Pokemon Red: Mega Punch Strat

Variation of: http://pastebin.com/BNCSWJ7w

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Estimated Time Save: too much

Time Saves:
- Have instant text for rival 2 - last Oddish before Bill.
- Combine Rare Candy + Bill menu.

Time Losses:
- Get and teach Mega Punch =
- Get and teach Water Gun =
- More Mt. Moon encounters =


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**RISKS AND BENEFITS**
- http://pastebin.com/1trjQqcu
- still 30 for oddish with no moon exp
- Recommended to have 13+ speed (lower risk), but can be done with any speed.

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**Having a Paras or Spearow is strongly recommended for this strat.**

MT. MOON:
- Get Water Gun
- Fight Magnemite Super Nerd
- Get Rare Candy + Escape Rope
- Determine appropriate strat here:

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**(RISKY) With 13+DV Attack AND 13+ DV Speed (can try with 11-12DV (speedtie with Starmie)):**
- SKIP Oddish Lass.
- Get 64/103 exp (lvl 4/lvl 3), or 71/110 exp to be level 20 for Bridge Youngster's Zubat.
        > Level 4: Kill any Geodude/Paras/Clefairy, any combination of 2 Zubats, or a level 9-12 Zubat.
                - Level 20 for Zubat: Same except for **level 10-12 Zubat**
        > Level 3: Kill a level 9-10 Geodude, a level 12 Paras, a level 12 Clefairy, level 7 + 8 Zubat, any 2 non Zubats, or any
                   Zubat + a non Zubat.
                - Level 20 for Zubat: Same except for **level 8 + 8 Zubat**

**With 0-15DV Attack AND 13+ DV Speed (can try with 11-12DV (speedtie with Starmie)):**
- Fight Oddish Lass and get 175/134 exp (standard Moon exp strats for lvl 3/lvl 4 nido respectively)
- Teach Water Gun right away (over Leer).
- With bad Attack (0-5DV?): Consider evolving early to Nidoking early.
	> (Teach Water Gun over Leer), Evolve to Nidoking, teach Mega Punch over Tackle.

**With 0-15DV Attack AND 0-12 DV Speed:**
- Fight Oddish Lass and skip exp.

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- Get Mega Punch + Moon Stone
- Before Rocket: (Teach Water Gun over Leer), Evolve to Nidoking, teach Mega Punch over Tackle.
- Fight Rocket (Rat + Zubat): MP (+ PS), MP + PS/HA (HA if bad MP range).
        > Rattata (@ lvl 15):
                - (2 shot %): 1-3DV = 75.0164%, 0DV = 18.8034%
                - Speed DV required to speedtie: 14
        > Zubat (@ lvl 15):
                - (2 shot %): 14-15DV = 99.7370%, 8-13DV = 88.8889%, 4-7DV = 38.3958%, 1-3DV = 1.9066%, 0DV = 3 shot.
                - Speed DV required to outspeed = 4, 1 to speedtie
- Evolve if you haven't yet: (Teach Water Gun over Leer), Evolve to Nidoking, teach Mega Punch over Tackle.
- Super Nerd: HA x2, HA + PS (or MP + PS with 13+ DV Attack), HAx2 (or HA + MP if bad HA range)

NUGGET BRIDGE - BILL:
- Take the Cerulean Center after Mt. Moon.
- Walk to the Bike Shop from the right, activate instant text, leave and walk to the left.
- Get the hidden Rare Candy.
- Rival: MP + HA + HA/MP (MP if bad HA range), HA, MP, HA + HA/MP (MP if bad HA range or Growl)
	> Consider switching on Pidgeotto if on good pace.
- Bug Catcher: MP x2
- Lass: MP, HA x2
- Youngster: HA, MP, HA (or MP)
- Lass: MP, HA x2
- Jr. TrainerM: MP + PS
- Rocket: MP, HA
- Bottom Hiker: WG
- Lass: MP, HA x2
- Jr TrainerM: HA, MP
- Lass: MP, HA, MP
- Pick up Ether
- Determine appropriate Bill + Misty strat here:

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**No Lass + exp:**
- (Heal now or red bar Goldeen), Escape Rope, go straight to Misty.

**Lass + exp:**
- Potion to 60+ HP, Rare Candy to level 25, Teach Thrash over Water Gun, Escape Rope.
- Set up IT and beat misty (Trash goldeen and trash misty).
- Level 26 after Starmie, level 27 for Pidgeotto, level 28 for Voltorb.

**Lass + no exp:**
- (Heal now or red bar Goldeen), Escape Rope, go straight to Misty.

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MISTY
- Heal and Escape Rope from Bill's house, proceed to Misty.
- Goldeen: HA + HA/MP (MP if bad HA range)
	> If level 25: Swap Thrash to slot 1, use Thrash.
- Teach Thrash over Water Gun
- Rare Candy to level 25, heal to full.
- Misty: Thrash (KevinTurtle)
	> Swap Thrash to slot 1 if you haven't

VERMILION CITY
- Yolo until cut menu.
	> Fight Pidgey + Rat trainers before looking for an Oddish.
- MUST shop after SS Anne.
- SS Anne Rival: HA x2, MP (or Thrash), Thrash, Thrash.
- Shop: Sell Antidote if you have it.
- Trade for Dux (if needed).
- Lt. Surge: HA/BB (or Thrash), Thrash, Thrash.
	> Voltorb (BB 2 shot % @ lvl 27): 13-15DV = 98.9481%, 10-12DV = 86.9822%, 6-9DV = 58.3169%, 2-5DV = 19.7239%, 0-1DV = 1.2492%.
- Get Bike Voucher.

FLY
- Teach Thunderbolt over Horn Attack
- Oddish Girl: MP + Thrash
- With 0-4 DV Special (+ if you have red bar): Can choose to delay using a Repel in Rock Tunnel to kill an encounter. This will give you level 31 for the 2nd Slowpoke.
	> If you don't have red bar: Consider healing and try to manipulate red bar off of the 2nd Slowpoke with BB + TB.

CELADON CITY
- Teach Rock Slide over Mega Punch, teach Horn Drill over Bubblebeam.

LAVENDER TOWER
- Rival:
	> With Safe HP: X Acc, Drill x5
	> With Low HP: TB, TB, X Acc, Drill x3
	> Swap Horn Drill to slot 1, then sweep.

**Proceed as normal**

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Mechanics (current understanding):
- Can't open the menu in the overworld.
- Can't access Pokemon menu or items menu in battle.
	> Switching Pokemon in battle ends effect.
- Can run from encounters.
- Works with red bar.
- Works with leveling up.
- Leveling up out of red bar does not end the effect.