Think there's been some confusion., my Darwin is starting in Platinum, and I'll randomly pick next generations.
KIMBO'S DARWIN CHALLENGE
PLANTS IN PLATINUM-PART 1
Spoiler:
-Started a new game, with my Rival Roy!
- Did early game stuff, picked Turtwig
- Got to Sandgem. Named my Turtwig Bonsai.
-Ran home, ran back, started making my way to Jubilife.
-Met Looker, headed just North of Jubilife, caught Stynstylae the Budew.
- Got town map & Poketch.
- Defeated Roy using Bonsai's Tackle on Starly & Chimchar.
- Got to Orebourgh.
- Took on the gym.
- Defeated Roark using Bonsai's Razor Leaf on Geodude, Onix & Cranidos.
TEAM
Spoiler:
Bonsai the Turtwig @ No Item
Level 15/ Male/Brave/Overgrow
Razor Leaf/Tackle/Withdraw/Absorb
Stynstylae the Budew @ No Item
Level 14/ Male/Impish/Natural Cure
Mega Drain/Stun Spore/Growth/Water Sport
I fixed it in the challengers' list.
Reptile Run - Emerald
Part 5
In the next part of my journey I nearly didn't level the former members of my team (Elrond the Sceptile and Mithril the Lairon), who were also the strongest. On the other side, Gollum the Seviper had a great increase in its level and Merry the Kecleon had some improving too. This all happened during a hunt for Team Aqua and Team Magma at Mt. Pyre and the events that happened consecutively. Unfortunately, when I got to the mount the two organizations had already fled, having done their harm. A sympathetic old couple told me a lot about what was going on. The Teams took two orbs, that would be used to awake two gigantic beasts from their sleep, and their power could bring a lot of destruction.
I had no choice other than follow the trail of the Teams. I first went to MT. Chimney, were Team Magma had a secret base. I managed to get in using a distinctive one of their grunts had left behind. Their base was inside the damn volcano, and because of this it was incredibly hot inside. I defeated the Team Magma grunts that appeared in my way one by one, and finally got to the Magma Admin Tabitha. After defeating him with honor, he tells me that Maxie is about to wake Groudon.
I ran to the place where Maxie was talking to Groudon, asleep in a pool of lava, with the Blue Orb in his hand. Ground reacts to the sound of Maxie's voice and wake up, but it doesn't obey him at all. Grodon jumps of Maxie's head and leave the volcano. Maxie becomes totally annoyed and flees, with all of the Team Magma Members.
I had a big problem now. Groudon was already awaken, but Team Aqua was still with the other orb and planning to wake the other beast. If that happens, the situation would be worse than ever since the battle of the beasts in the past. I went to Lilycove in the wings of my HM Slave Wingull. Team Aqua was installed in a sea cave near the shore. I went there, but two guards blocked my way. I was about to fight them when they told me that the other members of the Team had went away to steal a submarine. I immediately remembered the submarine that was being constructed at Slateport. I flew there the fastest I was able. There was a big event at the front of the harbor. A crowd surrounded Captaind Stern, that was answering an interview from TV. A voice with a megaphone announced that Team Aqua was taking the submarine with them.
I couldn't follow them, so I flew back to Lilycove, and if I'm lucky I'll catch this fish at its home. Oh, what a strange metaphor, maybe I'm spending too much time with this water-loving madmen.
Team
Elrond / Sceptile M / LV 39 @ Rawst
Facade
Leaf Blade
Aerial Ace
Screech
Mithril / Aron F / LV 40 @ Silk Scarf
Iron Tail
Protect
Rollout
Take Down
Sauron / Torkoal F / LV 38 @ Pecha Berry
Flamethrower
Rest
Protect
Body Slam
Gollum / Seviper M / LV 34 @ Rawst Berry
Screech
Toxic
Crunch
Poison Tail
Merry / Kecleon M / LV 34 @
Shadow Ball
Slash
Thunderbolt
Screech
I'll keep trying to prevent Team Aqua from awaking Kyogre.
So I finally got around to starting the run. Sure, I did slack off a bit (or a lot), but is that really important when I'm showing I've actually gotten something done. I wanted to wait until I got another member of my planned team before I updated, so here we are, at Eterna City. I got my second team member and I just gotta raise her up before I do the second gym so she can at least be a bit caught up in levels.
Grotle is technically viable because it evolves into Torterra, and Nosepass was planned. You can probably see where I'm going so far with this team, but it's not complete yet and won't be for a little while. My next team member isn't even coming until Veilstone, and after that when I get Surf. Rotom is a possible mon I can get, but with no access to it's other forms, it might be a waste.
I finally finished this challenge. It was fun to play.
A reptile team in emerald was a well balanced team - well, at least most of the time.
I read about strategy while playing, and it helped me defeat the Elite Four without having to overlevel my whole team. I defeated Sidney and Phoebe with ease, but Glacia's and Walrein was a trouble because almost my whole team was weak to either Water or Ice (This is the same reason Wallace was hard to beat too, but I'll talk about it later). But with a little help of Toxic and Swagger, and sending Rayquaza at the right moments to use its Thunder I managed to win. The battle against Drake was less dramatic. I can't say the same about Wallace. I ran out fo Hyper Potions and his Ice Beamers made a big damage to my team. I had only one pokmon left. I used Revive to bring another one back, but the one in battle was knocked out. After some trouble, I finally sent in Rayquaza and it wasn't defeated in that turn. That gave me the chance to use Thunder to get rid of the Ice Beamers. After they were gone, I saw the way to victory.
That's it. Another game finished with sweat sliding on my forehead. :)
I'll keep this team in my heart.
I've added the new UB's in the list. Assembly is in the Inorganic class, Burst in the Humanshape and Adhesive is in the Unclassifiable. I also added Lunala to the Mammals, since I figured out she is based on a bat. I also added Tornadus, Thudurus and Landorus's Therian Forms to the classes they fit, since I only had put them in the Humanshape because I considered only the Incarnate form. Now if you choose Reptile, for example, you can have Therian Thundurus in your team.
That's all folks, see you.
EDIT: Changed all Ultra Beasts except Buzzwole and Pheromosa, who are obviously based on bugs to Myths and Unclassifiable, cause they are too much alien to our nature. Also added separate categories to Fungi, Fish and Amphibian, for those who want a bigger chalenge.
I switched my playthrough over to Nova Sun, the hack by Dio Vento, because I like the greater scope of pokemon availability throughout the game. Variety is the spice of life and all that.
I started my playthrough with Popplio, as Primarina is on the list. I had to hunt for a while, but I finally found a Happiny on Route 1 and a few ghosts in the Hau'oli Cemetery. My Happiny was holding an oval stone when I caught her, so I was able to evolve her pretty quickly.