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[Challenge] The Monotype Challenge Returns

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Platinum Bug Monotype – Part 2 – Badge 2/8

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Pokemon Black Bug Monotype – Part 5 – Badge 6/8

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Pokemon Black Bug Monotype – Part 6 – Badge 7/8

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Pokemon Black Bug Monotype – Part 7 – Badge 8/8

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Pokemon Black Bug Monotype – Part 8 – Elite Four (not the finale :()

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Pokemon Black Bug Monotype – Part 9 – N/Ghetsis (finale)

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Pokemon Y Grass Monotype

Starter + Gyms 1-2
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I haven't spent much time reading everyone else's posts in detail, just skimming, but I just want to say I love that team. I feel most of those Pokemon are super good and really underappreciated.

I also 100% agree with you about hating how the Ho-Oh/Lugia section was shoehorned in and forced. It makes me never want to do a challenge run of SoulSilver because you'd have to backtrack even further for it. I completely forgot this was even a thing, honestly.

Can I point out how much better you are at nicknames than me too? I'm terrible, but I feel obligated to name my Pokemon so I just name them the first thing that comes to mind.

And as for you saying you've never beaten a Pokemon game in less than 12hrs (and that 12:01 for ORAS was the fastest you'd ever done), my current record is 3hrs 54 mins in Gold (on console, well, the GameBoy Player) using only Feraligatr. I haven't tried to speed through any of the others, other than Let's Go Pika and that took me 4hrs 45 mins roughly. I know I can definitely beat that Let's Go time though, but I have no interest right now.
 
I haven't spent much time reading everyone else's posts in detail, just skimming, but I just want to say I love that team. I feel most of those Pokemon are super good and really underappreciated.

I also 100% agree with you about hating how the Ho-Oh/Lugia section was shoehorned in and forced. It makes me never want to do a challenge run of SoulSilver because you'd have to backtrack even further for it. I completely forgot this was even a thing, honestly.

Can I point out how much better you are at nicknames than me too? I'm terrible, but I feel obligated to name my Pokemon so I just name them the first thing that comes to mind.

And as for you saying you've never beaten a Pokemon game in less than 12hrs (and that 12:01 for ORAS was the fastest you'd ever done), my current record is 3hrs 54 mins in Gold (on console, well, the GameBoy Player) using only Feraligatr. I haven't tried to speed through any of the others, other than Let's Go Pika and that took me 4hrs 45 mins roughly. I know I can definitely beat that Let's Go time though, but I have no interest right now.

Yeah the team actually ended up pretty good! I was very sceptical before starting HG, because I couldn't really remember much variation in Johto but I was pleasantly surprised and its made me see some Pokemon like Jumpluff for example in a whole new light.
And thanks about the nicknames, tbh I kind of felt like mine were a tad boring but maybe everyone feels that way about the way they do it?
Also at your game times, WOW, are you a machine?:laugh-squinted:
I guess I'm just a slow player.
 
I also tend to take my time exploring, grinding, and so on. I'm playing challenges to have fun, but rushing isn't that much fun to me. That's also why I will likely never speedrun a Pokemon game.
 
Platinum Bug Monotype – Part 4 – Badge 4/8

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I basically grew up with gen 4, I adore those games, I must have spent hundreds of hours on Diamond, but whenever I go back and replay them now I find it so difficult, they are sooooo slow, everything feels sluggish to me. And the middling part of the Sinnoh games kind of all blends together. I still love them though. But once I take the nostalgia goggles off I see the flaws. I also think the Pokedex kind of sucked, not much variety. Personally I'm kind of dreading my grass challenge when I get to Sinnoh. I'll have to go for honey trees as well to find Cherubi and Burmy. Sigh.
 
I basically grew up with gen 4, I adore those games, I must have spent hundreds of hours on Diamond, but whenever I go back and replay them now I find it so difficult, they are sooooo slow, everything feels sluggish to me. And the middling part of the Sinnoh games kind of all blends together. I still love them though. But once I take the nostalgia goggles off I see the flaws. I also think the Pokedex kind of sucked, not much variety. Personally I'm kind of dreading my grass challenge when I get to Sinnoh. I'll have to go for honey trees as well to find Cherubi and Burmy. Sigh.
I don't think Sinnoh is necessarily bad, nor do I have the same sentiment regarding nostalgia. I think Platinum is still a very good game beyond being pretty slow and sluggish until you get the bike, but this team in particular is just completely not fun to use due to the lack of variety. It feels like I'm running 5 of the same Pokemon + Yanma, as Yanma is the only one out of all of them with a completely unique movepool. I get 3 of them technically *are* the same Pokemon, but still, there's no excuse for Mothim and even Vespiquen, who has nothing to do with that line, to have such a similar learnset. The other games were challenging but fun because a lot of the bugs had unique mechanics and movepools to exploit (Shuckle, Shedinja, Forretress), or interesting types (Galvantula, Crustle, Armaldo) that made them stand out, but this is just 3 Wormadam + 3 Bug/Flying types, all of whom have little to offer in regards to a niche.
Honey trees are an awful mechanic which I'm glad they got rid of too. I'm really burnt out from how sluggish and boring Platinum has been and I feel like I might need a break for a few days before continuing the challenge, and when I do I'll probably move onto Y for the time being (which I actually have interesting plans for) and go back to Platinum later. This is some of the least fun I've had with a Pokemon game and it's depressing.
 
Yeah it must be a chore having to essentially use Pokemon that are basically the same, with the same type of attacks and weaknesses and movepools. I've never used Mothim or any of the Wormadam's although I plan to use the grass one when I do my playthrough, but I'm not looking forward to it. Also I agree on the honey trees, those sucked.
 
Platinum Bug Monotype – Part 5 – Badge 5/8

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Pokemon Y Bug Monotype – Introduction/Analysis

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Here's the signups and progress for all the challenges I've done across all the previous Monotype threads. Don't feel like going back for all the links as they're spread out between like 3 different threads. Only one completed is Ice, though I'm close for Rock, Normal, and Bug.

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Fire Red | Silver | Emerald | Platinum | Volt White | Y | Sun (Complete)
Pokémon Type: Ice
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Red | Crystal | Emerald | Platinum | Blaze Black | Y | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Rock
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Leaf Green | Soul Silver | Emerald | Platinum | White | Y | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Normal
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue | Crystal | Emerald | Pearl | White | Y | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Bug
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Leaf Green | Soul Silver | Alpha Sapphire | Platinum (0/8) | White | | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Ghost
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue | Crystal | Emerald | Platinum | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Water
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue | Crystal | Emerald (0/8) | Platinum (0/8) | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Fighting
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Heart Gold (0/16) | Alpha Sapphire | Platinum (0/8) | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Dark
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue (0/8) | Crystal (0/8) | Alpha Sapphire | Platinum (0/8) | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Grass
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate
 
So I've been stalking for long enough, time for me to sign up!

Forum User Name: Kimborelli
Game(s): FireRed, Heart Gold, Omega Ruby, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Moon
Pokémon Type: Gonna be the start of the ULTIMATE ultimate, Bug
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate
 
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Pokemon Y Bug Monotype – Part 2 – Badges 2 & 3

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Forum User Name: Lith97
Game(s): Emerald
Pokémon Type: Fighting
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Single
 
Platinum Bug Monotype – Part 6 – Badge 6 & 7

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Platinum Bug Monotype – Part 7 – Team Galactic's Plan

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Water Monotype Challenge - Third Update
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So our trek continues! First we went and faced the Red Gyarados, defeating it (as we used Gyarados during FireRed we couldn't use it) and met Lance! He asked us to help get rid of Team Rocket in town so off we went and easily defeated them. After that was one we went and beat Pryce after! It wasn't a difficult battle between Chalupa's Spark and Enchilada's rollout and revenge. Believe some other member also helped but I can't remember the details, admittedly.

Then we went and grinded because apparently trying to beat Polo's Meganium at the levels I'm at isn't exactly an easy task. Didn't grind as much as I wanted to (I'm... really bad at grinding) but between the Signal Beam that Chalupa won and Taco's Wing Attack we managed to take it down and beat Polo! Then we went and defeated Team Rocket as a whole and moved on to get our last badge!

Clair was as expected. A little difficult but beat her in one try. Enchilada used Toxic Spikes at the beginning of battle and that helped take out her second Dragonair and bring down Kingdra. Then of course we went to the Dragon Den to pick up our badge!

Now its... time for more grinding. Ideally at least level 45 for everyone, but that's a lot of leveling so at the very least Level 40 and we'll just take a bunch of items in like we always do! On the bright side Johto's League isn't necessarily difficult for Water types. So guess we'll see what happens!

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Tortilla (Feraligatr) ♂
Naughty | Torrent | Level 36
Ice Fang, Crunch, Waterfall, Rage

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Burrito (Quagsire) ♀
Hardy | Water Absorb | Level 36 @ Quick Claw
Waterfall, Headbutt, Amnesia, Earthquake

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Chimi (Slowpoke) ♂
Bashful | Own Tempo | Level 35
Curse, Strength, Zen Headbutt, Water Pulse

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Chalupa (Lanturn) ♀
Bashful | Volt Absorb | Level 36
Stockpile, Surf, Signal Beam, Spark

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Enchilada (Qwilfish) ♂
Quirky | Poison Point | Level 35
Revenge, Toxic Spikes, Waterfall, Rollout

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Taco (Mantine) ♀
Docile | Water Absorb | Level 35 @ Sharp Beak
Surf, BubbleBeam, Headbutt, Wing Attack

HM Slaves
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I've yet to really struggle against a gym leader yet despite having the disadvantage in Grant's case, and I don't really know the gym leaders after this point, so we'll have to see.

That's because Gen 6 is just a big joke in general, and even more so when you turn on Exp Share. I'm pretty sure it's impossible to get an actual challenge out of that game. Although I must admit I never bothered to try it.
 
That's because Gen 6 is just a big joke in general, and even more so when you turn on Exp Share. I'm pretty sure it's impossible to get an actual challenge out of that game. Although I must admit I never bothered to try it.

I've actually been struggling with my playthrough of Y, the struggle being it keeping my interest, its *SO* easy its unreal, most of the time I can concentrate on something else and just click A until the battle is over.
 
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