TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. AI details III. Strat chart IV. Minor variables V. Strat details VI. Damage ranges VII. Abra-less strats ---------------------- I. Introduction ---------------------- Listed below are nine standard strats for Tate & Liza in Emerald. All of them do not use a Rock Smash slave. Timings assume no critical hits and no Ancientpower (because Claydol can always use Psychic instead). Major variables: - Number of X Specials required (1 or 2) - The most optimal HP you can heal to before Xatu's first move ("safe" = safe from EQ+EQ+Xatu's Psychic; "Psy" = safe from EQ+EQ+EQ but not EQ+EQ+Psychic; "2 EQs" = 2 EQs into Torrent) - Claydol's move on Castform (100% EQ, not 100% EQ) - Whether Castform can tank a Psychic from Claydol You need 2 X Specials unless you have x/27/8+ Sp. Atk. Xatu and Lunatone are still damage ranges on the low end of 1 X Special strats, but they are favorable enough. ---------------------- II. AI details ---------------------- These are based on observations and some testing, NOT the code itself. - All attacking moves, including multi-target moves, select an enemy target according to priority - +2 priority given if the move is guaranteed to OHKO the target - +1 priority given if the move is a range to OHKO the target - +1 priority given if the move is Earthquake - -2 priority given if the move does not affect the target - -2 priority given if the move cannot OHKO the target and is not the most-damaging move available - -2 priority given if the move is Confuse Ray and the target has <50% HP - If a move+target has 2 more priority than any other move, it will always be selected - If a move+target has 1 more priority than any other move, it will usually be selected - If priority is equal, move+target is random ---------------------- III. Strat chart ---------------------- If 1 X Spec, the most optimal HP is 2 EQs, then Psy, then safe If 2 X Specs and 100%, the most optimal HP is Psy, then safe If 2 X Specs and Other, the most optimal HP is safe X SPEC HP Claydol Tank Psy? STRAT # LENGTH OF FIGHT RISK 1 safe 100% Either 1 1:30 High 1 safe Other Either 2 1:15 High 1 Psy 100% Either 3 1:33 High 1 Psy Other Either 4 1:18 High 1 2 EQs 100% Either 5 1:22 Low 1 2 EQs Other No 6 1:28 Low 1 2 EQs Either Yes 7 1:15 Low 2 safe 100% Either 8 1:47 Medium-high 2 safe other Either 9 1:53 Medium 2 Psy 100% Either 10 1:51 Medium-high BEFORE THE FIGHT: - Revive any dead Pokemon - If you're Reviving, you're in Psychic/EQ kill range OR you'll be using strat 1 or 3, heal to the most optimal HP you can given your healing items. Otherwise, enter the fight without healing - If using strat 2, 4, 6, 7 or 9, swap Abra to slot 2 ---------------------- IV. Minor variables ---------------------- SPEED MODIFIERS - Split speed (x/20-26/6-11) = Do not use the X Speed, and move ONLY Swampert's actions up a turn - Above speed (x/27/12+) = Always use X Special(s) first and X Speed last (if necessary) (The strats below assume below Speed) COMPLICATIONS - An untimely critical hit, including your own on Claydol, will disrupt the fight considerably. You can still win unless it's a critical that kills Swampert, but this will likely require additional healing and reviving. - If Claydol uses Ancientpower on Swampert instead of Psychic (strats 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10), you need to hope for one of the following outcomes: > Ancientpower puts Swampert into Torrent > You kill Xatu despite not having Torrent (crit, godly Sp. Atk or 2 X Spec strats), and then Lunatone doesn't kill you > Xatu uses Psychic and doesn't kill you > Xatu uses Calm Mind and you crit through it or tank the +1 Psychic (If Xatu uses Sunny Day, it's just run over) ---------------------- V. Strat details ---------------------- **STRAT #1** (Slot 2: Castform) Turn 1: X Speed, switch to flier (Flier dies, send out Abra) (Abra dies, send out Castform) Turn 2: X Special, Revive flier (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 3: Surf, Peck (Flier dies) (Hope Claydol's attack puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 4: Surf Turn 5: Surf [TIME: 1:30] **STRAT #2** (Slot 2: Abra) Turn 1: X Speed, Teleport OR heal Swampert to safe (Abra dies, send out Castform) (Castform tanks EQ) Turn 2: X Special, Powder Snow (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 3: Surf, Peck (Flier dies) (Hope Claydol's attack puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 4: Surf Turn 5: Surf [TIME: 1:15, including 4-second swap before fight] **STRAT 3** (Slot 2: Castform) Turn 1: X Speed, switch to flier (Flier dies, send out Abra) (Abra dies, send out Castform) Turn 2: X Special, Revive flier (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 3: Surf, Peck OR heal Swampert out of Xatu Psychic range (Flier dies) (Hope Xatu/Claydol's attack puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 4: Surf Turn 5: Surf [TIME: 1:33] (averages 1:30 from attack and 1:36 from heal) **STRAT #4** (Slot 2: Abra) Turn 1: X Speed, Teleport OR heal Swampert to Psy (Abra dies, send out Castform) (Castform tanks EQ) Turn 2: X Special, Powder Snow (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 3: Surf, Peck OR heal Swampert out of Xatu Psychic range (Flier dies) (Hope Xatu/Claydol's attack puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 4: Surf Turn 5: Surf [TIME: 1:18, including 4-second swap before fight] (averages 1:15 from attack and 1:21 from heal) **STRAT 5** (Slot 2: Castform) Turn 1: X Speed, Powder Snow OR heal Swampert to 2 EQs (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 2: X Special, Revive Castform (Flier dies, send out Abra) (Abra dies, send out Castform) Turn 3: Surf, Powder Snow (Castform dies) (Claydol's EQ always puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 4: Surf Turn 5: Surf [TIME: 1:22] **STRAT 6** (Slot 2: Abra) Turn 1: X Speed, switch to Castform (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 2: X Special, Revive Castform (Flier dies, send out Abra) (Abra dies, send out Castform) Turn 3: Surf, Powder Snow (Castform dies) (Claydol's EQ always puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 4: Surf Turn 5: Surf (NOTE: You can just do strat 5 with Abra and Castform flipped (so no switch) if Claydol's EQ+Psychic puts you into Torrent) [TIME: 1:28, including 4-second swap before fight] (averages 75% non-switch and 25% switch) **STRAT 7** (Slot 2: Abra) Turn 1: X Speed, Teleport (Abra dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 2: X Special, Peck (Flier dies, send out Castform) (Castform tanks AP/Psychic) Turn 3: Surf, Powder Snow (Castform dies) (Claydol's EQ always puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 4: Surf Turn 5: Surf [TIME: 1:15, including 4-second swap before fight] **STRAT 8** (Slot 2: Castform) Turn 1: X Speed, Powder Snow OR heal Swampert to safe (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 2: X Special, Revive Castform (Flier dies, send out Abra) (Abra dies, send out Castform) Turn 3: Surf, Revive flier (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 4: X Special, Peck (Flier dies) (Hope Claydol's attack puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 5: Surf Turn 6: Surf [TIME: 1:47] **STRAT 9** (Slot 2: Abra) Turn 1: X Speed, Teleport OR heal Swampert to safe (Abra dies, send out Castform) (Castform tanks EQ) Turn 2: X Special, Revive Abra (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 3: Surf, Revive Castform (Flier dies, send out Abra) (Abra dies, send out Castform) Turn 4: X Special, Powder Snow (Castform dies) (Claydol's EQ always puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 5: Surf Turn 6: Surf [TIME: 1:53, including 4-second swap before fight] **STRAT 10** (Slot 2: Castform) Turn 1: X Speed, Powder Snow OR heal Swampert to Psy (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 2: X Special, Revive Castform (Flier dies, send out Abra) (Abra dies, send out Castform) Turn 3: Surf, Revive flier (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 4: X Special, Peck OR heal Swampert out of Xatu Psychic range (Flier dies) (Hope Xatu/Claydol's attack puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 5: Surf Turn 6: Surf [TIME: 1:51] (averages 30% from attack and 70% from heal) ---------------------- VI. Damage ranges ---------------------- Swampert's Surf ranges on Xatu (Xatu's HP is 116) IV +1 +1&Torrent %2HKO 0 38-45 56-67 12 1-2 38-45 57-68 12 3-4 39-47 58-69 12 5-7 39-47 59-70 13 8-9 40-48 60-71 18 10-14 40-48 61-72 22 15-16 41-49 62-73 32 17-19 42-50 62-74 45 20-21 43-51 63-75 56 22-23 43-51 64-76 62 24-26 43-51 65-77 69 27-31 44-52 66-78 81 +0 41-49 62-73 32 +1-2 42-50 62-74 45 +3-4 43-51 64-76 62 +5-7 43-51 65-77 69 +8-12 44-52 66-78 81 +13-14 45-53 67-79 90 +15-16 45-54 68-80 96 +17-19 45-54 68-81 97 +20-21 46-55 69-82 99 +22-23 47+ 70+ 100 Swampert's Surf ranges on Lunatone (Lunatone's HP is 123) IV +1&Torrent %OHKO 0-2 104-123 12 3-6 107-126 24 7-9 107-127 30 10-11 109-129 36 12-13 110-130 41 14-16 113-133 53 17-20 114-135 59 21-25 117-138 71 26-27 118-139 77 28-29 119-141 82 30-31 122-144 94 +0-2 114-135 59 +3-6 117-138 71 +7-9 118-139 77 +10-11 119-141 82 +12-16 122-144 94 +17-31 123+ 100 Odds of dying because you used 1 X Special on Tate & Liza (assuming no enemy crits or AP boosts and you get Torrent as planned) IV % to die 0-2 99 3-6 97 7 96 8-9 95 10-11 92 12-13 91 14 88 15-16 83 17-19 73 20 67 21 60 22-23 56 24-25 51 26 47 27 38 28-29 34 30-31 24 +0 81 +1-2 73 +3-4 56 +5-6 51 +7 47 +8-9 38 +10-11 34 +12 24 +13-14 15 +15-16 10 +17-19 3 +20-21 1 +22-31 0 ----- Ranges on Castform (max HP at L28 is 77-85) Claydol Defense EQ 39 82-97 40 79-93 41 77-91 42 74-88 43 73-87 44 72-85 45 71-84 (tank EQ with 28 IV HP) 46 69-82 47 68-81 48 67-79 49 66-78 50 63-75 (tank EQ with 0 IV HP) 51 62-73 52 61-72 53 59-70 54 59-70 55 58-69 56 56-67 57 56-66 Sp. Def Psychic 39 79-94 40 77-91 41 76-90 42 74-88 43 72-85 44 71-84 45 69-82 46 68-81 47 67-79 48 64-76 49 63-75 50 62-73 51 62-73 52 61-72 53 59-70 54 58-69 55 56-67 56 56-66 57 56-66 Xatu Sp. Def Damage 39 102-120 40 99-117 41 97-115 42 95-112 43 92-109 44 90-106 45 89-105 46 86-102 47 85-100 48 84-99 49 81-96 50 79-94 51 79-93 52 77-91 53 76-90 54 74-88 55 72-85 56 71-84 57 71-84 ----- Ranges on Swampert Claydol IV EQ AP -0 44-52 8-10 -1-7 43-51 8-10 -8-12 41-49 8-10 -13-17 40-48 8-10 -18-26 39-46 7-9 -27-31 38-45 7-9 0-3 39-46 7-9 4-12 38-45 7-9 13-17 36-43 7-9 18-19 35-42 7-9 20-26 35-42 6-8 27-31 34-40 6-8 +0 35-42 7-9 +1-7 35-42 6-8 +8-17 34-40 6-8 +18-24 33-39 6-8 +25-31 31-37 6-8 IV Psychic -0-2 44-52 -3-7 43-51 -8-14 41-49 -15-18 40-48 -19-28 39-46 -29-31 38-45 0-4 39-46 5-11 38-45 12-18 36-43 19-28 35-42 29-31 34-40 +0-9 35-42 +10-16 34-40 +17-23 33-39 +24-31 31-37 Xatu IV Psychic -0-4 56-66 -5-9 54-64 -10-11 53-63 -12-16 51-61 -17-26 51-60 -27-30 49-58 -31 48-57 0-2 51-60 3-7 49-58 8-11 48-57 12-16 46-55 17-23 45-54 24-30 44-52 31 43-51 +0-4 45-54 +5-11 44-52 +12-18 43-51 +19-23 41-49 +24-30 40-48 +31 39-46 ---------------------- VII. Abra-less strats ---------------------- IF 1 X SPEC (assuming 2 EQs) (Slot 2: Castform) Turn 1: X Special, Powder Snow OR heal Swampert to 2 EQs (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 2: Surf, Max Revive Castform (Flier dies, send out Castform) (Castform tanks AP or Psychic) Turn 3: X Speed, Powder Snow (Castform dies) (Claydol's EQ always puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 4: Surf Turn 5: Surf NOTE: If you have x/20/6+ IV Speed and Castform does not tank the AP or Psychic, skip the X Speed and just Surf. You're hoping Xatu will use Psychic (about 35% chance), which will put you into Torrent. Then you'll outspeed Claydol and kill it (and Xatu) before you get hit by EQ. IF 2 X SPEC (assuming safe) (Slot 2: Castform) Turn 1: X Special, Powder Snow OR heal Swampert to 2 EQs (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 2: X Speed, Max Revive Castform (Flier dies, send out Castform) (Castform tanks AP or Psychic) Turn 3: Surf, Revive flier (Castform dies, send out flier) (Flier blocks EQ) Turn 4: X Special, Fly (Flier dies) (Hope Claydol's attack puts Swampert into Torrent) Turn 5: Surf Turn 6: Surf