The Username Letter Challenge. Page 8

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jdthebud

Engineering Solutions

Male
Washington, USA
Seen January 13th, 2022
Posted July 11th, 2021
4,195 posts
12.6 Years
Update #4 on Platinum.

Started on Rt. 210 heading to Celestic Town.

Spoiler:
- Going to Celestic Town, Dusty evolved into Duskull and Emperor into Empoleon.
- Arrived in Celestic Town. Beat the Grunt. Looked at some cave paintings.
- Cyrus showed up, wanting to do battle.



- Got Surf and taught it to Emperor.
- Battled the trainers around Pastoria and Sandgem that are accessible with Surf.
- Also explored Florama Meadow and Fuego Ironworks. Taught Flamethrower to Terry.
- Surfed to Canalave City, and Dorian ambushed me in the middle of the bridge.


I can't remember anything about this fight.

- Went to Iron Island to train. Taught Strength to Dusty.
- Got everyone to L41, Emperor to L43.
- Found the Shiny Stone! You know what's coming next!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


W00T W00T! I had a couple Heart Scales, so I taught him Air Slash and Aura Sphere! Terry the Togekiss is now UNLEASHED!!

- Went back to Canalave City, where I challenged the gym.


This gym was not hard at all. Hannibal went down to Steelix's Earthquake, and Dusty was able to win by stalling with Night Shade.

-After Lake Valor blew up, I went investigating. Found a new guy, Saturn.


Hannibal went down, so I had Jessie clean up.

- Then I went to Lake Acuity, where Rowan and Dawn needed help against Mars.


This time Jessie went down to Purugly, so Hannibal cleaned up.

- Lake Verity was the final Lake to investigate.
- I trudged up to Snowpoint (wow that is SUCH an understatement), getting my team to L44-45. Taught Rock Smash to Hannibal for the rocks in my way.
- After navigating the snowballs, Candice was up.


Empolean went down to an Earthquake from Piloswine when he accidentally used Aqua Jet instead of Surf, so Hannibal finished Piloswine and Abomasnow with Fire Fang, and Froslass with Bite.

- Rock Climb (which I taught to Emperor) was now free to use, so I used it in various locations around Sinnoh. Taught Ice Beam to Jessie.
- Flew to Veilstone and bought another Ice Beam TM for Emperor (haven't used it yet).
- Saved outside the Warehouse after Looker went inside.

I am about to lay waste to Team Galactic Headquarters.

Team Jaskil:

Jessie the Quiet Jynx, ♀ - L45 @ Icicle Plate
Ability: Oblivious
Moves: Confusion, Wring Out, Ice Beam, Shadow Ball

Dusty the Relaxed Dusclops, ♂ - L44 @ Spooky Plate
Ability: Pressure
Moves: Night Shade, Confuse Ray, Shadow Punch, Strength

Terry the Hasty Togekiss, ♂ - L44 @ Amulet Coin
Ability: Serene Grace
Moves: Air Slash, Fly, Aura Sphere, Flamethrower

Hannibal the Hardy Houndoom, ♂ - L44 @ Dread Plate
Ability: Early Bird
Moves: Bite, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Rock Smash

Emperor the Mild Empoleon, ♂ - L45 @ Splash Plate
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Pluck, Rock Climb, Surf, Aqua Jet

Bobby the Brave Bronzong - L45 @ Mind Plate
Ability: Levitate
Moves: Extrasensory, Gyro Ball, Confuse Ray, Return

I'm not gonna need any HM slaves from here on out.

Ineffable~

DAT SNARKITUDE

Age 29
Female
Any ol' place really
Seen September 2nd, 2012
Posted December 27th, 2011
2,738 posts
14.8 Years
Update 5, Day 11

I N E F F A

I've waited far too long for another update. xD I'll have to condense this a bit since I have done so much that I remember very little of it.
So I started out in Canalave City, and I explored the place for a bit (also went to Iron Island shortly to get HM04 Strength as a gift from Riley), but it's a small town so it was very soon that I started fighting the gym. On the way there I battled Rito (my rival) and found the TM for U-Turn and used it on 'carrão (Monferno). I then proceeded to battle every trainer and take every funky elevator in that place. Pretty soon my level 35 Monferno gained a level, simultaneously learning Close Combat and evolving. And also of course completing the I in my team. :D
I would love to narrate to you my battle with Byron but it was so incredibly uneventful that it's not worthwhile to explain it in detail. I just used Close Combat on his Pokémon repeatedly. Possibly the easiest gym battle I've ever had.
Possibly.
And that's +1 badge for me. :D
So I met Rowan in the Canalave Library and he told me to go to Lake Valor. Speak of the devil, as soon as he said that, there was an explosion coming from Lake Valor. OH NO! ;-; I ignored my responsibilities a bit though, because I had things to do.
After being inspired by Byron that I am the next generation of trainers, I taught Bibarel Strength and did some travelling with my newfound ability to push boulders around. The first thing I acquired with this was two things I had seen before but couldn't reach: an Earth Plate and a TM. Which TM, I don't remember. :( Anyway, I was quick to then catch and train a Marill. She was very eager to evolve into an Azumarill (completes the A in my team), and I named her Marina. I then went to Iron Island, where I found a few nice items (including Iron Plate) and a lot of not-so-nice trainers. And also Riley. For some reason Team Galactic was there too, so Riley and I teamed up against them as well. As thanks, Riley offered me a Riolu egg, but I not only had no room but wasn't quite interested, so I continued on my way, bidding him thanks as I left.
It was then that I headed to Lake Valor, followed closely by Lake Verity. I had an uninteresting battle with Saturn and an equally uninteresting battle with Mars. The only fun thing I got out of this was the TMs for Fire Blast and Thunder, which didn't really fit the Pokémon of mine that can learn it. :( It was then that I went even further to Lake Acuity. Easily my least favourite route ever to traverse. I even had to go it without Melavelta because my Bibarel and Starly slaves were taking up his spot. (Darn fog. >.>) But such is life, and I made it through pretty easily, most importantly finding that poor guy's lost HM08 Rock Climb on the way. Yay, I needed that. ^.^ So I see Rito on my way to Snowpoint City, and he's right there but I cannot reach him. What a tease. D; I wasted no time fighting Candice, and I'm afraid I don't remember it enough to write a log, but you can trust I used 'carrão quite a bit and therefore it wasn't very difficult. And for that I got my seventh gym badge.
After that I went to Lake Acuity to find out that Rito had already been taken care of. Jupiter didn't even allow me to battle her, and simply left.
The whole lake thing was a failure on all sides. I couldn't save the Pokémon. ;-;
My voice of narration is probably starting to get annoying, so I'll just briefly list my achievements between then and now.

-Went to the Galactic Headquarters in Veilstone and met Looker. Together we made our way into the basement of the Headquarters.
-Defeated a whole bunch of silly grunts, collected some nice items, and found a Galactic Key that some poor fool had dropped.
-Used the key to access the room in which Cyrus resides.
-Defeated Cyrus.
-Used a warp panel that led me to the Lake Trio. (YAY!!!!!!!!)
-Defeated Saturn, who so rudely got in the way.
-Freed Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf.
-Found out Charon had some sort of sinister ulterior plan boiling in his head.
-Left for bigger and better things, namely exploring with Rock Climb and ultimately making it to higher areas of Mt. Coronet.

As soon as I saw the drawing of the Lake Trio destroyed and a cavern revealed, I decided to call it time for an update before I saw Looker once again.
And such is my update. Hopefully I'll have a better account next time when I get to thwart Cyrus' plans once and for all.


Current status of my Pokémon:


'carrão / Infernape
Lv 42
-Close Combat
-Shadow Claw
-Flame Wheel
-U-Turn


Jackie / Ninjask
Lv 42
-Return
-Swagger
-Aerial Ace
-Swords Dance


Melavelta / Espeon
Lv 42
-Psychic
-Grass Knot
-Reflect
-Shadow Ball


~smok~ / Vibrava
Lv 41
-Crunch
-Earthquake
-Draco Meteor
-Fly


Bossk★ / Forretress
Lv 41
-Payback
-Dig
-Spikes
-Bug Bite


marina♀ / Azumarill
Lv 41
-Double-Edge
-Rollout
-Bubblebeam
-Aqua Ring


HMs:
Spoiler:

HM01 - Cut
HM02 - Fly
HM03 - Surf
HM04 - Strength
HM 05 - Defog
HM06 - Rock Smash
HM08 - Rock Climb



Plates:
Spoiler:

Fist Plate
Flame Plate
Mind Plate
Earth Plate

Iron Plate

Dread Plate




Badges:
Spoiler:
~~


Stay tuned~

#077: Ponyta - The Fire Horse Pokémon
Fire ~ Field eggs
3'03" ~ 66.1lbs ~ 50/50

Its hooves are 10 times harder
than diamonds. It can trample
anything completely flat in moments.

Abilities: Run Away or Flash Fire or Flame Body
Moves: Growl, Flame Wheel, Stomp, Agility
Locations: Pokémon Mansion

Cry

Other names:

jp: ポニータ (Ponyta)
de: Ponita
fr: Ponyta
cn: 小火馬 (Xiǎohuǒmǎ)


Age 32
Male
You can't find me....
Seen November 15th, 2016
Posted December 18th, 2015
546 posts
14.8 Years
This sounds both fun and challenging. I'd like to do this on Platinum with the Following Team;

C - Crobat
A - Abomasnow
L - Leafeon
L - Luxray
A - Absol
N - Noctowl
If you don't believe in yourself, then don't worry,

because he will, no matter what.

jdthebud

Engineering Solutions

Male
Washington, USA
Seen January 13th, 2022
Posted July 11th, 2021
4,195 posts
12.6 Years
Update #5 on Platinum.

Starting in Veilstone City and the Team Galactic Warehouse:

Spoiler:
- Well, the first thing I did was evolve Dusty into Dusknoir using Pokesav, as I had found the Reaper Cloth at Snowpoint City.
- Next, it was time to terrorize Team Galactic.
- I got the Galactic Key from the Warehouse, then took on Headquarters.
- Eventually, I made it to Cyrus for our second fight.


He's still a pushover right now.

- I went to save the Lake trio, and fought Saturn for the right to push a button.


Terry's rockin'. Air Slash has a ridiculous 60% flinch rate.

- After that, I followed Cyrus up to the top of Mt. Coronet to Spear Pillar.
- Giratina opened a portal to the Distortion World, where few have ventured (hey, I did it last month, but these games have flighty memories).
- Got through the puzzle - riding down a Waterfall = epic.
- Cyrus pulled out all the stops here.


This battle is always epic. Ten levels higher, and his team is on par with the Elite Four. Anyway, I just had to document this fight with a play-by-play:

Spoiler:
Emperor VS Houndoom: Flamethrower, Surf, Houndoom fainted!
VS Gyarados: Earthquake, Emperor fainted!
Bobby VS Gyarados: Waterfall, Confuse Ray, self-damage, Extrasensory, Cyrus switched to Honchkrow!
VS Honchkrow: Extrasensory (ineffective), Heat Wave, Gyro Ball, Night Slash, Bobby fainted!
Hannibal VS Hounchkrow: Thunder Fang, Drill Peck, Full Restore (Cyrus), Thunder Fang, Thunder Fang, Drill Peck, Hannibal fainted!
Jessie VS Honchkrow: Ice Beam, Honchkrow fainted!
VS Weavile: Jaskil switched to Terry!
Terry VS Weavile: Ice Punch (left 16 HP), Aura Sphere OHKO, Weavile fainted!
VS Gyarados: Air Slash, Flinched!, Air Slash (sliver of HP left), Ice Fang, Terry fainted.
Dusty VS Gyarados: Full Restore (Cyrus), Shadow Punch, Waterfall, Confuse Ray, Waterfall, Night Shade, Earthquake, Dusty fainted!
Jessie VS Gyarados: Ice Beam, Gyarados fainted!
VS Crobat: Cross Poison, Ice Beam OHKO, Crobat fainted!

Man, that was close, Jessie was my last Pokemon...

- Giratina eyed me as I approached...


...and killed him with Emperor.

- Got out of the Distortion World and went to Sandgem to talk to Rowan, then headed to Pastoria to start my way to Sunyshore.
- Saved on Rt. 222.

Next up: Sunyshore City!

Team Jaskil:

Jessie the Quiet Jynx, ♀ - L48 @ Icicle Plate
Ability: Oblivious
Moves: Confusion, Wring Out, Ice Beam, Shadow Ball

Dusty the Relaxed Dusknoir, ♂ - L47 @ Spooky Plate
Ability: Pressure
Moves: Night Shade, Confuse Ray, Shadow Punch, Strength

Terry the Hasty Togekiss, ♂ - L47 @ Amulet Coin
Ability: Serene Grace
Moves: Air Slash, Fly, Aura Sphere, Flamethrower

Hannibal the Hardy Houndoom, ♂ - L47 @ Dread Plate
Ability: Early Bird
Moves: Bite, Fire Fang, Thunder Fang, Rock Smash

Emperor the Mild Empoleon, ♂ - L47 @ Splash Plate
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Pluck, Rock Climb, Surf, Aqua Jet

Bobby the Brave Bronzong - L47 @ Mind Plate
Ability: Levitate
Moves: Extrasensory, Gyro Ball, Confuse Ray, Return

Ineffable~

DAT SNARKITUDE

Age 29
Female
Any ol' place really
Seen September 2nd, 2012
Posted December 27th, 2011
2,738 posts
14.8 Years
Update 6, Day 12

I N E F F A

Okay, not much has been done to merit an update, but I feel like I don't want to put Giratina and Volkner in the same update, so here it is.
So I was ascending Mt. Coronet and once I ran into the shattered cave drawing of the Lake Trio, I took notice of Looker coming up behind me. He assured me that everything beyond this point was mine and not his to accomplish, and as a helpful gift he gave me a Black Flute.
What an honour to be the one destined to stop Team Galactic at the top of Spear Pillar.
I used the Black Flute and kept wandering through the crazy dark cold labyrinth that is Mt. Coronet. Before long I found myself out in the snow with my legs bare.

;; Cold. But I trudged on, being the champion that I am. I picked up some nice items and fought some not-so-nice Team Galactic grunts, as always. I had left Bossk (Forretress) behind so as to carry an HM slave, and the only Pokémon (besides the HM slave) that didn't faint at least once on the way up was Melavelta (Espeon). Nevertheless, when I made it to Spear Pillar I stood up to a pair of grunts who were waiting there, using only Melavelta and a recently revived 'carrão (Infernape). There were many times on the way I felt I would rush back and use the Pokémon Center, but I stuck it out, mainly out of dread at the idea of climbing Mt. Coronet again.
So I see Jupiter and Mars (not the planets, the commanders) ahead, and I am feeling quite ready for Rito (my rival) to show up and heal my Pokémon.
Wait, what?! He shows up to have a double battle against Team Galactic, but he's not healing my Pokémon until later. @[email protected] I suppose my memory has failed me.
But no matter. I revived Smok (Vibrava) and had a battle: Maggie and Rito vs. Jupiter and Mars. Naturally we won, being the the champions that we are, and once Jupiter and Mars had stepped aside with their tails between their legs, Rito was quick to be a doll and heal my Pokémon for me.
And not a moment too early, either, because Cyrus was right in front of me! I witnessed him as he used the Red Chain (made of the Lake Pokémon ;-; ) and made Dialga and Palkia appear before him. He seemed quite happy about this, and made some sort of reference to the two that reminded me of DNA.
And then the aforementioned Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf appeared in the sky and made it purple. Cyrus commented that their appearance was useless because they are no match for the power of both Dialga and Palkia.
Then, as if only to contradict him, a huge dragon made of shadows appeared in front of him with what looked like ink dripping from it.


The Pokémon seized Cyrus and apparently took him to another world. (When I first saw this, I seriously though Cyrus had died.) They left nothing but a strange portal in their place.
Cynthia then appeared out of nowhere, and introduced the Pokémon as one whose name must never be spoken, then of course proceeded to speak its name: Giratina. She encouraged me to follow Uxie, Mesprit, and Azelf, who had just gone into the mysterious portal. You want me to go into an opposite world, Cynthia? Oh, okay. :D
So I entered the Distortion World, a very curious place. Cynthia went ahead to go and try to find Cyrus. I stayed behind just wandering around and enjoying the strange perks of Distortion World. On my way around the place, I met Cyrus (unfortunately alive), who explained to me the double-helix shape of DNA (called it), likening one strand of it to time and the other to space. He then left me, probably to aimlessly wander.


Soon enough, after being directed by the Lake Trio to push boulders into holes (lolwut), I caught up with Cynthia and Cyrus again. Cyrus then challenged me to a battle, which I wasn't really ready to take, but I had no choice. It took me several tries, but I did beat him in time, and when I did that, he seemed to abandon his task and leave, never to be seen again.
Cynthia then told me to either catch or battle Giratina, who was lurking just ahead. I wasn't sure why I had to do it, but that's all right. I was feeling lazy so I caught it with a Master Ball. The end~

After I caught Giratina, Cynthia and I entered a new portal that led us back to a place called Sendoff Spring. Yay, back to the real world. My favourite kind of world. :) She told me to go to Professor Rowan, so I did. He congratulated me and all that, but the only thing he said that interested me was that Sunyshore was finally no longer blocked by that fat bouncer by the fancy hotel. YAY! ^_^
So I headed to Sunyshore City, the city of sunshine, battling the people on the way (Bossk needed training to catch up), and, you guessed it, collecting some pretty nice items as well. Once in Sunyshore City I immediately met Flint, a member of the Elite Four who was concerned about Volkner, the gym leader for that town who had grown depressingly apathetic. I'm supposed to brighten Volkner's spirits with a flaming hot battle that will knock his socks off.
In preparation for this, I went to the Sunyshore Lighthouse to confront Volkner and tell him to get ready for a battle that will knock his socks off.
As I said, this ends my report as it is for now. I will battle Volkner next time, and I suspect this will be enough to finally evolve my darling Smok into a Flygon and finish all six letters for good.


Current status of my Pokémon:


'carrão / Infernape
Lv 45
-Close Combat
-Shadow Claw
-Flamethrower
-U-Turn


Jackie / Ninjask
Lv 43
-Return
-Swagger
-Aerial Ace
-Swords Dance


Melavelta / Espeon
Lv 46
-Psychic
-Grass Knot
-Reflect
-Shadow Ball


~smok~ / Vibrava
Lv 43
-Crunch
-Earthquake
-Draco Meteor
-Fly


Bossk★ / Forretress
Lv 42
-Payback
-Dig
-Spikes
-Bug Bite


marina♀ / Azumarill
Lv 41
-Double-Edge
-Rollout
-Bubblebeam
-Aqua Ring


HMs:
Spoiler:

HM01 - Cut
HM02 - Fly
HM03 - Surf
HM04 - Strength
HM 05 - Defog
HM06 - Rock Smash
HM08 - Rock Climb



Plates:
Spoiler:

Fist Plate
Flame Plate
Mind Plate
Earth Plate

Iron Plate

Dread Plate




Badges:
Spoiler:


Get ready for next time~

#077: Ponyta - The Fire Horse Pokémon
Fire ~ Field eggs
3'03" ~ 66.1lbs ~ 50/50

Its hooves are 10 times harder
than diamonds. It can trample
anything completely flat in moments.

Abilities: Run Away or Flash Fire or Flame Body
Moves: Growl, Flame Wheel, Stomp, Agility
Locations: Pokémon Mansion

Cry

Other names:

jp: ポニータ (Ponyta)
de: Ponita
fr: Ponyta
cn: 小火馬 (Xiǎohuǒmǎ)


Enigma

The Flame Pokémon

Age 25
Female
California
Seen August 25th, 2016
Posted July 12th, 2016
1,221 posts
15.2 Years
Updated, please tell me if anything is missing.



I defeated Steven (on like the seventh try, damn Cradily) but it won't save T_T.
I'm actually really annoyed. Dx.
What game did you turn out to use and what exact team? You never really specified, all the info I got was what's currently in the first post.

It tosses its enemies around with agility. It uses all its limbs to fight in its own unique style.

jdthebud

Engineering Solutions

Male
Washington, USA
Seen January 13th, 2022
Posted July 11th, 2021
4,195 posts
12.6 Years
Hmm, no one's updated/posted for a couple days - there a lot of that going around in this board...

Update #6 on Platinum.

Started on the route to Sunyshore City.

Spoiler:
- Beat all the trainers and arrived in Sunyshore City.
- Went to the Lighthouse to get Volkner, then challenged the gym.


Dusty took out Jolteon, then Luxray took him out. Hannibal finished him off with Flamethrower, then 2HKOed Raichu with Flamethrower while avoiding Focus Blast. Electivire's ThunderPunch was too much for Hannibal, and Fire Punch OHKOed Jessie. Emperor was then able to survive a ThunderPunch from Electivire and Surf OHKOed him thanks o Emperor's Torrent ability.

- Got Waterfall and taught it to Emperor.
- Surfed to Victory Road, beating all the trainers.
- Before entering Victory Road, I used a Heart Scale to teach ThunderPunch to Dusty and also taught Earthquake to Bobby.
- Made it through Victory Road with 3 Pokemon still alive.
- Healed up, then went to talk to the guy guarding the door. Dorian snuck up from behind before I could.


Dusty was able to paralyze Staraptoe, taking him out with three ThunderPunches. Floatzel then fell to a crit ThunderPunch, and Torterra Leaf Stormed Dusty. Jessie came out and OHKOed Torterra with Ice Beam, then beat Rapidash with Wring Out and Confusion while taking a Fire Blast. She then OHKOed Heracross with a crit Confusion, then fell to Snorlax's Earthquake. Emperor then used 2 Waterfalls to finish him off while surviving an Earthquake for the win.

- Then I flew to Canalave City to forget some HMs - Emperor's Rock Climb, Dusty's Strength, and Hannibal's Rock Smash.
- Then I taught Ice Beam to Emperor, Return to Dusty, Dark Pulse to Hannibal, and Psychic to Jessie.
- Saved at the Pokemon League.

Now I need to grind my team to L54-56, as well as do some EV training/vitamins to max them out. I also want to forget Fly and Waterfall for Roost/ExtremeSpeed and Grass Knot (traded a TM from my HeartGold game), though I may not do that. Hannibal is going to learn Crunch (L54) and Emperor Drill Peck (L52) via level-up, to replace Bite and Pluck.

Team Jaskil:

Jessie the Quiet Jynx, ♀ - L51 @ Icicle Plate
Ability: Oblivious
Moves: Psychic, Wring Out, Ice Beam, Shadow Ball

Dusty the Relaxed Dusknoir, ♂ - L51 @ Spooky Plate
Ability: Pressure
Moves: ThunderPunch, Confuse Ray, Shadow Punch, Return

Terry the Hasty Togekiss, ♂ - L51 @ Sky Plate
Ability: Serene Grace
Moves: Air Slash, Fly, Aura Sphere, Flamethrower

Hannibal the Hardy Houndoom, ♂ - L51 @ Dread Plate
Ability: Early Bird
Moves: Bite, Flamethrower, Thunder Fang, Dark Pulse

Emperor the Mild Empoleon, ♂ - L50 @ Splash Plate
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Pluck, Ice Beam, Surf, Waterfall

Bobby the Brave Bronzong - L51 @ Mind Plate
Ability: Levitate
Moves: Extrasensory, Earthquake, Confuse Ray, Return
Male
Seen January 2nd, 2012
Posted February 6th, 2011
14 posts
12.3 Years
Update #6!

- Evolved Anorith

7th Gym Battle:
Spoiler:

Armaldo and Pelipper were up vs Lunatone and Solrock: I ko'ed Lunatone on first turn with a combo of Water Gun and Metal Claw; it doesnt get more exciting, Solrock meets the same fate; Armaldo is a beast!


- Visited Archi at Seafloor Cavern and captured Kyogre for the funz.
- Taught Brick Break and Earthquake to Armaldo

8th Gym Battle:
Spoiler:

Luvdisc: Electrode's Thunderbolt makes for a 1hKO
Whiscash: Cacturne's Giga Drain makes for another 1hKO :D.
Sealeo: I thought it was time for some fun by setting up Cacturne's Ingrain and Leech Seed combo as his Aurora Beam didnt damage me that hard. Sealeo died by the newly learnt move Needle Arm.
Milotic: Ouch that Ingrain now does hurt, Ice Beam ko's my Cacturne; so I switched to Electrode, put up a Light Screen and spammed Thunderbolts while Milotic chose to use Recover a lot, eventually Electrode would win.
Seaking: Well Thunderbolt's no match for this guy.
All in all one of the easiest gym battles thanks to Electrode.


- Taught Water Pulse to Pelipper
- Went on to Victory Road

Fight vs Wally with only 4 Pokémon (had 2 HM slaves with me) haha:
Spoiler:

Altaria: Mawile's Ice beam took care of this.
Magneton: Shellgon destroyed it with Fire Blast.
Roselia: This ended as a tie; Fire Blasted her, but she got me leech seeded and poisoned with toxic, the moment I killed Roselia was also the moment Shellgon fainted haha.
Delcatty: Armaldo's Brick Break.
Gardevoir: I sent Mawile in who took a chunk of her HP, but she spammed double team all over the place and eventually killed Mawile with Calm Mind Psychic. I sent Pelipper in because of Aerial Ace accuracy to finish it off.


- Evolved Shellgon into Salamence (finally!).

Next and last update I'll take on the elite 4 and Steven!

Ineffable~

DAT SNARKITUDE

Age 29
Female
Any ol' place really
Seen September 2nd, 2012
Posted December 27th, 2011
2,738 posts
14.8 Years
Update 7, Day 14

I N E F F A

Oh yes, as you can tell by the pinkness of all six letters there, I have indeed got my complete team now. :D This happened as I was making my way through the Sunyshore Gym, on the last trainer I fought before Volkner himself, when Smok (Vibrava) evolved into a Flygon. He offered to learn Dragon Claw, and I taught it to him, then promptly presented myself to Volkner for a battle. It was so easy with a Flygon that I don't even think I need to log it, so I'll probably make some good battle logs for the Elite Four. In any case, this gives me my eighth and final badge, the Beacon Badge.
First thing I did, aside from going to a Pokémon Center, was to approach Jasmine, who I knew would provide me with the HM that I so desperately need. However Rito (my rival) interrupted me, not for a battle, but actually just to let me know he knows he's not ready for a battle, as he hasn't even got Beacon Badge yet. It's okay, though. He's so fast he'll be practically chasing me by the time I get halfway to the Pokémon League. Anyway it was then that Jasmine (in case anyone doesn't know what I'm talking about, she's hanging out on a piece of sand north of Sunyshore City in this game) gave me HM07 Waterfall. Just what I needed. ^^ I taught it to Marina (Azumarill).
So, with Bibarel in tow and Melavelta (Espeon) unfortunately not (he was ahead of all the others and I needed to make room), I Surfed due north for the Pokémon League. I found a bunch of miscellaneous things and people on the way, but nothing of much note. Until . . . the giant waterfall crashing down. It was so tall I couldn't see what was at the top of it or even if there was a top to it at all. As I looked around I could see there was nowhere else to go except to either turn around or climb it.
Being the champion that I am, I chose the latter. I had Marina use Waterfall and before long I knew what was at the top: the Pokémon League. Actually, not really the Pokémon League, just a Pokémon Center and the entrance to Victory Road. In fact, that whole Waterfall speech would have been better for the Waterfall I see later right before Pokémon League Castle, but too late.
So I went through the long and grueling Victory Road. This time I left out Smok for the HM Slave because he had gotten a lot of the bait along the way to Victory Road. I explored every square inch of this God-forsaken cave, and along the way I collected some mostly uninteresting TMs (at least for my current party) and trained all my Pokémon up to the ripe League-ready level of 48. (Even Smok--I took him out later to catch up.) My favourite part of this besides the levelling was that I completed quite a bit of my Pokédex after seeing certain trainers' Pokémon.
And now out into fresh air again. The sunlight hurts my eyes, but the flowers are easy on my nostrils.




After a bit of searching through the field, I found a Sky Plate. After that I climbed the great waterfall which deserves no comment, and before long I was facing the Pokémon League Castle.
I went inside and healed my Pokémon. I then moved my Pokémon around for a battle with Rito that I knew for sure was coming.
Sure enough, as soon as I approached the guy who was guarding the entrance to the Elite Four, I had Rito run up to me and challenge me to one final battle.
I made it a point to use every Pokémon I had, and it was really a fun and challenging battle, but in the end I came out the winner.
With this victory under my belt, I saved the game with myself facing the the man in front of me. Next time, it'll be you, Aaron.


Current status of my Pokémon:


'carrão / Infernape
Lv 49
-Close Combat
-Shadow Claw
-Flamethrower
-U-Turn


Jackie / Ninjask
Lv 48
-Return
-Swagger
-Aerial Ace
-Swords Dance


Melavelta / Espeon
Lv 49
-Psychic
-Grass Knot
-Reflect
-Shadow Ball


~smok~ / Flygon
Lv 48
-Crunch
-Earthquake
-Dragon Claw
-Fly


Bossk★ / Forretress
Lv 48
-Payback
-Dig
-Spikes
-Bug Bite


marina♀ / Azumarill
Lv 48
-Double-Edge
-Rollout
-Waterfall
-Brick Break


HMs:
Spoiler:

HM01 - Cut
HM02 - Fly
HM03 - Surf
HM04 - Strength
HM 05 - Defog
HM06 - Rock Smash
HM07 - Waterfall

HM08 - Rock Climb



Plates:
Spoiler:

Fist Plate
Flame Plate
Mind Plate
Earth Plate
Iron Plate
Dread Plate
Insect Plate
Sky Plate




Badges:
Spoiler:


I'm suitin' up~

#077: Ponyta - The Fire Horse Pokémon
Fire ~ Field eggs
3'03" ~ 66.1lbs ~ 50/50

Its hooves are 10 times harder
than diamonds. It can trample
anything completely flat in moments.

Abilities: Run Away or Flash Fire or Flame Body
Moves: Growl, Flame Wheel, Stomp, Agility
Locations: Pokémon Mansion

Cry

Other names:

jp: ポニータ (Ponyta)
de: Ponita
fr: Ponyta
cn: 小火馬 (Xiǎohuǒmǎ)


jdthebud

Engineering Solutions

Male
Washington, USA
Seen January 13th, 2022
Posted July 11th, 2021
4,195 posts
12.6 Years
Update #7 on Platinum (Final!).

- Starting at the Pokemon League, I flew around Sinnoh, gwtting my team to L54, except for Terry, who was stuck at L52 lol.
- Visited the Move Deleter and deleted Fly and Waterfall, then taught Grass Knot to Emperor and ExtremeSpeed to Terry.
- After getting my whole team Effort Badges, I was ready for the Elite Four.

- Aaron, Bug-types:


Led with Terry, who OHKOed Yanmega with Air Slash, then barely survived Drapion to 4HKO him with Air Slash (Full Restore was used by Aaron), then 2HKOed Vespiqueen with the help of a flinch, OHKOed Heracross with Air Slash, then was about to OHKO Scizor with Flamethrower, but Scizor used Quick Attack to take Terry out. Hannibal's Flamethower OHKOed Scizor.

- Bertha, Ground-types:


Again, Terry led, and Air Slash 2HKOed Whiscash, then Golem somehow survived Aura Sphere to put up a Sandstorm, and after a Full Restore, Aura Sphere 2HKOed him. Rypherior was next, and was 2HKOed by Aura Sphere (Megahorn hit Terry once). Air Slash 2HKOed Gliscor while he used Ice Fang, then Hippowden beat Terry with Crunch after Air Slash failed to flinch him. Emperor finished off Hippowden with Grass Knot.

- Flint, Fire-types:


Led with Terry again, and he 2HKOed Houndoom with Aura Sphere while he used Sunny Day. Infernape came out, and after a Flare Blitz, Air Slash took him down. Terry almost took out Magmortar, but Air Slash couldn't flinch him three times in a row, and Terry went down to Thunderbolt, having left Magmortar with a sliver of health left (damn you, RNG!). I sent out Dusty, who crit with Shadow Punch after the Full Restore. Then he got burned by Flamethrower, then Shadow Punch beat Magmortar. Flareon came out and Overheat killed Dusty. Bobby came out on my side and took an Overheat, then Earthquaked. Overheat barely left Bobby alive, then Earthquaked again to take down Flareon. Rapidash came out and Bounced Bobby from the fight. I sent Jynx accidentely, and she was OHKOed by Flare Blitz, so Emperor then took a Flare Blitz and Surfed for the victory.

- Lucien, Psychic-types:


Led with Hannibal, who OHKOed Mr. Mime with Crunch. Dark Pulse flinched Gallade, which raised his Speed thanks to his Steadfast ability, and Hannibal was OHKOed by Stone Edge. I sent out Dusty, who finished off Gallade with Shadow Punch after taking a Psycho Cut. Espeon came out and Shadow Ball beat Dusty. Bobby came out, and thanks to Confuse Ray leading to self-damage, was able to beat Espeon with 2 Returns. Alakazam missed with Focus Blast while Bobby confused him, then Focus Blast killed Bobby. Terry came out and finished off Alakazam with ExtremeSpeed, then was able to Flamethrower Bronzong for the OHKO.

- Used a Max Elixir on Terry, healed up the rest of my team, and I was ready for Cynthia, the Champion!


Like Cyrus's fight, this is always epic. Play-by-play is needed!

Spoiler:
Hannibal VS Spiritomb: Dark Pulse (H) (critical!) , Dark Pulse (S) (critical!), Full Restore (Cynthia), Flamethrower, Dark Pulse (H), Dark Pulse (S), Crunch, Spiritomb fainted!
VS Milotic: Thunder Fang (critical!), Surf, Hannibal fainted!
Dusty VS Milotic: Surf, ThunderPunch, Milotic fainted!
vs Lucario, Shadow Ball, Confuse Ray, Stone Edge, Dusty fainted!
Bobby VS Lucario, Aura Sphere (critical!), Earthquake, ExtremeSpeed, Bobby fainted!
Terry VS Lucario, Stone Edge, Flamethrower, Lucario fainted!
vs Togekiss, Air Slash (Te), flinched!, Air Slash (Te), Air Slash (To), Terry fainted!
Jessie vs Togekiss, Ice Beam, Togekiss fainted!
vs Garchomp, Dragon Rush (missed!), Ice Beam OHKO, Garchomp fainted!
vs Roserade, Sludge Bomb (critical!), Jessie fainted!
Emperor vs Roserade: Energy Ball, Ice Beam, Energy Ball, Ice Beam, Roserade fainted!

Obviously the key moment was when Garchomp's Dragon Rush missed, it would have OHKOed Jessie for sure otherwise, and Emperor would have been OHKOed by Earthquake for a heartbreaking loss. Man I was so excited and relieved that that happened, I thought Jessie was gonna be able outspeed Garchomp, so the battle ended up being tougher than I thought it was gonna be.


Yay! Hall of Fame!


And my final trainer card.

The Ultimate Username challenge is complete!...Until B/W comes out, then I may extend it to that region eventually.

Team Jaskil (Final):

Jessie the Quiet Jynx, ♀ - L54 @ Icicle Plate
Ability: Oblivious
Moves: Psychic, Wring Out, Ice Beam, Shadow Ball

Dusty the Relaxed Dusknoir, ♂ - L55 @ Spooky Plate
Ability: Pressure
Moves: ThunderPunch, Confuse Ray, Shadow Punch, Return

Terry the Hasty Togekiss, ♂ - L56 @ Sky Plate
Ability: Serene Grace
Moves: Air Slash, Aura Sphere, Flamethrower, ExtremeSpeed

Hannibal the Hardy Houndoom, ♂ - L54 @ Dread Plate
Ability: Early Bird
Moves: Crunch, Flamethrower, Thunder Fang, Dark Pulse

Emperor the Mild Empoleon, ♂ - L55 @ Splash Plate
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Surf, Ice Beam, Drill Peck, Grass Knot

Bobby the Brave Bronzong - L54 @ Mind Plate
Ability: Levitate
Moves: Extrasensory, Earthquake, Confuse Ray, Return


Most Valuable Pokemon:
Sinnoh MVP: Emperor. My starter was my best closer, especially early on. He was the most featured Pokemon in the screenshots, even as the game progressed, and was also the only one on my team who could handle Rock Climb and Waterfall duties, which allowed for a much easier management of my team through Mt. Coronet and Victory Road. This Jack of all trades was my most consistently Pokemon throughout the game, partly due to his secondary Steel typing, which let him fight battles and survive hits he normally would not have as a pure steel or pure water Pokemon.
Elite Four MVP: Terry. He almost soloed both Aaron and Bertha due to Air Slash flinch abuse and his ability to use Aura Sphere. He also beat 2 of Flint's team and almost flinched his way through Magmortar. Huge against Lucian with Flamethrower against Bronzong and ExtremeSpeed against Alakazam. Against Cynthia, he was able to finish off Lucario, who had taken out three members of my team at that point.
Cynthia MVP: Jessie. Even though it was more due to luck that she was able to take out Garchomp, she faced the most members of Cynthia's team (3), and was only unable to finish the fight because of a lucky critical hit by Roserade's Sludge Bomb.

tachikaze316

Master of Procrastination

Seen September 16th, 2015
Posted October 14th, 2012
241 posts
13.2 Years
I think I'd like to go for an ultimate challenge with...

Tauros
Arbok
Charizard
Hitmonchan
Illumise
Kabutops

I'll start on Fire Red soon.
Current Challenges:
The Ones That Got Away Challenge: Ultimate
- Leaf Green - Crystal- Sapphire - Pearl - Black -

Completed Challenges:
Nuzlocke Challenge: Moemon Forever V2
Ultimate Monotype Challenge: Normal
Female
Lavender Town
Seen December 24th, 2011
Posted February 24th, 2011
115 posts
12.4 Years
Sooo....I got that stupid Tentacool at Lv. 5...ugggh
Anyway...update time!
I finished Cycling Road, went to the Safari Zone, caught quite a few Pokemon, including Chansey with just one ball. (Yeah, that was strangely easy) I got Surf. I battled pretty much all the trainers to the East of Fuchsia City, then I went inside Fuchsia gym and battled the trainers there. And that stupid Hypno is a BEAST....why do the trainers use psychic types in there?
Koga was easy, and I got another badge. Then I stormed Silph Co. and beat the crap out of Giovanni. My rival is getting so much easier to beat...
I went then and beat Sabrina's gym. It was very easy to do with Snorlax!
Then I surfed down to Cinnabar Island, and that's where I am now. I almost changed Tentacool to Tauros, but I guess I'll stick with it, since in Gen. 1 grass isn't very effective against it. Eh.
So, now my Pokemon are:
Kraken (Tentacool): Lv. 17
Moves: Cut, Supersonic, Surf, Wrap

Garfield (Snorlax): Lv. 44
Moves: Headbutt, Amnesia, Rest, Body Slam

Spectre (Haunter): Lv. 44
Moves: Psychic, Hypnosis, Night Shade, Thunderbolt

Gyakusatsu (Gyarados): Lv. 44
Moves: Dragon Rage, Ice Beam, Bite, Hydro Pump

Plantosaur (Ivysaur): Lv. 44
Moves: Growth, Poisonpowder, Leech Seed, Razor Leaf

Iwark (Onix): Lv. 43
Moves: Earthquake, Screech, Strength, Rock Slide

I accidentally taught Ivysaur Growth. -_-'

I. Am. Awesome.

Challenges Completed

Username Challenge

solarowl

I'll always be an Outsider.

Age 27
Female
Hoenn
Seen September 25th, 2012
Posted October 7th, 2011
910 posts
12.8 Years
Sorry for the wait guys (even though you're not waiting)! Since many of my pokemon like Snorlax and Lucario aren't found in my game (early) so I'm breeding them at level 1 right now.
When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house,
I had only two things on my mind:
Paul Newman and a ride home.
...

Enigma

The Flame Pokémon

Age 25
Female
California
Seen August 25th, 2016
Posted July 12th, 2016
1,221 posts
15.2 Years
I will be updating soon. I would also like to congratulate jdthebud for being the first to complete the Ultimate Username Letter Challenge. C:

It tosses its enemies around with agility. It uses all its limbs to fight in its own unique style.
Age 32
Male
You can't find me....
Seen November 15th, 2016
Posted December 18th, 2015
546 posts
14.8 Years
First Update

Took a little bit longer to get up then I wanted it to, but you know internet problems.
  • Named myself Callan. Named Rival Leonix.
  • Got my Starter Turtwig. Nicknamed it Twiggin (later on not right away). HM slave. also contest Pokemon
  • Caught Shinx on route 202. Nicknamed him AzurThundr. First Team member.
  • Caught Zubat in Ravaged Path. Nicknamed him 4 Wings (you know, because Crobat has 4 Wings). Second Team member.
  • Defeated Rival. No problem.
  • Leveled up both Shinx and Zubat to the point of evolution before fighting Gym Leader. Luxio Lv.15, Golbat Lv.22.
  • Leveled up Luxio to Lv.18 to learn Bite.
  • Defeated Roark. Got Coal Badge.
  • Got to Floaroma Town.
  • Defeated Galactic people in Valley Windworks.
  • Helped Cheryl throught Eterna Forest.
  • Got Explorer Kit (don't plan on using it).
  • Got Togepi Egg.
  • Beat Gardenia. Got Forest Badge.
  • Deafeted Galactic people in Galactic Eterna Building.
  • Got Bike.
  • Zoomed down Bike Path.
  • Helped Mira get out of Wayward Cave.
  • Got to Hearthome City.
  • Got Eevee from Bebe. Nicknamed him Link. Third Team member.
  • Went all the way back to Eterna Forest to evolve Eevee into Leafeon.
  • Returned to Hearthome City. Togepi hatched some where around that time.
  • Compeated in three contests. Normal Rank Cool, Great Rank Cool (both Twiggin) Normal Rank Cute (Togepi). Won all three.
  • Wandered Amity Square for a little bit.
  • Defeated Rival again.
  • Beat Fantina. Got Relic Badge.
  • Reached Solaceon Town.
  • Traveresed Solaceon Ruins.
  • Caught Noctowl on route 210. Nicknamed him NightOwl.
  • Golbat and Luxio evolved.
  • On my way to Veilstone.
Team

AzurThundr the Luxray Lv.33
Oran Berry
Naughty
Intimidate
Attacks:
Swagger
Spark
Charge
Bite


4 Wings the Crobat Lv.32
Oran Berry
Lax
Inner Focus
Attacks:
Confuse Ray
Return
Bite
Wing Attack


Link the Leafeon Lv.30
Oran Berry
Bashful
Leaf Guard
Attacks:
Synthesis
Double Team
Grass Knot
Quick Attack


NightOwl the Noctowl Lv.21
Exp. Share
Rash
Insomnia
Attacks:
Uproar
Reflect
Hypnosis
Peck
If you don't believe in yourself, then don't worry,

because he will, no matter what.
Female
Lavender Town
Seen December 24th, 2011
Posted February 24th, 2011
115 posts
12.4 Years
Alright! Best update EVAR! :)
I mopped the floor with Blaine's Pokemon. I easily took him out with Gyrarados and Onix. I then leveled my party a bit in the old mansion. I surfed back up to Pallet (I never bothered to get fly), and I walked to Viridian City. Then I swept through Giovanni's gym. I then walked over to Saffron (doesn't take too long) and bought a major amount of Repel's. I then faced my Rival, MIKE. He was very easy! Then I made my way through Victory Road, which was pretty smooth with all my repels on hand. The trainers surprisingly weren't that tough. I made it to the end and stocked up on healing items.

I made it to Lorelei, and I battled her using mostly Haunter. I won with minimal effort, and moved on to Bruno.

He was easier than Lorelei, because he didn't have monster face Lapras like Lorelei did. He couldn't do much to me, and I moved on to HAG atha.

Agatha was easy too, because of well...Haunter. I really love that he knows Psychic. :)
Also the Poke' Flute came in handy too.

Then it was Lance, the master of Dragons! I sent out Haunter first to take out his Gyarados with (I always remember he has that first). The rest were easy for my Gyarados to finish with either Ice Beam, or in Aerodactyl's case, Hydro Pump.

Then I faced...DUN DUN DUN! My rival MIKE. PSHHH. What a pansy! I took out his Pidgeot with Haunter, his Alakazam with Snorlax, his Charizard with Gyarados, his Exeggutor with Gyrados, and his Cloyster with...Haunter!

And if you're wondering where Tentacruel is...he made a very good Surfer and Cutter, and he KO'd a few minor trainer's Pokemon. XD

Let's check out the Champions!

Gyakusatsu (Gyarados): Lv. 49
Knows: Dragon Rage, Ice Beam, Bite, Hydro Pump

Garfield (Snorlax): Lv.46
Knows: Headbutt, Amnesia, Rest, Body Slam

Plantosaur (Ivysaur): Lv. 47
Knows: Growth, PoisonPowder, Leech Seed, Razor Leaf

Iwark (Onix): Lv. 48
Knows: Earthquake, Screech, Strength, Rock Slide

Spectre (Haunter): Lv. 50
Knows: Psychic, Hypnosis, Night Shade, Thunderbolt

Kraken (Tentacruel): Lv. 30
Knows: Cut, Supersonic, Surf, Wrap
So, now I'm finished with my challenge!
It was fun!

I. Am. Awesome.

Challenges Completed

Username Challenge
Female
Seen July 6th, 2013
Posted June 20th, 2011
141 posts
12.5 Years
The two games that I was doing this challenge on were both stolen, so I have to scrap them. >:(
~When Life gives you lemons, make grape juice and let Life wonder how you did it.~
LOOKING FOR A DISGAEA FAN/SPRITER FOR A CROSSOVER GAME!
Current Challenges:
Ultimate Fire Type Challenge: Johto, 10 Badges
Lyrics Challenge: Kanto, 1 Badge
Nuzlocke Challenge: Kanto, 0 Badges
Monochrome Challenge: Hoenn, 5 Badges

Enigma

The Flame Pokémon

Age 25
Female
California
Seen August 25th, 2016
Posted July 12th, 2016
1,221 posts
15.2 Years
Alrighty. Since it hasn't been a month yet, I'm posting to say that I plan on updating tomorrow night. I've had people waiting for me to do so, so I will.

It tosses its enemies around with agility. It uses all its limbs to fight in its own unique style.
Age 30
Male
Long Beach,California
Seen April 23rd, 2011
Posted April 23rd, 2011
152 posts
12.2 Years
I have to wait until next week to get White so I'll restart my SS file and sign up for this to bypass some time. My user name actually translates to "raging blast" so I'll be using:

R-Rhyperior
A-Ambipom
G-Golduck
I-Ivysaur
N-Ninetails
G-Girafarig