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From my brief research, the best strategy seems to be leveling it up to 100 Friendship, then spamming X items against passive wild Pokemon to 200, then leveling up to 220. This sounds a bit onerous and expensive, but having Umbreon online by Wake if not Fantina sounds important for information completeness. I won't know the practicality of this approach for sure until I test.
My run is still ongoing, but I've executed the strategy and want to share my results ASAP. Turns out you can only buy X items from Veilstone Dept Store, so I played Eevee as normal until that point. After training it up some while holding Soothe Bell to test against Rival 3, it entered Veilstone at 139 Friendship.
I bought 30 each of X Special, X Sp. Def, and X Speed, the cheapest at 350 per. This is affordable with the various sell items and/or Amulet Coin use.
I fished up a Magikarp at the pond just south of Veilstone, used six of each X item I bought on top of the six or so I incidentally picked up playing normally, then ran away once maxed out.
In hindsight, I should have just switched to reset the boosts. That would save a lot of time from getting unlucky from failed fishing.
In four battles, I had reached 200 Friendship, the max you can reach using X items. It's indicated by two hearts in the Friendship Checker app.
Note that Soothe Bell increases Friendship gains by 50% rounded down. This means that +1 activities such as walking and X item use do not get any boost.
This X item process took around 17 minutes of real time with battle animations off and touch screen navigation. With switching instead of running and better fishing luck, this could easily take 15 minutes or less.
This gave me Umbreon at level 31, a reasonable level before even facing Maylene. My overworld navigation was accelerated in some areas and back-and-forth in others, so I think my walking Friendship gains were in the ballpark of a casual run.
I got one massage, used two vitamins, and fainted twice for other FS modifiers.
I personally think this method, while not a game-changer that would cause tier shifts, is a worthwhile strategy for getting FS evos faster. It would be worth mentioning for certain Pokemon entries as a way for casual players to get their payoff a bit sooner, especially Espeon and Chimecho, which have an advantage over Maylene. If I didn't use this method, I think getting the evolution by even Wake under efficient play would have been an issue. 15 minutes is comparable to a brief grinding session you'd undertake if you're worried about the upcoming boss. Someone could easily do it while watching TV and have their evo much sooner, possibly saving 15 minutes of hassle in the long term.
Recently doing a new Platinum run, and I'm gonna attempt that Secret Key exploit on that run if possible. In the meantime, I'm still gonna dump all the Platinum logs that I've been saving, and this one consist of Geodude(No Trade), Wormadam-Trash, Gastly (No Trade), and Tangela (I forgot the "exact" Nature on them, but I know its all neutral nature)
Serious
HP: Ground
“Mischievous”
HP: 0-3
Atk: 15-23
Def: 25-28
SpA: 31
SpD: 12-14
Spe: 23-26 ==Roark==
Geodude L13-14
Rock Smash 3HKOs Cranidos (2HKOs if you get a Defense drop on Turn 1), and Geodude, 4HKOs Onix (3HKOs if you get a Defense drop Turn 1)
Rock Throw 3HKOs Cranidos. Cranidos 4HKOs back
Beats 1. Can sweep with Rock Smash, but you generally needed Magnitude here
==Mars 1==
Geodude L17 @ Pecha Berry
Rock Throw 1HKOs Zubat
Magnitude 7 3HKOs Purugly. Purugly 6HKOs back (5HKOs back if Zubat attacks you)
You need to rely on very high Magnitude number to beat Skuntank. ==Fantina==
Graveler L25 @ Rawst Berry
You need 2 Rock Polish boost to outspeed Mismagius
2 Rollouts is close to KOing Duskull, the 3rd hit 1HKOs Duskull and 2HKOs Mismagius(1HKOs on the 4th hit)
If you're burned, then you have to used Defense Curl to get the same KO ranges above, though Haunter finishes you off.
Beats 2. You need Substitute to reliably sweep here ==Rival(Hearthome)==
Graveler L26
first hit of -1 Rollout alone is close to 2HKOing Staravia
the 3rd hit 1HKOs Buizel
the 4th hit puts Grotle in red
-1 HS CurlOut is close to 1HKOing Staravia
the 2nd hit 1HKOs Buizel
the 3rd hit puts Grotle in red
Avoiding Staravia...
Magnitude 7 1HKOs Ponyta and puts Buizel in red
Beats 1 ==Maylene==
Graveler L33
Eq 2HKOs Machoke and 1HKOs the rest. Graveler outspeeds Meditite and Machoke.
Graveler outspeeds Lucario after a single Rock Polish boost. It also barely survived Meditite's Fake Out + Drain Punch into Machoke's Karate Chop (guaranteed survive with Sitrus Berry)
It may be speed-specific in order to sweep here ==Rival(Pastoria)==
Graveler L36 @ Hard Stone
-1 Hard Stone Curlout 1HKOs Staravia(doesn't KO without the item)
the 2nd hit 1HKOs Buizel
the 3rd hit is close to 1HKOing Grotle
Beats 3 ==Wake==
Graveler L36
Eq 2HKOs Quagsire. All 1HKOs back
Bad ==Cyrus 1==
Graveler L37 @ Wide Lens
Rollout 2HKOs all with 1st and 2nd hit, and the 3rd hit 1HKOs. Sneasel 2HKOs back.
Beats 2 ==Rival(Canalave)==
Graveler L38
-1 Rollout(1st hit) 4HKOs Staraptor. Staraptor may switch out for Torterra. Torterra outspeeds and 1HKOs back
Eq 1HKOs Rapidash and is close to 1HKOing Floatzel. Floatzel 2HKOs back
Beats 1 or 2 ==Byron==
Graveler L39
EQ 2HKOs Steelix and is close to 1HKOing Bastiodon. All 1HKOs back(Metal Burst on Bastiodon's case),
Magneton outspeeds. Bastiodon may go for Iron Defense instead
Needs luck to beat 1 ==Saturn 1==
Graveler L40 @ Pecha
Curlout 2HKOs Golbat, 3rd + 4th hit KOs Bronzor, the 5th hit 1HKOs Toxicroak
Earthquake 1HKOs Toxicroak. Toxicroak 2HKOs back
Beats 1 or 2. Needs luck to sweep ==Mars 2==
Graveler L40 @ Pecha Berry
Curlout 2HKOs Golbat, the 3rd + 4th hit KOs Bronzor. Mars may switch out Golbat for Bronzor (the 2nd + 3rd hit is super close to KOing unless u equipped Hard Stone)
Earthquake is close to 2HKOing Purugly(guaranteed with Earth Plate)
Beats 2. Needs luck to sweep
==Candice==
Graveler L43 @ Hard Stone
Defense Curl first, then Rock Polish twice (You need 2 Rock Polish boost to outspeed Froslass)
Curlout 1HKOs Sneasel, the 2nd hit 1HKOs Abomasnow, the 3rd hit 1HKOs Piloswine
Needs 1 heal and luck to sweep. ==Cyrus 2==
Graveler L44
Rock Slide 1HKOs Sneasel and 2HKOs the rest. Sneasel 2HKOs back, Honchkrow 3HKOs back
Curlout 2HKO Crobat, the 3rd hit 1HKOs Honchkrow
Beats 1. Could beat 2 if you set-up on Crobat. ==Saturn 2==
Graveler L44
Rock Slide puts Golbat in red. Saturn may switch out Golbat for Toxicroak
Earthquake 1HKOs Toxicroak. Graveler barely lives a Brick Break after a Golbat Air Cutter, though it will finished you off if you take another damage from Golbat.
Beats 1 ==Cyrus 3==
Graveler L46 @ Rawst Berry / Hard Stone
Eq 1HKOs Houndoom. Houndoom almost 1HKOs back
HS Rock Slide 1HKOs Weavile, puts Crobat in red, and is close to 1HKOing Honchkrow. Crobat almost 3HKOs back, Honchkrow 2HKOs back
Beats 1 or 2. Needs healing and luck to beat 2 or 3. ==Volkner==
Graveler L48 @ Earth Plate
Outspeeds everyone at +2
EP Eq 1HKOs all bar Luxray, who has a low roll of 1HKOing. Jolteon almost 2HKOs back, Luxray finishes you off if Jolteon landed an Iron Tail
Needs luck to sweep, unless you reliable 1HKO Luxray ==Rival(League)==
Graveler L51
-1 Stone Edge 1HKOs Staraptor after a CC Def drop(-1 Rock Slide doesn't 1HKO). Staraptor might use U-turn instead of CC
Eq 1HKOs Rapidash, 2HKOs Floatzel, 3HKOs Snorlax. Torterra and Hera 1HKOs back, Rapidash almost 2HKOs back, the rest 2HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Aaron==
Graveler L51
Rock Slide 1HKOs Vespiquen.
Eq 2HKOs Scizor and Drapion. Yanmega and Hera 1HKOs back, Scizor 2HKOs back Drapion almost 2HKOs back
Beats 2 (Could beat 4 if you set-up CurlOut on Vespiquen?didn't try it) ==Bertha==
Graveler L52
Earthquake 2HKOs Golem. All 1HKOs back
Bad ==Flint==
Graveler L52
Set-up 2 Rock Polish(Infernape still outspeeds you at +2)
Ep Eq 1HKOs all bar Infernape, who is super close to 1HKOing(Can 1HKO at L53). Houndoom almost 1HKOs back
Needs 1 heal to sweep if you can 1HKO Infernape ==Lucian==
Graveler L53
Ep Eq has a roll to 1HKO Mime. Mime almost 1HKOs back, the rest 1HKOs back bar Bronzong.
Bad unless you can 1HKO Mime ==Cynthia==
Graveler L53
Earth Plate Earthquake is close to 2HKOing Spiritomb. Tomb almost 1HKOs back
Bad unless you 2HKO Tomb
E Tier. Graveler disappointed me on some fights where I thought its gonna do well such as Jupiter's Skuntank, Byron, and Aaron(if you don't used CurlOut). Its also very slow to the point of needing 2 Rock Polish boost to outspeed stuff.
Docile
HP: Steel
“Highly curious”
HP: 14-19
Atk: 9-10
Def: 0-2
SpA: 25
SpD: 4-9
Spe: 0-1 ==Mars 1==
Burmy L15
Does nothing to Purugly as it 3HKOs you.
==Gardenia==
Wormadam-Trash L20
Bug Bite 3HKOs Roserade (5HKOs if Cherrim uses Leech Seed), 2HKOs Cherrim and puts Turtwig in red (it heals on the next turn and you 3HKO it due to Reflect). Roserade may beat you if Cherrim uses Leech Seed
Can sweep
==Jupiter==
Wormadam-Trash L22 @ Silverpowder
Silverpowder Bug Bite has a roll to 4HKO Skuntank. Skuntank 6HKOs back (3HKOs after a Screech), Smokescreen can annoy you
Can beat Skuntank
==Fantina==
Wormadam-Trash L26 @ Silverpowder
Mirror Shot 2HKOs Haunter and is close to 2HKOing Duskull
Mismagius is super close to be 4HKOed by Silverpowder Bug Bite into 3 Mirror Shots. Mismagius almost 5HKOs back without factoring Bug Bite heal. Confuse Ray can annoy you
Can beat Mismagius
==Rival(Hearthome)==
Wormadam-Trash L26
Mirror Shot 2HKOs Staravia. Staravia 4HKOs back
SP Bug Bite 2HKOs Grotle and puts Buizel in red
Beats 3 ==Maylene==
Wormadam-Trash L33 @ Silverpowder / Sitrus Berry
SP Bug Bite/Mirror Shot 2HKOs Meditite
Psybeam 2HKOs Machoke. Both outspeeds, Machoke finishes you off unless it went for Focus Energy(you can avoid this with Sitrus, but it makes Bug Bite unable to 2HKO Meditite)
Can beat 2 ==Rival(Pastoria)==
Wormadam-Trash L34
Staravia is 2HKOed by Psybeam into Mirror Shot. Using Mirror Shot T1 causes it to used Endeavor on next turn
SP Bug Bite 2HKOs Buizel and Grotle(super close to 3HKOing after a Withdraw T1)
Beats 2 or 3 ==Wake==
Wormadam-Trash L36 @ Mind Plate / Silverpowder
MP Psybeam 4HKOs Quagsire. Quag outspeeds and 5HKOs back
SP Bug Bite is close to 4HKOing Quag and 3HKOing Floatzel. Floatzel 4HKOs back after a BB heal.
Needs luck to beats 1(Could beat Floatzel with MP Psychic? didn't test that) ==Cyrus 1==
Wormadam-Trash L37 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Mirror Shot 1HKOs Sneasel, 2HKOs Murkrow, and is close to 2HKOing Golbat. Murkrow 3HKOs back(2HKOs if Sneasel went for Screech)
Beats 2 ==Rival(Canalave)==
Wormadam-Trash L38 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Mirror Shot 2HKOs Staraptor and 3HKOs Torterra(4HKOs after a Leech Seed). Raptor and Torterra may switch out for Rapidash
Choice Specs Psychic 2HKOs Floatzel and Heracross. Heracross almost 2HKOs back
Beats 1 or 2 ==Byron==
Wormadam-Trash L39 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Mirror Shot 5HKOs Bastiodon. Bastiodon outspeeds and 3HKOs back
Bad, unless you somehow dodged those Stone Edges ==Saturn 1==
Wormadam-Trash L40 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Psybeam 2HKOs Golbat and 1HKOs Toxicroak
Beats 2 ==Candice==
Wormadam-Trash L43-44 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Flash Cannon 1HKOs Piloswine and is close to 1HKOing Abomasnow and Froslass. All outspeeds, Abomasnow 3HKOs back, Piloswine almost 2HKOs back
Beats 2 ==Cyrus 2==
Wormadam-Trash L44 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Flash Cannon 3HKOs Honchrow, has a roll to 1HKO Sneasel and is close to 2HKOing Crobat. Honchkrow 2HKOs back if you take on Sneasel
Beats 2 ==Saturn 2==
Wormadam L44-45 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Psychic 1HKOs Toxicroak and puts Golbat in red. Toxicroak almost 2HKOs back
Can beat 2 ==Cyrus 3==
Wormadam-Trash L45 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Psychic 2HKOs Crobat. Crobat almost 3HKOs back
Choice Specs Flash Cannon is close to 1HKOing Weavile.
Beats 1 ==Volkner==
Wormadam-Trash L48 @ Silverpowder / Choice Specs
SP Bug Bite 3HKOs Jolteon and is close to 2HKOing Raichu. Raichu 3HKOs back with Focus Miss, and it seems to click it more than Charge Beam
Choice Specs Psychic 3HKOs Jolteon and Raichu. Jolteon 3HKOs back if it got consecutive boost
Needs luck to beat 1 ==Rival(League)==
Wormadam-Trash L51 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Flash Cannon 1HKOs Staraptor after a CC Def drop, and is close to 2HKOing Torterra and 3HKOing Snorlax. Snorlax 3HKOs back, Staraptor almost 2HKOs back, Torterra outspeeds and 2HKOs back
Choice Specs Psychic 2HKOs Floatzel and is super close to 1HKOing Heracross after a CC Def drop. Hera 2HKOs back, Floatzel almost 4HKOs back
Can beat 2 ==Aaron==
Wormadam-Trash L51 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Flash Cannon 2HKOs Yanmega, 3HKOs Drapion. Yanmega almost 2HKOs back, Drapion 5HKOs back, and Vespiquen outspeeds
Choice Specs Psychic 1HKOs Heracross after a CC Def drop. Hera almost 1HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Bertha==
Wormadam-Trash L52 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Flash Cannon 3HKOs Hippowdon and puts Rhyperior in red. All outspeeds, Golem 1HKOs back, Hippowdon 2HKOs, Rhyperior almost 1HKOs back.
Bad ==Flint==
Wormadam-Trash L52
lol ==Lucian==
Wormadam-Trash L52 @ Silverpowder
SP Bug Bite 2HKOs Mime(3HKOs under Reflect), Espeon(4HKOs under Reflect) and Zam. Zam 2HKOs back, Mime and Espeon almost 3HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Cynthia==
Wormadam-Trash L52 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Flash Cannon 3HKOs Tomb. Tomb outspeeds and 4HKOs back
Choice Specs Psychic has a roll to 2HKO Rade. Rade almost 4HKOs back
Needs 1 heal to beat 2
D Tier. On this run, I was struggling to pick which mon should I run next, as I've already done the majority of current As, Bs, and Cs. Then, Volt suggested me to used WormaTrash, thus I decided to used it. It is great in the early-game, then its irrelevant past that. Its defensive-typing felt honestly overrated. Sure, it technically has no weaknesses because Sinnoh has almost no Fire-type, but it doesn't make WormaTrash invincible or anything. When I read "Bug/Steel is the best defensive type", I interpreted it as it resisted a lot of stuff, which only happened in the early-game. Past Fantina, it doesn't really resist enough, it felted kinda little. You could argue E Tier because honey trees really sucks, but its early-game performance is enough to ranked it as D Tier personally.
Quirky
HP: Ground
“Sturdy body”
HP: 2-9
Atk: 7-14
Def: 25 / 30
SpA: 16-23
SpD: 7-14
Spe: 10-16 ==Gardenia==
Gastly L20
Night Shade 4HKOs Roserade and 3HKOs the rest. Cherrim 3HKOs back, Roserade 2HKOs back, both also outspeeds, Turtwig almost 2HKOs back with Overgrow Razor Leaf
Beats 1
==Jupiter==
Gastly L21
Night Shade 3HKOs Zubat. Zubat 2HKOs back
Skuntank is faster, so you can't do Hypnosis + Curse strat here.
bad ==Fantina==
Haunter L25
Shadow Punch 2HKOs Duskull and Haunter
Beats 1 or 2 ==Rival(Hearthome)==
Haunter L27
Night Shade 3HKOs all bar Staravia
Shadow Punch 2HKOs Buizel(close to 2HKOing if it went for Growl T1) and is close to 2HKOing Ponyta
Beats 3 ==Maylene==
Haunter L33 @ Spell Tag
Spell Tag Shadow Ball 1HKOs Meditite and is close to 1HKOing Machoke. Lucario outspeeds and 2HKOs back
Beats 2 ==Rival(Pastoria)==
Haunter L35 @ Spell Tag
Thunderbolt 1HKOs Staravia
Spell Tag Shadow Ball 2HKOs Grotle and 1HKOs the rest
Clean sweep ==Wake==
Haunter L36 @ Spell Tag
Thunderbolt 1HKOs Gyarados. Floatzel outspeeds and 1HKOs back
Spell Tag Shadow Ball 2HKOs Quagsire
Beats 2 ==Cyrus 1==
Haunter L37 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Tbolt 2HKOs Sneasel and 1HKOs the rest. Sneasel outspeeds and 2HKOs back
Beats 2 ==Rival(Canalave)==
Haunter L38 @ Spell Tag / Choice Specs
Tbolt 1HKOs Staraptor
Spell Tag Shadow Ball has a roll to 2HKO Torterra(doesn't 2HKO if it went for Leech Seed T1). Torterra almost 1HKOs back, and it comes in next after Staraptor.
Choice Specs Shadow Ball 1HKOs Floatzel, 2HKOs Heracross, and is close to 1HKOing Rapidash. Hera 1HKOs back
Beats 3 ==Byron==
Haunter L39 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Shadow Ball 3HKOs Steelix and has a roll to 2HKO Magneton. Mag 1HKOs back, Steelix almost 2HKOs back
Choice Specs Tbolt 4HKOs Bastiodon. Bastiodon 2HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Saturn 1==
Haunter L40 @ Choice Specs
Thunderbolt puts Golbat in red
Choice Specs Tbolt 1HKOs Golbat, 2HKOs Bronzor, and is close to 2HKOing Toxicroak
Choice Specs Shadow Ball 2HKOs Toxicroak and is close to 1HKOing the rest. Toxicroak almost 1HKOs back, Bronzor finishes you off if you attack Golbat or Croak
Beats 1 or 2 ==Mars 2==
Haunter L41 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Tbolt 1HKOs Golbat and 2HKOs the rest. Bronzor and Purugly 2HKOs back, the latter outspeeds
Beats 2 ==Candice==
Haunter L43 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Shadow Ball 2HKOs Piloswine and Abomasnow. All 1HKOs back (Abomasnow 2HKOs back with Wood Hammer and doesn't seem to go for Avalanche a lot fsr)
Needs luck to beat 1 ==Cyrus 2==
Haunter L44 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Tbolt 1HKOs Honchkrow and is close to 1HKOing Crobat. Crobat outspeeds and 2HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Saturn 2==
Haunter L44 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Shadow Ball 2HKOs Golbat and puts the rest in red. All 2HKO back (Toxicroak almost 1HKOs back)
Beats 2 ==Cyrus 3==
Haunter L46 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Sludge Bomb 2HKOs Houndoom. Houndoom 1HKOs back with Flamethrower.
Choice Specs Thunderbolt 1HKOs Gyarados, Crobat, abd Honchkrow. Crobat outspeeds and 2HKOs back
Beats 2 or 3 ==Volkner==
Haunter L48 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Sludge Bomb 2HKOs all. Jolteon outspeeds and 2HKOs back with unboosted Charge Beam. Raichu speedties and almost 2HKOs back, Luxray and Electivire almost 1HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Rival(League)==
Haunter L51 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Sludge Bomb 1HKOs Staraptor, Floatzel and Rapidash, 2HKOs Snorlax, Heracross and Torterra. Snorlax and Torterra 1HKOs back, Heracross almost 1HKOs back, Floatzel outspeeds and almost 1HKOs back
Beats 3 ==Aaron==
Haunter L51-52 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Sbomb 1HKOs Yanmega, 2HKOs Heracross. Hera 1HKOs back
Choice Specs Tbolt 2HKOs Scizor and Vespiquen, 3HKOs Drapion. Scizor 1HKOs back, Drapion outspeeds and almost 2HKOs back.
Beats 2 ==Bertha==
Haunter L52 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Shadow Ball 2HKOs all(Rhyperior is 3HKOed if Sandstorm is up). Golem and Gliscor 2HKOs back, the latter outspeeds, Hippowdon 1HKOs back, Rhyperior 3HKOs back with Megahorn
Choice Specs Giga Drain 1HKOs Rhyperior(doesn't 1HKO if Sandstorm ks up), Whiscash and Golem, 2HKOs Hippowdon
Beats 1 or 2. Could beat 3 with Giga Drain ==Flint==
Haunter L52 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Sbomb 2HKOs Houndoom and Flareon, 3HKOs Magmortar. All 1HKOs back, Rapidash and Infernape outspeeds.
Can take out Houndoom/Flareon/Magmortar with Destiny Bond, otherwise its bad ==Lucian==
Haunter L52 @ Choice Specs
Specs Shadow Ball 2HKOs Bronzong and Gallade. All 1HKOs back, Mr. Mime, Espeon and Zam outspeeds
Can take out Zong/Gallade with Destiny Bond, otherwise its bad ==Cynthia==
Haunter L52 @ Choice Specs
Choice Specs Tbolt 2HKOs Togekiss and Milotic. All 1HKOs back, Rade, Chomp and Lucario outspeeds
Bad unless you Dbond on Milotic(unreliable due to Mirror Coat)/Tomb/Toge
D Tier, with a chance of C Tier. Pre-Shadow Ball phase is... not great. There were cases where Night Shade doesn't even 2HKO stuff on route, which is pretty bad given how frail this mon is and Ghost/Poison typing doesn't give you enough resistances. It was pretty bad into Jupiter section, bc every Grunt just beats Gastly besides Stunky. It does get a huge powerspike when it reaches Level 33, but it flops in the late-game to the point it resorts to just using Destiny Bond into something there, especially in the last three fights.
==Maylene==
Tangrowth L33
Earthquake is close to 1HKOing Lucario. The rest are 1HKOed by SunnyBeam
You need Earthquake to sweep here. ==Rival(Pastoria)==
Tangrowth L34
Ancientpower 1HKOs Staravia and 2HKOs Ponyta. Ponyta 4HKOs back
Solarbeam 1HKOs Buizel and 3HKOs Grotle
Can sweep ==Wake==
Tangrowth L36
SunnyBeam 2HKOs Gyarados and 1HKOs the rest
Clean sweep ==Cyrus 1==
Tangrowth L37
Solarbeam puts Sneasel in red.
Choice Specs Specs Ancientpower 1HKOs Murkrow, 2HKOs Golbat, and puts Sneasel in red. Sneasel 3HKOs back, the rest almost 2HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Rival(Canalave)==
Tangrowth L37-38
Ancientpower 2HKOs Staraptor and Rapidash
Rose Incense Solarbeam 1HKOs Floatzel and 2HKOs Torterra
Beats 3 or 4 ==Byron==
Tangrowth L39
Earthquake 1HKOs Magneton and 2HKOs Bastiodon.
Rose Incense Solarbeam 2HKOs Magneton and is close to 2HKOing Bastiodon, super close to 1HKOing Steelix. Mag outspeeds and 2HKOs back(1HKOs after a Metal Sound)
Beats 2. Needs EQ to sweep ==Saturn 1==
Tangrowth L40 @ Rose Incense
Ancientpower 2HKOs Golbat. Golbat almost 2HKOs back
Rose Incense Solarbeam is close to 2HKOing Bronzor
Earthquake 2HKOs Toxicroak. Toxicroak outspeeds and 2HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Mars 2==
Tangrowth L40 @ Rose Incense
Ancientpower 2HKOs Golbat. Golbat outspeeds and almost 2HKOs back
Rose Incense Solarbeam 1HKOs Purugly and is close to 2HKOing Bronzor
Beats 1 ==Candice==
Tangrowth L43 @ Rose Incense
Rose Incense Solarbeam 1HKOs Sneasel and Piloswine, and puts Froslass in red.
Ancientpower 3HKOs Abomasnow. Abomasnow almost 2HKOs back with Focus Miss
Beats 2 or 3. A sweep seems possible with 1 healing, but you need luck ==Cyrus 2==
Tangrowth L44 @ Rose Incense
Rose Incense Solarbeam is close to 1HKOing Sneasel.
Ancientpower 2HKO Sneasel and 3HKOs the rest. Sneasel almost 2HKO back, the rest 2HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Saturn 2==
Tangrowth L44 @ Rose Incense
Ancientpower 2HKOs Golbat. Golbat almost 2HKOs back
Rose Incense Solarbeam is close to 2HKOing Bronzor
Earthquake 2HKOs Toxicroak. Toxicroak 2HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Cyrus 3==
Tangrowth L46 @ Rose Incense
Rose Incense Solarbeam 2HKOs Gyarados and Weavile. Gyarados almost 3HKOs back, Crobat comes in next and finishes you off, it also outspeeds you even with sun. Weavile outspeeds even with sun up, and 2HKOs back after a Fake Out
Ancientpower 2HKOs Honchkrow, 3HKOs Crobat. Both 2HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Volkner==
Tangrowth L48 @ Rose Incense / Earthquake
Rose Incense Solarbeam 2HKOs all. Jolteon cripples you with Twave.
Earth Plate Earthquake 1HKOs Jolteon(doesn't KO w/o EP) and Raichu, 2HKOs Luxray and puts Electivire in red. Raichu 2HKOs back
Beats 2 ==Rival(League)==
Tangrowth L51
Ancientpower 2HKOs Staraptor. Staraptor 3HKOs back
Solarbeam 1HKOs Floatzel, 2HKOs Torterra and Snorlax. Snorlax outspeeds after a para(even with sun) and almost 4HKOs back
Ep Eq 1HKOs Rapidash(doesn't 1HKO w/o Ep)
Beats 3 or 4 ==Aaron==
Tangrowth L51
Earthquake 3HKOs Drapion
Ancientpower 2HKOs Vespiquen. Yanmega 1HKOs back, Vespiquen and Drapion almost 2HKOs back
Beats 1 ==Bertha==
Tangrowth L52 @ Rose Incense / Choice Specs
Solarbeam 2HKOs Gliscor and 1HKOs the rest. Sun ends by the time Rhyperior comes in. Hippowdon comes in last, which you have to set sun again.
Choice Specs Giga Drain puts Hippowdon in red and is super close to 2HKOing Gliscor, the rest are 1HKOed. You're likely ran out of Giga Drain PP unless you reliably 2HKO Gliscor
At Level 54
Rose Incense Power Whip 2HKOs Gliscor(doesn't w/o RI), and 1HKOs the rest bar Hippowdon, who is close to 1HKOing
Beats 4. You need to dodge a Megahorn from Rhyperior to sweep with SunnyBeam. . Can sweep with Power Whip ==Flint==
Tangrowth L52 @ Earth Plate
After a Flare Blitz recoil, Earth Plate Earthquake KOs Rapidash and is close to KOing Infernape. They both 2HKO back(1HKO if sun is up), the rest outspeeds and 1HKOs back. Rapidash may go for Sunny Day T1, in which Earth Plate Earthquake alone only puts in in red. Houndoom doesn't go for Sunny Day.
Beats 1. Could beat more if you set-up SD on Rapidash as it went for Sunny Day, but that requires luck and it being faster during sun than Infernape. ==Lucian==
Tangrowth L52 @ Rose Incense
Rose Incense Solar Beam 3HKOs Gallade, has a roll to 2HKO Mime(it 3HKOs if its went for LS T1) and it is close to 3HKOing Espeon under LS. Espeon almost 1HKOs back, Gallade almost 3HKOs back, Zam still outspeeds in sun and 2HKOs back
At Level 54
Rose Insence Power Whip 2HKOs Mime and is close to 2HKOing Espeo under Reflect, and it 1HKOs Zam, 2HKOs Gallade
Beats 1. Needs 1 heal to beat 2 with Power Whip ==Cynthia==
Tangrowth L53 @ Rose Incense
Rose Incense Solarbeam 2HKOs Tomb, 3HKOs Garchomp. Tomb 2HKOs back, Chomp almost 1HKOs back, Milotic outspeeds and 1HKOs back
At Level 54
Rose Incense Power Whip 2HKOs Tomb
Beats 1 with Power Whip
D Tier, with a strong chance of C Tier. The D Tier nomination is for how annoying it is to catch Tangela. Sure its a 25% encounter, but its a Safari Zone mon, which it can flee, and has the lowest catch rate of 45. Just for comparison, Quagsire and Noctowl had 90, Bibarel had 127, then the rest (including Carnivine and Tropius) had around 200. Not to mention, it needs Chlorophyll, which only 50% of the Tangelas had. If you focus more onto how it fared into battle, then yes, its a C Tier mon.
