Ultimate Monotype Challenge Thread

[musesum626]

Muse's Fire UMC: Red

-Flare finally reached level 50 and learned Flamethrower, so I evolved him
-Blitz evolved also
-I'm realizing that Fire Spin is a much better move in this game, especially with a fast Pokemon like Rapidash. The opponent has no way to make a move.
-Defeated Sabrina - Blitz did surprisingly well considering he's at a much lower level than the rest of the team
-Inferno OHKOd all of Blaine's Pokemon w/Earthquake except Arcanine which went down from Slash (Arcanine used Roar, which for some reason hasn't worked once in this game, but I'm not complaining)
-Taught Blitz Fire Blast because he's the only one who can't learn Flamethrower

Team:
Inferno - Lv53

-Slash
-Earthquake
-Flamethrower
-Dig

Blaze - Lv54

-Bite
-Sand-Attack
-Flamethrower
-Ember

Blitz - Lv43

-Fire Blast
-Take Down
-Stomp
-Fire Spin

Flare - Lv50

-Body Slam
-Flamethrower
-Double Team
-Take Down

 

[Ciax]

OMFG i hate grinding with a burning passion. I went form having a well leveled team of two to a under levelled team of six. Last two days i have been grinding and taken dwon two gym leaders while still training them. Will do a bit more before leaving Ectruek (how the hell do you say this, or spell it).
I taight Cleo (ledain) headbutt and caught a heracross at the magnificnet level of two HOORay (sarcasm is hard to understand on teh internets). Pinsir and scyther soon followed from the BCC, i won two useless sun stones.
After grinding Hercules ( Heracross) took on cry baby Whitney. Miltank tried to attratct him but no one is attracted to fat pink cows. Died after two brick breaks Onto Morty the battle went a little like this

Jagg - Pursuit
Gastly Died
Jagg- Pursuit
Gengar - Mean Look
Jagg - Pursuit (critical hit)
Gengar Died
Jagg - Pursuit }
Haunter Died }x2

Current Team
Dennis - Lv 22

Shadow Sneak, Dig, Scary Face, Night Shade

Cleo - Lv 21

Reflect, Supersonic, Headbutt, Mach Punch

Spokes - Lv 20

Headbutt, Rapid Spin, Bug Bite, Bide

Hercules - Lv 22

Horn Attack, Aerial Ace, Brick Breal, Leer

Clamps - Lv 21

Revenge, Bind, Leer, Seismic Toss

Jagg - Lv 22

Pursuit, Wing Attack. Cut, Agility

Next up Chuck, Jagg should own again

 

[Townes]

Ah, a monotype challenge... It has been a while since I tried one, so I'll go for an Ultimate Poison-type one. Here's how it will go for my good self-
LeafGreen->Soulsilver->Emerald->Platinum->White

Just need to dig up a console capable of playing GBA games, and we're AWAY!

Yes, I'm indecisive.

 

[jdthebud]

Update for Ultimate Monotype Challenge (Electric).

Well, since I'm bored, I'm gonna continue my Electric UMC onto Black.

Name: Erik
Starter: Oshawott

• Beat the first gym with Oshawott+Pansear, then caught Z-Bolt the Blitzle on Rt. 3.
• Then I started soloing (until I get to Chargestone Cave) with him.
• Lenore was easy because I avoided a Take Down, and I had a Chesto Berry.
• Z-Bolt evolved into Zebstrika in the Castelia City Battle Co.
• Burgh was a cinch with Flame Charge.
• Elena was easy as well, Discharge and Stomp took her down.
• Once I cleared out Cold Storage, I taught Z-Bolt Return.
• Z-Bolt handled Clay with Return and Flame Charge thanks to being overleveled.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Chargestone Cave is coming up.

Team Erik:

Z-Bolt the Brave Zebstrika, ♂ - L42 @ Amulet Coin
Ability: Lightning Rod
Moves: Spark, Flame Charge, Return, Discharge

HM Slaves:

Oshawott - Cut

Woobat - Flash, Fly

Darumaka - Strength
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[mamoswineftw]

Just to say that I'm going for the ULTIMATE Ultimate Monotype challenge - Mono with every single type in every generation. Currently doing Kanto (Blue version) with Grass at Gym 3, and Water at Gym 2.

GRASS:
In-game name: Green
Pokemon:
Uno the Bulbasaur lvl 26 (waiting for razor leaf)
Tackle/Body Slam/Leech Seed/Vine Whip

Deux the Paras lvl 27
Scratch/Spore/Leech Life/Dig

Trois the Bellsprout lvl 25
Vine Whip/Growth/Wrap/Sleep Powder

Completion status: 0/83

 

[LycaNinja]

Name: LycaNinja
Type: Normal (Even though I know I'll have to use Bidoof in Platinum T.T)
Order: Yellow -> Crystal -> Emerald -> Platinum -> White

I shall start right now...

 

[Vandoom]

Defeated the 2nd Gym- Misty Playing on Red version
My Team
Bulbasaur lv. 23 Tackle, PoisenPowder, Leed Seed, Vine Whip
Nidobloke the Nidoking lv. 23 Leer, Thrash, Mega Punch, Poison Sting
Venom the Ekans lv. 15 Wrap, Leer, Poison Sting

 

[ChaosJester083]

Hey everyone long time no see. Well I lost red version for a while and found it recently so that is why I have not been posting.

I just beat Koga and this is my team

Murderfish lv 40

Jetsam lv 40

Airman lv 39

Shelly lv 43

 

[jdthebud]

Update for Ultimate Monotype Challenge (Electric).

Update #2 on Black.

• Finally I reached Chargestone Cave, where I caught Zeus the Tynamo (actually didn't take me that long to find it).
• I also caught a Boldore to trade for Minipete the Emologa on Route 7, after I arrived in Mistralton City.
• Climbed the Celestial Tower and rang the bell at the top.
• Took on Skyla and won easily with Minipete.
• Then I got Surf from Alder, and used it to explore Routes 16 and 17, as well as Mistralton Cave. Zeus finally evolved into Eelektrik.
• Went through Twist Mountain to Icirrus City, where I caught Flounder the Stunfisk (yay!).
• Brycen then went down to Zeus.
• Climbed the Dragonspiral Tower and talked with N, then cleared out Relic Castle and got the Light Stone in Nancrene.
• Made my way to Opelucid City, and after a bit of shopping for vitamins, took on the gym.
• Drayden was handled by Zeus and Flounder.
• Then I beat Cheren on Route 10 and saved there.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Victory Road and the Elite Four are next!

Team Erik:

Z-Bolt the Brave Zebstrika, ♂ - L50 @ Lucky Egg
Ability: Lightning Rod
Moves: Wild Charge, Flame Charge, Return, Thunderbolt

Zeus the Bashful Eelektrik, ♀ - L50
Ability: Levitate
Moves: Spark, Crunch, Thunderbolt, Acid Spray

Flounder the Modest Stunfisk, ♂ - L51
Ability: Limber
Moves: Mud Bomb, Discharge, Surf, Sludge Bomb

Minipete the Lax Emolga, ♂ - L51
Ability: Static
Moves: Shock Wave, Acrobatics, Thunderbolt, Light Screen

HM Slaves:

Woobat - Flash, Fly

Darumaka - Strength

Dewott - Cut, Surf, Waterfall [boxed]
​

 

[TheOrangePichu]

Pokemon Red Monotype Challenge: Dragon
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Summary:
-Started Game, Rival named Gary (great creativity)
-Chose starter, caught Dratini
-Grinded Dratini through Viridian Forest
-Beat Brock
-Went through Mount Moon
-Beat Misty
-Went North
-Beat Rival and Nugget Bridge
-Saved Bill
-Beat Rocket Grunt
-Continued South
- Made it to Vermillion
- Went on S.S. Anne
- Dratini evoled in Dragonair

Team:

Dragonair, level 30
Dragon

Moves:
Wrap
Leer
Slam
Agility

Ivysaur, level 16
Grass/Poison

Moves:
Tackle
Growl
Vine Whip
Leech Seed
​

 

[LycaNinja]

-Normal Type Ultimate Monotype Challenge Progression 1-

-Yellow Version - Kanto Region-

I delivered Oak's parcel, got the Pokedex, went and bought some Pokeballs and caught Pidgey LV7 using Pikachu...

Spoiler:

Healed the Pidgey and boxed the Pikachu as went walking backwards he blocks you and is annoying... and went on to catch my second Pokemon Rattata LV4

Spoiler:

I traveled through the forest defeating every trainer and leveling Pidgey and Rattata quickly as Pidgey evolved in the patch of grass just outside Pewter City...

Spoiler:

Rattata beat Geodude, Onix beat Rattata, and Pidgeotto beat Onix... Brock was done...1 down 7 to go...

Spoiler:

Rattata defeated the trainers leading up to Mt. Moon and evolved himself...

Spoiler:

Traveled through Mt. Moon and up until the fossil guy where I captured my third Pokemon Clefairy...

Spoiler:

Grabbed the fossil, beat team rocket, my rival, and then went and beat Misty in a long bland back and forth using (Clefairy) sing and doubleslap/ (Pidgeotto)quick attack...2 down 6 to go...

Spoiler:

Turned a Pokemon back into a dude, defeated team rocket bandit with dig, fought toward the SS Anne and defeated the crew, the guests, and my rival again...

Spoiler:

Used Bulbasaur as a slave for Cut and fought into Lt Surge's domain and beat him in a one on one war...Raticate vs Raichu...One body slam and Raichu was down...3 down 5 to go...

Spoiler:

Trained in the Diglett Cave for awhile until Clefairy learned Metronome at LV31 and I evolved it using the Moon Stone I got back in Mt. Moon...

Spoiler:

-My Team-

Spoiler:

- LV34
Wing Attack
Swift
Quick Attack
Whirlwind

- LV34
Dig
Thunderbolt
Body Slam
Hyper Fang

- LV33
Bubblebeam
Seismic Toss
Mega Punch
Metronome

HM Slaves
Bulbasaur - Cut
Magnemite - Flash

PS: Can we use, for example, during a Psychic monotype challenge a Clefairy in Yellow until the 3rd gym pass the Diglett cave to trade it in for the Mr. Mime, and since we used the Clefairy it would be the same level? (Going for Ultimate Ultimate Monotype Challenge)

 

[mamoswineftw]

Thought an update for the Kanto portion of my ULTIMATE Ultimate monotype (UUM) challenge should be updated:

Just defeated gym 7 (Blaine)
Uno the Venusaur, lvl 43
Razor Leaf, Growth, Body Slam, Mega Drain

Deux the Parasect, lvl 51 (MVP so far!)
Leech Life, Spore, Slash, Dig

Trois the Victreebel, lvl 41
Cut, Acid, Double Edge, Swords Dance

Quatro the Exeggutor, lvl 40
Psychic, Take Down, Leech Seed, Selfdestruct

FLY the Fearow
SurfStreng the Lapras

Notes:
-Parasect is amazing! Vs Sabrina and Blaine was so very useful. Blaine almost had me though - Rapidash outspeeds EVERYTHING and traps with Fire Spin. Had to get a lucky paralysis with Uno's Body Slam to win
-Victreebel is a beast with Swords Dance. After one turn, KOs pretty much anything
-Lack of TM moves in Gen I is actually making this quite annoying. None of them can learn Rock Slide or Earthquake for one!

UUMC progress: 0/83

EDIT: KANTO GRASS PORTION COMPLETE!!!

Tell you what, I LOATHE how slow grass pokemon are in gen I. I was also slightly underlevelled, but hey...

Anyway, movesets remained unchanged, except for Explosion in place of Selfdestruct on Quatro (Exeggutor). For a rundown of the Elite 4:

Lorelei: Uno - 2x Growth, followed by Razor Leaf/Mega Drain, and 2x Body Slam for Jynx
Bruno: Uno - 2x Razor Leaf, Quatro - 3x Psychic
Agatha: Quatro - 7 Psychics in total, Deux - Dig on Arbok and last Gengar
Lance: Uno - Razor Leaf on Gyarados, Aerodactyl, Body Slam for KO on Dragonite Deux - Spore followed by Slashes for Dragonairs and 60% Dragonite health
Rival: Trois - Swords Dance/Double Edge for Pidgeot, Deux - Leech Life for Alakazam and Exeggutor, Quatro - Explode on Charizard for 75% damage, Uno KO Charizard with Body Slam, beat Gyarados with Razor Leaf

Team Summary (movesets unchanged from above):
Uno the Venusaur lvl 62 (ELITE 4 MVP)
Deux the Parasect lvl 54 (Gyms 2-7 MVP)
Trois the Victreebel lvl 43 (LVP)
Quatro the Exeggutor (good for Agatha, EXPLODING)

Onto Gold version now!

UUMC completion status: 1/83 (yay!)

 

[ツールです]

PS: Can we use, for example, during a Psychic monotype challenge a Clefairy in Yellow until the 3rd gym pass the Diglett cave to trade it in for the Mr. Mime, and since we used the Clefairy it would be the same level? (Going for Ultimate Ultimate Monotype Challenge)

No,use your starter to beat Gym I and then catch an Abra in Nugget Bridge near routes or catch a Drwozee in ROute east of Vermillion

EDIT: Sorry had read it wrong,you can't use it but you can catch it

 

[jdthebud]

Update for Ultimate Monotype Challenge (Electric).

Update #3 on Black.

Elite Four Time!

Spoiler:

• Got through Victory Road easily enough.
• Evolved Zeus into Eelektross at L54 (learned Coil).
• After some shopping, I used several TMs (Thunder, Charge Beam, Wild Charge).
• Headed into the Pokemon League to take on the Elite Four.
• Shauntal was handled by Minipete and Zeus.
• Grimsley was taken down by Flounder, Minipete, and Z-Bolt.
• Caitlin was beat by Minipete/Flounder and Zeus (mostly Zeus with Crunch).
• Marshall was beat by Minipete (Acrobatics rocked) and Flounder.
• Then I taught Zeus Brick Break (replaced Wild Charge).
• After the EPIC cutscreens, I caught Reshiram.
• N went down to a team effort, and I beat Ghetsis as well, with Zeus shouldering the load with a Coil boosted Brick Break (beat Seismitoad, OHKOed Hydregion and Bisharp, and beat Eelektross).
• And I was teleported home, ready to start the postgame.

Screens:

Spoiler:

Elite Four:

N & Ghetsis:

It's time for the postgame now. I'm planning on getting Rotom (probably the Fire one) for my fifth team member.

Team Erik:

Flounder the Modest Stunfisk, ♂ - L56 @ Soft Sand
Ability: Limber
Moves: Discharge, Mud Bomb, Surf, Sludge Bomb

Z-Bolt the Brave Zebstrika, ♂ - L55 @ Magnet
Ability: Lightning Rod
Moves: Wild Charge, Flame Charge, Thrash, Thunder
Unova MVP

Zeus the Bashful Eelektross, ♀ - L56 @ BlackGlasses
Ability: Levitate
Moves: Brick Break, Crunch, Thunder, Coil
Elite Four 1 MVP, N/Ghetsis MVP

Minipete the Lax Emolga, ♂ - L55 @ None
Ability: Static
Moves: Charge Beam, Acrobatics, Thunderbolt, Light Screen

HM Slaves:

Woobat - Flash, Fly

Darumaka - Strength

Dewott - Cut, Surf, Waterfall [boxed]
​

 

[thetenthdoctor]

Well let's see what happened in my water ultimate monotype challenge...

Spoiler:

-obtained the wardens teeth and surf from the safari zone, also caught slowpoke named torchwood
-grinded rory the poliwah until it evolved and learned body slam, then evolved it into poliwrath
-grinded torchwood until lvl 30, then went back to celadon to take on erika
-beat erika easier than I thought
-grinded torchwood a little bit more
-saved

The current team:

Spoiler:

Torchwood lvl 33
Confusion
Surf
Disable
Headbutt

The Doctor lvl 38
Mega Punch
Bite
Dig
Surf

Dalek lvl 37
Body Slam
Dragon Rage
Thunderbolt
Surf

Rory lvl 35
Body Slam
Hypnosis
Surf
Submission

Tardis lvl 35
Surf
Double-Edge
Water Gun
Quick Attack

 

[jdthebud]

Final Update for Electric UMC!

Final Update (#4) on Black.

Dun-dun-dunnnn.

Postgame:

Spoiler:

• The first thing I did was catch a L52 Dratini and evolve him into a Dragonite for an HM Slave (it's Adamant, lol).
• After a few trainer battles, I eventually got to the Giant Chasm and caught a Ditto.
• Traded said Ditto for Eeks the Rotom, and turned it into a Wash Rotom (Electric/Water), since I didn't want to use Overheat.
• After some boring EV training, I traveled around Unova, fighting all the trainers I could.
• I did get wiped out by Veteran Shaun (holy cow his team rocks) in Challenger's Cave thanks to some lame critical hits, argg.
• Then I took on Cheren, Morimoto, and Cynthia, and beat them pretty easily.
• After some Rare Candies to get everyone to L72, it was time for Elite Four Round 2!
• Shauntal: soloed by Eeks, with Shadow Ball, Hydro Pump, and Thunderbolt.
• Grimsley: Taken care of by Zeus with some healing help (Coil, Brick Break).
• Caitlin was the toughest fight, but Flounder, Z-Bolt, and Zeus combined for the win.
• Marshall was beaten by Flounder and Minipete (Acrobatics), with lots of healing.
• Taught Flounder, Eeks, and Minipete Thunder, and finally it was time for Alder.
• Here's the play-by-play:

  Here's the play-by-play:
  
  Flounder VS Accelgor: Me First (Thunder) (ineffective!), Thunder, Full Restore (Accelgor), Surf, Me First (Thunder) (ineffective!), Thunder, Accelgor fainted!
  *lol, Thunder ineffective*
  VS Vanilluxe: Light Screen, Thunder (missed!), Acid Armor, Mud Bomb (Vanilluxe's Accuracy fell!), Blizzard (missed!), Thunder, Blizzard (missed!), Thunder (missed!), Blizzard (missed!), Thunder, Blizzard (missed!), Thunder, Vanilluxe fainted!
  *lol, 4 Blizzard misses thanks to Mud Bomb. That's some hax to survive the first two without getting damaged*
  Flounder grew to L73!
  VS Bouffalant: Earthquake, Mud Bomb, Earthquake, Flounder fainted!
  Zeus VS Bouffalant: Coil, Head Charge (critical hit!) OHKO, Zeus fainted!
  *damn critical hit! argg!*
  Z-Bolt VS Bouffalant: Wild Charge, Bouffalant fainted!
  VS Escavalier: Overheat OHKO, Escavalier fainted!
  VS Volcarona: Wild Charge (burned!), Overheat, Z-Bolt fainted!
  Minipete VS Volcarona: Rain Dance, Quiver Dance, Hyper Beam, Thunder (paralyzed!), Thunder, Volcarona fainted!
  Minipete grew to L74!
  VS Druddigon: (Flying Gem) Acrobatics, Outrage, Minipete fainted!
  Eeks VS Druddigon: Hydro Pump, Druddigon fainted!
  Champion Alder was defeated!
  

Screens:

Spoiler:

Elite Four 2:

Champion Alder:

Hall of Fame pics:

Spoiler:

That's another full UMC down. This last game was fun. Elektross is an beast, and Stunfisk was a lot better then I was expecting, as was Emolga. Emolga really needed the extra trade experience to stay useful, though. Zebstrika benefited from getting overleveled early, and Wash Rotom was also fun to use, even if it was for a short time.

Team Erik (Final):

Flounder the Modest Stunfisk, ♂ - L73 @ Zap Plate
Ability: Limber
Moves: Thunder, Mud Bomb, Surf, Sludge Bomb
Final Stats: 269/118/143/188/172/63
Alder co-MVP

Z-Bolt the Brave Zebstrika, ♂ - L73 @ Magnet
Ability: Lightning Rod
Moves: Wild Charge, Overheat, Thrash, Thunder
Final Stats: 209/214/126/137/116/184
Unova MVP, Alder co-MVP

Zeus the Bashful Eelektross, ♀ - L73 @ BlackGlasses
Ability: Levitate
Moves: Brick Break, Crunch, Thunder, Coil
Final Stats: 250/208/141/193/145/110
Elite Four 1 MVP, N/Ghetsis MVP, Elite Four 2 MVP

Eeks the Gentle Rotom (Wash) - L74 @ Mystic Water
Ability: Levitate
Moves: Thunder, Shadow Ball, Hydro Pump, Rain Dance
Final Stats: 172/116/169/221/224/165

Minipete the Lax Emolga, ♂ - L74 @ Flying Gem (poof!)
Ability: Static
Moves: Acrobatics, Rain Dance, Thunder, Light Screen
Final Stats: 186/151/134/170/99/192

HM Slaves:

Draagonite - Fly, Waterfall, Strength, Dive
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[DVK]

i'm going to do a poison monotype on fire red and maybe pokemon black :)

wish me luck guys!

 

[Ω Ruby and α Sapphire]

Im going to do a flying type monotype challenge not ultimate.

 

[Darksualc]

Alright I have picked up this challenge again (last post on p. 11 or something) and started my Rock Monotype up again in Hoenn.

In-game-name: Rocko
Rival: May
Game: Ruby

Spoiler:

Started out with Mudkip and rushed to beat the first gym.
Caught a Zigzagoon as a HM Slave and arrived at Dewford.
Went to the cave and caught both a Geodude and a Aron.
Trained them to lvl 19 and 20 and defeated Brawly with Magnitude and Metal Claw.
Trained against all trainers on my way and finally arrived at the 3rd gym that didn't stand a chance against the power of Magnitude.
Rushed to the next gym where I along the way kicked Team Magma down from the volcano.
Didn't even have to heal in the Gym and won easily.

My team:

Spoiler:

lvl 33 Magnitude, Rock Throw, Selfdestruct and Tackle

lvl 33 Metal Claw, Take Down, Headbutt and Mud Slap

 

[mamoswineftw]

Well, following up with my completion of the Kanto-Grass portion of my UUMC, I moved onto Gold last night. 450% speed makes for fast gameplay, so I've just managed to beat the Elite 4 and Champion with this team:

Megaman the Meganium
Male, lvl 61, Miracle Seed
Razor Leaf, Body Slam, Earthquake, Light Screen

Way overlevelled I know, but the only way I could train the other members of the team without them fainting so much was to slap EXP Share on them and battle with this guy. Had Mud Slap instead of EQ for most of Johto, it proved to be surprisingly useful. This guy managed to pretty much take on the Elites by himself, with the others used for setting up mostly.

Deux II the Parasect
male, lvl 43
Slash, Spore, Dig, Leech Life

This guy is identical to the one on my blue version, but much less useful. Mostly used Spore here and there, but just wasn't that good in Johto.

Quatro II the Exeggcute
female, lvl 43
Confusion, Rollout, Stun Spore, Solarbeam (was Leech Seed)

Lack of leaf stones in Johto made her stay in this form, though she was SLIGHTLY more useful that Deux II. VS lance, the latter used Spore on gyarados, then with Leech Seed I was able to survive a Hyper Beam and KO with 3 turns of Rollout, and then KO the next Dragonite with Rollout.

Status the Jumpluff
male, lvl 42
Cotton Spore, Leech Seed, Stun Spore, Poisonpowder

This little guy has a shockingly horrible attacking movepool, so I used him as a status setter. Blistering speed certainly helped, helping to snatch KOs with residual damage.

It's onto Kanto now, though this seems to be turning into a solo run with Meganium, and the others providing backup. I can't wait for sapphire, the grass types actually have some varied movesets!