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I'll be reviving this thread as I'm currently doing a challenge of beating the game with almost every mon in a solo run (Except Caterpie/Metapod & Magikarp, the amount of luck required to have a full game run with those 3 makes it nearly impossible.) This may be subject to change as I do more...