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The Pokémon that you encounter in the forest may seem tough, but most of them won't be.  Wild and trained {{bp|Kakuna}} and {{bp|Metapod}} can't attack, only using Harden to raise their Defense (which can make for some long battles that wear down your Pokémon's PP, so be careful). These two also give lots of experience when defeated, so use your weakest Pokémon when fighting them.  Never try to capture a wild Metapod or Kakuna.  Instead, capture {{bp|Weedle}} and {{bp|Caterpie}} and level them up so that they ''evolve'' into Kakunas and Metapods while retaining their old moves.  They evolve fast: both will be at their third stage of evolution by Level 10! Definitely capture a Caterpie and raise it to Butterfree, especially if you chose Charmander as your starter.
The Pokémon that you encounter in the forest may seem tough, but most of them won't be.  Wild and trained {{bp|Kakuna}} and {{bp|Metapod}} can't attack, only using Harden to raise their Defense (which can make for some long battles that wear down your Pokémon's PP, so be careful). These two also give lots of experience when defeated, so use your weakest Pokémon when fighting them.  Never try to capture a wild Metapod or Kakuna.  Instead, capture {{bp|Weedle}} and {{bp|Caterpie}} and level them up so that they ''evolve'' into Kakunas and Metapods while retaining their old moves.  They evolve fast: both will be at their third stage of evolution by Level 10! Definitely capture a Caterpie and raise it to Butterfree, especially if you chose Charmander as your starter.
There is also a 1% chance to encounter a level 9 {{bp|Pidgeotto}}. If you are able to encounter Pidgeotto, be sure to capture it. 1% chance sounds very small but you will encounter it more times than you think if you take multiple trips in the forest. It will be your strongest flying type Pokemon for a while. Pidgeotto is also an evolved state, which means it has higher EV and stats for each level up. Not to mention that it is Bird Jesus, which by itself means you should take Pidgeotto with you.


{{bp|Pikachu}} are extremely rare in Red and Blue (and non-existent in Yellow, since you already have the one and only as your starter) and will take extensive periods of walking around through grass to find them.  It isn't necessary to capture one, but they can deal with Flying-types and Water-types with ease, and it'll be awhile before you can catch another Electric-type Pokémon. While they are at first very low leveled with awful stats, it becomes a great fighter when it evolves into the much stronger Raichu. {{bp|Pikachu}} can be found throughout Viridian forest.
{{bp|Pikachu}} are extremely rare in Red and Blue (and non-existent in Yellow, since you already have the one and only as your starter) and will take extensive periods of walking around through grass to find them.  It isn't necessary to capture one, but they can deal with Flying-types and Water-types with ease, and it'll be awhile before you can catch another Electric-type Pokémon. While they are at first very low leveled with awful stats, it becomes a great fighter when it evolves into the much stronger Raichu. {{bp|Pikachu}} can be found throughout Viridian forest.

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