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Sapphire New Archie 2 Strats

Jun 17th, 2015
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  1. New Archie 2 Strats
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  3. - Lead slave (NOT Castform; revive one if all are fainted), Guard Spec.
  4. - If Take Down doesn't miss (cross your fingers), bring in Swampert
  5. > X Special x2-3
  6. > X Speed x1-2
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  8. 73 speed outspeeds Archie 2's Crobat at +1
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  10. The following are the extra EVs required for different speed IVs to hit 73 speed on L39 and a suggested method of obtaining them:
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  12. 31IV+ requires 4 EVs (3 wild + Timmy)
  13. 30IV+ requires 8 EVs (1 Carbos)
  14. 29IV+ requires 12 EVs (1 wild + Timmy + 1 Carbos)
  15. 28IV+ requires 16 EVs (2 Carbos)
  16. 27IV+ requires 20 EVs (2 Carbos)
  17. 26IV+ requires 24 EVs (3 wilds + Timmy + 2 Carbos)
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  19. Speed EVs can be gained for killing wild Zubats (Granite Cave), Zigzagoon (Route 104 and 116), or Electrike (Route 110). It should also be noted that fighting Timmy has additional benefits for neutral attack kips, such as L19 for May 2's Grovyle (improves the MS 2HKO range and allows you to save X Speed for Wattson), L20 for the Meditite in Mauville Gym (guarantees MS+WG on most combinations of atk/spatk) and L23 for Brooke's Roselia (increases your chance to OHKO at +0 should you get Growled). He puts you within 204 exp to get L25 for Archie 1's Mightyena (guarantees Strength x2), and within 158 exp of allowing late desert candy (i.e. L29 off Zangoose), which is something of a necessity for a lot of +speed kips as many of them are Hasty and require L30 to survive Facade x2 with just one X Defend.
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  21. If you don't outspeed Crobat at +1 speed, you will at +2, but consider that that allows you to set up fewer X Specials (2 max before Guard Spec. wears off and you're vulnerable to Scary Face). This is the main allure I see with 26+IV+ speed kips, as well as the benefit of outspeeding TnL as well. Without Torrent, +2 Surf is questionable vs. Crobat, and +3 is a favorable range. +2 Torrent Surf is also very favorable to OHKO Sharpedo, so consider that rather than Mud Shot if you didn't get Swagger from Mightyena. Should you fail to OHKO the Sharpedo outside of Torrent, you should survive a non-crit Slash and can Surf again.
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