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For once, the real action in town is somewhere other than the Gym. You could either go after [[BP:Erika|Erika]] immediately or wait until after you investigate the Game Corner. No matter which version you're playing, Erika's assembled a nasty team of three high-level Grass-type Pokémon to contend with. | For once, the real action in town is somewhere other than the Gym. You could either go after [[BP:Erika|Erika]] immediately or wait until after you investigate the Game Corner. No matter which version you're playing, Erika's assembled a nasty team of three high-level Grass-type Pokémon to contend with. | ||
Erika and her Junior Trainers make for one of the easiest Gyms to defeat, since Grass-type Pokémon have so many weaknesses. The weakness to Fire is something Red and Blue players are in a better position to exploit, but everyone can take advantage of the fact that their own Grass-type Pokémon are basically invulnerable to enemy Grass-types. | Erika and her Junior Trainers make for one of the easiest Gyms to defeat, since Grass-type Pokémon have so many weaknesses. The weakness to Fire is something Red and Blue players are in a better position to exploit, but everyone can take advantage of the fact that their own Grass-type Pokémon are basically invulnerable to enemy Grass-types. Of course, that goes both ways, so your Pokémon better know some non-Grass techniques to break the stalemate (such as Wrap, Cut or Take Down) or you'll be in for some long matches. Also if you've managed to pick up TM 13, Ice Beam works great. | ||
Another type that's helpful against Grass is Psychic, due to the common secondary Poison-type, and if you don't have any strong Psychic-types, you should take this opportunity to get them some experience before you end up relying on them in the Pokémon Tower. Also due to the Poison-type, most of the Pokémon here can be taken out in one shot with Dig. Be sure to bring some | Another type that's helpful against Grass is Psychic, due to the common secondary Poison-type, and if you don't have any strong Psychic-types, you should take this opportunity to get them some experience before you end up relying on them in the Pokémon Tower. Also due to the Poison-type, most of the Pokémon here can be taken out in one shot with Dig. Be sure to bring some Ethers if you don't want to make repeated return trips to the Pokémon Center to refill the 10 PP. | ||
Victory earns you the '''Rainbow Badge''', which allows you to command Pokémon that are as high as level 50, and '''TM 21''', Mega Drain, a powerful Absorb-like technique that can be learned by all Grass-type Pokémon and a small handful of others, including {{bp|Zubat}} and {{bp|Ekans}}. | Victory earns you the '''Rainbow Badge''', which allows you to command Pokémon that are as high as level 50, and '''TM 21''', Mega Drain, a powerful Absorb-like technique that can be learned by all Grass-type Pokémon and a small handful of others, including {{bp|Zubat}} and {{bp|Ekans}}. | ||
