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Pokemon’s hardest challenge has finally been completed after 15 months and “easily over 100k” collective attempts, and it took an absolute monster Crobat to do itnew features
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Pokemon’s hardest challenge has finally been completed after 15 months and “easily over 100k” collective attempts, and it took an absolute monster Crobat to do it new features
After more than a year and thousands of community attempts, Pokemon’s hardest challenge has been beaten.
If you’re familiar with Pokemon challenge runs, you’ve probably heard of Kaizo Ironmon. The ruleset was, for a while, considered to be the hardest thing the community could come up with. A fully randomized run in which enemy trainers’ Pokemon are far stronger than they would normally be, and the trainers themselves are smarter. You’re also only allowed to have one Pokemon at a time. That means none of the switching that’s a key part of normal Nuzlocke runs, which dials up the challenge.
But then players started beating Kaizo Ironmon, so the rules were made even harder. Super Kaizo Ironmon adds to the challenge by banning any ‘setup’ moves – those which do no damage and only serve to buff your Pokemon’s stats, and are also a key part of many Nuzlocke runs. Similarly, stat-buffing items are banned after the final gym, as are almost all hidden items.