

All Pokémon’s movesets have been updated to Ultra Sun/Moon, as well as a few custom changes to movesets and huge stat boosts for certain mons. Many Pokémon have changed in Renegade Platinum.I couldn’t have completed my own Nuzlocke without it. Wild Encounters, Trainer Pokémon, Pokémon Changes, you name it. Also, attached below is the Google Docs folder regarding all the important info on Renegade Platinum. In which case, I highly suggest watching Ding Dong Games’s series on Renegade Platinum, it’s very informative, and helped quite a bit with my own Nuzlocke attempts at this game. Mine will not be perfect, or maybe you will just prefer someone else’s style. Now, if the above paragraph hasn’t put you off Nuzlocking this game, here’s some actual tips on how to successfully do a Nuzlocke run of this game. But, if you think you’re good enough, continue reading this guide. If you’ve just started playing Nuzlockes, I would heavily avoid this game.

What I’m really trying to say here, is that Renegade Platinum Nuzlockes are NO JOKE. Cynthia’s entire champion team in this game, might as well have been copy-pasted directly from Pokémon Showdown. Oh, and did I mention that all of them are using relatively competitive movesets, and competitive level items on EVERY Pokémon they have. And you’ll have to fight additional boss trainers that WEREN’T in the original Pokémon Platinum. Your rivals Dawn and Barry have genuinely good, well rounded teams. Namely, Renegade Platinum can be seen as less of a Pokémon game, and more of a Pokémon boss-rush that spans the entirety of the Sinnoh region, with you having to prepare and create custom teams just to be able to beat those individual bosses. And there are many good reasons for this.

I cannot tell you guys how many times on the r/nuzlocke subreddit I’ve seen people posting about how they lost their Renegade Platinum Nuzlockes before even reaching Solaceon Town. If you genuinely think that you will successfully Nuzlocke Renegade Platinum completely blind, you have another thing coming. Renegade Platinum as a game, is VERY DIFFICULT to Nuzlocke. So, you want to Nuzlocke Renegade Platinum, do you? Before you begin the Nuzlocke, here’s a few tips before you start.
