Combined Pokemon Solo Challenge Thread

-Used A-starter to change Koffing into my starter
-Named my character Ken
-Named my Rival Ryu
-beat my rival (I'm doing a street fighter thing here!)
-Obtained my Koffing and named it Blanka
-Got the parcel and the Pokedex
-Beat my Rival again
-Got though the Forest and made my way to Pewter city.
-Beat Brock on my 2nd try
-Made my way though Mt.Moon
- Got to Cerulean city
-Beat the trainers on the bridge and helped Bill
-Beat Misty after a ton of tries. (In Omega, a lot of her Pokemon have psychic attacks)
-Saved and exited

Blanka,the male,impish Koffing
Lv:34 (Woot! One level untill evolution!)
Moves:
Tackle
Poison Gas
Sludge
SelfDestruct

Right now, I think my Koffing is really strong. I leveled him up a lot because Fire Red Omega is a TON harder then normal Fire Red.

Haven't done a lot on this the last couple of days - I got back into my Black playthrough for a while and, honestly, I'm finding this sort of dull. I wasn't sure how a solo would work out, since this is my first. Initially, I was worried that it'd be tough, which is part of why I went with Lillipup - I knew that Stoutland was dependable and, with the elemental Fangs, had great coverage. As it turns out though, this isn't tough at all - quite the opposite. It's so easy that I find it hard to even pay attention. Sebastian is level 59 now and I'm still carrying around Potions from the beginning of the game. He almost never even gets hit, and the few times he does, it takes just a tiny fraction of his HP. If it wasn't for running out of PP, I wouldn't even have to go to a Pokemon Center. At this point, I'm just pushing to get this done so I can do another one with a much weaker pokemon and actually be challenged by a challenge.

So... I had left Sebastian at the water's edge on Route 1, ready for some Surfing via Carl the Panpour. Used a Max Repel to avoid annoying battles with Basculin, and later Frillish, and away we went. Blew through the trainers, stopped and picked up the Larvesta egg, blew through the rest of the trainers, gathered all the items (including a Waterfall for Carl), then back to land. Then we did a round of everywhere we'd been, Surfing and Waterfalling and seeing and gathering all the stuff that was out of reach before. Then it was back to Twist Mountain, with a detour through Mistralton to refill PP. Blew through the trainers in the mountain, then out to Icirrus City. Went all around the city, taking advantage of the winter snow and ice, and along the way the Larvesta egg hatched - Timid male - very nice. Put it in a box - I'm either going to use it in whatever post-game I do in this or trade it out to another game. I considered putting Fire Fang on Sebastian for Brycen's gym, but I only have a few Heart Scales and it's tough getting more. Swung by the Heart Scale lady's house and she wanted to see someone with Focus Blast, which none of my team can learn. That sort of thing has been the case more often than it hasn't, and I decided not to catch stuff just to put TMs on for Heart Scales, so that's the way it goes. And Sebastian had Rock Smash anyway, and his Return is brutal, so I just let it go, and it was on to Brycen's gym. Cruised through the underlings without taking a single hit, and soon enough came to Brycen.



The only spot of trouble came when we faced his Beartic. It was the first thing in a while that Sebastian didn't OHKO, and it hit back with Swagger. I considered just pushing on and gambling that Sebastian would hit in spite of confusion, but just didn't want to mess with it, so I took a turn for a Full Heal, and the Beartic hit with an Icicle Crash that actually took about about 30 points off of Sebastian. But then he KOed it on the next turn, then turned the Cyrogonal into dust and that was that.



Then we flew back to Driftveil and got Deerling out of the PC and went up and saved at the lab on Route 6, ready to show the scientist Deerling's Spring form. Then it's back to Icirrus City and on to Dragonspiral Tower.

When last we saw Arlo and Sebastian, they were outside Dragonspiral Tower.

Talked to Prof. Juniper Sr., then left him in the capable hands of his new bodyguard Bianca and went inside. Sebastian lost a few points every time he had to hit a Druddigon, but other than that, the trip to the top was entirely uneventful and risk-free. And we got there just in time to see N revive Reshiram.



Talked to the prof afterward and got the hint to go to Relic Castle. Blew through the trainers there, got to the bottom, faced down Ghetsis and found out there was nothing to be found there. Then got the call to go to the museum in Nacrene City, where we finally picked up the Dark Stone. Then flew back to Icirrus City and went through Route 8, picking up the few things we couldn't reach when we'd swung out through there before, during winter. Fought Bianca at the entrance to Tubeline Bridge, and demolished her yet again.



Through the bridge and out on Route 9. Fought trainers and went into the Department Store.... and realized there's nothing we need to buy anyway. That's been an odd thing with this solo run - I'm loaded down with items I've picked up and never used and with money I've earned and never spent. Went back out and on to Opelucid City. Talked to Iris and Drayden, then went through town, only avoiding the Triple Battle house. Then flew back to Mistralton, where Sebastian relearned Ice Fang, then went into Iris' gym.

Blew through the trainers, only taking damage from Rough Skin from the Druddigons, and soon came to face Iris.



Took down all three of her pokemon in one shot each, and just like that, it was over.



Back out - yes Prof. Juniper, I do know where to go next thank you very much. Down to the Pokemon center to heal and replenish PP, then it was on to Route 10. Fought the trainers, talked to Cheren and Bianca, fought Cheren - one-shotted his entire team - then it was on to the gates, with Bianca's inspirational speech lingering in my mind.



I didn't notice last time through those gates how cool that music actually is. I like that whole part of the game - making my way up through the gates - even if every new section is a different cell, so there's a loading pause at each gate (and kudos to GF for commenting on that in-game).

Then we stepped out to the base of the mountain, and the entrance to Victory Road, where we stopped for a well-earned bit of rest.

Brock - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U3r3J7aVNwI
Misty - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjYpiy8UMG8
Lt. Surge - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bb1L_IMNc0Y
Erika - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdyrT6Yfv3I
Janine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTpY74a0u3E
Sabrina - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJUO94Lc3RU
Blaine - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mUWN0Iuwh0
Blue - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDxbtikSqhM

Red - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89fmQSpvAw0

Went through Victory Road normally until I got tired of dealing with Durants (which took about 45 seconds), then did the rest of it under Max Repel. My second time through it now, so I got to look around and consider it a bit more, and as Victory Roads go, I really have to say that this one's not bad. It's still tedious, but there've been much worse. Looped around and got all the items, even though none of them are really of any use to Sebastian. Then came out in front of the League.



Knowing what I was going to be facing, I decided that Ice Fang, much though I like it, wasn't going to do me much good, so I replaced it with Aerial Ace. Even that wasn't really necessary, and it actually does just a little bit less damage than Return (Aerial Ace is 75 so super effective on a fighter it's 150, Return is 105 so with neutral STAB it's 157), but I just wanted another useful attack so I had no risk of running out of PP.

So this was Sebastian, ready to go in...

and

And first up was Shauntal.



I figured she was going to be easy, and she was. Her ghosts went down to a single Crunch each. And it was on to Grimsley.



He was a bit tougher. Scrafty survived a Return, but he countered with Sand Attack, so I hit him with an Aerial Ace for a KO. Krookodile survived a Return and countered with an Earthquake that took about a third off of Sebastian. Grimsley used one of his Full Restores on the next turn and Sebastian hit with another Return. Then Grimsley used his other Full Restore and Sebastian hit again. Finally on the next turn he KO'ed the Krookodile. Bisharp next - Dig on the first (and second) turn, then Sebastian took a minor loss to a Night Slash, then Dig again for the KO. And finally Liepard. I took the first turn to give Sebastian a Hyper Potion while Liepard hit with the predicted Fake Out, then Sebastian KOed it easily with a Return on the next turn. Next up, Caitlin.



As I expected, her psychics were no problem - like Shauntal's Ghosts, they all went down to a single Crunch each. Then what I figured would be the toughest challenge for a Stoutland - Marshal's fighters.



He opened with Throh and Sebastian took him down with a crit on an Aerial Ace. Next up was Conkeldurr. Sebastian hit with an AA and took it down to less than 25%, then it countered with a Hammer Arm that took Sebastian down to 80 points (from his total of 218). I pondered it a minute and decided to go for it, and Marshal didn't use a potion, so the next AA fainted Conkeldurr. Next up was Mienshao. I was feeling exposed with Sebastian at 80 points, so I took a turn to give him a Hyper Potion, and Mienshao hit with a Jump Kick and took Sebastian right back down to 90 points. I could see that going on for too long, so I gambled on Sebastian's speed (and 20 level advantage) and set up an Aerial Ace, which went first and hit for a OHKO. Then it was Sawk's turn. I knew Sturdy was going to be a problem, and I knew that Sebastian couldn't survive starting at 90 points, so I gave him another Hyper Potion on the first turn. And Sawk hit with, of all things, Karate Chop. It took about 45 points off of Sebastian. So I just let it go and hit with an AA, which failed OHKO only because of Sturdy, while Sawk countered with another weak Karate Chop. On the next turn, Marshal gave Sawk a Full Restore, then Sebastian hit him with another AA that was stopped by Sturdy. We just repeated that until Marshal ran out of Full Restores, then KOed him. Much easier than I thought it was going to be.

Then it was on to the promised final battle with the Champion. Except, of course, that there was no battle with the Champion, because N was already there, and then Bowser's... I mean N's castle popped up out of the ground and so on.

I have to admit though, as sort of cheesy as all that is, it's really pretty cool when the Gym Leaders show up and confront the Sages.



Went up through the castle and talked to everyone and such, then saved in front of the last door, ready to go in and face down N. And Ghetsis. And Ghetsis' Hydreigon.

Yeah... I prob'ly oughta put Ice Fang back on Sebastian first, now that I think about it...

Used the unexplained Team Plasma teleporter to zip back to the Pokemon League, then flew to Mistralton to get Ice Fang back on Sebastian. Then back to the Pokemon League and back to N's Castle, and went in for the showdown. Went through all the preliminaries, then saved in front of Zekrom, since I have no use for a legendary even in a normal game, much less in a solo, so it was going to be Quick Ball or nothing at all. Took about six tries to finally catch one in a Quick Ball, then it was on to the battle, at which point I discovered that not only does the damned game force you to catch Zekrom and add it to your party if there's space - it actually sticks it in the lead position! What the hell? If I wanted it in the lead position, I'd've put it there my own damned self.

So I had to waste the first turn just to switch in Sebastian, who then took an entirely unnecessary Fusion Flare from Reshiram. Sebastian hit on the next turn with an Ice Fang, but with Reshiram's dual typing with Fire, it only did neutral damage. Sebastian took a Hyper Beam that took him down to about half, then KOed Reshiram on the next turn with another Return. Next in was Klinklang, and Sebastian set up a Dig. Hit with the Dig on the next turn, and Klinklang turned back into Zoroark. Hit him with a Return for a KO. Next up was the real Klinklang, who went down to a single Dig, and Sebastian leveled up to lvl 70. Next up was Vanilluxe - OHKO with a Return. Then Carracosta. Sebastian was still at a bit less than half - had been ever since taking that Hyper Beam from Reshiram. I debated a bit and decided to go for it on Carracosta and used Dig. It knocked it down to just a sliver of red, but didn't KO it, and it countered with a Stone Edge that..... missed. Phew - that would've been a near certain KO if it had hit. Set Sebastian up with a Crunch for the next turn and N used a Full Restore on Carracosta, then the Crunch took it down to about 1/4. Another Crunch and it was KOed. And last up was Archeops, who went down to a single Ice Fang. Then Ghetsis took over.



And Reshiram was still in the lead, where the game had put it against my will. So once again I had to waste the first turn switching it out. And Sebastian switched right into a Toxic from Cofagrigus. He set up a Crunch for the next turn and Cofagrigus Protected. Another Crunch, and this one hit for damage plus the lowered defense added effect, and Cofagrigus was in the low red. It countered with a Psychic that didn't do much to Sebastian. Another Crunch and Ghetsis used a Full Restore on Cofagrigus, but the Crunch fainted it anyway.

Next up was Hydreigon. I took the first turn to give Sebastian a Full Restore, while Hydreigon set up a Focus Blast that missed. On the next turn, Sebastian hit with an Ice Fang that knocked Hydreigon down into yellow and it countered with another Focus Blast that left Sebastian with a bit more than half of his HP. The next turn was a Sebastian Ice Fang for a KO.

Then Bouffalant. I gambled (since Sebastian was at just a bit more than half HP) and opened with a Return that took Bouffalant down into the red, but didn't faint it. It countered with a Head Charge and I thought it was all over. The Head Charge hit and left Sebastian with 23 HP. I gave him a Hyper Potion on the next turn and braced myself for another Head Charge, and Bouffalant hit with... Poison Jab. Shrugged it off and hit with another Return for a KO. Next was Seismitoad - Return - KO. Then Bisharp - Dig - KO. And finally Eelektross - Return - KO.



Watched the finale unfold, then listened to N's parting speech.



And then the credits ran, and as far as I'm concerned, the game's over. I'm not sure if I'll keep going or not. I know the (arbitrary) rules say that a BW challenge isn't over until I REchallenge the E4, but the credits have rolled and the game is technically over. It's not my fault that GF set this one up the way they did, and I see no reason why an exception should be made for BW, requiring players to beat the E4 TWICE in order to claim a completed game. That and, frankly, I'm tired of this challenge. It became tedious a while back, and I'm really not looking forward to going all the way through the rest of the map just so that I can grind enough levels to take Sebastian BACK to the E4 and fight and defeat the same trainers I already fought and defeated once. I think I'd rather do another solo (or an entirely different one), with a weaker pokemon, in a game in which I'm not expected to beat the E4 twice.

And did anyone even read this?

Ta.

Had to grind with constrict for so long in order to have a useful move to defeat Falkner/Sprout Tower


Yeah that was easy


So was that


Rollout ftw


Decided to enter the Bug Catching contest for training purposes, Cut/Strength/Rock Smash slave


Bite destroyed them. Also, in Gen II if you cause a pokemon to faint, curse doesn't affect you at the end of the round. Neat huh?


Took on Rockets in Mahogany first. Became a total OHKO machine


These 3 got shut down pretty easily


Seriously, making me go to the stupid Dragon's Den? Not funny Clair


Bite


Rollout KO'd the first 4, Surf for Crobat


Surf x5


2 Rollouts, since the first ended after 4 turns. Again the Curse thing helps


Rollout for Gyarados and 3 Dragonites, Surf for Charizard/Aerodactyl. Now Kanto!



Seriously these guys were stupidly easy. About 35 mins from start to finish for all of them put together. Only healed when I started to run out of PP


Bit more thinking required here, used Full Restores twice, but that was it. Completed!

I forgot to take pics of Gym Leaders/E4, but here's the winning moment vs Steven


Final stats. Had Aerial Ace all through Hoenn, but replaced it with Flamethrower for the final battle vs Steven

Also, didn't take screenshots, but caught Groudon, Kyogre, Rayquaza, all 3 Regis and Latios cause I could. Might get a flashcart and transfer them to my Soul Silver at some point.

•Hacked in Aden the Magby as my starter.
•Did the beginning tutorial, getting the Pokedex, Pokegear etc.
•Made my way up to Violet City, catching a Geodude for HM Slave purposes.
•Easily swept through Sprout Tower with Ember and 1HKOed Falkner's Pokemon.
•After receiving the badge, had a little difficulty in the Dark Cave and saved the slowpokes.
•Beat Bugsy and Silver easily with help from Ember again.
•Got to Goldenrod City and bought Thunder Punch from the Department Store.
•Beat Whitney easily with a few Fire Punches, Miltank was a little troublesome though.
• Headed up and defeated Sudowoodo before thrashing Morty.
•Defeated the Kimono Girls and got Surf.
• Made my way down to help at the Lighthouse and then headed to Cianwood.
•Beat Chuck with Fire Punch and Thunder Punch easily.
•Got back to Olivine and easily beat Jasmine before saving.