[Challenge] The Monotype Challenge v8, Tera Edition

[Reginald Cosmic]

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire Game Mastery Challenge Update: Pokémon Ruby - Mono Fighting-Type Part 2

There isn't much to say this time, so I won't include a TLDR version. It's just the 2nd gym badge and delivering the letter to Steven.

Spoiler: The Full Read

*I rescued the Devon Goods with my freshly evolved Combusken
*I obtained the Miracle Seed for Rolf the Shroomish (though I might trade it for the Quick Claw soon)
*I caught a Makuhita (with 70 base power Hidden Power Fighting) and named it Otis in honor of Ben's kid from Barnyard: The Original Party Animals for theaters and Back at the Barnyard on Nickelodeon and Barnyard for the PlayStation 2
*I defeated Brawly with ease
*I delivered the letter to Steven

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire Game Mastery Challenge Update: Pokémon Ruby - Mono Fighting-Type Part 3

Have I mentioned how much I hate using the alt code for the letter e with an accent on this laptop? (The alt key only works with the numbers if I turn on number lock, which is not convenient since it turns on the num pad where the built-in trackpad is. I really need to learn to use this laptop on a table with a wireless USB mouse.)

Spoiler: The long read

*Defeated Team Magma grunts at the Museum
*Beat Rival Wally in front of his uncle (despite the type advantage Wally had)
*Defeated trainers on the way to Verdanturf and on Cycling Road and east of Mauville
*Beat Wattson. His Voltorb's "Self-Destruct" caught me off-guard. Poor Makuhita fainted.
*Beat the Winstrate family
*Rolf the Shroomish and Otis the Makuhita evolved by this point
*Caught a Machop and named it "Carl ATHF" in honor of Carl Brutananadilewski of Aqua Teen Hunger Force fame
*Got the blue and yellow flutes (and later the red flute)
*Visited Meteor Falls
*Beat Magma Leader Maxie
*Returned the Meteor to Prof. Cozmo for the TM Return
*Bought a TM for "Hidden Power" and taught it to Hariyama aka "Otis" (Hidden Power Fighting 70)
*Defeated Flannery. I was nervous going in, and I should have been. Her Torkoal used "Overheat" twice, and that caugth me way off-guard. I squeeked out a victory with Combusken with my other three Fighting-type mon fainted.

Spoiler: TLDR

*I got four badges and can now enter the desert
*My team consists of Ernie the Combusken, Rolf the Breloom, Otis the Hariyama (with Hidden Power Fighting 70), and Carl ATHF the Machop

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire Game Mastery Challenge Update: Pokémon Ruby - Mono Fighting-Type Part 4

I might leave out some details (like the Trick House), but I'll try my best to summarize.

Spoiler: The Full Read

*I explored the desert for trainers for EXP.
*Carl Brutananadilewski aka "Carl ATHF" evolved into Machamp, but I almost kind of regretted doing it so quickly instead of waiting. The two armed Machoke just does Carl more justice.
*I defeated all the gym trainers in the Petalburg Gym
*Defeating Norman was kind of weird. It was a bit difficult to KO his first Slaking (despite my type advantage) since he healed on the "loafing around" turn, but that wasn't the difficult part. For some reason, his Vigoroth went bananas. Plus, after Otis the Hariyama used Fake Out, Norman decided to use Encore, and then after it wore off, he used Encore again. I had to withdraw Otis. Oddly enough, his 2nd Slaking was pretty easy to deal with, thanks to--well, Truant, but also--Focus Punch, which fails if the user gets hit. I think I finished him off with only one of my four Fighting-type mon left. I can't remember, but I don't feel like checking the footage.
*I did some surfing around Hoenn (including the New Mauville side quest), and then I headed east for the Weather Institute. I'd like to add that I had a HM Zigzagoon and a Teleport-using Abra (which also knew Flash) at this point.
*I beat news reporters Gabby and Ty before they could land an attack.
*I beat Team Magma at the Weather Institute. It's weird seeing Magma Admin Courtney call me out with such confidence cuz Shelly looks confident in RSE, but Courtney... Courtney looks really shy for some reason.
*I defeated May for the third time, but I didn't get Combusken to evolve right in front of her unfortunately. I finally got the TM for "Fly" but before I can box the Abra, I need to defeat Winona.
*I finally got a fully evolved team (discounting the field move mons)
*After arriving in Fortree, I headed all the way down to the Safari Zone, beating trainers along the way. I arrived in Lilycove for a hot minute, but I didn't visit the Pokemon Center because I wanted to get the TM for Giga Drain for Rolf the Breloom, and then teleport back to Fortree.
*I defeated all the gym trainers in Fortree like they were made of cardboard.
*Winona actually wasn't much trouble, but I did get scared a couple times. Blaziken's "Blaze Kick" is really cool in this game.

Spoiler: Movesets and Strats

Ernie the Blaziken with "Silk Scarf" (Gentle Nature) Level 39:
*Return
*Blaze Kick
*Aerial Ace
*Double Kick
Note: I forgot to remove Silk Scarf in favor of Charcoal once I finally replaced Ember with Blaze Kick.

Rolf the Breloom with "Miracle Seed" (Gentle Nature) Level 36
*Hidden Power Ice 68
*Giga Drain
*Slude Bomb (very useful)
*Sky Uppercut
Note: I overestimated the usefulness of the special attack Hidden Power Ice. I needed an ice-type move for Drake, but hopefully when I catch the fifth and final teammate, I can use Ice Punch.

Otis the Hariyama with "Mystic Water" (Docile Nature) Level 32
*Hidden Power Fighting 70
*Strength
*Smelling Salt
*Surf

Carl ATHF the Machamp with Amulet Coin (Adamant Nature) Level 37
*Low Kick
*Revenge
*Seismic Toss
*Vital Throw
Note: Machamp will have a more varied moveset later on (thanks in part to Earthquake), but I will probably keep Revenge even after Machamp learns Cross Chop. I don't know which of the two moves would be more useful. Advice is appreciated.

Spoiler: TLDR

I got two more gym badges, and my whole team is fully evolved: Blaziken, Breloom, Hariyama, and Machamp. I plan to catch one more party member soon.

 

[MachoPony]

Heartgold Ground Mono Pt.3

Spoiler:

Went on to Olivine again, climbed lighthouse, forgot Surf is in ecruteak went back for surf, steelix demolished the level 12 koffing lol Quagsire handled most things on the water to Cianwood (yay water absorb)
Trained Sandshrew considerably knowing i'd need Quagsire for Poliwrath and so something else for primeape. neither Graveler nor Steelix was likely to be that something.
VS Chuck.
Sandslash put up a good fight but double team meant it missed a crucial crush claw and finally got focus punched to death. Graveler finished it off
Quagsire put up a good fight but a few body slams including a crit finished it, got through the berry and 2 hyper potions and slowed
poliwrath down considerably enough that graveler could hit 2 magnitudes before being surfed to death. Steelix finished it with a couple of tackles.
VS Eusine
So, much, HAX. missed a crush claw, got hit by hypnosis, confusion and a few dream eaters from drowzee finished Sandslash, Steelix hit screech and a couple of rock tombs for the KO. haunter survived a rock blast from graveler and paralyzes it with lick, then after 2 turns of full paralysys another finishes it. got paralyzed again vs Electrode but a magnitude 8 next turn took it out.
Back to Olivine
VS Jasmine Graveler outsped and KOd magnemite with Magnitude. 2 surfs with quagsire barely missed the KO on steelix so she healed, 2 more did it though. Graveler one shot the 2nd magnemite
After like 10 minutes of hunting a 4% diglett on route 48 i gave up and moved on to the safari zone.
Caught Dino the rhyhorn in the Safari zone, will come back later for Cubone.

Team:

Spoiler:

Rock 2 (Graveler) LV30

Rock Blast
Magnitude
Rock Polish
Defense Curl

Snek 2 (Steelix) LV28

Tackle
Sandstorm
Rock Tomb
Screech

Amy(Sandslash) LV 29

Cut
Defense Curl
Crush Claw
Poison Sting

Bro(Quagsire) LV29

Mud Shot
Mud Bomb
Surf
Tail Whip

Dino(Rhyhorn) LV17

Horn Attack
Stomp
Tail Whip
Fury Attack

 

[StenirRPG]

Single Fire Run
Sapphire / FIRST AND FINAL / I'd Rather Be Riding a Chocobo

In this post (i.e., TL;DR)

Spoiler:

Rehashing stuff but cutting out a lot of the stuff that doesn't really matter.

The full read:

Spoiler:

Much of this doesn't change from when I did it in Emerald, so I was very quickly pushing my way through the game. This time, I remembered the Fire Stone in Fiery Path, so I grabbed that so I didn't have to backtrack. Threw the Exp Share on Vulpix until it learned Flamethrower and then went ahead and evolved it. No point in waiting.

Unfortunately, even after catching multiple Numel, Torkoal, and Slugma...just TRYING to get the best I could out of Fiery Path and that portion of the game...the final gym (being Water and thus a pain) and the Elite Four were my trouble spots. The way I got through it was, what I honestly would consider in a later generation, cheese. Ninetales had Will-o-wisp and Confuse Ray. Blaziken had Bulk Up and Double Kick. It honestly felt really rough in that gen.

But now that you know how I got through it, let's at least look at why the trouble spots were, well, trouble.

Wallace, Gym 8
- This gym is Water...and the best two to deal with it are still Ninetales (due to it having some very nice SpDef) and Blaziken (because it can just rack up the damage).
- Fire doesn't have any real coverage in this gen, to be honest. Ninetales could learn Iron Tail or be bred to get Faint Attack, or even Disable. But there's a lot of uncertainty with these moves, so I decided to just try to push through.
- Debates I had going through my options: breed Slugma to have Acid Armor, breed Camerupt to have Defense Curl/Rollout, etc.

Elite Four
- I'll admit, I caved and looked up the stats off speedrun because I was having so much trouble with Sidney's Sharpedo. I couldn't get a turn in because it's so fast, and my team is...well, not. My two mains were the closest. I ended up beating Sidney by spamming five Bulk Up and then just following that up with Double Kick...it only beat Sharpedo because it decided to try and use Swagger. Confusion was scary with max Attack, but I pulled through. Luck: 1 - Skill: 0.
- Since Phoebe is all about Ghost, I just spammed whatever my most powerful moves were, so Blaze Kick, Earthquake, etc. The battle in which I won got down to just Ninetales, which taught me the power of Confuse Ray and Will-o-wisp (where appropriate). Well, Confuse Ray/Hyper Potion. Luck: 0.5 - Skill: 0.5. Maybe 0.75/0.25. I don't know.
- You'd think Glacia would be cut and dry...but 3 out of the 5 are from the Spheal line (because you only get two Ice lines here in Hoenn). Those ones I couldn't really do much but Bulk Up Double Kick to get through. So, I set up on the first Glalie until I had +6 Attack and then spammed Double Kick to break through. I guess this is Luck: 0.25/Skill:0.75. So, that's what, 2 Luck to 1 Skill? Doing great.
- Shelgon is pretty good to set up on when fighting Drake, but his team just rips through mine with ease. Flygon using Dig just does so much damage when you have Camerupt 2x weak, Magcargo 4x weak...and so on. I forgot both Flygon on the team are not flying...so me trying to use Rock moves was out of the question. Instead, I did what damage I could with Blaziken, tried to do any bit of damage with the rest of my team, and then Confuse Ray strats.
- Champion Steven was honestly the easiest out of the group. Bulk Up when fighting the Skarmory, which seems to just do randomly everything it can. Heal up as needed, then Blaze Kick to take it down. Aggron is next, so I use Double Kick since it's super effective. Then out comes Metagross...which I was not fully in range to kill with Blaze Kick, but it was the best option I had so it took a few tries to get it to OHKO. Then came Armaldo so Double Kick again, which was close to taking it out but not completely...so Steven ended up using all of his Full Restores trying to keep it from getting knocked out, only to eventually fall anyways. Claydol came out, so I felt Double Kick was still the best, and kept going until Blaziken got knocked out. Once again, just go down the list, leaving Ninetales until the end, and here comes Cradily with Ninetales at about 3/4 health, so Confuse Ray, and then spam Flamethrower. And that nets me the win.

My daughter was like "why the heck did you scream YASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS at the top of your lungs?"

Yes, she does play Pokemon too at the young age of 8 - been training her for a few years lol

Team Stats:

Spoiler:

With the sole Fire I needed to redo done, back to the remaining two Rock. Next up, Sapphire again but with Rock.

Sorry that this was a long time coming, my son had me try to get the entire Paldea-dex in 100 real time hours. I had 398 because Kingambit is ridiculous and he forgot that he let his mom use his box legendary so I couldn't add it to mine. That was...tiring. But I'm back to this. Let's get these last two re-runs out of the way and then I'll be on my sixth type.

Sign-Up:
User: StenirRPG
Type: Rock
Game(s): Sapphire
Challenge Type: Single
Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard

Open Question: I'll go back and check the rules, but I know they allow for evolving those who evolve via trading evolutions. Since I'm doing Rock next, and that has the Geodude line available, what's an appropriate level to evolve into Golem? My thought is that I would wait until all of the rest of my team had evolved, but if I were to go the route (and historically, I haven't which kinda makes life a little rough for Graveler when it's not Golem at times), is there a suggested level...or, rather, a suggested point to clear before evolving? "Congrats, Graveler, you finished Gym 8 - time to evolve"

 

[Explorer of Time]

Open Question: I'll go back and check the rules, but I know they allow for evolving those who evolve via trading evolutions. Since I'm doing Rock next, and that has the Geodude line available, what's an appropriate level to evolve into Golem? My thought is that I would wait until all of the rest of my team had evolved, but if I were to go the route (and historically, I haven't which kinda makes life a little rough for Graveler when it's not Golem at times), is there a suggested level...or, rather, a suggested point to clear before evolving? "Congrats, Graveler, you finished Gym 8 - time to evolve"

I personally think around a dozen or so levels after becoming a Graveler would be ideal; i.e. sometime in the mid-high 30s. If you'd rather have a point in-game to evolve it rather than a set level, I'd suggest beating the fifth gym leader, which would be Norman in RSE.

You can absolutely evolve it earlier if you want, though. These are suggestions, not hard restrictions.

 

[StenirRPG]

Thanks for the reply - something I was thinking this morning I might do is take one of the items I don't plan on using that run and just making that the evo method. Maybe have using one of the standard hold/trading items trigger the evolution, such as something really random like a Metal Coat on Graveler. I'm already using the randomizer to change the starter for the first five gens, but that definitely is a way to run with it.

I do agree, Norman would be relatively appropriate. Just in time for Winona.

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

I was going to wait until I beat Gym Leader 7 and post the update about that before I say this, but I'll go ahead and say this now.

I previously hinted that there'd only be one more team member for me to catch, but that's no longer the case.

First, I'll go ahead and say I caught a Meditite which will evolve into Medicham, and I plan on having it learn Shadow Ball and Hidden power Dragon (albeit only 61 or 62 base power) against Phoebe and Drake, Thunder Punch for Glacia, and either Psychic (for STAB) or Ice Punch (just to really play it safe against Drake). I'm trying to decide, and I'd appreciate advice: Should I leave out Psychic or Ice Punch, or should I maybe forget about using Hidden Power Dragon (since it's not a perfect 70 base power or even, like, 65+ base power). I know, I know... I could just grind the team to level 70 for overkill, but that's not the way it's gonna be.

My good friend [name and address withheld] pointed out that I forgot Heracross from the Hoenn Safari Zone and insisted I use him. I'm not entirely sure what moves to teach him/her (I'm tired and don't feel like grinding for a specific gender in the Safari Zone of all places). Brick Break is admittedly very nice to have by "level up," but I worry about the accuracy of Megahorn and the recoil damage of Take Down. I guess I could teach Machamp "Strength" (it's the signature move of Machamp in Gen 7) and give Heracross Return (when I reach Pacifidlog and receive the 2nd TM27) since Heracross's base Phsyical Attack is 125.

Spoiler: Movesets for The First Four Tough Guys

Blaziken: Return, Blaze Kick (Charcoal), Aerial Ace, Brick Break

Breloom: Hidden Power Ice 68, Giga Drain (Miracle Seed), Sludge Bomb, Sky Uppercut

Hariyama: Strength, Hidden Power Fighting 70, Belly Drum???, Surf

Machamp: Return, Revenge, Cross Chop, Earthquake

Could someone please help me out here?

 

[Captain Gizmo]

User: Captain Gizmo
Type: Fire
Game(s): Silver
Challenge Type: Single
Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard

 

[Explorer of Time]

First, I'll go ahead and say I caught a Meditite which will evolve into Medicham, and I plan on having it learn Shadow Ball and Hidden power Dragon (albeit only 61 or 62 base power) against Phoebe and Drake, Thunder Punch for Glacia, and either Psychic (for STAB) or Ice Punch (just to really play it safe against Drake). I'm trying to decide, and I'd appreciate advice: Should I leave out Psychic or Ice Punch, or should I maybe forget about using Hidden Power Dragon (since it's not a perfect 70 base power or even, like, 65+ base power). I know, I know... I could just grind the team to level 70 for overkill, but that's not the way it's gonna be.

I would personally leave out Hidden Power, Ice Punch would be much better against Drake because four of his Pokemon are 4x weak to Ice.

If you want a different option to make Medicham a better special sweeper, teaching it Calm Mind would boost its otherwise-lackluster special attack, giving you a great special attacker if you have time to set it up for a couple turns. Thunder Punch, Ice Punch, and Psychic hits everything but Magneton for at least neutral damage, and nobody in the E4 uses Magneton. However, it'd make Medicham much worse against Phoebe if you're having trouble with her.

My good friend [name and address withheld] pointed out that I forgot Heracross from the Hoenn Safari Zone and insisted I use him. I'm not entirely sure what moves to teach him/her (I'm tired and don't feel like grinding for a specific gender in the Safari Zone of all places). Brick Break is admittedly very nice to have by "level up," but I worry about the accuracy of Megahorn and the recoil damage of Take Down. I guess I could teach Machamp "Strength" (it's the signature move of Machamp in Gen 7) and give Heracross Return (when I reach Pacifidlog and receive the 2nd TM27) since Heracross's base Phsyical Attack is 125.

Normally, I'd run Brick Break, Megahorn, Return, and Earthquake on Gen 3 Heracross, but since you already used your TM26 on Machamp, that leaves it with a coverage gap against Ghosts. You don't seem to have used your Toxic TM yet, so I'd run Toxic on Heracross to give it at least some use against Ghost-types. Megahorn's accuracy isn't great but it's still one of the few Bug moves in Gen 3 that's worth using.

Blaziken: Return, Blaze Kick (Charcoal), Aerial Ace, Brick Break

This is a good moveset; though I'd personally switch Blaze Kick out for Fire Punch for the higher accuracy, even if the power is lower. However, if you have a lot of money to spend or time to waste, Flamethrower is strictly better than both. Unfortunately, it's RSE's only Game Corner exclusive TM and costs 4,000 coins, which is 80,000P if you don't want to spend hours grinding the Roulette or Slots.

Breloom: Hidden Power Ice 68, Giga Drain (Miracle Seed), Sludge Bomb, Sky Uppercut

Breloom doesn't need a STAB move, its special attack is much worse than its physical attack. Grass is not that great against most of the E4, anyway. I ran Iron Tail on Breloom to help it deal with Ghosts in my Grass monotype, and Stun Spore as its fourth move, but yours actually has a good Hidden Power, so I'd keep it just for Drake, since his team is 4x weak to Ice.

Machamp: Return, Revenge, Cross Chop, Earthquake

I'd teach Bulk Up to Machamp, getting rid of one of its Fighting-type moves. Keep Earthquake and Return. Don't teach it Strength, it's much worse than Return unless it's happiness is terrible and/or you just caught it.

Hariyama: Strength, Hidden Power Fighting 70, Belly Drum???, Surf

Keep Hidden Power, and have it learn Belly Drum. Ditch Strength for Secret Power, the 30% chance paralysis chance in indoor environments (i.e. the League) will help with Hariyama's low speed and with Belly Drum, Strength's slightly higher base power won't make a difference. This leaves it with a fourth move that needs to hit Ghosts, and preferably a physical one given that Hariyama's special attack is a third of its attack. Since you've already used up your Earthquake TM, that leaves Dig and Rock Tomb. Dig will have more reliable accuracy, but Phoebe's entire team can inflict status conditions which would make Dig riskier against her than against most trainers. Rock Tomb will lower the Ghosts' speed, but its accuracy is only 80%. Either of them will be risky in their own ways so it's up to you. Of course, if you've used and forgotten one of the TMs already, it's a no-brainer to pick the other. Also, give it your Quick Claw as a held item.

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

I'm not going to quote every single thing because I think it'd be a mess, so I'm going to go through the team members in the order you replied to them in. (Is that correct grammar? Oh, well, it gets the communication done.)

Medicham: Ice Punch, Thunder Punch, Psychic, and Calm Mind sounds good. Phoebe's not the one I'm scared of. Drake's Salamance is almost as scary as Red's Gen II Snorlax.

Heracross: I actually do have the TM for Toxic. For some reason I was thinking "badly poisoned" was the one where it's consistently 1/8 max HP in damage per turn, but ... that's completely wrong. Koga says himself that it deals more and more damage over time. I remember reading in a YouTube comment that people (probably speedrunners) sometimes prefer regular poison because it's an immediate 1/8 instead of 1/16 leading into potentially one quarter or eventually half after enough turns, and ... it got mutated in my head.

So: Brick Break, Megahorn, Toxic, and ... umm... I don't know. I think the Secret Power salesman will sell me a 2nd Secret Power, right? I already bought two Hidden Power HMs. One last thing, and this is important, Heracross gets the King's Rock, right? Medicham gets the Magnet for Glacia, and the Nevermeltice for Drake (and pRRRobably Champion Steven's Claydol and Cradilly)

Blaziken: Flamethrower's better than Blaze Kick? Oh, no, what am I to do? Good thing my Zigzagoon brought me plenty of Nuggets to sell. 140,000+ Yen right now! Not too shabby! The Amulet Coin certainly didn't hurt either. /Joking No, but for real, I got enough to buy a Flamethrower TM this time around.

Breloom: Yeah, I really felt blessed when I finally caught a Shroomish with Hidden Power Ice at base power 68! I'll keep the Miracle Seed Giga Drain until I can swindle Sootopolis City out of an HM for Waterfall though. (Waterfall is required for accessing Iron Tail in Meteor Falls if memory serves.)

Machamp: Yeah, the friendship stat is 195 right now due to trade evolution, but that was before Norman (yes, I did jump the gun with Machoke turning into Machamp, but what's done is done). That's still 78 base power already, and it's only a matter of time before it approaches 102 base power.

Hariyama: HOLD! UP! Did you just say Secret Power does stuff indoors, and it's useful?! Anyway, yeah, I was worried Belly Drum would be too risky. Dat low speed. I was thinking about the Quick Claw, but I was hoping the Mystic Water would... you know... help Hariyama Surf harder!

(Next update spoiler warning: Hariyama barely did any damage at all with Surf in Tate & Liza's gym battle!)

I'll give an update next reply because I don't want this message to get much longer. Thank you for the advice.

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

Pokémon Ruby/Sapphire Game Mastery Challenge Update: Pokémon Ruby - Mono Fighting-Type Part 5

I only got the one gym badge this time, but I did get the 5th team member. Oh, I guess it won't be the last team member either. Whoops.

Spoiler: Full Read

*I a new HM Pokémon: Tropius (no nickname) for Fly, Rock Smash, Cut and Flash
*I completed Trick House #5 (my absolute least favorite)
*This older Gentlemen near the Safari Zone used Roar, and RalphWig'm the Zigzagoon got out of its ball for a battle, so now I gotta add as asterisk to the run. Git!
*I beat up some Team Magma guys at Mt. Pyre, which had a lot of Ghost and Psychic type trainers inside. It was nothing my team couldn't handle though.
*I caught a Meditite with Hidden Power Dragon 61 [not 62, I was wrong], but as stated above, I think I won't bother with Hidden Power in favor of Ice Punch. Anyway, I named it "BlingBling" after "Bling Bling Boy" from Johnny Test
*Did some more surfing (but not the Abandoned Ship just yet). Have I mentioned Sludge Bomb on my Breloom
*Said hello to Captain Stern, but Team Magma stole his submarine ... Now that I think about it, I guess that makes more sense than Team Aqua stealing it since Team Aqua would 100% have their own sub. I still think Emerald made the right choice by keeping the Team Aqua Hideout where it was.
*So then I flew to Lilycove and --Did I forget to mention the battle with Rival May? Whoops
*I went to Lilycove and beat all the Team Magma Grunts into submission... There was this one weird grunt named Tabitha (which is a girl's name) who was standing differently than the other grunts. I didn't know they gave custom sprites to random criminal organization members. What? That was Aqua Admin Matt's counterpart? Are you sure?
*Team Magma got away. Whoops.
*Surfed over to Mossdeep and met up with Steven again.
*I caught a Spheal for HM moves Dive and Waterfall
*I beat up all the Psychics
*I got my butt kicked three times by Tate & Liza. The first and third time I didn't get either of their Pokemon to faint cuz they healed. This is when I realized Hariyama has no business using Surf in battle.
*I finally got this strategy working. First I stayed focus on Solrock and use Machamp's Low Kick twice. Then I Low Kick on Lunatone, but they used a Hyper Potion. I went for Revenge, and it actually really paid off. I one-shoted that Lunatone, and I was ready for Gym Leader Wallace!

Spoiler: Team Strats Thus Far

Ernie the Blaziken, Ability: Blaze, Nature: Gentle, Item: Charcoal, Moves: Return, Blaze Kick, Aerial Ace, and Double Kick
Rolf the Breloom, Ability: Effect Spore, Nature: Gentle, Item: Miracle Seed, Moves: Hidden Power Ice 68, Giga Drain, Sludge Bomb, and Sky Uppercut
Otis the Hariyama, Ability: Thick Fat, Nature: Docile, Item: Mystic Water, Moves: Hidden Power Fighting 70, Strength, Smellingsalt (for some reason), and Surf
Carl ATHF the Machamp, Ability: Guts, Nature: Adamant, Item: Amulet Coin, Moves: Low Kick, Revenge, Seismic Toss, Vital Throw
BlingBling the Meditite, Ability: Pure Power, Nature: Brave, Item: Experience Share, Moves: Confusion,Detect, Hidden Power Dragon, Calm Mind
Tropius: Fly, Rock Smash, Cut, and Flash

Note: Unfortunately, Carl's not making good use of his potential without the TM for Earthquake, but he'll be taught Return in place of Vital Throw once I restart the game. ... Maybe I'll do Bulk Up in place of Revenge...

 

[Explorer of Time]

Pokemon Diamond (Standard Mode)
Mono-Fighting - Black Belt Brutus
Update 3 (Route 206 -> Veilstone Gym)

Wow, that took a long time. Has it really been nearly a month? I know I've been busy playing other games, but still. Anyway, I went down Route 206, then went up through Mt. Coronet to Hearthome, then Solaceon, then finally Veilstone City, evolving my Machop into a Machoke just south of Solaceon.

My party is a little overleveled right now, so nothing really gave me much trouble. Heracross swept through both my Rival and Maylene, the latter having her whole team 1HKOed by Heracross after a single Swords Dance. She wasn't a complete pushover, though. Her Meditite did a little damage to Heracross with Confusion and her Lucario brought him down to half his HP with a Metal Claw before it fainted.

My team only learned two new moves this time. Machoke learned Payback via TM, giving him a stronger Dark-type move, and Heracross learned Swords Dance from a Game Corner TM. (I hacked in some coins for this because grinding the slots with Clefairy bonus rounds, though easily doable, is very tedious and I wanted to get it over with.) I also got some actual non-berry held items for the rest of my team, all Plates.


Team

Spoiler:

Monferno (♂) | Fire/Fighting | Level 27
Moves: Flame Wheel, Mach Punch, Grass Knot, Stealth Rock
73 HP / 51 Atk / 38 Def / 48 SpA / 41 SpD / 50 Spe
Ability: Blaze | Nature: Bashful | Item: Quick Claw

Machoke (♂) | Fighting | Level 28
Moves: Karate Chop, Rock Tomb, Payback, Focus Energy
84 HP / 68 Atk / 57 Def / 36 SpA / 42 SpD / 38 Spe
Ability: No Guard | Nature: Impish | Item: Dread Plate

Heracross (♂) | Bug/Fighting | Level 29
Moves: Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Rock Tomb, Swords Dance
86 HP / 76 Atk / 56 Def / 33 SpA / 70 SpD / 63 Spe
Ability: Swarm | Nature: Calm | Item: Fist Plate

Meditite (♀) | Fighting/Psychic | Level 28
Moves: Rock Smash, Confusion, Rock Tomb, Hidden Power (Grass 59)
62 HP / 30 Atk / 40 Def / 31 SpA / 41 SpD / 43 Spe
Ability: Pure Power | Nature: Relaxed | Item: Mind Plate

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

I'm looking over the tentative list of teams I have planned for the later challenges within my "Game Mastery Challenge" of Ruby/Sapphire. I hadn't fully realized Geodude isn't available until Granite Cave. If that is the case, I will have to hack in a different starter. What's the restriction on that? Do I have to use Geodude or Aron since they're available first? I won't be adding Slugma of course since it doesn't become rock-type until it evolves. What about Rhyhorn though? It's a bit over-powered with Horn Attack and later Stomp, but Roxanne's rock-types are resistant to normal-type attacks, and Brawly has the fighting-type with moves that are super effective against rock-types like Rhydon.

 

[Explorer of Time]

I'm looking over the tentative list of teams I have planned for the later challenges within my "Game Mastery Challenge" of Ruby/Sapphire. I hadn't fully realized Geodude isn't available until Granite Cave. If that is the case, I will have to hack in a different starter. What's the restriction on that? Do I have to use Geodude or Aron since they're available first? I won't be adding Slugma of course since it doesn't become rock-type until it evolves. What about Rhyhorn though? It's a bit over-powered with Horn Attack and later Stomp, but Roxanne's rock-types are resistant to normal-type attacks, and Brawly has the fighting-type with moves that are super effective against rock-types like Rhydon.

You do not have to use Geodude or Aron, you can use any Rock-type that starts out as a Rock-type, is unevolved, and has the capacity to evolve further. This includes Geodude, Aron, and Rhyhorn, which you mentioned, and also Lileep and Anorith, which you did not. (If you choose one of the two fossils, it's completely fine to take the other and get both fossil Pokemon when you reach the desert.)

You may not choose Slugma, since it doesn't start out as part-Rock, and you may not choose Nosepass, Lunatone, Solrock, Corsola, Relicanth, or Regirock because they don't evolve, though you can certainly catch all of these later.

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

Regirock

Hol' up!

[Joke Over] I might pick Anorith as the starter then since it learns Water Gun at level 19 to handle Roxanne, which is incredibly reasonable not only because it'll be my only party member until Granite Cave, but also... that thing's in the "erratic leveling rate" category. It'll be at level 20 in no time at all. I kind of hate starting off with a bug-type, but I can't argue with results. Dat 95 base Attack! (The 75 base Speed is nice too.)

 

[facundoleonel1]

Hello, I am interested in this challenge so I will sign up!

User: facundoleonel1
Type: Electric
Game(s): Pokemon Yellow
Challenge Type: Single
Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard

I hope i can complete this challenge, this is my first time doing something like this. So wish me luck in my new adventure!

I feel like this is going to be a hard journey but NEVER GIVE UP YOUR DREAMS!



Oh, little question..do i have to wait for an approval or i can start today?

 

[Explorer of Time]

Oh, little question..do i have to wait for an approval or i can start today?

You can start immediately, if you want. I've already added you to the challenger list.

 

[facundoleonel1]

Pokemon Yellow [Mono-Electric (Standard Mode)]
Start -> Pewter City

[In this Post]
-Got Pikachu
-1st Rival battle
-2nd Rival Battle
-Brock Battle

Spoiler: Long text

Hello, this is the start of my Mono-Electric run in Pokemon Yellow!
I feel that this challenge will be hard but i will try my best to complete this run!

First i went to the grass to be called by Oak and make him capture Pikachu. After that i went to the Pokemon lab to recive the most expected starter in Yellow...EEVEE!
Yey! An eevee! i can get a jolteon and-

*insert Blue taking eevee*

oh- ok..i didn't want it anyway
I got my Pikachu and started the battle with Blue.


that of course i lost...
what a great start :D

So i went to the tall grass, defeated some wild pokemons to level up my Pikachu to LVL 7 and went to Viridian's shop to grab P.Oak's package.
i went to the lab, grabbed the pokedex and map and i talked to a NPC who gave me a potion.

After that, i farmed a bit of XP to level Pikachu to LVL 8 to battle Blue again. This time i defeated his Eevee thx to Thunder wave and 2 Tail whip, he almost killed my pikachu with one tackle but the paralysis helped a lot.

After that i went to the Pokemon Center and grabbed the potion from the PC and i entered Viridian Forest.
Not going to dig too much into this because all i did was fighting pokemons and trainers, also grabbed a potion. At the end of the forest, my pikachu got LVL 11 for the battles and a bit of farming i made.
and now, i was in Pewter City. I didn't wait any longer and went to the gym and try the first battle to see if i was ready for the worst. But i wasn't.


I got defeated by a Sandshrew but hey! My Pikachu leveled up to LVL 12 thx to Trainer's diglett.
i returned to Vidirian Forest and started farming a bit.
In my "Anime Training Arc" i grabbed a Pokeball i forgot and beated a trainer that i also forgot to battle. This + A bit of Wild Pokemon farming made my Pikachu Level up to LVL 14
It was time for a Rematch.
This time i was stronger to defeat Brock's trainer and after that i was going to fight Brock
That was a mistake...


His Geodude defeated me easily, i think i kinda forget that i have to beat 2 ground-type pokemons with only a Pikachu so....

Anime Training Arc #2: Electric Boongaloo

After defeating some Wild Pokemons i leveled up Pikachu to LVL 15 and he learned Double Team
This was perfect! but i had to sacrifice Thunder Wave, it was the most valid choice. I needed Tail Whip and Quick Attack, and i don't want to lose the only Electric move i have.

With this new move, i rematch Brock. I started doing a lot of Double Team until the limit, and thx to this, Geodude didn't hit me for some turns.
After that, Brock sent Onix and i had to use a lot of Tail Whips to do good damage.
After some minutes, the battle was over and i defeated Brock and got the 1st Badge of the Challenge.

Spoiler: Conclusion

I want to say this was a good start but i feel like i did a mistake in going too fast to the battles. Next time i will take my time to think more and maybe farm more before going to difficult battles again.

Thats all for today, bye-bye and adios!

Spoiler: Team

Pikachu LVL 15 {Electric}
Attack: 23, Defense: 20, Speed: 34, Special: 25

• Thundershock
• Quick Attack
• Tail Whip
• Double Team

 

[facundoleonel1]

Pokemon Yellow [Mono-Electric (Standard Mode)]
Update 1. Pewter City -> Cerulean City

[In this Post]
-Mt. Moon
-Jessie and James Battle
-Misty Battle

Spoiler: Long text

After my battle with Brock i went to the next route and fighted the other trainers, they didn't give me any problem and i could level up Pikachu to LVL 17.
I arrived to Mt.Moon (i hate caves) and this time..i tried to not find a lot of trainers..
If they have a ground-type pokemon then they would defeat me so i just fought with 3 trainers i found and after that, i had a battle with a Team Rocket member.

I defeated him and went to grab a Fossil that i will never use, the battle with the scientist was...kinda hard. I lost more than half of my HP but i survived.
But i kinda forgot that Jessie and James were in this game too so my next battle was with them.
In the battle, i used one potion because i almost died to koffing. I managed to beat them and i exit the cave.

I went to the gym because i though that i could have a chance with the current level i had.
I defeated Misty's two trainers easily, the last trainer was kinda stressing with her Goldeen confusing my Pikachu but luckily it survived.
Before going to Misty, i farmed a bit of EXP to level up my Pikachu to LVL 22 (Thx to the battles in MT.Moon and Misty's Trainers, this didn't take a lot of time.)
But even with that..i lost the battle with her Starmie.


I had a very bad luck with my 2 uses of Double Team, i also used a potion because i thought that Pikachu would survive another attack, but sadly Starmie used Bubble beam and defeated my Pikachu.
So i decided to do my "favorite thing" in any pokemon game:

ANIME TRAINING ARC #3: Burning the Water

I had to faint a lot of Spearows just to get enough EXP to level up. It was necessary? maybe (In case you ask, yes...that took like..+30 minutes if we also count the fact that you can find Sandshrews here)
With my now LVL 23 Pikachu, i did a rematch with Misty.
Her Staryu wasn't any problem and this time, with some Double Teams and Thundershocks, i defeated Misty.

Spoiler: Team

Pikachu LVL 23 {Electric}
Attack: 35, Defense: 29, Speed: 52, Special: 37

• Thundershock
• Quick Attack
• Tail Whip
• Double Team