3rd Gen Monotype Challenge Thread!

**ilovedeino** · 7th June 2012, 5:52 PM

Originally Posted by Aura Flare Riolu

Awesome! Congrats ilovedeino. Did you have fun?
I should finish up some of my challenges (done nothing since the last update). On top of the Flying Monotype in FireRed which is almost done so I should do that first, I also got to get back to my Bug Monotype in HeartGold and my Grass Monotype in Platinum. I reckon I should finish those first before starting up on a Pokemon Colosseum Monotype challenge.

...or at least just the Flying Monotype. Haven't made a lot of progress on the other two. I kinda want to start on Colosseum soon.

Yeah, it was fun, I think it's better than the main games because you don't constantly run into wild pokemon.

**Aura Flare Riolu** · 8th June 2012, 6:13 AM

And I'm done! Fire Red Flying Monotype Challenge is complete!

Final Team:

Dodrio ♀ Lv65

Crobat ♀ Lv65

Scyther ♂ Lv66

Aerodactyl ♂ Lv65

Zapdos Lv66

Xatu ♀ Lv66

Now to work on Pokemon Colosseum! Most likely another Flying Monotype in that. Should be interesting...What I'm going to do is go through the entire game. Not just finish at Evice, but go through even the Deep Colosseum and so on. I won't be trading any Pokemon from my GBA games but I can trade the Pokemon I obtain in Colosseum to teach some TMs that aren't available in Colosseum if I need to.
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Just started on another Flying Monotype Challenge. Seems like the best type to use in any game. No matter. It's in Pokemon Colosseum.
Spoiler:- Update:

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UPDATE:

Just got to Mt. Battle. I'm about to go on and beat these guys here.

Current Team:

Noctowl ♀ Lv33
~ Steel Wing
~ Hypnosis
~ Reflect
~ Fly
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Docile

Jumpluff ♀ Lv35
~ Synthesis
~ Sleep Powder
~ Cotton Spore
~ Mega Drain
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant

Mantine ♀ Lv36
~ Wing Attack
~ Supersonic
~ Bubblebeam
~ Take Down
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Calm

Altaria ♀ Lv35
~ Dragon Breath
~ Sing
~ Safeguard
~ Fly
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Quirky

I am so not liking how Mantine got Swift Swim instead of Water Absorb...Oh well...

EDIT: Made a couple changes. Purified Swablu and evolved it. Mantine is now Lv36 (Was Lv34) and Yanma is removed from the party. Got a couple more trainers to beat at Mt. Battle to finish this part...I've been snagging each Shadow Pokemon at this point. Definitely don't want to waste time trying to get Entei...Yeah I don't want to do that right now. LOL

**Golden_Arcanine** · 10th June 2012, 6:33 AM

So after restarting my Leaf Green game to send the three starters to my HeartGold game, I decided I was going to a mono-type challenge. The first one since I did it back in the Red/Blue/Yellow days when I did a Water challenge. Ultimately I decided to do a poison type challenge.

As I started up my game, I decided to use the girl character and name her after my friend Katy. I made my way to the PC after I woke up, and withdrew the potion from the PC. After that, I went downstairs and headed north to leave the city when Professor Oak stopped me. He dragged me to his lab where he gave me a chance to pick a Pokemon. I decided that Bulbasaur was the right one for me and named her Sprout. As I left, my rival wanted to battle me with his Charmander but Sprout prevailed. I made my way north to Viridian City into the PokeMart where the attendant asked me if I was from Pallet Town and asked me to deliver a package to the professor. I reluctantly agreed since the old man blocked my path to the north, and return to Pallet Town giving the professor his package.

After running that errand, I went past where the old man had been before and he had moved allowing me to go freely into Viridian Forest. Once there, I caught a Weedle and named him Bugsy. I also caught a Pidgey to use as a HM Fly slave for later on. I trained both Sprout and Bugsy to level ten which saw Bugsy evolve into a Kakuna and then a Beedrill a few levels later. After I got them toughened up, I headed to Pewter City gym where Brock's Geodude and Onix both fell to a single Vine Whip from Sprout and I earned my first badge. As I exited Pewter City, one of Oak's aides stopped and me and gave me a pair of running shoes.

Bugsy the Beedrill (F, Calm) - Level 11
~Poison Sting
~String Shot
~Harden
~Fury Attack

Sprout the Bulbasaur (F, Modest) - Level 13
~Tackle
~Growl
~Leech Seed
~Vine Whip

**Aura Flare Riolu** · 10th June 2012, 10:22 AM

I just turned on my Wii right now and I'm about to do quite a bit of training. That last battle with Venus was quite tough although I kept a steady control of the battle with Jumpluff's Sleep Powder. I'm definitely going to need quite a bit of training now.

Current Team:

Noctowl ♀ Lv37
~ Steel Wing
~ Hypnosis
~ Hidden Power (Electric)
~ Fly
Ability: Keen Eye
Nature: Docile

Jumpluff ♀ Lv38
~ Synthesis
~ Sleep Powder
~ Hidden Power (Ghost)
~ Mega Drain
Ability: Chlorophyll
Nature: Adamant

Mantine ♀ Lv39
~ Wing Attack
~ Blizzard
~ Bubblebeam
~ Hidden Power (Dragon)
Ability: Swift Swim
Nature: Calm

Altaria ♀ Lv40
~ Dragon Breath
~ Hidden Power (Bug)
~ Fire Blast
~ Fly
Ability: Natural Cure
Nature: Quirky

Gligar ♂ Lv43
~ Shadow Rush
~ Sand-Attack
~ ???
~ ???
Ability: Sand Veil
Nature: Lax

Unlucky with the abilities again. Wanted Hyper Cutter on Gligar, it's at least usable although I could use it against Tyranitar but that's about it. Not liking the luck I got with Hidden Power either. HP Fighting on Mantine? Really? Oh well...

EDIT: Apparently I got it wrong with Mantine's Hidden Power type. It's not Fighting as a Magnemite just resisted it. Guess I'll have to look it up then.
Guess while I'm here, I might as well alter the levels of Mantine and Altaria. Also Gligar's Nature is revealed too.

EDIT 2: How did I get Fighting before? Mantine's Hidden Power type is Dragon. That's weird...very weird. I used it on Vibrava which was Super Effective and then on Phanpy which was neutral so it's definitely Dragon. Well at least it's a Special Move. Not that it makes a difference since there's not many Dragons in the first place. Plus I have Blizzard. I guess it's usable on say...Kingdra but that's it.

**Drummerdude** · 10th June 2012, 1:32 PM

With my heroic world saving escapades out of the way, it was finally time for the 8th gym. I purposely defeated all the trainers because I wanted the extra experience. I left to heal and then returned to the gym, solved the ice puzzle, and then challenged Wallace. He started with Luvdisc and I went with Swampert. 2 Mud Shot's later and Luvdisc was down. He sent out Sealeo next so I went to Golem. Rock Throw didn't do as much as I would have liked and Sealeo ending up knocking out Golem with Water Pulse. I went to Camerupt and won with Rock Slide. He went to Whiscash next which was easily defeated by Claydol. His fourth pokemon was Seaking. I stupidly went to Camerupt and got beaten by Water Pulse. Swampert came back out and won with Mud Shot. His final Pokemon was Milotic, and it was a doozy. It beat Swampert with a critical hit Ice Beam, took out Flygon with Ice Beam and Claydol was defeated by 2 Water Pulses. I was stuck with the one Pokemon I didn't want to use. Groudon was sent out and won the battle with an Earthquake.

Wallace congratulated me and gave me my final badge. Instead of going to the Pokemon League I knew I had to train a lot so I went to the Trick House and then to Mossdeep where I plan to make the long trek to Pacifidlog Town.

Current Team

**Golden_Arcanine** · 11th June 2012, 8:40 AM

After gaining my Boulder Badge, it was time to leave Pewter City and after making it through a gauntlet of trainers I made it some grass where I caught a Nidoran F naming it Crush and a Nidoran M calling it Chomp. I decided to train it up a bit before I headed into Mt. Moon for my next challenge. After training my Pokemon up a bit, I headed into Mt. Moon where I ran into a wild Zubat that I caught and named it Screech. There were a few trainers but they were no match for my Pokemon, and I made it my way downstairs where I ran into a few Team Rocket grunts that got worked. I beat some maniac and took the Helix Fossil for my own. I left Mt. Moon and headed into Cerulean City to heal up.

After that, I headed north and my rival came out of nowhere to battle me. Crush (now a Nidorina) worked Pidgeotto pretty easily, Screech took out Abra, Sprout knocked out Rattata, and Chomp (now a Nidorino) had trouble but eventually took out his Charmander. I made my way north through the Nugget Bridge earning a Nugget after beating all the trainers. At the end, I used a Moon Stone on Crush to have her evolve into a Nidoqueen and she learned Body Slam. I went East to save Bill from his problem, and then I headed back to Cerulean City to make my final preparations for my battle with Misty.

Screech the Golbat (M, Gentle) - Level 22
~Supersonic
~Astonish
~Wing Attack
~Bite

Chomp the Nidorino (M, Lonely) - Level 22
~Poison Sting
~Peck
~Horn Attack
~Double Kick

Crush the Nidoqueen (F, Gentle) - Level 22
~Poison Sting
~Body Slam
~Bite
~Double Kick

Sprout the Ivysaur (F, Modest) - Level 22
~Tackle
~Poison Powder
~Leech Seed
~Razor Leaf

**Golden_Arcanine** · 12th June 2012, 12:00 AM

As I prepared to make my final preparations for Misty, I needed to train my Pokemon up a little bit further. I was ready to take on Misty shortly thereafter. First up was her Staryu, which a quick Razor Leaf from Sprout took it down pretty easily with an OHKO. Next came up to her Starmie, and I lead off with Screech and a Bite didn't seem to do the trick before he ended up fainting to a Starmie Water Pulse. I then brought in Sprout to finish it off. And then I won the Cascade Badge to earn my second badge. After defeating Misty, I headed through the house that got broken into and went out back to find a Team Rocket grunt. I made quick work of him, and he gave me back the Dig TM. I went inside the house that was broken into, but they wouldn't take their TM back.

After that, I headed south to Vermillion City and decided to check out the party on the S.S. Anne and a few trainers wanted to test me, but they were no match. I was about to head to the Captain's quarters when my rival jumped out of nowhere. Crush took care of Pidgeotto with a couple of Body Slam, Screech used a couple of Bite to knock out Kadabra, Sprout used a couple of Razor Leaf to defeat Rattata, and Chomp took out Charmander with a few Horn Attack. After beating him, I went to the Captain and rubbed his back and he gave me HM 01. I exited the S.S. Anne after picking up all the items on the floor and it sailed away. After getting my Pokemon healed up, I headed into the gym to take on Lt. Surge. A few trainers that got in my way and then Lt. Surge was there for me to battle. Voltob was up and Sprout made quick work of his Voltorb with a Razor Leaf or two. Next up was his Pickachu and I sent out Chomp, and a few Horn Attack saw Pikachu fall. Finally, Raichu was his last Pokemon and Crush took him out with a few Body Slam. I had earned my third badge and was ready to make my trek through the Rock Tunnel.

Screech the Golbat (M, Gentle) - Level 27
~Astonish
~Supersonic
~Wing Attack
~Bite

Chomp the Nidorino (M, Lonely) - Level 27
~Poison Sting
~Peck
~Horn Attack
~Double Kick

Crush the Nidoqueen (F, Gentle) - Level 27
~Poison Sting
~Body Slam
~Bite
~Double Kick

Sprout the Ivysaur (F, Modest) - Level 27
~Tackle
~Poison Powder
~Leech Seed
~Razor Leaf

**Drummerdude** · 13th June 2012, 3:13 PM

Like I said I would, I went from Mossdeep to Pacifidlog and battled every single trainer along the way. I tried going through the rapids west of Pacifidlog a few times to battle trainers and get the items, but I failed miserably most of the time. With that out of the way I finally went to Ever Grande City and entered Victory Road. I purposely took my time so I could make sure that I battled everyone to get as much experience as I could. The whole trip didn't last the long and after beating Wally I arrived at the Pokemon League. I returned to Victory Road and trained everyone to Lv50 and then I stocked up on supplies before heading into the first room of the Elite 4.

Current Team

**Golden_Arcanine** · 14th June 2012, 2:26 AM

The trip through Rock Tunnel was time consuming and for all my efforts I arrived in Lavender Town only to find out there was no Gym. Pissed, I headed West and went through a few trainers. I couldn't go into the next city, so I was forced to go through an Underground Path and before long I ended up in Celadon City. I had heard a rumor that Team Rocket had a hideout here, but I headed to the Casino anyways. When I got there, I saw a grunt standing by a poster and I went up to confront him. I whooped him and he let slip that there was a secret switch behind the poster. I pressed it, who wouldn't? I went in there and took out all the grunts from the small base and before long I was facing Giovanni. Before that happened, I found a Moon Stone to evolve Chomp into a Nidoking and Sprout evolved into Venasaur after one of the battles with a grunt. It really didn't take long as Chomp took care of Kangaskhan and Sprout used Razor Leaf on Rhyhorn and Onix to OHKO them. After I kicked Team Rocket out of Celadon City, I headed for the Gym. There, Erika was really no match for Screech and Chomp and before long I earned myself the Rainbow Badge. I got a Silph Scope from Giovanni after he left, so I decided maybe there was more to do in Lavender Town than I originally thought.

I went to the Pokemon Tower after finding out Mr. Fuji was up there since I needed to get the PokeFlute from him. I started up the first floor when I ran into my rival. My strong Pokemon were no match for his underleveld ones. I raced up a few more levels and before long I was at the top of the tower with only a few Rocket grunts in my way to Mr. Fuji. I defeated them one by one, and reached Mr. Fuji only for him to tell me that he came here of his own free will. We left the tower to go back to his place, and he gave me the PokeFlute for my troubles. I headed south to wake the sleeping Pokemon, and after I got Snorlax to move I went a bit further south to catch a Venonant, whom I named Shadow.

Screech the Golbat (M, Gentle) - Level 36
~Air Cutter
~Confuse Ray
~Wing Attack
~Bite

Chomp the Nidoking (M, Lonely) - Level 36
~Poison Sting
~Peck
~Horn Attack
~Double Kick

Crush the Nidoqueen (F, Gentle) - Level 36
~Poison Sting
~Body Slam
~Bite
~Double Kick

Sprout the Venasaur (F, Modest) - Level 36
~Tackle
~Poison Powder
~Leech Seed
~Razor Leaf

Shadow the Venonat (M, Gentle) - Level 26
~Supersonic
~Leech Life
~Poison Powder
~Confusion

**Golden_Arcanine** · 16th June 2012, 12:45 AM

After getting my Venonat, I continued my way through Silence Bridge battling all the trainers there and in the process my Venonat evolved into a Venomoth. After I had worked through the all the trainers, I decided to fly back to Celadon City and head down Cycling Road. There was a Snorlax blocking my path, but I quickly caught him and headed down Cycling Road defeating all the trainers in my way. I entered Fuschia City with every intention of earning another gym badge, this time from Koga. I defeated his trainers and then healed up before the big battle. His two Koffing's went down without much fight, but his Muk was a tough cookie to defeat. Eventually, Sprout was able to knock him out with a combination of Leech Seed and Razor Leaf to subdue him. Finally, his Weezing was the last Pokemon I was to face and Chomp had very little issues with him. At last, I had earned myself the Soul Badge. As a reward, I headed to the Safari Zone catching a Dratini after using 21 safari balls on various Dratini's. I managed to get to the end of the maze picking up HM 03 (Surf) and the Warden's Teeth which I gave back to him when he gave me HM 04 (Strength). I was ready to get my sixth and final member of my team, Tentacool.

Screech the Golbat (M, Gentle) - Level 40
~Air Cutter
~Confuse Ray
~Wing Attack
~Bite

Chomp the Nidoking (M, Lonely) - Level 40
~Strength
~Peck
~Horn Attack
~Double Kick

Crush the Nidoqueen (F, Gentle) - Level 40
~Poison Sting
~Body Slam
~Bite
~Double Kick

Shadow the Venomoth (M, Gentle) - Level 40
~Stun Spore
~Leech Life
~Poison Powder
~Psybeam

Sprout the Venasaur (F, Modest) - Level 40
~Tackle
~Poison Powder
~Leech Seed
~Razor Leaf

**Drummerdude** · 16th June 2012, 9:00 PM

Groudon was out first against Sidney's Mightyena and won with a few Earthquakes. He sent in Sharpedo so I sent in Flygon and beat it with 2 Dragon Claws. Camerupt went out against his Cacturne and beat it with Eruption while Groudon beat his Shiftry with Fire Blast. Golem was left to deal with his Absol and it won with 2 Earthquakes. I healed up and moved on.

The second opponent was Phoebe and she started with a Dusclops. I used Flygon against it and managed an easy win thanks to Crunch lowering its Sp Def. I used Swampert against her second Dusclops and had a lot of trouble. Swampert kept hitting itself in confusion but thanks to a Full Restore I was able to take it out with Earthquake (Probably the most commonly used move, although that shouldn't be any surprise). Flygon then came back out and beat both Banettes with Crunch and survived the encounters with 4 HP. Golem went out against her Sableye and used 4 Earthquakes to win the battle because Phoebe couldn't except defeat and kept healing.

Camerupt began the third battle with an Eruption against Glacia's Glalie but it had used Light Screen which allowed it to live and gave her a chance to heal it so it took two Rock Slide's to bring it down. Claydol went out against her first Sealeo and had a stall battle against it but barely pulled off the victory. She went to her second Sealeo which managed to beat my Claydol with Surf. Claydol had left it weak enough so that Groudon could come in and win with Earthquake. Camerupt came back to fight her second Glalie and won thanks to Rock Slide and Earthquake. I tried out Golem against her Walrein but it proved futile as it beat me with Surf. I went with Groudon to weaken its Water attacks and beat it with an Earthquake, Slash, and another Earthquake.

Current Team

**★ Lucario ★** · 17th June 2012, 8:33 PM

Planning to do a Bug-type Challenge on Pokémon LeafGreen in the far future.

Planned team:

Heracross

Pinsir

Parasect

Venomoth

Yanma

Butterfree

I will also use Beedrill for a while.

**Golden_Arcanine** · 19th June 2012, 1:40 AM

First order of business was to find myself a Tentacool naming it U Jelly?, and after a while I found a suitable one that would work for my team. I decided to do a bit of training in Rock Tunnel for a while before he was leveled up sufficiently to battle the stronger Pokemon who would give back more experience points. I headed to Saffron City to the Silph Co. since I had hear Team Rocket had taken over. I went level by level clearing out the Rocket Grunts before reaching the Presidents' quarters and found Giovanni there. Tentacool evolved into Tentacruel in the proccess, and took care of Rhyhorn and Nidoqueen with little issues while Shadow took care of Nidorino and Sprout took down Kangkaskahn. After expelling the Rockets out of Silph Co., I headed up to the gym to take on Sabrina. Screech took care of Kadabra and Mr. Mime pretty easily with a few Bites, and the combination of U Jelly? Alakzam was a whole different story. In the end, Stun Spore from Shadow and Strength by Chomp ended up doing him in. With that, I earned my sixth badge and flew to Pallet Town to head to Cinnabar Island. I swam down and before long I reached the shores of Cinnabar Island.

Screech the Golbat (M, Gentle) - Level 41
~Air Cutter
~Confuse Ray
~Wing Attack
~Bite

Chomp the Nidoking (M, Lonely) - Level 41
~Strength
~Peck
~Horn Attack
~Double Kick

Crush the Nidoqueen (F, Gentle) - Level 41
~Poison Sting
~Body Slam
~Bite
~Double Kick

Shadow the Venomoth (M, Gentle) - Level 41
~Stun Spore
~Leech Life
~Poison Powder
~Psybeam

U Jelly? the Tentacruel (F, Sassy) - Level 35
~Surf
~Bubblebeam
~Acid
~Supersonic

Sprout the Venasaur (F, Modest) - Level 41
~Tackle
~Poison Powder
~Leech Seed
~Razor Leaf

**Golden_Arcanine** · 21st June 2012, 2:09 AM

After arriving in Cinnabar Island, I went up to the gym only to find out it was locked. I talked to some of the locals there and they told me to go check out the Burned House. I went through there and ran into a few trainers but at the bottom floor I found a key that I believed would open the Gym. I went up to the Gym and the key opened it up. I had to battle through a few trainers before I ran into Blaine. Growlithe and Ponyta went down quite quickly by U Jelly using Surf. Chomp took care of Ninetails pretty easily, but then I brought back U Jelly to use Surf against Arcanine and before long I ended up earning myself a Volcano Badge. After trying to exit the gym, I ran into Bill and went off to a chain of islands in the process I returned a girl to her father. After that, I headed off to get my final gym badge in Virdian City.

After battling through the trainers, I was surprised with who the Gym Leader was. It was Giovanni. Again, U Jelly did most of the work with Surf took care of the two Rhyhorn and the Nidoqueen. Shadow took down Nidoking with a few Psybeam, and Sprout OHKO Dugtrio with a Razor Leaf. I earned my final badge, and now I was ready to go to the Elite 4. After I headed West, I ran into my rival. The combination of Crush and Screech took care of Pidgeot, and the combination of Shadow and Chomp took care of Alakazam. Screech took care of Exeggcute, Sprout took down Gyarados, and U Jelly took down Charizard and Rhyhorn. Now I was ready to head to Victory Road.

Screech the Golbat (M, Gentle) - Level 44
~Air Cutter
~Confuse Ray
~Wing Attack
~Bite

Chomp the Nidoking (M, Lonely) - Level 45
~Strength
~Megahorn
~Horn Attack
~Double Kick

Crush the Nidoqueen (F, Gentle) - Level 42
~Poison Sting
~Body Slam
~Bite
~Double Kick

Shadow the Venomoth (M, Gentle) - Level 43
~Stun Spore
~Leech Life
~Poison Powder
~Psybeam

U Jelly the Tentacruel (F, Sassy) - Level 43
~Surf
~Bubblebeam
~Acid
~Supersonic

Sprout the Venasaur (F, Modest) - Level 50
~Tackle
~Poison Powder
~Leech Seed
~Razor Leaf

**ricedonut** · 21st June 2012, 10:33 AM

^ props for using venomoth, but try giving it giga drain, psychic and sleep powder for best results

I started a Grass Monotype challenge on Ruby recently
(I didn't want to do it in emerald because I have a Latios with 31 special attack IVs that I use for the battle frontier, and I also have a gold Spirits Symbol, and I decided to do it on Ruby rather than Sapphire to make it more challenging)
Here is a summary of Gym Battles/Important Things that have happened so far

-Got a Treecko as my starter, named it Gex. Had a decent nature on the first one, so I decided to not reset
-After some time, finally caught a Shroomish with a good nature, named it The Steve
-Beat Roxanne fairly easily as you'd expect with grass types
-Brawly was a bit tougher, but The Steve got me through it pretty well with Stun Spore
-After about 40 MINUTES (I'm not kidding) of looking for an Oddish, which seemed to have a 1% appearance rate for me, and getting terrible natures on the ones I found, I Finally found a decently natured one. I named it Marijuana
-Battled May on the way to Mauville City. She was really hard to beat with her Combusken that kept using Ember and getting an OHKO/2HKO on everything on my team, but eventually The Steve (Now a breloom) won it with Mach Punch
-Battled Wattson, his Magneton went down very easily to Mach Punch, after Sleep Powder from Marijuana (Now a Gloom). Breloom is my favourite Pokemon on this team.
-The next gym leader is Flannery, and that Torkoal gave me huge amounts of trouble. The first attempt doing it, I beat the Slugma pretty easily, although they KO'd Breloom and managed to set up a Sunny Day. I tried to get Gex to use Screech on the Torkoal, forgetting it had White Smoke which prevented me from lowering its stats. Gex got OHKO'd by Overheat, but this was good because now its Special Attack was down from using Overheat, and unlike in Emerald, it doesn't have a White Herb.

Marijuana took Overheat pretty well, but I healed it until the Torkoal lowered its Special Attack all the way with Overheat. After its special attack was almost in the negatives from Overheat, the Torkoal decided to start using Body slam. Body slam hit Marijuana for about 1/3 of its HP. I had only 2 moves to use against the Torkoal, Absorb and Acid. Acid seemed to do more damage, so I kept using sleep powder and hitting it with Acid, which took off about 1/25 of its HP each time. Too bad I couldnt lower its defence because of White Smoke.

After a lot of Acid thrown at the Torkoal, and Flannery healing it with Hyper Potions, I eventually Ran out of healing items. I got the Torkoal to a very low amount of HP, with just 2 Acids to go until it was dead, but then it decided to use Attract. With just one Acid to go, but only one Body slam until Marijuana was dead, I got Marijuana to use Acid again. But then my horrible luck kicked in and decided to have Marijuana be immobilized by love. Torkoal then finished it with Body Slam.

-After throwing my GBA out of the window and then retrieving it, then buying some revives and potions, I went up against Flannery again. This time The Steve Swept the Slugmas with no trouble, and it was just the torkoal left. I got Marijuana to use Sleep powder on it, and then got The Steve to just use headbutt on it. Flannery randomly decided not to use a Hyper potion, so I won.

-Next I got some goggles from May and went into the Desert. There, I caught my new team member, a Cacnea. I named it ThornyTITS in reference to Haydunn's Cacturne, because I couldnt think of a better name. I also got the Root fossil, which I resurrected in the Devon Building and got a Lileep, which is the final member of my team. I couldnt think of a nickname for it, so it is just Lileep for now. I wanted to give it Rock tomb, but for some stupid reason it couldn't learn it.

-I was depressed at Lileep's extremely shallow movepool, so I decided to see what hidden powers everyone had. After killing a lot of wild Pokemon, I learnt what types everyone had, and most of them were really good. Gex got hidden power Fire, which is really cool, The Steve got hidden power Dragon (which I decided not to keep because Dragon is a special type and Breloom is good with physical moves), Cacnea got Hidden Power Rock, Lileep got Hidden power Grass, and Finally, Marijuana got hidden power Electric, which was pretty... *puts on sunglasses* Shocking

Spoiler:- team:

**Drummerdude** · 25th June 2012, 11:26 PM

Flygon started off against Shelgon and beat the shell Pokemon with 2 Dragon Claws and a Crunch. I switched to Swampert and used Ice Beam against his Altaria and it didn't faint. At this point I knew I was in trouble with all Drake's Pokemon. Fortunately another Ice Beam beat Altaria. His first Flygon was defeated with Ice Beam and Surf from Swampert and the second was defeated by a single Dragon Claw from Flygon. Salamence managed to beat Swampert so I used another Dragon Claw and brought it to the yellow but it also used Dragon Claw and knocked out Flygon. I tried out Claydol but it was defeated by Crunch. Golem came out and finished it off with a Rock Throw.

Camerupt started off the final battle with Eruption which knocked out Skarmory. His second Pokemon was Aggron but Swampert won with Surf. Groudon went out against his Cradily. I used Earthquake and then got confused by Confuse Ray but still won with another Earthquake. Swampert was back out against Armaldo and I just spammed Surf until it fainted. He sent out Claydol and set up Reflect/Light Screen while I continued to spam Surf. It eventually knocked out Swampert with Earthquake so I went to Flygon. The stupid thing was annoyingly difficult because of that combo and the fact that Steven kept healing it….3 times!!! After who knows how many Crunches and Dragon Claws it finally fainted. His last Pokemon was Metagross so I sent Golem out…but it fainted to a Meteor Mash. Then it used Hyper Beam against Camerupt and knocked it out. I went to Groudon and used Earthquake…….CRITICAL HIT OHKO!!! Player defeated Champion Steven!

Final Team

**Blaze12x2** · 3rd July 2012, 11:13 PM

Doing a sapphire fire type monotype, my combusken beat roxanne without being hit

**★ Lucario ★** · 4th July 2012, 9:38 AM

Originally Posted by ricedonut

Gex, level 31

The Steve, level 31

Marijuana, level 30

ThornyTITS, level 26

Lileep, level 21 (Nickname suggestions would be appreciated)

Aren't you gonna use Shiftry? Anyways, Lileep could be named Helianthus. Helianthus is Latin for sunflower.

**XAssGodX** · 11th July 2012, 4:11 AM

I started my first monotype ever today and... It's awesome, it's way more challenging and cool than a normal playthrough. I started a water monotype on LeafGreen. I'm curently at Vermillion city. Brock was really easy to beat and Misty wasn't a problem, I'm not sure that Surge will be the same though. So thats my current team for now :

Lv.28 Wartortle

Lv.17 Magikarp

I'm also thinking of making a normal or fire monotype on FireRed and probably a grass monotype on either emerald or saphire.

**RNG_Reporter** · 11th July 2012, 4:41 AM

Surge will completely destroy you.. there is no way you will beat him unless you overlevel by like.. 15lvls so you outspeed and overpower him.

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