The Monotype Challenge

[CDB]

SoulSilver Bug Type
Current Team:

Barbara(51) Hera(49) Lilac(50) Vlad(50)

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Spoiler: Progress

- Cleared Team Rocket out of Radio Tower
- Beat Claire ezpz with that Venomoth Tinted Lens Signal Beam
- Do her stupid whirlpool task at Dragon's Den
- Go through Whirl Islands and caught the Lugia
- Victory Road is not as bad as it could have been
- Silver's Typhlosion is a PAIN had to use many full restores
- Finally at the Elite 4!!!
- Relatively easy until I got to Lance; 3 Dragonites with Thunder Wave + Dragon Rush flinch is so awful
- Now in the hall of fame B|

 

[keishajay]

I figured I might as well give an update for my ground playthrough. So far, it's been pretty easy going. I just beat Norman, barely. My time is at 9:51, and my team is:

Sandslash (lv 24)
Trapinch (lv 25)
Numel (lv 29)
Graveler (lv 30)
Marshtomp (lv 31)
Sableye (lv 11) - HM slave

Ground type rules! I actually think I might extend this to an ultimate just to keep going with the ground typing. I'm still trying to figure out how they're going to stand up to water right now, but I've got a couple ideas.

 

[Pekin]

Ultimate Flying Monotype Challenge
Game: Omega Ruby
Badges: 1

Status:
Leaf Green, Soul Silver, Omega Ruby (1/8), Platinum, Black 2, Y

Recently started this, so there's not a lot of updating yet. I spent a lot of time soft-resetting for a good nature for Taillow. I lost against Roxanne on my first try, but narrowly won the second time, thanks to a critical hit. I had to sacrifice Taillow against her Geodude, so Wingull was able to break through Sturdy and kill it with Water Gun. Nosepass was taken down in two hits, and only because the second hit was critical. Wingull had not survived another Rock Tomb. Anyway, just set foot in Dewford, and here's my current team:

Taillow, lv. 16
Female // Adamant // Guts
- Wing Attack
- Growl
- Focus Energy
- Quick Attack

Wingull, lv. 14
Male // Calm // Keen Eye
- Water Gun
- Growl
- Supersonic
- Wing Attack

 

[Sturdyhax]

Forum User Name: sturdyhax
Pokémon Type: Psychic
Challenge Mode: Ultimate
Games: LeafGreen, Soulsilver, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2, X

My first and last update for LeafGreen. My character name was Verde.

Spoiler:

Alakazam/Harry♂ LVL 53
Naive
Psychic, Shock Wave, Recover, Reflect
Was the biggest sweeper of the whole team. Carried it all the way. Sadly, didn't get much show time in the Elite 4. It was only helpful during Agatha

Hypno/Merlee♀ LVL 54
Adamant
Return, Meditate, Shadow ball, Brick Break
After learning some amazing moves, I basically stalled out gymleaders and elite 4 members by using meditate and sweeping the team. Was definitely a help during the game.

Starmie/Gemstone LVL 52
Bashful
Surf, Psychic, Thunderbolt, Ice Beam
Because of the next member below, Starmie really only helped in the overworld trainers. Didn't get much use afterwards.

Slowbro/Tellah♂ LVL 53
Gentle
Surf, Psychic, Ice Beam, Calm Mind
You can probably see why I don't think I needed Starmie. For 3/5ths of the elite four, I just stalled by calm-minding, then using my wide type coverage moves.

Exeggutor/Zilean♂ LVL 50
Bold
Giga Drain, Dream Eater, Sleep Powder, Reflect
Did almost nothing for the team. Mostly swept through Giovanni which i could have done without it. I guess I really just wanted the type coverage.
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[SmashMaster24]

Dragon Ultimate Monotype Challenge
Sinnoh Update 2

Spoiler:

-Beat Maylene

-Beat Galactic and got Dawn's Pokédex back

-Beat Barry

-Beat Crasher Wake

-Caught Swablu named Heather

-Caught Staravia (HM Slave)
-Caught Bibarel (HM Slave)
-Heather evolved

-Beat Cyrus

-Beat Barry and Gary evolved

-Beat Byron

-Went to Iron Island to get Strength
-Went to the Library and a Lake exploded

Current Team:

Gary (Garchomp) ♂ Lv. 49 (Draco Plate)
Sand Veil, Rash Nature
Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Brick Break, Crunch

Heather (Altaria) ♀ Lv. 49 (Dragon Fang)
Natural Cure, Gentle Nature
DragonBreath, Fly, Flamethrower, Dragon Dance

HM Slaves: Turtwig (Rock Smash, Cut, Flash), Staravia (Defog), Bibarel (Surf)

 

[TheCrystalFlaaffy]

Finally finished Pokemon White with the bug type and there you have it, my fourth ultimate challenge completed! :D Even though this was the second challenge I signed up for :P

I really enjoyed the mons in this run compared to my normal run through White, however it's rather unfortunate I couldn't evolve my Larvesta seeing as it evolves at such a high level.

Challenge

Spoiler:

User Name: TheCrystalFlaaffy
Type: Bug
Challenge: Ultimate
Games: Pokémon Blue | Pokémon Crystal | Pokémon Emerald | Pokémon Platinum | Pokémon White | Pokémon Y

Badges

Hall of Fame
Again didn't have my camera with me to take the picture of beating Ghetsis, I tend to play while commuting so I can't really take a picture or anything when I do.
Final Team

Spoiler:

Origami
Level 53 | Male | Timid | Swarm
Leaf Blade | X-Scissor | Shadow Claw | Swords Dance

Very good early game, having decent Grass and Bug coverage was nice and he completely outshined Azkaban. Then he learned Leaf Blade and X-Scissor turning him into a real powerhouse on the team! Loved using him and I am definitely considering having him return to my team when I get to Unova in my grass challenge.

Azkaban
Level 52 | Male | Calm | Swarm
Poison Tail | Screech | X-Scissor | Bulldoze

Kind of useless early game since it's early level up moves were pretty bad being Poison Sting and Pursuit, but he started improving once he learned Poison Tail and Screech. Still fell behind compared to Origami and the rest of the team, apart from Millenium of course but we'll get to him soon. Screech was useful in taking down Reshiram after Millenum was done dropping its Sp. Attack.

Mary Jane
Level 53 | Female | Mild | Unnerve
Signal Beam | Electroweb | Sucker Punch | Volt Switch

Mary Jane was an amazing addition to the team and the fact that we got her just before Skyla was really a blessing! I was unfortunate enough to get Unnerve rather than Compoundeyes so I missed a lot of Electrowebs, like dozens, but when she did hit she destroyed lives.

Millenium
Level 52 | Male | Relaxed | Hydration
Struggle Bug | Bug Buzz | Yawn | Giga Drain

First off let me just say, I really love Accelgor, but unfortunately his level up moves are give him very little coverage so he wasn't very useful. Getting Bug Buzz as early as he did was awesome, and his speed allowed him to put N's Reshiram at -3 Sp. Attack with Struggle Bug and a couple revives but those were pretty much the only benefits he brought to the team. :(

Pym
Level 54 | Male | Timid | Hustle
Dig | X-Scissor | Iron Head | Crunch

Pym was the last mon I was able to pick up since you can't catch Durant anywhere other than Victory Road. I really wish I could have caught one earlier because during the short time we had together Pym put in so much work! He was very useful in helping take down Shauntal and Grimsley in the Elite Four. Also surprisingly Hustle didn't cause as many misses as I would have expected. :]

Helios
Level 53 | Male | Rash | Flame Body
Flame Charge | Bug Bite | Acrobatics | Double-Edge

Once again I really wish I was able to evolve this, Volcarona is such a powerful mon! But even unevolved Helios put in a lot of work thanks to his high attack and diverse movepool. Acrobatics was particularly helpful against Marshall, ignoring the fact that pretty much his whole team was packing Stone Edge or Rock Slide.

 

[Polizard]

Final Hohen Update 6
Defeated Wallace
Considered doing some training decided against it.
Went to Victory Road
Went through Victory road Defeated poor sickly Wally
Challenged the Elite Four
Defeated them all with relative ease.
Mega Metagross Smoked most of my team however thank god I attached the Mega Stone to Swampert Or I might not have won.

Team
Swampert Lv 59

Strength
Earthquake
Dive
Rock Slide


Not really surprised by Swampert, he is a gun and always will be easily could have been awarded MVP but I honestly refrained from using him when I could. I also only Mega Evolved him once against Mega Metagross

Lombre Lv 56

Surf
Nature Power
Uproar
Zen Headbutt



Lombre
Strong start weak finish preformed admirably considering I never actually could be bothered going 2 minutes out of my way to get a water stone. Stopped being useful and also being used around gym 6.

Pelipper
Lv 48

Brine
Air Cutter
Fly
Protect


Seriously shocked at how many battles Peliper won, Most recent battle it won was against Stevens Skarmory which was about 6 levels higher than it.

Shaepedo Lv45

Crunch
Earthquake
Poison Fang
Ice Fang


Strong battler enjoyed using it but I have used it before so tried to refrain from using it excessively

Milotic Lv 53

Surf
Recover
Aqua Tail
Dragon Tail


I can not recall ever using one so I was actually excited about how this Pokemon would go and I have to say I was bitterly disappointed. I did not really enjoy using it and I was not really a fan. I don't think I am going to rush to use it in the future.


Azumarill Lv52

Bubble Beam
Superpower
Play Rough
Aqua Tail


MVP: Hands down MVP I honestly don't think I have ever used a Azumarill the whole way through a game I usually evolve it and box it in favor of another water type or I just don't catch it cause I already have a water type. However I really enjoyed using it was strong fast enough to out speed most Pokemon in game and knocked around drakes team like they were little dolls.


3 down 3 to go will be starting platinum tonight.
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[Lrachelr5]

Username: LRachelR5
Pokemon type: Dark
Challenge type: Single
Game: Ruby

 

[Acnologia Rising]

Hmmm. Think I may give this a shot.
Username: Rin_K-Rogue
Pokemon type: Normal
Challenge type: Single
Game: Expert Emerald

(Wish me luck)
Edit: I will also be playing it sorta nuzlocke style, with the rules of all members must be nicknamed, and if they faint, they're dead.

Here's a BIIIIG first submission

Spoiler:

-Chose Treecko for Flash later.
-Beat May and Recieved Dex.
-Caught a level 4 Male Sentret (who I named Leroy) and boxed Treecko.
-Grinded Leroy a little, while hunting for a Zigzagoon.
-Got EXTREMELY lucky and found myself a level 4 SHINY female Zigzagoon, who I named Lola.
-Went through route 102, battling the trainers, and caught myself a level 3 Female Azurill with Huge Power (named her Bubbles).
-Got everyone to level 9 then helped Wally.
-Went through next route, battling all trainers, and entered Petalburg woods (I regret choosing Expert Emerald ;-; the Aqua grunt had a level 10 Bagon).
-Battled throught the rest of the woods and the rest of route 104, almost losing Leroy in the process, but getting him to level 11.
-Ran through Rustboro to route 116 and caught a level 7 Female Taillow, and named her Skye.
-Grinded Sky to level 9 and then Challenged the 1st gym, beating all trainers with a combination of Tail Whip and headbut from Lola, all while healing constantly.
-Grinded the rest of the team to level 16 before challenging Roxanne (skipped Azurill's evolution, as it loses it's normal typing upon evolving)
-BARELY beat Roxanne, spamming Tail Whip and Headbutt from Lola, but sadly lost Bubbles, after taking down her stupidly tough Aron, who probably would have been the biggest obstacle if I didn't have Bubbles. RIP Bubbles </3

Team so far:

Leroy the Sentret (m)
lvl 16
Run Away
Moves:
-Scratch
-Defense Curl
-Quick Attack
-Fury Swipes

Lola the (SHINY) Zigzagoon (f)
lvl 17
Pickup
Moves:
-Headbutt
-Tail Whip
-Sand Attack
-Odor Sleuth

Skye the Taillow (f)
lvl 16
Guts
Moves:
-Growl
-Wing Attack
-Focus Energy
-Quick Attack

Deaths so far: 1

Phew...that was a pain to type up XD
Will continue later when my tablet has charged up :P

 

[Polizard]

Sinnoh Update 1 (Platinum)

-Started my adventure in the Sinnoh region.
-Talked to Barry
-Got yelled ay by Prof Rowan
-Picked Piplup as my starter
-Got a Pokedex and once again was taught how to catch Pokemom
-Traveled to Jubilife City got the watch thing
-Traveled to Oreburgh City and battled the gym leader won quite easily
-Caught a Bidoof contemplated using it changed my mind taught it rock Smash
-Made my way to Floaroma Town
Caught a Buizel decided I am going for the Blue Shellos so I didn't catch one
Saved the game

Team
Prinplup Lv 19

Pound
Peck
BubbleBeam
Metal Claw

Buizel Lv 9

Growl
Water Sport
Quick Attack
Water Gun
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[Acnologia Rising]

Welp. I failed.
I think choosing Expert Emerald for a mono Normal nuzlocke playthrough was a huge mistake. The game is difficult enough as it is.

Sadly, my entire team was destroyed in Brawly's Gym. First Skye the Swellow (I grinded everyone up to like, 20, a couple of them higher) went down...and because she was the only one with any super effective moves against Fighting, I pretty much instantly lost. Lola the (shiny) Linoone went down 2nd, shortly followed by Leroy the Furret. RIP Lola, Skye and Leroy. You will all be missed :(

Okay! Time to revive the playthrough!
I will be replaying in Alpha Sapphire.
Still sticking with the normal type, and will still be playing Nuzlocke style (- the 1st pokemon of each route rule)
Hopefully, this playthrough will go alot better XD

 

[Blaki']

My Normal Monotype in Johto, part 2 !

Adventure Log :

Spoiler:

- Took the Mysterious Egg
- Grabbed HM Rock Smash, learned it to a freshly caught Geodude and broke a bunch of rocks with it.
- Caught a level 4 Dunsparce, named him "Laand"
- Nazrin evolved into Furret !
- Defeated a few trainers on Route 32, then entered Union Cave
- Got the TM Rock Tomb, which I learned to Laand
- Togepi hatched from its egg, named him "Spicy Meme"
- Arrived to Azalea Town, just to backtrack a bit later to the Ruins of Alph to go to the backroom of the first puzzle room.

(right here)
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- And I forgot to take the Old Rod too :3
- Went in Slowpoke Well and defeated Executive Proton
- Now Bugsy !
- Laand wrecked everything with Glare and Rock Tomb (but seriously the accuracy of this move in the 4th gen ;_;)
- Got the Hive Badge !
- And the rival :c Gastly with Mean Look + Curse ._.' But I defeated him nonetheless :3
- Recieved the HM Cut in Ilex Forest, which I taught to Totodile
- Taught Headbutt to Nazrin and Laand. The flinch fest can begin :D
- Caught a level 8 Aipom, named her "Candice"
- Arrived at Goldenrod City and taught Focus Blast to Nazrin
- Done some leveling
- And now, Whitney. In my opinion it's really not a hard fight. At least, I haven't had any trouble with her.
- A critical Headbutt from Candice ended Clefairy's life.
- A combination of Tickle, Super Potion and Headbutt, and Miltank suffered the same fate.

Badges :

Spoiler:

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My team at this point :

Spoiler:

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[Pekin]

Ultimate Flying Monotype Challenge
Game: Omega Ruby
Badges: 3

Status:
Leaf Green, Soul Silver, Omega Ruby (3/8), Platinum, Black 2, Y

After setting foor in Dewford, I rushed off to catch a Zubat. Again, I spent some time soft resetting for a decent nature. Taillow took out Brawly, we delivered the letter to Steven and moved on. Story stuff happened, and before challenging Wattson, I took out every nearby trainer that I could access. In the process, Taillow, Zubat and Wingull all evolved. And while taking on Wattson's Gym, Golbat evolved again into the complete pile of awesome that is Crobat. Now, thanks to being a bit overleveled and just because it is such a beast, Crobat was able to spam Bite and tear Wattson's team a new one. I had to heal once, though, but I never even got paralyzed! Anyway, here's my current team:

Crobat, lv. 26 w/ Cheri Berry
Female // Jolly // Inner Focus
- Wing Attack
- Leech Life
- Astonish
- Bite

Pelipper, lv. 26 w/ Cheri Berry
Male // Calm // Keen Eye
- Water Pulse
- Quick Attack
- Protect
- Air Cutter

Swellow, lv. 26 w/ Cheri Berry
Female // Adamant // Guts
- Aerial Ace
- Double Team
- Focus Energy
- Quick Attack

 

[SmashMaster24]

Dragon Ultimate Monotype Challenge
Sinnoh Update 3

Spoiler:

-Beat Saturn

-Beat Mars

-Beat Candice

-Beat Cyrus

-Beat Saturn

-Beat Mars and Jupiter

-Beat Cyrus

-KOed Giratina

Current Team:

Gary (Garchomp) ♂ Lv. 58 (Draco Plate)
Sand Veil, Rash Nature
Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Brick Break, Crunch

Heather (Altaria) ♀ Lv. 58 (Dragon Fang)
Natural Cure, Gentle Nature
Dragon Pulse, Fly, Flamethrower, DragonBreath

HM Slaves: Turtwig (Rock Smash, Cut, Flash), Staravia (Defog), Bibarel (Surf, Strength, Rock Slide)

 

[Blaki']

My Normal Monotype in Johto, part 3 !

Adventure Log :

Spoiler:

- Went on Route 36 to defeat the Sudowoodo and received the Berry Pot, it might be useful to harvest Sitrus Berries for upcoming fights.
- Walked a lot to increase Spicy Meme's happiness.
- Spicy Meme evolved into Togetic !
- Arrived at Ecruteak City, and received the Dowsing Machine. I love Heartgold's Dowsing Machine, because it is very interactive :p

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- Primary tools acquired : HM Strength and TM Shadow Claw !
- Learned Shadow Claw to Candice and Strength to Nazrin
- Went around the parts of Johto I already explored to finds all sorts of hidden items on the ground
- Defeated the Rocket grunt, obtained HM Surf, and learned it to Totodile
- Went in the Burned Tower and defeated the rival Kappa.
- Now Morty ! Candice rolled on the gym by herself thanks to Shadow Claw ! Spicy Meme also played a good part by taking out the Gengar with Sweet Kiss and Extrasensory !
- I decided once again to do some exploration before going out on Route 38, to go to all the places I could go with Surf.
- First, I went from Ecruteak to Azalea to get a King's Rock in the Slowpoke Well, more flinch is always good !
- After that, I went to the Ruin of Alph to solve the two more enigm I could do at this point.
- Then, I did some training with the remaining trainers in the Union Cave.
- Finally I caught a Smeargle called "NotASquid". I'm saving her for later, when I'll get access to powerful physical moves (I have a little plan in head to make this pokemon not useless)
- Now I can finally venture on Route 38 !
- Arrived at Olivine City, and picked up the Good Rod.
- More training at the Lighthouse, of course. Yes I know, my Pokemons are a bit overpowered, but the next gym is very tough, so I have to be the most prepared possible.

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Discovery of the day : The background in battle is darker when battling on lower floors of caverns (while on land)

Badges :
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Spoiler:

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My team :

Spoiler:

Also, if you have any idea of physical moves I could learn to Smeargle, I would be glad to hear your suggestions !
I want to teach her Belly Drum and also Sacred Fire, but in the meanwhile, I don't really know what could I have on this pokémon (and I really want to use Smeargle, think of it as a way to make my adventure harder :p)
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[Acnologia Rising]

Quick question, would I be allowed to trade for a Bidoof? Bibarel would be great for a HM slave, as it can learn Dive and Waterfall, and I wouldn't have to waste a party spot.

 

[Blaki']

Quick question, would I be allowed to trade for a Bidoof? Bibarel would be great for a HM slave, as it can learn Dive and Waterfall, and I wouldn't have to waste a party spot.

Can't you use your Water type starter as a HM slave for these moves ? That's what I've been doing and it work nicely ^^ (or if you're using it in your challenge, can't you catch a pokémon who can learn these moves ?)

 

[Acnologia Rising]

I could, but I don't wanna be wasting a party spot on a non-normal type that won't be able to battle.
At least with Bibarel, I can use him in battle if I ever needed to.


Also I already picked Torchic for the starter and I'm not resetting just to pick Mudkip.

Edit: I just checked, and the only 3 normal types that can learn Waterfall are Azurill, Bibarel and Arceus

 

[animalia]

Single Normal Red

UPDATE 6:

Progress Report:

Spoiler:

I beat all the trainers in Viridian Forest.

Current Team:

Spoiler:

Pidgey
Level: 9
Moves: Gust/Sand-Attack


Rattata
Level: 9
Moves: Tackle/Tail Whip/Quick Attack

 

[TheCrystalFlaaffy]

Quick question, would I be allowed to trade for a Bidoof? Bibarel would be great for a HM slave, as it can learn Dive and Waterfall, and I wouldn't have to waste a party spot.

Sadly you'll have to waste a party slot, at least temporarily for when you need the HMs, the only trading or hacking you can do is to either evolve a mon or get a mon of your type if none can be obtained before the 2nd gym. Both of which don't apply to a normal run in any hoenn game.