Syddy Claus' Challenge Page 5

Started by Sydian November 26th, 2011 12:33 PM
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East. Aust.
Seen 2 Days Ago
Posted May 4th, 2021
188 posts
15.8 Years
Waters_Echo,
Trainer: Band
Badges: Zephyr, Hive, Plain
Pokemon:
Grinch;
Meganium, male, lv.34, miracle seed
-Attacks: Headbutt, poisonpowder, barrier, razor leaf
-Notes: Gift, obt. lv.5 Prof.ELM, New Bark town; Defeated Violet gym (Solo)
Roy;
Kingler, male, lv.34, quick claw
-Attacks: Bubble, stomp, attract, vicegrip
-Notes: Red, obt. lv.10 Old rod, Rt.32; Defeated Sprout tower (Solo), defeated Azalea gym (Solo)
Corgi
Stantler, female, lv.34, berry
-Attacks: stomp, headbutt, sand attack, hypnosis
-Notes: Stantler, obt. lv.13, Rt.36; Defeated Goldenrod gym (Solo)
--
Togepi, male
Bellsprout, male [HM]

And now you know what I do when I get bored~
(read: have far too much fun with overlay layers)

miltankRancher

Mega Ampharos is the one.

Age 27
Male
Philippines
Seen June 11th, 2014
Posted September 7th, 2013
3,947 posts
13 Years
Second Update: Pokemon Diamond

Chapter 2:


I woke up to a bright morning. My stay in Jubilife had been pretty uneventful. I decided that it was time to mount my first gym battle. I walked through the Oreburgh gate, ignoring all the Geodudes I met. They would be needed later. I proceeded to the gym, but I found out that he is not there yet. My rival stands there, blocking the way like a silent sentinel. I looked for the leader, and found him, covered in soot in the mines. He demonstrated how to use the Rock Smash. He left in haste when I told him I have to battle him. I dawdled in the mines, training both Screech and Lee, and soon enough, they are ready. I proceeded to the gym, now open, and challenged the leader.

Spoiler:


He probably took a quick bath because he was clean when i battled him. His Geodude were no match for me, a Mach Punch taking it out. His Cranidos was a bit harder, taking two Mach Punches, and still surviving. His onix, however, nearly fainted my Lee. His defenses were a tad too high. Three Mach Punch, and still not down. I was forced to switch to Screech to give time to heal my Lee and, also, confuse the Onix. It fell down when he damaged himself. I won, but barely.

Spoiler:


I took the badge, and proceeded to Route 17. I trained them for a bit, and caught a Geodude. I immediately taught Rock Smash to him. I went back to Oreburgh gate, and got the TM Flash. I knew I will be going to use it later. I went back to Jubilife, seeing the professor in trouble. Dawn teamed up with me and we trashed the two Grunts harassing the professor. Afterwards, I heard Dawn rant about evolution and such. I continued my journey until I reached Floaroma Town.

Spoiler:


The town has a very flowery fragrance, and is good for the nose. However, I saw two grunts by the flower patch, talking. I ignored them. I proceeded to the next route, but then a child asked me to help his father. Oh boy, another job I don''t want to do. I went to the valley windworks, defeated the grunt there, went back to the flower valley to get the key from his cohorts, and defeated the gal from galactic, whose name I have forgotten.

Spoiler:




I decided to stay the night in floaroma town.

POKEMON:

Monferno "Lee" lvl. 18
- Mach Punch
- Taunt
- Ember
- Fury Swipes

Zubat "Screech" lvl. 14
- Bite
- Astonish
- Leech Life
- Supersonic

I am a Roleplayer


...and I am PROUD of it.
Lanistae Jacet [Lies of a Trainer]

kevcrash

Age 27
Male
Maryland
Seen December 12th, 2020
Posted December 3rd, 2018
1,071 posts
14.2 Years
First Update! Got up to 5 badges. (Stupid Norman was stupid)

Spoiler:

Named myself Kevin, as that is indeed my name.


Picked Treecko, nicknamed him Wreath. Quickly caught and trained Hounour. Nicknamed Clause, because I'm creative.


Didn't take long to evolve Wreath


Roxanne, trained, Brawly.


Beat May and then evolved Clause at level 25 so it knew Bite.


Next up, I crushed Wattson


Defeated Flannery, and then hacked in a Meditite (nicknamed Jack Frost) so I could crush Norman.


Crushed Norman after a few tries :/


I trained a bit more, and I'm skipping the 6th gym until I get to Shoal Cave to get mah Spheal.



So, here's mah team at the moment:
Wreath lvl.43- Slam, Screech, Giga Drain, Leaf Blade
Clause lvl.41- Bite, Ember, Howl, Smog
Jack Frost lvl.40- Confusion, Calm Mind, Hi Jump Kick, Shadow Ball

And I have a Zigzagoon HM slave. :)

tachikaze316

Master of Procrastination

Seen September 16th, 2015
Posted October 14th, 2012
241 posts
13.2 Years
For whatever reason, when I try to pokesav a Stantler onto my diamond, it treats it as traded, since I'm going to have to pokesav half of my team in, I don't really want to deal with them disobeying me for most of the game.

I'd like to change my game to Emerald and my team to Stantler, Swampert (gift), Regice (legendary), Absol (white) and Medicham (red). If that's okay.
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

jdthebud

Engineering Solutions

Male
Washington, USA
Seen January 13th, 2022
Posted July 11th, 2021
4,195 posts
12.6 Years
Update #3 on White.
  • Beat Cheren and met Alder, then crossed the bridge to Driftveil City.
  • Outside the Cold Storage, I hacked in my legendary, Manaphy.
  • Cleared out Team Plasma from Cold Storage and taught Manaphy Scald and Grass Knot.
  • Took on the gym, and defeated Clay with Rudolph and Prickle.
  • Beat Bianca and got Fly, then headed up to Chargestone Cave.
  • Lucky Egg get! and Manaphy was trained here.
  • Arrived in Mistralton City after beating N again.
  • Grinded Holly to evolve her into Charizard, so I could Fly.
  • Winter arrived, so I was able to catch Artic the Cubchoo on Route 7.
  • Scaled the Celestial Tower and rang the bell.
  • Challenged the gym. Skyla was soloed by Manaphy - 2 Tail Glows, and swept with Scald and Grass Knot.
  • Beat Cheren and got Surf from Alder, and saved in Mistralton Cave.


Screens:
Spoiler:


Team Nick:


Prickle the Bashful Maractus, ♀ - L35 @ Amulet Coin
Ability: Chlorophyll
Moves: Giga Drain, Ingrain, Pin Missle, Acupressure


Artic the Adamant Cubchoo, ♂ L35 @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Snow Cloak
Moves: Icy Wind, Slash, Brine, Dig


Rudolph the Careful Stantler, ♂ - L35 @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Return, Confuse Ray, Bulldoze, Flash


Monarch the Modest Butterfree, ♀ - L26 @ Sharp Beak
Ability: Compoundeyes
Moves: Gust, Sleep Powder, Psybeam, Silver Wind


Angel the Rash Manaphy - L36 @ Miracle Seed
Ability: Hydration
Moves: Scald, Surf, Grass Knot, Tail Glow


Holly the Quiet Charizard, ♀ - L36 @ Charcoal
Ability: Blaze
Moves: Flame Burst, Dragon Claw, Dig, Fly

Slaves:

Patrat - Cut [boxed]

luke

Master of the Elements

Age 33
Male
New York
Seen 13 Hours Ago
Posted 1 Day Ago
7,794 posts
15.9 Years
I'm joining!

Game: Soul Silver!

Red: Kingler
Gift: Meganium
Hatch from Egg: Forretress
Friend's Favorite: Gengar
Pokemon I've Never Used Before: Furret
The bloody blade
Seen March 31st, 2013
Posted July 15th, 2012
76 posts
11.6 Years
I didn't come close to finishing Challoween, so I'm gonna work extra hard on this.

Username: Togetic997
Game: Leaf Green
Team:
Red Pokemon: Magmar
Green Pokemon: Venasaur
Gift Pokemon: Porygon(if game corner pokes count)
Ice Type: Cloyster
This Lil' Guy: Zapdos
This Big Guy: Starmie(Never used before)
Main Challenges:
Ultimate Monotype Challenge


vaporeon7

My life would suck without you

Male
Preparing for trouble and making it double.
Seen September 6th, 2016
Posted May 27th, 2014
5,143 posts
12.7 Years
I did have a nice post with CSS but my browser quit when I was trying to post it.
Syddy Claus' Challenge - Part 1
  • Started Silver, named myself Syddy.
  • Got Chikorita, nicknamed it Megan.
  • Got the Pokedex.
  • Beat the rival.
  • Named the rival Grinch.
  • Got to Violet City and got Flash.
  • Megan evolved.
  • Beat Falkner.
  • Got to Azalea Town and saved the Slowpoke.
  • Beat Grinch.
  • Beat Bugsy.

Christmas Team:

Megan (Bayleef) Lvl24.
Moves:
- Tackle
- Poisonpowder
- Razor Leaf
- Synthesis
Male
Brazil, why?
Seen March 2nd, 2012
Posted January 26th, 2012
275 posts
11.5 Years
Since I'm having lots of ROM issues with Silver, I'll be moving to VW (Voltwhite), I'll be changing my team,due to more variety being offered.
I'll be playing it via R4, I don't know if this qualifies as "emulator" or not, since I'll be working with ROM, but I don't think I'll need to hack anyway

Team:

Never used b4 - Xatu
Gift - Samurott
Legendary - Victini (Will have to hack in ticket)
Red - Red Monkey (Simisear iirc)


"The past has gone, and the future's uncertain, but now is a gift, that's why it's called present"


Active Challenges:
~ Dex Rotation [Red]
Seen March 31st, 2013
Posted July 15th, 2012
76 posts
11.6 Years
Update #1
  • Started the game
  • Received Bulbasaur
  • Named it St Nick
  • Defeated rival
  • Received pokedex and pokeballs
  • Defeated rival again on Route 22
  • Cleared Viridian Forest
  • Arrived in Pewter City
  • Defeated Brock

Current Team:

St Nick Lvl. 16 (Ivysaur)

Badges: 1
Main Challenges:
Ultimate Monotype Challenge


psyanic

pop a wheelie on a zeitgeist

Age 26
Male
USA
Seen April 10th, 2023
Posted June 30th, 2018
1,284 posts
12 Years
Dang. I was too busy the past week or so, and I couldn't update for a while. And I was just being lazy and frequently forgetting to upload screenshots. Whoop-dee-do.

Anyway, here's my first and final update:

Spoiler:

-Story stuff, chose Mudkip as a starter for future HM Slave purposes
-Hacked in a Stantler (Rudy) and a Delibird (Santana), training them a bit on Route 101
-More story stuff

-Got to Rustboro, kicked Roxanne's hind. Not really, it was extremely difficult since I was using Rudy and he could only use Normal-type moves, luckily Santana cleaned up with a quick Present




-Got to Dewford, delivered the letter first to Steven. Navigating the caves without Flash is easy nowadays

-Brawly went down, luckily by Santana again since Rudy fainted after getting that insolent Makuhita down a bit


-Story stuff, got to Slateport



-Second Rival Battle!


-Then got to that city. Beat Wally and then Wattson



-Traveled, meaninglessly grinding, etc.


-Went to the top of Mt. Chimney, stopped the gang war


-Hopped down and went to meet Flannery



-Went to the desert, since I finally got Go-Goggles.
-Caught my Trapinch, nicknamed Ori (Green Pokemon)


-Paid Norman a visit


-Story, grinding, etc.
-Went up to the Weather Institute, saved the people, etc.



-I actually skipped Fortree for the time being, and grinded a bit on Mt. Pyre. Ori evolved here.


-Then went to the next city, beat the rival in the final battle


-Went back to Fortree, beat Winona. Finally can use HM Fly!


-Now some serious grinding on Gabby & Ty
-Hacked in a Meditite, nicknamed Frou
-Ori evolved
-Frou evolved


-Magma Hideout Time + Aqua Hideout




-Mossdeep City



-Went Surfing and Diving, found the submarine


-Story.


-So now Sootopolis and Victory Road!




Team before E4. All have items.


-E4 Battle Results!




Santana raped Drake.

-Wallace was terrible because I couldn't deal with Milotic all that well. I stalled it out.


End of Story!



Final Team info stuff:
Spoiler:














Finished! Took longer to update than to finish the challenge, since I finished it in a span of four days or so. Happy holidays!
Male
Seen 5 Hours Ago
Posted 3 Weeks Ago
121 posts
12.6 Years
Am a few days late in posting, but here is my final update.

-Gave Feraligatr, Piloswine, and Stantler Haban Berries to hold, then traveled to Mahogany Town, and from there the Lake of Rage. Captured the red Gyarados, and agreed to help Lance investigate the old radio signal forcing the lake's Magikarp to evolve.
-Found the secret entrance to Team Rocket's hideout and fought my way in. After obtaining a couple of passwords and with the help of a friendly Murkrow, I helped Lance put a stop to Team Rocket's plans.
-Fought my way through the gym and defeated Pryce, earning the Glacier Badge.
-Did I say I foiled TR? It would seem I was premature. Professor Elm called and reported strange happenings at the Goldenrod City Radio Tower, so I hurried back there to find the villains had taken control of the tower and were broadcasting their odd signal. After using a disguise in an attempt to sneak in, I fought my way to the Station Manager's office, only to find he was a fake! Beat him and discovered the real Station Manager was being held in the underground. During my search I found an Amulet Coin, which I gave to Stantler.
-Rescued the Station Manager and received a Card Key for the tower. Made my way to TR's new boss, Archer and defeated him after a tough battle. As a reward, the Station Manager gave me a Silver Wing. With TR beaten for good, I continued on my journey.
-Made it through the Ice Path (where I found a NeverMeltIce for Piloswine and captured a Delibird) then into Blackthorn City, where after several tough battles, I battled and defeated Clair.
-What do you mean you won't give me the Rising Badge? Clair wouldn't accept her loss and insisted I complete a task inside the Dragon's Den. After speaking to the Elder and passing his test, Clair still refused to give me my badge....until the Elder threatened to report her to Lance. She reluctantly handed me the badge and a TM. After speaking to the Elder again, I received a Dratini with ExtremeSpeed, then headed back to New Bark Town.
-Impressed with my feats, Elm gave me a Master Ball and said that the Kimono Girls were waiting for me in Ecruteak City. After travelling there and beating them, they said they would be waiting for me at the Whirl Islands.
-Traveled to the Whirl Islands and made my way to a dimly lit chamber, where the Kimono Girls awakened Lugia. After capturing it, I left the cave and headed on the last leg of the journey.
-Traveled to and through Victory Road and, after beating Damien one more time, made it to Indigo Plateau. I trained my team until they were ready then entered League Headquarters. After shopping for healing items, I took a deep breath and entered the chamber of the Elite 4.
-Will, Koga, Bruno and Karen put up a fight, but I came out on top. After a momeny of rest, I entered Lance's room....
-It was my toughest battle,and half my time fainted, but in the end I had won and become the League Champion! Lance congratulated me, then led me into one final room where my team was inducted into the Hall of Fame.

So ends a fun challenge, and here I present proof of my victory.
Age 29
Male
The Johto Farm
Seen March 10th, 2012
Posted January 1st, 2012
89 posts
12.8 Years
Third Update:

Interfered with Team Magma's plans and got to the 4th gym.
I defeated Flanery with a team effort since Krabby/Kingler only had bubble and was dealing 5 times more damage with stomp against fire types.
Traveled to Petalburg where I defeated Norman by using Sneasel to lower his pokemons defense following it up with Stomp from Kingler or Stantler.
Helped out Watson to get TM 24 and taught it to Stantler.
Made my way to the Weather Institute and messed with Team Magma again.
Defeated May and saved.

Team:
Stantler lvl 31 @Silk Scarf
Natu lvl 32 @King's Rock
Kingler lvl 32 @Quick Claw
Sneasel lvl 30 @Blackglasses
First champion of:


Participator in:

luke

Master of the Elements

Age 33
Male
New York
Seen 13 Hours Ago
Posted 1 Day Ago
7,794 posts
15.9 Years
First update!
  • Named myself Regina and picked Chikorita and named it Lancelot. Did all the boring beginning of the game stuff.
  • Defeated the Rival and named him Uther.
  • Caught a Sentret and named it Merlin.
  • Beat Joey's top percentage Rattata
  • Went to the Sprout Tower and caught Joker the Gastly
  • Defeated Falkner with Merlin alone
  • Traversed Union Cave, saved the Slowpoke, and beat Uther again (after which Merlin evolved into Furret!)
  • Did some grinding outside of Union Cave and evolved Lancelot into Bayleef!
  • Beat Bugsy's Gym with Joker and Merlin
  • Caught them damn Farfetch'd, taught Lancelot Headbutt and caught a female Pineco I named Versailles
  • Spent an hour fishing on the next Route and finally found a Krabby I named Morgana
  • Dumped Versailles into the Daycare with a Ledyba and got another Pineco I named Versailles from the Egg
  • Now beating all the trainers around Goldenrod to prepare for that damn Miltank

The bloody blade

vaporeon7

My life would suck without you

Male
Preparing for trouble and making it double.
Seen September 6th, 2016
Posted May 27th, 2014
5,143 posts
12.7 Years
Syddy Claus' Challenge - Part 2
  • I went into Ilex Forest and helped the guy with his Farfetch'd and got HM01.
  • Got through Ilex Forest.
  • Got to Goldenrod City.
  • Went to National Park.
  • Participated in the Bug Catching Contest.
  • Caught a Butterfree and named it Jordan.
  • Trained Jordan and Megan.
  • Went into the Goldenrod City gym.
  • Beat Whitney and got the Plain Badge.
  • Got the Spraybottle.
  • Got rid of Sudowoodo.
  • Got to Ecruteak City.
  • Met Bill.
  • Went back to Goldenrod City and picked up Eevee from Bill and named it Aaron.
  • Went back to Ecruteak city and beat Grinch.
  • Went into the Ecruteak City gym, beat Morty and got the Fog Badge.
  • Beat the Kimono Girls and got HM03.
  • Went to Olivine City.
  • Went up the Glitter Lighthouse and met Jasmine.
  • Trained Megan, Jordan and Aaron and Megan evolved.
  • Got to Cianwood City.
  • Went into Cianwood City gym, beat Chuck and got the Storm Badge.
  • Got HM02.
  • Got and gave the Secretmedicine to Jasmine.
  • Went into the Olivine City gym, beat Jasmine and got the Mineral Badge.

Christmas Team:

Megan (Meganium) Lvl32.
Moves:
- Body Slam
- Poisonpowder
- Razor Leaf
- Synthesis

Jordan (Butterfree) Lvl32.
Moves:
- Confusion
- Gust
- Stun Spore
- Sleep Powder

Aaron (Eevee) Lvl32.
Moves:
- Headbutt
- Quick Attack
- Shadow Ball
- Bite

Also 2222th post :D
East. Aust.
Seen 2 Days Ago
Posted May 4th, 2021
188 posts
15.8 Years
Waters_Echo,
Trainer: Band
Badges: Zephyr, Hive, Plain, Fog, Storm, Glacier
Pokemon:
Grinch;
Meganium, male, lv.44, miracle seed
-Attacks: Headbutt, poisonpowder, light screen, razor leaf
-Notes: Gift, obt. lv.5 Prof.ELM, New Bark town; Defeated Violet gym (Solo)
Roy;
Kingler, male, lv.44, quick claw
-Attacks: Surf, stomp, attract, vicegrip
-Notes: Red, obt. lv.10 Old rod, Rt.32; Defeated Sprout tower (Solo), defeated Azalea gym (Solo), defeated Kimono Girls (Solo), defeated Ecruteak gym (Solo)
Corgi
Stantler, female, lv.44, king’s rock
-Attacks: Stomp, headbutt, sand attack, hypnosis
-Notes: Stantler, obt. lv.13, Rt.36; Defeated Goldenrod gym (Solo)
Spiroch (although I actually call her “Spirochri”)
Xatu, female, lv.43, sharp beak
-Attacks: Peck, future sight, night shade, fly
-Notes: Green, obt. lv.18, Ruins of Alph; Defeated Mahogany gym (Solo)
TError (not a typo)
Electrode, -[m], lv.44, hard stone
-Attacks: Screech, explosion, swift, rollout
-Notes: Unexpected, obt. lv.23, TR Mahogany Base; Defeated Cianwood gym (Solo)

--
Togepi, male
Bellsprout, male
Paras, female, tinymushroom
Sudowoodo, male
Gyarados*, male, [RED]
Golduck, male, [HM]
--

Should I mention that I really love route 41? So much easy training...
Anyhow, we beat up everyone in Ecruteak, got surf, then proceeded to collect a natu (Spiroch, her name, relating to xatu's time-viewing abilities- Spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future). Raised her to the same level as the team (42? ... yes, 42), her evolving in the process. Went and got R.Gyara, then proceeded to demolish the TR Base- catching the middle electrode whilst at it (TError), it's Cristmas Present being Freedom from Team Rocket. We then proceeded to find out that pre-genIII electrode is one of the most pathetic electric types ever, because it cannot learn any electric moves via level up. Which makes you sort of wonder how they were powering the Generator. But anyway. Raised TError also to level 42 (after replacing tackle with headbutt, because tackle is just useless before it's revamp), realised that fly would be more useful than teleport (you pick where you want to go, it is useful in battle) so set TError on the Cianwood gym, then collected HM02. Spirochri leveled up during our fight with the Mahogany gym, so we went and leveled up everyone else, then set her against Pryce. Do not underestimate the power of her Future Sight/Fly combo.
So, to the next gym.

And now you know what I do when I get bored~
(read: have far too much fun with overlay layers)

jdthebud

Engineering Solutions

Male
Washington, USA
Seen January 13th, 2022
Posted July 11th, 2021
4,195 posts
12.6 Years
Update #4 on White.
  • Explored both Mistralton and Wellspring Caves as well as Rts 17 and 18.
  • Went through Twist Mountain, and Artic evolved into Beartic.
  • Took on the gym, Brycen was easy peasy - Ice is weak to so many types.
  • Team Plasma is causing trouble again...
  • Beat up the Dragonspiral Tower and Relic Castle.
  • Got the Dark Stone, then headed to Opelucid City.
  • Did some vitamin shopping at the mall, then took on the final gym.
  • Iris was soloed by Artic's Icicle Crash.
  • Grinded through Victory Road and saved at the Pokemon League after some moveset editing.
Screens:
Spoiler:


Team Nick:


Angel the Rash Manaphy - L46 @ Mystic Water
Ability: Hydration
Moves: Surf, Grass Knot, Blizzard, Tail Glow


Holly the Quiet Charizard, ♀ - L46 @ Charcoal
Ability: Blaze
Moves: Air Slash, Focus Blast, Flame Burst, Fire Blast


Artic the Adamant Beartic, ♂ L47 @ NeverMeltIce
Ability: Snow Cloak
Moves: Icicle Crash, Rock Slide, Superpower, Dig


Rudolph the Careful Stantler, ♂ - L47 @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Return, Zen Headbutt, Jump Kick, Confuse Ray


Monarch the Modest Butterfree, ♀ - L47 @ SilverPowder
Ability: Compoundeyes
Moves: Bug Buzz, Quiver Dance, Psybeam, Sleep Powder


Prickle the Bashful Maractus, ♀ - L48 @ Big Root
Ability: Chlorophyll
Moves: Giga Drain, Solarbeam, Poison Jab, Sunny Day

Ciax

Ledian Used Starlight!

Age 26
Male
Australia
Seen June 13th, 2013
Posted August 9th, 2012
546 posts
11.9 Years
First update. I am getting through this game very slowly, real life is getting ni the way.

Started my journey, naming myself Holly. I chose Chikorita for my starter but wasn't satisfied with her. On the way to Cherrygrove I found a wild stantler. I promptly caught him and named him Rudolph. Delivered the mystery egg and fought a mysterious trainer who's name was simply The Grinch. After training in Sprout Tower I challenged Falkner.

Falkner
VS


Rudolph stomped pidgey away easily. Pidgteotto was abit trickier. The first Hypnosis missed and Rudolph lost half his health. Luckily the next hit and three stomps later I had the Zephyr Badge.

Prof. Elm called and gave me the mysterious egg, After running around for a bit a togepi hatched and I named her Angel. I trainer Angel for awhile and then left Violet City. Fighting trainers along the way I reached Union Cave. Got though the cave fairly easily.

In Azalea Town Team Rocket was rampant. So me and the town's local old timer, Kurt, headed off to the well to help out. Unfortunately Kurt hurt his back after falling down the well so it was up to me. Angel beat every single grunt with her Extrasensory and Proton didn't have a chance. His Zubat fell to an extrasensory but it took two for his Koffing. Now I can challenge the town's gym

Bugsy
VS

Rudolph used stomp agains Scyther and that got him down 1/3 of health. But U-turn halved Rudolphs health. Metapod and Kakuna both fell to stomps though. Now angel againts Scyther. Her attacks did little damge so I healed Rudolph and unfortunately Angel fainted. Now it was both our final pokemon. Scyther used U-Turn and Rudolphs health was 25/50. A stomp got Scyther into red and my Shell Bell healed Rudolph 2 HP. U-Turn again got Rudolph to 2/50 HP. The last stomp and I had the Hive badge.

After this battle I healed and headed into Ilex Forest. The Grinch stopped me but his poison pokemon were ni match for Angel's extrasensory. Rudolph finished off Quilava with a Hypnosis/Stomp combo.

Now I am waiting for night so I can catch my next team meber, Oddish.

Team Holly

Rudolph Lv 16 @ Shell Bell ♂
Megahorn, Stomp
Hypnosis, Leer


Angel Lv 16 @ Pecha Berry ♀
Extrasensory, Metronome
Sweet Kiss, Charm

This challenge is really fun, I'm using pokemon I never have and discovering how good they are, especially Stantler.
Twinkle Twinkle
Little Star
How I Wonder What You Are

Squirrel

Age 28
Male
Seen 4 Days Ago
Posted July 10th, 2021
9,551 posts
11.7 Years
Ahhh I've been playing through this challenge a lot recently but with no time to post my updates - basically I've reached the moment when the bomb goes off in Lake Valor, so roughly 2/3 of the way through story-wise I think? I've added more to my team and done some evolving (and a lot of grinding, mainly in Iron Island with Riley), so now my current team as of beating Byron is:

Current Team
Carnivine - Lv 42 - Quick Claw
Zangoose - Lv 42 - Stardust
Drifblim - Lv 43 - Chesto Berry
Floatzel - Lv 42 - Honey
Infernape - Lv 45 - Nugget

Most of the team have Christmassy items, and the others have items they need in order to function. The only team member still to come is Ambomasnow, whom I will catch as a Snover once I reach Snowpoint City! <3