Route 12

Description
In this level you go fishing with Joey to relax. This level is a training level and you don't have to defend rare candy.

In the end Giovanni tells you Maruto is in trouble, and you need to take him to Saffron City.

Layout
Waves: 45

Spots: 10 (3 Flying or water type spots)

Strategy
Even at the level cap, this level can be a bit tricky. The enemy Pokemon come at a quick pace so it's easy for one to slip by while your Pokemon focus on another one. Each wave always starts with four boss Pokemon then two regular ones.

Every Pokemon in this level is weak to electric moves so bring as much of that as you can, but be careful of Krabby and Kingler's Mud Sport. Magneton has the highest special attack of all currently available electric types, except Raikou. If you're planning on getting STAB from electric types, beware of Seaking 's Soak which will change your type to water.

The incoming Lapras bosses will always use Rain Dance, so Thunder is a viable option for this level. Until Version 4.9 and newer, Pidgeot's Sand Attack lets Thunder miss even in rain.

Discharge is also an option, as it hits multiple targets, and has the same paralysis rate as Thunder.

Dragonite has the highest Special Attack of all currently available flying pokemon who learn Thunder. Consider using Dragonite on one of the Flying-type spots and taking advantage of the moves Dragon Tail, Thunder, and Roar.

If you have a snorlax, using yawn in conjunction with discharge can be a very effective method to kill most stuff on the route.

Using haze to clear out all stat decrease (including accuracy since 4.9.6) is a good idea. Warning: haze makes the screen flash unpleasantly.

You also don't need to cause any of the wild pokemon to faint as there are no rare candies for them to steal.