THE ROUTE: Petalburg Mart: Buy 3 Repels Teach Cut, then Bullet Seed over Pound Skip Josh Don't teach Quick Attack Get Route 116 X Special Get Route 116 Repel (safety strat) Rustboro Mart: Sell 5 Poke Balls and TM39; buy 3 Potions, 3 Super Potions, 2 Antidotes, 3 Repels and 6 X Attacks Get Silk Scarf (equip for Pokefans and Rival 2) Fight Tentacool guy (Cut+Cut) Teach Pursuit over Leer Do early Brawly with X Special ----- Pokefans: +3 Rival 2: +3 (and usually 2 Super Potions; worth stalling 1 turn for Overgrow) Verdanturf Mart 1: Buy 4 Super Potions, (2 Paralyz Heals), 4 Repels and 6 X Specials Don't do early Hiker Heal to full for Wattson (survive boom turn 1 and sometimes turn 2) Wattson: +5 (3HKO Magneton) Fallarbor Mart: Sell Nugget, TM47 and TM08; buy 2 Escape Ropes, 12 Super Repels, 3 X Attacks and 2 Guard Spec. Get Carbos and PP Up! Verdanturf Mart 2: Sell Carbos and PP Up; buy 0-2 Super Potions and 26 X Specials Fight Roselia girl and get 184 exp. (or 113 for YOLO exp. route) > Can get this from Route 114 encounters, or by grinding for one encounter on Jagged Pass Tabitha: +1 (always Ember if below 70%) Maxie 1: +2 (Guard Spec. slave) Flannery: +5/+6 Overgrow (flex) ----- Herb Shop (early): Buy ~8 Energypowders, ~5 Energy Roots and 4 Heal Powders Take middle path in Petalburg Gym (Wigglytuff), and candy + heal afterward to get L33 for Slaking Norman: +3 Overgrow Candy twice to L36 before Shelly ----- 4 candies to L46 after one of the two grunts before Matt T&L: +1 (lead Swablu, split Claydol exp. with Castform) Mossdeep Mart: Buy 11 Max Repels and 11 Hyper Potions Juan: +1 Overgrow (set up on Luvdisc; WP does 5) Need Overgrow for Ninetales True Double: +1 (skip Guard Spec., go for 83% Mightyena range) Archie: +0 or +1 (skip Guard Spec., go for 61% Mightyena range or enter in Overgrow) Sidney: +1 (both Absol and Shiftry guaranteed) Phoebe: +2 Overgrow or +3 (88% Dusclops range) Glacia: +1 (Hail) Drake: +1 (2HKO Kingdra) Champion: +3 Overgrow (33% Tentacruel range at +2, 73% if you get the extra candy) EARLY BRAWLY (GOOD): - Save 31 seconds in movement - Save ~29 seconds of optional trainers (Tentacool, Roselia and a wild instead of Josh, Timmy, Ralts) - L17 for Carvanha with Absorb (-4) - L18 for Zubat (-1) - L18 for Carvanha with Absorb (-1) - L18/19/19/19 for Pokefans (-16) - L20 for Wingull (+1) - L27 for Shroomish (47-->65%) (-2) - L29 for Flannery's Numel (-2) - L30 for Torkoal (73% at +4) (-12) - $3400 extra (with a 3-second sell); can skip a money item (-12) TOTAL: ~109 seconds EARLY BRAWLY (BAD): - Lose 9 seconds to getting X Special - Lose 64 seconds in fight - Lose 6 seconds to equip Silk Scarf - Add 55% risk to fight (28 seconds) - TOTAL: ~107 seconds