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The Ultimate Monotype Challenge

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Naxus_Darkstar

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  • No trouble with my rival, or catching the starting members of my team:
    Caterpie lvl 3 BROTERFREE
    and Weedle lvl 5 BRODRILL

    Had a bit of a rough time leveling those guys to evolve into their respective cocoons, but with some backtracking to the pokemon center we eventually made it through Viridian forest.

    Spent a little time grinding on Route two to get butterfree and beedrill. Feeling confident, I challenge Brock. Broterfree makes short work of geodude, and I switch to Brodrill when he switches to onix, hoping for a luck poison with a poison sting. and also to do a little extra damage before I switch butterfree back in to mop him up with confusion. Things start out good, Brodrill gets the luck poison hits 5 times with fury attack. next hit was a rock tomb, leaving Brodrill at 1 hp and -1 speed. Things did not improve from there, Brodrill gets taken out, and Broterfree gets OHKO'd by a crit Rock tomb.

    Back to the lab again, Level up Brodrill once or twice to get him to twelve, and Broterfree to Thirteen where he learns poison powder.

    Rechallenge Brock. use his geodude as setup fodder, hit it with a poison powder, then harden 6 times to become a impenetrable titan of a butterfly. Onix comes out. Broterfee hits with the poison powder and puts the big rock snake on the clock. He uses rock tomb, to which Broterfree just laughed and retaliated with a confusion. Luck confuse! Onix hits himself because he's so ashamed of the damge output on his rockslide, gets hit with a blast of psychic confusion, and finally succumbs to his poisoning.

    Broterfree lvl 14
    Brodrill lvl 12

    The journey continues!
     
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    In game Username: Hatter!
    Type:ICE
    Challenge: Single, for now, but might turn it into an ultimate later
    Game(s): Fire red omega (Fan made fire red revamp that makes the game harder, and makes it so that all pokemon are obtainable)
    Planned team: Jynx, Dewgong, Piloswine, Glailie, Walrien, Sneasle

    All good?
     
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    Update time!

    > Made my way through Veridian Forest
    > Challenged Brock and lost horribly
    > Grinded the ever loving tar out of Butter until he learned Stun Spore.
    > Beat Brock, crippling his Onix with a combination of paralysis and confusion.

    Current team:

    Butter
    Level 14 Male Butterfree
    > Tackle
    > Stun Spore
    > Poisonpowder
    > Confusion

    Honey
    Level 13 Female Beedrill
    > Poison Sting
    > String Shot
    > Harden
    > Fury Attack

    Update again!

    > Beat Youngster Ben and his comfy, easy to wear shorts.
    > Entered Mt. Moon, captured a Paras and named him Myconoid. Taught it Bullet Seed so it has a tool to battle Geodude and eventually Misty's team.
    > Cleared out Mt. Moon of Team Rocket, wrecked the greedy Super Nerd hogging the fossils, took a Helix Fossil despite not planning to revive it.
    > Trained up team for their confrontation with Misty.
    > Battled Misty, beating Staryu and Starmie quite handly with Myconoid.
    > Healed up my team to confront Butt again.
    > Defeated Butt, Butter defeating Pidgeotto with paralysis and confusion, Honey defeating Rattata and Abra with Fury Attack, Myconoid and Butter defeating Bulbasaur.

    My team:

    Butter
    Level 17 Male Butterfree
    > Tackle
    > Stun Spore
    > Poisonpowder
    > Confusion

    Honey
    Level 18 Female Beedrill
    > Poison Sting
    > Focus Energy
    > Harden
    > Fury Attack

    Myconoid
    Level 19 Male Paras
    > Scratch
    > Stun Spore
    > Bullet Seed
    > Leech Life
     
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  • Expect an update tomorrow. No major class responsibilities getting in my way.

    Great! And it still doesn't say who you need to beat to consider it complete in XY, but i'd imagine it's AZ (the last one you fight before the credits), yes? You enter the Hall of Fame after beating Diantha, but AZ should be a pushover after beating her (especially considering your Pokémon are healed upon entering the Hall of Fame), so I bet he's who you'll require beaten.
     

    Naxus_Darkstar

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  • Alright I caught a Paras in mount moon, Nick named him CORYCEPS (after the Cordyceps fungus, a fungus that takes over insects) blasted my way through all the trainers there and thought it would be a good Idea to challenge nugget bridge to level up a little bit before the confrontation with Misty.
    Totally forgot you need to battle your rival here. Pidgeotto did a number on CORYCEPS but BRODRILL got a super luck fury attack and hit it 5 times, with two crits! BROTERFREE and BRODRILL made short work of of the rest of his team.
    After a well earned rest at the Cerulean pokemon center we went out to challenge Misty.

    Upon starting the battle CORYCEPS hit Staryu with a bulletseed doing far less damage than I had hoped, but he continued to shrug off her attacks and managed to pull through. Starmie on the other hand was not willing to go down without a fight. A swift brought CORYCEPS down, but he went out in a blaze of self destructive glory with a perfect poison effect spore. BRODRILL and BROTERFREE were able to stall it out even with recover. That battle was down to the wire, though. Starmie fainted from poison while BROTERFREE had just 3 health remaining.

    The Team so far:


    CORYCEPS
    Level 19
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    Male
    Sassy nature, met at level 8 in Mount Moon
    Effect spore
    -Scratch
    -Stun Spore
    -Bullet seed
    -Poison Powder

    BRODRILL
    Level 17
    Beedrill(FRLG)Sprite.png

    Male
    Impish nature, met at level 5 in Viridian Forest
    Swarm
    -Fury attack
    -Poison Sting
    -Harden
    -Focus Energy

    BROTERFREE
    level 19
    Butterfree(FRLG)Sprite.png

    Male
    Adamant nature, met at level 3 in Viridian Forest
    Compoundeyes
    -Confusion
    -Tackle
    -Sleep Powder
    -Poisonpowder
     
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    Update time!

    > Cleared Nugget Bridge and got the SS Ticket from Bill.
    > Defeated the home invader Rocket Grunt.
    > Evolved Myconoid into a Parasect whilst on the SS Anne.
    > Defeated Butt once again, defeating Pidgeotto with Butter and destroying the rest of his team with Honey's Twinneedle attack.
    > Got the HM 01 from the SS Anne captain, taught it to Honey.
    > Taught Dig to Myconoid to easier handle Lt. Surge.
    > Dominated Lt. Surge in our first match.

    Current Team:

    Myconoid

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    Level 27 Male Parasect
    > Dig
    > Spore
    > Bullet Seed
    > Leech Life

    Butter

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    Level 25 Male Butterfree
    > Tackle
    > Stun Spore
    > Poisonpowder
    > Confusion

    Honey

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    Level 24 Female Beedrill
    > Poison Sting
    > Focus Energy
    > Twinneedle
    > Cut

    EDIT: Wound up making some really nice progress tonight, so it's actually time for another update!

    > Caught a Spearow for use as a future Fly slave, as well as giving me 10 caught pokemon in the pokedex so I can get HM05.
    > Got HM05 from Oak's Aide.
    > Taught Honey Aerial Ace for the sake of coverage and move variety.
    > Made my way to Rock Tunnel, caught a Voltorb for use as a Flash slave.
    > Cleared the Rock Tunnel
    > Made my way to Celadon City, got a Pinsir at Game Corner, named him Hugo.
    > Trained up Hugo so his level was on par with the rest of the team, including taking him to the Move Tutor in Rock Tunnel and teaching him Rock Slide
    > Cleared the secret Rocket base and Giovanni exclusively with Hugo for good measure.
    > Swept through Celadon City Gym, which was surprisingly challenging thanks to the constant status effects disrupting my team. Karma I guess.
    > Either way, swept Erika's team with Honey while handling almost the rest of the gym with Butter.
    > Completely thrashed Butt at Pokemon Tower, Hugo OHKOing Gyrados, Growlithe and Pidgeotto with Rock slide and Honey OHKOing Kadabra with Twinneedle and Ivysaur with Aerial Ace.

    Current Team:

    Myconoid

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    Level 32 Male Parasect
    > Dig
    > Spore
    > Bullet Seed
    > Leech Life

    Butter

    012.gif


    Level 32 Male Butterfree
    > Gust
    > Stun Spore
    > Poisonpowder
    > Confusion

    Honey

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    Level 32 Female Beedrill
    > Poison Sting
    > Aerial Ace
    > Twinneedle
    > Cut

    Hugo

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    Level 32 Male Pinsir
    > Vicegrip
    > Brick Break
    > Rock Slide
    > Seismic Toss
     
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    Alright, using my new monotype format, I've completed Pokemon Yellow Version with only Electric types.

    Events:
    Spoiler:


    VS Blue play-by-play:
    Spoiler:


    Team:
    Spoiler:


    Alright, I think I'm gonna work on some other challenges, then come back to 1st Gen monotypes. See you guys later!
     

    Pekin

    Wigglytuff is and has always been on acid.
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  • Wow, I haven't updated in forever. Starting college and moving out of my parents' basement and into my own apartment, time for Pokémon has been sparse. I've recently gotten around to finally do something about that Ground UMC I started, so here goes my first update.

    Game: LeafGreen
    Type: Ground
    Badges: 3

    I started the game off with Bulbasaur, fast-forwarded to just outside Mt. Moon, where I spent a fair bit of time soft resetting for decently-natured Nidoran, male as well as female. Caught an adamant Geodude inside Mt. Moon and happily carried on. While inside Mt. Moon, both my Nidoran evolved, and before I was even out of Mt. Moon, Nidoking and Nidoqueen were both part of my team. Caught a Sandshrew just outside Cerulean City and then tried to take on Misty. Quickly learned that I needed a bit of grinding first. Went across the nugget bridge to help Bill out, gained a couple levels on the way and barely managed to take out Misty second time around. Oh, and guess what I caught in Diglett's Cave and took down Lt. Surge with?

    Here's my team so far:

    Spoiler:
     
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    Update Time!

    > Made my way through Pokemon Tower with the use of Butter's Confusion and eventual Psybeam.
    > Obtained the PokeFlute from Mr. Fuji
    > Defeated the Snorlax on Route 12 and made my way further down to catch a Venonat, the last member of my team. Named her Duster.
    > Trained Duster against the various trainers on the routes down to Fuchsia, the Cycling Path, and the Fighting Dojo, eventually evolving her into a Venomoth.
    > Taught Duster Psychic so I won't have to wait until the fifties to have it.
    > Battled the Fuchsia City Gym in what turned out to be a surprisingly difficult battle, mostly thanks to SelfDestruct and status effects. Everyone but Hugo was used, and taking down the enemy was largely a team effort.
    > Headed back up to Saffron to take down Team Rocket again.
    > The ensuing fight with Butt was eventful. Hugo took down both Pidgeot and Growlithe, but was felled by Gyrados' Dragon Rage before finishing him off. The pokemon was at very low health, though, and Butter managed to finish the job. Honey took down Kadabra with a single Twinneedle again, and Venusaur managed to put up a decent fight, putting Honey and Butter to sleep before being felled by their Aerial Ace and Psybeam.
    > Giovanni was a considerably easier opponent, his Nidorino crumpling to Myconoid's Dig, his Rhyhorn falling to a single Bullet Seed, Kangaskahn falling to just one of Hugo's Brick Breaks and Nidoqueen only needing a few Psychics.

    Current Team:

    Myconoid

    047.gif


    Level 40 Male Parasect
    > Dig
    > Spore
    > Bullet Seed
    > Slash

    Butter

    012.gif


    Level 39 Male Butterfree
    > Gust
    > Stun Spore
    > Poisonpowder
    > Psybeam

    Honey

    015.gif


    Level 40 Female Beedrill
    > Poison Sting
    > Aerial Ace
    > Twinneedle
    > Cut

    Hugo

    127.gif


    Level 40 Male Pinsir
    > Vicegrip
    > Rock Slide
    > Brick Break
    > Guillotine

    Duster

    049.gif


    Level 39 Female Venomoth
    > Supersonic
    > Psychic
    > Stun Spore
    > Leech Seed
     
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  • I'm gonna reset again because I forgot about this and gave up on my challenge. :P Trying this again though. Username: GolemLover
    Type: Rock
    Challenge Type: Again, single, but I may do ultimate sooner or later.
    Game: Pokemon Y
    Planned Team: Golem, Rhydon, Tyrantrum, Aggron, Tyranitar, Gigalith
     

    Sindrie

    Eevee breeder and caretaker
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  • Username: Sindrie
    Type: Psychic
    Challenge: single
    game: X

    Note: I originally had a ghost type I finished a while ago on Y but since the rules changed to no Amie I don't feel I should try to claim it(which is why I didn't update). so I will instead do a psychic run on X. (I have an Eevee run on Y :P)
     
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    Update time!

    > Tackled the Saffron City Gym, OHKOing all but Sabrina's Venomoth with Honey. OHKO'd Venomoth with Duster.
    > Picked up HM Surf and HM Strength from Fuchsia City, taught them both to Surf while teaching Fly to Spearow.
    > Cleared Pokemon Mansion.
    > Cleared Cinnibar Island Gym with Hugo, OHKOing all of Blaine's team except Arcanine, 2HKOing it after getting lucky with a whiffed Fire Blast and a flinch.

    Myconoid

    047.gif


    Level 45 Male Parasect
    > Dig
    > Spore
    > Bullet Seed
    > Slash

    Butter

    012.gif


    Level 43 Male Butterfree
    > Gust
    > Stun Spore
    > Toxic
    > Psybeam

    Honey

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    Level 43 Female Beedrill
    > Poison Sting
    > Aerial Ace
    > Twinneedle
    > Cut

    Hugo

    127.gif


    Level 45 Male Pinsir
    > Vicegrip
    > Rock Slide
    > Brick Break
    > Guillotine

    Duster

    049.gif


    Level 43 Female Venomoth
    > Giga Drain
    > Psychic
    > Sleep Powder
    > Leech Life
     
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    Necrum

    I AM THE REAL SONIC
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  • That is correct. You can also use your starter briefly afterward for the sake of getting low leveled Dragon-types up to a level where they can adequately fight.
    This is incorrect. Once you have your type you are not to use your starter any more. The only time that it's okay to use a Pokemon not of your type is if you need to evolve a Pokemon to get him to learn HMs, and even then only training against wild Pokemon.
     

    BlissyMKW

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  • Seeing as I'm doing the final leg of my Normal UMC at the slowest pace in the universe...

    Username: KoboraX
    Type: Fighting
    Challenge: Ultimate
    Game(s): Red, Gold, Ruby, Platinum, White 2

    Going to start things off with Ruby Version since my Platinum and White 2 are in use for other challenge.
     

    Necrum

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  • Ground Monotype: LeafGreen

    Complete!

    Hall of Fame

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    I actually completed this a while ago but wasn't active on PC to post it when I had done it and have lost of the team.

    Anyway, moving on to the next challenge...

    Name: Pave Low
    Type: Bug
    Challenge: Single
    Game: Emerald
    Steelix is not legal in LeafGreen. I can't count this.

    PsychicTypeComplete.png


    I just completed a Psychic type run. I didn't want to post here that I was going to do it cause when I do that it makes me less wanting to do it. So I just done it.

    It was on my X game.
    Metagross is not legal for this play through. It can only be obtained post game which means that someone traded it to you. This is why you're supposed to post, so I can catch this stuff during the play through.
     
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    BlissyMKW

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  • Jumping right into Ruby right away

    • Started the game
    • When the time came for starter choice, I went for Torchic since it will evolve into a Fire/Fighting type
    • Owned a Zigzagoon
    • Nicknamed my Tochic Supah Kick since it'll eventually be getting Blaze Kick
    • Went and owned May on Route 103
    • Returned to Littleroot and got the Pokedex, Poke Balls, and the Running Shoes
    • Helped Wally catch a Pokemon even though I pretty much just stood there and watched
    • Owned the Team Magma grunt in Petalburg Woods
    • Made my way to Rustboro
    • Got HM01 from the Cut Man
    • Headed to Route 116 to train Supah Kick to Lv. 16 so I could evolve him into Combusken and learn Double Kick
    • Decimated Rustboro City Gym
    • Went to Rusturf Tunnel and owned the Team Magma grunt
    • Got the letter and the Pokenav
    • Made my way to Dewford and caught Sumo Man the Makuhita
    • Went and delivered the letter to Steven, training up Sumo Man along the way
    • Returned to Rustboro and got the Exp. Share
    • Went back to Dewford and tackled the gym
    • Beat Brawly and headed to Slateport
    • Owned the two Team Magma grunts in the museum
    • Saved in Slateport City

    Team Chuck

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    Supah Kick (Combusken) M Lv. 21 @ Nothing
    Nature: Bashful
    Ability: Blaze
    Moves: Scratch, Peck, Double Kick, Ember

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    Sumo Man (Makuhita) M Lv. 18 @ Exp. Share
    Nature: Careful
    Ability: Guts
    Moves: Tackle, Vital Throw, Sand-Attack, Arm Thrust
     

    Necrum

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  • Updated to post #2619

    Guys, stop putting spoilers from X and Y out in public. If you're gonna talk about anything to do with X and Y that a person may not know, and may not want to know, then put it in a spoiler. That's what they're for!. The challenge ends when the credits roll, and that is all I will say about it.

    Fairy Monotype Challenge: Y
    2/8

    Beat the second gym surprisingly easy. When I first played this it was a real pain. About half way to the 3rd city with a gym.

    Team:
    Spoiler:
     
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    Update time!

    > Went with Bill to the Sevii Islands, climbed Mt. Ember on One Island and killed Moltres just because I can.
    > Saved Three Island from the biker menace and saved Lostelle from the "scary" Hypno. *cough*rapist*cough*
    > Returned to Cinnibar Island and went for the Veridian City Gym
    > Won easily against Giovanni, considering I had at least three counters to each of his pokemon.
    > Battled Butt again, he's starting to get a little difficult, but the most dangerous members of his team are still easily defeated.
    > Traversed Victory Road.
    > Sold every single ™ I didn't use as well as every stat boosting drug and vendor trash item I had and bought WAY more healing items than I needed.
    > Lorelei was challenging, but Duster and Hugo were both invaluable in the fight. (you're going to hear this a lot)
    > Bruno went down fairly easily to my several grass and psychic type attacks, although he did get in a few very good hits with Rock Tomb.
    > Agatha was uncharacteristically easy, only taking down Myconoid without much trouble. The constant use of confuse ray was more of a hassle than a massive detriment.
    > …I hate Lance. By far THE most challenging and frustrating battle in the challenge thus far, if I never have to deal with this problem again I'll be a very happy girl. Hugo's Rock Slide and Duster's speed, defensive stats and Sleep Powder were an absolute GODSEND.
    > Shockingly, Butt was the absolute easiest fight of the five. Pidgeot, Arcanine and Gyrados crumpled before Hugo's might, Rhydon was completely trashed by Myconoid, Alakazam was beaten in two hits by Honey (in Alakazam's defence, the longest he's lasted against the bee.) and Venusaur couldn't take a repeated barrage of Psychic from Duster. Championship won!
    > I need help, I don't know how to take screen caps on the Mac version of VBA. I don't quite know how to screen cap on this period. Until I figure it out I can't provide a picture of the Hall of Fame…

    My Final Team:

    Myconoid

    047.gif


    Level 50 Male Parasect
    > Dig
    > Spore
    > Bullet Seed
    > Slash

    Butter

    012.gif


    Level 50 Male Butterfree
    > Silver Wind
    > Solarbeam
    > Toxic
    > Psybeam

    Honey

    015.gif


    Level 50 Female Beedrill
    > Brick Break
    > Aerial Ace
    > Twinneedle
    > Cut

    Hugo

    127.gif


    Level 52 Male Pinsir
    > Earthquake
    > Rock Slide
    > Brick Break
    > Guillotine

    Duster

    049.gif


    Level 52 Female Venomoth
    > Giga Drain
    > Psychic
    > Sleep Powder
    > Leech Life

    I think I will do Sapphire next, so that I can get the GBA era games over and done with. Not to mention I'm not overly fond of Gen 3, so I may as well get it over with now.

    EDIT: I may as well put down the results of my first bit of playing on Sapphire.

    > Picked the female avatar again, named myself Skitter.
    > Went to see Brandon. (He's kind of a chauvinist pig…)
    > Picked a Mudkip to save Prof. Birch.
    > Nicknamed the Mudkip Liek
    > Fought Brandon at Route 103 and triumphed.
    > Obtained the Pokedex and caught a Wurmple, named her Dent.
    > Evolved Dent into a Cascoon, then a Dustox.
    > Found a Surskit and caught it, naming him Phantom.
    > Raised Phantom until he and Dent were about equal in level.
    > Helped Wally catch his Ralts.

    My Current Team:

    Dent

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    Level 12 Female Dustox
    > Tackle
    > Confusion
    > Poison Sting
    > Harden

    Phantom

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    Level 10 Male Surskit
    > Bubble
    > Quick Attack
     
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    Sindrie

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  • Psychic Update: 01
    Badges 1/8

    Spoiler:
     
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