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Hey question for gen 2 is it legal to trade in a larvitar at some point because it’s so late in the game you can’t really use it.
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Personally, I wouldn't mind seeing Larvitar used in this case, but I'm not the one to make the final call on that. If it had been a Dark type run then you would have been allowed to trade in Larvitar under rule #3. |
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Though this wouldn't apply to HGSS, as you can get Larvitar in the Safari Zone in the mid-game. |
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Username:323k13L Game:Pokemon Black Type:MonoGrass SINGLE CHALLENGE |
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Game(s): Pokemon White Pokémon Type: Grass Single/Ultimate: Single |
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Ultimate Dragon Monotype in Pokémon Ultra Moonhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/exeggutor-alola.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/kommoo.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/kingdra.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/noivern.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/drampa.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/naganadel.gifFINAL PARTLet's dive right into Alola. I started the game with Popplio just so I can get through first Trial quickly. There were no problems and my overleveled Popplio easily beat Totem Raticate. Then I was finally able to get first Dragon-type - Noibat. And the endless grind started. Those small dragons are so squishy and weak. So it took me a while to get it to better level and while I was at it, I also got Bagon after about 15 minutes of searching for it. Battle with Hala was pretty okay. I leveled up Noibat to level 16 prior the battle to get Wing Attack and it was enough to take care of Machop with just one hit and Makuhita with two. I then switched to Bagon to lure our Crabrawler's Z-Move and heal Noibat. All-Out Pummeling beat Bagon, so I could switch Noibat in safely. My Z-Move later and I finished first island. Akala Island welcomes me with Pokémon Trainer Sina and her Ice-types. Ewww. Not gonna lie, this battle took me more attempts that I'm willing to admit. So let's just say five. Lana's Trial was also pretty annoying. Noibat had type advantage over Totem Araquanid, but it was so squishy that Araquanid beat it with just two Bubbles. Luckily, I had some Revives, so I could just send out Bagon and revive and heal Noibat. Took me few Revives, but I was able to Totem Pokémon and finish the Trial. With that I got Fishing Rod and was able to catch another Pokémon on my team - Horsea. And just in time for Kiawe's Trial. Horsea did a lot of damage with its Water-type Z-Move, but since it's also extremally squisky, Totem Marowak beat it with that bone attack I forgot the name of. But I could finally use Bagon effectively. It resisted Marowak's attack and beat it with Bite. Nothing interesting happened until Olivia. I was able to beat Mallow's Trial with similar strategy as previous Trials. Noibat used Z-Move, then I switched to Bagon, revive/heal and finish it with Noibat again. After that I found out there is Goomy in Lush Jungle, but it's only available between 5-6am, so I decided to skip it. I couldn't even get Tyrunt in this version. Olivia fight was also pretty easy, I once again used Bagon as shield, while Horsea's Bubble Beam. Bagon was such a great shield that it evolved into Shelgon after this battle. Ula'ula Island started well. Horsea evolved into Seadra and I was this close to Kingdra. Sophocles' Trial was painful. I was once again forced to use Shelgon, since Noibat and Seadra would have type disadvantage. I taught it Brick Break just in case, but it was still pretty hard battle. Especially because of paralyze. No matter what, Totem Togedemaru inflicted this annoying status with each attack. Took me two tries to beat it, since Shelgon was unable to attack all the time. And Dedenne appeared as SOS Pokémon on my first try. I was really afraid of Acerola's Trial. Not only is Mimikyu immune to Dragon-type attacks, it's also immune to the first attack in battle. I started with Noibat and used Supersonic, then pop Disguise with Wing Attack. After that I beat it with combined strength of Seadra and Shelgon. After that I was able to get more Pokémon in Haina Desert - Trapinch and Gabite. And I finally got Goomy on Route 17. After some more grinding I had strong team of mid-evolution or even fully evolved dragons. Nothing could stop me. I stomped on Nanu, Team Skull, Aether and everyone between. I was also able to get Dragon Scale for Seadra around the time I got to Poni Island. And there I also got the very first Alola Dragon-type - Alolan Exeggutor. Dragon Trial was pretty easy. Noivern and Kingdra were once again mvps of that battle. After that I got another Alola Dragon-type - Jangmo-o. Since I wanted to use as many different Dragon-types as I could, I picked up Poipole. I looked through this thread and couldn't find anything about Ultra Beasts. I evolved it as fast as possible. This update is already getting long, so let's quickly look at the rest of the game. At this point I had strong fully evolved dragons, so there were no problems. Mina's Trial was surprisingly easy. Naganadel helped a lot with Mina herself and Totem Ribombee, Kommo-o helped with Ilma and Nanu, Goodra and Kingdra with Lana, Garchomp with Kiawe. So that went well. Hapu went down to Kingdra. Even E4 couldn't stop me. But before facing E4, I caught Drampa. At this point I didn't want to waste time grinding, so I just put it in front of my team and level it on my way to E4. You can see my team for E4 below, so let's just quickly summarize the fights. There were no fights. At this point majority of my Pokémon were on higher level than Hau's starter. Kahili did fight back a little bit, but it was still nothing. Overall I would say this was great Challenge. I know it took me how long? A year and a half? Yeah, I should have probably finish it earlier, but there were other challenges I focused on. A lot of time dragons were really weak in early game and laughably overpowered in the end game. I think I'll do another type soon. Maybe Poison or one of the elemental types. Teamhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/exeggutor-alola.gifPalmak, Adamant Male Exeggutor lvl 61, Frisk @Rose Incense - Dragon Hammer - Leaf Storm - Psyshock - Sludge Bomb http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/kommoo.gif Bumbum, Lax Male Kommo-o lvl 62, Bulletproof @Fightinium Z - Clanging Scales - Drain Punch - Thunder Punch - Ice Punch http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/kingdra.gif Konak, Timid Female Kingdra lvl 64, Sniper @Splash Plate - Dragon Pulse - Scald - Focus Energy - Ice Beam http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/noivern.gif Kridlak, Rash Male Noivern lvl 65, Infiltrator @Sharp Beak - Air Slash - Tailwind - Dragon Pulse - Boomburst http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/drampa.gif Deda, Lonely Male Drampa lvl 58, Sap Sipper @Firium Z - Hyper Voice - Dragon Pulse - Ice Beam - Flamethrower http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/naganadel.gif Vosa, Docile - Naganadel lvl 60, Beast Boost @ Draco Plate - Dragon Pulse - Sludge Wave - Dark Pulse - Heat Wave |
It's been awhile since I last updated the OP. Apologies for that, will look to get an update out soonish. Until then happy monotyping :)
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Forum User Name: joeygmurf
Game(s): Platinum Pokémon Type: Dark Single/Ultimate: Single |
Forum User Name: TheHumanCleric
Game(s): Shield Pokémon Type: Ice Single/Ultimate: Single, Ice is basically not viable in any other game. Technically I've already started this, but I thought I'd share my progress somewhere. |
Since it's been a while since I last did a Monotype, and as far as I can gather, "All mon available" / Difficulty hacks don't count for Ultimates, let's start with an easy-ish type:
Forum User Name: von Sternen Game(s): Fire Red, Crystal, Alpha Sapphire, Platinum, Black 2, X, Sun Pokémon Type: Water Single/Ultimate: Ultimate Edit: FireRed - Update #1 Spoiler:
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Second and final update of FireRed. Onwards to Johto! And to spice things up, I think I'll retire every line that get to champion status as we go.
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Platinum's first update.
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Game(s): Sword + Expansion Pass Pokémon Type: Ice Single/Ultimate: Single A week or so ago, I saw a video on the WORST types to use for each region, monotype wise. To my shock, I saw that Rock was the worst type. Now...I submit THIS as evidence of Ice being the most challenging Monotype. Under the game of “Sword”, using Ice types starts at being fun and exciting, but then you realize you have to deal with Nessa, Kabu, Bea, Gordy, Chairman Rose and Leon. Oh, and Nessa and Bea again toward endgame. On paper, this sounds hard. That’s because it is. And I love a good challenge. Here’s the rules I must adhere too; >Limited use of grinding >Limited use of items in game >Careful strategy >Choose Grookey so rival has Sobble and Leon has Scorbunny Team Options: At the front of my team will always the Hail setter. There’s a few, with Abomasnow, Vanilluxe and Alolan Ninetales. For the start of the game, I’ll have to use Abomasnow (or transfer in an egg of a HA Vulpix). Abomasnow sounds like a good edition, but then you remember it’s 4x weakness to Fire. Ninetales sounds a little bit better, but then you remember the 4x weakness to Steel. That’s going to be a large problem throughout my run, so, I’ll have to persevere somehow. I decided to go with Alolan Ninetales in the final team because it's fast and it can easily be obtained by doing the Diglett Finding challenge on the Isle of Armor. Alolan Sandshrew poses an interesting ability- Slush Rush. I could use it as an early game fast Pokemon before I possibly replace it with a HA Arctozolt from the Crown Tundra dens, but I think I'll stick with Sandshrew for now. There are two new Ice variants available; one is Darmanitan, a surprising but not welcome addition. He has a strong ability in “Gorilla Tactics”, which is a Choice Band ability. It does have a fast speed tier as well. If I really wanted to make an effort, I could try to find the HA Darumaka so I could have Ice / Fire stab, but I digress. The second shocking addition is Mr. Mime’s regional evolution, Mr. Rime. Mr. Rime has…abilities, I guess. 80/75/100 bulk is pretty bad, though. I suppose I could always slap an Evolite on the prevolution, but the loss of HP does not seem worth it. Pooling 252 EVs into defense will yield me…around 127 at Level 50. Mr. Rime will also answer my problems with Bea, but then again, we have other, faster Pokemon that could help “cheese” some results. Froslass is a Pokemon I have long admired. I used one in my Omega Ruby run, and I believe it yielded some good results. I can’t remember. A speed tier of 110 is nothing to scoff at, meaning it could either run a very supportive set, or just troll opponents. Snow Cloak is also a fantastic ability to use w/ Hail on the field. If I were to give this Pokemon a “concrete” moveset at the moment, I’d choose something along the lines of Destiny Bond, an Ice Stab move, Double Team and a good support move to either help defend the team more, or just attack. There’s also three new ice types within the ranks; Arctozolt, Eiscue and Frosmoth. Arctozolt seems like a good Pokemon. 90/90/80 defenses sound pretty good to me, especially one with 100/90 offenses. However, the speed is what really holds it back…yet gives it a niche over a Pokemon like Rotom. Rotom is delegated to one low PP move, Blizzard, whereas Arctozolt gets moves like Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, Bolt Beak, Icicle Crash, Freeze Dry and Wild Charge. However, it doesn’t have Levitate, but instead Static or Volt Absorb or Slush Rush, which is available in the Crown Tundra. There aren’t many Electric types in the region, sadly, so how often I’ll utilize this is unknown. Frosmoth is another fun newcomer; Snom might just be my mascot for this run, just because it’s sooooo damn cute. Anyways, Frosmoth is a unique Ice / Bug type, with a large special side, but low Speed, but that can be fixed by Quiver Dance. A concrete moveset at the moment would be Quiver Dance, Ice Beam, Bug Buzz and Giga Drain. At the the time of writing this, I have one on my team, thanks to the recent Raid event. Now, for the possible gamebreaker; Eiscue. I can’t lie, Eiscue is…pretty ugly looking. But, we can look past that; he’s an ice Mimikyu with a free restore under Hail, but only under physical attacks. While that sounds bad…it’s actually pretty good. Eiscue gets Belly Drum, Liquidation, Icicle Crash, Dive…while he may not get STAB, you have to realize something else; once that stupid Ice Head is broken, his speed goes from 50 to 130. That’s one of the fastest speeds in the main game, and Pingu over here could kill you fucking dead with a Liquidation at 6+, Gigantamax Charizard. If he does somehow manage to do so, I will never live it down. There has been one ice type Gigantamax confirmed; Lapras. While I do not know if you can obtain a Gigantamax Lapras in the main game (and not post), I will be pleasantly shocked if that is the case. If that is the case, I will dedicate time searching for this thing. Lapras has always been a more quiet favorite, and it’s G-Max move of setting an Aurora Veil and attacking does sound appealing. It is currently in the Max Raid events, so I could possibly pick that up as an answer for Kabu and Gordie. I just beat Milo, with a combo between Slush Rush Sandshrew and Snow Warning Vulpix. It is honestly all down hill from here. https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/353173128744140800/792449780655325225/image0.jpg |
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Incorrect- in the Wild Area updates, you can catch a Lapras w/ G-Maxing capabilities- at One Star.
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Black2's first and final update - this one definitely felt like a slog.
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Update- successfully beat Kabu. Let's review- caught a Lapras w/ the Gigantamax Factor, dug up a few Ice and Dawn stones from the digging bros, caught an Amaura and named it after a Scottish Doctor...and Kabu took three tries. Fuckin hate critical hits. I will also NOT be using Eiscue- too few...things to work with. Icicle Crash is also an egg move, so...fun. Now, onto Bea. I think I have a strategy for that... |
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