This is a romhack where type effectiveness is inverted. For example, Electric-type moves are super-effective against Ground and Grass types, but not very effective against Water and Flying types. Torchic is the clear starter choice, as it owns Roxanne's gym and doesn't struggle anywhere except on Flannery. Routing notes below. -DEFENSE BENEFITS - Rival 2 (probably) - Wattson - Maxie 1 (very important) - Flannery (probably) - Maxie 2 - Archie -SP. DEF BENEFITS - Rival 1/Calvin - Roxanne's gym (probably) - Brawly - Norman - Phoebe THE ROUTE - Manip +Sp. Atk? > 2590 | Mild 22/29/17/30/28/24 (female) - Having a better Fire move than Ember/Blaze Kick would REALLY help. Fire Punch might be fine; it's barely enough damage for the late game. Flamethrower is very expensive - Moveset: > Ember/Scratch/Peck/Double Kick > Ember/Strength/Peck/Double Kick > Ember/Strength/Overheat/Double Kick > Ember/Strength/Overheat/Blaze Kick > Earthquake/Strength/Overheat/Blaze Kick - Brawly: Same - Rival 2: 2HKO all - Wattson: Same, but Peck Magneton - Maxie 1: +2 Blaze - Flannery: +1 Blaze (Charcoal) - Norman: +2 Blaze (Overheat Slaking, then Facade) - Winona: +1/2 Attack (Skarmory Strength range) - Maxie 2: Swampert strats (bad fight because of Bite damage and Blaze Kick accuracy) - T&L: Can 4-turn the fight if you save Claydol for last and Blaze Overheat it... but those are very slow turns because of EQ - Items to sell for Flamethrower: > Carbos (Route 114) > Nugget (Route 112) > Protein (Route 111 desert) > PP Up (Route 115, Abraless only) > Zinc (Route 121) > PP Up (Lilycove City) > TM04 Calm Mind > TM40 Aerial Ace > TM42 Facade - Skip Rayquaza? If using Blaziken: > Final moveset: Flamethrower/Strength/Overheat/Earthquake > Can probably afford Flamethrower before E4; earlier requires selling stuff > You can try using Blaze Kick, but basically every run dies to misses > Juan: Depends on order (everything except Sealeo dies to +0 Blaze, and Sealeo dies to Overheat) > Roselia: EQ (range) > Claydol: EQ or Blaze FT > Julie: FT x2, EQ > Edgar: EQ x2 > Wally: FT x3, Strength Magneton, EQ Roselia > Sidney: Kill slave, FT x3, EQ x2 (requires Blaze) > Phoebe: X Special, FT x5 (requires Blaze) > Glacia: X Special x2, FT x4, Overheat (requires Blaze, which is tricky because of Hail) > Drake: X Speed, FT x5 (does not require Blaze; can maybe outspeed Salamence at L57) > Champion: Depends on order (everything except Ludicolo dies to +0 Blaze, and Ludicolo dies to Overheat) - If using Rayquaza: > Juan: 5-turn fight (Surf or Waterfall Kingdra) > Phoebe: Can OHKO everything with Extremespeed, but PP is an issue > Glacia: Same fight > Drake: Can OHKO everything except Flygon > Champion: Can +1 OHKO everything except Whiscash (assuming you can Outrage it)