Ultimate Gym Leader Challenge

[SeedOfHope]

Username: SeedOfHope
Game: GreenLeaf
Leader: Clair

Planning to use my 3 trades on Dratini, Horsea, Aerodactyl(all Level 5), is it OK? I know that they can all be found later in the game, but not until a while, and it just seems more fun to have them from the start to the end, IMO.

 

[Captain Gizmo]

Update #1

Caught my 2nd team member and now fighting Team Rocket at the Game corner :)

Badges Obtained:

Current Pokemon Team:

Vulpix
Level 24
Ember, Tail Whip, Quick Attack & Roar

Nidoking
Level 42
Leer, Poison Sting, Horn Attack & Double Kick​

 

[FSNW5yiFrXVXqv]

Name: Molivious
Game: Heartgold
Leader: Brock-o-li Giovanni

<3 though i kinda wanted his two anime pokemon in my team -- croagunk and ludicolo... oh well, Steelix is still gonna kick balls and OHMAHGAHD look'a mah Rha'dawns!

Edit: ashdjfjsjsdk! forget the toad and mexican duck egg, Giovanni's roster is freakin' awesome =O Steelix, Rhyperior, Gliscor, Sandslash, Nidoking AND MEOWTH ajdjfjfnsnajdjri...not to mention how easy it is to get all of them. Brock must be like "daf**happened?" right now. lmao.

 

[Captain Gizmo]

Update #2

Evolved Vulpix & caught Tentacool at level 15 and leveled him up until he evolved into Tentacruel. He's still a bit weak so I'm grinding him in Silph Co.

Badges Obtained:

Current Pokemon Team:

Tentacruel
Level 31
Supersonic, Constrict, Poison Sting & Water Gun

Nidoking
Level 45
Leer, Poison Sting, Horn Attack & Double Kick

Ninetales
Level 39
Flamethower, Tail Whip, Quick Attack & Confuse Ray​

 

[SeedOfHope]

[...previous post cut down...]

tl;dr: Because of the incredibly tight in-game restrictions on outsider Pokemons, I am more or less forced to break the rules in order to beat Misty(bring another, stronger outsider Pokemon which I am not allowed to use, then get rid of it as soon as I get her badge). If it's OK, then good! If it's not, feel free to throw me out of the challenge, I'll just finish the game on my own.

(no answer, so I'm going to assume it's OK)

____

Okay, so on another topic...

Update #1 (Clair @ GreenLeaf)

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Badges:

Team:

Annabelle, the Dratini♀
Level 29
Shock Wave, Thunder Wave, Twister, Dragon Rage

Jupiter, the Aerodactyl♂
Level 30
Wing Attack, Fly, Bite, Ancientpower

Karine, the Horsea♀
Level 30
Twister, Smokescreen, Leer, Water Gun

June, the Charmeleon♀
Level 29
Smokescreen, Mega Kick, Ember, Dig

Katie, the Dragonair♀
Level 30
Slam, Dragon Rage, Thunder Wave, Water Pulse

Carmen, the Gyrarados♀
Level 18
Thrash


Text updates/Random observations:

• Started with June, the Charmander; Jupiter, the Aerodactyl(traded, lv. 5); Katie, the Dratini(traded, lv. 5); and Karine, the Horsea(traded, lv. 5)
• Later I bought Annabelle, the Dratini at the Game Corner(lv. 24), and fished Carmen, the Gyarados, on the road between Lavender and Fushia(lv. 18)
• Badge 1 was pretty easy, Karine the Horsea did most of the job. Badge 3 and 4 were easy too, with June, the Charmeleon(who mostly used Dig against Lt. Surge). The less said about Badge 2, the better.
• Apart from badge 2 everything is going very smoothly. Apart from a very troubled time between badge 1 and 2, never really felt I was ever in danger of blacking out. Nothing unexpected to report too, no shiny, no weird glitch, etc. The whole thing is probably even easier than expected, but of course half of my party is traded, so they're growing 1.5x faster. Though I could really do without, to be honest.
  
• Didn't realise how powerful Aerodactyl was on low levels! Very good stats, plus wing attack(power 60, accuracy 100, which is exremely good for the early stages of the game) as first ever attack.
• Dratini also becomes very powerful once it learns Dragon Rage(removes 40 PV to foe, accuracy 100) around low 20s levels, as it allows it to 2HKO virtually anything that is below level 30 or so.
• Karine, the Horsea has proven to be slightly harder to train as expected, because Horsea is stuck with Bubble(power 20 only) as only offensive move until low-20s level, until it learns Water Gun, which isn't such a hugely powerful move either. Also I'm quite surprised that she hasn't evolved yet(she's level 30, not sure when Horsea evolves exactly). Horsea evolves later than Dratini, for example! I did not really expect that, to be honest.
  
• Big facepalm moment as I taught Water Pulse to Katie, the Dratini; instead of Karine, the Horsea. It was a big mistake as a) Horsea is stuck with Bubble for quite a while, which made it harder to grind; b) Water Pulse isn't even so powerful with Dratini, c) Dratini and its evolutions can learn boatloads of moves so chances are I'm going to get rid of Water Pulse pretty soon anyway.
• Last thing I did before writing this update was catching Carmen, the Gyarados. I'm very pleased as I did not think it would be possible to catch one with a Super Rod. Thought I'd be stuck with a Magikarp for a little while. She's only level 18 though, but with pretty good stats and Trash(kind of random to have a power 90, accuracy 100 move as your only move, isn't it), she shouldn't be too hard to grind.
• Very confident for the rest of the game, until the Elite 4 that is. My main concern right now is Lorelei. With half of my party set to have ice as double weakness(Aerodactyl and Dragonite 2x), plus water being a weakness to Charmander, plus 2 water types who don't even have a resistance to ice because of their respective 2nd type, it will be a real challenge I think. But that's good, because the whole thing is turning to be easier than I thought, right now.
• Sorry for the long post, but I'm really enjoying this! After this game I do have lots of plans as far as Pokemon games are concerned, but I really fancy doing a second round of the challenge sometime in the future, if I get the opportunity.
  

 

[Captain Gizmo]

Final Update!

Badges Obtained:

Current Pokemon Team:

Tentacruel
Level 53
Supersonic, Toxic, Barrier, Blizzard & Surf

Nidoking
Level 52
Leer, Earthquake, Take Down & Double Kick

Ninetales
Level 53
Flamethrower, Tail Whip, Double-Edge & Confuse Ray

Electrode
Level 54
Thunder Wave, Explosion, Light Screen & Thunderbolt​

 

[Shadow Man]

Username: Shadow Man
Game: Pokemon Y
Leader: Wattson

I was originally gonna do a different leader and game, but I changed my mind.

 

[AoTora]

Guess who finally completed Gardenia's run on Platinum? Gee this team.. was interesting o.o

Anyways- Hall of fame (Leafeon is hiding lol)

Spoiler:

Final team:

Ecco|Male|Naive Nature|Solar Power|Lvl 65
SolarBeam
Body Slam
Fly
Leaf Storm

Rose|Female|Docile Nature|Poison Point|Lvl 65
Mega Drain
Petal Dance
Toxic
Sludge Bomb

Tay|Male|Quirky Nature|Leaf Guard|Lvl 65
Strength
Magical Leaf
Last Resort
Giga Drain

Carnivora|Female|Sassy Nature|Levitate|Lvl 65
Vine Whip
Power Whip
Ingrain
Crunch

Cherry|Female|Quirky Nature|Flower Gift|Lvl 65
SolarBeam
Magical Leaf
Petal Dance
Sunny Day

Terry|Male|Adamant Nature|Overgrow|Lvl 66
Earthquake
Crunch
Giga Drain
Leaf Storm​

New Sign-up:
Username: AoTora
Game: BlazeBlack
Leader: Morty

 

[Captain Gizmo]

I just realized I haven't even used Muk in my Koga challenge... so to feel better for myself, I'll redo Koga.

Username: LilJz
Game: Ruby
Leader: Koga

 

[hihohilton]

Username: hihohilton
Game: Volt White 2
Leader: Giovanni

 

[Thursday]

I completely forgot I was even doing this challenge D: I'm gonna redo it but on X. Here is my new form:

Username: Joshbl56
Game: Pokemon X
Leader: Giovanni

Final Update

Defeated Pokemon League

Final Team:

James|Chesnaught|Level 78|Overgrow
Body Slam
Bulk Up
Wood Hammer
Hammer Arm

Domino|Meowstic|Level 78|Infiltrator
Energy Ball
Shadow Ball
Thunderbolt
Psychic

Cassidy|Florges|Level 70|Flower Veil
Energy Ball
Solar Beam
Mooblast
Wish

[S-HIGHLIGHT]JPN[/S-HIGHLIGHT]
Attila|Honchkrow|Level 80|Insomnia
Thunder Wave
Foul Play
Psychic
Fly

Sird|Rhydon|Level 74|Rock Head
Dragon Tail
Megahorn
Earthquake
Strength

Ariana|Kangaskan|Level 77|Scrappy
Outrage
Power-Up Punch
Shadow Claw
Crunch
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[Captain Gizmo]

Username: LilJz
Game: Crystal
Leader: Sabrina

I'm almost done with Koga, so might as well start this one for now^^

 

[Ahri]

Well, after what seemed like ages, I finally picked up the challenge again, only to find that I was at th e4, ready to go in so I did just that and beat the game.

Erika

Badges

Final Team

Level 53/Female/Overgrow @ Miracle Seed
Earthquake/Sleep Powder/Frenzy Plant/Razor Leaf

Level 52/Female/Clorophyll @ Miracle Seed
Solarbeam/ Stun Spore/ Petal Dance/ Sunny Day

Level 56/Female/Cute Charm @ Leftovers
Strength/Flamethrower/Thunderbolt/Psychic

Level 54/Male/Water Absorb @ Mystic Water
Ice Beam/Shadow Ball/Surf/Bite
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[Captain Gizmo]

Gym leader Sabrina - Complete!

Badges Obtained:

Team after defeating Red :)

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Krueger, the Sandslash♂
Level 48
Headbutt, Attract, Mud-Slap & Sand-Attack

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Stargaze, the Starmie
Level 49
Confuse Ray. Surf, Return & Toxic

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Mindfreak, the Kadabra♂
Level 50
Recover, Psychic, Reflect & Ice Punch

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Revelina, the Typhlosion♀
Level 50
Headbutt, Swagger, Smokescreen & Flame Wheel​

 

[Captain Gizmo]

Username: LilJz
ame: Game
Leader: Koga

For the 3rd time, I'll do Koga!
My DS's buttons are not working properly anymore so I can't play my Ruby cartridge.

 

[Ramsie]

Username: Ramsie
Game: X
Leader: Ramos

 

[NymphoftheLake]

Name : NymphoftheLake
Game: Blaze Black
Leader: Fatina

 

[Necrum]

This thread is 6 months dead. Someone is planning to make a new one soon though.

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