You must have either Caterpie/Weedle or Koffing+Cubone to go for this strat. This strat allows skipping Pidgeotto/Tangela grass, and instead going to the grass where you catch Spearow between LG-Fly rounds. After Celadon OWRB, inside Pokemon center: - Swap Burn Heal with Coin Case - Swap PokeFlute with Old Amber - Swap Roaming TMs with warping, toss 38 - Scroll down 3 places to New Name - Exit Pokemon Center and warp to Seafoam - Go down first ladder, immediately get on bike at cursor position - Jack to ladder after catching Psyduck + Seel - Catch Staryu + Krabby, jack to Articuno - After Articuno, swap Burn Heal with 8 8, Dig out - Change to Box 3 afterwards and continue into Mewtwo Cave like normal - If you got a bug, you must catch Chansey or do Rhyhorn CT - If you got Koffing, catching Chansey requires Venonat LG-Fly - Continue normally up until LG-Fly Round 1. LG-Fly Round 1: 177 Squirtle Rhyhorn 4848 176 Charmander 157 Goldeen Ditto FF 72 Jynx Scyther 4848 150 Pidgeotto 149 Alakazam (9F 17 times) Shellder 4848 126 Machamp CONTINUE WITH EITHER BUG OR KOFFING BELOW Bug: 112 Weedle (or 123 Caterpie) 108 Ekans 100 Jigglypuff Lapras 4848 Koffing: 123 Caterpie 112 Weedle 108 Ekans Lickitung 4848 - After Round 1, Fly to Celadon - Bike to Game Corner, get Pokemon there - Before exiting, open menu - Evolve Pokemon in party - Swap PokeFlute with Moon Stonex10 - Move cursor up to GlitchItemx23 below brightness Ultra Balls - Exit Game Corner, get on Bicycle at cursor position - Bike to this tile: http://puu.sh/ilFiC/7833e7c3ba.jpg - Go 5 tiles up and 1 tile left from that position, open menu (facing left) - Scroll up to Cancel, use it - Scroll down to Burn Healx0, use one on Ditto - Close menu and bike to Snorlax (down 1 then straight left, jack into tree) - Swap Ditto to front of party - Scroll down to the PokeFlute you swapped down earlier, use it - Wake up Snorlax, set up CT, then catch it - Go straight up into Fly grass - Catch Spearow and Rattata (Doduo if you still need it) - Fly to Saffron and set up LG-Fly Round 2 Bug: 71 Poliwag 64 Farfetch'd 57 Mankey 55 Koffing Cubone 4848 53 Electabuzz Tauros (9F 15 times) Exeggcute 4848 51 Magmar 37 Slowpoke 30 Tangela 24 Tentacool 9 Ivysaur 3 Nidoran Male Lickitung 4848 Koffing: 71 Poliwag *65 Venonat 64 Farfetch'd 57 Mankey 53 Electabuzz 51 Magmar *40 Chansey Tauros (9F 15 times) Exeggcute 4848 37 Slowpoke 30 Tangela 24 Tentacool 9 Ivysaur 3 Nidoran Male 100 Jigglypuff Lapras 4848 * - CHOOSE ONLY ONE Advantages: - Skip Pidgeotto/Tangela Dsum - Skip 3-5 Rare candies on Pidgeotto, no longer considered for OWRB - CT always gets set up without an extra encounter - Less movement overall (not yet tested) - Initial Burn Heal buy can be changed to something else - You can group 3 Moon stone evolutions together on Bug strats Disadvantages: - Rattata may be level 18 which requires 2 candies - Requires an extra use of Cancel in Seafoam - Slightly more menuing overall - You have to release 2-4 Pokemon before Round 2 for box space Other Notes: - If doing Rhyhorn CT, you can 4848 Exeggcute in Round 1 after Caterpie/Weedle - This allows room for Venonat/Chansey/NidoranF (15) in Round 2