THE OFFICIAL NUZLOCKE CHALLENGE THREAD

[mondays suck]

Spoiler:

So I was thinking "there is nothing wrong with having a Pickupper in the team", so that's what I did.

The next route gave me a Wingull. Useless. I wanted a Shuppet.

And I arrived at Lilycove and did this. I also caught 2 more Magikarps in the area. And yes, that was with the Good Rod. Safari Zone gave me a Girafarig, but of course it fled. Dammit, a Girafarig would have been amazing.

And then I got this on Mt.Pyre, hoping for Vulpix because of Steven. As it turned out, this thing had HP Ground though, there was hope.

Another route, another Pokemon. This time actually one that I wanted, and then this. Asdfdgh. Seriously, I can't say anything else to that.

Oh yeah, before I could fail to catch the Girafarig...

...I had to get this utterly useless item. Bah.

The last May battle was no problem.

But then, suddenly this. Another of these "HOW THE &§$# DID THAT JUST HAPPEN"-deaths

There are also good things though. Like the fact that Mauro FINALLY evolved. And learned Hyper Beam. A very situational move, but I can foresee situations where it might actually come in handy.

It's always a good decision to pick up the Master Ball BEFORE the Electrode. I find it a nice way to avoid Selfdestruct.

Why is he laughing?:t054:

And I got to Mossdeep. Somewhere on the way there, Theodorus (Wailmer) accidentally killed a Magikarp, and the only other thing I did so far was the gym battle. Which was a huge pain. If I wouldn't have gotten a Surf Durf crit on Lunatone just in the right moment, Theodorus probably would have died. And even with only Solrock left on the enemy side, Tvrquil's (Grumpig) turn still was mostly used for healing. Damned Sunny Beam.

Team:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

:t291: Jimmie, level 40 - Slash, Swords Dance, Aerial Ace, Double Team
:t295: Mauro, level 40 - Stomp, Astonish, Howl, Hyper Beam
:t326: Tvrquil, level 38 - Psychic, Confuse Ray, Psybeam, Magic Coat
:t310: Donny, level 38 - Leer, Howl, Quick Attack, Spark
:t320: Theodorus, level 39 - Surf, Mist, Water Pulse, Rollout
:t264: Tumelo, level 39 - Strength, Covet, Sand Attack, Pin Missile

Box:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

:t075: Colum, level 36 - Rollout, Defense Curl, Magnitude, Rock Throw
:t202: Othmar, level 15 - Counter, Mirror Coat, Safeguard, Encore
:t130: Alvar, level 33 - Splash, Tackle, Surf, Leer
:t320: Murderer, level 33 - Surf, Rollout, Water Pulse, Astonish
:t320: Zubin, level 20 - Growl, Water Gun, Rollout, Whirlpool
:t320: Rilla, level 25 - Water Gun, Rollout, Whirlpool, Astonish
:t130: Goufrior, level 20 - Splash, Tackle, Bite
:t073: Alvina, level 35 - Surf, Acid, Bubblebeam, Wrap
:t130: Pherenike, level 20 - Splash, Tackle, Bite
:t044: Yuudai, level 33 - Poison Powder, Stun Spore, Sleep Powder, Acid
:t351: Leontius, level 25 - Powder Snow, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Hail
:t278: Eustorgio, level 26 - Water Gun, Fly, Wing Attack, Mist
:t129: Noemi, level 11 - Splash
:t129: Ciprian, level 30 - Splash, Tackle, Flail
:t101: Fajra, level 30 - Screech, Sonicboom, Spark, Selfdestruct

Dead:

Spoiler:

:t266: Wilmer, level 4-8 - Somehow died against a wild Zigzagoon while grinding near Oldale
:t252: Aravind, level 5-15 - died from a Wurmple's poison in Rustboro right outside the Pokemon center
:t322: Aingeal, level 14-16 - grinding death caused by a Seviper's crit Poison Tail
:t271: Shareef, level 16-19 - grinding death caused by a Spinda's crit Uproar
:t041: Roman, level 16-16 - grinding death against a Lombre, already in its second battle
:t347: Nanda, level 20-23 - grinding death against a Seviper because of Wrap
:t044: Hermolaos, level 13-30 - killed by a crit Facade from Norman's Vigoroth
:t311: Dareia, level 13-30 - killed by Murderer the Wailmer
:t327: Yechiel, level 15-29 - killed by Murderer the Wailmer
:t100: Luitgard, level 24-28 - Grinding death against a Tentacool because of crit Bubblebeam
:t088: Katida, level 16-29 - Died trying to run from an horribly overleveled Tentacool

Spoiler:

:t119: Salvatri, level 10-36 - Killed by a crit 2DD Aerial Ace from Winona's Altaria
:t307: Filimena, level 27-30 - Killed by a Wingull and I don't even know how

Spoiler:

So, here's the plan how to continue:
1. Buy some Repels
2. Use them to get to that one unimportant Water City without wild encounters
3. Get the Super Rod
4. ???
5. Profit

Disregard that, Bulbapedia says it's in Mossdeep, not Pacifidlog.

 

[Planetes.]

Uhh...Chaos1011 what version of Pokemon are you playing and did you finish your run?

 

[Sammuthegreat]

I (finally) finished my Sapphire run. I'll post the last two chapters at some point in the next day or two, I don't have time at the moment though.

EDIT: P.S. - @mondays suck, I really enjoy reading your updates, keep them coming! :)

 

[Niprop]

Heh, so much for soon. After managing to lose my pearl version for a few days, I finally found it and now I have to catch up to everything I promised in my last post! Next update should be today, so until then, cheers!

 

[mondays suck]

Aaargh, so I did some research on Bulbapedia only to find out that even with the Super Rod, almost all routes will still have a 60% (?) Wailmer chance. So there's plenty of chance I'll be able to assemble a full Wailmer team soon.
Also, Staryu is only availiable in Lilycove City, and I already fished something else there. AAARGH.
...
Hoenn is ridiculous with its 976141813491 water routes.

 

[560cool.]

POKEMON SOUL SILVER : Nuzlocke - Update : First Loss !!

Okay, so I proceeded to grinding my two Pokemon further, then took care of Team Rocket. I then headed to the gym, where I got my first loss.

VS. Bugsy - The Bug Gym Leader !

He proceeded with Scyther, which surprised me. Well, I was leading with D. Peck JR, thinking that one of the cocoons would go out first. I switched to Gasssy (Hypnosis + Curse + Potion + U-Turn : 0.25 power = rapin'), and he used Quick Attack. lol. Well, he used Focus Energy, and I Hypnosised. He fell asleep, then I cursed and healed with my Potion. I Licked until he woke up (on the red) and used U-Turn. It landed crit., but didn't cause fainting, but 5 HP remaining (from full .__.). So, I switch to D. Peck JR, raped the Kakuna which followed, then... met Scyther again. Of course, I switched to Gassy, which neutralised the Quick Attack. I did the same, and Bugsy used a Super Potion, which healed Scyther. Then, he U-Turned. This time, Gassy remained with ONE FRICKIN' HP. Now that's luck.
I switched to D. Peck JR, raped Metapod and Scyther showed up again. I switched back to Gassy and he swallowed (yet another) Quick Attack. Then, I used Curse... he used Focus Energy.
I knew that he'd use U-Turn. He was in the red due to Curse, and a U-Turn would have killed Gassy. I panicked and without thinking, I thought Leafy would survive and Sleep Powder. Otherwise. He did not... he died with an U-Turn.
Fangs destroyed that evil bug, but... at what cost ?

*New* Team

D. Peck JR (Spearow) m Lv. 14 : U-Turn, Pursuit, Peck, Fury Attack.
Fangs (Totodile) m Lv. 15 : Water Gun, Scratch, Bite, Leer.
Gassy (Gastly) m Lv. 15 : Night Shade, Lick, Hypnosis, Curse.

Hell :
Leafy (Bellsprout) Lv. 3 - 14 : Killed on a sacrifice by Bugsy's Scyther.

Box :
Wooper
Zubat
Zubat
Zubat

Lol @ Box.
Next update : Whitney. Miltank. Rollout.

 

[Timmetje]

I'm Starting a Nuzlocke on Gold.

I trough te talking as fast as possible. Named myself Nuzlock and picked my Cyndaquil, Barbeque.
I get my potions and beated some pokémon at the first route. Healed Barbeque and get on the next route.
Meat Mr. pokemon and obtained a Mystery egg.
Get back tackled My rival's (Peanut) Butt.
Give that Egg and finally get my pokéballs
Next time i'm gonna et my army of slaves that kill the enemy! Or pokémons for short

Team:
Cyndaquil, Barbeque
lv.7
- Tackle
- Leer
- Smoke screen
-

 

[mondays suck]

Update, without any story progress, but because I caught a ton of new Pokemon. And how much variety did I get?

Spoiler:

Alright, so I got my Super Rod. What did the Good Rod guy say again? Right, "A GOOD ROD is really good." So does that mean the Old Rod guy said "An OLD ROD is really old"?

Then I fished and got this.

However, when I decided to whittle its HP down some more with Astonish because it had already eaten a ton of Pokeballs, Mauro got a crit and Sharpedo died. Too bad.

On the next route, I got ANOTHER Sharpedo. And then suddenly:

...THE HELL? THEODORUS HAD A GREEN HP BAR BEFORE THIS. NOOOO
Of all the Wailmers I have, my favorite (modest nature) one must die. Of course. And he was just one level from evolving...

The box shall be a prison for you.

Then, I entered Shoal Cave, wanting a Spheal. The cave was flooded, so I had to swim across a tiny bit of water to get to a place where Spheal spawns. So guess what happened?

Exactly. The game decided to give me another Tentacool.

As for the rest of the routes, just look at this: The jpg that gives me an overview of the Pokemon situation in this run. Please note that it is huge, even after I cut off a big empty part at the bottom. Also excuse for the silly location names. And the fact that Mauro is still a Loudred on this.

Spoiler:

That should still be enough Wailmers for an entire Wailmer team, even without poor Theodorus.

Not posting the team, box and dead now, the old ones didn't really change (well, except for Theodorus of course... and Donny finally learned Bite, but that's it) and the newcomers excel more in quantity than in quality. And by quality, I mean variety.

Also, there are only a few more areas left to catch Pokemon for me: Underwater, Sootopolis, Evil Team Cave, Cave of Origin, Ever Grande and Victory Road. (did I forget anything?)
Three of these will yield Water Pokemon. And then I will get Zubats from the caves. High-level Zubats that are a massive pain to evolve into Crobats. Totally calling it. At least Underwater will likely give a Chinchou.

 

[Cheesepie9621]

I have started a Pearl version Nuzlocke chalenge and will be recording it for youtube just visit my channel (also Cheesepie9621)for updates. eventualy i will embed them.

 

[chaos11011]

Uhh...Chaos1011 what version of Pokemon are you playing and did you finish your run?

Hacks Section: Pokemon (Moemon) Fire Red Omega. And Yes I did complete it.

Heart Gold -Sigh-

Spoiler:

Ok After my 2 day break with MFRO I continue on my HG adventure.unfortunatly Im at the most tedious part of the game(Minus Kanto).The Rockets.Oh Goodie.Anyways Petrel went down easy to Gas being uneffected by Selfdestruct,take that suicidal "InB ForHax" posers.Ok and Doug evolved,but I had to break the news to him that his sister died.Tears were shed like a Metapod sheds into Butterfree. (R.I.P Shaft) Anyways just a team to recap my adventure

Team

Spoiler:

Lvl 30 (Boulder) @Quick Claw (Rock Throw,Magnitude,Rock Blast,Strength) Yeah not to specail only reason this is on my team is because I need Strength and I need something to kill Zubats.

Lvl 30 (Flora) @Miracle Seed (Vine Whip,Cut,Sludge Bomb,Sleep Powder) Once I beat the Rocket base this thing will be revamped (Sunny Beam)

Lvl 32 (Gas) (Shadow Ball,Hypnosis,Confuse Ray,Focus Blast) Killing off Koffings like people liek Mudkips

Lvl 27 (Doug) (Sucker Punch,Magnitude,Mud Slap,Dig) Doug <3 You will avenge Shaft.And Im taking you to the E4 :D

Lvl 29 (Pharoah) (Lucky Chant,U-Turn,Me First,Fly) Bamf,but needs Psychic

Lvl 29 (Slippy) @Mystic Water (Surf,Hypnosis,Body Slam,Mud Shot) This is more win then the Starfox Refrence put in this name.But I need Ice Beam D:<

 

[Ruto]

Began my Ultimate Nuzlocke Challenge, starting with Red.

Name: Ruto
Rival: Ganon

Starter: Charmander
NN: Dodongo

Battled with Dodongo until getting the Pokedex, then I went straight to Rt. 22. The first Pokemon I saw was a Nidoran♂ and promptly caught it.

Caught: Nidoran♂ Lvl. 4
NN: Pols Voice

Went to Rt. 2, (I'm saving the Ganon battle for later), and ran into a Pidgey.

Caught: Pidgey Lvl. 3
NN: Kaepora

Battled a couple trainers in Veridian Forest, waiting to enter the tall grass in hopes that further on I'd run into a Pikachu. That didn't work and I ran into a Caterpie.

Caught: Caterpie Lvl. 3
NN: Gohma

No one got poisoned in the forest, surprisingly, so I pressed on.

In the second part of Rt. 2, which I considered a new area if that's alright, I ran into a Weedle first, Yay!

Caught: Weedle Lvl. 4
NN: Twinrova

While training Caterpie however, a rougue Poison Sting crit killed him. :pink_cry:

Still training for Brock, and this is my team:

Spoiler:

Kaepora - Lvl. 9 ~ Gust, Sand Attack
Dodongo - Lvl. 8 ~ Scratch, Growl
Pols Voice - Lvl. 8 ~ Leer, Tackle, Horn Attack
Twinrova - Lvl. 7 ~ Poison Sting, String Shot

R.I.P. :pink_cry:

Spoiler:

Gohma ~ Lvl. 3 - 4

Sorry for the lack of images, I can't post them yet.
I'm going to get to 15 posts before my next update.

 

[chaos11011]

Ok Soul Silver Bored me again.

Emerald 386 Time

Oh and a twist,this time I'll allow you guys to choose nicknames for pokémon or junk like that.Just like they do in the Nuzlocke Forums.Just to add fun for you guys reading it (and to see who actually reads my updates xD)After a day and no one responds when I ask,I choose by myself to make the run going.

Spoiler:

My Name is Chaos as Usual

OMG Vigoroths <3

Got Potion and Stuff

Oddly May's Mom doesn't yell at me for bardging into her home or anything.



Ok now I got up to this.

Which Starter Should I pick and Nicknames Please?

 

[560cool.]

@ Chaos ... Hm... IMO, you should pick Cyndaquil and nickname him Capt. Volc.
That's what I usually do.
As usual, just my 2 cents, don't take it for gold.
Occcasionally, I also nick him Typh, but it's up to you. <3
_______________________________
POKEMON BLUE NUZLOCKE : UPDATE (and a big one)

Misty-Celadon.

Okay, so I began by smoking Misty. Easy fight with D. Peck. Then beat up some trainers, caught a Bellsprout (Leafy JR., RIP Leafy from SoulSilver), and proceeded with training. Not even one level, and he died. omgwut ?
Then, in Diglett's cave, got a Diglett... Diggar is his name. Training, died against a Spearow which had a Leer in, got hit 5 times by Fury Attack, and one was crit. u__u.
So, I fished in Vermilion. Magikarp, named Karp, now is a Gyarados (AWESOMENESSASJKLLLWUTOMGYESSS).
So, beat Silves, my rival, in SS Anne, then took care of Lt. Surge. Easily taken care of, with my old Charking's Dig.
Proceeded to Lavender, blindly got through Rock Tunnel. Caught Machop, named Chopper there. Yea, enjoy the box... .;P
Then reached Lavender, beat Silves even easier, and carried on to Celadon.
On my way, I accidentally killed a Meowth, killed an useless Pidgey, reached Celadon, picked up an Eevee, now a Jolteon. Nicknamed, Jolts.
So, yeah, that's it for today. Team :

Charking

My good ol' Charking... Moveset might need a revamp, needed Cut so I had to delete Mega Punch u_u.

Jolts

Welcome Jolts, the newbie ! n_n This guy here needs to be grinded in order to learn Thundershock (Lv. 31).

Bamf

Weird Moveset, I know. Well, I need coverage, and getting rid of Scratch and Poison Sting for better moves.

D. Peck

You KNOW this guy. Dr. Peck, the guy with Drill Peck. Well, in a short amount of time.

Karp

Yayy for Gyara !! n_n I need to change his nickname, he is way too awesome !

Hell :

Leaf JR Lv. 16-16 (Bellsproout) : Died against a Ratatta, Tail Whipped, Crit. Quick Attack.
Diggar Lv. 18-18 (Diglett) : Died against a Spearow using Fury Attack 5 times.

Boxed away :

Rats !! (Ratatta) Lv. 2
Catapy (Caterpie) Lv. 5
Junkie (Zubat) Lv. 10
Chopper (Machop) Lv. 17

 

[chaos11011]

Thank you 560cool. for the name

Spoiler:

The new name for my new Cyndaquil.

After some GRINDAN I beat May,Mud Slap was annoying though.

I caught 2 New Team Members and after some GRINDAN they caught up to Capt.Volc.

Wally teach me how to do that so I won't loose Pokémon During captures D:<

New Name for my New Slakoth Please :3

Team

Spoiler:

Lvl 11 (Capt.Volc.) (Tackle,Leer,Smokescreen) Needs Ember. >.>

Lvl 11 (Toki) (Tackle,Howl,Sand Attack) Meh,Almost died during Grinding.

Lvl 10 (Lilly) (Astonish,Growl,Absorb) Can't wait till Roxanne.

Lvl 7 (Awaiting Name) (Scratch,Yawn,Encore) Welcome to the team little buddy.

 

[Zeph.]

Wow, I've not updated in ages. Sorry about that ^^' Anyhow, here's a new one =D


The Story so Far:

+ Battled my rival. Jefferey and Dargo pwned him ^^
+ The Bridge itself wasn't too bad either. I enter the grass and, lo-behold!
+

Yes!! =D I want it!
+ "Oh no! It escaped from the pokeball!"
+ "Wild Abra used Teleport!"
+ T___________________________________________T
+ Oh well, what about Route 25? =D
+

*Sigh* Okay, JeffereyIII ¬¬
+ Then came a shocker:
+ I was battling a youngster with a Slowpoke. For some reason, I used Larry. Confusion killed him )= Epic sadness...
+ Did more story stuff, saved Bill and whatnot. And after some grinding, it was Misty time =D
+ Thanks to Jefferey, Sand-Attack, Quick Attack and many Potions, I got the Cascade badge! =D
+ Onward to Vermillion City! I go into the wild grass:
+

You know what?! No! Just, no!!
+ I emerge from the Underground Path, wondering if I'll add a new member to the team:
+

Oh for FU-!
+ In Vermillion, I get the Bike Pass and the Old Rod from 2 kind gentlemen. Me being my n00bish self, decided to use the Rod since Vermillion is its own area...
+

Meet Morris ladies and gentlemen! B)
+ So right now, the team is going through some good ol' grinding. Then, the rest is simple: S.S.Anne, then the Gym.

The Team:

Dargo - Lv. 24

Charmeleon
Fire
Scratch, Ember, Leer, Rage

Chelsea - Lv. 23

Nidoqueen
Poison/Ground
Poison Sting, Scratch, Mega Punch, Body Slam

Jefferey - Lv. 26

Pidgeotto
Normal/Flying
Gust, Quick Attack, Sand-Attack, Whirlwind

Morris - Lv. 14

Magikarp
Water
Splash

Boxed:
JeffereyII (Pidgey), ZuZu (Zubat), FeatherJoe (Spearow), JeffereyIII (Pidgey)

Our Fallen Comrades:

___

___
Larry (Lv.5 - 19)

R.I.P​

 

[560cool.]

Okay, chaos, for your Slakoth, since it's a female... Larrysa (as it comes from Larry, which sounds like a goofer's name).
And if that's stupid, I'm out of ideas. >< Oh well.

 

[Sammuthegreat]

Like I said before, I've completed my Sapphire run. Here's the last two chapters...


CHAPTER 13 – Giving up the Ghost

Spoiler:

I had to do some grinding if I wanted to beat the Elite 4. For a start I only had four Pokemon who were battle-worthy, and they were only level 51. They wouldn't stand a chance against the Champion's level 58 Metagross – a pseudo-legendary (meaning very high stats) Psychic/Steel type (meaning very few weaknesses). So, to training I went, full of hope and optimism having finally reached the end point of my journey.

My joy was to be short-lived, however. I was training Spice at level 53, when disaster struck. She had almost half health, which had been enough to avoid danger until now, when she took a critical hit from a wild Lairon's Iron Tail. Spice was down. I had just three battle-ready Pokemon left, and I was still underleveled.

At this point I seriously considered giving up; having come so far, this was a hefty kick in the sack, especially given that Spice had the enviable ability to take no super-effective hits from 3 of the Elite 4, and to dish out super-effective hits to one. I had to plough on though; I hadn't struggled past Flannery and Norman and lost so many dear Poke-friends to bottle it at the death.

But I needed a new team member.

I looked in my PC box. I didn't have too many options; a bunch of Pokemon that would never be strong enough, a few strong Pokemon whose types rendered them useless for the task ahead, and a few decent Pokemon who were of the same types as my current team. I decided to take a two-pronged approach.

Firstly, I'd withdraw Rebound and put him in the Daycare centre. For those new to the idea, the Daycare centre is a place to store your Pokemon mainly for breeding purposes. The bonus is that any Pokemon left at the Daycare gains 1 XP point for every step the player walks, meaning they can level up as you progress through the game. The drawback is that any new moves they learn automatically replace their old ones.

By this time Rebound was a Wobbuffet, and had learned all the moves he was ever going to learn (Wobbuffet's an odd Pokemon, as he only knows countering moves – he can only damage an opponent after he takes damage himself). He was the perfect candidate for the Daycare, and he might be a genuine life-saver.

My second approach was more conventional; I'd withdraw Gem and train her up, teaching her Ice Beam so that she could be back-up for Crash against those pesky Dragon-types. Plus, When Gem evolved into Tentacruel, she'd be quick and blessed with a monstrous Special Defence stat, which is never a bad thing.

So, to grinding I went. With only four Pokemon + Rebound (who was pretty much an unknown quantity) I figured I'd need to be over-levelled to stand a chance. I spent a good four hours buffing out my team, and finally I thought I was ready. Ready to become the Champion. Ready to avenge my fallen comrades. Ready to take on the Pokemon League.

CHAPTER 14 – Journey's end

Spoiler:

At this stage I should point out that I realised I wouldn't have a hope in hell of winning this thing without using Potions. So I decided to change my rules so that I was allowed no healing items – UNTIL the Elite Four. I figured it was impressive enough to get this far without healing once; I could allow myself a bit of slack. It would have been very nice to round my team off to the full complement of 6 with Spice, but it wasn't to be, I had to make do.

So unto the breach I went, dear friends. The first member of the Elite Four was Sidney, a Dark-type trainer. Gem took his whole team down single-handedly (single-tentacledly?), even finishing the fight with full health due to Giga Drain.

Next up was Phoebe, who uses Ghost-types. Charlie took them on due to his immunity to Ghost-type attacks. He won in the end, despite a tough final bout against Phoebe's second Dusclops – Phoebe used a couple of Full Restores as Charlie couldn't quite finish it off. Charlie hit 6 HP at one point, but Rest and Sleep Talk won the day in the end and Charlie hit lv.60.

Next up was Glacia. Charlie struggled through another epic encounter with her first Glalie, but when Sleep Talk and Flamethrower both ran out of PP I had to switch in Major, who swept through the rest of the team with no trouble.

The last member of the Elite Four was Drake, a Dragon trainer. I decided to lead with Gem, because Ice Beam should be able to take care of all the Dragons; the only worry was that Dragons have high stats. Hopefully Gem's high Speed stat would make the difference.

And boy, did it. Gem swept everything before her, getting 5 one-hit kills and levelling up to 54.

I'd beaten the Elite Four. The only remaining challenge was… The Champion. Steven.

He led with Skarmory. Luckily I'd seen that coming, and one-hitted it with Major's Thunderbolt. Next was Aggron. I switched in Gem… Oh no. Earthquake! I completely failed to see that coming. Cursing my stupidity, I watched Gem's health fall… and stop at 31/183. What a let-off. I'd nearly lost Pokemon to all three members of the Aggron evolutionary line! Surf took care of the big lump, and Gem moved on. Steven's next Pokemon was a Claydol. I hate Claydol. I usually struggle to take them out. I needed to try something new. I looked at my remaining Pokemon, and selected… Rebound.

I was hoping Rebound's massive HP stat would allow him to take a few Earthquakes and come out fighting. Was I right? Hell yeah I was! Claydol went down to a Counter, and Rebound was on a roll. Cradily was next – another pain in the arse to take out due to its Rock/Grass typing removing most of its weaknesses. It led unexpectedly with Giga Drain, rendering Counter useless; I switched to Mirror Coat and it went down.

Next up was Armaldo, which annoyingly survived a Counter to its Ancientpower; I'd need two to take it down. After a few Full Restores by Steven (and one or two by me) it went down. Finally. I was down to Steven's last Pokemon, the last Pokemon in this entire challenge – Metagross!

It led with Meteor Mash… which killed Rebound! He had served me well in the short time I'd used him, and he died honourably. In came Crash, for his first appearance in the whole Elite Four (a real surprise considering I'd expected to rely on him for the whole thing…) and two Earthquakes later (Steven had run out of Full Restores it seems) Metagross was down!

It was over. After all the successes, all the losses, and all the grinding of this epic run through Hoenn, I'd reached the pinnacle of any Pokemon trainer's career, and become the Champion of the Pokemon League. Steven took me through to a room where my comrades and I were immortalised in the Pokemon League records, but I was barely listening.

I'd avenged Jabs, Thumper, Tiny, Laser, Pepper, Spice and Rebound, and I was the Champion.

Final Team

Spoiler:

Gem, Female, Naive
Lv.54 - Ice Beam, Surf, Barrier, Giga Drain

Major, Male, Quiet
Lv.57 - Thunderbolt, Iron Tail, Charge, Bite

Charlie, Male, Serious
Lv.60 - Flamethrower, Earthquake, Rest, Sleep Talk

Crash, Male, Serious
Lv.60 - Ice Beam, Earthquake, Surf, Brick Break

Fallen Heroes

Spoiler:

Jabs, female, died at lv.9 from poison near Rustboro Pokemon Centre

Thumper, male, died at lv.9 from a wild Aron's critted Headbutt in Granite Cave

Tiny, male, died at lv.28 from a wild Numel's lucky Magnitude 9 in Jagged Pass

Laser, male, died at lv.17 to a wild Spoink in Jagged Pass

Pepper, female, died at lv.30 to Flannery's Torkoal

Spice, female, died at lv.53 to a wild Lairon's critted Iron Tail on Route 128

Rebound, male, fell at lv.51 at the final hurdle, Steven's Metagross

Thanks for reading! I'll do another run at some point I think. This was great fun.

 

[Porygon Z]

Ok, I defeated all the Gyms, but I don't want to finish it so soon, so i'm going to catch a lot of Pokèmon and also kill the Regis!

And... Sky has died. Darn Milotic! :(

My Team

Spoiler:

Chuck (Blaziken, Level 49 - Route 101)
Bulky (Heracross, Level 46 - Safari Zone)
Extreme (Zangoose, Level 49 - Route 114)
Wally (Wailord, Level 48 - Route 110)
Volt (Raichu, Level 50 - Traded Lv. 5 Pichu)
SolidSnake (Seviper, Level 48 - Egg)

Tropius Lv. 27 (HM Slave Cut, Fly, Strength, Flash)
Wailmer Lv. 25 (HM Slave Rock Smash, Waterfall, Dive)

In Box

Spoiler:

Hariyama Lv. 25
Plusle Lv. 15
Minun Lv. 15
Swalot Lv. 27
Torkoal Lv. 19
Weezing Lv. 37
Muk Lv. 38
Camerupt Lv. 35
Golem Lv. 31
Spinda Lv. 20
Lunatone Lv. 18
Cacturne Lv. 34
Sandslash Lv. 23
Sharpedo Lv. 34
Gyarados Lv. 26
Manectric Lv. 27
Tropius Lv. 28
Castform Lv. 25
Vileplume Lv. 28
Bellossom Lv. 28
Electrode Lv. 35
Magneton Lv. 32
Mightyena Lv. 28
Linoone Lv. 26
Wobbuffet Lv. 15
Girafarig Lv. 28
Rhyhorn Lv. 27
Golduck Lv. 33
Seaking Lv. 33
Pinsir Lv. 29
Pelipper Lv. 32
Tentacruel Lv. 34
Clamperl Lv. 28
Lanturn Lv. 26
Groudon Lv. 45
Luvdisc Lv. 29
Ninjask Lv. 20
Shedinja Lv. 20
Exploud Lv. 42
Aggron Lv. 42

R.I.P. Buddies

Spoiler:

Skarmory Lv. 44
Gardevoir Lv. 35
Vigoroth Lv. 27
Swellow Lv. 26
Breloom Lv. 28
Delcatty Lv. 19

PS: I edited because I caught Groudon, now I got rid of him.
And I will kill the Regis, I didn't remember the rule that prevents me to catch them.

 

[mondays suck]

An update, containing TRAGEDY

Spoiler:

First of all, new Pokemon. Pretty much as expected, top percentage catches. Of course, the Magikarp died from Sonicboom dammit.

And then I beat Archie. It wasn't that hard with 2 Electric types on my team.

And in Cave of Origin, I got another Zubat. So far my predictions have been right.

And then; Kyogre. First, it took down Fajra (Electrode) down to low HP with just one Ice Beam. Then, this:

WHAT THE -
How's that possible, a resisted attack against one of the best Special Defenses in the game. I bet it's the rain's fault.

AAAARRGH NOT DONNY

CURSE YOU KYOGRE

Then, suddenly it was already time for the final gym battle: Wallace.

Well, Wallace is...

...actually not that hard...

...if you know...

...how to deal with him.

Seriously, all I needed for this were the Yellow Flute, two Super Potions and some patience because of Attract.

Team:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

:t291: Jimmie, level 43 - Slash, Swords Dance, Aerial Ace, Double Team
:t295: Mauro, level 41 - Stomp, Astonish, Howl, Hyper Beam
:t326: Tvrquil, level 41 - Psychic, Confuse Ray, Psybeam, Magic Coat

Spoiler:

:t130: Pherenike, level 20 - Surf, Tackle, Bite, Rock Smash
:t264: Tumelo, level 41 - Strength, Covet, Sand Attack, Pin Missile
:t101: Fajra, level 41 - Spark, Sonicboom, Light Screen, Rollout

Box:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

:t075: Colum, level 36 - Rollout, Defense Curl, Magnitude, Rock Throw
:t202: Othmar, level 15 - Counter, Mirror Coat, Safeguard, Encore
:t130: Alvar, level 33 - Splash, Tackle, Surf, Leer
:t320: Murderer, level 33 - Surf, Rollout, Water Pulse, Astonish
:t320: Zubin, level 20 - Growl, Water Gun, Rollout, Whirlpool
:t320: Rilla, level 25 - Water Gun, Rollout, Whirlpool, Astonish
:t130: Goufrior, level 20 - Splash, Tackle, Bite
:t044: Yuudai, level 35 - Poison Powder, Bullet Seed, Sleep Powder, Acid
:t351: Leontius, level 25 - Powder Snow, Rain Dance, Sunny Day, Hail
:t278: Eustorgio, level 26 - Water Gun, Fly, Wing Attack, Mist
:t129: Noemi, level 11 - Splash
:t129: Ciprian, level 30 - Splash, Tackle, Flail
:t319: Murderer2, level 32 - Focus Energy, Scary Face, Crunch, Screech
:t072: Cyra, level 27 - Supersonic, Constrict, Acid, Bubblebeam
:t320: Zorka, level 34 - Whirlpool, Astonish, Water Pulse, Mist

Spoiler:

:t319: Isaija, level 30 - Focus Energy, Scary Face, Crunch, Screech
:t320: Antonina, level 32 - Whirlpool, Astonish, Water Pulse, Mist
:t319: Borisu, level 32 - Focus Energy, Scary Face, Crunch, Screech
:t320: Alderic, level 30 - Rollout, Whirlpool, Astonish, Water Pulse
:t319: Saturnina, level 33 - Scary Face, Crunch, Screech, Slash
:t320: Yolonda, level 33 - Whirlpool, Astonish, Water Pulse, Mist
:t320: Kristine, level 34 - Whirlpool, Astonish, Water Pulse, Mist
:t319: Miyako, level 33 - Scary Face, Crunch, Screech, Slash
:t320: Ava, level 35 - Whirlpool, Astonish, Water Pulse, Mist
:t366: Laelia, level 22 - Clamp, Water Gun, Whirlpool, Iron Defense
:t041: Marcela, level 31 - Bite, Wing Attack, Confuse Ray, Air Cutter
:t041: Cielm level 29 - Astonish, Bite, Wing Attack, Confuse Ray

Dead:

Spoiler:

:t266: Wilmer, level 4-8 - Somehow died against a wild Zigzagoon while grinding near Oldale
:t252: Aravind, level 5-15 - died from a Wurmple's poison in Rustboro right outside the Pokemon center
:t322: Aingeal, level 14-16 - grinding death caused by a Seviper's crit Poison Tail
:t271: Shareef, level 16-19 - grinding death caused by a Spinda's crit Uproar
:t041: Roman, level 16-16 - grinding death against a Lombre, already in its second battle
:t347: Nanda, level 20-23 - grinding death against a Seviper because of Wrap
:t044: Hermolaos, level 13-30 - killed by a crit Facade from Norman's Vigoroth
:t311: Dareia, level 13-30 - killed by Murderer the Wailmer
:t327: Yechiel, level 15-29 - killed by Murderer the Wailmer
:t100: Luitgard, level 24-28 - Grinding death against a Tentacool because of crit Bubblebeam
:t088: Katida, level 16-29 - Died trying to run from an horribly overleveled Tentacool

Spoiler:

:t119: Salvatri, level 10-36 - Killed by a crit 2DD Aerial Ace from Winona's Altaria
:t307: Filimena, level 27-30 - Killed by a Wingull and I don't even know how

Spoiler:

:t320: Theodorus, level 17-39 - killed by Murderer2 the Sharpedo
:t073: Alvina, level 31-37 - unexpectedly killed by Kyogre's Hydro Pump
:t310: Donny, level 24-40 - Heroic Sacrifice against Kyogre who was then weakened enough to be killed off by Fajra

And here it is, the most important of all questions: Should I take the Elite 4 on in a serious attempt or do some Wailmer spam?
Then again, that question is quite redundant, isn't it?


Also, I swear I'm going back to posting my team in screenshot form in future runs again, spoiler splitting is the most horrible thing on earth.

 

[560cool.]

Uh... mondays suck, your spoiler is... empty.
I don't know, nothing happens when I click it. :/
And I was looking forward to this update...

EDIT : I just Quoted you to see you, thank you very much.
And I am sorry for your Kyogre losses. I know how it feels to lose team mates on a legendary fight. *erhemgroudonerhem*