HP. By using Softboiled wisely, I could redistribute some of the health throughout the team during gameplay. I really made use of their ability to learn all TMs and gave them various moves for type coverage.

- Oshou the Farfetch'd was surprisingly helpful. I taught him Sword Dance and he swept through a lot of teams with that. At one point, however, I forgot about the traded Pokemon not listening to you thing, and I did some gameplay out of order, so when I went to go battle Erika, he stopped listening to me mid-battle and I got really confused for a second. Luckily, his move pool was decent enough that he still beat through most of Erika's team despite not listening to me half the time.

- Choco was your classic toxic-rest stall Pokemon.

- I can see why people like Jolteon and Arcanine. Eon was a very versatile speedy attacker, and Hanashi was friggin BEAST!!!

- I love the Bulbasaur line and even though I decided to use Pokemon I'd never used before, I had to give myself my favorite starter. I for once utilized "Growth" to boost Venusaur's special stat, which with Gen 1 mechanics, is really OP.

- As my first (and probably only) deathless nuzlocke run, and due to the fact that I used a bunch of fun Pokemon that I'd never gotten to use before, this playthrough will always have a special place in my heart.

Description
A year or so back I played a Red version nuzlocke on the virtual console. It included one of my most difficult rulesets - set style, no healing items EVER (no not even during the Elite Four). And yet, it was a completely deathless run! I don't know if that magic will ever happen again, but it was a great run!

And a great team! I tried to use Pokemon that I'd never used before (except my starter, since I've used all Kanto starters at some point). Somehow I'd never gotten around to using a Jolteon nor an Arcanine up until this point, despite those pokes being fan-favorites. The Mew I used was not through the Mew glitch. It was an event Pokemon that was available in Japan for the virtual console, and I couldn't pass up using an actual legitimate Mew in a run.

So here is my champion team:

Sakura the Venusaur, lvl 66, mega drain, growth, leech seed, razor leaf

Choco the Wigglytuff, lvl 67, toxic, rest, body slam, bubblebeam

Oshou the Farfetch'd, lvl 67, fly, slash, sword dance, cut

Eon the Jolteon, lvl 67, double kick, thunder wave, thunderbolt, pin missile

Hanashi the Arcanine, lvl 67, hyper beam, dragon rage, flamethrower, dig

Myuu the Mew, lvl 68, rock slide, softboiled, ice beam, psychic

Some game notes if you're interested:

- This was a Japanese version of the game. "Oshou" is the nickname given to the traded Farfetch'd in Japanese. I couldn't nickname Mew because it was an event Pokemon, so they were stuck with the Japanese name "Myuu", which is basically the same thing.

- "Hanashi" means "toothless" in Japanese, so yes, I named my Arcanine after the dragon from How to Train your Dragon.

- This was one of the first times I tried out other battle strategies since I COULD NOT HEAL. So I had to use moves I'd normally pass up on, like stat-boosting moves or healing moves.

- Myuu helped a lot during the E4 when I had restricted all healing items. I taught them Softboiled, which can be used out of battle to heal your other team members at the cost of the user's HP. By using Softboiled wisely, I could redistribute some of the health throughout the team during gameplay. I really made use of their ability to learn all TMs and gave them various moves for type coverage.

- Oshou the Farfetch'd was surprisingly helpful. I taught him Sword Dance and he swept through a lot of teams with that. At one point, however, I forgot about the traded Pokemon not listening to you thing, and I did some gameplay out of order, so when I went to go battle Erika, he stopped listening to me mid-battle and I got really confused for a second. Luckily, his move pool was decent enough that he still beat through most of Erika's team despite not listening to me half the time.

- Choco was your classic toxic-rest stall Pokemon.

- I can see why people like Jolteon and Arcanine. Eon was a very versatile speedy attacker, and Hanashi was friggin BEAST!!!

- I love the Bulbasaur line and even though I decided to use Pokemon I'd never used before, I had to give myself my favorite starter. I for once utilized "Growth" to boost Venusaur's special stat, which with Gen 1 mechanics, is really OP.

- As my first (and probably only) deathless nuzlocke run, and due to the fact that I used a bunch of fun Pokemon that I'd never gotten to use before, this playthrough will always have a special place in my heart.