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Motherhen Challenge!
The goal of this challenge is to hatch and raise your entire team of 6 Pokemon by hand. You complete this challenge when 6 hatched Pokemon are at level 100 and you’ve completed a play through of a single game (meaning you’ve gotten all 8 badges, beaten the Elite 4 and the Champion).
RULES 1. All Pokemon on your team must start at Level 1 in the new game. Pokemon at higher levels at the start are not eligible for the play through. They can still be in egg form by the time you start the game, but remember that this will leave you with one less Pokemon to battle with. 2. All Pokemon must have been bred either in the current game or one of your previous games. Pokemon can be hatched in a previous game but it must be a game that only you have played in and must adhere to rule #1. 3. You cannot use event Pokemon in Battle. For example, in X & Y -- the case of Lapras, you must select Run during wild encounters. Lucario is the only exception for this, and only for the Mega Evolution battle. However, in terms of Starter Pokemon, you cannot run from battles with other trainers. Avoid them if you can. If you can't, only the first route is allowed to have your starter Pokemon battled. So, for example, if I choose Chespin as my starter my goal is to get to the first Poke Center as quick as possible. I may do one or two battles with other NPC trainers, but otherwise my goal is to avoid and run from wild encounters, going back ONLY when I have the Pokemon I listed here on the sign up sheet.. 4. You may not trade for level one Pokemon. If you didn’t breed it, the Pokemon is not eligible for this play through. 5. You aren’t allowed to move on to the next badge until 1 of your Pokemon are at the maximum level. 6. OPTIONAL: You must choose a type that all of the Pokemon will have. It’s okay if they are duo types, but they all must have one type in common. This is called Monotype Mode! 7. OPTIONAL: Turn off Ex. Share to add difficulty. This is called The Long Hall Mode. 8. OPTIONAL: Name each Pokemon in your team to further their bond with you. STAGES STAGE 1: Hatching & Transferring GOAL: hatch all Pokemon. STAGE 2: Badge 1 GOAL: Get at least 1 Pokemon to level 30. STAGE 3: Badge 2 GOAL: Get at least 1 Pokemon to level 40. STAGE 4: Badge 3 GOAL: Get at least 1 Pokemon to level 50. STAGE 5: Badge 4 GOAL: Get at least 1 Pokemon to level 60. STAGE 6: Badge 5 GOAL: Get at least 1 Pokemon to level 70. STAGE 7: Badge 6 GOAL: Get at least 1 Pokemon to level 80. STAGE 8: Badge 7 GOAL: Get at least 1 Pokemon to level 90. STAGE 9: Badge 8 GOAL: Get all Pokemon to level 100. STAGE 10: Elite 4 GOAL: Defeat the Elite 4! You're so close to completing the challenge! Good luck!!! STAGE 11: Champion GOAL: Defeat the Elite 4 Champion. Once you do this, you've completed the challenge! How'd your final Pokemon turn out? SIGN UP SHEET FORUM USERNAME: Your Pokecommunity username here. Spoiler:
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username: LRachelr5
starting team: Sneasel, Milotic, Aaron, Vulpix, Larvitar, Ralts final team: Weavile (hopefully), Milotic, Agron, Ninetales, Tyranitar, Gardevior Also just to check. Does this mean that in Alpha Sapphire I have to grind at least one pokemon to level 30 before taking on Roxanne? |
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Hi there! Thanks for joining the challenge! Yes, you do have to get up to level 30 before taking on Roxanne (or the equivalent to badge #3). But only one Pokemon must follow this rule. This is mainly to prevent you from getting Pokemon too powerful to listen to you. :-) |
Before I choose my game to do this challenge in I just want to clear up a few things.
1. Does it matter what game it is so long as the game is from Gen IV and onward as long as it follows the rules you specified or does it have to be a Gen VI game? 2. When we transfer the eggs do they have to be hatched or unhatched? 3. And if the eggs have to be unhatched do we need to catch pokemon on the intended game to trade for the eggs and let them hatch? |
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1. It doesn't matter what game you're completing the challenge with. As long as you can feasibly follow the main rules, I see no reason to limit you! 2. You can transfer the eggs whenever you like, just remember that your egg will take up a slot on your team and thus leave you with one less Pokemon to battle with. 3. As long as the egg was birthed in a save file that only you have played in, you're good to go! In other words, you do not need to hatch or breed them in the intended game. As long as by the time they are switched to your intended file, they're at level 1, you've complied with the rules. (Sorry, it's a bit late here and I had a long day. Please let me know if this doesn't make sense or I need to clarify further). |
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FORUM USERNAME: girlslikegirls (aka Oddy!)
STARTING TEAM: Chespin (replaced by Cottonee later down the road), Snivy, Lotad, Pumpkaboo, Foongus, Snover GAME / VERSION: My teams eggs will be hatched in Pokemon X, but start as level one in Y. DIFFICULTY: Monotype, Grass + dual type. Updates will happen every Tuesday and Wednesday. :) |
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You do have to complete each badge before you move on to the next one. So your example was correct. You hatch and transfer your team, get one Pokemon to level 30 before you're able to challenge the corresponding Gym Leader, then continue to level your Pokemon until at least one member of your team is strong enough to match the badge's maximum level. (E.G, in order to gain the plant badge or even challenge the Gym Leader one of my Pokemon will have to be at level 60. So if by the end of Stage 4, my Pokemon is only at level 50 I need to go through and level one Pokemon up by 10 levels). |
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FORUM USERNAME: HyperJono aka Jonathan, Jono, Jon STARTING TEAM: Sneasel, Swinub, Snorunt, Lapras, Snover, Snorunt FINAL TEAM: Weavile, Mamoswine, Froslass, Lapras, Abomasnow, Glalie DIFFICULTY: Monotype - Chosen type is Ice |
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I forgot to mention this in my last post but the game i will be using is Soul Silver
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I updated the rules to make it easier to read / understand. Also updated the sign up sheet so we can know which game you're playing. :)
Feedback welcome! |
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You should update the rules to say Level 1 for Gen IV and onward ]and Level 5 for Gen III as there may be people who will want to do this challenge on Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald, Leaf Green or Fire Red. And expand on Rule 5 and how the stages connect with it to help other people understand it. And you should also allow people to trade to evolve Pokemon. And i think you should make Rule 8 mandatory as nickname a Pokemon tends to make it feel more personal and the player is more connected with it or at least that is what i think
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The stages are designed to be edited to whatever badges are in the game you're playing. I can go back and edit the stages so that they're more personalizable. Basically, though, as long as you follow the description in the stage numbers you're still following the heat of the challenge. I will not be allowing trade in this chsallenge, as I feel that defeats the purpose of hatching your Pokemon from scratch. However, if you have a Pokemon you want to use as a "parent" Pokemon, that Parent is allowed to be a traded Pokemon. IDK if that makes sense, but that's the best way I can think of to describe it. And the best compromise for the game. I feel the same way about Nicknames. They really make you feel more connected to the Pokemon, but everyone has different styles of gameplay so I didn't want to limit challengers on the names. Not everyone views the nicknames the same way we do. ^-^ |
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No Gen I, Gen II(where breeding was first introduced) and Gen III games the lowest level Pokemon you could have was level 2 and when you hatched an egg the Pokemon was level 5 it was in Gen IV that hatched Pokemon where level 1 I get ya. Fair enough it's your Challenge and that did make sense True and your right some people aren't really a fan of nicknames. |
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Alright, so technically, it's Wednesday but only by like an hour. I thought I'd give an update. ^-^
For the first part of the game, I choose Chespin as my starter. Then, sped through as much as I could to get to the Pokecenter so that I could trade out my Beginners team. The whole process took about 30 minutes of game play. I plan to do more later on, and will do this weeks final update later on today. I'm currently in the Poke-Center, waiting to exit out. How about you guys? Got any progress or updates? |
I just got past the third badge on my Motherhen Challange on Soul Silver. I've pretty much been playing Soul Silver since I started this Challenge.
My team currently Glacieric the Glalie. Lv 50 Haelstrom the Swinub Lv. 25 Snowblood the Sneasal Lv. 30 Frieja the Froslass lv 31 Snowstorm the Snover Lv 28 Frozenia the Lapras Lv 25 It took me forever to get Glacieric to Lv 50 |
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I had to go back to grind a bit and I'm still in the process of taking one of my team to level 30 before I can challenge the Gym Leader. It'll take a while, but I'm really enjoying building my team! I want to look up what would be the best choices in terms of stats and moves. I want to have each of these bbs fully trained, with their friendship level fully maxed so I still have a long way to go. :-) |
Quick secondary update before I go to bed. Yes, I know, it's like 4 in the morning and I should've gone to bed about 2 hours ago. I got distracted. lol
At any rate, I went through route 22 to level up through trainer battles. Other than that, I've mostly been grinding in the grass (which incidentally, is also helping me fill up my Pokedex). Lilo & Sernin evolved! Lilo is currently at lvl 17, knowing moves Mist, Fury Swipes, Absorb, and Nature Power. I find Nature power to be a really interesting move and am unsure why it's listed as a Normal type rather than a grass type move. Lilo also knows Rain Dish and is evolved into Lombre. Sernin is at lvl 20 (yay! 2/3rds of the way to level 30!) and knows Leaf Tornado, Leech Seed, Vine Whip and Wrap. Wrap is one of the best moves to use in the beginning of an encounter, but only if you plan to keep the Pokemon in the battle for more than one or two turns. Sernin has evolved into Servine and I'm quickly falling in love with ALL of Seperior's evolutions. Snive is really beginning to be my favorite Pokemon as a whole. Ugh, how do I decide? I'd like to build a team with Sernin, Bulba & Leafeon one day but that's another play through... Sernin also knows Contrary, which makes stat changes have opposite effects. Which is convent. The others haven't changed much. Fee is still Snover and I really enjoy using him as my last-chance type of Pokemon with his Snow warning. I dislike mist, although it's useful in group battles. Powder Snow is my favorite ice attack while I enjoy using Razor Leaf as the grass attack. Pumpia is still Pumpkaboo at level 10 and kinda useless save for one or two moves. I use confuse ray the most, but I have the feeling she'll come in handy more later on in battle. Mane is still Chespin, at level 11 and knows bite, growl, rollout and vine whip. I enjoy learning how to use Rollout the most, with Vine Whip being my close second go-to. Foonias is still Fungus, but Effect Spore has come in handy a lot. At level 10, Foonias knows 3 moves (absorb, growth, and astonish). I'm not really sure why these Pokemon are able to learn ghost moves, when only one is a ghost-type Pokemon. Chespin's ability to learn bite really confused me too. They were all bred with the same Ditto so I'm not really sure whats going on? Either way, it creates interesting interactions. I'll be playing throughout the week, but big updates likely won't happen until next week on Tuesday & Wednesday (my days off). Happy challenge guys! I wish you the best of luck! I'll still be checking in, so feel free to post questions or updates as you go through the different stages. I'm still currently on stage 2! Current Time: 5:54 |
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a quick update. :-)
My friend caught & traded me a Cottene! I named him Mink! I'll be working with him as part of my final team from here on out. I've reached level 23 with Sernin, so I'm close to being able to Challenge the gym leaders! Not having the experience share has both been a godsend and a curse. It forces me to learn how to utilize moves I don't usually use when Sernin and Lilo became disruptive and disobedient. I'm still enjoying this play through. Once I get the experience share, it's going to be a LOT less grinding. For now, though, I'm still on stage 2. I haven't had much time to play other than to trade and breed on my copy of X. XD |
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So whilst I was doing some late night grinding I actually found my first ever wild shiny pokemon, which was a Tailow, since I need a flyer later on I caught her for that purpose plus it has made me teach Lucius False Swipe in case I run into anymore shinys while training. Also I have decided that I want to write my updates in a way that makes it seem like my pokemon have their own unique personalities which will be in effect from this update.
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Progress Update
I got badge 4 and I will be heading off to EcruteakCity since my challenge is on Soul Silver My team Spoiler:
I've spent quite alot of time on this possibly way to much time. Not that it hasn't been fine |
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The way I look at them is like a family Glacieric is the father he protects his children from the dangers of the world Hailstrom is the eldest child. He has lots of power but only uses it when the family is in danger Snowblood she is the second eldest child. She is quite mischievous and loves a good prank but will fight to protect the family when needed. Frozenia is the youngest child and cant quite keep up with the rest of her siblings but can hold her own when need Frieja is the mother. She supports her husband no matter what but is quick to punish her children when they do wrong And Snowstorm is the happy go lucky child of the family. She loves to help out in anyway way she can and will step back when she knows she can't handle it alone |
It's time for the weekly update!
I'm on my way to Stage 3! I've switched up my game play style a bit since I gained Cottonee. Mink, as I call him, is the front liner for battle. He's easy to underestimate, so it's nice to start out with him. He sets the tone for the battle as a whole. At level 16, he knows Mega Drain, Fairy Wind, Stun Spore, and Leech Seed. His ability is prankster -- giving priority to his move. He partners well with Sernin. I see them very much as close brothers who team up whenever possible. Lilo is my Lombre -- the water type on the team.She's my ace in the hole when we encounter fire types. She partners well with my Snover who I named Fee. She knows Mist, Water Sport, Absorb, and Nature Power (a personal favorite of mine). Her ability is rain dish which comes in handy against Pokemon who know Protect. Lilo is at level 23. Foonias is my Foongus. Effective against bug types, I really enjoy using Foonias as a mid section fighter. Astonish is a super effective move against fairy type. She also knows Absorb, Growth and Bide. I plan to replace Growth and Bide, I'm just not sure with what yet. Effect Spore has become one of the most useful abilities. Foonias is at level 14. Pumpia is my Pumpkaboo. I use her along side Foonias. She, like Mink helps set the tone for battle. She knows a lot of support moves; trick, astonish, worry seed, and trick or treat. She also has the ability Pick Up which works well for Trick. She's only at level 13 but her role in the team is pivotal to successful battling. Fee is my level 16 Snover. While he's the last member of the team to be used in battle, he's just as important as Mink and Pumpia. His Snow Warning ability comes in handy often, and he has a varied move set. Powder Snow, Icy Wind, Grass Whistle, and Razor Leaf create a full move set that I'm not sure I want to mess with. Lilo and Fee are very close, and I see them as a pair. Finally, we have Sernin. My Servine is often rebellious and doesn't like to do as he's told. Still, he comes through when it matters and he's very protective of Mink. At level 30, he knows Leaf Tornado, Leech Seed, Vine Whip, and Mega Drain.His contrary ability makes him a force to be reckoned with! So that's my little family. I'm excited to start Stage 3! Now that I have experience share, it should be a tad easier. Currently, I'm at 17 hours of game play. :-) |
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I see myself as like the grandfather of my team. What about you how do you view your team? |
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I see myself as the overall mother of my team, being sure that I understand my team's individual limits and show that I understand how they can each reach their full potential. Also, being a gym leader after the game would be really cool!
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The closest we've come to having our own gyms is the secret bases in ORAS.
Its interesting to see how the interactions and the way you view your team. I mean with me when I was 6 and started playing Red I viewed my Pokemon as my protectors and as I have gotten older my Pokemon have gone from my protectors to my friends to my companions for life well at least for teams I build with wild Pokemon. But with teams where I breed and hatch them and transfer them to the game I am want them on I see them more as my family then friends and companions. If that made sense |
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I'm glad you guys are finding this challenge so rewarding! It definitely makes the Poke Bank worth it, IMO and I really enjoy watching the relationships grow between members. It'll be exiting to see the results of every team. I have a surprise in store for everyone who completes the challenge, too so watch out for that once you guys finish ~ |
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FORUM USERNAME: LRachelR5
STARTING TEAM: Pawniward, Riolu, Ferroseed, Beldum, Magnemite, Kilink GAME / VERSION: Omega Ruby DIFFICULTY: Monotype steel |
Quickupdate on my Soul Silver Challange. Just defeated Morty the Ecruteak City Gym Leader and thanks to Glacieric and his Crunch attack we took a bite out of Morty and his Ghost Pokemon
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Hey Oddy I was wondering when we have completed a stage and gotten our Pokemon to the required level do we have to collect the gym badges in order or can we collect them in a different order. Eg. I have completed stage 5 and collected my 4th gym Badge and now the way is open for me to collect the 5th, 6th and 7th Johto Gym badges but in the game I can skip Gym 5 and go Battle Gym 6.
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FORUM USERNAME: HyperJono
STARTING TEAM: Absol, Murkrow, Eevee, Sableye, Houndour, Poochyena GAME / VERSION: Diamond DIFFICULTY:Monotype. Type I will be using is Dark I'm doing this at the same time as my Soul Silver. I'm also running it off the same game I am doing the challenge I created called the Trainer Class Challenge. |
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So I thought I'd post a quick update before my work week begins and I'm super busy again!
I've been playing the Motherhen challenge as often as I can, usually 2 - 3 hours at a time when I really should be in bed. 3 out of the 6 Pokemon on my team are fully trained! I'm using Special Attack moves for the most part, so that has been where my focus is with the left overs being added to HP. Sernin evolved into Serperior! SO MAJESTIC AND PRETTY I'M SO HAPPY. I really wanna get an Everstone ASAP though because I wanna keep Pumpkaboo as ... well... Pumpkaboo. I really love this form and the more I think about it the less I want Pumpia to evolve. I'm on track though; Sernin is at level 36 and is 4 levels away from being able to get me to the next gym! I'm still trying to figure out how I wanna post these updates, so any suggestions you guys have would be appreciated. I don't have time for much, but I thought I might put up something on Google Docs or Pages and link to the updated cards that way. Maybe I can do something that's like a Pokemon Trading Card, but using my BB's specific stats? IDK. I'm going to play around with it when I have time. Either way, how are your guys updates going? I know you both have multiple challenges you're working on now! Jon, it definitely looks like you have an interesting Team going for Soul Silver! How about you Lrachelr5? Also, side note, but I realize I didn't actually catch what you preferred to be called. Do you like your username or Ziggy better? |
I'm doing my updates for my games. From here on I'll be doing my proper updates from the POV of my character and making it a kinda like a story
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Diamond Update For my Diamond Update I will just be giving my team info for them as I have only recently finished hatching them and I only just started training them. Team Spoiler:
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I'll be doing my updates in first person story in the form of a journal for Diamond and it will be tweaked a little to differ from game play Spoiler:
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Play time: 16:53 During the later part of Diamond I am going to have to catch Pokemon that can learn Surf, Waterfall and Rockclimb as these moves are required to progress through the story. |
Username: LRachelR5
Starting Team: Joltik, Eevee, Staryu, Growlithe, Gible, Oshawott Difficulty: Normal Game: Y I will be doing this at the same time as my other two challenges |
Time for the weekly update!
I'm just under halfway through the challenge now! I have the 3rd badge and a few of my Pokemon have evolved. I'm really excited for them, although I've given Pumpkaboo / Pumpia the everstone. I decided that as much as I like Pumpkaboo's evolution, I really prefer the un-involved form. My Mink Cottonee is now at level 43. He knows Giga Drain, Fairy Wind, Energy Ball and Razor Leaf. Mink has good endurance and a bashful nature. Sernin evolved into Serperior. He's at level 51 I reset his stats so I could retrain him. He knows leaf tornado, leaf blade, vine whip and giga drain. He's capable of taking hits and has a naive nature. Foonias evolved into Amoonguss and is currently at level 42. They know absorb, clear smog, astonish, and synthesis. She has a bold nature and likes to relax. Pumpia was given the everstone so she could remain Pumpkaboo as mentioned earlier. She has a serious nature and is strong willed. She knows the moves bullet seed, razor leaf, trick or treat, and shadow ball. Snover is at level 38, knows the moves powder snow, icy wind, wood hammer, and razor leaf. He has a calm nature and is a little quick tempered. Lilo is at level 44, knows the moves bubble beam, water sport, absorb and uproar. She has a bold nature and is strong willed. |
Update on my Soul Silver. Haven't made much progress since my last update of it.
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FORUM USERNAME: Blackshade
STARTING TEAM: Meowth,Riolu,Duskull,Dratini,Murkrow,Ralts GAME / VERSION: Platinum DIFFICULTY: Normal |
Pokemon Breeder Rydel's Progress
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I have to admit that there is something about my steel team that isn't appealing to me anymore, so I have decided to restart Omega Ruby with a new team of Swinub, Piplup, Mareep, Munna, Absol and Frillish on normal mode |
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I am going to stop this challenge on Omega Ruby because I want to finish the game quickly in order to start some competitive stuff on this game
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I've decided to cancel the challenge I'm doing on my Diamond but I am still doing the challenge on my Soul Silver, I just haven't had been in the mood to play Pokemon last few weeks. There hasn't been any progress on my Soul Silver since I last updated
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Seems cool, except the leveliing thing. It'll take so long, i might do this one.
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FORUM USERNAME: Duchevco
STARTING TEAM: Darumaka, Growlithe, Ponyta, Fletchling, Houndour, Numel GAME / VERSION: Pokemon X DIFFICULTY: Monotype |
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