I used a Girafarig in Emerald with Great success. Normal Stab / Crunch / Psychic / T-bolt is the way to go ... Crunch could go away (since the ghost one are poison type, and the psychic type are destroyed by normal Stab Attack)
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Let's Play! Normal Type Only Run - HGSS
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Brock isn't an issue by the time you get to him due to access to Bibarel and STAB Surf/Waterfall anyway .-.
Be far more worried about Jasmine tbh...
My first time through the original Silver, I beat Morty with an underleveled team via PP stalling him with a sleeping Pokémon and a Normal-type, repeatedly switching.
I don't think the AI has got better since; but even if it has, being immune to Shadow Ball is pretty neat for taking on a Ghost-type gym. So the only real issue is finding a move you can learn to damage the ghosts.
I don't think the AI has got better since; but even if it has, being immune to Shadow Ball is pretty neat for taking on a Ghost-type gym. So the only real issue is finding a move you can learn to damage the ghosts.
Raticate will be your bro.
Rock Smash with a Few X Attacks will get the job done.
I'll teach dig once I can get rid of Rock Smash though to my Furret.
I actually started a mono Normal team for LeafGreen twoish weeks ago, Rattata wooped Brock surprisingly, I saved my Spearow for a Farfetch'd later on, and once you get to a Kangaskan, things just get too easy.
Last time I checked, I was on my way to Cinabun island, just a standard Porygon is alright to wreck things up, I'd certainly try it on my soulsilver once I get done though...
It sticks that in most the games, you can't run a mono team with out trading, exception is in FRLG you can run a complete Poison team from the very beginning and of course, Normal types. :P
Are there any other mono teams that can be run without trading?
Last time I checked, I was on my way to Cinabun island, just a standard Porygon is alright to wreck things up, I'd certainly try it on my soulsilver once I get done though...
It sticks that in most the games, you can't run a mono team with out trading, exception is in FRLG you can run a complete Poison team from the very beginning and of course, Normal types. :P
Are there any other mono teams that can be run without trading?
Fire, water, and grass obviously :-P
Otherwise it depends how early you want to get your first proper member. I don't think there's any game you can't do normal or flying from as soon as you can catch Pokemon, and bug is highly accessible too. If you allow using Pokemon that will evolve into the type then fighting in RSE, DPPt, and BW(2), ground in RSE and DPPt, and steel in DPPt can be done through starters. RSE give you Poochyena and DPPt Shinx pretty early for Dark and Electric runs respectively.
Otherwise it depends how early you want to get your first proper member. I don't think there's any game you can't do normal or flying from as soon as you can catch Pokemon, and bug is highly accessible too. If you allow using Pokemon that will evolve into the type then fighting in RSE, DPPt, and BW(2), ground in RSE and DPPt, and steel in DPPt can be done through starters. RSE give you Poochyena and DPPt Shinx pretty early for Dark and Electric runs respectively.
Please tell me how to do a fire run in DP, only platinum does that work out, because in DP you just get, besides your starter, Ponyta. :'l
Well, I'd prefer using Ursaring rather than Tauros. Ursaring is SLOW but he is bulky and has amazing attack. Tauros is fast but his move-pool is shallower compared to Ursaring. I'd also use Porygon. He is...a decent specail attacker. There's not that many special offence Normal types!
you just take steelix, drifblim and lopunny too, just as flint
well shit i got found out
DP fire is pretty much a complete infernape grindfest, it's not impossible but after a point you will end up steamrolling the game anyway because you're severely overlevelled. ponyta might be useful for flash fire? alternatively you can be crazy enough and keep 5 rapidashes...
y people talking about fire runs now Q.Q
if someone wants impossible runs, rby ghost, aka the melancholy of gengar
normal types learning a lot of random moves make normal runs easier than they look, bibarel and girafarig are good for hgss with their unique stabs
normal types learning a lot of random moves make normal runs easier than they look, bibarel and girafarig are good for hgss with their unique stabs
An all electric run is also possible in DPPt I think, because you get access to a lot of electric types throughout the game, compared to certain games.
Back to Normal types, personally I like Togekiss the most easily due to its bulk, ability, Extrasensory and Flying-type STAB to ruin Fighting types and the Gengar line. Using Persian is also a fun option due to access to Dark type moves, high speed, and Technician.
Back to Normal types, personally I like Togekiss the most easily due to its bulk, ability, Extrasensory and Flying-type STAB to ruin Fighting types and the Gengar line. Using Persian is also a fun option due to access to Dark type moves, high speed, and Technician.
Yeah I'm loving the Togekiss recommendations now because I've checked it's glorious move pool.
P.S: If you wanted to do an Electric run of DPPt, I have two words.
Cynthia's Garchomp.
On my regular runthrough, I got Bold.