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Finished my first Solo Run today and my Pokemon was Shellder. It was quite brutal in the early game and being in the Slow Level up group is quite annoying but once you get Tri Attack and Ice Beam it's actually quite good. So yeah B tier probably sounds right but it feels like D until you get...
So yes I'm pretty sure this is not just a glitch with the messages. Both Lorelei'sbSlowbro and both Lance's Dragonair just spams agility against my Shellder no matter what I do and the Champions Alakazam ohko's me with Psychic.
Okay so I'm doing a Shellder solo run I Pokemon red and I've finally made it to the Elite four. I defeat Lorelei and Bruno no problem. Then I get to Agatha, the first Gengar hits with a Confusion, it's super effective! What the... Since when is Psychic Super Effective against Water? Has anyone...