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- General route:
- - Catch Taillow + slaves for Cut and Rock Smash (ideally get one of Zigzagoon/Marill)
- - Take fast free heals
- > Weather Institute bed (8s)
- > Route 112 heal house (21s)
- > S.S. Tidal bed
- > Deathwarp
- - Get several PP items (Note: Elixers are slightly more efficient than a Pokemon Center)
- > MAX ELIXER: Magma Hideout, Aqua Hideout | Victory Road
- > PP MAX: Magma Hideout
- > ELIXER: Route 110, Route 111, Route 119, Route 123 | Route 119 (slow), Victory Road (slow)
- > PP UP: None | Route 103, Route 109 (slow), Route 115, Route 123, Route 123, Lilycove City
- - Fight as many double battles as possible
- - Try to minimize SE/NVE text
- - Moveset:
- > START: Tackle, Mud-Slap, WG, MS (maybe Rock Tomb over Mud-Slap)
- > FIRST MIDGAME: Tackle, Strength, WG, MS
- > SECOND MIDGAME: Muddy Water, Strength, WG, MS
- > THIRD MIDGAME: Surf, Strength, WG, MS (want to keep MS through Mt. Pyre because Carvanhas)
- > SEA ROUTES: Surf, Strength, IB, EQ
- > ELITE FOUR: Same as above
- Detailed route:
- - Get PC Potion
- - Fight first two trainers on Route 102 (skip second one if you caught Zig)
- - Catch Zig and Taillow if you see them
- - Petalburg Mart: 2 Potions, 2 Repels, 1 X Attack
- - Enter Petalburg Center
- - Petalburg Woods:
- > Bug Catcher: X Attack, Tackle x4 (77% ranges)
- > Grunt: WG+WG
- > Bug Catcher: WG x2
- - Get HM01
- - Rustboro Gym: All WGs (you have L15 for Nosepass)
- - Route 116:
- > Catch Nincada if no Zig (Tackle to Weaken)
- > Catch Taillow (YOLO balls until 1-2 Growls)
- > Fight all trainers except 2 Grass spinners
- > Usually Repel on Youngster bag manip (since need to catch Nincada by that point anyway)
- - Rustboro Mart: 4 Escape Ropes, max X Attacks
- - Rival "2": X Attack (repeat if Growl), Tackle x3
- - Fight all remaining Route 104 trainers before Briney 1
- - Fight Dewford beach trainers
- - Dewford Gym: All MS (X Attack on Brawly)
- - Get beach Ether if necessary, then use it on Mud Shot
- - Fight 4 single battles on Route 109 (leave two doubles for later)
- - Museum: MS | Tackle, MS
- (ROUTE GETS MUCH HARDER FROM HERE)
- - Route 110:
- > Pokefans: all Mud-Slap
- > Do Trick House for candy/exp? Only Shroomish is a problem
- > Timmy: WG x2
- > Rival 2: WG, Tackle+Tackle+Tackle, Tackle+Tackle (get Torrent from Grovyle)
- > Guitarist: WG, MS
- > Triathlete: WG
- > Psychic: Mud-Slap
- > Get Elixer
- - Get Rock Smash and bike, then fight Deandre and Wally like normal
- - Go back to fight Cycling Road trainers
- - Fight all Route 117 trainers
- - Mauville Gym: OHKO all except bugs (Tackle x4)
- (USE ELIXER #1)
- - Get Route 111 Elixer
- - Go to Meteor Falls and Strength, fighting trainers along the way
- - Fallarbor Mart: Buy ~11 Great Balls, ~21 Super Repels and 11 X Specials
- (USE ELIXER #2)
- - Get Rusturf Tunnel Max Ether
- - Fight remaining Route 111 trainers, including Winstrate House and TV crew
- - Fight west Route 118 trainers
- - Teach Strength over Mud-Slap, and eventually Muddy Water over Tackle
- - Sacrifice all but double battle slave on Maxie 1
- - Fight some/all trainers on Jagged Pass
- - Lavaridge Gym: Mostly Strengths; need Muddy Water or Torrent on Flannery
- (USE MAX ETHER ON STRENGTH)
- - After Flannery, fight all trainers in desert and remaining trainers on Route 112-114
- > Get desert candy
- > Muddy Water the double battles
- > Deathwarp with poison to Ninja Boy Lao OR Take Down (make sure you kill DB slave first)
- - Petalburg Gym: All Muddy Water or Torrent WG (get Torrent off Counter)
- - Teach Surf over Muddy Water
- - Grind for a high-level Tentacool (repel strats) and teach it Surf
- - From Norman to bed, fight the following:
- > Remaining trainer on Route 102
- > All trainers on Route 103
- > 2-3 more Trick House sets
- > Hidden Route 110 trainer
- > Route 110 Pokemaniac (unless fought earlier)
- > Route 118 trainers (east; includes TV crew)
- > Route 119 trainers (south; includes Surfing)
- > Weather Institute grunts + Shelly
- - Take Weather Institute bed
- - Get Route 119 Elixer
- - Fight remaining Route 119 trainers
- - Fortree Gym: Strengths and Surfs (get Torrent off a Tropius)
- - Fight trainers on Routes 120-123 and Mt. Pyre (including TV crew)
- (USE ELIXER #3)
- - Fight trainers on Mt. Chimney and in Magma Hideout
- - Get Max Elixer and PP Max in Magma Hideout
- (USE MAX ELIXER)
- (USE PP MAX ON STRENGTH OR EQ)
- - Fly to Slateport, then do the southern Surf routes and Abandoned Ship (get IB and Rare Candy)
- - Fly to Lilycove and fight Rival 4
- - Do Aqua Hideout
- - Get Max Elixer in Aqua Hideout
- - Do Route 124-125
- - Mossdeep Gym: All double battles, all Surfs (make sure Tentacruel outspeeds Xatu)
- (USE MAX ELIXER)
- - Do Space Center and Seafloor Cavern (all Surfs)
- - Fight all the trainers on the way to Sky Pillar
- (TEACH ICE BEAM)
- - Fight all the off-path sea trainers (minus what you can do in one round of PP after E4)
- (TAKE SOOTOPOLIS CENTER)
- - Sootopolis Gym: All Strengths and EQs
- - Fight all the trainers on the way to Victory Road
- - Do Victory Road
- (TAKE E4 CENTER)
- - Fight Elite Four and Champion
- - Do 4-5 remaining Trick House sets
- - Fight trainers on S.S. Tidal
- - Fight Route 115 trainers
- - Fight trainers in Meteor Falls
- - Last fight is Steven (+2 Torrent Surf)
- Major fights:
- - Roxanne: Same as normal
- - Brawly: X Attack x2 (only 1 if Machop doesn't Bulk Up; just WG+MS Makuhita)
- - Rival 2: MS, MS+MS, Tackle+Tackle (should tank Absorb crit)
- - Wattson: X Speed, MS x4 (should OHKO Manectric at ~L28)
- - Maxie 1: Muddy Water, Strength, WG (or sacrifice slaves and MS Mightyena)
- - Flannery: Strength x2, WG x2 (need Torrent for Torkoal)
- - Norman: Muddy Water x3, X Special, Muddy Water (need Torrent for Slaking)
- - Rival 3: Strength x2, (X Attack), Strength
- - Winona: Strength, X Attack, Strength x2, Surf, Strength (watch out for Tropius Sunny Day)
- - Maxie 2: Surf x3 (may need Torrent; Crobat outspeeds)
- - Rival 4: (X Attack), Strength x4
- - Tate & Liza: Surf+BB, Surf+BB
- - True double: Surf spam (need Torrent)
- - Archie: Surf x2, EQ (may need Torrent; Crobat outspeeds)
- - Juan: EQ x5
- - Wally 2: IB, Surf x2, EQ x2
- - Sidney: Surf, IB x2, Surf x2 (needs Torrent for Crawdaunt)
- - Phoebe: Strength, Surf x5 (needs Torrent)
- - Glacia: EQ x4, Strength+EQ
- - Drake: EQ, IB x3, EQ
- - Champion: X Attack x2, EQ, Strength x2, IB+Strength, EQ x2
- - Steven: X Special x2, Surf, X Special, Surf x5 (Giga Drain into Torrent)
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- AREAS:
- route 102
- route 104 (part 1)
- petalburg woods
- route 104 (part 2)
- rustboro gym
- rival "2"
- route 116 (including cut section)
- route 106 (land)
- dewford gym
- route 109 (including house)
- slateport museum
- route 110 (including cycling road and hidden trainer)
- trick house
- route 103 (including cut section)
- wally 1
- mauville gym
- route 118 (west)
- route 111 (including winstrate house and tv crew)
- route 112
- route 113
- route 114
- route 115 (part 1)
- route 117
- rusturf tunnel
- mt. chimney (magmas)
- mt. chimney (normal)
- jagged pass (including grunt)
- lavaridge gym
- route 111 (desert)
- petalburg gym
- route 115 (part 2)
- route 105 (sea)
- route 106 (sea)
- route 107 (sea)
- abandoned ship (including dive section?)
- route 108 (sea)
- route 118 (east; includes tv crew)
- route 119
- weather institute
- fortree gym
- route 120 (including tv crew)
- route 121
- mt. pyre (inner and outer)
- route 123
- magma hideout
- rival "4"
- aqua hideout
- route 124 (sea)
- mossdeep gym
- space center
- route 125 (sea)
- seafloor cavern
- route 126 (sea)
- route 127 (sea)
- route 128 (sea)
- route 129 (sea)
- route 130 (sea)
- route 131 (sea)
- route 132 (sea)
- route 133 (sea)
- route 134 (sea)
- sootopolis gym
- victory road
- elite four
- revisit trick house
- s.s. tidal
- meteor falls
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