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- Pokemon Crystal Entei routing FAQ
- Q: What are you doing?
- A: I am preparing a route for a Pokemon Crystal glitchless speedrun that will likely save 2 minutes over the route used in the current world record.
- Q: How does the route save 2 minutes?
- A: Instead of using Totodile for the whole run, I'll be catching Entei after winning the Burned Tower rival battle. This is possible because we can RNG manipulate the Master Ball, Entei's location and Entei's stats. Entei saves about 16 turns (~80 seconds) in battles throughout the run because it has a huge level advantage at the start. It also has a shorter cry, spends less time gaining experience/levels, and needs fewer shopping items.
- Route notes: https://pastebin.com/jMNb9L9k
- Toto vs. Entei breakdown: https://pastebin.com/w1HVcuPs
- Q: Doesn't Entei have a terrible movepool?
- A: Yes, but its high base stats and level advantage are enough to overcome this.
- Q: How do the manipulations work?
- A: Master Ball manipulation is described here: http://forums.pokemonspeedruns.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=659
- Entei manipulation is less straightforward. The community has a limited understanding of the way the RNG works when manipulating its location and stats. Fellow runner Underscore_PoY has shown that it's possible on the emulator BGB, but we've been unable to create manipulations for console or GambatteSpeedrun, the only emulator allowed for runs. Entei won't be competitive until that happens, but I'm confident enough that it will happen eventually.
- Underscore's run can be found here: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/133217327
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