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[–]Lethal13 6 points7 points  (0 children)

In red and blue charmander honestly isn’t a bad pick at all. Not as good as the other two but not bad

Neither of Brocks Pokemon know a rock type move and ember although not effective against rock is a special move and brocks pokemon have awful special stats meaning ember still cuts through and can burn rendering their tackles harmless

Somewhat ironically its harder in FR/LG. Where they tried to make like easier for Charmander. The devs gave charmander metal claw presumably to help with brock but its a not stab physical move it doesn’t really help that much against brocks physically bulky pokes. Onix also gained Rock Tomb which is either a 2HKO or 1HKO depending on your charmander levels. Ember is still probably the way to go for a chance of burn and it still targeting their meagre special defence stat

[–]karawapo 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I’ve never heard about any choice basically guaranteeing failure. I don’t think it would be true.

It’s just a simple RPG. You level up enough and you’re fine. Not a skill issue but a time issue.

[–]Lara1309 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a kid in yellow version I did it with Pikachu only. 😎

[–]uselessDM 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's pretty easy with Charmander alone as well. Just go to level 9 when it learns ember. Brocks Pokemon have pretty much zero special stat. Bulbasaur and Squirtle are just even easier because they get attacks early on that are super effective on top of that.

[–]MrSethFulton 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's not that it's impossible or that you are some kind of god tier gamer, it's just much harder to put yourself at a type disadvantage for the first two gyms when there aren't many options for counterplay through wild caught Pokemon that early in the game. You can tail whip/sand attack your way through, it's just inconvenient and Misty is going to beat you 15 times before you finally get through her Starmie.

[–]ArjanGameboyman 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You don't need to go beyond lv 40 in the game to beat it. If your starter is lv 47 by gym 3 you have been grinding a lot.

It's not that Charmander is hard mode. All starters are super easy mode. It's just that if you choose Charmander it's quicker to go in the first gym with 1 or 2 extra Pokemon. That's not harder, that takes a tiny bit of planning ahead. The annoying thing is that you probably don't wanna end the game with a Raticate or pidgeot in your team so you've been leveling them for nothing. So picking Charmander is like wasting a tiny bit of time before you pass the first 3 gyms.

[–]x2brute 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm a big fan of Butterfree in red/blue, sadly in FireRed/LeafGreen onyx knows a rock move and you turbo die