Platinum Ground Update:
-Grinded a little in Victory Road.
-Beat my rival before the E4
-Defeated Aaron. Surprisingly his attacks took out huge chunks of HP from my team. Luckily Boulder's Rock Slide hit both times on Yanmega and Vespiquen.
-Beat Bertha. It was 1HKOs all around so it was really easy.
-Flint was pretty easy. All 1HKOs except for Houndoom only because it used Sunny Day before Gastrodon used Surf.
-Defeated Lucian, who wasn't too difficult.
-Cynthia:
Gastrodon took out Spiritomb with 2 Surfs.
Turtle used Earthquake on Roserade, who then poisoned him. Since Roserade was in the red, she used a Full Restore while I used an Antidote. Turtle used Crunch, and was poisoned, then defeated Roserade with Earthquake.
Gastrodon used Blizzard on Togekiss, which got it in the yellow. I used a Max Potion and Togekiss used Air Slash. I was going to use Blizzard, but Gastrodon flinched from another Air Slash. It didn't survive the next Air Slash.
I sent out Boulder not knowing Togekiss knew Aura Sphere *facepalm*
So I sent out Garchomp, who defeated Togekiss with Dragon Rush.
Garchomp used Dragon Rush on her Garchomp, who flinched :D (I'm surprised my lower level Garchomp moved first.) My Garchomp defeated it with Dragon Claw.
I didn't switch when she sent out Milotic so I could use a Full Restore on Turtle. Of course she used Ice Beam, which knocked out Garchomp.
When I sent out Turtle I used a Revive on Gastrodon since I had no other Ground types to use, and now I know for sure Turtle would be 1HKOd by an Ice Beam. And wouldn't you know it, that's what happened.
I sent out Gastrodon and used a Hyper Potion. She used Surf, and I used Mud Bomb. This happened again, then I used another Hyper Potion. She used Surf. Mud Bomb. Mirror Coat. Hyper Potion. She missed w/Dragon Pulse. She used Surf. Mud Bomb. Milotic is no more :D
Now for Lucario. I used Revive on Turtle. Lucario fainted Gastrodon w/Aura Sphere.
So I sent out Turtle and used a Hyper Potion. Lucario used Aura Sphere twice. Turtle survived and used Earthquake, the final blow! :D
-Yay, now I'm the champion!
So now I've finish the Ground Monotype Challenge! Here's my final team:
Garchomp - Lv61
Holding Soft Sand
Dragon Claw
Crunch
Dig
Dragon Rush
Turtle - Lv60
Razor Leaf
Crunch
Leaf Storm
Earthquake
Gastrodon - Lv63
Surf
Mud Bomb
Blizzard
Water Pulse
Boulder - Lv57
Earthquake
Magnitude
Rock Slide
Rock Blast