All numbers are rough estimates skip protein on ground -4s valerie -8s skip dire hit -5s frost cavern manectric -0.5s anistar rival -8s exeggutor -2s - extra menu for candy, + candy menu via restore in pokemon -2s scrafty -0.48s skip lysandre 1 mega -8s swalot -0.8s toxicroaks -2.5s (88% 2HKOs without Metronome) druddigon -4s skip xerosic mega & speedtie -8.8s geosenge grunt (mega skip, 14/16 manectric, sd on golbat) -1.21s aura sphere honchkrow -0.4s grunt double 2 -3.12s skip train station candy -8.22s venusaur -4.75s total -71.78s korrina 1 +0.7s single candy encounter chance +5.25s single candy heracross +2.75s single candy meowstic +1.38s metronome obtain time +5s equip metronome +2.91s route 13 candy +34.35s 6.17 / 9.75 / 23.37 (nothing, item, encounter), 3.4 for candy pickup, 4.75 for movement 0 Encounters/0 Items (1/9): 20.49 0 Encounters/1 Items (2/9): 24.07 0 Encounters/2 Items (1/9): 27.65 1 Encounter/0 Items (2/9): 37.69 1 Encounter/1 Item (2/9): 41.27 2 Encounters/0 Items (1/9): 54.89 swap metronome over black belt pre route 14 rival +1.9s swap black belt over metronome pre route 15 +1.9s swap metronome over black belt pre anistar rival +0.0s (already accounted for in route) extra rock tomb lysandre 1 +2.5s swap lucarionite over metronome post xerosic +2s total +60.64s net: -11.14s pros/cons of 4 prot/2 calcium over 6 proteins: frost cavern manectric -2.29s scrafty -2s geosenge grunt manectric -1.29s grunt double manectric -0.53s malva -0.7s total: -6.81s buying calciums +2.95s using calciums +0.0s (no difference from using 2 instances of proteins) venusaur +0.8s leafeon +1.05s gigalith +3.2s aegislash +2.5s total: +10.5s calciums NOT worth it Strat: Skip Protein on the ground (or don't and skip the extra Protein shopping) Do not move Lucarionite onto Lucario before Lysandre 1 split Rare Candy x3 Lucario to L50 in fly menu after Olympia, use rest of Proteins Scrafty: AS (x2), 5/16 Lysandre 1: AS x2, switch + die, RT x2, AS Swalot 100% Toxicroaks 93% w/o Metronome Xerosic: SD x2, SC, SC Move Lucarionite over Metronome in fly menu to Geosenge Geosenge Grunt: AS (14/16), AS, SD + RT OR Mega + AS, AS, RT (16/16) Aura Sphere Honchkrow on Lysandre 2 Learn CC after Lysandre 2 Grunt Double 2: Lead AS on Manectric (11/16 without help, 100% with help) Grunt Double 3: AS Scrafty first with full HP (8/16 to live Flamethrower from full HP) Swalot 98.4%, 93.8% with 6 Proteins Skip Train Station candy Venusaur 100% Leafeon 10/16 -> 9/16