Pokemon Crystal: Muscle (Machoke) Route

BEGINNING
- 6:00 PM, Sunday, No DST, Yes Phone
- Totodile: Male 12-13/11/10
> 13 Attack is 15 DV
- Potion on bottom left flower outside Mr. Pokemon's House
- Berry on the way back
- Rival 1: Leer + Scratch
- Check Stats at level 6: 14/12/12
> 12 Speed is 15 DV
- Mikey: Scratch x2 Pidgey, Scratch x3 Rattata
> 26 HP is 15 DV
> 16 Defense is 15 DV
- Equip Berry and call Mom
- Grab Potion + Bitter Berry

VIOLET CITY GYM
- Abe: Rage x4 Spearow
- Use Potion, equip Bitter Berry
- Rod: Rage x3 Pidgey, Rage x2 Pidgey
- Potion if under 17-19 depending on Defense
- Falkner: Rage x3 Pidgey, Rage x2 Pidgeotto
> 18 Sp.Def at 10 is 15 DV

VIOLET CITY/ROUTE 32/UNION CAVE
- Go to Center to heal, talk to scientist for Egg
- Get Przcureberry before Route 32
- Get Repel in grass
- Get hidden Super Potion
- Get hidden Great Ball above Center
- Take the Center if a Gastly statused
- Use Repel one tile diagonal from cave corner
- Grab X Attack
- Grab Potion
- [Russell]: All Rage
- Bill (Skip if Russell hit): All Rage
- [Anthony]: All Rage (you're probably dead)

AZALEA TOWN/SLOWPOKE WELL
- Talk to Kurt in upper left house, then go to the Mart
> Sell TM31, buy 3 Potions, 4 Super Potions, 7 Repels, 2 Antidotes
- Go to Slowpoke Well, pick up Full Heal; 28 HP needed
- Grunt #1: All Rage
- Potion after Grunt #1 if it will heal for full 20 HP
> Super Potion if poor Defense/HP
- Grunt #2: Water Gun x2-3 Zubat, Water Gun x3 Ekans
- Use Antidote + Potion if needed
- Pick up Super Potion
- Grunt #3: Scratch x2 Rattata, Water Gun x2-3 Zubat, Water Gun x2-3 Zubat
- Potion if lower than 19 HP
- Grunt #4: Water Gun x4 Koffing
- After cutscene, walk to Gym

AZALEA GYM
- Amy & May: Scratch x2 Ledyba, Water Gun x2 Spinarak
> Do not heal confusion or poison
- Al: Water Gun x2 Caterpie, Water Gun x2 Weedle
- Equip Przcureberry (and heal if necessary) during Benny pause buffer
- [Benny]: Water Gun Weedle, Water Gun + Rage Kakuna, Rage Beedrill
- Bugsy: Rage All

AZALEA TOWN/ILEX FOREST
- One tile before Rival 2, use a Repel, (equip Przcureberry), teach Fury Cutter over Leer
- Rival 2: Water Gun x2 Gastly, Fury Cutter x3 Bayleef, Water Gun x2-3 Zubat
- Chase Farfetch'd using the top path, not the right (Revive) path
- Get Cut, use Repel, teach Cut over Scratch, cut tree from the field
- Grab hidden Full Heal
- Grab X Attack
- Grab hidden Super Potion if 4 or less healing items
- Get Headbutt TM
- Grab Ether
- Grab hidden Ether
- Leave forest, avoid trainers, Search for Abra in the top left corner patch of grass
> Save before trying to catch Abra
> YOLO ball the Abra with the Great Ball picked up earlier
- Go to Mart, 5F and trade for Machop
- Go to Bike Shop in Goldenrod

GOLDENROD CITY/SPINNER HELL
- Leave Bike Shop, move Machop to front of party teach Machop Headbutt, then register Bicycle and use
>When in Spinner Hell, heal Machop as needed
- Kim: Low Kick x4
- Ivan: Headbutt, Low Kick Diglett, Headbutt x2 Zubat, Karate Chop x2 Diglett
> Teach Karate Chop over Focus Energy
- Irwin: Karate Chop all Voltorbs
- Walt: Karate Chop x2 both Magmars
- Get TM28 (Dig)
- Talk to Floria, Repel, Teach Dig over Leer, Head back to Goldenrod
- Arnie: Headbutt x3 Venonat
- On the way back, Pick up Kenya at the guardhouse


EARLY UNDERGROUND
- Go to underground early and fight Donald and Teru
- Donald: Headbutt x2 Slowpoke, Headbutt x2 Slowpoke
> Don't learn Seismic Toss
- Teru: Low Kick x3 Magnemite, Low Kick x1 Voltorb
- Give Machop a Haircut
- Go to the Gym

GOLDENROD GYM
- Carrey: Karate Chop x2 Snubbull(Crit OHKO)
- Heal to full health before Whitney
- Whitney: Karate Chop x1 Clefairy, Karate Chop x3 Miltank
- Go to Flower Shop, talk to blue girl then red girl for Squirtbottle

GOLDENROD / SPINNER HELL
- Deposit Machop and Egg, then withdraw Machop at Center, go to Mart
> 3F: Sell TM, then buy 8 X Speed, 8 X Attack
> 2F: Buy 2 Super Potion, 2 Antidotes(If you don't have any) 3 Parlyz Heal 2 Awakening, 2 Repel, 1 Poke Doll
-Repel before entering grass, switch Machop to front of party
- Use Squirtbottle on Sudo, then run
- Greg: Headbutt x2 Drowsee
- Pick up hidden Ether
- Grab hidden Hyper Potion near Tin Tower
- Bike to Burnt Tower

BURNT TOWER
- Repel in Burnt Tower, heal to full if needed
- Mash through Eusine cutscene, walk to center of floor and fight Rival 3
- Rival 3:
Haunter: Dig x2
Bayleef: Switch to Kenya if Cursed or paralyzed, spam Leer until death, switch back to Machop, Karate Chop x4, heal if Crit by Razor Leaf
Zubat: Headbutt x2
> Use full heal to cure poison, Potion if at Low Health
Magnemite: Dig x1
- Use Dig after the cutscene, then bike to Gym

ECRUTEAK GYM
- Heal to full Health
- Ping: Dig x5 Gastly
> If Cursed, switch to Croconaw
> Teach Foresight over Low Kick
- Grace: Foresight x1, Headbutt x1 Haunter x2
- Jeffrey: Foresight x1, Headbutt x1 Haunter
- Use Super Potion to heal
- Use Ether on Dig
- Medium Martha: X Speed, Dig x1 Gastly, Dig x1 Haunter, Dig x1 Gastly
- Use Potions
- Morty: Set up 2 X Speed, 2 X Attack, Dig x1 Gastly, Dig x1 Haunter, Dig x1 Gengar, Dig x1 Haunter
> Gengar is a range with 1 X Attack
> Heal with Potions, Super Potions
> Use Hyper Potion on Haunter if at very low health
> After Gengar you may have to spam Super Potions until Curse doesn't kill you when using dig on last Haunter.
> Both Haunters will spam Night Shade, Gastly will Lick, Gengar will spam Shadow Ball
> Heal Paralysis on last turn before attacking
- Exit gym and go to Kimono Girls
> Buy a few Super Potions at the mart if very low or if you don't have any.

KIMONO GIRLS
- Heal to at least half health
- Naoko: Headbutt x1 Flareon
- Sayo: Headbutt x1 Espeon
- Zuki: Karate Chop x1 Umbreon
- Kuni: Karate Chop x2 Vaporeon
- Miki: Headbutt x1 Jolteon
- Get Surf from old man, then exit building and bike through Route 38 and Route 39 to Olivine City

ROUTE 38/ROUTE 39
- Repel through grass
- Take the upper or lower path depending on spinner situation
> If spinnerless, take the bottom path and use a Repel during a pause buffer
> If 1+ spinners, take the top path
- [Toby]: Karate Chop Doduo x3
- [Dana]: Karate Chop x1 Flaaffy, Karate Chop x1 Psyduck
- [Olivia]: Karate Chop x1 Corsola
- Ruth: Karate Chop x1 Pikachu

OLIVINE CITY/LIGHTHOUSE 1
- Bike to the Mart
> Sell Repels, Sell Shadow Ball, then buy 14 Super Repels, 7 Super Potions(You want 7 total)
- Go to the Cafe left of the Center, grab Strength
- Bike to Lighthouse, Heal Teddiursa, Teach Strength over Foresight, Teach Surf to Croconaw over Fury Cutter
- Alfred: Karate Chop x2 Noctowl
- Preston: Karate Chop Growlithe x2
- Connie: Strength x1 Marill
- Drop from the left, Grab Ether
- [Ernest]: Karate Chop x1 Machop, Karate Chop x1 Poliwhirl
- Talk to Jasmine, then drop to the right for Rare Candy, Super Repel after
- Use Bicycle, Surf to Cianwood

ROUTE 40/41
- [Kaylee]: Karate Chop Goldeen x2, Strength x1 Seaking
- Bike to Gym

CIANWOOD GYM
- Use Super Potion to full health, you can option to take the Center here.
- Yoshi: Strength, Karate Chop Hitmonlee
- Lao: Strength x2 Hitmonchan
- Use Super Potion if needed
> Don't Learn Vital Throw
- Nob: X Attack, Strength Machop, Strength, Karate Chop Machoke
- Lung: Karate Chop Mankey x2, Strength, Karate Chop Primeape
- Use Super Potion to heal if needed
- Chuck: X Speed, X Attack x4, Strength Primeape, Strength Poliwrath

CIANWOOD CITY/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 Ecruteak (3 down), then head right to Mt. Mortar
- Super Repel in cave, get through and head to Mahogony Town
- [Benjamin]: Karate Chop x3
- Bike north along left side of grass, Surf north, and bike to the left side, Cut the tree on the left, grab hidden Rare Candy
- Fly to Lake of Rage
- 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: All Headbutt
- Grunt #2: All Headbutt
- Jed: Karate Chop Magnemite x3
- Activate switch on computer, Grab Guard Spec, Grab Hyper Potion, Grab Nugget, head downstairs, talk to Lance
- Grunt #3: Headbutt Venonat x2
- Grunt #4: Karate Chop x1 Ekans, Headbutt x1 Gloom; talk after for password
- Grunt #5: Karate Chop x1 Raticate; talk after for password
> Grab Protein, use it on Machoke during pause buffer for spinner
- Head up the stairs in the upper right hand corner
- [Grunt #6]: Karate Chop Rattata x2 Headbutt x1 Zubat
- Take the stairs down, ignore the second staircase, head to door, mash through cutscenes
- Executive #1: Headbutt x1 Zubat, Karate Chop x1 Raticate, Dig x1 Koffing; talk to Murkrow after
- Head back to the room where you acquired the first two passwords
- [Grunt #6]: Karate Chop Rattata x2 Headbutt x1 Zubat
- 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: Strength x1 Arbok, Strength x1 Gloom, Karate Chop x1 Murkrow
- Knock out the three Electrodes Dig x3
> Electrodes will likely just explode
- Mash through Lance cutscene, then Dig

MAHOGANY GYM
- Ice puzzle: left of statue, Up, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Right
- [Douglas]: Karate Chop x1 Shellder, Karate Chop x2 Cloyster, Karate Chop x1 Shellder
- Pryce: Karate Chop x2 Seel, Karate Chop x1 Dewgong, Karate Chop x2 Piloswine
> Seel OHKO @ 39
> Crit kills Piloswine Lv 39
> Range to kill Piloswine @ Lv 40
- Ice puzzle: Left, Down, Left, Down, exit gym, Fly to Olivine

OLIVINE LIGHTHOUSE 2/GYM
- Bike to the Lighthouse, go through it like normal
- [Ernest]: Karate Chop Machop x2, Karate Chop x1 Poliwhirl
- Give SecretPotion to Jasmine, Dig out, bike to gym
- Jasmine: X Attack x1, Parylz Heal, Karate Chop Magnemite x2, Karate Chop x2 Steelix
- Exit gym, Fly to Goldenrod (4 up)

RADIO TOWER 1
- Use the Center, Head south, surf on the left, grab the Nugget and hidden Rare Candy, Fly back to Goldenrod, then bike to Radio Tower
- Grunt #1: Karate Chop Raticate x2
- Head upstairs and walk into trainer's vision
- Grunt #2: Dig x1 Arbok
- Ignore lower trainer, walk to upper trainer
- Grunt #3: Headbutt Zubat x2
- Grunt #4: Headbutt Grimer x2, Headbutt x2 Muk
- Head upstairs and talk to upper trainer
- Marc Karate Chop Magnemite x3
- Grunt #5: Headbutt x1 Koffing, Headbutt x1 Grimer, Headbutt x1 Zubat, Karate Chop x1 Rattata
- Head upstairs, avoid rotator
- Rich: Karate Chop x1 Porygon
> Don't learn Cross Chop
- Head upstairs
- Executive #1: Dig Koffing x3, Strength x2 Weezing, Dig Koffing, Dig Koffing
> Weezing is 2HKO Range, use Karate Chop if range is missed
- 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 Speed, X Attack x2, Strength Golbat, Karate Chop x2 Meganium, Dig Haunter, Karate Chop x1 Magnemite, Karate Chop x1 Sneasel,
- Grunt #1: Karate Chop x1 Rattata
- Grunt #2: Strength x1 Muk, Headbutt x1 Koffing, Karate Chop x1 Rattata
- Grunt #3: Headbutt x1 Koffing, Strength x1 Muk
- Hit the switches in this order: 3, 2, 1
- Eddie: Karate Chop x1 Growlithe, Headbutt x1 Koffing
- Duncan: Headbutt Koffing x2, Karate Chop x1 Magmar
- Pick up Full Heal before Grunt #4
- Grunt #4: Strength Gloom x2
- Grunt #5: Karate Chop x1 Raticate, Headbutt x1 Golbat
- Pick up Max Ether
- Grunt #6: Strength x1 Grimer, Strength x1 Weezing
- Grunt #7: Strength Koffing x2
- Get Card Key from Director, walk back to staircase to use elevator to 5F
> Get Return
> 4F: Sell TMs(except Return), and Nuggets
> Buy 4 Protein
> 3F: Buy 31 X Attack, 12 X Speed, 2 X Accuracy
> 2F Buy 5 Super Potions
- Teach Return over Headbutt, Use Proteins, Use Hyper Potion to heal, then Bike to the Radio Tower
RADIO TOWER 2
- Use Card Key on 3rd Floor
- Grunt: Return x1 Raticate, Return x1 Koffing
- Executive #1: Return x2 Golbat
- Executive #2: Return x1 Arbok, Strength x2 Vileplume, Karate Chop x1 Murkrow
> Heal with Super Potion if at low health, Houndoom outspeeds
- Executive #3: Karate Chop x1 Houndour, Dig x1 Koffing, Karate Chop x1 Houndoom
- Mash through cutscene, Pick up Pink Bow, 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
- Use Ether on Strength, equip Pink Bow to Machoke, heal Machoke to full health, 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, R
- Pick up Full Heal in the middle
- Ice Puzzle #3: D, R, D, L, U, L
- Pick up Protein, use Protein on next menu
- Exit Ice Path
- Head to the Gym

BLACKTHORN GYM
- Paul: Strength Dratini x3
- Fran: Karate Chop x2 Seadra
- Cody: Karate Chop x1 Horsea, Return x2 Seadra
- Lola: Strength x1 Dratini, Return x1 Dragonair
- Clair: X Speed, X Attack x2, Full Heal if Paralyzed, Return Dragonair x3, Return x1 Kingdra
> Heal using Super Potions
> Don't Learn Scary Face
- Super Repel, Teach Whirlpool over Rage to Croconaw, Use Super Potion if at low health, Leave gym, Surf to Dragon's Den

DRAGON'S DEN
- Daren: Strength x1 Dragonair
- Pick up Max Elixir below the Twins
- Surf to the Dragon Shrine
- Test: 1, 1, 2, 1, 2
- Mash through cutscenes, Pick up Gift Dratini, teach Waterfall over Wrap and Dig out
- Mash through phone call, Fly to Violet City

RARE CANDY DETOUR
- Surf east of Sprout Tower, Pick up Rare Candy
- Fly to New Bark Town

TOHJO FALLS/VICTORY ROAD
- Go east and Surf, going 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, walk to Joyce, mount bike to buffer first time
- [Joyce]: Karate Chop x1 Pikachu, Karate Chop x2 Blastoise
- Beth: Return x1 Rapidash
- Super Repel, navigate Victory Road, Pick up Earthquake
- Rival 5: X Speed, X Attack, Karate Chop x1 Sneasel, Strength x1 Golbat, Strength x1 Kadabra, Return x1 Meganium, Dig x1 Haunter, Karate Chop x1 Magneton

ELITE FOUR
- Buy 9 Full Restores
- Use Rare Candies
- Teach Earthquake over Dig
- SAVE BEFORE FIGHT
- Will: X Speed, X Attack x2, Full Restore, Return x1 Xatu, Karate Chop x1 Jynx, Return x1 Exeggutor, Return x2 Slowbro, Return x1 Xatu
> Spec Def drop is bad(you most likely die)
> Xatu has a chance of using Confuse Ray turn 1
> Xatu uses Quick Attack when in range of killing Machoke, use a Full Restore when at very low health to get a free heal.
- Koga: X Speed, A Accuracy, X Attack x2, Strength x1 Ariados, Strength x1 Venomoth, Return x1 Crobat, Karate Chop x2 Forretress, Return x1 Muk
- Bruno: X Attack, Earthquake everything except Machamp(Use Return)
- Karen: X Attack, X Speed, X Accuracy, Heal if Confused, Karate Chop x1 Umbreon, Strength x1 Vilepume, Earthquake x1 Gengar, Karate Chop x1 Murkrow, Karate Chop x1 Houndoom
> Use X Accuracy only if Umbreon uses Sand Attack
> Don't learn Submission
- Heal to full health
- Lance:  X Attack x2, X Speed, Return x1 Gyarados, Return Dragonite x2, Karate Chop x1 Aerodactyl, Return x1 Charizard, Return x1 Dragonite
> If needed, heal when setting up on Gyarados. You will outspeed everything once you start attacking
- Sit through credits

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: Karate Chop x1 Golduck, Karate Chop x1 Sandslash
- YOLO first pass on Heidi, pause buffer and Super Repel second pass
- [Heidi]: Strength 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: Strength x1 Oddish
- Ellen: Karate Chop x1 Wigglytuff, Karate Chop x1 Granbull
- Joe: Strength x1 Tangela, Karate Chop x1 Vaporeon
- Laura: Strength x1 Gloom, Karate Chop x1 Bellossom, Strength x1 Pidgeotto
- Lloyd: Strength x1 Nidoking
- Shannon: Strength Paras x2, Strength x1 Parasect
- Pat: Karate Chop x1 Porygon
- Interrupt Misty’s date, Fly to Saffron (1 down), bike left to Celadon Gym

CELADON GYM
> If Strength is 0 PP, Use Return
- Jo + Zoe: Strength x1 Victreebel, Strength x1 Vileplume
- Fight the left trainer
- Tanya: Strength x1 Exeggutor
- Julia: Strength x1 Paras, Strength x1 Exeggcute, Strength x1 Parasect
- Erika: X Attack, Return x1 Tangela, Return x1 Jumpluff, Return x1 Victreebel, Return x1 Bellossom
- Exit gym, Fly to Cerulean (1 up), bike to gym

CERULEAN GYM
- Walk right around the gym and Surf to Misty
- Misty: Return x1 Golduck, Return x1 Quagsire, Karate Chop x1 Lapras, Return x1 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]: Strength Skiploom x2(Use Return if out of Strength PP)
- 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]: Return x1 Drowsee, Return x1 Hypno
> Use Strength if any PP left first
- Use Full Restore
> SAVE BEFORE FIGHT
- Sabrina: X Speed, Return x1 Espeon, Return x1 Mr. Mime, Return x1 Alakazam
> You survive Espeon's Psychic, Crit may kill
- Teleport puzzle: Right, Up, Up, Down
- Exit gym, bike right to Lavender

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

VERMILLION GYM
- Gregory: Karate Chop x1 Pikachu, Karate Chop x1 Flaaffy
- Lt. Surge: Karate Chop x1 Raichu, Karate Chop x1 Magneton, Karate Chop x1 Electabuzz, Karate Chop x1 Electrode x2
- Bike east out of Vermillion, Full Restore Machoke, use Super Repel, tune to 20, run from Snorlax
- Go through Diglett’s Cave, head to Pewter gym

PEWTER GYM
- Jerry: Return x1 Sandslash
- Brock: Earthquake 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, Super Repel when starting to Surf, then Surf east to Seafoam Islands

CINNABAR GYM
- Walk up to gym
- Blaine: Earthquake x3
- Exit gym, surf right/up to Fuchsia City

FUCHSIA GYM
- Janine is the trainer in the middle-left of the gym
- Janine: Return x5
- Exit gym, Fly to Viridian (2 up), head to gym

VIRIDIAN GYM
- Heal using remaining Super Potions, and use Max Elixir
- Blue: X Speed, X Attack x2, Return x1 Pidgeot, Earthquake x1 Rhydon, Return x1 Alakazam, Return x1 Gyarados, Return x1 Exeggutor, Return x1 Arcanine,
- Exit gym, Fly to Pallet (1 up)

MT. SILVER
- Bike to lab, talk to Professor Oak
- Use Super Repel, Fly to Viridian City (2 up), bike west to Mt. Silver
- Heal when next Super Repel is needed
- Red: Guard Spec, X Attack x4, X Speed x2, Return x6
> Thunder takes 3 hits to kill Machoke(unless Crit)
> This fight is easier than most Red fights surprisingly