3rd Gen Leafgreen/firered: Pokemon level up slower?

[dc_united]

Alright, I've been raising a Larvitar up to a Tyranitar, and as soon as it evolved into Pupitar, it takes a ridiculous amount of EXP to get to another level. I don't use an EXP share, I just place it as first, then fight until it faints, or I exhaust my armageddon stockpile of hyper potions. I got bored with this, then decided to level up some pokemon (a squirtle and a sneasel) and when they hit their 30's, it was a breeze to get them from their previous levels (14 and 21) to 40, infact, it took one of them much less time than pupitar to gain a level. Any explanation for this annoying phenomenon?

 

[Zero Avenged]

That's not really anything new. Larvitars base EXP is 1,250,000 meaning it levels up slow.
Squirtles base EXP is 1,059,860 and thats like medium slowish!
Sneasels base EXP is the same as squirtles.
See the difference in the EXP?

 

[~Kavin~]

yeah I felt like FR/LG is longer than the rest so they drew out the leveling up lol I was like dang in diamond I should be like lv 87 by now why am I just at 35 lol

 

[Ninja Caterpie]

Different Pokemon have different max EXP levels as Yellow!!!! stated. Pupitar just happens to have a lot. The game doesn't matter - it's probably what you fight that's slowing you down.

 

[awsomedude30]

^ what he said
Btw if you think lvling up pupitar is slow try Seviper it has the most exp needed to reach lvl 100

 

[shanecdavis]

Not only Seviper, but also Shroomish/Breloom, Corphish/Crawdaunt, Gulpin/Swalot, Illumise, Makuhita/Hariyama, and Wailmer/Wailord. They all require 1,640,000 Exp points to reach Lv100.

And you are complaining about Pupitar? Weak sauce, by comparison.

 

[[Jr]]

Yes they vary depending on how strong the poke is

 

[shanecdavis]

That isn't true. I would call Illumise anything but strong. Also note that not one single Legendary Pokemon requires 1,640,000 Exp points to reach Lv100.