What Fighting type Pokémon can I catch before having to face Whitney in SoulSilver?

Question

I've heard that Whitney's Miltank is really hard to defeat without a fighting type, so what fighting types can I catch before this, so I am guaranteed to win against her.

Answer 1

There are two Fighting type lines available before Whitney.

1. Heracross (Headbutt trees in Azalea Town)
2. Machop (Trade Drowzee in Goldenrod Department Store)

Both of these Pokemon do well against the third Gym. Other Pokemon like Geodude and Onix are easy to catch and are valuable against Miltank as well.

Comments

Unless you can evolve a Machamp, I think Heracross and Geodude are the best choices. All of them do well against Whitney, but Heracross and Graveler are more useful later in the game.

Answer 2

You don't necessarily win if you have a super effective type, you know :P

Catch a Drowsee at Route 34. Then, go to the 5th floor of the Goldenrod Department Store and trade that for a Machop. That;s the only Fighting type this far in the game.

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Answer 3

If you want a fighting type of YOUR ot then get a Pokemon with the move headbutt use headbutt on a tree and a heracross might await you It'll also do good in the game guarenteed

Comments

But when I tried this all I kept getting was hoothoots jumping out at me, no sign of heracross

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Do it during the day and doesnt work with HG only SS

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You can catch heracross in hg

Answer 4

Catch a Drowzee, and then somewhere in Goldenrod City (not sure where) you can get a Machop trade.

Machop is a good in-game suggestion, since Machamp will smash. xD
Of course, it is still possible to defeat Whitney without super-effectiveness. So good luck. ;)

Comments

Thanks very much for answering, I'll be sure to do this trade. :)