Challeggs

[Sydian]

Oh no, I have seen much better, but thank you! Stranger edited it for me since the sprites were like...hovering over their names at first haha. I'm probably just gonna test out new update styles for a bit, but I really like this one. 8) Nice and simple.

 

[Captain Gizmo]

Syd mama, when is the end date for the challenge?

 

[waters_echo]

You know, that is actually a rather good question. I'd personally suppose it's the end of March (31st) because it says "welcome to the March 2014 event!" on the first post, but it doesn't seem to actually say?
That should probably be clarified, yeah...

Also I figure what the heck, and shall now post

the decisive final battle (plus a thing that is based on the following gen's "you beat the league" thing that we made because we had one space left to make it even)
Final thoughts on team:
(Basically, despite the rocky start with Ilkay's training, they turned out to be pretty cool)(Ilkay mauled most things with ice punch and surf)(we'd originally planned for sandstorm/toxic/defence curl/rollout on SHUCKIE, but then we taught her return and she started murdering things)(We should've just taught Gul giga drain or something, because we only ever used synthesis to waste a turn, like... twice)(Prosepi's affector moveset/item setup was quite useful when they took effect; confusion, paralysis and flinch... except that after a while most stuff just straight up fainted in one hit)(Danhanjay's bite was basically the only attack in the team that didn't outright murder any chansey we found... but it is very nice to note that pay day x amulet coin x lv 50+ = 200+ additional money per use)(we did try to get a lucky egg)(Tri could probably have benefited from more PP on tri-attack, but oh well; the fact that we were mostly training in an area that had quagsires at day post-league made it more annoying)
(The two most annoying parts in the fight against Red was Ilkay vs blastoise and SHUCKIE vs Snorlax; Blastoise because it actually got some decent hits, snorlax simply because REST ugh. Snorlax didn't really do much, but the continual going-to-sleep was a major waste of our PP)

 

[jdthebud]

My fellow swablus, it says on the first post:

As per usual, there's an emblem, yadda yadda, you know the drill. ;) Event ends on whatever the last day of March is eeeee heee heee.

Our shiny Altaria just didn't look at a calendar the day she posted the challenge it seems, but the actual end of March is Monday, March 31st.

 

[Captain Gizmo]

Oh, I actually missed that part ;~;

 

[Miau]

I managed to beat Clair with an underleveled team, hoping I could catch up later. And apparently, later is now, since the Kimono Girls battles proved to be a bit to hard for my team. I've been grinding these past couple of days in the patch of grass above the waterfall on Rt 47, and now the level range is 35 (Persian) to 39 (Azumarill). I'm gonna check if I have any Trainer rematches, and then I'll go back to the Dance Theater. I really hope I can finish the challenge until Monday; it's gonna be a long weekend {XD}

 

[Necrum]

I have progressed to Elessa, and have claimed my 4th badge, which means I'm roughly halfway there! Actually gonna post a team this time yah! I evolved my Petilil into Lilligant and Tympole into Paltpitoad.

Team:

Spoiler:

The Flower

#549 Sydian (Lilligant) ♀
Level 25 - Nature: Rash - Ability: Chlorophyll
IVs: 8/1/0/16/31/13
-Leech Seed
-Sleep Powder
-Magical Leaf
-Synthesis

The Gift That Keeps Giving

#333 Jak (Swablu) ♀
Level 25 - Nature: Quirky - Ability: Cloud Nine
IVs: 17/6/7/9/30/12
-Fly
-Take Down
-Natural Gift
-Round

The Three

#109 Brian (Koffing) ♂
Level 26 - Nature: Quiet - Ability: Levitate
IVs: 7/17/12/1/22/22
-Clear Smog
-Sludge
-SmokeScreen
-Assurance

The Rabbit

#531 Peter (Audino) ♂
Level 28 - Nature: Docile - Ability: Regenerator
IVs: 9/8/9/18/12/30
-Secret Power
-Attract
-Refresh
-DoubleSlap

The Egg

#536 Geoff (Palpitoad) ♂
Level 25 - Nature: Timid - Ability: Hydration
IVs: 20/20/18/24/15/20
-Mud Shot
-BubbleBeam
-Supersonic
-Uproar

 

[Ahri]

Final Crystal Update ^^

Spoiler:

Got the rest of my Johto badges.
Cared for Evee a lot but the little bugger didn't wanna evolve until sometime during the E4 fight which was taking place at nightc.c
Was pretty much underleveled when I faced the E4 and it took me MANY Revives and Full Restores as well as a lot of frustration and patience and flipping imaginary tables until I finally beat them.
The Kanto bit was surprisingly easy and went surprisingly fast. The Gym leaders weren't much trouble as I pretty much had their specialties covered. As I beat Erika, I accidentally let Eevee evolve and, since it was STILL night time(one hour until morning T-T), it evolved into Umbreon -.- But my last save was pretty far behind and I didn't feel like resetting just for that so I just went along with Umbreon instead x.x (hope that's alright u.u)
Going up Mt. Silver was pretty fun xD And then I faced Red and , as he sent out his Pikachu that was about 40 levels above my Pokémon, I facepalmed so hard and flipped more imaginary tables as I pretty much thought in G/S/C Red's team had lower levels c.c. His Pikachu was easy to beat. Just spam Flash and Toxic, Full Restore like a maniac, Tri Attack a few times and Pikachu fainted. Venusaur went down pretty quickly as well. Red's Espeon went against my Umbreon and a combo of attract,Bite and Shadow Ball did the trick. Now, his Snorlax... oooh boy -.- I hated that thing. I just made sure to poison him and then kept poking, even tho he took like 1/4 of my team down and then I just got lucky. His Charizard was harder than I expected him to be, even against Azumarill and all that water type STAB, but eventually it went down as well. His Blastoise seemed bulkier than I emembered, the darn thing managing to 1 hit KO my Bellossom and my Electabuzz only managed to land 1 hit before fainting as well. Once again, Umbreon bravely saved the day as it used Attract and then a spam of Bite/Shadow Ball and Psychic. I love how well Attract worked in Gen 2 xDD so much infatuation *-* it's what won me the battle actually.

Badges:

Final Team:

Necrum
Level 45 @Quick Claw
Conversion2/Flash/Tri Attack/Toxic
"He arose in three days."

Lilly
Level 46/Female @Amulet Coin
Shadow Ball/Psychic/Bite/Attract
"A season of giving."

Cordelia
Level 47/Female @Charcoal
Fire Punch/Thunderbolt/Ice Punch/Rock Smash
"Eggcellent!"

Sydian
Level 44/Female @Miracle Seed
Solarbeam/Cut/Moonlight/Giga Drain
"Roses are red."

Genesis
Level 44/Female @Nevermeltice
Present/Fly/Icy Wind/Headbutt
"The gift that keeps on giving."

Slendy
Level 47/Female @Nugget
Whirlpool/Strength/Waterfall/Surf
"Here comes Peter Cottontail!"



Screenshots

Team Impressions

I usually don't do this kind of stuff, because I seem to end up using similar teams all over the place so there isn't much to say about them. But this time I used a lot of Pokémon for the first time ever so I feel that they need some talking about.

Porygon2

Spoiler:

I only used Porygon because I finally had the chance to. It didn't really shine all that much at first, but once I learned how to effectively use its Conversion2, it did pretty well. And the move Flash wasn't a wasted move slot on it at all. I mean, I thought it was at first, but during the E4 and Red battles, it proved EXTREMELY useful. It saved my team a whole lot. Its Tri Attack was also fun to use as it almost always burned or froze the opponent which gave me some extra turns to revive/heal other team members most of the time. Overall, even though I didn'tuse it all that much and it fell behind a few levels at some point, Porygon2 was fun to play with and did shine when it was supposed to.

Electabuzz

Spoiler:

When Elekid popped out of the Odd Egg, I was SO EXCITED about it, because I couldn't wait to finally get to use an Electabuzz. It totally owned trainers and Gym Leaders with its elemental punches and I spent a great deal of time trying to focus on it more, having high hopes for it in the E4 battle. But it failed so hard. Will's Jynx 1 hit KO'ed it with Psychic, whenever I tried using it, everything else seemed faster and its HP would go down the drain so fast that I ended up getting REALLY frustrated with it, even tho it did alright against most any other trainer, including Blue.

Bellossom

Spoiler:

As Oddish and Gloom, it didn't really shine that much, even though its Acid did really well and turned the tides of battle a few times. I honestly ended up using it only when needed, against Pokémon usually weak to grass types. I was a bit torn when it comes to Bellossom as, I always liked the Pokémon, but never got to use it until now. Maybe if I leveled it more and gave it a better moveset without wasting a slot on Cut, things would have been better. I deffinetly want to try this one again sometimes.

Delibird

Spoiler:

I never used Delibird until now but all I have to say is : NEVER AGAIN! EVER! It sucked SO HARD! It was weak, it always fainted fast and the only times it did okish was against the Rockets at the Radio Tower. Then it started getting lame. It couldn't 1 hit a thing and it would just die in 1 hit most of the times. If I was lucky to score more than 1 hit with Delibird, it would be a reason to celebrate. I mostly ended up using it as a filler to revive/heal another Pokémon.

Azumarill

Spoiler:

I've used Azumarill before and I can't really say it failed me or anything. Its bulk helped me against some hard-hitting opponents, his STAB was alright, with it pretty much soloing Blaine's Gym without any healing needed. The only thing I didn't like was the fact that I slowly hadto turn it into a HM-slave kind of thing, with it only having HM moves as part of its moveset in the end. But overall, it STILL did a lot better than some other teammates, despite not having a slightly better moveset (yes, I'm looking at you, Delibird! :V)

Umbreon

Spoiler:

Never in my life has evolving an Eevee take me so damn long, only for it to accidentally evolve into the opposite Eeveelution than the one I was supposed to get (because fast forward derp c.c). But overall, it did amazingly well, even against the Elite Four, when it was still an Eevee. Attract worked like a charm on the little fellow and Swift was pretty awesome too, with Shadow Ball and Bite doing a pretty good job too. So yeah, despite being a bit slow in finally wanting to evolve, even after all the pampering and stuff, I've never been more proud of an Eevee in my life. Neither did I use one as an Eevee for so long in a game before. But things got even more amazing after it accidentally evolved into Umbreon. With Psychic added to its movesets, it became a beast.It battled three of Red's Pokémon and was the last Pokémon standing in that battle. It took Espeon down so gracefully with its Attract and Bite and Shadow Ball combo. I don't think I ever used an Umbreon before, but I loved it and I'd do it again! Umbreon (well, as Eevee for like 3/4of the game) was the star of the team in the end.
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[Necrum]

Just defeated Clay and claimed my 5th badge.

 

[Wobbu]

Username: Wobbu
Game: Emerald

"He arose in three days." Dodrio
"A season of giving." ______
"Eggcellent!" Wobbuffet!
"Roses are red." Cacturne?/Cacnea
"The gift that keeps on giving." Illumise
"Here comes Peter Cottontail!" Azumarill

I'm gonna have to make like a Garchomp and fly through this challenge D:

 

[Necrum]

Username: Wobbu
Game: Emerald

"He arose in three days." Dodrio
"A season of giving." ______
"Eggcellent!" Wobbuffet!
"Roses are red." Cacturne?/Cacnea
"The gift that keeps on giving." Illumise
"Here comes Peter Cottontail!" Azumarill

I'm gonna have to make like a Garchomp and fly through this challenge D:

Take Castform. That should make things interesting. Good luck finishing in 4 days!

Update, beat Skyla with massively underleveled team.

 

[Wobbu]

Update #1

Badges

Party

"He Arose in Three Days"

Doduo//Wingless Lv. 25
Pursuit, Fury Attack, Tri Attack, Rage

"A Season of Giving"

Castform//Seasons Lv. 25
Powder Snow, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Hail

"Eggcellent"

Wobbuffet//Wobbu Lv. 23
Mirror Coat, Destiny Bond, Encore, Counter

"Roses are Red"

Cacturne//Kaktos Lv. 32
Absorb, Pin Missile, Leech Seed, Faint Attack

"The Gift That Keeps On Giving"

Illumise//NotVolbeat Lv. 33
Quick Attack, Thief, Helping Hand, Moonlight

"Here Comes Peter Cottontail"

Azumarill//Bun EMC Lv. 48
Tackle, Double-Edge, Rock Smash, Surf

Notes

Caught Marill at level 5 on Route 104. Evolved it to Azumarill at level 18 after defeating May in Rustboro. Used only Azumarill until catching Illumise after reaching Mauville, causing him to become OP. Received Wynaut egg in Lavaridge and hatched it soon after. Caught Cacnea in the desert. Wynaut evolved after defeating Norman. Received Castform from the Weather Institute. Cacnea evolved right before entering the Safari Zone. Caught Doduo in the Safari Zone. Currently grinding on Route 121 before facing Winona.

 

[Captain Gizmo]

Update 4

Defeared Claire and had to go to the Dragon's Den to get the badge
Headed to New Bark Town and got the Masterball from Professor Elm
Went to Route 27 and caught Dodrio with the Masterball because sweg#
Arrived at the Pokemon League Reception Gate and went through Victory Road and defeated my rival
Trained my Dodrio to be on par with my team's level
Got my team around level 40 and faced the Elite 4
Fought Will and easily won thanks to Jynx
Defeated Koga easily thanks to Flareon surprisingly
Also defeated Bruno thanks to Dodrio
Karen defeated thanks to Flareon & Azumarill
And finally Jynx practically sweeped through Lance's dragon army
Got entered into the hall of fame
Received the pass for the SS and fought every trainer on it
Arrived at Vermilion city and made my way to the power plant
Got told a machine part got stolen
Went to Cerulean city and saw a Rocket grunt leaving the gym
Went inside the gym and found the missing piece and returned it to the power plant
Got the EXPN card from the radio tower
Went to the Snorlax blocking the Diglett Tunnel and defeated it
Got to Pewter city gym, defeated Brock with Azumarill and got the Boulder badge
Went to Mt.Moon and encountered my rival and easily defeated him
Arrived at Cerulean City and defeated Misty with Sunflora
Went to Vermillion city and faced Lt.Surge with Flareon
Then went to Celadon city and defeated Erika with Flareon & Jynx

Badges Obtained:

Current Pokemon Team:

Jynx♀, "Eggcellent!"
Level 46
Item: NeverMeltIce
Moveset: Psychic, Sing, Sweet Kiss & Ice Punch

Dodrio♀, "He arose in three days."
Level 46
Item: -
Moveset: Pursuit, Fly, Tri Attack & Drill Peck

Sunflora♀, "Roses are red."
Level 45
Item: Quick Claw
Moveset: Flash, Petal Dance, Mega Drain & Attract

Persian♀, "The gift that keeps on giving."
Level 45
Item: Amulet Coin
Moveset: Pay Day, Screech, Faint Attack & Headbutt

Flareon♂, "A season of giving."
Level 45
Item: Charcoal
Moveset: Shadow Ball, Fire Blast, Mud-Slap & Bite

Azumarill♀, "Here comes Peter Cottontail!"
Level 47
Item: Nugget
Moveset: Double-Edge, Surf, Rollout & Strength​

Hopefully I can finish the challenge before the due date

 

[Sydian]

Just to let y'all know, I'll do the final update on the list when I close this up at the end of the month.

Pokemon Trainer Jak
White 2

Aquacorde lv. 61 @ Lucky Egg
Superpower, Surf, Dig, Strength

LilJz lv. 59 @ TwistedSpoon
Psybeam, Tri Attack, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam

WarriorCat lv. 58 @ Miracle Seed
Coil, Dragon Tail, Leaf Blade, Aqua Tail

Orianna lv. 58 @ Scope Lens
Leed Seed, Giga Drain, Quiver Dance, Magical Leaf

Necrum lv. 57 @ Leftovers
Flamethrower, Dark Pulse, Toxic, Dig

JD lv. 56
Fly, Natural Gift, Ice Beam, Dragon Pulse

I ran through the game and almost died. Challenge complete, birds!​

 

[Janp]

Ok, two last days, 4 badges on go :) I'm gonna finish this :)

 

[Wobbu]

Update #2

Badges

Party

"He Arose in Three Days"

Dodrio//Wingless Lv. 35
Pursuit, Fury Attack, Tri Attack, Fly

"A Season of Giving"

Castform//Seasons Lv. 34
Powder Snow, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Weather Ball

"Eggcellent"

Wobbuffet//Wobbu Lv. 30
Mirror Coat, Destiny Bond, Encore, Counter

"Roses are Red"

Cacturne//Kaktos Lv. 36
Absorb, Pin Missile, Leech Seed, Faint Attack

"The Gift That Keeps On Giving"

Illumise//NotVolbeat Lv. 33
Quick Attack, Thief, Helping Hand, Dynamicpunch

"Here Comes Peter Cottontail"

Azumarill//Bun EMC Lv. 54
Strength, Double-Edge, Rock Smash, Surf

Notes

Azumarill is still OP. Easily swept Winona with Azumarill. Evolved Doduo after a battle on Route 123. Took care of the team hideouts without a problem. Taught Illumise Dynamicpunch by a karate tutor in Mossdeep. Easily swept Tate and Liza with Azumarill's Surf. Battled better than Steven in the Space Center. Currently standing outside of the Gym and ready to head south.

 

[kirax7]

I've completed the challenge but the site on where I upload images is down for maintenance so I'll attach the image of Red to this post xD I'll post my Final Team

Final Team

Meganium LV50 @ Miracle Seed
Synthesis
Razor Leaf
Cut
Earthquake

Hitmonchan LV50 @ Focus Band
Counter
Fire Punch
Rapid Punch
Strength

Magneton LV50 @ Quick Claws
Tri-Attack
Flash
Supersonic
Zap Cannon

Azumarill LV50 @ Nugget
Double Edge
Surf
Rollout
Rain Dance

Espeon(MVP) LV50 @ Amulet Coin
Bite
Psychic
Sand Attack
Shadow Ball

Delibird LV50 @ NevermeltIce
Gift
Fly
Ice Wind
-
​

 

[Necrum]

I'm sorry to say I'm dropping out of the challenge. I am over 10 levels under the weakest trainer in Drayden's Gym and just don't think I can beat the game by tomorrow and keep my sanity. This challenge was a bad idea to participate in on my part and next time I won't join an event so late. It cut into most of my Spring Break and I would like to enjoy my last 2 days off playing some other games. Sorry, Syd.

 

[Miau]

SoulSilver update: I have all 16 badges and I'm ready to face Red -- really underleved; my highest is my Azumarill at lv 55, and the rest are a bit above 50. I guess I'll battle whatever trainer I can, learn whatever moves that are super-effective against Red's team and pack as many healing items as I can. And then maybe I'll stand a chance. Reading here that people have beaten him with an underleveled team gives me hope, but maybe gen 2 Red was easier? I'm gonna be doing it tomorrow though, 'cause I've had way too many hours of Pokemon today; I assume we'll have the entire day to update on the 31st, I hope?

As far as my team goes, I have finally evolved my Togekiss and Bellossom (I'm going with Giga Drain for her healing move), and the rest are Typhlosion, Magneton, Azumarill and Persian.

 

[AoTora]

Completed my challenge! =) For the second time ^^ I did prefer my first team over this one though D:

Let me start off with explaining the nicknames:

Spoiler:

Maia- A random name that came to me.
Kiwi - Dotrio/Doduo reminds me on Kiwi
Kovu - Lion King 2 reference
Happy - When I was a kid I loved a cartoon about a bunny named Happy who is mocked by his brothers and decides to do some bad things but in the end he realized that Happy is not such a bad name after all.
Littlefoot- Land before time reference.
Celsius - In-game given name - but I love it.

Hall of fame:

Spoiler:

And here is the final team:

Kovu|Male|Impish Nature|Limber|Lvl 70
Slash
Bite
Pay Day
Swagger
The gift that keeps on giving.

Littlefoot|Male|Gentle Nature|Overgrow|Lvl 70
Magical Leaf
Strength
Solarbeam
Giga Drain
Roses are red...

Celsius|Male|Mild Nature|Inner Focus|Lvl 71|@Blackglasses
Ice Beam
Headbutt
Crunch
Blizzard
Eggcelent!

Maia|Femle|Docile Nature|Torrent|Lvl 72
Take Down
Rock Slide
Earthquake
Surf
The season of giving.

Kiwi|Male|Rash Nature|Run Away|Lvl 70
Tri Attack
Fly
Pursuit
Drill Peck
He arose in three days.

Happy|Male|Naive Nature|Plus|Lvl 71|@Lucky Egg
Thunder
Helping Hand
Spark
Charge
Here comes Peter Cottontail.​