The Ones That Got Away Challenge

[-Cygnus-]

Update time! It's been a while since I played the file, but I believe I had just beaten Norman...

Spoiler:

Where to start... Well first of all, after Norman's defeat, I decided to go up to Route 115 (north of Rustboro) and train there for a bit. It is the only place for Jiggz after all... I do like the northern part of that route though, I think I'll make my secret base there once I decide to do so in Emerald (gonna mix records so I can train versus the other team :P go secret bases!). I did get bored quickly there, though, so I decided to just get the damn water routes over and done with.

In reality, there weren't that bad. I reckon it took me 45m-1hr, but I think the EXP in the end was worth it. I am very glad that I had seven repels from various things, because about 4 were put to good use. Tauros shined on these routes, as did Xatu, but as you could probably guess, Magmar and Seel were worthless. Nevertheless, I made it to Slateport with higher levels and stronger Pokemon under my belt.

Next came New Mauville. I used my remaining repels to ward off the electric types there, got the thunderstone at the end, and got out of there. I'm usually jumping with joy when I get thunderbolt, but I don't think it would work on any of my Pokemon... Magmar has the highest special attack stat, but thunderbolt's main purpose would be to deal with water types, and he's already quite weak to water due to his typing and nature. Besides, I think between Tauros and Xatu, the water gym and Glacia shouldn't be too big of a deal.

Route 119 has always been the crowning achievment of R/S/E (amirite?). Even though it's long and can be tough, I enjoy going through it. I beat the mimic circle (it wasn't hell trying to catch 'em this time!), and collected a few berries... Oh wait. Seel evolved :P My team is now fully evolved, and Dewgong not only gained STAB for ice beam (yesh I taught it that) but a massive SPDEF bonus. I think I've found my wall! The rest of the route went predictably; beat the trainers, found some goodies, looked for Feebas. When I got to the weather institue, I believe my team was all lvl 35, so I had no problems in taking out Team Aqua's goons. I stole Castform's mystic water for Dewgong, then crushed my rival before heading to Fortree.

Winona was easy. With Dewgong's newly acquired ice beam, the leader's usually dreaded Altaria was out in one fell swoop. Magmar took care of Skarmory, and Tauros easily stomped (or should I say "returned") Pelliper and Swellow. The prize TM I am considering teaching to Xatu... Fly is nice and all, but Aerial Ace has more PP, doesn't take two turns (even though that is Xatu's theme), and never misses. I did hold off however, and am waiting for the community's input before I make a final decision :)

Up next will be the final battle with May, and hopefully badge #7.

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Xatu- Lvl 37 (Female)
Adamant Nature
Peck, Wish, Night Shade, Future Sight
- No changes in moveset on this one. Unfourtunately, I'm starting to see Xatu lose some of its power as time goes on, mainly in Defense. Though I wouldn't go as far as to say it's the new Seel, the downward curve in battle performance has been deabilitating to my team. I think the main problem is not the Pokemon; it's my battle style. Xatu is not a tank. It's defense is relatively poor, and has low HP. As such, moves that take multiple turns to take effect (Wish, Future Sight) don't suit this Pokemon well. Future Sight is fun to play around with, but I can't wait until it learns psychic. Also, fellow TOTGA challengers: Fly or Aerial Ace to replace peck? My thoughts are stated in the above update.

Dewgong- Lvl 36 (Female)
Careful Nature
Headbutt, Rest, Surf, Ice Beam
- :) :) :) :) :) :) :) It's not sucking as bad! Amazing what an evolution can do... Yeah. Once that icy blue seal evolved into an icy blue manatee, I knew that things would start to get better. It has the best HP out of all others on my team, and by far the best SPDEF. Even though Ice Beam doesn't K.O. all flying types, I'm glad it has something to bring to the team now. I almost deleted Rest for Sheer Cold at lvl 34, but decided against it... Even though Sheer Cold=Badassery, Rest will be more practical when it comes to those super-tough battles. And besides, there's no way I'm training it above lvl 58 to OHKO Metagross.

Tauros- Level 37 (Male)
Careful Nature
Return, Tail Whip, Rest, Horn Atttack
- If there's anything new I have to say about Tauros is that he's acting less like an uber and more like a very very strong Pokemon. Return is simply killing everthing it comes into contact with, and even though I deleted Pursuit for Rest (nothing's really worse than pursuit on this guy), I'm debating about getting rid of that one too. Tauros is just dominating so much that I don't see it going into the red or even yellow HP's. I suppose I will keep it for the time being, but as soon as something better comes along, I may just get rid of it.

Magmar- Level 36 (Male)
Rash Nature
Ember, Sunny Day, Fire Punch, Strength
- There's probably a tie for MVP between Magmar and Tauros at the moment. Tauros is an indestructible speedy monster, but Magmar is just too good against half the Pokemon in this game. I think it's special attack is 96 at the moment, so the second highest stat on the team (Tauros wins with 100 speed), even beating out Tauros' 90 attack stat. I'm waiting for a new move to replace Sunny Day and Ember, SD for sure has to go. I will check the level up moves for him and see if anything worth learning shows up, but as of now... No complaints here :)

There ya have it folks. If anyone's reading, please don't hesitate to give movepool suggestions for the Pokemon in the update. Right now, my biggest quandary is whether to teach Earthquake to Tauros or Magmar.

Blissy, I love how you have 7 badges and a bunch of level 20's :P

 

[Sammuthegreat]

Nice update -Cygnus-.

Regarding Aerial Ace, yes it's a better move than Fly because over 2 turns it can do 120BP worth of damage, whereas Fly only does 90 and occasionally misses. It's completely a judgement call though; occasionally you may come across a 'mon that Fly would OHKO whereas one Aerial Ace will leave it in the red, leading to an annoying Full Restore from the opponent trainer... But most of the time I'd suggest Aerial Ace. Fly is a good move in-game, as AI trainers don't tend to counter it with stat boosts or healing in the free turn. But Aerial Ace is better all round, and as you only have 4 team Pokemon, I don't see why you couldn't just stick it on an HM slave.

As for Earthquake... Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Magmar doesn't get EQ in Gen III, if at all. If you're really concerned about giving Magmar a move to cover his weakness to Rock Pokemon, give him Brick Break. It's a really good move and it allows Tauros to take Earthquake which will help him against a wider variety of foes - Rock and Steel types he can't do much damage to, and possibly Ghost types he might not hit otherwise. Plus, Tauros can't learn Brick Break.

 

[BlissyMKW]

Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!

Chapter 12: Team Rocket's 'rockin - Part 2 (Will edit)
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Ok...back to Mahogany, where the sispisous building is where those wierd guys are. Let's go inside the place. Looks like Lance is interigating them already. The signal is coming from the wierd building! Let's destroy Team Rocket! Hmmm...Persian statues. Looks like they're secret alarms to bring out Team Rocket grunts. Fine. I guess two grunts appear per alarm, so I can battle these guys for training. This...is gonna take a while.


A while later...

Done! Furry's poisoned, but he'll need to rough it out...for now.​

This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.
Blissy's Army:
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Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 25
Moves: Headbutt, Poisonpowder, Razor Leaf, Synthesis

Furry (Furret) Lv. 22
Moves: Cut, Surf, Mud-Slap, Fire Punch
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Spooky (Haunter) Lv. 26
Moves: Shadow Ball, Hypnosis, Curse, Nightmare

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 25
Moves: Fire Punch, Thunder Wave, Thundershock, Thunderpunch

Shuckie (Shuckle) Lv. 22
Moves: Constrict, Strength, Wrap, Encore

Badges Obtained
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[-Cygnus-]

Nice update -Cygnus-.

Regarding Aerial Ace, yes it's a better move than Fly because over 2 turns it can do 120BP worth of damage, whereas Fly only does 90 and occasionally misses. It's completely a judgement call though; occasionally you may come across a 'mon that Fly would OHKO whereas one Aerial Ace will leave it in the red, leading to an annoying Full Restore from the opponent trainer... But most of the time I'd suggest Aerial Ace. Fly is a good move in-game, as AI trainers don't tend to counter it with stat boosts or healing in the free turn. But Aerial Ace is better all round, and as you only have 4 team Pokemon, I don't see why you couldn't just stick it on an HM slave.

As for Earthquake... Correct me if I'm wrong but I'm pretty sure Magmar doesn't get EQ in Gen III, if at all. If you're really concerned about giving Magmar a move to cover his weakness to Rock Pokemon, give him Brick Break. It's a really good move and it allows Tauros to take Earthquake which will help him against a wider variety of foes - Rock and Steel types he can't do much damage to, and possibly Ghost types he might not hit otherwise. Plus, Tauros can't learn Brick Break.

Oops haha Magmar doesn't learn it >_< Yeah, I believe I get brick break in Sootopolis? EQ is definately going on Tauros then, as he has the best ATK by far. I also think that I'll keep Fly on my Hm-Slave Tropius, and stick with Aerial Ace for Xatu. Peck is realllly lame. Thanks for the help!

 

[BlissyMKW]

Update time! It's been a while since I played the file, but I believe I had just beaten Norman...

Spoiler:

Where to start... Well first of all, after Norman's defeat, I decided to go up to Route 115 (north of Rustboro) and train there for a bit. It is the only place for Jiggz after all... I do like the northern part of that route though, I think I'll make my secret base there once I decide to do so in Emerald (gonna mix records so I can train versus the other team :P go secret bases!). I did get bored quickly there, though, so I decided to just get the damn water routes over and done with.

In reality, there weren't that bad. I reckon it took me 45m-1hr, but I think the EXP in the end was worth it. I am very glad that I had seven repels from various things, because about 4 were put to good use. Tauros shined on these routes, as did Xatu, but as you could probably guess, Magmar and Seel were worthless. Nevertheless, I made it to Slateport with higher levels and stronger Pokemon under my belt.

Next came New Mauville. I used my remaining repels to ward off the electric types there, got the thunderstone at the end, and got out of there. I'm usually jumping with joy when I get thunderbolt, but I don't think it would work on any of my Pokemon... Magmar has the highest special attack stat, but thunderbolt's main purpose would be to deal with water types, and he's already quite weak to water due to his typing and nature. Besides, I think between Tauros and Xatu, the water gym and Glacia shouldn't be too big of a deal.

Route 119 has always been the crowning achievment of R/S/E (amirite?). Even though it's long and can be tough, I enjoy going through it. I beat the mimic circle (it wasn't hell trying to catch 'em this time!), and collected a few berries... Oh wait. Seel evolved :P My team is now fully evolved, and Dewgong not only gained STAB for ice beam (yesh I taught it that) but a massive SPDEF bonus. I think I've found my wall! The rest of the route went predictably; beat the trainers, found some goodies, looked for Feebas. When I got to the weather institue, I believe my team was all lvl 35, so I had no problems in taking out Team Aqua's goons. I stole Castform's mystic water for Dewgong, then crushed my rival before heading to Fortree.

Winona was easy. With Dewgong's newly acquired ice beam, the leader's usually dreaded Altaria was out in one fell swoop. Magmar took care of Skarmory, and Tauros easily stomped (or should I say "returned") Pelliper and Swellow. The prize TM I am considering teaching to Xatu... Fly is nice and all, but Aerial Ace has more PP, doesn't take two turns (even though that is Xatu's theme), and never misses. I did hold off however, and am waiting for the community's input before I make a final decision :)

Up next will be the final battle with May, and hopefully badge #7.

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Xatu- Lvl 37 (Female)
Adamant Nature
Peck, Wish, Night Shade, Future Sight
- No changes in moveset on this one. Unfourtunately, I'm starting to see Xatu lose some of its power as time goes on, mainly in Defense. Though I wouldn't go as far as to say it's the new Seel, the downward curve in battle performance has been deabilitating to my team. I think the main problem is not the Pokemon; it's my battle style. Xatu is not a tank. It's defense is relatively poor, and has low HP. As such, moves that take multiple turns to take effect (Wish, Future Sight) don't suit this Pokemon well. Future Sight is fun to play around with, but I can't wait until it learns psychic. Also, fellow TOTGA challengers: Fly or Aerial Ace to replace peck? My thoughts are stated in the above update.

Dewgong- Lvl 36 (Female)
Careful Nature
Headbutt, Rest, Surf, Ice Beam
- :) :) :) :) :) :) :) It's not sucking as bad! Amazing what an evolution can do... Yeah. Once that icy blue seal evolved into an icy blue manatee, I knew that things would start to get better. It has the best HP out of all others on my team, and by far the best SPDEF. Even though Ice Beam doesn't K.O. all flying types, I'm glad it has something to bring to the team now. I almost deleted Rest for Sheer Cold at lvl 34, but decided against it... Even though Sheer Cold=Badassery, Rest will be more practical when it comes to those super-tough battles. And besides, there's no way I'm training it above lvl 58 to OHKO Metagross.

Tauros- Level 37 (Male)
Careful Nature
Return, Tail Whip, Rest, Horn Atttack
- If there's anything new I have to say about Tauros is that he's acting less like an uber and more like a very very strong Pokemon. Return is simply killing everthing it comes into contact with, and even though I deleted Pursuit for Rest (nothing's really worse than pursuit on this guy), I'm debating about getting rid of that one too. Tauros is just dominating so much that I don't see it going into the red or even yellow HP's. I suppose I will keep it for the time being, but as soon as something better comes along, I may just get rid of it.

Magmar- Level 36 (Male)
Rash Nature
Ember, Sunny Day, Fire Punch, Strength
- There's probably a tie for MVP between Magmar and Tauros at the moment. Tauros is an indestructible speedy monster, but Magmar is just too good against half the Pokemon in this game. I think it's special attack is 96 at the moment, so the second highest stat on the team (Tauros wins with 100 speed), even beating out Tauros' 90 attack stat. I'm waiting for a new move to replace Sunny Day and Ember, SD for sure has to go. I will check the level up moves for him and see if anything worth learning shows up, but as of now... No complaints here :)

There ya have it folks. If anyone's reading, please don't hesitate to give movepool suggestions for the Pokemon in the update. Right now, my biggest quandary is whether to teach Earthquake to Tauros or Magmar.

Blissy, I love how you have 7 badges and a bunch of level 20's :P

........I get lucky. I somehow beat the gym leaders while underleveled.

I hope that answered your question.

 

[-Cygnus-]

This thread needs some love! I believe that this will be my third to last update. I've gotten all eight badges and am gearing up for victory road.

Spoiler:

After Fortree gym, I realized that there is a massive level gap in between Winona's strongest Pokemon, and the Pokemon in the next Gym- a full nine levels I believe! Unfourtunately, that's going to mean a lot of grinding in between the gyms, and not many places to do it at. Either way, I trudged on through Route 120. I think that the whole area around Fortree has got to be the most beautiful out of any Pokemon game. The designers really went all out with the different types of grass, the rain, and the clever lakes and rock formations. Route 120 also has that horrible trainer... You know... The Cooltrainer... With the Milotic O_o I'm sure I'm not the only one that is completley blindsided by that battle, as that easily is the hardest of the normal trainer battles in any game. I'm surprised that I beat her actually, because I completley forgot about her existance until I ran into her.

If this wasn't a challenge, I might spend more time seeing the sights and smelling the flowers and getting involved with all the bells & whistles that is Lilycove... Perhaps the next time I play through gen III, I'll take it at a much more casual pace; do all the contests, the safari zone, and even grow a berry patch. But for now, all Lilycove held was a superstore and a jumping off point to continue my quest. I easily dispatched May (I really wish that rivals in gen III got the final form of their starters), and stocked up on goodies before heading out to Mount Pyre. Once there, I got all of the items and took care of Team Aqua. I almost caught a Shuppet/Duskull because I have never used them haven't been too useful in my experiences (with the exception of Gengar, I guess).

Mossdeep is a cool-looking island I guess, but when I got there, all I could think about was how I have a team of level 40's and the gym leaders have 42's. Even so, I was quite surprised about how fast the battle went. Dewgong used Surf, Magmar used Flamethrower, rinse and repeat a few times, and it was done. But my biggest gripe about the 7th badge in general is that the leaders don't give hardly any experience. I think its like a total of 2560 split in between your two Pokemon? I could get that spending 10 minutes with a super-rod and a batch of Wailmer.

Fast forwarding again to Kyogre... I really got to see Tauros' strength here: Return took almost HALF of Kyogre's HP with one hit. That is incredible, and he was only level 42 I believe- truly a strong Pokemon. I was hoping for a modest or even brave Kyogre, but after finally catching it, I didn't really care what it's nature was (Quiet). I was kind of expecting a pink one to pop up one of these times :P not sure why... Then Sootopolis gym finished out my quest to get eight badges. Wallace is a pretty cool leader, and surprisingly, his Milotic didn't cause me nearly as many problems as the aforementioned cooltrainer. After a quick bit of grinding to get them all to the same level, I saved my game in front of Victory Road, ready and waiting for the final test...

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Xatu- Lvl 44 (Female)
Adamant Nature
Aerial Ace, Wish, Night Shade, Future Sight
- This thing as the level-up move frequency of an uber, and the stats of an UU. I shouldn't be too hard on her, I suppose... The type coverage is probably one of the better ones, taking out bug, grass, and fighting types that my other Poke's would struggle with. I think Psychic is attainable in Victory Road, but I don't think I'll need it depending on when Xatu learns it... Either Confuse Ray or Psychic is at level 50. I really want Psychic just because Future Sight doesn't actually count as a psychic-type attack >_< And does anyone know which stat Future Sight calls on when attacking? Does it use Xatu's SPATK, or the SPATK of whatever Pokemon happens to be out at the time the attack hits?

Dewgong- Lvl 44 (Female)
Careful Nature
Take Down, Rest, Surf, Ice Beam
- I think you're looking at Dewgong's final moveset. I can't think of many other moves I want it to learn, seeing as though it needs one move that uses its attack stat. Dewgong really hasn't been useful since Tate & Liza, but I hope it will get some more love in Victory Road. I'm very happy that it's turned around so much from that pathetic Seel, even if its SPATK is the lowest of its stats. I expect Dewgong to do very well in the Elite Four, especially versus Drake. I've also noticed that as the levels go up, it's tanking ability steadily increases.

Tauros- Level 44 (Male)
Careful Nature
Return, Earthquake, Rest, Horn Atttack
- I skipped out on Thrash and kept Horn Attack mainly because of the greater PP, and because I'm not sure how many berries I have that deal with confusion. As evidenced by the Kyogre battle, this thing is just ruthlessly strong. Return is my go to move for whenever I'm in a pinch, and hasn't failed me yet. As far as the moveset goes... Maybe replacing Rest with something else (haven't used it once), but other than that, I think all this guy needs is levels.

Magmar- Level 44 (Male)
Rash Nature
Brick Break, Flamethrower, Fire Punch, Strength
- Mah special-attacking guru. This thing has got stellar sweeping power and a movepool to boot. He was surprisingly useful for the 7th badge- Solrock's sunny day worked against the psychic duo's team once I got fire punch going. That is actually the only move I'm thinking of replacing- should I? I am not sure what I'd switch it with, but I think two 15PP strong fire moves is enough. I'll have to check my E4 coverage again, but I can't think of too many moves that I'm missing out on.

Well, my next update will be VR, the final team, and then my quest against the elite four as the last update in this challenge :) Once again, movepool suggestions if you like, but I think what I really need it higher levels. Thanks for reading!

 

[Sammuthegreat]

Glad to see an update -Cygnus- :)

If I remember correctly, the Psychic TM is in Mauville City... I may be wrong about that buy I think that's where Mr. Psychic's house it. Next to the Pokemon Centre methinks...

As for movesets, I think you've pretty much got everything covered. I'd suggest giving one of your Pokemon Safeguard though, as I mentioned via PM, and Toxic's always a useful move, but I think you'll be fine with a few extra levels on each Poke.

 

[BlissyMKW]

Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!

Chapter 13: Team Rocket's 'rockin - Part 3 (Will edit)
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Ok...we now require two passwords. Looks like it's interigation time. Onward to ownage! Ok...after owning a Team Rocket Grunt, he gave me the 1st password.....Raticate Tail. Weird, but I guess I'll roll with it Anyway, I just need 1 more password, and I know who knows it. Now...after owning a female grunt, she gave me the second password...Slowpoketail. Now...time to own the boss! Before going to own the boss, Deyrell showed up to tell me he got owned by Lance. Now...the boss is an executive, but he sucks. A Murkrow tells me the last password...Hail Giovinni!




To Be Continued!​

This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.
Blissy's Army:
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Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 27
Moves: Headbutt, Poisonpowder, Razor Leaf, Synthesis

Furry (Furret) Lv. 24
Moves: Cut, Surf, Mud-Slap, Fire Punch
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Spooky (Haunter) Lv. 27
Moves: Shadow Ball, Hypnosis, Curse, Nightmare

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 27
Moves: Fire Punch, Thunder Wave, Thundershock, Thunderpunch

Shuckie (Shuckle) Lv. 22
Moves: Constrict, Strength, Wrap, Encore

Badges Obtained
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[Christopher]

Name:Gearuvagen
Game:Soul Silver
List of Pokemon that got away:

Spoiler:

Beedrill
Raticate
Arbok
Sandslash
Clefable
Persian
Golem
Dodrio
Hypno
Exeggutor
Mr.Mime
Pinsir
Aerodactyl
Meganium
Noctowl
Furret
Ariados
Forretress
Yanmega
Muk
Stantler
Miltank
Lanturn
Ursaring
Torkoal
Lunatone
Solrock
Glalie
Rampardos
Bastiodon
Mothim
Drapion
Toxicroak
Carnivine
Gliscor
Probopass

Number required:5 or 6
Any specific requirements:no not really

 

[BlissyMKW]

Gearuvagen, take a

Beedrill
Furret
Meganium
Noctowl
Golem
Yanmega

 

[Sammuthegreat]

Added Gearuvagen to the Challengers list. I'm currently breeding my team for my second run on this Challenge, so I'll be starting it pretty soon.

 

[BlissyMKW]

Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!

Chapter 14: Team Rocket's 'rockin - Part 4
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A Murkrow tells me the last password...Hail Giovinni! I have a feeling I know where that password goes. Back to the room with that OTHER locked door. Ha! The password worked. Looks like there are six Electrode. This must be the source. Lance appears again...so now he'll "help" me even more. Yay.....basterd. Wait! Rockets! They're haters, so they must DAI! Ok...their hideout is done, but they have bigger plans. I have a feeling I gotta deal with more Team Rocket soon. Oh well, we gotta bust down the weird machine by owning the Electrode. I get the left side of Electrode, so Petal gets some battling in at last. Yay...for real. Ok...they're Level 23...kinda overkill since they might explode. Ok...Petal will own them 1 at a time, so I'll be back.

Three Electrodes get owned later...

...They could explode, but the weird signal is gone, and Lance gave me HM06. Now, at long last, to Mahogany Gym. Ice type gym, eh? Fine. Ice floor...total demons of a gym. Furry getting more battles...mabye. Well...we'll see. The faster Pryce is owned...the better. So...I'll go through until I reach Pryce. Ok...I reached him. He was a royal pain with Seel and Dewgong since they had Rest. Piloswine...was gay, but died, so I got the Glacier Badge. The strange part is that Prof. Elm called me. Something's up with the radio broadcast, and it involves...Team Rocket! Son of a b-

To Be Continued!​

This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.
Blissy's Army:
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Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 28
Moves: Headbutt, Poisonpowder, Razor Leaf, Synthesis

Furry (Furret) Lv. 26
Moves: Cut, Surf, Mud-Slap, Fire Punch
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Spooky (Haunter) Lv. 27
Moves: Shadow Ball, Hypnosis, Curse, Nightmare

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 29
Moves: Fire Punch, Thunder Wave, Thundershock, Thunderpunch

Shuckie (Shuckle) Lv. 22
Moves: Constrict, Strength, Wrap, Encore

Badges Obtained
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[Christopher]

First Update:
~Picked Chikorita named Her Rose
~Did the basic Delivery Boy stuff
~Caught a Weedle named her Athena
~Caught a Sentret named him Craig
~Went into Dark Cave and Caught a Geodude named her Berta
~Caught a Hoothoot named it Archie
~Decided to breed a Yanma egg on platinum and trade it over it hatched knowing U-Turn (a pleasant surprise) named him Marshal
~Trained Archie in the sprout tower
~Got Berta to level 13 and pwned Faulkner
~Trained Rose on the in Union Cave until she Evolved
~Saved it here going to finish going through Union Cave training mainly Berta and Archie for Bugsy.

Team:

Rose .Level-16
-Tackle
-Synthesis
-Razor Leaf
-Poison Powder

Archie. Level-11
-Tackle
-Peck
-Foresight
-Hypnosis

Athena. Level-10
-Poison Sting
-String Shot
-Harden
-Fury Attack

Berta. Level-15
-Tackle
-Defense Curl
-Rock Throw
-Magnitude

Craig. Level-9
-Scratch
-Quick Attack
-Defense Curl
-Foresight

Marshal. Level-8
-Tackle
-Foresight
-U-Turn
-Quick Attack

Planning on training a lot before taking on Bugsy.

 

[BlissyMKW]

Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!

Chapter 15: Team Rocket's 'rockin - Part 5
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Son of a bullfish! Team Rocket took over the Radio Tower in Goldenrod City. I guess that was their big plan. Well...let's go to the Radio Tower.....again. Team Rocket needs to be owned...again. Looks like they really did do it. They took it over. I need to speak to the manager about this! I'll own every grunt who stands in my way!

A ton of ownage later...

I found the director! Wait, he's a Rocket Executive? He's a fake! They stashed the real one in the Underground Werehouse. I just know that Deyrell is near, though.....very near.

To Be Continued!​

This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.
Blissy's Army:
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Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 29
Moves: Headbutt, Poisonpowder, Razor Leaf, Synthesis

Furry (Furret) Lv. 26
Moves: Cut, Surf, Mud-Slap, Fire Punch
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Spooky (Haunter) Lv. 30
Moves: Shadow Ball, Hypnosis, Curse, Nightmare

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 31
Moves: Fire Punch, Thunder Wave, Thundershock, Thunderpunch

Shuckie (Shuckle) Lv. 22
Moves: Constrict, Strength, Wrap, Encore

Badges Obtained
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[/QUOTE]

 

[-Cygnus-]

Well I didn't give the Victory Road a proper update. Oh well. All you need to know is that I got through it :) Oh and... Challenge Complete!! Below is my conquest of the elite four:

Spoiler:

Well it was a long road to get there, but I finally arrived at the Pokemon League's gates. After some grinding, I decided that I would stop at level 50 (didn't want to make the E4 too easy). I gave my team some berries for confusion, stocked up on potions, and entered the game's final test...

Sidney
The first member of the E4 followed suit to every other playthrough I've done of R/S/E... He was very easy. Mighteyena was gone in a fire punch or two, Sharpedo was just a joke, the two grass types fell easily, and Absol doesn't have the strength that other "boss" Poke's in the E4 do. I'd say that Magmar stole the show in this battle, and I soon knew that he would become my most important member for the E4.

Phoebe
Surprisingly hard. Dusclops in this game is quite the tank. I knew that it would take a while to finish off her level 51, but I didn't know that it had a very surprisingly strong offensive game. The anti-confusion berries (name?) were helpful in this, as confusion is by far the most irritating status condition, imo. Poor Xatu was easily taken down by a few shadow balls, and Dewgong didn't fare nearly as well as I thought it would. Once again, Magmar helped the most, with it's wonderful special attack and speed. The Banettes were no trouble, and Sableye is just a joke.

Glacia
I don't know how, but Glacia proved to be the hardest to take down. Tauros' return fell a little short here, and even though I thought that Magmar would be able to dent the Sealeo's, he just ended up getting surfed to death. Walerien took almost ten minutes to beat, and in the end I pulled a victory out through a lucky critical hit from Tauros. The levels of the Pokemon were steadily increasing, and my team was struggling to catch up.

Drake
But fortunately, I got a break. Dewgong finally started to shine here, taking out Altaria in one hit, and quickily finishing off Salamence. The Flygons were the toughest part, by far. I had to resort to Tauros to take them out, and was spared Flamethrower and Dig. Dragonbreath pulverized Tauros in a few hits, but I had enough PP for surf to take down both the Flygons without losing my Dewgong. Xatu, once again, didn't see much love.

Steven
Besides Cradilly and Armaldo, Steven wasn't too bad. The champion's leading Pokemon didn't even get an attack in before Magmar's flamethrower turned it into roasted chicken. I guess Steven was mad at me dinner-izing his bird, because he immediately followed it up with Metagross 0_0 I sent Tauros out first (it was a pretty epic confontation), and he Earthquaked Metagross to just the right amount of HP before he died- not to low to trigger a full restore, and not too high so that I can't take it out in one attack. Magmar filled in for Tauros after that, and easily took down the Pokemon I feared most. I personally can't think of any type combos that give a super-effective hit on his two fossils, so I tried my best with Dewgong and the reborn Tauros. Cradilly almost killed Dewgong, but I got off a lucky surf that was enough to take it down. Armaldo was much easier, though he did come within inches of re-killing Tauros. Aggron and Claydol were fairly easy, and before I knew it, I had beated Gen III once again :)

That was kinda short, I know... And probably didn't make any sense. (I is tired!) Stay tuned for my final pseudo-update: an in-depth look at how my team of never used Poke's fared in the foriegn (except Xatu) Hoenn region.

 

[Sammuthegreat]

The anti-confusion berries (name?)

Persim :)

I personally can't think of any type combos that give a super-effective hit on his two fossils

Armaldo would be hit super-effectively by... um... Steel, Water and... Rock? Rock's neutral against Rock I think, so yeah, those three. As for Cradily... Ice, Bug (I think Bug's neutral against Rock so would super-effective the Grass part of Cradily, same as Ice does), Steel again and Fighting.

Also, isn't Xatu a Gen II Pokemon? So Hoenn is foreign to Xatu as well...

Anyway, that's enough of me being pedantic. Well done on completing the Challenge, I'll add you to the Champions list post-haste. Looking forward to reading your team review!

 

[BlissyMKW]

Blissy's The Ones Who Got Away Challenge! - Silver Version!

Chapter 16: Team Rocket's Last Fight. (Will Edit)
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I just have a feeling that Deyrell is near.....very near. Anyway...let's go to the undergroud werehouse! But...on the way there, Deyrell showed up. Oh well...he'll get his ownage too. Bring it on!

One Deyrell Ownage Later...

Now...he's done.....for now. But...it's time to save the real director! Onward! Well...there are even Team Rocket Grunts inside the Underground Werehouse. After I owned all of them, I find the director...for real.

To Be Continued!​

This concludes this chapter of my The Ones Who Got Away Challenge.
Blissy's Army:
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Petal (Bayleef) Lv. 29
Moves: Headbutt, Poisonpowder, Razor Leaf, Synthesis

Furry (Furret) Lv. 26
Moves: Cut, Surf, Mud-Slap, Fire Punch
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Spooky (Haunter) Lv. 30
Moves: Shadow Ball, Hypnosis, Curse, Nightmare

Shiek (Flaaffy) Lv. 31
Moves: Fire Punch, Thunder Wave, Thundershock, Thunderpunch

Shuckie (Shuckle) Lv. 22
Moves: Constrict, Strength, Wrap, Encore

Badges Obtained
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[Sammuthegreat]

KoboraX... Are you doing your Challenge on an emulator? Because I think it is possible to trade on an emulator so you could evolve your Haunter if you wanted...

 

[BlissyMKW]

KoboraX... Are you doing your Challenge on an emulator? Because I think it is possible to trade on an emulator so you could evolve your Haunter if you wanted...

Nah, I'm using the actual game.

 

[Hacki101]

Update for Pokemon White:

Caught a Patrat on Route 1
Defeated Cheren and Bianca
Beat the first gym leader with Patrat's Bide at Lv.14
Caught Roggenrola in Wellspring Cave
Evolved Patrat whilst training for Aloe
Defeated N
Swept Aloe with Roggenrola
Evolved to Boldore in Victini Event :D
Evolved to Gigalith
Destroyed Burgh with Gigalith
Caught Yamask
Caught Trubbish
Many Toxic Spikes/Hex sweeps followed as I raised them two up to Watchog and Gigalith levels
Gigalith beat 4th gym

Then gave up challenge as too much temptation from other Pokemon that needed evolving to complete Pokedex such as Solosis and Tirtouga. Sorry guys :(

Impressions:

Patrat/Watchog: Was better I thought it would be at the start due to stab tackle and bide. After I caught Roggenola it was a nuisance to level as it was so bad. Would not raise again espically as it took too much time to train up, however Super Fang and Hyponsis were good for catching Pokemon. Finished at Lv.27

Roggenola/Boldore/Gigalith: Definite MVP. In a game of such high evolution levels to have such a good Pokemon at Lv.25 like I did makes it a brillant in-game Pokemon that I would recommend to anybody. At one point it was OHKO'ing Pokemon with 1 hit of Rock Blast. Shame it had to carry Watchog as it soon as it became a member of the team as I enjoyed using it. Finished at Lv.31

Yamask: I didnt use it for long but its Hex move can really be quite good. Coupled with Will O Wisp as an early level up move and Trubbish's Toxic Spikes this guy is a bit like a bulky sweeper in game. Would use again if there weren't so many good Pokemon this generation.

Trubbish: I know I have said it but I will say it again, Toxic Spikes is awesome with Hex! A strong moveset aids Trubbish's average stats with an underrated Acid Spray move and Slugde which works well of the opposing Pokemon's -2 Sp.Def. Doubt I would use it again though.