The Monotype Challenge

[Auserk]

Ruby Steel Update;

Spoiler:

I started my Steel monotypes on Ruby, since It is the only GBA game I have to do in these monotypes. I started off nice and easy got my first badge with my Grovyle (loyal HM Slave now) and worked my way to Dewford where I caught my First two team members Kozane the Aron and Shikomi the Mawile.

After training them up to Level 20 I figure I would be ready to take on Brawly... I was mistaken my defense was not enough to negate super effectiveness. I decided to do a blind run through granite cave to Steven so that I could train on Trainers in Slateport. This worked well till my members were level 26 and 27. I made the trip back to Brawly and was able to beat him for my second badge.

This was a small victory as I had to then train up more to beat my Rivals Combusken ( I should have made them have Grovyle :P) This was once more a hollow victory as I not had to pass my 2nd most hated trainer in this generation Wattson. After 4 losses to his Magneton, I became a gambler at the Game Corner and got Flamethrower which my Mawile gladly used to destroy Wattson. Should be smooth sailing from here on till the next Rival Battle :P.

Current Team:

SHIKOMI - MAWILE Lv 30
Vicegrip - Fake Tears - Faint Attack - Flamethrower

KOZANE - ARON Lv30
Iron Tail - Iron Defence - Mud Slap - Take Down​

 

[nikkissippi121]

I completed Yellow (I was impatient, I guess! lol) :D Here's my team:

Relaxo the Snorlax - Lv. 43 - Strength, Surf, Fissure, Fire Blast
Bubba the Clefable - Lv. 50 - Water Gun, Seismic Toss, Sing, Ice Beam
Chewy the Raticate - Lv. 45 - BubbleBeam, Dig, Super Fang, Hyper Fang
Flapso the Pidgeot - Lv. 43 - Wing Attack, Fly, Sky Attack, Razor Wind
Spro the Fearow - Lv. 43 - Peck, Miror Move, Drill Peck, Fury Attack
Puffle the Wigglytuff - Lv. 45 - Psychic, SolarBeam, Tri Attack, Thunderbolt
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Just beat the E4 on Crystal! Before I go to Kanto, here's my team:

Torro the Furret - Lv. 42, male - Strength, Surf, Rollout, Quick Attack
Odd Egg the Togetic - Lv. 41, male - Headbutt, Metronome, Sweet Kiss, Shadow Ball
Chewy Jr. the Raticate - Lv. 40, female - Cut, Pursuit, Quick Attack, Hyper Fang
Bullo the Granbull - Lv. 41, male - Tackle, Bite, Rage, Mud-Slap
Albus the Noctowl - Lv. 41, male - Confusion, Peck, Hypnosis, Fly
Spacer the Dunsparce - Lv. 40, male - Rage, Pursuit, Iron Tail, Spite

 

[Relica]

So I originally wanted to do a bug mono ultimate challenge, however, life got in the way as soon as I got done with fire red. I decided to redo this challenge with another one of my favorite types though: Fighting Mono Go!

Forum User Name: Relica
Pokémon Type: Fighting
Challenge Type: Ultimate
Game(s): Fire Red, Heart Gold, Sapphire, Platinum, Black, Y


Edit: Lets spend all night doing Fire Red. Good night everybody!
https://i.imgur.com/c0NIy8T.png

Spoiler:

A question for anyone in here to please answer. If I get one of the Hitmons in Heart Gold, am I allowed to breed for the other ones? Am I allowed to breed eggmoves on them? I don't really see anything for breeding in the rules, however, I'm curious if there's anything that's been said on that.

 

[Sylvie18]

Sorry its been so long since i've posted. Work has been getting pretty hectic since its officially peak season n' stuff. But im finally fiding time to carry on with this again :D

Ultimate Fire monotype challenge:
Leaf Green
Soul Silver 9/16
Emerald 3/8
X 1/8

Soul silver update #7

Spoiler:

- evolved blitz into flareon and began training
- evolved lily into ninetails
- got beaten by elite 4 and lance 3 times more
- got bored stocked up on revives and challenged the elite 4 seriously this time
: paved the way with Rene mostly as usual
: Blitz hit 29 on the way and learned bite
: struggled on bruno a little. Bad tactics.
- Somehow finally defeated champion lance :D
- registered ourselves as league champions
- recieved ticket to travel to kanto
- got ambushed by oak at olivine port. he updated my pokedex
- played hide and seek on the boat with some kid
- arrived in vermillion, challenged the gym
- defeated lt.surge and recieved thunderbadge
- headed over to saffron city and headed to the gym

Badges:

Team:

Spoiler:

Blitz the Brave lvl 33
Bite - Quick attack - Ember - Shadow Ball

Lily the Quirky lvl 48
Extrasensory - Flamethrower - Dark Pulse - Will o'wisp

Reid the Jolly lvl 50
Strength - Fire Punch - Iron tail - Sunny day

Zula the Jolly lvl 47
Flame wheel - Stomp - Fire blast - Bounce

Rene the calm lvl 61
Headbutt - Eruption - Shadow Claw - Flamethrower

 

[Gulpin]

A question for anyone in here to please answer. If I get one of the Hitmons in Heart Gold, am I allowed to breed for the other ones? Am I allowed to breed eggmoves on them? I don't really see anything for breeding in the rules, however, I'm curious if there's anything that's been said on that.

You should be fine with breeding something that you acquired in-game. As for egg moves, as long as you are able to get the moves on the father at whatever point of the game you are in, they should be acceptable as well.

 

[Relica]

Update:
Sapphire is now done. Join me in the story of how Eric Clapton sang live to defeat the forces of the Elite Four and the champion.

https://i.imgur.com/7UuLkXi.png

Spoiler:

Forum User Name: Relica
Pokémon Type: Fighting
Challenge Type: Ultimate
Game(s): Fire Red, Heart Gold, Sapphire, Platinum, Black, Y

What game should I do next? I can't really decide right now, I'm really up to anything but soloing the first two gyms in Heart Gold with a Poliwag right now I'm an idiot, you can only get a Poliwag in grass in g/s/c, not in Heart Gold. I need the fishing rod, so it's technically only one gym, unless I hack myself one in. Yes or no to that?

Spoiler:

Freedom came my way one day, and I started out of town

 

[Gulpin]

What game should I do next? I can't really decide right now, I'm really up to anything but soloing the first two gyms in Heart Gold with a Poliwag right now I'm an idiot, you can only get a Poliwag in grass in g/s/c, not in Heart Gold. I need the fishing rod, so it's technically only one gym, unless I hack myself one in. Yes or no to that?

You don't need to hack one in. You are allowed to beat Faulkner with your starter so you can go get the Old Rod then go back to Violet City to fish up your Poliwag since that's all before the third gym.

 

[Darkhelmet]

Gonna start a water monotype run on Crystal so I havw something to do when bored at work and on lunch lol

Username: Darkhelmet
Type: Water
Challenge Type: Single (may change to ultimate if I like the challenge)
Game: Crystal
Previous: None

Edit: Am I allowed if I make it into an ultimate, to use a randomizer? I find it makes the game more interesting)

 

[Articuno869]

Forum User Name: Articuno869
Pokemon Type: Ground
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, White 2

What's the earliest available ground type in White 2?

 

[Pendraflare]

What's the earliest available ground type pokémon in White 2?

That would be Sandile on Route 4, which can be accessed as soon as you're in Castelia City.

Also, what's the deal with the XY Exp. Share? The vote was tied and it's been just about a full week since it closed, and I'm just eager to see its fate. >_>

 

[jdthebud]

What's the earliest available ground type pokémon in White 2?

In White 2 it would be Sandile, yes. However, if you have Black 2, you can also trade/hack in a Numel since it's a White 2 exclusive.

Also, any chance I could get my name on the Champions list somewhere? Even if it's just as "Gen V Champ" for all my types...

 

[ShinyRed]

Forum User Name: ShinyRed
Pokémon Type: Fighting
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Platinum

I should be fine, hopefully everything goes fine.

 

[limeemil]

Forum User Name: limeemil
Pokémon Type: Fighting
Challenge Type: Ultimate
Games: FireRed, Soulsilver, Sapphire, Pearl, White, Y

 

[Auserk]

I have completed my Ruby run with Steel Monotype. As with my normal monotype the Elite 4 and Steven were a big hurdle and I ended up having to grind up levels while also getting a lucking earthquake critical to take out Metagross.

FINAL TEAM

Kozane the Aggron Lv 66
Iron Tail
Brick Break
Earthquake
Ice Beam

Katana the Skarmory Lv 65
Fly
Steel Wing
Swift
Metal Sound

Lode the Magneton Lv 66
Thunder
Supersonic
Rain Dance
Tri Attack

Shikomi the Mawile Lv 66
Sludge Bomb
Rock Tomb
Crunch
Flamethrower​

Next runs I am working on;

Forum User Name: Auserk
Pokémon Type: Fighting
Challenge Type: Single
Games: Red

Forum User Name: Auserk
Pokémon Type: Steel
Challenge Type: Single
Games: Platinum

 

[limeemil]

Question. What if a pokemon uses Roar on me and one of my HM slaves is sent out?
Does it immediately count as though I used it or can I save myself by switching to something else?

 

[Gulpin]

Question. What if a pokemon uses Roar on me and one of my HM slaves is sent out?
Does it immediately count as though I used it or can I save myself by switching to something else?

It's fine if something like that happens since you can't help it. Just spam status moves until your HM slave faints (what I usually do) or if you need to just switch back. I usually wait for it to faint so it doesn't get experience from the battle.

 

[limeemil]

It's fine if something like that happens since you can't help it. Just spam status moves until your HM slave faints (what I usually do) or if you need to just switch back. I usually wait for it to faint so it doesn't get experience from the battle.

Thank you! I will keep that in mind.

 

[Nah]

Sorry about not posting in this thread in forever, but I finally got around to doing some of my Water Monotype:

Water Monotype on Ruby, 2nd Update:

-passed through the route between Rustboro and Rusturf Tunnel, kickin' some trainer ass
-caught up the Magma Grunt that thought kidnapping Peeko was a good idea. Beat him and got back Peeko+Devon Goods
-got to meet the Devon President, who gave me the PokeNav but then turned me into his errand girl
-sailed with Mr. Briney to Dewford. How the hell do we fit into that tiny, tiny boat of his?
-landed in Dewford, and made my way to Granite Cave because I can never remember if you're supposed to do that first or beat the Gym first
-Mudkipz evolved. So now I have a Marshtomp named Mudkpiz
-got the HM for Flash from the Hiker at the entrance of Granite Cave
-headed back to the Gym because that's what you're supposed to do first
-Trumpets was boss in the gym, sweeping the trainers aside with Wing Attack. And then it met Brawly and his super potions. Trumpets fell to Brawly's Machop+super potions, but then Mudkpiz came in and cleaned everything up.
-went back into Granite Cave, only to realize that I have no Pokemon that can learn Flash. So I stumbled my way through that pitch-black cave, and managed to find Steven and give him the letter. Kinda wanna know what was written in there; totally should've opened it up and read it.
-exited the cave (yay Escape Ropes!)

Current Badges:

Current Team:

Mudkipz

Trumpets

Mr. Slave

 

[Darkhelmet]

Gonna actually start a second region to play at home, since I play Crystal on my phone at work during lunch and stuff:

Forum User Name: Darkhelmet
Pokémon Type: Water
Challenge Type: Single (Still debating on Ultimate, I mean heck, I'm already at 2 regions XD)
Games: Fire Red (Randomizer, changing wild pokemon, trainers (but using consistant types across team), abilities, and moves learned to favor same type). If any of these are not kosher for one reason or another, please let me know and I will start over)

EDIT: Oh boy, did I have an interesting start. Didn't get a starter that was water, so I took a Mew. The Mew had Psycho Boost, Mirror Coat, Kinesis, and Calm Mind. Happened upon a Barboach on the first route though, so that problem was solved. Brock (or should I say Cyclist Veronica thanks to the Randomizer) is a ground type trainer, with a Numel and a Marowak. Thanks to being a Water Type, that was rather easy to handle (Except for the fact that his Marowak had Water Absorb, Sleep Powder, and Extreme Speed).

But one badge in, here's the party of three:

Gully, the Rash Wingull
Level 11
Ability: Liquid Ooze
Drill Peck
Aeroblast
Water Spout
Sky Attack

Karl, the Hardy Barboach
Level 10
Ability: Rain Dish
Water Pulse
Hydro Cannon
Clamp
Bone Rush

Gyorg, the Adamant Relicanth
Level 12
Ability: Drought
Sandstorm
Bubblebeam
Rock Blast
Uproar

So, in review, I think the randomizer was rather nice to me movewise. We'll see how the rest of the gym leaders and trainers treat me. Ran into a Bug Catcher with a Jirachi, and picked up a Master Ball in Viridian Forest. I love the Randomizer. But I'll cut this update here, ONWARD TO CERULEAN CITY!

 

[Articuno869]

I was able to beat Yellow with ground. It was easy at first, but after Koga things became frustrating. When I got to the Elite 4, I started to lose my mind. I have trouble with the Kanto Elite 4 anyways, this was just terrible. Was forced to go and train on Raticate and Rattata in Cinnabar. When I came back Nidoking and Marowak did pretty much everything. If it weren't for emulator super-speed I would've most likely gave up.

I believe I'm going to do Emerald next.

Final team:
Nidoking (Lv. 54)
Marowak (Lv. 53)
Golem (Lv. 50)
Sandslash (Lv. 51)
Rhydon (Lv. 52)
Dugtrio (Lv. 51)