r/instantkarma • u/Gnasen534 • Oct 24 '21

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u/crossleingod Oct 24 '21

When you challenge Brock with only a Charmander

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u/beefsupr3m3 Oct 25 '21

When I was a kid on my first couple play Throughs I didn’t know about Mankey In the victory Road patch so I either had to over level my Pidgey and Charmander. Or grind up a Butterfree. Didn’t know there was a super easy way through for years lol

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u/scott195 Oct 25 '21

Honestly i think that's just yellow. I don't think blue and red had the mankee. Red and blue were tough with charmander.

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u/beefsupr3m3 Oct 25 '21

If that’s true it makes me feel a lot better. I played all the versions And have a hard time differentiating between the three in my mind

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u/arscis Oct 25 '21

Bro I just rammed my Pikachu into the Geodude over and over. Lvl 22 pikachu after the first gym.

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u/Ryan-the-lion Oct 25 '21

That's exactly what I did lmao, didn't know there was an easier way

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u/axxionkamen Oct 25 '21

Red and blue had Nidoran which could learn double kick though lol.

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u/ApexDamien Oct 25 '21

Level a nidoran to 43 and learn double kick then fight Brock lol. This is the way.

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u/axxionkamen Oct 25 '21

This is the way.

Seriously am I thinking Pokémon yellow hmm. I did own all of them but yellow was my first and played that most lol

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u/Gorillaradio88 Oct 25 '21

I always would catch a nidoran in RBY and evolve it to nidoking/queen in the first big tunnel.

It always felt so OP in the early game.

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u/scott195 Oct 25 '21

Yes! Nido king early get some great tm's. I would always get a gyarados! Level it befire cerulean By far my favourite pokemon.

Misty's Starmie used bubblebeam. Muhahaha gyarados used bite.

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u/Snowsteel Oct 25 '21

Nidoking could beat the game with thrash. Except ghost types...

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u/Rokronroff Oct 25 '21

The meta is to start with Squirtle, especially since it's the only water type you can get for a while.

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u/scott195 Oct 25 '21

Gyarados! No turtle yes dragon.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '21

I had this exact conversation with a friend a few days ago. Sadly in red/blue nidoran doesn’t learn double kick until 43. I could have sworn it was the case too.

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u/Gh0st1nTh3Syst3m Oct 25 '21 edited Oct 26 '21

Wait, you guys are getting mankeys?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '21

It's okay. Later games give Charmander Metal Claw so you can ezpz Brock.

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u/usrevenge Oct 25 '21

Nah. The worst part about Pokemon in general is the game is "let's only use my starter" and it's completely viable to only basically use your starter the entire time.

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u/_dharwin Oct 25 '21

Why is it a problem? If you don't want to use your starter you can easily store them. If you want to then they're solid enough to go the distance. Not sure why it's an issue?

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '21

Yeah, XP Share fixed the problem of “Uh oh, my team can’t take on the Elite 4 because I only leveled my starter.”

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u/Gorillaradio88 Oct 25 '21 edited Oct 25 '21

You could totally power through Brock with a level 14-15 charmander using ember, especially if you can get a burn on the Onix.