SUMMARY Get Zapdos for catching pokes, Loreleis, Lances and Blastoises. Use Charizard for almost everything else. (Double main strats) ----- DETAILED ROUTE - Catch bugs/Pika in forest - Get L18 for Pidgeotto - Fight Bug Catcher instead of Lass - Take Moon Center instead of Cerulean (box heal + deposit if too many pokes for Abra) - Pick up Mt. Moon Escape Rope - Catch Spearow after Mt. Moon - Fight 4-Pokemon Hiker - Delay Route 6 candy - Take Vermilion Mart - No deathwarp - Candy twice to L28 for Misty - Fight Machop/Onix Hiker in Rock Tunnel instead of L25 Geodude Hiker - Enter Lavender Center - Get Coin Case TENTATIVE ROUTE - Erika - Abra+Clefairy - Hideout - Shopping - Teleport to Lavender ---- COMPARED TO BLASTOISE/ZAPDOS + Faster Mt. Moon Easier to catch bugs Easier to catch Pikachu Faster Route 9 Faster Rocket Hideout One more candy - Slower Brock fight + optionals Slower/riskier Bill split Get Brick Break Much slower Rock Tunnel