Monotype Challenge (Ver. 2.0)

[emoxy]

Poliwag I caught in Violet City, by mistake actually. When I was reading Bulbapedia, I thought it said it had a 15% Encounter Rate in Violet City, as opposed to to 5% Rate everywhere else with the Old Rod. Come to find out, I screwed up and read the original G/S/C Encounter Rate list.

So, in the end, I went back to Violet City for nothing. Worked out though, since Dark Cave was just next door, and Cherrygrove just two routes away.

Also, as soon as I get the Good Rod, I'm going back to New Bark Town and catching me a Chinchou. But first, catching a Slowpoke in Slowpoke Well.

Edit: Oh shi-! Just found out I can catch a Tentacruel on Route 32 with my Old Rod. Oh hell yeah, I'm so catching that.

You tempt me to play a Water monotype.

Go do the bug challenge again and beat red. Tell me I don't need to grind :P

I think I could probably pull it off if I managed to change the weather, and pass speed/attack boosts to my Armaldo. :D

 

[Dr. Faustus]

-Went through Route 30, and found the entrance to Dark Cave. I tried to enter it, but my mind said that 'This is a cave. Do not want.'
-Went through Route 31
-Got the VS Recorder.
-Explored Violet City a bit.
-Trained in Route 32.
-Entered the Sprout Tower.
-The Sages are being b****es to Gojira. Stupid Vine Whip.
-Reached the top and saw Naoya, being an a$s as usual.
-Got the Escape Rope, but neither challenged the Elder nor used it to exit.
-Went to the Ruins of Alph.
-Got my items from the secret room.
-Finished the Kabuto Puzzle and beat up some Unown.
-Returned to Sprout Tower.

 

[Myzou]

^ Try saving the images as .png instead of jpg, :P It kills the color. XD

Anyway, finished grinding. XD Going to go after Red in a few minutes. :3

And Emoxy, I could easy beat him if I had Ninjask with Baton pass. That makes the challenge infinitely easier, XD

But that's how you chose to do it, just like I chose otherwise, XD

 

[Polizard]

Continued my adventure
Made it through the Cave leveling up Rage
Arrived at Azalea Town
Talked to Kurt
Made my way through Slowpoke Well
Leveled up rage some more
Went to the gym it was mainly done by Waterblast who learned ice Fang right before scyther
And got myself an hive badge
Beat my rival
Made it through ilex forest
Arrived at Goldern Rod
Rage Finally Evolved after beating todd Saved it

Current Team
Waterblast Lv 25

Scratch
Bite
Water Gun
Ice Fanh

Aqua Lv 13

Water Spout
Bubble
Hypnosis
Water gun

Rage Lv 20


Splash
Tackle
Bite

Flipper Lv 8

Water gun
Tail whip
Mud Sport

Slave LV 6


Tackle
Tail Wipe
Quick Attack
Cut

 

[Dr. Faustus]

Rage Lv 20


Splash
Tackle
Bite

His enemies will fear his powerful Splash attack.

 

[Myzou]

Bwuahahaha.

Before heading to Cinnabar, I stopped by Mt. Moon to meet an old "friend".

Easy Peasy, no problem at all. :D Then I met my match...

He took out EVERY bug except Venomoth, who barely managed to take him out. ._. Not having anything to outspeed Rapidash killed me :S

Anyway, after him, it was onto Blue.

Who also gave me some issues, and took out 3 of my bugs. ._. Then, it was off for some more hours of training, after which I decided to try Red out at level 72...

As you can see, all my pokemon were weak after each pokemon. I went through every bug I had on all of his, reviving them and healing them left and right. I went through about 50 Full Restores and Revives, if not more :S

Bugs are strong, but they really need help beating out pokemon almost 20 levels higher than them o_o

And if you do a line EJ, do like "Never underestimate Pokémon others would consider weak. Those Pokémon may be your personal Diamond in the Rough, like Ariados was to me." :P

Final Team:~

Charlotte the Ariados
Level 72
Psychic
Poison Jab
Sucker Punch
Shadow Sneak

Xena the Heracross
Level 72
Strength
Megahorn
Aerial Ace
Close Combat

Pinch the Pinsir
Level 72
Swords Dance
Guillotine
Superpower
X-Scissor

Spore the Venomoth
Level 72
Sludge Bomb
Bug Buzz
Psychic
Roost

Strobe the Forretress
Level 72
Double-Edge
Gyro Ball
Zap Cannon
Bug Bite

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[Sleet]

Congrats Myzou, You planning on doing another challenge?

Could've OHKOed through Stone Edge. :D

Yeah, I thought of that but I didnt want to risk missing and him Ko'ing my Tyranitar. I was keeping Tyranitar as a backup in case Sharpedo fainted :P

 

[Myzou]

I might, haven't decided yet.

If I do, it'll probably be Normal.

 

[Sleet]

Yeah, Normal looks pretty challenging. Looks quite fun as well, You get Miltank what more do you need :)

 

[Dr. Faustus]

-Challenged the Elder.
-The two Belsprout gave Gojira a hard time. Those freaking Vine Whips.
-Garmr weakened the Hoothoot, and Scarface finished him off.
-Got Flash
-Escaped the Tower.
-Bought a few items to prepare for the fight with Falkner and his trainers.
-Beat his Trainers. Pretty easy.
-Battlin' Falkner!

Spoiler:

Gojira took a few hits while Dragon Dancing, and a few more after being Sand-Attacked. I hate Sand-Attack and its variations.
A +2 Atk Boosted Bite took it out easily, but only after 3 misses in a row >_>

This doesn't look fair...

WHAT IS THIS I DON'T EVEN

We can still fly!

I managed to poison Pidgeotto and then kill him with a few Embers.

My Team after beating Falkner:

Note: Scarface is Lv. 10 and Gojira is Lv. 10.
I'm planning on getting a Dusk Stone as soon as I can. I hope I get lucky in the Pokeathlon or Bug Catching Contest.

 

[Sleet]

Woah!, Three HP left, You lucky lucky person ;)

 

[Pokémon Ranger ✩ Moriarty]

GAME HeartGold
TYPE Normal

→ ROCK TUNNEL OF TUNNELLY DOOM!
...Or not. I grind Togepi from a Lv. 7 to a Lv. 14. Nothing else of interest happens.

→ SLOWPOKE WELL OF SLOW DOOM!
...Or not. Mossa and Kord take down all of the Rocket Grunts easily, and Proton is swept away with Kord's Extrasensory. Ho hum.

→ BUGYS GYM OF BUGGY DOOM!
...Sigh. All of the hangers-on are taken down by Togepi, shaming their reliance on Bug/Poison types, and Bugsy himself is quickly dispatched with a cleverly-timed Super Potion and Mossa getting five Fury Swipes in a row on Scyther. Kakuna and Metapod are taken care of by Kord.

→ STOP. RIVAL TIME!
EEK AN ACTUAL CHALLENGE! Togepi took down Ghastly and Zubat with Extrasensory, then hit a snag with Bayleaf. He used Yawn to make Bayleaf tired, then to wear down its HP ready for Furret I used Metronome, hoping for a damage-dealing move. It was...Spark. Which Paralysed Bayleaf and prevented Yawn from working. Bayleaf KO'd Togepi, and Furret was out. She misses with her first volley of Fury Swipes, but this is fine because Bayleaf can't move. The second volley isn't spectacular, only striking twice; Bayleaf uses Reflect. Even Quick Attack is useless now! Bayleaf's HP is in the orange...Bayleaf uses Synthesis. Mossa uses Fury Swipes. It misses! Synthesis again, and Bayleaf's HP is full. Fury Swipes misses for a third time. Bayleaf uses PoisonPowder. I use an Antidote. In the interval, Bayleaf replaces its Reflect barrier. Fury Swipes takes the HP back down. Bayleaf uses PoisonPowder! After another Fury Swipes volley, Synthesis comes into play again. Fury Swipes misses for a fourth time. Synthesis is used again. I use a Super Potion on Mossa but let the Poisnoning stand as it's not doing too much damage, and then Fury Swipe my way to victory whilst the effects of Paralysis take hold of Bayleaf. jfc I have never been so uptight in a battle since Cynthia of Platinum. Holmes (Rival) makes some sort of speech saying how even though he lost he's better than me etc. and moves on.

tl;dr Fury Swipes has more chance of hitting Mars than a Pokémon sat right in front of it; I hate Synthesis; Rival is a douche.

→ A FARFETCH'D TALE IN ILEX FOREST!
I can never remember how to catch the damn Farfetch'd lmao. I SUCK AT THIS. Anyway I eventually catch them and receive my Cut HM. I don't bother going back for the Charcoal cause...well it's a bit useless in this particular challenge amirite. Anyway, I taught Cut to HM Slave Totodile, then powered off for the football this afternoon.

FURRET | Mossa | ♀ | Lv.19
Calm | Proud of its Power
Quick Attack / Fury Swipes / Scratch / Defence Curl

TOGEPI | Kord | ♂ | Lv. 19
Modest | Likes to Relax
Encore | Yawn | Extrasensory | Metronome

+ TOTODILE the HM Slave.
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[Dr. Faustus]

-Went back to the Ruins of Alph to smash some rocks.
-I don't know what I'm doing. I'm just running around killing Ekans.
-Going through Route 32, and used an AR Code to change my overworld sprite to Lucas's (is this allowed? It's only a cosmetic change, and doesn't affect the game in any other way)
-Rested in a Pokemon Center and got an Old Rod...
-Entered the Union Cave. I hate Caves.

 

[found letter]

time fore an update!!

-went and spoke to jasmine.
-got secret potion
-chuck was a pushover!!:):):):P

 

[Dragonsfreak]

whoohoo

- got the last kanto badges. The Gyms were no real challenge with the right team.
- taught Chops Rock Slide
- preparing for Red. i´m going to tackle him when my team is around lv. 70 and look what will happen

lv. Update for my Team

Julie the Heracross
lv. 65

Chops the Machamp
lv. 64

Chad Lee the Blaziken
lv. 62

Bobby the Hitmonchan
lv. 71

Delia the Poliwrath
lv. 67

next post comes when Red is history

 

[Arcelio]

Yeah, Normal looks pretty challenging. Looks quite fun as well, You get Miltank what more do you need :)

Yeah, the Normal-type Challenge was awesome. I had a Tauros, Togetic, Miltank, and just all-around awesome Pokemon. I even caught a Dunsparce!

Then, the game reset a few times, sending me back to Mahogany Town. That was cool I guess. I just went back, re-caught my Dunsparce, and went on my merry way. Then it happened again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

Until finally, I simply said '**** this game' and quit the Normal-type Challenge. I was so close to being the first Normal-type Champion for HG/SS. I was already close to the Elite Four, all that was left was Kanto and Red. Instead, I got screwed over by the no$gba. BRB, destroying things with Gyarados' Splash attack out of rage.

 

[Sora247_2009]

OK, you may remember I started this before. However, due to Platinum addiction, I never began. So now I'm back, and ready to do another challenege, using the Water type. Expect an update later today.

 

[Dr. Faustus]

^ inb4makecopiesofsavefile

Edit:

-Got out of that damned cave.
-Saw a Rocket Grunt shouting at this old man... Wait... ROCKET GRUNT? I heard they disbanded three years ago!
-Went to Kurt's house and he went off to the Well.
-Entered the well, and saw Kurt with his aching back. Old man lol.
-Beat up some Rocket Grunt's Pokemon.
-Saw this female Rocket Grunt. What? I can't hit on her? Oh right. This Faust is just 10 years old @_@
-Talked to the Slowpokes. Slowpokes are so awesome.
-Beat Proton. He was pretty easy. A Dragon Dance boosted Bite from Gojira was enough to 1HKO Zubat, though Koffing was much bulkier.
Koffing almost wiped my entire team out. I hate Smokescreen and all of its variations.

Koffing is pretty awesome.

 

[emoxy]

^ Try saving the images as .png instead of jpg, :P It kills the color. XD

Anyway, finished grinding. XD Going to go after Red in a few minutes. :3

And Emoxy, I could easy beat him if I had Ninjask with Baton pass. That makes the challenge infinitely easier, XD

But that's how you chose to do it, just like I chose otherwise, XD

Ninjask ftw, but I didn't defeat Red anyway. =P Too lazy to try.

And could you explain more about the color thing? I realise your pics are more colorful than mine, is it because you save in .jpg?

His enemies will fear his powerful Splash attack.

FTW!! :D

Yeah, I thought of that but I didnt want to risk missing and him Ko'ing my Tyranitar. I was keeping Tyranitar as a backup in case Sharpedo fainted :P

Ahh I see. :) Now I am reminded of how skewed RNG is to the AI side.

I might, haven't decided yet.

If I do, it'll probably be Normal.

Hoho then we'll have the same challenges :D See below..

Yeah, Normal looks pretty challenging. Looks quite fun as well, You get Miltank what more do you need :)

I strongly recommend you guys who are trying normal, NOT to use Miltank, simply because she's too powerful. LOL. Tauros might fall into the same category. I kinda regretted using it now because it sorta kicked Furret out of my team.

][/COLOR]tl;dr Fury Swipes has more chance of hitting Mars than a Pokémon sat right in front of it; I hate Synthesis; Rival is a douche.

+1 I agree. Fury Swipes never hit when I was using Furret, against my rival's Bayleef, who used Reflect, the exactly same situation as you.

-I don't know what I'm doing. I'm just running around killing Ekans.
-Going through Route 32, and used an AR Code to change my overworld sprite to Lucas's (is this allowed? It's only a cosmetic change, and doesn't affect the game in any other way)

Ekans is cool ****, everyone's hatin' it.
And how do you do the sprite changing?

- preparing for Red. i´m going to tackle him when my team is around lv. 70 and look what will happen

All the best! :)

Yeah, the Normal-type Challenge was awesome. I had a Tauros, Togetic, Miltank, and just all-around awesome Pokemon. I even caught a Dunsparce!

Then, the game reset a few times, sending me back to Mahogany Town. That was cool I guess. I just went back, re-caught my Dunsparce, and went on my merry way. Then it happened again.

And again.

And again.

And again.

Until finally, I simply said '**** this game' and quit the Normal-type Challenge. I was so close to being the first Normal-type Champion for HG/SS. I was already close to the Elite Four, all that was left was Kanto and Red. Instead, I got screwed over by the no$gba. BRB, destroying things with Gyarados' Splash attack out of rage.

:( That made me laugh, though.

Koffing is pretty awesome.

I agree.

 

[Fightback]

Time for an UPDATE!!!!!


MY GAME CRASHED AFTER second GYM!!!!!


GODDAMN!!!

I have to start all over again :(