When I played gen 4 this thing was a real hassle to deal with if you didn't have Chimchar or Geodude in the early game. Never really was a fan of it.

> try one of those difficulty hacks that also add all the pokemon to the regional dex
> Catch glameow while looking for weedle since beedrill is my man
> Get tired of looking for weedle
> Eventually catch rest of team and leave Glameow on
> Fake out
> decent speed
> slash crits and play rough
> design that's actually pretty okay once you get used to it

It was a valuable member of my team, and I was able to trade it over to my legit copy once I was done, and now Purugly has a permanent place in my hall of fame.