[Challenge] The Monotype Challenge v8, Tera Edition

[Infer12]

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (Standard Mode)
Mono-Fighting
Update 2 (Route 109 -> Petalburg City)

Rival Battle Route 110:

Spoiler:

- Guessed correctly that Shroomish would lead so Ember from Combusken 2HKO'ed it
- Switched into Ralts and 1HKO'ed Marshtomp with Magical Leaf
- Knocked out Slugma with Fake Out + Rock Tomb from Makuhita

- Ralts evolved into Kirlia from rival battle
- Got Dawn Stone from super training
- Kirlia evolved into Gallade (Gave it TM for Bulldoze, Power-Up Punch & Aerial Ace)
- Trained everyone to lv 21

Gym Leader Wattson:

Spoiler:

- Makuhita lead vs his Magnemite
- Both lost a turn to Fake Out & Thunder Wave paralysation
- Switched to Voltorb with Volt Switch
- After a Force Palm from me, Volt Switched back to Magnemite and KO'ed Makuhita
- Switched Combusken in and KO'ed Magnemite with Ember
- Switched to Gallade
- Swept rest of his team with Bulldoze
- Got Dynamo Badge and TM for Volt Switch

- Caught Machop and named it Mars
- Shroomish evolved into Breloom
- Makuhita evolved into Hariyama
- Taught Gallade Night Slash & Close Combat!!! with the move relearner in Fallarbor Town
- Battled Team Aqua at Meteor Falls
- Chased them to Mt. Chimney

Aqua Leader Archie:

Spoiler:

- Machop lead vs his Mightyena
- 2HKO'ed it with Low Sweep
- Switched to Hariyama against his Golbat
- It used Confuse Ray and I got a hit in with Rock Tomb
- Hit myself in confusion + Wing Attack knock Hariyama out
- Machop switch-in gets taken out by Air Cutter (didn't do anything, so stupid of me!)
- Gallade finished it with Night Slash and 1HKO'ed Sharpedo with Close Combat

- Trained everyone to around lv 28
- Machop evolved into Machoke

Gym Leader Flannery:

Spoiler:

- Machoke lead vs her Slugma
- Dig knocked out Slugma while it set up Sunny Day
- Torkoal comes out and sets up 2 Curses while I use Dig
- Another Dig dodges Torkoal's Overheat but the next one hits just as the sun fades 😅
- After the 3rd Curse, Flannery uses a hyper potion (I used Knock Off)
- Torkoal takes out both Machoke & Hariyama (In between, I switched Breloom in and out to use Leech Seed)
- Combusken KO'ed Torkoal with Rock Tomb + Leech Seed damage
- Gallade KO'ed Numel with Close Combat
- Got Heat Badge and TM for Overheat

- Trained everyone to around lv 30 (in the desert + trainer rematches)
- Machoke evolved into Machamp

Gym Leader Norman

Spoiler:

- Gallade lead vs his Slaking
- 1HKO'ed it with Close Combat (He used Yawn)
- Switched to Machamp against his Vigoroth
- 2HKO'ed it with Wake-Up Slap
- 1HKO'ed the last Slaking with Gallade's Close Combat
- Got Balance Badge and TM for Retaliation

My Team:

Spoiler:

Combusken Lv 30
Flame Charge/Incinerate/Rock Tomb/Double Kick

Gallade Lv 31
Aerial Ace/Night Slash/Close Combat/Psycho Cut

Breloom Lv 30
Mega Drain/Force Palm/Mach Punch/Leech Seed

Hariyama Lv 30
Belly Drum/Vital Throw/Rock Tomb/Fake Out

Machamp Lv 30
Dig/Wake-Up Slap/Bulk Up/Knock Off

 

[Morzoelin]

User: Morzoelin
Type: Ghost
Game(s): Violet
Challenge Type: Single
Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard Mode

Looking through the challenger list, I apparently started an Ultimate run in the past but I don't have a type listed and don't remember what I was doing so I just want to abandon it.

Also what is an Elite 4 viable pokemon?

 

[Explorer of Time]

User: Morzoelin
Type: Ghost
Game(s): Violet
Challenge Type: Single
Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard Mode

Looking through the challenger list, I apparently started an Ultimate run in the past but I don't have a type listed and don't remember what I was doing so I just want to abandon it.

Also what is an Elite 4 viable pokemon?

Your Ghost-type challenge has been added and your Water-type ultimate challenge has been removed.

An Elite 4 viable Pokemon is just any Pokemon strong enough to defeat one of the Elite 4's Pokemon. The reason you need at least two of them is to stop people from soloing the League with only one Pokemon, since this forum has a separate challenge thread for solo challenges.

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

Note: I'm still doing the Flying-type run. Don't worry. I'm just planning out the Ice-Type run to get myself mentally prepared.

What do you guys think about this setup?

Walrein #1: Surf, Blizzard, Hail, Toxic* (Modest/Quiet nature)

Glalie #1: Crunch, Hail, Blizzard, Light Screen

Walrien #2: Earthquake*, Strength, Ice Beam*, Rock Tomb* (Adamant/Brave nature)

Glalie #2: Crunch, Ice Beam, Shadow Ball, Flash

HM Pokemon: Spheal (Waterfall/Dive/Rock Smash) and Wingull (Fly)

An asterisk (*) indicates a move that must be taught by TM.

I realized as I was finishing posting this that... no, a hailstorm does not guarantee Blizzard will hit in Gen III, according to Bulbapedia. This is still useful for Glalie ... or at least it would be if Ice Body was in Gen III. I honestly might only keep three non-HM Pokemon in my party. On the bright side, I am guaranteed thick fat on my starting Spheal, which means fewer resets needed to get one that can beat Flannery's gym.

For the nature of the two Walrein, I'm thinking I really should invest the time in getting a Modest nature starter Spheal, but if I can't, I might do Quiet nature. Something similar can be said about the physical attacker: Adamant is prefered, but I might go with Brave.

I'd like to hear from you guys though. Should I absolutely make my starting Spheal a modest natured one? Should I only use one Glalie, so I can focus on training only three Pokemon? Let me know.

 

[Morzoelin]

Pokémon Violet (Standard Mode)
Mono-Ghost
Update 1

OK so first I want to say that I know switch games are expensive and Scarlet and Violet are the newest games so not everyone has played them. That said to keep my updates short and to avoid spoilers for those who haven't played all of my updates for this run will be in spoiler tabs.

Spoiler:

Started the game choosing a male character and naming my self Jessie. Walked downstairs and triggered some cutscenes then ran to my neighbors house.
I met my neighbor and new friend/rival Nemona and chose Fuecoco as my starter (Fuecoco's final evolution is Fire/Ghost). Named my starter Kremy then fought Nemona.

Kremy made short work of Nemona's Sprigatito. After winning I got a sandwich from my mom and Nemona and I headed towards school. I heard a sound, fell off a cliff, and met Miraidon. Went through a cave and then headed up the hill where I met Arven in front of the lighthouse. I beat Arven in a battle and got Miraidon's pokéball as a reward.

After the Arven fight I autobattled Kremy to level 10 then headed to the gates of Mesagoza. On the way there i caught a Lv. 6 pom-pom style Oricorio and named her Do Not Use (After you get 3 gym badges you can buy nectars at which point I'll switch her to the Sensu Style). Battled Nemona at the city gates and just barely won. Entered Mesagoza and did some shopping on the way to school.

Saw someone getting bullied and stepped in fought some Team Star grunts and got the Tera Orb from Nemona but didn't use it. Made it to school finally. Introduced myself to my homeroom then went to the cafeteria where I met Arven again and got my phone hacked by someone named Cassiopeia. Went to the Staff Room where Nemona told me about the Gym Challenge and Pokémon League. Got called to the Director's Office then Nemona showed me to my dorm.

Finally I slept in my bed and triggered a couple of cutscenes and started my "Treasure Hunt" allowing me to truly explore Paldea.

I left Mesagoza from the west gate and turned left heading south. I trained up Kremy a little bit then when it turned night I caught my first true Ghost type a Lv. 21Gastly. I named Gastly Spite and then used him to catch a Lv. 18 Misdreavus I named Luna. Spite was caught at one level to high and wouldn't listen so I put him in Box 1 and moved Luna to the head of the party. Kremy evolved into a Crocalor.

I climbed a tower and caught a Lv. 10 Gimmighoul and named it Treasure. Made it to Cortondo and headed straight for the gym. Completed the Gym Test and challenged the leader Katy. Luna swept Katy's team with ease earning myself the first gym badge. I healed up at the Pokémon Center then called a flying taxi back to Mesagoza.

My team so far:

Lv. 19 Misdreavus NN: Luna
Lv. 17 Crocalor NN: Kremy
Lv. 11 Gimmighoul NN: Treasure
Lv. 13 Oricorio NN: Do Not Use

Notes: As I now have two actual ghost types I will not be using Kremy until he evolves into his final stage and become a ghost type.
Because Oricorio is not ghost type I have not used her and she is only in the party to gain experience from Exp. Share and save me from having to use candies on her later when I change her form.

 

[StenirRPG]

Ultimate Fire Run
Sun / #1 / The First Few Islands

In this post (i.e., TL;DR)

Spoiler:

1.) Through the First Island
2.) Through the Second Island
3.) Through the Electric Trial and Getting My Final Team Member

The full read:

Spoiler:

1. Through the First Island
- Start out with Litten.
- Hate the fight with Ilima. The Smeargle really stinks. Got lucky on my fifth attempt after doing a little bit of grinding.
- Pick up Growlithe on Route 2.
- First Trial: Litten leading the way, Growlithe just soaking up experience.
- Pick up Oricorio, and then trade in a Red Nectar to make it the Fire variant. And then I train it up for the Fighting Grand Trial...
- ...which is stupid easy with all the flying moves from Oricorio, who takes down the entire team on the first try.

2. Through the Second Island
- I pick up Eevee, but then immediately box it as I am not planning on using it right now (though, I might in the future if I need to).
- I basically had to spam Oricorio's flying moves to get through the Water Trial, for obvious reasons. Oricorio is a beast in this run.
- Grass Trial allowed me to continue building up Oricorio and Litten. I'm not going out of my way to focus on Growlithe, since I am not planning on using it as part of my final team unless needed. In hindsight, I probably should have boxed it, but I wanted the option to use all three. But, of course, the Totem was easy enough. I brought Litten in at the end, and the fun began as Sunny Day went off and Fire Fang was an easy answer to win.
- Entering Wela Volcano Peak nets me a Magmar (from a SOS with a Magby, but boxed), a female Salandit (party), a Fletchling (party), and a Cubone (party). Fairly easy Fire type challenge, especially after grinding Cubone a little bit with it's ground moves.
- I get a lot of evolutions done here: Litten to Torracat, Fletchling to Fletchinder, Cubone to Alolan Marowak. I still have my Growlithe in the team, but once I get to the next island, that's getting swapped out.
- Alolan Marowak then happily thrashes Olivia's team with ground type moves, even though it doesn't have STAB any more on them.

3. Electric Trial
- After the fun at Aether, we end up on the third island, and the Electric Trial...which is also a pseudo-bug trial given the Pokemon involved. So, FIRE FIRE FIRE.
- I progress a little to allow me to get to the Power Plant, where I get the final member of my party, Turtonator.
- Time to save, as I'm tired. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

Team Stats:

Spoiler:

 

[Morzoelin]

Pokémon Violet (Standard mode)
Mono-Ghost
Update 2

Spoiler:

My team so far:

Lv. 19 Misdreavus NN: Luna
Lv. 17 Crocalor NN: Kremy
Lv. 11 Gimmighoul NN: Treasure
Lv. 13 Oricorio NN: Do Not Use

Having arrived back in Mesagoza after getting my first badge I headed out of the city's east gate. Following the main path to Artazon I challenged some trainers along the way. Deciding to do some Tera Raids for Exp. Candies the first one I came upon had a Greavard. I entered the one star raid and caught Greavard which I then named Titania (Titania is the queen of the fairies and it was a fairy type tera raid).

Placed Treasure in Box 1 along with a Charcadet I caught. I continued on my way to Artazon until i saw the Stony Cliff Titan. A few hits from Luna was all it took to beat the Titan since it only used moves that had no effect on her. Arven showed up and we fought the Titan again. The second time it only dealt minor damage to Luna instead focusing on Arven's pokémon. Defeating the Titan a second time we entered it's den a retrieved the Sweet Herba Mystica. Arven made some sandwiches and I fed mine to Miraidon wich powered him up and made him remember how to move faster. (I get why they did it but not being able to dash on Miraidon from the start is stupid)

Parting ways with Arven I head down the path finally arriving in Artazon. I complete the Gym Test and challenge Gym Leader Brassius. I lead with Titania to get her some experience and with a bit of luck she powers through his first two Pokémon. I switch to Luna and terastalize before spamming Astonish and beating his Sudowoodo. With Brassius defeated he gives me my second badge and head to the Pokémon Center.

My current team:

Lv. 21 Misdreavus NN: Luna
Lv. 18 Greavard NN: Titania
Lv. 22 Crocalor NN: Kremy
Lv. 16 Oricorio NN: Do Not Use

Notes: The rules say if using a Pokémon not of your type but that evolves into your type you have to evolve it as soon as possible. Since I decided not to use Kremy till he evolves into the ghost typing I've resorted to giving him all my Exp. Candies (excluding rare candies) so that's why he's my highest level despite seeing no battle in this part of the run.

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

I'm not the owner of this thread, but I believe you misunderstood the clause on "Pokemon that evolve into your chosen type." As far as I'm aware, Mudkip is completely allowed during a Ground-type mono run of Hoenn. The actual restriction is as follows: you're not allowed to press B to prevent its evolution into Marshtomp to teach Mudkip Hydro Pump by level up. Another example would be Nidoking in a ground-type run of Gen I or Gen III Kanto. If you're using a Nidorino on this run, you have to use the Moon stone from Mt. Moon on it as soon as possible. I can't think of a reason you wouldn't want to evolve Nidorino right away, but that's an easy example off the top of my head.

(This does not work backwards, so a Nincada is not allowed to evolve into Ninjask and Shedinja in a mono Ground-type run because those Pokemon are not Ground-type. You have to keep pressing B on Nincada's evolution or find an everstone.)

 

[Explorer of Time]

I'm not the owner of this thread, but I believe you misunderstood the clause on "Pokemon that evolve into your chosen type." As far as I'm aware, Mudkip is completely allowed during a Ground-type mono run of Hoenn. The actual restriction is as follows: you're not allowed to press B to prevent its evolution into Marshtomp to teach Mudkip Hydro Pump by level up. Another example would be Nidoking in a ground-type run of Gen I or Gen III Kanto. If you're using a Nidorino on this run, you have to use the Moon stone from Mt. Moon on it as soon as possible. I can't think of a reason you wouldn't want to evolve Nidorino right away, but that's an easy example off the top of my head.

(This does not work backwards, so a Nincada is not allowed to evolve into Ninjask and Shedinja in a mono Ground-type run because those Pokemon are not Ground-type. You have to keep pressing B on Nincada's evolution or find an everstone.)

This interpretation is correct, but I believe Morzoelin mentioned that he wanted to wait until his Crocalor evolves to use it, which is perfectly reasonable given the party-wide EXP share.

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

I just looked at his second update and thought he got confused, so I thought I'd say something. I have no objections to playing the challenge that way.

I did have a question in regards to my Game Mastery Challenge. I'm just asking for advice here. It applies to more than just the ice-type, but I want to use that as an example cuz it's simple to understand. Spheal will be my only mon until just before Gym 7, and Spheal and Sealeo are (of course) weak to electric-type attacks. Ergo, if I run into a battle I'm not prepared for (let's say a trainer's Pikachu), and Spheal faints, I'm pretty much going to have to reset to my last save point because I feel like using a revive on Spheal while Zigzagoon is on the field is cheating. I mean, the rules don't say that explicitly, but I personally would consider it cheating, at least for myself, to use items while an HM "slave" (that is not of my chosen type) is in battle. Ergo, I'm going to have to save constantly. I'm just trying to think if there's any way to avoid this. Does it really boil down to "every mistake could result in a total wipeout" until Shoal Cave? (In case you can't tell, I am TERRIFIED of Wattson's Magneton for the Ice-Type run.)

I'm currently between Gym #6 and Gym #7 in the Flying-type run. I will probably update after the Team Aqua HQ dungeon.

EDIT: I've never really done breeding before. Can I catch a (male) Numel after Wattson, hand it an Exp. Share, wait for it to evolve into a Camerupt, set my (male) Camerupt on a romantic date with my (female) Spheal, and wait for an egg to fall from the sky and stump the Daycare man as to where it came from, and hatch the egg to find a Spheal with Rockslide? While I'm on the topic, can I produce [coughs violently] I mean, "find" as many of these eggs as needed until I get an Adamant nature Spheal who knows Rockslide? (I think it'd be easier to run around with five eggs at a time as opposed to just one.) Oh, one more thing: Since I'm already going to have to hack in a Spheal as my starter, can I make sure it's female? (I know gender was determined by the physical attack stat or something like that in Gen II, but as far as I know, gender does not affect combat in Gen III, right?)

 

[Explorer of Time]

I did have a question in regards to my Game Mastery Challenge. I'm just asking for advice here. It applies to more than just the ice-type, but I want to use that as an example cuz it's simple to understand. Spheal will be my only mon until just before Gym 7, and Spheal and Sealeo are (of course) weak to electric-type attacks. Ergo, if I run into a battle I'm not prepared for (let's say a trainer's Pikachu), and Spheal faints, I'm pretty much going to have to reset to my last save point because I feel like using a revive on Spheal while Zigzagoon is on the field is cheating. I mean, the rules don't say that explicitly, but I personally would consider it cheating, at least for myself, to use items while an HM "slave" (that is not of my chosen type) is in battle. Ergo, I'm going to have to save constantly. I'm just trying to think if there's any way to avoid this. Does it really boil down to "every mistake could result in a total wipeout" until Shoal Cave? (In case you can't tell, I am TERRIFIED of Wattson's Magneton for the Ice-Type run.)

Correct, you aren't supposed to use an HM slave not of your type to revive your Pokemon. If your only Ice-type faints, you'll have to either reset or let your HM slave faint.

EDIT: I've never really done breeding before. Can I catch a (male) Numel after Wattson, hand it an Exp. Share, wait for it to evolve into a Camerupt, set my (male) Camerupt on a romantic date with my (female) Spheal, and wait for an egg to fall from the sky and stump the Daycare man as to where it came from, and hatch the egg to find a Spheal with Rockslide? While I'm on the topic, can I produce [coughs violently] I mean, "find" as many of these eggs as needed until I get an Adamant nature Spheal who knows Rockslide? (I think it'd be easier to run around with five eggs at a time as opposed to just one.) Oh, one more thing: Since I'm already going to have to hack in a Spheal as my starter, can I make sure it's female? (I know gender was determined by the physical attack stat or something like that in Gen II, but as far as I know, gender does not affect combat in Gen III, right?)

Yes to all of these. Picking a female Spheal is fine, as is training a male Numel for egg moves (just don't have it fight in a trainer battle), and breeding for as many eggs as you want.

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

That second part's a relief to hear. Is the "fast forward" feature on the emulator allowed for breeding purposes? I'm gonna be hatching a lot of these little guys, so without that, it's going to take a very long time to get an Adamant-nature Spheal with Rockslide.

 

[Explorer of Time]

That second part's a relief to hear. Is the "fast forward" feature on the emulator allowed for breeding purposes? I'm gonna be hatching a lot of these little guys, so without that, it's going to take a very long time to get an Adamant-nature Spheal with Rockslide.

Sure, that's fine.

 

[Infer12]

Pokémon Alpha Sapphire (Standard Mode)
Mono-Fighting
Update 3 (Petalburg City -> Lilycove City)

- Did all the optional surf stuff (Sea routes around Dewford, Abandoned Ship & Route 115)
- Machamp learned Dual Chop after defeating Team Aqua at the Weather Institute (will be so useful for Altaria)
- Almost 1HKO'ed Brendan's 'full' team on Route 119, easy win!
- Hacked in Galladite after receiving Mega Bracelet from Steven Stone (also got Blazikenite from him)
- Trained everyone to lv 35

Gym Leader Winona

Spoiler:

- Hariyama lead vs her Swellow
- KO'ed Swellow with Fake Out + 2nd Rock Throw (1st one missed after Double Team)
- KO'ed Pelipper with 2x Rock Throw (hit me with Aerial Ace)
- Switched to Combusken into Skarmory
- Brought it to Sturdy with Incinerate after it Sand Attacked me
- Used hyper potion on Skarmory while I boosted my speed with Flame Charge
- KO'ed Skarmory with Incinerate
- Switched to Machamp into Altaria
- KO'ed Altaaria with Dual Chop after para from Dragonbreath activates Guts
- Got Feather Badge and TM for Roost

- Combusken evolved into Blaziken
- Caught Heracross in the Safari Zone and named him Jupiter
- Defeated Brendan for the last time in Lilycove (Mega Gallade demolished him!)
- Caught Meditite on Mt. Pyre and named her Minerva
- Found Medichamite on Mt. Pyre
- Meditite evolved into Medicham (learned Thunder- & Ice Punch from move relearner)
- Swapped Hariyama with Medicham
- 1HKO'ed Matt's Sharpedo twice with Mega Medicham: on Mt. Pyre & in their hideout
- Cleared out Aqua hideout (also found the Master Ball)

My Team:

Spoiler:

Blaziken Lv 40
Flare Blitz/Blaze Kick/Rock Tomb/Double Kick

Gallade Lv 38
Aerial Ace/Night Slash/Close Combat/Psycho Cut

Breloom Lv 39
Mega Drain/Sky Uppercut/Mach Punch/Leech Seed

Machamp Lv 39
Dig/Wake-Up Slap/Bulk Up/Dual Chop

Heracross Lv 39
Brick Break/Chip Away/Aerial Ace

Medicham Lv 38
Thunderpunch/Ice Punch/Zen Headbutt/Hi-Jump Kick

 

[StenirRPG]

Ultimate Fire Run
Sun / #2 / Finishing the Trials

In this post (i.e., TL;DR)

Spoiler:

1.) Through the Third Island
2.) Through the Paradise
3.) Through Saving Lusamine

The full read:

Spoiler:

1. Through the Third Island
- Welcome to the Thrifty Megamart...or what's left of it. Ghost trial wasn't hard with Incineroar's Darkest Lariat. Only Steel move I have is a status move, so I am basically just throwing everything I have at the Totem Mimikyu until it goes down.
- From there, the next stop is Po Town. I feel like a broken record - fight everybody, gain some XP and money. Fight Guzma, who is a breeze with my Flying moves on Talonflame and Oricorio. I'm actually happily surprised that Oricorio is still viable at this point.
- The fight with Nanu actually would have been a lot easier if I would have remembered that I taught Leech Life to Incineroar. Yeah, sort of face palmed on that one.

2. Through the Paradise
- This actually took two trips. I didn't stock up on Revives, and I should have done even more grinding before coming here. My team feels like plexiglass cannons that already have a slight crack in them. They can sort of hold up to damage, but not much - Turtonator eventually starts to rack up KOs, but I have to be careful using Shell Smash.
- After stocking up on Revives, I'm able to finish the rest of the run through the Aether Paradise, though I wish I had been making a list of when free heals come. Nothing like "Okay, so time to Revive and use some Potions" and then Wicke coming in with "let me heal you up".
- I finally run out of the Potions that I bought when my mom gave me all the starting money. Yeah, I started doing this during the Rock run - spend it all on Potions the first chance I get, and ride it out from there. Sort of giving myself a side challenge - how far can I make those last.

3. Through Saving Lusamine
- The next big challenge is fighting Hapu...and once again it comes down to my Flying team members. Dugtrio is an easy KO with some Fire moves. Flygon is just a pain no matter what. Gastrodon is the biggest challenge due to Muddy Water. Mudsdale is actually the second easiest in the group - can't do much to Flying types. I struggled against Gastrodon the most - I was down to my last Pokemon in Talonflame when I pulled the victory. I knew it was gonna be a challenge, but I feel I'm a couple of levels lower than where I need to be as opposed to the thought that I've got a bad team.
- One laughing point - thought I was gonna be sneaky with Dragon Claw on Turtonator and take out the Totem Kommo-o. Then I remembered it's faster. Feel free to play the Price is Right sound effect when they fail on a game.
- The fight to free Lusamine starts easy enough, and just continues from there. I swap Salazzle to the front, Toxic + Venoshock to take out the Clefable. Milotic starts to go down from the same, but then I end up losing Salazzle so have to throw in Incineroar. Darkest Lariat through the rest of the team slowly knocks her out.

4. What's Next
The finale of the Ultimate Fire Run, of course. I'm definitely planning my next type already, and it's gonna be: Ice! Less of my choice and more of my wife and daughter, who both have Lapras as their favorite and want to see how much of a pain Ice will be for me. But, we'll get to that pain soon. Very soon.

Just time for the Elite Four of Alola, the final Hau fight, and the Champion. Then some credits, and it all starts over again!

Team Stats:

Spoiler:

 

[StenirRPG]

Ultimate Fire Run
Sun / Final / The Final Battles

In this post (i.e., TL;DR)

Spoiler:

1.) The Elite Four - Fighting
2.) The Elite Four - Flying
3.) The Elite Four - Ghost
4.) The Elite Four - Rock
5.) The Champion

The full read:

Spoiler:

1. The Elite Four - Fighting
Between the flying moves of Oricorio and Talonflame, this was easy. A nice place to grind to get those last few levels to make it through.

2. The Elite Four - Flying
Rather easy fight. Skarmory goes down to Fire moves. Charge Beam from Turtonator can do some damage (more if I can get it out when Mandibuzz comes out, since all those moves are Physical and Iron Defense makes those weaker). Rest are just kinda use what you can, make it through.

3. The Elite Four - Ghost
Lots of Darkest Lariat usages, and then just other strong moves to do some cleanup as we went through. Dhelmise being Ghost is nice since I have more selection, and same goes for Froslass being Ice. Palossand kinda stinks here because of Earth Power, but that's the only real worry.

4. The Elite Four - Rock
Once Incineroar picked up Outrage, this was easier. However, I switched over to Turtonator for my usual set up and had no problems after that.

5. The Champion
Urgh. Eighteen attempts, and then finally the win. Incineroar starts off with Outrage, which takes out Lycanroc due to a miss from Stone Edge. Thankfully, it doesn't get Stealth Rock up. Any time it does, I automatically count it as a loss because Braviary becomes Whirlwind central. Snorlax is out next, and I let the last hit of Outrage go through, then switch to Turtonator. I do the full setup through Iron Defense and Shell Smash (+6 Atk, +6 Sp Atk, +6 Def, +6 Speed, -3 Sp Def), and just start firing off Charge Beam. I want to avoid using Overheat unless Ninetales comes out. One Full Restore later, and Snorlax does go down. I pop a Leppa Berry one use of Charge Beam before. Braviary comes out, and I use Charge Beam - this thing has required two uses before now, but this time it OHKOs it and I am finally through that. Ninetales comes out next (I would have rather had Primarina out next), so I go ahead and use Overheat. Now I'm at +4 Sp Atk, so when Primarina comes out next, I use it. The HP of Primarina is high enough to not trigger the Full Restore, but Turtonator goes down to Moonblast. I have Salazzle come out and use Venoshock, knocking it out. Only Magnezone left, and a Fire Burst from Salazzle before she goes down and a Fire Fang from Incineroar end the match with a victory.

Team Stats:

Spoiler:

Signing Up For the Next Ultimate Run:

User: StenirRPG
Type: Ice
Game(s): Red, Silver, Sapphire, Brilliant Diamond, White, Y, Sun
Challenge Type: Ultimate
Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

Good luck with the ice-type run of Sapphire. You're gonna need it. (It's good to know I won't be suffering through that run alone.)

 

[StenirRPG]

Good luck with the ice-type run of Sapphire. You're gonna need it. (It's good to know I won't be suffering through that run alone.)

If I read the Hoenndex correctly, I'll only have Snorunt->Glalie and Spheal->Sealeo->Walrein. And it looks like I can access Spheal just slightly before Snorunt, so that'll be my starter. I'm not used to more than one of the same 'mon; in fact, I've sort of actively avoided it until I knew I had no choice, with the thought that I would only use it when I had to. But from what you posted as your thoughts, I may have to rethink that.

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

I don't know how to do the quotes on this forum, so I'll just say the last paragraph is in reply to StenirRPG

I took a(n unofficial) break from the challenge for a few days. I just got to doing other things (like talking to friends on Discord), but I went back and did some more yesterday. In regards to the current Flying-type run, I will update this thread on the rest of the gym badges soon (since I already got all eight badges), and then I'm gonna take on Victory Road, do some grinding, and then beat the Hoenn Elite Four. I'm really hoping I can get that burn on my Swellow for "Guts" on Mt. Pyre without too much trouble. (It's helpful that a burn doesn't work like poisoning in the overworld.) After that I will be doing the Psychic-type run.

I have a bit of an announcement to make. I currently have plans to start a YouTube channel where I talk about these monotype challenges. I mean, this is already something big I'm doing, so I feel like it'd make some subjectively good uploads on YouTube. The channel hasn't been set up yet (not that I'm allowed to link to it here), but I've started scripting the videos, and it's been a lot of fun coming up with jokes to tell and ideas on how to make the channel work (not that I'm going to stand in front of the camera and do skits and storylines or anything like that). So for the sake of not giving away too many jokes here (and because some of you might find it boring to hear me talk about Hoenn 17 times), I will probably cut down on the full-blown recaps of how I beat everyone once I get done with the Flying-type challenge.

@ StenirRPG I'm very curious which one of us will beat the Hoenn Ice-Type challenge first. I still want to cover the Psychic-type run before I do Ice, but you got two whole games to get to. I guess it'll be a race. That said, I probably won't be looking at your full posts (just the "TL;DR" things) for the sake of going into the challenge blind (for the YouTube channel and all), so umm, you know, it would be really nice if you kept doing the "In this post" sections, so I can keep up with updates AND do this challenge without too much help. (I'm already using Bulbapedia.) I hope this isn't a weird request.

 

[StenirRPG]

Not a problem - I plan on still doing that. A lot better than how I used to post. There's always the struggle with how much info is good info - I try these days to keep it solely to where I pick up certain Pokemon, and any many trainers. So, Rivals, gym leaders/trials, or anything that just throws me under the bus. Sometimes it's just a small blurb (like my flying types knocking out Hala easily during the Elite Four run), and sometimes it feels like such a crazy ride that I need to be more specific about what happens.

I try to do them super blind also, only focused on getting a list together of the earliest spot I can pick up the Pokemon in a run.

Definitely keep me informed about the youtube channel - after all the ones I've done, it'll be great to also see other people going through the challenges. They definitely tax your brain in a different way than a solo run or a standard run does.

For the quote, there's a button on the bottom right of each post that says "Quote" that you can click. Does get a little more than that if you are quoting multiple things, but a single quote is easy enough.