Wedlocke A Soul for a Soul - A Pokemon SoulSilver Wedlocke

LRachelR5 · Apr 18, 2020

So I have tried to document several HeartGold or SoulSilver wedlockes. And now I am trying another because I have some downtime whilst in lockdowns, so I am making it my objective to beat this game during this lockdown or just after it ends.

Rules

Any pokemon that faint are considered dead and must be boxed for the rest of the playthrough
Every Pokemon must be nicknamed (I am going with a Marvel theme for my nicknames)
You must catch the first encounter on each route
Gender clause: if I have 1,3 or 5 Pokemon in my party the next Pokemon must be of the gender that is least represented in the party
Gift clause: any gifts I receive is a free encounter and I can still get a Pokemon as an encounter
Genderless Pokemon cannot be caught and do not count towards a first encounter
Once a Pokemon is paired up it cannot be changed unless one of them dies and they can only be switched with their partner
Pokemon cannot be deposited into the PC unless collecting a gift Pokemon or an HM is required to continue
My starter is decided by the last digit of my Trainer ID 1,2,3 I pick the grass type, 4,5,6 I choose the fire type and 7,8,9 I pick the water starter. If I get a Zero I move one space to the left and use that number
The challenge is completed when I beat Red or if I white out and decide not to continue (if I white out towards the end of the game near the Red fight or Blue then I am unlikely to continue. If I still have Pokemon in the box then I can create a new team if I feel like it.

Update One

I headed downstairs to see my mother who told me that Professor Elm our neighbor wanted to see me about something. So after getting my stuff and bumping into Ethan and his Marill, I headed to the lab to find out that Professor Elm wanted to give me a Pokemon to travel with and to have it walk outside of its Pokeball like Ethan's Marill. So I picked up Bucky the Cyndaquil. Whilst I was there, the lab received an Email about something from Mr. Pokemon so I was sent out to collect whatever it was that Mr. Pokemon had. I said goodbye to my mother before heading on to Cherrygrove City where a kind gentleman showed me around and then gave me running shoes and the map card for my Pokegear. After walking through Route 30 a bit more I reached Mr. Pokemon's house he explained that he was given an egg from someone in Ecruteak City. After agreeing to take it back to Professor Elm Professor Oak decided to give me a Pokedex. As I left Professor Elm phoned and there was a commotion at the gym so I decided to make my way back there and outside of Cherrygrove I met a boy that had a Totodile which I assume was stolen from the lab. After beating the male I headed back to New Bark and told the authorities that the male was called Zemo. After agreeing to take on the gym challenge and saying bye to my mum Ethan taught me how to catch Pokemon. On Route 29 I caught Morgan the Pidgey then caught Rhodey the Rattata on Route 46 and Hope the Weedle on Route 30. On Route 31 I caught Pepper the Bellsprout and then caught Peter the Wooper on Route 32. In the Sprout Tower, I caught Casper the Gastly (which is an alias for Ghost). In the Dark Cave, I caught Hawkeye the Zubat. Before taking on the Sprout Tower trainers I decided to train up Peter, Pepper, Rhodey and Hope seeing as Morgan and Bucky will get plenty of exp in the Tower. I decided to train Peter and Pepper in Dark Cave against the Geodudes and trained up Rhodey and Hope on Route 30 and 31 against some Kakuna until they despawned. I decided to finish Peter against the Geodudes in the Dark Cave before heading to Routes 30 and 29 to train Hope and Rhodey up some more. The main issue is that training up Hope takes a long time because she doesn't have the highest stats so I decided to take a pause in my training till I can find more Kakuna to use as some easy exp. But she could take out the Hoothoot that were around with relative ease by poisoning them with poison sting so I decided to get her to level 7 so that she could at least evolve before I ended my training for the night. Tomorrow's plan is to finish training, take on Sprout Tower and then take on the gym.

Team

Pair One

Hope
Level: 7
Nature: Bashful
Ability: Shield Dust
Moveset:
- Poison Sting
- String Shot
- Harden

Rhodey
Level: 6
Nature: Serious
Ability: Run Away
Moveset:
- Tackle
- Tail Whip
- Quick Attack

Pair Two

Peter
Level: 10
Nature: Quirky
Ability: Water Absorb
Moveset:
- Water Gun
- Tail Whip
- Mud Sport
- Mud Shot

Pepper
Level: 10
Nature: Jolly
Ability: Chlorophyll
Moveset:
- Vine Whip
- Growth

Pair Three

Morgan
Level: 8
Nature: Careful
Ability: Keen Eye
Moveset:
- Tackle
- Sand-Attack

Bucky
Level: 8
Nature: Naughty
Ability: Blaze
Moveset:
- Tackle
- Leer
- Smoke Screen

Box

Casper
Level: 6
Nature: Quirky
Ability: Levitate
Moveset:
- Hypnosis
- Lick
- Spite

Hawkeye
Level: 2
Nature: Gentle
Ability: Inner Focus
Moveset:
- Leech Life

Deaths

None yet

LRachelR5 · Apr 22, 2020

Update Two

After finishing training I headed up the Sprout Tower using Morgan and Bucky. It did not take long to get through that. Then I headed to the Violet City gym where I beat Falkner and his birds with Morgan and Bucky. Then I picked up the Togepi egg. Heading onto Route 36 I picked up Rock Smash and taught it to Pepper then headed to Route 32 where I battled the trainers to level up the rest of my team seeing as Morgan and Bucky had been used so much. Next was a travel through the Union Cave where I caught Korg the Geodude. After getting through there it was night so I couldn't catch anything on Route 33 that I didn't already have so I headed straight to Ilex Forest and catching Nebula the Paras. When the next day came I caught Ned the Hoppip on Route 33 before going to see Kurt about Team Rocket at the Slowpoke Well. We headed over there and I fought the Grunts and Executive Proton. After Kurt agreed to make me some pokeballs I headed back to Slowpoke Well and caught Zola the Slowpoke. Next, it was time to train up for the next gym. I didn't train Morgan or Bucky because I will be using them in the gym so they will be getting experience in the gym. Once I got everyone to level 15 I headed into the gym. With the mixture of Gust and Ember taking out the trainers was pretty easy. Against Bugsy, I decided to lead with Bucky because he had more speed and defense that his partner. He only had his Scyther use Quick Attack and Focus Energy. I discovered that Quick Attack excluding a critical hit would two shot Morgan after I swapped her in to help Bucky when the Scyther was at red health. So it was a joint effort that beat the Scyther and then Morgan dealt with Kakuna and Metapod.

After healing up I was headed out to the Forest again where I ran into Zemo. He challenged me to a battle and I led off with Peter to fight his Gastly using Water Gun. Against Croconaw I used Pepper who put it to sleep before using Vine Whip, I know that it has Ice Fang but it didn't use it which I was thankful for. Next was Zubat so I went back into Peter and used water gun a few times to beat it. I was happy cause usually this fight it a bit on the trickier side for me. I went and healed up again before heading into the forest. I got the Fatfetch'd back and then before going further I went and got the Charcoal for Bucky. Then I got a few of my Pokemon Headbutt and got my Azalea Town encounter which was Steve the Heracross. I then headed back through the Ilex Forest and helped the Kimono Girl before getting to Route 34 where I caught Wanda the Drowzee. After battling the trainers and meeting Ethan's grandparents at the Day Care I arrived in Goldenrod City. Now I need to do some training before I take on Whitney, so my next update will include the exploration of Goldenrod and the area around it as well as battling the gym. However before I end I headed to Route 35 and tried dodging the trainers so that I can get an encounter which ended up being Thanos the Nidoran Male.

Team

Pair One

Pepper
Level: 16
Held Item: Miracle Seed
Moveset:
- Vine Whip
- Poison Powder
- Wrap
- Sleep Powder

Peter
Level: 16
Moveset:
- Water Gun
- Slam
- Headbutt
- Mud Shot

Pair Two

Hope
Level: 16
Moveset:
- Poison Sting
- Rock Smash
- Twin Needle
- Fury Attack

Rhodey
Level: 16
Moveset:
- Headbutt
- Bite
- Hyper Fang
- Cut

Pair Three

Morgan
Level: 18
Moveset:
- Tackle
- Sand-Attack
- Gust
- Quick Attack

Bucky
Level: 16
Held Item: Charcoal
Moveset:
- Headbutt
- Quick Attack
- Smoke Screen
- Ember

Box

Casper
Level: 6
Nature: Quirky
Ability: Levitate
Moveset:
- Hypnosis
- Lick
- Spite

Hawkeye
Level: 2
Nature: Gentle
Ability: Inner Focus
Moveset:
- Leech Life

Korg
Level: 8
Nature: Modest
Ability: Sturdy
Moveset:
- Tackle
- Defense Curl
- Mud Sport
- Rock Polish

Nebula
Level: 6
Nature: Docile
Ability: Dry Skin
Moveset:
- Scratch
- Stun Spore
- Poison Powder

Ned
Level: 8
Nature: Modest
Ability: Chlorophyll
Moveset:
- Splash
- Synthesis
- Tail Whip

Zola
Leve: 8
Nature: Bashful
Ability: Oblivious
Moveset:
- Curse
- Yawn
- Tackle
- Growl

Steve
Level: 4
Nature: Impish
Ability: Swarm
Moveset:
- Tackle
- Leer
- Horn Attack
- Endure

Wanda
Level: 12
Nature: Hardy
Ability: Foreworn
Moveset:
- Pound
- Hypnosis
- Disable
- Confusion

Thanos
Level: 12
Nature: Hasty
Ability: Rivalry
Moveset:
- Leer
- Peck
- Focus Energy
- Double Kick

Deaths

None

LRachelR5 · Apr 26, 2020

Just before I get into this update, I have been asked to come back to work on a part-time basis so updates may be a bit slow but I am still continuing with this challenge.

Update Three

I decided to train up for the gym around Route 35 and the National Park as well as in the basement in Goldenrod City. I also got a new Pokemon, mainly a Pinsir that I called Surtur in the Bug Catching Contest. After training, I took on the gym and won against Whitney after spamming Sand Attack from Morgan onto Miltank and then just using brut force to win. I collected the watering can and decided that since I usually always use Sudowoodo as my Route 36 encounter I decided that I would get a Pokemon in the grass which ended up being Natasha the Vulpix. On Route 37 I caught Pietro the Stantler before arriving in Ecruteak City, where I saved a Kimono Girl from a Team Rocket grunt then I decided that before taking on Zemo in the Burned Tower I would go west and get to Olivine City to get the Good Rod and some other encounters. On Route 38 I caught Kate the Farfetch'd then Route 39 yielded Tony the Meowth, after getting the Good Rod I caught Mantis the Krabby as my Olivine City encounter before heading back to Ecruteak and taking on Zemo in the Burned Tower with Pepper and Peter and after that fight Pepper evolved into Weepinbell. After catching Nick the Koffing I headed to the gym and fully soloed it with Rhodey seeing as none of the ghost types could touch him unless they used sucker punch or dream eater. Once that was done I headed east and caught Thor the Mareep on Route 42 before going back to Olivine City where I climbed the Lighthouse and met Jasmine and the sickly Ampharos. So I headed through Route 40 where I caught Frigga the Tentacool and then on Route 41 I caught Phil the Chinchou. When I arrived in Cianwood City I caught Bruce the Shuckle then got the medicine. On the way back I ended up losing Bucky and Morgan to the trainer that has two Gyarados so I replaced them with Natasha and Tony. Before heading to Mahogony Town to do the Team Rocket stuff I caught Mj the Poliwhirl in Ecruteak City then headed back to Violet City where I caught Helen the Exeggcute then in Cherrygrove City I caught Daniel the Hoothoot.

I headed to the Union Cave again to get to the grass area of the Ruins of Alph in order to catch something, but first I did get an Old Amber through Rock Smash so I'll be using that as a potential Pewter City encounter. Then I headed through the Union Cave and caught Peggy the Natu. Then I headed to Azela Town and to the basement of the Slowpoke Well to get the Kings Rock. I headed back through Ilex Forest and taught Tony Headbutt, then I Headed back to Goldenrod City and collected Return and even won Dragon Claw which could be very helpful later on. I headed through Route 42 and arrived in Mahogany Town then went north towards the Lake of Rage where I caught Riri the Pineco. Then I headed on to the Lake of Rage and caught Odin the shiny Gyarados. On the way back to Mahogany Town I fought the remaining trainers on Route 43 that I missed. Now before I go into the Mahogany hidden base I am going to do a bit more training with Tony and Natasha after I get the EXP Share from Mr. Pokemon.

Team

Pair One

Natasha
Level: 17
Nature: Bashful
Ability: Flash Fire
Held Item: Charcoal
Moveset:
- Ember
- Confuse Ray
- Will-O-Wisp
- Quick Attack

Tony
Level: 17
Nature: Lax
Ability: Pickup
Moveset:
- Headbutt
- Bite
- Fake Out
- Fury Swipes

Pair Two

Pepper
Level: 25
Held Item: Miracle Seed
Moveset:
- Vine Whip
- Acid
- Wrap
- Sleep Powder

Peter
Level: 25
Held Item: Quick Claw
Moveset:
- Surf
- Mud Bomb
- Headbutt
- Strength

Pair Three

Rhodey
Level: 25
Held Item: Silk Scarf
Moveset:
- Headbutt
- Crunch
- Hyper Fang
- Cut

Hope
Level: 24
Moveset:
- Pursuit
- Rock Smash
- Twineedle
- Fury Attack