[Challenge] The Monotype Challenge v8, Tera Edition

[Explorer of Time]

I'm actually curious what's going to happen when Stenir completes all 18 Ultimate Run Monotype challenges. Will he be added to each "Game Mastery" Hall of Fame as well? I kind of wanted to be the first person in this thread to do the "Game Mastery" challenge for Ruby/Sapphire, but I've since accepted that I won't be. (I hope this doesn't get misconstrued as me wanting a pity party. I've 100% made peace with it.)

Yes, Stenir will be added to each Game Mastery Hall of Fame as he gets his final type in each game. He will also, simultaneously, still have all his runs in the Ultimate Hall of Fame, and be added to the Type Mastery Hall of Fame once he's done one run of each type. The only reason he hasn't been added as a challenger for Game Mastery as well is because he hasn't asked to do so yet. (He's only applied for one Ultimate Challenge at a time.)

 

[StenirRPG]

I was planning on signing up for them in one shot when I get down to the last type. I have been doing them one at a time only because I was never certain whether I wanted to do another one. Never know after doing seven games if you wanna do another seven. But, yeah, I could sign up for them now, but for me, it makes more sense to do it right at the end so only one left is open to be completed. Less to have to jump around and mark as completed.

There's still quite a few games left. I think like 62 if you count my gen 7 ghost that I'll be starting later tonight. It takes about a week or so to do a run...I'm trying not to go too crazy. I wouldn't be opposed to trying to get them all done by end of year 2025, but yeah, not trying to rush. There are some days I don't feel like playing, and some days my arthritis doesn't allow me to play as it gets worse during the cold months here. There's also a point when I stop and do the Four Job Fiesta, which eats up a few weeks.

I will say this, I'm cheering you on, Cosmic. Us trainers stick together...I also want to do Gen 8 and Gen 9...and then also PLA. So, I'm excited to see what comes of your runs because it's the combined energy of us all here that keeps us all going.

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

I will say this, I'm cheering you on, Cosmic. Us trainers stick together...I also want to do Gen 8 and Gen 9...and then also PLA. So, I'm excited to see what comes of your runs because it's the combined energy of us all here that keeps us all going.

I've struggled to find the right words to reply to this. What can I say except "Thank you"? (if you'll pardon the Disney song reference)

 

[Explorer of Time]

Pokemon Sapphire Cross (Standard Mode)
Mono-Water - Fisher Marina
Update 4 (Route 111 -> Petalburg Gym)

It's been a while since I last updated my phone Pokemon game. During the power outage in my region, I managed to beat Archie, with two Pokemon fainted in the process, and beat Flannery easily with my type advantage. I didn't make a separate update for Flannery since, by the time the power came back on, I had already made it to Norman's room in his gym, though I had lost my first battle. The rematch ended up being mostly decided through my female team members all learning Attract, infatuating his Truant Slaking and slowly chipping away at their HP, and healing with Soda Pops whenever they got hit by a Facade. I did come close to running out of healing items, since I had not bought many, but the second Slaking kept trying and failing to use Focus Punch against Lombre, which probably won me the battle.

I evolved both Wingull and Tentacool, and picked up some new moves for everyone. Marshtomp, Lombre, and Tentacruel all learned Secret Power for a better Normal-type move, while Pelipper and Tentacruel swapped out Supersonic for Attract because all of Norman's Pokemon are male. Finally, Tentacruel learned Bubblebeam for a strong STAB move. It won't have it for long, though, since everyone's about to learn Surf!

I'm not starting up my next non-phone monotype just yet because I'm busy preparing a challenge event for the holiday; keep your eyes peeled.

EDIT: One of my Pokemon also got PokeRus from the battle with Archie, making this my third time ever getting the PokeRus.

Team

Spoiler:

Marshtomp (♂) | Water/Ground | Level 27
Moves: Water Gun, Mud Shot, Rock Tomb, Secret Power
Stats: 82 HP / 60 Atk / 47 Def / 38 SpA / 52 SpD / 31 Spe
Ability: Torrent | Nature: Sassy | Item: Soft Sand

Pelipper (♀) | Water/Flying | Level 27
Moves: Wing Attack, Water Gun, Steel Wing, Attract
Stats: 70 HP / 36 Atk / 73 Def / 56 SpA / 51 SpD / 45 Spe
Ability: Keen Eye | Nature: Bold | Item: Quick Claw

Lombre (♀) | Water/Grass | Level 27
Moves: Bullet Seed, Secret Power, Thief, Attract
Stats: 79 HP / 38 Atk / 40 Def / 46 SpA / 45 SpD / 35 Spe
Ability: Rain Dish | Nature: Quiet | Item: Miracle Seed

Tentacruel (♀) | Water/Poison | Level 30
Moves: Bubblebeam, Acid, Secret Power, Attract
Stats: 97 HP / 52 Atk / 54 Def / 51 SpA / 84 SpD / 77 Spe
Ability: Clear Body | Nature: Adamant | Item: Silk Scarf

 

[StenirRPG]

I've struggled to find the right words to reply to this. What can I say except "Thank you"? (if you'll pardon the Disney song reference)

Anytime! We all need support at different times. I'm just glad I found a group as passionate about Pokémon that I could fit in to. A great group we've got here.

I'm not starting up my next non-phone monotype just yet because I'm busy preparing a challenge event for the holiday; keep your eyes peeled.

Ooh....challenge event! Will be looking out for it!

 

[MachoPony]

I'm keeping going even though I don't have to because I havent played through Gen 8 or 9 in a while.
Pokemon Shield Ground Monotype Run Part 1: Start-Milo

Spoiler:

Started game, Hop like Hau before him stupidly picks the starter weak to yours so i took Scorbunny and he took Grookey.

Did the early events and finally made it to the wild area where I could catch a ton of pokemon. caught Moo the Swinub, Bnnuy the Bunnelby, Moley the Diglett and Froggo the Tympole. I also got a Golett from a raid den but it had a terrible nature and ability, and was like 8 levels higher than my party.

Then by changing the date and weather. I got Beyblade the Baltoy and Jenny the Mudbray (which is purely here because its a ground type i am NEVER using any Alola native ground types EVER again so help me Arceus)

Trained a little to around level 10 before going back to motostoke.

After beating up team yell with Wooper and seeing the opening Ceremony I battled hop heading out of Motostoke

VS Hop
Wooper went back and forth with wooloo mud shot vs tackle, it growled a few times which did nothing and after a potion wooper was able to win.
I underestimated Mudbray and after a branch poke it set iron defense. grookey taunted me but i went for rock smash, 2nd got the defense drop after a scratch and he growled. Another growl and a double kick didn't quite KO but one more did the trick.
Swinub's powder snow did more damage than rookidee's peck, it used leer too but 3 powder snow put it down.

Continuing on through Route 3 and the Galar mines I came across

VS Bede
So this wasn't too bad.
Wooper hit Mud Shot on Solosis and it hit back with confusion hard. So i swapped to diglett who took a confusion, then flinched with astonish before a 2nd took it out.
Gothita used tickle after an astonish so i swapped to Baltoy, after a rapid spin and a psybeam i used rock tomb...which triggered her competitive, oops. But Gothita just spammed tickle as baltoy chipped it down and out.
Finally was Hatenna which Mudbray knocked out with 2 Bulldoze.

Made it to Turffield where I got an Expert Belt and tried Milo

VS Milo Round 1
Swinub 3 shot Gossifleur with Ice Shard taking 2 rapid spin in the process, then eldegoss dyanamaxed and took out my team one by one, i barely hurt it.

Trained a little

Round 2:
See above.

Took on some raid dens for exp candy to level Swinub to 20 then went back to Motostoke for the protect and light screen TMs

VS Milo Round 3
Swinub cleanly 2 shot Gossifleur taking a round in the process. with Protect it stalled a turn of dynamax tanking a max overgrow, then hit Ice Shard for chip and fainted. Diglett protected to stall out the last turn then bulldozed to slow Eldegoss down.
After this Baltoy set up Light Screen and hit a psybeam for some good damage before Mudbray came in, took a round, hit rock smash, took a leafage, hit rock smash, took another one, hit rock smash a third time FINALLY getting the def drop before a leafage took her out.
So in came Golett to hit a shadow punch and faint to magical leaf before Wooper finished it with Mud Shot.

You know maybe I underestimated Mudsdale, maybe Alola just hates ground types because this little filly has been putting in work so far.

Current Team:

Spoiler:

Moo(Swinub) LV20 w/ Expert Belt
Ice Shard
Protect
Mud Slap
Flail

Punchy(Golett) LV18
Astonish
Mud Slap
Pound
Shadow Punch

Bro(Wooper) LV19 w/ Aguav Berry
Mud Shot
Water Gun
Protect
Rain Dance

Jenny(Mudbray) LV18 w/ Aguav Berry
Rock Smash
Double Kick
Bulldoze
Iron Defense

Beyblade(Baltoy) LV18 w/ Hard Stone
Psybeam
Light Screen
Rock Tomb
Rapid Spin

Moley(Diglett) LV18
Bulldoze
Scratch
Mud Slap
Protect

 

[StenirRPG]

Ultimate Ghost Run
Moon / Entry 1 / Echoed Voice(s in the Night)

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

Spoiler:

-- Team Collection
-- Verdant Trial
-- Grand Trial 1
-- Water Trial
-- Fire Trial
-- Grass Trial
-- Grand Trial 2
-- Electric Trial

The full read:

Spoiler:

-- Team Collection
--- Start with Rowlet
--- Pick up Misdreavus on Island 1
--- Pick up Cubone and Sandygast on Island 2
--- NEXT ENTRY: Mimikyu on Island 3
--- NEXT ENTRY: Dhelmise on Island 4

-- Verdant Trial (3h26m)
Rowlet is starter of choice, and then once I get through the slog that is the start of Gen 7, I'm able to head into the cemetery at night and pick up a Misdreavus. Rowlet has had enough levels, so I just use Misdreavus throughout all the fights in Verdant Trail to get some levels. Only gets to level 12, so I don't get much use during the actual trial fight, but I have Razor Leaf on Rowlet, which hits everything. That's a big benefit in the totem fights. A few Razor Leafs and I'm through the Trial.

-- Grand Trial 1 (4h27m)
Misdreavus gets a few more levels, but I basically am just spamming Echoed Voice until it goes down. When it eventually does, Rowlet takes over with Peck.

-- Water Trial (5h43m)
I don't waste any time and just spam Razor Leaf. Easy enough.

-- Fire Trial (6h43m)
I picked up Cubone and started leveling it, and then I throw a bunch of Bonemerang, which takes down the totem. It was successful the second time, as the first time, it took me out with some Fire moves thrown my way. Poison I would have been weak to, but hey, I can't complain.

-- Grass Trial (9h18m)
Look at that jump in time. Yuck. I tried (about 5 times) getting through this with just Rowlet (hoping I'd get a move a few levels early), but that didn't work. So I tried with Dartrix. That didn't work. So I went and leveled up Cubone so it evolves into Marowak. Then I taught it Flame Charge from the TM Colress gives me, and that made it super easy to take down this totem.

-- Grand Trial 2 (10h25m)
My new Decidueye just demolishes this battle. I actually sacrificed Marowak to Continental Crush. A mixture of spamming Razor Leaf (Decidueye) and then Hex (Misdreavus) to take down the team, and I'm basically done with two islands. However, I do stop off and pick up Sandygast on the shores of the Resort before heading to Aether.

-- Electric Trial (11h13m)
I won't say much about the Steel fight, because it's not truly a trial, but a bunch of Flame Charges. Oh, and guess what I use during the Electric Trial? Flame Charges because it's Bug/Electric. Why not...alright, time to move on to the second half of the game.

Team Stats:

Spoiler:

 

[Cyddeon]

User: Cyddeon
Type: Normal
Game(s): Emerald Crest
Challenge Type: Single
Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard

 

[Cyddeon]

First of all, I would like to explain why I chose Emerald Crest for my first ever monotype challenge here on pokecommunity, It's just because it allows me to "customize" my run, I chose normal type, and am playing it randomized, it will only allow me to capture normal type Pokemon, and the story and difficulty are the same as in emerald, only difference being, it has pokemon up to gen 8

Now for the run.

Spoiler:

Character: Cyd, Normans successor

Started the game normally, my starter choices weren't that great, Rattata, Spearow, Pidgeotto.
Obviously I chose Pidgeotto, and rushed to the first gym as fast as I could, capturing a Herdier on the way there, the game being randomized, Roxanne ended up being the most challenging gym leader, every time she would have a Legendary and 2 more fully evolved pokemon, but after beating her all became smooth sailing.
Did all the stuff story wise and got to the second gym, this one was easy, because having only 2 pokemon they ended up a little bit overleved
Before getting to Watson's gym I caught a Snorlax, what took me a while and a looooot of Pokeballs. Then Watson's gym was a brease, he ended up having a wurmple, a lombre, Typhlosion and Lunala, but Herdier and Snorlax beat the easily.

Current team:

Spoiler:

Alpha lvl 26

Moves: Quick Attack, Sand Attack, Gust, Twister

Delta lvl 28

Moves: Bite, Bulk Up, Retaliate, Play Rough

Omega lvl 25

Moves: Crunch, Yawn, Rest, Sleep Talk

 

[StenirRPG]

Ultimate Ghost Run
Moon / Entry 2 - Complete / Whoaaaaaaaaaa I'm Halfway There

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

Spoiler:

-- Team Collection Update
-- Ghost Trial
-- Grand Trial 3
-- Complete Aether Paradise
-- Ground Trial
-- Dragon Trial
-- Save Lusamine
-- Elite Four

The full read:

Spoiler:

-- Team Collection
--- (completed previously) Start with Rowlet
--- (completed previously) Pick up Misdreavus on Island 1
--- (completed previously) Pick up Cubone and Sandygast on Island 2
--- THIS ENTRY: Mimikyu on Island 3 AND Snorunt as well instead of Dhelmise
--- NOT THIS ENTRY: Dhelmise on Island 4

-- Ghost Trial (13h25m)
This was honestly a little bit harder than I thought it was going to be. Sure, Mimikyu wipes the floor with me a few times, so I did a small amount of grinding and then came back with a vengeance, but still had to go back for more. I trained around Po Town for just a little bit, then came back...and I don't know if I was just getting dumb AI, but while the first few times it was trying to hit me with Shadow Claw left and right (and getting a lot of crits along the way), this time it just tried Play Rough and Astonish...so I lucked out. Glad to go back in and catch one for my team...

-- Grand Trial 3 (17h25m)
Talk about needing to train. I know Dark is super effective against Ghost, but jeez. I very quickly realized Sableye was the trouble spot. Krokorok is easy enough to go down to Decidueye's new Leaf Blade, so that's not a worry at all. Persian fires off the special move Dark Pulse all the time and it hits super hard. I gained around 6 levels on average, picked up a Snorunt as well (instead of Dhelmise; based on the discussion thread, this was a better option)...and got my Sandygast to evolve to Palossand. For one round, I forgot Dark Pulse was special and was spamming Iron Defense during Krokorok just to see if I could get through. Some days, I tell ya! Mimiyku ended up being the MVP for this set of battles, because I could stall out Dark Pulse decently well. If by "decently well" I mean spamming Hyper Potions.

-- Complete Aether Paradise (19h35m)
I end up on Aether, then immediately go back to Ula'ula, and hop over to Malie City, and buy the Dusk Stone off the kid, then immediately give it to Misdreavus to get the better-stats Mismagius. Since I decided to pick up Snorunt, I got Isle Aphun going, and did a couple of runs in the cave, finally getting...some luck? I did net a Dawn Stone, but I could have seen myself waiting for quite some time. I just didn't get it before completing Aether, but it was on my mind. I had zero problems with Aether, even blowing through that Clefable of Lusamine's that has irked me in the past. I tried to save some money for more items against the E4, so at the start of Aether I kept going back to Ula'ula to heal up. Eventually, you reach a point where there's free heals everywhere, so I didn't need to.

-- Ground Trial (20h13m)
Can you say "spam Leaf Blade" and "spam Frost Breath"? I would have, but the battle was over fast enough due to that.

-- Dragon Trial (21h25m)
Can you say "fight every trainer in the area and then spam Frost Breath to win against Dragons"? I sure can.

-- Save Lusamine (22h03m)
This was just as easy as the first fight against her in Aether...I actually wasn't fully paying attention at the end and thought there was another 'mon being thrown out but then she lost.

-- Elite Four and Champion / Endgame (24h47m)
Ghost fight against Acerola was way easier than the battle against Mimikyu. Surprised the heck out of me. I knew to start out with Mimikyu against Sableye, and now that I have Play Rough, Sableye goes down. Dhlemise goes down to Brave Bird, Froslass to Flare Blitz, Palossand to Leaf Blade, and Drifblim to whatever I had out at the time. Easy.

Flying starts out with Skarmory so I used Marowak to deal some damage with Flare Blitz. Much more powerful than Flame Charge. Crobat took a few uses of Psybeam to knock out, and it sucked because Mismagius isn't super tanky. I wish I had a Rock move to use against Oricorio, but I muddle through. Mandibuzz goes bye-bye with Play Rough, and Toucannon is...well, a slog. Palossand with Iron Defense and then I attempt Shadow Ball, forget it's Normal, then spam Giga Drain after a few X Sp Atk. It sort of works, but it's not fun. It does just keep using Beak Blast, but meh. Onto the next one.

I take on Hala third, and I just use Brave Bird to Hariyama and Primeape, Leaf Blade for Poliwrath, Brave Bird again for Crabominable, and Bewear is last. I let Mimikyu have more fun with Play Rough.

Olivia starts with Relicanth, so I Leaf Blade to OHKO it before it can Yawn. Phew. Golem is next so I swap to Palossand for two rounds of Earth Power. Probopass is also taken down to Earth Power. Carbink is, you guessed it, also going down to Earth Power. Any guessing on Lycanroc? Well, I swap back to Decidueye for Leaf Blade. Gotcha.

Okay, Kukui time. With Lycanroc first, I start with Palossand and use Giga Drain twice. Spikes are out because I can't really avoid that, but not worried. He sends out Ninetales next, and I send out Marowak to Flare Blitz it down. Kukui tries Braviary, which is where things start going awkward. I use Mismagius to Psybeam a few times, which of course triggers Kukui healing, and when I switch to Froslass, he swaps to Magnezone. So, I swap to Marowak, Flare Blitz once, then use Stomping Tantrum twice to take it out. Snorlax is up next, and I start seeing the light at the end of the tunnel. Bonemerang and a Flare Blitz crit knock it out. Can't complain about that. Braviary is the final one left, and it's very much all-in on using Brave Bird, so I swap to Mimikyu and start spamming Play Rough. At one point I tried Slash, then went back the next turn to Play Rough. For a moment, I thought Brave Bird that turn was going to knock Braviary out due to recoil, but it was on just a sliver of health, to which Mimikyu was more than happy enough to give it a hand and finish the run.

Phew.

Oh, and of course I caught the Tapu. Hilariously, I threw a Quick Ball at Lunala, it failed, and then the next turn I threw a Timer Ball, and it worked. So, that happened. Roll credits.

As a final say on Ghost as a type, it's a pretty fun type. Sometimes you can choose to have some tankier 'mons like Drifblim, or you can have physical ones like Mimikyu and Decidueye, or even specialists like Mismagius. It's a good type to play as - I'm actually sort of looking forward to doing Galar and Paldea with it when I get to those. But hey, with this run done, that completes another Ultimate...and I'm halfway through them all. I've got one week before a cruise (during which I'll be sort of able to check via wifi, but won't be at my computer so won't do all the fancy stuff), so I'm taking a little bit of a break and trying Reginald Cosmic's No Evolution, but I'm going to go ahead and sign up for my next Ultimate, which is going to be Poison. I'm still doing runs, but hopefully I won't come back and need to bombard the board with two or three back to back posts!

FIRST - THE STATS! And nobody told me my Alola chart said "Unova by Type" still? lol
Team Stats:

Spoiler:

Alola by Type:

Spoiler:

All Gens Update:

Spoiler:

Sign up for Poison Type:
User: StenirRPG
Type: Poison
Game(s): Blue, Gold, Sapphire, Shining Pearl, Black, Y, Sun
Challenge Type: Ultimate
Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard

 

[Reginald Cosmic]

Whoaaaaaaaaaa I'm Halfway There

This classic meme unlocked an ancient memory. "Meme-of-the-Month" was a wild time for me_irl Have a free updog.

 

[Cyddeon]

I finished the run, Steven was much harder than expected, not gonna describe all the run, just the generic emerald play trough, it even ended up being easier than expected cuz I ended up always being overleved, even against Elite 4, it only took me tons of grinding to beat Stevens team, THAT was a tough battle

Winning Team:

Spoiler:

Alpha lvl 82

Moves: Feather Dance, Roost, Fly, Steel Wing

Delta lvl 85

Moves: Crunch, Play Rough, Giga Impact, Reversal

Omega lvl 82

Moves: Body Slam, High Horsepower, Hammer Arm, Belly Drum

Teta lvl 84

Moves: Protect, Dragon Pulse, Extrasensory, Hyper Voice

Epsilon lvl 82

Moves: Double Edge, Super Power, Pain Split, Earthquake

Beta lvl 85

Moves: Flamethrower, Endeavor, Dark Pulse, Hyper Voice

And that's it for my first ever monotype challenge on this Forum!

 

[Cyddeon]

So after finishing a monotype run, I kinda got sick of playing the emerald story line, so I went and downloaded some new stuff... Here comes my next challenge sign up

User: Cyddeon
Type: Fighting
Game(s): Black
Challenge Type: Single
Standard Mode / Free Mode: Standard

 

[Cyddeon]

Pokémon Black
Standard Mode - Fighting type

Gym Maniac Neon

Update 1

As expected I started off with Tepig, and nicknamed him Arnold, no secret at the start really, just did got the the first gym, battled Cress, and while doing the Munna episode... Surprise! Arnold evolved, now I officially have my First fighting type.
Ended up catching a Purrloin for the Cut hm, but he didn't even see a battle yet
Cress's Panpour ended up being a difficult battle, it Hits hard, I only survived thanks to the Oran Berry Cherren gave me right before the gym, and a Fresh Water I got when entering the gym.

Spoiler:

current team

Arnold (m) Lonely lvl 17

Tackle, Tail Whip, Arm Thrust, Flame Charge

That's all for today, kinda busy this days, but the challenge will have some updates daily, I think

 

[Cyddeon]

Pokémon Black
Standard Mode - Fighting type

Gym Maniac Neon

Update 2

Finally... I finally beat Lenora and got the 2nd badge, it took a TON more grinding than I expected, especially with me having the type advantage and 2 pokemon, still took me 3 tries, even being a little overleved.

I tried doing it with Arnold alone, but it was impossible, so I caught Keanu at lvl 12 and had to raise him till lvl 21 using wild Pokemon, that give an almost negligible amount of exp.

Current team

Spoiler:

Arnold (m) Lonely lvl 22

Tackle, Tail Whip, Arm Thrust, Flame Charge

Keanu (m) Brave lvl 22

Leer, Rock Throw, Wake-Up Slap, Low Kick

 

[Mochorro]

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.

6. Champion!!

I came back to this and finished the game. My last update of this was just before Victory Road. Anyways, Serena there was easy, as Toxicroak swept her whole team.

Now, the Elite 4. Some scary moments here and there, but nothing too crazy! I fought Drasna first. Medicham easily handled most of her team. Druddigon was annoying with Dragon Tail and healing, but thanks to Poison damage Toxicroak dealt with it. Malva was the scariest one, as Talonflame is a nightmare for my team. I had to sacrifice 3 Pokémon to it, eventually beating it with Toxicroak's Sucker Punch thanks to recoil damage from Flare Blitz and Brave Bird. Siebold was not hard, although his Starmie knowing Dazzling Gleam was a surprise that destroyed my Pangoro (I switched into a predicted Psychic to die in the next turn xD) Medicham beat Starmie surviving with 1 HP. And Wikstrom was easy, Scizor a bit annoying, and the Aegislash was not too hard for Pangoro.

After the Elite Four, only Diantha, the champion, remained! And it was scary at first, as I sent my Lucario versus her Hawlucha. I immediately switched into my own Hawlucha expecting a Fighting move and she went for Swords Dance. Thankfully my bird was faster, otherwise I could have easily died to her Hawlucha. After that, my own Hawlucha swept almost her whole team. Gourgeist was funny as I used Fly instead of Acrobatics when she went for Phantom Force. Only Mega Gardevoir was left, but Acrobatics did a lot of damage before Hawlucha finally went down, so my Lucario with Shadow Ball finished the fight, and I finished the game...! Or not, because a fight with AZ remained. But that was extremely easy, with Chesnaught dealing with his Golurk to finally end the run!

This was my final team, no spoiler tag this time as they deserve to be shown!

@ Leftovers. Lv 64 (M). Overgrow.
Hardy Nature. Spiky Shield, Hammer Arm, Seed Bomb, Earthquake.

@ Fist Plate. Lv 64 (M). Steadfast.
Timid Nature. Aura Sphere, Shadow Ball, Close Combat, Calm Mind.

@ Black Belt. Lv 63 (F). Iron Fist.
Serious Nature. Strength, Hammer Arm, Crunch, Surf.

@ Toxic Plate. Lv 64 (M). Dry Skin.
Hardy Nature. Brick Break, Sludge Bomb, Poison Jab, Sucker Punch.

@ Expert Belt. Lv 64 (F). Pure Power.
Careful Nature. Thunder Punch, Zen Headbutt, High Jump Kick, Ice Punch.

@ Nothing. Lv 66 (F). Limber.
Naive Nature. Fly, Stone Edge, Acrobatics, High Jump Kick.


Number of Gym Badges: 8.

Current Location: Lumiose City.

Number of losses: 0.

I plan to play the post-game, but I don't think it will be worth updating this anymore, so run is over. I remembered so little about this game, as I played Y on release and never touched gen VI again. I also broke the game back then with the Exp. Share, having an overleveled team. But it confirmed what I remembered, quite a weak entry, with some cool moments and fights, very nice songs but with some flaws as well, together with Shield, my least favourite main entry, but still quite decent and fun.

Hawlucha is an absolute beast and easily my best Pokémon, Pangoro was the worst, but at least she had Surf... Medicham's coverage was also incredibly valuable! Talonflame was painful to deal with, it counters everything I have... Missing a lot of coverage options, but it was enough to win every fight first try, as Pokémon X is not hard at all...

Only 2 gens remain to finish the Ultimate Monotype challenge (unless gen X releases before I'm done xD). Will play Ultra Sun next, when? Hopefully soon, after I finish the post-game of this game!

 

[Mochorro]

I decided to start with Ultra Sun, sorry for the double post, but as it is a new run I thought editing the previous post would not be the best... I already beat X's post game, defeated both Serena and Essentia, and caught Mewtwo and Zygarde (didn't feel like going after Articuno). Battles were easy and my team remained the same, just taught Flash Cannon to Lucario as you get the TM at Kiloude City.

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. Alola!

I already played Ultra Sun for 4 hours! But not much to say so far, as this game's beginning is full of cutscenes and the start is quite slow! Besides, you cannot catch a Fighting-type Pokémon until Route 2, which is not precisely at the beginning. For the first time since my gen II run, the starter's evolution was not going to be a Fighting-type! I started with Litten, as like this Hau's Rowlet/Dartrix/Decidueye can be problematic for Fighting-types, and the champion will use Primarina, a very tough Pokémon to deal with as it is part Fairy. Anyways, this is very far away. And for now I am not using Exp. Share, may turn it on at Aether Paradise, I remember it was a decent moment to do so when playing Moon and Ultra Moon.

As I didn't have a single Fighting-type, I cannot say much about the fights against Hau and Captain Ilima, I just used Litten and a Buneary (its Mega evolution is Fighting-type xD) until I reached Route 2, where I finally caught a Makuhita. I wasn't very excited about him, but its Adamant nature means it may stay in the team for the whole game! I went through Route 2 and Hau'oli Cemetery (catching a Murkrow here was a nightmare, btw) with my Makuhita, who levels up very fast (that will change at higher levels, though, with his fluctuating experience growth...) and is quite strong with Silk Scarf-boosted Fake Out and Force Palm!

While checking a guide to see which wild Pokémon were available to me, I accidentally noticed a trainer had a Drifloon. My Makuhita cannot hit it, but thankfully I could go around him... This would have been my first loss had I battled him.

Going through Route 2 I also caught a Crabrawler in a pile of berries, and a Spearow to trade for a Hawlucha at the Pokémon Center. Honestly a Hawlucha with a +Atk nature so early in the game at level 8 seems very broken. At Pokémon X, Hawlucha was my MVP, so I guess he won't be bad here... His -Spe nature should not matter too much in game, but still, he will be much slower than my Naive Hawlucha of Pokémon X. With this Hawlucha I easily handled the preschooler's Drifloon, and I saved the game just before starting the first island trial!

Spoiler: Current team

@ Silk Scarf. Lv 15 (M). Thick Fat.
Adamant Nature. Tackle, Work Up, Fake Out, Force Palm.

@ Quick Claw. Lv 11 (M). Hyper Cutter.
Rash Nature. Bubble, Rock Smash, Leer.

@ Nothing. Lv 9 (M). Unburden.
Brave Nature. Tackle, Hone Claws, Karate Chop, Wing Attack.

Island Trials cleared: 0.

Kahunas defeated: 0.

Number of losses: 0.

Current Location: Route 2.

 

[The_Smooth_Lefty]

I'm wanting to give this a go. Going to use Crystal Clear if that's allowed?

 

[Explorer of Time]

I'm wanting to give this a go. Going to use Crystal Clear if that's allowed?

Absolutely, it's allowed. The one thing I'm going to have to ask first, though, is if it's the older Crystal Clear released in 2016, by Bynine, or the more famous newer Crystal Clear released in 2017, by ShockSlayer?

I'll also need to ask which type you're going to use, and whether you're playing Standard Mode or Free Mode. (The main difference is Legendary restrictions. If you don't plan to use Legendaries, pick Standard Mode. Standard Mode also requires that you not use moves like Camouflage that cause a Pokemon to lose your chosen type, while Free Mode allows them.)

 

[Mochorro]

Very big update coming up! I have played a lot in the last couple of days!

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. Relying too much on Hawlucha... And first loss!

Last update was just before the first island trial, and Gumshoos was quite easy for my Fighting-types. Besides, you get TM31 during the trial (Brick Break), so with that Totem Gumshoos fell to 2 attacks.

I caught Mankey at Route 3. I added it to my team, of course. His defenses were terrible, but it is fast and hits hard. After catching him and going after Cosmog at Seaward Cave, I fought Ultra Recon Squad Dulse. Not too hard, as Furfrou is strong but Crabrawler beat it, thankfully it only used Headbutt once, bad AI helped here. Going back to Route 3, you fight Hau. Rowlet was going to beat my Crabrawler, so I had to send Hawlucha and after that the fight was easy.

Next up was the first Kahuna fight, Hala! Fighting vs Fighting! I tried not using Hawlucha, but battle went bad, as his Machop with Revenge destroyed both my Crabrawler and my Makuhita. Mankey finished him off and also beat his Makuhita, who was very annoying with Sand-Attack but eventually went down. However, his Crabrawler beat Mankey, so I had to send Hawlucha to easily finish the fight with Wing Attack!

You get Tauros now, so I went to Ten Carat Hill and caught a Machop there. Don't plan to use it, but he will stay on the team for now.

And after that, I went to the next island after having some fun playing Mantine's surf minigame. And at Heahea City I fought Dexio... who was my first loss! His Mime Jr. was already hard to beat, but the problem was the Espeon with Psybeam. He outsped my whole team, and only Hawlucha could survive it, but he could not ko back, so I lost. This fight is not mandatory to win to keep going, so I didn't have to do it again...

At Paniola Town you fight Hau again. His Dartrix's Z move left Mankey with 2 HP, but with Smack Down and then switching into Hawlucha his bird went down, and after that the fight was straightforward, although his Pikachu's Electro Ball did quite some damage and forced me to switch once.

Next important fight was Gladion at Route 5. Zorua and Type: Null were easy as they are weak to my team, and Zubat with Wing Attack was annoying but as it is quite frail it was not hard to beat.

Next up was Brooklet Hill's Totem Pokémon: Araquanid. And with Bubble boosted by rain, it destroyed my team except for, again, Hawlucha, who took down both Masquerain and Araquanid with Wing Attack. Smack Down from the rest of my team did some damage but not enough! At Brooklet Hill I caught Poliwag, and also added it to my team. Will evolve it into Poliwrath as soon as possible! Need special attackers in the team, and his Modest nature was perfect for that role, although 70 base Sp. Atk is not great...

And well, Route 5 trial guide almost beat me, as his Pokémon were at a high level and were Psychic-types. Slowpoke was already hard to beat, and Mr. Mime would have destroyed me if it had had Confusion or Psybeam instead of Psywave. Makuhita barely beat it.

Finally, I fought Ultra Recon Squad Dulse again at Paniola Ranch, and his Poipole was hard to beat, something I did not expect and that showed that except for Hawlucha, my team is quite weak. With X Defense and then Charm, my Pokémon were doing very little damage, and he also uses healing items, meaning it was a tough battle in which I had to switch my Pokémon a lot!

And that's it! After that, now able to use Lapras, I went back to Melemele to explore with it, and gain some levels for Poliwag. While doing so a trainer's Finneon beat my Mankey despite being 4 levels below because with Attract I didn't attack for 5 turns in a row, and to add salt to the wound Finneon ended the fight with a critical hit! I stopped playing at Royal Avenue, ready to keep going. This game is so much more fun than Pokémon X, in my opinion... My team underwent quite some changes, you can see it below!

Spoiler: Current team

@ Leftovers. Lv 21 (M). Thick Fat.
Adamant Nature. Fire Punch, Knock Off, Fake Out, Force Palm.

@ Amulet Coin. Lv 21 (M). Hyper Cutter.
Rash Nature. Bubble Beam, Frost Breath, Thief, Brick Break.

@ Sharp Beak. Lv 24 (M). Unburden.
Brave Nature. False Swipe, Hone Claws, Brick Break, Wing Attack.

@ Expert Belt. Lv 22 (M). Vital Spirit.
Lonely Nature. Brick Break, Cross Chop, Smack Down, Thief.

@ Mystic Water. Lv 22 (M). Damp.
Modest Nature. Hidden Power (Bug), Hypnosis, Water Pulse, Body Slam.

@ Hard Stone. Lv 15 (M). No Guard.
Brick Break, Smack Down, Low Sweep, Seismic Toss.

Island Trials cleared: 2.

Kahunas defeated: 1.

Number of losses: 1.

Current Location: Royal Avenue.