Challenge The BINGO! Challenge - Revived Page 15

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Janp

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For a current status update, I'm almost finishing my solo run in Unova, been a pretty fun one. I've noticed you only need to beat Lance to complete a Johto challenge now, which is a relief. That means I can tick my Monoletter Challenge off of my bingo.
Here you go. Just to make things more transparent, I use following algorithm for re-rolling - First I roll if the new challenge will be from the new added ones (with 80%) or one of the old ones (20%). Then I roll the challenge from new/old list with all of them having the same probability to be chosen:
Kanto
Pick-A-Route -> The Likeminded Challenge

Johto
NFE Team -> Sunny Days Challenge

Hoenn
AquaMagma -> The Nuzlocke Challenge

Kalos
Retrograde (there are too many of these in my card) -> Sandy Days Challenge

Alola
Hooligans & Vagabonds -> Rainy Days Challenge

And yeah, I changed the Johto final battle so it ends with credits like the rest of the games.

Username: jajabigboy
Bingo type: 7×3
Here you go:
Kanto
Duo-Species Challenge
Scramble
Sandy Days Challenge

Johto
Rainbow Road
Monoletter
Pick-A-Route

Hoenn
Hit the Gym
Solo Run
The Culinary Challenge

Sinnoh
Rainy Days Challenge
The In-Order Challenge
Your (User)Name Challenge

Unova
Elite Mash Up
Highest Stat ATK
Type Link

Kalos
Rainbow Road
What's Your Sign?
Trio-Species Challenge

Alola
The Wonderlocke Challenge
The Champion Challenge
The Character Challenge
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Could I get a re-roll for Unusual Sighting in Hoenn.
Sure thing.

Unusual Sighting -> Sandy Days Challenge
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Solo Run in Black 2

Anyway, I may as well update since I finished this one yesterday. I decided to hack in a Drilbur egg as my sole companion. It's got Aerial Ace as an egg move because I thought it would be useful later on, and it has its Hidden Ability Mold Breaker. It's also shiny because... I wanted to use a shiny ok?

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I did some grinding for Drilbur to reach a reasonable level and got it to level 6, so I continued on with the story. Helped the guy at the Ranch find his dog and went to the gym. The battle was easy, Drilbur's Aerial Ace was surprisingly strong, plus a few Mud-Slap shenanigans.

I fought some more trainers in the remainder of Route 20 and was able to reach Virbank City. There, I went straight to the gym as I felt comfortable about Drilbur's level. I was able to use Mud-Slap on Koffing thanks to Mold Breaker and knock it out, and just use Aerial Ace on Whirlipede until it died.

After going through the boredom of Pokéstar Studios and fighting some Team Plasma, we finally reached Castelia City. I was pretty nervous about the fight against Burgh, so I equipped the Eviolite on Drilbur to tank a few hits and made sure I leveled him up accordingly. Burgh led the fight with Swadloon and I set up a Hone Claws against it. This fight was the main reason I gave Drilbur Aerial Ace, as it was able to one-shot both the Swadloon and the Leavanny later on, when I survived its Razor Leaf at less than half HP. The Dwebble was not a problem as it had no moves that could deal too much damage.

I trained a bit in the Desert and Drilbur learned Rock Slide, a move that would be useful for the next gym. In the gym, I managed to trap Emolga on the field as it wasn't able to use Volt Switch on a Ground-type, and as one might expect, this wasn't a difficult battle for Drilbur.

After fighting a couple of Team Plasma grunts in the city, Drilbur learned Earthquake at level 33 and I let him finally evolve into the powerhouse Excadrill. In Driftveil I also made him forget Aerial Ace to learn Iron Head through the move tutor using the shards I previously collected in Nimbasa.

Clay's fight was tough. I lost the first fight and had the idea to go grab the Air Balloon to avoid being Bulldozed in the first turn. It worked, as I was able to set up one Hone Claws to neutralize the attack drop from Intimidate before Krokorok popped my balloon. I one-shot the Krokorok, but Clay's Sandslash is bulky and survived one Earthquake. It hit me with a Bulldoze and managed to drop my speed, which could be a problem when facing his own Excadrill. When it was sent out later though, the AI decided to click Slash of all things and I was able to easily knock it out.

From then on, admittedly, there wasn't much in the game that gave me much trouble really. As Excadrill grew more and more overleveled, the fights turned out to be pretty straightforward, especially when it learned Swords Dance. Later I also caught a Pelipper with my Master Ball to use Surf and Fly and Terrakion to use Strength. Defeated Team Plasma easily, beat the Elite 4 and got to Iris' fight with a level 75 Excadrill! I managed to set up a Swords Dance against Hydreigon and the battle was pretty much free from then on. So that concludes another challenge from my Bingo.

Spoiler:


Hall of Fame

Excadrill (Xenforo) | Jolly nature | Mold Breaker
Lv. 76 @ Leftovers
-Earthquake
-Swords Dance
-Iron Head
-Rock Slide


Current Bingo Sheet:
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Can I get a Scramble team for Johto, please? Preferably for the gen 4 games

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Can I get a Scramble team for Johto, please? Preferably for the gen 4 games
Here you go. If I checked this team right, Primeape and Donphan are Heart Gold exclusives, so if you have Soul Silver, you can use Ninetales and Skarmory instead.
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Here you go. If I checked this team right, Primeape and Donphan are Heart Gold exclusives, so if you have Soul Silver, you can use Ninetales and Skarmory instead.
This seems perfect, thanks. I can already see that I'm gonna have to do a lot of Pokéathlon

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The Character Challenge - Pokémon X

Part 1

I decided to begin this challenge in X and Y because I was feeling like playing through Kalos again. I chose Serena from the anime as the character I'll be roleplaying this time, and I think her team is gonna give me an interesting challenge. Among only three final team members, only one of them is fully evolved.

Surprisingly though, the first few gyms were pretty straightforward. I'm not sure if it's because of X and Y being easier games or because literally every one of the four first gyms' specialty type is countered by one of my team members. Fennekin/Braixen handles Viola and Ramos easily, Pancham eats Grant's fossils alive, and Sylveon had an easier time with Korrina than I did hunting for a female Eevee and making her evolve.

As the game progressed though, and my NFE Pokémon started becoming apparent, I began to notice a few of my team's weaknesses (such as the Fairy-type) and it'll be interesting to see how I can fare with them. I managed to beat Clemont also surprisingly easily, with Sylveon shining against Emolga and even Magneton, and Pancham soloing his ace Heliolisk. He had to be put in the back for Valerie's gym, but Braixen learned Flamethrower and it helped immensely against her Mawile. Sylveon had to face her own Sylveon though, as she's learned a very powerful Moonblast and as I said, Fairy is one of this team's biggest weaknesses. Sylveon can pretty much handle everything that is put in front of her. I'm hoping I can find another Eviolite at the Pokémon Village later on for Pancham.

Currently with 6 badges, in front of the Laverre Gym. The Pokéball Factory plot waits for me.



Team

Braixen | Hasty nature | Blaze
Lv. 42 @ Eviolite
-Flamethrower
-Flame Charge
-Psyshock
-Grass Knot


Pancham | Quirky nature | Mold Breaker
Lv. 39 @ Black Belt
-Low Sweep
-Crunch
-Rock Tomb
-Power-Up Punch


Sylveon | Hasty nature | Cute Charm
Lv. 41 @ Metronome
-Moonblast
-Skill Swap
-Draining Kiss
-Bite

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The Trio-Species Challenge in Pokémon Fire Red

FINAL PART

Schools are closed here, which means I can't neither work or study, so the only logical thing I can do is to play more Pokémon. And since Bingo is pretty much my only active Challenge right now, I decided to finally finish it after all those years. It will be 3 years since I started it this year.

Last Challenge for Kanto on my Bingo (after re-rolling) was Trio-Species, so I let the randomness choose my trio and ended up with Venusaur, Rhydon and Lapras. Which is pretty interesting team. I had to use Venusaur for first half of the game and it was painful to be honest. There are way too many Oddish, Bellsprout and Zubat, who all resist Grass, so I was glad to get Poké Flute and be able to catch Rhyhorn in Safari Zone. And because of that I was able to counter Pokémon mentioned above and easily overpower Rival's Charizard. And Lapras with her Perish Song was just icing on a cake. I can't even count number of times it helped me win. I know I beat Agatha and Bruno with it, because I wanted to spare some PPs for other moves for final battle. Overall PPs were the biggest opponent of this run. I got through Mt. Moon just by using Leech Seed and Poison Powder, just because I run out of PPs of Vine Whip. That's also the only reason I've decided to use Razor Leaf over Giga Drain.

And so I finished another Challenge. Here's Hall of Fame:

Team


Uno, Bold Male Venusaur
lvl 61, Overgrow
- Razor Leaf
- Posion Powder
- Leech Seed
- Sleep Powder


Dos, Gentle Female Rhydon
lvl 60, Rock Head
- Rock Blast
- Earthquake
- Brick Break
- Strength


Tres, Careful Female Lapras
lvl 61, Shell Armor
- Ice Beam
- Surf
- Confuse Ray
- Perish Song
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The Character Challenge - Pokémon X

Part 2 - Final

At last, I've finished this challenge surprisingly. I had a couple of battles that were pretty challenging and took me a few tries to complete, such as the last two Lysandre fights, and I had to grind a little bit for the Elite 4 after being humiliated by Malva's Pyroar.

I grinded a bit before my second try and got everyone to level 68, where I felt confident I could win this time. My plan of sweeping Malva with Pancham went downhill after she killed it with Talonfame landing a critical hit (probably didn't even matter), and I had to bring Braixen in and try to knock it out with Psychic. Eventually the Talonflame went down and I had to finish the battle with only Sylveon. The Metronome is an amazing item, I was able to recover the damage done by Talonflame with Draining Kiss on the Torkoal, and it kept being greedy using Curse over and over. Chandelure went down pretty easily with Shadow Ball.

Sylveon was pretty much the MVP for this Elite 4 round. Except for Wikstrom, which Braixen together with Pancham could handle better, and Drasna's Dragalge, handled by Braixen again. Everyone had their screentime with Diantha, Braixen knocking out her Hawlucha, Pancham taking care of Tyrantrum, and Sylveon sweeping everything else. Overall this was a pretty challenging run, had to use many healing items after battles, and I think I could've probably got away without the Eviolite on Pancham.

Spoiler:



Team

Braixen | Hasty nature | Blaze
Lv. 71 @ Eviolite
-Flamethrower
-Fire Blast
-Psychic
-Grass Knot


Pancham | Quirky nature | Mold Breaker
Lv. 69 @ Eviolite
-Low Sweep
-Crunch
-Stone Edge
-Power-Up Punch


Sylveon | Hasty nature | Cute Charm
Lv. 71 @ Metronome
-Moonblast
-Shadow Ball
-Draining Kiss
-Calm Mind

Current Bingo Sheet:
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Sorry I haven't been very active in this challenge just sort of lost motivation for challenges for a short time. Though now back and was wondering 2 things. First for the Alola wonder trade challenge could I get that switched for a different challenge since I don't have internet access for it anymore. And 2 could I get 5 challenges for Pokémon Sword? Please and thank you!

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Username: SiegeGoatRevenge
Bingo Type: 7x7
KANTO
Love at First Sight
The Culinary Challenge
Rocket Challenge
Icy Days Challenge
Hit the Gym
Rainy Days Challenge
Your (User)Name Challenge

JOHTO
Sandy Days Challenge
Your (User)Name Challenge
NFE Team
The Champion Challenge
Sunny Days Challenge
Elite Mash-Up
Rocket Challenge

HOENN
Monotype
Gift Challenge
The Culinary Challenge
Rainy Days Challenge
Pick-A-Route
Rainbow Road
Signature Move

SINNOH
Pick-A-Route
Type Link
The Champion Challenge
Duo-Species Challenge
Signature Move
Sandy Days Challenge
Hit the Gym

UNOVA
Unusual Sighting
Hit the Gym
The Nuzlocke Challenge
Duo-Species Challenge
Pick-A-Route
Your (User)Name Challenge
Sunny Days Challenge

KALOS
The Nuzlocke Challenge
Flair of Flare Challenge
The Culinary Challenge
Stone Alone
Scramble
Gift Challenge
Icy Days Challenge

ALOLA
Love at First Sight
Stone Alone
The Character Challenge
NFE Team
Rainbow Road
Solo Run
Monotype

Sorry I haven't been very active in this challenge just sort of lost motivation for challenges for a short time. Though now back and was wondering 2 things. First for the Alola wonder trade challenge could I get that switched for a different challenge since I don't have internet access for it anymore. And 2 could I get 5 challenges for Pokémon Sword? Please and thank you!
ALOLA
Wonder Trade Challenge -> Signature Move

GALAR
The Champion Challenge
Highest Stat
The Culinary Challenge
The Trainer Class Challenge
Scramble

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Scramble Challenge - Pokémon Heart Gold

Part 1

Going back to Johto again, this time using a random team of Pokémon given at my request. Two are stone evolutions meaning I'm gonna have to do a bit of Pokéathlon grinding, but that's fine.

To start off, I get to choose Chikorita, and not long after that I'd be able to catch Dunsparce at the Dark Cave. This thing is a 1% encounter there, meaning I spent a considerable amount of time running up and down. When I managed to find one it had a good nature and Serene Grace, two things I was glad about.

Through this first part of the game, especially in the gyms, Dunsparce turned out to be the MVP. Early on, it got access to Rage, which I wasn't sure about whether was good or not, but gaining an attack boost in pretty much every single turn was awesome. Combining that with Dunsparce's fair bulkiness for early game and it was able to single-handedly destroy Falkner and Bugsy (with Rollout).

I had taught Dunsparce Headbutt at the Ilex Forest, having a boosted 60% chance to flinch with Serene Grace. When I got to Goldenrod to face Whitney, the Glare + Headbutt cheesy strategy came through against her Miltank. She got flinched in pretty much every single turn, it was pretty funny. I'm not sure if I'll be ever able to pull that strategy off with any gym leader anymore, so I had to make this post as a tribute to Dunsparce's early game prowess during this run.

Team

Bayleef (Basil) | Relaxed nature | Overgrow
Lv. 20 @ Miracle Seed
-Razor Leaf
-Synthesis
-Tackle
-Poison Powder


Dunsparce (Eucalyptus) | Impish nature | Serene Grace
Lv. 21
-Headbutt
-Defense Curl
-Rollout
-Glare

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Sandy Days Challenge - Pokémon Crystal


Chose this challenge first simply because i've had an urge to play Crystal, especially after playing through HeartGold a couple months ago.

Chose Totodile as my Starter and soloed with it until I hit Violet City and used the ingame Bellsprout trade for Onix. I immanently hacked in a Metal Coat and traded to get Steelix since it was an essential pokemon for the challenge and you can't get one until after the E4 overwise. After the 1st gym, I caught Sandshrew in Union Cave which i'm pretty sure are the only 2 pokemon eligible for the challenge that you can catch before Kanto.

Bugsy was the first challenging Gym Leader because of the mechanic in Gen 2 when overpowered trade pokemon don't obey you until the 2 badge which made the fight more annoying then it had any right to be. The other Gym Leaders to give me a challenge were Chuck, Jasmine and Clair.

E4 went by fine until I reached Lance, whose Gyarados completely tore through my team, forcing me to retry the E4. Thankfully, I had Rollout as a TM available, which after actually saving infront of Lance and changing up my tactics, was a saving grace. His last Dragonite that knows Fire Blast was still a pain, however thankfully Steelix was just about enough of a defensive beast so that I could just Hyper Potion and wait for it to run out.

I beat the E4 in 10 hours, making it 13 hours quicker then when I tried beating the game in Heartgold making a full team. The Challenge was pretty fun, and I didn't realize how good Sandslash could be, especially after obtaining Dig, helping out in most of the Gym battles and the first 3 E4 members.

Team

Steelix - Level 54 - Quick Claw

- Strength
- Dragonbreath
- Iron Tail
- Crunch


Sandslash - Level 53

- Rollout
- Earthquake
- Dig
- Dynamicpunch

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Kanto Solo Run


Given that my county is stuck on lockdown and I don't have to be in school right now, I figured there wouldn't be a better time to pick this challenge back up. I haven't done anything in a long while, and I'm actually trashing the run I was on originally, because I misinterpreted the challenge prompt and thus the run is invalidated. But today I picked my 3DS back up and set to doing a solo run in Pokemon Blue.

There was plenty of grinding early on, as I had to evolve Champion from a Nidoran-M into a Nidorino in order to beat Brock. He evolved into a Nidoking by Misty's gym (using the ever-so-handy Moon Stone from Mt. Moon), but it still took a couple of attempts to get past Starmie. A lucky crit with Thrash was able to get the job done, though, and from there the run was easy. Thrash helped sweep trainer after trainer until late in the run. It was the way Lt. Surge went down, as well as Erika and Sabrina. By Koga's gym, I had gotten the TM for Earthquake, so that took him down, and did the same for Blaine, along with the HM Surf. Giovanni was easy to finish with Surf and Ice Beam, leading to the Elite Four.

Lorelei was a pain, but after a couple of tries Champion was able to live Lapras's Blizzard on 5 HP and hit a Thunderbolt to take it out after sweeping the rest of the team pretty easily. Bruno's team went down to Surf easily, and Agatha's team went down to Earthquake. Lance was an easy sweep with Ice Beams and a Thunderbolt for Gyarados, leading to the final battle against Blue. Pidgeot went down in two Ice Beams, followed by Alakazam and Rhydon going down to Earthquake and Surf, respectively. Arcanine went down to an Earthquake, leaving only two Pokemon left. Exeggutor was a pain, but eventually we took him out at close to full health after he missed a Hypnosis. Blastoise went down in two Thunderbolts and that's all she wrote for this challenge.

I'd also like to give a special shout-out to Leia the Charmander, the team's HM slave, who helped with Cut and Strength despite never growing past LV7.

Team:


Champion (Nidoking)
Level 62
- Earthquake
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam
- Surf

Bingo Progress: 1/49

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Scramble Challenge - Pokémon Heart Gold

Part 2

Picking up from last time I had just defeated Whitney. I was able to get the rest of my team members rather quickly after that, and after some grinding went to face Morty. It was a fairly simple battle, and Dunsparce got to shine again. None of Morty's Pokémon could really hurt it and it had just learned Pursuit.

Since I got more type coverage on my team, the following gyms went pretty well, without needing of hax from Dunsparce. Starmie could handle Chuck with Psychic and Flareon easily beat Jasmine with Flamethrower. Pryce was the same deal as before, all of his team is ironically weak to Grass, so I used Meganium. Petal Dance did the trick.

I struggled a little bit with Clair and failed 3 attempts at beating her with an underleveled team, so I decided to go grab my last team member and grind some levels. Once everyone reached 38 I felt more comfortable in taking on the gym. Starmie was able to one shot Gyarados this time with Thunderbolt and handle her two Dragonairs with Ice Beam. I tried to do some hax with Dunsparce against her Kingdra but it didn't last long. At least it was able to get paralyzed, which opened the door for Meganium to clean up the fight.

All 8 Johto badges are now acquired, which means I'll be taking on the Elite 4 soon. Definitely need to do some training first and Donphan needs to learn good moves...

Team
Spoiler:

Meganium (Basil) | Relaxed nature | Overgrow
Lv. 38 @ Miracle Seed
-Petal Dance
-Synthesis
-Magical Leaf
-Poison Powder


Dunsparce (Eucalyptus) | Impish nature | Serene Grace
Lv. 38 @ Quick Claw
-Headbutt
-Pursuit
-Roost
-Glare


Flareon (Saffron) | Careful nature | Flash Fire
Lv. 38
-Flamethrower
-Quick Attack
-Shadow Ball
-Fire Blast


Starmie (Cherry) | Modest nature | Natural Cure
Lv. 38
-Surf
-Psychic
-Ice Beam
-Thunderbolt


Primeape (Ambrosia) | Mild nature | Anger Point
Lv. 38
-Karate Chop
-Assurance
-Strength
-Focus Punch


Donphan (Chestnut) | Jolly nature | Sturdy
Lv. 38
-Flail
-Take Down
-Rollout
-Assurance

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The Hit the Gym Challenge in Pokémon Emerald

FINAL PART

It's time to finish another region on my Bingo. I've been thinking about making some pun here like Hoenn Alone, but can't think of anything, so let's just move on.

I attempted this Challenge about a year ago, but didn't even make it through Roxanne before getting bored. I think it was during the time I was really burned out of Pokémon games, so that was probably the reason.

Anyway, this second try was much better and I enjoyed it. I used a little bit different team that I planned on having the first time and I think it made things more interesting and challenging. I picked both Pelipper and Walrein because Hoenn has too much water and I finally tried Solrock in action. If I remember correctly, I've never used it and it saved me several times, especially in E4 battles. EDIT: After checking my Hall of Fame post, I found Randomized Nuzlocke run from 2013, where I've used Solrock. So it has been about 7 years since I last used it.

The rest of the team worked pretty much the as I though they would be. Manectric and Hariyama were the main powerhouses and, alongside Pelipper, carried me through most of the game. Camerupt was there to take care of Grass-types that were annoying in the early game, when Pelipper (as Wingull) didn't know any Flying-type move.

The hardest battle was the double battle with Tate and Liza, since I didn't really have 2 Pokémon to deal with them. I lost once to them because Claydol and Xatu just swept most of my team on their own. Psychic-types overall were pretty problematic type, but luckily there aren't that many in Hoenn.

This was also another run, where I tried not to just rush E4 with whatever moves and items I currently had on me, but took time to relearn some of the HMs I had on my Pokémon and give them item they would benefit from the most.

Here are some of the battles I had along the ride:
Spoiler:


And finally here's Hall of Fame:

Team


Winona, Calm Female Pelipper
lvl 55, Keen Eye @Mystic Water
- Surf
- Steel Wing
- Ice Beam
- Fly


Brawly, Rash Male Hariyama
lvl 55, Thick Fat @King's Rock
- Brick Break
- Focus Energy
- Bulk Up
- Fake Out


Wattson, Brave Male Manetric
lvl 56, Lightingrod @Magnet
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Quick Attack
- Bite


Flannery, Lax Female Camerupt
lvl 55, Magma Armor @Soft Sand
- Flamethrower
- Attract
- Earthquake
- Rock Slide


Tate, Naughty - Solrock
lvl 55, Levitate @Twistedspoon
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower
- Rock Slide


Wattson, Brave Male Manetric
lvl 55, Thick Fat @Nevermeltice
- Hail
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Earthquake
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Scramble Challenge - Pokémon Heart Gold

Final Part

This is a short update. I made it to the Elite Four and upgraded everyone's movesets.

The fights there were fairly easy. Starmie literally the MVP because of its great speed/sp atk and movepool variety. Ice Beam bodied two of Lance's Dragonites, and it even did well against three of Karen's Pokémon. Donphan was also able to get the screentime it deserved, walling a bunch of enemies such as Machamp and Aerodactyl, and hitting hard with Earthquake and the coverage it had. Overall I'd say this wasn't the most interesting run I've done in my Bingo so far, but still fairly enjoyable. But yeah, moving on with my other challenges ig.

Spoiler:


Team:
Spoiler:

Meganium (Basil) | Relaxed nature | Overgrow
Lv. 45 @ Miracle Seed
-Petal Dance
-Synthesis
-Earthquake
-Hidden Power Ice


Dunsparce (Eucalyptus) | Impish nature | Serene Grace
Lv. 45 @ Quick Claw
-Headbutt
-Ancient Power
-Roost
-Glare


Flareon (Saffron) | Careful nature | Flash Fire
Lv. 46 @ Charcoal
-Flamethrower
-Quick Attack
-Shadow Ball
-Fire Fang


Starmie (Cherry) | Modest nature | Natural Cure
Lv. 47
-Surf
-Psychic
-Ice Beam
-Thunderbolt


Primeape (Ambrosia) | Mild nature | Anger Point
Lv. 45 @ King's Rock
-Cross Chop
-Fling
-Strength
-Focus Punch


Donphan (Chestnut) | Jolly nature | Sturdy
Lv. 47
-Earthquake
-Fire Fang
-Thunder Fang
-Iron Tail


Current Bingo sheet:
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The Wonderlocke Challenge in Pokémon Ultra Moon

PART 1

Time to go back to Alola, since I have 2 challenges to do there. I couldn't really decide which Trainer Class to choose, so I went with more straightforward Wonderlocke.

I should also probably mention some optional rules I apply for this run:
  • SET mode
  • Dupes clause (for the whole evolution tree, unless the Pokémon has branched evolution)
  • No affection (unless it's Eevee, which *spoiler alert* I got and evolved into Sylveon)
  • If I get Pokémon with level higher than either Totem Pokémon or the weakest Kahuna's Pokémon, I have to trade it again

I randomly picked Litten as my starter and found out I won't be able to trade for a long time. So I continued the story and caught Grubbin on Route 1. No problems so far.

Finally getting to the point I can trade, traded Litten for level 16 Psyduck. Since the Totem Raticate is level 12, I have to get rid of this Psyduck. But before that I decided to trade Grubbin first and got level 41 Carbink, so I'll have to trade both. So I traded Psyduck and got... level 11 Psyduck. Funny. And for my Carbink I got... level 1 Carbink. What is this sorcery?

I get already guess this will be pretty nice ride. Anyway, Trainer School was easy this time, since the Teacher didn't have super-effective Pokémon against my starter. Another catch was Mime Jr. in Hau'oli and I traded it for level 8 Wingull. It's nice, but I don't want to use Wingull in another run.

Battle with Ilma was also pretty easy this time around, even though his Pokémon still hit hard. Route 2 encounter was Ekans, which got gacha'd into level 14 Alolan Ratatta, which was traded for level 18 Slowpoke, which was finally traded for level 7 Alolan Grimer. That's pretty nice Pokémon for Ekans. While training I also got Hau'oli Cemetery encounter with Murkrow, which was turned into level 1 Eevee. That's another nice gift. I almost immediately decided to evolve it into Sylveon, since that's my least used Eeveelution.

I was able to evolve it into Sylveon right before entering Verdant Cave, so Ilma's Trial was easy. Totem Raticate fell to 2 Fairy Winds.

And so I was able to catch encounter in Verdant Cave - Alola Rattata. Which was traded for level 14 Crabrawler. That's another great addition for my collection. And to end this update I also got Route 3 encounter - Cutiefly. I traded it for level 14 Crabrawler. Déjà vu. Few trades later (Crabrawler -> Wishiwashi -> Magikarp) and I have level 1 Shroomish.

Team


Uu, Lax Female Psyduck
lvl 16, Cloud Nine
- Water Pulse
- Confusion
- Brick Break
- Tail Whip


Carbink, Timid - Carbink
lvl 14, Clear Body
- Tackle
- Smack Down
- Harden
- Sharpen


Grimer, Naughty Female Grimer
lvl 14, Gluttony
- Bite
- Disable
- Poison Gas
- Pound


Sylveon, Serious Male Sylveon
lvl 15, Cute Charm
- Fairy Wind
- Growl
- Quick Attack
- Baby-Doll Eyes


Tyler, Relaxed Female Crabrawler
lvl 14, Hyper Cutter
- Bubble
- Rock Smash
- Leer
- Pursuit


Shroomish, Quiet Male Shroomish
lvl 9, Quick Feet
- Seed Bomb
- Tackle
- Leech Seed
- Stun Spore
God of Conquest
Age 24
Male
Australia
Seen May 9th, 2021
Posted October 25th, 2020
24 posts
3.4 Years
Unusual Sighting - Pokémon Black


Felt like doing a randomized playthrough, so this was the challenge I took on next. Problem with randomized runs is that it can feel so slow to me in the early run, when you get and face strong pokemon in the wild with no real strong moves, so I stop started this save until after the 4th gym where I felt more motivated to play.

All Pokemon were caught before the 2nd gym, there were no real challenges in any gym battle since I grinded well for them, however the last N and Ghestis battles were really hard, thankfully I mass bought a lot of those Health Roots in Driftveil City which if I had not, would had left me defeated at the Ghestis battle. I think I had to use at least 30 of them.

Team


Metagross - Level 54

- Psychic
- Meteor Mash
- Metal Claws
- Hammer Arm

Absol - Level 53

- Swords Dance
- X-Scissor
- Night Slash
- Bite

Yanmaga - Level 50

- Pursuit
- Aerial Ace
- U-Turn
- Uproar

Poliwrath - Level 48

- Surf
- Brick Break
- Scald
- Submission

Lickilicky - Level 47

- Shadow Ball
- Bulldoze
- Thunder
- Surf

Leafeon - Level 46

- Quick Attack
- Synthesis
- Grass Knot
- Magical Leaf

Absol was definitely my MVP, Swords Dance + Bite is a really deadly combination in a lot of Gyms and most of the E4, making those battles a breeze. Metagross and Poliwrath also helped out a lot in the end game, while my starter Yanmaga and Lickilicky helped out in the early game.

Challenges done - 2/49
Age 24
Male
Australia
Seen May 9th, 2021
Posted October 25th, 2020
24 posts
3.4 Years
Hit the Gym - Pokémon Black 2


Saw a youtube series with this game, and I never actually got around to beating this game at the time so I wanted to give it a go. Some of my original plans for my team where dashed when I realized how the location changes meant that Pokemon I wanted to use where either too late to use (Jellicent) or not obtainable before the post game (Druddigon).

Playthrough was pretty easy, and I battled a lot more trainers then I normally would do, but I did black out once to the last trainer at Victory Road to his Golurk. Gym Leaders were for the most part easy (although I was underleveled for Marlon) and so was the entire E4.

Team


Excadrill - Level 65

- Metal Claw
- Earthquake
- Rock Silde
- Drill Run

Swanna - Level 65

- Aerial Ace
- Fly
- Surf
- Hurricane

Stoutland - Level 60

- Strength
- Crunch
- Thunderbolt
- Surf

Scolipede - Level 56

- Steamroller
- Double-Edge
- Poison Tail
- Bug Bite

MVP was of course Excadrill, but Swanna was a lot better then I expected it to be. Stoutland and it's pre-evolutions were good enough for the early game, but while Scolipede did put out fights against Gym Leaders such as Skyla and knocked a few Pokemon out in the E4 (most noticeably Iris's Hydriogen), the lack of real good Bug and Poison TM's i could find made it pretty bad for use in the end game.

Challenges completed - 3/49
Age 24
Male
Australia
Seen May 9th, 2021
Posted October 25th, 2020
24 posts
3.4 Years
Pick a Route - Pokémon Omega Ruby - Dewford Cave


Decided to play through Hoenn, and thought the 6th gen games would be the best to make more Pokemon in my team a lot more useful with added evolutions and Mega evolutions. Dewford Cave was my choice since I thought it was the best place to obtain useful and balanced Pokemon for my team, something which came to be true in the end. Plus the EXP share system made it a lot easier to train up all of my team.

Soloed the game with Mudkip before I reached Dewford cave, since I knew I needed to use HMs such as Surf (didn't know Hariyama could learn it at the time), Dive and Waterfall. The grind for Brawly's gym was tedious and it was the only time I actually wiped out during the playthrough, but once Zubat learned Wing Attack, it became a lot easier. It was annoying to have to backtrack to Dewford Cave twice (three times actually because I picked the wrong bike at first) to get my required Pokemon, but after that was done and my team balanced out more, the game became a breeze with only Glacia (because of Frolass) and Steven giving me a challenge.

Team


Mawile - Level 62

- Play Rough
- Iron Head
- Faint Attack
- Fire Blast

Crobat - Level 58

- Fly
- Steel Wing
- Acrobatics
- Venoshock

Probopass - Level 56

- Hidden Power (Psychic)
- Earth Power
- Thunder
- Power Gem

Aggron - Level 54

- Blizzard
- Rock Tomb
- Iron Head
- Dig

Hariyama - Level 53

- Rock Tomb
- Surf
- Reversal
- Close Combat

Mawile gets my MVP because of how useful it ended up being in the Elite 4 (Seriously, it had a counter for almost every Pokemon in there), but also Crobat ended up being extremely fun to use with OHKO's against a lot of Pokemon with Acrobatics. Hariyama was useful in the early game but slowed down, Probopass got off to a slow start, but once it got later in the useful, it became much more useful and Aggron came in clutch against Pokemon like Steven's Metagross. All in all, probably the best team I have had so far in this challenge.

Challenges completed - 4/49
Age 24
Male
Australia
Seen May 9th, 2021
Posted October 25th, 2020
24 posts
3.4 Years
Culinary Challenge - Pokémon Fire Red


Was watching a Leaf Green stream, so I decided to go through these games for the first time. If you're wondering how I got through this so quickly compared to the last challenge I completed, it's because I have a lot of free time and I usually play through the games at about 2-3x speed. I chose Fire Red because I wanted to use Arcanine.

Game was mostly easy up to the Elite 4, but pretty much all of Gary's fights gave me a challenge (especially the level creep at Sliph Co). The E4 was a different story however. I bought about 35 Full Restores and almost had to use them all, plus about 10 Hyper Potions I had left and I used about 20 revives. Without those Hyper Potions, I mostly likely would have had to do another E4 run, and may have had to use the VS Seeker to grind up money. Still a really fun runthrough however.

Team


Venusaur - Level 52

- Earthquake
- Razor Leaf
- Sleep Powder
- Vine Whip

Arcanine - Level 51

- Bite
- Dig
- ExtremeSpeed
- Flamethrower

Snorlax - Level 51

- Solarbeam
- Surf
- Blizzard
- Strength

Primeape - Level 50

- Aerial Ace
- Mega Punch
- Cross Chop
- Brick Break

I would say that all 4 Pokemon had their time in the sun although Primeape did slow right down at the E4. Venusaur took care of Misty, Lt Surge, Giovanni and the E4, Arcanine took care of Erika, Sabrina, Koga and the E4, Snorlax took care of Blaine and a good part of the E4, and Primeape took care of Brock, the Team Rocket events and Bruno of the E4.

Challenges Completed - 5/49

Sorvete

Novice

Male
Brazil
Seen 4 Days Ago
Posted March 25th, 2023
3,110 posts
5.1 Years
Sandy Days in Y

I started this challenge way back, but didn't resume it until fairly recently because of other runs and stuff.

Anyway, I played through the initial bit of the game with my starter until after the first gym where I could get my first Pokémon, Budew. (Roserade learns Weather Ball at level 1).

I couldn't get my second partner until later on, so I had to solo this whole segment until Ambrette with just Budew.

It was rough, the first problem I encountered was Sycamore's Bulbasaur, which took a lot to kill. Even at max special attack, Budew dealt ~1/8 of its health with Absorb, even at a few levels higher! It took a lot of turns, but I somehow made out of that alive.

When a Kadabra almost killed Budew in Route 5 with Confusion I decided to be more careful with who I wanted to battle, so I opened the handy dandy Bulbapedia and checked every single route to see who Budew could potentially die to and try my best to avoid them. And I made out of that situation alive.

After I reached Ambrette, on Route 9, I finally got my second friend, Hippopotas, and the main Sandstorm setter for my team. Inside Glittering Cave I was also able to get a Mawile, which will be the second Sandstorm setter.

Budew finally evolved into Roselia sometime before the second gym, which was soloed by Mawile. In the next route I also caught a Sigilyph with the Magic Guard ability (which took longer than I expected to find).

My last two mons were Carbink and Gible. Carbink is mandatory for the challenge and Gible has Sand Veil.

From then it didn't even feel like the same run I started with just Budew. I thought the team was pretty balanced, except for an obvious Ice-type weakness, which proved to be a problem for Wulfric. I managed to barely win that fight with just a few mons remaining.

The Elite 4 was pretty easy (Hippowdon had a great time Earthquaking everything) and even though Siebold's Gyarados managed to set up a few Dragon Dances I still managed to bring it down with Roserade. Diantha's Gardevoir proved to be a nuisance killing 3 of my team members but thankfully Mawile's Iron Head finished it off at the end!

Building this weather-based team was pretty fun, and I'm looking forward to doing the other weather challenges in my sheet.


Team


Roserade (Olenna) | Nature: Careful | Poison Point
Moves: Petal Dance, Sludge Bomb, Weather Ball, Shadow Ball
Level 58 @ Black Sludge


Hippowdon (Crunch) | Nature: Serious | Sand Stream
Moves: Earthquake, Crunch, Rock Slide, Strength
Level 58 @ Smooth Rock


Mawile (The Rude) | Nature: Hardy | Intimidate
Moves: Play Rough, Iron Head, Rock Smash, Sandstorm
Level 57 @ Rocky Helmet


Sigilyph (Ramsey) | Nature: Impish | Magic Guard
Moves: Air Slash, Dazzling Gleam, Psychic, Ice Beam
Level 58 @ Mind Plate


Carbink (Sapphy) | Nature: Rash | Clear Body
Moves: Moonblast, Power Gem, Calm Mind, Stone Edge
Level 58 @ Pixie Plate


Garchomp (Jay) | Nature: Adamant | Sand Veil
Moves: Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Crunch, Surf
Level 58 @ Earth Plate

Current Bingo sheet:
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