Ultimate Monotype Challenge Thread

[Darksualc]

Alright it's been some time but I'm on vacation but I did some work on the Sinnoh part of my Ultimate Rock Monotype Challenge.

I'm doing this in Diamond and only using a Graveller because every other rock pokemon is "bad" in Sinnoh.
I had some trouble with Gardenia but I finally succeed with a 19 level advantage.
Other than that I didn't have any trouble since Graveller was overleveled.
I have just defeated the 5th gym and Graveller is lvl 54 or something.

 

[jdthebud]

I was wondering if I could do the Ultimate Challenge, just for Gens I-III? I just can't be bothered to use the DS Emulators because they're slow in general and the fast forward toggle doesn't work well.

Oh, and can I do FRLG instead of RBY? Or no remakes?

If not, I'll be starting an Electric Mono in Fire Red.

remakes are allowed. the ultimate challenge consists of all five gens, but you can do 3 single monos if you like, and then when you feel up to it, you can continue it on the DS games. This thread will not be getting reset, and if it does, I feel it will need to bring all the challengers/champions over. There are people who have gone for a year in between games.

if you do start an electric mono on FireRed, make sure you state if it is a single or ultimate, though.

 

[Sire]

Hmm, I suppose I'll just do a regular challenge in Fire Red. There aren't a lot of Electric Mons in Hoenn or Sinnoh, anyways.

Anyways, already started the challenge.

Spoiler:

• This old pedophile man introduces me to the world of Pokemon!

• I inform him that my name is Sire, of course. What else would it be?

• Oak forgets his grandson's name (very bad Grandpa) and I have to tell him that its Casual (aren't in real life inside jokes fun?)

• I try to walk into the grass when I'm rudely interrupted by Grandpa Oak. Anyways, he offers me a free pokemon, so I have to come along.

• After Casual whines, I decide on Bulbasaur. Destroying Charizard will be fun, won't it?

• What else am I gonna do with her after I catch a Pikachu?

• Casual challenges me to a battle because he really thinks type advantage matters in this situation.

• ...I still destroy him, either way.

• I come all this way to Viridian City, and then this guy tells me I have to go deliver a parcel to Oak? Lazy, that's what I have to say.

• All I had to deliver was a CUSTOM POKEBALL, too. On the bright side, I get a Pokedex and five Pokeballs.

• And I'm back to Viridian City.

 

[Darksualc]

remakes are allowed. the ultimate challenge consists of all five gens, but you can do 3 single monos if you like, and then when you feel up to it, you can continue it on the DS games. This thread will not be getting reset, and if it does, I feel it will need to bring all the challengers/champions over. There are people who have gone for a year in between games.

That would be me and maybe someone else as well... :cheeky:

 

[jdthebud]

Update for Final Ultimate Monotype Challenge (Water).

Update #4 on LeafGreen.

Spoiler:

• Went through Victory Road. I ran out of Repels, arg...
• Taught Thunder to Rider, Bulk Up to Frogman, Ice Beam to Aquaman, and Earthquake to Poseidon.
• After some shopping, I was ready to take on the Elite Four.
• Lorelei: soloed by Frogman, who set up 5 Bulk Ups, then swept with Brick Break/Body Slam. Slowbro and Jynx failed to attack, lol.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Bruno was soloed by Ruby with Surf and Psychic.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Agatha was more difficult than I thought because of Gengar's Hypnosis. This was a team victory.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Lance was beat by Rider (Thunder, Ice Beam, Surf) and Aquaman (Ice Beam).
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Tyson, the Champion, was really hard as his Venusaur kept raping me. I finally took him out with a Max Revived Ruby.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• And now the Elite Four Round 1 is complete. I will be doing the Sevii Islands arc, then challenging the E4 again.
• Here's the Hall of Fame photo.
  
  
  
  
  

Team Devin:

Ruby the Docile Starmie - L50 @ TwistedSpoon
Ability: Natural Cure
Moves: Surf, Thunderbolt, Psychic, Recover

Frogman the Brave Poliwrath, ♂ - L49 @ Mystic Water
Ability: Damp
Moves: Brick Break, Body Slam, Surf, Bulk Up

Poseidon the Serious Gyarados, ♂ - L49 @ Amulet Coin
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Return, Earthquake, Bite, Hydro Pump

Rider the Serious Lapras, ♀ - L48 @ Leftovers
Ability: Shell Armor
Moves: Surf, Thunder, Ice Beam, Rain Dance

Aquaman the Hasty Vaporeon, ♂ - L49 @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
Moves: Surf, Bite, Ice Beam, Acid Armor

Torrent the Modest Blastoise, ♂ - L48 @ Mystic Water
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Surf, Strength, Bite, Rain Dance

HM Slaves:
Ch'Ding/Farfetch'd - Cut, Fly [boxed]

 

[deoxys121]

OK, time for another update.
- Did the Lavender Tower quest.
- Caught Snorlax west of Celadon, trained him to match my party.
- Went down Cycling Road, fought trainers along there.
- Went in Safari Zone, got HM03, caught Kangaskhan, got Strength, trained Kangaskhan to match my party.
- Went on route between Lavender and Fuchsia, fought trainers on the way.
- Beat the Fuchsia Gym.
- At this point, Raticate has been demoted to PC dweller, and Pidgeot has been demoted to Fly slave.
Battle team is now:

Lv44
- Body Slam
- Rock Slide
- Surf
- Submission

Lv43
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Bubblebeam
- Ice Beam

Lv43
- Comet Punch
- Rage
- Strength
- Mega Punch

 

[Sire]

Spoiler:

Decided I'm doing two updates every day, one in the morning and one at night.

• I make my way through Viridian City when this old man tries to teach me how to catch a pokemon. Thanks, but I already knew this. ;)

• I finally enter Viridian Forest in hopes of catching a Pikachu and getting to Pewter City.

(Yes, I forgot to make a screenshot)

• After a couple tries, I finally find one and catch it with the help of SALAD. I deposit SALAD and train Pikachu to level 8, before moving into Viridian Forest.

• I make it through Viridian Forest and enter Pewter City, hoping to get a Boulder Badge from Brock.

• How I beat Brock with a Pikachu? A combination of Growl, Tail Whip, and Static (which lead to Parahax)

• After passing through a bunch of trainers, I make it to the entrance of Mt. Moon! I happily run inside.
• I go through Mt. Moon, kicking Team Rocket butt and picking up a Dome Fossil.

• I make it to Cerulean City, heal up my pokemon, stock up on items, and enter the Gym.

• Jerry destroys Misty and her Gym.

|Team|

Jerry the Pikachu (Please tell me people get the nickname)
Level 23
Timid Nature (Awesomesauce)

• Thundershock
• Double Team
• Slam
• Quick Attack

 

[Enigma]

New update. Moving on to 4th gen, I suppose. Either that, or taking a break and doing a different monotype.

Spoiler:

• Defeated Winona.
• While in the Magma Hideout, Shobat finally evolved into Crobat.
• Defeated Tate & Liza.
• Defeated Maxie.
• Caught Groudon.
• Defeated Wallace.
• Took out the E4 after training for quite a while. (Up to level 50.)
• I had to stall out Steven's Metagross with Clashy until it Struggled itself to death. But hey, I won. :P
• 

Final Team:

Sparkle Lv. 50
Aerial Ace, Endeavor, Focus Energy, Facade

Waterjaw Lv. 51
Surf, Protect, Supersonic, Fly

Shobat Lv. 52
Steel Wing, Confuse Ray, Poison Fang, Air Cutter

Clashy Lv. 51
Air Cutter, Steel Wing, Metal Sound, Spikes

 

[deoxys121]

Another update for my Normal challenge:
- Went to Saffron and did the whole Silph Co. quest.
- Beat the Saffron Gym.
- Fought the trainers on the water Routes that lead to Cinnabar Island.
- Went through the Pokemon Mansion.
- Beat Cinnabar Gym by having Kangaskhan repeatedly use Earthquake.
Battle team is now:

Lv52
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Strength
- Mega Punch

Lv52
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Bubblebeam
- Ice Beam

Lv52
- SolarBeam
- Rock Slide
- Surf
- Submission

 

[jdthebud]

Update for Final Ultimate Monotype Challenge (Water).

Update #5 on LeafGreen.

Spoiler:

• So it was time to go to the Sevii Islands again. I had been catching Pokemon throughout the game so I had 61 already :D.
• Retaught Rock Smash, this time to Rider, and also taught Waterfall to Poseidon when I got it in Icefall Cave.
• Got the Ruby in Mt. Ember and returned it to Celio.
• Explored the rest of the Islands, then found myself in the Dotted Hole, where I found the Sapphire.
• However, an evil scientist named Gideon stole it with the intent of selling it to Team Rocket (weren't they disbanded!?!).
• Got to the Rocket Warehouse, and after a dizzy time of it, reached the boss.
• Defeated him pretty easily, although Weezing surprised me with Thunderbolt.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I also beat Gideon and got the Sapphire back.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• After delivering the Sapphire to Celio, I sailed back to Kanto, intent on finding some Mushrooms for the Move Relearner.
• Found some in Mt. Moon and the Pokemon Tower (thanks Serebii ItemDex!)
• And now I will prepare for the second Elite Four challenge (delete HMs, finalize movesets, grind, and go item shopping!).

Team Devin:

Torrent the Modest Blastoise, ♂ - L54 @ Mystic Water
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Surf, Strength, Hydro Cannon, Rain Dance

Frogman the Brave Poliwrath, ♂ - L54 @ Leftovers
Ability: Damp
Moves: Brick Break, Body Slam, Surf, Bulk Up

Aquaman the Hasty Vaporeon, ♂ - L54 @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
Moves: Surf, Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Acid Armor

Rider the Serious Lapras, ♀ - L54 @ NeverMeltIce
Ability: Shell Armor
Moves: Surf, Thunder, Ice Beam, Rock Smash

Poseidon the Serious Gyarados, ♂ - L54 @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Double-Edge, Earthquake, Hydro Pump, Waterfall

Ruby the Docile Starmie - L54 @ TwistedSpoon [boxed for Ch'Ding]
Ability: Natural Cure
Moves: Surf, Thunderbolt, Psychic, Recover

HM Slaves:
Ch'Ding/Farfetch'd - Cut, Fly

 

[TheBowsinator]

I'll do a ultimate bug challenge!

Name: Thebowsinator
Games: R / G / S / D / B (by gen)
Type: Bug

 

[2Cool4Mewtwo]

Now going to grind some more for E4 Action.

 

[musesum626]

Muse's Fire UMC: Silver

-Grinding Sol
-Vs Whitney: Sol beat Clefairy (she managed to confuse and burn her, so it wasn't too difficult); Torch beat Miltank (Attract was very annoying, but he managed to take her down with 3 Embers)
-Gave Sol Quick Claw (even though neither of them need it, but it never hurts)
-Taught Torch Dig (and so he easily beat the Sudowoodo)
-Made it to Ecruteak (man I love that music!)

Team:

Torch
Lv29 - Male

-Ember
-Dig
-Quick Attack
-Smokescreen

Sol @ Quick Claw
Lv23 - Female

-Ember
-Tail Whip
-Quick Attack
-Confuse Ray

 

[jdthebud]

Update for Final Ultimate Monotype Challenge (Water).

Final Update (#6) on LeafGreen.

• Okay, well I got all my movesets finalized, then I grinded with the VS Seeker against the 2 CoolTrainers in Sevault Canyon.
• Taught Focus Punch and Substitute to Frogman, Blizzard to Torrent, had Rider relearn Rain Dance and Poseidon Dragon Dance.
• When everyone was at L64, I felt confident enough to challenge the Elite Four again.
• Lorelei was again soloed by Frogman, who dominated with a single Substitute and Focus Punch.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Bruno was also again soloed by Ruby, who barely hung on. Surf and Psychic were the moves of choice.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Agatha was taken care of by Torrent (Gengar), Aquaman (Misdreavus, Arbok), and Rider (Gengar, Crobat).
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Taught Ice Beam to Ruby here.
• Lance was beaten mostly by Rider (Thunder'd Gyarados, Surf'd Aerodactyl, Ice Beam'd Dragonite), and Torrent (Blizzard'd Dragonite) and Poseidon (Earthquake'd Kingdra) each took out one as well.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• And then it was time to face Champion Tyson:
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Here's the play by play. There's quite a bit of hax, lol.

  Here's the play by play. There's quite a bit of hax, lol.
  
  Ruby VS Heracross: Psychic, Megahorn (missed!), Psychic, Heracross fainted!
  VS Venusaur: Psychic, (took in sunlight!), Psychic, Venusaur fainted!
  Ruby grew to L65!
  VS Alakazam: Surf, Calm Mind, Surf, Psychic, Full Restore (Alakazam), Surf, Surf, Psychic, Ruby fainted!
  Rider VS Alakazam: Psychic, Ice Beam, Full Restore (Alakazam), Ice Beam (frozen solid!), (frozen solid!), Ice Beam, (frozen solid!), Ice Beam, (frozen solid!), Ice Beam, Alakazam fainted!
  Rider grew to L65!
  VS Tyranitar: Rain Dance, Earthquake, Surf, Earthquake, Rider fainted!
  Frogman VS Tyranitar: Full Restore (Tyranitar), Substitute, Aerial Ace, Focus Punch OHKO, Tyranitar fainted!
  Frogman grew to L65!
  VS Arcanine: Aerial Ace, Body Slam, Aerial Ace, Body Slam (Critical hit!) (paralyzed!), ExtremeSpeed, Frogman fainted!
  Torrent VS Arcanine: (paralyzed!), Surf, Arcanine fainted!
  VS Gyarados: Blizzard (frozen solid!), Blizzard, (frozen solid!), Blizzard, (frozen solid!), Blizzard, (frozen solid!), Full Restore (Gyarados), Surf, Blizzard, Dragon Dance, Dragon Dance, Blizzard (frozen solid!), (defrosted!) Hyper Beam (missed!), Surf, Hyper Beam OHKO, Torrent fainted!
  Aquaman VS Gyarados: (recharge!), Ice Beam, Gyarados fainted!
  Champion Tyson was defeated!
  

And here's my Hall of Fame photo shoot:

This was fun. Now it's on to HeartGold!

Team Devin (Final):

Ruby the Docile Starmie - L65 @ TwistedSpoon
Ability: Natural Cure
Moves: Surf, Thunderbolt, Psychic, Ice Beam
Final Stats: 161/136/142/162/125/179
Elite Four 1 MVP, Elite Four 2 co-MVP

Rider the Serious Lapras, ♀ - L65 @ NeverMeltIce
Ability: Shell Armor
Moves: Surf, Thunder, Ice Beam, Rain Dance
Final Stats: 272/130/131/157/153/112
Elite Four 2 co-MVP

Frogman the Brave Poliwrath, ♂ - L65 @ Leftovers
Ability: Damp
Moves: Focus Punch, Body Slam, Bulk Up, Substitute
Final Stats: 212/160/149/104/148/100
Elite Four 2 co-MVP

Torrent the Modest Blastoise, ♂ - L64 @ Mystic Water
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Surf, Hydro Cannon, Blizzard, Rain Dance
Final Stats: 208/124/157/159/146/131
Kanto MVP

Aquaman the Hasty Vaporeon, ♂ - L64 @ Leftovers
Ability: Water Absorb
Moves: Surf, Hydro Pump, Ice Beam, Acid Armor
Final Stats: 260/115/92/171/138/123

Poseidon the Serious Gyarados, ♂ - L64 @ Silk Scarf
Ability: Intimidate
Moves: Double-Edge, Earthquake, Hydro Pump, Dragon Dance
Final Stats: 211/203/125/105/147/148

HM Slaves:

Ch'Ding/Farfetch'd - Cut, Fly [boxed]

 

[Sire]

Alright, time for another update.

• I went up Route 24 and 25, training Jerry.
• Made it to Bill's house, where I turned him back into a human and received the S.S. Anne Ticket.

• I then went South down to Vermillion City, where I boarded the S.S. Anne
• I defeated my Rival and obtained Cut, went back to Cerulean City

• I went on Route 9, battling trainers and making it to grass at the other side
• I successfully caught Voltorb!

• I then went back to Vermillion City, obtaining the Thunder Badge

• I caught a few more pokemon, then went through Diglet's Cave and obtained HM05 Flash
• I went back to Route 9, and headed South, entering Rock Tunnel, training Voltorb along the way through

• I got to out of Rock Tunnel and went to Lavender Town, where I entered Lavender Town
• I went into Pokemon Tower and defeated my Rival, before going up through it to train Voltorb
• I went West to Route 9, going through the Underground Path and making it to Celedon City
• On the way, Voltorb evolved!

• I went into the Celadon Mansion, where I got Eevee.
• Afterward, I bought two Thunderstones and evolved Eevee and Pikachu.
• I got the Rainbow Badge

• I then infiltrated the Rocket Headquarters, defeating Giovanni and training Jolteon

|Team|

Jerry the Raichu
Level 36
Timid Nature
~Thunderbolt
~Double Team
~Slam
~Agility

Pokeball the Electrode
Level 35
Timid Nature
~Sonicboom
~Spark
~Selfdestruct
~Charge

Sparks the Jolteon
Level 32
Bashful Nature
~Double Kick
~Sand Attack
~Growl
~Quick Attack

 

[Snow Phoenix]

I'd like to get that Ultimate Ice Mono done ^-^

I beat Blue yesterday on Rom. It only took a day to finish so I waited until now.

Start- Hacked in Jynx because I can't trade and the rules say I can hack in my Jynx. I caught it at lv 3. I nicknamed my Jynx Hips after it's Pokedex entry. Charmander was my "official" starter so that my Rival would have Squirtle. Blastoise was the most neutral to my final team, although, Thunderbolt made quick work of it.

Brock- I learned how this game was designed by training my Jynx. Hacked Pokemon seriously have a disadvantage here @-@ At lv 16 when I challenged him, my Jynx was still stuck with Pound and Lovely Kiss. I pounded the crud out of both Geodude and Onix. Thank you speed up button and a lot of potions!

Misty- So Hips finally starting learning moves. Lick at 18 and Doubleslap at 23. Still no power against them pesky rocks! So I taught it Water Gun. Thank goodness @-@ I didn't even know that Water Gun was a TM back then! I cruised through every possible trainer I could for exp from Mt. Moon to Route 25. Then I continued pounding the crud out of Misty :P I never liked Doubleslap and Lick seemed ineffective, although in retrospect, it might have been helpful for Starmie.

Surge- Hips learned the beloved Ice Punch at lv 31. Cleaned out water types with Pound and everything else with Ice Punch. Surge was easy! Everything fell to my fearsome Ice Punch!

Erika- After coming out of Rock Tunnel, my Jynx was already Lv 47 @-@ I needed more Ice types so I sped through some of the events needed to get my Ice army. I finished the Game Corner and Pokemon Tower ASAP! Afterwards I went to get my Super Rod so I could pick up a Lv 15 Shellder. Shellder's nickname was Kanon. Less basic than Cannon, but it still gets the job done ;3 I already had the Ice Beam TM so I evolved my Shellder right away and taught it Ice Beam and Swift. I also taught Hips Bubblebeam after deciding to just teach everyone else Surf. Erika was my newly added Pokemon's lunch. Salads are good for your health, I guess ^-^

Koga- I continued training my Cloyster by going down Cycling Road. I got it to about Lv 38. Now I needed to get a solid water move and Surf was perfect. The special HM was obtained and so were the Gold Teeth! which I exchanged for Strength. I also caught a Spearow for Fly and obtained that HM as well. Cut was obtained a long time ago of course and Charmander became my HM Slave. Now I wanted to add one more Pokemon so I sped through Silph Co just to get Lapras. No training was done here and I saved Giovanni for later. Lapras was trained at the remaining routes that Kanon wasn't trained at and was nicknamed Prima. I taught Prima Thunderbolt and Surf using TMs and HMs. I beat Koga by spamming Surf with Prima.

Sabrina- Another detour made. I traveled to the Seafoam Islands to pick up my last Pokemon, Shivers the Seel. I trained Shivers at Silph Co. where it quickly evolved into Dewgong. I just love how Dewgong looks <3 (An irrelevant sidenote). Dewgong quickly joined the ranks of my Ice Army and Sabrina was taken down by a mix of my Ice type prowess. I wanted as even training as I could get. I trained about 2 Lvs at a time and they were about Lv 42-44ish.

Blaine- I sped through this one. I was getting antsy and just wanted to finish so I could feel accomplished. After beating the surrounding routes and going through the mansion, I creamed him easily.

Giovanni- Was too easy. Same as above... except without that route part. The remaining journey was smooth sailing and even the E4 didn't put up that much of a fight...

Elite 4: I handled them with mostly type matching to be honest.

Lorelei: Lapras ruled here. Everything except Jynx was taken out with Thunderbolt. It was a shame to destroy such a fine trainer :/

Bruno: Water rules here in general. I believe I finished him off mostly with Dewgong. Jynx took care of the fighters.

Agatha: Jynx bait. I used Jynx on just about everything. There were a couple switch outs made when Jynx got hit by Confuse Ray.

Lance: Pshaw. Chump. Lapras led to take care of Gyrados and everything after fell to IceBeam.

Rival: Also pretty easy. Pidgeot finished with Ice Punch. Alakzam Body Slammed to death. Rhydon and Arcanine Surfed on. Egg boy was Ice Punched and Blastoise was electrocuted with Thunderbolt.

Final Team:

 

[deoxys121]

Yeah, so I just beat Giovanni for my Normal challenge. Now have all 8 badges. Snorlax swept Giovanni's team with Surf and SolarBeam.
Battle team is now:

Lv53
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Strength
- Mega Punch

Lv53
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Bubblebeam
- Ice Beam

Lv53
- SolarBeam
- Rock Slide
- Surf
- Submission

Now, then, off to the Pokemon League!

 

[Sire]

Raining here, so I've been playing a little more then I probably should. xD

• So, I went back to Lavender Town after getting the Silph Scope and I went up Pokemon Tower, rescuing Mr. Fuji and getting the Poke Flute

• I went back to Celadon and went West towards Route 16, and then went South down Route 17 and 18, reaching Fuschia City
• I went into the Safari Zone, got Surf and the Gold Teeth, which I returned for Strength
• I defeated Koga, earning the Poison Badge

• I went to Rock Tunnel and went South, going into the Power Plant. I found a Magneton and caught it

• I then found and caught an Electabuzz, completing my team

• I picked up Thunder and headed to Celadon, where I got Tea and was able to pass the guards, making it to Saffron City

• I infiltrated Silph Co, grinding Electabuzz and Magneton

• I defeated Giovanni, saving the Presdient and receiving a Master Ball

• I beat Sabrina easily with Magneton

• I grinded Electrode and Magneton on Route 15, picking up Rain Dance
• I then flew to Pallet Town and surfed down to Cinnabar Island

|Team|

Jerry the Raichu
Level 40
Timid Nature
~Thunderbolt
~Double Team
~Strength
~Agility

Pokeball the Electrode
Level 40
Timid Nature
~Secret Power
~Spark
~Selfdestruct
~Charge

Sparks the Jolteon
Level 43
Bashful Nature
~Double Kick
~Pin Missile
~Thunderbolt
~Quick Attack

Magnetic the Magneton
Level 40
Modest Nature
~Supersonic
~Sonicboom
~Thunder Wave
~Shock Wave

Blackout the Electabuzz
Level 43
Docile Nature
~Screech
~Thunderpunch
~Light Screen
~Swift

 

[deoxys121]

I've just completed the Red portion of my Ultimate Normal Monotype Challenge. My battle with the champion can be viewed here. Final team is:

Lv58
- Earthquake
- Fire Blast
- Strength
- Mega Punch

Lv58
- Psychic
- Thunderbolt
- Bubblebeam
- Ice Beam

Lv57
- SolarBeam
- Rock Slide
- Surf
- Submission

 

[jdthebud]

Update for Final Ultimate Monotype Challenge (Water).

Okay, I got started on HeartGold this morning.

Name: Devin
Rival: Tyson
Starter: Totodile of course!

Spoiler:

• I reset a few times until I got a Naughty Totodile, named him Torrent (all my water starters will be named this).
• Did the Egg retrieval quest at Mr. Pokemon's house.
• By the time I started battling trainers Torrent was at L10.
• Sprout Tower was easy since Torrent has great attack and he learned Bite on the way up. Made it through without taking any damage, too.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• Then I headed to the gym. I lost to Falkner a few times thanks to Sand-Attack and crit hax, but eventually Torrent pulled through. Rage was my main attack against Pidgeotto (Bite for Pidgey).
  
  
  
  
  
  
• After I got the Zephyr Badge, I headed south from Violet City.
• Torrent soon evolved into Croconaw.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• And I saved just inside Union Cave.

Team Devin:

Torrent the Naughty Croconaw, ♂ - L19 @ Shell Bell
Ability: Torrent
Moves: Scratch, Bite, Water Gun, Rage

HM Slaves:

Bellsprout - Flash

Geodude - Rock Smash