#AsciiMon Alpha

[midnight-coffeebreak]

gonna try to start posting about my Alpha Sapphire Nuzlocke I mentioned earlier

it's actually going decently! I'm having fun with it, despite a couple deaths that affected me

here's the rules I'm following, the rest will be under the cut (and future posts will be tagged with #AsciiMon Alpha)

So here I am, starting an Alpha Sapphire Nuzlocke. it's the easiest game to Nuzlocke according to the internet, so what's the worst that could happen :)

he didn't know what would happen later on in the run

so I got my Mudkip, named him Pringle, and the run officially started! ...and then I realized I didn't get pokeballs until later, so I had to backtrack a bit when I did (apologies for not having many screenshots from Early Run)

first encounter that wasn't my starter was a Zigzagoon! I named him Utz, like the chip company. it goes with Pringle, ok

this is also around the time I created The Graves for my dead Pokemon to go into. Surely nobody major would end up there, right? RIGHT!?

eventually on Route 102, I got a Poochyena that I creatively named Shadow. "ooh, what a nice early game encounter!" I thought, before I immediately encountered a Ralts that I could no longer get because Nuzlocke Rules.

back on track, Route 103 gave me Bloop the Wingull! a Pokemon I would come to rely on later in the run

then I met Wally, and saw him get his Ralts, still salty that I didn't have one myself.

after knocking out Rival May, Route 104 got me Pollen The Wurmple, which I was super happy about! Pollen grew to be another pokemon I'd rely on for kills

and then I entered Petalburg Woods, and kept getting dupes for a solid 5 minutes. I kept searching, briefly interrupted by the plot, until I finally found Onion the Slakoth. I never used her. I did so much searching that Pollen actually evolved into Cascoon lmao

(she's still rotting in my boxes)

Route 116's encounter was a Whismur, a find I was super happy about! ...until I immediately killed it trying to lower its health. BUT WAIT, IN RUSTURF TUNNEL, I ENCOUNTERED ANOTHER WHISMUR. AND IT'S TECHNICALLY NOT DUPE CLAUSE BECAUSE I KILLED THE LAST ONE. also I felt nice to myself, so I caught him immediately and named him Xilent (after an EDM artist I like). Xilent went on to also be nicknamed "The Fucking GOAT" because he would tank a lot of hits for me

"this is a really nice team I've got going on! surely we won't lose anyone soon-"

and then Shadow died to a random trainer. our first death of the run (tbh I didn't really feel anything beyond "WELL THEN...")

"BUT SURELY NOBODY IMPORTANT WILL DIE LATER!" those are special surprise words that'll help us later!

Pringle evolved into Marshtomp, and it was time for Roxxane, the first gym of many! to be honest, very clean sweep. I just ran in with Pringle and Xilent, and the first badge was ours with no deaths

took Brawly down easily too, and it was off to Granite Cave to meet up with Steven. in there, I encountered an Abra that I immediately threw a pokeball at... and then it teleported away, making me lose any future encounters

onto Route 110, that encounter was caught! welcome NomNom the Gulpin to our team! surely with him on the team, we can take down the random Team Aqua Grunt encounter coming up, right!? They have a Carvanha, but I'll tank it with Xilent!

...I think this screenshot from when I was live-texting my run sums this up perfectly

YUP. XILENT TANKED A HIT, I TRIED TO HEAL, AND THEN HE DIED RIGHT AFTER. MY SECOND DEATH OF THE ENTIRE RUN, AND IT FUCKING HURT. MY FAVORITE TEAM MEMBER, JUST GONE FROM A GRUNT BATTLE.

getting forcefully sidetracked by Lisia, I got a Cosplay Pikachu that I named Purin. honestly a great free pokemon to get, seeing as she's Level 20 and has three Electric moves

I thought my run was going great! and then May asked to fight me. this fight... oh my god this fight... it almost killed the run.

I lead in with Pollen the Beautifly, "he has Absorb and an Oran Berry! surely he'll survive this fight-" he tanked a Rollout from May's Wailmer, living on 15/51 HP. me, being stupid, thought "NAH, HE'LL LIVE! Pollen, use Absorb!" ...Wailmer got to attack first, and used Rollout again, killing Pollen. my first full evo, and third death of the run. another death that really hurt; I wanted Wurmple for so long, only to see him die at his final evo TO A WAILMER SPAMMING ROLLOUT.

"s-surely Bloop the Wingull can carry the rest of the match!" Bloop got one-shotted by the same move that killed Pollen. only four pokemon left, and I was losing hope. I brought out Pringle as a last ditch effort, and he managed to win the battle. we beat May, but with two deaths that really hurt.

I got Mini the Maril on Route 117, but that encounter wasn't enough to help me cope with the loss of Pollen and Bloop

and that's where I stopped playing for the day. food was coming, and it was getting late.

the current team is looking good though! I'm amazed that I've kept Utz the Zigzagoon for this long. the rest of my team is pretty good too, mainly NomNom the Gulpin and Purin the Pikachu

I'll probably continue playing when I get home. wish me luck on the run!