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Playing my first NL ever on HG cart. Pretty fun so far, very good way to reset my perfect EV/IV-autism I've accumulated over the years.
This is my current Team, grinding my newcomers for Morty right now. Got some insanenely lucky catches around Ecruteak: Growlithe on route 34, Magmar in the tower, and Tauros on route 35.
(Can't really decide between Magmar and Growlithe right now. I love Growlithe, would stick with it for now, if Firestone wouldn't be so painful to get. How realistic is getting a Firestone in Johto before E4, any experience?)
Major losses so far have been: Soon the Butterfree, killed by the Lum Berry of Whitneys Miltank and, which was really painful, Heem the lvl 18 Slowpoke killed by a wild Raticates Pursuit while switching out.
Also Geodude is a machine, almost feels like easymode for the first three gyms, it absolutely destroys Scizor and Miltank.