Ultimate Monotype Challenge Thread

[myrrhman]

Holy crap, I have an update of my own for the UMC Ghost!!!

Beat Byron thanks to a lucky batch of DT spamming where Magneton couldn't hit me with T-bolt. Then, I got Strength and beat up the Commander in the blown up lake. Don't know which one it was. I think Saturn. Oh well. Trying to get to the peak of Mt. Coronet now.

 

[ナギ]

ohhai .
i've been quite lazy what with updating (playing too though..) but here's my first one.

Challenge : DARK-type challenge, EMERALD.
- analysis ;
named my character 'Hana', as usual, and began my challenge.
beat my rival with Ukiwa (mudkip) as i hadn't received pokéballs &stuff yet..
immediately afterwards, caught my first companion; Xana the Poochyena.

after training Xana to lv. 7 on wild pokémon, continued my journey to Petalburg, defeating all trainers with Xana on the way, thus training it another few levels. Met up with dad, Wally caught his Ralts, then went on to Rustboro.
not remembering what level Xana was at the time. after first beating all the trainers in front of Rustturf tunnel,beat Roxanne with Xana solo.. and the Aqua grunt.

journeyed to Dewford with Briney.
Unable to beat Brawly with just Xana, i ventured into granite cave without FLASH so i could catch a Sableye (and train Xana some more) cause that'd be resistant to Brawly's physical attacks.
so i did, named it Shade and trained it some so i could beat Brawly and his underlings soon afterwards.

right now i'm in Slateport, just beat the Aqua peoples and delivered the DevonGoods, and about to hit the road to Mauville .

- summary ;
NAME : Hana
BADGES : 2
TEAM :
*bulbagarden.net image removed*♀
XANA the Mightyena, lv. 19
- Tackle
- Howl
- Sand-Attack
- Bite

♂
SHADE the Sableye, lv. 19.
- Fury Swipes
- Leer
- Night Shade
- Astonish

 

[CyberSamurai]

and now for a quick update.

-chose cyndaquil as my starter
-caught a spinarak and a zubat
-as i was leaving the dark cave with my new zubat i ran into a SHINY one!! =O so i caught it and now i have a green zubat following me around =D
-at this moment going towards the bellsprout tower to get a gastly and bellsprout, then ill fight falkner

 

[GrassGiant]

Lied, a last update before the E4
-Got through Victory Road and remembered somewhat the best path to take.
-Got to the Pokemon League
-Defeated Jael for the 5th time[Video]
-Grinding a bit, not that I need, just because I can

Team:
Raedu@Quick Claw

Lv 60
-Crunch
-Curse
-Earthquake
-Razor Leaf

Artya@Rose Incense

Lv 60
-Petal Dance
-Leech Seed
-Sludge Bomb
-Stun Spore

 

[Arnold]

Name: Arnold
Game: Red (just starting)
Type: Ice type

I think I will use a emulator where I will hack a low level Seel just because he comes too late and I cannot trade through this game. I get Jynx before Rock Tunnel but I need a Poliwhirl and I cannot raise a Poliwag. Okay I'm ready.

I just realized that Seel only has the move Headbutt until Lv. 30 with Growl (that's when Seel evolves!). It will be tough with low PP (15) against Brock and until water gun in Mt. Moon.

Started the game with Charmander as HM Slave.
Got parcel and delivered it.
Got pokeball and caught Seel and named him Cymbal.
Trained Cymbal and got through Viridian Forest.
Trained for Brock's gym.
Defeated Brock with Headbutts and Struggles against Onix.
Got Water Gun in Mt. Moon and taught it to Cymbal.
Got to Cerulean and defeated Misty with Headbutt only.
Defeated everyone from Bill's House especially the Rival and got the ticket for the cruise.
Realized I need a flier and caught Pidgey for my other HM Slave.

My Ice Pokemon Team:

Cymbal the Seel Lv. 30

-Headbutt
-Water Gun
-Bubblebeam
-Growl


HM Slaves:

Charmander Lv. 5

-Scratch
-Growl

Pidgey Lv. 13

-Gust
-Sand-Attack
-Quick Attack

 

[CyberSamurai]

alright time for another quick update.

-caught a gastly and bellsprout
-beat falkner after a long grind
-on my way to next city

my team so far in my ultimate poison challenge.

Spinarak(Recluse)
lvl 13
Poison Sting
Leech Life
Scary Face
Constrict

Gastly(Malice)
lvl 13
Hypnosis
Lick
Spite
Curse

Bellsprout(PoisonIvy)
lvl 14
Vine Whip
Growth
Wrap
Sleep Powder

Shiny Zubat(DevilWing)
lvl 14
Leech Life
Supersonic
Astonish
Bite

 

[Xia]

Ok, now according to the book;

Name: Xia
Game: Platinum
Type: Poison

Is that clear?

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Ok, nothing much has happened from last time, last time I was training my pokemon to have a stand off against the first Galactic Executive Mars. Did that, and these are my current pokemon, as for now.


Lilly (Budew) Male.
Lv 20 @ Soothe Bell
Stun Spore
Growth
Mega Drain
Water Sport


Muis (Zubat) Female.
Lv 17 @ No Item
Bite
Supersonic
Astonish
Wing Attack


Candle (Dustox) Male.
lv 17 @ Quick Claw
Tackle
Bug Bite
Protect
Poison Sting

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Soon I'll be heading to eterna forest and catch myself a Gastly, I'll probably send over an egg containing a weedle, a skorupi and a croagunk. The Dustox and Weedle (Beedrill won't be used in my elite 4 team probably, as I'll be planning to use Drapion as my bug/poison type there.)

And I'm still trying to evolve Budew.....preferably he'll evolve somewhere between 20 and 25. But we'll see about that right?

 

[Arnold]

New Update!

Defeated Rival in S. S. Anne.
Defeated Lt. Surge with Aurora Beams and Bubblebeams.
Cymbal evolved into a Dewgong.
Got through Rock Tunnel w/o Flash.
Got Fly and taught to Pidgey.
Defeated Team Rocket under the Game Corner and got Silph Scope.
Defeated Team Rocket in the Pokemon Tower in Lavender and got Poke Flute.
Went south of Lavender and got Super Rod.
Caught Shellder in Vermilion and used the Water Stone on him to evolve to Cloyster who I called Vhile.
Caught Poliwhirl in Celadon and traded it for a Jynx in Cerulean called Lola.
Trained Vhile and Lola.
Got Surf and Strength in Fuchsia.

My Ice Pokemon Team:

Cymbal the Dewgong Lv. 49

-Body Slam
-Horn Drill
-Bubblebeam
-Surf (Accidentally deleted Aurora Beam but will learn Ice Beam later)

Vhile the Cloyster Lv. 36

-Double-Edge
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Tri-Attack

Lola the Jynx Lv. 36

-Psychic
-Lovely Kiss
-Ice Punch
-Doubleslap


HM Slaves:

Charmander Lv. 5

-Scratch
-Growl
-Cut
-Strength

Pidgey Lv. 13

-Gust
-Sand-Attack
-Quick Attack
-Fly


Right now I'm going through Silph Co. where I will get Lapras and eventually finish the game. Pokemon Red is easy and I should have no problem.

 

[Weavile05]

I just have one question. Are we allowed to have more than one of the same species of Pokemon? Mainly for the slightly rarer types like fire, which I believe you can only get 5 of in Platinum.

Anyway I'll do a Platinum Normal Type.
Can i use my starter for the first gym since normal doesn't do well AT ALL against rock?

 

[IDoLikeMudkip]

-Caught Rosebud (Oddish)

-Got to Mauville and beat Wally

-Entered Mauville Gym and Fought Watson a couple of times finally beating him

-Headed over to Verdanturf town

-On the way Rosebud reached Lv. 21 and evolved

-went back to mauville and got rocksmash

-went back to north of Oldale Town and Caught Slave I (Zigzagoon)

-taught Slave I Cut and Rock Smash

-headed noth of Mauville

-fought the Winstrate family and won

-Got Through Firey path and to fallarbor town

-Went to Meteor Falls

-Raced to the top of Mt. Chimney

-Show Team Magma who's the boss round here

-Headed down Jagged Pass, then accidentaly jumpped the ledges next to
Lavaridge....ugh

-Up to Mt. Chimney and down Jagged Pass again

-Went the other way into lavaridge

-After many attempts and some highley complex stratagy I finally beat
Flannery

-Recieved Go-goggles from May

-Went into the Desert and got the Root Fossil from the Mirage Tower

-Headed back to Petalbug to face the Gym

-Beat Dad

-Got HM03

-Headed up through petalburg woods

-on the way got Slave II (Taillow)

-Got to Devon Corp.

-recieved Exp. Share from Mr. Stone

-Resurected Root Fossil

-Got RockFlower (Lileep)

-Went through the tunnel

-went back into Mauville and got Basement Key

-went to new mauville and shut off the generator

-on the way back caught Slave III (tentacool)

-Headed up route 119

-Caught FlyingTree (Tropius)

-Got to Weater Institue and saved it from Team Aqua

-Fought May and won

-Ran right through Fortree City

-Found Stevon and got the Deavon Scope

-Headed for the Gym, and learned the true ferocity of Flying pokemon and Arial Ace

Current Team:

Spoiler:

*bulbagarden.net image removed*RockFlower Lv. 28
Astoninsh
Constrict
Acid
Ingrain

Shrooms Jr. Lv. 38
Mega Drain
Headbutt
Mach Punch
Sky Uppercut

*bulbagarden.net image removed*Rosebud Lv. 34
Absorb
Acid
Poisonpowder
Sleep Powder

*bulbagarden.net image removed*Leaves Lv. 34
Leaf Blade
Pursuit
Absorb
Fury Cutter

*bulbagarden.net image removed*Flying Tree Lv. 33
Fly
Magical Leaf
Stomp
Sweet Scent

Slave I (zigzagoon), Slave II (taillow), Slave III (tentacool)

 

[CyberSamurai]

alright! another exciting update! Here we go!

-went throught union cave to azelia town where bugzy and the rockets were defeated but my zubat without much trouble.
-got to goldenrod where whiteny wasnt too distracted by my shiny zubat in all its glory. she stomped it into the ground (quite literally, damn milktank) along with the rest of my team.
-grinded until almost everyone in my team evolved. then went back and beat whitney
-walked all the way back to new bark to show stupid prof. elm togepi. but on the way back i ran into another freakin shiny! i was all like "jesus tap dancing, puppy punting, bungie jumping, fire breathing Christ!" and thats how i got to have two shinies in my party =D (i replaced my old weepinbell with the shiny one cause its freakin shiny and it has a better nature)

anyways my team before i go fight the ghost gym leader guy.

Weepinbell(PoisonOak)
lvl 23
Vine Whip
Acid
Cut
Sleep Powder

Ariados(Recluse)
lvl 24
Poison Sting
Fury Swipes
Shadow Sneak
Night Shade

Haunter(Malice)
lvl 25
Sucker Punch
Shadow Punch
Night Shade
Curse

Golbat(DevilWing)*
lvl 25
Wing Attack
Supersonic
Astonish
Bite



*I just remembered that crobats shiny form is pink. a pink bat is going to be called DevilWing........lol

 

[myrrhman]

I just have one question. Are we allowed to have more than one of the same species of Pokemon? Mainly for the slightly rarer types like fire, which I believe you can only get 5 of in Platinum.

Anyway I'll do a Platinum Normal Type.
Can i use my starter for the first gym since normal doesn't do well AT ALL against rock?

Yeah, you can use as many as you want. I'm planning on doing Sinnoh of my Ultimate Normal run with a Staraptor and two Bibarels. 3 if you count that one is an HM slave...

Unfortunately, you may not use your starter for the first gym. I know its hard, but just think of the poor RBY Electric runners. They don't even get a STAB bonus for Pika's Quick Attack.

If I were you, I'd get a Bidoof, and get it to level 15, where it evolves and learns Water Gun. That should do it.

 

[Weavile05]

Oh, I thought that happened at level 20. well, that changes things. Anyway I'll have my first update by tommorow.

 

[tachikaze316]

- Headed East to Mt Coronet and caught a Cleffa
- Brutalised Team Galactic (I swear they were tougher in Platinum)
- Headed to Hearthome, dropped by the Contest Hall
- Went to Solaceon, rode around a bit
- On the way to Veilstone Cleffa evolved
- Caught Girafarig

Leader Battle: Maylene
Team:

Bibarel Lv.22
-Rollout
-Headbutt
-Defense Curl
-Rock Smash

Staravia Lv.27
-Double Team
-Growl
-Quick Attack
-Wing Attack

Girafarig Lv.26
-Stomp
-Agility
-Baton Pass
-Psybeam

Clefairy Lv.24
-Charm
-Hidden Power (Ghost)
-Magical Leaf
-Sweet Kiss

Buneary Lv.30
-Quick Attack
-Defense Curl
-Foresight
-Jump Kick

Staravia took Meditite down in 3 turns (bloody hyper potions), Girafarig took Machoke down in 3 turns (see above), Girafarig got 1 shotted by Lucario's force palm(crit) and Staravia managed to do about 30% of it's health before fainting...Buneary finished it off with Jump Kick.

- Helped Dawn get her pokedex back from Team Galactic
- Got HM02, taught it to Staravia
- Went South to Pastoria
- Headed to the gym.

Next Time! Crasher Wake and a mysterious 'package'.

 

[Arnold]

Last Pokemon Red Ice Monotype Challenge Update!

Defeated everyone in Silph Co. excluding Giovanni.
Trained my Lv. 15 Lapras who I call Pollar.
Defeated Giovanni in Silph Co. with Surfs.
Defeated extra trainers for experience.
Defeated Koga in Fuchsia City with Psychics.
Defeated Sabrina in Saffron City.
Surfed to Cinnabar Island.
Got through the Pokemon Mansion.
Defeated Blaine on Cinnabar Island with Surfs.
Defeated Giovanni in Viridian City with Surfs.
Got through Victory Road.
Trained everyone to Lv. 56 mostly because Cymbal needed to learn Ice Beam.
Defeated Lorelei of the Elite Four with Pollar's Thunderbolt.
Defeated Bruno of the Elite Four with Lola's Psychic.
Defeated Agatha of the Elite Four with Lola's Psychic.
Defeated Lance of the Elite Four with Cymbal's Ice Beam.
Defeated the Champion (Rival) with Vhile only to end it with an Explosion.
Became new Champion and beat Pokemon Red!

Ice Pokemon Team:

Cymbal the Dewgong Lv. 57

-Body Slam
-Horn Drill (Useless?)
-Ice Beam
-Surf

Vhile the Cloyster Lv. 57

-Double-Edge
-Surf
-Ice Beam
-Explosion

Lola the Jynx Lv. 58

-Psychic
-Metronome (Purely for the fun)
-Blizzard
-Seismic Toss

Pollar the Lapras Lv. 56

-Ice Beam
-Thunderbolt
-Surf
-Confuse Ray (Kind of useless)


HM Slaves:

Charmander Lv. 5

-Scratch
-Growl
-Cut
-Strength

Pidgey Lv. 13

-Gust
-Sand-Attack
-Quick Attack
-Fly


Yes! I completed Pokemon Red with the Ice Monotype Challenge. This is suppose to be the Ultimate Ice Monotype Challenge so I'll start Pokemon Crystal with this challenge tomorrow. I'll need to cheat for a different Pokemon in Crystal. I made a reference to Bullet 10 in the rules just in case I'm thought to have broken the rule. It's unfair to have to wait for the Ice Cave even on the Ice Monotype Challenge. That's almost half of the game when I get almost my whole team. So...

Is it alright for me to hack in a low-leveled ice Pokemon?

The species?...Well I need to think about that tomorrow.

 

[Weavile05]

I'm so angry! I got all the way to Oreburgh, had a level 11 Bidoof and level 10 Starly, got through the Oreburgh mine part
AND FORGOT TO SAVE BEFORE TURNING IT OFF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Now I gotta start all over! :disappoin

 

[Draknir]

Been too busy with School and stuff to update, but here goes:
-Beat all 16 Kanto Gym Leaders
-Beat Red miraculously.
-Gold Complete
-Started Ruby with a Treecko(Went Fire/Red, Water/Gold, and now I still have a type disadvantage).
-Sped my way through the first part of the game(This is not an Emulator, so it wasn't as fast as possible)
-Caught a Male Bold Geodude and named him BOULDER in Dewford Cave
-Caught a Male Naive Aron and named him IRONHIDE in the same place
-Got them both to Lv.18 and defeated Brawly with quite a bit of difficulty
-Got them both to Lv.20 and defeated May, again with a bit of difficulty
-Got them both to Lv.25, with BOULDER evolving, and defeated Watson
-Got BOULDER to Lv.28, and IRONHIDE to Lv.26
-Caught a Male Bold Slugma in the Fiery Path and named him MAGMA
-Began the painstakingly slow training of MAGMA
-BOULDER reached Lv.29 due to an accident, and I finally got around to trading him to evolve
-IRONHIDE reached Lv.28, and MAGMA reached Lv.24 by the time I got to Meteor Falls

I'll post my final Gold team later.

Current Team:

-BOULDER-♂-Bold-Sturdy-95/64/93/40/45/40-Tackle/Selfdestruct/Magnitude/Rollout

-IRONHIDE-♂-Naive-Sturdy-71/53/63/33/29/31-Rock Tomb/Metal Claw/Mud-Slap/Take Down

-MAGMA-♂-Bold-Magma Armor-57/26/30/39/29/15-Yawn/Smog/Ember/Rock Throw

 

[myrrhman]

Short update: Made it to Snowpoint. Now to hunt for a Female Snorunt...

Also, Arnold, you should be fine. Since you're doing an Ultimate, I don't control the rules, but honestly, I think its more cheating to not get an Ice Pokemon until that late in the game, because Typhlosion can solo the game rather easily imo w/ Flame Wheel and Thunderpunch.

 

[Weavile05]

Well, since my Normal one didn't go to well, I'll do fire, and come back to normal after I do all the other types. I will still do Platinum.
How do I put the Userbar in my sig?

 

[myrrhman]

Lol, don't forget to erase the save data this time, Weavile. To get the Userbar, right click it and hit "Copy image location". Then go to your sig and click the little image picture (either has a mountain, a tree, or something similar). Paste the thing you copied there, and you should be good to go.