Crystal Girafarig Starter Route
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Crystal Girafarig Starter Route
Updated 2 years ago by Consair

All credit goes to Switch2795/Snorms for this route, I only added a few things for my attempts. This assumes you have prior knowledge of a general Crystal Glitchless run. Pastebin version -> https://pastebin.com/Ap3rb3GB

TY SWITCH2795 AND SNORMS SMILEY FACE :)
  • Stats 14/12/15/15, Right Ball (ECFF) //HP Fire-70
  • 10:00am Sunday (defaults)
  • Early game Stomp PP is tight, finish off missed ranges with Tackle/Confusion

ROUTE 30

  • Repel as late as possible (take left side as if your doing a toto run)
  • Grab the hidden Potion (take right side on the way back)

CHERRYGROVE CITY (swap slot 3, confusion, with slot 1, tackle) > (then swap slot 1, confusion, with slot 4, stomp) > (move order: stomp/growl/tackle/confusion)

  • Rival 1: Stomp x2

TO VIOLET

  • Catch Sentret (repels as normal afterwards)
  • Youngster: Stomp x2-3 //Rattata->38.46% Range

ROUTE 31

  • Pick up the Potion
  • Grab the bitter berry (optional)

VIOLET GYM

  • Bird Keeper Abe: Stomp x3 (potion if low) [<11 hp]
  • Bird Keeper Rod: Stomp x4 (potion if low)
  • Falkner: Stomp x5

VIOLET MART

Buy 7 X Attacks & 1 X Speed ($798 remaining) (x attacks are near the bottom under x defends)

VIOLET CITY/ROUTE 32/UNION CAVE

  • Skip Center heal (skip przcureberry)
  • Heal above 11 HP and repel (equip bitter berry here if you have it) (pick up the REPEL) //as per usual (in union cave: repel then teach mud-slap over growl[2nd slot])
  • Bill: Confusion x2

AZALEA TOWN/SLOWPOKE WELL

  • Delay shopping until after Bugsy
  • Grunt #1: Stomp x2 (71%)
  • Grunt #2: Confusion x2-3 //Ekans:41% Range
  • Pick up Super Potion (don't heal unless absolutely necessary) //12+ hp is good maybe less
  • Grunt #3: Stomp, Confusion, Stomp
  • Grunt #4: Stomp + Confusion

AZALEA GYM

  • Amy & May: Stomp(ledyba), Confusion (right twin, right side)
  • Al: Stomp + Confusion, Confusion
  • Bugsy: X Attack x2, Stomp x4-5

    X attack is in slot 2

AZALEA MART

  • Sell Fury Cutter, Buy 2 Super Potion, 6 Escape Ropes and 4 Repels ($198 remaining) (super potion before rival 2)

AZALEA TOWN/ILEX FOREST

  • Heal to full HP
  • Rival 2: Confusion x2, Stomp x3 (repel 4 steps into forest, skip headbutt)
  • Grab Full Heal

GOLDENROD/GYM (register and use bike) (Kenya then spinner hell) (cut grass)

  • Carrie: Stomp x2 + Confusion (Stomp + Confusion x2 if Charm)
  • Heal to full HP
  • Whitney: X Speed, X Attack x2, Stomp x5

EARLY UNDERGROUND

  • Donald: Stomp x2
  • Teru: Mud-Slap x3, Stomp
  • Likely need 0-1 healing items before Olivine //pick up super potion in underground?

NATIONAL PARK

  • PC heal Girafarig and deposit Egg (swap girafarig back to slot 1 then cut grass) (don't repel yet)

KIMONO GIRLS/BURNT TOWER

  • Naoko: Stomp x2 Flareon
  • Sayo: Stomp x2 Espeon (don't learn agility) (heal for umbreon possibly)
  • Zuki: Stomp x3 Umbreon
  • Kuni: Stomp x2 Vaporeon
  • Miki: Stomp + Confusion Jolteon
  • Repel, Heal if below 25% HP, teach Surf to Sentret, bike to Burned Tower (pick up Hyper potion if needed)
  • Rival 3: X Attack x2, Mud-Slap x2, Stomp x2

ECRUTEAK GYM

  • Ping: Confusion x5
  • Jeffrey: Confusion (74%)
  • Medium Martha: Confusion x3
  • Morty: Confusion x5

ROUTE 39

  • Ruth: Confusion

OLIVINE CITY/LIGHTHOUSE 1

  • Bike to the Mart

Buy 14 Super Repels, 8 Hyper Potions

  • Alfred: Stomp x2
  • Preston: Stomp x2
  • Connie: Confusion x2
  • Grab the Rare Candy, use a Super Repel and Escape Rope
  • Grab Strength
  • Use Bicycle, Surf to Cianwood

CIANWOOD GYM

  • Teach Strength over tackle (slot 3) in the kaylee buffer or in the gym
  • Yoshi: Stomp + Strength
  • Lao: Stomp + Strength
  • Nob: Confusion, Stomp + Strength
  • Lung: Strength x2, Stomp + Strength
  • Chuck: X Attack, Strength x3 (don't learn baton pass)

CIANWOOD CITY/SHINY GYARADOS SEQUENCE

  • Teach Fly to Kenya, Fly to Ecruteak
  • Bike through Mt Mortar to Lake of Rage
  • Get the Rare Candy and TM10 Hidden Power and teach over Mud-Slap
  • Fly down 1 to lake of rage and catch Gyarados

ROCKET HIDEOUT

  • PP is tight in this section, if you miss a range finish it with Confusion
  • Grunt #1: Strength x2
  • Grunt #2: Strength x3
  • Jed: HP x3
  • Skip the Guard Spec
  • Grunt #3: Confusion x2
  • Grunt #4: Confusion x2
  • Grunt #5: Stomp
  • Executive #1: Stomp, Strength, Confusion
  • Executive #2: Confusion (89%), Strength, Confusion
  • Electrodes: Strength x3 //these are ranges btw

MAHOGANY GYM

  • Pryce: Strength (79%), Strength x2, Strength + HP

OLIVINE GYM (heal if <~50%)

  • Jasmine: HP x4-5

GOLDENROD MART

  • TM27 Return //5f
  • 1 X Speed //3f
  • 2 X Specials
  • 21 X Attacks
  • 1 X Accuracy
  • 1 Guard Spec

RADIO TOWER 1

  • Grunt #1: Strength x2
  • Grunt #2: Confusion

Rare Candy twice to L37

  • Grunt #3: Stomp x2
  • Grunt #4: Stomp x4
  • Grunt #5: HP x3, Stomp
  • Marc: HP x3
  • Rich: Stomp x2
  • Executive #1: Confusion x6

UNDERGROUND

  • Rival 4: X Attack, Strength, Stomp, HP, Stomp, Confusion
  • Grunt #1: Stomp
  • Grunt #2: Strength, Stomp, HP
  • Grunt #3: HP, Strength

Teach Psybeam over Confusion

  • Eddie: Psybeam, Stomp
  • Duncan: Stomp x3
  • Grunt #4: Psybeam x2
  • Grunt #5: Psybeam, Stomp
  • Grunt #6: Stomp, Psybeam
  • Grunt #7: Psybeam x2
  • Teach Return over Stomp and Escape Rope

RADIO TOWER 2

  • Grunt: Return x2
  • Executive #1: Psybeam
  • Executive #2: Return x2, Psybeam
  • Executive #3: Return x2, Psybeam
  • Pick up Pink Bow

BLACKTHORN CITY

  • Equip the Pink Bow, Teach Whirlpool & Waterfall to Gyarados and use a Super Repel

BLACKTHORN GYM

  • Paul: Psybeam x3
  • Fran: Psybeam (64%)
  • Cody: Psybeam x2 (95%)
  • Lola: Return x2
  • Clair: Return x5

DRAGON'S DEN

  • Daren: Return

TOHJO FALLS/VICTORY ROAD

  • Beth: Return (Repel in Victory Road since you need to pick up EQ)
  • Pick up TM26 Earthquake
  • Rival 5: X Attack, Return, HP, Return x3, Psybeam

ELITE FOUR

  • Buy Max Full Restores
  • Will: X Attack x2, Return x5
  • Koga: X Special, Psybeam, HP, Psybeam x3

Teach Earthquake over Hidden Power

  • Bruno: X Special, Earthquake (x2), Psybeam x4
  • Karen: X Attack x2, X Accuracy, Return x4, EQ
  • Lance: X Attack x3, Return x6

SS AQUA

  • Stanley: Return x3

SAFFRON GYM

  • Sabrina: Return x3

POWER PLANT QUEST PART 1

  • Dean: Strength x2 (don't learn crunch)
  • Do power plant then fly 1 up to Cerulean then enter and exit gym

NUGGET BRIDGE

  • Dudley: Strength
  • Ellen: Strength x2
  • Joe: Strength x2
  • Laura: Strength x3
  • Lloyd: Strength
  • Shannon: Strength x3
  • Pat: Strength
  • Fly 1 up to Cerulean

CERULEAN GYM

  • Misty: X Attack, Return x4
  • Pick up machine part then go back to power plant
  • Fly 1 down to Saffron then go left to Celadon

CELADON GYM

  • Jo + Zoe: Return x2
  • Tanya: Return
  • Julia: Psybeam x2, Return
  • Erika: Psybeam, Return, Return (59%), Psybeam
  • Fly 1 down to Saffron then go to Lavender to get expn card
  • Fly 2 up to Vermillion (cursor already on Pokémon/Kenya)

VERMILLION GYM

  • Gregory: Psybeam x2
  • Lt. Surge: Return x2, EQ, Return x2

PEWTER GYM

  • Jerry: Return
  • Brock: Psybeam, EQ (67%), Psybeam x3

VIRIDIAN FOREST/CINNABAR ISLAND

  • Pick up the Max Ether and use it on Return

CINNABAR GYM

  • Blaine: EQ, Return x2

FUCHSIA GYM

  • Janine: Return x5

VIRIDIAN GYM

  • Blue: X Attack x3, Return x2, EQ, Return x3

MT. SILVER

  • Red: Guard Spec, X Attack x4-5, X Speed, Return x6 (Snorlax 79%, Blastoise 92% @ +4)