Playing with just 1 Pokemon

[Teh Blazer]

I have never tried it, but sounds hard. I could never do that.

 

[Gymnotide]

Many resets and now I have

Smeargle @ Quick Claw
Adamant
-- Sleep Powder
-- Dragon Dance
-- Spark
-- Ice Fang

 

[phantomchess]

its hard, ive never tried before

 

[Ayano Hana]

I completed Platinum with only an Infernape. He was about Level 72 when I beat the Elite 4.

 

[zerwey]

By the time I got past the Elite Four and Cynthia, my Infernape was level 97 o.O

 

[lolwut]

well im planning on doing this with either a bidoof, sudowoodo, or munchlax

 

[zerwey]

well im planning on doing this with either a bidoof, sudowoodo, or munchlax

Bidoof? O.O You must be brave xP

I'll have to admit, going through with Infernape was pretty easy :D

 

[Gymnotide]

Bidoof? O.O You must be brave xP

I'll have to admit, going through with Infernape was pretty easy :D

Bidoof is a beast with Defense Curl and Amnesia.
Plus, he has Charge Beam, Surf, Ice Beam, and Super Fang at his disposal.

 

[slimjd008]

haha bidhoof is a pretty grand idea

 

[YeahVeryeah]

I remember back when I was a wee little kid and I had my blue/red versions, I played through almost exclusively with my Blastoise. I remember that I couldn't read when I started to play, but I could when I finished. The other five spaces included a ratata, a pigeot (evolved at the elite four), a butterfree, an Aeorodactyl, and a ditto.

More on topic, though, I think I might try to do something on my Platinum. Added difficulty 'cuz I imported and can't read Japanese. :p

 

[zerwey]

Bidoof is a beast with Defense Curl and Amnesia.
Plus, he has Charge Beam, Surf, Ice Beam, and Super Fang at his disposal.

Well, yeah, you have a good point there.

And remember to cover for your Pokemon's weaknesses if you decide to solorun. I did that with Infernape:

Infernape @ Lucky Egg/Amulet Coin (useless for battle, I know)
Flamethrower
Mach Punch
Grass Knot (for Bertha, the Ground-type E4)
ThunderPunch (for water types, my worst nightmare)

 

[xxconrad_dannixx]

Eeeep..

Well,
I definitely did that in the original Red and Yellow for Gameboy. Diamond? Nopee. But I think that is something that I would like to try out. I don't know if it would work once you have to battle with the ELITE4 and all that, BUT it could be worth a try. xD

 

[Zelda]

It would be pretty hard to beat the game with just one, especially since there are several types that can take advantage of your pokemon depending on what pokemon type yours is.

If I had to beat the game with just one, it would have to be in a high level.

 

[Dragonzord]

i beat red with only a bulbasaur 9well, a venusaur, cuz i didnt know u could catch them b/c i didnt pay attention to the old man:p wasnt that hard.

 

[Cyndahog]

It shouldn't really be done. Playing with more Pokemon makes the games easier for me IMO.

That's kinda the whole point of an Only Run, to make it more challenging.

Anyways, I went through Pokemon Silver with a Dunsparce, Diamond with a Starly, and Emerald with a Ralts.
Diamond was semi-challenging, Silver was pretty tough, but Emerald was way to easy. Psychic and T-Bolt FTW.

 

[zerwey]

If you really played through the game with just one Pokemon, it would be higher level than all the other Pokemon in the area.

For example, if you were raising a Piplup, Starly, Shinx, and Shellos at the same time, they would grow slower in level because they are sharing the exp.

However, if you are using just Chimchar, he would be high leveled because he gets all the exp.
It's easy that way.

 

[Zelda]

It's easy and difficult in different ways to beat the elite with one pokemon. It's easy because if you give that pokemon an exp. share it'll grow even faster than it does since you're only training one pokemon. It's difficult if it is weak amongst a lot of other pokemon types. Although if it is a high level and even higher than the elite four levels, then you might have a chance of winning...with just one pokemon.

 

[LethalTexture]

I'm moving this over to General since the discussion seems to be about all four Generations.

*moves*

 

[I Laugh at your Misfortune!]

It's hard at the beginning (like Roark MURDERED my Cherrim (then a Cherubi) about 20 times until I beat him). The tip is to invest all your money in Potions. Revives are waste of time as you should be using the other Pokémon at all.
And generally, the Pokémon should be UU or NFE - because of course its going to be too easy if you use an Uber ¬¬; Besides its cooler to say you completed the whole game using Magikarp etc.

You have just given me a very good idea :P

*runs to find Ruby*

 

[zerwey]

You have just given me a very good idea :P

*runs to find Ruby*

M-Magikarp? I could never ever in the world do that. *faints*