General route: - Catch Taillow + slaves for Cut and Rock Smash (ideally get one of Zigzagoon/Marill) - Take fast free heals > Weather Institute bed (8s) > Route 112 heal house (21s) > S.S. Tidal bed > Deathwarp - Get several PP items (Note: Elixers are slightly more efficient than a Pokemon Center) > MAX ELIXER: Magma Hideout, Aqua Hideout | Victory Road > PP MAX: Magma Hideout > ELIXER: Route 110, Route 111, Route 119, Route 123 | Route 119 (slow), Victory Road (slow) > PP UP: None | Route 103, Route 109 (slow), Route 115, Route 123, Route 123, Lilycove City - Fight as many double battles as possible - Try to minimize SE/NVE text - Moveset: > START: Tackle, Mud-Slap, WG, MS (maybe Rock Tomb over Mud-Slap) > FIRST MIDGAME: Tackle, Strength, WG, MS > SECOND MIDGAME: Muddy Water, Strength, WG, MS > THIRD MIDGAME: Surf, Strength, WG, MS (want to keep MS through Mt. Pyre because Carvanhas) > SEA ROUTES: Surf, Strength, IB, EQ > ELITE FOUR: Same as above Detailed route: - Get PC Potion - Fight first two trainers on Route 102 (skip second one if you caught Zig) - Catch Zig and Taillow if you see them - Petalburg Mart: 2 Potions, 2 Repels, 1 X Attack - Enter Petalburg Center - Petalburg Woods: > Bug Catcher: X Attack, Tackle x4 (77% ranges) > Grunt: WG+WG > Bug Catcher: WG x2 - Get HM01 - Rustboro Gym: All WGs (you have L15 for Nosepass) - Route 116: > Catch Nincada if no Zig (Tackle to Weaken) > Catch Taillow (YOLO balls until 1-2 Growls) > Fight all trainers except 2 Grass spinners > Usually Repel on Youngster bag manip (since need to catch Nincada by that point anyway) - Rustboro Mart: 4 Escape Ropes, max X Attacks - Rival "2": X Attack (repeat if Growl), Tackle x3 - Fight all remaining Route 104 trainers before Briney 1 - Fight Dewford beach trainers - Dewford Gym: All MS (X Attack on Brawly) - Get beach Ether if necessary, then use it on Mud Shot - Fight 4 single battles on Route 109 (leave two doubles for later) - Museum: MS | Tackle, MS (ROUTE GETS MUCH HARDER FROM HERE) - Route 110: > Pokefans: all Mud-Slap > Do Trick House for candy/exp? Only Shroomish is a problem > Timmy: WG x2 > Rival 2: WG, Tackle+Tackle+Tackle, Tackle+Tackle (get Torrent from Grovyle) > Guitarist: WG, MS > Triathlete: WG > Psychic: Mud-Slap > Get Elixer - Get Rock Smash and bike, then fight Deandre and Wally like normal - Go back to fight Cycling Road trainers - Fight all Route 117 trainers - Mauville Gym: OHKO all except bugs (Tackle x4) (USE ELIXER #1) - Get Route 111 Elixer - Go to Meteor Falls and Strength, fighting trainers along the way - Fallarbor Mart: Buy ~11 Great Balls, ~21 Super Repels and 11 X Specials (USE ELIXER #2) - Get Rusturf Tunnel Max Ether - Fight remaining Route 111 trainers, including Winstrate House and TV crew - Fight west Route 118 trainers - Teach Strength over Mud-Slap, and eventually Muddy Water over Tackle - Sacrifice all but double battle slave on Maxie 1 - Fight some/all trainers on Jagged Pass - Lavaridge Gym: Mostly Strengths; need Muddy Water or Torrent on Flannery (USE MAX ETHER ON STRENGTH) - After Flannery, fight all trainers in desert and remaining trainers on Route 112-114 > Get desert candy > Muddy Water the double battles > Deathwarp with poison to Ninja Boy Lao OR Take Down (make sure you kill DB slave first) - Petalburg Gym: All Muddy Water or Torrent WG (get Torrent off Counter) - Teach Surf over Muddy Water - Grind for a high-level Tentacool (repel strats) and teach it Surf - From Norman to bed, fight the following: > Remaining trainer on Route 102 > All trainers on Route 103 > 2-3 more Trick House sets > Hidden Route 110 trainer > Route 110 Pokemaniac (unless fought earlier) > Route 118 trainers (east; includes TV crew) > Route 119 trainers (south; includes Surfing) > Weather Institute grunts + Shelly - Take Weather Institute bed - Get Route 119 Elixer - Fight remaining Route 119 trainers - Fortree Gym: Strengths and Surfs (get Torrent off a Tropius) - Fight trainers on Routes 120-123 and Mt. Pyre (including TV crew) (USE ELIXER #3) - Fight trainers on Mt. Chimney and in Magma Hideout - Get Max Elixer and PP Max in Magma Hideout (USE MAX ELIXER) (USE PP MAX ON STRENGTH OR EQ) - Fly to Slateport, then do the southern Surf routes and Abandoned Ship (get IB and Rare Candy) - Fly to Lilycove and fight Rival 4 - Do Aqua Hideout - Get Max Elixer in Aqua Hideout - Do Route 124-125 - Mossdeep Gym: All double battles, all Surfs (make sure Tentacruel outspeeds Xatu) (USE MAX ELIXER) - Do Space Center and Seafloor Cavern (all Surfs) - Fight all the trainers on the way to Sky Pillar (TEACH ICE BEAM) - Fight all the off-path sea trainers (minus what you can do in one round of PP after E4) (TAKE SOOTOPOLIS CENTER) - Sootopolis Gym: All Strengths and EQs - Fight all the trainers on the way to Victory Road - Do Victory Road (TAKE E4 CENTER) - Fight Elite Four and Champion - Do 4-5 remaining Trick House sets - Fight trainers on S.S. Tidal - Fight Route 115 trainers - Fight trainers in Meteor Falls - Last fight is Steven (+2 Torrent Surf) Major fights: - Roxanne: Same as normal - Brawly: X Attack x2 (only 1 if Machop doesn't Bulk Up; just WG+MS Makuhita) - Rival 2: MS, MS+MS, Tackle+Tackle (should tank Absorb crit) - Wattson: X Speed, MS x4 (should OHKO Manectric at ~L28) - Maxie 1: Muddy Water, Strength, WG (or sacrifice slaves and MS Mightyena) - Flannery: Strength x2, WG x2 (need Torrent for Torkoal) - Norman: Muddy Water x3, X Special, Muddy Water (need Torrent for Slaking) - Rival 3: Strength x2, (X Attack), Strength - Winona: Strength, X Attack, Strength x2, Surf, Strength (watch out for Tropius Sunny Day) - Maxie 2: Surf x3 (may need Torrent; Crobat outspeeds) - Rival 4: (X Attack), Strength x4 - Tate & Liza: Surf+BB, Surf+BB - True double: Surf spam (need Torrent) - Archie: Surf x2, EQ (may need Torrent; Crobat outspeeds) - Juan: EQ x5 - Wally 2: IB, Surf x2, EQ x2 - Sidney: Surf, IB x2, Surf x2 (needs Torrent for Crawdaunt) - Phoebe: Strength, Surf x5 (needs Torrent) - Glacia: EQ x4, Strength+EQ - Drake: EQ, IB x3, EQ - Champion: X Attack x2, EQ, Strength x2, IB+Strength, EQ x2 - Steven: X Special x2, Surf, X Special, Surf x5 (Giga Drain into Torrent) ----- AREAS: route 102 route 104 (part 1) petalburg woods route 104 (part 2) rustboro gym rival "2" route 116 (including cut section) route 106 (land) dewford gym route 109 (including house) slateport museum route 110 (including cycling road and hidden trainer) trick house route 103 (including cut section) wally 1 mauville gym route 118 (west) route 111 (including winstrate house and tv crew) route 112 route 113 route 114 route 115 (part 1) route 117 rusturf tunnel mt. chimney (magmas) mt. chimney (normal) jagged pass (including grunt) lavaridge gym route 111 (desert) petalburg gym route 115 (part 2) route 105 (sea) route 106 (sea) route 107 (sea) abandoned ship (including dive section?) route 108 (sea) route 118 (east; includes tv crew) route 119 weather institute fortree gym route 120 (including tv crew) route 121 mt. pyre (inner and outer) route 123 magma hideout rival "4" aqua hideout route 124 (sea) mossdeep gym space center route 125 (sea) seafloor cavern route 126 (sea) route 127 (sea) route 128 (sea) route 129 (sea) route 130 (sea) route 131 (sea) route 132 (sea) route 133 (sea) route 134 (sea) sootopolis gym victory road elite four revisit trick house s.s. tidal meteor falls