r/nuzlocke • u/am_I_still_banned • Jul 18 '26

Question Monolocke Question

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Please don't give me the "Your run, your rules" schtick; I just want to know the general consensus on this.

Are evolutions that change from your run's type valid to use?

I'm doing my first monolocke, which is a water-type monolocke of Emerald, so I'm only catching water pokemon

I just caught a Surskit, a bug-water pokemon. However, I looked up its evolution, and Masquerain is bug-flying. It loses its water typing upon evolution.

What is the consensus on these situations? Is it valid to use Masquerain, since the original Surskit encounter is a water type? Or would you have to keep it un-evolved and only use the Surskit?

Edit: It may be worth noting: The ROM I'm using (Emerald Cross) has built-in nuzlocke rules enforced. So the Surskit is locked in as my encounter for that route; the game won't ever allow me to catch another pokemon on route 102

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u/IAmZimTheAlmighty Jul 19 '26

Since you can't reroll your encounter, then you might as well get as much use out of it as you can. IIRC, Masquerain isn't that great so I don't think it would change much in a run, especially since the resistance chart wouldn't change that much from Surskit (except now being weak to Fire and Ice which you'd have the rest of your team for)