Early game: TBD (not sure whether Toto or Cynda is faster) COMPARED TO CURRENT ROUTE Skip Charge Beam -56.0 Skip Hidden Power and candy -114.0 Skip Fly ? Shop in Celadon ? TOTAL -170.0 Candy to 41 Ecruteak Gym: All Spark (can Thunder Gengar if Toto route) Get Violet candy +21.0 Candy to 43 Ace Trainer 1: Thunder (guaranteed), SB, Thunder -1.5 Ace Trainer 2: SB+SB, Spark, Spark (13/16) +8.0 Ace Trainer 3: Thunder, SB (9/16) Rival 4: Thunder, (X Acc), Thunder x2, SB, Spark, Thunder+SB +10.0 Candy twice to 47 Will: X Spec, SB x5 (guaranteed Slowbro) -1.0 Koga: Thunder, X Spec, X Acc, Thunder x4 Bruno: X Spec, X Acc, Thunder, SB, Thunder x3 (13/16 Machamp) +0.5 Ether Thunder Karen: X Spec x2, Thunder x2, SB, X Spec, Spark, SB (14/16) +11.0 Lance: Reflect, X Spec x2, X Acc, X Speed, Thunder x6 (12/16 Dragonite) +40.0 Sailor: Thunder x2, SB Blue: Manip +27.0 Red: Manip +25.0 TOTAL +140.0 NET -30.0 NOTES - You can teach Thunder Fang over Spark if it's useful enough on Blue/Red