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Both Brock and his Junior Trainer use Rock-type Pokémon, and your only chance at victory is to face Brock and his minion with Grass, Water, or Fighting-type Pokémon of your own.
Brock and his Junior Trainer use Rock- and Ground-type Pokémon, which are weak to Grass and Water. If you picked {{bp|Squirtle}} or {{bp|Bulbasaur}} to start, you should have an easy time of it, but if you picked {{bp|Charmander}}, you will have problems. There are several ways to defeat Brock without Squirtle or Bulbasaur:


If you picked {{bp|Squirtle}} or {{bp|Bulbasaur}} to start, you should have an easy time of it, since both of these Pokémon are powerful against Rock.  But if you picked {{bp|Charmander}}, you may have a problem...  You'll have to level-up your other Pokémon (not Fire, Flying, or Bug, all of which are very weak against Rock) and fight him with those. Alternately, build Charmander up so that it can win the fight through superior strength and HP. A level around 15 to 17 should be sufficient; at level 13 it will learn Metal Claw, a Steel move, which is super-effective against Rock-types. You can also exploit Rock's other weakness: Fighting!  A level 6 {{bp|Mankey}} learns the Fighting skill Low Kick.
*Level Charmander up so it can win the fight through superior strength. At level 13 it will learn Metal Claw, a Steel-type move, which is super effective against Rock-types. Note that Rock-type attacks are super effective against Fire-type Pokémon.
*Rock-type Pokémon are also weak against Fighting-type, so using {{bp|Mankey}} isn't bad idea. It learns Low Kick move at level 6. Mankeys can be found on route 22.
*Catch a Caterpie at Viridian Forest and evolve it to Butterfree. When evolved to Butterfree, it learns Confusion, a Psychic-type attack. Though it isn't super effective against Rock, it still does major damage since Geodude's and Onix's Special Defense stats are very low. Note that Butterfree (being (Bug/Flying type) is very weak against Rock attacks.


If you defeat Brock, he'll give you '''TM 39''' (The Rock Tomb attack technique) and his '''Boulder Badge''', which grants your Pokémon a small power boost and allows you to use Flash (once you have HM 05).  Additionally, you will get a '''TM/HM Case''', which allows you to store your TMs and HMs without occupying any more space in your gear bag.
If you defeat Brock, he'll give you '''TM 39''' (The Rock Tomb attack technique) and his '''Boulder Badge''', which grants your Pokémon a small power boost and allows you to use Flash (once you have HM 05).  Additionally, you will get a '''TM/HM Case''', which allows you to store your TMs and HMs without occupying any more space in your gear bag.
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