The Monotype Challenge

[Relica]

So guess who just finished Pokemon Y? It took me a while to finally start it, but, I managed to complete it very quickly once I did. I kept EXP share off for it, but, I still ended up over leveled since I didn't really run away from anything....

Going through the game again gave me a slightly more positive opinion of the Kalos region than I did before.
I may have also cried during the ending too again and that might be it as well.

Anyway, pictures! Please ignore how bad they look, it adds to the authenticity I swear. :pink_wink:

Team and E4 building. Didn't notice the glare, or should I say flare, when I took the picture so apologies.
https://i.imgur.com/OTkHIQv.png

Defeating all of the E4 members, champion, and AZ
https://i.imgur.com/6DsSadN.jpg

Co Starring a Quirky Female Medicham and her crime fighting Poliwrath
https://i.imgur.com/NZerk0Y.jpg

Anyway, with that, I completed the Ultimate Challenge for mono-fighting type. If I need to I'll post the links to each of the posts where I completed each game, but, I don't really think that's necessary! ^^

 

[Fourth The Tyrant]

Mm, I could use something new to try. What the heck.

Forum User Name: Fourth the Tyrant
Pokemon Type: Dark
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): Black

If I'm gonna do a Dark monotype, seems only fitting to be on Black. There is no light that can banish the darkness!

 

[lukesk1]

Pokemon Blue Ultimate Mono-fire challenge
Sorry I'm kind of late on this but I obtained 3 badges in this so it was worth something.
-Picked my starter Lizzy the Charmander
-Battled Blue and won
-Breezed through Viridian forest
-Level grinded with Charmander to beat Brock
-I beat Brock because of Geodudes and Onix's weak special stat in Gen 1.
-I obtained the Boulder badge
-Went through Mt. Moon
-Lizzy evolved into Charmeleon
-Fought through the endless waves of Team Rocket, Paras, Geodude, and Hikers.
-Went to Cerulean City.
-Lost to Blue at the Team Rocket Bridge D:
-Beat him and went to the Cerulean Cape to train before fighting Misty
-Beat Misty by sheer luck.(And spamming ember of course)
-Went through the S.S Anne in Vermillion City to get HM Cut.
-Beat Lt. Surge by teaching Lizzy the Charmeleon Dig
-Had to go through the treacherous Dark Cave on Route 10
-Didn't have flash, so it was a pain to go through. :P
-Got to Lavender town, and finally caught my second team member, Foxy the Vulpix.
-Lizzy evolved into Charizard.
-Made my way to Celadon city and got my third team member Flare the Eevee.
-I evolved him immediately after I caught him.
-I got through half of the Team Rocket Hideout while I am currently level grinding Flare and Foxy

Team:
Lizzy-Charizard Lvl. 41
Foxy-Vulpix Lvl. 22
Flare-Flareon Lvl. 26

Badges: 3/8

 

[DarkArx]

Forum User Name: DarkArx
Pokémon Type: Poison
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): Platinum


Will update later on today!


Update 1:
- Started as Tariq in Twinleaf Town.
- Rival Callum tried to dash past the grass (what a twit)
- Prof.Rowan then decided to give us some pokemon!
- I hacked in an ekans, as my starter.
- Rival challenged me for a battle, I won, due to poison haxx.
- Nicknamed my Ekans 'Serpex'.
- Sped through to Dawn catching tutorial 101
- I apparently unmasked lookers secret identity.
- Ekans is very weak by the time I get to Jubilife, gotta go heal.
- Go back to route 201, and catch my bidoof the Hm slave.
- Decided to catch my second team member, 'Buddy' the Budew!
- Got the poketch app from the purple rich guy.
- Strolling towards Oreburgh Gate, before getting stopped by my rival, modest as always.
- The battle didn't last long, just poisoned his Chimchar then used bite FTW.
- Trained my Pokes with all the trainer battles on this route, before acquiring Rock Smash from the Hiker dude.
- Caught my third member of the team, Venom the Zubat!
- Saw Rival at the Gym, telling me the Gym leader had gone to the Oreburgh Mine.
- Caught up with the Gym Leader, Roark as I know now, and we went to his gym
- Budew absorbed the life out of the youngsters Geodudes and Onix.
- Saved, blacked out on first try against Roark, his Cranidos got a headbutt flinch and crit, thanks Nintendo.
- Second time, Budew learnt mega drain, wiping out Roarks team in 4 hits total, easy peasy.
- Saved and closed emulator.


THE SQUAD:


- Venom the Zubat : Lv 7 , Hasty nature


- Buddy the Budew : Lv 15 , Bashful nature


Serpex the Ekans : LV 11 , Calm nature.


Next update in a few hours.

 

[Hann]

As I said in the DCC, I like to (at least partially) complete my challenges before I sign up. (So this one will indeed be the run in which I use that shiny! Budew I posted in the DCC).
Forum User Name: Buzz Buzz
Pokémon Type: Grass
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): Platinum

 

[FeralSlaaneshi]

Update #3: Dragon team - Alpha Sapphire

(It's been a very long time since my last update and in that time I had to level grind Celestine and Rogal Dorn, beat Norman, withdrew Zigzagoon so I had someone in my team with Surf, and successfully caught Latias. Unfortunately I didn't have my laptop available when I did all this and didn't keep a written track of it, so you'll just have to take my word for it. Sorry.)

Spoiler:

>Return to Mauville to heal up Rogal Dorn after a little level grinding. Take the time to deposit Latias
>After some level grinding Rogal Dorn hits level 35 and evolves into Altaria! =D
>Celestine also hits level 35 and evolves into Vibrava! =D
>Enter the Weater Institute

>Feral vs Aqua Admin Shelly!
*Rogal Dorn sent out first vs Sharpedo!
*Sharpedo opens with Ice Fang. Rogal Dorn uses Mist.
*Swap into Lelith
*Sharpedo uses Ice Fang again
*Sharpedo tries using Swagger but it misses. Lelith uses Dragon Claw and takes Sharpedo down to red health and takes damage from Rough Skin
*Ice Fang and Headbutt. Lelith KOs Sharpedo but Sharpedo's Rough Skin KOs Lelith.
*Admin Shelly = Beaten!

>Feral receives Castform!
>Deposit Castform into the PC downstairs

>Feral vs Brendan!
*Rogal Dorn sent out first vs Shroomish
*Rogal Dorn opens with Mist, Shroomish goes with Poison Powder
*Rogal Dorn uses Dragon Breath and Shroomish uses Worry Seed
*Dragon Breath again. Shroomish uses Giga Drain
*Rogal Dorn uses Dragon Breath to KO Shroomish
*Switch into Celestine vs Slugma
*Celestine OHKOs Slugma with Earthquake
*Switch into Lelith vs Marshtomp
*Marshtomp uses Protect, so Lelith's Dragon Claw does nothing
*Dragon Claw again. Marshtomp uses Mud Bomb
*Protect. Dragon Claw fails
*Dragon Claw KOs Marshtomp
*Brendan = beaten!

>Received Fly!
>Enter Fortree City!
>Enter Fortree City gym

>Feral vs Winona!
*Celestine sent out first vs Swellow
*Swellow starts with Double Team, and Celestine's Rock Throw misses
*Swellow uses Areal Ace, Celestine uses Dragon Breath
*Swellow uses Double Team but Celestine's Dragon Breath still hits
*Winona uses a Hyper Potion. Celestine's Crunch misses
*Swellow uses Areal Ace and Celestine's Dragon Breath paralyses Swellow
*Swellow can't move due to paralysis, and Celestine KOs it with Dragon Breath
*Send out Lelith vs Altaria
*Use a Moo Moo Milk to heal Celestine. Altaria's Dragon Breath takes Lelith down to just below half health.
*Lelith OHKOs Altaria with Dragon Claw
*Don't switch vs Skarmory
*Lelith uses Zen Headbutt and Skarmory uses Steel Wing
*Lelith uses Dragon Claw taking it down to roughly half health. Skarmory's Steel Wing misses.
*Lelith uses Dragon Claw and Skarmory uses Sand Attack
*Lelith KOs Skarmory with a last Dragon Claw
*Switch into Celestine vs Pelipper
*Pelipper uses Protect, so Rock Slide fails
*Celestine lands Rock Slide and Pelipper uses Water Pulse
*Pelipper uses Protect and Rock Slide fails
*Celestine KOs Pelipper with Rock Slide
*Winona = beaten!

>Zigzagoon evolves into Linoon at level 22!
>Feral receives the Feather Badge and the TM for Roost!
>Fly back to Slateport to go to the Trick House!
>The egg I got from Lavaridge hatches into Wynaut!

Current team:

Lv. 40 Vibrava (Celestine)
Female
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Levitate
Earthquake, Rock Slide, Dragon Breath, Crunch

Lv. 40 Altaria (Rogal Dorn)
Male
Nature: Careful
Ability: Natural Cure
Dragon Pulse, Cotton Guard, Mist, Fly

Lv. 42 Shelgon (Lelith)
Female
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Rock Head
Dragon Claw, Zen Headbutt, Headbutt, Crunch

Soon to be removed from party, or temporarily in because of a needed HM

Lv. 1 Wynaut
Female
Splash, Charm, Encore
Soon to be deposited

Lv. 22 Linoon
Female
Headbutt, Growl, Surf, Baby-Doll Eyes
Need Surf until Horsea becomes available

 

[Captain Gizmo]

I've finally decided to post my final update on my grass Monotype challenge that I've finished in December 8)

Grass Monotype Challenge completed!

Team after the E4

Preach, the Torterra♂
Level 54
Ability: Overgrow
Crunch, Stealth Rock, Earthquake & Giga Drain

Bubz, the Wormadam♀
Level 52
Ability: Anticipation
Protect, Psychic, Hidden Power & Leaf Storm

Abigail, the Abomasnow♀
Level 52
Ability: Snow Warning
Swagger, Toxic, Blizzard & Grass Knot

Crendor, the Roserade♂
Level 51
Ability: Natural Cure
Petal Dance, Shadow Ball, Water Sport & Sludge Bomb​

 

[FeralSlaaneshi]

Update #4: Dragon team - Alpha Sapphire

Spoiler:

>Go back to Slateport and deposit Wynaut into the box
>Teach Linoone Rock Smash
>BACK TO THE TRICK HOUSE!
>Beat the Trick Master and fly back to Fortree City
>Entered Lilycove City!
>Obtained the Altarianite and gave it to Rogal Dorn

>Feral vs Brendan!
*Send out Rogal Dorn first vs Swellow
*Swellow uses Double Team, Rogal Dorn opens with Cotton Guard
*Swellow uses Aerial Ace, but Rogal Dorn keeps using Cotton Guard
*Double Team, Cotton Guard (forgetting that my defence is now maxed)
*Aerial Ace, Rogal Dorn uses Fly. It misses
*Aerial Ace, Fly. Both moves miss.
*This carries on for a few turns, Aerial Ace doing minimal damage and Fly missing.
*Switch to Dragon Pulse, which hits despite another Double Team
*A few more turns of minimal damage and misses, Dragon Pulse hits
*Rogal Dorn KOs Swellow
*Switch into Celestine vs Magcargo
*Earthquake OHKOs Magcargo
*Switch into Rogal Dorn vs Swampert
*Mega evolve! And Fly! Rogal Dorn avoids Rock Slide
*Fly lands and Mud Bomb hits
*Swampert uses Protect so Dragon Pulse fails
*Land Dragon Pulse. Muddy Water hits but doesn't do much
*Swampert uses Protect, but Rogal Dorn uses Fly
*It lands, KOing Swampert
*Don't switch vs Breloom
*Rogal Dorn uses Fly, so Breloom's Counter fails
*Fly OHKOs Breloom
*Brendan = beaten!

>Arrive at Mt. Pyre

>Feral vs Aqua Admin Matt!
*Lelith sent out first vs Sharpedo
*Sharpedo uses Ice fang, Lelith opens with Dragon Claw and OHKOs Sharpedo
*Matt = beaten!

>Fly to Slateport city
>Aqua Grunts = dealt with
>Get to Lilycove
>Team Aqua are currently in between me and a Horsea, so I'mma head to their hideout
>Celestine hits level 45 and evolves into Flygon!

>Feral vs Matt!
*Lelith sent out first vs Sharpedo
*Shapedo uses Ice Fang, making Lelith flinch
*Another Ice Fang, this time freezing Lelith
*Use a Full Restore, Sharpedo uses Ice Fang
*Ice Fang, Lelith uses Dragon Claw and OHKOs Sharpedo
*Matt = beaten!

>Entered Mossdeep City!
>Obtained the Super Rod! Off to Route 130!
>Captured Horsea! Nicknamed Tyberos
>Entered Pacifidlog Town!
>Fly back to Slateport to do the Trick House with Tyberos before level grinding next time

Current team:

Lv. 30 Horsea (Tyberos)
Male
Nature: Mild
Ability: Swift Swim
Surf, Twister, Bubble Beam, Focus Energy

Lv. 45 Flygon (Celestine)
Female
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Levitate
Earthquake, Rock Slide, Dragon Claw, Crunch

Lv. 46 Altaria (Rogal Dorn)
Male
Nature: Careful
Ability: Natural Cure
Dragon Pulse, Cotton Guard, Perish Song, Fly

Lv. 49 Shelgon (Lelith)
Female
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Rock Head
Dragon Claw, Zen Headbutt, Flamethrower, Crunch

Lv. 35 Linoone
Female
Slash, Rock Smash, Surf, Baby-Doll Eyes
Keeping in the party temporarily as an HM slave, though her Surf is now unnecessary with the addition of Tyberos

 

[Hann]

Update #1: Grass - Platinum
This update still has the first Budew I caught and used (I caught the shiny one later :) ). I don't really like Grass type Pokémon, it might even be my least favourite type, but Platinum has a few good physical grass types I liked to use. Wormadam especially surprised me, in a good way, and I'll definitely try to use it more.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Team:

Terraform the Lax Grotle (M) @ Lv.21
Ability: Overgrow
Tackle, Curse, Absorb, Razor Leaf

Snips the Jolly Budew (M) @ Lv.21
Ability: Natural Cure
Item: Soothe Bell
Absorb, Growth, Mega Drain, Stun Spore

Nariselle the Naughty Wormadam (F) @ Lv.21
Ability: Anticipation
Protect, Tackle, Bug Bite, Hidden Power

 

[BahamutZero]

OK, I'm signing up.
Forum User Name: ComicFanatic
Pokémon Type: Normal
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): HeartGold
I haven't started yet, I'm gonna start later or tommorow.

Ok, Update 1!
*my names comic*
*shrinks to 32 bit*
*picks totodile*
*leaves town*
*enters cherrygrove*
*gets pokédex*
*wins against chikorita*
*catches lv 3 pidgey*
*runs to cherrygrove pokémon centre*
*releases totodile*
MA TEAM:
Pidgey: lvl 3
Moves:
Tackle

My next update will be tommorow, I would do longer, but those tutorial levels stress me.

 

[ThatRandomGuy217]

Forum Username: ThatRandomGuy217
Type: Grass
Challenge Type: Freeplay
Game: Blue (for now, might run through the generations if I feel like it)

This is gonna be a freeplay because I want to randomize the whole rom so yeah.

 

[mishy.]

Just bought Alpha Sapphire and the first thing I'm gonna do? A Bug monotype because why not.

Forum Username: Sora
Type: Bug
Challenge Type: Single
Game: Alpha Sapphire

 

[BahamutZero]

Update 2!
I went back to the Lab, and got accused for being a theif. Obviously, I wasn't, but they seemed to think so. I escaped, running away at full speed, knowing that the Johto Cops will forever be looking for me. I then grinded Pidgey to lvl7, because I knew that if I leveled it up that high, I would thrash everything in my path. I also knew that I would need to escape New Bark untill my name was cleared. I knew the only way to do that was to become the champion, and the only way to become the champion is to collect all 8 gym badges. Luckily, there was a gym north-west of Cherrygrove. I headed in that direction immediately, winnng against each trainer effortless. I shortly arrived at Violet City, and immediately headed towards the Pokémon Center. After I had healed my Pidgey (which was now level 10) I headed towards Sprout Tower. As soon as I stepped in I knew my goal was to reach the top floor. I reached the top floor, beating all the trainers in there, including the leader. I used a escape rope to leave the building, then headed towards the gym. I headed up the elevator with my level 15 Pidgey and walked forward, winning against all the trainers that were in my way. The gym badge was going to be mine. I then challenged Falkner, the first gym leader to a battle.
VS FALKNER
I told Pidgey to use Quick Attack. It hit Falkner's Pidgey for half it's total health. Falkner's Pidgey used Sand-Attack, but Pidgey has Keen Eye, which prevents accuracy loss. I then told Pidgey to use Quick Attack again, and alas, Falkner's Pidgey was down. Falkner then sent out Pidgeotto and my Pidgey held it's ground. I told it to use Quick Attack, again and again, and in the end, Pidgeotto couldn't take it. Pidgey had won the match.

I took the Zephyr badge, and placed it in my badges case. Then my phone rang, it was Elm, and I was told to head straight to the Poké Mart immediately. I did, and was given Togepi to carry. I left the mart and one of the Kimono Girls came along and asked me how I came to be in possession of Togepi. I, of course, didn't respond for like many heroes in Video Games, was mute. I then headed south, towards Azelea and saved the game.

And that's the end of update 2, i'll be back soon to do another update hopefully!

 

[JJ Styles]

Whew! Its been months since I've took on my Johto Grass Monotype Challenge and for some reason, through sheer force of will and luck, I've done some significant progress on a monotype challenge that i thought wasn't worth doing:

The story so far:

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

We spent most of our time just hanging around Victory Road and Blackthorn City to grind for EXP because seriously much of my team is unprepared against the E4.

- I saw where 2 of my Leafstones were, I deposited them in my PC. I finally decided to use one on our team's Exeggcute since it got all of its Level up moves anyway. The other one is for our team's Weepinbell which will make him much stronger pretty soon.

- We took on the E4 and we had our ups and downs. Hell this is a long story, and I'll also admit, with Grass types not being very strong against this game's Elite 4, let me tell you guys...

= The only reason why we got past Will because our team's Ace, Meganium, had Hidden Power Ghost which punched through most of Will's team. Otherwise, with 50% of the grass team being part poison, and Parasect, which it alone already has some of the worse stats, could not take on any of Will's team maybe except for the Slowbro.

= When i first took on Koga, i thought that i could beat him with a high level'd Exeggcute. It didn't turn out well. It didn't have the stats to take on Koga's Muk even with the super effective Confusion. One Leaf stone later, Exeggcutor completely demolished Koga save for his Forretress.

= Bruno was always the easiest member of the Elite 4 even back in Gen 1 and it was no different from those days. One highlight is that our team's Weepinbell was strong enough to take on both his HItmonlee, which is rather squishy anyway, and even Machamp. which showed why our Weepinbell was good. I should have used the other leaf stone to make things easier.

= First time taking on Karen, our Meganium didn't have Earthquake. I regretted that since Karen's Houndoom actually swept our team. Now that Meganium has Earthquake, our method of revenge was sweet. Other than that, Karen's team wasn't any real trouble.

VS Lance

Spoiler:

- When i thought about it, i seriously knew that Lance had a huge advantage against our whole team. His team of 3 Dragonites and 3 part flying types were all strong enough to take on whoever i sent out, maybe save for his Gyarados, which lucky for us in a Gen 2 game, Gyarados isn't a real threat. Perhaps the outdated things of Gen 2 saved us from the Gyarados. However, his 2 Dragonites started to come out after KO'ing Gyarados and they were starting to cause problems, such as those Dragonites enjoying their quad resistance to Grass and their wide movepools. It seemed that those Dragonites were all equipped to defeat Grass monotypes but we prevailed, mainly through our team's Meganium still having PP for Hidden Power Ghost for some Neutral damage. Aerodactyl was also a problem since it outsped all members in our team but Meganium was strong enough to hit it with Razor Leafs with the random Crit out of nowhere. Charizard, oh how i remember Charizard against a grass monotype. Charizard was a real problem since it was faster than most of our team. I felt that the only reason why I went past Charizard because of a random hax, him suddenly using Hyper Beam and it missing, and a Crit out of nowhere with Exeggutor's Confusion after Charizard took prior damage from fighting Meganium. And last but not the least, Lance's Last Dragonite. His last Dragonite started things really weird with it using Safeguard, but suddenly it was hitting us with Fire Blast and was dealing serious damage. Luckily, Dragonite isn't part Fire else that Fire Blast would have ended our climb. With no other moves to use against Lance's last Dragonite, and no other pokemon strong enough to take it on, I used whatever PP was left with Meganium's Hidden Power Ghost and after a few crits out of nowhere, and us surviving Dragonite's Fire Blasts, we finally won and finished the first half of Gen 2!

Extra notes VS Lance:

Spoiler:

- The only reason why I won against Lance because i used Full Restores and for some reason, he wasn't using his. I also felt playing dirty by using Max Revives on our most crucial member, our team's Meganium.

Team Update:

Cheleene, Meganium:
Item: Miracle Seed
Headbutt, Hidden Power Ghost, Razor Leaf, Earthquake

Moopz, Weepinbell
Item: Amulet Coin
Sludgebomb, Growth, Sleep Powder, Razor Leaf

Putpun, Gloom
Item: n/a
Absorb, Sleep Powder, Acid, Moonlight

Jakkie, Parasect
Item: Exp share
Slash, Spore, Poison Powder, Leech Life (Yes its moves are still that bad)

Shiny Hoothoot as our flight service.

 

[NoOneAtAll]

I'm starting a monotype as well!
Forum Username: NoOneAtAll
Type: Rock
Challenge Type: Single
Game: Sapphire
I guess this is going to be a lot physical sweeping...

 

[JJ Styles]

I'm holding off my Crystal Grass monotype run over for some Gen 1 action.

Forum Username: Mega Xin Zhao
Type: Normal
Game: Pokemon Blue
Single Challenge.

Clauses:
Set battle mode throughout the game
No healing in trainer battles
No revives in trainer battles
No evasion moves
No OHKO moves
No X Accuracy abuse (goes well with no OHKO moves)
No overleveling

 

[RefinedHornet]

Ultimate Ghost Monotype Black 2 Update:
-defeated Clay
-Yamask evolved into Cofagrigus
-caught Frillish on Route 4
-caught Litwick in Celestial Tower
-defeated Skyla

Team:

Spoiler:

Golett
Lv. 37
Ability: Iron Fist
Nature: Hardy
HP: 97
Attack: 71
Defense: 51
Sp. Attack: 39
Sp. Defense: 46
Speed: 47
Moves: Rollout/Shadow Punch/Iron Defense/Bulldoze

Cofagrigus
Lv. 37
Ability: Mummy
Nature: Brave
HP: 101
Attack: 53
Defense: 117
Sp. Attack: 81
Sp. Defense: 83
Speed: 37
Moves: Thief/Will-O-Wisp/Scary Face/Hex

Frillish
Lv. 34
Ability: Water Absorb
Nature: Rash
HP: 86
Attack: 34
Defense: 43
Sp. Attack: 58
Sp. Defense: 56
Speed: 41
Moves: Surf/Recover/Absorb/Ominous Wind

Litwick
Lv. 34
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Quiet
HP: 87
Attack: 32
Defense: 47
Sp. Attack: 61
Sp. Defense: 48
Speed: 17
Moves: Will-O-Wisp/Flame Burst/Imprison/Hex

 

[JJ Styles]

Pokemon Blue Normal Monotype challenge 1: LOTS OF EVENTS

The story so far: This is a rather big post because of how fast I progressed so to any interested readers please click the spoiler.

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

- In order to have a useful HM slave and an interesting starter, I picked the Charmander, which meant that the rival would have the squirtle as our nemesis.
- I picked the Charmander because it could learn cut and picking it over Bulbasaur and Squirtle meant that the rival would not have a starter that would be weak against Water or Fire, which Normal types can learn.
- The first two pokemon for the team are the ones that I clearly planned to be part of the squad, a Ratatta and a Spearow.
- Our ratatta and spearow had to be greatly leveled in order to stand a chance against the Pewter City gym's tenants.

VS Brock:

In my opinion, the only time a Normal type mono would have a "hard" time in a Gen 1 game is against Brock's 2 Rock types that don't even have rock type attacks. The way i handled this was to take advantage of the really random Gen 1 AI was to repeatedly use both Growl and Leer on Brock's pokemon in order to reduce their damage and defenses respectively, The funny thing is that Geodude was actually harder to take down because it was using defense curl. Onix on the other hand uses Bide, the worst move ever not counting splash. So basically the spamming of status moves worked well in our favor. Afterall, Brock's pokemon don't have STAB attacks but a Ratatta and a Spearow definitely do have theirs.

- After Brock, it was the usual journey to Mt. Moon, along with catching a Jigglypuff to slightly bolster our forces with a rather decent filler since it can learn the Water Gun TM, which it took advantage against the Hikers and their Geodudes and Onixes.

- I also owe it a lot for Rattata learning a rather powerful move very early on before it becomes Raticate. Hyper Fang.

- Before Misty, there was the usual business at Nugget Bridge were our two evolved starters, Raticate and Fearow basically just curbstomped whoever was in their way. The 2nd mandatory rival encounter, the nugget trainers, and the trainers on the way to Bill's House.

VS Misty:

Fortunately for our team, we were able to get 2 of our first Normal types to be already fully evolved. This made us easy to take down her Staryu and her Starmie, though her Starmie did a good amount of work, KOing both Fearow and Jigglypuff before Raticate came in and finished the job with a Hyper Fang.

- After Misty, it was the usual business of getting to Vermillion City, along with catching a Meowth on the way. Of course this Meowth was important as it becoems one of Gen 1's most powerful competitive pokes in Persian. The whole reason why I wanted to play a Gen 1 Normal Mono in the first place >: ))) Also, the Bubblebeam TM went rightfully in our Meowth's moveset, finally giving a permanent member the much needed coverage against Rock, Ground, and Fire types.

- SS Anne was another typical journey for us. Basically just mining through the rooms and getting every piece of resource there was, and Meowth having Payday on its current moveset was useful for the extra bits of cash.

- After getting the Old Rod, I decided to fool around with Payday and Magikarps for some extra cash.

VS Lt. Surge:

Surge and his gym goons weren't difficult as our team of Meowth, Jigglypuff, Raticate, and Fearow were already strong enough to take on everyone. Surge's party was no match for Meowth, Fearow, and Raticate. Our team had the slight level advantage and STAB moves to take advantage of, especially Raticate's Hyper Fang which really wrecks the early game rather hard.

Yep, the Meowth getting its rightful place of power. Basically a great way to end a rather snowbally early game.

TEAM: I'm only listing down permanent members. I'm aware that i have a Jigglypuff and a Clefairy but I'm still not sure if they are good enough to be permanent members. There's a lot of great normal types in Kanto Gen 1..

*bulbagarden.net image removed* Splinter: Strength, Power, Destruction
Tackle, Tail Whip, Quick Attack, Hyper Fang

*bulbagarden.net image removed* Byrdd: Typical bird-mon on a typical journey
Peck, Leer, Growl, Fury Attack

*bulbagarden.net image removed* Infinity (Edge): MMMMAGGIC AH AH AH AWWWWWWWHH
Payday, Bite, Screech, Bubblegum

 

[theoblivinator]

I'd like to sign up for an ultimate grass monotype challenge. I don't know if I'll enjoy it enough or have the motivation to play through all the games with Grass mons, so if after Blue I feel like a zombie I might stop, dunno yet.

Forum User Name: theoblivinator
Pokémon Type: Grass
Challenge Mode: Ultimate
Game(s): Blue, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, Black or Black 2 (haven't decided), X

Maybe posting updates will keep my motivation up :)

 

[JJ Styles]

YESS!! Someone posted! Anyway an update to my now on-going Kanto Gen 1 Normal Monotype run:

The story so far: Strength, Power, Destruction, Fury, Warpath!

Spoiler:

- After Surge, Erika's Gym had the unfortunate misery of facing my rather level'd Fearow, Byrdd, and was smacking everyone with Pecks as it didn't have Drill Peck yet. To keep things interesting, I decided to go about the gym without returning to the poke-center to heal. Which meant that i had to go around the gym poisoned and enduring gen 1 wrap all over the place.

- After Erika, Rocket HQ was next and seeing that the pokemons' levels in this content is lower than that of the gym, this was a much easier task to conquer.

- I finally decided to make use of our party's Clefairy and decided to make it a permanent member. After raising a few levels, i had to use that moonstone on it. I figured that it had a nice movepool to use for this game and i thought it was going to be a better "in-game" Chansey of sorts. I know Chansey would be the better choice but I've used Chansey on a Gen 1 game before.

- Cleared the Lavender Tower and skipped many of the channelers as I didn't want to accumulate too much EXP, as I am already overly leveled at that point in the game. After getting the flute, waking up that Snorlax was next. Of course, its a member of the team.

- Also, caught a few pokes in the Safari Zone. Chansey - apparently, throwing a rock at it actually increases the chance of catching her. I'm pretty serious. I've tried several times on other Gen 1 games and making Chansey angry actually worked. Also, Tauros, herpaderp, our final member of the team! Yep, some serious power just came in!

- Went on Koga's gym and beat his ass with our team's Amnesilax. I feel bad for Sabrina Later though. She'll have to deal with this BS pretty soon.

- Saved on Silph Co but I've already beaten the rival there. I'm just making more preparations as I'm pretty near the end of the basic parts of the game already.

Team update:

Spoiler:

Splinter the Raticate <= TMNT was on my mind after watching AVGN and Nostalgia critiic review the Micheal Bay TMNT movie
Byrdd the Fearow <= Larry Bird for some reason suddenly popped into my thinking process
Infinity the Persian <= People who play League of Legends and have played Persian in Gen 1 should know the reference
Not OU the Clefable <= Because this is Gen 1, not Gen 6.
BigNigga the Snorlax <= This Snorlax was really frustrating to catch.
Majoruros the Tauros <= Some people who have played Ragnarok Online may get the reference

I'm not going to go all fancy with the moves that they got since this is Gen 1 and options for moves were very limited in this gen and signature moves such as Persian Slash are always going to be there so i think there's no point in being elaborate with it.

Specific purposes include:
Byrdd as our Anti-Tank Toxic Drill Peck set. Basically the same set as that of a Pidgeot but with Drill Peck instead. Toxic to wear down big threats and Fly to pseudo toxic stall.
Not OU as our BoltBeamer = ThunderBolt and Ice Beam are on her set mainly to defeat foes that BoltBeam was built for.
Amneslax = Gen 1 Amnesia is the best boosting skill ever. and this is on Snorlax as well. I'm going Competitive on our in-game foes! He also doubles as our Field Worker with Strength for its STAB and Surf to abuse Amnesia with.
Majoruros carries Earthquake for the team since its fast, and it can definitely use the high power. BigNigga already has Amnesia, Rest, and Surf on its kit to be the special heavy hitter.

For some reason, I felt that this is the fastest final team I've assembled after months of playing monotype runs. Also, every pokemon in this team has access to moves that provide type coverage or extra boosts and everything in between so yeah. I definitely got what i wanted. Also, Gen 1 has so many useless TMs that either have to be thrown away or be used as filler moves. (LOL RAGE)