Pokémon Sword Hardcore Nuzlocke - GHOST Types Only! (No items, No overleveling)

Can I beat a Pokemon Hardcore Nuzlocke challenge in Sword and Shield using only types?

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Nuzlocke rules:
Fainted Pokemon must be permanently boxed
Only the first encounter on any given route may be caught (dupes clause)
All pokemon must be nicknamed

Hardcore Rules:
No items in battle (only held)
No overleveling the next gym leader

#pokemon #nuzlocke #challenge

[Maria.Annette]

Ghost is my flat out favorite type, so it can be hard to pick just one favorite, but I absolutely love Froslass. Dragapult, Mimikyu, Chandelure, Trevenant, and Aegislash joined Froslass as my personal team for my Ghost only run of Sword.

[stevejobs]

As a hardcore Gen 5er, Chandelure is my favourite ghost type, followed up by Aegislash (because it carried me through a Reborn ghost monorun)

[gijsvollebregt]

The naming convention is probably old run names, as ghost types are technically dead Pokemon

[aohl_game]

Pumpkaboo is amazing with eviolite as stall
It can learn painsplit, leech seed for stall and as offensive capabilities it has its signature move Trick-or-Treat witch gives the opponent the ghost type and it learns foul play which can come in handy against Pokémon with high attack

[maniakalvirgo]

I have the feeling that all those nicknames are from past pokemon who died in other nuzlockes

[Nicholas]

My sadness at you not using Runerigus is immeasurable however it was an amazing run either way.

[LightStalker]

Just thinking about Gen 2 vs. Slowpoketails in curry, firstly, I almost never do it because it makes me a bit uncomfortable, but more importantly, if you read between the lines a bit, it makes some sense. The Slowpoke in Azalea Town are central to a big part of their culture, so Team Rocket chopping off their tails would be very upsetting to them, especially if they’re available legally elsewhere. Kind of like “well, I know we have tree farms, but I’ma make my cupboard out of a chunk of this super sensitive ecosystem.” I’m not in any hurry to use the tails still, (seriously, Pokémon made me a lot more understanding of vegetarianism and the like) but that’s just a theory…
A SOMEHOW LEGALLY DISTINCT FROM GAME THEORY!

Oh right, also, Dusclops, due to Mystery Dungeon nostalgia. Fighting Rayquaza isn’t a fun prospect for a Machop, and Duskull being able to learn Ice Beam helped a lot. Then, once the team was max leveled, I let them wander, like usual. Eventually, Dair (like Dire, that’s teenage me’s naming conventions for you) wandered alone into an “all the dudes drop from the ceiling” monster house. So Machamp me starts stomping toward the room, but then, just as I get there, Dair just calmly saunters out of the now empty room, damaged but fine. Dusknoir’s still really cool, but Dusclops has that whole “I just swept that ambush room myself” thing on its side.

[razzberysmoothie]

The nicknames are the first deaths in some of your nuzlockes
My favorite ghost type is probably Mimiku. It’s so cute!

[Gwynbleidd]

Almost 150k subs already for Miss Unova! This is why Antlerboy is the G.O.A.T love all your content and the commentary is insanely good

[stinos]

For the Hop fight after the 5th gym, you could've evolved your yamask into runerigus: it can tank crunches from boltund due to its massive defense and hit both boltund and heatmor for STAB-super effective damage with bulldoze or the like.

[ceruleanlovegood]

Mismagius, Dragapult, Aegislash, Decidueye, and Mimikyu are my favorite ghost types!

[alonelywitch]

I’ve binged your content AntlerBoy, and I gotta say, you’re easily my favorite nuzlocker. Absolutely hilarious in a fast paced manner while summarizing the gameplay makes for stellar content!

[princeapoopoo]

Oh hell yeah, a Nuzlocke of my favourite Pokemon type posted on my birthday! 💜 My favourite ghosts are Drifloon, Aegislash, Decidueye and Dragapult.

[UnexSpecter]

I’m pretty sure the theme is Pokémon of previous runs that were fainted

I remember Onion was the DP ground type run, Sinner was BW ghost type run, Monaco was SM flying rum, Rapunzel was SM fairy run, Gemini was ORAS psychic run, Okie Dokie was SwSh dragon run, and Skeleton was the XY ghost run, and Coconut was from the SM bug run

[casengood]

I have a feeling that the name theme was Pokémon that died in previous nuzlockes, the nincada was named coconut which dies in the Flying type in Ultra sun

[quanghiendo]

Antler: monaco will be deathfather
Also Antler: monaco is the MVP of the run

[jackfakefrost]

the naming theme was a tough nut to crack at first but i think Okidoki! gave it away. from what i can tell, its names youve used before, specifically names for pokemon who died during the run

my favorite ghost has to be gengar, i just love its ominous grin! it reminds me of my favorite fairytale character chesire cat♡ dragapult is also dope tho :D

[prettybadgamer]

Ghost is actually one of my favorite typings, so it is hard for me to pick a favorite. I would say it is a three way tie between Aegislash, Gengar, and Cofagrigus

[Quaxl]

Dude, you win my heart with your comedy. I'm a big fan of censored/edited swear words and that 'Funny enough' joke was one of the best ones I've ever heard.

[theburningfalcon]

Dragapult is also my favourite ghost type (love the design, fun to use, and, you see, to be the best way to be a parent you gotta y e e t t h e c h I I d e n.) But chandellure is a very close second (purple and black fire is pretty, the anime handles it and its pre evolutions great, and legends arceus has officially emoutionly scared me)