The Monotype Challenge

[jombii]

Ultimate Monotype Challenge: Grass

HeartGold

Badges: 8/16​

Progress Report:

1. Did the small stuff in Dragon's Den to get the badge.
2. Grinded. Grinding.
3. Ho-oh substory. Caught it in a master ball for ease.
4. Trained otw to Pokemon League.
5. Defeated the E4. Lance was awful af.
6. Currently otw to Kanto


Team:

Spoiler:

Level 56
Strength | Earthquake | Magical Leaf | Iron Tail

Level 53
Leaf Blade | Acid | Knock Off | Sleep Powder

Level 53
Giga Drain| Synthesis | U-turn | Bounce

Level 53
Sunny Day | Synthesis | Giga Drain | Solarbeam

Level 53
Psychic | Uproar | Leech Seed | Leaf Storm​

Pics:

Spoiler:

 

[Xander729]

Xander's Pokemon CHallenges


name: Xander729
Game: Pokemon Emerald
Challenge: Fighting Monotype


UPDATE#1

I chose Torchic as my starter and headed off on my adventure. I battled May and was able to defeat her Mudkip. I got to Petalburg City and helped Wally catch his first pokemon. I headed onward to Petalburg Woods, where I caught a shroomish. I'm currently battling the trainers in the area

My Badges: 0

My Team:

Torchic Lv. 10
Shroomish Lv. 7

 

[jombii]

Ultimate Monotype Challenge: Grass

HeartGold

Badges: 11/16​

Progress Report:

1. Defeated Lt. Surge with Meganium's EQ.
2. Defeated Sabrina with difficulty. Jumpluff's U-turn and newly acquired Silver Wind is not pulling through.
3. Did the machine part story.
4. Defeated Misty. Ice Beam Starmie knocked almost every member of my team. Knock Off Exeggutor did the thing.
5. Went through Rock Tunnel as quickly as possible. Trained a bit.
6. Got the EQPMN or something like that.
7. Defeated Erika with Victreebel's Acid.
8. Save west of Fuschsia Town.


Team:

Spoiler:

Level 60
Strength | Earthquake | Magical Leaf | Iron Tail

Level 56
Leaf Blade | Acid | Knock Off | Sleep Powder

Level 55
Silver Wind| Synthesis | U-turn | Bounce

Level 55
Sunny Day | Synthesis | Giga Drain | Solarbeam

Level 57
Psychic | Uproar | Leech Seed | Leaf Storm​

Pics:

Spoiler:

 

[Xander729]

Xander's Pokemon Challenges


Pokemon Emerald Fighting Monotype


UPDATE#2

I worked my way through petal burg woods defeating all the trainers and arrived at Ristboro City. I took on the gym and Rocanne was easy for shroomish to destroy, I'm on the route east now battling trainers and trying to find the team Aqua grunt

My Badges: 1/8

My Team:

Torchic Lv. 15
Shroomish Lv. 15

 

[DyingWillFlareon]

Ok i found out how to reach Fuscia

Spoiler:

Walked through the bridge we beat snorlax on the first time. im an idiot. :'3 Beat a lot of trainers and took all day to get to Fuscia(very busy and phone kept resetting). Found the Gold Teeth and HM 03 on the second try(got lost the first time :'D) and taught Strength to Tonn and Surf to the only one who could learn it, Luto. Beat Koga's gym after my phone reset the game and we had to go back around, then bought lots of items and sold our pokeballs as 1. theres no more pokemon i wanna catch and 2. no shinies in gen 1. Going onward we walked back to Saffron(ugh shoulda used fly..) and eventually found and beat Sabrina. I then made a new inside joke in my house "naughty children get stuck in the sabrina room" because dang its hard to find her. Saved outside after buying more items and healing at the pc.

Spoiler: couple pics

Numa used Dig and Koga's Weezing used Selfdestruct or Explosion when I looked away so I looked back to a blank screen with just the HP bars and was very confused for a moment

Berry pulling his weight with a ohko crit

Team:
Numa level 39 Raticate
Tackle/Dig/Quick Attack/Hyper Fang

Tonn level 39 Wigglytuff
Sing/Water Gun/Strength/Flash

Fae level 39 Clefable(so strong dang)
Pound/Minimize/Psychic/Ice Beam

Puffy level 39 Persian
Fury Swipes/Screech/Bite/Pay Day

Berry level 39 Eevee
Skull Bash/Sand Attack/Bite/Double-Edge

Luto level 39 Snorlax
Headbutt/Surf/Rest/Body Slam

Badges: 6
Next Badge: Blaine in Cinnabar Island~

 

[ElectricN]

Name: ElectricN
Type: Grass
Game: Emerald
Mode: Single (though I may go ultimate)

Started a few days ago, will update this evening when I beat the elite 4

 

[jombii]

Ultimate Monotype Challenge: Grass

HeartGold

Badges: 16/16 + RED​

Progress Report:

1. Defeated Janine with Meganium's EQ and Exeggutor's Psychic.
2. Went back to Brock. Destroyed him cause rock<<grass.
3. Defeated Blaine. EQ worked wonders although I had to use full restores.
4. Defeated Blue quite easily.
5. Started grinding for Red. I knew I had to level up my mons to at least 85 so they will survive.
6. Stocked up on Revives and Full Restores.
7. Pikachu went down easy with Victreebel's Leaf Blade.
8. Charizard not so much. Took down Sunflora and Tentacool (my HM slave) with Flare Blitz. Meganium survived another Flare Blitz which bought Charizard down to red-yellow border health because of the recoil. One Rock Climb and it's over.
9. Lapras was next. I can't do anything except stall with Full Restore because Blizzard is always bringing my mon down to red. Once Blizzard was gone, it's only a matter of EQ/Iron Tail from Meganium.
10. Venusaur was easy although it managed to OHKO Victreebel with Sludge Bomb. Exeggutor lived a Sludge Bomb and OHKOed with a Psychic.
11. Snorlax ALSO HAS BLIZZARD so same tactic. This one was a little bulkier but I still did it.
12. Blastoise was simply a Leaf Blade from Victreebel.


DONE! Off to Omega Ruby. Although I already started it when my PC broke. I'm at the seventh gym now. Will be posting one huge massive update tomorrow or maybe later.


Team:

Spoiler:

Level 85
Strength | Earthquake | Rock Climb | Iron Tail

Level 85
Leaf Blade | Sludge Bomb | Knock Off | Sleep Powder

Level 85
Silver Wind| Synthesis | U-turn | Bounce

Level 85
Sunny Day | Synthesis | Giga Drain | Solarbeam

Level 85
Psychic | Uproar | Leech Seed | Leaf Storm​

Pics:

Spoiler:

DONE

 

[Lrachelr5]

Forum User Name: LRachelR5
Pokémon Type: Poison
Challenge Type: Ultimate
Game(s): Red, Heart Gold, Ruby, Platinum, Black 2, X
Previous Progress: No

 

[Ahri]

It's been quite a while since I last posted an update in here so here goes...

Psychic Ultimate Monotype
Pokemon Platinum

Ahri the Queen of the Impish

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Spoiler:

I chose Piplup as my starter and did the starting stuff. Caught myself an Abra on Route 203 (luckily it only took a handful of encounters). Proceeded to level the Abra up until it finally evolved into Kadabra so I could actually take on Roark's gym. Continued my adventure with only Kadabra by my side until I reached Route 211 where I caught a Meditite and a Chingling. I started leveling those 2 on the trainers I'd been avoiding and eventually decided to drop the Meditite. So I took on Gardenia with my two Pokemon after which I proceeded to do the other random stuff to get myself a bike. I then went under the cycling road and caught a Bronzor in the hidden cave but soon after dropped that one too. Long story short, I caught a male Ralts on Route 208 and then went to Hearthome City where I obtained an Eevee from Bebe. Fantina's Gym was a joke, the easiest so far thanks to Chimeco and Kadabra. Eventually left Hearthome behind and am currently headed towards my next destination...

Fun fact: It turns out my Piplup was Impish. The Abra I caught turned out to be Impish as well. The Psyduck and Bidoof I caught to use as HM slaves were also Impish. Even funnier, both Meditite AND Chingling were Impish as well. So was the Bronzor I caught. Later on, when I went hunting for a male Ralts, the one I managed to catch was Impish as well. And guess what.... the Eevee I obtained from Bebe was ALSO Impish. Bare in mind, I didn't sit around trying to match the natures or anything (proof being the Bibarel I caught on Route 208 who happened to break the Impish curse and be Quirky). This is an odd occurrence for me and I swear, I almost thought my game had been tampered with (since I bought a used game). Hence the title of "Queen of the Impish"

Team

Level 30 | Male | Impish | Synchronize @ Mind Plate
Miracle Eye | Reflect | Psybeam | Disable

Level 30 | Female | Impish | Levitate @ Spooky Plate
Grass Knot | Attract | Astonish | Confusion

Level 30 | Male | Impish | Run Away @ Soothe Bell
Quick Attack | Secret Power | Sand Attack | Bite

(currently benched until I find a Dawn Stone)
Level 20 | Male | Impish | Synchronize @ Shell Bell
Confusion | Double Team | Thief | Lucky Chant
​

 

[ElectricN]

Beat the Elite 4!

Ive probably done a grass monotype run 10 times by now, but never posted it. Love the Grass type, despite its numerous weaknesses, simply because the move pools can be so diverse (plus I love moves that recover health: Leech Seed, Giga Drain, Ingrain, etc.). The team was great. Sceptile has always been my starter so I knew how to use him. Breloom, who Im currently doing a solo run with, was fantastic, and became my strongest team member. Ludicolo was nice for type advantage, though im not a huge fan of him. Cacturne was pretty average, I enjoyed using him. Cradily was like Ludicolo, nice for type advantage though Im not sure if I'd ever use her again. Tropius, who for so long now has been one of my favorite pokemon (typing. design) was the worst one yet. Yeah flying moves gave me an advantage over grass and bug, but in the late game when I got him, there wasnt many of those, so I rarely used him and he wasnt that strong.

Vine (Sceptile) M LVL 63

Leaf Blade
Slam
Mega Drain
Toxic

Mushroom (Breloom) M LVL 65

Sky Uppercut
Headbutt
Leech Seed
Iron Tail

Lilypad (Ludicolo) M LVL 61

Surf
Nature Power
Hydro Pump
Giga Drain

Cactus (Cacturne) M LVL 59

Needle Arm
Faint Attack
Ingrain
Protect

Seaflower (Cradily) F LVL 58

Ancient Power
Confuse Ray
Ingrain
Sludge Bomb

Fruit Tree (Tropius) M LVL 55

Body Slam
Synthesis
Fly
Magical Leaf

Now, that psychic run through on Ruby is getting restarted and done on Sapphire instead. Will post soon with updates!

 

[jombii]

Ultimate Monotype: Grass
Regions Done: 2
Current Region: Hoenn
Badges: 7/8

Progress:
1. Started the game this time with a male named G.
2. Got the Treecko from Birch and did all the pregame yadi-yada.
3. Captured a Seedot and let Wally capture his Ralts.
4. Captured a Shroomish in Petalburg Forest.
5. Easily defeated Roxanne because Rock << Grass.
6. Cleared Verdanturf Tunnel and proceeded to Dewford Town.
7. Treecko evolved to Grovyle.
8. Defeated Brawly and had Shroomish and Seedot evolve to their evolutions.
9. Cleared Slateport.
10. Captured Oddish.
11. Grinded a few and proceeded to Mauville to defeat Watson.
12. Captured a Roselia.
13. Proceeded north and cleared the Fallarbor Town and Meteor Falls story.
14. Cleared the Mt. Chimney story. Oddish evolved to Gloom.
15. Cleared Flannery with a few tries.
16. Gained access to the sandstorm area. Deposited Gloom and Nuzleaf for good.
17. Captured a Cacnea and Lileep.
18. Went back to Petalburg and defeated Norman. Breloom's Mach Punch worked wonders.
19. Gained access to all the surfing areas so I naturally went and grinded on the sea route between Petalburg and Slateport.
20. Went east of Mauville and trained Lileep.
21. Reached Fortree and defeated Winona with Lileep's Ancient Power.
22. Went south of Fortree to grind. Cacnea evolved to Cacturne.
23. Cleared the Mt. Pyre story and the Lilycove story.
24. Went east of Lilycove, grinding again on the sea routes. Lileep evolved to Cradily.
25. Easily defeated the twins with Sceptile's Leaf Blade and Cacturne's Dark Pulse.
26. Went south of Mossdeep and released Groudon.

Current save area: Mossdeep
Next Mission: Go to the Cave of Origins and clear this story.

Team:

Spoiler:

Level 46 @Sceptilite
Leaf Blade | Earthquake | X-Scissor | Dual Chop

Level 46
Stone Edge | Brine | Hidden Power | Energy Ball

Level 46
Sucker Punch | Spikes | Energy Ball | Dark Pulse

Level 45
Dazzling Gleam | Toxic Spikes | Shadow Ball | Hidden Power

Mega Drain | Force Palm | Rock Tomb | Leech Seed

Pics:

Spoiler:

 

[jespoke]

Since it has been a while since i last took this challenge (And don't have the cartridge by hand for the one i forgot halfway through) i decided to take on Kanto Ice.... on a 400% speed emulator in one sitting. :P Here is the result:

Forum User Name: Jespoke
Pokémon Type: Ice
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): Fire Red

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FIre Red - Ice challenge start to finish:

- Started the game as Baby (Ice Ice...)
- Based my rival's starter on my Trainer ID
- Picked my hacked starter Merps the Shellder
- Played the opening
- Realized Shellder is 1) not Ice type yet 2) doesn't learn water-STAB on its own 3) focuses physical Attack but only has Tackle for a physical move
- Brock down!
- Met a guy with a Magnemite in Mt Moon, had no chance. Rekt by Magnemite count: 1
- Learned Aurora Beam, game suddenly 10x easier
- Got TM Secret Power, no longer walled by water types
- Misty down!
- Water Pulse finally gives me STAB, though Secret Power is still better
- Find another guy with a Magnemite. Rekt by Magnemite count: 2
- Skipping Lt. Surge for now for fear of Magnemite.
- Rock Tunnel cost almost all my PP, even without fighting the wild
- Rushed to get the Silph Scope, Kangaskhan was really scary
- Cruised through the Pokemon Tower
- Got past Snorlax to get a Super Rod
- Fished up a lv 30 Poliwhirl, caught it, and traded it for Zynx the Jynx
- Intended to feed Erika's gym to Jynx, but it wouldn't obey me until i beat said Gym.
- Erika down!
- Snuck into Silph Co., Jynx soloed my rival and i got ADWCTA the lv 25 Lapras
- Got SURF!!!
- Beat a bazillion trainers including Sabrina and Koga
- Surfed all over Blaine
- Sevii Islands bla bla.
- 8th gym still locked........ I forgot to go back to Surge
- Drowned Lt Surge
- Giovanni is cake for Lapras
- Rival, Victory Road, Elite 3 + Bruno, Champion,
- Beat the game!

Team:

ADWCTA, lv 59 Lapras Lategame MVP

Surf, Body Slam, Ice Beam, Hydro Pump
"His ability to tank stuff was rarely relevant because of how overleveled i was, but towards the end every big highlight was ADWCTA beating stuff that could 1-shot the others"
Highlight stats: HP,Sp Def

Zynx, lv 60 Jynx

Psychic, Ice Punch, Thief, Calm Mind
"Swept a lot of big battles including the start of E4, but her abysmal Defense betrayed her and left the hardest 2 battles entirely up to the others."
Highlight stats: Sp Atk, Speed

Merps, lv 58 Cloyster

Ice Beam, Surf, Secret Power, Double Edge
"Secret Power was the hidden MVP, being a vital asset that let Merps carry his solo part of the adventure much better than he would have otherwise. He had a lull when the other two came to power, but had his moments lategame thanks to his awesome Defense and good(nature boosted) Speed"
Highlight stat: Defense

 

[Onyxguardian35]

Name: Onyxguardian35 (Mario in game)
Challenge: Ultimate
Regions Completed: Kanto,
Current Region: Sinnoh
Type: Water

Spoiler:

It took me all of the Gym trainers to realize that Steel Moves were super effective vs. Ice. So I took out Candice with Quincy and Sidney. Swept the Grunts at Veilstone HQ and right up until the doubles battle with rival. Bronzors (Bronzongs?) proved to be a challenge and I only had 2 pokes left. Beat them and followed Cyrus into Distortion World. Barely hung on vs Cyrus (Weavile took a good bite out of my team). Defeated Giratina.

At the eighth gym, many thoughts when through my head

• It should be ok with Sidney's Steel resistance and Shelly's Ground typing
• Crap! Steel is not resistant vs Electric
• Shelly will not survive alone
• Wow! Shelly swept with relative ease

Once I got onto victory road, ran into OMG SHINY ONIX!!!! (First Shiny on non emulator game)
Grinded team for Elite 4

Elite 4:

Spoiler:

I was thinking at least the first part would be a breeze with advantage vs Fire and Ground
VS Aaron

• Yanmega was taken down by Quincy surf
• Heracross takes down both Quincy and Sidney
• Tanya takes down Heracross with Waterfall
• Tanya freezes Vespiqueen with Ice Fang and faints it
• Scizor and Drapion also taken down by Tanya

MVP- Tanya
VS Bertha

• Whiscash faints from Bimbo (combination of Grass Knot and Return)
• Rhyperior takes down Bimbo
• Tanya takes down Rhyperior with flinching Waterfall and 2HKO
• Tanya faints Golem and Gliscor with 1HKO
• Tanya takes down Hippodown with 2HKO

MVP- Tanya
VS Flint

• Houndoom goes down to Quincy's Surf
• Infernape takes down Quincy with Thunderpunch
• Shelly almost faints from Dig + Earthquake, but with 11 HP takes down Infernape
• Rapidash takes down Shelly with Bounce
• Tanya takes down Rapidash with Waterfall
• Tanya 1HKO's Magmortar and Flareon with Waterfall

MVP- Tanya (0 damage taken vs Aces)
VS Lucian (lots and lots of potion/revive spamming)

• Bimbo takes out Mr Mime with Return
• Gallade starts destroying my team with Leaf Blade and Drain Punch
• Tanya takes out Gallade after a revive
• Alakazam proceeds to almost take out remainder of team with Energy ball (used Shiny Onix as lamb)
• Sidney takes out Alakazam after 2 missed focus blasts
• Bronzong and Espeon were taken out by Shelly's Surf and Brine

MVP- none (Team effort)
VS Champion Cynthia

• Cynthia switches to Roserade and takes out Quincy
• Roserade gets KO'd by Sidney's Flash Cannon
• Garchomp comes and EQ's Sidney
• Tanya comes in and crits Gaborone after trading blows
• Togekiss gets frozen by Tanya Ice Fang and is KO'd
• Lucario faints Tanya (no more Waterfall PP)
• Lucario faints to Shelly's Dig
• Milotic faints Shelly with Surf and Ice Beam
• After a couple of Hyper Potions, Milotic is fainted by Bimbo's Return
• Spiritomb is KO'd by revived Tanya's Crunch

MVP- Tanya

Team:

Spoiler:

Sidney (F) LVL 55
Modest
Torrent
Steel Coat
Flash Cannon
Drill Peck
Brine
Avalanche

Bimbo (F) LVL 54
Quiet
Simple
Quick Claw
Grass Knot
Return
Rock Climb
Superpower

Shelly (F) LVL 55
Serious
Storm Drain
Surf
Rock Slide
Brine
Dig

Tanya (F) MVP LVL 57
Gentle
Swift Swim
Dread Plate
Ice Fang
Strength
Waterfall
Crunch

Quincy (M) LVL 55
Mild
Swift Swim
Mystic Water
Surf
Attract
Aqua Ring
U-Turn

Onix
Jolly
Sturdy
Rock Smash
Dragonbreath
Iron Tail
Sandstorm

My favorite part of this was Tanya went from lowest level in party to highest level and MVP in party
Also, I need to figure how to get this Shiny Onix into the Pokémon Y.
Onto Sapphire

 

[jombii]

Ultimate Monotype: Grass
Regions Done: 3
Current Region: Hoenn
Badges: 8/8
DONE

Progress:
1. Went to Sootopolis to try and save the world.
2. Did so with a Masterball. I am not wasting any time with Groudon lol.
3. Defeated Wallace. Grass >> Water
4. Proceeded to Victory Road.
5. Grinded hard inside just to prep myself.
6. Upon reaching the Pokemon League, went to spend all my money on Full Restores and Revives.
7. Started to do the E4. Defeat is okay as long as I get experience.
8. Had zero difficulty with E4, except maybe for Glacia's Froslasses. Get owned hard by Steven.
9. Retraced back to get some useful TMs (Return and Dragon Claw) and get the Shiny Stone for Roselia and Leaf Stone for Nuzleaf.
10. Evolved each of them.
11. Did the E4 again and re-challenged Steven.
12. Cradily barely managed to stop Skarmory using HP Fire and Stone Edge.
13. Claydol is simply a Leaf Blade away.
14. Aggron is Brick Broken.
15. Cradily is more difficult. It took Cradily's own Brines, Breloom's Brick Break, and Roselia's Sludge Bomb to take it out.
16. X-Scissor Armaldo is beast. I managed to take it out by wearing it down by many attacks and using Revives and Full Restores in between.
17. Surprisingly, Cacturne survived a Bullet Punch from a M-Metagross and brought it HP down to red with a Dark Pulse. One Sucker Punch later, I beat the game.

Current save area: Done
Next Mission: PLATINUM!

Team:

Spoiler:

Level 60 @Sceptilite
Leaf Blade | Earthquake | X-Scissor | Dragon Claw

Level 61
Stone Edge | Brine | Hidden Power | Energy Ball

Level 57
Sucker Punch | Spikes | Energy Ball | Dark Pulse

Level 57
Dazzling Gleam | Toxic Spikes | Shadow Ball | Sludge Bomb

Level 57
Seed Bomb | Brick Break | Rock Tomb | Leech Seed

Pics: LARGE IMAGES

Spoiler:

 

[Onyxguardian35]

Ultimate Water Monotype Challenge
Regions Completed: 2 (now 3)
Region Update: Hoenn (Sapphire)

Managed to beat Sapphire in a day (on sped up emulator)

Summary:

Spoiler:

Started with Mudkip named Herschel
Caught Wingull (Lisa) and Lotad (Hombre)
Defeated Roxanne with Hombre as last man standing
Defeated Brawly with Lisa as last woman standing
Evolved Herschel to Marshtomp
Evolved Hombre to Lombre
Lost to Rival
Swept Watson with Herschel
Lost to Archie somehow
HOW DID I LOSE TO FLANNERY!! DANG IT
Norman was a pain. Eventually got lucky with Lisa's Protect/Wing Attack, Herschel's Mud-Slap/Mud Shot, and Hombre ended up as last man standing
Went on a fishing spree for Lilith (Wailmer), Daarius (Carvahna), Rojas (Barboach), and Carl (Corphish), Hombre became HM Slave, Herschel got benched
Lost to Winona's Altaria a few times
Evolved Daarius, Rojas, and Carl
Swept Grunts no problem
Caught Jiggy (Spheal), Carl got benched
Swept the twins
Evolved Jiggy to Sealeo
Defeated Archie barely
Wallace was defeated after a few soft resets, Milotic is a pain
Evolved Lilith to Wailord
Evolved Jiggy again
Victory Road was harsher than expected
Caught a Shiny Golbat (2nd Shiny in Ultimate Run)

E4:

Spoiler:

I managed to get to E4 after only having $1000 left after buying Ice Beam from Game Corner
Started grinding on Sidney and Phoebe (no MVP vs Sidney, Daarius MVP vs Phoebe)
Glacia was impossible to get by at moment without revive/potion spam
Eventually got by Glacia with Lilith EQ
What a surprised it was for me when Drake was a pushover with Jiggy
Once I started vs Steven, I realized I had not used Lilith's Water Spout. So I started wrecking Steven with it
Finished Metagross off with Rojas's EQ

Team:

Spoiler:

Lisa (F) LV 50
Naive
Keen Eye
Surf
Protect
Supersonic
Fly

Lilith (F) LV 57
Mild
Oblivious
Mystic Water
Rest
Water Spout
Surf
Earthquake

Rojas (M) LV 55
Hardy
Oblivious
Soft Sand
Earthquake
Rest
Surf
Snore

Daarius (M) LV 56
Bashful
Rough Skin
Black Glasses
Waterfall
Screech
Surf
Crunch

Jiggy (M) LV 54
Careful
Thick Fat
Body Slam
Dive
Ice Beam
Blizzard

Hombre (M) HM Slave LV 33
Jolly
Swift Swim
Rock Smash
Strength
Surf
Flash

This was a brutal run and I used a total of 8 throughout the run to clear Gyms. Should've had a much better plan.
Onto Black 2

 

[ElectricN]

Turning my grass monotype into an Ultimate Monotype challenge.

Name: ElectricN
Type: Grass
Regions Completed: 1 (Hoenn)
Next Up: Kanto

Using a sped up emulator makes this go so much faster. Started today and already have 4 badges. I really do love Grass Pokemon because their movepools are so diverse. Venusaur is solid, and just got Giga drain after defeating Erica. Ive never cared for Parasect, but dang, its good, with a solid move pool even for Gen 3. Vileplume is decent, though right now it doesnt have 1 very strong move, but makes do with what it has. Still have to catch Tangela and Exeggcutor, then the team will, and Ill get to it right after I beat Sabrina, as I just took down team Rocket at Silph.

Team:

Bruteroot (Venusaur) M LVL 39

Giga Drain
Poison Powder
Razor Leaf
Leech Seed

Incrab (Parasect) F LVL 40

Thief
Slash
Aerial Ace
Leech Life

Floxic (Vileplume) F LVL 38

Absorb
Moonlight
Poison Powder
Acid


Will update again when Im done!

 

[ElectricN]

and Done!

Wooh! Has to be my quickest challenge ever (1 day). Thank god for the increased speed emulator, otherwise this wouldve taken me awhile.

I always found the first gen to be the hardest, and this was no different. Most of the gym leaders werent terrible, in fact I dont think I lost to any. However, almost every rival battle I struggled with, because of that stupid Fire Flying Charizard. Each time I ran into him for like th last 3 sets, I lost. Finally just had to keep Vileplume alive long enough to use a Toxic and then just keep reviving and potioning until it fainted. Plus, I did a solid amount of grinding right before the elite just to face my rival at the end.
This gen with grass is definitely more difficult than 3rd gen, not counting the actual game, just because the grass pokemon are a lot more limited. Hoenn grass types have all these wonderful duo species (Water, Flying, Dark, Fighting) where as here, I only had poison (whos only advantage was to grass...) a bug (yet again, very limited advantages) and then thankfully a psychic. Still love Venusaur, and tried a different set with him that I liked. Vileplume did its job with Toxic, but not much else. Parasect had a fantastic attack that came in handy, along with being able to use diverse moves. Exeggutor was my go to with psychic, definitely my strongest attack. Tangela didnt do much...basically its purpose was to use mega drain when Venusaur ran out of Giga drain for solid Grass attacks.

Trainer Green's Team:

Bruteroot (Venusaur) M LVL 65

Giga Drain
Sunny Day
Solar Beam
Earthquake

Incrab (Parasect) F LVL 63

Thief
Slash
Aerial Ace
Giga Drain

Floxic (Vileplume) F LVL 62

Petal Dance
Moonlight
Toxic
Acid

Triopical (Exeggutor) M LVL 63

Hypnosis
Egg Bomb
Leech Seed
Psychic

Vinegheist (Tangela) M LVL 59

Sleep Powder
Mega Draun
Tickle
Double-Edge

Will be moving on to another region (either Jhoto of Unova, which I cant speed up on an emulator) but may take a break to work on other challenges for the moment.



EDIT: Speaking of which, heres my Psychic AS update.

VERY slow start, took forever to train up Ralts to beat Roxanne. Also a lot of set up with team aqua and everything, then Mr Stone and Steven. Finally caught an Abra before it could teleport, and then trained that with the EXP Share, which also took forever, as I beat Brawley, then fought Team Aqua again. Then, thanks to the fantastic Pidge14, I was able to trade my newly evolved Kadabra to get Alakazam and received a dawn stone to evolve my newly evolved Kirlia into Gallade. Im currently outside Mauville and imagine the game will progress quicker, now that I already have 2 fully evolved Pokemon before the 3rd gym. Will update again soon!

Team:

Alakazam M LVL 22

Teleport
Confusion
Disable
Psybeam

Gallade M LVL 22

Thief
Confusion
Heal Pulse
Magical Leaf

 

[youngster_joey]

I'll sign up for this. Haven't done a monotype in a while.

Forum User Name: youngster_joey
Pokémon Type: Bug
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): Ruby

 

[Sandslash Fan]

Withdrawing my participation from this challenge. I'll restart it again once I have a free cartridge for Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire. The ROM I was using originally for this challenge is on my PC that no longer works, so... :(

 

[Onyxguardian35]

Type: Water
Single or Ultimate: Ultimate
Regions: Leaf Green, Crystal, Sapphire, Platinum, Black 2 (2/8), Y

Named my Oshawott Oliver
Defeated Rival twice
Defeated the trainees
Took out Cheren no problem
Evolved Oliver to Dewott
Sped through to take on Roxie
Defeated Roxie with Oliver's Razor Shell
Got to Castelia, defeated Team Plasma both before arriving and in the Sewers
Preparing to take on Burgh

My Team:

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Oliver (M) LV 25
Hasty
Torrent
Return
Razor Shell
Water Pulse
Focus Energy