5th Gen 'Hit Me With Your Best Shot!' Challenge Thread!

[Neon Squirtle]

Which is why the Scramble threads here say "Purposely giving challengers blatantly terrible choices is against the spirit of the game and will not be tolerated." :-P

Except I've used a Cherrim on a Platinum run, and it legitimately impressed me. I don't see anything too bad about it minus the infamous Grass type. Or did you mean on the other forum?

[cantab]

I was referring to the Magikarp etc etc one.

[Neon Squirtle]

^Ok cool

Anyhoo, just done Randomizer RNGing for Platinum run, LUCKED out. Chimchar for my starter, Roserade, Mismagius, Nidoqueen, Pachirisu and Granbull. I am completely honest when I say I got these legit. This will be fun, to say the least. I think if it goes well I'll do another. Hope it'll be a bit more interesting, as in a bit less power and a bit more "bad" Pokémon. I've started it already and will update.

[Dragontail]

I am planning to run through White2 with only the starter. I will edit this with my first challenge.

[Neon Squirtle]

Randomizer is a bit meh, I like the freedom of choice. Still using a few of the picked Pokémon but I will freely choose the rest. I'm really bad at challenges. :P

[terrytorterra]

Lookin' to start up another run on my Black 2.
Never done a 'Hit me with your best shot' challenge, and from the looks of it this should be quite difficult xD
Anyway, I've decided on Lillipup as my 'starting' Pokemon. No restrictions for it yet, so fire away.
Also, I only want 3-Pokemon evolution lines (Lillipup, Tympole etc) in my team, and only 4 Pokemon.

Team:
Lillipup - (no restrictions yet)
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So hit me with your best shot.

[Winter02]

terrytorterra, take an Axew. It can evolve into Fraxure without any restrictions, but must solo two trainers in the 7th gym and Drayden's Haxorus before it may evolve again. It must also have Taunt and Swords Dance in its final moveset. You must also catch it in either a Luxury Ball or a Premier Ball.

[BlockethTheGrand]

terrytorterra, take a Mareep. It must have a speed-boosting nature and the move Electro Ball as its only damaging electric-type move (the moves Thunder Wave and/or Cotton Spore are encouraged as well). To evolve into Flaaffy, it must land the killing blow on any gym leader's final pokemon. To evolve into Ampharos, it must OHKO 3 pokemon (with level equal to or higher than its own) in a row with Electro Ball.

[SilverMorty]

terrytorterra take a Litwick. Evolve it to Lampent after it burns Skyla's Swanna. Evolve it to Chandelure after defeats 3 pokemon that evolves by stones (different pokemon, 3 different stones). One of them must be a Water Stone.

[terrytorterra]

Alright, this is already looking pretty hard xD
But the team's been assembled!

Team:
- Lillipup - Must solo Clay to evolve into Stoutland. Also must have Retaliate in its final moveset.
- Axew - Caught with Premier or Luxury Ball. Must solo 2 trainers in 7th gym and Drayden's Hazorus to evolve into Haxorus. Also must have Taunt and Swords Dance in it's final moveset.
- Mareep - Can only have Electroball as a damaging electric-type move. Must finish off any gym leader's final Pokemon to evolve into Flaffy, then must OHKO 3 pokemon its level or higher in a row to evolve to Ampharos.
- Litwick - Can only evolve into Lampent after buring Skyla's Swanna, and but defeat 3 pokemon that evolve with stones (one must be a water stone) to evolve into Chandelure.

And that's it! I guess I'll start off now, and keep things updated :P

[PurpleTitan]

I'm planning on doing a run of Pokemon White using the Pokemon that Trip in the anime used. So that means starting with Snivy and catching Pidove, Frillish, Litwick, Vannilite and Timburr. I'm also gonna use an HM slave, so can you recommend me a fifth gen Pokemon for that job?
Oh yeah, and I am not using any Legendaries.

[terrytorterra]

You actually don't need any of the HMs to complete the game. But even if you did, Frillish can take Surf, while Pidove can Fly. Strength, Rock Smash and Cut can be dealt with by Timburr and Snivy.

[comattose]

POKEMON PINK SLIP

I'm not completely certain that this is where I should be posting this, but I had an idea for a new addition to playing through the story. I typically run nuzlock's now, and I had this idea about incorporating a "pink slip" type increment to this particular game mode. It basically gives you something to look forward to whenever you know half your team is fixing to die to freaking Whitney's Miltank.

Here is a summary of what I've got so far:

At the beginning of the game, use a random number generator to determine your starter which can be from any generation.
example) in black version, use random number generator from 1-15, roll a 2, start with charmander. roll a 4, start with chikorita etc.

Here is the fun part: Every time you fight a gym leader, Giovanni, some other villain boss, or any other crucial story trainer besides your rival(s), you may choose a pokemon to trade for a random pokemon in their party.
example) beat Falkner, the flying gym leader in gold/silver, use random number generator from 1-2, (he only has pidgey and pidgeotto), roll a 1, trade your rattata for his pidgey.

Otherwise, standard Nuzlocke rules apply, aka pokemon die, only catch one per zone yadda yadda yadda.



So basically, if you beat a gym leader, or say the kimono girls, you not only (possibly) get a badge and the ability to progress through the story, you also get one of their pokemon on your team. Currently I have used a random number generator to decide which of the pokemon I get. Now, you're probably wondering, how am I taking away these pokes? What I was thinking about doing is utilizing sites like http://www.pokegts.us to exactly copy the pokemon I fight against, but I could also trade over an egg from my other DS and just train from scratch. (dont really like that idea) The problem is that you cannot use the GTS at the beginning of the story in most of the games.

Anyways, thought about this at about 5 in the morning, so my thoughts are rather scattered, but if anybody has any suggestions for this nuzlocke variation, that would be cool =D.

[PurpleTitan]

You actually don't need any of the HMs to complete the game. But even if you did, Frillish can take Surf, while Pidove can Fly. Strength, Rock Smash and Cut can be dealt with by Timburr and Snivy.

Okay, guess I'll stick with all of Trip's Pokemon then.

[OceanicLanturn]

I'm thinking of doing this Nuzlock variation with modified rules, called the Mono-Lock.

Rules
- Fainted = Dead Pokemon
- No repeating Pokemon
- Can only catch the Pokemon type of YOUR type bar HM Slave
- Trade = YES. Due to the no repeating rule, I can trade an egg from another game for fresh variety and to prevent the 'caught-every-water-types-in-da-game' or 'have-to-wait-until-route-xxx-to-get-the-next-fire-type'.
- Single Mon/Route does not apply. Ex. 3 types of water mon in a water route (eg. Tentacruel, Goldeen, Wingull), I have the choice to catch all three, since water types are non-existent on land. However, I can only catch the line. So ex, I cannot catch both Tentacool AND Tentacruel. Line-lock.
- Certain areas are counted as certain areas. Ex. Pinwheel forest inside is unaccessible until Gym 2 is beaten. So Pinwheel is counted as inside AND outside. Same goes for Relic Castle, except it's only Relic Castle Lv. B1 & Relic Castle B2 and lower

Now, time for the RANDOM NUMBER GENERATOR
The lucky number is...................... 16! STEEL TYPE!

Choices:
Magnezone
Forretress
Steelix
Scizor
Skarmory
Mawile - Going to cancel this guy out because the Ruri subquest is too dayum long.
Aggron
Metagross
Registeel
Jirachi
Empoleon
Bastiodon
Wormadam - No Burmy ;(
Bronzong
Lucario
Probopass
Dialga
Heatran
Excadrill (!!)
Escavelier (!!)
Ferrothorn (!!)
Klinklang (!!)
Bisharp (!!)
Durant (!!)
Cobalion (!!)
Genesect (!!)

So many to choose from. Nuzlock shall start soon! I shall now ditch Tepig for Piplup. Ta-ta-ta.

EDIT: Forgot to mention, traded legendaries are banned. Only eggs as well as in-game legendaries. So no Gene, Dialga, Heatran, Jirachi and Registeel.
EDIT 2: Going to cancel out some Pokemon that i cannot get due to trading restrictions and being unavailable to B2... And I realised this is still under nuzlock.. so gonna update it in that section rather than this.

[RelaxedBreeder]

This can actually work with any Generation!I thought I just might put it here.
The Pokemon Grunt Challenge!
Here are the rules:
-You may only use Pokemon used by the Grunts in the game you are playing and you must immediately release the starter once a Pokemon is caught.
-If a Pokemon faints it is considered weak and useless and must be released. (This starts after the Pokemon reaches Lv.5)
-You may catch multiple of the same Pokemon and as many as you want as long as it fits in the above categories.
-Pokemon used by Grunts in the Anime/Manga series that are not used in the game do not count.
-If you lose a battle to a Trainer that player is considered the Hero and you have lost and must restart the game.(If you can handle it!)
Enjoy!

[terrytorterra]

So it's been a while, but I thought I'd update on how my Best Shot challenge was coming along.

Here is the prospective team:
- Lillipup - Must solo Clay to evolve into Stoutland. Also must have Retaliate in its final moveset.
- Axew - Caught with Premier or Luxury Ball. Must solo 2 trainers in 7th gym and Drayden's Hazorus to evolve into Haxorus. Also must have Taunt and Swords Dance in it's final moveset.
- Mareep - Can only have Electroball as a damaging electric-type move. Must finish off any gym leader's final Pokemon to evolve into Flaffy, then must OHKO 3 pokemon its level or higher in a row to evolve to Ampharos.
- Litwick - Can only evolve into Lampent after buring Skyla's Swanna, and but defeat 3 pokemon that evolve with stones (one must be a water stone) to evolve into Chandelure.

Currently, I'm in Driftveil facing Clay, obviously soloing with Macchiato, my Herdier. Needless to say, I'm having a lot of problems against that Excadrill of his...
Either way, here is the current team

Macchiato (Herdier) M - lv 33 - Return, Work Up, Retaliate, Crunch
LemonLatte (Flaffy) M - lv 29 - Charge, Cotton Spore, Thunder Wave, Electro Ball (Currently has 2 OHKOs in a row on Pokemon its level or higher. I don't count the under-leveled Pokemon in between. )

[XKazukiIkuzakX]

I am doing a white 2 Wedlocke challenge. If you don't know what this is then here are the rules

    Spoiler:- Rules:

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~RULE #1: FAINTED POKEMON ARE DEAD When a Pokemon faints, it must be released forever (or boxed permanently). It is considered to be dead.

~RULE #2: ONLY CATCH THE 1ST ELIGIBLE POKEMON IN AN AREA
--You can catch or obtain only the first eligible obtainable Pokemon you encounter in any route or area, with exceptions being made based on the Pokemon's gender. Fail to catch it and you get nothing for the area.
--Genderless Pokemon cannot be caught. Ever.
If you have 1, 3, or 5 Pokemon in your party, you ignore any Pokemon encounters whose gender you have an uneven number of, e.g. if you have just one male Pokemon and two female Pokemon, you cannot catch any more female Pokemon until the count is even again. If you have an even number of each gender, this does not apply.
--"Dupes Clause" This means you do not count any encounter against any Pokemon whose species you have already caught, which is usually determined by the Poke Ball symbol by their HP bar.

~RULE #3: ALL POKEMON MUST BE NICKNAMED
--This is to increase the bond between you and your Pokemon. They're not just randoms; they're your friends. Treat them accordingly.

~RULE #4: YOUR POKEMON ARE "PARTNERED" WITH EACH OTHER AND FIGHT IN PAIRS
--Only one male and one female can form a pair, and once they do, it lasts until one dies or is released.
--Each Pokemon on your team can battle only alongside its partner, if it has one. Switching Pokemon out in battle is allowed, but ONLY for the Pokemon's partner.
--If a Pokemon dies in battle, its partner must avenge the fallen Pokemon or die along with them; switching to any other Pokemon is forbidden, regardless of circumstance. (In the case of Double or Triple Battles, you may have to make exceptions. Do what feels right.)
-If a Pokemon's partner dies, it can gain a new one that doesn't already have a partner (either from a PC box or a wild Pokemon).

~RULE #5: YOU CANNOT DEPOSIT POKEMON TO YOUR PC
--You must release Pokemon or have them die in battle if you want to withdraw anything in your PC.
--You can freely release your Pokemon (up to you if it counts as a "death" or not), but you will probably feel like a jerk for doing it.
--If you absolutely require HM moves to get through the game, you may temporarily break this rule and deposit a pair of Pokemon in the PC for one or two HM Pokemon; however, they cannot fight or do anything other than use HM moves outside of battle, and should be removed as soon as one of your main Pokemon can use the required HM move.
 

Also this Wedlocke will to be on youtube. So if you want to follow it and get update on it subscribe to my channel here: http://www.youtube.com/user/XKazukiIkuzakX

[telivisionhead]

I have to use the Elemental monkey I get from the person in the dream yard without even evoling the Elemental monkey in the game once
OR
for ALL battle subway or WI-FI battles I use a theme for it. For example Ninja I'll use maybe Lucario and Throh and if I get my hands on it a hitmonchan or other ninja like pokemon.
Another example: My theme is fish. Basculin,Sharpedo, Finneon
And another one
Theme Dog: Arcanine,Granbull,mightyena

[Crazed_Puppeteer]

POKEMON LOTTERY CHALLENGE

So, what is this?
- It's a variation of the Random Number challenge.
Rules
- You come up with random numbers (as few/many as you like).
- Someone else chooses the list that features these numbers.
- If a number you have is not on the list, simply re-do the number.
- You can set up challenges for yourself, or have other people assign challenges for you.
- Have fun!

Now, the challenge I'm setting up for myself is actually for Generation 6, but I figure I'd leave these rules here in case anyone wants to join me. The numbers that I've given myself will (hopefully) correspond to numbers that will be in Kalos' pokedex. Since Kalos has a pokedex that is split into different regions, I've decided to assign one number into each region, followed by an overall number that I'll translate into the overall pokedex (view this as my powerball number)

NOTE:I know nothing more than you do when it comes to the next generation of pokemon. I simply did a 1-100 random number search for the regions and a 1-300 rns for the powerball number. I'll see what I get when the list comes out.

So, what are my numbers?

Central Region - 24
Coastal Region - 52
Mountain Region - 43
Powerball - 46

I'll post this in the Generation 6 'Hit Me with Your Best Shot' page when it gets created. Until then, if someone else wants to participate in a Pokemon Lottery, I'll be more than happy to choose some lists for people.