How to Do a Monotype Challenge on Pokémon

Last Updated: September 9, 2020

A monotype challenge is a challenge in a Pokémon game geared towards people who have an affiliation toward a certain Pokémon type. In essence, you go through the entire game favouring only one type of Pokémon the entire way through.

Steps

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Start the game as normal. Choose your starting Pokémon.
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Choose a Pokémon type. E.g. Poison, Flying, Water, Ground... any type is acceptable, but some types may be more difficult than others due to rarity and so on).

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If the type you have chosen is not available at the beginning stage of the game, there are ways around this. For example the Dragon type does not make an appearance in most games until very late on. If this is the case, you can either trade the required Pokémon from a friend's game or use Gameshark codes to insert them.
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The aim of this challenge is to keep to one type throughout the entire game. Essentially, you will be experiencing the Pokémon world as though you were a budding Gym Leader!

Warnings

By doing a monotype run you will be exposing yourself to a huge potential weakness, so it may be wise to consider using some cross-types to combat this. It is especially useful if you are doing a Water-type run to incorporate a Water/Ground Pokémon to avoid a weakness against Electric-types.

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It is a very difficult challenge at times, so you may need to grind more than you usually would.

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