Yellow

What it does to a run

• ·Your starter is Pikachu and it can't evolve — line up a real attacker early.
• ·All three Kanto starters are gifted over the game; most rulesets treat those as static encounters.
• ·Gym leaders use anime teams, which makes Brock and Misty worse for a Pikachu lead, not better.

Where runs die

• ⚠️Brock and Misty back to back
• ⚠️Lt. Surge's Raichu
• ⚠️Lance

Starters

The pick that decides your first gym.

• Pikachu

The ace is the highest-level Pokémon on that team, and the cap is its level in the standard release — the number a Hardcore run caps at for that segment.

Trainers you have to beat in Yellow, in order

Stage	Trainer	Type	Ace	Cap
Gym 1	Brock	rock	Onix	Lv12
Gym 2	Misty	water	Starmie	Lv21
Gym 3	Lt. Surge	electric	Raichu	Lv28
Gym 4	Erika	grass	Gloom	Lv32
Gym 5	Koga	poison	Weezing	Lv50
Gym 6	Sabrina	psychic	Alakazam	Lv50
Gym 7	Blaine	fire	Arcanine	Lv54
Gym 8	Giovanni	ground	Nidoking	Lv55
Elite Four	Lorelei	ice	Lapras	Lv56
Elite Four	Bruno	fighting	Machamp	Lv58
Elite Four	Agatha	ghost	Gengar	Lv60
Elite Four	Lance	dragon	Dragonite	Lv62
Champion	Your rival	mixed	?His Eevee evolution	Lv65