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Mewquazabsol August 27th, 2014 8:37 PM

The Naturelocke Challenge
 
Introduction :: What's a Naturelocke?

Hello, challenger! I see you've stumbled upon the Naturelocke Challenge. You're probably wondering what this is. Does this have to do with the natures of Pokémon? Or does it have to do with the trees and grass kind of nature? The answer is the former.

I came up with this challenge while I was supposed to be sleeping, in a cabin my family stays in every year. I was wide awake and wanted to create something. I took out my notebook and a flashlight and got to work. The fruit of my efforts was this challenge, in which Pokémon's natures dictate what they can do.

Okay, so what are the rules?

The ruleset of a Naturelocke is intended to make the game more challenging (duh.) First off, the normal Nuzlocke rules, as well as some optional, allowed clauses. Again, these clauses are OPTIONAL. You don't have to use them if you don't want to.

1.) If it faints, it's dead. Either release it or place it in a graveyard/Heaven box.
1a. BS Clause: If you think a death is truly unfair, you can "call BS" and revive it. I know it may be a bit to permissive, but it makes it a little more fair since the challenge is supposed to be hard. However, you can't call BS on every death. If you switched your Quagsire into a Tangrowth and it got 4x SE'd, tough frijoles. If your Vaporeon flinched 3 times in a row and died from the opposing Arcanine's critical Flamethrower, go ahead, that's hax. You get the gist.
1b. Unlike in other 'lockes, a whiteout (having your whole team wiped) does not mean game over unless there is nothing else in the PC. Instead, you are allowed to box the wiped team and build from boxed 'mons.
1c. Cat Claws: Catlike Pokémon (Eeveelutions, those explicitly stating that they are a cat, and Zangoose) have 9 lives. When they reach 0, they die.

2.) You can only catch the first thing you see in each area.
2a. Dupes Clause: If the first encounter is a Pokémon you already have or belongs to the same evolutionary line as a Pokémon you have, you are allowed to skip the encounter.
2b. Shiny Clause: You are permitted to catch shinies in any situation. It's your choice if you can use it or not.
2c. Legendary Clause: You can catch legendaries regardless whether or not they are your first encounter. I know it seems a little crazy, but the Naturelocke ruleset will make it more difficult for them to be game-breakers, and you aren't forced to use them.
2d. Gift/Static Clause: Gift and static (the ones that you have to talk to) Pokémon can be caught regardless of area.

3.) Nickname Clause: You have to nickname every Pokémon you catch, even legendaries. This establishes a stronger bond between you and your digital battle buddies, so it rips your heart out even more if they die. :)

I know the rules so far seem a little too fair with the allowed clauses, but here comes the more challenging part. Like previously stated, a Pokémon's nature dictates what the 'mon can do, both in battle and in the field. First, here are some important points:
• Rules in GREEN are optional, and thus only have to be used if you want to.
• If you decide to use a rule that dictates the team slot the Pokémon must occupy, you are free to ignore that during grinding.
• If a Pokémon has a nature that limits what kinds of moves it can use, but cannot learn those kinds of moves (or requires a great deal of trouble to learn them), you are free to ignore that and use the rest of that nature's rules instead.
• Rules such as that of Relaxed, Lax, and Calm, in which a Pokémon must learn any moves of certain types, aren't as bad as you think. If a Pokémon can learn a more powerful move of a mandatory type, you can replace a weaker move of said type. So, for instance, a Relaxed Ludicolo could have Giga Drain, Surf, and two other moves instead of Giga Drain, Absorb, Mega Drain, and Surf. The gist is that, if a Pokémon can learn any of the mandatory types, it must end up with at least one of those moves on its set.
• "Heal" refers to both health and status curing.

Now, here are the specifics:

Hardy :: These Pokémon are pretty mild-mannered. They don't tire easily, and they can use all sorts of moves. They also don't mind being HM slaves.

Lonely :: These Pokémon tend to be loners, so no Pokémon on their team can share their exact typing. However, if a Lonely Pokémon is dual-typed, it is welcome to share single types. (i.e. Trash Wormadam can be on the same team as a Beedrill and/or a Steelix, but not a Scizor because they both have the Bug and Steel typing.) Also, after every 5 trainer battles, they like to take some time off from battling and be alone. They are not allowed to battle again until another team member levels up, but they can stay on the team.

Brave and Bold :: These Pokémon are like blazing flames bursting with courage and energy. They can only use special attacks and recoil moves, and can only be healed by non-Pokémon Center means at red health. Pokémon Centers can be used at any level of health, though. They can only occupy the first or second team slot due to their leadership qualities. If they are sent out against a Pokémon that has a type advantage, they will stay in and fight it.

Adamant :: These Pokémon stick to their beliefs and decisions like glue. If they can learn any moves that trap and then confuse them, such as Petal Dance or Outrage, they must. Once in battle, they will refuse to switch out until they either faint the opposing Pokémon or die.

Naughty :: These Pokémon like to disobey the rules and go their own way. If they can learn any Dark- or Ghost-type moves, they must. Every turn, use a random number generator (RNG) set from 1-8 to determine their action. If a 1, 2 or 3 is rolled, they must use a move. If a 4 or 5 is rolled, they must heal, regardless of health or status. If a 6 or 7 is rolled, they must switch out. If an 8 is rolled, they will choose to follow whatever decision you make. They will refuse to learn weak HMs such as Cut, but will gladly learn more powerful ones like Surf.

Docile :: These Pokémon tend to avoid fighting due to their pacifist ways, so they can only use status moves and HMs, the latter applying to both battles and the field. Docile 'mons won't fight in major battles (gyms, E4, crime bosses.)

Relaxed, Lax, and Calm :: These laid-back Pokémon like to, well, relax. They don't like the quick, sudden movements of priority moves such as Quick Attack and Sucker Punch, and prefer status moves or those of the Water, Normal, Grass, and Psychic types. So, if they can learn any of those kinds of moves, they have to. In battle, said types of moves will be used over other types that could be in the Pokémon's moveset.

Impish :: These Pokémon like to play pranks on others when they least expect it. After each gym, if an Impish Pokémon is in your party, use a RNG set from 1-6. Whatever number is "rolled," the Pokémon occupying that slot will have their item stolen from them and given to the Impish one. If the RNG chooses the Impish Pokémon, no item is stolen. If the 'mon is already holding an item, they have to give back the item to its orginal owner. If the chosen 'mon has no item, the Impish one gives up and waits until the next gym.

Timid :: These Pokémon are too afraid to fight against Dark, Ghost, Poison, and Dragon 'mons. They can only hold single-use items because they usually drop them in fright anyway. They can only use stat boosters, sound-based moves, switch-out moves, and moves with 70 power or less.

Hasty :: These Pokémon love speed, so if any priority moves can be learnt, they must be. They must be faster than the opposing 'mon to heal or switch out. They are intimidated by Dark, Ghost, Bug, and Dragon Pokémon, and have to switch out regardless of speed or advantage.

Serious :: These Pokémon tend to keep a straight face and a stormy mood. They can only deal neutral damage to opponents, so no super effective moves are allowed. They can only learn one HM, and must have at least 2 STAB moves in order to use said HM outside of battle.

Jolly :: These Pokémon are upbeat and fun to be around. If they are on the team when an Impish Pokémon steals an item, use a RNG from 1-4 to determine if the Jolly Pokémon will give back the item. If 1 or 2 are rolled, it will fail, but if 3 or 4 are rolled, the deed will be successful and the Pokémon can keep their item. If a Jolly Pokémon does not participate in an important battle but chooses to cheer the team on instead, a Pokémon can cheat death, but only once before the Elite 4 and once during the E4.

Naïve :: These Pokémon are innocent and inexperienced. They don't know about TMs and HMs, so if they are taught one, they have to forget all about a STAB move in exchange. In important battles, they will switch out upon being struck by a critical hit because they have no idea what happened.

Modest :: These generous Pokémon think little of themselves and more of their teammates. If they can learn an important TM or use an evolution item, they will first offer it to their teammates. If another team member can learn the move or use the item, the Modest Pokémon will give it to them. If not, it's all theirs. In games where TMs are infinite, they are welcome to any TM. They politely refuse to be healed in battle if another teammate is in critical condition. Again, if not, they can heal all they want.

Mild :: These mild-mannered 'mons can only use Normal moves and status to deal damage. They will sit out during important battles and give their held item to the Pokémon who needs it the most for the battle.

Quiet :: These shy Pokémon cannot use sound-based moves or eat berries they don't like the flavor of, regardless of effect.

Bashful :: If a Pokémon of the opposite gender and same egg group as a Bashful 'mon is on the same team, they can only occupy slots that are next to each other. If there is a chance to breed them, they must. However, if it has already been paired with a Pokemon before and said Pokemon dies or leaves the team, it is not required to do this again. Bashful Pokémon only can eat sweet berries, regardless of effect. [color="pink]•[/COLOR]

Rash :: These Pokémon tend to act on impulse in stressful or angering situations. They can only learn damaging moves, and if they are critical'd, their next turn has to be used to strike back. If an Impish Pokémon steals an item from a Rash 'mon and it is not given back, the Rash Pokémon will throw a fit and not be able to participate in the next battle.

Gentle :: Arceus has smiled down on these kind Pokémon and freed them from any rules. They can be used in any way.

Sassy :: These Pokémon have both sharp moves and tongues. They can only use moves with over 50 base power and refuse to learn HMs or eat berries they don't like.

Careful :: These cautious Pokémon will switch out if they are at a type disadvantage. However, if they have a good counter to that advantage, they will choose to stay battle and try to win. If they are critical'd, they will switch out and must be healed next turn.

Quirky :: These Pokémon go for the odd approach. They cannot use STAB moves, and they don't like having two moves of the same type. They love collecting random things, so they must always hold an item when it is possible. WIP: Randomized quirks

That's a lot of information. I bet you won't even do the challenge.

Actually, I'm very excited to do this challenge! I will be playing through White2 with this ruleset, and the run will be on the ZetaBoards Nuzlocke forums in StoryLocke form. I had a lot of fun making this challenge.

If you have any suggestions or comments, just ask. If you want to use this ruleset for a documented run, make sure to give me credit! Also, if you would please give me a link to the run as well. I would love to see how people play through this.

Want to do the challenge yourself?

Username:
Game:

Yep, it's pretty simple. ^.^ If you beat the Elite 4, come back and tell me your team so I can add you to the Hall of Fame, okay?

Challengers

Spoiler:
AoTora (White2)
Mega Mawile (Ruby)
AxeBeard McBeardAxe (Emerald)
ShadeDraco (Black2)
Oshamaru (White2)
Spoiler:
Sean the Samurott (Male) | Lv 37 | Adamant nature
-Heather the Liepard (Female) | Lv 30 | Careful nature
-Gawain the Electabuzz (Male) | Lv 37 | Timid nature
-Nelo the Swoobat (Male) | Lv 36 | Calm nature
-Howard the Cinccino (Male) | Lv 37 | Quirky nature
-Will the Litwick (Male) | Lv 38 | Jolly nature

Sopheria (Black)
Spoiler:
Roy | Abra | Rash Nature | Level 10
- Teleport

Dill P. | Rattata | Hardy Nature | Level 13
-Cut
-Bite
-Quick Attack
-Pursuit

Martha | Mareep | Relaxed Nature | Level 13
-Tackle
-Growl
-Thundershock

Joe | Bayleef | Lax Nature | Level 16
-Tackle
-Synthesis
-Razor Leaf
-PoisonPowder

Rocky | Onix | Hasty Nature | Level 19
-Mud Sport
-Tackle
-Rock Tomb
-Rage

Shadic249 (Emerald)
Diablerie (Platinum)
Mr_Mega_Lucario (Black 2)
Ewery1 (HeartGold)
Spoiler:

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b3/Spr_4h_017.png
Pidgeotto- Wings
Gentle
Lvl 18
Tangled Feet
Tackle, Sand-Attack, Gust, Quick Attack

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/2d/Spr_4h_012_m.png
Sheldon
Bashful
Lvl 20
Compoundeyes
Sleep Powder, Confusion, PoisonPowder, Gust

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/46/Spr_4h_147.png
Scales
Hardy
Lvl 18
Shed Skin
Leer, Thunder Wave, Twister, Dragon Rage

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b1/Spr_4h_159.png
Steve
Naive
Lvl 19
Torrent
Scratch, Scary Face, Water Gun, Bite

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/1f/Spr_4h_074.png
Wilson
Quiet
Lvl 19
Rock Head
Tackle, Magnitude, Rock Throw, Rock Polish

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b3/Spr_4h_019_m.png
Bob
Hardy
Lvl 4
Run Away
Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Cut

Ageha (X)
Sylvie (SoulSilver)
Spoiler:
Team:
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/feraligatr.pngNeon lvl 48
M|Gentle|Torrent|@Shell Bell
Slash|Crunch|Surf|Ice Fang
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/girafarig-f.pngDaisy lvl 41
F|Rash|Inner Focus|@Nothing
Zen Headbutt|Psychic|Stomp|Assurance
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/golem.pngRumble lvl 38
M|Hasty|Sturdy|@Nothing
Strength|Earthquake|Rock Throw|Rock polish
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/vulpix.pngNina lvl 38
F|Hardy|Flash Fire|@Nothing
Safeguard|Will-o-wisp|Payback|Flamethrower
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-shiny/tauros.pngLucus lvl 33
M|Sassy|Anger Point|@Silk Scarf
Horn attack|Iron Tail|Payback|Zen Headbutt
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/tentacruel.pngSally lvl 32
F|Bashful|Liquid Ooze|@Nothing
BubbleBeam|Waterfall|Whirlpool|Acid

Darth Razmus (Black)
The24thm (Emerald)
Hayden (White2)
DyingWillFlareon (White2)


Hall of Fame

Spoiler:
Hippowtom (White)
Spoiler:
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/e6/Spr_5b_608.png

Nitrogen the Lampent, lvl. 50 @ Spell Tag Adamant Nature
Shadow Ball - Will-o-Wisp - Imprison - Flame Burst

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/c6/Spr_5b_618.png

Xenon the Stunfisk, lvl. 51 @ Expert Belt Adamant Nature
Muddy Water - Mud Bomb - Thunderbolt - Bounce

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/c8/Spr_5b_560.png

Copper the Scrafty, lvl. 54 @Balckglasses Bashful Nature
Brick Break - Crunch - Work Up - Strength

Deaths: 16
Boxed Pokemon: 7

Mewquazabsol (White2)


Credit

• Thanks to Arrow-Jolteon of Pokémon Crossroads for:
- This rule for Bold and Brave: "If they are sent out against a Pokémon that has a type advantage, they will stay in and fight it."
- The idea of a list of quirks for Quirky 'mons

~Mewquazabsol

silver-wind August 30th, 2014 4:14 PM

I really like this idea. it would make the game feel like a role-play/ fan ficion, where your pokemon have their own personality and act by it.
but maybe you should simplify it a bit.
for example: group 2-3 natures together, and make one rule for each group. like: Bold & Brave cannot switch out, Impish & Naughty steal items, etc.

also, are HM slaves allowed? cause if not, people may get stuck.

Hippowtom August 31st, 2014 8:27 AM

I was trying to look for your playthrough on Zetaboards but couldn't find it :(. Could you post a link or something because I'm very intrested on this consept and would like to see how difficult it is first on other people :)

AoTora August 31st, 2014 12:05 PM

I would love to do this on Sapphire for the start since it's pretty easy game to beat (: Let's see how it goes :o This is really interesting challenge and I love the idea about it ^^

Mewquazabsol August 31st, 2014 11:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by silver-wind (Post 8420371)
I really like this idea. it would make the game feel like a role-play/ fan ficion, where your pokemon have their own personality and act by it.
but maybe you should simplify it a bit.
for example: group 2-3 natures together, and make one rule for each group. like: Bold & Brave cannot switch out, Impish & Naughty steal items, etc.

also, are HM slaves allowed? cause if not, people may get stuck.

I was thinking of that, too. I might do that for the ones that are a lot alike, like Calm/Relaxed/Lax. Yes, HM slaves are allowed.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lehtot (Post 8421086)
I was trying to look for your playthrough on Zetaboards but couldn't find it :(. Could you post a link or something because I'm very intrested on this consept and would like to see how difficult it is first on other people :)

I haven't started it just yet, as I am trying to think of a good idea for a plot, and school is starting, putting a bit of pressure on me. I'll post it when there's something to see :)

Quote:

Originally Posted by AoTora (Post 8421331)
I would love to do this on Sapphire for the start since it's pretty easy game to beat (: Let's see how it goes :o This is really interesting challenge and I love the idea about it ^^

Thanks :)

Okay, I grouped some of the really similar ones together. Thanks a million for the idea, silver-wind! Impish and Naughty might stay separate because of their differences, but my run of this ruleset might prove one too difficult and in need of change. So it's definitely still a possibility.

Hippowtom September 1st, 2014 10:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mewquazabsol (Post 8421844)
I haven't started it just yet, as I am trying to think of a good idea for a plot, and school is starting, putting a bit of pressure on me. I'll post it when there's something to see :)

Cool! I'll be looking forward for it! ^_^ BTW: I just started a naturelock testrun of my own on Pokemon White :) Been enjoying it so far! Would love to post it somewhere but I never have done any posting of my own and I'm kind of noob if you could say so {XD}

Feraligatr13 September 5th, 2014 3:15 AM

This looks like a fun challenge, and this would be cool to do an LP of this. In fact, I probably will later on, but for now I'm just going to try a test run, to see how it works and everything.

Username: Mega Mawile
Game: Ruby

Hey, is this challenge still up? Sorry for double posting, but it's been a while since I've signed up and there seems to be no visible change in the forum thread. I wasn't going to come back unless I was sure this was a challenge the owner would update.

Mewquazabsol September 24th, 2014 2:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mega Mawile (Post 8426707)
This looks like a fun challenge, and this would be cool to do an LP of this. In fact, I probably will later on, but for now I'm just going to try a test run, to see how it works and everything.

Username: Mega Mawile
Game: Ruby

Hey, is this challenge still up? Sorry for double posting, but it's been a while since I've signed up and there seems to be no visible change in the forum thread. I wasn't going to come back unless I was sure this was a challenge the owner would update.

Sorry, I had school and stuff to do and I forgot all about this >.< I'll update this~

Feraligatr13 September 24th, 2014 4:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mewquazabsol (Post 8448363)
Sorry, I had school and stuff to do and I forgot all about this >.< I'll update this~

It's alright, I've had the same problem, which I why I still don't have any progress on this either :(

I'll find time though; it shouldn't be a problem. I will probably be able to get a lot of stuff done this weekend, so expect an update then ;)

AxeBeard McBeardAxe September 25th, 2014 10:12 AM

Finally, a nuzlocke spin-off that's somewhat original. I shall take up the challenge, if I am so allowed.

Username: AxeBeard McBeardAxe
Game: Emerald

Hippowtom September 26th, 2014 12:08 PM

Finally an update on my White Run:
Spoiler:

- Named myself Nature and chose Snivy as my starter since RNG gave me number 2
- Snivy is Hasty nature which suits him perfectly, named him Hydrogen ( I am using a naming theme
of chemical elements and molecules so expect some weird names on some pokemon)
- Caught Helium the Lillipup on route 1, he is Quirky nature so no STAB-moves for him sadly
- Caught Boron the Patrat on route 2, he is Relaxed nature
- Went in to Dream Yard and got myself the gift Panpour, named her H2O (because water, duh?)
- Trained a bunch and went ahead and challenged the Gym
- Beat Chilli with my H2O and Helium, got me a shiny Trio Badge
- Boron died to a crit- Bide from a wild Patrat ;-;
- Caught Radon the Purrloin on Dream Yard, she is Jolly nature ( I am using the Gift clause or whatever so don't hate)
- Defeated Team Plasma on wellspring cave and saved lil' girls pokemon
- Caught Carbon the Careful Roggenrola (Suits him Perfectly, nature and name!!)
- Helium evolved into Herdier
- Arrived at Nacrene City and saved my progress


Current Team:

Spoiler:


http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/snivy.gif
Hydrogen the Snivy, lv. 16 @ -
Nature: Hasty
Moves: Leaf Tornado, Scratch, Growth, Wrap

http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/herdier.gif
Helium the Herdier, lv 16 @X Speed
Nature: Quirky
Moves: Bite, Work Up, Thunder Fang, Leer

http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/panpour.gif
H2O the Panpour, lv 14 @ -
Nature: Lax
Moves: Water Gun, Lick, Work Up, Scratch

http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/purrloin.gif
Radon the Purrloin, lv. 14 @ -
Nature: Jolly
Moves: Assist, Fury Swipes, Cut, Growl

http://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/roggenrola.gif
Carbon the Roggenrola, lv. 13 @ -
Nature: Careful
Moves: Headbutt, Sand-Attack, Harden, Tackle

Mewquazabsol September 29th, 2014 1:16 PM

Updating~ I need to work on my NatureLocke :| I have a SoulSilver run going that I'm going to make into a comic, but I'm trying to get on a good schedule for both

Mewquazabsol November 1st, 2014 1:54 PM

Alright, I'm fixing some of the nature rules that I read over and felt that they were kinda screwed up. Have a nice day!

ShadeDraco November 3rd, 2014 7:14 AM

This is really cool. So sign me up.
Username: Shadedraco
Game: Black 2
(Gonna use this to finally write some Pokémon fanfic again)

Hippowtom November 5th, 2014 11:36 AM

2nd Update on my progress on White!

Spoiler:


- So, I was at Nacrene City, headed for the gym.
- Beat N in front of the Museum/Gym
- Hydrogen evolved into Servine
- Did the Gym puzzle and challenged Lenora
- Lost Helium to Retaliate from Watchog
- Beat Lenora, got the Basic Badge
- Plasma goons appeared and followed them to Pinwheel
- Lost Radon in the Pinwheel Forest
- Caught Lithium the Tympole outside Pinwheel and Silicon the Venipede inside
- Lost Lithium while grinding sadly, friggin' crit- Take Down from rangers Herdier
- Managed to return the dragon skull to Lenora and headed on towards Castelia City
- Ran through the beautiful Skyarrow Bridge
- Arrived to Castelia
- Saved Bianca's Munna from Team Plasma
- Silicon evolved into Whirlipede
- Beat Burgh without any problems and got the Insect Badge
- Beat Bianca at the Route 4 gate
- Beat Cheren on Route 4
- Caught Magnesium the Sandile
- Carbon evolved into Boldore
- Caught Germanium the Yamask on Relic Castle and Oxygen the Darumaka on Desert Resort
- Arrived to Nimbasa City
- Listened to N's story in the Ferris Wheel
- Beat N after the story
- Magnesium evolved into Krokorok
- Challenged Elesa and unfortunately lost Carbon to crit- Volt Switch from Zebstrika
- Beat Elesa and got the Bolt Badge



Team:

Spoiler:


http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/496.gif

Hydrogen the Hasty Servine, lv. 26 @ Miracle Seed
Moves: Leaf Tornado, Leech Seed, Growth, Tackle

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/515.gif

H2O the Lax Panpour, lv. 25 @ -
Moves: Taunt, Scald, Bite, Work Up

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/544.gif

Silicon the Rash Whirlipede, lv. 27 @ Pecha Berry
Moves: Poison Tail, Take Down, Bug Bite, Iron Defense

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/552.gif

Magnesium the Hasty Krokorok, lv. 30 @ Blackglasses
Moves: Crunch, Rock Tomb, Dig, Torment

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/554.gif

Oxygen the Rash Darumaka, lv. 26 @ Rawst Berry
Moves: Fire Punch, Work Up, Headbutt, Take Down

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/562.gif

Germanium the Timid Yamask, lv. 25 @ -
Moves: Haze, Night Shade, Hex, Disable


Mewquazabsol November 6th, 2014 10:02 PM

Adding and updating! :3 Thanks!

Oshamaru November 8th, 2014 5:01 PM

I started this challenge yesterday, so sign me up please.
Username: Oshamaru
Game: White 2

And I'll also post the things I have done so far:
Spoiler:

-So I started the game and I picked Oshawott, who I named Sean
-My Route 19 catch was Heather the Purrloin
-On Route 20 I caught Rosemary the Sewaddle
-And my Floccesy Ranch catch was Frank the Lillipup
-After doing everything there, I decided to grind a little before going back to Aspertia
-I beat Cheren without any trouble
-While I was crossing Route 20 again, I lost Frank to a PRESCHOOLER's Lillipup
-My Virbank Complex catch was Gawain the Elekid
-I did some grinding, and while I was grinding, Heather and Rosemary evolved. I didn't make Sean evolve because I wanted to wait a bit. After that I went to the Gym and I beat Roxie pretty easily
-Did the Pokéstar Studios and Team Plasma things and I went to Castelia

My team so far is:
-Sean the Oshawott|Level 20|Adamant nature
-Heather the Liepard|Level 20|Careful nature
-Rosemary the Swadloon|Level 20|Serious nature
-Gawain the Elekid|Level 12|Timid nature

Hippowtom November 9th, 2014 5:36 AM

So another update on my White run:

Spoiler:


- I beat Cheren at Route 5 after my Gym battle
- Met Alder, the Champion, and his two toddlers, beat the toddlers
- Caught Gallium the Gentle Solosis
- Entered the Driftveil Drawbridge
- Caught Lead the Rash Ducklett
- Challenged Charles and beat him, but lost H2O in the prosess
- Caught Tellurium the Timid Vanillite, but while I tried to catch her, she used Avalanche and critted my beloved Gallium to death!
- Beat Team Plasma at the Cool Storage
- Silicon evolved into Scolipede
- Beat Clay and got my 5th gym badge!
- Beat Bianca after the gym battle
- Caught Tin the Naughty Karrablast
- Evolved Tin with trade
- Got to Chargestone Cave and met a bunch of familiar faces
- My encounter was Joltik BUT Magnesium had to go and get a crit, no encounter for me there
- Beat N
- While grinding for Mistralton gym, happened A LOT of evolution
- Lead evolved into Swanna
- Oxygen evolved into Darmanitan
- Germanium evolved into Cofagrigus
- Tellurium evolved into Vanillish
- Caught Neon the Docile (BOOTY!) Foongus
- Currently at Mistralton City, heading next to Celestial Tower



Team:

Spoiler:


http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/552.gif

Magnesium the Hasty Krokorok, lv. 36 @ Blackglasses
Moves: Crunch, Rock Tomb, Dig, Torment

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/555.gif

Oxygen the Rash Darmanitan, lv. 35 @ Expert Belt
Moves: Flare Blitz, Take Down, Work Up, Hammer Arm

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/581.gif

Lead the Rash Swanna, lv. 35 @ Soothe Bell
Moves: Air Slash, Bubblebeam, Roost, Aqua Ring

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/563.gif

Germanium the Timid Cofagrigus, lv. 34 @ Smoke Ball
Moves: Hex, Night Shade, Haze, Disable

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/583.gif

Tellurium the Timid Vanillish, lv. 35 @ NeverMeltIce
Moves: Icy Wind, Mirror Shot, Avalanche, Taunt

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/496.gif

Hydrogen the Servine, lv. 34 @ Miracle Seed
Moves: Leaf Blade, Growth, Leech Seed, Slam



P.S. @Mewquazabsol Have you started you're playthrough yet? :) Still curious about it since I already asked about it while back :D

Sopheria November 10th, 2014 10:18 AM

I love this idea. Sign me up, please :)

Username: Sopheria
Game: Black

Mewquazabsol November 11th, 2014 8:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lehtot (Post 8492844)
So another update on my White run:

Spoiler:


- I beat Cheren at Route 5 after my Gym battle
- Met Alder, the Champion, and his two toddlers, beat the toddlers
- Caught Gallium the Gentle Solosis
- Entered the Driftveil Drawbridge
- Caught Lead the Rash Ducklett
- Challenged Charles and beat him, but lost H2O in the prosess
- Caught Tellurium the Timid Vanillite, but while I tried to catch her, she used Avalanche and critted my beloved Gallium to death!
- Beat Team Plasma at the Cool Storage
- Silicon evolved into Scolipede
- Beat Clay and got my 5th gym badge!
- Beat Bianca after the gym battle
- Caught Tin the Naughty Karrablast
- Evolved Tin with trade
- Got to Chargestone Cave and met a bunch of familiar faces
- My encounter was Joltik BUT Magnesium had to go and get a crit, no encounter for me there
- Beat N
- While grinding for Mistralton gym, happened A LOT of evolution
- Lead evolved into Swanna
- Oxygen evolved into Darmanitan
- Germanium evolved into Cofagrigus
- Tellurium evolved into Vanillish
- Caught Neon the Docile (BOOTY!) Foongus
- Currently at Mistralton City, heading next to Celestial Tower



Team:

Spoiler:


http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/552.gif

Magnesium the Hasty Krokorok, lv. 36 @ Blackglasses
Moves: Crunch, Rock Tomb, Dig, Torment

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/555.gif

Oxygen the Rash Darmanitan, lv. 35 @ Expert Belt
Moves: Flare Blitz, Take Down, Work Up, Hammer Arm

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/581.gif

Lead the Rash Swanna, lv. 35 @ Soothe Bell
Moves: Air Slash, Bubblebeam, Roost, Aqua Ring

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/563.gif

Germanium the Timid Cofagrigus, lv. 34 @ Smoke Ball
Moves: Hex, Night Shade, Haze, Disable

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/583.gif

Tellurium the Timid Vanillish, lv. 35 @ NeverMeltIce
Moves: Icy Wind, Mirror Shot, Avalanche, Taunt

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/496.gif

Hydrogen the Servine, lv. 34 @ Miracle Seed
Moves: Leaf Blade, Growth, Leech Seed, Slam



P.S. @Mewquazabsol Have you started you're playthrough yet? :) Still curious about it since I already asked about it while back :D

Yep! I'm kind of torn about posting team stats, though, since it might contain spoilers for my story.

Also, adding and updating~

Sopheria November 13th, 2014 2:18 PM

Oh goodness...please don't laugh but,

I failed my locke on the first gym.

This is my first time doing a challenge, don't judge me! Can I give it another go? Or am I permanently disqualified?

The Masked One November 13th, 2014 3:08 PM

I want in on this. *prepares to fail, if he's even accepted*
Username: The Masked One
Game: Soul Silver

shadic249 November 14th, 2014 6:41 AM

Username: Shadic249
Game:Emerald

Mewquazabsol November 17th, 2014 9:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sopheria (Post 8497114)
Oh goodness...please don't laugh but,

I failed my locke on the first gym.

This is my first time doing a challenge, don't judge me! Can I give it another go? Or am I permanently disqualified?

Hush hush just retry no one ever has to know :3

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Masked One (Post 8497168)
I want in on this. *prepares to fail, if he's even accepted*
Username: The Masked One
Game: Soul Silver

Quote:

Originally Posted by shadic249 (Post 8497593)
Username: Shadic249
Game:Emerald

Adding both~

The Masked One November 18th, 2014 11:42 AM

Update:
Spoiler:

-Chose Chikorita in New Bark Town, named it Joe
-Caught Dill P. (Dill Pickles) the Rattata on Route 29
-Caught Tina the Weedle on Route 30
-Caught Ben the Bellsprout on Route 31
-Ben died at the hands of a Hoothoot, so I traded it off for an Onix...hope that's okay
-Tina also died at the hands of a Hoothoot
-Defeated Elder Li at the Sprout Tower
-Did a bit of grinding, got Rocky the Onix to a high enough level
-Took on Falkner and won pretty easily, that battle was kind of annoying though with Onix being overleveled and not listening to me
-Caught a Mareep named Martha on Route 32
-Accidentally K.O.'d the 1st Wild Pokemon in Union Cave, so no Union Cave catch for me
-Defeated Hiker Anthony on Route 33, and Joe evolved (Will only talk about NPC battles if a Pokemon evolved or fainted, otherwise I'll talk about important character battles)
-Defeated Team Rocket at the well and defeated Bugsy
-Defeated my Rival
-Went through Ilex Forest
-Caught Roy the Abra on Route 34


Team as of this post:
Spoiler:

http://www.pokestadium.com/pokemon/sprites/img/main-series/5/black-white/animated/2/front/63.gif
Roy | Abra | Rash Nature | Level 10
- Teleport

http://www.pokestadium.com/pokemon/sprites/img/main-series/5/black-white/animated/2/front/19.gif
Dill P. | Rattata | Hardy Nature | Level 13
-Cut
-Bite
-Quick Attack
-Pursuit

http://www.pokestadium.com/pokemon/sprites/img/main-series/5/black-white/animated/2/front/179.gif
Martha | Mareep | Relaxed Nature | Level 13
-Tackle
-Growl
-Thundershock

http://www.pokestadium.com/pokemon/sprites/img/main-series/5/black-white/animated/2/front/153.gif
Joe | Bayleef | Lax Nature | Level 16
-Tackle
-Synthesis
-Razor Leaf
-PoisonPowder

http://www.pokestadium.com/pokemon/sprites/img/main-series/5/black-white/animated/2/front/95.gif
Rocky | Onix | Hasty Nature | Level 19
-Mud Sport
-Tackle
-Rock Tomb
-Rage

Diablerie November 27th, 2014 6:24 PM

This is pretty neat, I'd love to join.

Name: Diablerie
Game: Platinum

Mr_Mega_Lucario December 4th, 2014 1:34 AM

Sounds really fun I Shall participate

Username: Mr_Mega_Lucario
Game: Black 2

Ewery1 December 5th, 2014 6:27 PM

Alright, I'll try this.

Name: Ewery1
Game: Heartgold

An actual story like thing is a little too tedious for me, so I'll just post my team, PC, and deaths (I just beat Whitney).

Team
Spoiler:

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b3/Spr_4h_017.png
Pidgeotto- Wings
Gentle
Lvl 18
Tangled Feet
Tackle, Sand-Attack, Gust, Quick Attack

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/2d/Spr_4h_012_m.png
Sheldon
Bashful
Lvl 20
Compoundeyes
Sleep Powder, Confusion, PoisonPowder, Gust

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/46/Spr_4h_147.png
Scales
Hardy
Lvl 18
Shed Skin
Leer, Thunder Wave, Twister, Dragon Rage

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b1/Spr_4h_159.png
Steve
Naive
Lvl 19
Torrent
Scratch, Scary Face, Water Gun, Bite

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/1f/Spr_4h_074.png
Wilson
Quiet
Lvl 19
Rock Head
Tackle, Magnitude, Rock Throw, Rock Polish

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b3/Spr_4h_019_m.png
Bob
Hardy
Lvl 4
Run Away
Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Cut


PC
Spoiler:
Caterpie- Wiggy
Lonely
Lvl 3
Shield Dust
Tackle, String Shot

Mareep- Clob
Quirky
@Premier Ball
Lvl 6
Static
Tackle, Growl

Zubat- Blake
Rash
Lvl 5
Inner Focus
Leech Life, Supersonic

Oddish- Potato
Bashful
Lvl 6
Chlorophyll
Absorb, Sweet Scent

Togepi- Mer
Bashful
Lvl 15
Hustle
Extrasensory, Metronome, Sweet Kiss, Yawn

Nidoranmale- Duop
Impish
Lvl 12
Rivalry
Leer, Peck, Focus Energy, Double Kick


Deaths
Spoiler:
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6a/Spr_4h_021.png
Abby
Rash
Lvl 4
Keen Eye
Peck, Growl

Rankumander December 7th, 2014 12:28 PM

I may do this sometime! The idea of using natures for limitations is very interesting.

Mewquazabsol December 8th, 2014 2:16 PM

Updating.

I did more of my Naturelocke finally

The Masked One December 8th, 2014 4:12 PM

Um...I feel embarrassed for saying this, but I failed my Naturelocke to Jasmine. :| Guess I won't be doing this anymore. Sorry.

Mewquazabsol December 18th, 2014 6:59 PM

Aww :c okay

Should I make a "The Fallen" section for failed runs?

Oshamaru December 30th, 2014 12:46 PM

Welp, it seems that I'll be the only one carrying on for the time being. Anyway, massive update incoming.

Spoiler:

-Went to Castelia City, caught a Zubat in the sewers, named Dainn, Rash nature
-Caught a Woobat in Relic Passage, named Nelo, Calm
-Caught a Skitty in the Castelia Park, named Cherri, Quiet
-Took a trip on the Royal Unova, but I lost Dainn to a male trainer's Herdier
-I went to the Gym after that. Nelo evolved after battling one of the trainers and I beat Burgh without any deaths
-Route 4 catch: None. I found a Minccino, but it fainted thanks to Sean's Water Pulse.
-Desert Resort catch: Darumaka, named Ryan, Bold
-Relic Castle catch: Sandshrew, named Sandra, Adamant
-Route 16 catch: None, I found a duplicate Liepard
-Lostlorn Forest catch: Pinsir, named Crissy, Jolly
-Finally decided to battle Elesa. I beat the trainers and Elesa easily without any losses. Sandra evolved after the battle with Elesa
-Route 5 catch: Minccino (the one in the Hidden Grotto), named Howard, Quirky

-Bridge stuff, Team Plasma stuff and then I went to challenge Clay...But his Excadrill used Rock Slide on Rosemary, killing her. (I honestly wasn't expecting that) Cherri procceeded to weaken it a bit, while Sean finished it off.
-I included Gawain in the team then I went to the PWT, also did Team Plasma stuff.
-Route 6 catch: None. I found a Karrablast, but I didn't have any PokéBalls.
-Gawain evolved into Electabuzz after a battle and I got a Moon Stone and made Cherri evolve.
-Mistralton Cave catch: None. It was a Woobat.
-Chargestone Cave catch: Tynamo, named Jolnir, Bold nature. I got trough the cave with no problems.
-Route 7 catch: Deerling, named Rudolph, Quiet.
-After battling the trainers there I went to the Celestial Tower. But, unfortunately, Sandra died due to a Psychic's Espeon, which landed a critical Psybeam.
-Celestial Tower catch: Litwick, named Will, Jolly nature.
-Then I finally battled Skyla and I won without any trouble. Sean evolved after the battle.

THE TEAM:
Spoiler:

-Sean the Samurott (Male) | Lv 37 | Adamant nature
-Heather the Liepard (Female) | Lv 30 | Careful nature
-Gawain the Electabuzz (Male) | Lv 37 | Timid nature
-Nelo the Swoobat (Male) | Lv 36 | Calm nature
-Howard the Cinccino (Male) | Lv 37 | Quirky nature
-Will the Litwick (Male) | Lv 38 | Jolly nature


IN THE BOX:
Spoiler:

-Ryan the Darumaka (Male) | Bold nature
-Crissy the Pinsir (Female) | Jolly nature
-Cherri the Delcatty (Female) | Quiet nature
-Jolnir the Tynamo (Female) | Bold nature
-Rudolph the Deerling (Male) | Quiet nature


R.I.P.:
Spoiler:

Frank the Lillipup (Male) | Hardy nature
Dainn the Zubat (Male) | Rash nature
Rosemary the Leavanny (Female) | Serious nature
Sandra the Sandslash (Female) | Adamant nature



By the way, I also want to point out that I'm playing White 2 and not Black 2. Thanks!

AoTora January 8th, 2015 6:06 AM

Username: AoTora
Game: White 2

This should be interesting :3

TheUnit684 January 14th, 2015 10:06 PM

Oops, realized I can't manage this with the few other challenges I'm doing. Maybe some other time. Sorry :P

Mewquazabsol January 21st, 2015 6:28 PM

Updating~ sorry to hear that, Unit :c

Ageha1304 January 22nd, 2015 1:58 AM

This seems really interesting, I'm gonna join in! :D

Username: Ageha
Game: X

Hippowtom February 8th, 2015 6:53 AM

So here is another update on my White run!

Spoiler:


- Headed to Celestial Tower
- Caught Litwick (Nitrogen) at Celestial Tower
- Met with Skyla on top of Celestial Tower
- RANG THAT BELL!!
- Hydrogen evolved into Serperior
- Beat the Mistralton Gym
- Headed towards Twist Mountain
- Beat Cheren and got Surf
- Magnesium evolved into Krookodile
- Flew back to Accumula Town and surfed west
- Caught Frillish (Chlorine) on route 17
- Caught Scraggy (Copper) on route 18
- Got an egg from some guy
- Caught Klink (Iron) on P2 Laboratory
- Caught Swadloon (Iodine) on Lostlorn Forest
- Gathered some itmes with surf and flew back to Mistralton City
- Went inside Twist Mountain
- Killed my encounter there which was Gurdurr
- Copper evolved into Scrafty
- Arrived to Icirrus City
- Caught a Stunfisk, named her Xenon
- Nitrogen evolved into Lampent
- Beat Brycen and got my 7th Badge
- Followed everybody to Dragonspiral Tower
- Caught a Druddigon there. named him Titanium
- Sadly, lost Tellurium to a Galactic Grunt using a Watchog, critted poor guy with a Hyper Fang
- Met N on top of the tower and watched him fly away with a Reshiram
- Flew to Castelia City and arrived to Relic Castle
- Iron evolved into Klang
- Saved inside Relic Castle, ready to find Zekrom!



The Team:

Spoiler:


http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/560.gif

Copper the Scraggy, lvl. 43 @ Quick Claw
Bashful Nature

Brick Break - Crunch - Strenght - Work Up

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/608.gif

Nitrogen the Lampent, lvl. 41 @ Lucky Egg
Adamant Nature

Hex - Will-O-Wisp - Flame Burst - Imprison

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/581.gif

Lead the Swanna, lvl. 41 @ Mystic Water
Rash Nature

Surf - Fly - Scald - Roost

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/600.gif

Iron the Klang, lvl. 40 @ Brightpowder
Careful Nature

Thunderbolt - Flash Cannon - Autotomize - Charge Beam

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/621.gif

Titanium the Druddigon, lvl. 40 @ Dragon Fang
Lax Nature

Slash - Crunch - Dragon Claw - Chip Away

http://sprites.pokecheck.org/i/618.gif

Xenon the Stunfisk, lvl. 40 @ Expert Belt
Adamant Nature

Thunderbolt - Mud Bomb - Bounce - Muddy Water

Deaths: 8



Sylvie18 February 8th, 2015 1:48 PM

So im about to go update some stuff in my already growing list of challenges and i spot this.
It looks fun, i think i'll give this a shot too :)

Also forgive me for looking silly but can someone clarify what counts as a STAB move?

Name: Sylvie
Game: Pokemon Gold forgot this one lacks natures
Soul Silver

Hippowtom February 8th, 2015 8:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sylvie18 (Post 8611621)
Also forgive me for looking silly but can someone clarify what counts as a STAB move?

STAB = Same Type Attack Bonus, it's a competitive term for attacks same type as the user :) For example let's say you find a Rattata with Tackle. It's Tackle is more powerful than your Squirtles because of STAB :)

I hope this explanation was clear enough.

Sylvie18 February 9th, 2015 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hippowtom (Post 8612131)
STAB = Same Type Attack Bonus, it's a competitive term for attacks same type as the user :) For example let's say you find a Rattata with Tackle. It's Tackle is more powerful than your Squirtles because of STAB :)

I hope this explanation was clear enough.

Ah thank you very much, i'd never heard the abbreviation before until recently, right then i can start my challenge knowing this :)

Okay so ive made a start, i dont think i've ever been this careful on pokemon in my life! I think i got the absolute best nature type for my starter in relation to the challenge though. And congratulations readers, you have the honour of being my trainer's diary!
Badges: http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/4/4a/Zephyr_Badge.png/50px-Zephyr_Badge.png
Team:
Spoiler:
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/totodile.pngNeon lvl 16| Torrent
M| Gentle| @Nothing!
Tackle|Bite|Water gun|Rage
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/pidgey.pngRufus lvl 14| Tangled Feet
M|Impish|@Nothing!
Tackle|Sand attack|Gust|Quick attack
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/geodude.pngRumble lvl 14| Sturdy
M|Hasty|@Nothing!
Tackle|Defense curl|Rock throw|Rock polish
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/bellsprout.pngKrem lvl 14| Chlorophyll
M|Adamant|@Miracle Seed
Vine whip|Growth|Wrap|Sleep powder
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/beedrill.pngXena lvl 13| Swarm
F|Gentle|@Nothing!
Harden|Fury attack|Rock smash|Focus energy
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And a " Mystery Egg "

The fallen:
Spoiler:
Yasmin|Rattata|Impish > Slain by a crit hit from a Sentret's tackle.

PC:
Spoiler:
E|Unknown|Brave
Dave|Rattata|Hardy

Journal Entries
Spoiler:
Dear diary, My world has changed.
Spoiler:
My name is Sylvie, and im a girl who lives in the sleepy little town of New bark, i thought today was going to be like any other - lounge around in the grass and watch my best friend Ethan play with his marill, but it just so happened that the resident professor wanted to ask a favor of me. Turns out he wanted to give me a pokemon for research reasons! I felt thrilled, i didn't even mind that he wanted me to run an errand for him afterwards. I was given a choice of three pokemon to choose between, but i honestly had no idea which one would suit me best. In the end i used a RNG and Neon the Gentle totodile became my partner he seemed to suit me perfectly, because he liked to relax too! One of Elm's aides gave me a couple of potions on the way out, which i was very grateful for, i'd feel terrible if i got my Neon killed.

Before we set off on the dangerous path to Cherrygrove, Ethan reminded me it would be a good idea to let my mum know what was going on, and it was a good thing i did, my pokegear had come back from repair, wouldn't want to travel without it. I have to admit diary, it took me a good few seconds to work up the courage to leave the town, pokemon could be viscious and i was terrified that i wouldnt be good enough to protect Neon, i didnt even mind when Elm ran out to give me his phone number - it allowed for me to mentally prepare myself some more.

It was a short trip to cherrygrove, and to my surprise we didn't encounter many pokemon, although we did get into just enough battles for Neon to hit lvl 6, every little lvl helps, right diary? Especially since he learnt water gun as a result. Both Neon and i were a little confused however,when the moment we stepped into town and elderly man pulled us aside and gave us the speediest tour i had ever been on, i had to hold little Neon in my arms just so he could keep up! Though he did give me a free pair of running shoes for following him so i suppose it wasn't too bad, and i learnt alot as a trainer. I took Neon to the pokemoncentre for a check-up just incase before the two of us went to browse the wares at the mart. We brought a couple more potions, a few paralyze heals and some antidotes to keep us in good shape, but disapointingly they had no pokeballs left in stock.

We encountered quite a few pokemon on route 30, and even got to witness part of a battle between a boys ratatta and another's pidgey. I felt pretty bad about making my totodile fight, since he oozed kindness and he was obviously pained by harming others in combat, But he fought willingly, knowing it was life or death. On the way to see Mr.pokemon i met a man who was overjoyed that i hadn't mistaken him for the man i was supposed to be visiting, he was so happy i decided it was best to keep it quiet that i had infact entered into his abode looking for the man in question. Regardless, he gave me an apricorn box as thanks, so i just accepted it with a smile, bid him good day and left to continue my quest.

By the time we reached Mr.pokemon's house, Neon and i had grasped the basics of fighting safely. there had been one incident where he had contracted poison from a particularily viscious weedle but thankfully i'd had the forsight to stock up on antidotes back in Cherrygrove and the problem was quickly resolved. As it turns out, Elm had been right on the mark, I was given an egg to transport back home, but on the plus side i got to meet world famous prof.oak who thought i was qualified enough to have a pokedex! Great! now Neon and i have an excuse to go travelling together!

At this point Diary i think its safe to say the elation of travelling with my own pokemon had clouded my thinking process, this decision i had made would surely lead to pain and suffering, but thats a realisation for later. anyway, Mr.pokemon let us stay the night to rest up for the trip back home


Dear diary, Fate is cruel
Spoiler:
let me now make a note to never let Elm have my number again, he phoned me up shortly after i left Mr.pokemon's house and it was the vaguest, most frantic call i had ever heard. No explanation, just a jumble of words among which i just about made out a 'come back here asap' or something along those lines. Neon and i gave each other a look, and i could see he was worried about his pokemon friends in the lab, so we headed back with all haste, still taking care not to get murdered along the way. We stopped for a short rest in Cherrygrove, but this is where fate becomes extremely cruel for Neon.

We ran into a cocky red headed trainer, and we ended up getting into a fight. He sent out a chikorita, and i thought nothing of it until Neon cried out in despair, it was his friend from the lab, and we were forcing them to fight to the death. He fought back to defend himself, because clearly chikorita had been brainwashed to look down on every pokemon that wasnt itself. We won the battle, but the trainer ran off before Neon was able to land a definitive killing blow, i was just glad that Chikorita hadn't learnt any grass type moves.

After trying to console Neon, we contined heading back to New bark to see what was going on, that trainer and the frantic call had to have been connected. When we returned we could already see police swarming the area like it was a crime scene, and the investigator had the nerve to accuse me of the crime the moment i set foot inside the lab! thankfully Ethan was there to give him an earful, but i dont understand why Elm didnt try to defend me, although hearing Ethan's description fo the culprit reminded me of the battle i'd just had, so i informed the police that the guy was named Mike (incase you were wondering if i'm psychic diary, i just happened to pick up the trainer card he dropped when he was fleeing)


Dear diary, A goal, a friend, and some training
Spoiler:
I have decided to take the pokemon gym challenge and aim to be the champion! Big dream i know, but im sure Neon and i can pull it off. I spent a couple of days mulling it over, and Neon seems to like the idea of travelling the region at the very least, Mum said she'd help me save up some money, and Ethan taught me the trick to capturing pokemon,and then gave me a few pokeballs so i'm pretty sure theres nothing else stopping me.

The first pokemon we saw on route 29 was a pidgey, whom we managed to catch, I named him Rufus, and it turned out he had a rather impish nature and a habit of dozing off. i headed to the lab to heal him up a bit and try to train him, since he was bound to die if i left him at lvl 2. Neon and rufus actually worked pretty well together in battle, Neon would often jump into the fray to protect Rufus if his health got too low, knowing that he himself was tough enough to take the hits. Even if Rufus decided to play a prank on him, Neon was good natured enough to let it slide

Anyway diary, We're planning to camp just outside of New bark town to train Rufus up a bit, so i'll write again when the situation changes!

Dear diary. Our first loss.
Spoiler:
Today i noticed that Rufus was very good at dishing out critical hits, not a lot of information i know, but it's the little things that make up a person, or in this case, pokemon. Anyway, person sneaking a peek at my diary, you're here to read about my adventure, not the little things i notice about my friends am i right? Well alright then, as our next port call, my team and i stopped off on the very bottom end of route 46 because i'd heard you could catch different kinds of pokemon, which is always good. Not sure how true the rumours were however, because the first thing we bumped into was a rattata, so by law i had to try and catch it, and im pretty sure i spotted one of these back on route 29, but i guess beggars cannot be choosers. I was afraid i'd knock it out and be left with nothing for this route, but i didnt want to risk anyone dieing in the capture process, so i chose Neon, and used his rage move, knowing it shouldn't do too much damage. Neon scared the life out of me when he got a critical hit and for a second it looked like the Rattata was going to die, but thankfully it somehow managed to endure it, albeit with 1 hp and i was able to throw a ball and capture it.

I named our new friend Yasmin and it turned out that just like Rufus, she too was impish with a tendency to doze off. It was a very good thing that Neon had a gentle temperment or he might have gone mad living with these two in the party.

With Neon protecting the party from harm, we headed over to Cherrygrove to make use of the pokemon centre there, before starting another training session.

Life is cruel. Our brand new friend, Yasmin, was knocked out by a critical hit during her second training battle so clearly it wasnt meant to be,although it was partialy my fault i feel, as i ignored that nagging gut instinct to switch her out. R.I.P. Rufus mourned the loss of his new partner in crime, and took revenge upon the offending sentret

With Yasmin's passing fresh in my mind, i decided we should train with in a change of scenery and moved to route 30, but e avoided the trainer battles for now, clearly we werent ready for them. The first pokemon we encountered on this route was a kakuna, and while this was very easy to capture, i quickly realised training it was going to be difficult. I named the Kakuna Xena, in the hopes she would become a strong beedrill. Xena shared her nature with Neon, which was rather nice, now i had two gentle pokemon able to tolerate Rufus's shenanigans.

Training Xena was a bit of a pain, with the only move she knew being harden, and her lack of ability to move by herself, but thankfully Rufus and Neon were willing to take care of the actual battling part of a battle, allowing Xena to only make an appearance at the start, like a queen commanding her knights.

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Edited above with badge and team progress update

New journal entries:
Spoiler:
Dear diary I hate stubborn, expensive fools
Spoiler:
Its amazing what you'll do when your broke isn't it? when i discovered i had no more cash i worked up the guts to finally challenge trainers. I cant get my head around it though, we kill peoples pokemon and then take their money? Am i the bad guy?

Anyway, i finally made it onto route 31 where i met my first encounter, a bellsprout, like a fool i very nearly thought to use Neon and his rage like with Yasmin, but then i remembered type differences, so i went for Rufus intead and hoped tackle was weak enough. Luckily enough it was, and after promptly reminding myself i needed to buy more pokeballs, i caught Krem. Krem turned out to be quite the character, he was particularily Adamant and strongly defiant of anything that didnt match his beliefs. My only hope was that i could keep him alive long enough for him to fulfill his potential. although considering his level, his nature, and the pokemon around us i had a bad feeling...

i decided that the best place to train Krem to a more reliable lvl was to take him to route 46 where geodudes had a tendency to make an appearance, with his only move being vine whip it seemed like a sound idea, except the first thing we encountered was a spearow, whose only move was peck. The mad thing utterly refused to switch out. we managed to defeat it somehow, although it involved alot of potions and i realised Krem was someone who was going to be extremely expensive to train. and stubborn. and had a death wish.

Our second encounter was exactly the same, except this one growled so much we ran out of pp. At this point i decided to call it a day and try elsewhere. I found it to be far cheaper to return home and train on the outskirts like i had with Neon, atleast here the flying types didn't actually know any flying moves

So diary, even i can be wrong at times, while difficult in the beginning, as he got stronger Krem became a little more reliable, of course hes still pretty expensive at times, such as now find myself completely broke, and with only 3 pokeballs, 2 antidotes 3 paralyze heals and a single potion left in my bag. Once Krems lvl had joined the rest of the team i stumbled into Dark Cave, where i tripped over Rumble the hasty geodude and subsequently caught him, now i had yet another party member to grind with but with any luck he shouldnt die unless i happen across bellsprout.

Dear diary Shiny leaves and Evolution is awesome
Spoiler:
Why is it that i own a rock with a wish to be fast? short of picking him up and throwing him Rumble is perpetually slow, but hes so into his dream hes sacrificing his defence for it. at lvl 7, even lvl 3 pidgeys are faster than him, so he doesnt have the chance to heal or switch out if he tries. That was until he learnt rock polish, guess its not such a stupid nature afterall huh diary?

Oh oh! Diary! Xena finally evolved today! that big shell of hers cracked open and out popped a beedrill, now she can finally fend for herself, i hope i dont get her killed, we invested so many hours to get to this point. I wont really be using her or Krem at the first gym though since i've recently learned Falkner is a flying type trainer, guess i'll just have to lvl up rumble some more then!

Our first encounter on route 32 was a rattata, and since Yasmin is in Heaven, i technically do not have one, but Rumble killed it by mistake anyway so no encounter here. Although we did catch E the brave unknown in the ruins of alph. this will be..an interesting partnership, though it helps that its hidden ablity is super effective against psychic types and i suppose it was amusing to interact with it while in the ruins i caught it in, it sung alot.

As a side note Diary, Neon found a shiny leaf on route 32 today, i dont know what it is exactly but he seemed rpoud of it, so i put it on him like a badge of honor

Dear diary sprout tower and Falkner
Spoiler:
The monks inside of sprout tower were sort of a joke, did they even try to train any of them? Krem seemed to have fun swaying and dancing around the pillar, and i saw Mike on the top floor muttering about beating everyone, i was fully expecting another fight but he used an escape rope instead, i suppose that was for the best, from what i overheard the head monk saying it didnt sound like he treated his pokemon very well. Elder Li's pokemon were a little better trained but unfortunately for his bellsprout, Rufus was in the mood to battle.

It was only after defeated Elder Li and getting the Flash TM that i had my first encounter inside the tower area, a rattata, maybe this time we'll succeed in capturing it. We succeeded, and Dave the rattata went to warm the pc bench

Falkner - Pidgey:
Naturally rumble started off by increasing his speed with rock polish, instantly making him faster than falkner's birds, and just to be on the safe side we used a defense curl aswell, though while we spent time rasing our stats, Falkner's pidgey spent time making sure our accuracy was reduced, causing our trump card 'rock throw' to miss, it was all we could do to alternate between rock throw and tackle until something hit, which eventually paid off, and atleast we hardly took damage in the process.

- Pidgeotto
Decided to stick with Rumble for this tougher form, since we were already benefitted from our stat inreases, the lack of accuracy we would just have to deal with once again we used rock polish to ensure we were the fastest pokemon on the field before once again switching between rock throw and tackle. although we did have to use a potion one because all of Falkner's gust spams were chipping away at Rumble's health.

Rumble finished the match with 14 health after lvling up to 14, and thanks to his efforts we got the Zephry badge

Dear diary an egg?
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Elm wanted me to hatch the egg i got him from mr.pokemon. phew that was a mouthful. it was a little random too, he phoned me up out of the blue, and his assistant was already here in violet city waiting for me so i couldnt exactly refuse. Of course it meant i had to free up a space in my team for it, so i sent E to keep Dave company in the box. As much as im enjoying using it (neever thought i would say that about an unknown) it doesnt have any learning capacity so while its alright in the team an egg would probably do better.

And we finally had money again! i say had because i just spent it all on pokeballs and potions and generally the stuff Krem made me lose when training him. We started towards Azalea town, the team in dire need of training to keep with with that winning edge when some guy gave me a miracle seed, said he liked the look of my pokemon. I decided to give it to Krem, since he was the only grass type user in the party, but of course Rufus chose this exact moment to swoop down and steal it from him as an elaborate prank! Krem seemed a little annoyed at it, but decided not to pursue it, probably thinking it would just please the impish bird more if he made a scene, besides he had been managing just fine up until now without it.

After a couple of trainer battles Rufus seemed to get bored with carrying around something he couldnt eat,and Krem's lack of reaction to his prank, so gave it back, probably so he could plan his next game.

Gallifreya February 23rd, 2015 4:42 PM

This looks pretty badass, I might come back for a shot once I complete the game on normal first.

Sylvie18 February 25th, 2015 1:13 AM

--- Edited 23rdth march for update --
am i the only one still doing this?
Game: SoulSilver
Badges:http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/4/4a/Zephyr_Badge.png/50px-Zephyr_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/0/08/Hive_Badge.png/50px-Hive_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/a/a7/Plain_Badge.png/50px-Plain_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/4/48/Fog_Badge.png/50px-Fog_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/b/b9/Storm_Badge.png/50px-Storm_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/7/7b/Mineral_Badge.png/50px-Mineral_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/e/e6/Glacier_Badge.png/50px-Glacier_Badge.png
Team:

http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/feraligatr.pngNeon lvl 39
M|Gentle|Torrent|@Rufus's Shell Bell
Slash|Crunch|Surf|Ice Fang
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/golem.pngRumble lvl 34
M|Hasty|Sturdy|@Nothing
Headbutt|Eathquake|Rock throw|Rock Polish
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/girafarig-f.pngDaisy lvl 37
F|Rash|Inner Focus|@Nothing
Psychic|Double Hit|Stomp|Assurance
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/vulpix.pngNina lvl 35
F|Hardy|Flash fire|@Nothing
Flamethrower|Payback|Safeguard|Will-o-wisp
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-shiny/tauros.pngLucus lvl 21
M|Sassy|Anger Point|@Nothing
Horn Attack|Iron tail| Rest|Pursuit
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/voltorb.pngOrben lvl 23
Genderless|Adamant|Soundproof|@Nothing
Spark|Rollout|Screech|Light screen


Pc gang:
Spoiler:
E|Uknown|Brave|lvl 11
Faron|Zubat|Timid|lvl 5
Kripke|Ekans|Mild|lvl 7
Sue|Togepi|Timid|lvl 4
Valerie|Magikarp|Impish|lvl 10
Vale|Noctowl|Adamant|Lvl 7
Erin|Drowzee|Quirky|lvl 10
Zen|Yanma|Impish|lvl 12
King|Nidoran M|Lax|lvl 12
Sun|Sunkern|Hardy|lvl 10
Lee|Machop|Impish|lvl 14
Neal|Mareep|Bold|lvl 15
Etim|Magnemite|Quiet|Lvl 16
Lanna|Meowth|Naive|Lvl 16
Amy|Koffing|Relaxed|Lvl 14
Sally|Tentacool|Bashful|Lvl 13
Inchou|Chinchou|Mild|lvl 20
Shuckie|Shuckle|Relaxed|lvl 20
Kripke|Krabby|Adamant|lvl 24

R.I.P:
Spoiler:
Yasmin, Impish Rattata > Slain by a crit hit from a Sentret's tackle.
Rufus, Impish Pidgeotto > Ice punch from Hitmonchan inside Cianwood Gym
Krem, Adamant Weepinbell > Battled to the death against a koffing
Xena, Gentle Beedrill > Petrel's Koffing Selfdestructed
Dave, Hardy Raticate > Petrel's Koffing Selfdestructed

Journal Entries:
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Dear diary we saved Azalea town!
Spoiler:
We travelled through Union cave to Azalea town today, ourfirst encounter inside that cave was a zubat, whom we caught without dealing it any damage luckily. It's a pretty low lvl though, so i think i'll name her Faron and sit her in the pc for now. Once we had made it out to route 33, our first encounter was an Ekins, whom we also caught and named Kripke, many of my pokemon (except Rumble) seemed to enjoy the rain in this area so we decided to train here for a short time

Our egg hatched when we visited Azalea town to rest up! a healthy togepi came out, I named her Sue. As soon as sue hatched Elm asked me to go and show it to him, but i wasnt confident i'd be able to keep it alive for the journey, Sue seemed quite timid. After a lot of consideration i decided to put Sue safely inside the box and take out Dave to train. Whike training most of my team caught Pokerus! which actually sort of left me torn over who to train.

As per his request, we travelled back home to show the proffessor Sue. It was good training for Dave (Switched Dave and Sue at cherrygrove, and then swapped them back again on the way back to azalea)He gave me an everstone for showing him, and Sue lvled up a little bit between new bark and cherrygrove, despite the fact that she was too timid to use any of her three moves in battle. (with the exception of growl but standing around growling at everthing would just get her killed) On the plus side though she did catch Pokerus during her short time outside the pc and was able to take it with her into the pc for storage in the event my current team got wiped.

When we returned to Azalea i decided to visit ilex forest first for a little more training and a pokemon hunt, however we didnt have a first encounter here yet as the only pokemon who greeted us were weedle and kakuna, if we're lucky diary that's all we'll find until we learn to headbutt trees

Anyway, we finally went to visit Kurt only for him to tell us about team rocket and their abuse of slowpokes at the well, so i followed him there. Kurt injured himself getting us past the guard so it was up to my team and i to stop team rocket. We defeated Proton easily enough, although Xena had to swap with Neon halfway through his koffing because her fury attack just wasnt doing damage. After kurt took me to his home and thanked me by being my pokeball making slave i returned to slowpoke well because i hadn't actually had an encounter there yet. Tried my hand at fishing with an old rod i was given as soon as i found water in the well and landed myself a magikarp, i had krem use poison poweder on it, and after missing somehow the first 5 times it finally hit. So we caught ourselves Valerie the Magikarp. I'm sure she'll be a fine gyarados one day.

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Dear Diary Our second badge
Spoiler:
Bugsy was a bug type trainer as his name implied, so Rufus was star player in this gym, and no offense to Xena but i found the method of getting to Bugsy a little creepy

Amazingly Rufus evolved into a pidgeotto after a fight with one of bugsy's apprentices

Bugsy:
- Scyther
After giving itself focus energy this pokemon spent most of its time spamming quick attack and taking surprisingly little damage from Rufus's gust attacks. Also it unnerved me how close to our own level this pokemon was, making me consider grinding longer as soon as i get the chance. I didn't have as many potions as i wanted either making this an tense battle. our Sand attacks hardly seemed to work either, and i seriously began to fear for my pokemons life. Thankfully scyther started missing giving me opportunity to actually attack instead of waste precious potions. Annoyingly bugsy also wanted his Scyther to live after Rufus narrowly failed to kill it with a Gust attack and we had to begin whittling it down yet again after dishing out a few more Sand attacks we decided to switch over to Rumble in the hopes his defense would help us last longer. Having rufus at such low health on the gyms first pokemon did not bode well for this battle.

As soon as Rumble was in battle scyther began spamming Leer, and we, forgetting it was part flying type, attempted to use magnitude like a fool before returning to our usual rock polish tactics. amazingly, just a single rock throw 1 hit KO'd the pesky scyther causing me to seriously rethink my know-how on pokemon battles., sort of makes Rufu's long struggle and near death experience kinda pointless.

- Metapod
I chose to switch over to Neon for this battle, still remembering that Rumble's defense had been compromised, and that rufus still needed healing. For the first move we fixed that, giving Rufus one of our last few super potions, before having Neon take down the opponant, as its tackles were very easy to withstand, and it didnt think to harden at all.

- Kakuna

Apparently, Scyther was Bugsy's only strong pokemon, as KAkuna was as easy to take down as Metapod had been, i had wanted to let Rumble take this one as he was so close to lvling up, but once he saw that kakuna was part poison type he refused. so Neon stayed in, unfortunately he got poisoned by the first poison sting, so i opted to finish this match asap. after nearly killing kakuna with bite, i thought it was a good time to top Neon's hp back up with a potion before finishing the opponant with one last bite attack.

As a result of the battle, not only did we get a badge but Neon lvled up and evolved into a croconaw! I made sure to use an antidote on him before stopping off at the pokemon centre to fix the team up and stock up on potions. also antidotes considering what roams ilex forest. Also, bugsy gave us the move 'U-turn' Which i'll be sure to keep handy for any timid pokemon that join the main team.

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Dear diary Impish whims and forest navigations
Spoiler:

As soon as we stepped outside of the gym, Rufus swipped Rumble's shell bell. the poor thing took a minute to realise what was going on before rock polishing himself up to chase Rufus around, unfortunately for him, Rufus actually took a great interest in his stolen prize this time and decides to keep it for himself.We were just about to leave town when we bumped into Mike. I wasnt expecting to see him again, and we got into another fight.
-Gastly
Dave was my lead at the time and my weakest so i worried, alot. but Mike sent out a ghastly first, and dave had just so happened to learn Bite down in the slowpoke well, and after a lucky crit hit we took care of it in one hit.
-Zubat
a part poison type came out next, which meant Rumble refused to fight despite tactical advantage, so Neon came out to play, taking it down despite getting confused by it.
- Bayleef
i wasnt mean enough to keep Neon out for the fight, instead sending out rufus to take care of it. Neon had just evoved i wasnt losing him to a grass type, and an old friend at that. Although once again Rufus proved to be a bit weak on the gust side of things so the impish pokemon spammed sand attack instead. though he got poisoned in the process.Bayleef was tough, as strong as Neon in lvl, almost as strong as rufus, once again i was reminded that i needed to spend more time training. disappointingly the shell bell Rufus stole from rumble only restored 1 hp per hit. However Rufus managed to redeem himself by killing Bayleef with a critical hit when
it was at half health, so he wasnt a complete lost cause
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We ventured into Ilex forest to look for a woodcutters farfetched and his apprentice, hoping to learn the Cut move as a result. It didnt take long to find him, but it did take a while to corner the runaway pokemon! We were given Cut for our trouble, and Dave volenteered to learn it. Considering all pokemon we had encountered in this forest so far were forms of Xena, i taught Rumble headbutt in the place of tackle and started attacing trees for my first encounter. the first got us yet another weedle, our second attempt however landed us a lvl 7 noctowl of all things. I had Dave take a look at its moveset by using a few focus energies to make sure it had nothing too dangerous, before switching in Krem for the capture routine. while i had it poisoned, it put me to sleep and then used a few growls, so it seemed eager to join my party. We eventually managed to catch it, and Vale the adamant noctowl joined the PC gang.

After Krem helped show a kimono girl out of the forst we decided to stick around to train him for a while, taking advantage of his poison type to stop weedle's giving us problems.

We finally emerged onto route 34 where we met Erin the Quirky drowzee who joined the PC club, and seeing that the pokemon here were lvl 10-14 as opposed to the lvl 3-7 in the forest thought we would train here for a while instead, though it wasnt easy trying to push everyone past lvl 20 on these lvls, especially when tainers cut so close to our own lvls. Anyway, i learned that my neighbour was the grandchild of the day care couple and got everyones numbers while i was here.

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Dear diary In for a long grind
Spoiler:
once he hit lvl 20, Dave evolved for me, it was a happy moment and so we moved on into goldenrod city, where we got ourselves a radio card and met whitney. i decided however, with how close bugsy's scyther was to our own in lvl, that we werent going to face this gym until everyone was lvl 25 minimun, so we moved on to route 35 and Neon fought its way through the trainers there until we found grass, where we encountered Zen the Yanma. We almost didnt catch him, he was poisoned and wrapped and escaped 2 pokeballs, he nearly died before he finally submitted.

On route 36 we met a male Nidoran named King, found a dancing tree and returned to town to get a watering can to remove it, only to find i needed to defeat whitney for it. so we went back to training, this time we looked around the national park, where we caught Sun the sunkern. Shortly after this, Krem evolved into a weepingbell.

Rumble evolved into a graveller! and then after learning that both golem and gravellers moveset were the same, a Sylvie in a different dimension helped me evolve Rumble into a golem!

After 4 team members hit lvl 25 and the other two 23, i finally gave into boredom and challenged whitney

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Dear Diary A close call! Badge #3!
Spoiler:

We finally worked up the courage to challenge Whitney, and boy was i glad for the extra training we put in, it was probably the only thing that saved Xena's life

- Clefairy
Since Xena was the only member with a fighting move (Rock smash) i thought it would be wise to start off with her. We put her newly learned toxic spike move to use straight away since i was aware that Whitney had a tough Miltank in her arsenal, Of course, clefairy's metranome attack just happened to pull a wing attack out of the bag. Luckily though Xena was lvled up enough to withstand it very easily. We followed toxic spike up with Twin needle, succesfully poisoning the foe. Finally we threw out rock smash, confident that clefairy's health was low enough for it to be effective.

- Miltank
Kept Xena in battle since she was off to a good start, as planned the toxic spikes poisoned miltank right away, unfortunately though we weren't expecting the Lum berry it was holding, which instantly canceled out the poison. Our twin needle failed to repoison the target, and its defense was too tough to be damaged by rock smash. Our second Twin needle did poison it again, but With absolute horror, i watched a stomp attack crit hit. Xena's hp dropped like a stone and for an instant i was crushed, certain she was going to die. Barely, just barely did she manage to hold on with 5 hp. I immediately switched her out for Rumble, he may be hasty but he was still a golem.
Unfortunately he was hit by attract instantly, becoming unable to use rock polish to speed up, leaving us in the dire situation of being unable to heal or switch out. Nothing we did got past attract, so we had to count on our defense to hold out while we weaited for Xena's poison to finish the job. After what felt like an agonising wait, Miltank finally fell.

I felt bad, whitney was bawling her eyes out at the loss of her pokemon, but she gave us the plain badge anyway.

Rufus tried one of his tricks again, on Xena this time, but soon lost interest when he realised she had nothing for him to steal.

We stopped off at the flower shop after visiting the pokemon centre to treat the wounded warriors, and was given a squirtbottle so i could remove the pesky dancing tree on route 36. Turned out it was a static pokemon. A sudowoodo visable on the field, but i was unable to catch it. It escaped the ball i threw at it and ended up making it too dangerous for my team to keep trying, knocking 3 of them down to half hp before Neon finally gave up and water gunned it down to save the rest of the gang. We healed up once more before starting towards Ecruteak city.

Dave accidently killed the stantler we encountered on route 37 so nothing for us on the way to town

Once we arrived we explored a little, over on route 42 a hiker gave us the Strength HM, once again Dave the hardy raticate volenteered to learn it, i felt guilty about making him a semi HM slave but there was little other choice. Inside mt,morter we met Lee the machop. Back outside on route 42 we met Neal the mareep before deciding to turn back towards town, saving the trainers for later

Next we explored route 38 towards olivine where we caught Etim the magnemite. Felling satisfied with what we had achieved we got on with training.

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Dear diary Legendary pokemon

Spoiler:
On route 39 Lanna the Meowth joined the PC Gang

I decided to start growing oran berries in order to heal the miltank at moomoo farms, and met Mike in Olivine, thankfully we didnt get into a fight this time and on his advice i went to the lighthouse to train. Upon reaching the top i agreed to get some medicine from Cianwood town to heal the sick ampharos. We returned to Ecruteak city hearing rumours that someone in town was giving away the HM surf, and wandered into the burned tower out of curiosity. It was there we met Amy the koffing who also joined the PC gang.

It was while we were exploring there that i met Morty the towns gym leader, and Eusine a suicune fanatic. I also spied the three legendary dogs through a huge hole in the floor! I wanted a closer look but for some reason, Mike was here too!? He really got on my nerves! where does he get off spouting so much crap after my team and i constantly kick his butt?! Anyway, we got into yet another fight.

- Gastly
Rufus was still in front when the battle happened so i immediately switched out for Dave, normal types werent affected by ghost moves and he had Bite on hand, i couldnt have had a better plan, we'll consider this practice for Morty. He tried and succeeded to confuse us, but Dave hit him with a crunch anyway, one hit-KOing the beast.

- Bayleef
We swapped Xena in for this fight, as i still remembered how weak Rufus's flying attacks had been last time. We littered the ground with Toxic spikes for future advantage before attacking with Twin needle and getting a powerful critical hit that almost killed it. Unfortunately it survived the attack but its own hardly scratched us, so we finished it with Pursuit, clearly Mike wasnt into keeping his pokemon alive

- Zubat
I allowed Neon tot ake the stage here, planning to make good use of his Ice beam, unfortuantely Zubat was immune to the toxic spikes, but it made little difference since ice beam killed it in one hit anyway

- Magnemite
For the finisher i sent in Rumble, Toxic spikes didnt seem to work here either, making my plan moot, but one magitude 6 made it drop like the steel ball it was, for someone who spouts a lot of crap about strong and weak, Mike was super weak.

Anyway, after i defeated Mike i snuck downstairs to take a closer look at the pokemon, but the noticed me and fled, although for a while it felt like suicune was staring at me intently

After a little more training, Neon evolved into feraligator! i was shocked, i didnt realise he would evolve this soon. We had wandered over to mahogany town and route 43 where we caught a girafarig but without surf there was little else we could do here

--
Dear diary badges and medicine, and sad goodbyes

Spoiler:
The only place i hadnt looked for HM surf was inside the dance hall, where i witnessed a rocket grunt making a fool of himself, Krem and i defeated him easily and was given surf for our troubles, which i taught to Neon. now it was time to take on the gym leader.

I went through all of the apprentices with just Dave, infact Morty went very much the same way

- Gastly
Dave one shot it with crunch

- Haunter
Dave one shot it with crunch

- Gengar
Dave one shot it with crunch

- Haunter

Dave one shot it with crunch

We earnt the Fog badge from Morty, and overall it was the least life threatening battle i had ever been in. Then again, Dave WAS lvl 30

Shortly after, as expected Rufus looked like he was gearing up for a prank, but he seemed a little confused as to who he was going to target, and so didnt do anything at all.

On mortys suggestion we headed back over to Olivine, passing through to Cianwood, making good use of our new surf move. it was while surfing over route 40 to cianwood we met Sally the tentacool who joined the PC gang, Inchou the chinchou followed shortly after, when we went fishing on route 41.

We finally arrived in Cianwood town it was smaller than i had expected, before we did anything else we went straight to the pharmacy and got ourselves a secret potion for ampharos. Next we visited the houses learing legends and rumours about a legendary pokemon of the see, it felt a bit like ecruteak and their rainbow pokemon of the sky. In one house i met a guy who was terrified out of his whits, from the sounds of it he had been harrassed by Mike(i cant believe he has sunk to theft), he asked me if i would take care of his other pokemon, so i accepted to give him some piece of mind, so Shuckie the relaxed shuckle joined the pc gang. After this we wandered up North of town, where i broke a bolder of curiosity. Out popped a krabby! Now since this area counted as Cianwood, and not route 41 i was pretty sure i was allowed to try and catch it. I gave it a shot and somehow caught Kripke the Adamant Krabby!

Now diary this might sound a little crazy, but after we caught Kripke, i noticed something, Suicune was standing over near the cliff, just watching me the same way it had in the burned tower. I didn't realise pokemon could be stalkers. Just kidding. When i approached it out of curiosity im pretty sure it was trying to tell me something before it fled. Probably because Eusine appeared out of nowhere. He forced me to battle him, thinking he could earn Suiune's respect. I'm not even sure what I'VE done to gain its attention, but there was no way i was going to let him win, my team is precious to me!


I know i should have returned to olivine instantly, but i was promised by a nice lady to be given HM fly if i defeated the gym leader here, which would quicken my return, rather than the long surf.In preparation for the fighting gym, i worked on training Rufus.

And i've reached the conclusion that Rufus's STAB moves are really weak. or maybe its just Gust. regardless it did little more to the apprentices fighting types than russle its hair. We continued to train Rufus regardless however... one of the apprentices Hitmonchan smacked him hard with an Ice punch on their first move....and Rufus fell in battle.I was..shocked..he was my Fly ticket home.. the first pokemon i had ever caught. In a teary eyed moment of revenge i sent out Neon to finish him. But he very nearly took out Neon too! so we switched to Dave (i wasnt thinking straight) Neon had whittled it down, so i sent Dave in to finish it with Cut, and he very nearly died doing so. After the battle ended we fled back to the pokemon centre to send Rufus to heaven :( I took his shell bell as a memento.

I spent a very long time infront of the PC debating over who would take Rufus's place. Ideally it would be a flying type, so i could zip around wherever i needed, but that would leave me with Vale the lvl 7 adamant noctowl or Zen the lvl 12 impish yanma (who i wasnt sure i could even fly on) I could have also opted for Erin the lvl 10 quirky drowzee or daisy the lvl 15 rash girafarig to take revenge on the gym psychicly. They would all need training. Hek i could even opt for Faron the timid zubat to fly with but its nature would leave us lacking. I realised erin would be a terrible choice, being unable to use STAB moves thanks to her nature made her useless in this gym.

After a long decision process, i decided to take out Daisy in Rufus's place

--
Dear diary A badge in the name of Rufus's honor.
Spoiler:

Dear diary. today while training Daisy, i stumbled across Entei. I have no words, i allowed it to escape as i myself ran away, it was strong, i could feel its pressure, and it was in an area i had already captured a pokemon. I spent a long time training Daisy so she was the same lvl as the rest of the gang. I gave Neon the shell bell Rufus used, and he took it gladly, it took some time, but Daisy was finally settling in nicely with the guys.

We finally re-challenged the Gym that claimed the life of Rufus, the newly trained Daisy playing as our trump card

Gym leader Chuck:
- Primeape
it was scary that Chuck was the same lvl as us. he started out with a double team, but Daisy's Psybeam hit and nearly knocked it out right away, i had her follow up with confusion, knowing that Chuck would heal. Lucky for us we got a ritical hit and finished this foe without taking damage

- Poliwrath
A part water type was up next, so i swapped Daisy for Krem, enduring he opponants Body slam so we had a chance to use poison powder. We healed up right away afterwards and somehow avoided the incoming hypnosis attack. With that out of the way we endured another body slam, aiming to hit it with the all important vine whip, but we ended up being struck by paralysis! I immediately healed the status condition, only for the same thing to happen with the next body slam. That said as long as i could keep Krem alive all we had to do was wait for the poison to eat away at it. For some reason i panicked when Poliwrath whiped out surf (must have been the crit hit) but we couldnt seem to keep our health up, and it turns out the enemy had a sitrus berry, and we still hadnt managed to heal paralysis, or get an attack in since poison powder. It wasnt good, Krems nature made it impossible to switch him out, was i going t lose two preious partners to this gym!?

We finally got lucky and had a chance to remove paralysis instead of healing, i had made the mistake of not buying all the potions i could before we started this fight. But once again poliwrath hit us with a body slam and the cycle began again paralysis included. Chuck healed his pokemon again. I had no choice, i had to attack without removing paralysis, but once again it orevented us from utilizing vine whip. After another two trie we finally got through, only to find it didnt do as much damage as i had hoped, still it was enough to keep us going and so i took another turn to heal, he wouldnt use surf forever. 4 super potions left. Another vine whip got through the status condition, thankfully, and the opponant finally fell. Chuck was defeated, and Krem got a hard earned rest

With our new badge safely tucked away, we left the gym and recieved HM Fly from the lady who promised it to me. I visited the pokecentre to heal up, temporarily swapped out Neon for Vale and taught him Fly before returning to Olivine and swapping my party back over.

We finally delivered the medicine and healed the ampharos of the lighthouse, after which jasmine announced she was returning to the Gym. I am aware that she is a steel type trainer, and here lies my problem diary. I lack a fire type among my pc gang, and steel itself has the potential to be especially effective against rok types like rumble, making it dangerous to attempt to use his magnitude ability, i may have to onsider making a temporary team, diary, specially desinged for challenging this gym, possibly one that can handle an ice gym over in mahogony town as well.

While that struck me as a good idea, i decided to just stick with my team and do some more grinding, after a look through my pc gang i hadnt fund 6 pokemon suiting that ideal. Sheer power it was!

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updates from 23rd march
Dear Diary Trump card?

Spoiler:
We recieved a call saying the safari park was ready so my team and i headed over there for the chance of more training and pokemon, no encounter for us on route 47 however, as Daisy was nabbed with a critical hit, meaning she automatically struck back and killed the staryu we encountered.

I enountered a vulpix on route 48, despite knowing the risks i switched in Krem. I really really wanted to catch one! it would be a great advantage against the steel gym! Krem hit t with poison powder, then all we had to do was wait and stay healthy, but in the end all we had to do was throw a single fast ball after our first attack and we caught her! I named her Nina and shall pick her up from a pc to train as soon as i find one. I swapped Rumble out for nina, since he had a weakness to steel and began my training, turns out she had a hardy nature like Dave.

Entered the safari zone and shortly realised what a waste this was! my first encounter was a taurus, but it escaped from me! guess it was time to leave the safari zone an get on with training.


-
Dear diary my first shiny!
Spoiler:
My god Diary! Today we caught someone special on route 48. http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/shiny/tauros.png Now i know your thinking 'wait didnt you already get Nina on 48?' and yes i did but Lucas the taurus is special. He is the first shiny pokemon i have ever met in my entire lifetime!


-
Dear Diary Defeating Jasmine!

Spoiler:
Apparently having nina as my trump card worked! i trained her to level 30 before i challenged Jasmine

- Magnemite:
Nina one shot it with Flamethrower

- Steelix:
Used Neon's Ice fang, but found it less effective than i had anticipated, so instead we took advantage of its ground sub-type and killed it wiht Surf instead

- Magnemite:
Nina re-entered and once again one shot it with flamethrower

Battle over, we earned badge number 6!

I knew the next gym was an ice type so i decided to keep nina in the team for now, and would have rumble re-take his place afterwards, so i made my way back to -- town and over to the lake of rage, able to actually explore it now that Neon could surf. Turns out there was a shiny gyarados rampaging in the lake, so Dave and i defeated it and calmed it down. It was shortly after this where we met Lance and his dragonite ( i want one! ). He asked me to help hm investigate some strange radio waves, which i agreed to, chance of encountering bad guys and winning battles? yes please i'll take te experience before the next gym!

We found a secret base behind an ugly looking golden wardrobe inside a shady looking shop. Honestly i dont know how they got away with it for so long, the place stood out like a sore thumb, the tree next to the shop looked wrong somehow, the prices of the goods were extortion and the golden wardrobe thing stood out way to much to be anything but suspicious!

We battled through the guards, and while there found a wild voltorn who we caught and named Orben, Once we deactivated surveillance and reached the lower floor, we met up with Lance, who helpfully healed my team for me.

After battling trough grunts and finally learning the passwords to the boss's room, my team and i prepared to take on the head honcho, and surprise surprise Mike showed up, spewed some angry rubbish at me before leaving...why was he even here? Anyway we confonted some guy named Petrel and defeated him in battle, but he ran away! the door that was locking us out of the radio control room would only open with his voice! For just a second i was at a loss diary, but then the Murkrow in the room, clever pokemon it was, started mimicking petrels voice and the password, he ran all over the building screaming it and having a whale of a time!

Unfortunately as soon as the door opened, i was ambushed by Ariana and a goon. It didnt look good, my team was strong but i didnt know if i could handle the both of them without a casualty, thankfully though Lance showed up and evened the odds, i'll tell you now diary, fighting alongside a dragonite was amazing! We defeated Ariana and deduced that to turn off the machine the electrode had to faint. I really wished i had Rumble in my team at that moment. After we defeateed them all Lance gave me the HM whirlpool, i had to have a long think over who i was going to teach it too - Neon already had surf, Eventually decided to teach it to Sally the bashful tentacooll before returning her to the pc...for now.

-
Dear diary Ice master Pryce
Spoiler:

Nina was the front of the party from the moment we set foot inside this freezing gym, an d we fought our way to Pryce by alternating between Nina and Neon, thankfully none of the apprentices thought to make their ice/water types use water moves, but better safe than sorry

to be honest i dont remember much about the battle with Pryce but i do remember that i was too scared to actually use Nina for the battle, Dave almost died and got frozen, Neon nearly died too but was healed up, and surprisingly Daisy did the most work and defeated his final pokemon, Dewgong.

Sorry that wasnt as detailed as before diary!

Anyway, after earning badge number 7, i got a phonecall from Elm saying something about team rocket and the radiotower, so i turned on my radio and sure enough they were all over it. We healed up at a pokemoncentre, swapped Nina back for rumble and went back to golden rod to confront them. But it turns out i couldnt gt past the guard at the radiotower, so i looked around for a way in until i finally heard they were hiring people for this job! perfect! i borrowed a uniform and snuck in, it was all proceeding to plan until Mike came in and ruined it. We didnt get into a fight atleast, but i lost my disguise, oh well least we got rid of the guard!

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Dear diary A bitter Victory

Spoiler:
On the way up the radiotower, we enountered a rocket with a koffing. I was training Krem at the time, and despite being hit with numerous smokescreens he refused to leave the battle field. None of our moves hit while Krem himself was buffetted. He was down to one hp..and diary it was all my fault! i was going to heal him, i had the hyper potion ready and everything, but when i went to applied it i slipped! my stupid hand slipped and ended up wasting the much needed potion on Dave, who had only taken 7 hp damage! Krem fell in tht battle because of my mistake. Daisy finished off the battle, and we left to send Krem to heaven, but im having a hard time deciding who his replacement will be. In the end i chose Nina since she already had the training.

We battled our way up to the 5th floor to find our old friend Petrel, it was a tough and grueling battle, unfortunately we lost Dave and my beloved Xena to self destructing koffings :( Lucus and Orben step up to the plate, time to go training before we save the director and face the rocket boss.

Mewquazabsol March 27th, 2015 9:23 AM

cRUD I FORGOT THIS EXISTED OOOOPS

aha let me update everything ^.^' sorry sorry

Hippowtom April 11th, 2015 8:11 AM

Final update! Got through the Locke, without failing! I'm pretty proud of myself since this was a tough run.

Spoiler:


- Cleared the Relic Castle of Team Plasma members
- Flew back to Nacrene City Museum and got the Dark Stone, a.k.a Zekrom
- I checked the Moor of Icirrus but couldn't catch anything there because my emulator's timeline is messed up and it was Winter in-game.
- I beat Bianca at the gate to Tubeline Bridge
- Met up with Ghetsis
- Killed my encounter on Route 9, it was a Minccino
- Arrived to Opelucid City and heard a speech from Ghetsis
- In the fight with Iris, Titanium the Druddigon died, as well as Iron the Klang
- Beat Iris and got my final badge
- Got the Master Ball from Prof. Juniper
- Caught a Rufflet (Arsenic) from Route 10
- Beat Cheren
- Got to Victory Road
- Inside Victory Road, Hydrogen the Serperior died as well as Lead the Swanna
- Found my way to Pokémon League
- While grinding for the Elite 4 Chlorine evolved into Jellicent
- Beat Shauntal --- No deaths
- Beat Grimsley --- No deaths
- Beat Caitlyn --- No deaths
- Beat Marshal --- Arsenic the Rufflet died as well as Tin the Escavalier
- Went in to Champions room and saw N beat Alder
- N's Castle rose up from no where
- Conquered N's castle
- Caught Zekrom (Krypton)
- Beat N --- No deaths
- Beat Ghetsis --- Krypton died as well as Chlorine
- Beat the Locke!



The Final Team:

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/e/e6/Spr_5b_608.png

Nitrogen the Lampent, lvl. 50 @ Spell Tag Adamant Nature
Shadow Ball - Will-o-Wisp - Imprison - Flame Burst

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/c6/Spr_5b_618.png

Xenon the Stunfisk, lvl. 51 @ Expert Belt Adamant Nature
Muddy Water - Mud Bomb - Thunderbolt - Bounce

http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/c8/Spr_5b_560.png

Copper the Scrafty, lvl. 54 @Balckglasses Bashful Nature
Brick Break - Crunch - Work Up - Strength

Deaths: 16
Boxed Pokemon: 7

I had fun, maybe in the future I'll do another one!

Mewquazabsol April 22nd, 2015 8:27 PM

Updated! Congratulations, Hippowtom, you have been promoted to the Hall of Fame!

I've been playing my Naturelocke pretty much all day today cx

JelloItUp April 25th, 2015 8:23 AM

Good to see an awesome Locke-Challenge like this still active. ^^

Username: JelloItUp
Game: LeafGreen

hedger April 26th, 2015 8:29 AM

Might give this one a go on Volt White 2. Probably a suicide mission but I'll roll with it.

Just editing this post completely, and gonna do a first update. Just because I've had a number of close calls already, from risky switches, so just opting to use the Switch battle system instead, which also removes the problem of the Adamant nature.

What berries can't a quiet nature eat btw? Just realised how very vague these rules are, although still interesting.

Username: hedger
Game: Volt White 2

Update 1


The journey was to begin, a long rough one it would turn out to be, but one I looked forward to. To join us on our adventures was Dutch, the Adamant Tepig. The decision was a pretty simple one, the only Unova starter I had yet to use. Dutch took down Hugh's Oshawott, and afterwards that little pig seemed on top of the world.

Onto our first route, we had our pokeballs and our journey was about to start. A wild Starly appeared in front of us shortly after, and I immediately wanted to capture it. Dutch didn't seem to like that idea, and seemed pretty set about killing it. But in the end he held back, and listened to me, allowing to capture the Starly, now known as Chirpy due to him being of a very Quiet nature.

Chirpy seemed content to let Dutch lead the way, although doing his work when asked to. A Rash Primeape was the next pokemon to join our team. I did not inspect the little monkey's gender before deciding to name HER Chuck, a little oops moment on my behalf but once the pokemon adapts to the name you call it first, they don't go back.

Our team seemed to get along pretty well, there seems to be a little bit of a clash between Chuck and Dutch at this stage, but they've set aside their differences. All was fine until the first gym battle, our first real test.

We had trained up to level 12-13. Dutch had reluctantly stepped aside for Chuck to open the fight. Cheren sent out his Minccino, who was no match for Chuck, who Karate Chopped him to death. Chuck wanted to continue and made a deal out of it when I wanted to send out Dutch. It seemed like Dutch and Chuck would take each other out, but in the end Chuck gave way, with Dutch's natural confidence winning out and he was allowed to fight.

His Lillipup spent too much time trying to set it up, and by the time he had looked like he'd be able to take down Dutch, he had already slammed into Lillipup with two strong tackles, taking him down. With his team already having a definite strategy in setting up for some strong attacks, it was essential to take care of his final pokemon as quickly as possible, and so Dutch reluctantly gave way for Chuck to finish the battle we started. The opposing Munchlax was a little stronger than his previous pokemon, and did some damage to Chuck, who restored the damage from his Oran Berry, as did the Munchlax. With the battle still in the balance, I ordered Chuck to go all out, and she delivered the final blow, the Munchlax not able to match Chuckie's speed, and the first badge was ours.

The journey will continue, as we look for that second badge, and more additions to our team that I'm liking so far. Hopefully Chuck isn't too frail, and can take a hit or two. And I apologise to Chuck for all the times I accidentally call her a guy.

The Team:

Spoiler:
http://www.serebii.net/xy/pokemon/498.png
Dutch | Thick Fat | M | LVL 13
Adamant Nature
Tackle | Tail Whip | Ember | Odor Sleuth

http://www.serebii.net/xy/pokemon/056.png
Chuck | Anger Point | F | LVL 13
Rash Nature
Fury Swipes | Low Kick | Leer | Karate Chop

http://www.serebii.net/xy/pokemon/396.png
Chirpy | Keen Eye | M | LVL 12
Quiet Nature
Tackle | Growl | Quick Attack | Wing Attack



Edit: Well we just got wiped out at the second gym, probably should have done some more grinding but oh well. That kinda sucked. I do want to play on this game though so that's it for me for the challenge for the moment. Might play on a different game sometime later.

Mewquazabsol June 13th, 2015 5:19 PM

Alright, I'm on Victory Road in my own Naturelocke as of now! This challenge has been a wild ride for me. Some natures have been pure luck; others have been pure suck. I will begin writing after the run is complete.

darth razmus July 7th, 2015 7:36 AM

Looks like fun.
Darth Razmus
Black

The24thm July 11th, 2015 11:10 AM

Seems like an interesting challenge. Count me in!

Name: The24thm
Game Emerald

TravelerTrainer15 July 25th, 2015 2:44 PM

Is this still on?
Name: Hayden
Game: X

Progress:
Spoiler:

-Moved to Kalos
-Met friends
-Got a Careful-natured female Froakie named Alex
-Pwned Shauna
-Told my mom that I was going to go on a journey


Team:
Spoiler:

Alex (Lv 6 Female Froakie)
Careful
Pound/Growl/Bubble
No item

TravelerTrainer15 August 1st, 2015 6:05 AM

Ok, bad news.

I may have to cancel this challenge in X, since apart from that, I only have B/W2/HG, and none of those to my knowledge have Caterpie, Weedle, and Pidgey available early on for a Tri-Species. I'll move this one to White 2.

Name: Hayden
Game: W2

Sylvie18 August 10th, 2015 11:27 AM

Ooh! glad to see this is still going! I plan on continueing my challenge this week. Been in the middle of moving house and stuff so everything i own is in boxes. got settled into a temporary 2 week home atm so i might have to go rummaging for my soul silver on my day off tomorrow :D

Mewquazabsol August 16th, 2015 7:40 PM

I got a new computer! :D Also, I finished my Naturelocke. I might try finishing up a few more of my projects before writing this, but oh my god, I can tell you that I ended up with a killer final team. I had SO much fun with this challenge! I'm really glad that I made it, and that you people are enjoying it. Adding everyone!

Sylvie18 August 24th, 2015 9:42 AM

I'm almost there! Thought i'd do an update now that im on the boring training grind on the way to the pokemon league
Badges:http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/4/4a/Zephyr_Badge.png/50px-Zephyr_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/0/08/Hive_Badge.png/50px-Hive_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/a/a7/Plain_Badge.png/50px-Plain_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/4/48/Fog_Badge.png/50px-Fog_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/b/b9/Storm_Badge.png/50px-Storm_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/7/7b/Mineral_Badge.png/50px-Mineral_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/e/e6/Glacier_Badge.png/50px-Glacier_Badge.pnghttp://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/5/58/Rising_Badge.png/50px-Rising_Badge.png
Team:
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/feraligatr.pngNeon lvl 48
M|Gentle|Torrent|@Shell Bell
Slash|Crunch|Surf|Ice Fang
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/girafarig-f.pngDaisy lvl 41
F|Rash|Inner Focus|@Nothing
Zen Headbutt|Psychic|Stomp|Assurance
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/golem.pngRumble lvl 38
M|Hasty|Sturdy|@Nothing
Strength|Earthquake|Rock Throw|Rock polish
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/vulpix.pngNina lvl 38
F|Hardy|Flash Fire|@Nothing
Safeguard|Will-o-wisp|Payback|Flamethrower
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-shiny/tauros.pngLucus lvl 33
M|Sassy|Anger Point|@Silk Scarf
Horn attack|Iron Tail|Payback|Zen Headbutt
http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/back-normal/tentacruel.pngSally lvl 32
F|Bashful|Liquid Ooze|@Nothing
BubbleBeam|Waterfall|Whirlpool|Acid
PC gang:
Spoiler:
E|Uknown|Brave|lvl 11
Faron|Zubat|Timid|lvl 5
Kripke|Ekans|Mild|lvl 7
Sue|Togepi|Timid|lvl 4
Valerie|Magikarp|Impish|lvl 10
Vale|Noctowl|Adamant|Lvl 7
Erin|Drowzee|Quirky|lvl 10
Zen|Yanma|Impish|lvl 12
King|Nidoran M|Lax|lvl 12
Sun|Sunkern|Hardy|lvl 10
Lee|Machop|Impish|lvl 14
Neal|Mareep|Bold|lvl 15
Etim|Magnemite|Quiet|Lvl 16
Lanna|Meowth|Naive|Lvl 16
Amy|Koffing|Relaxed|Lvl 14
Inchou|Chinchou|Mild|lvl 20
Shuckie|Shuckle|Relaxed|lvl 20
Kripke|Krabby|Adamant|lvl 24
Newt|Poliwag|Mild|lvl 20
Ellie|Delibird|Impish|lvl 22
Joey|Teddiursa|Naive|lvl 20
*Duncan|Magnemite|Quirky|lvl 16*
Iza|Seel|Rash|lvl 24
Ace|Lugia|Mild|lvl 45

RIP:
Spoiler:
Yasmin, Impish Rattata > Slain by a crit hit from a Sentret's tackle.
Rufus, Impish Pidgeotto > Ice punch from Hitmonchan inside Cianwood Gym
Krem, Adamant Weepinbell > Battled to the death against a koffing
Xena, Gentle Beedrill > Petrel's Koffing Selfdestructed
Dave, Hardy Raticate > Petrel's Koffing Selfdestructed
Orben, Adamant Voltorb > Training fatality

Diary Entries:
Spoiler:
Dear Diary - Well that escalated quickly
Spoiler:
Orben passed away during training, it just wasnt a good match, since she knew whirlpool i had Sally take his place. We had a very long training session in weaker places, as i was growing scared of how many friends i had been losing lately.

We got a little bored of training and decided it couldn't hurt to charge in guns blazing with Neon...was challenged by mike during my rescue of the director. defeated him with Neon, Nina and Daisy, no casualties on our side either :)
--
Well that escalated quickly, rescued the director only for him to tell me the entire pokemon world is in danger if rocket controls the transmitter, guess i have no choice but to remove them if i want to keep my friends safe. We fought carefully through the executives again, training Sally while taking advantage of the teams attack diversity and type strengths...although Rumble was only any use against Raticates as the rest of team rockets pokemon were either dark or poison. Still, ...being able to easily resist a hyper fang was very handy too!

Dear Diary -Legendary Trolls
Spoiler:
With team rocket disbanded, and some kind of silver feather wing in hand. It was time to return to our training, i hear the next gym is full of dragon types, so i shall focus on those who can learn ice type attacks (pretty much just neon then, maybe sally if i beg her enough?) probably wont give Rumble as much training as i should since i know he will refuse to fight.
We caught Newt the poliwag when we passed back through Ecruteak and decided to fish there, i always forget there are pokemon to find inside towns too!

Damn you entei! He appeared as our first encounter on route 44, this is the second time legendaries have thwarted me...oh well.

After a bit of grinding with Sally we eventually got back on route and headed through Ice cave where we met Ellie the Delibird, we also found the HM wasterfall and a frozen kimono girl whom we helped out. Oh! and Sally finally evolved into a tentacruel, the team is becoming a powerhouse once more! ..Now if i can just find a fire stone....

After making it to blackthorn city, finally, we rested up and went straight down to route 35 for...you guessed it, more training, there we caught Joey the teddiursa to add to the PC bench warmers and we plan on hanging out and around the route (even if we have to go to the bottom and fly back up a few times) just to make sure we get all the trainers. This should also allow time for rematches too. i'll write again when we try to challenge the gym leader!

Dear Diary - Neon is awesome
Spoiler:
We challenged the dragon gym, charging through all the grunts using only Neon, hopefully we can keep this up with Clair herself...

=She began with a gyarados, which was typical i suppose, since it more like an honorary dragon than an actual one, Neon still managed to make short work of it with a crunch, ice fang and a slash, reaching lvl 45 for his troubles
=Gyarados was followed by dragonaire, and this was where our ice fang move could really do some damage, we took it down in two shots, though the thunderwave clair pulled off was cruel ( luckily we were only paralyzed for one turn)
= With another dragonaire in the line-up i decided to keep on blazing through and after using my one and only full restore we were ready to go. Annoyingly this dragonaire used the same trick but we werent affected at all because Neon is so pro! It was knocked out immediately.
=For her final pokemon kingdra i decided to risk it and stick with the reigning champ, taking the first turn to remove paralyses, though it turns out kingdra is a really hard hitter, the second turn had to be used on a hyper potion...Orben would be really handy to have right now. Kingdra started spamming smokescreen which became worrying, i was tempted to switch out, but slash seemed to be hitting well, and as long as we healed every turn or two Neon was managing.

After some patience Neon finally defeated kingdra officially soloing the eigth gym of Johto!

Dear Diary.- Dragon troubles
Spoiler:
Despite losing to us, Claire refuses to give us a gym badge, which naturally infuriated Neon and myself, afterall, we (most importantly he) had worked so hard to get here! But now she wants us to take some sort of...dragon challenge int heir sacred cave? Well fine we have no choice if we want our badge but i sincerly hope there is someone inside who i can give a piece of my mind to!

Turns out the challenge was just a few quiz questions from an elderly man. and i passed with flying colours, he made sure Claie gave me the Rising badge, on the way out i encountered a dratini among a sea of magikarp, but i couldnt capture it, it was too stubborn and i ended up knoking it out jut before i ran out of pokeballs...such a shame :( . Oh but it looks like elm has something for me, so we're going to head by his office next!

Dear diary - kimono girls battle
Spoiler:
Turns out Elm wanted to gift me a master ball, then informed me all 5 kimono girls were waiting for me in ecruteak dance theatre, on arrival Mike appeared looking angry he lost, but admitted he thought i was going to win (he didnt look happy about that either!) So i allowed Neon to take the lead and we challenged all 5 in a row, thanks to neon's shell bell and move variety it wasnt too difficult. The only exception was when we faced Jolteon, i allowed Rumble to take stage for that one.

After defeating all five i was given a Tidal bell, then informed that a Lugia shaped shadow was spotted over whirl islands. Guess i'm heading there next

Dear diary - lucky encounters
Spoiler:
Amazing! i just encountered my second shiny, a magnemite, heading down to ecruteak, managed to capture it in an ultra ball and named it Duncan. http://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/shiny/magnemite.png I've gone from never seeing a shiny ever, to finding two in the same year! *ahem* anyway, we made our way to whirl islands.

Caught Iza the seel in whirl islands, also turned out we were in the wrong cave, ran around till we found the right one (hih took a while, we didnt have anyone who could sue flash with us.

We met and caught Lugia and named it Ace, went to go and show prof.elm and he suggested i challenge the elite 4, so we headed over the border into kanto to trek to victory road, will hang around this little cottage training, the person there doesnt mind giving us bed and board

Mewquazabsol August 26th, 2015 3:10 PM

Updating! I'm glad you're sticking with this challenge! You're doing so well!

Sylvie18 October 1st, 2015 1:31 PM

Finally have internet again, been picking at this challenge here and there since grinding is a bit meh, but had a minor setback, my vulpix was killed so ive had to starter training a low level... also refuse to face the elite 4 without most of my team lvl 45 minimum. This will be fun :)

Mewquazabsol November 23rd, 2015 4:17 PM

Eep! Sorry I've been inactive. I'm brainstorming for my Storylocke of this! Stay strong, Sylvie.

Mewquazabsol March 22nd, 2016 3:30 PM

Ok, I was kinda nervous about reviving this, but Necrum has given me the all-clear! I'm sorry again for not being active. On the bright side, a changelog! I've been doing a few things to the front page recently. Some involve the rules, and some are just aesthetic changes. Anyway, here's what's changed:

• The text color that used to take up the entirety of the nature description got pretty obnoxious. Now, check out those pretty little bullet points on each side! They keep the color coding without being an eyesore.
• A few rules are now optional. These rules are in green.
• Timid 'mons are no longer afraid of Poison-types, but Bug-types have replaced them.
• Bold and Brave Pokemon have a new rule! If they are sent out against a Pokemon with a type advantage, they will stay in and fight. Idea credit to Arrow-Jolteon of Pokemon Crossroads.
• Quirky Pokemon will soon have a list of possible quirks. This is currently a WIP, but once it's up, you will use an RNG to determine which quirk your Quirky 'mon has upon catching them. Thanks again, Arrow-Jolteon!
• A few clarifications on the front page, plus a few exceptions to the rules to make the challenge fair.

Any feedback? Should I fancy up the front page with a color scheme or spoiler the huge rule list? If you have anything to say, I'd love to hear it!

In other news, I'm beginning to work on my Storylocke. It will be called Back at the Start, and I'll post a link to it here once I finally get it up on ZetaBoards!

DyingWillFlareon April 22nd, 2016 7:37 PM

1 I think the board and rules and such look ok ^^

2 I would LOVE to read your storylocke ^^

3 Username: DyingWillFlareon Game: White 2 :3

QUESTION I just caught a Brave Minccino and Id like to understand the Brave rules better, do you mean "cant heal at pokecenters at all" or "cant heal at pokecenters and cant heal unless at red hp" or "can heal at pokecenters unless at red hp then use potions"?.....

Updates:
Spoiler:
Spoiler: Cheren
Ally started her Unova part 2 adventure and chose Oshawott because its clearly the best Unova starter. :b Named him Pillow and continued on to catch Sly the Purrloin and was gunna name him Isiah but my friend suggested Sly instead, next Route caught Ruth the Patrat and went to battle Sean/Hugh/Rival. .....for all his talk about losing Pokemon.... RIP Sly. In the Ranch we caught Isiah the Lillipup. Training for Cheren's Gym but we will fight him in the morning hopefully and Ill tell how it goes. EDIT: Trained everyone up and barely beat him with my team. So terrifying, if he had a crit he wouldve killed Pillow... QwQ

Spoiler: Roxie
Trained in Virbank Complex and caught Mary the Pidove. Went to fight Roxie once everyone leveled up, with Pillow and Isiah(meant for it to be Isaiah but ok) evolved. Mary is Timid so I couldnt let her fight Roxie's Whirlipede, but everyone else did ok. Going on to PokeStar Studios and such now, gunna finish everything up and move on to the next town. Sheesh a Flying type afraid of Bugs.... QwQ yay

Spoiler: Burgh
We continued on and went to Castelia City, before finding a Plasma grunt and my rival/friend Sean had to run to the sewers and fite. For my Sewer catch I got a Zubat named Valentina, although....She's Serious. I have no Flyers for Burgh. :'D After beating Team Plasma grunts and seeing Colress which only took forever bc I kept getting lost I tried to get another catch in Relic Passage and lost a Roggenrola then in the place with Eevee a Skitty used my last 3 Great Balls... Afterward we went to the desert to train, although we caught a Brave Minccino and then went back to Virbank Conplex to train on Audino... QwQ Thanks to the training Burgh was a lot easier than I thought he'd be and we beat him easily without deaths or other trouble. Also got Dowsing Machine, did the Harlequin Hunt, Exp Share, Mystic Water(2 actually), Scope Lens ah yeah, and the Trash Master Medal. :'3 Also some evos!~

Spoiler: Elesa
Im gunna cry. First time in a while I picked up the game and went to the Gym, but Elesa killed half my team. They did their best, RIP Paul, Mary, and Valentina... I couldve save dthem if I tried harder... Q-Q After boxing them I retrieved the other three out of the Box for a full team, gunna be grindinng them up.


Spoiler: Current Teammates
Pillow the Rash Dewott Level 31 Male-Mystic Water
Torrent Revenge/Fury Cutter/Water Pulse/Razor Shell
Ruth the Lax Watchog Level 25 Female-Silk Scarf
Keen Eye Tackle/Confuse Ray/Crunch/Detect
Biskit the Brave Minccino Level 29 Female-Scope Lens
Cute Charm Charm/Tickle/Swift/Encore((working on moves with leel up/tms rn))
Ezekiel the Careful Liepard Level 22 Male
Unburden Fury Swipes/Pursuit/Torment/Fake Out
Peter the Impish Solosis Leel 21 Male
Overcoat Snatch/Hidden Power(unknown type)/Light Screen/Charm
Seer the Bashful Roselia Level 23 Female-Black Sludge
Poison Point Mega Drain/Leech Seed/Magical Leaf/GrassWhistle


Spoiler: RIP Q-Q
Sly the Lonely Purrloin Level 4-8 Male. Killed by Rival Sean's Snivy's crit Tackle.
Isiah the Jolly Herdier Level 4-25 Male. I believe he was killed training.
Paul the Lax Yamask Level 18-30 Male. Killed by Elesa.
Mary the Timid Tranquill Level 10-30 Female. Killed by Elesa.
Valentina the Serious Crobat Level 17-30 Female. Killed by Elesa.

Mewquazabsol May 6th, 2016 7:50 PM

Adding! Also, sorry for being so vague about the Brave rules. Pokémon Centers are usable regardless of health. However, if you're, say, in the middle of a battle, they can only be healed if they're in the red. Does that clear things up?

DyingWillFlareon May 12th, 2016 2:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mewquazabsol (Post 9230006)
Adding! Also, sorry for being so vague about the Brave rules. Pokémon Centers are usable regardless of health. However, if you're, say, in the middle of a battle, they can only be healed if they're in the red. Does that clear things up?

Yes it does, thank you! ^^


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