A Nuzlocke planner answers a different question than a tracker. A tracker records what already happened — encounters caught, Pokémon lost. A planner helps you decide what to do next: which six Pokémon face the next gym, how they line up against the boss’s moves, and who switches into what.

One honest note up front: “nuzlocke planner” is a small, fuzzy keyword. Google answers it mostly with trackers — the two intents overlap heavily — and dedicated planning tools are few. Here’s what actually exists (checked August 2026).

nuzplan — the dedicated planner

nuzplan (nuzplan.vercel.app, by Brodesey) is the #1 search result and the only purpose-built Nuzlocke planning board we found. It’s an interactive whiteboard for battle preparation:

  • Search for Pokémon and add them to your planner as cards.
  • Note button for text boxes; drag to position; resize from the corner.
  • Click HP bars to adjust health visually.
  • Right-click and drag to draw arrows — map out switch sequences and matchup lines.

It’s a free Vercel-hosted personal project (no account system documented), so treat it as a scratchpad, not long-term storage.

Nuzlocke Generator — template images

Nuzlocke Generator (nuzlocke-generator.herokuapp.com) solves a different planning-adjacent need: it generates template images of your Nuzlocke run — useful for sharing run status on streams or community posts rather than for battle planning itself.

When a tracker is the better planner

For most planning jobs — checking the next boss’s moveset, verifying your type coverage — the leading trackers already do it:

  • nuzlocke-redux builds gym and rival preparation in: movesets, abilities, stat blocks and team matchup insights.
  • nuzlocketracker.org advertises exactly this: “analyse your team’s type coverage” before every fight.

If your planning need is “what does the next gym leader run and what beats it,” start there.

How to plan a boss fight (the manual way that always works)

Tools come and go; this process doesn’t:

  1. Look up the boss — their ace’s level sets your Hardcore level cap; their movesets decide your switches.
  2. Check your type coverage — every boss move type should have a safe switch-in on your team.
  3. Assign roles — who leads, who pivots, who is the sacrifice slot if something goes wrong.
  4. Pre-play the crits — plan for the worst-case critical hit, not the average turn.

Community creators teach the same discipline: Nuzlocke University’s “5 Essential Tips for Nuzlocke Team Building” (2025) and FlygonHG’s “Nuzlocke 101: How to Pivot?” (2021) are the two most-cited video starting points.

Planner, tracker, or app?

  • Visual pre-battle board: nuzplan.
  • Ongoing run record + boss data: tracker.
  • On your phone: Nuzlocke apps.
  • Sharing your run as an image: Nuzlocke Generator.

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