Don't manip Squirtle Turn on Switch before the run Get PC Potion Flash Start before leaving Pallet Town to skip a cutscene Don't kill anything on Route 1 Don't leave Route 1 without catching a Pidgey, can also consider grinding for one on Route 2 (higher levels on average) Nickname your Pidgey Get 3+ Potions before Sammy Swap Pidgey to the front before Weedle guy and split exp Weedle Guy: 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: Buy 3 Pokeballs, 6 Potions, 2 Antidotes, 1 Para Heal and 5 Repels Switch to set You don't need to split any more exp, just tackle the first caterpie on L2-3 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 If L4/L5 Pidgey was caught, knock Metapod fairly low, then switch to Squirtle and finish it with Bubble 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 6 Supers, 2 Antidotes, 2 Awakenings, 3 Repels Get the Rare Candy Bridge Rival: MK + MP, MK (MP with decent ATK), MP, MP x2 After Bridge Rival, heal to full, equip Persim Berry before Misty, turn to switch mode Misty: MK + MP (MP x2 if good attack), switch to Squirtle, Tail Whip + die, MK x2 Try to leave Staryu with a lot of HP Starmie Water Pulse does just over ~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 Nido F if you're worried about kick pp and you can't MP NB 5: MP (faster at 34+ Speed x/22+/7+) Rocket: MK (MP if 36+ Attack x/15+/0+), MP Get Elixir Can also opt to fight Franklin and Flint over Wayne and Nob, changes are listed at the bottom of this route 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 low on kicks and likely won't make it to boat, 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 again if less than 3 kicks or pretty far from full HP Teach Cut to cutter Get Bike Voucher and go back to Cerulean Get the bike Open bag + 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, Elixir sometime in a repel menu when you need kicks Pokemaniac: WP + Pound, MK + MP Pokemaniac: MK x2 Martha: MK, MK (MP if +attack) Geodude: WP Bottom Hiker: WP x3 Lass: MP x3 (can Pound Meowth with + Attack) Hiker: WP x3 Lass: WP (15/16 @ 0 Neutral), MP, WP Buy 1 Super Potion (if you have none), 4 Escape Ropes and 7 Super Repels in Lavender Rare Candy x3 to L33 Get Return Gambler: WP, MP As soon as you get to Celadon, get the Tea and go west to get Fly Bike east to Saffron Get TM29 Psychic from the bottom right house Go south to Vermillion Do Cans Teach Psychic over Mega Kick (Slot 2), Return over Mega Punch (Slot 1), Fly to flier all in a bag manip Tucker: Psychic Surge: Return, Psychic, Return (very good OHKO range) Outspeed Raichu at 54+ Speed (x/23+/11+) Fly back to Celadon Enter Game Corner Grunt: Return x2 Get Max Ether Lift Key guy: Return x2 Get Lift Key Get Rare Candy Get Calcium Left Guy: Psychic, WP, Return Right Guy: Return, Psychic x2 Gio: WP, WP, Return x3 Get Silph Scope, Teach Shock Wave over Pound (Slot 3), Use Calcium, Escape Rope out, bike to Dept. Store Elevator to 5F Sell Nugget, buy 1 X-Attack, 11 X-Speeds, 34 X-Specials, 4 X-Accuracies, 4 Guard Specs Leave, Super Repel, toss Moon Stone, heal if very low (but not too high!), fly to Lavender Lavender Rival: X-Special, Psychic, SW, Psychic, Return, Psychic If you got Sand, you can X-Acc and get the extra one in a later floor of tower Get Elixir Take Heal Pad Haunter: Psychic Gastlies: WP x2 Get Rare Candy Marowak: WP x2 Rocket 1: Return x2, Psychic (Return with decent atk) Rocket 2: Return x2 Rocket 3: Return x4 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 Rare Candy x4 to L43 in Super Repel menu in Safari Zone (your cursor is on bird!) Fly stationary (Fuschia) Juggler 1: Return x4 Koga: Psychic, Psychic + X-Special + Psychic, Psychic, Psychic Get Strength from Warden Teach Surf and Strength to Squirtle, use Super Repel, Max Ether Psychic Fly to Pallet Town then surf down Mansion: get Carbos if lower speed, Blizzard and Elixir then Secret Key Escape rope out Go to mart, buy 2 Full Heals and max Hypers Blaine: X-Special x2, Psychic, X-Special x2, X-Speed, (Heal), WP, WP (OHKO Range) 0 Neutral SpAtk -> 10/16 OHKO, x/11+/0+ -> Guaranteed OHKO 0 Neutral Spdef -> RK9 Fire Blast does 79-93 Walk out of the gym Say NO to Bill Fly to Celadon Beauty 1: Return x2 Beauty 2: Return Erika: Return, Psychic x2 Fly to Saffron Before Silph Rival, Max Elixir, Carbos if you got it, heal to full. Silph Rival: X-Speed, X-Special x2, SW, SW, Psychic, SW x2, Psychic Grunt: Psychic, WP, Return Gio: X-Special x2, Psychic, Psychic, SW x2, Psychic Heal if dead to Zam (43-55), Escape Rope out Sabrina: (X-Speed if slower than Kadabra), Return, Return, Psychic, Return Always slower than Zam, faster than Kadabra at 16+ 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 Elixir, heal if necessary Cooltrainer: X-Special, WP, Psychic x4 (WP Marowak if -spatk) Gio: WP, X-Special, Psychic x4 Can outspeed Dugtrio at 28+ IV plus nature (26+ with carbos) Before Viridian Rival, heal to full, Super Repel and teach Blizzard over Water Pulse (Slot 3) Viridian Rival: X-Speed, X-Special x3, SW, Psychic, X-Accuracy, 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, SW x2, Psychic x2 (Return + SW if riskier Agatha), Return Can outspeed Jynx at 24+ IV plus nature (or 21+ with carbos) Heal to full Bruno: Guard Spec, X-Speed, X-Special x3, Psychic x5 Can outspeed Hitmonlee at 29+ IV plus nature (or 26+ with carbos) You have a bonus Guard Spec if you need to heal during this setup and it wears off early It's okay to be low-ish going into this fight (Gengar can only toxic you) Slightly riskier strat can only be done with reasonable special attack, +1 Gengar is a bad range with -spatk Agatha (safer): X-Speed (x2 if less than 18 IV Neutral), X-Special x4, SW + SW, SW, Psychic x3 Agatha (riskier): X-Speed, X-Special, Psychic, X-Special x3, (X-Speed again if less than 18 IV Neutral), SW, Psychic x3 Heal if necessary Lance: X-Speed, X-Accuracy, X-Special x2, SW, Blizzard x4 Skip X-Speed at 21+ IV plus nature (19+ with carbos) @0 Def Neutral -> Gyara HB 96-113, Aero HB 79-93, Always Slower than Aero Elixir, heal to full Champ: Guard Spec, X-Speed (x2 if less than 22 Neutral), X-Special x2, Guard Spec, X-Special x2, X-Accuracy, SW, Blizzard x2, SW, SW x2, Psychic RK9 @0 def/spdef: Flamethrower 81-96, E-Speed 51-61 _______________________________________________________ Franklin/Flint route changes Franklin: MK, WP Flint: WP, MK (MP if decent atk) Drowzee on Dig Rocket is now a (pretty good) range MK Pidgeotto on Boat Rival is now a range MK Ivysaur on Boat Rival is now a way worse range