REROUTES: - Skip Double Team - Skip Mimic (it's 24s + time to teach + item management) EARLY GAME: - Buy 2 Antidotes at Viridian Mart (skip forest Antidote) - Otherwise, same as glitchless until Bill's house (save candy) - Get Bike Voucher before Dugtrio (with IT) - After catching Dugtrio: > Switch Dugtrio to slot 1 > Dig out > Get bike > Swap bike to slot 2 > Toss Antidotes > Bike to Misty's gym - Get red bar off Misty/S.S. Anne Rival/Gentleman > 1-5 HP has YOLO red bar for L35 and L36 (37.5% dead to Pikachu) > 6-7 HP has safe red bar for L35 and L36 > 8-9 HP has safe red bar for L35 (~33% chance of safe red bar at L36) > 10 HP should Growl Pikachu > 11+ HP should stall on Gentleman > Can use Dig to take Leech Seed damage if you only want that and not Vine Whip! - Can kill an encounter before S.S. Anne and candy from 32-->34 for rival (big red bar payoff, but slow) - Get Gentlemandy - Vermilion Mart (late, then walk to gym): Sell Poke Balls, TM34, Nugget, TM28 and TM11 | Buy 3 Repels - Flex Ether Dig or Body Slam (basically just plan to Ether Dig, and then Ether Body Slam if you saved 2 Digs. You will always have enough PP thanks to Slash) > If you saved 1 Dig, always save the second on Raichu (it's only about 1 second slower to BS it) MIDGAME: - Fight Lass (Clefairy x2) instead of Gentleman - Flex Celadon Center (early if dead to Pidgeotto or not in red bar; late if in good red bar; doesn't matter for PP) - Celadon shopping: > 2F: Buy 10 Super Repels, 3 Super Potions and 3 Revives > 4F: Buy 1 Poke Doll > 6F: Buy 1 Soda Pop and trade it, then buy 1 Fresh Water > 5F: Buy 6 X Accuracy, 9 X Attack and 2 X Special (one X Acc and one X Spec are safety for Lance) - Erika (after Tower; candy twice to L41): Dig, BS (2HKO or range to crit OHKO), Dig (range) - Candy 3x to L46 in mansion - Can do Silph --> Sabrina --> Blaine (if high HP for Silph Rival) or Blaine --> Silph --> Sabrina (if low HP) - Silph Rival: +1 if YOLO or Sand-Attack boost; otherwise +2 - Skip Koga X Attack (if you die to boom, it's OK, you're already L43) - Get Protein + use on warden candy menu to make room for candies - Benefits of Protein: > Arcanine: 47-->53% > Silph Gyarados (+1): 86-->98% > Silph Venusaur (+1): 73-->84% > Marowak: 67-->73% > Machoke: 41-->49% > Machoke: 76-->82% > VR Gyarados: 98-->100% > Jynx: 92-->100% (not counting possible Attack fall) > Lance Gyarados (91-108 --> 93-110 with X Spec | 81-96 --> 83-98 without) > Aerodactyl: 86-->89% > Champ Alakazam BS crit: 85-->86% > Champ Gyarados: 75-->77% - Warden candy gives: > L47 for all of Silph Rival > L48 for Silph Cubone/Drowzee/Marowak > L50 for second Machoke (also first Machoke if you delayed candies until after Blaine) > L53 for Jynx (only relevant if skipping Mimic) > L55 for Golbat > L56 for Gyarados > L57 for Pidgeot - You are 59% to survive Kangaskhan at 1-10 HP, 71% to survive Kangaskhan at 12-16 HP, 75% to survive at 19-24 HP - Elixer points: > After Sabrina > After Lorelei > After Bruno - Toss/use last of a healing item to make room for Fissure LATE GAME: - Viridian Rival: 2 X Attack, X Acc - X Special Lance? Basically guarantees 2HKO. 124 HP, 108-128 dmg Hydro Pump - 2 X Attack Lance and 2HKO Dragonite (you outspeed Dragonite if it uses Agility) - Don't need Max Ether for Rock Slide on E4 - Champion: 3 X Attack, X Acc Defensive ranges: - Starmie: 32-38 BB (56-66 crit), 22-26 WG (35-42 crit) > IF L32: 32-38 BB (52-62 crit), 20-24 (35-42 crit) - Pidgeotto: 8-10 - Raticate: 8-10 > IF L34: 7-9 - Ivysaur: 15-18 - Growlithe: 7-9 (5-6 after Growl, 4-5 after 2 Growls) - Ponyta: 5-7 (10-12 crit at L31, 8-10 at L32) - Pikachu: 5 - Pidgey: 7-9 - Pidgeotto: 11-13 or 12-15 - Slowpoke: 13-16 (Headbutt), 8-10 (Confusion) - Kangaskhan: 10-12 (Rage), 8-10 (Comet Punch) - Dragonair: 69-82 (1 BB), 62-74 (2 BB), 56-66 (3 BB) - Dragonite: 100-118 Hyper Beam, 54-64 Slam > Without X Special: 112-132 Hyper Beam, 60-71 Slam