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Yeah I reached the same conclusion about speedrunning it after trying to. Demoralising and not fun. I only care about the streak PB now, but given I want to do that thing the Japanese Factory player Warabi does and build up 49 streaks on multiple cartridges and then go for 70-100 on them all, I...
Are you trying to keep what you're using secret until you get a pb you're happy with?
I was doing meteor/pulse/tbolt/psychic. It was timid with all 31s apart from attack. HP Fire would've helped on the game I ended up losing as well!
It was 23 attempts to get a 49 for me, though I was trying to...
I reckon Landorus, Metagross, and Magnezone are the three most promising pokes that haven't shown up on the leaderboard yet. I've already decided I prefer Latios/Scizor to anything else though - especially since I like to challenge myself to do things without genning or obsolete abilities...
Ah I'm with you. I don't think Cryogonal is that bad because of its speed and potential for favourable matchups, even if in a vacuum it's bad.
Honestly the best way to support Hilda is to (semi-)reliably have a turn 1 outspeed KO option. Specs Meteor Latios excels at this with a Timid nature...
I agree with almost everything you said, the only thing I don't is that Gen 4 Tower AI multis really isn't that bad, because you can just keep backing out into the lobby without having to commit to continuing your streak until you see and select a good team. That and the AI poke builds are much...
I personally think it would be better to make the minimum 49 (trophy) for the AI partner leaderboard. Getting a 70 here is much harder than any other Subway challenge covered by this thread (akin to Gen 4 Factory difficulty, in my experience), and I think it would encourage more people to play...
Just stopping by to report a streak of 78 in AI Multis with Hilda achieved in May 2025.
Battles 1-49:
Battles 50-79:
Team info: https://pastebin.com/p1YaM1si
Streak notes: https://pastebin.com/ZS7ydK0J
Hoping to improve this at some point, would like to get 100.
Battle Factory HG/SS - Level 100 Singles - 77 Win Streak
Achieved over 2 days, 7/11/24 and 8/11/24
Played on original DS console and original SoulSilver cartridge (EU version). Footage recorded with a Loopy DS capture board. No RNG manipulation, or any save states/hacks, used whatsoever. All...