ERobb finds legendary Pokemon at start of Nuzlocke run but fails to catch it

sportskeeda.com:

ERobb was recently playing a Pokemon Emerald Nuzlocke run on his stream but was met with incredibly poor luck. The streamer’s first Pokemon encounter in the wild was a legendary known as Lugia, which would be an incredibly strong get on Route 101. Unfortunately, he was unable to catch it, thanks to the Pokemon’s move set.

Nuzlocke is a particular kind of Pokemon challenge where the player can only catch one Pokemon per route, no matter what. If the player finds a copy of something, they don’t get to reroll and try again (unless they modify the rules for a situation like that).

It’s a challenge run for Pokemon players, and randomizing this makes it even more chaotic. In ERobb’s Pokemon Emerald run, he picked his starter and was about to catch his first wild Pokemon.

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However, the first Pokemon of the game was an unexpected level 2 Lugia. The streamer was initially excited but soon realized there was no way he could catch it. In most Pokemon games, the legendaries have very low capture rates.

However, the app that sets up Pokemon randomizer runs can easily adjust the capture rate of Pokemon. It seems unlikely that he did this, as he said the Pokemon would be too hard to catch. He sent out his starter Pokemon anyway and quickly tried lowering the enemy Pokemon's HP with a Water Gun shot.

Lugia’s response was to use Whirlwind, and this threw the streamer’s starter right out of the fight, ending the encounter. This means, according to most rulesets, the streamer isn’t allowed to catch anything else along that route.

The streamer would have better luck on the next route, capturing a Natu with his starting Quagsire. It’s no Lugia, but at least he caught something.

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