I had no problem with just a cyndaquil up untill the ice gym (7th)
you should link or post your pokemon team aswell.
my starter was complete trash in terms of ivs and nature. I also did not have any useful tms at the time, nor did I have tons of rare candies, nor did I want to spend hours grinding for levels.
I think a lot of people would agree that morty is hard, and it makes sense why every time I go to johto, I get at least one person... every time... messaging me "hey man you wanna buy level 50/60 johto pokes for ghost gym??"
To be completely honest: This game is an MMO! I never heard someone complain in other MMO's: " I need to grind hours to beat this boss, what a bad game". MMO's are all about grinding, getting a better team and beating bosses. I'm tired of people complaining about the gym, 95% of the players that can't beat this gym are people who evolved their pokemon as soon as it was possible. As said again and again, yes they are stronger if u evolve them right away but you will need to grind as hell to lvl up. My starter cyndaquill wasn't that great in terms of stats as well but just by lvling him and not evolving him I was lvl 65 when I reached the gym just by rushing through story without any grinding. So get your rod, and grind the hell out of your pokemon to beat this gym! No offense :Grin: