(Reference this when second-guessing decision to skip Water Gun) Benefits - don't kill stuff - don't evolve early - 17 for zubat - 17 for grimer - always 17 for voltorb - 18 for koffing - always 18 for pidgeotto - 19 for rattata+bulbasaur (badge boost) - 20 for weedle - 20 for pidgey - always 20 for rattata - 23+thrash for pidgey - 23+thrash for nidoran-f - always 23+thrash for mankey - fight onix hiker - always 25 for staryu - can be 27 for pidgeotto - always 27 for raticate - can be 28 for voltorb - always 28 for pikachu - always 29 for bellsprout - can be 30 for slowpoke (very rare) - always 30 for oddish - always 32 for growlithe - always 37 after silph rival - always 40 for muk - better horn attack pp - $420 extra - a bit of defense stat exp. - negative: easier to lose bruno red bar on 2-3, 7-9, 13-14 dv - always good red bar level-ups 18 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.5 0.5 0.1 1 3 0.1 5 4 0.3 22 0.5 0.1 0.1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.8 0.1 -0.1 2.5 TOTAL: Less than 1:15