4th Gen D/P/Pt Monotype Challenge

[Aquerex]

Oh, OK thx.

I'll probably try this later if I have the time.

 

[ριє™]

Is this still going?
If so i'd like to join.

 

[Fire Wolf]

Yep, it's still going on, you can join

 

[mondays suck]

I finally continued a bit today. My last save was somewhere between the daycare village and Vilestone. I got the the latter, beat Maylene and saved this idiot that the professor's assistant is from Team Galactic. Saved on the way to Pastoria. Not sure if I'll get Croagunk or not yet.
Team did not change much (it's still Monferno, Machoke and Meditite, funny how all of them start with M), but all are in their low 30s now.

 

[BenEary]

Hmm, no one's taken normal yet... I'll do it. This should be fun, and easier than when I did a grass-only runthrough.

 

[Sudeki]

This seems like fun, But can anyone help me on some details first, so this is how I think it works, you pick a type, and then start a new game, and only use that singular type of pokemon through the game for your team? :o And I guess I wouldn't be able to do this the way I would like, as I would have no way to obtain pokemon other than catching or, The impossible GTS. :/

 

[DarkAlucard]

i'm joining!!! I will play Pearl with fire pokemon, my team will be Charizard, Thyplosion, Blaziken, Infernape and the other 2 are gonna be my HM slaves. It's that ok?

 

[Ilixia]

If this is still going i want to join! Psychic team please

 

[The Doctor]

( AdamTheAce )

I have to back out sorry, lost my PGC

 

[Sudeki]

I wan't to do this, but it seems like the people with the information arent around >_<(Still need my questions awsered)

 

[Ilixia]

Ok started my Psychic team
Chose Chimchar to start (for Taunt to make catching an Abra easier) and made my way up to Jublife
Caught Abra and started training to 16, Abra evolved
Destroyed Roark with Kadabra
Made my way to Eterna City with Kadabra and caught Meditite, and started training
Beat Gardenia

Current team:

Kadabra Lvl 29
- Reflect
- Psybeam
- Confusion
- Disable

Meditite Lvl 24
- Rock Smash
- Meditate
- Hidden Power (steel)
- Detect

 

[Pachireecko]

Hey, can I sign up for normal?

EDIT: Never mind...

 

[myrrhman]

Wow, I'm really surprised I haven't signed up for this one yet.

I'm doing water on Pearl. I'll start as soon as I get my team worked out. Done, and starting now.

Edit: -sigh- no water type can learn a fire move pre-national dex other than the banned palkia.

@Sudeki

Yeah, you pick a type, play through diamond, pearl, or platinum with only that type (dual types like infernape count towards both fire and fighting), and beat the elite four. You are allowed some HM slaves (because some types like fire don't have any avaliable Pokemon to learn some HM's like waterfall), but you aren't allowed to use these HM slaves in battles. You can use them in wild pokemon battles if you need to evolve them (like if you want a bibarel for surf, but bidoof can't learn surf). You are not allowed to use legendaries that fall under your type. You also have to have at least one Pokemon that is your type before you enter the Eterna Forest. Just use your starter until you get at least one Pokemon of your type.

Some challenges that I've done have allowed you to trade over like eggs of the type you're using, but I don't believe this is one of them. Just try to catch all the Pokemon in the wild, because it makes it more challenging and fun in my opinion.

For example, my water team is going to be Empoleon, Bibarel, Bibarel, Floatzel, Bibarel, and Starly. I plan on making the Starly learn fly and defog, and when I beat the game, he'll be still at like level 3. One of my bibarels that I'm not actually using in my team will learn Rock Smash, Cut, Strength, and Rock Climb. Empoleon and one Specbarel will learn surf, and Floatzel and Physbarel will learn waterfall (one bibarel is only going to learn physical moves, and the other is only going to know special moves, hence the names). All of these pokemon can be caught in the wild, and I won't need to trade to get any of them.

 

[Sam_Sam]

I will take up Fighting MonoType at Pt (Please sign me up :) )


Game Log

- Pick up Chimchar as my starter @ Sandgem Town
- Capture HeraCross @ Route 203
- Reach Oreburgh City & Evolve Chimchar to Monferno
- Beat Roark

Current Team as followed :-

Monferno Lv 14
- Return
- Mach Punch
- Ember
- Taunt

Heracross Lv 12
- Tackle
- Leer
- Horn Attack
- Fury Attack

 

[musesum626]

I think I'll do this and choose Ground for Platinum. I'm in a full series monotype run for Flying but it's getting kind of boring. But I have a question that I'm not 100% sure about even by looking at past posts: If I want to use Torterra and Gastrodon on my team, can I use Turtwig and Shellos in battle, even though they aren't Ground, to evolve them eventually?

 

[Sam_Sam]

Updating my IN-Game Log


Game Log II

- Pick up Chimchar as my starter @ Sandgem Town
- Capture HeraCross @ Route 203
- Reach Oreburgh City & Evolve Chimchar to Monferno
- Beat Roark (1st Badge)
- Capture Machop @ North of Oreburgh City
- Rushed through Route 204 & Reached Floaroma Town
- Clear Team G - Valley Windworks Incident
- Spend some time training Machop @ Eterna Forest
- Reach Eterna Forest
- Beat Roselia & Collected Forest Badge
- Clear Team G - Eterna City Incident

Current Team as followed :-

Machop Lv 26
(Fighting)
- Low Kick
- Karate Chop
- Seismic Throw
- Vital Throw

Heracross Lv 25
(Bug/Fighting)
- Brick Break
- Aerial Ace
- Horn Attack
- Counter

Monferno Lv 28
(Fire/Fighting)
- Return
- Mach Punch
- Flame Wheel
- Taunt

 

[Decodedd]

Sign me up !;D

Version - Platinum .
Type - Fire !

Game Loggy Thingy .

- Pick up my Chimchar .
- grindgrindgrindgrindgrindgrind.....grind .
- I reach Oreburgh City & Evolve Chimchar to Monferno [:
- Me&Monferno OBVIOUSLY beat Roark !

Current Team as followed :-

Monferno Lv 17
- Scratch
- Mach Punch
- Ember
- Taunt

 

[Fire Wolf]

musesum, you can use Shellos and Turtwig anywhere you want.

 

[ST4TIC SHOCK3R]

sounds sweet im in i will use rock since it looks like nobody else is

 

[musesum626]

musesum, you can use Shellos and Turtwig anywhere you want.

Awesome, thanks! Alright, here's what I've done so far:

-Got Turtwig as Starter
-Caught Bidoof and Starly as future HM slaves
-Caught Geodude
-Caught Onix (most likely won't train it in favor of Geodude)
-Beat Roark and got the Coal Badge, with Turtwig evolving afterwards

My Team:

Turtle (Grotle) - Lv18

Tackle
Withdraw
Absorb
Razor Leaf

Boulder (Geodude) - Lv11

Tackle
Defense Curl
Rock Throw
Rock Polish

Snake (Onix) - Lv8

Tackle
Harden
Bind
Screech

HM Slaves:
Starly (for Fly in the future)
Bidoof (Rock Smash)