Pokemon Crystal Clear starter% routing

BIGGEST RUN KILLERS
- Surge (Cross Chop misses/running out of PP or healing items)
- Brock (missing range = EQ death)
- Blaine (crits or missed Arcanine range)
- Blue (3 crit chances)
- Neph (crits/paralysis/Metronome)
- Optional YOLO Thunders

GYM ORDER (Elekid)
- (Goldenrod shop: Sell Magnet; buy 1 X Special, Fire Punch and Thunderbolt)
- Vermilion (teach Thunderpunch over Meditate)
- Azalea
- Ecruteak (teach Light Screen over Cross Chop)
- Celadon (sell TM07; buy Ice Punch, 7 X Specials, 4 Hyper Potions and 3 Full Heals; teach Ice Punch over Thunderpunch; take right side)
- GYM HEAL
- Blackthorn (get Cinnabar + Violet candies beforehand; 2 candies to L30 before 5th trainer)
- Cianwood (+1; go for Mankey range to preserve PP)
- CENTER
- Cerulean (+4)
- Pewter (95% or 83% Graveler range)
- Violet
- GOLDENROD MART DETOUR (~33 X Specials, 3 Speeds, 2 X Accs)
- CENTER
- Saffron (buy 5 Hyper Potions, 3 Max Repels and 4 Full Restores; +3; Light Screen if necessary; Espeon speed mark)
- Cinnabar (optional candy to L46; +3; Light Screen; Rapidash speed mark)
- Olivine (+2)
- CENTER
- Mahogany (+3)
- Fuchsia (+6 and +1 Speed)
- Viridian (+4 and +1 Speed; Light Screen; teach Thunder over Light Screen)
(Reach L59)
(Sell all four $5000 TMs; buy 3 Hyper Potions, 3 Full Restores and 5 Rare Candies; 5 candies to L64)
- Neph (+1)
- FREE HEAL
- E4: +1/2, +0, +1, +2, +0 and X Acc)
(Teach Dynamicpunch over Ice Punch for Champion)
- Goldenrod (+1 and X Acc)
(Remove Lucky Egg)
- Red: +3 (TB/Thunder flex Snorlax)

SPEED MARKS							COUNTERS
- Starmie: 12/11					X Speed
- Fearow: 3/2 (L41)
- Dodrio: 8/7 (L41), 4/3 (L42)		??? (Tri Attack does 75)
- Espeon: 13/12						X Speed
- Charizard: 4/3
- Charizard (late): 8/7
- Persian: 12/11					Heal before fight
- Persian (late): 15/14
- Rapidash (late): 15/14
- Magmar: 1/0
- Houndoom: 2/1
- Arcanine: 4/3
- Tauros: 6/5						X Speed
- Espeon: 6/5						X Speed
- Charizard: 1/0

Basically 12-15 are the same and get everything; 8-11 are OK; 7 is iffy; 0-6 are resets

RANGES
- Pichu +1 CC
- Ledyba TB
- Spinarak TB
- Metapod +1 TB
- Kakuna +1 TB (?)
- Scyther +1 TB
- L18 Gastly TB
- L21 Gastly TB (?)
- L20 Exeggcute IP
- L24 Dratini IP
- L29 Dratini IP
- L26 Machoke TB
- L24 Mankey IP
- L30 Quagsire +4 IP
- L32 Sandslash
- L36 Graveler
- L46 Espeon +2 TB
- L46 Mr. Mime +2 TB
- L65 Muk +5 TB
- L68 Arcanine +4 TB
- L55 Snorlax +2 TB+TB
- L57 Nidoqueen +1 IP
- L57 Raichu +1 IP+IP
- L56 Porygon +1 TB
- L62 Snorlax +1 Thunder+TB
- L61 Heracross +1 Thunder
- L65 Tyranitar DP
- L73 Clefable +1 Thunder
- L75 Miltank +1 Thunder
- L75 Snorlax +3 TB+TB
- L75 Snorlax +3 TB+Thunder
- L77 Venusaur +3 FP

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*Charizard* (Flamethrower/Earthquake/Crunch/Outrage)
PROS
- Best early game (?)
- Good Sp. Atk
- Good Speed
- Outrage
- Fire Blast (?)
- Bite flinches
- Fast Champion fight
CONS
- Bad defenses
- Really struggles with bulky waters

*Blastoise* (Surf/Ice Beam/Bite/Earthquake)
PROS
- Good coverage
CONS
- Average Sp. Atk
- Bad Speed
- Really struggles with bulky waters (offensively)

*Typhlosion*
PROS
- Good Sp. Atk
- Good Speed
- Good coverage
- Fire Blast (?)
- Free Champion fight
CONS
- Long cry
- Average defenses
- Struggles with Rock/Grounds and Quagsire
- Really struggles with dragons

*Elekid*
PROS
- Good Sp. Atk
- Good Speed
- Amazing coverage
- STAB Electric
CONS
- Medium Fast exp. curve
- Long cry
- Bad defenses
- Slower resets

NOTES (Charizard)
- Get Lucky Egg

GYM ORDER NOTES (Charizard)
- Violet: any time (earlier is better for pokes)
- Azalea: any time (earlier is better for pokes)
- Goldenrod: any time (earlier avoids Blissey)
- Ecruteak: 10th or earlier (avoid Ho-Oh)
- Olivine: very late (8th or earlier avoids Wartortle; 9th avoids Blastoise)
- Cianwood: any time (7th or earlier if no Wing Attack)
- Mahogany: very late
- Blackthorn: 8th or earlier (5th or earlier avoids Outrage YOLO/Bitter Berry)
- Pewter: 7th or earlier (EQ TM)
- Cerulean: 7th or earlier (8+ is possible but risky)
- Vermilion: 9th or earlier (for pokes and Speed)
- Celadon: any time (late is free but slow)
- Saffron: 10th or earlier, or 16th
- Fuchsia: very late
- Cinnabar: 9th or earlier (avoid Moltres)
- Viridian: ??? (Exeggutor has Psychic)

OLD:
- Violet (buy Hyper Potions, Max Repels and Full Restores; get candy after)
- CENTER
- Saffron (candy to 44)
- Mahogany (candy to L46 if didn't candy for Sabrina)
- Olivine
- Goldenrod (buy 27 X Specials and 3 X Speeds)
- CENTER
- Fuchsia (Viridian first with bad HP/Defense)
- Viridian
(Reach L58, candy 4x to L62)
- E4 (buy Full Restores and Rare Candies)
- Cinnabar

WITH LIGHT SCREEN:
- Pewter
- Violet/Saffron
- Saffron/Violet
- Goldenrod (candy to 46 before)
- Olivine
- Mahogany
- Viridian
- Fuchsia
(Reach L58, candy 5x to L63)
- E4
- Cinnabar

Teach Light Screen? Makes Sabrina free, allows early Blaine, and saves ~19 seconds and 2 healing items on Blue
> Downside: Champion fight is ~26s worse + can't keep Thunderpunch for as long
Teach Dynamicpunch for Champion?
> Allows keeping Light Screen, but must give up one of Thunder/Fire Punch/Ice Punch
> Thunder: OHKO Persian
> Fire Punch: OHKO Scizor
> Ice Punch: Improve Bellossom 2HKO range