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StenirRPG September 20th, 2019 12:47 PM

Got a start on the next Gen to knock down in my Ultimate Bug: EMERALD TIME!

Grabbed Mudkip, because as it turns out, I can just give that sucked all of the Water HMs. I think the only other one I needed was Rock Smash, but a Zigzagoon can get that. Rushed up to May, and then back down to get my Shoes. Oh, and whatever else I was supposed to get (the shoes are the real good thing here).

I actually planned this one out, and I need a Wurmple to get a Beautifly. Which means I get to have the fun of catching a Wurmple, training it to 7, hoping it evolves into a Silcoon. Oh, and it has to be male. Because it's going to be used for breeding for an Egg Move. I could use a Dustox for the moment, but out of the 7 Bug mons I can get, Dustox....dusn't compare to the rest. So, I'm deciding to skip it.

First one I caught evolved to Cascoon. So, I just used that one to farm. Took about 10 more catches before lucking out and having it evolve to Silcoon. And with a tearful farewell, I got rid of my Cascoon.

Wat...I didn't want clutter.

I pushed through Route 102, fighting all of the trainers. Poison Sting is ridiculously nice against Lotad when they show up. The sole trainer that stinks here is the one with Taillow. Because that jerk knows Peck. I ended up grinding up to level 10 so I'd evolve. Then I spammed Harden while fighting that trainer's Poochyena, using Absorb (thank you L10 learnset) to stay alive. Taillow didn't stand a chance.

I do the scene with Wally, then move into Southern Route 104. I defeated all three trainers, though looking at Lady Cindy, I wish I could snag the Nugget. :D

I ended up stopping just short of entering Petalburg Woods. This should be fun.

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/8c/Spr_3e_267.png
L11 M Beautifly
Tackle
String Shot Absorb
Poison Sting
Harden

Newfi Cheese September 21st, 2019 10:35 AM

Alright, slowly approaching the end of my AS Steel run, only 1 more badge to get. Flannery was actually pretty tough, I was only able to make it through with Olmec the Nosepass. After Flannery I headed up to that super ashy route (Don't remember it's name lol) and caught Heracles the Skarmory, my last mon for a pretty long time. Norman wasn't too difficult, but I was underleveled so there was some challenge there. Winona was obviously easy, I have tons of rock type moves. Battles with Team Aqua aren't too bad as long as Screwball the Magneton is alive... if he isn't? It's a yikes. Tate and Liza weren't too hard except for the random trainer with Medicham and Claydol. My team is way underlevel tho, only at level 40 so I'll have to do some grinding before taking on Kyogre

Mochorro September 21st, 2019 2:21 PM

Time for a new update! At last!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun.

4. Pokémon Platinum Fighting Monotype update No. 6: Battling at the Lakes!

So after I got the Riolu, I didn't play that much due to being busy, but at least I started the game some days to get Riolu the massage at Veilstone. This made the evolution very easy when I came back to the game more seriously, at level 9 I had a Lucario! After giving Lucario the Exp. Share, I entered Canalave City gym.

Steel-types are not threatening to Fighting-types, and this made Byron the easiest gym ever! Heracross beat Magneton with a single Brick Break, Infernape destroyed Steelix with Fire Blast, and a critical Revenge from Toxicroak in his attempt to use Metal Burst was enough to deal with Bastiodon. 6 badges!

After this it was time to go to the different lakes to fight Team Galaxy. In Lake Valor I witnessed this funny scene which I didn't remember from the game!

https://i.imgur.com/LEd7VHZ.png

Saturn was my foe at that very Lake. Gallade easily took down Golbat with Psycho Cut, Infenape destroyed Bronzor, and Heracross with a single Aerial Ace beat Toxicroak. And Mars battle in Lake Verity was almost identical, with Golbat and Bronzor falling the same way and Machoke taking Purugly down easily with Cross Chop.

After these easy battles I went through Mt. Coronet to try to reach Snowpoint City. It was annoying because I needed some HMs and Heracross was out of the team during these routes. Anyways, these fights took Lucario to a decent level, so now he is fully usable! On this path as well Machoke evolved into Machamp! I remembered that when I started this game 2 years ago I had hacked Machoke's evolution level, but I didn't remember which one I chose. It was lv 42. So finally my team is fully evolved!

At Snowpoint City I battled for my seventh badge. I loved the gym puzzle of this gym, didn't remember it very well and it is very original. So, battle with Candice for the seventh badge! Ice should be no problem, right? Lucario stood an Aerial Ace from Sneasel easily and destroyed it with Aura Sphere. Machamp took severe damage from Piloswine’s Earthquake but beat it with a Cross Chop attack. Froslass started a Double Team party vs Heracross. I missed a few times with Shadow Claw but the first one that hit triggered her Sitrus Berry and the second one was a critical, so no damage taken! Finally, Infernape calcinated Abomasnow with Flamethrower! So the seventh badge is mine!

Now that Rock Climb is usable outside of battle I can finally go to Lake Acuity. There my rival lost to Team Galactic. Their HQ are in Veilstone, so that's my next destination, after exploring the world a bit more with the new HM I got, of course! But this is a topic to talk about in the next update!

Current Team:

Spoiler:
Lv 43 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/15/Spr_4p_392.png (M) @ Amulet Coin. Blaze.
Brave Nature. Flame Wheel, Close Combat, Grass Knot, Flamethrower.

Lv 42 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/01/Spr_4p_068.png (M) @ Fist Plate. Guts.
Sassy Nature. Cross Chop, Payback, Revenge, Strength.

Lv 42 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6b/Spr_4p_214_m.png (M) @ Shell Bell. Guts.
Jolly Nature. Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Shadow Claw.

Lv 42 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/02/Spr_4p_475.png (M) @ Mind Plate. Steadfast.
Hardy Nature. Psycho Cut, Leaf Blade, Drain Punch, Night Slash.

Lv 42 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5c/Spr_4p_454_m.png (M) @ Poison Barb. Dry Skin.
Docile Nature. Mud Bomb, Poison Jab, Revenge, Sucker Punch.

Lv 42 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/80/Spr_4p_448.png (M) @ Wise Glasses. Steadfast.
Docile Nature. Swords Dance, Bone Rush, Close Combat, Aura Sphere.

HM Slave: Bibarel (of course!) and Staravia (for Defog & Fly)


Number of Badges: 7.

Current Location: Acuity Lake.

Number of losses: 0.

GladeGaming September 23rd, 2019 8:05 AM

Hello!

After stalking these forums for quite a while, I've decided to join and do a monotype run on Ultra Sun!

So the details are:

Forum User Name: GladeGaming
Game(s): Ultra Sun
Pokémon Type: Flying
Single/Ultimate: Single.

I'll be updating it as I go!

Cheers for getting me into these types of challenges and bringing back my love for Pokemon.

Edit: After giving it a long thought I've decided to change from monotype grass to monotype flying. Seems a bit more fun as there is a lot more variety.

Update 1:

Started the game, spoke with every single NPC. Got a Rowlet as a first pokemon since it's a grass/flying type (I have no intention of using it further down the road). Defeated Hau easilly, rescued Nebby and made everyone awe at my splendor.

Eventually caught a caterpie and went through the lovely grind to get her to evolve to a Butterfree. Same for a Pipipek which evolved to a Trumbeak. Again two pokemons which are not on the "endgame" list. With these 2 pokemon, I've done Hao'li city and the 1st trial with no issues. On route 3, I finnaly captured one of my first main pokemons which was a Hawlucha (Male with Unburden). Grinded him to 16 and beat the big Kahuna without needing to use a Z Power and even a potion.

Moving on to Akala island, I absolutely destroyed the Water trial with Supersonic Sky Strike and Bounce and caught myself a magikarp which I leveled to 20 by backtracking and defeating trainers that I missed. Funny how that useless little carp became on of the biggest powerhouses in my team. Gyarados, with a bold nature and the ability intimidate, relying on Bite and Water Pulse, defeated Marowak and the fire trial with no issues whatsoever.

Once the fire trial was over, I caught myself a Fletchling which evolved in no time to Flechinder. I intend to have him as a sort of defensive tank by having him rely on Flame Body + Roost and Bulk Up further on. Together we tackled the grass trial once he was 25, which was a bit of a pain due to Flame Charge not doing that much damage and confee using flower shield on the totem Lurantis. Thankfully with roost and flame charge, we eventually took that down as well without relying on any potions.

So, this is my current team at the moment:

Hawlucha (M) - 28
Item: Flyinium Z
Nature: Mild
Moveset: Sky Drop, Flying Press, Hone Claws, Roost.

Gyarados (M) - 26
Item: Leftovers
Nature: Bold
Ability: Intimidate
Moveset: Bounce, Water Pulse, Bite, Iron Tail.

Flechinder (M) - 26
Item: Firium Z
Nature: Gentle
Ability: Flame Body
Moveset: Flame Charge, Peck, Agility, Roost.


GladeGaming

Mochorro September 23rd, 2019 4:04 PM

Can I finish a game without losses? ...

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun.

4. Pokémon Platinum Fighting Monotype update No. 7: Saving the world! Giratina!!

After exploring the world with Rock Climb, and getting a few TMs, I went to Team Galactic HQ in Veilstone. There I fought every single grunt before arriving at the boss of Team Galactic, Cyrus!

Sneasel was easy for Machamp. Next up was Crobat. He used Supersonic vs my Gallade, but my Pokémon didn’t hit himself and knocked out the bat with a single Psycho Cut! Finally, Lucario beat the lv 46 Honchkrow (3 levels stronger than my Pokémon) with Aura Sphere + Close Combat, taking a lot of damage from Drill Peck.

Little after Cyrus I battled Saturn to free the three pixies! Golbat was destroyed with 2 Flamethrowers, and Infernape easily beat the Bronzor as well. Finally, Toxicroak fell to a single Psycho Cut from Gallade.

After this fight I knew I had to go to Mt. Coronet, and that there I needed HMs... So I took Toxicroak out of the team to add Bibarel, sadly, and made my way through the mountain, again battling everyone.

At the peak of Mt. Coronet I had a pretty tough fight vs Mars and Jupiter. They set up both screens with their Bronzor and I couldn’t break them with Lucario, so I sent Heracross to use Brick Break. I beat one of the Bronzor but Golbat was threatening and I sent Infernape and then Gallade. Both fell but took care of the Golbat and the Skuntank (the rival’s Munchlax helped with Body Slam), so after this it was a 2 v 1 fight, and easy to win with Lucario. Bronzor was already almost dead so a single Aura Sphere was enough, then Purugly fell to Close Combat and Golbat to Psychic + a Body Slam from Munchlax.

After the fight Cyrus attempted to use the Red Chain to gain control of Palkia and Dialga, but Giratina appeared and took him to the Distortion World!

https://i.imgur.com/CH21FYk.png

I went inside with Cynthia, to save the world! After a long exploration, I reached Cyrus, who was willing to fight again. Houndoom vs Machamp. I stood the Flamethrower and beat it with Revenge. Next up was Crobat. I hit him with Psychic, but in the next turn he switch out to Honchkrow! He survived my Aura Sphere and beat my weakened Lucario with Drill Peck. Infernape finished it off with Close Combat. Then he sent a Gyarados! Now I miss my Toxicroak haha. Although it has Earthquake. The Gyarados, with Waterfall, Earthquake and Ice Fang, swept my team, and I lost. So yeah. First loss of the run. I didn't want to rely on Revives, so took risks and it didn't pay off.

I made a few preparations, mainly I taught Infernape ThunderPunch, and swapped Heracross for Toxicroak. So second try! (not before getting lost at the Distortion World, though xD) Infernape destroyed the Houndoom with Close Combat, and he went for Gyarados straight away. I didn’t want to eat the Intimidate, so I sent Toxicroak. It survived the Earthquake with 10 HP, but not the Ice Fang that came right after it. He weakened Gyara with Poison Jab and Sucker Punch, though, so Infernape finished it off with ThunderPunch!

https://i.imgur.com/ZNmaUAk.png

Crobat was next, so I again sent Lucario. This time his Air Slash made me flinch twice, forcing me to heal. At least after the second flinch I outsped him, thanks to Steadfast. I finally beat it with 2 Psychics (he didn’t switch out this time!) Honchkrow was next, and it survived my Close Combat, destroying Lucario with Psychic. I sent Machamp to beat it with Ice Punch, but he hit me with a critical Drill Peck :(. So Infernape had to finish the job himself, with Thunderpunch. Finally, Weavile’s Fake Out triggered my Gallade’s Steadfast, so I outsped it and destroyed it with Drain Punch. At last! Cyrus fell!

https://i.imgur.com/Hpw6MiP.png

After this I went to fight Giratina. Back when I was a kid, I remember catching this Pokémon was a nightmare, even though I absolutely loved (and still do) the battle theme. I remember it well, I was at my grandfather's house and there I spent the whole morning trying to catch Giratina xD. This time around, though, after suffering some big damage in my team to put him in red, the second Dusk Ball caught it. :)

After this I went to the nearest Pokémon Center in Veilstone (didn't have Fly in my team) and saved my game. Next update we'll go for the final badge!

Current Team:

Spoiler:
Lv 46 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/15/Spr_4p_392.png (M) @ Amulet Coin. Blaze.
Brave Nature. ThunderPunch, Close Combat, Grass Knot, Flamethrower.

Lv 45 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/01/Spr_4p_068.png (M) @ Fist Plate. Guts.
Sassy Nature. Cross Chop, Ice Punch, Revenge, Strength.

Lv 45 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6b/Spr_4p_214_m.png (M) @ Shell Bell. Guts.
Jolly Nature. Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Shadow Claw.

Lv 45 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/02/Spr_4p_475.png (M) @ Mind Plate. Steadfast.
Hardy Nature. Psycho Cut, Leaf Blade, Drain Punch, Night Slash.

Lv 45 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5c/Spr_4p_454_m.png (M) @ Poison Barb. Dry Skin.
Docile Nature. Mud Bomb, Poison Jab, Revenge, Sucker Punch.

Lv 46 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/80/Spr_4p_448.png (M) @ Wise Glasses. Steadfast.
Docile Nature. Psychic, Shadow Ball, Close Combat, Aura Sphere.

HM Slave: Bibarel (of course!) and Staravia (for Defog & Fly)


Number of Badges: 7.

Current Location: Veilstone City.

Number of losses: 1

Newfi Cheese September 29th, 2019 1:59 PM

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Alright, this one is sort of a double post. I'm both ending my AS run and starting my B2 run. After Tate and Liza I took down Kyogre with Screwball the Magneton, and evolved Panzer into an Aggron. Most of Wallace's mons were easy to take down, except for Whiscash which was actually difficult, had to use Heracles the Skarmory to actually hurt it. Taking down Wallace is fantastic for me though, because I can finally get to New Mauville and evolve Screwball into Magnezone, then Olmec into Probopass. This is as big as my team gets though, so I'm ready to take on the Elite Four Sidney is laughably easy, since a lot of his mons have secondary typings I can demolish. Phobe was probably the most difficult of the Elite Four. Took me 3 tries to actually take her out, since the only super effective move I have is Night Slash on Heracles, and her team has a lot of coverage. Glacia is a joke for my team obviously, next. Drake was pretty tough. Altaria and Salamence can be taken out with rock type moves, but the rest of his team is rough! I had to do some heal spamming to make it through and whittle them down. Finally, Steven. Yikes this fight was difficult! First of all, I drastically underestimated his teams levels. My highest level was only at around 54 or 55. Aggron, Cradily and Armaldo were pretty easy to take out, but the rest were nuts. I had no way to kill Skarmory, so I just had to slowly kill it as it set up and whittled me down. For Claydol, I had to surf it down with Panzer and just hope it's Earth Power doesn't instakill me. Metagross was last up, and I sac'd both Heracles and Screwball to revive Panzer and Olmec to desperately try to Earthquake it down. I ended up living with Olmec at 24 health. Overall, a fun run, maybe a little lacking in diversity, but now onto B2

Now I'm gonna kinda go through B2 pretty fast. Picked Oshawott as my starter and nabbed Vegeta the Riolu in Flocessy Ranch. Cheren was easy after getting Force Palm. After that, I grab Magneto the Magnemite and then take out Roxie using op early game Sonic Boom. After beating Plasma in the Sewers I caught Bottles the Drilbur. After taking out Burgh, Vegeta evolved into Lucario and Elesa got taken out pretty easily. That's all for now, new updates probably pretty soon

Dadkota October 5th, 2019 7:09 PM

Forum User Name: Dadkota
Game(s): FireRed/Gold/Ruby/Platinum/Black/X/US
Pokémon Type: Fire
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate

Dadkota October 7th, 2019 2:05 AM

Chapter 1 of the Ultimate Fire Monotype Challenge
Total Progress: 6/64 Badges
Summary
Spoiler:

Lost my first few screenshots but chose Charmander obviously and named my rival Bill and my pokemon Sparky.
https://imgur.com/IahWMO0.png
Defeated Brock
https://imgur.com/bnc4g3D.pnghttps://imgur.com/6oQktG2.png
Sparky Evolved into Charmeleon
https://imgur.com/obDXfWl.png
Defeated Bill on Nugget Bridge
https://imgur.com/4QvFCIq.png
Took on Misty and thank god for Mega Kick
https://imgur.com/j9orqbm.png
Went to the SS Anne and Defeated Bill and got Cut
https://imgur.com/z9eb2j5.pnghttps://imgur.com/6uzC3nI.png
Sparky evolved into Charizard

Traversed the Rock Tunnel
https://imgur.com/ZaWAl8q.pnghttps://imgur.com/OfjJGdU.png
Caught my Second Pokemon, Monty the Growlithe
https://imgur.com/WegURUK.png
Defeated Bill again in the Pokemon Tower
https://imgur.com/qzpO3Qw.pnghttps://imgur.com/8N4mpRy.pnghttps://imgur.com/gRZgvDN.png
Went to Celadon and got my 3rd Pokemon, Buggy the Eevee
https://imgur.com/oS96l4j.png
Buggy evolved into Flareon
https://imgur.com/uYXjJEF.png
Went back to Vermilion and defeated Lt. Surge
https://imgur.com/o0Ek9EE.png
Returned to Celadon and defeated Erika

https://imgur.com/edcgJQO.png
Entered Rocket HQ
Defeated Giovanni and retrieved the Silph Scope
https://imgur.com/gq6oQ3a.png
Conquered the Pokemon Tower and got my Poke Flute
https://imgur.com/8G0IQcP.png
Defeated Koga
Entered Silph Co.
https://imgur.com/SfWR3rp.png
Defeated Bill again....
https://imgur.com/5HbcIja.png
Defeated Giovanni again...
https://imgur.com/rsfoKjX.png
Defeated the Saffron City Gym Leader Sabrina

Team:

MachoPony October 10th, 2019 1:11 AM

i needed something to do today. and with a certain program properly functional now, i should be able to play an ultimate challenge. might be nice to see my name on that first post after so many years (i did bug and psychic back in gen 6 and left fire and ground incomplete fsr)

i'll see if i can find where i left off in heartgold though i did have Red complete as far as i remember. ground ahoy!

yurinator557 October 10th, 2019 11:27 AM

this will be interesting, wish me luck lol

Forum User Name: yurinator557
Game(s): LeafGreen, Heart Gold, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2, Y, Sun
Pokémon Type: Psychic
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate

MachoPony October 10th, 2019 12:20 PM

Macho's Grounded Johto Journeys. Part 3:

So this was a strange one, picking up where i left off i was a bit underlevelled and steelix was still level 7. got him up to level 20 through battling as many trainers as i could. beat the gym easy enough, along with:

VS Silver
this one was fairly easy, steelix took out gastly with rock throw after a curse, then switched out for Quagsire against Magnemite, mud shot took it down in one hit. Steelix took out zubat and quagsire came back in to finish off quilava.

after the trainers, Morty was far too tough for me. gengar swept my whole team. so i ignored him and went onto olivine, training up as i went. climbed the lighthouse and met Jasmine, Geodude evolved and Nidorino learned horn attack, so i thought nows as good a time as any for that moon stone. and Nidoking ahoy.

Went back to face:

VS Leader Morty
Steelix took down gastly, tried to do something against gengar but missed a rock tomb and got 2 shot by shadow ball. took out Nidoking with hypnosis and some shadow balls too. then i had an epiphany, Quagsire recently learned amnesia. took a shadow ball, amnesia, another one, amnesia, a third, amnesia, healed up. he annoyed me a bit with hypnosis but 4 surfs finally put him down, stayed in against haunter, it cursed me and died to surf, killing me in the process. last was Graveler against Haunter, hypnosis was annoying, but he wasted a turn using nightmare when using dream eater twice wouldve KOd me, on turn 3 i woke up, used rock blast and hit 1,2,3 times and finished the fight...just barely.

Current Team
Spoiler:

http://www.pokestadium.com/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/frame2/graveler.png
Rocky 2 LV25 Graveler
Rock/Ground
Rock Blast
Rock Polish
Magnitude
Rollout

http://www.pokestadium.com/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/frame2/nidoking.png
Barney LV24 Nidoking
Poison/Ground
Poison Sting
Double Kick
Horn Attack
Surf

http://www.pokestadium.com/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/quagsire.png
Derp LV25 Quagsire
Water/Ground
Surf
Mud Shot
Mud Bomb
Amnesia

http://www.pokestadium.com/sprites/heartgold-soulsilver/steelix-female.png
SnekLV20 Steelix
Steel/Ground
Tackle
Rock Tomb
Screech
Rage


Current Badges
https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/4/4a/Zephyr_Badge.png/75px-Zephyr_Badge.png https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/08/Hive_Badge.png https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/a/a7/Plain_Badge.png/75px-Plain_Badge.png https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/4/48/Fog_Badge.png/75px-Fog_Badge.png

yurinator557 October 10th, 2019 2:46 PM

So, to start with: In LeafGreen, you cannot get any Psychic types before the 1st gym.

Brock - dispatched quickly with my Bulbasaur.
Rival 2 - caught a Geodude to clear him out the way.

Once I found one, I caught my first Psychic type, an Abra. I'm not very good at coming up with nicknames, so I shall leave his name unchanged for now. If you can think of names, please do tell me.
I wasn't exactly clear on the rules, so please forgive me for this, but I switch trained this Abra up to level 14, used the 2 available Rare Candies on it and then it evolved into Kadabra.
From that point onwards, I only used Kadabra until I got through Route 25, spoke to Bill, went down to Route 11 and caught my next Pokemon, a Drowzee. Again, bad with nicknames so none for now.
I got them both up to Level 21 through grinding and using the last available Rare Candy on Kadabra. Now that my preparation is complete, I went to face the Gym.

The 2 trainers in the gym were swept with my Drowzee, so they were no problem.
I may have beaten those 2 trainers with ease, but I was worried about Misty's Starmie, so I bought some potions and status items (even though I technically didn't need them, but they're nice to have)

Now for the main event:


VS Misty


I was slightly afraid of Misty's Starmie going into this fight, due to it also being part Psychic, making it resistant to other Psychic type moves. It turns out that I didn't need to worry.

Round 1: Kadabra vs Staryu

Staryu went down to a single Psybeam. Huh. Thought that would have taken a bit more. Anyways, time for the Pokemon I'd been dreading:

Round 2: Kadabra vs Starmie

I hit her Starmie with a Psybeam, the strongest move on my Kadabra at the moment, but it took only about 1/4 of its health away.
It retaliates with a Water Pulse, taking out a considerable chunk of my health and confusing me first try. Because of course it did
Went for another Psybeam. Got lucky and hit with it, taking it to yellow health.
Starmie goes for a Swift this time. Due to Kadabra's physical defense being abysmal, he takes a lot of damage, dropping to 9 HP.
Go for one more Psybeam. Somehow, it hits through the confusion again AND CRITS, KNOCKING IT OUT! I was entirely sure I'd be losing Kadabra on that turn and was prepared to switch over to Drowzee, but I guess not.

And with that, I now have 2 Kanto badges. The journey to become an Ultimate Champion begins now.
Sorry if these posts turn out to be boring, I'm not exactly a wordsmith.

Mochorro October 11th, 2019 3:56 PM

Busy with my job, it's been a while since my last update. But I have played a bit so let's show I am still alive with this with a small update!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun.

4. Pokémon Platinum Fighting Monotype update No. 8: An electrifying battle!

So, all I had to do now after catching Giratina and beating Team Galactic was getting the eighth badge! Before that, I went to catch Uxie and Azelf (too lazy to go for Mesprit as well). Uxie was relatively easy, but Azelf wasn't, it required a few resets, but in the end I caught it.

With all that done, I went to Sunyshore City for the last badge. After speaking with the E4 member, and talking to Volkner in the Lighthouse, I explored the water route above me, to train a little before the battle, and then I challenged the gym! I made a few preparations, most notably, I taught Toxicroak Earthquake to have the move in the team and hurt Electric-types.

So, battle with Volkner; Toxicroak VS Jolteon! My strategy soon got shattered into pieces, as my Pokémon couldn’t beat Jolteon with one Earthquake, and after a Hyper Potion and a Charge Beam which raised his Special Attack, he got a crit with the next Charge Beam and destroyed Toxicroak. Heracross finished the Jolteon off. Then I was the lucky one, as Machamp destroyed Luxray with a single critical Cross Chop! This was important, as all my Pokémon are male, so his Luxray with the ability Rivalry was dangerous. Gallade fell to Electivire (I expected him to survive after the Drain Punch I used, but it was not the case and ThunderPunch took me down). However, he got weakened enough to be destroyed with Infernape’s Close Combat. I did the same vs Raichu. With Focus Blast + Quick Attack he beat Lucario, but suffered damage, so Infernape’s Close Combat finished the battle! Yes! 8 badges!

After this fight I got the HM07, which I taught to Bibarel, and got ready for the Victory Road. Again leaving Heracross behind :(. So next update, hopefully I won't take too long and will talk about the Victory Road and probably the first try vs Elite Four (I assume it's gonna be really hard to beat it in one try with this team...)

Current Team:

Spoiler:
Lv 48 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/15/Spr_4p_392.png (M) @ Amulet Coin. Blaze.
Brave Nature. ThunderPunch, Close Combat, Grass Knot, Flamethrower.

Lv 47 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/01/Spr_4p_068.png (M) @ Fist Plate. Guts.
Sassy Nature. Cross Chop, Ice Punch, Revenge, Strength.

Lv 47 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6b/Spr_4p_214_m.png (M) @ Black Belt. Guts.
Jolly Nature. Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Shadow Claw.

Lv 47 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/02/Spr_4p_475.png (M) @ Mind Plate. Steadfast.
Hardy Nature. Psycho Cut, Leaf Blade, Drain Punch, Night Slash.

Lv 47 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5c/Spr_4p_454_m.png (M) @ Poison Barb. Dry Skin.
Docile Nature. Earthquake, Poison Jab, Revenge, Sucker Punch.

Lv 47 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/80/Spr_4p_448.png (M) @ Wise Glasses. Steadfast.
Docile Nature. Psychic, Shadow Ball, Close Combat, Aura Sphere.

HM Slave: Bibarel (of course!) and Staravia (for Defog & Fly)


Number of Badges: 8.

Current Location: Sunyshore City.

Number of losses: 1

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EDIT: I have kept going, and challenged the E4!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun.

4. Pokémon Platinum Fighting Monotype update No. 9: A Psychic nightmare!

Having now all the badges, I went to Victory Road, which was mostly easy, an annoying double battle vs Staraptor and Ambipom was the only struggle. The fact that the last trainer before the end of the cave has Gible and Swablu is quite funny...

Before challenging the E4, I had to fight my rival. Staraptor as always was a problem. He beat Lucario with a Close Combat. He was weakened with Aura Sphere, however, so Infernape easily finished the job.Heracross returned to the team and destroyed Empoleon easily with Close Combat. As Rapidash used Sunny Day, my Infernape with ThunderPunch + Close Combat destroyed it. Snorlax was easy with another Close Combat from Heracross. And then it was Heracross VS Heracross! Same level as well! Fortunately mine was faster and beat the opponent with a single Aerial Ace. Finally, still in Sunny Day conditions, my Infernape destroyed Roserade with Flamethrower.

Some preparations were made before E4! I grinded everyone up to lv 54, and I taught my Pokémon a few new moves and changed some held items. However, I made a mistake, as I thought Machamp’s Payback was a level up move, and it wasn’t, so no way to remember it, sadly... :/

With all this done, it was time to start the E4 challenge! Aaron was first. Infernape easily destroyed Yanmega. Next up was Drapion. I sent Toxicroak. He forced me to heal, as his Sitrus Berry healed him and his Aerial Aces did some damage, but in the end with Earthquake my Pokémon prevailed. Finally, Infernape destroyed both Scizor and Vespiquen with Flamethrower, and again, in the Heracross VS Heracross battle, mine won with Aerial Ace.

https://i.imgur.com/jyhGpLH.png

Bertha was next! My Heracross started with a crit Brick Break and destroyed the Whiscash. Gliscor left my Machamp with 11 HP after 2 Earthquakes, but even though she healed, my Ice Punches ended up beating her Pokémon. As I have Choice Specs on Infernape, Hippowdon was easy, a single Grass Knot was enough! And the same fate awaited to Golem and Rhyperior, so Bertha was defeated!

Next up was Flint! My Machamp easily endured Houndoom’s Flamethrower before beating it with Revenge. Rapidash’s Bounce left me with 1 HP! He endured my Rock Slide as well, and then we both healed. He went for Sunny Day and SolarBeam, I don’t know why, so I had an easy time using Rock Slide and Revenge. And then battle of the Infernapes! Same level as well!

https://i.imgur.com/eH1BiNj.png

His was faster and went for Earthquake, while I used Close Combat. Both survived, and then he went for Mach Punch, leaving me with 5 HP! So my final Close Combat finished the job! Magmortar was next. He survived my Infernape’s Close Combat and took it down, and then outsped Toxicroak and destroyed it with Hyper Beam. Fortunately, Gallade with Psycho Cut finished him off. And another miracle against his last Pokémon, Flareon! My Machamp survived his Overheat with 1 HP, and OHKOed it with Revenge!

https://i.imgur.com/1gu8vTO.png

Time for the scariest fight of the game so far, a Psychic-type specialist in the E4, Lucian! Mr. Mime managed to set up Light Screen, before falling to Heracross’ Shadow Claw. Next up was Espeon. He beat Gallade with 2 Shadow Ball, which is a problem, as with Lucario he is my only Pokémon neutral to Psychic attacks. Fortunately, he was weakened, so Toxicroak with Sucker Punch finished it off. And good timing, his Light Screen finished, and he sent Bronzong, so my Infernape had a free kill there with Flamethrower. Alakazam was next. He survived my Toxicroak’s Sucker Punch with barely any HP, and after he healed he survived Heracross’ Shadow Claw as well with almost no HP! He then swept my team with Psychic and Focus Blast for Lucario. So I lost. I saved the game and began thinking of ways to deal with this tough opponent.

Current Team:

Spoiler:
Lv 55https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/15/Spr_4p_392.png (M) @ Choice Specs. Blaze.
Brave Nature. ThunderPunch, Close Combat, Grass Knot, Flamethrower.

Lv 54 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/01/Spr_4p_068.png (M) @ Fist Plate. Guts.
Sassy Nature. Cross Chop, Ice Punch, Revenge, Rock Slide.

Lv 54 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6b/Spr_4p_214_m.png (M) @ Black Belt. Guts.
Jolly Nature. Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Shadow Claw.

Lv 54 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/02/Spr_4p_475.png (M) @ Mind Plate. Steadfast.
Hardy Nature. Psycho Cut, Swords Dance, Close Combat, Night Slash.

Lv 54 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5c/Spr_4p_454_m.png (M) @ Poison Barb. Dry Skin.
Docile Nature. Earthquake, Poison Jab, Brick Break, Sucker Punch.

Lv 54 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/80/Spr_4p_448.png (M) @ Wise Glasses. Steadfast.
Docile Nature. Psychic, Shadow Ball, Close Combat, Aura Sphere.

HM Slave: Bibarel (of course!) and Staravia (for Defog & Fly)


Number of Badges: 8.

Current Location: Pokémon League.

Number of losses: 2.

StenirRPG October 13th, 2019 7:32 PM

Been a while - almost a month. I had a new position pull me in for Real Life, so I'm kind of learning to juggle that, first and foremost. It's all good - just puts a little bit slower push to my runs here.

So, as of the start of this update, I had a level 13 Beautifly, having swapped Gust in overtop of Harden. But I'm here in Rustboro, having very quickly moved my way through Petalburg. And that means GYM TIME!

Honestly, I know I have Absorb, so it's not going to be super hard. But I'm going to do as much grinding as I can, so every trainer is going to lose to me.

Younger Josh's Geodude goes down to one Absorb. Of course, having just walked straight up to him, he's now blocking the way after the battle. Have to walk down and around to get to Tommy. I click a little too fast and use Tackle, but he uses Mud Sport in response. Interestingly, Tackle did about 1/3 of the Geodude's health. One use of Absorb later = knocked out Geodude and Level 14. Another use of Absorb = battle over. Rinse and repeat for the Geodude for the Hiker. Honestly, is this a gym or just a get together for Geodude?

"Would you demonstrate how you battle with...Bugs?"

Roxanne. Geodude L12 comes out, and Absorb knocks it down to like 2 HP. However, it retaliates with Rock Throw, taking me all the way down to 1 HP. Yay. Roxanne uses a Potion, and I use absorb. I'm back up to 12 HP. This isn't good. However, I do get to level 15 from knocking it out. Seeing how close I was to defeating the Geodude the first time gives me hope that the level will give me the boost in stats to knock out THIS new Geodude in a OHKO...

...which it thankfully does. I'm only up to 30 HP, though. Pulling up Bulbapedia, I feel a little relief seeing Nosepass only has Tackle and Rock Tomb, so I might pull this off...but I use Absorb and it only takes him down to about 80%, and then I die in one hit.

Just great. My first thought is to go for Stun Spore at level 17 and see if that helps with the Nosepass. But it's then that I remember that Route 116 is just north-east, and I can pick up a Nicada there. That's my next Bug-type on the journey, and it has the added benefit of learning Sand Attack at 9. A few battles and there it is, and at Level 7. I pick it up and off we go to level it up.

I plan on getting it up to level 12 or 13 before trying Roxanne again. However, it's already late by the time I got started, so I didn't get too far.

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/8c/Spr_3e_267.png
L16 M Beautifly
Tackle
Absorb String Shot
Poison Sting
Gust Harden

https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/a/a9/Spr_3e_290.png
L09 M Nincada
Scratch
Harden
Leech Life
Sand-Attack

Mochorro October 14th, 2019 8:22 AM

Important update! Let's go!!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun.

4. Pokémon Platinum Fighting Monotype update No. 10: Step by step going further!

Last update, I played vs the E4 for the first time and lost to Lucian. So I went back to Lucian, with very easy 3 battles before him, doing mostly the same as before, with a few changes now that I fully know their teams, to make the battles easier (I didn’t lose a single Pokémon). For Lucian I gave Toxicroak the BlackGlasses and Heracross a Spell Tag, hopefully Alakazam can die now.

So again, Heracross vs Mr. Mime. This time the first Shadow Claw was enough. Heracross leveled up and learnt Megahorn, so no Shadow Claw now (at least Spell Tag secured the ko on Mr. Mime I guess). Espeon was next. Heracross survived the Psychic with 1 HP! … but missed the Megahorn and died to Quick Attack. I sent Gallade, and put him in red. However, as his Shadow Ball was going to beat me, I had to send Lucario to take it. Unfortunately, after this he went for a crit Psychic, beating Lucario. Toxicroak with Sucker Punch finished off this nightmare of an Espeon. Nothing to say on Bronzong vs Infernape, it was the same outcame as before. Alakazam was next! This time Sucker Punch, thanks to BlackGlasses, was enough! So just Gallade remained. I sent my burnt Machamp, who stood the Psycho Cut and hit him with Revenge, before falling to the burn damage. Infernape was my option, and it worked! He survived the Psycho Cut with very little HP, and with 2 Flamethrowers beat the Gallade after the heal! I guess the Choice Specs + Blaze boost helped here. So finally!! Lucian beaten!

https://i.imgur.com/DZlLxUI.png

So, the final challenge, Cynthia! Spritomb vs Infernape! Psychic did a lot, but Flamethrower destroyed the ghost with 2 hits. Next up was Milotic. She allowed me to set up 2 Swords Dances with Gallade, going for Mirror Coat and Surf, and then my Close Combat killed. Togekiss was next. Sadly it outsped and beat Gallade with Air Slash. Now I am in trouble, this mon is annoying for my team. She outsped and beat Lucario with a single Aura Sphere, and then survived Heracross’ Close Combat and koed me with Air Slash. My Infernape beat it with Close Combat.

And now, Garchomp… She beat my Machamp with a few Dragon Rushes. She never missed, and in the turn she went for Flamethrower, I took the gamble of not healing and Dragon Rush beat me. Ice Punch didn’t do enough. She then swept Toxicroak and Infernape with Earthquake, so I lost, AGAIN!

......

But I was not going to give up! I got back there, with similar battles to before, and I repeated my strategy from before, beating Togekiss, Spiritomb and Milotic the same way, only losing Heracross this time in the process, and again, Garchomp was her next Pokémon. But I had an ace up my sleeve. My Machamp was burnt, so Guts was activated! Thanks Flint! Now I stood the Dragon Rush from her, and a single Ice Punch destroyed the Dragon! I have been wishing all the run I had No Guard instead of Guts, but I can't say I reject Guts now! Roserade was next, and it was an easy kill for Gallade with Psycho Cut, enduring her Sludge Bomb. So time for her last Pokémon, Lucario!!

https://i.imgur.com/vKR9n1l.png

Now, Lucario Vs Lucario, hers was faster and killed mine with Aura Sphere (seriously, my Lucario has been total trash in the Pokémon League) She also beat my Toxicroak while I healed Infernape, who was damaged. I didn’t want to risk the ExtremeSpeed range and lose this. I sent Infernape and destroyed Lucario with Close Combat! SO I AM THE CHAMPION! And NO REVIVES were used during battles. Here is the Hall of Fame!!

https://i.imgur.com/44XxM8K.png https://i.imgur.com/i2mgNPn.png

Challenge is not over, though, as I’ll do the same as with Sigma Emerald and HeartGold, I’ll go for the E4 rematches now, not before exploring the places the National Dex opens and taking the ship in Snowpoint City! I have learnt though that E4 rematches are very underwhelming, with Pokémon having just higher levels but the exact same movesets... Will still go for them, though.

Current Team:

Spoiler:
Lv 61https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/15/Spr_4p_392.png (M) @ Choice Specs. Blaze.
Brave Nature. ThunderPunch, Close Combat, Grass Knot, Flamethrower.

Lv 56 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/01/Spr_4p_068.png (M) @ Fist Plate. Guts.
Sassy Nature. Cross Chop, Ice Punch, Revenge, Rock Slide.

Lv 55 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6b/Spr_4p_214_m.png (M) @ Black Belt. Guts.
Jolly Nature. Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Megahorn.

Lv 55 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/02/Spr_4p_475.png (M) @ Mind Plate. Steadfast.
Hardy Nature. Psycho Cut, Swords Dance, Close Combat, Night Slash.

Lv 55 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5c/Spr_4p_454_m.png (M) @ Poison Barb. Dry Skin.
Docile Nature. Earthquake, Poison Jab, Brick Break, Sucker Punch.

Lv 54 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/80/Spr_4p_448.png (M) @ Wise Glasses. Steadfast.
Docile Nature. Psychic, Shadow Ball, Close Combat, Aura Sphere.

HM Slave: Bibarel (of course!) and Staravia (for Defog & Fly)


Number of Badges: 8.

Current Location: Twinleaf Town.

Number of losses: 3.

yurinator557 October 15th, 2019 10:16 AM

Like I said in the other post, I'm not good at making these kinds of posts up, so I just skipped out on making them.

Finished off LeafGreen last night.

Can't post images due to not making enough posts so I'll list my final team for this game here:

Code:

Vincent (Alakazam) (M)
IVs: 19 HP / 9 Atk / 11 Def / 20 SpD / 1 Spe
EVs: 26 HP / 144 Atk / 105 Def / 35 SpA / 28 SpD / 172 Spe
Ability: Synchronize
Level: 61
Timid Nature
- Shock Wave
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Psybeam


Code:

Jarvis (Slowbro) (M)
IVs: 2 HP / 10 Atk / 9 Def / 4 SpA / 15 SpD / 9 Spe
EVs: 23 HP / 104 Atk / 80 Def / 17 SpA / 27 SpD / 100 Spe
Ability: Oblivious
Level: 60
Quiet Nature
- Surf
- Psychic
- Strength
- Ice Beam


Code:

Danny (Exeggutor) (M)
IVs: 29 HP / 13 Atk / 29 Def / 17 SpA / 11 SpD / 11 Spe
EVs: 30 HP / 166 Atk / 109 Def / 39 SpA / 28 SpD / 91 Spe
Ability: Chlorophyll
Level: 61
Naughty Nature
- Giga Drain
- Leech Seed
- Confusion
- Return


Code:

MIMIEN (Mr. Mime) (M)
IVs: 20 HP / 15 Atk / 17 Def / 23 SpA / 22 SpD / 24 Spe
EVs: 36 HP / 55 Atk / 70 Def / 24 SpA / 12 SpD / 124 Spe
Ability: Soundproof
Level: 60
Timid Nature
- Thief
- Psychic
- Magical Leaf
- Psybeam


Code:

ZYNX (Jynx) (F)
IVs: 18 HP / 17 Atk / 18 Def / 25 SpA / 21 SpD / 22 Spe
EVs: 15 HP / 71 Atk / 67 Def / 12 SpA / 14 SpD / 81 Spe
Ability: Oblivious
Level: 61
Mild Nature
- Psychic
- Powder Snow
- Body Slam
- Ice Punch


Code:

Kim (Hypno) (M)
IVs: 29 HP / 23 Atk / 9 Def / 28 SpA / 1 SpD / 29 Spe
EVs: 31 HP / 158 Atk / 112 Def / 39 SpA / 29 SpD / 133 Spe
Ability: Insomnia
Level: 60
Naive Nature
- Secret Power
- Psychic
- Brick Break
- Confusion


Region 1 of 7 is down. Next game: Heart Gold. Whenever I'm able to add images, I will put my LeafGreen hall of fame picture in.
Also, I did go with nicknames in the end. Named them after friends and top-level Guitar Hero players lol

The Undisputed Era October 21st, 2019 1:18 PM

Updated to post #116, As always, if you notice any errors please message me, I'll rectify them as soon as possible. Happy challenging!

Eolith October 23rd, 2019 2:38 AM

Forum User Name: Eolith
Game(s): Emerald
Pokémon Type: Ground
Single/Ultimate: Single

sunshinesonia October 23rd, 2019 5:45 AM

hi im still active! just kinda very unmotivated. ill try to do another update soon, still at skyla's gym, which i doubt will be fun.

sunshinesonia October 26th, 2019 6:54 AM

black 2 grass run update #6 oh my god i havent updated since july
Spoiler:

SO! SKYLA WAS A NIGHTMARE! thats all i gotta say! i trained up my mons, thinking i might have a shot but nope! i can maybe take down swoobat, but swanna will always destroy the rest. so. i trained up Vanessa all the way to lvl 43, stalled her Swoobat and slightly Swanna, used Coil, and FINALLY took down Swanna and Skarmory!! i think that will be the hardest fight. drayden probably wont be much fun either, nor iris. but at least i can send marlon to hell and beyond.

CURRENT TEAM!

Vanessa the Mild Serperior, LVL 43
- Leech Seed
- Return
- Leaf Blade
- Coil

salad the Bold Leavanny, LVL 38
- Bug Bite
- Razor Leaf
- Return
- Slash

Eliott the Lax Roselia, LVL 37
- Petal Dance
- Leech Seed
- Toxic Spikes
- Giga Drain

Matthew the Sassy Ferroseed, LVL 38
- Metal Claw
- Iron Defense
- Gyro Ball
- Ingrain

sunshinesonia October 30th, 2019 9:07 AM

black 2 grass run update #7
Spoiler:
SO i havent done much since skyla. i did the whole thingy of flyin to lentimas town and stuff. i went through reversal mountain with bianca, there was a darmanitan there that caused me a bit of trouble. i decided to replace Salad with Vivi the Virizion, since i just think she'll be better in the long run. i also evolved Elliot into Roserade, and Matthew evolved into Ferrothorn! im nearly done w trainin for drayden. hes probably gonna be tough, but after that, its most likely a lot easier. i hope. also caught another new member, Spageddy the Tangela (now Tangrowth!)

CURRENT TEAM!

Vanessa the Mild Serperior, LVL 45
- Leech Seed
- Return
- Leaf Blade
- Coil

Vivi the Careful Virizion, LVL 50
- Giga Drain
- Sacred Sword
- Retaliate
- Swords Dance

Eliott the Lax Roserade, LVL 46
- Petal Dance
- Leech Seed
- Toxic Spikes
- Toxic

Matthew the Sassy Ferrothorn, LVL 46
- Metal Claw
- Iron Defense
- Iron Head
- Ingrain

Spageddy the Timid Tangrowth, LVL 46
- Giga Drain
- Stun Spore
- Knock Off
- AncientPower

sunshinesonia November 3rd, 2019 7:39 AM

black 2 grass run update #8
Spoiler:
so i did this actually in two parts. the whole drayden + marlon + team plasma and ghetsis fight like yesterday, and today was victory road. the black kyurem fight was easy since Vivi had just been sitting in the back of the party for a while and as a result, was a bit overlevelled. Ghetsis was a real chore though. some trainers in victory road were also a bit problematic. ill do a bit of training before the elite four. i dont know what to do after this, have been thinking of a dark or poison run! or a solo run, perhaps. we'll see!

CURRENT TEAM!

Vanessa the Mild Serperior, LVL 54
- Leech Seed
- Return
- Leaf Blade
- Coil

Vivi the Careful Virizion, LVL 66
- Energy Ball
- Sacred Sword
- Strength
- Swords Dance

Eliott the Lax Roserade, LVL 53
- Petal Dance
- Leech Seed
- Toxic Spikes
- Toxic

Matthew the Sassy Ferrothorn, LVL 53
- Power Whip
- Iron Defense
- Iron Head
- Ingrain

Spageddy the Timid Tangrowth, LVL 53
- Energy Ball
- Stun Spore
- Power Whip
- AncientPower

TheCrystalFlaaffy November 3rd, 2019 9:24 AM

Just reposting my old challenges in the new(ish) thread. I go through them periodically so updates probably won't be frequent. Currently working on the bolded games.

Sign Ups:
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Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Fire Red | Silver | Emerald | Platinum | Volt White | Y | Sun (Complete)
Pokémon Type: Ice
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Red | Crystal | Emerald | Platinum | Blaze Black | Y | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Rock
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Leaf Green | Soul Silver | Emerald | Platinum | White | Y | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Normal
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue | Crystal | Emerald | Pearl | White | Y | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Bug
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Leaf Green | Soul Silver | Alpha Sapphire | Platinum (6/8) | White | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Ghost
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue | Crystal | Emerald | Platinum | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Water
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Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue | Crystal | Emerald (0/8) | Platinum (0/8) | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Fighting
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Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Heart Gold (0/16) | Alpha Sapphire | Platinum (0/8) | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Dark
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue (0/8) | Crystal (0/8) | Alpha Sapphire | Platinum (0/8) | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
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Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

The Undisputed Era November 6th, 2019 7:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheCrystalFlaaffy (Post 10083975)
Just reposting my old challenges in the new(ish) thread. I go through them periodically so updates probably won't be frequent. Currently working on the bolded games.

Sign Ups:
Spoiler:
Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Fire Red | Silver | Emerald | Platinum | Volt White | Y | Sun (Complete)
Pokémon Type: Ice
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Red | Crystal | Emerald | Platinum | Blaze Black | Y | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Rock
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Leaf Green | Soul Silver | Emerald | Platinum | White | Y | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Normal
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue | Crystal | Emerald | Pearl | White | Y | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Bug
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Leaf Green | Soul Silver | Alpha Sapphire | Platinum (6/8) | White | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Ghost
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue | Crystal | Emerald | Platinum | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Water
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue | Crystal | Emerald (0/8) | Platinum (0/8) | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Fighting
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Heart Gold (0/16) | Alpha Sapphire | Platinum (0/8) | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Dark
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

Forum User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Game(s): Blue (0/8) | Crystal (0/8) | Alpha Sapphire | Platinum (0/8) | White (0/8) | Y (0/8) | Sun (0/7)
Pokémon Type: Grass
Single/Ultimate/Free Mode?: Ultimate

You know what's sad, I have a screenshot of your challenges saved and I keep meaning to add them. It's literally on the edit tag to add them back in, I'll definitely add them during the next update! (probably)

sunshinesonia November 11th, 2019 12:15 AM

im gonna assume you don't need a full team of 6? ive been considering a Ultimate Dark Run but some gens don't have enough for 6 of them

ShyRayq November 12th, 2019 2:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sunshinesonia (Post 10086571)
im gonna assume you don't need a full team of 6? ive been considering a Ultimate Dark Run but some gens don't have enough for 6 of them

You do not. Otherwise, you'd need 6 Dragonite for a Kanto Mono-Dragon run.

The Undisputed Era November 12th, 2019 5:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sunshinesonia (Post 10086571)
im gonna assume you don't need a full team of 6? ive been considering a Ultimate Dark Run but some gens don't have enough for 6 of them

If you an acquire 6 unique pokemon of the type then it's advised to do so but for games that don't have this included, you can use the ones available and any duplicates if you wish to

sunshinesonia November 14th, 2019 10:21 AM

black 2 grass run update final
Spoiler:
so boyz,,,,,,, we did it. black 2 grass run is completed. it was a chore at times. mainly SKYLA. i might do a dark run bc i love dark types and also an excuse to use liepard. i dont think i wanna use roserade again tho, not that it was bad or anything, but just kinda,, not me. next time ill play on emulator (if thats allowed). thank yall for havin me

final team

Vanessa the Mild Serperior, LVL 56
- Leech Seed
- Return
- Leaf Blade
- Coil

Vivi the Careful Virizion, LVL 71
- Energy Ball
- Sacred Sword
- X-Scissor
- Swords Dance

Eliott the Lax Roserade, LVL 56
- Petal Dance
- Leech Seed
- Toxic Spikes
- Toxic

Matthew the Sassy Ferrothorn, LVL 56
- Power Whip
- Iron Defense
- Iron Head
- Ingrain

Spageddy the Timid Tangrowth, LVL 56
- Energy Ball
- Stun Spore
- Power Whip
- Rock Slide

Cardwell74 November 16th, 2019 6:26 PM

Forum User Name: Cardwell74
Game(s): Blue, Crystal, Alpha Sapphire, Platinum, ???, ???, ???
Pokémon Type: Normal
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate

Self Imposed Rule: Pokemon that are Normal/Flying are banned.

Going to start with Platinum

Update 1: Start to Solaceon Town
Spoiler:


Started with Piplup for no notable reason. First Pokemon I caught was Bidoof and I had to grind until it learned Rollout at level 13 before the rival fight outside Jubilife. She also learned Defense Curl along the way so the rival fight was easy. On the way to Oreburgh she evolved and learned Water Gun and swept the gym with it. The Windworks fight with Mars went easy with Defense Curl + Rollout

Next Pokemon I caught was a Buneary in Eterna Forrest. I grinded it up to level 23 so it would have Jump Kick for coverage. I fed it some bitter medecine to power up Frustration (it will take longer to evolve now but it made beating Gardenia much easier). Jupiter met the same fate as Mars. Also found an Up-Grade, which will be important later.

Grinded on the way down the bike road and through to Hearthome City. Fantina was... a whacky battle. Buneary's only move that can hit her stuff is Grass Knot, meaning Bibarel needed to be the attacker but it's only good move for the battle is rollout and she leads with a Duskull with will-o-wisp. Fortunately there are some Rawst berries on route 206. On the way to get the berries I caught a Clefairy with Sing for the gym battle. I gave a Rawst to Bibarel and after she missed 1 will-o-wisp while i used Defense Curl, the second one hit but my berry healed it and Rollout brought Duskull into heal range. The next turn she healed but Rollout hit again to KO Duskull. She sent out Mismagius who used Magical leaf bringing Bibarel down to half but Rollout KO'd it back. Out comes Haunter and Rollout misses, but at this point I have won for all intents and purposes. Outside of Sucker Punch, Haunter cannot damage normal types and the AI doesn't know what to do (even less than usual) . I switched to Clefairy and used Follow me a few times PP stall sucker punch, put it to sleep with Sing to safely switch Bibarel back in (avoiding Confuse Ray and Hypnosis) and Rollout KO'd it in on the second hit.

The rival fight after Fantina was also funny. I led with Bibarel and clicked Defense curl while Staravia used double team. Rollout hit but didn't KO and it double teamed again. Rollout hit again (somehow) to KO the bird but then it missed Grotle who Crit with Razor Leaf bringing Bibarel down to 2 hp. I then got 3 straight flinches with Headbutt to KO Grotle despite having TWO HP left. Buneary cleaned up Buizel and Rapidash.

Going to call it for the night after 2 extremely whacky battles back to back. Gotta love Pokemon.

Current Team
Bibarel lv 32
moves: Headbutt, Water Gun, Defense Curl, Rollout

Buneary lv 34
moves: Jump Kick, Quick Attack, Return, Grass Knot

Plus a little help from
Clefairy lv 17
moves: Sing, Follow Me, Double Slap, Defense Curl
(really unlikely to use this anymore)



Update 2: Solaceon Town to Victory Road
Spoiler:


Picked up where I left off and made my way to Veilstone and got my next teammate, Porygon (spent a little while soft-reseting for a good nature) and also traded him with the up-Grade to evolve right away. I did some shopping and bought some vitamins for Buneary, and used some rare candies to evolve her.

Next I headed to the game corner to gamble until I could buy the TM for Psychic to go along with the Thunder TM I bought for Porygon 2. I trained Porygon 2 on the way down to Pastoria.

Once there I spent time in the underground digging up shards to teach Lopunny Fire Punch. I also taught her dig with the TM I got on the way. Also dug up a Stone Plate which Bibarel got to power up Rollout

I headed back up to Veilstone and beat Maylene (spammed Psychic on everything but Lucario which died to Fire Punch) before flying back to Pastoria to beat Wake (spammed Thunder on everything but Quagsire who died to Grass Knot).

Headed up to Celestic where I got some Wise Glasses (was expecting Choice Specs but I guess they're somehwere else?) and beat Cyrus with Bibarel's Rollout. Also on the way got a Shadow Ball TM for Porygon2

Headed over to Canalave, beat the rival mostly with Rollout and then went to Iron Island to train with Riley before heading back and doing the gym. Most things died to Lopunny (Dig or Fire Punch)

After the stuff at the lakes I headed up to Snowpoint, got and Ice Beam TM for Porygon2 on the way and more Fire Punches from Lopunny swept Candace.

Headed to Veilstone to storm the metaphorical castle. Found the Dubious disc inside to finally evolve to Porygon Z. Beat Cyrus and Saturn.

Climbed the mountain, got through the annoy true double with the rival who's Munchlax is literally useless.

I mostly remembered my way through Distortion World from memory and beat Cyrus, mostly with Rollout and ran from Giritina.

Headed over to Sunyshore, Lopunny used Dig to KO most everything in the gym. Although at one point I got paralyzed but Thunder Bolt 3 times in a row, and static twice in a row (a 0.009% chance, for comparison finding a full odds shiny is 1/8192, which is about 0.012%)

Saved outside Victory Road for the night



Update 3: Victory Road to Hall of Fame

Spoiler:


Beat all the trainers in Victory Road and the Rival before the Pokemon League.

Did some shopping for X iteams and healing stuff. Didn't grind at all before going in (mistake)

Beat the Aaron with Bibarel, set up some x-attacks for Rollout. He spammed Double team with Yanmega while I set up, but Bibarel has Unaware.

Beat the Bertha by taking out Wishcash with Ice Beam before switching to Bibarel whose Waterfall put in work. Sandstorm is annoying. It is insane that GameFreak thought having the weather induced by abilities be permanent was balanced.

Beat Flint with Rollout. It KO'd Houndoom with a Crit, took 2 turns to KO Infernape who used Thunder Punch both times (thankfully Bibarel tanked them) then missed Rapidash because of Bounce, but after it hit Bounce the next turn it used Sunny Day and the rest got Ko'd by a new Rollout (It Crit Magmortar, which might have mattered but who knows)

Before Lucian I gave Porygon-Z the Spell Tag to power up Shadow Ball. Hit Mr.Mime with a Shadow Ball putting it in the red and it used Reflect. Next turn I used an X-Special while he healed. From there it was a sweep, Mr. Mime went down to 1 Shadow Ball, Gallade lived the first one but died to the second, Alakazam and Espeon were OHKO'd and Bronzong lived the first but went down to a crit the next turn.

Cynthia took a bunch of tries. Lucario's Aura Sphere could OHKO my entire team. The battle I won went like this
Spiritomb: Lead with Porygon-Z holding Wise Glasses and used Thunder, it paralyzed, fully paralyzed, KO'd next turn with Ice Beam
Lucario: Switched to Lopunny, who was faster, used Dig before getting KO'd by Aura Sphere. Porygon-Z came in and Ko'd with Thunder
Togekiss: It lived a Thunder in the yellow and KO'd Porygon with Aura Sphere. Sent out my Clefairy and used the turn to Max Revive Porygon-Z who came in a Ko'd with Psychic (would have used Ice Beam but only had one left)
Garchomp: OHKO'd with my last Ice Beam
Milotic: used an x-accuracy, it used surf and the i used an x-special and it used Mirrot Coat. I clicked Thunder and prayed it KO'd, which it did thankfully
Roserade: OHKO's by Psychic

https://imgur.com/a/7qxTL3N

Hall of Fame Team

Bibarel lv 59
Item: Stone Plate
Moves: Headbutt, Waterfall, Defense Curl, Rollout

Lopunny lv 55
Item: Silk Scarf
Moves: Drain Punch, Fire Punch, Dig, Return

Clefairy lv 17
Item: None
Moves: Sing, Double Slap, Defense Curl, Follow Me

Porygon-Z lv 62
Item: Wise Glasses
Moves: Psychic, Shadow Ball, Thunder, Ice Beam


BlissyMKW November 21st, 2019 2:54 AM

I think I remembered exactly why I don't like Sun and Moon. It takes an eternity to just get past Melemele because you get stopped every 10 seconds. But anyway, after getting to Akala, apparently not saving the game, and then ending up back at pre Hau 3, I finally got back to making progress on the run and got further than when I forgot to save. I'm on the road to the Grass trial on Akala Island, and oh boy, I cannot wait until this Wingull finally evolves. Wingull is actually terrible until it evolves. Also, whoever in the dev team figured it was a good idea to leave the Scald TM on Brooklet Hill has basically allowed me to partially break the game because Scald.

The Team

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/sun-moon/normal/brionne.png
Opera Queen (Brionne) Lv. 24 @ Quick Claw
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Aqua Jet, Scald, Baby-Doll Eyes, Disarming Voice

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/sun-moon/normal/wingull.png
Mailbird (Wingull) Lv. 23 @ Nothing (Amulet Coin is being passed around to the lead for more money)
Nature: Calm
Ability: Hydration
Moves: Quick Attack, Scald, Supersonic, Air Cutter

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/sun-moon/normal/araquanid.png
Skeeter (Araquanid) Lv. 22 @ Amulet Coin
Nature: Gentle
Ability: Water Bubble
Moves: Infestation, Bite, Bug Bite, Scald

milcute November 23rd, 2019 1:46 PM

Forum User Name: milcute
Game(s): X, Omega Ruby, Sun, Sword
Pokémon Type: Fairy
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate

To make things even more challenging, I'm planning on restricting myself to just 4 Pokemon per game.

milcute November 24th, 2019 1:01 PM

X Fairy Monotype - Update #1

So, in addition to my self-imposed rule of only 4 Pokemon per game, I'm also opting to not use the same Pokemon twice. Since all of the Fairy types available in Omega Ruby are also available in X, it really restricted which Pokemon I could use on my team.

Events

Spoiler:
I chose Fennekin as my starter, and used him through the first few routes and Viola. Once I made it to Route 4, I caught Flabebe and immediately boxed Fennekin. I managed to beat all the trainers on Route 4 with Flabebe alone, but once I made it to Lumiose, it became apparent that I was going to have a hard time ahead of me, because I lost to Sycamore... And to his Bulbasaur, no less.

On Route 5, I had to break the rules a bit and pull Fennekin back out of the box, because those twins won't let you pass them unless you have two Pokemon in your party. I was able to beat Tierno with relative ease, but lost to Rising Star Hamish. I did the Parfum Palace segment, and then ran away from the wild Snorlax - I knew there was no way in hell my Flabebe would be able to beat it.

On Route 7, I caught Swirlix and beat Tierno and Trevor in the tag battle with Calem. While I was backtracking on Route 6 to beat the trainers in the tall grass, Flabebe evolved into Floette. I made it to Ambrette Town with no further incidents, but ran into trouble in Glittering Cave. I struggled with the Team Flare Grunts, and since Calem doesn't bother to heal you before the tag battle, we ended up losing spectacularly.

At long last, I made it to Cyllage Gym, and had to leave several times because my Pokemon kept fainting to various trainers. I somehow managed to beat Grant on my first try, though I think the O-Powers I used had something to do with it. I'll take it.


Current Team

Spoiler:
Fleur (Floette) ♀️ Lv. 25
Bold, Somewhat vain
Flower Veil
-Tackle
-Magical Leaf
-Fairy Wind
-Wish

Bonbon (Swirlix) ♀️ Lv. 24
Gentle, Highly persistent
Sweet Veil
-Fairy Wind
-Endeavor
-Fake Tears
-Round


X Fairy Monotype - Update #2

I'll just edit this post instead of making a new one. Saves space that way!

Events

Spoiler:
Shortly after beating Grant, I caught Snubbull on Route 10, and I hadn't even left the route before she evolved! And it's a good thing, too, because she was able to steamroll Korrina's Lucarios in Geosenge Town. I was really scared about that battle - Swirlix and Floette would've been useless against them - so yay for Granbull!

I caught Mr. Mime in Reflection Cave, and then continued to Shalour City, where I beat Korrina officially in her gym. Mr. Mime handled pretty much the entire gym himself, just spamming Psybeam. I beat Korrina YET AGAIN at the Tower of Mastery, immediately boxed her Lucario, and then continued onto Coumarine, where I defeated Ramos, once again mainly relying on Mr. Mime. I guess it can't be helped, considering he's the only dual-type on my team.


Current Team

Spoiler:
Fleur (Floette) ♀️ Lv. 36
Bold, Somewhat vain
Flower Veil
-Tackle
-Magical Leaf
-Fairy Wind
-Wish

Bonbon (Swirlix) ♀️ Lv. 36
Gentle, Highly persistent
Sweet Veil
-Draining Kiss
-Energy Ball
-Aromatherapy
-Round

Bijou (Granbull) ♀️ Lv. 38
Timid, Takes plenty of siestas
Intimidate
-Headbutt
-Payback
-Bulldoze
-Rock Smash

Pierrot (Mr. Mime) ♂ Lv. 37
Timid, Takes plenty of siestas
Filter
-Psybeam
-Infestation
-Light Screen
-Reflect


X Fairy Monotype - Update #3

It's been a while since my last update, 'cause I took a break for a few days.

Events

Spoiler:
After defeating Ramos, I headed south to the Power Plant where I defeated Team Flare. It was unremarkable and rather boring. Upon arriving in Lumiose, I spent more time and money than I care to admit to get a haircut before battling Clemont. I relied on Granbull for Clemont's entire gym, as she's the only one who knows a Ground-type move.

After defeating Calem in yet another repetitive rival battle, I made my way to Laverre, where I defeated Valerie. Once again, I ended up relying a lot on Granbull. She and Mr. Mime are really the MVPs of my team. I would have evolved Swirlix and Floette, but since Swirlix knew an HM move, I couldn't trade her until I got it deleted. And it just didn't feel right evolving Floette without evolving Swirlix, too.

Anyway, after spending several days not even thinking about Pokemon, I went to the PokeBall Factory and defeated Team Flare. It was about as exciting as the Power Plant.


Current Team

Spoiler:
Fleur (Floette) ♀️ Lv. 46
Bold, Somewhat vain
Flower Veil
-Wish
-Aromatherapy
-Moonblast
-Magical Leaf

Bonbon (Swirlix) ♀️ Lv. 45
Gentle, Highly persistent
Sweet Veil
-Dazzling Gleam
-Energy Ball
-Thunderbolt
-Surf

Bijou (Granbull) ♀️ Lv. 47
Timid, Takes plenty of siestas
Intimidate
-Play Rough
-Payback
-Bulldoze
-Rock Smash

Pierrot (Mr. Mime) ♂ Lv. 45
Timid, Takes plenty of siestas
Filter
-Psychic
-Dazzling Gleam
-Thunderbolt
-Grass Knot


X Fairy Monotype - Update #4

Long time, no see!

Events

Spoiler:
The second I got to Dendemille Town, I made my Swirlix forget Surf and evolved her into Slurpuff. I also evolved Floette into Florges. :) After that, I defeated Team Flare in Frost Cavern, and continued onwards to Anistar City.

After another extended break, I finally got around to battling Calem (again) and defeating Olympia. Unsurprisingly, Granbull was the main player in this gym, to the point where I avoided as many trainers as I could to avoid any further overlevelling.

Once that was over with, I headed to Lumiose City to battle Team Flare at Lysandre's cafe. One of the scientists' Drapion gave me a little bit of trouble, but other than that, it was smooth sailing. After a brief intermission where I caught a Pokemon that can use Fly, I flew to Geosenge to face Team Flare for the final time.

I broke the challenge rules a little bit here... See, I forgot that Xerneas will be put in the front of your party if you have less than 6 Pokemon in your team. I ended up briefly using them during the battle with Lysandre as a result. At least they're a Fairy-type! The monotype part of the challenge has not been compromised at all. Once the climax was over, I sent Xerneas on a journey through Wonder Trade... Puck, if you're reading this, I hope you enjoy them!


Current Team

Spoiler:
Fleur (Florges) ♀️ Lv. 59
Bold, Somewhat vain
Flower Veil
-Wish
-Aromatherapy
-Moonblast
-Magical Leaf

Bonbon (Slurpuff) ♀️ Lv. 59
Gentle, Highly persistent
Sweet Veil
-Dazzling Gleam
-Flamethrower
-Thunderbolt
-Surf

Bijou (Granbull) ♀️ Lv. 61
Timid, Takes plenty of siestas
Intimidate
-Play Rough
-Fire Fang
-Crunch
-Bulldoze

Pierrot (Mr. Mime) ♂ Lv. 60
Timid, Takes plenty of siestas
Filter
-Psychic
-Dazzling Gleam
-Thunderbolt
-Focus Blast


X Fairy Monotype - Update #5 (FINAL)

One game down, three to go! Next stop: Hoenn.

Events

Spoiler:
With no further plot ahead of me except for beating the game, I headed to Couriway Town where I defeated Professor Sycamore... Considering I lost to him in the first battle, this felt very satisfying. I continued to Snowbelle, only stopping to battle Shauna, Tierno, and Trevor along the way. After a quick detour to Pokemon Village, I defeated Wulfric. Amazingly, I ended up using all of my Pokemon equally during his gym, instead of relying entirely on Granbull.

With 8 gym badges, I headed to Victory Road. A few of the trainers there were moderately difficult, but not terribly so. I beat Calem for the final time, and challenged the Pokemon League.

I decided to fight Wikstrom first, since I'm pretty terrified of Steel-types. Thankfully, he wasn't that difficult. Malva and Siebold were about the same level of difficulty as Wikstrom, and Drasna, unsurprisingly, was a complete pushover. At long last, it was time to battle Diantha... And she turned out to be easier than any of the Elite 4.

After being registered to the Hall of Fame, I defeated AZ at the ceremony in Lumiose, and then watched the credits roll. This is actually the first time I've ever completed a monotype challenge in Kalos, so I'm really proud of myself here.


Final Team

Spoiler:
Fleur (Florges) ♀️ Lv. 73
Bold, Somewhat vain
Flower Veil
-Moonblast
-Energy Ball
-Psychic
-Petal Dance

Bonbon (Slurpuff) ♀️ Lv. 72
Gentle, Highly persistent
Sweet Veil
-Dazzling Gleam
-Flamethrower
-Thunderbolt
-Surf

Bijou (Granbull) ♀️ Lv. 74
Timid, Takes plenty of siestas
Intimidate
-Play Rough
-Brick Break
-Crunch
-Earthquake

Pierrot (Mr. Mime) ♂ Lv. 72
Timid, Takes plenty of siestas
Filter
-Psyshock
-Dazzling Gleam
-Shadow Ball
-Focus Blast

RunningRad December 1st, 2019 5:40 PM

Forum Username: Radboy
Game: Shield
Pokémon Type: Psychic
Single/Ultimate: Single

Just looking at it, it will be significantly harder than a Sword run due to having Allister instead of Bea.

limeemil December 6th, 2019 2:39 PM

Ultimate Dragon monotype Platinum update

Man, been a while since I posted on this challenge. Time to fix that! Unfortunately, I seem to have lost my Platinum file so I'll have to start that part from scratch. On that note here's the first member of my new Platinum team:

Spoiler:

Diablos the Impish Gible Lv. 2
Sand Veil
- Tackle
- Return

I'll have to grind a bit before he'll be able to hold his own.

CrazySquare December 6th, 2019 5:42 PM

Forum Username: CrazySquare
Game: FireRed
Pokémon Type: Ice
Single/Ultimate: Single

After way too much effort I managed to get a Smoochum as a starter, because Jynx is the only non-legendary ice type who isn't water/ice type...
It was probably a bad idea for me to use only Ice types since I've never played this particular game before...

jensmoking December 7th, 2019 9:03 AM

Forum User Name: jensmoking
Game(s): Blue
Pokémon Type: Psychic
Single/Ultimate: Single

Spoiler: I'm gonna use Mew and Kadabra only.

jensmoking December 7th, 2019 9:41 AM

Update 1:
By trainer fly, got my lvl 7 Mew, and an lvl 10 Abra for the glitch; released my Bulbasaur and now grinding for Misty's gym.
Both Mew an Abra are pure Psychic, so they are ok.

limeemil December 7th, 2019 11:10 AM

Ultimate Dragon monotype Platinum update

Current progress
Spoiler:

All right, managed to get this run started again. Not much to say so far since Diablos basically oneshots everything with Dragon Rage at this point in the game. The only thing that has survived it this far is Roark's Cranidos. Next up: back to Jubilife and towards Floarama town.


Current team
Spoiler:

Diablos the Impish Gible Lv. 14 @ Nothing
Sand Veil
- Dragon Rage
- Tackle
- Return
- Sandstorm

jensmoking December 7th, 2019 1:52 PM

Update 2:
Just finished the E4 and Champion!
Ending team:
Mew lvl 83
Kadabra lvl 91

SiegeGoatRevenge December 7th, 2019 11:29 PM

Forum User Name: SiegeGoatRevenge
Game(s): Pokemon Blue
Pokémon Type: Water
Single/Ultimate: Single

Decided to hack in a few pokemon, make the game a little more interesting for myself instead of just grinding through with Squirtle all the way through, this is most likely be my final team. All Pokemon starting at level 5.

Spoiler:
Squirtle

Seel

Shellder

Horsea

SiegeGoatRevenge December 8th, 2019 5:05 AM

Update, Pokemon Blue Water Challenge

Progress
Spoiler:
Just completed the Electric Gym, battle was a pain but with everything I had, including my HM slave, I was able to just about beat that Raichu. I also caught a Magikarp and grinded it to Gyarados, as I finally felt using the Digltt cave would give me some decent easy exp.


Current Team
Spoiler:
Level 21: Gyarados
- Splash
- Tackle
- Bite

Level 20: Shellder
- Tackle
- Withdraw
- Water Gun
- Supersonic

Level 19: Seel
- Headbutt
- Bind
- Body Slam

Level 23: Wartortle
- Tackle
- Tail Whip
- Bubble
- Water Gun

Level 22: Horsea
- Bubble
- Bubblebeam

limeemil December 8th, 2019 7:31 AM

Ultimate Dragon monotype Platinum update

Current progress
Spoiler:

- Beat Team Galactic at Valley Windworks. Had a pretty smooth Mars fight with Purrloin missing Fake Out thanks to Sandstorm + Sand Veil.

- Made it through Eterna Forest with Cheryl got a Soothe Bell as thanks. Gave it to Diablos to make Return more powerful in the long run.

- Diablos evolved into Gabite.

- Beat Gardenia. Had a couple of close calls with Cherrim missing with Leech Seed and Roserade nearly taking out Diablos with Grass Knot, but I persevered in the end.

- Defeated Team Galactic in their hideout. Jupiter didn't really pose any problems despite her Skuntank poisoning Diablos.


Current team
Spoiler:

Diablos the Impish Gabite Lv. 27 @ Soothe Bell
Sand Veil
- Dragon Rage
- Sand Tomb
- Return
- Sandstorm

SiegeGoatRevenge December 9th, 2019 5:27 AM

Update, Pokemon Blue Water Challenge

Current Progress
Spoiler:
Thankfully, I happened to start to read a walkthrough just through Celadon City, so I got my Eveee and immediately evolved it to Vaporeon. I also evolved my Shellder into Cloyster. Finished through Erika, with was pretty easy with Seel now knowing Ice Beam.

Done Team Rocket at both Celadon and Lavender Town. After this, I immediately went to Fuschia City to pick up Surf for all my pokemon, as this would greatly help me. During this time, I evolved my Wartortle into Blastoise, Seel into Dewgong and Horsea into Seadra, to finish off all my evolutions.

Finished off Team Rocket at Silph Co, and then did both Sabrina and Koga back to back, without too much difficulty. I have gone to Seaform Islands, caught Articuno and landed at Cinnabar Island which is where I head off for tonight.


Current Team
Spoiler:

https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/blastoise.gif
Blastoise Level 39
- Earthquake
- Mega Punch
- Submission
- Surf
https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/dewgong.gif
Dewgong Level 36
- Aurora Beam
- Horn Drill
- Surf
- Ice Beam
https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/seadra.gif
Seadra Level 36
- Water Gun
- Bubblebeam
- Smokescreen
- Surf
https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/gyarados.gif
Gyarados Level 36
- Thunderbolt
- Strength
- Surf
- Dragon Rage
https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/vaporeon.gif
Vaporeon Level 36
- Double Edge
- Quick Attack
- Surf
- Sand Attack
https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/cloyster.gif
Cloyster Level 36
- Supersonic
- Clamp
- Surf
- Tri Attack

limeemil December 9th, 2019 12:15 PM

Ultimate Dragon monotype Platinum update

Current progress
Spoiler:

A bunch of things happened since last time. The most important of these are that I taught Diablos Earthquake and beat two more gyms. Next, I'll be heading towards Pastoria City to beat the gym there.


Current team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/gabite.gif
Diablos the Impish Gabite Lv. 41 @ Cleanse Tag
Sand Veil
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Return
- Shadow Claw

SiegeGoatRevenge December 9th, 2019 9:31 PM

Final Update, Pokemon Blue Water Challenge

Complete Progress
Spoiler:
Honestly, the game was really easy after the 6th gym, Blaine is of course a Fire gym and Giovanni is a Ground Gym so my team was very well suited for those. Dewgong made the Power Plant easy, Blue after the 8th gym was a little difficult but I got through it ok. Victory Road and Moltres was also well suited for my team and it was off to the Elite 4.

I honestly thought I might have had to grind for a bit to finish off the Elite 4 but I tried it anyway if just to get some EXP. Well, thanks to my Gyarados having a wide range of moves, Blastoise now been taught Earthquake and Dewgong being a strong Ice Pokemon, other than Lance and Blue knocking out a couple of my Pokemon it was pretty smooth sailing from there.


Final Team
Spoiler:

https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/blastoise.gif
Blastoise Level 42
- Earthquake
- Fissure
- Submission
- Surf
https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/dewgong.gif
Dewgong Level 43
- Aurora Beam
- Horn Drill
- Surf
- Ice Beam
https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/seadra.gif
Seadra Level 40
- Water Gun
- Bubblebeam
- Smokescreen
- Surf
https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/gyarados.gif
Gyarados Level 46
- Thunderbolt
- Strength
- Surf
- Dragon Rage
https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/vaporeon.gif
Vaporeon Level 40
- Double Edge
- Quick Attack
- Surf
- Sand Attack
https://www.pkparaiso.com/imagenes/xy/sprites/animados/cloyster.gif
Cloyster Level 40
- Blizzard
- Clamp
- Surf
- Tri Attack

The Undisputed Era December 10th, 2019 8:45 AM

Just putting up an FYI. Everyone is obviously busy around christmas, therefore the next update probably won't be until the new year/after christmas. This isn't set in stone I might do a quick update of the OP whenever I get some free time.

milcute December 10th, 2019 12:06 PM

Omega Ruby Fairy Monotype - Update #1

New game, new post! Let's do this!

Events

Spoiler:
I selected Treecko as my starter, and used it to defeat the wild Poochyena and Brenden. As soon as I made it to Route 103, I caught Ralts. I'd like to say that I boxed Treecko immediately, but I still used it for three more battles; once to help Ralts grow to level 4 and learn Confusion, once during the battle with the Team Magma Grunt in Petalburg Woods, as Confusion can't damage Poochyena, and once during the double battle with the twins that's completely impassable without two Pokemon on your team. So really, I boxed Treecko as soon as I made it to Rustboro City.

Anyway, after backtracking and beating all the trainers I could with Ralts, I decided to take on Roxanne. It actually wasn't too hard at all. I was worried that Rock Tomb would spell doom for Ralts, but I guess the X Defense worked.

After defeating Roxanne, I headed to Rusturf Tunnel where I defeated the Team Magma Grunt and obtained the Devon parts. I spoke to President Stone and then made my way to Dewford. By this point, my Ralts had quite a few levels under his belt, so I decided to just challenge Brawley immediately. He was a lot easier to beat than Roxanne - actually, none of his Pokemon even manage to land a single hit. :)

Current Team

Spoiler:
Grace (Ralts) ♂ Lv. 15
Lonely, Likes to relax
Trace
-Confusion
-Echoed Voice
-Disarming Voice
-Double Team

limeemil December 10th, 2019 12:38 PM

Ultimate Dragon monotype Platinum update

Current progress
Spoiler:

A couple of things have happened since last time. The most important one is that I've got my second (and last) party member! I've started the process of getting him up to Diablos level. As a Swablu he was pretty much a sitting duck for the most part, but as an Altaria he has already impressed me with his sheer bulk. I also beat Cyrus in Celestia Town and obtained HM03 Surf.


Current team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/gabite.gif
Diablos the Impish Gabite Lv. 46 @ Dragon Fang
Sand Veil
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Return
- Shadow Claw

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/altaria.gif
Forrest the Docile Altaria Lv. 40 @ Exp Share
Natural Cure
- Aerial Ace
- Flamethrower
- Dragon Breath
- Sing

Cardwell74 December 10th, 2019 7:04 PM

Time to continue my Normal Ultimate Monotype Challenge
Blue -> Crystal -> Alpha Sapphire -> Platinum -> ?? -> ?? -> ??

Going to go through Blue next

Update #1 Start to Thunder Badge
Spoiler:

-Chose Squirtle as my starter but ditched it for a lv 5 Rattata.
-Grinded my Rat in the forrest until lv 14 and it learned Hyper Fang.
-Beat Brock thanks to Hyper Fang (and spamming Tail Whip when Onix used Bide)
-Taught Rat the Water Gun TM and it evolved on the way through Mt. Moon
-Caught a Clefairy in Mt. Moon, grinded it until it learned Sing, taught it Mega Punch and evolved it with a Moon Stone
-Beat the Rival and Nugget bridge trainers easily (both my guys were level 20+ at this point)
-Got the SS Ticket and Escape Roped back to Cerulean (which works in RB but not Y)
-Beat Misty by using Sing then switching to Raticate and using Tail Whip until they woke up and Ko'ing with Hyper Fang
-Taught Raticate Dig and Bubble Beam
-Picked up the Body Slam TM for later
-Beat Surge with Dig (got the Cans where it is the top left can both times)
-Taught Clefable Thunderbolt

Current Team
Raticate lv 26
Moves: Hyper Fang, Dig, Bubble Beam, Quick Attack

Clefable lv 24
Moves: Mega Punch, Thunderbolt, Sing, Pound

limeemil December 11th, 2019 2:19 PM

Ultimate Dragon monotype Platinum update

Current progress
Spoiler:

Since last time I went to Canalave City to beat the gym there. Between Forrest's Flamethrower and Diablos Earthquake it wasn't much of an issue. After that I bumped into Team Galactic at Lake Valor and Lake Verity before heading towards Snowpoint City. The trek there was a bit slow due to the snow, but eventually I got there. Now, Snowpoint City gym was one that I had been concerned about since the beginning due to both of my party members having a 4x weakness to ice. Fortunately, while Forrest did go down Diablos managed to pull through thanks to his impressive Defence.

After obtaining the badge I infiltrated Team Galactic's headquarters in Veilstone City. They didn't put up much of a fight. After that I stocked up on super repels and headed to Mt. Coronet. Like Snowpoint City, the trip to the peak took a while, but eventually I got there. The Distortion world was also a bit confusing. Had a bit of a nail biter against Cyrus due to Forrest going down to Gyarados and Diablos almost succumbing to Crobat's poison. I managed to pull through though and escape the Distortion world after using my Master Ball on Giratina (don't worry, he'll never leave the PC).


Current team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/garchomp.gif
Diablos the Impish Garchomp Lv. 58 @ Dragon Fang
Sand Veil
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
- Crunch

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/altaria.gif
Forrest the Docile Altaria Lv. 58 @ Wise Glasses
Natural Cure
- Dragon Pulse
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Aerial Ace

Heemi December 12th, 2019 6:44 AM

Hello!

I was going to start a Psychic Monotype for Pokemon Shield, but I was to know where the cutoff point is for Gen 8. Regardless, I'll probably be going until the point where the battle tower gets unlocked.

limeemil December 12th, 2019 2:55 PM

2 Attachment(s)
Ultimate Dragon monotype Platinum update

Current progress
Spoiler:

Main quest complete! I've decided I wanted to try to complete the optional goals as much as possible so this is not the end of my journey. However, I have now defeated the Pokémon League for the first time. Some notes about my progress:

Sunyshore city gym
Not much to say here. Diablos pretty much dominated this gym with Earthquake.

Victory Road
Wasn't much of a problem either thanks to all the super repels I bought. The only concern I had was running out of PP before the end but that didn't happen.

Rival
This might be the first time I have a solid answer to his Staraptor in The form of Ice Beam. Otherwise not much to say.

Aaron
He was pretty easy. Most of his pokémon went down to a single Flamethrower or Aerial Ace from Forrest. The only one who didn't, Drapion, was quickly dispatched by Diablos. Not even an Ice Fang from said Drapion did much to faze him.

Bertha
She was trickier than the previous fight. I was unable to OHKO her Whiscash which allowed it to set up a sandstorm. This made it a bit more difficult to take down her rock-types since I had planned to use Ice Beam on them. On top of that, a majority of her pokémon knows at least one ice-type move. Despite all this I managed to pull through, courtesy of Diablos hitting like a truck.

Flint
Diablos + Earthquake. Enough said.

Lucien
The only time his pokémon ever got a turn they used Calm Mind.

Cynthia
I was pretty nervous before this fight. I expected to have trouble with her Garchomp and/or Milotic due to them having good coverage vs my team. Luckily though Diablos saves the day again due to his raw strength. Honestly Togekiss gave me more trouble than anything else due to him being pretty bulky on the physical side. When all was said and done though, we emerged victorious.


Current team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/garchomp.gif
Diablos the Impish Garchomp Lv. 67 @ Razor Claw
Sand Veil
- Dragon Claw
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
- Crunch

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/altaria.gif
Forrest the Docile Altaria Lv. 67 @ Wise Glasses
Natural Cure
- Dragon Pulse
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Aerial Ace

[REDACTED] December 13th, 2019 8:24 AM

Forum User Name: [REDACTED]
Game(s): LeafGreen
Pokémon Type: https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/cc/WaterIC.gif
Single/Ultimate: Single

Additional rules: 0% IV / SET battle style / Items cannot be used during battle

limeemil December 13th, 2019 2:56 PM

2 Attachment(s)
Ultimate Dragon monotype Platinum update

Final Platinum progress
Spoiler:

The Platinum run is now officially complete! I've beaten the Stark mountain miniquest and the Elite Four once more. The team I entered the Pokémon League with was basically the same but higher leveled and with Diablos learning Outrage over Dragon Claw. Here are the cliff notes of the Elite Four:

Aaron
He was a little bit tougher this time around since Forrest could no longer oneshot his Yanmega, which allowed it to set up a Double Team with Speed Boost. Otherwise it was pretty much the same as last time, even down to the part where Diablos tanked an Ice Fang from Drapion before knocking it out with Earthquake.

Bertha
Probably the toughest fight in the entire league. Once again I had no really good answers to her Whiscash and Hippowdon other than raw strength. Her Gliscor was especially problematic since I couldn't safely switch in Forrest to her Ice Fang. This is where Outrage started to pay of since it handled Gliscor quite well. After that it became a bit easier and I managed to finish it off.

Flint
Earthquake still rocks.

Lucien
Diablos almost swept his team quite cleanly, except for his Gallade who somehow survived an Outrage and managed to get a small hit on Diablos. It couldn't take the second hit though and went down as well.

Cynthia
I actually had less trouble with her than last time. A lot of that can be attributed to Outrage and the fact that her Garchomp missed with Dragon Rush.

That's it for Sinnoh. Next up I'll start my journey through Johto in Soul Silver.


Final Platinum team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/garchomp.gif
Diablos the Impish Garchomp Lv. 82 @ Persim berry (consumed in final fight)
Sand Veil
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Fire Fang
- Crunch

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/altaria.gif
Forrest the Docile Altaria Lv. 80 @ Wise Glasses
Natural Cure
- Dragon Pulse
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Aerial Ace

The Undisputed Era December 13th, 2019 2:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Heemi (Post 10100438)
Hello!

I was going to start a Psychic Monotype for Pokemon Shield, but I was to know where the cutoff point is for Gen 8. Regardless, I'll probably be going until the point where the battle tower gets unlocked.

Hey, I'll try and find out what happens in Sword and shield, I haven't played the games or seen any videos on it so I have no idea what it has. I assume it offers and elite 4 + champion like other pokemon games, So it'll probably end up being that. If anyone could offer any information for this I would appreciate it.

ShyRayq December 13th, 2019 3:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Undisputed Era (Post 10101111)
Hey, I'll try and find out what happens in Sword and shield, I haven't played the games or seen any videos on it so I have no idea what it has. I assume it offers and elite 4 + champion like other pokemon games, So it'll probably end up being that. If anyone could offer any information for this I would appreciate it.

Going by the endpoints listed in the first post, the initial end point would be when you become the Champion, i.e., when the credits roll and the optional endpoint would be when you beat Hop in the Slumbering Weald after catching the mascot legendary.

The Undisputed Era December 13th, 2019 9:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ShyRayq (Post 10101139)
Going by the endpoints listed in the first post, the initial end point would be when you become the Champion, i.e., when the credits roll and the optional endpoint would be when you beat Hop in the Slumbering Weald after catching the mascot legendary.

You see I've had two varying options on end points, I'll do some more research, from what I can tell the elite four is replaced with a "Champions cup". I'd imagine once you beat that, you get the initial credit roll? Going off the first post, I'd say that fits in line as standard, Then I'll double check if Hop is the last "challenge" in the game, Thanks for sharing!

limeemil December 15th, 2019 1:57 PM

Ultimate Dragon monotype Soul Silver update

Current progress
Spoiler:

Started my Soul Silver playthrough by trading in a Dratini as my first party member. Had to grind a bit against wild pokémon since Dratini's early moveset is... not that great. Eventually I got to a point where she could hold her own and then proceeded to beat the first gym.


Current team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/dratini.gif
Belius the Bashful Dratini Lv. 15 @ Nothing
Shed Skin
- Twister
- Dragon Rage
- Thunder Wave
- Wrap

[REDACTED] December 18th, 2019 2:39 PM

LeafGreen Water Monotype
Additional rules: 0% IV / SET battle style / Items cannot be used during battle

https://i.imgur.com/7ZZyIDH.png https://i.imgur.com/bTXzWvR.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/i57j5IM.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/KdEwFU5.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/ie1xnfF.pnghttps://i.imgur.com/MaAkd55.png

Spoiler:
Blastoise lv64 @ Chesto Berry
Ability: Torrent
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Bite
- Rest

Gyarados lv63
Ability: Intimidate
- Hidden Power
- Earthquake
- Double-Edge
- Dragon Dance

Vaporeon lv65 @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Bite
- Haze

Poliwrath lv61
Ability: Water Absorb
- Brick Break
- Body Slam
- Hypnosis
- Bulk Up

Starmie lv67 @ Mystic Water
Ability: Natural Cure
- Psychic
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Recover

Lapras lv66 @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Toxic

HM slaves: Meowth/Krabby/Pidgey

The Indigo League:
Spoiler:

Post-game:

limeemil December 18th, 2019 5:35 PM

Ultimate Dragon monotype Soul Silver update

Current progress
Spoiler:

A lot of progress has been made since last time. I've defeated three gyms and defeated my rival twice. Not much to say about the gym fights since Dragon Rage made them pretty simple. I wiped once against the rival in Burnt Tower though due to Belius getting cursed by Gastly and confused by Zubat. Second time I beat him despite being confused by Gastly due to having the best confusion luck I've ever seen. Belius was confused for a total of five turns and not once did she hit herself in confusion. Morty was pretty simple since Belius evolved right before the fight.

Next up, I'm actually gonna try to beat Mahogany gym early so I can get Horsea quicker. It's an Ice type gym though so we'll see how it goes.


Current team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/dragonair.gif
Belius the Bashful Dragonair Lv. 31 @ Shell Bell
Shed Skin
- Twister
- Dragon Rage
- Thunder Wave
- Headbutt

Cardwell74 December 19th, 2019 12:45 AM

Blue Update #2: Rock Tunnel to Silph Co.
Spoiler:

-went through Digletts Cave to get the Flash TM (and catch a pikachu to teach it to)
-made way through rock tunnel and rushed to Celadon
-went got the Ice Beam TM for Clefable and the Rock Slide TM for later
-in the Rocket Hideout picked up the Double Edge TM and Silph Scope
-cut through Saffron on the way back to Lavender and got the Psychic TM for Clefable
-Clefable destroyed the tower rival and all the ghosts
-Got the Poke Flute to wake up and catch Snorlax, who got taught Double Edge and Rock Slide
-Made way down to Fuschia and caught Tauros in the Safari Zone and got HM03 and the gold teeth for HM04
-Flew back to Saffron and went into Silph Co to get the Self-Destruct and Earthquake TMs for Snorlax and Tauros (who also got all my Rare Candies and the Body Slam TM from last update)
-Went over to Celadon to beat Erika with Snorlax and Tauros
-Went down to Fuschia to sweep Koga with Tauros
-Currently in Saffron to finish Silph

Current Team
Raticate lv 36
Moves: Hyper Fang, Dig, Bubble Beam, Quick Attack

Clefable lv 38
Moves: Psychic, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, Mega Punch

Snorlax lv 31
Moves: Headbutt, Double Edge, Self Destruct, Rock Slide

Tauros lv 35
Moves: Body Slam, Earthquake, Tail Whip, Stomp

The Undisputed Era December 19th, 2019 11:56 AM

Ayo! Time for an update:

Updated the OP to post #161.
Added End Point and Optional End Point for Gen 8
For the moment, I'm not going to include Gen 8 in an ultimate challenge, I know it's a main series pokemon game but they've made the switch (no pun) from Handhelds to a conventional console (yes I know it can be a handheld but still). Therefore Ultimate challenges at least for now will remain Generations 1-7. (You can do Gen 8 if you want)

limeemil December 19th, 2019 12:45 PM

They're doing a fairy type run though. Doesn't that require only those specific regions?

The Undisputed Era December 19th, 2019 1:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by limeemil (Post 10103441)
They're doing a fairy type run though. Doesn't that require only those specific regions?

Woops I completely forgot about that, Yeah that's my bad the challenge is perfectly acceptable then. I'll edit my other post.

limeemil December 21st, 2019 11:56 AM

Ultimate Dragon monotype Soul Silver update

Current progress
Spoiler:

This will be quite a jump from the previous update. I went to Mahogany town to acquire Whirlpool. Team Rocket hideout was uneventful, but Pryce took a few tries due to type disadvantage and some unlucky misses. I caught myself a Horsea and named him Kana. After that I beat Cianwood City gym with Kana on Exp. Share. Before long Kana evolved into Seadra. He didn't stay a Seadra for long though as I managed to get a Dragon Scale from a wild Horsea.

After that it was just a matter of beating the remaining gyms. Jasmine was no trouble at all but Claire took a couple of tries due to her Kingdra hitting pretty hard with Dragon Pulse. After that I traveled to Indigo Plateau in Kanto to challenge the Elite Four. Surprisingly it only took me two tries to beat Lance. I am currently in New Bark Town, ready to start my trip to Kanto.


Current team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/dragonair.gif
Belius the Bashful Dragonair Lv. 51 @ Amulet Coin
Shed Skin
- Dragon Rush
- Aqua Tail
- Thunderbolt
- Flamethrower

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/kingdra.gif
Kana the Hardy Kingdra Lv. 53 @ Nothing (Haban berry consumed in Lance fight)
Sniper
- Surf
- Dragon Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Hidden Power (electric)

FireBat87 December 22nd, 2019 4:28 PM

Forum User Name: FireBat87
Challenge type: Ultimate
Pokémon type: Ghost
Game(s): Fire Red, Soul Silver, Alpha Sapphire, Platinum, White, Y, Moon, Shield

I'm gonna hack in a lvl 5 ghastly to start with in firered.
not sure about doing this yet: use Gen 2/3 ghosts one new pokemon per gym.

Lugiafan123 December 23rd, 2019 6:28 AM

Forum User Name: Lugiafan123
Game(s): Firered, Soulsilver, Emerald, Platinum, White 2, Y, Ultra moon
Pokemon Type: Ice
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate

My first ever ultimate run. Have done single runs before but never posted them on the forum. It stood between mono-water ghost or ice. Water felt too easy and ghost would feel horrible up until gen 4.
Now onto some questions since this will be my first ever ultimate run.
First question is are there any games that have ice types before gym 2 apart from Y?
Question 2 is if I plan to get regice in emerald do I have to catch the wailord as a wailord for the puzzle or can I catch a wailmer and evolve it if I only intend to use the wailord to open the path to regice.
Same goes for any other pokemon I might need for puzzles and the like?
One more thing is I'm probably not gonna start the run until after christmas.

FireBat87 December 23rd, 2019 8:45 AM

Q1: Gen 7 you can get Crabrawler before second kahuna. every other gen is after gym 2.

Q2: You should be fine. That should count as using those pokemon as hm slaves.

RattataDude December 23rd, 2019 8:05 PM

I'm newish to this stuff, but it seems pretty fun! let me try:
Forum name: RattataDude
Game: White 2, Pearl
Pokemon Type: Steel
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate
Wish me luck everyone!

ShyRayq December 23rd, 2019 10:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RattataDude (Post 10105055)
I'm newish to this stuff, but it seems pretty fun! let me try:
Forum name: RattataDude
Game: White 2, Pearl
Pokemon Type: Steel
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate
Wish me luck everyone!

Just clarifying: if you're doing an ultimate challenge, you need to play a game from every region.
Technically, you're doing 2 single challenges rather than an ultimate.

RattataDude December 24th, 2019 6:09 AM

Whoops. thanks for telling me ShyRayQ! In that case...
Forum name: RattataDude
Game[s] White 2, Pearl
Pokemon Type: Steel
Single/Ultimate: 2 Single challenges
Quick update on my challenge, I have two gym badges now, with Mettaton the Magnemite[Lv19] and Rappa the Riolu. [Lv18]. I'm about to challenge burgh, any tips?
Smell Ya!

FireBat87 December 24th, 2019 8:56 AM

Ultimate ghost monotype Firered Progress Update:

I started this run with a lvl 1 ghastly only had access to lick and hypnosis in routes with mostly normal types so...many...pidgeys *sobs in corner*
spent time in viridian forest licking everything that moved until I learned curse which let me deal with normal types in a painfully slow way.
Brock was easy most of the pokemon only used defence curl or tackle which i'm immune to. Until i got to onyx which had rock tomb I had to put it to sleep and let curse kill it.
Mt moon wasn't too bad i had night shade which dealt with zubats and i had curse to deal with the occasional rattata from rocket grunts.
Cerulian city since I'm only running ghastly it reached lvl 25 and turned into haunter which i then turned into gengar with shadow punch misty was a cake walk
Blue on the other hand sucked my only way of dealing with both his rattata and pidgeotto was to use confuse ray/curse and let them kill themselves
Found secret power in route 25 which gave me a reliable way to deal with normal types the rest of the game should be a breeze.
Finally i beat Lt surge his gym puzzle is annoying as ever but the fight itself was easy.
I'm now going into rock tunnel with a lvl 38 gengar who should be renamed one punch man.

Janp December 25th, 2019 2:22 AM

So, it has been a while again since I updated my Ultimate run. As I said last time, I hacked in Swablu as my starter and had probably the hardest battle against Roark ever. Swablu did nothing to his Pokémon and died after 2-3 hits. I had to level him to circa level 28 to win. And it still was close.

But it was breeze after that. Especially after getting Gible and Veilstone Game Corner's TMs.

Last obstacles were Bertha and Cynthia. Bertha is my usual run stopper and this time, it was no different. Her Rhyperior and Gliscor were able to counter my dragons, but I was able to beat them with the combination of speed, revives and Ice-beams. Cynthia was probably easier out of the two as the only problem I had was for my Dragon Rush to hit and her to miss.

Overall, I had fun this run. Garchomp is overpowered as ever and Altaria helped with more coverage.

And here's the Hall of Fame:

As for the Unova portion, I'll hack in Deino as my starter, since if my memory serves me well, there is no dragon prior the 2nd Gym.

Team

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/platinum/normal/altaria.png
Dan, Lax Male Altaria
lvl 63, Natural Cure @NeverMeltIce
- Dragon Pulse
- Flamethrower
- Ice Beam
- Fly

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/platinum/normal/garchomp-f.png
Deni, Sassy Female Garchomp
lvl 63, Sand Veil @Sitrus Berry
- Dragon Rush
- Sandstorm
- Slash
- Earthquake

Lugiafan123 December 26th, 2019 2:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FireBat87 (Post 10104844)
Q1: Gen 7 you can get Crabrawler before second kahuna. every other gen is after gym 2.

Q2: You should be fine. That should count as using those pokemon as hm slaves.

I'm guessing you're excluding gen 6 for some reason but I always thought you could get the fossil pokemon before gym 2. Or am I wrong on that point?

The Undisputed Era December 26th, 2019 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lugiafan123 (Post 10105741)
I'm guessing you're excluding gen 6 for some reason but I always thought you could get the fossil pokemon before gym 2. Or am I wrong on that point?

I believe you can get Amaura before the second gym. So that would be fine to use.

In terms of HM slaves and pokemon needed for other pokemon to evolve or become obtainable, For example needing a wailord for Regice, it's perfectly fine to catch and train as long as you don't use them in story progression battles.

FireBat87 December 26th, 2019 6:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lugiafan123 (Post 10105741)
I'm guessing you're excluding gen 6 for some reason but I always thought you could get the fossil pokemon before gym 2. Or am I wrong on that point?

Oh sorry I excluded gen 6 because you said "apart from Y" in your original post.

limeemil December 27th, 2019 7:49 AM

Ultimate Dragon monotype Soul Silver update

Final Soul Silver progress
Spoiler:

My journey through Kanto is complete! As usual it wasn't nearly as long as the Johto journey since my team is pretty powerful at this point. Lt. Surge was a bit annoying since Belius hadn't fully evolved yet, thus no Earthquake. I also had to grind a bit for Elite Four Round 2 and Red but surprisingly managed to beat both first try.

That's it for Soul Silver. Time to start up White for the journey through Unova.


Final Soul Silver team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/dragonite.gif
Belius the Bashful Dragonite Lv. 83 @ Muscle Band
Inner Focus
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Thunder Punch
- Fire Punch

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/kingdra.gif
Kana the Hardy Kingdra Lv. 83 @ Mystic Water
Sniper
- Surf
- Dragon Pulse
- Ice Beam
- Rain Dance

RattataDude January 2nd, 2020 12:51 PM

Quick update on my white 2 run, I'm trying to get a Metagross before the elite 4, so thats on hold.

But for my pearl steel monotype, its kind hard. I have a prinplup about to evolve and I only beat the second gym, and I caught a bronzor at wayward cave.

You can only get six steel pokemon in Pearl pre-post-game; Empoleon, Bronzong, Steelix, Lucario, Wormadam trash, and Bastiodon.
Three of them are obtained in other methods than just catching them. Honey trees, mining underground, and hatching an egg.

Should I do the other options to have a full team? or do you think 3 pokemon will be enough? let me know!
Thx

ddrox13 January 2nd, 2020 1:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RattataDude (Post 10108728)
Quick update on my white 2 run, I'm trying to get a Metagross before the elite 4, so thats on hold.

But for my pearl steel monotype, its kind hard. I have a prinplup about to evolve and I only beat the second gym, and I caught a bronzor at wayward cave.

You can only get six steel pokemon in Pearl pre-post-game; Empoleon, Bronzong, Steelix, Lucario, Wormadam trash, and Bastiodon.
Three of them are obtained in other methods than just catching them. Honey trees, mining underground, and hatching an egg.

Should I do the other options to have a full team? or do you think 3 pokemon will be enough? let me know!
Thx

fwiw I did a full 6 in my pearl steel of those 6, and i can say with confidence that they help. A lot. I'd at least grab Shieldon and Lucario. Wormatrash is a nice pick up if it happens, but it ain't gonna contribute much.

~~~

Aaaaaand it's time to get this hot garbage over with. The run continues!

Forum User Name: ddrox13
Game(s): FireRed, StormSilver, Emerald, Diamond, Black 2, Y, Sun, Shield
Pokémon Type: Grass
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate (Cont'd)

The Grass-type continues its long and arduous march through yet another region of pain and suffering. This time: Galar.

As every region must have a way to thoroughly screw over the Grass type (as is tradition), Galar does so with character selection. Holy carp the new Grassies are AWFUL on paper. This region's Grass offerings are: a slow pure-grass without the defenses to make up for it in Rillaboom, a fun and unique type combo that looks fast but isn't really (and is locked to the wrong version) in Flapple, Applin's slower evolution who absolutely doesn't have the defenses to justify it in Appletun, and of course worse Whimsicott aka Gossifleur.

Thankfully, the OTHER Grass-types native to Galar's rolling hills are among the best. Cherrim offers sun-related options to work with Solarbeam spam and Chlorophyll users like Vileplume, Ludicolo brings much-needed Water coverage, Abomasnow provides a Hail option for full spectrum weather shenanigans, Whimsicott is still better Gossifleur, and Roserade is, well, Roserade.

Also the game itself provided a HUGE unintentional buff to the Grass-type in the form of the Stone-evolution movepool changes. Starting in gen 7, stone evolutions retain the entire movepool of their pre-evolution starting at level 0 - and in gen 8, the reminder being in the first town means you have access to these really early on. That, combined with the Wild Area granting pre-gym-1 access to every single evolution stone, means you can get incredibly strong very early with those stone evos. And in case you missed it, Ludicolo, Whimsicott, Vileplume, AND Roserade all fall into this camp - and though Cottonee is mostly locked behind gym 3, you can get all of these prior to gym 1.

As of this post I've played through 3 gyms, including having Lucicolo, 'Plume, and Roserade before Motostoke I. Hydro Pump hits like a truck before the first gym. My current team is a rotating squad of 8, which includes (in order of capture):

Taiko the Thwakey (starter)
Pistachio the Ludicolo (rt. 2)
Erica the Cherrim (Wild Area: Rolling Fields)
Flora the Roserade (Wild Area: North Lake Miloch)
Rafflesia the Vileplume (Wild Area: Max Raid)
Flute the Gossifleur (Rt. 3)
Oboe the Appletun (Wild Area: Giant's Mirror)
Erufuun the Whimsicott (Wild Area: Max Raid)
Reserves: Pinetree the Snover, Pecan the Ferroseed (both from Raids)

Currently Flute and Erica are on the bench because I don't need pure-grass now, but any of those 10 could see use thanks to candies being OP.

limeemil January 3rd, 2020 12:49 PM

Ultimate Dragon monotype White update

Current progress
Spoiler:

Started my White play-through during Christmas. Because I'm playing on a physical copy of the game and White doesn't allow trades until after the first gym, I had to get the first badge using my starter. I hope that's all right.

Other than that it has been a pretty uneventful start. I traded in a Deino named Cerberus as my actual first party member. Since he knows Dragon Rage he has been able to sweep through the early game pretty easily. I got pretty lucky against Lenora though when she decided to not use Retaliate when she probably should have. I am currently in Castelia city right before the third gym.


Current team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/deino.gif
Cerberus the Naive Deino Lv. 23 @ Quick Claw
Hustle
- Bite
- Dragon Rage
- Headbutt
- Dragon Breath

RattataDude January 5th, 2020 4:47 PM

I just beat My white 2 Steel monotype challenge. The elite four were easy, but Iris destroyed me.
After 7 tries, I finally beat her. My Ferrothorn with a rocky helmet came in clutch when I tricked her into using contact moves.
This was a very fun experience, and I was thinking bout doing an ORAS and XY steel monotype.

Here's the team I used to beat her.

Rappa The Lucario[M] Lv 57 Psychic, Ice Punch, Strength, Aura Sphere. Item: Expert Belt, Ability: Steadfast.
Mettaton The Magnezone Lv 53 Thunder Wave, Flash Cannon, Charge Beam, ThunderBolt Item: Magnet. Ability: Sturdy.
Toph The Excadrill [F] Lv 56 Sandstorm, Earthquake, Metal Claw, Rock Slide. Item: Hard Stone Ability: Sand Rush.
TetsuTetsu The Ferrothorn[M] Lv 50 Power Whip, Curse, Gyro Ball, Ingrain. Item: Rocky Helmet, Ability: Iron Barbs.
Excalibird The Skarmory [F] Lv 51 Fly, Spikes, Night Slash, Steel Wing. Item: Sharp Beak, Ability: Keen Eye.


For anyone who reads this and Has never done a pokemon Monotype before, I highly recommend doing it! [Edit; yay I fixed it.]

limeemil January 8th, 2020 6:55 AM

Ultimate Dragon monotype White update

Current progress
Spoiler:

Playing through this game has helped me realize something; I'm not much of a fan of Hustle. Sure it significantly powers up my physical moves but it also makes them unreliable and that can (and has) really come back to bite me at the worst possible moments. This has caused me quite a few resets against the tougher trainers, especially against Clay (that Excadrill is a beast). Thankfully it's not much longer until I can catch an Axew and finally get my second party member. Just one more gym.


Current team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/deino.gif
Cerberus the Naive Deino Lv. 38 @ Amulet Coin
Hustle
- Crunch
- Dragon Rage
- Headbutt
- Dragon Pulse

The Undisputed Era January 10th, 2020 2:00 PM

Quote:

Forum User Name: ddrox13
Game(s): FireRed, StormSilver, Emerald, Diamond, Black 2, Y, Sun, Shield
Pokémon Type: Grass
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate (Cont'd)
Just a heads up encase you missed it, I've announced that Gen 8 games for time being are not required to complete an ultimate challenge given that Game Freak have switch home handhelds to main consoles (yes I know what a switch is) but regardless for now Gen 8 is purely optional for ultimate challenges.

Pikachukid January 10th, 2020 5:13 PM

The Adventures of Pest the Bug Catcher continues!

I decided to keep the Flygon on my team it doesn’t have a nickname though. I thought Sudowoodo was going to be a challenge but I didn’t even have to use Hera (Heracross). Morty wasn’t a challenge in Ecruteak, but some of the fire trainers in the Burned Tower were frightening. One Koffing managed to use Explosion but other than that we were mostly unscathed. We headed south to train some and we came across a Raikou! I threw a Quick Ball but darn it! It just isn’t the same as a Fast Ball and it got away. After defeating that young thug bothering some people we got surf and headed West.

We started training Hera for the upcoming battle and around this point in the game I realized it was turning into a two man team with Hera and GRASSHOPPER taking the lead. We explored the Lighthouse and easily climbed our way up. Amphy, I believe it was called, was sick and so we couldn’t fight the gym leader. I took FODDER (Totodile) out of the PC and taught it surf. Around this time I started training Flygon. A Gyarados nearly wiped out my team but I made it to Cianwood somehow.

I taught ZZZt (Beedrill #2) Rock Smash to make it feel more useful and started training again. I managed to catch Shuckle the “Shilly Piggy” and fought with Euswine because his greeting was Yo(u) Pest! Euswine managed to put my Flygon to sleep after it being confused and I swapped to the rest of the team and everyone was nearly dead and Electrode was on one hp and he got two lucky crits and I nearly started crying but luckily Flygon managed to wake up (I was out of Awakenings and Chesto Berries) then Shadow Ball took out his Pokémon with ease and Quick Attack was enough to take out 1 hp Electrode and Flygon turned from worst team member to MVP!!!!!!!!! But ZZZt and BUZZd are still at 20 and 21 respectively. Irregardless, Chuck, you’re up.

limeemil January 11th, 2020 6:52 AM

Ultimate Dragon monotype White update

Current progress
Spoiler:

Made some good progress since last time. The most noteworthy events were the capture of my new team members, Krona the Axew and Kjell the Druddigon. Thankfully it didn't take long to get them to a decent level since getting the Lucky Egg is mandatory in this game. After that the last two gyms were pretty easy since I'm no longer restricted to one pokémon. Also, after playing through most of the game with the pokémon with the highest evolution level in the series evolving Krona felt extremely easy. Currently on my way to Victory Road.


Current team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/zweilous.gif
Cerberus the Naive Zweilous Lv. 52 @ Eviolite
Hustle
- Crunch
- Dragon Rage
- Return
- Dragon Pulse

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/haxorus.gif
Krona the Brave Haxorus Lv. 52 @ Lucky Egg
Mold Breaker
- Dragon Claw
- Bulldoze
- Rock Slide
- Dragon Dance

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/druddigon.gif
Kjell the Jolly Druddigon Lv. 53 @ Rocky Helmet
Rough Skin
- Dragon Claw
- Crunch
- Revenge
- Chip Away


Edit: What should I do if I want to post an update to my run but I'm the last one who posted? Should I edit my last post like I'm doing right now or should I wait for someone else to post?

Mochorro January 18th, 2020 2:20 AM

So I am back! At last haha. This Platinum run, it's lasting for years! Let's do the final push! On a side note, I want to add Sword to my Ultimate Monotype Challenge. So, without further ado, let's go.

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword.

4. Pokémon Platinum Fighting Monotype update No. 11: The post-game!

So yeah, I went to get the National Dex after beating the E4. Can't believe I skipped seeing Unown! After getting it, I went to explore the new area in Victory Road, travelling with Marley, to reach Route 224. There I was very close to dying. Didn't take my Toxicroak and my Infernape with me because of the need of HM Slaves, and a Gyarados set up Dragon Dance. I was very lucky he missed Aqua Tail... But nothing else was remarkable. I caught a few Legendaries, and then when I was ready I went to the Battle Zone!

There Volkner and Flint were waiting for a fight, a fight where I was helped by my rival. I had a rough start, Houndoom outsped Lucario and beat it with Flamethrower. The Staraptor destroyed it, but Luxray took it out. Then Luxray boosted Flareon’s moves, and a critical Overheat destroyed my Machamp. 2 turns, 2 Pokémon lost! The battle went on and Toxicroak managed to beat both the Luxray and the Flareon with the help of the Rival’s Snorlax, using Earthquake. he fell to Magmortar’s move, though. Then Gallade beat the Magmortar, but fell to Electivire due to Defense drops from Close Combat. So Infernape had to go out and finish the battle off destroying Electivire and Jolteon with Close Combat.

With this battle done, I explored the island, battling trainers and catching Pokémon, before going to Stark Mountain. I only struggled a bit in Route 225, where the annoying Psychic- and Flying-type moves from the trainers beat a few of my Pokémon. With that done, I went to Stark Mountain to finish the quest at this island. There I fought Team Galactic.

Mars was easy. Her Bronzong fell to 2 Flamethrower from Infernape (she set Light Screen), and then Gallade took down both Golbat and Purugly with Psycho Cut and Close Combat, although her Shadow Claw did quite a bit of damage. Jupiter was also easy. Same strategy Vs. Bronzong and Golbat, and then the Skuntank fell to 2 Megahorns from Heracross, despite a miss and a burn after that from Flamethrower.

Next up was the rival battle in Survival Area. Staraptor was as always problematic. It beat my Lucario before falling to a Machamp’s Revenge. Infernape beat Rapidash with 2 Close Combats, and Toxicroak dealt with the Empoleon with 2 Brick Breaks. Snorlax was destroyed with Heracross’s Close Combat, Roserade fell to Gallade’s Psycho Cut and finally in a Heracross Vs. Heracross fight, mine was faster and won with Aerial Ace.

After that I had fun battling in the Survival area, I fought in some close battles Maylene, Fantina, Marley and Byron. Then I went to catch Heatran. First try it died to Struggle after failing to catch it with 50!! Timer Balls. Next try the second Dusk Ball was enough... xD

So the last thing to do is to challenge the E4 rematches, which are the same teams with higher levels. I'll grind a bit and fight them. Then I will at last finish this endless run!

Current Team:

Spoiler:
Lv 63https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/15/Spr_4p_392.png (M) @ Choice Specs. Blaze.
Brave Nature. ThunderPunch, Close Combat, Grass Knot, Flamethrower.

Lv 60 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/01/Spr_4p_068.png (M) @ Fist Plate. Guts.
Sassy Nature. Cross Chop, Ice Punch, Revenge, Rock Slide.

Lv 62 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6b/Spr_4p_214_m.png (M) @ Black Belt. Guts.
Jolly Nature. Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Megahorn.

Lv 63 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/02/Spr_4p_475.png (M) @ Mind Plate. Steadfast.
Hardy Nature. Psycho Cut, Swords Dance, Close Combat, Night Slash.

Lv 61 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5c/Spr_4p_454_m.png (M) @ Poison Barb. Dry Skin.
Docile Nature. Earthquake, Poison Jab, Brick Break, Sucker Punch.

Lv 62 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/80/Spr_4p_448.png (M) @ Life Orb. Steadfast.
Docile Nature. Psychic, Shadow Ball, Close Combat, Aura Sphere.

HM Slaves: Bibarel (of course!) and Tropius.


Number of Badges: 8.

Current Location: Survival Area.

Number of losses: 3.

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IT'S FINALLY OVER!! I started the challenge on Platinum, reading my posts from the past, on October 5th 2017!! So almost two years and a half later, Platinum is complete.

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword.

4. Pokémon Platinum Fighting Monotype update No. 12: The finale!

I grinded my whole team up to level 70 to stand a chance against the improved E4, and then went to face them. Third and fourth battle were tough, but I managed to win. Not gonna talk about them because they were similar to the first time I won them. Against Cynthia, I was super lucky! After beating Spiritomb with 2 Flamethrowers, my Gallade set up 3 Swords Dances against Milotic, and destroyed 4 Pokémon! Her Dragon Rush missed so Garchomp fell as well. With just Lucario remaining, Heracross finished the job. So it's finally over!

https://i.imgur.com/p9b2ZK3.png https://i.imgur.com/dfPItoU.png

So here it is, my final team, this time without the Spoiler tag, they deserve to be seen.

Final Team:

https://i.imgur.com/BSHvcDu.png

Lv 71https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/1/15/Spr_4p_392.png (M) @ Choice Specs. Blaze.
Brave Nature. ThunderPunch, Close Combat, Grass Knot, Flamethrower.

Lv 70 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/01/Spr_4p_068.png (M) @ Fist Plate. Guts.
Sassy Nature. Cross Chop, Ice Punch, Revenge, Rock Slide.

Lv 70 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/6/6b/Spr_4p_214_m.png (M) @ Black Belt. Guts.
Jolly Nature. Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Megahorn.

Lv 70 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/02/Spr_4p_475.png (M) @ Mind Plate. Steadfast.
Hardy Nature. Psycho Cut, Swords Dance, Close Combat, Night Slash.

Lv 70 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/5c/Spr_4p_454_m.png (M) @ Expert Belt. Dry Skin.
Docile Nature. Earthquake, Poison Jab, Brick Break, Sucker Punch.

Lv 70 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/8/80/Spr_4p_448.png (M) @ Life Orb. Steadfast.
Docile Nature. Psychic, Shadow Ball, Close Combat, Aura Sphere.

Number of losses: 3.

So, final thoughts on them...

Infernape was clearly the MVP here. Amazing coverage, amazing strength, fast... Super good Pokémon to train. Nothing else to say, he saved me so many times!

Machamp, well, he was slow, but he provided important bulk to the team. His Revenges were very strong. A shame I didn't get a No Guard one, but Guts was very useful sometimes, like when it helped ko Cynthia's Garchomp with a single Ice Punch!

Heracross is a very good all-around Pokémon. Infernape shone more than him when I got it, but still, he remained useful throughout the whole game. He was very important against Fantina, thanks to Guts, when I didn't have much coverage in the team. I wasn't planning to train it, but when it appeared in that honey tree I couldn't reject him!

Gallade was annoying to train when he was just a Kirlia, but I got the evolution very fast with the hidden Dawn Stone near Pastoria. He was decently fast and very strong. His Psychic coverage was very important against some Poison-types. With Swords Dance he was very threatening to opponents. A very cool Pokémon to have.

Toxicroak didn't stand out that much. He was quite frail and lacked a bit of strength. His Dry Skin Ability was cool, though, the battle with Crasher Wake was hilarious thanks to it. And it was the Pokémon I taught Earthquake, so it was very useful against certain Pokémon. Sucker Punch was also very important against Lucian's Psychic Pokémon like Alakazam. A Pokémon that hasn't shone that much, but was very important in certain battles.

And the final inclusion, Lucario. A good all around Pokémon that added a few more Special Attacks to the team. He was good to have but didn't do very well in important fights. Against the E4 he was garbage xD.

So that's it. I enjoyed the game, although its slow pace sometimes and the fact I also played other games and had a lot of things to do in the last couple of years meant this run took forever. Hopefully I can be faster with White 2 Challenge Mode, where I expect a really tough challenge, to be honest. Platinum was nice to play again after so many years, it is an amazing Pokémon game, set in an amazing region with very cool Pokémon and challenges!

limeemil January 18th, 2020 7:31 AM

Ultimate Dragon monotype White update

Final White progress
Spoiler:

Another region beaten. I've now not only beaten the game but also the post game fight versus Alder. Round 2 of the Elite Four was tough due to the large jump in levels but I made it through after a bit of grinding. It helps that Cerberus finally evolved into Hydreigon and thus was able to use its full potential. That's all for Unova, next I'll be visiting Kalos.


Final White team
Spoiler:

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/hydreigon.gif
Cerberus the Naive Hydreigon Lv. 80 @ Expert Belt
Levitate
- Dragon Pulse
- Crunch
- Surf
- Fire Blast

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/haxorus.gif
Krona the Brave Haxorus Lv. 77 @ Leftovers
Mold Breaker
- Outrage
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide
- Dragon Dance

https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/druddigon.gif
Kjell the Jolly Druddigon Lv. 72 @ Rocky Helmet
Rough Skin
- Dragon Claw
- Crunch
- Superpower
- Outrage

RattataDude January 18th, 2020 9:08 AM

I thought I already wrote about me doing the X Steel monotype, but I didn't, soo

Forum Name: RattataDude
Game: X
Challenge: Single
Pokemon Type: Steel

Mochorro January 18th, 2020 5:13 PM

I started White 2! As with the previous games, my only additional rule is no Revives during battle. Let's go!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword.

5. Pokémon White 2 (Challenge Mode) Fighting Monotype update No. 1: Again with the Fire starter!

Yeah, of course, Fighting-type monotype, so I have to go for the Fire-type starter for the third time in a row. So Tepig it was! It was Jolly, so yeah, not very good with Special Attacks but decent, I guess. After picking my starter, I faced the rival, and I managed to win! Although Oshawott was lv 6 due to Challenge Mode, and got a crit with the first Tackle, it fell after a Tail Whip and 3 Tackles. It was pretty close, though!

Eventually I reached Floccesy Ranch, where I caught a lv 7 Riolu. This time it joins the team much earlier than in Platinum, which is good. He has a Modest Nature, which is interesting, and will make me train him as a Special Attacker, although his Force Palms will be weaker for now. At Floccesy Ranch I battled my rival Hugh once more. It was pretty easy for Riolu, despite being 2 levels lower. He beat it with 2 Counters on his Tackles, so quite straightforward!

After meeting Team Plasma, and training with Alder, it was time to go to the first gym in the game. I grinded my 2 Pokémon up to level 13, and went for the fight with Cheren!

First gym battle! Patrat was easy, he didn’t hit me at all, as he used Work Up, but with Tail Whip, my Tepig easily beat him with 3 Tackles after the Potion. Next up was Lillipup. It was going well, but he set up a few Work Ups. After we both healed with the Oran Berries, his Tackle was Critical and beat Tepig. Fortunately, he was very low on health, so Riolu’s Quick Attack finished him off. And Cheren’s last Pokémon was Pidove. Quite scary for Riolu. He went for Work Up but then for Quick Attack. Seeing this, after my first 2 Quick Attacks, I went for Counter to destroy the bird! So first badge in the pocket! And happiness for Riolu, who also learnt Force Palm here! I checked after the battle and it seems that this Pidove doesn't have Gust. Things would have been different had he had that move...

I stopped playing here, it's 2 AM now! Will keep going tomorrow, hopefully!

Current Team:

Spoiler:
Lv 13https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/4/42/Spr_5b2_498.png(M) @ Oran Berry. Blaze.
Jolly Nature. Tackle, Tail Whip, Ember, Return.

Lv 15 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/26/Spr_5b_447.png(M) @ Oran Berry. Steadfast.
Modest Nature. Work Up, Force Palm, Quick Attack, Counter.


Number of Badges: 1.

Current Location: Aspertia City.

Number of losses: 0.

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I've kept going with this! Important update!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword.

5. Pokémon White 2 (Challenge Mode) Fighting Monotype update No. 2: Team revolution!

After getting the first badge, I went to Virbank City, and at Virbank Complex, my Tepig evolved into Pignite! Yes! With my new Pokémon, I went to face Roxie:

Riolu didn’t do much damage to Koffing, who forced me to send Pignite. Standing a few Venoshocks with 10 HP, I beat the Koffing. Next up was Grimer. I had to use some Fresh Water. After that, Grimer was easy with Flame Charge and Return. And finally, she sent Whirlipede. My Ember was a crit and burnt her! So after that a single Flame Charge was enough. Second badge in the pocket!

After battling Team Plasma, I headed to Castelia City, and there, battling GameFreak Morimoto, my Riolu evolved at lv 20 into Lucario! Happy with this, a lv 20 Lucario is gonna be strong. I went to Route 4 to get Scraggy before going to the Battle Company or facing Team Plasma. I caught one quite fast. He was lv 17, with Shed Skin, and Hardy Nature. Decent, I guess. Surprised it learnt Brick Break so early, that’s good!

And after Scraggy, it was Timburr’s time to join my team. I caught a lv 17 female one at the Relic Passage after beating the Plasma grunts. It was Gentle. - Def nature isn’t very good, but at least it’s not -Atk. I hacked my game so that Gurdurr evolves at lv 40, by the way.

And with 4 Pokémon on my team, I went to face Burgh. Dwebble was super easy for Lucario, he fell to a few Force Palms. Next up was Karrablast. He beat my Timburr with 2 Aerial Aces, but Rock Throw left him weakened, so Scraggy with Payback finished him off. Next up was Leavanny, so I sent Pignite. He survived my Flame Charge with red HP, and despite my Pignite gaining speed, he was still faster and beat me with Aerial Ace. After the berry my Lucario left him with very low HP, and he healed… So annoying. I was forced to heal twice, and use a Casteliacone when he went for Grasswhistle, but in the end I won with Counter. And Shelmet was his final Pokémon. He set up a few Curses… for then using Special Attacks like Acid and Mega Drain! They were weak, and after a long battle, my Scraggy prevailed! So the third badge is mine! Quite the close fight, that Lv 26 Leavanny with Aerial Ace vs. my lv 22-24 Pokémon was strong!

Current Team:

Spoiler:
Lv 22https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b5/Spr_5b2_499.png(M) @ Charcoal. Blaze.
Jolly Nature. Flame Charge, Arm Thrust, Ember, Return.

Lv 24 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/36/Spr_5b_448.png(M) @ Amulet Coin. Steadfast.
Modest Nature. Return, Force Palm, Quick Attack, Counter.

Lv 23 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/Spr_5b2_559.png(M) @ Eviolite. Shed Skin.
Hardy Nature. Brick Break, Payback, Headbutt, Swagger.

Lv 22 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/30/Spr_5b_532.png(F) @ Quick Claw. Sheer Force.
Gentle Nature. Wake-up Slap, Focus Energy, Low Kick, Rock Throw.


Number of Badges: 3.

Current Location: Castelia City.

Number of losses: 0.

Janp January 19th, 2020 4:50 AM

Time for another update on my Ultimate Dragon Monotype.

This run was interesting. I hacked Deino as my starter in place of Tepig and it had Hustle. Combined with its stats and late evolution, mid game felt a lot like late game of my 1st stage no faint solo runs. Deino was dying a lot. Especially since she barely hit anything at all. I'll have nightmare about Excadrill for a long time because of that. Missing every single attack in several tries was insane.

But after getting Axew, this run got second wind and I quickly cut through the rest of the Gym Leaders and E4. Last obstacle of this run was Ghetsis' Hydreigon. I refused to train my Zweilous to level 64, because I didn't want to be overleveled for him, but oh god, I wish I did. Hydreigon was faster than all my dragons (I forgot to set up Haxorus with Dragon Dance prior) and was able to one-shot all of them, so I had to PP stall its Dragon Pulse and then beat it with Haxorus' Dragon Claw.

Overall, this was pretty good run. Here's the final screen of Ghetsis:

Next up is Kalos and opportunity to get more than 3 Pokémon on team. If I recall correctly, there are Bagon and Axew early on after 1st Gym, so I don't have to trade anything in.

Team

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/zweilous.gif
Betty, Jolly Female Zweilous
lvl 51, Hustle
- Crunch
- Body Slam
- Dragon Rush
- Work Up

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/druddigon.gif
Denderina, Sassy Female Druddigon
lvl 55, Rough Skin
- Dragon Claw
- Crunch
- Superpower
- Bulldoze

https://img.pokemondb.net/sprites/black-white/anim/normal/haxorus.gif
Mythos, Careful Male Haxorus
lvl 59, Mold Breaker @Dragon Fang
- Dragon Claw
- Slash
- Guillotine
- Dragon Dance

Lugiafan123 January 19th, 2020 8:55 AM

Update to my mono-ice run.

Completed Y a couple days ago.
Final team was Aurorus, Avalugg, Mega Abomasnow, Glaceon, Lapras and Mamoswine

Now it's on to emerald and allready I've got a question. Now i'm doing all of theese on cartridge, problem is the internal battery ran dry ages ago on my emerald cartridge and so i'm not guaranteed to be able to catch snorunt because you can only find snorunt at low tide. Would i be allowed to trade in snorunt if the shoal cave gets locked into high tide? I would only trade it in once I reach the point where I would normally be able to catch it.

ShyRayq January 19th, 2020 11:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lugiafan123 (Post 10116167)
Update to my mono-ice run.

Completed Y a couple days ago.
Final team was Aurorus, Avalugg, Mega Abomasnow, Glaceon, Lapras and Mamoswine

Now it's on to emerald and allready I've got a question. Now i'm doing all of theese on cartridge, problem is the internal battery ran dry ages ago on my emerald cartridge and so i'm not guaranteed to be able to catch snorunt because you can only find snorunt at low tide. Would i be allowed to trade in snorunt if the shoal cave gets locked into high tide? I would only trade it in once I reach the point where I would normally be able to catch it.

Actually, you could trade in Snorunt as soon as you can. Since there are no ice types available before the second gym in Pokemon Emerald, you are allowed to hack or trade in an ice-type pokemon.

Mochorro January 20th, 2020 11:01 AM

WHAT. A. BATTLE!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword.

Additional Rules: - No revives inside battles.
- No PP stalling opponents by healing all the time.

5. Pokémon White 2 (Challenge Mode) Fighting Monotype update No. 3: An electrifying battle!

After getting the third badge, I went to Route 4, where I fought Colress for the first time in the game. He wasn’t hard, but he was a bit annoying. With Sturdy Magnemite survived Timburr’s attack, and left me weakened and paralyzed before falling. Klink finished my Timburr off with Gear Grind, but my Pignite easily ended the battle. With this battle done, I explored the desert, caught a few new Pokémon and got some levels against trainers in Desert Resort. When I felt ready, I went to Nimbasa City.

There, fighting at the rollercoaster, Timburr evolved into Gurdurr! I had an easy fight versus Ingo and Emmet, thanks to Rosa’s Servine. Lucario and Servine beat the Boldore, and I swapped Lucario for my own Gurdurr to finish their Gurdurr. After battling trainers at the Stadiums, Route 5 and Route 16, I went to the gym to get the fourth badge.

Elesa fight! Emolga Vs. Gurdurr. My Rock Tomb did good damage, but she beat me with 2 Aerial Aces. I sent Lucario, and she Volt Switched into Zebstrika, doing a crit as well. Zebstrika stood the Dig, healed with Sitrus Berry, and beat Lucario with Flame Charge. And then she used Volt Switch again! My Pignite got paralyzed by Static, and Emolga destroyed him with Aerial Ace. So I only have Scraggy Vs. 4 Pokémon, great!

She Volt Switched into Flaaffy this time, and I beat her, thanks to Swagger and Brick Break. Scraggy thanks to Eviolite stood Emolga’s Aerial Ace and finished her off with Headbutt. She sent Joltik, and used Volt Switch while I healed, so again Zebstrika on the field. I don’t know why, but she went for Pursuit and then for Flame Charge, doing little damage, and 2 Paybacks from Scraggy beat her. And finally, her last Pokémon is Joltik, again. She paralyzed me, but for the third or fourth time on this battle, Scraggy healed with Shed Skin. I stood the Volt Switch and won with 2 Paybacks! So the fourth badge was mine! I have to build a statue for Scraggy!

https://i.imgur.com/lUYL6wx.png

Current Team:

Spoiler:
Lv 30https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/b/b5/Spr_5b2_499.png(M) @ Charcoal. Blaze.
Jolly Nature. Flame Charge, Arm Thrust, Ember, Return.

Lv 29 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/36/Spr_5b_448.png(M) @ Amulet Coin. Steadfast.
Modest Nature. Return, Force Palm, Dig, Counter.

Lv 31 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/2/20/Spr_5b2_559.png(M) @ Eviolite. Shed Skin.
Hardy Nature. Brick Break, Payback, Headbutt, Hi Jump Kick.

Lv 29 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/57/Spr_5b_533.png(F) @ Quick Claw. Sheer Force.
Gentle Nature. Wake-up Slap, Bulk Up, Low Kick, Rock Tomb.


Number of Badges: 4.

Current Location: Castelia City.

Number of losses: 0.

The Undisputed Era January 20th, 2020 11:42 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lugiafan123 (Post 10116167)
Update to my mono-ice run.

Completed Y a couple days ago.
Final team was Aurorus, Avalugg, Mega Abomasnow, Glaceon, Lapras and Mamoswine

Now it's on to emerald and allready I've got a question. Now i'm doing all of theese on cartridge, problem is the internal battery ran dry ages ago on my emerald cartridge and so i'm not guaranteed to be able to catch snorunt because you can only find snorunt at low tide. Would i be allowed to trade in snorunt if the shoal cave gets locked into high tide? I would only trade it in once I reach the point where I would normally be able to catch it.

Sorry for the late reply, Yes, as someone mentioned already, there are no Ice types in Emerald available before the second gym so trading in a Snorunt or a Spheal is perfectly fine. Also yes while a ran dry battery locks you out of certain things, aslong as you set the clock at the beginning the correct time for a low tide, you can obtain it. (but I would recommend just trading in because Snorunt and Spheal aren't available until just before the 7th gym which sucks).

Mochorro January 23rd, 2020 2:55 AM

LET'S GO!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword.

Additional Rules: - No revives inside battles.
- No PP stalling opponents by healing all the time.

5. Pokémon White 2 (Challenge Mode) Fighting Monotype update No. 4: When the evolutions are not enough.

After getting my fourth badge, I went to Driftveil City. There, the battle with Rood was very easy. Lucario beat the Herdier with 2 Force Palms and Scraggy destroyed Swoobat with Payback. Now it was time to face Clay for my fifth badge!

Krokorok was easy for Scraggy. He set a Sandstorm up and used Torment, but despite the Sitrus Berry, he fell to 2 Brick Breaks. Onix was also super easy for Gurdurr, two Ice Punches were enough, and his Rock Slides did very little damage. Gurdurr also destroyed the Sandslash with 2 Ice Punches, with Quick Claw allowing me to receive 0 damage! And finally, Scraggy took Excadrill’s Metal Claw easily and koed him with a single Hi Jump Kick. So the fifth badge is mine! This was much easier than Elesa.

After getting this badge and fighting at the PWT, you get the Surf HM, so it was time for some exploration. I grabbed a lot of items, and also fought for a While in the Battle Subway to get myself the Brick Break TM. When I was ready, I went to Chargestone Cave.

Going through this cave, Pignite evolved into Emboar! And at the Celestial Tower, Scraggy became Scrafty! And soon after that, Gurdurr evolved into Conkeldurr at level 40, as I had programmed! So 3 very consecutive evolutions for my team! After all this exploration, I went to face Skyla, which was quite scary as Fighting-types suffer against Flying-type Pokémon.

Here we go! My Emboar stood Swoobat’s Psychic with 33 HP and beat her with a single Heat Crash. Against Swanna, I was very unlucky. My Conkeldurr, with Sheer Force Rock Slide, did a lot of damage even though she used FeatherDance. But then, while she used Air Slash (missing once), I MISSED 2 ROCK SLIDES IN A ROW! So Conkeldurr fainted. And after losing Conkeldurr, Scrafty was flinched to death with Air Slash. Lucario beat her, but was very weakened. So Sigilyph, with Psychic, swept the rest of my team. First loss of the run.

Next try! A smoother beginning this time. Swoobat went for Attract vs Emboar, but I hit her through it with a crit Heat Crash, and beat her! Next up was Swanna. Her Air Slash hurt Conkeldurr a lot, but a single Rock Slide was enough to beat her. Scrafty dealt with Sigilyph easily standing the Air Cutter, with a single Crunch. And Skarmory was easy for Emboar, despite her Aerial Ace, 2 Heat Crashes were more than enough. So this time in a very easy battle (that could have gone wrong due to Attract or Air Slash, though), I won my sixth badge! I stopped playing there.

Current Team:

Spoiler:
Lv 41https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/5/58/Spr_5b2_500.png(M) @ Charcoal. Blaze.
Jolly Nature. Flame Charge, Brick Break, Heat Crash, Return.

Lv 41 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/3/36/Spr_5b_448.png(M) @ Expert Belt. Steadfast.
Modest Nature. Return, Force Palm, Dig, Counter.

Lv 41 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/c/c8/Spr_5b_560.png(M) @ BlackGlasses. Shed Skin.
Hardy Nature. Brick Break, Crunch, Headbutt, Hi Jump Kick.

Lv 41 https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/0/06/Spr_5b_534.png(F) @ Leftovers. Sheer Force.
Gentle Nature. Brick Break, Bulk Up, Ice Punch, Rock Slide.


Number of Badges: 6.

Current Location: Milstraton City.

Number of losses: 1.

WolffBoyJoe12 January 24th, 2020 3:16 AM

Forum User Name:WolffBoyJoe12
Game(s): US
Pokémon Type:Normal
Single/Ultimate: Single

pkmin3033 January 25th, 2020 6:03 AM

I've been mulling this over for a while now and I think I'm going to give it a go, now that I've settled on the type I want to use, dug out my old DS Lite, and checked through my games to see which ones I can afford to restart.

Forum User Name: Dawn
Game(s): Fire Red, HeartGold, Emerald/Alpha Sapphire (depends on my mood), Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Moon, Shield
Pokémon Type: Flying
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate

I am probably going to regret this, but I guess we'll see! Will probs try and finish one game a month starting from next month, in generation order, with a gap between Platinum and White 2 so I can play the original White first, which I will not be doing as a mono-Flying run because I still have Pokemon Dream Radar so I can use the genies in White 2 hahaha. I may or may not have an all-Oricorio run for Ultra Moon if I get that far, too.

I *might* limit myself to Pokemon of the generation I am playing (i.e. can only use Gyarados in Gen 1, Skarmory in Gen 2, and so on) although it'll depend on what is available to me each game...not going to have a death rule or anything, I'm not a masochist. Well, not to THAT degree.

Watch this space for updates. I'm playing other games too so who knows how much time I'll make for this. xD

WolffBoyJoe12 January 25th, 2020 9:14 PM

Alright I finally had time to start the run and also decided to add an extra challenge to where I have to get ever Normal type I can before the elite four. So I started the run chose Rowlet and basically skipped through the tutorial and picked up my first three Pikipek, Buneary, and Yungoos trained them to level 6 before fighting Hau, and then doing the stuff to get the rotom dex then backtracked to get Rattata. Finally went to the trainer school trained everyone to level 10 before taking on the teacher lady and will pick back up later.


Team
Sam the Naive Natured Pikipek Level 10
Mel the Gentle Natured Yungoos Level 10
Cream the Modest Natured Buneary Level 10 and
Bonnie the Bold Natured Rattata Level 10 as well

pkmin3033 January 26th, 2020 11:37 AM

Ultimate Monotype Challenge - Fire Red
Part #1 - A painful lesson in humility

Start a Flying-type ultimate monotype challenge, I said. It'll be easy, I said. Maybe I should do more than a quick cursory study before I commit myself to these things. Today reminded me of something - no matter how old you are or how long you've been doing something, you can still fuck things up royally if you're not attentive.

I could have gone with Fire Red or Leaf Green, but Fire Red was a deliberate choice: Dratini is about half the price in the Game Corner, and a Dragonite in my endgame team will make life MUCH easier. It'll still be relatively easy in some part, because I'll use Articuno to sweep through Lance, but it'd be a nice thing to have. With a team of Charizard, Pidgeot, Gyarados, Butterfree, Articuno, and Dragonite for the Elite Four, I shouldn't have any issues...provided I get that far. I could also have started with Yellow or Let's Go Pikachu, but that would have been a tad problematic...and awful. The former has aged VERY badly, and the latter is just plain bad. Fire Red, whilst slow as hell, seemed like the way to go.

Naturally I started with Charmander, because Charizard is Fire/Flying, which gives me a nice edge...and I didn't much fancy doing the beginning of the game with just Pidgey and Butterfree. Neglecting Spearow because I only need one Normal/Flying type on my team, and I do LOVE Pidgey. Sorry Spearow, maybe...never. Hahaha. Ha.

Brock destroyed me. I knew Charmander and Pidgey would be utterly useless to me against Rock types, so I concentrated on getting my Butterfree up to Level 15. Confusion should cut through it relatively quickly and easily, I tell myself. Nope. Tiny sliver of health gone, Rock Tomb. Bye bye, Butterfree. Wonderful. I was left with a severely underpowered Charmander and Pidgey, so I reset. Probably just a fluke. Nope. Same thing happened the second time. And the third. And the fourth. I was getting a little irritated at that point so I decided to grind my Charmander up to a Charmeleon...if nothing else, it'd be able to dish out a couple of hits with Ember before dying. Might even burn it. Didn't it learn Smokescreen as well? Maybe I could blind the thing enough that it wouldn't crush my Butterfree when I sent it out to Confusion it into oblivion.

Charmander learned Metal Claw at level 13.

I did not know this was a thing. Needless to say, I destroyed Brock with that. It cut through Geodude with relative ease, I scored a lucky crit on Onix, got wiped out by Rock Tomb, and then Buttefree finished it off with a single Confusion. Huh. Guess I'd better brush up on who learns what and when. I could have sworn it learned Smokescreen before Metal Claw, but I guess the developers swapped it around to make Charmander at least partially viable for the first Gym.

...I don't suppose it can learn Thunderbolt before Misty's Gym, can it? No? OK then...god, I HATE Misty. I am not looking forward to this.

Also, the high number of Pikachu I found in the Viridian Forest was both disgusting and infuriating. I spent HOURS hunting for that electric rat when I played this game back when it was released. HOURS. Now that I'm restricted to Flying-types, I find one within the first 15 minutes, and several more as I trudge through the forest. Thanks for that, game. If I find a non-Flying type shiny I am throwing my DS out the window ._.

Stats:

Trainer Name: Dawn
Playtime: 1:43

Current Team
Rock Entombed Butterfree - Level 15
Surprisingly Sharp-Clawed Charmander - Level 13
Just Kinda There Pidgey - Level 11

Badges: 1/8

Game(s): Fire Red, HeartGold, Emerald/Alpha Sapphire (depends on my mood), Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Moon, Shield
Pokémon Type: Flying
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate

WolffBoyJoe12 January 27th, 2020 5:31 AM

Playred a bit more recently so I made it to Hau'oli and caught a Furfrou along with Dunsparse and Smeargle on route 2 trained and put Cream in the pc for now. Got my first evolution being Sam the battle before the First Totem allowing us to win easily.

Team
Rachel the Naughty Smeargle Lv.13
Dunca the Impish Dunsparce Lv.13
Duchess the Quirky Furfrou Lv.14
Sam the Naive Trumbeak Lv.14
Bonnie the Bold Rattata Lv.13
Mel the Gentle Yungoose Lv.13

Box
Cream the Modest Buneary Lv.11


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