Double Rare Candy strat (Crystal)

6-11 SPEC

IF EARLY POLIWAG OR LATE POLIWAG+NO SPINNERS
- 3+calciums
- late underground + center + ether
- allows safe rival 3
- allows surf spam on exec
- destroy muks with return
- allows surf underground weezing
- risk dragonair ranges (could be 83%) or use przcureberry+x attack (IP+return kingdra)
- x atk x2 koga (use second on forretress, then surf it twice; no x acc)
- risk karen ranges
- x spec lance

IF LATE POLIWAG AND AT LEAST 1 SPINNER:
- 4+calciums
- early underground
- risk 72% range on rival 3 (fine if 11 DV) OR x special+headbutt bayleef
- use slash strats + double candy to 39 after arbok
- surf exec (IP koffings when 41)
- strength muks
- 43 for weezing allows IP
- get good/guaranteed dragonair ranges
- x spec koga; works because 51 for crobat
- very favorable karen ranges at 51 vile/52 gengar
- 7+ spec can skip x spec on lance; less is risky but doable (because 53 for second L47 dragonite)

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12-15 SPEC

IF EARLY POLIWAG:
- never get violet candy

IF LATE POLIWAG:
- get violet candy only if you can double candy to 38 AFTER arbok

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(Assumes both candies are used after L26 Arbok in Radio Tower 1)

Benefits of SECOND CANDY ONLY:
- 40 for porygon
- 40 for koffing
- 40 for koffing
- 40 for weezing
- 41 for golbat
- 41 for meganium
- 42 for muk
- 42 for muk
- 44 for golbat
- 45 for vileplume
- 45 for houndoom
- 47 for dragonair
- 47 for dragonair
- 47 for kingdra
- 48 for meganium
- 49 for slowbro
- 50 for venomoth
- 52 for gengar
- 53 for dragonite
- 56 for exeggutor
- 59 for sandslash
- 61 for exeggutor
- 61 for alakazam

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NOTES:

44 normal		3.8
44 poli			9.2
violet poli		22.8
with candy		29.2			+20.0
candy w/o poli					+25.5 if repel is active

double candy levels (before arbok)
- 40 for porygon
- 40 for koffing
- 40 for koffing
- 40 for weezing
- 41 for golbat
- 41 for meganium
- 42 for muk
- 42 for muk
- 44 for golbat
- 45 for vileplume
- 45 for houndoom
- 47 for dragonair
- 47 for dragonair
- 47 for kingdra
- 48 for meganium
- 52 for vileplume
- 52 for gengar
- 53 for dragonite
- 54 for aerodactyl if second
- 56 for exeggutor
- 59 for sandslash
- 61 for exeggutor
- 61 for alakazam

double candy levels (after arbok)
- 40 for porygon
- 40 for koffing
- 40 for koffing
- 40 for weezing
- 41 for golbat
- 41 for meganium
- 42 for muk
- 45 for vileplume
- 47 for dragonair
- 47 for kingdra
- 48 for meganium
- 52 for gengar
- 54 for aerodactyl if second
- 56 for exeggutor
- 59 for sandslash
- 61 for exeggutor

short
- 59 to 41 for weezing
- ?? to 43 for muk
- 1371 to 45 for golbat
- 53 to 45 for arbok
- ?? to 46 for houndoom
- 503 to 47 for dragonair
- 2105 to 48 for dragonair
- 964 to 48 for rapidash
- 2294 to 50 for slowbro
- 33 to 58 for espeon
- 77 to 62 for arcanine