Ultimate Monotype Challenge

[heLLkitsune]

I started my Journey in the Hoenn region:

-started the game
-named myself Blue
-choose mudkip as a starter -.- I had to choose Treecko because now I'm supper effective against my rival's last pokemon
-defeated brendan in my first battle against him
-got the Pokedex and Poke Balls in Littleroot Town
-cought a Wurmple and treded it for a Snorunt (lvl 5) from my Emerald game (I have the Pokedex completed on this game)
-got to Petalburg City and helped Wally catch his Ralts
-went through the Petalburg Woods and defeated the Team Aqua Grunt
-got to Rustboro City and got HM 1 Cut
-trained a bit before Roxanne
-my battle against her:

Spoiler:

1.Geodude
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-Blue sent out Snorunt
-Snorunt used Powder Snow and KO'ed Geodude
2.Nosepass
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-Snorunt used Icy Wind-attack missed, Nosepass used Rock Tomb
-Snorunt used Icy Wind, Nosepass used Harden
-Snorunt is loafing around, Nosepass used Rock Tomb
-Snorut used Icy Wind, Nosepass used Rock Tomb (lol 1 hp left)
-Blue used Super Potion, Roxanne used Potion
-Snorunt used Icy Wind, Nosepass used Rock Tomb-attack missed
-Roxanne used Potion, Snorut used pretended not to notice
-Snorunt used Icy Wind, Nosepass used Harden
-Snorunt is loafing around, Nosepass used Rock Tomb-attack missed
-Snorunt used Icy Wind, Nosepass used Rock Tomb
-Snorunt won't obey and used Powder Snow and KO'ed Nosepass

-saved Peeko and got the Devon Goods
-cought a Nincada as a HMslave
-got the Letter and the Pokenav from the Devon president
-went south and sailed to Dewford City
-got HM 5 and delivered Steven the letter
-my battle against Brawly:

Spoiler:

1.Machop
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-Blue sent out Snorunt
-Snorunt used Icy Wind-critical hit and KO'ed Machop
2.Makuhita
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-Snorunt used Icy Wind, Makuhita used Bluk Up
-Snorunt wont obey, Makuhita used Sand-Attack
-Snorunt won't obey and used Headbutt-critical hit and KO'ed Makuhita (lol)

-sailed to Slateport City
-bought Soad Pops (they're cheap)
-saved Capt. Stern from team Aqua
-bought a Harbor Mail for the Coin Case
-beat the Trick House once
-defeated my rival, although he's weak as a newborn child
-got to Mauville City
-got a Coin Case in exchange for a Harbor Mail, got HM 6 and a Bike
-beat Wall in front of the Gym
-defeated all the trainers I could before entering the Gym
-my battle against Watson:

Spoiler:

1.Magnemite
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-Blue sent out Snorunt
-Snorunt used Ice Beam, Magnemite used Thunder Wave
-Snorunt won't obey, Magnemite used Thundershock
-Magnemite used Thundershock, Snorunt used Ice Beam and KO'ed Magnemite
2.Voltorb
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-Voltorb used Sonicboom, Snorunt won't obey
-Voltorb used Sonicboom, Snrunt turned away
-Blue used Soda Pop, Voltorb used Spark
-Blue used Soda Pop, Voltorb used Sonicboom
-Voltorb used Sonicboom, Snorunt used Ice Beam and KO'ed Voltorb
3.Magneton
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-Blue used Soda Pop, Magneton used Supersonic-attack missed
-Magneton used Supersonic-attack missed, Snorunt used Ice Beam
-Magneton used Sock Wave, Snorunt used Ice Beam
-Watson used Super Potion, Snorunt is paralyzed
-Magneton used Sonicboom, Snorunt turned away
-Blue used Soda Pop, Magneton used Shock Wave
-Magneton used Sock Wave, Snorunt won't obey and used Protect but it failed
-Magneton used Sonicboom, Snorunt used Ice Beam
-Blue used Soda Pop, Magneton used Chock Wave
-Magneton used Sonicboom, Snorunt used Ice Beam and KO'ed Magneton

-cought a Zigzagoon and thaught it Rock Smash
-got HM 4 Strenght and thaught it to Mudkip
-went north through the Fiery Part and got to Fallarbor Town
-met Lannete in the Pokemon center
-saved the sicentist at the Meteor Falls
-got the Exp. Share from the Devon President
-went all the way back to Mt. Chimney
-defeated Team Aqua's Boss Archey and got the Meteorite
-went down the Jagged Pass to Lavaridge Town
-got the egg and Corchoal (deposited the egg)
-my battle against Flannery:

Spoiler:

1.Slugma
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-Blue sent out Glalie
-Glalie used Crunch and KO'ed Slugma
2.Slugma
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-Glalie used Crunch and KO'ed Slugma
3.Torkoal
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-Glalie used Crunch, Torkoal used Body Slam
-Glalie is loafing around, Torkoal used Body Slam
-Glalie used Crunch and KO'ed Torkoal

Here's my team now:

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lvl 46 Glalie
-Ice Beam
-Icy Wind
-Protect
-Crunch

 

[Dannwe123]

UPDATE!!!
I didn't feel like going to silph co just yet, so i decided to take on Koga first.
Played the Pokéflute on silence bridge, and suddently got attacked by an angry Snorlax.
Caught it.
Defeated all the trainers on routes 12,13,14 and 15.
GeyPid evolved.
Went back to Celadon and bought 4000 coins.(does anyone actually use the slots anyway?)
Got Tm24: Thunderbolt, and used it on SuperKarp.
Went to saffron city to visit Mr: Psychic's house.
Obtained Tm29: Psychic and gave it to ButtFree......
Got on the cycling road after killing the second Snorlax (Didn't feel like catching another one)
Beat all the bikers on cycling road.
Went through the safari zone and found the Gold teeth altung on the ground.
Won a competition and got a prize: Hm3: Surf!
Used it on SuperKarp.
Gave warden his gold teeth and obtained Hm4: Strength!
Taught it to SuperKarp.
Beat Koga using my new Psychic abillities.
Obtained Tm06: Toxic, and used it on ButtFree......
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Team:

"image removed"ButtFree......
Lv41
Bug Flying
- Psychic
- Psybeam
- Sleep Powder
- Toxic

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*SuperKarp
Lv41
Water Flying
- Strength
- ThunderBolt
- Surf
- Hydro Pump

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*GeyPid
Lv40
Normal Flying
- Wing Attack
- Fly
- FeatherDance
- Quick Attack

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Batman
Lv40
Poison Flying
- Aerial Ace
- Bite
- Air Cutter
- Confuse Ray



HmSlave: *pokemonelite2000 image removed*Stupid Bug
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I've finally decided who my last team member's gonna be:

Spoiler:

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Aerodactyl!!!
Just a little bit left 'till i get to Cinnabar, witch means i'm getting him pretty soon
(Too bad i have to train him so much though)

Edit:
Beat all trainers and collected all items in the Silph. Co.
Easely beat both Green and Giovanni.
Beat the Fighting dojo.
Killed Sabrina's pokémon with SuperKarp's Strength.

My whole team is at Lv45


Currently i'm trying to catch 50 pokémon so i can get the Exp.Share (I currently own 24)

 

[Dannwe123]

UPDATE (again)
Caught a bunch of pokéymanz and got the EXP.Share
Got to Cinnabar island, defeated all the trainers on the way.
Obtained Aerodactyl, named him Pterra.
Trained Pterra on the cycling road with some help from the Exp.Share
Got through the manison and found the secret key.

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Team:

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Pterra
Lv43
Rock Flying
- Wing Attack
- Steel Wing
- AnicentPower
- Bite

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Batman
Lv47
Poison Flying
- Aerial Ace
- Air Cutter
- Bite
- Confuse Ray

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*GeyPid
Lv47
Normal Flying
- Wing Attack
- FeatherDance
- Quick Attack
- Fly

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*SuperKarp
Lv46
Water Flying
- Strength
- ThunderBolt
- Surf
- Hydro Pump

"image removed"ButtFree......
Lv47
Bug Flying
- Psychic
- Psybeam
- Silver Wind
- Toxic


Hm slave: Paras

 

[Fire Wolf]

I'll start on my Yellow with Water.
Planned Team:
Blastoise
Kabutops
Vaporeon
Poliwrath
Lapras
and possibly Gyrados.

A question: In order to finish the 1st gen, do we have to catch Mewtwo? Or only beat the E4?
And, in Yellow, my rival would have a Flareon! Type advantage! I've never battled Rival at Route 22! And won't also this time.

 

[Ryu-kun]

I'm really sorry for the lack of updates.. Hehehe... BUT, basically I have JUST finished Kanto! Details shall come next.

UPDATE:
-Did everything to get to E 4
-Lorelei was easy
-Bruno was easier
-Agatha really gave me run for my money
-I almost lost to Lance, for being careless.
-And then Rival's Alakazam almost owned, but WON!!!!!
-Off to Johto I go.

Team!!! (For the last time in Kanto)

AAAAAAAAAA the lvl 27 Lapras (Named that because I thought I wouldn't use it)
Moveset:
Water Gun
Blizzard
Body Slam
Sing
Notes: This one did just about NOTHING. I did kill Lance's Dragonite though.


Rage the lvl 52 Gyarados
Moveset:
Thunderbolt
Hydro Pump
Body Slam
Fire Blast
Notes: The best and most versatile Pokémon in my team.


Aqua the lvl 47 Blastoise
Moveset:
Bite
Strenght
Earthquake
Surf
Notes: An average guy and my starter. Earthquake came in handy.


Roll the lvl 38 Omanyte
Moveset:
Water Gun
Withdraw
Horn Attack (Lol @ no horn)
Notes: This guy is only a Omanyte... BUT it did defeat Blaine all by itself.


Point the lvl 40 Starmie
Moveset:
Take Down
Double Team
Surf Psychic
Notes: Beat Bruno?

OKAYZ! First update in Johto!-Woke up
-Picked Totodile
-Went to the next city
-Talked to the wicked man who gave the map.
-Saved and called it a day.

TEAM:

Aqua the lvl 7 Totodile
Moveset:
Scratch
Leer
Rage

 

[chuckroast1492]

I'd like to participate as well, using water type for each of the games.

This should be fun :)

 

[e4darthteej]

I've started on Crystal, and am at Goldenrody, yay!!!!!

Bitey Lvl. 20
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Tackle
Leer
Rage
Water Gun

Quagsire Lvl. 20
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Tackle
Tail Whip
Mud Slap
Slam

Slowpoke Lvl. 20
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Headbutt
Curse
Growl
Water Gun

Poliwag Lvl. 10
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Bubble
Hynosis
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There's only one King's Rock in the game, so which do you guys think is better, Politoed or Slowking?

 

[11wildy]

I'd go for Slowking and evolve Poliwag to Poliwrath, because that gives you an added type.

But, you could use the cloning trick to get another King'Rock.

 

[Polizard]

im going to do this i wanted to for a while but i never did but im going to and i would like to challenge with Water Im going to use either red or blue i have to find one then Gold then emerald and (pearl or Diamond im doing another challenge on one of them not sure yet)

 

[Fire Wolf]

Could I use Pikachu and Mankey till I get Squirtle on Yellow? (Don't want to use Gyarados) Brock would be near-impossible with Pikachu. So, could I use Mankey/Butterfree?

 

[Polizard]

And i would like to do Water
RED
GOLD
EMERALD
PEARL

Do i need Permission to start or do i just start lol Let me know

 

[Dannwe123]

Update

Defeated Blaine using my newly aquired team member; Pterra
Got through the Selvii island subplot
Went back to Viridian city and drowned Giovannis Pokémon.

Now off to the victory road!

Team:

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Geypid
Lv47
Normal Flying
- Wing Attack
- Fly
- FeatherDance
- Quick Attack
If i first send out ButtFree and use toxic, i can send out this guy and use FeatherDance to make shure they can't hit hard before they go down.
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Batman
Lv47
Poison Flying
- Aerial Ace
- Air Cutter
- Bite
- Confuse Ray
His (actually her) stats arent really amazing but he (she, i just don't wanna call batman she) is useful because of his PSN immunity
*pokemonelite2000 image removed*SuperKarp
Lv48
Water Flying
- Strength
- Surf
- T-bolt
- Hydro Pump
He's probably my best bet against Loreli, concidering most of her pokéon are weak to T-bolt
To bad he doesn't learn any physical STAB moves in 3rd gen

"image removed"ButtFree
Lv49
Bug Flying
- Psybeam
- Psychic
- Silver Wind
- Toxic
Psychic is gonna come in handy against Agathas poison team (although they say she's a ghost trainer)

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Pterra
Lv46
Rock Flying
- Wing Attack
- Iron Tail
- Take Down
- Earthquake
Basicly my raw power source and fysical sweeper.
Although Gyarados' attack stat is higher, he knows mostly special moves.


Hm Slave: Paras

 

[mondays suck]

Call me a nerd, or w/e, but i'm going to do this challenge again =D

But what type am i going to take this time? I definetely want a more difficult one this time, with Normal, thing were easy, Normal types have huge movepools to abuse, i mean, just look at Clefable.

Normal:
Fire: Not really many Pokemon to choose from, would probably end in 4 starter solo runs
Water: Theres a lot of Water types out there, and they're pretty powerful, seems like the easiest type, since Water's weaknesses can be covered easily with Ground and Ice.
Electric:
Grass: Pretty much all Grass is Grass/Poison in the earlier generations, so i might do Poison as well
Ice: Obtained pretty late in the game, which would give me problems in gen. 4 since i can't trade there
Fighting: Not really many double types, but a Machop omnipresence
Poison: Heavily relies on double types, since Poison itself isn't the best type. But the double types are mostly pretty powerful ones.
Ground: Some good double types and STAB EQs... seems too powerful
Flying: Pretty much everything is combined with Flying, so theres again a huge variety of pokemon to choose from, which makes Flying a powerful type.
Psychic: Only weak to Bug in Gen 1, which makes them overpowered there. But pretty helpless to Dark types later on... Sounds interesting
Bug: Looks like the real challenge, but for Bug i would have to use honey trees in gen 4...
Rock: Most Rock types have huge Water and/or Grass weaks, this makes things interesting.
Ghost: I'd have to solo the first 2 gens with the Gastly line, later it becomes better.
Dragon: 1 Dragon line in Kanto, 2 in Johto, 4 in Hoenn and 1 in Sinnoh... Definetely lacks diversity.
Dark:
Steel:

So i'll do one of these: Psychic, Bug or Rock.
Psychic's and Rock's most important lines both require trading for the final stage, which is annoying, so Bug is the type of my choice this time.
I'll try to do things slower this time, i don't want to finish each generation within 2 or 3 days again...

 

[Dannwe123]

Ok people...
I BEAT THE F***ING CHAMPION!!!

This is how it happened:
After training all my pokémon up to Lv54, i decided it was time to give the elite 4 a try.
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Loreli was pretty easy.
SuperKarp took down Dewgong, Cloyster and Slowbre in a few hots using T-bolt.
Jynx was 1H K-O-ed by Pterras Iron tail (100 attack power right in between her boobs)
Superkarp got in one T-bolt on lapras, before dying to ice beam. I then sent out Batman to deal the final blow.
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Bruno was obviously not a big challange either, because is whole team is weak to my flying monsters.
SuperKarp easely took out both his Onix. GeyPid inflicted half damage on Machamp before getting rocks thrown at him. Batman killed machamp with Aerial ace.
Batman i belive took care of the rest of his team the same way.
SuperKarp learned Hyper Beam, after defeating his second onix.
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Agatha was defeated because of pure luck.
As i predicted, Psychic did some good damage on her poison pokemon, but only thanks to the quick claw activating almost all the time.
Psychic 2 hit K-Oed most of her team, exept haunter, who was 1Hit K-Oed.
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Lance was probably the hardest of them all, even harder than Green.
I cant remember the whole match, but i won only thanks to ButtFree's Toxic combined with GeyPid using Fly to avoid taking damage while stalling his pokémon out.
His Aerodactyl was defeated by my Aerodactyl, Pterra(Who was 4 levels lower than his), using Iron Tail twice.
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Green was just too easy.
SuperKarp beat Pidgeot with T-Bolt, Rhydon with surf, and Alakazam with Hyper Beam. Pterra beat Arcanine with EQ, Batman beat venusaur with Aerial Ace, and ButtFree + GeyPid beat Gyarados with Toxic + Fly.
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Spoiler:

Sorry for crappy quality, i only had my cellphone camera available.

Final team:

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*SuperKarp
Lv55
- Surf
- Strength
- Hyper beam
- ThunderBolt

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*GeyPid
Lv54
- Wing Attack
- Fly
- FeatherDance
- Quick Attack

"image removed"ButtFree......
Lv55
- PsyBeam
- Psychic
- SilverWind
- Toxic

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Batman
Lv54
- Aerial Ace
- Poison Fang
- Bite
- Confuse Ray

*pokemonelite2000 image removed*Pterra
Lv55
- Wing Attack
- EarthQuake
- IronTail
- Bite
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Before moving on to Johto, there was one thing i wanted to do:
I went to oak's lab and got the national dex, flew to cerulean city and picked up that hidden rare candy, and used it on batman.
HE FINALLY EVOLVED!!!

NOW I'M MOVING TO HEART GOLD VERSION AND THE JOHTO + KANTO REGIONS!!!

 

[11wildy]

Small update:

I flew to saffron city to try the gym.
I finally got to Sabrina (man, I hate this gym as much as Lt Surge's...)
I totally destroyed her by using HP flying with gyarados, and Hydro pump on Alakazam.
I'm on my way to Cinnabar island.

team:
Gyarados lvl 46
Taunt <-- Replacing with dragon dance.
HP Flying
Strenght
Hydro pump <-- Should I replace this one? he uses HP as main attacking move and since I'm going to teach him dragon dance, he won't be using it much. Any comments? Suggestions on moves to replace it?

Blastoise lvl 45
Toxic
Brick Break
Surf
Substitute

Starmie lvl 45
Surf
Flash
Recover
Psychic

It's going fairly good, only released 1 important pokemon. I expect to be finished anytime soon.

 

[mondays suck]

I'd recommend to put Earthquake and Rock Slide over Strength and Hydro Pump. Wait, Gyarados can't learn Rock Slide, so keep Strength or go with Return instead or whatever.

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Started in Yellow, named self Yellow, named rival Blue (how creative i am). Lost first battle. Did the Oak's Parcel quest. Bought Pokeballs. Caught a Caterpie in Viridian Forest. Grinded to Level 10 on Route 1, which was quite annoying because there are >Lv. 5 Pidgeys in Yellow. Fought my rival again, beat him this time, i got lucky that Spearow didn't decide to use Peck. Beat everyone in Viridian Forest. Beat Brock's underling. Healed. Saved.

Team:

VenonatEvo / Butterfree Lv. 15
- Tackle
- Poison Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Confusion
A Venonat Evo, Butterfree does REALLY look like that, much more than Venomoth

 

[Charmageddon]

I haven't updated in a while.... havne't got much further, I went through Eterna forest and headed straight to Eterna gym.

I hate Grass-types.

I managed to beat the trainers mostly using Pingu's Peck, but Gardenia was an entirely different story. I tried the old Defence Curl+Rollout technique, but that gave Turtwig enough time to set up Reflect and Sunny Day, meaning Rollout would do minimal damage before missing like it always does, and even if I did manage to take down Turtwig, Cherrim would get an instant speed boost and sweep through my Pokemon with Magical Leaf. After about a dozen resets, I decided that none of my tactics were ever going to work - the only solution was to leave, and go train up a Magikarp.

8 more levels, then Gardenia should get ready for Skulkraken kicking her @rse all the way to Timbuck-frickin-too.

 

[Dannwe123]

I just started my adventure in the Johto region!

Note that my pokémon's nicknames will only have 5 letters at max, because i'm playing japanese heart gold.

update:
Choose the boy
named myself Gold (what else? XD)
Choose totodile as a starter
did the mr pokémon mission
beat rival
Named rival Silvr (but of course!)
Captured a hoothoot and named it "HootR"
Currently training HootR to lv6

Here's what i'm planning my team to be:
Noctowl (I'm sick of Pidgeot's now)
Crobat(Never got the chance to evolve Batman in LeafGreen)
Red Gyarados (Cuz i never used a red one before)
Scizor
Gliscor
Hm slave: Paras

Tell me what you think and tell me if you think i should change something

I'm not using togepi cuz it's too much work grinding up to 3000 points at the pokéthlon for a shiny stone to evolve him



I'm liking this whole automatic running buissnes so far...

 

[mattman324]

Call me a nerd, or w/e, but i'm going to do this challenge again =D

But what type am i going to take this time? I definetely want a more difficult one this time, with Normal, thing were easy, Normal types have huge movepools to abuse, i mean, just look at Clefable.

Normal:
Fire: Not really many Pokemon to choose from, would probably end in 4 starter solo runs
Water: Theres a lot of Water types out there, and they're pretty powerful, seems like the easiest type, since Water's weaknesses can be covered easily with Ground and Ice.
Electric:
Grass: Pretty much all Grass is Grass/Poison in the earlier generations, so i might do Poison as well
Ice: Obtained pretty late in the game, which would give me problems in gen. 4 since i can't trade there
Fighting: Not really many double types, but a Machop omnipresence
Poison: Heavily relies on double types, since Poison itself isn't the best type. But the double types are mostly pretty powerful ones.
Ground: Some good double types and STAB EQs... seems too powerful
Flying: Pretty much everything is combined with Flying, so theres again a huge variety of pokemon to choose from, which makes Flying a powerful type.
Psychic: Only weak to Bug in Gen 1, which makes them overpowered there. But pretty helpless to Dark types later on... Sounds interesting
Bug: Looks like the real challenge, but for Bug i would have to use honey trees in gen 4...
Rock: Most Rock types have huge Water and/or Grass weaks, this makes things interesting.
Ghost: I'd have to solo the first 2 gens with the Gastly line, later it becomes better.
Dragon: 1 Dragon line in Kanto, 2 in Johto, 4 in Hoenn and 1 in Sinnoh... Definetely lacks diversity.
Dark:
Steel:

So i'll do one of these: Psychic, Bug or Rock.
Psychic's and Rock's most important lines both require trading for the final stage, which is annoying, so Bug is the type of my choice this time.
I'll try to do things slower this time, i don't want to finish each generation within 2 or 3 days again...

Actually, at least Steel types are usable, via FR. But you could only really use Onix and Scyther (who would be Traded) and Magnaton. At least, the OP said you could.

Dark is where it gets tricky, up before the Elite four, only one pokemon evolves into a Dark type: Eevee. And you need to trade for them to evolve. This one hasn't been aproved, though...

 

[mondays suck]

6. Due to the fact that they didn't exist in RBY, Dark and Steel teams will be disallowed.

disallowed, not discouraged from using

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I'm at Cerulean now, and just caught me a Venonat.

Team:

VenonatEvo / Butterfree Lv. 23
- Tackle
- Poison Powder
- Sleep Powder
- Confusion
I'll probably box Butterfree later on, since i got Venonat early in this game, and Venomoth does pretty much the same like Butterfree, just with better stats and typing.

PizzaFungi / Paras Lv. 20
- Tackle
- Stun Spore
- Leech Life
- /
I'm pretty sure Parasect will be decent as a set up sweeper, since
1 It gets Spore, Slash and Swords Dance
2. you can't attack in the turn you wake up
3. moves like Slash do almost always crit in gen 1 --> 140 Power

Mothra / Venonat Lv. 16
- Tackle
- Disable
- Supersonic
- /
This thing got incredibly much hax when i tried to catch it. first i scratched it with Paras down to low HP, it disabled Stun Spore. Then i switched to butterfree, it uses Supersonic. Sleep Powder gets disabled, Butterfree hits itself in its confusion while trying to use Poison Powder (Venonat had still enough HP to survive 1 or 2 turns of poison) When i can finally hit this thing, with Sleep Powder, which hasn't been disabled any more, it instantly woke up. This continued for some time, but in the end, i finally put it to sleep and caught it. Probably it would have been cleverer to just throw Pokeballs on it, it was on low HP, and since Venonat isn't a legendary, i should have been able to catch it with 1 or 2 Pokeballs...