The Ultimate Monotype Challenge

- Defeated Team Rocket and Giovanni at the Celadon Game Corner.
- Obtained the level 25 Eevee, called him Fluff.
- Faced and defeated Erika with a team of a level 25 Fluff, level 33 Wing, level 36 Biter, level 37 Pecka.
- Got the Fly HM and tought it to Wing, before heading back to Lavender Town.
- Made my way through Pokémon Tower, easily defeating my Rival at the start, and rescued Mr. Fuji.
- Made my way through Silph Co., once again, defeating my Rival, and Giovanni.
- Team before Sabrina: Fluff level 32, Biter level 38, Pecka level 38, Wing level 41 (Now a Pidgeot)
- Defeated Sabrina easily with Biter.
- Made my way through Cycling Road, and caught Speedy the level 24 Doduo in Route 18.
- Went through the Safari Zone, and got both HMs.
- Trained my Pokémon. Speedy level 39 (Evolved into Dodrio), Fluff level 40, Pecka level 41, Wing level 41, Biter level 42.
- Took on Koga and defeated him.
- Went fishing for another HM Slave to use Surf. Caught a level 10 Poliwag.
- Flew back to Pallet Town and surfed to Cinnibar Island.
- Made my way through the mansion. Got the Secret Key, and trained my Pokémon.
- Speedy level 44, Fluff level 44, Pecka level 44, Biter level 45, Wing level 47.
- Speedy and Fluff were able to defeat Blaine on their own.
- Flew back to Viridian, boxed Poliwag, and faced Giovanni.
- Pecka, Biter, and Wing were barely able to defeat him, earning me the final Gym Badge.
- Headed off towards Victory Road and faced my Rival again.
- Pecka, Speedy and Fluff all fainted (but helped) before Biter was able to defeat him.
- I headed through the Guards, showing off my Badges, and made my way into Victory Road.

Ninjask, lv. 49 @ Sharp Beak
Male // Adamant // Speed Boost
- Return
- Swords Dance
- Aerial Ace
- Baton Pass

Shedinja, lv. 50 @ Quick Claw
Adamant // Wonder Guard
- Return
- Double Team
- Shadow Ball
- Confuse Ray

Armaldo, lv. 49 @ Soft Sand
Male // Adamant // Battle Armor
- Metal Claw
- Brick Break
- Toxic
- Earthquake

Beautifly, lv. 48 @ Miracle Seed
Female // Timid // Swarm
- Giga Drain
- Stun Spore
- Gust
- Morning Sun

Volbeat, lv. 49 @ Lax Incense
Male // Jolly // Swarm
- Signal Beam
- Confuse Ray
- Double-Edge
- Moonlight

Masquerain, lv. 46 @ Mystic Water
Male // Calm // Intimidate
- Water Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Stun Spore
- Rain Dance

Ninjask, lv. 52 @ Lax Incense
Male // Adamant // Speed Boost
- Return
- Swords Dance
- Aerial Ace
- Baton Pass

Ninjask has always been one of my favorite Hoenn Bug Pokémon. I mean, it's a ****ing ninja cicada! I've never really used this guy like I did this time, though. He is a crazy support team member. If the opportunity to set up a few Swords Dances presented itself, Ninjask proved an insane support. Crazy good Pokémon. Fo' sure.


Volbeat, lv. 52
Male // Jolly // Swarm
- Signal Beam
- Confuse Ray
- Double-Edge
- Moonlight

I never really cared much for Volbeat, and while I realize that he's worth two sacks of **** when it comes to competitive play, he really pulled through and proved incredibly useful throughout this challenge. His Signal Beam was actually my only Bug-type attack. On a Bug Monotype team, wat. He worked really well as a sort of underdog of physical sweepers - which was where Ninjask stepped in!


Armaldo, lv. 53 @ Soft Sand
Male // Adamant // Battle Armor
- Iron Tail
- Brick Break
- Toxic
- Earthquake

As the only team member with an attacking base stat over 90, this guy was on a completely different level than the rest of them. In his own way. In a weird way, though, his lack of underdog..ness made him less fun to use, at least in this challenge. My strategy was usually something along the lines of Ninjask Baton passing a lethal sweeping boost to Shedinja or Volbeat, maybe occasionally thrown in a Stun Spore by Masquerain or Beautifly. Armaldo doesn't need that ****. He's a strong, independent bug who don't need no Ninjask.


Beautifly, lv. 51 @ Miracle Seed
Female // Timid // Swarm
- Giga Drain
- Psychic
- Stun Spore
- Morning Sun

Bit of an outsider. Having Ninjask as a fierce physical supporter sort of outweighed the need for this special attacker. The Grass-type coverage was nice every now and then, though, and she pulled through a few times and earned me a victory here and there.


Masquerain, lv. 50
Male // Calm // Intimidate
- Ice Beam
- Water Pulse
- Stun Spore
- Rain Dance

Difficult and challenging to use, but definitely fun to use as a sort of pseudo-Water type. Useful Ice-type coverage and passable defenses in a usable Sp. Def stat and Intimidate made this an interesting little guy on my team. Like Beautifly, though, the lack of special support and the immense physical support presented in Ninjask made Masquerain a tad more difficult to really make use of.


Shedinja, lv. 53 @ Quick Claw
Adamant // Wonder Guard
- Return
- Double Team
- Shadow Ball
- Confuse Ray

Shedinja was actually my main reason for even doing a Bug Monotype Challenge in the first place. I really wanted to make use of this guy, because I've always loved Ninjask and Shedinja. And my lord, did they work perfectly together. Shedinja has pathetic speed, but decent attack, so with a few Sword Dances and speed boosts from Ninjask, (and the ever-useful Quick Claw) Shedinja proved insane. Not to mention the times when Shedinja was laughing in the face of the opponent for their complete inability to inflict any damage. This guy was really fun to use!

Staravia, lv. 21
Female // Jolly // Intimidate
- Wing Attack
- Growl
- Return
- Double Team

Zippo the Charizard level 47
- Slash
- Flamethrower
- Earthquake
- Leer

Birdman the Pidgeot level 47
- Wing Attack
- Fly
- Sand Attack
- Quick Attack

Rage the Gyarados level 47
- Surf
- Bite
- Ice Beam
- Hydro Pump

Dracaris the Dragonair level 47
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Body Slam
- Dragon Rage

Aero the Aerodactyl level 47
- Fly
- Wing Attack
- Bite
- Fire Blast

Dux the Farfetch'd (Cut Slave) level 15
- Peck
- Sand Attack
- Cut
- Fury Attack

Dragonite
Lv. 63


Dragonair
Lv. 63


Dratini
Lv. 65

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Aero was the last member of my team that joined me. He made his presence felt early though by soloing Sabrina. He wasn't a whole lot of use against Blaine or Giovanni but again made his presence felt against Bruno by taking down Machamp. He also contributed a KO against one of Lance's Dragonairs and he took down Blue's Pidgeot. Gen 1's broken crit system allowed for quite a few Crits due to Aero's speed.
Level 53 Final Moveset
- Fly
- Bite
- Fire Blast
- Wing Attack

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Rage joined the team early on as a Magikarp purchased at the Poke Center outside Mt. Moon. With some hard training however he became a Gyarados by the time we faced Misty and soloed her along with Blaine and the final Giovanni showdown. For the pre Elite 4 game Rage was absolutely my MVP. Against the Elite 4 he helped stall Lorelei, defeat Bruno, Lance, and Blue. Gyarados is one of my favorite Pokemon and he is an absolute power house.
Level 53 Final Moveset
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Hyper Beam
- Hydro Pump

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Dracaris was purchased from the Game Corner as a level 18 Dratini. He struggled to win battles at first but slowly leveled up and turned into the beast that is Dragonite. He did not actually become a Dragonite until my battle with Bruno (after actually doing well against Lorelei) but after that he absolutely wrecked Lance and Blue. They didn't stand a chance. His moveset allowed him to KO almost every single Pokemon that they had. Elite 4 MVP
Level 56 Final Moveset
- Surf
- Hyper Beam
- Blizzard
- Thunderbolt

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Birdman surprised me throughout this run. I expected him to be the weak spot on my team and to a degree he was but he greatly exceeded my expectations. His moves are limited in coverage but they were useful still. He started off exceeding expectations by beating Brock's Onix as a Pidgey. Then he soloed Erica. And helped beat Koga. Then I did something I had never done with a flying type before and I taught him Toxic. Toxic is what took down Lorelei's Lapras which is by far the hardest Pokemon to defeat. Fly was a continued annoyance for the other teams as they saw their attacks constantly miss as Birdman shot up into the air. He also took down Blue's Exeggutor. I thought he was going to be my LVP but I can't justify giving that award out because he is the one who took down the Lapras.
Level 52 Final Moveset
- Fly
- Toxic
- Quick Attack
- Sky Attack

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Zippo was there with me from the beginning from start to finish. He may not have been my best Pokemon or my most consistent, but I could always rely on a clutch Critical Hit from Slash (no, literally every single time) to KO the enemy or sweep late in the battle. He soloed Agatha with Flamethrower and Earthquake and as my starter was my favorite throughout the game even when Dracaris finally evolved into Dragonite. Charizard was my first starter but I can not remember the last time I did a playthrough with him but I'm glad I did. And in the first game I had too.
Level 54 Final Moveset
- Slash
- Flamethrower
- Earthquake
- Swords Dance