Pokemon Crystal: Scyther Custom Starter

GAME START
- Stats 12/15/15/15, Right Ball
- Set options (OFF/FAST/SET)
- 10am, 1-letter name for the Player

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

ROUTE 29
- Repel

ROUTE 30
- Repel
- Free heal from Mr. Pokemon
- Grab Berry on the way back

CHERRYGROVE CITY
- Rival 1: QA x4
- 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
- Repel after Sentret catch
- Pick up Antidote
- Youngster: QA x2 Pidgey, QA x3 Rattata
- When Mom calls, say No
- Grab Potion
- Grab Bitter Berry
- Head to Sprout Tower

SPROUT TOWER
- Nico: QA x6
- Pick up Parlyz Heal
- Chow: QA x6
- Pick up X Accuracy
- Edmond: QA x6
- Jin: QA x2-3
- Neal: QA x2-3
- Mash through cutscene, use Escape Rope
- Heal at Center, then head to Gym

VIOLET GYM
> Make sure Berry is still equipped
- Bird Keeper Abe: QA x3 Spearow
- Bird Keeper Rod: QA x2 Pidgey x2
- Use Potion, and Equip Berry
- Falkner: QA x2-3 Pidgey, QA x4 Pidgeotto

VIOLET CITY/ROUTE 32/UNION CAVE
- Go to Mart, Sell Mud Slap, Buy 8 X Attack, 1 X Defend
- Go to Center, talk to scientist for Egg
- Repel
- Get Repel in grass
- Enter Union Cave
- Use Repel 4-5 Steps in
- Grab X Attack
- Skip Russell
- Skip Bill
- Grab Potion
- Go to BF1 and pick up TM39 (Swift)
- Teach Swift
- Larry: Swift x3
> Teach Pursuit over Focus Energy
- Avoid Anthony

AZALEA TOWN/SLOWPOKE WELL
- Talk to Kurt in upper left house, then go to Slowpoke Well
- Go to Slowpoke Well, pick up Full Heal;
- Grunt #1: QA x2 Rattata x2
- Heal if at low health
- Grunt #2: Swift x2 Zubat, Swift x2 Ekans
- Use Antidote + Potion if needed
- Pick up Super Potion
- Grunt #3: Swift Rattata, Swift Zubat, Swift Zubat
> Zubat is 66% range, finish with QA
> Use Potion if at low health
- Grunt #4: Swift x4 Koffing
- After cutscene, walk to Gym

AZALEA GYM
> Finish Ranges with QA
- Amy & May: Swift Spinarak(23% Range), Swift Ledyba
- Josh: Swift x2 Paras
- Benny: QA Weedle, QA x2 Kakuna, Swift x2 Beedrill
- Bugsy: X Attack, Swift, QA Metapod, QA x2 Kakuna, Swift x3 Scyther

AZALEA TOWN/ILEX FOREST
- Go to Mart, Buy 7 Escape Rope, 7 Repel
- Heal one tile before Rival if needed, use Repel, Teach Fury Cutter over Leer
- Rival 2: X Attack, Pursuit x2 Gastly, Swift x2 Quilava, Swift Zubat(89% Range)
- 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
- 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
- PC Heal and deposit egg at National Park
- Bike through National Park
- Talk to Floria, then head back to Goldenrod, head to Gym



GOLDENROD GYM
- Carrie: Swift x3 Snubbull
- Heal to full before Whitney
- Save before this fight
- Whitney: Fury Cutter x3 Clefairy, Fury Cutter x2 Miltank
> You will outspeed Miltank
- Go to Flower Shop, talk to blue girl then red girl for Squirtbottle

EARLY UNDERGROUND/ GAME CORNER
- Go to underground early and fight Donald and Teru
- Donald: QA x2 Slowpoke x2
- Teru: Swift lv7 Magnemite x2, Swift Voltorb, QA x2 lv9 Magnemite
> Magnemite is 82% Range at lv19
- Grab Coin Case
- Use Escape Rope, then head to Game Corner
- Buy 100 coins
- Buy Abra
- Teleport back to Violet
- Head West to Route 36

Route 36
- Use Squirtbottle on Sudo, then run
- [Greg]: Swift x3 Drowzee
- Bike to Center, mash through Bill Cutscene, PC heal and deposit Egg
- Head to Route 42

EARLY HIDDEN POWER
- Switch Scyther to front, and Repel when entering Mt Mortar
- Continue to Mahogany, then head north to Route 43 to Lake of Rage
- Pick up Full Restore
- Pick up Rare Candy in Maze (top left side)
- Get Hidden Power from House, Teach Hidden Power over QA
- Teleport back to Ecruteak, then head to Burnt Tower


KIMONO GIRLS/BURNT TOWER
- Mash through Eusine cutscene, Repel, walk to center of floor and fight Rival 3
- Rival 3: X Attack, HP Haunter, HP Magnemite, HP Quilava, Swift Zubat(48% Range, finish with Pursuit)
- Use Escape Rope after the cutscene, grab hidden Hyper Potion, then bike to Kimono
- Naoko: HP Flareon
- Sayo: Fury Cutter x2 Espeon
- Zuki: Fury Cutter x3 Umbreon
- Kuni: Swift x2-3 Vaporeon
- Miki: HP Jolteon
- Get Surf from old man, then exit building
- Head to gym


ECRUTEAK GYM
- Ping: Pursuit Gastly x5
> First Gastly is a 64% Range, the rest are 89%
- Avoid second trainer by walking right twice, up twice, left to third trainer's vision
- Jeffrey: HP Haunter
- Medium Martha: Pursuit Gastly(48% Range), HP Haunter, HP Gastly
- Morty: X Attack, HP Gastly, HP Haunter, HP Gengar, HP Haunter
- 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
- Ruth: Swift Pikachu

OLIVINE CITY/LIGHTHOUSE 1
- Bike to the Mart
> Buy 14 Super Repels, 3 Super Potions
- Bike to Lighthouse,
- Alfred: Swift x2 Noctowl
- Preston: Swift Growlithe x2 (82% Range, finish with Pursuit)
- Connie: Swift x2 Marill
- Drop from the left
- Talk to Jasmine, then drop to the right for Rare Candy, teach Surf to Sentret, Super Repel, then Escape Rope
- Go to the Cafe left of the Center, grab Strength
- Use Bicycle, Surf to Cianwood
- Grab Shuckie
- Bike to Gym

CIANWOOD GYM
- Yoshi: Swift x2-3 Hitmonlee
- Lao: Swift x3 Hitmonchan
- Heal, use 2 Rare Candies, teach Strength to Shuckie
- Teach Wing Attack over Pursuit
- Nob: WA Machop, WA Machoke
- Lung: Swift Mankey x2, WA Primeape
- Use Super Potion to heal if needed
- Chuck: X Attack, WA Primeape, WA 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 Lake of Rage(1 down)
- Catch Shiny Gyarados, talk to Lance, Fly to Mahogony (2 down)

ROCKET HIDEOUT
- Enter Team Rocket Hideout, mash through cutscene
- Grunt #1: WA x2
- Grunt #2: WA x3
- Jed: HP Magnemite x3
- Activate switch on computer, Grab Guard Spec, head downstairs, talk to Lance
- Grunt #3: Swift Venonat x2
- Grunt #4: Swift Ekans, WA Gloom; talk after for password
- Grunt #5: Swift Raticate; talk after for password
- Head up the stairs in the upper right hand corner
- Take the stairs down, ignore the second staircase, head to door, mash through cutscenes
- Executive #1: Swift Zubat, WA Raticate, WA Koffing; talk to Murkrow after
- Head back to the room where you acquired the first two passwords
- 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: WA Arbok(82% Range), WA Gloom, WA Murkrow
- Knock out the three Electrodes HP x3
- Mash through Lance cutscene, then Escape Rope

MAHOGANY GYM
- Ice puzzle: left of statue, Up, Up, Right, Down, Left, Up, Right
- Pryce: X Attack x2, Swift Seel, WA Dewgong, WA Piloswine(25% Range, finsih with Fury Cutter)
- Ice puzzle: Left, Down, Left, Down, exit gym, Fly to Olivine

OLIVINE LIGHTHOUSE 2/GYM
- Bike to the Lighthouse, go through it like normal
- Give SecretPotion to Jasmine, Escape Rope out, bike to gym
- Jasmine: HP Magnemite x2, X Defend, X Attack x2, HP x2 Steelix
> Rock Throw is 3HO with X Defend, set up and heal when needed
- Exit gym, Fly to Goldenrod (4 up)

GOLDENROD MART

-5F: Grab Return

RADIO TOWER 1
- Bike to Radio Tower
- Grunt #1: WA Raticate x2
> Teach Slash over Swift
- Head upstairs and walk into trainer's vision
- Grunt #2: WA Arbok(47% range, finish with Slash)
- Ignore lower trainer, walk to upper trainer
- Grunt #3: Slash Zubat x2
- Grunt #4: Slash Grimer x2, HP Muk
- Head upstairs and talk to upper trainer
- Grunt #5: WA Koffing, Slash Grimer, Slash Zubat, Slash Rattata
- Marc HP Magnemite x3
- Head upstairs, avoid rotator
- Rich: Slash x2 Porygon
- Head upstairs
- Executive #1: X Attack, WA Koffing x3, HP Weezing(92% Range), WA Koffing, WA 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
- Heal, then teach Return over Fury Cutter
- Rival 4: X Attack, WA Golbat, HP Magnemite, WA Haunter, Slash Sneasel, WA Quilava
- Grunt #1: Slash Rattata
- Grunt #2: WA Muk, Slash Koffing, Slash Rattata
- Grunt #3: Return Koffing, Return Muk
- Hit the switches in this order: 3, 2, 1
- Eddie: Slash Growlithe, WA Koffing
- Duncan: Slash Koffing, Slash Magmar, Slash Koffing
- Grunt #4: Return Gloom x2
- Grunt #5: Slash Raticate, Slash Golbat
- Grunt #6: Return Grimer, Return Weezing
- Teach Swords Dance over Slash
- Grunt #7: WA Koffing x2
- Get Card Key from Director, Escape Rope out

RADIO TOWER 2
- Use Card Key on 3rd Floor
- Grunt: WA Raticate, WA Koffing
- Executive #1: WA x2 Golbat
- Executive #2: HP Arbok, WA Vileplume, WA Murkrow
- Executive #3: WA Houndour, HP Koffing, HP 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
- Give Scyther Pink Bow, 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
- Exit Ice Path
- Head to the Gym

BLACKTHORN GYM
- Paul: WA Dratini x3
- Fran: SD, WA Seadra
- Cody: SD, Return Horsea, Return Seadra
- Lola: Return Dratini, Return Dragonair(94% Range)
- Clair: SD, Return Dragonair x3, Return Kingdra
- Super Repel, Teach Whirlpool and Waterfall to Gyarados, Leave gym, Surf to Dragon's Den

DRAGON'S DEN
- Daren: Return Dragonair
- Surf to the Dragon Shrine
- Test: 1, 1, 2, 1, 2
- Mash through cutscenes, then Escape Rope out
- Mash through phone call, 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
- Beth: HP Rapidash
- Super Repel, navigate Victory Road
- Rival 5: SD, WA Sneasal, WA Golbat, HP Magneton, WA Haunter, WA Kadabra, WA Typhlosion

ELITE FOUR
- Buy 11 Full Restores
- Will: SD x2, WA Xatu, WA Jynx, WA Exeggutor, WA Slowbro, WA Xatu
- Koga: SD, Return Ariados, Return Venomoth, WA x2 Forretress, Return Muk, Return Crobat
- Bruno: SD, Return Hitmontop, Return Hitmonlee, Return Hitmonchan, Return Machamp, HP Onix
- Karen: SD, X Accuracy, Heal with Full Restore if Confused, Return Umbreon(82% Range), Return Vilepume, WA Gengar, Return Murkrow, Return Houndoom
> If Umbreon doesn't hit Sand Attack, skip X Accuracy
- Heal to full health
- Lance: SD x2, Return Gyarados, Return Dragonite x2, Return 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
- Go to Gym

SAFFRON GYM
- Teleport puzzle: Up, Left, Down (go around), Down (go around)
- Sabrina: SD, Return Espeon, Return Mr Mime, Return Alakazam
- Teleport puzzle: Right, Up, Up, Down
- Exit gym, bike right to Lavender

POWER PLANT QUEST 1
- Bike north to Cerulean, then bike east to Power Plant
- Dean: WA Golduck, Return Sandslash
- Repel, 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: WA Oddish
- Ellen: WA Wigglytuff, WA Granbull
- Joe: WA Tangela, WA Vaporeon
- Laura: WA Gloom, WA Bellossom, WA Pidgeotto
- Lloyd: WA Nidoking
- Shannon: WA Paras x2, WA Parasect
- Pat: WA Porygon
- Interrupt Misty’s date, Fly to Cerulean (1 up), Go to Gym

CERULEAN GYM
- Walk right around the gym and Surf to Misty
- Misty: SD, WA Golduck, WA Quagsire, WA Lapras, WA Starmie
- Grab Machine Part in upper left hand corner after fight, exit gym

POWER PLANT QUEST 2
- Bike east towards Power Plant
- Repel, Surf to Power Plant, talk to red guy, Fly to Saffron (1 down), bike to gym

CELADON GYM
- Jo + Zoe: WA Victreebel, WA Vileplume
- Fight the left trainer
- Tanya: WA Exeggutor
- Julia: WA Paras, WA Exeggcute, WA Parasect
- Erika: WA Tangela, WA Jumpluff, WA Victreebel, WA Bellossom
- Exit gym, Fly to Saffron, bike to Lavander


POWER PLANT QUEST 3
- Talk to guy in Radio Tower, Fly to Vermillion (2 up), head to gym

VERMILLION GYM
- Gregory: Return Pikachu, Return Flaaffy
- Lt. Surge: Return Raichu, HP Magneton, Return Electabuzz, Return 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: WA Sandslash
- Brock: SD, HP 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: HP x3
- Exit gym, surf right/up to Fuchsia City

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

VIRIDIAN GYM
- Use Full restore, and use Max Elixir
- Blue: SD x2, WA Pidgeot, HP Rhydon, WA Alakazam, WA Gyarados, Return Exeggutor, WA 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, SD x3, Return x6