Strat #1 - Use X Speed on the second Dragonair when Hyper Beam will kill but Ice Beam won't > HYPER BEAM: 46-55 dmg (15 DV), 53-63 dmg (0 DV) > ICE BEAM: 35-42 dmg (15 DV), 40-48 dmg (0 DV) Strat #2 - Get Warden Rare Candy - Use before Agatha to reach Lv. 53 - Agatha: EQ, X Special, IB, EQ x3 > Get Lv. 54 off Gengar > Faster than first Gengar with 15 DV Speed (14 = speedtie, 13 = faster with 1 Carbos) - Lance: X Special, TB, IB, X Special, IB x3 > Get Lv. 55 off Aerodactyl > Faster than Aerodactyl after two badge boosts with 11 DV Speed > ICE BEAM: 30-36 dmg (15 DV), 34-40 dmg (0 DV) - Champion: Standard strats > Get Lv. 56 off Exeggutor > End fight at Lv. 56 Strat #3 - If you can't survive Hyper Beam or Ice Beam, use X Speed on Aerodactyl > SWIFT: 26-31 dmg (15 DV), 30-36 dmg (0 DV) > WING ATTACK: 23-28 dmg (15 DV), 28-33 dmg (0 DV) > FLY: 45-54 dmg (15 DV), 53-63 dmg (0 DV) (Super Potion while it's in the air; Fly will put you into red bar) > HYPER BEAM: OHKO Strat #4 - If Special and Defense are so bad that you likely won't survive Hydro Pump + Hyper Beam/Ice Beam/Swift, just plan to YOLO Lance and Champion > Rationale: Normal strats for these fights are very slow with bad Special/Defense, but YOLO strats don't lose anything > YOLO Lance can be done in several ways: - YOLO Drill and then double X Special on the first Dragonair - X Special, get Hydro Pump into red bar, then X Speed on the first Dragonair without healing (need miss or low roll+Slam) - Other methods? ----- Lance at +2 Special (ranges include 1/39) DV Slam Hyper Beam Bubblebeam Ice Beam 0 26-31 48-57 25-30 35-42 1 26-31 47-56 23-28 34-40 2 25-30 47-56 23-28 34-40 3 25-30 46-55 23-28 34-40 4 25-30 46-55 23-28 34-40 5 24-29 45-53 23-28 32-38 6 24-29 45-53 23-28 32-38 7 24-29 44-52 23-28 32-38 8 24-29 44-52 22-26 32-38 9 23-28 44-52 22-26 32-38 10 23-28 43-51 22-26 32-38 11 23-28 43-51 22-26 30-36 12 22-27 42-50 22-26 30-36 13 22-27 42-50 22-26 30-36 14 22-27 41-49 22-26 30-36 15 22-27 41-49 22-26 30-36