Dark Type Hype Monorun Complete!

[Nanami's-Egg]

Soon after Episode 15 was released, I wanted to try a dark types for my first monorun. I used standard monotype rules with the added challenge of not using items during battles and having to beat all the boss battles, like a certain Garchomp and Ditto. I chose dark for my first monotype because I wanted a monorun that wasn't too easy, but still had a fairly good variety of mons, especially early on in the game. I also like a dark types in general and I'm a fan of abilities dark types have like Prankster and Moxie. I tried to catch and train every dark type available in Reborn as of episode 15. So here they are in the order they were obtained!

One Skuntank was a Stunky I caught early in the game, and the other was Corey's. The RNG was not in my favor, so I wasn't to get Vullaby from mystery egg event and didn't want to restart the game. Other than that, I have every dark type available! (I think... I may be missing one.)

Now I'll show the A Team! I didn't really use a set team of six pokemon throughout the my run, except for Greninja, because Protean is just that good. However these six proved to be some of the most useful.

Team A

Protean Greninja, Moxie Dragon Dance Scrafty and Adaptability Crawdaunt are all very good and live up to the hype. I was surprised at how good Malamar was, partly because the AI doesn't always plan well around Contrary, giving Malamar free stat boosts from moves like Bulldoze, Icy Wind or from Intimidate. Houndoom surprised me a bit too, especially after a Nasty Plot boost, which are hard to do due to being so frail, but immunity from psychic and fire along with silly AI can help. Finally, STAB Earthquake with Moxie makes Krookodile a beast.

Team B
These mons were good, but were not on the A team mainly because they, haven't been around for long or need some moveset tweaks from breeding, move tutors or TMs that aren't available yet.

Drapion is actually pretty solid, but could use Poison Jab instead of Cross Poison for an extra bit of power. Bisharp is good too, but needs Zen Headbutt and Sucker Punch from breeding and I am lazy. Weavile with Icicle Clash could be on the A Team, but I've only has her for a little bit. Defensive and stall pokemon sometimes aren't the most useful in Reborn, but Curse Umbreon is just so bulky and needs Payback and maybe Toxic to work well. Shiftry was surprisingly good, but doesn't have the best defensive typing. Honchkrow is powerful but frail and needs Superpower.

My other pokemon were useful too! Prankster Liepard with Sand Attack helped a ton early in the game. Toxic stall Skuntank and Cacturne with Spiky Shield, Leech Seed were also good. That's how I beat Solaris' Garchomp!

Looking forward to Mandibuzz pretty soon and Hydreigon and Tyranitar eventually. I can only hope someday for Mega Gyarados, Darkrai, Yveltal, Dread Plate Arceus and Hoopa Unbound. :Kappa:

[Fumble]

"Darkness is love~"

Good job!

I probably should get back to doing my Dark Monotype run...

[Monochrome_Complex]

Lol some of these nicknames THE BOSS and Squidward had me laughing.

Congrats, although I say that drapion is actually pretty awesome up until Samson where after it kind of gets less useful since its lack of physical power really shows around that part but is still great for setting up toxic spikes which has saved me quite a few times. Protean Greninja is a hero through and through.

How did you get dragon dance on Scrafty?

[Nanami's-Egg]

"Darkness is love~"

Good job!

I probably should get back to doing my Dark Monotype run...

Thank you! And you can do it! The most difficult part of the run was Kiki. She is very hard without any of dark type checks or counters to fighting like Honchkrow, Malamar, Spiritomb or Sableye. Samson later is much easier because you have access to all of those pokemon to handle fighting types.

Lol some of these nicknames THE BOSS and Squidward had me laughing.

Congrats, although I say that drapion is actually pretty awesome up until Samson where after it kind of gets less useful since its lack of physical power really shows around that part but is still great for setting up toxic spikes which has saved me quite a few times. Protean Greninja is a hero through and through.

How did you get dragon dance on Scrafty?

I used Drapion as a bulky attacker with Hone Claws that was pretty good. Toxic Spikes could have been more useful though.

Dragon Dance is one of the egg moves the event Scraggy can know. It's kind of rare, but worth the numerous soft resets I did to get one with decent IVs. Scrafty can also learn Dragon Dance by breeding with Horsea/Seadra/Kingdra, Altaria, or Axew/Fraxure/Haxorus in Episode 15.

Edited August 8, 2015 by Nanami's-Egg