STAT REQUIREMENTS: 14-15 DV Speed (or 13 DV + mansion Carbos) Estimated time save: 30 seconds Added risks: - Rocket 2 (21% to die) - Juggler 1 (19% to die) - Juggler 2 (40%; normal strat is 23%) - Koga (1%) - Sabrina (40%) - Blackbelt (18%; normal strat is 12%) - Giovanni 2 (23%) - Agatha (hard to calculate, but probably a few % points more) - Champion (same idea as Agatha) Odds of dying because you went EQ-less: about 80% With no Silph red bar: 59% With no Silph red bar and heal for Blackbelt: 45% With no Silph red bar and heals for all necessary fights until E4: 8% -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ROUTE 25 - Get Elixer VERMILION CITY - Optimal to commit to strat here (delay selling everything; can be before or after boat) ROUTE 10 - Must commit to strat upon exiting Rock Tunnel - Get Max Ether ROUTE 8 - Get underground Nugget CELADON MART - Sell Nuggets. Also sell TM34 if you have the Antidote - 2F: Buy 9 Super Repels (skip Super Potions) - 5F: Buy 18-19 X Accs, 3 X Spec and 5 X Speed (buy 19 only if you sold TM34) CYCLING ROAD - Get PP Up FUCHSIA CITY - Teach Ice Beam over Thrash, not Rock Slide SAFARI ZONE - YOLO the first area, then repel right before the grass in the second area - Swap up X Spec or X Speed on PP Up menu SILPH CO. - Take stairs to 5F - Get Elixer on 5F - Rocket 1: X Acc, Drill (switch to Thrash if paralyzed) - Silph Rival: X Acc, X Speed, X Spec, Drill, TB, Drill x3 - Rocket 2: X Acc, IB, Drill, IB - Use Elixer #1 - Giovanni: X Acc, Drill x2, IB, Drill FUCHSIA GYM - Juggler 1: X Acc, Drill x2, RS, Drill - Use Elixer #2 (situational: use 1 candy) - Juggler 2: X Acc, Drill x2 - Koga: X Acc, Drill x3, TB until boom (X Acc instead if bought 19) FUCHSIA CITY - Use Super Repel, use Elixer #3, teach Surf, use 2 candies, then bike to get Strength CINNABAR MANSION - Can get encounters on the second (1%) and third floors (5%) - Teach Strength - Get the Rare Candy item ball, but skip the hidden candy - Use the candy to reach Lv. 43, then get the key - Dig out, then Fly to Cinnabar CINNABAR GYM - Blaine: X Acc, RS, Drill x3 - Dig out, then bike to the Celadon Gym CELADON GYM - Beauty: IB - Erika: IB x3 - Walk out, then Fly to Saffron SAFFRON GYM - Sabrina: Rock Slide, X Acc, Drill x3 > Kadabra is a range on <7 DV Attack - Dig out, then Fly to Viridian VIRIDIAN CITY - Use Max Ether on Horn Drill VIRIDIAN GYM - Cooltrainer: IB - Blackbelt: X Acc, Drill x3 - Giovanni: X Acc, IB x2, Drill x3 - Get Fissure, then walk out - Use a Super Repel, use Elixer #4, teach Fissure over Rock Slide, then bike to Viridian Rival VIRIDIAN RIVAL - X Acc, X Speed, IB x3, TB, Drill x3 ELITE FOUR - Lorelei: Sacrifice flier, X Acc, Fissure x5 - Bruno: X Acc, IB, Drill x2, IB, Drill - Use Elixer #5 - Agatha: X Acc, X Speed, Fissure, Drill, Fissure x3 - Lance: X Spec, TB, IB, X Speed, IB x3 - Champion: X Acc, X Speed, Drill x2, Fissure, Drill x3 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time save calculation: 4.2+5.1+0.6+0.5+9.5+4+6.5-0.7-0.9+3+4.3-1.1+0.2-2+2.2+0.4+5-9+0.5+2.2+1.5-1.8+4.5-0.3+14.5+3.2-1.1-0.9-1-0.6+1.3-4-59-3.5-17 = -29.7