>>54032738Do not listen to ANYONE suggesting Magcargo.
Magcargo is one of the shittiest team members you could be stuck with. It evolves at an absurdly high level, has terrible speed, terrible defenses, terrible offenses, and Slugma (which is even worse) is going to be useless the entire time it's not evolved. The line has just about nothing going for it except the ability to set up dual screens (which a ton of better 'mons can do) and hatching eggs in half the time (which definitely doesn't justify a dedicated team slot).
You're not going to be able to use Tyranitar until the Red fight, even if you get Larvitar from the Safari Zone. It just evolves way too late and levels up far too slow. Not worth it.
You can catch two of the beasts before Morty if you're patient enough. If you're not averse to using legendaries, then Raikou is always going to be a better pick than Ampharos; just pick up the Thunderbolt TM from the Game Corner and you'll be ready to rumble all the way to Red. Entei is pretty good if you picked Totodile, but it isn't worth the team slot if you picked Cyndaquil.
My suggestion is:
>Typhlosion/Feraligatr>Raikou>Quagsire/Entei>Heracross>Espeon/Xatu (the latter if you want a full-time flier on your team, the former if you just want a strong Psychic-type buddy)>Steelix 
