FINAL ROUTE: - Reset for male with 3+ DV Defense, 13+ DV Speed and 13+ DV Special (check all HPs) - Teach Psychic over Sing - Get Lucky Egg, 2 money items and Rare Candy - Goldenrod Mart 1: > 4F: Sell items; buy 7 X Speeds, 5 X Specials and 1 X Attack > 2F: 3 Super Potions and 3 Awakenings > Outside: Teach Flamethrower over Charm - Get Route 34 Nugget and candy - Cianwood 1 (1 X Special Chuck) - Celadon 2 (1 X Speed Beauty, +1/+1 Erika) - Get Cinnabar candy - Azalea 3 (1 X Speed Twins, 3 X Special Bugsy - Ecruteak 4 (3 X Speed) - Ecruteak Mart (late): Buy 7 Hyper Potions, 1 Repel and 3 Full Heals - Get Route 26 candy - Get 2 haircuts - Get Violet candy - Teach Body Slam instead of early Return (saves 22s and $2500, although lose some text) - Blackthorn 5 (saves 3 turns and $850-1350, as you OHKO all except 76% Dratini range) - Cinnabar 6 (1 X Attack, 1 X Speed) - Goldenrod Mart 2: > Sell Nugget and all $1250+ TMs except Dynamicpunch > 5F: Buy TM17 and TM27 > 4F: Buy 24 X Specials, 21 X Speeds, 11 X Attacks, 1 Guard Spec. and 1 X Accuracy - Goldenrod 7 (2 X Attack, 1 X Speed) - Vermilion 8 (1 X Attack, 2 X Speed) - Saffron 9 (1 Guard Spec., 2 X Attack, 2 X Speed) - Goldenrod TM detour (extra Fly, but oh well) > Teach TB and IB over FA and Body Slam - Violet 10 (1 X Speed BK1, +1/+1 BK2, +1/+2 Falkner) - Pewter 11 (1 Special minion, 1 X Special Brock) - Olivine Mart: Buy 3 Super Repels and 6 Full Restores - Olivine 12 (2 X Special, 1 X Speed) - Fuchsia 13 (4 X Special) - Teach Protect over Psychic - Viridian 14 (5 X Special, 2 X Speed) - Mahogany 15 (5 X Special, 1 X Speed) - Teach Return over Protect - E4 moveset goes back to normal: Return/FT/Boltbeam - 5 candies to L68 for E4 > Neph: 1 X Speed, optional X Special > Robert: 1 X Attack + 1 X Speed > Doom: 1 X Special > Fibbef: 1 X Speed > Honeybun: +1/+1/+1 (set up X Attack on Steelix) > Teach Dynamicpunch over Ice Beam > Champion: 1 X Special on Skarmory, X Acc (2HKO Jolteon; outspeed Skarmory after Curse) - Misty: 3 X Attack, 2 X Speed - Red: 1 X Attack, 2 X Speed (2HKO last four) ----- LATE-GAME REROUTE: - Goldenrod 8 (saves a poke) - Saffron 9 - Viridian 14 (Teach Protect over FT before) - Fuchsia 15 (Teach Psychic over Protect before) - +1/+1/+1 Honeybun (IB+IB Steelix) - Teach Dynamicpunch and Fire Blast for Champion PROS: - One fewer poke (-12s) - Save 5 turns in Goldenrod (-30s) - Protect for Blue (-44s) - Save 1 turn on Champion (-6s) CONS: - MONEY: Buy Protect, buy 6 fewer Hyper Potions, 1 fewer Full Restore, can't sell FB or Psychic, what else... (+3s) - Buy Protect (+12s) - Teach Protect (+14s) - Re-teach Psychic (+14s) - Teach Fire Blast (+13s) - Lose 3 turns in Fuchsia (+18s) - One fewer level (this is +38s AT MOST because you can get a candy early) ----- REROUTE: DOUBLE HAIRCUT FOR L33/34 WIGGLYTUFF. SAME GYM ORDER, DIFFERENT SHOPPING > Combine Goldenrod 1 and 2 (early Route 34 Nugget; buy Return, buy 2 Super Potions and 1 Awakening from Goldenrod) > Cianwood: Buy 3 Full Heals > Buy Hypers, Max Repels and Full Restores in Saffron; skip Olivine Mart > Goldenrod 1: 0/0/4/6/0 > Goldenrod 2: 4/0/3/5/1 > Goldenrod 3: 13/1/17/18/0 Igglybuff gym order: Cianwood, Celadon, Azalea, Ecruteak, Vermilion Wigglytuff gym order: Cinnabar, Blackthorn, Saffron, Fuchsia, Violet, Pewter, Olivine, Mahogany, Goldenrod, Viridian, E4, Cerulean - Yes Azalea is a lot of pokes, but the experience really helps, and Butterfree is free setup - Candy in Morty's gym for Speed/Special marks? - Reach 200 happiness at L34 (no haircut), so 221 happiness with haircut at L37 (maybe certain movement can give 220 at L36 to skip/delay candy) - 4-5 candies (Safari, Route 34, Cinnabar, Violet, (Vermilion)) - Get Wigglytuff for Blaine (earlier is nice but not necessary) - Dynamicpunch Whitney? 10%, 17%, 22% and 26% damage increase over Return at +1/+2/+3/+4 (assuming X Acc) GENERAL ROUTE - Basically center every time you need to heal; money is too tight to save 1-2 seconds - Catch Sentret (FA once) - Get Potion - First fight: FA x2, FA x2, FA x3, FA x4 - Get Psychic from Saffron house - Safari Zone: Get Lucky Egg, Lucky Punch ($4900) and Nugget ($5000) - Get Route 34 candy and Nugget - Goldenrod Mart: > Sell stuff > 5F: Buy 11 X Speeds, 7 X Specials, 4 X Attacks and 1 Guard Spec. > 2F: Buy 2 Super Potions and 1 Awakening > Outside: Teach Flamethrower over Charm - Cianwood (+1 Chuck) - Cianwood Mart: Buy 3 Full Heals - Celadon (X Speed Beauty and Erika) - Azalea (X Speed Twins; +3 Bugsy) - Get other candies - Ecruteak (candy from 26-->29; 3 X Speed Morty) - Haircut x2 - Candy to L34 and evolve - Vermilion (left side; X Speed Surge) - Cinnabar (after first fight, candy from 36-->37 and evolve; +1/+1 Blaine) - Blackthorn (just with Return; +1/+1 Clair) - Saffron Mart: Sell TMs; buy Hyper Potions, Super Repels and Full Restores - Saffron (+2/+2) - (REPLACE WITH VIRIDIAN?) Fuchsia (Psychic; +3 Janine; can probably skip X Speed because of Dire Hit) - Goldenrod Mart 3: Sell stuff and buy X items - Violet (TB/IB; X Speed first guy; +1/+1 second guy; +1/+1 Falkner) - Pewter (IB/TB; +1 Brock) - Olivine (+1/+1; Return+TB Blastoise) - Mahogany (+4/+1 special; 83 or 88% Articuno range) - Goldenrod (X Defend; +4/+2 physical; maybe +4/+1) - (REPLACE WITH FUCHSIA?) Viridian: (+5/+2 special (2HKO Arcanine)) - E4 (5 candies to L69) > Neph: X Speed only > Robert: +1/+1 physical > Doom: +1 special > Fibbef: X Speed only > Honeybun: +1/+1/+1 (Teach Dynamicpunch over Ice Beam) > Champion: X Acc only - Cerulean (+3/+2 physical; IB+Return Lugia) - Red (+3/+2 physical) Moves: - Return - Shadow Ball (Gengar, Psychics) - Hyper Beam - Rollout (probably not needed except maybe in early game) - Flamethrower/Fire Blast (Steels) - Thunderbolt - Ice Beam Final moveset: - Return - Ice Beam --> Dynamicpunch - Thunderbolt - Flamethrower