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Sorvete August 16th, 2020 6:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viper8890 (Post 10196346)
Here you go,
Rapidash, Ampharos, Miltank, Kingler, Skarmory, Sudowoodo

If you want any reroll, please let me know.

Looks good, but I might need a reroll on Skarmory: it's a Soul Silver exclusive

viper8890 August 16th, 2020 6:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sorvete (Post 10196348)
Looks good, but I might need a reroll on Skarmory: it's a Soul Silver exclusive

Take Noctowl for Skarmory

viper8890 August 17th, 2020 2:55 AM

Ultra Moon Final Update

Cleared through Po Town easily, headed back to Aether house to find Lillie gone. Defeated Nanu and moved on to Aether Paradise. Finished the work to be do in Aether paradise and headed to Poni island. There, Hapu became the kahuna. Went to exeggutor island for the moon flute and caught my last pokemon, Alolan Exeggutor there. Won the penultimate trail against Kommo-O. Summoned Lunala, Necrozma appeared, fused with it and went away. Went to magalopolis to deafeat necrozma. Again won against it thanks to muk poisoning it before falling, and after that togedemaru stalling a bit with spiky shield. Went on to win Mina's trail and the pokemon league.
At the end, I would like to mention my pokemon according to how important yhey have been.
Muk was without doubt the best in my team. It was able to take quite some hits before going down and definitely dealt massive damage. It wasn't able to do much against Molayne and Olivia in the elite four, but apart from that, it was the one doing most of the work.
Togedemaru and Ribombee have been very important in my team. Ribombee made the early part a bit easy and was very useful later on too, but I would give Togedemaru a bit of an edge as it made the elite four very easy for me.
Wishiwashi would come just below Ribombee, just because I didn't used it much, but whenever it was used it was able to one shot most opponents.
Minior had it's moments, just a few, but it had.
Exeggutor was really not very useful. I think by the time I got it, my team was already well built and going well, apart from that, it didn't bring anything new to the team (except for a 4x weakness to ice).


Team
Spoiler:
https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/muk-alola.gif
Muk | M | lvl 64 |Quirky|Poison Touch|Darkium Z
Crunch
Poison Fang
Minimize
Brick Break

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/ribombee.gif
Ribombee | M | lvl 63 | Sassy|Honey Gather|Fairium Z
Psychic
Dazzling Gleam
Pollen Puff
Quiver Dance

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/wishiwashi.gif
Wishiwashi | F | lvl 66 | Bold|Schooling|Waterium Z
Ice Beam
Scald
Aqua Ring
Brine

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/minior.gif
Minior |lvl 61 |Impish|Shields Down
Acrobatics
Bulldoze
Stealth Rock
Power Gem

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/togedemaru.gif
Togedemaru | F | lvl 63 |Docile|Iron Barbs
Iron Head
Fell Stinger
Spiky Shield
Zing Zap

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/exeggutor-alola.gif
Exeggutor | F | lvl 60 |Hasty|Frisk
Psychic
Dragon Hammer
Energy Ball
Flamethrower


Box
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/litten.gif
Litten | M | lvl 9 | Hardy|Blaze
Scratch
Ember
Growl
Lick

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/poipole.gif
Poipole | lvl 40 |Quirky|Beast Boost
Charm
Venom Drench
Nasty Plot
Poison Jab

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/ani/necrozma.gif
Necrozma | lvl 65 |Lonely|Prism Armor|Ultranecrozium Z
Photon Geyser
Iron Defense
Power Gem
Night Slash

Sorvete August 23rd, 2020 8:49 AM


Part 1

I've been slowly taking down this run because of other matters and gen 4 in general being a slog, but I'm still excited about it. I decided to hack my rom and make Ponyta the starter (Seeing as it's a really late catch that I wouldn't get after 8 badges otherwise). Ponyta's starting moveset isn't the best but it carries until level 10, where it finally learns Ember. Upon reaching Violet City, I immediately turn south and catch a Mareep. As a consequence of this, the Falkner fight went smoothly, with Mareep sweeping his team with Thunder Shock.

I head down through Route 32, where Mareep evolves and Ponyta learns Flame Wheel. That combine with its high Attack stat made Bugsy's fight pretty trivial too. In the Ilex Forest I caught an Oddish to use as HM bearer and taught Ponyta Headbutt so I could catch my next member: Noctowl (You can get those at a level as low as 6 in this place apparently).

On the way to Goldenrod I leveled up my members to a reasonable level for the next gym. Started by using 2 Flame Wheels on the Clefairy, which brought it down, and sacrificing Ponyta against the Miltank for a slight chance to burn. It didn't work, but when I brought Flaaffy out its Static paralyzed the murder cow. She healed with the Lum Berry, but in that same turn I had used Thunder Wave (outplayed!). It took a few turns to chip it down but with it paralyzed everything was much easier. Ended the battle with only Noctowl alive with 3 health after firing off the last Uproar.

After this gym I was able to get my last three members in a short burst. Caught the Sudowoodo that was blocking the path to Ecruteak, then headed west of the city for a Miltank, and traveled all the way to Olivine to fish a Krabby. I did all of this before challenging the Ghost gym, so I trained them all to be on par with Morty. I led the fight against him with Sudowoodo and one shot Gastly with Feint Attack. Gengar was next and brought me down with a Shadow Ball. I sent out Miltank and began to use Rollout, knowing Gengar couldn't do anything to it. After a couple of Rollouts the Gengar was dead, and so were both Haunters after due to this very balanced move. Murder cow gets the win!

Team
https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen4/ponyta.png
Ponyta (Toast) | Relaxed nature | Flash Fire
Moves: Flame Wheel, Ember, Tail Whip, Headbutt
Lv. 26 @ Charcoal

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen4/flaaffy.png
Flaaffy (Esmeralda) | Naive nature | Static
Moves: Thunder Shock, Growl, Charge, Thunder Wave
Lv. 25

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen4/noctowl.png
Noctowl (Errol) | Quiet nature | Insomnia
Moves: Peck, Uproar, Reflect, Confusion
Lv. 25

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen4/sudowoodo.png
Sudowoodo (Dord) | Naive nature | Rock Head
Moves: Rock Throw, Low Kick, Flail, Feint Attack
Lv. 26

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen4/miltank.png
Miltank (Roseli) | Relaxed nature | Thick Fat
Moves: Body Slam, Rollout, Strength, Milk Drink
Lv. 26

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen4/krabby.png
Krabby (Cookie) | Impish nature | Hyper Cutter
Moves: Surf, Stomp, Metal Claw, Mud Shot
Lv. 25

viper8890 August 24th, 2020 10:04 AM

I'm ready for another one.

Forum username : viper8890
Game : Black 2
Number of Pokemon : 6
Exclude NFEs : Yes
National Dex : No
Restrictions : Try for minimum type overlapping.

Sorvete August 24th, 2020 1:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viper8890 (Post 10199598)
I'm ready for another one.

Forum username : viper8890
Game : Black 2
Number of Pokemon : 6
Exclude NFEs : Yes
National Dex : No
Restrictions : Try for minimum type overlapping.

I got you:

http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5ani/sawk.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5ani/tangrowth.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5ani/vanilluxe.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5ani/simipour.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5ani/solrock.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5ani/umbreon.gif

viper8890 August 24th, 2020 4:53 PM

I might need a reroll here, none of the Pokemon are available until Castelia city, where I can get eevee.

Sorvete August 24th, 2020 5:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by viper8890 (Post 10199749)
I might need a reroll here, none of the Pokemon are available until Castelia city, where I can get eevee.

Hmm. I rerolled Sawk and got Ampharos instead, is that ok?

viper8890 August 24th, 2020 6:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sorvete (Post 10199761)
Hmm. I rerolled Sawk and got Ampharos instead, is that ok?

That's good.
Accepting the team of Ampharos, Tangrowth, Vanilluxe, Simipour, Solrock and Umbreon

Sydian November 27th, 2020 10:04 AM

i've been dying to do another one of these lol

Forum username: sydian
Game: emerald
Number of Pokemon: 6
Exclude NFEs: no
National Dex: no
Restrictions: just no wurmple/silcoon/cascoon bc they would be sitting ducks tbh.

Janp November 27th, 2020 10:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sydian (Post 10235545)
i've been dying to do another one of these lol

Forum username: sydian
Game: emerald
Number of Pokemon: 6
Exclude NFEs: no
National Dex: no
Restrictions: just no wurmple/silcoon/cascoon bc they would be sitting ducks tbh.

Here you go. Let me know, if there are any problems with this team:
https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/exploud.pnghttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/bagon.pnghttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/vulpix.pnghttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/tropius.pnghttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/crawdaunt.pnghttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/nosepass.png

And you know what? I haven't done this Challenge in a while, so...
Forum username: Janp
Game: Sapphire
Number of Pokemon: 6
Exclude NFEs: Yes
National Dex: No
Restrictions: Only Gen III Pokémon please. And something I can get prior first Gym would be also nice.

Sydian November 27th, 2020 10:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Janp (Post 10235548)
Here you go. Let me know, if there are any problems with this team:
https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/exploud.pnghttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/bagon.pnghttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/vulpix.pnghttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/tropius.pnghttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/crawdaunt.pnghttps://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/emerald/normal/nosepass.png

And you know what? I haven't done this Challenge in a while, so...
Forum username: Janp
Game: Sapphire
Number of Pokemon: 6
Exclude NFEs: Yes
National Dex: No
Restrictions: Only Gen III Pokémon please. And something I can get prior first Gym would be also nice.

you know what's funny i was just thinking "what if i get stuck w bagon" ahaha perfect. this team looks fun, i've really been wanting to use tropius for a while now.

hope you enjoy your squad. :)

https://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/011.gifhttps://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/016.gifhttps://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/060.gifhttps://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/149.gifhttps://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/128.gifhttps://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/081.gif

Janp November 27th, 2020 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sydian (Post 10235549)
you know what's funny i was just thinking "what if i get stuck w bagon" ahaha perfect. this team looks fun, i've really been wanting to use tropius for a while now.

hope you enjoy your squad. :)

https://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/011.gifhttps://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/016.gifhttps://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/060.gifhttps://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/149.gifhttps://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/128.gifhttps://serebii.net/pokemon_advance/081.gif

Tropius is great. It was on my main team during my first playthrough of Sapphire and I remember loving it.

The team is awesome. Thanks.

Sydian November 27th, 2020 2:15 PM

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f8/Spr_RS_Cooltrainer_M.png
cool trainer al / emerald / badges: 1

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/91/Spr_3r_294.png
IGOR lv. 21
soundproof / relaxed
uproar / pound / supersonic / howl

i have a huge gap between my first and second party member and of course the first gym is rock and my first and only party member for a while is whismur. i play on physical carts so no hacking. whismur is so close in the early game that i didn't bother to just trade a whismur egg from another game, seemed like more hassle than it was worth. i started w torchic, since my rival's pokemon doesn't matter all too much in this game, and i just had to stealthily sneak past every trainer that wasn't mandatory until i could get my whismur. i then went back down to where it all started to work my way back to rustboro after defeating all the trainers. i took a shot at roxanne at level 18 just to see what would happen, but no dice. i decided to grind til i evolved, then i realized whismur learns supersonic at 21 if i delay that evolution by a level, and so i did, else i would have had to grind to 23 with loudred. it was a good choice. between good confusion luck and building up loudred's attack w howl, i was able to win against roxanne. it got dangerously close though bc igor's oran berry got used up sooner than i wanted bc of a crit, but still, i'll take only a couple of tries for a win. i'm not too concerned about brawly coming up bc i'm way overlevel w decent stats and i think brawly is easier in emerald than in ruby/sapphire, but we'll see.

edit for badge 2 bc not much happened between these updates:

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f8/Spr_RS_Cooltrainer_M.png
cool trainer al / emerald / badges: 2

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/91/Spr_3r_294.png
IGOR lv. 25 @ quick claw
soundproof / relaxed
uproar / pound / supersonic / howl

i have always given the letter to steven first upon arriving to dewford so i did that, got the exp share now so i wouldn't forget since i'll definitely need it later, and then i just kind of went for the gym? i didn't see much point in grinding since i was already level 24 after the few trainer battles and wild battles while looking for steven. brawly was nothing though. he didn't land a hit on me. i think my luck will stop here though lol. gonna get static out the wazoo in wattson's gym + he has a magneton that will be. interesting to get through. i do have howl though...guess we'll see.

edit for badge 3 bc again, not much changed lol i'll make a new post next time since things are about to get interesting

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f8/Spr_RS_Cooltrainer_M.png
cool trainer al / emerald / badges: 3

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/91/Spr_3r_294.png
IGOR lv. 35 @ silk scarf
soundproof / relaxed
uproar / stomp / supersonic / howl

thought i was gonna need to get a ton of money to buy flamethrower to get past wattson's magneton, but i didn't need to. i did end up paralyzed, but i got in a howl while fighting voltorb which was enough to one shot his entire party except magneton, which was a two shot. i saved most of the trainers on the nearby routes for nosepass, which i'm going to go get now. things are about to get more interesting, but in case anyone was wondering, loudred is a pretty solid pokemon.

Sydian November 28th, 2020 7:16 PM

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f8/Spr_RS_Cooltrainer_M.png
cool trainer al / emerald / badges: 4

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/91/Spr_3r_294.png
IGOR lv. 39 @ silk scarf
soundproof / relaxed
uproar / stomp / supersonic / howl

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/99/Spr_3r_299.png
EARFQUAKE lv. 33 @ quick claw
sturdy / hasty
rock throw / rock slide / secret power / thunder wave

it took me way too long to find a nosepass lol i was wasting so much time by rock smashing everything and then leaving the room again to reset the rocks and then it hit me...dumbass just save in front of the rock until you get a nosepass??? so i did that like Once and got it lmao would have saved me time. training it to catch up or at least just be Usable was a paint, but we managed and nosepass was finally able to hold its own by the like 28. i gave it secret power bc tackle for general coverage just. sucks. i'll figure out what i want to do with it later. loudred has the same moves bc i just kinda need to see how the rest of the team comes together and i can let him make up the difference bc he has such a wide range he can learn. anyway, we beat flannery easily. nosepass was super useful due to having super effective moves. camerupt put attract on it and i swapped for loudred bc like. lol no. then i took it out after a howl + stomp and torkoal got the supersonic treatment, i howled again, and it was out with a stomp and never landed a hit. i'm probably going to go straight into the norman fight maaaybe after just evolving loudred and getting nosepass to at least 35. i skipped a lot of trainers in this segment bc i'll have two party members obtainable soon and they'll need the experience. so lol i'll probably be back to edit this in a few.

edit for badge 5

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f8/Spr_RS_Cooltrainer_M.png
cool trainer al / emerald / badges: 5

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/10/Spr_3r_295.png
IGOR lv. 40 @ silk scarf
soundproof / relaxed
uproar / stomp / supersonic / howl

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/99/Spr_3r_299.png
EARFQUAKE lv. 35 @ quick claw
sturdy / hasty
rock throw / rock slide / secret power / thunder wave

haha okay...may have gotten too cocky about this one. i leveled up on the gym trainers but didn't get loudred to 40 and i thought you know what that's fine i think i'll be okay. oooooh no lol. that slaking kept putting me to sleep and i didn't think to counter it out with uproar. and then nosepass couldn't do nearly enough damage. but i was like a sliver of exp away from evolving loudred so i just hopped in the grass to finish that up and get it to evolve into exploud. it just took one try after that and getting extremely lucky with building up howls during truants and he kept trying to use counter. i learned not to attack him the first few tries so lol wasn't gonna attach on the non-truant turns. but yeah the rest of his team didn't stand a change against +4 attack exploud w stomp. anyway it's on to my next section which i imagine will be the end of these super quick updates bc i have two back to back party members + playing catch up + backtracking for trainers i skipped. it'll be fun though.

Sydian November 29th, 2020 1:54 PM

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f8/Spr_RS_Cooltrainer_M.png
cool trainer al / emerald / badges: 6

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/10/Spr_3r_295.png
IGOR lv. 42 @ silk scarf
soundproof / relaxed
ice beam / stomp / supersonic / flamethrower

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/99/Spr_3r_299.png
EARFQUAKE lv. 39 @ quick claw
sturdy / hasty
rock throw / rock slide / secret power / thunder wave

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/d/d6/Spr_3r_357.png
I THINK lv. 37 @ miracle seed
chlorophyll / quirky
magical leaf / fly / growth / body slam

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/97/Spr_3r_342.png
MAGIC WAND lv. 38 @ mystic water
shell armor / jolly
surf / bubblebeam / protect / vicegrip

lol so first thing i double checked the rules to make sure nothing changed so i hope that even though i'm consecutively posting that it's okay since they're full updates but if y'all want me to just keep editing posts in the future then i can do that too, i did that for the smaller updates but now since i'm getting more party members and all i figured this was okay but UM ANYWAY my first thing i did was go pick up the amulet coin from mom after i beat dad then i surfed over that patch of water to get me back to cycling road so i could go up from there, surf across, get the good rod and also search for a tropius. it took very little time to find one thankfully. then i went back to petalburg to fish up a corphish which took a little bit of time, but i've done worse. playing catch up with them was. awful. corphish sucks and tropius is nothing to write home about either. i don't exactly have any TMs i want to teach them now either, but i pulled through all the new routes available to me by surf and all the trainers i had skipped by meteor falls and in the sandstorm area. it's still kind of a slog w this team, but i did give exploud some new moves for coverage, plus his sp attack is about 10 points higher than his physical? wasn't expecting that. anyway, with an overlevel exploud with ice beam and a rock type on my team, winona was pretty easy to take down. now to skip a bunch of trainers to get my next pokemon and one of the more difficult ones to keep useful...lol

LakeOverTheCity November 30th, 2020 7:40 AM

You know what? Let's goooooo

Forum Username: LakeOverTheCity
Game Version: Fire Red
Number of Pokemon: 6
Exclude NFEs: Yes
National Dex: Yes
Restrictions: No restrictions. I'll make whatever I get work for me. I can cheat Pokemon in if I have to as well

Wuzzy November 30th, 2020 2:02 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LakeOverTheCity (Post 10236611)
You know what? Let's goooooo

Forum Username: LakeOverTheCity
Game Version: Fire Red
Number of Pokemon: 6
Exclude NFEs: Yes
National Dex: Yes
Restrictions: No restrictions. I'll make whatever I get work for me. I can cheat Pokemon in if I have to as well

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen3frlg/glalie.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen3frlg/mantine.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen3frlg/spinda.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen3frlg/dragonite.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen3frlg/exeggutor.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen3frlg/electrode.png

have fun!

Jetien December 2nd, 2020 2:25 PM

This seems fun, I'll give it a shot!

Forum Username: Jetien
Game Version: Fire Red
Number of Pokemon: 6
Exclude NFEs: Yes
National Dex: No
Restrictions: No restrictions.

Sydian December 2nd, 2020 5:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jetien (Post 10237760)
This seems fun, I'll give it a shot!

Forum Username: Jetien
Game Version: Fire Red
Number of Pokemon: 6
Exclude NFEs: Yes
National Dex: No
Restrictions: No restrictions.

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/14/Spr_3f_018.pnghttps://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6e/Spr_3f_057.pnghttps://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/4a/Spr_3f_073.pnghttps://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/2b/Spr_3f_059.pnghttps://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/89/Spr_3f_080.pnghttps://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/65/Spr_3f_117.png

here ya go friend.

Jetien December 3rd, 2020 12:38 AM

Interesting! 4 Pokemon I've never used before so this should be fun. Doesn't look like a bad team. I'll be hacking in the Slowpoke on Route 1. Thanks!




Update 1:


Jetien December 3rd, 2020 9:53 AM

Update 2:

It's been so fun so far! I've whited out twice, once against Misty and once against Lt. Surge. Everything else has been pretty much a breeze. Slowpoke is powerhousing through a lot and I've never used Mega Kick before, so Mankey is having fun!


Sydian December 5th, 2020 1:54 PM

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f8/Spr_RS_Cooltrainer_M.png
cool trainer al / emerald / badges: 7

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/10/Spr_3r_295.png
IGOR lv. 44 @ silk scarf
soundproof / relaxed
ice beam / stomp / supersonic / flamethrower

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/99/Spr_3r_299.png
EARFQUAKE lv. 44 @ quick claw
sturdy / hasty
rock throw / rock slide / secret power / thunder wave

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/d/d6/Spr_3r_357.png
I THINK lv. 43 @ miracle seed
chlorophyll / quirky
magical leaf / fly / growth / body slam

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/97/Spr_3r_342.png
MAGIC WAND lv. 43 @ king's rock
shell armor / jolly
surf / crabhammer / protect / vicegrip

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/68/Spr_3r_037.png
BOYISAGUN lv. 43 @ lax incense
flash fire / naughty
flamethrower / hidden power (bug) / confuse ray / will-o-wisp

this grind session was rough. i haven't exactly figured out what i want to do with the team's movesets aside from exploud so he's mostly the only good party member. crawdaunt is fine but will be better when i get swords dande and brick break. everyone else is up in the air but no matter what moves they have, their stats aren't going to change lol nosepass and tropius are bad...i'll figure them out. vulpix is up in the air too. i thought about looking for a vulpix with a special type hidden power, but i didn't want to look forever. ended up with this one with bug that i thought would be fine for back up at the upcoming gym. it was a good call tbh. i barely won, if not for crawdaunt being part dark and having surf. i'm really gonna have to toughen up before the last gym since i have 2 weak to water and 1 x4 weak to ice which i know pokemon in there will carry ice moves lol. pray for me...

edit for badge 8 since not much changed

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/f/f8/Spr_RS_Cooltrainer_M.png
cool trainer al / emerald / badges: 8

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/10/Spr_3r_295.png
IGOR lv. 45 @ silk scarf
soundproof / relaxed
ice beam / stomp / earthquake / flamethrower

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/99/Spr_3r_299.png
EARFQUAKE lv. 45 @ quick claw
sturdy / hasty
thunderbolt / rock slide / secret power / thunder wave

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/d/d6/Spr_3r_357.png
I THINK lv. 45 @ miracle seed
chlorophyll / quirky
magical leaf / fly / growth / body slam

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/97/Spr_3r_342.png
MAGIC WAND lv. 46 @ king's rock
shell armor / jolly
surf / crabhammer / brick break / swords dance

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BOYISAGUN lv. 45 @ lax incense
flash fire / naughty
flamethrower / hidden power (bug) / confuse ray / will-o-wisp

woke up some legendaries...lmao i wanted to save all the trainers out in the ocean for when i get bagon so my levels didn't come up too much, but i did give some folks some tms. brick break on crawdaunt is great, but idk what i'm gonna do about that last move. juan was not fun lol the first attempt i lead w exploud and then decided oh i bet i could just solo w crawdaunt after a swords dance + brick break lol well i didn't heal after fighting the gym trainers so i didn't have enough to outlast kingdra's double teams, rests, and juan using healing items. i reset when i was down to nosepass and crawdaunt w only water moves knowing i wouldn't live. i set up a couple of swords dance w crawdaunt leading the second time and wiped everything in one hit. time to get my final party member and try to make it useable...lol

Janp December 6th, 2020 12:33 PM

Already finished my run.

Roxanne was pretty annoying, I had to level up to Poochyena to level 18 to evolve, since otherwise I wasn't able to even get past her first Geodude. And if I did, I lost to her Nosepass. With Mightyena I could at least take few hits and inlifct nice damage.

Brawly was pretty easy. I had Beautifly on my team, so his Pokémon didn't stand a chance.

Wattson was the last hard-ish stop for me. At this point I had Mightyena, Beautifly and Minun on my team, which means nothing effective against his Magneton. Once again I had to went in overleveled and with a lot of luck.

I'm especially proud on my strategy to beat Norman. Usually I go head to head with him and whoever's punches deal bigger damage won. This time I was sure my Pokémon wouldn't have chance, so I had to rely on Thunder Wave, Sand-Attack and Encore to cripple his Slaking. When his last Slaking was locked in Focus Punch that it couldn't even properly set up, I realized this is how Pokémon was meant to be played.

I was able to basically get my whole team after Norman and Winona. Her battle was also pretty funny. I went in totally unprepared and her Altaria wreck havoc on my team. I lost to her once, so I got myself Ice Beam TM from Game Corner and one shotted her entire team with just Minun and Whiscash. And as I watched her Pokémon faint, I realized this is how Pokémon was meant to be played.

Twins were a little bit annoying, since Solrock and Lunatone can take few hits and they have pretty nice coverage like Solarbeam and Flamethrower. But it was nothing I couldn't deal with.

After that the only real stopper were Steven's fossils. Cradily swept through my team like a butter. I have no idea what happened, but I did nothing to it and it completely destroyed my whole team. So that was last blackout right at the end of the game. And what was worse, Cradily was OP even on my second try. Toxic, Curse, Will-O-Wisp and more couldn't beat well. After so many Full Restores on both sides, Cradily finally went down. And Steven sent our Armaldo that took down Nosepass and Beautifly with one swing. Luckily, I could go with Toxic/Curse/Will-O-Wisp strategy again and beat it. Steven's final Pokémon was Metagross and with literally two Pokémon (and like 50 Revives and Full Restores), I once again went with Toxic/Curse/Will-O-Wisp. Well, without Toxic of course. And as I watched his Metagross faint, I realized this is how Pokémon was meant to be played.

Overall, I enjoyed this run a lot. It was relaxing, while not stupidly easy. My Pokémon had pretty straightforward movesets, but that was probably because it's Gen III. Thanks Sydian again for the team.

And here's Hall of Fame:
https://i.imgur.com/4LL4mrH.png

Team

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Hafik, Brave Male Mightyena
lvl 55, Intimidate @Lax Incense
- Crunch
- Dig
- Sand-Attack
- Swagger

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/ruby-sapphire/normal/beautifly.png
Buba, Sassy Female Beautifly
lvl 55, Swarm @Sharp Beak
- Silver Wind
- Aerial Ace
- Giga Drain
- Psychic

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/ruby-sapphire/normal/minun.png
Teford, Careful Male Minun
lvl 55, Minus @Magnet
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Quick Attack
- Encore

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/ruby-sapphire/normal/nosepass.png
Uteska, Careful Female Nosepass
lvl 55, Sturdy @Hard Stone
- Rock Slide
- Earthquake
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/ruby-sapphire/normal/whiscash.png
Pan Ryba, Impish Male Whiscash
lvl 57, Oblivious @Mystic Water
- Surf
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam
- Toxic

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/ruby-sapphire/normal/dusclops.png
Bafak, Timid Male Dusclops
lvl 55, Pressure @Spell Tag
- Shadow Ball
- Curse
- Confuse Ray
- Will-O-Wisp

Sydian December 13th, 2020 8:38 AM

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cool trainer al / emerald / badges: 8 / champion

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IGOR lv. 58 @ soft sand
soundproof / relaxed
ice beam / shadow ball / earthquake / flamethrower

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/99/Spr_3r_299.png
EARFQUAKE lv. 55 @ chesto berry
sturdy / hasty
toxic / rest / rock slide / explosion

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/d/d6/Spr_3r_357.png
I THINK lv. 57 @ miracle seed
chlorophyll / quirky
fly / sunny day / solarbeam / synthesis

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/97/Spr_3r_342.png
MAGIC WAND lv. 59 @ king's rock
shell armor / jolly
sludgebomb / return / brick break / swords dance

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/68/Spr_3r_037.png
BOYISAGUN lv. 53 @ lax incense
flash fire / naughty
flamethrower / attract / confuse ray / will-o-wisp

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/bd/Spr_3r_371.png
OUTOFTIME lv. 52 @ quick claw
rock head / impish
aerial ace / double team / dragon claw / double-edge

i got my bagon and caught it up (sorta) to the rest of the team. it was awful. awful party member lmfao basically did nothing which is what i expected but i like my deadweights to do at least something and he did get a KO the first time i attempted the E4. note that i said first time. i made it all the way to wallace the first time and tried a good 10 times before realizing i can't get past milotic without getting at least two swords dances off on crawdaunt. note that i played in set and also don't use items in battle, else this could have been done long ago lmao. so i took my loss at some point to spend some more time grinding, which is easier said than done. crawdaunt and exploud were obviously easy to grind, but nosepass and tropius can't KO very quickly and i'm constantly having to go to the PC. we won't even talk about vulpix and bagon you can guess how bad that grind is lmfao. the first time through though, i did manage to use every party member at least once to get a KO, but the second time through, i just wasn't fucking around anymore and it was the crawdaunt show feat. exploud. drake exhausted my entire team at one point, but i managed. wallace...so i got off two swords dance while wailord was out bc he can't rly do much to crawdaunt and i was able to OHKO everything except gyarados bc of that fucking intimidate. he took out crawdaunt and i was like oh it's okay i have basically a full team. well guess who took out my whole team lol. i try again and manage to get lucky and OHKO everything, even gyarados, that time. so now i win. maybe i'll evolve vulpix and bagon now that the challenge is done and i can lift their restrictions lol. overall, this was a...shitty team that forced me to get creative, however i didn't get much chance to use the creativity bc vulpix and bagon just couldn't take any hits and weren't fast enough. crawdaunt and exploud were hella fun and i've always wanted to use them in gen 3 since last time i used them i was a kid lol. so yeah, difficult run, but i had a fun time. we'll see what i do next.


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