Yeah, I have... but I like to use at least 4 Pokémon for the first round. Using 1 Pokémon is easy and fast, but no fun at all.

Now on topic... I'm back with the conclussion of my Water Challenge!

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Water Challenge

I trained a lot with all the Trainers I had met. Those that got a deserving spot in my Trainer's Eyes. It helped me on building my Pokémon up and learning strong moves, such as Earthquake. When all my Pokémon were about Level 52, I followed suit and went toward Ever Grande City. The flowers were beautiful, but I had no time to lose. I went inside the Victory Road, with my sight in the Elite Four.

The intrincated Victory Road was a hard and rough path to the League, but I prevailed. My Pokémon fainted many times, as the Cooltrainers all around were outstandingly strong. Still, I managed to cross the road eventually... at the end, I found a big surprise. Wally, the Trainer I helped back then, managed to reach the end of the Road too! I had a battle with him, as he wanted to make up for the weak contender he was back at Mauville City. Indeed, he proved to be a tough contender this time, as he had a full-fledged Team now. Still, my Tentacruel managed to defeat most of his Team. Swampert handled Magneton with ease, but his Gardevoir was powerful. It took me some tries to defeat it, but my Swampert managed to win at the end. After my victory, he claimed that he'd train even more to catch up on me... something I'd look forward to.

As I bid farewell to Wally, I finally made it out of the Victory Road. I followed the beautiful, red carpet-esque road towards the Pokémon League Building. As I entered, I found a seemingly bigger Pokémon Center. First thing first: I healed my Pokémon, and then bought some Items to ensure my victory over the Elite Four. The two guys guarding the gate just cheked that I indeed had 8 Badges. I then got through the gate and into the stairs. Inside the next room, I met the first Elite Four Trainer...

Sidney
The Dark Trainer was the first challenge. He started with a powerful Mightyena, but I started with my Tentacruel, whose Clear Body rendered the Dark Pokémon's Intimidate useless. It took a few Surfs from Tentacruel to finish the Mightyena off. He then sent two Grass Pokémon in succession. Tentacruel came up against Shiftry, and easily disposed of it with the powerful Ice Beam attack. I used Slowbro against his Cacturne, whom was faster... still, my Slowbro scorched it with Flamethrower fast enough. Sharpedo was easy prey for Starmie's Thunderbolt, and Absoll fell against my trsty Swampert and his Brick Break attack. Sidney was impressed with my power, and opened the next room for me. A new challenge awaited...

Phoebe
A gorgeous girl was the next Trainer in the League. She used Ghost Pokémon, a pretty hard Type to deal with. Her starting Dusclops was awfully strong, but with some help of Starmie's Confuse Ray, I managed to defeat it easily. Her two Banettes were no match against Starmie's powerful and fast attacks. Sableye was intriguing, but weak. Swampert disposed of it easily. Her last Dusclops was as annoying as the last one, and had more moves to cover many Types... still, Starmie did the job, but fainted in the process. Swamper came in and finished it off. The girl was impressed with the relationship I shared with my Pokémon, and then opened the next room. I was halfway at last...

Glacia
Definitely, Glacia and her thorough experience with Ice Pokémon was the hardest challenge of the whole Elite Four Team. Her two Glalies were highly troublesome, as they could easily survive Slowbro's Flamethrower and then use the powerful Dark attack, Crunch. My Slowbro almost passed out, but he managed to win against both Ice heads. Glacia's Sealeo pair was easy prey for Starmie. However, her strongest Pokémon, Walrein, swaggered of sheer power AND luck. He managed to freeze Swampert twice and score many Critical Hits. Eventually, the joined efforts of Swampert and Starmie finished him off. Glacia accepted I wasn't the typical Trainer as I managed to defeat her, and allowed me to go on...

Drake
The Leader of the Elite Four wasn't that much of a trouble. His Dragon Pokémon were tough, especially his strongest one, Salamence. Still, Tentacruel's Ice Beam made it a breeze for me. Shelgon fell against a starting Earthquake from Swampert, and then his two Flygon and his Altaria fell easily against Ice Beam. Salamence was tough, but Swampert and Starmie made the cut again and won. Drake entrusted me with the secret for a better understanding between my Pokémon and myself, and the opened another room. I was wondering why, but he just limited to say: "The Champion is waiting..."

Steven
I was impressed when I saw who was the Champion. Steven, that Trainer I had met several times during my journey, the son of Devon's boss... he was the Champion! I challenged him, so I could win the title on my own. His first Pokémon was the tough Skarmory. My Starmie managed to defeat it easily, but it didn't left without leaving a mark: a bunch of Spikes that hurted my Pokémon when they were called. Still, the battle went on. His Aggron was next, and it fell easily against Swampert's powerful Earthquake. Cradily, the fossil plant was next, and it took many hits from Tentacruel. It took me some time to break its astounding Defenses. Then came Claydol, whom stalled well with Light Screen. Starmie took quite a bundle, withstanding two Earthquakes, but managed to defeat the idol Pokémon at last. Then came his best Pokémon: Metagross. I sent Swampert, but not even his Earthquake could do something. Steven recovered its healt at times, and Metagross' Psychic just took a few hits to make short work of my Swampert. Slowbro entered next, and he managed to stall pretty well while scorching the powerful Steel Pokémon down with Flamethrower. At last, Metagross was downed. His last Pokémon, Armaldo, wasn't much of a challenge, as Slowbro used his powerful Surf attack and finished it fast enough...

I had won at last! Steven bowed and recognized my skill. May and Professor Birch came in to congratulate me. Then I followed Steven inside a last room. There, he helped me on registering my Pokémon. My Water Team, whom managed to get through all those hard tests. My trusty partners that earned this recognition in all respects... their place in the Hall of Fame.

Final Status

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Final Team.

Starmie (LV. 54) Psychic/Surf/Thunderbolt/Confuse Ray
Tentacruel (Lv. 53) Surf/Ice Beam/Waterfall/Barrier
Slowbro (Lv. 53) Confusion/Flamethrower/Surf/Yawn
Swampert (Lv. 53) Brick Break/Return/Earthquake/Muddy Watter
Pelipper (Lv. 29) Flyer...
Vaporeon (Lv. 5) Filler, so I could have a full Water Type Hall of Fame.

TMs used: TM29, TM24, TM13, TM35, TM31, TM27.

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It's over at last. Water is not that challenging of a Monotype anyway... it was fun nonetheless. I might try another someday in my Emu. One that's actually remotely difficult.