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The last optimization we can check for is what necessitated the process of getting all the way up to level 36 without filling in any EVs: Level 14 Scyther's moveset in this game consists of Quick Attack, Leer, Focus Energy, and Pursuit. If your own HP dropped in the split, you might want to reset, unless you have some way of getting your HP calibrated back to exactly 46 or 47.īy checking for a Scyther whose HP drops in a split with 46, we have ascertained the following so far: HP IV must be at least 13, AT must be odd and at least 9, DF must be odd, and at least one of the other two IVs must be odd as well. (It will drop from 47 to 46, and it's okay to deal damage here as long as you don't take it below 40 anything under that loses points.) If no one's HP changes, and Scyther didn't damage you in the mean time, then run away turn 2. If the Pain Split causes Scyther's HP to drop, you're good. If it is a male L14 Scyther, use Pain Split on turn 1. If it's anything except a male L14 Scyther, run away and try again. Go to the bug catching contest with Misdreavus as your lead, then save.īike around in the grass for encounters. Run around and take poison damage until Misdreavus drops to exactly 46 HP left, then heal the poison somehow without restoring any more HP. After Misdreavus is poisoned, end the battle by fleeing. Basically you want to face moves that have a poison chance until one of them works, while you waste time by spamming the aforementioned Growl. Take your Misdreavus into battle against a wild Spinarak/Koffing/Weedle/whatever. Now its level 36 moveset will be Growl/Mean Look/Psybeam/Pain Split. But since the daycare uses automatic move overwriting, and since Growl is a good move for wasting time, I think I'd prefer breaking it up into two stints: first, leave Misdreavus in to gain 7 levels (to 12), which takes less than 3 minutes, take it out for P800, go to the move deleter and delete Psywave/Spite/Confuse Ray, then put it back for the other 24 (an additional P2500). To get the whole thing in one day-care stint, you need 37,224 steps, which would be about 80 minutes of nonstop biking. You need to get it to level 36, the point where it learns Pain Split, without ever filling the EV banks. If the L5 Misdreavus has special stats of 13, that works if it's 14 then you need to reject it and try a new egg.Įither put the hatchling Misdreavus in day care, and/or use a bunch of rare candies on it. Leave the Misdreavus and the Ditto in daycare to get an egg, then wait for the egg to hatch. Silver and catch a Misdreavus, which you can only do at night. If you don't already have one on hand, catch a fresh L10 Ditto and if its special stats are exactly 14, that's guaranteed to work 16 has a 60% chance of working (it represents a range of 7-11, which you can narrow down as it levels up). Here's the result.įind a Ditto whose special IV is either 0, 1, 2, 8, 9, or 10. On a whim, I decided to come up with a setup for ensuring you filter out only the highest-quality Pokemon before you have to commit to throwing a ball.