Old Blizzard route (Yellow)

This is an entirely new route for Yellow that saves 5-15 seconds if you are willing to take a few more risks in the late game. Do not confuse it with current Blizzard strats, which use Blizzard solely for the Champion fight.

The idea of this route is to take full advantage of Blizzard's extra power, reasonable accuracy and convenient placement in the Cinnabar Mansion. Getting Blizzard before Erika allows us to skip Ice Beam. Since we're skipping Ice Beam, we can consider skipping Rock Slide, as this bypasses talking to the roof TM girl.

Going to the mansion before Erika changes our experience route. Without experience from Erika, the highest level we can get for the mansion is L43, but we need L44 to avoid L43 Rattatas and Raticates. However, there are no L42 encounters in the mansion, so we can enter at L42 and save one Rare Candy until Giovanni's gym. This allows us to gain crucial levels for the Elite Four, which erases the time loss from L43 encounters.

Listed below are the differences from the current route. Note the "stats guide" at the top.

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STATS GUIDE
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Attack DV		Speed DV		Route name
11-15			12-15			A (B if Vaporeon strats)
5-10			12-15			B
11				11				C (D if Vaporeon strats)
6-10			9-11			D
15				10				E
14-15			9				F (D if Vaporeon strats)
5-14			6-8				G
8-10			3-5				H
5-13			0-2				I

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ITEM MANAGEMENT GUIDE
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IF DOWN AN ITEM NATURALLY:
- 15 Speed: Buy Lemonade and 1 fewer X Special
- 13-14 Speed: Get Carbos
- 11-12 Speed: Buy Lemonade and 1 fewer X Special
- 10 Speed: Get Max Elixer
- 8-9 Speed: Get Carbos
- 6-7 Speed: Get 2 Carbos (use immediately)
- 5 Speed: Get Max Elixer
- 3-4 Speed: Get Carbos
- 0-2 Speed: Get Max Elixer

IF NOT:
- 15 Speed: Normal route
- 13-14 Speed: Get Carbos
- 11-12 Speed: Normal route
- 10 Speed: Normal route
- 8-9 Speed: Get Carbos
- 6-7 Speed: Get 2 Carbos
- 5 Speed: Skip X Attacks, get Max Elixer
- 3-4 Speed: Get Carbos
- 0-2 Speed: Skip X Attacks, get Max Elixer

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VIRIDIAN CITY
- Buy 6 Potions and 5 Poke Balls (6/4 if lost rival fight)

VERMILION MART
- Sell TM34 and Nugget, then buy 2 Super Potions

(route not updated past here; standard buy will likely be 11/4/4/5)

CELADON MART
- 5F shopping:
	> If on Vaporeon strats, buy 1 more X Acc (same everything else)
	> ROUTE A: Buy 10 X Accs, 5 X Speeds, 4 X Attacks and 5 X Specials
	> ROUTE B: Buy 10/6/3/5
	> ROUTE C: Buy 9/5/4/6
	> ROUTE D: Buy 10/6/3/5
	> ROUTE E: Buy 10/7/3/5
	> ROUTE F: Buy 9/5/4/6
	> ROUTE G: Buy 10/7/3/5
	> ROUTE H: Buy 10/9/3/4
	> ROUTE I: Buy 10/11/3/3
- 6F shopping:
	> Skip Ice Beam
	> Skip Rock Slide with 50+ HP and/or good Special

ROUTE 16
- Fly menu:
	> Swap slot 2 item with Super Repels
	> Teach Fly to flier
	> Teach Horn Drill to Nidoking over Horn Attack
	> Use a Super Repel
	> Swap slot 3 item with X Accs
	> (Teach Rock Slide over Thrash/Bubblebeam)
	> Fly to Lavender

LAVENDER TOWER
- If skipped Rock Slide, TB x2 all Gastlies
- On Ghost menu, swap slot 4 item with X Speeds, then use Poke Doll

SILPH CO.
- (Get/use Carbos)
- On EQ menu, swap slot 5 item with X Attacks
- Teach EQ over Thrash (routes B, D, E, G, H and I) or Bubblebeam (A, C and F)
- Jesse&James: Thrash Meowth if you have it, EQ otherwise
- Giovanni 1: BB Rhyhorn if you have it, EQ otherwise
- After digging out, bike to the Safari Zone

ROUTE 16
- On the Poke Flute menu, Elixer only on routes B, D, E, G, H and I

SAFARI ZONE
- (Get/use Carbos)
- After digging out, Fly to Fuchsia and bike to the gym

FUCHSIA GYM
- Juggler 1: Thrash the Kadabra on routes A, C and F
- If on route A, C or F, Elixer before Juggler 2
- Before Koga:
	> Heal if necessary
	> Use 2 Rare Candies to reach L41
	> Teach Surf to Lapras

FUCHSIA CITY
- After getting Strength, Fly to Saffron

SAFFRON CITY
- Use a Super Repel unless Mom healing, then bike to the gym

SAFFRON GYM
- After exiting, Fly to Pallet

PALLET TOWN
- Mom heal if very low on healing items OR all of the following are true:
	> You're on route B, D, E, G, H or I
	> You're not in red bar
	> You're not at safe HP for Blaine
- If took Mom heal, use Super Repel, then bike to the water. Otherwise walk to the water

CINNABAR MANSION
- If you repelled early, repel again ~8 steps after entering
- On repel menu, swap slot 6 item with X Specials, and drop an item in one of the following ways:
	> Use Carbos
	> Use Max Elixer
	> Use your last Potion/Super Potion/Full Restore
	> Toss Poke Balls or TM34
- If you get an encounter:
	> Optimal DSum is 3 seconds out, 11 in, repeat
	> Not worth it to wait by itself, but can use time to scroll to bottom of inventory (3.4s) or teach Blizzard (16s, 17s w/ swap)
- Get TM14
- After getting both candies, teach Strength to Lapras and teach Blizzard over Thrash/Bubblebeam
- After digging out, bike to the Celadon Gym

CELADON GYM
- Beauty: Blizzard
- Erika: Blizzard, EQ x2
- After exiting, Fly to Cinnabar

CINNABAR ISLAND
- If you skipped Mom heal on routes B, D, E, G, H or I, use Elixer on bike menu

CINNABAR GYM
- Blaine: X Attack, (X Speed), EQ x3
	> Use X Speed with 0-5 DV Speed

VIRIDIAN GYM
- Cooltrainer: EQ
- Blackbelt: X Special, Blizzard, TB, Blizzard
- Immediately after Blackbelt:
	> Heal if necessary
	> Use an Elixer on routes A, C and F
	> Use 3 Rare Candies to reach L48
	> Pick up the Revive item ball
- Giovanni:
	> If you die, send in Charmander and Revive
	> ROUTE A: X Attack, EQ, X Acc, EQ x3, Drill
	> ROUTE B: X Attack, EQ, X Acc, Drill x4
	> ROUTE C: X Attack, EQ, X Spec, EQ x3, Blizzard
	> ROUTE D: X Attack, EQ, X Acc, Drill x4
	> ROUTE E: X Speed, EQ, X Acc, Drill x4
	> ROUTE F: X Attack, EQ, X Spec, EQ x3, Blizzard
	> ROUTE G: X Attack, EQ, X Acc, Drill x4
	> ROUTE H: X Attack, EQ, X Acc, Drill x4
	> ROUTE I: X Attack, EQ, X Acc, Drill x4

VIRIDIAN CITY
- On the bike menu:
	> Use a Super Repel
	> If you took Mom heal, use an Elixer
	> Do not heal

ROUTE 22
- Viridian Rival:
	> At <45 HP: Blizzard, X Spec, Blizzard, TB, EQ x3
	> At 46-57 HP: Blizzard x2, X Spec, TB, EQ x3
	> At 58-70 HP: X Spec, Blizzard x2, TB, EQ x3
	> At 71+ HP: Blizzard x2, TB(+TB), EQ x3
	> Vaporeon strats: Blizzard x2, X Acc, EQ x3, Drill
	> If you die, send in Pidgey and Revive

ROUTE 23
- If you skipped Mom heal on route B, D, E, G, H or I:
	> (Heal to good HP for Lorelei)
	> Use an Elixer
	> Drop an item (Elixer, Potion, Full Restore, toss Poke Balls)
	> Get the Max Ether

INDIGO PLATEAU
- Skip E4 center if at good HP for Lorelei

ELITE FOUR
- Lorelei:
	> ROUTE A: (X Spec), X Acc, Drill x3, EQ, Drill
	> ROUTE B: (X Spec), X Acc, Drill x5
	> ROUTE C: (X Spec), X Acc, Drill x3, EQ, Drill
	> ROUTE D: (X Spec), X Acc, Drill x5
	> ROUTE E: (X Spec), X Acc, Drill x5
	> ROUTE F: (X Spec), X Acc, Drill x3, EQ, Drill
	> ROUTE G: (X Spec), X Acc, Drill x5
	> ROUTE H: (X Spec), X Acc, Drill x5
	> ROUTE I: (X Spec), X Speed, X Acc, Drill x5
- Use Elixer/Max Ether before or during Bruno
- Bruno: X Acc, Blizzard, Drill x2, Blizzard, Drill
- Agatha:
	> With 15 DV Speed: EQ, X Spec, Blizzard, EQ x3
	> With 6-14 DV Speed: X Spec, EQ, Blizzard, EQ x3
	> With 0-5 DV Speed: X Speed, EQ, Blizzard, EQ x3
- Heal to full for Lance, and use Elixer if you have one
- Lance:
	> If entering in red bar, use TB (not enough PP to YOLO Drill)
	> With 9 or 11-15 DV Speed: X Spec, TB, X Attack, EQ x2, TB, Blizzard
	> With 0-8 or 10 DV Speed, X Spec, TB, X Speed, Blizzard x2, TB, Blizzard
- Heal to full for Champion unless YOLOing
- Champion: X Speed, Blizzard, EQ, X Acc, Drill, EQ, Drill, EQ
	> Skip X Speed if YOLOing
	> If you get the freeze instead of the OHKO, set up the X Speed and X Acc on Sandslash