The Monotype Challenge

[Lunarly]

Update #5

Log:

Spoiler:

-Headed towards Veilstone City
-Met up and challenged Barry to a battle
-Defeated Barry
-Ace managed to take down Staravia, Roselia and Prinplup with the help of Snow. Laslow takes down Ponyta with a few Hyper Fangs.
-After reaching max friendship, Snow evolves into a Togetic!
-Met up with Barry at Solaceon Town
-Explored to Solaceon Ruins to find HM Defog
-Explored the Lost Tower
-Caught the next member of my team, Nimbus the Lickitung on Route 215
-Made it to Vielstone City
-Explored Route 214 and Lake Valor's Lakefront
-Caught the final member of my team, Camilla the Girafarig at Lake Valor's Lakefront
-Headed back to Vielstone City to heal and saved the game

Team:

Spoiler:

Ace
Level 29
Naughty Nature
Ability: Intimidate
Aerial Ace
Return
Quick Attack
Double Team

Laslow
Level 29
Rash Nature
Ability: Unaware
Headbutt
Water Gun
Rock Smash
Yawn

Mable
Level 29
Docile Nature
Ability: Pick Up
Swift
Shadow Claw
Tickle
Baton Pass

Snow
Level 30
Modest Nature
Ability: Serene Grace
Metronome
Defog
Yawn
Wish

Nimbus
Level 24
Hasty Nature
Ability: Oblivious
Stomp
Knock Off
Supersonic
Defense Curl

Camilla
Level 26
Calm Nature
Ability: Inner Focus
Psybeam
Stomp
Agility
Baton Pass​

 

[keishajay]

This will be my final update before the Elite Four. Whoo! I just got my eighth badge and am on my way to the Pokemon League. My team is:

Lv: 44

Dig
Blizzard
Powder Snow
Take Down

Lv: 44

Flamethrower
Earthquake
Ember
Magnitude

Lv: 44

Rock Blast
Rollout
Magnitude
Strength

Lv: 45

Secret Power
Muddy Water
Mud-Slap
Surf

Lv: 46

Double Kick
Thunderbolt
Sludge Bomb
Earthquake

Lv: 46

Crunch
Solarbeam
Dragon Claw
Fly

It took some trial and error to find pokemon with TM moves that could stand up to water for all the surfing in this game, but Nidoqueen and Flygon are the best. Juan's Kingdra threw me until I remembered I had an ice-type in Piloswine. I think, with some grinding, I'm ready for the Elite Four.

 

[DementedMonkey]

Forum User Name: DementedMonkey
Pokémon Type: Dark
Challenge Mode: Ultimate
Game(s): Heart Gold, Emerald, Platinum, Black 2, Y

 

[Polizard]

Sinnoh Update 3 (Platinum)



Got defeated by Gardenia
Level grinded until Prinplup evolved into Empoleon,
Defeated Gardenia and fought the Galactic Grunts in the Tower.
Got the bike and the Explorer Kit
Made my way down Route 206 and to Hearthome City
Went to the contest hall talked to Fantina and then defeated her and Buizel evolved into Floatzel.
Fought Barry and got the Good Rod
Went to Mt. Coronet and caught a Barboach
Went back to Route 218 and caught Finneon
Got back to where I got the Good Rod and saved the game.


Team
Empoleon Lv 38

Aqua Jet
Peck
Brine
Metal Claw
​

Floatzel Lv 34

Crunch
Swift
Aqua Jet
Water Gun



Barboach Lv18

Mud Sport
Water Sport
Water Gun
Mud Bomb


Finneon Lv15

Pound
Water Gun
Attract
Rain Dance
​

 

[Drackos_Flare]

Forum User Name: Drackos_Flare
Pokémon Type: Rock
Challenge Mode: Single
Game: Emerald

This is my first time doing a challenge like this, I'm a bit nervous about how I'll handle things like Team Aqua. I think Aron is the first and only Rock type before the 2nd Gym?

 

[keishajay]

Here we go... I defeated the Elite Four! It took me three tries and a ton of grinding after the second attempt, but I finally did it. Water types are really rough for a ground run. Nidoqueen and Flygon were my go-to pokemon for this run, and I have literally never used Nidoqueen before. It really gave me a whole new appreciation for how awesome she is. Anyway, the final team ended up being:

Lv: 58
Dig
Blizzard
Rock Tomb
Take Down

Lv: 60
Psychic
Shadow Ball
Hyper Beam
Earthquake

Lv: 60
Flamethrower
Earthquake
Eruption
Fissure

Lv: 61
Secret Power
Ice Beam
Earthquake
Surf

Lv: 62
Crunch
Solarbeam
Dragon Claw
Fly

Lv: 63
Brick Break
Thunderbolt
Sludge Bomb
Earthquake​

I swapped Graveler for Claydol when I saw the Champion used all water-types. Graveler really wasn't going to be much use for this Elite Four really, so Claydol was the better choice. On a side note, Swampert is a serious tank.

This was actually really fun. I think I'm going to do a Dark run of Soul Silver this time so I can use my all-time favorite, Houndoom.

 

[SonicZ16]

Sounds fun, Let's do this!

Forum User Name: SonicZ16
Pokémon Type: Electric
Challenge Mode: Single
Game: Emerald

Prepare yourself Hoenn, and all of your water...

 

[jombii]

Ultimate Monotype Update
Dual Game
Regions Done: Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Kalos
Current Games: Black 2 (Unova)

Black 2 Update
Badges: 6/8

1. Went east of Nimbasa into Driftveil
2. Defeated Clay. It was easy because grass>ground
3. Trained in the Relic Passage.
4. Got the Serene Grace Deerling.
5. Passed through Chargestone Cave and captured a Ferroseed.
6. Iron Barbs Ferroseed helped a lot in my battle with Skyla, earning me the Jet Badge.
7. Flew to Lentimas Town and went all the way to Opelucid. (while grinding of course)
8. Since no legendaries allowed, defeated Virizion.
9. Saved inside the Opelucid Gym.

Pokemon:

Spoiler:

Level 50
Slam | Coil | Leaf Blade | Dragon Pulse

Level 47
Return | Swords Dance | X Scissor | Leaf Blade

Level 47
Growth | Leech Seed | Poison Powder | Hurricane

Level 47
Self Destruct | Iron Head | Pin Missile | Power Whip

Level 47
Faint Attack | Horn Leech | Take Down | Jump Kick

Level 47
Rock Tomb | Crunch | Seed Bomb | Acrobatics

Picture:

Spoiler:

 

[DementedMonkey]

First update for my Ultimate Monotype Challenge:

Johto/HeartGold:

1. Picked Cyndaquil for cut HM Slave
2. Powered Through The first areas
3. Got to Azalea and realised i was going to have to gen a dark type in
4. Genned in a Tyranitar
5. Beat The Bug Gym

Team:

Salazar (Tyranitar)
Level: 22
Bite/Headbutt/leer/Rock Slide

Quilava
Level: 22
Cut/Tackle/Ember/Flame Wheel

 

[SonicZ16]

...And it's done!

Oh boy, where do I start... First of all, this certainly was not as easy as you'd think it'd be. It sounds odd, but the WATER-type using champion gave me a run for my money!

Obviously, Ground-types were a nightmare. It's a shame they kinda' stopped showing up after I got Lanturn. Except Flygon and Whiscash, Which water moves don't exactly take care of...

And today I learned that X Sp.Def wasn't a thing until Gen. 4! Goodness almighty, would that have helped...

The Final Team

Spoiler:

Strike Lv. 47

Spark | Thunder
Strength | Bite

Mono Lv. 48

Spark | Thunder
Flash | Charm

Boltar Lv. 46

Thunderbolt | Thunder
Brick Break | Rock Smash

Proton Lv.46

Spark | Shock Wave
Thunder Wave | Tri Attack

Bossaboom Lv. 46

Spark | Thunderbolt
Light Screen | Rollout

Tunillio Lv. 47

Spark | Confuse Ray
Surf | Waterfall

Spoiler:

 

[DementedMonkey]

Second update for my Ultimate Monotype Challenge:

Johto/HeartGold:

1. Powered Through the Johto region and six badges i didnt have
2. Went into the elite four with a team of Umbreon, Pupitar and Murkrow
3. Before i started the Kanto i grinded out the bug contest for the dusk stone then evolved Murkrow
4. Immedietly powered through Kanto's eight gyms whilst picking up a seedot and a houndour
5. Caught Sneasel at MT Silver and then trained all my pokes to the 80-90 range

I will be heading to Red now and then once im done will be moving onto Emerald.

Team:

Ace (Umbreon) lvl 87

Salazar (Tyranitar) lvl 91

Logan (Honchkrow) lvl 89

Styx (Houndoom) lvl

Sneaky (Weavile) lvl 87

Jiraiya (Shiftry) lvl 88

 

[Drackos_Flare]

Well, that went faster than I thought.

The Journey​

Spoiler:

Well, I can't get started until I catch an Aron in Granite Cave, so...

Welcome to the team, Crush!

This one was funny. Every time I'd get knocked out in one hit by Machop's Low kick. This was my 5th attempt, My last attempt before I gave up at grinded more. Instead of OHKOing me again, he decided to use Bulk up instead, Immediately followed by me OHKOing him with a Crit Headbut! Man, That was lucky.

This May fight. Was SO HARD. I couldn't do anything to her Combusken, that is, until I learned Iron Defense. Once I used it 3 times, My defense shot up so high, I left that fight with little damage.

The only thing I can remember here is that I was desperate for a new party member.

Oh hey, I evolved!

YES NEW PARTY MEMBER! Wait, he's way underleveled... (His name is Firebrand)

Oops, forgot to take a picture of me defeating Flannery and reviving the Claw fossil.

His name is Fairin. Say hello Fairin.

Then Kinda nothing happened for awhile.

Then Firebrand finally decided that having high stats is a good thing.

New Party member! Welcome to the team Quake! This is my first time using a Rhydon, I don't know how good he'll be.

Does this mean you can do more than Scratch now? No? Ok.

Yes! Now with this and Iron Defence, we'll be UNSTOPPABLE!!!

Only to be Immediately corrected by their Claydol. I had to teach Crush Solarbeam just for it, luckily there Zatu likes using Sunny day.

And with that, I have all my Party members! His name is Ray.

Yes! Finally!

I now have a new hatred for that last gym's Kingdra.

Oh dangit. E4 has another Kingdra. Wallace's Wailord was a huge problem to.

Anyway, That's it! I've learned that I think i'm spoiled by the new pokemon games. It was so painful deciding who got Earthquake, and with X Sp.Def, Crush really would of been unstoppable!

I never thought this would be that hard. I was wrong. Very wrong.

The Team​

Spoiler:

Crush Lv.53

Headbutt
Brick Break
Double Team
Iron Defense

Firebrand Lv.45

Flamethrower
Yawn
Rock Throw
Smog

Fairin Lv.45

Metal Claw
Ancient Power
Sandstorm
Scratch

Quake Lv.50

Stomp
Earthquake
Rock Blast
Scary Face

Ray Lv.50

Surf
Ancient Power
Waterfall
Yawn
​

 

[Lunarly]

Update #6

Badges:

Log:

Spoiler:

-Explored Route 214 and Valor Lakefront
- Challenged the Grand Lake Hotel
-Grinded the team to Level 30
-Met Crasher Wake and Lucas before entering the Gym
-Challenged Maylene
-Meditite and Machoke were handled easily by Ace and Camilla. Camilla did fall to a crit Force Palm from Lucario. But with a Yawn from Snow and a few Aerial Aces from Ace, Lucario eventually fell.
-Recieved the Cobble Badge
-Helped Lucas reclaim his pokedex from the Galactic Grunts
-Obtained HM Fly
-Made it to Pastoria City
-Explored Route 212 and Backlott's Mansion
-Nimbus evolves into a Lickilicky after learning Rollout
-Returned to Pastoria City

Team:

Spoiler:

Ace
Level 31
Naughty Nature
Ability: Intimidate
Aerial Ace | Return | Quick Attack | Fly

Laslow
Level 30
Rash Nature
Ability: Unaware
Headbutt | Water Gun | Rock Smash | Yawn

Mable
Level 31
Docile Nature
Ability: Pick Up
Swift | Shadow Claw | Tickle | Baton Pass

Snow
Level 32
Modest Nature
Ability: Serene Grace
Magical Leaf | Defog | Yawn | Wish

Nimbus
Level 33
Hasty Nature
Ability: Oblivious
Stomp | Rollout | Supersonic | Defense Curl

Camilla
Level 31
Calm Nature
Ability: Inner Focus
Psybeam | Stomp | Grass Knot | Baton Pass​

 

[Pave Low]

Since I plan on being an active challenger again, I noticed that my achievements are not up to date.

My completed posts for three monotypes that have not been classed as completed are here:
Poison
Dragon
Water

Furthermore, a sign up to try and complete all types on LG and Emerald...
Forum User Name: Ragnar Lothbrok
Pokémon Type: Fighting
Challenge Mode: Single x2
Game(s): LeafGreen, Emerald

 

[jombii]

Ultimate Monotype Update Grass
Regions Done: Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova, Kalos
Current Games: n/a

Black 2 Update
Badges: 8/8 DONE I'M DONE WITH THE ULTIMATE MONOTYPE!

1. Defeated Drayden using Dragon Pulse Serperior.
2. Did the whole length of the remaining storyline.
3. Defeated Marlon in Humilao. Grass > Water.
4. Defeated Team Plasma in all the places. Frigate, Chasm, etc.
5. Went to victory Road. Did a lot of grinding.
6. Hugh was hard as Embord OHKO most of my team with Flamethrower.
7. Shauntal was hard because of Fire Blast Chandelure. Managed to almost wipe me. Good thing she ran out of PP. 5/6 died with Ferrothorn at the yellow.
8. Grimsley was much easier. Attract + Leech Seed + Poison Powder Whimsicott took care of Liepard and Scrafty. Bisharp and Krookodile was done by Sawsbuck. 1/6 died, Ferrothorn.
9. Caitlin was also hard as I have nothing against Sigilyph. I had to resort to Coil + Slam + healing spam for Serperior. Whimsicott and Simisage are the only ones dead.
10. Marshall was both sides of the spectrum. Throh and Mienshao are OHKOes but Conkeldurr OHKO Simisage and Ferrothorn. Sawk managed to kill Whimsicott, but not before I planted a Leech Seed on it, breaking the Sturdy. Sawsbuck managed to Horn Leech it to death after surviving a Brick Break. 3/6 dead.
11. Tried stalling with Whimsicott but one crit from Flamethrower Hydreigon ended my stall. Dragon Pulse finished Hydreigon and Druddigon though. Lapras was two Leaf Blades from Leavanny. Good thing Sing missed. I sent out my Ferrothron against Archeops as she was the only bulky one on my team. Iron Head plus residual damage killed Archaeops in one turn. Sent out Sawsbuck against Aggron, hoping to get a KO with Jump Kick. He managed to set up with Autotomize but two Jump Kicks made quick work of him. Brought back Ferrothorn for Haxorus. Used self-destruct but Haxorus survived and managed to setup using DD. Sent out Leavanny but it can't sponge any hit lol. Sent out Simisage as fodder for Reviving Ferrothorn. Self-destruct again and that ends my ultimate monotype!

Pokemon:

Spoiler:

Level 65
Slam | Coil | Leaf Blade | Dragon Pulse

Level 63
Return | Swords Dance | X Scissor | Leaf Blade

Level 64
Attract | Leech Seed | Poison Powder | Hurricane

Level 62
Self Destruct | Iron Head | Pin Missile | Power Whip

Level 63
Faint Attack | Horn Leech | Return | Jump Kick

Level 63
Rock Tomb | Crunch | Seed Bomb | Acrobatics

Picture:

Spoiler:

team pic is after emerging from Victory road, pre-grinding.

Also, here's my analysis on the grass-type for monotype runs. Please read and comment if you want me to add more details etc. :)

https://jomariburog.blogspot.com/2016/07/monotype-chronicles-grass.html

Onwards to the next challenge!

Forum User Name: Varys
Pokémon Type: Flying
Challenge Mode: Ultimate
Game: LG, HG, OR, Pt, B2, Y

 

[Thugs Leader]

Forum User Name: Thugs Leader
Pokémon Type: Rock
Challenge Mode: Starting off with single, may be going on with ultimate if this goes well
Game(s): Yellow (3ds version)

 

[Drackos_Flare]

Forum User Name: Drackos_Flare
Pokémon Type: Water
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): FireRed

The last one went well, so I'll do another!

 

[Thursday]

So, it has been a while since I've been on this page. I haven't really done anything with the challenge I signed up for so, hopefully, you don't mind me starting that now?

 

[Lunarly]

Update #7

Badges:

Log:

Spoiler:

-Battled Barry at the Pastoria Gym entrance
-Ace defeats Staravia with Aerial Ace. Laslow takes down Ponyta with a Headbutt crit. Camilla takes out Roselia with a few Psybeams. Lastly, Nimbus takes care of Prinplup with Stomp and Supersonic.
-Trained the team to Level 35
-Ace evolves into Staraptor and Mable evolves into Ambipom after learning Double Hit
-Challenged Crasher Wake
-Nimbus faints due to a crit Waterfall after weakening Gyarados. However, Laslow manages to take it down with a few Headbutts. Floatzel gets taken down by a crit Fly from Ace after being hit with Brine. Lastly, Quagsire falls to two Magical Leafs from Snow
-Recieved the Fen Badge
-Chased down the Galactic Grunt that set of the bomb at the Great Marsh
-Recieved the Secret Potion
-Flew to Solaceon Town and saved the game

Team:

Spoiler:

Ace
Level 35
Naughty Nature
Ability: Intimidate
Aerial Ace | Return | Close Combat | Fly

Laslow
Level 35
Rash Nature
Ability: Unaware
Headbutt | Water Gun | Rock Smash | Yawn

Mable
Level 35
Docile Nature
Ability: Technician
Double Hit | Shadow Claw | Tickle | Baton Pass

Snow
Level 35
Modest Nature
Ability: Serene Grace
Magical Leaf | Defog | AncientPower | Wish

Nimbus
Level 35
Hasty Nature
Ability: Oblivious
Stomp | Rollout | Supersonic | Defense Curl

Camilla
Level 35
Calm Nature
Ability: Inner Focus
Psybeam | Stomp | Grass Knot | Baton Pass​

 

[noa]

Forum User Name: Noa
Pokémon Type: Bug
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): Leaf Green

Let's do this :)