Pallet Town
This the starting place of the game. Your mom will tell you that Prof. Oak wants you. To find him, try to go north into the grass and Prof. Oak will come get you. He leads you to his lab, where you will be able to choose your first Pokemon. You can get Squirtle, Charmander, or Bulbasaur. *The best Pokemon to start the game with is Squirtle, because it will be strong against your early opponents and against the final bosses. The second best choice is Charmander, my personal favorite, and Bulbasaur. Your rival, Gary, will also pick a Pokemon. He will chose whichever Pokemon is strongest against the one you choose.If you choose Squirtle, Gary will choose Bulbasaur, if you choose Charmander he will choose Bulbasaur he will choose Charmander. This is another reason to use Squirtle because Bulbasaur is the easiest of the Pokemon to defeat later in the game. When you try to leave, Gary will challenge you to a Pokemon duel. Beating him will give you a nice boost in experience(It will raise a level too), and $175, making your money total $3,175 now. Your first pokemon will be level 5 to start with, so if you keep it strong, it will be a very good asset. Go back to your house. On the PC, you can withdraw a Potion from your hard drive. Your mom will, starting now, give free rests to you and your Pokemon.
Route 1
This leads north to Viridian city. You'll encounter Pidgeys and Ratattas. Defeat some for experience and try to get your starter to Level 7 or 8. ***WARNING*** *Do NOT train your Pokemon too much until you beat Brock or they will not obey you.* A boy on the way explains that he is a Poke Mart worker at Viridian City, and he will give you a free Potion as a sample. What a nice guy.
Viridian City
Talk to the Shop clerk, who will give a Parcel for Professor Oak, and then head back to Pallet Town with the Parcel. Give it to Prof. Oak and he will give you and Gary a Pokedex, which is an electronic encyclopedia. He will tell you of his dream to complete the pokedex (by capturing/having captured all pokemon in the game) to you. Gary will act arrogant and walk off, but you can get a Town Map from his sister, contrary to what he said. Get the map and return to Viridian City. The gym's doors are locked, and they won't unlock for a very long time until you've beaten the other 7 trainers in the game. Buy some Poke Balls at the Pokemart and talk to the old man to learn how to capture Pokemon. NOTE: He throws a Pokeball at the Weedle before weakening it, but you will not be able to do this. You can also talk to a boy who will tell you about about caterpillar Pokemon. If you go west towards the Pokemon HQ, you will fight Gary. You should beat him and then go into the grassy areas where you can capture Nidorans (male and female) and Spearows.
Route 2
Pick up a Pidgey and a Ratatta. You can get higher-level ones in the future, but if you train hard they will grow stronger better than the higher-leveled ones. You can also get Caterpies and Weedles.
Viridian Forest
On your way through Viridian Forest, you should pick up a Pikachu, a Caterpie, and a Weedle. Don't get Kakunas and Metapods, since Caterpie and Weedle will evolve into one eventually. There are a few easy trainers in the forest, they are Bug-catchers and use bugs, so fire works very well on them. The first has a pair of caterpillars at Lv. 6 (Caterpie/Weedle). The second has 2 Lv. 7 Weedles and a Lv. 7 Kakuna. The final trainer has a Lv. 9 Weedle. There is a Poke Ball, Anidote (comes in handy from the Weedles), and a Potion in the forest. Makes nice additions to your arsenal. By the way, the Pikachu is a VERY good asset because its only weakness is against ground Pokemon. You need to catch one here because you will not see them again until you reach the Power Plant. *To get a Pikachu you will have to walk around in the grass a lot. You will usually see ten bugs or more until you find one.
Pewter City
(Boulderbadge) The Gym here starts out with a JR. Trainer with a Lv. 11 Diglett and Lv. 11 Sandshrew. You probably never met these two, but a good hint is that Diglett will be strong against your Pikachu, so use water (Squirtle) on it. Squirtle also works well on the Sandshrew. Plant(Bulbasaur) does too. Brock, the Gym Leader has a Lv .12 Geodude and a Lv. 14 Onix, 2 Rock-type Pokemon. Squirtle works very well on these. Be careful for the Onix's BIND (a multiple-hit move in which your pokemon is immobile during it) and BIDE, a move where it absorbs damage for some turns and returns it double. When it does BIDE, I suggest either beating it very quickly or do non-damaging attacks like TAIL WHIP or GROWL, so you are debilitating him without taking damage. If you defeat him, Brock will congraulate you and give you BIDE, TM 34. I suggest giving it to a pokemon with high hit points, and it is best used against pokemon with high defense and high offense, because the damage done doesn't care about the enemy's defense at all. You can look around the museum, but the $50 it costs is unreasonable, since you can't get anything there except looking at fossils of Aerodactyl and Kabutops, two extinct pokemon which you might get later.
Route 3
This leads east from Pewter City to Mt.Moon. Get a Spearow if you do not already have one. It is very important for a collector to pick up a Jigglypuff, since this is the only place you'll see it. You can find them in the grassy area that the girl who uses one is in. There are also many trainers along the way for money and experience. I suggest you to train the Pikachu and your original Pokemon strongly. You will meet two new kinds of trainers: Youngster and Lass. The former likes pokemon such as Rattatas, the latter likes "cute" pokemon like Clefairies and Jigglypuffs.
Mt. Moon
Heal up at the Poke Center. A man will sell a Lv.5 Magikarp to you. It seems weak but will evolve into the powerful Gyarados at Lv.20. *It can be good later, but do not waste your money on it. It will be easier to just catch one later. Time to walk into the cave! You will meet two new kinds of trainers (again). Super Nerds who likes nerd stuff like Voltorbs or Magnemites (do NOT use water type Pokemon on them), and Hikers with rock pokemon like Geodude (use water). There are also many Pokemon in the cave. Zubat (beaten by Pikachu easily) and Geodude (weak against water) are more common than Paras and Clefairies (catch them now because you will not find them easily later). After walking in, take a left and you'll get TM12, which contains WATER GUN. You will need this to beat the Geodudes. If you go up you will find a Potion to pick up and a Bug-Catcher to fight. Now, you can go right futher into the cave with a few trainers loafing around. Going south at the fork will let you take a Potion, a Rare Candy (automatic Level Increase), and an Escape Rope (Lets you go to the last Poke Center). Under the first stairwell, there is a Rocket (gang members with a variety of good pokemon), along with a HP-UP that increases a pokemon's HEALTH permanently. Keep on going, past a Lass with a pair of Lv. 11 plant pokemon (Bellsprout/Oddish), and go into the second staircase. Another Rocket is here, guarding TM01 (MEGA PUNCH). You will also find an Ether hidden in a solitary rock. Going up, left, and finally to a staircase guarded by a Hiker. Above him is the first piece of the Moon Stone, so don't forget to get that. Enter the staircase anf fight 3 Rockets in a row and finally a Super Nerd with a Grimer, a Voltorb, and a Koffing. Here you can get one of two fossils. You can choose the Helix Fossil or the Dome Fossil. The Dome Fossil will become Omanyte and the Helix Fossil will become Kabuto when you take them to the Pokemon Laboratory on Cinnabar Island. I suggest getting Kabuto (the Dome fossil) because he is much stronger and faster.
Route 4
Go right until you reach Cerulean City. Try to pick up an Ekans(Red)/Sandshrew(Blue) After you cross the last ledge, you are stuck and can not go back. So grab the TM04 on the way first.
Cerulean City
(Cascadebadge) The Gym here is owned by Misty, who has a Staryu and Starmie. Pikachu can make short work of both of them if you trained it well. (Lv. 20 or 21 recommanded) But watch out for Starmie's BUBBLEBEAM, a strong water attack that does a lot of damage and may reduce speed. Go ahead and beat her and get the BUBBLEBEAM TM. Go north and fight Gary again. He now has a Lv. 18 Pideotto, a Lv. 15 Abra, a Lv. 15 Rattata, and whatever he started with. On the way you will fight 5 trainers in a row for a prize, only to find out that it was a plan by TEAM ROCKET to recruit new members. You'll refuse the ROCKET's order and fight him, getting a Nugget (useless object, sell it for $5000) if you win. Go east here, through Route 25. You will get the S.S. Anne Ticket from Bill after a few more trainers. Getting back in, Bill will share information about Eevee and its evolutions. You can trade a Poliwhirl for Jynx here. The Jynx can only be gotten this way. Polywhirls evolve from Poliwags and will be very easy to get in the future. A guy will tell you the badge's uses. Behind his house is a hidden rare candy. You can get Bellsprouts (BLUE) / Oddish (RED) and Abras here. (Route 24 and (Route 25) The Abra is unique to this city, so get one. Authough I usually get two because one could be traded away later for a Mr. Mime. Abra only has the TELEPORT move, but when it evolves at Lv.16 to a Kadabra, it will get more attacks. It is also a good "utility" pokemon because Teleport can run away from battles and return you to the last Poke Center. After that, go to the house previously blocked by a policeman. Fight the ROCKET and he will give you the TM 28. (It is DIG, an excellent TM because it is very powerful and is useful against electric pokemon as well.) Onward south, there is a Pokemon Daycare Center. The man there will care for one Pokemon and raise its level while you are gone for $$$ (100 + 100 multiplied by the number of levels it gains). At the end of the road, there is a big building which is a gate house for Saffron City. At this point, the guard will not let you through. Come back later with a bottle of water and the guard will let you through.The smaller building is the entrance of underground passage to Vermilion City. You can trade a Nidoran (m) for a Nidoran (f) here.
Route 11
As you walk along Route 11, be sure to get the Drowzee here. This is the only place you can find it. It is one of the first, and one of the best psychic pokemon. Along this route you can also get Meowth (BLUE). The only places to capture him are by Cerulean, Vermillion, Celadon, or Lavender. His PAY DAY attack will give you money in battle.
Vermilion City
(Thunderbadge) Here you can get the Bike Voucher by visiting the Pokemon Fan Club. It will let you get the bike in Cerulean City for free (be sure to get this; the bike is very helpful). There is also an old man who will give you an Old Rod, which can fish for Magikarps only, so get one now. A third thing is that a boy will trade a Far'Fetched for a Spearow. Once you have finished these things, go to S.S. Anne to the south. \par You can get on the boat with the S.S. Ticket. On the boat, there are many trainers and items. You'll find your first Great Ball here. Gary will be here (again) with a different appearence. After you beat him you can talk to the captain. He will give you HM 01 (cut) after you help him through his seasickness. Then boat will take off when you exit. *If you have a friend who you can trade with, do not get cut from the captain. Trade with a friend for a Pokemon that has cut and continue with the game. Later you can come back with surf and get a special Pokemon (Mew)!!! :-) However, Cut is very important . It will now let you do things you couldn't do before, like going back to Pallet Town, or getting Old Amber in the back door to Pewter City's museum. The Diglett's cave to the east has some high-level Digletts and Dugtrios. If you get them they will help you a lot for the boss. Now, teach HM 01 to a Plant-type Pokemon. The move is even good in battle sometimes! Go to the southwest of the city, CUT a bush, and go to the Gym. The leader there has a electric lock door. You have to find one switch, and another switch which is always BESIDE it. Defeat Lt. Surge, the gym leader, who has a Voltorb, a Pikachu and a Raichu. Digletts and Dugtrios can defeat them easily, as well as anyone you gave your DIG technique to. Talk to him afterwards to get TM 24, which contains THUNDERBOLT, a powerful version of THUNDERSHOCK. One of the Prof. Oaks' aids is also in a building to the east. He will give you the Itemfinder if you have more than 30 Pokemon. This item finds items... duh. But not too important really. By him is a guy who will trade a Nidorino for your Nidorina. After this, go into the Diglett's cave again. It will lead you near Pewter city and you can do things you couldn't do before. A person will trade a Mr. Mime for an Abra. So if you have a spare one, trade it. (This is the only way to get a Mr. Mime) You can also get HM 05 (flash) from one of Prof. Oak's aides if you caught more than 10 Pokemon. Then go back and up to Cerulean City. From there go east into the Rock Tunnel.
Rock Tunnel
It is very dark inside, you need a Pokemon equipped with HM 05. Pick up an Onix and a Machop here if you want. It is quite long and there are quite a few Pokemaniacs and Miners in there. Luckily, a Poke Center is right by the entrance to get you started up.
Lavender Town
In the northeast section of the town there is a big building, Pokemon Tower. But you can't do much there now. There is, however, a man who will "rate" and rename your Pokemon. You'll hear a lot of stories. Mainly about a Cubone who lost his mother, a kind Mr.Fuji's disappearence, and the ghosts in the Pokemon Tower. To the south are many fisherman eager for battle. Let them have their fun. This is a good chance to train electric and plant pokemon.
Route 8
Near the city, the BLUE players will find Meowths, Sandshrews, and Vulpixs, while the RED ones will find Glowlithes, Ekans, and Mankeys. After some collecting, go west through the tunnel to Celadon City.
Celadon City
(Rainbowbadge) Celadon is the biggest city in the whole game. You can get an Eevee from a back entrance to the Game Freak, Inc. building. You can buy stones from the Mart to evolve him -- and many others for this matter. You can use Thunder Stone to evolve Pikachu, Fire Stone to evolve Vulpix, Leaf stone to evolve Weepinbell, etc. The Gym leader Erika uses plant Pokemon. Fire is useful here (Vulpix, for that matter). After the battle, you will recieve a TM with MEGA DRAIN. Give it to your favorite plant Pokemon. This useful move does a lot of damage and gives half of it to your pokemon as health. Walk around for a bit. There are many interesting things in Celadon.. .Store . You can buy stones, items, TMs, and drinks. Give 3 kinds of drinks to the girl on the last floor, since she will give you a TM for each drink. Get an extra drink, you'll need it. The TMs they will sell: \line TM32 DOUBLE TEAM $1000 \line TM33 REFLECT $1000 \line TM02 RAZOR WIND $2000 \line TM07 HORN DRILL $2000 \line TM37 EGG BOMB $2000 \line TM01 MEGA PUNCH $3000 \line TM05 MEGA KICK $3000 \line TM09 TAKE DOWN $3000 \line TM37 SUBMISSION $3000 .Game Corner. Play the slot machines here, but you need Coin Case and coins to play. The Coin Case is in one of the other buildings. Some of the people playing will give you coins. You can also buy coins, 50 of them for 1000. Some coins are also hidden. You can trade coins for Pokemon/TMs next door. A list of pokemon that could be bought there: (First window) \line Abra - 180 (RED) / 120 (BLUE) \line Clefairy - 500 (RED) / 750 (BLUE) \line Nidorino (BLUE) - 1200 \line Nidorina (RED) - 1200 \par (Second window) \line Scyther (RED) - 5500 \line Pinser (BLUE) - 2500 \line Dratini - 2800 (RED) / 4600 (BLUE) \line Porygon - 9999 (RED) / 6500 (BLUE) Talk to the ROCKET by the picture to reveal a secret entrance - the ROCKET hideout. Go down and fight some ROCKETS. Giovanni, the boss, has the Silph Scope.
Lavender Town
After getting it, go back to Pokemon Tower and prepare for a long journey. Channelers are hanging around possessed by ghost pokemon. Fighting pokemon are useless here, because ghosts are immune to physical attacks. There are a lot of ghosts around, but they can be identified with the Silph Scope. Catch a Gastly (unique to this place) and a Cubone here. Soon, you will fight Cubone's mother, a Lv.30 Marowak. You can't capture her, but if you win, her soul will be freed. Beat the Rockets to rescue Mr. Fuji, who'll give you the Poke Flute. Now, go back to Celadon.
Celadon City
Go West from Celadon City. On this road, a Snorlax is sleeping, and you must wake him up. If you have the Poke Flute, you can wake him up and fight him. Cut down a nearby bush and go up and left. Go through the building and into the house you find. The girl inside will give you HM 02 (fly). Used in battle, it is similar to DIG. Used outside, it will bring you to a Poke center already visited.
Cycling Road
This leads to Fuschia City. This is a cycling road, so you will go down automatically. There are a few Riders and Cueballs on the way also. The former usually has nasty pokemon (Grimer, Koffing, etc.) and the latter with fighting pokemon. It is quite a nice ride, if your pokemon could survive the poison. When you see a gate house, a boy inside will trade a Lickitung for a Slowbro. Around here, you can begin to catch Dittos. *To catch it use a weak Pokemon until it transforms and then use a stronger Pokemon to weaken and catch it! :-)*
Fuschia City
(SoulBadge) You can see many trainers if you go to the shore, the meadow, or east of the town. If you go east, and up, you will see a road leading to Lavender Town. Another Snorlax is on this road, so if you couldn't get the first one this is your only chance left to catch it. Go north, and you'll see a hut where the person will give you the Super Rod. Even more north will let you see that the city is connected to Lavender Town. Then go back to the city. Go north to the Safari Zone. You will get many items and unique Pokemon here. You can fish for Dratinis here, as opposed to the 4600 coins (BLUE) / 2800 (RED) you need to pay for it in Celadon City. Lets see, 4600 coins equal $ 92000, (unless you had a very good winning streak). 2800 coins is cheaper, or $56000. Either way, I rather pay the $500 for entering the Safari Zone, and I will still get more bang for the buck because I can capture other rare pokemon. If you find the secret house, you'll be rewarded HM 03 (surf). If you give the Gold Teeth (also found there) and give it to the warden, he will give you HM 04 (strength). Both of these are crucial to the game. When SURF is used in battle, it is a good water attack. STRENGTH is a very strong fighting attack. In the overworld, SURF can be used by water pokemon to travel on water while STRENGTH is used to move boulders. A list of Safari Zone Pokemon: Nidoran(m), Nidoran(f), Nidorino, Nidorina, Paras, Parasect, Venonat, Venomoth, Rhyhorn, Doduo, Chansey, Kangashan, Tauros, Exeggute, Chansey, Pinser (BLUE), Scyther (RED) If you think you're ready after you pick up a few more pokemon. go challenge the boss Koga. His men are psychic Jugglers (who can call back pokemon at will) and animal Tamers (Robert Garcia rip-offs) and he has Pokemon with skills of sleeping, paralyzing, and poisoning. If you beat him you'll get TOXIC, a strong poison attack that will do more damage with each additional poison hit. Now is the time to go through the gate to Saffron City, which is between the other four cities on your Map. Remember, give a drink to one of the guards.
Saffron City
(MarshBadge There are 2 Gyms in this city. In the gym on the left, you'll fight many BLACKBELTS. Since they have fighting Pokemon, your best bet is to use Ghost Pokemon because fighting Pokemon cannot hurt them. Psychic Pokemon like Kadabra and Drowzee also work very well. After the final boss in the gym, you can get Hitmonlee, the kicker, or Hitmonchan, the puncher. *Hitmonlee is stronger in the beginning, but Hitmonchan learns stronger moves later. *Cool Fact: It is believed Hitmonchan is named after Jackie Chan, who punches his opponents, and Hitmonlee is named after Bruce Lee, who kicks his opponents. The other gym is blocked by a ROCKET though. You need to go to SILPH Company, the biggest building in Yamabuki City, and defeat all Rocket Gang members in it.
Silph Co
There are many Items and Rocket Gang members in here. You need to warp around quite often. If you get the Card Key, you can move more freely and get to the boss. After beating Gary (yes, he is here), a man will give you Lapras. At the 11th floor, fight Giovanni (again) and if you win, you will get the Master Ball. It has a 100% chance of catching. *You should store this ball in your PC and wait to use it on one of the following Pokemon: The Legendary Birds, Snorlax, or Mewtwo. The Birds are Lv.50 each and are very powerful in their own element, the Snorlax are Lv. 30 and are quite good, while Mewtwo is "THE" perfect pokemon and starts at Lv. 70. I recommend using it on Mewtwo. Now you can enter Sabrina's Gym and fight her for the MarshBadge. There are Psychics and Channelers here, and you also need to warp around often. *To find Sabrina easily: There are four warps in each room. When you are on the lower right warp go up to the upper right warpand when you are on the upper right warp go down to the lower right warp.You will not have to face any other trainers this way.* Watch out for psychic Pokemon and use bug or ghost pokemon against them. She will give you PSYWAVE after the battle, a psychic attack. A girl living in a house to the left will trade TM31 for a Poke Doll. It contains MIMIC.
Power Plant
(optional) Cross the water by Cerulean City and SURF down and around to the Power Plant. There are lots of Electric Pokemon here. You can get Pikachus, Raichus, Voltorbs, Magnemites, and Electrabuzzes (RED). (some Voltorbs are hidden as Poke Balls, they are Lv. 40 each! There is also an Lv.41 Electrode masquerating as a Poke Ball) Near the end is Zapdos, the Legendary Electric Bird.
Seafoam Islands
(optional) Cross the water after you get to Fuschia City. Many Water Pokemon live here, (Seels, Dewgongs, Shellders, Krabbys, Psyducks, Horseas, etc.) You'll need STRENGTHand SURF. This is where Articuno, the Legendary Ice Bird is. *To find Articuno you will need strength to drop boulders into the holes into the water. This will change the course of the water and let you reach the island where Articuno is located. *Krabby's are pretty good. About the level in which they become Kinglers, they will learn the powerful 1-hit KO GILLOTINE move!
Cinnabar Island
(Volcanobadge) South of Pallet Town is Cinnabar Island. Enter the Pokemon Laboratory and get some new Pokemon. Depending on what fossil you got in Mt. Moon, you can get Kabuto or Omanyte. You can also get Aerodactyl if you picked up the Old Amber in Pewter City's museum. Three people there will trade your Raichu for an Electrode, your Venonat for a Tangela, or your Ponyta for a Seel. Non of these are too important, but they can rack up experience quickly. There is a Pokemon Mansion here with puzzles involving switches. Behind a pillar on the first level is the final piece of the Moon Stone. Read the text to find out about the mysterious Mewtwo Pokemon. Here you can get Grimer, Muk, Koffing, Ponyta, Vulpix (BLUE), Magmar etc. You will also get a key for the gym. The gym leader, a mad scientist named Blaine, uses fire Pokemon. Water works very well on them. If you win he will give you a very powerful fire attack (FIRE BLAST). *If you have Charizard give it to him.* Now you only have one more Gym left...
Viridian City
(Earthbadge) Here is the final Gym... (the Gym was locked before) The boss is non other than... Giovanni! He wants to use this place to get more ROCKET members and start anew! There are many trainers and there are the things that spin you around (like you saw in Team Rockets hideout). He has a variety of good Pokemon. After beating him, go west to the Pokemon League HQ. Gary will be on the road again, challenging you for the final(?) time.
Pokemon League HQ
Very large building. You can get Dittos, Rhyhorns, and some other good Pokemon here. You also need all 8 badges so the guards will let you pass. If you see a door, you have reached the...
Victory Road
To pass here you will need the moves SURF and STRENGTH, all the skills, and best Pokemon you have. There are TOUGH Pokemon here (Lv. 40 Marowaks, Lv. 40 Venoats, etc.) and very skilled trainers. This is where you will also find Moltres, the Legendary Fire Bird. There are a lot of puzzles (push the boulders onto the circles to get the blocks to dissappear), and by the end you will probably be VERY worn-out, but still wondering how come Gary was again one step ahead of you, as explained by the people in the cave.
Indigo Plateau
This is a Pokemon Center and a Pokemon Mart. Get all the things you need, pick your best 6 Pokemon, and go though the door at the top to fight the Elite Four, a group of the most powerful trainers ever. All their Pokemon are over lv. 50, so be prepared for some good fights. *Be sure to get at least 5 revives and 5-10 hyper/max potions or full restore. My best team for the Elite Four is Zapdos/Pikachu, Blastoise, Gengar/Haunter, Charizard, Articuno/Dewgong, and an extra Pokemon of your choice (If you have already beaten the game and you are challenging them again you should use Mewtwo). *Most of the Pokemon must be at least Level 40, but they should be a lot higher (50+)* *This is a good group because nearly every one of the bosses Pokemon is waek against at least one of these.*
THE ELITE FOUR:
LORELEI: The first, Lorelei has a group of ice Pokemon. (Pikachu/Zapdos is very effective against all of these, it can take on all five one-by-one) She starts with a Lv. 54 Dewgong, secondly a Lv. 53 Cloyester, then a Lv. 54 Slowbro. A Jynx (Lv. 56) is next, and she finishes off with a Lv. 56 Lapras. *Before you go on heal any Pokemon that is seriously hurt or feinted.
BRUNO: Next is Bruno, who has rock/fighting Pokemon. He begins with a Lv. 53 Onix(Use Blastiose to talke care of it). After that, he switches off to fighting and gets mout a Lv. 55 Hitmonchan and then a Lv.55 Hitmonlee. Gengar/Hounter can beat both of them easily. After the fighting duo, he gets a Lv. 56 Onix (use Blastoise again) and finally his ace card, the Lv. 58 Machamp (another easy target for Gengar/Haunter). *Before you go on heal any Pokemon that is seriously hurt or feinted
AGATHA: Agatha uses mind-controllers, kicking off with a Lv. 56 Gengar. Then, a Lv. 56 Golbat will try to CONFUSE you into submission. A lighter challenge (Lv. 55 Haunter) comes in afterwards. You might think she ran out of good pokemon, but a Lv. 58 Arbok comes out next, followed by a Lv. 60 Gengar. (Your best bet against these is the Blastoise, Charizard and Gengar *With Blastoise use water attacks only; with Charizard use fire attacks only; with Gengar use confuse ray and then psychic or use hypnosis followed by dream eater or psychic* Remember, she is one of the only trainers who can call back Pokemon at will. *Before you go on heal any Pokemon that is seriously hurt or feinted.
LANCE: Lance has awesome Dragons to fight you. His first Pokemon is Gyrados (Pikachu/Zapdos can beat it easily). A pair of Lv. 56 Dragonairs follow the Gyrados (use Articuno/Dewgong to beat them). He uses a Lv. 60 Aerodatcytl next (another easy target for Blastoise). Finally, he brings out his long-trained and VERY hard-to-get Lv. 62 Dragonite (Use Articuno/Dewgong again). *Watch out for HYPERBEAM! *After you beat him do NOT go up. First use your revives and potions to heal all of your Pokemon. Then go up and be prepared for your biggest challenge!!!
After 4 long, hard battles, you will realize that another had already defeated the Elite Four! Who is it? Why.. it is Gary! After he tells you of his ambition, you fight his 6 strong Pokemon with your six. He starts with a Lv. 61 Pidgeot, which is easy to defeat. (Another small-fry for Zapdos/Pikachu) Then he calls on a Lv. 59 Alakazam, (Use Articuno/Dewgong and, if necessary, Gengar/Haunter) followed by a Rhydon. (Another easy win for Blastoise) He then finishes off with pokemon of fire, water, and plant types with them being Lv. 61, Lv. 63, and the last being Lv. 65 (his first pick in the game). His plant choice is Exegguter, his Fire Choice is Arcanine, and his water choice is Gyrados. They will come out in dimuting power order (Water-Fire-Plant. Fire-Plant-Water, or Plant-Fire Water). (Blastoise gets the fire, Pikachu/Zapdos gets the water, and Charizard gets the plant) If you manage to defeat him in this climatic and difficult battle, be prepared for the ending of Pokemon! THE END... or is it?
Unknown Dungeon
After you have beaten the Pokemon League, go back to Cerulean City. northwest of Cerulean City in a cave is Mewtwo, the best Pokemon there is (# 150). He is at lv. 70 and is at the end of a long way in the cave. There are Lv. 50s Pokemon from everywhere (Venomoths, Chanseys, Kadabras, Raichus, Magnetons, Marowaks, Hypnos, etc.). It is possible to catch Mewtwo without the Master Ball, but it is hard. He is no pushover and will do a lot of damage against you. He has Swift, Psychic, Recover, and Barrier at his command. Which means 2 attacks (one fast and one powerful) and two defenses (one for healing and one for defense), making him a balanced and powerful pokemon.
