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Blastin'Tyruntz February 3rd, 2014 10:47 AM

Hi, i was doing a fire Monotype in Sacred Gold under my old username, so i'll do a second sign up:


Forum User Name: KillerCroCohen
Pokémon Type: Fire
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Sacred Gold (Heart gold Dryano hack)
Previous Progress: Jhoto league finished, kanto: wanted to post that i just beat Brock somehow with this wonderful wonderful team'o'mine, so 1\8.

TShetler February 4th, 2014 6:14 AM

I'll do a single challenge, seeing as I haven't done one of these before.


Forum User Name: TShetler
Pokémon Type: Flying
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Leaf Green (for now, if it goes good I might do Johto)
Previous Progress: No

Bestwaffles February 4th, 2014 8:50 AM

Name: Bestwaffles
Pokémon Type: Poison
Challenge Type: Ultimate
Game(s): FireRed, Crystal, Sapphire, Diamond, White, X
Previous Progress: Yes

Nearly finished Sapphire too, and will post an update once I have ;)

SubVirus February 4th, 2014 9:02 AM

Forum User Name: SubVirus
Pokémon Type: Poison
Challenge Type: Ultimate
Game(s): FireRed, SoulSilver, Expert Emerald 0/8, Platinum, Blaze Black 6/8, X
Previous Progress: Yes

I'll have an update here pretty soon, I've grown kinda busy and am in transition between two jobs.

Flame999 February 4th, 2014 8:16 PM

Forum User Name: Flame999
Pokémon Type: Dragon
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Emerald
Previous Progress: No

Forum User Name: Flame999
Pokémon Type: Fighting
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Emerald
Previous Progress: No

Note: my team will be from all 3 gen so I will be hacking some in. both games thou
it will be on my phone

RefinedHornet February 4th, 2014 9:34 PM

Sign-Up:
Forum User Name: RefinedHornet
Pokemon Type: Fire
Challenge Type: Ultimate
Games: Blue, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2, X
Previous Progress: Yes

---

Update on Crystal:
I have defeated all 8 Kanto leaders and defeated Red.

Final Team:
Spoiler:

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/96/Spr_2c_157.gif
Typhlosion
Lv. 70
HP: 229
Attack: 170
Defense: 169
Sp. Attack: 208
Sp. Defense: 175
Speed: 198
Moves: Swift/Leer/Smokescreen/Flamethrower

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/e4/Spr_2c_059.gif
Arcanine
Lv. 70
HP: 257
Attack: 214
Defense: 161
Sp. Attack: 183
Sp. Defense: 155
Speed: 181
Moves: Bite/Agility/Flamethrower/Extremespeed

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/4e/Spr_2c_126_s.gif
Magmar
Lv. 70
HP: 200
Attack: 171
Defense: 131
Sp. Attack: 188
Sp. Defense: 167
Speed: 180
Moves: Flamethrower/Dizzy Punch/Leer/Smokescreen

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/8a/Spr_2c_136.gif
Flareon
Lv. 70
HP: 215
Attack: 219
Defense: 121
Sp. Attack: 168
Sp. Defense: 189
Speed: 140
Moves: Flamethrower/Tail Whip/Sand-Attack/Bite

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/3f/Spr_2c_078.gif
Rapidash
Lv. 70
HP: 212
Attack: 175
Defense: 134
Sp. Attack: 154
Sp. Defense: 154
Speed: 193
Moves: Tail Whip/Flamethrower/Stomp/Agility

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/7/7b/Spr_2c_229.gif
Houndoom
Lv. 70
HP: 231
Attack: 177
Defense: 114
Sp. Attack: 195
Sp. Defense: 153
Speed: 181
Moves: Faint Attack/Flamethrower/Roar/Crunch

The Sceptile King February 5th, 2014 6:33 PM

Forum User Name: The Sceptile King
Pokémon Type: Water
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): X
Previous Progress: No
BTW, why is EXP share not allowed in this?

Necrum February 6th, 2014 8:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flame999 (Post 8077969)
Forum User Name: Flame999
Pokémon Type: Dragon
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Emerald
Previous Progress: No

Forum User Name: Flame999
Pokémon Type: Fighting
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Emerald
Previous Progress: No

Note: my team will be from all 3 gen so I will be hacking some in. both games thou
it will be on my phone

Only that Dragon Mono is allowed a single hack. Hacking any more will violate the rules. It seems I forgot to include the fact that hacking is disallowed in this challenge, and have updated the rules to reflect this.
Quote:

Originally Posted by The Sceptile King (Post 8079629)
Forum User Name: The Sceptile King
Pokémon Type: Water
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): X
Previous Progress: No
BTW, why is EXP share not allowed in this?

Exp Share in X and Y is extremely broken and over Powered, essentially allowing you to gain about 300% extra experience that shouldn't exist. If you're curious, Pokemon Amie is banned for similar reasons, as it breaks Pokemon Battler by giving you a bunch of unfair buffs.

Flame999 February 6th, 2014 11:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Necrum Warrior (Post 8080330)
Only that Dragon Mono is allowed a single hack. Hacking any more will violate the rules. It seems I forgot to include the fact that hacking is disallowed in this challenge, and have updated the rules to reflect this.

I was only going to hack the Pokemon in but if I can't then my Dragon Mono might be a bit tricky but I'll change it to Normal Mono type

Feraligatr13 February 6th, 2014 2:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flame999 (Post 8080522)
I was only going to hack the Pokemon in but if I can't then my Dragon Mono might be a bit tricky but I'll change it to Normal Mono type

I believe what Necrum was trying to say was that you can hack in ONE Pokemon since you can't catch any Dragon-types in Emerald before the 3rd gym, but only one because you can catch Dragon-types in that game before the E4, e.g. Bagon, Trapinch, Swablu, and Horsea. For instance, since I couldn't catch any one of those before I got the third badge, I would probably use a program to set Dratini or one of the above Dragons as my starter to fill the void.

Also, for that fighting mono, you can just use Torchic, who happens to evolve into a Fighting-type, as your starter.

jespoke February 7th, 2014 2:55 PM

Electric Kanto update:

- Beat LT Surge and taught Shock Wave to Tim
- Took met 4 blackouts and even more long walks back, but i got through Rock Tunnel (Long live Brick Break)
Here things get messy, with a lot of skipped stuff to make up for being resisted a fair bit
- Beat rocket base and Pokemon Tower
- Ran to the safari zone for HM's and beat koga to be able to use them
- Went to power plant and caught Jon the Magneton and 4 the Electabuzz (If you don't get the reference, go watch more of their stuff)
- Began training them all over the map, including Silph co
- Beat Blaine, Sevii, Erika and Sabrina on one 30min bus ride
- Bought 50 coins in the game corner. Left 10min later with 1600 :cool:

Team:

Emile, lv 53 Raichu
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/normal/raichu.png
Return, Thunderbolt, Brick Break, Dig
"I didn't expect it, but Emile has become my physical attacker, whose job is to Return people the others can't deal with"

Tim, lv 51 Electrode
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/normal/electrode.png
Thunderbolt, Rain Dance, Toxic, Explosion
"He is fast, but ordinarily doesn't do much. So i piled as many niche moves for the really difficult fights on him as i could"

Jon, lv 52 Magneton
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/normal/magneton.png
Spark,Thunder, Tri Attack
"The strongest but slowest member of the team. If Tim sets him up, he gets to destroy something"

4, lv 52 Electrode
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/normal/electabuzz.png
Thunderbolt, Psychic, Thunderpunch, Light Screen
"Was originally gonna pass him up, until i realized he gets a much needed coverage move. And he had the HP at 35 that the others have at 50, which is nice"

Bestwaffles February 8th, 2014 7:06 AM

3 Attachment(s)
Finished Sapphire, quite a bit more challenging than the first two generations. On to Diamond!
Spoiler:

-Defeated Tate & Liza, surprsingly easily
-Caught a Wailmer to use as a HM Slave
-Evolved Gloom into Vileplume
-Beat Maxie for some levels
-Beat Kyogre
-Evolved Grimer into Muk
-Defeated Wallace with no difficulties
-Beat Wally at Victory Road, damn Gardevoir...
-So Much Grinding!
-Steven's Metagross was a nightmare!


http://www.pokecommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=70956&stc=1&d=1391871340 http://www.pokecommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=70957&stc=1&d=1391871340 http://www.pokecommunity.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=70958&stc=1&d=1391871340

Final Team:
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/cc/Spr_3r_073.png
Tentacruel
Clear Body
Level 56 | Docile

Supersonic, Hydro Pump, Surf, Ice Beam

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/61/Spr_3r_336.png
Seviper
Shed Skin
Level 55 | Serious


Earthquake, Crunch, Screech, Poison Fang


http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/fe/Spr_3r_317.png
Swalot
Liquid Ooze
Level 50 | Lonely

Body Slam, Sludge Bomb, Toxic, Rest


http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/90/Spr_3r_315.png
Roselia
Poison Point
Level 51 | Docile

Giga Drain, Toxic, Petal Dance, Magical Leaf

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/60/Spr_3r_089.png
Muk
Stench
Level 52 | Modest

Brick Break, Acid Armour, Disable, Sludge Bomb

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5d/Spr_3r_045.png
Vileplume
Chlorophyll
Level 51 | Serious


Giga Drain, Petal Dance, Moonlight, Sleep Powder





AoTora February 8th, 2014 9:47 AM

Since I am doing Gardenia run and my team is Grass-types only I can count is as grass mono aswell. So here is another sign-up by me:

Forum User Name: AoTora
Pokémon Type: Grass
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Platinum
Previous Progress: No

Also - Normal types are nightmare to use against rock types- started normal monotype on Ruby few days ago and it took me about two hours to defeat first gym leader and I ended up having seriously overleveled team >_<

Update on that run is coming up in few minutes just need to open my game first =)

So here goes: Ruby mono normal update.

° Picked Mudkip as a starter because I will need it as an HM slave later on. Grinded him to level 10 and defeated my rival for first time.
° Got Pokeballs and stuff and finally I got my first real team member! Lina the zigzagoon! Grinded her up for a little bit than met my dad.
° Helped Wally catching his ralts.
° Met my second team member - Tai the Taillow.
° Got to Rustbro city and caught next two team members - Lilly the Skitty and Larry the Whismur.
° Grinded like insane just to beat first gym leader.
° Retrieved the Goods and got the letter to Steven.
° Brawly was a piece of cake for Tai that evolved into swellow after the fight.
° Got to my next destination - the city of electricity! And failed to defeat Watson with my underleveled team - so I guess that it's grinding time again before I can move on.

My final two team members will be giraffarig and zangoose.

Current team:

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/300.gif
Lilly|Female|Careful Nature|Cute Charm|Lvl 30
Sing
Assist
DoubleSlap
Faint Attack

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/294.gif
Larry|Male|Impish Nature|Soundproof|Lvl 24
Pound
Uproar
Rock Smash
Howl

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/264.gif
Lina|Female|Sassy Nature|Pickup|Lvl 21
Tackle
Rock Smash
Tail Whip
Headbutt

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/277.gif
Tai|Male|Impish Nature|Guts|Lvl 24
Wing Attack
Double Team
Focus Energy
Quick Attack

Flame999 February 8th, 2014 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Feraligatr13 (Post 8080750)
I believe what Necrum was trying to say was that you can hack in ONE Pokemon since you can't catch any Dragon-types in Emerald before the 3rd gym, but only one because you can catch Dragon-types in that game before the E4, e.g. Bagon, Trapinch, Swablu, and Horsea. For instance, since I couldn't catch any one of those before I got the third badge, I would probably use a program to set Dratini or one of the above Dragons as my starter to fill the void.

Also, for that fighting mono, you can just use Torchic, who happens to evolve into a Fighting-type, as your starter.

As for Horsea goes I can only get Seadra as I can't trade evolve since most of the challenges I'm doing is on my phone and I changed my Dragon Mono type to Normal Mono type

RefinedHornet February 8th, 2014 3:18 PM

First Emerald Update:
-chose Torchic
-defeated May on Route 103
-Torchic evolved into Combusken
-defeated Roxanne
-defeated May in Rustboro City
-defeated Brawly
-defeated May on Route 110
-defeated Wattson

Team:
Spoiler:

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/15/Spr_3e_256.gif
Combusken
Lv. 30
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Impish
HP: 82
Attack: 65
Defense: 49
Sp. Attack: 51
Sp. Defense: 50
Speed: 43
Moves: Peck/Double Kick/Bulk Up/Ember

The Sceptile King February 9th, 2014 6:02 AM

Okay, so after 6 total hours of car trips yesterday, I finally have some progress done!

I am in Cyllage City, and have already beaten the gym there!

Team -

http://serebii.net/xy/pokemon/657.png
Reth
Level 28
@No Item
~Round
~Water Pulse
~Lick
~Quick Attack
Reth has always been a great member of my team, ever since he was first selected out of that bag, and has probly been MVP so far, because of the fact that he tears through any and everything so far

http://serebii.net/xy/pokemon/400.png
Bill
Level 27
@No Item
~Headbutt
~Water Gun
~Hyper Fang
~Rollout
Yes, I did decide to put a Bibarel on my team, and with the bidoof meme floating around the internet, I have decided that it isn't the strongest pokrmon in any category, but it is fun to use, and it hits hard, which is what you need to succeed in game, and I do not regret picking him for my team!

http://www.serebii.net/xy/pokemon/008.png
Toise
Level 27
@No Item
~Tackle
~Tail Whip
~Bubble
~Bite
Toise isn't the greatest pokemon on my team, he doesn't hit hard, but he has something special to him that I can't describe; but I can only hope that it is strength to come.

Gulpin February 9th, 2014 9:34 AM

Time for the last update on the Hoenn portion of my Steel Ultimate!
I started off with training my team a bit to take on Wallace, who proved to be the hardest battle up to this point. While training, I also spent some time diversifying my team's moves in preparation for the Elite Four. After getting the final gym badge, I surfed over to EverGrande and quickly went through Victory Road. At the end, I ran into and easily defeated Wally. Since I had spent a whole grinding before the battle against Wallace, I didn't really train much before tackling the Elite Four. Sydney and Phoebe were no challenge at all, but Glacia was a little difficult. Walrein's Surf was too strong for Mawile or Aggron to deal with, so Skarmory had to whittle down its HP. Drake was much easier to defeat, except his Salamence whose Flamethrower easily took out my Ice Beam spammer Mawile. After defeating Drake, I moved on to Steven who wasn't much of a challenge. I was afraid of Metagross at first, but when it took damage from Spikes I realized that it didn't have Levitate which was a relief, since it fell easily to Aggron's Earthquake.
Overall, my team was really well rounded and the only reason Mawile ended up one level above the rest is due to the differences in experience growth rate.

Team:
http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-xy/icon/303.png Mawile / lv55 / Crunch, Ice Beam, Brick Break, Fire Blast
http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-xy/icon/306.png Aggron / lv54 / Return, Earthquake, Surf, Thunderbolt
http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-xy/icon/227.png Skarmory / lv54 / Steel Wing, Fly, Aerial Ace, Spikes

In my next update, I plan on having made progress on my Flying runs in Sinnoh and Unova, and perhaps even some work on a monotype in Pokemon Y now that Pokemon Bank is out!

Natnew February 9th, 2014 12:38 PM

hey... why is the OP very outdated?

Talon February 9th, 2014 2:26 PM

Well, after my normal fell apart (God damnit.....) I've decided to try again, on a different type, of course.

Forum User Name: Lowvyr
Pokémon Type: Water
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Leaf Green
Previous Progress: No

Feraligatr13 February 9th, 2014 3:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flame999 (Post 8083812)
As for Horsea goes I can only get Seadra as I can't trade evolve since most of the challenges I'm doing is on my phone and I changed my Dragon Mono type to Normal Mono type

Well, you do know that you can hack it in, right? The rules say that you can hack just for the sake of evolution. You can hack on the phone versions, right?

Gulpin February 9th, 2014 7:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Natnew (Post 8085598)
hey... why is the OP very outdated?

It's only been about a week since the thread was even posted, and I'm sure that Necrum plans on having regular updates starting soon.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Feraligatr13 (Post 8085924)
Well, you do know that you can hack it in, right? The rules say that you can hack just for the sake of evolution. You can hack on the phone versions, right?

I'm not sure what phone emulator Flame uses, but I do know that the emulator I have on my phone does not yet support hacking.

Necrum February 9th, 2014 8:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Flame999 (Post 8083812)
As for Horsea goes I can only get Seadra as I can't trade evolve since most of the challenges I'm doing is on my phone and I changed my Dragon Mono type to Normal Mono type

If you still wanted to do Dragon then hacking for the sake of evolution when you are incapable of trading is acceptable for Kingdra. If you're set on Normal then that's fine too.
Quote:

Originally Posted by Natnew (Post 8085598)
hey... why is the OP very outdated?

It's not, it's been a week.
Quote:

Originally Posted by deku (Post 8086254)
It's only been about a week since the thread was even posted, and I'm sure that Necrum plans on having regular updates starting soon.

I plan on updating the thread tomorrow. I would have done it sooner but I've been moving Pokemon to the Bank.

AoTora February 10th, 2014 5:57 AM

And it's update time again! Finally defeated Watson after few tries, got moon stone for Lilly to evolve and got my next team member - Zara the Zangoose.

Current team:

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/301.gif
Lilly|Female|Careful Nature|Cute Charm|Lvl 34
Sing
Assist
DoubleSlap
Faint Attack

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/294.gif
Larry|Male|Impish Nature|Soundproof|Lvl 29
Pound
Uproar
Rock Smash
Howl

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/264.gif
Lina|Female|Sassy Nature|Pickup|Lvl 28
Tackle
Rock Smash
Tail Whip
Headbutt

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/277.gif
Tai|Male|Impish Nature|Guts|Lvl 26
Wing Attack
Double Team
Focus Energy
Quick Attack

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/335.gif
Zara|Female|Careful Nature|Immunity|Lvl 19
Slash
Quick Attack
Swords Dance
Fury Cutter

RefinedHornet February 10th, 2014 5:59 PM

2nd Emerald Update:
-caught Numel, Slugma, and Torkoal in the Fiery Path
-Combusken evolved into Blaziken
-defeated Flannery
-defeated Norman
-defeated May on Route 119
-Numel evolved into Camerupt
-defeated Winona

Team:
Spoiler:

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b9/Spr_3e_257.gif
Blaziken
Lv. 39
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Impish
HP: 122
Attack: 112
Defense: 74
Sp. Attack: 86
Sp. Defense: 73
Speed: 77
Moves: Peck/Double Kick/Bulk Up/Blaze Kick

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/22/Spr_3e_323.gif
Camerupt
Lv. 33
Ability: Magma Armor
Nature: Adamant
HP: 93
Attack: 83
Defense: 52
Sp. Attack: 71
Sp. Defense: 62
Speed: 41
Moves: Rock Slide/Focus Energy/Ember/Magnitude

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/ea/Spr_3e_218.gif
Slugma
Lv. 33
Ability: Magma Armor
Nature: Docile
HP: 72
Attack: 34
Defense: 34
Sp. Attack: 56
Sp. Defense: 39
Speed: 22
Moves: Amnesia/Yawn/Ember/Rock Throw

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/7/77/Spr_3e_324.gif
Torkoal
Lv. 33
Ability: White Smoke
Nature: Bashful
HP: 92
Attack: 70
Defense: 107
Sp. Attack: 73
Sp. Defense: 53
Speed: 23
Moves: Flamethrower/Body Slam/Curse/Smokescreen

Necrum February 10th, 2014 6:22 PM

OP updated through Post #50. Hooray for my first update on the new thread! Thanks for helping us get things rolling, everyone!
Quote:

Originally Posted by Natnew (Post 8073843)
my brother was actually doing a grass mono (pearl) and he's almost finished but doesn't have an account so can he sign up?

The thing is, it would be pretty hard for me to place a challenge like that, and it would make it much easier for me if he actually had an account.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Meppy (Post 8074147)
Not sure if I'm allowed to hack in Pokemon with Leafgreen, since the only Pokemon I can really catch is Gastly...

You are, but it can only be another Gastly since that's the only Ghost Pokemon in the Kanto Dex, lol. It just means you can start earlier with one.


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