Pokemon Platinum Baton Pass FAQ Q: What is Baton Pass? A: Baton Pass speedruns are runs where you change the Pokemon used for every major battle. Q: What are the exact rules? A: Each major battle (Gym Leader, E4 member, Champion) needs to be defeated with a different Pokemon. A Pokémon which takes part in a major battle (that is, the Pokémon is sent out in the fight) can not be used to battle in a future major battle (that is, the Pokémon can not use an attack.) A Pokémon which has been used in a major battle can be sent out in a future major battle provided that it does not attack. (for example, to use a Revive on the Pokemon you are using for that battle.) A different Pokemon is defined as a Pokemon that is of a different species, and not evolved directly from a Pokemon used prior (for example, you can not use a Chimchar for one Gym Leader, and then evolve it to Monferno and use it again.) There are no restrictions for non-major battles. Q: What Pokemon will you use for each major fight? A: There are a few fights which might be done different in the future, but the current route is as follows: Roark: Machop Gardenia: Monferno Fantina: Bibarel Maylene: Rotom Wake: Tropius Byron: Gastrodon Candice: Medicham / Bronzong / Probopass / Magneton Volkner: Quagsire / Jolteon Aaron: Jolteon / Magneton Bertha: Pelipper Flint: Floatzel Lucian: Giratina Cynthia: Tentacruel - For reference, I am doing this run Manipless. This is partly because I've prepared this route for races, but also because I think this category is best done manipless. Using manips would obviously be faster, and change the route quite a bit, however there are quite a few Pokes that would be better to get without manips, just to save the time from saving and restarting the game, given some of the Pokemon are only used for a handful of fights, gambling on the stats would be a better strat on average. Q: Are there glitches in this run? A: No, this speedrun is glitchless. - Q: What are you playing on, it is emulator? A: No, I'm playing on a 3DS with a capture board installed allowing me to record game footage Q: So what are the really hard fights in this run? A: There are quite a few fights that are really tricky depending on your stats. Maylene, Candice, Aaron and Cynthia stand out as really tough ones, or at the very least ones where you need a lot of setup and therefore dying is really bad. Q: Do you catch anything that isn't used in fights? A: Only the Togepi Egg, which is hatched as it has a 50/50 chance to have Hustle, which can make high level Pokemon (like Gastrodon) easier to find. Q: Why do you play as the girl? A: See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9pD4oLiFyo Q: What is WR? A: https://www.speedrun.com/pkmnplatext#Baton_Pass Q: What is your goal time? A: It was sub 5, so now any future improvement is icing on top. Q: What is with those split icons? What does A and B mean? A: This is a grading system for all of my splits. I'm sure you are familiar with grades, A+ being the best then going down from there. So the idea is, if the split has an A+ next to it, my time there was really good and would be very difficult to beat. If it's a C though for example, it was quite poor, and I should be able to save time there pretty easily. This way, everyone watching has more accurate information on where I can save time, and where I should be making up time. Also that all time loss is not equal, as losing time vs an A+ split isn't really that bad, whereas losing time vs a C split is really bad. It'll probably take a while for a lot of people watching to pick up the meaning so I will appreciate everyone who explains how this works (correctly) in chat to new people.