Recommended Level and Moveset: Level 22 Absorb/Poison Powder, Stun Spore, Sleep Powder, Bullet Seed. A Flying-type is better for dealing with Bulbasaur though. Bulbasaur and Gloom can’t hurt each other, but you should win a stall battle if you have healing items and a little luck with status moves. However, Gloom can handle Squirtle with ease thanks to Bullet Seed. If your Rival has Charmander, the best Gloom can do is use a powder move and run, and this is rather risky, especially if Gloom is at half health or lower. The Psi Pokémon’s only move is Teleport, so anything with an attacking move can handle it. Furthermore, the Weed Pokémon can handle Abra with ease. Gloom should be fine even without healing items. (If you’re lucky, you may get all five hits on one attempt and OHKO.) Note that Rattata is faster and Hyper Fang, which is just a 5HKO, can cause flinching. Sleep Powder is okay though, and five hits of Bullet Seed will take it out. Rattata has Guts, so don’t use Poison Powder or Stun Spore on it. Its Gust is only a possible 4HKO though, so you can try to powder it before switching to a more appropriate counter. Your Rival will lead with Pidgeotto, a Pokémon that Gloom should avoid. Gloom is best in this battle if you chose Charmander since, in that case, your Rival will be carrying a Squirtle. Anne: How well Gloom performs in this battle is mostly dependent on what starter you chose. Recommended Level and Moveset: Level 21 Absorb/Poison Powder, Stun Spore, Sleep Powder, Bullet Seed. Gloom, however, has little to fear from Starmie, who will fall to about six hits of Bullet Seed and can only 5HKO in return. It’s fairly risky though bring a solid back-up plan and healing items if possible. Three hits of Bullet Seed will deal more damage, so, with some luck, you’ll be okay. Its Swift is a 4HKO on an Oddish at full health. Starmie, on the other hand, is much tougher. Staryu can be defeated rather easily by either Oddish or Gloom just spam Bullet Seed or Absorb. It’ll be dealing more damage than Absorb even when it hits the minimum number of times. Either way, teach it Bullet Seed from the TM in Mt. Oddish/Gloom versus Misty in Cerulean City Gym: Honestly, you’ll be much better off going into this battle after Oddish evolves. Gloom: Route 12 (rare), Route 13 (rare), Route 14 (rare), Route 15 (rare), Berry Forest (uncommon), Bond Bridge (uncommon), Cape Brink (uncommon). Oddish: Route 5 (common), Route 6 (common), Route 7 (uncommon), Route 12 (common), Route 13 (common), Route 14 (common), Route 15 (common), Route 24 (common), Route 25 (common), Berry Forest (uncommon), Bond Bridge (uncommon), Cape Brink (common). Regardless, Oddish is an admirable Pokémon that typically excels in the Kanto region. Despite that, the Oddish line still suffers from its weakness to two of the region’s gyms and two others have a significant advantage over this Grass-type Pokémon. Oddish can also be fully evolved as soon as you reach Celadon City unless you want to wait for Moonlight. Besides soloing the second gym, Oddish’s plethora of status moves, skillful use of the SunnyBeam strategy, and STAB attacks that can deal with the region’s numerous Water-types allow it to shine throughout the entire campaign. As a relatively bulky Grass-type Pokémon available before fighting Misty, Oddish makes an excellent immediate addition to any team that lacks an Ivysaur.

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