5/27/2023 0 Comments Ruby sapphire![]() ![]() Segment 7 - Probably could have scored an extra crit on the pooch but let's just say I left room for improvement. Segment 6 - No encounter is needed pre-Wally, but after the Wally catch your item menu is preset to Pokeball, saving a tiny bit of time when caching the Zigzagoon. Segment 5 - Zigzagoon goes down to double crit. Segment 4 - A crit is needed on Treeko for 2HKO, save before Calvin. Looking back I should have merged segments 3 and 4 but oh well. Segment 3 - Avoid wild Pokemon and save before May. ![]() This segment took a while because I thought I needed a female Mudkip for Flannery, but I didn't end up using bide on her Torkoal anyway. Segment 2 - Selected a Mudkip which turned out to have really shit IVs, named Mudkip "A" for same reason. Segment 1 - Change settings, name character "A" for shorter text, withdraw potion, save before choosing Pokemon. Ultimate Darius, for being the greatest asset a speed runner could hope for, your strategies are unrivalled. FractalFusion, your Pokemon Sapphire TAS inspired me to start speed running Nate, Mikwuyma, and everyone else who runs this magnificent piece of websitery out of the goodness of their hearts. Norman) which helped immensely with the overall speed of the run. With Ascetic Swordsman's help adjusting my route to incorporate Abra for teleport abuse and Ultimate Darius's brilliant lateral thinking we came up with some truly awesome battles (e.g. It was at this point when I decided that I wouldn't run sapphire again but then with some encouraging words from 'Ultimate Darius' and 'Ascetic Swordsman' I was back on my feet and ready to plough into Sapphire once again. I was so sure I would have beat 2:00 so you can imagine how I felt when I failed by quite a bit. ![]() WOW, 6 months ago I came to SDA with a weak 2:52, after reading through the sapphire thread I crammed the run down to an impressive 2:11, then with a bit of help I got it down to 2:04:36. ![]()
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