3rd Gen Hoenn Solo Run Challenge

[Hallylicious]

ill join

Saik/Abra/Evolving/Emerald

 

[Ninja Caterpie]

Ninja Caterpie, Emerald, Magikarp, no evolution.

Yep, I'm an idiot.

I wonder how I'll beat Wattson's Magneton...

 

[rizyq]

Update to my Snubbull/Granbull solo run.


*Did all of the stuff in slateport.
*Got to Mauvile, got my Bike.
*Beat Watson (Yay for STABed tackle)
*Taught Treecko Rock Smash
*Went into the cave.
*Did that stuff
*Went to Mt. Chimney
*Had a bit of trouble on Maxie (Stupid intimidate)
*Got the meteorite, I might have forgotten to give it to Cosmo (I think I forgot to get strength, too D: )
*Fought Flannery, a bit of trouble. (Sunny Day Overheat, but only the first one.)
*Got the Go-Goggles
*Got the Claw Fossil
*Fought my Dad (A bit of trouble on Slaking, stupid counter, everything else was one hit by tackle
*Got Surf
*Currently getting a pokemon that can use surf

I think now Granbull's level 45 and knows:

Tackle
Bite
Rage
Lick

 

[LitoMaster]

ZOMG I forgot to update a while ago all I can say now is this

Got all Badges
Eevee knows Shadow Ball, Hyper Beam, Iron Tail, Recover
Defeated the Elite 4 with a Level 83 Eevee (it was pretty easy)
Fought Steve and Lost
Rematched Steven and lost again
Rematched Steven and lost once again
Decided to wait till end of Journey to fight Steven
Fought all Trainers left
Rematched Wally (win)
Rematched Steven and lost
Rematched Gym Leaders (win)
Rematched Elite Four (win)
Found all Items
Found all TM's
Bought alot of Pokeballs
Rigged out Eevee
Rematched Norman for the final time

Hall of Fame
Eevee

HM Slave
Wailmer

Traded Away
Mudkip for Eevee
Linoone for Wailmer

In PC
Poochyena


The End.....Can I catch other Pokemon now? I really wanna beat Steven

 

[rockshock28]

Okay, i'm in.
Drake/Taillow/Evolving/Emerald.
I'll update once I catch it and start.

 

[Phazon]

Sounds like a decent way to waste some time.

Mawile / Mawile / N/A / Ruby

 

[rizyq]

I finished!

Granbull.Snubbull/Evolving/Emerald

I forgot where I was before D: AHHH Fighting Dad?!?!

*Did everything up till legendaries.
*Told whatshisface where Raquaza is
*Got Raquaza to fly down
*Blah Blah blah
*Went to battle Juan.
*Battle all the trainers, no problem
*Beat Juan, no problems
*Went to Evergrand
*Got through Victory Road
*Went up against the Elite Four, one with only a bit of trouble
(At this point, I think Granbull was like level 65-70 (Or over 9000, I don't remember)
*Caught a bunch of pokemon for the Dex, and evolved them a bit.
*I think I chose uhh... Blue? On the TV, no I think it was red... IDK :P
*Got Granbull to level 77
*Went to battle steven, (Moveset: Return, EarthQuake, Crunch, and Brick Break)
*Got walled by Skarmory, had a bit of trouble with the rest, but no too hard.)

FINISHED!

 

[Objection!]

I would do this, despite my dislike for the Hoenn region, if only just to pass the time until SS comes out. The only problem is that I can't find my old DS and the stupid DSi doesn't play GB cartriges...

Oh well. This looks pretty cool though. I might do it on SS once I've beaten it a couple times, just for the lulz.

 

[rockshock28]

Log #1
Started game.
Did the beginning stuff.
Saved Birch, and got a Mudkip.
Beat May.
Got the Pokeballs and Running Shoes.
Got through the woods going to Petalburg.
Helped Wally.
Finally caught Drake A.K.A Taillow A.K.A My solo pokemon.
Raised Drake up to Level 8.
Made it to Rustboro, Drake is Level 11.
Ended Game.

Drake: Level 11.
Moves:
Peck
Growl
Focus Energy
Quick Attack

Badges: 0.

 

[Phazon]

Mawile Only Run

Spoiler:

- Got Mawile

Mawile @ N/A
Level: 5
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Intimidate
Astonish
N/A
N/A
N/A

Not a great first move to have, as you'll see.

- Too easy. Torchic could barely damage Mawile and it kept flinching.

- Mawile learned Fake Tears
- Idiotically ran into the first trainer match without realising I had no way to damage his Zigzagoon... I lost
- Wasted PP and used Struggle and Potions to beat all the trainers leading to Rustburo City
- Caught 5 Zigzagoons and got King's Rock
- Mawile learned Bite, which meant I could finally heal at a Pokemon Center
- Nearly died against a Machop, but managed to win with flinch hax
- Mawile learned Sweet Scent

- Easy. Used Fake Tears and Bite to beat both Pokemon quickly and took little damage from Rock Tomb.

Mawile @ King's Rock
Level: 19
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Intimidate
Astonish
Fake Tears
Bite
Sweet Scent

Fake Tears and Bite work well together at this stage in the game. Mawile's moves have bad coverage and this is the only reliable method I have of dealing significant damage on Dark and Steel Pokemon.

- Went to Dewford Town and through Granite Cave
- Mawile learned Vicegrip
- Machops in Dewford Gym took a lot of HP

- About as hard as I expected. Lost three times so I used my Pickup Rare Candies and Mawile learned Faint Attack. Lost another two times, but finally won thanks to flinch hax.

Mawile @ King's Rock
Level: 26
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Intimidate
Astonish
Fake Tears
Faint Attack
Vicegrip

I was happy to get Vicegrip, because now I can hit Dark Pokemon for neutral damage. I wasn't sure if Faint Attack or Bite would be preferable, but I chose Faint Attack in case I come across an annoying evasion booster.

- Went to Slateport City without healing and nearly got killed by a Machop
- Trained at beach house and Trick Master's house
- Mawile learned Rock Tomb (TM)

- Quite easy. Combusken's Ember did way less damage than I expected and went down with 2 Rock Tombs.

- Mawile tried to learn Baton Pass, but I didn't want it
- Got Mach Bike, beat all available trainers and got Macho Brace

- Faint Attack OHKO.

- All Mawile's moves are resisted by Magnemite and Magneton and I got confused twice, but all moves landed anyway. I leveled before Magneton and learned Crunch, which did a lot of damage after Fake Tears.

Mawile @ Macho Brace
Level: 36
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Intimidate
Rock Tomb
Fake Tears
Crunch
Vicegrip

Even though Crunch is drawing off Mawile's 55 base S.Atk, it still does decent damage. Especially when used with Fake Tears, which I am only keeping for Steel Pokemon. Rock Tomb and Macho Brace are purely to give Mawile a better chance against Flannery.

- Mawile learned Strength (HM)
- Battled all trainers between Mauville City and Fallarbor Town
- Mawile learned Iron Defence
- Continued battling until I returned to Rustburo City
- Rock Tomb missed twice allowing Numel to get crit Ember and Magnitude 10

- Mightyena's Intimidate stopped Strength from OHKOing any of Maxie's Pokemon, but neither Mightyena or Golbat did any damage and Camerupt's Ember did much less than I expected.

- I was contemplating using my Pickup Rare Candies before this battle, but I decided to see how well I did before I used them. Both Slugmas were OHKOd by Rock Tomb and Torkoal 2HKOd. Torkoal used Overheat which almost OHKOd me, but Flannery didn't even attempt to heal when Torkoal was on low HP.

Mawile @ Macho Brace
Level: 46
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Intimidate
Rock Tomb
Iron Defence
Crunch
Strength

Fake Tears is not as useful as it was early on, so Iron Defence took its place. Strength has a higher base strength than Vicegrip and seems to OHKO anything that doesn't resist it.

- Mawile tried to learn Stockpile, but I didn't want it
- Mawile tried to learn Spit Up, but I didn't want it
- Mawile tried to learn Swallow, but I didn't want it
- Got the Gogoggles and trained in the desert
- Revisited the Trick Master's house

- Norman was a joke. I resist all of his Pokemon's moves except Focus Punch, which is awful with Traunt and I had Iron Defence just incase.

Mawile @ BlackGlasses
Level: 48
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Intimidate
Rock Tomb
Iron Defence
Crunch
Strength

Mawile's EVs maxed so I replaced Macho Brace with BlackGlasses to make up for it's low S.Atk on Crunch.

- Got Surf and battled all ocean Trainers from Routes 105-109
- Trained at the Abandoned Ship and New Mauville where I was constantly being paralyzed
- Mawile learned Ice Beam (TM)
- Crit Mach Punch from Breloom took significant HP and almost killed Mawile
- Worked my way up to the Weather Institute
- Beat Team Magma easily and left Castform

- Strength OHKOd all three of May's Pokemon.

- Continued on to Fortree City
- Parafusion-hax prevented Mawile from attacking for 4 consecutive turns
- Got Devon Scope and battled some trainers

- Ice Beam OHKOd all of Winona's Pokemon except Pelipper with a crit on Skarmory.

Mawile @ BlackGlasses
Level: 60
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Intimidate
Ice Beam
Iron Defence
Crunch
Strength

I taught Mawile Ice Beam for 2 reasons. Winona was the first one. I could have used Rock Tomb to take care of her Pokemon, but I wasn't happy about the 80 accuracy. I also had my doubts that Rock Tomb could even 2HKO Skarmory.

- Battled all the trainers on the way to Lilycove

- As per usual I OHKOd all of May's Pokemon.

- Trained at Mt. Pyre
- Zigzagoon evolved through doubles matches
- Trained at Magma Hideout
- Beat all trainers on routes 124 and 125

- I wasn't sure about this gym. Obviously my Pickup/HM slaves wouldn't be any help here and I could only attack one at a time. I OHKOd Solrock with Crunch first to avoid Fire Blast. Suprisingly Lunatone survived a Crunch and got a Hyper Potion to help it last for 3 turns, which it wasted by only targetting my Zigzagoons.

Mawile @ BlackGlasses
Level: 70
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Intimidate
Ice Beam
Iron Defence
Crunch
Strength

No changes from last time other than a higher level. This set has been working well for me.

- Got Super Rod and caught a Sharpedo
- Trained on route 126, route 127 and Seafloor Cavern.

- Mightyena was a bit of a nuisance. Intimidate kept me from OHKOing and Swagger caused Mawile to hit itself in confusion twice. Once Mawile snapped out of confusion, sweeping with Strength was easy.

- Trained on routes 128-134 and the Trick Master's house
- Caught Wingull and flew to Sootopolis City
- 2HKOd Groudon with Ice Beam and lost a lot of HP from Fire Blast

- Wallace was harder than I expected. All of his Pokemon, save for Luvdisc, were 2HKOd and chipped away at my HP with Water Pulse. Luckily Mawile wasn't confused and I won without a whole lot of trouble.

Mawile @ BlackGlasses
Level: 78
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Intimidate
Ice Beam
Iron Defence
Crunch
Strength

Once again, nothing changed other than the level. I haven't been able to find any good items for Mawile to hold and by this point in the game, I doubt I will find one.

- Trained in Victory Road
- Used my Pickup Rare Candies on Mawile

- OHKOd all of Wally's Pokemon except Magneton who used Supersonic, but Mawile didn't hit itself in confusion at all.

- Deposited my HM slaves

- Mightyena's Intimidate kept Strength from OHKOing Mightyena and Shiftry, but they both failed to do much damage.

- Crunch OHKOd four of Phoebe's Pokemon. Sableye was 2HKOd, but Shadow Ball did little damage.

- Mawile learned Brick Break (TM)

- Brick Break OHKOd all of Glacia's Pokemon.

- Drake is the main reason I taught Mawile Ice Beam. OHKOd all of his Pokemon.

- I knew I couldn't OHKO Skarmory, but it used Spikes and I 2HKOd with Ice Beam. I 3HKOd Metagross with Brick Break, but Metagross could have also 3HKOd Mawile with Earthquake. Luckily, Steven didn't use a Full Restore. If he did, Metagross would have cost me the battle. His other four Pokemon were OHKOd with Ice Beam or Brick Break.

Mawile @ BlackGlasses
Level: 100
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Intimidate
Ice Beam
Iron Defence
Brick Break
Strength

The only reason I kept Iron Defence was for Steven's Metagross, but I forgot to actually use it, which was a stupid move, because a crit from Metagross would have cost me the battle. I taught Mawile Brick Break after Phoebe so I could use Crunch on her Ghost Pokemon. I kept BlackGlasses on Mawile even after it forgot Crunch, simply because I didn't have any helpful items to make it hold.

Mawile was an interesting Pokemon to use in a solo run, because I've never really showed any interest in it before. Its movepool sucks, even with TMs. It can't learn a Steel move outside of Iron Defence so it gets no STAB at all. Its stats are also pretty bad, but my Pickup slaves were very generous with Rare Candies, which meant I could KO most threats simply by being over-levelled. Overall, the run was pretty fun and I'll probably do another one if I can.

Finished!

 

[Impo]

Blazechic/Torchic/Evolving/Ruby

i'm hoping to get an blaziken by Mauville :) .

 

[rockshock28]

Log #2
Started game.
Trained outside of the city, Drake is Level 17.
Beat Roxanne's goons, Drake is Level 18.
Lost, decided to train more, Drake is Level 22, and evolved into Swellow.
Creamed Roxanne this time. (I love Double Team.)
Did the Devon Goods stuff.
Took Briney's boat to Dewford.
Gave Steven the letter.
Ended Game.
Drake: Level 23.
Badges: 1.

 

[Impo]

Update!

Evolved Torchic before Roxanne, learnt Double Kick
Thrashed Roxanne and Trainers, OHKO with Double Kick
Beat Team Magma Grunt and got PokeNav
Travelled to Dewford
OHKO most of Brawly's pkmn with peck and ember
Met Steven and gave him letter
Travelled to Slateport and beat all trainers
Met May and OHKO all pkmn
Beat Wally OHKO with scratch
Got Mach Bike
Battled all trainers available (not on Bicycle Road)
Beat Watson, Double Kick OHKO all pkmn

i'm about to travel on Bicycle Road before travelling up.
need to find another HM slave :P .

 

[Phazon]

I just finished my Mawile run and I'm looking to start another one. Spoink / Spoink / Evolving / Ruby.

EDIT:

Spoink Only Evolved Run

- Got Spoink

Spoink @ N/A
Level: 5
Nature: Timid
Ability: Thick Fat
Splash
N/A
N/A
N/A

Good and bad. Good because of the Timid nature. Bad because of Splash, which I honestly didn't know about.

- "Lost" to the level 2 Poochyena
- Got the 12 available Potions
- Wasted PP on wild Wurmple and healed with Potions

Struggled and healed with Potions. Not too hard.

- Beat available trainers and avoided trainers with Poochyenas
- Spoink learned Psywave (Level 7)
- Caught 5 Zigzagoons
- Spoink learned Oder Slueth (Level 10)
- Ran out of Psywave PP during a battle and had to waste 80 turns to Struggle
- Almost lost to a Nincada with Leech Life and a Shroomish with Stun Spore and Absorb
- Spoink learned Psybeam (Level 16)

I expected this battle to be annoying, but I learned Psybeam just in time. 2HKOd both of Roxanne's Pokemon with 1 crit on Nosepass.

Spoink @ Cheri Berry
Level: 17
Splash
Psywave
Oder Slueth
Psybeam

Training with Psywave was annoying. 15 PP, 80 accuracy and set damage with an annoying effect. Thankfully Spoink learned Psybeam before I challenged Roxanne; otherwise the battle would have been much more difficult.

- Wasted PP on Magikarps so Spoink could Struggle the Magma Grunt's Poochyena
- Spoink learned Psych Up (Level 19)
- Spoink learned Flash (HM05)

As easy as it gets. OHKOd both of Brawly's Pokemon with Psybeam.

Spoink @ Cheri Berry
Level: 21
Psych Up
Psywave
Flash
Psybeam

I don't see Flash or Psych Up being useful in this run, but the PP on both moves is so much lower than Splash and Oder Slueth, so if I have to waste PP for a dark Pokemon again it'll take no where near as long as it used to.

- Trained at the Beach House and the Trick Master's house
- Spoink learned Thief (TM48)
- Spoink learned Confuse Ray (Level 25)

No problem here. 1HKOd Combusken and 2HKOd Wailmer and Shroomish with Psybeam. May wasted the turns she had with Splash and Stun Spore, which was healed by Cheri Berry.

- Got Acro Bike and beat all available trainers
- Stopped Spoink from learning Mirror Coat (Level 28)
- Spoink evolved into Grumpig (Level 32)

OHKOd Ralts with Thief.

Wattson took two attempts. Magnemite and Voltorb weren't a problem, but I could only 3HKO his Magneton and I had bad luck with paralysis and confusion. On the second attempt I had better luck with paralysis, didn't get confused and got a crit with Psybeam.

Grumpig @ N/A
Level: 34
Confuse Ray
Thief
Flash
Psybeam

Since Grumpig knows Thief, which was the only none-Psychic attack available at the time, I don't need Flash any more. Unfortunately, I'm stuck with it for a while now. Confuse Ray probably won't be helpful, since Grumpig will be OHKOing most Pokemon from now on.

- Grumpig learned Shock Wave (TM34)
- Beat trainers leading up to Team Magma
- Grumpig learned Psychic (Level 37)

Sand Attack and Confuse Ray from Mightyena and Golbat respectively made hitting Camerupt difficult. I was very suprised that Golbat outsped Grumpig.

- Stopped Grumpig from learning Rest (Level 42)
- Stopped Grumpig from learning Snore (Level 42)

Torkoal just barely survived Psychic and used Attract to keep Grumpig from attacking while Flannery healed with Hyper Potion and paralyzed with Body Slam. Many turns and Hyper Potions later, I managed to land 2 Psychics.

Spoink @ Macho Brace
Level: 44
Shock Wave
Thief
Flash
Psychic

Shock Wave has made beating common trainers much easier and quicker. Rest won't be useful in this run, so obviously neither will Snore.

- Got Gogoggles and trained in the Desert

Didn't quite OHKO either Slaking. The first one put Grumpig to sleep and healed a couple of times. Vigoroth's Slash got a crit and took half of Grumpig's HP. Traunt kept either Slaking from being a huge problem, although by the end Grumpig's HP was pretty low.

Grumpig @ Macho Brace
Level: 48
Shock Wave
Thief
Flash
Psychic

No changes from last time, but last time was about 20 minutes ago, so...

 

[rockshock28]

I'm still playing, but I wanted to submit. This log is last night, and today.
Log #3
Started Game.
Brawly was too easy. Drake used Wing Attack. Enough said.
Headed back to Rustboro, forgot Cut.
Sailed back to Dewford, then went to Slateport.
Got the goods to Stern, Drake is Level 24.
Made it to Mauville, Drake is Level 27.
Beat Wattson's Gym Trainers, Drake is Level 28.
You can read about my Wattson battles in the Hoenn/Kanto Journey Journals thread.
Drake is now Level 42.
Drake learned Aerial Ace.
Ended Log.

Log 4.
Caught a Gulpin (HM Slave)
Made it to Fallabor. Drake is Level 44.
Went to the cave, and watched Magma steal the Meteorite.
Got to Mt. Chimney.
Ended Game.

Drake: Level 44.
Aerial Ace
Wing Attack
Quick Attack
Double Team

Badges: 3.

 

[Impo]

update :) .
beat all gym leaders, events and im about to travel into victory road :) .

 

[rockshock28]

Log 5
Started Game.
Beat the Magma grunts, and Maxie. Drake is Level 45.
Made it to Lavaridge.
Flannery was fairly easy, Drake is Level 46.
Stopped in Verdanturf to get Strength.
Got to Slateport, and took Briney's ship back to Petalburg.
Beat the trainers on the way to Dad, Drake is Level 47.
Dad was easy, except for his Slaking. Drake is Level 48.
Got Surf.
Ended Game.
Drake: Level 48.
Aerial Ace
Wing Attack
Double Team
Quick Attack

Badges: 5.

 

[Christopher]

quick question don't if it has been asked whats the hardest Pokemon to do a solo run with?

 

[PlatniumPiano]

quick question don't if it has been asked whats the hardest Pokemon to do a solo run with?

Majikarp... Lol really any not fully evolved poke would be difficult I think. Not sure about the hardest though.

 

[Christopher]

I have a rom and plan using an advance starter to change my starter into my solo I was thinking maybe wormple,poochyena or surskit
Magikarp would be a death sentance until it evolved