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And that bit of salt out of the way, Doc absolutely fucking STEAMROLLED Goldenrod Gym. Miltank is tough, but not 2x Swords Dance U-Turn Beedrill tough. Doc also managed to learn Pursuit naturally (somehow overlooked that one when checking his move list!), so I'm gonna be able to hang on to the Payback TM until I need it for the E4 and not have my moveset gimped by superfluous Dark coverage up to that point!
Though, I gotta say, I'm not looking forward to the Olivine/Cianwood stretch at all. Beedrill's only coverage option versus Steel is Brick Break (Frontier TM) and Rock Smash (40 BP HM which will take up a moveslot until the Move Deleter in Blackthorn), and its only coverage option versus Fighting is Aerial Ace, which is Waterfall-locked. Probably gonna have to grind to 37 for Cianwood to get Poison Jab just to have a half-decent neutral damage move. Mid game is gonna be a struggle!