Heart Gold Baton Pass FAQ

Pokemon Heart Gold Baton Pass FAQ

Q: What are you playing on, it is emulator?
A: No, I play on a new2DSXL using software purchased from https://www.merki.net

Q: What is Baton Pass?
A: Baton Pass speedruns are runs where you change the Pokemon used for every major battle.

Q: What are the exact rules?
A: Each major battle (Gym Leader, E4 member, Champion) needs to be defeated with a different Pokemon. A Pokémon which takes part in a major battle (that is, the Pokémon is sent out in the fight) can not be used to battle in a future major battle (that is, the Pokémon can not use an attack.)
This means at least 22 different Pokemon must be used in this run.

There are no restrictions for non-major battles.

Q: What Pokemon will you use for each major fight?
A: There are a few fights which might be done different in the future, but the current route is as follows:

Falkner: Cyndaquil
Bugsy: Kenya
Whitney: Kenya
Morty: Raticate
Chuck: Electrode
Jasmine: Quagsire
Pryce: Golduck
Clair: Tentacruel
Will: Noctowl
Koga: Golbat
Bruno: Donphan
Karen: Miltank
Lance: Ditto (Plus support if poor Ditto - either Intimidate from Growlith/Stantler, or Static Mareep/Flaaffy)
Brock: Tangela / Tangrowth
Misty: Starmie
Surge: Graveler
Erika: Rapidash
Janine: Bronzong or Kingler (Ill use Bronzong)
Sabrina: Snorlax
Blaine: Lanturn
Blue: Gyarados
Red: Mewtwo

Q: Are there glitches in this run?
A: No, this speedrun is glitchless.

Q: Why Heart Gold over Soul Silver?
A: There are exclusive Pokemons between the 2, and the most relevant one is Donphan is in HG, which is excellent for Bruno.

Q: Why not use Ho-Oh, or Raikou?
A: Given this is manipless, there is only 1 Master Ball. And that is reserved for Mewtwo to beat Red. Catching legendaries without the Master Ball is super bad, especially the roamers. While they might save 1-2 minutes in doing a fight faster, if on average they take 10 minutes to obtain and you have to spend a huge amount of money to buy balls to catch them as well, it is just not worth it.

Generally im pretty responsive in chat when you have a question so dont be afraid to ask but this FAQ helps answer questions in a bit more detail then I would

Credit also to werster for his FAQ - https://pastebin.com/HTNib5m9