"Completed My First Nuzlocke!"

I've completed my first ever Pokemon nuzlocke! I played Alpha Sapphire and my friend did an Omega Ruby nuzlocke with me.We stuck to the three basic rules and also played with the duplicate clause, pinwheel clause, and shiny clause. We also modified the nickname rule so that we would nickname each other's pokemon(except for our starters and a few other exceptions).Here's an overview of what went down:1st Gym:I had chosen a Torchic which I nicknamed Chocobo and had your pretty standard team up to the 1st gym, a Zigzagoon named K.P, a Wingull named Nigel, a Shroomish names Pilz, a Poochyena named Shenzi, and a Taillow named D.J.(which happened to have Boomburst because it was a DexNav encounter). The first badge was an easy win with Pilz securing the victory.2nd Gym:Nothing eventful except for meeting Steven at Granite Cave, where I caught a Zubat named Echo(I'm not gonna go over all of the pokemon I caught but never used because frankly I can't remember then all). Nigel led us to our second badge.3rd Gym:Moving on to Slateport, me and my friend did the contest here(we ended up doing a contest in every city that had a contest building), and somewhere along the way my friend lost his first Pokemon, a female Wingull named Chica. When I battled Team Aqua at the Slateport Musuem I also lost K.P to a Carvannah's Assurance.Moving onto Mauville I caught a female Electrike which my friend had me name Zenesha. Since we were playing ORAS I was excited because I would have another mega on my team(I got the Manectice shortly after getting my bike in the city). I was a bit worried about this gym since two of my teammates has electric weaknesses so I went for just hitting Wattson's pokemon hard. No losses there and I had Zenesha take up the now vacant spot on my team :D4th Gym:It was a long trek to Fallarbor, and my catch on the ashy route was a Sandshrew I named Mint in honor of my first ever shiny. Once I got to Mt. Chimney I defeated Shelly and Archie no problem and went to get my fourth badge in Lavaridge, which was a breeze considering that Nigel had recently evolved.5th Gym:Me and my friend were nervous about our bout against Norman, and rightfully so. Although we both chose Torchic, Norman's pokemon were bulky and could hit hard. But, my friend's Combusken(nicknamed Tuck)had actually evolved while he was battling the gym trainers. Should've been a breeze for him, right?WrongTuck fell during the gym battle and although he won without anymore losses, it still sucked to lose his starter. I won the badge without losing anyone but we both carried a grudge against Norman ever since(I believe he filled the empty spot with a Numel I named Vesuvius).6th Gym:I did the mission with Steven and got my Latias which I named La, my friend named his Latios Tui(after the moon and ocean spirits from Avatar), and Winona was an easy win with Zenesha who could now mega evolve.7th Gym:The Mt. Pyre mission went on without any losses(my friend also got the Gyaradosite for his Gyarados which I named Leviathan. I infiltrated Team Aqua's base with no losses, also remembering to pick up the Master Ball and I was prepared to sweep the gym with Zenesha and Shenzi.While battling the gym trainers, I was facing this guy and his Medicham. Since it was fighting/psychic I decided to have Shenzi use Assurance since it did more damage if the user already took damage that turn.But the Medicham used Hi Jump Kick which was a total knockout. I felt so stupid, I should've just went for the Crunch, but I tried to comfort myself with the possibility that the Medicham probably would've survived and the same thing would've happened anyways. I was still devastated because Shenzi was one of the first members of my team and I wanted to take her to the League with me.I had to find someone to fill the spot, and I chose a Trapinch named Goggles I caught in the desert. After a lot of grinding he evolved into a Flygon. He learned Crunch along the way and ended up decimating Tate and Liza with D.J.Kyogre Incident:I pursued Team Aqua into the Seafloor Cavern and battled Archie, defeating his Mega Sharpedo with Zenesha. When Kyogre woke up I went to Sootopolis to confront it in the Cave of Origins where I caught it with the Master Ball, my friend opted to knock out Primal Groudon instead.8th Gym:This gym was a breeze(except for the puzzle which I always struggle on)with Zenesha and Pilz being MVP's in that fight.Victory Road:I went to Ever Grande and prepared my team for Victory Road. We were battling the trainers no problem......until Zenesha was killed(I can't for the life of me remember what it was but I know she died at Victory Road).Great. Now I lost my ace and a pokemon I was depending on for defeating Glacia's Walrein.But there was hope. My encounter for Victory Road happened to be a Sableye which my friend nicknamed Bismuth.Sableye can mega evolve.I added him to the team and after more grinding to get him on par with the rest of the gang, we made it through without anymore losses.Now it was time for the Elite Four and the Champion.Elite Four:Sydney was an easy win, Chocobo and Pilz easily countering his dark types, although his Mightyena gave me a rough time with Swagger.Phoebe was a bit harder, but Goggles and Bismuth were able to take her down. (Sidenote: I also learned during this adventure that Flygon was actually supposed to get a mega in X and Y but the artist who was in charge got artists block and the idea was dropped D:)Glacia I knew was going to be a tough fight. I didn't really have anything to counter her Walrein and I braced for a loss. Chocobo took care of her first four Pokemon, and after a bit of deliberation, I chose to send out Bismuth and mega evolve him to counter her Walrein.Walrein hit hard with Blizzard and nearly killed Bismuth, but he pulled through and took it out with two Power Gems. Frick yeah!But, my friend ended up losing Leviathan to a Sheer Cold attack(all my pokemon were higher leveled than the Elite 4's so I didn't have to worry about that but still, devastating lost for my friend :,( )I prepared for Drake in advance by teaching Nigel Ice Beam and giving him a metronome to hold(which increases the power of a move if it's used consecutively)and so he pretty much one-shotted all of his pokemon. My friend used the same strategy with his Exploud named Decibelle.The Champion:I had a good counter for most of his pokemon with Chocobo, but for the majority of the fight I refrained from using him and used Goggles for a lot of his team since he knew Earthquake. Almost everyone had their moment to shine during this fight, and those who didn't got their moment during the Elite 4.Steven sent out his Metagross, I sent out Chocobo. We both mega evolved our partners, and I got the first move with Blaze Kick which took it down to half health. Metagross went next, went for the Zen Headbutt... ...and MISSED.I knew I had this in the bag right then and there. I had Chocobo secure our victory with Blast Burn in the most anime style pokemon battle in history.I had secured my title as the new Champion of Hoenn! My friend won as well but lost two more pokemon to Steven.And with that, our Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire Nuzlocke's were completed!This was really fun to do, especially with a friend, and I have more nuzlockes in store which I'll make similar posts on. I think I made it easier on my part considering that I overgrinded a bit because I was worried about the battles to come, and ORAS are some of the easier games in the series. But regardless, I think I got the full nuzlocke experience :DThanks to my team!Chocobo(Blaziken) - "Fiery Legend"D.J.(Swellow) - "Champion Screamer"Pilz(Breloom) - "Status Maniac"Nigel(Pelipper) - "Master Spitter"Goggles(Flygon) - "Earthshaker"Bismuth(Sableye) - "Diamond in the Rough"Rest In Peace...K.P.(Zigzagoon) - "The O.G."Shenzi(Mightyena) - "Lovable Scamp"Zenesha(Manectric) - ""Lightning Warrior"Honorable Mention to Wumbo the Wailord who I used as my water mount because Nigel couldn't learn Dive XDIf you read this far, thanks a million! I'm currently working on a SoulSilver Nuzlocke(my friend is also tagging along for this one too, he's playing HeartGold) and I plan to do an X Nuzlocke in the future! via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/3vGdlk2