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What Pokémon has unexpectedly derailed your Nuzlocke or Randlocke?

ShinxDaSphinx

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The other day, I was playing through my White RandLocke after defeating Cilan. At Route 3, I ran across a Breeder with a level 9 Cottonee. I thought that the battle would be easy enough, but the Cottonee pulled out a moveset of Stun Spore, Growth, Leech Seed and Absorb. It managed to fully paralyze my Latias (Route 2 encounter) 6 times in a row, after using 2 Paralyz Heals and switching countless times to get Leech Seed off, Leech Seeding and Absorbing it to death after boosting up with Growth. It then pulled 4 full paralysis on my Lairon (Starter) and boosted to +6 in both Atk stats, then Absorbed and Leech Seeded me to death. I held off on switching to my last Pokémon, a Rhyperior gifted to me in the Dreamyard, but it fainted my Lairon, then proceeded to OHKO Rhyperior through a Solid Rock.
 
I've got so many that stand out in my mind. Nothing that's ended my whole nuzlocke, just Cynthia has done that, but in White 2 I was in some late-game cave and I had Wilbur the Emboar against an Excadrill. I switched for fear of an earthquake or bulldoze, to Penelope the Emolga. That SOB used rock slide instead :mad:

Oh, same game, but a lot earlier so it wasn't as devastating, I had just cought a Shitty in that little courtyard area of Castelia (that you access through the sewers). Her first fight, I was just gonna switch her out and let someone else get the experience for her. I was at the Nimbasa Sports dome or whatever it's called, and so I sent her out first. The opponent sent out a much higher-leveled Wynaut. Needless to say, that poor Skitty didn't make it.
 
Bugsy's Scyther. My gosh it was horrible. I was doing a Wedlocke (basically a nuzlocke, but your Pokemon are paired together and if you want to switch to another Pokemon you can only do so to it's partner. I went into battle with my Pidgey out (also made the major mistake of going in at the Scyther's level, instead of just leveling up to Pidgeotto) and got one-shotted by that Scyther. Took out his partner, a Rattata, got one-shotted. Took out a Mareep, one-shotted. Ekans, one-shotted. Got to a Sentret and managed to live somehow, healed up, defeated another Pokemon cuz he had U-Turned, but got poisoned by that one, and then taken out by Scyther. Managed to beat that gym with my last Pokemon and type weakness, Chikorita. I finished up the Wedlocke there, and ever since then I have hated Scyther with a passion.
 
A Ralts of all things at one point.

Probably Wally's as he is one of the very few important trainers who actually uses the creature in any main series games.
 
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