How lengthy did it take you to beat Pokémon Scarlet & Violet? 20 hours? 30 hours? Nicely, the speedrunning group is right here to place us to disgrace, as Automaton Media has noticed that the newest Pokémon video games are being accomplished in underneath 5 and a half hours.
On the time of writing, the world report on Speedrun.com is held by Pokémon speedrunner truely, who has managed to beat the sport in a formidable 5 hours, 27 minutes and 11 seconds. Okay, in order that’s all three story paths, a decently levelled crew of Pokémon, and loads of different issues we do not wish to spoil right here, all wrapped up in a night?
However wait, it is not a crew of Pokémon serving to many of those speedrunners. In a lot of his runs, truely has relied on one early-game Pokémon — Flamigo, the Combating/Flying-type flamingo. We are saying relied on, however what we imply is that truely just about solely makes use of this single Pokémon for your complete run, save for a couple of exceptions. Flamigo has already confirmed fairly well-liked for its typing and its robust bodily assault and excessive velocity stats, however this takes its strengths to an entire new stage. The entire high three data on Speedrun.com all give attention to utilizing this model new Pokémon to energy by way of the sport.
Aside from abusing Flamigo’s Scrappy capacity (which permits it to wreck Ghost-type Pokémon with Regular and Combating-type strikes), there aren’t too many methods to a brilliant quick Paldean playthrough. One apparent trick appears to be specializing in the Titan Pokémon, as beating them lets you improve Koraidon/Miraidon’s traversal talents.
There are many awkward climbs and large drops that permit truely to realize the present greatest time. However, like several good speedrunner, he is decided to beat his personal time and thinks he undoubtedly can. We’re cheering you on!
You possibly can watch the complete speedrun beneath however be warned of some robust language all through the video.
Are you impressed by Pokémon Scarlet & Violet speedruns to this point? And are you keen on Flamigo? Tell us!