Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen/Route 12-13

You've liberated Saffron City from Team Rocket's mad scheme, and you could probably use a bit of a holiday. We hear the fishing is good down south of Lavender Town, so grab your Old Rod and get set to drown a few worms. You ought to pack the Poké Flute, too. You won't be able to avoid Pokémon duels completely on this trip, but things will be far less hectic. Route 13 is more like a maze than a highway, but it is a pleasant place to walk and enjoy the great outdoors.

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Route 12

Sleeping Beauty

You'll need to use your Poké Flute to wake the Snorlax blocking the path here. But stop at that first building and get TM 39 first. It contains Swift, a good attack that virtually always hits (even if they're using Dig or Fly). The Poké Flute has the power to wake a sleeping Pokémon, in or out of battle. Pipe a sweet tune to rouse this Snorlax from its rather inconvenient resting place. It won't be very happy about the wake-up call, but if it attacks, you can try to capture it. This is the only other Snorlax in the game, so if you didn't catch the one in Route 16, here's another opportunity. With the way clear, continue south to Route 13. After the Snorlax, get the Super Rod in the 2nd building.

Route 12

Pokemon

Pokemon available in this area
FireRed	Level	Encounter Rate	LeafGreen	Level	Encounter Rate
Oddish	22-26	%35	Bellsprout	22-26	%35
Pidgey	23-27	%30	Pidgey	23-27	%30
Venonat	24-26	%30	Venonat	24-26	%30
Gloom	28-30	%5	Weepinbell	28-30	%5
Surfing
Tentacool	5-40	%100	Tentacool	5-40	%100
Old Rod
Magikarp	5	%100	Magikarp	5	%100
Good Rod
Horsea	5-15	%60	Horsea	5-15	%20
Krabby	5-15	%20	Krabby	5-15	%60
Magikarp	5-15	%20	Magikarp	5-15	%20
Super Rod
Horsea	15-35	%84	Krabby	15-35	%84
Gyarados	15-25	%15	Gyarados	15-25	%15
Psyduck	25-35	%1	Slowpoke	25-35	%1
Special Pokemon
Snorlax	30	Only one	Snorlax	30	Only one

Trainers

Trainers in this area
Name	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Money
Ned	Goldeen 22	Poliwag 22	Goldeen 22		792
Chip	Tentacool 24	Goldeen 24			864
Hank	Goldeen 27				972
Elliot	Poliwag 21	Shellder 21	Goldeen 21	Horsea 21	756
Gia & Jes	Nidoran♂ 24	Nidoran♀ 24			1344
Luca	Voltorb 29	Electrode 29			696
Justin	Nidorino 29	Nidorino 29			580
Andrew	Magikarp 24	Magikarp 24			864

Route 13

Pokemon

Pokemon available in this area
FireRed	Level	Encounter Rate	LeafGreen	Level	Encounter Rate
Oddish	22-26	%35	Bellsprout	22-26	%35
Venonat	24-26	%30	Venonat	24-26	%30
Pidgey	25-27	%20	Pidgey	25-27	%20
Pidgeotto	29	%5	Pidgeotto	29	%5
Gloom	28-30	%5	Weepinbell	28-30	%5
Ditto	25	%5	Ditto	25	%5
Surfing
Tentacool	5-40	%100	Tentacool	5-40	%100
Old Rod
Magikarp	5	%100	Magikarp	5	%100
Good Rod
Horsea	5-15	%60	Horsea	5-15	%20
Krabby	5-15	%20	Krabby	5-15	%60
Magikarp	5-15	%20	Magikarp	5-15	%20
Super Rod
Horsea	15-35	%84	Krabby	15-35	%84
Gyarados	15-25	%15	Gyarados	15-25	%15
Psyduck	25-35	%1	Slowpoke	25-35	%1

Trainers

Trainers in this area
Name	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	Money
Alma	Goldeen 28	Poliwag 28	Horsea 28			560
File:Pokemon FRLG Birdkeeper.png Sebastian	Pidgey 29	Pidgeotto 29				696
Suzie	Pidgey 24	Meowth 24	Rattata 24	Pikachu 24	Meowth 24	480
Lola	Rattata 27	Pikachu 27	Rattata 27			1944
Shiela	Celfairy 29	Meowth 29				2088
Valerie	Poliwag 30	Poliwag 30				600
Gwen	Pidgey 27	Meowth 27	Pidgey 27	Pidgeotto 27		540
File:Pokemon FRLG Birdkeeper.png Robert	Pidgey 26	Pidgeotto 26	Spearow 26	Fearow 26		624
File:Pokemon FRLG Birdkeeper.png Perry	Spearow 25	Pidgey 25	Pidgey 25	Spearow 25	Spearow 25	600
Jared	Koffing 28	Koffing 28	Koffing 28			560

#118 Goldeen	#98 Krabby
Now that you have the Super Rod, you'll be able to fish for more Water-type Pokémon than you know what to do with. So you might wish to ignore the less interesting ones like Goldeen. Evolved form Seaking is fairly tough, but with nothing but a handful of ordinary Normal attacks, she's not that intriguing.	Krabby is a fairly good Water Pokémon, and you can have fun beating things instantly (30% of the time) with his Guillotine technique. But Krabby's real selling point is that he can learn Cut, Surf, and Strength HM's, allowing you to have them all without using more than one slot on your bench.
#116 Horsea	#72 Tentacool
Horsea's evolved form Seadra is a solid fighter, and learns a good variety of Water-type attacks. But you probably won't want more than one or two Water-types on your bench, and there's a variety of better options. Wartortle, Cloyster, and Articuno top the list.	Tentacool mixes Water with Poison types, and learns a variety of good attacks in both (and has a high enough special to make good use of them). Built-in poison attack Acid does damage while lowering defense, which is nice, but Poison types still aren't stellar.

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Route 13