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

All credit goes to Exarion 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/9VLGxw91

EFFF STATS / Middle Poké Ball (default)

NEW BARK TOWN

  • Set time to 10 a.m. (default) Sunday (default)
  • Don’t take off berry

ROUTE 29

  • Use Repel anywhere before grass

ROUTE 30

  • Use a Repel and take the right side both times

CHERRYGROVE CITY

  • Swap ember[slot 3] with scratch[slot 1]
  • Rival 1: Ember+Ember

ROUTE 29

  • Catch a Sentret then use a repel (need sentret for cut and surf)

ROUTE 30

  • Use another repel
  • Mikey: Ember, Ember+Ember

ROUTE 31

  • Skip the Bitter Berry

VIOLET GYM

  • Abe: Ember x3-4
  • Rod: Ember x4
  • Falkner: Ember x5 (Pidgeotto does 5)

VIOLET CITY

  • Take the center and get the Egg

ROUTE 32

  • Get the Przcureberry
  • Before the grass:

    Equip the Przcureberry Use a repel

  • Pick up the REPEL

UNION CAVE

  • (skip x attack)
  • When the previous Repel wears off:

    Use another Repel AZALEA TOWN

  • Mart:

    2 SuperPotions 5 repels 1 antidote

  • Skip Full Heal

SLOWPOKE WELL

  • Grunt-M: Ember x4
  • Grunt-F: Ember x4-5
  • Grunt-M: Ember x5
  • Grunt-M: Ember x2-3

AZALEA GYM

  • Take left side
  • Twins: Ember x2
  • Paras: Ember
  • (Benny: Ember x2, Ember+Scratch)
  • Bugsy: Ember x4

AZALEA TOWN

  • Rival 2: Ember x6

ILEX FOREST

  • Repels:

    In the house On Cut teach menu Near end of the forest (heal to 45+ HP)

  • Get Headbutt

GOLDENROD CITY-

  • Shopping:

    5F: Sell TMs; buy TM48 3F: Buy 2 X Specials and 2 X Attacks 2F: Buy 3 Escape Ropes 3 Full Heals

  • Get Bicycle
  • After exiting the bike shop:

    Teach Fire Punch over Growl (slot 2) Teach Headbutt over Smokescreen (slot 4) Register bike Use bike late underground

ROUTE 35/36

  • Get Kenya!!!
  • (Ivan: Scratch, Ember, FP)
  • (Irwin: Scratch x2, FP x2)
  • Take National Park
  • Cut Grass
  • Deposit egg on the way back

GOLDENROD GYM

  • Carrie: HB+FP
  • Heal before whitney (and save?)
  • Whitney: X Special, HB+FP, FP+FP
  • Don’t teach Rage
  • After exiting:

    Get Squirtbottle Bike to Ecruteak

ROUTE 37

  • On Greg pause buffer:

    Heal to near full Use a Repel

  • (Greg: HB+Scratch)
  • Get Ether (Top left of sign)

BURNED TOWER

  • Rival 3: X Special, FP, Ember, FP x2
  • Escape Rope out & bike to Kimonos

KIMONOS

  • Flareon: HB+HB
  • Espeon: HB+HB (Scratch if high roll)
  • Umbreon: FP+FP(+Scratch)
  • Jolteon: HB+Scratch
  • Vaporeon: HB+HB(+Scratch)

ECRUTEAK GYM

  • Sage: Ember x5
  • Sage: FP(+Ember)
  • Sage: Ember, (swap FP to slot 1), FP x2
  • Before Morty:

    Heal to 21+ HP Use a Repel Use Ether on Fire Punch Teach Surf to Sentret

  • Morty: FP everything

ROUTE 38

  • (Dana: HB, FP)
  • (Olivia: HB+FP+FP?)
  • Pokefan: Ember

OLIVINE CITY

  • Shopping: Buy 4 Hyper Potions and 14 Super Repels
  • Get early Strength if necessary for PP

LIGHTHOUSE 1

  • Gentleman: HB+FP (usually can Scratch)
  • Gentleman: HB x2
  • Lass: HB+Scratch
  • (Ernest: FP x2, HB+Scratch)
  • Menu after Jasmine:

    Heal to 45+ HP (consider using the center if hit spinners?) Use a Super Repel Swap Super Repels to slot 2 Use Escape Rope

OLIVINE CITY

  • Get Strength (teach on Kaylee pause buffer)
  • Teach over Scratch

CIANWOOD GYM

  • Headbutt priority: Poliwrath, Machoke, Hitmonlee, Primeape
  • Yoshi: HB+Strength
  • Lao: FP+FP(+Strength)
  • Heal to 78+ HP
  • Nob: FP, HB+FP
  • Lung: Strength, HB+Strength, Strength
  • Heal to 60+ HP
  • Chuck: X Attack x2, Strength, HB+Strength

CIANWOOD CITY

  • Get Fly
  • Get Secretpotion, then menu:

    Use a Super Repel Teach Fly to Kenya Fly to Ecruteak (down 3)

ECRUTEAK CITY

  • Go through Mt. Mortar to Lake of Rage
  • (Benjamin: Strength x2, Ember)

LAKE OF RAGE -Left side of Green dude standing under lake

  • Get Rare Candy (left side)
  • Get Hidden Power (all the way to the right then up then left side), then Fly to Azalea (3 up)

AZALEA TOWN

  • Bike to the mart
  • Shopping: Buy 1 Charcoal and 3 Escape Ropes
  • After exiting the shop:

    Give Charcoal to Charizard from the Pokemon menu Fly to Lake of Rage

LAKE OF RAGE

  • Catch Gyarados
  • Talk to Lance, then Fly to Mahogany and bike to the hideout

ROCKET HIDEOUT

  • Grunt-M: Strength x2
  • Grunt-M: Strength x3
  • Scientist: Ember x3
  • Hit the switch (skip Guard Spec.)
  • (Lance heal)
  • Grunt 1: HB x2
  • Grunt 2 (PW): Ember x2
  • Grunt 3 (PW): FP
  • Executive-M: Ember, FP, Ember
  • Executive-F: FP x3

    Learn Flamethrower over Ember

  • Electrodes: FP
  • After cutscene:

    Teach Hidden Power over Headbutt Escape Rope out

MAHOGANY GYM

  • Pryce: HP, FP+FP, FP
  • After exiting, Fly to Olivine (4 down) and bike to the Lighthouse

LIGHTHOUSE 2

  • (Ernest: FP x2, Strength)
  • After Jasmine cutscene:

    Get Rare Candy Escape Rope out Bike to the gym

OLIVINE GYM

  • Jasmine: FP x3

    Learn Wing Attack over Fire Punch (use FT on Steelix if you got it early)

  • After exiting, Fly to Goldenrod

GOLDENROD CITY

  • Shopping: Buy 21 X Specials, 1 X Attack and 1 X Acc

RADIO TOWER 1

  • Grunt 1: WA x2
  • Grunt 2: FT
  • Grunt 3: Strength x2
  • Grunt 4: WA x2, FT(+Strength)
  • Grunt 5: HP, Strength x3
  • Scientist 1: FT x3
  • Scientist 2: FT
  • Executive-M: HP x3, FT, HP x2

UNDERGROUND

  • Donald: Strength x2
  • Teru: Strength x4
  • Rival 4: FT x2, WA, FT x2
  • Rocket 1: WA
  • Rocket 2: FT, WA x2
  • Rocket 3: WA, FT
  • Burglar 1: WA x2
  • Burglar 2: WA x3
  • Rocket 4: WA x2
  • Rocket 5: WA x2
  • Get Max Ether!!!!!
  • Rocket 6: HP x2
  • Rocket 7: WA x2
  • Escape Rope out, then bike to the Radio Tower

RADIO TOWER 2

  • Rocket: HP x2
  • Use 2 Rare Candies to reach L45

    you get instant text for teaching a move so make sure you don't teach it over anything

  • Executive-M: FT
  • Executive-F: FT, WA x2
  • Executive-M: HP x2, WA(+WA)
  • Get Radio Card, then Fly to Mahogany and bike to Ice Path

ICE PATH

  • Normal strats

BLACKTHORN CITY

  • Use a Super Repel a few steps before the house

BLACKTHORN GYM

  • Cooltrainer-M: Strength x3
  • Cooltrainer-F: HP
  • Cooltrainer-M: WA, HP
  • Cooltrainer-F: WA, WA+WA
  • Before Clair:

    (Use a Full Heal) Heal to full Teach Whirlpool to Gyarados Teach Waterfall to Gyarados Clair: X Attack, (Full Heal), WA x3, WA+WA

DRAGON'S DEN

  • Heal to 41+ HP or take slow center
  • Cooltrainer: WA+WA (might have to finish with Struggle)
  • After exiting:

    Use a Super Repel Escape Rope out, then Fly to New Bark Town (cursor already on items)

ROUTE 26-27

  • Take heal house
  • Use a Super Repel on Joyce pause buffer
  • (Joyce: Strength, HP)
  • Cooltrainer: WA+WA

VICTORY ROAD

  • Rival 5: WA(+WA), FT x2, WA x2, FT

INDIGO PLATEAU

  • Optional: Buy 11 Full Restores

ELITE FOUR

  • Will: HP, HP+WA, FT x3 (WA Jynx if L50)
  • Koga: X Special, WA, FT(+WA)(muk), HP, FT(forretress), WA(venomoth)
  • Bruno: X Special, WA, FT, WA, FT, WA
  • Karen: FT+FT, FT(+WA), WA+WA(houndoom), HP(murkrow), FT
  • Before Lance:

    Heal to 86+ HP Teach Dragonbreath over Wing Attack

  • Lance: X Spec x2, HP, DB x2, HP x2, DB

S.S. AQUA

  • Sailor: DB x2, FT

VERMILION CITY

  • Fly to Vermilion (up/down 1), then bike to the Power Plant

ROUTE 9

  • Camper: HP, DB
  • (Heidi: Strength x2)

POWER PLANT

  • After exiting:

    Fly to Cerulean (down 2?) Bike to the gym, then Nugget Bridge

NUGGET BRIDGE

  • NB1: DB
  • NB2: Strength, FT
  • NB3: DB, HP
  • NB4: DB x2, FT
  • NB5: FT
  • NB6: Strength x3
  • NB7: FT
  • After Misty cutscene, Fly to Saffron and bike to the Celadon Gym (take right side)

CELADON GYM

  • Twins: FT x2
  • Picnicker: FT
  • Beauty: DB x2, FT
  • Erika: DB(+DB), FT x3
  • After exiting, Fly to Cerulean and bike to the gym

CERULEAN GYM

  • Misty: HP, Strength+Strength, X Special+HP, HP
  • Get the Machine Part, then bike to the Power Plant

POWER PLANT

  • Give the Machine Part, then Fly to Saffron and bike to the gym

SAFFRON GYM

  • (Rebecca: Strength, FT)
  • Sabrina: FT x3
  • After exiting, bike to Lavender Town

LAVENDER TOWN

  • (Tom: HP x3)
  • After exiting the tower:

    Use a Super Repel Use Max Ether on Flamethrower Fly to Vermilion and bike to the gym

VERMILION GYM

  • Gentleman: DB x2
  • Surge: FT x5
  • After exiting, bike to Pewter (Super Repel is already active)

PEWTER GYM

  • Camper: DB
  • Brock: DB, HP, DB, HP, DB
  • After exiting, bike/Surf to the Cinnabar Gym

CINNABAR GYM

  • Blaine: X Special, HP x2, X Special, HP
  • After exiting, Surf/bike to the Fuchsia Gym

FUCHSIA GYM

  • Janine: FT, HP x2, Strength x2
  • After exiting, Fly to Viridian and bike to the gym

VIRIDIAN GYM

  • Blue: X Special x2, FT x2, HP, FT, Strength+FT(arcanine), FT
  • After exiting, Fly to Pallet (up 1)

PALLET TOWN

  • After talking to Oak:

    Use a Super Repel Fly to Viridian (up 2) and bike to Mt. Silver

MT. SILVER

  • On second Super Repel menu, heal to full (save)
  • Red: X Special x4, DB, HP, FT, FT+FT, HP, FT