Here is what happened, my first nuzlocke run on omega Ruby, I had beaten Steven with one death, my Camerupt, Magma. However I completely forgot that right after the credits roll, you are forced to battle May again before the game returns to the title screen. The Camerupt was the first in my party. (I immediately switched out but I’m still considering it cheating). On my Sword and Shield run, I lost to the champion but still had Pokémon in the box, so I used the second team I could build from there and won that way, which is still cheating if you follow the no blackout rule.