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Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (Standard Mode)
Mono-Fighting Update 3 (Petalburg City -> Lilycove City) - Did all the optional surf stuff (Sea routes around Dewford, Abandoned Ship & Route 115) - Machamp learned Dual Chop after defeating Team Aqua at the Weather Institute (will be so useful for Altaria) - Almost 1HKO'ed Brendan's 'full' team on Route 119, easy win! - Hacked in Galladite after receiving Mega Bracelet from Steven Stone (also got Blazikenite from him) - Trained everyone to lv 35 Gym Leader Winona Spoiler:
- Combusken evolved into Blaziken - Caught Heracross in the Safari Zone and named him Jupiter - Defeated Brendan for the last time in Lilycove (Mega Gallade demolished him!) - Caught Meditite on Mt. Pyre and named her Minerva - Found Medichamite on Mt. Pyre - Meditite evolved into Medicham (learned Thunder- & Ice Punch from move relearner) - Swapped Hariyama with Medicham - 1HKO'ed Matt's Sharpedo twice with Mega Medicham: on Mt. Pyre & in their hideout - Cleared out Aqua hideout (also found the Master Ball) My Team: Spoiler:
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Ultimate Fire Run
Sun / #2 / Finishing the Trials In this post (i.e., TL;DR) Spoiler:
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Ultimate Fire Run
Sun / Final / The Final Battles In this post (i.e., TL;DR) Spoiler:
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Signing Up For the Next Ultimate Run: User: StenirRPG Type: Ice Game(s): Red, Silver, Sapphire, Brilliant Diamond, White, Y, Sun Challenge Type: Ultimate Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard |
Good luck with the ice-type run of Sapphire. You're gonna need it. (It's good to know I won't be suffering through that run alone.)
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I don't know how to do the quotes on this forum, so I'll just say the last paragraph is in reply to StenirRPG
I took a(n unofficial) break from the challenge for a few days. I just got to doing other things (like talking to friends on Discord), but I went back and did some more yesterday. In regards to the current Flying-type run, I will update this thread on the rest of the gym badges soon (since I already got all eight badges), and then I'm gonna take on Victory Road, do some grinding, and then beat the Hoenn Elite Four. I'm really hoping I can get that burn on my Swellow for "Guts" on Mt. Pyre without too much trouble. (It's helpful that a burn doesn't work like poisoning in the overworld.) After that I will be doing the Psychic-type run. I have a bit of an announcement to make. I currently have plans to start a YouTube channel where I talk about these monotype challenges. I mean, this is already something big I'm doing, so I feel like it'd make some subjectively good uploads on YouTube. The channel hasn't been set up yet (not that I'm allowed to link to it here), but I've started scripting the videos, and it's been a lot of fun coming up with jokes to tell and ideas on how to make the channel work (not that I'm going to stand in front of the camera and do skits and storylines or anything like that). So for the sake of not giving away too many jokes here (and because some of you might find it boring to hear me talk about Hoenn 17 times), I will probably cut down on the full-blown recaps of how I beat everyone once I get done with the Flying-type challenge. @ StenirRPG I'm very curious which one of us will beat the Hoenn Ice-Type challenge first. I still want to cover the Psychic-type run before I do Ice, but you got two whole games to get to. I guess it'll be a race. That said, I probably won't be looking at your full posts (just the "TL;DR" things) for the sake of going into the challenge blind (for the YouTube channel and all), so umm, you know, it would be really nice if you kept doing the "In this post" sections, so I can keep up with updates AND do this challenge without too much help. (I'm already using Bulbapedia.) I hope this isn't a weird request. |
Not a problem - I plan on still doing that. A lot better than how I used to post. There's always the struggle with how much info is good info - I try these days to keep it solely to where I pick up certain Pokemon, and any many trainers. So, Rivals, gym leaders/trials, or anything that just throws me under the bus. Sometimes it's just a small blurb (like my flying types knocking out Hala easily during the Elite Four run), and sometimes it feels like such a crazy ride that I need to be more specific about what happens.
I try to do them super blind also, only focused on getting a list together of the earliest spot I can pick up the Pokemon in a run. Definitely keep me informed about the youtube channel - after all the ones I've done, it'll be great to also see other people going through the challenges. They definitely tax your brain in a different way than a solo run or a standard run does. For the quote, there's a button on the bottom right of each post that says "Quote" that you can click. Does get a little more than that if you are quoting multiple things, but a single quote is easy enough. |
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I'm glad to have someone interested in the channel. I'll probably send you a message when I embed the first video into a post in the appropriate forum. (I'll have to check the forum rules to make sure I don't get in trouble.) I will probably end up having to create "filler videos' and only upload an actual new challenge update weekly. In simple terms, I'll upload the big video for the month where I cover the whole challenge, which is a lot of work (by the standards of just being a hobby and not a full-time job thing like some YouTube users), and then I'll do three videos where I show off footage of the full battles with some rehearsed commentary. This will NOT be a full-on Let's Play. I just need all the help with the algorithm I can get. So to say something a bit more on-topic, I was wondering if anyone here does the Trick House dungeons during these runs. I do it for experience, and also because it fills me with a bit of nostalgia. I love the idea of the Trick House even if the execution needed some work. |
That is indeed the quote function. Interesting that it shows up as respond. Sounds like you definitely have a plan, though!
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The "respond" button does nothing and is not the "quote" button. I had to copy and paste your message between (QUOTE) and (/QUOTE) with the appropriate brackets. I might ask in the appropriate forum why I don't have the option of quoting a user's post.
I feel like just providing a quicker update instead of describing the actual gym fights, so here's a compromise between something super quick and basic and something elaborate. Spoiler:
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Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (Standard Mode)
Mono-Fighting Update 4 (Lilycove City -> Ever Grande City) - Fought all the trainers on the sea routes so everyone was around Lv 43 - Challenged Mossdeep gym and 1HKO'ed Lunatone & Solrock with Seed Bomb from Breloom and a crit Night Slash from Mega Gallade - Went to Seafloor Cavern and defeated Archie (Mega Blaziken swept him with Double Kick & Rock Slide) - Defeated Primal Kyogre with Mega Medicham's Thunderpunch (Origin Pulse missed!) - Challenged Sootopolis gym and swept with Seed Bomb from Breloom - Cleared Victory Road and defeated Wally (Mega Blaziken swept again, I'm thinking mega's are kind of OP, they trivialized a lot of the late game fights so I'm going to put some restrictions in for X and Omega Ruby, does anyone have some suggestions?) - Trained everyone to Lv 55 - Elite 4 was again pretty easy with the right mega (none of my team got knocked out and had to use no items in battle) - Steven was also not very hard until Mega Metagross, he took out 4 of my mons (Mega Blaziken got him to red with Flare Blitz) - Breloom's Effect Spore paralyzed him so Medicham could take him out - Became the Champion and defeated Brendon after the credits Final Team: Spoiler:
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Ultimate Ice Run
Red / #1 / A Slippery Start In this post (i.e., TL;DR) Spoiler:
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Goodness gracious, you've accomplished a lot the past several days, huh? I guess you're likely gonna beat me to the Ice-Type challenge. Of course, I suppose this wasn't actually a race (I was half-kidding earlier), and it might be a good idea for me to do the ice-type challenge comfortably (as opposed to forcing myself to plow through). Maybe I'm not making much sense here. In any case, good luck!
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Ultimate Ice Run
Red / #2 / Sliding into Home Plate In this post (i.e., TL;DR) Spoiler:
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I'd like to sign up! I may expand this to an ultimate challenge eventually, but I'd like to take it one game at a time for the moment haha
User: Redhead! Type: Flying Game(s): FireRed Challenge Type: Single Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard |
I'm gonna type the final update on the flying monotype run hopefully tomorrow. I'm actually really not sure how to handle the psychic-type run since Ralts can't deal with dark-type Pokémon like Poochyena for the first couple of gyms. The rules say I can hack in Beldum, but I'm a little on the fence about it. I mean, it becomes a pseudo-legendary after all. I feel like when I get around to the YouTube video for it, the few comments (if there are any) will berate me like, "Why'd you hack in the pseudo-legendary?" I plan on giving myself a Bagon in the dragon-type run, but since you can't catch a dragon-type until after the first three gyms, I don't think that one will get too many complaints. I guess I'll hack in Natu instead.
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That sounds like a nightmare, though I guess maybe it'll be okay as long as I only have to do it twice. (I think that Youngster on Route 102 is avoidable.) Just doing it once against the Grunt's Poochyena wouldn't be so bad, but doing it three or more times would just be too much. Doing it twice is kind of borderline. Initially I was going to say no outright, but I really don't want Beldum to be the only thing brought up in the comments. Plus, I didn't know Struggle had 50 Power. All this time I thought it was a really weak move like Gen III Rock Smash or something, but 50 power isn't too bad that early in the game (especially for a move that is always 1x effective). I'll think on it.
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I don't always show up to the early rock-type gym with a Ralts, but when I do, I spam the move Struggle to assert my dominance.
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One thing you may need to know is that Ralts doesn't learn a move that does damage until level 6 in RS, when it learns Confusion. It can only be caught at level 4, meaning you'll need to either use Struggle a lot to level it up twice, use another Pokemon to level it up, or catch some Zigzagoon to get a pair of Rare Candies with Pickup.
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Side note: I already caught the Ralts, and I was so excited it was female cuz I've played with a male Gardevoir in a casual run before. I will issue that final update for the Flying monotype soon. I just felt like answering this question now since this thread has been pretty lax on "double posts." |
Pokémon Diamond (Standard Mode)
Mono-Flying Update 1 (Twinleaf Town -> Veilstone City) Extra rules: - No items in battle - Set mode - Level cap (Highest lvl of gym leader or elite 4) - Chose Piplup so rival uses Turtwig - Caught Starly on Route 201 - Caught Zubat in Ravaged Path - Taught Zubat Hidden Power Grass (got lucky with the type, don't know what I would've done otherwise for Roark) - Starly evolved into Staravia (Go, Intimidate!!!) Gym Leader Roark: Spoiler:
- Caught Drifloon at Valley Windworks - Caugth Murkrow in Eterna Forest - Caught Magikarp on Route 205 (slapped exp share on it) - Zubat evolved into Golbat Gym Leader Gardenia: Spoiler:
- Magikarp evolved into Gyarados (2x Intimidate!!!) - With coin case acquired, hacked in Psychic & Thunderbolt for Drifloon, U-turn for Golbat - Drifloon evolved into Drifblim Gym Leader Maylene: Spoiler:
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It's been a while since I gave a proper update about the Flying-type run, so here's the finale:
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Flying-Type Champion! In your face, Lance! Spoiler:
I will create a different update for the Psychic-type run. Spoiler:
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