Copy-pasted from Chauzu_VGC's one with some modifs (link : http://pastebin.com/tynpRgFK) Newer notes : > Can Pidgeotto manip with only 93 overall extra exp (3 L4 Pidgey) > Brock : > Geodude : 5-10DV Atk = 5TW + 5QA / 11+DV Atk = 6TW + 4QA > Onix : 5-10DV Atk = 6TW + 8QA / 11+DV Atk = 5TW + 8QA TO-DO : Rewrite more friendly if continuing to grind this after marathon Pokémon Yellow COMPLETE Checklist PALLET TOWN : - GRAB Potion from PC - MISC - Get 11 Atk & Spec (possibly 15 Speed) - Max are 20, 12, 9 (9.5), 15 (15.5), 11 (11.6). - Rival : * Eevee L5 : TS spam ROUTE 1 (3 trips) : - EXPERIENCE - Grind 121 experience to L7 - Grind to ~140 if possible (need 224 total to L11) VIRIDIAN CITY : - HEAL at Pokemon Center to replinish PP - BUY (more Poke Balls is recommended to make Pidgey more consistent) - 3-5x Poke Balls (1st) - 7-8x Potions (2nd) - GRAB Potion after old man VIRIDIAN FOREST : - MISC - Grind 80-103 exp (Metapod or Pidgey) - Catch a Pidgey (TWave or QA) & remember its level - (left) Lass : TS spam - GRAB Antidote in tree - Bug Catcher : TS spam - Bug Catcher : TS spam - GRAB Potion on the road - Bug Catcher : TS spam - GRAB Potion on the bottom right dead-end - GRAB hidden Potion before last trainer - Bug Catcher : TS spam PEWTER CITY : - Brock : * Geodude: 1-3x Growl, 6x Tail Whip, QA spam (Growl until Tackle deals 4) * Onix: 1x Growl, 6x Tail Whip, QA spam (Potion if Bind, switch if -2 Def or lower) - HEAL at Poke Center in Pewter - SHOP - Sell : - TM34 (3 down) - Buy : - 8 Potion (1 down) - 2 Antidote (3 down) ROUTE 3 : - NOTE : ALWAYS kill with QA - Lass : * Pidgeys : if L4 Pidgey, switch to Pidgey then to Pika TS spam - Bug Catcher : TS spam - HEAL before Short's Guy - Short's Guy : TS spam - Jump ledge and fight Yougster : TS spam - Bug Catcher : * Caterpie : TQ + QA * Metapod : QA + TS * Weedle : TS + QA * Kakuna : QA + TS - Lass : TS spam - Bug Catcher : TS spam MT MOON : - EXPERIENCE - Grind ~500+ exp (550 if shared exp with Pidgey) - If short on exp, fight 1st Rocket on Scientist floor (~300 exp) - GRAB TM12 to the left of the entrance (TO-DO : from here) Rare Candy to the right TM 12 to the left TM 01 in the basement level - MENU before first fight Heal up to full HP Teach TM 01 instead of Growl (5 down) - FIGHT vs Super Nerd Grimer: If perfect attack (12 when you recieved Pikachu), Mega Punch x2. Otherwise Thundershock x3 if enough PP. If not enough PP, Mega Punch x2 and Quick Attack or Mega Punch, Thundershock and QA kills. If Thundershock crits turn 1, go for Mega Punch turn 2. Voltorb: Mega Punch turn 1, if Screeched or disabled QA otherwise another Mega Punch Koffing: Mega Punch x2-3, Thundershock to finish off if PP left or QA if in range. If no Thundershock PP Tail Whip turn 1. - MENU before 2nd fight Heal up to full HP - FIGHT Mega Punch spam for the most part. If Ekans Leer you, you can Thundershock turn 2 vs Meowth. If Leer'd and low HP, you can switch out to reset stats and make healing better. If you get Growl'd once by Meowth, Tail Whip Koffing. If more than once and Leer'd or low HP, just sack Pidgey. --------------- MISTY/BILL --------------- - SPLIT is after you heal before leaving the town - MENU Switch options back - HEAL at poke center as you enter town - SHOP Sell: TM 12 (3 down) Poke Balls if you need Antidote (1 ball = 1 Antidote) Buy: Potions x4-6 (1 down) Awakening x1-3 (scroll to bottom, 3 up) Antidote if needed How many potions you buy depends on how many you have. If you didn't have to use that many against Brock or if the rng has been decent, you have enough, and buying a few more Awakening is a nice insurance for shit rng. - FIGHT Do Misty gym. - GRAB Bulbasaur. Rare Candy. - FIGHT vs Rival Spearow: Thundershock x2 Sandshrew: Tail Whip into Mega Punch x2. If Spearow used Growl, switch out to Pidgey after first Mega Punch. If Sand-Attacked twice before hitting Mega Punch, switch out to Pidgey also. If only sanded once, kill and switch out to Pidgey against Rattata. NB #3: Heal to full HP before fight NB #4: Mega Punch Nidoran NB #5: Heal to full HP before fight. Mega Punch and then Thundershock - GRAB Charmander TM 45 - FIGHT Onix! Heal to full HP if needed. Tail Whip x5, Mega Punch. Switch to Charmander if needed Do Slowpoke trainer if severely lacking experience or if you defeated Misty already. Nidoran trainer: Mega Punch female Nidoran. - GRAB Ether - FIGHT Misty! Heal to full HP before. Nothing special, switch out if in danger to heal. - HEAL After fight and split afterwards. If Early Misty you heal here after Bill and split. -------------- LT. SURGE -------------- - FIGHT Rocket! Pray to Mega Punch Gods. If in danger vs. Machop switch to Bulbasaur to heal. Use Awakening vs. Drowzee if it trolls. - GRAB Full Restore and X Special in the tunnel - FIGHT Raticate trainer! Heal to full HP before fight if you have potions left, otherwise use Full Restore if in danger. Mega Punch spam vs. rat. If you take damage in fight and have potions left use them. - SHOP Sell: Remaining Potions (keep 1 if no Poké Ball - you want one Poke Ball or Potion left to switch with Bicycle. If you have 2 or more potions, you can keep 1-2 to heal after Nidoran trainer) TM 45 (6 down, Nugget) TM 11 (8 down, SS Ticket) Buy: 10x Super Potions (1 down) 4x Repel (scroll to bottom, 1 up) 2-3x Paralyz Heal 0-1x Awakening (if you have none left) - GRAB TM 08 - MENU Switch item #2 (Antidote) with Super Potion (X Special) Scroll to buttom and up to TM 08, replace with Mega Punch Heal if needed - FIGHT Rival! Just spam Body Slam. Kappa - GRAB HM 01 and Rare Candy (fight Gentleman) - FIGHT (THUNDERBOLT vs. Tentacool and Staryu ONLY) (Rival's floor) 3rd room from right : Fisherman (TS, TB, TS) on the way back Entrance floor (2 last rooms) : the two gentlemans. Upper floor: room 2 + item, room 4 + item, room 3. - GRAB TM 44, Ether, Max Potion (ONLY if Full Restore is used) - MENU before Cut Super Potion to full HP (1 down) Switch item #3 (Rare Candy) with Repel (10 down, Antidote) Teach HM01 to Bulbasaur (two down, two down) Use Ether (8 up, SS Ticket) on Body Slam (two up, down) Use TM 28 on Charmander (two down, one up) Use Cut with Bulbasaur (b, up, a, up) - LT SURGE PUZZLE BOTTOM LEFT - right BOTTOM MIDDLE - upper left BOTTOM RIGHT - up MIDDLE RIGHT - up UPPER RIGHT - left UPPER MIDDLE - upperleft MIDDLE LEFT - up UPPER LEFT - right - FIGHT Lt. Surge! Spam Body Slam. Switch out if injured and heal. -------------------- ROCK TUNNEL -------------------- - GRAB Bike Voucher Squirtle - MENU Dig with Charmander in tunnel (1 down, a spam) - GRAB Bicycle - MENU Switch Item #1 with Bicycle (scroll to bottom and up) Throw away switched item Heal if needed Get on the bicycle - MENU for Cut: up, a, up, a spam - GRAB TM 19 - FIGHT vs 4 Grass mons trainer. Body Slam spam, pick off Oddish with QA. If para'd, heal vs. Bellsprout using Wrap. Otherwise after fight. Remember Beedrill trainer and then spam Thunderbolt vs. bug trainer to reach LEVEL 30. - MENU before Rock Tunnel Use Repel Switch item #4 (Helix Fossil with X Special (6 down, Full Restore) Teach TM 29 to Pikachu instead of Thundershock (scroll to bottom, one up) Use Ether on Thunderbolt - FIGHT Cubone trainer! Seismic Toss x2, Thunderbolt. Heal after match if hit by Bone Club Grass trainer! (Body Slam > Seismic Toss) x2. Heal potential status after match. - MENU Heal to full HP if needed Heal potential status if needed Use Repel Use another repel just before KAPOW trainer - FIGHT KAPOW trainer! Seismic Toss spam. If hit before Selfdestruct switch out and try to let them explode on other pokes. If bad defense impossible to survive Graveler explosion without Growl. --------------- SHOPPING --------------- - GRAB Elixir (bottom, count to 8 - 35 steps) Nugget (2nd from top, count to 3 - 15 steps) - SHOP #1 Sell: Remaining Awakening (4 down, X Special) Nugget (4 down, X Special) Full Restore (5 down, SS Ticket) Remaining Antidote (6 down, Helix Fossil) TM18 (when buying Poke Doll) Buy: Revive x1 Super Repel x11 TM33 x1 Poke Doll x2 - GRAB TM 18 from store clerk All vending TM's Fresh Water - SHOP #2 Sell: All TM's except 44, 24 and 33 Buy: 5 X Accuracy 34 Special (scroll to bottom and up) 14 X Attack (2 up) -GRAB HM 02 ----------------- POKÉ FLUTE ----------------- - MENU Switch Repel with Super Repel (11 down, TM 33) Teach HM02 to Pidgey (scroll to bottom and up) Toss Repel Heal Pikachu to full HP (down, up, a) Use Super Repel - FLY To Lavender Town (3 down) - FIGHT Rival! Thunderbolt Fearow Switch item #6 (Helix Fossil) with X Accuracy (Fresh Water) Switch X Attack with item #5 (SS Ticket) Set up 2 X Attack vs Magnemite - FIGHT 2x Gastly trainer! X Special x1 General note for fighting Gastly's: we are tight on Super Potion and later Full Heal. Don't waste Super Potions here to yolo through Confusion, just switch out to something not Pidgey. - GRAB Elixer HP Up Elixer Rare Candy - MENU before Rocket fight Heal to full HP Throw away Prz Heal - FIGHT Rocket! Set up 2x X Special vs Meowth. Spam Thunderbolt. -------- ERIKA -------- - FLY To Celadon City (one down) - MISC Enter Poké Center. Heal if low on Super Potions (you want at least 1 left) - COMPUTER Deposit Helix Fossil (6 down, X Accuracy) Deposit HM01 (7 down, Rare Candy) Deposit SS Ticket (12 down, Fresh Water) Deposit HM02 (scroll to bottom, 3 up) - FIGHT Erika's gym grunt! Body Slam vs. Exeggutor 1-2 times, Seismic Toss after that or if Reflect - MENU If only 1-3 Super Potions left, switch them with Rare Candy Heal to full HP Teach Rest TM 44 to Pikachu over Quick Attack (down and a spam when healing) Rare Candy x2 - FIGHT Erika! Set up X Special x1 and X Attack x3 vs Tangela. Then Body Slam sweep. Rest if paralyzed, always wake up with Poke Flute ------------- SILPH CO ------------- - FLY To Celadon City (1 down) - head towards Saffron Mart - SHOP Sell: Remaining Super Potion (except so you can heal to full HP) TM 21 (scroll to bottom and 1 up) HP Up (scroll to bottom and 2 up) Buy: 9 Hyper Potion (1 down) 2 Revive (scroll to bottom and 1 up) 3 Full Heal - MENU Switch Item #2 (Rare Candy) with Hyper Potion (scroll to bottom and 3 up) Switch Poke Flute with TM24 Use the remaining Super Potion / Heal to full with Hyper Potion Bicycle - GRAB Carbos Rare Candy - MENU Switch Super Potion with Revive (ONLY IF YOU HAVE SUPER POTION LEFT) Rare Candy x3 - HEAL To almost full HP at least and heal any status after Arbok trainer - FIGHT! Rival! Sandslash - Seismic Toss x3. If Slash turn 1, switch out to Bulbasaur to heal. After two Seismic Toss, switch out to Bulbasaur to heal if low health. If you die, yes, switch to Bulbasaur. Cloyster - Thunderbolt. Make sure you aren't low on HP since it is a roll. Magnemite - Body Slam followed by 2x Seismic Toss. Switch out to Pidgey / Squirtle if you need to remove confusion before killing blow or need to heal. Kadabra - X Attack followed by Body Slam. If you get confused you can try to yolo or otherwise switch out, but you have to use X Special instead of X Attack then. If low on HP, use Hyper unless you are already low in numbers. Flareon - Body Slam spam, make sure to heal espescially if 0-1 Revive left - TAKE Lapras - MENU Hyper Potion Elixir - FIGHT Final Rocket! Set up X Special x1 vs. Weezing, spam Tbolt. - HEAL if needed - FIGHT Giovanni! X Attack x 3 vs. Nidorino. Seismic Toss vs Rhyhorn. Keep Pika healthy. -------- KOGA -------- - FLY to Celadon City and head for Snorlax. - MENU Heal Pikachu to full health Super Repel Poké Flute - FIGHT Ok, so we need 3 extra battles for the experience route. First is the PP Up biker (TB + ST) Then when arriving in Fuschia use Super Repel and fight the two left trainers in the grass area. - GRAB Rare Candy Gold Teeth TM 32 - FIGHT Drowzee & Kadabra trainer! Set up X Attack x 1, Body Slam sweep Hypno trainer! Set up X Special x 1, Thunderbolt / Seismic toss - MENU Heal to full HP before Koga - FIGHT Koga! Set up 2x X Special and 1x X Accuracy. Full Heal if Poison'd turn 1 only and do an extra X Special. Use Rest to heal up otherwise after finishing boosting or in danger. Poke Flute to wake up; Full Heal removes the X item boosts. Thunderbolt sweep. ---------- BLAINE ---------- - GRAB HM 04 Rare Candy - MENU Teach HM04 to Lapras (scroll to bottom, 1 up, 1 up) Teach HM03 to Squirtle (2 up, 1 up) Throw away Prz Heal if still in bag, otherwise scroll to top of menu Use Strength with Lapras - FLY To Pallet town and mom heal - MENU Use Repel Teach TM33 Reflect over Rest Bicycle, drive to water Surf (3 down) Super Repel again before Carbos - GRAB Carbos Rare Candy x2 Secret Key - DIG - FLY To Cinnabar (2 up, 2 down) - SHOP Sell: Carbos x2 Buy: 7x Hyper Potion (2 down) 11x Revive (scroll to bottom, 1 up) 2+x Full Heal - FIGHT Blaine! Seismic Toss x3 vs. Ninetails. Switch out to Pidgey to heal up to full. Reflect and X Special x2-3 vs. Rapidash. It is recommended you only go for more than 2 X Special if you get locked into Fire Spin; crit chance isn't worth boosting anymore. Thunderbolt spam. ------------ SABRINA ------------ - MENU Full Heal if needed Use two Rare Candy Teach TM 32 instead of Reflect (hold down and spam a during 2nd Rare Candy usage) Dig out - FLY to Fuschia - GRAB TM 31 from upper left house - MENU before Sabrina Heal up to full HP - FIGHT Sabrina! X Special x1, X Attack x3, X Accuracy x1. One Double Team then Body Slam spam. -------------- GIOVANNI -------------- - DIG - FLY to Viridian City - HEAL if most of the team is fainted, if only a few not needed - FIGHT Giovanni Trainer #1! Seismic Toss spam. Giovanni Trainer #2! X Special x1, Thunderbolt spam. - MENU before Giovanni Switch Pikachu with Pidgey Teach TM 31 instead of Thunderbolt - FIGHT Giovanni! Yeah. Sand-Attack as much as possible. If you get at least two Sand-Attack in, just switch to Pikachu directly, and if you get hit, go to Pidgey to revive - this means you don't have to wait for another mon to faint. Otherwise, sack a filler mon to revive Pikachu. Double Team and switch places between Double Team and Mimic. Mimic Fissure. X Accuracy. Fissure spam. -------------------- VICTORY ROAD -------------------- If you don't have any X Accuracy left due to bs RNG you need to fly to Celadon and buy more. - MENU Switch Pidgey with Pikachu Heal Pikachu to full HP Super Repel Revive to have at least 4 mons alive Teach TM 24 instead of Double Team (which should be in top) Bicycle - FIGHT Rival! Seismic Toss Sandslash to death. Switch out to Lapras if needed. Body Slam Exeggutor. Switch out to Pidgey if needed to heal up. Set up X Special x4 vs. Cloyster. Heal up before Thunderbolt spam. - MENU as you enter gate to Victory Road Revive fainted mons if needed (only if you took Viridian Center; if you did and only have 1-3 mons fainted you can skip Elite 4 center. - MENU with last Super Repel Use Strength with Lapras Hyper Potion Pikachu if needed Super Repel Switch Super Repel with Revive Throw Super Repel Bicycle - HEAL Before Elite 4 UNLESS you healed at the Center before Giovanni and you have a fully revived team. - SHOP Sell: The 3 TM's in the bottom if you need to buy Revives (you need like 8+ with fully healed party) Buy: Revives if you need some Rest Full Restore ---------- ELITE 4 ---------- - FIGHT Lorelei! Seismic Toss Dewgong. X Special x2-3 (2 if Dewgong rests turn 1, otherwise 3). Thunderbolt sweep. - MENU Heal before Bruno Switch Bicycle with Full Restore Use the remaining 2 Rare Candy - FIGHT Bruno! Seismic Toss Onix. Mimic Ice Punch, X Special x2 and X Accuracy if needed. - MENU Heal before Agatha and use Elixir - FIGHT Agatha! Mimic Substitute from Gengar and use it. Set up X Special x4-5. Spam Thunderbolt. - MENU Heal before Lance - FIGHT Lance! Thunderbolt Gyarados. Seismic Toss first Dragonair. Heal up to full for 2nd Dragonair. Set up X Special x2 and Mimic Ice Beam while staying healthy. Switch out if Bubblebeam speed drop. - MENU Revive all pokes Elixer before Champion - FIGHT Champion! Seismic Toss x3 vs. Sandslash, switch out to Pidgey, Squirtle and Lapras to heal. Set up X Special vs. Alakazam and spam Body Slam. Mimic Hypnosis and X Accuracy vs. Exeggutor, switch out if Leech Seed'd. Set up X Attack x2. Keep all opponents asleep and just attack.