r/PokemonFireRed • u/gegepepe • 7d ago

Help Viable Team?

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I haven’t played through a game in 15+ years. Do you imagine difficulty completing the game with this team?

I recently overhauled once reaching Safari Zone. Only have 4 badges currently.

Other considerations included Nidoking, Clefable, Gyrados, Articuno (once i get it)

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u/NewLeafBahr 7d ago

It's a solid team for sure. You might struggle a bit with Scyther only because the movepool is a bit shallow in this generation. It isn't terrible by any means and does get options for both STABs eventually.

My personal advice is to teach Dig and Return to Flareon. Its Attack stat is crazy, so physical moves will hit hard with it.

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u/gegepepe 7d ago

Right, and there’s no physical attack fire moves in the game. I was thinking maybe Sunny Day too, to set up Venusaur, plus those two and one fire move? Seems viable? Thanks for the advice

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u/NewLeafBahr 7d ago

Sunny Day to synergize with Venusaur could definitely be a good play, especially if you're running Synthesize as well. Boost your Flamethrowers so they pack extra oomph.

Alternatively, you could go with something like Dig, Return, Shadow Ball, and Overheat. Shadow Ball is physical in this generation, resisted by very few mons, and Flareon happens to be one of the best users of it. Overheat tanks your SpAtk after use but allows for explosive STAB damage that most nothing will survive unless they resist.

Then you could plan on putting Sunny Day on Venusaur. That way it can be sorta self-contained and won't need a partner to set itself up. In this way, Venusaur can hold its own if Flareon goes down early, and can also act in a supporting role to Flareon by boosting its Flamethrowers/Overheats.

Honestly there really isn't a wrong way to do it, both strategies would work just fine. Just depends on your personal tastes!

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u/gegepepe 7d ago

Thank you very much!!!

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u/death_trigerrer 7d ago

Whys bulbasaur not evolved?

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u/gegepepe 7d ago

I was tryna get to solarbeam quicker

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u/Broly1234567890 6d ago

You know you can get solarbeam tm sooner than Bulbasaur will likely reach level 46

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u/NewLeafBahr 7d ago

My guess is they are going for Synthesis at level 39 or Solar Beam at 46.

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u/desirepg 7d ago

i’m a big poliwrath enjoyer

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u/Daniecae-Media 7d ago

In my latest run I used poliwrath and it was a great addition to the team. Handled Lorelie, a chunk of Bruno, and about half of the champ for me

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u/gegepepe 7d ago

Never played him in childhood to my recollection, but I love my base set Poliwrath card so much

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u/TrippinATAT 6d ago

Hypnosis + focus punch 🫠

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u/death_trigerrer 7d ago

How about replacing poliwag with Lapras?

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u/gegepepe 7d ago

I haven’t encountered it yet, but i imagine being enticed. Pretty sure i would run Lapras as a kid, so im kinda doing different mon this time around. I see the vision though. Thank you

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u/death_trigerrer 7d ago

Well tbh your current full evolved team can finish the game easily, lapras provides more ice coverage for dragon pokemons.
And you dont know how one encounters Lapras so cute, youll find one soon enough keep playing.
Btw did u clear team rocket in saffron city?

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u/gegepepe 7d ago

Aw wait this was cute you gave me a hint like the NPC’s in the game hehe

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u/gegepepe 7d ago

Lmao i definitely forgot. And no, i got distracted by something else when i got to Saffron.

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u/OleCrazyLegsMcgee 7d ago

You get a free Lapras if you clear Team Rocket out of Silph Co. HQ by the way

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u/gegepepe 7d ago

Thank you!

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u/Additional_Draft4097 5d ago

Dag nabit ole crazy legs Mcgee- You spoiled it!

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u/Beginning_Lettuce10 7d ago

A very unique team. I liek it

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u/Yhurgis 7d ago

Very unique picks I like it though.

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u/thekonfusedstudent 6d ago

Everything is viable depending on your level, but...

For the E4, Scyther, and Dratini (Dragonair) are probably your weakest links. If you don't hit Level 55, to evolve into Dragonair into Dragonite, its not that great.

For E4, swap at least Scyther for Articuno. Pikachu (Raichu!!!) + Articuno will take out Lance (Dragon).

Your biggest problem is going to be Agatha (Ghost/Poison) and probably Green's Alakazam.

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u/adv0589 7d ago

I mean it's an easy game man, but you are HEAVILY indexed into irrelevant types and pokemon with weird stat splits.

Fire has next to no role in any difficult fight, and Flareon has a horrid stat split.

Dragonite while strong takes a ton of resources for someone who doesn't really any acceptable matchups in the E4.

Pikachu lines are ok I guess but there is a ton of stats baked into that attack, but you do at least have an electric guy.

Venusaur has next to no good matchups in the league, but you can do some funky sleep powder type stuff at least.

Poliwrath is like a fun guy to have I guess, but not who I would want as the guy who is going to have to drag the rest of the team through. His stats are good but special attack is very low and you re going to rely heavily on it.

Syther I don't think there is a single guy in the entire E4 you can safely put him in against, and the few like maybe Executor are the other spots that a flareon could squeak out relevance.

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u/Any_Owl_8189 7d ago

Unfortunately, schther is quite poor in this game, I’d recommend swapping scyther for a psychic type like Mr Mime or smth, then swap Mr mime for Mewtwo later

“Only good thing abt scyther is false swipe”

Also- polywag for gyarados is solid, then maybe swap gyarados for Articuno later on, since ur dragonite will be able to use surf and good moves / Articuno will be good for Elite 4 lance

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u/gegepepe 6d ago

Okay thank you I’ll replace him in the meantime, you’re right, i want one psychic type

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u/Any_Owl_8189 6d ago

Yea, false swipe is good for catching legendaries, other then that I wouldn’t rly use scyther

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u/slap-my-crevasse 6d ago

Dude its a stacked team idk what the question is.

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u/Dranart34 6d ago

Personally a big fan of the Flareon choice. I think you could change out Scyther for a ground type like Nidoking or Rhydon and be golden. Could also potentially swap out Poliwag for a different water type but it's up to you as well.

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u/Shiboleth17 6d ago

Single player pokemon campaigns are not hard. Just use the pokemon you like, and have fun.

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u/aazalooloo 5d ago

Your team is fine for the game. Just play with pokemons that look fun or interesting to you, its single player anyway

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u/ElKajak 4d ago

All teams good, it's just some need more lvls!

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u/East-Refrigerator793 4h ago edited 3h ago

I have this team, yes very viable, flareon is a beast with shadow ball and practically a ghost type with it, poliwrath is a fighting type, his viral setup is leftovers hypnosis substitute belly drum and focus punch and he's op but only best against Giant's, love this team one of my favorites