No manip, yay! REROUTE IDEAS: - Mega Kick for Champion? - Max Revive? (would have to deposit items) - Sacrifice slaves on Silph/Viridian Rival instead of heal looping/dying? - Power Plant candy: > Continue taking Rock Tunnel center > Do Rocket Hideout after Lavender Tower > Fly to Celadon to fight Erika > Fly to Celadon for Silph Co. > After Sabrina, you'll Dig out to the Rock Tunnel center > Super Repel at the water, not the bike menu > Get the candy (and if need Carbos, use warden candy to make space for it), then Dig out and Fly to Pallet SPEED MARKS - 1 DV (?) outspeeds Giovanni 1 Persian - 8 DV ties L60 Gengar with no badge boosts - 9-10 DV ties Raichu at L28 - 10 DV ties Venomoth - 11 DV outspeeds Aerodactyl with 1 badge boost - 11 DV outspeeds Champion Alakazam with no badge boosts - 13 DV outspeeds Dugtrio and ties Persian FIRST EXP. ROUTE - Skip Slowpoke trainer, but get some Zubat exp. - Candy from L24-->26 after Pidgey x3 girl - Fight Butterfree optional - Candy from L28-->29 for Surge - Fight Beedrill optional - Do early Safari at L35 (only ~4.5s lost to Nidorans) - Candy from 36-->40 before Silph Rival - Get L44 for Venomoth (outspeed) - Do early Sabrina to get L45 - Fight 2 swimmers to get L46 - Candy once to avoid Raticates - Mansion candy twice to L49 - This gives L50 for Giovanni, L55 for Onix (with candy before Bruno) and L58 for Sandslash GENERAL NOTES: - Pikachu Level 5 stats: > HP: 19 (5-14 DV) or 20 (15 DV) > ATK: 11 (5-14 DV) or 12 (15 DV) > DEF: 9 (10-15 DV) > SPE: 14 (0-9 DV) or 15 (10-15 DV) > SPC: 11 (10-15 DV) > About 1 in 36 to meet all requirements (1 in 14 if you ignore Speed) - Pikachu Speed checks: > L9: 24 is 14-15 DV > L11: 28 is 12-15 DV > (HP L6: 22 is 14-15) - Other checks: > ATK L6: 13 is 11-15 DV > DEF L6: 11 is 11-15 DV - Obvious optionals: > Forest trainers to get L11 > Route 3 Lass (Pidgey x2) > Wild Zubats (if not manipping) (492 exp.) > Cerulean Gym Swimmer > Route 25 Youngster (Slowpoke) > Body Slam trainer > Route 6 Bug Catcher (Butterfree; 685 exp.; 24 seconds) > S.S. Anne Gentleman > S.S. Anne Fisherman (Goldeen/Tentacool/Goldeen; 1188 exp.; 44 seconds) > Route 9 Bug Catcher (Beedrill/Beedrill; 1292 exp.; 42 seconds) > Silph Rocket (Machoke) - Other optionals to consider: > Route 6 Jr. Trainer (Weepinbell; 517 exp.) > S.S. Anne Fisherman (Shellder) > S.S. Anne Fisherman (Horsea/Shellder/Tentacool; 1035 exp.; 64 seconds) > S.S. Anne Gentleman (Growlithe x2; 702 exp.) > Celadon Gym (IN PLACE OF BEAUTY: Weepinbell/Gloom/Ivysaur) > Route 18 Bird Keeper (Dodrio; 1150 exp.; 30 seconds) > Saffron Gym (Slowpoke/Slowpoke/Slowbro; 2557 exp.) > Route 19 (Seaking/Goldeen/Seaking/Seaking; 3726 exp.; 51 seconds) > Route 19 (Seadra/Tentacruel; 2544 exp.; 44 seconds) > Route 19 (Shellder/Cloyster; 1991 exp.) > Route 19 (Seaking/Goldeen; 1985 exp.) > Route 19 (Starmie; 1641 exp.; 35 seconds) > Route 19 (Poliwhirl/Tentacool/Seadra; 2679 exp.) > Route 19 (Staryu/Wartortle; 1759 exp.) Get these candies: > Moon > Cerulean > Gentleman > Rocket Hideout > Lavender Tower > Cycling Road > Warden > Silph Co. (late) > Mansion > Mansion > Victory Road - On hard fights with heavy setup, just lead Double Team to get badge boosts and make setup easier ----- - Grind to Level 7 on Route 1 (a little more helps too) - Take Viridian Center - Viridian Mart: Buy 2 Poke Balls and 9 Potions - Get fast Forest Potion - Fight all forest optionals + wild exp (total 226) to get L11 for Brock - Take Pewter Center - Brock: > Geodude: 2 Growls, 4 Tail Whips, 5+ QAs > Onix: 5 Tail Whips, 8+ QAs; Growl during Bide - Pewter Mart: Sell TM34; buy 8 Potions and 2 Antidotes - Take Mt. Moon center unless you have 10+ Thundershocks - Get Mega Punch - Kill Zubats up to 480 exp. (total 706) - Take Cerulean Center before AND after Misty - Do early Misty with Double Team > If you lose, try again, but skip Butterfree trainer (assuming you have full Moon exp.) - If L20 for Rival 2 Sandshrew, use Double Team on it - Get Route 25 Ether if you have 0-1 Mega Punches left - After Bill's house, Ether Mega Punch and go straight to Dig house - Candy twice to L26 after Route 6 Jr. Trainer-F (Pidgey x3) - Go back to fight Butterfree optional - Vermilion Mart: Sell Potions, Poke Balls, TM11 and Nugget; buy 8 Super Potions and 3 Repels - Celadon Mart: > 5F: Sell Nugget; buy 3 X Accs, 18 X Attacks and 16 X Specials > 6F: Buy 1 Fresh Water > 4F: Buy 2 Poke Dolls > 2F: Buy 1 TM33 > 1F: Buy 9 Super Repels ------ - Erika (early): X Attack x4 - Bike to Snorlax after Erika (0.6s faster than Flying) - Fuchsia Mart: Sell Super Potions, Antidotes and Paralyz Heals; buy 6-7 Hyper Potions - Get Silph Carbos - After Silph Arbok, swap candies with Hyper Potions, and use the 4 candies to reach L40 - Silph Rival: ST+ST+ST, Double Team X Attack x2, TB, X Attack, ST+ST+ST, BS+ST, BS+BS - Giovanni 1: Double Team + X Attack x3 - ELIXER #1 before Koga's gym - Koga: (Double Team), X Special x2-3 (usually tie/outspeed Venomoth at L44) - Get warden candy (use Silph Carbos + toss/use last Hyper Potions after teaching HMs to make room) - Get Mimic TM - Sabrina: X Attack x3 + Double Team - Fly to Pallet and take Mom heal - Fight 2 optionals to get L46, then candy to L47 - Get 2 candies and use them to reach L49 - Cinnabar Mart: Sell TM46; buy 14 Hyper Potions - Blaine: Double Team, X Special x2, 2HKO all - After Blackbelt: > Swap slot 5 item with Hyper Potions > Teach Mimic over Double Team > Teach Reflect over TB > Get Revive on the way out - Giovanni 2: Mimic, X Acc, Fissure x5 (dead to EQ, must switch if Dig) ----- - Teach TB over Reflect - Viridian Rival: ST+ST+ST, X Attack, BS+BS, TB, BS+(X Attack)+BS, BS, BS+BS - Skip E4 center - E4 Mart: Buy 4 Full Restores and 5 Revives - Lorelei: +3, 2HKO Jynx - Candy to L55 before Bruno - Bruno: ST+ST, X Special, Mimic Ice Punch, TB x2, IP, TB+TB - ELIXER #2 before Agatha - Agatha: ST+ST+ST, X Special x3, TB, TB+ST, TB, TB+TB > If paralyzed, switch out - Lance: TB, BS+BS+BS, X Special x2, Mimic IB, TB, IB - Champion: Seismic Toss x3 + Revives, X Special, BS+BS, Mimic Hypnosis, X Acc, X Attack x2, BS+BS+BS, BS+BS(+BS), TB, BS+BS USES FOR THUNDER: - X Accs are faster than X Specials - Koga: Crit kills Venonats, maybe save a turn on Venomoth - Blaine: Crit damage - Lorelei: Crit damage - Bruno: Might need to X Acc anyway + maybe should OHKO Machamp (+2) for safety - Agatha: Crit damage - Lance: BAD (need to kill Gyara ASAP)