Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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This is a Tool-Assisted Superplay/Speedrun (often abbreviated to "TAS") where a player can edit, rerecord, and manipulate a game into doing whatever that person desires. Visit tasvideos.org for more information.

This setup is more of a template as Dugtrio is too complicated to have a purely instructional type of setup. There are multiple frame-perfect adjustments, lag is a factor, and everything has to be precise for high scores. However, roughly using this setup can still lead to top scores and even world records.

Instructions:
1) Skip the cutscene, hold R, and crash into Electrode. Then press C-left and hold Z.
2) Press pause on the correct frame and release R. If you are slightly off, you can still re-adjust later, or lightly tap R if you were early.
3) Take a picture of the first two Digletts.
4) Press C-left to be facing directly left, release Z, and throw a pester ball at Pikachu. Be sure to throw it late or it will recover too quickly and block your shot later. If your pause was late, you may not be able to stop Pikachu with any throw timing.
5) Hold Z and take a picture of the third Diglett and the first two Dugtrios.
6) Press C-left twice, release Z, wait the correct number of frames, then press C-right and hold Z. You can adjust the timing on when to release Z in order to be more ahead or back for the shot relative to when you paused earlier, but you need a specific amount of time with Z released so that you move to the side by the correct amount.
7) Aim near the eye of the Dugtrio and make the shot on the correct frame.