Crystal Nidoking Starter Route
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Crystal Nidoking Starter Route
Updated 3 years ago by Consair

All credit goes to Snorms for the 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/JFeSGUzt

Nidoking Custom Starter (Right Poke Ball, Set Sunday 10:00am); (dont take off berry)

(use repels until the end of route 31) (swap HA, slot 2, to slot 1) Rival - HA x3 (swap DK, slot 3, to slot 4) Mikey - HA, DK

(Pick up Bitter Berry) (find and catch a bellsprout)

Abe - HA x3 Rod - HA x4 Falkner - HA x2, HA x3 (DK if 2 high rolls)

(Take egg, don't heal at center, don't take the przcureberry) (repel before the grass on Route 32) (and use a potion) (Pick up the REPEL) (Teach Mud-slap over Tackle[slot 2] then repel 3 steps in Union Cave) (Pick up X Attack and Full Heal) (Mart: 2 Supers, 4 Repels)

Rocket 1 - DK x2 Rocket 2 - HA x2, HA x2 (+ DK) Rocket 3 - DK, HA x2 (67%) (+ DK) Rocket 4 - HA x4

Amy&May - HA (64%), HA Al - HA x4 Bugsy - X Atk, HA x7

Rival 2 - MS (74%), HA x2, HA x2 + DK

(Repel & equip the Bitterberry) (Pick up Full Heal) (Shopping) (sell Fury Cutter) TM41 2 X Spcs 2 X Atks 6 Escape Ropes

(get bike then teach tm->) (Teach Thunderpunch over Poison Sting)

Donald - TP x2 Teru - DK x2, HA, DK

(grab Kenya then do spinner hell) (Deposit egg on way back)

Carrie - DK Whitney - DK, DK x3

Flareon - HA x2 Umbreon - DK x2 Vaporeon - TP x2

(Teach Thrash over Horn Attack)

confusion ~29dmg Espeon - Thrash (28%) Jolteon - Thrash (28%)

(repel) (Teach Surf over Mud-Slap)

Rival 3 - X Spc, TP, Surf x3

Ping - TP x5 Jeffrey - TP (x2) Martha - TP, Surf, TP x2 Morty - X Spc, TP, Surf x4

(repel 1 step before grass left of ecruteak)

Ruth - Thrash

(Buy 5 Hyper potions & 14 Super Repels)

Alfred - Thrash x2 Preston - Thrash x2 Connie - TP (Thrash is 89%)

(Pick up Rare Candy) (get shuckie)

Yoshi - Thrash x2 Lao - Thrash x2 (Candy, Teach Strength to Shuckie and use in menu) Nob - DK x2, Thrash x2 Lung - Surf x2, Thrash x2 (Heal to 75+) Chuck - X Atk, Thrash x3

(get fly and secretpotion) (fly to olivine [2 down])

Jasmine - DK, Surf x2-3, DK

(catch the gyarados)

Grunt 1 - Thrash x2 Grunt 2 - Surf, Thrash x2 Scientist - DK x3 (Free Heal) Grunt 3 - Thrash x2 Grunt 4 - Thrash x2 Grunt 5 - DK Executive 1 - Surf, Thrash x2 Executive 2 - Thrash x3 (82% on Abrok & Gloom) Electrodes - Thrash x3

Pryce - X Atk, TP (90%), DK, DK (50%)

(Take off Shuckie's Item and Fly to Goldenrod)

(Shopping) TM33 1 X Speed 13 X Spcs 11 X Atks 1 Guard Spec 3 X Accs

Grunt 1 - Thrash x2 Grunt 2 - Thrash x2 Grunt 3 - Thrash x2 Grunt 4 - Surf x2, Thrash x2 (Candy if have one) Grunt 5 - Surf x2, Thrash x2 Scientist 1 - Surf x3 Scientist 2 - DK (80%) Executive 1 - Surf x7

(PC Heal on the way out)

Rival 4 - X Spc, TP, DK, Surf x3 Grunt 6 - DK Grunt 7 - Thrash (77%) x3 Grunt 8 - Surf, Thrash (48%) Burglar 1 - Thrash x2 Burglar 2 - Surf, Thrash x2 Grunt 9 - Thrash x2 Grunt 10 - Thrash x2 Grunt 11 - Surf x2 Grunt 12 - Thrash x2

(Teach Ice Punch over Double Kick & Escape Rope)

Grunt 13 - Thrash x2 Grunt 14 - IP (+ Surf) Executive 2 - X Spc, Surf x2, IP Executive 3 - Surf x3

(fly to mahogany [2 down]) (Hyper Potion, Super Repel and Teach Whirlpool/Waterfall to Gyara)

Paul - IP, Thrash x2 Fran - TP Cody - TP x2 Lola - IP x2 Clair - X Spc, IP x5-6 Darin - IP

(Pick up Max Elixir) (repel and escape rope out) (fly to new bark -- cursor is on item bag right now)

Beth - Surf

(Pick up and teach Earthquake over Thrash & Equip the Berry Juice if you have one)

Rival 5 - X Spc, Surf, IP(golbat), Surf x4

(buy 11 full restores)

Will - IF TURN 1 PSYCHIC: X Spc, IP, EQ, TP (59%), IP x2 IF TURN 1 CONFUSE RAY: X Spc x2, FR, Surf, EQ, TP, Surf, IP Koga - X Spc x2, Surf x3, IP, EQ (Hyper before Bruno) Bruno - X Atk x2, EQ x3, Surf, EQ Karen - X Spc, (X Acc), EQ x2, IP, EQ, Surf, EQ (heal before lance) Lance - X Spc, TP, IP x2, Surf x2, IP

(talk to elm then fly 5 down to olivine)

Stanly - Surf, EQ, Surf

(fly to vermillion)

Jo&Zoe - IP x2 Tanya - IP Julia - IP x3 Erika - IP, X Spc, IP x3 (fly to saffron) Sabrina - EQ x3

(go to powerplant)

Dean - TP, Surf

(repel before the power plant water) (fly back to saffron then go west to erika's gym) (fly down 1)

(fly to cerulean [1 up]) (go into gym then nugget bridge)

Dudley - IP Ellen - Surf x2 Joe - IP, EQ Laura - EQ, Surf, IP Lloyd - Surf Shannon - Surf, IP, Surf Pat - EQ (fly up 1 again) Misty - X Atk, EQ x4

(Use Max Elixir then bike) (Pick up Machine Part before leaving) (IMPORTANT !!!! FINISH POWERPLANT QUEST) (Go to Powerplant then fly to Saffron (down 1)) (Get the EXPN Card and fly to Vermilion (up 2))

Gregory - IP x2 Lt. Surge - EQ x3, Surf, EQ

Jerry - IP Brock - Surf x2, TP x2, Surf

Blaine - Surf x3

Janine - IP, Surf x4 (fly up 2) Blue - X Spc, IP, EQ, Surf, TP, IP, Surf (fly up 1 to pallet town) (then fly up 2 again to viridian) (use guard spec.) Red - X Spd, X Spc, X Atk x5, EQ x5, Surf x2 (Flamethrower=112-132)