Share your beginner's mistakes

[SirBlaziken]

^Yeah, in hindsight, using my masterball on Xerneus wasn't my best idea.

[Delicious_Scout]

I used to think, in GSC, that Ice was not very effective against dragons. A big surprise when I OHKO'd Dragonite with an Ice Beam coming from Staryu.

[I am seviper hear me hiss]

Well I can't really remember many of my mistakes. But one mistake I still remember, probably because it was completely stupid. But when I was younger I used to think that we could only have six pokemon, that you couldnt cath anymore and put it in that box thing. So when I only had six pokemon, I remember that when I went through Mt.Coronet I saw a wild gliscor! For real I did! And i remember thinking oh I already have six pokemon so I let it escape. I found out I could have more than six okemon was when I told my cousin, whats so humiliating was that she was younger than me and knew that and not me. XD

[SirBlaziken]

I thought when I had emerald (in my brother's possession), I got to victory road without flash (you may applaud). Then I couldn't find my way out, so I quit.

[the bread dragon]

up until today i thought rock smash was a rock type move

[kindtocrows]

My first pokemon game was yellow and I was so young when I started playing that I couldn't read. getting the game for my birthday is actually one of my earliest memories. That's the beginner's mistake right there, playing the game before you can read.

For some more specific examples:

It literally took me years to get past the first gym (starting with pikachu did not help)

When I finally did, I got a little farther in the game then reset. I did that a lot.

Later, I got crystal and was much more successful (partly because by then I could read. a little...), I almost beat the game, but I still did a lot of stupid things, like using my master ball on a skarmory.

Of course, I did that thing where you only ever use your starter, so that was a pretty bad beginners mistake (and I continued to do that right up until DPPt, though my first diamond play through did that to some extent)

Actually, in the first two gens, I never even used any pokemon besides my starter and the first five I caught because I didn't understand how the PC boxes worked

Really, the only reason I got as far as I did in crystal was because my mom helped me (because she was awesome)

[Mockery for One]

I used my only Master Ball on a Zubat (Lv. 30, Seafloor Cavern), and killed every legendary in Emerald. What a fit of idiocy...

Also, I believed the girl who said Pacifidlog was on top of Corsolas. And I used the Master Ball on Thundurus. And Xerneas. And couldn't beat the Hoenn E4 until my Swampert was Lv. 91. And I wasted my only Moon Stone on a Jigglypuff. And misread Lisia's name as Lisa.