As is a time honored tradition, after you beat the Elite Four and become Champion, you and your team are inducted into the Pokemon League Hall of Fame. And, having just beaten Blue once again for the first time in a long time, I thought it would be cool for people to show off their winnings teams and take their proper place in the KH13 Hall of Fame, as well as tell any fun stories you might have about the Pokemon you caught and your journey with them.
Trainer: TheBest
Version: Pokemon Blue
1. Caesar the Venusaur
Probably my favorite memory with Caesar was actually the fight against Brock. He was still low level, and didn't know any Grass moves other than Leech Seed, and he was the last one standing against Onix. So the strategy I used was Leech Seed and then spam Growl to the point where the Onix wasn't doing any damage that the Seeds couldn't replace. It was definitely one of my favorite fights, and kind of set up my strat for Caesar, which I affectionately referred to as The Waiting Game.
2. Napoleon the Fearow
Napoleon was actually the first one that I caught, mostly because I really hate Pidgeys and Rattatas. Hard to pick a specific memory about him, mostly because he's consistently reliable and shockingly resilient, which I guess speaks well about how he fit into the team, cleaning up against Fighting and Grass types.
3. Maxmillian the Raichu
The best part about Maxmillian is that I never meant for him to be on my team at all. I was just scrounging around Viridian Forest to catch a Pikachu in order to fill the Pokedex, and then started level grinding him alongside my Caterpie for a lol (also, shoutout to Wilhelm the Butterfree, who, if not on this team, certainly helped it get as far as it did). But, mostly because he was super useful against Misty and others, he eventually became a mainstay, and managed to single handedly get me past Lorelai.
4. Ivan the Onix
Sadly, most of my memories of Ivan come from how Rock Slide missed so very often, and how low his attack was in general. However, the reason I had him was because I taught him Dig, and he was a wrecking crew against Poison types. I think my favorite memory of him is the fight with Agatha, just because he was running low on Dig, I was running low on potions, and Gengar kept hitting him with Confuse Ray, which, more often than not, caused him to injure himself. But on his last shot, he managed to snap out of confusion and take out the Gengar, securing the win.
5. Charlamagne the Kingler
Honestly, my favorite part of training Charlamagne was when he was first a Krabby, caught at Level 15 among a team of almost Level 27. And in order to beef him up, I went to the Diglett Tunnel and slaughtered Digletts. Took forever, but eventually got him up to strength. But after that, it has to be his Guillotine clutch. Doesn't hit all the time, but it worked against Giovani's Rhydon, and against Lorali's Lapras. Not to mention that he got the last shot against my rival's Charizard, securing the championship.
6. Constantine the Magmar
One of the reasons I like Blue over Red is because Magmar is rad (and Pinsir!), and so I really made it my goal to get one upon hitting up Cinnabar Island. Because he came so late in the game, I don't have as many memories with him, but I kind of thought of him as something of a Dragoon, with low defense but high speed and attack, and he fought a good fight every time he came in.
As is a time honored tradition, after you beat the Elite Four and become Champion, you and your team are inducted into the Pokemon League Hall of Fame. And, having just beaten Blue once again for the first time in a long time, I thought it would be cool for people to show off their winnings teams and take their proper place in the KH13 Hall of Fame, as well as tell any fun stories you might have about the Pokemon you caught and your journey with them.
Trainer: TheBest
Version: Pokemon Blue
1. Caesar the Venusaur
Probably my favorite memory with Caesar was actually the fight against Brock. He was still low level, and didn't know any Grass moves other than Leech Seed, and he was the last one standing against Onix. So the strategy I used was Leech Seed and then spam Growl to the point where the Onix wasn't doing any damage that the Seeds couldn't replace. It was definitely one of my favorite fights, and kind of set up my strat for Caesar, which I affectionately referred to as The Waiting Game.
2. Napoleon the Fearow
Napoleon was actually the first one that I caught, mostly because I really hate Pidgeys and Rattatas. Hard to pick a specific memory about him, mostly because he's consistently reliable and shockingly resilient, which I guess speaks well about how he fit into the team, cleaning up against Fighting and Grass types.
3. Maxmillian the Raichu
The best part about Maxmillian is that I never meant for him to be on my team at all. I was just scrounging around Viridian Forest to catch a Pikachu in order to fill the Pokedex, and then started level grinding him alongside my Caterpie for a lol (also, shoutout to Wilhelm the Butterfree, who, if not on this team, certainly helped it get as far as it did). But, mostly because he was super useful against Misty and others, he eventually became a mainstay, and managed to single handedly get me past Lorelai.
4. Ivan the Onix
Sadly, most of my memories of Ivan come from how Rock Slide missed so very often, and how low his attack was in general. However, the reason I had him was because I taught him Dig, and he was a wrecking crew against Poison types. I think my favorite memory of him is the fight with Agatha, just because he was running low on Dig, I was running low on potions, and Gengar kept hitting him with Confuse Ray, which, more often than not, caused him to injure himself. But on his last shot, he managed to snap out of confusion and take out the Gengar, securing the win.
5. Charlamagne the Kingler
Honestly, my favorite part of training Charlamagne was when he was first a Krabby, caught at Level 15 among a team of almost Level 27. And in order to beef him up, I went to the Diglett Tunnel and slaughtered Digletts. Took forever, but eventually got him up to strength. But after that, it has to be his Guillotine clutch. Doesn't hit all the time, but it worked against Giovani's Rhydon, and against Lorali's Lapras. Not to mention that he got the last shot against my rival's Charizard, securing the championship.
6. Constantine the Magmar
One of the reasons I like Blue over Red is because Magmar is rad (and Pinsir!), and so I really made it my goal to get one upon hitting up Cinnabar Island. Because he came so late in the game, I don't have as many memories with him, but I kind of thought of him as something of a Dragoon, with low defense but high speed and attack, and he fought a good fight every time he came in.