The Monotype Challenge

[Captain Gizmo]

Almost done with the other run, so I'll do an early sign up since I won't be much inactive from the forum for 2 weeks :)

Forum User Name: LilJz
Pokémon Type: Grass
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Diamond

 

[RefinedHornet]

Ultimate Ghost Monotype Crystal Update:
Defeated all 8 Kanto Gym Leaders and Red

Final Team:

Spoiler:

Gengar
Lv. 68
HP: 198
Attack: 124
Defense: 126
Sp. Attack: 232
Sp. Defense: 158
Speed: 193
Moves: Hypnosis/Lick/Fire Punch/Confuse Ray

Gengar
Lv. 68
HP: 188
Attack: 134
Defense: 124
Sp. Attack: 227
Sp. Defense: 152
Speed: 194
Moves: Hypnosis/Lick/Ice Punch/Confuse Ray

 

[MachoPony]

Question if theres 2 pokemon i can get in a game (white) legit but to do so would require different conditions could i trade in the one i cant get?

basically to get Pansear, i need oshawott starter but i'm doing a firemono so i need to pick tepig, could i trade in a pansear at a low level from my black 2 game?

 

[Gulpin]

Question if theres 2 pokemon i can get in a game (white) legit but to do so would require different conditions could i trade in the one i cant get?

basically to get Pansear, i need oshawott starter but i'm doing a firemono so i need to pick tepig, could i trade in a pansear at a low level from my black 2 game?

You should be able to catch a Pansear in Pinswheel Forest a little later into the game, so there isn't really a reason to trade one in.

 

[Absolus]

Emerald Flying Monotype challenge, Final Update!

Challenge complete! Wallace has been defeated!

Screenshots:

Spoiler:

Final Team:

Starbuck (Tropius ♀), lvl 60
Moves: Solar Beam, Earthquake, Body Slam, Fly

Toothless (Altaria ♂), lvl 61
Moves: Perish Song, Sky Attack, Dragon Claw, Dragon Dance

Valour (Swellow ♂), lvl 60
Moves: Facade, Steel Wing, Aerial Ace, Quick Attack

Barbossa (Pelliper ♂), lvl 61
Moves: Surf, Shock Wave, Ice Beam, Wing Attack

Spitfire (Skarmory ♀), lvl 56
Moves: Air Cutter, Steel Wing, Rock Smash, Aerial Ace

Kunoichi (Ninjask ♀), Lvl 22
Moves: Secret Power, Flash, Dig, Cut

 

[MachoPony]

reason is IIRC its a 5% chance, in rustling grass
i'm just asking is all

 

[Nah]

1st Update, Water Challenge, Ruby:

-started up the game, helped Professor Birch out with figuring out my name and gender
-got out of that truck (who tells their kid to sit in the back of a moving truck?), settled in at home
-said hi to Brendan, then saved Prof. Birch's ass from that Poochyena with Mudkip. Named the Mudkip Mudkipz....only to realize later that it would have that name when it evolves lol.
-strolled on through Oldale Town and up to Route 103 to kick Brendan's ass
-Returned home, got the Pokedex and the Running Shoes (why do kids need special kinds of shoes to run? Pretty sure May doesn't start the game with stilettos on)
-went through Route 102, beating up the kids and taking their money, like a good trainer
-got to Petalburg, bumped into Norman/Daddy (who apparently has nothing better to do than wait for me to get 4 badges. Dude, go home to Mom, I'm sure she's lonely)
-Helped Wally catch his Ralts. And by helped I mean watch him do all the work while I smoked a blunt
-Cut through Petalburg Woods, beating up more kids and taking their money. Hey, its me or them.
-Defeated a Team Magma grunt. It seems that Hoenn's police and intelligence services are rather lacking, since a 12 year old has to deal with criminal organizations. Wait, I'm 21. But still.
-Caught a Wingull, named it Trumpets (I'm gonna name all my pokes this time)
-fought my way through to Rustboro, which was a bit annoying because all the trainers had Grass types for some reason.
-made it to Rustboro, took on the Rock Gym. I think you can guess what happened. Geodudes+4x Water weakness+Water Gun=dead Geodudes. And a dead Nosepass.
-saw a Magma grunt run away with the Devon Goods
-got the HM for Cut, caught a Zigzagoon to be an HM slave. His name is Mr. Slave.

Current Badges:

Current Team:

Mudkipz

Trumpets

 

[Sho Minamimoto.]

Forum User Name: Forte
Pokémon Type: Poison
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): HeartGold
Soon to be team;
- Ariados
- Crobat
- Victreebel
- Nidoking
- Tentacruel
- Toxicroak

 

[or19937]

Forum User Name: or19937
Pokémon Type: Normal
Challenge Type: Single
Game: Light Platinum

FIRST UPDATE, BABY!

*Got through the boring start, in which my CharMANder already evolved once.

*Caught a male Glameow.

*Named it King Charles. It's a dog breed, so, yeah... I might change it to just Charles later in the game.

Had to level it up from lv4 to 5 using struggle 'cause this sassy cat only had Fake Out.

*Started grinding levels for my liege while trying to think about what my next team member is going to be.

Screenshot timeeeeeeeeeeeee:

Current team:

King Charles(Glameow, male, lvl 6)

 

[CyberSquirtle]

It's been a while since I updated and as a result of that I've finished Leaf Green :), so I'll give a quick summary of whats happened
-Beat rival in Lavender town
-Beat Erika
-Beat Team rocket
-got the tea and got a hitmonchan from the fighting dojo and named him Manny
-Done the pokemon tower event
-Beat Sabrina on like my fifth try
-Got the good rod and caught Poliwag and named him Hakan
-Done the Safari zone stuff
-Beat Koga
-Made my way to cinnabar and Beat Blaine
-Done the island stuff
-Beat Giovanni and got all 8 gym badges :)
-Beat my rival again
-Got through victory road
-Defeated the Elite Four on my second attempt
-Beat my rival yet again and became champion

Final Team
Primeape (Luffy) level 68
Cross Chop, Strength, Rock Smash, Return

Machamp (Bruce) level 65
Cross Chop, Dynamic Punch, Foresight, Brick Break

Hitmonchan (Manny) Level 61
Sky Uppercut, Mega Punch, Ice Punch, Thunder Punch

Poliwrath (Hakan) Level 63
Surf, Waterfall, Brick Break, Hyper Beam

 

[jombii]

Monotype: Ground

Update #3

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• Got Fly. Caught a bunch of HM Slaves
• Defeated Claire and got the Rising Badge
• Took my first step in Kanto
• Caught a Sandslash. Boxed for future use
• Defeated Rival in Victory Road
• Got owned by Lance first elite four run
• Owned Lance in second elite four run
• HALL OF FAME BAYBEH
• Cruised from Olivine to Vermillion
• Owned Lt. Surge
• Owned Sabrina
• Owned Erika (level difference BAYBEH)
• Owned Janine
• Caught a Cubone
• Found missing part. Killed TR for good.
• Owned Misty
• Caught a Diglett. Boxed for future reference
• Owned Brock
• Evolved Cubone
• Owned Blaine
• Owned Blue
• Basically, just level grinding in the league now.

Huge Photos

Spoiler:

Current team:

Graveler "Balboa" lv. 64
~ Earthquake
~ Rollout
~ Rock Throw
~ Magnitude

Quagsire "Hippo" lv. 65
~ Rollout
~ Surf
~ Earthquake
~ Slam

Donphan "Dumb O" lv. 66
~ Strength
~ Earthquake
~ Rollout
~ Rapid Spin

Marowak "Batman" lv. 60
~ Thrash
~ Bonemerang
~ Bone Club
~ Headbutt

Sandslash "Sonic" lv. 28
~ Defense Curl
~ Sand-Attack
~ Poison Sting
~ Slash

Diglett "Bad)" lv. 24
~ Scratch
~ Growl
~ Magnitude
~ Dig​

 

[Necrum]

reason is IIRC its a 5% chance, in rustling grass
i'm just asking is all

No, if one action prevents you from obtaining another Pokemon, you can't hack or trade said Pokemon in. In the case you used as an example, you can get Pansear if you look hard enough, and it will probably suck to look for but that's part of what makes it a challenge.

 

[Meppy]

I believe there's some confusion with what games I'm currently playing on in my ultimates. The list says that I'm doing Black and White for my Ultimate challenges of Ghost and Poison. I am doing a Poison and Ghost monotype on White and Black, respectively, but as single challenges. With the Ghost ultimate, I'm currently on Y, while with the Poison one, I'm currently playing Black 2; since my Sapphire deleted its data.

Black 2 Poison Update

Log:

Spoiler:

-Got invited to Pokestar Studios
-Went to Pokestar Studios
-Met the owner of Pokestar Studios
-Watched Roxies' dad's stupid movie
-Made the Riolu Kid movie
-Made a few other movies
-Encountered Team Plasma at the Docks
-Obtained Cut from Roxie
-Defeated the Plasma Grunt on Route 20
-Witnessed Roxie and her Dad talking
-Boated to Castelia City
-Got Hugh's number
-Obtained the Bicycle!
-Answered the Questionaires
-Went to the liberty garden
-Obtained the TM Flash
-Met Fennel and Amanita
-Learned that Burgh wasn't at the Gym
-Followed Iris to the sewers
-Teamed up with Hugh in the sewers
-Caught a Zubat in the Castelia Sewers and named it Tinywings
-Trained Tinywings a bit
-Fought the Team Plasma Grunts
-Met Burgh
-Obtained the HM04 from Hugh
-Met Colress
-Did a few things around Castelia
-Beat all the trainers in the sewers
-Tinywings evolved into Golbat
-Moody evolved into Whirlipede
-Wrecked Burgh's team, earning me the Insect Badge

Current Team:

Spoiler:

Nickname: Gasbomb
Lv: 22
Gender: Male
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Hardy
Held Item: Leftovers
Moves: Clear Smog, Sludge, Smoke Screen, Assurance


Nickname: Tinywings
Lv: 23
Gender: Female
Ability: Inner Focus
Nature: Hardy
Held Item: None
Moves: Confuse Ray, Astonish, Bite, Wing Attack


Nickname: Moody
Lv: 22
Gender: Male
Ability: Poison Point
Nature: Relaxed
Held Item: None
Moves: Bug Bite, Rollout, Poison Tail, Iron Defense

Badges:

 

[or19937]

Second update!

* First battle with one of my rivals(Lucas from D/P I think. there are several in Light Platinum). Took some tries since I only used King Charles and he was weak like a baby.

*Caught a female Spearow, named it Star(I always name my spearows that).

* Made my way through Inhore woods. Another rival encounter in there, Kenta(Gold) this time.

Did a short grinding for Star and evolved it while beating my first encounter with Team Steam, the criminal organization of the game.

* I then proceeded to beat the Inhore city gym. Bug type, leader name: Jessica.
Was easy with Star at my side <^V^>.

* Got the much needed running shoes.

* Did some mission involving running back and forth between two locations, fighting Kenta again and using honey to clear a Snorlax blocking the road.

* Caught one of the Snorlax(There are two, but the second one is optional since it doesn't block the road). It is a male. Named it Chunkybutt.

* Will now grind Chunks in the headbutt tree outside of Inhore city.


Current team:

King Charles(Glameow). Level 36, male, Hardy.

Star(Fearow). Level 29, female, timid.

Chunkybutt(Snorlax). Level 18, male, relaxed.

 

[jombii]

Monotype: Ground

Update #4 FINISHED

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• Decided Sandslash was not worth leveling up so boxed forever.
• Evolved Diglett
• GRINDED FOR HOURS
• Challenged Red
• Defeated him
• And that concludes POKEMON CRYSTAL: GROUND

Huge Photos

Spoiler:

Final Team:

Graveler "Balboa" lv. 80
~ Earthquake
~ Rollout
~ Rock Throw
~ Magnitude

Quagsire "Hippo" lv. 80
~ Rollout
~ Surf
~ Earthquake
~ Slam

Donphan "Dumb O" lv. 80
~ Strength
~ Earthquake
~ Rollout
~ Rapid Spin

Marowak "Batman" lv. 75
~ Icy Wind
~ Thief
~ Earthquake
~ Dynamic Punch

Diglett "Bad)" lv. 78
~ Slash
~ Earthquake
~ Magnitude
~ Dig​

 

[NotepadScrawls]

Forum User Name: NotepadScrawls
Pokémon Type: Water
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Leaf-Green
Previous Progress: No

 

[jombii]

Monotype: Ground

Update #1: May is BAWS

• Started the game as a guy named J
• Picked Mudkip as starter.
• Defeated May
• Watched Wally catch a Ralts
• Defeated Aqua Grunt in Petalburg Forest
• Evolved Mudkip into Marshtomp before taking on Roxanne
• Defeated Roxanne
• Again, defeated Aqua Grunt in the Rusturf? (the one with the Whismurs) Tunnel
• Did not battle May because I am afraid of Treecko
• Went to Dewford Town>>Granite Cave and caught my second ground type, Geodude
• Defeated Brawly because Marshtomp was OP
• Went to Slateport>>Museum and again, defeated Aqua Grunts while at it
• Grinded because I feared May's Grovyle otw to Mauville
• Marshtomp too OP with Take Down
• Evolved Geodude to Graveler
• Grinded on the trainers surrounding Mauville, including Wally
• Defeated Santa Watson
• Caught a Numel, my third ground type
• Saw Aqua and Magma rap battle inside the meteor falls
• Defeated Archie because, again, Marshtomp too OP.
• Defeated Flannery because, again, Marshtomp too OP.

Huge Photos

Spoiler:

Final Team:

Marshtomp "Habadaba" lv. 35
~ Tackle
~ Mud Shot
~ Take Down
~ Water Gun

Graveler "Balboa" lv. 35
~ Rock Smash
~ Magnitude
~ Rock Throw
~ Rollout

Numel "Humpity" lv. 29
~ Take Down
~ Tackle
~ Ember
~ Magnitude​

 

[NotepadScrawls]

What happens if an opponent uses roar, and your HM slave gets dragged out? Does that mean that you lose the challenge?

 

[or19937]

What happens if an opponent uses roar, and your HM slave gets dragged out? Does that mean that you lose the challenge?

No, you just switch back again, and if you have no pokemon left except for the HM slave just try to lose on purpose or use revive if you have any, and switch back.

 

[jombii]

Monotype: Ground

Update #2: GRINDING LIKE A BAWS

• Trapinch was caught, nicknamed Ugaaah
• Evolved Marshtomp to Swampert
• Caught Baltoy, nicknamed D'oh
• Defeated Norman
• Numel evolved to Camerupt
• Grinding in New Mauville
• Evolved Trapinch to Vibrava
• Defeated Aqua in Weather Institute
• Defeated May because Camerupt is OP with Flamethrower (bought in the casino)
• Defeated Winona because Camerupt is OP with Rock Slide
• Evolved Baltoy to Claydol
  
  

Huge Photos

Spoiler:

Current:

Swampert "Habadaba" lv. 39
~ Tackle
~ Mud Shot
~ Take Down
~ Water Gun

Graveler "Balboa" lv. 35
~ Rock Smash
~ Magnitude
~ Rock Throw
~ Rollout

Camerupt "Humpity" lv. 37
~ Take Down
~ Rock Slide
~ Flamethrower
~ Earthquake

Claydol "D'oh" lv. 36
~ Mud Slap
~ Psybeam
~ Hyper Beam
~ Ancientpower

Vibrava "Ugaaah" lv. 35
~ Dragonbreath
~ Crunch
~ Faint Attack
~ Dig
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