The Monotype Challenge

[Nah]

7th Update, Fire Challenge, Black 2:
-explored Reversal Mountain with Bianca
-Litwick evolved
-arrived in Undella Bay, took a look around Route 14
-defeated Hugh before moving on
-caught Cobalion on Route 13
-arrived in Lacunosa Town, kicked Zinzolin's ass
-Village Bridge has some nice music
-evolved Lampent, caught Virizion
-arrived in Opelucid City
-cleared Route 9, did some shopping at the mall
-Challenged the Gym. This one proved to be tougher than any of the other gyms so far, which was nice. Things were a little too easy before. Probably cuz Darmanitan is a friggin' beast. Drayden didn't go down easily; actually had to use revives and healing items this time lol. The battle ended with Arcanine sacrificing itself to lower Haxorus's Speed and Attack (neutralizing the Dragon Dances), which then allowed Chandelure to come in and kill it with a Will-o-Wisp+Hex combo.


Now onto Team Plasma stuff.


Current Badges:



Current Team:

 

[Griffinbane]

Ice Monotype - SoulSilver

I started this monotype ages ago and never got around to posting. Traded in a Lapras as my Ice type and got as far as Goldenrod City. Unfortunately my Lapras hatched male... and Whitney's Miltank is faster than me. Yep, you can see where this is going.

 

[umbreon1824]

Do we have to nickname our pokemon? I know in some forums, its a rule.

 

[Sydian]

Do we have to nickname our pokemon? I know in some forums, its a rule.

No, you don't have to.

Sydian la Vicomtesse
Y

Mousse / Sucroquin lv. 27
Fairy Wind, Fake Tears, Round, Return

Rygarde / Kirlia lv. 27
Confusion, Double Team, Magical Leaf, Protect

Déesse / Floette lv. 27
Fairy Wind, Razor Leaf, Wish, Magical Leaf

Parfum / Fluvetin lv. 27
Fairy Wind, Draining Kiss, Calm Mind, Sweet Kiss

Pamplemousse / Nymphali lv. 27
Draining Kiss, Quick Attack, Swift, Bite

Managed to find the time to play yesterday and get my second badge. Before that though, I searched far and wide for a blue Flabebe, Spritzee, and a female level 19 Eevee. Let's just say it was a lot of work and it wasn't very exciting. Anyway though, I did eventually find everything I was looking for and made my way towards the second gym. For having no healing items, a fainted Pokemon, and nothing at full health, it was pretty easy. Maybe I'm just boss.​

 

[Blueredemption]

*UPDATE*

Soul Silver - Flying

Yesh this challenge is taking a while o.O

-cleared the Dragons Den and got the badge from Claire
-flew to Ecruteak. Then challenged the kimono girls and man did they take a while. The jolteon had a nac for sweeping my team.
-took my time getting to and through victory road.
-beat rival again, it was not very challenging
-grinded on the first two people in the e4 for a week or so
-got everyone to at least 42 and took on the e4 with a bunch of revives in hand
-swept the entire e4 with a Dragon Dance waterfall gyarados combo, and only started having trouble when Lance's first dragonite started to spam thunder.
-after using 20+ revives I finally won
-saved in New Bark Town

Here is the team pic:

Spoiler:

https://i.imgur.com/tpw70wR.jpg

Team:

Hooty (noctowl) 45
Pig (pidgeot) 47
Friend (gyarados) 48
Scare (skarmory) 43
Bill (slave rattata) 8 <----- not in e4 battle
Shiny gyarados (whirlpool slave) 30

8/16

*next update will be after the 16th badge*

 

[Pokémon Master Damien]

Question - Would it be against the rules if I caught a Ghastly, leveled it up to, let's say 45-50? And then hacked in a completely legit Gengar?

Trying to do Poison run on Crystal, and really want/need a Gengar.

Team:

Hooty (noctowl) 45
Pig (pidgeot) 47
Friend (gyarados) 48
Scare (skarmory) 43
Bill (slave rattata) 8 <----- not in e4 battle
Shiny gyarados (whirlpool slave) 30

8/16

Flying runthrough and no Crobat? :(

 

[Necrum]

Question - Would it be against the rules if I caught a Ghastly, leveled it up to, let's say 45-50? And then hacked in a completely legit Gengar?

Trying to do Poison run on Crystal, and really want/need a Gengar.



Flying runthrough and no Crobat? :(

Firstly, nothing hacked is ever legit, just legal, there is a very big distinction there. Second, if you're able to hack you should just be able to change the species of the Haunter you've been using itself into a Gengar, which is acceptable. If you're using an emulator you can also use the Universal Pokemon Randomizer (look it up) to remove trade evolutions from your rom. If it's a Cart then you can't do anything sorry.

 

[umbreon1824]

I started my journey and beat a gym. I have not caught any pokemon yet though.


Team:
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Servine: Lvl 18(male)
Moveset:
Tackle
Leafstorm
Vine whip
Growth

 

[RefinedHornet]

Ultimate Fire Monotype Black 2 Update:
-chose Tepig
-defeated rival in Aspertia City
-defeated rivla in the Floccesy Ranch
-defeated Cheren
-caught Growlithe in Virbank Complex
-Tepig evolved into Pignite
-caught Magby in Virbank Complex
-defeated Roxie
-caught Eevee in Castelia City
-defeated Burgh
-evolved Eevee into Flareon with a Fire Stone
-defeated Elesa

Team:

Spoiler:

Pignite
Lv. 27
Ability: Blaze
Nature: Lonely
HP: 89
Attack: 67
Defense: 36
Sp. Attack: 47
Sp. Defense: 39
Speed: 43
Moves: Rollout/Work Up/Flame Charge/Brick Break

Growlithe
Lv. 26
Ability: Intimidate
Nature: Hasty
HP: 70
Attack: 49
Defense: 32
Sp. Attack: 42
Sp. Defense: 39
Speed: 42
Moves: Fire Fang/Leer/Reversal/Thief

Magby
Lv. 26
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Hardy
HP: 62
Attack: 47
Defense: 27
Sp. Attack: 42
Sp. Defense: 40
Speed: 51
Moves: Clear Smog/Faint Attack/Flame Burst/Confuse Ray

Flareon
Lv. 26
Ability: Flash Fire
Nature: Adamant
HP: 70
Attack: 88
Defense: 39
Sp. Attack: 54
Sp. Defense: 64
Speed: 43
Moves: Sand-Attack/Incinerate/Covet/Bite

 

[Feraligatr13]

Update on Black 2 Poison; I've tried to update for the last two days now but I haven't had the time to finish it :(

What I did:

Spoiler:

-Beat Cheren with Tepig >:(
-Caught a Venipede on Route 20; named it Centipoid (I'll be lucky if no one gets the reference xD)
-Caught a Koffing in the Virbank Complex named Toffee for temporary use
-Beat Roxie with Centipoid and Toffee >_>
-Did the stupid Pokestar Studios stuff.
-Caught a Zubat in the Castelia Sewers; named it P. Sherman (my trademarked Zubat name after that hilarious incident in Mt. Moon xD)
-Also caught a Grimer for temporary use.
-Beat Burgh with a combination of P. Sherman's Wing Attack and Centipoid's Rollout.
-Somewhere along here, Centipoid evolved into Whirlipede!
-Traveled to Lostlorn Forest to catch a Roselia; got extremely lucky by catching a wild Roserade in the rustling grass and naming it Flora. xD
-Currently in Nimbasa City, about to challenge the gym.

Badges: 3

Spoiler:

Team:

Spoiler:

Centipoid Lv. 23 @Amulet Coin
Stats: 55/33/5029/49/30
Nature: Gentle
Highly curious.
Moves:
Bug Bite
Rollout
Poison Tail
Iron Defense

P. Sherman Lv. 19 @Exp. Share
Stats: 44/25/19/23/20/28
Nature: Mild
Often lost in thought.
Moves:
Wing Attack
Supersonic
Astonish
Bite

Flora Lv. 24
Stats: 68/39/28/71/61/51
Nature: Mild
Somewhat vain.
Moves:
Poison Sting
Mega Drain
Magical Leaf
Sweet Scent

And thus ends two whole hours waiting for image pages to load on my sucky desktop >:(

 

[Kirozane]

Escaping from Normalcy Part 3

Spoiler:

Oh god I was dreading doing this. I actually didn't play because I was scared of this gym. I was completely fearful of Korrina. But first. Her dang Lucarios. Those nearly trashed me. I only one because of Rolen's ability. One got up to +6 with power up punch and Rolen was just sitting here like "lolwut?"

So I went into the grass and horde hunted for my last team member. A Starly I named Rekima. I at first was upset about it not being HA but I realized it would help me in the challenge ahead. I trained her (Mostly on Luvdisc) and then moved into reflection cave. I kid you not. The first trainer swept me. And that's how I knew how terrible Korrina's gym would be. I struggled through there, and made my way out into the town. Calem didn't prove much of a challenge to me, but that was to be expected. Now it comes to the gym. I had to heal after every battle. Literally. Every. Battle. Korrina herself swept me twice with the friggin Hawlucha of hers. But I prevailed thanks to Rekima's Intimidate. So that was a thing. I got the poison Jab TM for Miron and am now en route to Coumarine. Update likely tomorrow.

The Squadron of Standouts

Spoiler:

Tiel Level 29
Lonely | Takes plenty of Siestas
Pickup
Stength | Double Kick | Mud Shot | Quick Attack

Rolen Level 28
Timid | Likes to thrash about
Unaware
Hyper Fang | Water Gun | Defense Curl | Rollout

Kiara Level 28
Quirky | Likes to thrash about
Unnerve
Fire Fang | Headbutt | Ember | Work Up

Miron Level 28
Bashful | Alert to Sounds
Immunity
Slash | Pursuit | Revenge | Poison Jab

Raska Level 28
Jolly | Mischievous
Dry Skin
Quick Attack | Surf | Parabolic Charge | Mud-Slap

Rekima Level 29
Naive | Capable of Taking Hits
Intimidate
Tackle | Aerial Ace | Quick Attack | Wing Attack

 

[Kirozane]

Escaping from Normalcy Part 4

Spoiler:

Alright. So I got to Coumarine, and realized how short on money for items I was. I'd constantly run out of healing items. That's no good. Regardless, I did manage to get through the entire gym without having to heal. I don't think I have ever been more annoyed with Acrobatics as I was with this dang Jumpluff. Like, forsrs. I had to stall it out a bit because otherwise I couldn't do anthing. Luckily Rekima once again came to save the day with her Intimidate ability. I feel like my team might just be a little too dependent on it but do I care? Not particularly.

Heading out to the desert, I actually didn't get trapped by pokemon as often as I usually do. I got the Sun Stone for Raska but wanted to wait on using the thing. I made my way through the Power Plant overrun by Plasma goons. I continued to realize that Helioptile is pretty shoddy offensively until you evolve it, but he had a move to learn before I felt good doing so.

Getting to Lumiose, I remembered how the Prism Tower lighting was much more impressive at night. During the day it's just really lackluster. But heading inside I realized two of my members would be at an extreme advantage but... I'm a risk taker. I wasn't gonna let them fall behind because of a little type disadvantage. I purposefully got all the questions wrong because it was actually a great opportunity to grind. I was gonna friggin take it. The MVP in that gym however, was unsurprisingly Tiel. She was pretty nice to use.

I then whooped Calem's sorry butt AGAIN and am now on the route to the the fairy gym. Miron will likely be my best asset with Poison Jab but we'll see how it goes down.

The Squadron of Standouts

Spoiler:

Tiel Level 36
Lonely | Takes Plenty of Siestas
Pickup
Strength | Power-Up Punch | Mud Shot | Rock Tomb

Rolen Level 36
Timid | Likes to Thrash About
Unaware
Hyper Fang | Water Gun | Thunderbolt | Rollout

Kiara Level 36
Quirky | Likes to Thrash About
Unnerve
Fire Fang | Headbutt | Ember | Work Up

Miron Level 36
Bashful | Alert to Sounds
Immunity
Slash | X-Scissor | Revenge | Poison Jab

Raska Level 36
Jolly | Mischievous
Dry Skin
Grass Knot | Surf | Bulldoze | Thunderbolt

Rekima Level 36
Naive | Capable of Taking Hits
Intimidate
Close Combat | Aerial Ace | Quick Attack | Fly

 

[umbreon1824]

Okay, I am starting anew. I will not stop until I have defeated N.


So I began my journey with a Snivy. Though, I was unpleased as I wish to be a normal type trainer. I defeated my rivals and went to route one where I started my team.

Team:

Lillipup: Lvl 4.
Moveset: Tackle and Leer.

Patrat: Lvl 4
Moveset: Tackle and Leer

 

[Kirozane]

Escaping from Normalcy Part 5

Spoiler:

As I arrived in Laverre I felt a bit at ease. Ready to take on the gym. I didn't realize I would get lost in the gym again (I ended up circling for a good 10 minutes before I remembered where to go). Valerie wasn't as tough as when I did mono-dragon, but it WAS still difficult because gawd. Mr. Mime. I may use one if I do a mono fairy run. That thing is always a pain in my butt. Regardless, I won!

As I travelled I began to wonder. WHY IS THE ICE CAVE FULL OF FIGHTING TYPE TRAINERS. It's an ice cave! Not a freakin dojo! So that place was not fun. Though I DID get to beat up some Flare goons so I suppose it's ok. All the same I cleared that place out, and headed to Anistar. Calem... Calem needs to learn how to be. I drop kick him too easily.

I forgot how beautiful Olympia's gym is. I actually didn't want to leave. Heliolisk did a great job against her too. HEading to Lumiose to begin stopping Team Flare for the last time, I entered the restaurant and the waiter inside did something that REALLY ticked me off. His Scrafty used Facade when I used dig with Tiel to try to dodge a high jump kick, then proceeded to do said kick when I popped out of the ground. And apparently all my normal types have targets on them. THAT. MOVE. NEVER. MISSES. Though... I was able to outsmart Lysandre's Mienfoo/Mienshao. Tricked it into it twice. :D

Made my way through the restaurant fort and actually didn't have that much trouble with the guy with the Malamar. Not since my Zangoose has X-scissor. (lolgetoutmyhouse) So here I am. About to stop the weapon once and for all.

The Squadron of Standouts

Spoiler:

Tiel Level 48
Lonely | Takes Plenty of Siestas
Pickup
Strength | Power-Up Punch | Dig | Rock Tomb

Rolen Level 47
Timid | Likes to Thrash About
Unaware
Hyper Fang | Water Gun | Thunderbolt | Rollout

Kiara Level 47
Quirky | Likes to Thrash About
Unnerve
Crunch | Headbutt | Flamethrower | Work Up

Miron Level 47
Bashful | Alert to Sounds
Immunity
Slash | X-Scissor | Close Combat | Poison Jab

Raska Level 47
Jolly | Mischievous
Dry Skin
Grass Knot | Surf | Bulldoze | Thunderbolt

Rekima Level 47
Naive | Capable of Taking Hits
Intimidate
Close Combat | Aerial Ace | Quick Attack | Fly

 

[The Doctor]

Forum User Name: The Doctor
Pokémon Type: Poison
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): White 2
Previous Progress: No

 

[Intervals]

Forum User Name: Intervals
Pokémon Type: Normal
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Crystal
Previous Progress: No

Prospected team: Furret, Togetic, Clefable, Miltank, Girafarig, Ditto

Current team: Furret (Pounce), Togepi (Wonder), Egg

Current Progress:
Caught a Sentret, named Pounce & released Chikorita.
Got rid of Falkner as soon as possible with my level 12 Pounce so I could get the Togepi egg.
Pounce was temporarily taught Mud-Slap, for more type coverage.
Made it through Sprout Tower, easy as pie.
Pounce reached level 15 and evolved into a Furret!
Having a tough time taking out them pesky Rock-types in Union cave, but I'll manage.
Found the TM39 Swift, taught it to Pounce in place of Fury Swipes.
Swift seems to be proving more effective than Mud-Slap on those Rock-types. :)
Made it through the cave successfully, time to eliminate those Rocket scum!
Got rid of the Rockets and saved the Slowpokes!
Got rid of Pounce's Mud-Slap and taught it Fury Cutter after eliminating Bugsy.
Beat my rival, despite some troubles facing his Gastly.
Found the lost Farfetch'd in Ilex Forest and got the HM for Cut, but problem arises... I need an HM Slave!
Caught a Paras and taught it Cut and Flash. Don't worry, this little guy won't be having any battle time.
Two steps after catching Paras, my Togepi hatched! Nicknamed it Wonder.
Now I'm currently using Pounce to power-level Wonder. :)
Retrieved the TM Headbutt and taught it to Wonder, since he lacked any offensive moves.
Made it through Ilex Forest and a kind lady gave me TM12 Sweet Scent.
Caught a Ditto, named Blob. -1 for non-originality?!
Got the Egg from the Daycare Center, really hoping for a Cleffa.
Put Ditto in the Daycare Center, not sure if I'll be taking Blob out anytime soon.

 

[The Doctor]

So I started up White 2 and done the regular things, got an Oshawott called Stacey, had to beat the first gym with her. Got my Venipede as soon as possible.

 

[acatfrommars]

I would like to do this! I'm going to start with Gold. :)

Forum User Name: acatfrommars
Pokémon Type: Water
Challenge Type: Ultimate
Game(s): Red, Gold, Sapphire, Diamond, Black, Y
Previous Progress: No

 

[Kirozane]

Standing out From Normalcy - FINALE

Spoiler:

Have I mentioned I hate that everything has high jump kick or is a fighting type trainer? Because I do. I really do. I finished off team flare's scheme and began to move to the last gym city. I began to notice that I was a bit TOO underleveled. Even the wild pokemon were beginning to be higher level than I. But I am a daring tigerfox. I didn't let it stop me. I battled on! Nonchalantly making my way to the Pokemon Village (Which, as "unfindable" as it is IS ON THE DANG MAP) I found Wulfric. He seemed persuaded by me and returned to his gym so we can battle proper. I always liked the design of his gym. It is pretty and colorful. As a whole, enjoyable. Kiara, however, made very short work of the poor fellow. I almost felt sorry for him. Almost.

And then victory road happened. It was crawling with fighting trainers. WHAT DO THEY LIKE ABOUT CAVES? WHAT ABOUT A CAVE MAKES IT SO APPEALING. I had to heal far more than I liked because I had fighting types tearing me down every chance they got. It was annoying! But alas, I made it out... limping and dragging half dead pokemon. I healed them up at the pokecenter, restocked on healing supplies and made my way into my final challenge. The Elite 4.

I started with Malva. Her Pyroar gave me a little trouble, but otherwise, she was nothing Tiel and Rolen couldn't handle. Kiara and Miron helped me take down Wikstrom. Raska blew Siebold out of that water, and it actually took an entire team effort, headed by Rekima, to take down Drasna. But I did it. All 4 of them down. But the real challenge was beginning. I still had Diantha to take down.

Her Hawlucha, for obvious reasons, scared me the most, however, Rekima managed to take him down with a fly and take no damage. Rolen got Tyrantrum, but it was a double down. Miron, after a minor complication, took down Aurorus with a single Close Combat. And then came the Goodra. It had an answer for all of my team it felt like. I literally rotated through all 6 mons at least once trying ot kill it, but for whatever reason I did peanuts to it, even with physical hits. I suppose being 10 levels lower than it had something to do with it, eh? Regardless, when it came to the point that it only had muddy water left I just threw in Raska and used his immunity to revive and heal all my pokemon back. And then it proceeded to Struggle. I kid you not. Her Goodra got stalled to the point of STRUGGLING. Rekima took out Gourgeist with a single Fly as well, and then it came down to the Gardevoir. I sighed in relief when I saw its lack of focus blast, making it infinitely easier to deal with than that Goodra. But I still had to do a bit of a rotation to get it down. Rekima actually killed it with a quick attack.

Add in a quick AZ battle and there you have it! My escape from Normalcy! If I had to pick an MVP for the run, it would actually be Rolen or Rekima. They both pulled me out of a lot of tight spots. Or Raska in his performance against Goodra. Not sure.

The Standouts

Spoiler:

Tiel Level 59
Lonely | Takes Plenty of Siestas
Pickup
Strength | Power-Up Punch | Earthquake | Rock Tomb

Rolen Level 58
Timid | Likes to Thrash About
Unaware
Hyper Fang | Waterfall | Ice Beam | Superpower

Kiara Level 58
Quirky | Likes to Thrash About
Unnerve
Dark Pulse | Hyper Voice | Flamethrower | Work Up

Miron Level 58
Bashful | Alert to Sounds
Immunity
Slash | X-Scissor | Close Combat | Poison Jab

Raska Level 58
Jolly | Mischievous
Dry Skin
Grass Knot | Surf | Bulldoze | Thunderbolt

Rekima Level 59
Naive | Capable of Taking Hits
Intimidate
Close Combat | Brave Bird | Quick Attack | Fly

 

[acatfrommars]

Water Ultimate Challenge Day 1
Pokemon Gold Adventure Part 1

Spoiler:

A wave of nostalgia hit me as I started my quest in Pokemon Gold today. It was the first time I've played the original Pokemon Gold in at least five years. I forgot how fun it was, and was addicted from the get go. I started my journey at 8:49 PM, and stopped at 1:56 AM. My adventure began in New Bark Town where I met Professor Elm. There I chose totodile and nicknamed him "crocodil". I visited Mr. Pokemon and Professor Oak was there; it turns out my rival, Drew, had stolen a chikorita! I quickly confronted him and defeated him in a battle. And from there, my journey began!

I surfed through the shores of Cianwood City, climbed the ice mountains of the Ice Path and thwarted Team Rocket's plans at the Goldenrod Radio station. All with my powerful team which I have traveled all throughout the Johto region to capture. First, I had received totodile (crocodil) from Professor Elm's lab. I had muscled through 3 gym leaders with ease, until I finally reached Ecruteak City. With the ability now to surf, I jumped on Feraligtr's back and found a tentacool. Quickly, we weakened it and use a Great Ball to catch it. We named it "donut" because we were hungry at the time. :3

Next, on the way to Cianwood City we were confronted by a group of mantine. They came from us in all directions, luckily donut and crocodil were strong enough to fend them off. Swiftly we caught one and added him to our growing family of 3. I nicknamed him "steve". Steve would go on to be the underdog of the group, but proved useful in many important battles, such as when we faced off against the Team Rocket Executive at Goldernrod.

The next addition to our team would not come for some time. We were a happy bunch, training often and getting stronger! Everything was fine, until we met Lance and noticed a poor Gyarados was in trouble. There was something strange about this gyarados, instead of its normal blue tint, it was a bright red. It looked angry as well, we had to help this guy out! Quickly on donut's back we swam out to the middle of the Lake of Rage and challenged this gyarados to a fight. Donut was up first and weakened it considerably before the gyarados took him out. We knew that this would be a difficult capture. As donut fainted, I quickly drew out my ace in the hole, crocodil! After many blows from Dragon Rage and Thrash, Feraligtr took many hits but over time but we had weakened the Red Gyarados considerably. After many Pokeballs, Great Balls and Ultra Balls we had finally caught the beast! This was a shiny jewel to the team, and we all celebrated with joy! We agreed to nickname the Pokemon "dragon" because it was majestic, but more powerful than we had seen before.

Lance witnessed the battle, praised us, then asked us to help him investigate the situation. It turned out Team Rocket was causing trouble again.With the addition of "dragon" to the team we thwarted Team Rocket's plans and threw them out of Mahogany Town. Quickly, my powerful team defeated all 8 gyms in Johto, and tomorrow we will be training for the Johto Elite Four then heading over to the Kanto region.

Team Big, Blue and Powerful!

Spoiler:

The All Star

crocodil, level 51
Slash/ Bite/ Surf/ Water Gun

Your Majesty

dragon, level 33
Thrash/ Dragon Dance/ Bite/ Leer

The Closer

donut, level 39
Barrier/ Supersonic/ Surf/ Bubblebeam

The Little Brother

steve level 27
Tackle/ Take Down/ Supersonic/ Bubblebeam