Single Type Pokemon Playthroughs!!

[Darth CookieMonster]

Ive been thinking and I really wanna start doing playthroughs using only one type. ANyone wanna give it a go with me?

Example:

I want to playthrough with only... Electric types.

So as soon as I reached the first Gym I got myself,

http://www.pokestadium.com/pokemon/sprites/handheld/blackwhite/179.png

then later i got

http://www.pokestadium.com/pokemon/sprites/handheld/blackwhite/25.png

and

http://www.pokestadium.com/pokemon/sprites/handheld/blackwhite/81.png

and then i playthrough with those pokemon

Types To Be Taken:
Fire
Water
Grass
Electric
Ice
Psychic
Dark
Normal
Flying
Fighting
Rock
Ground
Steel
Bug
Poison
Ghost
Dragon

Anyone?

[Poryhedron]

I might do this eventually. I'm planning to restart my SoulSilver sometime soon. Before I do, though, I'm working on transferring tons of pokémon onto Platinum. Pokémon games, sadly, have recently been finding ways to make it a worse and worse idea to do a restart. The WiFi events are a prime example, but the PokéWalker is another; I only decided to go with the restart after I convinced myself I would most likely never get enough Pokéwalker Watts to access Quiet Cave anyway.

[Poryhedron]

All right, I'm now ready to get this train wreck started! I've selected Bug, and chosen Totodile as my starter until i catch a Weedle. This Totodile will also be handling all of my Water-type HMs. I haven't quite figured out yet what I'm doing HM-wise (why are there so few pokémon who can learn Fly and also learn more than one or two other useful out-of-battle moves?) but I guess I'll let that be part of the fun this time.

Name: Seth
Type: Bug

Current team (just started):
L5 Totodile
Scratch, Leer

[Darth CookieMonster]

Awesome!

I cant decide between ghost, electric, and ground.

[Cynder]

I'm doing a Dark type runthrough of Pokemon White right now, with a Lepardas, a Zorua, a Deino, a Pawniard, a Vullaby and a Scraggy. And I've already used a Flying type team for Pokemon Pearl. Yeah, coincidence!

[Blademaster]

Lepardas

A wha...?

[Cynder]

Liepard.

Damn me getting used to the Japanese names... I got confused.

[Poryhedron]

I can't really recommend Ghost in this game. My Ghost team worked fine in Pearl Version, but in Heart/Soul you're limited to just Gastly for the first four Badges, and limited to just Gastly and Misdreavus until after the Elite Four.

[DarkestLight]

Pory.....why do you need access to Quiet Cave? I do not know how many steps are needed but I'm pretty sure if I left my Walker in my bag for a week, I'd get the amount of steps necessary :/ Looove me some NYC trains :D

[mattbcl]

This is probably going to sound like a guy seeking a loophole, but do Pokémon bred from other games and transferred to the game being played through count towards this effort? For example, if I take Normal-Type, can I transfer a Munchlax I bred on another game and count it towards the single-type team?

[Poryhedron]

Pory.....why do you need access to Quiet Cave? I do not know how many steps are needed but I'm pretty sure if I left my Walker in my bag for a week, I'd get the amount of steps necessary :/ Looove me some NYC trains :DSpiritomb. And to access Quiet Cave you need to collect 100,000 Watts. I'd imagine that'll take a while even with the Big Apple's transit system helping you.

[Blademaster]

Yup. We call that "Being smart.".

[Poryhedron]

...holy hell. Just a few minutes after I posted that, I logged onto the Global Terminal in Platinum and discovered that someone had accepted my offer of a Zapdos in trade for Spiritomb, which made me happy until I realized...

...this is Cynthia's Spiritomb.
Seriously, it's a L58 female Spiritomb who knows Dark Pulse, Psychic, Silver Wind and Shadow Ball, was caught by a Master Ball and is listed as having been met at L58 in Pokémon League. I think this "ANTOINE" used a Game Shark code that makes trainers' pokémon catchable.
I...I'm not sure what to do with this thing.

[DarkestLight]

Dude >.> Next time just tell me. I have Spiritombs up the Wazoo. Seriously :/ I have 48 just sitting around in my Diamond.

Oh question. I never seemed to be able to get more than 99,999 steps a day. Does the 100,000 watts need to be in a day cause if not...I might already have the damn thing-I just havent USED the Pokewalker in a godawful long time...I left it in my bag for ...what...5 months now.

Where the hell is it ?

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Probably gonna join, but beating another White-story first.

[Poryhedron]

Dude >.> Next time just tell me. I have Spiritombs up the Wazoo. Seriously :/ I have 48 just sitting around in my Diamond.

Oh question. I never seemed to be able to get more than 99,999 steps a day. Does the 100,000 watts need to be in a day cause if not...I might already have the damn thing-I just havent USED the Pokewalker in a godawful long time...I left it in my bag for ...what...5 months now.

Where the hell is it ?
The 100,000 Watts must be collected in your Heart/Soul game by transferring them there from the Pokéwalker. They do not all have to be gathered in a single Stroll. That said, if you've got a thriving Spiritomb colony in Diamond I doubt you have much use for Quiet Cave anyway...let's see, what else is the place good for...Munchlax, Feebas...I suppose having Chingling in Group B instead of Group A might be a reason to go if one doesn't have any of the Sinnoh-set games...ooh, if you walk far enough you might rarely find Hyper Beam TMs with the Dowsing machine.

[DarkestLight]

Oh you gotta transfer them. Oh yeah. Havent played that set in a while. Dunno how many I have stockpiled, but it's not that. Well maybe now in 10 days, I'll open it up :O.

Hrm, I did so much leg work in Platinum I secured most everything, and well, Winners Road has the main reason I got the Pokewalker, I was direly wanting Selfdestruct Snorlax and Bounce Gyarados.

[Poryhedron]

Anyway, back on topic!
Name: Seth
Type: Bug

I got the Egg from Mr. Pokémon, battled the Rival, and then told the cop in New Bark that his name was Exeter (since I'm playing a Bug theme, I named him in reference to exterminators.) After that, I finally got my hands on some Pokéballs, and headed to Route 30 where I caught a Weedle.

I crash-raised Weedle in Route 29 for a while, until I felt comfortable raising it on its own. During this process I caught a Sentret that I named "Temp. HMer" for obvious reasons (I haven't nicknamed anyone else. I should probably get the Name Rater to give Totodile an HMer-riffic name, but I couldn't come up with names I was happy with for my planned Bug-type battlers.) When Weedle evolved into Kakuna, I brought it back to Route 30 and challenged Youngster Joey, and won more easily than I'd feared. I then went on to defeat all of the other trainers on Routes 30 and 31, snagging Bug Catcher Wade's phone number in the process...and not snagging Joey's. ;)

As I write this, I'm about to scale Sprout Tower...I ought to have a Beedrill by the time I reach the top.

Team:

:014: L9
Poison Sting, String Shot, Harden

:158: L10
Scratch, Leer, Water Gun, Rage

:161: Temp. HMer L3
Scratch, Foresight

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Name: Matt
Type: Poison.
Reason: Cuz I'm a ninja.
Badges: 2

Progress:

Well, I started off with Totodile, as a good HM slave. Raised it a bit, got the egg, pokeballs, yadayada. Then went up to Dark Cave and caught myself a Zubat (mind you I couldn't catch spinarak as it was daytime), well actually I catched about 20 before I got the one I wanted. Spent all of my money on whisky and be- on pokeballs. Raised it - which was quite hard at first - cleared out sprouttower and finished off Falker, obtaining the Roost TM for my Zubat.

Went south to the pokemoncenter on Route 32 and picked up the old rod. This time, I got lucky and only had to catch four Tentacool before I got a good one. Yup, Tentacool is on the team! Trained it up (slow!!) in Union Cave and especially route 33, which contains only pokemon that give Speed EV's. Now I'm not the one to EV train for an ingame team, but this was to much of an opportunity to ignore. He reached l.19 and learned Bubblebeam, which meant I could battle with it. Toxic spikes is gonna be fun!

Slowpoke Well was easy smeasy with new Tentacool, which is why I pummeled the gym and my rival all in one go. Poor Bugsy, it was pretty tight though. Gave Zubat his U-turn TM (need something against Psychics, plus it fits nicely with Crobats speed and scout-potential; or in combination with Toxic Spikes).

Saved in Ilex Forest after freeing the Farfetch'd. Think I'm gonna update again soon.

Team:

Zubat (l.21) [Lonely] Wing Attack | Bite | U-turn | Roost
Tentacool (l.21) [Mild] Bubblebeam | Acid | Toxic Spikes | Supersonic

[Cynder]

I'll reserve steel for now, I can't start playing because I've lost my DS charger. Oh yeah, since I picked a type with few pokemon that are spread quite a bit, could I trade over an Aron to get me started?

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Well, I would say no since they're not in the original 252 like (H)G/(S)S.

That means your limited to Forretress, Scizor, Steelix, Magneton and lemme see oh skarmory. True challenge:D

[Blademaster]

Don't listen to him, Cynder. Use whatever the fuck you want.

Also, why does Matt the Poison Monotype Trainer sound so familiar to me...?

[Poryhedron]

It's possible to get a Steel-type fairly early, without trading in a Steel-type from another game. Just catch Onix in Union Cave, trade it to another game, give it a Metal Coat in that other game and trade it back.

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Because I use Matt for all my names. And, I've done poison monotypes before. Two in GSC, and one in HG/SS. Cuz i'm a ninja!

[Darth CookieMonster]

Ima say you can trade from other games. As long as you are only using one type.

Ive decided im doing Fire

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Name: Matt
Type: Poison.
Reason: Cuz I'm a ninja.
Badges: 2

Progress:

So, completed Ilex Forest and ran into Goldenrod all up to National Park, trying to avoid as much trainers as possible. Caught myself about 30 Nidoran before I decided which one to use, then trained him up up up! Gave it Headbutt and Dig to increase it's type-coverage and a Quick Claw, although he's not that slow, he's the slowest of my team and I have no better options right now.

Meanwhile, Zubat evolved into Golbat and after two more levels it reached it's final form as a Crobat. A speedy, strong yet surprisingly sturdy fucker. That was time to take on Whitney. Cleared out the entire Gym with double kick, including the leader, so staying in Goldenrod would be pointless.

Ecruteak brought along some nice exp. Trained Tentacool now, giving it the new Surf HM I recently aquired for absolute wreckage. Finished off rival, gym and morty with it (although Crobat defeated Gengar).

Some more training on the way to Olivine, and then used the Lighthouse as a boost to get Tentacool to level 33 where it learned Poison Jab, now he was ready to evolve. Bam, killer jellyfish, love it. Saved after clearing lighthouse. Ready for the sea-trip and chubby chuck:D

Team:

http://veekun.com/dex/media/heartgold-soulsilver/169.png (l.28)
[Lonely] Pluck | Bite | U-turn | Roost
http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/73.png (l.33)
[Hasty] Surf | Poison Jab | Toxic Spikes | Supersonic
http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/33.png (l.30)
[Naughty] Headbutt | Double Kick | Dig | Shadow Claw


Also, when do you have acces to Hoenn/Shinnoh pokemon in the Safari Zone?

[Cynder]

Well, I would say no since they're not in the original 252 like (H)G/(S)S.

That means your limited to Forretress, Scizor, Steelix, Magneton and lemme see oh skarmory. True challenge:D

You said yourself that you're limited to the original 252 pokemon, so surely unlocking Hoenn and Sinnoh Pokemon wouldn't be important? :P

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Well, not if they're in the game.. Without trading.

Still, according to DCM you can trade in this challenge, so go nuts.

[Darth CookieMonster]

i said so because i know i want to. So it woudlnt be fair if i did and she couldnt.

[Cynder]

Name: Lizz
Type: Steel
Badges: 0

So I found my DS charger, hoping to trade my pokemon from my old Soul Silver game to my chip. When I restarted the game I wasn't concerntrating, I was too busy watching TV to realise that it was in fact my chipped Diamond file that I was deleting instead of my Soul Silver file... All of the pokemon I raised on it were now gone. xD Thank god I didn't make the same mistake with my actual game ^^; Anyway after loading the real diamond game, I went to hatch an Aron egg. That egg turned out to be a shiny. So, I now have a shiny Aron. Yeah, coincidences are awesome! I gave it an earthquake TM to get me going, and got ready to start Soul Silver again.

I started with a Cyndaquil because the last two playthroughs I started with Chikorita and Totodile, (poor Feraligator was deleted when I deleted my chipped Diamond TT.TT) so I mixed it up and chose a cute 'lil Cyndaquil. After naming it Cynder, I headed all the way to Mr. Pokemon's house. Oh yeah, I had to listen to that impatient old man's boring speech on what pokemon centers are. I came back, kicked Silver's ass, you get the point.

Now I'm working on training the level 3 Onix I got from the guy who wants a Bellsprout before I evolve it rediculously early to keep in with my type theme.

Current team:

Daiyamondo the Aron: Level 11
Rocky the Onix: Level 7 (Stupid nickname came with it >.<)

[Poryhedron]

Good luck with Rocky. I tried that in my original Silver Version Steel monotype, and having a disobedient Outsider annoyed me so much that, when I restarted the monotype for an unrelated reason, I ignored Rocky and waited until Union Cave to catch my own Onix instead.

Name: Seth
Type: Bug

I climbed Sprout Tower, Kakuna evolving into Beedrill along the way, and then challenged Elder Li (I liked it better when he was Sage Li. The pun was more dignified.) The standard Bellsprout was very quickly toast, and then Li sent out his Hoothoot, Beedrill used Fury Attack...and missed. Hoothoot used Hypnosis and didn't miss. And since Awakenings aren't obtainable at this point in the game, and I didn't have any other bugs, I could do nothing but watch as Hoothoot Pecked Beedrill to death over the next few turns.

I reverted to save, tried again, and used Harden several times while Li's Bellsprout was out. It didn't matter, though, because this time Beedrill hit with Fury Attack, scored five hits and decked out Hoothoot before it could act. Still, knowing how unreliable Fury Attack was, I decided to hold off on trying my luck at the Gym until I'd trained Beedrill more. I raised it in Route 32 until it learned Focus Energy, then tried the Gym. I beat the two lesser Gym Trainers without much fuss, but was almost completely useless against Falkner's high-defense, Gusting, Roosting Pidgeotto.

Again, I lost and reverted to save, and went back to training. This time I didn't come back until I'd learned Twineedle. The attack wasn't much more damaging to Pidgeotto than Fury Attack, but it was reliable, and my higher level gave me higher defensive stats that let me stand up to Gust better. I won the Badge.

After that, I headed down Route 32, through Union Cave and across Route 33, battling all the trainers. I didn't get any more Pokégear numbers; I knew I wouldn't want Fisherman Ralph's number because he's a pain to get to compared to most other Pokégear trainers, but I also didn't get Liz's or Anthony's because I wasn't sure whether I would want them or not, and of course you can't delete numbers once you have them. Now, I'm about to enter Azalea...and looking forward to reaching Ilex, because I just walked right past the place where my next battler can be found, and only in Ilex will I get the means to encounter it.

Team:
:015: L20
Twineedle, Fury Attack, Poison Sting, Harden

:158: L10
Scratch, Leer, Water Gun, Rage

:161: Temp. HMer L3
Scratch, Foresight

:175: -EGG UNHATCHED-

[Cynder]

Name: Lizz
Type: Steel
Badges: 1

I completed Sprout Tower and the first gym with relative ease, the only trouble I had at all was with that damn Pigeotto using Roost constantly. I just kept on making Rocky use Screech until it's defense was as low as possible and used Tackle. I made sure to not train Rocky above level ten before the gym so that I had an obedient pokemon. (That Aron was really being a pain because I forgot about the level 10 limit until the first gym >.>)

Headed through Union Cave after training Rocky some more, and now I'm in the Slowpoke Well beating all of the stupid Rockets. After that I'll go out of the cave and find myself a Pineco in one of the trees.


Current team:

Daiyamondo the Aron: Level 16
Rocky the Onix: Level 15

[Poryhedron]

Name: Seth
Type: Bug

I cleared out Slowpoke Well with little trouble, then beat Exeter again and got the Cut HM from the Charcoal Man's assistant. Needing the Hive Badge to be able to use it, I went to meet Bugsy. Togepi's Egg hatched just as I was about to walk through the Gym's front door, making me think I was about to meet an NPC or something.

Once again, I found myself losing to the Gym Leader the first time and winning the second, and once again I was relying on Fury Attack the first time, and relying on Twineedle against a Flying-type the second. The lesson to be learned here is that Fury Attack is a horrible move.

With the Badge in hand, I taught Temp. HMer Cut, then trekked through Ilex to find the Headbutt Tutor. I gave Temp. HMer Headbutt as well, and then went back to Azalea Town, found the Headbutt Tree and caught a Heracross.

Heracross was level 3, so I spent a fair amount of time raising it in Ilex. During that time, I found and caught a Paras, and taught it Cut, Rock Smash and Flash (looking back, I never actually needed the Sentret, although it did save me the trouble of having to find Paras before I could use Cut. Like I said, I didn't fully think the HMers through before starting the monotype.)

When Heracross reached L10, I decided to move on to Route 34, after depositing some dead weight in Bill's PC. I was expecting to do some crash raising with Beedrill, but Heracross proved better able to take on Route 34's trainers than I expected. It did most of the work. I arrived in Goldenrod City, got the Radio Card and the Bike, and renamed Totodile with a name reflecting its role as bearer of Water-type HMs.

After that, I headed north toward the National Park. I'll be hanging around there for a while...I've got my eye on not one, but two pokémon that I'll only be able to find during the Bug-Catching Contests!

Team:
:214: L14
Horn Attack, Leer, Aerial Ace, Tackle

:015: L23
Twineedle, Fury Attack, Poison Sting, Harden

:158: Hydronaut L11
Headbutt, Leer, Water Gun, Rage

:046: Spelunker L6
Cut, Stun Spore, Rock Smash, Flash

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Name: Matt
Type: Poison
Reason: Cuz I'm a ninja.
Badges: 8
Progress:

Arrived in Cainwood, dropped by crazy doctor for amphy-medicine and immediately headed towards the gym. As Crobat was the lowest in level at that point, it was his time to shine and what better place than a fighting gym. Not really a story to tell here, as you could probably guess. Came out victorious and took the Fly HM. Did the basic shit in the Safari Zone and headed back towards the Lighthouse.

After recovering, giving amphy the meds and talking to the two 'trainers' in Olivine Gym, it was ready for Jasmine. Nidorino took out both Magnemites with Dig and give Steelix a run for it's money, before a Hyper potion and Iron Tail did him in. Out came Tenta and put him down with one Surf. My team is coming along nicely.

After that, I headed towards Mt.Mortar, explored that for a while and ended up in Mahogany Town. Time for a new pokemon, since I was getting bored. Being a Saturday allowed me pick up a Venonat in the Bug Catching Contest, which I bred and picked one of the hatchings as my new protoge. Venonat itself is pretty weak, and it took a while before his sp.atk nature took a shine, but as soon as he learned Psybeam he could take on a foe. Leveled him up in Union Cave, Lake of Rage, and Mahogany Hideout. Before I knew it, he was ready to evolve. Now I got myself a new powerhorse, one with special attacks. Taught it Silverwind upon evolution and headed out to Gym. Piece of cake there, and cleared out Goldenrod afterwards. With Team Rocket out of the picture again I could hurry to Blackthorn.

Clair would've given me quite the trouble if it wasn't for Toxic Spikes. Took the intimidate hit with Crobat and used U-turn. Tenta set up Toxic Spikes twice and finished Gyarados with Poison Jab. Then it ended up being a very close match between Kingdra and Tenta (after my other pokemon took out the dragonairs). Kingdra truly is a beast.

Gained my masterball after the little Dragon's Den crap, butchered the Kimono Girls and went to catch Ho-Oh. After that, I flew to Newbark and saved there. Ready for some league-ass.

EDIT: Live, from Indigo Stadium:

Will: For my league journey I decided to open up with Crobat, as a scout (U-turn) and potential status inducer (Poison Fang). Although Psychic types had an advantage here, they also had a weakness to U-turn. Opening up, Xatu. Psychic/Flying, crap. Pluck! Then U-turn, hammered him with Signalbeam from Venomoth. Signalbeamed Jynx, Psychic back, moth down. Crap =/ U-turn bitch, kills everyone.

Koga:: Pluck, pluck! Ariados and moth down. Surf on weak special defense Forretress, then EQ on Muk and Sleeppowder+Psybeam on Crobat. Now who's the superior ninja:D

Bruno: Pluck! Counter! NO! Crobat down. Psymoth keeps owning with sleeppowder, dead Bruno.

Karen: She required a tactical switch from Crobat to Nido as a lead. Cuz I recently installed Focus Blast on my powerhorse:D Two of those and umby was down. Then followed up with an EQ-death for her Houndoom and a Poison Jab kill for Murky. Pluck on Plume and Shadowclaw on Gengy. I expected more.

Lance: Having this poison monotype (and not wanting to choose Arbok, Muk or Weezing for a change, hating Plume/Victreebell as not-real-poisons) severly limited my options for my team. This however increased the challenge aspect of this monotype, so I was really curious for beating Lance. My levels were equal to his (46-ish), but I had installed Bilzzard on Tenta as a powerwhip. Not sure it would be enough, though, so let's see. Opening up with Tenta and his Clear Body ability. My Toxic Spikes strategy was gonna be useless here since all of his pokemon are of the flying type. Bugger, ok brute force then! Poison Jab vs. Waterfall battle with Gyarados which I won, then Blizzard hit thrice in a row killing his first two draggys and then redding his uber-one, which triggered Sitrus Berry into half HP. Poison Jab from Nido didn't finish it, triggering Full Restore :( Some more Poison jabs took it down to red, and when Nido fell, Moth took it down with Sludgebomb. Had to revive my Tenta to take care of his Aerodacytl and Charizard, though. I won:D

Team:

http://veekun.com/dex/media/heartgold-soulsilver/169.png (l.45)
[Lonely] Pluck | Poison Fang | U-turn | Roost
http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/73.png (l.48)
[Hasty] Surf | Poison Jab | Toxic Spikes | Blizzard
http://veekun.com/dex/media/heartgold-soulsilver/frame2/34.png (l.48)
[Naughty] Poison Jab | Focusblast | Earthquake | Shadow Claw
http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/49.png (l.48)
[Mild] Psybeam | Signal Beam | Sleep Powder | Sludgebomb

[Cynder]

Bloody hell MLG, completed the main game already? :O

Name: Lizz
Type Steel
Badges 2

Beat all of the rockets with ease; then headed into Ilex forest to catch mahself a Pineco. Took a while because of gaddamn Selfdestruct, but ended up catching one at level 7. Levelled it for a while until Togepi hatched, showed him to Elm, headed back, yadda yadda yadda... Bugsy was almost too easy to beat; but Silver proved a real problem. Croconaw was literally EATING my team with Water Gun, since all of them but Pineco (who is CRAP at the moment, I'm contemplating getting rid of it) are weak to it ATM. Killed it in the end just about by taking the majority of it's health with Selfdestruct, and sending in Rocky to finish it with a Rock Tomb. Gastly and Zubat gave me no trouble whatsoever, Zubat was a little annoying with Supersonic though.

Helped the Farfetch'd guy out, got through Ilex forest and trained Pineco some more. He's not quite as bad now he has Take Down, but I'm still gonna get rid of him most likely. Changed the date on my DS to catch a Scyther, and I actually love the thing. It literally trained itself :) Technician FTW.

Now I'm just training a bit until I'm ready to beat Whitney, that Miltank always seems to give me trouble on every other playthrough I've done. Shouldn't be too bad with Rocky though, he's a beast! :D (On a side note, I just boxed Pineco. Meh, he just wasn't working out.)

Daiyamondo
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/f/f9/Spr_4d_304_s.png
Level 20

Rocky
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/4c/Spr_4d_095.png
Level 23

Ogama
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/9/99/Spr_4p_123_m.png
Level 20

[Blademaster]

My Toxic Spikes strategy was gonna be useless here since all of his pokemon are of the flying type.

Wait, Toxic Spikes is a Poison-type move, not a Ground one. It should work fine, shouldn't it?

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Dunno, wouldn't make sense to me that flying types could get hit by something on the ground =/

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Name: Matt
Type: Poison
Reason: Cuz I'm a ninja.
Badges: 16
Progress:

Well, yeah, collected all the badges after spending like 40.00 hours in Battle Factory, getting the points for my much needed TM's. I still need a Stone Edge, but I'm done with factory (or so I keep saying..) Fuck voltorb flip, though. Couldn't get Swordsdance, nor thunderbolt TM:(

Defeated the updated league with this team. So far, Drapion has been the best member of the team. His great attack and speed combined with insane defense make it a nasty pokemon. Sniper is evil. Roserade is shit for now, as I trained against the league (old league) for a while and she's pretty useless there. With an updated (but still bad for Roserade) league, it doesn't look better.

Now I need to grind for Red, which I don't really feel like doing. Might do it, later.

Team:

http://veekun.com/dex/media/heartgold-soulsilver/169.png (l.65)
[Lonely] Fly | Cross Poison | U-turn | Roost
http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/73.png (l.67)
[Hasty] Surf | Poison Jab | Toxic Spikes | Blizzard
http://veekun.com/dex/media/heartgold-soulsilver/frame2/34.png (l.67)
[Naughty] Poison Jab | Rock Slide | Earthquake | Megahorn
http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/49.png (l.67)
[Mild] Psychic | Signal Beam | Sleep Powder | Sludgebomb
http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/452.png (l.68)
[Impish] Crunch | Cross Poison | Earthquake | Toxic Spikes
http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/407.png (l.60)
[Rash] Energy Ball | Leech Seed | Stun Spore | Sludge Bomb

[Poryhedron]

Name: Seth
Type: Bug

At the time I made my last post, I had only half an hour left of Saturday. After picking up Kenya the Spearow from the gate guard, I hustled to the National Park and managed to get into Saturday's Bug-Catching Contest, where I caught a Butterfree. (I didn't even place in the contest. Some guy with a Weedle beat me, although first and second place went to a Pinsir and Scyther, respectively.)
I now had two full days to wait before I could compete in another Bug-Catching Contest on Tuesday, so I spent that time training my new Butterfree and exploring the National Park while it wasn't holding a Contest. I quickly discovered that Sleep Powder + CompoundEyes = beastly. When Butterfree caught up to Heracross on level, I started training both evenly, and when I finished battling trainers in the area, Heracross learned Brick Break.
With a great Fighting-type attack in my arsenal, I went back to Goldenrod City and cleared the Gym. Finally, a Gym Leader I was able to beat on my first try! Miltank (the only pokémon in the Gym who lasted long enough to act) liked using Stomp, and was faster than Heracross, so I could have had trouble with it, but luckily Heracross never flinched.
The Plain Badge let me obtain the SquirtBottle, and the SquirtBottle let me battle that pesky Sudowoodo. I wound up catching it, for no real reason, and then I went back to the Violet City area and rid myself of Kenya.
When Tuesday rolled around, I returned to the National Park and this time bagged a Scyther, a good fifteen minutes into the twenty-minute catching time. I placed third. The winner caught a Kakuna. I hate these contests.
I headed north, raising Scyther along the way, and soon reached Ecruteak City, where I saved the Kimono Girl from harassment and got HM 3. I also picked up the Dowsing Machine, and that set me on a round trip across everywhere I'd already been to find hidden items. Now that I'm done with that, I suppose it's time to beat Morty so I can use this HM...

Team:
:123: L17
Pursuit, Focus Energy, False Swipe, Leer

:012: L19
Gust, Poison Powder, Confusion, Sleep Powder

:214: L21
Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Horn Attack, Leer

:015: L24
Twineedle, Fury Attack, Poison Sting, Harden

:158: Hydronaut L11
Headbutt, Leer, Surf, Rage

:046: Spelunker L6
Cut, Stun Spore, Rock Smash, Flash

[Darth CookieMonster]

I changed my mind, Im doing fighting.

:)

[Blademaster]

When Tuesday rolled around, I returned to the National Park and this time bagged a Scyther, a good fifteen minutes into the twenty-minute catching time. I placed third. The winner caught a Kakuna. I hate these contests.

Lol'd.

[Poryhedron]

Name: Seth
Type: Bug

I poked around the areas near Ecruteak, training the two pokémon I figured would be the stars of Ecruteak Gym: Butterfree, with its Psychic attacks, and Scyther, who not only had physical-sweeper stats with moves other than Normal or Fighting, but was also about to become resistant to Ghost-type attacks. Sure enough, before long Scyther learned Wing Attack, I traded it over to Platinum, my Platinum trainer gave it a Metal Coat he'd pilfered from a wild Steelix, and sent it back to me. Scyther became Scizor and picked up Metal Claw.

I sent the Legendary Beasts scattering and then went to Ecruteak Gym. Butterfree dominated with Confusion, which became Psybeam partway through. The lesser trainers offered little to no challenge, and neither did Morty's Gastly. Against his Gengar, I opened with Sleep Powder, and the Ghost-type slept through the entire rest of its part in the battle, even though Morty used a Hyper Potion on it to prolong the inevitable. Then he sent out his first Haunter...and the battle went downhill in a hurry. This Haunter had uncanny accuracy with Hypnosis. I used up my Awakening and all of my Full Heals, and got a Scizor with nightmares and a Cursed Butterfree for my troubles before it finally went down. Then his other Haunter KOed Beedrill before Heracross managed - barely - to bring it down with Aerial Ace.

All I've got to say is, thank goodness that's over.

Team:
:212: L22
Metal Claw, Pursuit, Wing Attack, False Swipe

:214: L22
Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Horn Attack, Leer

:015: L24
Twineedle, Fury Attack, Poison Sting, Harden

:012: L25
Psybeam, Sleep Powder, Gust, Poison Powder

:158: Hydronaut L11
Headbutt, Leer, Surf, Rage

:046: Spelunker L6
Cut, Stun Spore, Rock Smash, Flash

[Blademaster]

Claiming Water.

With a tweest!

[Darth CookieMonster]

Can someone do research and find out what the first fighting type pokemon u can get is?

[Poryhedron]

I researched pretty much all the types before choosing Bug. Depending on your criteria for what counts as a Fighting-type...that's either Heracross, caught the way I caught mine, or Poliwag. Poliwag might count because it evolves into the Water/Fighting Poliwrath. You can get the Old Rod in Route 32 and hook Poliwag in the pond in Violet City.

[Darth CookieMonster]

Isnt route 32 like a rlly far ways away?? And yeah i consider both.. They r both gonna b on my team :)

[Poryhedron]

Route 32 is just south of Violet. You can catch Poliwag before you can catch Heracross. Remember, the starting Route in this game is Route 29.

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Shit, I posted up an entire log and now it's gone for some reason. Crap. Don't feel like typing again, so I'll final-update when I beat Red.

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Name: Matt
Type: Poison
Reason: Cuz I'm a ninja.
Badges: 16
Progress:

Went back to Battle Frontier and took on Battle Factory Head a few more times, earning me a good twenty BP each time. I bought my Choice Band and off we went. Some more league training, before finding Red.

The battle itself was nasty. Since most of my pokemon weren't really powerhorses I needed to find another way. I was planning on using my by now notorious toxic spikes strategy, but that meant I wasn't going to able to use Sleep powder, which is always nice on higher leveled foes. So I gave Nidoking Stealth Rock and Focus Punch.

Pikachu was up, who faced my first pokemon Nidoking. He set up Stealth rock, took an Iron Tail hit which left him with 45%HP, then the next Iron Tail missed (lucky me) and I took it down with Earthquake.

Lapras, switch to Venomoth who Sleep'ed. Switch to Roserade (who had Choice Specs), Energy ball till death. Then Charizard came out, took half HP down by Stealth Rock leaving it wide open for Tenta took take it down with one surf.

Snorlax. Yikes. Snorlax are huge pain's in the ass so back to 'moth. Sleeppowder, switch, then Focus Punch twice. Got ya.

Blastoise. Surprisingly fast Blastoise. Argh. So send in 'moth again, who died since 100% acc Blizzard from the speedy tortoise did me in. Maybe it has Quick claw? Dunno. Tenta to the rescue with his uber sp.def and mixed attacks. My special attacks were useless here, but Poison Jab came through. Needed a Hyperpotion, though. Venusaur was last and wasn't a challenge seeing that now I could abuse the 100% Blizzards with Tenta.

END!

Team:

http://veekun.com/dex/media/heartgold-soulsilver/169.png (l.71)
[Lonely] Fly | Cross Poison | U-turn | Roost
Starter, was pretty sucky halfway through, but managed to gain my favor again in the end with his through-the-roof speed combined with Choice Band.

http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/73.png (l.73)
[Hasty] Surf | Poison Jab | Toxic Spikes | Blizzard
Kinda the star of this team, since most of my 'big-battles' relied on him. I needed Blizzard for all the dragons, Surf my ground-foes, etc. He's the fastest (yes even faster than Crobat, due his Hasty nature) of the team and that was always handy. Good run.

http://veekun.com/dex/media/heartgold-soulsilver/frame2/34.png (l.71)
[Naughty] Poison Jab | Rock Slide | Earthquake | Megahorn
My reliable physical sweeper. True, Crobat had Choice band and awesome speed, but I needed his versatile moveset. I used Mega Horn, Focus Blast, Focus Punch, Rock Slide (wanted Stone Edge, but got tired of battle factory), Poison Jab, Shadow Claw, etc. on this pokemon, which helped me greatly during my journey and it could even learn Sucker Punch, Thunderbolt, Icebeam, and more of that. Standard, solid pokemon.

http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/49.png (l.71)
[Mild] Psychic | Signal Beam | Sleep Powder | Sludgebomb
Evil. Nothing more. I used Choice Specs on him for most of the challenge, but gave it to Roserade in the end. This is one of my favorite pokemon, he's awesome.

http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/452.png (l.71)
Crunch | Cross Poison | Earthquake | Toxic Spikes
[i]Hidden talent. Never knew he was so good. Honestly, what a surprise. This thing has the power and speed of a sweeper PLUS the defense of a castle. Must use this more. If it wasn't for Tenta's much need move-advantage, this would've been the star of the team!

http://veekun.com/dex/media/black-white/407.png (l.67)
[Rash] Energy Ball | Leech Seed | Stun Spore | Sludge Bomb
Disappointed. Grass and Poison aren't very good offensive types, which made training him quite the chore. He was useless in the league and only had a few moments with Red. Still, great stats and great, but pretty useless for me (as I only got a post-league anyway).

Well, it was a good run, now I want another monotype. Probably not HG/SS, though. I'm out.

[Darth CookieMonster]

Name: Nate
Type: Fighting
Reason: Kung Fu POWWAAAHHH
Badges: 2
Progress:

Alright so last night I started, I picked Cyndaquil, just cuz he looks cool and i wasnt gonna use him anyways. I got to Cherrygrove got the egg, beat my Rival, WHO I NAMED CHEWIE! Anyways, I got to Violet city, raped the Sprout Tower and Falkner, and I went on to Route 32 and dodged all the Trainer. I picked up the Old Rod, and scurried back to Violet. I fished for what seemed like forever. Just an oblivion of magikarp. I finally found a level 10 Poliwag. Caught his shit reallll quick.

After that I finally went down Route 32, and started beating Trainers and wild pokemon. Poliwag was level 20 by the time I got to Azalea! I watched the little scene in front of the slowpoke well, then ran into Kurts house and got him to go to the well. I beat all of Team Rocket, they stood not a chance. So I did a little dance. With my pants. Off. HAHA I rhymed. Anyways, so then I went back and caught a Slowpoke and grinded him until I got Headbutt, then finally at level friggin 25 (i wanted to kill him) I got it. I found a tree that had pokemon, and I instantly found a level three Heracross. I caught it quickly. Then I went off to grind. After I was satisfied, I ruined Bugsy's day. then i saved.

POLIWAG - Level 21
HERACROSS - Level 19

[Darth CookieMonster]

Name: Nate
Type: Fighting
Reason: Kung Fu POWWAAAHHH
Badges: 3
Progress:

I grinded Heracross and Poliwag to level 25 each. Then I went through Ilex Forest, whatever the Route after that is, found the Day Care, and then got to oldenrod. Got my Radio card and beat the living crap out of Whitney. Wasnt even fair. Heracross OHKO Clefairy and Miltank with Brick Break. So yeah after she cried like hte little sschool girl she is i got my badge. Oh yeah and When Poliwag hit 25 it became a Poliwhirl. And saved.

POLIWHIRL - Level 25
http://www.pokestadium.com/pokemon/sprites/handheld/blackwhite/61.png
HERACROSS - Level 26
http://www.pokestadium.com/pokemon/sprites/handheld/blackwhite/214.png

[Ayeun]

I am thinking of doing one of these... But what was the verdict for importing eggs and starting with a established team?

[Darth CookieMonster]

You can trade what you want. feel Free. Im assuming u are doing grass?

[Blademaster]

WHO'S STEALING WHOSE FORMAT NOW, BOY?!


Name: Ethan (I like keeping things canon.)
Type: Water
Reason: I want a challenge (You'll see what I mean...).
Badges: 1
Progress:

Started the game up and mashed the FUCK out of the A button (This game is pretty slow compared to Pokemon Black.). Chose Totodile as my starter, named him Gobblegut for no real reason, then did all the mandatory shit until I beat Silver and got my Pokedex. I fought only the necessary Trainers up until I reached Elder Li, then headed straight for Falkner's Gym. It was a battle of attrition, but I finally managed to scrape a win with no Potions and 4HP left thanks to Gobblegut's Rage attack.

Once that was done, I bolted to the PokeMart and got my Egg, then wandered around lost for a bit before I figured out to go to the Pokemon Center, where I got my Pal Pad. From there it was a simple matter of trading with Darkly (Thanks again yo. :D) for a Magikarp. And he has Dream World Bounce power so he isn't totally helpless until he hits Level 15.

Headed back to New Bark Town and began my REAL journey, grinding on wild Pokemon and making my way to Cherrygrove and Route 30, to beat up on the Trainers I passed earlier... Along the way, my Magikarp levelled up and learned Tackle somewhere on Route 32.

Anyway, messed with the Ruins of Alph and Slowpoke Well, before finally arriving at the Azalea Gym. I fed all of the Gym Trainers to Mr. Fish, who is now ready to engage Bugsy's Scyther in his toughest battle yet...!


Team:

Mr. Fish, LV19 Magikarp(M)
-Splash
-Bounce
-Tackle
-???
Future champion.


Gobblegut, LV16 Totodile(M)
-Scratch
-Bite
-Water Gun
-Rage
Future HM whore.


HM Weed, LV3 Bellsprout(F)
-Vine Whip
-Flash
-???
-???
Current HM whore.


HM Rock, LV4 Geodude(M)
-Tackle
-Defense Curl
-Mud Sport
-Rock Smash
Doorstop.



To be continued...

[Ayeun]

Don't think I would do grass. Maybe dark or perhaps bugs.

[Darth CookieMonster]

Well Bug is taken.

And Blade your journey looks intersting. Im going to enjoy watching it progress

[Ayeun]

Well Bug is taken.

And Blade your journey looks intersting. Im going to enjoy watching it progress

There is nothing saying that we can't do one that is already taken. I thought this was for fun?

[Darth CookieMonster]

I just wanted poeple to do different types cuz I wanna see the different playthroughs. do as you please though ;)

[Ayeun]

Ah, fair enough... In that case, can you update the front page so I know what has and has not been done, and then I will pick one.

***Edit***

I will do grass IF I get a Celebi from someone!

[Darth CookieMonster]

Lol someone give her Celevbi that looks interesting!

[Blademaster]

Only scrubs use Legendaries.

Just saying.

[Darth CookieMonster]

Lmao

[Ayeun]

I wasnt going to USE it, I just want one...

I was going to take:

Vileplume
Torterra
Abomasnow
Ludicolo
Tropicus
Sceptile/Breloom

[Darth CookieMonster]

Awesome!

[Blademaster]

Vileplume
Torterra
Abomasnow
Ludicolo
Tropicus
Sceptile/Breloom

I'm Blademaster, and I approve this Grass team.

GRASS RAPE TRAIN, CHOO CHOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!


Speaking of rape trains, UPDATE.



Name: Ethan (I like keeping things canon.)
Type: Water
Reason: MR. FISH
Badges: 2
Progress:

So, after a few HOURS of tedious grinding, Mr. Fish finally gained the EXP necessary to take down Bugsy and his Scyther of assrammery. From there, I faced a NEW obstacle in the form of my dickbrained Rival and his Bayleef. MORE GRINDING for me.

After my 40th or 50th KO'd Zubat in the Slowpoke Well, I finally decided to try again, using my lone X Attack in conjunction with blind luck to eventually crit Bayleef to death. After that, I bolted through the Ilex Forest and Route 34, avoiding everyone I could, until finally I came across Lyra and her grandparents.

This was when I realized what needed to be done. If I was being put through the wringer by Bugsy and his Scyther, I absolutely DREADED my future with Whitney and her Miltank. And that was just the beginning of my worries... Morty, Jasmine, and Clair would be far worse.

And so, I concocted a plan... I scouted from the northwestern coastline of Route 34 through Goldenrod City to the southwestern edge of Route 35. It was a stretch of straight, uninhibited land over 120 steps long. Along the way back to Route 34, I got a Bicycle from the Bike Shop owner, then I rode back to the Daycare, gave Mr. Fish my Everstone, and bid him a tearful farewell.

From there, I began grinding in a different manner. Dozens, maybe hundreds of times, I rode my Bike up and down that stretch of Goldenrod and the adjacent Routes. It was a thankless job... My ADHD screamed at me to stop, but I kept pushing for as long as I possibly could. And when I finally returned, Mr. Fish had risen a staggering 18 levels.

We went back to Azalea Town and cleared out the Forest and Route 34, before I finally caved and stopped playing. Next time, Whitney will have a REAL reason to cry...


Team:

Mr. Fish, LV41 Magikarp(M)
-Splash
-Bounce
-Tackle
-Flail
Future champion.


Gobblegut, LV16 Totodile(M)
-Scratch
-Bite
-Water Gun
-Rage
Future HM whore.


HM Weed, LV3 Bellsprout(F)
-Vine Whip
-Flash
-Cut
-???
Current HM whore.


HM Rock, LV4 Geodude(M)
-Headbutt
-Defense Curl
-Mud Sport
-Rock Smash
Doorstop; certified Heracross Piss-Off Device.



To be continued...

[Cynder]

I salute you Blade, playing the entire game with just a Magikarp.

Name: Lizz
Type Steel
Badges 4

I beat Whitney with ease - OHKO'd Clefairy with Ogama, and then switched out for Rocky to absorb the Rollouts and kill Miltank. Easy done. Beat up that damn Sudowoodo, and levelled in the grass for a while. Oh yeah, I changed some nicknames as well, most of the ones I've picked are goddamn awful.

Silver wasn't as easy, but was far from hard. Stryke and Titanium had a sweeping spree with the lot of them, and Rocky was there just in case. After that, I decided to go and catch a Magnemite instead of challenge the beasts just yet.

Went to the route on the left of Ecruteak and caught a Magnemite, named him Steve. Yeah, I couldn't think of anything and good ol' google translate wasn't there for me :'( Grinded him a bit, and went to get the legendary beasts.

Listened to Eusine talk his crap, and set the legendary beasts off to do whatever legendary beasts do. Searched for Entei for a bit for the sheer hell of it, and managed to get in paralysis and a hefty chunk of damage before I got bored and challenged Morty.

Morty was giving me a lot of trouble - with the majority of my pokemon either really slow or really frail I didn't really have much option but to succumb to sleep constantly, and because I thought I was a genius and wouldn't need them, I didn't even take any potions or awakenings. It was a stupid idea. After losing to him about 5 times, I won on the sixth and grabbed the fog badge. With my pretty new badge in tow, I headed out towards the lake of rage.

Because I like to be different, I always do the lake of rage and the rocket base before I head out to kick Chuck's ass. I just caught the red Gyarados, and I'm just about to start beating all of the Rockets.

(Oh yeah, I evolved Stryke and Rocky somewhere in there, I can't remember when though. I'm fairly sure it was after beating Morty.)

Titanium
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/f/f9/Spr_4d_304_s.png
Level 29

Rocky
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/49/Spr_5b_208_m.png
Level 29

Stryke
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/0/00/Spr_4d_212_m.png
Level 29

Steve
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/c/ca/Spr_4d_081.png
Level 29

[Ayeun]

So I had a good long look at it, and I decided that I will shelve that grass team and do it later... But i am going to partake in the challange...

With a Psychic team!

I am starting tonight.

So far, I have two ralts (one male, one female) and an abra.

[Blademaster]

Jesus Christ.



Name: Ethan (I like keeping things canon.)
Type: Water
Reason: MR. FISH
Badges: 3
Progress:

Progress has gone from slow to nearly a standstill. In my rush to level up Mr. Fish, I forgot that the little bastard isn't going to listen to me at Level 40+ with only 2... or 3... Badges.

So yet MORE GRINDING. Riding around, giving him items and haircuts everyday, waiting for him to randomly stop Splashing and getting me killed...

Finally, we MIGHT have been ready for Whitney. After like 20 hours. Fucking fun.

The good news is that the training seemed to pay off: Whitney's Trainers were all brushed aside with ease, and when I got to Whitney herself, her Clefairy dropped to a single Tackle.

Then Miltank came out... Good God almighty, you people can NEVER bitch about Whitney's Miltank again. Not after I had to kill it with a Goddamn Magikarp. After a few rounds of Stomp abuse and Flinching, Mr. Fish started to randomly not listen again. I started taking Rollout damage and had no choice but to to switch in the HM Pokemon to sponge it up. After it finally missed my Geodude, I switched Mr. Fish back in and used Bounce. Another Rollout, and it obviously missed. Unfortunately, the Bounce didn't do enough for a KO. One Super Potion later, and the battle of attrition was on: Tackle VS. Milk Drink, Bounce VS. Rollout, Flail VS. Stomp, and Gobblegut VS. Attract. It was a thankless fight, but a critical Tackle from Mr. Fish finally did the damage needed to bring the cow into beatable levels. From there, Whitney was whittled down bit by bit until she fell.

A Plain Badge in hand, I headed north and beat up on Trainers on Route 35, in the Park, and Route 36. Sudowoodo was a bit annoying, but now my troubles REALLY escalate: With only 5 Bounce attacks to use against Morty's army of status afflictions and Curses, how will I manage to win my next Badge and retain Mr. Fish's loyalty... and MY sanity...?



Team:

Mr. Fish, LV42 Magikarp(M)
-Splash
-Bounce
-Tackle
-Flail
Future champion.


Gobblegut, LV17 Totodile(M)
-Scratch
-Bite
-Water Gun
-Rage
Future HM whore.


HM Weed, LV3 Bellsprout(F)
-Vine Whip
-Flash
-Cut
-???
Current HM whore.


HM Rock, LV6 Geodude(M)
-Headbutt
-Defense Curl
-Mud Sport
-Rock Smash
Doorstop; certified Heracross Piss-Off Device.



To be continued...

[DarkestLight]

I just realized this was posted in. Yer bloody insane. And I'm kinda shocked Bounce didn't whip Bayle--err what? 5 Bounce? Thought it was 15 :/?

[Darth CookieMonster]

Holy shit blade your nuts

[Blademaster]

Yer bloody insane.


Holy shit blade your nuts

This is news?


5 Bounce? Thought it was 15 :/?

Sadly, no. (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Bounce_(move)) I'll likely be Struggling Morty's last couple of Ghosts to death.

[Poryhedron]

It might be possible for you to max out Bounce to 8 PP before taking on Morty. According to Serebii and GameFAQs, there are two PP Ups you can pick up now or soon with the help of the Dowsing Machine; one is outside the Pokéathlon Dome and the other is in Route 39. Supposedly there is also one somewhere in Mt. Mortar; I don't know if you can reach it without Surf. If not, you can also get a third PP Up from the Radio Tower's lottery; it's the prize if you have a pokémon with a trainer ID that matches the ones digit and tens digit of the selected number.

[Ayeun]

My mono-type play through.

Name: Lily
Type: Psychic
Reason: Brain over brawn!
Badges: 0
Progress:

Started out, garbed Chicorata, did the running around to get your pokedex, and then caught me an army of Pidgies and Ratattas and Sentrets.

Traded out the army for the braianachs!

Athena, L09 Meditite Female
Helios, L12 Abra Male
Apolo, L13 Ralts Male
Artemis, L09 Ralts Female

There is also a Slowpoke and a Natu at L01 waiting to be traded over when I figure out some names.

[Poryhedron]

Name: Seth
Type: Bug

As I did with the Itemfinder, I headed back to New Bark and Surfed close to everywhere I could to collect stuff and fight trainers for EXP. I also fought a lot of Poliwag in the process, and along the way I even met a wild Poliwhirl, whom I caught and gave an HMer name. Then I headed for Olivine, and along the way I also met and caught an HMer Farfetch'd.
After briefly puttering around Olivine, I set sail for Cianwood, beating all of the swimming trainers along the way. When I arrived in Cianwood, though, I discovered that I'd forgotten something important; I hadn't bothered to visit Jasmine in the Lighthouse! As a result, Cianwood Pharmacy wasn't interested in giving me any super-medicine.
Well, I certainly wasn't going to Surf all the way back just for that. With Butterfree in the lead, I stormed Cianwood Gym. On two occasions Butterfree was kayoed by a Rock Slide, and each time Scizor stepped up and Wing Attacked the foe into dreamland. Badge in hand, I picked up the Fly HM, and pulled Aviator the Farfetch'd out of the PC, replacing Spelunker for now.
I Flew back to Olivine, and knowing I'd be fighting Jasmine's Steel-types soon, I put Heracross in the lead. Heracross destroyed every trainer in the Lighthouse with ease. I spoke with Jasmine, then Flew back to Cianwood, got the SecretPotion, Flew back to Olivine, gave it to Jasmine, and then followed her to the Gym.
Jasmine's two Magnemite were non-issues for Heracross. Her Steelix, though, was five levels its senior, and Brick Break didn't do much to it. I eventually lost Heracross to a well-placed Iron Tail. I tried Butterfree next, with a Sleep Powder/Psybeam combo, but that only lasted for so long before Steelix used Rock Throw the turn it woke up and hit. Down went the Bug/Flying-type.
Finally, I sent in Scizor, and a war of attrition proceeded between the two Steel-types. Metal Claw did piddling damage, helped only marginally by scoring the Attack-boost effect once, but Steelix somehow felt keeping up a Sandstorm was important while fighting a Scizor, and Iron Tail didn't have as much accuracy, so - despite Jasmine's two Hyper Potions - Scizor eventually managed a win.
That was not a fun battle for me. I think I'd like to get in some more raising before continuing the plot...and I know just the place...

Team:
:015: L28
Twineedle, Fury Attack, Poison Sting, Toxic Spikes

:214: L30
Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Horn Attack, Leer

:212: L32
Metal Claw, Wing Attack, Slash, Pursuit

:012: L32
Psybeam, Sleep Powder, Gust, Silver Wind

:158: Hydronaut L11
Headbutt, Leer, Surf, Rage

:083: Aviator L16
Fly, Cut, Aerial Ace, Fury Attack

[Blademaster]

Say, hey, you sure do play when there's no computer in the way of your fray, eh?



Name: Ethan (I like keeping things canon.)
Type: Water
Reason: MR.. FUCKING. FISH.
Badges: 7
Progress:

So, with Mr. Fish's power a good 20 levels above everything else, grinding on the routes around Ecruteak before tackling Morty wasn't even really necessary. I mean, sure, I got a few more precious Ethers, Elixirs, and PP Ups before the fight, but by the time I went to the Burned Tower and beat Silver's face in, there really wasn't a need. Tackle was enough to murder everything corporeal, and after the three Legendary Beasts fled in terror of my deadly Magikarp (Though Suicune DID stay long enough to acknowledge its better, so I give it props.), I went to curbstomp Morty.

...Yeah, that's really all there is to it. I guess I didn't realize just HOW much of a difference that level difference made Mr. Fish, but his godlike level combined with the naturally shit defense of most Ghost Pokemon meant that only a few Bounces were needed to even take down Gengar. Sucks to be him.

My Ether supply down by one and my Badge count UP by one, I was feeling cocky enough to continue normally without grinding, taking the remainder of Routes 38 and 39 by storm and basically murdering everything on my way to Olivine Lighthouse. My Magikarp even managed to bitchslap Entei just because it got in his way. It ran away, little bitch that it is.

At the lighthouse, I heard Jasmine's ellipses-soaked spiel about the sick Ampharos. Sweet, time to Surf. With home field advantage on his side, Mr. Fish clobbered everything in the ocean and then took Cianwood by storm as well, Tackling Eusine to death and Bouncing Chuck into submission. I also got a Shuckle, some medicine for the Ampharos, and a Fly HM. I withdrew a Hoothoot named HM Owl from my PC and added him to me team, thus completing it: I now have Mr. Fish, 4 HM whores, and a Shuckle to generate some Rare Candies for me.

With 5 Badges under my belt, I decided to prepare for the Steel nightmare in a different way. Mr. Fish would be loyal until Level 70, but grinding him for more EXP wouldn't be THAT helpful against Jasmine's Steel Pokemon. So, my stockpile of money at an all-time high from destroying young Trainers' dreams and selling pricey items and Gym TM's, I returned to the Goldenrod Department store and bought as much protein as I could, which I force-fed to Mr. Fish until he had the muscles of a Super Saiyan... if that Super Saiyan were a fish, of course.

Back in Olivine, it was time for battle. Mr. Fish had been bred, fed, and trained for war. It was now or never. With a 10+ level advantage, we attacked.

Jasmine's Magnemites were, surprisingly, more annoying than her Steelix was. Their levels were lower, yes, but the fact that there were 2 of them combined with their electrical attacks made the slow battle even slower. We actually started fighting BACKWARDS. That's how slow it was. Mr. Fish patiently yet fervently Tackled the first Magnemite, healing almost every third turn or so, and then Steelix brought the battle to a dead halt. In the end, I had to actually Struggle past its resistance and slowly, slowly heal my way to getting that 6th Badge. Good thing I stockpiled on healing items earlier in the trip. I was hoping the Struggle strategy would stay dead, but against Jasmine, it just wasn't going to work.

After what might have literally been a few hours, the battle was over and I was finally able to continue to Route 42 and Mahogany Town. I got a RageCandyBar and then headed to the lake said candy bars are named after, scouting the underwater forest maze to the west and then engaging the Red Gyarados... HERSELF?!?

I switched priorities (just this once) for a few minutes and restarted the game so that I could get some Great Balls. Then I returned, had Mr. Fish beat that big red bitch down, and promptly caught her. Her name is now Mrs. Fish, and she will one day bear Mr. Fish's murderous Splashing offspring.

Fun's over, time for plot. Lance and his Dragonite (WHICH WAS WEAKER THAN MR. FISH AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA) showed up and led me to the Mahogany Rocket Hideout, where fuck the plot everybody died the end. I also picked up some goodies and another Protein during the raid, as well. I fed THAT one to Mr. Fish too, effectively making him into the fish equivalent of an Ascended Super Saiyan.

Unimportant world domination thwarting aside, I decided I'd had enough of crushing young Trainers' dreams and decided to crush an old one's dreams, instead. Enter Pryce of the seventh Gym. I navigated his skating rink, his blubbery Ice Pokemon offering some resistance but not a whole lot. Certainly less than Steelix, that's for sure. Cue me getting Badge #7 and, funnily enough, TM #7. Which was Hail. Pfffft, trash. Good money, though.

Next it was time to go murder the candy salesman blocking my path, but before I could I received word about weird radio transmissions coming from Goldenrod City. I busted out HM Owl and returned to the Johto equivalent of the Big Apple, ready for my third and final throwdown with Team Rocket...



Team:

Mr. Fish, LV51 Magikarp(M)
-Splash
-Bounce
-Tackle
-Flail
Future champion.


Gobblegut, LV17 Totodile(M)
-Surf
-Whirlpool
-Water Gun
-Rage
My boat.


HM Owl, LV4 Hoothoot(M)
-Tackle
-Growl
-Foresight
-Fly
My plane.


HM Weed, LV3 Bellsprout(F)
-Vine Whip
-Flash
-Cut
-???
My flashlit lawnmower.


HM Rock, LV6 Geodude(M)
-Headbutt
-Strength
-Dig
-Rock Smash
My multi-purpose hammer with a face.


Shuckie, LV20 Shuckle(F)
-Constrict
-Bide
-Encore
-Safeguard
Dried-up-since-Gen-2 freeloading bitch. Will soon be replaced with Mrs. Fish who will act as the team's head of cheerleading.




To be continued...

[Ayeun]

Name: Lily
Type: Psychic
Reason: Brain over brawn!
Badges: 1
Progress:

So the smart team and I rolled out on to route 30. First victim of our meaningless mental torture - Youngster JOEY!

After a brain wave of inspiration, we headed back to the pokemon center, and brought in a Slowpoke (holding a kings rock) named Hephaestus, who promptly evolved in to a Slowking, and a Natu named Hestia. The psychic team was now complete.

Rolled over every trainer up till the sprout tower, where Apollo and Artemis dominated their way through the bellsprouts.

Hephaestus using Power Gem vs the birds was a cake walk, and Apollo took a nap in the PC to make room for the egg.

Hephaestus and Surf made short work of everything we came across in the cave, and Athena destroyed Proton and the rocket goons. Helios cleaned house on the rival...

And then we met Scyther. God damned weakness to U-turn. Time to grind.

Artemis, Ralts, F, 13
Confusion
Growl
Double team
Teleport

Athena, Meditite, F, 13
Confusion
Calm mind
Meditate
Hidden power (Ghosts)

Apollo, Ralts, M, 14
Confusion
Growl
Double Team
Teleport

Hestia, Natu, F, 14
Peck
Leer
Night shade
Teleport

Hephaestus, Slowking, M, 16
Surf
Power gem
Confusion
Hidden power (unknown type)

Helios, Kadabra, M, 16
Confusion
Teleport

On the flip side, I don't walk to the pokecenter with that many active teleports... :P

[Blademaster]

So... boring... but... must... keep... going...



Name: Ethan (I like keeping things canon.)
Type: Water
Reason: You know why.
Badges: 8
Progress:

So, first things first, Mrs. Fish joined the team! Her power of boosting team morale (and by 'team,' I mean 'Mr. Fish') would come in handy soon. But first, Team Rocket needed an ass-pounding.

...Well, what can I say here? Mr. Fish Tackled a LOT of Poison Pokemon. Koffing, Ekans, Grimer... There were a couple of Magnemite in there solely for Mr. Fish piss-off value, but aside from that there really isn't much to go into detail over. Mr. Fish was a good 30+ levels ahead of EVERYTHING. Proton and Ariana didn't stand a chance.

So, with Johto saved from the oppression of Team Rocket, I made my way back to Mahogany Town once more and navigated the Ice Path, where I gave Mr. Fish the last vitamin he could possibly ingest before he would eat no more. Mr. Fish was now the Magikarp equivalent of a Full-Power Super Saiyan. It was time...

I arrived in Blackthorn City and had the Move Deleter erase Splash from Mr. Fish's movepool; that way if Struggle was needed, I'd no longer have to waste 40 rounds before I could use it. With Mr. Fish's humble roots now behind him, he engaged Clair's Gym, utterly annihilating EVERYTHING in his path before finally confronting Clair's Gyarados. Evolution VS. resolution... Who would win?

...If you didn't answer "Mr. Fish.," you are a fucking retard. A few slaps of his tail, and Mr. Fish felled Clair's leviathan, followed by her two Dragons. Kingdra was the only one to really pose any semblance of a threat, but in the end even it fell under the weight of Flail.

Needless to say, Clair had her trademark shit-fit and sent me to the Dragon's Den, where I clobbered every Trainer, pissed in the fountain, and won the approval of Clair's grandfather, as well as my Badge.

One black eye on Clair's part later, and I had my Badge AND my TM. More cash. Time to-

GAH! PLOT! OK, well, Elm called, so I took Routes 45 and 46 back to his place, roflstomping all the Hikers and their Graveler before Elm told me to go to Ecruteak Theatre. Fair enough, those Eeveelutions were very tasty to Mr. Fish, as well. Though Vaporeon's bulky HP made it my least favorite in a hurry... Anyway, with that done, I headed to the Whirl Islands and HOLY SHIT LUGIA ERUPTING FROM THE WATERFALL I LOVE THAT CUTSCENE

...Ahem. So now, the Legendary Pokemon Lugia was Mr. Fish's opponent. And Lugia was indeed Mr. Fish's most worthy enemy yet. The two Pokemon exchanged intense blows, Hydro Pump for Tackle and Aeroblast for Bounce! It was an explosive battle! But in the end, even Lugia succumbed to Mr. Fish's nigh-immeasurable power. Twenty Ultra Balls later, and Lugia was mine. As per tradition, I named the great beast of the ocean floor 'Challenger.'

One orgy with the awe-struck Kimono Girls later, now-a-man Ethan left the Whirl Islands behind and headed home to New Bark Town. A quick pitstop later, and we were on our way across the pond to Kanto, where four challenges even greater than a Legendary Pokemon awaited us...


Team:

Mr. Fish, LV59 Magikarp(M)
-Bounce
-Tackle
-Flail
-???
Future champion.


Gobblegut, LV17 Totodile(M)
-Surf
-Whirlpool
-Waterfall
-Rage
My boat.


HM Owl, LV4 Hoothoot(M)
-Tackle
-Growl
-Foresight
-Fly
My plane.


HM Weed, LV3 Bellsprout(F)
-Vine Whip
-Flash
-Cut
-???
My flashlit lawnmower.


HM Rock, LV6 Geodude(M)
-Headbutt
-Strength
-Dig
-Rock Smash
My multi-purpose hammer with a face.

Mrs. Fish, LV30 Gyarados(F)
-Bite
-Dragon Rage
-Leer
-Twister
Team cheerleader. Believes that Shuckle are too chewy for a proper snack.




To be continued...

[Poryhedron]

Name: Seth
Type: Bug

With Chuck's and Jasmine's Badges secured, I made my next move a return to Cianwood, to train my team by clearing out Routes 47 and 48. Then, with that done, I flew to Ecruteak and headed east, clearing out every part of Mt. Mortar that I could reach without Waterfall.

As I was doing this, the need for various HMs and my outsized number of battlers and HMers became annoying. I realized that, given the locations of certain late-game HMs, I could make Hydronaut redundant until Blackthorne by giving Surf to EarthMover for now...but shortly after that, it also occurred to me that Beedrill was underperforming. I studied the matter and concluded that, ultimately, the only thing Beedrill stood out for in this party was poison. Poisoning the opponent wasn't really my style in the long run, especially since it prevents Butterfree from putting the enemy to sleep, and there aren't really any targets that Poison-type moves are great against...that Bug-type moves aren't also great against.

So, in Mahogany Town, I deposited Beedrill and went up Route 42 with three battlers, which meant each earned EXP four-thirds as fast. I had Butterfree put the Red Gyarados to sleep on Turn 1, and then Psybeamed it to death while it slumbered. This convinced Lance to invite me on a Team Rocket-stomping tour of the Mahogany Rocket Base.

I was surprised to discover that, in Heart/Soul, each Persian statue can only activate once. With that revelation, I decided screw the switch, and battled the same two Rocket Grunts at every single Persian statue for extra EXP. I also made sure to fight every last Voltorb, Geodude and Koffing in the minefield. Just because I didn't care about the switch, though, didn't mean I didn't take the time to pummel the TR Scientist guarding it.

I proceeded to clear out the rest of the base in an orderly fashion (how exactly does your character know Petrel's imitation of Giovanni is bad? When did you ever see or hear Giovanni before this point in the game? Did his position as Viridian Gym Leader mean he appeared on TV now and then?) and recieved the Whirlpool HM from a grateful Lance. Then I headed down to the Gym, and between Brick Break and Metal Claw (with a what-the-heck Close Combat at the very end), dispatched the Ice-type trainers and won the Glacier Badge.

As I left the Gym, I got a call from Prof. Elm telling me about Team Rocket on the air. I checked my Pokégear and discovered that the rats were broadcasting on every possible frequency. It was time to head to Goldenrod and pull their plug!

Team:
:012: L36
Psybeam, Sleep Powder, Gust, Silver Wind

:214: L37
Brick Break, Aerial Ace, Close Combat, Leer

:212: L38
Metal Claw, Wing Attack, Slash, Pursuit

:083: Aviator L16
Fly, Cut, Aerial Ace, Thief

:061: EarthMover L22
Dig, Strength, Surf, Rock Smash

:046: Spelunker L6
Cut, Stun Spore, Rock Smash, Flash


...It's just recently occured to me that I haven't been doing a banner for this MTC...I'll have to whip something up.

[Blademaster]

The time has come.


Name: Ethan (I like keeping things canon.)
Type: Water
Reason: You know why.
Badges: 8
Progress:

I made my way along Routes 27 and 26, destroying every Trainer in my way to the Pokemon League. I was pleasantly surprised to find Victory Road relatively clear of Trainers, but that was compensated for when I realized I'd forgotten to bring any Repels. Goddamn it...

At the end of the Road, Silver caught up with me and GODDAMN IT A MAGNETON. Luckily, Mr. Fish's level kept the annoyance to a minimum, but still, that resistance... Meganium, on the other hand, was amusing to Bounce to death. Everyone else, same basic shit. Silver went off to presumably commit suicide, and I entered the Pokemon League. After selling all my excess stuff once more, I had a good quarter of a million Funland dollars to spend of Full Restores, Revives, and Hyper Potions. I also decided to return to the Goldenrod Department Store at the last minute and grab some X Attacks just in case. Upon returning to Kanto, Mr. Fish and I nodded to one another, then we headed through the doorway to face the Elite Four...


Will

Will has never been very threatening, and against Mr. Fish, he upheld that reputation. His pair of Xatu weren't too troublesome, and Jynx and Exeggutor were plain easy. As usual, Slowbro was the biggest annoyance, its incessant Cursing blocking off Mr. Fish's attacks for a good 15 minutes. But with my level of prep work, I got through eventually and continued onward.


Koga

Goddamn fucking Koga. That's about the best way I can describe this match. Typically, my Pokemon incinerate, fly-by, or simply crush Koga's monsters before they can even start their status attack parade. But Mr. Fish's... conservative method of battling made this hellish. If not for Bounce and Mr. Fish's huge level gap, I doubt I'd have even passed that infernal Giga Draining Ariados. Then came Muk, whose Black Sludge-Minimize-Toxic combo kept me at irritating bay for a good half an hour until I finally Flailed it down. But that wasn't the end of my troubles: Forretress came next, and I didn't want to waste all my PP-restoring items Bouncing it down. Eventually I eked out a lucky win when the damn thing Exploded and knocked Mr. Fish down to 8 HP. One Hyper Potion and one Elixir later, and Mr. Fish took on the somewhat-underwhelming-by-then Venomoth. Crobat fell last, after Double Teaming me into wasting an Ether or two. One round of healing later, and Mr. Fish and I were on our way to...


Bruno

Honestly, this wasn't too bad after Koga. Hitmontop fell to Bounce in short order, and Hitmonchan's Thunderpunch was simply not powerful enough to deal out the damage faster than I could heal it. Onix... Onix's Sandstorm was little more than an annoyance, and even with Dragonbreath paralyzing me every few rounds, the stone serpent's defenses were whittled away and it eventually fell. Machamp came out next and died to a spamfest of Bounce and Flail, leaving only Hitmonlee to oppose me. Its defenses were sturdy, and its Swagger was an irksome move, but that Swaggering actually helped by boosting my power. A critical Tackle or 4 later, and Hitmonlee was done. Time to move on.


Karen

Karen... The bane of the Johto Elite Four since my childhood. She would prove once again to be the toughest member of the Elite Four, even managing to do something never done before...

As always, she opened with her Umbreon, which used a delightful combination of Double Team and Confuse Ray to chew away a good 5 of my turns or more before it started taking damage. Slow, slow damage... I won't dwell on it, though, because it was the NEXT Pokemon that finally proved to be Mr. Fish's match... That Pokemon, of course, was Vileplume. My first attempt to Bounce it out of the fight missed, which resulted in Stun Spore Paralyzing Mr. Fish. A quick Full Heal, and he was ready for action, Bouncing a nice chunk of health off Vileplume... who responded with her signature Petal Dance attack, blowing Mr. Fish's health clean into the red. No problem, one Hyper Potion and-

PETAL DANCE CRIT.

...Mr. Fish... had fallen...

Now I was mad. I sent in Mrs. Fish as a shield while I Revived Mr. Fish and powered him up. When Mr. Fish was ready to fight again, I swapped him in and began Bouncing, X Attacking, and Bouncing some more. No more crit Petal Dances came out, and eventually Vileplume fell from its own Confusion. Next up was Gengar, who endured one Bounce too many and had to be Struggled to death. Slow, but sadly unavoidable. Murkrow was next; as usual, it isn't really worth mentioning. Though it DID Whirlwind HM Weed in and take her out... At last, there was Houndoom. And that bitch's Nasty Plotted Dark Pulses and Flamethrowers REALLY gave me a run for my money. I used their own power to fuel a few Flails, but the fight was still close. Too close.

Once the hellhound had fallen and Karen had given me her spiel about strong-and-weak Pokemon (like I didn't know it from kicking her ass with a Magikarp...), I used my Potions and Elixirs to power Mr. Fish back up to maximum one last time, before removing his slightly useless Muscle Band in favor of Brightpowder. It was time to face the Champion...


Lance

Deja vu, the final opponent in my challenge was a Dragon user who opened with Gyarados. Like with Clair, this fight wasn't TOO troublesome, but having Flail used against me was a bit annoying. Luckily, Brightpowder made it miss at least once where it would have REALLY sucked to be hit with it. Next came Dragonite-T - that is to say, Lance's Thunder-wielding electrical Dragonite. THIS was annoying. Thunder's shitty accuracy coupled with Brightpowder eased the pain, but Dragonite's demigod stats kept it alive and eating my PP like candy for longer than I'd have liked. There's only so many PP-restoring items in this game, you know. Once it finally fell, I was pretty much done Bouncing. Which of course meant Aerodactyl was next.

I've really never viewed Aerodactyl with much interest, but I have a new respect for it after this fight. A combination of Onix's and Magneton's unholy defenses and the speed and power of a Flying type... Usually it doesn't last long enough for me to have to deal with. Thunder Fang, STAB Rock Slide and Aerial Ace... It came so close to KO-ing Mr. Fish again.

It was time to kick things into high gear. I started spamming Hyper Potions and X Attack/X Speed/X Defense in alternation. Eventually I went on the offensive and brought the terror-saur down. From there, it was all downhill. Dragonite-B (Blizzard Dragonite) came next and fell more quickly than his brother. Even with Thunder Wave and STAB Dragon Rush, Mr. Fish had come too far to stop. Next came Dragonite-F - the final, Level 50, Fire Blasting, Outrageous, Hyper Beaming boss of the Dragons. Mr. Fish and this legendary brute squared off, exchanging blows for what felt like hours, until finally Mr. Fish Struggled the Dragon down.

All that left was Charizard. Charizard and 2 Ethers... I Tackled, Flailed, and Bounced with everything I had. There was no way I would lose now. Charizard's Air Slashes, fangs, claws... They bounced right off Mr. Fish's armored scales, and Mr. Fish got another Hyper Potion and took Charizard down.

The credits rolled... And one cutscene later, I was on the S.S. Whatever, ready for my next quest.



Team:

Mr. Fish, LV70 Magikarp(M)
-Bounce
-Tackle
-Flail
-???
The Champion.


Gobblegut, LV17 Totodile(M)
-Surf
-Whirlpool
-Waterfall
-Rage
The boat.


HM Owl, LV4 Hoothoot(M)
-Tackle
-Growl
-Foresight
-Fly
The plane.


HM Weed, LV3 Bellsprout(F)
-Vine Whip
-Flash
-Cut
-???
The chisel.


HM Rock, LV6 Geodude(M)
-Headbutt
-Strength
-Dig
-Rock Smash
The hammer.

Mrs. Fish, LV30 Gyarados(F)
-Bite
-Dragon Rage
-Leer
-Twister
The Champienne.




To be continued...

[DarkestLight]

LOL Bounce Karp is still too damn funny.

[Ayeun]

Blade, good luck vs red!

[Blademaster]

Thank you.

I know it's possible. We'll be ready when the time comes.

[Blademaster]

This... ISN'T... over.


Name: Ethan (I like keeping things canon.)
Type: Water
Reason: You know why.
Badges: 10
Progress:


It's been a long time, so I have probably forgotten a lot, but whatever. It happens.

So I was on the ship, wiping out Trainers and Sailors, when I got roped into rescuing some little girl. Fair enough, it probably paid well. If not, Mr. Fish can always sink the ship later. Anyway, I arrived in Vermilion and was set on starting Kanto from Pallet Town, so I headed to Diglett's Ca-

SNORLAX IN MY WAY.

Fuck, guess I need a Poke Flute. Wait, there's no Poke Flute in this game? Goddamn it... But I do have a radio...! Guess I'm going to Lavendar Town to upgrade my rad-

POWER FAILURE.

Son of a bitch, fine. I'll go to the Power Plant then and see what's going on. I'm sure I can figure out a solution while I'm there-

THIEF IN CERULEAN CITY.

................

So, ANYWAY, one questionable act of genocide later, the Power Plant was running again, my radio was upgraded, Snorlax was gone, and I'd made it to Pallet Town. From there I stormed Route 1, Viridian Forest, Route 2, and then Pewter City. From there, I took on Brock's Gym. Don't remember who was the biggest pain in the ass there, but at Mr. Fish's level, nothing really stood a chance anyway. Badge for me.

After that, it was time to move on to Route 3. Mt. Moon loomed ahead, where Silver wanted to fight me again. I just bitchslapped him aside and kept going, down Route 4 and back into Cerulean City. A short while of scouting later, and I went up the Nugget Bridge, checked out Bill's house, and scared Misty's date away.

Time for another Badge. With no Normal resistance like Brock had, Misty's Trainers were quickly beaten, and Misty herself fell faster than anybody I'd faced since probably Pryce. My second Kanto Badge in hand, I strayed from the beaten path and took Routes 9 and 10 to the Rock Tunnel, where I cleared out more Trainers and eventually closed one circuit by reaching Lavendar Town, where I saved my game. I've proven my power so far in Kanto, but with the Electric and Grass Gyms my next challenges, the future remains unclear...


Team:

Mr. Fish, LV81 Magikarp(M)
-Bounce
-Tackle
-Flail
-???
The Champion.


Gobblegut, LV18 Croconaw(M)
-Surf
-Whirlpool
-Waterfall
-Rage
The boat. Has evolved do to unexpected Double Battles.


HM Owl, LV4 Hoothoot(M)
-Tackle
-Growl
-Foresight
-Fly
The plane.


HM Weed, LV3 Bellsprout(F)
-Vine Whip
-Flash
-Cut
-???
The chisel.


HM Rock, LV6 Geodude(M)
-Headbutt
-Strength
-Dig
-Rock Smash
The hammer.

Mrs. Fish, LV30 Gyarados(F)
-Bite
-Dragon Rage
-Leer
-Twister
The Champienne.




To be continued...

[Blademaster]

I'M NOT DEAD YET.


Name: Ethan (I like keeping things canon.)
Type: Water
Reason: You know why.
Badges: 16
Progress:


Disregard the previous message, Lt. Surge and his gang are pushovers. Sans a stray Magnemite/Magneton here and there, everything died easily enough. Same with Erika and Sabrina. And every route up to Fuschia, Janine's Gym, the ocean around Seafoam Islands and Cinnabar, and south of Pallet Town. Then I met Blue on Cinnabar and he said to fuck off until I beat Blaine.

...Well, Water-types are good against Blaine, right?

With that done, I finally took on Blue in Viridian City. No real comments because I forgot the fight - it was like 2 weeks ago.

Anyway, I got a call from Oak, but I haven't seen him yet. That'll be my next stop... Then it'll be time to head to Mt. Silver.


Team:

Mr. Fish, LV94 Magikarp(M)
-Bounce
-Tackle
-Flail
-???
The Champion.


Gobblegut, LV18 Croconaw(M)
-Surf
-Whirlpool
-Waterfall
-Rage
The boat.


HM Owl, LV4 Hoothoot(M)
-Tackle
-Growl
-Foresight
-Fly
The plane.


HM Weed, LV3 Bellsprout(F)
-Vine Whip
-Flash
-Cut
-???
The chisel.


HM Rock, LV6 Geodude(M)
-Headbutt
-Strength
-Dig
-Rock Smash
The hammer.

Mrs. Fish, LV30 Gyarados(F)
-Bite
-Dragon Rage
-Leer
-Twister
The Champienne.




To be continued...

[Cynder]

Name: Lizz
Type Steel
Badges 4

Holy hell, I haven't updated since I beat Team Rocket in that ice town (can't remember the name D: ) and I seem to have misplaced my DS. Anyway, I've completed everything but Red and Mt. Silver, so I'll just post my final team since I did everything so long ago. (No levels, can't find DS D: ) After this playthrough, I have to say that Steels are now one of my favourite types. Awesomesauce.

Titanium
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/7/79/Spr_5b_306_s.png

Rocky
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/4/49/Spr_5b_208_m.png

Stryke
http://archives.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/0/00/Spr_4d_212_m.png

Steve
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/e/ed/Spr_4h_082.png

Escala
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/f/fd/Spr_4h_227.png

Lucario
http://cdn.bulbagarden.net/media/upload/b/b9/Spr_4p_448_s.png
I hacked him in, since I could't be bothered breeding for a lucario. Left the shiny thing on though by accident, so I have a shiny Lucario.

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Great to see this. Join the challenges!

Oh, try a Nuzlocke.

[Blademaster]

We're almost done...


Name: Ethan (I like keeping things canon.)
Type: Water
Reason: You know why.
Badges: 16
Progress:


I finally got back to this and visited Prof. Oak for my Rock Climb HM. Then I returned to Goldenrod City and stocked up on Repels and some battle items, before flying to Victory Road. Then I used the last of my Rare Candies to level up Mr. Fish a bit more. The path to Route 28 was clear, allowing me to access another Rare Candy and the Steel Wing TM. Neither was very vital, but completionism, ho hum.

There in front of me, at the end, was Mt. Silver. I got myself pretty lost in there, ran into Moltres, and eventually ran out of Repels right before one back doorway. I entered it, dreading the next maze of Golbat- and Graveler-filled corridors...

And I was on the summit. I walked up the snowy path, where I found a lone, silent Trainer wearing a red cap......


Team:

Mr. Fish, LV99 Magikarp(M)
-Bounce
-Tackle
-Flail
-???
The Champion.


Mrs. Fish, LV30 Gyarados(F)
-Bite
-Dragon Rage
-Leer
-Twister
The Champienne.


Gobblegut, LV18 Croconaw(M)
-Surf
-Whirlpool
-Waterfall
-Rage
The boat.


HM Rock, LV6 Geodude(M)
-Rock Climb
-Strength
-Dig
-Rock Smash
The hammer.


HM Owl, LV4 Hoothoot(M)
-Tackle
-Growl
-Foresight
-Fly
The plane.


HM Weed, LV3 Bellsprout(F)
-Vine Whip
-Flash
-Cut
-???
The chisel.



To be concluded...

[Blademaster]

After three and a half months, the saga of Mr. Fish finally comes to a close...


Name: Ethan (I like keeping things canon.)
Type: Water
Reason: You know why.
Badges: 16
Progress:


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There wasn't much else to say. It was time for the final battle.

And it took a LONG time to perfect.

I went in with a partial strategy, which was no longer really viable with Pikachu's Charm replaced by Volt Tackle. I figured I could use the time wasted on Charm to feed Mr. Fish X Speeds and X Attacks/Defends in varying ratios until Pikachu attacked, giving Flail the power to put Red's team down. But that strategy was no longer viable, so I instead had to come up with a new miracle.

Eventually, I settled on a less definite but more plausible strategy: First, I gave Mr. Fish a Brightpowder to boost his evasion slightly. Then, I confronted Red and began to reset the game. A LOT.

The plan was simple: Lead with Mr. Fish, switch to HM Rock, and then pray that an Electric move came my way. This became slightly problematic when I realized that Volt Tackle and Thunderbolt had a combined PP of at least 30, and the Hail on Mt. Silver would tear me apart long before it would Red. So it went; I began to rotation-battle against Red.

The battle, in-game, probably lasted days. My only strategy was one I hated and had hoped I'd never have to do again: Attrition battling; switching in HM Rock to soak up Volt Tackles and maybe Thunderbolts while Hail chipped away at both our teams. After a long while, eventually Pikachu's surplus electricity ran dry, and I could begin my real plan in earnest. With Quick Attack and Iron Tail unable to bring Mr. Fish down, I began pouring on X Defends, X Attacks, and X Speeds, before finally Flailing enough to bring Pikachu down. From there, I expected the battle to go smoothly.

What I got instead was Snorlax.

Dear God, if I never see this fat fuck again, I'll be able to die happy. Even with Mr. Fish's HP depleted as it was, Snorlax's monstrous defenses simply repelled it enough for Red to Full Restore it. As if that wasn't bad enough, Snorlax's Shadow Ball counterattack next turn was enough to wipe Mr. Fish out. One Max Revive later, and a weakened Mr. Fish was back, his Bounce thankfully paralyzing the big lug long enough for me to X Attack and X Speed him up enough for a win.

By the time Snorlax finally fell, I thought the rest of the fight MIGHT be less hellish... Enter Lapras, a Pokemon nearly as bulky as Snorlax but also one unfazed by the Hail. Again, I had to endure a round of Full Restores due to Flail being less effective than Bounce by this point, and again Mr. Fish was floored, this tie by a rogue Psychic. Another Max Revive later, and Mr. Fish was back again, but this time he had no stat bonuses and Lapras still had plenty of energy left. So, not really sure of where to go from here, I began to pump Mr. Fish up with X Attacks whenever I could, Tackling in-between bouts of Hail, Body Slams, and Psychic assaults. I only barely managed a win over Lapras, but with his power hitters down, Red was a LOT more manageable.

...Then Venusaur came out and used Giga Drain and brought Mr. Fish down in one shot. That was when I actually felt my heart sink. I'd come too far to be taken down by VENUSAUR of all things, but I had no X Sp. Defenses to guard against it with.

It was clutch time. I had no way of restoring Mr. Fish's PP much more, but I had dozens of Full Restores, Revives, and Hyper Potions. So, for the second and final time, I began rotation battling, sending in HM Weed, HM Owl, and Mrs. Fish out to soak up Giga Drain and Frenzy Plant for as long as they could. Combined with Hail's constant barrage, and eventually Venusaur was weak enough to Bounce out of the battle.

Next up was Blastoise. His defenses were sturdy, but his Blizzard and Focus Blast were missing too often to beat Mr. Fish down. So I pumped a few X Defends and X Attacks into him in between rounds of healing and Tackle pot-shotting the big blue brute, before a well-timed critical Flash Cannon lowered Mr. Fish's HP enough to power up Flail for a next-turn win.

This was it... Red's Charizard, possibly the strongest Pokemon in the Pokeverse. The beast that has felled armies and even bested Legendaries and Pokemon League Champion Blastoises out of sheer fortitude... He would be Mr. Fish's final foe...

And he was faster than Mr. Fish, allowing him to Air Slash Mr. Fish down, felling him for the third time. I used Mrs. Fish as a sponge while I restored her hubby for the battle, and then the brawl was on. Charizard's Special Attacks were a real nuisance, but with Brightpowder and a little luck, eventually an opening appeared where I could use an X Speed. Next turn, I managed to connect with my last Bounce, bringing Charizard's HP down to the red...

FULL RESTORE. OF COURSE.

This HAD to be it. I used an X Speed, he countered with an Air Slash, and the battle went predictably enough for a few turns. I COULD have just kept healing and waited for Hail to do him in, but that's not how I roll. Mr. Fish Tackled Charizard and hilariously critted against him. For some reason, the response was a Flamethrower, which Burned Mr. Fish but didn't bring his HP to zero. I tried Flail once more, and the fire dragon fell at last.

The credits began to roll...


Team:

Mr. Fish, LV99 Magikarp(M)
-Bounce
-Tackle
-Flail
-???
The Champion.


Mrs. Fish, LV30 Gyarados(F)
-Bite
-Dragon Rage
-Leer
-Twister
The Champienne.


Gobblegut, LV19 Croconaw(M)
-Surf
-Whirlpool
-Waterfall
-Rage
The boat.


HM Rock, LV10 Geodude(M)
-Rock Climb
-Strength
-Dig
-Rock Smash
The hammer.


HM Owl, LV4 Hoothoot(M)
-Tackle
-Growl
-Foresight
-Fly
The plane.


HM Weed, LV3 Bellsprout(F)
-Vine Whip
-Flash
-Cut
-???
The chisel.



Now, I normally end these challenges by going after a specific Legendary: In FireRed I ended my quest when I caught Mewtwo, in Ruby I finished after battling Rayquaza... I was considering ending this run by finding and capturing Ho-Oh, but after beating Red - with a MGIKARP of all things - I think I can close this book without the need for an epilogue.

HOWEVER...

One final task does remain. Mr. Fish didn't gain enough EXP to reach Level 100 in the battle with Red, so he's sorta stuck in limbo ATM. His Everstone is gone, and I have a Rare Candy or two left lying around... Should Mr. Fish evolve and become perfect? Or is this murderous little Magikarp complete the way he is?

...I'll let you guys vote on that. In the meantime, since I've amassed a naysayer or two, here's a little something to take a look at:


http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j89/Soul_of_the_Phoenix/attrition.jpg


:)


~Blade

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Congrats.

[Mikachu Yukitatsu]

Oh my god you did it Blade. I always wanted to do something similar, but now you did it before me. Congratulations!

[Poryhedron]

I vote for evolving him, so Mr. and Mrs. Fish can live happily ever after.

[Blademaster]

Welp, the votes are is in. Mr. Fish, your day of glory is here...


http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j89/Soul_of_the_Phoenix/gejdrtjy.jpg


Thank you all for watching. Now I'm off to my next challenge: Pokemon Black.

NUZLOCKE Edition.


Stay tuned in the other thread for more...

[DarkestLight]

That's absurd, but that's how my fish rolled! Good shizzle there.

[Blademaster]

Thanks again for that fish, Darkly.

[MeLoVeGhOsTs]

Alright, after successfully completing a Grass monotype on Platinum with some difficult pokemon (Tropius and Cherrim for example) I decided it's time for another unusual type: Bug!

Name: Matt
Type: Bug
Reason: I adore Beedrill, and bug pokemon are pretty cool anyway.

So I opted for a challenge and started off! Picked Totodile, did the necessary shit and as soon as I got balls (lol) I caught myself a female Adamant Weedle! I named it Fei and trained it up to Beedrill as I arrived in Violet city. Quickly went through Sprout Tower to face Falkner, which I had to battle twice in order to be victorious. Fei picked up Twinneedle which really helped and so I continued on the way to Azalea. Caught myself an Onix as HMslave and gave Fei a Shell Bell, hurr! Cleared out Slowpoke tunnel, fought my rival and challenged Bugsy. A nasty Critical Hit killed me, but on the retry I used Harden and then spammed Fury Attack, victorious again. Now to find myself a decent Pineco..

Pokemon:
http://veekun.com/dex/media/pokemon/main-sprites/black-white/15.png
Fei (Beedrill) [F]
Level 23 - Adamant Nature
Twinneedle | Pursuit | Fury Attack | Harden