The Monotype Challenge

[Pekin]

Ultimate Bug Monotype Challenge
Game: SoulSilver
Badges: 6

After painting the walls with Whitney's Miltank, thanks to Ledian's absolutely terrifying base 55 Sp. Attack stat, I decided to move on. I figured I'd try and catch a Yanma, just to see if I got lucky with its nature - and I did! The first one I caught was Timid, so Yanma will be the final member of my team.
Outside Ecruteak I found the TM for Shadow Claw, which allowed Heracross to blast through Morty's gym pretty much unharmed. Moving on, I trained for a while to help everyone keep up with Heracross - and Paras evolved! I then did the whole lighthouse thing in Olivine, surfed to that island, where I got some super secret potion and another badge - Heracross did most of the work, but eventually got taken down by Poliwrath, so my newly evolved Parasect had to step in.
Back at Olivine, it was time for some grinding yet again, because Jasmine absolutely destroyed me, when I first tried challenging her. Second time around, Ledian, Pineco and Heracross took her down in a team effort. Go team! Also, I spent way too much time on Voltorb Flip just for a Wide Lens.

Here's my current team:

Pineco, lv. 30
Female // Careful // Sturdy
- Bug Bite
- Dig
- Spikes
- Headbutt

Beedrill, lv. 30
Male // Adamant // Swarm
- U-turn
- Toxic Spikes
- Pursuit
- Poison Sting

Ledian, lv. 30 @ Wide Lens
Female // Modest // Swarm
- Silver Wind
- Focus Blast
- Reflect
- Roost

Parasect, lv. 30 @ Miracle Seed
Male // Impish // Dry Skin
- Slash
- Spore
- Bullet Seed
- Leech Life

Yanma, lv. 30
Male // Timid // CompoundEyes
- Headbutt
- Shadow Ball
- Uproar
- Pursuit

Heracross, lv. 30 @ Sharp Beak
Female // Jolly // Swarm
- Rock Tomb
- Brick Break
- Aerial Ace
- Shadow Claw

 

[ddrox13]

Also, I spent way too much time on Voltorb Flip just for a Wide Lens.
Parasect, lv. 30 @ Miracle Seed

I feel you M8. Also, Parasect is bae.

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed (4/8), SoulSilver, Emerald, White 2, Y (3/8)

Bolded is current, strikethrough is completed, numbers are badge numbers.

UPDATE: I did stuff in Y

FireRed
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- Head South to crash the party on the SS Anne, which is just... WHY???
- VS Rival Blue: (Sleep Powder + Leech Seed)*4=Win
- Catch a Diglett and have it gloriously smack down the tree and solve the ****ing trash puzzle
- Oh, Hydrangea evolves at some point
- VS Lt. Surge - Hi! My name is Hydrangea. I know Dig. Bye Lt. Surge!
- Head back through Diglett's cave
- Raffelsia evolves. Yea.
- Realize I need to have 10 Pokemon caught to get Flash. I have 7 (Bulb+Ivy, Paras+Sect, Oddish+Gloom, Diglett)
- Catch a few more pokemon, including Pikachu for flash
- Head over to Celadon again and enter the cave of despair (Rock Tunnel)
- Upon reaching Lavender town, I proceed to forget the plot of this game and head into the Pokemon Tower. Besides, it will be good training and there is no one who would dare jumpscare me... crap
- VS Rival Blue: I have no idea why I hype these battles, because Spore/Sleep Powder is broken in this game. Carry on.
- Eventually remember I need to go to Celadon and sprint in that general direction
- Buy a pair of Leaf Stones in the Department Store, but refrain from using it on Rafflesia for now
- Also buy a Thunderstone and throw it aimlessly at my Flash slave that I will likely box and never use again. Why? Because I'm rich as hell, thats why.
- Find the gym after about 20 minutes of searching, and realize I am overlevelled as ****
- VS Erika: See every Rival battle
- Find the "top secret" Rocket hideout after 20 seconds of looking
- BUT FIRST we do the only thing 10 year olds should do besides wander around half a continent alone to capture pets and then use them to fight the most notorious criminal in the world: spend all the prize money from beating up other kids pets with your pets in a Casino. A perfectly good waste of $40K, am I rite?
- Buy a pair of Miracle Seeds for damages. YOLO
- Raid the Rocket Base, and beat the crap out of 150000 goons
- VS Giovanni: a pair of Giga Drains to the face kills off the first two. Kangaskhan takes 3 and an Acid, but still...
- Raid the Pokemon Tower (again), and get Rafflesia to learn Moonlight while beating more goons. Moonlight is the last move I care about learning as a Gloom, so I push the Leaf Stone button

Team through Tower of Terror:

Spoiler:

Hazelnut (Venusaur) Lv35 @ Miracle Seed
Male | Docile (Def>Def) | Overgrow
- Leech Seed
- Tackle
- Sleep Powder
- Razor Leaf

Hydrangea (Parasect) Lv33
Male| Lonley (Atk>Def) | Effect Spore
- Leech Life
- Spore
- Dig
- Bullet Seed

Rafflesia (Vileplume) Lv35 @ Miracle Seed
Female | Jolly (Speed>SpAtk) | Chlorophyll
- Giga Drain
- Moonlight
- Acid
- Stun Spore

Ft. CUTT the Diglett and RAICHU the Raichu

Y
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- Damn that cave
- Too many Psychic types
- Not enough Geodudes
- Rest and recover upon arrival in Celadon Shalour City (I'm good at remembering things...)
- Head over to route 13 and pick up Cashew the Exeggcute for use in this gym only now then...
- VS Serena: Meowstic decides it is a really smart idea to Fake Out Pecan. Curse *3 and Gyro Ball think otherwise. Walnut Bulldozes Braixen to death, and Pecan's Pin Missile removes Absol from existance
- Get Cashew to learn Confusion. Then, upon comparing the number of Leaf Stones in the game (1) with the number of final team members I want that evolve with a Leaf Stone (0), evolve Cashew into ExegutIHaveNoIdeaHowToSpellThis
- Enter the Gym
- VS Korrina: 4 Cashew Confusions ends the game
- Trudge up to the Tower of Mastery and acquire (begrudgingly) LEROYJENKINS the Lucario, to be banished to the box forever.
- Obtain a Lapras, but then realize Walnut gets Surf and banish it, along with Cashew because I've never liked the thing.
- Route 12 is one of my favorite routes in the game. Why? Because wasting 10 minutes of my life riding a Skiddo is hilarious as hell
- Acquire a Shiny Stone. Roserade time!
- Oh yea, Hazelnut evolves too. Problem? MEGA EVOLUTION READY GO!
- Anyway, I head to Coumarine and walk up to the... Welp, at least she warned me *Glares at Blue and Joy*
- VS Serena: Pecan tries to be a Gyro, which works on Meowstic but not Braixen. Walnut Bulldozes Braixen in, and a couple Power-Up Punches from Chestnut deal with Absol. Damn this rival is easy *Glares at Joy again*

Team entering Gym 4:

Spoiler:

Chestnut (Quilladin) Lv31 @ Black Belt
Female | Gentle (SpDef>Def) | Overgrow
- Needle Arm
- Poison Jab
- Aerial Ace
- Power-Up Punch

Hazelnut (Venusaur) Lv33 @ Venuasaurite
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow
- Leech Seed
- Sleep Powder
- Growth
- Razor Leaf

Walnut (Skiddo) Lv29 @ Earth Plate
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Sap Sipper
- Razor Leaf
- Surf
- Bulldoze
- Return

Flora (Roserade) Lv30 @ Amulet Coin
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Poison Point
- Poison Jab
- Leech Seed
- Toxic Spikes
- Giga Drain

Pecan (Ferroseed) Lv31 @ Eviolite
Male | Brave (Atk>Spd) | Iron Barbs
- Payback
- Rollout
- Curse
- Gyro Ball

Ft. JOHN CENA the Hawlucha (Because I still need an HM slave in Y for some reason)

Out of Rotation:
Yulyana the Pansage (Banished for being a bad pokemon)
Cashew the Exeggutor

 

[Leòmhann teine]

Username: Obsideon
Game(s):Firered, Gold, Ruby, Platinum, Black, Y
Ultimate: Yes
Type: Bug

I'll start with Fire red. Is it ok if I trade a shiny weedle that I found in another fire red rom it's legit no hacking at all. I know I can catch Weedle and Caturpie right of the bat but I want to use this shiny Weedle and the game it's on is being used for a solo run.

 

[ddrox13]

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed (6/8), SoulSilver, Emerald, White 2, Y (3/8)

Bolded is current, strikethrough is completed, numbers are badge numbers.

Not much to speak for in Y, but the basic Boss Rush in FR needed reporting. So, here you go!

FireRed
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- TO THE SAFARI ZONE!
- Catch Cashew the Exeggcute
- receive pair of HMs
- get new HM slaves
- Grind up, then head to Saffron to prepare for the long stretch of battles ahead
- Preparation includes evolving Cashew into Exeggutor
- Yaknow Blue, if you really wanted to battle someone, you could help me stop Giovanni from taking over the world rather than...
- VS Rival Blue: Hazelnut's Sleep/Seed combo deals with all 3 Flying types (Charizard, Pidgeot, and Gyarados), and Hydrangea's Leech Life takes out the Psychics (Eexggcute and Alakazam)
- VS Giovanni: Cashew deals with the Nidos, Raffa deals with Kanga and Ryhorn. Done.
- VS Sabrina: Hydra uses Leech Life like 10 times
- VS Koga: Cashew uses Psychic like 10 times
- Head down to Cinnibar, deciding to grab a Tangela for teh lulz on the way...
- OH MY GOD THE FIRST TANGELA IS SHINY (Still not using it). Name it Aster.

Team upon arrival in Cinnibar:

Spoiler:

Hazelnut (Venusaur) Lv41 @ Miracle Seed
Male | Docile (Def>Def) | Overgrow
- Leech Seed
- Return
- Sleep Powder
- Razor Leaf

Hydrangea (Parasect) Lv41
Male| Lonley (Atk>Def) | Effect Spore
- Leech Life
- Spore
- Dig
- Aerial Ace

Rafflesia (Vileplume) Lv40 @ Miracle Seed
Female | Jolly (Speed>SpAtk) | Chlorophyll
- Giga Drain
- Moonlight
- Acid
- Stun Spore

Cashew (Exeggutor) Lv42 @ Lucky Egg
Male | Relaxed (Def>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- Psychic
- Sleep Powder
- Leech Seed
- Reflect

<- It's Shiny :)
Aster (Tangela) Lv24
Don't know and can't be bothered to check

Ft. BAWK! the Fearow and BIG BOY the Nidoking

 

[Leòmhann teine]

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed (6/8), SoulSilver, Emerald, White 2, Y (3/8)

Bolded is current, strikethrough is completed, numbers are badge numbers.

Not much to speak for in Y, but the basic Boss Rush in FR needed reporting. So, here you go!

FireRed
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- TO THE SAFARI ZONE!
- Catch Cashew the Exeggcute
- receive pair of HMs
- get new HM slaves
- Grind up, then head to Saffron to prepare for the long stretch of battles ahead
- Preparation includes evolving Cashew into Exeggutor
- Yaknow Blue, if you really wanted to battle someone, you could help me stop Giovanni from taking over the world rather than...
- VS Rival Blue: Hazelnut's Sleep/Seed combo deals with all 3 Flying types (Charizard, Pidgeot, and Gyarados), and Hydrangea's Leech Life takes out the Psychics (Eexggcute and Alakazam)
- VS Giovanni: Cashew deals with the Nidos, Raffa deals with Kanga and Ryhorn. Done.
- VS Sabrina: Hydra uses Leech Life like 10 times
- VS Koga: Cashew uses Psychic like 10 times
- Head down to Cinnibar, deciding to grab a Tangela for teh lulz on the way...
- OH MY GOD THE FIRST TANGELA IS SHINY (Still not using it). Name it Aster.

Team upon arrival in Cinnibar:

Spoiler:

Hazelnut (Venusaur) Lv41 @ Miracle Seed
Male | Docile (Def>Def) | Overgrow
- Leech Seed
- Return
- Sleep Powder
- Razor Leaf

Hydrangea (Parasect) Lv41
Male| Lonley (Atk>Def) | Effect Spore
- Leech Life
- Spore
- Dig
- Aerial Ace

Rafflesia (Vileplume) Lv40 @ Miracle Seed
Female | Jolly (Speed>SpAtk) | Chlorophyll
- Giga Drain
- Moonlight
- Acid
- Stun Spore

Cashew (Exeggutor) Lv42 @ Lucky Egg
Male | Relaxed (Def>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- Psychic
- Sleep Powder
- Leech Seed
- Reflect

<- It's Shiny :)
Aster (Tangela) Lv24
Don't know and can't be bothered to check

Ft. BAWK! the Fearow and BIG BOY the Nidoking

Grats on the shiny! Shiny Tangela looks nice in that green! Now if only I could get a reply on whether or not I could trade that Shiny Weedle over so I can use it but if not then I'll do it on a free play run later and just catch Caturpie and a different Weedle though it might be best if I just do Caturpie for that confusion Butterfree or sleep powder/dream eater combo or both! Though I really wanna do a Beedrill cause I have never used it.

 

[Desert Stream~]

Forum User Name: Mudkip!!!
Pokémon Type: I'll try water
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): firered

Well, I'm gonna start I guess.
Day 1: chose squirtle, made it to viridian city and back. did some training along the way. made it back to oak's lab and got pokedex.
Forgot to name squirtle, I'll do later.

Team:

-Squirtle (Squirtle) Lv. 11 - Item: none
Male | Naughty | Torrent
- Tackle
-Tail Whip
- Bubble
- Withdraw

 

[ddrox13]

Grats on the shiny! Shiny Tangela looks nice in that green! Now if only I could get a reply on whether or not I could trade that Shiny Weedle over so I can use it

Thanks, and I assume so. It isnt like it has any natural advantage over the ones you catch in the forest, which is before the first gym. Just make sure that Weedle's level is lower than that of your highest leveled pokemon. Also, USE A PARASECT. It is freaking amazing. learns a ton of TMs and HAS SPORE. It's big weak point is a lack of Bug STAB (other than the almighty Leech Life), but there should be plenty of that to go around. Now, on to the good stuff...

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed (8/8), SoulSilver, Emerald, White 2, Y (4/8)

Bolded is current, strikethrough is completed, numbers are badge numbers.

Honestly, Monograss battles are really boring. It's always just sweeping (See Y), being swept (see FR) or Status stall (see FR). Nothing is ever super intense. I don't think both sides have lost a pokemon in a major battle since the SS Anne battle with Blue.

FireRed
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- **** this mansion
- It can die in hell
- *buys 99 Max Repels*
- Anyway, Blaine.
- VS Blaine: Fire types again? Hazelnut's Sleep Powder and Hydra's Spore would like a word with you.
- I decide to do the 3 Island crap for fun and profit
- Last Gym, leggo
- VS Giovanni: Raff Giga Drains anything that doesn't have Nido in it's name, Cashew Psychics anything that does. EZ
- So I then decide to go to the E4, and... CRAP WHY ARE YOU HERE
- VS Rival Blue: Charizard sweeps me. RIP.
- I decide it might be a decent idea to train. so, training! The logical places to train would be the hangouts of those silly birds, Uno, Dos, and Tres. First stop: Seafoam Islands!
- I find and battle Articuno, fully intending to make it my Fly slave, but I realize I have no pokeballs. So I kill it.
- I DO capture Moltres, and it is now my loyal servant
- And I kill Zappy. Problem? Oh, I also get the crew up to Lv50.
- "GET OVER HERE!" - Me, to Blue
- VS Rival Blue (redux): Oh my god Sleep is so ****ing broken. I now outspeed Charizard and Hazelnut can facetank a Flamethrower. Enough of this, LET ME THROUGH FOOL!
- Realize that BIG BOY is not swag enough for a Nidoking, and give it Blackglasses. because swag.
- Realize I actually have homework to do. RIP

Team entering Victory Road:

Spoiler:

Hazelnut (Venusaur) Lv52 @ Quick Claw
Male | Docile (Def>Def) | Overgrow
- Leech Seed
- Return
- Sleep Powder
- Earthquake

Hydrangea (Parasect) Lv51 @ Miracle Seed
Male| Lonley (Atk>Def) | Effect Spore
- Leech Life
- Spore
- Dig
- Giga Drain

Rafflesia (Vileplume) L50 @ Miracle Seed
Female | Jolly (Speed>SpAtk) | Chlorophyll
- Giga Drain
- Moonlight
- Acid
- Stun Spore

Cashew (Exeggutor) Lv49 @ Lucky Egg
Male | Relaxed (Def>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- Psychic
- Sleep Powder
- Leech Seed
- Explosion

<- It's Shiny :)
Aster (Tangela) Lv24
Don't know and can't be bothered to check

Ft. FIAH the Moltres and BIG BOY the Nidoking

Y
Important Events (Just a gym and an evo):

Spoiler:

- Walnut decides to evolve, finally.
- The grass gym would seem to be a cause for concern given all my STAB moves outside of Gyro Ball and Poison Jab are Grass type, and Flora is in no place to sweep with P-Jab. Pecan, on the other hand, knows Curse
- VS Ramos: Pecan uses Curse Spam as Jumpluff literally kills itself on his Iron Barbs, and then a pair of well aimed Gyro Balls rids the world of the other two.

Team through Gym 4:

Spoiler:

Chestnut (Quilladin) Lv34 @ Black Belt
Female | Gentle (SpDef>Def) | Overgrow
- Needle Arm
- Poison Jab
- Aerial Ace
- Power-Up Punch

Hazelnut (Venusaur) Lv34 @ Venuasaurite
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow
- Leech Seed
- Sleep Powder
- Growth
- Razor Leaf

Walnut (Gogoat) Lv33 @ Earth Plate
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Sap Sipper
- Razor Leaf
- Surf
- Bulldoze
- Return

Flora (Roserade) Lv34 @ Amulet Coin
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Poison Point
- Poison Jab
- Leech Seed
- Toxic Spikes
- Giga Drain

Pecan (Ferroseed) Lv34 @ Eviolite
Male | Brave (Atk>Spd) | Iron Barbs
- Payback
- Rollout
- Curse
- Gyro Ball

Ft. JOHN CENA the Hawlucha (Because I still need an HM slave in Y for some reason)

Out of Rotation:
Yulyana the Pansage (Banished for being a bad pokemon)
Cashew the Exeggutor

 

[Dr. Slavic]

Update 3 (FINAL)

Spoiler:

~After having defeated all the mainland gym leaders and Giovanni, I returned to Cinnabar Island.
~After traveling through the Pokemon Mansion and obtaining the key to the gym, Bob Frost evolved into Omastar!

~The Cinnabar gym was a joke with my team, and Blaine falls to Pterror and Bob Frost in one hit for each of his Pokemon, earning me the Volcano Badge!

~I forgot about the entire Sevii Islands stuff so I went through and completed Bill and Celio's sidequests before continuing to Viridian City.
~While challenging the gym, I come to the realization that I am drastically underlevel.
~Regardless, I challenge Giovanni and, once again, Bob Frost's Surf and Pterror's Fly / Aerial Ace make short work of the criminal lord, giving me the Earth Badge!

~After the fight, Bertha evolves into Rhydon!

~After defeating Giovanni, I headed to the left and ran into Erosion on my way to the Elite 4.
~He defeats me once, Charizard destroying my team's non-existent Special Defense.
~Another run at him and my team does a better job of disposing him, Bob Frost soaking up Charizard's Flamethrowers, allowing me to defeat Erosion.

~After defeating Erosion, I travel up through Victory Road with relative ease and reach the Pokemon League.
~After stocking up on many items (and failing quite a few times), I hit a successful run of the Elite 4.
~Lorelei is up first. Pterror takes Dewgong out with a critical AncientPower, and defeats Cloyster by using Fly after every use of Dive. Pterror then takes out Jynx with Fly. Lapras goes down to a few more AncientPowers and Bob Frost takes out Slowbro with a barrage of Bite, allowing me to defeat Lorelei.

~I heal up and continue onto Bruno. Bertha takes on both Onix's with her Earthquake, and Pterror takes on the rest of Bruno's team with Fly and Aerial Ace, and I defeat Bruno with much more ease than Lorelei.

~Agatha's Golbat and Arbok go down to Bertha's Earthquake, and her ghosts fall to Bob Frost's Bite attack, and Agatha goes down no problem.

~Drake's team goes down to my team between Bertha, Joan Jett, and Pterror's Rock moves, and I defeat him as well.
~Erosion is a challenge but his team falls to a combination of Bertha, Bob Frost, and Pterror. Alakazam was the biggest obstacle in this fight, and I use a turn of Future Sight to heal up Pterror, my only 'mon fast enough to keep up with both Alakazam and Charizard. I manage to defeat him, though, becoming the Pokemon Champion!

My Team
Joan Jett

Spoiler:

Naturally, Joan Jett was the first addition to my team, and up until late game when some of the newer members were added, Joan Jett was a useful Pokemon to the team. I'm sure, had I been able to evolve her further, Joan Jett would have retained her use even up through the Elite Four. She was still a fun choice and was a go to choice to absorb a hit and retaliate with a fairly strong hit. Joan Jett did a little better after getting Earthquake over Magnitude, but she was just a middle-of-the-road member of my team.

Big Boss
LVP

Spoiler:

Big Boss was the second member of my team, and was useful for a couple of gyms after getting him. However, Big Boss has the offensive presence of a pebble, and even his defense fell behind when my other members evolved. Unfortunately, Onix is just not a good Pokemon when dealing with evolved Pokemon, and Big Boss was no different. Screech and Sandstorm allowed Big Boss to serve as a kind of support Pokemon, but given the other Rock / Ground types in my team, Big Boss was rarely used late in the game.

Bertha

Spoiler:

Bertha was a big improvement to my team after catching her at the Safari Zone. While she was useful, she is smack dab in the middle in terms of usefulness for the team. While not as useful as the next two members, she did much better than the previous ones, and she was useful even through the Elite Four with her Earthquake and Rock Blast. Rhydon's a Pokemon I might try again in the future, as Bertha was both sturdy and a hard hitter. Her typing was somewhat crippling, however, and kept her from reaching true potential.

Bob Frost

Spoiler:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I-
I took the one less traveled by.
And that has made all the difference.

Bob Frost was an impulse choice over getting Kabuto and Kabutops, and I think it was the right choice for my team. Bob Frost, while not invincible, had my highest Special Attack and Special Defense, and added much needed diversity to my team. Bob Frost was my favorite Pokemon to use in this playthrough, and his unique type and moveset helped out in a great many fights.

Pterror
MVP

Spoiler:

Aerodactyl is a Pokemon I've not used before, and I was very impressed by Pterror's performance in this run. Just his sheer stats breezed through the game, and his typing was essential against Ground and especially Grass types, and that's part of the reason I did the gyms in the order I did, so Pterror would be around for Erika's gym. Indeed, Pterror played an essential role in almost every boss battle after getting him, and he really made the Rock type easy, and fun, to use, and I would gladly use him in a playthrough again *cough cough*Pokemon X.

Well, I've finished FireRed with my Rock and roll team! As I type this, I've already made significant progress in the next game, Crystal, and will post that when I get another free moment from the stress of finals.
​

 

[Lrachelr5]

Update

So beat the first gym and have three members on my team now and have realised that I am actually really enjoying using grass types. I've just beat Roxanne and am heading off to save Peeko and retrieve the Devon parts from team Magma.

Team

Spoiler:

Gecko (Treecko)
Level: 14
Nature: Naughty
Ability: Overgrow
Moveset: Pound, Mega Drain, Absorb, Quick Attack

Mushy (Shroomish)
Level: 10
Nature: Relaxed
Ability: Poison Heal
Moveset: Absorb, Tackle, False Swipe, Leech Seed

Sammy (Seedot)
Level: 10
Nature: Lax
Ability: Chlorophyll
Moveset: Bide, Harden, Growth

 

[Leòmhann teine]

Ultimate Bug Monotype Challenge!
Fire red 0/8, Sacred Gold 0/16, Ruby 0/8, Platinum 0/8, Blaze Black 0/8, X 0/8!

Bold is current, and crossed out is completed.

Update numero uno!

Spoiler:

-Named char Seth and picked Bulbasaur as my starter to make it more challenging to beat my rival.
-Ran to get parcel so I could trade and then catch my first hm slave a Rattata then traded Bulbasaur for Hornet before proceeding to Viridian forest where I caught Telefly.
-Doing some grinding for awhile before I go fight my rival who I have named Gary cause I couldn't be bothered to make up a name for him. (In other words I was lazy)

Hornet

IT'S SHINY!!!!

Spoiler:

Level 6
Ability: Shield Dust
Nature: Naive
Moves:
Poison sting
String shot

Telefly

Spoiler:

Level 6
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Rash
Moves:
Harden

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I have decided to do Sacred Gold and Blaze Black instead of Gold and Black.

 

[ddrox13]

Update 3 (FINAL)
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AAW MAN, I WAS SUPPOSED TO FINISH BEFORE YOU :(

On that note, I BEAT FIRERED GUYS!

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver, Emerald, White 2, Y (4/8)

Bolded is current, strikethrough is completed, numbers are badge numbers.

I take back what I said in the last post, E4 battles are ****ing intense.

FireRed
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- Victory Road? My 99 Max Repels from the previous update (which was actually 20, but same thing) would like a word with you
- So yeah. E4. I grab Aster and a random Exeggcute I accidentally caught in the safari zone.
- VS Lorelei: I once again learn that your starter is the only pokemon you can trust in the E4, as Hazel bodies her team after her various members kill everything else
- VS Bruno: Cashew OP
- VS Agatha: "Ghost Type master." That explains the 5 POISON types... Anyway, Cashew starts to sweep, only to get outsped and OHKOed by her higher level Gengar. Luckily, Raffa comes to the rescue with a Revive and Sunny Day, so the Chlorophyll ability lets me easily sweep everything else.
- VS Lance: Oh great. 2 pokemon know Safeguard and both Dragonair have Shed Skin. How dandy. First few die to the normal strats, Hazel takes down Dragonair I with a Return or 30, and Cashew Explodes twice (compliments of a Aster revive), taking both Nair II and Nite down.
- BLUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUEEEEEEEEE
- Cashew/Hazelnut vs Pidgeot: Standard Sleep/Seed strats
- Hydrangea vs Alakazam: It Reflects into my spore, then...
- ****ing Everyone vs Charizard: He recalls Zam and sends in C-Zard. ****. I sack the Exeggcute to get Hazel a free switch, and it outspeeds either on a Quick Claw trigger (I think) and Sleep it, allowing me to get Leech Seed up. Charry proceeds to wake up and OHKO. ****. I then realise that resisting is pointless and begin to play the Revive Game: Just revive something every turn until Leech Seed kills it. Seed does 1/16 a turn, I brought 26 Revives. Charizard kills every member of my team at least twice, Cashew gets credit.
- Hydrangea vs Alakazam (Redux): NOW I kill it. Finally.
- Rafflesia vs Rhydon: Giga Draaaaaaaaain
- Hydrangea vs Exeggcute: Of course, the killing blow of my Grass monotype would be done by the most OP move in the game. Leech Life. GG NO RE, *****

FINAL TEAM:

Hazelnut (Venusaur) Lv54 @ Quick Claw
Male | Docile (Def>Def) | Overgrow
- Leech Seed
- Return
- Sleep Powder
- Earthquake

Damn this thing was good. Sleep/Seed support was the only reason I came close to beating the E4, and he was the only reason I beat Charizard too. All in all, he was my MVP, and I absolutely loved using him.

Hydrangea (Parasect) Lv53 @ Miracle Seed
Male| Lonley (Atk>Def) | Effect Spore
- Leech Life
- Spore
- Dig
- Giga Drain

I had never used a Parasect before this run, and he surpassed my every expectation. Spore is broken as hell, Dig helped with Magneton and it's out-of-battle usage got me out of sticky situations more than once. And Leech Life is the best move in the game. Problem?

Rafflesia (Vileplume) Lv52 @ Miracle Seed
Female | Jolly (Speed>SpAtk) | Chlorophyll
- Giga Drain
- Moonlight
- Acid
- Sunny Day

This pokemon would have been far more useful if Giga Drain didn't have 5 PP in this gen. Sun support helped on multiple occasions, and she did do damage with said Giga Drain to anything Grass weak, as I gave up a lot of my Grass STAB at the end. Would use again.

Cashew (Exeggutor) Lv54 @ Lucky Egg
Male | Relaxed (Def>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- Psychic
- Sleep Powder
- Leech Seed
- Explosion

AND THEN THERE IS THIS THING. After soloing Koga AND Agatha, I have to give him some credit. Psychic was probably the single hardest hitting move on this team outside of Explosion, which secured the Lance battle too. Again, something I would use in a future run.

<- It's Shiny :)
Aster (Tangela) Lv24
Male | Gentle (SpDef>SpAtk) | Chlorophyll
- Absorb
- Growth
- PoisonPowder
- Vine Whip

Suicided a couple times to get Revives off, but basically was just there to look cool.

Ft. EXEGGCUTE the Exeggcute, FIAH the Moltres, and BIG BOY the Nidoking

A WORD OF NOTE: I have changed the Johto game I will be playing to Drayno60's StormSilver. In this case, the pros (a crapton of extra starters, Leafeon before the first Gym, etc.) outweigh the cons (Harder level curve). I will NOT be playing Volt White 2, when the time comes, as the pros (a crapton of extra starters that you can't control, Snivy getting Contrary) are outweighed by the cons (harder level curve). The top of this post has been updated to reflect this.​

 

[Desert Stream~]

Haven't done much today :(

 

[myrrhman]

Yoooooooooo I'm back. Looks like I'm on Ice Mono on DPPt? We'll do Pt. Giving myself a Snorunt as my Pokemon to start with. Onward!


Edit: After (I think) 6 resets I finally got a female Snorunt as my starter. Barry destroyed me with his Chimchar lol. Just got the second badge.

Team:
Carly the lv. 29 Snorunt (Ice Fang, Bite, Headbutt, Double Team)
Bidoof the slave: Rock Smash
Starly the (future) slave

 

[Leòmhann teine]

Ultimate Bug Monotype Challenge!
Fire red 0/8, Sacred Gold 0/16, Ruby 0/8, Platinum 0/8, Blaze Black 0/8, X 0/8!

Bold is current, and crossed out is completed.

Update numero dos!

Spoiler:

-Not much happened I did more grinding in Veridian tell Hornet and Telefly leveled up.
-BOOM Hornet evolves at level 8 and learns Harden now if only Telefly would evolve and learn Confusion. I am pretty sure they both will evolve at level 10 which if I can find the time will happen today and then I am off to beat some trainers and Gary's Charmander!

Hornet

IT'S SHINY!!!!

Spoiler:

Level 8
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Naive
Moves:
Poison sting
String shot
Harden

Telefly

Spoiler:

Level 7
Ability: Shed Skin
Nature: Rash
Moves:
Harden

 

[RefinedHornet]

Ultimate Ground Monotype X Update:
-defeated Serena in Coumarine City
-caught Trapinch on Route 13
-caught Gible on Route 13
-Gible evolved into Gabite
-defeated Ramos
-Hippopotas evolved into Hippowdon
-Trapinch evolved into Vibrava
-defeated Clemont
-defeated Serena on Route 14
-defeated Valerie
-Krokorok evolved into Krookodile
-Piloswine evolved into Mamoswine
-defeated Serena in Anistar City
-defeated Olympia

Team:

Spoiler:

Krookodile
Lv. 44
Ability: Moxie
Nature: Hasty
HP: 142
Attack: 114
Defense: 78
Sp. Attack: 75
Sp. Defense: 69
Speed: 110
Moves: Sand Attack/Low Sweep/Bulldoze/Crunch

Hippowdon
Lv. 44
Ability: Sand Stream
Nature: Calm
HP: 163
Attack: 109
Defense: 125
Sp. Attack: 81
Sp. Defense: 83
Speed: 56
Moves: Tackle/Earthquake/Crunch/Yawn

Thumper
Lv. 44
Ability: Rock Head
Nature: Impish
HP: 131
Attack: 88
Defense: 214
Sp. Attack: 50
Sp. Defense: 72
Speed: 45
Moves: Rock Slide/Bulldoze/Screech/Iron Tail

Vibrava
Lv. 44
Ability: Levitate
Nature: Lax
HP: 110
Attack: 85
Defense: 58
Sp. Attack: 61
Sp. Defense: 50
Speed: 77
Moves: Crunch/Dragon Breath/Bulldoze/Rock Slide

Gabite
Lv. 44
Ability: Sand Veil
Nature: Jolly
HP: 118
Attack: 94
Defense: 75
Sp. Attack: 47
Sp. Defense: 60
Speed: 102
Moves: Shadow Claw/Bulldoze/Aerial Ace/Dragon Claw

Mamoswine
Lv. 43
Ability: Oblivious
Nature: Naive
HP: 158
Attack: 128
Defense: 84
Sp. Attack: 76
Sp. Defense: 60
Speed: 83
Moves: Ice Fang/Strength/Bulldoze/Rock Smash

 

[Desert Stream~]

Squirtle evolved, and I beat Brock!

Team:

Spoiler:

Lv. 19 Male
Naughty, Torrent
-Tackle
-Water gun
-Bite
-Withdraw

 

[Leòmhann teine]

Ultimate Bug Monotype Challenge!
Fire red 1/8, Sacred Gold 0/16, Ruby 0/8, Platinum 0/8, Blaze Black 0/8, X 0/8!

Bold is current, and crossed out is completed.

Update numero tres!

Spoiler:

-Battle some trainers tell my Telefly and Hornet hit level 10 at which point they evolved.
-BOOM Telefly learns Confusion! DOUBLE BOOM Hornet learns Fury Attack.
-I proceeded to fight Gary and mopped the floor with him using Telefly's brand new move Confusion.
-I am low on potions. Two left to be exact. And after my win against Gary am feeling over confident with battling Brock. I get there beat the only gym trainer there and challenge Brock. I bring out Telefly and use Confusion taking a big chunk of Geodude's hp then I switch to Hornet. Yeah it went downhill from there cause I attack did little to no damage and switched to Telefly who promptly ends Geodude and both it and Hornet level up. At this point I switch to Hornet intending to slow Onix down and with String Shot and deal some damage. That is when I find out what it means by traded Pokemon not doing what you want at a specific level. So Hornet does nothing I want and gets hit with Bind preventing me from switching. Then Onix spams Rock Tomb killing Hornet and then it OHKO's Telefly. Yeah so I go back and battle him not once but NINE more times before Telefly learns Sleep Powder after battling Geodude nine times in a row. At this point I sleep Onix and spam Confusion to win!

Hornet

IT'S SHINY!!!!

Spoiler:

Level 11
Ability: Swarm
Nature: Naive
Moves:
Poison sting
String shot
Harden
Fury Attack

Telefly

Spoiler:

Level 15
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Rash
Moves:
Harden
Confusion
Poison Powder
Sleep Powder

 

[Desert Stream~]

I just bought a magikarp for $500!!! great deal huh? so tough to train.

 

[Otamegane]

Here's my sign up
Forum User Name: Otamegane
Pokémon Type: Normal
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s) Fire Red

 

[ddrox13]

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (1/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (4/8)

Bolded is current, strikethrough is completed, numbers are badge numbers.

StormSilver
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- TREES! Elm the Chikorita Get! It also has Natural Cure because hacks
- TREES! Cynthia grants me Basswood the Eevee
- NUTS! I catch a Lotad. While I have yet to catch it in Y, I had decided on the name Pistachio for a while, so it stays
- RIVALS! Silver loses to Basswood's Adaptability Tackle spam
- NUTS! Hazelnut the Bulbasaur is granted to me for the third game, and I gladly accept it.
- TREES! I catch a Bellsprout and name it something, I can't quite remember what. Not using it anyway
- TREES! Fir the Hoppip Get!
- TRAIN! The first gym is Flying, damnit.
- Also, the Sprout Tower should not exist. BUT I GET A WOODLAND ORE!!!!!
- Basswood evolves into Leafeon as a result of said ore
- I elect to evolve everyone else before the gym too, so we train to 16 and evolve Pistachio, Hazel, and Elm.
- VS Falkner: WAIT HE HAS 6 POKEMON??? WUT??? Pista deals with a few that I cannot remember, Bass and Elm take down the rest of the team except for Pidgeotto. It proceeds to OHKO Fir and the rest of the already halved squad. However, Hazel comes through as usual and begins the standard Sleep abuse.

Team after 1 Badge:

Spoiler:

NOTE: My sprite resource lacks HGSS sprites for pokemon not native to Kanto or Johto. As such, the Platinum or DP sprites may be shown.

Elm (Bayleef) Lv16
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Leech Seed
- Razor Leaf
- Nature Power
- Synthesis

Hazelnut (Ivysaur) Lv16
Male | Docile (Def>Def) | Overgrow
- Take Down
- Razor Leaf
- Sleep Powder
- Vine Whip

Basswood (Leafeon) Lv17
Male | Sassy (SpDef>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- Razor Leaf
- Bite
- Tackle
- Helping Hand

Pistachio (Lombre) Lv16
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Leech Seed
- Take Down
- Sleep Powder
- Vine Whip

Fir (Hoppip) Lv16
Male | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Chlorophyll
- Tackle
- PoisonPowder
- Sleep Powder
- Synthesis

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout

TL;DR: Everyone ready for the return of the Diamond Tri-Weather team? With a pair of Chlorophyll users, Swift Swimmer, and full intent to get another Weather Balling Roserade, I think at least 2 weathers are in order...

Y

Spoiler:

- The power plant happens
- Chestnut evolves

Team entering Gym 5:

Spoiler:

Chestnut (Chesnaught) Lv36 @ King's Rock
Female | Gentle (SpDef>Def) | Overgrow
- Needle Arm
- Poison Jab
- Spiky Shield
- Power-Up Punch

Hazelnut (Venusaur) Lv36 @ Venuasaurite
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow
- Leech Seed
- Sleep Powder
- Double-Edge
- Razor Leaf

Walnut (Gogoat) Lv36 @ Earth Plate
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Sap Sipper
- Seed Bomb
- Bulk Up
- Bulldoze
- Return

Flora (Roserade) Lv36 @ Rose Incense
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Poison Point
- Poison Jab
- Leech Seed
- Growth
- Giga Drain

Pecan (Ferroseed) Lv35 @ Eviolite
Male | Brave (Atk>Spd) | Iron Barbs
- Payback
- Rollout
- Curse
- Gyro Ball

Ft. JOHN CENA the Hawlucha (Because I still need an HM slave in Y for some reason)

Out of Rotation:
Yulyana the Pansage (Banished for being a bad pokemon)
Cashew the Exeggutor

TL;DR: Gogoat. That is all.

NOTE: So I accidentally edited this post as my next update, leaving no trace of what happened here. It has been reverted, but there may be some things that are off. Forgive me.