Route 2

After walking to the left, you immediately obtained the Running Shoes from your mother. Always giving us things, that woman! They can be used like they have been since Generation 3. Just hold B.

Route 2 adds a new wild Pokemon to the mix. You can now catch that Purrloin you just fought. The Pokemon is fairly useless, to be honest. Feel free to use it, but not a lot is promised. This route is the first place you can go to fight other trainers (with the exception of story-driven battles). The trainers here have Pokemon at Level 7. The first you meet uses a Patrat, the second a Purrloin, the third a Lillipup. There's some steps to the right that will get you a Pokeball and a Potion. Heal up if you need to before going north, because Bianca arrives and she wants to fight. You might want to put your starter in a backing slot, because her starter is not her opening Pokemon.

VS. Bianca the Birdslayer
Bianca starts off with a Lillipup that is only at Level 6. This should be taken out very easily. It took my Level 9 Patrat a total of three hits to beat it, but only because she healed her Pokemon. Take it out, and then the big guns come out. Her inferior Level 7 starter will probably fall quickly to just about anything you use. This fight is easy, to say the least.

You get 700 PokeDollars for destroying her Pokemon. She will leave, so move on ahead.

Go to: Striaton City