Underdog Challenge Pokemon Legends Arceus
Channel: Scotchman Na far
Date: 2022-11-03

This Is My Second Playthrough Of A Challenge I Call UnderDog Challenge. Which Is A Self-Invented Rule Set Designed To Provide A Unique Challenge To Legends Arceus, That I Wanted To Share Hoping Others Might Be Interested To Give It A Try. But With Being My First Upload Of Legends Arceus. I Wanted To Do A Narration Of The Story Along With Giving The Details To The Main Battles Of The Run. I Will Be Providing The Rules To The Regular Version And Hardcore Version below. I Have Beaten The Hardcore Version after Changing A Few Rules Mid-Run,  And have Finished Updated The Rules I Have Come Up With.


THE RULES FOR THE REGULAR VERSION

LIMITED TEAM SIZE TO A MAXIMUM OF TEN POKEMON

ITEMS ARE BANNED DURING BATTLES EXCEPT FOR NOBLE ARENA  BATTLES AFTER HAVING 
THE ENTIRE TEAM FAINT

ONLY TWO POKEMON CAN BE ADDED TO THE TEAM FROM EACH REGION "THE OBSIDIAN FIELDLANDS,  COBALT COASTLANDS" WITH THE STARTER COUNTING AS A CATCH FOR THE FIRST REGION

THE PARTY SIZE MAY NOT EXCEED YOUR OPPONENTS TEAM SIZE DURING BATTLE WITH 2 TEAMMATES FOR ALPHA AND NOBLE BATTLES, SPECTATORS ARE ALLOWED FOR SHARED EXPERIENCE POINTS

A SET LEVEL CAP FOR ALL STORY BATTLES WHICH IS DECREASES BY 1 LEVEL BEFORE CERTAIN BATTLES WHICH ARE THE FOLLOWING THE FIRST BATTLE AGAINST REI OR AKARI, THE SECOND BATTLE WITH REI OR AKARI, THE SECOND BATTLE AGAINST PEARL CLAN LEADER IRIDA, THE FIRST BATTLE AGAINST DIAMOND CLAN LEADER ADAMAN, THE THIRD BATTLE WITH REI OR AKARI, AND THE ALPHA VESPAQUEN HOLDING THE STONE PLATE FOR A TOTAL OF DROPPING THE LEVEL CAP 6 TIMES

EVERY POKEMON ADDED TO THE TEAM MUST BE THE FIRST SPECIMEN CAUGHT IN THAT REGION ANY CAUGHT IN A PREVIOUS REGION WILL NOT COUNT

NO TWO POKEMON ON THE TEAM CAN HAVE THE SAME TYPING " TWO WATER TYPES,  WATER AND A WATER POISON TYPE FOR EXAMPLE,

EVERY NOBLE MUST BE DEFEATED IN BATTLE BEFORE QUELLING IT


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USING GRIT TO EVE TRAIN FOR A TOTAL OF 6 POINTS FOR EACH TEAMMATE ADDING AT YOUR OWN DISCRETION 

STARTER CLAUSE TO SWAP THE STARTER FOR THE FIRST TEAMMATE CAUGHT IN THE WILD BEFORE THE FIRST REI OR AKARI BATTLE

CAPTURE CLAUSE TO EXCEED THE PARTY SIZE LIMIT FOR ALPHA AND LEGENDARY STORY BATTLES FOR EXTRA POKEBALL THROWS


THE RULES FOR THE HARDCORE VERSION

LIMITED TEAM SIZE TO A MAXIMUM OF SIX POKEMON

ITEMS ARE BANNED DURING BATTLES

IF ANY PARTY MEMBER FAINTS AT ANY TIME IT IS UNABLE TO BATTLE UNTIL BEATING THE NEXT STORY BATTLE IF IT FAINTS DURING A STORY BATTLE IT MAY BE REUSED IN THAT BATTLE, AS MANY TIMES AS IS DECIDED ON

ONLY ONE POKEMON CAN BE ADDED TO THE TEAM FROM EACH REGION "THE OBSIDIAN FIELDLANDS,  COBALT COASTLANDS" WITH THE STARTER COUNTING AS A CATCH BEFORE THE FIRST REGION

THE PARTY SIZE MAY NOT EXCEED YOUR OPPONENTS TEAM SIZE DURING BATTLE WITH ONLY 2 TEAMATES FOR ALPHA AND NOBLE BATTLES, SPECTATORS ARE ALLOWED FOR SHARED EXPERIENCE POINTS

A SET LEVEL CAP FOR ALL STORY BATTLES WHICH IS DECREASES BY 1 LEVEL BEFORE CERTAIN BATTLES WHICH ARE THE FOLLOWING THE FIRST BATTLE AGAINST REI OR AKARI, THE SECOND BATTLE WITH REI OR AKARI, THE SECOND BATTLE AGAINST PEARL CLAN LEADER IRIDA, THE FIRST BATTLE AGAINST DIAMOND CLAN LEADER ADAMAN, THE THIRD BATTLE WITH REI OR AKARI, AND AFTER DEFEATING THE ALPHA VESPAQUEN HOLDING THE STONE PLATE FOR A TOTAL OF DROPPING THE LEVEL CAP 6 TIMES

EVERY POKEMON ADDED TO THE TEAM MUST BE THE FIRST SPECIMEN CAUGHT IN THAT REGION ANY CAUGHT IN A PREVIOUS REGION WILL NOT COUNT

NO TWO POKEMON ON THE TEAM CAN HAVE THE SAME TYPING  "TWO WATER TYPES,  WATER AND A WATER POISON TYPE FOR EXMPLE"

EVERY NOBLE MUST BE DEFEATED IN BATTLE BEFORE QUELLING IT

MODERN TRAINER ALL POKEMON AFTER THE TUTORIAL MUST BE CAUGHT THROUGH BATTLING

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BACK STRIKES TO START BATTLES ARE BANNED

LONER CLAUSE,  THE FAINTING RULE DOES NOT TAKE EFFECT UNTIL CATCHING THE SECOND TEAMMATE OF THE RUN BUT THE NEXT STORY BATTLE MUST BE WON WITH THE NEW TEAMMATE ALONE

OUR ALL CLAUSE,   AFTER COLLECTING ALL ARCEUS PLATES THE FAINTING RULE NO LONGER APPLIES IN ORDER TO HAVE A FULL TEAM AGAINST VOLO IN THE FINAL BATTLE OF THE CHALLENGE BECAUSE OF THE SHEER DETERMINATION OF YOUR TEAM TO BE THERE FOR YOU ONE LAST TIME

TIMID CLAUSE,  AN EXCEPTION TO THE BANNING OF BACK STRIKING FOR ANY ATTEMPT TO 
CATCH A NEW TEAMMATE THAT MAY FLEE THE BATTLE

STARTER CLAUSE,  TO SWAP THE STARTER FOR THE FIRST TEAMMATE CAUGHT IN THE WILD BEFORE THE FIRST REI OR AKARI BATTLE

CAPTURE CLAUSE,  TO EXCEED THE PARTY SIZE LIMIT FOR ALPHA AND LEGENDARY STORY BATTLES FOR EXTRA POKEBALL THROWS

Chapters:
0:00 Introduction
16:09 The Crimson Mirelands
30:58 The Cobalt Coastlands
40:09 The Coronet Highlands
49:58 The AlaBaster Icelands
59:27 The Day Of The Red Sky
1:06:30 After The Revert To Last Save
1:20:45 A Few Words From The Player
1:21:12 The Post Game
1:32:10 The Confrontation With Volo Begins