The Monotype Challenge

[limeemil]

Ultimate Fighting SoulSilver Update

Progress Report

Spoiler:

- Went into Ilex Forest and got HM01 Cut
- Taught my HM Slave Headbutt
- Caught a Heracross and named her Agitha
- Went through Ilex Forest
- Reached Goldenrod City
- Got the Radio card
- Defeated Whitney and got the Plain Badge
- Got the Squirtbottle and the Bicycle
- Fought Sudowoodo on Route 36
- Reached Ecruteak City
- Defeated a Team Rocket Grunt and got HM03 Surf
- Fought Silver in Burnt Tower
- Encountered the Legendary Beasts
- Evolved Mikau into Poliwhirl
- Defeated Morty and got the Fog Badge
- Got HM04 Strength
- Caught a Machop and named him Darbus
- Traded in a Mankey named Wheeler (version exclusive)
- Reached Olivine City

Current team

Spoiler:

Mikau the Rash Poliwhirl | Lv. 27
Water Absorb
- Surf
- Body Slam
- Rain Dance
- Hypnosis

Agitha the Naughty Heracross | Lv. 27
Guts
- Brick Break
- Shadow Claw
- Headbutt
- Aerial Ace

Wheeler the Naughty Mankey | Lv. 24
Anger Point
- Karate Chop
- Dig
- Screech
- Seismic Toss

Darbus the Gentle Machop | Lv. 23
No Guard
- Karate Chop
- Rock Tomb
- Revenge
- Foresight

 

[Lrachelr5]

Username: LRachelR5
Pokemon Type: Physic
Challenge type: Single
Game: X

 

[Slytherin238]

Xander's Pokemon Challenges:


Pokemon Glazed - Electric Monotype Update:



My Badges: 0


My Team:


Luxio Lv. 16
Elekid Lv. 12
Magnemite Lv. 12
Electrike Lv. 11
PIkachu Lv. 11




Completed Challenges:


Fire Monotype - Pokemon X

 

[Blastin'Tyruntz]

Me backsies, with more adventures from Femrunt!
ME GOT CHEREN BADGE (1/8)
Me got C-gear!
Me bored. Me go now. :)

 

[jombii]

Ultimate Monotype Challenge: Grass

HeartGold

Badges: 4/16​

Progress Report:

1. Did the small story inside Ilex Forest.
2. Evolved Hoppip to Skiploom.

3. Trained a bit on Route 34.
4. And defeated the various trainers under Goldenrod and on Route 35.
5. Evolved Bellsprout to Weepinbell.

6. Caught a Sunkern.

7. Trained for Whitney, focusing on Weepinbell sicne he's the only guy and Miltank surely knows attract.
8. After several tries, defeated Whitney.
9. Went to Eucreteak City and defeated the Rival.
10. Realizes how difficult Grass monotype is since even Morty is destroying my team.
11. Grinded a little, focusing on Bayleef (since starter) and Weepinbell because it learned Knock Off which is supereffective against Ghosts.
12. Defeated Morty, with Bayleef as the only woman standing.
13. Saved until next adventure.

Team:

Spoiler:

Level 30
Tackle | Synthesis | Razor Leaf | Reflect

Level 28
Vine Whip | Acid | Knock Off | Sleep Powder

Level 22
Bullet Seed | Synthesis | Sleep Powder| Tackle

Level 21
Mega Drain | Grasswhistle | Leech Seed | Growth​

Pics:

Spoiler:

 

[SmashMaster24]

Dragon Ultimate Monotype Challenge
Hoenn Update 2

Spoiler:

-Confronted Magma in Meteor Falls
-Beat Magma on Mt. Chimney
-Beat Flannery and Sandy evolved
-Nimbus evolved
-Beat Norman
-Caught Goldeen (HM Slave)
-Beat Magma at Weather Institute
-Beat Rival
-Beat Winona

Current Team:

Sandy (Vibrava) ♀ Lv. 43 (Hard Stone)
Levitate, Mild Nature
Dig, Dragonbreath, Crunch, Rock Tomb

Nimbus (Altaria) ♂ Lv. 43 (Macho Brace)
Natural Cure, Modest Nature
Dragonbreath, Fly, Take Down, Dragon Dance

HM Slaves: Treecko (Cut, Flash, Rock Smash, Strength), Goldeen (Surf)

 

[Lrachelr5]

UPDATE

Spoiler:

Just defeated the Snorlax on Route 7 going to use the trainers there and the Battle Château to do some grinding.

TEAM

Spoiler:

Braixen (Draco)
Level: 24
Nature: Quirky
Ability: Blaze
Moveset: Scratch, Psybeam, Flame Charge, Howl

Espurr (Isabella)
Level: 15
Nature: Naughty
Ability: Keen Eye
Moveset: Scratch, Light Screen, Covet, Confusion

Alakazam (Magnus)
Level: 18
Nature: Bashful
Ability: Inner Focus
Moveset: Teleport, Confusion, Disable

Ralts (Juliet)
Level: 19
Nature: Lonely
Ability: Trace
Moveset: Lucky Chant, Confusion, Double Team, Teleport

Meditite (Alec)
Level: 15
Nature: Gentle
Ability: Pure Power
Moveset: Meditate, Confusion, Detect, Hidden Power

Inkay (Jace)
Level: 15
Nature: Calm
Ability: Contrary
Moveset: Foul Play, Swagger, Psywave, Topsy-Turvy

 

[Sageous]

Forum User Name: Sageous
Pokémon Type: Water
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): LeafGreen

Forum User Name: Sageous
Pokémon Type: Ground
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): FireRed, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, White

For FireRed and White, I'd like to trade in a Pokemon very early. Is this allowed? The Pokemon in question would be a Sandshrew for FireRed and a Drilbur in White. This is allowed as long as they are a lower level than my starter, right?

 

[jombii]

For FireRed and White, I'd like to trade in a Pokemon very early. Is this allowed? The Pokemon in question would be a Sandshrew for FireRed and a Drilbur in White. This is allowed as long as they are a lower level than my starter, right?

For FR, I think trading in a sandshrew is disallowed as you can get a Geodude/Onix/Sandshrew/Nidoran before the second gym in Mt. Moon and the route before Cerulean City.


In White, I also think trading in is disallowed as a Drilbur can be caught before the second gym on Wellspring Cave (ground-shaking spots.) Anyone can correct me with this.

Also, update for my HG Grass Run will be late. I'm finding difficulty in my run as my Pokemon do not have much of a variety when it comes to their attacks. I'm thinking of grinding up first a bit before continuing on my journey.

 

[Alex Taylor]

For FireRed and White, I'd like to trade in a Pokemon very early. Is this allowed? The Pokemon in question would be a Sandshrew for FireRed and a Drilbur in White. This is allowed as long as they are a lower level than my starter, right?

As it says in the OP, you can only trade in a Pokemon if there are no Pokemon of your type before the second gym.
But, you can however, trade in if a Pokemon is in the region dex, but not in-game (i.e. version exclusive, etc.).

In Fire Red, I think you can trade in Sandshrew, as it is a Leaf Green exclusive.
You should still VM/PM Necrum to be sure, since he's the owner of the challenge.

For White, no, you can not trade in, because as Varys said, Drilbur is available before the second gym in Wellspring Cave via shaking spots.

 

[Sageous]

I appreciate you guys replying. I'll just refrain from trading Drilbur to White. I only wanted to because I didn't think any Ground types were available before the 2nd gym. Also, I'll just wait until after I've obtained Geodude to trade in Sandshrew in FireRed.

 

[Lynda]

Holy cow I've put this off for too long. I gotta start my Grass Monotype.

I'd like to eventually do monotypes for all the types in gold/silver, and I've already completed Poison.

 

[SmashMaster24]

Dragon Ultimate Monotype Challenge
Hoenn Update 3 (Final)

Spoiler:

-Sandy evolved
-Beat Magma at Mt. Pyre
-Beat Magma at Secret Base
-Surfed to Mossdeep City and got Super Rod
-Caught Horsea until I found one with a Dragon Scale
-Put Horsea and Nimbus in Pokemon Daycare so I could get one that knew Dragonbreath
-Hatched Horsea eggs until I got one with a good nature; named Lotan
-Trained on water routes
-Beat Tate & Liza and Lotan evolved
-Traded with myself and Lotan evolved
-Beat Magma at Seafloor Cavern
-Koed Groudon
-Beat Wallace
-Caught Bagon named Bahamut
-Bahamut evolved
-Trekked through Victory Road
-Beat Wally
-Bahamut evolved
-Trained everyone to Level 55 and took care of TMs
-Took on and Beat the Elite Four:

Spoiler:

Final Team:

Sandy (Flygon) ♀ Lv. 56 (Hard Stone)
Levitate, Mild Nature
Earthquake, Dragonbreath, Crunch, Rock Tomb

Nimbus (Altaria) ♂ Lv. 56 (Quick Claw)
Natural Cure, Modest Nature
Dragonbreath, Fly, Steel Wing, Dragon Dance

Lotan (Kingdra) ♂ Lv. 57 (Mystic Water)
Swift Swim, Mild Nature
Surf, Dragonbreath, Ice Beam, Agility

Bahamut (Salamence) ♂ Lv. 55 (King's Rock)
Intimidate, Docile Nature
Dragon Claw, Fly, Brick Break, Hyper Beam

HM Slaves: Treecko (Cut, Flash, Rock Smash, Strength). Goldeen (Surf, Dive, Waterfall)

 

[Feraligatr13]

Hello, I want to sign up for a challenge.

Forum User Name: Feraligatr13
Pokémon Type: Ice
Challenge Mode: Ultimate
Game(s): Red, Silver, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova (these three are undecided at the moment), X

I decided to go ahead and start on Silver, so here's my progress:

Spoiler:

-Named myself Jacob.
-Hacked in my starter, Sneasel, which I named Claw.
-Named my rival Carl, just because.
-Progressed through the game with just Claw until I got to Olivine City.
-Backtracked and caught Lapras, which I named Lochness.
-Obtained the Good Rod and caught a Shellder, which I of course named Shell-don.
-Progressed with those three Pokemon through the Rocket Hideout.
-Went to the Ice Path and caught Succubus the Jynx, Santaclaus the Delibird, and Bacon the Swinub.

Screenshots:

Spoiler:

I forgot to take a screenshot of Pryce :/

Team:

Spoiler:

Claw the Sneasel:

Lochness the Lapras:

Shell-don the Shellder:

Succubus the Jynx:

Santaclaus the Delibird:

Bacon the Swinub:

At the moment, my party is a bit tiered. I set Claw to be my starter and I solo'd with him through the first half of Johto, so it makes sense that he is the highest-levelled. Lochness and Shell-don were both caught about halfway through Johto, and I've been trying to balance them out with Claw ever since. Bacon, Succubus, and Santaclaus were caught right before I stopped playing, so they're at the level of wild Pokemon from the Ice Cave.

 

[Blueredemption]

Ultimate Fire Monotype - Pokemon Fire Red - Update 2

Eh, it took about 3 weeks but I finally made it through the 8 gyms. I haven't had much trouble, though rock types are really annoying...

- Headed towards Celadon, beat Giovanni
- Beat Erika
- Went back to Lavender Town, cleared Pokemon Tower
- Went to Safferon, cleared Silph Co.
- Traveled down the Cycling Road
- Beat Koga
- Got surf from Safari Zone
- Flew to Pallet Town, Surfed to Cinnabar.
- Got the key from the burned mansion, then beat Blain
- Saved Lostelle from the evvviillll Hypno
- Flew to Vermilion, Beat Giovanni

Pokemon:

Charizard - lvl 52
Arcanine - lvl 49
Rapidash - lvl 40

Badges: 8
Time played: 12:53
Final update: After E4

 

[AlphaElfin]

Forum User Name: AlphaElfin
Pokémon Type: Bug
Challenge Mode: Single
Game(s): FireRed

Time Taken: 38:47

Rival's Starter: Charmander

Final Team:

Spoiler:

Scizor - Lvl.63
Beedrill - Lvl.43
Pinsir - Lvl.49
Butterfree - Lvl.45
Parasect - Lvl.47
HMeowth - Lvl.21

Movesets:

Spoiler:

Scizor

Spoiler:

Steel Wing, Fury Cutter, Focus Energy, Swords Dance

Beedrill

Spoiler:

Pin Missiles, Focus Energy, Agility, Secret Power

Pinsir

Spoiler:

Secret Power, Swords Dance, Rock Slide, Brick Break

Butterfree

Spoiler:

Psychic, Sleep Power, Aerial Ace, Silver Wind

HMeowth

Spoiler:

It's an HM Slave....

Parasect

Spoiler:

Slash, Bullet Seed, Spore, Leech Life

Thoughts:

Spoiler:

Difficulty:

Spoiler:

10/10 (Compared to normal playthrough) Was quite challenging against my rival, considering he could dominate my entire team if my Pokemon weren't fast enough. Most challenging portion was getting past the Charizard after taking down Pidgeot.

Monotype Selection:

Spoiler:

Honestly, there was not many bug types to choose from at all. I had to work my ass off to get Scyther from the Game Corner in order to have some bulk. As you may have seen by the level differences, I relied on Scizor a lot to get past the game. He was surely my MvP (Most valuable Pokemon)

 

[Feraligatr13]

I've finished my playthrough of Silver.

Progress:

Spoiler:

-Beat Pryce, Radio Tower, and Clair
-Progressed to the Indigo League
-Grinded everyone up to Lv. 40, then won the League
-Went to Kanto and progressed as normal, up to Blue, whom I kept losing to
-Grinded everyone up to Lv. 50, then beat Blue
-Went to Mt. Silver, then grinded everyone to Lv. 60, since I knew I wouldn't have a chance if I didn't
-Beat Red, credits rolled

Screenshots:

Spoiler:

(I'm missing a few screenshots because I derped and didn't take them)

Team:

Spoiler:

Bacon the Piloswine

Bacon was the dedicated "Pikachu killer" of the team. He was a must-have, considering the Swinub line are the only Ground/Ice Pokemon in the game. He ended up being a fairly useful tank and physical attacker.

Succubus the Jynx

Succubus was the main special attacker of the team. She was usually the easiest Pokemon to train during the grinding sessions, and was very useful throughout the entire game with her type coverage.

Shell-don the Cloyster

Shell-don, despite the pun in his name, wasn't very useful overall compared to other members of the team. I wasn't able to get the Water Stone to evolve him until Cerulean City, but even afterwards, his moves weren't very diverse, and he ended up being overshadowed by Lochness most of the time.

Lochness the Lapras

Lochness was very useful throughout the game, filling the role of bulky attacker very well. Lochness was often my go-to when I needed to switch something out, especially as protection from Fire-types, since Lochness wasn't weak to Fire-type moves.

Claw the Sneasel

Claw was the Pokemon I hacked in to be the starter, since there are no Ice-types early in the game. As a result, Claw was very overleveled when Lochness and Shell-don were caught, but once everyone caught up, Claw still was a pretty decent physical attacker, but was a bit of a glass cannon.

Santaclaus the Delibird

Santaclaus was a Fly slave and not much else.

Next up I'm going to be doing Red Version, so I'll be back with that update.

 

[limeemil]

Ultimate Fighting Soul Silver Update

Progress report

Spoiler:

- Talked to Jasmine in the Lighthouse
- Surfed to Cianwood City
- Got the Secretpotion
- Battled Eusine
- Defeated Chuck and got the Storm Badge
- Got HM02 Fly from Chuck's wife
- Flew back to Olivine City
- Brought the Secretpotion to Jasmine
- Defeated Jasmine and got the Mineral Badge
- Traveled to Mahogany Town
- Went to Lake of Rage
- Defeated the red Gyarados and spoke to Lance
- Flew back to Mahogany Town
- Entered Team Rocket HQ
- Learned all the passwords
- Fought Team Rocket with Lance
- Defeated the Electrodes powering the transmitter
- Got HM05 Whirlpool from Lance
- Defeated Pryce and earned the Glacier Badge
- Flew back to Goldenrod City
- Fought Team Rocket in the Radio Tower
- Rescued the director in Goldenrod Underground
- Went back to the Radio Tower and defeated Team Rocket for good
- Got the Silver Wing
- Flew to Mahogany Town
- Entered Ice Path
- Found HM07 Waterfall
- Passed through Ice Path and entered Blackthorn City
- Entered the gym and defeated Clair
- Entered Dragon's Den
- Passed the Dragon-master challenge and got the Rising Badge
- Entered Mt. Mortar
- Defeated Kiyo and got Tyrogue, who was named Lil' Mac
- Evolved Lil' Mac into Hitmonchan

Current team:

Spoiler:

Mikau the Rash Poliwhirl | Lv. 38
Water Absorb
- Surf
- Body Slam
- Hypnosis
- Waterfall

Wheeler the Naughty Primeape | Lv. 38
Anger Point
- Karate Chop
- Dig
- Swagger
- Strength

Darbus the Gentle Machamp | Lv. 38
No Guard
- Submission
- Rock Tomb
- Revenge
- Payback

Agitha the Naughty Heracross | Lv. 38
Guts
- Brick Break
- Shadow Claw
- Close Combat
- Aerial Ace

Lil' Mac the Hasty Hitmonchan | Lv. 21
Iron Fist
- Tackle
- Feint
- Fake Out
- Foresight

 

[jombii]

Ultimate Monotype Challenge: Grass

HeartGold

Badges: 7/16​

Progress Report:

1. Grinded a little after Morty.
2. Evolved Bayleef to Meganium

3. Thank god for the water route. Good for the training. Leveled some of my Pokemon up for the battle with Chuck.
4. Battled and defeated Chuck. (had more difficulty with the trainer with a Fire Punch Hitmonchan)
5. Went back to Olivine City, evolving Skiploom to Jumpluff.

6. JASMINE IS SO DIFFICULT. Combination of Magnemite's Thunder Wave and Supersonic, and the lack of non-grass type moves in my arsenal gave me a very rough time.
7. Defeated her after two-digit losses.
8. Went to Mahogany and calmed the Red Gyarados. Decided to backtrack and get the Exp. Share.
9. Taught Rattata Headbutt so I can capture an Exeggcute.

10. Cleared the Rocket Hideout. Taught Meganium Iron Tail in preparation for Pryce.
11. Was actually scared of Pryce because Ice, but Meganium is a beast with Iron Tail and Magical Leaf.
12. Saved in the Goldenrod Tower.



Team:

Spoiler:

Level 37
Tackle | Synthesis | Magical Leaf | Iron Tail

Level 35
Vine Whip | Acid | Knock Off | Sleep Powder

Level 35
Mega Drain| Synthesis | Leech Seed | Tackle

Level 30
Mega Drain | Mega Drain | Leech Seed | Growth

Level 24
Bullet Seed | Uproar | Leech Seed | Sleep Powder​

Pics:

Spoiler:

 

[Airclipse]

Forum Username: Airclipse
Pokémon Type: Dark
Challenge Type: Single
Game(s): Emerald