ECRUTEAK CITY
VIOLET CITY GYM LEADER: Falkner POKÉMON TYPE: Flying MOST POWERFUL POKÉMON: Lv. 13 Pidgeotto REWARD: TM51 Roost – This move restores half of the user’s HP! NEW ABILITY: When you beat Falkner, you’ll be able to use HM06 Rock Smash outside battle!
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Flying Pokémon are weak against Ground, Steel and Electric types. By now you should have seen a Flaafy in the field, so catch him and use his Electric moves to breeze through the Violet City gym!
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Only Dark and Steel types are super-effective against Ghost Pokémon. Don’t use any physical attacks as Ghost types are immune to them, as well as Normal Pokémon!
GYM LEADER
Morty
POKÉMON TYPE Ghost
MOST POWERFUL POKÉMON
Lv. 25 Gengar REWARD TM30 Shadow Ball – A powerful Ghost attack that can lower a Pokémon’s Special Defence! NEW ABILITY Glide across any water you see on the back of your Pokémon with HM03 Surf!
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MAHOGANY TOWN GYM LEADER Pryce MOST POWERFUL POKÉMON
Lv. 37 Piloswine REWARD TM07 Hail – This Ice move starts a hailstorm which will damage any non-Ice type Pokémon! NEW ABILITY You can use HM05 Whirlpool outside battle to get to the Whirl Islands!
BLACKTHORN CITY GYM LEADER Clair MOST POWERFUL POKÉMON Lv. 41 Kingdra REWARD TM59 Dragon Pulse – No special effects, but a super-powerful Dragon move that has totally awesome attack power! NEW ABILITY You can magically surf up walls of water with the wicked HM07 Waterfall!
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Unless you chose Chikorita, your Starter Pokémon will work well here, as Ice types are weak to Fire and Water moves. Iron Tail comes in handy here, too – Steel moves deal double damage!
Kingdra can resist almost all types of attack, but if you’ve got any Dragon moves then use them before it wipes you out with Hyper Beam!
OLIVINE CITY
GOLDENROD CITY
GYM LEADER Whitney POKÉMON TYPE Normal MOST POWERFUL POKÉMON
Lv. 19 Miltank REWARD TM45 Attract – If the Pokémon you’re battling is the opposite gender to your Pokémon, then it will be infatuated and unable to attack! NEW ABILITY HM04 Strength allows you to move large boulders around – great for getting through caves!
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Only Fighting Pokémon are strong against Normal types. Hyper Fang is a good move to use, or you can swap a Drowzee for a Machop on the 5th floor of the Department Store!
Steelix is a really tough Pokémon with strong defence, but Electric, Fire and Water moves are super-effective, even if they take a little while to take him down!
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GYM LEADER Jasmine MOST POWERFUL POKÉMON Lv. 35 Steelix
REWARD TM23 Iron Tail
– This is a great Steel move that has a chance of lowering the target Pokémon’s defence stat. NEW ABILITY None! You don’t get any extra HM abilities from beating Jasmine. D’oh!
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