Sapphire Abraless Notes

updated june'16 with Norman and T&L strats

Mudkip iv thresholds.

20 attack neutral
19 sp atk neutral
21 speed neutral
(+attack 29iv and above is a bit too high for early brawly)

For sapphire i think the best nature is +speed, with naive>hasty. Other good natures are +attack naughty>lonely, or just a neutral nature with high stats all around.

How to get a mudkip


There are some clusters that can be found on seed 5A0 (dry battery). To get a kip in a certain cluster you will have to calibrate the timing offset yourself as its different for everyone. From softreset untill picking mudkip takes about 2:50, so look for kips later than that.

This program is used to look for mudkips: http://www.speedrun.com/tools/gen3starterv1_0_fagp4.jar
To see seed 5A0 type in Trainer ID 01440 into the box.

When you found something you wanna go for, subtract 2:03 from the time given by the program and set the result as the livesplit offset. Softreset and start splits at the same time, then start new game, pick girl, give a 1-character name, and wait on the line 'Well i'll be expecting you later...' right before the truck as the IGT hasn't started here yet. Clear the line when the timer hits 0. Mash fast, get pc potion, and pick mudkip at 2:03. Compare the kip stats to what is shown in the program and adjust the offset accordingly. With girl strats I'm usually within 8 frames of the target.

- Poochyena: Tackle spam

 LITTLEROOT TOWN
 - Give Mudkip a 1-character name
 - Head north to Route 103

 ROUTE 103
 - Rival 1: Tackle spam (use Potion if a non-crit Pound will kill)
 - Walk back to Littleroot Town

 LITTLEROOT TOWN
 - Heal below 11hp on the turnframe after exiting the lab
 - Walk to the right so that you're two tiles to the left of your mom, then talk to her from the left
 - If you used your Potion during the rival fight, walk inside and talk to your mom to heal
 - Run up to Oldale Town

ROUTE 101/OLDALE TOWN
 - Catch a Zigzagoon (Tackle once)
 - Run left to Route 102

 ROUTE 102
 - Talk to the first trainer you see
 - Youngster Calvin: Tackle spam, healing as necessary
 - Run through the grass to dodge the remaining trainers

PETALBURG CITY
 - Run to the mart
 - Shopping: Buy 2 Potion, 7 Repels
 - Enter and leave the center
 - Run to the gym and watch catching tutorial
 - When the cutscene ends, run west to Route 104

ROUTE 104
 - Yolo grass if no zig yet
 - Get beach potion if you don't have 3 right now
 - If you see a Zigzagoon or a Taillow/Wingull, catch it (Tackle once)
 - Get the 2 Oran Berries
 - Run to one tile below the path, and stop one tile before the grass. Use a Repel, use a Potion if you have <20 HP, and equip an Oran Berry
 - Run through the grass, and behind the trainer, to enter Petalburg Woods

 PETALBURG WOODS
 - Run manip spinner
 - Aqua Grunt: Tackle spam, healing as necessary.
 - Run manip spinner

ROUTE 104
 - Run manip rotator
 - Dodge optional trainer (she has further vision than in emerald)
 - Get Leppa Berries
 - Run to gym

RUSTBORO GYM
 - Heal to 22+ HP upon entering
 - Talk to both youngsters
 - Youngster 1: Mud-Slap x6, (learn Water Gun), Water Gun x2, healing as necessary
 - Youngster 2: Water Gun
 - Heal to full
 - If you have a slave, go Oran-less. If not equip one.
 - Roxanne: Water Gun spam
 	> The first Geodude is a range with <19 Sp. Atk at Lv. 12
 	> Roxanne will use a Potion (up to 2) whenever her Pokemon is at <40% HP
 	> Nosepass does ~11-15 damage with Rock Tomb and Rock Throw
 	> If Nosepass has lowered your Speed and is faster on the turn that you can kill it, sacrifice a slave to undo the Speed drop

RUSTBORO CITY
 - Run left to activate the cutscene, then up and right to Route 116

PLANNING
 - This is where we need to plan what level we want to be for Rival 2 Grovyle
	Just kill 1 encounter for lvl18 R2 Grovyle
	Or get 77exp for lvl19 R2 Grovyle

 - kips that want 19: +speed 26iv and up, or neutral attack below 24iv. (+attack 14iv-23iv would guarantee grovyle 				 	 	 							at 19)
 - kips that want 18: +speed 21iv-25iv putting these kips at 19 will lead to a speedtie at some point in the rival 2 fight.
 - Unmentioned kips will do this fight at 18. And the needed experience will usually be gotten before taking the ferry, as we want lvl16 for dewford gym.
 - When you evolve, teach Mud Shot over Growl

 ROUTE 116
 - Take the bottom path, picking up the item ball (Repel) as you go
 - Kill 1/2 encounter(s) to get desired exp
 - If you are in torrent fight Bug Catcher José (Water Gun x3)  right away, otherwise later.
 - Bag manip Janice and use a Repel. Also remove the Oran Berry if it didn't activate against Roxanne
 - Talk to the Hiker (Water Gun x3)
 - Run into the cave

RUSTURF TUNNEL
 - Aqua Grunt: WG x1-2 (OHKO in Torrent)
 - Run back to Route 116, and back to Rustboro

ROUTE 116
 - Manip Janice again
 - Fight Bug Catcher José now if you didn't already
 - Talk to the Devon guy to activate the cutscene

 RUSTBORO CITY
 - Shop Sell: 4 Poké Balls, 1 Great Ball, Rock Tomb (if not enough Poké Balls, sell all Great Balls)
 - Buy: 4 Super Potion, 1 X Speed, 4 X Attack (Don't buy X Speed if +speed 26iv and up)
 - After leaving the building, run to Mr. Briney's house south of Petalburg Woods

ROUTE 104
 - After exiting the forest, run through the grass behind the trainer
 - Last chance to get exp/zig/flier (slaveless is fine)
 - Talk to Mr. Briney to sail to Dewford, then run to the cave

GRANITE CAVE
 - Repel throughout the cave
 - Pick up the Escape Rope item ball on the ground floor
 - After the cutscene, Escape Rope
 - After exiting, run to gym

DEWFORD GYM
 - Laura MS, WG
 - Use Super
 - Brawly Machop strats
	Use X Attack turn 1

	no bulk up ms/ms
	bulk up turn 1 ms/wg/(ms, or wg if in torrent)
	bulk up turn 2 ms/mslap/ms (or ms/ms on a good first roll)
	bulk up turn 1+2 ms/ms/ms (or ms/ms/(potion or oran)/wg in torrent, if bad rolls)
	bulk up turn 1+3 ms/wg/mslap/ms
	bulk up turn 1+2+3 ms/ms/mslap/(ms or wg if in torrent)

 Makuhita	heal if<6hp ms/ms 	(+attack 18iv-28iv has a 3/16 chance to knock makuhita into healing, And 7/16 for higher attack)

 - Take the ferry to Slateport

ROUTE 109
 - Pick up Revive if you have a living slave
 - Pick up Ether and Soft Sand
 - Run up to Slateport, dodging the trainers

SLATEPORT CITY
 - Run up to the shipyard and talk to Dock
 - Run up to the museum, and walk upstairs
 - Aqua Grunt 1: Mud Shot
 - Aqua Grunt 2: Tackle x2, Mud Shot (substitute Water Gun for Tackle if in Torrent)
 - Run up to Route 110

ROUTE 110 (to Rival 2)
 - Dodge the Pokefan by running all the way to the left
 - Repel + equip Soft Sand one step before the grass
 - Pause Manip Timmy
 - Pick up the hidden Full Heal (2U and 4R of Timmy)
 - Heal to 6+ HP for Rival 2
 - Rival 2: (Heal as necessary, skip X Speed on 26+ +speed)
	X Attack x2, X Speed, Water Gun, Mud Shot+Mud Shot, Mud Shot
 	> Grovyle usually does 30-36 with Absorb and about 9 with Quick Attack.
 	> Grovyle will use Quick Attack if it is guaranteed to kill, so you must Heal if this is the case
	> Wailmer is usually a (favorable) range

 ROUTE 110 (after Rival 2)
 - Manip Edwin
 - Manip rotator

 MAUVILLE CITY
 - Run to the southeast house, and talk to the guy to get the Rock Smash HM
 - Run to the northeast house, and talk to the guy to get the Mach Bike
 - Once outside, open the menu, heal, Teach Rock Smash to slave or over Mud Slap, leppa Mud Shot, register the bike, and use it from the menu
 - Bike to the gym
 - Wally: Mud Shot
 - Enter the gym

 MAUVILLE GYM
 - Walk to the Battle Girl on the right (If <24iv Speed MS+WG, otherwise WG+MS)
 - Hit the switch to the right of the Battle Girl
 - Talk to the guitarist above the Battle Girl (Mud Shot x3)
 - Hit the switch in the top-left corner
 - Heal to 41+ HP
 - Wattson: Mud Shot x3, sack zig on voltorb if it wasnt dead already
 - Bike north to Route 111

 ROUTE 111-113
 - Manip spinners
 - Before the grass patch, bonk into the trees, use a Repel
 - Manip Trent with rtb
 - Manip cooltrainer
 - Talk to the trainer before Route 113
 - Cooltrainer Brooke: Tackle, X Attack, Tackle, Mud Shot, Water Gun
 	> If Wingull confuses you, use your Full Heal
	> 25iv Speedties 29iv Outspeeds Wingull
 - Repel before the Route 113 grass

FALLARBOR TOWN
 - Go to the crater in the southwest corner, and pick up the Nugget in the middle of it
 - Go to Route 114
 - Catch Swablu (WG once to weaken) if you don't have a flier yet, repel when you have a flier
 - Get Persims and Carbos and go back to Fallarbor Mart and sell Nugget, Carbos, Bulk Up, Steel Wing
 - Buy 3 Super Potion, 1 Escape Rope, 6 Super Repel, 10 X Special, 8 X Speed, 15 X Attack, 1 X Defend, 2 Guard Spec (this is for +5 norman strat. Decide what strat to go for and buy accordingly)
 - Upon exiting, bike west to Route 114

ROUTE 114/METEOR FALLS
 - If you still need a flier, don't leave the route until you catch Swablu (WG once to weaken)
 - Bike left and follow the path to Meteor Falls
 - Bag Manip and Super repel the hiker
 - Dodge the other hiker
 - Upon entering the falls, bike left and mash through the cutscene, then exit through the south exit

 ROUTE 115/116
 - Dodge 1st trainer by passing him on the right from above (has limited vision)
 - rtb manip 2nd trainer
 - Bag manip Janice and Repel, or if you already used the Repel use a Super Repel before route 116 grass and rtb manip Janice
 - Enter Rusturf Tunnel and mash through cutscene

VERDANTURF TOWN/ROUTE 117
 - Bag Manip Breeder Isaac from above and right and use the following
	heal, Super Repel (skip if one's active), teach strength over tackle, leppa mud shot
 - Dodge the other trainers
 - If somehow all your slaves are dead, use the daycare pc to revive 1

 MAUVILLE CITY/ROUTE 111
 - Manip Trent and rtb Brice
 - Take the cable car up to Mt. Chimney

 MT. CHIMNEY
 - Bike up the mountain, then go left
 - Aqua Grunt: Strength x2
 - Matt: Mud Shot, Strength, Mud Shot
 - Switch your slot 2 slave to the front, and heal Marshtomp to full if you took damage from missed Mud Shots/ranges
 - Archie: Guard Spec. on slave, (slave dies, switch to Marshtomp), X Attack+X Speed+Mud Shot+Mud Shot, Strength+X Attack+Strength, Mud Shot
 	> Heal as necessary; Mightyena does about 18, and Golbat does about 25
 - Bike down the mountain, then take the south exit

 JAGGED PASS
 - Bike down the first five ledges, then bike right and down the stairs. Turn left before the grass, then go down one tile to the right of the female trainer
 - Bike left to the Lavaridge Gym

LAVARIDGE GYM
- Before Flannery, open the menu and do the following:
 	> Heal to full
 	> Use a Super Repel
	> Swap Marshtomp to the front of the party
 - Flannery: (in case of smog poison turn 1) X Attack, Mud Shot, Mud Shot, Mud Shot+Mud Shot
	otherwise: X Attack x4, Strength, Strength, Mud Shot (stall with potion/oran/WG/Xspeed/Xspec on first slugma untill poison after 4 X Attacks)
 - Poison will do 33 damage with perfect movement so heal accordingly

 HERB SHOP/DESERT
 - After exiting and mashing through the cutscene, bike to the Herb Shop (closest building to the gym)
 - Buy 4 heal powder and energy roots with the rest of your money
 - Get the Desert Rare Candy and die to poison to get warped to PetalBurg

PETALBURG GYM
 - Enter the right door (accuracy room)
 - Delcatty: Mud Shot+Strength+Strength (switch out on attract/sing hit)
 - Enter the left door (defense room)
 - Linoone: Mud Shot+some combination of 3 moves that kills
 - Take the left door (attack room) on defense that dies to crit from OHKO room, otherwise take right door (OHKO room)
 - Zangoose: Mud Shot x2 (Mud-Slap turn 2 if first roll did <45%)

 - Norman +5 strat: (Heal as necessary), X Defend, Mud-Slap, X Speed, X Attack x5, Strength+Strength, Mud-Slap+Mud Shot, Mud Shot+Mud Shot
 - Norman +3 strat (24iv-31iv neutral atk, 6iv-19iv +atk):  X Defend, X Attack, X Attack, Mud Shot, X Attack, Strength+Mud Shot, Mud Shot+Strength, Strength+Strength+Mud Shot
 - Norman +3 strat (lower attack than above): X Defend, X Attack, X Attack, Mud Shot, X Attack, Mud Shot+Mud Shot, Mud Shot+Strength, Strength+Mud Shot+Mud Shot
 - Norman +3 strat (20iv-23iv +atk): X Defend, X Attack, X Attack, Mud Shot+Mud Shot, X Attack, Mud Shot, Mud Shot+Strength, Strength+Strength+Strength (10% chance you'll knock 2nd Slaking into heal)
 - Norman +2 strat (24+iv +atk, risky): X Defend, X Attack, X Attack, Mud Shot+Mud Shot+Mud Shot(86%), Mud Shot+Strength, Mud Shot+Mud Shot+Mud Shot(89.9%)
 - After the fight, walk out of the gym

 PETALBURG CITY
 - Bike to the northwest house, and talk to the guy to get the Surf HM
 - After leavin the house, teach Surf to Marshtomp over Water Gun and use Super Repel
 - Bike south to the lake, then Surf down to the bottom-right corner to get the hidden Rare Candy
 - Bike your way back to Mauville through Oldale/route 110

OLDALE/ROUTE 110
 - Dodge trainers
 - Surf across from route 103
 - Dodge trainers
 - Bag manip lady spinner and use Super Repel
 - Get 110 Rare Candy
 - rtb manip Timmy and Edwin
 - dodge rotator

MAUVILLE CITY/ROUTE 118
 - Bike east to the Route 118 water, avoiding the rotator
 - When you enter the water, use a Super Repel
 - Surf right, then as far down as possible, before landing on the other side of the route
 - Bike up to activate the Steven cutscene
 - Bike right until you see a path up. Bag manip bird keeper

ROUTE 119
 - Bike north to the Weather Institute, dodging every trainer along the way

WEATHER INSTITUTE
 - 1F: Fight the female grunt (Mud Shot)
 - 2F: Walk straight ahead so the first male grunt sees you (Strength, Mud Shot). Then walk around him and bag manip the spinner
 - Shelly: Mud Shot, Surf x2
 - After getting the free Castform, walk out, taking the bed on 1F on your way

ROUTE 119
 - Use all your Rare Candies
 - Equip mystic water (castform has it)
 - Bike right and then up to meet your rival
 - Rival 3: X Attack x2, X Speed, Strength x3
 - Bike north to Fortree, hugging the trees on the right to avoid the trainers

 FORTREE CITY
 - Shop: 1 Super Potion, 4 Hyper Potion, 11 Super Repel
 - Walk up the stairs to the treehouses, then east to Route 120

ROUTE 120
 - Bike to the top tile to avoid the rotator, then all the way right and cut through 2 tiles of grass, avoiding the trainer
 - Walk through the grass, the bike to the bridge to activate the cutscene
 - Run from the Kecleon
 - Go back to Fortree with the same movment you got here and head to the gym

FORTREE GYM
- Fight the first two trainers you see, then dodge the other two
 - Bird Keeper: Surf
 - Picknicker: Surf x2
 - Winona: X Spec, Surf, X Attack, X Attack, Strength x2, Surf, (heal to full), Strength x2
	> Try to manip Torrent for Skarmory as you'll need it to OHKO him
	> 30iv/18iv+speed ties Skarmory, 20iv +speed outspeeds
 - After exiting, walk up the stairs to the north treehouses, then east to Route 120

ROUTE 120
 - Bike to the top tile to avoid the rotator, then Super Repel before the tall grass (one tile to the right of the big bush)
 - Walk through the grass, then bike to the bridge
 - rtb manip bird keeper
 - Carefully dodge the trainers

 ROUTE 121
 - Repel before the grass
 - Open the bag 1-2 tiles before the spinner (Jessica) so that you can pass her
 - Bike east to Lilycove, avoiding the trainer along the way
 - Bike back from Lilycove the way you came, but go south when you see the water, and Surf to Mt. Pyre

 ROUTE 122/MT. PYRE
 - When the first Super Repel wears off, use another, teach Fly
 - Go left upon entering Mt. Pyre, and bike up to the summit
 - Aqua Grunt: Strength, Surf, Strength
 - Aqua Grunt: Strength, Mud Shot
 - Aqua Grunt: Mud Shot x2
 - Talk to Archie, then bike to the right and through the grass to pick up the hidden Rare Candy
 - Fly to Slateport

SLATEPORT CITY
 - Go to the Harbor, mash through the cutscene, then Fly to Lilycove

 LILYCOVE CITY
 - Bike up, right and down-right to the shore, then bike up to the Team Aqua hideout

 AQUA HIDEOUT
 - Get the Master Ball first (take path from warp #3)
 - Matt: Mud Shot x2, Surf
 - Get the Max Elixer before exiting (step on warp #1 in map)

 ROUTE 124
 - After exiting the hideout, use a Super Repel and heal to 75+ HP
 - Surf east to Mossdeep City, avoiding the trainers

 MOSSDEEP CITY
 - Get Dive from Steven
 - Bike to the gym

 MOSSDEEP GYM
 - Psychic: Surf x2
 - Teach Dive over Mud Slap
 - 29iv +speed outspeeds T&L, 25iv +speed outspeeds at 39 (mt. pyre candy), 21iv +speed outspeeds at 40 (mt pyre + lake candy)
 - Tate & Liza (normal speed):
 	> Turn 1: X Speed, Heal Swampert if in Kill range otherwise use x move
 	> Turn 2: If Solarbeam, Dive Solrock otherwise Surf
	> Turn 3: Dive Solrock now if you didnt last turn
	> Turn 4+: Surfs
 	> Of all slaves send out Castform last

 - Tate & Liza (outspeed)
	> if no torrent, Surf, Dive Solrock, Surf spam
	> if high torrent, Surf x2
	> if super low hp(as in Solrock kills with Psychic), X spec+heal, Surf x2

MOSSDEEP CITY
 - Bike south to the water, and do the following:
 	> Use a Super Repel
 	> Use your Ether on Surf
 - Surf south to Seafloor Cavern (straight down, then right a bit), then Dive down, enter the cave, and Dive up to enter the cavern

SEAFLOOR CAVERN
 - Manip the spinner
 - In the room after the spinner, take the top-left exit, not top-right (this is faster than what the map advises)
 - Shelly: Mud Shot+Mud Shot, Surf+Surf
 - Archie: Guard Spec, X Special, X Special, X Speed, Surf, Surf, Surf
	>Try to manip Torrent. If you want to take more damage, delay the X Speed untill crobat so it hits you twice

ROUTE 126
 - Surf north, then west, then southwest to Sootopolis (use Dive, enter cave, then use Dive again)

 SOOTOPOLIS CITY
 - Surf to the northwest shore, then bike up the stairs and right to meet Wallace and enter the Cave of Origin

CAVE OF ORIGIN
 - Get Waterfall
 - Catch Kyogre with the Master Ball
 - After catching Kyogre, open the menu and do the following:
 	> Teach Waterfall to Swampert
 	> Teach Surf to Kyogre over Body Slam
 	> Teach Shock Wave to Kyogre over Calm Mind
 	> Give Kyogre a Persim Berry
	> Use a Rare Candy on Kyogre (if you didnt use it to outspeed T&L)
	> Check/Calc Sp. Atk & Speed ivs and check here what options you have http://pastebin.com/T8YQcbv7
 	> Use the Escape Rope
 - When you reappear in Sootopolis:
 	> Switch Kyogre to slot 1
 	> Fly to Sootopolis
 	> Go to the gym in the center island

SOOTOPOLIS GYM
- Wallace: Shock Wave, Surf, X Special, Shock Wave, Hydro Pump, Shock Wave x2
 - After exiting the gym:
 	> Use a Super Repel
 	> Heal Kyogre if necessary
 	> Equip Mystic Water
 	> Fly to Mossdeep

MOSSDEEP CITY/ROUTE 126-128
 - Surf south toward Seafloor Cavern, then east to Ever Grande City and Victory Road

 EVER GRANDE CITY
 - Use Waterfall, then bike straight into Victory Road

 VICTORY ROAD
 - Hope: IB
 - Shannon: Surf
 - Julie: Surf x2
 - Edgar: IB
 - Wally: IB, Surf, IB, Surf x2 (Hydro Pump Gardevoir if bad Sp. Atk)

 ELITE FOUR
 - Buy as many Full Restores as you can afford
 - Sidney: Surf, IB, Hydro Pump, Surf, IB
 	> 101 Speed outspeeds Sharpedo, and 97 Speed outspeeds Shiftry. You can use an X Speed on Sharpedo if you have a spare
 - Use Max Elixer
 - Phoebe: Surf x4, Hydro Pump
 	> If bad Sp. Atk: Hydro Pump, Surf x5
 - Glacia: (X Special if <101 Speed), Surf, X Special to +2, Shock Wave x2, Surf, Shock Wave+Shock Wave
 	> If <155 Sp. Atk, use Hydro Pump on the first Glalie
 	> If 165+ Sp. Atk and you have 4 X Specials left, use a third X Special so you can OHKO Walrein
 - Drake: IB, X Speed, IB x4
 - Heal to ~80 HP
 - Champion: X Special, Surf x6
 	> If you have <95 Speed, use an X Speed on Skarmory if you have a spare
 	> If <145 Sp. Atk, use Hydro Pump on Cradily and Metagross (or set up 2 X Specials)