The Ultimate Monotype Challenge

-Sooooo much grinding to get Poison Pokemon ready for Will's Psychic lot.
-Finally beat the Elite 4, Will was a real challenge, Lance was kind of difficult, but fortunately the rest were easy!
-Lt. Surge was destroyed by Nidoqueen's Earthquake.
-Erika was swept aside by a combination of Tentacruel's Icy Wind and Crobat's Fly.

Party:

-Ninja - Shiftry - Male
-Level - 40
-Adamant - Chlorophyll
--Faint Attack
--Torment
--Cut
--Razor Wind

-Gemstone - Sableye - Female
-Level - 40
-Modest - Keen Eye
--Thief
--Shadow Ball
--Rock Tomb
--Rock Smash

-Thorny - Cacturne - Male
-Level - 40
-Gentle - Sand Veil
--Needle Arm
--Faint Attack
--Pin Missile
--Strength

-Pincers - Crawdaunt - Female
-Level - 40
-Brave - Hyper Cutter
--Surf
--Knock Off
--Vicegrip
--Ice Beam

HM Slave
-

• started my adventure as Justice
• got my starter Skip, the Mudkip
• easily beaten May and her Treecko
• Skip evolved into Marshtomp
• defeated gym leader Roxanne
• caught a Nincada just for HM purposes
• defeated May @ Rustboro City
• defeated gym leader Brawly
• delivered Letter
• delivered Devon Goods
• defeated gym leader Wattson

-Did some more training.
-Took on the trainers in the Gym, some of them were rather annoying.
-Tried to beat Burgh, but his Leavanny was too much for my team.
-Did some Magnemite hunting and stole a Metal Coat from one of them with Gharial's Thief.
-Traded Shandra to get her to evolve into Steelix.
-Challenged the Gym Leader, Burgh!

Castelia Gym overview:
Team entering the fight: Shandra LV24 / Hard Stone - Smack Down, Rock Polish, Stealth Rock, Rock Tomb
Gharial LV25 / Scope Lens - Bite, Sand-Attack, Torment, Thief
Marsupial LV24 / Amulet Coin - Dig, Return, Hone Claws, Metal Claw
He starts off with Dwebble while I open with Shandra. He uses Struggle Bug while I hit with Smack Down. Him: 62% or so HP, Me: 74/78 HP and -1 Sp Atk. He uses it again as I set up Stealth Rock. Me: 70/78 HP and -2 Sp Atk. He uses it again as I use Smack Down again, which activates his Sitrus Berry. Me: 66/78 HP and -3 Sp Atk, Him: 40% or so HP. He uses it again as I hit with Smack Down, and he barely lives. Him: 1 HP, Me: 62/78 HP and -4 Sp Atk. He uses his Hyper Potion, as I hit him with Rock Tomb. Him: 62% or so HP and -1 Speed. I use it again as he hits with Struggle Bug once more. Me: 58/78 HP and -5 Sp Atk. I finish him with Smack Down.
After that is Leavanny, who takes some damage from Stealth Rock. Him: 3/4 HP. He hits with GrassWhistle first turn as I snooze. He misses with Razor Leaf as I snooze again. He hits next turn, and gets a critical hit. Me: 36/78 HP and asleep. He misses again, but I wake up and miss with Rock Tomb. UGH! He hits with Razor Leaf as I hit with Rock Tomb, lowering his Speed, but activating his Sitrus Berry. Him: 70% or so HP, Me: 24/78 HP. He's still faster and uses Razor Leaf again, while I hit with Rock Tomb again. Him: 1/3 or so HP, Me: 12/78 HP. He's still faster and uses GrassWhistle (seriously?) which misses, while I almost kill him with Smack Down. Him: 1 HP. He kills me with Razor Leaf next turn, thankfully getting the critical hit on the turn that probably didn't matter. I send in Gharial and kill him with Bite. Whew! I gain the boost from Moxie, also. Gharial grows to Level 26 after that.
Following is Shelmet, who takes damage from Stealth Rock. Him: 3/4 HP. Bite does enough to kill him next turn, even after he's cursing at me. So I gain more Moxie.
Finally is Karrablast. Thanks to Stealth Rock and Moxie, I kill him in one hit with Bite, ending the battle.
Sorry for evolving Shandra into something with mondo Defense, but I really didn't have much else of an answer to this one. And even then it was still rather shaky. There was a bit of luck and stupid involved, too.

-Met with Colress in Central Plaza.
-Challenged him on Route 4, he was pretty easy.
-Got TM28 for Dig.
-Went to the Desert Resort to catch two new team members.
-Caught a Sandshrew in the Relic Castle named Vinny and a Trapinch in the Desert Resort named VampirMoth.
-Beat the trainers in the Desert Resort, the Relic Castle and Route 4.
-Went through Join Avenue and opened a Dojo.
-Arrived in Nimbasa City.
-Went to Elesa's Gym (including the old Gym) and beat all the trainers. They ain't got nothing on Ground-types.
-Challenged the Gym Leader, Elesa!

Nimbasa Gym overview:
Team entering the fight: Shandra LV26 - Smack Down, Rock Tomb, Dig, Stealth Rock
Vinny LV26 / Amulet Coin - Dig, Magnitude, Rock Tomb, Crush Claw
VampirMoth LV26 / Exp. Share - Dig, Bulldoze, Rock Slide, Mud-Slap
Marsupial LV26 / Soft Sand - Dig, Hone Claws, Return, Metal Claw
Gharial LV26 / Scope Lens - Dig, Bite, Sand-Attack, Thief
She starts off with Emolga while I open with Shandra. She uses Pursuit for like nothing while I use Smack Down and bring her to the ground. Her: 2/3 or so HP, Me: 81/84 HP. The Quick Claw activates, and since she's brought to the ground I can use Dig, hehe. She uses Aerial Ace twice and fails before I kill her.
After that is Zebstrika. She uses Flame Charge while I use Stealth Rock. Me: 61/84 HP. The Quick Claw activates, and I avoid a Flame Charge while burrowing underground. Then it activates again, unfortunately, and I hit her but her Sitrus Berry activates, then she hits me. Her: 2/3 or so HP and +2 Speed, Me: 43/84 HP. She uses Flame Charge again and I use Dig. Me: 27/84 HP. I then kill her. VampirMoth grows to Level 27 after that.
Following is Joltik. She takes damage from Stealth Rock. Her: 3/4 HP. And she kills me with Energy Ball. I send in Marsupial and am faster, so I use Dig, which nearly finishes her, but she uses Energy Ball. Her: 1/5 or so HP, Me: 11/73 HP. Since she's gonna heal and i'm faster, I use Return. And she does heal first. Her: 70% or so HP. I use Dig and avoid an Energy Ball, then hit, and she uses X-Scissor and kills me, getting the critical hit on the last turn, lol. Her: 10% or so HP. I bring in Vinny and kill her with Magnitude. And get a 10, of course on the useless turn.
Finally is her Flaaffy. She takes Stealth Rock damage, then I use Magnitude and get a 6, which does more than half. She uses Take Down and gets a critical hit, but I use Dig and finish her, ending the battle. Vinny grows to Level 27 after that.
I didn't think anyone expected that to be hard, but that was still a bit interesting. Getting to use Smack Down on a Flying-type then use Dig is always fun. :P

-Was walked out with Elesa and her group.
-Found Hugh quarreling with Team Plasma.
-Beat the grunts, then heard the story of Hugh's sister's Purrloin.

Sandile (M) "Gharial", Level 27
Nature: Careful
Ability: Moxie
Moves: Bite, Dig, Sand-Attack, Thief

Drilbur (M) "Marsupial", Level 26
Nature: Careful
Ability: Sand Force
Moves: Dig, Hone Claws, Metal Claw, Return

Steelix (F) "Shandra", Level 26
Nature: Naive
Ability: Sturdy
Moves: Dig, Rock Tomb, Smack Down, Stealth Rock

Sandslash (F) "Vinny", Level 27
Nature: Quirky
Moves: Crush Claw, Dig, Magnitude, Rock Tomb

Trapinch (F) "VampirMoth", Level 27
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Arena Trap
Moves: Bulldoze, Dig, Mud-Slap, Rock Slide

Username: James901
Type: Normal
Challenge: Ultimate
Game(s): Pokémon LeafGreen | Pokémon SoulSilver | Pokémon Emerald | Pokémon Platinum | Pokémon LightWhite

Modest Starmie, Lv. 51
Surf|Psychic|Thunderbolt|Recover

Bashful Gyarados Lv. 49
Strength|Earthquake|Bite|Twister

Quiet Tentacruel Lv. 50
Surf|Ice Beam|Giga Drain|Acid

Adamant Kabutops Lv. 49
Slash|Brick Break|Absorb|Dig

Mild Blastoise Lv. 39
Surf|Bite|Tackle|Withdraw

Party:

-Ninja - Shiftry - Male
-Level - 41
-Adamant - Chlorophyll
--Faint Attack
--Torment
--Cut
--Razor Wind

-Gemstone - Sableye - Female
-Level - 41
-Modest - Keen Eye
--Thief
--Shadow Ball
--Rock Tomb
--Rock Smash

-Thorny - Cacturne - Male
-Level - 41
-Gentle - Sand Veil
--Needle Arm
--Faint Attack
--Pin Missile
--Strength

-Pincers - Crawdaunt - Female
-Level - 41
-Brave - Hyper Cutter
--Surf
--Knock Off
--Vicegrip
--Ice Beam

-Abe - Absol - Male
-Level - 27
-Modest - Pressure
--Bite
--Quick Attack
--Thunderbolt
--Aerial Ace

HM Slave
-

Bloo
Lvl. 44
-Bite
-Fissure
-Blizzard
-Surf

Storm
Lvl. 47
-Body Slam
-Surf
-Thunderbolt
-Fire Blast

Sapphire
Lvl. 46
-Ice Beam
-Bite
-Quick Attack
-Surf

Shuriken
Lvl. 50
-Psychic
-Water Gun
-Tri Attack
-Surf

Level 59 | Serious

Shadow Ball
Solarbeam
Psychic
Rock Slide



Level 55 | Timid

Earthquake
Iron Tail
Take Down
Water Pulse



Level 57 | Hardy

Confuse Ray
Ancientpower
Acid
Giga Drain



Level 56 | Jolly

Yawn
Rock Throw
Rock Smash
Flamethrower



Level 54 | Docile

Surf
Ancientpower
Dive
Take Down



Level 63 | Sassy

Double-Edge
Selfdestruct
Earthquake
Rock Blast

Vs Leader Gardenia

used Wing Attack to beat
used Wing Attack to beat
used Wing Attack to beat

Vs Leader Maylene

used Air Cutter to beat
used Air Cutter to beat
used Air Cutter and Wing Attack to beat

Vs Leader Wake

used Petal Dance x2 to beat
used Petal Dance to beat
used Petal Dance to beat

Vs Leader Fantina

used Petal Dance x2 to beat
used Shadow Ball to beat
used Shadow Ball to beat

Vs Leader Roark

used Bubblebeam x2 to beat
used Surf to beat
used Surf to beat

Vs Leader Candice

used Poison Fang to beat
used Poison Fang x2 to beat
used Wing Attack to beat
used Poison Fang x2 to beat

Vs Leader Volkner

used Petal Dance to beat
used Petal Dance to beat
used Psychic x2 to beat
used Psychic x2 to beat

Vs Elite Four Aaron

used Wing Attack and Air Slash to beat
used Surf x4 to beat
used Psychic to beat
used Psychic and Dark Pulse to beat
used Psychic x3 to beat

Vs Elite Four Bertha

used Magical Leaf to beat
used Magical Leaf to beat
used Waterfall x2 to beat
used Petal Dance to beat
used Surf to beat

Vs Elite Four Flint

used Surf to beat
used Petal Dance x2 to beat
used Shadow Ball and Dark Pulse to beat
used Wing Attack x2 to beat
used Surf x2 to beat

Vs Elite Four Lucian

used Shadow Ball and Shadow Punch to beat
used Bite x3 to kill
used Surf x2 to beat
used Shadow Ball to beat
used Surf x4 to beat

Vs Champion Cynthia

used Wing Attack x4 to beat
used Psychic x3 to beat
used Surf x4 to beat
used Wing Attack x5 to beat
used Petal Dance to beat
used Poison Jab x3 to beat

Destroyed Janine, only using Venomoth and took no damage.
Brock was too easy.
Blaine, done.
Misty, kaputsky.
Sabrina, surprisingly easy.

-Beat the trainers on Route 16 and Lostlorn Forest. In doing so, Gharial evolved into Krokorok.
-Got HM02 for Fly from Bianca.
-Arrived in Driftveil City.
-Witnessed the old Team Plasma and new Team Plasma quarreling until Hugh intervened.
-Beat Rood and checked out the old Team Plasma's base.
-Trained everyone to Level 31. In doing so, Marsupial evolved into Excadrill.
-Went through the Driftveil Gym, not battling any of the trainers except the ones I have to.
-Challenged the Gym Leader, Clay!

Driftveil Gym overview:
Team entering the fight: Vinny LV31 / Soft Sand - Dig, Magnitude, Crush Claw, Rock Tomb
Marsupial LV31 / Lax Incense - Dig, Hone Claws, Rock Slide, Metal Claw
Shandra LV31 - Dig, Rock Tomb, Smack Down, Stealth Rock
VampirMoth LV31 / Quick Claw - Dig, Bulldoze, Mud-Slap, Rock Slide
Gharial LV31 / Eviolite - Dig, Crunch, Bite, Sand-Attack
He starts off with Krokorok while I open with Vinny, but he gets off Intimidate. And he's faster and uses Crunch, while I use Magnitude and get a 5. Blech. Him: 90% or so HP, Me: 64/95 HP. I send in Shandra as he uses Torment. He then sets up Sandstorm as I use Dig, then avoid a Crunch and hit him decently, but his Sitrus Berry activates. Him: 40% or so HP. He uses Crunch (seriously?) while I miss with Rock Tomb. Me: 90/98 HP. He uses it again (are you kidding me?!) while I use Dig. I avoid another attack then hit with Dig, killing him. The sandstorm subsides. Me: 81/98 HP.
After that is Onix. He misses with Rock Slide while I hit with Smack Down for almost nothing. Him: 98% or so HP. He hits with Rock Slide and I flinch. Me: 78/98 HP. Then he uses Explosion, but it gets a critical hit. Shandra grows to Level 32 after that. Me: 56/101 HP. Then I burrow under the ground.
Next up is Sandslash. He uses Hone Claws, ugh (at least that turn he was actually smart). I hit him with Dig and barely do anything. He then uses Crush Claw (WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!) while I lower his Speed with Rock Tomb. Him: 2/3 or so HP and -1 Speed, Me: 47/101 HP. He then uses Rock Slide (…) and I use Dig. He uses Rock Slide again and I hit him with Dig, and get a critical hit which leaves him with 1 HP. He uses his Hyper Potion, and I use Rock Tomb again. Him: 95% or so HP, +1 Attack and Accuracy and -2 Speed. I'm faster and burrow under the ground as he uses Hone Claws again. I surface with Dig and he FINALLY uses Bulldoze, which kills me. Him: 70% or so HP, +2 Attack and Accuracy and -2 Speed. I send in Gharial and use Crunch, which does alright, and he uses Bulldoze, which I somehow live. Him: 38% or so HP, Me: 7/86 HP and -1 Speed. I'm faster because of the Speed drops, and use Crunch one more time, getting him low on health before he finishes me with Rock Slide. Him: 10% HP. I send in Marsupial and use Dig, avoiding a Bulldoze then killing him.
Finally is his ace, his own Excadrill. I'm actually faster, and burrow under the ground, so he misses with Bulldoze. I surface with Dig and leave him with 1 HP, but the Sitrus Berry activates and he kills me in one hit with Bulldoze. Him: 26% HP. I send in VampirMoth, and he uses Bulldoze, which kills me in one hit. Ouch! I send in Vinny, and he uses Slash, which I live comfortably, then kill him with Dig, ending the battle. Vinny grows to Level 32 after that.
To be honest, I was rather disappointed with this battle, mostly because of how stupid he was being while Steelix was out. Seriously, people say the AI in this game has increased, but I really disagree. And this is Challenge Mode for goodness sakes. He probably could have won if he hadn't been lollygagging at that time. And he's my favorite Gym Leader from Gen V, so I was hoping it'd be more interesting than that.

-Went to the PWT and beat Hugh, Cheren and Colress rather easily.
-Got Team Plasma out of their frigate at the PWT's dock.
-Caught a Baltoy in the Relic Castle named Top Hat.
-Got HM03 for Surf from Cheren.
-Went through Route 6, battling the trainers there.
-Entered Chargestone Cave, battling the trainers there. In doing so, VampirMoth evolved into Vibrava.
-Arrived in Mistralton City.
-Met with Professor Juniper and Skyla, and got the Master Ball.
-Went on Route 7 and battled some trainers.
-Got the Lucky Egg from Professor Juniper.
-Beat the trainers in the Celestial Tower. In doing so, Top Hat reached Level 36, but I delayed its evolution for one level to get Earth Power early.
-Trained everyone to Level 37.
-Challenged the Gym Leader, Skyla!

This was actually my third try. First time, it came down to Marsupial against Skarmory, while I had two Hone Claws boosts, then I misclicked and used Hone Claws, and because of that, Sigilyph killed me because she was faster. Second try, Sigilyph flawlessly swept two of my guys with Hypnosis. This one, I got lucky.

Mistralton Gym overview:
Team entering the fight: Gharial LV37 / BlackGlasses - Crunch, Dig, Bite, Sand-Attack
Marsupial LV37 / Lax Incense - Earthquake, Swords Dance, Rock Slide, Strength
VampirMoth LV37 / Quick Claw - Rock Slide, Crunch, Dig, DragonBreath
Top Hat LV37 / TwistedSpoon - Psybeam, Bulldoze, ExtraSensory, Earth Power
Vinny LV37 / Scope Lens - Dig, Rock Tomb, Magnitude, Crush Claw
Shandra LV37 / Electric Gem - Thunder Fang, Dig, Rock Tomb, Smack Down
She starts off with Swoobat while I open with Gharial. She uses Attract and I become infatuated, then next turn she uses Energy Ball, but I barely live and kill her in one hit with Crunch. Me: 22/102 HP.
After that is her ace, Swanna. She kills me with Air Slash, then I bring in Shandra. She uses Surf and I live with 1 HP because of Sturdy, then I kill her with Thunder Fang, getting the boost from the Electric Gem. And a critical hit, but it doesn't matter (second try I had before this, it killed her in one without).
Next up is Sigilyph. She kills me with Air Cutter. I bring in Vinny, and she uses Hypnosis, which MISSES, thank you god. So I hit her with Rock Tomb. Her: 2/3 or so HP and -1 Speed. I use it again and she hits hard with Psychic. Her: 1/3 or so HP and -2 Speed, Me: 30/112 HP. I miss with Rock Tomb and she kills me with Psychic, but that's just fine. I bring in VampirMoth and kill her with Crunch.
Finally is Skarmory. I start with DragonBreath, which doesn't do much, but it paralyzed her, thank you. And she gets fully paralyzed. Her: 90% HP and paralyzed. I then use Crunch, which does nothing except lowering her Defense, which surely helps. Then she uses Agility. Her: 85% or so HP, +2 Speed and -1 Defense. I use it again and she gets fully paralyzed. Her: 75% or so HP. Same thing next turn, just wow. Her: 64% or so HP. I use Rock Slide, which knocks her to her Sitrus Berry, then she uses Agility again. Her: 70% or so HP, paralyzed and +4 Speed. Same thing next turn. Her: 1/2 or so HP and +6 Speed. I use it again, and she misses with Steel Wing. Her: 1/4 or so HP. I switch out for Marsupial as she uses her Hyper Potion. I use Hone Claws twice, both turns she fails to hit me (first she gets fully paralyzed then misses with Steel Wing again). I then kill her in two hits with Rock Slide, first after she flinches. And I get the critical hit on the last turn, but it wouldn't have mattered previous turn either, because of Sturdy. Both Marsupial and VampirMoth grow to Level 38 after that.
All I can say is…GOOD RIDDANCE. Thank god she missed with Hypnosis, because otherwise that thing could have swept some of my guys again. And getting the paralysis and Defense drop near the end helped. That Skarmory sure got what it deserved, that much is certain.

-Was invited by Skyla and Professor Juniper to ride on their plane.

Krokorok (M) "Gharial", Level 37
Nature: Careful
Ability: Moxie
Moves: Bite, Crunch, Dig, Sand-Attack

Excadrill (M) "Marsupial", Level 38
Nature: Careful
Ability: Sand Force
Moves: Earthquake, Hone Claws, Rock Slide, Strength

Steelix (F) "Shandra", Level 37
Nature: Naive
Ability: Sturdy
Moves: Dig, Rock Tomb, Smack Down, Thunder Fang

Sandslash (F) "Vinny", Level 37
Nature: Quirky
Moves: Crush Claw, Dig, Magnitude, Rock Tomb

Vibrava (F) "VampirMoth", Level 38
Nature: Hasty
Moves: Crunch, Dig, DragonBreath, Rock Slide

Claydol "Top Hat", Level 37
Nature: Lax
Moves: Bulldoze, Earth Power, ExtraSensory, Psybeam