Stat requirements:
- Attack: 11 at Level 5
- Sp. Atk: 14 at Level 6 (30-31 IV neutral or 14-31 +Sp. Atk)
- Speed: 12 at Level 6

28 for Misty route:
- Get 64 wild exp
- Candy to 19 for Rival 2
- (Option to candy to 23 for Mankey and fight Nob or Butterfree trainer)
- Skip Nob
- Enter Rival 3 in Blaze to 2HKO Pidgeotto
- Candy 1-2x to L28 for Misty (old exp route)
- (Get Silph candy)

29 for Misty route:
- Kill wilds (Paras?) to get 22 for Onix
- Candy to 23 for Onix (if high HP, delay candy until Misty, skip Butterfree, and risk Nob at 22/22/23/23)
- Fight Nob
- Fight Butterfree trainer
- Candy from 26-->29 for Misty