Pokemon Sapphire +Speed Route

Pokemon Sapphire +Speed Route
27 Jun 2015

Sapphire Compendium (trainer stats, moves, experience, money): https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1n7rmyMGOR9ishlC8LuXxKtSgnwNxOUY2XScyPvFnGqo/edit#gid=0

Mountebank's list of Mudkips: https://www.dropbox.com/s/b6dib2g4x1rjwza/sapphire_mudkips.txt

Exarion's Sapphire speedrunning guide (from which some sections of this route are taken in part or in whole): http://pastebin.com/6MA6Zy7e

GENERAL NOTES
- This route is written for the 29+IV+ speed Mudkip. I consider this the minimum requisite speed because it requires only 12 extra speed EVs to outspeed Archie 2's Crobat (at +1), which is easily obtained by fighting one wild speed encounter (Zigzagoon, Taillow, Wingull, Skitty, Zubat, Electrike), Timmy, and obtaining route 114 Carbos. Note that with each IV point lower than 29IV, an additional 4 EVs are required (likewise, 30IV+ and 31IV+ require only 8EV and 4EV respectively).
- Neutral-natured attack introduces ranges not normally present on the oft-preferred +attack Mudkip. Fighting Timmy is one way to slightly mitigate this, at least in the early game, by gaining an extra level on a few early fights.
- Whether to use Hasty or Naive is close to call, but the former is recommended (and this route assumes it). This is because while -defense is worse in the early game, late desert candy (= L30 for Norman's first Slaking) allows you to live Facade x2 on most Hasty Mudkips anyway, and -spdef is worse on fights like May 2 and TnL (where it's highly beneficial to be able to survive a Solarbeam). Incidentally, Timmy provides nearly all the experience required to use this strat (a more complete discussion of desert candy strats, albeit in the context of the HP Fighting kips, can be found here: http://pastebin.com/pND1q0pP)
- Following the above, fighting Timmy, considered heretofore an optional trainer, is something of a necessity.

Below are some Mudkips which could utilize such strats*:

MARATHON/RACE-ONLY
  405 | Naive   14/26/19/25/22/29
 1330 | Hasty   4/24/22/31/18/29
 1958 | Hasty   30/22/30/27/26/29
 2084 | Hasty   15/26/6/29/30/31
 2556 | Hasty   27/27/22/19/11/31
 2692 | Naive   8/31/8/31/30/29
 6064 | Hasty   12/21/21/30/1/29
 6412 | Hasty   31/25/10/20/24/29
 6909 | Naive   0/31/22/30/10/31
 7684 | Naive   20/28/23/20/13/31
 8421 | Naive   11/28/2/24/9/30
 8589 | Naive   25/25/12/22/30/31

SINGLE-SEGMENT
10606 | Hasty   7/20/23/21/15/31
13291 | Hasty   25/23/25/28/5/29
13369 | Hasty   12/29/21/20/0/29
14528 | Hasty   13/30/25/29/16/29
15210 | Naive   0/28/20/22/28/31
15490 | Naive   26/23/4/30/30/29
15667 | Naive   13/30/19/30/3/31
15728 | Hasty   8/31/16/27/14/30

* These notes assume that you are familiar with calibrating your own timing for the desired Mudkip. In general, the time from soft reset that it takes to reach a given Mudkip follows the form T = (F + 500)/60, where T is the time in seconds and F is the frame index associated with the Mudkip. This may require further calibration to perfect (generally +/- 1s).

* These Mudkips were selected using a Python program I wrote that found Mudkips only with certain stat benchmarks. Specifically, in addition to having 20+IV attack and 29+IV speed, I also sorted for kips with 17+IV spatk, the minimum to guarantee the OHKO on Roxanne's Geodude.

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NEW GAME
- Select "New Game"
- Choose the boy
- Give yourself any 1-character name

LITTLEROOT TOWN
- Withdraw the Potion from the PC, then set the clock to the default time
- After the TV cutscene, walk right to May's house. Walk upstairs, then talk to May, then walk out
- Walk up to Route 101

ROUTE 101
- Choose Mudkip, selecting "YES" at the calibrated time from your soft reset.
- Check Mudkip's nature and stats. Proceed only if you have achieved your target, else reset.
- Poochyena: Tackle spam

ROUTE 101/OLDALE TOWN
- Catch a Zigzagoon if you encounter one, but run from Poochyena
- Run left to route 102

ROUTE 102
- Use Potion (if <17HP)
- Talk to the first trainer you see
- Youngster Calvin: Tackle spam
- Run through the grass to dodge the remaining trainers
- Catch a Zigzagoon if you encounter one

PETALBURG CITY
- Run to the mart
- Shopping: Buy 1 Potion, 3 Repels, 1 X Speed and 3 X Attacks
- Run to the gym, and mash through/watch the long cutscene
- When the cutscene ends, run west to Route 104

ROUTE 104
- Run through the first patch of grass
- Catch a Zigzagoon or a Taillow/Wingull if you encounter one
- If you healed before Calvin, get beach Potion
- Get the 2 Oran Berries
- Run to one tile below the path, and stop one tile before the grass. Use a Repel, heal to full, and equip an Oran Berry
- Run through the grass, and behind the trainer, to enter Petalburg Woods

PETALBURG WOODS
- Dodge Bug Catcher Lyle
- Aqua Grunt: Tackle spam and pray
- Dodge Bug Catcher James

ROUTE 104
- Get the Oran Berries to the left
- Dodge Lady Cindy
- Get the Leppa Berries before entering Rustboro

RUSTBORO CITY
- Enter the gym, healing before Geodude and equipping an Oran (make SURE you save an Oran Berry for Roxanne)
- Youngster 1: Mud-Slap x6, (learn Water Gun), Water Gun x2, healing as necessary
- Youngster 2: Water Gun
- Heal to full and equip an Oran Berry
- Roxanne: Water Gun spam
	> If Nosepass has lowered your Speed and is faster on the turn that you can kill it, sacrifice a slave to undo the Speed drop. If no slaves, consider Mud Slapping first turn.

RUSTBORO CITY
- Run left to activate the cutscene, then up and right to Route 116

ROUTE 116
- NOTE: Not including Hiker Clark and Rustturf Grunt, you require 333 exp MINIMUM before leaving Granite Cave, so keep track as you go. You also require 1 wild speed EV before Brawly (as Route 110 second pass is the last place you can acquire it). Any "yolo" grass (i.e. grass you don't repel through) is meant towards those ends.
- Take the bottom path, yoloing the grass up to the rotating Bug Catcher. If you encounter a Zigzagoon or Taillow and don't have one, catch it (Tackle once); otherwise, WG any encounters for the KO.
- Run into Lass Janice from the left (manipulating her to look down), the walk up one tile and pause. Use a Repel and remove Oran Berry if necessary, then walk past her before running up to Hiker Clark (this is 100% consistent menu manipulation).
- Hiker Clark: WG spam
- Run up to the mouth of the cave, talking to Mr. Briney and running inside

RUSTTURF TUNNEL
- Aqua Grunt: WG x2 (usually will OHKO in Torrent)
- After Mr. Briney retrieves Peeko, exit the tunnel

ROUTE 116
- Run left, then down one row of tiles below Clark, then left up to Janice, walking behind her. If she spins, fight her for 123 exp (Tackle x3-4, depending on Defense Curl)
- Dodge the rotato, then yolo the grass before talking to the Devon guy

RUSTBORO CITY
- Mash through the long cutscene to obtain the Letter and the PokeNav. Exit the Devon building and run southward out of Rustboro and through Petalburg Woods to Mr. Briney's house.
- Talk to Mr. Briney inside his humble abode to go to Dewford Town

DEWFORD TOWN/GRANITE CAVE
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