3 Nuzlockers Race 3 Speedrunners For $1000 

Thanks for having me, Jan! Super fun!

the fact that Flygon was completely stomping actual speed runners is such a testament to just how good he is at Pokemon

Just a quick thing if you do this race again, some title cards naming the streamers would be super helpful for the youtube watchers who don’t watch all of them. Love the video though!

The Flygon champion fight was legendary. All of his plans crumbling due to getting outsped for some reason and it coming down to pure luck, and the RNG gods smiling upon him. Congrats to him for his victory.

Awesome to be a part of this. Even though we didn't win, it was a ton of fun. Super impressed by all the Nuzlockers on how fast they got through things too!

30:40 Whacko staring down a guaranteed KO from Ice Beam and actually landing the Leaf Blade on Kingdra for the win. Dude's got some stainless steel balls.

love when jan uploads a million things at the end of the month for those sweet sweet sponsorship commitments

That Flygon champion fight was a better ending than you possibly could've asked for, holy shit let's go

This was super exciting Jan! Thank you for putting this together! :)

3 videos in 1 week. Dude Jan is smoking something

24:30 Whacko rocking the Whitney strats brings a tear to my eye

Second time in a week FlygonHG shows how why heracross is GOATed. That double mega horn was a great way to finish

One thing that's so interesting to highlight here is planning in advance vs. relying on luck. Nuzlockes try to minimize luck as much as possible to avoid losing altogether, while speedrunners tend to embrace luck for the purposes of completing the game as fast as possible. It's a high risk = high reward approach, but since Nuzlockers tend to think of the games beyond simply finishing as fast as possible, they tend to be more apt for contingencies and playing the odds when it favors them, ultimately saving time otherwise spent in the end. That's obviously only scratching the surface, but it was an interesting video! I wouldn't mind seeing more of these types of things for all the other games.

I never knew how much i needed an nfl red zone for nuzlocke/speedrunning

The ending to these are always so abrupt, wish you had some conversation with the participants afterwards

11:03 Flygon’s misunderstanding and then slow realization are hilariously perfect here

FYI, it would be helpful to have the name of the person playing under each video, otherwise it's hard to tell who is who.

Unreal, respect to all the contestants and especially to Mr. SpeedrunHG

42:12 This the exact type of mental gymnastics I be using on a hard fight lmao "Because I already hit a Thunder, Megahorn is GUARANTEED to hit here"

Nothing will ever beat seeing Flygon hit both Megahorns live.

"But wouldn't it be cool if I did" is the energy we love to see from FlygonHG

To be fair, speedrunners played by nuzlocker's rules. Usually speedrunners use the most optimal strategy, which would involve using a single or very few Pokémon, without any level cap, and free access to the bag. It would be interesting to see this again, but with a more speedrunning oriented rule set

This is Sports to me. Watching Flygon land those megahorns has gotta be what it feels like to win the superbowl

As a FlygonHG enjoyer that insane Wallace is one for the books. Thanks for showing the speed runners AND GarchompFJ what’s up Flygon!!!

I’m glad Jan is getting more and more collaborations. I think that being among other Pokémon RU-vidrs really helped improve his continent.

Flygon foreshadowing the potential throw to Wallace final battle coming down to Megahorn RNG

Nuzlocke draft races are a really fun and under-represented format. I've had an absolute blast running them with my friends.

The double pop off at the very end was so satisfying. What a wild final fight.

"Three of the most prolific speed runners, and three of the sweatiest nuzlockers" 💀 💀 💀 💀

Incredible idea for a video! Please add nametags to the players if you ever plan on doing something similar though

The final battle was so intense! congrats to dr. flygonhg

My bets were on flygon from the start. Speed runners aren't used to crafting for battles where they are unable to use items or heal and can choose to use the most optimal pokemon so they don't have expereince with working with what you're given. Extremely great and hype video to watch and I hope to see more in the future!

42:11 Whacko's surfer dude wisdom is just beautiful

Saw some of this live, so had to come watch the edited video! As a speedrun enjoyer, I'm not too surprised the Nuzlockers outperformed on the battling front-speedrunners have every fight down to a science, but generally with only 1 or 2 specific Pokémon and a lot of X-items. They don't really have to get down into the weeds as much as Nuzlockers do, haha. Everyone did so well though! And GG to Flygon for that insanely clutch finish!

I had no idea who these people were(some name plates would've helped) but this was an amazing roller coaster of a trip. I thought for sure the speed runners were just going to dunk on the nuzlockers after that start. Nuzlockers weren't using their bikes, weren't skipping rival fights, etc... but none of that ended up mattering. Over all solid battles pulled them through in the end. Great vid. Loved it.

Flygon pushing Nosey lore through a separate channels competition is peak

Holy hell Flygon's final battle was tense, that had me on the edge of my seat! Awesome playing to everyone!

This was really great content. Hopefully more like this coming

Man the back and forth of that and the drama of the last few minutes was heart pounding, great content from all involved, nice work

This was honestly sick. Big props to all the players and you for organizing the event. My boy Flygon earned this one

39:13 - 39:23 this reminded me of why I would love a soul link of you two together

This was awesome. Also loved the editing of letting the intense moments play full screen and then following it up with the reactions! Very smooth

Flygon’s finale was so edge of your seat. I love it

Holy shit i was on the edge of my seat for this. GG to all the participants, and amazing work on presenting this Jan. The commentary and editing was spot on!

I love seeing the pokemon community do more challenges and collabs like this. Super dope content!

This was great. Probably the most fun I've had watching one of your vids as a semi frequent watcher.

This was my favourite video I've watched in a long time. Such an amazingly close competition. I would love to see more of these in different generations.

This is the perfect video with the best content creators, thanks pokemonchallenges

I appreciate the content stream of the past few days... 3 videos for the week? dayum thanks editor and Jan

This was fire need more of this

I adore FlygonHG. I love to see it.

This was a badass collab. Very fun. That champ fight for Flygon was insanity.

Fantastic video! As someone not familiar with a lot of nuzlockers/speedrunners I wish each of the runners had a name display so I knew who you were referring to throughout the race but it was still a blast to watch!

The paralyzed rollout on Altaria was crazy

I love this shi, and this was still way more entertaining than I thought it'd be. Great content friendo!

Genuinely such a great video, that ending was incredible

Such a great start to the video - watching gunner immediately hit the penjamin during the Wally scene was hilarious

JAN IS FEEDING US.. FINALLY, I WAS STARVING

This was fun to watch! Thank you ‼️

Flygon cool, calm and collected and then just sending it in the champion fight had me on the edge of my seat

Actually one of the best videos in a while. Absolute blast to watch

This should have been soullinks between a nuzlocker and a speedrunner each

Man what a heartbreak for Gunner, that could have been even closer than what we ended up getting.

I haven’t been this stressed watching a video in a while. Great content

Love the vid, would appreciate nameplates in future similar videos cause it took me a while to figure out who each pov was cause I’m not familiar with the runners/nuzlockers

that was so exciting to watch! You should do more races :D

I watched this live and it was one of the best live experiences I've ever watched. I was rooting for the nuzlockers and from the start, they seemed to be the massive underdogs.... and then this happened. It was amazing.

Nobody should ever sleep on FlygonHG. HE IS A DOCTOR.

Favorite video of yours in awhile - love the collabs

FlygonHG’s champion fight got my heart pumping! The double Megahorn!

This was very fun to watch live!

Sweaty was one word to describe the nuzlockers when i watched that sponsor lmaooo. Love ur vids mate

God what a clutch finish; that was super fun to watch!

Its awesome to see how much funnier and higher-quality your intros have become

This was so cinematic omg put it on as background noise but ended up staying up to watch it all the way through

Love the vid format and so fun to watch all the way to the end!

The double megahorn play was so hype. So great to see everyone's games!

This was a really awesome video PK! I really enjoyed it, great idea!

What an incredible run. So many intense moments in here.

This was super exciting to watch, i hope you do this event again!

Need more of these, this was fire

The use of Kirby Air Ride music for the beginning makes me very happy

More videos like this one please. This was amazing.

this was a really fun and neat video! I like the interesting plays from both teams. One small thing -- as someone who is out of both of these communities, it was a bit tough to figure out who was who just based on the context of the commentary. A few small nametags would have made the viewing experience a little better. But overall this is a really cool challenge. Thanks for taking the time to arrange it!

That was a thrill to watch. Great job to everyone involved

That format was one of the most thrilling Pokemon content I have seen in such a long time!! '°' Thanks to all of you for this amazing challange!!

i love the end of the month because it means i get to see sweaty Jan again

This was so hype. I can't wait for the rematch. GGs

With those kind of videos, it'd be really cool to have a small visualizer of the leaderboards added during the editing, like some kind of bar with icons for the gym leaders / splits, and small icons moving along the line for each runner, perhaps with a colored outline to see the teams easily feedback aside, cool stuff :)

This was a really great video. Would love to see this done again. Possibly in a different region

Damn, that Flygon champion fight was edge-of-my-seat levels of intense. I popped off right with him when each Megahorn hit.

This was extremely enjoyable. Thanks for the content.

I love the draftlocke race idea. I really want to try and arrange one with my friends or someone.

The tension at the end bro with the amazing smash bros brawl music was everything

Flygon played soooo clean throughout the entire run, and only until wallace did he risk wiping. Just from his type-only nuzlockes, you know he does a shit ton of prep before every challenge.

This was a great watch, I feel like on one hand I was rooting for the underdogs in a race, being the nuzlockers, but at the same time, Speedrunners know how to make the most of an advantage, going as fast as they can with whatever they've got, however, there comes a point in a speedrun where you accept defeat, and reset, while a Nuzlock incentivises persistance, because it doesn't matter how quick you beat the game, but if you can, given what meager pokemon you're given, so while the speedrunners could make the most of a good situation, nuzlockers could make the most of a BAD situation, which ultimately changes the question of "who's really the underdogs". What a good run, everyone did amazingly!

Loved this challenge because it's clear where the strengths of each team was. I'd be interested in seeing how different this would play out if there was no limits on item usage. You'd think the speedrunners would blitz through but we thought the same before the video began and it takes just one fight going wrong, one unforeseen lose condition or even simply a missed plan and everything flips on it's head.

I hope Pulse comes back to nuzlocking in earnest someday, watching him lose EK and 180 back to pure speedrunning made me sad, especially since he’s super good at both but only showing it in one. Glad to see him in this race, and glad to see the sheer amount of content in the last couple days

I needed these past 3 uploads lol

Bro, the Flygon Champ Fight was so hype, omg. The ups and downs, was such a rollercoaster!