[Challenge] The BINGO! Challenge - Revived

[Pok3pals]

Pokemon Silver Solo Run

Now onto Whitney! I go towards Ilex Forest and get stopped by my Rival. Problem is I haven't healed from the gym battle so hopefully that doesn't affect the battle. And it doesn't really. I beat him without much worry so onto Ilex Forest. And the Farfetch'd Puzzle was...tedious to say the least since I forgot where I was suppose to even bring him. But, I managed and got the HM for Cut. And I'm at Goldrod City so Whitney time! But, before that I leveled up and learned Synthesis. I replaced Tackle, which I might regret later, but I think I'm set for now. And surprisingly Whitney was no trouble at all...So onto the next Gym Leader. On my way there there was a Psychic user who just spammed Flash with an Abra so the battle was dragged out for some time. And I make my way to Ecruteak City and challenge the theater so I can get the HM for Surf. And the first one I battled was the Flareon Kimono Girl who gave me trouble to where I had to poison stall them a little. Aside from the Flareon Kimono Girl, the others were fairly easy. I then decide to go to the Burnt Tower to face my Rival before I head to the Morty. And my Rival beats me mainly due to his Haunter using Curse. I decided since I couldn't beat his Haunter or hurt it much with Razor Leaf I replace Poison Powder with Mud Slap. But, I'm just going to attempt the Gym now since I didn't do much against my Rival's Zubat so underleveled in that sense. So Gym Leader time. First attempt I got a Critical Hit that knocks out his Gastly. Next up is one of his Haunters which he curses me with so I'm sort of on a ticking time bomb. i just hope I don't get put asleep cause that would really screw me. Midway throught the fight, Bayleef learns Body Slam which I replace with Synthesis due to it not being as helpful as I thought it would be. I would've replaced Mud Slap if it weren't for me needing it now and later for the Steel type gym. And the worst thing has happened and that is me getting put to sleep. And that is the end for that attempt so lets retry that. The second try Gastly puts up the Curse so this run is screwed. But, lets just see where it goes I guess. Once I got to Haunter I am already on 2 HP which isn't great. So I need to heal, deal with Curse damage, and pray that I don't fall asleep again. And another reset. But I did look up to see whether Ground type moves was Special or Physical and finding that it is Physical (Supposedly) I plan to first use the X-Attack that I have to see if that makes a difference. And it does work, but I reset since I was Cursed and put Asleep so no point in trying anymore. And this run I defeated the Gengar, but got cocky and didn't heal...and the last Haunter took me out...So this run I'm getting lucky. Gastly doesn't go for Curse nor does the first Haunter. The Gengar goes down with no problems this time and last is his last Haunter which gets taken down with ease. So after what I'd think took 7-10 attempts, I finally defeat Morty.

Badges: 4/8

Oleander

Moveset:
-Body Slam
-Mud-Slap
-Razor Leaf
-Reflect
Held Item:
N/A
Level:
31
Stats:
HP:89
Attack:51
Defense:66
Special Attack:54
Special Defense:65
Speed:57

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Bingo Card

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[Pok3pals]

Pokemon Silver Solo Run

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So now onto the next few gyms! I go back to the Burnt Tower to retry the Rival fight and right off the bat his Haunter uses Curse. This might not go so well. His Zubat comes out and I one shot it with a Body Slam which isn't what I was expecting. I then get a critical hit on Quilava with Body Slam so that is helpful. Last, but not least is Magnemite which I just nearly one shot with Mud Shot. It was nearly a clean sweep, but guess the range didn't want to be nice to me. However, Magnemite misses it's Sonicboom so the only damage I took was the Curse damage. And that is the Rival battle! After the battle Oleander evolves into Meganium so yay! I make my way to Olivine City and go to the Lighthouse to talk to Jasmine. And it was easy to make it all the way up. So I then go to Cianwood to battle Chuck and grab the medicine. Anyhow I reach Cianwood, beat all the trainers, and now Gym Leader fight. I start off with Body Slamming the Primeape and I got the paralysis, however it hits me so that was somewhat pointless. Next is his Poliwrath which I'm not so concerned about and that is proven as he tries to go for Hypnosis which he missed so he was a two shot with Razor Leaf. 5th gym badge in hand now so time for the next few gyms. I question on whether to go for Jasmine or Pryce next. I decide to go with Jasmine and grab the Secret Potion for Amphy. So I fly back to Olivine City and gave Jasmine the Secret Potion. And as I go into the Gym Battle I realize...I forgot to heal from the Chuck battle. So this is most likely a fail seeing as I don't one shot the first Magnemite. But, the first one goes down as it misses it's Thunder Wave. Second is Steelix who is most likely going to take me out and surprisingly it didn't. I realized I had Super Potions so I used on and set up a Reflect as it misses another Iron Tail. Body Slam and Mud Slap does little to nothing, but Razor Leaf is the best option. Of course I get taken out by a critcal hit. So I have to sit and wait for the HM user Pokemon to faint so I can reattempt the gym. I would've saved and reset, but I was confident that Mud Slap would've done more and I thought I was fully healed. So I saved in front of her and attempt number 2. Magnemite starts the same way. Two shot with Mud Slap and it misses it's Thunder Wave. Back to Steelix this time I know it should be a two to three shot with Razor Leaf. And down goes Steelix after 3 Razor Leafs along with how inaccurate Iron Tail can be so...last Magnemite. The last Magnemite was also a two shot, but managed to actually hit me with Thunder Wave. Though it was to no avail since I didn't get paralyzed and won the 6th gym badge. That means just 2 more to get and I might even get to the Elite 4 and Champion very soon. Honestly I thought Meganium would prove to be a challenge, but hoenstly it has been smooth sailing. So off to Mahogany Town now. Once there I have to head off to the Lake of Rage so I might just faint the Gyarados along with deal with most to all the Team Rocket Grunts once I'm there. I managed to defeat the Red Gyarados and it did give me some knowledge for the future. If I was to stay a bit over leveled and used Body Slam against a Gyarados then it should be roughly a 3 shot. Luckily I don't take any damage from it due to paralysis. Anyhow Team Rocket Base time. I end up battling all the Grunts here and it was mindless grinding. I just watched some sewing and cross stitch videos as I fought so it was soothing and fun in my opinion. While fighting I had a choice of learning Light Screen. I choose to not learn it since I was thinking a few types that would be trouble were physical. But....haha I think most are actually Special. Regardless just....lets just go with Reflect. Anyhow Rocket Base is done and now Pryce! Once again I battle every trainer cause why not and they're all easy. And Pryce battle....every one of his Pokemon was a one shot with Razor Leaf. Only thing to note is I got a critical hit on Dewgong which I doubt really mattered. But, yeah....now just the Dragon Gym. First Goldenrod City with the Radio Tower. Once I deal with all of them in there I get the Basement Key and head to fight my rival. His Golbat and Quilava get two shot with Body Slam as they both get the paralysis from it so that is extremely lucky. Magnemite comes out, but gets one shot with Mud Slap. Next is Haunter who is a two shot with Mud Slap. It misses it's Shadow Ball so nothing to worry about. And last is Sneasel which is a one shot with Body Slam. Now Basement time aka grinding central. The basement and switch puzzle is getting to me cause I don't understand it. I manage to figure it out after what I'd say around 5 to 10 minutes. Anyhow back to Radio Tower I beat them, recieve the Silver Wing, and now plan to head to the next Gym Leader. I then make my way through Ice Path to try and get the HM for Waterfall which I find with ease. Anyhow I manage to make my way out of Ice Path and go straight to the Gym. It took me a few seconds to actually find it. Anyhow Gym Leader battle time. Probably just gonna use Body Slam against all her Pokemon. First Dragonair was paralyzed and didn't attack me. Second Dragonair paralyzes me. I use a Full Heal to cure the paralysis...to only get paralyzed again by Dragon Breathe. Anyhow I managed to beat the gym with the Body Slam strategy. I shouldn't have said no to learning Safeguard cause that would've made this much easier, but...yeah. I have to grab a dragon fang though which I do and then head off to the league. So I make my way to the league and get stopped by my Rival once again so last Rival fight. Sneasel is a one shot with Body Slam. Golbat is nearly a one shot, but it does get paralyzed. Typhlosion comes out and is a two shot as well and gets paralyzed. Once Typhlosion is down, next up is Magneton who is a two shot as well with Mud Slap. It then paralyzes me before I can take it out. Out next is Haunter which he barely does anything as I take it out with a critcal hit Mud Slap. Last up is Kadabra and I misclick and use Mud Slap instead of Body Slam, but luckily he only uses Future Sight twice. So overall nothing to serious. Now then Elite Four and Champion time! First is Psychic User Will and I don't think he will be much of a challenge. And he was until I met his second Xatu and his Exeggutor using Reflect. So I opt to reset cause I was wasting PP that I was going to need. Anyhow next attempt I defeat his team so one down three to go. Next is Koga who might be more trouble if he poisons me or decides to use Self-Destruct. And I was somewhat right...only I was poisoned, against a Muk that used Minimized, who got a critical Sludge Bomb. This time I make it to Muk without being poisoned. Of course he does get a Minimize, I miss and he Sludge Bombs me which poisons me. Crobat gave me no problems. All he did was a Double Team, which did nothing. And now last, but not least.....Forretress....huh...where'd the Weezing go? Regardless I don't have much that can do any signifcant damage to him...or so I thought. Surprisingly Razor Leaf does do a good chunk each hit so I just use that. As it was one hit away...it used Explosion which...somehow missed? Huh...never knew that, but whatever. Now Bruno time...and...Bruno is Bruno...not hard. Pretty much either Body Slam then Razor Leaf or Mud Slap. Machamp was almost like that, but got healed up. Though he was paralyzed and it took 3 Razor Leafs. And Onix...took one Razor Leaf so yeah Bruno is just easy. Now last, but not least Karen. I was worried about Umbreon so I went for Razor Leaf for either a one hit KO or at least a crit. Neither happened and it missed it's Sand Attack. Then I thought I would be able to knock it out with a Body Slam and it almost did, but I got the paralysis and it didn't get to hit me. And...it somehow survived...a Mud Slap...on 1 HP when it was in the red...Anyhow next is Vileplume who can paralyze me so I hope she doesn't do that. It goes for Petal Dance as I knock it out. Next up is Houndoom so I go for Mud Slap to lower it's accuracy. And it hit s a Flamethrower that nearly knocks me out. So I use a Body Slam to knock it out. Out next is Gengar so Mud Slap and Razor Leafs for it. I manage to get a crit on Razor Leaf which knocks it out and last is Murkrow. I use Body Slam which nearly takes it out, but I use a Razor Leaf for the win so now the Champion. So I didn't realize that the Max Ether was for one move. I got confused with another item so...lets Body Slam Lance's team! First out is Gyarados and I know he is going to be a problem. Or so I thought, but he was a 2 shot as he only went for Rain Dance. Next out is one of his Dragonites and oh boy...It goes for Thunderwave 2 times which missed on both occasions so I knock him out. Next is Aerodactyl and I use a Razor Leaf to see what it would do. It does half as it's Wing Attack barely does anything. So another Razor Leaf takes it out. Next up is Charizard and oh boy....seeing how Flamethrower nearly took out Meganium...and it does...cause it got a critical hit...round 2. Gyarados goes the same way. I decide to use a Dire Hit against Dragonite as it hits a Thunder Wave. It goes for Blizzard, but misses twice. I then went for a Full Restore to remove the paralysis. Aerodactly goes down to two Razor Leafs. And here comes Charizard again. Hopefully it doesn't get another critical hit Flamethrower. It doesn't and I am able to knock it out. Now just the last two Dragonites. First one is out and I paralyze it with Body Slam. It doesn't attack for two turns due to paralysis, but he does use a full restore. Though I do get a critical hit on the next body slam so I knock him out. Last one is out and I play it safe by using a Full Restore. It goes for Thunder Wave which misses. Next attack I get a critical hit Body Slam and nearly knock it out as it hits Thunder WAVE. But the battle is over as it misses it's Hyper Beam and I take it out with one last Body Slam. And there we go! Champion with just a Meganium. Honestly Meganium was extremely good with this run and honestly should get used more. Just as long as you know how to use it properly and if using good moves. Honestly I should've learned Safeguard to make both Clara and Lance a tad bit easier, but regardless I beat the game! Funny thing is...I reach level 61 and it is now learning it's final move which is Solar Beam. This would've been helpful earlier on, but now I don't need it.

Badges: 8/8

Oleander

Moveset:
-Body Slam
-Mud-Slap
-Razor Leaf
-Reflect
Held Item:
N/A
Level:
61
Stats:
HP:200
Attack:133
Defense:162
Special Attack:137
Special Defense:158
Speed:142

Spoiler:

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Bingo Card

Spoiler:

 

[Janp]

So, here's pretty interesting thing. I forgot to post update 3 of my Ultra Moon Wonderlocke more than a month ago, so I'm just going to post it here in spoilers, while also posting part 4, because I don't want to have anything to do with this run anymore.

Spoiler:

The Wonderlocke Challenge in Pokémon Ultra Moon

ATTEMPT 4 - PART 3

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Okay, it has been a while since I updated and played for pretty nice part of Ultra Moon. I always said to myself that I need to write an update, but then continued to play, so I'll probably go quickly over some stuff that happened.

First, let's start with encounters. On Route 6 I got Pikipek, who was actually Cutiefly, Spearow while surfing Melemele Sea, Zigzagoon in Wela Volcano Park, Gastly in Kala'e Bay and finally level 100 shiny hacked Heatran on Route 7. I didn't want to send this abomination to someone else, so I just released it and counted it as no encounter for this route.

But now it's time for Totem Marowak. And once again, my team is not really made to counter it. Thankfully, while training on Route 6, Rattata evolved into Raticate and I had pretty decent Dark-type hitter. So I went with her and Crunch did pretty nice damage. But then... Marowak used Brick Break. Which is something I did not expect. And as you can imagine, 4 times effective move did a lot of damage. Good bye Raticate, you did a great job. The battle continued and I sent out Gyarados, whose Bites finished Marowak and Salazzle. So that was unexpected battle. At least I won.

Moving on, I got Luvdisc in Dividing Peak Tunnel and Charmander on Route 8. Pretty decent encounters. I also decided to put Zigzagoon on my team instead of Raticate, because it knew Ice Beam, which will be helpful in the next trial. It evolved after short training session.

Speaking of next trial, I decided to evolve Vulpix with the Fire Stone from Nursery. And then I realized that it won't be able to learn any new moves through leveling. So I might swap it out for Tepig later. Fighting Lurantis went unexpectedly easy. I started out with Ninetales and Lurantis did no damage at all with Solar Blade. Her SOS help Kecleon was the real threat here. I was able to set up Will-O-Wisp and Confuse Ray on both of them, but the battle was still long and full of healing on both sides. In the end, Ninetales' Ember and Quick Attack triumphed over Kecleon and Lurantis and I won another Trial.

What followed were more encounters. Crabrawler in Lush Jungle, Pikipek in Digglet's Tunnel, Wimpod on Route 9, Bounsweet in Memorial Hill, Rowlet on Akala Outskirts and Psyduck on Hano Beach.

The way to Olivia was pretty okay, I mostly lead with Linoone to level it up and Luxio to evolve it. Which happened in Memorial Hill. Now I have awesome Electric-type. I was pretty optimistic about the battle. I had enough Pokémon to take care of Olivia's Rock-types, so what could go wrong?

I started with Linoone and quickly beat both Anorith and Lileep with Ice Beams. Still with full HP, I decided to attack Lycanroc, but his Z-Move destroyed Linoone. I sent out Alakazam in, hoping he would avenge Linoone, since he's my strongest Pokémon, but Lycanroc was still faster and killed Alakazam with critical Bite. That... That was unexpected and hurt. And I also wasn't sure if I won't wipe here, since rest of my team was weak to Rock-types. I sent out Ninetales and successfully hut Lycanroc with Confuse Ray and WIll-O-Wisp. From there, it took few Embers to beat it.

So, my team needs some work now. I decided to box Ninetales and put Tepig instead of it and put Bounsweet and Zorua to my new free spots.

I quickly finished Aether Paradise quest and got to Ula'ula Island. The battle with Hau here was pretty intense. My new teammates were all underleveled and not prepared for this battle. But even when I was limited mostly to 3 Pokémon, I was able to win this fight without losing anyone. Luxray took care of Hau's Brionne, Tauros, Raichu and Noibat, while Gyarados took down Flareon.

And that's all for now.

Team

Luxray, Naive Female Luxray
lvl 36, Intimidate @Expert Belt
- Bite
- Thunder Fang
- Swagger
- Charge

Butterfree, Bashful Male Butterfree
lvl 34, Compound Eyes @Flynium Z
- Gust
- Sleep Powder
- Poison Powder
- Bug Buzz

Gyarados, Modest Male Gyarados
lvl 32, Intimidate @Waterium Z
- Twister
- Aqua Tail
- Bite
- Ice Fang

Zorua, Relaxed Male Zorua
lvl 27, Illusion
- Feint Attack
- Leer
- Fury Swipes
- Fake Tears

Pignite, Hasty Male Pignite
lvl 26, Blaze @Firium Z
- Flame Charge
- Superpower
- Heavy Slam
- Rollout

Bella, Adamant Female Steenee
lvl 28, Leaf Guard @Grassium Z
- Sweet Scent
- Double Slap
- Teeter Dance
- Razor Leaf

RIP

The Wonderlocke Challenge in Pokémon Ultra Moon

ATTEMPT 4 - FINAL PART

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I'm not sure if I mentioned it, but I think Alola games get pretty bad and boring after Malie Garden. Because of that I always played only for few minutes. And since there really wasn't anything to report here, I kept going through this cycle, while also getting more annoyed by the game and the fact that I should probably post here, but didn't really have much to post. And then I stopped playing at all.

So today I decided to finally rush through the rest of the game. But since I was getting even more annoyed with cutscenes and everything about this part, I kept doing mistakes. Mistakes that cost me my Pokémon. Tsareena, Butterfree, Caracosta and more died just because I wasn't paying attention, which made me even more angry, which in turn meant I was making more mistakes, letting more of my Pokémon die... You probably can imagine what happened.

But I still played more, totally uninterested in a game or a run itself. I just wanted to finish this so I can move on to next Bingo cell. And so I kept mashing A, sometimes moved when the game let me and I had probably the worst 'locke run ever. Which is sad, since Wonderlocke is favourite kind of Nuzlocke. Also I ended up in a hospital while playing this run and I think my 3DS has dead pixel or something on screen now, all because of this run and now I'm also worried about my console, since there aren't any more new 3DS or 2DS to buy in my country.

So, normally there would be my team listed, but I literally shut the game when my last attack beat Hau and I have no intention to ever open this save again. I'm looking forward better runs. Also no Pokémon died during E4, which was surprising.

Okay, I think I need to put some final summary. Last 2 months weren't really great for me. I was in hospital, I tried to take care of GT and had to do a lot of stuff irl, but also wanted to finish this run so I can do other stuff, since I always try to do only 2-3 runs at the time and I want to only do 1 Bingo run at the time. Which was really a reason why I just went and rushed through the game. This also made me realize that I play Pokémon because this section and Travel Logs needs to be alive and who else should post there if not their mod? This means that I spend many hours per week just playing and writing down stuff that I don't even enjoy anymore. And for what? So I can postpone inevitable end of the forum and this section once I can't mod here and few staple "challengers" leave. But I think I got a little off-topic. Ignore that. tl;dr I wasn't feeling okay and had almost no time to play, but still forced myself to beat the game, which killed any of my interest in playing Pokémon for a while.

 

[Janp]

The Stone Alone Challenge in Pokémon Black

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I was so frustrated from the last run, that I had to do a quick run through another Pokémon game. I so I decided to do Stone Alone challenge on Black.

And it cured me! I enjoyed every single bit of this run. And it wasn't just boring button mashing either. And I also learn some new things about Black. For example I always thought you can only get one elemental monkey on each save.

So, let's go over my team. I picked Snivy as my starter so I can get Panpour. At this point, I had no idea I can get rest of elemental monkeys, so this was hard decision to make.

Panpour easily beat 1st Gym and I quickly got Munna, whose Hypnosis helped a lot during Lenora fight. Then I was able to get Pansear and Cottonee and the rest of the run was pretty standard. I had no Ground-type Pokémon or move, so that made the whole run a little bit harder. I also had only 1 Ice-type move - Blizzard. Which missed only once or twice during the whole run.

I should also mention why I didn't pick Simisage. It's my favourite monkey, but also the only one I've used before this run. But now, I don't think it's my favourite anymore. Because they all are! For real. I have no idea why I never bothered with them, but both Simipour and Simisear were the MVP of this run. Even in the battle against Ghetsis, they were the only ones who survived:

Speaking of the last battle, it was probably the first fight, where I successfully used Curse twice. I did not have any viable strategy against Ghetsis' Hydreigon and Eelektross, so I had to put Curse, Leech Seed and Burn or Poison on them. Not my favourite strategy, but it worked. And Curse and Leech Seed can't be removed by Full Restore, so Ghetsis couldn!t do anything. Here's beaten Dennis:

So overall this was great run. I used new Pokémon and fell in love with them, found something new about Black and had fun. Which is the most important thing to do in games.

Team

Vodnik, Serious Male Simipour
lvl 55, Gluttony @Mystic Water
- Bite
- Scald
- Blizzard
- Work Up

Myslik, Impish Female Musharna
lvl 52, Forewarn @Twisted Spoon
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Lucky Chant
- Hypnosis

Soptice, Modest Female Simisear
lvl 55, Gluttony @Black Glasses
- Flame Burst
- Yawn
- Bite
- Brick Break

Chmyrice, Naughty Female Whimsicott
lvl 52, Prankster @Miracle Seed
- Energy Ball
- Leech Seed
- Poison Powder
- Hurricane

Elektricka, Docile Female Eelektross
lvl 51, Levitate @Magnet
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Crunch
- Dragon Tail

Lustrik, Lonely Male Chandelure
lvl 52, Flame Body @Spell Tag
- Shadow Ball
- Will-O-Wisp
- Flame Burst
- Curse​

 

[Janp]

The Sunny Days Challenge in Pokémon Platinum

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I looked through my Bingo card and found out two things. I'm almost done and it will soon be 3 years since I started it. I should probably finish it before that.

Out of all my remaining challenges, there are 2 for Sinnoh, so I decided to tackle one of them. And after picking character for a Character Challenge for more than an hour, I went with Sunny Days instead. My team is almost mono-Grass and I only decided to use Pokémon that can naturally learn required moves and abilities.

I also had to use randomizer to give myself National Dex, so I could use Shiftry, which in the end didn't really do much to be honest. MVP of this run were Bronzong and Torterra, because their typing and tankiness. They were able to sweep whole Gyms just by themselves. I was kinda missing something against Dark and Flying-types, which made Murkrow especially formidable enemy. That first battle with Cyrus was awful as a whole. I wasn't prepared for his team. I wiped on Sneasel way too many times. But because of that I started using new strategy. I used Cherrim's Leech Seed and Leafeon's Sand-Attack to slowly wear my opponents down. I even used this strategy against Cynthia's Garchomp, who I probably wouldn't be able to beat otherwise. Funnily enough, the battle with Flint was one of the easiest out of the whole game, thanks to Torterra.

Overall, this was pretty good run. My unbalanced team made some battles really hard, especially Cyrus battles like I said above, but it also meant I didn't use my whole team. Shiftry and Tropius were pretty much carried throughout the whole game. And here's Hall of Fame:

Spoiler:

Team

Tora, Modest Female Torterra
lvl 61, Overgrow @Soft Sand
- Wood Hammer
- Crunch
- Earthquake
- Stone Edge

Ozone, Modest - Bronzong
lvl 61, Levitate @Iron Plate
- Psychic
- Shadow Ball
- Flash Cannon
- Confuse Ray

Tropa, Hasty Female Tropius
lvl 60, Chlorophyll @Quick Claw
- Solar Beam
- Steel Wing
- Magical Leaf
- Fly

Rimrim, Gentle Female Cherrim
lvl 60, Flower Gift @Miracle Seed
- Petal Dance
- Leech Seed
- Solar Beam
- Sunny Day

Ion, Mild Male Leafeon
lvl 60, Leaf Guard @Meadow Plate
- Giga Drain
- Aerial Ace
- Sand-Attack
- Quick Attack

Hard, Docile Male Shiftry
lvl 60, Chlorophyll @BlackGlasses
- Dark Pulse
- Leaf Storm
- Swagger
- Extrasensory​

 

[Janp]

The Hit the Gym Challenge in Pokémon X

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Now I'm really close to finishing my whole Bingo on time. From the last 3 runs, I decided to pick Hit the Gym, since that's the run I actually planned on doing for a long time.

I started with Vivillon and had to solo Viola with it. It wasn't that hard, but I had to use some healing to be able to outlive her own Vivillon's Infestation. That was annoying. But I took my revenge on the whole Kalos, because I learned Infestation to Vivillon and stalled with it in some battles.

When I got to Cyllage City, I had to choose between Tyrunt and Amaura. Since I've used Tyrunt recently, I picked Amaura. And oh god, it was so good. Who would have thought that Ice-type Pokémon would rock this part of game? Battle with Grant went really well. His Amaura was annoying once again, but I somehow came on top and easily beat his Tyrunt.

The rest of the game wasn't that interesting, so I'm going to skip few gyms and let's get to Clemont. My team wasn't ready for him. Amaura was able to beat his Emolga, but for about 2 tries, I couldn't get behind his Magneton. Hawlucha was fast and all, but it was also squishy and underleveled, so Magneton always survived one hit with Sturdy and beat Hawlucha with his electric attacks. And the rest of my team wasn't really build to deal with Electric-types. So that was frustrating part, but after getting few Revives, I was actually able to beat him. Not really my style, but I wasn't sure how else to beat him.

Getting through the rest of the game without many problems, I really enjoyed this run too. Diantha's Gardevoir was once again pretty hard to beat, but I put it under Infestation, Thunder Wave and Leech Seed. And even Mega Pokémon couldn't stand it. I also had hard time picking up my team, because I would love to use every single one of them.

Next, I would love to beat the last Alola Challenge and then end the whole Bingo with last Sinnoh run. I hope I won't get bored of Alola again like last time and will beat my Bingo before 3rd anniversary.

Team

Mota, Hasty Female Vivillon
lvl 65, Compound Eyes @Silver Powder
- Hurricane
- Quiver Dance
- Bug Buzz
- Infestation

Chladek, Jolly Male Aurorus
lvl 70, Refrigerate @Never-Melt Ice
- Freeze-Dry
- Ice Beam
- Ancient Power
- Thunder Wave

Zarovka, Adamant Female Heliolisk
lvl 67, Dry Skin @Magnet
- Thunderbolt
- Dark Pulse
- Dig
- Focus Blast

Bouchac, Mild Male Hawlucha
lvl 67, Limber
- Flying Press
- Acrobatics
- Poison Jab
- X-Scissors

Vedmak, Gentle Male Slowking
lvl 66, Oblivious @Quick Claw
- Surf
- Psyshock
- Shadow Ball
- Flamethrower

Jizda, Docile Male Gogoat
lvl 65, Sap Sipper @Miracle Seed
- Leaf Blade
- Earthquake
- Horn Leech
- Leech Seed​

 

[Janp]

The Trainer Class Challenge in Pokémon Ultra Moon

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Okay, I did it. I beat Trainer Class Challenge, which means I only have one last Character Challenge on Sinnoh and this Bingo is complete.

I picked Beauty as my class and decided to beat the game as quickly as I could. For once, the beginning of the game was pretty easy. I picked Litten, so Emily got Popplio and Ilma's Smeargle had Water Gun. Which was great, since I caught Pichu to deal with them.

I think I'll keep this one short, since not much happened during the whole run. I almost always had a counter against the Trial or strong trainers and I actually watched livestreams from original Mafia and its remake those two last days and was full on autopilot. Which basically meant I mashed A button all the time. So in case you're wondering, the remake looks fine. It will probably never "replace" the original for me, like FRLG did with RBY, but I think it stands good on its own. There are things I don't like about the remake - like the big golden squares telling you where to go, the mission objective in the corner or the fact that there are first aid kits and explosive barrels everywhere. But it also adds more details to some missions that makes them more fun and the whole city is more alive.

But let's get back to this run. I decided not to evolve some Pokémon, to fit 100% to the available Beauty roster. You can probably guess that Krookodile was the MVP of this run. It single-handedly beat Ultra Necrozma, Elite Four, most of Hau's team and did really well against Aether and Team Skull. Rimbombee was also pretty good and was Ying to Krookodile's Yang. Kecleon was rogue Pokémon, that I used few times in unexpected battles and it somehow worked. Pikachu helped me especially in early game. Gorebyss was also pretty good. Ivysaur on the other hand had almost no usage, which is shame. You know I really like Bulbasaur line, but Grass/Poison-type didn't really fit in this team.

So, that's all fot this update. I'll start Character Challenge on Sinnoh right now, so I can beat it prior to 27th. See you in 2 days.

Team

Bubu, Naughty Female Ribombee
lvl 60, Shield Dust @Psychium Z
- Pollen Puff
- Tailwind
- Dazzling Gleam
- Psychic

Nunu, Adamant Male Krookodile
lvl 64, Intimidate @Fightinium Z
- Earthquake
- Outrage
- Crunch
- Brick Break

Titi, Docile Female Kecleon
lvl 56, Color Change @Icium Z
- Return
- Shadow Claw
- Ice Beam
- Flamethrower

Nini, Modest Female Gorebyss
lvl 58, Swift Swim @Flyinium Z
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Bounce
- Attract

Mumu, Quiet Male Pikachu
lvl 58, Static @Buginium Z
- Thunderbolt
- Signal Beam
- Iron Tail
- Double Team

Mimi, Lax Male Ivysaur
lvl 55, Overgrow @Grassium Z
- Energy Ball
- Sludge Bomb
- Leech Seed
- Poison Powder​

 

[Sorvete]

Nuzlocke in Pokémon Ruby​

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I chose Ruby to do this run in for a few reasons. One is I had barely nuzlocked a gen 3 game before and two, I was and still am doing a series of nuzlockes through generations. Decided to post this one here since it was one of my most fun gen 3 runs. I'm not gonna go into detail on the whole run here, as I've already finished it and quite a lot of things happened, but I'll try to highlight the most important or memorable moments.

As rules for this run I used the basic nuzlocke rules, in addition to set mode and forced level caps for gyms and the champion.

I chose Mudkip and because of that the first gym wasn't much of a challenge. Water Gun one shot Geodude and finished Nosepass quite easily. I also caught a Shroomish in the woods which I trained up, as well as a Whismur in Route 116. I leveled up my Wurmple for Brawly and beat him with the evolved Dustox's Confusion.

Wattson's fight was pretty standard. Marshtomp had evolved and learned Mud Shot so it took only a couple of turns. On my way through Route 112 I also caught a Numel, and in Meteor Falls I caught a Solrock. Added both to my team.

In the Maxie fight up on Mt. Chimney Marshtomp got hit a bit too hard by Maxie's Camerupt and died after a burn damage. That sucked. I had to use solely Numel and Solrock for the Flannery fight, and it worked.

As I got my 4th badge the desert part was unlocked and I caught a Baltoy before it managed to explode. It was also time to fight my dad Norman, so I taught Breloom Bulk Up to set up on his face. I used the first Slaking as fodder and got to +6 attack, which helped me beat him easily. Upon unlocking Surf I got a Wingull in one of the water routes as a Water-type replacement, and also got a Voltorb in New Mauville to help me against the upcoming major fights.

Once I trained up my new members and went through Route 119 I challenged Winona and swept her with Ice Beam Pelipper and Thunderbolt Electrode. This next route is also where I lost my Solrock due to a surprise Crunch from a trainer's Seviper, and replaced it with my Baltoy. I took care of Team Magma and reached Mossdeep, where I challenged the twins with a Surf + Shadow Ball combo. They only have 2 Pokémon in Ruby and Sapphire, so I managed to avoid that scary fight from Emerald.

I beat team Magma once again and defeated Groudon with a Cosmic Power Claydol (I'm also not allowing legendaries in this run). Wallace wanted to fight me so I pulled off another Bulk Up Breloom sweep.

Once I finished victory road and fought Wally with minimal issues, I reached the league. After grinding and sorting out the movesets I went in.

Sidney was easy as he was pretty underleveled and I had a Breloom. Phoebe gave me PP issues, but I had a Shadow Ball Exploud that helped wall her Ghosts while dealing massive damage. I also used Breloom for Glacia which was... admitedly risky. But it worked as I didn't miss a single Sky Uppercut. I thought I'd sweep Drake with Ice Beam, but when his Salamence came he got a crit Dragon Claw on Exploud and killed it... I manged to finish him off with Pelipper's Ice Beam.

Steven was up next. Electrode OHKOed Skarmory with Thunderbolt, Pelipper KOed Armaldo, Aggron and Claydol with Surf, and Cradily with Ice Beam (Pelipper putting in work) and as Metagross came out I switched in Camerupt to finish it off with Flamethrower. As it turns out, and I forgot, his Metagross had Earthquake, which killed Camerupt in one hit. I brought in Claydol as my next plan and took it out with a few Earthquakes. The Ruby nuzlocke was done, and I had 4 deaths total.

Spoiler:

Surviving Team

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Breloom (Enoki) | Jolly nature | Effect Spore
Moves: Sky Uppercut, Mach Punch, Bulk Up, Leech Seed
Lv. 56

Claydol (Defused) | Sassy nature | Levitate
Moves: Psychic, Earthquake, Ice Beam, Cosmic Power
Lv. 55 @ Never-Melt Ice

Pelipper (Rood) | Sassy nature | Keen Eye
Moves: Surf, Wing Attack, Ice Beam, Fly
Lv. 56 @ Mystic Water

Electrode (Nhonho) | Quirky nature | Soundproof
Moves: Thunderbolt, Spark, Flash, Light Screen
Lv. 55 @ Lax Incense

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Deaths (4)

Magnitude 9 into burn damage from Maxie's Camerupt

Crunch from a Seviper

Crit Dragon Claw from Drake's Salamence

Earthquake from Steven's Metagross

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Current Bingo Sheet:

Spoiler:

 

[Janp]

The Character Challenge in Pokémon Pearl

REPORT

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It's here! The final challenge! Years of playing Pokémon lead to this! This is how Pokémon were meant to play!

Anyway, I had really hard time picking up a character. Pretty much everyone from Sinnoh anime and manga had at least Pokémon that wasn't available in the games during regular playthrough. I went with Zoey as my character in the end, because I really wanted to use Glameow.

I'll once again keep this short. I started with Chimchar since Zoey also used one, and solo'd Roark with it. Or to be more precise, I beat Roark with Monferno.

Once I was able to get Misdreavus in Eterna Forest and Shellos in Valley Windworks, I beat Gardenia with them. I'm not gonna lie, it was pretty hard battle, since her Roserade hit hard and Shellos had Grass weakness.

I returned in Valley Windworks to get Finneon after obtaining Good Rod. It was redundant Water-type Pokémon with Shellos, but I went with stalling strategy with it, so it had a place on team. I also got Eevee, since I used randomizer to obtain National Dex right at the start of the game. And I evolved it right away into Leafeon.

With that my team was completed, since I couldn't get Ralts. And it was pretty cool team. Two Water-types worked well, since I used Shellos as attacking Water-type and Finneon for stalling. It kinda reminded me Alomomola I've used during one of my first events here.

And it actually worked really well. Cynthia was once again the hardest battle, especially her Spiritomb, but Lumineon was able to survive everything Cynthia threw at it, even Garchomp.

And with that, I finally beat BINGO! I think I'll do one more post to sum my thoughts about this challenge with some statistic about my runs.

Team

Deni, Naughty Female Glameow
lvl 60, Limber @Quick Claw
- Return
- Hypnosis
- U-Turn
- Shadow Claw

Magi, Quiet Female Mismagius
lvl 61, Levitate @Twisted Spoon
- Will-O-Wisp
- Shadow Ball
- Calm Mind
- Psychic

Gawi, Timid Male Gastrodon
lvl 60, Storm Drain @Poison Barb
- Surf
- Sludge Bomb
- Earthquake
- Ice Beam

Lumi, Brave Female Lumineon
lvl 60, Swift Swim @Leftovers
- Toxic
- Protect
- Attract
- Surf

Lefi, Bashful Male Leafeon
lvl 60, Leaf Guard @Meadow Plate
- Giga Drain
- Aerial Ace
- Sand-Attack
- Quick Attack
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[Sorvete]

Hey Janp, good job finishing the Bingo! I feel like this challenge needs a lot of commitment and it seems like you're the first one to complete it. Congratulations

 

[Janp]

Hey Janp, good job finishing the Bingo! I feel like this challenge needs a lot of commitment and it seems like you're the first one to complete it. Congratulations

Thanks, it was really long journey. I think I'm the first who finished it for this thread, I'm not sure if there was someone in previous threads who did it. I'm also not sure if Volga finished theirs, since they do mass updates too. But it was enjoyable experience. I used new Pokémon, found out new things about few games and tried some team combinations that I would probably never thought about otherwise.

Anyway, I wanted to make some kind of summarization of my Bingo challenges. Firstly, there are all the teams, I've used:

Spoiler:

Solo Challenge in Silver -

White Monocolor in Y -

ELITE MASH UP in Emerald -

Trio-Species in Black -

Unusual Sighting in Pokémon Fire Red -

Brown Monocolor in Pokémon Yellow -

Rainbow Road in Pokémon Heart Gold -

Highest Stat SPEED in Pokémon Heart Gold -

Solo Challenge in Sapphire -

The Culinary Challenge in White 2 -

Flair of Flare in X -

Signature Move CURSE in Platinum -

Monotype Challenge in Sun -

Trio-Species in Fire Red -

Hit the Gym Challenge in Emerald -

The Wonderlocke Challenge in Ultra Moon -

Stone Alone Challenge in Black -

Sunny Days in Platinum -

Hit the Gym in X -

The Trainer Class Challenge in Ultra Moon -

The Character Challenge in Pearl -

During the whole challenge, I've used exactly 100 unique Pokémon, counting Ivysaur and Misdreavus as different Pokémon from Venusaur and Mismagius. I've used (take these numbers with a grain of salt, I counted it by myself):

15

12

12

12

12

11

11

9

9

9

8

8

6

6

6

5

4

3

The top positions are no surprise, since I did Ghost Monotype and I did almost Grass Monotype during Sunny Days Challenge.
I've used 8 Starter Pokémon, once again counting Ivysaur. I also never used one Pokémon more than twice. The Pokémon I've used twice are:

Which corresponds with the above.

Johto column was the first one I finished. It was followed by Kanto, Hoenn, Unova, Kalos, Alola and finally Sinnoh. I have no idea why I did most Sinnoh challenges last. Maybe there weren't that interesting for me? I had really hard time picking up teams for them. I also picked remakes over originals. I've played Heart Gold and Fire Red more than originals. I also picked third version more often than not with Emerald, Ultra Moon and Platinum.

And I think that's all. I'm kinda glad that I finished this, since for the last 3 years, I really focused on this Challenge and didn't really played others. Now I'm free. And good luck to everyone who attempts this run.

 

[Pumpkaboo92]

New year, want to start over with bingo....
Username:Pumpkaboo92
Bingo Type:7x4 (Should have gone this light last time)
Also, only sinnoh will be hackable. Playing 4th Gen with gold.

 

[Janp]

New year, want to start over with bingo....
Username:Pumpkaboo92
Bingo Type:7x4 (Should have gone this light last time)
Also, only sinnoh will be hackable. Playing 4th Gen with gold.

Here you go. Enjoy:
Kanto
Highest Stat DEF
Type Link
Love at First Sight
Monocolour

Johto
Solo Run
Monotype
Signature Move
Duo-Species Challenge

Hoenn
Your (User)Name Challenge
Trio-Species Challenge
Stone Alone
Elite Mash Up

Sinnoh
Rainbow Road
The Character Challenge
What's Your Sign?
Monocolour

Unova
Monoletter
Love at First Sight
Blood Tranfusions
Elite Mash Up

Kalos
Hit the Gym
Monoletter
The Character Challenge
The Nuzlocke Challenge

Alola
Sunny Days
Pick-A-Route
Monoletter
Scramble

 

[Pumpkaboo92]

Just so you know, starting with a johto solo run, using typhlosion, I do know I'll do a houndoom and togetic/togekiss for the duo-species run~

 

[Pumpkaboo92]

Already to 7th badge in solo run, using typhlosion. He is named Ace, level 41, moves are Lava plume, Shadow claw, Swift and smokescreen.

 

[thenickel09]

Here you go. I hope you'll enjoy these challenges:

Spoiler:

Nick: thenickel09

Kanto
Monocolour
Type Link

Johto
Rocket Challenge
The Character Challenge

Hoenn
Highest Stat DEF
The Culinary Challenge

Sinnoh
Your (User)Name Challenge
Space Nerds Challenge

Unova
Monoletter
The In-Order Challenge

Howdy and wow am I getting to these way late in the game, I just got a new laptop and have some more free time to be able to do these challenges.

Question, for challenges like the character challenge, let's say I wanted to pick a character from outside that region in the anime/manga, am I able to bring in an egg bred from another game of uncatchable mons or is that not allowed per the no trading rule?

 

[SingMeloetta]

Could I get an 8x8 please? (Will I complete this? doubtful. Will i try? Absolutely!)

 

[SiegeGoatRevenge]

Hit the Gym - Pokémon Red​

Wanted to get back into the the swing of things with the most simple game and a simple challenge. There really wasn't a whole lot to say other than only the first gym was really hard since I had to ditch the starter for the Pikachu at Viridian Forest and it was almost next to useless. I got through it though and after that, throughout the entire game with only about 2 or 3 grinding sessions to get newly caught Pokémon up to speed, I ended up pretty overleveled for everything since the level curve is really easy in this game (I discovered that when I played the game for the first time a year ago), I battled every trainer I found and the team I had stacked up to pretty much everything made the game a breeze from there on in.

Mr Mime was really good for the early part of the game but once I was able to fully evolve everything, every member of my team was able to put in a performance at many points of the story.

Team​

Raichu - Level 48

- Thundershock
- Thunderbolt
- Thunder Wave
- Swift

Vileplume - Level 45

- Petal Dance
- Solarbeam
- Toxic
- Sleep Powder

Mr Mime - Level 47

- Psychic
- Light Screen
- Barrier
- Skull Bash

Starmie - Level 48

- Bubblebeam
- Surf
- Ice Beam
- Psywave

Rhydon - Level 46

- Dig
- Earthquake
- Strength
- Rock Slide

Challenges completed - 6/49

 

[SiegeGoatRevenge]

Rocket Challenge - Pokémon Blue​

Right after I finished the Hit the Gym challenge, I decided I was in the mood to do another challenge straight after and decided on the Rocket Challenge. I decided to make my starter a Cubone since I knew it was the latest Pokemon I could get and I couldn't get a Pokemon until right before the 2nd gym. It worked well against Brock, however the problem was I needed that Bide TM since Ground moves cannot hit the Pidgey's and Sprreow's that certain trainers had that I couldn't avoid. Once I got Water Gun on Mt Moon it was a lot easier from there.
The same thing happened as it did in my Hit the Gym challenge however this time the Elite 4 was slightly harder. Marowak ended up by far being my MVP.

Team​

Marowak - Level 52

- Earthquake
- Dig
- Ice Beam
- Bubblebeam

Victreebel - Level 50

- Razor Leaf
- Sleep Powder
- Acid
- Wrap

Persian - Level 47

- Fury Swipes
- Thunderbolt
- Body Slam
- Pay Day

Machamp - Level 47

- Strength
- Submission
- Fire Blast
- Rock Slide

Challenges completed - 7/49

 

[SiegeGoatRevenge]

Love at First Sight - Pokémon Red​

Did this run last night while waiting for a sporting event to start, another pretty simple challenge, especially at the beginning although I actually managed to lose the Champion battle meaning I had to restart the Elite Four again and had to spend all of my money to beat it. I eventually did though and I would give my MVP to Dugtrio which really brought the hurt on a lot of Pokémon and proved to be a very solid team member.

Team​

Venusaur - Level 46

- Cut
- Poisonpowder
- Razor Leaf
- Solarbeam

Pidgeot - Level 42

- Fly
- Sand Attack
- Take Down
- Wing Attack

Alakazam - Level 50

- Psychic
- Tri Attack
- Recover
- Psybeam

Dugtrio - Level 49

- Slash
- Rock Slide
- Dig
- Earthquake

Hitmonchan - Level 46

- Ice Punch
- Strength
- Fire Punch
- Submission

Challenges completed - 8/49