The Monotype Challenge

[Pave Low]

I may as well do an Ultimate

Forum User Name: Mr. Avocado
Pokémon Type: Ground
Challenge Type: Ultimate
Game(s): LG, HG, Emerald, Pt, White, (will decide XY later)

 

[GetGowens]

Forum User Name: GetGowens
Pokémon Type: Bug
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Pokemon X

Expect the first update when I get home from this road trip in about 7 hours!

 

[JJ Styles]

Forum User Name: Mega XinZhao
Game(s): Pokemon Lighting Yellow (Fire Red Romhack)
Pokémon Type: Lightning
Challenge Type: Single

I hope I'm not too late to join the fun.

Time to make Lt. Surge proud. I guess I wanted to use a type that I'm not that used to, and its always fun to start a monotype challenge where the very first gym already gives a HUGE disadvantage to the Lightning monotype challenge ;)

 

[RefinedHornet]

Ultimate Ghost Monotype Platinum Update:
-defeated Crasher Wake
-Duskull evolved into Dusclops
-Haunter evolved into Gengar
-defeated Byron

Team:

Spoiler:

Drifblim
Lv. 43
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Docile
HP: 192
Attack: 80
Defense: 60
Sp. Attack: 94
Sp. Defense: 60
Speed: 91
Moves: Stockpile/Shadow Ball/Gust/Swallow

Gengar
Lv. 42
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Lax
HP: 114
Attack: 70
Defense: 70
Sp. Attack: 118
Sp. Defense: 62
Speed: 114
Moves: Shadow Ball/Payback/Night Shade/Confuse Ray

Rotom
Lv. 43
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Naive
HP: 103
Attack: 64
Defense: 84
Sp. Attack: 94
Sp. Defense: 70
Speed: 105
Moves: Shock Wave/Charge/Ominous Wind/Double Team

Dusclops
Lv. 43
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Mild
HP: 96
Attack: 70
Defense: 115
Sp. Attack: 70
Sp. Defense: 124
Speed: 42
Moves: Pursuit/Will-O-Wisp/Shadow Punch/Confuse Ray

 

[Cymry]

Forum User Name: Cymry
Pokémon Type: Dark
Challenge Type: Single
Game: Pokemon Y

First Update

Spoiler:

• Chose Froakie as starter, nicknamed Andromeda
• Traded over Houndour egg from Pokemon X
• Hatched it and nicknamed it Cassiopeia
• Defeated Viola and obtained the Bug Badge

Current Team

Spoiler:

Andromeda the Hardy Froakie, ♀, L 11
Ability: Torrent
Item: None
Moves: Lick, Growl, Bubble, Quick Attack

Cassiopeia the Modest Houndour, ♀, L 11
Ability: Early Bird
Item: None
Moves: Ember, Leer, Howl, Smog

 

[RefinedHornet]

Ultimate Ghost Monotype Platinum Update:
-caught Snorunt
-Snorunt evolved into Froslass
-defeated Candice
-Dusclops evolved into Dusknoir
-defeated Volkner

Team:

Spoiler:

Drifblim
Lv. 51
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Docile
HP: 227
Attack: 96
Defense: 75
Sp. Attack: 112
Sp. Defense: 72
Speed: 115
Moves: Stockpile/Shadow Ball/Gust/Swallow

Gengar
Lv. 51
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Lax
HP: 136
Attack: 87
Defense: 88
Sp. Attack: 145
Sp. Defense: 75
Speed: 143
Moves: Shadow Ball/Psychic/Thunderbolt/Sludge Bomb

Rotom
Lv. 52
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Naive
HP: 123
Attack: 79
Defense: 105
Sp. Attack: 115
Sp. Defense: 84
Speed: 133
Moves: Discharge/Charge/Ominous Wind/Double Team

Dusknoir
Lv. 51
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Mild
HP: 117
Attack: 116
Defense: 143
Sp. Attack: 89
Sp. Defense: 153
Speed: 73
Moves: Rock Slide/Will-O-Wisp/Shadow Punch/Confuse Ray

Froslass
Lv. 51
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Adamant
HP: 134
Attack: 112
Defense: 93
Sp. Attack: 91
Sp. Defense: 82
Speed: 135
Moves: Headbutt/Protect/Ice Fang/Crunch

 

[Stormerbuzz35]

Im gonna do single as im missing a few regions and I'm only gonna be doing this when my 3ds is charging at night or when I don't have it with me. Got Alpha Sappire recently and I'm gonna be focusing on that.
Forum User Name: Stormerbuzz35
Pokémon Type: Water
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Blue, Crystal

 

[RefinedHornet]

Ultimate Ghost Monotype Platinum Update:
-defeated the Elite Four and Cynthia

Final Team:

Spoiler:

Drifblim
Lv. 61
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Docile
HP: 271
Attack: 118
Defense: 93
Sp. Attack: 134
Sp. Defense: 88
Speed: 139
Moves: Stockpile/Shadow Ball/Gust/Swallow

Gengar
Lv. 61
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Lax
HP: 161
Attack: 105
Defense: 112
Sp. Attack: 174
Sp. Defense: 98
Speed: 172
Moves: Shadow Ball/Psychic/Thunderbolt/Sludge Bomb

Rotom
Lv. 61
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Naive
HP: 143
Attack: 92
Defense: 131
Sp. Attack: 134
Sp. Defense: 107
Speed: 160
Moves: Thunderbolt/Charge/Ominous Wind/Double Team

Dusknoir
Lv. 60
Ability: Pressure
Nature: Mild
HP: 137
Attack: 138
Defense: 172
Sp. Attack: 104
Sp. Defense: 182
Speed: 89
Moves: Rock Slide/Will-O-Wisp/Shadow Punch/Confuse Ray

Froslass
Lv. 61
Ability: Snow Cloak
Nature: Adamant
HP: 160
Attack: 138
Defense: 115
Sp. Attack: 112
Sp. Defense: 104
Speed: 164
Moves: Headbutt/Protect/Ice Fang/Crunch

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Ultimate Ghost Monotype X Update:
-Lampent evolved into Chandelure
-defeated Wulfric
-caught Trevenant on Route 20
-defeated Serena on Victory Road
-defeated Elite Four and Diantha

Final Team:

Spoiler:

Doublade
Lv. 67
Ability: No Guard
Nature: Quirky
HP: 174
Attack: 196
Defense: 224
Sp. Attack: 72
Sp. Defense: 88
Speed: 78
Moves: Autotomize/Iron Head/Sacred Sword/Shadow Sneak

Drifblim
Lv. 68
Ability: Aftermath
Nature: Careful
HP: 303
Attack: 148
Defense: 79
Sp. Attack: 125
Sp. Defense: 95
Speed: 136
Moves: Stockpile/Shadow Ball/Gust/Swallow

Golurk
Lv. 67
Ability: Klutz
Nature: Serious
HP: 228
Attack: 198
Defense: 134
Sp. Attack: 94
Sp. Defense: 120
Speed: 97
Moves: Heavy Slam/Shadow Punch/Iron Defense/Earthquake

Rotom
Lv. 68
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Lonely
HP: 168
Attack: 119
Defense: 110
Sp. Attack: 158
Sp. Defense: 132
Speed: 151
Moves: Double Team/Thunderbolt/Hex/Substitute

Chandelure
Lv. 67
Ability: Flame Body
Nature: Gentle
HP: 179
Attack: 128
Defense: 141
Sp. Attack: 224
Sp. Defense: 159
Speed: 144
Moves: Imprison/Shadow Ball/Calm Mind/Flamethrower

Trevenant
Lv. 67
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Gentle
HP: 214
Attack: 197
Defense: 120
Sp. Attack: 100
Sp. Defense: 136
Speed: 86
Moves: Power-Up Punch/Bulldoze/Shadow Claw/Horn Leech

 

[Cymry]

Me again. Quick team update just after obtaining the Fairy Badge.

Team below

Spoiler:

Andromeda the Hardy Greninja, ♀, L 42
Ability: Torrent
Item: Rocky Helmet
Moves: Water Shuriken, Grass Knot, Surf, Round

Cassiopeia the Modest Houndoom, ♀, L 41
Ability: Early Bird
Item: Expert Belt
Moves: Fire Fang, Bite, Rest, Roar

Hercules the Hardy Scrafty , ♂ , L 43
Ability: Moxie
Item: Black Belt
Moves: Brick Break, High Jump Kick, Poison Jab, Crunch

Hydrus the Bashful Malamar , ♀ , L 41
Ability: Contrary
Item: Leftovers
Moves: Swagger, Pluck, Foul Play, Psycho Cut

Eridanus the Jolly Krookodile , ♀ , L 43
Ability: Moxie
Item: Soft Sand
Moves: Power-Up Punch, Crunch, Dig, Rock Tomb

Gemini the Careful Sableye (get it?) , ♂ , L 41
Ability: Keen Eye
Item: Spell Tag
Moves: Toxic, Knock Off, Shadow Sneak, Shadow Claw

 

[Volga]

Gemini the Careful Sableye (get it?) , ♂ , L 41
Ability: Keen Eye
Item: Spell Tag
Moves: Toxic, Knock Off, Shadow Sneak, Shadow Claw

I giggled like an idiot when I saw this.
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I'm using my code to get Weedle in Alpha Sapphire, so I can use Mega Beedrill. (I can get the Beedrillite before the 8th gym)
Changing my mind since I remembered I can catch Kakuna after the 8th Badge, so I'll wait to use him in the E4.
I'd rather use the code to trade in a Bulbasaur at the beginning of the game after I get my Pokedex.

Just quoting this as a reminder.

And small update from earlier today.

- I started AS and traded in my Bulbasaur at Level 1 after all the beginning stuff.
- Caught Wurmple and hoped it to evolve into Cascoon, but got silcoon, so I boxed it and decided to wait and catch a Zubat before the 2nd Badge.
- Saved at Petalburg Woods because I almost forgot I had to work today.

 

[TheSpud]

FIGHTING ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: YELLOW UPDATE #2

-Fought through Rock Tunnel
-Bribed Saffron Guards
-Beat fighting dojo
-Obtained Hitmonlee, named him Bruce
-Found a secret switch behind a poster!!
-got Silph Scope
-got Poke Flute
-got Good Rod in Fuchsia
-caught Poliwag, named him Royce
-grindan grindan grindan
-Royce evolved to Poliwhirl
-got me a Rainbowbadge
-went through Safari Zone
-beat Silph Co
-took down Koga, got Soulbadge
-Used Water Stone, Royce evolved to Poliwrath
-Royce + Amnesia completely swept Sabrina


BADGES: 6/8


TEAM:
Royce the Poliwrath; lvl 46
Amnesia
Surf
Ice Beam
Hypnosis

Jason the Hitmonlee; lvl 44
Rolling Kick
Meditate
Body Slam
Jump Kick

Undertaker the Machoke; lvl 44
Low Kick
Earthquake
Strength
Rock Slide

Mayweather the Primeape; lvl 48
Low Kick
Karate Chop
Seismic Toss
Dig


Amnesia in Gen 1 is an instant-win button. I was terrified of Sabrina's Alakazam, but Royce not only can tank super-effective moves, but also oneshot everything ever. It's great!

 

[Pave Low]

Ground Monotype - Ultimate
LeafGreen Complete
LeafGreen | HeartGold | Emerald | Platinum | White | (X/Y)

Pictures
Half of my screens went missing again -.-

Spoiler:

Team

Nimpy | Level 55

Nature: Docile
Ability: Poison Point
Surf | Brick Break
Shock Wave | Body Slam

Crustos | Level 54

Nature: Naughty
Ability: Sturdy
Rock Blast | Earthquake
Explosion | Seismic Toss

Elf's Peen | Level 52

Nature: Mild
Ability: Arena Trap
Earthquake | Toxic
Double-Edge | Sand Tomb

Revere | Level 52

Nature: Calm
Ability: Sand Veil
Slash | Dig
Swift | Sand-Attack

Renée | Level 51

Nature: Serious
Ability: Rock Head
Dragonbreath | Earthquake
Slam | Dragon Tail

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Nature: ???
Ability: ???
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Onto the next game!

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[Necrum]

Happy New Year, Pokecommunity! I have implemented several new rule changes, so here I am to tell you a bit about what is new going into 2015.

-Freeplay Mode was added for people who hate rules. See Rule #12 for details.
-Rule #2 has been modified so that if a Pokemon type can't be obtained before the second badge, you may hack or trade in a Pokemon, instead of the third badge. This was done largely because of XY's early capacity to obtain Pokemon, meaning the average for when you should have your Pokemon has gone down. This means more games can now be played with one hack/trade in from the start!
-Rule #3 was merged into Rule #2, and so the rest of the rules have a new numbering.
-Mega Lati@s was added to the ban list. You may use the normal formes of Lati@s still though.
-Fairy Type is good to go for Ultimate Challenges now.
-Added Mega Evolution restriction on Rule #10, only 2 per team now.
-ORAS end points added
-Exceptions list still needs more work but I added Platinum for Ice and Dragon type hack/trade ins.

 

[Stormerbuzz35]

I haven't seen any thread for questions so I'll drop it here and try to keep it short. I signed up for a monotype challenge and while my name isn't on the challengers list, I've already started my run and have beaten the first gym. Can I post updates or must I wait til my name's in the first post?

 

[Necrum]

I haven't seen any thread for questions so I'll drop it here and try to keep it short. I signed up for a monotype challenge and while my name isn't on the challengers list, I've already started my run and have beaten the first gym. Can I post updates or must I wait til my name's in the first post?

Questions can be asked in thread as long as they pertain to the challenge in question.

You can update any time, whether your name is on the Challenger list or not. It will be fairly soon though as I am in the process of updating it.

 

[Stormerbuzz35]

Thanks Wilhelm! I'll remember it for any future challenges.

*Blue Water Monotype update 1*
-Picked squirtle, left Pallet with it at Lv8 and got a blackout from the first bug catcher poisoning it and me being too cheap to buy antidotes....
-Beat Brock with ease and made my way along the next route, beating minimal trainers.
-Squirtle evolved in Wartortle and I bought the Magikarp at the Mt. Moon PC. I don't want to spend too much time with only 1 pokemon on my team.
-Heading through Mt. Moon and switch training the Magikarp.

Current team
Mikey, Lv18 Squirtle
Sushi, Lv8 Magikarp

 

[Cymry]

Finally reached Couriway Town, with a quick detour to Terminus Cave for a Dusk Stone. Sadly, Yveltal is barred from the team and must languish in the Box.

Just one more badge to go!

Spoiler:

Andromeda the Hardy Greninja, ♀, L 55
Ability: Torrent
Item: Rocky Helmet
Moves: Extrasensory, Grass Knot, Surf, Round

Cassiopeia the Modest Houndoom, ♀, L 54
Ability: Early Bird
Item: Expert Belt
Moves: Flamethrower, Snarl, Nasty Plot, Rest

Hercules the Hardy Scrafty , ♂ , L 56
Ability: Moxie
Item: Black Belt
Moves: Brick Break, High Jump Kick, Poison Jab, Crunch

Eridanus the Jolly Krookodile , ♀ , L 56
Ability: Moxie
Item: Soft Sand
Moves: Power-Up Punch, Crunch, Earthquake, Rock Tomb

Gemini the Careful Sableye (still loving puns) , ♂ , L 54
Ability: Keen Eye
Item: Spell Tag
Moves: Will-O-Wisp, Foul Play, Shadow Sneak, Shadow Claw

Corvus the Docile Honchkrow, ♂ , L 52
Ability: Super Luck
Item: Amulet Coin
Moves: Thunder Wave, Return, Fly, Foul Play

 

[JJ Styles]

So much updates.

Update: 2 and 3

Spoiler:

Apparently the so-called Lightning Yellow Romhack is nothing more than a barely-finished FireRed based Yellow remake with only the FIRST PARTS of the game remade (Beginning with Old man sprite Prof. Oak and Weedle) and the first rival battle at the Route near Indigo Plateau, as well as the Action Replay Lvl9 Pidgeotto at Viridian Forest (Caught it for Fly Slaving later on), but the rest is basically just Fire Red. Oh well.

After enduring what I would like to call starter Pika-Hell... I got a lvl18 Voltorb at Route 9... my game before that extremely valuable Voltorb pickup was basically a Pikachu Solo run

Game: Pokemon "Lightning Yellow" (barely started FireRed Romhack)
Monotype; Electric
Region: Kanto
Badges Acquired: Brock, Misty, Surge, Erika, Koga

Thank lord for the Magneton addition to the team. I visited the Power Plant in hopes of getting a Magnemite to raise but the second thing I would run to, after running away from a wild pikachu was a lvl34 Magneton. A great addition to my Lightning Yellow Team.

Plans:
- Clear Silph Co., Obtain Master Ball (For Zapdos) (Assuming that this Barely done "Romhack" did not fix the roaming IV glitch of the legendary beasts, it would be pointless to get Raikou for this run)
- Defeat Sabrina (Magneton and Jolteon with Bite will easily do the trick. Steel tanks Psychic, Bite being Dark Based)
- Farm EXP with the Tangela Brush patches south of Pallet Town (Since I decided to throw EV training out of the window. Curse FireRed/LeafGreen's lack of EV Reducing Berries)
- Spread out my type coverage through TMs and HMs
- Defeat Blaine and gather enough resources to tank out Giovanni (and other Ground type trainer related ilk) later (Kanto = TOO MUCH GROUND TYPE - IGN)

Fieldslave(s)
lvl 13 Oddish from Route 5 for Cut, Flash, and Sweet Scent (Exp and EV Farming)
lvl5 Pidgey for Fly
lvl30 Snorlax for Surf and Strength

Update 4:

Spoiler:

- Silph Co and Sabrina cleared. I forgot that unlike RSE Abra family AI, Alakazam at least DOES use its Psychic as soon as possible rather than use Kinesis or Future sight first. My Raichu got dunked because rather than immediately use STAB moves on it, I played around with it with a T-Wave and quick attacks, only for 2 Psychics out of nowhere while paralyzed but Magneton helped a lot in cleaning up.

- Zapdos Captured after 5 Great Balls! = Team's Ground and Fighting type Issues finally solved! (My team's is getting raped by Fighting types in FireRed for some reason). Thank goodness for HotShotGG (Raichu) in tanking its Drill Pecks and paralyzing it with static. My master ball is saved.

- Electabuzz finally captured to complete the Kanto Lightning team. (And after a bit of Research, i finally have a mon that can learn Psychic via TM. Definitely handy for the final challenges of the run)

Note; The "Lighting Yellow" starter pikachu is basically a normal Pikachu so it can be evolved into a Raichu (which i thought was necessary since I knew from Day 1 onwards that I would not last with a squishy Pikachu in the party in a monotype challenge)

Update 5:

Spoiler:

Highlights:
- Bought 3 Hyper Beam HMs to give to the rest of the mons for some clutch beam KOs
- Used the Steel Wing TM for Bjergsen, the Naughty Zapdos, and the Psychic TM for Maknoon, the Jolly Electabuzz. Both TM usages proved to be useful against the Viridian Gym and Giovanni
- Defeated Giovanni and the pre-Champion Rival. Now onto Victory Road (and imo FRLG's Victory Road trainers are very challenging especially against an Electric Monotype)
- All badges Obtained
- Defeated the first 4 trainers in Victory Road

Issues:
- I can't teach Fly to Bjergsen since he needs every "decent" move to deal damage. I can't afford to use Fly in a game where the trainers actually know when to switch out their mons. So i'm forced to use my level5 Pidgey as a fly-slave
- GoldenBoy, the Electrode has the crappiest moveset among the team.

Goal(s):
- get everyone to mid 50s to late 50s. The levels will be needed to survive against Lance (who is notoriously annoying in FRLG. IMO he's the hardest fight in the game, especially with an Electric Monotype)

UPDATE 6!:

Spoiler:

Chilling my buddy Lance after such an intense battle​

Just took on the Elite Four and on my way to defeat the Champ and end the whole run (So i can finally go back to playing Pokemon Omicron since I haven't had much love for that in a while). I need to take a rest (pun intended) before I take on my Rival (appropriately named Finn so i can take out my frustrations against Adventure Time, not that I hate the show, but I hate it when my girlfriend forces me to watch it with her when I'm not in the mood to do so ;) )

Spoiler:

Vs Lorelai:

Spoiler:

- As expected, this was the easiest of the battles with an Electric Team since 4/5 of her team is part water, and with Ice not resisting Electric, I expected to deal great damage.
--> Achiever: HotShotGG (Raichu) = Mostly OHKO'd Dewgong, Cloyster, and Slowbro with Thunderbolts.
--> Clutch players: Apologyman (Jolteon) for dealing with Lapras and Jinx. HotShot had enough and i had to recall him, knowing that Thunderbolt will not OHKO Lapras (unless it crits) and Lapras having really high damage with its own moves. HotShot got wounded in the duel with Slowbro. Jolteon would fortunately hit its Non Rain danced Thunders at Lapras. As for Jinx, one lucky bite made her flinch so that she could get KO'd with the last bite for the win.

Vs Bruno:

Spoiler:

- Starting out with Bjergsen (Zapdos) was a pretty bad idea. I forgot that Bruno would always start with his weaker Onix, but I overestimated his Iron Wing. Sadly, it was dealing nothing despite the effective Steel type damage to the Onix and the Bjergerking was getting pelted with Rock Tombs, which I could not risk against the rest of Bruno's team.

- HotshotGG (Raichu) with Break Break dealt with the first Onix. Despite not having the best ATK power, he was able to take down the first Onix after the full restore. However, I didn't expect the first Onix to actually pelt him with THREE ROCK TOMBS, which I payed dearly for.

- HotshotGG would unexpectedly be the first KO'd player in the run after Bruno sent out the stronger Onix. I forgot that he already suffered 3 Rock tombs which to my surprise, the Stronger Onix suddenly used EQ. Knowing that the rest of my team cannot take him on, the Bjergerking (Bjergsen the Zapdos) had to step up. It was an endurance round against the Stronger Onix who fortunately did not have the best of ATK power, has his Double Edges weren't that damaging (Cheeky Bruno for having Rock Head on his stronger Onix). After a couple of Steel Wings, the stronger Onix was finally down and the Bjergersweep came in when Bruno sent out all of his Fighting Mons, which all needed 1 Drill Peck (Machamp needed 2, and Bruno already used his Full Restores on his two Onix).
Obvious MVP: Bjergsen

VS Agatha

Spoiler:

- It was Apologyman and his Bite's time to shine. Agatha's first Gengar is known for its stupid stalling tactics (Double Team Spam along with Confuse Ray and Toxic (yep, toxic stall) when untouched = Obviously why DT should always be banned in Competitive). One Bite was needed to make sure that this cheapster is down. (Apologyman has Blacksunglasses to boost the Bite damage)

- Golbat needed a Thunder to be KO'd. Next.
- She sent out her Arbok which I tried to deal with Maknoon and his psychic power. Arbok outspeed Maknoon but fortunately his first move was Screech, which gave me time to use Light Screen which was needed against the last two monsters. Unfortunately, I couldn't use Maknoon's Psychic Power because Arbok's next move was his STAB Sludgebomb which was a OHKO. Revenge was needed and I had Bjergsen to avenge the loss. A Crit Drill Peck came and the revenge kill came.

- The stronger gengar was sent out next after I revenge KO'd Arbok with Bjergsen. However I needed Apologyman to take care of the last two mons (2nd Gengar and Haunter). 2nd Gengar unlike his annoying little bro is the nuker of the two gengars but fortunately, his Sludgebomb ran in his inferior attack (Thanks to poison being ATK based rather than Special, otherwise this could have been a different affair). 2 Bites from Apologyman was needed to finish him off.

- I decided that Xpecial needed some EXP and I had him fight Haunter. Agatha's FRLG Haunter is known for his Hax Hypnosis Accuracy and Dream Eater. I forgot to mention he has Mean Look as well. Fortunately, he doesn't have Perish Song since I was not in the mood to be dealing against GSC Misdreavus Perish Trapping. Its a great thing that Steel resists Psychic and Agatha's Haunter was incredibly annoying with his hax Hypnosis accuracy.

MVP: Apologyman; Clutch players: Bjergsen and Xpecial

Vs Lance: Oh boy

Spoiler:

- I figured that I have ABSOLUTELY NO super effective damage against his team save for his Gyarados. I needed to start things out with Xpecial who was needing some EXP, and a Tank needs EXP.

- Gyarados and his 4x weakness to our monotype effectively fed Xpecial with some EXP. One Charge (with a crit) was needed to KO him.

- I figured that I switch out to once again the main carry of my team, Bjergsen and his Drill pecks to deal with the rest of Lance's dragonairs. Fortunately, I took some time to EV train Bjergsen with some ATK EVs before tackling the E4 to make sure that his Drill Pecks and Steel Wings dealt damage. For some reason, Lance's dragonairs both love using safeguard to support their party, and his first Dragonair suffered from it. 2 Drill Pecks and it was out of here. The second Dragonair came and after it took one Drill Peck, it T-Waved Zapdos. Fortunately, it preferred to use Safeguard as its last move before being KO'd with the second D.Peck.

- This is where Xpecial shined. Aerodactyl was next and I knew that not even Bjergsen can tank him. Xpecial's steel typing worked in our favor as it tanked several Ancient Power moves, which fortunately for us, didn't pop in the stat boosts. Xpecial's only effective move against him was Spark and i had to throw every thing.

- Dragonite. Lvl 60 (Level advantage against our whole team), and it did use its STAB Outrage against Xpecial who thanks to the steel typing once again, was able to tank the hit, which still dealt horrendous amounts of damage. If Xpecial fell, my party would either be annihilated by Dragonite or I would win but waste so much of my consumables and PP moves just trying to dent it. Fortunately, being part flying was not beneficial for Dragonite as it was taking neutral damage with our Electric type attacks. Even when Paralyzed and Confused, Lance's Dragonite didn't know when to quit and decided to use MOAR OUTRAGE. Xpecial was taking too much damage and when Dragonite decided to use MOAR outrage, i needed to switch out to HotshotGG to finally take the big dragon down with a clutch crit Thunderbolt.

- As a side note, i guess I was lucky against Lance as clutch crits prevented any Full Restores.

FINAL FINAL FINAL UPDATE!!!!

HOLY SHIT. I FINALLY DID IT! I Finally beat the Rival (Finn) after so much retries, soft resets, and taking the inevitable loss because of the lack of levels!

I decided to do some grinding by doing Bill's little Side quest in One, Two, and Three island where it contained monsters that were excellent sources of EXP compared to that of Victory Road (too many Onix) and Pokemon Mansion (Too low of levels). That proved to be the best alternative farming area. The trainers also have pokemon that give decent EXP when defeated and the extra cash was meant to buy the most amount of Full Restores and Hyper Potions, as well as Revives.

My team, and yes the movesets are really bad.

Spoiler:

HotShotGG -

Raichu, Male
Nature: Lax
Lvl59
Thunderbolt, Strength, Brick Break, Thunder Wave

Apologyman -

Jolteon, Male
Nature: Naive
Lvl 58
Bite, Thunder,Double Kick, Hyper Beam

Xpecial -

Magneton
Nature: Careful
lvl 56
Spark, Tri Attack, Lock On, Reflect

Goldenboy -

Electrode
Nature: Naughty
Lvl 50
Spark, Roll Out, Swift, Charge

Maknoon -

Electabuzz, Male
Nature: Jolly
lvl 55
Thunderbolt, Psychic, Swift, Light Screen

Bjergsen -

Zapdos
Nature: Naughty
Lvl 61
Drill Peck, Steel Wing, Roar, Shock Wave

Play-by-Play Commentary of the battle:

Spoiler:

DEAR LORD! Roaring Rhydon everytime Finn threw him in proved to be the No.1 Strat that worked! Damn that Gen 1 OU monster in almost ruining my conquest of this Electric Monotype challenge. The only mon that I had which was important in the whole battle was Bjergsen and his Steel Wing. Without him, I'll be forced out of Indigo Plateau once again. At lvl59 i don't know if its just me or what, but he was able to outspeed a freaking Zapdos with Rock Tombs (which dealt sizeable amounts of damage, and the guaranteed Speed Drop, which Zapdos CANNOT have against it). I planned to make sure that he was the last monster that I have to deal with, as Blastoise, even with his HUGE level advantage, is not that much of a threat compared to Rhydon. I had to make sure that I KO'd the rest of Finn's team before I tackle Rhydon last, as I had the resources to do so. Aside from Rhydon, Arcanine and Blastoise where the most troublesome of the party. Arcanine basically STAB roasts all of my mons (2 Flamethrowers) along with Extreme Speed means he'll punish item usage mercilessly. Thankfully, at lvl59, he's at even odds with the rest of my mons.

I had to admit, I was nervous the whole time fighting against Finn with my Electric Monotype team. Another real threat was Alakazam but his squishy physical defense meant that Bjergsen's Drill Pecks simply REKT him. Egg tree (because I can't spell him right now), again, high level but not much of a threat with Drill Pecks. Apologyman could have dealt with him but he was sacrificed to deal a small amount of Bite damage to Rhydon earlier. Thankfully, the Bjerger bird (Zapdos) manhandled the Egg with Drill Pecks. Rhydon would eventually fall after he missed a Rock Tomb and Bjergsen finally hit the last Steel Wing to bring the big guy down. However, there was one more threat...

Blastoise, the highest level'd Mon in Finn's party abused the FRLG AI Hydro Pump Hax-accuracy to kingdom come. Thankfully, not even the AI was safe from PP usage. After Blastoise annihilated the rest of my team with Hydro Pumps (as Arcanine already KO'd HotShotGG earlier, and Apologyman was KO'd by Rhydon), I decided to try sacrifice Goldenboy in order to revive Zapdos and heal (Crit Hydro Pump KO'd the Bjergbird after a hard fought fight against Rhydon). I figured that Finn ran out of Full Restores when he was busy healing Blastoise, while I had a couple more. As Blastoise ran out of PP for Hydro Pump, he resulted to using Bite, which surprisingly didn't deal that much damage to a low leveled Electrode. Rather than waste the turn using a Full Restore on a revived Zapdos, as Bjergsen the Lightning BirdGodCarry had done his fill so much, I decided to use the Electrode's Spark against the critically injured Blastoise to finally end the battle. Goldenboy, the Naughty Electrode, was the 6th' Hour Ranger who helped us defeat Finn and win the Monotype challenge.

I believed in the BjergerBird. Also, I never knew that the first Electric Mon after the starter pikachu would deliver the last blow to end the challenge. I feel so relieved and so alive to finally end the run and make Lt. Surge proud.​

Final Thoughts:

EV Training in a Monotype challenge, if ever is efficiently and extremely possible, helps in a very very long run! Lightning Mons benefit a lot from SPATK and SPEED EVs which greatly helped. FRLG's Only GOOD SPATK EV training spot was in the Lavender Tower healing pad floor where Gastlies and Haunters thrive. SPEED EVs are extracted from MANYYYYYYYY ares (especially One, Two, and Three Island which was my last place to EV Train)

I never ever used Roar in regular playthroughs of any pokemon game until this monotype challenge. Now I see how GOOD Roar and its related move Whirlwind can be if used properly. (Roaring Rhydon over and over until he was the last mon to beat or at least the 2nd to the last thing to KO). I found a new appreciation for moves that I never ever used.

As for endpoints, Its always the best to spend all usable cash for every top tier healing item to prepare for the final challenges (Elite 4 and Champ), since I wouldn't consider playing the post-game in most challenges anyway.

 

[TheSpud]

FIGHTING ULTIMATE CHALLENGE: YELLOW UPDATE #3

-Got lost in Seafoam Islands
-Went through Cinnabar Mansion
-Beat Blaine
-took out Giovanni for good
-made it through Victory Road with minimal fuss

Seeing as I have 4 Pokemon, I plan to use only one against each Elite 4 member. Let's see how that goes!

Jason (Hitmonlee) lvl 55 vs Lorelei:

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vs 54 Dewgong - Used 3 Meditates while Dewgong only used Rest and one Take Down, killed with one Hi Jump Kick
vs 53 Cloyster - Outspeed Hi Jump Kick OHKO
vs 54 Slowbro - Outspeed Mega Kick OHKO
vs 56 Jynx - Outspeed Hi Jump Kick OHKO
vs 56 Lapras - Outspeed Hi Jump Kick OHKO

Undertaker (Machoke) lvl 55 vs Bruno:

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vs 53 Onix - Outspeed Submission OHKO
vs 55 Hitmonchan - killed with Submission + Strength, took Thunderpunch x2
vs 55 Hitmonlee - his Mega Kick missed, Submission hit, Double Kick left Undertaker with 14 HP, Strength kills
vs 56 Onix - I hyper potioned at the beginning and end, Onix only used Rock Slide, I Earthquaked to death.
vs 58 Machamp - I outspeed and Submission, he Leers, my 2nd Submission missed!, he Karate Chops, Submission leaves him barely alive, his Submission double KOs because recoil.

Mayweather (Primeape) lvl 57 vs Agatha:

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vs 56 Gengar - outspeed Dig OHKO
vs 56 Golbat - Karate Chop, Wing Attack, Karate Chop, Wing Attack miss, Agatha Super Potion, Seismic Toss KO
vs 55 Haunter - outspeed Dig OHKO
vs 58 Arbok - outspeed Dig crit OHKO
vs 60 Gengar - outspeed Dig OHKO

Royce (Poliwrath) lvl 56 vs Lance:

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vs 58 Gyarados - I outspeed and Hypnosis, he sleeps through three amnesias, Ice Beam OHKO
vs 56 Dragonair - outspeed Ice Beam OHKO
vs 56 Dragonair #2 - outspeed Ice Beam OHKO
vs 60 Aerodactyl - he Wing Attacks, Ice Beam OHKO
vs 62 Dragonite - outspeed Ice Beam OHKO

To be honest, all of that went better than expected. I did no such handicapping against my rival, and I actually had to reload my save once. Alakazam was actually impossible if Royce isn't set up.

Team vs Rival:

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Royce vs Sandslash - Hypnosis, Amnesia x3, Surf
Royce vs Alakazam - shrugged off Psybeam, Surf OHKO
Royce vs Exeggutor - outspeed Ice Beam OHKO
Undertaker vs Magneton - he Swifts twice, Earthquake 2HKO
Jason vs Cloyster - Hi Jump Kick, Aurora Beam, Hi Jump Kick KO
Mayweather vs Flareon - outspeed Dig OHKO

BADGES: 8/8
YELLOW COMPLETE!

ENDING TEAM (with moves, stats, and thoughts):

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Royce the Poliwrath; lvl 57
Amnesia
Surf
Ice Beam
Hypnosis

Attack 122
Defense 144
Speed 101
Special 120

Easily my MVP despite being the last addition, Royce absolutely wrecked anything I wanted. He is naturally my teams best tank, and Amnesia guaranteed his offense was ridiculous while also letting him completely ignore psychic moves. Absolute monster.

Mayweather the Primeape; lvl 58
Submission
Karate Chop
Seismic Toss
Dig

Attack 159
Defense 96
Speed 143
Special 106

I made my first challenge fighting type because Mankey's line was my favorite, and he proved why. Obscene speed let him outspeed mons that are supposed to be fast sweepers and he has the attack to smash them. Maybe a bit frail, but took hits better than I thought he would.

Jason the Hitmonlee; lvl 56
Hi Jump Kick
Meditate
Mega Kick
Jump Kick

Attack 155
Defense 96
Speed 125
Special 64

I'd never used a Hitmonlee, and to be blunt, I was a bit disappointed. For a guy I've seen a lot of people praise, he was basically a slower, way frailer Primeape. His attacks pack a bit more punch, but not enough to matter. Meditate would add to that, but Hitmonlee was usually too worried about getting hit to be able to set up. I mean, he wasn't bad by any stretch, but there was no scenario where Primeape couldn't do it better.

Undertaker the Machoke; lvl 55
Submission
Earthquake
Strength
Rock Slide

Attack 141
Defense 109
Speed 82
Special 84

Meh. Decent at taking and dishing physical attacks, Machoke never really shined. I feel like the lack of evolution really handicapped him and made him the weak link on the team. That said, his match with Bruno ending with a Machoke/Machamp dual knockout was the most fun fight in the game.

 

[Cymry]

All done and a parade in my honour too. Got to say though there were trainers that I really struggled against or rather specific Pokemon. Siebold's Gyarados made me pay for lack of electric-type attacks and the Champion's Mega Gardevoir had her Moonblast.

Here's my final team and some little thoughts.

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Andromeda the Hardy Greninja, ♀, L 64
Ability: Torrent
Item: Rocky Helmet
Moves: Extrasensory, Grass Knot, Surf, Ice Beam

Truth be told, I was thinking of switching her for Yvetal until I reread the rules. But she really came into her own when she reached the Greninja stage. Her Ice Beam came in super handy for the Dragon-type member of the Elite 4.

Cassiopeia the Modest Houndoom, ♀, L 63
Ability: Early Bird
Item: Expert Belt
Moves: Flamethrower, Dark Pulse, Nasty Plot, Sludge Bomb

Took way, way too long to learn a special fire move. Or any decent special moves. She really needed those late-game TMs. But once she was all set up, she was a Sp Attack monster. Nasty Plot was well worth a Heart Scale.

Hercules the Hardy Scrafty , ♂ , L 65
Ability: Moxie
Item: Black Belt
Moves: Brick Break, High Jump Kick, Poison Jab, Crunch

One of my Moxie twins. Got a solid moveset early and survived several hits I was sure he wouldn't. Got me the Fairy Badge with his Poison Jab when Cassiopeia succumbed to a stray crit.

Eridanus the Jolly Krookodile , ♀ , L 65
Ability: Moxie
Item: Soft Sand
Moves: Power-Up Punch, Crunch, Earthquake, Outrage

The other half of the Moxie twins. I've used Krookodile before and they've always been solid team members. Eridanus was no exception. Nice type coverage.

Gemini the Careful Sableye , ♂ , L 63
Ability: Keen Eye
Item: Spell Tag
Moves: Will-O-Wisp, Foul Play, Shadow Sneak, Shadow Claw

Not a heavy-hitter but was invaluable for walling Fighting-types who didn't have much other than Normal and Fighting-type moves. Had the best nickname.

Corvus the Docile Honchkrow, ♂ , L 61
Ability: Super Luck
Item: Amulet Coin
Moves: Thunder Wave, Return, Fly, Night Slash

The late-comer. Corvus' Night Slash was the lucky critter.