Vermillion City
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Previous level	Route 5
Next level	Vermillion Gym
Objective	Defend your Rare Candy against Team Rocket's Pokémon.
Money Rate	x1

The level starts out with you, Joey, and Maruto finding another empty city. Maruto and Joey finally decide to battle each other. Joey calls out his Charmeleon and Maruto uses his Poliwhirl. The Pokémon's attacks are evenly matched, when suddenly the battle is interrupted by Team Rocket Grunts Jerry and Tom. Joey and Maruto threaten Team Rocket that they could take out the entire organization using only one Pokémon each. Eight more Team Rocket Grunts show up to take up the challenge. On this level, you fight alongside both Maruto and Joey with only one Pokémon each.

You are assisted by Joey's Charmeleon using Scary Face and Maruto's Poliwhirl using Hypnosis.

If you used Spearow at least once in battle, the Old Man comes after battle and offers you Farfetch'd for your Spearow; if the Spearow is shiny, you get a shiny Farfetch'd. To trade with the old man, be sure NOT to skip the dialogue at the end of the 15 waves. Instead, just go through the dialogue as if there were no skip button, and the Old Man will show up and ask you for the trade.

Wave 8 will change if either the Old Rod or the Super Rod are obtained.

LayoutEdit

• Waves: 15
• Spots: 3 (5)
• Objective: Defend 5 Rare Candies

PokémonEdit

Found in wave 8

Old Rod	Level	Super Rod	Level
Magikarp	10	Magikarp	10
-	-	Shellder	20
-	-	Krabby	20

BossesEdit

Wave	Boss	Level
1	Wigglytuff	33
2	Fearow	33
3	Nidoking	33
4	Voltorb	33
5	Machop	33
6	Alakazam	33
7	Jynx	33
8	Tentacool (replaced by Fishing Pokémon)	33
9	Magnemite	33
10	Sandslash	33
11	Primeape	33
12	Ponyta	33
13	Venusaur	33
14	Charizard	33
15	Blastoise	33

Strategies:Edit

Your pokemon:

1. Blastoise (above lvl. 60)- moves = Blizzard, Aqua Tail, Hydro Pump, Iron Tail
2. Any Grass type above level 60 with Solar Beam
3. Spearow, above Level 30, with Aerial Ace, NOT Fearow- prevent from evolving (See Trading (In-Game) and Trivia)

Execution of above strategy- during wave 5 when Machop appears, drag Spearow out to the availabe spot. (Blastoise should already have been there for waves 1-4.) have it defeat Machop, then switch out again for Blastoise. (If you're not quick enough to switch between wave 5 and wave 6, Maruto's Poliwhirl will use Hypnosis on the next Pokemon, so you can switch without worry. When the enemy Blastoise htis the field during the final wave, take out your Blastoise, as none of your moves will really be effective. Plus, your grass-type (hopefully you brought it) will demolish it with Solar Beam. When you've won, the old man will ask you to trade Spearow for his Farfetch'd , which will be lvl. 1. So far as I know, it will be the only way to obtain this rare bird, so TAKE IT.

Alternative strategy: lvl ~40 Charizard

Moves: (levels)

1. Fire Fang: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 13
2. Dragon Rage: 3, 8, 10, 12, 14, 15
3. Wing Attack: 5, 11

At level 39, my Charizard lost 3 candies, so this might even be doable from L38 if you get lucky with the hypnosis timings. Also, if you're interested in getting Farfetch'd you can swap out for a spearow on level 5.

TriviaEdit

• At the end of the level you can trade a Spearow for a Farfetch'd. Spearow must have attacked at least once during the level.
• Although there are 15 total waves of Pokémon, wave 1 only lasts for a few seconds before it switches to wave 2; this is because the wave changes as soon as the Pokémon appears.