[Challenge] The Monotype Challenge Re:Returns

Goldikarp · Jun 8, 2020

Pokemon Platinum Steel type run
Status: Completed

Lv 58 Empoleon, torrent
HP 174
Atk 123
Def 124
Sp.Atk 156
Sp.Def 130
Spd 103
Ice Beam, Flash Cannon, Surf, Grass Knot
Lv 53 Bronzong, Levitate
HP 147
Atk 101
Def 149
Sp.Atk 101
Sp.Def 151
Spd 58
Extrasensory, Hidden Power(Ice), Confuse ray, Shadow Ball
Lv 56 Magnezone, Sturdy
HP 159
Atk 93
Def 152
Sp.Atk 179
Sp.Def 114
Spd 96
Magnet Rise, Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt, Mirror Shot
Lv 54 Steelix, Rock head
HP 146
Atk 108
Def 238
Sp.Atk 71
Sp.Def 76
Spd 49
Fire Fang, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Iron Tail

I felt like I needed more grinding, but wanted to give a shot at it anyway so I proceeded to the E4. The first two were not even a challenge, but tge fire type trainer was a difficulty. My steelix could not handle a single flamethrower at all, and Empoleon was OHKO'd by a critical Flare Blitz fro Infernape. Luckily my Bronzong had high enough Sp.Def to take a hit so I relied on Confuse Ray-Pray combo with revives. Eventually I made it through.
The psychic Trainer was also an easy win, so comes the Cynthia battle. I started with Magnezone to try to overpower it with Thunderbolt and suceeded with about half health. Garchomp immediately came out, so I took out Bronzong. Turns out that Garchomp knew flamethrower. Bronzong could only take two flamethrowers, therefore again I resorted to Confuse Ray-Pray-Revive strategy. Hidden power Ice did about a third of damage, so it took time but Garchomp was defeated. The real problem was from Lucario and Togekiss. The only pokemon that could stand aura spheres was Bronzong... Which lacked firepower. So for those two I just spammed Hyper Potion and Extrasensory. I madd sure I revived Magnezone for Milotic. Milotic was a OHKO with Thunderbolt, and Bronzong fainted against Roserade with a sliver of HP left on it. Magnezone finished it off and thus marks the end for my Platinum Steel type run.

When I first started the run, I thought that I would be lacking special defense and speed powerhouses, but as the run went on, I had more problems with considerable physical attack powerhouse and type coverage: I never could use a fighting-type move. I don't know what type and version challenge I will do next... If anyone has recommendations, please inform me hehe

P.S. I'm writing this on moblie and I cant see my HOF shot with the phone. Is this viewable in PC and if not, how can I insert the photo with the thread? I'd appreciate solutions.

jdthebud · Jun 13, 2020

Time to finish my first monotype on Kalos!

Update on Ultimate Poison Monotype Challenge:

Update #4 (Final) on Y.

Continued my journey to Route 18 and made my way to Couriway Town, where I beat Professor Sycamore.
Continued on through Route 19 to Snowbelle City, then explored the Pokemon Village to find Wulfric.
Challenged the gym, and he wasn't too difficult to defeat for my final badge.
Went to Victory Road, where I defeated Calem for the final time, then arrived at the Pokemon League.
Finalized movesets and held items, then took on the Elite Four.
Malva was first. Phibia tokk down Pyroar, Seaweed defeated Talonflame, then Rex finished strong against Torkoal and Chandelure.
Siebold was up next, and after Thorn crushed Clawizter and Starmie, Draken was the one to break through Gyarados and Barbaracle.
Drasna was almost soloed by Seaweed, with Thorn finishing off Druddigon.
Wikstrom was handled easily by Rex, who took down 3 by himself, then Countess finished against Aegislash.
Finally, it was time to face Champion Diantha. Here's the video and play-by-play of the battle:

Video:

Spoiler:

Play-by-play:
Play-by-play:

Countess VS Hawlucha: (flew up high!), Poison Jab (avoided!), Fly OHKO, Hawlucha fainted!
VS Tyrantum: U-turn, switch to Phibia
Phibia VS Tyrantum: Head Smash, Brick Break, Tyrantum fainted!
VS Aurorus: Brick Break OHKO, Aurorus fainted!
VS Goodra: Stone Edge, Fire Blast, Sucker Punch, Fire Blast, Phibia fainted!
Seaweed VS Goodra: Full Restore (Goodra), Draco Meteor OHKO, Goodra fainted!
Seaweed grew to L67!
VS Gourgeist: Trick-or-Treat (Ghost type added to Seaweed!), Dragon Pulse, Phantom Force (vanished!), Draco Meteor (avoided!), Phantom Force (Poison Point!) (poisoned!), Sludge Bomb, Full Restore (Gourgeist), Sludge Bomb (poisoned), Phantom Force (vanished!), Sludge Bomb (avoided!), Phantom Force, Gourgeist fainted!
Rex VS Gourgeist: Ice Beam, Gourgeist fainted!
Rex grew to L67!
VS Gardevoir: (Gardevoir Mega Evolved!) Earth Power, Psychic OHKO, Rex fainted!
Draken VS Mega Gardevoir: Moonblast, Cross Poison (critical hit!), Mega Gardevoir fainted!
Champion Diantha was defeated!

Screens:

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Hall of Fame:

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Team Toxi:

Countess the Serious Crobat, ♀ - L66 @ Sky Plate
Ability: Inner Focus
Moves: Cross Poison, Fly, U-turn, Confuse Ray
Final Stats: 209/167/120/107/129/199

Draken the Adamant Drapion, ♂ - L66 @ Scope Lens
Ability: Sniper
Moves: Cross Poison, Night Slash, Earthquake, Rock Slide
Final Stats: 195/176/173/89/122/156

Phibia the Lonely Toxicroak, ♀ - L66 @ Black Belt
Ability: Dry Skin
Moves: Poison Jab, Brick Break, Stone Edge, Sucker Punch
Final Stats: 216/203/94/127/117/133
Diantha MVP

Rex the Naive Nidoking, ♂ - L67 @ Expert Belt
Ability: Sheer Force
Moves: Sludge Bomb, Earth Power, Fire Blast, Ice Beam
Final Stats: 221/165/131/156/113/155
Kalos co-MVP, Elite Four co-MVP

Seaweed the Bold Dragalge, ♀ - L67 @ Dragon Fang
Ability: Poison Point
Moves: Sludge Bomb, Dragon Pulse, Draco Meteor, Hydro Pump
Final Stats: 183/118/167/171/187/90
Elite Four co-MVP

Thorn the Modest Roserade, ♂ - L66 @ Miracle Seed
Ability: Natural Cure
Moves: Giga Drain, Petal Dance, Sludge Bomb, Dazzling Gleam
Final Stats: 192/114/117/209/170/154
Kalos co-MVP

Boxed:

Buzz the Hardy Beedrill, ♀ - L20
Ability: Swarm
Moves: Poison Sting, Thief, Twineedle, False Swipe

My next monotype challenge will actually be a brand new one! Fairy types for the first time.

Forum User Name: jdthebud
Game(s): Omega Ruby, X, Ultra Sun
Pokémon Type: Fairy
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate

pkmin3033 · Jun 16, 2020

Ultimate Monotype Challenge - Fire Red

Part #3 - Terrorising cruise ships, ambushing people in dark tunnels, and illegal gambling

Yes, believe it or not, I am still doing this! Well, I put it down for a loooong time because other things got in the way, but I have recently picked it up again and am now continuing to make progress! Albeit verrrry slowly. Painfully slowly, in fact. Grinding in old Pokemon games is such a pain in the backside. I had planned to have a Gyarados on my team at some point, but I also plan on having a Dragonite, and I only need one Pokemon that is going to take me an eternity to grind out. So I dropped the Magikarp. Dropping Butterfree as well means I have one more space to fill out, unless I plan on having a team of 5...I may do just that. Or I may fill my final slot with Zapdos, because then I can make bad Thunderbird jokes.

Had a relatively easy time battling my way through the S.S. Anne, and the hardest thing about Surge's Gym was turning off the second switch to get to him...I've always hated that puzzle, there's no guarantee you'll pick the right switch and it's annoying as hell. Surge himself was a pushove though, thanks to my teaching my Charmeleon Dig before the battle...he didn't even paralyze me. Huh. Rock Tunnel almost destroyed me, though. A Geodude owned by a Hiker scored a Magnitude 9 against my Charmeleon and wiped it out...then scored a critical Rock Throw against my Pidgeotto and wiped it out. Then my Golbat beat it...and he sent out a Graveler. Sigh. I got lucky at that point with crits and because he decided to use Harden, but I was sweating bullets trying to find my way out...god, I hate the darkness mechanics in Gen III. I miss the black outline walls from Gens I and II.

But I made my way out, healed up, then immediately dashed over to Celadon - using my HM Slave Paras to bypass the trainers along the route for later - and picked up my Dratini in the Game Corner...which is Level 18. Bloody hell. I taught it Shock Wave and I may teach it Water Pulse as a stopgap until I get Surf. Not really interested in optimising or whatever as I'll be of a comfortable level by the time I reach the E4/know what I'm doing with type matchups etc, so yeah. Now almost all of my hard-saved money is gone and I need to save for the Ultra Balls I will need to lob at Zapdos, and the Full Restores etc. I'll need for the Elite Four. I'm a hoarder when it comes to stuff like this, ahaha.

Next thing on my to-do list is Erika's Gym, which I will probably sweep with Charmeleon, but will probably try and distribute between all four of my Pokemon so they'll gain more levels. I'd quite like my Dratini to be at least level 25 or so before I do this though, so it's back to the grass to grind...sigh.

Stats:

Trainer Name: Dawn
Playtime: 6:37

Current Team
Charmeleon Aznable - Level 33
Golbat'em up - Level 28
Pidge "Are you ever going to use me again?" Otto - Level 27
The Dratini affectionately known as "I'm going to make your life a living hell by stalling your progress because I'm too weak to kill things a few levels below me" - Level 22

Badges: 3/8

Game(s): Fire Red, HeartGold, Emerald/Alpha Sapphire (depends on my mood), Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Moon, Shield
Pokémon Type: Flying
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate

jdthebud · Jun 16, 2020

Start of Ultimate Fairy Monotype Challenge:

Update #1 on Omega Ruby.

Name: Titania
Starter: Mudkip

Started with Mudkip, then got to Route 102, where I caught Glinda the Ralts, which took a while to get a good nature.
Started training her up on trainers, then helped Wally catch his own Ralts.
Reached Rustboro City, then defeated all the trainers around it.
It took a couple tries and a bit of grinding, since Glinda only knew Confusion & Disarming Voice but she finally defeated Nosepass with 1 HP remaining to get the badge!
Moved on to Dewford City. Unfortunately I couldn't explore Granite Cave without the bike, so Glinda got me the Knuckle Badge by herself.
After the battle, Glinda evolved into Kirlia!
I was now able to go to Slateport City and try to get to Mauville, but Brendan stood in my way.
It took a couple tries and a bit more training before Glinda could get past him.
Arrived at Mauville City, grabbed the Mach Bike, then did sneaking around to catch a hidden Marill on Route 117 who knows Body Slam.
Backtracked to Dewford City and Granite Cave, where I nabbed a Mawile.
After a bit of breeding on both Pokemon to get a better Nature & Ability, out hatched Zuzu the Marill and Chomper the Mawile!
Trained them up on trainers around Slateport and Mauville I had skipped earlier, and Zuzu evolved into Azumarill.
Defeated Wally at the Mauville Gym, then took on the gym myself.
Wattson didn't stand a chance against Zuzu's Bulldoze.

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Team Titania:

Chomper the Adamant Mawile, ♂ - L23 @ Luck Incense
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Fairy Wind, Vice Grip, Rock Tomb, Bite

Zuzu the Adamant Azumarill, ♂ - L24 @ Expert Belt
Ability: Huge Power
Moves: Bulldoze, Rollout, Body Slam, Aqua Tail

Glinda the Modest Kirlia, ♀ - L26 @ Miracle Seed
Ability: Trace
Moves: Confusion, Calm Mind, Draining Kiss, Magical Leaf

HM Slave:

Zigzagoon - Cut, Rock Smash

Infer12 · Jun 20, 2020

Forum User Name: Infer12
Game(s): Platinum
Pokémon Type: Flying
Single/Ultimate: Single

xVaporeon · Jun 27, 2020

Forum User Name: xVaporeon
Game(s): Fire Red
Pokémon Type:

Single/Ultimate: Single (for now)

Haven't done one of these challenges for years. Excited to get back into it!

Arubetsu · Jun 28, 2020

Hello everybody, I have not done a challenge in years and the Monotype ones are my favorites, so I am planning on doing an Ultimate Monotype Challenge.

However I feel confused about my favorite type, since a child I wanted to be a Gym Leader but can't decide in which one specialize ( I am really between Water, Flyign, Ground and Steel). So, to find my favorite type I've used the "Favorite Pokémon Picker" from DragonflyCave and made a list of the Pokémon I like the most a few times over these years and grouped the results in an entire one.

I hope not to bother anyone, but I would like to have some opinion about which type would you think I should specialize in and I will start to do an Ultimate Monotype challenge in all generations. Here it's the link to the list. Thank you very much.

https://www.dragonflycave.com/favor...AACKLFJCCF0DEG_IRCGDPLtDTGmCQC3CBCFF3ALAsD3GW

ShyRayq · Jun 28, 2020

Arubetsu said:
Hello everybody, I have not done a challenge in years and the Monotype ones are my favorites, so I am planning on doing an Ultimate Monotype Challenge.

However I feel confused about my favorite type, since a child I wanted to be a Gym Leader but can't decide in which one specialize ( I am really between Water, Flyign, Ground and Steel). So, to find my favorite type I've used the "Favorite Pokémon Picker" from DragonflyCave and made a list of the Pokémon I like the most a few times over these years and grouped the results in an entire one.

I hope not to bother anyone, but I would like to have some opinion about which type would you think I should specialize in and I will start to do an Ultimate Monotype challenge in all generations. Here it's the link to the list. Thank you very much.

https://www.dragonflycave.com/favor...AACKLFJCCF0DEG_IRCGDPLtDTGmCQC3CBCFF3ALAsD3GW

Looks like you have a fair few water and ground types. Try Water if you want an easier time getting pokemon, or try Ground is you want a bit more of a challenge.

StenirRPG · Jun 28, 2020

Welcome to Gen 4 Bug - where if you want something on your team, be prepared to hit up honey tree after honey tree to get it...after hours of waiting.

This one starts off relatively easy. Grab a starter - ignore it and get to Route 202 and pick up Kricketot. I'm playing Diamond, and I don't think they show up in Route 201 except for Platinum. Oh wells, no big. I spent quite some time fighting to grind it up, knowing it's going to be my only Bug type through the first gym...which is Rock type. Yay.

Bide sucks - took me almost two hours to survive to evolve. So happy that it learns Fury Cutter at level 10. I was about level 14 when I finally went up against Roark in the Oreburgh Gym.

Spamming Fury Cutter is sadly the safest way to make it through the entire gym. Do I have to heal after every battle? Sure - just to be safe, but spamming it gets me through. Don't really have other options yet.

Heading up towards Floaroma Town...and the fun begins. At the Honey Trees, I can get Wurmple to get both Beautifly and Dustox, a Burmy, and a Combee. After two weeks of going every day, I was finally able to get all four. The Burmy was what I planned to turn into a Bug/Steel. Yeah, Fire weakness and all, but it felt like a better option for survivability. That was a nightmare - I don't like that being the only option of getting Bug types at this point. But, in the end, I got them all.

Unfortunately, some of them were so high in level that they skipped moves. Here's a rundown of where we're at after the second gym battle (more on that in a sec).

- Burmy thankfully knew Protect and Tackle. It also evolved to the wonderful Steel Wormadam, picking up Hidden Power.
- Dustox had a normal run, knowing Tackle, String Shot, Poison Sting, and Protect.
- Beautifly was the challenge, because it was level 15 when I caught it as a Silcoon. That means it not only missed Absorb but also Gust. I had a Hidden Power TM, so I use it on it. The next standard move it would learn, Mega Drain, doesn't come around until 24.
- Kricketune has Fury Cutter, Bide, Sing, and Leech Life. Pretty standard.
- Female Combee (or rather, Vespiquen), knows Gust, Sweet Scent, and Power Gem.

A Bug type team against a Grass gym was fairly easy. I am, however, making a habit of switch training some of my underlevel Pokemon, and healing up after every battle.

Gardenia wasn't too much of a challenge. Vespiquen had just evolved following the last standard trainer, so I ran through the rest of my team (Dustox, Beautifly, and Wormadam) before pulling out Vespiquen to mop up that Roserade.

I unfortunately needed a break after constantly checking the trees and then leveling in the forest (thank gosh for the heal after every battle, right?). I took a couple weeks away from the game as other things cropped up, so this is coming a bit later than it should have. Then again, my current timer in the game is sitting at just over 13 hours. But, moving on in the next day or so. Here's my full team - hope you like my naming convention:

Cricket (Kricketune)
L 22 / 73 HP / 47 Atk / 30 Def / 32 SAtk / 33 SDef / 38 Spd
Fury Cutter / Bide / Sing / Leech Life

T-Mobile (Vespiquen)
L 22 / 67 HP / 46 Atk / 49 Def / 42 SAtk / 55 SDef / 33 Spd
Gust / Sweet Scent / Power Gem

Sprint (Beautifly)
L 18 / 54 HP / 35 Atk / 30 Def / 36 SAtk / 26 SDef / 31 Spd
Harden / Hidden Power / Stun Spore

Cellular (Dustox)
L 18 / 50 HP / 23 Atk / 35 Def / 25 SAtk / 37 SDef / 33 Spd
Tackle / String Shot / Poison Sting / Protect

Verizon (Wormadam/Steel)
L 20 / HP 60 / 33 Atk / 46 Def / 30 SAtk / 45 SDef / 24 Spd
Protect / Tackle / Hidden Power

xVaporeon · Jun 29, 2020

Monotype Challenge - Fire Red

Type:

sooooo obviously chosen Squirtle as my starter. he was male, so I've nicknamed him Hydro.
battled Gary for the first time in Oak's Lab, and then for the second time on route 22 and I LOST. so I decided to go level up Hydro a little bit more before battling Gary there again.
headed to Viridian Forest but went back to Viridan City to pick up some more potions and antidotes after battling the first trainer. also picked up some Pokeballs. headed back to Viridan Forest and battled the rest of the trainers there.
arrived at Pewter City and beat Brock no problem thanks to Hydro's Water Gun!
decided to head back to Route 22 to battle Gary again, and Hydro evolved into Wartortle before going back.
received the Running Shoes and headed to Route 3!
Battled through the trainers on Route 3 and went to Route 4. bought the Magikarp from the man in the Pokemon Center for 500 Pokédollars. she was female, I've called her Lily.
battled the trainers through Mt. Moon and received the Helix Fossil.
arrived at Cerulean City and battled Gary. went back and defeated Misty. onwards to Route 24!

Team

Hydro, male Wartortle, level 24
Tackle, Bite, Water Gun, Withdraw

Lily, female Magikarp, level 15
Splash, Tackle

Badges earned

Boulder Badge, Cascade Badge

viper8890 · Jun 30, 2020

Forum User Name: viper8890
Game(s): FireRed, HeartGold, (Emerald or Omega Ruby), Platinum, Black 2, X, Ultra Moon
Pokémon Type: Poison
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate

viper8890 · Jun 30, 2020

ULTIMATE POISON MONOTYPE CHALLENGE

FIRERED

Started off with bulbasaur, caught a Weedle and evolved it to Beedrill. Evolved bulbasaur to ivysaur. Defeated Brock.
Caught zubat, ekans and nidoran(M). Evolved nidoran(M) to nidorino. Defeated Misty.
Currently in Vermilion City.

Team

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xVaporeon · Jul 2, 2020

Monotype Challenge - Fire Red

Type:

battled through Route 24 and Route 25, arrived at Bill's House. received the S.S. Anne ticket.
went through to Route 5 and continued onwards down the Underground Path and battled the trainers on Route 6 before arriving at Vermilion City.
received the Bike Voucher from the Pokemon Fan Club owner.
also received the Old Rod from the Fisherman.
went through to Route 11 to level up a little more. Battled the trainers.
Lily evolved into Gyarados!
boarded the S.S. Anne and battled some trainers.

Team

Hydro, male Wartortle, level 28
Tackle, Bite, Water Gun, Withdraw

Lily, female Gyarados, level 23
Splash, Tackle

Badges earned

Boulder Badge, Cascade Badge

Wuzzy · Jul 3, 2020

Forum User Name: Wuzzy
Game(s): Emerald Kaizo
Pokémon Type: Flying
Single/Ultimate: Single

Wuzzy · Jul 5, 2020

Flying Monotype Challenge - Emerald Kaizo Edition

Will be updating after every Gym Battle or Major boss fight, the run will end once I beat the Elite 4 + Steven (replaces Wallace in this hack)

Spoiler:

Chose Mudkip as my "starter" (which will be abandoned shortly) since I feel like I need every advantage I can get, since I'm not even sure if this run is even going to be possible
After doing all the prologue stuff, I finally began spending a load of time trying to find my team, since Emerald Kaizo for some reason has drastically decreased the encounter rate in overworld areas (dungeons like Petalburg Woods and Rusturf Tunnel seem to have normal rates for some reason?) which is more of a curse in this case
The team members I chose at this point were Wingull, Wurmple, Farfetch'd and Pidgey.
Of the early game Normal/Flying options (Tailow, Spearow, Pidgey, and Hoothoot), Pidgey stood out because it gets good Flying STAB through Air Slash the earliest at Lvl 20. Tailow and Spearow mainly focus on getting strong Normal STAB like Secret Power and Facade early on. Hoothoot is bulkier and gets decent offensive options but, it's one niche being Hypnosis isn't as reliable due to how common opposing mons have Lum Berry and it's low accuracy.
Farfetch'd has good stats early on and comes with a Stick to boost its crit rate. I chose Wurmple (for Beautifly) instead of Butterfree since Beautifly has higher Special Attack and Mega Drain, while Butterfree has more utility options like Supersonic and Poison Powder which again, aren't too useful thanks to opposing Lum Berries. Wingull was an obvious pick because it's one of my more reliable ways to deal with Rock-types.
After a lot of back and forth to heal, I hit my first roadblock being the Team Magma Grunt in Petalburg Woods, which I lost to twice. First try I got lucky and crit Magnemite but I got outstalled by his Koffing and Duskull (who frequently pulled off double Protects). Second try I was unlucky and couldn't really get past Magnemite with my team.
From then, I forgot I could get Charmander (for Charizard) in the grass patches within Oldale Town, so I caught one and it made the fight much easier.
Lost to Roxanne's gym trainers a couple times when I was around the Lvl 14-15 range so, it's a good sign that I needed to grind. However, despite grinding I still lost to Roxanne a few times and had to grind to Lvl 20.
After 2 more losses, I finally beat Roxanne with a lot of luck and received the Stone Badge.
- Nosepass dropped to 2 Bubblebeams from Wingull, and avoided the paralysis due to the equipped Cheri Berry
- Anorinth gets taken down by a Bubblebeam from Wingull
- Pidgeotto spams Sand Attack and Air Slash until it goes down to Toxic damage from Shuckle, which Wingull finishes off with Bubblebeam afterwards
- Charmeleon burns Lileep with Ember and takes it down eventually
- Critical Hit from Beautifly's Mega Drain takes out Relicanth
- Beautifly takes down Lunatone with 2 Silver Winds, and avoided sleep because of the Chesto Berry I gave it

Team

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Box

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Wuzzy · Jul 7, 2020

(does this count as triple posting? hopefully my sign up post doesn't technically count)

Flying Monotype Challenge - Emerald Kaizo Edition - Update #2

Spoiler:

Retrieved the Devon Goods back from an Aqua Grunt this time and made it to Dewford Town
Immediately went to the gym since I was overleveled, and beat Brawly very easily
- had Beautifly take the Intimidate from Hitmontop who was then taken out by Rock Tomb + Secret Power
- Farfetch'd OHKOed Hitmontop, Hitmonlee, and Hitmonchan with Aerial Ace
- Pidgeotto took down Meditite, Poliwrath and Hariyama with Air Slashes
Completed the dumb ice puzzles in Granite Cave (I tried doing it w/o a guide and got too impatient) and delivered the Letter to Steven
Made it to Slateport and went to find a new party member through Tropius, who will be very useful in the next 2 gyms. I wanted to catch 2 of them, one to use and the other for Sweet Scent purposes (to overcome the very low encounter rate for overworld areas). Was a pain since Tropius has Whirlwind but, I managed to catch 2 in the end and use the one with the better nature.
Delivered the goods and battled the Aqua Grunts (quite a tough battle since it was back to back)
Battled our rival and made it to Mauville City and battled Wally who was a pushover
Cleared out the trainers in the surroundings routes, Winstrates were hard because it was 4 back-to-back battles and I barely managed to win with only Farfetch'd staying alive in red health
Wattson's gym trainers were very hard, and most of the mons were just non-Electric types with Thunderbolt and/or Thunder Wave, which again is a good sign I needed to grind. Before attempting Wattson, I decided to replace Beautifly with Zubat (took a while since it has a 1% chance in Rusturf Tunnel) since Beautifly being slow and not bulky has become a liability.
I really tried to avoid over levelling with Wattson but, it was nearly impossible since I couldn't even get past his Jolteon who outsped everyone and just knocked them out with Thunderbolt, so I grinded everyone to Lvl 35, except I went to Lvl 37 for Tropius so it learns Earthquake and Lvl 36 for Charmeleon to get Charizard
After grinding, I managed to beat Wattson pretty easily
- Before the battle, everyone bar Farfetch'd and Pidgeot have Cheri Berries since Wattson loves to spam Thunder Wave
- Jolteon gets taken down with 2 Earthquakes from Tropius, after consuming the Cheri Berry and tanking a Thunderbolt
- 3 Sludge Bombs from Golbat takes out Lanturn after tanking a Thunderbolt and curing Thunder Wave
- Ampharos takes out Farfetch'd and Golbat after chipping it, Pidgeot takes it out with Double Edge
- Raichu gets taken out by Tropius with Earthquake after paralyzing it
- Charizard 2HKOs Electabuzz and OHKOs Manectric with Fire Punch (in Blaze range)
Made it all the way to Fallabor Town to finally get a new member being Swablu to replace Farfetch'd, who did very well in the early game but it's low speed and bulk is starting to be problematic
Went ahead and grinded Swablu so it could evolve, then back tracked to collect a few Heart Scales for Altaria to learn Sky Attack (which functions like Brave Bird) and Earthquake

Team

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Arubetsu · Jul 8, 2020

Finally I have decided to try a Flying Monotype, sorry if a lot of people does this type.

Forum User Name: Arubetsu
Game(s): Fire Red / Heart Gold / Alpha Sapphire / Platinum / Black 2 / Y / Ultra Sun / Shield (Maybe)
Pokémon Type: Flying
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate

Extra Rules:

-I cannot use Pokémon that don't have the flying type in important battles (Gym Leaders, Rivals, Elite Four...)
-The number of Pokémon I can use in important battles can't be superior to their number, so for example if Brock has 2 Pokémon I have to use 2 at max.
-Not a rule, but I will try to not repeat the same Pokés through the games.
-Bugs are discarded ( in order to be a different challenge than a bug monotype, since a lot of bugs share the flying type)

Arubetsu · Jul 10, 2020

Pokémon Ultimate Flying Monotype - Fire Red

So, finally I left Pallet Town with Charmander as my starter, who I named Max as all my first Pokémon, and after a tie battle against Blue and his Squirtle we arrived to Viridian City, went to the shop, returned to Prof. Oak's lab and got our first Pokéball. First goal, catch a Pidgey, so after some grinding in Route 1 we caught a good one and named Cefiro at level 3.
Then, we arrived to Route 22 and caught a Spearow named Tramuntana, so with 2 Poké we are ready to fight Blue again ( since I cannot use Max according to my extra rules). This battle was interesting, since we were underleveled compared to him, but as Cefiro and Tramuntana were faster we could win this match. After some leveling, the next challenge is the dangerous Viridian Forest.

Before I bought several antidotes just in case and we easily beat every bug catcher and trainer in the zone, ( as said before, I will not catch bug/flying Pokémon like Butterfree) and our first hard ( it's funny because it's a Rock Gym, no? ok...) challenge was awaiting us, Brock.
Brock took two or three tries, but thanks to the infamous Sand Attack strategy Tramuntana and Cefiro fainted his Geodude and Onix and also gaining some levels in the process.

Bought some potions, got the Running Shoes (finally!) and beat the trainers in Route 3 ( Too many trainers, Gamefreak...), and good news, Cefiro and Max evolved into a beautiful Pidgeotto and a fiery Charmeleon. Then, it's time to the annoying Mt. Moon, but the good news, I caught a super rare Pokémon called Zubat who I named Mordisquitos ( Little Bites in Spanish). The hard part of this cave was the amount of Geodudes and having low PP's, but finally we get to leave this cave forever, not before obtaining the Mighty Hellix Fossil in the way.

I forgot to say that I haven't bought the Magikarp, the first reason, because I couldn't use it until 20, and the second that I prefer to fish it later, it doesn't cover any type in my opinion right now.

In Cerulean City we got to fight Blue again, and it was really a challenge, his Pidgeotto used the Sand Attack strategy ( Karma I guess) but Tramuntana and Mordisquitos did really well in this fight, and at the end of the battle evolved into Fearow ( I had never used Fearow before, since I love Pidgeot, but I have to say it's really good in my opinion).

After some healing, the Nugget Bridge and Route 24 were expecting us ( I realized that the number of trainers in each route have beein decreasing along generations, and I think it's good, Guess it is to make seem that the game it's longer) and got the SS. Anne ticket from Bill, the next challenge, Misty...

[To be continued]

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Pumpkaboo92 · Jul 10, 2020

Forum User Name: Pumpkaboo92
Game(s):red++(red with updates basically will only use gen 1 pokemon) polished crystal (soulsilver mapping I believe, upgraded typings and more general pokemon, again will use gen 1 and two pokemon only.), Emerald Cross (It's new, and has some extra features making it simpler to block use of non-flying typed pokemon.) , Platinum, Black 2, X, Moon, Ultra Sun, (optional: Shield)
Pokémon Type: Flying
Single/Ultimate: Ultimate!

Wuzzy · Jul 14, 2020

Flying Monotype Challenge - Emerald Kaizo Edition - Update #3

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Made it to Meteor Falls to confront Team Magma
Went to Mt. Chimney to clear out the Team Magma Grunts
Tabitha took me 3 tries to beat (first loss was Dodrio critting 2 of my mons with Double Edge, second loss involved Pelipper missing a crucial Hydro Pump on Weezing), oddly enough something weird happened where his Aggron outsped Crobat, but somehow Pelipper and Tropius who are both much slower than Crobat were able to outspeed said Aggron.
Beat Maxie to reclaim the meteorite. Battle went a lot smoother than Tabitha due to some beneficial hax towards the end and took 1 try.
- Charizard 2HKOs Registeel with Fire Punch after curing Thunder Wave with an equipped Cheri Berry
- Alakazam knocks out Charizard with Thunder Punch after it weakens it, Pidgeot finishes with Quick Attack
- Pelipper KOs Claydol with Hydro Pump
- Crobat and Pelipper took out Dusclops, with Pelipper's lucky Hydro Pump crit and Crobat's Confuse Ray
- Altaria 2HKOs Crobat with Sky Attack crits but, faints due to recoil
- Tropius gets OHKOed by Houndoom's Overheat but, Overheat's recoil + Pidgeot's Double Edge takes it out
Made it to Lavridge Town
Challenged Flannery which took a few tries but, I managed to beat her to receive the Heat Badge with some hax
- Ninetales chips Altaria with Overheat but, a critical hit from Earthquake takes it out
- Charizard takes out the opposing Charizard with Fire Punches
- Pidgeot couldn't 2HKO Blaziken with Air Slash due to the burn from Blaze Kick, Crobat revenges with Sludge Bomb
- Altaria crits Arcanine with Earthquake before getting taken down by Extremespeed, Tropius knocks it out with Earthquake
- Tropius lands an Earthquake on Castform before getting knocked out by Ice Beam, Crobat comes in and finishes with Sludge Bomb
- Crobat gets off 2 Sludge Bombs on Typhlosion before going down, Charizard ends it with Fire Punch
Took a detour to Mirage Tower, mainly to catch a Bagon (100% encounter rate in the fossil room) which was Lvl 10 unfortunately but, I didn't feel like grinding it for Norman unless I absolutely had to
Caught a Magikarp to replace Altaria since it was honestly not great due to the recoil from Sky Attack + Altaria being slow made it hard for it to secure KOs and would get KOed in return. I grinded the Magikarp to Lvl. 30 so it can learn Bounce before evolving it into a Gyarados
Went back to Petalburg City to challenge Norman and, I needed to grind to Lvl. 50 (was around Lvl. 46 after beating the gym trainers) in order to beat him. Eventually after multiple attempts, I received the Balance Badge. Side note, apparently the new update for Kaizo made this a double battle, which was a fun surprise.
- 2 Overheats from Charizard takes down Slaking
- Espeon gets taken down by Gyarados's Body Slam and Double Edge
- 2 Overheats take down Kangaskhan, while Kangaskhan takes down Gyarados with Crush Claw
- Swellow gets taken out by Crobat's Sludge Bomb and Pidgeot's Quick Attack
- Tauros takes down Pidgeot but, falls to Pelipper's Bubblebeam after prior damage from Pidgeot and Crobat
- Snorlax eventually gets taken down due to a lucky critical hit from Crobat's Sludge Bomb and the burn damage from Charizard's Fire Punch
Went back to Mauville City and surfed across to the east side of Route 118 for some Lucky Eggs.
Decided to bring in the Bagon I caught in Mirage Tower to finally replace Tropius who has done well in the run so far but, the low offensive stats and low BP STAB are not cutting it anymore. After grinding it up painfully, I finally got my Salamence! (used the Exp. Share on it until it evolved into a Shelgon for slightly easier grinding).

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