Anstane Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 It seems like everybody's doing these now... Greetings, everyone. You might recognize me from my Ice Mono, overview posted here. Well, I finally decided to get started on my second Monotype run. However, instead of doing my second favorite type, being Dark, I went with my third favorite, Water, mostly because I saw a lot more Dark Mono's than Water Mono's and wanted to be more original. Also, unlike my Ice Mono, I discovered the F8 button, meaning I can take screenshots on the fly and, with that, keep you viewers up on an episode-by-episode basis. With that said... Part 1: A shocking introduction. So, after we got nearly exploded and got a visit from Julia, we went on ahead and got our starter. Now, obviously, this is a big choice and there are plenty of choices to go over. One in particular helps immensely against Julia. I did not go for it, though. Reveal hidden contents Instead I went for my second favorite Water starter because I already have a run with Swampert. Anyway, the battles against Cain and Victoria go by easily and then it was off to search for Water-types to put into my team. It did not take long to (mostly) fill my team up. Reveal hidden contents I admit I was hoping to get Wingull, but I can't say no to a Mon that naturally learns Scald, at least for now. Lumina greatly helped against Fern, using Attract to invalidate both his Lotad and Snivy. Also quite fast, if not particularly strong. And no, no relation to Lumi, just saying. The queen Goldeen. Vital against Julia. If not for her, I don't think I'd be able to defeat her without Marshtomp. I'm not going to be picky early-game, and Bidoof is pretty decent actually early-game. Helped against Fern, that's for sure. I did not get Surskit simply because that requires rainy weather and, considering weather of kind of glitched in E16...yeah. Anyway, as soon as I got my five Pokemon and cleared out all the other trainers, it was off to battle Fern. The battle was...anticlimactic, to say the least. Lumina used Attract on his Lotad and Snivy, the former being KO'd and the latter being halfway there. Afterwards, Otto and Goofball jumped in and took both it and his Budew down. The battle against Aster and Eclipse was nothing special either, even though their Elekid actually did a lot of damage to my team. After that, it was time. My first two attempts fell apart very quickly as I got worn down and broken. So, it was time for a bit of a training session, during which this happened. Reveal hidden contents Yeah. A bit of grinding later - most notably, for Goldeen to learn Water Pulse - it was time for the main event. Reveal hidden contents Her Helioptile lead was infuriating with it's Mud Slap spam against Goldeen and Glare usage. Gild was able to wear it down, thankfully. Then she sent out her Emolga, for which Goofball was send out and, while it did do some damage with Rollout, it couldn't KO. Gild had to jump in and finish the job. Afterwards, it was time for her two Voltorbs. Otto was mostly able to deal with one while the other one took out Lumina and exploded on Sea Monkee, leaving just Gild against her Blitzle and Electrode. And then, this happened. For reasons unknown, her Blitzle just spammed Thunder Wave on Gild, powering up her Water Pulse. I was able to get her up to +5 before finishing off the electric zebra. Finally, it was time for the Electrode. It was pretty easy, though a bit tense too. However, two Water Pulses were able to strike the Electrode down. With the first badge in hand, my aquatic adventure now truly takes off. The team as of the end of E1: Reveal hidden contents I hope you enjoyed reading this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul25 Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) Wow Nice monotype run as of ep1..... Good luck... Edited May 8, 2017 by S.paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anime Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Good luck anstane, intresting to see a water mono, btw i can catch you a shellos if you want Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarc Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 wasn't so hard for Julia ? good luck for Florinia aswell. Water type is one of the stronger type to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neco Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Good luck with your run. Before deciding for Grass in my mono-run, I actually considered to choose Water myself (which would be my favourite type, probably). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentleman Jaggi Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 There sure seem to be a lot of Monotype Runs popping up recently. Lots of luck to you; Water is a pretty strong type so I doubt you'll have problems once you get a team going. A friend of mine actually did a Water Monotype not that long ago, so in case you're interested here's one thing we ran into: Reveal hidden contents He ended up being completely incapable of defeating El's Dittoceus. He did have a Destiny Bond Sharpedo, but no way to make it live a turn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfox Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 (edited) maybe I should do a fire one... just maybe. either way good luck If you want a magikarp to add to you team, I can hook you up Edited May 8, 2017 by Wolfox Glace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongaarseBeer Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 Are you doing this live? As in, are you still playing at this moment or have you already finished? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anstane Posted May 8, 2017 Author Share Posted May 8, 2017 On 5/8/2017 at 5:09 PM, Zarc said: wasn't so hard for Julia ? good luck for Florinia aswell. Water type is one of the stronger type to me. Expand Turns out LightningRod Goldeen is pretty good for Julia. On 5/8/2017 at 5:55 PM, Gentleman Jaggi said: There sure seem to be a lot of Monotype Runs popping up recently. Lots of luck to you; Water is a pretty strong type so I doubt you'll have problems once you get a team going. A friend of mine actually did a Water Monotype not that long ago, so in case you're interested here's one thing we ran into: Reveal hidden contents He ended up being completely incapable of defeating El's Dittoceus. He did have a Destiny Bond Sharpedo, but no way to make it live a turn. Expand Alright, I'll keep in mind to make absolutely sure I have a Sash ready for that. And yeah, after my Ice Mono, I shouldn't have too much trouble, simply because I already dealt with some of the worst matchups possible. On 5/8/2017 at 6:42 PM, HongaarseBeer said: Are you doing this live? As in, are you still playing at this moment or have you already finished? Expand I'm not playing it right now, but it is live, yeah. I basically play through an episode, taking screenshots, then will post an update here. As for the offers for Pokémon, I appreciate them, but I think I want to keep this run as clean as I can, so no using online features. At most I'll ask to have the eggs changed to Seel/Ducklell/Tentacool if needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anstane Posted May 13, 2017 Author Share Posted May 13, 2017 Okay, sorry for it taking so long for me to get back to this, but I had some real life business to take care of, on top of me needing to do quite a bit of grinding this episode. But now I am able to continue. Chapter 2: When Plants Attack First things first, I went for the Daycare and...well, let's say the trainer with the Plusle/Minun combo before the Daycare couple wannabees was more challenging than the impostors themselves. This is only notable in that, after that battle, Otto evolved. (By the way, I'd like to say that I love Dewott's design, many times more than Samurott.) After that, it was off to battle Victoria before the slums. Reveal hidden contents The battle went by very quickly in my favor. Lumina attract-locked Ralts and Otto tore through the rest. After that, it was time for an uneventful romp through the Obsidia Slums. The only thing of note to happen in there was the fact that we got a new team member! Meet Louis the Ducklett and I assure you, he'll be much appreciated for dealing with any pesky Grass-types we'll be encountering. Afterwards, it was off to the Coral Ward and, after seeing Cain rescue an Oshawott (I would feel a little resentful if I hadn't picked Oshawott as my starter, so whatever), it was time for another duel against him. Reveal hidden contents After a completely uneventful start against his Grimer, then entered his Nidorina which proceeded to outspeed most of my team and faint a number of them before I was able to finally subdue him. The rest of his team could not keep up. First, Flail on Gild took out Venonat and then Otto showed Cain's Oshawott what to aspire towards. At this point, I would be heading towards the first PULSE Tangrowth battle. However, I also knew I can get Lotad in the area. However, it requires rain. E16's weather is messed up. So I asked for some help with that and, soon enough, I got a Lotad. (Yes, I'm bad with names, thanks for noticing.) After that it was time for the PULSE Tangrowth...or at least it would have been, however, I got ripped apart quickly. So it was time for the first of two grinding sessions this episode for me. After a lot of fighting the same trainer over and over again, as well as Louis being trained up properly, it was time for the rematch. Reveal hidden contents A turn 1 lick inducing paralysis greatly helped me out. After that, I managed to land so many flinches and many of the attacks that didn't flinch, paralysis prevented. Hence, I was able to overcome this obstacle. And then, it was off to the Onyx Ward. Before we went for the school, though, we went to see if we can grab ourselves a Seel. The egg was a Cacnea. Undeterred, I asked around if I can trade the Cacnea for a Seel. I did, but the Seel I got was...not what I hoped to get. Too many perfect IV's! Ah well...it's only one Pokémon. It shouldn't cause too many problems...I hope. Anyway...with that done, it was time for Onyx School. The trainers under Fern's command...were a bit annoying (Thank you Fire Fang Darumaka), but otherwise not too bad...and then we got to the top dog himself. Reveal hidden contents Let's just say that I needed to leave for a second grinding session, and even then it took a few attempts as his Servine and Roselia would proceed to take me from 4/5-1 to 0-1. Eventually, though, I realized two things. 1) Otto has Fury Cutter. 2) Fern's Lombre only has Absorb. As for his Roselia, I have had enough of it and just had Seel use Perish Song on it. Cheap? Yeah, but screw Fern. Finally, it was time for Florinia. This is going to be a very rough battle for my Water Mono ag-erm, Florinia...why does your team only have two Grass-type attacks, Leech Seed not counting? Louis and Goofball were the aces this battle, inflicting heavy damage and evading damage. I had hoped for Otto to deal with Cacnea, but two Fury Cutter misses ruined that possibility, alongside Gild and Lotus. However, overall, the battle was not that difficult. Now if she actually had Grass-type attacks, this would have been much nastier. And with that, the second badge is ours, as well as Water's second weakness cleared. From here on out, it should be smooth sailing...right? ahahah i wish The team at the end of episode 2: Thank you all for reading. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sceptilespy Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 Swanna is SO helpful in reborn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted May 13, 2017 Share Posted May 13, 2017 (edited) My treasured baby in my shiny run. She always hits her Hurricanes, and confuses like 70% of times. Pure star. Edited June 15, 2017 by Jess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongaarseBeer Posted May 14, 2017 Share Posted May 14, 2017 On 5/13/2017 at 12:54 PM, Anstane said: (Yes, I'm bad with names, thanks for noticing.) Expand I like them! Also, I enjoy reading this. Keep it up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anime Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 GOGOGO team Anstane i'm still going to offer you the shellos xD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anstane Posted May 15, 2017 Author Share Posted May 15, 2017 I see there is a lot of love for Swanna. I admit I haven't used it myself, but it will be interesting to see for myself just how good it is. Also, sorry for my slow rate of posting, I will be getting back to my run tomorrow, though don't expect a post then, I doubt I'll make it to Corey tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anstane Posted May 18, 2017 Author Share Posted May 18, 2017 Once again, sorry for the slow rate of posting here, but I got real life stuff to deal with as well as this chapter just taking a long time to complete. Chapter 3: Difficulty Spike So, after the Grass-leader-with-almost-no-Grass-Moves, it was time for the Jasper Ward. After getting asked to find some police officers, I set off and started hunting Meteors and Police Officers. (The former to defeat in battle, the latter to rescue.) Soon enough, I get to the second PULSE-Tangrowth, this time guarded by Taka. After some words were exchanged, it was time for battle. Reveal hidden contents In an unusual twist, Taka's Lileep proceeds to prove itself a big problem, due to Confuse Ray being infuriating to deal with and Ingrain on the Forest Field being really painful, considering the limited movepool I can use against it due to Storm Drain. Louis came through, though, thankfully. Next was the Chatot and, again, reversal of fate as it proceeded to not be much of a problem at all, with Otto taking it out. And then, finally, the PULSE-Tangrowth. In the Forest Field. Against a Water Mono. Screw. That. This is not the last time you'll see Perish Song, by the way, in this update. Once Taka was defeated, it was off to find more Police Officers, tell a girl in a building the elevator works and then it was off to Beryl Ward... *quiet whimpering* Anyway, after falling for The Most Obvious Trap In The World and telling Fern to get bent, it was time to find and rescue the rest of the Police Officers. Reveal hidden contents And what was my reward for rescuing the five of them? A new team member, replacing Gild. I will admit I was hoping for Tentacool, but I won't say no to Frillish either, especially considering it's the only Water/Ghost out there (that I know of). After this... *sighs* It was time for the Taka/ZEL double battle. And it took me *many* attempts, on a battle that I generally want to be done with ASAP for reasons that those familiar with me will understand. Reveal hidden contents This battle was horrible. Between Lileep spamming Confuse Ray and Espeon nuking my side with Psybeam or Umbreon just walling me, it finally led to me having enough and going to grab something I never grabbed before: Persim Berries, to deal with Confusion. And even then, it took me getting really lucky and hit every single Rollout with Goofball and almost every single Fury Cutter with Otto, culminating with me hitting the PULSE-Tangrowth with a 640-power Rock-type attack. Yep. And this is after an extensive Grinding session to level up Jelliking and the others. It was that bad. And with that, Corey was exposed and it was time for the main showdown with him. And it was even more horrible than the last battle. Reveal hidden contents It took me many, many battles. Corey had two main Problem Mons: Skuntank and Crobat. Skuntank just has solid bulk, a surprisingly strong moveset and a lot of speed. I eventually resorted to just having Goofball use Yawn on it and then hope that either Otto or someone else can handle it while it was asleep. For reference, Jelliking took out his Skrelp and Grimer, Louis took out Croagunk and, again, Otto deals with Nidorina. And then enters the big problem: Crobat. Time and time again, I would get to this point only to have it effortlessly sweep my team aside. I tried fighting fair, but it just kept destroying me. So I finally had enough. Even then, it was extremely close as Crobat decided to use Air Cutter on Frosty over Venoshock (And this is after using Nasty Plot, meaning Venoshock would have OHKO'd my entire team left and won last turn before Perish Song took it out.) But, mercifully, the AI derped. And, finally, it was done. Whew...this was the hardest part so far, and it is only going to get worse...hoo-boy... The team at the end of Episode 3: And now, something I want to say: I seriously wish to replace the sprites of Samurott with those of Dewott, or at least the back sprites, because, personally, I much prefer Dewott's looks over Samurott's. Main reason why I can't really go through with it, aside from my not knowing how, is that it might end up causing confusion among the viewers here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HongaarseBeer Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 You know, to be fair, I don't even blame you for using perish song. And I'm still enjoying it, keep it up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anstane Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 Alright, time to continue this run. Thankfully, this time I was able to get it out a bit faster. Chapter 4: Damn you Struggle Bug! Last we left off, we just broke Corey. After he leaps off the bridge and Fern's appearance, it was off to Lapis Ward. The first thing I had to do is get back with my bros in the Aqua Gang. It feels good to be back! With the Aqua Gang, we proceed to storm Craudberry's manor at the same time as the Magma Gang. We, of course, fight through the opposite gang and claim our prizes: A Water Stone, a Ponyta and this: After that, while en route towards the Lapis Gym, Lotus finally hits level 30 and learns Giga Drain. That was enough for me. I finally let him evolve to Lombre and then used the Water Stone I just acquired. After that, we made it to Shelly and Victoria, saw Corey's corpse be taken away and, after deciding to investigate Meteor's activities beneath the Grand Staircase, chased after Victoria. E route towards the bottom where Solaris, Aster and Eclipse were waiting, we made sure to pick this up: NOTE TO SELF: Don't forget the Mining Kit this time! Also picked up the Focus Sash. Anyway, eventually we make it to the bottom where, after some more talking, it was time to take on Aster and Eclipse, with Victoria's help. Reveal hidden contents The battle started badly, with Frosty and Louis quickly being destroyed by Rock Slide spam. Then I sent in the newly evolved Lotus and things went badly for the Meteor duo as I started Giga Drain spamming. Sent in Otto near the end for some more experience and, soon enough, Victoria was rescued. After that, it was off to the Orphanage to get help for Shelly. However, before we got anything, we needed to deal with Sigmund and Orderly John. Let's say it was quite rough, righting three Elec-types with a Water-Mono, but I was able to break through, with Lotus dealing with the Magneton, Goofball taking out Magnemite and...I don't remember who dealt with Eelektrik. Afterwards, it was time for Victoria to (try to) stop us again. Reveal hidden contents Louis started off by knocking out her Scraggy with little trouble. Next up was her Pignite, which Jelliking was able to handle with little trouble. Kirlia, similarly, didn't take long to deal with for Frosty. Then enter her Hariyama...Belly Drummed right off the bat before revealing surprise Knock Off to take out Jelliking. Goofball tried to take it out, but a Force Palm ended that attempt. Thankfully, Otto was in position to move in and finish Victoria's team off. It was time for the Lapis Gym proper. After a bit of an annoying puzzle, we managed to make the Bookshelf Bridge and, with that, we were ready to battle Shelly. Reveal hidden contents This battle took a few attempts, pretty much for one single reason: Yanmega. Speed Boost + Forest Field + Giga Drain is a killer combo, especially when it's coupled with Struggle Bug to neuter 2/3'rds of my team. It took multiple attempts but, eventually, I was able to get Rollout rolling on Goofball and knock Yanmega out of the sky. After that, the rest of her team simply could not pressure me enough, though her Illumise and Volbeat put up one hell of a good fight. Alas for her, though, it was simply not enough. Don't undersell yourself, Shelly. You put up one hell of a fight. With that, the Cocoon badge is ours and it's time to move on towards the direction of the Grand Hall to tell of a need for Corey's replacement. Expect many zaps. The team as of the end of Episode 4: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul25 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Congrats The team is really good Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 (edited) On 5/18/2017 at 4:06 PM, Anstane said: Main reason why I can't really go through with it, aside from my not knowing how, is that it might end up causing confusion among the viewers here. Expand It is easy to do this, go to Graphics-->Battlers folder (in the game folder) and swap the names of Dewott sprites pics with the respective names of Samurott number pics. More specifically, rename pics named 502 and 502b to 503 and 503b and vice versa. Good job Anstane, a water mono is too hard based on type disadvantages early on, don't be discouraged! Edited May 21, 2017 by Jess Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zellorea Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I'm looking forward to see how you deal with the Orphanage. With all those electric types it'll be hard for your water mono to progress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul25 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 You can add a quagsire to your team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anstane Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 On 5/21/2017 at 2:35 PM, Jess said: It is easy to do this, go to Graphics-->Battlers folder (in the game folder) and swap the names of Dewott sprites pics with the respective names of Samurott number pics. More specifically, rename pics named 502 and 502b to 503 and 503b and vice versa. Good job Anstane, a water mono is too hard based on type disadvantages early on, don't be discouraged! Expand Well, that still leaves the second problem of confusion for the readers, unless I keep making a reminder that I changed the sprites. Otherwise, yeah, thanks for the advice. On 5/21/2017 at 2:54 PM, S.paul said: You can add a quagsire to your team Expand Not until I get to the Azurine Islands, sadly. And Barboach is only available if I joined the Magma Gang, so, really, aside from Lotus, I have no Elec resists and this is going to be a very Elec-heavy part of the game... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul25 Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 On 5/21/2017 at 3:39 PM, Anstane said: Well, that still leaves the second problem of confusion for the readers, unless I keep making a reminder that I changed the sprites. Otherwise, yeah, thanks for the advice. Not until I get to the Azurine Islands, sadly. And Barboach is only available if I joined the Magma Gang, so, really, aside from Lotus, I have no Elec resists and this is going to be a very Elec-heavy part of the game... Expand I can give you one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anstane Posted May 21, 2017 Author Share Posted May 21, 2017 On 5/21/2017 at 3:43 PM, S.paul said: I can give you one Expand Thanks, but I'd rather avoid trading as much as I can. I made an exception for Seel because I got a Cacnea egg, but otherwise I'd rather limit it to only Mons I can myself acquire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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