The Ultimate Monotype Challenge

[Umbreon3055]

Ground monotype challenge SINNOH UPDATE#2

Went down cycling road
Went into wayward cave
CAUGHT GIBLE party member #4
Called it hades
Dawn have me the vs seeker
Went through mount coronet
Did some training
Hades evolved into Gabite
Beat hearthome gym on the 3rd try
Big G evolved into Graveler

Team Quake2:

Grotle (Twiggy) Lv. 26
Bite
Curse
Absorb
Razor leaf

Graveler (Big G) Lv. 25
Magnitude
Rock smash
Rock blast
Rollout

Shellos (Aegis) Lv. 25
Hidden power (Grass)
Rain dance
Water pulse
Mud bomb

Gabite (Hades) Lv. 25
Dragon rage
Shadow claw
Take down
Sand tomb

Progress: 3/8

 

[Aryan143]

Hey Necrum, I have a question. I have a fully completed Emerald save file. Can I trade my Alakazam to that file, teach it Ice Punch via Battle Frontier and trade it back? I also want to do this for Gardeviour.

EDIT: Update #2 on Emerald

Got to Slateport.
Saved Capt. Stern.
Defeated May.
Got to Mawile.
Trained a bit.
Defeated Wally.
Defeated Wattson.
Kirlia evolved.
Got to Fallarbor Town.
Got to Meteor Falls.
Defeated Magma Leader after going through Cable Car.
Reached Lavaridge Town.
Defeated Flannery.
Got Go-Goggles.
Completed Desert.
Got to Petulburg through Granite Cave.
Defeated Norman and saved.

My Team:

"image removed" LVL 37

CALM MIND/PSYCHIC/CONFUSION/DOUBLE TEAM

"image removed" LVL 37

CALM MIND/PSYCHIC/PSYBEAM/SHOCK WAVE

 

[razzbat]

Username: razzbat
Type: ghost
Challenge: Ultimate
Game(s): blue, silver, saphire, pearl, white 2

kanto update #1!
>chose squirtle
>hacked in gastly at route 1
>defeated brock
>defeated misty
>gastly evolved into haunter
>got cut on ss. anne
>caught a bellsprout to learn cut
>defeated lt. surge

pokemon party so far

lv: 38
dream eater/ confuse ray/ night shade/ hypnosis
i'm thinking about getting another haunter with different moves but i'm still not sure...

quick question
when I play silver could I please hack in misdreavus at the beginning of the game? I know I can get a gastly before the first gym but I can't get a misdreavus until I get all the 16 badges, and I want to have something other than haunters before then

 

[Necrum]

Hey Necrum, I have a question. I have a fully completed Emerald save file. Can I trade my Alakazam to that file, teach it Ice Punch via Battle Frontier and trade it back? I also want to do this for Gardeviour.

Sorry, you need to keep it self contained. Only trading allowed is for Pokemon available in the opposite version, getting a Pokemon when your type isn't before the third gym, and evolutions.

quick question
when I play silver could I please hack in misdreavus at the beginning of the game? I know I can get a gastly before the first gym but I can't get a misdreavus until I get all the 16 badges, and I want to have something other than haunters before then

Sorry, no. I have to hold everyone to the same standard. Everyone else who did mono ghost had to do it too. If you want to use Misdreavus you could always play HeartGold or SoulSilver since those games have Misdreavus on the path to Safari Zone.

 

[Dr. Slavic]

-- Update 3 --​

Finally beat Red with Monotype Bug! Very surprised by where I had trouble, which was really only Lorelei, it was terrible! I had absolutely zero trouble from any other boss, but jeez, her Ice moves are terrible. Bug was really useful first gen, strong against so much.

Spoiler:

- Entered the Silph Building
- Fifth battle against Xerxes
- Sgt. Sting poisoned Pidgeot before being taken out
- Fun Guy finished Pidgeot off with Body Slam
- Gambit took out Gyarados with Slash
- Margarine beat Growlithe with Psychic
- Alakazam beat Margarine with Psybeam
- Fun Guy beat Alakazam with Slash
- Fun Guy weakened Venusaur, but was taken out by Razor Leaf
- Gambit finished off Venusaur with Slash
- Defeated Xerxes
- Received Lapras - S.S. Annie
- Challenged Giovanni
- Sgt. Sting beat Nidorino and Kangaskhan with Twineedle
- Fun Guy defeated Rhyhorn with Mega Drain
- Fun Guy beat Nidoqueen with Dig and Slash
- Defeated Giovanni and received the Master Ball
- Swept through the Fighting Dojo and received Hitmonlee - Kicky
- Challenged Sabrina
- Gambit swept through Kadabra, Mr. Mime, and Venomoth with Slash
- Sgt. Sting beat Alakazam with Twineedle
- Defeated Sabrina and received the Marsh Badge

- Arrived on Cinnabar Island
- Went through the Pokemon Mansion and received the Secret Key
- Used TM22 to teach Margarine Solarbeam
- Challenged Blaine
- Blaine used a Super Potion on Growlithe the first turn before I had even had a chance to attack him...
- Fun Guy took out Growlithe with Dig
- Blaine used a Super Potion on Ponyta, again before being attacked
- Gambit raised his attack with Swords Dance, then beat Ponyta with Slash
- Margarine put Rapidash to sleep with Sleep Powder and beat him with Psychic
- Arcanine took out Fun Guy, Sgt. Sting, and Margarine with Fire Blast
- Gambit finally beat Arcanine with Slash
- Defeated Blaine and received the Volcano Badge

- Returned to Viridian City
- Challenged Giovanni
- Sgt. Sting took out Rhyhorn with Twineedle
- Sgt. Sting beat Dugtrio with Pin Missile
- Fun Guy defeated Nidoqueen with Dig
- Margarine beat Nidoking with Psychic
- Margarine knocked out Rhydon with Solarbeam
- Defeated Giovanni and received the Earth Badge

- Umpteenth battle against Xerxes
- Sgt. Sting weakened Pidgeot, but was taken out by Quick Attack
- Fun Guy finished off Pidgeot with Slash
- Fun Guy defeated Rhyhorn with Mega Drain
- Margarine beat Gyarados with Psychic
- Growlithe took out Margarine with Ember
- Gambit knocked out Growlithe with Slash
- Gambit used Swords Dance and Leer, then destroyed Alakazam with Slash
- Fun Guy weakened Venusaur, but was beaten by Razor Leaf
- Gambit finished off Venusaur with Slash
- Defeated Xerxes
- Entered Victory Road
- Arrived in the Pokemon League
- Bought a ludicrous amount of healing items
- Challenged Lorelei
- Fun Guy put Dewgong to sleep and took her out with Slash
- Sgt. Sting beat Cloyster, Slowbro, and Jynx
- Margarine put Lapras to sleep and beat it with Psychic
- Defeated Lorelei and healed up
- Challenged Bruno
- Fun Guy took out both Onixs with Mega Drain
- Margarine swept the rest of Bruno's team with Psychic
- Defeated Bruno
- Challenged Agatha
- Fun Guy took out Golbat with Slash
- Fun Guy took out Haunter, both Gengars, and Arbok with Dig
- Defeated Agatha and healed up
- Challenged Lance
- Gambit took down Gyarados with Slash
- Fun Guy took out both Dragonairs with Slash
- Fun Guy took out Aerodactyl with Mega Drain
- Fun Guy put Aerodactyl to sleep with Spore and beat it with Slash
- Defeated Lance and healed up
- Final battle with Xerxes
- Gambit beat Pidgeot and Alakazam with Slash
- Fun Guy took out Rhydon with Mega Drain
- Margarine poisoned Gyarados with Toxic and Sgt. Sting finished him off with Skull Bash
- Gambit took out Arcanine and Venusaur with Slash
- Defeated Xerxes and completed the game

~-~ Team ~-~

Spoiler:

~-~ Team Synopsis ~-~​

MVP - Gambit

Slash - Swords Dance
Leer - Rage
For the time it took to save up the money for Gambit, he was worth it. Gambit's best feature was the absolute Speed hacks he got for Criticals. Since they were based on Speed instead of Luck, every Slash from Gambit was a Critical, making him a devastating force. Gambit ended at the highest level, and had two stats over 140, acing through Pokemon that should kill him normally. Slash was clearly the main move, and pretty much the only move I ever used. Swords Dance, Leer, and Rage just kind of happened, but never actually helped because of how the Criticals worked first gen. If Criticals worked this way in other games, I would use a Scyther every time.

LVP - Sgt. Sting

Poison Sting - Twineedle
Pin Missile - Skull Bash
I expected Sgt. Sting to become obsolete, but he really served his use for the first 6 gyms much better than I expected he would. With Bug type's incredible power in the first generation, he was the wild card that took down Poison, Psychic, and Ghost types with ease. However, his low stats really shined once we got to the Elite Four, and I had counted on him to take out Agatha. However, he didn't do really anything for the last stretch of the game, and unfortunately got placed as LVP because of it. Poison Sting was never really used, and was simply a relic of his old Weedle days. Twineedle was Sgt. Sting's best attack, as it was both powerful, hit twice, and could poison. Because of this, Twineedle was Sgt. Sting's main attack, and was quite useful while Sgt. Sting was helpful. Pin Missile was Sgt. Sting's other Bug type move, and was used on bulkier Pokemon with more health, since it had the chance to hit 5 times. Skull Bash was very useful, as it allowed me to hit targets that Poison Sting and the Bug moves didn't do well with. Sgt. Sting was extremely useful as an early Pokemon, but just became unusable as the late part of the game progressed. I could see using him again, but not as a permanent member of my team.

Margarine

Solarbeam - Psychic
Toxic - Sleep Powder
Margarine was a useful Pokemon on my team, especially as it was my main Special attacking force. Both of Margarine's offensive moves, Psychic and Solarbeam, provided excellent coverage from Poison and Rock types, both being boosted by an impressive Special stat. In addition, Toxic and Sleep Powder saw their use too, especially in the Elite Four, making it actually possible to beat some of the tougher Pokemon. Butterfree was very good in this generation, however most of her Special stat went into Special Defense, not Attack, making Butterfree a much less useful Pokemon. Playing Red, I would love to use her again.

Fun Guy

​

Slash - Mega Drain
Spore - Dig
Fun Guy was a very good balanced attacker on my team, having high Attack and Special, complementing Slash and Mega Drain nicely. Slash was my basic move, since it had the highest PP, but whenever I had type advantage, I would go for Dig on Fire types and Mega Drain on Rock and Water types. Spore was a very tactical move, and actually made it possible to defeat Lorelei's absurd Pokemon. Even with 3 quad weaknesses, Fun Guy made an excellent addition to the team, and I would gladly use him again in a later game.​

Alright, well Red is now finished! Onwards to Crystal!

-- End of Update 3 --​

 

[razzbat]

Sorry, no. I have to hold everyone to the same standard. Everyone else who did mono ghost had to do it too. If you want to use Misdreavus you could always play HeartGold or SoulSilver since those games have Misdreavus on the path to Safari Zone.

damn, fair enough. I'll just go through silver with more haunters then
kanto update #2
>renamed first haunter to Yawntermon
>beat goivanni and got silph scope at team rockets hideout
>caught another gastly at pokemon tower, named it Spectre
>Spectre evolved to haunter
>defeated Erika
>went down cycling road
>defeated Koga
>got HM Fly
>got water to get into saffron city
>defeated giovanni again at silph co
>defeated sabrina
>went to safari zone to get HM Surf
>got key to get into cinnaber gym
>defeated Blaine
>defeated Giovanni at viridian gym
>got through victory road
>defeated elite 4 and the final rival
finished kanto!!! now off to johto with silver :D

Spoiler:

Spectre lv.61
Psychic/ confuse ray/ night shade/ thunderbolt

Yawntermon lv.59
Dream Eater/ confuse ray/ night shade/ hypnosis

 

[dontstay96]

3rd update:
- Went through route 118 and 119
- Defeated Team Aqua on the weather institute
- Defeated May
- Caught a Tropius (Thaddeus)
- Got the Devon Scope
- Got defeated by Winona 2 times
- Defeated her on the 3rd try with Leech Seed from Cacturne, Confuse Ray and Acid from Lileep
- Went through routes 120 and 121
- Defeated May at Lilycove

 

[Mama-Mamo]

UPDATE #4

Elite 4 Completed!!

-After some MAJOR grinding and a few attempts, my team FINALLY beat the Elite 4!! (:
-Lorelei was fairly easy since I had Guppie. He was MVP for this battle. (:
-Battling Bruno was also fairly easy... Once again, Guppie proved himself. Subsequently, he was also MVP.
-Agatha... was a pain in the ass. D: Guppie was useful since he had moves that could hit the ghosts... And hypnosis was helpful. Baxter also shone through a bit... But his Special stat was abysmal. So there's that...
-Lance. Oh Lance. Lance Crackers. Ice Beam saved my fannie for this one!

Over all, Guppie was my main guy. Everyone else just kind of acted as support and a scapegoat when I needed to switch or heal.

FINAL TEAM:

Poliwrath (Guppie) - Lvl. 64
-Ice Beam
-Hypnosis
-Surf
-Body Slam

Primeape (Apple) - Lvl. 59
-Dig
-Screech
-Submission
-Karate Chop

Hitmonchan (Baxter) - Lvl. 57
-Mega Punch
-Thunderpunch
-Fire Punch
-Ice Punch

Machoke (Clay) - Lvl. 54
-Karate Chop
-Low Kick
-Seismic Toss
-Strength


-Yellow Complete!! I've decided I'm going to do an Ultimate Run. ^-^; HeartGold next!!

FIN!

 

[ScubaDouch3]

So I started my Platinum portion of the Mono-Electric challenge and so far it's pretty awesome.
Here's my first update:

Mono-Electric Challenge: Platinum

- Started game, named myself "Lucas" and my Rival "Barry"
- Chose Piplup so Barry would have Turtwig for an extra Challenge
- Talked to Rowan, then listened to Dawn blab about catching Pokemon
- Caught a Male "Shinx" and named him "Simba"
- Did the Jubilife City crap then beat Barry just outside the city
- Made it to Oreburgh and entered the Gym with a Luxio...
- Somehow managed to Leer Roark to death and obtained my well deserved

Coal Badge
- Traveled all the way to Floaroma and headed to the Valley Windworks
- Kicked Mars and the rest of Team Galactic out of the Windworks
- Traveled through Eterna Forest and arrived in Eterna City
- Had the hardest fight with Gardenia that I've ever had and obtained the

Forest Badge
- Entered the Old Chateau and caught my Rotom named "Geist"
- Made the long trek to Hearthome City and grabbed an Eevee named "Minato"
- Bit my way through Hearthome Gym and defeated Fantina for the

Relic Badge
- Skipped over to Solaceon Town and entered Solaceon Ruins for a Thunderstone to evolve Eevee
- Skipped all the way to Backlot's Mansion and caught a Male Pikachu named "Raikov"
- Grabbed another Thunderstone from the Underground and evolved Pikachu
- Went back to Veilstone and beat Maylene for the

Cobble badge

Alright, that's it so far, I'm looking forward to the rest of this challenge.
https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Solaceon_Ruins

 

[kirax7]

I'd like to join :)

Username:kirax7
Type:Normal
Challenge:Ultimate
Games:Blue-Silver-Sapphire-Pearl(Diamond)-White

I'll always use only 3 pokemon in any game except BW(6)

 

[Necrum]

So I accidentally screwed up while trying to update, and lost all the stuff I was going to add. I may try again in a while, but more likely I will just update tomorrow instead. fml

Also, congrats to WarriorCat, our newest Ultimate Champion, and jdthebud for completing another Ultimate!

 

[rave of shaggy]

Username:rave of shaggy
Type:Electric
Challenge:Ultimate
Games:Yellow-Heartgold-Emerald-Platinum-Black 2
Party:

Spoiler:

Pokemon Yellow:Pikachu/Jolteon/Magneton
Pokemon Heartgold:Ampharos/Magneton/Lanturn
Pokemon Emerald:Electrike/Magneton/Lanturn
Pokemon Platinum:Luxray/Lanturn/Magnezone
Pokemon Black 2:Magneton/Galvantula/Emgola

 

[kirax7]

so let's start with Blue

Spoiler:

-started with

for HM purpose
-caught a

on Route 1
-grinding

to 16 before Brock

LV16

: difficulty 1/5
*Sand Attack FTW
*Bide was dangerous but not that much

-evolving

on route 3
-caught a

on Route 3
-Mt.Moon grinding
-taught

, Water Gun
-got a Moon Stones but not using it

LV16,

LV21

: difficulty 1/5
*Sing and Pound

-Nuggetbridge,Bill
-caught

on Route 5

LV24,

LV23,

LV10

: difficulty 1/5
*Sing and Double Slap

-bought Repels
-taught

, Bubblebeam
-grinding

on the ship
-taught

Body Slam

LV26,

LV26,

LV20

: difficulty 1/5
*done while change in

to grind xD

-caught a

traded for

(HM purpose)

LV26,

LV26,

LV23

: difficulty 1/5
*Body Slam with

then Sing+Double Slap on

-taught

, Thunderbolt
-

evolved on Route 9
-going thorugh Rock Tunnel
-

learnt Body Slam and i used the Moon Stone on Route 8
-taught

Ice Beam and Tri-attack
-game corner Bubblebeam on

0/5
-Saffron City
-taught

, Psychic
-bought Repels,Hyper-Potions-Lemonades and Revives
-

evolved in Erika's gym

LV34,

LV36,

LV32

: difficulty 0/5
*

use Wing Attack

-Pokemon Tower

OHKOed everyone 0/5
-

learnt Fly
-waking up

-got Surf and Strenght and

learnt them

LV46,

LV43,

LV42
Koga: difficulty 0/5
*

had Psychic so...not hard at all xD

-Fight Dojo
-Silph

and

0/5

OHKOed everyone

LV48,

LV49,

LV49

: difficulty 0/5
*

Body Slam OHKO

-water routes
-Pokemon Mansion
-

learnt Blizzard

LV52,

LV51,

LV54

: difficulty 0/5
*

Bubblebeam+Slash

: difficulty 1/5
*

had Blizzard

Route 22

0/5
*

as always OHKOed everyone

-Victory Road

starting Elite 4

LV59,

LV59,

LV59

Lorelei: i used only

with Thunderbolt 1/5
Bruno:

Bubblebeam fight pokemon Fly 0/5
Agatha: i used only

with Psychic 1/5
Lance: started with

and Thunderbolt on

and

Blizzard on the others 1/5

Final Battle

Oak
*well

did it xD with 4 HP left

here Final Stats
(image no longer exists)

Atk127/Def118/Spd150/Spc124
Wing Attack
Sand-Attack
Quick Attack
Fly
(image no longer exists)

Atk119/Def89/Spd90/Spc92
Body Slam
Psychic
Submission
Blizzard
(image no longer exists)

MVP
Atk122/Def100/Spd180/Spc121
Body Slam
Thunderbolt
Bubblebeam
Slash

Here Screenshots

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

 

[brodioh]

I managed to finish my Hoenn section of the Psychic Ultimate Monotype

- Beat the next 6 gym leaders
- Finished off the Aqua/Magma Plot
- Saved the World and stuff
- During all this I caught a Spoink, Staryu, Baltoy and hatched the Wynaut.
- Everyone except Kadabra fully evolved
- Beat Elite 4
- Beat Champion with final move being Mirror Coat by Wobbuffet.

TEAM

Gardevoir (Empath)
Lv 56 @ Amulet Coin
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Hypnosis
- Thunderbolt

Kadabra (Calendar)
Lv 47 @ --
- Psychic
- Calm Mind
- Recover
- Shock Wave

Claydol (Ancient)
Lv 47 @ Quick Claw
- Psychic
- AncientPower
- Earthquake
- Cosmic Power

Grumpig (Bacon)
Lv 48 @ Chesto Berry
- Psychic
- Confuse Ray
- Rest
- Shadow Ball

Wobbuffet (Magic)
Lv 47 @ --
- Encore
- Mirror Coat
- Counter
- Safeguard

Starmie (Wisdom)
Lv 53 @ Lax Incense
- Psychic
- Surf
- Thunderbolt
- Ice Beam

 

[Cordelia]

Username: Mac
Type: Dark
Challenge: Single
Game(s): W2

 

[dontstay96]

Pokemon Sapphire Monotype Update 4:
- Went to Mt. Pyre where I defeated Team Aqua
- Went to the Aqua hideout got the Master Ball and Archie ran away
- Went to Mosdeep and defeated Tate and Liza with Sly (Grovyle) and Galleth (Lilleep/Cradily) who evolved
- Went to the abandoned ship, got the Water Stone and evolved Henriette to a Ludicolo
- Went to Sootopolis city to register it as a flying spot
- Went to the Underwater Cave where Team Aqua was and defeated Archie (I have screen captures :D)
- Went to Sootopolis and caught Kyogre (which I can't use obviously)
- Defeated Wallace with Sly (Grovyle) and Galleth (Cradily... which is becoming the powerhouse of the team)
- Got all 8 badges!!!!!

Screen Captures:

I won't be updating for a while because I'm going to train till lvl 55 to win the league

 

[razzbat]

ok first johto update for my ghost monotype challenge!

>chose totodile for hm slave
>caught 2 gastly at sprout tower, named one spectre the other big-don
>majorly struggled (pun not intended) against all normal type pokemon
>defeated Falkner by using up all pp with spectre and spamming struggle
>spectre learned curse so battles were slightly easier
>defeated bugsy
>big-don evolved to haunter
>trade evolved big-don to gengar
>defeated whitney
>changed spectre's name to phantome and evolved him up to gengar
>defeated Morty

big don lv 31
ice punch/ lick/ night shade/ confuse ray

phantome lv 31
hypnosis/ night shade/ shadow ball/ confuse ray

 

[Griffinbane]

I got bored so I started another monotype on pokemon yellow. It's an electric monotype, cuz I figured with getting Pikachu straight off and feeling a bit nostalgic, it would be fun. Of course, now I have to try to figure out how to set off the sprinklers in Brock's gym. I'll finish the other monotypes eventually, I swear! (After starting another 2 or 3, probably, lol.)

Pikachu Lv. 14
Thundershock|Quick Attack|Double Team|Thunder Wave

 

[Umbreon3055]

Bug monotype challenge UNOVA UPDATE #2

Did the pokestar studios stuff (so boring :'c )
Went to castelia city
Did the castelia sewers stuff
Cleopatra evolved into Leavanny
Beat castelia gym
Beat colress
CAUGHT DWEBBLE party member #2
called her ROCKstar
Put Temp in PC
Went to nimbasa city
Challenged Elesa
Lost
CAUGHT VESPIQUEN party member #3
Called her Victoria (all my pokés so far are girls :P)
Did a heap of unnecessary training
ROCKstar evolved into Crustle
Realised if you used stealth rock on Elesa you could beat Emolga and Flaafy without doing anything
Beat Elesa

Team Hemiptera:

Leavanny (Cleopatra) Lv. 34
Slash
Protect
Bug bite
Razor leaf

Crustle (ROCKstar) Lv. 35
Stealth rock
Rock slide
Dig
Bug bite

Vespiquen (Victoria) Lv. 34
Heal order
Power gem
Toxic
Slash

Progress: 4/8

(For the record, fennekin is the best of the new starters)

 

[Cordelia]

Just beat my first badge. :3

Team:
Level 13 Purrloin
Level 5 Purrloin
Level 4 Purrloin
Level 4 Purrloin
Level 3 Purrloin

Obviously I only have one good one!