Charmander evolved into Charmeleon; Pidgey evolved into Pidgeotto. Caught two Sandslashs and named the better* one SANDREW. Taught Gnawty (Rattata) Water Gun. Team is Whent (10), Gnawty (13), R'hllor (17), Pig (18), Sandrew (10), Clefairy (10). I'm definitely going to have to refine it before I take on Misty; not entirely sure it's even worth bringing R'hllor in there, which is a problem since his Ember is the most powerful move we have right now. Can't go back for a Pikachu; feeling very stupid. Having spent an hour grinding in the patch of grass west of Cerulean, am now preparing to take on Ash again.
*"better" being a subjective term; Sandrew has higher Defense and Special, but lower Speed.
Grinding
First decided to grab a Spearow since they seem to be good on offense and right now all I've got is tanks who will die instantly against water-types (also, am anticipating more Bug Boys). Too lazy either to nickname Spearow or to catch a second one for comparison's sake. Team is now R'hllor, Gnawty, Pig, Sandrew, Tyene, Spearow. Hoping that R'hllor can take down Ash's Pidgeotto before things get too ugly...
Ash
Ash's Pidgeotto blinded R'hllor. After that it was a slaughter. R'hllor was taken down and Gnawty was taken down to 2 hp... Gnawty learned Hyper Fang and killed Ash's Abra in one hit with it. Then his Rattata burned through half the team leaving only Sandrew and Pig to face Squirtle. I won, but it was still sobering. Trading Sandrew for Rocky before I continue with the bridge.
The Bridge
Also traded Spearow for Burster (Butterfree). Put Gnawty at the front of the pack on the hope that Hyper Fang will come in handy. Trainer #1 (Bug Catcher) fell to a Gnawty/Tyene tag team with no casualties on my end. Lass fell to a Gnawty/Pig tag-team (I'm trying to avoid a Bird Jesus situation, but I didn't feel that anything other than Pidgeotto was suited to taking on her Nidoran). Gnawty all-killed Youngster with Hyper Fang. He finally fell to Lass #2's Pidgey. R'hllor avenged him but was poisoned by Nidoran. The Lord of Light smote fiery vengeance upon the heathen by burning her. Jr. Trainer's Mankey was bested by Pig. With R'hllor and Gnawty down, a tactical retreat was made before I set off to explore Bill's stomping grounds.
It's a Trap!
And good thing I did, since the guy at the top of Nugget Bridge tried to recruit me to join Team Rocket. Then I got to screw around in a grassy area letting Tyene kill a bunch of Metapods to level up. I'm guessing that's just clever game design right there. In all seriousness, though, I need to start thinking about Misty. Half the Pokemon I own are either Fire or Ground, and I'm not sure whether she has any Psychic-type abilities that would rule out my Poisons as well. Found a TM for Thunder Wave; if Clefairy can learn it she gets a spot back on my team for Misty.
I had a few Potions that got me through the trainers near Bill, and then I went straight for the confrontation with the Rocket guy who has Dig. South of Cerulean, I found a field that has Bellsprouts in it. Huzzah! Something I can use against Misty!
...then I wandered all the way down to Vermilion City and grabbed the Bike Voucher and traded Spearow for Farfetch'd.
Misty
Was defeated by two Bellsprouts and Gnawty. Sandrew learned Dig. Caught a Meowth named Castamere. Pulled Rocky out of the PC because he and Sandrew are on Surge duty.
S.S. Anne
Cleared in two trips (and even then mainly only because I didn't have any PP restore and Weepinbell's Vine Whip only has 5 PP) by: Weepinbell, Gnawty (now a Raticate), Sandrew, Clefairy, R'hllor and Pig.
The Miracle of Rock Cave
At this point your humble narrator decided to do something insane and skip Lt. Surge for the present time (this might have something to do with the fact that Pig is carrying the team) and instead wander off through the Rock Cave (after first going through Diglett's Tunnel back to Viridian City to get a female Nidoran named Petra. It did not go well. R'hllor was left behind on the assumption that there wouldn't be any easy prey for his fiery vengeance. As it turns out, the game is subtly trying to inform you that it's a Grass-type Gym next, which is why there were a few trainers down there with Grass-types. Pig got poisoned, Gnawty fell... finally, after dodging trainers left and right and running from wild Pokemon engagements, I got out... and wandered right into another trainer. Her last Pokemon was a Pidgey, which meant that neither Weepinbell nor Sandrew could be expected to perform, Gnawty was down for the count, and neither Petra nor Clefairy was at a high enough level to deal with it. After about five missed Quick Attacks in a row, this finally happened.
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