1st Gen Do you think my Pokemon team is good? (My Rival chose Blastoise) - Blue

Sure. Copied Blue's Venusaur team down to the level, by the looks of it. Has plenty of strong Pokemon. Ought to be able to win without too much issue, given those levels. Benefits from badge stat boosts, which enemy trainers do not have. Gives you an edge over them. Recommends some different moves, however.

  • Pidgeot: Could probably drop Whirlwind. Mostly helps if the opponent increases their own stats, which is not super common. Would be a good candidate for Hyper Beam. Gains the 50% same-type attack bonus for it. Costs coins at the Game Corner, as a negative. Consider Double-Edge or Swift, if you do not want to fork over the cash for Hyper Beam.
  • Alakazam: Fine.
  • Rhydon: Has no same-type moves. Stick Earthquake/Dig, Rock Slide, and maybe Strength. One note on Horn Drill: Use an X Accuracy, if you are fine with using those. Makes it 100% accurate.
  • Gyarados: Recommends Surf over Hydro Pump. Works out to similar power, on average, after you account for miss chance (96 power versus Surf's 95). Personally prefers the consistency. Mentions Surf's 15 PP over Hydro Pump's 5. Might be time to drop Dragon Rage as well. Has a good Special Attack and plenty of solid TM moves: Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and Fire Blast.
  • Arcanine: Give it Fire Blast over Roar or Leer. Should have gotten the TM from the Cinnabar gym leader. Averages 102 power, after accounting for miss chance, versus Ember's 40 power. Only gives you 5 shots, so do not drop Ember. Consider giving it Dig, if you have not given it to someone else.
  • Venusaur: Fine. Would have preferred Sleep Powder over one of those Grass moves, but oh well.
 
Devalue said:
Sure. Copied Blue's Venusaur team down to the level, by the looks of it. Has plenty of strong Pokemon. Ought to be able to win without too much issue, given those levels. Benefits from badge stat boosts, which enemy trainers do not have. Gives you an edge over them. Recommends some different moves, however.

  • Pidgeot: Could probably drop Whirlwind. Mostly helps if the opponent increases their own stats, which is not super common. Would be a good candidate for Hyper Beam. Gains the 50% same-type attack bonus for it. Costs coins at the Game Corner, as a negative. Consider Double-Edge or Swift, if you do not want to fork over the cash for Hyper Beam.
  • Alakazam: Fine.
  • Rhydon: Has no same-type moves. Stick Earthquake/Dig, Rock Slide, and maybe Strength. One note on Horn Drill: Use an X Accuracy, if you are fine with using those. Makes it 100% accurate.
  • Gyarados: Recommends Surf over Hydro Pump. Works out to similar power, on average, after you account for miss chance (96 power versus Surf's 95). Personally prefers the consistency. Mentions Surf's 15 PP over Hydro Pump's 5. Might be time to drop Dragon Rage as well. Has a good Special Attack and plenty of solid TM moves: Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and Fire Blast.
  • Arcanine: Give it Fire Blast over Roar or Leer. Should have gotten the TM from the Cinnabar gym leader. Averages 102 power, after accounting for miss chance, versus Ember's 40 power. Only gives you 5 shots, so do not drop Ember. Consider giving it Dig, if you have not given it to someone else.
  • Venusaur: Fine. Would have preferred Sleep Powder over one of those Grass moves, but oh well.
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You forgot that Rhydon has tail whip and leer
Which does the same thing
 
The team is good, the movesets are just terrible. It looks like their movesets are just whatever moves they learned by levelling up.

Pidgeot has Wing Attack, which in Gen 1 had the same power as a Tackle. Could have Fly (70 BP and useful HM move outside battle), and a Normal TM like Double Edge, Hyper Beam, or even Swift.
Alakazam's Psychic renders Psybeam pointless. Could use that slot for Thunder Wave or something more useful.
Rhydon has two moves that lower Defense, and literally no STAB, when it can learn both Earthquake and Rock Slide.
Gyarados is fine, except for Leer being pointless especially when Hydro Pump and Dragon Rage don't care about Defense drops. Could be given Thunderbolt, Ice Beam, or Blizzard, since you don't have Electric or Ice types and Gyarados' Special Attack in Gen 1 was great.
Arcanine has Ember... even if Growlithe evolved before learning Flamethrower, you could still at least give it Fire Blast.
Venusaur has three Grass moves. Could have Toxic (TM) to help stalling with Mega Drain. Could have had Leech Seed or Sleep Powder (which was an amazing combo in Gen 1), but I guess it already forgot those and there's no move relearner.

Nobody has Dig, which is insanely good in Gen 1 that's just as powerful as Earthquake and also useful outside battle. Arcanine could learn it for coverage against Rock types.
Nobody has Body Slam, one of the best Gen 1 moves. Both Venusaur and Arcanine could make good use of it.
 
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