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Pokémon: Let's Go, Pikachu! and Let's Go, Eevee! (2018)

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Let's Play

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Now that we have the Boulder Badge from Brock, I can now travel to Route 3 and into Mt. Moon. On Route 3, there is a new Trainer Class called Coach Trainers who are much stronger than the normal Trainers, and they give you a useful item of TM if you can beat them in a battle. Good thing the Trainers on Route 3 have the best lines in the original games.

As the rest of the description, I recommend watching the full video before reading past this point of the description.

On Route 3, we encounter the first Coach Trainer, they are much stronger Trainers, and the first one has a Bulbasaur. Pidgey and Butterfree are good options for this Coach Trainer. The other Coach Trainer has a Meowth with Pay Day, and will give you the TM after beating him.
Route 3 might be popular for the Trainer's dialogue, but there are Pokémon that can be found on this Route. I show off the Lure at the end of the video.
Two Pokémon exclusive to Lets Go, Pikachu can be encountered on this route, those being Mankey and Sandshrew. Mankey is your early game Fighting-type and I recommend teaching it Headbutt through TM as soon as you catch it. It isn't until Level 13 that Mankey will learn Karate Chop as its first Fighting-type move. It learns Low Kick at Level 21 and Seismic Toss at Level 24. When it evolves into Primeape, it will learn Rage, but it is a very weak move, so don't teach it to Primeape. For moves, it gets U-turn at Level 33, which goes well with Primeape's high Speed stat, Screech at Level 40, and at Level 56, it will learn the Dragon-type move Outrage. Primeape is a very speedy Physical attacker, and it should be a very good team member throughout the game.
Sandshrew is the other version exclusive to Let's Go, Pikachu! It is a Ground-type with good Defense and Attack. Since it gets Poison Sting when caught, teaching it Headbutt over Scratch is a good idea. Sandshrew doesn't get much good moves early on by level up, as it gets Swift at Level 12, but Sandshrew does not have good Special Attack, Dig at Level 20 is Sandshrew's first Ground-type move. Once it evolves into Sandslash, it has great Defense, making it good against Physical attackers. Sandslash learns Swords Dance at Level 36, Slash at Level 44 and Earthquake at Level 52. Dig should be Sandslash's main move throughout the game until it learns Earthquake, and Swords Dance helps boost Sandslash's Attack stat so it can sweep foes, so I would recommend Sandshrew if you need to use a Ground-type.
Sandshrew's version counterpart, Ekans is exclusive to Let's Go, Eevee! Since Abilities are not in the game, Ekans unfortunately loses out on lowering the opponent's Attack with Intimidate, for moves, Ekans learns Acid at Level 8, Bite at Level 12 gives Ekans a decent Dark-type move. The Ekans line are the only Pokémon to learn Glare, which it gets at Level 20 and the paralysis can be helpful. When Ekans evolves into Arbok, it will learn Crunch upon evolution, which I highly recommend over Bite, but if you keep it as an Ekans until Level 24, it can learn Poison Jab, while Arbok learns it at Level 28. For the rest of Arbok's moves, it gets Screech at Level 44, and Toxic at Level 52. As for Arbok's stats, it has good Attack, but the rest of its stats are around average, and there are only two types weak to Poison-type moves, those being Grass and Fairy-type Pokémon. It is not the best Pokémon in the game, but Arbok is a decent team member, if you like the Pokémon, then you can use it, but it misses out on lowering its foes Attack with Intimidate upon entering battle.
There is a special spawn on Route 3, that Pokémon is Charmander. Unlike Bulbasaur who has Vine Whip if caught above Level 5, Charmander unfortunately does not have Ember until Level 13, and it once again can be taught Headbutt over Scratch. When evolved into Charmeleon, it can get Dragon Rage at Level 26, which is a good move for the point it gets it. When evolved into Charizard, it becomes a Fire/Flying-type and will learn Wing Attack, it isn't until Level 54 that Charizard will learn Flamethrower, so getting the TM for Flamethrower will save having to stick with Ember or Fire Spin on Charizard. It learns Air Slash at Level 62, and Flare Blitz at Level 75. Charizard has good Speed and Special Attack, so this is a great Fire-type team member.
At the Pokémon Center in Route 4, you can buy a Magikarp for 500 Poké Dollars. Magikarp starts off with only Splash, it isn't until Level 15 that it gets Tackle. Your efforts are rewarded when it evolves into Gyarados at Level 20, where it learns Bite upon evolution. For its Level up moves, Gyarados learns Dragon Tail at Level 26, Waterfall at Level 31, Crunch at Level 36, and Outrage at Level 41, giving Gyarados great Physical attacks for its high Attack stat. Its last few moves are Hydro Pump and Hyper Beam, both of which are Special. Gyarados is compatible with many TM moves. If your patience in training Magikarp pays off, Gyarados is a great team member in the long run.

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