[Challenge] The Monotype Challenge v8, Tera Edition

Explorer of Time said:
This is not something I'd recommend taking to the League in ORAS unless you really want a counter to Steven's Mega Metagross.

There are only four Pokemon in the League that can't 1HKO Shedinja: Drake's Kingdra, Steven's Metagross and Claydol, and Glacia's Walrein, and that last one doesn't work either if she managed to set Hail with any of her other four Pokemon.

That being, said, Shedinja is an excellent option against Wallace. The only things he can do against it are using Luvdisc's Lovely Kiss to confuse it, which is negatable by a Persim or Lum Berry, or Seaking's Horn Drill if Shedinja is level 44 or lower.
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Good call. I was laying out possible options. His metagross spooked me but I was able to get him!
 
User: GhostColossus | Type: Bug
Games: FireRed, HeartGold, OmegaRuby, Platinum, Black2, X, Ultra Sun, Shield, Scarlet
Challenge Type: Ultimate | Mode: Standard

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User: ramzie
Type: Flying
Game(s): Yellow, Gold, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2, Y, Sun, Sword, Violet
Challenge Type: Ultimate
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Ultimate Poison Run
Blue / Only Entry / Agility Spamming

Sten's back...did some of the no-evolution runs, had some other things to do, caught something, then became bronchitis, then became pneumonia, but back to the grind, right? I decided to play the first three gens on Poison Ultimate to catch up to the no-evo progress, and then play both of those side by side to finish it out.

In this post (i.e., TL;DR)
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-- Final Thoughts:
Fairly straightforward of a run. Good spread of movesets, but while I like EQ, it comes a bit late and I wish at least someone could have learned Dig, since you get that so early. Muk is pretty tanky, which is always nice. Everyone got a fair amount of use. On to Johto!

Team Stats:
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Ultimate Flying Monotype Challenge
Game: Yellow, Gold, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2, Y, Sun, Sword, Violet

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Overall, a really fun run! I'm excited to continue it into Johto.
 
The Ultimate Monotype Challenge! (Fighting)

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword, Violet.

Additional Rules: - No items on important battles (rival, leaders, etc.)
- Set mode for important battles.

7. Coming back to pain!

It's been more than 2 months, but I am back with more pain, as I predicted in Poni Island, things weren't going to get easier! But first things first, yesterday was a scary day here in Spain, with a blackout for the whole day, and my 3DS helped my have some fun. Thankfully, light is already back. But without light, playing Ultra Sun was so fitting, with Necrozma absorbing all the light of Alola!

Not much to say for the beginning of Poni Island, until I reached Vast Poni Canyon. Dulse's Poipole there was easy, Poliwrath with Psychic ended up winning the fight. Here I caught 2 more Fighting Types: Mienfoo, and Jangmo-o! (well, Jangmo-o isn't Fighting, but evolves into a Fighting type, and by the way, it took so long for it to appear). I added the Dragon to my team. After some consideration, I will be rotating Pokémon, so I'll use 7 Pokémon. Mienshao is very fast so I may use it in the future as well, we'll see. But for now I removed Hawlucha from the team as he was the highest level Pokémon I had. Jangmo-o evolved very fast into Hakamo-o and then into Kommo-o. At Vast Poni Canyon, a trainer's Xatu almost swept me. I won because of Crabominable's Quick Claw activating and then my opponent's Dewgong having terrible AI. Xatu, Masquerain... Quite scary to think these weak Pokémon are causing so much trouble.

By the end of Vast Poni Canyon you fight Totem Kommo-o. And I lost to it once. I left it with almost no HP, but not enough to win. With Thunder Punch, Dragon Claw and Drain Punch, I had nothing to do thanks to the support from the Scizor. Bullet Punch + Kommo-o's attacks were too much for my frail team. Next try I started with Crabominable to get an Ice Hammer before Scizor came, and it worked. Hawlucha finished the Kommo-o off with Acrobatics, surviving the Bullet Punch + Thunder Punch combo with little HP and then my Kommo-o beat Scizor with Flamethrower.

As soon as you do this, you fight Necrozma fused with Solgaleo. It was easy even though I didn't have Pangoro with me, Flamethrower from Kommo-o burnt it after a few Morning Suns, so then Bewear easily stood its attacks and beat it with Payback.

But then, time for Ultra Necrozma. Quite ridiculous, lv 60, with boosted stats, and very strong moves. It easily destroyed me twice, so I changed my tactics. I taught some of my Pokémon Toxic, and gave them items like Focus Band, Bright Powder and Quick Claw to get the move before it killed me. I wanted to save Focus Sash just in case. It worked on the second try, and I also switched Pangoro into a predicted Photon Geiser to gain a turn. I won with 3 Pokémon left.

And that's where I am. I caught a few Pokémon using the Ultra Wormhole, including Regice and Nihilego, and then I'll go for Mina's trial. I am very scared of Totem Ribombee...

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Island Trials cleared: 7.

Kahunas defeated: 3.

Number of losses: 12.

Current Location: Seafolk Village.

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EDIT: Kept going and did some important fights!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge! (Fighting)

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword, Violet.

Additional Rules: - No items on important battles (rival, leaders, etc.)
- Set mode for important battles.

8. Finally some good luck...

Well, well, well, time for Mina's trial. I have nothing against a Ribombee, so let's see how it goes. You have to fight several trainers during Mina's trial, and the first one is precisely Mina. Even if she uses Fairy Pokémon, Mawile and Granbull were easy to defeat, and then my Hawlucha barely survived Ribombee's Dazzling Gleam and beat it with Acrobatics.

Captain Ilima uses Normal Pokémon, so no challenge there, his Komala's Z-move did a lot of damage, but not enough. Mallow wasn't hard either, with Flamethrower from Kommo-o and Ice Hammer from Crabominable. Kiawe was easy too, Marowak didn't use his Z-move, and even if Talonflame was scary, Bewear stood the Brave Bird quite easily thanks to her ability. And finally, Sophocles was a joke, as all his team is weak to Fighting, although Togedemaru was annoying because of making my Kommo-o flinch and also using Spiky Shield a few times.

But then, terror. Totem Ribombee with sharply boosted stats, and all my team is weak to Fairy. My strat was using Focus Sash with Hawlucha, to survive his attack and then hit with Acrobatics. But I didn't do enough damage, so I easily lost twice, it even healed all the damage with Draining Kiss. As with Ultra Necrozma, I tried going for cheesy strategies again, using moves like Toxic and items like Focus Band, Bright Powder or Quick Claw. But they were not necessary, as in my third attempt, Hawlucha got a critical hit, killing the bee in one hit. Then Pelipper beat my bird but Kommo-o finished it off, so I won! I don't have Focus Sash anymore, though...

Kahuna Hapu was next. Poliwrath beat both Golurk and Mudsdale, surviving the latter's Z-move with 25 HP. Flygon beat my Poliwrath, but went down to a single Clanging Scales from Kommo-o. Finally, her Gastrodon took very long to beat due to Recover, but Kommo-o finally managed to take it down, surviving thanks to Leftovers recovery.

Now I went to Mount Lanakila in order to reach Pokémon League, and I had to fight Gladion. I switched into Bewear vs. his Crobat, and again thanks to Fluffy, she could survive 2 Acrobatics and destroy the bat with Thrash. After that the fight was easy. Lucario tried Aura Sphere vs. my Kommo-o, but my Pokémon's ability blocks it! Silvally did little damage and Zoroark fell to a single Sky Uppercut.

So now, time for Pokémon League! But that will have to wait for the next update... Already 14 losses, and haven't even tried Pokémon League... By the way, I caught a Buzzwole, with an amazing Adamant Nature. Still not too fast and a bit frail on the special side, but much stronger than everything I have. It is an Ultra Beast, though, so I am not going to use it, at least not until I beat Pokémon League, but maybe I'll use it in the post-game, as IIRC Team Rainbow Rocket uses Legendary Pokémon.

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Island Trials cleared: 8.

Kahunas defeated: 4.

Number of losses: 14.

Current Location: Pokémon League.
 
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I hope the thread doesn't die. Sorry for the double post, but no replies since Tuesday, and I want to make a pretty big update, as I challenged the E4!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge! (Fighting)

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword, Violet.

Additional Rules: - No items on important battles (rival, leaders, etc.)
- Set mode for important battles.

9. Pokémon League with an incredible finish! (and mixed luck in between...)

I went for the Pokémon League, and had to make a decision first, as I have 7 Pokémon and one had to be left behind. I decided to leave Crabominable. It is strong, but so slow and quite frail. Besides, Poliwrath already has Ice Beam, so I have Ice coverage. After this decision, I went for the Elite Four.

Molayne was first. Klefki paralyzed my Hawlucha, but fell to 2 High Jump Kicks. It was back and forth after that, I lost Hawlucha, Pangoro and Passimian, as Magnezone and Metagross hit hard, but in general fight wasn't too hard, I have an advantage against Steel-types.

Olivia was next, and not much too say, easy, with Stealth Rock not even Sturdy could save her, and High Jump Kick did not miss so Hawlucha easily swept her team.

Acerola was the third one, and it was surprisingly even easier than Olivia. After Stealth Rock, both Bewear and Pangoro easily swept her team using Payback and Crunch.

And the final battle against the E4 was vs. Kahili, the scariest one by far as my team is weak to Flying. And things started bad, because her Braviary outsped my Kommo-o and destroyed him with Brave Bird, so no Stealth Rock this time. My Hawlucha beat it but fell to Mandibuzz, as Stone Edge missed after my Swords Dance. Bad luck continued, as she confused my Poliwrath and even hit her with a crit. My Poliwrath hit himself 3 times so I could not attack, and it was a speed tie, so I lost the speed tie on the first turn + 3 confusion hitting myself + crit Brave Bird, AMAZING. I beat both Mandibuzz and Toucannon, but her Hawlucha swept my team, so I lost.

Next try went much better, as I set up 2 Swords Dances with Hawlucha against Mandibuzz as she went for Flatter. Confusion lasted for only 1 turn, her Brave Bird triggered Unburden as I had equipped a Sitrus Berry, and Hawlucha swept her whole team with Acrobatics.

Hau is the last challenge. I thought it was Kukui, but no, it is not, that was in Sun and Moon, I was mistaken about that. My Pangoro survived Raichu's Focus Blast with 7 HP and beat him with Crunch. Noivern was next, scary. He finished off my Pangoro, and then, thankfully, my Poliwrath didn't flinch as he always does to Air Slash, and beat it with a single Ice Beam. Decidueye's Z-move destroyed my weakened Poliwrath. When my Bewear, which was faster surprisingly, was about to beat Decidueye, he switched into Crabominable. That was odd, a single Superpower and crab destroyed. I switched Bewear out when he sent Tauros as with -2 attack after Intimidate it would do little damage, and set up Stealth Rock with Kommo-o. Then Bewear came back and took the bull down, but fell to his Vaporeon's Hydro Pump. Passimian beat Vaporeon with Bulldoze + Close Combat (he was faster, so I used Bulldoze after his Full Restore to outspeed and ko). And finally, a quite funny ending, as his Decidueye went down to Stealth Rock damage. I actually went for this on purpose, I used Stealth Rock so that he could not heal Decidueye, and it worked! So I am the champion! And while Hawlucha is broken, it was cool that I didn't use him vs. the champion.

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Now time for the postgame!

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Island Trials cleared: 8.

Kahunas defeated: 4.

Number of losses: 15.

Current Location: Route 1.

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I played the post-game for a while, and already reached the Battle Tree.

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge! (Fighting)

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword, Violet.

Additional Rules: - No items on important battles (rival, leaders, etc.)
- Set mode for important battles.

10. Post game, more pain!

As I had said earlier, Buzzwole will enter the team rotation for the post game, as opponents will become much harder, and Team Rainbow Rocket even uses legendary Pokémon. Besides, I've never used it and want to have fun with an Ultra Beast xD. I will rotate between my 8 Pokémon from now on. Even though shortly after the Pokémon League I caught Heracross and Riolu, and I have the option of Mienshao, I will keep my 8 Pokémon. Mienshao would be much better than Passimian, as it also hits hard while being much faster, but this is gen VII, so I want to have as many gen VII Pokémon as possible.

But well, things started terribly, as in Poni Plains, you fight Dexio again, and his leading Pokémon is an Espeon with Psychic and Dazzling Gleam. There was nothing my team could do; easy sweep for Espeon. While exploring I ran into Dexio again accidentally, so 17th loss of the challenge (how many losses before we can call the challenge a failure?) How do I deal with a Pokémon that OHKOes my whole team and is faster? Berries! I had the option of Bright Powder or Focus Band, but I collected a Payapa Berry in Poni Island and planted it in Poké Pelago, and that is way more reliable than luck items. With a Payapa Berry, Hawlucha beat the Espeon before going down to the Raichu, and after that the battle was very close; fortunately, his Mega Alakazam went for Psyshock instead of Psychic against my Buzzwole, so I won.

I caught Zygarde and then kept going. And I had another loss at Poni Gauntlet, against the pair of Veterans. They use 6 Pokémon, my team was a bit weakened, and their Volcarona with Hurricane destroyed me. I didn't have Hawlucha with me... So that's 18 losses. Next try with Hawlucha setting up and a bit of better luck things went much better. And right after this fight you fight Blue or Red. I chose to fight Blue, and, you guessed it, lost to him. Alakazam was not a problem for Pangoro, but Machamp got a couple of crits with Cross Chop, Aerodactyl did a lot of damage with Sky Drop, Arcanine was also quite hard to deal with and Gyarados ended up winning the fight for him after a Dragon Dance. Next try was better, as Hawlucha managed to set up, and even though he beat my bird with Arcanine's Extreme Speed, I had a big advantage already and won the fight.

And well, you fight Dexio again after you catch Zygarde if you go back to Route 16. I didn't have enough Payapa Berries, so after farming them, the fight was easy, even though Hawlucha missed High Jump Kick vs. Alolan Raichu, but Pangoro and Buzzwole almost swept his whole team, while Crabominable dealt with Zygarde.

Now it's time for Team Rainbow Rocket. That will be the final update to this challenge! And hopefully someone answers here before that, this post is getting too big!

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Island Trials cleared: 8.

Kahunas defeated: 4.

Number of losses: 19.

Current Location: Battle Tree.

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The third edit of this post as sadly there are not new replies. I finished this challenge a while ago, but I was waiting so that this post didn't become too long... But it is what it is. Here are my final fights in the run, vs. Team Rainbow Rocket!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge! (Fighting)

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword, Violet.

Additional Rules: - No items on important battles (rival, leaders, etc.)
- Set mode for important battles.

11. 4 multiplied by 5 equals...

I kept going and challenged Team Rainbow Rocket to rescue Lusamine and to finish this monotype challenge.

Faba was first, and he was easy. He focused his attacks on Lillie's Clefairy, while my Passimian's Beat Up destroyed all his Psychic-types. Clefairy fainted, but by then it was a 1 vs. 1 against the Aether employee.

Next up was Archie. Kommo-o could set Stealth Rock up and easily beat Mightyena with Drain Punch. He surprisingly beat Crobat as well, surviving with 16 HP. Passimian destroyed Muk with Earthquake, and Bewear did the same against Sharpedo. But his final Pokémon was Kyogre, quite the scary Pokémon. It easily beat my Bewear with Hydro Pump and my Poliwrath with Thunder, but then it missed Hydro Pump against Crabominable, and Close Combat was enough to finish it off.

Maxie's team is quite similar to Archie's. Mightyena and Crobat were even easier, as Crobat missed Air Slash. Camerupt and Weezing were easy for Poliwrath. His Groudon, with Solar Beam, beat my Poliwrath but with two Thrashes Bewear easily took it down.

Time for Cyrus, Team Galactic's boss! Kommo-o set Stealth Rock and easily beat both Houndoom and Honchkrow, as the latter could not hit me with Sky Attack. I sent Bewear to deal with Crobat after he used Zen Headbutt, and she also destroyed his Weavile with Thrash. Dialga used Roar of Time, so Passimian made good use of that free turn to win easily with Close Combat.

Lysandre was next, and not much to say, honestly. Kommo-o fell to his Mienshao's High Jump Kick, but Hawlucha got to +6 Attack, as Mienshao missed once, and then swept his whole team, including Xerneas, with Acrobatics. Such a broken Pokémon with Unburden and Swords Dance.

I didn't expect Ghetsis so soon after this fight, so my team was not ready. Hawlucha did not have a berry, for instance, so no Unburden. Even so, he managed to defeat Cofagrigus, Bouffalant and Bisharp before going down to burn damage. Thanks to Drain Punch and Leftovers, Kommo-o beat Hydreigon and then almost took down Zekrom with Clanging Scales. Bewear finished the fight, surviving a critical hit from Bolt Strike with 4 HP.

Giovanni was the final challenge. His Dugtrio used both Sandstorm and Stealth Rock but fell to a single Drain Punch from Kommo-o. My dragon also beat his Nidoking with 2 Clanging Scales, but went down to Rhyperior. Poliwrath easily beat Rhyperior and also took down Nidoqueen. Mewtwo was his last Pokémon—Mega Mewtwo X, actually. It beat my Poliwrath, and also Buzzwole and Pangoro, but Bewear ended the fight with Thrash. So, the challenge is over!

But c'mon, 19 is not a very nice number of losses, 20 is better, right? I fought Faba again at the Aether Foundation, and even if his Pokémon were quite underleveled, I got overconfident, and his Alakazam with Psychic and Dazzling Gleam completely destroyed my team. So, 20 losses! Next try I equipped the Payapa Berries, as I did against Dexio, and the fight was easy.

Here is the final list of the Pokémon I used! Kommo-o joined very late, and Buzzwole was only used in the post-game. As it's the final update, no spoiler tag this time, they deserve to be shown!

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@ Quick Claw. Lv. 73 (M). Hyper Cutter.
Rash Nature. Thunder Punch, Ice Hammer, Payback, Close Combat.

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@ Sitrus Berry. Lv. 75 (M). Unburden.
Brave Nature. Swords Dance, Stone Edge, High Jump Kick, Acrobatics.


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@ Choice Specs. Lv. 73 (M). Damp.
Modest Nature. Focus Blast, Hypnosis, Surf, Ice Beam.

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@ Silk Scarf. Lv. 74 (F). Fluffy.
Adamant Nature. Superpower, Iron Head, Payback, Thrash.

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@ Expert Belt. Lv. 73 (F). Receiver.
Adamant Nature. Earthquake, Rock Slide, Beat Up, Close Combat.

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@ Life Orb. Lv. 74 (M). Iron Fist.
Docile Nature. Crunch, Fire Punch, Bullet Punch, Hammer Arm.

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@ Leftovers. Lv. 74 (M). Bulletproof.
Serious Nature. Clanging Scales, Flamethrower, Drain Punch, Stealth Rock.

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@ Silver Powder. Lv 73. Beast Boost.
Adamant Nature. Stone Edge, Superpower, Leech Life, Ice Punch.

Island Trials cleared: 8.

Kahunas defeated: 4.

Number of losses: 20.

And that's it. For the final thoughts, well, this was much harder than I anticipated. Fairy-type addition was already a bit annoying in Pokémon X, but here it was even worse. Flying-types were also very problematic. Everything was problematic, in fact, as my team is strong, but also frail, specially frail against Special Attackers, and lack priority moves and fast Pokémon. Hawlucha was the absolute MVP of the team, an insane Pokémon, a broken Pokémon, despite his bad -Speed nature, as soon as he learnt Swords Dance, game was different, and I don't know how I would have dealt with some of the fights without him. Ultra Sun is not an easy game, Ultra Necrozma for example is hard even in normal runs unless you prepare or use many Revives.

But well, I had a lot of fun, and it was cool sharing the PAIN I went through xD. Next update will be the start of Pokémon Sword, game that will end this Ultimate monotype challenge. Hopefully someone posts before I start; I don't want to make a triple post!
 
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Sorry for the triple post, but I have started Sword, and the previous post has already 3 updates, it is extremely long and it was the end of Ultra Sun, so I think it makes no sense to keep on editing it.

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge! (Fighting)

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword, Violet.

Additional Rules: - No items on important battles (rival, leaders, etc.)
- Set mode for important battles.

1. From Alola's Pain to Galar's Gains

So I started Sword, let's see how it goes, hopefully better than Ultra Sun, I don't expect 20 losses, but never say never, I guess... By the way, before starting, I asked ChatGPT about the Fighting-types available in Sword, and it recommended... Cufant, because apparently, for this AI, Copperajah's Gigantamax form is Steel/Fighting... Amazing.

Anyways, there are no Fighting-types in the first few routes, so I have nothing to say about the first two fights against Hop. But when you get to the Wild Area, Fighting-types begin to appear, and there I caught 4 Pokémon: a level 10 Tyrogue, a level 7 Pancham, a level 11 Stufful, and a level 20 Machop at a Max Raid battle. This Machop would be broken for the beginning of the game, so I'll add him to the party when the rest of my team reaches that same level. I plan to use different Pokémon than these ones, but for now, it's what I can get. I left the Wild Area with the former three Pokémon, and in Motostoke I had the first important fight of the run with proper Fighting-types in the team: against Hop again. It was a piece of cake, as my Pancham easily swept his team with Arm Thrust and Payback. His bad AI meant Scorbunny didn't go for Ember.

I kept advancing and reached Galar Mine, where I caught a new Pokémon: a level 11 Timburr. And by the end of Galar Mine, you fight Bede. A rival that specializes in Psychic-types, just amazing. The fight was very close. Stufful with Brutal Swing dealt with Solosis and did a lot of damage to Gothita before going down. Tyrogue could not finish the Gothita off, but Timburr did. His Hatenna destroyed my Timburr, but my Pokémon managed to get a critical hit with Rock Throw before fainting, which meant Pancham, my last remaining Pokémon, with a single Payback, outsped and KO'd the Hatenna.

And finally, shortly after Galar Mine I reached Turffield, the place with the first gym of the game. I added Machop to the team before the gym. Leader Milo was not easy, as I don't have any super effective moves against Grass-types. Gossifleur went down easily thanks to Timburr, but Eldegoss Dynamaxed and was much harder. Eventually my Pancham, surviving a critical hit from Round with 1 HP, managed to take it down when I only had two Pokémon remaining (she and Tyrogue). I decided not to use Dynamax myself and almost paid the price. So I got the first badge!

Now I am on my way to Hulbury to fight Nessa and get the second badge. Tyrogue is about to evolve, apparently into Hitmontop. I preferred Hitmonchan, but I'll take whatever he evolves into.

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Number of badges: 1.

Number of losses: 0.

Current Location: Route 5.
 
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My god does page 1 have a lot of rules and rule clarifications these days :hattremhuh:
It has been a while since i last actually posted here when doing a run. But it is fun to look back on these posts, so I'm going to do it this time.

User: Jespoke
Type: Dark
Game(s): Black
Challenge Type: Single
Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard

Personal rule choices:
  • Endpoint at Credits
  • Hacking in event Celebi to get Zorua
  • Battle style Set
  • No revives in battle
  • Max 3 items pr battle
I usually minimize my trading/hacking, but Zorua being event-locked in BW1 never sat right with me.
 
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Another update!

The Ultimate Monotype Challenge! (Fighting)

Yellow, HeartGold, Sigma Σmerald, Platinum, White 2, X, Ultra Sun, Sword, Violet.

Additional Rules: - No items on important battles (rival, leaders, etc.)
- Set mode for important battles.

2. Note to Self: Don't Blaze Kick Centiskorch

This update starts with a surprise right off the bat! I left off at Route 5 with Tyrogue about to evolve. He had the same Attack and Defense stats at level 19, so I was expecting Hitmontop, but his Attack went up by 2 and his Defense by 1 at level 20, so in the end he evolved into a powerful Hitmonlee! I actually preferred it over Hitmontop, so no complaints! Anyway, at Route 5 I also caught a Galarian Farfetch'd, holding her signature Leek, as well. Of course, she was immediately added to my team!

By the end of this route I fought Hop. Wooloo was a joke for my new Farfetch'd, but Corvisquire wasn't, and left several of my Pokémon weakened before fainting. His Raboot finished off both my Hitmonlee and my Farfetch'd, but went down to Timburr's Rock Slide.

It didn't take long for me to reach Hulbury and challenge the second gym of the game, so time for a fight against Nessa, my favourite leader of the Galar region. Goldeen and Arrokuda were a joke for Hitmonlee, but then Drednaw Dynamaxed and destroyed 3 of my Pokémon, surviving Brick Break from Hitmonlee and Revenge from Machop with almost no HP. After the rain stopped, Timburr withstood Razor Shell and ended the fight.

Right after defeating Nessa, you get to Galar Mine 2, and Bede was waiting for me for another fight there! But before fighting him, I caught a new Fighting-type, Scraggy, and added her to my team, replacing Machop. And this new addition made the fight extremely easy, as thanks to her Dark typing Scraggy swept his whole team with Beat Up. Only his Ponyta could attack, and surprisingly with Fairy Wind it did less than half my Pokémon's HP. While exploring Galar Mine 2, my Timburr evolved into Gurdurr! I know she has a trade evolution now, and I have a second Switch, but I won't evolve her for now.

At Motostoke Outskirts, I spotted a Sawk, quite the strong Pokémon for this part of the game. I caught him and removed Pancham from the team, as I've already used Pangoro in both X and Ultra Sun, and I already have Scraggy on the team. And another evolution happened, Stufful is now a Bewear!

Back at Motostoke, Marnie challenged me at Budew's Inn. And the fight could not have been quicker, 3 Pokémon, 3 turns. Sawk completely demolished her team, getting a critical hit against the Croagunk with Retaliate as well.

With this out of the way, I confronted Kabu's Fire-type Gym! His Ninetales burnt my Sawk, rendering him almost useless. My Pokémon went down, but damaged Ninetales enough for Scraggy to finish him off. He sent Arcanine and got a critical Flame Wheel, defeating my Scraggy. Hitmonlee handled the dog, but got burnt in the process. His final Pokémon, Centiscorch, Dynamaxed, and I made a terrible mistake going for Blaze Kick, triggering Flash Fire. Thankfully, my Gurdurr survived his strong Fire attack, and destroyed the giant bug with Rock Slide, which means the third badge is mine!

Now I am at the Wild Area on the way to reach Hammerlocke!

Spoiler: Current Pokémon


Number of badges: 3.

Number of losses: 0.

Current Location: Wild Area.
 
Monotype Dark (Black), update 1

- Named myself Odin after Owain/Odin, because Dark, and because i feel like sayings some hammy quotes
- Started with my usual water starter named Surfboard
- I had forgotten that N speaks in a faster textspeed than what you set it to, and Cheren comments on it. That is so neat!
- I caught Cath and Dew the Purrloin. Because Cath has a bad nature, she will be double battle backup, while Dew with his neutral nature will be on the team.

- I severely underestimated how terrible Purrloin is. They do no damage, so they get beat up by the Lillipups even with a multi-level advantage. They have no defense-lowering move either, only growl.
- I forgot that Bianca fights you before the next town, and got trounced.
- The gen 5 exp formula is not kind towards trying to overcome terribleness with grinding.
- I am resorting to catching a full party of Purrloin, purely so they growl at enemies to buy me time to chip them down.
- Welcome Rickard, Colm, Lara, and Julian the Purrloin to the party.
- I am now overprepared for Bianca, but not so for the Gym I bet.
- I ended up training 3 of them up to level 10 for Sand Attack, and used Sand Attack spam to beat the Gym. I am glad that worked, because without it, the plan for Cilan would have been to PP-stall both of his Pokemon out of Work Up with my 240 Growl PP. Obtained the Tri Badge!
- Obtained Cut, which I promptly taught to all the cats except Dew
- A few fights later, I obtained the TM for Thief, which I promptly taught to all the cats.
- Now that it has a STAB move and Fury Swipes, Dew is finally starting to be able to take on fights alone.
- Arrived in Nacrene City

The Team:
Dew the Purrloin, lv 16
Thief, Pursuit, Fury Swipes, Sand Attack
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Had to start out as basically just another part of the Cat Crew. Now that he has a STAB move, he can finally start leading the team on his own.

The Backup crew:
Cath, Colm, Julian, Rickard, Lara, lv 4~10
Sand Attack, Growl, Cut, Thief
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