Is it worth leveling numel up until it gets flamethrower or should I evolve it?

Question

I'm currently playing Pokémon Emerald and I want to use Camerupt as my Fire-type Pokémon because it's very strong in the game. However, I checked its learnset and saw that it learns Flamethrower after its evolution, making it a bit frustrating since Camerupt itself doesn't learn it naturally. Is it worth waiting for Flamethrower, or should I grind for the Flamethrower TM, which costs 80,000 PD? Are there any better options?

Comments

Are you willing to teach overheat? The overheat earthquake combination is pretty useful. Do you have other Pokemon on your team that would benefit from an expensive Game Corner TM?