STRAT DETAILS - double deposit in one of three places, depending on hp and pp: violet 1, violet 2, olivine - use all money in azalea mart (including 2+ para heals) - skip goldenrod mart 1 (teleport after game corner) - take violet mart 2 (buy escape ropes, awakenings, 2 x attacks and 1 x speed; don't sell attract) - do morty without x spec > might work best with early morty, especially since you need to save more surf/strength pp for this route - kill red gyarados (3hko, including 1-2 headbutts, depending on pp and attack dv) > yolo strat option: skip poli and catch gyarados - consider fighting jasmine early for exp (hideout + early vance) and faster movement > with 15 dv special, magnemites are 95% ranges and steelix is 66% EFFECTS - 17s to kill red gyarados if no heal - ??? lost to no x spec morty - 28s saved in shopping movement+menus - $1350 saved for azalea/violet shopping - gyara's 917 exp gives: - 35 for arbok - 36 for seel - 36 for dewgong - 38 for muk - 40 for koffing #5 - 43 for grimer - 44 for vileplume - 49 for meganium - 54 for dragonite - gyara + early jasmine also gives: - 34 for ekans (bite) - 35 for raticate - 36 for gloom - 36 for electrode - 36 for electrode - 36 for electrode - 39 for porygon - 40 for koffing #4 - 44 for arbok COMPLICATIONS - morty can kill you if you're unlucky, even from full HP - gyarados can do 50+ damage, although healing to full before chuck essentially guarantees you're fine here - missing a range on jasmine is either run over (magnemites do 80+ with TB) or a huge time loss (steelix sunny day+hyper potion) - no full heals means no protection against hitmonchan burn/freeze and various poisons (if no antidotes) and slower heals on umbreon/xatu > maybe pick up well and forest full heals, and skip buying awakenings? ----- MORTY WITHOUT X SPECIAL If early Morty (12-15 Speed only): - Gastly: Bite (favorable range) - Haunter: Bite+WG (use X Speed after first Bite if 12-13 Speed) - Gengar: (sacrifice Abra if Cursed)+X Speed+Bite+Bite+WG - Haunter: Bite+WG If late Morty: - Gastly: Surf - Haunter: Surf (unfavorable range) - Gengar: X Speed+Surf+Surf (unfavorable range; finish with Bite+WG if first Surf did too little) - Haunter: Bite+WG