2nd Gen I want some tips for faster playthrough in crystal and silver.

[FakeNate0]

I'm planning on farming for 12 master balls for 4 Raikou 4 entei and 4 suicune in crystal. This means 16 separate playthroughs. How do I optimize for this?

 

[giradialkia]

You never said you're against a good old glitch/exploit:

How do you do the cloning glitch in Pokémon Crystal? - PokéBase Pokémon Answers

pokemondb.net

This has to be more viable than 16 playthroughs.

 

[FakeNate0]

This could be a viable option, thank you. Do the cloned master balls get flagged through Pokemon bank and or home? I need to know before I start cloning the master balls. If so, I can reduce this to 5 separate playthroughs. Cloned legendary beasts do get deleted though, so I can't just clone the beasts to get a set 12 in home. Pokemon caught in cloned poke balls (master balls) in separate save files, aren't clear if they can transfer up without issue.

 

[giradialkia]

Nah, you'd be fine. If you cloned the Pokémon, they'd be flagged, but items are different. I'm relatively certain the ball data for a Pokemon isn't tracked in any rendition of Gen 2, so it might as well be any old Pokéball.