Pokemon Colosseum FAQ

Q: What Pokemon do you use?
A: Espeon and Quilava. This game is entirely double battle oriented so I need to use two pokemon and those two are simply the best ones available

Q: Why are they the best?
A: I start off with Espeon and Umbreon and Espeon just ends up working out the better of the two thanks to its high special attack and speed stats. Umbreon is simply too weak to be effective. I get a choice to snag a Shadow Quilava, Bayleef, or Croconaw and Quilava is the best of the three thanks to, again, its high special attack and speed. Bayleef is a grass type, which sucks in speedruns, while Croconaw is stuck with Water Gun for STAB unless you get Surf, which is slow (and also bad because its power is halved in double battles in gen 3).

Q: Why are you rerolling test teams over and over?
A: Rng manipulation for Espeon! I use an rng manip program to identify which rng seed I'm on based on the sequence of teams I get and the names on the team. Afterwards, I can advance the rng to the seed that has a runnable Espeon by rerolling teams a certain amount of times, depending on what seed I'm on. Sometimes, I would need to do 200+ rerolls which would be very slow, however I can speed that up by going into a double battle with Moltres and Charizard. Both of those pokemon have particle effects on their flames which rapidly advances rng so I can quickly get to the seed that I want.

I rng manip Espeon to always have 30 special attack, 27+ speed, 20+ defense, and either a Rash or a Modest nature.

Q: Do you rng manip Quilava?
A: Nope! There is (currently) no way to manip Quilava. As such, a large portion of this run's difficulty is needing to adapt to what stats and nature Quilava ends up getting.

Quilava's nature is the most important part of its stats. Its effect on stats is self-explanatory but a more important aspect is how it affects purification. Purification can be gained by walking 256 steps, sending it out into battle, and calling it when it's in Hyper Mode. The nature Quilava gets affects how much its get purified by each of these actions. Purification is important because at a certain amount of purification, Quilava will start gaining exp and gain access to Flame Wheel. As such, whatever nature Quilava gets massively affects the run.

For reference, the best and worst natures are listed below:
S: Brave, Sassy
A: Naughty, Hasty, Quirky, Hardy, Bold
B: Naive, Lax
C: Docile, Serious, Lonely, Rash, Mild
D: Quiet, Relaxed, Modest, Timid, Calm, Bashful, Gentle
F: Adamant, Impish, Careful, Jolly


Q: Why are you using a Full Heal on an unstatused Espeon?
A: You normally can't use an X Special and attack on the same turn but there's a glitch where if you use a healing item on a pokemon and it does nothing (for instance, using a hyper potion on a pokemon with full hp) and then use an X item, it applies the X item to the pokemon you used the ineffective healing item on.

Q: Why are you switching the position of the Great Ball?
A: There's a glitch in the game where if you use a Poke Ball on one pokemon's turns and then switch the position of balls in another pokemon's turn, the Great Ball will be used but it will still stay in the bag the next turn, essentially giving me infinite Great Balls.

Q: What is Hyper Mode?
A: Hyper Mode is a mode exclusive to Shadow Pokemon. Every time a Shadow Pokemon uses a Shadow Move (Quilava using Shadow Rush, for example) there is a chance for the pokemon to enter Hyper Mode. The chance varies depending on how purified it is and its nature. Hyper Mode has numerous benefits but the most relevant to this speedrun is that it gives Quilava's Shadow Rush a 90% critical hit rate. I can also call Quilava out of Hyper Mode which purifies it a little.

Hyper Mode is a little risky as going into Hyper Mode does take up an entire turn (you can't attack and go into Hyper Mode at the same time) and when you go into Hyper Mode is entirely random and losing a turn can be really bad on a couple of fights (Rogue Cail in particular). It's also risky because pokemon in Hyper Mode can't be healed without a center or a free heal. If safe, I can try to "farm" Hyper Mode by calling Espeon (which does nothing) which gives Quilava more opportunities to hit the opponent with Shadow Rush.

Q: Why are you running around in circles?
A: Shadow Pokemon don't get exp until a certain amount of purification and takes steps contributes to purification. So taking extra steps can allow me to get exp earlier and make some of the fights better.

Q: Do you catch anything else?
A: I also catch a Shadow Meditite to gets its Twisted Spoon, which boosts Psychic attacks by 10%. I also get a Plusle for free which can be useful in some fights.

Q: What is the hardest fight?
A: The hardest fights are the fights with the most variance to them. The Shadow Pokemon have random IVs and Natures and some fights have random leads, both of which can seriously change up the strats you do depending on what happens. Cail and Ferma are pretty bad since their Shadow Furret and Mantine respectively have random stats. By far the worst fight, however, is the final fight against Evice, as he has the most variance by far.