Pokemon Alpha Sapphire DexNav Speedruns FAQ

Pokemon Alpha Sapphire Dex Nav Any% FAQ

Q: What do you play this game on?
A: I play on a Nintendo 3DS with a capture board installed.

Q: What are you trying to do?
A: Beat Pokemon Alpha Sapphire as fast as possible using a DexNav'd Pokemon.

Q: Are there any glitches used in this category?
A: There are no glitches used in the run.

Q: What Pokemon will you be DexNaving?
A: A level 18 Tailow with the ability Guts after we beat Roxanne

Q: Why Tailow specifically?
A: Status Ailment + Facade + Guts + Stab bonus 1 shots a ton of Pokemon that would normally be threats in this game. There are other candidates I would like to explore for speedrunning purposes, but for now Tailow is looking to be the best.

Q: Will you be using the legendary Pokemon you get throughout this run.
A: Only for the fights Tailow/Swellow cannot handle. Examples being Tate and Liza for Latias and as soon as I catch Kyogre he will be used to beat the game.

Q: What other Pokémon do you use for the run?
A: I use Mudkip, Latias, and Kyogre as my main battlers. We later get a free Castform as well from the weather institute.

Q: Why are you using Alpha Sapphire instead of Omega Ruby?
A: Team Aqua has Grimer, Muk, Carvanha, and Sharpedo instead of Koffing, Weezing, Numel, and Camerupt like Team Magma. Since Team Magma's Pokemon has higher base defense compared to Team Aqua's, it would be much harder to clear the game using Omega Ruby. Plus Groudon is slower than Kyogre anyways.

Q: Is the delta episode in the run?
A: No, the game is finished after the rival battle during the credits.

Q: Is there a category with delta episode in the run?
A: While not on the official leaderboards, there is a "full game" run and an "all Mega-Stones" run that both do delta episode!

Q: Does gender affect anything like in Gen 2?
A: Picking May instead of Brendan makes the 2nd rival fight a lot easier. The Grovyle has a lower sp def due to its nature, if you pick the boy it has higher sp def.

Q: Is there any strategies involving Time and Date like in Pokemon X?
A: None