Challenge Pokemon Cramorant Edition Poorlocke

[Eeveeto]

Hello! Navigating through Twitter I saw this game:

After researching its features I decided to make a challenge of it. Its a Romhack of Pokemon Yellow (a game I have never played) in which the Starter Pikachu has been replaced by Cramorant. Unlike other Pokemon games I played, this one doesn,t have many changes, but it does have some:
-Well, the Cramorant thing.
-Arrokuda and Barraskewda are the other new Mons.
-All 154 Pokemon are obtainable.
-Pokemon distribution is better in general across routes.
-Trainers have more Pokemon and there are more trainers. Gym Leaders are still pretty easy, but are nonetheless improved.
-More hidden items.
-Move relearner and deleter.

Unfortunately, already existing Pokemon are not improved at all. This means, most of the Pokedex has a crappy movepool.

An average Nuzlocke of this game would have been too easy, so I made some extra rules:
-I can,t use Pokemon Center (except the PC), Pokemarts and Game Corner. This is the most important rule, meaning I will have to live with the items I find. Pokeballs will be limited, healing items will have to be saved and managing PPs will be the main issue.
-To win the challenge, I need to defeat every single trainer, every single fixed encounter (except the ones I catch) and one of each Pokemon species found in each route (except Rod ones, Fishing is pain). The Pokemon part means more experience to get, but also more PPs spent, same for the trainers.
-I can only catch the first Pokemon that appears on each location unless I already have it or I don,t have any Pokeball at that moment (this can happen). If I don,t have any Pokeball, I may return to the location later to catch a Mon there.
- Gift Mons and Static encounters (such as Snorlax) are not considered the first catch of their locations, meaning I can catch them on top of catching one more Pokemon on that location. Static encounters I don,t catch have to be killed.
-Legendary Pokemon can be catched and used. Of course, only one of them (the one I will catch with a Masterball) is probably going to be used, since with such low catch rate, they would be consuming HP and PPs of my party.
-In this challenge, when a Pokemon dies, I can revive it (if I have the items for it).
-If after being on the team I place a Pokemon in the PC, I can,t use it again.
-Dead or alive, Cramorant has to be in the team during the whole game. If its dead, it will consume a slot.


Part 1. From Pallet Town to Pewter City.

So, it begins. Oak welcomes me to the Pokemon World and already shows my previous starter:

As always, I use my real name (Denys) and name my rival Shiyo.

The game begins in my room, where I pick a Potion. These are going to be really valuable without a Pokemon center to use.
When I try to go out of the town, Profesor Oak appears to stop me and then my future starter attacks him:

Oak easily catches the Cramorant and tells me to go to the lab. There, he tries to give a Pokemon, but evil Shiyo takes it before I can:

...this Pokemon!

So, Oak gives me Cramorant instead:

Compared to the Pikachu it replaces, Cramorant has far better Stats: 75 HP, 90 Attack, 60 Defense, 90 Special and 90 Speed. For this challenge, Water types and Flying types are going to be good options, since they learn the endless Surf and Fly. Cramorant is amazing, since it learns both. Moreover, the level-up movepool is really good: Cramorant will learn many Water and Flying moves, Quick Attack, Amnesia and Thrash (terrible in regular Nuzlockes, but decent here, since with 1 PP it can attack 2 or 3 times). Funnily enough, the last level-up move, at level 100, is SPLASH. For a Pokemon that will have to stay during the whole journey, Cramorant is well prepared for it.

I have my first battle when I try to leave the Lab:

Battle music is from Kanto trainer of GSC. Shiyo has Arrokuda as starter. Cramorant uses Peck and takes a Bite, losing 7 HP out of 23.
Arrokuda is faster next turn and takes another 7 HP. Cramorant hits it with Peck.
Cramorant uses Peck, but Arrokuda survives in red, using Tail Whip.
Arrokuda uses Tail Whip again on the final turn, but misses. Cramorant finishes the fish with another Peck:

For a fish that is supposed to be Cramorant's prey, it was a challenging battle. But it will be even harder when that fish evolves. For now, Cramorant levels up and learns Water Gun.

Blue leaves and then I hear my Cramorant's cry:

...Cramorant dislikes Pokeballs!

So, I have to keep Cramorant outside of the Pokeball:

I check Cramorant and realize that is healed to full. I think this is the only autoheal of the game.

I leave Pallet Town. On route 1 there are still only Rattatas and Pidgeys, which I have to kill one of each. There is also a new lake there:

A Pokemart worker gives me a Potion. Yay, now I have 2. I face a wild Rattata and kill it with Water Gun + Peck, no damage was taken.

Cramorant grows to level 7. Before reaching Viridian City, I face a Pidgey, killing it with Water Gun + Peck. Unlike Rattata, the bird gets to damage Cramorant:

This way, all land Pokemon of Route 1 have been defeated. However, Water has Magikarp, Arrokuda and Pikachu here.
Mons left on Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata, Magikarp, Arrokuda and Pikachu.

I reach Viridian City. There I pick a hidden Potion in a tree.
At the Pokemart I am given Oak's Parcel. I bring it to Oak and receive a Pokedex, but no Pokeballs yet.

I visit Route 2. Two if the Cut trees there have been removed, so I can pick a Moonstone and an HP UP, which I feed Cramorant.
Oak's aide at the Route 2 gate in this game wants me to catch only 5 Pokemon in order to give the Flash TM. However, I have just Cramorant for now.

Route 2 has Pidgey, Rattata and both Nidorans as Mons. Cramorant kill a Rattata spending again 1 Water Gun PP and 1 Peck, this time Rattata crits with Tackle and takes 6 HPs:

No problem, since Cramorant regains 3 of them by levelling up.

Pidgey is the next prey and manages to crit too with Gust before being critted by Peck:

I won,t fight any Nidorans for now. With Cramorant as my only Mon and no Antidotes yet, a Poison Sting would be game over if it gets poison.
Mons left on Route 2: Pidgey, Rattata, Nidoran F, Nidoran M.

I enter Viridian Forest. Mons that apepar here are Caterpie, Metapod, Weedle, Kakuna, Pidgey, Pikachu and Pidgeotto. The big bird is dangerous, since it appears at level 10, higher than Cramorant. First prey however is a free Metapod, killed by 1 Peck:

Mons left in Viridian Forest: Caterpie, Metapod, Weedle, Kakuna, Pidgey, Pikachu and Pidgeotto.
Cramorant raises to level 9 after killing the Metapod.
I then face a trainer, which I think in the original games didn,t appear:

I tremble in fear when I see the Lass's first Mon, a female Nidoran. However, I then check Nidoran's data and realize I worried for nothing: both Nidorans learn Poison Sting at level 17. Cramorant wins vs Nidoran by using Water Gun + Peck, taking a Tackle. The other Mon is a male Nidoran. Cramorant spends 2 PP on it too, but isn,t damaged, since it uses Leer. Cramorant wins with 17 HP out of 35, which become 19 out of 37, since it grows to level 10, learning Gust.

Soon after that, I kill a Caterpie with Peck:

Mons left in Viridian Forest: Caterpie, Metapod, Weedle, Kakuna, Pidgey, Pikachu and Pidgeotto.

I then find my first Poke Ball. I could now catch a Pokemon, but instead of that, I avoid the Grass and leave the Viridian Forest.
I cross Viridian City and go to Route 22.

I cross the grass there without any Pokemon appearing, which works for my goal. I then use a Potion on Cramorant, which heals it to full. Now I have only 2 Potions.
However, I soon find an invisible one:

With my stock replenished, I face Shiyo:

Shiyo leads with a Level 9 Spearow. Cramorant uses Water Gun and has the Attack lowered with Growl. Next Water Gun kills Spearow:

Level 8 Arrokuda comes. Cramorant crits with Gust and has the Defense lowered with Tail Whip.
I realize Gust is Normal type in this game, so it actually hits weaker than Peck. Cramorant crits with Peck too and the battle is finished:

Cramorant grows to level 11, Shiyo heads out.

Unfortunately my goal of NOT facing any Pokemon fails, a Mankey appears and I have to catch it:

My goal was to not face any Mon, since if you defeat rival here and still not have any Mon, Oak gives you 5 Pokeballs. Now I will have to continue my journey with just 2 Mons for a while. Speaking about Mankey, in vanilla Yellow he would have been the only option in this challenge to succeed vs Brock. Here, he is not needed, though I will still train it a little. Level up movepool is bad, but Mankey does learn Low Kick at level 9, so it will be able to kill some Normal Mons. In the long run however, either I will have to spend TMs on Mankey, or he will have to die and be placed at the PC, I can,t see this Mon making it to the Pokemon League (not even Gym 3 in fact).

I train Mankey a little at Route 1, but this proves to not be a very good idea:

I heal Mankey to full with Potion, 2 remain. On route 2 I try to find a Nidoran, since they have non STAB Tackle or Scratch, but instead I encounter a level 8 Pidgey (rarest Mon of the route, specifically the level 8 part), which doesn,t let Mankey escape and damages both it and Cramorant with Gust. At least after Cramorant kills said Pidgey, Mankey grows to level 6.
Back at Viridian Forest, I put Cramorant as lead and kill a Caterpie with Gust.
Then I face a Bug Catcher, Cramorant kills both Weedle and Caterpie without taking damage.

Next Bug Catcher has 4 Mons and leads with Metapod. Cramorant damages it with Gust, then I switch Mankey in to get experience. Makney spends a lot of Scratches before finally klling Metapod, which makes Cramorant grow to level 13 and learn Bubble instead of Growl. Bug Catcher sends Caterpie, so Cramorant has to take some damage from Tackle. Cramorant kills both Caterpie and Weedle. Vs last Mon Kakuna Cramorant again uses Gust and then I switch Mankey in to finish. Mankey grows to level 7 after killing the cocoon.

I encounter a wild Weedle and kill it with Peck:

Mons left in Viridian Forest: Caterpie, Metapod, Weedle, Kakuna, Pidgey, Pikachu and Pidgeotto.

I find a Potion, now I have 3 again. Will be useful considering the low health of my Mons.
A wild Metapod gives some experience to both Cramorant and Mankey.

A Bug Catcher's Caterpie killed with Peck makes Cramorant grow to level 14. He sends Metapod after that, but this one has Tackle and damages Mankey (which I tried to train) with it. Cramorant comes back and finishes Metapod with Gust.

With Cramorant's help, Mankey kills a wild Metapod, but only has now 8 Scratches left.
Next Metapod is killed by Cramorant himself, but Mankey still gets experience and grows to level 8.
I find another Potion (now having 4) and a secret new house:

Inside, a Man gives me a Safari Ball:

Idk why is a Safari Ball given outside of the actual Safari, but I take it.

I try to leave Viridian Forest to avoid my first catch there (since now I have a Pokeball the next Mon counts as first catch) being a Bug that only knows Harden, but fail miserably at that, a Metapod appears. I decide to not catch it, instead killing it with Cramorant and giving some more experience to Mankey. So, there will be no catch in Viridian Forest.

I check Cramorant's page and see that the next move he will learn will be Quick Attack at level 14. So, I decide to spend the remaining Gust PPs on wild Metapods, giving Mankey experience in the process.
The next wild Mon that appears is a Pikachu however. Cramorant takes no chances and kills it with Water Gun crit:

His face after eating the Pikachu:

Mons left on Viridian Forest: Caterpie, Metapod, Weedle, Kakuna, Pidgey, Pikachu and Pidgeotto.

Cramorant also kills a wild Pidgey:

Mons left on Viridian Forest: Caterpie, Metapod, Weedle, Kakuna, Pidgey, Pikachu and Pidgeotto.

Several Metapods appear and Cramorant kills them all until ending the Gust PPs, sharing experience with Mankey in the process.

Last trainer of the forest has a Caterpie and a Weedle. Cramorant Pecks them both and grows to level 15, learning Quick Attack and forgetting the PP less Gust. I also find a hidden 5th Potion:

There are still 2 Mons not seen in the forest. First is Kakuna (forgot to take Screenshot), which gives experience both to Cramorant and Mankey.
I then kill a Metapod and Mankey finally grows to level 9 and learns Low Kick. Now it will be a little easier to train it, though the next move (Karate Chop) is all the way at level 15 and I am not sure if Mankey can make it without spending many resources on him.
It takes a long time to find a Pidgeotto and almost as long to kill it, since it uses Sand Attack 6 times while Cramorant misses the moves, until finally killing it (I also had to spend a Potion).

All Mons in Viridian Forest have been cleared. The cost in terms of PPs was high, due to Pidgeotto:

Cramorant still has a lot of ammunition, but I now need to carefully spend Moves until I find an Ether somewhere.

In the second part of Route 2 I can try to catch a Mon with the Safari Ball. However, the Rattata that appears is only at level 5, meaning it would be very hard to train without spending resources on it. Mankey kills it with Low Kick. There will be no catch on Route 2.
Mankey spends 3 more Scratches to kill a male Nidoran, who uses Leer twice:

Mons left on Route 2: Pidgey, Rattata, Nidoran F, Nidoran M.

Mankey ignores all Mons on the route except Level 5 Rattatas, who he kills with Low Kicks, reaching level 10 this way. Eventually a female Nidoran appears, its at level 7 so I decide to use Cramorant for it. Cramorant avoid damage and uses 2 Bubbles to kill the Nidoran:

Route 2 cleared. Way easier than Viridian Forest.

I arrive to Pewter City, where Cramorant falls asleep after hearing a Jigglypuff Sing:

I explore the city and find a hidden Moon Stone:

Also a Great Ball:

I enter Brock's Gym and lead Mankey vs Jr. Traniner's Diglett. I switch Cramorant in, taking a Scratch. Cramorant kills both Diglett and Sandshrew with Water Gun, growing to level 16.
I decide this is a good moment to use a Potion on Cramorant.

Now, its Brock time:

I lead with Mankey vs Geodude. I immediately switch Cramorant in, avoiding a Tackle.
Considering Brock is the least improved Gym leader in this game (his Onix does have Bind though), the rest of the battle goes as you would expect:

Mankey grows to level 11, Cramorant to level 17.

I get the badge and the Bide TM. Its not as bad as in a regular Nuzlocke, but can only be taught once.

Finishing the chaper here. Current team:

PPs:

Items:

-3 Potions.
-2 Moon Stones.
-10 Safari Balls. Wait, they are 10? Didn,t check it until now. Loool, I am actually rich, should have caught the Metapod and the Rattata for sack slots.
-1 Great Ball.
-1 Bide TM.

Mons left on Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata, Magikarp, Arrokuda and Pikachu.
Mons left on Route 22: Nidoran M, Nidoran F, Mankey, Rattata, Spearow.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 2. From Pewter City to Mt. Moon.

I leave Pewter City and go to Route 3. I put Cramorant as lead, since the first obligatory trainer is a Bug Catcher, who might have a Weedle with Poison Sting. He does actually have a Weedle, with 2 Caterpies too, so Cramorant spends 3 Pecks.
Then there is the legendary shorts Youngster. Before facing him, I spend a Potion on Mankey, 2 remain but he is now at full. Mankey loses 11 HP out of 30 from Rattata's Quick Attack but at least KOs. Next Pokemon is an evil Poison Sting Ekans, however. Actually, its even worse than that, it uses Wrap after taking a Scratch. And uses it 5 times in a single turn, without giving me the chance to select another move, loool:

RIP Mankey. Is this the bug fixing thing that is told in the game's site? Because I feel Wrap now is even more broken than it was. Mankey won,t be revived even if I find a Revive soon. Cramorant kills Ekans with Water Gun and grows to level 18, not learning Fury Attack, which is a very bad move.

Ok, I am back to having 1 Mon, but a pretty overleveled one. Still, I need another Mon soon, cause Cramorant is going low on PPs.
I have a choice between facing a Bug Catcher and a Lass. I decide to fight the Bug Catcher. Cramorant OHKOs with Peck a Weedle and a Kakuna. Since Peck is low on PPs, I use 2 Quick Attacks to kill Caterpie, Cramorant loses 2 HP from Tackle, still having 46. Metapod is killed by a crit Bubble.

Right before the Grass, there is another Bug Catcher. Cramorant kills Caterpie with Peck (8 remain) and grows to level 19. Metapod is killed by 2 Bubbles (9 remain).
Time to touch the Grass. Mankey can,t be caught now (though I can still catch Primeape in the future), but there are Spearow, Rattata, Sandshrew and Jigglypuff available. My luck is still low and I catch the lowest leveled Pokemon available after spending 3 Safari Balls and losing 3 HP:

This is another hard to train Mon. He evolves at level 20 and only learns Fury Attack before then. Fearow itself is strong if it gets to Fly, but its a very far way to that. I don,t expect Spearow to last, but he has to support Cramorant for a while.

I reach the Pokemon Center before Mt. Moon. In theory I could buy a Magikarp there, but since that costs money and is not obligatory for the plot, I don,t do it. Magikarp would have been a sack slot anyway, though it would have avoided me catching it in another route in the future.
I do deposit Mankey in the PC however. He is now boxed forever.

I enter Mt. Moon to catch another Mon. Zubat, Geodude, Paras, Sandshrew, Clefairy, Kabuto and Omanyte appear here. Kabuto and Omanyte however are hard to catch, since they only appear on lower floors. Before I can get there, a Zubat appears, manages to land a Leech Life (1 HP less for Cramorant) and makes me spend 2 Safari Balls.

Zubat is almost completely unviable. He learns Supersonic at level 10 and Bite at level 15. Wing Attack is all the way at level 32, when he is already a Golbat. This Zubat certainly won,t get that far. He does have one niche however, apart from being sack slot. He is immune to Poison, so he can swiitch into annoying Poison Stings. His pathetic Leech Life is also actually effective vs Poison Mons this gen, so he can eat some Weedles so that Spearow and Cramorant don,t spend PPs on them. Apart from that, Zubat is big trash and will be a sack slot, its almost impossible to train without Pokemon Centers.

I leave Mt. Moon. Avoiding all trainers on route 3, I go back to Pewter City. I also check a suspicious place and get an Ether as reward:

Ok, Cramorant will be able to last longer with this.

After crossing Pewter City, I go to Viridian Forest. Spearow Pecks 3 bugs to death here and then I visit the Route 22. Here, Spearow kills a Rattata with crit Peck:

Mons left on Route 22: Nidoran M, Nidoran F, Mankey, Rattata, Spearow.

Then it crits a female Nidoran too:

Male one survives a non crit Peck and uses Tackle, so to avoid losing another PP I let Zubat kill this one with Leech Life (forgot to take screenshot). Zubat takes no damage, since Nidoran uses Leer.

Mons left on Route 22: Nidoran M, Nidoran F, Mankey, Rattata, Spearow.

Opposing Spearow appears soon, but its at level 8, just one below mine. I send Cramorant, who avoids Growl on switch-in. Cramorant kills Spearow with Quick Attack:

Route 22 cleared.

I cross Viridian Forest again. Spearow pecks some bugs there and grows to level 11. Both Zubat and Cramorant spend a couple of moves too.
Back at Route 3, I decide to kill the Mons before the trainers. First a Sandshrew appears. Cramorant kills it with Bubble (I forget to Screenshot), taking a Scratch in the process.
Spearow needs 2 Pecks to kill a Mankey and loses 9 HP from Scratch:

Mons left on Route 3: Mankey, Spearow, Sandshrew, Rattata, Jigglypuff.

Level 11 Rattata is too strong for Spearow to handle, so I switch Cramorant in, losing 10 HP (Tackle + Quick Attack) and 2 Quick Attack PPs:

Mons left on Route 3: Mankey, Spearow, Sandshrew, Rattata, Jigglypuff.

Level 12 Jigglypuff is also too strong for Spearow. Cramorant loses another 10 HP from 2 Pounds, also Water Gun + Quick Attack PP:

In terms of wild Mons, Route 3 is cleared. I use a Potion on Cramorant (only 1 remains now). Before facing the trainers, I go to Mt. Moon. There, Spearow switches out of a Geodude, so Cramorant loses another 4 HP from Tackle. 1 Bubble is enough:

Mons left on Mt. Moon: Zubat, Geodude, Paras, Sandshrew, Clefairy, Kabuto and Omanyte.

I pick Water Gun TM, but can,t use it, since Cramorant already knows the move. I also pick a Potion, so now I have 2 again.

A wild Sandshrew trolls me. I switch Spearow out of it, so Cramorant eats a Sand Attack. Cramorant then misses 2 Bubbles and Sandshrew hits another Sand Attack. I escape from it after that.
Next Sandshrew I find misses Sand Attack and is killed by Bubble + Quick Attack. Cramorant loses 4 HP from Scratch:

Spearow grows to level 12 from this.

Then, Spearow kills a Paras with Peck:

Mons left on Mt. Moon: Zubat, Geodude, Paras, Sandshrew, Clefairy, Kabuto and Omanyte.

Last 3 Mons are pretty rare, I won,t search for them now and will handle the Route 3 trainers at last. That juicy experience is needed for Spearow at the expense of Cramorant's HP.

First trainer is a Lass. I switch Spearow out of level 10 Pidgey, but Cramorant doesn,t suffer damage, since Pidgey uses Sand Attack and misses it. Cramorant crits Pidgey with Quick Attack and then crits Eevee too with Water Gun, growing to level 20. Pretty successful battle.
Next trainer is the boss of the route, he has a level 15 Spearow. It uses Leer on the switch-in to Cramorant. Cramorant doesn,t OHKO with Water Gun, but Spearow uses Growl. One Quick Attack later and another battle is finished without losing HP.
I then face a Lass. Cramorant finally takes damage, a Tackle from Rattata and a Horn Attack from Nidoran, losing 10 HP in total. 3 Quick Attacks are spent to kill them both.

Cramorant has 26 HP out of 66, so I use a Potion, rising it to 46. Only one remains.
Last trainer of Route 3 is another Lass with level 14 Jigglypuff. Cramorant loses 6 HP on switch-in to Pound, uses Water Gun and avoids Sing. Quick Attack finishes the battle, Spearow grows to level 13. Hopefuly he can start battling by himself soon.

With Route 3 cleared, I enter Mt. Moon again. First trainer here is a Bug Catcher. He leads with level 12 Weedle, so once again I prefer to not risk Spearow. This time, however, I switch Zubat in instead of Cramorant. Zubat wastes a lot of Leech Lifes but ends up winning. Next Mon, however, is Kakuna. Since in the past, Kakunas and Metapods of trainers used moves different to Harden, I am forced to stay. This one, unfortunately is an exception, he just uses Harden, even at +6. I realize that too late, Zubat spends all Leech Lifes except one, now he is truly a sack slot. I switch Spearow in, for him to get experience and then Cramorant to finish Kakuna with Bubble.
Next is a Lass, with a level 14 Clefairy, still not a good match-up for Spearow. Clefairy hits very hard with 2 Pounds, taking 12 HP away. As a result, I spend 2 Water Guns. This is not looking good.

On the lower floor, a Rocket challenges me. Cramorant switches in for free, avoiding Sand Attack from Sandshrew. Bubble OHKOs Sandshrew and Quick Attack OHKOs Rattata. Last Mon is a Zubat, who survives Quick Attack and uses Supersonic. Spearow comes back, loses 1 HP from Leech Life and KOs Zubat with Peck.
The item this Rocket guarded is HP UP. I give it to Cramorant. 2 wild level 13 Paras are delicious food for Spearow, who OHKOs them with Peck and grows to level 14.

A scary battle happens then. Super Nerd leads Magnemite. I switch Zubat into Tackle. Then I check Magnemite level-up move and see he only learns Thundershock at level 25. Cramorant still loses 5 HP from 2 Tackles but KOs it with 2 Quick Attacks. Next is Voltorb, who doesn,t learn electric moves at all. On its only turn alive, Voltorb uses Screech, so Cramorant 2HKOs with Quick Attack again, growing to level 21.
I then find a Potion. I immediately spend it on Cramorant, so I still have 1. Next item I find is a Rare Candy, might be useful in a situation in which I am low on PP (such as now, but more extreme) and the next level allows to learn a move.
Escape Rope is a pretty useless item, however.

A Lass finally is an easy prey for Spearow. She leads with Oddish. Spearow 2HKOs it with Peck, taking an Absorb. The other Mon is a Bellsprout. Spearow uses Leer while it boosts with Growth. Peck OHKOs the plant.

On the lower floor I find a Mega Punch TM, but no one in my team can learn it. I then face a Rocket whose Zubat is critted by Peck. Zubat survives, however, and Leech Life crits too, taking 2 HP instead of 1. Spearow still wins vs Zubat and grows to level 15, finally learning Fury Attack. Scary Ekans appears, but Spearow manages to land 3 Fury Attacks, taking a Leer in return. One Peck later, battle is won.
I find a second Ether hidden in a Rock. The risk of losing all PPs is reduced for Cramorant now.

Clefairy appears and I use Leer with Spearow, which might have been a mistake, Clefairy uses Pound and my bird loses 6 HP. 3 Fury Attacks kills Clef:

Mons left on Mt. Moon: Zubat, Geodude, Paras, Sandshrew, Clefairy, Kabuto and Omanyte.

I continue my journey and face a Youngster. Letting Spearow face a Rattata is for sure a mistake. He does OHKO with Fury Attack, but prior to that, loses 9 HP from Quick Attack. Youngster sends Omanyte, so I switch Cramorant in, losing 2 HP from Water Gun. Since Cramorant will learn a new move on next level, its time to end Bubble PPs. Cramorant uses the 2 remaining onces while Omanyte boosts with Withdraw. Omanyte survives the 2 hits, so Cramorant has to finish it with Quick Attack. Another Quick Attack is enough for the last Mon of the Youngster, a Zubat.

Cramorant still has 5 PP of Water Gun, but I already use an Ether.
I find a Moon Stone. Then I face a Hiker. Cramorant loses 4 HP on switch-in to Geodude and then murders 2 of them and an Onix with Water Gun.

On the lower floor, Spearow kills a wild Zubat. It doesn,t give much experience, but enough to grow to level 16 and gain 2 more HP, leaving red range with 10/41.
Next opponent is a Rocket. Cramorant gets a Tail Whip on switch-in to Rattata. This makes the incoming Quick Attack take 9 HP, but Cramorant kills the rat with Water Gun and grows to level 22, learning Wing Attack and forgetting Bubble. Rocket sends Zubat, which is OHKOd by Peck.
Spearow eats a level 13 Paras with Peck.

I find my fourth Moon Stone in a wall:

4 Moon Stone and 0 Mons to use them on, the irony.

Next opponent is the Super Nerd that protects the fossils:

Super Nerd leads with Grimer. Spearow uses 3 Fury Attacks and has the move Disabled. I send Cramorant into the next Disable. Cramorant KOs Grimer with Peck. Voltorb is 2HKOd by Quick Attack, Cramorant avoids the only Screech it used. Last Mon is Koffing. It has dangerous Smog at this level, but Cramorant crits with Water Gun, problem solved.

This might be the only time in which for me its better to pick the Domo Fossil than the Helix one. This is because while both Kabutops and Omastar learn Surf, Kabutops also learns Slash by level, with which it can do some very good damage. Omastar, meanwhile, while a stronger Mon in normal runs its more TM dependant:

Cramorant is happy and jumping after I pick the fossil:

Now, there is one thing left to do in this cave before leaving it: finding and killing a wild Kabuto and a wild Omanyte. Before I find either of them, Spearow Pecks to death some level 13 Paras.
Eventually I find an Omanyte, which crits Cramorant with Water Gun and is killed with 2 Water Guns (forgot to screenshot).

I spend a very long time searching for Kabuto, even using all Spearow's Peck PPs on wild Paras, but I find none. After getting tired of it, I decide to finally finish Mt. Moon.
But I forgot that these guys were a thing in this game:

Why don,t they have a name? Anyway, they lead with scary Ekans. I could sack Zubat here, but it wouldn,t make a difference, Ekanks needs to take damage before Cramorant can kill it. So I stay with Spearow and use Fury Attack. Ekans uses Wrap and hits twice, Spearow barely survives:

Spearow finishes Ekans:

Meowth comes in. I send Cramorant, losing 7 HP from Bite. Cramorant OHKOs Meowth with a crit Wing Attack:

Last is Koffing. Cramorant crits it with Water Gun:

Cramorant grows to level 23. Before leaving I make a last Kabuto search and finally find it. Cramorant loses 4 HP from Scratch but OHKOs Kabuto with Water Gun:

Wait, why its not super effective? It still OHKOd without a crit, but is this some kind of bug? Kabuto is still Rock-Water in this game. Spearow grows to level 18.

I leave Mt. Moon and use my last Potion on Cramorant. I put him as lead, Spearow babying period is over until I find another Potion. Its unlikely that Spearow makes it to level 20 and even if he does, his utility is almost finished, not very different from Zubat.

Finishing here for now. Current team:

PPs:

Items:

-4 useless Moon Stones.
-5 Safari Balls.
-1 Great Ball.
-1 Bide TM.
-1 Ether.
-1 Water Gun TM.
-1 Rare Candy.
-1 Escape Rope.
-1 Mega Punch TM.
-1 Dome Fossil.

I need to find a competent teammate for Cramorant soon. So far I had terrible luck with first encounters.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 3. From Mt. Moon to Cerulean City.

Route 4 has a point of no return (for a while). So, I need to do everything possible before that point. First is a hidden Great Ball:

I also pick a Whirlwind TM. Probably the most useless TM in Gen 1.

Turns out the route was changed a little in this game and I can actually return to Mt. Moon if I want it:

This is useful if I want to grind some Mon in earlier routes. Speaking about Mons, what do I have at the grass? Spearow and Mankey were already caught, so only Ekans, Sandshrew and Rattata remain as options. The Mon that appears is an underleved level 8 Ekans 3 Safari Balls miss vs him, then I spend the last Zubat's Leech Life and throw another Safari Ball, which still doesn,t catch it. I decide to escape, its not worth it to catch such a weak Mon. There will be no catch on Route 4.

I still need to kill all the Route 4 Mons, however:

Rattata managed to damage Cramorant with Quick Attack, but the route is cleared. I also find a hidden Protein:

Cramorant eats the Protein, hopefully his Wings Attacks now OHKO everything.

I arrive to Cerulean City and explore it, discovering I can go to Route 5 in the South:

I explore the Route 5 and find a Rare Candy:

The Daycare house has more functions in this game:

Daycare and Move Relearner are paid services, so I can,t use them. Move Deleter however is free and I am allowed to forget HMs in the future.

Route 5 has some new wild Mons: Oddish, Bellsprout, Abra, Pidgey, Rattata, Pidgeotto, Meowth and Jigglypuff. I catch this one, spending my last Safari Ball and one of the Super Balls:

Once again, one of the worst options. Absorb is pathetically weak and Poison Powder doesn,t kill fast enough when my goal is to avoid damage. It doesn,t get much better, next moves will be Stun Spore and Sleep Powder, Acid is learned all the way at level 24, which it will be almost impossible to reach. Bellsprout would have been much better.

Still, I decide to train Oddish a little on Mt. Moon, spending 9 Absorb PPs to kill some Geodudes and Kabutops. Oddish grows to level 17 and learns Stun Spore.

Back at Cerulean City, in a house a girl gives me a level 10 Bulbasaur:

Unlike Oddish, Bulbasaur is somewhat possible to use in the long run. Despite being at level 10, he learns Vine Whip at level 13 and Leech Seed allows teammates to heal. Some grinding is fore sure needed, but this is doable. If Bulbasaur reaches level 30 (as Ivysaur), it will learn Razor Leaf, a powerful move with many PPs. It will still be hard, though.

Actual training was really painful. I went to Viridian Forest and fought a level 4 Caterpie with level 10 Bulbasaur, but he was unable to OHKO it with Tackle. So, a change of strategy was needed. From that moment, the plan was:
1. Lead with Oddish.
2. If opposing Pokemon isn,t Metapod, escape.
3. If wild Mon is Metapod (who only has Harden), use Poisonpowder.
4. Switch between Bulbasaur and Oddish until Metapod dies.

Oddish wastes 30 out of 35 Poisonpowder PPs this way. Without Turbo Mode, it would have taken several hours, with it it was still long enough. Bulbasaur grows 2 levels, Oddish 1 and Zubat (who I saw was close to level 10 before beginning) another 1, learning Supersonic.
At level 12, Bulbasaur is still unable to OHKO Caterpie, so it gets some damage from them before growing to Level 13 and learning Vine Whip.

Bulbasaur fight a Mankey on Route 3 and wins, but gets very damaged in the process, so no more Mankey fighting.

At Mt. Moon, Bulbasaur recovers most of the health battling a wild Clefairy with Leech Seed + Growl combo. It also kills 2 Geodudes and 2 Kabutos, growing to level 15. Omanyte however isn,t OHKOd by Vine Whip, so I switch Cramorant in, losing 4 HP due to Water Gun crit. Hopefully this all is worth it.
On route 5 I try to find another Oddish, but a level 17 Pidgeotto appears instead. I am forced to bring Cramorant into Sand Attack and then escape. No HP lose here.
Next Mon is actually an Oddish. Bulbasaur spends many Tackles on it, but doesn,t level up yet.
Another Oddish appears, Bulbasaur kills it and finally grows to level 16:

Situation is still dire though:

See those 9 Leech Seed PPs? They are going to (somewhat) heal this team.

I contnue exploring Cerulean City and see the iconic Slowbro replaced by Electrode:

I also see that I can face the Rocket before going to Cerulean Cape:

I put Cramorant as the lead, which proves to be the right decision, Rocket leads with level 20 Machop. Cramorant doesn,t OHKO with Wing Attack and takes a Low Kick, losing 7 HP, down to 25. Cramorant kills Machop with Peck and a Drowzee appears. Cramorant kills it with 2 Quick Attacks, taking a Pound and losing 6 more HP, but recovering 3 of them after growing to level 24.

I get the powerful Dig TM but at a very high price. Cramorant is too weak for the incoming rival battle. How can I make my team stronger and healthier?
First step is in the back garden of a house, a Rare Candy:

Now I have 3 Rare Candies. I use 2 on Spearow, growing to level 20:

This doesn,t change the PP problem, he still has just 13 Fury Attacks. However, now they will me much stronger. Moreover, from 4 HP, he is up to 18 now, this is usable.

I then enter Misty's Gym. I don,t plan to fight her yet, but there are 2 more trainers in that Gym. I lead Ivysaur vs the first swimmer, he sends a weak Horsea. Ivysaur uses Leech Seed and takes a Bubble, losing 2 HP, but recovering them from Leech Seed. After that, I switch between Cramorant and Ivysaur. Cramorant, unlike Ivysaur, only loses 1 HP from Bubble, so he slowly heals each time he gets on the field. A couple of Bubble crits prevent me from recovering too much health, but Cramorant still is up at 29 when Horsea dies. Swimmer sends Shellder, so I switch Ivysaur back into Tackle, which he avoids. Ivysaur uses Leech Seed and loses 5 HP from Tackle, healing 2 of them back. I stall Shellder with Growl, until it decides to crit with Tackle, Ivysaur ends up with 8 HP at the end of that turn. So, I switch Fearow in, he takes Tackles way better than Ivysaur and uses Growl too, recovering 9 HP before Shellder dies. Krabby is last Mon, Fearow uses Fury Attack twice (2 PPs) to kill it, taking a Bubble.

Ok, this trainer has shown me that trying to recover HP from trainers is not very efficient, Ivysaur ended up almost dying. I need to heal him back and other Mons too if possible. So, Viridian Forest it is. I search 3 Metapods and use Leech Seed on them, switching between Cramorant, Ivysaur and Fearow to heal and avoid losing more PPs. This is how the team ends after this operation:

Much better, isn,t it? On the flip side, Ivysaur now only has 4 Leech Seed PPs.

I go to Misty's Gym and fight the other trainer with my Cramorant. She uses a level 19 Goldeen that survives a Wing Attack and uses Peck back, taking 6 HP from Cramorant. Another Wing Attack kills the fish.

Now the moment of the truth comes:

Shiyo leads with level 18 Spearow. It survives Wing Attack from Cramorant and uses Growl. Peck KOs Spearow, it was the last Peck:

Shiyo sends Sandshrew. In theory I could kill it with Cramorant, but I prefer sending Oddish to preserve Water Gun PPs and also remove the Attack debuff. Oddish takes crit Scratch on switch-in.
Sandshrew uses Sand Attack and Oddish recovers all the health back with Absorb, but doesn,t kill it.
Cramorant takes a Scratch, losing 5 HP. Then it kills Sandshrew:

Rattata is next. It goes down to crit Wing Attack:

Cramorant grows to level 25 and Shiyo sends Arrokuda. Cramorant uses Wing Attack and takes massive damage from Super Fang. Yes, Arrokuda learns that. Cramorant finishes the battle next turn.

Battle won, but Cramorant is weak again. Since no Potions are available, back to Viridian Forest I go. 2 more Metapods have to die from Leech Seedto put the team like this:

Nugget Bridge time. First trainer is a Bug Catcher. I put Ivysaur as a lead and spend 8 out of 9 Tackle PPs to kill Caterpie and Weedle, growing to level 17 too.
Second trainer is a Lass. I put Fearow as lead here. It OHKOs Pidgey and 2HKOs female Nidoran with Fury Attack, losing 5 HP from Tackle.

Third Youngster has his Rattata OHKOd by Fearow's Fury Attack too, but then sends a dangerous Ekans. I switch Ivysaur right into Poison Sting. Ivysaur uses Leech Seed, taking 2 Wrap hits. Ivysaur then misses Growl, Ekans doesn,t miss Leer. I send Oddish, who takes 2 Wraps. Ekans misses next Wrap and is paralyzed by Stun Spore. Ivysaur comes back into Poison Sting. The battle becomes stally after some Growls and switching, but then Ekans crits Ivysaur with 3 Wrap hits, taking him to yellow range. Ivysaur spends the last 2 Growl PPs, Ekans misses one Wrap but hits 4 time (1 HP each) from the other. I continue switching until Ekans dies. Oddish is on the field when that happes. The Youngster still has a Zubat, so I switch Fearow in, avoiding Supersonic. Fearow OHKOs the Bat.

Fourth trainer is a Lass. Fearow uses Leer and loses 8 HP from Gust. Fury Attack OHKOs Pidgey and Fearow grows to level 21. Nidoran comes in, Fearow uses Leer and loses 4 HP from Scratch. Unfortunately, Fury Attack only hits twice and Nidoran survives, using Double Kick. Fearow uses another Fury Attack to finish the battle, he now has only 3 PPs of Fury Attack.

For the last trainer, a Jr. Trainer, Cramorant goes back into business. Mankey is OHKOd by Wing Attack, but Eevee survives one and uses Sand Attack. I send Oddish, who takes Growl. Oddish uses Absorb, but doesn,t kill Eevee, who misses Growl. Oddish takes Tackle and uses Poisonpowder. Oddish Stalls Eevee by using Stun Spore, then I switch Fearow on the Growl, Eevee dies.

Of course, there is also the Rocket. And he leads with EKANS.
I send Oddish to take Poison Sting. Ekans then misses Wrap, but Oddish misses Stun Spore.
Ekans uses Leer and still avoids Stun Spore. Ekans then uses Poison Sting, avoiding another one. The snake puts Oddish at -2 Defense and still avoids Leer.
Ok, its time to sack Zubat at last. He comes right into 3 hits of Wrap:

RIP Zubat. He was doomed since the beginning with that level-up movepool.

I send Ivysaur and use the last Leech Seed, taking Poison Sting. Oddish comes in, avoiding Leer. Next one hits, but so does Stun Spore.
Ivysaur goes back into 4 Wrap hits:

I decide to risk Fearow, who gets into Poison Sting and avoids the poison this time. Fearow kills Ekans with Fury Attack. Zubat comes, so Fearow uses Leer and takes Bite. Fury Attack OHKOs after that.

I got through the bridge, but with dead Zubat, almost dead (and almost without PPs) Ivysaur and a Fearow with just 1 attacking PP.
However, I am quickly getting another Mon:

Right now I will accept almost any new Mon, but Charmander is not a good one, despite having 2 attacking moves. Those are the only 2 in a while. He will be learning Rage at level 24 and Slash at level 33, its impossible to train without TMs and important grinding. Though I do have some TMs he is able to learn at least.
The item seen on screen is Thunder Wave TM, but no one in my team can learn it.

I don,t know what to do to improve my situation. I decide to explore the whole Routes 24 and 25 to see what items I can get. Expecting a bunch of Geodudes, I challenge a Hicker with Oddish as the lead. He however leads with Machop, so Cramorant has to lose 6 HP from Karate Chop. Cramorant OHKOs it with Wing Attack and the real Geodude comes in. So, Oddish comes back, kills it with Absorb and grows to level 19, learning Sleep Powder. This move will be useful to catch things, right now I only have one Great Ball in stock.
Then, a miracle happens, I find an Elixer:

I immediately use it on Cramorant. I also use Ether on Ivysaur's Leech Seed. Time to heal the team again, they might have many PPs, but health is also imporant.

Back to Viridian Forest once again. Charmander there kills some Pidgeys and Caterpies using Scratch, growing to level 11.
This time Ivysaur is not lucky with Leech Seeds. He uses 5, but only hits 3. Still, the team ends like this:

Mt. Moon is the next training spot for Charmander. He spends 12 Embers out of 25 killing wild Paras, rising to level 15 and learning Leer.

Back at Route 24 I face a Jr. Trainer who leads with Rattata. Cramorant loses 8 HP switching into Tackle, then kills the Rat with Peck and an Ekans with Wing Attack. Charmander grows to level 16.

I put Oddish as the lead and check the Mons at Route 24: The already caught Oddish, Bellsprout, Pidgey, Venonat, Abra and Pidgeotto. Pidgey appears and I escape from it. Its only at level 13 and won,t be learning good moves for a while. With only 1 Great Ball, its not worth it. There will be no catch on Route 24.

Using Ember + Scratch, Charmeleon kills a wild Bellsprout, taking 2 Wraps in the process:

Cramorant kills a Pidgeotto:

Doing so, he grows to level 26.

After that, he finishes the rest of the Mons in the route:

Fun fact: Every Abra on this and the next route is useless even after evolving. Abra appears at level 16 or 17, having to level up once to evolve into Kadabra. However, Kadabra learns Confusion at level 16, meaning its impossible to get it without Move Relearner (which I can,t use).

Route 24 cleared. I go to Route 25. Wild Mons here are the same, but Koffing is added. Koffing is the first Mon that appears, but I ignore it. He only learns Tackle and Smog before level 32. Totally useless Mon without TMs.

Cramorant kills all the Route 25 Mons:

Cramorant grows to level 27. In terms of Wild Mons, Route 25 is cleared. However, there are still many trainers. First, a Hiker with Onix, Oddish OHKOs it with Absorb.
Then a Youngster, his Rattata gets to damage Cramorant but is OHKOd by Water Gun, same with Spearow.
Famous Slowpoke Youngster is next, the one related to Mew glitch. Cramorant takes a Confusion and kills the Slowpoke with 2 Wing Attacks.
Lass with 2 Nidorans has both OHKOd by Water Gun before they can even move.

Hiker with 4 Mons appears. Oddish kills first 2 Geodudes and grows to level 20. I switch Charmeleon into Machop and kill it with 2 Embers, but he ends up very damaged by Karate Chop. Last Mon is another Geodude, killed by Oddish.

Cramorant kills with Water Gun a Jr. Trainer's Rattata and Ekans before they can move.
The trainer protected the Seismic Toss TM, which I pick.

A Youngster with Ekans and Sandshrew can,t attack either, Cramorant kills them with Water Gun and grows to level 28. He tries to learn Amnesia, but I don,t let him, despite having only 1 Peck PP left. I won,t need that move when the main strat is just OHKOing everything and having many PPs of offensive moves.

Last trainer of the route is a Lass. Cramorant spends last Peck PP to OHKO an Oddish. He loses 5 HP from Quick Attack Pidgey and OHKOs it with Water Gun, a second Oddish dies to Wing Attack.

I arrive to Bill's house, which has a nice internet rumour reference:

When I enter his house, Cramorant is confused:

I transform Bill into his usual form:

After receiving the SS Anne Ticket, I go back to Cerulean City. Its time to challenge Misty:

Yes, she has 3 Mons in this game. Her lead is a Psyduck, who is critted by Wing Attack:

Staryu comes next. Cramorant damages it with Wing Attack, but Misty decides to spend the turn using X Defend.
Another Wing Attack kills the starfish:

Big Starmie comes and I am not sure to be able to 2HKO it. So, I send Oddish, who loses 9 HP from Tackle.
Starmie uses Tackle again, taking another 9 HP, and is paralyzed in return.
Ivysaur comes in for free. He uses Leech Seed while Starmie boosts with Harden.
Ivysaur misses Vine Whip and takes Tackle.
Ivysaur hits Vine Whip but does almost no damage. However, Starmie can,t move this turn.
I send Cramorant back into the field. Starmie uses Harden, but Leech Seed still does damage.
Cramorant uses Wing Attack and takes Tackle.
Cramorant uses another Wing Attack, Starmie can,t move.
Cramorant finishes the battle:

Ivysaur grows to level 18. I get the badge and the Bubblebeam TM. I teach it to Cramorant, forgetting Peck.

Finishing the chapter here.

Current team:

Despite Zubat being dead, he stays on the team for now, so that if I catch a Mon, I am not forced to use it immediately.

PPs:

Still pretty dependant on Cramorant, but he won,t be able to win vs Surge, I need a Ground type or to somehow train Ivysaur and teach Dig to Charmeleon.

So far, this guy is just the Leech Seed healer. And with the remaining PPs, it can,t do much more. In the next chapter I will have to spend at least 2 Leech Seed PPs so that Cramorant can recover some health back.

This is sad, he started doing real damage after evolving, but now has no attacking PPs. If he somehow levels up, he will learn Mirror Move, but that is still inconsistent.

Has PPs, but no HP and his attacking power is very low. Grass types resist Ember too well, bug types give too low experience and threaten with status. I could teach him Dig, Mega Punch or Seismic Toss, but for now I won,t, since I don,t see this Mon surviving long even with those valuable TMs.

Oddish has been very solid at spreading status, but the only Mons he can kill are some Geodudes and Onix from Hikers. If Oddish levels up, it will evolve, but will still need 2 more levels to learn Acid.

Items (only will mention useful ones):

-4 Moon Stones (well, these are only useful if I get the right Mons).
-1 Great Ball.
-1 Bide TM (Should I teach this to some Mon for a one time KO?)
-1 Water Gun TM. Funnily enough, Cramorant learns the move by level but not by TM.
-1 Rare Candy.
-1 Mega Punch TM.
-1 Dome Fossil.
-1 Dig TM.
-1 Thunder Wave TM.
-1 Seismic Toss TM.


Mons left on Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata, Magikarp, Arrokuda and Pikachu.
Mons left on Route 22: Nidoran M, Nidoran F, Mankey, Rattata, Spearow. < Will visit this route with Charmeleon in next chapter.
Mons left on Route 5: Oddish, Bellsprout, Abra, Pidgey, Rattata, Pidgeotto, Meowth and Jigglypuff.

 

[Cram-o-dev]

Wow, this seems like a really tough challenge! Definitely not one I would try myself.
I'm happy that you've been finding some of the extra hidden items I've added. They will no doubt be very valuable!
I want to see if you can succeed, and I look forward to reading the updates!

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 4. From Cerulean City to Vermilion City.

I need to heal my team, so I go to Viridian Forest and spend 2 Leech Seed PPs on Metapods. This is how my team ends:

Since I am close to it, I visit Route 22 too and kill the 4 remaining Mons there with Charmeleon's Scratch:

Route 22 cleared. Time to go back to the story, I cross the Underground Path and arrive to Route 6, where I find a Hidden Safari Ball:

In fact, 2 of them:

Time to spend them on the Grass: Pidgey, Rattata, Abra, Pidgeotto, the already caught Mankey and Jigglypuff are available Mons here. A level 16 Pidgey is what ends up appearing. If it was level 15, I would have ignored it, but level 16 one is good enough for me. It damages Oddish with Quick Attack and is slept, after which Safari Ball catches it.

I finally deposit Zubat in the PC and pick Pidgey:

Lots of PPs, right? Problem is, Gust is a Normal move and Pidgey won,t be learning any offensive Move until level 31. The only reason I caught this is to evolve it and prevent Pidgeotto from being the first encounter on future routes. This Mon is terrible and has no future.

So, I spend all Gust PPs and a couple of Quick Attack ones in Viridian Forest and Pidgey gets to level 18:

I then go to Route 5 and kill an Abra with Pidgeotto:

Mons left on Route 5: Oddish, Bellsprout, Abra, Pidgey, Rattata, Pidgeotto, Meowth and Jigglypuff.

On Route 6 I kill another Abra:

Mons left on Route 6: Pidgey, Rattata, Abra, Pidgeotto, Mankey and Jigglypuff.

Then, I challenge the trainers. First is a Bug Catcher. I try to use Charmeleon against him, but he is underleveled (level 16 compared to 19). He still kills level 19 Weedle with 2 Ember, but is unable to 2HKO Caterpie with Ember + Scratch. Cramorant switches into Caterpie and kills it with Wing Attack, Charmeleon grows to level 17. Last is another Weedle, OHKOd by Wing Attack.

Next is Jr. Trainer. Cramorant OHKOs Bellsprout with Wing Attack and grows to level 21. Scyther resists Wing Attack but uses Focus Energy, so Quick Attack finishes it, Cramorant takes no damage.
Female Jr. Trainer uses Cubone, who is OHKOd by Water Gun.

The stronger Bug Catcher has Butterfree, but Cramorant OHKOs it with Wing Attack too.

Another Jr. Trainer uses 3 Pidgeys. Cramorant has to take 2 Quick Attacks in this battle, but wins and grows to level 30.
Last Jr. Trainer of the route has Spearow, Raticate and Pinsir. Cramorant uses 2 Wing Attacks and a Bubblebeam to win this battle.

I arrive to Vermilion City and explore it. In a house with a Machamp, a Gengar, a Golem and an Alakazam, a guy explains me how they can be evolved now with Link Cable:

Fishing Guru gives me Old Rod.

There is a new house built by the old dude with the Machop:

So, what is the new fan club?

Lets go!

Inside of the house there are lots of Cramorant fans telling me interesting facts about it:

I quickly become a member of the club and receive the TM 51. What is TM 51? This:

I won,t talk about Gulp Missile TM yet, buy eventually Cramorant will have to learn it. Meanwhile, I continue exploring the city and find a very useful Ether Max:

At the Pokemon Fan Club (not the Cramorant one, the other), Cramorant falls in love with a Seel:

Turns out, its not a Seel and I don,t realize Cramorant real feeling, hunger:

I watch the paintings of the Club:

I listen the Chairman talk about these 2 Mons and get the Bike Voucher.

I visit Diglett's Cave. Music there is different from vanilla Yellow and I don,t recognize it. Diglett's still appear, though, so I catch one, spending both the last Safari Ball and the last Great Ball on it.

Now, I can only have 6 Mons on the team, so someone must be permaboxed now. Between Pidgeotto, Charmeleon and Ivysaur, I decide that Pidgeotto is the one that is going to be least useful in the future.
To maximize utility, I go to Route 5 and put Pidgeotto as the lead. Time to kill some Mons before going down:

RIP Pidgeotto. The irony of losing to its own prevo.

Charmeleon comes in, takes a Quick Attack and kills the bird:

Mons left on Route 5: Oddish, Bellsprout, Abra, Pidgey, Rattata, Pidgeotto, Meowth and Jigglypuff.

Time to put Pidgeotto into the PC and pick Diglett:

As my Mons, Diglett has no future. He will learn the 10 PP Dig on next level, but won,t be able to actually use the move (unless I find more PP restoring items), since I need him for Lt. Surge. Surge has 4 Mons in this game, not one, so Dig PPs have to be saved for him. This means, Diglett will have to be babied by Cramorant and only at the Gym will be able to actually attack. Its a very harsh task, but I currently have no other option.

I go to Viridian Forest to wake Diglett up (he was asleep, since Oddish used Sleep Powder on him) and kill a Caterpie and 2 Metapos, spending 5 Scratch PPs. Spending PPs this way is not efficient, so I change location. I go to Mt. Moon, face a level 15 Omanyte and switch Oddish in. Oddish doesn,t OHKO Omanyte with Absorb (now only 3 PPs remain), but heals a lot and finishes Omanyte with Poison Powder.
On Route 5, I face a Jigglypuff and switch Cramorant in, taking a Pound and killing it with Quick Attack:

Same thing happens to a Meowth:

And to a Pidgeotto too, however Cramorant is now very damaged again:

Route 5 has been cleared.

Time to get items somewhere. That somewhere is Route 11, which also has a new music. This one is just a remix of Route 3 one.
I avoid the trainers, but in the grass an Ekans appears. Since I don,t have Pokeballs, it does not count as first encounter, so Cramorant kills it with Wing Attack:

Mons left on Route 11: Pidgey, Ekans, Spearow, Drowzee, Sandshrew, Pidgeotto, Raticate.

There is a sleeping man on the route:

?? Why is this guy here? Do I need to use the Pokeflute or something?

While avoiding trainers, a Drowzee appears, another Wing Attack finishes it:

Cramorant grows to level 31.

Mons left on Route 11: Pidgey, Ekans, Spearow, Drowzee, Sandshrew, Pidgeotto, Raticate.

In regard to items, I only find a hidden miserable Escape Rope. Where are my potions?

I enter Diglett Cave again and Cramorant kills a wild Dugtrio with Bubblebeam:

At the other side of the cave I find a hidden Nugget, but its useless in this run.

Since I can,t, and don,t even want to do the Clefairy for Mr. Mime trade, I go back to Vermilion City and enter SS Anne. In the kitchen I find a Super Ball:

I start challenging trainers. First one is a Fisherman whose Tentacool dies from Wing Attack. Staryu lives a Quick Attack and gets to damage Cramorant with Tackle. Shellder dies from Wing Attack.
Then I have a sailor with Machop, who dies from Wing Attack too.

A sailor in another room protects an item. Cramorant spends 2 Wing Attacks killing his Staryu and Tentacool and grows to level 32. The protected item turns out to be the valuable Rest TM. Cramorant might have to learn it soon in order to heal.

In another room, another sailor protects another item. He leads with Horsea. I decide to save some PPs on Cramorant here and send Ivysaur on Horsea's Bubble. Ivysaur is unable to OHKO Horsea with Vine Whip, so has to spend 2 out of 3 PPs of the move. Ivysaur is also unable to KO the next Horsea with last Vine Whip + last Tackle, so I send Oddish, who finishes Horsea with Poisonpowder. Sailor still has a 3rd Horsea. Oddish paralyzes it, which avoids Cramorant taking damage on switch-in. 2 Quick Attacks kill Horsea.

The protected item turns out to be Ether, which will be useful, but it still isn,t a Potion.

Next Sailor has a Horsea as lead too. Despite being 15 levels higher, Cramorant fails to KO it with Wing Attack, so he has to spend last Quick Attack PP too. Next Mon is a Shellder. I send Oddish, who takes a Tackle. Oddish then misses Poisonpowder and takes another one. Last Poisonpowder PP lands, Oddish takes another Tackle. Oddish uses 2 out of 3 Absorb PPs and kills Shellder, leveling up to 22. Tentacool is last Mon. Oddish takes an Acid and paralyzes it. Then I send Cramorant back, avoiding Supersonic. Cramorant uses Wing Attack to finish the battle.

After the battle, this happens:

Next sailor really fucks me up. His Shellder avoids first Wing Attack, survives second and crits with Tackle:

Shellder survives another Wing Attack and confuses Cramorant with Supersonic. I send Gloom into another Supersonic. I then send Charmeleon... into Clamp:

RIP Charmeleon. He won,t be revived, since he is too weak. Gloom comes back and kills Shellder with last Absorb.

Salvation is near, however. In the next room I find this item:

I am kinda forced to spend it on Cramorant. And in this dire situation, I finish this chapter.

Current team:

PPs:

Still the main figher. Situation with PPs is bad, but not as bad as it looks. In 2 levels, Cramorant will learn Drill Peck and I also an Ether, an Ether Max, the Gulp Missile TM and the Rest TM, so he can last for a while. Main problem now will be taking hits to train Diglett.

Now that Cramorant is healthy and Rest TM is an option, this guy might be able to level up and learn Mirror Move to stick around a little longer.

Ivysaur is essentially dead, but still can heal the team a little with Leech Seed. If I find some more Ether soon, he can even get back the Leech Seed PPs.

Its time to get grinded with Cramorant's help.

3 levels for Acid. Way too many, Gloom is also dead. He can at least help me to catch some Mon and somewhat support with status.


Items (only will mention useful ones):

-4 Moon Stones (actually still useless).
-Bide TM.
-Water Gun TM.
-1 Rare Candy.
-Mega Punch TM.
-Dome Fossil.
-Dig TM.
-Thunder Wave TM.
-Seismic Toss TM.
-Gulp Missile TM.
-Max Ether.
-1 Great Ball.
-1 Ether.
-Rest TM.


Mons left on Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata, Magikarp, Arrokuda and Pikachu.
Mons left on Route 6: Pidgey, Rattata, Abra, Pidgeotto, Mankey and Jigglypuff.
Mons left on Route 11: Pidgey, Ekans, Spearow, Drowzee, Sandshrew, Pidgeotto, Raticate.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 5. SS Anne and Vermilion City.

SS Anne adventure continues, but now Diglett is the lead. A Gentleman leads with Growlithe who uses Roar on Cramorant switch-in, which obviously fails. Cramorant kills the Growlithe and another one with Bubblebeam, no damage is taken.

Another Gentleman leads with Nidoran. Not a good lead to see, since it has Poison Sting. I send Gloom, who takes a crit Tackle. Gloom sleeps Nidoran and Cramorant switches in for free. Last Wing Attack PP is spent on Nidoran and Bubblebeam on another one.

I use Max Ether to restore all 35 PPs of Wing Attack.

A Lass leads with Pidgey. Cramorant takes a crit Quick Attack on switch-in, then kills Pidgey, Nidoran and Eevee with Wing Attack. Eevee actually survives one and gets to use Tackle. It won,t happen again, since Cramorant grows to level 33.
A Youngster in the same room leads with Nidoran. I switch Gloom in, taking a Tackle and a Poison Sting before sleeping the Nidoran. Gloom ends up in red, but Cramorant switches in for free and kills Nidoran with Bubblebeam. The other Mon is a Ditto. This one gives more experience, so I switch Diglett back into Transform, then Cramorant again, taking Scratch. Cramorant kills Ditto with crit Wing Attack and Diglett grows to level 19, learning Dig.
The room has the Body Slam TM. If Fearow learned it, I would teach it to him, but unfortunately he doesn,t. Cramorant, Diglett and Ivysaur have the option, but I don,t teach it for now.

On the outside part of the ship, I face a Sailor. Cramorant has to take a crit Karate Chop from Machop, but kills it and Tentacool with Wing Attack.
Another sailor has another Machop who uses Karate Chop. Cramorant kills it and Shellder with Wing Attack, though Shellder needs 2 of them.

In a room with an item, I fight vs a Fisherman. His Goldeen Pecks Cramorant, then dies from Wing Attack, just like Tentacool, another Goldeen and Arrokuda... Wait, Arrokuda actually survives a Wing Attack and uses Tail Whip. I don,t want to spend another PP, so I send Fearow, taking Fury Attack. Fearow spends last Fury Attack PP too.
A Gentleman leads with Voltorb. I decide to kill this one with Diglett, though he does take a Tackle prior to that. Diglett also kills Magnemite and Pikachu with Dig... except, he doesn,t since Pikachu uses Double Team. Fuck. I send Gloom right into Slam:

RIP Gloom. And I might lose the challenge right here for not sending Cramorant into Magnemite (who doesn,t have electric moves).

Cramorant misses Bubblebeam and takes crit Slam. Next Bubblebeam hits and I am saved:

The item turns out to be a Max Ether.

In the next room, a Gentleman leads with Growlithe. This time I am not greedy and send Cramorant right away into Roar. Cramorant kills both Growlithe and Ponyta with Bubblebeam and grows to level 34, learning Drill Peck. He uses this move to kill the last Mon, a Dratini.
A Lass leads with Jigglypuff, which quickly becomes a problem when it lands Sing on Cramorant. Before he wakes up, Cramorant takes 2 Pounds. Jiggly dies to Drill Peck, Rattata to Wing Attack and Pikachu to Bubblebeam.
The room has a Rare Candy.

Since Cramorant is now with only 36 HP, I need to go to Viridian Forest. However, before that I check Bulbapedia wheter I forgot some hidden item on SS Anne, and turns out, there is one:

Still before going to Viridian Forest, I visit Route 11 again, this time to catch a Mon. I have triple luck here:
1. First Mon is a Sandshrew.
2. Cramorant's Wing Attack doesn,t crit it and leaves it in red.
3. My only Super Ball catches it.

I deposit both Gloom and Charmeleon into the PC forever and pick Sandshrew.

This is non ironically a better Mon than Diglett despite not learning a single Ground Move by level. Slash is extremely powerful move, especially when it crits. Sandshrew also evolves way earlier than Diglett, on level 22. Even as Sandsrhew, despite having 3 less levels than Diglett, he already has more Max HP, Attack and Defense. So, I take a risky decision and teach Sandshrew Dig. With 2 Ground types, not only Lt. Surge will be easier to beat, but also both of them will be able to use Dig vs other trainers for a while.

Now its time to actually go to Viridian Forest. I also pick the Flash HM from Oak's aide. Ivysaur succesfully spends last 2 Leech Seed PPs and I end like this:

Sandshrew trains a little in Viridian Forest until he grows to level 18. Almost all Scratch PPs are spent, but no HP is lost.

I then go to Route 11 and start challenging the trainers there. I commit a mistake vs the first one and lead with Cramorant instead of Sandshrew. A shame, since his only Mon was Ekans, who Cramorant kills with Wing Attack.

Next one is a Gambler. Cramorant switches into Bubble from Poliwag and kills it with Wing Attack. Horsea appears and is killed by Drill Peck.

Engineer's Magnemite looks like an easy prey for Sandshrew. However, it uses Sonic Boom, severly damaging it. Sandshrew still OHKOs with Dig Engineer sends a Porygon, who is killed by Cramorant's Drill Peck.

Desperate times call for desperate measures. I use Ether on Ivysaur's Leech Seed and go back to Viridian Forest. This time I spend 4 Leech Seed PPs out of 10 and get both Sandshrew and Diglett back to full:

Using 2 Scratch PPs, Sandshrew kills a Caterpie and a Weedle, growing to level 19.

Back at Route 11, I challenge a Youngster who leads with Sandshrew. I don,t want to take Slash damage with my own Sandshrew, so Cramorant comes in and taks Scratch. Cramorant kills Sandshrew with Bubblebeam and Zubat with Wing Attack.

I take a big risk vs the next Youngster by leaving Sandshrew vs both Nidoran and Nidorino. He does take a Poison Sting from Nidoran, but no poison. Double Kick from Nidorino does more damage but both Mons are killed by Dig.
Gambler with Bellsprout is next. Cramorant takes Sleep Powder on switch-in. Instead of attacking, Bellsprout uses Growth, so Cramorant wakes up without taking damage. Bellsprout and Oddish die from a Wing Attack each and Cramorant grows to level 35.

Sandshrew faces another Engineer. This time, Magnemite only uses Tackle before being killed by Dig and Sandshrew growing to level 20. Next Mon is a big, fat Electabuzz, who uses Quick Attack before being killed by another Dig. Last is Magneton. He spams Thundershock on Sandshrew, so I use Slash instead of Dig. However, right before dying (to 3rd Slash), Magneton uses Sonic Boom despite in theory not being able to learn it at level 19. Sandshrew ends up very damaged but saves Dig PPs and grows to level 21.

I then use one of my 2 Rare Candies on Sandshrew:

I put Diglett as lead before facing next Gambler. His Voltorb uses Screech before being killed by Dig. Magnemite is killed by another Dig and Diglett grows to level 21.

A Youngster leads with Rattata, so I send Cramorant into Quick Attack. Rattata is killed by Wing Attack and Ditto comes. I send Diglett into Transform, then Cramorant back into Scratch. With Wing Attack Cramorant kills Ditto, but misses Drill Peck vs Raticate, taking an Hyper Fang and then a crit Quick Attack before finishing the battle.

Last trainer has a Growlithe and a Vulpix, both killed by Dig.

At the end of the Route, I find an Hyper Potion:

The best gift however, is at the house. Oak's Aide only asks me for 15 Pokemon Species in order to give Itemfinder and I already have them:

Time to explore the world to find all Hidden Items. While I do so, on Route 11 a Pidgeotto appears. Cramorant switches in, takes 3 Quick Attacks and kills the bird with 2 Wing Attacks:

Diglett grows to level 22 from it.


Mons left on Route 11: Pidgey, Ekans, Spearow, Drowzee, Sandshrew, Pidgeotto, Raticate.

On Route 11 I find a hidden Elixer:

Inside Diglett Cave, I find a Link Cable (item to evolve Graveler, Haunter, Machoke and Kadabra):

Before I leave the cave, a Dugtrio appears and since it doesn,t let Cramorant escape, I kill it with Bubblebeam.

At the beginning of Viridian Forest, I find an Antidote:

Well, at least now I won,t be fearing Poison nearly as much.

In the middle of the forest, I also find a Leaf Stone:

A shame Gloom already died, but I might catch a Weepinbell or a Exeggcute later.

Since I am at Viridian Forest anyway, I use 3 more Ivysaur's Leech Seeds to heal Cramorant and Sandslash again:

On Route 25 I find an Ether:

In Cerulean City I find an Iron:

I give it to Cramorant immediately.

Underground has 2 items:

On route 6 there are no Hidden Items, but I decide to train Diglett by killing the remaining Mons:

Crit Low Kick hurted Diglett.

Sandslash also kills a Jigglypuff but I couldn,t take a pic. Route 6 has been cleared.

I then go to finish Route 11 too:

Route 11 cleared. I go back to SS Anne and use Itemfinder on the entrance, it works:

However, I need Surf to get there, so I am probably not getting that item.

With nothing left to do, I face Shiyo:

Shiyo leads with Spearow. I switch Diglett out and send Sandslash, who gets hit by 4 Fury Attacks. One Slash is enough to kill the bird:

Rattata comes in. Its killed by Slash too:

Next is Sandshrew. With so little HP left, I don,t want to take a Slash, so I send Cramorant into Sand Attack. Cramorant hits Sandshrew with Bubblebeam:

Arrokuda is last. I don,t want to miss vs it, so I send Ivysaur while it uses Agility. Then, Cramorant comes back, avoiding Peck. Next Peck hits, but Cramorant kills the fish with Drill Peck:

Ivysaur grows to level 19. I get Cut from the Captain but I need to make room in my bag first. My solution is to teach Bide to Fearow, forgetting Growl.

I teach Cut to Diglett, Sandslash (forgetting Sand Attack) and Ivysaur (forgetting Growl).

I watch as SS Anne departs to never return:

Both Diglett and Sandshrew are pretty damaged at this point. So, I go to Viridian Forest again and spend last 3 Leech Seed PPs:

Diglett also kills a Caterpie, a Pidgey and a Kakuna to grow to level 23.

Since I am close to Pewter City, I get Old Amber there.

In Diglett Cave, Sandslash takes some damage from 2 Digletts, but kills them with Scratch, growing to level 23.

I enter Vermilion Gym. First Sailor there has a Magnemite that survives Slash from Sandslash and uses Sonic Boom, dying to Scratch after that.
Sailor sends a Pikachu, who avoids Cut by using Double Team and then hits Sandslash with Slam. I send Ivysaur, who takes Quick Attack and then a crit Slam, but damages Pikachu with Cut. Time to make a risky move, I send Cramorant... into Thunder Wave. Pikachu then uses Quick Attack and dies from Bubblebeam.
Last Mon is another Pikachu. It uses Quick Attack and dies from Bubblebeam too.

After this disaster of a battle, I use one of my Hyper Potions on Sandslash and teach Rest to Cramorant, forgetting Water Gun.
I go to Diglett Cave and use Rest with Cramorant vs a Diglett. I discover that due to new Sleep mechanics (Pokemon attack in the wake up turn), Rest only lasts 1 turn, so Cramorant kills Diglett with Drill Peck.

Back at Vermilion Gym, next trainer is a Rocker. His Voltorb misses Screech vs Sandslash and dies from Slash. Magnemite dies from Slash too, second Voltorb gets to use Sonic Boom before dying. Sandslash grows to level 24.

Last trainer at the Gym is a Gentleman. His Voltorb damages Sandslash with Sonic Boom too, surviving Slash. Then Voltorb uses Screech and dies from last Scratch. Magnemite survives Slash too and uses Sonic Boom as well, before dying to Cut. Last is Pikachu. It uses Double Team twice, avoiding first Slash, but not the second.

I am forced to use the other Hyper Potion on Sandslash after the battle. Then, I challenge Lt. Surge:

My lead is Diglett, Surge sends Voltorb. Diglett uses Dig, avoiding MEGA KICK. What kind of illegal Voltorb is that?
Illegal or not, it dies from Dig:

Next is Pikachu. Diglett uses Dig, while Surge boosts Pikachu's speed with X Speed. Pikachu tries to use Double Team but Diglett still hits and kills it:

Level 26 Raichu is last Mon, big difference in level from the previous 2 Mons. It dumbly uses Thundershock on Diglett, who uses last Dig PP to easily finish the battle:

This was surprisingly easy. I thought Surge had 4 Mons, so I lead Diglett to kill just first 3 and save Sandslash's PPs. Turns out, Surge only has 3 Mons and not only that, the movesets were wrong (pretty sure Raichu was the Mon supposed to have Mega Kick, not Voltorb). Diglett won his one valuable battle.

I get the badge and the Thunderbolt TM. Fun fact about this Move: The only Mon that learns it without a TM is Pikachu. And before BW (when TMs became multiple use) only Pikachu and Electabuzz lines were able to learn the move by level. None of my Mons can learn it currently, but I will surely catch something that will.

Outside of the Gym a policewoman gives me a new Mon:

...always getting into mischief.

Squirtle is clearly and by far the best starter for this challenge, even if it comes very underleveled. 30 Bubble PPs mean 30 Geodudes to kill at Mt. Moon and Squirtle will also learn Water Gun by level. It might be even worth it to teach Squirtle Mega Punch, though for now I will wait.

Finishing the chapter here. Current team:

PPs:

Diglett swept Surge but still has no future. Its frail and has 3 level left to evolve, I will have to sack it soon.

On the other hand, Sandslash is becoming a very solid Mon, though lacking in PPs unless I spend Elixer on him. I will need at least 1 Ground in the team at all times to protect Cramorant from Electric Mons.

Cramorant is suffering from lack of PPs too, but I do have some healing items and at level 40 he will learn a new STAB Move, having also Gulp Missile as option. Since he now has Rest, he can take way more hits and even absorb a Status move if needed.

If I find a second Elixer, I might save this guy. There is still hope for the second bird.

No Leech Seed to be seen, but hey, he has Cut at least. Might have to restore Leech Seed PPs one last time, but Metapods become increasingly worthless to steal PPs from. Not much time is left for Ivysaur.

Items (the ones that don,t directly help my current team are at the PC already):

-Water Gun TM.
-1 Rare Candy.
-Mega Punch TM.
-Thunder Wave TM.
-Seismic Toss TM.
-Gulp Missile TM.
-Body Slam TM.
-1 Max Ether.
-Flash HM. Surprisingly, Ivysaur and no one in my team can,t learn it.
-1 Elixer.
-1 Antidote.
-1 Ether.
-1 Full Restore. Only healing item.
-1 X Special.
-Cut HM.
-Thunderbolt TM.

Overall, my situation in regard to items improved a lot since I got Itemfinder. Main weakness now is being unable to catch new Mons.


Mons left on Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata, Magikarp, Arrokuda and Pikachu.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 6. From Vermilion City to Lavender Town.

I train Squirtle in Mt. Moon doing a genocide on Geodudes:

Wartortle does learn Water Gun in the process. After evolving, Wartortle levels up once more, to 17. Then I leave the place.

I go to Route 9 and face Jr. Trainer. She leads with Oddish, so I switch Cramorant in, taking Absorb. 2 Oddish and 2 Bellsprout, all fall to Wing Attack and Cramorant grows to level 36.

A guy gives me the useless Teleport TM. Then I face a Hiker that leads with Machop. Sandslash comes in avoiding Low Kick. 3 uses if Cut kill Machop, although Sandslash does take a Low Kick in the process. Onix comes in and I send Wartortle, taking Tackle. 1 Water Gun is enough, Sandslash grows to level 25.

Then a Youngster with level 24 Sandshrew appears. Despite the Water typing, level 17 Wartortle is not wise if he stays, so I send Cramorant, taking Scratch. Cramorant kills Sandshrew with Bubblebeam and Wartortle grows to level 18.

A Bug Catcher with Beedrill is another opponent vs which Wartortle has to switch out. Beedrill uses Focus Energy, which means Cramorant doesn,t take damage in this battle. 1 Wing Attack for Beedrill and another one for Pinsir finish the battle.

I find an Ether:

Another Hiker sends a level 24 Geodude. Its too bulky to die from 1 Bubble so it gets to Tackle Wartortle. Wartortle misses the next Bubble and takes Tackle again. Wartortle misses again and takes 3rd Tackle. When Wartortle finally hits, he grows to level 19. Level 24 Onix wastes its only turn using Screech, Wartortle kills it with Water Gun.

Bug Catcher with 4 Mons times. I switch Wartortle out of Caterpie and send Sandslash. After Sandslash kills Caterpie with 2 Cuts, Wartortle grows to level 20. Weedle comes in, so I switch Cramorant into String Shot. Using Wing Attack, Cramorant kills Weedle, Venonat and Scyther.

Next is a Jr. Trainer with 4 Mons too. Sandslash switches in Rattata's Quick Attack, takes 2 of them and kills the rat with 2 Cuts. Next is Diglett, who misses Growl and takes only 1 Cut to kill. Ekans is killed by Dig. Last is a bulky Sandshrew, so I send Cramorant, taking a Scratch. 1 Bubblebeam is enough.

Wartortle gets to battle vs a Hiker. 1 Bubble is enough for level 21 Geodude. Then a Machop comes and I send Sandslash into Low Kick. Sandslash kills Machop with Slash. Wartortle comes back into another Geodude's Tackle. This Geodude survives Bubble and gets to attack again. Another Bubble finishes it, though Wartortle now has only 16 HP.

Last trainer of the route is a Jr. Trainer. I send Sandslash but crit Bite does a lot of damage. Cramorant ends up killing Meowth with last Bubblebeam PP. Wartortle and Sandslash level up at the same time (level 21 and 26).

I find a hidden Nugget, but its useless.

I use Max Ether on Cramorant's Bubblebeam. I then use a regular Ether on Ivysaur's Leech Seed, its likely to be the last time.

I go to Viridian Forest. There, first Wartortle spends almost all Tackle PPs to gain a level. Then Ivysaur does his job and uses Leech Seed . At the same time, Ivysaur kills level 5 Metapods and Level 6 Kakunas with Cut, so he grows to level 20. 5 Leech Seeds are needed to bring both Wartortle and Sandslash to full. Diglett meanwhile grows to level 24, probably his last level:

I arrive at Route 10. Here I put Fearow as the lead. The only trainer of the route is a Jr. Trainer that leads with Jigglypuff. I switch Sandslash, who takes a Pound, after which he kills Jiggly with 2 Cuts. 3 are needed for Clefairy (who managed to damage Sandslash with 4 Double Slaps) and a Slash for Pikachu, who tried to use Double Team.

There is a hidden item on this route, an Ultra Ball:

Time to look what the 3 routes have to offer me:
-Route 9 has both variants of Nidoran, Nidorino, Nidorina, Rattata, Raticate and the full Spearow line.
-Route 10 has both Nidorans again, but this time with Machop, Rattata, Raticate and Magnemite.
-Finally, Rock Tunnel has Geodude, Machop, Onix and the already caught Zubat.

Route 10 looks best for a catch. However, literally the worst Mon appears, Rattata. If I could catch it at Route 2 or 3, it would have been good. At this point of the game, its fully TM dependant. Sandslash kills the rat:

There will be no catch on Route 10.

Mons left on Route 10: Magnemite, Rattata, Nidoran_F, Nidoran_M, Raticate, Machop.

Next best option is Route 9. Level 16 Nidoran appears here. If it was at level 18, I would consider it, since I even have a Moon Stone, but level 16 is way too low. So, 2 Cuts for it:

There will be no catch on Route 9.

Mons left on Route 9: Nidoran_M, Nidoran_F, Rattata, Raticate, Nidorina, Nidorino, Spearow, Fearow.

Maybe I will be more lucky in Rock Tunnel? First Mon that appears is Zubat, which I already had. Sandslash uses Cut but doesn,t KO. I want to save PPs, so I send Diglett into Bite and kill Zubat with Scratch:

Next Mon is actually a Geodude... a level 16 one, the lowests possible level. I switch Wartortle into Tackle and kill the rock with Bubble:

There will be no catch in Rock Tunnel.

Mons left in Rock Tunnel: Zubat, Geodude, Machop, Onix.

Now its time to cross the tunnel. I don,t have a Mon able to learn Flash, so I will do it as quick as possible. I will return again when I get a Mon with Flash to defeat the remaining trainers and search for items.

First trainer in the tunnel is a Pokemanic with Cubone. Fearow tries to use Bide, takes a crit Headbutt and doesn,t OHKO Cubone, who the rest of the turns uses Leer and Tail Whip. I switch Wartortle in and finish it with Bubble, using the last PP of that move. Slowpoke comes in and I sand Cramorant into Disable. Cramorant OHKOs with Drill Peck and grows to level 37. Last is Eevee, OHKOd by Drill Peck too.

Another Pokemaniac uses a level 29 Slowpoke. Cramorant comes in and gets Wing Attack disables. Drill Peck doesn,t OHKO, so Slowpoke gets to use Growl. Cramorant finishes Slowpoke with Bubblebeam. Meanwhile, Fearow grows to level 22... and doesn,t learn Mirror Move. I check and realize it was only Spearow who learned it at that level, Fearow has to wait for level 25. The bird might not have a future after all. Pinsir is the other Mon of Pokemaniac and it lives Drill Peck due to previous Growl. Cramorant is not disabled anymore and kills the bug with Wing Attack, which was the last one.

I decide to not train Fearow again and put Wartortle as the lead. Wild Machop appears, I send Sandslash, avoiding Low Kick. 2 Cuts are enough, though Sandsslash takes a crit Karate Chop:

Mons left in Rock Tunnel: Zubat, Geodude, Machop, Onix.

A Jr. Trainer leads with Oddish. Cramorant avoids Stun Spore on switch-in and kills Oddish and Bulbasaur with Drill Peck.

Wild Onix appears, Wartortle OHKOs with Water Gun:

In terms of Mons, Rock Tunnel is cleared. Wartortle grows to level 23.

Another Pokemaniac challenges me. His Charmander has 3 more levels than Wartortle and lives 2 Water Guns, using Rage. Charmander misses third Rage and dies from Tackle. Unlike Charmander, Cubone dies from 2 Water Guns. Last is Ditto. I switch Diglett on the Transform, then Cramorant into Growl, which misses. 1 Bubblebeam is enough.

Hiker with level 29 Geodude is next opponent. After using Water Gun, Wartortle grows to level 24, forgetting Bubble and learning Bite.

Next Hiker has an army of 4 Mons. Wartortle kills the first Geodude with Water Gun. I switch Sandslash into Machop. Sandslash ends up very damaged, since 3 Cuts had to be used to kill it. Sandslash OHKOs Omanyte with Dig and grows to level 27, learning Poison Sting and forgetting Scratch. Last Mon is Kabuto, also killed by Dig.

Jr. Trainer is next, with Jigglypuff as lead. Wartortle uses Tail Whip, but Jiggly counters that with Defense Curl. After another Tail Whip, the Puff uses Disable, disabling Bite. 3 uses of Tackle kill Jigglypuff, who misses Sing and Disable. Next is Pidgey. After a long battle, Wartortle wins with 1 Water Gun + 1 Tackle (which was the last one) + 2 Tail Whips + 1 Bite. Last Mon is Meowth. I correctly predict crit Bite and send Cramorant into it. 1 Bubblebeam is enough, Wartortle grows to level 25.

Hiker with 2 Geodudes and a Graveler doesn,t get to damage Wartortle.

Another Jr. Trainer leads with Meowth. Cramorant takes Scratch and kills the cat with Bubblebeam. Wartortle grows to level 26. Oddish is killed by Drill Peck, Pidgey by Bubblebeam again.

That trainer was the last one from Rock Tunnel. Well, I didn,t fight all the trainers, but I will search for them when I get a Mon with Flash.

Outside of the Tunnel I find a Max Ether:

I then fight vs a Jr. Trainer. Wartortle uses Tail Whip on Pidgey and takes Sand Attack. I don,t like misses, so I send Sandslash into Gust. Sandslash OHKOs both Pidgey and Pidgeotto with Slash, however Slash PPs are gone. I recover them with Max Ether.

Hiker with Geodude and Onix is easy experience for Wartortle.

Another Hiker with Onix and Graveler is also easy experience for Wartortle. He grows to level 27.

Last trainer before Lavender Town is a Pokemaniac. Wartortle kills Cubone with Water Gun + 2 Bites and without taking damage. Vs Slowpoke I send Cramorant, who takes Confusion and OHKOs with Drill Peck.

I arrive to Lavender Town and finish the chapter here. Current team:

PPs:

Wartortle will need lots of help to reach the Blastoise stage and he is running low on PPs. There won,t be hikers for a while now, so Water Gun won,t be OHKOing anything. Still not sure if I should use Mega Punch TM on this or wait a better Mon.

The only Mon to which those 35 Poison Sting do relevant damage is Paras. Still, Sandslash OHKOs many Mons with either Slash or Dig, though an Ether will have to be used soon.

Before I open Saffron City, Leech Seed is unavailable, since I am not going through Rock Tunnel again without Flash.

I am not too worried about Drill Peck PPs, since Fly HM comes soon.

This bird's only hope is Fly HM and OHKOing the entire Celadon Gym.

Couldn,t replace Diglett yet, but he did help in the Wartortle training on Mt. Moon.

Items:

-Water Gun TM.
-1 Rare Candy.
-Mega Punch TM.
-Thunder Wave.
-Seismic Toss TM.
-Gulp Missile TM.
-Body Slam TM.
-Flash HM.
-Itemfinder.
-1 Elixer.
-1 Antidote.
-1 Ether.
-1 Full Restore.
-1 X Special.
-Cut HM.
-Thunderbolt TM.
-1 Ultra Ball.


Mons left on Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata, Magikarp, Arrokuda and Pikachu.
Mons left on Route 10: Magnemite, Rattata, Nidoran_F, Nidoran_M, Raticate, Machop.
Mons left on Route 9: Nidoran_M, Nidoran_F, Rattata, Raticate, Nidorina, Nidorino, Spearow, Fearow.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 7. From Lavender Town to Celadon City.

Behind the Pokemon Center of Lavender City, I find a hidden Safari Ball:

I then go to Route 8 and find a hidden Ulta Ball:

I decide to for now avoid almost all the trainers in this route and go towards the Grass. I do have to fight vs a Gambler, Wartortle kills Growlithe with 2 Water Gun and Vulpix with 1 Water Gun + 2 Bites, growing to level 28.

Route 8 has Meowth, Pidgeotto, Growlithe, Vulpix, Mankey, Jigglypuff and Kadabra as wild Mons. Of course, the weakest Mon, a level 19 Growlithe is the one I catch. At least, only the Safari Ball is spent. Growlithe stays at the PC for now.

Next trainer is a Super Nerd. He leads with Voltorb, so I switch Sandslash in, avoiding Screech. Next Screech misses too, but Sandslash misses Cut. Then Voltorb uses Sonic Boom, leaving Sandslash with 3 HP. I switch Cramorant in. Then Voltorb, Koffing, Electabuzz and Magnemite all fall to Bubblebeam. Cramorant grows to level 38.

I then find a Rare Candy:

I enter the Underground and find an Elixer:

I arrive to Route 7. I ignore it for now and go right to Celadon City. There, I pick a Safari Ball:

Also a Rare Candy:

I get the Eevee and send it to the PC.

I then go to Route 16 and find a very valuable Hidden Item:

I also get the Fly HM.

I teach Fly to Fearow, but not Cramorant yet.

I go to Celadon Department Store and realize there I don,t have room in the bag. So, I go back to Route 7. Oddish, Bellsprout, Mankey, Abra, Pidgeotto, Meowth, Growlithe and Vulpix appear here.
Vulpix is the first encounter. Its actually at level 25, the highest level. Wartortle uses Bite, takes Quick Attack and Ember. Then I spend the one Safari Ball and one of the Ultra Balls without result. Vulpix doesn,t want to get caught:

There will be no catch at Route 7.

I go to Celadon Department Store and buy a Fresh Water. This is one of the few times I will use money in this game, only to unlock the gates to Saffron City.

This allows me to go back to Viridian Forest and spend last 5 Leech Seed PPs. Fearow, Sandslash and Wartortle are healed, though only the bird to full.

I then go to Mt. Moon, where Sandslash uses Poison Sting on 5 wild Paras until he grows to level 28.

Next goal is Route 7. I finally want to see what the hell is this house:

This is what I see inside the house:

The girl tells me that her brothers made an entire dungeon downstairs and give something cool if I beat them.

So, downstairs I go. The Pokemon League music starts playing and I see grass:

Very high (30s to 40s) level Mons appear here: Goldeen, Magikarp, Arrokuda, Horsea, Seadra, Seaking, Gyarados and Barraskewda. But they all appear in the water, grass is just a decoration.
I challenge the Cooltrainer seen on screen. He leads with level 32 Magikarp. I switch Sandslash into Tackle. Sandslash then misses a Slash, taking another Tackle. Sandslash kills Magikarp with Slash + Cut. A Goldeen appears. The Cooltrainer uses X Attack on it and then Tail Whip. Sandslash kills the fish with 2 Slash hits. Horsea is next. I switch Cramorant in Water Gun and kill Horsea and Arrokuda with Drill Peck.

The level of the opposing Mons was too high for all my team except Cramorant, I will spend a lot of PPs here if I continue. So, I decide to leave the Way of The Fish for now.

I go back to Celadon City and explore it. On Celadon Mansion I have this dialogue with a bird:

I check the PC:

I guess this is Cram-o-dev himself.

At the main square, I find another new character:

Damn, the old simp will spend his days in jail.

I find a PP Up:

However, I have no room for this item in the bag. To make room, I teach Wartortle Seismic Toss, forgetting Tackle.

I use PP Up on Cramorant's Rest. I then find another hidden item:

If I knew this was here, I wouldn,t have bought the Fresh Water. Since I did that anyway already, lets take advantage of it. I go to Celadon Department Store and talk to the girl that wants drinks. Turns out, Fresh Water wasn,t consumed when I gave it to the Saffron Guard. Oh, well, it actually was, but when I bought Fresh Water, I bought 5 units of it, lol. Didn,t know it worked that way.
Anyway, I trade Lemonade for Tri Attack TM. I then toss 3 out of 4 Fresh Waters I have, since they are not entirely legit. The last one I trade for Ice Beam TM, very powerful move.

I can also get the Counter TM at Department Store, but I don,t have room for it. I make it by using Ether on Wartortle's Water Gun.

An old man wants to give me something:

However, I still don,t have room for items. I go to Route 16 to try to catch a Mon: Spearow, Fearow, Rattata, Raticate and Doduo are the options here.

Spearow is the first one that appears. Since I already have it, Sandslash KOs it with Poison Sting + last Cut:

Next is Doduo, which I catch. Room for items is free now, but I need room for Doduo on the team.

Meanwhile the old man gives me the Softboiled TM. I store it in the PC, since only Chansey can learn the move and I don,t have it.

Its time to sack Diglett to make room for Doduo. I go to Route 9 and start battling wild Mons:

RIP Diglett. He defeated the Electric Gym, but it was way too hard to protect him afterwards, especially without Dig PPs. Female Nidoran sentenced him with the poison but he was still able to endure 2 battles before collapsing.


Mons left on Route 9: Nidoran_M, Nidoran_F, Rattata, Raticate, Nidorina, Nidorino, Spearow, Fearow.

Time to see Doduo:

If Doduo gets to evolve, he will fully outclass Fearow. He already has almost the same Attack and Speed as Fearow has. Unlike Fearow, Doduo does learn Body Slam by TM and also Tri Attack (by level, Fearow doesn,t even learn it by TM this Gen).

Doduo means Fearow's days are counted, now for real. I teach Doduo Fly.

I continue exploring Celadon City. I get the Coin Case and find 250 Coins at the Casino. Since I didn,t pay money for those coins and casino in general is an illegal activity (opposed to Pokemon Center and Shops), its looks legit to buy something here if I can afford it. Lets check the prize list:

Nope.

Nope.

Oh, I can buy this one. Farfetch'd goes to the PC, for now there is no need for him.

I put Coin Case into the PC too.

I go to Celadon Gym and use Fearow there. First Lass has a Bellsprout OHKOd by Fly. Then she sends a Weepinbell who avoids first Fly and lives the second one, but misses Stun Spore and Poison Powder. Fearow grows to level 23.

Then I face a Beauty with 2 Oddish and 2 Bellsprouts, all killed by Fly. Fearow grows to level 24.

Next Beauty has just 2 Bellsprouts, Fearow wipes the floor with them.

Jr. Trainer uses Bulbasaur and Ivysaur, both OHKOd by Fly too. Fearow grows to level 25 and forgets Peck, learning Mirror Move.

I put Doduo as lead before facing a Cooltrainer. Doduo uses Fly and almost knocks Weepinbell, but the Cooltrainer predicted that and healed it the same turn. Doduo then uses Fly again, but Weepinbell lives again and uses Poisonpowder. Fuck. Doduo still KOs the plan with Peck and doesn,t take poison damage.
I switch Cramorant into Gloom, who uses Sleep Powder. Cramorant uses Rest when he wakes up and takes Absorb twice. After Cramorant wakes up a second time, he uses Drill Peck, KOing Gloom and Ivysaur, but finishing Drill Peck PPs.

I use Antidote on Doduo and then challenge a Lass. Doduo KOs an Oddish, but Gloom lives and gets to use Absorb. Doduo finishes Gloom with Peck and grows to level 25.

Last trainer is a Beauty. Doduo misses Fly vs her Exeggcute, who uses Reflect. I send Sandslash into Leech Seed and KO the eggs with 2 Slashes.

I then challenge Erika:

Erika leads with Gloom. Her Gloom lives Fly from Doduo, but misses Poisonpowder. Doduo KOs it with Peck:

Tangela is next. I send Fearow into Bind, which hits 4 times and does a lot of damage.
Fearow uses Mirror Move and hits 5 times, but then gets hit 3 times too, living in red.
Fearow uses Mirror Move again and kills Tangela with crit Bind:

Doduo grows to level 26. Victreebel appears. Fearow uses Fly and doesn,t KO it, but Victreebel misses Poisonpowder.
Another Fly knocks Victreebel:

Fearow gros to level 32 as Vileplume appears. Fearow uses last Fly PP, but Vileplume lives and uses Petal Dance:

RIP Fearow. The pic shows 1 HP because I screenshoted too early. Fearow lasted way long that he should have, but did a good job at this gym. Only problem is I am pretty sure that the Vileplume will live a Fly from Doduo, while Cramorant doesn,t have Drill Peck PPs.

So, I send Ivysaur, who lives Petal Dance and uses Cut.
Ivysaur lives another hit and uses Cut again.
Vileplume is confused. So confused that it uses Poisonpowder on Ivysaur, allowing another Cut.
Vileplume hurts itself, Ivysaur gets another Cut.
Suddenly, Erica uses Super Potion on Vileplume. Well, this looks dire.
But Vileplume hurts itself again, allowing another Cut.
Vileplume damages itself one more time, gets hit by Cut again.
Vileplume is not confused anymore but uses Poisonpowder. Ivysaur uses Cut.
Vileplume uses Poisonpowder again and gets hit by Cut.
Vileplume still chokes and dies from the last Cut PP. Ivysaur won:

Champion Ivysaur grows to level 21. Somehow he is still alive when he shouldn,t be. I get the badge and the Mega Drain TM.

I go to the PC and deposit Fearow there, picking Farfetch'd:

Farfetch'd is not a terrible Mon. He won,t be in the team until the end, but he does have a lot of PPs. Cut and Fly are HMs he can learn to get more PPs and Sword Dance is a level-up move to sweep some trainers. I teach Fly right away instead of Sand Attack.

My team still doesn,t have healing items except the valuable Full Restore, so I am forced to spend an Elixer on Ivysaur, since Doduo, Sandslash and Wartortle are all damaged. I spend 5 Leech Seed PPs and the team ends like this:

Yes, Ivysaur leveled up again by killing level 5 Metapods with Tackle. He learned Poisonpowder and forgot Tackle.

I then go to clean Route 9:

Nidorino avoided first Slash and managed to hit Double Kick. Sandslash grew to level 29 after killing it.

Raticate was faster than Sandslash and uses Hyper Fang. This means that I might not be able to escape from it if it appears again. So, Cramorant has to hunt the last Mon:

Route 9 cleared. Route 10 is next.

Raticate got to damage Farfetch'd really hard with Hyper Fang.

Route 10 is cleared too. Next one is Route 7.

Doduo grows to level 27.

Route 7 cleared.

I notice that training Farfetch'd is painfully hard, even vs wild Mons, most of which have more level. So, I search appropiate opponents for him, namely Oddish and Bellsprout at Route 5. Farfetch'd spends 29 out of 35 Pecks but grows 3 levels, to 25. He also learns Sword Dance.

I go to Route 8 next and start killing Mons there too:

Cramorant grows to level 39.

Route 8 has been cleared in terms of wild Mons, but there are still a lot of trainers here. First is a Lass, who has 2 Clefairys. I switch Cramorant in and OHKO both of them with Bubblebeam.

Next is a Super Nerd with a Grimer. I switch Cramorant in and have Bubblebeam disabled. This is not good, since its the only attacking Move. I then check and see that Grimer has Pound as only attacking move. So, Wartortle comes in and defeats Grimer with 3 uses of Bite.
Muk is next. Wartortle uses Water Gun and avoids a surprise Poison Gas. Unlike Grimer, Muk learns Poison Gas at level 1. Cramorant comes in and is poisoned. So, he uses Rest to heal it. Cramorant takes a Pound, wakes up and KOs Muk with Bubblebeam.

A Lass has Nidoran and Nidorina. Cramorant comes in and KOs both with Bubblebeam.

A dangerous Super Nerd with Koffing comes. Cramorant comes in and KOs Koffing with Bubblebeam. Porygon however lives one hit. Since Cramorant has only 1 Bubblebeam left, I send Wartortle into Conversion. Wartortle kills Porygon with Seismic Toss.

Next Lass loves Meowth and has 3 of them. I send Sandslash and KO first Meowth with Slash, but not before it uses Screech. The other 2 Meowth don,t take advantage of the defense drop and use Growl, so they die without doing damage.

Another Lass has 5 Mons. Farfetch'd KOs lead Pidgey, but not before taking a Quick Attack. Sandslash spends 3 Poison Stings on Rattata, getting hit by Hyper Fang and another Quick Attack. Nidoran dies from Slash before even attacking. Meowth is slower this time so it dies too. Another Nidoran doesn,t get to atack either.

Last trainer is the famous Gambler involved in Mew glitch. He leads with Dratini. I send Wartortle into Leer but then check and see Dratini learns Thunder Wave. So, I send Sandslash, who is very damaged by Wrap:

Sandslash KOs Dratini, Poliwag and Poliwhirl with Slash, growing to level 30.

So, route 8 is cleared completely but with lots of HP lost. So, I am forced to go to Viridian Forest and spend last 5 Leech Seed PPs:

Since he is close to levelling up, I go with Farfetch'd to Route 5 and kill 4 Oddish/Bellsprouts. Farfetch'd grows to level 26.

I then go to clean Route 16:

Route 16 cleared, but Sandslash not only spent last Slash and Dig PPs, but also got heavily hit by Mirror Moved Slash. That Fearow was angry at me for sacking mine vs Erica.

I will have to wait for a healing item, since I don,t want to use Full Restore. For now, I do use Elixer on Sandslash, so he has Dig and Slash again, though battling will be tough.

I fly to Lavender Town and go down, to Route 12. I get the Swift TM here. Sandslash, Farfetch'd and Cramorant can all learn the move, but I wait for now.

I challenge a Fisherman. Farfetch'd uses Sword Dance vs Goldeen, who uses Peck. Farfetch'd uses Fury Attack, but only hits 2 times, Goldeen confuses him with Supersonic. Wartortle comes in and uses Bite but is confused too. Farfetch'd comes back and finishes the fish with Peck, Wartortle meanwhile grows to level 29.
Poliwag comes and since its fast, I send Wartortle, who takes Double Slap. Poliwag misses the next one and gets hit by Bite. Then, the damn Poliwag hits Hypnosis. Fuck. Wartortle gets hit by a lot of Double Slaps before he manages to kill Poliwag with Seismic Toss + Bite.
Last Mon is Goldeen. Wartortle flinches it with Bite, then hits another Bite but is confused. Farfetch'd comes into a crit Peck. Fury Attack hits only twice and doesn,t kill Goldeen, who uses Tail Whip. Peck finishes the battle, being the last Peck PP.

I teach Cut to Farfetch'd, instead of Peck.

Next fisherman has a Tentacool who crits Farfetch'd with crit Constrict and Poison Sting (at least no Poison) before dying to Fly + Cut. Goldeen lives Fly and uses Tail Whip. On the switch-in to Wartortle, Goldeen uses Supersonic. Farfetch'd comes back and is hit by 2 Pecks before KOing the fish with Fly + Cut. Farfetch'd ends in red.

The next fisherman has a level 30 Seaking, fuck. Doduo uses Fly but does less than half, taking Supersonic. I am actually forced to sack Farfetch'd here, there is no other way to win this battle without taking a lot of damage on some important Mon. Farfetch'd however, switches into Tail Whip and avoids it. Seaking is faster and uses Tail Whip again, getting hit by Fly. Then, Seaking uses Horn Attack:

RIP Farfetch'd. He didn,t last long and was a worse Mon than expected. Maybe I should have trained it more on wild Mons.

Doduo KOs Seaking with Fly and grows to level 28.

Next fisherman has 4 Mons. Doduo 2HKOs Poliwag, taking a Water Gun in the process. Shellder is next, and this guy is so bulky that its probably time to sack Ivysaur. He comes in into Tackle. Ivysaur uses Vine Whip and is confused by Supersonic. Ivysaur damages himself, but Shellder uses Supersonic again. Ivysaur damages himself again and Shellder uses the killing blow:

RIP Ivysaur. He exceeded what I expected from him, healing the team many times. It will be way tougher from now, especially if I don,t get healing items soon. Where the fuck are they all?

Sandslash is in red but comes in and finishes Shellder with Slash. He uses Slash on Goldeen too, but the fish survives and uses Horn Attack...

Sandslash kills Goldeen with Poison Sting and grows to level 31. Last Mon is a Horsea that dies from Slash.

Route finishes with a Snorlax blocking the way. I teach finally Cramorant Fly. My main mistake on this route was not doing it before, the rest of the team battled and suffered, while he didn,t. Cramorant forgets Wing Attack.

I have almost nothing to do except to go to Rocket Hideout. So, I finish the chapter here. Current Team:

PPs:

2 levels are left for Drill Peck and 1 more for evolution. This is a good Mon even unevolved, as long as it doesn,t take damage.

I am going to wait before using Full Restore, I don,t want to do it at this point. But I might have to. Sandslash is a very strong Mon, but he is almost dead.

Before leveling up, I need to spend the last Bubblebeam PP, Cramorant is about to forget that move forever. Max Elixer is probably reserved for Cramorant, so after leveling up, he will return to the front-line.

Wartortle does take lots of hits and does some damage with his moves, but its still a long way to evolution and I am not 100% sure he will make it.

Mons alive at the PC: Growlithe and Eevee.

Items in the bag:

-Water Gun TM.
-3 Rare Candies.
-Mega Punch TM.
-Thunder Wave HM.
-Gulp Misile TM.
-Body Slam TM.
-Flash HM.
-Itemfinder.
-1 Full Restore.
-1 X Special.
-Cut HM.
-Thunderbolt TM.
-1 Max Elixer.
-Fly HM.
-Tri Attack TM.
-Ice Beam TM.
-Counter TM.
-Mega Drain TM.
-Swift TM.

0 Pokeballs, but I do have a way to get a new Mon for the team.
Ivysaur in theory could be revived with a Rare Candy, but currently I have 0 reasons to do it. He will still be the second one to be boxed, after Farfetch'd (who is not worth reviving at all).

Mons left on Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata, Magikarp, Arrokuda and Pikachu.

Next chapter gonna take a while, Wcop began and I need to cook there.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 8. Rocket Hideout.

I now need to go to Rocket Hideout. Its the only option. Is it though? I actually prefer a new Mon in the team, who won,t even be underleveled. I go to Saffron City and enter the Fighting Dojo.

I see that Doduo won,t be easily sweeping this Gym, this first Blackbelt leads with level 54 Machop. So, I send Cramorant, avoiding Leer. Cramorant spends the last Bubblebeam PP critting the Machop, then OHKOs Mankey and Primeape with Fly.
Next Blackbelt leads with level 35 Machop. Cramorant switches into Focus Energy and OHKOs Machop and Machoke with Fly. He also grows to level 40, forgets Bubblebeam and learns Waterfall. Yes, Waterfall is a Gen 1 Move, only Seaking line used to learn it.
Third Blackbelt finally does some damage to Cramorant on the switch-in. His Primeape crits with Karate Chop. Cramorant OHKOs Primeape, then misses Fly vs Poliwrath, taking Water Gun. Fly actually doesn,t OHKO Poliwrath and Cramorant gets critted by Body Slam:

Fortunately, no para. Cramorant uses Rest, losing only 10 HP from Double Slap before waking up and finishing the battle with Waterfall.

Fourth Blackbelt leads with Mankey, who uses Focus Energy on Cramorant switch-in. Cramorant kills Mankey with Waterfall and Doduo grows to level 29. A second Mankey is killed by Waterfall too, while Primeape walls to Fly. Cramorant grows to level 41.

The Karate Master leads with level 39 Hitmonlee. Cramorant switches into Meditate. Cramorant then OHKOs both Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan with Fly.

Time to choose the prize fighting Mon. The choice is very easy. Hitmonchan learns 0 Fight Moves by level and his Special is pathetic, so elemental punches wont be OHKOing anything. So, Hitmonlee is it.

I permabox Farfetch'd and welcome Hitmonlee in my team:

Unlike Hitmonchan, Hitmonlee learns as much as 4 STAB moves by level, but the best one for sure is the original Double Kick. 30 PPs are a lot, while 100% accuracy is reliable. If first hit crits, so will the second. Rockets are ahead, and they will be using many Rattatas. Hitmonlee won,t be a long term Mon, but he will help me to raise Doduo at least.

I challenge the poster guard, who leads with level 20 Raticate. I protect Doduo from damage and send Hitmonlee to take the Tackle and Quick Attack, which actually do a lot. Hitmonlee does OHKO Raticate, but he for sure is helpless vs Zubat. Doduo comes back, avoiding Supersonic. Fury Attack only hits twice, so Zubat gets to use Leech Life. With Peck, Doduo finishes Zubat.

I enter into the Hideout and instead of challenging the Rockets, start searching for items, finding a PP UP in a tree:

I don,t have room for the next item I find, so I use PP Up on Cramorant's Rest. Next item ends up being useless Escape Rope.

I challenge a Rocket, who leads with Drowzee. Doduo OHKOs Drowzee with Fly, but a Machop survives Peck and uses Karate Chop. Doduo finishes the battle in yellow.

The other Rocket of the floor leads with Raticate. Having learnt the lesson from the previous one, I don,t send Hitmonlee and use Cramorant instead. Cramorant OHKOs both Raticates with Waterfall, taking no damage.

Next floor has some items. I toss Escape Rope and find an equally useless Nugget. I toss the Nugget and find a Moon Stone, which is also useless, since I have 4 in the PC, but no Mons to use them on. The next item is Horn Drill TM. No one in my team learns that, so its also pretty useless.

I challenge a Rocket that has 4 underleveled Mons. Lead Zubat survives Fury Attack and confuses Doduo with Supersonic. Wartortle comes in, losing 2 out of 23 HP from Leech Life. Wartortle then kills Zubat with Bite, but can,t OHKO a Koffing 10 levels lower with Water Gun, taking a Tackle (4 HP less). Could have been worse, Poison Gas is a thing. Koffing is killed by another Water Gun, but vs Grimer I send Doduo, into Disable. Fury Attack only hits twice again, so Doduo gets hit by Pound. Grimer gets to survive Peck too, so Doduo takes another Pound. After Grimer dies, Doduo grows to level 30 and learns the powerful Drill Peck, forgetting Growl. Last Mon is Raticate, Cramorant comes in and kills it with Waterfall.

Doduo is low on health, but I have a way to remedy that, I use 1 of my 3 Rare Candies:

I deposit Horn Drill TM into the PC, hopefully next items I find are more useful.

Next item I find is actually a Super Potion. I spend it on Sandslash, who now has 60 HP.

I should have waited. Super Potion could have been spent on Wartortle, since th next item is a Hyper Potion.
Wartortle is my lead vs next Rocket, who leads with Grimer. Sandslash comes in, taking a Pound. Sandslash kills Grimer with crit Cut, then 2 Koffings with Dig.
I switch Wartortle out of the Rattata of the next Rocket, so Sandslash takes a Tackle. Sandslash also takes a Quick Attack and misses a Cut. Next Cut OHKOs. Sandslash OHKOs also 2 Raticates with Slash, only one of them uses Quick Attack. After that, Sandslash grows to level 32.

Next Rocket on B3 floor protects an item. Sandslash comes into his Machop and uses Cut twice, but gets damaged by 2 Karate Chops, one of which was crit. A second Machop is killed by Slash.

Since I again don,t have room for items, I deposit Cut and Flash HMs into the PC. Item ends up being Double Edge TM. It has 100 power in this generation and still has recoil, so its only viable on Mons with recovery Moves. Cramorant could learn it in the future.
There is also a useless hidden Nugget near the TM.

I toss the Nugget before I find the next item, a Rare Candy.

I face a Rocket who leads with Rattata. Since Sandslash is again low on health, I switch Hitmonlee in. After Hitmonlee kills Rattata (taking Tackle and Quick Attack and going down to yellow), Wartortle grows to level 30. Raticate comes and Hitmonlee kills it without taking damage. Last is a Drowzee. Dodrio takes massive damage from Confusion on switch-in but OHKOs with Drill Peck.

Wartortle is not in red anymore, but I still put Hitmonlee as lead now that they are both at the same level. I find an HP UP that I give to Cramorant.
I then find Razor Wind TM. Cramorant can actually learn this move.

The Lift Key Rocket leads with Koffing, so I am forced to switch Cramorant into Tackle. Both Koffing and Zubat are OHKOd by Waterfall.

I don,t have room in the bag for Card Key. This time I solve the issue in an unconventional way. I fly to Rock Tunnel and spend all 8 remaining Water Gun PPsof Wartortle on wild Geodudes and Onix. Unfortunately, its not enough to level up, so I go to route 24 and kill 2 Abras there with Bite. Wartortle grows to level 31 and learns Withdraw, forgetting Water Gun. I then spend the Water Gun TM on Wartortle, who forgets Withdraw and has all Water Gun PPs back.

Back in Rocket Hideout, I pick the Lift Key. I then go to B1F, where there is a Rocket that leads with Grimer. I send Sandslash into Disable. Both Grimer and Koffing are OHKOd by Dig.

Next stop is B4F. There, I face Jessie and James:

They lead with level 30 Koffing, so I am forced to bring Cramorant in, taking Tackle. Cramorant then OHKOs the whole team with Waterfall or Fly:

After the battle, I find and item, but have the bag full again. So, I deposit Fly HM and Mega Drain TM into the PC.

The item ends up being Iron, which I give to Cramorant.
In Goivanni's cabinet I find a hidden Super Potion:

I give it to Dodrio, healing him to almost full.

I then face Giovanni, a scrapped from RBY music plays when I talk to him:

Giovanni leads with Onix, easy win for Wartortle.

Rhyhorn comes and Wartortle decides its a good moment to miss Water Gun. Horn Attack does massive damage.
Wartortle crits Water Gun, which doesn,t matter of course:

Last is Persian. Wartortle can,t face this one, so I send Cramorant, while Giovanni uses Guard Spec on the cat.
Cramorant uses Waterfall and takes Pay Day.
Another Waterfall finishes the battle:

Cramorant grows to level 42.

I take the Silph Scope and finish the chapter here. Current team:

PPs:

Not sure if its worth to continue training Wartortle. A visit to Rock Tunnel will be enough to gain another level, but after that 4 levels remain, 3 if I spend a Rare Candy at 35. It doesn,t do damage to anything that is not weak to Water.

Sandslash is going low on PPs too, though at least he is able to OHKO things with Slash and Dig. Sandslash is really needed for electric opponents. The Hyper Potion I have is worth spending on Sandslash.

The Max Elixer I have is about to be used on this bird. I have used Cramorant more than I would have liked in this chapter.

This guy learns a lot of TMs, but I am reserving them all for better Mons. He lost a lot of health, I will try to lead with him from now... except vs the ghosts in Pokemon Tower of course.

With health recovered and lots of PPs, future is looking bright for Dodrio. He is able to OHKO many Mons and learns some useful TMs like Body Slam too.

Items in the bag

-3 Rare Candies.
-Mega Punch TM.
-Thunder Wave TM.
-Gulp Missile TM.
-Body Slam TM.
-Item Finder.
-1 Full Restore.
-1 X Special.
-Thunderbolt TM.
-1 Max Elixer.
-Tri Attack TM.
-Ice Beam TM.
-Counter TM.
-Swift TM.
-1 Hyper Potion.
-Double Edge TM.
-Razor Wind TM.
-Lift Key (soon to be boxed).
-Silph Scope.


Mons left on Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata, Magikarp, Arrokuda and Pikachu.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 9. Pokemon Tower.

As mentioned at the end of last chapter, I fly to Rock Tunnel and kill a Geodude and an Onix there. Wartortle grows to level 32, but still has only 10 HP.

After putting Lift Key into the PC, I go to Pokemon Tower. First opponent there is Shiyo:

Shiyo leads with Fearow. Its faster than Sandslash, but misses Leer, getting hit by Slash.
Fearow hits Leer and dies to crit Poison Sting:

Shiyo sends Magnemite, who dies from crit Dig:

Vulpix also dies from Dig:

Sandslash grows to level 33. Shiyo sends then his own Sandshrew. I switch Cramorant into Scratch. One Waterfall is enough:

Last is Arrokuda, Cramorant eats it with Fly:

Easy win, Shiyo is still underleveled. Time to climb the tower, with Dodrio as the lead. A wild Gastly appears and is killed by Peck:

I decide to kill the rest of wild Mons too:

After killing the wild Mons, I challenge a Channeler. Dodrio kills the only Gastly with Peck. I then find a useless Escape Rope.
Second Channeler has her Gastly OHKOd by Peck too, but third one's survives and uses Confuse Ray. I have to send Cramorant who also gets confused and damages himself once before killing Gastly with Waterfall.

Third floor is cleared. On 4th one, Dodrio OHKOs the 2 Gastlys of a Channeler and grows to level 32.
I find an Elixer. I then toss the Escape Rope and pick an Awakening.
Next Channeler's Gastly survives a Peck but uses Lick, getting killed by another Peck.
Then, anorher Channeler sends a level 26 Gastly, one level higher than the previous one. Dodrio has to use Fly to OHKO this one.
I find a hidden Hyper Potion:

There is another item, but bag is full again, so I deposit Thunder Wave and Razor Wind TMs into the PC. The item ends up being HP Up, more food for Cramorant.

4th floor is cleared and in the entrance of 5th one I find a hidden Elixer:

First Channeler on 5th floor surprises me by using a Ditto instead of Gastly. Dodrio kills it with Drill Peck.
Next one uses a Haunter. Dodrio kills it with Fly.
Dodrio uses last Fly PP vs a level 26 Gastly of 3rd Channeler.
Last channeler guards an item and has another Haunter. Dodrio OHKOs it with Drill Peck and grows to level 33. Item ends up being a useless Nugget.

6th floor begins with a Channeler that has 3 Gastlys. Dodrio OHKOs them all with Peck.
I then find an X Accuracy. Of all X items, this one is the worst.
Next Channeler has only 1 Gastly at level 26. Since Dodrio grew one level, I try to use Peck and this time it OHKOs.
Last Channeler of the tower is even weaker, her Gastly is at level 25. Dodrio OHKOs it too.
I find a Rare Candy.

Having 2 Hyper Potions, I decide to spend one on Wartortle, who goes back to full. I then challenge Marowak. Wartortle uses Water Gun and gets hit by Bone Club. Wartortle then gets a 1/256 miss again, but Marowak uses Tail Whip. Wartortle finishes it next turn:

On the last floor I have to face Jessie and James:

What, 5 Mons now? They lead with Meowth, while I send a very damaged Sandslash. Its the worst possible lead for him. Dodrio gets into 2 Fury Swipes.
Dodrio OHKOs Meowth with Drill Peck:

Level 35 Arbok comes in. Ok, I am in trouble. Cramorant comes in, avoiding Glare.
Cramorant uses Rest, taking 2 Bites.
Cramorant uses Fly, but Arbok survives it and uses Leer.
Another Fly kills Arbok, but Cramorant now has 2 PPs for 3 Mons. Dodrio meanwhile grows to level 34.

Weezing is next. I decide to send Sandslash, who takes a Tackle.
Sandslash uses Dig, but Weezing survives it... and poisons Sandslash with Sludge:

Sandslash uses accurate Slash to kill Weezing and not take poison damage:

Level 35 Lickitung is next. I send Hitmonlee, but he ends in red. I don,t really care for him though.
Hitmonlee uses Double Kick and dies from Stomp:

RIP Hitmonlee? Nah, I will probably revive it with Rare Candy. Next route is very long and full of Normal Mons.

Wartortle comes in and uses Seismic Toss. Lickitung survives it and disables Tail Whip.
Wartortle finishes Lickitung with Bite:

Last is Victreebel. Dodrio switches in, takes a lot of damage from Razor Leaf but finishes the battle with Drill Peck:

This time Jessie and James did a lot of damage. I use my only Full Restore on Sandslash. I also spend a Rare Candy on Hitmonlee to revive it and use the last Hyper Potion. No healing for a while now.

I get Poke Flute from Mr. Fuji and go to Route 12. I wake the Snorlax, who survives Double Kick from Hitmonlee, but uses Amnesia.
Next hit KOs Snorlax:

Snorlax would have been a good Pokemon to catch if I had Pokeballs, but I have 0. Moreover, Snorlax is very hard to catch, so even if I get Pokeballs, I will think before going for the other Snorlax.

Finishing the chaper here. Current team:

PPs:

While better than Hitmonchan, this is still a bad Mon. He still has lots of PPs and next route has Normal Mons to hit.

This, on the other hand, had a very good chapter vs the channelers and has grown a lot. PPs are not an issue, I have Elixers. The low HP, however, means that Dodrio will have to fight carefully for a while.

In this chapter, Cramorant attacked only 5 times, which is a good sign, the rest of the team got to fight. Soon, the Max Elixer will be spent.

Poor Sandslash almost died in this chapter, but its still competent enough to continue being on the team.

In the end, I healed Wartortle and even spent a TM on it. The turtle saved 1 Cramorant's PP by using 3 Water Guns on Marowak and also killed Lickitung using Seismic Toss + Bite. Not sure if this was worth, but Cramorant is happy.

Items in the bag:

-3 Rare Candies.
-Mega Punch TM.
-Gulp Missile TM.
-Body Slam TM.
-Itemfinder.
-1 X Special.
-Thunderbolt TM.
-Max Elixer.
-Tri Attack TM.
-Ice Beam TM.
-Counter TM.
-Swift TM.
-Double Edge TM.
-2 Elixers.
-1 Awakening.
-1 X Accuracy.


Mons left on Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata, Magikarp, Arrokuda and Pikachu.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 10. From Lavender Town to Fuchsia City.

Its time to begin one of the toughest parts of the game. Long 4 Routes, with a lot of wild Mons and even more trainers. My team will gain lots of experience, but will lose health and PPs in the process.

First trainer is a Rocker. He leads with Voltorb, so I switch Sandslash in. Voltorb gets to use Sonic Boom, survives Cut and explodes. Vs Electrode I don,t commit the same mistake and Sandslash uses Dig after taking Screech.

I get Good Rod in a house. I put in in the PC.

Next trainer is a Fisherman guarding an item. Hitmonlee uses Meditate vs lead Magikarp, taking a Tackle. The boost allows to OHKO Magikarp, Krabby and Arrokuda with Double Kick.
The item ends up being Iron, which I give to Cramorant.

A camper leads with Nidoran, forcing me to switch Cramorant in. Nidoran is OHKOd by Fly, and Nidorino by Waterfall. This way, Cramorant is finally without offensive PPs.
I go to Viridian Forest, wait a Kakuna to appear and order Cramorant to use Rest. Then I use Max Elixer to restore all PPs.

I finally get to the grass area of Route 12. Oddish, Bellsprout, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Farfetch'd and Chansey appear on this route. Lots of PPs have to be spent:

Dodrio has no Peck PPs anymore.

Sandslash grows to level 34 after killing Chansey.

Mons left on Route 12: Oddish, Bellsprout, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Farfetch'd, Chansey, Slowpoke, Arrokuda and Slowbro. Mons left appear surfing of course.

Sandslash is only 2 levels away from learning a new Move now. So, I go to Mt. Moon and kill 29 Paras with Poison Sting, spending all its PPs. 29 Paras are enough to gain one level.

I get to Route 13. There I challenge a female Jr. Trainer, who leads with Goldeen. The fish survives Double Kick for Hitmonlee and uses Fury Attack. After Goldeen dies, Hitmonlee grows to level 32. This allows him to OHKO Poliwag. Last Mon is Horsea, who gets to use Bubble before being 2HKOd.
Next is Bird Keeper. His Pidgey is OHKOd by Double Kick, vs Pidgeotto I send Cramorant and kill it with Fly.
Another female Jr. Trainer has 4 Mons. Things are looking good for Hitmonlee when he OHKOs Pidgey, Meowth and Pikachu, growing to level 33 and learning Rolling Kick. However, last Mon is Persian, who crits with Pay Day, dealing a lot of damage. Persian too is OHKOd but Hitmonlee is now at just 26 HP.

Avoiding some trainers, I find a hidden Calcium:

Cramorant drinks it. I also find a hidden Protein:

More food for Cramorant.

Grass at Route 13 has exactly the same Mons as in Route 12. Time to kill them:

Dodrio grows to level 35.

Mons left on Route 13: : Oddish, Bellsprout, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Farfetch'd, Chansey, Slowpoke, Arrokuda and Slowbro.

I begin challenging the trainers. Jr. Trainer leads with Poliwag, who reveals Body Slam vs Wartortle. I am forced to switch Cramorant in, killing Poliwag with Fly and Eevee with Drill Peck.
Wartortle defeats (taking damage from Double Swap) a Beauty's Clefairy, but I switch Cramorant into Meowth, who uses Growth. Meowth falls to Waterfall and Dratini to Drill Peck. Cramorant grows to level 43.
Another Beauty leads with Rattata, who uses Quick Attack twice vs Wartortle, leaving it quite damaged. At least Wartortle grows to level 33. Vulpix appears and dies to crit Water Gun. Last is Pikachu, who uses Quick Attack twice on Sandslash, before falling to Cut.

Sandslash has now only 3 PPs, 1 of Slash and 2 of Dig. I decide to spend them all vs the next trainer, a female Jr. Trainer. Lead Pidgey consumes the only Slash PP, while Meowth dies to Dig after using Pay Day. Next is Farfetch'd, however. Cramorant has to kill it and the remaining Pidgeotto with Fly.
Next trainer turns out to be a Bird Keeper. I switch Sandslash out and Cramorant kills Pidgey, Pidgeotto, Spearow and Fearow.
I send Dodrio to face the next Bird Keeper, who has 5 Mons. Lead Spearow falls to Fury Attack, but not before using Leer. Fearing Quick Attack from Pidgey, I once again switch Cramorant in. Cramorant kills the remaining 4 bird with Fly.
Sandslash finally spends last Dig PP vs a Biker's Koffing. I then send Cramorant into Grimer, who lands Poison Gas. Cramorant has to use Rest and then kills Grimer with Waterfall. Sandslash grows to level 36, forgets Poison Sting and learns Swift. Biker sends a Meowth, who dies to Fly... to third Fly, since Cramorant misses two in a row.

Sandslash now has 20 Swift PPs. I Fly to Route 10 and spend 10 PPs on wild Mons. I then use Elixer on Sandslash, restoring 40 PPs.

Back at Route 13, Wartortle is unable to 2HKO a Bird Keeper's Pidgey with Water Gun, ending in red as a result. Sandslash comes in, takes Quick Attack and kills Pidgey with Cut. Spearow is killed with Cut too, but another Pidgey survives and avoids next hit, using Sand Attack. Sandslash ignores the Accuracy drop with Swift, but I switch it out of Fearow, who Cramorant kills with Waterfall.

I find a hidden Full Restore:

I might need to use than item soon, since trying to save PPs vs next Bird Keeper, a Doduo survives Swift and heavily damages Sandslash with Drill Peck. Sandslash does 2HKO that Doduo and a Pidgey with Swift + Cut, growing to level 37. Slash is used to kill Pidgeotto.
Next Bird Keeper I face with Dodrio. Spearow is killed by Fury Attack and Doduo with Drill Peck. Dodrio grows to level 36, but I switch Cramorant to kill Fearow with Waterfall. Cramorant grows to level 44 and then kills opposing Cramorant with Drill Peck.
Last Bird Keeper of Route 13 leads with Pidgeotto. I switch Cramorant in and spend last Fly PP. Cramorant kills Fearow with Waterfall.

I arrive to Route 14 and a creepy girl gives me a Leaf Stone:

I say she is creepy cause of her dialogues:

I face a Biker. Sandslash OHKOs both Koffing and Grimer with Dig.
The 3 poison Mons of another Biker are also OHKOd by Dig. Sandslash grows to level 38.

Grass of Route 14 has Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth and Kangaskhan. I actually prefer killing them later, I am running low on PPs.
In fact, I will try to avoid trainers for now and will search items instead. I find a hidden one, but don,t have an idea about how to pick it:

I am literally stepping on the item but can,t pick it. Cram-o-dev might give me a clue about this.

On Route 15 I am more lucky and find a Rare Candy:

Despite trying to avoid battling, I do end up facing on Route 15 a Jr. Trainer with a Clefairy, OHKOd by Hitmonlee Rolling Kick.

At the end of Route 15 I find the Rage TM. Very bad and dangerous move, but someone will learn it at some point.

On the entrance to Fuchia City, Oak's aide wants to give me Exp All, but I have only caught 24 Mons, he wants to see 25.

In Fuchsia City I find a hidden Safari Ball:

Oh, cool, I can finally catch something again? Where should i do it? I fly to Lavender Town and enter Pokemon Tower. My intention is to catch Gastly but of course, I am so unlucky that Cubone appears first. If I didn,t have Sandslash, this would be a viable Mon to catch, since it learns Ground moves by level. That is the only positive aspect about Cubone/Marowak, its an otherwise pretty bad Mon. Since I have Sandslash, I don,t catch it and there will be no catch in Pokemon Tower.
Btw, Gastly would have been GG. Its clearly the best Mon for this challenge, since it walls half of the Pokedex. This Mon would have been worth spending almost any TM on. A shame I couldn,t catch it, since it would have made the journey extremely easy.

Back to Fuchsia City I go, where I find another hidden Safari Ball:

I also get Super Rod. And another Hidden Safari Ball:

Ok, 3 Safari Balls. What and where should I catch?

Route 12 and 13 have Oddish, Bellsprout, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Farfetch'd and Chansey. In practice, only Pidgeotto, Chansey, Bellsprout and Weepinbell are options, since I already had the others at some point. Pidgeotto is a bad option, others are fine.
Route 14 has Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth and Kangaskhan. Bellsprout line, Pidgeotto, Venonat line and Kangaskhan are actual options. Bellsprout learns broken Razor Leaf, Venonat line learns Psychic moves, Rhyhorn only works to resist moves and requires TMs to be actually good, Kanga is decent but also bad level-up movepool.
Route 15 has the same Mons as Route 14, but Lickitung is added. Lickitung is terrible.
To the west of Fuchsia City I have Route 18 with Spearow, Doduo, Farfetch'd, Fearow, Pidgeotto, Lickitung and Dodrio. So, in practice only Pidgeotto and Lickitung, both of which are terrible.
Finally, Route 17 has Doduo, Dodrio, Ponyta, Farfetch'd, Fearow and RBY king Tauros. This one is between Ponyta and Tauros. Ponyta is terrible, Tauros is good despite bad level up movepool.
Apart from those, I have a lot of possible Super Rod encounters, but almost all of them are underleveled.

I start going back to Route 12. Of course, Pidgeotto is the one that appears first. I could teach it Fly, but there are way too many levels for it to evolve. There will be no catch on Route 12.
On Route 13 Weepinbell appears. Cramorant damages it a little with Waterfall and the Mon is caught in one Safari Ball.

Weepinbell won,t be entering the team for now, but I do get Exp. All. Training Low Level Mons will become easier from now.

On Route 15 I defeat with Cramorant a Jr. Trainer, who has Bellsprout, Oddish, Tangela and Scyther. All die to Drill Peck.
Then I challenge a Bird Keeper. Dodrio kills Farfetch'd and Pidgeotto with Drill Peck, then Pidgey and Doduo with Fury Attack. Vs Cramorant I switch in my own and use Drill Peck.
Next Bird Keeper leads with Dodrio, so I switch Cramorant again and kill it with Waterfall, after healing with Rest. Same with 2 Doduos. Cramorant grows to level 45.

On Route 14 first Mon that appears is another Weepinbell, which I kill with Cramorant:

Next one is Venonat, but its only level 27, lowest leveled Mon of the Route I kill it:

There will be no catch on Route 14.
Mons left on Route 14: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth and Kangaskhan.

Due to Exp. All, Hitmonlee grows to level 34.

On Route 15, same story happens, level 26 Venonat is first Mon. Cramorant kills it:

There will be no catch on Route 15.

Mons left on Route 15: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth, Lickitung and Kangaskhan.

There are many more trainers on Routes 14 and 15, but my team is in a pretty bad condition. I need both health and PPs. I need to enter the Safari Zone to get both items and new Mons, but since this challenge is about not spending money, the moment I get Surf TM is the moment I won,t be allowed to spend money on Safari Zone anymore. This means that when I actually get Surf, in the minimum amout of steps I will have to get the items of Safari Zone that Surf requires. It also means Surf is only accesible for me when I beat Koga, which will be the next goal.

Cramorant is one level away from learning a new (not very good) move, so I Fly to Cerulean City, visit the Move Deleter and forget Fly. Drill Peck is more powerful, has more accuracy and more PPs than Fly.

Finishing the chapter here. Current team:

PPs:

Soon I will have to start spending TMs on Cramorant. And not only Surf.

Plan for Wartortle is to die soon. But after all the investment, it will get to be a Blastoise and to use Surf and Strength, so that the rest of the team saves PPs.

Won,t be used vs Koga and won,t last a long time after him either. But he has to use as many PPs as possible before dying Strength included.

Dodrio has to last. Either him or Sandslash will soon receive the Full Restore I have. Body Slam TM is also ready, waiting for Dodrio to finish the crappy Fury Attack. Or maybe should I already forget Peck instead?

Sandslash has suffered a lot in this chapter, and will have to kill some Poison Mons in the Gym. Strength will upgrade Cut.

Items in the bag:


-4 Rare Candies.
-Mega Punch TM.
-Gulp Missile TM.
-Body Slam TM.
-Itemfinder.
-1 X Special.
-Thunderbolt TM.
-Tri Attack TM.
-Ice Beam TM.
-Counter TM.
-Swift TM.
-Double Edge TM.
-1 Elixer.
-1 Awakening.
-1 X Accuracy.
-1 Full Restore.
-1 Rage TM.
-2 Safari Balls.
-Exp All.


Mons left on Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata, Magikarp, Arrokuda and Pikachu.
Mons left on Route 12: Oddish, Bellsprout, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Farfetch'd, Chansey, Slowpoke, Arrokuda and Slowbro.
Mons left on Route 13: : Oddish, Bellsprout, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Farfetch'd, Chansey, Slowpoke, Arrokuda and Slowbro.
Mons left on Route 14: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth and Kangaskhan.
Mons left on Route 15: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth, Lickitung and Kangaskhan.

 

[Cram-o-dev]

That hidden item you couldn't pick up on Route 14 is very strange. I went there and also couldn't pick it up, and I have no idea why. Maybe a route can only have so much stuff in it? It's supposed to be a Hyper Potion. I moved it to a new location on Route 15 and it works fine there, so at the very least, thanks for helping me find a bug.

Also wanted to mention that since you're playing the first version of the hack, the Super Rod is bugged and causes some very strange and unintended encounters in some spots, like a level 250 Arcanine.

Also for the mons left on Route 1, the "Pikachu" is actually a Cramorant. "Pikachu" is what Cramorant is still referred to as internally within the code. And any instance of "Pikatwo" in the code is actually Pikachu.

Great job on the poorlocke so far. You've been doing really great!

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 11. Silph Co.

Unfortunately, I have to change my plan of action. I checked the level of Koga Mons, and his ace is at level 51. Challenging him is suicidal, even if I win the battle, my team will be very worn down.
However, Giovanni's ace at Silph is only at level 43, which is much more plausible to beat. Moreover, there are many items in the building, so I can pick them, and if strong enough, clear the remaining routes too.

With this in mind, I enter Silph building. On 2F, I challenge a Rocket. Sandslash defeats Zubat with Swift and Raticate with Slash, but gets damaged by both and survives with just 10 HP. I send Cramorant to kill Golbat with Drill Peck.
I am forced to heal Sandslash with Full Restore after the battle.

I can,t find any item on second floor, so I avoid the trainers and go to the second one. There, I face another Rocket. Hitmonlee OHKOs Raticate, but not before taking big damage from Quick Attack, surviving with 11 HP. I switch Cramorant into Hypno and crit it with Drill Peck. Magmar is killed by Waterfall.

I don,t find any items on third floor, so I go to fourth. There, I don,t find any items either.

On 5th floor I am surprised by a Juggler that wants to battle. Dodrio kills Kadabra and Mr. Mime with Drill Peck, growing to level 37.
I find a hidden Elixer:

This is the Card Key floor, but a Rocket protects it. His only Pokemon is Arbok, but Glare threatens Dodrio, so I switch Cramorant in. Cramorant takes Screech and then Bite. Waterfall + Drill Peck kill Arbok.

I get the Card Key. Time to pick items and heal my team.

On 2F I open a door and a woman gives me the Self Destruct TM. No one on my team can learn the move and its not exactly good for this challenge.
On 3F there is an item, but my bag is full. To solve this problem, I go back to 2F and challenge a Rocket. Dodrio uses Drill Peck on a Cubone, taking Leer. Fury Attack doesn,t kill Cubone from there due to only hitting twice. Punishment is harsh, Headbutt leaves Dodrio at 9 HP. Last Fury Attack is spent to finish Cubone and a Drill Peck OHKOs Zubat.
Despite being at 9 HP, I finally use Body Slam TM on Dodrio. Fury Attack is forgotten.

Item on 3F ends up being an Hyper Potion, right for Dodrio, who is back at full.

On 4F I find a cool room with 3 items. First is Full Heal. Bag becomes full with it, so I deposit Self Destruct TM and X Accuracy into the PC.
Max Revive is the second item and an useless Escape Rope the other one. I toss it.

On 5F I find a Protein for Cramorant. In another room I find the Take Down TM. Another useless TM. Bag becomes full again.

Looking at the PC in regard to both Mons and items, I realize one thing: I had a Pidgeotto in the past and forgot about it. What does that mean? First encounter on Route 12 is invalid. Bellsprout and Chansey are the only possible catches there right now. I have a chance to get Chansey as first encounter. I go to the grass... and find a Bellsprout. There will be no catch on Route 12, now for real.

Ok, back to the previous problem, what should I do with so many items? I put Max Revive into the PC for now. Then I teach Rage to Wartortle, forgetting Tail Whip. Of course, the move is useless in actual battles. I go to Route 25 and use Rage on level 16 wild Abra. I do this twice and both Abras survive and escape with Teleport.
Zubats in Mt. Moon give a very small amount of experience, but at least are OHKOd. A level 11 Paras survives and gets to use Scratch, taking 2 HP from Wartortle, who ends up spending all 20 PPs of Rage.

Back at Silph, I fight vs a Rocket on 6F. Dodrio OHKOs Machop with Body Slam and uses last Drill Peck PP on Machoke.
In a room I find an HP UP and X Accuracy. Cramorant drinks HP UP.

On 7F I find Sword Dance TM and bag becomes full again. I put Sword Dance TM and Max Revive into PC.

Back to 7F I find a Calcium for Cramorant.
To access to more rooms, I need to fight a Rocket. Dodrio OHKOs with Body Slam Raticate, Arbok, Koffing and Golbat. Only Quick Attack from Raticate is taken. Dodrio grows to level 38. Due to Exp All, Wartortle grows to level 34.

There aren,t any more items on 7F, so I go to 8F.
On 8F there aren,t any items, so I go to 9F. Here I have to battle vs a Rocket. Dodrio OHKOs Golbat and Drowzee with Body Slam, but only 2HKOs Hypno, taking Headbutt.

I find a hidden Max Potion:

It doesn,t look to be worth spending on either Hitmonlee or Wartortle, so I won,t do it for now.

In 10F a room with 3 items is protected by a Rocket. His only Pokemon is Machoke, but since Dodrio doesn,t have currently PPs on Flying moves, I send Cramorant to kill it with Drill Peck.
First item is a Rare Candy. Second is the valuable Earthquake TM. There is no room for the third. I deposit into the PC Thunderbolt TM and teach Hitmonlee Mega Punch TM. Last item ends up being a Carbos, for Cramorant.

There is nothing on 11F except a Rocket with Omastar and Kabutops. Cramorant spends the remaining 3 Waterfall PPs killing both fossils.

This will be pretty painful, but I have to defeat now the entire building without item restoration. I expected to find some Ether at some point to revive Ivysaur and use Leech Seed on wild Metapods one last time, but there weren,t any. Therefore, I put Ivysaur into the PC forever. Goodbye, Ivysaur.
I pick level 30 Weepinbell from the PC:

This will be very hard to work with. I do have a Leaf Stone, but Weepinbell needs to be at level 38 to learn Razor Leaf. It also currently has 42/80 HP.

To start the training, I put Exp All into the PC. I then go to Viridian Forest and spend all the Poisonpowder PPs on wild Metapods, only Mon that can,t damage Weepinbell. Switching between Weepinbell and Wartortle I kill the Metapods. They give pathetic experience however.

Without Poisonpowder PPs left, I teach Weepinbell Mega Drain. I also teach him Cut instead of Stun Spore. My next goal is Route 15. I go to the Grass. Wild Bellsprout appears, but I escape from it. I do the same vs Venonat, Mon that I already killed in this route. Pidgeotto however, is faster than Weepinbell, so I switch Sandslash in, taking Wing Attack. Sandslash wastes a Swift PP before being blown away by Whirlwind. Weepinbell then escapes from Gloom, Oddish and Lickitung. Venomoth is another fast Mon, so I switch Cramorant in, killing ti with Drill Peck:

Another Pidgeotto appears and uses Whirlwind on the switch to Sandslash.

I commit the mistake of trying to escape vs wild Weepinbell with my own, getting it slept (could have been worse, Stun Spore is a thing). Cramorant comes in and kills it with Drill Peck:

I fly to Viridian Forest and wake up Weepinbell vs a wild Metapod, spending a Sleep Powder PP.

Back at Route 15, finally the Mon I have been searching for appears, a Rhyhorn. Weepinbell uses Mega Drain to heal back to full:

Mons left on Route 15: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth, Lickitung and Kangaskhan.

The next mision will take more time. With Weepinbell at full health, I go to Route 12. Chanseys are rare, but they give a lot of experience. Weepinbell grows to level 35 by killing Chanseys.

I take out of the PC Exp All and go to Silph again to finish the army of Rockets. On 2F I face a Scientist with Porygon as lead. Cramorant switches in and kills it with Drill Peck. Sandslash switches into Voltorb, uses Cut and eats a Self Destruct. Magneton is killed by Dig.
Vs the next Scientist's Grimer, Weepinbell uses Sleep Powder and then 3HKOs with Cut. Weezing appears, so Weepinbell sleeps it too. I bring Sandslash in, taking a Tackle, since Weezing woke up. Sandslash kills Weezing with Dig, meanwhile Cramorant grows to level 46 and learns Thrash. Sandslash kills another Weezing and Koffing with Dig, growing to level 39. He now has only 1 Dig PP left.

2F is cleared. On 3F a scientist leads with level 35 Electrode. A funny thing happens vs him. I send Sandslash into Screech. Electrode uses Screech again, then Sandslash digs and while Sandslash is underground, Electrode explodes. Scientist then sends a Weezing who is OHKOd by Dig. Last Dig PP was very efficiently spent, 2 Mons killed and no damage taken.

Said scientist was the only one left on 3F. On 4F Weepinbell sleeps an Ekans, but before killing it, the snake wakes up and paralyzes Weepinbell with Glare. Zubat comes in and I send Sandslash into Bite. The bat is 2HKOd by Cut, but Cubone survives a Slash (using Tail Whip). Sandslash has to spend last Cut.
After the battle, I use the Full Heal on Weepinbell and visit Move Deleter, who makes Sandslash forget Cut. I use the Earthquake TM on him.
Next Rocket leads with Machop. Weepinbell sleept it and 2HKOs with Acid. Cramorant switches into Drowzee's Psychic and OHKOs with Thrash.
Another Scientist appears. Sandslash kills Electrode with Earthquake, Cramorant 2HKOs Magmar with Thrash, but spending only 1 PP.

4F cleared. On 5F a Rocket with a Hypno poisons Cramorant with Poison Gas. Cramorant uses Rest, but this gives Hypno the chance to SPAM powerful Confusions. 2 of them crit before Cramorant kills Hypno with Thrash.
Next is a Scientist with 4 Mons. Sandslash OHKOs Magneton with Slash, then kills Koffing and Weezing with Earthquake. Last is Porygon, killed by Slash. Sandslash grows to level 40 and Weepinbell to level 36.

5F is cleared. The first Rocket of 6F leads with Zubat, so I send Sandslash into Bite. Sandslash OHKOs 2 Zubatis with Swift, but Golbat survives Slash and uses Confuse Ray. Cramorant has to finish the job with Thrash.
Mad Scientist with 5 Mons is next. Sandslash comes into Voltorb's Self Destruct, at least no PPs are spent to kill this one. Koffing and Magneton are killed with Slash, then a Magnemite survives Swift and gets to use Tackle before being killed. Last is Ditto. It barely survives Swift and transforms into Sandslash. I am forced to send Cramorant into Swift and kill it with Thrash.

6F is cleared, but I have to go to Viridian Forest for Cramorant to use Rest. Back at Silph's 7F, Weepinbell is unable to OHKO a Rocket's Cubone with Mega Drain, but at least heals back to full doing it. Cubone wastes the turn to use Focus Energy and is killed by Cut. Hitmonlee meanwhile grows to level 35. Marowak is too strong for Weepinbell to fight, so I send Cramorant. 2 turns of Thrash finish the job.
Next Rocket leads with Sandshrew, but I don,t want to use Mega Drain PPs with Weepinbell at full. Therefore, I send Cramorant and use Thrash. 4 turns, but only 1 PP is consumed while killing Sandshrew and Sandslash.
A Scientist as always leads with Electrode. But since its at only level 29, I leave Weepinbell in this time. Self Destruct does a lot of damage, but at least no PPs are spent. Dodrio grows to level 39, forgets Peck and learns Rage. Cramorant kills Muk with Thrash.

7F is cleared. On 8F Weepinbell avoids a Raticate's Tail Whip and sleeps it. 2 Acid PPs are enough. Vs Zubat I send Sandslash, taking Wing Attack. Sandslash OHKOs Zubat with Swift and Golbat with Slash.
Next Rocket creates a dangerous situation. He leads with Weezing and I send Cramorant to kill it with Thrash. Cramorant does it, but not before being poisoned with Sludge. Still locked into Thrash, Cramorant is unable to OHKO Golbat, who uses Screech. Sandslash comes into Bite, which crits. Sandslash finishes Golbat with Swift and kills Koffing with Earthquake.
Vs the next Scientist I lead directly with Cramorant and use Rest. Then, Cramorant OHKOs Grimer and Electrode with Thrash. Weepinbell meanwhile grows to level 37.

8F is cleared. I leave Silph. With Weepinbell 1 level away from forgetting Sleep Powder, I decide to make the best possible use of it: catch the remaining Snorlax. I take Poke Flute from the PC and go for the hunt.
Weepinbell misses first Sleep Powder, Snorlax uses Amnesia.
Weepinbell hits second Sleep Powder, but Snorlax wakes up the same turn and uses Amnesia again.
Weepinbell sleeps Snorlax again. Then it uses Acid twice.
Fearing Acid crit, Weepinbell uses Cut, which actually crits, Snorlax barely survives.
1 Safari Ball is enough in this situation:

Good, I now have one of the best Mons of the game, though he will have to heal.

With Sleep Powder goal achieved, I give a Rare Candy to Weepinbell. He grows to level 38, forgets Sleep Powder and learns Razor Leaf. I then use Leaf Stone:

I could finish Silph now, but instead I prefer to go to Way of Fish. Second trainer there leads with level 35 Magikarp. I certainly don,t want to spend Razor Leaf on that Mon, so I send Cramorant, who OHKOs Magikarp and crits Seaking with Thrash. Seadra survives the move and uses Leer, which combined with confusion from Thrash could be ugly for Cramorant. Victreebel comes in and 2HKOs with Cut. Cramorant grows to level 47 meanwhile.

Turns out, there were only 3 trainers on Way of Fish. Last one is the leader of the challenge:

The Rocker sends one of the only Mons Victreebel can,t OHKO with Razor Leaf, a Gyarados. I send Cramorant to take Dragon Rage.
Cramorant uses Drill Peck and takes Tackle.
Cramorant uses Thrash to kill Gyarados:

Seaking survives next hit and uses Horn Attack before being killed:

Wartortle grows meanwhile to level 35. Arrokuda comes in and survives Thrash, using Agility.

I switch Victreebel in, but 4 crit Fury Attacks leave him weak:

So, I send Cramorant back. Predicting my Rest, Arrokuda uses Focus Energy.
Arrokuda uses Fury Attack, hitting 3 times.
Cramorant is the one that crits with Thrash after Arrokuda uses Agility:

Horsea comes in and is crited too:

Last is the broken fish, Baraskewda. Time to talk about it a little, since Shiyo will have this fish too. Baraskewda has 75 HP (not bad), insane 140 Attack (higher than Machamp for reference), 90 Defense (respectable), 150 Speed (higher than Gen 1 Electrode, which also means crit rate is high) and 90 Special. This means it hits like a truck with Normal Moves despite not being a Normal type. At the same time, Water STAB isn,t useless either and the 2 form perfect coverage. By TMs, Brraskewda is able to learn what you would expect from a Water type, but also Sword Dance, to make Hyper Beams deadly. By level-up, it also learns Guillotine, being the fastest user of the move. This fish is really broken and the end-game will be tough vs it.
End game vs Shiyo I mean. This one uses Leer, surviving Thrash.
To avoid risking confusion, I am forced to send Dodrio, who takes a lot from Headbutt.
Cramorant comes back into crit Waterfall, which would have finished Dodrio.
Baraskewda crits with Waterfall again and finally dies from Thrash:

As a price for winning, I get an Arrokuda that this dude found struggling in the beach.

Next thing I do is give a Rare Candy to Wartortle, who grows to level 36 and finally evolves:

It still has no future, but now it can at least OHKO some grounds with Water Gun.

Meanwhile, Victreebel was almost killed by a small stupid fish. I therefore go to Route 14. I wait until a Rhyhorn appears, who is killed by Mega Drain:

Mons left on Route 14: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth and Kangaskhan.

Time to go back to Silph. On 9F I challenge a Scientist. Victreebel crits his Voltorb with Acid. Koffing is 3HKOd by Cut but crits twice with Smog and Tackle. Last is Magneton. I switch Sandslash is, but Sonic Boom leaves him with 8 HP. EQ kills Magneton and Sandslash grows to level 41. I am forced to heal Sandslash with Max Potion after the battle.
The other Rocket of the floor leads with Drowzee. I switch Blastoise out of it, fearing Poison Gas. However, Drowzee poisons Cramorant with Confusion. I switch Blastoise back into Disable. Cramorant switches into Disable too and OHKOs Drowzee, Grimer and Magmar with a single Thrash PP.

9F is cleared. Last floor (11F was already cleared, except Giovanni) has a Scientist who leads with Magnemite. Sandslash comes in and 2HKOs with Swift, without taking damage. Koffing and Clefable are killed by Earthquake.

I use an Elixer on Cramorant to restore PPs. Then, I challenge Shiyo:

Shiyo leads with Sandslash. Cramorant OHKOs it with Waterfall:

Ninetales is next. This Mon allows Cramorant to safely use Rest. It tries to use Roar and then hits with Quick Attack. When Cramorant wakes up, 1 Waterfall is not enough, Ninetales survives and tries to use Roar again.
I don,t want to spend many PPs with Cramorant here, so I send Blastoise into Tail Whip. Ninetales then tries to use Roar again and dies to Bite:

Magneton is next. I switch Sandslash in, taking Supersonic. Sandslash manages to attack and kills Magneton with Earthquake:

Shiyo sends Kadabra. I switch Cramorant into Psybeam. Cramorant kills Kadabra with Thrash:

Last is Baraskewda. It uses Focus Energy and takes Thrash. It then uses Headbutt but its Cramorant the one who crits with Thrash:

Overall, a succesful battle, since no one except Cramorant got damaged in it. I get a Lapras after the battle.

Next opponents are Jessie and James:

Level 45 Weezing is the lead. Its not a problem if Sandslash crits with Earthquake, however:

Arbok comes next. At level 45 it turns out to still have Poison Sting, but doesn,t get the Poison and dies without crit:

Earthquake PPs are gone after this. Lickitung appears and I send Cramorant into Screech, which misses.
Cramorant uses Waterfall and avoids Disable.
Second Waterfall kills Lickitung:

Cramorant grows to level 48 after this. Victreebel comes just to die to Drill Peck:

Last is Meowth, killed by Thrash:

Another good battle, Sandslash was lucky with a crit and a poison avoidance. I however, have to spend last Elixer on him.

Then, its time to face Giovanni:

Giovanni leads with Nidorino. Victreebel doesn,t have a good match-up vs it, Cramorant is needed. On switch-in, Cramorant takes 5 Fury Attacks.
Cramorant uses Rest and takes 3 crit Fury Attacks and 2 normal ones.
Cramorant uses Waterfall but doesn,t kill Nidorino. Giovanni however, uses Guard Spec.
I then send again Victreebel, into crit Poison Sting.
Victreebel finishes Nidorino with Cut:

Instead of the expected Rhyhorn, Giovanni sends a Kangaskhan. I switch Cramorant into crit Mega Punch.
Cramorant uses Rest and takes another Mega Punch. Then Kangaskhan uses Rage, getting locked into the move.
Cramorant uses Waterfall, but doesn,t kill Kanga, taking another boosted Rage.
I switch Sandslash, who takes 2 more Rages before killing Kanga with Swift:

Victreebel grows to level 39. Giovanni meanwhile sends Persian. Losing some HP from Rage is one thing, but those Slashes are powerful, so I send Cramorant, who avoids Fury Swipes.
Cramorant uses Waterfall and takes crit Bite.
Another Waterfall kills the cat:

Sandslash grows to level 42. Finally Rhyhorn comes in. I switch Victreebel in, taking a lot of damage from Stomp, this was extremely risky:

Victreebel however eats Rhyhorn alive with Mega Drain:

Last is Nidoqueen. I switch Cramorant into Scratch. Cramorant uses Rest, meanwhile Nidoqueen uses Tail Whip.
Instead of attacking, Giovanni uses Guard Spec on Nidoqueen.
Cramorant finishes the battle with Waterfall:

Giovanni goes away and I get a Master Ball.

Finishing the chapter here. Current team:

PPs:

Unless I find many items that restore PP, this guy is not making it to the end of the game. 25 Razor Leafs, however, allow me to beat many water trainers that are coming the moment I get Surf.

Still solid. Was in a big competition with Dodrio for being second best Mon, thanks to EQ TM, he clearly got the lead now. PPs are becoming a problem for the whole team, but Elixir was recently used, so Sandslash will carry the team for a while.

Still pretty useless, but Surf is near. I won,t be healing Blastoise anymore though, after getting Surf, he will kill as many trainers as possible before dying.

In retrospect, teaching Mega Punch to this was clearly a mistake. He won,t last long, even less than Blastoise.

Also suffering from lack of PPs. There are still many TMs that can be used on him though, Surf is near. Thrash somehow is a good move vs weak trainers, sometimes killing 3 Mons with just 1 PP.

Dodrio is in big trouble. I don,t have neither PP nor HP healing items and he is low on both sides. Unlike Blastoise and Hitmonlee, he is worth keeping however.

Items in the bag:
-3 Rare Candies.
-Gulp Missile TM.
-Itemfinder.
-1 X Special.
-Tri Attack TM.
-Ice Beam TM.
-Counter TM.
-Swift TM.
-Double Edge TM.
-1 Awakening.
-1 Safari Ball.
-Take Down TM.
-Exp All.
-Master Ball.

No healing items except a Max Revive at the PC is a tough situation.

Mons left on Route 1: Pidgey, Rattata, Magikarp, Arrokuda and Cramorant.
Mons left on Route 12: Oddish, Bellsprout, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Farfetch'd, Chansey, Slowpoke, Arrokuda and Slowbro.
Mons left on Route 13: : Oddish, Bellsprout, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Farfetch'd, Chansey, Slowpoke, Arrokuda and Slowbro.
Mons left on Route 14: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth and Kangaskhan.
Mons left on Route 15: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth, Lickitung and Kangaskhan.

In the next chapter, I will now for real challenge Koga. I am still underleveled, but not so much. Also, I pretty much depend on Safari Zone items being good to survive now.

 

[Manectric-Rang]

I just caught up with this, so I am quoting Part 2.

Cramorant grows to level 23. Before leaving I make a last Kabuto search and finally find it. Cramorant loses 4 HP from Scratch but OHKOs Kabuto with Water Gun:

Wait, why its not super effective? It still OHKOd without a crit, but is this some kind of bug? Kabuto is still Rock-Water in this game. Spearow grows to level 18.

This looks pretty much like the good old dual-type damage message bug. The damage is correctly computed; it is the message who gets it wrong.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 12. Fuchsia City.

Time to beat Poison Gym. First trainer is a Juggler who leads with Drowzee. Fearing Poison Gas, I switch Cramorant into Psychic. One Thrash PP kills both Drowzee and Kadabra.
Next Juggler has a single Hypno. Cramorant comes in and is poisoned. Thrash is used to kill Hypno, taking Headbutt in the process. I didn,t use Rest because Psychic would have done a lot, especially if Hypno got a drop.
Cramorant is the lead for the next battle. Opponent leads with Drowzee, so Cramorant goes to sleep, taking a Headbutt and a Psychic, which gets a Special drop. Cramorant OHKOs 2 Drowzees with Drill Peck. A Kadabra and another Drowzee are OHKOd by Thrash.
Next trainer is a Tamer. Sandslash OHKOs his Arbok with Dig. Then opposing Sandslash appears, so I switch Cramorant in, since I fear both Slash and Poison Sting. Sandslash uses Poison Sting instead, so Cramorant uses last Waterfall PP to OHKO it. Last is another Arbok, Cramorant 2HKOs with Thrash, taking Poison Sting. Cramorant grows to level 49.
Next Tamer leads with Sandslash, just like I expect him to. Victreebel uses Razor Leaf, but doesn,t crit, taking Poison Sting. Victreebel finishes Sandslash with Cut, then I switch Cramorant into Arbok's Bite. Cramorant takes another Bite before 2HKOing with Thrash.
Last opponent before Koga leads with Drowzee. Once again I send Cramorant, taking Headbutt. Cramorant uses Rest and takes 2 Psychics, getting a drop too. Thrash OHKOs Drowzee and crits Hypno too.

Only ninja master himself remains:

Koga leads with Koffing. Sandslash uses Dig and OHKOs it:

Level 47 Venonat appears. I am forced to bring Cramorant into Toxic. Cramorant OHKOs the bug with Drill Peck:

Another Venonat, one level higher, meets the same fate:

Hitmonlee, while chilling on the bench, grows to level 36. Muk is next. Cramorant uses Rest. Koga meanwhile uses X Attack on Muk.
Instead of attacking from the physical side, Muk uses Psychic.
Cramorant uses Drill Peck and crits, but Muk survives and uses Double Team.

I switch Sandslash in and Muk uses... Leech Life? What kind of illegal Muk is this?
Ignoring the Evasion boost, Sandslash uses Swift to kill Muk:

Level 51 Venomoth comes in. Cramorant comes in, but is paralyzed by Stun Spore.
Venomoth uses Psybeam and the battle ends with a Drill Peck:

Blastoise grows to level 37. I get the badge and the Toxic TM.

I go to Viridian Forest and order Cramorant to use Rest, healing the para this way.

Now that my Mons can Surf, I can go to Safari Zone to get the HM and some other items. I deposit all my TMs, Pokeballs and Exp All into the PC to make room for new items.
I receive a whopping 60 Safari Balls on the entrance and start the hunt.
In Area 1 I catch a male Nidoran:

In area 2 I am extremely lucky. The first encounter is a Tauros and the Safari Ball catches it:

I then find a Carbos, which I give to Cramorant.
Next item is the Egg Bomb TM. Probably useless, since only Exeggutor, Chansey and Mew learn it. For such a mediocre move, its actually insane that those are the only Mons that learn it in all 9 Gens. Next wild Mon that appears its actually a Chansey, but since I am still in Area 2, I can,t catch it.
I find a Max Potion. And soon after that, a Full Restore.

First encounter in Area 3 is a Rhyhorn, easily caught:

In area 4 I find a Max Revive. And then, another Max Potion.
Area 4 wild Mon is the only one who consumes more than 1 Safari Ball, getting caught by the 8th one I use:

Back on Area 3 I find the Skull Bash TM.
I then find a Protein, which I give to Cramorant.

I pick Gold Teeth in Area 4. Double Team TM is also here.
The only hidden item of Safari Zone is a Revive:

I get the Surf TM in the Secret House. I teach it to Blastoise, but not to Cramorant yet.

In Area 1 there is an item on an island, but its just a Nugget. Overall, I got 4 new Pokemon, some TMs, many healing items, but no PP restoring items. So, I still need to save PPs of my Main Mons.

I fly to Pallet Town and from there, I Surf to Cinnabar Island. On my way there, a wild level 10 Tentacool appears. Victreebel kills it with Cut:

There will be no catch on Route 21.

Mons left on Route 21: Drowzee, Raticate, Spearow, Farfetch'd, Pidgeotto, Fearow, Tangela, Pidgeot. Tentacool, Arrokuda, Tentacruel.

In the middle of the route, I see a house:

Inside there is a police officer and a nurse. Police officer says this:

What?

Nurse meanwhile says this:

...Pokemon.

Ok, I guess. Continuing my way, a wild Arrokuda appears. Victreebel kills it with Cut too:

Mons left on Route 21: Drowzee, Raticate, Spearow, Farfetch'd, Pidgeotto, Fearow, Tangela, Pidgeot. Tentacool, Arrokuda, Tentacruel.

I arrive to Cinnabar Island. Now I can fly here. I also come to the lab and see an Oak's aide, who has an interesting prize if I get... 100 Pokemon:

Currently I have 34, so it doesn,t look achievable.

I get the Metronome TM. Might legit use it on something that won,t be in the final team.
There are 3 trades here: Kangaskhan for Muk, Golduck for Rhydon and Growlithe for Dewgong. I can do the last one and am actually interested in it, but will wait for now.
I do however revive both Kabuto and Aerodactyl.

I teach Cramorant Gulp Missile, forgetting Waterfall. What is Gulp Missile? Its a Water type move, with 120 Power, 100 Accuracy and 15 PPs. Unfortunately, its a 2 turn move, preventing it from being the best Water type move in the game. It still a OHKO for almost everything that doesn,t resist it. Cramorant won,t be learning Surf until it spends all Gulp Missile PPs.

I fly to Fuchsia City and get the Strength HM. I teach it to both Blastoise and Hitmonlee. I get the Rare Candy of Warden's house.

Next goal is to kill all possible Mons and trainers everywhere while spending as few Cramorant and Sandslash PPs as possible. Its time to kill almost all Mons that I have at the PC, but Hitmonlee and Blastoise are the ones who will start the show.

I fly to Pallet Town again and go to Route 1. I surf on the new pond there and speak to the swimmer:

I don,t even know what levels those Cramorants have, so for now I avoid this battle. When I get an electric Mon, I will come back.
What I do, however, is killing the 3 remaining route 1 Mons:

Route 1 cleared (except the Cramorant swimmer).

I fly to Vermilion City. I kill the water Mons there too:

Cramorant got to use a crit 3 hits Fury Attack and a Quick Attack before being killed, so Blastoise is now almost dead.

Celadon City is my next stop. I see a potential new area there:

Looks like an additional challenge after Pokemon League. Meanwhile, I kill the only 2 Mons of Celadon City:

Celadon City cleared. To route 12 I go. There I find on an island the Pay Day TM. Then I kill the wild Mons:

Slowbro 12 levels lower was just a 3HKO with Strength, lol. Got to use Headbutt.

Same Mons appear on Route 13:

I go to Route 15. Instead of battling vs wild Mons, here I go to face the trainers. First is a Jr. Trainer with a Gloom. Hitmonlee uses Strength and gets slept. And then an Acid:

RIP Hitmonlee. He won,t be revived.

I send Dodrio and start using Rage. First one doesn,t OHKO Gloom, so Dodrio gets a Acid. Second hit kills Gloom and Dodrio grows to level 40. Oddish comes in, survives Rage and uses Poisonpowder before being killed. A second Oddish survives Rage and uses Acid before being killed too. Dodrio ends like this:

I still think Dodrio can be useful, so I use Full Restore.

I challenge a Biker. Blastoise easily OHKOs Koffing and Grimer with Surf. Weezing survives and uses Tackle, Blastoise loses 7 out of 17 HP. Blastoise finishes Weezing with Seismic Toss.
The lead Koffing of next Biker dies to Surf too. Weezing survives and uses Tackle, which takes 5 HP. Water Gun finishes Weezing. Biker sends a Pinsir, who dies from Surf, allowing Victreebel to grow to level 40. Last is Grimer, who also dies from Surf. Blastoise grows to level 38 and gets 3 HP back. Sandslash meanwhile grows to level 43.

I avoid several trainers and go to face a Biker on route 14. 2 Koffings and a Grimer die from Surf.
Last Biker of the area leads with Weezing, who survives Surf and crits with Smog:

RIP Blastoise. He didn,t use all the Surfs, but he did clean some Bikers.

Victreebel comes in and uses Cut, but gets crit by Sludge. Last Cut is spent to kill Weezing. Muk requires Cramorant's action to kill. Cramorant comes into a Pound and then uses Gulp Missile to OHKO.

I put Blastoise and Hitmonlee into the PC and pick 2 new Mons before finishing the chapter. Current team:

PPs:

Isn,t likely to make it to the end game, but can still kill a lot of Water Mons.

Weak Mons need to give Cramorant lots of experience now, he needs to preserve PPs until I find PP restoring items.

Didn,t battle a lot in this chapter. Hopefully, stays that way for a while.

Spending a Rage costed me a Full Restore, though it did kill 3 Mons with 1 PP. Next time I need to use it vs Mons that don,t hit hard back but hit instead of poisoning.

If only I got this guy in early game, when I still could train it well. It could have had Sandslash place. It will still get to be a Nidoking and even learn Surf and Strength, but I won,t be preserving it. As a note, early game Nidoking would have been OHKOing everything with Thrash, spending almost no PPs.

Another Ground Mon. This was never going to be viable with how late if evolves. At level 30 it will learn Stomp, probably will be the only move it will get to learn. No STAB Moves by level really sucks. At least its a Normal resist, so might sweep some Bird Keepers by walling them.

Items in the bag:

-4 Rare Candies.
-Itemfinder.
-1 X Special.
-1 Awakening.
-Egg Bomb TM (probably fully useless at this point).
-2 Max Potions.
-2 Max Revives.
-Skull Bash TM.
-Double Team TM.
-1 Revive.
-Surf HM.
-Metronome TM.
-Strength HM.
-Exp All.
-1 Safari Ball.
-1 Master Ball.
-1 Moon Stone (soon to be spend).


Mons left on Route 14: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth and Kangaskhan.
Mons left on Route 15: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth, Lickitung and Kangaskhan.
Mons left on Route 21: Drowzee, Raticate, Spearow, Farfetch'd, Pidgeotto, Fearow, Tangela, Pidgeot. Tentacool, Arrokuda, Tentacruel.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 13. Central and South Kanto.

To exploit Nidoran, he needs to be evolved. I go to Mt. Moon and use Poison Sting on wild Paras until Nidoran levels up and evolves:

I then use a Moon Stone:

I stay at Mt. Moon and spend all Poison Sting PPs except 6. I also kill some Omanytes and Kabutos with Double Kick, Nidoking ends at level 29.
I then teach Nidoking Surf instead of Focus Energy. With Surf, I go to Route 4 and Surf there to reach a Lass that has 2 Paras and a Parasect. The mushrooms are higher level than Nidoking, so they are not OHKOd. First Paras manages to use Leech Life before falling, but Nidoking grows to level 30. Second Paras is critted. Parasect is bulky enough to not even be 2HKOd. This sentences Nidoking, since Stun Spore is used to paralyze it. He will be taking hits in his remaining battles, so there won,t be many of them.

I pick the Bicycle from the PC and go to Cycle Road. Trainers here will be a little easier for Nidoking to handle than in other routes. I teach Nidoking Strength instead of Poison Sting.
First Biker's Grimer and Koffing both lose vs Nidoking, but due paralysis he ends up with just 16 HP.
Next opponent is Cue Ball. He leads with Machop who takes 9 HP away with Low Kick, but misses second one, so Nidoking 2HKOs. Mankey comes and crits with Karate Chop:

RIP Nidoking. He was a sack slot, but I expected him to last a little more. Para ruined it.

Dodrio comes to battle in Lucky Mode. He uses Rage, avoids Low Kick from Mankey, kills it, avoids another Low Kick from Machop, finally gets hit by Karate Chop, but without crit, losing only 10 HP and 1 Rage PP in this battle.

I deposit Nidoking into the PC and withdraw Kabuto:

This is very sad. I don,t expect Kabuto to reach Kabutops stage. His next level-up move will be Absorb at level 34. Level 39 Slash is much better, but very hard to achieve. Weird as it sounds, Kabuto doesn,t learn neither Cut, nor Strength (Kabutops does learn Cut). At least he does learn Surf, which I teach.

I go to Route 15 and challenge a Beauty. She leads Bulbasaur vs my Rhyhorn, so I am forced to bring Cramorant in and OHKO Bulbasaur and Ivysaur with Thrash.
Next is a Jr. Trainer with a Pikachu, a much better match-up for Rhyhorn. He does lose 6 HP from Slam, but 2HKOs with Strength + Horn Attack. Level 31 Raichu only has Electric moves, so its easily beaten too.

A Beauty leads with Pidgeotto, who uses Sand Attack. But Rhyhorn doesn,t miss and 3HKOs. Wigglytuff sleeps Rhyhorn and uses Double Slap. That isn,t a problem, but Defense Curl combined with Accuracy drop is. I have so send Kabuto, who spends 5 Surf PPs to kill Wiggly. Level 32 Clefable is too much to handle, so I send Rhyhorn back on the Minimize. It takes a while for Rhyhorn to wake up. When he does, Strength hits, but so does another Sing. Surprisingly, despite Sing hitting, Rhyhorn doesn,t sleep and just attacks with Strength. Clefable changes tactic and uses Metronome, but gets Peck, avoiding Strength however. Clefable hits Sing again and this time Rhyhorn sleeps. Clefable boosts Evasion several times, but when Rhyhorn wakes up, Strength hits. I switch Sandslash in, which proves to be a mistake when Clefable hits Sing again. However, Sandslash wakes up the next turn and finishes Clef with Swift.

Trainers at Route 15 are finished. There are a couple in Route 14 still. First one is a Bird Keeper. His Spearow is 2HKOd easily, but Fearow having 4 more levels than Rhyhorn leaves him with 12 HP and no more Strength PPs. Growl, Fury Attack and Mirror Move ended up being very challenging.
Last trainer at Route 14 is another Bird Keeper with just a level 37 Farfetch'd. What looked like an easy L for Rhyhorn ends up being a win, since Farfy used Leer and SD twice, allowing Rhyhorn to 4HKO with Horn Attack and grow to level 30, learning Stomp too.

With trainers done, its time to kill some Mons too:

Mons left on Route 14: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth and Kangaskhan.

Pidgeotto on Route 15 however uses Whirlwind on Kabuto before I am able to move.

So, I go to Route 18, Rhyhorn will finally meet his demise there. First Bird Keeper leads with level 36 Fearow. Due to using Mirror Move turn 1, Rhyhorn gets to do damage with Stomp, but after that, the bird finally goes for the kill with Mirror Move:

RIP Rhyhorn. Ended up being more useful than Nidoking.

Dodrio comes in and uses Rage. This proves to not be a good decision, since Dodrio had to eat 5 Fury Attacks from Fearow and a Quick Attack from Pidgeot.

I put Rhyhorn into the PC and pick a level 19 Growlithe:

This Pokemon is terrible and has no future. The only good Move it learns is Flamethrower... at level 50. There is no way to get there. Growlithe also has currently 17 HP, since I damaged it a lot before the catch.

Growlithe spends all Ember PPs vs Paras in Mt. Moon. Then it spends Bite and Roar PPs in Viridian Forest, only there can Growlithe actually OHKO something.
After that, I go to Route 15 to sack Growlithe. Wild Oddish is the first Mon that appears, Growlithe gets to use Struggle 3 times before falling to recoil + poison (from Poisonpowder):

RIP Growlithe. Soon you will have a better owner.

Sandslash comes in and finishes Oddish with Swift:

Mons left on Route 15: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth, Lickitung and Kangaskhan.

I fly to Cinnabar Island and trade Growlithe for Cezanne the Dewgong:

Dewgong is one of the 3 Mons that learn Rest by level. Unfortunately, the level is 44, so even with boosted experience, I don,t think I will be able to get there from here. At least, Dewgong learns both Surf and Strength.

I teach Surf to Dewgong but instead of Strength, for now I teach Horn Drill, replacing Growl.
I go to Rock Tunnel and spend all Aurora Beam PPs killing wild Geodudes and Onix. Dewgong grows 4 levels, to 25.

On Route 12 I kill 4 Chansey, spending all Headbutt PPs. Dewgong grows 3 more levels.
Kabuto kills the next few Chanseys with Scratch, growing to level 31, while Dewgong grows to 30 and learns Growl, forgetting Aurora Beam.
I decide to spend all Kabuto's Scratch PP except 1. This way, Kabuto and Dewgong both grow another level.
After that, its Dodrio's time to use Rage. This allows Dewgong to reach level 33 and Dodrio 41. However, Dodrio ends up in red, since wild Chanseys have Double Slap.
I teach Dewgong Strength, forgetting Headbutt. With 2 Strength PPs + Kabuto's last Scratch, Dewgong gets to level 34.
Last 2 Chanseys I face (spent a lot of time on this route already) are 2HKOd by Strength and Dewgong grows to level 35, forgettinh Growl to learn Aurora Beam again. This was my plan since the beginning.

With Aurora Beam, I go to Route 14 and start killing Mons:

Gloom lived an Aurora Beam, but missed Stun Spore, greed was not punished this time.

Kanga consumed Surf and Strength from Dewgong and Swift from Sandslash, but Route 14 is cleared. Victreebel meanwhile eats a Rhyhorn with Mega Drain to heal. I go to Route 15:

Dewgong grows to level 36 after killing Bellsprout.

This Kanga consumed only Surf and Strength PPs, but crit with Rage.


Mons left on Route 15: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth, Lickitung and Kangaskhan.

I decide to leave Gloom for later and go to Route 18. There are 2 more Bird Keepers there. First has Spearow, Fearow and Farfetch'd OHKOd by Aurora Beam, Dewgong grows to level 37. Cramorant however is a stronger foe, so I send my own and kill it with Drill Peck. My Cramorant grows to level 50.
The other Bird Keeper has a single Dodrio, which uses Growl and gets crit by Aurora Beam. Dewgong grows to level 38.

I then kill the wild Mons of the Route:

There will be no catch on Route 18 (only possible one was Lickitung).

Route 18 is cleared and Dewgong grows to level 39.

I now go to Cycling Road and face a Cue Ball. Kabuto switches out of Mankey, so Sandslash takes Karate Chop. Mankey is OHKOd by Swift, Machop 2HKOd, doing damage with Low Kick.
Next battle is the last one of Kabuto. Opposing Weezing poisons it with Smog and ends up winning with Sludge:

RIP Kabuto. Definitely should have choosen Omanyte, its Surfs are stronger. At the time I expected that training Kabuto would be easy but its clearly not without investing TMs. At least Kabuto helped me to train Dewgong.

Dewgong comes in and almost gives me a heart attack when Weezing survives Aurora Beam and uses Sludge. Poison is avoided this time, so Dewgong finishes the battle with Strength.

Despite not having any important battle, I will finish the chapter here. Current team:

PPs:

Boosted experience certainly helps. Dewgong is 5 levels away from learning Rest. However, learning Rest is one thing and having offensive PPs is even more important. Dewgong is beginning to suffer there, like the rest of my team.

Sandslash, on the other hand, still has a lot of PPs.

Still has to battle sometimes, but my sack slots made it less often in this chapter.

Victreebel is waiting for the water routes.

Poor Dodrio is still suffering. Low on PPs and on PS too. I have items to heal PS, but there is no point in using them unless I find something for PPs too.


Items in the bag:

-4 Rare Candies.
-Itemfinder.
-1 X Special.
-1 Awakening.
-Egg Bomb TM (probably fully useless at this point).
-2 Max Potions.
-2 Max Revives.
-Skull Bash TM.
-Double Team TM.
-1 Revive.
-Surf HM.
-Metronome TM.
-Strength HM.
-Exp All.
-1 Safari Ball.
-1 Master Ball.
-Bicycle

Mons left on Route 15: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth, Lickitung and Kangaskhan.
Mons left on Route 21: Drowzee, Raticate, Spearow, Farfetch'd, Pidgeotto, Fearow, Tangela, Pidgeot. Tentacool, Arrokuda, Tentacruel.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 14. Saffron Gym and Power Plant.

I deposit Kabuto into the PC and take Aerodactyl:

Another mediocre Mon. Its not entirely bad due to learning Fly, but it does not learn Strength. Only level-up offensive moves are Bite, Take Down and Hyper Beam, first of them at level 38. I expect Aerodactyl to die on Cycling Road poisoned. At least Wing Attack PPs are a lot and normal resistance is nice to have.

Aerodactyl's first battle is against a Biker's Grimer. Fly + Wing Attack kill it, taking a Pound in the process. Biker sends Eevee, who gets to use Growl twice and Tail Whip once before falling to Wing Attack. Last is another Grimer. Since Aero's Attack is low, I send Victreebel and 2HKO with Razor Leaf + Acid. Not the right way to use Victreebel, but its too soon for Aero to be poisoned, while Sandslash and Cramorant PPs are more valuable.
Next opponent is a Cue Ball. Instead of the usual Fighting types, he uses a Magmar 5 levels higher than Aerodactyl, who uses 2 Flys and 1 Wing Attack to kill it, taking 2 Embers in the process.

I then kill wild Mons on Cycling Road (Route 17, where there won,t be a catch):

In the process of it, I accidentally face a Biker. This one leads with Voltorb, so I switch Sandslash in, losing 20 HP from Sonic Boom. Sandslash 2HKOs Voltorb with Swift, avoiding another Sonic Boom. The Electrode that comes does hit Sonic Boom before being killed by Dig. Last is Jolteon, who uses Sand Attack, but Sandslash hits Dig.

I continue hunting wild Mons:

Tauros damaged both Dewgong and Aerodactyl hard before falling, but now Route 17 is cleared from Mons.

Next trainer is a Cue Ball. I accidentally lead with Dewgong instead of Aero, but Machop is OHKOd by Surf. I send Victreebel to take a crit Karate Chop from Machoke and OHKO with Razor Leaf. Dewgong grows to level 40.

I find a hidden Rare Candy in the grass.

Next opponent is another Cue Ball. Aerodactyl OHKOs Mankey with Wing Attack and Primeape with Fly, growing to level 31. Meanwhile, Dodrio grows to level 42.
Very weak already, Aerodactyl finds its demise vs a Biker. Fly 3HKOs Weezing, who uses Tackle twice. Then Fly 2HKOs Koffing, but gets hit by 3 Tackles, since Fly misses once. Last Mon is another Weezing, which gets hit by Fly, but then poisons with Sludge. Before falling, Aerodactyl gets to crit with Wing Attack:

RIP Aerdoactyl. Cycling Road is tough if I want to preserve valuable Mons.

Dewgong finishes Weezing with Strength.

I then put Aerodactyl in the PC and pick Tauros:

With Body Slam and Earthquake, Tauros would be almost RBY OU level good, but with those TMs spent, it goes just to decent level. Level-up movepool is pretty bad. You would think Tauros learns Horn Attack, but he doesn,t, the only remaining moves are Rage and Take Down, which are both bad. At least Stomp is good and Tauros does learn Strength, which I teach him. Tauros will probably die in Cycling Road, but he has a shot at surviving, since Stomp can flinch those Poison Mons before they can move.

First opponent is a Biker with level 36 Muk. Tauros flinches it twice, then uses Strength, but its not enough to KO. Fortunately, Muk uses Disable and misses, so Tauros uses Tackle to finish it.

I find a Hidden Full Restore:

I also find a hidden Max Revive:

I challenge a Cue Ball. Tauros crits both Mankey and Machop with Strength. Machoke is 2HKOd by Stomp. Tauros doesn,t flinch it, but Machoke used Leer on the only possible turn. Victreebel meanwhile grows to level 41.
Biker is next. Tauros uses Stomp and takes Smog, without poison. Next Stomp flinches Weezing and Tauros finishes it with Strength. Muk appears and Tauros has a 1/256 Stomp miss, but Muk doesn,t take advantage of it and Disables Tail Whip. Tauros uses Stomp... and gets Poison Gas. Fuck. Tauros uses Strength and takes Pound.

With poison putting Tauros on timer, I decide to preserve it for now, it does good damage to everything and crits a lot. I have enough healing items to spare one for Tauros. Speaking about healing items, I finally find a Max Elixer:

Dodrio might eat this, though first it has to forget Rage.

I face a Biker with 4 Mons. Tauros uses Strength on Koffing, who uses Tackle. Tauros uses Tackle but Koffing somehow survives and misses Smog. Another Tackle finishes it. Weezing comes in. Tauros uses Stomp, but Weezing doesn,t flinch and crits with Smog. Tauros takes revenge by critting with Stomp next turn, taking no poison damage. Another Koffing comes and Tauros crits with Stomp, but Koffing survives and misses Tackle. Tauros finishes it with Tackle of his own and grows to level 34. Sandslash meanwhile grows to level 44. Last is another Weezing. Tauros flinches it with Stomp, but next hit doesn,t flinch, so Weezing finishes Tauros with Sludge:

Dewgong comes in and kills Weezing with Strength.

I use Revive on Tauros. Next opponent is a Cue Ball. Tauros uses Stomp and takes Rage. Unfortunately, Tackle is so weak it doesn,t kill, so Tauros takes more Rage. After the monkey is dead, Machoke comes. I send Victreebel to take a crit Karate Chop and kill Machoke with Razor Leaf.

I find a hidden PP UP. I use it on Cramorant's Rest.

Last opponent is a Cue Ball with a Machamp. Here, Cramorant is needed to kill with Drill Peck.

Before exiting, I find another really unexpected hidden item, a f***ing Master Ball:

Good, now instead of one Legendary Bird, I can catch 2 of them.

I go to Route 15, where Victreebel eats a Rhyhorn with Mega Drain to heal.

I fly to Saffron City. I find a new house there where I am not welcome:

Another post-game material?

So, I enter Saffron Gym. First Psychic leads with Slowpoke. I decide that this is a good moment to spend Horn Drill PPs on Dewgong. However, Slowpoke predicts that and on switch-in, Disables Horn Drill. My next best option is Victreebel: 2 Slowpokes and a Slowbro are OHKOd by Razor Leaf before doing any damage.
Next trainer is a Channeler. Here, Sandslash is the lead, OHKOing 2 Gastlys and 1 Haunter with Dig.

Psychic with 4 Mons is next. First is Kadabra, which Dodrio OHKOs with Body Slam. Dewgong grows to level 41 for it. I switch Dewgong in to face Slowpoke. Dewgong proceeds to miss all 5 Horn Drills, taking a Headbutt and a Water Gun, surviving in red. I send Victreebel to kill Slowpoke with Razor Leaf. Cramorant OHKOs Mr. Mime and another Kadabra with Thrash.

Next Psychic has only a level 40 Slowbro. Victreebel comes in and OHKOs it.

I decide to leave the gym for a while and spend all Dodrio's Rage PPs on wild Digletts.

Back in the Gym, Channeler requires Sandslash. Gastly and Haunter are OHKOd by Dig.
Dodrio OHKOs with Body Slam the Mr. Mime and Kadabra of the next Psychic, growing to level 43.
Last Channeler has a level 40 Haunter, who is faster than Sandslash and confuses him with Confuse Ray. However, Sandslash manages to kill Haunter with last Dig PP.

I challenge the whip wielding Sabrina:

Sabrina leads with level 48 Mr. Mime. Cramorant crits it with Drill Peck:

Jynx comes in. It survives Thrash, but Sabrina uses X Defend on it, so it dies next turn:

Hypno too survives Thrash. Sabrina uses X Defend on it as well. Thrash ends here.

I sack Tauros on Psywave:

RIP Tauros. This time I won,t probably revive it.

Cramorant comes back, takes another Psywave and kills Hypno with Gulp Missile:

Kadabra comes in, but doesn,t get to move, Thrash kills it first:

Cramorant grows to level 51. The Alakazam that comes has 1 more level than Cramorant and is faster. Sabrina uses an X Defend on it, which allows Zam to survive Thrash pretty well. Alakazam then uses 2 Psybeams and leaves Cramorant very damaged before falling to Thrash:

I get the Badge and the Psywave TM. This was the closest Gym battle so far, Alakazam could have very well defeated all my team.

I put Tauros in the PC and get... this:

Tangela learns a total of 9 moves by level, 5 of which are offensive: Constrict, Bind, Absorb, Vine Whip and Slam. Yep, this is a totally unviable Mon, even with TMs. Out of HMs, Tangela learns Cut, which I immediately teach.

I won,t get much out of Tangela, mainly some Water Mons can be killed with it. First goal is to test what can 10 power non-STAB Constrict KO. I go to Route 2. A level 5 Rattata appears and survives Constrict. So, thats shows it, Tangela is pathetically weak.
Therefore, Metapods and Kakuna in Viridian Forest are the best targets. They are not OHKOd, but don,t deal damage back. Tangela spends all Constrict PPs on them without gaining any level.
Tangela then spends all Cut PPs on Route 3 Mons, which are actually OHKOd by Cut (at least most of them). Cut PPs are finished, Tangela gained 1 level (26).
Bind is Tangela's strongest move. I go to Diglett's cave and kill several Diglett. Also a Dugtrio 5 levels higher, though Tangela ends in red after the battle. Dugtrio allows Tangela to grow to level 27 and learn Absorb.

The problem of low HP is solved in Rock Tunnel by eating 2 Geodudes with Absorb.

Time to actually get some use out of Tangela. I fly to Fuchsia City and go to the South, Route 19 . There are 2 trainers on the beach. Of course, first Swimmer leads with Tentacool, the one Water Mon Tangela has 0 hope to beat. Victreebel comes in and 2HKOs with Razor Leaf + Acid, growing to level 42. Shellder, Krabby and Arrokuda all get OHKOd by Razor Leaf, but Victreebel misses one in the process.
I avoid the other trainer on the beach and go for wild Mons first. Arrokuda, Staryu and Tentacool appear on this route:

There will be no catch on Route 19.

Skipping the trainers, I go to Route 20. Mons here are the same + Barraskewda.

There will be no catch on Route 20.

Mons left on Route 20: Tentacool, Staryu, Arrokuda and Barraskewda.

Back on the beach of Route 19, I challenge the other Swimmer there. Tangela defeats a Goldeen, but then Horsea uses Smokescreen. I switch Victreebel in and then back to Tangela, who defeats both Horsea and Staryu, but spending lots of PPs in the process.

I enter in the house that is in the beach. There is nothing of interest there, beside some weird machine, a Cramorant and a dude saying this:

I start surfing and challenge another Swimmer. Tangela wins vs a Horsea and a Psyduck 8 levels higher, but now only has 3 PPs (Bind and 2 Absorbs).

Tangela consumes the last 3 PPs killing the next swimmer's Horsea. Despite not having PPs now, I protect Tangela and switch Cramorant into Tentacool. Cramorant uses Rest to heal damage dealt by Sabrina and then OHKOs 2 Tentacools and a Goldeen with Thrash.
Next swimmer has a Poliwag and a Poliwhirl. I switch Cramorant in and OHKO them with Thrash.

After that I go to Digglett's Cave and OHKO 3 Digletts with Tangela's Struggle. Tangela grows to level 29 and learns the 10 PPs Vine Whip.

Time to sack Tangela. Back at Route 19, I challenge another swimmer. Tangela 2HKOs Goldeen without taking damage. Shellder gets 2HKOd too but gets to use Aurora Beam. Seaking leaves Tangela in red with Fury Attack but still loses in 3 hits and Tangela grows to level 30. Dumb Arrokuda uses Super Fang and Agility, being 2HKOd too. Tangela wins the battle at 5 HP and with 1 PP.

In the last battle, Tangela gets to hit a Tentacool with Vine Whip before being killed with Poison Sting:

RIP Tangela. In the end, it did something.

Dewgong comes in and finishes Tentacool with Strength. Next one is OHKOd too. However, Staryu survives and uses Recover. So, I send Victreebel to OHKO it and Horsea. Last is Tentacruel, who needs 2 hits. Dewgong grows to level 42, 2 away from Rest.

With Tangela dead, I go to Route 18. I have someone interested in my Tangela there:

This Mon is similarly useless to Tangela. However, Parasect gets boosted experience and if it somehow gets to level 39, it will learn Slash. I teach Parasect Cut instead of Stun Spore.

My final goal for the day is Power Plant. Outside of it there is a Pokemaniac. Parasect uses Spore on his Rhyhorn, but that does no effect, taking a powerful Stomp back. Next Spore hits too, but Rhyhorn wakes up the same turn and uses Tail Whip. The turn is repeated. The next turn Rhyhorn again wakes up after the Spore and uses Stomp, leaving Parasect with just 8 HP. Finally, the 5th Spore sleeps Rhyhorn. He wakes up on switch-in to Dewgong, however and uses Tail Whip. Dewgong OHKOs Rhyhorn with Surf, but doesn,t OHKO Lickitung, who hits Stomp and leaves Dewgong with just 1 HP. Dewgong kills Lickitung with last Aurora Beam PP. Sandslash grows to level 45 meanwhile.

Time to heal the Mons that are capable of it. Victreebel eats a Rhyhorn on Route 15. Parasect eats with Leech Life 2 Bellsprouts and 1 Oddish on the Route north of Cerulean City.

I enter Power Plant. First wild Mon that appears there is a Magneton. Parasect sleeps it but my only Safari Ball fails, so there will be no regular catch on Power Plant.
I decide to kill the Magneton, but it ends up being impossible with Parasect, who does very low damage and ends up in yellow and confused by Supersonic. Victreebel comes in and finishes with Acid:

Mons left on Power Plant: Magnemite, Magneton, Voltorb, Electabuzz and Muk.

I fly back to Cerulean City and Parasect kills a Bellsprout and an Oddish to get health back.

I enter Power Plant again and find a Carbos there, which I give to Cramorant.
Then I face a static Voltorb 10 levels higher than Parasect, who barely manages to win:

Parasect eats another Bellsprout and I come back to Power Plant. Next static Voltorb leaves Parasect almost dead:

Parasect spends the last Leech Life PP on a wild Oddish, growing to level 31. It will be the only level Parasect grows.

Back at Power Plant, wild Magnemite appears. It confuses Parasect with Supersonic, but gets slept. It wakes up when I send Sandslash, but uses Thundershock. Sandslash kills it with Slash:

Wild Muk appears. It uses Minimize, but gets slept. Sandslash comes in and OHKOs with EQ:

I face a static Electrode. Parasect doesn,t get to even move:

RIP Parasect. He took the bomb to save the team.

I then find a hidden Max Elixer:

I face a wild Electabuzz. Sandslash takes a Quick Attack and kills it with EQ:

I heal Sandslash with Max Potion.

Cramorant kills static Voltorb with Gulp Missile (forgot to take screenshot of this one), critting through Light Screen.
Next static Voltorb uses Light Screen too and survives Gulp Missile this way, using Sonic Boom on Cramorant. Sandslash takes another Sonic Boom and kill Voltorb with Swift:

I find the Thunder TM. Also Reflect TM.

After 2 items, its time to face a static Voltorb. Cramorant charges Gulp Missile but Voltorb explodes before getting hit by it:

I then find a hidden Thunderstone:

Next item is a not so hidden Rare Candy.

I then find a HP UP. I try to give it to Cramorant but looks like my starter already reached 252 HP, so Sandslash is the lucky one who drinks it.

There is another Static Electrode. I switch Sandslash into Selfdestruct:

I find a PP UP:

I give it to Cramorant too, this time to Drill Peck.

Power Plant was pure hell, but I finish the adventure here with a Master Ball throw:

Outside of Power Plant, I find a new character:

...city.

...like money.

...Power Plant.

Ok, what does Coin do Cram-o-dev ? Same effect as Amulet Coin in future gens?

Finishing the chapter here. Current team:

PPs:

Still has to survive for a while before learning Surf. 2 more levels, to be more precise.

If Dodrio manages to level up once, I will give him a Rare Candy to learn Tri Attack at level 45. After PPs are spent, a Max Elixer awaits for Dodrio, since by then all his moves will be good.

Dewgong will receive a Rare Candy too at level 43. However, with 1 HP, its hard to get there and the PPs are low too. I played with Dewgong poorly in this chapter.

Victreebel is unfortunately almost done. With just 1 good move, there is no point in spending a Max Elixer on him.

Sandslash is being worn down, but still has enough amunition left. After Cramorant, Sandslash is the second most important Mon, so I won,t allow it to die.

Items in the bag:

-6 Rare Candies.
-Itemfinder.
-1 X Special.
-1 Awakening.
- Egg Bomb TM (totally useless).
-3 Max Revives.
-Skull Bash TM.
-Double Team TM (useless).
-Metronome TM.
-1 Master Ball.
-Pay Day TM.
-1 Full Restore.
-2 Max Elixers.
-Psywave TM.
-Exp. All.
-Thunder TM.
-Reflect TM.
-1 Thunderstone.
-Coin.


Mons left on Route 15: Oddish, Bellsprout, Venonat, Pidgeotto, Gloom, Weepinbell, Rhyhorn, Venomoth, Lickitung and Kangaskhan.
Mons left on Route 20: Tentacool, Staryu, Arrokuda and Barraskewda.
Mons left on Route 21: Drowzee, Raticate, Spearow, Farfetch'd, Pidgeotto, Fearow, Tangela, Pidgeot. Tentacool, Arrokuda, Tentacruel.

This will be the last chapter for a while. Holidays will begin soon and I don,t bring my PC on them.

 

[Cram-o-dev]

Great job on your run so far!

The Coin is basically like a Big Nugget. It can be sold to the shops for a very high price.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 15. Kanto sea.

I put Parasect into the PC and pick Eevee:

Unfortunately, Eevee really has no way of being useful as a permanent team member in this run. Vaporeon would have been the only somewhat useful Eeveelution, but Water Stone is the one that I don,t have. Both Flareon and Jolteon learn STAB Moves either at level 16 or at 52. I do have Thunderbolt TM, but I would rather spend it on level 50 Zapdos.
With that said, Eevee still has a way to contribute as Jolteon, so I use the Thunderstone:

I teach Jolteon Flash, which allows me to finally fully explore Rock Tunnel in order to deal with the remaining trainers and maybe find some items.

First missed trainer I find is a Hiker. Dewgong uses last Strength PP vs his Machop and Surf vs Onix.
Dewgong kills 2 Onix and a Geodude of the next Hiker too.
Vs next Hiker I accidentally lead with Jolteon. So, I switch Sandslash into Geodude and OHKO it with Slash. After all, Sandslash is 22 levels higher. Graveler however lives Slash and uses Self Destruct, damaging Sandslash.

I find a hidden HP UP:

I give it to Sandslash.

Also a hidden Calcium:

Cramorant receives this one.

I then face a Pokemaniac. Jolteon barely defeats his first Slowpoke with weak Quick Attacks, then falls to the second:

RIP Jolteon. At least he gave me access to the only Flash place.

Despite being 20 levels higher, Victreebel is unable to OHKO Slowpoke with Acid, so 2 PPs are needed. 3rd Slowpoke falls to Mega Drain and Victreebel grows to level 43.

Jr. Trainer leads with Bellsprout. Since I am not sure Dewgong can OHKO it despite massive level advantage, I send Cramorant. Cramorant uses Rest and then the last Thrash PP to OHKO Bellsprout and Clefairy.
Next Jr. Trainer leads with Pidgey. Since Dewgong is at 1 HP, Quick Attack OHKO isn,t ideal. I send Sandslash, who has the Accuracy lowered by Sand Attack. However, Swift ignores that, so Sandslash uses the move to OHKO Pidgey, 2 Rattatas and Bellsprout. Only one of the Rattatas gets to use Quick Attack.

Rock Tunnel has been cleared, now for real. Lots of PPs has been spent and no useful items have been found, however.

I put Jolteon into the PC and pick Snorlax from there:

Unlike Tauros, Snorlax is great both in competitive and in this challenge. Rest means I don,t have to spend Potions on Snorlax. The rest of his level up movepool consists in Body Slam, Harden, Double Edge and Hyper Beam. Except Harden, all are useful moves. As the best Normal type in the game, Snorlax is also worth spending all the useless TMs I have. In fact, I start by using Pay Day TM.

Since Snorlax is at 3 HP, I have to spend 1 Rest PP right away in Viridian Forest.

To train Snorlax, I go to Route 19. First Beauty swimming there I find , has level 36 Goldeen defeated by Headbutt + 2 Pay Days. However, Seaking is too strong, forcing Snorlax to use Rest after Headbutt. Seaking uses Tail Whip too, so I send Cramorant to OHKO with Drill Peck.
Snorlax easily defeats 2 Staryus of the next Beauty, but then she sends a Barraskewda. I switch Victreebel in to OHKO with Razor Leaf. Dewgong finally grows to level 43.

I use Rare Candy on Dewgong, who grows to level 44 and learns Rest, forgetting Horn Drill. I then fly to Viridian Forest, where Dewgong uses Rest on Metapod.
Back on Route 19, Snorlax has troubles beating a Poliwag and a Goldeen of a Beauty. It ends up in red when Seaking comes. Victreebel comes in and OHKOs Seaking and Victreebel with Razor Leaf.

I then go to Route 20. Snorlax once again almost dies to a Swimmer's Shellder, who uses Supersonic and Clamp. Victreebel finishes the Shellder with Acid and kills Cloyster with Razor Leaf. Snorlax grows to level 31.

Snorlax uses 5th Rest on wild Metapod in Viridian Forest and I go back to Route 20. Snorlax has a pretty succesfull battle vs a swimmer, taking almost no damage from Horsea, Psyduck and Seadra. Before falling, Seadra did however use Smokescreen and Lerr, so last Mon Arrokuda is a threat. Cramorant takes a Super Fang and eats the fish with Drill Peck.
A Beauty leads with Seadra and Snorlax misses vs it 2 Headbutts due to Smokescreen. Victreebel comes in and misses Razor Leaf without the need of Smokescreen. Victreebel kills it with the next hit, but now only has 1 PP of the move. Beauty sends Horsea, which Snorlax 3HKOs with Pay Day. However, then Dewgong flinches Snorlax twice with Headbutt and leaves him in red. I am forced to send Cramorant, but Dewgong is evil and uses Growl. I send my own Dewgong into Headbutt and then Cramorant into the next one. Drill Peck finishes the battle and Cramorant grows to level 52.

Snorlax once again has to use Rest. Last trainer of Route 20 has a level 38 Seaking. Level 31 Snorlax ends up quite damaged but wins this battle.

I reach Seafoam Islands and check what wild Mons I have here: Seel, Slowpoke, Psyduck, Staryu, Shellder, Krabby, Golbat, Golduck, Slowbro, Horsea, Kingler, Dewgong, Starmie, Tentacool, Lapras, Cloyster, Jynx, Tentacruel, Kabuto, Omanyte and Seadra.. Damn, thats a lot, won,t be killing them all now.

I find a Staryu first, Snorlax uses a Rest PP and last Headbutt and Pay Day PPs to kill it:

There won,t be a regular catch in Seafoam Islands.

Mons remaining in Seafoam Islands: Seel, Slowpoke, Psyduck, Staryu, Shellder, Krabby, Golbat, Golduck, Slowbro, Horsea, Kingler, Dewgong, Starmie, Tentacool, Lapras, Cloyster, Jynx, Tentacruel, Kabuto, Omanyte and Seadra.

I teach Snorlax Skull Bash and Take Down. Next Pokemon that appears is a Krabby, which Snorlax can,t battle, since it learns Guillotine and has higher speed. Sandslash comes in and uses Slash:

Level 40 Golduck is too strong for Snorlax to handle, I realize that after Skull Bash damage. So, Sandslash kills it too:

Snorlax grows to level 32.

Seel gets to damage Snorlax quite a bit, but falls to Skull Bash and 2 Take Downs (1 of them missed):

Slowpoke is killed by 2 Skull Bashes and a Take Down, also forcing Snorlax to Rest:

Psyduck only needs a Skull Bash:

Snorlax gets a little lucky vs Shellder, avoiding Clamp and not taking confusion damage from Supersonic. The shell is killed with Skull Bash + Take Down:

I ignore a wild Slowbro that appears. But not Golbat, who I kill with Cramorant's Gulp Missile:

Horsea is killed by Skull Bash + Take Down:

Mons left on Seafoam Islands; Seel, Slowpoke, Psyduck, Staryu, Shellder, Krabby, Golbat, Golduck, Slowbro, Horsea, Kingler, Dewgong, Starmie, Tentacool, Lapras, Cloyster, Jynx, Tentacruel, Kabuto, Omanyte and Seadra.

For now I stop killing Mons and continue exploring the place. I find a hidden useless Nugget.
I then find a hidden Ultra Ball:

While surfing, Cramorant kills both Omanyte and Kabuto:

Dodrio meanwhile kills a Tentacruel with Body Slam:

Mons left on Seafoam Islands; Seel, Slowpoke, Psyduck, Staryu, Shellder, Krabby, Golbat, Golduck, Slowbro, Horsea, Kingler, Dewgong, Starmie, Tentacool, Lapras, Cloyster, Jynx, Tentacruel, Kabuto, Omanyte and Seadra.

I then find a Max Elixer.

Good, I soon will start to using my reserves.

I make my way to Articuno and use the remaining Master Ball I have:

While at the place, Dodrio kills a Jynx with Body Slam:

Mons left on Seafoam Islands; Seel, Slowpoke, Psyduck, Staryu, Shellder, Krabby, Golbat, Golduck, Slowbro, Horsea, Kingler, Dewgong, Starmie, Tentacool, Lapras, Cloyster, Jynx, Tentacruel, Kabuto, Omanyte and Seadra.

I then leave Seafoam Islands. My next goal is Route 21, where Cramorant and Snorlax kill wild Mons:

Dodrio grows to level 44, so I give him a Rare Candy. At level 45, Dodrio forgets Rage and learns Tri Attack.

Mons left on Route 21: Drowzee, Raticate, Spearow, Farfetch'd, Pidgeotto, Fearow, Tangela, Pidgeot. Tentacool, Arrokuda, Tentacruel.

I challenge a Fisherman, who leads with level 38 Seaking. I send Victreebel, who spends last Razor Leaf on the big fish. Then Victreebel spends last Mega Drain to kill a Goldeen and grow to level 44. Barraskewda is last Mon. Victreebel spends last Acid to lower its defense. Victreebel struggles once and then is flinched by Headbutt. I decide to switch Cramorant in and finish the broken fish with Gulp Missile.

Considering the respectable amount of Water trainers and wild Water Mons left, I decide to use a Max Elixer on Victreebel.

Next Fisherman has 6 Magikarps. They are overleveled too, at level 50. Snorlax kills 4 of them, finishing Skull Bash PPs, but growing to level 33. Victreebel kills the other 2 Magikarps with Mega Drain.

I teach Snorlax Metronome instead of Skull Bash. 10 turns of fun await me.

A Cue Ball that swims leads with Tentacool. With Barrier, Tentacool would have survived Take Down from Snorlax if it hit. I send Victreebel, who 2HKOs Tentacool with Cut, and 2HKOs Tentacruel too. Last is a Snorlax. Victreebel uses Razor Leaf, but Snorlax survives and uses Rest. So, I send Cramorant and kill Lax with Gulp Missile.

Swimmer leads with Seadra. Snorlax could win, but he only has 1 Rest PP left, so I send Victreebel. Seadra is killed with Razor Leaf, Tentacruel 2HKOd by Cut.

I protect Snorlax from the next Fisherman's Shellder too. Victreebel kills Shellder with Mega Drain, then Cloyster and Slowbro with Razor Leaf.
Next Fisherman leads with Seaking. Damn, Snorlax can,t catch a break. Victreebel comes in, but is confused by Supersonic. Cramorant takes Horn Attack, then Victreebel comes back to kill Seaking with Razor Leaf. Goldeen is critted by Acid and Victreebel grows to level 45. Psyduck is 2HKOd by Acid + Cut, then Victreebel uses Razor Leaf on Golduck and Sandslash grows to level 46.

Wild Tentacruel appears, due to repeated Barrier usage, Victreebel spends 5 Cut PPs on it, critting the last one:

Snorlax gets to battle vs a swimmer's Staryu, but with Minimize it avoids Toxic, triggered by Metronome. Before the Evasion goes out of control, I send Sandslash and use last Swift PP to crit Staryu. Victreebel takes a crit Bite from Wartortle, misses Razor Leaf, takes another 2 Bites and then 2HKOs with Mega Drain + Cut.

After taking a crit Water Gun, Snorlax uses last Rest PP vs a swimmer's Poliwhirl. Metronome then triggers Amnesia, a move Snorlax already has. Snorlax takes some hits (more than I would have liked, due to Hypnosis) and triggers Mega Punch with Metronome. After taking a crit Double Slap, Snorlax finishes Poliwhirl with Take Down. Tentacool comes and uses Poison Sting, but I switch Victreebel in. Due to a miss and 2 Barriers, Victreebel spends 4 Cuts on Tentacool. With Mega Drain and Cut Victreebel 2HKOs Seadra and then murders Baraskewda with Razor Leaf.

Route 21 is finished. Between Cinnabar Island and Seafoam Islands there is still a part of Route 20, so I go there. A Beauty has her Poliwag killed by Take Down from Snorlax. Victreebel then comes in to kill Seaking with Razor Leaf and Seel with Acid + Cut.
Next Beauty has 2 Shellders killed by Victreebel's Mega Drain and a Cloyster by Razor Leaf.
Jr. Trainers also swim and the one I challenge leads with Vaporeon. Despite having 10 less levels than Victreebel, it survives Razor Leaf and uses Sand Attack. Cramorant takes Quick Attack, then Victreebel comes back to take the next one. Razor Leaf kills Vaporeon and Seaking. Last is Arrokuda, 2HKOd by Acid + Cut. Victreebel grows to level 46.

There is a Bird Keeper on an island. I send Cramorant to kill his Pidgeot with last Gulp Missile PP. Fearow comes in and I prefer to save PPs. So I send Dewgong, who OHKOs Fearow and Farfetch'd with Surf. Unfortunately it now has only 1 Surf PP to attack, but at least it grows to level 45.

There is little hope for Snorlax, so I let him fight vs a Swimmer. Staryu uses Minimize and with Metronome, Snorlax uses Mirror Move, so he gets the Evasion boost too. Staryu uses Minimize again and avoids the Sonic Boom triggered by Metronome. Staryu uses Swift, Snorlax triggers Double Team with Metronome. Staryu uses Swift again, leaving Snorlax with just 11 HP. Snorlax triggers Vice Grip, damaging Staryu a lot. I send Victrebel, who needs a lot of Cuts to kill Staryu. With Acid + Cut, Victreebel 2HKOs Arrokuda.

Snorlax is practically dead despite the training, so I put Dodrio as lead. He easily OHKOs Tentacool, Horsea and Seel with Tri Attack vs the next Jr. Trainer. Its the last trainer of this route.

To finish the chapter, I decide to kill all the Mons in the areas I already visited. Route 20 has one left:

Route 20 cleared. I enter Seafoam Islands and do the same there:

Cut PPs are gone.

Fuck Lapras, he used Ice Beam.

Fuck Starmie too. Victreebel used 2 remaining Mega Drain PPs on it and an Acid. Starmie critted 3 times with Tackle and Water Gun.

Victreebel grows to level 47.

Seafoam Islands cleared. Route 15 is next:

Route 15 is cleared. There is another place where I haven,t killed any Mon yet, Way of Fish. Goldeen, Arrokuda, Magikarp, Horsea, Seadra, Seaking, Gyarados and Barraskewda appear here.

There will be no catch in Way of Fish.

Vs Magikarp I decide to save Victreebel PPs and send Snorlax. He spends last 3 Metronome PPs using Horn Drill (Magikarp is faster), Swift and Tackle (missed). Magikarp does hit one Tackle but spends the rest of the turns using Splash, so Snorlax is able to kill it with Take Down:

Seadra survives 2 Acids and is killed by 3rd one. Before that, however, it hits 2 Water Guns, one of them crit.

Cramorant is without attacking PPs now. Or is he? Cramorant grows to level 53 after killing Baraskewda and learns the last level-up move, Hydro Pump, forgetting Gulp Missile.

Mons left in Way of Fish: Goldeen, Arrokuda, Magikarp, Horsea, Seadra, Seaking, Gyarados and Baraskewda.

I fly to Cinnabar Island and teach Strength to Snorlax instead of Metronome (pretty pointless, but efficiency). And then I finish the chapter.

Current team:

PPs:

With 10 HP, Victreebel won,t last long, but I might preserve it with Max Revive. He isn,t entirely done yet and might be useful in Ground Gym. He is unlikely to face Elite Four, but not impossible either.

Cramorant isn,t in as bad situation as it looks. Yes, only 5 Hydro Pumps, but when they are gone, I will finally teach Cramorant Surf. One Max Elixer will surely be for him after Surf PPs end.

I overestimated level 30 Snorlax. If I used it earlier vs weaker trainers, he would have grown fine, but as it is, even unevolved Mons did much damage due to Snorlax being slow. I might use a Max Revive (or Rare Candy + Max Potion) on it after he learns Body Slam to get some value out of that move, Strength and Surf, but he isn,t certainly lasting. And I am not sure if even spending a Max Revive is worth.

Dodrio has survived... for now. If one Max Elixer is for Cramorant, there will be a big competition for the second one unless I find more PP restoring items.

Sandslash is going low on PPs too, but not critically... yet. At least he is just one level away from learning the last level-up move, which will be switched for Strength after PPs end. In the HP department at least he is in a better situation than Victreebel, Snorlax and Dodrio.

This is sad. Dewgong is also in competition for the other Max Elixer, still not sure who to spend it on.

Items in the bag:

-4 Rare Candies.
-Itemfinder.
-1 X Special.
-1 Awakening.
-1 Max Potion.
-3 Max Revives.
-1 Full Restore.
-2 Max Elixers.
-Psywave TM.
-Exp. All.
-Thunder TM.
-Reflect TM.

Mons left in Way of Fish: Goldeen, Arrokuda, Magikarp, Horsea, Seadra, Seaking, Gyarados and Baraskewda.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 16. Cinnabar Island.

I enter Pokemon Mansion. Lots of wild Pokemon appear here: Koffing, Ponyta, Grimer, Vulpix, Growlithe, Muk, Weezing, Magmar, Rapidash, Ditto and Ninetales.
Of course, level 32 Grimer is the first thing that appears. No point in catching it, so Sandslash kills it with Slash:

There will be no catch in Pokemon Mansion.

I find a hidden and very useless Moon Stone. Then I find a non hidden, but equally useless Escape Rope.

Wild Vulpix appears and Cramorant dispatches it:

Same thing happens to Ponyta:

I read a diary. Instead of history about Mew, it says this:

...looks chaotic.

...Cramorant!

Some deep lore right here. Meanwhile, my own Cramorant kills a Koffing:

Since no more items are to be found on 1F, I kill the remaining Mons there:

Mons left in Pokemon Mansion: Koffing, Ponyta, Grimer, Vulpix, Growlithe, Muk, Weezing, Magmar, Rapidash, Ditto and Ninetales.

On 2F I face a Burglar. Cramorant uses Rest vs his Charmander, then mises last Hydro Pump. Cramorant uses last Rest PP and then kills Charmander with Struggle. Cramorant kills Charmeleon with 2 Struggles, but last is a Charizard. So, I switch Dewgong in, take an Ember and kill Zard with last Surf PP. Dewgong is now without attacking moves.

I finally teach Cramorant Surf instead of Hydro Pump. Despite having only 26 HP, I don,t heal Cramorant.

I find a hidden Fire Stone:

Wild Magmar dies to Surf:

I find a Calcium, which I give to Cramorant. I then find an Iron, also for Cramorant.

On 3F there is another Burglar. Cramorant kills his Vulpix and Ninetales with Surf. Dodrio grows to level 46 meanwhile.

I find a hidden Max Revive:

Also a non hidden Max Potion.

A Scientist has his Magnemite OHKOd by Surf. Just in case, I switch Sandslash in to deal with Magneton, killing it with EQ. Dratini is killed by Slash.

Before leaving 3F, I kill the remaining wild Mon that appears there:

Mons left in Pokemon Mansion: Koffing, Ponyta, Grimer, Vulpix, Growlithe, Muk, Weezing, Magmar, Rapidash, Ditto and Ninetales.

Back in 2F, a scientist uses very underleveled Electrode and Weezing. Cramorant kills both with Surf.

I find a Carbos. Turns out, Cramorant can,t already consume it, so I give it to Sandslash.

On B1F I find the Blizzard TM. Cramorant kills a Growlithe and a Ponyta belonging to a Burglar, after which he grows to level 54. At the same time, Snorlax grows to level 35, finally learning Body Slam.

I teach Snorlax Surf instead of Take Down. After that, I use a Max Potion on it. Probably its the last time I heal Snorlax, he will now have to be abussed to the fullest before dying.

I find a Full Restore.

Snorlax fights vs a Scientist and is quickly paralyzed by Thunder Wave Magnemite. Despite that, he easily wins vs the Magnemite, Electrode and Porygon. Sandslash meanwhile grows to level 47 and learns his last move, Fury Swipes. He forgets Swift to do it. At the same time, Dewgong grows to level 46, which doesn,t help at all, since he still only has Rest PPs.

Wild Ditto gets killed by Cramorant's Surf:

I then find a Rare Candy. Also Solarbeam TM.

Secret Key awaits me at the end of the way. Close to it, there is a hidden Rare Candy:

Before leaving, Cramorant kills Ninetales, the last wild Mon:

Gym time! First question there is whether Arrokuda evolves at level 26 or not. It does, but I answer wrong on purpose, since I need as much experience as possible. Snorlax kills the Growlithe and Vulpix of the first Burglar without taking damage. Ninetales however crits with Quick Attack before falling.
A Super Nerd has his Vulpix killed without being able to damage Snorlax either. Ninetales again is the Mon that hurts Lax, with Ember. Snorlax survives that in red and defeats both Ninetales and Flareon, growing to level 36.

Next question is whether Blaine awards the "Fire" Badge. Its the Volcano Badge in fact. Super Nerd with 4 Mons challenges me and his lead Ponyta kills Snorlax with Fire Spin:

RIP Snorlax. In the end, he was way too underleveled and slow to survive.

Cramorant spends his last 4 Surfs to kill Ponyta, Charmander, Vulpix and Growlithe. I use Max Elixer after that.

Cramorant uses Rest in Viridian Forest. I then use last Max Potion on Victreebel, who only had 7 HP. I make Victreebel forget Cut and teach him Solarbeam.

I put Snorlax into the PC and pick Arrokuda:

I already told that Baraskewda used by the rival will be a very big threat in the future. This one, however won,t be. The gift Arrokuda its at level 37. Problem is, Baraskewda learns Waterfall at level 37 too, so this one won,t learn it at all. Next move will be Hydro Pump at level 43, so its unrealistic to even get there, considering the fish doesn,t learn HM Moves outside of Surf. The goal of Arrokuda/Baraskewda will be killing as many Mons in Cinnabar Gym as possible, so that Cramorant doesn,t waste PPs.

I remove Focus Energy from Arrokuda and teach it Surf. I then go to Route 11 and kill 5 Chanseys, so that Arrokuda grows to level 38 and evolves:

With Barraskewda, I go back to CInnabar Gym. The next question is whether Cramorant is a pure Water type or not. After I fail the question, Burglar challenges me. Baraskewda crits a Ponyta 9 level higher, but can,t do the same to Rapidash, which hurts a lot with Take Down before falling.

Next question is the effectiveness of Electric moves vs Dragon types. Baraskewda again is unable to kill a level 47 Rapidash. Punishment is a crit Take Down:

RIP Baraskewda. Damn, I expected this fish to last a little longer, was really unlucky.

To alt insult to the injury, Dodrio also crits with Tri Attack, without needing to do it.

I deposit Baraskewda into the PC and take level 15 Lapras out:

Its level 15, that's everything needed to know. However, if the AI is stupid enough, it might be able to kill something with a little training.

I teach Lapras both Surf and Strength. Since in the Gym Lapras will only use Surf if it ever gets to attack, there is some point in training it and spending the rest of the PPs.

I go to Rock Tunnel, where Lapras spends all Water Gun PPs on wild Geodudes and Onix. He grows 5 levels, forgetting Water Gun and Growl, while learning Mist and Sing.
To the north of Cerulean City, Lapras spends the Strength PPs, gaining another level.

At level 21, and with only Surf PPs to attack, I go back to Cinnabar Gym. The next question is about whether 2 Pokemon of the same level and species are identical or not. EVs and DVs are already a thing in RBY. A Burglar challenges me with his level 47 Vulpix. Lapras actually survives Fire Spin and sleeps Vulpix with Sing. Vulpix wakes up at the second turn, misses Fire Spin but not Flamethrower:

RIP Lapras. Unfortunately he didn,t contribute at all. This was to be expected from something so underleveled.

I send Victreebel to finish Vulpix with Acid. Vs Growlithe I send Cramorant and Surf it.

I put Lapras into the PC. Its finally time to pick one of the legendary birds, Zapdos:

Ok, 2 moves, but they amount to 50 PPs. One level later, Zapdos will learn Thunder too and meanwhile I teach Fly.

I go to Way of Fish and kill the remaining Gyarados with Thundeshock:

Back to Cinnabar Gym I go. Last question is whether TM 47 is Gulp Missile. It isn,t Gulp Missile was TM 51. Cramorant spends 1 Thrash PP to kill the Growlithe and Vulpix of a Burglar.

Time to challenge Blaine:

Its actually pretty obvious my strategy for this battle:

Cramorant grows to level 55 after killing Rapidash, while Victreebel grows to level 48. Despite growing 1 level, Cramorant has still 1 level less than Arcanine who survives Surf... and misses Leer. Drill Peck finishes the battle.

I get the badge and the Fire Blast TM.

Finishing the chapter here. Current team:

PPs:

Hopefully I don,t have to spend the last Max Elixer on Cramorant. For now, his main job will be sweeping trainers with many weak Mons using Thrash.

Victreebel didn,t have much protagonism in this chapter, but his job in the next one will be sweeping Ground Gym (though there are non Ground trainers there).

This is a dead Mon and wasting Max Elixer on it doesn,t look worth at all. I will have to find the right moment to sack it, preferably while wearing something down with Struggle.

Birb. Most succesfull OU Mon in Pokemon history across 9 generations. Will be a cool asset in Victory Road and vs Elite Four.

PPs are becoming an issue. It needs to somehow spend Fury Swipes without being worn down in the process, though I do have healing items. After Fury Swipes finish PPs, I will teach Strength.

Most close to death Mon, has to sit out most of the battles at this point. I have no one to replace it with, though, Articuno is the only remaining Mon in the PC, he will enter after Dewgong dies.

Items in the bag:

-6 Rare Candies.
-Itemfinder.
-1 X Special.
-1 Awakening.
-4 Max Revives.
-2 Full Restores.
-1 Max Elixer.
-Psywave TM.
-Thunder TM.
-Reflect TM.
-Blizzard TM.
-1 Ultra Ball.
-Sword Dance TM.
-Exp All.
-Fire Blast TM.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 17. Viridian City.

With Victreebel as the lead, I enter Viridian Gym. First trainer is a Tamer that leads with Arbok. Cramorant switches in and uses Thrash 3 times, killing the snake and damaging the Tauros that comes after, who uses Rage. Since Arbok managed to use Screech, confusion damage would be high, so I switch Zapdos in. Zapdos takes Rage and crits with Thundershock.
Next is a Blackbelt with Machamp. Victreebel uses Razor Leaf once and Acid twice. No damage was taken, since Machamp used Focus Energy on turn 1 and the Blackbelt used X Attack on turn 2.
Cooltrainer leads with Nidorino. Cramorant comes in and kills it with Thrash. Unfortunately, Nidoking survives, so Victreebel comes in to finish it with Acid.

I pick a random Revive that is laying around in the Gym.

Another Cooltrainer leads with Sandslash. I wish I could use Solarbeam on it, but since it has both Slash and Sand Attack, its dangerous. Victreebel kills Slash with Razor Leaf. Dugtrio is even worse, since its fast. Cramorant comes in and kills it with Drill Peck.
The Machop and Machoke of a Blackbelt are both OHKOd by Solarbeam. No damage is taken, they both used Leer.
Tamer has a Rhydon, mon notorious for not learning STAB Moves by level. Easy Solarbeam, no damage is taken, it used Tal Whip.
Cooltrainer has a Rhyhorn. The previous battle is basically repeated. Victreebel grows to level 49.
Last trainer of the Gym is the only one that manages to damage Victreebel at all. Its a Blackbelt whose 2 Machokes die to Solarbeam and Machop dies too, but has time to use Seismic Toss.

Goivanni decides to fight me at his full power and uses a team of 6:

His lead is Dugtrio. Since its faster than Victreebel and might have Fissure, staying is unwise. I send Cramorant, while Giovanni uses Guard Spec.
One Drill Peck is enough:

Rhyhorn dies to Surf:

Persian is a dangerous threat that might have Tbolt. I send Zapdos into Pay Day that crits.
Persian uses Slash and takes Drill Peck. Zapdos is in red now.

This is the moment in which I decide to sack Dewgong. Persian uses Thunder and misses.
Giovanni uses Guard Spec. Dewgong goes to sleep.
Dewgong never wakes up, Persian crits with Thunder:

RIP Dewgong. In the end, having Rest by level up is not everything.

I send Sandslash. He survives Slash with just 8 HP and kills Persian with his own Slash:

Nidoqueen comes in. Since I have 4 Max Revives I decide to let Sandslash die, so that Cramorant comes in safely. Nidoqueen uses Double Kick:

Cramorant kills Queen with Surf, and the rest of the team too:

Cramorant grows to level 56. I receive the badge and the Fissure TM.

Actual hard battle due to Persian, that thing was a big threat. I use Full Restore on Zapdos and Revive on Sandslash.

I put Dewgong into the PC and take Articuno:

Its worse than Zapdos, Peck being a very weak move. However, its still a legendary bird and good enough. It will learn Blizzard on level 51 and right now I teach it Fly.

In order to prepare for Shiyo's Baraskewda, I go to Viridian Forest and make Cramorant use Rest. This way, he is at full before the battle.

Shiyo awaits me on Route 22:

I expected some bird to be the lead, so I lead with Zapdos. However, Shiyo leads with Sandslash, therefore Victreebel has to take Poison Sting.
Victreebel kills Sandslash with Razor Leaf:

Dodrio grows to level 47 from this. Shiyo sends Exeggcute. Since it has both Stun Spore and Poison Powder, Cramorant is the only option to send. Exeggcute charges Solar Beam.
He never gets to attack, of course:

Ninetales comes and manages to crit with Quick Attack before being critted by Surf:

Magneton is next. This is why I have Sandslash... though he uses Supersonic.
Sandslash manages to attack with Fury Swipes 5 times. Magneton uses Supersonic again.
Sandslash heals confusion and uses Fury Swipes, hitting only twice this time. Magneton confuses Sandslash again.
Sandslash completely ignores confusion and kills Magneton with 5 Fury Swipes:

Kadabra comes. I switch Cramorant into crit Psybeam.
Cramorant crits with Drill Peck too:

I commit a big mistake by using Thrash vs Barraskewda. 2 Double Edges eliminate Cramorant:

I send Zapdos and after taking another Double Edge, the battle ends with a Thundershock crit:

Instead of using a Max Revive to bring Cramorant back, I use a Rare Candy. After that, he uses Rest in Viridian Forest.

Finishing the chapter here. Current team:

PPs:

Hopefully Cramorant doesn,t have to use Surf for a while, cause the PPs are going low.

Some goes for Victreebel regarding Ground and Rock types, he is running really low.

Still unused legendary bird.

The Magneton kill by Fury Swipes was a success. Hopefully some trainers use similar Mons in Victory Road.

Poor Dodrio. So many Mons want that last Max Elixer.

This guy, Cramorant and Articuno will have to pretty much carry me through the Victory Road, they are the only Mons with many PPs.

Items in the bag:

-5 Rare Candies.
-Itemfinder.
-1 X Special.
-1 Awakening.
-4 Max Revives.
-1 Full Restores.
-1 Max Elixer.
-Psywave TM.
-Thunder TM.
-Reflect TM.
-Blizzard TM.
-1 Ultra Ball.
-Sword Dance TM.
-Exp All.
-Fire Blast TM.
-Fissure TM.

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 18. Victory Road.

Before Victory Road, there is Route 23. Many Pokemon appear here: Nidoking, Nidoqueen, Ditto, Arbok, Sandslash, Fearow, Venusaur, Blastoise, Charizard, Lapras, Seaking, Dewgong, Gyarados, Poliwrath, Seadra and Dragonair.

On an island, I find a hidden Max Ether:

This will make Victreebel last longer, due to resting 25 PPs of Razor Leaf.

I then find a hidden Ultra Ball:

I decide to try catching something in the water (since in the land, Ditto is among the options) and do it:

Not sure I will even use this Mon, but if Dodrio dies, its good to have a replacement.

I then kill the Water Mons:

(took actually 2 Thundershocks to kill this).

Lapras lived Razor Leaf from Victreebel and used Confuse Ray. It then threw Ice Beam on switch-in to Articuno, who killed it with Peck.

Also did a lot of damage, but since this is Cramorant, it doesn,t matter.

Then I start with the land:

I then find a hidden Max Revive:

And a Hidden Full Restore:

After that, I kill the remaining Mons:

Victreebel grows to level 50.

Sandslash grows to level 48.

After clearing Route 23, I enter Victory Road, which has the GSC theme in this game. Wild Mons here are: Marowak, Parasect, Graveler, Golbat, Onix, Aerodactyl, Golem, Voltorb, Electrode, Machoke, Machamp, Venomoth, Rhydon, Kabutops and Omastar.

Before finding any wild Mon, I find a hidden item I can,t take;

This rock has a Hidden Item, but I can,t take it, must be the same bug that happened in Route 14.

First wild Mon that appears is the worst of all of them, Onix, so I kill it with last Solarbeam:

There will be no catch in Victory Road.

Golbat appears next:

Zapdos grows to level 51 and learns Thunder.

Mons left in Victory Road: Marowak, Parasect, Graveler, Golbat, Onix, Aerodactyl, Golem, Voltorb, Electrode, Machoke, Machamp, Venomoth, Rhydon, Kabutops and Omastar.

I then realize I have a problem: I need Strength to continue. Only Pokemon in my team that can learn the move is Sandslash.
So, I go to Power Plant, where Sandslash spends all Fury Swipes killing a bunch of Magnemites and Mangetons. Then I teach Strength.

Back in Victory Road, a wild Marowak appears. It takes 3 Fly PPs from Articuno to kill it and it gets to damage the bird quite a bit with Headbutt and Thrash. Last Fly is of course crit, when I don,t need it anymore:

Parasect on the other hand dies from Peck:

Graveler requires spending an Ice Beam:

Mons left in Victory Road: Marowak, Parasect, Graveler, Golbat, Onix, Aerodactyl, Golem, Voltorb, Electrode, Machoke, Machamp, Venomoth, Rhydon, Kabutops and Omastar.

I find the Sky Attack TM. Every bird on my team can learn the move. Close to it, there is also Rare Candy.

First Cooltrainer in Victory Road leads with Persian. I switch Cramorant into Screech. Drill Peck OHKOs Persian. The Ninetales that comes after requires 2 Drill Pecks to kill and gets to crit with Quick Attack, which due to RBY mechanics is actually weaker than non crit at -2 Defense. Last is Raichu, OHKOd by Thrash.

I find a hidden Full Restore:

Next Cooltrainer will give me some war, he has 6 Mons:

Fortunately, his Vaporeon is level 40. I switch Victreebel into Aurora Beam.
Victreebel OHKOs Vaporeon with last Razor Leaf:

I send Sandslash to face Jolteon, he switches into Sand Attack.
Cooltrainer uses Attack X on Jolteon, who takes Strength.
Jolteon misses Pin Missile and dies from Strength:

Flareon is next. Cramorant takes the Bite.
Cramorant uses Rest, taking another Bite and Sand Attack.

To avoid missing, I send Zapdos into Ember.
Zapdos uses Fly, but is not enough to OHKO Flareon, who uses Emeber again, which burns Zapdos.
Zapdos finishes Flareon with Thundershock:

Cooltrainer sends Venusaur. If Zapdos wasn,t burned, he could have OHKOd it. Since that isn,t an option anymore, Cramorant takes the Vine Whip.
Cramorant OHKOs Venusaur with Drill Peck:

Last 2 Mons are Blastoise and Charizard. Cramorant uses Thrash. Both Mons are 2HKOd, but the Cooltrainer spends the one turn each has using X Attack:

I use Full Restore on Zapdos and Max Ether on Victreebel's Razor Leaf.

Blackbelt is the next trainer. Articuno spends 6 Peck PPs to 2HKO his 2 Machoke and a Machop. Articuno grows to level 51 and learns Blizzard.

I find the Mega Kick TM. No one in my team can learn it.

Next trainer is a Juggler. I switch Cramorant in to OHKO his Drowzee and 2HKO Hypno with a single Thrash PP. Zapdos comes into Kadabra's Psychic and OHKOs with Drill Peck. Last is Alakazam. Since Kadabra dropped Zapdos's Special, I don,t want to risk that thing to survive. Cramorant therefore takes Psychic and OHKOs with Drill Peck.

I find a Full Heal. Close to it, a Tamer challenges me. I switch Cramorant into his Persian's Fury Swipes, which crit and hit 5 times. Cramorant ends up in red but OHKOs with Drill Peck. Golduck comes in and Cramorant rests on him. After Cramorant wakes up, he OHKOs (with a crit) Golduck and 2HKOs Scyther using a single Thrash PP.

A Juggler with 2 Mons guards an item. His lead is level 53 Mr. Mime which is less scary than it looks: Confusion is the only Psychic Move Mr. Mime learns by level and a level 53 one doesn,t even have it. Articuno 4HKOs with Peck, taking only 3 hits of Double Slap. The other Pokemon is a Cramorant, also at level 53. This one is actually dangerous, so I send my own and crit with Thrash.

Turns out, my bag is once again full. I have to leave Victory Road to put some TMs and the only Ultaball into the PC.

When I get back, Sandslash kills a Voltorn with Strength:

The item that previously I couldn,t take ends up being Submission TM. Sandslash can learn the move, though its not optimal.

On 3F a Cooltrainer guards another item. He leads with Exeggutor, who Articuno 3HKOs with Peck, taking a Stomp in the process. Vs Cloyster I send Zapdos, taking an Aurora Beam. Thunder OHKOs. I send Cramorant right in time for a crit of Arcanine's Take Down. Thrash 2HKOs Arcanine, but does almost no damage to last Mon, Kabutops. Victreebel comes in and uses Razor Leaf.

The guarded item is a Max Revive.

Wild Venomoth appears, Articuno crits with Fly:

Mons left in Victory Road: Marowak, Parasect, Graveler, Golbat, Onix, Aerodactyl, Golem, Voltorb, Electrode, Machoke, Machamp, Venomoth, Rhydon, Kabutops and Omastar.

I find the Explosion TM. No one in my team can learn it.

Next item is a hidden Max Elixer:

And then a hidden Ultra Ball:

I decide to use Dodrio vs the trainer seen on screen. However, I don,t think he will be able to OHKO from full lead Charmeleon, so I switch Cramorant into Slash. Cramorant OHKOs Charmeleon with Thrash and then 2HKOs Lapras. Last is Lickitung. I send Sandslash and use Strength, but it does less than half, so Sandslash finishes with Slash.

Right before Moltres, I find Guard Spec.

Speaking about Moltres, I don,t even try to catch it, Cramorant 3HKOs with Thrash:

Moltres level-up movepool: Peck, Fire Spin, Leer (at the same level Articuno learns Blizzard and Zapdos Thunder), Agility, Sky Attack. Yes, its a terrible Mon, only having Fly as good move.

Wild Rhydon appears and is killed by Articuno:

I face a Cooltrainer. Dodrio is the lead, but since he doesn,t have Flying moves PP, he has to escape from Parasect. Articuno takes a Slash on switch-in, but kills Parasect with Peck. Dewgong comes in and I switch Victreebel to kill it with Razor Leaf. Last is Chansey, who is 2HKOd by Acid. Victreebel grows to level 51 from this and Sandslash to 49.

Next Cooltrainer leads with Kingler. On switch-on to Victreebel, an X Attack is used. The crab is OHKOd by Razor Leaf and Dodrio grows to level 48. I use Zapdos to 2HKO Tentacruel with Thundershock. Blastoise is fried by Thunder while Victreebel comes back to kill Omastar with Razor Leaf.

Last Cooltrainer leads with Bellsprout. Dodrio OHKOs it with Tri Attack. Weepinbell survives, but instead of attacking, the Cooltrainer withdraws it at the end of the turn. Vs opposing Victreebel I have no options except Cramorant, who switches right into Sleep Powder. Since I fear repeated Razor Leafs, I use Awakening, taking Razor Leaf. Cramorant kills Victreebel with Drill Peck and Weepinbell with Thrash, growing to level 59.

Time ti kill the remaining wild Mons:

Aero did big damage to Zapdos with Take Down, so had to send Cramorant to avoid Zapdos's death.

Sandslash survived a crit Self Destruct. Zapdos benefited from it by growing to level 52.

I use a Full Restore on Sandslash.

Right before the exit of Victory Road, there is a hidden Full Restore:

I use said Full Restore on Zapdos. After visiting Indigo Plateau once, I fly to Pallet Town. From there I go to Route 1 and challenge the Cramorant guy:

Cram Maniac leads with level 1 Cramorant. Zapdos fries it with Thundershock:

Level 35 Cramorant comes in. Its also killed by Thundershock:

Next one is level 50, I am starting to be scared. Nevertheless, this one is killed by Thundershock too, since it crits:

Oh god, level 75 Cramorant. Fortunately, the AI chokes here and the Cram Maniac withdraws it and sends a level 90 one... who avoids Thunder.
Cramorant uses Waterfall, which Zapdos survives, and is fried by Thunder:

Level 75 Cramorant is back and once again, Cram Maniac switches it out to send a level 100 one. Zapdos crits with Thunder:

Level 75 Cramorant remains. I am lucky again, this time it uses Hydro Pump and misses. Zapdos doesn,t miss Thunder:

There is no price for winning this deadly battle. If not for the stupid AI and some luck, the challenge would have ended right here, this trainer can be accessed after getting Surf and its insane.

Finishing the chapter here. Current team:

PPs:

Zapdos did a good job vs Cram Maniac. Before challenging the Elite Four, he will have to spend all Thundershocks to make room for Thunderbolt TM.

Sandslash has 2 main targets vs Elite Four. The Gengars and Shiyo's Magneton. He has enough EQs for all of them.

Victreebel won,t be able to OHKO Lorelei's Mon, so he will need help somewhere.

Lance killer right here.

I think Dodrio finally has to die. I can,t see him having utility vs any of Elite Four trainers. The currently in box Seadra does have some limited use, Dodrio has none, he is too underleveled at this point.

Hopefully these PPs are enough to win.

Items in the bag (they will change before beginning):
-6 Rare Candies.
-Itemfinder.
-1 X Special.
-6 Max Revive.
-1 Full Restore.
-2 Max Elixers.
-Psywave TM.
-Thunder TM.
-Reflect TM.
-Blizzard TM.
-Exp All.
-Fissure TM.
-Sky Attack TM.
-1 Full Heal.
-Submission TM.
-Explosion TM.
-1 Ultra Ball.
-1 Guard Spec.

 

[Cram-o-dev]

Great job! I was wondering how well you would do against the Cram Maniac. I too was worried that the challenge might end if you battled him. Good thing the AI choked.

I very much look forward to seeing how well you do against the Elite Four! I'm rooting for you to win, but even if you don't, the fact you've been able to reach the end of the game under these restrictions is quite the accomplishment!

 

[Eeveeto]

Part 19. Indigo Plateau.

First goal before challenging Elite Four is to make Dodrio to die while gaining some experience. Pokemon Mansion looks like the best place for it. Dodrio easily OHKOs a Ponyta and a Growlithe to spend last attacking PPs. Then it suicides with Struggle vs another Ponyta:

RIP Dodrio. He has been a very useful Mon, a shame I have been without items to restore PPs for way too long.

3 wild Mons killed don,t look like a lot, but Exp. All allowed Articuno to grow to level 52.

I get Seadra from the PC. It currently has 42 HP out of 118:

Seadra is probably the worst Water type to have, but its still a Water type, which means 2 things: it learns Surf and it resists Ice, making it somewhat useful vs Lorelei.

I teach Seadra Surf, which will probably be the only relevant offensive move it will use. Seadra forgets Agility.

I put Exp. All into the PC and go to Victory Road, where Seadra uses all its Water Gun PPs on wild Gravelers and Onix. This allows Seadra to gain 2 levels.

Back with Exp All, I go to Way of Fish. I ignore every wild Pokemon there except Gyarados, which Zapdos OHKOs with Thundershock until finishing PPs of said move. Zapdos grows to level 53. I teach Zapdos Thunderbolt after that.

Next goal is again Victory Road. Articuno has 18 Parasects to OHKO with Peck there. Articuno doesn,t gain any level from it, but Victreebel grows to 52.

In order to be at full, Cramorant uses Rest in Viridian Forest.

Now, regarding items, since Lorelei is the most dangerous Elite Four in my opinion, I use my last Full Restore on Seadra. From here, only 6 Max Revives, 6 Rare Candies and Cramorant's Rest allow me to heal.
Ultra Ball goes to the PC. So does Guard Spec.
I withdraw Toxic TM and teach it to Seadra instead of Leer.
Every TM that no Mon on my team learns is put into the PC. I pick every TM that at least 1 Mon in my team learns, no matter how useless it would be in practice. The exception is Whirlwind TM, because there is no space for it.

With everything ready, this is the team that challenges Lorelei:

The battle begins:

Lorelei leads with level 56 Dewgong, meaning I will be underleveled for the entire of Elite Four (Cramorant starting with Bruno or Agatha). Despite having 6 less levels, Seadra is faster and uses Toxic, taking a Take Down.
Seadra uses Smokescreen, Dewgong goes to sleep.
Seadra uses Smokescreen twice before Dewgong wakes up and tries to use Rest again.
Seadra uses Toxic. Dewgong tries to use Rest and fails.
Seadra uses Smokescreen. Dewgong goes to sleep.
Seadra uses Smokescreen twice again. Dewgong once again wakes up and tries to use Rest.
Seadra uses Toxic and avoids Take Down.

I correctly (which is not hard) predict Rest and switch Victreebel in.
Victreebel uses Razor Leaf. Due to Dewgong having 4 more levels, it survives.
Victreebel finishes Dewgong:

Cloyster is next. Unlike Dewgong, it dies from 1 Razor Leaf:

Lorelei sends Slowbro. It survives Razor Leaf, but Lorelei spends the turn using Super Potion.
Victreebel finishes Slowbro:

Dangerous Jynx comes in. I switch Cramorant into Body Slam. Since Cramorant is asleep, there is no risk of Para or Freeze.
Cramorant wakes up, uses Thrash and is paralyzed by Body Slam.
Jynx uses Body Slam again before dying:

Lapras is last. It continues the trend of using Body Slam and takes a crit from Thrash.
Lapras uses Confuse Ray and Cramorant damages himself.
Lapras uses Confuse Ray again, Cramorant hits himself again.
Lapras is so confused that it uses Confuse Ray again. Cramorant heals confusion and goes to sleep.
Lapras uses Body Slam for free.
Lapras uses Confuse Ray. Cramorant ignores it and finishes the battle with a crit Thrash:

Meanwhile, Seadra grows to level 51.

So far, so good, low damage was taken vs Lorelei, who is probably the most dangerous trainer before Shiyo:

Battle vs Bruno begins:

Bruno leads with level 58 Onix. Seadra murders it with Surf:

Shitmonchan comes in. I send Cramorant into a stupid Fire Punch.
Cramorant kills Hitmonchan with Drill Peck:

Hitmonlee suffers the same fate:

Bruno has replaced his second Onix with Golem, which doesn,t work vs Cramorant, who even crits Surf:

Cramorant grows to level 60 before facing Machamp, who has 1 more level. Machamp survives Drill Peck and uses Strength.
Cramorant uses last Thrash PP to finish this battle:

Articuno grows to level 53.

Only Cramorant took damage in this battle:

Agatha time:

Agatha leads with level 61 Haunter. My lead is level 49 Sandslash, who takes a crit Lick and OHKOs with Earthquake:

Sandslash grows to level 50. Golbat is next. I switch Zapdos into Leech Life, only losing 4 HP.
1 Thunderbolt is enough to kill the bat:

Weezing is next, this one is new. Zapdos uses Thunderbolt... and takes Haze. AI wants me to win.
Zapdos finishes Weezing:

Zapdos grows to level 54 before facing an Arbok, who takes Thunderbolt and uses Screech.
Zapdos finishes Arbok with Drill Peck:

Gengar finally comes. Zapdos crits Drill Peck, but Gengar survives and sleeps my bird with Hypnosis.
I use Full Heal on Zapdos, who avoids another Hypnosis.
Agatha tries to heal Gengar with Super Potion, but Zapdos finishes the battle with Drill Peck:

This battle was notable for Cramorant not participating in it:

Before facing Lance, I use 2 TMs. Seadra forgets Water Gun and learns Blizzard. Cramorant forgets Thrash and learns Ice Beam.

Battle begins:

As expected, Lance leads with a Gyarados that doesn,t stand a chance vs Zapdos:

Neither does his new Mon, Seadra:

Dragonair comes in. I switch Articuno... into Hyper Beam:

Ok, this was not expected. I send Seadra. It uses Blizzard, but Lance heals Dragonite with Hyper Potion.
I decide to use Max Revive on Articuno, in case it needs to battle later. Dragonair misses Wrap.
Seadra uses Blizzard. Dragonair survives and uses Hyperbeam, which Seadra also survives.

I switch Articuno in for free. Dragonair is killed by Fly:

Lance sends Aerodactyl. The fossil crits with Wing Attack and avoids Blizzard.
Then, Aerodactyl uses Hyper Beam and crits again:

Ok, Lance, you wanted this. I send Cramorant. Aerodactyl doesn,t crit with Wing Attack and dies from Surf:

Since Cramorant knows Ice Beam, Dragonite doesn,t get to attack:

Unlike the previous 3 trainers, Lance managed to kill Articuno twice and did some damage to Seadra and Cramorant too:

I decide to not use a Max Revive for now and instead give Articuno a Rare Candy. We might need all 5 Max Revives facing the broken fish with Guillotine that outspeeds all my team.

With everything ready, I start the final battle:

Shiyo leads with Sandslash. My lead is Articuno, having 10 less levels, which are not enough to prevent him from killing Sandslash with Ice Beam:

Shiyo sends his second most powerful threat, Alakazam. It dumbly uses Recover, so Articuno lands a Blizzard.
Next turn however, Alakazam uses Psychic:

I send Cramorant, but Alakazam turns out to be faster and uses Psybeam. Cramorant lives that, but dies to confusion:

I send Zapdos. Alakazam uses Psychic, but Zapdos lives and kills the big threat with Drill Peck:

Shiyo sends a level 66 Exeggutor. I use Max Revive on Articuno while Egg misses Hypnosis.
I revive Cramorant too, Exeggutor lands Hypnosis.
Zapdos wakes up immediately and uses Drill Peck before falling to Barrage:

Articuno comes in and kills Egg with Ice Beam:

Shiyo finally sends the Mon I have been waiting, Magneton. I switch Sandslash in... into FUCKING ICE BEAM.

What. The. Fuck. I expected to revive Zapdos for free but now am without even Sandslash due to an illegal Magneton.

So, plan B, I send Articuno. It crits with Blizzard before being paralyzed by Thunder Wave.
Magneton uses Swift and dies to Ice Beam:

Ninetales is a free switch-in for Cramorant. It uses Confuse Ray.
I use Max Revive on Zapdos while Ninetales uses Quick Attack.
Cramorant damages himself and avoids Tail Whip.
Cramorant damages himself and takes Tail Whip.
Ninetales crits with Quick Attack, Cramorant uses Surf...

Ninetales survives the Surf. However, Cramorant heals confusion and finishes the fox with Drill Peck:

Finally, the broken fish at level 70 comes. It uses Quick Attack, but Cramorant goes to sleep.
Baraskewda uses Quick Attack again.
Then it uses Guillotine:

Ok, this was to be expected. I send Zapdos. Baraskewda misses Guillotine, but survives Thunder.
Baraskewda misses Hyper Fang too and dies to Thunderbolt:

The battle ends. It was hard, but I won.

Kill count in Pokemon League ends like this:</p><p></p><p>Cramorant: 9
Zapdos: 8
Articuno: 4
Victreebel: 3
Sandslash: 1
Seadra: 1

Zapdos almost overcame Cramorant as the main killer of the team and even killed the final Mon. On the other hand, Sandslash was prettu dissapointing, only killing a Haunter before being surprised by the illegal Magneton.

This is how the team survived:

I use a Max Revive on Sandslash. Cramorant however is revived with Rare Candy.

The game isn,t finished yet, there will be one more chapter. I need to kill Pokemon at Cerulean Cave, including Mewtwo. There also might be some battles in Celadon and Saffron new buildings. For now, this chapter is done.

Current team:

PPs:

Articuno has been unlucky vs Lance but did great in the final battle vs Shiyo. Doesn,t have big PPs issues before the last chapter.

Victreebel only battles vs Lorelei in the entire Pokemon league. I expected him to face Baraskewda too, but Zapdos manages to dispatch the broken fish. 13 Razor Leafs mean 13 Water/Ground/Rock Mons dead, unless they have high level.

Welp, at least he is healthy now. Electric types are still dangerous for my team and as long as they have legal movesets, Sandslash can beat them all.

Viridian Forest is about to be visited. Cramorant managed to die twice vs Shiyo, though Alakazam and Baraskewda were his strongest Mons.

The eternal OU bird has enough ammunition to wipe out an army.

Despite being the newest Mon in the team, Seadra managed to contribute at Pokemon League vs Lorelei, Bruno and Lance. Has lots of Surf PPs too.

Items in the bag:

-4 Rare Candies.
-Itemfinder.
-1 X Special.
-1 Max Revive (yes, I used 4 at the Pokemon League and 1 for Sandslash after it)
-2 Max Elixers.
-Exp All.
-Lots of TMs.

 

[Cram-o-dev]

Nice job, very exciting Pokemon League! Yeah, I was pretty devious with that Magneton. I felt the champion should have had a few tricks up his sleeve.

There's not too much more to do, but it should be interesting to see how well you do in Cerulean Cave, including something extra I added to it.