The Ultimate Monotype Challenge

[Pekin]

Kanto now has a new Flying-type Master! The LeafGreen run of this challenge is officially complete, and I'm off to give SoulSilver a go.

Lorelei was actually the most difficult part of the Elite Four - Bruno was a piece of cake, and Agatha was easy enough after having taught Golbat Shadow Ball. Even Lance fell to the powers of my Dragonite, Charizard and Aerodactyl. My nemesis, Kean, was a bit of a challenge, but Charizard and Butterfree pulled off a beautiful piece of teamwork with Sunny Dance and Solarbeam, which handily took Blastoise down.

Detailed description of my final team:

Spoiler:

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Charizard, lv. 56
Male // Modest // Blaze
- Flamethrower
- Sunny Day
- Dragon Claw
- Metal Claw

My main man, always has been, always will be. With an insane Sp. Attack and a killer Flamethrower, he roasts everything in his way. Seriously, though, even though this guy provided very, very limited coverage, he was a beast. Hell, it's Charizard, of course he's a beast.

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Golbat, lv. 50
Female // Jolly // Inner Focus
- Shadow Ball
- Aerial Ace
- Confuse Ray
- Poison Fang

I had my doubts using Golbat, knowing I would never have a Crobat before obtaining the National Dex - meaning after completing the run. I will evolve him now, but that's a different story. Anyway, he turned out useful enough. Especially after learning Shadow Ball, he became a bit of a beast in the Elite Four, killing off two Gengar and a Haunter.

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Fearow, lv. 51
Female // Adamant // Keen Eye
- Fly
- Agility
- Drill Peck
- Return

Very neutral, very little coverage. Hits hard and hits fast, and Drill Peck is insane. Obviously, so is Return. Love you, Fearow, you're cool. Never used Fearow before.

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Dragonite, lv. 55
Male // Bashful // Inner Focus
- Surf
- Thunder Wave
- Brick Break
- Ice Beam

It goes without saying that Dragonite is a beast. But before evolveing into a Dragonite, Dragonair actually wasn't much use. But battling the Elite Four, Dragonite simply turned out to be a complete boss. No surprises there.

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Butterfree, lv. 50
Female // Modest // Compoundeyes
- Solarbeam
- Sleep Powder
- Safeguard
- Psychic

I did a solo run with a Butterfree once, so I would never do a Flying Monotype run in Kanto without this gal. She has great coverage, and Compundeyes + Sleep Powder is precious. Also has a decent Sp. Attack for a bug that's fully evolved at lv. 10. A damn solid team member.

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Aerodactyl, lv. 51
Male // Adamant // Pressure
- Rock Slide
- Fly
- Earthquake
- Bite

Christ, Aerodactyl is awesome. Hits hard and incredibly fast and has great coverage in Earthquake and Rock Slide. Just a beast.

Anyway, I'm off to make all of Johto shiver and make Falkner look like a simple Bird Tamer.

 

[Pyromaniac45]

Day two: one hit ko'd both of brocks pokemon! Woah!
Got the running shoes
Bulbasaur evolved on route 3
Youngster calvin and his spearow ko'd my ivysaur by pecking him to death. : (
Caught a paras in mt. moon!
Chose a dome fossil
Rival fight!
Pidgeotto. Used sleep powder, and tackled him to KO!! Muhaha!
Charmander: tried to use paras to paralyze him, but got one hit ko'd. used ivysaur and tried to use sleep powder, but missed. Ember took about 40% of my health. Sleep power hit on the second try, and then tackled him to a KO!
Abra: tackled him to KO, only took two hits.
Rattaa, vine whipped to Ko. Only took one hit.
Caught an Oddish!
Gym Battle #2: Misty!
Oddish absorbed the life right out of Staryu. Then did the exact same thing to Starmie! Boo-yeah!
After the battle with Misty, Oddish evolved into Gloom!
Decided to drop Paras from my team, he was weak!! Designated him to a CUT hm slave.
Made it to vermilion!
Combed through the S.S Anne
Rival fight
Pidgeotto: Sleep powder and acid from Gloom made short work of him. Only got one gust in!
Kadabra: Used disable, and disabled my acid! Got hit with confusion and was brought to 15hp!! I used sleep powder, and was disabled no more. Acid 1 hit ko'd Kadabra.
Charmeleon: Finished off my Gloom with an ember. Ivysaur used sleep powder, then Razor leaf. Charmeleon woke up, and burned Ivysaur. Charmeleon fainted, leaving Ivysaur with 2 HP, and a burn.
Raticate: Shifted to Paras, and used the turn to use a super potion on my Ivysaur. Raticate took out Paras with one hyperfang. Ivysaur used razor leaf, and brough raticate down into the red. Hyper fang brought Ivysaur down to 12 health, and the burn brought him to 2 hp. I tried to use tackle, but raticates quick attack finished me off.
I'm going to beat the trainers on route 11, and then try again later.
Time – 3:10

 

[Griffinbane]

Water mono: B2
Where did I stop? (/shrug) Anyhoo, just defeated Skyla with minimal effort. For once I wasn't forced to go back outside after defeating the trainers in order to heal. Easy peasy. Can't wait til I get to Undella.

Current team:

Spoiler:

Samurott Lv. 43
Razor Shell|Return|Aqua Jet|Revenge

Azumarill Lv. 44
Superpower|Strength|Aqua Tail|Water Sport

Sidenote: Started a water monotype on LeafGreen. Gotten nowhere yet though.

 

[Pekin]

Okay, so I just started out on my SoulSilver Flying run, and I'm trying to decide on a team. I'm definitely going for Noctowl, I've actually never used it, but I've always thought it was cool. Kinda useless, maybe, because I've always just needed a Flying type for Fly. Now that that's not really a problem, I'm definitely going for Noctowl. Also, I sort of want to use the generic bird of every region. Except Pidgeot. And I want to use Crobat, too. Last run I couldn't evolve my Golbat, but Crobat's a beast, no question there. Maybe Jumpluff, too. I dunno.

Anyway, so far I've just started building my team. I'll do a bit of training, then I'll show Falkner who's the real Flying Master!

Spoiler:

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Hoothoot, lv. 11
Female // Calm // Keen Eye
- Tackle
- Peck
- Foresight
- Hypnosis

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Zubat, lv. 7
Female // Jolly // Inner Focus
- Leech Life
- Supersonic

 

[Necrum]

Okay, so I just started out on my SoulSilver Flying run, and I'm trying to decide on a team. I'm definitely going for Noctowl, I've actually never used it, but I've always thought it was cool. Kinda useless, maybe, because I've always just needed a Flying type for Fly. Now that that's not really a problem, I'm definitely going for Noctowl. Also, I sort of want to use the generic bird of every region. Except Pidgeot. And I want to use Crobat, too. Last run I couldn't evolve my Golbat, but Crobat's a beast, no question there. Maybe Jumpluff, too. I dunno.

Anyway, so far I've just started building my team. I'll do a bit of training, then I'll show Falkner who's the real Flying Master!

Spoiler:

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Hoothoot, lv. 11
Female // Calm // Keen Eye
- Tackle
- Peck
- Foresight
- Hypnosis

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Zubat, lv. 7
Female // Jolly // Inner Focus
- Leech Life
- Supersonic

I've actually heard good things about Noctowl. Since you're playing SoulSilver, you won't have access to Mantine unfortunately. But Skarmory would certainly be a cool choice, even if it is pretty late into the main game.

 

[RefinedHornet]

very quick update on my Dark run

-went down Route 214 and caught a Houndour(which evolved into Houndoom on the first level-up)
-beat rival in Pastoria City
-caught a Skorupi in the Great Marsh

Team:
Umbreon
Lv. 44

Houndoom
Lv. 26

Skorupi
Lv. 27

HM Slaves:
Psyduck
-Rock Smash

Bidoof
-Cut

Noctowl
-Defog
-Fly

I am currently waiting for the Great Marsh to have a Skorupi.
In the meantime, I think I'll start the Black 2 part of this run.
I already did everything before the gym battle with Cheren in Black 2

Team:
Purrloin
Lv. 11

 

[TheCrystalFlaaffy]

Almost done Pearl for my Bug run. :)

Got Earthquake from wayward cave, taught it to Kabuteri.
So I took out Team Galactic once and for all.
Defeated Palkia.
Went to Sunyshore and challenged Volkner.
vs

Spoiler:

Team:

Spoiler:

Vespiquinn
Level 41
Nature: Naive
Ability: Pressure
Gust, Power Gem, Hidden Power, Heal Order

Kabuteri
Level 42
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Guts
Take Down, Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Earthquake

Drop D
Level 42
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Swarm
X-scissor, Aerial Ace, Brick Break, Swords Dance

Garmeil
Level 41
Nature: Timid
Ability: Swarm
Hidden Power, Gust, Psybeam, Confusion

Scizorhand
Level 41
Nature: Adamant
Ability: Technician
Slash, Quick Attack, Pursuit, Bullet Punch

Deedee
Level 41
Nature: Timid
Ability: Swarm
Silver Wind, Mega Drain, Shadow Ball, Stun Spore

I'm really underleveled and gonna have to do some serious grinding four the Elite Four.

 

[Necrum]

Updated through post #1368

 

[ScubaDouch3]

Okay, so the first part of the Ice-Mono challenge on Platinum has been pretty uneventful, so I basically picked Turtwig,

went through the first 2 gyms and grabbed their badges

, then went to Hearthome and grabbed my female

Eevee and named her "Glacia", then I trained her up until she learned Bite and proceeded to barely get through

Fantina's gym for the

Relic Badge. Oh, I am NOT looking forward to this Eevee Solo run, just 3 more Gym's to go

and I can have a Glaceon and a myriad of other Ice Types.

 

[waveguidebuizel]

Update #9 for my HeartGold grass monotype run is just miscellaneous stuff after the 16th badge and before Red. Might as well give an update while I'm here.

Spoiler:

-I don't remember the order in which I did things, but I did some exploration with Rock Climb and Waterfall (I forgot to check the cliffs last time).
-On the way, I did some training against trainers who wanted rematches and reached and defeated Lugia, Suicune, Moltres, Zapdos, and Mewtwo. Lugia's Aeroblast was scary, but we managed to get through it alright. Oh, I actually caught a shiny Parasect in Cerulean Cave too! ^-^ Cool that it actually fits into this monotype team, but it's kinda late for it, and I have a full party.
-Currently training for Red. Oh man, so much grinding to do... D:

The team so far:

Spoiler:

Chicory (Meganium, Bold, male) Lv. 62
Overgrow
@Light Clay
HP: 184/A: 118/D: 171/SpA: 127/SpD: 142/Spd: 127
-Petal Dance
-Reflect
-Rock Climb
-Light Screen

Ginger (Victreebel, Docile, female) Lv. 62
Chlorophyll
@Shell Bell
HP: 176/A: 163/D: 104/SpA: 140/SpD: 88/Spd: 136
-Leaf Blade
-Sludge Bomb
-Leaf Storm
-Stun Spore

Anise (Jumpluff, Modest, female) Lv. 62
Chlorophyll
@BrightPowder
HP: 173/A: 81/D: 111/SpA: 102/SpD: 134/Spd: 179
-Giga Drain
-Synthesis
-Sleep Powder
-Leech Seed

Thyme (Bellossom, Lonely, male) Lv. 61
Chlorophyll
@Big Root
HP: 191/A: 127/D: 126/SpA: 141/SpD: 150/Spd: 97
-Drain Punch
-Sleep Powder
-Giga Drain
-Return

Cilantro (Sunflora, Hasty, male) Lv. 62
Chlorophyll
@Miracle Seed
HP: 176/A: 119/D: 96/SpA: 165/SpD: 135/Spd: 82
-SolarBeam
-Sunny Day
-Leech Seed
-Leaf Storm

Sage (Tangrowth, Bashful, male) Lv. 61
Leaf Guard
@Leftovers
HP: 199/A: 154/D: 199/SpA: 147/SpD: 75/Spd: 97
-Power Whip
-Wring Out
-AncientPower
-Earthquake

And the fifth and final update for FireRed! Just defeated the Elite Four and the Champion/Rival! I'm not surprised I finished this before HeartGold.

Spoiler:

-Lorelei was a bit annoying with her Ice Beams. So, I decided to annoy her back. Fava (Shiftry) defeated her Dewgong after she used one of her Full Restores. Slowbro's Yawn made me switch out twice, and I eventually brought out Garlic (Venusaur). This is where I began my torment. Sleep Powder + Leech Seed + Substitute = fun! Pepper in some Razor Leaf, and this strategy got me through Slowbro, Lapras, and Jynx. Cloyster only needed a single Razor Leaf.

-Bruno was simple. It was all Azuki (Exeggutor) with Solar Beam and Psychic. All OHKOs.

-Agatha was tough because of Sludge Bomb. Fava defeated her first Gengar using Extrasensory, but the second one had Sludge Bomb, so Fava fainted here. Azuki finished the job though. I think she may have defeated Golbat too, but I can't remember it clearly. After Golbat was Arbok. I misjudged the speed difference, and ended up losing a lot of HP and getting poisoned (Lum Berry healed this though). Switched back to Garlic to finish it with SubSeed. Haunter was last, and I was hoping to have Azuki finish the battle. Unfortunately Hypnosis and Curse didn't let her. But I had an idea! Garlic's Substitute seems to shut down Haunter completely, so I did just that. Easy pickings. Revived the team in preparation for the next battle.

-Lance was about as difficult as Agatha. Alfalfa (Tangela) started off the battle with Sleep Powder and Sunnybeaming, which knocked out Gyarados and Aerodactyl. Dragonite finished him off, though. I think I brought out Cassava (Parasect) next, hoping to get in a Spore, but I think I lost her to a Wing Attack or something. So, SubSeed time. After some(?) Full Restores on Dragonite, Garlic was running low on PP from the last few battles. So I put Dragonite to sleep, switched to Fava, and finished it off. The two Dragonair were no problem for Fava, even after a Full Restore. Healed the team mostly up to full, and used my only Elixir on Garlic.

-The final battle! This match against my rival ProfOak was really annoying. I forgot who he began with, so I had Cassava up against his Pidgeot. Bad start! I immediately lost Cassava to Aerial Ace, but it wasn't for nothing... Effect Spore paralyzed it! Azuki came in and Psychic'd it to oblivion. Gyarados came out next, and I used Sleep Powder and Leech Seed to stall it as I used an X Speed, X Accuracy (to make up for Pidgeot's Sand-Attack), and one or two X Specials to prepare. Azuki defeated the Gyarados, and out came the terror I was prepping for: Charizard. Unfortunately, I overestimated Azuki's speed and underestimated his Charizard's (always with Azuki! >_<), so that single X Speed wasn't enough. Fire Blast, and I lost Azuki. He proceeded to OHKO my entire team with Fire Blast, which somehow never missed and even got a crit once. I used a Max Revive on Garlic somewhere during the slaughter, so I was fine. It turns out that he ran out of PP for Fire Blast, but that didn't stop the crits from Aerial Ace and Slash. I used an X Defend to allow Garlic to survive two Aerial Aces, and that helped a lot. From here, I proceeded with my usual strategy, and also revived Arugula (Vileplume) for backup just in case. After some Full Restores on that wretched Charizard, it finally went down. During the time it was still up, I was buffing Garlic with various X items (and a Dire Hit) in preparation for everything else (too bad there aren't any X Sp. Def. in this game). So, Alakazam, Exeggutor, and Rhydon went down quite easily. There's a new champion now!

My team was inducted into the Hall of Fame, and it was glorious:

One region down, four to go!

The team before the Elite Four (I wasn't able to get screenshots post-E4 because I couldn't get my FireRed rom to go into the post-game for some reason--weird since I don't have that problem with Emerald):

Spoiler:

I believe Garlic, Fava, and Azuki were Level 58 after the final battle, with Garlic being really close to 59.

 

[TrollShammy80]

I totally forgot to sign up for this...I'm recording the boss battles for youtube

Name: TrollShammy80
Challenge: Single
Game: Yin Black
Mono Type: Fighting
Team (Planned):
Emboar/Gallade/Conkeldurr or Hariyama or Machamp/Lucario/Scarfty/Toxicroak

www.youtube.com/trollshammy80

I've did alot in the first bit as you will see :D

 

[Pekin]

I've actually heard good things about Noctowl. Since you're playing SoulSilver, you won't have access to Mantine unfortunately. But Skarmory would certainly be a cool choice, even if it is pretty late into the main game.

Yeah, I definitely look forward to finally putting Noctowl to use. And yeah, it kinda sucks that I don't get to use Mantine - another Pokémon I've actually never used before. Skarmory might be a bit too late into the main game for me, and I only have two spots left on my team, so I think I'm gonna use Skarmory in my Emerald run instead - my team now consists of Hoothoot, Zubat, Hoppip and Togepi. For the last two, I'm considering Gyarados and Yanmega, but nothing's really certain yet.

 

[Punnagg]

>Started game with Lv.5 Bulbasaur
>Caught & evolved Weedle into Beedrill
>Defeated Brock

>Caught Zubat & Nidoran (f)
>Defeated Rival on Nugget Bridge
>Defeated Misty

>Nidoran evolved to Nidorina & Bulbasaur to Ivysaur
>Defeated Lt. Surge

>Zubat evolved to Golbat & Ivysaur to Venasaur
>Defeated Givonni
>Defeated Erika

>Caught Haunter

Spoiler:

My Team​

Dionysus

Lv.:- 34
Ability:- Overgrow

HP:- 101
Attack:- 70
Defense:- 74
Special Attack:- 81
Special Defense:- 74
Speed:- 65

-Tackle
-Razor Leaf
-Vine Whip
-Poison Powder​

Pallas

Lv.:- 27
Ability:- Swarm

HP:- 76
Attack:- 58
Defense:- 33
Special Attack:- 30
Special Defense:- 53
Speed:- 50

-Fury Attack
-Twin Needle
-Cut
-Poison Sting

Selene

Lv.:- 33
Ability:- Inner Focus

HP:- 102
Attack:- 67
Defense:- 63
Special Attack:- 53
Special Defense:- 63
Speed:- 76

-Leech Life
-Astonish
-Wing Attack
-Bite

Demeter

Lv.:- 34
Ability:- Poison Point

HP:- 114
Attack:- 69
Defense:- 73
Special Attack:- 60
Special Defense:- 70
Speed:- 67

-Body Slam
-Dig
-Bite
-Double Kick

Erebus

Lv.:- 31
Ability:- Levitate

HP:- 73
Attack:- 38
Defense:- 38
Special Attack:- 82
Special Defense:- 49
Speed:- 60

-Shadow Punch
-Curse
-Night Shade
-Confuse Ray

​

 

[Aryan143]

I just defeated Elesa in my flying run on Volt White 2 (man that was hard). Here is my team:

Butterfree level 39
Staraptor level 38
Shelgon level 38
Charizard level 38

All are doing great particularly Shelgon who is very strong now.

 

[Harmonixer3500]

Another update although a small one this time (serves me right for signing up for 7 challenges at once). Finished training my team to level 20. Faced Misty and beat her fairly quickly (tried to get Zubat some exp since it seems to have a harder time than the other 3) but triumphed.

 

[RefinedHornet]

Update on Platinum
-defeated Crasher Wake
-chased the Galactic grunt
-delivered Old Charm
-defeated Cyrus
-flew to Jubilife and surfed to Canalave
-defeated rival
-went through Iron Island with Riley
-defeated Byron

Team:
Umbreon
Lv. 50

Skorupi
Lv. 34

Houndoom
Lv. 33

 

[imevil]

Well my first update for Diamond.
Started with Piplup and quickly caught a Bidoof. Beat through the beginning of the game and beat Roark easily with my two Pokemon. I continue on to valley wind works and then catch a Shellos and Buizel. I continue through the forest. and get every one to level 20 with the free healing. Then I go on and defeat Erica, who I figured would be much harder.

 

[Pekin]

Type: Flying
Game: SoulSilver
Badges: 2

Okay, so last time I posted here I was just about to challenge Falkner and show him who's really the Flying-type Master. Hoothoot blasted through the Gym with relative ease, barely backed up by Zubat. I then decided to catch myself a Hoppip, got a Togepi Egg, hatched it and decided I would be satisfied with a Bashful nature for my future Togekiss. Just before going through Union Cave, I decided that I wanted to use a Gyarados, so I caught myself a beautiful, Adamant Magikarp. And then I headed towards Azalea Town, kicked Team Rocket out of the Slowpoke Well and prepared myself for Bugsy. His Scyther was a bit of a *****, but eventually, after having Hoppip poison the mother****er and having Zubat confuse it, Togepi managed to take it down with Extrasensory. Then his two cocoons went down easily.

My team so far:

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Zubat, lv. 18
Female // Jolly // Inner Focus
- U-Turn
- Wing Attack
- Roost
- Bite
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Togepi, lv. 18
Male // Bashful // Serene Grace
- Extrasensory
- Charm
- Sweet Kiss
- Metronome
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Hoppip, lv. 16
Male // Jolly // Leaf Guard
- PoisonPowder
- Synthesis
- Sleep Powder
- Tackle
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Hoothoot, lv. 16
Female // Calm // Keen Eye
- Uproar
- Peck
- Foresight
- Hypnosis
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Magikarp, lv. 10
Male // Adamant // Swift Swim
- Splash

 

[RefinedHornet]

Dark run Platinum update

-caught a pair of Sneasel on Route 216
-defeated Candice
-found a Razor Claw in Cyrus's office in Galactic HQ
-evolved a Sneasel into a Weavile and evolved Skorupi into Drapion
-caught an Absol on Mt. Coronet
-defeated Cyrus and Giratina
-defeated Volkner
-got through Victory Road
i am currently training for the final rival battle and the Elite Four

Team:

Spoiler:

Umbreon
Lv. 57

Weavile
Lv. 45

Houndoom
Lv. 46

Drapion
Lv. 45

Absol
Lv. 46

Sneasel
Lv. 46

 

[Pyromaniac45]

Allright, round two *****
Pidgeotto Sleep powder, and razor leafed to KO!
Kadabra Sleep powder, and razor leafed. One hit ko
Charmeleon Sleep powder, and razor leafed!
Raticate razor leafed, critical hit, one hit ko!
…well that was easy… ONWARDS!
With cut in hand, I made my way over to the gym to take down lt. Surge. Gloom's acid made short work of all his Pokemon.
Went and got my bike and made my way to Rock tunnel
Whoops! Forgot about flash.
Made my way through diglett tunnel to pick it up, but I only have 5 kinds of pokemon. Damn!!
Went and caught a pidgy, caterpie, kakuna, rattata, and dugtrio, then got Flash and taught it to Paras!!
Ivysaur evolved in rock tunnel!
Made my way to Celedon, and took the rainbow badge for my own! Muhaha!
Went and wiped the floor with team rocket!! Gloom ran out of PP for both absorb and acid during the battle with Giovanni