The Monotype Challenge

[Baodan Dalmie]

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 quatro y cinco!

Spoiler:

-Burned a path toward Mt. Moon and found out along the way that Hornet STILL doesn't listen to me.
-I CAUGHT A PARAS! Named him Spots cause there wasn't enough room for Turtleshroom.
-Telefly is starting to become my best Pokemon killing everything with Confusion and sitting at level 19.
-Prepare for trouble! Make it double! TELEFLY USE CONFUSION!!!!!! Obliterated the first Team Rocket grunt!

Rest of the update.

-Completely obliterated everything in Mt. Moon courtesy of Telefly and it's Confusion attack! (Next time I do a nuzlock I wanna use a Butterfree)
-BOOM Spots learned Poison Powder and Stun Spore!
-BOW DOWN TO MY HEALIX FOSSIL THAT I WILL USE ON ANOTHER CHALLENGE!
-I reached Cerulean City and decided to go grind my way up to Bill so I walk up to the bridge... WHAT YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BE THERE!!!!!!
-Rival battle: I bring Spots out first and instantly switch to Telefly to fight his Pidgeotto who nearly kills Telefly might I add with Gust but Sleep Powder and Confusion had a little discussion with it. After that Charmander kills Telefly and I bring Hornet out to revive Telefly. Yeah then Hornet gets OHKO'd with an Ember and then Telefly revenge kills Charmander with Confusion. Then I switch to Spots who kills is 3rd Pokemon forgot which. Then it dies fighting Rattata which Telefly kills.
-After this I heal my Pokemon and decide it's probably better if I get more Potions before I go to do some more training.

Hornet

IT'S SHINY!!!!

Spoiler:

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

Telefly

Spoiler:

Level 21
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Rash
Moves:
Super Sonic
Confusion
Poison Powder
Sleep Powder

Spots
*image removed*

Spoiler:

Level 12
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Lonely
Moves:
Scratch
Stun Spore
Poison Powder

 

[Lrachelr5]

Update!

Currently heading to Fallarbor town to see professor Cozmo with May.

Team

Spoiler:

Gecko
Level: 28
Moveset: Cut, Mega Drain, Fury Cutter, Leaf Blade

Sammy
Level: 23
Moveset: Bide, Razor Wind, Growth, Razor Leaf

Mushy
Level: 23
Moveset: Power-Up Punch, Mach Punch, False Swipe, Low Sweep

Fluer (Roselia)
Level: 25
Nature: Modest
Ability: Natural Cure
Moveset: Leech Seed, Giga Drain, Poison Sting, Magical Leaf *

Leafeon
Level: 24
Nature:Relaxed
Ability: Leaf Guard
Moveset: Swift, Rock Smash, Bite, Magical Leaf

Destiny (Lombre)
Level: 25
Nature: Modest
Ability: Swift Swim
Moveset: Astonish, Fake Out, Absorb, Bubble Beam*

*Pokemon bred from my X version and transferred over at level 1

 

[Desert Stream~]

lv. 23
male // naughty // torrent
-Bite
-water gun
-withdraw
-bubble


Fishy lv. 10
-splash

 

[Chrono Eternal]

SoulSilver Mono-Flying Run
UPDATE #2

PROGRESS:

Spoiler:

I've been pretty lazy with updating on my progress, but here's at least my gym leader and caught Pokemon progress:

• Whitney's Miltank was pretty tough with Rollout, but my Ledian was the MVP with Reflect and Mach Punch.
• Morty was the first easy gym leader. Having a Normal-type with Psychic moves (Noctowl) made fighting Gen 1 Ghost-types pretty easy.
• After learning Strength, I went back to the Ruins of Alph and caught Guile the Natu, which soon evolved into Xatu.
• Chuck also was a bit of a breeze, thanks to finally having a true type advantage.
• Jasmine was terrible fight. The Magnemite family has been especially terrible to me this run with their high defense and Electric moves. Jumpluff at least is not weak against Electric moves, but it's not like it has incredible stats. Beat her with a combination of Leech Seed, Confuse Ray, and Hypnosis.
• Pryce was a similar fight - status effects were my key to victory, but at least all his Pokemon have an additional weakness to Grass.
• Caught Beatrix the Skarmory on Route 45.
• Clair was also pretty tough, but Skarmory was a nice new addition to the team.
• Will, Koga, and Bruno didn't put up much of a fight, but Karen's Houndour was so tough. Jumpluff, Skarmory, and Ledian of course all have a type disadvantage against Fire, Xatu does against Dark, and Noctowl's Psychic moves do nothing, so Crobat was really the only one who wasn't completely screwed. It took a bit of grinding, and again some status effects to get through.
• Lance was also pretty tough, so I had to rely on status moves once again, but I did win. Noctowl's special defense, Skarmory's defense, and Jumpluff's Leech Seed were all very valuable. Now time for Johto!

I have to say, this may be my favorite Pokemon team I've ever used (though Ledian has become useless...I need to experiment with her moveset). I have to be much more strategic than ever. The Gen 2 Flying-types are much weaker (overall) than what was introduced in Gen 1 (Charizard, Gyarados, Aerodactyl, and Dragonite).

TEAM:

Spoiler:

Luna (lvl 46)
Serious Noctowl ♀ (Insomnia)
Extrasensory, Air Slash, Hypnosis, Reflect

Ruby (lvl 43)
Hardy Ledian ♀ (Swarm)
Mach Punch, Silver Wind, Reflect, Light Screen

Kjula (lvl 45)
Brave Crobat ♀ (Inner Focus)
Wing Attack, Poison Fang, Haze, Confuse Ray

Dandy (lvl 43)
Quirky Jumpluff ♂ (Chlorophyll)
Mega Drain, U-turn, Leech Seed, Stun Spore

Guile (lvl 44)
Hardy Xatu ♂ (Synchronize)
Shadow Ball, Future Sight, Tailwind, Psycho Shift

Beatrix (lvl 43)
Lax Skarmory ♀ (Keen Eye)
Steel Wing, Air Slash, Spikes, Metal Sound

HM Slaves:

 

[ddrox13]

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (1/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (6/8)

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

StormSilver
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- Reach Azalea town and beat up the Rockets in the well ez
- Fir Evolves into Skiploom
- Get Bonsai the Treecko, who almost immediately evolves into Grovyle
- VS Bugsy: Get swept by Butterfree
- VS Rival Silver: Get swept by Murkrow
- VS Bugsy: Give up on life.
- VS Rival Silver: Murkrow causes problems, but Basswood comes through as usual. Elm gets a Nature Powered Earthquake off before Quilava takes it out, but Pistachio does it's job. Basswood's Bite easily dispatches the last two (Kadabra and Gastly)
- VS Bugsy: Anyone else seeing a pattern here?
- I decide to supplement my team, so Fir and Bonsai are boxed for Juniper the Shroomish and Flora the Roselia. In all likelihood Hazel will join them when I get Turtwig in Goldenrod.
- Train and stuff

Team in the Bug gym struggle:

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) Lv19
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Reflect
- Razor Leaf
- Nature Power
- Synthesis

Hazelnut (Ivysaur) Lv21
Male | Docile (Def>Def) | Overgrow
- Leech Seed
- Razor Leaf
- Sleep Powder
- Sludge

Pistachio (Lombre) Lv19
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Leech Seed
- Take Down
- Sleep Powder
- Vine Whip

Flora (Roselia) Lv21
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Leech Seed
- Mega Drain
- Magical Leaf
- Poison Sting

Juniper (Shroomish) Lv19
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Leech Seed
- Mega Drain
- Bullet Seed
- Tackle

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle

TL;DR: Bug types are annoying

Y
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- VS Clemont: Flora nukes Emolga, Walnut disposes of the rest. ez
- VS Serena: Pecan bops Meowstic, Chestnut bops Absol, and Walnut bops Delphox. ez
- VS Valerie: Walnut bops Mawile, then Pecan gets 3 Curses set up on Mr Mime. ez
- Pokeball Factory happens
- Pecan evolves into Ferrothorn and learns Watch Me [Power Whip]
- Catch a pair of Lombre, Pistachio for team use and Pistachio II for later HM use.
- Head to the Chateau and clean it out once or twice for fun and profit
- Pista evolves :)

Team @ Dendemille Town:

Spoiler:

Chestnut (Chesnaught) Lv41 @ King's Rock
Female | Gentle (SpDef>Def) | Overgrow
- Needle Arm
- Poison Jab
- Spiky Shield
- Power-Up Punch

Hazelnut (Venusaur) Lv41 @ Venuasaurite
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow
- Leech Seed
- Sleep Powder
- Return
- Grass Knot

Walnut (Gogoat) Lv41 @ Earth Plate
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Sap Sipper
- Seed Bomb
- Bulk Up
- Bulldoze
- Return

Flora (Roserade) Lv41 @ Rose Incense
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Poison Point
- Poison Jab
- Leech Seed
- Dazzling Gleam
- Giga Drain

Pecan (Ferrothorn) Lv41 @ Leftovers
Male | Brave (Atk>Spd) | Iron Barbs
- Payback
- Power Whip
- Curse
- Gyro Ball

Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv37
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Swift Swim
- Uproar
- Grass Knot
- Surf
- Zen Headbutt

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

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

TL;DR: SALSA!

 

[Baodan Dalmie]

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 seis!

Spoiler:

-Healed my Pokemon and ran the gauntlet on the bridge with Spots fainting only once.
-Completely destroyed the Rocket Grunt (What is with all the poison types haven't they learned the power of Confusion?).
-Am on my way to Bill's to make him human again.
(Will post the rest soon)

Hornet

IT'S SHINY!!!!

Spoiler:

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

Telefly

Spoiler:

Level 22
Ability: Compound Eyes
Nature: Rash
Moves:
Super Sonic
Confusion
Poison Powder
Sleep Powder

Spots
*image removed*

Spoiler:

Level 16
Ability: Effect Spore
Nature: Lonely
Moves:
Scratch
Stun Spore
Poison Powder

 

[myrrhman]

Update:

Just set the 3 lake guardians free after defeating Cyrus and Saturn (I think? Jupiter? Whichever one you fight.)

Team:
Abomasnow - Lv. 42 @ Exp. Share: Flash/Wood Hammer/Earthquake/Brick Break
Glaceon - Lv. 46 @ NeverMeltIce: Dig/Iron Tail/Water Pulse/Ice Beam
Froslass - Lv. 54 @ Mind Plate: Ice Beam/Thunderbolt/Psychic/Crunch

Bidoof/Bibarel/Starly: The HMs

 

[ddrox13]

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (1/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (6/8)

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

Small Y update today. No SS progress because ****ING BUGS ARE ANNOYING AS **** Bugsy is a hard Gym Leader
Remember when I said "Nut" was banned from nicknames by the swear filter? I lied. It's actually "Pine" that is banned, being French slang for F***. Viva la France! With that out of the way...

StormSilver
Important Events:
Bugs are annoying as hell please don't use them ever kthanks
Team in the Bug gym struggle:

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) Lv19
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Reflect
- Razor Leaf
- Nature Power
- Synthesis

Hazelnut (Ivysaur) Lv22
Male | Docile (Def>Def) | Overgrow
- Leech Seed
- Razor Leaf
- Sleep Powder
- Sludge

Pistachio (Lombre) Lv20
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Leech Seed
- Take Down
- Sleep Powder
- Vine Whip

Flora (Roselia) Lv21
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Leech Seed
- Mega Drain
- Magical Leaf
- Poison Sting

Juniper (Shroomish) Lv20
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Leech Seed
- Mega Drain
- Bullet Seed
- Tackle

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle

TL;DR: Bug types are annoying

Y
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- The Frost Cavern happens
- I talk to the Abomasnow after the Team Flare crap happens and I get an idea. Having 2 Poison types is redundant anyway...
- Housekeeping time! TM Run! I heard Pistachio likes rain...
- Theif some Scales and teach Flora the all-powerful Weather Ball
- After 20 minutes wandering around Route 17 to try and find a pokemon with a 30% encounter rate, I catch a Snover and name it Pine...
- NOPE! I LOVE YOU SWEAR FILTER! I settle for PineNut, allowing me to keep the original name intact while bypassing the swear filter and working in the nut theme
- Hazelnut gets benched for PineNut (who I will still refer to as Pine here)

Team @ Anistair City:

Spoiler:

Chestnut (Chesnaught) Lv45 @ King's Rock
Female | Gentle (SpDef>Def) | Overgrow
- Needle Arm
- Poison Jab
- Spiky Shield
- Power-Up Punch

Walnut (Gogoat) Lv45 @ Earth Plate
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Sap Sipper
- Seed Bomb
- Bulk Up
- Bulldoze
- Return

Flora (Roserade) Lv45 @ Rose Incense
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Poison Point
- Poison Jab
- Weather Ball
- Dazzling Gleam
- Giga Drain

Pecan (Ferrothorn) Lv44 @ Leftovers
Male | Brave (Atk>Spd) | Iron Barbs
- Payback
- Power Whip
- Curse
- Gyro Ball

Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv45 @ Damp Rock
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Swift Swim
- Uproar
- Grass Knot
- Surf
- Rain Dance

Hazelnut (Snover) Lv38 @ Abomasite
Female | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Snow Warning
- Mist
- Ice Shard
- Ingrain
- Wood Hammer

Ft. JOHN CENA the Hawlucha and Pistachio II the Lombre

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

TL;DR: Of all the things you could block, you block PINE????? *Facepalm*. Also, Snow Warning. *Fire Alarm sounds*.

 

[myrrhman]

Done with Platinum Ice. Good lord I was underleveled or something, that elite four was so hard. Bought myself at least 50 revives and used 46 of them.

Final screenshots

Spoiler:

As I was taking the screenshots, I realized.... My entire team was female. That was completely accidental (other than the froslass obviously).

 

[Pekin]

Ultimate Bug Monotype Challenge
Game: SoulSilver
Badges: 7 8

I haven't had a lot of time to play recently, so it's been a while since my last update. Last time, I'd just beaten Jasmine after playing Voltorb Flip for a small eternity. Arriving at Mahogany Town, I decided to grind for a while because that's just all kinds of fun, and some of my bug pokés kind of need the extra levels. Pineco and Yanma evolved, which means that now my entire team is fully evolved! I then got to the Lake of Rage, knocked out the red Gyarados and found a pair of Choice Specs for Yanmega. Beedrill then more or less single-handedly took out the Team Rocket HQ in Mahogany Town, and Ledian swept through Pryce's gym. Pryce himself, though, took out Ledian, because - well - it's a Ledian. So Heracross had to step in.

Every single member of Team Rocket in Goldenrod, be it in the Radio Tower or underground, got destroyed by the might of Yanmega.

EDIT:
I moved on through the ice cave and challenged Clair. She was all kinds of tough, only Ledian and Heracross made it out of that battle alive. She then went on to show me an example of sportsmanship by refusing to give me a badge, until I went to some hut in the middle of a lake beneath a cave or some ****. No no, Clair, it's not a hassle at all, it's perfectly reasonable. Anyway, I completely forgot that you had to do the whole Whirl Islands thing, so I quickly got that out of the way - Yanmega destroyed Lugia, screw catching it - and moved on to Victory Road. Not much to report here, I got to the league pretty quickly. Silver at the end of Victory Road wasn't too hard. So, onto the E4.

I knew I was going to be underleveled, and that's not something my (mostly) fragile bug team appreciates, so I bought a year's supply of revives, full restores, full heals and hyper potions. And then i went in.
Will wasn't too much trouble. Yanmega blasted through his team almost unharmed with Shadow Ball.
Koga was a bit more difficult, but this is where I truly discovered the usefulness of Forretress. I was briefly stuck in a Forretress 1v1 standoff, until his used Explosion. Other than Forretress, Beedrill and Heracross won this one for me. And I remember Yanmega got a lucky AncientPower boost to take down his Crobat.
Bruno was hard. I had Beedrill lay down some Toxic Spikes, but very little did it help. I got to use some revives here, while Heracross bravely won the match for me.
Karen was tough, as well. Beedrill and Parasect pulled off some nice teamwork here with U-turn and of course, the almighty Spore, but mainly, it was Heracross again. And Yanmega. So far, Ledian hadn't even seen battle at this point.

And then there was Lance. Holy crap, I don't remember the last time I was this much on the edge of my seat for a battle. It seemed like it lasted forever. My "strategy" involved getting some lucky boosts with Yanmega's Choice Specs locked AncientPower. It suceeded when I led with Beedrill, U-turned to Parasect, beacuse Gyarados would use Waterfall against Beedrill, which doesn't affect Parasect. Parasect would then put Gyarados to sleep and chip away some HP, getting it ready for Yanmega to finish. Yanmega then did get a ridiculuosly lucky and well-timed AncientPower boost, but it still wasn' enough to take down Aerodactyl. The rest of the battle was me walling with Forretress, while reviving my team. In the end, I was switching between Forretress and Yanmega through his three Dragonites. In the very last battle, his Dragonite was almost out before taking out Forretress, making way for a nice, clean revenge kill from Yanmega's AncientPower. Yanmega was the last one standing and definitely MVP of the match. During the battle, I almost emptied my supply of revives, full restores and I even had to use my elixirs and ethers for Yanmega.

Anyway, I guess I'm moving on to Kanto!

This is my current team:

Beedrill, lv. 43
Male // Adamant // Swarm
- U-turn
- Toxic Spikes
- Assurance
- Poison Jab

Forretress, lv. 44 @ Amulet Coin
Female // Careful // Sturdy
- Bug Bite
- Dig
- Strength
- Payback

Parasect, lv. 42 @ Miracle Seed
Female // Impish // Dry Skin
- Slash
- Spore
- Giga Drain
- Leech Life

Heracross, lv. 43 @ Sharp Beak
Female // Jolly // Swarm
- Rock Tomb
- Close Combat
- Aerial Ace
- Shadow Claw

Yanmega, lv. 47 @ Choice Specs
Male // Timid // Tinted Lens
- AncientPower
- Shadow Ball
- Uproar
- Slash

Ledian, lv. 42 @ Wide Lens
Female // Modest // Swarm
- Silver Wind
- Focus Blast
- Reflect
- Roost

EDIT:

Bugs are annoying as hell please don't use them ever kthanks

Woah woah woah there, mister, that's offensive!

 

[ddrox13]

Woah woah woah there, mister, that's offensive!

You did a Grass mono, did you not? how the hell did you beat Bugsy? On that note...

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (2/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (6/8)

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

"My research will make me the authority on Bug Pokemon" - Bugsy
"And my 4K battles will make all my pokemon so I can beat you (Which is to say 11-14 levels higher than his ace)" - Me

StormSilver
Important Events:
I trained, Elm and Juniper evolved, and I beat Bugsy. There. Done. On to the easy stuff *checks next gyms*. CRAP ITS WHITNEY.
Team after 20 hours of special training:

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 (Meganium) Lv35
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Reflect
- Magical Leaf
- Nature Power
- Synthesis

Basswood (Leafeon) Lv32
Male | Sassy (SpDef>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- Bite
- Razor Leaf
- Tackle
- Aromatherapy

Pistachio (Lombre) Lv33
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Leech Seed
- Bubblebeam
- Razor Leaf
- Nature Power

Flora (Roselia) Lv33
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Magical Leaf
- GrassWhistle

Juniper (Breloom) Lv32
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Leech Seed
- Force Palm
- Bullet Seed
- Mach Punch

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle
Hazelnut the Ivysaur

TL;DR: Bug types are annoying

 

[ShinyHoundoom]

Forum User Name: ShinyHoundoom
Pokémon Type: Grass (Will be trying to do every type in X. Grass is just the first type. There a plenty of Pokemon of each type to do this.)
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): X

Wish me luck.

 

[Pekin]

You did a Grass mono, did you not? how the hell did you beat Bugsy? On that note...

Haha yeah, I did. I don't remember exactly how I beat Bugsy, but I remember him being a pain, that's for sure!

 

[Baodan Dalmie]

Haha yeah, I did. I don't remember exactly how I beat Bugsy, but I remember him being a pain, that's for sure!

You're getting off topic.

(Will add my update to this comment)

 

[myrrhman]

Update on Platinum Flying:

Just saved the scientist in the Valley Windworks.

Team: Monferno Lv. 20ish: Flame Wheel, Mach Punch, Fury Swipes, Taunt

 

[ddrox13]

You're getting off topic.

Always :P

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (6/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (6/8)

Bolded is current, strikethrough is completed, numbers are badge numbers.
Dun dun dun dunnnnn! OVERLEVELLED HAPPY FUN TIME!

StormSilver
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- Hit the road to Goldenrod and grab Oak the Turtwig once there
- Department store lets me grab some TMs and a Water Stone. I wonder where this is going herp derp (Pistachio evolves into Ludicolo)
- Juniper solos the gym trainers, being 10 levels up and all
- Oak evolves into Grotle
- VS Whitney: Everything gets OHKOed by Juniper, except the ones I let Oak deal with for fun and profit. NEXT!
- Eutreak City. Save a Kimono Girl and get an HM Surf. Pistachio like.
- Lets go to the... Crap the burned tower exists. Isnt there a Rival battle in there? Nah, can't be...
- VS Rival Silver: Hello? Is this Silver? yes? Basswood would like a word with your pokemon... THWACK!
- VS Morty: Basswood and Oak literally eat this gym up (bite). Previous Wil-o-Wisps allow Gengar to cause problems for us though, and takes out basically everything until Basswood sacrifices itself to Aromatherapy away Oak's burn, letting him take the kill. Good work!
- And as your reward, You gat to evolve into Torterra! Yaaaay!
- The lighthouse sucks
- The Whirl Islands are annoying and in the way
- Arrive at Cianwood and discover that I need to beat the Gym to proceed. Ugh.
- VS Chuck: I don't remember much about this tbh. I do remember almost losing and then Basswood bailing me out... Again...
- Fly back to Olivine, then back to Cianwood to beat some Team Rocket ass. Then back to Olivine. OH COME ON JASMINE LEMME FITE U.
- VS Jasmine: Skarmory hard counters my team rn, as it does all my OU teams ever. Oak removes Metang from existence, Juniper takes out Forry. Flora sacs to get Seeds off, and Elm straight outplays Skarm with Reflect and Synthesis. Juniper exiles Magneton, Oak takes out her last two. Earthquake OP.
- Find a shiny stone and give it to Flora ASAP.
- Make it all the way to the LoR before remembering that I need to overlevel again for Pryce. AT LEAST SOME OF HIS POKEMON DONT QUAD-RESIST GRASS *cough*bugsy*cough*
- Catch the Shiny G-Dos, ofc. Waterfall slave!

Team at the Lake of NOMNOMNOM:

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 (Meganium) Lv39 @ Soothe Bell
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow (Natural Cure was a typo in the previous update)
- Reflect
- Magical Leaf
- Nature Power
- Synthesis

Basswood (Leafeon) Lv39 @ Choice Band
Male | Sassy (SpDef>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- Bite
- Razor Leaf
- Tackle
- Aromatherapy

Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv37
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Leech Seed
- Surf
- Grass Knot
- Nature Power

Flora (Roserade) Lv37 @ Miracle Seed
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Magical Leaf
- Shadow Ball

Juniper (Breloom) Lv38 @ King's Rock
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Leech Seed
- Drain Punch
- Bullet Seed
- Mach Punch

Oak (Torterra) Lv38
Male | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Shell Armor
- Curse
- Razor Leaf
- Earthquake
- Bite

Ft. Pikachu the Pikachu and DDDDD the Shiny Gyarados

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle
Hazelnut the Ivysaur

TL;DR: Aaw man, the Ice gym is next? Johto hates Grass types

 

[ShinyHoundoom]

X Grass Monotype Update #1

Get Chespin. Name him Chestnut.
Beat Viola with Rollout.
Chestnut evolved to Quilladin
Beat Sycamore, get Bulbasaur, name him Root.
Root evolved to Ivysaur.
Get Skiddo, name him Aries.
Beat Snorlax and about ready to go onto Route 7
Hate the fact that the gap between Viola and Grant is big.
Team Flare gave me trouble in Glittering Cave because there are fire, flying, and poison types around.
Sleep Powder/Leech Seed was wonderful against Grant. All I had was Razor Leaf and Vine Whip. They are both physical moves trying to hit rock types. *sigh* Grant actually took two tries

Badges 2/8

Current Team:

Spoiler:

Aries the Skiddo
Level 24/Male/Serious/Sap Sipper
-Take Down
-Synthesis
-Razor Leaf
-Leech Seed

Root the Ivysaur Grant MVP
Level 25/Male/Sassy/Overgrow
-Take Down
-Sleep Powder
-Leech Seed
-Vine Whip

Chestnut the Quilladin Viola MVP
Level 25/Male/Hasty/Overgrow
-Leech Seed
-Bite
-Vine Whip
-Rollout

 

[Xander729]

I've recently started getting bored with playing through Pokemon games and beating them easily. So I've been looking after different things I can do to make them harder and more fun to play. I've decided to try doing a monotype challenge of one of my favorite games: Soulsilver. My type will be ground.

So far I've gotten down to Azalea Town

My Badges - 0/16

My Team:

Geodude. Lvl 15
Onix. Lvl 14
Wooper. Lvl 9

 

[Xander729]

Mistyped on the current amount of badges it should be.

Badges: 1/16

 

[ddrox13]

Ultimate Grass Monotype Challenge
Diamond, FireRed, StormSilver (7/16), Emerald, White 2, Y (7/8)

Ice, Ice, Baby.

StormSilver
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- Everyone helps beat up the Rocket Base and all of it's inhabitants.
- GRINDY GRIND GRIND GRIND
- VS Pryce: Sigh. Juniper takes out Abomasnow and Glaile with ease. Frosslass takes out Oak, Basswood, and Elm, but not before Elm gets Light Screen up. Flora ends Frosslass with a Shadow Ball, and lets Petal Dance take out the three Water types. ez.
- Raid the Raid Tower, and get rekt by a Rocket admin and his 8 poison types. I NEED HEART SCALES.

Team at the Raaadio tower:

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 (Meganium) Lv49 @ Soothe Bell
Male | Timid (Spd>Atk) | Overgrow
- Reflect
- Magical Leaf
- Light Screen
- Synthesis

Basswood (Leafeon) Lv48 @ Choice Band
Male | Sassy (SpDef>Spd) | Chlorophyll
- Bite
- Razor Leaf
- Psycho Cut
- Aromatherapy

Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv47
Female | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Swift Swim
- Leech Seed
- Surf
- Grass Knot
- Nature Power

Flora (Roserade) Lv48 @ Miracle Seed
Female | Calm (SpDef>Atk) | Natural Cure
- Leech Seed
- Giga Drain
- Petal Dance
- Shadow Ball

Juniper (Breloom) Lv48
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Poison Heal
- Leech Seed
- Drain Punch
- Seed Bomb
- Mach Punch

Oak (Torterra) Lv45 @ Exp Share
Male | Naughty (Atk>SpDef) | Shell Armor
- Curse
- Razor Leaf
- Earthquake
- Crunch

Ft. Pikachu the Pikachu and DDDDD the Shiny Gyarados

Out of Rotation:
Hawthorn the Bellsprout
Fir the Skiploom
Bonsai the Grovyle
Hazelnut the Ivysaur

TL;DR: Why? Why must there be so many Poison and Flying and Ice and Bug types in this region?

Y
Important Events:

Spoiler:

- After a good amount of smashing the aristocracy in the Battle Chateau, Pine evolves and we challenge the Psychic gym
- VS Olympia: Pine's Blizzard into Sigilyph's Light Screen puts Sig in Ice Shard range. Wood Hammer overkills her half water (I forget which one). I make the fabulous decision to have Flora fight Meowstic, forgetting that I don't carry Shadow Ball in this game. Pecan could care less.
- Have Pistachio II harvest the life energy of a metric ton of Luvdisc to acquire a few Heart Scales, which we spend now.
- Walk into Lysandre Labs and... OH HEY IT'S YOU!
- VS Lysandre: Flora bops Mienfoo and Murkrow with Dazzling Gleam, Pista nukes Pyroar, and Flora and Pine take out G-Dos.
- Do the things in the labs.
- Geosenge here we... OH NOT YOU AGAIN....
- VS Lysandre: See above, just replace the names of all of Lysandre's pokemon that could evolve with their evolved forms
- Flora rampages through the Flare HQ
- Throw an M-Ball at Yveltal to maintain health for Lysandre part III
- VS Lysandre: Even easier tbh. Flora gets Mien, Pista deals with Pyroar, Pine eliminates Honchy, and Chestnut eliminates G-Dos.
- Run through the plotless boringness until Snowbelle

Team @ Snowbelle City:

Spoiler:

Chestnut (Chesnaught) Lv54 @ Leftovers
Female | Gentle (SpDef>Def) | Overgrow
- Seed Bomb
- Leech Seed
- Spiky Shield
- Hammer Arm

Walnut (Gogoat) Lv45 @ Earth Plate
Male | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Sap Sipper
- Horn Leech
- Bulk Up
- Bulldoze
- Return

Flora (Roserade) Lv45 @ Rose Incense
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Poison Point
- Sludge Bomb
- Grassy Terrain
- Dazzling Gleam
- Giga Drain

Pecan (Ferrothorn) Lv53 @ Amulet Coin
Male | Brave (Atk>Spd) | Iron Barbs
- Payback
- Power Whip
- Curse
- Gyro Ball

Pistachio (Ludicolo) Lv54 @ Damp Rock
Female | Bold (Def>Atk) | Swift Swim
- Uproar
- Grass Knot
- Surf
- Rain Dance

Hazelnut (Abomasnow) Lv53 @ Abomasite
Female | Lonley (Atk>Def) | Snow Warning
- Blizzard
- Ice Shard
- Shadow Ball
- Wood Hammer

Ft. JOHN CENA the Hawlucha, Pistachio II the Lombre, and Nuzleaf the Yveltal

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

TL;DR: HOW ARE THERE THIS MANY ICE/POISON TYPES TO GO AROUND?