The Monotype Challenge Page 51

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ddrox13

Anti-Nonsense

Northeast US
Seen October 21st, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2021
1,643 posts
7.5 Years
Woah woah woah there, mister, that's offensive!
You did a Grass mono, did you not? how the hell did you beat Bugsy? On that note...

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (2/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (6/8)

Bolded is current, strikethrough is completed, numbers are badge numbers.

"My research will make me the authority on Bug Pokemon" - Bugsy
"And my 4K battles will make all my pokemon so I can beat you (Which is to say 11-14 levels higher than his ace)" - Me

StormSilver
Important Events:
I trained, Elm and Juniper evolved, and I beat Bugsy. There. Done. On to the easy stuff *checks next gyms*. CRAP ITS WHITNEY.
Team after 20 hours of special training:
Spoiler:
NOTE: My sprite resource lacks HGSS sprites for pokemon not native to Kanto or Johto. As such, the Platinum or DP sprites may be shown.

Elm (Meganium) Lv35
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Reflect
- Magical Leaf
- Nature Power
- Synthesis


Basswood (Leafeon) Lv32
Male | Sassy (SpDef>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- Bite
- Razor Leaf
- Tackle
- Aromatherapy



Pistachio (Lombre) Lv33
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Leech Seed
- Bubblebeam
- Razor Leaf
- Nature Power


Flora (Roselia) Lv33
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Magical Leaf
- GrassWhistle


Juniper (Breloom) Lv32
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Leech Seed
- Force Palm
- Bullet Seed
- Mach Punch

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle
Hazelnut the Ivysaur

TL;DR: Bug types are annoying

ShinyHoundoom

Houndoom Fan

Age 32
They/Them
Route 214
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted August 10th, 2018
96 posts
15.4 Years
Forum User Name: ShinyHoundoom
Pokémon Type: Grass (Will be trying to do every type in X. Grass is just the first type. There a plenty of Pokemon of each type to do this.)
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): X

Wish me luck.
Age 22
Male
Seen April 6th, 2018
Posted March 8th, 2018
368 posts
8.8 Years
Haha yeah, I did. I don't remember exactly how I beat Bugsy, but I remember him being a pain, that's for sure!
You're getting off topic.

(Will add my update to this comment)

Shiny Pokemon I have caught: Rapidash (SS), Linoone (E), Spinda (E), Bibarel (Pt), Weedle (FR), Garbodor (X), Chansey(x5) (X), Audino(x2) (X), Flechinder (Mn), Whiscash (Mn), Magby (Mn), Caterpie (X)

Hall of Fame Post

ddrox13

Anti-Nonsense

Northeast US
Seen October 21st, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2021
1,643 posts
7.5 Years
You're getting off topic.
Always :P

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (6/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (6/8)

Bolded is current, strikethrough is completed, numbers are badge numbers.
Dun dun dun dunnnnn! OVERLEVELLED HAPPY FUN TIME!

StormSilver
Important Events:
Spoiler:
- Hit the road to Goldenrod and grab Oak the Turtwig once there
- Department store lets me grab some TMs and a Water Stone. I wonder where this is going herp derp (Pistachio evolves into Ludicolo)
- Juniper solos the gym trainers, being 10 levels up and all
- Oak evolves into Grotle
- VS Whitney: Everything gets OHKOed by Juniper, except the ones I let Oak deal with for fun and profit. NEXT!
- Eutreak City. Save a Kimono Girl and get an HM Surf. Pistachio like.
- Lets go to the... Crap the burned tower exists. Isnt there a Rival battle in there? Nah, can't be...
- VS Rival Silver: Hello? Is this Silver? yes? Basswood would like a word with your pokemon... THWACK!
- VS Morty: Basswood and Oak literally eat this gym up (bite). Previous Wil-o-Wisps allow Gengar to cause problems for us though, and takes out basically everything until Basswood sacrifices itself to Aromatherapy away Oak's burn, letting him take the kill. Good work!
- And as your reward, You gat to evolve into Torterra! Yaaaay!
- The lighthouse sucks
- The Whirl Islands are annoying and in the way
- Arrive at Cianwood and discover that I need to beat the Gym to proceed. Ugh.
- VS Chuck: I don't remember much about this tbh. I do remember almost losing and then Basswood bailing me out... Again...
- Fly back to Olivine, then back to Cianwood to beat some Team Rocket ass. Then back to Olivine. OH COME ON JASMINE LEMME FITE U.
- VS Jasmine: Skarmory hard counters my team rn, as it does all my OU teams ever. Oak removes Metang from existence, Juniper takes out Forry. Flora sacs to get Seeds off, and Elm straight outplays Skarm with Reflect and Synthesis. Juniper exiles Magneton, Oak takes out her last two. Earthquake OP.
- Find a shiny stone and give it to Flora ASAP.
- Make it all the way to the LoR before remembering that I need to overlevel again for Pryce. AT LEAST SOME OF HIS POKEMON DONT QUAD-RESIST GRASS *cough*bugsy*cough*
- Catch the Shiny G-Dos, ofc. Waterfall slave!

Team at the Lake of NOMNOMNOM:
Spoiler:
NOTE: My sprite resource lacks HGSS sprites for pokemon not native to Kanto or Johto. As such, the Platinum or DP sprites may be shown.

Elm (Meganium) Lv39 @ Soothe Bell
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow (Natural Cure was a typo in the previous update)
- Reflect
- Magical Leaf
- Nature Power
- Synthesis


Basswood (Leafeon) Lv39 @ Choice Band
Male | Sassy (SpDef>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- Bite
- Razor Leaf
- Tackle
- Aromatherapy



Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv37
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Leech Seed
- Surf
- Grass Knot
- Nature Power


Flora (Roserade) Lv37 @ Miracle Seed
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Magical Leaf
- Shadow Ball


Juniper (Breloom) Lv38 @ King's Rock
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Leech Seed
- Drain Punch
- Bullet Seed
- Mach Punch


Oak (Torterra) Lv38
Male | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Shell Armor
- Curse
- Razor Leaf
- Earthquake
- Bite

Ft. Pikachu the Pikachu and DDDDD the Shiny Gyarados

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle
Hazelnut the Ivysaur

TL;DR: Aaw man, the Ice gym is next? Johto hates Grass types

ShinyHoundoom

Houndoom Fan

Age 32
They/Them
Route 214
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted August 10th, 2018
96 posts
15.4 Years
X Grass Monotype Update #1

Get Chespin. Name him Chestnut.
Beat Viola with Rollout.
Chestnut evolved to Quilladin
Beat Sycamore, get Bulbasaur, name him Root.
Root evolved to Ivysaur.
Get Skiddo, name him Aries.
Beat Snorlax and about ready to go onto Route 7
Hate the fact that the gap between Viola and Grant is big.
Team Flare gave me trouble in Glittering Cave because there are fire, flying, and poison types around.
Sleep Powder/Leech Seed was wonderful against Grant. All I had was Razor Leaf and Vine Whip. They are both physical moves trying to hit rock types. *sigh* Grant actually took two tries

Badges 2/8

Current Team:
Spoiler:
Aries the Skiddo
Level 24/Male/Serious/Sap Sipper
-Take Down
-Synthesis
-Razor Leaf
-Leech Seed

Root the Ivysaur Grant MVP
Level 25/Male/Sassy/Overgrow
-Take Down
-Sleep Powder
-Leech Seed
-Vine Whip

Chestnut the Quilladin Viola MVP
Level 25/Male/Hasty/Overgrow
-Leech Seed
-Bite
-Vine Whip
-Rollout
Male
Seen June 22nd, 2019
Posted June 22nd, 2019
103 posts
7.4 Years
I've recently started getting bored with playing through Pokemon games and beating them easily. So I've been looking after different things I can do to make them harder and more fun to play. I've decided to try doing a monotype challenge of one of my favorite games: Soulsilver. My type will be ground.

So far I've gotten down to Azalea Town

My Badges - 0/16

My Team:

Geodude. Lvl 15
Onix. Lvl 14
Wooper. Lvl 9
Completed Challenges

Fire Monotype - X
Potterlocke - X
Nidoking Solo- Red

ddrox13

Anti-Nonsense

Northeast US
Seen October 21st, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2021
1,643 posts
7.5 Years
Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (7/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (7/8)

Ice, Ice, Baby.

StormSilver
Important Events:
Spoiler:
- Everyone helps beat up the Rocket Base and all of it's inhabitants.
- GRINDY GRIND GRIND GRIND
- VS Pryce: Sigh. Juniper takes out Abomasnow and Glaile with ease. Frosslass takes out Oak, Basswood, and Elm, but not before Elm gets Light Screen up. Flora ends Frosslass with a Shadow Ball, and lets Petal Dance take out the three Water types. ez.
- Raid the Raid Tower, and get rekt by a Rocket admin and his 8 poison types. I NEED HEART SCALES.

Team at the Raaadio tower:
Spoiler:
NOTE: My sprite resource lacks HGSS sprites for pokemon not native to Kanto or Johto. As such, the Platinum or DP sprites may be shown.

Elm (Meganium) Lv49 @ Soothe Bell
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow
- Reflect
- Magical Leaf
- Light Screen
- Synthesis


Basswood (Leafeon) Lv48 @ Choice Band
Male | Sassy (SpDef>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- Bite
- Razor Leaf
- Psycho Cut
- Aromatherapy



Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv47
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Leech Seed
- Surf
- Grass Knot
- Nature Power


Flora (Roserade) Lv48 @ Miracle Seed
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Petal Dance
- Shadow Ball


Juniper (Breloom) Lv48
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Leech Seed
- Drain Punch
- Seed Bomb
- Mach Punch


Oak (Torterra) Lv45 @ Exp Share
Male | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Shell Armor
- Curse
- Razor Leaf
- Earthquake
- Crunch

Ft. Pikachu the Pikachu and DDDDD the Shiny Gyarados

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle
Hazelnut the Ivysaur

TL;DR: Why? Why must there be so many Poison and Flying and Ice and Bug types in this region?

Y
Important Events:
Spoiler:
- After a good amount of smashing the aristocracy in the Battle Chateau, Pine evolves and we challenge the Psychic gym
- VS Olympia: Pine's Blizzard into Sigilyph's Light Screen puts Sig in Ice Shard range. Wood Hammer overkills her half water (I forget which one). I make the fabulous decision to have Flora fight Meowstic, forgetting that I don't carry Shadow Ball in this game. Pecan could care less.
- Have Pistachio II harvest the life energy of a metric ton of Luvdisc to acquire a few Heart Scales, which we spend now.
- Walk into Lysandre Labs and... OH HEY IT'S YOU!
- VS Lysandre: Flora bops Mienfoo and Murkrow with Dazzling Gleam, Pista nukes Pyroar, and Flora and Pine take out G-Dos.
- Do the things in the labs.
- Geosenge here we... OH NOT YOU AGAIN....
- VS Lysandre: See above, just replace the names of all of Lysandre's pokemon that could evolve with their evolved forms
- Flora rampages through the Flare HQ
- Throw an M-Ball at Yveltal to maintain health for Lysandre part III
- VS Lysandre: Even easier tbh. Flora gets Mien, Pista deals with Pyroar, Pine eliminates Honchy, and Chestnut eliminates G-Dos.
- Run through the plotless boringness until Snowbelle

Team @ Snowbelle City:
Spoiler:

Chestnut (Chesnaught) Lv54 @ Leftovers
Female | Gentle (SpDef>Def) | Overgrow
- Seed Bomb
- Leech Seed
- Spiky Shield
- Hammer Arm


Walnut (Gogoat) Lv45 @ Earth Plate
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Sap Sipper
- Horn Leech
- Bulk Up
- Bulldoze
- Return


Flora (Roserade) Lv45 @ Rose Incense
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Poison Point
- Sludge Bomb
- Grassy Terrain
- Dazzling Gleam
- Giga Drain


Pecan (Ferrothorn) Lv53 @ Amulet Coin
Male | Brave (Atk>Spd) | Iron Barbs
- Payback
- Power Whip
- Curse
- Gyro Ball


Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv54 @ Damp Rock
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Swift Swim
- Uproar
- Grass Knot
- Surf
- Rain Dance


Hazelnut (Abomasnow) Lv53 @ Abomasite
Female | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Snow Warning
- Blizzard
- Ice Shard
- Shadow Ball
- Wood Hammer

Ft. JOHN CENA the Hawlucha, Pistachio II the Lombre, and Nuzleaf the Yveltal

Out of Rotation:
Yulyana the Pansage (Banished for being a bad pokemon)
Cashew the Exeggutor
Hazelnut the Venusaur

TL;DR: HOW ARE THERE THIS MANY ICE/POISON TYPES TO GO AROUND?
Challenges - TCG - Daily
Profile pic by Kitty!

ddrox13

Anti-Nonsense

Northeast US
Seen October 21st, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2021
1,643 posts
7.5 Years
Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (8/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (8/8)

*VS Team Rocket theme plays*

StormSilver
Important Events:
Spoiler:
- TM HUNT!
- Spend far longer than I should have at the Battle Frontier for a Toxic Orb, Zoom Lens, and a couple TMs
- ROCKETS MAY NOW ALL DIE IN HELL
- My god there are so many Poison types
- Pista, Oak, and Bass clean out the Rockets
- VS Silver: I hax out Honchkrow and then nothing else causes me problems.
- The middle two executives give me major problems, but nothing that isn't solved by a quick soft reset or 3000...
- Archer is the easiest of the executives, with the fewest Poison types
- Welp, imma just leave... WAIT WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE?
- VS Giovanni: Ok, you exist. All pokemon with names beginning in Nido are dealt with by Oak/Bass, all others are Juniper's kills.
- Facerush the Ice Path, I can't stand Ice types
- VS Clair: Rawr. Dragons. Luckily for me, I went ahead and taught Pista Ice Beam, which picks off 4 with ease. Salamence is a *****, but eventually takes an I-Beam and dies. Kingdra causes more problems. Knowing from previous failures, I risk it having Swift Swim to set up Rain, reducing Blizzard's accuracy to 50%. Then Breloom goes ham.
- Do the Dragon's Den crap, as well as grabbing the M-Ball and beating up some Kimono Girls.

Team after 8 Gyms:
Spoiler:
NOTE: My sprite resource lacks HGSS sprites for pokemon not native to Kanto or Johto. As such, the Platinum or DP sprites may be shown.

Elm (Meganium) Lv51 @ Soothe Bell
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow
- Reflect
- Energy Ball
- Light Screen
- Synthesis


Basswood (Leafeon) Lv50 @ Scope Lens
Male | Sassy (SpDef>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- X-Scissor
- Razor Leaf
- Psycho Cut
- Aromatherapy



Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv47 @ Amulet Coin
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Rain Dance
- Surf
- Giga Drain
- Ice Beam


Flora (Roserade) Lv50 @ Miracle Seed
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Petal Dance
- Shadow Ball


Juniper (Breloom) Lv51 @ Toxic Orb
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Spore
- Drain Punch
- Seed Bomb
- Mach Punch


Oak (Torterra) Lv50 @ King's Rock
Male | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Shell Armor
- Curse
- Razor Leaf
- Earthquake
- Crunch

Ft. Pikachu the Pikachu and DDDDD the Shiny Gyarados

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle
Hazelnut the Ivysaur

TL;DR: THAR BE DRAGONS HERE... Until I beat them. Then there aren't any more Dragons.

Y
Important Events:
I got the 8th Badge. That is all.
Team after 8 Badges:
Spoiler:

Chestnut (Chesnaught) Lv55 @ Leftovers
Female | Gentle (SpDef>Def) | Overgrow
- Wood Hammer
- Leech Seed
- Spiky Shield
- Hammer Arm


Walnut (Gogoat) Lv55 @ Earth Plate
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Sap Sipper
- Horn Leech
- Bulk Up
- Earthquake
- Return


Flora (Roserade) Lv56 @ Rose Incense
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Poison Point
- Sludge Bomb
- Grassy Terrain
- Dazzling Gleam
- Giga Drain


Pecan (Ferrothorn) Lv54 @ Amulet Coin
Male | Brave (Atk>Spd) | Iron Barbs
- Payback
- Power Whip
- Curse
- Gyro Ball


Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv54 @ Damp Rock
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Swift Swim
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot
- Surf
- Rain Dance


Hazelnut (Abomasnow) Lv53 @ Abomasite
Female | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Snow Warning
- Blizzard
- Ice Shard
- Shadow Ball
- Wood Hammer

Ft. JOHN CENA the Hawlucha, Pistachio II the Lombre, and Nuzleaf the Yveltal

Out of Rotation:
Yulyana the Pansage (Banished for being a bad pokemon)
Cashew the Exeggutor
Hazelnut the Venusaur

TL;DR: Oh the weather outside is frightful...
Challenges - TCG - Daily
Profile pic by Kitty!

ShinyHoundoom

Houndoom Fan

Age 32
They/Them
Route 214
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted August 10th, 2018
96 posts
15.4 Years
Not much to mention here besides beating Korrina and getting Coconut the Exeggcute. Oh Aries and Root are fully evolved now.

Badges 3/8

Current Team:
Spoiler:
Coconut the Exeggute
Level 27/Male/Gentle/Chlorophyll
-Bullet Seed
-Confusion
-Poison Powder
-Sleep Powder

Chestnut the Quilladin Viola MVP
Level 32/Male/Hasty/Overgrow
-Take Down
-Bite
-Needle Arm
-Cut

Aries the Gogoat
Level 33/Male/Serious/Sap Sipper
-Take Down
-Bulldoze
-Seed Bomb
-Leech Seed

Root the Venusaur Grant MVP, Korrina MVP
Level 34/Male/Sassy/Overgrow/Venusaurite
-Take Down
-Sleep Powder
-Leech Seed
-Petal Dance

ddrox13

Anti-Nonsense

Northeast US
Seen October 21st, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2021
1,643 posts
7.5 Years
Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (8+E4/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (8/8)

DUN DUN DUNNNNN! DUAL-SCREENS OP!!!! CHOICE SCARF OP!!!!! SCARFED DUAL SCREEN USER OP!!!! ON TO KANTO AT LAST!

StormSilver
Important Events:
Spoiler:
- Do the Lugia thing, and catch it. Perfect HM slave.
- Hate Route 26/27
- Do Victory Road, but remember that there is actually a Rival battle this time...
- SR at least twice after losing to said rival, then...
- VS Rival Silver: So a word of note before we begin: Juniper is boxed for the HM slave Lugia atm. Honchkrow takes down Pistachio, but Flora bails him out as usual. Oak eats Alakazam. Typhlosion easily dispatches everyone except Elm, but I manage to revive Oak and EQ connects. Kingdra's Ice Beam is annoying as hell, but playing around Elm's Light Screens I manage to take it out. Electivire (Drayno honestly gave Silver most of Paul's Anime team) also runs Ice coverage and takes out Elm, but I manage to get Oak to full health, so he survives said Ice Punch with 10ish HP. Gengar is Silver's last poke. My last potion allows Oak one Crunch, which fails to get the KO. So I burn my last revive on Elm and hope for the best. 7 Screen/Synth turns later, I realize I'm faster than the damn thing and just Energy Ball it for the win. TLDR Typhlo kills everything that isn't Oak or Elm, who proceed to bop everyone else. With skill.
- OK, E4 time
- Get rekt by Will like 30000 times
- I don't really remember the E4 battles, I do remember the decision to get back to the Battle Frontier and buy myself another Scarf won me it. Scarfs on Elm and Flora. Band on Oak. CHOICES!
- I beat Lance on the back of some impressive Screens from Elm, Good overall movement from Pista, and a LOT of Oak Stone Edges. Co-MVPs of E4: Elm and Oak

Team after Champion:
Spoiler:
NOTE: My sprite resource lacks HGSS sprites for pokemon not native to Kanto or Johto. As such, the Platinum or DP sprites may be shown.

Elm (Meganium) Lv54 @ Choice Scarf
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow
- Reflect
- Energy Ball
- Light Screen
- Synthesis


Basswood (Leafeon) Lv54 @ Scope Lens
Male | Sassy (SpDef>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- X-Scissor
- Razor Leaf
- Psycho Cut
- Aromatherapy



Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv53 @ Amulet Coin
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Rain Dance
- Surf
- Giga Drain
- Ice Beam


Flora (Roserade) Lv504 @ Choice Scarf
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Petal Dance
- Shadow Ball


Juniper (Breloom) Lv51 @ Toxic Orb
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Spore
- Drain Punch
- Seed Bomb
- Mach Punch


Oak (Torterra) Lv55 @ Choice Band
Male | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Shell Armor
- Stone Edge
- Razor Leaf
- Earthquake
- Crunch

Ft. Pikachu the Pikachu, Wigglituff the Lugia, and DDDDD the Shiny Gyarados

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle
Hazelnut the Ivysaur
Challenges - TCG - Daily
Profile pic by Kitty!

Age 22
Male
Seen April 6th, 2018
Posted March 8th, 2018
368 posts
8.8 Years
Ultimate Bug Monotype Challenge!
Fire red 2/8, Sacred Gold 0/16, Ruby 0/8, Platinum 0/8, Blaze Black 0/8, X 0/8!

Bold is current, and crossed out is completed.

Update numero siete!


Spoiler:
-Ran the gauntlet on the bridge destroyed the rocket grunt.
-Healed my Pokemon.
-Beat all the trainers up to Bill and talked to him. He walked in to the transporter and I turned the machine on... HEY WHERE DID THE POKEMON GO!?!?!?!?!?!?!
-I healed my Pokemon at the center and then did some grinding.
-Got bored with grinding and gave Spots, Bullet seed and destroyed Misty (Starmie no like Leach Life and Bullet Seed). Yay this badge makes Hornet, LISTEN to me!!!!
-Went and beat the rocket grunt with Spots, and Telefly.
-Healed my Pokemon.


Hornet

IT'S SHINY!!!!
Spoiler:
Level 11
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Naive
Moves:
Poison sting
String shot
Harden
Fury Attack


Telefly

Spoiler:
Level 24
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Rash
Moves:
Super Sonic
Confusion
Poison Powder
Sleep Powder


Spots

Spoiler:
Level 20
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Lonely
Moves:
Leach Life (SO OP!!!!!!)
Stun Spore
Poison Powder
Bullet Seed

Shiny Pokemon I have caught: Rapidash (SS), Linoone (E), Spinda (E), Bibarel (Pt), Weedle (FR), Garbodor (X), Chansey(x5) (X), Audino(x2) (X), Flechinder (Mn), Whiscash (Mn), Magby (Mn), Caterpie (X)

Hall of Fame Post

ShinyHoundoom

Houndoom Fan

Age 32
They/Them
Route 214
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted August 10th, 2018
96 posts
15.4 Years
Things to note of this update:
-I hate Team Flare's massive amount of poison, flying, and fire types.
-I defeated Ramos, Clemont, and Valerie
-Chestnut is now a Chesnaught
-Coconut is now an Exeggutor

Badges: 6/8

Current Team:
Spoiler:
Coconut the Exeggutor Valerie co-MVP
Level 39/Male/Gentle/Chlorophyll
-Grass Knot
-Confusion
-Wood Hammer
-Sleep Powder

Chestnut the Chesnaught Viola MVP
Level 40/Male/Hasty/Overgrow
-Take Down
-Spiky Sheild
-Seed Bomb
-Cut

Aries the Gogoat
Level 42/Male/Serious/Sap Sipper/Leftovers Ramos co-MVP, Clemont MVP
-Double-Edge
-Bulldoze
-Seed Bomb
-Leech Seed

Root the Venusaur Grant MVP, Korrina MVP, Ramos co-MVP, Valerie co-MVP
Level 42/Male/Sassy/Overgrow/Venusaurite
-Double-Edge
-Sleep Powder
-Leech Seed
-Petal Dance

Pekin

Wigglytuff is and has always been on acid.

Age 29
Male
Denmark
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted July 25th, 2020
282 posts
14.2 Years
Ultimate Bug Monotype Challenge
Game:
SoulSilver
Badges: 16

Alright, so after defeating the E4 and the Champion, I trained for a while, then moved on to Kanto. The gym leaders there are always so... Not necessarily easy, especially with a mono Bug-team, but you get through them pretty fast. Heracross and Yanmega are seriousy proving themselves as the powerhouses of the team. Parasect is surprisingly useful, and Forretress is just impossible to take down. Except for anything with a Fire-type move. Beedrill so far mainly functions as a scout, thanks to U-Turn. Poison Jab isn't exactly vital in this gen. Ledian is proving itself time and time again to be useful. Maybe it's partly due to my exceptionally low expectations, but she hits harder than I expect her to almost every time. Still pretty easy to take down, though, but with a Sp. Attack stat of something in the 110s just above level 50, it's surprisingly close to being as high as possible with a good nature, max EVs and IVs and whatnot. So I'm guessing it has good IVs, because I haven't really EV trained.

Anyway, I'm standing just outside Mt. Silver now. I need to train for a while and update some movesets before challenging Red. Here's my team:

Heracross, lv. 60 @ Destiny Knot
Female // Jolly // Swarm
- Rock Tomb
- Close Combat
- Megahorn
- Earthquake

Yanmega, lv. 57 @ Choice Specs
Male // Timid // Tinted Lens
- Bug Buzz
- Shadow Ball
- Psychic
- Air Slash

Beedrill, lv. 60 @ Amulet Coin
Male // Adamant // Swarm
- U-turn
- Toxic Spikes
- Thief
- Poison Jab

Forretress, lv. 57 @ Leftovers
Female // Careful // Sturdy
- Bug Bite
- Dig
- Stealth Rock
- Rock Slide

Ledian, lv. 57 @ Wide Lens
Female // Modest // Swarm
- Bug Buzz
- Focus Blast
- Reflect
- Roost

Parasect, lv. 58 @ Miracle Seed
Male // Impish // Dry Skin
- Return
- Spore
- Giga Drain
- X-Scissor
Male
Seen June 22nd, 2019
Posted June 22nd, 2019
103 posts
7.4 Years
Xander's Ultimate Pokemon Challenges

UPDATE #2

Challenge #1 : Pokemon Soulsilver Ground Monotype


I defeated Bugsy and made my way through Ilex Forest to Goldenrod City. I toughened my team up a little bit and am ready to challenge the Gym.

My Badges: 2/16

My Team:

Geodude Lvl 19
Onix. Lvl 19
Wooper. Lvl 17
Completed Challenges

Fire Monotype - X
Potterlocke - X
Nidoking Solo- Red

ddrox13

Anti-Nonsense

Northeast US
Seen October 21st, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2021
1,643 posts
7.5 Years
Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (9/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (8/8)

Aaw man, this game makes you take on the Kanto gyms in order? damn.

StormSilver
Important Events:
Spoiler:
- Kanto. Riiiiight.
- So I take the Ferry to Vermellion, only to learn that the GL is MIA, and I should go to Pewter City. So they added an order???? Cvap.
- Diglett's Den for training
- VS Brock: easy 6-0
- So I head out to Mt Moon and start to go through it until... WAIT WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING HERE????
- VS Rival Silver: Basically my standard Rival strat - Sac 3/4 pokemon at the beginning then let Pista, Oak, and Elm sweep.
- Breloom is not exactly helping at this point, and I'm not using it for any of the next 6 gyms, so I drop Juniper for now. I'll leave it in the rotation for the time being, but Lugia has it's party slot.
- Reach Cerulean, and upon realizing that I needed to do the Power Plant crap, save and close.

Team in Cerulean:
Spoiler:
NOTE: My sprite resource lacks HGSS sprites for pokemon not native to Kanto or Johto. As such, the Platinum or DP sprites may be shown.

Elm (Meganium) Lv61 @ Choice Scarf
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow
- Reflect
- Energy Ball
- Light Screen
- Aromatherapy


Basswood (Leafeon) Lv61 @ Scope Lens
Male | Sassy (SpDef>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- X-Scissor
- Leaf Blade
- Psycho Cut
- Aromatherapy


Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv60 @ Amulet Coin
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Rain Dance
- Surf
- Giga Drain
- Ice Beam


Flora (Roserade) Lv62 @ Choice Specs
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Petal Dance
- Shadow Ball


Juniper (Breloom) Lv51 @ Toxic Orb
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Spore
- Drain Punch
- Seed Bomb
- Mach Punch


Oak (Torterra) Lv62 @ Choice Band
Male | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Shell Armor
- Stone Edge
- Razor Leaf
- Earthquake
- Crunch

Ft. Pikachu the Pikachu, Wigglituff the Lugia, and DDDDD the Shiny Gyarados

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle
Hazelnut the Ivysaur
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Female
United Kingdom
Seen August 3rd, 2020
Posted June 23rd, 2019
665 posts
7.7 Years
Update

Currently dealing with Team Magma around Mount Chimney.

Team
Spoiler:

Destiny (Lombre)
Level: 31
Nature: Modest
Ability: Swift Swim
Moveset: Astonish, Fake Out, Absorb, Bubble Beam

Sammy (Nuzleaf)
Level: 26
Nature: Lax
Ability: Chlorophyll
Moveset: Bide, Razor Wind, Feint Attack, Razor Leaf

Mushy (Breloom)
Level: 25
Nature: Relaxed
Ability: Poison Heal
Moveset: Power-Up Punch, Mach Punch, False Swipe, Low Sweep

Leafeon
Level: 27
Nature: Relaxed
Ability: Leaf Guard
Moveset: Giga Drain, Rock Smash, Bite, Magical Leaf

Gecko (Grovyle)
Level: 30
Nature: Naughty
Ability: Overgrow
Moveset: Cut, Mega Drain, Fury Cutter, Leaf Blade

Fluer (Roselia)
Level: 28
Nature: Modest
Ability: Natural Cure
Moveset: Leech Seed, Toxic Spikes, Poison Sting, Magical Leaf

VPP: yet to hatch. Raise one for yourself at VPP
Male
Seen June 22nd, 2019
Posted June 22nd, 2019
103 posts
7.4 Years
Xander's Pokemon Challenges

Update #3

Current Challenges:

Pokemon Soul silver Ground Monotype

My Badges: 3/16

My Team:

Geodude Lv. 22
Onix Lv. 22
Quagsire Lv. 22
Nidorino Lv. 17
Nidoran Lv. 15




Pokemon X Bug Monotype

My Badges: 1/8

My Team:

Vivillon Lv. 12
Butterfree Lv. 12
Combee Lv. 9
Burmy Lv. 6

Completed Challenges:

None
Completed Challenges

Fire Monotype - X
Potterlocke - X
Nidoking Solo- Red

ddrox13

Anti-Nonsense

Northeast US
Seen October 21st, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2021
1,643 posts
7.5 Years
Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (11/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (8/8)

Sigh.

StormSilver
Important Events:
Spoiler:
- zzz Powerplant and Route 24 happen, GIMME A BADGE ALREADY
- I add Juniper back to the team, and it easily dispatches every last Gym Trainer except one annoying Pelliper despite being 7-8 levels underlevelled.
- Train Juni to a little under the rest of the team, and challenge Misty
- VS Misty: This would be the easiest battle of my run... Except for one little detail... Politoed's Drizzle sets up rain and an Ice Beam, only to get taken out by Juniper (who restored himeslf to full health in the process). Lapras is Spored, but it survives a Drain Punch and gets the 1-turn wake to ko Juniper with Ice Beam. Elm easily secures credit with Energy Ball, then sets up Light Screen, only to get frozen by Starmie's, wait for it, Ice Beam and forcing me to switch out. At this point, I realize that this isn't Gen 6 and Drizzle Rain lasts forever, a fact Pistachio could not be happier about. GIGA DRAIN SPAM! Starmie and Lanturn offer a Swift Swim empowered Pista little resistance, and Basswood secures credit for Vaporeon and Golduck with ease. Screw Ice Beam.
- Fly south to Vermellion, and do a thing there.
- VS Lt. Surge: The moral of this battle is that Electric types are fast and I need to use Elm more. Oak easily removes Magnezone from play, and then facetanks an Ice Punch to KO Electavire. I assume that Oak will outspeed and OHKO Ampharos as well, but that is not the case. Basswood puts up a Swords Dance and then bops Ampharos. Raichu does not hit Focus Miss, and Bass manages to survive a Jolteon Shadow Ball. Electrode defeats Basswood, but Juniper steps in to finish the job.
-

Team after 11 Gyms:
Spoiler:
NOTE: My sprite resource lacks HGSS sprites for pokemon not native to Kanto or Johto. As such, the Platinum or DP sprites may be shown.

Elm (Meganium) Lv63 @ Light Clay
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow
- Reflect
- Energy Ball
- Light Screen
- Aromatherapy


Basswood (Leafeon) Lv64 @ Scope Lens
Male | Sassy (SpDef>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- X-Scissor
- Leaf Blade
- Psycho Cut
- Swords Dance


Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv62 @ Amulet Coin
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Rain Dance
- Surf
- Giga Drain
- Ice Beam


Flora (Roserade) Lv63 @ Choice Specs
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Sludge Bomb
- Giga Drain
- Petal Dance
- Shadow Ball


Juniper (Breloom) Lv61 @ Toxic Orb
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Spore
- Drain Punch
- Seed Bomb
- Mach Punch


Oak (Torterra) Lv63 @ Choice Band
Male | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Shell Armor
- Stone Edge
- Razor Leaf
- Earthquake
- Crunch

Ft. Pikachu the Pikachu, Wigglituff the Lugia, and DDDDD the Shiny Gyarados

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle
Hazelnut the Ivysaur
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ShinyHoundoom

Houndoom Fan

Age 32
They/Them
Route 214
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted August 10th, 2018
96 posts
15.4 Years
This part was a bit rough. I get my last two party members Oak the Trevenant and Pineapple the Ludicolo. With Frost Cavern, the rival fight, and Olympia's Sigiliph the team took a beating. Not looking forward to the rest of the Team Flare stuff, Lysandre, and Wulfric.

Badges 7/8

Current team:

Spoiler:
Oak the Trevenant
Level 41/Male/Mild/Natural Cure
-Leech Seed
-Curse
-Will-O-Wisp
-Shadow Claw

Pinapple the Ludicolo
Level 41/Male/Hardy/Rain Dish
-Grass Knot
-Surf
-Bubble Beam
-Zen Headbutt

Coconut the Exeggutor Valerie co-MVP
Level 45/Male/Gentle/Chlorophyll
-Grass Knot
-Confusion
-Wood Hammer
-Sleep Powder

Chestnut the Chesnaught Viola MVP
Level 47/Male/Hasty/Overgrow
-Strength
-Spiky Sheild
-Seed Bomb
-Cut

Aries the Gogoat
Level 48/Male/Serious/Sap Sipper/Leftovers Ramos co-MVP, Clemont MVP, Olympia MVP
-Double-Edge
-Bulldoze
-Seed Bomb
-Leech Seed

Root the Venusaur Grant MVP, Korrina MVP, Ramos co-MVP, Valerie co-MVP
Level 48/Male/Sassy/Overgrow/Venusaurite
-Double-Edge
-Sleep Powder
-Leech Seed
-Petal Dance

ddrox13

Anti-Nonsense

Northeast US
Seen October 21st, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2021
1,643 posts
7.5 Years
Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (11/16), Emerald, Black 2 (Replaces White 2, See bottom of post), Y

You know what is the best thing ever? Your 3DS dying during the Champion fight. And it's not even the Cynthia fight for once, because let's be honest, everyone's DS died fighting Cynthia. Everyone. I'll update this post with the final team once I beat Diantha and AZ.

UPDATE: Fin.

Y
Important Events:
Spoiler:
- Grindy Grind Grind
- Victory Road is hell. There is a rival fight, but that was the easiest battle on the entire route.
- Pokemon League time. still 7-8 levels under Diantha's ace, but who cares.
- VS Siebold: Walnut sets up 4 Bulk Ups and sweeps.
- VS Wikstrom: See Siebold. I do burn the last of my Earthquake uses (where has this happened before...), so rip my Max Elixir.
- VS Drasna: I try and do a lot of things, but she keeps taking out my stuff until I remember that Flora has Dazzling Gleam.
- VS Malva: Pistachio sets up Rain and sweeps.
- As I said above, my DS cuts out the power during the Diantha fight, but I saved before it. We resume tomorrow.
- Flora vs Hawlucha: Dazzling Gleam OHKOes 6-5
- Chestnut vs Aurorus: Hammer Arm OHKOes 6-4
- Walnut vs Goodra: Earthquake deals a little less than half, so I Bulk Up before the second cast. 6-3
- Walnut vs Tyrantrum: I see no reason to switch out a Bulked Up Gogoat, so I don't. Tyrantrum narrowly avoids being KOed by Earthquake and Head Smashes both himself and Walnut to the ground. 5-2
- PineNut vs Gourgeist: Gourgeist opens with Trick or Treat and Pine OHKOes with Blizzard 5-1
- PineNut vs Gardevoir: Pine takes a Shadow ball to the face and counterracts with her own STAB Shadow Ball (Compliments of Trick-Or-Treat). Ice Shard fails to KO, and Garde takes down Pine. 4-1
- Pecan vs Gardevoir: Curse into the obvious Full Restore, and Gyro Ball enters me into the Hall of Fame.
- AZ is easy

FINAL TEAM:

Chestnut (Chesnaught) Lv63 @ Leftovers
Female | Gentle (SpDef>Def) | Overgrow
- Wood Hammer
- Leech Seed
- Spiky Shield
- Hammer Arm

TANKY TANK TANK TANK TANK. I don't think Chesnaught fainted once after evolving, especially not once I set up my final moves. Leech Seed and Lefties with Spiky Shield is OP. Always came through when I needed her to. A huge asset to this team.


Walnut (Gogoat) Lv64 @ Earth Plate
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Sap Sipper
- Horn Leech
- Bulk Up
- Earthquake
- Milk Drink

Oh my. Literally nothing the E4 has can beat this thing. So much fun to have around, just for big hits whenever I needed them.


Flora (Roserade) Lv65 @ Rose Incense
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Poison Point
- Sludge Bomb
- Grassy Terrain
- Dazzling Gleam
- Giga Drain

Dazzling Gleam saved my a** more times than I can remember, and Grassy Terrain was nice for setting up. I've talked about Roserade plenty before, so I'll leave it be for now.


Pecan (Ferrothorn) Lv63 @ Amulet Coin
Male | Brave (Atk>Spd) | Iron Barbs
- Payback
- Power Whip
- Curse
- Gyro Ball

I used Pekin's set minus the helmet here, because it hits SO HARD. He often turned into a liability on routes due to his low Speed, but showed up in major battles, just like about every Steel type I have used.


Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv65 @ Damp Rock
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Swift Swim
- Ice Beam
- Grass Knot
- Surf
- Rain Dance

Rain sweeper. Done. Easy. Let's move on.


Hazelnut (Abomasnow) Lv53 @ Abomasite
Female | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Snow Warning
- Blizzard
- Ice Shard
- Shadow Ball
- Wood Hammer

Hits like a truck every time, and has the only Priority on this generally slow squad. Also, Ice coverage is awesome on Monograss.

Ft. JOHN CENA the Hawlucha, Pistachio II the Lombre, and Nuzleaf the Yveltal

Out of Rotation:
Yulyana the Pansage (Banished for being a bad pokemon)
Cashew the Exeggutor
Hazelnut the Venusaur

IN OTHER NEWS I will be playing my hard copy of Black 2 rather than White 2, and it will run parallel to the remainder of the emulated games, StormSilver and Emerald. This change has been reflected in the header. I'd load it up right now, but needs moar Mario Tennis.
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