The Monotype Challenge

[Darkhelmet]

So one more update before I go to bed, the randomizer has been nice to me with the water pokemon it throws at me in the wild, I run around areas for probably a dozen or so encounters just to make sure I have seen everything. The fast forward button makes my progress quick, I have just defeated Erika and the Rocket Hideout in the Game Corner.

Misty, the Bug type Gym leader, Lt. Surge, the normal type gym leader, and Erika, the ghost gym leader were all taken down and appropriate badges given out. Team at the moment in no particular order:

Monstro, the Quirky Wailmer
Level 23
Ability: Insomnia
Perish Song
Muddy Water
Supersonic
Dizzy Punch

Gully, the Rash Wingull (Who I will not allow to evolve at the moment because Wingull is just too awesome)
Level 32
Ability: Liquid Ooze
Drill Peck
Aeroblast
Water Spout
Aerial Ace

Flashlight, the Quirky Lanturn
Level 30
Ability: Speed Boost
Hydro Pump
Thundershock
Stockpile
Spark

Lord Helix, the Quiet Omanyte
Level 27
Ability: Swift Swim
Rock Slide
Ancientpower
Rock Tomb
Water Spout

Karl, the Hardy Barboach
Level 27
Ability; Rain Dish
Water Pulse
Hydro Cannon
Earthquake
Shock Wave

Jerry, the Lax Tentacool (Who I wish I could sub out for my Staryu that I just caught but sadly hes the only one capable of learning Cut)
Level 16
Ability: Suction Cups
Poison Tail
Cut
Crunch
Hydro Cannon

Can't wait to get surf, my entire team will be eternally grateful for a water move with 15 PP with high power and accuracy. Tomorrow I may very well finish the game, as I have nothing to do tomorrow and fast forward button and all that so we'll see how that goes lol

 

[limeemil]

Update regarding my mono-fighting ultimate challenge. I have recently acquired the Rainbowbadge and the Pokéflute. My current team:

Marlon the Lonely Machamp lv. 38

Mr.Nilsson the Impish Primeape lv. 38

Spike the Lax Hitmonlee lv. 38

+ HM slaves

Forgive me if the update is too vague, this is my first challenge.

 

[RefinedHornet]

Ultimate Ghost Monotype Emerald Update:
-defeated the Elite Four and Champion

Final Team:

Spoiler:

Shedinja
Lv. 60
Ability: Wonder Guard
Nature: Quiet
HP: 1
Attack: 132
Defense: 68
Sp. Attack: 72
Sp. Defense: 65
Speed: 80
Moves: Shadow Ball/Fury Cutter/Double Team/Confuse Ray

Sableye
Lv. 60
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Careful
HP: 152
Attack: 114
Defense: 116
Sp. Attack: 99
Sp. Defense: 118
Speed: 97
Moves: Psychic/Shadow Ball/Fake Out/Faint Attack

Banette
Lv. 63
Ability: Insomnia
Nature: Rash
HP: 189
Attack: 162
Defense: 110
Sp. Attack: 143
Sp. Defense: 81
Speed: 113
Moves: Shadow Ball/Faint Attack/Will-O-Wisp/Thunderbolt

Dusclops
Lv. 61
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Serious
HP: 142
Attack: 111
Defense: 174
Sp. Attack: 86
Sp. Defense: 166
Speed: 69
Moves: Ice Beam/Shadow Ball/Confuse Ray/Will-O-Wisp

 

[Darkhelmet]

Update for tonight so far:

Obtained SoulBadge, MarshBadge, and VolcanoBadge, my Whiscash put in a lot of work since he was super effective to just about all the gym leaders' pokemon.

Koga actually stuck to his poison type, which I found amusing, he didn't put up that much of a fight. Sabrina was electric type, rockin' two pikachus, a minun, and a raichu. Earthquake one shot just about all of them. Blaine was steel type, and went down rather quickly to Whiscash and co.

Giovanni in Silph Co provided quite a sticking point, and his gym is even worse. Giovanni is running dragons, his team in Silph Co was a Latios, Latias, Rayquaza, and Kingdra. His gym is full of dragon types, I might be in for some grinding of my new Sealeo.

Team as it stands:

Lord Helix, the Quiet Omanyte
Level 39
Ability: Swift Swim
Rock Slide
AncientPower
Surf
Luster Purge

Moustachio, the Serious Sealeo
Level 39
Ability: Volt Absorb
Magnitude
Aurora Beam
Strength
Surf

Karl, the Hardy Whiscash
Level 41
Ability: Swift Swim
Water Pulse
Surf
Earthquake
Shock Wave

Flashlight, the Quirky Lanturn
Level 37
Ability: Speed Boost
Surf
Thundershock
Octozooka
Spark

Gully, the Rash Pelipper
Level 39
Ability: Lightningrod
Fly
Aeroblast
Surf
Aerial Ace

Jerry, the Lax Tentacool
Level 16
Ability: Suction Cups
Poison Tail
Cut
Surf
Crunch

Gonna try to beat Giovanni tonight. Wish me luck.'

Update: Elite 4 and Champion Defeated! Lorelei was packing water pokemon and had a lapras with milk drink that was the bane of my existance. Bruno had rock pokemon, and he went down kind of easily. Agatha had ice pokemon, with her ace being an Articuno, and Lance, I lucked out, and he had bug pokemon, after all the dragon types I had to deal with on the way to the Elite 4, I was very happy with this development. His ace was a Shedinja. Gary had fighting pokemon with the exception of his ace, which was a Crobat that I saw use Swords Dance, Aerial Ace, and Aeroblast. After a long hard fought battle, I defeated him, clearing the challenge. On to continuing Crystal on my phone at work!

Spoiler:

 

[limeemil]

Update regarding Ultimate Mono-type Fighting Firered challenge.

- Got a new team member
- Ventured into the Safari Zone for Surf and Gold Teeth
- Beat Koga and acquired the Soul Badge
- Drove Team Rocket out of Silph Co.
- Beat Sabrina and acquired the Marsh Badge

Current team:

Rita the Poliwrath Lv. 43
Ability: Damp
- Surf
- Hypnosis
- Ice Beam
- Psychic

Mr.Nilsson the Primeape Lv. 43
Ability: Vital Spirit
- Mega Punch
- Rock Tomb
- Cross Chop
- Brick Break

Marlon the Machamp Lv. 43
Ability: Guts
- Vital Throw
- Brick Break
- Dig
- Strength

Spike the Hitmonlee Lv. 43
Ability: Limber
- Brick Break
- Hi Jump Kick
- Rock Slide
- Mind Reader

 

[Articuno869]

Emerald ground type update.

I've obtained four badges so far. Marshtomp had to solo the first 3 gyms, which he did with ease. After Watson I caught a Numel, and then I took on Flannery which opened up quite a few new options in the desert.

Current team:
Marshtomp (Lv. 33)
Numel (Lv. 32)
Trapinch (Lv. 27)
Baltoy (Lv. 21)

 

[Darkhelmet]

Crystal Water Type Update.

Haven't played as much as I should've, been doing other challenges, and spend more time on my lunch break sleeping in my car than I should. But I managed to make a little progress tonight, defeating Whitney for my third Gym Badge.

Team as it Stands:

BobTheDuck, Psyduck Level 16
Scratch, Tail Whip, Disable, Confusion

Polypunch, the Poliwag Level 20
Bubble, Hypnosis, Water Gun, Doubleslap

Gatorface, the Croconaw Level 24
Bite, Cut, Rage, Water Gun

Normally Whitney's Miltank can give me a little bit of trouble, but her Clefairy spent so much time Doubleslapping Croconaw while Rage was up, his rage kept building and building, and he just took it out on the poor Miltank, two shotting it.

Gonna try to make some more progress tomorrow.

 

[aruupaa]

Name : aruupaa
Selected Pokemon Type : Grass
Challenge Type : Single
Game : Red ( I want to learn Japanese, so I am playing on Japanese )

 

[SubVirus]

Hello! I'm back in business.
My Expert Emerald save died or corrupted w/e... so i started over
This time i will be using a random name generator for everything i name :)
sooo.... my main character was first and His name is Cleitus (Ancient Greek Name)
Treecko is Ezequiel (Spanish/Portuguese Name)

 

[RefinedHornet]

Ultimate Ghost Monotype Platinum Update:
-chose Piplup
-defeated rival on Route 201
-defeated rival on Route 203
-Piplup evolved into Prinplup
-defeated Roark
-caught Drifloon at Valley Windworks
-caught Gastly in Eterna Forest
-defeated Gardenia

Team:

Spoiler:

Drifloon
Lv. 23
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Docile
HP: 77
Attack: 30
Defense: 26
Sp. Attack: 37
Sp. Defense: 30
Speed: 43
Moves: Stockpile/Astonish/Gust/Payback

Gastly
Lv. 22
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Lax
HP: 49
Attack: 23
Defense: 23
Sp. Attack: 50
Sp. Defense: 18
Speed: 46
Moves: Lick/Sucker Punch/Night Shade/Confuse Ray

 

[aruupaa]

Changed to English.

-Chose Bulbasaur and named it Midori.
-Midori evolved into Ivysaur.
-Defeated Brock easily.
-Caught Symbiotic the Paras in Mt Moon.
-Caught Luna the Oddish near the Nugget Bridge.
-Got SS Ticket.
-Symbiotic evolved into Parasect.
-Luna evolved into Gloom.
-Defeated Misty.
-Taught Dig to Parasect.
-Got to Vermillion City.

Team:

Midori the Ivysaur
Lvl 26
Tackle/Vine Whip/Leech Seed/Poison Powder

Symbiotic the Parasect
Lvl 25
Scratch/Leech Life/Stun Spore/Dig

Luna the Gloom
Lvl 24
Absorb/Stun Spore/Sleep Powder/Poison Powder

 

[SubVirus]

Once again i'm going to shelf Expert Emerald. With the announcement i've recently seen of the remake of Ruby and Sapphire i'm going to buy and play that one with this challenge :)
I'll be resuming my progress with Pokemon Blaze Black for the time being I can't find my charger... soooo i'll be starting on Pokemon X (note if it doesn't come out at its expected release i'll probably just end up doing expert emerald)

 

[GreenMachien]

Forum User Name: GreenMachien
Pokémon Type: Poison
Challenge Type: Single
Games: Platinum
Going to start this soon! Can't wait!
:)

Edit: Psychic was too boring, and i could never do an ultimate, so i'm going to change to single, poision type, and change game to platinum.

I also wish i could take good pictures right off screen. Sadly not using emulator so no screenshots/bad quality.

 

[aruupaa]

Since I had nothing to do, I completed the run.
Progress on Grass Red:
-Beat SS Anne trainers and got Cut.
-Beat Surge.
-Midori evolved to Venusaur.
-Beat Giovanni.
-Beat Erika.
-Got Fly.
-Beat Pokemon Tower.
-Beat Safari Zone to obtain Surf and Strength, and caught myself Ovum the Exeggcute on the way.
-Grinded with some trainers and wild Pokemon.
-Beat Koga.
-Beat Giovanni again.
-Beat Dojo.
-Beat Sabrina.
-Beat Pokemon Mansion.
-Beat Blaine.
-Beat Giovanni for the last time.
-Got to Pokemon League.
-Lorelei went down to Midori.
-Bruno was easy for Ovum.
-As was Agatha.
-Lance went down to Growth x3 + Razor Leaf spam combo of Midori.
-Blue's first Pokemons were wiped out by Ovum, until Alakazam knocked it out. Midori took the job and finished it.

I can't post pictures yet, when I get to post, I will post the Hall of Fame pictures. Here is the last team anyway:

Midori the Venusaur
Lvl 67
-Definitely MVP, was both my main defense and offense.

Symbiotic the Parasect
Lvl 58
-Unfortunately LVP, failed to prove its worth. Was good against Psychic and Ghost types around Sabrina's time, but easily went down to Fire, Flying and Poison attacks.

Luna the Vileplume
Lvl 65
-Good defensive. Petal Dance was a total murderer.

Ovum the Exeggutor
Lvl 62
-Even though coming a bit late, helped with the Poison types very well. Was worth to all the painful grinding done.

I think I'll do another Grass one on Crystal. I don't like 4th gen onward because of slow progress of story and stuff. I also don't have X/Y but maybe I'll go for 3rd gen after this one.

 

[Darkhelmet]

After a couple days of no pokemon games, went back to the Crystal Water Run. One thing I've noticed, it's a pain in the butt to get water stones in Crystal, stuck waiting on the fisherman to call me that he found some, and theres only one for sure one in Kanto that I know of. And I have 3 pokemon waiting for a stone. So yeah...

I am currently on the Elite 4, after having an intense battle with Clair that went down to the last pokemon. My Kingler (or as I call him Emergency Backup Plan Alpha Theta Beta because of his use of Guillotine) was saddened when he couldnt Guillotine Kingdra. But life goes on, and we managed to get it down. Team so far:

Polypunch, the Poliwhirl
Level 41
Surf
Hypnosis
Water Gun
Ice Punch

KingKrab, the Kingler
Level 40
Guillotine
Surf
Whirlpool
Stomp

Gatorface, the Feraligatr
Level 43
Bite
Cut
Fury Cutter
Surf

Jim, the Staryu
Level 39
Surf
Bubblebeam
Swift
Recover

Bruce, the Shiny Gyarados
Level 38
Thrash
Waterfall
Dragon Rage
Strength

​

I have a 6th spot open for when I get my first Water Stone, so I can evolve the Eevee I have sitting in my PC. But with my luck, who knows when that will be XD I also need to get a better moveset for Feraligatr, Rage had its uses before, but has since worn out its welcome, and need more type coverage. Will update again once I defeat the Elite 4.

EDIT: Actually defeated Lance! Polypunch was actually the MVP, when there were thoughts of boxing him at one point when he was only a Poliwag, every one of Lance's Dragonites fell to Hypnosis and Ice Punch til dead. Just gonna update the levels up above. Unfortunately couldnt get a screenshot at the end, but I'll make sure I get one when I beat Red, harder to do it on my phone lol

 

[cscof]

Forum user name: cscof
Pokemon type: Fight
Challenge type: single
Game: Light Platinum (hack)

 

[aruupaa]

Grass Crystal Progress up to now:

-Chose Chikorita, and named it Midori like my Venusaur before it.
-Did Elm's errand and stuff.
-Caught Flora the Hoppip.
-Flora was hard to train because of not knowing an attacking move.
-When Flora learned Tackle, continued.
-Caught Orbis the Bellsprout.
-Midori evolved into Bayleef.
-Got through Sprout Tower.
-Beat Falkner rather easily.
-Flora evolved into Skiploom.
-Got through Union Cave.
-Defeated Team Rocket in Slowpoke Well.
-Orbis evolved into Weepinbell.
-Azalea was definitely harder than Falkner. Kakuna and Metapod was easy, but Scyther was a problem. Though Flora with Midori's Reflect managed to beat it.
-Defeated Silver.
-In the Forest, caught two Oddishes, Sola and Luna.
-Union Cave's bottom floor Onixes helped out really fine with training.
-Both evolved into Gloom.
-After thinking, I decided leaving Orbis in box for now is a better choice. Since he has no special thing and going with a HM Slave is better, and I have the last spot reserved for Exeggutor, I boxed it. Probably gonna withdraw before Pokemon League then box it and withdraw it again before Red.
-About to get Cut HM now.

Team:

Spoiler:

Midori the Bayleef (M)
Lvl 23
Razor Leaf
Tackle
Synthesis
Reflect

Flora the Skiploom (M)
Lvl 21
Tackle
Synthesis
Stun Spore
Poison Powder

Luna the Gloom (M)
Lvl 21
Absorb
Poison Powder
Sleep Powder
Stun Spore

Sola the Gloom (F)
Lvl 21
Absorb
Poison Powder
Sleep Powder
Stun Spore

Orbis the Weepinbell (M) (Boxed)
Lvl 21
Vine Whip
Wrap
Growth
Sleep Powder​

 

[limeemil]

I have now beaten the Elite Four in Firered! It was quite tough, I think at least one pokémon fainted per fight.

Here is my final team:

Rita the Poliwrath Lv. 63
- Surf
- Hypnosis
- Ice Beam
- Psychic

Spike the Hitmonlee Lv. 62
- Brick Break
- Hi Jump Kick
- Rock Slide
- Mega Kick

Mr.Nilsson the Primeape Lv. 60
- Brick Break
- Cross Chop
- Mega Punch
- Rock Tomb

Marlon the Machamp Lv. 63
- Brick Break
- Dynamicpunch
- Earthquake
- Strength

That's it. On to Johto!

 

[cscof]

Heres update number one

-forgot most everything i did, but i beat the first two gym leaders on light platinum

Spoiler:

Lee- Croagunk-24
mud-slap
faint attack
revenge
headbutt
Jackie-Meinfoo-23
pound
meditate
detect
fake out
Combusken--24
double kick
peck
focus energy
ember
Jet-Scraggy-23
headbutt
swagger
ice smash(brick break)
Yeung-Heracross-24
ice smash(brick break)
leer
horn attack
endure

 

[SubVirus]

Not feeling so confident as I enter my first gym with only BeeDrill... And with no other pokemon options since some dits is blocking my only path to Budew (the second Poison option, and a good one later on) (boxed and wonder traded away my starter for those who dream of getting a starter pokemon in their wonder trade challenges, figured it'd be for the best)
I will venture forth and battle everyone i can on rt22 for training since i'm going to solo a gym leader with a pokemon i don't have a lot of faith in at such low levels.
Oh -- in the spirit of random names I named my guy, Trystan (Nicknamed Smith because GEN VI's silly, and I made each naming field a random name)
My Beedrill is nicknamed Oiva (boy's name... wewt randomness)
Also in the love of random i rolled a dice for my skin color/look w/e and everything else that was supposed to be something i pick myself.
...
Update:
Going into the gym leader fight with my only poison type so far available in the game (I don't like doing duplicates)
Oiva/Beedrill

Spoiler:

lvl 13
hp 41
def 17
sp. atk 22
sp. def 28
speed 27
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Mild
Characteristic: Sturdy Body
Movepool: Poison Sting, Focus Energy, Harden, Fury Attack

Gym Battle log:

Spoiler:

Beedrill vs Surskit
FIGHT!
Surskit>>Quick Attack
Beedrill>>Focus Energy
Beedrill>>Fury Attack (Hit 4 times, 2 crits)
Surskit==KO
Vivillon vs Beedrill
Vivillon>>Infestation
Beedrill>>Fury Attack (hit 5 times, 1 crit)
Vivillon>>Infestation
Beedrill>> Fury Attack (2 times)
Vivillon>>Potion
Beedrill>>Fury Attack (3 times)
Vivillon>>Harden
Beedrill>>Fury Attack (missed)
Vivillon>>Infestation
Beedrill>>Poison Sting
Beedrill>>Super Potion (used at 6HP)
Vivillon>>Tackle
Beedrill>>Fury Attack (1 time)
Vivillon==KO

I found this battle not much different from a typical trainer battle. I would not have required a potion had she not used a potion first ;p
With that said I've got the first badge so far and i'm on to collect my Beloved Budew
Oiva learned Infestation (cause... why not)
Update#2
After a half hour of RNG nonesense i finally found a BUDEW of whom i caught (lvl 8) and named Macie....
I'll be training it to match my Beedrill and then i'll finally move on to the next area etc.
Update#3
TOTALLY forgot about the free Bulbasaur they give you in the big city from the prof after his silly little battle. So.... Might not keep Budew (depends on what happens later on i suppose we'll see) I named Bulbasaur Gorou which means Fifth Son in Japanese (still random)
Update#4
I caught a Gulpin (lvl10) and named him Zhubin. I've never had a Gulpin so we'll see how he pans out with his poison powers.