I started my fighting challenge on Emerald shortly after posting, and to begin with, I named myself 'Chuck' after Chuck Norris, seeing as I have a fighting team. Of course, I picked Torchic, seeing as it evolves into Blazkien. Male, with a Docile nature, and I named him Scorch because of his fire typing. I beat May's Mudkip with ease, and swiftly made my way over to Petalburg Woods, avoiding a couple of trainers along the way. It didn't take me long to find a wild Shroomish, male, with a hasty nature, and I named him Herb because of his grass typing. I then went back and battled all the trainers I skipped to give Herb some good experience, before heading off to Rustboro.
Around the Rustboro area, I caught a Marill and a Nincada to use Surf and Cut respectively, before training Scorch to level 16 so that he would evolve into Combusken. Roxanne was an absolute pushover with a Shroomish and a Combusken, and barely managed to hurt me. After I dealt with the Team Aqua grunt, I battled May on my way out of Rustboro - this is my first time on Emerald, so I was surprised to see you could battle her - and found it odd that she had already found a Torkoal.
Dewford was up next, and in Granite Cave I encountered my next party member, Makuhita. Male, with a lonely nature, and I named him Chubbs because he's rather podgy. I spent a while afterwards in Granite Cave, levelling all of my party to reasonable levels to take on Brawly. Using Leech Seed, Stun Spore and Mega Drain, Herb was able to solo Machop and Meditite, before being a bit overwhelmed by Makuhita, so Combusken stepped in to finish him off. I am now about to head over to Slateport, and continue the adventure of my first Emerald playthrough.
Team as it stands
;256; Scorch. Level 20
;285; Herb. Level 18
;296; Chubbs. Level 18