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Anonymous Tue 23 Oct 2018 07:05:53 No.36817081 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>36817432 >>36817476 >>36817832 >>36817942

>NPC Run (no relation to the shitty meme)
Rules:
>Start with one early-route Pokémon
>Style set to "Set". No Switching in battle
>Team has to be themed after a trainer class
>Can't use items in battle
>Team can't have pseudo legendaries or regular legendaries
>Can catch one Pokémon after the second gym and one after the 5th gym. No other Pokémon can be used in battle. The Pokémon can be caught any time after their respective allowances.
You may pick from one of the following exceptions to these rules:
>Start with a second early-game Pokémon
>Can switch Pokémon once per major battle
>Use one item in each major battle
>Capture a pseudo legendary as one of your two captures
Optional Rules:
>Movesets consist of the newest 4 moves a Pokémon has learned. HM and TM moves not allowed outside of HM slaves
>HM slaves not allowed (clearly not possible alongside the previous rule)
>No held items
>Have an "ace" Pokémon that can only be called out after the rest are defeated

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Oct 2018 09:47:51 No.36817432 Report

Quoted By: >>36817811

>>36817081
Sounds really not fun to be honest

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Oct 2018 10:05:20 No.36817476 Report

Quoted By: >>36817811

>>36817081
>Dude I use these hitmons it's so fun to be forced to grind forever before any major battle

The usual restrictions are just as fine and let you any pokémon you want. SM and specially USUM get surprisingly hard on set, no exp share and no being a little faggot who goes back to the pokécenter after every fight.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Oct 2018 10:21:17 No.36817504 Report

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>Monotype Run
>Pick a random type out of the Pokemon types that can be found from the starting town to the first gym
>You can only play Pokemon of that type
>Bonus rule: Attacks your pokemon knows can only be of that type (exception for HM slaves)
>Variant Rule: Pick any type, but you must transfer in a Pokemon at the earliest opportunity if you can't catch one before the first gym battle.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Oct 2018 12:34:11 No.36817811 Report

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>>36817432
>>36817476
To be honest, I was tired as shit when I wrote that out. The original idea was solely the immense Pokémon restriction, but I added a bunch of filler rules for no real reason.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Oct 2018 12:46:27 No.36817832 Report

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>>36817081
t. NPC

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Oct 2018 13:42:59 No.36817942 Report

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>>36817081
Found the NPC

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Oct 2018 13:57:40 No.36817987 Report

Quoted By: >>36818038

>Shitmon Run

>only use Pokemon within a combination of the lowest (unofficial) Smogon tier and its respective ingame tier list on Smogon (with the exception of certain Pokemon such as Wobbuffet, Shedinja and Slaking because you can still easily abuse the AI with them)

Example: https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/rby-lower-tiers-rby2k10-tierlist.3520428/

and

https://www.smogon.com/forums/threads/pokemon-rby-in-game-tiers-mark-iii.3479999/

Basically you can only use Pokemon that are both in the lowest tier, and in mid tier and below in the ingame lists.

>No items in battle (because what would be the point of using shitmons if you're simply going to spam revives and full restores)

>Style to Set

>cannot be above the Gym Leader/Totem's/Champion's level (cause just like with items, what would be the point of using shitmons if you're simply going to level up)

>No legendaries, obviously (because even if something like Silvally or Regigigas is in the dumps, it's "overwhelming stats" can still be too much for the AI to handle)

any other rules are optional.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 23 Oct 2018 14:00:36 No.36817999 Report

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What if we play according to the ideals of our lord and saviour N?

>your starter is your "translator"
>you use it to recruit other pokemon, but never to fight trainers

>for each badge, you may only use local pokemon, meaning pokemon from neighboring routes and locales
>one per route, but it doesn't have to be the first one you meet
>you release everyone except your starter when you reach the next town

>if a pokemon faints, you have failed to take care of it, and must heal it, then release it
>if you lose every pokemon except your starter, you fail the run, and have tainted N's ideals

>for the E4, you may emulate N's champion team. You may recruit six new pokemon from anywhere you'd like, but only six
>if they faint, release them
>if you lose all six, you fail

So basically a nuzlocke with local flavor.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 23 Oct 2018 14:11:33 No.36818038 Report

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>>36817987

Also you can use Pokemon like Diggersby and Azumarill (Pre Gen 6) because its pretty obvious they would be shitmons without Huge Power, and the Pokemon must be able to reach a fully evolved state (with also the exceptions for Pokemon that cannot reach their fully evolved state like Pikachu in Yellow because it can't evolve at all, Onix in FRLG because it literally can't evolve without the National Dex, Zweilous in BW(2) because of the overleveling rule and Dusclops in ORAS because you can't obtain the Reaper Cloth until postgame, for examples)

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