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Ultimate Monotype Challenge Thread

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rip32raptors

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Ulimate Monotype Challenge

Hello everyone,

I am going to take on the Ultimate Monotype Challenge.

I will be using Fire-type Pokemon in all games.

Order of Games - System

Pokemon Red - emulator
Pokemon SoulSilver - DS
Pokemon Sapphire - emulator
Pokemon Platinum - DS
Pokemon Black - DS

The following fire-type Pokemon are available in Red (without trading):
Charmander -- 16 --> Charmeleon -- 36 --> Charizard
Growlithe -- Fire Stone --> Arcanine
Ponyta -- 40 --> Rapidash
Eevee -- Fire Stone --> Flareon

I will be try to make frequent updates after each gym is finished.

Got my first badge with just a Lvl.14 Charmander :)

Late Update: 3 badges thusfar, had to catch 10 pokemon to try to acquire the flash hm to get through rock tunnel, so i had to backtrack and catch weak pokemon, since my Charizard would one-hit KO all pokemon :( So now im going through Rock Tunnel with just Charizard level 45 in 5.5 hours game time
 
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It's been six weeks since my last update... Here is a quick runthrough of what's happened on my SoulSilver Ground Type Challenge:

- Progressed to Ecruteak City, defeated Morty.
- Geodude evolved into Graveler en route to Olivine, quickly traded with a friend to evolve it; Sandshrew also evolved
- Headed to Olivine, did the whole "get Amphy medicine" quest
- Beat Chuck with the combination of Quagsire and Nidorino
- Went back to Olivine City and destroyed Jasmine with Golem and Quagsire
- Headed to Mahogany Town, defeated the Rocket Hideout
- Beat Pryce with Nidorino and Quagsire
- Headed back to Goldenrod to deal with some pesky Rockets
- Caught Swinub in the Ice Path, grinded it to Piloswine
- Beat Clair with a combination of Piloswine, Nidorino, and Golem
- Cleared the rest of Johto, and the entire road to the Elite Four
- Went back around Johto, gathering misc items (including a heart scale!!) and teaching moves
- Taught Ancientpower to Piloswine, evolved it into Mamoswine; also evolved Nidorino to Nidoking

Then... The Elite Four!!

Will: Not too much of a challenge. Quagsire proved useful due to Ice Beam, and Mamoswine's Avalanche was quite useful too.

Koga: Nidoking = Flamethrower and Thunderbolt! Pretty much decimated Koga's entire team, though Golem pitched in for Muk, and Onix even got some action against Venomoth.

Bruno: I predicted that Hitmontop would use Dig if faced with a Rock-type, and I was right. Golem killed it in one hit. Quagsire took on Onix easily, and Nidoking was great with Poison Jab on Hitmonlee and Machamp. Quagsire was able to finish off Hitmonchan after Nidoking fell.

Karen: Surprisingly easy. Sandslash used Swords Dance three times (Umbreon Double Teamed 3x), and got lucky by getting in an Earthquake on the first shot. Earthquake then destroyed Vileplume and Houndoom, Shadow Claw killed Gengar, and Crush Claw finished off Murkrow.

Lance: Super difficult. Nidoking's Thunderbolt couldn't kill Gyarados in one hit, so even with a Quick Claw, it got wrecked by Waterfall. Eventually, I just kept shifting between Nidoking and Quagsire - Gyarados would use Flail when Quagsire was out (so I switched to Nidoking and eventually poisoned it), and Waterfall when Nidoking was out (to be absorbed by Quagsire). Mamoswine and Quagsire handled the Dragonites pretty well; Onix and Golem teamed up for Charizard; and Aerodactyl ultimately went down to Sandslash.

On to Kanto! I really need Steelix, since Onix is basically worthless...

Team:
Sandslash Lv. 47 (Swords Dance/Crush Claw/Shadow Claw/Earthquake)
Nidoking Lv. 45 (Poison Jab/Earth Power/Thunderbolt/Flamethrower)
Mamoswine Lv. 43 (Ice Shard/Avalanche/Ancientpower/Earthquake)
Quagsire Lv. 44 (Strength/Surf/Ice Beam/Earthquake)
Onix Lv. 42 (Curse/Rock Tomb/Iron Tail/Headbutt)
Golem Lv. 44 (Rollout/Double-Edge/Earthquake/Explosion)

Note: When I move on to Gen 3, I'll try to update all in one thread, so it's easier to follow, especially given my sparse updates
 

TheCrystalFlaaffy

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I just started my Johto run for my ice type challenge a couple days ago and I've made it pretty far so far. :) I forgot to take a lot of pictures in the beginning but I changed that by the end of the update.

Update:
Spoiler:

And thats it for my update, I plan to continue playing but I don't know how often I will cause tomorrow Naruto Shippuden Ultimate Ninja Storm Generations is coming out and I'm gonna be getting it for sure :)
 
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I'll do FR>C>HG(not sure yet)>D/P(not sure yet)> B(not sure yet)> B/W2(i hope it has a rom, and probably the game is released in Japan as soon I am done with the others.)
I would like to do a Water Type challenge in Pokemon Fire Red: The Hard Version.
Summary of everything I've done:
1. Did the starting events
2. Grinded a bit until Squirtle evolved.
3. Pwnt Brock.
4. Went through the trainers until I bought Magikarp.
5. Grinded Magikarp, SHE evolved after leaving Mt.Moon.
6. Caught a Staryu.
7. Did the events at Cerulean Cape.
8. Taught Secret Power to Gyarados.
9. Went to Vermilion for VS Seeker.
10. Pwnt Misty.
11. Trained Staryu a bit.
12. Stopped there for a while.
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Team:
Blastoise
Lvl 36
Water Pulse
Water Gun
Bite
Withdraw

Gyarados
Lvl 28
Dragon Rage
Bite
Secret Power
Splash

Staryu
Lvl 24
Water Gun
Swift
Rapid Spin
Recover

Will probably get a:
Lapras
Kingler'
Crawdaunt
Politoed
Seaking
Golduck

Now continuing my progress.
13. Grinded a bit.
14.Taught Blastoise Dig.
15. Pwnt Lt.Surge with 4 HP left and paralyzed.
16. Caught enough pokemon for Flash.
17. Caught a Nincada and evolved it into Ninjask, he's now my HM Slave.
18. Caught a Wingull. Named him WaterUMC4. Now trying to catch up with my team.
19. Wingull is now lvl 28 and has now caught up with my team.
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Team:
Lvl 41 Blastoise

Water Pulse
Dig
Bite
Withdraw

Lvl 28 Gyarados
Bite
Dragon Rage
Secret Power
Splash

Lvl 28 Staryu

Water Gun
Swift
Bubblebeam
Recover

Lvl 28 Wingull
Water Gun
Supersonic
Growl
Wing Attack

Lvl 20 Ninjask
Cut
Flash
Fury Cutter
Leech Life
 
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Spoiler:


I'm not typing the other parts, because it's absolutely tiringgggggg....
 

Ramsie

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UMC Grass: Kanto

So awhile ago (read: over six months ago) I posted about doing a Ultimate with the Grass type that I started. Well, despite making little progress, I have been working on it. Slowly, but surely.

Spoiler:

Badges: 3
Team:
Carter the Venusaur Lv.33
Sadie the Weepinbell lv.34
 
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Cyprium

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Starting up an Ultimate Monotype Challenge, how exciting! I will progress through Pokémon Blue with my favourite type: Ground.

At the moment I'm just grinding the two Pokémon I ditched my starter for.

Duke is a Nidoran (m) and Duchess is a Nidoran (f). They will do me well and I have faith in them. Soon they will face Brock to test their strength. Soon.
 
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Alright, so apparently Spring Break is a great time to play lots of Pokemon... Update for what I've done this week on the Ultimate Ground Challenge on SoulSilver!

When I last left off, I had just conquered the Elite Four.
- Went to Olivine City and cleared the ship
- Got the Metal Coat, traded with a friend to obtain Steelix. Sweet! It's not useless anymore!
- Fought Lt. Surge. Mamoswine + Earthquake = pwnage.
- Went to Saffron, beat Sabrina. Steelix rocked it here, especially since it learned Crunch mid-battle.
- Traveled to Celadon. The combo of Mamoswine (Ice Moves) and Nidoking (Flamethrower/Poison Jab) took down Erika with relative ease.
- Completed the Power Plant quest
- Fought Misty. This battle was hard, which isn't surprising since I'm using ground types. Mamoswine and Sandslash combined to take down Golduck and Quagsire, while Lapras didn't go down to Nidoking or Steelix. Golem finished Lapras off, leaving Quagsire to Starmie. Quagsire held on after a Psychic with 5 HP, and scored a critical hit with Earthquake to win the battle.
- Traveled to Fuschia via Cycling Road
- Beat Janine with Steelix and Golem. I also realized how frustrating Stone Edge's accuracy can be...
- Fought and captured Snorlax and quickly traversed Diglett's Cave.
- Went to Pewter and fought Brock. Sandslash + Swords Dance x3 = pwnage.
- Cleared Mt. Moon and then headed for Cinnabar, clearing all the trainers out in the water routes.
- Fought Blaine - Golem, Nidoking, and Quagsire got the job done with relative ease.

Now, my pokemon are all level 56-57. Before fighting Blue, I am going to grind with the lower-leveled Elite Four. Then I'll fight him and use the Unknown Dungeon/Mt. Silver to train, finally fighting the Elite Four, and hopefully Red soon enough!
 
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Ok heres my update for the monotype challenge ive got a lot more done

Spoiler:

My Team
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Chomp lv.33
Moveset:
Cut
Ice Fang
Water Gun
Iron Tail
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Karpak lv.35
Moveset:
Ice Fang
Aqua Tail
Surf
Dragon Rage
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Whirl 100% lv.34
Moveset:
Body Slam
Bubble Beam
Hypnosis
Mud Shot
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Syrup lv.35
Confusion
Yawn
Zen Headbutt
Water Pulse
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Finn lv.32 Item: Shell Bell
Moveset:
Whirlpool
Fury Attack
Surf
Water Pulse
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Bazooka lv.20
Moveset:
Leer (eye roll)
Water Gun
Focus Energy
Bubble Beam
 
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E: I'm doing the Water Mono Challenge with miksy's Pokemon Crystal: Ultimate end.
20. Beat Koga using Patrick.
21. Dropped Pebbles the Blastoise at Box 1
22. Grinded a bit with a trainer with 2 Chansey, 1 Blissey
23. Surfed to Cinnabar Island.
24. Encountered my Rival May. Even though her team has 60's I still beat her with my 50's.
25. Revived Pepper the Kabuto
26. Grinded him alot with the trainer with Chansey and Blissey
27. Went back to Rock Tunnel to teach Pepper Rock Slide.
28. Did some grinding.
29. Stopped there.
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Team:

Lvl 45 Pepper the Kabutops
Rock Slide
Brick Break
Slash
Mud Shot

Lvl 52 Patrick the Starmie
Ice Beam
Psychic
Surf
Thunderbolt
Lvl 50 Samountha the Pelipper
Ice Beam
Fly
Surf
Shock Wave

Lvl 49 Wiggles the Gyarados
Flamethrower
Rain Dance
Hydro Pump
Return

Lvl 49 Squishy the Kingdra
Ice Beam
Surf
Water Gun
Twister

If you're wondering why May is in Kanto, I'm playing Fire Red: the Hard Version.
 
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jespoke

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I will be continuing my, in relation to myhhr's one, extremely slow all monotypes run. I will not be able to do any 5. gen before B2/W2 come out though, because i dont want to delete all my rare event pokemon on White.

This is Dragon Monotype on Leaf green!

Started the game with Trains! the Dratini
Grinded for the first and until the E4 last time
Beat Brock, Misty and Lt. Surge with nothing special happening
Trains! evolved to Dragonair!
Bought my second Dratini and called it Jeff!?
Beat Erika and the Pokemon tower
Now beating up Kanto's trainer sh*tstorm

Team:
Trains! lv 43
dragonair.png

Secret Power, Shock Wave, Water Pulse, Twister

Jeff!? lv 29
dratini.png

Dragon Rage, Twister, Thunder Wave, Slam
 
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Well, i've been playing for a few weeks now actually, and the reason i havent updated is because it took me such a long time to beat eterna and i couldnt access my computer. but, without further ado, my next dark UMC update!

Spoiler:


My current team...

Tyranny/Pupitar

Level 44..?

-Sandstorm
-Crunch
-Earthquake
-Rockslide

Cindy/Houndoom

Level 24

-Smog
-Ember
-Bite
-???
 

Ramsie

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UMC Grass: Kanto

Last Time:
-Making my way through the Rock Tunnel.

On this episode of Grass UMC:
Spoiler:

Badges: 6
Team:
Clio/Exeggcutor Lv.45
-Psychic
-Leech Seed
-Sleep Powder
-Giga Drain

Sadie/Victreebel Lv.46
-Razor Leaf
-Toxic
-Secret Power
-Acid

Carter/Venusaur Lv.46
-Return
-sleep powder
-leech seed
-Razor leaf
 
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hey guys, i was wondering if i could start a monotype challenge on Diamond. Problem is i want to do a Ghost type challenge, i dont have another ds to trade early on. Any way i can still do this challenge? Dont really want to do it on an emulator, since i want to keep the pokemon.
 
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You can catch your first Ghost Type after your first badge, and that's Drifloon, which you can catch during Fridays . Then after your 2nd Badge, you can get your 2nd pokemon, Gastly in the Old Chateau. I think that's all the Ghost types you can get in Diamond.
 
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jdthebud

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@zantetsu There are more ghost types than that. Mismagius, namely. Also Froslass and Duskull if you have Platinum
Mismagius is only in Pearl.

Diamond has four Ghosts: Drifblim, Gengar, Spiritomb (which is easily obtainable on a cartridge I think), and Froslass - more than enough for a good team imo. And yeah, you can't hack/trade in anyone for a ghost monotype since Drifblim is available early enough.
 

Ramsie

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UMC Grass: Kanto: Champions

Last Time, we saved Saffron, defeated Sabrina, and caught and raised our third team member!

This time on Kanto: Grass Edition:
Spoiler:


The Team:
Carter/Venusaur Lv.66
-Razor Leaf
-Earthquake
-Sleep Powder
-Return
Very useful first half of the game.Earthquake was unnecessary, but overall strong team member.
Sadie/Victreebel Lv.65
-Razor Leaf
-Toxic
-Secret Power
-Acid
The weakest link. Just overall not very useful, partly because the move set sucks, partly because anything Sadie could do Carter could do better.
Clio/Exeggcutor Lv.67
-Psychic
-Leech Seed
-Giga Drain
-Sleep Powder
Quite the powerhouse. Took down most of the Elite Four, and Agatha all on her own. Having never used the Exeggcute line before, I was quite impressed.

Onto Johto!
 
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