BIGGEST RUN KILLERS - Surge (Cross Chop misses/running out of PP or healing items) - Brock (missing range = EQ death) - Blaine (crits or missed Arcanine range) - Blue (3 crit chances) - Neph (crits/paralysis/Metronome) - Optional YOLO Thunders GYM ORDER (Elekid) - (Goldenrod shop: Sell Magnet; buy 1 X Special, Fire Punch and Thunderbolt) - Vermilion (teach Thunderpunch over Meditate) - Azalea - Ecruteak (teach Light Screen over Cross Chop) - Celadon (sell TM07; buy Ice Punch, 7 X Specials, 4 Hyper Potions and 3 Full Heals; teach Ice Punch over Thunderpunch; take right side) - GYM HEAL - Blackthorn (get Cinnabar + Violet candies beforehand; 2 candies to L30 before 5th trainer) - Cianwood (+1; go for Mankey range to preserve PP) - CENTER - Cerulean (+4) - Pewter (95% or 83% Graveler range) - Violet - GOLDENROD MART DETOUR (~33 X Specials, 3 Speeds, 2 X Accs) - CENTER - Saffron (buy 5 Hyper Potions, 3 Max Repels and 4 Full Restores; +3; Light Screen if necessary; Espeon speed mark) - Cinnabar (optional candy to L46; +3; Light Screen; Rapidash speed mark) - Olivine (+2) - CENTER - Mahogany (+3) - Fuchsia (+6 and +1 Speed) - Viridian (+4 and +1 Speed; Light Screen; teach Thunder over Light Screen) (Reach L59) (Sell all four $5000 TMs; buy 3 Hyper Potions, 3 Full Restores and 5 Rare Candies; 5 candies to L64) - Neph (+1) - FREE HEAL - E4: +1/2, +0, +1, +2, +0 and X Acc) (Teach Dynamicpunch over Ice Punch for Champion) - Goldenrod (+1 and X Acc) (Remove Lucky Egg) - Red: +3 (TB/Thunder flex Snorlax) SPEED MARKS COUNTERS - Starmie: 12/11 X Speed - Fearow: 3/2 (L41) - Dodrio: 8/7 (L41), 4/3 (L42) ??? (Tri Attack does 75) - Espeon: 13/12 X Speed - Charizard: 4/3 - Charizard (late): 8/7 - Persian: 12/11 Heal before fight - Persian (late): 15/14 - Rapidash (late): 15/14 - Magmar: 1/0 - Houndoom: 2/1 - Arcanine: 4/3 - Tauros: 6/5 X Speed - Espeon: 6/5 X Speed - Charizard: 1/0 Basically 12-15 are the same and get everything; 8-11 are OK; 7 is iffy; 0-6 are resets RANGES - Pichu +1 CC - Ledyba TB - Spinarak TB - Metapod +1 TB - Kakuna +1 TB (?) - Scyther +1 TB - L18 Gastly TB - L21 Gastly TB (?) - L20 Exeggcute IP - L24 Dratini IP - L29 Dratini IP - L26 Machoke TB - L24 Mankey IP - L30 Quagsire +4 IP - L32 Sandslash - L36 Graveler - L46 Espeon +2 TB - L46 Mr. Mime +2 TB - L65 Muk +5 TB - L68 Arcanine +4 TB - L55 Snorlax +2 TB+TB - L57 Nidoqueen +1 IP - L57 Raichu +1 IP+IP - L56 Porygon +1 TB - L62 Snorlax +1 Thunder+TB - L61 Heracross +1 Thunder - L65 Tyranitar DP - L73 Clefable +1 Thunder - L75 Miltank +1 Thunder - L75 Snorlax +3 TB+TB - L75 Snorlax +3 TB+Thunder - L77 Venusaur +3 FP ----- *Charizard* (Flamethrower/Earthquake/Crunch/Outrage) PROS - Best early game (?) - Good Sp. Atk - Good Speed - Outrage - Fire Blast (?) - Bite flinches - Fast Champion fight CONS - Bad defenses - Really struggles with bulky waters *Blastoise* (Surf/Ice Beam/Bite/Earthquake) PROS - Good coverage CONS - Average Sp. Atk - Bad Speed - Really struggles with bulky waters (offensively) *Typhlosion* PROS - Good Sp. Atk - Good Speed - Good coverage - Fire Blast (?) - Free Champion fight CONS - Long cry - Average defenses - Struggles with Rock/Grounds and Quagsire - Really struggles with dragons *Elekid* PROS - Good Sp. Atk - Good Speed - Amazing coverage - STAB Electric CONS - Medium Fast exp. curve - Long cry - Bad defenses - Slower resets NOTES (Charizard) - Get Lucky Egg GYM ORDER NOTES (Charizard) - Violet: any time (earlier is better for pokes) - Azalea: any time (earlier is better for pokes) - Goldenrod: any time (earlier avoids Blissey) - Ecruteak: 10th or earlier (avoid Ho-Oh) - Olivine: very late (8th or earlier avoids Wartortle; 9th avoids Blastoise) - Cianwood: any time (7th or earlier if no Wing Attack) - Mahogany: very late - Blackthorn: 8th or earlier (5th or earlier avoids Outrage YOLO/Bitter Berry) - Pewter: 7th or earlier (EQ TM) - Cerulean: 7th or earlier (8+ is possible but risky) - Vermilion: 9th or earlier (for pokes and Speed) - Celadon: any time (late is free but slow) - Saffron: 10th or earlier, or 16th - Fuchsia: very late - Cinnabar: 9th or earlier (avoid Moltres) - Viridian: ??? (Exeggutor has Psychic) OLD: - Violet (buy Hyper Potions, Max Repels and Full Restores; get candy after) - CENTER - Saffron (candy to 44) - Mahogany (candy to L46 if didn't candy for Sabrina) - Olivine - Goldenrod (buy 27 X Specials and 3 X Speeds) - CENTER - Fuchsia (Viridian first with bad HP/Defense) - Viridian (Reach L58, candy 4x to L62) - E4 (buy Full Restores and Rare Candies) - Cinnabar WITH LIGHT SCREEN: - Pewter - Violet/Saffron - Saffron/Violet - Goldenrod (candy to 46 before) - Olivine - Mahogany - Viridian - Fuchsia (Reach L58, candy 5x to L63) - E4 - Cinnabar Teach Light Screen? Makes Sabrina free, allows early Blaine, and saves ~19 seconds and 2 healing items on Blue > Downside: Champion fight is ~26s worse + can't keep Thunderpunch for as long Teach Dynamicpunch for Champion? > Allows keeping Light Screen, but must give up one of Thunder/Fire Punch/Ice Punch > Thunder: OHKO Persian > Fire Punch: OHKO Scizor > Ice Punch: Improve Bellossom 2HKO range