The Ones That Got Away Challenge

Ragnia · Oct 31, 2010

Update 2!!!
Did a lot
Wnet through the forest and beat the grunt
went to rustburo
Beat gym, got rock tomb
Saved devon goods and peeko
got pokenav
Got cut
Went back through forest and go miracle seed gave to shroomy also got quick claw gave to Kurusu
Went to dewford and beat gym taught Alexis bulk up
gave letter to steven
got silk scarf gave to Alice
went to slateport and gave devon goods to captain stern
Went up to next route after getting everyone to lvl 25 and evolving Alice and Shroomy.
Beat all trainers and May.
Went to Mauville and got bike.
Beat Wally and went into gym.
Battled all trainers and beat Wattson.
Decided to do more training.
Got everyone to lvl 31.
Alexis evolved at lvl 28
Done for now
Current team:
Kurusu(Seel)
Lvl:31
Item:Quick Claw
Ability:Thick Fat
Nature:Lax
Moves:Headbutt
growl
Icy Wind
Aurora Beam

Alice(Masquerain)
Lvl:31
Item:Silk Scarf
Nature:Hasty
Ability:Intimidate
Moves:Bubble
Quick Attack
Water Sport
Gust

Alexis(Primeape)
Lvl:31
Item:None
Nature:Docile
Ability:Vital Spirt
Moves:Scratch
Bulk Up
Low Kick
Karate chop
Shroomy(Parasect)
Lvl:31
Item:Miracle seed
Nature:Bashful
Ability:Effect Spore
Moves:Scratch
Stun Spore
Spore
Bullet Seed

Sammuthegreat · Nov 2, 2010

I have finally traded all the Pokemon I need over to my main HG game, and so I've bred my Ones That Got Away team. They're currently waiting on HG at Lv.1 until tomorrow, when I'll start a new SS game and trade them over to start the challenge. So I'll finally get to play through my own challenge! Hurrah!

Anyways, a pre-update of my team:

Lv.1, Male, Mild. Somewhat stubborn.

Lv.1, Female, Sassy. Somewhat of a clown.

Lv.1, Female, Docile. Somewhat vain.

Lv.1, Male, Quiet. A little quick-tempered.

Lv.1, Male, Adamant. Scatters things often.

Lv.1, Male, Relaxed. Quick to flee.

Looking forward to starting this one!

tachikaze316 · Nov 3, 2010

Update #5

-Saw Cynthia outside the gym, got a not so subtle hint that I was meant to go to Canalave City
-Went back to Mt. Coronet and got a Dawn Stone, evolved Bridget into his new non-trap form...maybe I should rename him
-Headed into the Oreburgh Gate to get a Brick Break TM
-Battled a couple of trainers on the way to Canalave City, Mothra evolved
-Mined up a couple of Heart Scales, taught Bridget (Renamed Bang [Yay, references]) Leaf Blade and Mothra Silver Wind
-Got a Leaf Stone from Floroama Meadow and evolved Devo
-Used a couple of TMs, beat Gav's team easily
-Headed to Iron Island to get my next team member, Fugu the Qwilfish
-Went back to Canalave Gym, beat all the trainers without taking any damage...
-Khan and Bang teamed up against Bronzor, Miles beat Steelix with Surf and Fugu destroyed Bastiodon with Revenge. (Still no one out of green health.)

Team:

Spoiler:

Sammuthegreat · Nov 3, 2010

I finally started my Challenge. I picked Chikorita and beat my rival, and traded my team across from HG, all at Lv.1. I swiftly realised how good it would have been to raise them to Lv.5 before trading them, because grinding an Omanyte is tough when it's Lv.1 and its only attack it Constrict, which does a mighty 1 damage to Pidgeys.

After beating that very first Pidgey though (at the cost of 2 potions and about 15 Constrict PP) Omanyte went straight to Lv.3 though, including a +3 Sp.Atk boost when he hit Lv.3. It was worth it in the end, then. I decided to get each Pokemon to Lv.4 before I started to actually move on. Misdreavus was next, and was just as tricky although for different reasons. The wild Sentret I bumped into used Foresight and Scratch did a lot more damage to Misdreavus than Psywave did to it; I switched in Pinsir and ViceGrip sorted Sentret out, who bizarrely decided to use consecutive Foresights. The next battle, a wild Pidgey, proved easier for Misdreavus despite Psywave's unpredictability, as of course Tackle couldn't hit her. She dinged to Lv.4 and I moved onto Girafarig.

Girafarig's displays in levelling up were hopefully not a sign of things to come; despite having Facade (105 base power with STAB) she had pitiful defences and went down to two Scratches from Sentret. With Pinsir's help though she managed to level up in the end - things improved exponentially as soon as she got past Lv.1, to the point that she was two-shotting enemies by Lv.3 - and so did Pinsir in the process, with ease, and his Attack rose dramatically.

Dratini was next, and I was pleasantly surprised to find that his moveset included Thunder Wave and Extremespeed. His father was a Dragonair that I'd half-raised on Pokemon Diamond, so he had a bit of a headstart move-wise. Extremespeed caused Sentret some problems even with Dratini only at Lv.1, and with Girafarig's help he levelled up in no time. It's pretty lucky he's rather handy already, because it'll be a long time before he's fully evolved!

The last Pokemon I had to raise was Croagunk, and I was about to do so when I realised his only offensive move was Astonish, which wouldn't hit Sentret or Pidgey. Dash and blast. Luckily though, Croagunk's part-Poison typing meant that he'd be invaluable against all the annoying Weedle around here, whom he could hit. Terrific stuff, especially considering that his starting stats were lower than all 5 of my other party members. I was worried he'd be useless right from the off... So we moved on North from Cherrygrove and lo and behold, a Weedle attacked! Croagunk made short work of it and was at Lv.4 in no time, thankfully learning Mud-Slap along the way (he's still screwed against Pidgey though!).

Anyways, next time I'll do a proper update with less random waffle; I just wanted to post my (very) early impressions of my team before we got started properly. The team is as below in the spoiler tags at the time of writing.

Spoiler:

jdthebud · Nov 3, 2010

Just started mine on Platinum. Named self Jaskil, rival Nolan. Chose Piplup (Fluffy) and then hatched Skarmory (Silver) and Chinchou (Zapp) eggs in Sandgem, am currently in Jubilife City after beating Nolan for the second time.

Team Jaskil:

Zapp (Chinchou, M) - L4
Nature: Modest, Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Bubble, Supersonic

Silver (Skarmory, F) - L7
Nature: Adamant, Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Peck, Leer, Sand-Attack

Fluffy (Piplup, M) - L7
Nature: Quirky, Ability: Torrrent
Moves: Pound, Growl

Worker (Bidoof, F) - L3
Nature: Docile, Ability: Simple
Moves: Tackle

Won't update very often until my other challenges are in between regions.

Sammuthegreat · Nov 4, 2010

Update 2:

- Cleared the Sprout Tower
- Beat Falkner using Misdreavus to Spite Pidgeotto's Roost down to 0PP and smacking it repeatedly with Girafarig's Facade and Omanyte's Water Gun
- Made it through Union Cave
- Cleared the Rockets out of the Slowpoke Well
- Beat Rival at Azalea Town
- Beat Bugsy using Misdreavus to Confuse Ray and Psywave Scyther, and Croagunk to soak up Kakuna's Poison Stings
- Caught the Farfetch'd and got Cut
- Move Tutored Headbutt onto all 6 Pokemon
- Got through Ilex Forest and reached Goldenrod.

Spoiler:

Croagunk, Male, Relaxed, Lv.17
Rock Smash, Faint Attack, Headbutt, Poison Sting
Impressions: really useful so far, mainly because of his awesome typing rendering Bug and Poison moves practically useless. I taught him Rock Smash and he learned Faint Attack so now he has a couple of decent offensive moves too.

Omanyte, Male, Mild, Lv.15
Water Gun, Withdraw, Headbutt, Bite
Impressions: was more defensive than offensive until he learned Water Gun, when he suddenly became incredibly powerful due to his high Sp.Atk, aided by his nature. I didn't use him against Bugsy but he'll no doubt come in handy later, especially when he has AncientPower and (probably) Ice Beam.

Misdreavus, Female, Docile, Lv.17
Confuse Ray, Astonish, Headbutt, Psywave
Impressions: getting better all the time, especially now she knows Confuse Ray and Astonish, which is slightly more reliable than Psywave. I can see her being an incredibly useful Pokemon, especially after I evolve her; opponents struggle to hit her, and her Sp.Atk just keeps rising and rising... I'm not usually the world's biggest fan of Ghost Pokemon (Banette aside) but this little lady is changing my view.

Girafarig, Female, Sassy, Lv.17
Headbutt, Facade, Odor Sleuth, Confusion
Impressions: probably my most consistent Pokemon so far, although I couldn't use her against Bugsy because Scyther's U-turn would have decimated her. Facade and (now) Headbutt hit hard, aided by Confusion for all those annoying Weedles.

Dratini, Male, Adamant, Lv.13
Thunder Wave, Headbutt, Twister, Extremespeed
Impressions: easily my biggest disappointment to date. His stats are pretty bad, Extremespeed doesn't hit hard enough yet to warrant only having 5PP, and Twister is a poor second option. Plus he levels up more slowly than the rest of my team. I know he'll improve, but for now he just isn't that useful...

Pinsir, Male, Quiet, Lv.13
Headbutt, Cut, Rock Tomb, Seismic Toss
Impressions: started the Challenge insanely well, due to his raw, simple power. He hits hard still, but Vicegrip isn't quite as useful as it once was, and his typing has proved more of a burden than a bonus so far - he wasn't much use in either Gym, although I should have used him against Bugsy's Scyther - not only does he have the highest BST of my team at the moment, but he also knows Rock Tomb (which I forgot I'd taught him) which would have destroyed Scyther. Still, a simple but effective Pokemon, and the only one of my team who could learn Cut.

ger345 · Nov 6, 2010

Hmm. Sounds cool! Id like to join:
Name:Ger345
Game:Leaf Green
List of Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

Number required:6
Any specific requirements:surf, fly, rock smash, flash, grass type, dragon type.

Jeez, never really new i had that many.

boomerjp · Nov 7, 2010

After a couple long sessions over this past week, I have completed my Diamond run.

Here's how my journey turned out.

Update 1 - Oreburgh City - Victory Road

Spoiler:

So after I got my last two members of my team, Magnemite and Exeggcute, I traveled from Oreburgh to Floaroma, beating trainers and leveling my team. I removed the Team Galactic threat and rescued the old man hostage and ran up to Eterna Forest.

I grinded in there for quite a while, getting my whole team to L17 before tackling the Eterna Gym. Got Cut right before from Cynthia. This gym was troublesome for me, since I had a Ground/Water that couldn't use, and Exeggcute doesn't really learn any good moves until later. Took me a couple tries to kill Roserade with Magnemite, but I emerged victorious in the end.

Headed south down Cycling Road after claiming a bicycle and explorer kit, and ran through Wayward Cave, grinding some more with the lost girl. Got Vs. Seeker and Dowsing MCHN. Bestest presents ever :D

Hearthome was next, grabbed a few items and beat ASH.

Solaceon Town was next, caught a Starly for Fly/Defog and climbed Lost Tower for Strength, taught to Chimchar (Rock Smash/Cut as well). Saw an Unown in the ruins and claimed a couple items there too.

Ran through Mt. Coronet, met a random dude with green hair, entered Veilstone City. Loaded up on Fresh Water/Lemonade in the Dept. Store. Exeggcute owned the gym with Confusion spam. Got a Coin Case (dunno why I never used it). Helped get Evan his PokeDex back from the thugs who "found" it. Grabbed Fly.

Back to Hearthome and exited south towards Pastoria. Magnemite evolved into Magneton around here. Horsea evolved into Seadra around here too. Beat some trainers, ran through the marsh and got some items. Arrived in Pastoria and got Defog from the Great Marsh. Taught it to Starly.

I love Pastoria City. Move Re-learner is here :D Taught Magneton Tri-Attack from him (until I get Flash Cannon) and proceeded to own the water gym with Exeggcute/Magneton.

Followed the Team Galactic grunt out of the city east, and made my way along the beach to the Hotel area, whipping trainers on the way. Found a Suite Card and claimed a Lava Cookie (yum!) and fought trainers inside the restaurant. Got the SecretPotion from Cynthia and flew back to the Psyduck blocking the way to Celestic Town.

Healed the Psyduck, got the Old Charm from Cynthia to deliver, and made my way there, clearing the fog along the way. Arrived in Celestic, beat up the grunt, got Surf as my reward. Taught it to Seadra.

Trapinch has evolved into Vibrava by now as well. Back to Hearthome to defeat the Ghost Gym. Confusion and Crunch (Vibrava) owns the Gym.

With Surf, I made my way to Floaroma to get a Leaf Stone. Evolved Exeggcute into Exeggutor. Taught him Sunny Day and Solar Beam. Pew Pew.

Canalave City is next. Surfed there, battling trainers along the way. Beat ASH, then the Gym. Exeggutor Solar Beamed/Seadra Surfed them all. Magneton also helped with Flash Cannon.

EXPLOSION!!!!!!!!!!!!! and story events. Boring I know.

Went to Iron Island to get my Riolu egg. Grinded a bit here with the instant healing.

Valor Lakefront next. Put a beat down on Galactic. Same story at all the other lakes. Got Ice Beam and Rock Climb on the snow path. Beat the Gym in Snowpoint with mostly Magnezone (evolved in the cave before the snow routes).

Used Rock Climb to claim Psychic TM, taught it to Exeggutor (Bye Bye Confusion). Went to Acuity Lake, more story events. Went to Galactic HQ and beat it easily. Vibrava evolves into Flygon. I free the 3 Psychic legendaries.

Time to kill Dialga. Mt. Coronet is way too long in my opinion. Final Galactic battle is a joke. Dig (Flygon) plus Sleep Powder (Exeggutor) beat Dialga.

Flew to the lakes again and picked up Thunder Bolt (Taught to Magnezone) and killed the 2 legendaries and Mesprit ran away. Hatched my Riolu for Nat'l Dex.

Sunyshore City now. Like I need to be told to battle the Gym Leader. Flygon raped with Ground immunity to Electric. Got Waterfall from Jasmine (Why is she here...) Taught it to Seadra.

Surfed to Victory Road. Healed up and bought some Max Repels. Made my way through. My team was all about 55 or so.

Update 2 - Elite Four (Both Times)

Spoiler:

This was a really fun challenge :D

I think I might do it again for a Gen 3 or 2 game after I finish my other challenges.

Final Team I:

Spoiler:

ger345 said:
Hmm. Sounds cool! Id like to join:
Name:Ger345
Game:Leaf Green
List of Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

OMG!!!! SO MANY!
Paras
Parasect
Mantine
Remoraid
Ryhorn
Cacnea
Cacturne
Carvahna
houndour
pidgey
mr. mime
charmander
wingull
totdile
chickorita
cyndaquil
squirtle
bulbasaur
treeko
torchic
mudkip
smeargle
entie
suicune
rakou
taillow
makuhita
rattata
hoothoot
spearow (OMG!!! OVER 30 IN MY BOX!)
lugia
ho-oh
articuno
zapdos
moltres
sandshrew
staryu
seedot (PLEASE! NO!!!!!!!!!!)
aipom
caterpie
weedle
eevee
murkrow
sneasel
larvitar
poocheyena
sableye
groudon
kyogre (2 in my box. wait. HOW???????)
corpish
dratini
horsea
trapinch
swablu
bagon
smoochum
wow, that was alot of typing.

Number required:6
Any specific requirements:surf, fly, rock smash, flash, grass type, dragon type.

Jeez, never really new i had that many.

Go for Spearow (20 lol), Dratini, Staryu, Parasect, Sneasel, and Houndour.

Obviously, you can evolve them :)

Have fun! If non of them can learn Rock Smash or Flash, post here and I'll pick one that can. Shouldn't be a problem though I don't think.

Sammuthegreat · Nov 7, 2010

Congratulations boomerjp, I'll add you to the Champions list right away. ger345, I've added you to Challengers.

BTW, I'm fairly sure Parasect learns both Rock Smash and Flash, so ger345 should be good to go.

Update 3:

- Cleared out the Goldenrod Underground
- Found Whitney dicking about in the Radio Tower. Proceeded to beat up all her Gym Trainer buddies
- Beat Whitney herself, primarily using my female team members, Misdreavus and Girafarig
- Moved on North from Goldenrod, beating up a Sudowoodo using Omanyte
- Reached Ecruteak. Beat up my rival (Manboob) at the Burnt Tower, even though my team were a bit underlevelled at this point
- Set the Beasts free, then got grinding (realised Morty's Lv.25 Gengar would destroy me otherwise)
- Eventually beat Morty and moved west to Olivine, having picked up Strength and Surf along the way

Spoiler:

Croagunk, Male, Relaxed, Lv.30
Rock Smash, Faint Attack, Focus Blast, Revenge
Impressions: growing into a really great Pokemon. His awesome typing covers his defensive frailties, and Focus Blast is hilariously overpowered for this stage of the game. The next 7 levels could be quite tough though - his BST of 300 might really start to hinder him at these higher levels until he evolves.

Omanyte, Male, Mild, Lv.26
Rollout, Mud Shot, Headbutt, Surf
Impressions: another Pokemon who may struggle before he really starts to shine, Omanyte's been dependable when I've needed him. I feel I should have used him more throughout the game - he could have come in useful against all the Gym leaders so far, but I didn't use him because there was always one Pokemon more useful in those Gyms. We'll see though.

Misdreavus, Female, Docile, Lv.26
Confuse Ray, Astonish, Headbutt, Psybeam
Impressions: only a small change to her moveset, but what a difference it's made. Psybeam kicks like a mule with her awesome Sp.Atk. She's still tough to hit and she's still going strong. Roll on Lv.37 when she learns Shadow Ball (and I evolve her)!

Girafarig, Female, Sassy, Lv. 26
Reflect, Psybeam, Odor Sleuth, Strength
Impressions: probably my most consistent Pokemon so far, still. It's quite difficult to think of new things to say about Girafarig - she's still ahead of the rest and will be for a while yet (until the rest evolve). I kinda liked Girafarig before this Challenge... Now I love her.

Dragonair, Male, Adamant, Lv.30
Thunder Wave, Headbutt, Dragon Rage, Extremespeed
Impressions: ladies and gentlemen, Team Sammuthegreat has had its first evolution! After he hit Lv.15 and learned Dragon Rage, things got a whole lot easier for young Dratini. The next 15 levels were a cinch, and Dragonair was the key to my success against Morty - or at least, Thunder Wave was, before Gengar critted a Shadow Ball. Bah. Still, he gets the award for Most Improved Pokemon.

Pinsir, Male, Quiet, Lv.24
Headbutt, Cut, Rock Tomb, Brick Break
Impressions: Pinsir's nature perfectly describes his performance so far. After that blistering start, he's frankly not done very much. His typing hasn't come in particularly handy yet, and I keep finding myself raising other Pokemon to take on a Gym and forgetting to level poor Pinsir. He's still got plenty of time to come good though, and with his crazy Atk stat I'm sure he will.

jdthebud · Nov 7, 2010

Update on my Platinum challenge:

Spoiler:

Team Jaskil:

Slasher (Anorith, M) - L22
Nature: Impish, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Harden, Rock Tomb, Water Gun, Metal Claw

Zapp (Chinchou, M) - L21
Nature: Modest, Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Water Gun, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Spark

Silver (Skarmory, F) - L22
Nature: Adamant, Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Peck, Fury Attack, Sand-Attack, Swift

Worker (Bidoof, F) - L3
Nature: Docile, Ability: Simple
Moves: Tackle, Rock Smash, Cut

Bill (Psyduck, M) - L5
Nature: Quirky, Ability: Damp
Moves: Water Sport, Scratch, Tail Whip, Flash

Fluffy (Piplup, M) - L7 (boxed for Togepi egg, which has hatched)
Nature: Quirky, Ability: Torrent
Moves: Pound, Growl

Edit: Update 2 (wow, no one posted in 2 days???):

Spoiler:

Team Jaskil:

Pyre (Vulpix, F) - L22 @ Exp. Share
Nature: Bold, Ability: Flash Fire
Moves: Quick Attack, Confuse Ray, Will-O-Wisp, Roar

Slasher (Anorith, M) - L28 @ Soothe Bell
Nature: Impish, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, Water Gun, Harden

Zapp (Lanturn, M) - L29
Nature: Modest, Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Water Gun, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Spark

Silver (Skarmory, F) - L28 @ Amulet Coin
Nature: Adamant, Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Peck, Fury Attack, Sand-Attack, Steel Wing

Worker (Bidoof, F) - L3
Nature: Docile, Ability: Simple
Moves: Tackle, Rock Smash, Cut

Bill (Psyduck, M) - L5
Nature: Quirky, Ability: Damp
Moves: Water Sport, Scratch, Tail Whip, Flash

tachikaze316 · Nov 9, 2010

Okay, sorry I haven't updated in a while but I was putting this next part off for as long as humanly possible...*sigh*

Update #6

-Left the gym and immediately ran into Gav
-Healed the team up
-Went to the library, saw Professor Rowan's awesome mind control powers in action
-Lake time! Dropped Fugu off to get my fly slave out and headed to Lake Valor
-Fought my way to Commander Saturn, swept him easily despite my underleveledness
-Flew to Sandgem Town and healed up
-Reached Lake Verity and saw Rowan actually doing something, unlike all the previous 'experts'...
-Beat Mars, saved Dawn, was generally heroic
-Flew to Celestic Town
-Went up along everybody's favourite routes to Snowpoint City
-Had a lot of trouble with Snowpoint gym, mainly in the 'which team member will I sweep her with' department
-Fugu fainted to hail vs Snover, had Devo KO it with Acid, Mothra OHKO'd Sneasel with Signal Beam, Medicham went down to Bang's Psycho Cut and Khan brick broke Abomasnow.

Team:

Spoiler:

jdthebud · Nov 10, 2010

Another update. Thank God someone posted lol.

Spoiler:

First went to Solaceon Ruins to get Defog and a Fire Stone.
Grinded outside Lost Tower against Roselias to get Pyre to L24, when it learned Flamerthrower.
Armed with a real attack, went up Lost Tower, training Pyre to match the rest of my team.
Went east from Solaceon to Veilstone City.
Went to the gym, beat Maylene, who was pretty hard. Pyro was indispensable against Lucario. Forgot a screenshot.
After helping Dawn get her Pokedex back, Looker took me into the Warehouse, where I got Fly and taught it to Silver.
Flew back to Floarama Town and got the Pluck TM I forgot earlier, taught to Silver.
Made my way down to Pastoria City, home of the Great Marsh and my last team member, Skorupi. Had to change the date a couple times as Skorupi is a changing Pokemon.
Caught one at L28, Female with Careful Nature.
After rebattling the Eeveelution trainer a couple times and getting Dig (taught to Slasher), I was ready to challenge the gym...or so I thought.
Nolan showed up. I took care of him easily.

He wasn't too difficult. Don't really remember much about the battle, though.
Healed up, then challenged the gym.
I was underleveled against Crasher Wake, but it was fine.

Funny how Silver is always my final Pokemon in these screenshots...NOT!
After beating Crasher Wake, it was plot time.
BBOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!
I followed the Grunt and finally beat it down.
Cythia showed up with the SecretPotion, which I took to the Psyducks outside Rt 210.
Along with the Old Charm and Fluffy (Defog), I made my way to Celestic Town.
Beat the bomb-toting Grunt, then went inside the cave.
Cyrus shows up, wants to change the world. No wai!

I actually lost once because I made stupid moves and switches. The second time was fine though. Silver again the final member out there.
Got Surf from the Elder, taught it to Zapp of course.
In Jubilife City, I got the Marking Map app for the Poketch, then Surfed to Canalave City.
On the bridge, Nolan, fresh from the Gym, wants to battle. Okay!

Beat him pretty easily. Pyre is out there this time for Torterra.
Went to train in Iron Island before challenging the gym.
Am currently about to fight the Team Galatic Grunts there, but will do some grinding first to get my team up to L40 I think, so that Draken and Slasher will have evolved. Will use the Fire Stone on Pyre when she learn Extrasensory at L44 I think.
I'm gonna need another Heart Scale (have one right now) - Draipon for Ice Fang, Ninetales for Nasty Plot perhaps.

Team Jaskil:

Draken (Skorupi, F) - L39 @ Silver Powder
Nature: Careful, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Bug Bite, Acupressure, Poison Fang, Payback

Pyre (Vulpix, F) - L37
Nature: Bold, Ability: Flash Fire
Moves: Quick Attack, Confuse Ray, Will-O-Wisp, Flamethrower

Slasher (Anorith, M) - L36
Nature: Impish, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Return, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, Dig

Zapp (Lanturn, M) - L38
Nature: Modest, Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Surf, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Shock Wave

Silver (Skarmory, F) - L37 @ Amulet Coin
Nature: Adamant, Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Pluck, Fly, Sand-Attack, Steel Wing

Worker2 (Bibarel, M) - L19
Nature: Careful, Ability: Unware
Moves: Rock Smash, Cut, Water Gun, Headbutt

In the box are Bill (Psyduck) with Flash and Fluffy (Piplup) with Defog.

Zeffy · Nov 11, 2010

Name: Zeffers
Game: HeartGold
List of Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

Number required: 6
Any specific requirements: No stupid Pokemon pl0x.

Sammuthegreat · Nov 11, 2010

Zeffy said:
Name: Zeffers
Game: HeartGold
List of Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

Bibarel
Glailie
Froslass
Weezing
Linoone
Floatzel
Metagross
Rotom
Magnezone
Gallade
Gliscor
Skuntank
Furret
Salamence
Scizor
Skarmory

Number required: 6
Any specific requirements: No stupid Pokemon pl0x.

You can have... Magnezone, Weezing, Froslass, Salamence, Skarmory and Bibarel (thought I'd give you an HM Slave...). Added you to the Challengers list.

I'll edit this later with my most recent progress update.

Zeffy · Nov 11, 2010

Sammuthegreat said:
You can have... Magnezone, Weezing, Froslass, Salamence, Skarmory and Bibarel (thought I'd give you an HM Slave...). Added you to the Challengers list.

I'll edit this later with my most recent progress update.

Thanks. I'll be sure to start soon. ^_~
EDIT: Actually, I may have trouble in getting Magnezone. Can it be changed?

jdthebud · Nov 11, 2010

Zeffy said:
Thanks. I'll be sure to start soon. ^_~
EDIT: Actually, I may have trouble in getting Magnezone. Can it be changed?

If I can change it, go with Scizor. You're gonna have to get a Scyther in the Park and use that for the first half I think though, unless you can get a Metal Coat earlier.

By the way, Sammu, you need to fix the spoiler tags on Boomerjp's Platinum champion team.

Sammuthegreat · Nov 11, 2010

jdthebud said:
If I can change it, go with Scizor.

Course you can :)

jdthebud said:
By the way, Sammu, you need to fix the spoiler tags on Boomerjp's Platinum champion team.

I noticed this earlier when I added Zeffy to the Challengers list - I tried changing it but it absolutely refuses to make it just one spoiler tag! I don't understand why, it's formatted in an identical fashion to all the other spoiler tags I've put in every other post I've ever done, but it splits it into two when I click "Post"! It's really annoying... Hopefully it'll change when someone else completes the Challenge on D/P/Pt...

EDIT: Fixed it. I know what I did wrong now, I put part of the bold tag for the "DPPt" Heading in spoiler tags as well, and it confused the code.

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Update 4:

- Cleared out the Olivine Lighthouse, and found Jasmine at the top
- Surfed to Cianwood, picked up the SecretPotion and beat the snot out of Chuck using Girafarig's Psybeam
- Surfed back to Olivine after picking up Fly - none of my Pokemon could learn it! Caught a Hoothoot for that purpose
- Healed the Ampharos in the Lighthouse and got a call from Baoba - Safari Zone was open
- Flew back to Cianwood and headed towards the Safari Zone to level up a bit before the Olivine Gym
- Took on Jasmine. Croagunk took out Magnemite1, Pinsir took out Magnemite2, Omanyte destroyed Steelix with Surf (such an easy Gym)
- Flew back to Ecruteak and headed East towards Mahogany Town and the Lake of Rage!

The Team:

Spoiler:

Croagunk, Male, Relaxed, Lv.33
Rock Smash, Faint Attack, Focus Blast, Revenge
Impressions: I've said it before and I'll probably say it again - his typing is awesome. He's edging closer and closer to levelling up and as soon as I get to Blackthorn he's forgetting Rock Smash, but what a great little Pokemon.

Omanyte, Male, Mild, Lv.32
Rollout, Mud Shot, Headbutt, Surf
Impressions: he was a few levels behind the rest after Chuck's Gym, so I decided to train him up to take on Jasmine even though Croagunk could easily have handled Steelix with Focus Blast. Levelling him up was easy enough with his super-powered Surf though, and he keeps plugging away. Good and reliable.

Misdreavus, Female, Docile, Lv.31
Confuse Ray, Charge Beam, Headbutt, Psybeam
Impressions: I officially love this Pokemon. Her Sp.Atk is immense, especially with Charge Beam (one of my absolute favourite moves since I taught it to my (shiny!) Uxie on my first Diamond run and he proceeded to pretty much destroy the whole Pokemon league at lv.50) and she just can't be stopped once she gets a head of steam. She's going to be frightening when she's a Mismagius... Only 6 levels to go! :D

Girafarig, Female, Sassy, Lv. 31
Reflect, Psybeam, Assurance, Strength
Impressions: I still love Girafarig. She's probably still my best Pokemon at this point, levelling up nice and quickly and taking out enemies without breaking a sweat.

Dragonair, Male, Adamant, Lv.33
Thunder Wave, Iron Tail, Aqua Tail, Extremespeed
Impressions: what a turnaround from this sleek destroyer. After a terrible start he's really grown into my number 1 powerhouse, and no foe has been able to cause him significant damage yet. His worst stat - currently Defence at 53 - is only 2 lower than Croagunk's BEST stat - his Atk/Sp.Atk are both 55! And Croagunk is awesome! I really wish Dragonair had a better evolution though, Dragonite looks daft. I might petition Gamefreak to design the first ever split-evolution-line for a pseudo-legendary. A Sp.Atk-based Dragonair evolution that actually looked cool like Dragonair would make me wet my pants.

Pinsir, Male, Quiet, Lv.31
Headbutt, Cut, Rock Tomb, Brick Break
Impressions: he hits hard, he hits (surprisingly) fast. Still a one-trick pony, but no less effective for it.

jdthebud · Nov 12, 2010

Update time.

Spoiler:

Now I am about to go through Mt. Coronet and trudge through the snow to Snowpoint City.

Team Jaskil:

Draken (Drapion, F) - L42 @ Poison Barb
Nature: Careful, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Bug Bite, Acupressure, Poison Fang, Payback

Pyre (Ninetales, F) - L44 @ Mind Plate
Nature: Bold, Ability: Flash Fire
Moves: Extrasensory, Confuse Ray, Will-O-Wisp, Flamethrower

Slasher (Armaldo, M) - L36 @ Amulet Coin
Nature: Impish, Ability: Battle Armor
Moves: Return, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, Dig

Zapp (Lanturn, M) - L38 @ Magnet
Nature: Modest, Ability: Volt Absorb
Moves: Surf, Confuse Ray, Thunder Wave, Discharge

Silver (Skarmory, F) - L37 @ Metal Coat
Nature: Adamant, Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Pluck, Fly, Sand-Attack, Steel Wing

Worker2 (Bibarel, M) - L19
Nature: Careful, Ability: Unware
Moves: Rock Smash, Cut, Strength, Headbutt

In the box are Bill (Psyduck) with Flash and Fluffy (Piplup) with Defog.

Zeffy · Nov 12, 2010

jdthebud said:
If I can change it, go with Scizor. You're gonna have to get a Scyther in the Park and use that for the first half I think though, unless you can get a Metal Coat earlier.

By the way, Sammu, you need to fix the spoiler tags on Boomerjp's Platinum champion team.

All right I'll try, but are there anymore? I just despise trading. :( or, can I just accept those 5 and choose one for myself?

Sammuthegreat · Nov 12, 2010

Zeffy said:
All right I'll try, but are there anymore? I just despise trading. :( or, can I just accept those 5 and choose one for myself?

How about Skuntank? If not then yeah feel free to choose the last one yourself, although there's not that many in your list to choose from :P

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