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Pokemon Yellow "Starters"
okay, so we all know that you can't beat Brock with Pikachu, you have to catch others and raise them up to beat him. I'm just curious as to which one(s) you guys used to beat brock. I caught a Nidoran, raised him up, evolved him, and now i use my Nidoking more than Pikachu. anybody do anything similar to that? 8)
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He really suprised me. He's super good, i honestly don't think i've used one before this. haha.
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A lot of Yellow 'mons learn Fighting attacks early, once I used Mankey and once Nidorino (his Attack is higher than the female's, all the better to cut through a Rock type's Defense). The first time I'm pretty sure I just went with Butterfree, since Special attacks don't need to be as strong with Brock.
Nidoking's one of my faves for his crazy cool movepool (I just give him the TM's I have left over :P ), and Butterfree can't do much so Nido's usually my choice. |
7 year old me's solution:
Modern day me would probably catch a Mankey, Maybe a Nidoran or two for backup. |
Heh, I really didn't like Pikachu or I might've tried that too. I know I preferred using Charmeleon on Brock instead of just raising something more effective.
Mankey's the better choice since it gets STAB for fighting attacks, but for some reason I just never liked Mankey so I went for other Pokemon. -_-' To this day I've only bothered raising a Primeape once. |
Pokemon Yellow was the first pokemon game i ever got. and I couldnt get past Brock, FOREVER, so 9-year-old Me's solution to THAT was to trade my lapras over from Blue. and kick some ass. :)
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I could never trade 'cuz I only had one GB. D:
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not if he learns iron tail! lol jk that's a gen 3 move, but I used Mankey to defeat Brock.
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Yes, I use to catch a Mankey since its a fighting type which has more of an advantage over rock types. Male nidoran from yellow can learn double kick too! He's always a good choice as well.. .
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I went the Butterfree rout to defeat Brock on all my play thorough.
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Im doing a pikachu monotype, and i just used double-team+Quick Attack
it was easy as hell |
Yeah, to be fair Brock *is* the easiest gym after Surge just because his Pokemon have terrible attacks. :P
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I remember when i used a mankey, then I stupidly taught KarateChop over Low Kick cuz I thought it was fighting type move (I actually played Gen IV first) then I used it against a Geodude and i was like "wait a minute... ah crap!"
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Ohhh, Normal Karate Chop was such a terrible typing decision. XD
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trade mewtwo over from red version. :X I had red on my birthday, my little brother got blue on his, and me and both my brothers got Yellow for christmas, and we all had gameboys and one linkcable to trade with. Nothing says screw the game mechanics, I have a disobiediant level 100 legendary better than using it against a level 15 onix. The only bad thing is that mewtwo barely listened to me. >:[
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I used a Nidoran,I grew him up to lvl 12,at that lvl it learns Double Kick.I easily beat brock's Onix with it.
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Nidoking's THRASH is amazing. :)
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With my Pokemon Yellow game I evolved Caterpie into metapod and than Butterfree which at level 10 learned confusion. :D
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Pikachu still kills Onix easy with the D-T+Quick attack combo
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I used Butterfree and Mankey for Brock.
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I honestly don't think I've ever tried Thrash with a Nido - too many fun TM's to use, so pretty and shiny. I'm easily distracted. :P
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it's great. he uses it like, 4/5-ish times before he becomes confused. and by then, all the foes have fainted, because it's a BEAST MOVE! :D
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My bro used mankey for Brock
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I used my Nidoqueen more than Pikachu XD
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I mainly used my Butterfree to beatBrock.
That's when I used him more than silly little Pikachu. Then when Pikachu really pissed me off i released it. |
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AWEE . Why'd you release it? What'd Pikado? [ahhaa!! See what i did there? :D] |
i never knew u could get mankeys and nidorans!
i had to train a caterpie up and put em to sleep |
mankeys, and nidorans are in the patch of grass off of viridian city, on the way to the elite four. :)
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Good place to get Spearow too if you want a cheap Flying attack to take down Viridian forest.
Mankey did take me by surprise the first time I found one there, I guess they gave him to you earlier in Yellow to make up for Pikachu. |
i've caught mankeys, never really used one though.
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Aw, no love for Mankey. :P
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i think the farthest a mankey has made it with me is the 3rd gym, not much farther
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Nidoking was one of my favourite Pokemon back in the day. Used him all the time. What irritated me was that on Stadium he didn't look nearly as badass. I expcted him to be as big as Rhydon was.
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I believe a Pokemon like Mankey would be a good Pokemon to use.
But since I couldn't catch one.(CRAP) I faced Brock with Pikachu and won....barely! LOL |
Pokémon Yellow... sure brings back memories... Memories of training my Pikachu 'till it learned quick attack then beating brock the beating the game with a really strong Pikachu.
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Easiest way to beat Brock in Yellow without grinding is;
1. Get a Pidgey, getting it to level 15-ish is no task. 2. Get a Rattata, doesn't matter which level. (Should have Tail Whip) Spam Sand Attack on Brock's pokemon with your Pidgey. All of his attacks will eventually miss. Switch out to Rattata and spam Tail Whip. A few tackles from Pidgey will finish off the boss in no time. |
Old team at the beginning was Mankey, Pikachu, Rattata, Pidgey and that was about it. I tended to get them all the level 10 and just blast through.
Nowadays, I catch do the following: * Catch Pidgey * Level Pikachu to lv.20 * Fight Brock, and win. * ??? * Profit :) |
Ah, Nidoking. I shall miss you, and it seems I wasn't the only one to catch a Nidoran and "Uber" it up.
It took me months to beat Brock (I was a kid), and a friend told me that Nidoran learnt DoubleKick, which was great. Soon I caught a Nidoran (M), and it became the only Pokemon I used (Unless I felt like training Charmander, which was rare). |
I smashed my way through brock by brutel force I only wanted To keep one pokemon and that was with my pika I raised him to level 20 and easily went past brock I stayed with my pika untill the end of the game my pika(riatue)was at a level 95 no one could beat my pokemon then
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As a child I would spam Thunder Wave for some reason, expecting it to do something eventually. Then I discovered the Nidoran male, and have used one in every regular runthrough of Yellow since :D . Thrash dominates.
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I TOO used a Nidoran for Brock. His name is Nidon and is now a Nidoking. Pika, is REALLY under leveled with Rowan the Spearow. But my Saur, Char, and Aquablaster are now in their 20's.
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I always went butterfree with his confusion attack right when he evolved. Man I loved how good those pokemon were
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Funny thing is that when I first got Pokemon Yellow, I grinded and grinded and grinded, and finally, after lots of grinding, I beat Brock using tackle. :P
Recently, I just used a Nidoran♂ with its Double Kick. :) |
For Brock on Yellow I always use Mankey. Mankey's Low Kick destroys Brock.
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Used Mankey as well. It was quite hard to scout for him though, but it was worth it. =D
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Well, I hate to brag -Pulls brag face-
I use Pikachu ;) I trained it hard so it learned quick attack :) ANd he can slightly harm Brock's pokemon Eventually done the job :P |
Is it weird that I've been playing this game again?
I've got Pikachu, Mankey and the 3 starters. Plus I traded for Mr. Mime. Psychic pokemon are stupid overpowered in these first gen games. |
I caught,Leveled and evolved Nidoking and Nidoqueen.
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The first time around I levelled up a Mankey. The other times I either used a Nidoran male or I got my cousin to trade me over a water Pokémon from his game.
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Butterfree. He killed with Confusion and such. |
I always went with the standard Butterfree strategy :P
I like butterfree anyways :] Even in r/b I catch a caterpie and evolve before I fight brock |
I used to go with Butterfrees and Nidorans (both) back in the day, I never really liked Mankey. Actually I often boxed Pikachu right at the point where I caught a Nidoran.
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I used Mankey or Butterfree.
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To fight Brock I always leveled up Pikachu, caught a caterpie and pidgey, and went from there. After some effort, I beat him.
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I remember just training my Pidgey and evolving into a Pidgeotto.
It seemed to do the trick without to much of a problem, from what I rememebr. |
I caught a Nidoran and taught it D-Kick, then went on to use Nidoking and the Elemental starters more that Pikachu.
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The first time I played Yellow (which was a year ago), I caught a Caterpie, evolved it into Butterfree, taught it Confusion and destroyed Brock with it!^^
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I played yellow right when it came out, and I beat Brock with nidorina. In red I beat Brock by accident, all but one of his onix's twelve attacks missed.
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I usually used a Butterfree with Confusion, or caught and trained up a Mankey.
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All I could remember when I was still a kid that I beat Brock (and almost all gym leaders) with the Pikachu. I disliked catching other pokemon for battling purposes and just used Pikachu all the way.
Now, I played Yellow again and caught a Mankey and a Caterpie. Trained Mankey to level 15 and Caterpie (Butterfree) to level 15 also. Pikachu was like 12 this time. |
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Maxed Evasiveness (double team) and Slam! (requires 20lvl) |
yeah i was suprised as well brock was pretty good!
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I had Yellow at a very young age, and didn't know how to catch pokemon at that time, and ended up with a level 28 Pikachu and was taking out half of his Geodudes health in one Quick Attack, so that was my way, but now I would grab a Mankey and take them out easy.
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I bought yellow when it came out, I used mankey for brock. Sooner or later I may get nostalgic and check ebay for a gameboy color and the origonal pokemon games again.
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I think I usually used a Butterfree, but I'm not 100% sure. Confusion bypassed Brock's high Defense stats. (b'-')b
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I started various new games on Pokémon Yellow, so what I used against Brock varied between Butterfree, Mankey and Nidoran♂. I think I even attempted to beat him with Pikachu, though whether I actually beat him with it I don't remember (I doubt I did).
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Yeah, I trained Caterpie to a Butterfree and it learned confusion.
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I believe I raised a Nidoran to learn Double Kick and mop the floor with Brock. But that's going way back in time; I just know that I don't believe I would have used Butterfree or Mankey in any capacity in the game.
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I raised a butterfree under the impression that confusion was super effective against rock.
and it worked :D but pikachu's still my highest level. I still play yellow :D |
I almost always went Nidoran in Yellow 'cause I love Nidorino. The few times I went Mankey were regretted in the late game because it seemed like it took forever to level up.
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Let's see...I didn't read and kept losing and then lost my first copy of Yellow. :D I was dumb, lol. Nowadays, I raise a Butterfree or a Nido to learn Double Kick.
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Pikachu, tail whip and quick attack, it actually worked pretty quickly too.
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I leveled up my pikachu till it was like lv 40....lol
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I caught a Caterpie and raised it to level 10 where it became a Butterfree and it learned Confusion. Then I used Confusion on Brock's Pokemon and knocked them all out. It was actually pretty easy once you get Butterfree.
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I always liked using Nidoran as it was a better pokemon later on in the game than Butterfree. Nidoking was one of the best pokemon in rby and usually had a place on my team.
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Nidoking all the way. I just could never get past Mankey's unbelievably weak defense. Also, Nidoking complimented the rest of my future team nicely, which usually included the three starters and something like an Alakazam
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When I was young I would just catch a Pidgey and grind it to level 20 or so, evolving it on the way, then wipe out Brock. I then kept using that Pidgey exclusively for the entire game. By the time I beat the Champion I would have a level 90+ Pidgeot, haha.
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I used a Nidorina against Brock. Her attack was a bit lower than the males, but I think her defense was higher, so I decided on her. Worked pretty well, I don't think she lost a single hit point. XD I kept her all the way through the game, too. I think I ended up teaching her some beast moves... earthquake, bubblebeam, icebeam and toxic or something like that. She was awesome, lol.
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I usually caught a Mankey, but I remember once or twice using Butterfree. |
I wanted to be just like Ash, so I went in with a Butterfree and a Pidgeotto. My Pikachu was like level 24 lol. The other two were around level 18.
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I caught a nidoran to use against Brock, my strongest pokemon in yellow now is my nidoqueen, beating my pikachu by 30lvls
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I did what I do in the versions after Crystal, catch something better and ditch the starter. OR I would sometimes trade it asap, evolve it and use a TM on it, then trade it back.
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I only used a Pikachu. I just had to train it to like Lv22 to beat him.
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I took out Brock with my Metapod and Kakuna (believe or not), as I only had 3 Pokemon. Although, whatever happens, I always get a Jigglypuff in ANY Gen-I (and Gen-III Kanto) games because when it is a Wigglytuff, and you find the TM Mega Punch, it can take out an entire party of 6 Pokémon that are all 10 levels higher than it by itself. If only both Jigglypuff and Moon Stones where found before Pewter :/
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for some reason, i'd never catch a pidgey, but look around for ages in viridian forest looking for a pidgeotto.
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I caught like, three Nidoran's to try and beat him, but it was actually my Pikachu that did it when it learned quick attack!
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Mankey.
But with all due respect you can beat brock with pikachu i've you train really hard >,< it learns quick attack ;D |
I was new to the world of Pokemon when I got Yellow...and I do believe I trained up my Pikachu to learn quick attack in order to beat Brock. xD But I also recall having a Butterfree to help battle the rocky terror that's Geodude!
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I used various different Pokemon. When I was little, I'd grind Pokemon like Rattata and Pidgey up to level 14 or so, then I'd abuse Tail Whip and Sand Attack, and then I'd use Tackle and Gust to win.
When I figured out that Fighting type is super effective against Rock, I went and caught Mankey. It took FOREVER to level though, and back then Karate Chop was a Normal type attack. :/ You know what I read in a gaming mag once? There was a guide for Pokemon Yellow in it, and it said not to go toward the Pokemon League until you had all your badges because there was nothing worth catching there! (You know, that patch of grass where Nidoran male, female, and Mankey all are) |
Same goes for me, I trained a Nidoran and evolved it and defeated brock. XD;
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