Event The Poképhobia Halloween Challenge Page 2

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Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years

Fairy Tale Girl Ilyena
Y | Phonophobia + Taphophobia | Badges: 1


L'Viaquez lv. 15
Torrent | Naive
[ Lick | Growl | Water Pulse | Quick Attack ]


Lapochka lv. 12
Shield Dust | Gentle
[ Tackle | Struggle Bug | Stun Spore | Protect ]

Started my journey. Naturally, my bogus friends have to call me Queen. Because despite my phobias, I slay. That's how real queens do it. The scare factors haven't come into play much yet. My only sound based move for the moment is L'Viaquez's Growl which, lbr, ain't all that scary. Lapochka will learn something later. For now, we're on our way to the next town. The first badge was, as all gyms in this game are, easy to beat. On to Lumiose.
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Ahri

Age 30
Female
Seen 1 Week Ago
Posted 4 Weeks Ago
1,102 posts
10.4 Years

Furisode Girl Ahri
X | Arachnophobia

Badges




Log book
Spoiler:
> Named myself Ahri and picked Froakie as a starter.
> Had all the so-called friends call me Kyuu
> Transfered a freshly hatched Spinarak & a freshly hatched Joltik into my game from my Poke Bank.
> Used the trainers I'd avoided in Santalune forest and Route 3 to level my spiders.
> Boxed Froakie
> Earned the Bug Badge with ease.
> Battled my way to Lumiose.
> Obtained Bulbasaur.
> Got dragged in unnecessary filler stuff by my so-called friends.
> Made "friends" with Team Flare.
> Got the Cliff Badge.
> Obtained Amaura. Boxed it pretty quickly because it kept fainting from every single thing.
> More Team Flare dates, more random interruptions.
> Looked pretty in the Reflection Cave.
> Reached Shallour, met the fake bunch, talked to some old dude, won a Rumble Badge.
> Had my first Mega Evolutions battle and obtained Lucario.
> Left Shallour and some sad looking guy gave me a Lapras. Taught it Surf.
> Played with the adorable Skiddos.
> Reached Coumarine, got interrupted by various randoms again, got my Plant Badge.
> Had another play date with Team Flare at the Power Plant. Can't bring myself to tell them how ridiculous they look...
> Finally restored power in Lumiose.
> Got my Voltage Badge.
> Ran around and became stylish.
> Caught Skorupi on Route 14 after, guess what.... MORE interruptions by those so-called friends who I'm pretty sure are stalking me.
> Reached Laverre, went straight for the Gym and then the boutique. Was highly disappointed I couldn't purchase Furisodes...
> Played a game of tag with Team Flare at the Pokeball factory.
> Reached Dendemille, got interrupted by one of the lame kids and Sycamore.
> Met up for tea with Team Flare again, this time in the Frost Cavern. An Abomasnow was there too. He gave me a present.
> Reached Anistar, had a really trippy experience at the Gym (there's something in that incense, I tell you!). Obtained the Psychic Badge.
> As soon as I left the Gym, I got an invitation for a playdate at the Team Flare HQ in what was supposed to be some "shocking revelation" (red hair, talks silly all the time, all his grunts talk about his caffe.... wouldn't have guessed....).
> *insert dramatic Team Flare obliteration here*
> Sycamore stalked me to Couriway (he made it sound like he'd be waiting for me... yeah right >_>). Kicked his butt just like that first time in Lumiose.
> Finally lost my cool and kicked my so-called friends' butts in pokemon battles on Route 19.
> Reached Snowbelle, went through the trippy forest to remind the Gym leader that he has a job to do.
> Went back to Snowbelle and swiftly kicked everyone's asses for having kept me waiting and stuff...
> Went to the Victory Road.
> Reached the Elite 4.
> Battled all of them in the following order: Fire>Steel>Dragon>Water. Some were trickier than others but overall not that difficult.
> Faced Diantha and swiftly eliminated 3 of her pokemon with Lapras alone after which her Mega Gardevoir proceeded to pretty much wipe the floor with most of my team.
> Became Champion.
> Went to Lumiose for the fancy parade then battled Az as per his request.
> Waited through the Credits so I could post this update xD


Final Team


Drapion
Level 66 | Male | Modest | Sniper @ Toxic Plate
Crunch | Cross Poison | Night Slash | Aerial Ace



Lapras
Level 66 | Male | Docile | Water Absorb @ Mystic Water
Surf | Waterfall | Ice Beam | Hydro Pump


Venusaur
Level 67 | Male | Modest | Overgrow @ Venusaurite
Strength | Sludge Bomb | Petal Dance | Petal Blizzard



Lucario
Level 70 | Male | Hasty | Steadfast @ Lucarionite
Aura Sphere | Shadow Claw | Dragon Pulse | Bone Rush



Galvantula
Level 77 | Female | Jolly | Swarm @ Zap Plate
Thunderbolt | Bug Buzz | Electro Ball | Thunder Wave



Ariados
Level 80 | Male | Adamant | Swarm @ Black Sludge
Cross Poison | Poison Jab | Sucker Punch | Psychic


Thoughts on the team:

Drapion- I got this guy fairly late but not really. Raising it was a pain as it kept falling behind everything else. By the time it caught up with everyone else, it was because poor Lapras wasn't of much use against all those Team Flare Grunts and Admins that made such a good XP source for this little guy. Oddly enough, as much as I hated it overall, Drapion DID deliver against the Elive Four, albeit, fainting here and there. But it certainly did better than some others in my team...

Lapras- Lapras did good early on but then fell behind a lot, especially during the whole Team Flare obliteration thing. There just wasn't any use for the poor little thing there. 10/10 Gen 6 Lapras Surf overworld animation & stuff tho. I LOVED surfing around for once :D. Fast forward to the Elite Four and Champion, Lapras surpassed all of my expectations. It was tanky enough to tank those super-effective hits whilst hitting back HARD and fast. It nearly soloed Malva and Diantha. Definitely will use it again, especially since it's one of my favourite pokemon.

Venusaur- Venusaur wasn't exactly in the spotlight unless I needed some good Grass STAB but it did deliver during the Elite Four battles and only fainted against Diantha's Mega Gardevoir. I always like using Bulbasaur and its evolutions in spite of it being the least popular Kanto starter. It hasn't really failed me yet.

Lucario- Hands down, this playthrough's MVP, closely followed by Lapras and Galvantula who share the 2nd spot in terms of satisfaction & all. This guy was an absolute beast! It could 1 HKO most things, even when it didn't have the advantage. I used this fella the most during the Elite Four and I honestly regret not picking up Lucario earlier. it was my first time using one and I was pleasantly surprised. I mean, sure, it had its bad moments when it got 1 HKOed by a random Earthquake or god knows what other stuff it was weak against, but it also tanked a lot of Drasna's Noivern's Flamethrowers until it got a Burn from it so I decided to switch it out for Lapras and patch it up. I honestly felt like a douchebag having that Lucario in my team. It was like the Oprah of 1 HKOs.

Galvantula- I was fond of this little baby for the simple fact that it had its Hidden Ability and this was my first time I ever hatched a HA anything so I guess I was pretty biased about it even when it was utter crap. It struggled some early, being constantly carried by Spinarak & then Ariados but, once it evolved, it was like God mode was turned on. It started 1 HKOing anything that was weak to it whilst being able to tank a few hits. It delivered each and every time I sent it out to fight and I don't think I remember it fainting at all, maybe only once or twice the entire game. Will definitely use it again.

Ariados- Never. Again. Sure, it pretty much carried the team early on and ended up extremely overleveled because of it, but once the going got tough, Ariados just started failing. I only used it when I needed the Psychic which was weak anyways because Adamant Ariados and, when I sent it out during the Elite Four & Champion battles, it fainted in 1 hit every time, in spite of its ridiculously high level. Good early to mid game, absolute crap later on.


If you'd like to play with me, you better be sure you know the game.

Necrum

I AM THE REAL SONIC

Male
Portland, OR
Seen August 20th, 2019
Posted July 13th, 2017
5,080 posts
10.9 Years
Ariados- Never. Again. Sure, it pretty much carried the team early on and ended up extremely overleveled because of it, but once the going got tough, Ariados just started failing. I only used it when I needed the Psychic which was weak anyways because Adamant Ariados and, when I sent it out during the Elite Four & Champion battles, it fainted in 1 hit every time, in spite of its ridiculously high level. Good early to mid game, absolute crap later on.
Yeah, Ariados is pretty garbage. I made myself use one when I played my HG Bug monotype and the only thing that was worse was Ledian. I also would never use one again.

I just started my challenge, and decided I would play Necrophobic instead of Arachnophobic so I won't have to use Ariados. My trainer name is Clive after Clive Barker and my rival is Stephen after Stephen King. My starter is a female Adamant Tepig named Anne Rice. I might have more fun naming my Pokemon after horror writers than actually playing the game lol.

Miau

If I fits...

Female
Seen October 31st, 2022
Posted October 23rd, 2022
812 posts
10.8 Years
Become the unknown...
Black 2 · Achluophobia
Sadie · Aspertia City
Sadie opened her eyes into pitch-black darkness; her big brother must have turned off the nightlight again after she had fallen asleep. She turned to her side, curled into a ball, tiny hands clutching the blanket, her heart beating fast. Ever since Team Plasma stole Pluto, she had been alone. Alone, and frightened. The boys at school would make fun of her, scare her, tell her horrible stories. Sadie shuddered, fear tensing every muscle of her tiny body. They'll come for you too, the boys said. She imagined something stalking from every corner of the room, creeping from under the bed. She dared to look. And there, right next to her, she saw a pair of shining, golden-green eyes, staring hypnotically into her own. As she accommodated to the darkness, she could see the familiar contour taking shape: the curves of the ears, the slender body sparkling in indigo flecks, the sickle-shaped tail swinging left and right, left and right, left and right...

Pluto joined the party!

Pluto ♂ Lv. 4
Unburden · Careful · Likes to run

She had been drawn to the old clock tower, as if a voice had called her out, pulled her in. She had been restless, as children often are, but what was she doing in a place like this? The tower had stood since the early days of the town, but it was now abandoned, the clock face missing, the heat unbearable in the summer. With Pluto on her heel, Sadie passed through an archway; she saw the heavy spider webs covering the crumbled stonework above her head. She kneeled, and touched the cracked, odd keystone lying on the ground. The air turned chilly, whistling through the corridor. Was this a dream? A nightmare? A purple fog swirled around her, enveloped her, and dozens of green lights floated about in a dazzling display. Then she saw the eerie, hateful frown forming in front of her, the spinning, frightful eyes, and she remembered all the mean things they said.

Spiritomb joined the party!

Spiritomb ♀ Lv. 5
Infiltrator · Rash · Very finicky

She was still too small — she thought as she stood before the teacher. Pluto was still too weak — quickly done for, puny and useless. She unleashed the spirit of the keystone, but even she was still too slow. Sadie was not a Trainer. But the unkown of the battle enticed her; a child after all, she was curious, and she wanted more. The spirit rose once again, blinking lights that surrounded the teacher's Lillipup, confusing it. As if mad, it threw itself blindly at the thick, cold fog enveloping it from all sides, only to hit the ground each time, until eventually it rose no more. Sadie had won her first Gym Battle.
Sadie got the Basic Badge!

Spoiler:

So yeah, the protagonist is Hugh's sister; I mean, I'm starting with a Purrloin, why not go all out? And speaking of it, Pluto is a reference to Poe's The Black Cat; now, did it come back from the dead after being tortured and hanged by Plasma? Who knows... One thing's for sure though, Purrloin is garbage. I did have my fun with it using Assist though, especially after Spiritomb learned Feint Attack.

I got Spiritomb from the Dream Radar, so it won't have a nickname until we get to Castelia. So with an immunity to Normal, I went in under-leveled against Cheren, and lost. Critical Bite. Got lucky the second time though, Lillipup started hitting itself in confusion, and we got the badge.

Oh and Sadie's name is meant to match Hugh's. Shade - hue. And apparently a shade is made by adding black to a color. Seems appropriate, doesn't it? And Sadie also just sounds like a little girl's name.

Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years

Fairy Tale Girl Ilyena
Y | Phonophobia + Taphophobia | Badges: 3


L'Viaquez lv. 32 @ Hard Stone
Torrent | Naive
[ Rock Tomb | Round | Water Pulse | Quick Attack ]


The Widow lv. 32 @ Poison Barb
Pressure | Naive
[ Heal Order | Power Gem | Bug Bite | Slash ]


Soothsayer lv. 32 @ Charizardite Y
Blaze | Careful
[ Shadow Claw | Growl | Flame Burst | Rock Tomb ]


Vedamalady lv. 32
Healer | Serious
[ Moonblast | Draining Kiss | Attract | Echoed Voice ]


Octahedron lv. 32 @ Eviolite
Soundproof | Rash
[ Rock Tomb | Stomp | Supersonic | Bite ]


Inertiatic lv. 31
Static | Mild
[ Strength | Howl | Bite | Spark ]

So half this team was planned, the other half was "oh i like this pokemon...can it learn a sound move? yes? okay. awesome. you're coming with me." And ohhhh this is such a bad team. I think it's just because only a few of them have any good moves at the moment, but then also some aren't fully evolved yet ahaha. So yeah. We'll see where this goes from here... I have faith it'll get better when Manectric learns better moves and Loudred evolves...also when he gets better moves. lol
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Florges

The Garden Pokémon

Female
cornfield.
Seen June 6th, 2017
Posted June 6th, 2017
207 posts
9.5 Years


Poképhobia Halloween Challenge
chapter three: i love you, lucky egg
white 2 - claustrophobia



PLASMAAAAAAAAAAAAAA yeah that ship is pretty dope.

Went through Chargestone Cave, and Toko evolved!

After doing some level grinding outside of the Skyla's town, I challenged her. Toko slayed the gym, which surprised me. I thought Garbodor was supposed to suck??? Evidently not.

I sought out Professor, and I got a master ball and a lucky egg! Level grinding is going to be so much easier now! We then got on a plane to go through Reversal Mountain. There, I found my final team member, Maxie the Numel!


Mild
Hates to lose

He didn't stay as a Numel for long. Thanks to my Lucky Egg, after encountering three Audino, he evolved into Camerupt!



I made it through Reversal Mountain with Bianca, went through Undella Town, made my way North so I could get into Opelucid. On the way, Hugh and I fought off Team Plasma. That's always fun...

I finally made it into Opelucid and went straight to Drayden. He was a challenge, and I had to redo the battle again thanks to his Haxorus using four Swords Dances, but I got my badge!


Defense Move Checklist
Serperior (Sonia) - Coil ✓
Golduck (Perry) - Amnesia ✓
Magnezone (Napolein) - Light Screen ✓
Espeon (Kirigiri) - Light Screen (Will replace with Reflect) ✓
Garbordor (Toko) - Amnesia ✓
Camerupt (Maxie) - Curse ✓

Next update will be my last~
Male
Lisbon, Portugal
Seen February 20th, 2023
Posted July 17th, 2019
66 posts
11.2 Years
Achluophobia
Alpha Sapphire

Log 1:
Spoiler:
Started my Achluophobia run by completing the tutorial and catching a Poochyena, named him Grey Wind. Made my way through Petalburg Woods and defeated the team Aqua grunt. My adventure continues next!

Team:


Grey Wind, lvl 9
Moves:
-Tackle
-Howl
-Sand Attack


Log 2:
Spoiler:
After clearing Petalburg Woods, I finally reached Rustboro City, went to the gym and got destroyed by Roxanne's Geodude. So the grind was real. Grey Wind trained up to level 18, evolved to Mightyena and proceeded to obliterate Roxanne's sh*t.
Helped the Devon guy and saved Peeko, boarded Brinney's boat and reached Dewford. Caught an Abra and named him Dr.Strange.

Team:


Grey Wind, lvl 19
-Tackle
-Howl
-Snarl
-Bite


Dr.Strange, lvl 15
-Teleport


Log 3:
Spoiler:

Cleared Brawly's gym, challenged him but got my ass wooped. Then Dr.Strange evolved with a bit of training (one battle), and destroyed Brawly's mons with Confusion. Met Steven, went to Slateport City and proceeded to catch a Gulpin, now known as Mr.Ben. Trained Ben at the beach, defeated the team Aqua grunts and went to the Contest Hall, where Dr.Strange came in second place in the Cleverness department, damn that stupid Shroomish. Made my way to the Trick House and stopped there to make tis update.

Team:


Grey Wind, lvl 20
-Tackle
-Howl
-Snarl
-Thief


Dr.Strange, lvl 20
-Confusion
-Teleport
-Flash
-Disable


Mr.Ben, lvl 18
-Sludge
-Yawn
-Acid Spray
-Amnesia

Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years

Fairy Tale Girl Ilyena
Y | Phonophobia + Taphophobia | Badges: 4


L'Viaquez lv. 36 @ Hard Stone
Torrent | Naive
[ Rock Tomb | Round | Water Pulse | Surf ]


The Widow lv. 36 @ Poison Barb
Pressure | Naive
[ Heal Order | Power Gem | Bug Bite | Slash ]


Soothsayer lv. 36 @ Charizardite Y
Blaze | Careful
[ Wing Attack | Growl | Flame Burst | Rock Tomb ]


Vedamalady lv. 35
Healer | Serious
[ Moonblast | Draining Kiss | Attract | Echoed Voice ]


Octahedron lv. 35 @ Eviolite
Soundproof | Rash
[ Rock Tomb | Stomp | Supersonic | Bite ]


Inertiatic lv. 34
Static | Mild
[ Strength | Howl | Bite | Spark ]

This team still sucks, but at least I got Charizard and Greninja right at the end of the gym battle. And I have Exploud in a few more levels. -clasps hands together and prays-
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Equestria
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted July 12th, 2021
275 posts
11.7 Years
Update 2:

Spoiler:

Went on to Vermillion, did the SS anne shenanigans beat rival again. go to surge

VS Lt Surge
Geodude with magnitude vs 3 electric types, do the math

went on frther to rock tunnel didnt have enough pokes to get flash so used a map to go through it in the darkness. got to lavender town and went to celadon city, grinded at the game corner got my mystic water for wartortle and Syko the abra. promply taught it reflect and switch trained it at the gym

VS Erika:
New kadabra beat up victrebell, tangela was annoying but wartortle put it down eventually. vileplume took out most of my team but kadabra hit it hard with psybeam and then a bite, flinch and a second bite from wartortle ended the fight

Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years

Fairy Tale Girl Ilyena
Y | Phonophobia + Taphophobia | Badges: 5


L'Viaquez lv. 41 @ Hard Stone
Torrent | Naive
[ Rock Tomb | Round | Water Shuriken | Surf ]


The Widow lv. 40
Pressure | Naive
[ Heal Order | Power Gem | Bug Bite | Air Slash ]


Soothsayer lv. 40 @ Charizardite Y
Blaze | Careful
[ Fly | Growl | Flame Burst | Rock Tomb ]


Vedamalady lv. 39
Healer | Serious
[ Moonblast | Draining Kiss | Attract | Echoed Voice ]


Octahedron lv. 40 @ Eviolite
Soundproof | Rash
[ Rock Tomb | Stomp | Screech | Crunch ]


Inertiatic lv. 40
Static | Mild
[ Strength | Howl | Thief | Thunderbolt ]

So finally my team is starting to turn around with Loudred evolving and Manectric having Thunderbolt. I also realized that Roar is a post-game TM so I'm going to have to either leave Charizard with Growl or give it Confide, which I'm also giving to Vespiquen. I'm a little miffed about that since I would rather have Roar, but eh. I might trade it over to AlphaSapphire to teach it the TM if that's okay?
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BlissyMKW

Rawr

Age 28
The Shadow Realm
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted 4 Weeks Ago
1,151 posts
12.7 Years
Fearing the unknown is quite the thing for me, especially in darkness. I wouldn't exactly rank it as a fear, though. No, things like heights, jumpscares, and dying are probably the things I fear most.

Username
: BlissyMKW
Fear: Achluophobia
Game: Now, here's where I get stumped. I'm probably going to do HeartGold if I can find a rom for it, but otherwise, I'll go with Omega Ruby. If I make a concrete decision, I'll edit this post.
Male
Lisbon, Portugal
Seen February 20th, 2023
Posted July 17th, 2019
66 posts
11.2 Years
Achluophobia
Alpha Sapphire
Time for a new update!

Log4:
Made my way to Mauville City, defeated May on the way. Got a bike and went back to catch a Sableye. Named him Puppetboi, trained him up, defeated Wattson, and started my way to Fallarbor town.

Team:


Grey Wind, lvl 23
-Rock Smash
-Howl
-Snarl
-Thief


Dr.Strange, lvl 24
-Confusion
-Teleport
-Flash
-Miracle Eye


Mr.Ben, lvl 24
-Sludge
-Yawn
-Venoshock
-Amnesia


Puppetboi, lvl 24
-Faint Attack
-Rock Tomb
-Shadow Sneak
-Shadow Claw

Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years

Fairy Tale Girl Ilyena
Y | Phonophobia + Taphophobia | Badges: 6


L'Viaquez lv. 44 @ Hard Stone
Torrent | Naive
[ Rock Tomb | Round | Water Shuriken | Surf ]


The Widow lv. 44
Pressure | Naive
[ Confide | Power Gem | Bug Bite | Air Slash ]


Soothsayer lv. 44 @ Charizardite Y
Blaze | Careful
[ Fly | Confide | Flame Burst | Rock Tomb ]


Vedamalady lv. 44
Healer | Serious
[ Moonblast | Thunderbolt | Attract | Echoed Voice ]


Octahedron lv. 44
Soundproof | Rash
[ Rock Tomb | Stomp | Screech | Crunch ]


Inertiatic lv. 44
Static | Mild
[ Strength | Howl | Thief | Thunderbolt ]

Now I'm too OP for this game lol. SHOULDA KNOWN. I'm going to that Pokeball Factory soon. So that'll be fun.
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Florges

The Garden Pokémon

Female
cornfield.
Seen June 6th, 2017
Posted June 6th, 2017
207 posts
9.5 Years


Poképhobia Halloween Challenge
chapter four: the hopeful end of my hatred for iris
white 2 - claustrophobia




I did it. I completed the challenge! Honestly, this was a lot of fun. I'm really glad I decided to do this with White 2, especially since I never fully went through the game before. It was a fantastic game, and I'm angry at myself for never giving it a chance. Anyway, rundown on how I felt about my team:

Sonia - Coil
I was kind of sad not going with Tepig, but I think Serperior is a lot better to use than Emboar. It definitely faired well in the game, but sometimes it struggled. It ended up as one of my favorite members of my team!

Perry - Amnesia
I never used Golduck until now. Usually, when I get a Psyduck, I just used it to help me against Roark. It definitely earned the spot as the MVP. It rarely ever lost a fight, and definitely ended up on my list of favorite Gen I mons.

Kirigiri - Reflect
I'm still shocked over how early he evolved, especially since he fainted twice and I didn't use any stat boosting items on him. It only took eight levels. Anyway, Espeon struggled a lot in the beginning. It wasn't until it learned Future Sight did he start being a valuable member on my team. Then when he learned Psychic, it was over. He was a force to be reckoned with.

Napolein - Light Screen
I HATE THIS GUY. It never learned any good moves during our run. The only move it learned that did a good amount of damage was Flash Cannon. It rarely survived outside of the second gym, but I didn't want to raise up another Pokemon so late in the game.

Toko - Amnesia
I never used Garbordor before now, and I'm pleasantly surprised about how great she was. She was a very tanky Pokemon, and Stench saved me quite a bit against Elesa, Clay, and Skyla.

Maxie - Curse
Honestly, the only regret with Camerupt is how late in the game he was available. I didn't get him until before the eighth gym, and he was only able to shine against Team Plasma. Poor guy didn't get a lot of love like he deserved. :c
Male
Equestria
Seen 2 Weeks Ago
Posted July 12th, 2021
275 posts
11.7 Years
(how do you do that scrolling bit within a post thing?)

Complete:
Spoiler:

Final Team


Pinkie Pie( MVP) LV 57
Double Edge
Fire Blast
Shock Wave
Cosmic Power




Curly LV 57
Surf
Skull Bash
Blizzard
Hail



Syko LV 57
Psybeam
Psychic
Calm Mind
Reflect




Rhonda LV 55
Rock Blast
Earthquake
Defense Curl
Strength



Moe LV 56
Sludge Bomb
Brick Break
Rock Tomb
Acid Armor



Larry LV 55
Surf
Ancientpower
Withdraw
Mud Shot


The Adventure from where we left off

cleared rockets out of Celadon, Geodude evolved to graveler, clefairy learned defense curl but i wanted to keep it to learn Cosmic Power, went back to lavender town with silph scope, trashed rival with 3 overlevelled pokes and a kadabra catching up to them. went on to fuchsia Graveler and Kadabra evolving at level 37 (thank you Universal Randomizer)
VS Koga
Alakazam, Psychic and Psybeam. take a wild guess what happened

went back to saffron, decided not to bother with rockets and instead just went straight for the card key and the top of silph co. trashed rival again and giovanni thanks to blastoise, got masterball, beat the fighting dojo for some exp and got hitmonlee for the box.
VS Sabrina
a little tougher actually, or it wouldve been if Clefable wasnt the ultimate tank. after blastoise struggled to take down mr mime, i sent in Clefable against her kadabra and after a few cosmic power, her pokes werent even denting me. easily smashed through venomoth and alakazam.

went to cinnabar, caught Moe the Grimer and revived Larry the omanyte

One metric crapton of grinding later Omastar get!
One smaller load of grinding, Muk get!

VS Blaine
Omastar swept him pretty much, had blastoise in the back if needed but he wasnt.

went back to viridian city,
VS Giovanni
Golem actually did well taking down Ryhorn and Nidoqueen with some strong magnitudes, alas Dugtrio finished her valliant effort Blastoise cleaned up the rest though.

went onwards, trashed rival. went through victory road with ease, had a quick check up on E4 + champ levels and realised i was way underlevelled (high 40s) grinded to 55 with everyone and taught clefable double edge in place of mega punch

VS Lorelei
didnt really have an effective weapon against ice types, or slowbro. Clefable chipped away with shock wave and got dewgong down then did a clean 2hko on cloyster. after a "Who can crit first" battle with Slowbro clefable won and scored the KO (amnesia VS Cosmic power) then jynx ruined my fun with freakin lovely kiss, and did the same to blastoise despite hitting a strong surf. enter Alakazam who got calm mind, took an ice punch, dodged a lovely kiss and slapped her with psychic. another psychic took lapras to the red while i took an ice beam, both healed, took lapras down a bit with psybeam and took another ice beam then finished with psychic

VS Bruno
Blastoise beat onix and after a few Acid Armor on hitmonchan Muk swept the rest ezpz

VS Agatha
5 poison types
1 alakazam
1 ez victory

VS Lance
dumb dumb me thought he lead with aerodactyl for some reason, nope gyarados son. so clefable swiftly took care of that. THEN aerodactyl comes in does nothing to blastoise with ancientpower and dies to surf, dragonair one hits thunder wave and dies to blizzard, dragonair 2 goes for safeguard and dies to blizzard, dragonite took a blizzard, he healed so i took a chunk off with surf and then finished with another blizzard.

VS Champion Gary/Green/Blue/Insert Innapropriate Name you totally called him Here
Golem fought hard against fking featherdance and sand attack pidgeot, then he switched for some reason, golem got a nice crit EQ and took down rhydon. some nice freeze hax let Blastoise take down venusaur with some blizzards. gyarados was next and after a tough fight Clefable beat it then came arcanine which got bs burnhax on me with flamethrower then he switched clefable struggled against alakazam and its reflect and eventually died to burn damage, so my alakazam came in and finished the job. blastoise finished Arcanine and the fight was won

Thoughts on challenge: was intresting, made me use pokemon i wouldnt normally use and focus more on defensive typing, a lot of strong offensive types like electric, flying and fighting were outright banned because of none of them learning any defensive moves. so yeah was fun

MVP: Clefable
Jack of all trades master of none? more like jack of all trades and master of all trades too. hit like a truck, had a diverse moveset the whole game and took hits like a tank

LVP: Golem
not a bad pokemon by any means, just overshadowed by how good everything else was, was still nice to have a weapon against the infinite bird keepers kanto seems to have near fuchsia and lavender town.
East. Aust.
Seen 2 Days Ago
Posted May 4th, 2021
188 posts
15.8 Years
Okay, so we haven't gotten much done due to our computer flipping right out, thanks computer. It is... hopefully better now. It is behaving at any rate.

Phonophobia

Trainer: Phonox
Badges:
Zephyr, Hive, Plain, Fog, Storm, Mineral, Glacier
Team:
Spoiler:

Kaleo
Feraligatr, M, lv.60, mystic water
Slash, water gun, screech, bite
- Can't?? Learn?? Waterfall??

Tanh
Ursaring, M, lv.60, king's rock
Lick, rest, snore, slash

Symphony
Crobat, F, lv.60, blackglasses
Wing attack, supersonic, bite, confuse ray
- the fact that we have both supersonic and confuse ray is stupid. Supersonic is stILL garbage. ... Can I count non-ghost curse as sound... ? Because that would at least be a bit more useful.

Hibiki
Granbull, F, lv.60, quick claw
Tackle, bite, lick, roar
- Need some better moveset. Tackle is kind of weak. Return is Good. We should do that. Maybe think of something to replace bite...

Ninad
Magneton, N, lv.60, -
Thundershock, lock-on, screech, tri attack
- unfortunately, thundershock is not a very strong move. It is bad, in fact. Unfortunately also, thunderBOLT is a tutor move, and we will need to do things in-game today if we want to be able to get to the guy and not have to wait another four days... never mind the coins...

Zvonmir
Miltank, F, lv.60, hard stone
Body slam, milk drink, rollout, heal bell

Yin
Lapras, F, lv.60, nevermeltice
Surf, sing, perish song, ice beam
-ALSO? Can't learn? Waterfall?? ???????

Ayane
Tentacruel *, F, lv.54 (subject to a lot of change shortly), poison barb
Bubblebeam, screech, barrier, acid
- prooobably going to replace the acid with sludge bomb once we're done getting her to level 60. The difference between 40 base and 90 base is not something to sneeze at. Maybe Bubblebeam too, with something else...
- ... aw yISS actually using a shiny we found in a challenge...

Ava
Dragonair, F, lv.54 (also training), -
Waterfall, dragon rage, supersonic, twister
- dragon rage is kind of bad. Probably we'll switch to a flying move on evolution.
- Why is it that the dragons can learn waterfall when the gosh darned crocodilian and chelonian cannot.

-~-

Echo
Jigglypuff, M, lv.28, -
Rollout, defense curl, sing, strength

Bathsheba
Slowpoke, F, 30, -
Surf, confusion, growl, curse
- AND? Can'T? LeaRN? WATerFALL??

-~-

Cicada, paras, HM Master

-~-~-

+ Risingbadge
+ League
League Team #1:


Kaleo
Feraligatr, M, lv.61, mystic water
Slash, surf, screech, bite

Tanh
Ursaring, M, lv.60, king's rock
Lick, rest, snore, slash

Symphony
Crobat, F, lv.60, blackglasses
Wing attack, supersonic, bite, confuse ray

Hibiki
Granbull, F, lv.61, quick claw
Headbutt, bite, lick, roar

Ninad
Magneton, N, lv.60, pink bow
Thunderbolt, lock-on, screech, tri attack

Zvonmir
Miltank, F, lv.60, hard stone
Body slam, milk drink, rollout, heal bell

Yin
Lapras, F, lv.60, nevermeltice
Surf, sing, perish song, ice beam

Ayane
Tentacruel *, F, lv.60, poison barb
Bubblebeam, screech, barrier, sludge bomb

Ava
Dragonite, F, lv.60, dragon fang
Waterfall, wing attack, supersonic, twister

... Kanto here we come?

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

DyingWillFlareon

Burning Candle

Age 24
She/Her
Under a bucket (still)
Seen March 11th, 2021
Posted March 10th, 2021
4,308 posts
8.5 Years
Username: Dyingwillflareon
Fear: Taphophobia
Game: Black 2

-"scared of live burial"
-"buries others alive"
Wow well thisll be interesting
It really wasnt a good choice to play a nds game with this, it takes too long and Ive only got one badge so far.

Im sorry Im changing my signup:

Username: DyingWillFlareon
Fear: Taphophobia
Game: FireRed
POKECOMMUNITY'S DREAM WORLDDYINGWILLFLAREON

*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

Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years

Fairy Tale Girl Ilyena
Y | Phonophobia + Taphophobia | Badges: 7


L'Viaquez lv. 50 @ Hard Stone
Torrent | Naive
[ Rock Tomb | Round | Extrasensory | Surf ]


The Widow lv. 50 @ Sky Plate
Pressure | Naive
[ Confide | Power Gem | Attack Order | Air Slash ]


Soothsayer lv. 50 @ Charizardite Y
Blaze | Careful
[ Fly | Roar | Flamethrower | Rock Tomb ]


Vedamalady lv. 51 @ Silk Scarf
Healer | Serious
[ Moonblast | Thunderbolt | Psychic | Echoed Voice ]


Octahedron lv. 50 @ King's Rock
Soundproof | Rash
[ Rock Tomb | Boomburst | Ice Fang | Crunch ]


Inertiatic lv. 44 @ Lucky Egg
Static | Mild
[ Strength | Howl | Snarl | Thunderbolt ]

Time for muk to hit the fan. Gotta go take out Team Flare brb.
BURY ME SIX FEET DEEP COVER ME IN CONCRETE
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FlowersForPopplio

Female
Seen December 16th, 2016
Posted December 16th, 2016
11 posts
6.5 Years
Username: FlowersForPopplio
Fear: Arachnophobia, and the one involving thunder and lightning. I can't recall it's name.
Game: Pokemon X

I wanted to do a challenge, but most of them were kind of..regular.
"Autumn has always been my favorite. The leaves start to fall, and eventually grow back again. It represents the circle of life." - FlowersForPopplio

Janp

Age 26
They/Them
Czech Republic
Seen 11 Hours Ago
Posted 1 Day Ago
5,328 posts
10.1 Years
Ohh Fizzlez... How could I miss this? Do you think that I can still make this? Well, let's see...

Username: Janp
Fear: Achluophobia
Game: Sapphire

Aside from today, I don't think I'll have much time next week, but anything can happen

UPDATE: Just quick update... Made it through 4 Gyms so far. I hope I can make this before the end of this event.
God of Conquest

Miau

If I fits...

Female
Seen October 31st, 2022
Posted October 23rd, 2022
812 posts
10.8 Years
Become the unknown...
Black 2 · Achluophobia
Sadie · Nimbasa City

They say the view in the industrial complex is beautiful at night; still, is that a reason for a little girl to be wandering around a construction site in the dark? Quietly, Sadie climbed the stairs to the raised walkway. She took a step on the narrow beam, then another one; she moved forward, grasping the beam with her tiny feet, even though the height was making her nauseous. The air turned fetid, and she could hear a strange, puffing sound in her left ear. She turned to look, and she could make out a gapping mouth open in a vacant grin, and the distinct shape of skull and crossbones; she lost her footing, and amidst the toxic fumes slowly enveloping her, she was falling. The air around her was thick, almost as if she was sinking in ooze. She flailed, but the sludge pulled at her, as if it had hands, as if it could sense her deepest fear, as if it were... alive. She woke up from her nightmare, frightened and confused, but she was still in the city, the multicolored lights from the amusement park exploding in the night sky. She had four balls, and four badges, that much was real. Pluto, now taller than her, was watching intently into her eyes, waving his sickle-shaped tail in a hypnotic rhythm. She soon fell back to sleep.

Akron joined the party!

Akron ♂ Lv. 12
Levitate · Jolly · Likes to run
Musos joined the party!


Musos ♂ Lv. 15
Sticky Hold · Impish · Likes to thrash about




Sadie got the Toxic Badge!
Sadie got the Insect Badge!
Sadie got the Bolt Badge!

Spoiler:

Now that he's a Liepard, Pluto's a lot better, even though he still needs some better moves. I decided to go with both Koffing and Grimer because I rarely use Poison-types, and this way I can do a purple monocolor -- a Dark monotype also crossed my mind, but adding Zoroark and Absol and Umbreon to the team wouldn't help Liepard's case, and I want to use Gothitelle, who's apparently purple, so purple monocolor it is!

Male
Lisbon, Portugal
Seen February 20th, 2023
Posted July 17th, 2019
66 posts
11.2 Years
Achluophobia
Alpha Sapphire

Log 5:
Reached Fallarbor Town without much trouble, then May asked me to help her find Prof Cozmo. We went to Meteor Falls, but before that, while on Route 114, caught a Seviper, named her First Sin. Defeated the grunts at Meteor Falls and went bach to Mauville City with May. Trained a bit, then went to the top of Mt. Chimney and defeated Archie fairly easy with the Toxic/Venoshock combination. Now on to the 4th Badge!
P.s.: Used a heartscale to teach Grey Wind Crunch.

Team:


Grey Wind, lvl 26
-Rock Smash
-Howl
-Snarl
-Crunch


Dr.Strange, lvl 26
-Confusion
-Teleport
-Reflect
-Miracle Eye


Mr.Ben, lvl 26
-Venoshock
-Body Slam
-Toxic
-Amnesia


Puppetboi, lvl 25
-Faint Attack
-Rock Tomb
-Shadow Sneak
-Shadow Claw


First Sin, lvl 26
-Poison Fang
-Dig
-Screench
-Glare