Sapphire Abraful Notes

Pokemon Sapphire
Abraful Notes
[Updated 21 Jun 2020]

FLOWTIMER OFFSETS (subject to individual calibration)
- Mudkip+encounterless: 11330/30090/56950
- Wingull: 7320/23335/25800
- Abra
	> Early: 7220/22540/25480
	> Late: 7220/24385/26567
- Kyogre: 11510/34790/37790

Abra encounter manip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vCscpic7evo
Abra yoloball manip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joCQ1x1AlK0
Current PB (for learning movement): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_lo3zx0Juw

INTRO
- Choose girl (BibleThump)
- 1 character name

LITTLEROOT
- Get PC Potion
- Manip Mudkip 148
- Rival 1: Tackle x3-4
- Heal <13
- Calvin: Tackle spam

PETALBURG
- Shop: Buy 3/2
- DON'T TAKE CENTER, run straight to gym for Wally cutscene
- Manip Wingull
- Menu: Heal <15, Repel
- Aqua Grunt: Tackle spam (heal in fight only if you need 2+ more hits to kill, and you have at least 3 Potions)
- Get Ether

RUSTBORO
- You will have 39 total HP on Roxanne's Nosepass; use that to calculate what your remaining HP would be at that point to decide from the following strats. You can do this as early as the end of the Pooch fight, assuming you take no damage on Josh. For example, if you KO Pooch with 12/25 HP remaining, that's 13 off full--therefore, 39-13 = 26 HP on Nosepass (strat #3).
- Josh: Swap to Wingull, WG (Growl until you faint); Bring in Mudkip, M-slap; Swap WG to slot 1, spam
- Tommy: WG
- Choose from the following strats for Roxanne depending on HP (see above). Nosepass RT is 12-15, 8-10 at -1. She has two Potions, so if in Torrent and dead to RT, DON'T HEAL until she has finished healing (some adaptation required).
	1. If HP is <19, heal before the fight and late Growl depending on pattern
	2. If HP is 19-22, early Growl
	3. If HP is 23-27, heal before the fight and late Growl depending on pattern
	4. If HP is 28-31, early Growl
	5. If HP is 32+, late Growl depending on pattern

ROUTE 116
- Kill any 1 encounter
- Fight Joey; fight Jose if dead to Low Kick (it does 5)
- Aqua Grunt: WG x1-2
- Shop: Sell 4 Poke Balls, 1 Great Ball, TM39; Buy 1/2/6/2/4 (Repels last)
- Run to Mr. Briney's and take the boat to Dewford

DEWFORD
- Head to Granite Cave
- Manip Abra (save on first tile with the hiker facing down); catch using your remaining Great Ball
- Repel twice through the cave, get the Escape Rope, DON'T HEAL, talk to Steven, run out of the cave (DON'T use Escape Rope)
- Take Briney boat to Slateport

SLATEPORT
- Get Soft Sand
- Museum: MS, Tackle x2 (WG in Torrent), MS
- Head north

ROUTE 110
- Menu: Potion between 12-17, Repel, equip Soft Sand
- Rival 2
	> Always X Attack first
	> Get to +3/+1
	> Tackle does 6-8
	> Numel: Heal to full, WG
	> Grovyle: MSx2 (Absorb does 34-40; QA does 7-9, so heal if HP < 9 after Absorb; MS+Tackle if high first roll to save a MS)
	> Wailmer: MS
- Dodge Edwin and Edward

MAUVILLE
- Get Rock Smash and Mach Bike
- Menu:
	> If you didn't heal for QA, heal to full
	> Teach Rock Smash over Mud-Slap
	> Register and use Mach Bike
- Enter and exit center
- Wally: MS
- Vivian: MS+WG
- If, either through misses or Detect, you lose more than 2 MS PP, Ether as necessary to finish the gym
- Shawn: MSx3
- Wattson: (X Speed) MSx3
	> Magnemite favors Supersonic when you are at 70% HP or higher, and cannot use it when you are <50%. Therefore, depending on healing items, it is often better to forego X Speed when your HP > 45.
	> Voltorb always outspeeds even at +1, but X Speed allows you to avoid taking damage from Magneton
	> Voltorb has both SonicBoom and Self-Destruct, but even when you are in range to die to either or both, his AI heavily favors Rollout. You are forced to just risk the death here, but it is rare.
- Exit gym and head to Rustturf Tunnel
	> Menu: Ether Mud Shot (1 up; if you haven't yet), Repel (1 down)
- Bike out the side exit on the Mauville end and get HP Up, then Teleport and head north
- Menu: Repel, teach Strength over Tackle
- Brooke: X Attack, switch Strength to slot 1, Strengthx3
	> Wingull is a speedtie
	> WG does 8-10, WA does 7-9
- Head to Fallarbor

FALLARBOR
- Get the Nugget and shop
- Shop: Sell HP Up, Nugget, and TM47; Buy 3/9/9/6/8/1/2
- Menu inside the shop
- Menu: Super Potion, Super Repel
- Trigger Meteor Falls cutscene, then exit east. Make sure repel has worn off, then menu
- Menu: Super Repel, Teleport
- Head north and take the lift to Mt. Chimney

MT. CHIMNEY
- You require at least 5 MS starting at Mt. Chimney (Mightyena, Slugmax2, Torkoalx2), so Strength Carvanha and/or Sharpedo to save PP if necessary
- Grunt: Strength x2
- Matt: MS, Strength, MS
- Menu: Swap Abra to slot 1
- Archie:
	> Guard Spec. (swap in Marshtomp)
	> X Attack, X Speed (Bite is 17-21)
	> Mighyena: Strength+MS (have to risk the 95%, this range is dumb; can Strengthx2 with a really high first roll)
	> Golbat: Strength+X Attack+Strength (heal as necessary; WA does 21-25)
	> Sharpedo: MS (can Strength for PP or safety; Rough Skin does 4)
- Head to Lavaridge

LAVARIDGE
- If you don't have the healing items to get above 50% HP, take early Herb Shop, buy 2/2/2, then menu in the shop (2/2/2, Energy Powder, Super Repel)
- Ideal HP is ~66 (live BS+OH out of sun), so a spare Potion could be used here as well if you are quite low after Archie
- If late Herb Shop, bonk on back of rightmost building in line with its door for menu
- Menu: Super Potion, Super Repel
- Flannery: MS, X Attack+MS, MSx2
	> Body Slam does 27-32
	> Overheat does 33-39, 48-57 in sun
	> Sunny Day into BS para is the main cause of death; in that event, play to OH miss
- Late Herb Shop: Buy 4/3/4
- Go get desert candy
- Menu: Super Repel, swap Marshtomp to slot 1, Teleport

MAUVILLE/ROUTE 110
- Take the center
- Bike south, dodging spinners
- Take Briney boat to Dewford

DEWFORD
- Take the gym
- Laura: Strength
- Brawly: MS, Strength
	> WGx2 Machop if MS miss -> BU
- Take Briney boat to Petalburg

PETALBURG
- Take the gym
- R -> L -> R
- Delcatty: MS+WG+Strength
- Heal before Linoone if HP < 50
- Linoone: MS, Strengthx3 (Headbutt does 22-27)
- Heal to full before Zangoose
- Zangoose: MSx2
- Heal to full before Norman if you took damage on Zangoose
- Norman
	> X Defend, X Attack, X Attack
	> Heal only on turn you would be attacked (to bait a potential Faint Attack)
	> Slaking 1: MSx3 (Facade does 35-42; never heal an initial max roll, as you are still 13/16 to survive a second Facade)
	> Vigoroth: MS+Strength (heal before the Strength if HP < 48)
	> Slaking 2: MSx3 (Facade does 40-48)
- Exit the gym, get Surf
- Teach Surf over WG (DON'T repel)
- Get pond candy, Teleport

MAUVILLE/ROUTE 119
- Head east, repelling before the water, then head north after Steven cutscene
- Weather Institute
	> Grunt 1: MS
	> Grunt 2: Strength, MS
	> Shelly: MS, Surfx2 (Heal Powder if Swagger; Bite does 17-21)
- Take bed on the way out; DON'T menu before Rival
- Rival 3: X Attack, X Attack, X Speed, Strength, Strength, MS
- Head to Fortree

FORTREE/ROUTE 120
- Enter/exit the center
- Head east, repelling before the tall grass
- Talk to Steven, run from Kecleon; continue south
- Get Persims, bike to Lilycove, then to Mt. Pyre
- Teach Fly in the last repel menu

MT. PYRE
- Grunt 1: Strength, Surf (15/16), Strength
- Grunt 2: Strength (14/16), MS
- Grunt 3: MS, MS
- Get Pyre candy
- Menu
	> Rare Candy x3 to evolve
	> Remove MW from Castform
	> Remove SS from Swampert
	> Give Swampert MW
	> Teleport

FORTREE
- Take the gym
- Heal before
- Jared: Strength
- Kylee: Surf(+RS; 7/16 to OHKO out of Torrent)
- Heal if HP > 22
- Winona:
	> Torrent is 42HP
	> If Torrent on Swellow, Surf straight away; else X Spec+Surf
	> X Attack and X Speed on Pelipper
	> X Spec+Torrent guarantees Surf on Skarmory; either by itself is 3/4. If Torrent +0 after Peli setup, consider risking the range.
	> Heal as necessary on Altaria
	> Pelipper: Strengthx2
	> Skarmory: Surf
	> Altaria: Strengthx2
- Winona Damage
	> Swellow AA does 18-22
	> Pelipper WG does 13-16; does WA does 12-15
	> Skarmory AA does 18-22
	> Altaria
		> EQ does 20-24
		> AA does 18-22
		> +1 EQ does 28-34
		> +1 AA does 26-31
		> Dragonbreath does 20-24
- Exit the gym and fly to Slateport. Heal if HP < 33.

SLATEPORT
- Talk Captain Stern
- Exit the building and fly to Lilycove

LILYCOVE/AQUA HIDEOUT
- Skip Master Ball if yologreball
- Admin Matt: MS, MS, Surf
	> Sharpedo Crunch does 28-33
	> Non-Torrent Surf vs. Mightyena is 14/16
- Exit the hideout (consider getting Max Elixir if <7 Surf PP remaining)
- Menu: Super Repel (heal if HP < 38)
- Head to Mossdeep

MOSSDEEP
- Shop: Buy 1/4/6 (consider skipping Hypers if you still have 4 ER; buy Full Heals if low on Heal Powders)
- Get Dive from Steven
- Take the gym
- Menu: Max Repel, Teach Dive over MS
- Samantha: Surf+Strength (Torrent Surf is 1/16 to OHKO)
- TnL: X Speed, adapt
	> Lunatone Psychic does 54-64
	> Lunatone +1 Psychic does 79-94
	> Lunatone +0/-1 Psychic does 81-96
	> Solrock Psychic does 35-42
	> Surfx2 2HKO on Solrock is ~98%, but this will hit Lunatone into heal range. Therefore, go for it only if Lunatone CM, otherwise, finish Solrock off with Dive before resuming Surf spam.
- Exit gym, head south to the water

ROUTE 127/SEAFLOOR CAVERN
- Surf to thee sandbar ring
- Dive to enter Seafloor Cavern
- Dodge the Grunt spinner with repel bag manip
- Shelly
	> Sharpedo: Some combo of Surf+Strength to 2HKO, depending on HP (Crunch does 34-40)
	> Mightyena: Surf(+Strength; 5/16 to OHKO; Take Down does 23-28)
	> Make sure to save 3 Surf PP for Archie
- Archie
	> Mightyena TD does 30-36 (29-35 at L40; dunno if this is possible)
	> Crobat WA does 28-34, AC does 26-31 (28-33/25-30 at L40)
	> Heal in the fight if in Take Down range (rather than before the fight)
	> Guard Spec., X Specx2. X Speed on Mightyena if you can only survive one hit from Crobat, else X Speed on Crobat.
	> Surfx3

Ogre notes: https://pastebin.com/idfy11mW