>>45814166Just walked out of Cerulean City's gym with the Cascadebadge. After some research I found out Butterfree's sleep powder knocks May's Starmie out for three turns straight.
Chose to dismiss the Abra encounter since I didn't have anything that could either outspeed it or immobilize, plus there's no fucking way I was getting through May's gym without a Bellsprout.
I personally can't think of a good reason to not leave my Rattatta to rot in the box or to bend over backwards and fuck myself and turbogrind.