Retaliate = 0.5s faster than using Take Down Allows 1 shot on whirlipede at +3 or 2 shot leavanny at +1 Eliminates recoil and miss chance on Bianca 3 and Cheren 4 fights Makes cheren's liepard guaranteed rather than 87% range Allows for safer 2 turn Nimbasa grunt strat Allows for saving more returns in midgame to save text later (0.3s per SE textbox saved, saves 10 returns if used well) Candy before sandiles gives: - Eliminates 75% ranges on sandiles on castelia grunt - 24 for whirlipede so can crunch x2 at +1 or +3 crunch can ohko dwebble - 28 for scraggy anmd extra friendship on N2 which means +1 return always kills instead of being a 50% range - 31 for zebstrika (assuming kill both emolgas first) - not 32 for cheren so need to x attack on that fight (same turns just 2s slower and can't para heal in fight plus money loss + buying x attack timesloss (~2s) - not 42 for swoobat in skylas gym so no longer speed tie and can get flinched by air slash/attracted Timings: Uses: -1.5s Liepard Range: -0.2s Burgh Turn: -5+ s N turn: -6s No 2nd Retaliate level up: -6s PP SE text saves later: -1.5s Better castelia grunts: ~ -2s Better Nimbasa grunt: ~ -3s Teach: +11.3sTeach: +11.3s Herdier for Cheren: +8s No speedtie on Swoobat: +3s Total: ~ -24s, +22s total: -2s and more consistent + safer burgh, ignores high chance of saving a heal menu on route 4 (-6-10s) and possibly multiple heals on burgh + chances to miss take down on route 4 rivals CASTELIA CITY - Run to gym then to Pier then Back to the office. - Grunt: Tackle, Tackle - Harlequin 1: Tackle + Tackle, Take Down (11 Recoil) - Harlequin 2: Take Down (11 Recoil), Tackle x2 - Heal to full, teach Retaliate over Tackle - Burgh: ???? still need to work out best strat with 24 here > Poison Tail does 10-12 (13) {crit does 22-25 (27) > Dwebble does 9-10 (12) > Leavanny Does 22-25 (27) with Razor Leaf {crit does 45-54 (54)0} Repel + Heal Before gate if needed. ROUTE 4 - Bianca: Work Up x2, Crunch (87.5% range if he didn't TD), Retaliate, Crunch, Crunch > Herdier does 16-19 (21) - Cheren: Work Up, Crunch, Crunch, Retaliate, Retaliate > Sand does not hit you due to Sand Rush > Pidove does 16-19 (21) with crit Quick Attack NIMBASA CITY - Grunt: Take Down (12 recoil), Retaliate - Run to the Center - PC Heal and withdraw Pidove only - Buy 6 Hypers, 4 Para Heals and Return - Exit Center, open menu, teach Return over Take Down, Register Bike and unregister items, get on Bike. - N: Work Up, Return, Return, Return, Crunch NIMBASA GYM - Lady: Work Up, Return, Return - Rich Boy: Return - Rich Boy: Return x2 - Lady: Work Up, Return - Heal to full and use Rare Candy to get to level 31. - Elesa: X Speed, Work Up, Return x3 > Emolga does 21-24 (25) with Volt Switch [QA does 7-8 (9)] > Zebstrika does 27-31 (33) with Spark > Zebstrika does 11-13 (14 with Quick Attack) ROUTE 5 - Cheren: X Attack, Return, Retaliate, Return, Retaliate > Quick Attack does 10-12 (13) - Kids: Work Up, Return x2 (Left one is Mild Right one is Hardy) COLD STORAGE - Get PP UP in Trash Can to the right of the Narrow Gap at the Entrance. - Do Grunts in order such as that 1-4 is from Left to Right: 1, 4, 3, 2 - Grunt 1: Retaliate x2 - Grunt 4: Retaliate x2 - Grunt 3: Crunch - Grunt 2: Retaliate DRIFTVEIL GYM - Worker 1: Return, Return - Worker 2: Return - Clerk Katie: Return - Clay: Return, Work Up, Return, Return x2 - Shop: Buy 11 Supers (R1, U3) and max Max Repels (R2 U1) ROUTE 6 - Bianca: Work Up, Return, Return, Crunch , Crunch (13/16 range) > Herdier does 18-21 (22) > Musharna does 16-19 (21) - Max Repel - Get the Elixir to the South in the Grass. CHARGESTONE CAVE - Give Lucky Egg + Max Repel, Elixir (Hyper if needed to survive on N), Teach Fly to Pidove - Get the Elixir before the guy - Grunt 1: Retaliate, Return, Return - Grunt 2: Return - Grunt 3: Return, Return - Grunt 4: Crunch, Crunch, Crunch - Grunt 5: Return, Retaliate - Grunt 6: Return - Grunt 7: Retaliate, Retaliate - N: Crunch + Work Up + Crunch, Work Up + Crunch, Return (Iron Barbs does 16), Return CELESTIAL TOWER - Psychic: Crunch, Retaliate, Crunch - Run to the top, Ring the Bell - Teach Fly and use it. MISTRALTON CITY - Worker: Return, Return - Pilot: Return, Crunch - Pilot: Return (Crunch) - Teach Reversal over Retaliate - When you run low on Returns, Elixir and PP UP Return (don't heal unless 43- HP, in which case Super Potion) - Worker: Crunch (Slower than Swoobat) - Super Potion if Below 43 - Skyla: Work Up, Crunch, Return, Return > Swoobat does 24-27 (28) with Acrobatics > Unfezant does 15-16 (18) with Quick Attack