This run is over!!
The Ultimate Monotype Challenge!
Yellow,
HeartGold,
Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Sun.
3. Pokémon Sigma Σmerald Fighting Monotype update No. 8!
If you read my previous update, you'll see my team fell to Drake in the E4 rematches. I prepared better for the battles (still no Battle Items like X Attack, I like winning with my Pokémon moves!) I grinded everyone up to lv 73 (the Salamence that beat me was lv 75), and took the E4 challenge again. Not going to talk here about Sidney, Phoebe and Glacia, they went pretty smoothly, a remarkable moment was that with the 3 levels he has gained Blaziken beat Gengar with a single Overheat, so I didn't rely on Quick Claw with Hariyama this time. So I arrived at Drake again! I taught Blaziken Rock Tomb for the battle, to slow down his Pokémon just in case Hariyama couldn't do it. With Protect and Speed Boost, he will outspeed Drake's whole team. Well, time to have my REVENGE!
The battle started very well! Medicham beat both Altaria and one of the Salamences with Ice Punch, she outsped both and destroyed them with Ice Punch! Kingdra was next, and the same thing as the last time happened. After taking 2 Brick Breaks from Hitmontop, he switched out to Salamence, the strong one. I sent Hariyama and was lucky because Zen Headbutt missed. Before falling, Hariyama slowed it down with Rock Tomb, allowing Medicham to beat it with Ice Punch... So I got past the moment that made me fall last time! We go on! Kingdra came back, but he was weakened. He used Dragon Pulse but didn't defeat Medicham, and with Zen Headbutt, it was taken down. Flygon was next, and he was easy for Poliwrath, because he did little damage. After 2 heals, 2 Ice Beams were enough. And time for his last Pokémon, Dragonite!! Blaziken fell to 2 Outrages but slowed it down and also weakened it with Rock Tomb and Overhead (with a crit from the former). With him slowed down, Poliwrath finished it off with Ice Beam! So I beat Drake!
But of course this was not over, Wallace was waiting! I didn't make the same mistake like last time, I knew it was Wallace and not Steven, and therefore equipped a Magnet to Medicham and sent Breloom first to beat Wailord with Seed Bomb. The Wailord was lv 78, so yeah, high levels here! And he sent a Lv 80!!! Milotic I tried to beat it with Medi but he was faster and survived the ThunderPunch. I had to sent Poli, who was not afraid of any of his attacks, only Toxic, which made me heal once. Little by little, he fell to a few Brick Breaks. Team work was used to beat Ludicolo! A few Brick Breaks from Hariyama, who took a lot of damage from Surf, were not enough, so I sent Poliwrath to take Surf with Water Absorb, and then Blaziken to take the predicted Grass attack (Energy Ball). Protect + Overheat (he was weakened) and bye bye Ludicolo! Whiscash was a pushover (why does he have it?), a Seed Bomb from Breloom was enough to beat it. And again, Hitmontop Vs. Tentacruel like last time! This time it was much easier, I survived comfortably the Hydro Pump + Toxic combination and beat it with Earthquake. You can compare!
Gyarados was his final Pokémon and had to face my whole alive team to win. Medicham took it down with 2 ThunderPunches after an Icy Wind (lol), a couple of heals, and a desperate attempt to set up Dragon Dance. So I AM THE CHAMPION (again)!!
And finally, the last battle of the game, Steven. I was curious to see the levels in this hack, I thought he was going to have lv 90 Pokémon or something, but he didn't, he was in fact weaker than Wallace, and with Fighting-types the battle was extremely easy!
Blaziken beat Skarmory with a single Flamethrower, and Breloom did the same with Aggron with Drain Punch. Medicham came and destroyed his Cradily with Hi Jump Kick. His most troublesome Pokémon was Claydol, who used Reflect, and hit Breloom with Psychic, leaving her with 23 HP, but 2 Seed Bombs defeated it. Metagross (lv 79) was taken down by Blaziken. He attempted to use Earthquake but I had used Protect, and after that a single Overheat beat it. Finally, Poliwrath beat Armaldo with 2 Surfs, surviving a weak Crush Claw first. Sadly, I forgot to take a picture from this battle... But yeah, challenge complete!!
I am having very long challenges, HeartGold was very long and this one was too. The grinding for the E4 rematches has been a nightmare, thankfully VBA-M makes things go much faster. The final in-game time was 78:39 (in HeartGold I checked it and it was 78:32 xD), but with the speed-up button it was much less than that. I have to say that again my Fighting-type team has lacked Speed, and that was problematic in a few battles. It was cool that the TM you get in the first gym, Rock Tomb, was so useful in important battles. The mechanics of reusable TMs of the hack helped me a lot. Time to talk about the team!
Blaziken was my starter and a solid member throughout the whole game. His Blaze Kick and Sky Uppercut have missed quite a lot, so I ended up using Flamethrower and Brick Break! His Overheat has been insanely powerful and has helped me take down some very strong and sturdy opponents. With Speed Boost, he was also the fastest in the team, and this helped also against fast opponent thanks to the use of Protect.
Breloom, in my opinion, has been the best Pokémon in the run. She didn't have the best coverage moves, being unable to hit Poison and Bug-types, but he helped me catch a lot of Pokémon with Stun Spore, her priority with Mach Punch was pretty nice, and most importantly, she was extremely strong, the strongest Pokémon in the team with cool moves like Drain Punch, Bullet Seed and Seed Bomb throughout the game.
Hariyama arrived at the team much earlier than in HeartGold, so I enjoyed her a lot more. She was very bulky, and despite being slow, with the Quick Claw and key moves like Knock Off and Rock Tomb, she remained helpful during the whole game.
Ah... Poliwrath again in my team! Very useful for HMs, I prefered having her than a HM Slave. Her Water attacks has been useful during the whole game, and Ice Beam was important in some battles as well. She was also very hard to take down with Water-types, something Wallace's Milotic suffered!
And Hitmontop rounded the circle! I had Hitmonlee in Yellow, and Hitmonchan in HeartGold, so it was Hitmontop's turn to shine! He was quite weak but did pretty well thanks to balanced stats and Intimidate. His moves like Fake Out, Brick Break or Earthquake have been helpful and put to good use. So yeah, pretty happy with this Pokémon!
And finally, a powerhouse, the last Pokémon to join the team, Medicham! His moveset was amazing and easy to teach with Heart Scales. BoltBeam coverage and 2 great and powerful STAB moves, what more could I ask for? A bit more of Speed maybe, but Hariyama did that job for him with Rock Tomb. Medicham has been pretty important, his Hi Jump Kick (when it doesn't miss!) is insane, and with his coverage and power he has beaten many important Pokémon, like some of Drake's dragons!
So that's it! Quite a cool run, not as fun as the HeartGold one in my opinion, but close to it, which is great! I am quite happy with how things are going, really enjoying Fighting-types, they are making me think a lot, I recommend this type to everyone! Next up will be Platinum! Here is the final team, without spoiler, of course, it's the final update and they deserve to be seen!
Final team:
Lv 74

(M) @ Charcoal. Speed Boost.
Mild Nature. Brick Break, Protect, Flamethrower, Overheat.
Lv 73

(F) @ Miracle Seed. Effect Spore.
Adamant Nature. Seed Bomb, Drain Punch, Stun Spore, Mach Punch.
Lv 73

(F) @ Quick Claw. Guts.
Hardy Nature. Brick Break, Fake Out, Rock Tomb, Knock Off.
Lv 73

(F) @ Mystic Water. Water Absorb.
Gentle Nature. Surf, Ice Beam, Waterfall, Brick Break.
Lv 73

(M) @ Leftovers. Intimidate.
Naive Nature. Strength, Fake Out, Brick Break, Earthquake.
Lv 75

(M) @ Magnet. Pure Power.
Bashful Nature. Zen Headbutt, Hi Jump Kick, Ice Punch, ThunderPunch.
Number of losses: 1.
So as I said Platinum is next! Chimchar and his friends will do their best there!