Very serious speedrunning category. Rules: - Timing starts when you talk to Sabrina the first time - Timing ends when the 100th "defeated Sabrina" text box appears - Glitches are not allowed - Instant text is not allowed -------------------- RHYDON ROUTE rhydon + snorlax route rhydon (L58; DVs 15/15/15/15/7) stomp 32 pp body slam 21 pp take down ??? (just use for dying) makes it through 53 battles without max ethers makes it through 77 battles with 3 max ethers (L79/80)) makes it through 100 battles with 4 max ethers and 2 elixers ~10 seconds lost to dying snorlax (L100) body slam 15 pp headbutt 15 pp rage 15 pp take down ?? (just use for dying) makes it through 11 battles ~10 seconds lost to dying snorlax (L100) body slam 15 pp headbutt 15 pp rage 15 pp makes it through 11 battles tauros loses ~0.35s per battle over snorlax to crits TAUROS: ~70.0 seconds saved in level lag ~18.5 seconds lost to crit text ~10.6 seconds lost to level-up text ~36 seconds lost to pp restoring items -------------------- SNORLAX ROUTE Prerequisites: - 15 dv attack - level 90 - 30-51 HP - moveset: rage/body slam/headbutt/FILLER (take down?) PP route: - battles 1-32: rage x4 - battles 33-34: body slam x4 - battle 35: body slam, max elixer, body slam x3 - battle 36-67: rage x4 - battle 68: body slam, max elixer, body slam x3 - battle 69-100: rage x4 0.47 difference between L41 and L100 0.045 difference between L90 and L100 0.18 saved per battle at L90 1.08 saved before level-up -0.5 lost to level-up 0.040 difference between L91 and L100 0.16 saved per battle at L91 0.96 saved before level-up -0.5 lost to level-up 30713 5093*6 body slam: 10 chars, 32-frame animation = 42 headbutt: 3 chars, 39-frame animation = 42 ----- kadabra 30 0 180 290 125 mr. mime 104 104 105 175 -------------------- TO SET UP SAVE STATE: 5 pp ups - cycling road - celadon - game corner - power plant - route 13 2 max elixers (into slot 1) - cycling road - power plant rage TM duplicate candies SAVE STATE candy to level 89 SAVE STATE teach rage + get moves in correct order edit DVs and stat exp in HxD candy to level 90 get into red bar turn animations on edit FAQ 104fb 1039c and next one -------------------- The route (OBSOLETE): - Give your character a 1-character name - Get a Level 100 Nidoking (1-character name) with Thrash, Poison Sting, Body Slam and Seismic Toss - Move order: Seismic Toss, Thrash, Poison Sting, Body Slam - Use 3 PP Ups on Thrash - Use 2 PP Ups on Seismic Toss - Get 2 Max Elixers, and put them in slot 1 - Get Nidoking into high red bar (39+ HP) - Turn animations OFF and battle style to SET - Battle Sabrina 100 times. With each win, clear the "money won" text box with B, then buffer A after the fight to initiate a rematch - PP route: > Battles 1-23: Seismic Toss Kadabra, Thrash x3 > Battles 24-32: Poison Sting Kadabra, Thrash x3 > Battles 33-34: Seismic Toss x2, Body Slam x2 > Battle 35: Seismic Toss Kadabra, MAX ELIXER on Mr. Mime, Thrash x3 > Battles 36-58: Seismic Toss Kadabra, Thrash x3 > Battles 59-66: Poison Sting Kadabra, Thrash x3 > Battles 67-68: Seismic Toss x2, Body Slam x2 > Battle 69: Seismic Toss Kadabra, MAX ELIXER on Mr. Mime, Thrash x3 > Battles 70-97: Seismic Toss Kadabra, Thrash x3 > Battles 98-100: Poison Sting Kadabra, Thrash x3 - Mr. Mime does 17-20 with Confusion - Odds of not Gen 1 missing: 21% Alternate route possibilities: - Jigglypuff (more PP items, but less sprite decompression lag) - YOLO (one fewer PP item, and go for tons of 4-turn Thrashes. Not recommended) - Allowing trading to Gen 2 to delete Poison Sting? Would only save a few inputs Routing: - Good moves: > Rage > Thrash > Poison Sting > Thundershock > Ember > Bite > Seismic Toss > Stomp > Bubblebeam > Aurora Beam > Night Shade > Thunderbolt > Thunderpunch > Ice Punch > Body Slam - Only 5 PP Ups available glitchless?