Combined Pokemon Solo Challenge Thread

[EHero70]

Pokemon Sapphire log #2

Well... I spent all day today playing so far and logging EVERYTHING down. So i was uninstalling a program I had and it unfortunately forced shut down and I lost everything i logged for today. So here is a summary.

After many tries I beat the Mauville gym, taught Psychic to Metang and continued on. Beat the grunts on Mt.Chimney, and got to Lavender. Beat the 4th gym and got the go-goggles from May. Made it back to Petalburg and beat that gym easily too. I got surf from Wally's parents and taught it to Zigzagoon. I surfed my way through all the routes and got back to Slateport where i headed back to Mauville and went east. I beat all the grunts at the weather buidling and got a Castform. Oh! Also i caught a Pelipper and taught it fly once I beat May heading toward Fortree. I beat the 6th gym easily since I had the Devon scope. I continued on and now I am in Lillycove. I beat May at the Department store and now that is where I am.

Headed out of Dept. store didn't buy anything. Went down Route 122 to get to Route 123 before I head into the weird ghosty place.. A little bit of training is always helpful. Headed into Mt.Pyre now, picked up rare candy, Phillip is level 61 now.

Battling the grunts up top now. Swept everyone inside the mountain. I'm planning on teaching Metagross/Phillip, Shadow Ball, and Brick Break. So then he will have Rock Tomb, Shadow Ball, Brick Break and either Metal Claw or Meteor Mash. Think I'll keep metal claw. I just taught him Shadow ball, so now all we need is Brick break.

Just went back to the Dept. Store to sell some things. Just flew down to Slateport now to stop Team Aqua! Just flew back to Lillycove city, now I'm in the Aqua Hideout to fight some grunts, and get a Master Ball! Even though it's useless, hey! why not!

Beat all the grunts time to head out for Mossdeep! Also, got a Master Ball! On route 124 now, fighting all the trainers.

Made it to Mossdeep! Just got Dive from Steven too. Got a net ball and Super Rod as well. Heading into the gym now. This gym may be difficult because the gym leader is a double battle. And the only other Pokemon I have are lv.10 HM slaves so it's basically a 2 on 1 battle. I don't expect to win on the first try though. Anyways on to the trainers.

Beat all the trainers. On to the leaders. Wish me luck...

Wow. Forgot I had Shadow Ball. Swept the gym leader no problem. Damn. Well that is 7 badges done! Here I come 8!

Surfed through route 127/128 I don't remember it's name. I also caught a Tentacool for dive.

Used Dive and got into Seafloor Caverns. Here I come grunts >:)

Beat the grunts now in the deeper parts of the Cavern with all the mist. Also, I got Earthquake. I don't think I'll use it much, but eh. It's still good to have.

Just beat Archie. Swept him easily. Phillip is at level 65, getting closer to 70! Went through the whole Maxie/Archie event. Now heading towards Sootopolis!

On route 129 now fighting the trainers. On route 130, doing the same. Route 131, same old same old.

Welp, I made it to Pacifidlog Town. I always get lost trying to find Sootopolis! Finally made it to Sootopolis!

Met Wallace, now heading into the Cave of Origin. I don't have anyone who knows Flash so looks like getting around may be difficult. I forgot it's just like a spiral, that was easy.

I got Waterfall and taught it to Tentacool too. Now fighting Kyogre just gonna catch it with my Master ball because why not. Caught it, and made it out. Also I got Brick Break. Now time for my final badge!

Just beat all the trainers in the gym! The only thing I am worried about is his Milotic. The rest shouldn't be bad. swept him just like the rest. Nothing to worry about in there! Now, with all 8 badges. The elite four better prepare themselves. But first! Victory road :/

Making my way to Ever Grande now, fighting a ton of trainers on the way too.

Made it to Ever Grande. Elite Four, here I come...

 

[EHero70]

Pokemon Sapphire Log #3

This will be the last log.

Just made it onto Victory Road, hate it, but I gotta beat it.

Made it through Victory road pretty easily. Battling Wally Now. Destroyed Wally no problem. Here I come Elite Four!

Just healed up, gonna blow my money at the mart. I'm gonna need A LOT of Hyper Potions. Well, i bought everything I needed. I deposited all my HM slaves in the box so its just me and Phillip. Just like it was from the start. He is a level 71 Metagross, that has a move set of Brick break, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb, and Shadow Ball. Here I come Elite 4!

ELITE 4 SIDNEY (Dark)
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Strategy: I'm planning to just head on leading in using Brick break on everything. Brute Force... My favorite.

*Also Phillip's Clear body ability prevents stats from dropping like from Intimidate. Very useful.

Result: Completely swept him. Didn't take any f=damage except from a fake out by Shiftry. Not gonna heal up at.

ELITE 4 PHOEBE (Ghost)
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Startegy: Sweep with Shadow Ball. The only threat i can see is her Dusclops which knows Earthquak. It probably wouldn't kill, but I still don't like it.

Result: Pretty good. Took a bit of damage since Shadow ball didn't kill Sableye in one hit, and she healed a few times from that but other than that. It went well. I'm still not gonna heal. I'm gonan try to go without healing. A challenge within a challenge.

ELITE 4 GLACIA (Ice)
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Strategy: Nothing should pose a threat so I'm gonna use Metal claw since it has a lot of PP, and save Brick Break if I need it for the champion.

Result: Not to hard. Walrein did put me in the red zone with HP though. But I just used a Max Potion and swept the rest.

ELITE 4 DRAKE (Dragon)
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Strategy: Defiantly will be the hardest. Flygon especially, I have nothing super effetive against it and one of them knows Flamethrower. I should be able to one shot Salamence and Altaria with Rock Tomb though. So here I go.

Result: That was scary. The Flygon never used Flamethrower which is good and I killed it in 2 hits. The other I destroyed with a Crit, so it was a OHKO. The Salamence though, had Flamethrower, and forced me to heal. Other than that, I made it out alive. Now for the champion.

CHAMPION STEVEN
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Strategy: He has a mix of Pokemon here. For Skarmory, Rock Tomb. Aggron, Brick Break because it is also a Rock type. Same with Cradily. Craydol, Shadow Ball because it is part Psychic to. Armaldo, Brick Break. And finally for the epic head on head battle between Phillip and Metagross. Guess i'll go with a Shadow Ball. This should be fun.

Result: That was AWESOME! The Skarmory took about 4 Rock Tombs, I destroyed Claydol. His Metagross used Earthquak which forced me to heal up two times. And everythign else i swept. And that's the game.

So I beat Pokemon Sapphire with just a Metagross. I started with a Beldum and me and Phillip grew closer together :D We grew together, and overall this was an awesome experiance! Did i mentio nthis was my first Solo run? And it went well! There were some up and downs but overall me and Phillip Made it!

FINAL STATS:
Level: 75
Ability: Clear Body
Moveset: Shadow Ball, Brick Break, Metal Claw, Rock Tomb
Gender: N/a
Progress: Beat the game
Challenge Type: Single Run, not an Ultimate run.
Time: 26:29
Name: Jake
Trainer ID: 26383

Thank you for reading so much! I had an absolute blast! Maybe I'll do it again next time. Bye everyone! :D

 

[paragonProtaganist]

Hello! I'd like to try and attempt at this.
Username: paragonProtaganist
Pokemon: Ampharos
Challenge: Ultimate
Game: LeafGreen, Silver, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2, X

 

[CosmicSanta]

Add Pokemon X to my challenge with Hitmonlee

 

[Jmacc]

Username: jmacc
Pokemon of Choice: Gengar
Challenge: solo
Game(s): Red

I made him a level up evolution through pokemon randomizer if thats not cool just tell me?
And can i do ultimate with out doing pokemon X/Y because i dont own a 3ds and dont plan to?

 

[TheCrystalFlaaffy]

Add Pokemon X to my challenge with Hitmonlee

Sorry but I can't find your name in the challengers list so I have no clue what challenge you're talking about.

Username: jmacc
Pokemon of Choice: Gengar
Challenge: solo
Game(s): Red

I made him a level up evolution through pokemon randomizer if thats not cool just tell me?
And can i do ultimate with out doing pokemon X/Y because i dont own a 3ds and dont plan to?

Using the randomizer to evolve is cool. As for your other question the answer is no, completing Pokemon X or Pokemon Y is mandatory for the ultimate challenge. If you're not planning to get either of the games but still want to play kanto through unova then I suggest doing a bunch of single challenges.

Also to everyone who haven't added ether Pokemon X or Pokemon Y to their Ultimate Solo Challenge, the deadline has passed and your challenge has been taken out of the challengers list. All completed games will be treated as singles. If you ever plan to add the games to your challenges in the future you must post a new sign-up.

 

[paragonProtaganist]

Hey, would you mind if I just did a Mareep run until the future games? Turns out, I can't evolve him in Leaf Green without the National Dex.

 

[Jmacc]

Got two badges down beat brock and misty
Gengar lvl: 38
Lick
Confuse Ray
Night Shade
Hypnosis

Beat rival on S.S. picked up hm01 got an hm slave now working towards third badge

 

[Raven Valt]

Here is a Plusle solo for emerald.

Spoiler:

 

[Shyphonics]

Sorry I didn't get this in by February.

Can you add Pokemon X to my challenge?

Shyphonic

 

[Tek]

Well a couple weeks ago I started a Vibrava solo run just for fun, might as well make it official!

Username: Tek
Pokemon: Vibrava
Game: FireRed
Mode: Single

Here's the highlight reel (First Update):

Spoiler:

Picked a Squirtle to carry HMs. Named it Skipper. Hacked in a Vibrava as soon as I could buy poke balls and named it Valens.

Brock's gym: Lv 17. Replaced Bite with Rock Tomb.

Misty's gym: Lv 28. Rival Battle: lv 29. Replaced Sand Tomb with Dig. Replaced Feint Attack with Crunch. Rival battle: Lv 34. Replaced Crunch with Dragonbreath. Got HM01 Cut. Caught a Meowth and named it Lil' Buddy. Taught Cut to Lil' Buddy.

Lt Surge's gym: Lv 35. Went on a catching spree to obtain HM05 Flash and taught the move to Lil' Buddy. Replaced Sand-Attack with Screech. At Lv 42, replaced Rock Tomb with Rock Slide via move tutor.

Erika's Gym: Lv 44. Rival battle: Lv 49.

Used four rare candy. Rival battle at Silph Co.: Lv 58. Battled Giovanni at Silph Co.: Lv 59. Sabrina's gym: Lv 60. Taught Valens Giga Drain and started towards Fuschia.

Valens the Vibrava
Hasty Female Lv 65
Dragonbreath/Rock Slide/Giga Drain/Screech

Skipper the Squirtle
Hasty Male Lv 7
Tackle/Tail Whip/Bubble/-

Lil' Buddy the Meowth
Naughty Female Lv 12
Cut/Flash/Growl/Bite

Nav Man the Fearow
Gentle Male Lv 21
Fly/Leer/Fury Attack/Pursuit

 

[paragonProtaganist]

I know it's a little early for an update considering I only received the Boulder Badge, but I'll post one anyway because I predict this would be the hardest part of the run.

Spoiler:

A young man stands in his bedroom. It just so happens that today, the 19th of March, is this young man's birthday. Though it was seventeen years ago he was given life, it is only today he will begin his Pokemon journey!

Excited and aloof, he ran straight into the tall grass almost injuring himself within the first minute of his adventure. Thankfully, the wise (and slightly senile) Professor Oak stopped him. After the young introduced himself as Variel, Professor Oak introduced his grandson to him. He could not recall his name, so we will simply refer to him as "Rival". To begin his adventure, the Professor gave him a Mareep (which he believed was a Squirtle) which Variel named Lux Lucis. He knew immediately that this was the only Pokemon for him.

Rival was then given Bulbasaur. Eager for battle, Rival challenged Variel to a battle, and Bulbasaur was defeated by a fluffy sheep.

Variel proceeded to Viridian City where he planned to stock up on potions for the long road ahead. The Cashier stopped him, noticing he came from the direction of Pallet Town. Cashier gave Variel a package which was to be delivered to Oak. Upon delivery, Oak gave Rival and Variel the important task to capture every Pokemon in the Kanto region and record them in the Pokedex. Variel knew he would not do this, but kept his mouth shut for fear of breaking Oak's heart.

Variel continued on his journey towards Pewter City where his first gym lied. Little did he know of the dangers of Viridian Forest. The forest was swarming with bugs and Bug Catchers alike. It wasn't too bad... until he encountered Weedle. As Lux Lucis tackled Weedle, the Weedle's horn penetrated his hide and injected him with a powerful poison. Despite Variel's efforts, Lux succumbed to the venom right at the doors of the Pokemon Center.

After reviving Lux, Variel trekked through the forest determined to get revenge on the Weedle (fully stocked on potions and antidotes). He found the Weedle and had Lux quickly dispatch it with an electric shock. Suddenly, much to Variel's surprise, Lux began to change shape with this victory... but stopped due to complications.

Regardless, Variel exited the forest and proceeded to the gym.

It was a slaughter.

Brock, the leader of the Gym primarily focused on Rock Types, which had the Subtype of Ground. Lux sent thundershocks into his opponents' rough hide with no effect, and had to resort to throwing his body into their tough exterior, but before long, Lux was exhausted and out of stamina. He struggled, and through his struggle, he managed to take out Brock's Geodude, but quickly fainted as he tried in vain to penetrate Onix's rock hard defense.

Determined, Variel took Lux out on a training spree, leaving piles of unconscious Ratata, Pidgey, Caterpie, Metapod, WEEDLE, Kakuna, and the occasional Pikachu in their week. It was long, but finally, they were ready to take on Brock again.

This time, the tables had turned. Lux dispatched of Geodude without breaking a sweat, and after growling at Onix, intimidating him so much that he could barely focus on hurting him, did away with him too. It was a long and hard battle, and Lux had barely made it, but although enervated, he did it.

Lux and Variel had earned their first badge.

Sorry that I can't post pictures, still haven't met the minimum post requirement yet. But gosh, at the end of the battle with Brock, Lux only had 1 PP left for tackle and 9 HP. He is currently level 21.

 

[Proteun]

Challenge:

Spoiler:

Username: TeunCornflakes
Pokemon of Choice: Seabubble (Squirtle/Wartortle/Blastoise)
Challenge: Ultimate, I guess.
Game(s): Red, Silver, Emerald, Diamond, White, (White 2), X

I'm kind of busy on the moment, so my Ultimate goes somewhat slower now. Anyways, I just defeated Burgh.

Pokémon White screens:

Spoiler:

 

[pastel_fallout]

Ah, solo run. Haven't done one of these since Crystal. May as well do the same one I did a few years ago.

Username: LucarioPWNS
Pokemon of Choice: QUILAVA
Challenge: Single
Game(s): SoulSilver

 

[Hann]

Update #3: Tyranitar - Leaf Green
Another Solo run completed. Like I said before this one wasn't too hard, but I still enjoyed it.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Team:

Tiny the Gentle Tyranitar (M) @ Lv.86
Ability: Sand Stream
Crunch
Earthquake
Aerial Ace
Shockwave

Update #3: Chesnaught - X
There wasn't much to do in between gyms, so I progressed fairly quick. The next update might be a bit slower as the whole Team Flare - Xerneas thing is coming up.

Team:

Chester the Quirky Chesnaught (M) @ Lv.58
Ability: Overgrow
Item: Lucky Egg
Poison Jab
Bite
Seed Bomb
Body Slam

HM Slave(s):

Spoiler:

Zigzagoon
Cut
(Rock Smash)

Lapras
Surf
Strength

Pidgey
Fly

 

[HunterLee2600]

I am the TROLOLOL GUY (insert BLANK STARE smiley face here)


Username:HunterLee2600
Pokemon of Choice: Tepig
Challenge: Single
Game(s):White

 

[Proteun]

Challenge:

Spoiler:

Username: TeunCornflakes
Pokemon of Choice: Seabubble (Squirtle/Wartortle/Blastoise)
Challenge: Ultimate, I guess.
Game(s): Red, Silver, Emerald, Diamond, White, (White 2), X

Elesa was easier than I thought, regarding her type advantage. Anyway, done that.
EDIT: And of course Clay's gym got drowned as well.
ANOTHER EDIT: ...and Skyla was easy too! ^_^
YET ANOTHER EDIT: And hell, I've always thought Ice resisted Water.
YET ANOTHER EDIT AGAIN: So hey, I just defeated all the gyms. ^_^
YET STILL ANOTHER EDIT AGAIN: I got through Victory Road. I'll probably make a new post when I defeat the Elite Four and Champion, since I have things to talk about and - seriously, this one is going the wrong way..

Pokémon White screens:

Spoiler:

Because everything was decapsed in Generation V, I renamed SEABUBBLE to SeaBubble.

Status after Clay:

 

[Jmacc]

Here we go
~
first badge

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Second Badge

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Third Badge

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Fourth Badge

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All I got so far
Gengar AKA Hades: Lvl 52
Lick
Dream Eater
Mega Drain
Hypnosis

 

[Arceus Whisper]

Username: Arceus Whisper
Pokemon of Choice: Tynamo
Challenge: Single
Game: Black
I hope this will be as challenging as I'm thinking it will be :D

EDIT: Wanted to update before I went to bed so I wouldn't forget

Spoiler:

And so It begins
-Rival battles went T-Wave, Tackle Spam and T-Wave, Spark Spam respectively
-Nicknamed Tynamo 9 Volt
-Accumula town went something to the tune of Spark spam
-As did Route 2
-I giggled when I read this

Spoiler:

-Striation Gym = Spark, Spark, Spark, Spark, Spark..... (I was kinda cheap and replaced Tepig with Tynamo so I could fight the water monkey)

-Picked up pansage for cut purposes
-Caught Woobat for flight purposes
-Caught Tympole for Surf/Waterfall purposes
-After much grinding I pulled out a win against Lenora

That's where I will leave this off for now

 

[Natnew]

you know... if every foe in a 6-on-1 double battle has a supereffective move, it is... hard. REALLY hard. L60 at L45s and still can't do it.