- For early-game experience you have 3 main options - Option 1: (16 Attack at 8) - Skip Water Gun, fight 2-3 Zubats - Get level 21 after 2nd Lass, candy before Mankey - Fight top Hiker, splitting experience is fine - Option 2: (15 Attack at 8) - Get Water Gun, fight Hiker in Mt. Moon - If level 4 Nido, kill level 9/10 Geodude or 12 Paras - If level 3 Nido, kill any Geodude+Zubat - Get level 20 after Rival, candy to 22 - Fight bottom Hiker - Option 3: (14 Attack at 8) - Get Water Gun, fight Hiker in Mt. Moon - Get level 21 after 3rd trainer, candy before Lass - Fight bottom Hiker - You need to have either no PokeBalls or Potions left - If you need more than 1 Carbos you need to toss both - Sell 3+ Pokeballs in Vermilion if your Speed is bad - You do not need the Ether before Bill - If you can skip Water Gun, get Elixer behind top Hiker - Otherwise, fight bottom hiker and get Elixer in Silph (5F) - Get 4 total Elixers and 2 PP Ups - The second PP Up is in Rocket Hideout, also a Rare Candy - Heal when you enter Celadon - Go to department store, take elevator to 5F - Buy 11 X Accuracy, 4 X Special, 5-6 X Speed - Buy Drinks, get TMs - 2F, buy Horn Drill and 10 Super Repels - Fly menu: - Swap repels, teach Fly, teach Horn Drill - Swap X Accs, teach Ice Beam - If no Thrash PP, swap X Speeds, teach Rock Slide - Fly to Celadon, bike to Game Corner - Poster guy: Thrash - Get hidden PP up in tree in first room - Lift Key guy: Thrash - Grunts: Ice Beam all - Giovanni: Ice Beam Onix, X Acc on Rhyhorn, IB, Drill - Use Repel, swap X Speeds, teach Rock Slide over Thrash - Dig out, Fly to Lavender - Tower Rival: TB, TB, TB/RS, RS, IB - Growlithe is a very favorable range with 13 special at 8 - Rock Slide Gastlys - Ice Beam on Marowak ghost - Rocket 1: TB/IB all - Rocket 2: X Acc + Horn Drill - Rocket 3: TB/IB all - Get Poke Flute, fly to Celadon - Repel before Snorlax, swap X Specials, Poke Flute - Get hidden Rare Candy and PP Up - Use 2 PP Ups Safari repel menu - Do Safari Zone stuff, dig out, fly to Celadon, go to Silph - 10F, X Acc + Drill Machoke - Teach Surf and EQ, get Carbos if you need it - EQ the Arbok - Get Elixer on 5F if you didn't get the one before Bill - Silph Rival + Giovanni: - Strat 1: (tested on 14DV attack) - Rival: X Acc + X Speed, Drill, Drill, EQ, EQ, Drill - Giovanni: X Acc, EQ, Drill, IB, EQ - Strat 2: (should work unless really bad special) - Rival: Acc+Speed+Spec, Drill, TB, EQ, EQ, Drill - Giovanni: X Acc, EQ, Drill, IB, Drill - Strat 3: (absolute shit special) - Rival: X Acc + X Speed, TBx2, Drill, EQ, EQ, Drill - Giovanni: X Acc, EQ, Drill, IB, Drill - Dig out, fly to Fuchsia - Get level 41 after first gym trainer - Elixer and use candies to level 44 - Hypno becomes a damage range at 43+, favorable on good attack - X Acc Koga, boom as normal - Get Strength, fly to Pallet, repel, candy to 45 - Surf to Mansion, get 2 candies for level 47 - Dig out, go to Erika - Erika: With level 47 you can almost always IB all - Blaine: You get level 48 for Arcanine, so EQ all - Sabrina: EQ all (your Carbos strats can change) - Elixer after Sabrina always - Black Belt: EQ all, you're level 49, easy range at worst - Giovanni: IB, IB, EQ, EQ, IBx2 - Viridian Rival: - X Acc, X Speed, X Special on Pidgeot - TB, IB, TB, EQ, EQ, Drill - Go straight to Victory Road, don't need Max Ether - Deposit all but Nido and Flyer, go straight to E4 - Lorelei: Switch to flyer on turn 1, then X Acc + Drill all - Use Elixer before Bruno - Bruno: X Acc, IB, Drill, Drill, IB, Drill - Heal before Agatha unless you're a madman - Elixer here if you're healing, otherwise before Lance - Agatha: X Acc + X Speed, EQ, Drill, EQ, EQ, EQ - Heal before Lance if you can't tank a Hydro Pump - Elixer if you didn't before Agatha - Lance: X Special, TB, X Speed, IB the rest - You shouldn't need to heal before Champion - Champion: - X Acc + X Speed on Pidgeot, Full Restore if Sky Attack - Drill everything - Timer stops on "THE END" since JP timing is Kappa