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Beat E4 R2 in a hardcore+ nuzlocke of Yellow Legacy hard mode. The main difference between hard mode and self-imposed level caps is that Surge's in-game level cap is 24, despite his Raichu being level 29. I added extra level caps for rival battles, battled every single trainer, and kept Pikachu on my team at all times. If Pikachu ever died, I had to reset.
It was really fun and harder than I expected. A free Staryu encounter really softens up the endgame, but I still had a lot of silly deaths. Gen 1 battle mechanics are brutal for nuzlockes.