>>53209523>Justified in my opinion. Grinding in Pokemon is boring as fuck and the safest way to do it would be battling route 1 shit. Nobody wants to sit through thatThe point of a Nuzlocke is not to run optimized strats. It is meant to make the adventure more real by adding consequences that stick. Most Pokémon games are designed with the following in mind:
You’ll get Pokémon needed for the next challenge on your way to the next challenge.
You should expect to fight a certain number of sudo-mandatory battles based on route design that makes you choose different types of trainers and spinner risks.
If you feel the need to grind at all, you’ve messed up the spirit of the game. Honestly, we could fix all of this by making the expectation a Nuzlocke glitchless speedrun. At this point, the only YouTuber Nuzlockes I enjoy are noobs and the deathless runs which actually justify all the planning needed since you can never get knocked out.
