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- With the arrival of "real" RNG manip for Gen 2, a reasonably efficient, 4 badge, L20 route for Crystal Battle Tower is now very possible. With proper decision-making, this team should average a win rate of about 80-85% per battle, making a streak of 7 quite feasible. This (or some similar idea for L20) will likely be the only viable concept for record attempts in the future.
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- Wobbuffet @ Gold Berry [DVs = FF5D + 1 HP Up + 2 Irons ----> 114/24/37/23/33/20] ; standard
- - Counter [ = 9F8D ----> 111/21/34/23/33/21] ; risky
- - Mirror Coat
- - Safeguard
- - Destiny Bond
- > Female is very likely inferior, but helps on Miltank and has some potential to AI-abuse male Attract users (free switches)
- > 13-15 def DV + 2 Irons + 12-14 spc DV = guaranteed Flamethrower from Arcanine (vs. crapshoot Hyper Beam AI)
- : Irons help mitigate strong Hyper Beams, less need to switch Wobbuffet out (minor effects on Counter ranges)
- : 12-14 spc DV may be on par with 15 spc DV anyway (improved Alakazam/Lapras ranges with Mirror Coat)
- > Best manips found: many "perfect" L20 Wobbuffets (FF5D/DFFE/9FBC/etc.)
- Gyarados @ PSNcureberry/Quick Claw [DVs = CDEF + 1 Carbos ----> 70/59/41/35/51/45] ; standard
- - Surf [ = CDEF ----> 70/59/41/35/51/43] ; risky
- - Hidden Power [Flying 70]
- - Endure
- - Rock Smash
- > Other moves considered: Hidden Power [Bug 69+], Roar (bad with Quick Claw), Thrash (Magikarp doesn't learn), Headbutt
- > Best manips found: L19 Magikarp CDEF [Flying 70], i.e. "perfect"
- Miltank @ Quick Claw/PSNcureberry [DVs = FBFE + 1 HP Up + 1 Carbos ----> 76/44/52/28/40/53] ; standard
- - Stomp [ = FBFF ----> 75/44/52/28/40/52] ; risky
- - Attract
- - Milk Drink
- - Mud-Slap
- > Headbutt could replace Stomp (70 vs 65 power), but it's extra time to get/teach
- > Best manips found: L15 FBFF/FBFE [w/Moomoo Milk], L15 FDEF/BFED [no Moomoo Milk]
- : Nidoking switches from Blizzard to EQ with def DV <= 11 and spc DV >= 12 (unclear which of FBFF/FFFF is "perfect")
- : 15 atk DV + 15 spd DV enables Vaporeon/Espeon/Flareon/Jolteon/Umbreon order for Kimono Girls
- : Moomoo Milk + Milk Drink (in overworld) provide extra healing at no $$$ cost
- **NOTE: Other pokes were considered as options, replacing Gyarados: Lapras/Weezing (tested), Vaporeon/Slowbro/Quagsire/Crobat/Scyther (untested), but all were evidenced (or theorized) to perform worse and/or take significantly more time to properly prepare for Battle Tower.
- **NOTE: The risky version of the route would skip all vitamins (the only vitamin you can get reasonably quickly is the Burned Tower HP Up). It requires different manips because it skips getting Kenya (completing the Kenya sidequest nets an HP Up from the Route 35 gatehouse guard). The route would save ~3.5 minutes up to Battle Tower, but success rate in Tower would be appreciably lower.
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- {{STANDARD}}
- > BOY (StartHMS = 16:59:00) (video of manips: https://streamable.com/wm96l)
- [Miltank]
- "loadfarm", partysize(4), psc(0) (offset: 13.339, frame: 234, calcStats: 23.024)
- - Path: [ 85] SEL L R S_B S_B L R SEL D [turnframe]
- - DVs: 0xFBFE (57/33/39/21/30/39) --- Item = Moomoo Milk
- - IGT: 58/60=FBFE, 1/60=F9FC, 1/60=FAFD; 60/60=Moomoo Milk
- - Practice save: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/143862450712739840/496320038916063232/cbt_cow_test3_ace.sav
- [Magikarp]
- "leftside", buffered, repel, partysize(5), psc(3) (offset: 13.105, frame: 220, calcStats: 19.962)
- - Path: [ 71] R S_B U D D L
- - DVs: 0xCDEF (38/13/30/16/18/40) --- HP = Flying 70
- - IGT: 56/60=CDEF (Flying 70), 2/60=CBED (Ground 69), 1/60=B7C7 (Dark 57), 1/60=No Encounter
- - Practice save: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/143862450712739840/496320037716754492/cbt_rage_test4_ace.sav
- [Wobbuffet]
- repel, partysize(5), psc(0) (offset: 12.050, frame: 157, calcStats: 15.379)
- - Path: [ 8] U U U U U U U
- - DVs: 0xFF5D (112/24/34/23/33/20)
- - IGT: 57/60=FF5D, 1/60=FE5C, 1/60=87E6, 1/60=005E
- - Practice save: https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/143862450712739840/496320036407869460/cbt_dark_test2_ace.sav
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- {{RISKY}}
- > BOY (StartHMS = 17:00:00)
- [Miltank]
- "loadfarm", partysize(3), psc(0) (offset: 12.218, frame: 167, calcStats: 23.024)
- - Path: [ 18] SEL U S_B D L R S_B U U D SEL D
- - DVs: 0xFBFF (58/33/39/21/30/39) --- Item = Moomoo Milk
- - IGT: 56/60=FBFF, 1/60=F9FD, 2/60=FAFE, 1/60=FAFD; 60/60=Moomoo Milk
- [Magikarp]
- "leftside", buffered, repel, partysize(4), psc(2) (offset: 11.916, frame: 149, calcStats: 19.963)
- - Path: [ 0] U D D D U S_B S_B U
- - DVs: 0xCDEF (38/13/30/16/18/40) --- HP = Flying 70
- - IGT: 57/60=CDEF (Flying 70), 1/60=CCEE (Fighting 69), 1/60=CBED (Ground 69), 1/60=B7C7 (Dark 57)
- [Wobbuffet]
- repel, partysize(5), psc(0), bike(0), facing(R) (offset: 14.227, frame: 31, calcStats: 17.823)
- - Path: [138] U U U U
- - DVs: 0x9F8D (111/21/34/23/33/21)
- - IGT: 56/60=9F8D, 1/60=9F8C, 1/60=9C8A, 1/60=A792, 1/60=A08E
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- Dangerous :: Heracross, Pikachu, Tauros
- Stallers :: Umbreon, Blissey
- Annoying :: Lapras, Aerodactyl, Gyarados, Scizor (+ Arcanine for risky)
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- Toxic: Umbreon, Alakazam, Exeggutor, Pikachu, Scizor
- Confusion: [swagger] Steelix, Wigglytuff2; [confuse_ray] Lapras
- Weather: [rain_dance] Azumarill, Quagsire; [sandstorm] Scizor
- Attract: [male] Umbreon, Azumarill, Wigglytuff1; [female] Miltank
- Hyper Beam: Tauros, Gyarados, Wigglytuff1, Aerodactyl, Arcanine, Exeggutor
- Psych Up: Starmie, Alakazam, Wigglytuff2
- Rest/Recover: Blissey, Aerodactyl, Starmie
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- Items / Speed Values
- Gold Berry @ Aerodactyl (72), Starmie (67), Hitmonchan (52), Lapras (45), Wigglytuff1 (39), Steelix (31)
- Berry Juice @ Alakazam (69)
- Brightpowder @ Tauros (63), Arcanine (60), Blissey (41)
- King's Rock @ Miltank (61)
- Light Ball @ Pikachu (58)
- Miracleberry @ Gyarados (54)
- Focus Band @ Heracross (52), Scizor (47)
- Berry @ Nidoking (49)
- Leftovers @ Umbreon (46), Exeggutor (43)
- Mystic Water @ Azumarill (41)
- Pink Bow @ Wigglytuff2 (34)
- Quick Claw @ Quagsire (29)
- Full info on pool of L20 pokes (movesets/stats/etc.)
- - https://github.com/pret/pokecrystal/blob/d9b44d4423f16aa238f0c5bccd65f8710afdd072/data/battle_tower/parties.asm#L553-L1099
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- Miscellaneous notes:
- - The player's badge boosts are removed in Battle Tower, as are other in-game player advantages (treated as link battles)
- - All enemy trainers in Battle Tower are given the standard "boss" AI (see: https://pastebin.com/EjAW76cx)
- - Battle Tower selects enemy teams with item clause restriction, and doesn't reuse pokes from the previous 2 enemy teams
- - The player's team is silently healed before the first Tower battle (and obviously healed before all subsequent battles)
- - Psych Up fails if player has no stat boosts (but is still encouraged by the AI if enemy has stat drops, allowing for abuse)
- - Swagger is not discouraged by the AI when player has a Safeguard, and raises player's attack without confusing when used
- - Endure can bait Hyper Beam users into a loop of failing to kill -> recharging, giving the player free turns to attack
- - Counter/Mirror Coat/Destiny Bond skip accuracy checks (as does Safeguard, but that's more obvious)
- - Destiny Bond only brings opponent down if the previous opponent attack is what brought HP to 0 (i.e. not residual damage)
- - Clock resets allow for an infinite loop of lottery wins (multiple Master Balls, or PP Ups for $$$)
- : Elapsed RTC stays as is and StartHMS updates once day/time are confirmed (pre/post-clock reset StartHMS can differ)
- : Since manips occur after clock resets, need to use LiveSplit as cue to confirm time when StartSecond will reset to 0
- : Day of week must be initially set to Sunday, and clock resets must stick to Sundays in order for LID to stay the same
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