the best way to start
When you start the game you choose your starter and your friend will choose the Pokemon super effective against your Pokemon so if you chose chimchar then get a shinx to be super effective against your friend if you chose piplup then get a starly to be super effective against your friends turtwig(by the way the starly you can get will also help you with the second gym badge) if you chose turtwig then you'll have to wait a bit to be able to get a water type(a turtwig is for experts only) those are the best ways to start
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