Start Johto adventure with power of Champion

[Valanir]

 

 

 

Ok. If I remember right, the game tells you on [glow=green]KANTO[/glow], that if you will pass the border, you will not be able to get back until the last badge.

Fine for me.

But [glow=red]AFTER[/glow] passing the border into [glow=brown]JOHTO[/glow], it says, you cannot use your pokemon.

Well and there was a moment, I wanted to throw my laptop through window.

Guys, seriously, It tooks hours and hours of grinding levels, what more, even days to get party pokemons fuly EVed, or even money to equip your pokemons with moves and items propertly, and then the game shows you the middle finger like that? You have to choose, if you want to pass, but you cannot refuse on giving away your pokemons going back to Kanto?

 

Why the hell is CHAMPION stucked with L5 again?

 

[glow=red]So this guide is like a small satisfaction, how to show the powers of CHAMPION to the JOHTO leaders !![/glow]

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Requirements and stuff

Time consumption: HIGH (but compared to much slower progress by the regular way - definitely LOW)

Difficulty: Medium

 

Items needed:

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• * TM Rock smash
  * HM Flash
  * Deccent amount of pokeballs (optionally, if you don't want to train Totodile (which is the only using ATTACK from all 3 starters - Meganium focused ond both defenses and Thyplosion is SP.ATTACK) or you don't care about IVs)
  * Good Rod
  * Pokemon you wnat to train with Attack EVs (+ some little speed)
  * Decent amount of healing stuff (Potions works best with saved amount of probably unused oran berries)
   
  

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So, lets start.

 

1) COOSING THE POKEMON

The core thing of this is - of course - pokemon you want to train. I started with Zubat. Firstly, I think, that there is no better pokemon for that, which you can catch before 1st gym. Secondly, I just love Crobat.

The most important thing is, that it has to be an ATTACK based pokemon, as there is almost no chance to train SP.ATTACK in first few routes (good luck with training on Gastlys in Sprout tower with encounter rate like 1 out of 10)

Also some speed is needed, you have to outspeed wilds few levels above you.

So the first step is simple. Catch what you want to train.

 

2) PREPARING THE POKEMON

Ok, lets start training. there are 2 parts:

 

a) Train EVs fully. As I train Zubat, I focus on Attack and Speed. All that can be train at route 29 (between New Bark and Cherrygrove). Better train at DAY, where you will not be forced to leave every 2nd batttle because of swarm of Hoothoots gaining unwanted HP EV.

List of ATTACK EV pokes:

• * Sentret (MORN/DAY)
  * Spinarak (MORN/DAY/NIGHT)

List of SPEED EV pokes

• * Pidgey (DAY)
  *Rattata (MORN/DAY/NIGHT)

 

For Zubat trainers, Be patient - Zubats move pool is terrible up to lvl 12. Use Leech life on Rattatas and Sentrets, use Astonish on Spinaraks. Up to level 12, let Pidgeys be, Leech life is not effective move and Astonish completely unefffective. From L12, you can BITE everything.

 

Also, there are much more encounters with SPEED EV, where if you have full 252 speed, you have only around 170 Attack. At this state, you should have high enough level to move to ROUTE 32 (under Violet city, first grass accessible even without defeating Falkner), where you can level up faster and gain missing ATTACK EV on Bellsprouts.

 

b) Level up enough. Up to level about 14-15, you will get just by grinding EVs. Then, move to ROUTE 32, finish your ATTACK EVs, if needed, and level up. Your goal is Level 23 on Zubat (now Last evolution - Crobat), if you are training something that has no 3rd evolution availavble, you might be willing to go 1 level higher.

 

TIP: Unless you have a 100% reliable SPECIAL move which can bring about L8 pokes down with one hit, do not fight with Mareeps - they can paralyze on contact.

 

3) PREPARING ON THE WAY

You will need 1 or 2 Bellsprouts.

a) Teach HM Flash to Bellsprout you want to keep.

b-a) Trade second Bellsprout to the team rocket member for Onix.

 

SHOW FULL IMAGE: https://screenshot.cz/5D/5D2UB/poke01.png

 

b-b) Alternatively, you can simply catch Geodude from Dark Cave.

c) Learn TM Rock Smash to your Onix/Geodude

 

4) NAVIGATE TO TRAINING SPOT

You need to go from ROUTE 31 (East of Violet city) through Dark Cave to ROUTE 45

 

I have prepared a short video, where to get and how to navigate through the cave.

HERE:

 

Tip: You definitely want some REPELS for passing the cave :)

 

When walking back to pokecenter, go back WEST, where Dark cave entrance is, and then SOUTH through the border-house - you will be back on route 26 between New Bark and Cherrygrove

 

5) TRAIN

There is what we are here for. We want fish for some L30 Krabbys.

 

SEE FULL IMAGE https://screenshot.cz/TK/TKZX2/poke02.png

 

Single Krabby will give you around 10-12k EXP, when you grow up a lttle bit, it scales down to about 7k.

As you can see at theese images and videos, I have my Crobat on LVL 54 using just this technique.

 

TIPS:

A) Start at night - at night, there will be mainly not L30-33 Krabbys, but around L23 Poliwags or L35 Surskits (which are pretty weak). For starting, it is better, build about L28 and then you can hunt some crabs at daytime.

B) Ignore Magikarps. Only about 500 exp. Not worthed as you need to focus to maximize EXP on your limited move PPs

C) If you have some spare RARE CANDYS, use them RIGHT BEFORE engaging Krabbys. On LVL 23 it takes much time to get +1 on L7 Bellsprouts, but It is very hard to get down some Krabbys. If you can go like 23 on Bellsprouts and then use 2-3 Rare candys, that is definitely a very good move :)

D) For Zubat/Crobat trainers, your core move is Acrobatics with 110 power and type move bettter attack ratio. Your second ove should be probably Poison fang with 50 power, but type attack advantage. For other trainers, find the most powerful your type move with proper EV type (it has no sense to attack with megaoverpovered special attack move, when you have trained your pokemon on attack)

E) Bring some revives, if you have ... especially when starting, Krabbys are though guys. If your main faints, send a decoy pokemon, revive your main and finish him.

F) If you can, you can somehow prepare on their moveset. Krabbys uses STOMP as their primary move, PROTECT and from time to time 1-hit-ko move GUILLOTINE.

G) If you have never fished anything yet, you can drag your ROD form backpag to one of the 1/2/3/4 fields on left-bottom corner. Then you can just hit proper number on your keyboard (not numeric, thouse numbers above letters) to fish.

 

SHOW FULL IMAGE: https://screenshot.cz/2R4H8/

 

 

Also near your first poke in party is little BUFF icon which works as a cooldown of reuse the rod. Tap your button everyitime this buff disappears.

 

SHOW FULL IMAGE: https://screenshot.cz/L0/L0ZOU/poke03.png

 

Same as the Rod, you can drag some potion into those fields to speed up outside-battle healing.

 

[glow=aquamarine]So, thats it .... wish you good luck showing them the true power of champion :)[/glow]

[Supersalami]

this guide is great! should i be ev training all my pokemon? eg geodude & bellsprout?

 

and also, i can't progress in the dark cave, they tell me it's too dark and i should turn back

[Givememana1]

When clearing johto or Hoenn, i borrow my friend's Gyarados. It's lv 100 :Grin: ( of course when clearing johto, you have to use Johto Pokemon only )

I clear gyms and E4 very fast... only 1 day for 2 regions, both Johto and Hoenn :Smile:

Sry for my bad English

[Koniakihito]

Can this method be used in other region such as kanto、hoenn and shinoh？