Routing notes: https://pastebin.com/2cMvJ4TU VIRIDIAN CITY - Shopping: Buy 5 Poke Balls and 2 Antidotes - Get tree Potion VIRIDIAN FOREST - Get Potion if necessary PEWTER CITY - Take late mart (7 Potions) ROUTE 3 - Catch a flier on one of 2 tiles - Do Route 3 Moon manip ROUTE 25 - Do not candy in Bill's house, Potion only to 12+ HP CERULEAN CITY - Get instant text again - After early Dig Rocket, skip Misty and walk to Vermilion VERMILION CITY - Get Bike Voucher with instant text - Delay mart - On tile below second sign: > Heal Nidoking out of red bar > Do Dugtrio manip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcxb0yPKXFI&feature=youtu.be - After catching Dugtrio: > Switch Dugtrio to slot 1 (make sure it has 67 HP) > Dig out CERULEAN CITY - Walk to the gym CERULEAN GYM - Jr. Trainer: Dig - Misty: Dig, Scratch until 37 HP or lower, then finish Starmie > Starmie: 32-38 BB (56-66 crit), 22-26 WG (35-42 crit) CERULEAN CITY - Walk to get the Bicycle - After exiting the bike shop: > Swap Antidotes with Bicycle > Toss Antidotes > Bike to Vermilion (straight to S.S. Anne) ROUTE 6 - If you get an encounter, kill it unless one of the following is true: > You're not going for red bar > It's a L15 Pidgey (15%) > It's a L16 Pidgey (5%) S.S. ANNE - Get Body Slam (Dig Nidoran trainer) - Teach Body Slam over Sand-Attack (no swap) - If got Route 6 experience, fight Gentleman first. Otherwise candy twice to L34 and fight rival first - Gentleman: BS x2 (or stall) - S.S. Anne Rival: BS(+BS), BS x2, Dig (or stall) - If L32, you want 1-10 HP exiting the boat (but only 6-9 is really good). If L34, you want 1-13 HP (but only 6-12 is really good) - Damage ranges: > Pidgeotto: 8-10 > Raticate: 8-10 (7-9 at L34) > Ivysaur: 15-18 > Growlithe: 7-9 (5-6 after Growl, 4-5 after 2 Growls) > Ponyta: 5-7 (10-12 crit at L31, 8-10 at L32) VERMILION CITY - Shopping: Sell Poke Balls, TM34, Nugget, TM28 and TM11 | Buy 3 Repels - After exiting the mart, walk to the Cut bush - Cut menu: > Swap Potions with Repels > Teach Cut to Paras > Cut the bush - Do cans manip VERMILION GYM - Surge: BS x2, Dig (BS+BS Raichu instead with exactly 6 Digs) > Pikachu does 5 with QA (4 after Growl, 3 after 2 Growls, 2 after 3 Growls) - After exiting: > Use 2 candies to L35 unless you candied earlier (learn Slash over Growl) > If you have less than 6 Digs, use Ether on Dig > Bike to the Bike Voucher house > Dig back to Cerulean CERULEAN CITY - Bike to Route 9 through the Cut bush *NOTE: In this section, you can BS everything, but you'll run out of PP. Switch to Slash once you do this ROUTE 9 - Jr. Trainer: BS x4 - Bug Catcher: BS x3 ROCK TUNNEL - On Repel menu, Ether Body Slam/Dig if necessary - Pokemaniac: Dig x2 - Pokemaniac: Dig (or stall for red bar) > Slowpoke: 13-16 (Headbutt), 8-10 (Confusion) - Jr. Trainer: BS x2 - Hiker: Dig x3 - Jr. Trainer: BS x3 ROUTE 8 - If QA damage is bad or you have no BS PP, fight Lass (BS x2). Otherwise fight Gentleman (BS x2) - Get underground Elixer CELADON CITY - Take center unless you have 14-29 HP - Shopping: > 2F: Buy 10 Super Repels, 3 Super Potions and 3 Revives > 4F: Buy 1 Poke Doll > 6F: Buy 1 Soda Pop and trade it, then buy 1 Fresh Water > 5F: Buy 7 X Accuracy, 10 X Attack and 2 X Special (2/1/1 are extras for safety) - After exiting, bike to the Fly house CELADON CITY - Fly menu: > Swap slot 2 item with Super Repels > Teach Rock Slide over Scratch > Use a Super Repel > Swap slot 3 item with X Accs > Teach Fly to bird > Fly to Lavender LAVENDER TOWER - Lavender Rival: Slash, RS(+BS), BS x2, Slash - Channeler: RS x2 (Dig with <24 HP) - Skip hidden Elixer!!! - Take heal pad - Channeler: RS - Channeler: RS - Ghost: Just use Poke Doll (don't swap) - Rocket: BS x2, RS - Rocket: Dig, BS - Rocket: BS x4 LAVENDER TOWN - After getting Poke Flute, Fly to Celadon CELADON CITY - If you didn't center earlier, do it now - Use a Super Repel, then bike to Snorlax - Snorlax menu: > Swap slot 4 item with X Attacks > Use Poke Flute CYCLING ROAD - Get Rare Candy FUCHSIA CITY - Upon entering: > Use a Super Repel > Use 2 Rare Candies to L41 > Bike to the Safari Zone SAFARI ZONE - Get Full Restore - Get Protein - After getting Gold Teeth and HM03, Dig out and bike to the Celadon Gym CELADON GYM - Beauty: Slash - Erika: Dig, BS+BS, Dig(+BS) - After exiting, Fly to Fuchsia and bike to the gym FUCHSIA GYM - Juggler: Slash x2, BS, Slash - Juggler: Slash, Slash+Slash - Koga: Dig x3, Dig and let Weezing kill itself (if you get X Attack into boom, it's OK) FUCHSIA CITY - Bike to the warden's house - After getting HM04 from the warden: > Use a Super Repel > Teach HM03 to Squirtle > Teach HM04 to Squirtle (slot 1) > Use Protein on Dugtrio > Use Strength > Get Rare Candy - After exiting the warden's house, Fly to Pallet and walk/Surf to Cinnabar CINNABAR MANSION - Get both Rare Candies - Use 3 candies to L46 before getting the Secret Key - Get the key, then Dig out ***IF YOUR HP IS TOO LOW FOR SILPH RIVAL, DO BLAINE NOW. OTHERWISE DO SILPH NOW*** SILPH CO. - Take the stairs to 5F - Rocket: Dig - Silph Rival: X Attack x1-2, (X Acc), RS x2, BS x2, Dig/EQ - Rocket: EQ, BS, EQ - Giovanni: EQ, EQ+BS, EQ x2 > Kangaskhan: 10-12 (Rage), 8-10 (Comet Punch) > Consider stalling for red bar on Rhyhorn - After exiting, Dig out and bike to the gym SAFFRON GYM - Sabrina: BS, EQ x3 - After exiting, Dig out and Fly to Cinnabar/Viridian CINNABAR GYM - Blaine: RS x2, Dig/EQ x2 (Arcanine is a coin flip at L46) - After exiting, Dig out and Fly to Viridian/bike to Silph VIRIDIAN CITY - Upon arrival: > Use Elixer > Toss/use the last of a healing item > Bike to the gym VIRIDIAN GYM - Cooltrainer: EQ - Blackbelt: EQ(+BS), EQ, EQ(+BS) - Giovanni: EQ x4, EQ+Dig VIRIDIAN CITY - After exiting the gym: > Use a Super Repel > Heal to full > Teach Fissure over Dig ROUTE 22 - Viridian Rival: X Acc, X Attack x2, RS, EQ, Dig, BS x2, Fissure VICTORY ROAD - Heal to ~92 HP for Lorelei INDIGO PLATEAU - Do not deposit slaves - Buy Full Restores (and Revives if needed) ELITE FOUR - Lorelei: X Acc, Fissure x3, EQ, Fissure - Before Bruno: > Use Elixer > Heal out of Slam range - Bruno: X Acc, Fissure x5 - Agatha: EQ, RS+BS, EQ x3 - Before Lance: > Use Elixer > Heal to full > SAVE - Lance: X Special, RS+RS, heal to full, X Attack x2, (X Acc), EQ x2, RS, RS+RS > The fight rarely goes like that, unfortunately... > Dragonair: 69-82 (1 BB), 62-74 (2 BB), 56-66 (3 BB) > Dragonite: 100-118 Hyper Beam, 54-64 Slam - Without X Special: 112-132 Hyper Beam, 60-71 Slam - Champion: X Attack x3, X Acc, RS, Fissure x2, RS, Fissure x2 > If you crit Gyarados and die, Revive and then X Acc on Arcanine