Pokemon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon Any% FAQ

Pokémon Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon Any% F.A.Q.

Q: What are you trying to accomplish?
A: I am trying to become the Elite Four Champion as fast as possible.

Q: What does "Any%" mean?
A: "Any%" is the name of the category I am running.  The goal is to complete the game as fast as possible.  Note that while Any% categories typically allow glitches, there are no known glitches that save time in the run.

Q: What is the Best Time (BT) in this category?
A: 6:18:11 in real time by wartab, on n3DS

Q: What is your current Personal Best (PB)?
A: 6:27:44 in real time, on o3DS.

Q: What is your goal?
A: Sub-6:20

Q: Why are you specifying o3DS and n3DS?
A: o3DS has slower load times and more lag than n3DS, so they are considered separate categories.  There is no consistent way to compare the time differences, unfortunately.

Q: How are you streaming/recording your runs?
A: I use the following programs:
	> Twitch streaming: OBS Studio
	> Game-only capture: 3ds_capture
	> Timer: LiveSplit
   I use the following hardware:
	> Console: o3DS w/ capture card installed

Q: Why Ultra Moon over Ultra Sun?
A: The Normal Trial favours Hawlucha more (Rattata/Raticate vs Yungoos/Gumshoos), all fights against Poipole use an X Special Defense instead of an X Defense, and the Fairy Trial gives better fights (Water/Dark vs Grass/Electric).

Q: Why don't you choose the boy for the run?
A: The girl loses 3-4 seconds on account of receiving the Makeup Bag, but the boy sucks.

Q: Why do you set your clock to 6:00 AM?
A: I honestly have no idea.

Q: Why aren't you nicknaming things one-character besides yourself?  Don't you normally name things?
A: We're forced to name ourselves, so I pick ! since it's the fastest character to select.  Text in Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon is very fast, so nicknames aren't necessary.

Q: Why do you keep resetting the game?
A: I don't know.  I shouldn't be at this point in time.  Maybe I died?

Q: Why do you catch [insert Pokémon here]?
A: Here is a basic rundown of the entire team:
    > Popplio: Baby-Doll Eyes
    > Zorua: Illusion/Toxic stalling
	> Spearow: Caught only to trade
	> Hawlucha: Main
	> Poipole: Used for Totem Ribombee

Q: What is a "spinner"?
A: A spinner is a trainer that randomly looks in each direction.  These spinning trainers cost precious time on account of extra time battling.

Q: What are the hardest fights in this run?
A: Teacher Emily is crazy dumb because she has the super-effective starter.  Totem Togedemaru can potentially troll with Spiky Shield.  Totem Mimikyu is THE hardest fight in the run, requiring a ludicrous amount of cheese to win.  Ultra Necrozma is either really easy or really hard; it depends on how lucky I get.  Kahili, Molayne and Hau can ruin everything with one critical.

Q: Is this really the fastest way to beat the game?
A: I don't know.  This is far from optimized, but this is the best I have come up with thus far.