Rare Candies for Manipped Excadrill: Important ranges: Musharna: @74: 3/16 | Protein: 1/4 - 0 Candies @75: 7/16 | Protein: 1/2 - 1 Candy @76: 9/16 @77: 5/8 | Protein: 11/16 - 2 Candies Cofagrigus: @74: 3/8 | Protein: 7/16 @75: 11/16 - 0 Candies @76: 11/16 | Protein: 3/4 - 2 Candies @77: 3/4 | Protein: 13/16 - 1 Candy Hydreigon: @76: 1/4 | Protein: 5/16 - 0 Candies @77: 5/16 | Protein: 3/8 - 1 Candy @78: 9/16 | Protein: 5/8 - 2 Candies [At +0, Lapras is 15/16 @ 77. 100% w/ Protein] - 0 Candies With 2 Candies you would fight Shauntal 3rd (you need Lvl 76 to outspeed Chandelure), 0/1 would fight Caitlin 3rd. Almost certainly isn't worth it to get just 1. So focusing on 0 VS 2 for now. -------------------- Defensive ranges: Throh: @72: BD: 54-64 | RT: 5-6 | ST: 110-132 (Never uses) @74: BD: 52-62 | RT: 5-6 | ST: 104-126 (Never uses) Sawk: @73: 146-174 @74: 144-170 Liepard: NS: 25-30 | FO: 14-17 [No Change] Bisharp: [Quick Claw] @74: 32-38 @76: 30-36 Cofagrigus: 27-32 [No Change] Burn is 22 [No Change] Hydreigon: @76: FB: 146-172 | Surf: 114-136 @78: FB: 142-168 | Surf: 112-134 Haxorus: @77: 140-166 | +1: 210-248 @79: 136-162 | +1: 204-242 [IH is 1/4 to trigger Focus Sash at +0, actually bad] -------------------- Other Info: If you have to heal before Grimsley (got flinch on Sawk with low HP); faster to use Max Elixir then as well, then X Att during the fight to save the SD turn. However doing so uses more EQs and would force you to go straight to backup on Caitlin (don't even attempt the range, lead with SD and use Iron Heads) Doing SD on Caitlin at all times is potentially so beneficial to EQ PP, I would always do it, esp with with 0 candies given the low chance of hitting the range anyway. Having 5 EQ PP for Iris is especially nice for if I hit Hydreigon range and am between kill range for EQ at +0 vs +1 on Haxorus [Which is quite frequent, happens almost all the time if killed by Marshal's Sawk] This would make the gain on Musharna negligible, because I wouldn't be going for the range at all. -------------------- tl;dr Cost: Getting both Candies: 5 + 11 = 16. 6.5 to use both (10.7 if no heal) = 22.5/26.7 sec Total. Gain: Hydreigon range --> +5/16 Musharna range --> +7/16 Cofagrigus range --> +1/16 if using Protein only. Slightly smaller amounts of damage from things Other option: Get PP Up in Reversal Mountain for EQ (12 total to get and use); also saves back 4.5 sec of this by being able to EQ last Pawniard in Frigate 3.