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Pokémon Draft Challenge
OP idea stolen from Juno here | Pixel Art Background by Waneella Verbatim adapted from SerenesForest Forums Welcome to the Pokemon Draft Challenge! In a nutshell, a Pokemon draft is... "A pool of characters is established, several people enter and take turns picking characters, then play through the game with only those characters." If any of you are familiar with Fire Emblem drafts or drafting tournaments, a Pokemon Draft is essentially the same thing but with a different game! What is a Snake Draft? This challenge will follow the Snake Draft rules, which ensures no one has a huge advantage or disadvantage for being first or last within the draft order. .
Rules General Rules .
Questions to Answer as a Group .
Draft Variations .
Sign-Up Forms Group Sign-Up [B]All Participant's Forum Names -[/B] [B]Game -[/B] [B]Casual or Competitive? - [/B] Free Agent Sign-Up [B]Forum Name -[/B] [B]Discord Name -[/B] If Applicable [B]Games Interested in Drafting -[/B] [B]Casual or Competitive? - [/B] [B]Timezone -[/B] [B]Availability -[/B] Resources Below are master lists of every Pokemon obtained in the game (post-game Pokemon outside of G/S/C/HG/SS and Colosseum were omitted, DLC Pokemon in SwSh included) arranged by region and ordered by earliest availability. Feel free to use them as reference or as check-off lists. https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/006.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/009.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/025.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/003.png | https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/250.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/249.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/245.png | https://serebii.net/pokedex-xy/icon/383.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/382.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/384.png | https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/251.png https://i.imgur.com/SgPCPwA.png | https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/483.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/484.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/487o.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/643.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/644.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/646.png | https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/716.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/717.png | https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/791.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/792.png https://serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/800.png | https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/icon/888-c.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-swsh/icon/889-c.png . ~happy drafting!~ https://sig.grumpybumpers.com/host/wuzzy.gif |
This looks really great. I hope the thread is ready.
And here's my free agent sign-up Forum Name - Janp Discord Name - Janp#1785 Games Interested in Drafting - FRLG, HGSS, RSE, ORAS, BW, DPPt, B2W2, XY, Sun or Ultra Moon. Timezone - GMT+2 Availability - I should be available through most of the day. But if I have to put a time, I would say around 20:00 GMT+2 would be ideal. |
Sounds interesting, hopefully enough people join this. Signing up as free agent:
Forum Name - Kostucha Discord Name - Kostucha#1508 Games Interested in Drafting- anything from gens 3-8 Timezone - GMT+2 Availability - basically anytime through the day |
Free Agent:
Forum Name - Pok3pals Discord Name - Pok3pals#7854 Games Interested in Drafting- Gold/Silver, Platinum, Soul Silver, X, Sun, Sword, White Timezone - EST Availability - Anytime really. |
Forum Name - Simply Dunsparce
Discord Name - LeanYeenMachine#6229 Games Interested in Drafting - Most games from gens 4-7 Timezone - GMT-5 Availability - Given that school starts back up for me next week, I won't be as available as I usually am, but on most days I should be available at 17:00 GMT-5 |
hi hi, thread was pretty unfinished but I did update it quite a bit...
Anyways this update include,
My free agent sign up form... I'll be forming groups in another post below Forum Name - Wuzzy Discord Name - Wuzzy#4096 Games Interested in Drafting - Any game outside of Hoenn/Galar Casual or Competitive? - Either Timezone - GMT-8 (PST) Availability - Anytime after 12pm |
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All 5 of us will be in the same draft group. The game choices based on everyone's interests are narrowed down to HGSS, BW, DPPt, B2W2, XY, Sun/Moon, Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon I'll be contacting all of you guys soon! |
Ooooh, can I get in on this too?
I've wanted to make a draft-style team for a while, but have only seen it employed for PVP, rather than a story mode playthrough. Smotemotem FacewithGlasses#3369 Any Main Series Game Either, but leaning Competitive GMT-5 Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri, Sat afternoons tend to be best for me. (After 4:30 p.m. my time, which I think is 9:30 p.m. GMT) |
finished drafting, these are the teams for X/Y draft
additional rules: - no mega stones - starters are NOT free Kostucha - https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/513.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/414.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/692.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/441.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/614.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/455.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/223.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/054.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/084.png Janp - https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/447.pnghttps://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/016.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/134.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/479.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/030.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/664.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/337.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/045.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/607.png Simply Dunsparce - https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/561.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/406.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/262.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/694.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/419.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/659.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/619.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/443.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/543.png Pok3pals - https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/263.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/206.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/449.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/580.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/425.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/459.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/195.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/707.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/505.png Wuzzy - https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/298.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/679.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/667.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/033.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/124.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/368.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/701.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/070.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/198.png Smotemotem - https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/221.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/661.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/299.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/282.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/170.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/708.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/559.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/696.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/650.png |
I was excited to get in and start playing, so I went ahead and challenged the first gym.
Chapter 1 Spoiler:
Current Team https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/chespin.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/fletchling.png |
Draft Challenge Start! Synopsis So starting the challenge I caught my first member which was Zigzagoon. I chose it due to not having the trouble of catching another Pokemon for the sole purpose of making them use HMs. So better to draft it and possibly even use it rather than it just being a waste of a spot that I can't even use in battle. Anyhow I leveled him up to around level 8. Once I reached Route 3 I caught a Dunsparce and I drafted it for two early reasons. Rage and Rollout. And Dunsparce, I believe, is quite tanky so it's rage would do a significant amount of damage. Anyhow the gym battle was somewhat of a breeze. I built up Rollouts, however it missed the first Rollout against Vivillon so...yeah. But first badge acquired! Team: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/538139263636865044/741764057345949716/263_1.gif Nature Lax Moveset: -Growl -Tackle -Tail Whip -Headbutt Held Item: N/A Level: 10 Ability: Gluttony Stats: HP: 30 Attack: 13 Defense: 15 Special Attack: 14 Special Defense: 12 Speed: 18 https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/538139263636865044/741764074886398032/206.gif Nature Jolly Moveset: -Rage -Pursuit -Rollout -Spite Held Item: N/A Level: 11 Ability: Serene Grace Stats: HP: 46 Attack: 22 Defense: 23 Special Attack: 18 Special Defense: 19 Speed: 17 Badges: 1/8 |
Draft Challenge Update 1 At the start of the challenge I picked up my first team member Bunnelby. I chose Bunnelby mostly because I hadn't used it before and wanted to see how it would turn out. Although the first couple battles were a bit tricky due to her being a bit under-leveled, I eventually able to get her up to a reasonable level, and handled most of the fights relatively well. Viola took a couple tries to beat due to Vivillon being a bit more defensive than I had expected, but with the help of some x-items I was able to beat her, earning my first badge. Team: Bunnelby (F) - Jane Lv. 13 Cheek Pouch Tackle/Agility/Mud-slap/Quick Attack Badges: 1/8 |
Update #1
Wuzzy - https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/298.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/679.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/667.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/033.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/124.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/368.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/701.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/070.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/198.png Spoiler:
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The Draft Challenge in Pokémon Xhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/riolu.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/pidgey.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vaporeon.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/rotom.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/nidorina.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/scatterbug.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/lunatone.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vileplume.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/litwick.gifPART 1I let others draft my Pokémon and didn't tell them what Pokémon I like or dislike, just to see if they will draft strong or weak Pokémon for me. And to be honest, I'm really satisfied with the draft. There are one of my most favourite Pokémon and also one of my most disliked Pokémon. So, before I start, let's look at my picks: http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/riolu.gif My first drafted Pokémon was Riolu. Lucario is my most disliked Pokémon. But I actually used it in my very first playthrough of Y and it was probably the worst Pokémon to use in Kalos. Fighting-type isn't really a good pick for Kalos, due to Fairy-types and Lucario doesn't even have a good Steel-type move to make usage of its secondary typing. And Megas are banned. Yeah, not touching it at all. Or at least will try not to touch it, because I might need Riolu to beat Grant. And now that I'm writing this, I'm considering giving it a second chance. Depends on how well it will do. http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/pidgey.gif This is perfect Pokémon for first Gym. I'm not sure if I'll use it after it that much, but it might make a cut to final E4 team. http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vaporeon.gif I'm not a fan of Eeveelutions, but for some reason, Vaporeon is one of my most used Pokémon in recent years. It's just that useful. I'll take it. I don't think I can get Water Stone before facing Grant, which will make that fight a little bit harder. http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/rotom.gif Now we're talking. In recent months, Rotom got to my TOP3 favourite Ghost-types. I just hope I won't spend the whole week just hunting it, since it can only be caught on Tuesday. This means I'll either have to play slowly until the next Tuesday or play quickly through the game today and tomorrow and get Rotom on this Tuesday. http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/nidorina.gif I'm not sure if this was intentionally, but female Nidoran was my very first Pokémon and I will gladly use it again every time. And this also reminded me that I wanted to solo Kalos with Nidoqueen for years now. http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/scatterbug.gif Speaking of soloing, I jokingly said I'll solo this run with Scatterbug. But I love this draft, so it would be shame not to use full team. Anyway, I haven't used Vivillon yet and I'm sucker for butterfly Pokémon, so I'll be using this one too. http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/lunatone.gif I just used Solrock in my other run. I'll gladly use its sibling in this run. Plus it might help be get through Grant. Psychic/Rock-type is interesting typing too. I wonder how useful it will be. http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vileplume.gif I like Vileplume. But it's also probably the last Grass or Poison-type Kanto Pokémon I would choose. I don't recall there being a need to Grass-type early in the game, so I think Vileplume will be another Pokémon I'll be dropping from my final team. http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/litwick.gif You remember when I talked about my TOP3 Ghost-types? Well, Litwick is in my TOP5. There is no way Gardevoir will get through 2 Ghost-types. And that's my opinion for my draft. Like I said, I really like it and can't wait to try them all. |
@janp - I'm surprised to hear that you don't like Riolu / Lucario, but I'm glad you got some stuff you wanted. We thought that would be a good pick, because that's the Pokemon of choice for speed runners, in XY. Then again, that may be heavily dependent upon the mega stone.
Chapter 2 Spoiler:
Current Team https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/quilladin.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/fletchinder.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/kirlia.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/scraggy.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/tyrunt.png |
Update #2
Wuzzy - https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/298.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/679.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/667.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/033.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/124.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/368.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/701.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/070.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/198.png Kind of want to talk about my picks like what Janp did soooo... Spoiler:
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Draft Challenge Update 2 Right after the first gym I went and picked up my second team member, Budew, on Route 4. I choose Budew because I hadn't used one yet and have heard that they do fairly well in Kalos. Despite Budew only being a baby mon, he did suprisingly well in this section, and his ability Poison Point was also quite useful. After catching Budew, I made my way to Lumiose city and fought Professor Sycamore, picked Squirtle, then immediately boxed it and headed to Camphrier town. On Route 6 I caught my third team member, Venipede. I chose Venipede because it and its evolutions are some of my favorite bug types, and because I haven't used it in Kalos yet. Venipede did fairly well in this section, although she did stuggle a bit until she learned Poison Tail. After catching Venipede, I help the guy in Parfum Palace, woke up the Snorlax, and traveled through Connecting Cave to Route 8. On Route 8 I caught my fourth team member, Mienfoo. I choose Mienfoo mostly because, like with the others, I hadn't used it yet and wanted to see how it turn out. Mienfoo did struggle a bit it this section, partially because she was somewhat underleveled when I found her, and partially because her movepool wasn't that great (She doesn't learn and STAB moves until like, Lv. 29), although I was able to handle switch training with her quite well due to Fake Out and Regenerator. Soon afterwards, I caught my fifth team member, Helioptle, on Route 9. I chose Helioptle, mostly because I wanted at least one team member who could learn surf for most of the game. Helioptle, much like Mienfoo, was a bit underleveled for where she was in the game, but with her ability, Dry Skin, she fared quite well against the Water types on the Route 8 beach. While dealing with the Team Flare grunts in Glittering Cave, Bunnelby evolved into Diggersby. Before challenging Grant, I took a detour to catch my sixth team member, Sigilyph, which also happened to be around when Venipede evolved into Whirlipede. I chose Sigilyph because it is a pokemon that I like using, but haven't used in Kalos before. The fight against Grant could have gone better, partially because I forgot that Amura had the ability Glaciate, thus making its Take Downs Ice-type. Amura knocked out Helioptle, Budew, and Whirlipede before being defeated by Sigilyph, while Tyrunt went down after two or three Mud Shots from Diggersby, earning us the Cliff Badge. Team: Diggersby (F) - Jane Lv. 23 Cheek Pouch Return/Double Kick/Mud Shot/Quick Attack Budew (M) - Rosando Lv. 24 Poison Point Mega Drain/Growth/Worry Seed/Stun Spore Whirlipede (F) - Arthropleura Lv. 23 Swarm Bug Bite/Rollout/Poison Tail/Protect Mienfoo (F) - Leah Lv. 22 Regenerator Swift/Meditate/Rock Tomb/Fake Out Helioptle (F) - Lizzie Lv. 20 Dry Skin Quick Attack/Thunder Shock/Charge/Mud-Slap Sigilyph (M) - Nazca Lv. 21 Magic Guard Psywave/Tailwind/Air Cutter/Psybeam Badges: 2/8 |
The Draft Challenge in Pokémon Xhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/riolu.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/pidgey.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vaporeon.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/rotom.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/nidorina.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/scatterbug.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/lunatone.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vileplume.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/litwick.gifPART 2My ID ended with 2, so I picked Chespin as my starter, but it didn't stay on my team for long. I got Pidgey named Miss Peck and Scatterbug named Vedmi on Route 2 and then trained them in Santalune Forest, since I get free healing there. I love this location. I was a little bit surprised Scatterbug didn't evolved on level 7 like other early bugs. But ever since Miss peck learned Gust, there was nothing to stop me. I also had a weak moment when I got to Santalune City and decided to catch Riolu just so I get all of my drafted Pokémon. It can also stay on my team as long as I have free spot. And it took me 40 minutes before I found one! Now I hope it will be worth it! Anyway, Pidgey's Gust was pretty much the only attack I used in majority of Santalune Gym's battles. I decided to start with newly evolved Spewpa against Surskit, but it wasn't really a good idea and I quickly switched to Pidgey, who easily beat both Surskit and Vivillon with Gust. I'm really scared of Grant. Right now, my team doesn't have a good counter against his Pokémon and I'm not sure if I can actually get any. Teamhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/pidgey.gifMiss Peck, Modest Female Pidgey lvl 14, Tangled Feet - Tackle - Sand Attack - Gust - Quick Attack http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/spewpa.gif Vedmi, Naive Female Spewpa lvl 11, Shed Skin - Tackle - String Shot - Stun Spore - Protect http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/riolu.gif Dolero, Docile Male Riolu lvl 7, Inner Focus - Quick Attack - Foresight - Counter - Endure |
The Draft Challenge in Pokémon Xhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/riolu.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/pidgey.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vaporeon.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/rotom.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/nidorina.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/scatterbug.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/lunatone.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vileplume.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/litwick.gifPART 3Anyway, after learning new moves via TMs, Vedmi got enough experiences to evolve into Vivillon right on a next Route. My have Garden Pattern, which is in my opinion one of the better ones. Miss Peck evolved some time after that, I think it was around the time I beat Sycamore. After beating him, I was forced to pick another starter, but I quickly boxed it. I caught Pivl the Oddish on my way to Perfume Palace. Another pretty good Pokémon for now. And quickly after that, I also caught Melichar the Lunatone and Kristi the Eevee. So now I have 6 Pokémon and I'm ready for Grant. And it was disaster like always. I started out with Dolero and he took down Amaura with one Force Palm. That was nice. But then Grant's Tyrunt survived one Force Palm and beat Dolera with critical Stomp. I sent out Pivl, but Tyrunt's Stomp and Bite flinched him several times and Pivl barely did any damage. But he forced Grant to use his Super Potion. The rest of the team had to work really hard to bring Tyrunt down. Combination of Vedmi's Infestation, Miss Peck's Twister and Kristi's Baby-Doll Eyes weakened Tyrunt enough for Melichar to finally beat it. Next time I'm catching Nidorina, which means I'll have to box one Pokémon. So it's probably the end of Dolero. Teamhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/pidgeotto.gifMiss Peck, Modest Female Pidgeotto lvl 27, Tangled Feet - Return - Twister - Gust - Quick Attack http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vivillon-garden.gif Vedmi, Naive Female Vivillon lvl 24, Shield Dust - Struggle Bug - Infestation - Supersonic - Psybeam http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/riolu.gif Dolero, Docile Male Riolu lvl 26, Inner Focus - Quick Attack - Copycat - Counter - Force Palm http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/gloom.gif Pivl, Mild Male Gloom lvl 25, Chlorophyll - Mega Drain - Sweet Scent - Venoshock - Sleep Powder http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/lunatone.gif Melichar, Timid - Lunatone lvl 21, Levitate - Confusion - Hypnosis - Rock Polish - Psywave http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/eevee.gif Kristi, Adamant Female Eevee lvl 20, Run Away - Quick Attack - Baby-Doll Eyes - Swift - Bite |
Update #3
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Hey Gang! I played a good bit over the past week. I’ve just been too lazy to stop and blog after each gym. I really should have, as that would help me keep the events in order a bit better. Here’s a big quick run-down.
Chapter 3 Spoiler:
Current Team https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/talonflame.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/gardevoir.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/scrafty.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/lanturn.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/trevenant.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/mamoswine-f.png |
Pokemon Draft Challenge Completed
My "strategy" when drafting was just to pick pokemon I've rarely or never used before. Also I tried to cover 3 main HMs used in the game so I can use a full team of 6 and not bother with HM slaves. Later into the draft I realised I'd be challenging Grant only with Simisear and Mothim, so I picked Psyduck as a precaution. It wasn't very useful in the end but it helped in some battles. Other than that the run went rather smooth, I'm very happy with all my picks as the team was rather balanced. I'd be interested in doing this challenge in a game with more limited pokedex though. Team: Spoiler:
Hall of Fame: Spoiler:
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Played a bit more tonight, to finish out the run. This was one of the cleanest playthroughs I've done in a long time. I know it was pretty close to being a standard run, as I would have picked a team similar to this on a non-challenge run, so that's not exactly a brag. I was just surprised that I didn't have any full-party wipes, even during gym & elite four fights. Here's what happened.
Final Time: 19:18 FIN Spoiler:
Final Team https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/talonflame.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/gardevoir.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/scrafty.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/lanturn.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/trevenant.pnghttps://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/gen5/mamoswine-f.png |
The Draft Challenge in Pokémon Xhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/riolu.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/pidgey.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vaporeon.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/rotom.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/nidorina.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/scatterbug.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/lunatone.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vileplume.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/litwick.gifPART 4So Dolero is still on my team, but since I'm playing mostly during nighttime, he spent most of the time as Riolu. He also single-handedly beat both Korrina's Lucario, which was kinda funny to watch. Korrina was really a pushover even in her Gym Battle, where Melichar shined with its newly learned Psychic. I think it was somewhere here that Dolero finally evolved, which made the whole Mega Evolution tutorial even more stupid. Like I have my own Lucario, but instead I'm forced to use a traitor that betrays his trainer like it's nothing. No thanks, you can rot at the top of this tower by yourself. In Ramos battle I used Miss Peck after a long time. I think I'll switch her for one of the ghosts later. But the battle itself was pretty easy again. Just like every single Kalos run. My newly caught Ivy the female Nidoran, who evolved at this point, did really great in Kalos Power Plant, where she basically swept Team Flare. After that I decided to evolve Ivy once again and challenged Clemont. Sadly I had no Ground-type attacks, but Melichar and Dolero were able to take care of his Pokémon. Melichar first took care of Heliosk, since his Emolga run away with Volt Switch, but returned right after to faint. Dolero then beat Clemont's Magneton after long annoying battle full of paralyzation. And to wrap this I challenged Valerie. I started with Dolero again, because I really want to find the reason why so many people like it and once again, it did pretty good against Mawile.I then switched to Ivy to beat Sylveon and I hoped she would also beat Mr. Mime, but the Barrier Pokémon was able to move first and beat Ivy with Psychic. I then decided to use Vedmi, but forgot that Bug Buzz is sound-based attack, so Mr. Mime was able to beat her too. He set up both Reflect and Light Screen, so I barely did any damage with rest of my Pokémon, but it was Kristi, who finally got past both barriers and healing from Valerie. I saved inside Lost Hotel. I'll I have to wait here until Tuesday to be able to get Rotom. I have to say that I enjoy reading everyone's runs and what team they were able to make with their drafts. I think if we wanted to make things more interesting next time, we could all ban one Pokémon at the start of drafting or even one Pokémon after each draft round for bigger Poké Dexes. That could really shake our choices. Teamhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/pidgeot.gifMiss Peck, Modest Female Pidgeot lvl 44, Tangled Feet - Return - Twister - Fly - Quick Attack http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vivillon-garden.gif Vedmi, Naive Female Vivillon lvl 43, Shield Dust - Bug Buzz - Infestation - Supersonic - Draining Kiss http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/lucario.gif Dolero, Docile Male Lucario lvl 46, Inner Focus - Quick Attack - Strength - Aura Sphere - Power-Up Punch http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/lunatone.gif Melichar, Timid - Lunatone lvl 47, Levitate - Psychic - Hypnosis - Rock Polish - Rock Slide http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vaporeon.gif Kristi, Adamant Female Vaporeon lvl 43, Water Absorb - Squa Ring - Surf - Swift - Bite http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/nidoqueen.gif Ivy, Modest Female Nidoqueen lvl 44, Sheer Force - Venoshock - Toxic Spikes - Body Slam - Earth Power |
Update #4
Wuzzy - https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/298.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/679.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/667.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/033.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/124.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/368.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/701.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/070.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/198.png The ban one draft one idea sounds pretty cool though tbh, it would've increased the stakes for this draft since I think everyone got the mons they wanted. Though obviously it would work only for games with very large dexes like X/Y (possibly Platinum, USUM and SwSh especially with DLC) but you could also do the bans for half of the draft too and then keep it normal for the 2nd half. Spoiler:
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Update #5
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The Draft Challenge in Pokémon Xhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/riolu.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/pidgey.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vaporeon.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/rotom.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/nidorina.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/scatterbug.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/lunatone.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vileplume.gifhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/litwick.gifPART 5And I got Rotom pretty quickly, only after 2 or 3 SRs. I wasn't sure which Pokémon to box, so I boxed Pidgeot first, but only after few battles, I put it back and boxed Vivillon, because I felt Flying-type moves will be more useful. I continued to Anister and used Rotom as my main Pokémon against Olympia. The battle wasn't hard, but Rotom fainted against Slowbro, so I've used rest of my team to take care of it and rest of Olympia's team. Team Flare segment was pretty easy and I basically swept it with Lunatone and Lucario (when he wasn't KO'd. How the hell can Lucario lose to Pyroar?). I think this was the very first time in Kalos I actually had counter to Lysandre's team, especially Gyarados. When I got to Snowbelle City, I decided to change Rotom's form to Microwave, since I needed Fire-type for Wulfric. And I started wondering, why I don't have Fire-type. I was sure I had one. And then, the moment I challenged Wulric, it hit me. I also drafted Litwick! But since the battle already started and I used Litwick line in the other run I mentioned above, I decided to go just with Rotom. Anyway, Wulfric was pushover. He had no way of beating Rotom, Nidoqueen and Lucario. And so I got to the E4. Because of my masterful planning, I had Vaporeon, Lunatone and Nidoqueen against Malva, Rotom and against Siebold, Rotom, Nidoqueen and Lucario against Wikstrom and Vaporeon and Lunatone against Drasna. Pidgeot took a support role and was there mostly to set up Tailwind or to finish of something with Quick Attack. I was afraid of Diantha's Gardevoir, but I was able to get there with 5 Pokémon (Lunatone fainted right before her, after taking almost her whole team before Gardevoir down itself), so I was sure I can wear her down. I started by setting Tailwind and then almost beating it with Nidoqueen's Sludge Bomb, but Gardevoir survived with red HP and got healed with Full Restore next turn, while also beating both Pidgeot and Nidoqueen. I then sent out Vaporeon to tank hits while I revived both Pidgeot and Nidoqueen. Vaporeon was able to hurt Gardevoir a little bit with Surf, so I sent out Pidgeot next and she survived Gardevoir's Thunderbolt, set up Tailwind and hurt Gardevoir even more with Quick Attack. Nidoqueen then finished the job with another Sludge Bomb. Here's the Hall of Fame: Spoiler:
Overall I would say this was pretty entertaining run. You can probably guess that from the levels, but Lunatone was the surprisingly good. Especially once it learned Moonblast. Lucario wasn't that bad afterall, but it's still one of my least favourite Pokémon. I'm opened for more draft runs in the future. Teamhttp://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/pidgeot.gifMiss Peck, Modest Female Pidgeot lvl 61, Tangled Feet - Return - Tailwind - Fly - Quick Attack http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/rotom-heat.gif Helpo, Hasty - Rotom lvl 62, Levitate - Thunderbolt - Shock Wave - Hex - Overheat http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/lucario.gif Dolero, Docile Male Lucario lvl 66, Inner Focus - Dragon Pulse - Strength - Aura Sphere - Power-Up Punch http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/lunatone.gif Melichar, Timid - Lunatone lvl 70, Levitate - Psychic - Hypnosis - Moonblast - Stone Edge http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/vaporeon.gif Kristi, Adamant Female Vaporeon lvl 65, Water Absorb - Ice Beam - Surf - Swift - Attract http://play.pokemonshowdown.com/sprites/xyani/nidoqueen.gif Ivy, Modest Female Nidoqueen lvl 64, Sheer Force - Sludge Bomb - Toxic Spikes - Superpower - Earthquake |
Update #6 - Finale
Wuzzy - https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/298.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/679.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/667.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/033.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/124.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/368.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/701.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/070.png https://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/icon/198.png Overall, I was entertained by this run. I was able to use Pokemon I've wanted to use or never used before, and also play through a game that I have never played before since I bought my 3ds rather late and didn't really wanna drop the money for it. I did take my time during this run to explore since it was a casual draft. I think the upping the stakes for a future draft of Pokemon X/Y would be pretty necessary since it isn't as exciting if you keep getting mons you want but, I had fun overall with this team! Spoiler:
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