-- WARNING: This might seem like a classic run - but it's not! --
Goal for this route: beat the game with Haunter as your main in the end
Rules: - Obtain Haunter with the least amount of badges possible (Brock, Misty -> 2) - Any% Glitchless rules apply (IT allowed, Pokedoll skip allowed) Improvable: - Menus - Item management - Haunter catch (no Manip used so far)
EST: 2:10 h (avg RNG)
Splits:
Rival1 Nidoran Brock Route 3 Mt. Moon Bridge Misty Rocket Hideout Flute Surge Erika Silph Co Koga Blaine Sabrina Giovanni Lorelei Bruno Agatha Lance Champ Done
used shortcuts in this guide: Dicket = Dig Rocket Hicket = Hideout Rocket Tocket = Tower Rocket Sicket = Silph Rocket
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do the Nido beginning, get bird and Paras Pewter mart: 6 potions
everything else as usual until after moon
get IT after center, pick up rare candy, everything as usual until Bill (DON'T pick up Ether)
Bill menu: heal below 12, escape rope
get IT, go for Dicket
skip Misty, continue to SS Anne
do Gentlemandy, beat Boval
Mart: 5 repels, 2 para healz
Menu after Fanclub Talk: Swap slot2 with repels, teach HM01, teach Dig, Dig Out
CENTER
go for Misty
go for Bike
Menu after Bike: swap slot1 with Bike, teach TM11, use Bike
continue to Rock tunnel as usual
Maniac: BB, Thrash x2
Nerd: Thrash x2-3; keep Redbar if feeling lucky, otherwise heal
Oddish girl: maybe HAx2, then Thrash
Hiker: BB x3
Jr.Trainer: Thrash
Gambler: BB, Thrash
pick up Underground Nugget & Elixer
CENTER
--- Shopping ---
Sell: Nuggets, TM34
Buy: 4 Greatballs, 9 SRepel, 5 Superpotion 2x Freshwater (trade one for Icebeam) 7x XAcc 25x XSpecial 4 XSpeed
--- Shopping End ---
bike to HIDEOUT Hicket1: Thrash, Enter Hideout
go immediately down the stairs to your right next floor dodge the rocket and take the stairs above him go left and down in the labyrinth, take spinny patch to the left and down, walk back around to the bottom left, take upper patch to the right walk down (rocket won't trigger), right and up in the stairs walk up and left to rocket
Hicket2: Thrash talk again to rocket, pick up Lift Key
walk back in stairs you came from take spinny patch up, pick up item to your right (Rare Candy) walk left, take spinny patch up, walk back right and up into stairs
take lower spinny patch to your left at the end go to the item to your bottom right, pick it up (TM07)
MENU: teach Icebeam over BB, swap Slot 3 with XAcc, teach Drill in Slot 1
after that go right and down, take right spinny patch downwards, at the end walk left into spinny patch walk down, take upper spinny patch, at the end go down into spinny patch walk right into elevator
Take elevator to B4
Hicket3(right): XAcc, Drill, Icebeam, Drill
Hicket4(left): Icebeam x3
Gio: XAcc, Drill everything Pick up Silph Scope, Dig Out
FLUTE Bike through Saffron, CENTER HERE, pick up TM29 Psychic, continue to Lavender tower, Repel on tower entry
Lavender Rival: XAcc, Drill everything
Repel again after first Exorcist fight, pick up Elixers
Gastlys: Icebeam
Marowak: Icebeam
Last Floor: get your Haunter (weaken once with Icebeam), use Greatballs catch rate here the highest (15%), level 28-30 Moveset: Lick, Confuse Ray, Nightshade
Menu: Swap Haunter to Slot1, Swap Slot 5 with Superrepels, Superpotion, teach TM29 Psychic, Rare Candy 4x, teach Hypnosis over Confuse Ray TOSS REMAINING BALLS!!!
Tocket1: Psychic x3 Tocket2: Psychic, Nightshade 2-3x Tocket3: Psychic x4 Get Flute
Leave house, enter tower, Dig Out
DEPOSIT NIDO, CENTER, Bike to Surge
Surge: Psychic x3 +Nightshade
Leave Gym, bike to Pokeclub, Dig, Bike through Celadon to get FLY
---SAFARI---
FLY MENU Superrepel, swap slot 5 with XSpeed, teach Fly, teach TB in Slot 1, Fly to Celadon
CENTER, bike to Snorlax
Snorlax Menu: use Flute
pick up Rare Candy & PP UP
After Guardhouse Menu: Srepel, use PP UP on Psychic, Bike to Safari Zone
do the Safari thing
After Safari: Dig Out, bike to Erika
Lass: Nightshade 3x Erika: XSpecial, Psychic 3-4x
exit Gym, Fly to Saffron, bike to Silph Co
Sicket1: Psychic (+TB)
Silph Rival: XSpecial, TB, TB, Xpecial, XSpeed, Psychic, 2x TB, Psychic
heal before rocket (Bone Club noncrit does ~60)
Sicket2: XSpecial, Psychic, 2x TB, Psychic
Giovanni: 2x XSpecial, Psychic, Psychic, Psychic, Hypnosis+Dreameater
Dig Out after fight, CENTER
Fly to Fuchsia, bike to Kogas Gym
Juggler1: 2x XSpecial, TB everything Juggler2: 2x XSpecial, TB everything, enjoy the swapperoooo
Koga: Psychic everything
Leave Gym, bike to right, get HM05 Strength, fly to Pallet town
do Mom Heal
MENU: Srepel, teach HM03, teach HM04, Surf to Cinnaboar
walk through Mansion
MENU (after last stairs): use Srepel, toss remaining Parahealz
pick up key, Dig Out, Fly to Cinnaboar
bike to Gym
Blaine: 2x XSpecial, Psychic, Psychic, Psychic+TB, Psychic 2-3x (depending if Superpotion or not)
Dig Out after fight, bike to Sabrina
Sabrina (save on good pace is HEAVILY recommended)
Kadabra: XAcc (and pray you don't die), Hypnosis to Setup 2x XSpecial, TB Mr. Mime: TB Venomoth: TB Alakazam: Hypnosis, 2x TB
Dig Out, Fly to Viridian, bike to Gios Gym
Cool Trainer: Hypnosis+Dreameater
Blackbelt: Psychic everything
Elixer before Gio
Giovanni: XSpecial, Psychic everything
exit GYM MENU: SRepel, Bike to Victory Road
VR Rival: XAcc, XSpeed, 2x XSpecial, TB, Psychic, TB, TB, 2-3x TB, 2x Psychic
do Victory Road as always
CENTER before E4
--- E4 ---
Lorelei: 3x XSpecial, TB everything
Bruno: Psychic everything
Agatha: XSpeed, XAcc, Hypnosis+Dreameater for everything (PAYBACK YOU OLD HAG!)
Elixer before Lance
Lance: XSpecial, TB, 2x XSpecial, Psychic, Psychic, TB, 2x Psychic
Elixer before Champ
Champ: XAcc, XSpeed, 2x XSpecial (if Skyattack: Hypnosis)
Pidgeot: TB
Alakazam: Hypnosis+ 2x TB
Rhydon: 2x Psychic
Gyarados: TB
Arcanine: 2x Psychic
Venusaur: Psychic (consider Hypnosis+Dreameater on less than half hp)
GG! :P
