The Best Monotype Run for Each Game | Part 2

[@riqua27]

Fun fact if you allow Island scanned In USUM you can get Marshtomp in Akala island. I used him in my mono type run of ultra moon and it was pretty fun.

[@CreamyPesto505]

Island scan has great options for a lot of types.

[@alfonsopayan09]

Glad you mentioned it such an underrated (and easy at that) underutilized feature that opens good mons

[@masterz7201]

I did a ghost monotype in Violet. I used Skeledirge, Anninlape, Dragapult, Gengar, Cereludge, and Mimimyku. It was so much fun and pretty challenging.

[@chrisjohnsen8448]

God, I could never see myself using Dragapult in any game. Nothing can justify how useless Dreepy is for how late it evolves, and that's on top of always finishing the game below the level Drakloak evolves.

[@masterz7201]

@@chrisjohnsen8448 ya but it is worth it in the end. I evolved him right before the last gym and he was a unit

[@shorewall]

That is a stacked lineup. Skeledirge, Annihilape, and Ceruledge are some of the coolest new pokemon. And Mimikyu and Gengar are some of my old favs.

[@michaelkowal3230]

No Gholdengo?

[@chrisjohnsen8448]

@@masterz7201 Lmao no it is not, that last gym is below the level Dreepy evolves into Drakloak even, and in multiple playthroughs none of my Pokemon have even hit 60 until postgame. Like you had to have overleveled.

[@Jacob-df5hr]

Monotyping the difficulty rom hacks is I think my favourite way to play Pokemon now. Nuzlocking them is a fun challenge but you have to take the time to plan everything out and I don't always want to have to pay that much attention. Monotyping it gives you an extra challenge but keeps it casual. I recommend it.

[@shepskydad]

Monotype is the perfect balance. A good level of challenge while still enjoying yourself haha

[@ejokurirulezz]

then if you play romhacks you dont play pokemon wtf

[@Jacob-df5hr]

@@ejokurirulezz I've been playing Pokemon since 1998 guy, you're not gatekeeping me on this one

[@scootermcpeanuts6699]

Yeah, I definitely get the appeal of nuzlockes but I like being able to get attached to my party members without constantly fearing for their lives. Plus, the limited options for team members means you can appreciate them a lot more.

[@youtube-kit9450]

Pretty much. Imo, nuzlockes are tedious annd boring.@@scootermcpeanuts6699

[@puffypuff3144]

Colosseum monotypes are funny because theres like. 3 eligible types. Normal, Flying, and Water are the only types you can get a full team of 6 in. I played mono-flying myself and it was pretty brutal, but mono-water would be pretty reasonable; you get plenty of options early on in Croconaw, Quagsire, Qwilfish and Mantine (plus Octillery once you purify Remoraid). Then there's lots of rain-dance users to play around with, Surf is a pretty handy AOE move, and your final team member is *Suicune*. Pretty stacked squad in a game thats normally quite anemic on team options.

[@shepskydad]

Lol I’m gonna do a Ghost run in Colosseum. Misdreavus vs THE WORLD.

[@Duck-de9dw]

@@shepskydad same energy as trying a diamond and pearl mono fire run!

[@shepskydad]

@@Duck-de9dw Even using every form of every fire mon doesn’t give you a full team 😭

[@nerdyfalco408]

​@@Duck-de9dwto be fair, just infernape is better than a full team of six misdreavus

[@scootermcpeanuts6699]

@@shepskydad The long anticipated sequel to Candice vs the universe.

[@hershey3987]

For BW2, you can just run around to build up friendship with Riolu to get Lucario before the first gym. Absolutely trivializes the early game, and then you already listed all the amazing steel types available later in the game.

[@yukiizura]

Once again, I have to give major props for the work that would have gone into Part 2 of this mini-series which has actually gotten me interested enough to attempt a monotype run myself at some point, once I figure out which game I want to try lmao. As for ScarVi, I'm someone who absolutely favours story and characters over anything else in basically every game, so for me, they're an easy 8.5/10. Terra is the first gimmick I've enjoyed, I love 90% of the new Pokémon, the story and character designs are incredible, and the region is nice enough for me. "Amazing, but flawed" is probably the best way I can describe them.

[@shepskydad]

“Amazing but flawed” is probably my favorite description yet. I think sometimes people focus on the negative aspects of performance to the point where they ignore the positives. That being said, the issues are warranted. Also thanks for all the support on videos and posts :)

[@yukiizura]

@@shepskydad Happy to support quality content :)

[@chunky_boo]

I love modified monotype runs, I call them gym leader runs, the modification is you can't level past the gym leaders ace and for professional courtesy you don't use more pokemon then the gym leader.

[@HeavenhoundGiuseppe]

I was not expecting to see fighting for X/Y. I was expecting fire, since the gyms and elite 4 are practically begging you to bring Delphox in particular to destroy them. I guess fighting just has so many busted Pokémon that it makes up for it.

[@geg708]

_Speed Boost Blaziken from the Mystery Gift pretty much dogwalks most of the game_

[@croatiancowboy]

yeah not to mention you get delphox, charizard, and talonflame as solid options just from bro's rules of "what's available before the first gym". i guess you get the monkey too but nobody is using that mon lol. plenty of other really good options later on including: torkoal, pyroar, houndoom even, CHANDELURE, and apparently a mystery gift speed boost blaziken?? like fire is totally stacked too.

[@1ntr0spect98]

mega lucarioooooooo💀💀💀dude idk who thought that was a good idea

[@DisastrousIntentionally]

I love Scarlet and Violet personally. Crafted my own monotype ruleset and have been having a blast doing challenge runs. I have done Normal, Bug, Dragon, Fairy, Steel and am approaching the endgame of my current Fighting run. All flaws aside, these games have been straight 9.75 out of 10 for me when it comes to fun. I feel like a kid again, haven't replayed a Pokemon game over and over like this in years! In case anybody is curious, my rules go as follows: No items in battle, no overleveling for the next boss (to the best of your ability), no EV training of any kind (including vitamins) and held item clause meaning you cannot use more than 1 of each held item on your team. On top of those rules, I have team restriction rules: -Only allowed 2 mons before the first gym badge, no fully evolved -3 mons, one fully evolved until 4th gym badge is earned -4 mons, two fully evolved until the 6th gym badge is earned -5 mons, 3 fully evolved until the 8th gym badge is earned -either 5 fully evolved or 4 fully evolved and 2 not fully evolved mons allowed until you beat the professor -no team restrictions post professor, challenge ends after the second Champion battle in the school tournament The team restrictions are specifically for important battles, I run around with a full team when battling the random trainers in the world cause I don't care about those battles lol I just be very careful with which mons I evolve due to the fully evolved restrictions on the boss battles.

[@nerdymidwesterner3662]

I love gen 9 so far, I did a fighting type mono team with Violet using Quaquaval, Annihilape, Pawmot, Lucario, Breloom, and Hawlucha.

[@AdamEspersona]

If I could, I would do a Fairy Mono run for Gen 7. Because then I get Primarina and Ribombee. Oh, and Alolan Ninetales, Sylveon, Mimikyu, and TAPU KOKO.

[@AoiLucine]

Honestly, I adore Scarlet and Violet. I'm really big into the characters of Pokemon games, and the plot of Violet grabbed me by the throat and hasn't let go since it's release. I'm pretty lentient to jank in games if they make me *feel* something, and Violet kinda broke my heart into pieces, sooo... Yeah. I love it.

[@notgrumm]

I’d argue that ghost is the best for SV. Skeledirge, as always, is absolutely bonkers, but unlike fire you get much better coverage for your weaknesses. Ghost doesn’t like dark and normal too much, but the mankey line can take care of those fights with relative ease. Early game can be handled with just your crocalor and mankey, late game is covered with skeledirge, annihilape, gholdengo (assuming you care enough), gengar, Mimi kyu, and palossand. The largest threat to ghosts is opposing ghosts, and although that rule doesn’t apply much to ryme’s god awful movesets, Iono Mismagius is definitely a possible run killer. Thankfully yet again crocalor comes in to save the day by not being weak to either stabs and being able to yawn and snarl it, and then something such as brambleghast can come in and nuke it with a tera grass bullet seed for example. Heck I don’t even think crocalor is needed for that, if you have tera grass brambleghast you definitely win like immediately. Overall I feel like ghost is the best type just because it has no unsurpassable matchups, while fire has to deal with the tatsugiri and dondozo, an entire ground type elite four member, a dragon type elite four member, a water type gym, and early klawf. And dark has to deal with the 2 hardest bosses of the hardest story line countering you, fairy Ortega and fighting eri. Yeah you get pawniard and skuntank for Ortega, along with spiritomb sableye Grimmsnarl honchkrow for Eri, but that’s not nearly enough. Fighting is actually maybe as good as ghost for the runs tho, just as the mons with coverage are strong enough to blast through their counters, like pawmot obliterating E4 Larry.

[@truekeyblade5563]

Im currently doing an electric type mono run of violet. The only struggles you will have will be Great Tusk/Iron Treads (depending on which version you play), and Rikka. Rotom and Pincurchin(with electric surge) are incredible members and while you have very limited options, the additional typings you can use along with Rotom make this run quite fun. Plus, the reason on why i chose violet is because if you plan on doing the dlc then you have more opportunities to use the Alpha Miraidon as your electric surge pokemon.

[@ericacevedo5366]

Not to mention pooplio/primarina is super effective against every single kahuna in the game plus Raticate marowak/slazzle Komo-o Also ofc it’s fighting the fact you can get Flamigo, a 500 BST pokemon before you even get to Los Platos is insane

[@MagnezoneSH]

Did a monoSteel run on Shining Pearl once, I just gave myself a Scarmory from Sword and Shield at some point since I love this Pokémon. I ended up having Empoleon, Magnezone, Scarmory, Bronzong, Scizor and Steelix. It was pretty fun!

[@thewildfirewarrior2773]

I had a lot of fun doing a Poison monotype run of Scarlet. You get Wooper, Gastly, and Shroodle before Mesagoza. Then from there you get fun stuff like Salazzle, Skuntank, Dragalge, Toxicroak, Muk, Seviper, Toxtricity, Amoonguss, Seviper, Venomoth, Toxapex, Revavroom, Glimmora, Qwilfish, and (for Violet) Swalot. I ended up using Hauntikins the in-game trade Gengar, Salazzle, Dragalge, Toxtricity, Amoonguss, and Glimmora, plus Skuntank to help with the psychic gym. Currently I'm doing a Fire run of the game, using Skeledirge, Houndoom, Volcarona, Tauros-Blaze, Rotom-Heat, and Scovillain.

[@notfabio9858]

These vids actually made me interested in doing mono normal runs. There are lots of Norma types i know wanna use but I almost never have space in my in game teams for them. I might go through each region doing mono normal now

[@rowan4573]

I did a fun Fighting Type run of Scarlet, lots of solid options

[@blueerogames]

Honestly, Steel seems like a way more interesting (if easy early) type for gen 5 part 2 by forcing yourself to grind Friendship for Lucario before Cheren. Then your early game is stacked, and Steel is just such a good type Edited because i just said "gen 5" initially

[@TinkLink1111]

I really like Scarlet & Violet, I only have 2 small problems w them: No level scaling (this would’ve made the game so much more fun and distinct but I get why they didn’t do it) and how it runs sometimes like the infamous glitches/how certain textures look when far away from a model (rip Gible). But outside of those things everything else is amazing: the music, the new Pokémon, the diversity, the length, the end game. It’s a solid 9.5/10 for me.

[@shepskydad]

I think level scaling would have literally perfected Scarlet and Violet. The way things are going, I wouldn’t be surprised if an upcoming Gen introduces proper scaling.

[@TinkLink1111]

@@shepskydad I hope so that’d be amazing, especially if wild Pokémon are scaled too. Being able to run with whatever you want from the start would be unreal and would add a ton of replay ability

[@zetafish7347]

When it comes to the bugs, as long as they don't negatively impact the gameplay I really don't mind them. Honestly some of the glitches are just funny too, which is why I get really annoyed when people insist that I care about the glitches as if I'm required to be as miserable as they are.

[@Pizza7478]

@@zetafish7347 The most annoying thing about those people for me is the fact that I saw literally 0 glitches/Texture issues/bugs/etc, other than 1 single time I got disconnected from my friends party, and that's almost 100% more on NintendoNet than Pokemon

[@saracolby8084]

thank you. i loved this video and similarly to you i love ghost types and have done a ghost type run in every generation from gen 6. while i might not be able to get pokemon before the first gym, my love for the type always made me want to play more. especially in sword and shield where i got the starter from the ghost tower raid den and just kept getting pokemon until i beat the game and post game with relative ease. I remember my team being jellicent, delhmise, Dragapult (which i got before the second gym with just a little bit of research in the chances of max raid dens.),chandlure, runerigus, and mimikyu. shout outs to aeigislash and froslass for being a huge help while i was going throughout the story and didn't have all the options i wanted(specifically mimkyu).

[@Sunswipes]

So, somehow out of all the types I decided to do monotype run with for each game (some already done, some in the future) (in mine, remakes + Legends Arceus were added to the list and USUM was not combined with SM), only 1 gets close to being the best one, Normal type in Gen 2. I.e. Chose steel for DPP, Dark for ORAS and electric for FRLG etc. The problem with my list is the at least do not follow the rules of 1 member for the 1st gym. But at least I'm not attempting Ice in Gen 3 Hoenn. Not only because under the rules stated in the video, but if we were adding the rule of no legendaries (which you really should). You have Glalie and Walrein to utilise. And only Glalie + Walrein. But it gets worse, in a normal playthrough you have to wait until Shoal Cave. Or you know, the place where you get a shell bell, the cave right about the 7th gym. Game Freak really did like putting ice types at the end game didn't they. This also means Glacia's team is amongst the worst for any elite four member. But at least she stuck to her type rather than a certain someone in DP. But also thanks for making a part 2.

[@shepskydad]

Not even Wailord! Just Glalie lol. The only thing worse is like a Gen 1 Dragon run lol. Also great choice in Steel for DPP.

[@Sunswipes]

@@shepskydadI meant Walrein, like yeah the names start similarly but are fundamentally different pokemon. I dunno how I got the two mixed up. But at least a gen 1 dragon one, when you get dragonite it'll be amazing, which could be like 50-75% of the way through. And the DPP steel type run did make me love bronzong, specifically when it evolved. Trying to use a bronzor was the opposite of fun, the same feeling as using a bastiodon and having to wait until level 52 for it to get iron head. A pokemon with 52 attack. Though not as painful as my HGSS psychic type or BW2 Ground type runs.

[@Samfran102]

Shoutout to the piano in the background of the dog pic.

[@kalosianporygon]

*Cynthia encounter theme plays*

[@OriginalSketch6494]

Liked and subscribed! Part one got recommended to me, so here's hoping the algorithm pops off for you man. I can never commit to the challenge of a nuzlocke whenever I try, so monotype runs have been my jam for a while now (plus, who doesn't love a theme?). I did a mono-Bug run in Emerald and it was insanely tough, lol. The team was a bunch of fun though: Beautifly, Dustox, Heracross, Pinsir, Ninjask, and Armaldo. I'm also a fan of monochromatic runs, as they allow for more variety while still holding the overarching theme. I did another Emerald run with a green team that shaped up really cool: Kecleon, Cradily, Flygon, Breloom, Ludicolo, and Gardevoir. Really great work on these vids, the quality is top notch and you have a great voice for narration!

[@spook4429]

Shoutout to my bug run in moon which was really fun and kinda challenging. The hardest matchup was with fire, as i didnt have many options that could really do much against poison and fire until my butterfree finally got a psychic move, but even then, that dang lizard was too fast lol

[@14akamaru]

I've done several monotype runs during my years. Water in Alpha Sapphire, Fairy in Y, Ghost in Moon, Grass in Shield, and Normal in Violet.

[@calamitysalmon6313]

Oh hey, I actually did a monotype Ghost run in my first (and only) playthrough of Moon! It was a great time. Mismagius was an absolute beast for most of the run lol

[@Kali_Krause]

I did a Fighting type run in Black 2 with Scrafty being the MVP :)

[@shepskydad]

I don’t think GameFreak realized how good Scrafty was in the games they released him 👑

[@uhhnotluke4319]

6:42 okay small nitpick BUT you can’t actually get gliscor in kalos until AFTER the elite 4. i know this because i wanted to use one and found out the evolution item is bought in the battle maison. i was so mad

[@urpalalis]

important to note that in bw2 you can get lucario before the first gym if you're willing to run around aimlessly for thousands of steps.

[@cparle87]

Mono type runs are a super cool idea. I think I'll try one.

[@killdozer7792]

A word of advice for anyone doing a Fighting monotype run for Black 2 or White 2 - DON'T try it on White 2 unless you've got a lot of patience or a friend to trade. The issue is Heracross. In Black 2, it's pretty easy to find. In White 2, it can only be found in ONE of the hidden grottos, and even then it's got about a 0.25% chance of appearing.

[@isray89]

10:24 - Not gonna lie, I was really hoping Milo would redeem himself at some point in the late game, since grass is my favorite type. Or.... maybe I was just thirsty. Probably the second one.

[@sonofksmith]

+3 for quality +2 for story telling +1 for uniqueness +2 for revolutionaryness 9/10 for Pokémon Scarlet & Violet

[@samblair9634]

Hey Shepsky, I’ve been bingeing your channel and love the content, you’ve earned a subscribe. I’m glad you mentioned how open ended gens 8 and 9 are. In Gen 8 I’ve done Fighting, Psychic, and Steel which were all a blast and each so unique. Now in Gen 9 I’ve done Rock, Ice, and just recently wrapped up Poison. All of them were so fun!

[@danieljohnson9917]

Fun fact regarding Hawlucha and Flamigo in S/V. If you get a Tera Ground one and give it Tera Blast, the only mons in the game that resist Fighting, Flying, and Ground are base form Rotom and Kilowattrel. If you include legendaries, then Thundurus and Kantonian Zapdos too. I know this doesn't apply to monotype runs, but still, very fun. Go bully some NPCs.

[@charlynecalderon5558]

I actually did a mono dark type run for my first gen 9 play through and honestly, it was pretty fun and had fun with making psychic/poison Pokémon tera dark. The only hurdle that got me was the last team star member Eri. Mostly due to how stacked her team is and the fact that the star mobile can easily set up and wipe any squad.

[@ReginaldCosmic]

I’m currently doing a “Game Mastery Challenge” for the mono type run of every type in Pokémon Ruby & Sapphire on the PokéCommunity forumgrounds. (No, i do not understand why Emerald was excluded, though I guess the rule that says third versions are a different game makes more sense for Platinum.) I started with Ground-type, and now I’m doing a Flying-type challenge. Ironic that Earthquake won’t affect my team at all now. There’s a lot of caveats to the challenges because obviously, you can’t catch the dragon-type Pokèmon before the 1st gym, so I gotta hack in Bagon. I am really dreading the Ice-Type challenge because there’s all of two fully evolved Pokémon species for me to use (though the rules say I can use more than one of each). Still though, it’s going to be a wild ride! (Edited for clarity)

[@redrazorx-23]

Hawlucha is honestly such a beast, I actually regret not using it sooner.

[@shamblingincompetence8966]

I went for a Flying-type run in Violet recently, used Salamence, Hawlucha, Talonflame, Pelipper, Tropius and Kilowattrel, and had an absolute blast! Thinking of a Steel mono run in Sword soon, see how that goes!

[@ttuesdayy1]

I did a mono mono normal run in sword, meaning only pokemon that are mono-normal. I actually had a lot of fun with it too, and it gave me a lot of respect for wooloo and especially greedent! Those 2 were the powerhouses, and I'm not sure I could pick a favorite between them

[@patkillian5925]

Now that I finally have my living dex pretty much complete (minus Zarude =P), I've been looking to replay some of the games and have been considering redoing Scarlett. And I think these videos gave me a good reason to pick it back up- a mono-type run! Still not sure what type I want to try yet but it feels like a really fun adventure!

[@johnvincenttabasa4380]

I did Flying in Y. Team was Talonflame, Vivillon, Crobat, Sigilyph, Hawlucha, and Noivern. MVP was Ricochet the Hawlucha but Vivillon exceeded expectations with Compound Eyes-Hurricane.

[@adstheflareon8770]

I totally love scarlet and violet, i think it is the best game in the series (as long as they eventually fix up all the glitches}

[@josephcirrincone9596]

Facts

[@DJ-0]

I think its great but its has elements that were done substantially better in PLA the gameplay is much less engaging

[@ejokurirulezz]

guess you got a brain tumor if you dont see how disgusting it is.glitches is not the issue. game itself is garbage.

[@leargamma4912]

I would agree, if they had actual side content, options, (menu and speed) and actual worldbulding for towns and locations. When olivine's lighthouse has more world building than all the towns in scarlet and violet combined... you have a big problem.

[@scootermcpeanuts6699]

My biggest gripe with it is how empty the world feels, half the towns in the game are like, 2-3 actual buildings, with the rest being un-enterable. Not to mention the shops just straight up not even having an interior. The idea of an open world Pokémon game is cool, but it also comes at the cost of the routes just being unmemorable flats of grass.

[@AdamEspersona]

For Scarlet and Violet (including the DLC) I could see myself pulling off a Grass Monotype run. Why? Two reasons: Meowscarada and Ogerpon. And the best part is of course Ogerpon’s masks which allow her to keep her Grass-type on top of three additional secondary types: Water, Fire, and Rock. And besides, Meowscarada has a scary amount of coverage with moves like Flower Trick, Night Slash, Brick Break, Play Rough, Aerial Ace, and the like.

[@blinkspot2667]

I did a ghost run years ago on my copy of Pokemon Ultra Moon. Definitely was a lot of fun and would highly recommend!

[@ThibsyCube]

I’ve done 1 monotype before which is Bug type in Sapphire. I really enjoyed it!

[@asmodeus58XX]

Skeledirge is possibly the most broken starter after Swampert. Funny thing is, the third most broken IMHO is Infernape (though it has a tough competition with Bulbasaur). Not only is almost every single gym type weak to either Fire or Fighting, but it's the only original Sinnoh Fire type. Makes it kinda special. But here comes an even more favored Fire starter. You thought you were the chosen one, *but it was me, Dio - I mean Skeledirge!*

[@notdarkpls]

I played through Violet with a fire monotype. It was a super fun way to experience the games. :)

[@Ceven77]

I really like SV for a chill normal playthrough, but in a monotype run where you're looking for very specific pokemon and only really care about getting to the next important battle, the open-world-ness can get tedious. Maybe I'll do a monotype for my first playthrough of the next game.

[@sykora9526]

When I first started this video and heard the music in the background I went nuts cus it sounded so familiar and was such a bop but I couldn't remember what it was lol. I knew the soundfont sounded like heartgold/soulsilver so i just combed through that soundtrack for ages until I found out it was the SS Aqua theme lol, great choice! I personally had a lot of fun with scarlet and violet, I think the environments look like n64 graphics and they released super buggy, but I personally never had any glaring issues while I was playing through the game, even at launch. And I find that scarlet and violet have a very enjoyable endgame with tera raids, and shiny sandwiches making shiny hunting more accessible than its ever been. I actually went and got a ton of shinies for the first time ever because of it. I agree that Sword and Shield are great for monotype runs, I bred an alolan ninetales (my favorite pokemon) with snow warning from my copy of ultra sun, sent over the vulpix to a fresh shield file, and used it as my starter for a mono ice run, and did great. Mamoswine was the mvp.

[@levelseamstress9412]

I did a bug type mono run of sword with Araquanid, Centiskortch, Vikavolt, Ribombee, Orbeetle, and Frosmoth. And I did a fire run of Scarlet with Blaze breed Tauros, Rotom Heat, Ceruledge, Scovillain, Salazzle, and Skelidirge. I love doing mono type runs and they’re honestly a lot more fun in my opinion than Nuzlockes cause they’re much more casual and not so rng baded but you’re still pushed to use new pokemon and one that you might not have given a second thought otherwise (looking at you Ribombee)

[@skyeturnip]

I wanted to do a mono fire badge quest, but there aren't enough fire types for each gym, so I added fighting

[@jeromedurand1067]

For X and Y, Flying type also gets a mega I think, being Aerodactyl Might not change anything but worth noting

[@aerolister8093]

I recently did a fire monotype run of Scarlet and used Skeledige, Arnarouge, Pyroar, Scorvillian, Salazzle, and Camerupt

[@Nosretep]

Gen8 Fire: Cinderace Coalossal(Stealth Rocks for Leon) Centiscorch Chandelure Reshiram(DLC) Entei(DLC) Blacephalon(DLC)

[@toxicperson8936]

I did an ice type playthrough of blue on the VC recently. My team was Dewgong, Cloyster, Lapras, Jynx, Articuno, & Slowbro (I figured Lorelei uses Slowbro, & there are only 5 ice types in Gen 1.) It actually went extremely well. Dewgong & Lapras are a lot better in Gen 1 because their special attacks are a lot higher, Jynx is one of the best mons in any Gen 1 playthrough, & STAB Blizzard from Articuno hits everything pretty hard.

[@dvillines26]

my very first monotype run was prior even to the release of Ruby/Sapphire, with a Water run of Gold, using Feraligatr, Quagsire, Mantine, Octillery, Qwilfish, Lanturn, and Gyarados. I don't remember if I used Lapras or not. I was under the mistaken impression (an impression not rectified until recently, in fact) that Tentacool/Tentacruel were NOT GOOD, which is why I went with Qwilfish. I...did not look up stats at the time. but it'd be a while before I did another monotype, and that was in White 2, where I did a Bug run. I also ended up doing a Grass run, where I learned how truly busted Ferrothorn is. What an insane Pokemon, lol. I didn't do monotypes in the next several generations, but I've set for myself a project of eventually doing EVERY TYPE in Violet. I've already completed Grass and Normal. I'll miss Arboliva, having used it so much (it was also in my initial run's team rotation, so I used it three times, lol, the thing is very good with some investment, not even needing type coverage). Violet is great for monotypes because, yes, all the starters have secondary types in their final form, but also almost every type has something catchable under level 21, and you actually can go almost anywhere that has Pokemon under the obedience cap, with the notorious Cliff Skip, which takes some patience but is not hard to pull off. I think Ice, Rock, Steel, and Dragon are the only hard ones. but other than Ice it can still be done with only a little trouble.

[@spellswordmain]

As good as these videos are, I think a more interesting question than "what's the best monotype for each generation?" is "what is the monotype that gives you the most interesting challenge?" And what I mean by this is, yeah, Fighting types completely invalidate gen 6, but what other monotype runs are viable, and could give you a meaningful challenge? In most gens, specially the older ones, it's impossible to do monotype runs of several types due to availability, but I've personally been trying less obvious options and having a lot of fun. I did a Electric type run of White 2 (hacking in a Pichu as my starter, granted), a Steel run of Platinum, a Psychic run of Y, and I'm currently on a Flying run of Soul Silver. I think these runs become a lot more interesting if you pick a type that has poor matchups along the game, instead of ones that just blast through everything. It's hard to determine viability because of availability of types, so that's why I think a video on this angle would be interesting

[@scootermcpeanuts6699]

These videos alongside the one by magcarjoe are what introduced me to monotype runs, I’m definitely planning on attempting a mono-rock run when I get the chance. My thoughts on scarlet and violet are pretty mixed. I can’t say much on the gameplay since I haven’t played it, though, in spite of its flaws the open world aspect and the lack of required HMs seems like it would make traversing the world a lot more fun. The Pokémon designs, for the most part, are also pretty nice. There are a couple lame ones here and there (here’s looking at you, pawmo.) but there’s also a lot of great ones. Glimmet, arboliva and wo-chien have actually become some of my favorites. In terms of the flaws, People tend to hammer on the game for its bugs, which, yes, it’s not really excusable that the game was released in such a poor state, but that’s not really the big issue I have with the game. By far my biggest gripe with it is just how lackluster the region itself feels. For a region based on Spain, it really doesn’t feel all that alive. The transition to open world was kind of a double edged sword, while, from the looks of it, it made for some fun gameplay and traversal, but it also removed the concept of routes, meaning you no longer get interesting environments that flesh out the region and vary based on where you go, instead it’s just big flats of grass with the occasional empty beach. Not to mention the towns full of houses that are literally only there for decoration since you can’t enter them, plus the shops just bring menu screens. Also, this is more of a petty issue, *but why did they remove the fossil Pokémon in the games about the past and future.* Overall I’d give it 4.5/10. There’s definitely potential but it really feels like gamefreak screwed the game over by rushing it out. A lot of the games issues could probably have been fixed if it just had a little more time in the oven.

[@briandoss9232]

I did something similar to a monotype challenge in gens 1 and 2. (My gen 3 games had some technical difficulties that eventually came for my gen 2 games too...) and I would try to beat the elite 4 with a mono type team. Certain types definitely had more issues than others.

[@Roxaslovergirl13]

I did a fire monotype of Scarlet. I used Skeledirge, Talonflame, Sovillain, Armarouge, Camerupt, and Blaze Breed Tauros.

[@SargeWolf010]

Hm im surprised Pokémon Legends: Arceus wasn't mentioned [and from personal experience Ghost only in that game was fuckin hard man]

[@alfonsopayan09]

All I can say is in b2w2 is magnemite line basically a pseudo legendary crazy good

[@chrisjohnsen8448]

I did a Ghost run and traded over a Hisuian Zorua and Rowlet to be able to use them in Scarlet. SV are also unique for Monotype runs because of 1 thing - Tera. Think about it, if Iono can use it to have Mismagius on her Electric team and Kofu can use it to have Crabominable on his Water team, I have no reason not to be allowed Garganacl on my Ghost team or Grumpig on my Flying team.

[@armormartin4267]

My thoughts on Scarlet and Violet:8 However, the way home is one of if not the best story in Pokémon. It is very good

[@Bahkieh]

I did a mono ghost run for Violet. Was a good time.

[@DJBlackNGold]

IMO Ghost should get an honorable mention in ScVi but partially because it's CARRIED by Annihilape.

[@pheonixmaster5633]

Tip for pokemon x and y: you can get a riolu before the 1st gym from the way that is going from the side of the gym which will help you to against grant if you have taken delphox

[@camillalapolentona84480]

Aint no way you slept on Sigilyph for gen 6

[@shepskydad]

I’m ashamed. Sigilyph is underrated 👀

[@Socioromanticism]

10:48 I'd give it a 7/10 with 2 points for unforgivable graphics and performance alone. I'm not a _grafics_ guy, but this is one of the few games, Pokémon or otherwise, where performance and the look of the world detracts from my enjoyment of the game. The other point goes to not having enough stuff to do outside of the main quests. The post-game, side quests, and finding optional secrets, games, etc. is lacking. But the story is great, the variety of Pokémon is outstanding, it is still fun to battle, and the characters gave me more motivation to keep moving through the story than maybe any other game.

[@leifgunni]

I did a mono ghost type in Shield, because of Pokémon HOME I made my starter a level 5 Dreepy so as soon as I could I put my starter in the PC and got Dreepy

[@ohyeawooyea7708]

You can also get Great Tusk before you reach Area Zero if you're playing scarlet

[@crescentsrolls1507]

This video is amazing!! I can't wait to do a monotype run now

[@scootermcpeanuts6699]

Someone said this on the previous video but I think it would be neat to go over the inverse of this and figure out what the worst monotype is for a playthrough of each generation.

[@Miner49r]

As someone who is doing a mono dark type run in SV, my one recommendation is DO NOT USE pawniard. Pawniard sucks i only kept it for bisharp. But due to its high level needed to evolve and lacking move pool pawniard leaves more to be desired. Not to mention to get kinggambit you need to beat all the titans

[@pauloing1pauloing167]

01:20 click here to start the video

[@the_real_swiper]

Best monotype for Gen 9 is clearly the BUG-Type 🤣🤣🤣

[@thesuperthingymabob8209]

another underrated steel for bw2 btw is escavalier if you have the option to trade oh also wishiwashi is another alola water type that is really fun to use and kinda underrated bc of its ability

[@robertlupa8273]

14:09 Wow the guy on the right looks great! (yes I somehow *_still_* haven't really seen anything substential from ScVi. don't judge me)

[@olivergunner4135]

Although not easy, the most fun I had with a monotype run was in B2W2 with the bug type

[@lazertoast]

10:02 JOLTIK AND GALVANTULA!!

[@Anonymous-lv4di]

I think SV are the best mainline games

[@anawfullotofcups]

I’m an OG pokemon fan from its beginning, and I’ve still not played Scarlett and violet. Honestly, I don’t feel a strong urge. I’m so fatigued by open world games, I just don’t wanna deal with it. Love content about it but I probably won’t pick it up any time soon

[@shaekelley6500]

Now would you look at that. The first day I discover your part one monotype and subscribe you upload part to literally the same day. Talk about blind luck considering yours truly is a blind Pokémon fan I have lots of reasons how I'm able to play sound design is your best friend when you can't see. Also considering the Internet is has text to speech readers any information statistic/RPG wise is good on my end. Corners I'm a new fan of the Contant and I hope to see more videos

[@hibikuokudan]

Melemele island actually has at least one Pokémon of every type on it, so SM can be used for any monotype run

[@TheGodIvy]

Except some cant be found until after the first trial, so no

[@hibikuokudan]

@@TheGodIvy ah, I forgot that detail lol

[@iamwilts]

My first and only monotype run was ghost in shield I bred a shiny dreepy to become my ace later on

[@ScarletRebel96]

Great video always happy to watch ur pokemon videos

[@mastablastarocks]

I did a pokemon diamond mono electric type run a while back. It was fun. Luxray, pachirisu, and rachiu. That's it. Ended up choosing to go through the elite 4 and cynthia with just my boi Luxray. I somehow did it lol.

[@tehSunBro]

I kinda would love a list of the opposite. Same rules apply, must be able to get at least 1 before the first gym. But what would be the worst/hardest type for a monotype in each gen?

[@ErrorMessage01]

You should do this same video but for the 2nd iteration of the games

[@kalebrhea5822]

I did a fighting mono-type run of Scarlet, and it was such a breeze! Ironically, the hardest part was the fighting type star base. (Yes, I had more resets to Eri than Larry in the elite 4). As for my opinion on Gen 9… I want to love it so much. I have completed 4 runs, and I have gone back to the DLC. This game just runs like molasses and I absolutely HATE the terra Raids. I have never gotten into emulation, but every time I pick up the controller, I ask myself if it is worth it to dump my rom onto the computer and find a performance patch. I recently picked back up my copy of Shield… It has been so much fun to return to this game. This is my 14th run of gen 8. Even though it is linear, the gym teams are more challenging (Except Milo), and there is so many different ways to play the game when you have the DLC too. Also, the Dynamax raids play way better than the terra raids. I wish the timer system would be in gen 8 and the turn counter would be in gen 9. I like the timer better, but it is inexcusable for me to loose 15-20 seconds of time while the switch is trying to load my next round of options. The timer never slows down even when I can see the frame-rate. I feel like I am loosing out on a couple minutes of the raid just waiting to click my next move

[@thegreatarsene8771]

Currently running Dark Mono in S/V

[@peterrealar2.067]

So for me, Scarlet and Violet were still backstabbed by DEXIT because if you DID want a Monotype run of every type, you'd be missing a subtype that would deal with every gym, every titan, or every Team Star mission. Like my Grass types severely are missing Ferroseed to resist the Rock types. I had to get a Steel Tera Deerling to best that damn Bombirdier. I'd give it a 7 out of 10. It's better than SwSh, but those glitches are BAD for the experience.

[@PriestessOfSlaanesh]

Disagree on the "before the first gym" rule. Just be reasonable and dont pick dragon type or something lol. Its totaly fine to do an electric run in BW for example when you get your starter between 1st and 2nd gym

[@Fallen_Angel_AA]

I stand Quaquaval's tail feathers

[@shepskydad]

I mean I stand Hawlucha’s in the thumbnail so I can’t judge

[@peteypiranalover]

7.5 out of 10 for Scarlet Violet. Enjoy it a lot. A lot of minor things keep it down. I would prefer to play scarlet/Violet over gen 7,6,8 or Lets Go.

[@aminn003]

Ooh I love doing my monotype runs lol

[@darrylleverett5097]

Why you have to show Pikachu get violated like that for MEGA LUCARIO 😂