The route (Abraless): - Petalburg Mart: Buy 2 Potions, 3 Repels and 3 X Attacks - Get Cheri berries - Get Route 116 Repel - Fight all trainers for Roxanne as normal (fight Rich Boy instead of Hiker spinner) - Rustboro Mart: Buy 4 Super Potions, 5 Repels and 1 X Speed - Catch Marill - Get Silk Scarf - Teach Bulk Up - Rival 2: BU x3 - Wattson: X Speed, BU x3 - Fallarbor Mart: Sell Nugget, TM39 and TM47; buy 2 Escape Ropes, 14 Super Repels, 7 X Specials, 2 X Speeds, 12 X Attacks and 3 Guard Spec. - Get Max Ether - Flannery: +4, get poisoned, deathwarp to Petalburg - Petalburg Gym: Take right side - Norman: BU, X Speed, X Special - Catch a Pelipper (any one will do) - 3 candies to L36 for Rival 3 - Maxie 2: Guard Spec., X Attack x3, (X Speed) (equip Silk Scarf) - Get Max Revive - Get Max Elixer ----- - Get Route 120 and Mt. Pyre candies - Fight Kecleon and first Aqua double to get L42 after Matt (then 2 candies to L44 for Gyarados swimmer) - T&L: X Spec + Protect | X Spec + die | BK Claydol + Revive Peli | X Spec + Protect | BK Xatu + die | Overheat Luna | Overheat Solrock - True double: BK Mightyena | X Attack | Adapt, killing right side first - Get Route 134 candy (unsure where to use) - Teach Double-Edge and Brick Break before Juan (no Overheat for Victory Road) - Wally: +1 - Sidney: Lead slave - Phoebe: +3 - Glacia: +0, 2HKO Walrein - Drake: +4 (can Guard Spec. for safety) - Champion: +3 - Champion: BB, Hyper Potion, Strength, X Attack (he heals), BB, adapt (goal is to get +3) PELIPPER DAMAGE OPPORTUNITIES (need 14 damage for guaranteed Claydol Psychic): - Wailmer Rollout/Astonish/Water Pulse - Swellow Quick Attack or speedtie loss Wing Attack - Fortree double: Missing Blaze Kick (2 chances) - Fortree double: Pelipper Protect (Strength yourself next turn) - Blaziken dies somewhere, and Pelipper is sent out while you Revive - Mossdeep double: Kirlia Psychic or Meditite HJK/HP - Mossdeep double: Strength yourself and finish Kirlia/Meditite with WA HP WATER: - ??? seconds to have worse stats - 32 seconds to get and teach - saves a pp restoring item (+9) - saves 1 turn on tabitha 2 (+5) - saves 2-4 turns on maxie 1 (+20) - saves 2 turns and risk on T&L (+32) - no miss chance on some mightyenas (+3) - saves 2 long turns on true double (+32) SILK SCARF: - Better true double? But then no Charcoal for Archie - 53-->100% Wally's Altaria - Can Strength Delcatty (94% range) - 53-->100% Ninetales - Better Wailord - 71-->100% Gyarados -------------------------------------------------- DISCARDED T&L STRATS: (if bad Castform): 1: Overheat Claydol, mash A (Castform dies, send out Abra) 2: X Attack, Revive Castform (Abra dies, send out Marill) (Marill dies, send out Taillow) 3: X Attack, Revive Abra (Taillow dies, send out Abra) (Abra dies) 4: Strength Xatu (Castform dies) 5: Double Kick Solrock (Calm Mind) 6: Double Kick Lunatone (7: Double Kick Solrock if it lived) DISCARDED TRUE DOUBLE: 1: guard spec 2: x atk 3: x atk 4: strength L42 mightyena (L44 camerupt comes out) 5: strength L44 camerupt (L43 crobat comes out) 6: strength crobat 7: strength L36 camerupt 8: strength golbat 9: strength L38 mightyena 1: blaze kick L42 mightyena 2: x special 3: hp camerupt 4: hp camerupt 5: blaze kick mightyena 6: blaze kick golbat 7: blaze kick/overheat crobat