Don't manip Squirtle Turn on Switch before the run Get PC Potion Don't kill anything on Route 1 Don't leave Route 1 without catching a Pidgey Get all Potions before Sammy Switch Pidgey to the front Weedle Guy: Switch to Squirtle, Tail Whip + Tackle spam Don't mess around with getting Torrent, too dangerous with lower level SKIP Liam! Heal to full before Brock, can also consider center if poisoned and want to conserve potions Brock: Bubble spam, split exp on both pokes If you have two slaves, consider letting one of them dying on Onix to get a free switch in Rock Tomb should do around half Mart: Sell Rock Tomb, Buy 4 Pokeballs, 6 Potions, 2 Antidotes, 2 Para Heals, 2 Awakenings and 6 Repels Switch to set You don't need to split any more exp, just tackle the first caterpie on both L2 and L3 pigi BC 1: Tackle spam then Gust spam Fight Lass over Bug Catcher Lass: Gust spam Leave Route 3 and come back to reset the lass's position Last BC: Gust spam You should be L12, barely not L13 after this last Bug Catcher Get Persim Berry Don't fight any optionals Get Star Piece down the first staircase in Moon (high safety for Misty) Get Rare Candy Get Moon Stone Get the Revive Once you get to right in front of the rocket, if you haven't gotten an encounter yet, do turnframes until you get a Clefairy (to save repel steps) Once you encounter the L12 Clefairy, weaken it just below half health, and then start throwing balls Clefairy Catch Brackets: <65% = 40%, <47% = 50%, <22% = 62% (w/paras stun spore: 62%, 78%, 100%) Once you catch the Clefairy, name it 1 character and evolve with the moon stone Rocket: Pound x3, Pound x3 Nerd: Swap Pound to Slot 3 + (Sing,) Pound x4, (Sing,) Pound x4, Pound x2 Leave Mt. Moon Teach Mega Punch over Encore (Slot 1) Teach Mega Kick over Growl (Slot 2) Get cutter if you don't have one Take the center Go to mart and shop: Sell Star Piece, Buy up to 3 Repels (if you have 0 currently), 2 Para Heals, Max Supers Get the Rare Candy Bridge Rival: MK + MP, MK (MP with decent ATK), MP, MP x2 After Bridge Rival, heal to full, candy x2 to L18 + equip Persim Berry before Misty, turn to switch mode Misty: MP x2, switch to Squirtle, Tail Whip + die, MP x2 or MP + MK if bad first roll Try to leave Staryu with a lot of HP Starmie Water Pulse does ~1/3 Go back to set mode Center again, teach Water Pulse over Sing (Slot 4) During this section, finish anything that lives with pound NB 1: WP x4 NB 2: MP/WP (if 41+ SPATK (x/30+/14+), MP x2 NB 3: WP, MK (MP if 35+ ATK at L19, x/18+/3+) NB 4: MP, MK (MP if 39+ ATK at L20, x/30+/15+) You can also consider WP x2 both Nido Fs if you're worried about kick pp and you can't MP NB 5: MK (MP if 34+ ATK at L19) (faster at 34+ Speed x/22+/7+) Rocket: Switch to a slave, let it die, then come back and MP x2 Skip Elixir Bottom Hiker: WP Lass: MP, MP (MK if 34- ATK at L21) Nob: WP, MP, WP x2 Lass 2: MP x2, WP Get Ether if bad attack and low on kicks, otherwise skip Dig Rocket: MK (MP if 43+ ATK at L23), MP Get Rare Candy Youngster: WP (MP if 44- SPATK at L23), MK (MP if 40+ ATK at L23) Take boat heal if low on kicks or HP Boat Rival: MK Pidgeotto, MK Raticate, MP Kadabra, MK Ivysaur (range) Take Boat Heal Teach Cut to cutter Do Cans Tucker: MP (heal static out of fight) Surge: MP, Pound (MP if 42- ATK at L25), MK (Guaranteed at 47+ ATK at L26) Get Bike Voucher and go back to Cerulean Get the bike Open bag, heal para if static, teach Shock Wave over Pound (Slot 4), then register and use bike and bike east Alicia: MP x4 Run to bike spinner Bug Catcher: WP x2, MK Get Rare Candy Enter Rock Tunnel, Repel right away Pokemaniac: WP (x2, hard range), SW x2 Pokemaniac: SW x2 Martha: MK (MP if 52+ ATK at L28), MP Geodude: WP Bottom Hiker: WP x3 Lass: MP, SW, MP Hiker: WP x3 Lass: MP x2, SW Buy 4 Escape Ropes and 7 Super Repels in Lavender Get Return Gambler: WP, MP As soon as you get to Celadon, get the Tea and go west to get Fly Teach fly to flier, fly to Celadon and bike east to Saffron Get TM29 Psychic from the bottom right house Fly back to Celadon Enter Game Corner Get PP-Up in Celadon Teach Psychic over Mega Kick (Slot 2), Return over Mega Punch (Slot 1) Grunt: Return x2 Get Rare Candy EARLY Get hidden Nugget Rare Candy x3 to L35 Lift Key guy: Psychic/Return if good attack, Return Get Lift Key Get Calcium if bad spatk Left Guy: Psychic, WP, Return Right Guy: Return, Psychic x2 Gio: WP, WP, Return x2 (+ SW) Get Silph Scope, Escape Rope out, bike to Dept. Store Elevator to 5F Sell Nugget x2, buy 5 X-Attacks, 10 X-Speeds, 31 X-Specials, 3 X-Accuracies, 5 Guard Specs Leave, Super Repel, toss Moon Stone, heal if necessary, fly to Lavender Lavender Rival: Guard Spec, X-Special, SW x2, Psychic, Return, Psychic Get Elixir Take Heal Pad Haunter: Psychic Gastlies: WP x2 Get Rare Candy Marowak: WP x2 Rocket 1: Return x2, Psychic Rocket 2: Return x2 Rocket 3: WP x3, Return Get Pokeflute Fly to Celadon Go west and wake up the Snorlax Get Rare Candy Get Max Elixir Do Safari Zone, get Full Restore, Gold Teeth, Surf Fly stationary (Fuschia) Juggler 1: Return x4 Koga: Psychic, Psychic + X-Special + Psychic, Psychic, Psychic (+ SW + Psychic, bc OHKO Range) Get Strength from Warden Teach Surf and Strength to Squirtle, use Super Repel and Escape Rope out Fly to Pallet Town and surf down Mansion: get Carbos, Blizzard and Elixir then Secret Key Use Carbos, Escape rope out Go to mart, buy 2 Full Heals and max Hypers Blaine: X-Speed, X-Attack x4, Return, Return, Return, Return x2 Walk out of the gym Say NO to Bill Fly to Celadon Beauty 1: Return x2 Beauty 2: Return Erika: Psychic x3 Fly to Saffron FIGHT THE ARBOK SPINNER WITHOUT BAG MANIPPING. Before Silph Rival, Max Elixir + heal to full. Silph Rival: X-Speed, Guard Spec, X-Special x2, SW, SW, Return x2, Psychic Feather Dance exactly turn 1 really sucks Grunt: Psychic, WP, Return Rare Candy x2 to L48 and heal if necessary. Gio: X-Special x2, Psychic, Psychic, Psychic + SW, WP Escape Rope out Sabrina: Return, Return, Psychic, Return Always slower than Zam, faster than Kadabra at 20+ IV neutral speed (outsped into Reflect is real bad) Escape rope out, fly to Viridian and bike to the gym Black Belt: Psychic, Return, Psychic Cooltrainer: X-Special, WP, Psychic x2, WP x2 Elixir, heal if necessary Gio: WP, X-Special, Psychic x4 Before Viridian Rival, heal to full, Super Repel and teach Blizzard over Water Pulse (Slot 3) Viridian Rival: X-Speed, X-Special x3, X-Accuracy, SW, Psychic, SW, Psychic, Blizzard x2 Standard VR Box Heal, deposit all slaves, buy max Full Restores Lorelei: X-Speed, X-Special x2, SW x2, X-Special x3, X-Attack, Psychic, SW, Psychic x2 (or Psychic + SW if low on PP), Return Heal to full Bruno: Guard Spec, X-Speed, X-Special x3, Psychic x5 It's okay to be low-ish going into this fight (Gengar can only toxic you) Agatha: X-Speed (x2 if less than 18 IV Neutral), X-Special x4, SW + SW, SW, Psychic x3 Heal if necessary Lance: X-Speed, X-Accuracy, X-Special x2, SW, Blizzard x4 Slower than Aero, HB does 90ish Elixir, heal to full Champ: Guard Spec, X-Speed x2, X-Special x2, Guard Spec, X-Special x2, X-Accuracy, SW, Blizzard x2, SW, SW x2, Psychic