The Random Pokemon Challenge

[Rascus]

New Team for GreatTornado:
Emboar, Munna, Fraxure, Klink, Simisear and Whimsicott.

Sorry, had no idea about that, since I haven't played through the 5th gen games myself.


First update on my Leaf Green progress:

-Chose Bulbasaur as starter so that i can use it as cut slave, since Gyarados can't learn it.
- Speeded through the early stages until I got to the Pokecenter at Mt. Moon, where i bought the magikarp.
- Went through grinding hell to get the Gyarados, which is my only pokemon before the 3rd gym.
- Defeated all trainers in Vermillion and on the boat to power her up.
- Swept through the gym with Water Pulse, Dragon Rage and Bite.
- Went through Dark Cave, where I caught my second pokemon; Onix.
- Trained her up on the way to Celadon, where I saved just after entering Team Rocket's Hideout.

Current Team:

Atlantis - Lvl.37 Female Gyarados
Bite, Water Pulse, Twister, Tackle

Onyxia - Lvl.20 Female Onix
Rock Throw, Dig, Rock Tomb, Secret Power

 

[Fourth The Tyrant]

Another update, the second last. We're getting there.

Spoiler:

-Left for Coumarine City, Aqua Lotus evolving practically two steps out of town. Looks like the team is finally set and finished.
-Battled my rival by the gym, Sawk sweeping her with style. Then it was into the gym, with Vintage taking down all the gym trainers.
-Battled Ramos and won it shamefully easily, with Beast and Aqua Lotus wrecking his team. Oh, grass gyms..
-Wasted no time and heading into the Badlands, booting Team Flare out of the Power Plant with Ravage. Oh-so boss.
-Hit Lumiose and went straight for the gym, with Beast taking out the trainers and half of Clemont's team and Aqua Lotus finishing him off. We're on a roll now.
-Bee-lined for Laverre City, stopping at the Haunted House on the way. A little creepy. Only a little.
-Made it to Laverre, and into the gym. Fairy Gym, should be interesting. Ravage took a back seat and Vintage took point as we worked through the gym trainers. It was surprisingly more difficult than other gyms.
-Wandered aimlessly through the warp panels until I got fed up and looked up how to reach Valerie.
-Got to her, and spent a loooong time beating up her mawile with Vintage's rock smash. I'd break down her defense, she'd Iron Defense it back up. Not to mention Hyper Potions. Sheesh. But I was determined to bring it down with Vintage. Eventually Rock Smash and Leech Seed won out.
-The rest went more smoothly, with Aqua Lotus cleaning up with a mixture of Water Shuriken and Water Pledge. It was the hardest gym thus far. Good on her.
-Left off for now.

We're in the home stretch now, and I'll update again just before the E4.

Edit: We're on Victory Road! The Championship is so close I can smell it. Newest Update:

Spoiler:

-Liberated the Pokeball Factory from Team Flare, no muss no fuss. Got the choice of a Master Ball or a Big Nugget. Chose the Nugget, because I like to live dangerously, and also I knew I'd get both.
-Trucked to Dendemille Town and raced through the Frost Cavern, saving the Abomasnow with style and class.
-Wasted no time and bobbled off to Anistar City. Mamoswines look rather painful to ride. So wide...
-Gave my rival Serena a fleecing, sweeping her with Ravage. She wishes me luck in the gym -Definitely not needed- and runs off. Maybe she'd be stronger with a mega-stone. Oh wait, I took it even though I'll never use it. Muahahaha.
-Entered the gym, and Ravage cleaned house with Crunch, up to and including the Gym Leader. Even though I use him so often, he still is the hardest to keep on par with the rest of the teams levels. Ohhhh well.
-Exited the Gym, and Lysandre called to tell us that he was going to murder all non-Team Flare members, so adieu. Like no big deal. What a psycho. And the race to stop him is on.
-Because I have no flyer (thanks for that, oodles of fun) I walked all the way to Lumiose and found their base. Gave Lysandre a beatdown with Aqua Lotus, and cleaned the base out. Buuut they activated the weapon anyway, and the Death Flower bloomed above the ground. Then it was off to Geosenge Town to stop the weapon from firing. Tried to get there by route of Cyllage City, but it was blocked off. Bah. Walked alllll the way around to Shalour and through the cave into Geosenge.
-Went into their real base, and gave Lysandre another beatdown. I admire his tenacity. Met AZ, listened to his story (buckle up, we're going on a feels trip) and met Xerneas! Caught it in my first timer ball, and sent it to the box. Here comes Lysandre again, rocking goggles and Dr. Octopus arms. Not cool, man. Swept his almost all his team with Ravage's Outrage-Persim Berry combo, but Gyarados was faster and Outraged Ravage right back. Then up came Beast, OHKO'ing Gyarados with Play Rough. We play to win.
-He had a fit and fired the weapon off anyway with himself still inside, and we high-ailed it outta there. So passes Lysandre, Leader of Team Flare. And on with the journey.
-Walked all the way back to Anistar and left for Couriway Town. Arrived and battled Professor Sycamore, knocking him flat. Wasted no time and headed for Snowbelle. Battled 3 of my rivals on the bridge, beating them soundly. I'm the bomb, like tick-tick. Anyway, it was on to Snowbelle.
-Bought a coat and knit hat while I was there. Seems odd to walk around winter wonderland in a cap and T-shirt. Went to Pokemon Village to find the Gym Leader, and find him I did. Stayed a bit to polish my catching skills on all the Banetts, catching 2. I just wondertraded them and released the weedle and diglett I got. Went back to Snowbelle, healing up and hitting the gym.
-Call Aqua Lotus the Janitor, because he's cleaning house. He swept the entire Gym, Vintage took out Wulfric Stormcoats Abomasnow, and Aqua took out the rest. Even OHKO'ing his Avalugg with Water Pledge. Eight Badges, check!
-Made my way to Victory Road. I guess I was overconfident at this point, because the trainers leading up to it knocked out quite a few of my team when I put myself deliberately at a type disadvantage. I checked my attitude and proceeded more carefully, making it about halfway through Victory Road before leaving off.

Team as it stands now:

Aqua Lotus
Lvl.72|Relaxed|Torrent
Night Slash
Water Pledge
Surf
Water Shuriken

Beast
Lvl.73|Bashful|Intimidate
Strength
Crunch
Outrage
Play Rough

Vintage
Lvl.73|Timid|Gluttony
Rock Smash
Grass Knot
Cut
Leech Seed

Ravage
Lvl.73|Adamant|Sheer Force
Outrage
Rock Climb
Superpower
Crunch

Sawk
Lvl.75|Jolly|Inner Focus
Retaliate
Close Combat
Low Sweep
Focus Energy

Azrael
Lvl.80|Adamant|Swarm
Cross Poison
Sticky Web
Sucker Punch
Shadow Sneak

 

[NyxShooter]

Forum Username: NyxShooter
Game Version: Pokemon Y
Number of Pokemon: 6
Exclude NFEs: Yes
National Dex: No
Restrictions: No Hack Device, cannot trade with myself.

 

[Fourth The Tyrant]

Nyx, I got for you:
Yanmega
Tyrantrum
Durant
Electrode
Linoone
Skuntank.

Hope you can get them all! Good luck!

 

[NyxShooter]

I'll try my best, thanks for giving me the team. I will be starting in about 20 minutes and post my first update log thing here.

 

[kingofusebi]

Forum Username: Kingofusebi
Game Version: Red
Number of Pokemon:6
Exclude NFEs: (Yes/No - No
National Dex: (Yes/No - No
Restrictions: Only Pokemon I can get in my game.

 

[NyxShooter]

Kingofusebi, I got you

Your Team is

Dragonite

Dewgong

Bellsprout

Spearow

Scyther

Lapras

 

[kingofusebi]

I comfrim them all but Bellsprout because I can't get him without trading.

 

[NyxShooter]

Bellsprout has been re-rolled

Result is Gastly

 

[edwardo999]

Starting challenges again now I have computer access. Finally time to start a Random run. :)

Username: edwardo999
Game: Blue
Number of Pokemon: 6
Exclude NFEs: Yes
National Dex: I'm playing Blue, what do you think?
Restrictions: None at all.

 

[kingofusebi]

Edwardo999 your team is, Charizard,Beedril,Gyrados,Jynx,Victreebell, and Gengar.

 

[edwardo999]

Ooh, I actually got a starter evolution. No need to hack the starter then. xD
Team confirmed, I'll start tomorrow. (Or later today, it's gone midnight)

 

[Project Battlekin]

Forum Username: Project Battlekin
Game Version: Blue
Number of Pokemon: 6
Exclude NFEs: Yes
National Dex: No
Restrictions: None

 

[edwardo999]

Battlekin, your team is:

Farfetch'd
Golbat
Moltres
Exeggutor
Kabutops
Aerodactyl

 

[Auserk]

Update for Ruby Run:
I assembled my team at low levels and began my journey. Everything was going smoothly through the first two badges, I had Eostre the Cacnea fo the first gym and 2 of my 4 Flyers for the fighting gym. Then I hit the monster that is Wattson. Even with Magni the Slugma it took many attempts and much over leveling to defeat the Magneton. The next two gyms were pretty standard.

Current team 5/8 badges:
Ran (Gyarados) Lv27, Eostre (Cacnea) Lv30, Magni (Slugma) Lv34, Nott (Crobat) Lv27, Habrok (Doduo) Lv28, Munin (Swellow) Lv27,

I think I can get through the rest of the gyms without trouble, however I think there will be a lot of leveling for the Elite 4. Having 4 of the same type is a slight disadvantage especially when two of them (Swellow, Dodrio) have limited learnsets.

 

[Peter Quill]

You can check the other logs here!

Game Log #3​

Spoiler:

- Continued the adventure by beating the trainers on Slateport's beach. Obtained the items lying on the beach.
- Conquered the trainers in the beach shack. Obtained half a dozen bottles of Soda Pop.
- Entered the Shipyard to look for Cpt. Stern to deliver the goods but he wasn't around.
- Entered the Oceanic Museum for more plot times. Finished plot times and advanced to the northern part of Slateport.
- Went to Route 103 to defeat the trainers there. Obtained the berries + Guard Spec. Suicune turned level 19 and learned Endure. Entered the Trick Master's House and finished the Challenge.
- Continued on to battle May.

Rival Battle #3: May

Lombre (F) Lvl 18
- Growl
- Nature Power (turned to Swift)

Suicune is my lead so I switched to Gamora. Spammed Poison Sting ftw.

Marshtomp (M) Lvl 20
- Water Gun
- Mud Shot

My team whited out. @_@

Attempt #2
- Spammed Poison Sting for Lombre.
- Poison Sting'd Marshtomp and poison'd him, luckily. Endured to death with Suicune. Switched occasionally and offered Rocket's life. Marshtomp finally fainted >:E

Slugma Lvl (F) 18
- Yawn
Double Kick crit'd. Slugma fainted XD

Itemfinder GET!

- Continued on through the route, defeating trainers along the way.
- Gamora tried to learn Helping Hand (Lvl. 26) after battling the fisherman near the Cycling Road. Obtained the Nanab Berries on the soft, loamy soil.
- Reached Mauville City. Obtained X-Speed on the other side of the wooden fence. Obtained HM06 from Rock Smash Dude. Taught Rocket to SMAAAAASH. Obtained the Mach Bike from Rydel. Smashed Wally's Level 16 Ralts.
- Went up to Route 111 and defeated the trainers to be fought. Crushed the Winstrate Family and obtained a Macho Brace.
- Went east of Mauville City to Route 118 and deafeated the trainers there.
- Went to the Cycling Road to defeat the trainers. Went back to Rydel to switch Bikes.
- Went west of Mauville City to Route 117 and defeated the trainers there. Obtained the berries on the soft, loamy soil. Moved onward and reached Verdanturf Town.
- Went in the Tunnel. Obtained the Black Glasses. Went back to Mauville for the Gym Challenge.

GYM BATTLE # 3 - VS. WATTSON

VOLTORB USED SELF-DESTRUCT. Thank you Suicune for holding on.
Electrike was sent out. Spammed Powder Snow which made a critical hit.
Sent out Gamora to kick Magneton out. Gamora fainted from Manectric but managed to poison it with Poison Point. Stalled him with Endure and revived Gamora. Gamora outlived Manectric

Dynamo Badge, GET!


- Went back to Rusturf Tunnel to smash the rocks. STRENGTH get.
- Went back to Mauville and then went north (Route 111) to smash some rocks.
- Went straight to the Fiery Path to catch Pokemon I need for the challenge.

Wilkstrom (Koffing) (F) Lvl. 15
Nature: Naughty
Ability: Levitate
Moveset: Poison Gas/Tackle/Smog

Magne (Slugma) (M) Lvl. 15
Nature: Mild
Ability: Flame Body
Moveset: Yawn/Smog/Ember/Rock Throw

- Went to the Old Lady's Rest Stop to save energy.

​

THE TEAM SO FAR:

Spoiler:

Wilkstrom (Koffing) (F) Lvl. 16
Nature: Naughty
Ability: Levitate
Moveset: Poison Gas | Tackle | Smog

Magne (Slugma) (M) Lvl. 17
Nature: Mild
Ability: Flame Body
Moveset: Yawn | Smog | Ember | Rock Throw

Gamora (Nidorina) Lvl. 30
Nature: Sassy
Ability: Poison Point
Moveset: Poison Sting | Tail Whip | Bite | Double Kick

Suicune (Swinub) Lvl. 28
Nature: Mild
Ability: Oblivious
Moveset: Tackle | Odor Sleuth | Powder Snow | Endure

Other Pokemon:

Rocket the Zigzagoon (Lvl. 4)
3rd Party Member (HM Slave)

Chicken the Torchic (Lvl. 5)
Box 1, Slot 1

Sirknight the Ralts (Lvl.4)
Box 1, Slot 2

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I still have to grind to make sure my 2 new party members catch up. I'll be back to school next week so I'll try to finish this before then. I was a bit lazy to post xD

I still need a Sandshrew (to evolve into Sandslash) and a Banette. I still can't go into the desert so I'll delay catching Sandshrew xD

 

[Auserk]

Ruby Final Update:
It took a day off to help me complete the last stage of this random pokemon challenge. Playing with 4 Flying Pokemon really compounded some weaknesses. Steven's Metagross is still my most feared pokemon, it took 5+ tries before a critical flamethrower took him out.
Final Team:

Ran (Gyarados) Lv58 Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Twister, Surf
Habrok (Dodrio) Lv53 Fly, Tri Attack, Pursuit, Steel Wing
Eostre (Cacturne) Lv57 Pin Missile, Secret Power, Needle Arm, Faint Attack
Magni (Magcargo) Lv56 Amnesia, Strength, Flamethrower, Rock Slide
Nott (Crobat) Lv51 Fly, Bite, Confuse Ray, Poison Fang
Muninn (Swellow) Lv52 Toxic, Fly, Double Team, Facade

EDIT: Since I can post Pics now here is my LeafGreen Random team from before.

Spoiler:

 

[edwardo999]

Started my journey. Haven't got very far at the moment, only just got to Cerulean, but here's an update

Update #1: A Team of Three

Spoiler:

Called myself Random, and my rival Fixed. So imaginative...
Entered the tall grass and got dragged off by Prof. Oak to recieve my first Pokémon!
Took the Charmander, called him War.
Easily defeated Fixed's Squirtle.
Got the Parcel from Viridian City Mart and went back to give it to Prof. Oak.
Went into Viridian Forest and caught a level 3 Weedle, called him Sting.
Defeated my Rival in Route 22. Sting evolved into Kakuna.
Made it into Pewter City and healed my Pokémon before training them in Route 2.
Realised the Pewter Gym was going to be tough with my current party, so I evolved Sting and War into Beedrill and Charmeleon.
Managed to beat Brock with some difficulty and obtained the Boulder Badge.
In the PokéCenter outside Mt. Moon, I bought the Magikarp and called him Rage.
Trained Rage to level 15 while venturing through Mt. Moon.
PRAISE BE TO THE ALMIGHTY HELIX FOSSIL!
Made my way into Cerulean City, and healed my Pokémon for a much needed rest.

Team:

Spoiler:

War, level 21
- Scratch
- Growl
- Ember
- Leer

Sting, level 16
- Poison Sting
- String Shot
- Fury Attack
- Focus Energy

Rage, level 15
- Splash
- Tackle

 

[Fourth The Tyrant]

Completed it! Woohoo!
The E4 went something like this:

Spoiler:

-Made it through the rest of Victory Road and healed up, stocking up on supplies.
-Threw on some music to set the mood, and entered the league. Here we go.

-Malva was first, but Aqua Lotus swept her pretty thoroughly with a mix of Water Shuriken and Water Pledge, only switching out to Beast for some variety. Beast OHKO'ed her Chandelure with Crunch, and that was that.
-Next up was Wikstrom. He was the hardest of the four. For the Klefki, I played the long game with Vintage spamming Rock Smash. Eventually, coupled with an early Leech Seed, he won out. Now to get down to business. Ravage bashed through the rest with Superpower. In hindsight, I coulda just used Sawk...
-Next up was... Uh, the Dragon one. I forget her name. Ravage swept 3/4 with Outrage without taking a scratch, then switched out to let Beast OHKO her Druddigon with Play Rough. No muss, no fuss.
-And last was Siebold. Vintage took down all but his Gyarados with Grass Knot, and Beast Outraged on the Gyarados until it finally went belly-up. Good thing it just Dragon Danced and nothing else.

Now, the Champion. Diantha. Her Hawlucha demolished Vintage in one Flying Press, which didn't surprise me all that much. Beast did the same right back with Play Rough. Sawk took down her Tyrantrum, but not before being taken down halfway with Dragon Claw. Ravage smashed her Aurorus with Superpower, then her Goodra with Outrage. But the Goodra got off a dragon pulse and took Ravage down to yellow. Then was Gougeist, and Ravage took it out with crunch, but got taken down to red. Then, her Gardevoir... Eeurgh. I tried to get a crunch off with Ravage, but her Moonblast was faster. Azrael was next. I saved him for this. He got off a Sucker Punch that took it down to red, but a psychic demolished Azrael flat. So much for him. Aqua was next, and managed to take it down with Night Slash. And that was that.

Aaaaaand...

It was a long road, but fun! Druddigon, Granbull and Sawk were my powerhouses. Greninja and Ariados pulled their weight as well. Simisage... Simisage gets a participation prize.

The final team:

Aqua Lotus
Lvl.77|Relaxed|Torrent
Night Slash
Water Pledge
Surf
Water Shuriken

Vintage
Lvl.76|Timid|Gluttony
Rock Smash
Grass Knot
Cut
Leech Seed

Ravage
Lvl.77|Adamant|Sheer Force
Outrage
Rock Climb
Super Power
Crunch

Beast
Lvl.78|Bashful|Intimidate
Strength
Crunch
Outrage
Play Rough

Lvl.80|Jolly|Inner Focus
Retaliate
Close Combat
Low Sweep
Focus Energy

Azrael
Lvl.85|Adamant|Swarm
Cross Poison
Sticky Web
Sucker Punch
Shadow Sneak

 

[Moist]

New Team for GreatTornado:
Emboar, Munna, Fraxure, Klink, Simisear and Whimsicott.

All of them are good except for Fraxure and Munna, who are both only available post-game. Can I get a reroll on those two please?