>>58358959several hours. itd be super easy with master balls but because i have balltism i was spamming luxury balls every time i outsped him (probably ~15 false positives in total).
i was also lazy in setting mons up to do it; dragapult as my speed probe (horrible since he dies to astral barrage, giving a grim neigh boost turn 1), gallade to paralyse and 1hp (via a tricked focus sash, again weak to astral barrage), and azumarill so sit in and tank while i threw balls.
azu was the weakest link; the others are fine so long as rng doesnt really fuck you, but i was having to heal azu pretty often, even if he didnt get a single KO boost. i had originally planned to use girafarig, since shed be immune to AB and resist the only attack he could hit her with, but i went to the bother of building one only to realise she was dexited in gen 8. so i just used azu. looking at the sap sipper mons who are in gen 8, boufallant would be best i guess?