User:Littlmiget123/Gym Leader Run

I got this idea a while ago. I started collecting Pokémon in my Pearl version. Every new Pokémon I would run into, I would capture, and put it in the computer in National Dex order. It really didn't have a purpose, just for fun.

Finally, I had most of the Pokémon available in Pearl. Then, for Christmas a couple years later, I got Pokémon Battle Revolution. It's going to be so nice to see my own Pokémon in 3D graphics! I thought as I went and put the game in. After syncing my Pearl to the game, I realized that I only had a handful of Pokémon that could battle! Other than my team, and a couple Pokémon my Dad raised, all the other Pokémon were lower than Level 30! Then one day, after looking at the Gym Leader rematches, I realized how much variety of Pokémon the Gym Leaders had. So, I decided to do Gym Leader runs on my games, using only the Gym Leader's Pokémon and beat the game with them.

At first, I was going to go in order, from Kanto, to Johto, to Hoenn, then to Sinnoh, but I realized after one and a half runs that it wasn't that exciting and predictable, so I now randomize the list, then play the game based on the first choice.

Doing a Gym Leader run is extremely difficult, but very enjoyable. I raise Pokémon I never would have thought to raise, and I learn the pros and cons of those specific Pokémon, as well as getting a good grip on their weaknesses and strengths. It also helps that my master game, Pearl, has tons of TMs and Pokémon that I can breed. That definetly helps a lot.

Now, since Black and White have been released, I will still do runs with Pokemon in those games in order to receive all the Generation V Pokémon. However, instead of doing Gym Leader runs, I will be doing Random runs, in which instead of choosing the Gym Leader at random, I choose the Pokémon by random.

Gym Leader runs

Please note that all the names of the Player Characters are all named Alex, but I've changed their name for convieniance.

Brock

Finally, my Gym Leader run begins. As I said before, I was going to start in order, so Brock was first. This was played on my Diamond.

File:BrockHGSS.gif Leader Brock Pewter City Gym Diamond Leader and Professor Brock Oak Pewter City Gym Diamond Reward: $????

File:Spr 5 369 m.png Types: Water Rock Ability: Swift Swim Held item: Splash Plate Relicanth♂ Lv.60 Dive Water Physical   --       Double-Edge Normal Physical   --       Rock Tomb Rock Physical   --       Waterfall Water Physical   --       File:Spr 5 076.png Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: None Golem♂ Lv.59 Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       Double-Edge Normal Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       File:Spr 5 139.png Types: Rock Water Ability: Swift Swim Held item: None Omastar♂ Lv.57 Rock Blast Rock Physical   --       Brine Water Special   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       Spike Cannon Normal Physical   --       File:Spr 5 141.png Types: Rock Water Ability: Battle Armor Held item: None Kabutops♂ Lv.57 Slash Normal Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Aqua Jet Water Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --       File:Spr 5 409.png Type: Rock Unknown Ability: Mold Breaker Held item: Mind Plate Rampardos♂ Lv.55 Head Smash Rock Physical   --       Avalanche Ice Physical   --       Take Down Normal Physical   --       Zen Headbutt Psychic Physical   --       File:Spr 5 095.png Types: Rock Ground Ability: Rock Head Held item: Soft Sand Onix♀ Lv.54 Dig Ground Physical   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Double-Edge Normal Physical   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --

Notes

• I started this run on Febuary 13, 2010, and finished March 11, 2010. It took 26 days to complete this run.
• Relicanth came from an egg I traded over. I also traded over both a Dome and Helix Fossil for Omastar and Kabutops.
• Commentary: Onix was a pain in the butt to raise due to its low Attack and even lower Special Attack. Going through the Elite Four was tough, too. I had so much trouble with Cynthia's Roserade and Milotic as well.

Blaine

File:BlaineHGSS.gif Leader Blaine Cinnabar Island Gym Platinum Leader and Professor Blaine Oak Cinnabar Island Gym Platinum Reward: $????

File:Spr 5 257 m.png Types: Fire Fighting Ability: Blaze Held item: None Blaziken♂ Lv.61 Strength Normal Physical   --       Blaze Kick Fire Physical   --       Overheat Fire Special   --       Sky Uppercut Fighting Physical   --       File:Spr 5 323 f.png Types: Fire Ground Ability: Solid Rock Held item: None Camerupt♀ Lv.60 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Eruption Fire Special   --       SolarBeam Grass Special   --       Earth Power Ground Special   --       File:Spr 5 219.png Types: Fire Rock Ability: Magma Armor Held item: Quick Claw Magcargo♂ Lv.59 Body Slam Normal Physical   --       Lava Plume Fire Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Stone Edge Rock Physical   --       File:Spr 5 078.png Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flash Fire Held item: None Rapidash♀ Lv.57 Stomp Normal Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       Flare Blitz Fire Physical   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       File:Spr 5 229 m.png Types: Dark Fire Ability: Early Bird Held item: None Houndoom♂ Lv.56 Thunder Fang Electric Physical   --       Fire Fang Fire Physical   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Flamethrower Fire Special   --       File:Spr 5 126.png Type: Fire Unknown Ability: Flame Body Held item: None Magmar♂ Lv.55 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Fire Blast Fire Special   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --

Notes

• I started this run on September 17, 2010, and finished November 1, 2010. It took 45 days to complete this run.
• Blaziken, Camerupt and Magcargo were hatched from eggs.
• Commentary: I enjoyed this game. I liked the variety of attacks my party could learn. I had a lot of trouble with Cynthia's Milotic and Garchomp; I finally kept using Hyper Potions until all the PP of Garchomp's Dragon Rush and Earthquake and Milotic's Surf until I actually could fight. I had a little bit of trouble with her Togekiss as well.

Aaron

File:AaronPlatinum.gif Elite Four Aaron Pokémon League SoulSilver Elite Four and Professor Aaron Oak Pokémon League SoulSilver Reward: $????

File:Spr 5 452.png Types: Poison Dark Ability: Battle Armor Held item: Poison Barb Drapion♀ Lv.61 Crunch Dark Physical   --       Cross Poison Poison Physical   --       Ice Fang Ice Physical   --       Bug Bite Bug Physical   --       File:Spr 5 416.png Types: Bug Flying Ability: Pressure Held item: Hard Stone Vespiquen♀ Lv.60 Slash Normal Physical   --       Gust Flying Special   --       Attack Order Bug Physical   --       Power Gem Rock Special   --       File:Spr 5 214 m.png Types: Bug Fighting Ability: Guts Held item: Black Belt Heracross♂ Lv.58 Brick Break Fighting Physical   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --       Close Combat Fighting Physical   --       Megahorn Bug Physical   --       File:Spr 5 212 m.png Types: Bug Steel Ability: Technician Held item: Muscle Band Scizor♂ Lv.57 Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       X-Scissor Bug Physical   --       Iron Head Steel Physical   --       File:Spr 5 469.png Types: Bug Flying Ability: Speed Boost Held item: Spell Tag Yanmega♂ Lv.56 Air Slash Flying Special   --       AncientPower Rock Special   --       Silver Wind Bug Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --

Notes

• I started this run on November 2, 2010, and finished November 27, 2010. It took 25 days to complete this run.
• I recieved Drapion and Vespiquen from eggs.
• It took 11 tries to get a female Combee to hatch from an egg.
• Commentary: Breezed right through this game! Yanmega was kinda slow at the start because of its lack of STAB and Special Attack moves. And having Drapion as back-up really helped, especially since it wasn't Bug-type.

Winona

File:SpriteWinona.png Leader Winona Fortree City Gym Platinum Leader and Professor Winona Oak Fortree City Gym Platinum Reward: $????

File:Spr 5 227.png Types: Steel Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: Metal Coat Skarmory♀ Lv.63 Slash Normal Physical   --       Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Steel Wing Steel Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       File:Spr 5 148.png Type: Dragon Unknown Ability: Shed Skin Held item: Dragon Fang Dragonair♂ Lv.62 Dragon Rush Dragon Physical   --       Aqua Tail Water Physical   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Ice Beam Ice Special   --       File:Spr 5 164.png Types: Normal Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: Mind Plate Noctowl♂ Lv.60 Extrasensory Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       File:Spr 5 279.png Types: Water Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: Splash Plate Pelipper♀ Lv.58 Wing Attack Flying Physical   --       Brine Water Special   --       Hydro Pump Water Special   --       Surf Water Special   --       File:Spr 5 357.png Types: Grass Flying Ability: Chlorophyll Held item: Miracle Seed Tropius♂ Lv.59 Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Air Slash Flying Special   --       SolarBeam Grass Special   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       File:Spr 5 334.png Types: Dragon Flying Ability: Natural Cure Held item: None Altaria♂ Lv.57 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Dragon Pulse Dragon Special   --       Draco Meteor Dragon Special   --       Aerial Ace Flying Physical   --

Notes

• I started this run on November 27, 2010, and I finished on December 15, 2010. It took 18 days to complete this run.
• Skarmory and Dragonair were hatched from eggs.
• Commentary: Went through this game fairly quickly as well. The variety of types was amazing, and I think it's my favorite Gym Leader run so far. I didn't really like the fact that I had two Dragon-type Pokemon, but Dragonair was my back-up since it wasn't Flying-type. Had a little trouble with Cynthia's Togekiss's Shock Wave and Milotic's Ice Beam, but all in all a fairly quick game.

Wattson

File:SpriteWattson.png Leader Wattson Mauville City Gym HeartGold Leader and Professor Wattson Oak Mauville City Gym HeartGold Reward: $????

File:Spr 5 101.png Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Soundproof Held item: Hard Stone Electrode Lv.61 Charge Electric Status   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Explosion Normal Physical   --       Rollout Rock Physical   --       File:Spr 5 310.png Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: Charcoal Manectric♀ Lv.60 Overheat Fire Special   --       Spark Electric Physical   --       Thunder Electric Special   --       Bite Dark Physical   --       File:Spr 5 026 m.png Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None Raichu♂ Lv.59 Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Iron Tail Steel Physical   --       Volt Tackle Electric Physical   --       Discharge Electric Special   --       File:Spr 5 181.png Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: Muscle Band Ampharos♂ Lv.57 ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --       Headbutt Normal Physical   --       Signal Beam Bug Special   --       Charge Electric Status   --       File:Spr 5 082.png Types: Electric Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: None Magneton Lv.56 Mirror Shot Steel Special   --       Discharge Electric Special   --       Tri Attack Normal Special   --       Flash Cannon Steel Special   --       File:Spr 5 125.png Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: Magnet Electabuzz♂ Lv.56 Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Shock Wave Electric Special   --       Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       ThunderPunch Electric Physical   --

Notes

• I started this run on December 16, 2010, and I finished on February 2, 2011. It took 48 days to complete this run.
• Electrode, Manectric and Raichu were hatched from eggs. Magneton and Electabuzz also came from the Pokéwalker course Suburban Area.
• Commentary: Not too bad of a run. Took a long time because of Christmas and New Years, though. I was very disappointed in the lack of variety in my team; other than Magneton, everyone else was pure Electric-type. All Electric-types also seem to learn the same attacks (Discharge, Thunderbolt, ThunderShock etc.), and the lack of other types of attacks really hurt me in the Gym and Elite Four battles. On another note, Raichu was annoying at the begining, but toughened up towards the end of the game.

Fantina

File:FantinaPlatinum.gif Leader Fantina Hearthome City Gym Platinum Leader and Professor Fantina Oak Hearthome City Gym Platinum Reward: $????

File:Spr 5 429.png Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Levitate Held item: Mind Plate Mismagius♂ Lv.61 Confuse Ray Ghost Status   --       Magical Leaf Grass Special   --       Psychic Psychic Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       File:Spr 5 354.png Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Insomnia Held item: Spell Tag Banette♂ Lv.60 Shadow Sneak Ghost Physical   --       Shadow Claw Ghost Physical   --       Faint Attack Dark Physical   --       Return Normal Physical   --       File:Spr 5 426.png Types: Ghost Flying Ability: Unburden Held item: Shell Bell Drifblim♂ Lv.58 Stockpile Normal Status   --       Thunderbolt Electric Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       Spit Up Normal Special   --       File:Spr 5 094.png Types: Ghost Poison Ability: Levitate Held item: Poison Barb Gengar♂ Lv.57 Focus Blast Fighting Special   --       Dark Pulse Dark Special   --       Sludge Bomb Poison Special   --       Shadow Ball Ghost Special   --       File:Spr 5 477.png Type: Ghost Unknown Ability: Pressure Held item: None Dusknoir♂ Lv.56 Shadow Punch Ghost Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Fire Punch Fire Physical   --       Rock Slide Rock Physical   --

Notes

• I started this run on February 3, 2011, and I finished on April 24, 2011. It took 80 days to complete this run.
• Mismagius and Banette were hatched from eggs sent over from my Pearl.
• This is the very first Gym Leader run where I have defeated the Champion of the Pokémon League without losing once.
• Commentary: This run was one of my favorites so far. However, 80 days to complete this is not acceptable. This is probably due to the fact that Black and White came out at the beginning of March. ^-^; I was very impressed with this team of Pokémon and the variety of attacks the group together could learn. Gengar and Mismagius really stood out, though. Dusknoir was a little difficult to train due to his low Attack and Special Attack stats when he was a Dusclops, but once he evolved, his stats sky-rocketed.

Coming Soon

• Erika