Lord Chespin

Um, was Bidoof axed? I've been searching Gearen City like crazy, and I haven't seen a single one. Am I just getting unlucky?

Heck yeah I will! Froakie is an awesome Pokemon!

Update #1: Fresh Off the Boat Well, the first battles against Amaria went pretty well! She led with her Fennekin, and my trainer, Perseus, led with his freshly-picked Piplup, Triton (in case you hadn't noticed, I'm going for a Ancient Greek naming theme for my Pokemon and trainer, to tie into the whole Atlantis theme). Amaria just had her Fennekin use tail whip the whole time, but that backfired in her face thanks to Triton's defiant ability, which boosted his attack and allowed him to take out Fennekin in three hits! The battle against Ren was a little harder, but not by much. Unlike Amaria, he actually had the common sense to attack me, but Triton was stronger than his Froakie and eventually took it down by spamming pound. With my rivals out of the way, it's time to get to exploring the city and finding new friends! The team so far:

Hi there, and welcome to my second recorded challenge run (after my TPP Run, which you can find here)! As the title shows, I'll be doing a water-type monotype, with the following rules: 1) I have to use water-types, and only water types. Dual-typed water-type Pokemon and Pokemon that evolve into water-types are fine. Water-type Pokemon that evolve into non-water type Pokemon are okay, but I can't use their evolved forms. 2) I'm allowed to lose impossible boss fights, but with Madame X I have to at least defeat her Yveltal first. Also, I have to go back and defeat the Dimensional Rift Gyrados, both in the revisited Goldenwood Forest and the simulation of the original Goldenwood forest invasion. 3) I have to capture and purify all shadow Pokemon, regardless of whether or not they are water-type. This is my team so far: I also have the following Pokemon on the PC: These are the Shadow Pokemon I've captured and/or purified so far: And finally, this run's theme song, by Kadmium on OC Remix! I'll be releasing periodic updates with each major battle, so stay tuned!

I'd have to say Nim. She's just so crazy and funny and cool! I laughed so hard during the encounter with her on Route 4... Plus, she's one of the few NPC's that actually climbed over terrain, something that even the genre-savvy grunt that Cain's Nidoking knocked down didn't do.

Well, I've decided to make my next challenge run a mono-ghost run, but I have one rather large problem getting everything set up. There aren't any ghost-type starters available to me (or, well, any ghost types before the third Gym), so I was planning on editing my save file to give myself an Aegislash and a Frillish a my starters (before anybody protests, I figure that Aegislash would be a reasonable starter because it doesn't evolve until level 35- when most starters hit their final evolution- and I'd have to sacrifice a dusk stone to evolve it, cutting off my hopes of getting a Mismagmius or Chandelure). Would anybody mind editing my save file so that I could obtain these Pokemon? My save file is right here: Again, any help I could get would be appreciated. Thank you!

UPDATE: Well, the voting is in, and it looks like I'll be doing a monotype run of Reborn! I've adjusted the voting so that you can vote for which type I should use. UPDATE TWO THE UPDATE-ENING: Fixed a bug with the poll. My bad. (-_-")

Like ShingSt, I've got a few moments that are tied for my favorite as well. Here they are, in order (WARNING: SPOILERS): 1) 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) 7)

Update #50: The Terror of Terra the Terr-RAWR-ble Well, Terra wasn't nearly as bad as I anticipated her being! I led with Umid, and she led with GIOVANNI the Nidoking. Umid took out the poor Nidoking with an OP psychic before it could even get a hit off. Next up came Terra's EXCAKILL the Excadrill. and it was probably the most pproblematic Pokemon on her team. It outsped and one-shot both DJ Bagel C. and George, but its reign of terrRAWR ended with Owner the Hawlucha, who survived a rock slide and an x-scissor from EXCAKILL and took it down with a high jump kick. Terra's SWAGSIRE the Quagsire came up next, but it, too fainted after a couple of psychics before it could use any damaging attacks. Next up came her Ace - RAWRCHOMP the Garchomp - but it went down in the same way I took down Mewtwo - Jay Glasnost survived a draco meteor thanks to sturdy, then blew up in Garchomp's face, taking both of them out. Terra sent out her CLAYBOYBUNNY the Claydol next, and I sent out Zuzu the BWBoD; unfortunately, she wasn't able to do much damage thanks to the physical-special type merge. Fortunately, rather than just spam psychic until Zuzu fainted, Terra had the brilliant idea to have CLAYBOYBUNNY blow itself up, taking out itself and Zuzu at the same time. Barvo, Terra. This is why you're the brains of Team Meteor. Anyway, all that remained was her Hippowdon (I forgot its nickname (-_-")), and it didn't even get an attack in! All it did was set up stealth rocks while Umid wailed away at it with psychic until it fainted. With M3G4 T3RR4 defeated and stuck in her computer, it's time to rescue Amaria and Titania... or at least, that's what I would be saying if this wasn't the end of the current episode. With 50 updates and counting so far, it's time to put this run on hiatus until Episode 15. Thanks for everybody who stuck around and read this humble thread; I hope I brightened your day with it! I'll see you all in my next challenge run! The team so far:

Update #49: The Bomb Squad Well, Mewtwo was... anticlimactic. I led with Jay Glasnost, and she survived an ice beam thanks to sturdy and took out Mewtwo with a mighty explosion! The real challenge, though, is gonna be Terra. I'm really not sure I'm ready for Freddy her... The team so far:

Update #48: You're as Cold as Ice Blake was rather tricky, but once I managed to get everything going my way he wasn't all that bad. I led with Owner the Hawlucha and Jay Glasnost, and he led with Rotom and Jynx. Jay survived an energy ball from Jynx thanks to sturdy, and then Owner took down the sentient refrigerator with a well-placed high jump kick while Jay destroyed the field with an earthquake. Jay fainted from hail at the end of the turn, so I sent out George. Blake spent the next turn healing all of his Pokemon, but it ultimately turned out to be a futile gesture when George took down Jynx with a heat wave while Owner took out his newly sent out Vanilluxe with a high jump kick. Blake sent out his Weavile and his Frosslass next; Frosslass took down Owner with a blizzard, but George just barely hung on after said blizzard and a poison jab from Weavile and seriously injured both of them with a heat wave. Blake switched out his Weavile for his ace - Walrein - and I sent out Havoc Buck to replace Owner. Buck spent his turn healing George, while George let loose a second heat wave, burning Walrein and taking down Frosslass. George spent the next turn taking out Weavile with another heat wave, but Walrein survived and took out both George and Havoc Buck with a mighty surf. Fortunately, I had Umid and Zuzu the BWBoD on backup, and Umis managed to finish Blake's weakened Walrein with a powerful Staraptor psychic! Time to confront Terra about her alliance with Team Meteor! The team so far:

Update #47: Forever Alone Aster was... suprisingly difficult, but not too bad. He led with Solrock, and I led with Umid. Umid spammed shadow ball while Solrock set up a light screen and a reflect, but eventually the big lump o' rock went down. He then decided to send out Rhypherior, so I countered by sending out Zuzu the BWBoD. Zuzu seriously damaged Rhypherior with an aqua tail, while the Rhypherior took out the icy field with an earthquake before being switched out for Golurk. Golurk went down after a few more aqua tails, leading to Aster's Magmortar being sent out. I swapped out Zuzu for Jay Glasnost, who survived a focus blast and dodged another one to take out the Magmortar with an earthquake. Aster's ace - Electivire - came out next, and I sent out Havoc Buck. Unfortunately, Havoc Buck didn't last too long against Electivire and its fists of fury, so I sent out a barely-alive Zuzu to take the fall while I healed Jay. After Zuzu fainted, Jay came in, survived an ice punch and finished off Electivire with a single earthquake. All that remained was Aster's weakened Rhypherior, so I sent out Owner the Hawlucha to finish it off, which she did after surviving a megahorn. With Aster defeated and going off to contemplate his future, it's time to take on the vile sack of pathetic villainy that is Blake! Did I mention that I hate Blake? The team so far:

Update #46: What Killed the Dinosaurs? The Ice Age! Well, Avalugg went pretty well, if I do say so myself. I led with Owner the Hawlucha, and she managed to dent the giant sentient iceberg slightly before fainting from an avalanche. I then sent out George, who melted the field with a heat wave and burned the Avalugg; unfortunately, he went down to a rock slide during that same turn. Umid came up next, and he amazingly not only just barely (and when I say "barely" I mean three hit points) survived an avalanche, but went on to take out the Avalugg with a mighty psychic! With the glacier melted, it's time to head on out to rescue Heather! The team so far:

Update #45: Some People Just Want to See the World Burn Well, once I managed to get everything set up right, Charlotte went down quite easily; she wasn't nearly as bad as Aster and Eclipse! I led with Overused Bum the Bronzong and Jay Glasnost the Golem, and she led with Typhlosion and Darmanitan. After Overused Bum dodged a hammer arm and Jay survived an energy ball, Overused Bum set up a trick room and Jay set up stealth rocks. Jay then took out everybody on the battlefield who wasn't her with a mighty earthquake. I sent out George to replace Overused Bum, and he spent his turn healing Jay while she swept Charlotte's Ninetales and Volcarona. All that remained was her Rotom and her Delphox. Jay took out Rotom with a stone edge and George injured Delphox with an air slash, but unfortunately Delphox ended Jay's run with a psychic. Aster the Shocked replaced the fallen Jay, and wiped the floor with Delphox with a mighty outrage. With Charlotte done with, it's time to destroy that PULSE Avalugg! The team so far:

Okay. Thank you!

Do you need to beat Charlotte first? Because I talked to him and nothing's happening.

So, I heard that you can repair the staircase to Calcenon City that Team Meteor destroys as part of Episode 13, but I'm not sure how. Does anybody know how to do this?

Update #44: Eclipse of the World Ugh. The Eclipse and Aster battle was hands-down the hardest mandatory boss I've had to fight so far. To quote Arin "Egoraptor" Hansen, "Nothing will make me feel better! Even the victory will be bittersweet!" I really need to cut back on the amount of Pokemon I have with me for leveling purposes. Anyway, I led with Zuzu the BWBoD, Aya led with Dragalgae, and Aster and Eclipse led with Lunatone and Solrock. Aster and Eclipse focused all of their effort on Aya, so Zuzu was able to take down Solrock with one aqua tail. Aya switched out her Dragalgae for her Venusaur, and I managed to take a chunk out of Aster's Rhypherior's health. Eclipse switched out Solrock for Vileplume, and knocked out Zuzu with a sludge bomb, so I sent out Umid the Espeon. Aster's Rhypherior had been knocked out by Aya, so he sent out his Electivire. Umid managed to one-shot Eclipse's Vileplume, prompting her to send her Solrock back out; unfortunately, Umid got knocked out during the same turn by Electivire, so I sent out DJ Bagel C. while Aya replaced her Venusaur (who had been knocked out) with her Nidoqueen. Together, the DJ and Nidoqueen took out Aster's Electivire (the recoil from its life orb helped a lot, too), forcing Aster to send out his Vespiqueen. Nidoqueen managed to burn Vespiqueen, while the DJ knocked out Lunatone (and, through collateral damage, Nidoqueen) via Surf before getting knocked out by Eclipse's Magmortar. Aya sent out Tentacruel, while I sent out Startlebug. Startlebug managed to take out Vespiqueen before Magmortar fried the poor bug, leaving a very angry Owner the Hawlucha to storm in and kick Magmortar in the face until it fainted. Unfortunately, Eclipse's Aromatisse knocked out Owner, Aya's Tentacruel, and Aya's Dragalgae with dazzling gleam before George was able to take it out. All that remained was Eclipse's Milotic; amazingly, despite my best efforts, it actually took down George, leaving me with no Pokemon! Fortunately, though, Aya still had her Gengar left, and managed to take down Milotic with it, earning us... a front row seat to witness Eclipse suffer a fate worse than death. Just because she defected from Team Meteor due to concerns about her family. ...Ame, please let us suck Sirius' soul out eventually. Please? Anyway, sorry if I missed anything; so much was happening that I had a little trouble remembering it all. Anyway, onwards to Charlotte... I am sooooooooooo not looking forward to fighting her... The team so far:

Actually, In Rejuvenation you can get a Froakie before the first gym. Admittedly, it's a shadow Froakie and you can't purify it until right before you reach the second gym, but...

Update #43: Director Fury Hey there! It's certainly been a while, hasn't it? I'm really sorry for the delay in updates, but I had to grind up my team a little for the battle against Sampson, because when I tried tackling him with my team in the high-50's, he handed my rump to me. Post-training, though, things went pretty well, if I do say so myself. I led with one of our newest team members, Umid the Espeon, and he led with Hariyama. Umid managed to do serious damage with psychic, but he got taken down by a knock off from Hariyama. Fortunately, Umid did enough damage to Hariyama to force Sampson to use his hyper potions, allowing George the Charizard to swoop in and peck away at its health with air slash until he switched out to his Mienshao, which went down in a single hit from George. Hariyama came back out, and George proceeded to take it down with an air slash, too. Sampson, starting to get a bit worried, sent out his trump card - his Conkeldurr - and so I decided to send out mine - Zuzu the Blue Wrecking Ball of Death! Unfortunately, Zuzu only lasted one turn before she fainted to a poison jab, but she did shave off half of Conkeldurr's health with a play rough. Oomph Judge the Crobat came out next, and took massive damage from a knock off by Conkeldurr; fortunately, she managed to hang in there and end Conkeldurr with two acrobatics. Sampson sent out his Lucario next, and I responded by sending out George, who survived an extremespeed and took down Lucario with two heat waves. Blaziken came up next, but our newest team member - Owner the Hawlucha - outsped and one-shot him with a power-herb charged sky attack. All that remained was Sampson's own Hawlucha... and boy golly, did it give me a run for my money. I kept Owner on the field, and she counteracted a swords dance from his Hawlucha with a featherdance of her own. Unfortunately, Sampson's Hawlucha used fly, so I wasn't able to land a hit on it, but I did use my one turn of helplessness to heal Oomph Judge with an ultra potion. I then sent out Startlebug, who got off a got hit with discharge but fainted a turn later. Oomph Judge came out next, and she managed to get a couple acrobatics off before fainting due to a fly and u-turn from Hawlucha, although she did manage to use haze to destroy Hawlucha's boosted stats before fainting. All that remained was George; to my amazement, rather that try to take George out, Hawlucha used another swords dance, allowing George to take it down with an air slash. With Sampson down and my Fury Badge finally earned, it's time to get that HM for surf! The team so far:

So, I'm just about to take on Sampson, but my team (due to me swapping out so many team members) is severely underleveled. Anybody know any good grinding places around route 2 that I could use?

Special Update: 1,000 Views! Wooooo! Well, it looks like this humble little thread has gotten 1,000 views! I'm really flattered that all you guys felt interested in this thread, and I promise you that the Sampson battle will be coming up soon! See you then!

Sub-update: Systems Normal Well, as you can tell from the main post, I've got a huge amount of Pokemon caught, pretty much covering all of the non-legendary Pokemon that I can get before the 10th gym. I just have to catch one more Pokemon (Natu) and stock up on items from the department store, and then I'll be all ready to go! See you for the Sampson battle!

So... yeah. I'm getting near the end of my TPP Challenge Run (I think I only have to battle Sampson, Aster and Eclipse, Charlotte, Aster by himself, Blake, Glitch Mewtwo, and Terra; after them, I'm done with the game), and I was wondering what challenge I should impose upon myself next. I'm also wondering which game I should do it in, as Rejuvenation is getting pretty popular and I don't think anybody has done a challenge run of that game yet. So, what do you guys think I should do? (No Nuzlockes, please; I find them too commonly done and stressful.) UPDATE: Well, it looks like you guys want me to do a monotype run of Reborn. I've finished the TPP Challenge Run, so I'll update the poll so that you guys can vote for the type I should use for my monotype.