Cerulean Gym Walkthrough

This level is very difficult, and will likely be one of the most difficult levels you face for awhile. If you have completed the challenge to get the Old Rod this level will be even more difficult for you. The best way to beat this level is to use pokemon that are strong against the types used in this level. Since this is a water level, and many pokemon in this level are water, electric or grass pokemon are the obvious choice here. Pikachu is probably the best option here, and I also suggest using Butterfree's using Whirlwind at the bottom on each side to allow your pokemon to get more hits in and prevent the opposing pokemon to get the hits in. The middle spot should be reserved for your strongest pokemon, probably Geodude/ Graveller/ Golem if you have been following my advice in my recent posts. Have this pokemon use Magnitude, and put two Pikachu's at the top on each side and have them use their strongest electric attack. Now place two Butterfrees at then end and have them use Whirlwind. This setup only leaves a weakness to one pokemon in the level, Oddish, which isn't even strong enough to worry about. Your Geodude/ its evolution should take care of it easily. I actually suggest that you don't use your starter here unless it is Charmeleon and knows Dragon Rage, or if it is Ivysaur with a strong grass attack, preferably SolarBeam, since it can hit multiple targets at once. In this level it is crucial to take out all the early pokemon, because the bosses at the end are extremely hard to kill. To beat this level without having high level pokemon, you really need to take advantage of the opposing pokemon's weaknesses. Also, remember that the pokemon switch paths every wave,  so you could technically beat the level with only 3 good pokemon. However, I don't reccomend doing this because you could lose focus or not react quickly enough and lose the level. If you already have the Old Rod, then you're in trouble. Having the Old rod means that Magikarp will come, and the Magikarp are extremely fast. How do you beat them? You can use the same strategy and hope that Butterfree's Whirlwhind hits them in time. Also, remember that if they are in red health, you can catch them which will prevent them from reaching the candy. I suggest that you do this with any pokemon that is about to reach the candy, it might just win the level for you. Unfortunately, there aren't many slowing attacks that you can take advantage of at this level, like Bulldoze, so you'll just have to make do with what you have. For your 6th pokemon slot, I would bring along a Nidoran that knows Helping Hand. You can put this in for a second, let it use Helping Hand, and then put your attacking pokemon back in. This will give your pokemon a nice attack boost and can be extremely helpful, especially in the later waves. So, a solid team for this level would be:

Pikachu                                                                       Pikachu

                                       Golem

Butterfree                                                                    Butterfree



With Nidoran coming in every once in awhile and using Helping Hand. This setup was pretty effective for me, but keep in mind that you also need to level these pokemon up for this to work. As I've said multiple times: Training now will help you later.

Catchable Pokemon: Pidgey, Weedle (Red), Kakuna (Red), Oddish (Red), Caterpie (Blue) Metapod (Blue), Bellsprout (Blue), Abra

Magikarp can be caught if you have the Old Rod.
Krabby and Psyduck can be caught if you have the Super Rod.
You can trade a Poliwhirl for a Jynx at the end of the level. (Poliwhirl had to have attacked once. Don't press "Skip" at the end of the level.)

Level Difficulty: Hard

Mt. Moon 1 Walkthrough

This level I didn't find too challenging, and you probably won't either as long as you've been keeping up with your training at least a little bit. What I found to be most important for this level was having a Geodude/ Graveler/ Golem in the middle square (on the rock) that knows Magnitude. This deals a pretty good amount of damage to the bosses, as well as the other pokemon in the level, with the exception of Spearow and Zubat. Magnitude is based on luck though, so you may catch a couple unlucky (or lucky) breaks. Other than your Geodude/ Graveller/ Golem, you should have your next strongest pokemon in the middle spot, and then 2 more on the left  side of the map and 2 on the right side of the map. I would put your starter in the middle, because it is probably your strongest pokemon, but a Butterfree with Whirlwind is just as good of an option, if not better. Butterfrees using Confusion are good pokemon to fill the rest of the slots on the map since Butterfree's Confusion attack is a special attack and most of the pokemon in the level have high defense but not special defense. A Pikachu with Thunderbolt is also not bad, since it can take care of the flying pokemon that your Geodude/ Graveller/ Golem can't hit. However, be careful because some pokemon in this level don't take any damage from electric attacks. My suggestion is to use a mix of Geodude (or its evolutions), Pikachu, and Butterfree. These pokemon aren't too difficult to get, and can help you win the level. Mankey is also very useful for this level, as its fighting attacks do 2x damage to Geodudes, Rattata, and Clefairy. This level is only 9 waves, and when I played it, I didn't let any pokemon even reach the candy. Just take advantage of the opposing pokemon's weaknesses, and your pokemon's strengths. This level shouldn't be hard for you, but the upcoming level Mt. Moon 2 likely will be.

Catchable Pokemon: Zubat, Geodude, Clefairy, Rattata, Spearow, Mankey, Ekans (Red), Sandshrew (Blue)
Level Difficulty: Easy