Route 3 Lass + PP Up IT-Less Race Route (randall's notes of pinkish's version of this route, huge thanks to stocchi for revising and adding safer strats for races) HUGE shoutouts to pinkish, wsop, and the others that whipped these routes up, they have done some serious work. I only wrote this up to serve as my personal notes, please copy and paste these into your own notes if you'd like more or less detail or anything else. Pinkish's notes (assumes basic knowledge of the standard route, which I do not have lol): https://pastebin.com/cMtPMhJA Pinkish_Princess also made a list of manips, I will try to reference manips as they come and go in the route but you definitely should take a look: https://pastebin.com/RRQ7dmWZ HP strats: https://pastebin.com/HgyuMvyr TO DO: finish these notes, check ball/potion shopping Intro/Nido - Open this pastebin and don't close it: https://pastebin.com/HgyuMvyr - If you want to know how much damage stuff deals (and you should), open this: https://pastebin.com/Bgq1d0H5 - Clear save data, set options (Fast, Off, Shift) - Name self, rival, and Squirtle one character - Grab PC potion - Rival 1: Tail Whip, Tackle spam * If you do not use the potion in this fight, remember that potions will be in slot 1! (Or swap it with poke balls later) * If Growl turn 1, do a second Tail Whip - Kill one encounter on Route 1, yolo the tiles on the way down if no exp yet * level 2-3 rat or level 2 pidgey, level 3 pidgey is worse on bad or unknown attack - Buy 4 poke balls - Do Nido manip Brock - If you get an extended path, catch pidgey then grab the bug catcher potion - Grab the Antidote - Bug Catcher: Tail Whip x2, Tackle spam * Heal if under 7 HP, do not heal poison during the fight * Check stats if you haven't seen Squirtle's stats yet (13 is bad special, you should check defense as well) - If poisoned, swap nido and squirtle, (potion if < 16 HP,) antidote - If bad special and no pidgey yet, swap nido to the front, (potion if < 16 HP, antidote if poisoned,) do pidgey manip (if you see the npc igt, do not resave and continue on): https://youtu.be/WLigwIbp2ps - SHOPPING: buy 8 potions - Swap nido to front (potion if < 16 HP) before Brock if haven't done it yet - SAVE if bad special AND no pidgey - Brock [heal if ever in crit range - see below]: * Geodude - Swap to Squirtle, then Bubble x2-3 * Onix - Swap to Nido when prompted - Swap to Squirtle turn 1 * IF ONIX USES BIDE: Tail Whip x2 * If bide will kill Squirtle, swap to Pidgey and let it die (or hope second bubble crits and reset if it doesn't) - Bubble x2-3 - Damage rolls for Brock based off your defense (crit in parentheses) Geodude 15 Def: 7 - 9 (12 - 15) 16 Def: 6 - 8 (11 - 14) 17 Def: 6 - 8 (11 - 13) Onix | - 2 Def | - 4 Def 16 Def: 6 - 8 (11 - 13) | 11 - 14 (11 - 13) | 17 - 21 (11 - 13) 17 Def: 5 - 7 (10 - 12) | 11 - 14 (10 - 12) | 17 - 21 (10 - 12) 18 Def: 5 - 7 (10 - 12) | 10 - 12 (10 - 12) | 17 - 21 (10 - 12) 19 Def: 5 - 7 (10 - 12) | 10 - 12 (10 - 12) | 15 - 18 (10 - 12) - Set OPTIONS to Set Route 3 - Bug Catcher 1: * Caterpie: Leer + HA x2 + (Tackle) * Weedle: Leer + HA x2 - Leer + HA + Tackle if you got stringshot hit OR tackle will always kill * Caterpie: HA x2 + Tackle - Menu: Use a potion if HP < 25 - Shorts Guy: * Rat: [Heal if HP < 16] - Leer + HA x2 * Ekans [Heal if HP < 6] - Leer + HA x2 *Potion if you were bind and HP < 12 (20 if rat used tailwhip) - Bug Catcher 2: [Heal on caterpie if HP < 7] * Weedle: HA + HA(/Tackle) * Kakuna: HA x3-4 * Caterpie: HA x2 * Metapod: HA x2 + Tackle - Heal if HP < 21 - FIGHT THE LASS ABOVE BUG CATCHER 2: * HA x4 (Heal as needed; might be able to Tackle Rat?) - Rat max roll crit is 13, Nido max roll crit is 15 - Bug Catcher 3: * Caterpie: PS, HA/Tackle (PS again if you crit, high roll, or get stringshot hit) * Metapod: HA, PS, HA, PS - Kill an encounter (that isn't level 3 puff) with HA, catch a bird if you don't have one yet (aggressively damaging it if you haven't killed an encounter yet) - NOTE: Route 3 Moon manip does not work on this route because it is not designed to work after fighting the lass Mt. Moon - Do entr moon manip: https://pastebin.com/jnj9j47S - Grab TM12, Rare Candy, Escape Rope, TM01, Moon Stone - If manip breaks and you have Poke Balls left, do Poy or Post Nerd Paras manips - MENU before Moon Rocket (the below slot numbers assume Poke Balls are tossed): * Toss remaining Poke Balls (unless you need to do post nerd) * Toss Antidote if you still have it * Use Rare Candy (slot 4) * Use Moon Stone (slot 6) * Teach TM01 (MP) in slot 1 over Leer (slot 5) - Moon Rocket: * Rattata: MP * Zubat: MP (+PS/Tackle/HA) - Do not PS if range miss into Leech Life - Nerd: * Grimer: MP + Tackle - Finish with HA if you have 2 spares * Voltorb: MP (+PS) * Koffing: MP + HA/MP - Finish with HA if you have a spare Nugget Bridge - Grab hidden great ball if out of poke balls and no paras/spearow: https://gunnermaniac.com/pokeworld?map=1#170/47 - Take the center - Grab the hidden Rare Candy - Rival: * Pidgeotto: HA x3 (MP if first two HAs low roll) - Swap and sacrifice Squirtle after 2 sand attacks * Abra: HA * Rat: MP * Bulbasaur: MP + HA - NB1: * Caterpie: MP - HA Caterpie if 2 string shots * Weedle: MP - HA Weedle if 1 string shot - NB2: * Pidgey: MP (+PS) * NidoranF: HA x2 - NB3: * Rat: MP * Ekans: MP * Zubat: HA - NB4: * Pidgey: MP (+PS) * NidoranF: HA x2 - Heal if HP < 15 - NB5: * Mankey: HA + HA/PS - MP(+PS) at high HP (>26) - MENU before Bridge Rocket: * (Toss Poke Balls if you still have any) * Teach TM12 in slot 4 over PS (slot 3) * Use Rare Candy (slot 5) - Bridge Rocket: * Ekans: MP (HA if punch miss and leer hit) * Zubat: HA Route 25: - Bottom Hiker: WG - Lass 1: * NidoranM: MP - Can HA after 1 badge boost * NidoranF: HA x2 - Can MP with 2 badge boosts - Hiker: * Geodude: WG - Teach Thrash in slot 2 over Tackle * Geodude: WG * Machop: MP - At 17-24 HP it is better to HA (+WG) * Geodude: WG - Lass 2: Thrash - Skip the hidden Ether - MENU after saving Bill: * Potion to 60+ (48 bare minimum) if possible - Can heal later if in red bar, Thrash is still a range on the Machop and the Drowzee unfortunately * Use Escape Rope (slot 3) Cerulean City - Take the center if 1- MPs or couldn't Potion to 48+ HP - Enter the house and fight Dig Rocket: Thrash - Jr F: Thrash - SAVE for Misty - Misty: Thrash (switch and sacrifice bird if confused) Vermillion City - Potion if low HP, teach TM11 in slot 4 over WG if doing so * If you have red bar (7-18 HP?), you can fight a Jr Trainer before doing this menu * If you do teach BB, use that instead of HA on boat Rival - Do Oddish manip if you grabbed great ball: https://gunnermaniac.com/pokeworld?map=1#247/158/DDDLLADDDDDDDADDDDDDL - Jr F: Thrash - Jr M: Thrash - Heal if HP < 20? (teach TM11 if haven't done so yet) - Rival: * Pidgeotto: BB x2, HA x2 if no BB - Swap if sand attacked * Rat: MP (can BB x2 or HA+PS if high HP) * Kadabra: Thrash - Fight Gentleman if 2-7 HP (use Thrash), then grab the Rare Candy * Even without IT, Gentleman can be good. It guarantees multiple ranges (Voltorb, Venonat, Oddish/Bulbasaur), and makes it less likely for a Pika QA to kill you on Surge. - Shopping: Buy 3 Repels and 5 Para Heals - (Trade for Dux if needed) - MENU at cut bush (item slots assume you have not taught BB yet, subtract 1 from all except TM28 if you did): * (Potion if exactly 1 HP) * Swap slot 1 with Repels (repels are slot 9, 10 if gentleman) * (Use Rare Candy if you fought gentleman, candy is 1 up) * Teach HM01 to Paras (or other cutter) (slot 8) * (Teach TM11 to Nido in slot 4 if haven't done yet) * Teach TM28 to Paras (or Squirtle) * Use Cut - Do cans manip - Surge: * Voltorb: - If you have less than 21 (or 25 if you can afford playing around Sonicboom + QA) HP Thrash - Otherwise BB + HA (BB x2 is a range if you minroll turn 1) * Pikachu: - Thrash * Raichu: - Hitself damage rolls if you are confused: * neutral 14 w/Growl 9 w/Screech 28 w/Growl & Screech 21 - Swap to bird if hitself + gain 3 back (levelup) puts you at 6 or under (absorb crit is 5-6, 7 being 1/39) - Get the Bike Voucher then immediately Dig Cerulean City - Grab the Bike - MENU: * Swap slot 3 with Bike (slot 9) * Teach TM24 in slot 3 over HA (1 up) * Use Bike Route 9 - Check this paste for how to set up red bar: https://pastebin.com/HgyuMvyr * The below notes are "Normal strats," if the paste tells you to do something differently, do that if you want to set up red bar * Keep in mind that at outrageously high HPs (for example, being forced to center after Misty), it might not be worth it to get red bar in races - 4 turn thrash girl: MP, Thrash - Bug Catcher: BB, Thrash Rock Tunnel - Use Repel one step in - Maniac 1: BB, TB * WARNING: If bird is alive, you should not stall on Cubone, because if you get crit and Nido dies, Cubone cannot kill Pidgey. (In which case reset all the way back to 4 turn thrash girl or cans or whatever your last save is) - Maniac 2: TB - SAVE for oddish girl if HP < 18 - Oddish Girl: Thrash (TB + Thrash is good at 18-22 HP, saving and thrashing is better at lower HPs) - Use two repels before the hiker - Hiker: BB x3 - Jr F: Thrash - Grab the Max Ether in the tree Route 8 - Gambler: BB, Thrash * Potion turn 1 if 1-8 HP Underground - Grab the hidden Elixer - Grab the hidden Nugget Celadon City - Race HP thresholds for early Drill (made by pinkish) * 1-7 Early Drill, Potion turn 1 then X Acc if you don't take damage * 8 X Acc on Growlithe * 9-15 Don't early drill * 16 X Acc on Growlithe * 17+ Early Drill, X Acc on Pidgeotto - Early Drill is really good in races because it is a faster rival fight and saves a menu, you rarely need a 4th super potion (unless you go for Silph bar, it's entirely your problem if you go for it) - Shopping: * Floor 2: - Sell TM34 - Sell both Nuggets - Buy TM07 - Buy 10 Super Repels - Buy 4 Super Potions (3 if early Drill) - Buy 2 Revives * Floor 4: - Buy 1 Poke Doll * Rooftop: - Buy a Soda Pop and trade it to the girl - Buy a Fresh Water * Floor 5: - Buy 12 X Accs (13 if early Drill) - Buy 6 X Specs (5 if early Drill) - Buy 3 X Speeds - NOTE: You have extra X items that you can use for stalling and/or reviving. The route uses 3 X Speeds and 3 X Specs, and 10 X Accs (12 with early Drill). All stall strats assume you have enough X items, you will have to do alternate methods to stall if you do not have enough. Once you get the flute that is always a stalling option, just know there is almost always a faster alternative. - Take the elevator down then get HM02 - MENU after getting fly: * Swap slot 2 with TM07 (slot 9) * Use Super Repel * Teach TM48 in slot 1 over MP (teach in slot 2 over Thrash if Early Drill) * (Teach TM07 in slot 1 over MP if Early Drill) * Swap slot 3 with X Accs (swap slot 2 instead if Early Drill) (slot 17/18) * Teach HM02 to bird * Fly to Lavender Town Lavender Town - Walk to Lavender Tower - Rival: TB, TB, BB, Thrash * For early Drill X Acc where appropriate, then spam HD - SAVE if all HM pokes are fainted and you will die to Night Shade (23) - Channeler 1: RS x2 (if you die revive and sacrifice bird, squirtle if no bird) - Grab both Elixers - Take heal pad - Channeler 2: RS - Channeler 3: RS - Grab the Rare Candy - Teach TM07 in slot 1 over RS if not early Drill - MENU during the ghost encounter: * Swap slot 3 with Super Repels (down 6) * Use Poke Doll (down 3) - Rocket 1: TB x3 - Rocket 2: X Acc, HD x2 - Rocket 3: TB, Thrash (TB spam if early Drill; Raticate is a good range with Thrash, bad range with TB) - Grab Flute then Fly to Celadon Silph - Take the center - Bike east and hand over the drink - Enter Silph, take the stairs to Floor 5 - Grab the hidden Elixer - Arbok Rocket: Thrash or X Acc, HD - Grab the Key Card - DON'T GO FOR SILPH BAR (the paste has details, but seriously, it's not linked in this section because you really should not go for it in a race) - Rival: * Pidgeotto: - X Acc - Swap slot 8 (S.S. Ticket) for X Specs, X Speed * If you miss swapping X Specs, just scroll to X Speed and use it, on the Fuschia menu swap slot 7 for X Specs instead of swapping X Speeds - HD spam * RS Growlithe if early Drill - Max Ether HD before the fight if HP < 78 - Rocket: * Cubone: - X Acc - If Cubone hit you turn 1 and you need to Max Ether HD, do so now - BB * Drowzee: - (Max Ether HD if haven't done so yet) - HD * Marowak: HD (can BB x2 to stall if about 100+ HP and insanely desperate) - Giovanni: X Acc, HD x2, BB, HD - Go to Floor 10 and grab TM26 and Rare Candy then Dig out Celadon City - Bike to Snorlax - MENU: * Use Super Repel * Swap slot 4 for Rare Candies * Use Poke Flute - Grab the hidden Rare Candy - Grab the hidden PP Up (7th flower under the biker looking left: https://gunnermaniac.com/pokeworld?map=1#127/206) Fuschia City - MENU: * Use Super Repel * Swap slot 8 (whatever the item under X Specials is) for X Speeds (down 5) * Teach TM26 in slot 2 over Thrash/RS (down 5) * Use Bike - Cut the bushes - Use Bike inside Safari - Super Repel again in Area 2, grab Full Restore if you ran out of Potions, grab Revive if you already used one (can skip this but that makes dying to Juggler 2 much worse) - Get Gold Teeth and Surf, then dig out and fly back to Fuschia - Juggler 1: EQ x4 - Juggler 2: * Drowzee: EQ * Hypno: EQ + TB (lead TB if you want to take more damage, not recommended) - If you still have Drills left (not drilling Marowak is the likely cause, but there are other possible reasons) and you have really high HP, you can X Acc, EQ, HD instead - Koga: EQ x3, Elixer (X Spec to stall if Koga X Attacks) (elixer is in slot 6, x spec 1 under) - MENU after exiting the gym: * Use all Rare Candies on Nidoking (slot 4) * Bike east to get HM04 - NOTE: if you did not die to self destruct, this paste has notes on how to maintain redbar: https://pastebin.com/HgyuMvyr Pallet Town - MENU at the bottom left of the water: * Use Super Repel * Swap slot 4 for PP Up * Teach HM03 to Squirtle * Use Surf - Grab TM14 - MENU immediately after picking up TM14: * Teach HM04 to Squirtle in slot 1 over Tackle (1 down) * Teach TM14 to Nidoking in slot 4 over BB (1 down) * Use Super Repel (slot 3) * Use PP Up on Horn Drill (1 down) - Grab the Rare Candy, then Secret Key and Dig out Celadon City - Bike to the gym - Beauty: Bliz - Erika: EQ, Bliz, EQ - Fly back to Cinnabar Cinnabar Island - ABBBAB - Blaine: X Acc, EQ/HD, HD x3 * Drill Growlithe if Blaine uses Super Potion turn 1, otherwise EQ - Dig out, bike to Sabrina's gym Saffron City - Top left, bottom left, bottom left - Sabrina: EQ x4 - Dig out on top of a warp tile for a quicker animation - Fly to Viridian City Viridian City - Bike to the gym - Cooltrainer: EQ - SAVE for Blackbelt (just go in if HP > 29) - Blackbelt: X Acc, HD, Bliz, HD - Exit the gym, Elixer (slot 4) immediately once you reenter - Giovanni: EQ x4, Bliz (+Bliz) * Keep 2 Blizzards for the next fight - MENU after exiting the gym: * Super Repel * Bike west to the rival fight - Rival: X Acc, X Speed (slot 5), Bliz (+Bliz/TB), Bliz, TB, EQ, EQ, HD - Go through Victory Road (yolo the 2 tiles of grass after the water if you somehow have only 2 Super Repels) Elite Four - Don't deposit extra pokes unless no pokes/Revives to revive with (bird will die on Lorelei assuming no yolo, so that does not count) - Lorelei: swap to bird (dies turn 1), send in Nidoking, X Acc, HD x5 - Elixer before Bruno - Bruno: X Acc, Bliz, HD x2, Bliz, HD - Super Potion (+Potion) to 69+ HP and use Rare Candy - Agatha: * Gengar: X Spec, EQ (If you get put to sleep use the pokeflute, and if you get confused risk it since you would need to X Spec again if you swapped) * Golbat: Bliz (If you miss Bliz, and Golbat uses Haze, TBx2 Golbat and use X Speed on the next poke) * EQ all remaining Pokes - MENU one step away from Lance trigger (trigger the fight from the left of Lance, not from below him): * Elixer * Heal to 127+ HP (or just use this chart) * SAVE - Healing Chart 1 - 7: Full Restore 8 - 26: Super Potion x2 + Potion 27 - 48: Super Potion x2 49 - 56: Super Potion + Potion x2 57 - 76: Super Potion + Potion 77 - 98: Super Potion 99 - 106: Potion x2 107 - 129: Potion - Lance: * Gyarados: X Spec, TB - If Hydro Pump misses and you need red bar, 127-132: X Speed here, skip using an X item on Dragonair 133+: X Acc if you have 2 spares (1 if reviving on champ is not an option), EQ otherwise * Dragonair: Bliz * Dragonair: X Speed (X Spec if you ran out), Bliz * Aerodactyl: TB * Dragonite: Bliz - Heal if needed, consider saving for Champ (saving should not be necessary, especially with PP Up) * If out of X items and/or reviving is not an option, heal out of Sky Attack (74-86, 87 is 1/39) or SAVE - Champ: X Spec, X Acc, HD x6 * If Pidgeot charges Sky Attack turn 1 or if reviving isn't an option, go Bliz, EQ, X Acc, HD x4 instead * If you die to Rhydon (1/4 to use Fury Attack), revive, X Acc, then Drill away (Spec only needed to outspeed Alakazam)