[Challenge] The Monotype Challenge Re:Returns

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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!

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

Squirtle

Seel

Shellder

Horsea