This is too fun. Except for Bert, but man, fuck Bert.
I really don't like Team Rocket, but whatever. For now they are nothing. Come Saffron Tower...
So we beat up nerds and take their finds in a mountain. Also, evolution time! Yay! (I should have waited until 18 for early Bite, but I'll need the defense boosts for Gary... And plus waiting one level isn't going to be hard at all.)
This is going to be critical to beating Bulbasaur. I won't have any other counters.
Our first draft pick. I'm not overly excited about Relaxed (bonus to Defense, hindrance to Speed). It means he'll be more of a tank, so in the end I guess it's worth it. Pretty much all of the time he'll be out-sped, however.
These may come in handy later.
Now, I forgot to grab ACTUAL battle screenshots from Bert's battle, but I do have information on what to do. Pidgeotto will out-speed, but won't be doing a lot of damage. Sand Attack is the worst it can do. Trust me, it is the worst. With how wonky accuracy and evasion statistics are, any negative counter you have can seriously screw up your plans. I believe it got off one before spamming Gust until it died, but that could easily have gone totally wrong. Bulbasaur will be sent out to counter Wartortle, but my AI got screwy and decided to spam the ever missing Sleep and Poison Powders. I got off 3 Tail Whips, which was enough to 2HKO it. With the main threat gone, it was basically EXP clean up. I had Claws take on Abra, setting up +6 Defense Curl before the final blow was delivered. Rattata spent four out of the six turns it was alive Tail Whipping me down until it realized it was going to die, so it spit out two Quick Attacks, which did jack-all to Claws and his defense. Checkmate, Bert.
I spent the rest of the time going through Nugget Bridge. A required 6 trainers. Luckily Claws needs levels, or else I'd be in fact OVER leveled. We mopped up the floor with everyone, including the Rocket.
Ending quote, levels and statistics so far coming your way.
[spoiler=Level ups]