Pokemon Sun Litten Speedruns FAQ

Pokémon Sun Litten Speedruns 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 accomplish?
A: Beat Pokemon Sun with Litten as fast as possible.

Q: What are the differences between Sun and Moon?
A: Sun has some slower/trollier fights than Moon. Lunala and Solgaleo seem close, with Solgaleo being safer and faster.

Q: Why are you running Sun over Moon?
A: Grass trial has Parasect and Solgaleo does better in combination with Incineroar. Particularly the final fight against Kukui is not so great with Lunala or Inceroar, where as Solgaleo demolishes everything.

Q: Where does Litten struggle the most?
A: Totem Wishiwashi, Hapu, and Totem Kommo-o. Everything else is relatively simple and smooth.

Q: Does picking Litten over the typical Popplio cause anything to be different?
A: Hau has a Vaporeon and the Rowlet evolutionary line instead of Leafeon and the Litten evolutionary line. Gladeon also gets the Water type Silvally instead of the Grass type one he gets in the Popplio route. And last but not least, Kukui will have a Primerina instead of an Incineroar.

Q: Is choosing the boy faster than the girl?
A: Yes. You save 4 seconds by not getting the Makeup Case.

Q: Why do you choose the girl for the run?
A: I like her hat and hair.

Q: Why do you set your 3DS date to November 19th and the clock to 8:00 AM?
A: So the game is either daytime or nighttime depending on version, dialogue is skipped, and there is no Hail.

Q: Why do you keep resetting the game?
A: I need at least 12 Special Attack and at least 19- IV negative/2- IV neutral Speed

Q: Why do you catch certain Pokémon?
A: Litten is used as your main battler, Pikipek is used for a double battle, Lunala/Solgaleo are used for the final section of the game.

Q: Is Litten the fastest starter?
A: Yes, he has the most base speed out of all the starters. :^)

Q: Is this route a world record contendor?
A: Probably not, but I find Litten a lot more interesting and fun compared to the Popplio route.

Q: Why are you feeding/petting Litten?
A: By getting Popplio to affection level 2, we gain 1.2x more experience. We also earn a Rare Candy for feeding it 5 beans.

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.