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Challenge The Scramble Challange
- Thread starter Its_A_Random
- Start date
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Um, Superascrafty gets a Ralts, called PsyShroom. It thinks it's a fun guy (geddit? Lol) and hence I doesn't like to make people faint, as it like to socialise and make friend. Thus, it may never faint an opposing Pokemon. If it does, you must immediately afterwards drop it into the Day Care, and can only take it out after beating 2 more gyms, or if you don't have 2 gyms left, get to the Pokemon League and you can take it back out.
Yup, it is.
@TM13: Got it. Now as soon as I get clarification from Newbyn00b about Cjaka, I think I'm ready to start. So my team is:
Squirtle (Turtwig):
Dyingflame (Ponyta):
Solo:
Genow (Shinx):
MGB(Budew):
Cjaka(Buizel):
Trollbird(Starly):
Technically I wouldn't accepted MGB because I said a requirement was that I could evolve all my Pokemon fully, but I'm bending the rules here because I probably wouldn't have fully evolved it anyways. I guess I'll start looking up moves for Starly until Newbyn00b gets online.
Squirtle (Turtwig):
- Mustn't fight any Grass or Electric types
- Try and solo as many Fire types as possible
- Solo Wake's Gyarados to evolve into Torterra at level 36
Dyingflame (Ponyta):
Solo:
- Drifblim and Gengar (Fantina)
- Bronzor (Byron)
- Snover and Medicham (Candice)
- Octillery and Ambipom (Volkner)
- Dustox and Beautifly (Aaron)
- Quagsire and Sudowoodo (Bertha)
- Everything besides Rapidash and Infernape (Flint)
- and Girafarig and Medicham (Lucian)
Genow (Shinx):
- Can only use special moves or status moves
MGB(Budew):
- Can only use Grass type moves
- Must solo entire Pastoria Gym except for Wake's Gyarados to evolve to Roselia
- Cannot use Solarbeam while Sunny Day is in effect
Cjaka(Buizel):
- Can only use special and status moves
- Must give her a (Max) Elixir
Trollbird(Starly):
- Must evolve to Staraptor at level 37
- Moveset can only consist of moves learned by exactly 3 of its fellow brethren (Pidgey, Spearow, Hoothoot, Taillow, Pidove)
Technically I wouldn't accepted MGB because I said a requirement was that I could evolve all my Pokemon fully, but I'm bending the rules here because I probably wouldn't have fully evolved it anyways. I guess I'll start looking up moves for Starly until Newbyn00b gets online.
Ziposaki, can you post those moves for your Trollbird? I need the for my Trollbird (Taillow) as well. So far I have Wing attack, Quick attack, and Double-edge. Is there anything else?
Okay, since the restriction was apparently so ambiguous, I'll give you another challange: Capweasel the Buizel. It must have Hidden Power at all times and solo 30 Pokés corresponding to its Hidden Power type.
@SuperScrafty: Uh, depends. Treadshot! Do Egg moves, TMs, and like moves that a pokemon could learn in a past generation or a future one count?
@Newbyn00b: Eh, I'd rather have Cjaka. I just don't understand what you mean, when I should use all of the Elixirs. I will take Capweasel though.
@Newbyn00b: Eh, I'd rather have Cjaka. I just don't understand what you mean, when I should use all of the Elixirs. I will take Capweasel though.
Everything counts, and apparently I'm suddenly an authority in the Scramble thread.
Hoothoot can't learn quick attack. I believe I can also use peck. Taillow can't learn tackle, so tackle, quick attack, wing attack and take down are the early moves for your Starly. I think CC and BB are still options for you, so I envy you :(
SuperScrafty, I reserved a Slakoth for you that you didn't list in your emerald scramble.
Also, I believe Pokemagnificent still needs a challenge. Catch a Finneon, name it Pherb. Pherb is a child inventor, so he cannot evolve. He has been experimenting with TMs, and needs to test some of them out on himself. Unfortunately, his sister will notice if he uses any moves he is not supposed to learn. As such, all of the moves he uses must be the ones he can use naturally, but if he can get a move through a TM he must learn it through the TM.
Recap:
Can't evolve.
Can only learn level up moves
All level up moves that can be learned from TMs cannot be used until the TM is gotten.
Also, I believe Pokemagnificent still needs a challenge. Catch a Finneon, name it Pherb. Pherb is a child inventor, so he cannot evolve. He has been experimenting with TMs, and needs to test some of them out on himself. Unfortunately, his sister will notice if he uses any moves he is not supposed to learn. As such, all of the moves he uses must be the ones he can use naturally, but if he can get a move through a TM he must learn it through the TM.
Recap:
Can't evolve.
Can only learn level up moves
All level up moves that can be learned from TMs cannot be used until the TM is gotten.
Whoops, sorry Bob_Squob, I didn't see your slakoth.
HG
1.Nidoking
2.Parasect
3.Sentret
4.Drowzee
5.Spinarak
6.Chikorita
Emerald
1.Marill
2.Zigzagoon
3.Torchic
4.Castform
5.Taillow
6.Slakoth
Diamond
1.Staraptor
2.Roserade
3.Pachirisu
4.Bidoof
5.Piplup
6.Stunky
Well my teams are garbage, but what can ya do?
HG
1.Nidoking
2.Parasect
3.Sentret
4.Drowzee
5.Spinarak
6.Chikorita
Emerald
1.Marill
2.Zigzagoon
3.Torchic
4.Castform
5.Taillow
6.Slakoth
Diamond
1.Staraptor
2.Roserade
3.Pachirisu
4.Bidoof
5.Piplup
6.Stunky
Well my teams are garbage, but what can ya do?
@SuperScrafty:I don't think so. It says exactly 3, and 4 pokemon can learn Quick Attack, thought Spearow by Egg move. Tackle is only learnt by Pidgey and Hoothoot. I don't think anyone else besides Staraptor can learn Brave Bird and Close Combat, so those are out.
So I am just going to take Capweasel so I can hurry up and start the darn Scramble already! Yay! My members are:
Squirtle (Turtwig):
Dyingflame (Ponyta):
Solo:
Genow (Shinx):
MGB (Budew):
Capweasel (Buizel):
Trollbird (Starly):
There! Expect the first update to come to this soon! If I had to guess the order of usefulness here, I'd say Capweasel, Dyingflame, Squirtle, Genow, MGB, and then Trollbird. Famous last words people, famous last.
So I am just going to take Capweasel so I can hurry up and start the darn Scramble already! Yay! My members are:
Squirtle (Turtwig):
- Mustn't fight any Grass or Electric types
- Try and solo as many Fire types as possible
- Solo Wake's Gyarados to evolve into Torterra at level 36
Dyingflame (Ponyta):
Solo:
- Drifblim and Gengar (Fantina)
- Bronzor (Byron)
- Snover and Medicham (Candice)
- Octillery and Ambipom (Volkner)
- Dustox and Beautifly (Aaron)
- Quagsire and Sudowoodo (Bertha)
- Everything besides Rapidash and Infernape (Flint)
- and Girafarig and Medicham (Lucian)
Genow (Shinx):
- Can only use special moves or status moves
MGB (Budew):
- Can only use Grass type moves
- Must solo entire Pastoria Gym except for Wake's Gyarados to evolve to Roselia
- Cannot use Solarbeam while Sunny Day is in effect
Capweasel (Buizel):
- Must learn and forever keep Hidden Power
- Must solo 30 pokemon corresponding to its HP type
Trollbird (Starly):
- Must evolve to Staraptor at level 37
- Moveset can only consist of moves learned by exactly 3 of its fellow brethren (Pidgey, Spearow, Hoothoot, Taillow, Pidove)
There! Expect the first update to come to this soon! If I had to guess the order of usefulness here, I'd say Capweasel, Dyingflame, Squirtle, Genow, MGB, and then Trollbird. Famous last words people, famous last.
Oh, my Trollbird's restriction is 2-4, I thought yours was the same. I thought BB was learnt by Pidgey, Taillow and Starly though?
About the first challenge, it's humanly impossible to get Option 2.
note how none of those are even.
Diamond Scramble Update #1
Disclaimer: I stole the format from It's A Random. Sue me.
I start by carefully paying attention to Rowan's well-thought out tutorials and introduction speeches, and by paying attention I mean ignoring him and mashing the A button. He soon gets the idea and shuts up about himself. He proceeds to ask me about me (took long enough.) I tell him I am a girl and I name myself my normal name for a Diamond and Pearl run: Risune (an anagram of sunrise minus an r.) I simply name my rival Barry and excitedly begin my journey by shrinking down to the size of a pin. Goody.
I end up watching TV in my room about a Red Gyarados that migrated from one lake to another lake like 3,000 miles away (rough guess) even though there is no possible way he could’ve because Gyarados shouldn’t be able to survive on land and since the land is so far away unless he made it to the edge of Johto in as little time possible and got into the ocean where he could sustain itself and swim to Sinnoh, though that is also impracticable because... ah whatever. I change my text speed to fast and head downstairs.
When I walk down a flight of stairs in 2 seconds flat (yeah I dunno), my mom rushes up to me and tells me Barry was calling for me a bit ago. What does he want? Whatever. I start to head outside, but my mom stops me for no good reason to tell me not to go into the tall grass because pokemon can jump out because I can’t see a potentially over 30 feet tall creature in grass like 2 feet tall despite having 20/20 vision. Thanks for the faith in me, Mom.
I finally walk outside into Twinleaf Town, a town despite only having 4 houses. Real big town here. I walk to Barry’s house and proceed to get smacked in the face with a door. Yowch! The person turns out to be Barry who tells me to get my butt over to the lake because he’s gonna fine me 1 million poke if I’m late. Yeesh. He runs off, before running back saying he forgot something and rushes inside. I follow him in like a stalker and run upstairs where I presume he is, completely ignoring his mom like the polite person I am. Barry’s at his desk, stuffing his Bag full of junk. He tells me again to get to the lake, upping the fine price to 10 million Poke if I’m late.
I follow him out of Twinleaf Town to Route 201. We head to Lake Verity to find a Red Gyarados, but instead find an old man and a dopey kid wearing a red hat. Great trade-off, right? They ramble on, the kid referring to the man as Professor and the man revealing the kids name as Lucas, before they finally leave, leaving behind a briefcase. Barry suggests we go look at it, and I follow him. Suddenly, we get attacked by Starly and by some miracle the case opens by itself. Barry suggests we take one and battle with them, which I oblige to. Thus, I get my first pokemon: Turtwig (I can’t nickname it right now).
I spam Tackle for an easy 3HKO. Barry reveals he got a Chimchar (no duh,) before Lucas walks back to retrieve the briefcase. He learns we used the Pokemon and freaks. We leave the lake and go on our merry way before being stopped by the old guy. He inspects our pokemon before leaving with Lucas following, but not before Lucas says to visit the lab that we have no clue of the whereabouts. We both head home.
I explain the whole scenario to my mom in a ..., who says the guy was most likely Professor Rowan, and that his lab is in Sandgem. She says I should go visit him, before giving me what I wanted: the Running Shoes. I follow her instructions and head off on my adventure.
The way to Sandgem has little interruptions, just a few scattered Bidoofs. I level up once before reaching my destination.
When I reach Sandgem, Lucas meet me at the entrance to the town. He leads me to the lab because apparently I could’nt find it myself even though it was literally 5 steps away. Barry runs into me-literally, before running off. Lucas is bewildered at Barry’s impatience, before leading me into the lab. I meet Rowan in the tiny lab, who asks once again to inspect Turtwig. He does so, before announcing he is letting me keep it.
He asks if I want to nickname it, which I do. I take the time to name it Squirtle as per the requirements. Rowan and Lucas start jabbering before saying he wants me to do something. Yadadaya, he gives me the Pokedex. Lucas shows me around town, then tells me I should inform my mom I’m doing this. Before that, though I run inside to buy a few Pokeballs and Potions. I stall on Route 201, running around and leveling up a bit before finding the pokemon I want: Starly- aka the second member of my team, Trollbird. I lower its health to the red zone before chucking a Pokeball at it. Thankully, it goes in with only 1 thrown. I nickname it Trollbird before finally heading back home.
When I get home, my mom heals my pokemon before I explain the favor for Rowan, she gives me a Journal before giving me her blessing. I am about to leave, but Barry’s mom barges in. She asks where Barry is, explaining he left before she could give him something. Mom volunteers us to become a less-than-minimum-wage-paid delivery system and deliver it to him. Thanks. His mom says he would probably head to Jubilife, so I decide on that for my next destination!
I back-track to Sandgem, using the bait-and-switch tactic to train Trollbird on the way. I soon reach my destination,quickly healing before heading off to Route 202.
When I get onto the new route, Lucas decides it’s a good idea to interrupt me and teach me how to catch Pokemon, even though I’ve already caught one. Yeah, I dunno. After a drawn out tutorial, he gives me 5 Pokeballs and leaves. Whoop. I can finally move on.
I train a bit and stall right before Jubilife because I have made it my mission to catch my third pokemon-Shinx, before I enter the new city. I quickly find one and grin, preparing to attack, but then I remember. My Turtwig thinks it’s a Squirtle, so it can’t fight Electric types. And since I can only use Wing Attack and Take Down on Starly... shoot.
So long story short- I have to grind Trollbird all the way to level 9, where it learns Wing Attack. This process was extremely annoying and tedious, and I couldn’t even go to Jubilife because there was a trainer with a Shinx on the way, so I’m gonna spare ya’ll from it and get straight to the action. Trollbird is now level 9, so I run about until I find a Shinx. Jackpot: I find one on my first try. I quickly whittle it down with Wing Attack and toss a Pokeball. Success. I nickname it Genow and rush back to the Pokemon Center and heal. And that’s where we leave off...
Genow (Male Shinx) @ Nothing
Lvl:3/Modest/Rivalry
-Tackle
-
-
-COMMENTS: Gah. So much work to capture it, and I can’t even use it until I get a TM! Useless. At least it has a Modest nature.
Trollbird (Female Starly) @ Nothing
Lvl:9/Bold/Keen Eye
-Tackle
-Growl
-Quick Attack
-Wing AttackCOMMENTS: Trollbird is living up to its name as a troll indeed, making me grind for a stupid move. Not completely useless, but pretty darn close.
Squirtle (Male Turtwig) @ Nothing
Lvl:10/Serious/Overgrow
-Tackle
-Withdraw
-Absorb
-COMMENTS: The saving grace of this team. The ban from fighting Electric or Grass types sucks, but overall it is still very helpful.
Disclaimer: I stole the format from It's A Random. Sue me.
Squirtle (Turtwig):
Dyingflame (Ponyta):
Solo:
Genow (Shinx):
MGB (Budew):
Capweasel (Buizel):
Trollbird (Starly):
- Mustn't fight any Grass or Electric types
- Try and solo as many Fire types as possible
- Solo Wake's Gyarados to evolve into Torterra at level 36
Dyingflame (Ponyta):
Solo:
- Drifblim and Gengar (Fantina)
- Bronzor (Byron)
- Snover and Medicham (Candice)
- Octillery and Ambipom (Volkner)
- Dustox and Beautifly (Aaron)
- Quagsire and Sudowoodo (Bertha)
- Everything besides Rapidash and Infernape (Flint)
- and Girafarig and Medicham (Lucian)
Genow (Shinx):
- Can only use special moves or status moves
MGB (Budew):
- Can only use Grass type moves
- Must solo entire Pastoria Gym except for Wake's Gyarados to evolve to Roselia
- Cannot use Solarbeam while Sunny Day is in effect
Capweasel (Buizel):
- Must learn and forever keep Hidden Power
- Must solo 30 pokemon corresponding to its HP type
Trollbird (Starly):
- Must evolve to Staraptor at level 37
- Moveset can only consist of moves learned by exactly 3 of its fellow brethren (Pidgey, Spearow, Hoothoot, Taillow, Pidove) (Wing Attack & Take Down)
WARNING! THIS IS NOT A SUMMARY! IT’S BASICALLY A SYNOPSIS THAT INCLUDES A LOT OF MINOR DETAILS AND RAMBLING! READ AT YOUR OWN RISK!
I start by carefully paying attention to Rowan's well-thought out tutorials and introduction speeches, and by paying attention I mean ignoring him and mashing the A button. He soon gets the idea and shuts up about himself. He proceeds to ask me about me (took long enough.) I tell him I am a girl and I name myself my normal name for a Diamond and Pearl run: Risune (an anagram of sunrise minus an r.) I simply name my rival Barry and excitedly begin my journey by shrinking down to the size of a pin. Goody.
I end up watching TV in my room about a Red Gyarados that migrated from one lake to another lake like 3,000 miles away (rough guess) even though there is no possible way he could’ve because Gyarados shouldn’t be able to survive on land and since the land is so far away unless he made it to the edge of Johto in as little time possible and got into the ocean where he could sustain itself and swim to Sinnoh, though that is also impracticable because... ah whatever. I change my text speed to fast and head downstairs.
When I walk down a flight of stairs in 2 seconds flat (yeah I dunno), my mom rushes up to me and tells me Barry was calling for me a bit ago. What does he want? Whatever. I start to head outside, but my mom stops me for no good reason to tell me not to go into the tall grass because pokemon can jump out because I can’t see a potentially over 30 feet tall creature in grass like 2 feet tall despite having 20/20 vision. Thanks for the faith in me, Mom.
I finally walk outside into Twinleaf Town, a town despite only having 4 houses. Real big town here. I walk to Barry’s house and proceed to get smacked in the face with a door. Yowch! The person turns out to be Barry who tells me to get my butt over to the lake because he’s gonna fine me 1 million poke if I’m late. Yeesh. He runs off, before running back saying he forgot something and rushes inside. I follow him in like a stalker and run upstairs where I presume he is, completely ignoring his mom like the polite person I am. Barry’s at his desk, stuffing his Bag full of junk. He tells me again to get to the lake, upping the fine price to 10 million Poke if I’m late.
I follow him out of Twinleaf Town to Route 201. We head to Lake Verity to find a Red Gyarados, but instead find an old man and a dopey kid wearing a red hat. Great trade-off, right? They ramble on, the kid referring to the man as Professor and the man revealing the kids name as Lucas, before they finally leave, leaving behind a briefcase. Barry suggests we go look at it, and I follow him. Suddenly, we get attacked by Starly and by some miracle the case opens by itself. Barry suggests we take one and battle with them, which I oblige to. Thus, I get my first pokemon: Turtwig (I can’t nickname it right now).
I spam Tackle for an easy 3HKO. Barry reveals he got a Chimchar (no duh,) before Lucas walks back to retrieve the briefcase. He learns we used the Pokemon and freaks. We leave the lake and go on our merry way before being stopped by the old guy. He inspects our pokemon before leaving with Lucas following, but not before Lucas says to visit the lab that we have no clue of the whereabouts. We both head home.
I explain the whole scenario to my mom in a ..., who says the guy was most likely Professor Rowan, and that his lab is in Sandgem. She says I should go visit him, before giving me what I wanted: the Running Shoes. I follow her instructions and head off on my adventure.
The way to Sandgem has little interruptions, just a few scattered Bidoofs. I level up once before reaching my destination.
When I reach Sandgem, Lucas meet me at the entrance to the town. He leads me to the lab because apparently I could’nt find it myself even though it was literally 5 steps away. Barry runs into me-literally, before running off. Lucas is bewildered at Barry’s impatience, before leading me into the lab. I meet Rowan in the tiny lab, who asks once again to inspect Turtwig. He does so, before announcing he is letting me keep it.
He asks if I want to nickname it, which I do. I take the time to name it Squirtle as per the requirements. Rowan and Lucas start jabbering before saying he wants me to do something. Yadadaya, he gives me the Pokedex. Lucas shows me around town, then tells me I should inform my mom I’m doing this. Before that, though I run inside to buy a few Pokeballs and Potions. I stall on Route 201, running around and leveling up a bit before finding the pokemon I want: Starly- aka the second member of my team, Trollbird. I lower its health to the red zone before chucking a Pokeball at it. Thankully, it goes in with only 1 thrown. I nickname it Trollbird before finally heading back home.
When I get home, my mom heals my pokemon before I explain the favor for Rowan, she gives me a Journal before giving me her blessing. I am about to leave, but Barry’s mom barges in. She asks where Barry is, explaining he left before she could give him something. Mom volunteers us to become a less-than-minimum-wage-paid delivery system and deliver it to him. Thanks. His mom says he would probably head to Jubilife, so I decide on that for my next destination!
I back-track to Sandgem, using the bait-and-switch tactic to train Trollbird on the way. I soon reach my destination,quickly healing before heading off to Route 202.
When I get onto the new route, Lucas decides it’s a good idea to interrupt me and teach me how to catch Pokemon, even though I’ve already caught one. Yeah, I dunno. After a drawn out tutorial, he gives me 5 Pokeballs and leaves. Whoop. I can finally move on.
I train a bit and stall right before Jubilife because I have made it my mission to catch my third pokemon-Shinx, before I enter the new city. I quickly find one and grin, preparing to attack, but then I remember. My Turtwig thinks it’s a Squirtle, so it can’t fight Electric types. And since I can only use Wing Attack and Take Down on Starly... shoot.
So long story short- I have to grind Trollbird all the way to level 9, where it learns Wing Attack. This process was extremely annoying and tedious, and I couldn’t even go to Jubilife because there was a trainer with a Shinx on the way, so I’m gonna spare ya’ll from it and get straight to the action. Trollbird is now level 9, so I run about until I find a Shinx. Jackpot: I find one on my first try. I quickly whittle it down with Wing Attack and toss a Pokeball. Success. I nickname it Genow and rush back to the Pokemon Center and heal. And that’s where we leave off...
Genow (Male Shinx) @ Nothing
Lvl:3/Modest/Rivalry
-Tackle
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-
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Trollbird (Female Starly) @ Nothing
Lvl:9/Bold/Keen Eye
-Tackle
-Growl
-Quick Attack
-Wing Attack
Squirtle (Male Turtwig) @ Nothing
Lvl:10/Serious/Overgrow
-Tackle
-Withdraw
-Absorb
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Because I have been enjoying my FireRed Scramble, I think that I will also try this challange with my Silver and Emerald. Same rules apply, no trading, but everything else is fine.
maybe I don't really like magnemite.
@TalkingLion
for Silver: Catch a Slowpoke and name it Brawler. It may only know attacking moves of physical attacking types.
for Emerald: Catch a Nosepass. Name it TrollFace. It must know 2 attacking moves and 2 non-attacking moves. It may never be less than 5 levels below your highest level pokemon.
Talking lion can have a Torchic called Ryu. this chick is dissapointed that everyone calls him Ken coz he wants to be Ryu. He also thinks he has speed boost so he must use protect to start every battle as a Blaziken. Therefore his moveset as a Blaziken must consist of
- Protect
- Ranged Fire type move (eg. Flamethrower, Ember)
- Kicking Move
- Punching move (if possible. I'm not sure if Ken learns punches)
- Protect
- Ranged Fire type move (eg. Flamethrower, Ember)
- Kicking Move
- Punching move (if possible. I'm not sure if Ken learns punches)
TalkingLion, Emerald gives you a Zubat. This Zubat places a big curse on the entire team, to be exact, the Berry Curse. For Zubat to fight, all Pokemon on your team must be holding a Pecha Berry. If one of your team members loses theirs mid-battle, you can't use Zubat for the rest of the battle. If for some reason you can't fulfill this condition anymore (e.g. you run out), then all members lose a move slot permanently, then this Zubat will force everyone to hold Cheri Berries to fight, then Aspear Berries, & finally, Chesto Berries. At this point, if you can't get your entire team to hold Chesto Berries, then you lose the game. Name it FlapCursed.
Have fun.
Also, I've been thinking about what to do next on White & I've decided it would be best to do either a Solo Run or a Scramblocke. What should I do?
Have fun.
Also, I've been thinking about what to do next on White & I've decided it would be best to do either a Solo Run or a Scramblocke. What should I do?
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