Ultimate Monotype Challenge Thread

[Zhinc]

id like to try a ghost type mono in pearl/heartgold but i dont know how to hack, can someone trade me something for a ghost type egg or something? Btw, i have a question. Could i beat the first gym with my starter and then use ghosts to do my mono so i could use wifi cause i only have one ds

Gastly's are still available in Sprout Tower on HG/SS, right? /attempting to be helpful

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ANYWAY, onto a quick update: I've beaten up everyone west of Lavendar and in the Rocket base in Celadon. Surprisingly, my fellow ground-type user was way too easy for me to beat; of course, it helps that he's got a couple of normal types and all of my Pokemon currently know a fighting-type move. (:
I've also beaten my rival in the Tower in Lavendar. Now, I'm battling the crazy people in the Tower. Oh, they make me laugh. (:

 

[tachikaze316]

^ Yeah, Gastly's available in Sprout Tower. It doesn't learn any non-ghost damaging moves other than curse before level 22 (Sucker Punch), arguably Confuse Ray (Lv19) works too, but it's there.

Also, I'm pretty much done with Pokemon White, I think. Just got a quick question before I call this run over.

WARNING: Ending and Postgame Gen V spoilers ahead...

Spoiler:

I've beaten N and the actual villain, but I didn't get a champion battle. Do I have to fight the Champion and/or Cynthia? (I really don't know if I can be bothered doing the ~25-30 levels of grinding anytime soon.)

I'll post my final update (for now) later today.

 

[Sapeiro]

Chapter 3: On Water and Lightning

Took up at the top of the Nugget Bridge. Trained Slash battling the trainers on the way to Bill's. Took out Misty after that. It wasn't that difficult.

Ground a little more on S.S. Anne, and the trainers East of Diglett Tunnel; then took on Lt. Surge; finally beating him on the third try, because of crithaxes all over the place with that annoying shockwave -_-''

Got to Rock Tunnel, captured a Voltorb to use as Flash Slave, called it a night.

Current Team:
:t015: Sting (Lv. 28, Sassy)
* Poison Sting.
* Twineedle.
* Fury Attack.
* Focus Energy.

:t030: Janis (Lv. 25, Naughty)
* Scratch
* Bite
* Water Pulse
* Double Kick

:t034: B.B.King (Lv. 25, Jolly)
* Peck
* Mega Punch
* Horn Attack
* Double Kick

:t069: Slash (Lv. 25, Lax)
* Vine Whip
* Growth
* Acid
* Sleep Powder

 

[solarowl]

I'll do SS then with ghosts.

Username: Solarowl
In game name: Red
Sign me up! :D

 

[dragonite149]

Beating the Bugs...and Pink Things...and Ghosts!

School has been getting in my way...but my PWNsome Fire team have been beating lots of Gym Leaders. 3, in fact.
Beating the Bugs

Spoiler:

Got the Mystery Egg to hatch
Met a girl with a skirt like a Bellossom's
Caught Kitty the Caterpie, Bella the Bellsprout and Bella2 the Bellsprout (No 'eo' cos they won't be battling for me)
Traded Bella2 for Rocky
Bought 5 Pokeballs
Caught HM WHOOPIE the Rattata
Transferred Rocky to the Pokewalker (Is using the Pokewalker cheating? Any Pokémon obtained have my Trainer ID)
Got HM06 Rock Smash
Taught Rock Smash to HM WHOOPIE
Got the Miracle Seed (Won't be needing it)
Magmeo learned.... Rock Throw?!?!? (How can magma throw rocks?!?!?)
Got TM09 Bullet Seed (Where are the Fire type items?!?!)
Battled my way through Union Cave
Kicked some Rocket butt in Slowpoke Well
Lost to rival (Forgot to heal after Proton)
Transferred Rocky back, with a Star Piece, a Repel, a Ponyta and a Magby (Will be nicknaming Ponyta Rapideo and Magby Spurteo)
Withdrew Magby and Ponyta
Beat some Bug catchers in the Gym
Trained in Union Cave
Ponyta learned Ember!
Got TM39 Rock Tomb
Beat some fishermen as training
Lost against my Rival for EXP
Beat my Rival
Battled Bugsy and won, Ponyta the only non-fainted Pokémon (Scyther was harder than I thought)
Tactics: Spam Ember and an attack Ponyta learnt in battle: Flame Wheel!
Got the Hive Badge and TM89 U-Turn!

Beating the Pink Things...In GOLDenrod

Spoiler:

Rescued some Farfetched in Ilex Forest
Got HM01 Cut!
Got the Charcoal! (Finally, a decent item)
Withdrew HM WHOOPIE
Taught HM WHOOPIE Cut
Entered Ilex Forest
Met this guy that headbutts trees (He must have a sore head...)
Taught Magby Headbutt!
Met another Bellossom skirt girl (she's a Kimono girl since she called herself one)
Got through Ilex Forest
Got TM12 Taunt!
Met Ethan again at the Day-care (Ethan's Grandma, me and Ethan are NOT a couple!)
Registered Ethan's family in the Pokegear
Made my way to Goldenrod (policeman overworld sprites look ugly)
Entered Goldenrod
Re-nick-named Magby Spurteo and Ponyta Rapideo
Got a Bike!
Headed north of Goldenrod to try and catch a Growlithe
Got my Picture taken
After truckloads of Nidorans and Hoothoots, and a few Roaring Growlithes, I caught a Growlithe and nicknamed it Growleo! (Growleo's holding a Rawst Berry, sweet)
Re-nick-named Growleo, Barkeo
Deposited HM WHOOPIE
Got the Radio Card for my Pokegear!
Trained in the Gym

Battled Whitney
Gym Battle:
Spam Ember with Barkeo and Spurteo for her Clefairy then hit her Milltank with the strongest attacks possible, and some Status Problems
Lost with 1 HP left on Miltank

Bought some Super Potions and Revives.
Bought TM52 Focus Blast, to find none of my Pokemon could learn it
Sold TM52 Focus Blast
Trained north of Goldenrod
Got TM66 Payback!
Got TM63 Embargo! (None of my Pokémon can learn it, where is a TM my Pokémon can learn?
Used the gift Pokemon Kenya the Spearow to help me train
Participated in the Bug Catching Competition with Barkeo to train (That man that saves your Pokemon sounds like a Team Rocket Grunt)
Barkeo fainted to a wild Pinsir I was trying to catch
Got a Shed Shell (Does it come from a Shedinja I wonder?)
Got a Soothe Bell
Found TM28 Dig!
Taught Dig to Barkeo!
Trained in National Park
Gave Magmeo the Charcoal

Whitney Battle 2!
Tactics: Spam Ember on Clefairy with Burneo and Magmeo, then soften Miltank up with Burneo's Smokescreen and use my Pokémons' most powerful attacks + Burn against Miltank
Got the Plain Badge and TM45 Attract!

Beating the Ghosts

Spoiler:

Got the Squirtbottle!
Met Magnus
Got a Red Jersey for the Pokeathlon! (Red matches the Fire type!)
Won the Stamina course with Rapideo, Magmeo, and Burneo
Got my picture taken
Delivered a Spearow to it's owner
Got TM44 Rest!
Bought 10 Great Balls
Withdrew Rapideo
Caught the Sudowoodo and nicknamed it Suddywoodi
Got the Berry Pots and some Berries
Entered Ecruteak City
Met Bill
Deposited HM WHOOPIE
Got an Eevee from Bill and nicknamed it Flareo!
Flareo learned Sand Attack!
Got HM03 Surf!
Bought a MooMooMilk
Bought 5 Fresh Waters+ a bonus 1
Won the Bug Catching Contest with Spurteo, and my newly-caught Kakuna called Kakun-1
Got the Sun Stone!
Got the Dowsing machine
Got the Magnet
Bought TM22 Solarbeam and taught it to Rapideo!
Got HM04 Strength and taught it to Burneo!
Got TM65 Shadow Claw!
Rapideo learned Stomp!
Entered Mahogany
Deposited Flareo
Met Eusine and Morty
Beat my Rival
Burneo learned Flame Wheel!
Set the Legendary Beasts free
Caught Magmar and nicknamed it Smokeo
PWNed the gym trainers with Smokeo and Spurteo
Smokeo learned Fire Spin
Met Baoba and registered him in the Pokégear
Got TM60 Drain Punch!
Entered Olivine
Trained in the Lighthouse
Met Jasmine
Got the Good Rod
Morty Battle
:t092: Ember PWNed it
:t093: :t093: Went down to Faint Attacks and Bites
:t094: Stall war between it and Flareo, eventually, after many Sand Attacks ,Tail Whips and Tackles, :t094: Struggled, leaving it open to a Bite attack or two

Got the Fog Badge and TM30 Shadow Ball!

 

[Weavile05]

How do i put the actual youtube vids in my post?

 

[tachikaze316]

Finally done, I think...as usual, Gen V spoilers ahead.

Spoiler:

-Oh wait...the team Plasma plot hasn't been resolved yet.
-N does some talking before making a castle appear out of pretty much nowhere...and then Cheren appeared...apparently he beat the elite four too.
-Despite another E4 worthy trainer and the champion being present it falls on me to beat N once and for all.
-Gah! Old people. Talking...can't pay attention...so...boring. What's that sound...
-OH MY GOD THIS IS AWESOME! The gym leaders are actually doing something about the villains for once. Well, all the gym leaders except the three waiters...
-After the gym leaders locked the old people into a stand off I headed up some stairs. A helpful ninja pointed me in the right direction...to get healed.
-Stole some candy from N's playroom.
-Reached the last room of the castle and Definitely-not-the-real-villain-man teleported in my way.
-He gave a big speech then stepped aside.
-Entered N's...throne room. Seriously? Anyway, he walked towards me down a ridiculously long carpeted aisle with no floor to the sides...what could possibly go wrong?
-He summoned Reshiram and suddenly my plot device started glowing. Cue Zekrom.
-Zekrom suffered death by afro...and was still standing there...hm. Master Ball'd
-Time for the dramatic final battle!
Team Plasma King battle: N!
Rex defeated Reshiram with the power of friendship...and full restores, but mostly friendship. Chill slapped Gigigear around and Holy crap it's Zoruark...2 hits. It didn't even attack me...lame. Okay, Chill vs the real Gigigear, Chill got in a Wake up slap and a tickle before being hyper beamed out. Shino finished it with Jump Kick. Next up, Ice cream. 2 jump kicks later...no ice cream. Aakeosu (Archeosu?) showed up next. KO'd Shino in one hit. Rex Ice Fang'd it to death...after a max revive...Shino beat his Abagoora with Wood Horn.
-N said some stuff, looking really calm...creepy.
-Oh hi not the main villain. He said some stuff...then battle!
Rex ate his Desukan, switched out and healed up vs Sazando(70 accuracy moves? What're you talking about Focus Blast and Fire Blast have 100% accuracy...jerk) Nearly KOd it then had to switch out, revive and heal. Finally got rid of it. Chill got rid of his cheap Frodo imitation with a crit wake up slap. Shino wood horned Gamageroge. Rex returned to the field to KO Shibirudon with Return. Chill and Shino teamed up to take down Kirikizan.

-VICTORY!
-For once the criminals don't get away as N isn't stupid enough to forgive Geechisu, cue the champ and Cheren being too busy arresting this jerk to actually let me finish the elite four challenge D:
-N says some stuff, he and the player character walk down the aisle together...(wait, what?) He throws Reshiram's pokeball out the window and says some more stuff.

Roll Credits

Okay, strictly speaking, there's some more I *could* do, including something roughly equivalent of the Red battle in G/S/C/HG/SS, but this time there aren't 8 gyms to help with the pain of ~30 levels of grinding...so, is it over?

 

[Alakazam17]

Hmm...I'm not quite sure of the whole Black/White story yet, as I'm still playing through the game. I'm thinking that the end for the 5th Gen Monotype could be after you defeat the Elite Four the second time. If there's anyone here who does know the full plot of the games, your opinion would be appreciated. :D

 

[Cardwell74]

Time for me to get back into the Monotype Challenge, I'm gonna do the Ultimate Flying Monotype Challenge on Blue, Gold, Ruby, Pearl, and when I eventually get my hands on black or white i will use one of those to finish both this, and my old Ultimate Water Monotype.

Kanto Update #1
-Named myself Jacob (my real name) and my rival Edward (yeah, a twilight joke)
-Started with Charmander which I named Jorge
-Beat Edward's Squirtle
-Went to the Pokemart and got the parcel
-Got my Pokedex
-Headed north, leveling Jorge up to level 9 so it learned Ember before going into the Varidian Forest
-Metaphorically burned the forest down
-Jorge was level 12 going into Pewter Gym
-Caught a level 5 Pidgey...which after thinking about it, I decided not to use
-Jorge evolved into Charmeleon
-Caught a Level 8 Spearow
-Going through Mt. Moon
-Caught a Zubat. Not using it either.
-Got through Mt. Moon
-Beat Edward on the Nugget Bridge
-Thats all for the night
Current Team:

Jorge the Charmeleon (Lvl 21)
-Scratch
-Ember
-Leer
-Mega Punch

Fearow (Lvl 20)
-Peck
-Growl
-Leer
-Fury Attack

On a side note, I'm kinda upset Dratini is SOOOO much more expensive in blue than red... I don't wanna mess around in the safari zone.

 

[Kularian]

Okay. Started on my Johto journey on Crystal tonight, though I didn't get all that far, really.

Here are the quick highlight recaps:

Started out, naming myself Frosty as per the challenge.
Chatted with Elm, picked up Totodile since my rival having a grass pokemon worked pretty well last time.
Wandered all the way out to meet Mr. Pokemon, got the egg and the Pokedex.
On my way out, got a call from Elm. Looks like some **** went down.
Passing through Cherrygrove, some douche attacked me. I beat him, the doucher, and was on my way to Elm's.
Once I got there, apparently the kid that had attacked me also stole a pokemon from here. When they asked for his name, I gave him the best one I had: Douche.
Gave Elm the egg and got ahold of his assistant's balls.
Headed outside, and found a Swinub just chilling outside. Used Totodile to catch her, named her Tuski.
Banked Totodile and began to train up my new Swinub.
Got her to level ten and got Powder Snow; now it was showtime.
Beat Joey and Mikey, and then Wade. Got Joey and Wade's numbers, but Mikey was being whiny about losing.
While I was checking out Dark Cave, mom called and was upset I left without saying goodbye. I felt bad for a minute but shrugged it off.
About to go into Sprout Tower when Joey called for a rematch. Beat him and his damn Rattata again.
Went back to Sprout Tower and Powder Snow'd everything in sight.
Beat the Leader and got Flash. Tuski can't learn Flash, so I went back down to mess up Falkner.
Joey called again; went and beat his ass real quick.
Went in to the Flying Gym.
Punked everyone with Powder Snow, and got Mudslap, which works rather well with Swinub.
Headed through the Ruins of Alph, and put together in ten minutes the Kabuto puzzle that apparently archaeologists couldn't do in ten years to make the Unown appear.
Beat up some Unown.
Headed south from Azalea onto...some route. Beat some trainers, but I'm calling it a night. Camping under the stars with Tuski.

 

[Zhinc]

Another quick update: defeated all the Mediums and their crazy in the Tower. Calmed the Ghost of Cubone's mother and defeated the Rockets harassing Mr. Fuji. Got the Pokeflute and failed to capture the Snorlax blocking the path to Cycling Road. Now training on Cycling Road.

 

[[Enter Witty Name Here]]

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. Anyway, I am up to the 8th gym in Platinum, which is an electric type gym. It's gonna be hard with my Flying type team!

 

[Timmetje]

Finally a got a short updated. I got a new team members and some pokémon evolved. I beated team rocket, the fighting dojo, Erika, Lt. surge, Silph. co, my rival and the pokémon tower. I'm now in front of Sabrina's Gym.

Jungle the Venusaur
Lv. 37, Quiet nature
- Tackle
- Sleep powder
- Leech seed
- Razor leaf

I like this thing, I owned Gary's Charizard with Sleepseed and Tackle.

Missile the Beedril
Lv. 37, Jolly nature
- Aerial ace
- Brick break
- Twineelde
- Pursuit

Read his name and you now everything. It hits like a truck and destroys every pokémon it sees very nice guy

Rina the Nidoqueen
Lv. 38, Careful nature
- Bite
- Body slam
- Dig
- Double kick

This is a cool one to. Body slam and Dig rapes everything it don't resists

Anaconda the Arbok
Lv. 37, Quiet nature
- Screech
- Glare
- Poison sting
- Bite

Mwah not very strong bad moves. But glare is very cool it can put of some Paraflinch

King boo the Hauntar
lv. 37, Rash nature
- Shadow punch
- Confuse ray
- Giga drain
- Night shade

Why is'nst Ghost Special! The only real strong move is Giga drain.

 

[Esp1222]

Sign me up for Normal on Crystal. Originals FTW.

I'll post as soon as possible. (I am so doing 5th gen later. :P)

 

[Arnold]

Update for now.

:t220: - Lv. 31 - Strength, Powder Snow, Endure, Mud-Slap
:t131: - Lv. 41 - Surf, Body Slam, Ice Beam, Confuse Ray
:t215: - Lv. 40 - Ice Punch, Faint Attack, Iron Tail, Fury Swipes
:t225: - Lv. 40 - Icy Wind, Fly, Headbutt, Present
:t157: - Lv. 51 - Flame Wheel, Thunderpunch, Dig, Strength
:t245: - Lv. 40 - Surf, Waterfall, Whirlpool, Cut

Okay, I exchanged Typhlosion with a previously caught Jynx and grinded Swinub until he evolved into a Piloswine. Eventually I got out of Ice Path and ended up grinding everyone to level 41. I later defeated Clair and did the Dragon's Den challenge and fought trainers back to Littleroot. I took my first step onto Kanto and defeated everyone there. Defeated Rival (???) and prepared for the Elite Four. Defeated Will, Koga, Bruno, Karen, and Lance successfully. Became the Champion and headed to the S.S. Anne for my quest in Kanto. My team is bad except for mostly Lapras, Jynx, and Piloswine but whatever.

:t225: - Lv. 43 - Icy Wind, Fly, Headbutt, Present
:t124: - Lv. 46 - Powder Snow, Ice Punch, Body Slam, Shadow Ball
:t131: - Lv. 45 - Surf, Ice Beam, Body Slam, Dragonbreath
:t215: - Lv. 45 - Ice Punch, Faint Attack, Iron Tail, Fury Attack
:t221: - Lv. 44 - Powder Snow, Strength, Earthquake, Rock Smash
:t245: - Lv. 40 - Surf, Waterfall, Whirlpool, Cut

 

[Cardwell74]

-Bgeat everyone in the northern routes
-Beat Misty with Fearow
-Only used Fearow on the way to, on the route east of Vermilion and on the SS Anne
-Used Jorge's Dig to destroy LT. Surge
-Caught a few guys to have 10 in the dex to get HM05
-Got my bike
-I was using Bellsporut for cut, but when i found he couldnt learned Flash, i opted for a farfetch'd for fly and cut, and my drowzee for flash
-Heading to Rock Tunnel
-Will go through Rock Tunnel tomorrow
Current Team

Jorge the Charmeleon (Lvl 31)
-Seismic Toss
-Ember
-Dig
-Mega Punch

Fearow (Lvl 32)
-Peck
-Growl
-Leer
-Fury Attack

HM Slaves

Dux the Farfetch'd
-Cut

Drowzee
-Flash

 

[tachikaze316]

Quick and fairly short update on my Pokemon White challenge:

Spoiler:

Who the hell thought it was a good idea to give the second trainer after the final boss of the villainous team's Lv.52-54 team a Lv.65 Rapidash? (For the record, the first trainer after Geechisu was an english speaking trainer with a Lv.65 Croagunk.)

Anyway...with that out of the way the real update.

-Back in Kanoko town, headed downstairs and...
-Oh my god, two mothers!? What the? Huh?!
-Oh, it's just Looker...wait, the game text identified them both as Mother? which means he even sounded like her...creepy.
-He said some stuff and gave me the super rod.
-Went outside and was greeted by Belle and Cheren...talking happened, pokedex was upgraded and people walked away without a battle, unusual.
-Flew to Soryuu City and headed out to the east. Battled a trainer with a lv65 Croagunk...taken down in one hit by my Lv.45 Kenhorou...
-After getting swept by the aforementioned Lv.65 Rapidash, started grinding...

Yeah, next update'll probably take a while. I have a lot of grinding to do.

 

[Cardwell74]

-Made it through rock tunnel
-Went straight to Celadon
-Jorge evolved
-Beat Giovanni in the Rocket Base
-Taught FEarow some TM moves to replace Leer and Growl
-Beat Edward in the Pokemon Tower
-Scaled the Pokemon Tower
-Beat the Marowhak ghost and all the rockets
-Rescued Mr. Fuji and got a Pokeflute
-Beat both of the Snorlax
-Got a Super Rod
-Went down the Bike path to Fuschia
-Went into the Safari Zone, and 28 Safari Balls later caught a Dratini, level 15
-Picked up HM03 and HM04
-gave Dratini a Rare Candy

-Gonna grind Dratini tomorrow. Might be a prick and use thunder wave/wrap a la Lance in Pokemon Stadium

Current Team:

Jorge the Charizard (Lvl 39)
-Strength
-Ember
-Dig
-Slash

Fearow (Lvl 39)
-Drill Peck
-Double Edge
-Razor Wind (Why isn't this Flying type?)
-Fury Attack

Dratini (Lvl 16)
-Wrap
-Thunder Wave
-Leer


HM Slaves
Farfetch'd: Cut, Fly
Drowzee: Flash


Not sure what i'm gonna teach Dratini. Thunderbolt and Ice Beam for sure. Not sure about the other two moves. Suggestions anyone?

 

[Weavile05]

I'm uploading Episode 3 now. After that's finished (which will be in over an hour, lol) I'll post the links for both Episode 2&3

 

[Zhinc]

So, I beat up all the guys on Cycling Path. My team consisting of Geo the Graveler, Nido the Nidoking, and Ms. Nido the Nidoqueen is now all at level 41 and counting. I entered Fushia and decided to get my Surf HM from the Safari Zone, where I caught a couple more Pokemon to add to my Pokedex count, since so many cool items require certain Pokedex counts. I flew up to Saffron and decided to do some exploring in Silph Co. That's where I saved my adventure last.