Route 17

Description
Initially, the Player is seen exiting Fuchsia City to the west, followed by Joey and Maruto. Joey whines about having to walk in the rear, and is promptly ignored and left behind by his companions. After he runs to catch up, the focus shifts to Gary Oak on Route 17. He is talking with Zapdos, claiming that it has defeated all of his pokemon, when he expresses the feeling that Zapdos wants him to get closer to it. As Gary approaches the legendary bird, the Player's party arrives. Gary tells the Player that he must defeat Zapdos, then gives some insight into the bird's attacks:


 * Zapdos's Drill Peck: "When you see him spinning, he will do his Drill Peck. This attack will hit the pokemon in the field with the most health. He will not quit spinning until it hits somebody."


 * Zapdos's Thunder: "When he stops moving, you need to put as many pokemon as possible on the field. He will do a Thunder move that will even pierce the ground. No pokemon is safe. This attack splits its damage with everybody on the field, so having all your pokemon on the field is essential."

Finally, Gary reveals that he will heal the pokemon with the lowest health that you place in his range. He also claims that Zapdos will abduct him and carry him off to Mewthree if you do not defeat it quickly enough.

Layout
Waves: 10

Spots: 14

Strategy

 * You can heal your pokemon by Gary, but keeping pokemon still makes them more vulnerable.
 * Zapdos is 2x weak against Rock and Ice-type attacks, use them to your advantage while trying to keep your pokemon alive.
 * Dragon Rage will always deal 40 damage.
 * Using Curse will deal tons of damage to Zapdos. (You can defeat Zapdos with 5 Pokemon that knows Curse)
 * The level ends when Zapdos is defeated, not when 10 waves passes.

Trivia

 * When the stage first came out, it was impossible to lose because wave 10 lasted until Zapdos was defeated; this error is currently not fixed (or it was intended this way).