Pokemon Emerald All Gold Symbols FAQ

Q: What are you trying to do?
A: I am trying to earn every Gold Symbol from the Battle Frontier in one sitting from a fresh file without using any glitches. This means that I will go through the game as if I was playing a regular Any% Glitchless Emerald speedrun (while getting some extra resources to prepare for the Battle Frontier, such as vitamins and a Lum Berry).

Q: What is the Battle Frontier? What are the Gold Symbols?
The Battle Frontier is a special post-Pokémon League area in Pokémon Emerald that features several facilities where powerful you can battle powerful trainers. Each facility has a unique set of rules and a boss trainer called a Frontier Brain. You must defeat the Frontier Brain once to win the Silver Symbol and twice to win Gold. The Silver battle happens after you win 2-5 consecutive rounds, depending on the facility, and the Gold battle happens after 6-10 rounds. A round consists of seven 3v3 battles (Factory/Tower/Arena/Palace), four 2v2 battles (Dome), or seven rooms with battles and other obstacles such as wild Pokemon (Pyramid/Pike). If you lose or tie a battle, you must restart from the first round of the facility.

Q: Why are glitches not allowed?
A: If I were to use glitches this run would be very dull; I’d just an OP egg Pokémon with a one shot move that would just net me a win in every fight no matter what. That is not interesting for obvious reasons.

Q: What is the world record?
A: 17:04:45 by ExarionU.

Q: What is your goal for this?
A: I want to beat Exarion’s run. If I can’t do so due to all the luck involved in the run and its hundreds of fights, I will try to get every gold symbol in one sitting.

Q: What will your team be?
A:
POKEMON		HELD ITEM		MOVESET												NOTES
Latios 		Lum Berry		Psychic/Thunderbolt/Dragon Claw/Calm Mind			Calm Mind is deleted for Palace
Metagross	Choice Band		Meteor Mash/Earthquake/Shadow Ball/Explosion 		Brick Break over Explosion for Pyramid
																				Shadow Ball and Explosion are deleted for Palace
Swampert 	Leftovers		Surf/Earthquake/Ice Beam/Protect	 				Rock Slide over Protect for Arena and Palace
Q: What about their stats?
A: All three Pokemon are RNG manipulated for high IVs and the ideal nature. They are also EV trained optimally by fighting specific wild Pokemon and trainers. This is time-consuming but worthwhile in the end, as suboptimal stats can lead to Frontier deaths that cost hours.

The EV spreads are offensive. Speed isn't maxed because it's more efficient to aim for certain Speed thresholds (e.g., 81 beats base 60s with 0 EVs such as Lapras), then put the rest of the EVs into HP and defenses.

POKEMON		NATURE		IV SPREAD 				EV SPREAD				L50 STATS
Latios		Modest		29/21/15/31/23/29		20/0/4/252/4/228		157/94/93/200/127/158
Metagross	Adamant		27/25/29/11/28/31 		44/252/0/0/0/212		159/202/149/94/109/117
Swampert	Brave		17/31/31/25/22/23		100/132/28/140/0/108	181/161/114/120/106/81

Q: How do the facilities work?
A: Exarion has written FAQs for each of the facilities, which are listed below.
Battle Factory FAQ: https://pastebin.com/zKjeJSMt
Battle Pyramid FAQ: https://pastebin.com/scidhJzc
Battle Tower FAQ: https://pastebin.com/zXP0GBtM
Battle Pike FAQ: https://pastebin.com/y8qSiijt
Battle Dome FAQ: https://pastebin.com/ratuPc5j
Battle Arena FAQ: https://pastebin.com/cZjgrGQ7
Battle Palace FAQ: https://pastebin.com/9Fjnz2r5

(Thanks Exarion for some of these answers)