![]() There are plenty of things in the Dragon Ruins that the speedrun doesn't pick up - Insurgence has a ton of hidden items in general. One thing to do before leaving Selene City on Normal-only is grabbing the Shadow Claw TM. In any event, the WR run switches back to Normal after this battle. She'll still have Gardevoir and Gengar left on Easy, but she sends them out before on Normal. Diana seems to like using Full Restores very early, but all this will do is prolong the battle. An Earthquake will defeat Mega Gothitelle at that point. The only possible reason this could be the case on Easy is because of Cresselia having Moonlight there, but it does not on Normal. My notes say to Swords Dance three times against it. Otherwise, everything up to Mega Gothitelle falls to one attack. On Normal, the only thing you have to worry about is Sableye using Trick or Will-O-Wisp. At this point, your Excadrill is so high leveled that it can just flatten everything, and there are no Focus Sashes or Sturdy Pokemon here. Remember, you can skip everything in Diana's gym just by walking straight up through the walls. ![]() Just hope you don't get burned, and Iron Head Spiritomb (watch for Sucker Punch on Normal) and Gengar from there. Note that Hydreigon will likely get off a Flamethrower unless it flinches, but a healed Excadrill can take one. ![]() ![]() The former is defeated by Earthquake, and two Iron Heads will beat the latter. Next will be a Houndoom on Easy or a Hydreigon on Normal. Mega Zoroark and Greninja both fall to an Earthquake, you don't even need to buff. Persephone is a simple opponent on either Easy (which the WR run is still on) or Normal. Watch out for Sucker Punch from the initial Darkrai Cultist's Mightyena. Its use turned out to be a bust, but I still ended up not needing Sandstorm. There was at least one place where I saw Rock Slide might still be useful, anyway. I decided to try some experimentation with the route on this demonstration playthrough by replacing Sandstorm instead, going without it for said battle. There's only one battle where you use Sandstorm from here before it gets replaced, and its use is dependent on having Sand Rush. Now here's something I noticed that's a bit janky about the route, you replace Rock Slide with Iron Head. Before leaving town, you can potentially get some Quick Balls from a girl in the same area of town as the cave before you head to Route 12.Īvoid the trainers as usual, get another hidden Rare Candy, and enter Selene City.įrom here, you.immediately Fly to Kepler City and head to the Hidden Workshop. The only potential problem is if Rock Slide misses against Volcarona. Save often in case you screw them up, especially if you're using the bicycle.Īgainst Zenith, Excadrill's speed and level is good enough that despite Blaziken's Speed Boost and Focus Sash, it will still be faster than it if you have halfway decent stats.įrom there it will completely decimate his team - you don't even need to use Swords Dance. It should go without saying to take the rock puzzles in here carefully. There are a number of Infernal Cultists in the Fiery Caverns that you must fight along the way - including this guy who will see you after you start surfing - but of course with their type preferences and you having a high level Excadrill (or Gyarados), these are speedbumps at best. There's an Elixir to pick up at this spot in Murk Woods. Shift to Excadrill as he changes to Zekrom, and set up against it instead. On Normal he opens with Grumpig, which a couple of Crunches from Gyarados deals with. He leads with it on Easy, so you just immediately wreck it with Excadrill, set up on Kyurem, and go from there. He will gleefully Mega Evolve his Charizard right in the face of something that is about to use Earthquake. Yet in true Taen fashion, he is incompetent whether you're on Easy or Normal. While those just changed movesets and removed items, Easy actually changes his team: he does not have his Pyroar or his Grumpig. This battle is very different on Easy, even moreso than previous battles on Easy. Opening up the second part of this with the second battle against Taen. Part 80: The Insurgence Speedrun Route, Part 2
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