TO DO: Add a bunch of this stuff to "New Emerald notes" Dec. 15 DONE: Update EVs in chart - Move order > Conclusion: http://forums.pokemonspeedruns.com/viewtopic.php?f=28&p=4902#p4902 DONE: Slaking chart (when to X Attack, Rock Smash, etc.) - T&L practice (especially if EQ+EQ+AP doesn't put you into Torrent) - Lots of biking practice - Pause manip practice DONE: Plusle/Minun Soft Sand? Remember that Growl comes before badge boost > Conclusion: Equip with Answer: 337 exp. DONE: Fight other Hiker in Roxanne's gym when short $ (usually with bad Speed/Sp. Atk)? He gives $192 extra > Conclusion: Only 6-7 frames slower to fight him, so almost always do it DONE: Can Skitty put you into Torrent? > Conclusion: Yes, but only 24% chance, and 25% to use Attract. 65/74 exp; never OHKO without Torrent - Revise Dewford movement - After Archie, go straight down, then turn in water (easier to execute, and no turn frame lost) - Avoid Sky Pillar turn frame after repel wears off DONE: Revisit Flannery Sunny Day into Body Slam para strat > Conclusion: Death+Revive is still best - Heal on Linoone so you can Rock Smash Slaking instead of WG x2 after Sitrus? Obviously only works if Belly Drum - Avoid healing between Slakoth and Vigoroth if possible (cursor stays on X Attack) DONE: Look up Vigoroth range (to see when you can finish with Strength) - Figure out backup strat if Castform dies (need to Revive before Magma Hideout) - Practice T&L split speed strats - Delay teaching Rock Tomb if equipping Soft Sand late, or if you'll likely get <300 exp. - Skip Route 111 Orans even with none? See if you can take Swablu+Tropius AA (if no AA, just Super Potion on Crobat) - Conclusion: Always plan to Candy+Potion for Winona with x/20/3+ Def. (heal on Swablu if AA). If spare Oran, use unless x/x/22+ - Practice re-pause manip - How to handle Rival 3 Pelipper Supersonic? Any value to skipping bed at below half? Or will ruling out Supersonic lead to more Protects? (and is that bad?) - If Castform gets confused on Mt. Pyre double, use his turn to Energy Root him (NOT attack or Heal Powder) Dec. 17 - 233 exp to L26 for Numel, which saves 2.1s on x/x/22-28 (so consider getting full 295 exp.) - 0 or 2 Persims? DONE: Mauville center skip? Especially if allows you to delay Elixer until after Flannery (run-into-bike manip Ethan if no need to heal for Flannery) > Conclusion: Don't skip, because it's 0.6s faster to center (1.1 with no bird) before accounting for $700 - Practice entire Maxie 1 split, especially with Swablu - Practice section from Lilycove spinners to Winona - Move selection on Fortree double > Conclusion: Surf turn 2 with x/x/24+, otherwise flex (you have enough X Specs to X Spec+SW Swellow with terrible stats) > Conclusion: If faster than Xatu, discourage Strength strat (X Spec strat: SW on the way in, then finish with Surf. Saves inputs and trolling) - Castform can be slower than Wailmer (38t), Carvanha (40), Doduo (43t), Pelipper (43t) and Tropius (39t). How to adjust strats? > Conclusion: If slower than Wailmer and/or Carvanha, encourage Strength strats (because you often get a turn to heal Castform) and disfavor Surf turn 2 strats (because if Surf doesn't kill Doduo, it gets an extra turn) > Conclusion: Always heal Swampert+Castform to survive 3 Razor Leafs (and 4 if possible) DONE: If miss Carvanha SW range, kill it last? (double target Wailmer, then Strength Zubat+SW Carvanha) > Conclusion: YES, as the only threat is Scary Face, and Castform usually outspeeds - Run, don't bike, when grinding for Swablu (bike into west wall, then bonk-dismount and start running) Dec. 18 - Repel as soon as you enter Fallarbor Mart (so you can always mash to sell rather than going down 1) - Practice turn frames in Flannery's gym and Aqua Hideout > Flannery: Right-down, down-right > Aqua Hideout: Down-right, down, down-left, down-left, down, down-right, down-right, down-left - Always Super in Rusturf Tunnel if you have Full Heal DONE: Revisit Delcatty strats (WG+WG+MS is ideal, but will MS always kill?) - X Attack for Manectric? > Beach Potion: +3.4s over buying 2 Potions (6.1 vs. 2.7) > One fewer Potion > One more X Attack: +0.1s > Use X Attack on Wattson: -5s; OHKO chance is generally the same as 2HKO chance (slightly better w/ 50, worse w/ 51) > Less likely to heal after Wattson > Conclusion: Worth considering only with x/25-28/8-11 Attack, good HP/Potion entering Petalburg and good stats for Roxanne - Get 2 Ethers instead of Leppas with x/20/3+ Defense? Or with x/x/22+ Defense? Since not going left to Orans before Winona anyway > Leppas are ~0.3s faster before accounting for menus. So Ethers are definitely faster if not going left before Winona - Consider 1/4/5 in Slateport rather than 3/3/5 with x/29/12+ Speed (not healing for Maxie 1 much anymore). Also can always afford 2/4/4 - Get hidden Great Ball for Swablu if out? 98-99% to catch after a WG (compared to 62% with Poke Ball) > Conclusion: Yes (also note that cursor goes from Cancel to Great Ball, saving an input) Dec. 19 DONE: Double Strength Mightyena on speedtie? - Conclusion: Yes, assuming x/26/6+ Attack and can survive 2 Bites DONE: Add Delcatty Torrent ranges DONE: What to do if no backup X Attack for Winona and you get Perish Song? 17 X Attacks? > Conclusion: Go to +3, then lead with Surf on Altaria to avoid heal range. +1 EQ does 23-39 dmg (always live with x/11/a). If might not survive +1 EQ, use Werster Super Potion strats if you have a spare and AA puts you into Torrent (43 HP with 12+ IV, 42 with 4-11, 41 with 0-3). - Use Twitch delay to see what tile female swimmer turned on and whether you can YOLO pass safely? > Conclusion: Yes; Surf east on her tile, then Surf down on the last possible tile and bonk-talk to the guy. If she spins after you turned down, it's a safe pass without pausing. If not, she can't have spun, so must wait for her. If spun early, pause manip DONE: Don't Fly first Dusclops (Curse too strong) DONE: L48 Dusclops appears to always Protect turn 1 (so lead Waterfall) - Rayquaza with +Atk nature is 1 AA short unless no Protect from Shelgon. Options to fix: X Attack+X Spec Glacia (no Fly Walrein), X Spec on Gyarados (so risk confusion). Probably do second one unless turn 1 Hail AND you won't need to heal for Champion after the incoming Ice Ball Dec. 20 - Skip all Orans with good Defense? Rather than skipping Potions and X Attacking on Wattson - Consider 0-1 Potions and still 2 X Attacks in Petalburg; frees up money in Slateport (maybe don't sell Steel Wing) > Actually works with 2/3/2/2, Marc and 0/3/4 in Slateport (if Tommy, most efficient buy is 2/3/2/2 and 3/1/5) > Pick up Repel - Get Leppa even with godly Defense? Can't get fast Fallarbor sell because of extra item, plus a lot of extra scrolling - Switch Surf to 1 on Tabitha 2, because otherwise you're Leppaing slot 3 - Surf Kirlia? > Conclusion: Yes, if enough PP and x/8/a+ - If Reviving for T&L, do it on Super Repel/Energy Root menu Dec. 21 - Don't X Attack on Vigoroth with x/20-21/3-4 Attack (and adjust shopping accordingly) - Surf Rival 3's Slugma after Amnesia with x/22/11+ (Lv. 33) or x/18/6+ (Lv. 34) - Strength Flannery's Slugma after Sunny Day with x/29-31/10-13 (because missed range = sun ends after Body Slam) - Stay in Torrent for Slakoth with OHKO Doduo with Surf > OHKO Xatu with Surf > Outspeed Xatu on 16-25 neutral (basically always 3-turn if you outspeed) > Better range on Skarmory (or skip X Spec) > Outspeed Altaria on 20-23 neutral > Outspeed/tie Golbat on 8-11 neutral > Better range on T&L Xatu with 1 X Spec > L45 for start of true double (ranges + outspeed Golbat) > Generally save 0-1 menus and a few inputs to candy TIME LOSSES: > Brawly > Delcatty (x/x/25+ Attack only) > Slakoth (most IVs) > Vigoroth (most IVs) > Norman (many Speed IVs, some Attack IVs) > Shelly (never L33 for Mightyena; may tie Carvanha) > Rival 3 (Slugma Strength, must go to +2 for Grovyle) > Mt. Pyre double (Wailmer range, or really fast Castform) > Tropius (generally only from death+Revive) > Can't split speed on T&L with 22-26 > Trying to learn Protect at L46 - Delay lake candy use if you don't die against Tropius? (again, main benefit would be 43 for Xatu, but would try to learn Protect) Dec. 23 - Surf Swablu and Tropius with x/x/29+ IV Sp. Atk (don't set up until Pelipper). Extremely likely to 2HKO Tropius because Torrent - When in Double-Edge range, Wailord seems to use it 50% of the time (Blizzard the other 50%) - Is backup X Speed for Drake really necessary? About 55% of Rayquazas outspeed Altaria and Kingdra > Conclusion: No > Adds shopping flexibility (strongly consider not selling Steel Wing with good Mudkips, especially if no flier) - Oran Berry approach: 1 for bad Defense, 1 for good Speed (so 0-2) > If 0: Skip first set of Orans > If 1: Get first set of Orans, and equip for Pooch > If 2: Get first set of Orans, but don't equip for Pooch Dec. 25 - More than 3 Potions in Slateport seems unnecessary (so if you have 2 Potions, favor 0/4/5 or no sell+0/3/4) - Can almost always Super Potion on Golbat for Torrent manip (if out of Potions) - Buy extra X Speed with x/x/18+ (for stalling on Slaking, and can use on Drake if healed on Slaking instead) - Remove Soft Sand manually (on switch Castform menu); same with Oran if high HP after Roxanne - Toss items, such as Soft Sand, because of instant text? - Fly on Dusclops is about 48 frames faster than AA (so only worth it if need to make up time) - Favor healing on Slaking to get <50% manip for Mightyena? March 28, 2016 - Reroute late-game PP because true double needs fewer Surfs? - Use Leppa on Surf before T&L if need to menu? Should have barely enough for the rest - Never equip Oran for Nosepass, and just lead Growl with good Speed? > Keep Torrent for a turn > No time loss from getting/equipping/popping/removing Oran > This also allows Potion to be effective during fight, even with bad Defense - With good Speed, maybe try to enter Roxanne at HP minus -1 RT = high Torrent. Ideally fight goes like this: Turn 1: Growl, RT into Torrent Turn 2: Block, Torrent WG to 19 Turn 3: Tackle into mid Torrent, Torrent WG kills SLOW VERSION: Turn 1: Growl, RT into Torrent Turn 2: Torrent WG to 19, Block Turn 3: Tackle into Mid Torrent, WG to 1 (Oran to 11) Turn 4: Potion to 31, Torrent WG to 13 Turn 5: Potion to 33, Torrent WG to 14 Turn 6: Potion Mudkip to ~28, RT to ~17 Turn 7: Tackle into high Torrent, Torrent WG kills