Tetsuma Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Hi guys, so i felt like doing a monotype run and i thought " why not pick a type with witch you never play " and i thought about ice and rock. The thing is i dont think there's any ice type before what, the fourth gym ? maybe even the fifth so that kinda suck. and what about rock type, is there any rock pokemon available really early into the game ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickCrash Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Not nearly enough Ice or Rock pokemon to start with. You could do a challenge, where you use Ice/Rock, but nothing else, but still you'd have to wait after Jasper to get your first Ice type : Smoochum. Then Swinub. Your call. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veterans Azeria Posted December 26, 2014 Veterans Share Posted December 26, 2014 Their pretty dificult.Take this from someone who has tried one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsuma Posted December 26, 2014 Author Share Posted December 26, 2014 meh i'm sad now, that's too bad.. i guess i'll go electric or fighting then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jotwas Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 (edited) Not nearly enough Ice or Rock pokemon to start with. You could do a challenge, where you use Ice/Rock, but nothing else, but still you'd have to wait after Jasper to get your first Ice type : Smoochum. Then Swinub. Your call. You can have vanillite in the obsidia's candy shop (buying a vanilla ice cream) You can also have snowy castform. Edited December 26, 2014 by jotwas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NickCrash Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Doesn't Castform have to change forms each time it's brought into the game? Valid point on the ice cone. I believe you get 3 of those around the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veterans Azeria Posted December 26, 2014 Veterans Share Posted December 26, 2014 Nope,depends on the weather iirc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jotwas Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 Doesn't Castform have to change forms each time it's brought into the game? Valid point on the ice cone. I believe you get 3 of those around the game. I think he can make an exception: He only can use castform after using Hail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortally Divine Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 @jotwas the problem would then become having a pokemon that can use hail. There are only really a few types available early game, which bars out a lot of montype runs. Unless we added Eevee and Pikachu to the starters (You and your rival's starter in pokemon yellow would justify it ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damiano Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 meh i'm sad now, that's too bad.. i guess i'll go electric or fighting then *whispers* take Fighting, the best type *points to signature* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jotwas Posted December 26, 2014 Share Posted December 26, 2014 (edited) @jotwas the problem would then become having a pokemon that can use hail. There are only really a few types available early game, which bars out a lot of montype runs. Unless we added Eevee and Pikachu to the starters (You and your rival's starter in pokemon yellow would justify it ) Castform learns hail at level 20 Then he can have Castform -Hail -Blizzard (100%) -Weather Ball -Hurricane (Since there aren't many flying/ice,just articuno, and delibird, it's a DELIBIRD nuff said) Edited December 27, 2014 by jotwas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortally Divine Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Okay, didnt know that, but thats still only one pokemon. Good luck beating the first gym leader with one pokemon, it would be pretty difficult, especially when you have to use 1 move to set up hail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsuma Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 I'ma do a semi monotype run and i chose rock, i just beat julia with charmeleon ( I picked him for kiki and flobot) and his godly dragon rage and I grabbed the onix from the hiker, now i'm trying to figure out when the first geodude and nodulithe appear and then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veterans Azeria Posted December 27, 2014 Veterans Share Posted December 27, 2014 I'ma do a semi monotype run and i chose rock, i just beat julia with charmeleon ( I picked him for kiki and flobot) and his godly dragon rage and I grabbed the onix from the hiker, now i'm trying to figure out when the first geodude and nodulithe appear and then Geodude can first be found under the Grand Stairway iirc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsuma Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 damn son this is impossible LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mortally Divine Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Don't get discouraged Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veterans Azeria Posted December 27, 2014 Veterans Share Posted December 27, 2014 In either case,i wish you luck.Also,this may seem obvious but watch out for Kiki and Samson.Their threats that reign supreme. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsuma Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 I decided on a semi-monotype, which means basically i can use only rock types AND a starter from my choice (so pretty much like Cain) because it was necessary to continue because of the lack of rock type early So here i am after kiki's fight, here's what my team looks like : Here's Nidhogg, lvl 43 with blaze - Wing attack - Dragon rage - Fire fang - Flame burst Needless to say he was a lifesaver for Kiki ( that lucario and medicham tho) but otherwise he's not the pillar of my team, he's still pretty stable overall. Here's Ebonite, lvl 44 (he's shiny so badass) with sturdy - Earthquake - Rock Blast - Smack Down - Explosion That guy smashed the entire Kiki's team and was a lifesaver against Shade (sturdy + rock blast = fuck you Chandelure), i'm really liking this little guy. Meet BootyWoodo, lvl 43 with sturdy too - Rock Slide - Sucker Punch (so gud, fuk yu Shade) - Low Kick (fuk yu metal types) - Double-Edge This is the fucking pillar of my team, that guy is a BEAST, he just solo'd the entire team against shelly and for some weird reason is tanky as fuck, sadly I'll probably say my goodbyes to that hero soon enough for a Gigalith, I still dont know, i mean, BootyWoodo can fucking learn Wooden Arm. So here's MyMoonMyMan, lvl 45 with levitate - Psychic (so gud) - Stone Edge - Rock Slide - Explosion He's good, really. He's relatively fast for a rock type and is a solid mid-tier pokemon, even though I'm not keeping him too long. FiveEyesNoPenis (...), lvl 40 with sniper - Clamp - Rocksmash - Ancient Power - Hone Claws For now he's useless, but I have some high hopes. OnFayaaa , lvl 39 with flame body (so useful !) - Ancient Power - Rock Slide - Flame burst - Lava plume He's useless too except for his passive, but hey it's a rock type. So actually I did not have THAT much trouble into the game, after the first gym you have your starter, bonsly and onix so that's pretty okay, the only gym that was problematic was shade's, I had to try 20 times and won on a good luck. I'll try to keep this uptaded after each gym, I'm looking forward to reviving the fossils !!! ( I already have the Skull one) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jotwas Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 Don't forget to find a Helix fossil, then you can choose between aurorus and tyrantrum, aggron is good in Noel's gym (and against Radomus' Gardevoir), in the future Archeops can be useful against Samson. If you want, you can go back some episodes and get a dwebble, or you can search for a Claw fossil, Crustle and Armaldo can help against Radomus. Good luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsuma Posted December 29, 2014 Author Share Posted December 29, 2014 I'm not sure how i feel about aggron, his moveset is just so boring... And I dream every night about finding an Helix Fossil but the chances are too low ... Can't Ame put an event like the old amber ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight_Teutonic Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 You can try to get a Rock head Aron with Curse and Head Smash (not boring at all, these moves can be learnt through breeding), or maybe a Lileep if you find a Root fossil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tetsuma Posted December 30, 2014 Author Share Posted December 30, 2014 I just found an helix fossil, shit is about to go down, I thought I picked the Ice/Rock one for Amaria but the Drake/Rock is better overall.. any advice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jotwas Posted December 30, 2014 Share Posted December 30, 2014 Hm, Tyrantrum has a better overall, but Amaura is the only ice/rock type, if you want something to protect you from Dragons I'd go for Amaura, but Tyrantrum is definitely better in general. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadow Tack Posted December 31, 2014 Share Posted December 31, 2014 if you have a heart scale get the move shell smash on barbaracle, it'll be far better, also get it the ability tough claws. also Ttrum is better than aurorus overall but both are deadly when used right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris211 Posted January 9, 2015 Share Posted January 9, 2015 where can u find Amaura ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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