Pokémon SoulSilver what is best duo to complete with Feraligatr?

Hi, I’m going on a bit of nostalgia run through the Pokémon games and have just finished fire red.

I got through the Pokémon league with a pretty bulky Blastoise, then articuno and zapdos helped with some of the typing issues.

I’m now playing SS and have started out with a totodile which is currently lvl 28 (just defeated Whitney) my original plan was to run through the game with feraligatr, gravler, amphros and a crobat but tbh I can’t really be bothered with all the levelling it’s gonna take them to get good enough for the end game.

So I was hoping instead to just tank through things with feraligatr as his movepool seems to deal with a lot of the game (planning on Surf, Cruch, ice fang/beam and was thinking of either putting a ground or fighting TM on him). And then one other Pokémon to switch in for him as basically a back up against anything his typing hasn’t been able to beat.

So really my question is what second Pokémon is the best balance to feraligatr to deal with any matchups he’ll struggle with.

I play the game pretty simply and usually over level stuff so I imagine the next best Pokémon would be something with a pretty diverse movepool to cover as much of ground/fighting flying electric as possible. I know I won’t hit everything but what’s gonna give me the best chance against the games best opponents.

Thanks :)

Pleaselog inorregisterto add a comment.

Feraligatr’s worst matchups are Chuck, Pryce, Clair, and Lance, so you’d want a Pokemon that’s at least neutral in these 4 boss battles. Because so few Pokemon are useful against Lance (and some of them, like Graveler, are bad in those other boss fights), there aren’t too many good options.

Ampharos @ magnet/choice specsEVs: 100 Spe- discharge- charge beam- thunder wave/focus blast/signal beam- thunder wave/focus blast/signal beamNote: delay evolution by just one level to learn discharge earlier

Ambipom @ silk scarfAbililty: pickupEVs: 100 Atk- return/last resort- dig- shadow claw- tickle/last resortNote: use friend balls for a strong early-game return

Magneton @ magnet/choice specsEVs: 100 Spe- discharge- flash cannon- charge beam- thunder wave

Miltank @ silk scarf/wide lensAbility: scrappyEVs: 100 Spe- return- zen headbutt/earthquake- defense curl- rolloutNote: use friend balls for a strong early-game return

sourceOf course, if you’re okay with using 2 water Pokemon and okay with catching a level 50 wild Pokemon right after defeating Morty, you can use the repel trick to catch the Magikarp on Route 43.Gyarados @ silk scarf/mystic water- waterfall- dragon dance- strength- flail/ice fangNote: use a rare candy immediately after catching it, otherwise it takes a very long time to raise a Magikarp to level 51.