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Custom Starter - Raichu Guide
Updated 2 years ago by GoodJobMr2Percent

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TB = Thunderbolt; TS = Thundershock; QA = Quick Attack; HB = Headbutt; STR = Strength; RT = Return; HP = Hidden Power; Ethers/Elixirs (Current / Total) ALWAYS SET UP X-ITEMS ON THE FIRST POKEMON UNLESS STATED OTHERWISE

Game Start Stats - 14/13/15/15 - Water HP - Left Slot Set time to 5:50 PM

New Bark - Cherrygrove Repel x2 Rival 1: Totodile - TB x1 (14/15)

Route to Violet City Repel x2 Mikey: Pidgey = TS x1; Rattata = TB x1 (13/15) Pick Up Bitter Berry Catch Bellsprout + Poliwag

Violet City || Gym Abe: Spearow = TB x1 (12/15) Rod: Pidgey x2 = TB x2 (10/15) Falkner: Pidgey = TS x1; Pidgeotto - TB x1 (9/15)

Route to Azalea Town Item Pick Up: Przcureberry; Repel; Repel x2 Through Union Cave

Azalea Town || Slowpoke Well Get Full Heal Before Cave Rocket 1: Rattata x2 = TB x2 (7/15) Rocket 2: Zubat = TS; Ekans - TB + TS (6/15) Rocket 3: Zubat x2 = TS x2; Rattata - TB (5/15) Rocket 4: Koffing = TB x2 (3/15); FULL HEAL AFTER THIS POINT

Azalea Gym || Mart Amy & May: Ledyba + Spinarak - TB x2 (13/15) Al: Caterpie + Weedle - TB x2 (11/15) Bugsy: Metapod + Kakuna + Scyther - TBx3 (8/15) + QA

AZALEA SHOPPING: 3 SUPER POTIONS; 5 REPELS; 6 ESCAPE ROPES

Rival 2: Gastly + Zubat + Croconaw - TBx3 (5/15)

Repel x3 to get from Ilex to Goldenrod ILEX FOREST ITEMS (In Order): Full Heal + Ether (1/1) + Headbutt TM

Goldenrod City GOLDENROD SHOP - BUY - X-SPEED x1; X-SPECIAL x6; 3 FULL HEALS Pick Up Bike; Pick Up Kenya; Spinner Hell x2; Psychic Mark: Abra x2 - TBx2; Kadabra - TB + QA (2/15) BOX HEAL AFTER SPINNER HELL - DEPOSIT EGG Underground Donald: Slowpoke x2 - TS x2

Goldenrod Gym Carrie: Snubble - TB (14/15) + QA Whitney: Clefairy + Miltank = X-SPC x2; X-SPD x1 = TB x3 (11/15)

Route 37 Pick Up Magnet to the Right Pick Up Ether to the Left (2/2) EQUIP MAGNET + TEACH HEADBUTT OVER TAIL WHIP

Kimono Girls Vaporeon - TB (10/15) + TS Jolteon - HB x2-3 (2HKO 60%) Umbreon - TB x3 (7/15) Espeon - TB x2 (5/15) Flareon - TB x2 (3/15)

USE ETHER HERE (1/2) Repel at Burn Tower Rival 3: Haunter - TB+TS (12/15); Magnemite - TB x2(10/15); Zubat - TS; Croconaw - TB (9/15)

Ecruteak Gym Ping: Gastly x5 - TSx5 Jeffrey: TB + TS (8/15) (1HKO 84%) Martha: Gastly x2 - TBx2 (6/15); Haunter TBx1 (5/15) Morty: X-SPC x1 Ghasty - TS ; Haunter - TB; Gengar - TB; Haunter - TB (2/15)

Route 39 Repel Ruth: Pikachu - HB

Olivine City || Lighthouse Alfred: Noctowl - TB (1/15) Preston: Growlithe x2 - HBx2 (1HKO 92%) Connie: Marill - TS (1HKO 97%) Lighthouse Items: ETHER (2/3) AFTER DROP NEXT TO CONNIE; RARE CANDY AFTER DROP TO RIGHT OF JASMINE+AMPHY Escape Rope - Grab Strength - Teach Strength (Raichu) and Surf (Poliwag) - USE ETHER HERE (1/3) - Surf to Cianwood - Get Secret Potion

Cianwood Gym Yoshi: Hitmonlee - Str x2 Lao: Hitmonchan - TB x2 (9/15) + HB (2HKO 46%) Nob: Machop - TB (8/15); Machoke - TB + HB (7/15) Lung: Mankey x2 - HB or STR x2; Primeape - TB (6/15) + TS Chuck - Primeape - TB (5/15); Poliwrath - TB (4/15) - X-SPC x1

Teach Fly to Kenya - Super Repel - Fly to Violet: GRAB RARE CANDY; Fly to Ecruteak; Bike Through Mt Mortar to Lake of Rage

Resident Sleeper - Director's Cut ITEMS AT LAKE OF RAGE - FULL RESTORE (RIGHT SIDE BEFORE FIRST CUT TREE; RARE CANDY (LEFT CUT PATH); ELIXER (FIRST CUT TREE AFTER RIGHT PATH); (2/4) HIDDEN POWER KILL GYARADOS - TB (3/15) USE ALL 3 RARE CANDIES HERE! Rocket Grunt 1: Drowzee + Zubat = HB or STR x2 Rocket Grunt 2: Zubat + Grimer + Rat = HB or STR x3 Scientist: Magnemite x3 = HP x3 LANCE HEAL - REMBER THE PASSWORDS! AND THE BIRD! Rocket Grunt 3: Venonat x2 = HB x2 Password Girl: Ekans = HB ; Gloom = STR Password Guy: Raticate = STR Executive 1: Zubat = HB; Raticate = TB (14/15); Koffing = TB (13/15) Executive 2: Arbok = TB (12/15); Gloom - STR x2; Murkrow - STR Electrode x3 - STR x6 - Heal if they go BOOM

Mahogany Gym Pryce: Seel - TB (12/15); Dewgong - TB (11/15); Piloswine - HP; X-SPC x1

Olivine Gym Jasmine - Magnemite x2 - HPx2; Steelix - HP; X-SPC x1

Goldenrod Shopping Trip #2 Buy - 11 X-Attack; 2 X-Accuracy; 21 X-Special - Get Return (EASIER BUTTON PRESSES TO GET THAT MANY) Final Moveset - Thunderbolt; Strength; Return; Hidden Power

Resident Sleeper 2 - Dual Shock Edition Grunt 1: Raticate x2 = STR or RT x2 Grunt 2: Arbok = TB (10/15) Grunt 3: Zubat x2 = STR or RT x2 Grunt 4: Grimer x2 = STR x2; Muk - TB + RT (9/15) Grunt 5: Koffing - HP; Grimer - TB (8/15); Zubat - STR or RT; Rattata - STR or RT Scientist 1: Magnemite x3 = HP x3 Scientist 2: Porygon = TB (7/15) Executive - Koffing x5 + Weezing = TB x6 (1/15)

BOX HEAL BEFORE LEAVING TOWER

Underground Teru: 3 Magnemites + Voltorb = STR x4 Rival 4: Golbat + Magnemite + Haunter + Sneasel + Feraligatr = TB x5 (10/15) Grunt 1: Rattata - STR Grunt 2: Muk - TB (9/15); Koffing - STR or RT; Rattata - STR; Grunt 3: Koffing - STR; Muk - TB (8/15) Burglar 1: Koffing + Growlithe = STR or RT x2 Burglar 2: Koffing x2 + Magmar = STR or RT x3 Door Grunt: Gloom x2 = RT x2 (84% 1HKO) Grunt 4: Raticate + Golbat = STR or RT x2 PICK UP MAX ETHER IN CORNER Grunt 5: Grimer - STR or RT; Weezing - TB (7/15) Grunt 6: Koffing x2 - STR or RT x2

Resident Sleeper Finale! Door Guard: Raticate - RT; Koffing - HP Executive 1: Golbat = TB (6/15) Executive 2: Arbok - TB (5/15); Vileplume - STR or RT x2; Murkrow - TB (4/15) Boss: Houndour - TB (3/15); Koffing - TB (2/15); Houndoom - HP x2 QUIZ! - CHOICES = 1 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 2

SURF ON ROUTE TO ICE CAVE - HIDDEN ELIXER NEXT TO ITEM ON MIDDLE ISLAND Ice Cave Super Repel First Path - Up, Left, Up, Left, Down, Left, Up, Left, Down, Right, Down, Right Second Path - Right, Up, Left, Down, Right, HM 07, Left, Up, Right, Down, Right, Up, Right, Down, Left, Escape PICK UP PP UP - USE ON TB!

USE ELIXIR HERE (12/18)

Blackthorn Gym Paul: Dratini x3 = STR x3 Fran: Seadra = TB (11/15) Cody: Horsea + Seadra = TB (9/15) Lola: Dratini = RT; Dragonair = RT + STR Clair: Dragonair x3 = RT x3; Kingdra = RT x2 (1HKO 60%); X-ATK x2 Teach Whirlpool and Waterfall to Poliwag

Road to Elite 4 Darin: Dragonair = RT x2 (1HKO 10%) PICK UP ELIXIR NEXT TO DOUBLE TRAINER BEFORE QUIZ QUIZ! - CHOICES = 1 - 1 - 2 - 1 - 2 Pick up Max Elixir in Dragon Cave Beth: Rapidash = TB (8/15) Rival Finale: Sneasel - RT; Golbat - TB (7/15); Magneton - HP x2; Haunter - TB (6/15); Kadabra - TB (5/15); Feraligatr (4/15)

BOX HEAL BEFORE E4

Elite 4 Will: Xatu - TB (17/18); Jynx - RT; Exeggutor - RT x2; Slowbro - TB (16/18); Xatu - TB (15/18); X-ATK x1 Koga: Ariados - TB (14/18); Venomoth - TB (13/18); Forretress - TB (12/18); Muk - TB x2 (10/18); Crobat - TB (9/18); X-ACC x1; X-SPC x1 Bruno: Hitmontop - TB (8/18); Onix - HP; Hitmonlee - TB (7/18); Hitmonchan - TB (6/18); Machamp - TB (5/18); X-SPC x2 Karen: Umbreon - RT x2; Vileplume - RT; Gengar - TB x2 (3/18); Murkrow - RT; Houndoom - RT; X-ACC x1; X-ATK x2 USE MAX ETHER HERE Lance: Dragonite x3 + Gyarados + Aerodactyl + Charizard = TB x7 (75% 1HKO on Level 50 Dragonite)

FULL HEAL FROM RESET

SS Aqua Stanley: Machop + Machoke + Psyduck = RT x3

Vermillion Gym Gregory: Pikachu + Flaffy = STR x2 Lt. Surge: Raichu + Electrode + Magneton + Electrode + Electabuzz = RT x6 (2HKO on Magneton); X-ATK x1

Saffron Gym Sabrina: Espeon + Mr. Mime + Alakazam = TB x3 (15/18); X-SPC x1

Power Plant Quest Part 1 Dean: Golduck - TB (14/18); Sandslash - HP;

Nugget Bridge Dudley: Oddish = STR Ellen: Wigglytuff + Granbull = RT x2 Joe: Tangela - TB (13/18); Vaporeon - TB (12/18) Laura: Gloom = STR; Pidgeotto = STR; Bellossom = RT; Lloyd: Nidoking = RT Shannon: Paras x2 + Parasect = STR or RT x3 Pat: Porygon = RT

Cerulean Gym Misty: Golduck - TB (11/18); Guagsire - RT x2; Starmie - TB (10/18); Lapras - TB (9/18) RETURN PART TO POWERPLANT GO TO LAVENDER - GET EXT. CARD

Celadon Gym Jo & Zoe: Victreebel + Vileplume = RT x2 Tanya: Exeggutor = STR x2 Julia: Paras + Exeggute = STR x2; Parasect = RT Erika - Tangela - TB (8/18); Jumpluff + Victreebel + Bellossom = RT x3

Pewter Gym Jerry: Sandslash - HP Brock: Graveler + Rhyhorn + Onix = HP x3; Kabutops + Omastar = TB x3 (6/18)

PICK UP HIDDEN MAX ETHER IN THE REMAINS OF VERIDIAN FOREST

Cinnabar Gym Blaine: Magcargo + Arcanine + Rapidash = TB x3 (3/18)

USE MAX ETHER OR ELIXIR HERE

Fuschia Gym Janine: Crobat + Weezing + Weezing + Ariados + Venomoth = TB x5 (13/18)

Viridian Gym Blue: Pidgeot = TB (12/18); Alakazam = TB (11/18); Rhydon = HP; Gyarados = TB (10/18); Exeggutor = RT x2; Arcanine = HP; X-SPC x2; X-ATK x1

Mt. Silver Up Til you Hit Rock Down One Right Three Up Til Hit Rock Left Til Barrier Up Til Barrier Right Til Barrier Down Til Barrier Right Til Rock Left One Up Til Barrier Left Til Barrier Up Til Barrier Left Til Barrier Up Til Barrier Right Til Barrier Down Til Barrier Up One Right Two Up Til Exit

Red: Pikachu + Espeon + Snorlax + Venusaur + Charizard + Blastoise = TB to WIN