The Monotype Challenge

[Blastin'Tyruntz]

My savestate got corrupted, YAY
I'm out.
Forum User Name: Blastin'TyruntZ
Pokemon Type: Normal
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): White 2

 

[MrNeutrino]

FireRed Flying update:

Spoiler:

- Made my way through Mt Moon thanks to Charmeleon's Metal Claw
- Beat Misty without too much trouble, Fearow had Pursuit
- S. S. Anne was fairly quick, as was Lt. Surge
- Had a bit of trouble with Rock Tunnel due to all those Rock types but arrived in Lavender town safe and sound.
- Defeated Erika and caught a Doduo.

Badges: 4/8
Location: Lavender Town
Team:

Lv.38 Kylar the Lonely Charizard (with Blaze)
- Flamethrower, Brick Break, Wing Attack, Fly

Lv.37 Dorian the Adamant Dodrio (with Early Bird)
- Peck, Tri Attack, Pursuit, Fury Attack

 

[RefinedHornet]

Ultimate Ground Monotype Blue Update:
-Graveler evolved into Golem
-defeated rival in Silph Co.
-defeated Sabrina
-Rhyhorn evolved into Rhydon
-defeated Blaine
-defeated Giovanni
-Nidorino evolved into Nidoking
-Nidorina evolved into Nidoqueen
-defeated rival on Route 22
-defeated the Elite Four and my rival

Final Team:

Spoiler:

Nidoking
Lv. 53
HP: 166
Attack: 123
Defense: 104
Special: 107
Speed: 113
Moves: Thunderbolt/Double Kick/Surf/Poison Sting

Nidoqueen
Lv. 53
HP: 175
Attack: 111
Defense: 127
Special: 107
Speed: 114
Moves: Double Kick/Ice Beam/Surf/Poison Sting

Golem
Lv. 52
HP: 170
Attack: 151
Defense: 166
Special: 84
Speed: 76
Moves: Strength/Defense Curl/Rock Throw/Earthquake

Sandslash
Lv. 53
HP: 171
Attack: 135
Defense: 141
Special: 93
Speed: 99
Moves: Earthquake/Sand-Attack/Slash/Poison Sting

Marowak
Lv. 52
HP: 157
Attack: 122
Defense: 138
Special: 86
Speed: 80
Moves: Bonemerang/Growl/Leer/Thrash

Rhydon
Lv. 53
HP: 206
Attack: 162
Defense: 156
Special: 85
Speed: 80
Moves: Horn Attack/Stomp/Tail Whip/Rock Slide

 

[Crackin355]

Update #15 - Johto 6/16
I took it slowly. Not much else to say. I'm watching the final Terrible Tuesday Majora's Mask stream at the moment.

Gon [ARIADOS] ♂ Lv28
Bashful Nature @Soothe Bell
HP:85 | ATK:57 | DEF:50 | Sp.A:41 | Sp.D:46 | SPD:31
>Sucker Punch
>Dig
>Shadow Sneak
>Return

Takechiyo [BUTTERFREE] ♂ Lv28
Gentle Nature @Miracle Seed
HP:74 | ATK:33 | DEF:38 | Sp.A:54 | Sp.D:62 | SPD:53
>Silver Wind
>PoisonPowder
>Sleep Powder
>Psybeam

Berserker [HERACROSS] ♂ Lv28
Timid Nature @No Item
HP:85 | ATK:76 | DEF:51 | Sp.A:34 | Sp.D:64 | SPD:64
>Headbutt
>Aerial Ace
>Shadow Claw
>Brick Break

Takumi [SCIZOR] ♂ Lv28
Quiet Nature @No Item
HP:87 | ATK:86 | DEF:69 | Sp.A:47 | Sp.D:58 | SPD:43
>Metal Claw
>Wing Attack
>Pursuit
>Fury Cutter

Minagawa [YANMA] ♀ Lv27
Impish Nature @No Item
HP:74 | ATK:43 | DEF:37 | Sp.A:47 | Sp.D:31 | SPD:61
>Uproar
>U-Turn
>Shadow Ball
>Supersonic

-: Got the Safari Zone unlocked
-: Did that first mission for uncle guy.
-: Fought Jasmine. Gon managed to take out a Magnemite *gasp* then promptly died. Berserker did damage to Steelix while reviving over and over, until he used a Hyper Potion and I sent out Takumi who tanked hits and revived/healed my team. Then I whittled Steelix down with Takumi and beat the second Magnemite with Berserker.
-: Received the Mineral Badge.

By the way, whenever I get around to doing the Kalos part of my monotype run; is Exp. Share allowed? If not I'll just use four pokemon but if it is allowed then I'll rotate with ten pokemon so I don't make the challenge too easy. Someone told me that the game was pretty balanced if you use 10-12 pokemon in rotation rather than only six that get totally jacked very quickly. I'm actually kind of looking forward to trying the rotation thing so if it's not allowed I'd like to get shot down now while I'm not excited or anything. I couldn't see any rule related to exp. share on the first post.

any word on this?

 

[derrick95]

Forum User Name: derrick95
Pokémon Type: Psychic
Challenge Mode: Ultimate
Game(s): Blue, Silver, Emerald, Platinum, Black, Y

Just a tip, I will be using the Universal Pokemon Randomizer so I'm able to evolve Kadabra. According to its site, Kadabra will evolve at level 37.

Blue Update 1:

Spoiler:

-Chose Wait the Bulbasaur as my starter
-Sped through the game until I could catch an Abra north of Cerulean
-Caught Neo the Abra, my first team member!
-Used Wait to grind Neo up to level 16 to evolve, then stopped playing

Current Team:

Neo the Kadabra - Level 16

-Teleport
-Confusion

If someone could tell me how to make the Pokemon sprite appear in my post, it would be much appreciated!

 

[Blastin'Tyruntz]

Yay monotype time
My starter is a Patrat. How fun.
So much grinding is needed.

 

[LilyGardy]

Username - CharmedGardy
Type - Psychic
Game - White 2
Challenge Type - Single
Progress - Currently have just collected the 8th badge and have a team of Gothitelle, Sigilyph, Reuniclus, Claydol, Swoobat and Starmie.

Username - CharmedGardy
Type - Grass
Game - Red
Challenge type - Single
Progress - Have just defeated Misty. My current team is Ivysaur and Paras.

 

[derrick95]

Blue Update 2:

Spoiler:

-After many, many attempts, and quite a bit of grinding, Neo was finally able to beat Misty's Starmie and earn me the Cascade Badge!
-Helped Bill and got the S.S. Ticket
-Got the Bike Voucher, and traded it for a Bicycle

Current Team:

Neo the Kadabra - Level 25

-Confusion
-Teleport
-Disable

 

[Blastin'Tyruntz]

So I'm back
I caught a Pidove and a Lillipup and together with Patrat we are..screwed

 

[Hann]

Update #2: Rock - Soul Silver
I had quite a bit of trouble with Silver's Bayleef (as I chose Totodile). Magical Leaf just about one-shots everything on my team.

Screens:

Spoiler:

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Team:

Tortimer the Timid Graveler (M) @ Lv.27
Ability: Rock Head
Tackle, Magnitude, Rock Throw, Rock Blast

Rocky the Hasty Onix (M) @ Lv.27
Ability: Sturdy
Sandstorm, Slam, Rock Throw, Rock Tomb

Elmer the Brave Sudowoodo (M) @ Lv.28
Ability: Sturdy
Flail, Low Kick, Rock Throw, Faint Attack​

 

[derrick95]

Blue Update 3:

Spoiler:

-Traveled back to Vermillion and went to the route to the east
-Caught Somnos the Drowzee, my newest team member
-Wrecked everyone on the S.S. Anne with Neo while switch-training Somnos
-Got Cut, and taught it to Wait
-Remembered the Mr. Mime trade, and went and caught an Abra
-Traded Abra for Mr. Mime, then saw how horrible Mr. Mime's 1st gen moveset is, so I boxed it
-Fought the trainer's in Lt. Surge's gym, then spent forever on that stupid trash can puzzle (Seriously, who thought this was a good idea????
-Destroyed Lt. Surge with Somnos and Neo
-As a result of the battle with Lt. Surge, Somnos evolved into Hypno!
-Went back to Cerulean, traveled east, and wandered through Rock Tunnel until I found the exit
-Got to Lavender, and immeadiately went west to Celadon
-Bought a Fresh Water and gave it to the guard
-Destroyed Erika and her gym trainers with Neo and Somnos (I wonder, why is almost every grass type in Gen 1 Grass/Poison?)
-Got rid of Team Rocket and Giovanni at the Celadon Game Corner
-Sometime during the Game Corner Rocket base, Neo evolved into Alakazam!
-Went back to Lavender and wrecked Blue at the Pokemon Tower
-Beat Marowak and Team Rocket at Pokemon Tower, and got the Poke Flute from Mr. Fuji
-Used the Poke Flute on the Snorlax south of Lavender, caught it because I could, and boxed it
-Got the Super Rod from the Fishing Guru, and made it to Fuschia
-Used the Super Rod south of Fushcia to catch Misty the Staryu, my first new member in what felt like a while
-Went to the Safari Zone and caught Palmer the Exeggcute, the 2nd new member in a row
-Went east of Cerulean and used the Super Rod to catch a Poliwhirl
-Traded Poliwhirl in Cerulean for LOLA the Jynx, who I believe is my final team member!
-Killed the Snorlax west of Celadon
-Started grinding up for Koga's gym (This is going to take a while...)

Current Team:

Neo the Kadabra - Level 43
- Psybeam
- Recover
- Psychic
- Disable

Somnos the Hypno - Level 44
- Confusion
- Psychic
- Headbutt
- Hypnosis

Misty the Staryu - Level 27
- Water Gun
- Tackle
- Harden
- Recover

Palmer the Exeggcute - Level 23
- Barrage
- Hypnosis
- Reflect

LOLA the Jynx - Level 23
- Doubleslap
- Lovely Kiss
- Lick
- Pound

Final Blue Update:

Spoiler:

-Palmer was leveling extremely slowly, so I eventually decided he wasn't worht it and boxed him
-Wrecked Koga and his trainers because Poison < Psychic
-Went to Saffron and beat the Fighting Dojo, picked and boxed Hitmonlee
-Beat Blue and Team Rocket extremely quickly
-Somehow beat Sabrina very easily
-Surfed south of Fushcia, through the Seafoam Islands, to Cinnabar
-Wandered the Cinnibar Mansion til I finally found the Secret Key
-Wrecked Blaine and his trainers with Misty
-Also wrecked Giovanni in Viridian with Misty
-Beat Blue very quickly
-Sped through Victory Road
-Did some moveset and item arrangement in preperation for the League
-Went into the League and completely destroyed the Elite Four and Blue almost without breaking a sweat

Pictures:

https://imgur.com/a/hv9ot

Current Team:

Neo the Kadabra - Level 51
- Psybeam
- Recover
- Psychic
- Disable

Somnos the Hypno - Level 53
- Confusion
- Psychic
- Headbutt
- Hypnosis

Misty the Starmie - Level 52
- Surf
- Swift
- Hydro Pump
- Recover

LOLA the Jynx - Level 53
- Ice Punch
- Body Slam
- Ice Beam
- Psychic

I'll be starting Silver soon.

 

[RefinedHornet]

Ultimate Ground Monotype Crystal Update:
-chose Chikorita
-defeated rival in Cherrygrove City
-caught Geodude on Route 46
-caught Phanpy on Route 46
-defeated Falkner
-caught Onix in Union Cave
-defeated Bugsy
-caught Nidoran♀ in National Park
-caught Nidoran♂ in National Park
-Nidoran♀ evolved into Nidorina
-Nidoran♂ evolved into Nidorino
-defeated Whitney

Team:

Spoiler:

Geodude
Lv. 20
HP: 52
Attack: 44
Defense: 52
Sp. Attack: 19
Sp. Defense: 19
Speed: 18
Moves: Tackle/Defense Curl/Rock Throw/Magnitude

Phanpy
Lv. 19
HP: 71
Attack: 36
Defense: 31
Sp. Attack: 27
Sp. Defense: 27
Speed: 28
Moves: Tackle/Growl/Defense Curl/Flail

Onix
Lv. 19
HP: 45
Attack: 30
Defense: 72
Sp. Attack: 19
Sp. Defense: 24
Speed: 37
Moves: Tackle/Screech/Bind/Rock Throw

Nidorina
Lv. 18
HP: 54
Attack: 32
Defense: 35
Sp. Attack: 27
Sp. Defense: 27
Speed: 27
Moves: Growl/Tackle/Scratch/Double Kick

Nidorino
Lv. 18
HP: 56
Attack: 36
Defense: 32
Sp. Attack: 29
Sp. Defense: 29
Speed: 30
Moves: Leer/Tackle/Horn Attack/Double Kick

 

[Lrachelr5]

Hi can you take me off my dark run? I decided that I wanna focus on other things. I may do something again later

 

[EternalSeekerX]

I want to participate and will probably start with blaze black 2, Can i trade in eggs after the first gym or can I start from the get go and trade in the team I want? Also the rom have edited moveset and tm (most moves can be TM's) can I still go for ultimate?

 

[Hann]

Update #3: Rock - Soul Silver
This was a pretty quick part, Chuck and Jasmine are not very far apart (that's why there are only 2 screenshots). I did get a new team member and trained it up a bit, so they're all around the same level.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Team:
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Tortimer the Timid Graveler (M) @ Lv.31
Ability: Rock Head
Tackle, Magnitude, Rock Throw, Rock Blast

Rocky the Hasty Onix (M) @ Lv.31
Ability: Sturdy
Sandstorm, Slam, Rock Throw, Strength

Elmer the Brave Sudowoodo (M) @ Lv.31
Ability: Sturdy
Flail, Low Kick, Rock Throw, Faint Attack

Coraline the Timid Corsola (F) @ Lv.31
Ability: Natural Cure
Surf, Recover, Shadow Ball, Rock Blast
​

 

[LilyGardy]

Red Grass Monotype Update

- Caught Erika the Oddish
-Beat Surge with Venusaur
- Evolved Oddish into Gloom in Diglett's Cave
- Got Silph Scope
- Beat Erika with Gloom
- Evolved Gloom with Leaf Stone in front of Erika into Vileplume
- Went through Lavender Town and calmed Cubone's Mother
- Beat Koga with Venusaur
- Saved Silph Co
- Beat Sabrina with Venusaur

 

[Hann]

Update #4: Rock - Soul Silver
I had to train up Rhyhorn - Rhydon quite a bit to catch up with the rest of the team. Maybe I was a little too high levelled, but I went in with my team at level 50, which is the level of Lance's strongest Dragonite.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Pokémon League

Hall of Fame

End?

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Team:

Tortimer the Timid Golem (M) @ Lv.51
Ability: Rock Head
Earthquake, Magnitude, Stone Edge, Double-Edge

Rocky the Hasty Onix (M) @ Lv.50
Ability: Sturdy
Item: Dragon Fang
Sandstorm, DragonBreath, Rock Throw, Strength

Elmer the Brave Sudowoodo (M) @ Lv.52
Ability: Sturdy
Wood Hammer, Hammer Arm, Rock Slide, Faint Attack

Coraline the Timid Corsola (F) @ Lv.51
Ability: Natural Cure
Surf, Recover, Shadow Ball, Power Gem

Rhino the Relaxed Rhydon (M) @ Lv.50
Ability: Lightningrod
Hammer Arm, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Take Down
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[derrick95]

Kinda felt like starting Emerald as well, so here's the first update for Silver and Emerald:

Silver Update 1:

Spoiler:

-Rolled a die and picked Totodile, and got to Cherrygrove

Yeah, I know I did almost nothing. Thought I'd still get this out so no one thought I quit the challenge

Emerald Update 1:

Spoiler:

-Rolled a die and picked Treecko
-Beat May
-Caught Layfayette the Ralts, and grinded to level 6 to learn Confusion

Current Team:

Lafayette the Ralts - Level 6

-Confusion
-Growl

Just wondering, what should I do considering early Dark types like Poochyena? Neither of the 2 Psychics I can get before Dewford, Ralts and Abra, can learn anything to hit Dark types by level up, and I know for a fact that at least 1 of the 2 early Aqua grunts uses Poochyena, so I'd be completely stuck. Should I just keep Treecko until I get something, a TM or a Pokemon, that can hurt Darks?

EDIT: I really need to know what to do about Poochyena soon, because the very first trainer west of Oldale, who is completely unavoidable, uses a Poochyena, so I literally cannot move on until I know what would be allowed within the rules of the challenge.

 

[Arcean Warrior]

Now, another Challenge starts for me!
I've done monotype challanges (and mono pokemon challenges) before, but looks like this will be the time I'll have to update myself regularly.

This time, I guess I'll start a HeartGold&Soulsilver challenge this time.


SN: Arcean Warrior
Type: Single (Though I think I'll go through all 17 types if I can)
Game: HeartGold, Soulsilver (And yes, I'll be doing both Heartgold and Soulsilver at the same time)
Type: Normal

 

[Hann]

Just wondering, what should I do considering early Dark types like Poochyena? Neither of the 2 Psychics I can get before Dewford, Ralts and Abra, can learn anything to hit Dark types by level up, and I know for a fact that at least 1 of the 2 early Aqua grunts uses Poochyena, so I'd be completely stuck. Should I just keep Treecko until I get something, a TM or a Pokemon, that can hurt Darks?

EDIT: I really need to know what to do about Poochyena soon, because the very first trainer west of Oldale, who is completely unavoidable, uses a Poochyena, so I literally cannot move on until I know what would be allowed within the rules of the challenge.

As far as I know there's nothing about this in the OP. In my Abra solo run I genned its least powerful egg move in (Knock Off for Gen 4 I believe). It's what I would do in this situation. I looked Ralts up and it has no damaging egg moves (making it even more annoying), but I'd gen in Will-O-Wisp because you could defeat a Poochyena with it, the only thing you have to do is keep your Ralts alive.
I don't know if this is allowed either, so if you want to get on with your challenge and be sure I'd guess you could PM the OP?

Update #5: Rock - Soul Silver
This was the first run I decided to record and I had quite a lot of fun doing it. You do think a lot more about not making any mistakes (and I made quite the few), but I still made it through victorious.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Kanto Gym Leaders

Red

End

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Video:

Spoiler:

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Team:

Tortimer the Timid Golem (M) @ Lv.75
Ability: Rock Head
Earthquake, ThunderPunch, Stone Edge, Rock Climb

Elmer the Brave Sudowoodo (M) @ Lv.75
Ability: Sturdy
Wood Hammer, Hammer Arm, Rock Slide, Faint Attack

Coraline the Timid Corsola (F) @ Lv.75
Ability: Natural Cure
Item: Quick Claw
Surf, Earth Power, Shadow Ball, Power Gem

Rhino the Relaxed Rhyperior (M) @ Lv.75
Ability: Lightningrod
Hammer Arm, Earthquake, Stone Edge, Megahorn

Gary the Mild Magcargo (M) @ Lv.75
Ability: Flame Body
Earth Power, Flamethrower, Body Slam, AncientPower

Tiny the Serious Tyranitar (M) @ Lv.75
Ability: Sand Stream
Earthquake, Crunch, Stone Edge, Ice Fang

Boxed:

Rocky the Hasty Onix (M) @ Lv.54
Ability: Sturdy
Sandstorm, DragonBreath, Stone Edge, Strength
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