Ultimate Monotype Challenge

[Ikwaylx]

Uhhyuhhh.. It's been a while guys. I haven't played Pokemon Ruby in yonks! All I can tell you is that I have a Machoke now, getting ready to become a smexy Machamp.

 

[Yaziyo]

I'm bored so I'm going to pick up Pokemon Blue and start on a normal challenge. I don't even have D/P but I doubt I'd even get that far.

Wish me luck. :)

 

[pokecrystal451]

I finally took down the E4, and passed 20 hours of playing time in the process :)

Lorelei was a huge pain, but thunder and thunderbolt eventually took her down. Bruno was pretty easy, and Agatha was a joke. Even with some missed attacks, Lance went down without much of a problem, too.
??? was pretty easy up until blastoise. I got pretty lucky he used withdraw a few times instead of hydro pump, and nidoqueen managed to beat it.

Winning Team:
Nidoqueen - lv. 54
Skull Bash
Toxic
Surf
Thunderbolt

Nidoking - lv. 53
Thunder
Earthquake
Blizzard
Fire Blast

Sandslash - lv. 49
Swift
Swords Dance
Slash
Cut

Dugtrio - lv. 52
Slash
Dig
Earthquake
Sand-attack

Onix - lv. 50
Rock Slide
Dig
Strength
Rock Throw

One game down, three to go.

 

[Alakazam17]

Uhhyuhhh.. It's been a while guys. I haven't played Pokemon Ruby in yonks! All I can tell you is that I have a Machoke now, getting ready to become a smexy Machamp.

Welcome back, Ikwalyx! :D

And it's been awhile for myself as well, XD. I still haven't defeated Clair yet, and my "Espeon" is still an Eevee, heh.

 

[Yaziyo]

Hmm I went crazy with blue yesterday and tore through the first 4 Gyms with my normal team.

Start
I picked bulbasaur because I wanted to see Charizard being played by the Rival, no other reason. I ditched it as soon as I caught a rattata and it's currently my Cut HM slave. :)

Brock!
Rattata's hyper fang widdled down geodude's hp while geodude kept defence-curling. Basically, were it not for hyper-fang I would be still fighting Brock now with tackle or some other ridiculously weak move. The thing about Gen I is that the pokemon movesets were really limited and you had to rely on the random as TMs that people give you. So at the first gym, you have no TMs yet and it's a bit of a struggle. Onix was easy, I tail-whipped him a few tmes, before rattata died and then sent in spearow to peck him to death.
Team

Rattata

Spearow
--
I Picked up a Clefairy, in Mt Moon, evolved both Rattata and Spearow and went on to own:

Misty!
I took advantage of the Fairy's sing to bring Staryu to sleep, before double slapping the crap out of it. Then was the much feared Starmie. I sang it to sleep then sent in Raticate to deal with it with it's Uber Hyper-fang.

Team

Raticate

Fearow

Clefairy
--
Obliterated a bunch of junior trainers, bug catchers, sailors and rival before going onto...

Lt. Surge!
Two words: Raticate's Dig. This was the easiest badge so far. I lost no HP.

Team unchanged

Raticate

Fearow

Clefairy
--
After a bunch of plot advancing, I met:

The Grass Gym who's leader's name I forgot!
This Gym was a joke. Fearow 1 Hit KO'd everyone inside.
--
Current Team

Raticate - Lv39
Hyper Fang
Tail Whip
Dig
Quick Attack

Fearow - Lv38
Drill Peck
Mirror Move
Leer
Fury Attack

Clefable - Lv39
Bubblebeam
Thunderwave
Sing
Ice Beam
--
I'm currently trying to make some cash to buy a Porygon to supplement Clefable as a special attacker. And then I'll probably pick up a Kangaskhan at the safari zone or a snorlax for all my surfing needs.

 

[Yams]

As I continue my challenge in Sapphire, I have defeated the third gym. Wattson was extremely hard to defeat, because of his steel types. I confused his magnemite and attacked it with confusion from Dustox until it fainted. The voltorb went down to my gulpins sludge, but magneton was extremely difficult. I got lucky with Supersonic and confusion there, so his health went down, and with a stun spore from gloom, he was slower. I Confusioned him to death with Dustox after.
I caught a Seviper south of Fallarbor , I have proceeded through firey path, caught a koffing and a grimer while there, went to Meteorite falls, went to Mt. chimney after, and defeated Team Aqua. Now I am training my team to defeat Flannery. Golbat evolved somewhere between there

Team:

Crobat Lv27
Steel Wing
Wing Attack
Supersonic
Bite
Gloom Lv26
Absorb
Acid
Stun Spore
Poisonpowder
Tentacool Lv 26
Bubblebeam
Supersonic
Constrict
Acid
Grimer Lv20
Pound
Minimize
Disable
Sludge
Koffing Lv20
Poison Gas
Tacle
Smog
Selfdestruct
Seviper Lv20
Screech
Lick
Bite
Poison Tail

*I've seen 4 Surskits already, and I've always wanted them in my Ruby version before. :\

 

[Limey-chan]

This is a top idea, kudos to whoever thought up this challenge ;)

This provides a welcome distraction from fighting hundreds and thousands of bugs in Viridian Forest to level up my team past Lv 40 so I may start afresh and give this challenge a go myself!

I'll be using Pokémon Blue and my chosen type will be Electrics

Wish me luck!

Update:
Chose Squirtle as a starter (What would a challenge be without my Rival's starter having a resistance to my chosen type?!), caught a Pikachu in Viridian Forest and so far i've levelled it up to Lv 10. Long way to go yet though, i'll need a non-Electric type move if i've any hope of beating Brock.

Pikachu/Sergio lv 10

Thundershock

Growl

Thunder Wave

I'll also renew the Trainer Card in my siggy regularly to keep everyone updated.

Update:
Defeated Brock, somehow. Failed numerous times, and i'm still not entirely sure how I managed to beat him in the end (Luck and a LOT of potions).
Technique: First, went to Viridian Forest and spent up all my Thundershocks and Thunderwaves, leaving myself with just 10 Growls and my Quick Attacks. Bought about 15 potions from the mart (Had to sell my Pokéballs and a couple of Antidotes to afford it), then saved before fighting Brock. Geodude wasn't too much trouble, I found that going all-out and repeatedly Quick Attacking him eventually finished him off. But Onix was a different story altogether. After his Onix defeated me about 6 times I decided to use up my 10 growls to make sure his Tackles weren't doing more than 4 or 5 damage to me, then just repeatedly used Quick Attack to whittle down his HP. Once Quick Attacks were used up it was onto Struggle (Hence the 15 potions). Finally managed to make Onix faint but my god it was a task and a half. Pikachu grew to Level 19 and the world is now a much happier place. Just for the record, Pikachu's the only Pokémon i'm using, full stop. I haven't used Squirtle in any trainer battles (And I don't plan to).

Pikachu/Sergio lv 19

Thundershock

Growl

Thunder Wave

Quick Attack

Will need to pick up a Bellsprout or something in Cerulean so I can use Cut.

 

[Yams]

Well I was playing while posting my last post, so I have gotten farther. I defeated Flannery easily with Tentacools bubblebeam Norman was difficult, but a combination of Screech and X attacks brought down his Slaking. Winona was easy as I had taught some TMs like Rock Tomb and Thunderbolt to my pokemon. I defeated Team Aqua again, not for the last time though, and I am waiting outside the Mossdeep gym. This will most likely be the largest challenge for me.

Team:

Crobat Lv36
Steel Wing
Fly
Confuse Ray
Bite
Koffing Lv34
Sludge
Thunderbolt
Smokescreen
Selfdestruct
Grimer Lv33
Sludge
Rock Tomb
Screech
Minimize
Tentacruel Lv34
Bubblebeam
Supersonic
Surf
Acid
Gloom Lv34
Absorb
Acid
Giga Drain
Stun Spore
Seviper Lv33
Screech
Glare
Crunch
Poison Tail

 

[Limey-chan]

Update:
Second badge collected, Misty posed absolutely no challenge at all for my Pikachu. All the Pokémon used (Including the two Trainers' beasts in her gym) were knocked out in one hit aside from Starmie, and even she went down in two!
Went down to Vermillion, got Cut, captured a Bellsprout and taught it the HM. Went back up and East of Cerulean to the patch of grass beside Rock Tunnel and caught a Lv 14 Voltorb (Named it Joules - See what I did there?!), and i'm busy training it up to a decent level now. I want it to know swift for when I start using it for battles on the SS Anne. After which i'll take on Lt Surge.

Pikachu/Sergio Lv 33

Thundershock

Swift

Thunder Wave

Quick Attack

Voltorb/Joules Lv 23

Sonic Boom

Thunder Wave

Tackle

Screech

Update:
Surge provided little challenge as my newly evolved Electrode and Sergio swept aside his electric beasties. Trained Joules up to Level 36 (So that it learnt Swift) then let it evolve. It's a decent Pokémon but it's low attack and defence stats let it down I'm wanting to counter these deficiencies with Reflect, which I will buy when I get to Celadon. Pikachu will also be getting evolved in Celadon as it pretty much has all the moves I want it to have (Apart from Double Team which I can get later), as i'm not too keen on Thunder. Got the joys of Rock Tunnel coming up next, then Celadon where I can pick me up and Eevee and evolve it straight into a Jolteon.

Pikachu/Sergio Lv 36

Thunderbolt

Swift

Thunder Wave

Quick Attack

Electrode/Joules Lv 36

Swift

Thunder Wave

Sonicboom

Screech

The moves i've highlighted in red are the ones i'm looking to replace later on.

Update:
No new badges but my team is starting to shape up a little. Made it through the hell-hole that is Rock Tunnel (Barely), got to Celadon and aquired an Eevee which was quickly evolved into Jolteon. At the same time Pikachu got taught Double Team in place of Quick Attack and Electrode added Reflect to his moves list (In an attempt to try and cover his defensive frailties). Just one more Electric type to catch (Magnemite) now and i'll have my team ready for the Elite Four. First though, i'll be battling Erika for the Rainbow Badge and sorting out Team Rocket/Ghost Tower.

Raichu/Sergio Lv 40

Thunderbolt

Swift

Thunder Wave

Double Team

Electrode/Joules Lv 39

Swift

Thunder Wave

Reflect

Screech

Jolteon/Sparky Lv 34

Thundershock

Sand-Attack

Quick Attack

Tackle

 

[Yaziyo]

My normal team's been owning up Pokemon Blue. Since last post I tore through a bunch of rockets in the Game Corner and Saffron. I woke up the two Slorlax blocking the roads and caught both. I kept the one with the better stats and chucked the other one in the PC. I trained him up and went on to fight...

Sabrina!
This was a bit of a dissapointment, our levels were evently matched and yet I completely ruined Sabrina. Snorlax ruled this battle.
Kadabra went down with 1 body slam. Mr Mime did the same. I used Earthquake on Venomoth to 1 hit KO it and then the Kazam came in :o Kazam put up the biggest fight after using reflect to make my bodyslams only do a little under half damage. Next turn he used Psybeam, confusing my Snorlax, with like 1hp left after 2 body slams. Third round, Confusion did nothing and we had 1 fainted Alakazam, and another easy badge.

I then went ahead and bought that Porygon I wanted with all the cash from beating buttloads of Rockets.

Current Team

Fit.EXE - Porygon
Lv 28 (in training)
Thunderbolt
Recover
Conversion
Psychic

Fang - Raticate
Lv 43
Hyper Fang (this will go for strength when I do the Safari zone)
Tail Whip
Dig
Super Fang

Drag Queen - Clefable
Lv 42
Bubblebeam
Thunder Wave
Sing
Ice Beam

Gumpy Bird - Fearow
Lv 42
Drill Peck
Mirror Move
Leer
Fury Attack

CreditFail - Snorlax

Lv 43
Headbutt (will be replaced by Surf)
Earthquake
Rest
Body Slam

It looks like this will be my final team. And my HM slave is even a normal. :)
Farfetch'd - Lv 5

Cut
Fly

I'm currently getting Fit.EXE up and then will go finish the Safari Zone story, before putting Koga out of business. :D

EDIT: Aw what, Raticate can't learn strength <_<

 

[Barney.]

Finally picked up silver >.>

Sorry for the delay.

-Aquired Totodile
-Beat 1st Gym
-Beat 2nd Gym
-Traded Drowzee for Machop
-Beat 3rd Gym

Current team:

Machop lv 23

-Seismic Toss
-Thunderpunch
-Karate Chop
-Mud-Slap

...

Currently heabutting trees for heracross...Seen around 100 pokemon...No heracross >.> Any ideas?

Also...When can I get Tyrogue?

 

[Tony Montana]

You can get Tyrogue at the end of Mt. Mortar (the Karate King will give it to you after you beat him). Sadly, you need Waterfall.

 

[Mattysaurus]

Update Time.

Location: Route 27

---Booted Team Rocket out of the Tower.
---Trained some and got to Ice Cave.
---Got through the cave and arrived in Blackthorn City.
---Beat Claire and went into the Dragon's Den.
---Got the badge and ExtremeSpeed Dratini.(boxed it lol)
---Went to Newbark and got the MasterBall.
---Healed up and started towards the EliteFour.

Pokemon Team:

Feraligatr Lv. 35
-Surf
-IcePunch
-HiddenPower(Ground)
-RainDance

Slowking Lv. 35
-IcePunch
-Surf
-Confusion
-ShadowBall

Quagsire Lv. 35
-Surf
-EarthQuake
-HeadButt
-IcePunch

Tentacruel Lv. 35
-SludgeBomb
-BubbleBeam
-Surf
-WhirlPool

Poliwhirl Lv. 35
-Surf
-Hypnosis
-IcePunch
-BodySlam

Gyarados Lv. 35
-Surf
-Strength
-Twister
-DragonRage

That's all for now.

 

[Yaziyo]

I went crazy again on blue and cleared a bunch of gym leaders in one day...


Current Team

Fit.EXE - Porygon
Lv 48
Thunderbolt
Recover
Conversion
Psychic

Fang - Raticate
Lv 46
Hyper Fang
Tail Whip
Dig
Super Fang

Drag Queen - Clefable
Lv 51
Bubblebeam
Thunder Wave
Strength
Ice Beam

Gumpy Bird - Fearow
Lv 46
Drill Peck
Mirror Move
Leer
Razor Wind

CreditFail - Snorlax
Lv 48
Surf
Earthquake
Rest
Body Slam

That's my final team, which are surprisingly, extremely effective. The last 3 gym leaders were a joke, with Koga going down to Porygon's Psychics, Blaine being penetrated by Clefable's BubbleBeams and Snorlax's earthquakes and Giovanni just getting floored with no effort.

Now onto Victory road and the E4! :O

EDIT: I officially just finished the elite 4, it took a total of 40 minutes to do victory road and the E4, despite me being extremely underleveled. I guess I'll go onto Crystal next.

 

[Barney.]

Just realised you can catch mankey on Gold..


That has annoyed me...I may end up : "Powerhousing" it through..until I get Tyrogue as I still can't get a heracross >.>

 

[aaronburnsyou]

Well after finally getting of my butt and playing more Platinum, I got Fantina's badge, traveled all the way to the Great Marsh, and got two more grass pokemon.

Here's my current team:

Tangela Lv28

-Poisonpowder
-Vine Whip
-Bind
-Mega Drain

Leafeon Lv29

-Quick Attack
-Grass Knot
-Sand-Attack
-Synthesis

Carnivine Lv29

-Vine Whip
-Sweet Scent
-Ingrain
-Faint Attack

Roselia Lv30

-Grasswhistle
-Giga Drain
-Leech Seed
-Magical Leaf

Torterra Lv35

-Earthquake
-Curse
-Bite
-Razor Leaf

Next time, I hope to evolve Tangela, because I'm pretty sure it only has about five levels left before Tangrowth.

(Also, I don't exactly know when it happened, but during the last segment, I somehow contracted the Pokerus. It's a shame that I'm not even going for EVs in this run, because it could have been really useful.)

 

[pokecrystal451]

Update time!

- Started up crystal, same names as the previous game
- Picked chikorita as a starter, just so ??? would have typhlosion in the end
- Caught a phanpy after about 30 minutes of trying
- Beat Falkner
- Caught a wooper and shandshrew
- Beat Bugsy and ???
- Caught both nidoran genders, evolved them and wooper
- Beat Whitney

Current Team:
Phanpy - lv. 21
Quagsire - lv. 20
Sandshrew - lv. 20
Nidorino - lv. 22
Nidorina - lv. 22

-I'm not bothering posting the moves yet, most of my pokemon don't know any good ones yet.
- I know I can get at least one moonstone before going into Kanto, but I've heard that mom buys one after a certain amount of money is saved. If that's true, does anyone know how much that is?

 

[binks555]

okay im going to tart this over again but this time i will go with water :) maybe this time a can get through it

 

[Tony Montana]

Update time!

- Started up crystal, same names as the previous game
- Picked chikorita as a starter, just so ??? would have typhlosion in the end
- Caught a phanpy after about 30 minutes of trying
- Beat Falkner
- Caught a wooper and shandshrew
- Beat Bugsy and ???
- Caught both nidoran genders, evolved them and wooper
- Beat Whitney

Current Team:
Phanpy - lv. 21
Quagsire - lv. 20
Sandshrew - lv. 20
Nidorino - lv. 22
Nidorina - lv. 22

-I'm not bothering posting the moves yet, most of my pokemon don't know any good ones yet.
- I know I can get at least one moonstone before going into Kanto, but I've heard that mom buys one after a certain amount of money is saved. If that's true, does anyone know how much that is?

I really dont remember, but once you get surf go to tohjo falls and there is a moon stone you can reach w/o waterfall.

 

[Azumi]

Decided to join the challenge.
...What about Normal type? *evil smiles*