Pokemon Crystal: Murkrow Custom Starter

TO DO:
- Reorder Trainer Pokemon lineup
- Find more consistent Red fight
- Test using Sunny Day, Protect, Detect, and Double team strats
- Routing in Buena's Password (For extra Candies if needed for Red)
- Toxic worth it?
- Rerouting Kanto possibly

 GAME START
- Stats 12/15/15/15, Middle Ball
- Set options (OFF/FAST/SET)
- 5:50 pm, 1-letter name for the Player

NEW BARK TOWN
- Mom conversation: Sunday, no DST, yes phone
- Head to Elm's lab
- Pick Murkrow, nickname it 'A'

ROUTE 29
- Repel

ROUTE 30
- Repel
- Get the hidden Potion
- Free heal from Mr. Pokemon

CHERRYGROVE CITY
- Rival 1: Peck x2
- Afterward, return to Elm's Lab to name the Rival and get Balls

TO VIOLET
- Say No to the guy who wants to show you how to catch
- Catch Sentret before night time
- Repel after Sentret catch
- Pick up Antidote
- Catch Poliwag at night
- Repel after Poliwag catch
- Youngster: Peck x1-2 (2.56% range), Peck x2-3(38.46% 2HKO range)
- When Mom calls, say No
- Grab Potion
- Get Bitter Berry from the tree on Route 31
- Head to Sprout Tower

SPROUT TOWER
- Nico: Peck Bellsprout x3
- Chow: Peck Bellsprout x3
- Pick up X Accuracy
- Edmond Peck Bellsprout x3
- Learn Pursuit
- Pick up Potion
- Jin: Peck Bellsprout
- Neal: Peck Bellsprout
- Troy: Peck Bellsprout x2, Peck x2 Hoothoot
- Li: Peck Bellsprout x2, Peck x2 Hoothoot
- Grab and use Escape Rope

VIOLET GYM
- [Bird Keeper Abe]
Spearow: Pursuit x2
- [Bird Keeper Rod]
Pidgey 1: Pursuit
Pidgey 2: Pursuit
- [Leader Falkner]
Pidgey: Pursuit
Pidgeotto: Pursuit x2

VIOLET CITY/ROUTE 32/UNION CAVE
- Go to Center, talk to scientist for Egg
- Get Przcureberry before Route 32
- Repel
- Teach Mud Slap
- Get Repel in grass
- Pick up hidden Super Potion
- Use Repel 4-5 Steps in
- Pick up X Attack
- Skip Russell
- Bill
Koffing: Pursuit x1
Koffing: Pursuit x1
- Grab Potion
- Avoid Anthony (Geodude will kill)

AZALEA TOWN/SLOWPOKE WELL
- Talk to Kurt in upper left house, then go to the Mart
> Buy 2 Super Potions, 9 Repels, 1 Antidote
- Go to Slowpoke Well, pick up Full Heal;
- Grunt #1: Peck x1, Peck x1
> Haze is learned
- Heal if at low health
- Grunt #2:
Zubat: Peck x1 (84.62% Range)
Ekans: Peck x2
- Use Antidote + Potion if needed
- Pick up Super Potion
- Grunt #3: Peck Rattata, Peck Zubat, Peck Zubat
> Use Potion if at low health
- Grunt #4: Pursuit x2-3 Koffing (79.49% 2HKO Range)
- After cutscene, walk to Gym

AZALEA GYM
- Amy & May: Peck Ledyba, Peck Spinarak
- Al: Peck Caterpie, Peck Weedle
- Benny: Peck Weedle, Peck Kakuna, Peck Beedrill
- Bugsy: Peck Metapod, Peck Kakuna, Peck x2 Scyther

AZALEA TOWN/ILEX FOREST
- One tile before Rival 2, use Repel, Equip Bitter Berry
- Rival 2: Pursuit Gastly, Pursuit x2 Zubat, Peck x2 Bayleef
> Use Antidote after battle if needed
- Chase Farfetch'd using the top path, not the right (Revive) path
- Get Cut, use Repel, teach Cut to Sentret, cut tree from the field
- Grab hidden Full Heal
- Grab X Attack
- Grab Ether
- Grab hidden Ether
- Grab Sweet Scent
- Leave forest, avoid trainers, head to Goldenrod
- Go to Bike Shop in Goldenrod

GOLDENROD CITY/SPINNER HELL
- Leave Bike Shop, register Bicycle and use
- Grab Kenya in guard house
- YOLO Ivan on first and second pass, pause buffer Irwin and use a Repel while buffering
> [Ivan]: Peck Diglett, Peck Zubat, Peck Diglett
> [Irwin]: Peck Voltorb (Lv2), Peck Voltorb (Lv6), Pursuit Voltorb(Lv 10), Pursuit x2 Voltorb(Lv14)
> [Walt]: Peck x2 Magmar x2
- Get TM28 (Dig)
- Talk to Floria, Repel, Teach Dig to Sentret, then head back to Goldenrod
- Arnie: Peck Venonat


EARLY UNDERGROUND/ Mart
- Go to underground early and fight Donald and Teru
- Donald: Pursuit Slowpoke x2
- Teru: Mud Slap Magnemite x3, Pursuit x1 Voltorb (92.31% Range)
- Pick up Coin Case
- Dig out, head to Game Corner
- Buy 100 Coins, then buy Abra
- Head to Mart
> 3F: Sell Fury Cutter and Sweet Scent, Buy 7 X Attack, 6 X Special
> 2F: Buy Poke Doll
- Head to Gym

GOLDENROD GYM
- Carrie: Pursuit x2-3 Snubbull (58.97% 2HKO range)
- Heal to full before Whitney
- Save before this fight
- Whitney:
Clefairy: X Special x3, Pursuit x2
Miltank: Pursuit x2
- Go to Flower Shop, talk to blue girl then red girl for Squirtbottle
- Teleport back to Violet
- Head West to Route 36

Route 36
- Use Squirtbottle on Sudo, then run
- [Greg]: Pursuit Drowzee
- Grab hidden Ether
- Bike to Center, mash through Bill Cutscene, PC heal Murkrow and deposit Egg
- Head to Route 42

EARLY HIDDEN POWER
- Switch Murkrow to front, and Repel when entering Mt Mortar
- [Benjamin] Peck Diglett, Pursuit Geodude, Peck x2 Dugtrio
- [Brent] Peck x4 Lickitung
- Continue to Mahogany, then head north to Route 43 to Lake of Rage
- Pick up Rare Candy in Maze (top left side)
- Get Hidden Power from House, then teach over Haze
- Teleport back to Ecruteak, then head to house above Pokemon Center

KIMONO GIRLS/BURNT TOWER
- Naoko: Hidden Power Flareon
- Sayo: Pursuit x2 Espeon
- Use Super Potion if needed
- Zuki: Peck x4 Umbreon
- Kuni: Peck x3 Vaporeon
- Miki: Hidden Power Jolteon
- Get Surf from old man, then exit building
- Repel, heal to full, Teach Surf to Poliwag, bike to Burnt Tower
> Get hidden Hyper Potion
- Mash through Eusine cutscene, walk to center of floor and fight Rival 3
- Rival 3: X Attack, Pursuit Haunter, Mud Slap Magnemite, Peck Zubat (89.74% range), Peck x2 Bayleef(10.25% OHKO range)
> Don't Learn Night Shade
- Heal poison if needed, Use Dig after the cutscene, then bike to Gym

ECRUTEAK GYM
- Ping: Pursuit Gastly x5
- Avoid second trainer by walking right twice, up twice, left to third trainer's vision
- Jeffrey: Pursuit x1-2 Haunter (56.41% range)
> 1 Shot if Haunter uses Curse
- Medium Martha: Pursuit Gastly, Pursuit Haunter, Pursuit Gastly
- Morty: X Attack, Peck Gastly, Pursuit Haunter, Hidden Power Haunter(Use Pursuit if Lv 29), Hidden Power Gengar
- Exit gym and bike through Route 38 and Route 39 to Olivine City

ROUTE 38/ROUTE 39
> Take the bottom path and use a Repel during a pause buffer, teach Shadow Ball over Mud Slap
- [Toby]: Peck Doduo x3
- [Olivia]: Hidden Power Corsola
- Ruth: Pursuit Pikachu

OLIVINE CITY/LIGHTHOUSE 1
- Bike to the Mart
> Sell Attract, then buy 16 Super Repels, 2 Super Potions
- Bike to Lighthouse
- Alfred: Peck 2-3 Noctowl (66% 2HKO)
- Preston: Shadow Ball Growlithe x2
- Connie: Shadow Ball, Peck Marill (41% range OHKO)
- Drop from the left, Grab Ether
- [Ernest]: Peck Machop x2, Shadow Ball Poliwhirl(94.87% range)
- Talk to Jasmine, then drop to the right for Rare Candy, Super Repel, then Dig out
- Use Bicycle, head to Cafe, pick up Strength
- Surf to Cianwood

ROUTE 40/41
- [Kaylee]: Shadow Ball Goldeen x2, Shadow Ball x2 Seaking
- Pick up Shuckle in Cianwood
- Bike to Gym, then heal to full health, teach Strength to Shuckle

CIANWOOD GYM
- Yoshi: Peck x2 Hitmonlee (38% range)
- Lao: Peck x2 Hitmonchan
> Teach Faint Attack over Pursuit
- Heal for next fight
- Nob: Peck x1-2 Machop (51.28% range), Peck x2 Machoke
- Lung: Peck Mankey x2, Peck x2 Primeape
- Use Super Potion to heal if needed
- Chuck: X Attack x3, Shadow Ball Primeape, Peck 1-2 Poliwrath (28% range)

CIANWOOD CITY/ RARE CANDY DETOUR/SHINY GYARADOS SEQUENCE
- Get Fly from Chuck’s wife outside Gym
- Get Secretpotion from house next to Chuck's wife
- Teach Fly to Kenya, Fly to Violet(2 up), then Super Repel, Surf Near Sprout Tower to pick up Rare Candy
- Fly to Goldenrod, head to Route 34 then Surf, pick up Rare Candy and Nugget
- Fly to Lake of Rage, Trigger Gyarados battle
- Use Poke Doll on Shiny Gyarados, talk to Lance, Fly to Mahogony (2 down)

ROCKET HIDEOUT
- Enter Team Rocket Hideout, mash through cutscene
- Grunt #1: Faint Attack x2
- Grunt #2: Faint Attack x3
- Jed: Hidden Power Magnemite x3
- Activate switch on computer, Grab Guard Spec, Grab Hyper Potion, Grab Nugget, head downstairs, talk to Lance
- Grunt #3: Peck Venonat x2
- Grunt #4: Peck Ekans, Peck Gloom; talk after for password
- Grunt #5: Faint Attack Raticate; talk after for password
- Get the Protein
- Head up the stairs in the upper right hand corner
- Use Protein on pause buffer
- [Grunt #6]: Peck x3
- Take the stairs down, ignore the second staircase, head to door, mash through cutscenes
- Executive #1: Peck Zubat, Faint Attack x2 Raticate, Faint Attack Koffing; talk to Murkrow after
- Head back to the room where you acquired the first two passwords
- [Grunt #6]: Peck x3
- Take the stairs that lead back to the Lance heal, pick up Full Heal in the way
- Open the door and mash through cutscene
- Executive #2: Hidden Power Arbok, Peck Gloom (89.74% range), Peck x2 Murkrow
- Use 4 Rare Candies after Battle
- Knock out the three Electrodes Hidden Power x3
- Mash through Lance cutscene, then Dig

MAHOGANY GYM
- Ice puzzle: left of statue, Up, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Right
- Pryce: Guard Spec, X Special x3 Faint Attack Seel, Faint Attack x1-2 Dewgong (84.62% range), Faint Attack Piloswine
- Ice puzzle: Left, Down, Left, Down, exit gym, Fly to Olivine

OLIVINE LIGHTHOUSE 2/GYM
- Bike to the Lighthouse, go through it like normal, battle Terrell (Trainer next to the Ether picked up earlier)
- Terrell: Shadow Ball Poliwhirl
- [Ernest]: Peck Machop x2, Shadow Ball Poliwhirl
- Give SecretPotion to Jasmine, Dig out, bike to gym
- Equip Przcureberry
- SAVE BEFORE FIGHT
- Jasmine: X Attack x2, Full Heal, Hidden Power Magnemite x2, Use Hyper Potion, Hidden Power x2 Steelix
> Magnemite goes for T Wave turn 1 usually, if it fails there's a chance for supersonic, T Wave or T Bolt
> Steelix goes for Iron Tail, you are hoping for 1 miss
- Exit gym, Fly to Goldenrod (4 up)

RADIO TOWER 1
- Use the Center, Deposit Abra, then bike to Radio Tower
- Grunt #1: Faint Attack Raticate x2
- Head upstairs and walk into trainer's vision
- Grunt #2: Hidden Power Arbok
> Don't learn Mean Look
- Ignore lower trainer, walk to upper trainer
- Grunt #3: Peck Zubat x2
- Grunt #4: Faint Attack Grimer x2, Hidden Power Muk
- Head upstairs and talk to upper trainer
- Grunt #5: Faint Attack Koffing, Faint Attack Grimer, Peck Zubat, Peck Rattata
- Marc: Hidden Power Magnemite x3
- Head upstairs, avoid rotator
- Rich: Faint Attack x2 Porygon
- Head upstairs
- Executive #1: Faint Attack Koffing x3, Hidden Power x2 Weezing, Faint Attack Koffing, Faint Attack Koffing
- Leave Radio Tower and bike to the Underground
UNDERGROUND
- Walk to the right of Teru and use the key on the door, then head downstairs
- Rival 4: X Attack x2, Full Heal, Shadow Ball Golbat, Shadow Ball Magnemite, Peck Haunter, Peck Sneasel, Peck Meganium
- Grunt #1: Peck Rattata
- Grunt #2: Hidden Power Muk, Faint Attack Koffing, Peck Rattata
- Grunt #3: Shadow Ball Koffing, Hidden Power Muk
- Hit the switches in this order: 3, 2, 1
- Eddie: Peck Growlithe, Shadow Ball Koffing
- Duncan: Shadow Ball Koffing, Shadow Ball Magmar, Shadow Ball Koffing
- Pick up Full Heal before Grunt #4
- Grunt #4: Peck Gloom x2
- Grunt #5: Peck Raticate, Faint Attack Golbat
- Pick up Max Ether
- Grunt #6: Faint Attack Grimer, Faint Attack Weezing
- Grunt #7: Shadow Ball Koffing x2
- Get Card Key from Director, walk back to staircase to use elevator to 5F
> 5F: Get Return
> 4F: Sell TMs(Except Detect, and Return), and Nugget
> Buy 2 Protein, 2 Calcium
> 3F: Buy 2 X Accuracy, 29 X Attack, 2 X Special, 1 Guard Spec
- Use vitamins before next Rocket fight
RADIO TOWER 2
- Use Card Key on 3rd Floor
- Grunt: Peck Raticate, Shadow Ball Koffing
- Executive #1: Shadow Ball x2 Golbat
- Executive #2: Hidden Power Arbok, Peck x2 Vileplume, Peck x2 Murkrow
- Executive #3: Hidden Power Houndour, Hidden Power Koffing, Hidden Power Houndoom
- Mash through cutscene, Pick up Pink Bow, Pick up Sunny Day, head to lobby
- Take Radio Card Quiz: Y, Y, N, Y, N
- Leave Radio Tower
- Fly to Mahogany

ROUTE 44/ICE PATH/BLACKTHORN CITY
- Bike east, take lower path
- Give Murkrow Pink Bow, Teach Return over Peck and use a Super Repel upon entering Ice Path
- Ice Puzzle #1: L, U, L, D, L, U, L, D, R, D, R
- Ice Puzzle #2: R, U, L, D, R, HM07, L, U, R, D, R, U, R, D, L, D, L
- Use a Super Repel when needed
- Strength Puzzle: Push top boulder into hole, fall down second hole, U,
- Ice Puzzle #3: D, R, D, L, U, L
- Pick up Protein
- Exit Ice Path
- Head to the Gym

BLACKTHORN GYM
- Heal above half health, use Ether on Faint Attack and use Protein
- Paul: Faint Attack Dratini x3
- Fran: Faint Attack Seadra (82.05% range, finish with Shadow Ball)
- Cody: Faint Attack Horsea, Faint Attack Seadra
- Lola: Faint Attack Dratini, Return Dragonair
- Clair: X Attack x2, Heal Paralysis, Return Dragonair x3, Return Kingdra
- Super Repel, Teach HM06 and HM07 to Poliwag, Leave gym, Surf to Dragon's Den

DRAGON'S DEN
- Daren: Return Dragonair
- Pick up Max Elixir below the Twins
- Surf to the Dragon Shrine
- Test: 1, 1, 2, 1, 2
- Mash through cutscenes, then Dig out
- Mash through phone call, Fly to New Bark Town

TOHJO FALLS/VICTORY ROAD
- Go east and Surf, Surf East and grab Rare Candy, then go through Tohjo Falls
> When exiting cave, move down two and bonk into the tree, then pass rotator
- Bike east and north, avoiding trainers along the way, and grab the free heal
> When leaving house, battle Joyce
- Joyce: Shadow Ball Pikachu, Shadow Ball x2 Blastoise
- Beth: Hidden Power Rapidash
- Super Repel, navigate Victory Road
- Rival 5: X Attack x2, Return Sneasal, Return Golbat, Hidden Power Magneton, Faint Attack Haunter, Faint Attack Kadabra, Return Meganium

ELITE FOUR
- Buy 11 Full Restores
- Will: X Special, Faint Attack Xatu, Faint Attack Jynx, Faint Attack Exeggutor, Faint Attack Slowbro, Faint Attack Xatu
- Koga: X Attack x3, X Accuracy, Shadow Ball Ariados, Shadow Ball Venomoth, Hidden Power x2 Forretress, Shadow Ball Muk, Shadow Ball Crobat
- Bruno: X Attack x2, Return Hitmontop, Return Hitmonlee, Return Hitmonchan, Return Machamp, Hidden Power Onix
- Karen: X Attack x3, X Accuracy, Heal with Full Restore if Confused, Return Umbreon, Shadow Ball Vilepume, Shadow Ball Gengar, Shadow Ball Murkrow, Hidden Power Houndoom
> If Umbreon doesn't hit Sand Attack, skip X Accuracy
- Heal to full health
- Lance: X Attack x3, Return Gyarados, Return Dragonite x2, Shadow Ball Aerodactyl, Return Charizard, Return Dragonite
- Reset after game save during Hall of Fame

SS AQUA
- Bike to Professor Elm and get the S.S. Ticket
- Fly to Olivine (5 down), get on the boat
- Go right and down the stairs, talk to guy blocking you, go back upstairs
- Go in 3rd room on the top from the left
- Stanley: All Return
- Go back downstairs, and head left to the Captain
- Leave the ship, Fly to Vermillion (1 up) and bike north to Saffron

POWER PLANT QUEST 1
- Bike north to Cerulean, then bike east to Power Plant
- Dean: Return Golduck, Faint Attack Sandslash
- YOLO first pass on Heidi, pause buffer and Super Repel second pass
- [Heidi]: Return Skiploom x2
- Surf to Power Plant, talk to red guy, Fly to Cerulean (1 up)
- Go to Gym, mash through cutscene, leave Gym
- Bike north to Nugget Bridge

NUGGET BRIDGE
- Dudley: Faint Attack Oddish
- Ellen: Faint Attack Wigglytuff, Return Granbull
- Joe: Faint Attack Tangela, Return Vaporeon
- Laura: Shadow Ball Gloom, Return Bellossom, Faint Attack Pidgeotto
- Lloyd: Hidden Power Nidoking
- Shannon: Faint Attack Paras x2, Faint Attack Parasect
- Pat: Return Porygon
- Interrupt Misty’s date, Fly to Saffron (1 down), bike left to Celadon Gym

CELADON GYM
- Jo + Zoe: Shadow Ball Victreebel, Return Vileplume
- Fight the left trainer
- Tanya: Faint Attack Exeggutor
- Julia: Faint Attack Paras, Faint Attack Exeggcute, Return Parasect
- Erika: X Attack, Faint Attack Tangela, Return Jumpluff, Return Victreebel, Return Bellossom
- Exit gym, Fly to Cerulean (1 up), bike to gym

CERULEAN GYM
- Walk right around the gym and Surf to Misty
- Misty: X Attack x2, Shadow Ball Golduck, Shadow Ball Quagsire, Return Lapras, Shadow Ball Starmie
- Grab Machine Part in upper left hand corner after fight, exit gym

POWER PLANT QUEST 2
- Bike east towards Power Plant
- YOLO first pass on Heidi, pause buffer and Super Repel second pass
- [Heidi]: Return Skiploom x2
- Surf to Power Plant, talk to red guy, Fly to Saffron (1 down), bike to gym

SAFFRON GYM
- Teleport puzzle: Up, Left, Down (go around), Down (go around)
- [Rebecca]: Faint Attack Drowsee, Faint Attack Hypno
- Sabrina: Shadow Ball Espeon, Shadow Ball Mr Mime, Shadow Ball Alakazam
- Teleport puzzle: Right, Up, Up, Down
- Exit gym, bike right to Lavender

POWER PLANT QUEST 3
- [Tom]: Hidden Power Magnemite x3
- Talk to guy in Radio Tower, Fly to Vermillion (2 up), head to gym

VERMILLION GYM
- Go to Fan Club and talk to the Rapidash story guy to get Rare Candy
- Gregory: Shadow Ball Pikachu, Shadow Ball Flaaffy
- Lt. Surge: Hidden Power Raichu, Hidden Power Magneton, Hidden Power Electabuzz, Hidden Power Electrode x2
- Bike east out of Vermillion, use Super Repel, tune to 20, run from Snorlax
- Go through Diglett’s Cave, head to Pewter gym

PEWTER GYM
- Jerry: Faint Attack Sandslash
- Brock: X Special, Faint Attack x5
- Exit gym, bike south towards Viridian Forest

VIRIDIAN FOREST/ROUTE TO CINNABAR ISLAND
- Super Repel when exiting Forest
- Stay to the right when exiting forest, then stay left after bonking trainer
- After Viridian City, go right of cliff, head straight down
- Surf south to Cinnabar, using a Super Repel
- Talk to Blue, Grab Rare Candy, Super Repel when starting to Surf, then Surf east to Seafoam Islands

CINNABAR GYM
- Walk up to gym
- Blaine: X Attack, Hidden Power x3
- Exit gym, surf right/up to Fuchsia City

FUCHSIA GYM
- Janine is the trainer in the middle-left of the gym
- Janine: Return Crobat, Hidden Power Weezing x2, Return Ariados, Return Venomoth
- Exit gym, Fly to Viridian (2 up), head to gym

VIRIDIAN GYM
- Use Full Restore, and use Max Elixir
- Blue: X Attack x4, Return Pidgeot, Hidden Power Rhydon, Return Alakazam, Return Gyarados, Return Exeggutor, Return Arcanine,
- Exit gym, Fly to Pallet (1 up)

MT. SILVER
- Bike to lab, talk to Professor Oak
- Fly to Indigo Plateau, Buy 10 Revives
- Use Super Repel, Fly to Viridian City (2 up), bike west to Mt. Silver
- Heal when next Super Repel is needed
- Catch a Parasect in the middle room
- Use Rare Candies, set Battle Style to Switch, Teach Flash to Parasect
- Red: Lead Murkrow, Hidden Power Pikachu, switch to Parasect, Use Flash until dead, switch to Kenya, Revive Parasect, Use Flash again until out of Blizzards, Keep sacrificing HM Slaves to Revive Parasect. Once out of Blizzards, Spore Blastoise, then switch to Murkrow, X Attack x6, Return Blastoise, Return Snorlax, Return Charizard, Return Espeon, Return Venusaur

OTHER RED STRATS (testing)
- Pick up Sunny Day in the Radio Tower then counter Rain Dance with that.
- Sandslash from Victory Road, use Sand Attack
- Find high level Poke that can learn Flash
- Toxic/stall
- Protect and Detect spam Blastoise with Murkrow
- Quagsire switch in on Pikachu