My team is level 59, my Dragonite was close to growing a level, it would have gained a level if it had gotten EXP. I didn't miss the message. I think I defeated another of his monsters but I didn't get any EXP, either, but I don't remember. You don't think it could have happened because I switched in revived monsters so much?

I don't see why it would. Pokémon that are revived after Fainting will still get Exp. so long as the opposing Pokémon (Red's Pikachu) remains in play, otherwise whatever calculations were made in that regard will be made void, and started anew when the Pikachu comes back out. Experience points are divided up evenly among all of your surviving participants, so everything that was played against, and ultimately survived, against Pikachu at the time of its fainting should have gotten the points.

Was Red's Pikachu either withdrawn or forced to switch out for something else while your Dragonite was out of play?

@ forum: Does anyone happen to remember if the match against Red in HG/SS even yields Exp. to begin with? I'll check it myself if I need to, but I haven't tackled him in two years, mainly because climbing up that blasted mountain is more aggravation than it's worth.

It does, and lots of it.

His Pikachu was defeated by my Dragonite. He wasn't switched out. But if he was, I defeated him when he was switched back in.

Thanks DNA. I couldn't remember if, given the nature of the match, the game treated it like a No Restriction link battle.

Well, khoufu, I'm at the end of my rope on this one. The only thing I can recommend is give the match another try after you've beaten the Elite Four again, and pay close attention to how the Exp. is distributed with each knockout. Based on the info you've given, there shouldn't be any reason why the game would skimp on the Exp. How very odd.

Unless someone else has seen something so plainly obvious that we're overlooking it?

I've fought him multiple times since then and gained EXP. My team is level 59-61, so I can't realy beat him OR the E4, bt Red is only 1 person so I prefer to train against him.

So... I decided to restart my HG, and I'm thinking about this team:


But I need 3 more pokemons.
These 3 above are fix.
Do you have any suggestions?
Thanks!

Oh thanks!
But actually I'm thinking about Espeon and Seaking. (I want to try this big fish.)
What about Golem for 6th pokemon?
Is it good or something else will be better?

Rhydon is superior to Golem in basically every way, and you don't need to trade to get it. Heck, trading it makes it even better.
I think Rhyhorn appear somewhat late-game, but in HGSS I know the Safari Zone exists, so that can help you get them a LOT earlier!