>>18428165Well with Erika down, you can buy a grass stone easily to get a Vileplume. Sparrow might be redundant but you really need every man you can get. You can also head to the fighting gym in Saffron to get Hitmonlee or Hitmonchan (I recommend the former since it's Gen 3). Aside from that Drowzee is a fantastic defensive Pokemon. Don't think of it as a sweeper, it's meant to take special hits like a boss. If you can get it to a Hypno you shouldn't have any problems with the fighting Gym due to natural resistance. Aside from that, try to get a Snorlax asap from this point. Gio should be fairly easy with a Vileplume.
God's speed Anon.