The Ones That Got Away Challenge - Page 3

tachikaze316 · #51 November 10th, 2010, 12:17 AM

Okay, sorry I haven't updated in a while but I was putting this next part off for as long as humanly possible...*sigh*

Update #6

-Left the gym and immediately ran into Gav
-Healed the team up
-Went to the library, saw Professor Rowan's awesome mind control powers in action
-Lake time! Dropped Fugu off to get my fly slave out and headed to Lake Valor
-Fought my way to Commander Saturn, swept him easily despite my underleveledness
-Flew to Sandgem Town and healed up
-Reached Lake Verity and saw Rowan actually doing something, unlike all the previous 'experts'...
-Beat Mars, saved Dawn, was generally heroic
-Flew to Celestic Town
-Went up along everybody's favourite routes to Snowpoint City
-Had a lot of trouble with Snowpoint gym, mainly in the 'which team member will I sweep her with' department
-Fugu fainted to hail vs Snover, had Devo KO it with Acid, Mothra OHKO'd Sneasel with Signal Beam, Medicham went down to Bang's Psycho Cut and Khan brick broke Abomasnow.

Team:

Spoiler:

jdthebud · #52 November 11th, 2010, 01:13 AM

Another update. Thank God someone posted lol.

Spoiler:

First went to Solaceon Ruins to get Defog and a Fire Stone.
Grinded outside Lost Tower against Roselias to get Pyre to L24, when it learned Flamerthrower.
Armed with a real attack, went up Lost Tower, training Pyre to match the rest of my team.
Went east from Solaceon to Veilstone City.
Went to the gym, beat Maylene, who was pretty hard. Pyro was indispensable against Lucario. Forgot a screenshot.
After helping Dawn get her Pokedex back, Looker took me into the Warehouse, where I got Fly and taught it to Silver.
Flew back to Floarama Town and got the Pluck TM I forgot earlier, taught to Silver.
Made my way down to Pastoria City, home of the Great Marsh and my last team member, Skorupi. Had to change the date a couple times as Skorupi is a changing Pokemon.
Caught one at L28, Female with Careful Nature.
After rebattling the Eeveelution trainer a couple times and getting Dig (taught to Slasher), I was ready to challenge the gym...or so I thought.
Nolan showed up. I took care of him easily.

He wasn't too difficult. Don't really remember much about the battle, though.
Healed up, then challenged the gym.
I was underleveled against Crasher Wake, but it was fine.

Funny how Silver is always my final Pokemon in these screenshots...NOT!
After beating Crasher Wake, it was plot time.
BBOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!
I followed the Grunt and finally beat it down.
Cythia showed up with the SecretPotion, which I took to the Psyducks outside Rt 210.
Along with the Old Charm and Fluffy (Defog), I made my way to Celestic Town.
Beat the bomb-toting Grunt, then went inside the cave.
Cyrus shows up, wants to change the world. No wai!

I actually lost once because I made stupid moves and switches. The second time was fine though. Silver again the final member out there.
Got Surf from the Elder, taught it to Zapp of course.
In Jubilife City, I got the Marking Map app for the Poketch, then Surfed to Canalave City.
On the bridge, Nolan, fresh from the Gym, wants to battle. Okay!

Beat him pretty easily. Pyre is out there this time for Torterra.
Went to train in Iron Island before challenging the gym.
Am currently about to fight the Team Galatic Grunts there, but will do some grinding first to get my team up to L40 I think, so that Draken and Slasher will have evolved. Will use the Fire Stone on Pyre when she learn Extrasensory at L44 I think.
I'm gonna need another Heart Scale (have one right now) - Draipon for Ice Fang, Ninetales for Nasty Plot perhaps.

Team Jaskil:

Draken (Skorupi, F) - L39 @ Silver Powder
Nature: Careful, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Bug Bite, Acupressure, Poison Fang, Payback

Pyre (Vulpix, F) - L37
Nature: Bold, Ability: Flash Fire
Moves: Quick Attack, Confuse Ray, Will-O-Wisp, Flamethrower

Slasher (Anorith, M) - L36
Nature: Impish, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Return, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, Dig

Zapp (Lanturn, M) - L38
Nature: Modest, Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Surf, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Shock Wave

Silver (Skarmory, F) - L37 @ Amulet Coin
Nature: Adamant, Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Pluck, Fly, Sand-Attack, Steel Wing

Worker2 (Bibarel, M) - L19
Nature: Careful, Ability: Unware
Moves: Rock Smash, Cut, Water Gun, Headbutt

In the box are Bill (Psyduck) with Flash and Fluffy (Piplup) with Defog.

Zeffy · #53 November 11th, 2010, 10:00 AM

Name: Zeffers
Game: HeartGold
List of Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

Number required: 6
Any specific requirements: No stupid Pokemon pl0x.

Sammuthegreat · #54 November 11th, 2010, 10:36 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeffy

Name: Zeffers
Game: HeartGold
List of Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

Number required: 6
Any specific requirements: No stupid Pokemon pl0x.

You can have... Magnezone, Weezing, Froslass, Salamence, Skarmory and Bibarel (thought I'd give you an HM Slave...). Added you to the Challengers list.

I'll edit this later with my most recent progress update.

Zeffy · #55 November 11th, 2010, 12:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sammuthegreat

You can have... Magnezone, Weezing, Froslass, Salamence, Skarmory and Bibarel (thought I'd give you an HM Slave...). Added you to the Challengers list.

I'll edit this later with my most recent progress update.

Thanks. I'll be sure to start soon. ^_~
EDIT: Actually, I may have trouble in getting Magnezone. Can it be changed?

jdthebud · #56 November 11th, 2010, 01:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeffy

Thanks. I'll be sure to start soon. ^_~
EDIT: Actually, I may have trouble in getting Magnezone. Can it be changed?

If I can change it, go with Scizor. You're gonna have to get a Scyther in the Park and use that for the first half I think though, unless you can get a Metal Coat earlier.

By the way, Sammu, you need to fix the spoiler tags on Boomerjp's Platinum champion team.

Sammuthegreat · #57 November 11th, 2010, 02:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdthebud

If I can change it, go with Scizor.

Course you can

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdthebud

By the way, Sammu, you need to fix the spoiler tags on Boomerjp's Platinum champion team.

I noticed this earlier when I added Zeffy to the Challengers list - I tried changing it but it absolutely refuses to make it just one spoiler tag! I don't understand why, it's formatted in an identical fashion to all the other spoiler tags I've put in every other post I've ever done, but it splits it into two when I click "Post"! It's really annoying... Hopefully it'll change when someone else completes the Challenge on D/P/Pt...

EDIT: Fixed it. I know what I did wrong now, I put part of the bold tag for the "DPPt" Heading in spoiler tags as well, and it confused the code.

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Update 4:

- Cleared out the Olivine Lighthouse, and found Jasmine at the top
- Surfed to Cianwood, picked up the SecretPotion and beat the snot out of Chuck using Girafarig's Psybeam
- Surfed back to Olivine after picking up Fly - none of my Pokemon could learn it! Caught a Hoothoot for that purpose
- Healed the Ampharos in the Lighthouse and got a call from Baoba - Safari Zone was open
- Flew back to Cianwood and headed towards the Safari Zone to level up a bit before the Olivine Gym
- Took on Jasmine. Croagunk took out Magnemite1, Pinsir took out Magnemite2, Omanyte destroyed Steelix with Surf (such an easy Gym)
- Flew back to Ecruteak and headed East towards Mahogany Town and the Lake of Rage!

The Team:

Spoiler:

Croagunk, Male, Relaxed, Lv.33
Rock Smash, Faint Attack, Focus Blast, Revenge
Impressions: I've said it before and I'll probably say it again - his typing is awesome. He's edging closer and closer to levelling up and as soon as I get to Blackthorn he's forgetting Rock Smash, but what a great little Pokemon.

Omanyte, Male, Mild, Lv.32
Rollout, Mud Shot, Headbutt, Surf
Impressions: he was a few levels behind the rest after Chuck's Gym, so I decided to train him up to take on Jasmine even though Croagunk could easily have handled Steelix with Focus Blast. Levelling him up was easy enough with his super-powered Surf though, and he keeps plugging away. Good and reliable.

Misdreavus, Female, Docile, Lv.31
Confuse Ray, Charge Beam, Headbutt, Psybeam
Impressions: I officially love this Pokemon. Her Sp.Atk is immense, especially with Charge Beam (one of my absolute favourite moves since I taught it to my (shiny!) Uxie on my first Diamond run and he proceeded to pretty much destroy the whole Pokemon league at lv.50) and she just can't be stopped once she gets a head of steam. She's going to be frightening when she's a Mismagius... Only 6 levels to go! :D

Girafarig, Female, Sassy, Lv. 31
Reflect, Psybeam, Assurance, Strength
Impressions: I still love Girafarig. She's probably still my best Pokemon at this point, levelling up nice and quickly and taking out enemies without breaking a sweat.

Dragonair, Male, Adamant, Lv.33
Thunder Wave, Iron Tail, Aqua Tail, Extremespeed
Impressions: what a turnaround from this sleek destroyer. After a terrible start he's really grown into my number 1 powerhouse, and no foe has been able to cause him significant damage yet. His worst stat - currently Defence at 53 - is only 2 lower than Croagunk's BEST stat - his Atk/Sp.Atk are both 55! And Croagunk is awesome! I really wish Dragonair had a better evolution though, Dragonite looks daft. I might petition Gamefreak to design the first ever split-evolution-line for a pseudo-legendary. A Sp.Atk-based Dragonair evolution that actually looked cool like Dragonair would make me wet my pants.

Pinsir, Male, Quiet, Lv.31
Headbutt, Cut, Rock Tomb, Brick Break
Impressions: he hits hard, he hits (surprisingly) fast. Still a one-trick pony, but no less effective for it.

jdthebud · #58 November 12th, 2010, 06:23 AM

Update time.

Spoiler:

Now I am about to go through Mt. Coronet and trudge through the snow to Snowpoint City.

Team Jaskil:

Draken (Drapion, F) - L42 @ Poison Barb
Nature: Careful, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Bug Bite, Acupressure, Poison Fang, Payback

Pyre (Ninetales, F) - L44 @ Mind Plate
Nature: Bold, Ability: Flash Fire
Moves: Extrasensory, Confuse Ray, Will-O-Wisp, Flamethrower

Slasher (Armaldo, M) - L36 @ Amulet Coin
Nature: Impish, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Return, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, Dig

Zapp (Lanturn, M) - L38 @ Magnet
Nature: Modest, Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Surf, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Discharge

Silver (Skarmory, F) - L37 @ Metal Coat
Nature: Adamant, Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Pluck, Fly, Sand-Attack, Steel Wing

Worker2 (Bibarel, M) - L19
Nature: Careful, Ability: Unware
Moves: Rock Smash, Cut, Strength, Headbutt

In the box are Bill (Psyduck) with Flash and Fluffy (Piplup) with Defog.

Zeffy · #59 November 12th, 2010, 11:40 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jdthebud

If I can change it, go with Scizor. You're gonna have to get a Scyther in the Park and use that for the first half I think though, unless you can get a Metal Coat earlier.

By the way, Sammu, you need to fix the spoiler tags on Boomerjp's Platinum champion team.

All right I'll try, but are there anymore? I just despise trading. :( or, can I just accept those 5 and choose one for myself?

Sammuthegreat · #60 November 12th, 2010, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeffy

All right I'll try, but are there anymore? I just despise trading.

or, can I just accept those 5 and choose one for myself?

How about Skuntank? If not then yeah feel free to choose the last one yourself, although there's not that many in your list to choose from

Zeffy · #61 November 12th, 2010, 12:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sammuthegreat

How about Skuntank? If not then yeah feel free to choose the last one yourself, although there's not that many in your list to choose from :P

I'll post a new application then. The Pokémon I listed before was just from the top of my head. And I wouldn't mind posting a new application.~

Name: Zeffers
Game: HeartGold
List of Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

*The ones strikethroughed are the ones I cannot get.
Number required: 4
Any specific requirements: Only 1 stall-type Pokémon. And no happiness evolution Pokémon either. :)

Sammuthegreat · #62 November 12th, 2010, 01:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zeffy

I'll post a new application then. The Pokémon I listed before was just from the top of my head. And I wouldn't mind posting a new application.~

Name: Zeffers
Game: HeartGold
List of Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

*The ones strikethroughed are the ones I cannot get.
Number required: 4
Any specific requirements: Only 1 stall-type Pokémon. And no happiness evolution Pokémon either.

Ok then, have Forretress, Froslass, Salamence and Slowbro.

Zeffy · #63 November 12th, 2010, 02:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sammuthegreat

Ok then, have Forretress, Froslass, Salamence and Slowbro.

Ok thanks. I'm going to start soon enough. After I delete my old savefile, that is. xD

Sammuthegreat · #64 November 13th, 2010, 12:17 AM

Update 5:

- Took out the Red Gyarados, incurring £3000 in fines trying to work out how to get the Sludge Bomb TM (turns out you can only get it after clearing the Secret Basement)
- Cleared the Secret Basement with Lance... got Sludge Bomb TM
- Beat several shades of snot out of Pryce (another Gym I never have trouble with). By the time I challenged him my team were all at least the level of his higest level Pokemon, Piloswine (lv.34), so he was absolutely no challenge.
- Headed over to Goldenrod to clear out the Radio Tower and the Underground Base - Misdreavus, Croagunk and Omanyte all evolved in the process
- Once Team Rocket were forced out of Johto once and for all, I headed over to Blackthorn City
- Once I reached it, I used the Move Obliviator to delete Cut from Pinsir's moveset and Rock Smash from Toxicroak's
- Swept through the Blackthorn Gym, although Clair proved a bit tricky because Kingdra was faster than Dragonair and OHKO'd him with Dragon Pulse. Toxicroak sorted him in the end though, spamming Focus Punch when Kingdra bizarrely decided to use Hyper Beam repeatedly
- Got a phone call from Professor Elm - some Kimono Girls wanted to take me on. Caught a Poliwag and evolved it to Poliwhirl for HM Slave purposes (wasted a lot of valuable XP that could have been used on my team Pokemon in the process... Grr)
- Pinsir took out Umbr and Esp, Omastar took out Flar, Toxicroak finished off Jolt and Mismagius ate up Vapor... nomnomnom
- The Kimono Girls decided I was ready to take on Lugia, so after clearing out Whirl Islands, that was exactly what I did... and Mismagius ate him up too! Nomnomnomnomnom
- Bumped into Raikou and caught him in my Master Ball to trade to my main HG game later on... why not!
- Saved just after reaching Kanto, heading towards Victory Road and the Pokemon League

The Team:

Spoiler:

Croagunk, Male, Relaxed, Lv.41
Poison Jab, Faint Attack, Focus Blast, Nasty Plot
Impressions: this is the sort of Pokemon that really pleases me: not only does he look awesome, but he has the skills to back it up. It was a bit shaky until he hit lv.41 because after forgetting Rock Smash, the only reliable attacking move he had was Faint Attack, which didn't hit too hard (the other two moves being Nasty Plot and Focus Blast). Now he's got Poison Jab and Sludge Bomb to follow, he's laughing.

Omastar, Male, Mild, Lv.41
AncientPower, Mud Shot, Headbutt, Surf
Impressions: I almost feel like I'm underusing this guy. His Sp.Atk is the highest single stat of any of my Pokemon, so he levels up in the blink of an eye - he just steamrollers anything he's up against, getting so far ahead of the rest I have to leave him for a while for the rest to catch up. Possibly my new favourite fossil - the rest never seemed to have the moveset to back up their awesome stats/typings. And AncientPower got off to a good start - it raised all of (then) Omanyte's stats 3 times out of the first 4 times I used it!

Mismagius, Female, Docile, Lv.41
Confuse Ray, Charge Beam, Shadow Ball, Psybeam
Impressions: Mismagius is a fun word to type. Mismagius. Mismagius. Anyway, she's awesome in literally every way. She's lightning quick and takes opponents as threatening as Lugia down in the blink of an eye, barely taking any damage because of her awesome Sp.Def. A real star.

Girafarig, Female, Sassy, Lv. 41
Zen Headbutt, Psychic, Assurance, Strength
Impressions: I fear that Girafarig's time in the spotlight may be drawing to a close. She's still rock solid and dependable, but she's simply being overtaken now by more powerful teammates like Toxicroak, Omastar and Mismagius. Still, I love her fiercely, and she came in handy when she was the only Pokemon I had who could learn Flash for Whirl Islands (well, Mismagius could too, but I would rather replace Girafarig's rarely used Reflect than any of Mismagius' moveset). If Mismagius' star is on the rise, Girafarig's has just faded slightly.

Dragonair, Male, Adamant, Lv.41
Thunder Wave, Dragon Rush, Aqua Tail, Extremespeed
Impressions: Dragonair's topsy-turvy performance record continues. In the mid-30s (after Jasmine really) he suddenly hit an awkward phase where his only accurate offensive move was Extremespeed which only has 5PP, and neither Iron Tail nor Aqua Tail was quite powerful enough to finish tougher oppoents in one hit. All of that... well, ok, half of that changed with the advent of Dragon Rush though, and (slightly disappointing performance in the Blackthorn Gym aside) he's still a valuable and strong member of the team.

Pinsir, Male, Quiet, Lv.41
X-Scissor, Swords Dance, Rock Tomb, Brick Break
Impressions: Pinsir's jumped up in my estimations again. X-Scissor is a brutal attack in his hands (paws? Claws?) and his performance in tearing the Kimono Girls to shreds was invaluable - I usually struggle against the first one and her Umbreon! Luckily there will be lots of Rock and Psychic Pokemon from here on that Pinsir can destroy with Brick Break and X-Scissor respectively. And I get the feeling he's looking forward to it...

jdthebud · #65 November 13th, 2010, 11:09 AM

Pretty big update on Platinum.

Spoiler:

Trudged to Snowpoint City, which is ALWAYS annoying. Hail is the most hated move ever.
Picked up Rock Climb, taught to Worker2.
In Snowpoint, it was time to challenge the gym.

Ended up using my whole team here because I didn't use items and Hail was evident throughout. Also used Pyre last as she was the highest on my team. One Flamethrower and Abomasnow was done.
Rock Climbed to Lake Acuity to see Jupiter escape.
Flew to Pastoria for the Move Relearner and taught Draken Ice Fang and Pyre Nasty Plot.
TM time as well. Earthquake, Rock Slide and X-Scissor to Slasher, Poison Jab to Draken.
Flew to Veilstone to take on TG.
Looker unlocked the Warehouse for me and I eventually found the Galatic Key.
Went back to the HQ and cleared it out. Second fight against Cyrus.

Silver killed most of the foes before Pyre finished up.

Then I fought Saturn again. Same thing - Silver killed most of em, then Pyre cleaned up.
After freeing the Lake trio, it was time to try and stop TG in Mt. Coronet.
After climbing the mountain, I reached the Sky Pillar, where Jupiter and Mars were waiting for me. Nolan showed up to help me, not that I needed it.

Silver went down to repeated damage, then Slasher came in and finished it. Nolan lost Munchlax and Rapidash.
Cyrus summoned Dialga and Palkia.
GIRATINA!!!!!
Pretty cool cutscene, although it has nothing on Emerald.
Cynthia showed up, and we followed the lake trio into the Distortion World.
Navigated it pretty easily, having done it a couple time before.
Finally caught up to Cyrus, who after ranting and raving, was up for a battle.

This was hard because I led with Silver and she was OHKOed by Houndoom's flamethrower. I should have switched out, and because I didn't, her presence was sorely missed later. She would have been very useful against Crobat, his final Pokemon. After healing Draken a few times due to confusion damage, I was able to push through and send Cyrus off in a fit of mad rage.
Then it was time to kill Giratina.

It wasn't easy, but after Zapp Parafused him before being taken down, Draken Paybacked him for the KO.
After leaving the Distortion World and reappearing in the Sendoff Spring, I flew back to Sandgem.
Proceeded to hunt down the Lake trio. "Saw" Mespirit and killed Uxie and Azelf.
After some TM hunting for Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Psychic (sold), U-Turn, and Roost (taught to Silver), I went to Sunnyshore City.
Bought some Seals.
Found Volkner in the Lighthouse (irresponsible cur).
Beat the gym pretty easily.

Slasher almost swept Volkner with Earthquake. He doesn't have the speed to sweep this gym though as he isn't a ground type. Pyre was in there for his last one, Luxray. Finally shook off the paralysis to beat him.
Got the Waterfall HM from Jasmine.
Taught Strength to Draken and Waterfall to Bibarel (forgot Strength).
Got some items with Waterfall - Dragon Claw TM, Stone Plate, the Orbs (sold), and some others.
Bought a bunch of vitamins for my Pokemon. Zapp got an Effort Ribbon upon entering Sunnyshore, but the others were a ways off it seems.

Am about to Surf to Victory Road from Sunnyshore.

Team Jaskil:

Draken (Drapion, F) - L49 @ Poison Barb
Nature: Careful, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Strength, Ice Fang, Poison Jab, Crunch

Pyre (Ninetales, F) - L48 @ Mind Plate
Nature: Bold, Ability: Flash Fire
Moves: Extrasensory, Confuse Ray, Nasty Plot, Flamethrower

Slasher (Armaldo, M) - L51 @ Soft Sand
Nature: Impish, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Return, X-Scissor, Rock Slide, Earthquake

Zapp (Lanturn, M) - L49 @ Splash Plate
Nature: Modest, Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Surf, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Discharge

Silver (Skarmory, F) - L48 @ Iron Plate
Nature: Adamant, Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Steel Wing, Fly, Night Slash, Roost

Worker2 (Bibarel, M) - L19
Nature: Careful, Ability: Unware
Moves: Rock Smash, Cut, Rock Climb, Waterfall

In the box are Bill (Psyduck) with Flash and Fluffy (Piplup) with Defog.

Slasher's moveset is really good. I also like Parafusion Zapp, although I'm gonna teach Ice Beam and Thunderbolt, so one of those status moves has to go. I am thinking about teaching U-turn to Draken as well (forget Strength), although I'm not sure if that is gonna happen Return to Draken (can't learn U-Turn). Swords Dance is an interesting idea as well.

Edit: Update #2: Beat the Elite Four and Cynthia to finish the challenge!

From Sunnyshore to becoming the Champion:

Spoiler:

Surfed to Victory Road.
Made my way through it pretty easily. No real challenges here.
Upon reaching the building, healed up and flew to Canalave City to have Draken forget Strength for Return.
Geared up for the final rival fight against Nolan!

I actually went through my whole team here. Pulled out Pyre at the end, and she took care of Heracross and then finished off Staraptor, who had used U-Turn at the beginning, with a Flamethrower for the win.
Now it was time to face the Elite Four:
First up was Aaron with his Bug Pokemon.

Went through my whole team here as well. Vespiqueen got set up on me and Silver couldn't finish it. Pyre was my last Pokemon again, and it would have been easier if I had used her more.
Next up was Bertha and her Ground-Types:

Zapp's problem here is that he is weak to Ground, and the only other Pokemon on my team who has a super-effective move is Draken with Ice Fang, and he is weak to Ground as well. Needless to say I had a tough time, and but was able to push through with Pyre again as my last Pokemon. She survived an Earthquake from Gliscor while using Nasty Plot, then finished him off with Flamethrower.
At this point, I was running out of Revives (9 left here) and I resolved to keep my Pokemon alive more. Didn't Revive Silver for this one.
Next up was Flint with his Fire team:

I had a much easier time here. Zapp went down to Infernape after paralyzing him, and Slasher EQ for the KO. When Rapidash came out, I switched to Pyre and used Nasty Plot three times. Extrasensory killed Rapidash, Flareon (after healing), and OHKOed Magmortar after a Thunderbolt was not enough to kill Pyre.
Lucian was next with Psychic Pokemon:

I was finally able to use Draken effectively here, and this really weas the only battle he participated well in. He took care of Mr. Mime, then switched for Slasher when Brongzong came out. X-Scissor was good for him, and because Earthquake was being used I didn't switch in Pyre. Ended up not using her at all. After Brongzong finally went down, Silver took down Gallade with Fly, and Draken Crunched Alakazam and Espeon for the win.
Now that I had beaten the Elite Four, the Champion was next.
Cynthia is by far the toughest Champion that I have faced, especially in Platinum due to one new Pokemon, Togekiss replacing Gastrodon. Lance is a close second if your team can't handle Dragons.
First I taught Stone Edge to Slasher, even though I ended up never using it. I also didn't teach Zapp Ice Beam because there would have been no chance to use it against Garchomp, who OHKOs with EQ.
Here comes Cynthia with her team of OU/Uber Pokemon:

Wow. This was by far the most unsatisfying Champion battle I have been a part of. I had to PP stall Garchomp's EQ because it was OHko or 2hKO on every one of my Pokemon except Silver, who was taken with Flamethrower.
Well, first I lost.
Then I used the 7 Rare Candies I had in my bag, and led with Pyre. She set up three Nasty Plots and I healed her, then took down Spiritomb with Flamethrower and then got really lucky when Milotic came out. The first Extrasensory only did about 60%, but Milotic flinched, so Pyre was able 2HKO her without taking a hit. Garchomp came out and EQ for the KO. I thought Pyre would be able to outspeed him, but no luck there.Put out Slasher, and after an EQ (60%)/X-Scissor (20%) exchange, I switched to Silver, and curiously Cythia switched to Togekiss. I switched in Zapp, who nullified the Shock Wave, and eventually Thunderbolt 2HKOed Togekiss after I healed Slasher. Roserade came out and killed Zapp with Energy Ball, then Silver beat her with Fly. Garchomp came back out and Flamethrower took Silver down. At this point I have two Pokemon left - Slasher and Draken. Draken couldn't survive an Earthquake to use Ice Fang, so I had to PP stall with Slasher. I got a few X-scissors in when Garchop missed with Dragon Rush a couple times. Then came a big break for me. After I healed Slasher once, Cythia switched to her final Pokemon, Lucario. Slasher did 95% with Earthquake, and Lucario missed with Stone Edge, which may or may not have OHKOed Slasher. Cynthia then used her last Full Restore, which ment she didn't have one to use on Garchomp (Thank God!). Slasher EQ twice for the KO, then proceeded to PP stall Garchomp until EQ ran out and Dragon Rushes started coming. Slasher got Garchomp down to a sliver before fianally going down. Draken came in and survived a Giga Impact, then finally took the win with Crunch. It was finally over.

The Hall of Fame.

If you could add me to the Champions list that would be great :D.

Team Jaskil (Final):

Draken (Drapion, F) - L53 @ Poison Barb
Nature: Careful, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Return, Ice Fang, Poison Jab, Crunch

Pyre (Ninetales, F) - L56 @ Mind Plate
Nature: Bold, Ability: Flash Fire
Moves: Extrasensory, Confuse Ray, Nasty Plot, Flamethrower

Slasher (Armaldo, M) - L56 @ Soft Sand
Nature: Impish, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Return, X-Scissor, Stone Edge, Earthquake

Zapp (Lanturn, M) - L55 @ Splash Plate
Nature: Modest, Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Surf, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt

Silver (Skarmory, F) - L53 @ Fly Plate
Nature: Adamant, Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Steel Wing, Fly, Night Slash, Roost

HM slaves are above.

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Most Valuable Pokemon:
Gyms MVP: Zapp
Elite Four MVP: Pyre
Best Moveset: Slasher (1a), Zapp (1b, Parafusion FTW)
LVP: Draken

Sammuthegreat · #66 November 15th, 2010, 02:45 PM

Congratulations jdthebud, our 3rd Champion!

Update 6:

Not a huge update, this one. All I've done is trudged up Routes 27 and 26, got through Victory Road and reached the Pokemon League. Haven't taken them on yet though, so I won't do long impressions on this update.

The Team:

Spoiler:

Sammuthegreat · #67 November 19th, 2010, 12:08 PM

Update 7:

I beat the Elite Four!

Will was pretty easy: Pinsir and Mismagius managed to take care of him pretty much between them, with a cameo from Toxicroak who nearly took down Exeggutor in one Poison Jab (he likes a challenge) but then fell to Psychic.

Koga was an absolute cinch, as he always is. Girafarig nailed Ariados. Toxicroak then completely obliterated Forretress with Focus Blast, Omastar took down Crobat and Girafarig finished the rest off.

Bruno was entertainingly easy; Hitmontop has no moves that could hit Mismagius as she has Levitate, so while Hitmontop was Digging his way to complete futility, Mismagius took the opportunity to set up with numerous Charge Beams. By the time Hitmontop went down, Mismagius' Sp.Atk was so ridiculously high that she OHKOd the rest of Bruno's team!

After a timely Max Ether to Charge Beam, I moved onto Karen, who presented more of a problem than she ever has done before - I usually find her quite simple. First of all Toxicroak destroyed Umbreon before he had a chance to Double Team/Confuse. He then took down Murkrow with Nasty Plot/Focus Blast, before Houndoom nailed him and Dragonair AND Pinsir with Nasty Plot/Dark Pulse - some critted. Omastar sorted him out with Surf, before Mismagius swept up Vileplume and Gengar.

Lance was tricky, as ever. I led with Mismagius, who took down Gyarados with Charge Beam in one. Aerodactyl was next, and was somehow even faster than Mismagius, OHKOing her with a crit Crunch before Mismagius could Charge Beam again. Omastar finished Aero off with Surf, but not before Thunder Fang dealt him a bit of damage.

Dragonite1 was next - the one with Thunder. Out went Omastar for Pinsir. He used Rock Tomb to take down Dragonite's Speed but was paralyzed by Thunder Wave; cue an exchange of missed Dragon Rushes and paralysis/missed Rock Tombs before eventually Pinsir succumbed to Thunder. Omastar was back in, and took Dragonite1 down with Ice Beam. Dragonite2 came in afterwards, leading with Dragon Rush against my Dragonair (OHKO) before being murdered in one by Omastar's Ice Beam.

Then came Dragonite3, the really tough one. I switched out Omastar, because I knew if he died my team was screwed. I sent in Girafarig, who sacrificed herself to Full Restore Omastar. I then sent in Toxicroak, who sacrificed most of his health to Max Revive Mismagius, and then went down trying to Poison Jab the dragon. Omastar came back in and OHKOd the bugger with Ice Beam. Charizard was last up, and he used a pathetic Air Slash before being OHKOd by AncientPower.

Hurrah! I was Champion, thanks mainly to Mismagius and Omastar. Next up, Kanto!

The Team:

Spoiler:

Porygon Z · #68 November 21st, 2010, 01:52 PM

I'll try it in Crystal!

Spoiler:

Saiddun Uzkha · #69 November 21st, 2010, 03:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Porygon Z

I'll try it in Crystal!

Spoiler:

Persian
Muk
Sudowoodo
Farfetch'd
Scizor
Stantler

Have fun!

Sammuthegreat · #70 November 21st, 2010, 04:31 PM

Added Porygon Z to the Challengers list. Keep updating people! I'm trudging through Kanto as we speak, full update to come tonight or tomorrow.

Porygon Z · #71 November 21st, 2010, 07:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Saiddun Uzkha

Persian
Muk
Sudowoodo
Farfetch'd
Scizor
Stantler

Have fun!

Can you exchange Persian with something to surf?

Sammuthegreat · #72 November 21st, 2010, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Porygon Z

Can you exchange Persian with something to surf?

Take Slowking instead. Enjoy!

Rainbow-Sasuke · #73 November 21st, 2010, 08:21 PM

Name: Rainbow-Sasuke Ingame Name: Ace
Game: Gold(ROM)
Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

Number requirement: 6
Specific requirements: No trades, three from each catergories.

Saiddun Uzkha · #74 November 21st, 2010, 08:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rainbow-Sasuke

Name: Rainbow-Sasuke Ingame Name: Ace
Game: Gold(ROM)
Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

Number requirement: 6
Specific requirements: No trades, three from each catergories.

Kanto:
1. Arbok
2. Tauros
3. Electabuzz

Johto
1. Quagsire
2. Blissey
3.Smeargle

Have Fun!

Rainbow-Sasuke · #75 November 21st, 2010, 08:53 PM

Ok, thanks Saiddun. I'll start tomorrow. I'm going to cheat in Smeargle first if that's ok.

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