The Ones That Got Away Challenge

[XxHarryxX]

Update on my challenge!

Last time, I left off with just Wartortle and was preparing to fight Misty. (BTW, I'm catching as many pokemon as I can - need it for the national dex and Sevii Islands quests)

- Beat her without problems. Bite worked wonders on Staryu/Starmie.
- Beat the Rocket and obtained the Dig TM.

At this point, I am realizing that I need to start avoiding trainers as much as I can before getting new pokemon...

- Went towards Vermillion City, avoiding everyone that I could.
- Completely cleared the SS Anne. Wartortle evolved to Blastoise.
- Decided to skip the gym for now.
- Grabbed the Bicycle from Cerulean City, and cut the bush east of town.
- Cleared Route 9, 10, and Rock Tunnel, avoiding trainers along the way.
- Caught Vulpix on Route 8.
- Dodged trainers and reached Celadon City, and got Eevee from the mansion.
- Got the tea from the mansion, gained access to Saffron City.
- It was a pain, but Blastoise was able to clear the Fighting Dojo, and Hitmonlee was obtained.

Current Team:
Vulpix lv. 19
Hitmonlee Lv. 25
Eevee Lv. 26
Blastoise Lv. 41

Plan: Clear the Rocket Hideout and get the Silph Scope, so that Cubone can be obtained. Then clear all sorts of trainers that were missed up to this point.

 

[tachikaze316]

So, it's been a while since I did an update for this and...I'm not really feeling the blog format or the personality challenge anymore so...um, I'm just going to write the rest of my updates the way I normally do. Eh-heh...Um, and the kimono girls are providing a major roadblock in Heart Gold and I really don't want to grind the 5-10 levels my team would need to be on par with them (heck, the horrible amount of grinding is the sole reason I haven't finished that game yet) so...um...if I post a list of second gen pokemon that got away, could I change that leg of the run to Crystal?

Six team members, one that can use surf please:

Spoiler:

Ariados
Houndoom
Lanturn
Hitmontop
Octillery
Stantler
Slowking
Politoed
Granbull
Kingdra
Mantine
Dunsparce
Sunflora
Rhydon
Honchkrow
Magmar
Misdreavus
Aipom
Kingler
Weezing
Kabutops
Poliwrath
Sandslash
Dugtrio
Golduck
Slowbro
Cloyster
Hypno
Marowak
Starmie
Seaking
Gyarados
Omastar

-I left Celadon and headed into Saffron City
-Beat my rival in Silph Co. and got Tessie the Lapras (why is he just standing there? Is he supposed to be a member of Team Rocket now?)
-Utterly destroyed Giovanni's team
-Visited Mr. Psychic and got a TM for Psychic, taught it to Tessie
-Went to Fuschia City to get Surf, beat Koga while I was there
-Ran back to Saffron to take on Sabrina, won easily

Team:

Rick/Electrode Lv.39
Mild/Soundproof
-Thunderbolt
-Sonicboom
-Shock Wave
-Charge

Did most of the work against Sabrina, defeating her entire team except Alakazam.

Tessie/Lapras Lv.36
Timid/Shell Armor
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Psychic
-Confuse Ray

Had a fair bit of use in Fuschia Gym, took on Koga alone.

Jackie/Hitmonchan Lv.35
Rash/Keen Eye
-Brick Break
-Rock Slide
-Mach Punch
-Sky Uppercut

Saw a decent amount of use, mainly in Silph Co. Provided my first ever one hit KO against Giovanni's Kangaskhan. Forget what I said in my last update (as if anyone remembers that), Jackie's amazing...despite the not so diverse moveset.

Yoko/Ninetales Lv.36
Serious/Flash Fire
-Flamethrower
-Will-O-Wisp
-Attract
-Quick Attack

Was basically a go-to when I didn't have the right 'mon to deal with something. Flamethrower is insane. Took on Sabrina's Alakazam and won thanks to attract.

The Blob/Grimer Lv.36
Adamant/Sticky Hold
-Sludge
-Secret Power
-Dig
-Screech

Was mainly used to beat up Rocket Grunts and random trainers on the way to Fuschia. Really want him to evolve soon...

Marceau/Mr. Mime Lv.41
Bold/Soundproof
-Psybeam
-Magical Leaf
-Substitute
-Barrier

Didn't see much use this update because of how far ahead of everyone else he was.

 

[Kimbo]

Take:
Ariados
Lanturn
Stantler
Sunflora
Magmar
Sandslash


Could you please assign me a team for crystal whoever is reading ? here is a link to my post.
http://www.pokecommunity.com/showpost.php?p=7029928&postcount=458

 

[tachikaze316]

Alright, should be interesting. I just hope Ariados and Sunflora get a chance to do something with all the awesomeness in the rest of the team.

Your six can be...Octillery, Nidoqueen, Jynx, Ledian, Ursaring and Hitmontop.

Also, while I'm posting, here's another quick update:

-Ran back to Pallet Town because Fly is for wimps
-Surfed to Cinnabar, did the Mansion bit
-Took on the gym...the only trouble I actually had was with the normal trainers poisoning/burning Tessie, she easily took care of Blaine's team
-Did the Sevii Islands bit, because free EXP.
-Surfed back to Pallet Town and headed to Viridian City
-Went through the gym, again only having problems with the normal trainers, because they don't seem to understand that they're in a ground type gym most of the time
-Destroyed my rival on Route 22
-Realised I forgot to swap the Gold Teeth for Strength >.<

Team:

Rick/Electrode Lv.40
Mild/Soundproof
-Thunderbolt
-Sonicboom
-Shock Wave
-Charge

Didn't see much action...dealt with my rival's Pidgeot and knocked off half his Blastoise's health, but other than that, there wasn't really much he was needed for.

Tessie/Lapras Lv.42
Timid/Shell Armor
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Psychic
-Confuse Ray

This is a water type, I took on the ground and fire gyms in this part. She was the star of the show.

Jackie/Hitmonchan Lv.41
Rash/Keen Eye
-Brick Break
-Rock Slide
-Mach Punch
-Earthquake

Even if he isn't super effective against a lot of things, Jackie's brute strength is enough to be good against most opponents. Of course, after that last gym, he's got Earthquake, so type coverage shouldn't be an issue anymore.

Yoko/Ninetales Lv.40
Serious/Flash Fire
-Flamethrower
-Will-O-Wisp
-Attract
-Quick Attack

Didn't really do much with her in this part. I think she saw some use against the random Black Belts in Viridian Gym and she torched my rival's Alakazam, but other than that, there wasn't much need for her.

The Blob/Muk Lv.40
Adamant/Sticky Hold
-Sludge
-Secret Power
-Dig
-Screech

Finally evolved! :D

He's got the highest attack on the team at the moment, 12 points ahead of Jackie. Although due to the fact that I'm not expecting his moveset to change much, except perhaps upgrading Sludge to Sludge Bomb and changing Secret Power to Brick Break, I think he still falls behind.

Marceau/Mr. Mime Lv.42
Bold/Soundproof
-Psybeam
-Magical Leaf
-Substitute
-Light Screen

Again, he didn't see much use this update because of how far ahead of everyone else he was. They're mostly caught up now though. :D

And...I just noticed his moveset's said Barrier instead of Light Screen for a while now. >.<

 

[Kimbo]

Octillery, Nidoqueen, Jynx, Ledian, Ursaring and Hitmontop.-I'll confirm this team and shall start ASAP.

The Grind
-Started with Cyndaquil (Feel bad for making rival start with Chikorita)
-Caught a Ledyba, called it LadyPawnch.
-Grinded Santa to Level .
-Caught a Teddiursa, called it King Ted
-Did Sprout Tower.
-Defeted Faulkner using LadyPawnch's Tackle on Pidgey and KingTed's Scratch on Pidgeotto.

TEAM REPORT

Spoiler:

LadyPawnch/Ledyba@
Level 10/Female
Moveset:Tackle
Supersonic
Opinion:Not brilliant really, used Cyndaquil to help train it to Level 7, Tackle doesn't do much damage, this may be a trickster Pokemon, using status moves and very few damaging attacks. 6/10

King Ted/Teddiursa@
Level 11/Female
Moveset:Scratch
Leer
Lick
Opinion:STAB Scratch, running off of my transexual teddy bear's fierce attack stat ,mean's it hurts, A LOT. 9/10

 

[tachikaze316]

-I ran back to get Strength
-Eventually got through Victory Road
-Beat the Elite Four (Um...but that was last night, so I don't really remember it clearly, eh-heh
-Took a break for the night then caught/grinded over a box worth of pokemon to get the quest to rematch the Elite Four
-Eventually got the 60 pokedex entries needed, ugh...

Team:

Spoiler:

Rick/Electrode Lv.49
Mild/Soundproof
-Thunderbolt
-Sonicboom
-Shock Wave
-Charge

Didn't get many chances to shine against the Elite Four, then again, my team was so underleveled that only the most overpowered members got to do anything. I believe he took down a fair chunk of Lorelei's team though.

Tessie/Lapras Lv.47
Timid/Shell Armor
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Psychic
-Confuse Ray

Don't let her level fool you, she was one of the two main players in the Elite Four, I just chose not to use her for the subsequent grinding.

Jackie/Hitmonchan Lv.50
Rash/Keen Eye
-Brick Break
-Rock Slide
-Mach Punch
-Earthquake

Didn't see any real play in the Elite Four, so he became my go-to guy for the grinding afterwards to make up for it.

Yoko/Ninetales Lv.45
Serious/Flash Fire
-Flamethrower
-Will-O-Wisp
-Attract
-Quick Attack

She...didn't really get many chances to do anything. I think she dealt with Lorelei's Jynx and Gary's Exeggutor, but other than that, nothing. Eh-heh...

The Blob/Muk Lv.45
Adamant/Sticky Hold
-Sludge
-Secret Power
-Dig
-Screech

Sadly, I didn't have much use for The Blob in the first run through the Elite Four. Um, I'll try to use him more the second time!

Marceau/Mr. Mime Lv.50
Bold/Soundproof
-Psychic
-Magical Leaf
-Substitute
-Light Screen

The other main player in the Elite Four. Nothing much to say other than that his stats continue to hold up and he still hits hard.

----------------
Anyway, since I've got about 15-20 levels of grinding before I can take on the Elite Four rematch...Um, I'm going to start Crystal so I don't go insane.


I started the game and chose the female trainer. I named myself Tachi. I chose Totodile as my starter for HM reasons and set off to mr. Pokemon's house. You all know the drill, I went there and got the egg and pokedex, Elm got robbed, I curbstomped the redheaded stepchild. Anyway, pokeballs!

I caught my first team member, Peter the Spinarak. After beating all the trainers on the way to Violet Town with minimal help from Totodile, I took on Sprout Tower. Peter quad-resisted vine whip, they didn't resist poison sting, obvious outcome is obvious. Beat all the monks and the elder. Flash get!

I was...kinda worried about the gym to be honest, even though Peter was level 13 by this point. Fortunately, he didn't faint once. Pidgey was easy enough to defeat and Pidgeotto...well, given that I'm using a bug type and he's using a flying type that shouldn't have evolved for another 9 levels, I'm not going to feel guilty about getting a lucky poison on the first sting and then spamming potions 'til he fainted. Zephyr Badge getto da ze!

I headed south and got the Miracle Seed. I dodged all the trainers on my way to the Union Cave. Once I got there, I caught Sandy the Sandshrew. I taught her Mud-Slap and went back to beat all the trainers on the previous route and through the cave.

Once I reached Azalea Town, I spoke to Kurt. He told me to go to the well, where we easily defeated Team Rocket. Nothing really stood a chance at this point against Sandshrew's attack stat and Swift.

So, with yet another curbstomp under my belt, I headed to the gym. It was, fairly simple. Much easier than it was in Heart Gold. The trainers never really put up a fight and Bugsy's team went down easily. Peter swept him with Night Shade. Hive Badge get!

I went west towards the Ilex Forest and was stopped again by the redheaded stepchild. Gastly went down easily to Sandy's Mud-Slap, Bayleef fell to Peter's Night Shade and Zubat was given a Swift defeat.

After that, I made my way into the forest, helped recapture a runaway Farfetch'd and got the HM 01 Cut for my troubles. I caught an Oddish to use that and Flash and headed through towards Goldenrod City. I picked up a TM for Headbutt on the way and taught it to Sandy.

Team:

Spoiler:

Peter/Spinarak Lv.18
-Poison Sting
-Night Shade
-Scary Face
-Constrict

I was pleasantly surprised by Peter. He was very easy to level up, and being immune to poisoning is always good. I was honestly expecting him to be one hit KO'd by Falkner's Pidgeotto and thought I'd have to hack in one of my team members. He's been pretty impressive so far, but looking at his movepool, it's basically all downhill from here.

Sandy/Sandshrew Lv.17
-Headbutt
-Mud-Slap
-Defense Curl
-Sand-Attack

So far, I've gotta say I'm not seeing the badness I always expected from Sandshrew. I know her learnset's not the greatest ever, but she's got amazing attack and defense to make up for it. She hasn't had much of a chance to shine so far, but being female and resisting rock type moves means she's going to be the star of the show in the upcoming Whitney fight.

 

[Kimbo]

Anyone for Fried Eggs
-Got Lunch from Prof Elm Aide.
-Headed South to Union Cave.
-Got through Union Cave, arrived in Azaela Town.
-Went to see Kurt, did the Slowpoke's Well Storyline.
-Lunch htched into a Togepi :( and I was hungry too.
-Took on Bugsy. Defeated him using LadyPawnch's Comet Punch against Metapod, King Ted's Fury Swipes on Scyther and Kakuna. Got the Hivex Badge and Fury Cutter TM.

TEAM REPORT

Spoiler:

LadyPawnch/Ledyba@
Level 17/Female
Moveset:Tackle
Supersonic
Swift
Comet Punch
Opinion:Comet Punch helps this a lot, as does Swift's 60 power ! However all its moves run of an attack stat of 14! I need it to learn a Special Attack ASAP. It's Defense isn't good enough. It Sp Def is it's highest Stat and is only 4 points off of King Ted's Monstorous 39 Attack. 7/10

King Ted/Teddiursa@
Level 19/Female
Moveset:Scratch
Mud Slap
Lick
Fury Swipes
Opinion:Had a Berry from Faulkner and it lasted up untill getting poisoned by a Bugsy minnion Weedle ! Rocked !!! 10/10
HM Slaves
Cyndaquil-Just there now, haven't used it since King Ted hit Level 7.Will prob have Cut and stuff untill I get my last two team members just before Claire
Togepi-Flash

 

[tachikaze316]

It's amazing how many times I had to reset to get the odd egg to hatch into what I needed. I must've reset through at least three Elekids, Igglybuffs, Cleffas and Tyrogues...probably three or four shinies.


So, with my new Magby, Maggey, I did some grinding. Part way through the grinding session, I caught Sunny the Sunkern. After that there was a little bit more grinding, then we headed into the gym.

Beat Whitney first go without much difficulty. Sunny almost took Clefairy down, but a lucky Sacred Fire took him out of action a turn or two before the KO. Miltank was no challenge after Sandy mud-slapped her a few times.

After Whitney was soundly trounced, I went north, met a young girl and saw a weird tree. After getting the squirtbottle from Goldenrod, Sunny fought and defeated Sudowoodo. The imitation tree proving no match for the seed(?)'s Mega Drain.

With that little diversion out of the way, I made my way to Ecruteak City. I went to the dance studio and battled the kimono girls. Half way through the gauntlet, Sandy evolved. Yay~! After finishing them off, I got HM 3, surf.

I went into Burned Tower and met Eusine and 8-bit Solid Snake Morty. After a quick chat, I headed a bit deeper into the tower, where I encountered and soundly thrashed the redheaded stepchild again, Peter evolved after the 'fight'. Then I unleashed the legendary beasts.

I headed over to Olivine and caught Edison the Chinchou. While I was there, I decided to battle my way up the lighthouse. Once I reached the top I found out that the pokemon in charge of keeping the light going was sick and that it needed some medicine, unfortunately I didn't have Morty's badge, so I had to leave it to suffer for a bit longer.

I easily defeated the Ecruteak Gym, mainly due to Sandy's Mud-slap. One badge and TM that I can't use later, I headed back to Olivine. I surfed over to Cianwood, saw Suicune again and soundly beat Eusine in a battle.

Team:

Spoiler:

Edison/Chinchou Lv.24
-Surf
-Supersonic
-Flail
-Thunder Wave

Hits pretty hard, although maybe that's just because surf's pretty powerful at this point. He caught up with the team fairly quickly.

Peter/Ariados Lv.24
-Poison Sting
-Dig
-Scary Face
-Night Shade

Is falling behind a bit, even with dig he wasn't OHKOing any of the ghosts in Ecruteak. Still not as useless as I expected him to be by this point. Looking at his and Sandy's stats, I think it's more his movepool than his attacks.

Sandy/Sandslash Lv.24
-Headbutt
-Mud-Slap
-Defense Curl
-Slash

Well, she wasn't the answer to Whitney like I'd hoped...I mean, she kinda was. I couldn't have beaten Miltank without Mud-Slap, but she fainted during the fight. She was pretty impressive against Morty though, single-handedly (clawedly?) defeating the dream eater Gengar.

Sunny/Sunkern Lv.25
-Absorb
-Growth
-Mega Drain
-Sunny Day

Well, he saw a fair bit of use, although his defenses are pretty fragile...hopefully I'll get the sun stone to evolve him soon...

Maggey/Magby Lv.25
-Fire Punch
-ThunderPunch
-Dizzy Punch
-Ember

Wow. That's all I've got to say about her. She's still a baby and already she's my best special attacker. ThunderPunch is great for type coverage.

 

[Slash Arena]

Name: Slash Arena
Game: Pokemon Leaf Green
List of Pokemon that got away: Sandslash - Ninetales - Wigglytuff - Vileplume - Dugtrio - Persian - Golduck - Poliwrath - Tentacruel - Slowbro - Dewgong - Kingler - Executor - Seadra - Mr. Mime - Lapras - Vaporeon
Number required: 6
Any specific requirements: Could i please have at least 1 Pokemon around the first gym (i'm using a cartridge)

 

[Sammuthegreat]

Name: Slash Arena
Game: Pokemon Leaf Green
List of Pokemon that got away: Sandslash - Ninetales - Wigglytuff - Vileplume - Dugtrio - Persian - Golduck - Poliwrath - Tentacruel - Slowbro - Dewgong - Kingler - Executor - Seadra - Mr. Mime - Lapras - Vaporeon
Number required: 6
Any specific requirements: Could i please have at least 1 Pokemon around the first gym (i'm using a cartridge)

Hmm. As far as I'm aware (Nuzlocking LG at the moment) none of those are catchable before the first Gym, so why don't you keep your starter (make it Bulbasaur or Squirtle for sake of ease) until after the 1st Gym, then you can switch in your Ones that Got Away team members?

Speaking of which, take Ninetales, Slowbro, Sandslash, Poliwrath, Wigglytuff and Exeggutor. Apologies that there's quite a lot of doubled-up types in there, but there wasn't a huge amount of choice!

Updated the Challengers list as far as I could tell was necessary. Enjoy your challenges people, keep those updates a-comin'...

 

[kevcrash]

Spoiler:

Graveler
Jigglypuff
Arcanine
Wigglytuff
Bulbasaur(evolutionary line)
Rhydon
Pidgeot
Ariados
Raichu
Houndoom
Yanma
Qwilfish
Starmie
Cyndaquil(evolutionary line)
Poliwhirl
Haunter
Scyther
Farfetch'd
Kadabra
Seel/Dewgong
Primeape
Chikorita(evolutionary line)
Xatu
Togetic
Venomoth
Hypno
Noctowl
Ledian
Furret
Flaffy
Poliwrath
Vaporeon
Tangela
Marowak
Ninetales
Victreebel
Muk
Electrode
Exeggutor
Girafarig
Heracross
Donphan
Larvitar(evolutionary line)

I'd like to start a Crystal run.. with the list quoted above.. :)
I'd like 6 Pokemon. If I could get 1 of each of the elemental types (grass, fire, water) that would rock.

My other game for Ruby froze and wouldn't start again.. (I think the ROM crashed) so that one's on hold...

 

[Kimbo]

Here you go WWB :)
Vaporeon
Tangela
Cyndaquil(evolutionary line)
Yanma
Primeape
Muk

UPDATE
The Mystery Egg.
-Fought SILVER and defeated him using KingTed's Lick on Gastly, Lady Pawnch's Comet Punch on Zubat and King Ted's Fury Swipes on Croconaw.
-Got Cut.
-LadyPawnch evolved into Ledian.
-Made my way through Ilex Forrest, got the Mystery Egg.
-Walked through Goldenrod City ,went to National Park, caught myself a Nidoran F, called her Avatar.
-Ground Avatar up to Level 15. Went to take on Whitney's Gym.
-Avatar evolved into Nidorina.
-Defeated Whitney using Avatar's Double Kick on Clefairy and LadyPawnch's ThunderPunch on Miltank. Got the Plain Badge and Attract TM.

TEAM REPORT

Spoiler:

LadyPawnch/Ledian@
Level 22/Female
Moveset:ThunderPunch
Supersonic
Swift
Ice Punch
Opinion:Special Attacks.....YAY !!!! Hits hard, type variety, general overall major improvement. Is actually quiet impressive now. 8/10

King Ted/Teddiursa@
Level 22/Female
Moveset:Fury Cutter
Mud Slap
Lick
Fury Swipes
Opinion:SHE FAINTED TWICE. However it still hits hard AND has type coverage, will proberley be my ace in the next gym. 7/10

Avatar/Nidorina@
Level 19/Female
Moveset:Headbutt
Double Kick
Poison Sting
Tackle
Opinion:Settled in quick and is already doing a good job. ATM Morty tanks her, so I'm hoping for a TM/HM to give her a hand before facing him. 7/10
HM Slaves
Cyndaquil-Just there now, haven't used it since King Ted hit Level 7.Will prob have Cut and stuff untill I get my last two team members just before Claire
Togepi-Flash

 

[tachikaze316]

The next time I got the chance to play, it was nighttime. So I went back to the mainland to catch Rudolf the Stantler. While I was there I caught a Raticate and got HM04, Strength.

Returning to Cianwood, I beat Chuck and his cronies easily. Sandy annihilated his Primeape and Sunny and Edison teamed up against Poliwrath.

I headed back to Olivine City, healed Amphy and got Jasmine to return to her gym. Soon after that, I destroyed her team. Peter's dig dealt with her first Magnemite, Edison handled Steelix easily and Sandy one shotted the second Magnemite with Mud-Slap.

Realising that there was pretty much no content for this update, I decided to go East to continue the story. Once I reached Mahogany Town, I went North to the Lake of Rage. I defeated the red Gyarados, which gave Edison enough experience to evolve!

After meeting Lance, I headed back to town and utterly annihilated the Team Rocket members making a base in a local store. Once I was done there, I ran back to the National Park to get a Sun Stone and evolved Sunny.

Team:

Spoiler:

Edison/Lanturn Lv.27
-Surf
-Supersonic
-Spark
-Thunder Wave

Peter/Ariados Lv.26
-Sludge Bomb
-Dig
-Scary Face
-Night Shade

Sandy/Sandslash Lv.28
-Headbutt
-Mud-Slap
-Defense Curl
-Slash

Sunny/Sunflora Lv.27
-Absorb
-Growth
-Mega Drain
-Sunny Day

Maggey/Magby Lv.27
-Fire Punch
-ThunderPunch
-Dizzy Punch
-Ember

Rudolph/Stantler Lv.27
-Stomp
-Hypnosis
-Leer
-Tackle

In other news, I noticed that the rules say the challenge ends when the Elite Four is beaten at their highest levels and that Red's optional. Does that mean I don't have to do Kanto?

Oh, and sorry for the lack of opinions. I kinda wrote this up a couple of days ago. Um, I'm very happy with how everyone's performing. Even Peter and Sunny.

 

[Kimbo]

I'm Cracking Myself
-Did the whole Sudowoodo Saga.
-Arrived in Ecruteak, took on the Kimono Girl's and got Surf.
-Went to Burnt Tower and took on Silver.
-Defeated Silver using King Ted's Mud Slap on Haunter, Rock Smash on Magnemite & LadyPawnch's ThunderPunch on Zubat and Croconaw.
-Did the three dogs thing.
-Took on Ecruteak Gym.
-Defeated Morty using Teddy's Lick on Gastly, Haunter #1 and Haunter #2 & King Ted's Mud Slap on Gengar. Got the Fog Badge and Shadow Ball TM.

TEAM REPORT

Spoiler:

LadyPawnch/Ledian@
Level 24/Female
Moveset:ThunderPunch
Supersonic
Swift
Ice Punch
Opinion: Didn't see much use this part, due to Avatar being Lower Leveled and King Ted being FAR superior against Morty. Still got some KO's against Silver and Morty's Gym Trainers. 7/10

King Ted/Teddiursa@
Level 28/Female
Moveset:Fury Cutter
Mud Slap
Lick
Rock Smash
Opinion:FEAR THE TRANSEXUAL TEDDY MORTY, FEAR HER !!!! 2 levels from evolving into the baddest bear this side of Kanto. It just swept through Morty's team like noones buisness. 9/10

Avatar/Nidorina@
Level 23/Female
Moveset:Headbutt
Double Kick
Poison Sting
Tackle
Opinion:Walled by Morty, caught up in levels pretty much. Mixed part, should be alot better against the next two gyms. 6/10
HM Slaves
Cyndaquil-Just there now, haven't used it since King Ted hit Level 7.Will prob have Cut and stuff untill I get my last two team members just before Claire
Togepi-Flash

 

[tachikaze316]

Leaf Green: Final Update

-one annoying sidequest and several hours of grinding later, elite four rematches!

Vs. Lorelei:

Spoiler:

Rick vs Dewgong
-Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt
Tessie vs Piloswine
-Crit Surf
Jackie vs Lapras
-Brick Break, Psychic, Brick Break
Yoko vs Jynx
-Flamethrower, Lovely Kiss, Poke Flute, Full Restore, Flamethrower, Lovely Kiss, Poke Flute, Full Restore, Flamethrower, Lovely Kiss, Poke Flute, Psychic, Flamethrower
Rick vs Cloyster
-Thunderbolt

Vs. Bruno:

Spoiler:

Yoko vs Steelix
-Flamethrower
Yoko vs Steelix
-Flamethrower burn, Earthquake for half, burn KO
Marceau vs Hitmonchan
-Psychic, Counter, Full Restore, Psychic, Psychic
Marceau vs Hitmonlee
-Psychic, Mega Kick, Full Restore, Psychic, Psychic
Marceau vs Machamp
-Crit Psychic

Vs. Agatha:

Spoiler:

Tessie vs Gengar
-Hypnosis, Psychic, Hypnosis, Psychic
The Blob vs Misdreavus
-Psychic, Sludge Bomb, Psychic, Screech, Max Potion, Shadow Ball, Psychic, Sludge Bomb
Marceau vs Arbok
-Psychic, Double Team, Psychic
Rick vs Crobat
-Thunderbolt, Sludge Bomb, Thunderbolt
Yoko vs Gengar
-Thunderbolt, Attract, Will-O-Wisp, Flamethrower, Thunderbolt, Flamethrower

Vs. Lance:

Spoiler:

Rick vs Gyarados
-Thunderbolt
Rick vs Aerodactyl
-Thunderbolt, Earthquake
Tessie vs Aerodactyl
-Ancientpower, Surf
Jackie vs Dragonite
-Outrage, Rock Slide, Max Potion for Tessie, Outrage
The Blob vs Dragonite
-Outrage, Sludge Bomb, Hyper Beam
Tessie vs Dragonite
-Ice Beam
Tessie vs Dragonite
-Earthquake, Ice Beam
Yoko vs Kingdra
-Will-O-Wisp, Dragon Dance, Dragon Dance, Attract, Dragon Dance, Flamethrower, Quick Attack, Dragon Dance, Quick Attack, Dragon Dance, Full Restore, Will-O-Wisp missed, Hyper Beam
Tessie vs Kingdra
-Confuse Ray, Hyper Beam
Marceau vs Kingdra
-Substitute, Hyper Beam, Light Screen, Substitute, Revived Tessie, Hyper Beam missed, Revived Yoko, Hyper Beam, Substitute, Surf, Substitute, Surf, Light Screen, Max Potion, Dragon Dance, Substitute, Dragon Dance, Psychic, Surf, Crit Psychic, Full Restore, Psychic, Surf, Psychic, Surf, Psychic
(I got kind of bored recording every move, so I guess one of the dragon dances might not have happened)

Vs. Gary:

Spoiler:

Yoko vs Heracross
-Flamethrower, Earthquake
Marceau vs Heracross
-Psychic
Tessie vs Alakazam
-Calm Mind, Confuse Ray, Calm Mind, Ice Beam, Ice Beam, Psychic, Ice Beam, Full Restore, Ice Beam, Shadow Ball
Rick vs Alakazam
-Thunderbolt, Psychic
Marceau vs Alakazam
-Light Screen, Psychic, Substitute, Magical Leaf, Shadow Ball, Substitute, Shadow Ball, Max Potion, Psychic, Substitute, Light Screen, Shadow Ball, Substitute, Max Potion, Psychic, Substitute, Elixir, Shadow Ball, Substitute, Psychic, Substitute, Psychic, Max Potion, Crit Psychic
Jackie vs Alakazam
-Rock Slide, Psychic
The Blob vs Alakazam
-Secret Power
The Blob vs Exeggutor
-Max Revived Yoko, Psychic
Yoko vs Exeggutor
-Flamethrower, Sleep Powder, Poke Flute, Full Restore, Flamethrower, Light Screen, Flamethrower
Yoko vs Tyranitar
-Max Revived Jackie, Earthquake
Jackie vs Tyranitar
-Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Max Potion, Full Restore, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Brick Break
Jackie vs Arcanine
-Max Revived Tessie, ExtremeSpeed
Tessie vs Arcanine
-Iron Tail, Surf, Full Restore, Surf, Revived Jackie, Overheat
Jackie vs Arcanine
-Revived Tessie, Aerial Ace
Tessie vs Arcanine
-Max Potion, Iron Tail, Iron Tail, Surf
Tessie vs Blastoise
-Revived Rick, Rain Dance, Max Potion, Hydro Pump, Max Potioned Rick, Hydro Pump, Max Potion, Hydro Pump, Hydro Pump, Psychic, Earthquake, Psychic, Max Potion, Ice Beam, Earthquake, Psychic, Rain Dance, Psychic, Hydro Pump missed, Psychic, Ice Beam, Psychic

GAME OVER!

Final Team:

Spoiler:

Rick/Electrode Lv.61
Mild/Soundproof
-Thunderbolt
-Mirror Coat
-Shock Wave
-Charge

His performance this time around was glorious. Well, against the enemies he got to fight. He rolled right over Dewgong, Gyarados, Crobat and Cloyster. I can safely say, if I could rechoose my team, I would never give him up, he never really let me down. Anyway, enough quoting the song that inspired his name...He was also the main reason I beat Alakazam, although I forgot to mention the parahax in the play-by-play.

Overall, his speed was amazing throughout even if his attack power wasn't. I would definitely recommend Electrode to anyone who hasn't tried it.

8/10

Tessie/Lapras Lv.63
Timid/Shell Armor
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Psychic
-Confuse Ray

Tessie's ability to take hits was rather impressive. As the play-by-play shows, I honestly didn't think she'd be able to defeat Gary's Blastoise. She was invaluable against the Elite Four, even if she didn't play as big of a part this time around.

Overall, a water type with a diverse movepool, good bulk and a beautiful ability.

8/10

Jackie/Hitmonchan Lv.61
Rash/Keen Eye
-Brick Break
-Rock Slide
-Mach Punch
-Earthquake

Sadly, I just don't think this Elite Four's built for a Hitmonchan. Between the ghost trainer, the flying trainer and the champion packing a pair of psychic types, he didn't have much screentime.

That said, Hitmonchan is still one of my favourite fighting types and I enjoyed the chance to actually use it. He's got a pretty impressive movepool, which only gets better in later generations where the elemental punches are of some use to him.

7.5/10 (mainly due to the circumstances)

Yoko/Ninetales Lv.61
Serious/Flash Fire
-Flamethrower
-Will-O-Wisp
-Attract
-Quick Attack

She was rather impressive, even if her KO count wasn't as great as some others'. The burn on Bruno's second Steelix was a godsend, keeping it from KOing her and KOing it in the process. Although now that I think about it, Tessie probably could've done the trick with surf and her higher special attack stat.

Not the most amazing fire type ever. Once I started the Crystal leg of my run, this became more apparent than ever. Fire types generally rely on dealing damage hard and fast, and while Yoko could deal some damage, her third generation learnset is...well, look at what she ended up with.

6/10

The Blob/Muk Lv.60
Adamant/Sticky Hold
-Sludge Bomb
-Secret Power
-Strength
-Screech

There isn't really much to say. He fought...um...Misdreavus? That was him right? Again, lots of psychic and ground type moves around made it hard for him to fight.

Overall, he was really solid. Even if his movepool was never really amazing, I enjoyed using him.

7/10

Marceau/Mr. Mime Lv.61
Bold/Soundproof
-Psychic
-Magical Leaf
-Substitute
-Light Screen

An amazing wall, a decent attacker. Not much to say really. Probably should've replaced Magical Leaf with something more powerful.

I enjoyed Mr. Mime a lot more than I thought I would. He never dropped off into uselessness like I expected, his mimeishness never creeped me out and he was all around fun.

7/10

 

[Sammuthegreat]

Good job tachikaze316, I've updated the Challengers and Champions lists. Only two left until you're the first Ultimate Champion!

 

[pokepokemo]

Name: Pokepokemo
Game: Emerald
List of pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

Hitmontop
Sceptile
Tyranitar
Dusclops
Electabuzz
Magmar
Crawdaunt
Politoed
Nidoking
Armaldo
Arcanine
Ninetails
Sandslash
Espeon
Umberon
Scizor
Granbull
Ursaring
Shiftry
Wailord
Walrein
Metagross

Requirements: I prefer to have a water type thrown in there, since the awesome surf isn't something I like to waste :)

 

[tachikaze316]

I'm assuming you want six team members, if that's too many just choose from these: Walrein, Granbull, Scizor, Hitmontop, Sceptile and Dusclops.

Remembering something, I went North from Mahogany town and got Sludge Bomb. In the following gym, Peter one-shotted Pryce's Seel with it, Dewgong put up a bit of a fight until I remembered that Edison has spark and Piloswine was taken down by Maggey with two fire punches.

I easily beat the Rockets in the main part of the radio tower, annihilated the redheaded stepchild's team, rescued the manager and finished off Team Rocket once and for all.

Maggey evolved on the way to Blackthorn City, where I promptly destroyed Clair's team. Unfortunately, I apparently didn't have anything that could learn whirlpool apart from Edison, so I headed back to Ecruteak and caught SLAAAAAAAAAAVE the Suicune. So much resetting...


Went back into the Dragon's Den and got my badge before heading to the Indigo Plateau via New Bark Town.

Again, I easily beat the redheaded stepchild's team. Before undertaking some rather intense grinding.

Pre-Elite Four Team:

Spoiler:

Edison/Lanturn Lv.40
-Surf
-Confuse Ray
-Spark
-Thunder Wave

Peter/Ariados Lv.40
-Sludge Bomb
-Dig
-Leech Life
-Night Shade

Sandy/Sandslash Lv.40
-Headbutt
-Earthquake
-Defense Curl
-Slash

Sunny/Sunflora Lv.40
-Petal Dance
-Growth
-Mega Drain
-Sunny Day

Maggey/Magby Lv.40
-Fire Punch
-ThunderPunch
-Dizzy Punch
-Sunny Day

Rudolph/Stantler Lv.40
-Stomp
-Hypnosis
-Leer
-Take Down

And with that out of the way, it was Elite Four time~!

Vs Will:

Spoiler:

Edison vs Xatu
-Psychic. Spark. Confuse Ray. Spark.
Maggey vs Exeggutor
-Fire Punch. Reflect. Fire Punch.
Sunny vs Slowbro
-Growth. Amnesia. Growth. Curse. Growth. Curse. Petal Dance.
Maggey vs Jynx
-Fire Punch. Double Slap. Fire Punch.
Edison vs Xatu
-Confuse Ray. Hurt himself. Psychic. Spark. Max Potion. Spark. Psychic.
Rudolph vs Xatu
-Confuse Ray. Hurt himself. Psychic. Stomp.

Vs Koga:

Spoiler:

Maggey vs Ariados
-Fire Punch.
Maggey vs Forretress
-Fire Punch. Maggey learned Flamethrower.
Sandy vs Muk
-Earthquake.
Maggey vs Venomoth
-Flamethrower.
Edison vs Crobat
-Double Team. Spark. Wing Attack. Spark.

Sigh, almost a clean sweep of one hit KOs.

Vs Bruno:

Spoiler:

Peter vs Hitmontop
-Dig. Sludge Bomb missed. Dig. Sludge Bomb. Dig. Sludge Bomb missed. Dig. Sludge Bomb.
Peter vs Hitmonchan
-Fire Punch. Sludge Bomb. Fire Punch. Sludge Bomb.
Edison vs Onix
-Surf
Edison vs Hitmonlee
-Double Kick. Confuse Ray. Crit Hi Jump Kick.
Sunny vs Hitmonlee
-Hit himself. Petal Dance. Swagger missed. Petal Dance.
Sandy vs Machamp
-Earthquake. Cross Chop. Earthquake. Cross Chop missed. Max Potion. Earthquake. Earthquake. Cross Chop.
Rudolph vs Machamp
-Stomp.

The first actually troublesome fight of the Elite Four.

Vs Karen:

Spoiler:

Peter vs Umbreon
-Faint Attack. Sludge Bomb. Sand-Attack. Sludge Bomb poisons. Faint Attack. Leech Life. Confuse Ray.
Edison vs Houndoom
-Crunch. Surf. Crunch. Surf.
Maggey vs Vileplume
-Flamethrower.
Sandy vs Gengar
-Lick. Earthquake.
Rudolph vs Murkrow
-Faint Attack. Hypnosis. Faint Attack. Stomp. Faint Attack.
Sandy vs Murkrow
-Faint Attack. Headbutt.

And back to being easy.

Vs Lance:

Spoiler:

Edison vs Gyarados
-Spark. Flail. Spark.
Sandy vs Dragonite
-Twister. Headbutt. Twister. Hyper Beam.
Rudolph vs Dragonite
-Hypnosis. Stomp. Stomp. Stomp. Stomp.
Rudolph vs Dragonite
-Thunder Wave. Hypnosis missed. Twister. Hypnosis missed. Hyper Beam.
Sunny vs Dragonite
-Growth. Hyper Beam missed. Growth. Blizzard.
Peter vs Dragonite
-Twister. Sludge Bomb poisons. Blizzard.
Maggey vs Dragonite
-Thunderpunch. Hyper Beam.
Edison vs Dragonite
-Confuse Ray. Hit itself. Spark.
Edison vs Dragonite
-Hyper Potion. Outrage. Outrage. Thunder Wave. Revived Maggey. Hit himself. Hyper Potion. Hit himself. Spark. Outrage. Spark. Outrage. Full Restore. Spark. Full Restore. Spark paralyzed. Confuse Ray. Hit himself. Spark. Hit himself. Critical Spark. Hyper Beam. Spark.
Maggey vs Charizard
-Full Restored Edison. Hyper Beam.
Edison vs Charizard
-Surf. Hyper Beam. Surf.
Edison vs Aerodactyl
-Rock Slide. Thunder Wave. Full Restore. Rock Slide. Surf. Surf.

I should probably feel bad for going back to using items in battle for this last fight but...I don't. Lance cheats, so using items is fair game.

Elite Four, defeated! :D

Final Team, as above with an extra two levels to Edison and one extra for Maggey and Sandy.

Final thoughts:
MVP: Edison. Maggey's a close second though.
LVP: Sunny. Sunflora are kinda useless though, so it was to be expected.
One Trick Pony: No one comes to mind.
One I would use again: Magmar, Lanturn, heck, they were all either really impressive and fun or...didn't see enough play for me to be certain of their badness.

I assume it's not actually over until I finish the Kanto gyms though, right?

In any case, since that shouldn't take too long, here's my final list.

Game: Pokemon Black
Number required: 6
Specific requirements: Type variety.
List of Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

Houndoom Hitmontop
Octillery
Slowking
Politoed
Granbull
Kingdra
Mantine
Dunsparce
Kingler
Weezing
Kabutops
Poliwrath
Dugtrio
Golduck
Slowbro
Cloyster
Hypno
Marowak
Starmie
Seaking
Gyarados
Omastar

Milotic
Wailord
Camerupt
Seviper
Armaldo
Crawdaunt
Medicham
Relicanth
Torterra
Infernape
Kricketune
Luxray
Rampardos
Bastiodon
Vespiquen
Pachirisu
Gastrodon
Ambipom
Mismagius
Skuntank
Spiritomb
Garchomp
Hippowdon
Carnivine
Abomasnow
Weavile
Rotom
Leafeon
Glaceon
Togekiss
Tangrowth
Rhyperior
Honchkrow
Gigalith
Carracosta
Archeops

Audino
Maractus
Reuniculus
Vanilluxe
Emolga
Chandelure
[FONT=&quot]Accelgor

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...Ehehe, sorry it's so long, but there were so many I didn't get to use so far and this is the last chance. Um, unless I do the challenge again. Or just use them in a normal playthrough...In any case, final leg of my Ones That Got Away challenge, those are all the ones that got away...yeah.

 

[pokepokemo]

Ok I'll start right away, Using all 6!
But I'll hack in Scizor (Can't trade and have no metal coat) , Hitmontop (Not patient enough to figure out the equilibrium between attack and defense) and Snubbul!
I guess my emerald will finish if Steven is at long last defeated!

And you have this team!
Milotic, Torterra, Accelgor, Audino, Honchkrow and Chandelure!
How's that team, eh?

Edit:
First update
Named self Shiro
I got my beloved starter that will be my first pokemon :) Named him Ao
I had to adjust my clock first, stupidly enough......
Met my neighbor, May and her family. I ran of outside afterwards. Prof. Birch didn't have enough in him to just run and grab a pokeball to fight zigzagoon, so i fought for him.
After some talking and fighting, I received my pokeballs, interesting stuff those, being able to shrink huge pokemon the size of skyscrapers to fit in your pocket. :P
AFter some hacking, I got my 3 more pokemon, Aka the Scizor, Momo the Snubull and Macho the Hitmontop
Got to petalburg and helped Wally catch Ralts. Always wondered how he leveled up Ralts.... Did he growl his enemies to death?

 

[Sammuthegreat]

@pokepokemo - you're on the Challengers list. Enjoy!

@tachikaze316 - I actually hadn't realised there were no E4 rematches in Generation II. The rules state that you have to beat the E4 at their highest level, so you've already done that, and your Crystal leg is complete! Well done. One more game and you're our first Ultimate Champion... I've added you to the list for Black, which should take a bit longer as beating the E4 at their highest levels means the challenge is complete when you beat Alder. Enjoy!