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Share your best in-game teams for Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen on this thread! Teams should be aimed toward making casual runs of the game efficient, enjoyable and hassle-free.

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It is helpful to note that these games were released prior to the Gen 4 physical-special split. Every Fire, Water, Grass, Electric, Psychic, Dark, Ice and Dragon move is Special, and all others are Physical in these games.

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My team for Leaf green version

  1. Venusaur
    Venusaur
    Ability: Overgrow
    • Leech Seed / Sludge bomb [TM]
    • Sleep Powder / Toxic
    • Giga Drain [TM]/ Razor leaf.
    • Synthesis

Tanky, good for stall/catching mons.

  1. Fearow
    Fearow
    Ability: Keen Eye
    • Drill peck
    • Return [TM]
    • Steel wing [TM]
    • Fly

One of the better flyers in the game in my opinion. Could use Dodrio instead but I like fearow because you get it very early in the game and lets you deal with the grass types.

  1. Poliwrath
    Poliwrath
    Ability: Water absorb
    • Surf
    • Brick break [TM]
    • Strength / Body slam
    • Belly drum [Pre evo at level 43]

Never used this before. Gave it Leftovers so it may regen a bit of HP after Belly Drum.

  1. Jynx
    Jynx
    Ability: Oblivious
    • Ice beam [TM] / Ice punch
    • Psychic [TM]
    • Lovely kiss
    • Dream eater / Attract [TM]

Great Ice type, quite fast and has a great specials attack. plus it has good hard hitting moves and some support in the form of sleep

  1. Rhydon
    Rhydon
    Ability: Rock head
    • Earthquake
    • Rock Slide
    • Double- Edge
    • Megahorn

Giving Rhydon a Quick claw because of its low speed. has a great attack stat. Using a Rock head variant so that Double- Edge doesnt have recoil.

  1. Magmar
    Magmar
    Ability: Flame Body
    • Flamethrower
    • Thunderpunch
    • Cross chop
    • Fire blast

Magmar is optional, I traded mine over from XD so it has the special moves. Either Ninetales or Arcanine [FR] would be good as well, Fire types seem to be a bit lacking in this gen.

  1. Raticate [HM Slave]
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Charizard (Fire/Flying)
-Flamethrower/Fire Blast (For STAB and high power)
-Fly (For STAB, getting around, and decent power)
-Dig (For decent power and coverage)
-Strength (For getting through victory road and a decent normal move)

Primeape (Fighting)
-Low kick (Perfect for rock types)
-Mega Punch (A decent normal move)
-Rock Slide (Coverage)
-Brick Break (STAB and a good move)

Raichu (Electric)
-Thunderbolt (STAB and decent power)
-Thunder Wave (To paralyze opponents)
-Quick Attack (For emergencies)
-Thief (For Stealing Items)

Nidoking (Poison/Ground)
-Thrash (Getting it as soon as it evolves is nice)
-Thunderbolt (even though it takes for ever it is nice to have)
-ice beam (even though it takes for ever it is nice to have)
-earthquake (High power and STAB)

Vaporeon (Water)
-Surf (For getting around and STAB)
-Aurora Beam/Ice Beam (Aurora Beam for a nice ice move to save time from the game corner and ice beam for more power)
-Bite (For Agatha and Sabrina)

Snorlax (Normal)
-Body Slam (Decent power and STAB)
-Shadow Ball (For Agatha to almost make her useless against this beast)
-Yawn (To out opponent to sleep)
-Seismic toss (For damage equal to level)

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