ROUTE 101 - 12 Attack does 1 less damage, so always check if Zig's health bar is green LITTLEROOT TOWN - Mom heal is 4-5 seconds faster than Oldale Potion ROUTE 101 - If you killed a Wingull, don't kill a L2 Poochyena/Wurmple here (better to hope for a L3 to get L8 for Aqua Pooch) ROUTE 102 - L4 Poochyenas and Wurmples are almost always 3HKOs - Probably kill any 29+ exp Pokemon you see if your HP is high enough (1 for Ralts, 5 for Wurmples/Lotads, 8 for Pooches?) - Ralts cutscene: Don't need to mash until Wally starts talking again PETALBURG CITY - If you got experience, buy 4 Potions; if not, buy 5 RUSTBORO GYM - Text boxes for receiving badge and TM39 clear themselves (don't mash) ROUTE 116 - If you have partial exp. and Torrent at L15, it's faster to fight the Youngster and dodge the Hiker > Need to sell 1 Poke Ball to make shopping work > Alternatively, you could Repel as soon as the Youngster faces left, and only fight the Hiker if he hasn't spun - Text box for receiving Devon Goods clears itself RUSTBORO CITY - Text boxes for receiving Great Ball, Letter and Pokenav clear themselves - Shopping: If you bought 4 Potions, buy 3 X Speeds here DEWFORD TOWN - Deathwarping from Granite Cave saves ~2s (not counting time loss from Tentacool trainer) > Must use Potion on first Repel menu > Money loss doesn't matter > Unfortunately, Tentacool trainer never seems worth it GRANITE CAVE - Text boxes for giving Letter and receiving TM47 clear themselves SLATEPORT CITY - Text box for giving Devon Goods clears itself ROUTE 110 - Rival 2: > At 37-38 HP and asleep, healing on Grovyle is probably correct, but it's a close play > If you miss the Wingull range and land on 2-3 HP, use a Potion before Tackling it - Text box for receiving Itemfinder clears itself - Fighting Abra first is never worth it MAUVILLE CITY - Deandre's Zigzagoon always dies to a -1 Mud Shot - Text boxes for receiving badge and TM34 clear themselves (don't mash) FALLARBOR TOWN - Bonk-into-house movement to get Nugget is barely faster if done perfectly - Shopping: > If you bought 4 Potions, buy 4 X Specials and 9 X Attacks, and don't sell Steel Wing > You can buy 1 more Super Potion if you really need it for Maxie 1 RUSTURF TUNNEL - Text box for receiving HM04 clears itself MT. CHIMNEY - With perfect Mud Shot PP, use Mud Shot on Mightyena if you're dead to 3 Bites (<54 HP) > If -1 Mud Shots, use one only if dead to 2 Bites (<37 HP) LAVARIDGE GYM - Ideal HP for Flannery is 64+. Lower end is best with 1 MS left, and higher is best with 3 left > If you have 1 MS and a Super Potion, probably don't heal 46-63 HP, since you can use it during the fight, but you usually don't need to and can WG Camerupt - Order of items on Flannery: X Attack x5, Rock Smash, X Special x1-2, Great Ball, Poke Ball x5 - Text boxes for receiving badge and TM50 clear themselves (don't mash) LAVARIDGE TOWN - Text box for receiving Go-Goggles clears itself DEWFORD GYM - Text boxes for receiving badge and TM08 clear themselves (don't mash) ROUTE 104 - Desert candy Super Repel lasts through grass here if you used it on tile before rotator with 32-33 HP after Flannery PETALBURG GYM - Consider this path: http://pastebin.com/RyfCDv0v - X Attack on Vigoroth is basically as good as WG (since it's only ~0.9s slower, and WG crit is bad) - Norman: If you have ~71 HP on Spinda and are fully set up and confused, it's probably better to YOLO confusion than Heal Powder > If you hit yourself, Energy Root and try again. Same applies on Vigoroth - Norman: It's 3-4 seconds faster to WG+Strength Vigoroth if it's OK to give it a turn - Norman: If you're at +3/+0 on Vigoroth and dead to 2 hits, go for Mud Shot > If you get the range, heal and X Speed on Linoone (save a heal if Belly Drum) > If you miss the range, X Speed while he heals, then go for the range again (save a heal if you get it) - Norman: If you don't get either Defense drop, heal+MS+MS usually kills - Text boxes for receiving badge and TM42 clear themselves (don't mash) PETALBURG CITY - Text box for receiving HM03 clears itself ROUTE 118 - Run-into-bike-into-bag manip the Bird Keeper WEATHER INSTITUTE - If you killed a Tentacool, consider candying one fight earlier, then pause manipping the spinner (safe if he's facing down; must wait and then bag manip if he's facing up) > Extra ~900 exp basically has the same effect as killing Tropius (can skip Mt. Pyre candy and fight Mossdeep singles) > If you kill Tropius, you can fight Mossdeep double - You can candy once to L34 if that allows to Strength one fewer Carvanha, but the time save is marginal - Text box for receiving Castform clears itself - If you have 16-18 HP after Shelly, you can skip the bed and be safe from Pelipper while maintaining Torrent through Fortree double. Works best with 10+ Strengths (you often use more) > Fortree double strat is Surf+SW Swellow, Surf+SW Pelipper, Surf > Saves 7 seconds if all goes well, but you often risk a few things (Ember burn, Pelipper crit, Swellow crit, Xatu Night Shade) ROUTE 119 - Rival 3: If X Attacks are high, it doesn't matter which X item you use first (same # of inputs) - Text box for receiving HM02 clears itself FORTREE GYM - New Fortree double strat (courtesy of Tyrant/Sinstar): 1: Strength+SW Doduo 2: Strength Pelipper+SW Swellow 3: Surf+SW Swellow 4: Surf+SW Xatu - New double notes: > If you get Protect, it's probably an extra turn, but you can kill Pelipper+Swellow with Surf with an amazing Castform > Don't X Special if Swellow is one SW from death (it's 2s slower unless you miss) - Tropius Sweet Scent is extremely rare (~5%) - Text box for receiving TM40 clears itself MT. PYRE - If leading MS on Wailmer, Castform should target Poochyena with 47+ Sp. Atk. Close play with less than that - Text box for receiving Magma Emblem clears itself - Skip candy if you have Tropius exp. MAGMA HIDEOUT - If you got candy, use it on second Super Repel menu here - Swablu Torrent manip strat on Maxie 1 loses 17 seconds + exp. MOSSDEEP GYM - If you skipped candy, fight first two trainers as singles to get L43 for Lunatone