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Pokemon Crystal Phase 1: Rival Battle — Cherrygrove Outskirts
Zephyr Badge On the way back, your red-haired rival steals a starter from Elm's lab and ambushes you just outside Cherrygrove.
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On the way back, your red-haired rival steals a starter from Elm's lab and ambushes you just outside Cherrygrove.
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Rival Battle — Cherrygrove Outskirts
On the way back, your red-haired rival steals a starter from Elm's lab and ambushes you just outside Cherrygrove. He always picks the starter strong against yours:
| You picked | Rival uses | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Cyndaquil | Totodile | 5 |
| Totodile | Chikorita | 5 |
| Chikorita | Cyndaquil | 5 |
Optimal call: It's a single Lv 5 starter — no items needed. Let your starter take the kill for the XP unless you picked Chikorita into Cyndaquil, in which case open with a Pidgey/Rattata to absorb EmberFire.
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