Never done a monocolor before, I'll give it a shot.
Name: Fristi61
Color: Brown
Game: Fire red
Ultimate: No
EDIT: Done!
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Pokemon used:
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Graveler lvl 63
Strength
Earthquake
Rollout
Rock throw
Fearow lvl 68
Fly
Mirror Move
Pursuit
Drill peck
Primeape lvl 71
Cross chop
Thrash
Low kick
Karate chop
Kangaskhan lvl 61
Bite
Surf
Fake out
Ice beam
And also a diglett (brown as well!) as a cut slave. And a squirtle to get through route 1, I guess.
Pretty much winged it (turns out there's a lot of brown pokemon!) and steamrolled all the gym leaders but when I made it to the elite 4 I realized I had actually made a lot of mistakes. Ah well, I'll plan more carefully next time.
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So hey, I did a thing. That thing mostly being abandoning my HeartGold run for my Blue Ultimate, and replaced with a Crystal run that I completed in one day. Hooray!
Ultimate Blue Monocolor Challenge (Crystal) First and FINAL Update
The Red fight wasn't pretty, but the 20 minutes it took to do is significantly less than the time it would take to grind up
Videos of First Round Elite Four (timestamps in descrption) and the Red fight:
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Team:
Investigtr the Feraligatr, Lv. 52
-Strength
-DynamicPunch
-Ice Punch
-Surf
Done with HeartGold! I breezed through the game until I reached Mt. Silver. Took me nearly a week just to grind my party high enough to not get one shot by Red. Anyways, here are the results!
I tried using different 'Mons from my Emerald/FireRed run, but I'm kind of limited in variety (especially Electric types....) so I used what I could. Gonna finish up my mono dragon run on my X, then will be starting Mono Red on Platinum!
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♦ Fished up Dracaena the Skrelp in Cyllage, and then continued south of Coumarine to the Lumiose Badlands.
♦ Entered the Flare hideout after snagging the Power Plant Pass, and defeated Aliana at the end.
♦ Once in Lumiose, I challenged the gym, and soloed Clemont with Banyan.
♦ Continuing onto Laverre, I went through the marsh on Route 14 and battled two my rivals.
♦ Once arrived, I challenged the gym. Valerie required a team effort, but was no huge match.
♦ Afterwards, I raided the Poké Ball Factory after having found out that Team Flare was there. Celosia and Bryony were easy to defeat.
♦ Having that out of the way, my next destination was Dendemille Town. Arriving there required me to go through Route 15 and battle some trainers, which is what I did.
♦ I also cleared Route 16, and caught my final team member, Ginkgo the Phantump. I then headed to Frost Cavern.
♦ At the very end, I battled Team Flare grunts and Mable, who was taken care of easily by Butternut.
♦ Arriving in Anistar City, I battled my rival, and challenged the gym. Olympia didn't stand much of a chance against my team, since I had a lot of Pokémon who could deal super effective damage against Psychic-types.
♦ Following the gym battle, I got word of Team Flare being up to no good. I took my rival's advice and went to Lysandre's Café in Lumiose, only to find out that it was actually a super secret HQ all along! Gasp!
♦ Once inside, I battled a bunch of grunts, along with Lysander, Aliana, Celosia, Bryony and Mable. In the depths of the dungeon, I found AZ and Lysander, and battled Xerosic. After our battle, I semi-unknowingly triggered the weapon of destruction to appear in Geosenge Town.
♦ Having done that, I exited the hideout and went there immediately.
♦ In there, I battled Lysander once more, and then descended deeper down, battling admins and grunts along the way.
♦ In the very final chamber, I battled 4 more people and had one last showdown with Lysandre, and then caught Yveltal.
♦ I continued my normal adventure, going through Route 18 and Terminus Cave before reaching Couriway Town, where I battled Professor Sycamore.
♦ Went on to Snowbelle City, beat the gym leader, and then ended up at the Pokémon League after hiking through Victory Road.
♦ Wikstrom, Siebold and Drasna all required a team effort, while Butternut single-handedly swept Malva.
♦ Diantha put up a bit of a fight, but she eventually went down thanks to my team.
♦ AZ was no real threat, Kapok and Butternut took care of him.
Screens:
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The images for Wulfric and the Elite Four are missing.
Team:
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Banyan the Pyroar, Lv 64 (♀)
Item: Deep Sea Tooth
Hyper Voice, Dark Pulse, Flamethrower, Work Up
Kapok the Farfetch'd, Lv 64 (♂)
Item: None
Fly, Night Slash, Swords Dance, Acrobatics
Sugi the Aegislash, Lv 65 (♀)
Item: Leftovers
Shadow Claw, Swords Dance, Iron Head, Sacred Sword
Butternut the Barbaracle, Lv 65 (♂)
Item: King's Rock
Razor Shell, Rock Slide, Cross Chop, Hone Claws
Dracaena the Dragalge, Lv 65 (♀)
Item: Dragon Fang
Sludge Bomb, Surf, Thunderbolt, Dragon Pulse
Ginkgo the Trevenant, Lv 65 (♀)
Item: Big Root
Leech Seed, Shadow Claw, Will-O-Wisp, Horn Leech
I'm thinking my next color will be gray or white, also on Y.
Did the SS.Anne, I had put Riddle into the Daycare. Beat Lt. Surge with Luna using Dig. I was switch training Riddle during this so he evolved into Gyarados. Currently making my way through Diglett's Cave.
It took way longer to get around to finishing Emerald than I thought it was going to. My last update in this thread was in November 2014!!!
Update on Ultimate Purple Monocolor Challenge.
Final Update (#1) on Emerald.
This game was a little bit of a slog - some Pokémon I chose aren't that good stat-wise, until I was able to get Ruby the Starmie after badge 7.
Ruby was the MVP of the Elite Four, since it basically soloed Glacia and took down most of Drake's dragons. Shoutout to Jewel the Sableye for soloing Pheobe's ghosts.
Wallace was very tough since my team was 5-7 levels under his team. Ruby and Psypork the Grumpig did most of the heavy lifting, and I had to heal once to win.
Here's the video and play-by-play of the Wallace fight:
Toxi VS Wailord: Rain Dance, Yawn, Blizzard, Sludge Bomb (critical hit!), (fell asleep!), (fast asleep!), Sludge Bomb, switch to Whiscash
VS Whiscash: Sludge Bomb, switch to Countess
Countess VS Whiscash: Earthquake (unaffected), (flew up high!), Surf (missed!), Fly, Surf, switch to Ruby
Ruby VS Whiscash: Surf (W), Surf (R), Earthquake, (Sitrus Berry), Full Restore (Wishcash), Surf (R), Surf (R), Earthquake, Surf (R), Whiscash fainted!
VS Ludicolo: switch to Countess
Countess VS Ludicolo: Surf, (flew up high), Surf (missed!), Fly, Surf, Countess fainted!
Toxi VS Ludicolo: Surf, Sludge Bomb, Ludicolo fainted!
VS Gyarados (Intimidate): Earthquake, Toxi fainted!
Ruby VS Gyarados: Thunderbolt OHKO, Gyarados fainted! Ruby grew to L52!
VS Wailord: Full Restore (Wailord), Thunderbolt, Thunderbolt, Wailord fainted!
VS Tentacruel: Psychic, Sludge Bomb, Ruby fainted!
Jewel VS Tentacruel: Hydro Pump, Shadow Ball, Full Restore (Tentacruel), Shadow Ball, Ice Beam, Jewel fainted!
Psypork VS Tentacruel: Calm Mind, Hydro Pump, Toxic (badly poisoned!), Calm Mind, Sludge Bomb, Psychic, Tentacruel fainted! Psypork grew to L51!
VS Milotic: (Sitrus Berry), Full Restore (Psypork), Surf, Psychic, Toxic (badly poisoned!), Psychic, Recover, Psychic (critical hit!), Milotic fainted! Champion Wallace was defeated!
Screens:
Spoiler:
Not pictured: catching Sableye and Zubat in Granite Cave before Brawly.
Elite Four:
Champion Wallace:
Hall of Fame:
Team Violet:
Toxi the Bashful Swalot, ♀ - L50 @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Liquid Ooze
Moves: Sludge Bomb, Rollout, Body Slam, Yawn
Final Stats: 181/105/98/94/110/71 Hoenn co-MVP
Jewel the Lonely Sableye, ♀ - L51 @ BlackGlasses
Ability: Keen Eye
Moves: Shadow Ball, Dig, Faint Attack, Confuse Ray
Final Stats: 132/114/82/86/83/83 Hoenn co-MVP
Countess the Hardy Crobat, ♀ - L50 @ Focus Band
Ability: Inner Focus
Moves: Fly, Poison Fang, Steel Wing, Confuse Ray
Final Stats: 172/125/93/88/91/156
Swiper the Mild Delcatty, ♂ - L50 @ Magnet
Ability: Magnet
Moves: Return, Faint Attack, Thunderbolt, Water Pulse
Final Stats: 151/79/80/95/74/95
Amethyst the Serious Starmie - L52 @ Sitrus Berry (poof!)
Ability: Natural Cure
Moves: Surf, Thunderbolt, Psychic, Ice Beam
Final Stats: 141/92/111/139/107/145 Elite Four MVP, Wallace co-MVP
Psypork the Bashful Grumpig, ♂ - L51 @ Sitrus Berry (poof!)
Ability: Own Tempo
Moves: Psychic, Calm Mind, Shock Wave, Confuse Ray
Final Stats: 169/63/83/122/125/110 Wallace co-MVP
Edit: The OP has been updated with all the champions up to this point! Congrats to Chevitle to being the first Ultimate Champion through Gen VI on Red and Brown!
Also, the Exp. Share has been unbanned for use in Gen VI games.
Dotty, the Whirlipede♀
Level 25
Ability: Poison point
Bug Bite, Rollout, Poison Tail & Screech
Babe, the Pignite♂
Level 25
Ability: Blaze
Return, Work Up, Flame Charge & Rollout
Sandy is giving me a lot of trouble. She can't tank much attacks and she doesn't do much damage unless she's against a Pokemon that is weak against ground type attacks. Luckily she's showing what she's made off in the Nimbasa Gym :)
Username: Lynda
Colour: White
Game: Gold
Ultimate: No
I had a question regarding a trading situation. In Pokemon Gold the only legitimate way to obtain the Psych Up TM is to trade an Abra or Kadabra from Red/Blue into Gold. The Abra or Kadabra will be holding the Psych Up TM.
Since I'm limited to only Butterfree and Togetic for most of the game, I was thinking of trying out a strategy involving Swagger and Psych Up on Togetic. The problem is that the only legitimate way to teach Togetic Psych Up in Generation II involves a trade. I feel like this is an unusual enough situation where it should be okay, since it's the only way you're capable of getting that TM. Unlike other item trades where you'd be giving yourself an early unfair advantage, this is the intended way to get this item, and it's even locked off from you until the Time Capsule event in Ecruteak. That gives the Psych Up TM a specific time and location in the game where you can obtain it, just like any other item in the game.
With all of that said, would I be allowed to trade an Abra from Red to get the Psych Up TM in Gold?
Username: Lynda
Colour: Red
Game: Silver
Ultimate: No
I haven't even started my White challenge on Gold, but I'll get to it. For now I want to do Red on Silver though. There are a few Pokemon I really like in this category that I'd probably never choose otherwise. :)
*For you are all children of light, children of the day. We are not of the night nor of the darkness. So then let us not sleep, as others do, but let us keep awake and sober. -1Thessalonians 5:5-6 #TeamTrivia
Username: Disturb Not The HarmonyColor: BlueGame: BlueUltimate: No
First and only update post below:
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Figured this would make a good start, as it gives me access to both Blastoise and Nidoqueen.
Starting off, I get L2 Nidoran Female as my first catch.
Brock is Gen 1 Brock versus a starter not named "Charmander".
Squirtle evolves after a fight with a Bug Catcher in Mt. Moon.
Nidoran evolves while fending off swarms of wild Zubats.
Moon Stone is immediately deployed to evolve Nidorina, since her moveset will be TM-based anyway.
Cerulean City Rival falls easily to the duo.
Nugget Bridge and the nearby area is easy.
I dispose of Dig Rocket and give TM28 to Wartortle.
Misty goes down after several uses of Dig. Didn't even need to use Potions.
Nidoqueen gets Body Slam just in time for the S.S. Anne rival.
I have never seen so many OHKOs.
Since I'm in Blue, I have to grab a Bellsprout as an HM Slave.
Rock Tunnel is uneventful.
I grab Ice Beam from the Department Store and unlock Saffron.
I then proceed to thrown my promising career as a Trainer away in favor of becoming a horrifying PSA on the evils of gambling. Mm, gambling.
To fuel my insatiable addiction, I beat up some perfectly innocent mobsters for cash.
My newly-evolved Blastoise appreciates the experience.
My Rival is severely underleveled against L35 Nidoqueen and L36 Blastoise. I don't MEAN for this to be a Duo-Species Challenge, honest...
I proceed to beat up madwomen and mobsters for my gambling habit. Give... me... cash...
PokeFlute is obtained.
Finally, I achieve my TRUE objective: Buying Dratini. Manually.
That... took some doing. But it's the first time I've gotten to use the line in Gen 1, so I'm looking forward to it.
It immediately receives Ice Beam.
I get to Fuchsia and immediately go for the HMs. Blastoise receives both.
Dratini evolves, mercifully enough. The power difference is immediately noticeable.
I enter Silph Co. and blitz through it.
After a difficult battle against the Rival, I claim the fourth and final team member, Lapras.
I clear Sabrina's Gym, feeding Lapras some EXP, then head out to give it more EXP on Cycling Road.
Since part of the Biker code of conduct is that almost every Pokemon must be weak to Psychic (via TM), this is a cinch.
Koga manages to detonate his final Pokemon while Blastoise is underground, earning me the Soul Badge.
One long and nostalgic walk later, I hop on the Pallet-Cinnabar Blastoise ferry.
The Mansion provides great EXP for Lapras, getting it up to L34. I also put Surf on it because it needed strong STAB.
Blaine and co. get it up to L38, and it learns Ice Beam. TM21 gives it Thunderbolt, making it a Pokemon that can solo E4.
I'm so inspired that I give EVERY SINGLE POKEMON (other than the HM Slave) Surf.
This has the expected effect on Giovanni's Gym.
Rival's pre-Pokemon-League proves difficult, mainly because of Alakazam, but he goes down with some team effort.
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I arrive at E4 with team members L43-45.
This run goes wrong due to Lance, Lance, Lance, and also Alakazam. I am very glad this is not a Nuzlocke.
At L43-L47, I retake the challenge.
Lorelei: Full Restore x1
Thunderbolt dominated this battle, with some Surfing to fill in the gaps.
Bruno: Full Restore x1, Revive x1
Surf, Surf, Surf. Pity Lapras is weak to Fighting AND Rock.
Agatha: Full Restore x1 (post-battle)
Full Restore x1 before Lance.
Dig spam wipes out all of her Pokemon except for Golbat, which went down to Surf. The only reason this took items at all was her Confuse Ray spam, which did an annoying number on Blastoise.
Lance: Full Restore x1 (post-battle)
I'm surprised the three extra levels made a difference. It also helped that he didn't score any critical hits this time...
Anyway, Thunderbolt for Gyarados, Ice Beam for the rest. I swapped to Blastoise's Surf to cope with Aerodactyl, but the RNG was in my favor for all the others. Lapras didn't faint once.
Rival: Full Restore x1, fainted two.
The extent to which Alakazam is luck-based is infernally annoying. And yes, it was luck this time, because it could have attempted a repeat of the previous team wipe if it had used Psychic every turn instead of wasting time on Disable and Psybeam. Or hit critical hits.
Thunderbolt/Ice Beam for Pidgeot, Blastoise's Strength (and then a Thunder Wave/Wrap takedown after Blastoise fainted) for Alakazam, Thunderbolt for Gyarados, Surf for Arcanine and Rhydon, Body Slam (and Ice Beam after Nidoqueen fainted) for Venusaur.
Not that I should be complaining. My Pokemon have reached the Hall of Fame!
Final Team:
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BlueOne the L51 Blastoise
Surf
Dig
Strength
Water Gun
BlueTwo the L44 Nidoqueen
Body Slam
Surf
Scratch
Poison Sting
BlueThree the L43 Dragonair
Wrap
Ice Beam
Thunder Wave
Surf
BlueFour the L51 Lapras
Surf
Psychic
Ice Beam
Thunderbolt
Not posting screenshots because I don't think I can yet (this is my first post), but I have them if needed.
Nice challenge!
Completed Challenges: Zodiac Challenge (Red) | Time Warp Challenge (Blue: Jurassic Jam | Stone Age | Egyptian Era | Medieval Era) | Solo Challenge (Blue: Blastoise | Red: Nidoking | Raticate) | Body Type Challenge: Quadrupedal (Blue) | Anime Style Challenge (Gold) | Randomized Nuzlocke (Blue) | Mono-Pokemon Challenge (Red: Gengar x3) | No Move Left Behind Challenge (Red) | Gender Fairness Challenge (Gold) | Champion Challenge Master (Blue | Gold)