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marchionessofmustache) wrote2023-08-07 07:50 pm
marchionessofmustache) wrote2023-08-07 07:50 pm
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Pokemon Red progress
So, I've been chronicling (is that a word...?) my progress of my Pokemon Red playthrough on my discord server's #pokemon channel, but I figure since I started it here I should continue it here. I've only done a couple of play sessions as I also have been finishing up Pokemon Scarlet (holy CRAP that ending) and then starting on Pokemon Shining Pearl (restarted from the beginning).
I did Nugget Bridge before Cerulean Gym to level up Pikachu a bit more (especially since he was only level 3 leaving Pewter) and go ahead and catch Abra. Leveling the two of them up, I finished the Misty fight with Charmeleon level 23, Pikachu level 23, and Kadabra level 16. Just enough for it to evolve.
I then traded with myself (I have a save file in Blue at the first Pokemon center for the sake of this) to get Kadabra to Alakazam. Now I already have the game's strongest powerhouse besides Mewtwo... and we're still quite early on in the game...
Alakazam got powered up throughout the S.S. Anne and the return through Diglett Cave. At this point, we're pretty much one-shotting everything, though we have to be careful with PP. In Surge's gym, I actually got the two switches on my very first can interactions. What's the chance of that...? Extremely low at least. But I was SO happy to not have to mess with that stupid "puzzle."
Alakazam took out Surge's Pokemon and we moved on to Erika. We've now access to buying Thunderstones, so we're able to get Raichu, though he's not much help at this point. Erika's gym could easily be taken out by Alakazam, but we're trying to get experience on Charmeleon at this point as well, so we use him instead. Still one-shotting mostly everything afair.
Along the way through the gym, Charmeleon hit level 36 and evolved to Charizard.
And that's where I've made it to thus far. Here's the team so far:
CHARIZARD Lv36
RAICHU Lv30
ALAKAZAM Lv37
Raichu is falling behind in levels, because Thunderbolt is more situationally useful, and we just came from the grass-type gym to level up Charizard.
I've also been carrying around a Beedrill to use Cut because I decided to keep Cut off of Charizard in favor of Leer (and then was going to put Cut on Tentacruel). But I've decided Cut is not really useful on Tentacruel at all, and can be useful on Charizard, plus it will make it so I don't have to cart around an HM Slave at this point in the game. Then I can replace Cut with Wrap in Tenta's move set -- basically a broken move that does tiny damage but doesn't let the opponent move. As long as you're faster you can basically chain this until the Pokemon gets knocked out. It does have 95% accuracy so it's possible for it to miss, but it's still stupid broken and super annoying anyway. Tenta being one of the faster Pokemon in the game can make good use of this.
Though it shouldn't have to with Ice Beam, Surf, and Mega Drain. That's why I decided to just throw Cut on him. But Leer is nearly useless whereas Wrap could maybe be funny at one point.
Aaaaaaand I just loaded up my game save on my phone (where I'm playing this) and it seems to be... corrupted...? I don't know exactly how to word it. It's back before I fought Erika and Raichu is burned (no idea how that would have happened) and I have a random ARCANINE of all things on my team. It's level 20 (?!?!?!) and paralyzed. So I guess I can't trust this emulator and will have to start this whole thing over using TGB on the PC or something :\ A shame.
Welp, back to Shining Pearl for now.
I did Nugget Bridge before Cerulean Gym to level up Pikachu a bit more (especially since he was only level 3 leaving Pewter) and go ahead and catch Abra. Leveling the two of them up, I finished the Misty fight with Charmeleon level 23, Pikachu level 23, and Kadabra level 16. Just enough for it to evolve.
I then traded with myself (I have a save file in Blue at the first Pokemon center for the sake of this) to get Kadabra to Alakazam. Now I already have the game's strongest powerhouse besides Mewtwo... and we're still quite early on in the game...
Alakazam got powered up throughout the S.S. Anne and the return through Diglett Cave. At this point, we're pretty much one-shotting everything, though we have to be careful with PP. In Surge's gym, I actually got the two switches on my very first can interactions. What's the chance of that...? Extremely low at least. But I was SO happy to not have to mess with that stupid "puzzle."
Alakazam took out Surge's Pokemon and we moved on to Erika. We've now access to buying Thunderstones, so we're able to get Raichu, though he's not much help at this point. Erika's gym could easily be taken out by Alakazam, but we're trying to get experience on Charmeleon at this point as well, so we use him instead. Still one-shotting mostly everything afair.
Along the way through the gym, Charmeleon hit level 36 and evolved to Charizard.
And that's where I've made it to thus far. Here's the team so far:
CHARIZARD Lv36 RAICHU Lv30 ALAKAZAM Lv37Raichu is falling behind in levels, because Thunderbolt is more situationally useful, and we just came from the grass-type gym to level up Charizard.
I've also been carrying around a Beedrill to use Cut because I decided to keep Cut off of Charizard in favor of Leer (and then was going to put Cut on Tentacruel). But I've decided Cut is not really useful on Tentacruel at all, and can be useful on Charizard, plus it will make it so I don't have to cart around an HM Slave at this point in the game. Then I can replace Cut with Wrap in Tenta's move set -- basically a broken move that does tiny damage but doesn't let the opponent move. As long as you're faster you can basically chain this until the Pokemon gets knocked out. It does have 95% accuracy so it's possible for it to miss, but it's still stupid broken and super annoying anyway. Tenta being one of the faster Pokemon in the game can make good use of this.
Though it shouldn't have to with Ice Beam, Surf, and Mega Drain. That's why I decided to just throw Cut on him. But Leer is nearly useless whereas Wrap could maybe be funny at one point.
Aaaaaaand I just loaded up my game save on my phone (where I'm playing this) and it seems to be... corrupted...? I don't know exactly how to word it. It's back before I fought Erika and Raichu is burned (no idea how that would have happened) and I have a random ARCANINE of all things on my team. It's level 20 (?!?!?!) and paralyzed. So I guess I can't trust this emulator and will have to start this whole thing over using TGB on the PC or something :\ A shame.
Welp, back to Shining Pearl for now.
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