Sapph Notes

LITTLEROOT TOWN
- Use a Potion with <12 HP
- Take the Mom heal with <12 HP and no Potion

PETALBURG CITY
- Shopping: Buy 4 Potions and 2 Repels
- Enter the center

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AFTER ROXANNE
- You need 44 exp. from wild encounters if fighting Youngster Joey and 10 exp. if fighting Bug Catcher Jose. If fighting Joey, you must get this exp. from this route
- Repel once you have your exp.
- If you have 6+ HP or no exp., take the top path on the way back and fight Joey (otherwise fight Jose)

RUSTBORO CITY
- Shopping: Sell all Poke Balls, 1 Great Ball and TM39; buy 3 Super Potions, 2 X Speeds, 3 X Attacks and 6 Repels

DEWFORD GYM
- Battle Girl: WG+MS
- Brawly: X Attack, MS x4

ROUTE 109
- Get the Soft Sand

ROUTE 110
- Before grass, Repel, equip Soft Sand and heal to 19-40 HP (never 41+)
- Get Full Heal
- Rival 2: X Attack x2, X Speed, Super Potion, Mud-Slap, MS+MS, MS

MAUVILLE CITY
- After exiting the bike shop:
> Use a Super Potion
> Ether Mud Shot
> Teach Rock Smash over Mud-Slap
> Register+use bike

MAUVILLE GYM
- Battle Girl: WG+MS
- Voltorb guy: MS x3
- Wattson: X Speed, MS x3
> Skip X Speed or delay it until Voltorb with 51+ HP (you want 35+ or 49+ HP after the fight)

FALLARBOR TOWN
- Get Nugget
- Shopping: Sell Nugget, TM47 and TM08; buy 3 Super Potions, 10 Super Repels, 9 X Specials, 1 X Speed, 8 X Attacks, 1 X Defend and 2 Guard Spec.

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AFTER GETTING STRENGTH
- Use Super Repel + teach Strength over WG on breeder bag manip

MT. CHIMNEY
- Grunt 1: Strength x2
- Grunt 2: MS, Strength, MS
- Switch bird to slot 1 before Archie
- Archie: (let slave die), Guard Spec., X Attack, X Speed, Strength+X Attack+Strength, Tackle+Strength, MS

HERB SHOP
- Shopping: Buy 2 Energypowders, 2 Energy Roots and 2 Heal Powders
> Buy 1/2/3 if you have an extra Super Potion but no Full Heal

PETALBURG GYM
- Delcatty: MS+Strength+Strength
- Linoone: MS+Strength+Strength+Strength
- If below 42 HP, heal to full
- Zangoose: MS+MS
- Heal to full
- Norman: X Defend, X Attack x2, MS+MS+MS, MS+(heal to 44 HP)+Strength, MS+MS+MS
- Exit on the right side

PETALBURG CITY
- Super Repel + teach Surf over Tackle about 5 tiles before water
- Shopping: Buy 3 Super Potions, 1 Escape Rope, 6 X Speeds and 7 X Attacks
> If high on healing items, buy 2 Super Potions and 8 X Speeds

ROUTE 110
- Skip candy if you got desert candy

WEATHER INSTITUTE
- Grunt 1: MS
- Grunt 2: Strength, MS
- Shelly: MS, Surf+Surf (all Surfs in Torrent)
> YOLO through Swagger if can survive hurting self+Bite; otherwise use Heal Powder
- Take bed on the way out

ROUTE 119
- If on low exp. route, menu BEFORE rival:
> Use a Super Repel
> Candy twice to L33
> Remove Castform's Mystic Water
> Remove Soft Sand
> From the Pokemon menu, equip Mystic Water

- Rival 3: X Attack x2, X Speed, Strength x3 (MS Wailmer if L31)

- If on high exp. route, menu AFTER rival:
> Use a Super Repel
> Heal for Winona with mid HP (not torrent or high)
> Candy twice to L34
> Remove Castform's Mystic Water
> Remove Soft Sand
> From the Pokemon menu, equip Mystic Water

FORTREE GYM
- Bird Keeper: Surf
- Picnicker: Strength+Strength (Surf(+RS) in Torrent)
- Heal to 55+ HP for Winona
- If healing for Winona and didn't repel for desert candy, use a Super Repel
- Winona: X Special, Surf, X Attack x5, (Heal Powder), X Speed, Strength, (Surf+)Surf, Strength
> Use X Speed on Skarmory if not in Torrent and will get it from Aerial Ace

ROUTE 121
- Get Persim Berries, then run-into-bike manip Jessica
- When the Super Repel wears off near Lilycove:
> Use another Super Repel
> Heal to 10+ HP
> Teach Fly

MT. PYRE
- Grunt 1: Strength x3
- Grunt 2: Strength, MS (MS both if low on Strengths)
- Get Rare Candy
- Fly to Slateport

AQUA HIDEOUT
- Get Master Ball
- Matt: MS x2, Surf
- On the first water tile on the way out, use a Super Repel

MOSSDEEP CITY
- Shopping: 6 Hyper Potions, 6 Max Repels (or 4/6 and max Full Heals)
- Get Dive, then bike to the gym

MOSSDEEP GYM
- Two tiles after entering:
> Use a Max Repel
> Heal to 38+ HP
> Teach Dive over MS
- Xatu: Surf+Surf
> Heal after turn 1 Night Shade if <38 HP

SEAFLOOR CAVERN
- Use a Max Repel and heal to 40+ HP on spinner bag manip
- After passing the spinner, run everywhere
- Shelly: Surf+Strength, Surf
- Heal to 37+ HP for Archie
- Archie: Guard Spec., X Special x2, X Speed, Surf x3
> You need to get Torrent. Set up X Speed on Crobat if this requires multiple hits
> Use Persim to heal confusion

CAVE OF ORIGIN
- Run in the Waterfall room
- After catching Kyogre:
> Use Rare Candy on Kyogre
> (Teach Waterfall to Kyogre with <146 or 150+ Sp. Atk)
> (Teach Surf to Kyogre with 146+ Sp. Atk)
> Teach Shock Wave to Kyogre
> Moveset should be Surf/Shock Wave/Ice Beam/Hydro Pump or Waterfall/Shock Wave/Ice Beam/Hydro Pump
> Give Kyogre a Persim Berry
> Use an Escape Rope

SOOTOPOLIS CITY
- After exiting the cave:
> Remove Swampert's Mystic Water
> Switch Kyogre to slot 1
> Fly to Sootopolis (mash A)

SOOTOPOLIS GYM
- Wallace: (X Speed with 100+), SW, X Spec, HP, SW, SW/HP, SW+SW
> X Spec on Luvdisc or Sealeo if you can't reliably kill Whiscash after Amnesia
- After exiting, Fly to Mossdeep
> Remove Persim on this menu if you have it

ROUTE 126
- Upon entering the water:
> Use another Max Repel
> Give Mystic Water to Kyogre
> Teach Waterfall to Kyogre if you haven't yet

VICTORY ROAD
- Hope: IB
- Shannon: Surf
- Julie: WF x2
- Edgar: HP (can surf if had 155+ sp atk @46)
- Wally: IB, WF, IB, WF x2

ELITE FOUR
- If you haven't taught Surf, remember to do it when you run out of Hydro Pump PP
- Sidney: Surf, IB, SW, WF, IB
		> Consider using X Spec on Mightyena, Sharpedo or Shiftry
		> 101 Speed outspeeds Sharpedo
		> 97 Speed outspeeds Shiftry
		> 160 Sp. Atk guarantees Shiftry
- Phoebe: HP/Surf x2, WF x2, HP/SW+Surf
		> Consider X Spec on Sableye (SB does about 45)
- Glacia: Surf, X Spec x2, SW, X Spec, SW, WF, SW
		> X Speed + X Spec on 1st Glalie if <93 speed @46 (If you get Light Screen on turn 2, X Spec,WF,X Spec,WF,SW x2,WF,SW)
		> 160 Sp. Atk guarantees first Glalie
		> 150 Sp. Atk guarantees first Sealeo at +2
		> 157 Sp. Atk guarantees second Sealeo at +2
		> 164 Sp. Atk guarantees Walrein at +3
		> Second Sealeo and second Glalie are free setup
- Drake: IB, X Speed, IB x4
- Steven: Surf x2, X Spec, Surf x4 (can WF all except Cradily/Metagross)
		> 92 Speed is slower than Skarmory, Claydol and Metagross
		> 93 Speed ties Skarmory and probably Claydol/Metagross
		> 94 Speed might tie Claydol/Metagross
		> 156 Sp. Atk guarantees Cradily at +1