The Ultimate Monotype Challenge

[Bestwaffles]

Beat the Elite 4, was a huge challenge getting past Will...

Spoiler:

Spoiler:

-Sooooo much grinding to get Poison Pokemon ready for Will's Psychic lot.
-Finally beat the Elite 4, Will was a real challenge, Lance was kind of difficult, but fortunately the rest were easy!
-Lt. Surge was destroyed by Nidoqueen's Earthquake.
-Erika was swept aside by a combination of Tentacruel's Icy Wind and Crobat's Fly.

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Current Team:

Crobat
Level 45
Fly, Giga Drain, Bite, Confuse Ray

Venomoth
Level 45
Sleep Powder, Disable, Psychic, Gust

Weepinbell
Level 45
Razor Leaf, Poison Powder, Sleep Powder, Cut

Ariados
Level 45
Poison Sting, Night Shade, Solarbeam, Fury Swipes

Tentacruel
Level 46
Icy Wind, Supersonic, Surf, Acid

Nidoqueen
Level 46
Strength, Earthquake, Double Kick, Iron Tail
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[JollyRoger25]

Ultimate Dark Monotype Challenge Hoenn Chapter Update:
-Headed west across the water of Route 118 and got me a Good Rod
-Then backtracked to Route 102 and fished for a Corphish, nicknamed it Pincers

-Pincers - Corphish - Female
-Level - 25
-Brave - Hyper Cutter
--Bubblebeam
--Protect
--ViceGrip
--Harden
-Then I headed south of Route 104 and began the surf way around to Slateport City, training and evolving Corhpish
-Corphish evolved into Crawdaunt
-Traveled North along Route 119, beat down Team Aqua in the Weather Institute, as graditude, they gave me a Castform, but I don't need it so I just left it in the box
-As I was about to travel to Fortree City, my Rival, May, decided that right now would be a good time to battle, luckly I defeated her badly and got HM 02 (Fly)
-Caught a Tropius for HM Slave reasons, taught HM Slave HM 02 (Fly)
-Surfed along the river to find a Leaf Stone, evolved Ninja into a Shiftry
-Traveled East of Fortree City to get the Devon Scope to see those annoying Kecleons
-Finally defeated Leader

Winona, obtained

Feather Badge
-Thought I'd head east down Route 120, I felt a disaster was in the area...

Spoiler:

Party:

-Ninja - Shiftry - Male
-Level - 40
-Adamant - Chlorophyll
--Faint Attack
--Torment
--Cut
--Razor Wind

-Gemstone - Sableye - Female
-Level - 40
-Modest - Keen Eye
--Thief
--Shadow Ball
--Rock Tomb
--Rock Smash

-Thorny - Cacturne - Male
-Level - 40
-Gentle - Sand Veil
--Needle Arm
--Faint Attack
--Pin Missile
--Strength

-Pincers - Crawdaunt - Female
-Level - 40
-Brave - Hyper Cutter
--Surf
--Knock Off
--Vicegrip
--Ice Beam

HM Slave
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[Necrum]

Updated through post #2364.

A moment of your time, please. The update process is rather stressful at time, and I would like to point out the most irritating things I encounter while doing so.

1. People who don't post a sign up and just start posting updates. This is not too common, but it happens and I really don't like it because it often comes with the next point.

2. People who don't include the game they are playing in their post. Sometimes this isn't so bad, but I leave the Game open when I put people who sign up for Ultimate challenges on the list, so if you don't put what challeng you are playing at the time, I have to look back at that post to figure it out (unless the person did not sign up in which case it gives me a headache).

3. People who don't put their badge count or gyms beaten in an easy place to find. This usually is the case with posts that are just a long paragraph with no real structure to them.

Now, none of this breaks the rules, so don't get me wrong, I'm not trying to enforce anything. I just want you guys to think about your updates and how they come off to me when I have to go through all of them. I try to leave a good example of an effective update post for any new people who don't know what they should do, but even that is not required. Please, running this thread takes a lot of work, and anything you guys can do to streamline that for me would be greatly appreciated.

One more thing, I like to check in every day when I can, but it's easy to miss questions if they're in the middle of a post. If you want to ask a question about your challenge, put it at the beginning or end, or even highlight it in some way so it's noticeable. I'd hate for anyone to feel like they're being ignored.

New update! Yay!

-Defeated Team Rocket at the Radio Tower
-Got through Ice Path
-Failed to defeat Claire
-Failed to defeat Claire
-Failed to defeat Claire
-Trained
-Failed to defeat Claire
-Trained
-Defeated Claire

Current Team:

Shiny Charizard lvl 43
Return
Shadow Claw
Dragon Rage
Blast Burn

Arcanine lvl 40
Strength
Fire Blast
Thief
Iron Tail

Typhlosion lvl 39
Focus Blast
Cut
Dig
Blast Burn

Flareon lvl 43
Bite
Quick Attack
Shadow Ball
Fire Blast

pidgey
gyarados

Please stop posting for this run. I have already disqualified this run for using an illegal Charizard.

 

[BubbleBeams]

Haven't updated in a while. I started playing Platinum but my progress has been slow due to a lot of distractions. But I have made progress so here's my first update for my Platinum Ground mono.

Started with Turtwig (Twigster). Pretty much went solo with him for a while and beat Roark. Twigster evolved into Grotle. Caught a Shellos (Gastro) and a Burmy (Cloaky) shortly after. Defeated Team Galactic at both Valley Windworks and at their base in Eterna City. Trained Cloaky up in Mt. Coronet to get her evolved into Wormadam with sub ground type. Defeated Gardenia very easily with Wormadam. Went through Route 206 and caught Gligar and caught Gible in Wayward Cave.

My Team & Badges

Spoiler:

Badge(s) Obtained

Team

Twigster ♂
Lv. 25/Hardy/Overgrow
Tackle
Bite
Absorb
Razor Leaf

Gastro ♀
Lv. 22/Mild/Storm Drain
Mud Bomb
Rain Dance
Hidden Power
Water Pulse

Cloaky ♀
Lv. 22/Calm/Anticipation
Protect
Tackle
Bug Bite
Hidden Power

Chomper ♂
Lv. 17/Serious/Sand Veil
Sand-Attack
Dragon Rage
Sandstorm
Take Down

Snipper ♀
Lv. 16/Impish/Sand Veil
Sand-Attack
Harden
Knock Off
Quick Attack

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[kosuke]

Single Monotype Challenge - Emerald Ground

Update #1

Adventure Log​

Spoiler:

• started my adventure as Justice
• got my starter Skip, the Mudkip
• easily beaten May and her Treecko
• Skip evolved into Marshtomp
• defeated gym leader Roxanne
• caught a Nincada just for HM purposes
• defeated May @ Rustboro City
• defeated gym leader Brawly
• delivered Letter
• delivered Devon Goods
• defeated gym leader Wattson

Screenshots​

Spoiler:

My Team

Skip, the Serious Marshtomp (Male) Lv34
Torrent
Tackle | Take Down | Mud Shot | Water Gun​

 

[HurstyFoxtrot]

Username: HurstyFoxtrot
Type: Bug
Challenge: Ultimate
Game(s): Blue -> Gold -> Ruby -> Pearl -> Black

 

[Pendraflare]

White 2 Ground Monotype, Update #2

Spoiler:

-Did some more training.
-Took on the trainers in the Gym, some of them were rather annoying.
-Tried to beat Burgh, but his Leavanny was too much for my team.
-Did some Magnemite hunting and stole a Metal Coat from one of them with Gharial's Thief.
-Traded Shandra to get her to evolve into Steelix.
-Challenged the Gym Leader, Burgh!

Castelia Gym overview:
Team entering the fight: Shandra LV24 / Hard Stone - Smack Down, Rock Polish, Stealth Rock, Rock Tomb
Gharial LV25 / Scope Lens - Bite, Sand-Attack, Torment, Thief
Marsupial LV24 / Amulet Coin - Dig, Return, Hone Claws, Metal Claw
He starts off with Dwebble while I open with Shandra. He uses Struggle Bug while I hit with Smack Down. Him: 62% or so HP, Me: 74/78 HP and -1 Sp Atk. He uses it again as I set up Stealth Rock. Me: 70/78 HP and -2 Sp Atk. He uses it again as I use Smack Down again, which activates his Sitrus Berry. Me: 66/78 HP and -3 Sp Atk, Him: 40% or so HP. He uses it again as I hit with Smack Down, and he barely lives. Him: 1 HP, Me: 62/78 HP and -4 Sp Atk. He uses his Hyper Potion, as I hit him with Rock Tomb. Him: 62% or so HP and -1 Speed. I use it again as he hits with Struggle Bug once more. Me: 58/78 HP and -5 Sp Atk. I finish him with Smack Down.
After that is Leavanny, who takes some damage from Stealth Rock. Him: 3/4 HP. He hits with GrassWhistle first turn as I snooze. He misses with Razor Leaf as I snooze again. He hits next turn, and gets a critical hit. Me: 36/78 HP and asleep. He misses again, but I wake up and miss with Rock Tomb. UGH! He hits with Razor Leaf as I hit with Rock Tomb, lowering his Speed, but activating his Sitrus Berry. Him: 70% or so HP, Me: 24/78 HP. He's still faster and uses Razor Leaf again, while I hit with Rock Tomb again. Him: 1/3 or so HP, Me: 12/78 HP. He's still faster and uses GrassWhistle (seriously?) which misses, while I almost kill him with Smack Down. Him: 1 HP. He kills me with Razor Leaf next turn, thankfully getting the critical hit on the turn that probably didn't matter. I send in Gharial and kill him with Bite. Whew! I gain the boost from Moxie, also. Gharial grows to Level 26 after that.
Following is Shelmet, who takes damage from Stealth Rock. Him: 3/4 HP. Bite does enough to kill him next turn, even after he's cursing at me. So I gain more Moxie.
Finally is Karrablast. Thanks to Stealth Rock and Moxie, I kill him in one hit with Bite, ending the battle.
Sorry for evolving Shandra into something with mondo Defense, but I really didn't have much else of an answer to this one. And even then it was still rather shaky. There was a bit of luck and stupid involved, too.

-Met with Colress in Central Plaza.
-Challenged him on Route 4, he was pretty easy.
-Got TM28 for Dig.
-Went to the Desert Resort to catch two new team members.
-Caught a Sandshrew in the Relic Castle named Vinny and a Trapinch in the Desert Resort named VampirMoth.
-Beat the trainers in the Desert Resort, the Relic Castle and Route 4.
-Went through Join Avenue and opened a Dojo.
-Arrived in Nimbasa City.
-Went to Elesa's Gym (including the old Gym) and beat all the trainers. They ain't got nothing on Ground-types.
-Challenged the Gym Leader, Elesa!

Nimbasa Gym overview:
Team entering the fight: Shandra LV26 - Smack Down, Rock Tomb, Dig, Stealth Rock
Vinny LV26 / Amulet Coin - Dig, Magnitude, Rock Tomb, Crush Claw
VampirMoth LV26 / Exp. Share - Dig, Bulldoze, Rock Slide, Mud-Slap
Marsupial LV26 / Soft Sand - Dig, Hone Claws, Return, Metal Claw
Gharial LV26 / Scope Lens - Dig, Bite, Sand-Attack, Thief
She starts off with Emolga while I open with Shandra. She uses Pursuit for like nothing while I use Smack Down and bring her to the ground. Her: 2/3 or so HP, Me: 81/84 HP. The Quick Claw activates, and since she's brought to the ground I can use Dig, hehe. She uses Aerial Ace twice and fails before I kill her.
After that is Zebstrika. She uses Flame Charge while I use Stealth Rock. Me: 61/84 HP. The Quick Claw activates, and I avoid a Flame Charge while burrowing underground. Then it activates again, unfortunately, and I hit her but her Sitrus Berry activates, then she hits me. Her: 2/3 or so HP and +2 Speed, Me: 43/84 HP. She uses Flame Charge again and I use Dig. Me: 27/84 HP. I then kill her. VampirMoth grows to Level 27 after that.
Following is Joltik. She takes damage from Stealth Rock. Her: 3/4 HP. And she kills me with Energy Ball. I send in Marsupial and am faster, so I use Dig, which nearly finishes her, but she uses Energy Ball. Her: 1/5 or so HP, Me: 11/73 HP. Since she's gonna heal and i'm faster, I use Return. And she does heal first. Her: 70% or so HP. I use Dig and avoid an Energy Ball, then hit, and she uses X-Scissor and kills me, getting the critical hit on the last turn, lol. Her: 10% or so HP. I bring in Vinny and kill her with Magnitude. And get a 10, of course on the useless turn.
Finally is her Flaaffy. She takes Stealth Rock damage, then I use Magnitude and get a 6, which does more than half. She uses Take Down and gets a critical hit, but I use Dig and finish her, ending the battle. Vinny grows to Level 27 after that.
I didn't think anyone expected that to be hard, but that was still a bit interesting. Getting to use Smack Down on a Flying-type then use Dig is always fun. :P

-Was walked out with Elesa and her group.
-Found Hugh quarreling with Team Plasma.
-Beat the grunts, then heard the story of Hugh's sister's Purrloin.

So here's my team:

Spoiler:

Sandile (M) "Gharial", Level 27
Nature: Careful
Ability: Moxie
Moves: Bite, Dig, Sand-Attack, Thief

Drilbur (M) "Marsupial", Level 26
Nature: Careful
Ability: Sand Force
Moves: Dig, Hone Claws, Metal Claw, Return

Steelix (F) "Shandra", Level 26
Nature: Naive
Ability: Sturdy
Moves: Dig, Rock Tomb, Smack Down, Stealth Rock

Sandslash (F) "Vinny", Level 27
Nature: Quirky
Moves: Crush Claw, Dig, Magnitude, Rock Tomb

Trapinch (F) "VampirMoth", Level 27
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Arena Trap
Moves: Bulldoze, Dig, Mud-Slap, Rock Slide

 

[Bidoof FTW23232]

Username: AlakaPWNAGE
Type: Normal
Challenge: Ultimate
Game(s): Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, Unova

Type2: Flying
Challenge: Single
Game(s) Hoenn

 

[TheCrystalFlaaffy]

Erika down, half of Kanto left to go!

Challenge

Spoiler:

Username: James901
Type: Normal
Challenge: Ultimate
Game(s): Pokémon LeafGreen | Pokémon SoulSilver | Pokémon Emerald | Pokémon Platinum | Pokémon LightWhite

Badges

Spoiler:

Current Team

Spoiler:

Ferret
Level 50 | Female | Adamant | Keen Eye
Headbutt | Dig | Ice Punch | Sucker Punch

Athena
Level 50 | Female | Modest | Insomnia
Air Slash | Extrasensory | Hypnosis | Shadow Ball

Serena
Level 50 | Female | Timid | Serene Grace
Yawn | AncientPower | Extrasensory | Flamethrower

Spike
Level 50 | Male | Jolly | Intimidate
Strength | Bite | Ice Fang | Rock Slide

Janusunaj
Level 50 | Male | Modest | Early Bird
Psychic | Signal Beam | Thunderbolt | Energy Ball

Ursamajor
Level 51 | Male | Jolly | Guts
Slash | Scary Face | Faint Attack | Earthquake

Spoiler:

 

[Griffinbane]

La la la la. Oh, what? Oh right.
Finished the Water monotype on my LG. It went a lot faster now that school's started up (yes, shush). I had more trouble getting through Victory Road than through the E4. Still had to consume a good deal of drugs though. Heh, heh. I wonder what's running through their heads right now. As soon as I caught Starmie, I ditched Blastoise because well, ugh. I'm not much a fan of him until gen 4. Gen 3 Blastoise, bleh.

Final team:

Spoiler:

Modest Starmie, Lv. 51
Surf|Psychic|Thunderbolt|Recover

Bashful Gyarados Lv. 49
Strength|Earthquake|Bite|Twister

Quiet Tentacruel Lv. 50
Surf|Ice Beam|Giga Drain|Acid

Adamant Kabutops Lv. 49
Slash|Brick Break|Absorb|Dig

Mild Blastoise Lv. 39
Surf|Bite|Tackle|Withdraw

 

[JollyRoger25]

Ultimate Dark Monotype Challenge Hoenn Chapter Update:
-Caught an Absol, nicknamed it Abe(first and last time I ask my girlfriend for nickname):

-Abe - Absol - Male
-Level - 27
-Modest - Pressure
--Bite
--Quick Attack
--Razor Wind
--Swords Dance
-(now my parties complete :D )
-Used TM 24 (Thunderbolt) on Abe
-Used TM 40 (Aerial Ace) on Abe
-(I didn't get alot done today, but I might update it later)
-Continued down Route 120 even though there seems to be a storm cloud hanging overhead...

Spoiler:

Party:

-Ninja - Shiftry - Male
-Level - 41
-Adamant - Chlorophyll
--Faint Attack
--Torment
--Cut
--Razor Wind

-Gemstone - Sableye - Female
-Level - 41
-Modest - Keen Eye
--Thief
--Shadow Ball
--Rock Tomb
--Rock Smash

-Thorny - Cacturne - Male
-Level - 41
-Gentle - Sand Veil
--Needle Arm
--Faint Attack
--Pin Missile
--Strength

-Pincers - Crawdaunt - Female
-Level - 41
-Brave - Hyper Cutter
--Surf
--Knock Off
--Vicegrip
--Ice Beam

-Abe - Absol - Male
-Level - 27
-Modest - Pressure
--Bite
--Quick Attack
--Thunderbolt
--Aerial Ace

HM Slave
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[Austin]

Water Type Ultimate Challenge - Kanto Complete!

So yeah, I've been playing Blue the past few weeks and I've completed the Kanto part of the challenge.
-I didn't waste time doing anything else besides going straight from Gym Leader to Gym Leader defeating them. I'm not going to post every single event that happened to me, because nothing out of an ordinary playthrough occurred. The only mildly interesting thing that happened was that I defeated the Elite Four and Blue on my first try. Anyway, here's my final Kanto team.

Spoiler:

Bloo
Lvl. 44
-Bite
-Fissure
-Blizzard
-Surf

Storm
Lvl. 47
-Body Slam
-Surf
-Thunderbolt
-Fire Blast

Sapphire
Lvl. 46
-Ice Beam
-Bite
-Quick Attack
-Surf

Shuriken
Lvl. 50
-Psychic
-Water Gun
-Tri Attack
-Surf

Hooray, I guess. That was an easy run. Now on to Johto! :)

 

[Pave Low]

Rock Monotype Challenge: Emerald

Complete!


Hall of Fame

Spoiler:

Partners in Crime

Spoiler:

Level 59 | Serious

Shadow Ball
Solarbeam
Psychic
Rock Slide

Level 55 | Timid

Earthquake
Iron Tail
Take Down
Water Pulse

Level 57 | Hardy

Confuse Ray
Ancientpower
Acid
Giga Drain

Level 56 | Jolly

Yawn
Rock Throw
Rock Smash
Flamethrower

Level 54 | Docile

Surf
Ancientpower
Dive
Take Down

Level 63 | Sassy

Double-Edge
Selfdestruct
Earthquake
Rock Blast

Username: [supporter]Pave Low[/supporter]
Type: Ground
Challenge: Ultimate
Game(s): LG, Emerald, SoulSilver, Platinum, Black

 

[Mr Carter]

As there's finally a DS emulator for Android devices, I've finally been able to carry on with this challenge.

Type: Poison
Game: Pearl
Badges: 8

I haven't got any of my information before the 2nd Gym as I deleted it by accident but I chose

and PCed it once I caught something else.
I caught a lvl 3

from Route 201 as a HM slave.

Caught a lvl 3

and lvl 4

from Route 204

Gym #2:

Spoiler:

Vs Leader Gardenia

used Wing Attack to beat

used Wing Attack to beat

used Wing Attack to beat

Caught lvl 17

from Lost Tower

Gym #3:

Spoiler:

Vs Leader Maylene

used Air Cutter to beat

used Air Cutter to beat

used Air Cutter and Wing Attack to beat

Gym #4:

Spoiler:

Vs Leader Wake

used Petal Dance x2 to beat

used Petal Dance to beat

used Petal Dance to beat

Caught a lvl 13

as a HM slave

Gym #5:

Spoiler:

Vs Leader Fantina

used Petal Dance x2 to beat

used Shadow Ball to beat

used Shadow Ball to beat

Gym #6:

Spoiler:

Vs Leader Roark

used Bubblebeam x2 to beat

used Surf to beat

used Surf to beat

Gym #7:

Spoiler:

Vs Leader Candice

used Poison Fang to beat

used Poison Fang x2 to beat

used Wing Attack to beat

used Poison Fang x2 to beat

Gym #8:

Spoiler:

Vs Leader Volkner

used Petal Dance to beat

used Petal Dance to beat

used Psychic x2 to beat

used Psychic x2 to beat

Elite Four #1:

Spoiler:

Vs Elite Four Aaron

used Wing Attack and Air Slash to beat

used Surf x4 to beat

used Psychic to beat

used Psychic and Dark Pulse to beat

used Psychic x3 to beat

Elite Four #2:

Spoiler:

Vs Elite Four Bertha

used Magical Leaf to beat

used Magical Leaf to beat

used Waterfall x2 to beat

used Petal Dance to beat

used Surf to beat

Elite Four #3:

Spoiler:

Vs Elite Four Flint

used Surf to beat

used Petal Dance x2 to beat

used Shadow Ball and Dark Pulse to beat

used Wing Attack x2 to beat

used Surf x2 to beat

Elite Four #4:

Spoiler:

Vs Elite Four Lucian

used Shadow Ball and Shadow Punch to beat

used Bite x3 to kill

used Surf x2 to beat

used Shadow Ball to beat

used Surf x4 to beat

Champion:

Spoiler:

Vs Champion Cynthia

used Wing Attack x4 to beat

used Psychic x3 to beat

used Surf x4 to beat

used Wing Attack x5 to beat

used Petal Dance to beat

used Poison Jab x3 to beat

Final Team

Lvl 66
Surf | Bubblebeam | Waterfall | Poison Jab

Lvl 65
Shadow Ball | Psychic | Dark Pulse | Shadow Punch

Lvl 65
Petal Dance | Shadow Ball | Magical Leaf | Toxic

Lvl 65
Wing Attack | Bite | Air Slash | Poison Fang​

Time to move onto Unova I guess :D

 

[Bestwaffles]

Swept through the remaining Kanto Gyms, with the exception of Blue and his Alakazam...

Spoiler:

Destroyed Janine, only using Venomoth and took no damage.
Brock was too easy.
Blaine, done.
Misty, kaputsky.
Sabrina, surprisingly easy.

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Current Team:

Crobat
Level 48
Fly, Giga Drain, Bite, Confuse Ray

Venomoth
Level 48
Sleep Powder, Disable, Psychic, Gust

Weepinbell
Level 47
Razor Leaf, Poison Powder, Sleep Powder, Cut

Ariados
Level 48
Poison Sting, Night Shade, Solarbeam, Fury Swipes

Tentacruel
Level 48
Icy Wind, Supersonic, Surf, Acid

Nidoqueen
Level 47
Strength, Earthquake, Double Kick, Iron Tail
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[Pendraflare]

White 2 Ground Monotype, Update #3

Spoiler:

-Beat the trainers on Route 16 and Lostlorn Forest. In doing so, Gharial evolved into Krokorok.
-Got HM02 for Fly from Bianca.
-Arrived in Driftveil City.
-Witnessed the old Team Plasma and new Team Plasma quarreling until Hugh intervened.
-Beat Rood and checked out the old Team Plasma's base.
-Trained everyone to Level 31. In doing so, Marsupial evolved into Excadrill.
-Went through the Driftveil Gym, not battling any of the trainers except the ones I have to.
-Challenged the Gym Leader, Clay!

Driftveil Gym overview:
Team entering the fight: Vinny LV31 / Soft Sand - Dig, Magnitude, Crush Claw, Rock Tomb
Marsupial LV31 / Lax Incense - Dig, Hone Claws, Rock Slide, Metal Claw
Shandra LV31 - Dig, Rock Tomb, Smack Down, Stealth Rock
VampirMoth LV31 / Quick Claw - Dig, Bulldoze, Mud-Slap, Rock Slide
Gharial LV31 / Eviolite - Dig, Crunch, Bite, Sand-Attack
He starts off with Krokorok while I open with Vinny, but he gets off Intimidate. And he's faster and uses Crunch, while I use Magnitude and get a 5. Blech. Him: 90% or so HP, Me: 64/95 HP. I send in Shandra as he uses Torment. He then sets up Sandstorm as I use Dig, then avoid a Crunch and hit him decently, but his Sitrus Berry activates. Him: 40% or so HP. He uses Crunch (seriously?) while I miss with Rock Tomb. Me: 90/98 HP. He uses it again (are you kidding me?!) while I use Dig. I avoid another attack then hit with Dig, killing him. The sandstorm subsides. Me: 81/98 HP.
After that is Onix. He misses with Rock Slide while I hit with Smack Down for almost nothing. Him: 98% or so HP. He hits with Rock Slide and I flinch. Me: 78/98 HP. Then he uses Explosion, but it gets a critical hit. Shandra grows to Level 32 after that. Me: 56/101 HP. Then I burrow under the ground.
Next up is Sandslash. He uses Hone Claws, ugh (at least that turn he was actually smart). I hit him with Dig and barely do anything. He then uses Crush Claw (WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?!) while I lower his Speed with Rock Tomb. Him: 2/3 or so HP and -1 Speed, Me: 47/101 HP. He then uses Rock Slide (…) and I use Dig. He uses Rock Slide again and I hit him with Dig, and get a critical hit which leaves him with 1 HP. He uses his Hyper Potion, and I use Rock Tomb again. Him: 95% or so HP, +1 Attack and Accuracy and -2 Speed. I'm faster and burrow under the ground as he uses Hone Claws again. I surface with Dig and he FINALLY uses Bulldoze, which kills me. Him: 70% or so HP, +2 Attack and Accuracy and -2 Speed. I send in Gharial and use Crunch, which does alright, and he uses Bulldoze, which I somehow live. Him: 38% or so HP, Me: 7/86 HP and -1 Speed. I'm faster because of the Speed drops, and use Crunch one more time, getting him low on health before he finishes me with Rock Slide. Him: 10% HP. I send in Marsupial and use Dig, avoiding a Bulldoze then killing him.
Finally is his ace, his own Excadrill. I'm actually faster, and burrow under the ground, so he misses with Bulldoze. I surface with Dig and leave him with 1 HP, but the Sitrus Berry activates and he kills me in one hit with Bulldoze. Him: 26% HP. I send in VampirMoth, and he uses Bulldoze, which kills me in one hit. Ouch! I send in Vinny, and he uses Slash, which I live comfortably, then kill him with Dig, ending the battle. Vinny grows to Level 32 after that.
To be honest, I was rather disappointed with this battle, mostly because of how stupid he was being while Steelix was out. Seriously, people say the AI in this game has increased, but I really disagree. And this is Challenge Mode for goodness sakes. He probably could have won if he hadn't been lollygagging at that time. And he's my favorite Gym Leader from Gen V, so I was hoping it'd be more interesting than that.

-Went to the PWT and beat Hugh, Cheren and Colress rather easily.
-Got Team Plasma out of their frigate at the PWT's dock.
-Caught a Baltoy in the Relic Castle named Top Hat.
-Got HM03 for Surf from Cheren.
-Went through Route 6, battling the trainers there.
-Entered Chargestone Cave, battling the trainers there. In doing so, VampirMoth evolved into Vibrava.
-Arrived in Mistralton City.
-Met with Professor Juniper and Skyla, and got the Master Ball.
-Went on Route 7 and battled some trainers.
-Got the Lucky Egg from Professor Juniper.
-Beat the trainers in the Celestial Tower. In doing so, Top Hat reached Level 36, but I delayed its evolution for one level to get Earth Power early.
-Trained everyone to Level 37.
-Challenged the Gym Leader, Skyla!

This was actually my third try. First time, it came down to Marsupial against Skarmory, while I had two Hone Claws boosts, then I misclicked and used Hone Claws, and because of that, Sigilyph killed me because she was faster. Second try, Sigilyph flawlessly swept two of my guys with Hypnosis. This one, I got lucky.

Mistralton Gym overview:
Team entering the fight: Gharial LV37 / BlackGlasses - Crunch, Dig, Bite, Sand-Attack
Marsupial LV37 / Lax Incense - Earthquake, Swords Dance, Rock Slide, Strength
VampirMoth LV37 / Quick Claw - Rock Slide, Crunch, Dig, DragonBreath
Top Hat LV37 / TwistedSpoon - Psybeam, Bulldoze, ExtraSensory, Earth Power
Vinny LV37 / Scope Lens - Dig, Rock Tomb, Magnitude, Crush Claw
Shandra LV37 / Electric Gem - Thunder Fang, Dig, Rock Tomb, Smack Down
She starts off with Swoobat while I open with Gharial. She uses Attract and I become infatuated, then next turn she uses Energy Ball, but I barely live and kill her in one hit with Crunch. Me: 22/102 HP.
After that is her ace, Swanna. She kills me with Air Slash, then I bring in Shandra. She uses Surf and I live with 1 HP because of Sturdy, then I kill her with Thunder Fang, getting the boost from the Electric Gem. And a critical hit, but it doesn't matter (second try I had before this, it killed her in one without).
Next up is Sigilyph. She kills me with Air Cutter. I bring in Vinny, and she uses Hypnosis, which MISSES, thank you god. So I hit her with Rock Tomb. Her: 2/3 or so HP and -1 Speed. I use it again and she hits hard with Psychic. Her: 1/3 or so HP and -2 Speed, Me: 30/112 HP. I miss with Rock Tomb and she kills me with Psychic, but that's just fine. I bring in VampirMoth and kill her with Crunch.
Finally is Skarmory. I start with DragonBreath, which doesn't do much, but it paralyzed her, thank you. And she gets fully paralyzed. Her: 90% HP and paralyzed. I then use Crunch, which does nothing except lowering her Defense, which surely helps. Then she uses Agility. Her: 85% or so HP, +2 Speed and -1 Defense. I use it again and she gets fully paralyzed. Her: 75% or so HP. Same thing next turn, just wow. Her: 64% or so HP. I use Rock Slide, which knocks her to her Sitrus Berry, then she uses Agility again. Her: 70% or so HP, paralyzed and +4 Speed. Same thing next turn. Her: 1/2 or so HP and +6 Speed. I use it again, and she misses with Steel Wing. Her: 1/4 or so HP. I switch out for Marsupial as she uses her Hyper Potion. I use Hone Claws twice, both turns she fails to hit me (first she gets fully paralyzed then misses with Steel Wing again). I then kill her in two hits with Rock Slide, first after she flinches. And I get the critical hit on the last turn, but it wouldn't have mattered previous turn either, because of Sturdy. Both Marsupial and VampirMoth grow to Level 38 after that.
All I can say is…GOOD RIDDANCE. Thank god she missed with Hypnosis, because otherwise that thing could have swept some of my guys again. And getting the paralysis and Defense drop near the end helped. That Skarmory sure got what it deserved, that much is certain.

-Was invited by Skyla and Professor Juniper to ride on their plane.

So here's my team:

Spoiler:

Krokorok (M) "Gharial", Level 37
Nature: Careful
Ability: Moxie
Moves: Bite, Crunch, Dig, Sand-Attack

Excadrill (M) "Marsupial", Level 38
Nature: Careful
Ability: Sand Force
Moves: Earthquake, Hone Claws, Rock Slide, Strength

Steelix (F) "Shandra", Level 37
Nature: Naive
Ability: Sturdy
Moves: Dig, Rock Tomb, Smack Down, Thunder Fang

Sandslash (F) "Vinny", Level 37
Nature: Quirky
Moves: Crush Claw, Dig, Magnitude, Rock Tomb

Vibrava (F) "VampirMoth", Level 38
Nature: Hasty
Moves: Crunch, Dig, DragonBreath, Rock Slide

Claydol "Top Hat", Level 37
Nature: Lax
Moves: Bulldoze, Earth Power, ExtraSensory, Psybeam

 

[Austin]

Water Type Ultimate Challenge - Johto Complete!

So I've been playing Silver on an emulator all day and I've completed Silver.
-The Elite Four weren't terribly difficult because Feraligatr was pretty overleveled.
-Kanto was pathetic
-Red wasn't as hard as I remember. The first time I fought him I got destroyed almost immediately, but the second time was probably the luckiest battle I've ever had. My Pokemon were getting CHs like every other turn and Red's Pokemon were missing a lot. Anyway, here's my final Johto team.

Spoiler:

Crystal
Lvl 62
Strength | Bite | Icy Wind | Surf

Luna
Lvl 54
Surf | Spark | Confuse Ray | Take Down

Storm
Lvl 53
Thrash | Bite | Hyper Beam | Surf

Queen
Lvl 55
Surf | Smokescreen | Dragonbreath | Bubble​

Now to play through Sapphire.

 

[monsterhair005]

I would like to change my fire ultimate to just a single in Fire Red. And also, I am going to be combing it with a solo challenge, so Im just going to be using my charmander along with HM slaves.

Update 2:
-finally beat Misty
-went through the underground path
-beat Lt. Surge
-got through the rock tunnel
-am currently at the pokemon tower

Team:
Charizard lvl. 41
Moves: Flamethrower, Metal Claw, Wing Attack, Mega Punch

HM Slave lvl. 10
Moves: Cut, Bite, Growl, Scratch

 

[HatedHero]

Random SoulSilver Fire Update #2

In Goldenrod City I took my first loss from Whitney's Wartortle, that kept using Withdraw just to finish off my team with Water Gun while taking no damage...
After I beat her on second try I found a Magby in the National Park to add a fourth member to my hot team. I spent some time to train it up to Level 25 and closed the level gap in my team.

Spoiler:

Instead of Sudowoodo I pissed of a Nidorina with my SquirtBottle (what a pervert name!). In Ecruteak City I fought my rival again who had a freaking RAIKOU! But it wasn't as strong as I feared. Afterwards I got the HM03 and defeated Morty and his harem of grandmas.

Spoiler:

Because it's not easy to find a Fire-type Pokemon that can use Surf, I got a Huntail on my way to Olivine City. With my newly caught slave I travelled to Cianwood City to kick Chuck's butt. Instead of Poliwrath he had a Blissey which quickly fell victim to my Infernape's Mach Punch and gave a lot of XP.

Spoiler:

And this is my team after the fifth badge:

Spoiler:

 

[Raven Valt]

Pelipper
Level 51 | Female | Gentle | Keen eye
Ice Beam | Surf | Wing Attack | Supersonic

Becca
Level 49 | Female | Lonely | Swarm
Giga Drain | Silver Wind | Aerial Ace | Stun Spore

Ozzy
Level 61 | Male | Quiet | Inner Focus
Fly | Sludge Bomb | Shadow Ball | Confuse Ray

Hope
Level 57 | Female | Quirky | Intimidate
Earthquake | Waterfall | Strength | Dragon Dance

Danny
Level 55 | Male | Naughty | Natural Cure
Dragonbreath | Fly | Perish Song | Take Down

Jiggles
Level 54 | Male | Lonely | Chlorophyll
Giga Drain | Body Slam | Fly | Growth​