Forum:Pokemon Tower 1

The opposing Pokémon will either go by the top of the level, the bottom, or through the middle. The easiest way to take care of them is to place your Pokémon by the stairs.

Bring Pokémon good against Ground- and Ghost-types, since that's all you'll find here. If needed, get a Pokémon with high Defense or Special Defense to place in the frontmost spot to take damage, since the Gastly, Haunter, and Marowak will attack your Pokémon with Hypnosis, Confuse Ray, and False Swipe.

Rock-types may be a good choice so Marowak's False Swipe damage can be lessened. Either way, False Swipe can't kill your Pokémon so you just have to heal them before they get confused by Haunter's Confuse Ray. Just keep an eye on the Pokémon that you have placed in the frontmost spots, as they will eventually faint from confusion damage and False Swipe if they are not given Super Potions or commanded to use recovery moves.

One strategy is to catch six Gastly and use them to beat the level (teach them all Shadow Ball for more power). Ghost-type moves are super effective against Ghost-types, so that takes care of Gastly, Haunter, and Gengar. False Swipe does no damage, so the only attack to worry about is Confuse Ray.

A Victreebel with Stockpile, Swallow, and Leaf Tornado/Leaf Blade/Leaf Storm is also good due to the fact that they are super-effective against Cubone and Marowak and that the Stockpile/Swallow combination can restore lost health, eliminating the need for Super Potions. As an alternative, Giga Drain could be used, as it heals damage while you attack. Arboks with Crunch, Stockpile, and Swallow are also good for dealing large damage to ghosts and restoring health.

Currently, Confuse Ray causes confusion that deals damage as though it were a Ghost-type, and so using Normal-types is an effective strategy. Porygon, Clefable, Wigglytuff, Persian, and Raticate will all be immune to damage from confusion and can use Psychic, Assurance, Night Slash, Shadow Claw, and Crunch to deal super effective damage to ghosts.

Another good strategy is to use a Flareon with Fire Blast in-front to the left entry, so he will clear the field from Pokémon, and put two Gyarados, above and below the Flareon, using Hydro Pump and position 2 Raichu with Thunder or Thunderbolt on the other side to be sure nothing gets by.