Ultimate Monotype Challenge

[mattman324]

Nice job, Greeny! I made sure to put my Electric challange in my sig.

 

[Alakazam17]

So, as some of you have already noticed, Greeeny has made us some nice new userbars for the UMC. I'll be adding them to the first post with haste. :D

And in regards to updates, expect one either this evening or early tomorrow. ^^

EDIT: I just noticed that it's been exactly a year since I started this thing, and it's still going strong. Awesome challenges, people! :D

 

[Maci12]

Ultimate Monotype Challenge..........
- Water -

Badges: 3
Region: Kanto

Log

As Water is my type of choice, I started off with Squirtle. I quickly realized how hard this was goingto be; the second Water type I could acquire was in Vermillion City (Magikarp). At first things proved challenging, however, by grinding for a while, I wasable to get to level 18 for the first gym. Needless to say; I wiped the floor with Brock.

By the time I hit Cerulean City, my Wartortle was LvL 25 due to it being my sole pokemon, and it was quickly leveling off of the easy kills from the trainers on the bridge. Meeting my Rival at Cerulean was annoying; he led with Pidgeotto who survived a Water Gun and proceeded to Sand Attack Wartortle.After a long battle, I came out victorious and at LvL 26.The huge amount of trainers in Cerulean brought this number up to 29 by the end. I expected a challenge at Cerulean Gym, but was disappointed in them; Wartortle's Bite OHKOd everything except Shellder and Starmie. After that quick trip, I was LvL 30, and on my way to Vermillion City.

I was excited to be in Vermillion; there was a lot to do. First on my list was to go and see the Fishing Guru to get the Old Rod that I needed to catch Magikarp. Iquickly caught one, and went through the hellish process that is leveling it up to 20. By the time Magikarp evolved,Wartortle was LvL 34. I evolved it quickly, using Diglett's Tunnel to grind, and then turned my attentions tomy new Gyarados. After leveling it to 27, I boarded theS.S. Anne for some trainer experience. I encountered my Rival right before the captain's door, and battled him with my Gyarados, sweeping him completely.

When I was through with the S.S. Anne, Gyarados was level 31, and ready to face Lt. Surge. It turned out, however, that Surge wasn't prepared for Gyarados' mighty attacks, and he was plowed through; only Raichumanaged to survive and attack, and despite a major type advantage, failed to do 50%. For the sake of equality, I decided to go back into Diglett's Tunnel and level Gyarados up to 36. With two offensive powerhouses, it's time to go to Celadon and obtain my third, and favorite pokemon.

Current Team

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Level 36 Blastoise
- Water Gun
- Bubble
- Bite
- Tail Whip
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Level 36 Gyaradis
- Bubble Beam
- Thunderbolt
- Body Slam
- Bite
...............

 

[Fire Wolf]

Another update :D:
Name: Brendon
Time: 1:56
Badges: 1
Log:

Got to Jubilife City, met Dawn and Looker
Met Barry, got Town Map
did the Oreburgh thing, went to the gym, defeated Roark
went to Jubilife, defeated the two Grunts with Dawn
Saved.
Team:
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Emperor/Prinplup
Level 19/Lonely/'Proud of it's power'/Torrent
~ Stealth Rock
~ Bubblebeam
~ Return
~ Peck


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Beavor/Bidoof (male)
Level 5/Docile/'Likes to fight'/Simple
~ Tackle
~ Rock Smash
Anyone knows where I'll get my second water type? Except for Psyduck.

 

[Greeeny]

Thanks guys and you're welcome. :P

You've done a great job keeping this thread going for a year!

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Trainer Name: Greeny
Badges: 4
Play Time: 9:43

Latest Progress:
Arrived at Celadon City and paid a random visit to the games corner.
Beat the poster guard guy and pressed the switch.
Went underground and defeated every Rocket and their boss, Giovanni.
Got the Silph Scope and headed back to Lavender Town.
Entered the Memorial Tower thing and beat my Rival, Smithy.
Traveled to the top of the tower which was annoying because the only move Onix could use against all those Gastly was Rock Throw, which is incredibly inaccurate.
Beat the Marowak and rescued Mr.... Foji? from the Rockets, got the Poke Flute.
Went back to Celadon City and challenged the Gym, won the Rainbow? Badge.
Headed left towards the cycling road and awoke the Snorlax.
KO'd the Snorlax because I lacked great balls and patience.
Rode down towards Fuchsia City avoiding as many trainers as possible. (I'll have a Rhyhorn to train soon.. ^_^)
Arrived in Fuchsia City and headed straight to the Safari Zone.
Caught two Rhyhorn and chose the one with the best suited stats to join my team.
Saved game outside Fuchsia City Poke Centre.

Team:
Gravelar - Level 45

Moveset:
-Explosion
-Earthquake
-Rock Throw
-Body Slam

Onix - Level 39

Moveset:
-Slam
-Screech
-Double-edge
-Rock Throw

Rhyhorn - Level 25

Moveset:
-Horn Attack
-Nothing
-Nothing
-Nothing

Weird, I didn't know Rhyhorn only knew Horn Attack when caught in RBY.

 

[Syked]

I'm only in my first playthrough of Platinum but when I get to my second, I will go for the mono-Fire challenge :)

 

[Mattysaurus]

I would like to join this with the Bug-Type.

Thank you, Zammy. :3

 

[Charmageddon]

Another update :D:
Name: Brendon
Time: 1:56
Badges: 1
Log:

Got to Jubilife City, met Dawn and Looker
Met Barry, got Town Map
did the Oreburgh thing, went to the gym, defeated Roark
went to Jubilife, defeated the two Grunts with Dawn
Saved.
Team:
"image removed"
Emperor/Prinplup
Level 19/Lonely/'Proud of it's power'/Torrent
~ Stealth Rock
~ Bubblebeam
~ Return
~ Peck


*pokemonelite2000 image removed*
Beavor/Bidoof (male)
Level 5/Docile/'Likes to fight'/Simple
~ Tackle
~ Rock Smash
Anyone knows where I'll get my second water type? Except for Psyduck.

You can get Shellos and Buizel just after Floaroma, and a Magikarp as soon as you reach Eterna. And of course you can evolve Bidoof.

Congrats on making this thread last so long, everyone!

 

[mondays suck]

Actually you can get Karp at Jubilife, the Old Rod is obtained in the guardhouse west of it.

 

[Hacky]

OK. My GBA-is pee is lost, so I'll just emulate here with... Fire! Is the userbar just for the guys who beat the challenge or is it enough to just participate?

 

[Pekin]

2nd Sinnoh entry
Version: Platinum
Type: Grass

So, since my last update, I've been moving on, and, well... Long story short, I'm about to challenge Crasher Wake. I'm just gonna grind up Tangrowth to level 40, and then I'm gonna go for it.
My current team:

"image removed"Torterra, lv. 40
Lonely Nature // Overgrow // Soothe Bell
- Razor Leaf
- Return
- Eartquake
- Bite

My main battler, definitely. She can take a hit, and she's got a somewhat decent moveset. Return works as an awesome filler move, Earthquake is a killer, Bite is great for taking out those annoying Psychics, and Razor Leaf is just good for the STAB.

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Leafeon, lv. 40
Naive Nature // Leaf Guard
- Secret Power
- Quick Attack
- Return
- Magical Leaf

I dunno why I wanted this guy on my team. I guess I was curious and wanted to find out how well he does in battles. Turns out, he does pretty well in battles. And when I finish his moveset, he will do even greater.

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Wormadam, lv. 40
Gentle Nature // Anticipation // SilverPowder
- Tackle
- Psybeam
- Bug Bite
- Razor Leaf

I love Wormadam's movepool, it's seriously wicked! This is gonna be an important member of my team. To be honest, it already is.

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Tangrowth, lv. 33
Timid Nature // Chlorophyll // Razor Fang
- Vine Whip
- AncientPower
- Mega Drain
- Shock Wave

Tangrowth... Honestly, I did not plan on having this guy on my team. When I planned my team, I originally restricted it to five Pokémon - Torterra, Wormadam, Cherrim, Leafeon and Abomasnow. However, I quickly ditched Cherrim, due to its lame movepool. I'm still gonna go for Abomasnow, but when I accidentally came across a Tangela in the Great Marsh, I just couldn't resist. Anyway, it has a great movepool, (I love the fact that it can learn Shock Wave!) and it has awesome stats, so I have a hunch that this guy is gonna be a very important member of my team.

 

[zeroequalszero]

hey im new, was browsing the web for pokemon stuff as ya do, and came across this, got me quite interested, wanted to post just to say i liked the idea (Y)
im gna go with red emulator

picked bug type :)

ill update later :P

edit: can i haz cool sig too?

kthnxbye :)

 

[Greeeny]

OK. My GBA-is pee is lost, so I'll just emulate here with... Fire! Is the userbar just for the guys who beat the challenge or is it enough to just participate?

The userbars are for anybody participating. =P

 

[Hacky]

Yay! Brock down beaten up by my awesome Charmander!

Just after writing this I got a Charmeleon!
Team: Charmeleon L:16
atk:30
def:29
spd:35
sp:29

 

[Greeeny]

Nice one Hacky, are you playing RBY or FRLG?

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Trainer Name: Greeny
Badges: 5
Play Time: 13:30

Latest Progress:
Trained Rhyhorn at both eastern and western routes.
Headed back to Fuschia and challenged the gym.
Rhyhorn evolved into Rhydon.
Challenged and defeated Koga.
Back to the Safari zone to get the Gold Teeth and HM03 Surf.
Took the Gold Teeth to the Warden and got HM04 Strength, taught it to Onix.
Withdrew Squirtle and Pidgey from PC, taught them Surf and Fly.
Flew to Pewter City and got the Old Amber.
Flew to Pallet Town and headed south to Cinnabar Island.
Took Helix Fossil and Old Amber to the lab coated fellow in the building.
Deposited Squirtle and Pidgey.
Got Omastar and Aerodactyl (lvl30). My team is complete!
Taught Surf to Omastar and Fly to Aerodactyl.
Saved game.

Team:
Gravelar - Level 45

Moveset:
-Explosion
-Earthquake
-Rock Throw
-Body Slam

Onix - Level 43

Moveset:
-Strength
-Screech
-Double-edge
-Rock Throw

Rhydon - Level 42

Moveset:
-Horn Attack
-Stomp
-Tail Whip
-Fury Attack

Omanyte - Level 30

Moveset:
-Water Gun
-Withdraw
-Surf
-Nothing

Aerodactyl - Level 30

Moveset:
-Wing Attack
-Agility
-Fly
-Nothing

 

[raekuul]

Just a quick update:

For those who don't remember, I changed from Water to Flying, and so am back in Kanto, using Yellow for Flying-Type Charizard.

> Got the Fly HM, only Grey Eagle is able to use it, though.
> Going to take care of Team Rocket in Celadon, Lavender, and Saffron first, then take down Koga for Surf and Cinnibar Island access, then come back and rush the other Central Kanto gyms.

Deathscale (Lv. 25 Butterfree) - Confusion, Poison Powder, Flash, Harden
Blaster (Lv. 25 Charmeleon) - Cut, Dig, Ember, Rage
Chiitose (Lv. 25 Golbat) - Leech Life, Bide, Bite, Confuse Ray
Skye (Lv. 25 Gyarados) - Tackle, Bite, Dragon Rage, Thundahbolt
Gray Eagle (Lv. 26 Pidgeotto) - Gust, Sand Attack, Quickattack, Fly

 

[Hacky]

Forgot to get town map. getting one and returning to mt. moon.

@Greeny: Red. It just rules.

 

[BebbZ]

Ok, I'm starting the monotype challenge, and since Steel is unavailable, I wont be able to use my favourite pokemon, Scizor, unless I go for a bug-type challenge, so I'll be doing that.

Couldn't get on yesterday when I started, so here's my progress so far. (Pokemon Red)

Caught Caterpie
Caught Weedle
Evolved Weedle into Kakuna
Evolved Kakuna into Beedrill
Evolved Caterpie into Metapod
Evolved Metapod into Butterfree
Beat Brock with Butterfree
Made it through Mt. Moon, caught Paras
Beat Gary
Beat Misty
Visited Bill
Beat Gary again
Beat Lt. Surge
Made it through Rock Tunnel, evolved Paras into Parasect
Made it to Celadon City.

Current team:

Beedrill, lvl 24
Poison Sting
Twineedle
Fury Attack
Focus Energy

Parasect, lvl 24
Leech Life
Stun Spore
Dig
Cut

Butterfree, lvl 26
Tackle
Sleep Powder
Confusion
Supersonic

 

[raekuul]

Ahh, Parasect, AKA "The only Leech-Lifer that can take a hit from a Psychic attack"...

 

[Charmageddon]

Actually you can get Karp at Jubilife, the Old Rod is obtained in the guardhouse west of it.

Ah right. Me memory's going in my old age...