Pokémon Conquest - THH% Early Theorycrafting

** I'll do any% again for 1 5 5 when my cap board arrives. It's been already a month... sadly.


The first step on routing this is determining if we are going to follow the Any% route straight foward, Any% modified to help things later or Any% Passwordless (for later usage of Lapras). I think the best approach here is using Any% with only few minor changes (like letting Starly evolve, maybe giving an extra Lapras to another warrior).



For the post-game we have a lot more to choose from and I am not certain about what is faster.

1. Obtaining good Pokémon on a lot of warriors from a long mission, solo everything with Guardian Charm.
- This seems like the obvious choice for me as it was the way I handled post-game casually, but I am almost certain it is not the fastest way to do it, although being the one that makes for more fun. This is mostly because this method wastes a lot of time on enemy turns and also would waste an hour or two to set up the required Pokémon.

2. Getting Guardian Charms, going straight foward without setup.
- I might need to test how this would develop, but it still has the problem of excessive amounts of enemy turns.

3. Make full use of Warriors, always teaming up, rarely doing Guardian Charm strats.
- This might be the fastest choice, although the most work-heavy to route, since every new episode is basically another any% run to route. Might consider giving Password Pokémon to some key Warlords, mainly the secondary ones (wich are more frequent in the post-game) and only full-evolved Password Pokémon - the setup would be minor and probably wouldn't waste more than 15 minutes with 3 fights maximum. Also might consider getting Reshiram, although his Warlord is of little usage outside his episode. Eevee might be another option if we get lots of stones with the merchant.



Another thing that will need deciding is the order of the chapters, most notably for the last 2 options since they will rely on training on the fly - as you do more episodes, you get more evolutions and things get easier. I think that doing the bigger episodes first is the best approach - they are more time consuming, yes, but they are easier than the small episodes and are the ones most suitable for evolving without having to grind.