whats your pokemon party

Yeah, I guess if that's how you want to play...

It is easier to raise more Pokemon this gen because they changed the EXP formula. It now gives more EXP the lower your level, so the EXP is distributed in a more balanced way. This means that if you train 6 Pokemon, you technically get more experience because your Pokemon's levels will be lower because the total amount of EXP you gain is divided by six among the team.
 
Pretty good, it's nice to see someone who didn't pick Typhlosion.

I got fed up with my Pidgeot in LeafGreen and stopped training them, they aren't very good.

Ampharos is definitely one of the best Gen II Pokemon (though that's not saying much).

Espeon has great stats; a 130 base Sp. Atk and base 110 Speed is impressive. I prefer it's faster cousin Jolteon but Espeon is pretty good too.

Magmar is mediocre, it's Magmortar that's good and you can't get him in Gold, so...I'd say train something else if possible. Maybe a Skarmory?
 
Yeah, I find the fire starters a little bit overrated, but they're still good, so I can't blame everyone else for picking them.

Pidgeot's not bad, I used one in both of my FireRed playthroughs.

I love electric types. :)

Jolteon's awesome, I agree, but as you can see, I've already got an electric type and I don't think you can get Eevee's Gen I evolutions yet.

I need Magmar since I want to have a fire type on my team, and I can't really find any other fire-types right now. Besides, it hasn't let me down yet.

Thanks for the input though.
 
Pidgeot really is pathetic compared to other Pokemon such as Gyarados and being Flying type isn't very useful offensively. I ended up dropping it midway through the game because I got better Pokemon such as Gengar, Alakazam, Jolteon, Gyarados, Machamp...

Yeah, having Jolteon and Ampharos would be pointless.

Magmar is one of the better Pokemon in that game, he's certainly better than Magcargo anyways. I suppose the reason why people pick Typholsion is because there aren't many good Fire types available in Gen II. That and people are usually biased towards the Fire types; people are choosing Emboar a lot these days and he's terrible. If you'd picked Cyndiquill then you could be training the Red Gyarados right now, but it is good to be different.
 
A Flying type? What for? Anyways...

I trained a Swellow before, it's not bad but it really pales in comparison to other Pokemon. And techically Gyarados is a Flying type, so I'll just say train one of those. :P
 
Don't train these, but you can teach Fly to:

Tailow
Swellow
Wingull
Pelipper
Swablu
Altaria

You can also teach it to Flygon and Salamence; those are strong Pokemon but hard to obtain.

EDIT: Also Tropius.
 
I haven't beaten White yet, but my current party is:

Yamask
Lv. 21
Male
Moves: Disable, Will-O-Wisp, Night Shade, Hex
Currently in training
Item: Lucky Egg
Solosis
Lv. 19
Male
Moves: Snatch, Hidden Power, Light Screen, Charm
Currently in training
Item: None
Tranquill
Lv. 21
Female
Moves: Quick Attack, Fly, Air Cutter, Roost
Currently in training
Item: Pecha Berry
Gurdurr
Lv. 39
Male
Moves: Low Kick, Rock Slide, Chip Away, DynamicPunch
Item: Cheri Berry
Boldore
Lv. 30
Male
Moves: Tackle, Smack Down, Rock Blast, Headbutt
Item: Rocky Helmet ftw
Samurott
Lv. 37
Male
Moves: Slash, Aqua Jet, Water Gun, Razor Shell

In the PC:
Musharana (Female, Lv.19), Herdier (Male, Lv. 24), Blitzle (Male, Lv. 16), Joltik (Female, Lv. 24), Sandile (Female, Lv. 22), Simisear (Male, Lv. 20), Minccino (Male, Lv. 21), Foongus (Female, Lv. 21), Karrablast (Female, Lv. 24), Pansage (Male, Lv. 20), Panpour (Male, Lv. 21), Drilbur (Male, Lv. 20), Cubchoo (Female, Lv. 31, Everstone), Vanillite (Female, Lv. 26), Klink (Lv. 27), Woobat (Male, Lv. 17)
 
I'm going to guess you're in Icirrus City right now?

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Yamask (later Cofa grigus) is an excellent defensive Pokemon, not very strong but he he great at what he does. A good choice, and one I personally haven't done yet. He's slow, but that is not a major problem for him because he is a defensive Pokemon.

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