Kingdom Hearts II (Eng.) - Any% - Monocrhome Route - Ver 1.7

This is what I call the Monochrome Route. It's a new route utilizing Monochrome's Item Boost ability for all fights after Xigbar to save Ethers and put Elixirs to use in other fights. These notes aren't for people that don't know the general layout of the game. I highly suggest you download the Wordpad version that should have colors to make it less confusing. This page can be changed at any time with updates.

Wordpad version w/colors: https://www.mediafire.com/?g5u20qal0nwzhsb

VERSION DIFFERENCES LISTED AT BOTTOM! CHECK IT IF YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT CHANGES EASILY!

Current WR (Bizkit047, 4:04:44): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKBCLhLzgeA

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****TWILIGHT TOWN****
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Scene Skip x2

Tutorial (move, talk, R1)

Struggle (Right weapon!, Str+1)

SEIFER FIGHT: Full Aerial Combo
SEIFER FIGHT #2: Parry > 2 hit ground combo > 1 hit GC > Full Ground Combo x2
Note: This specific combo causes 1st Dusk fight to always do upside-down walk if done correctly!

Go to mansion

Dusk fight #1 (no Keyblade): Full Aerial combos (don't parry it after 1st finisher to get same RNG on Dusk #3)
Dusk fight #2: Aerial Hit x1 > Full Aerial Combo

Skip Scene x3

Go to save point > back out of menu

Take Skateboard (go backwards for it!) > Do Job #1 > Skateboard to Hayner at Train Station

Skateboard out of club house > Skateboard to Train Station

Dusk Fight #3: Same as Dusk #1

**Weapons Place**

Grab Sword > Dusk Fight: RC > Aerial hit x2 > Full Aerial Combo > Repeat > Chest > Door > Door

TWILIGHT THORN: Reaction Commands > Full Aerial Combo him when stunned >
spam aerial combo on head (+ reaction commands in between combos)

MENU: (items tutorial) > ABILITIES: +Guard > Config: Summons: None

Talk to Teacher & Struggle guy

Hayner: Back left corner > Bait 2 hit combo > go around him and Full Combo into corner > Back off
Dodge attack > Repeat > Struggle Guy

Vivi: Full Combo x2 > Back off > Combo x1 (x2) > Full Combo > Combo x1 + Guard
Full Combo > Combo x1 > Full Combo > get orbs

Dusks: RC front dusk > Air Hit x2 > Ground Hit x1 > RC > Ground Hit x2 > RC > Ground Hit x1 (1st Dusk dies)
Kill other Dusks with aerials

AXEL: Jump over his attack + Full Aerial Combo x3> Guard > repeat

Setzer: Lose (for Medal)

Leave club house > Skateboard to Train

Ball Clue
MENU: ITEMS (Roxas): +Medal! > go to sewers

Vivi's: Wait for first 3 to dash to left then hit > rest are just hitting the spawns
Go down to Anti Roxas: Full Ground Combo + dodge > Combo x1 + Full Ground Combo > dodge
Combo x2 + Full Ground Combo

Do RC on train to go up wall > Up > talk to bag > mini-game >  Go back to top of place

Skateboard to Mansion

Leave Clubhouse > Dusk fight: Guard spawning Assassin attack (after Dusks) > Go to Mansion

Namine Room > jump off balcony > Basement
Dusk fight: Ground Hit x2 > RC > Ground hit x2 > RC > Repeat until 3rd Dusk dies > Catch & Kill Assassin
Take out last Dusk > Take out last Assassin

AXEL: Full Ground combo + Full grounded aerial combo > 1 RC > Repeat

Go straight into door > SORA

MENU (Auto): Take ETHER off Dolan!

Go to forest > leave clubhouse > go to Train station
Dusk/Creeper fight: Kill as much as can (hit LV6!) > Talk to Dolan

Go to Pete > Shadows: Combo spam > Grab first Chest inside (ETHER) > Up Tower
Tower Fights: Combo spam the enemies (for 2nd one, walk forward + full combo at beginning)
Talk to Yen Sid > Door > Red Fairy > Door > Go to HB

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****HOLLOW BASTION 1****
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Valor > Next area > Fight: Valor spam (kill Samurai asap) > Merlin Room
Note: If LV7, you'll kill enemies faster here

Bailey: Duel Stance if can! Otherwise normal strats of killing enemies

*LoD Gummi Path*

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****LAND OF DRAGONS 1****
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MENU (Auto): Items (Mulan) > take ETHER
ABILITIES: -Guard/+Aerial Recovery/+Combo Boost

Chest next to save point (ETHER) > Up

Shadow fight: Let Shadows come to you > Fire spam (no finisher) Shadows> Aerial combo spam Nightwalkers

Mission #1: Walk forward + Fire x2 + Finisher > Fire the shadows > Aerial combo spam Nightwalkers
Mission #2: Fire Shadows > Full Aerial Combo x3 Riders
Mission #3: Normal strats to kill fast (Fire to catch Shadows as they come up!)

Go to Mountain Path
Boulder #1 (Fire x2 + Finisher, don't do RC until all are dead) > Command Switch in Goffy
Boulder #2 (Valor (on enemies) > Move away from enemies + Jump over their counter)
Boulder #3 (Run up to last Boulders > if 2+ Nightwalkers are following you, rider shouldn't spawn in time)

Cave Battle: Kill Rider > Fire x2 + Finisher Shadows > Kill last 2 Riders

Valor > Left Chest (AP Boost) > go to mountain (chest in far corner, AP Boost)

MENU (Auto): ITEMS (Sora) > AP Boost (x3)
ABILITIES: +Guard/+Slide Dash/+Scan

Summit Fight: Kill as many Heartless as can (60+ is good!)

MENU (Auto): Customize (Mulan) > Party Attack

Go to Palace > Mulan Limit on Mountain Climb

Palace Fight: Valor > Attack Bolt Towers (if Nightwalker lives, easy to kill)

Go to Shan-Yu

SHAN-YU: Dodge his slash > Full Ground Combo x2 ([] finisher) > Move away + Revert > Bait the RC
Full Ground combo (until he breaks out) then go for the kill on last combo after (note you can Blizzard too)

*OC Gummi Ship*

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****OLYMPUS C. 1****
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Talk to Meg > Up > Follow Path > Hades

Hades: Slide Dash + Fire (will fail if he attacks quickly)

MENU (AUTO): ITEMS (Sora) > +Ether (slot #3) (SET TO AT!)
Customize O = Ether

Hades Escape: Wave 1: Regular attacks
Wave 2: Bait Lancers to left side on spawn + jump over their attack + Fire x2 (Auron Limit)
Wave 3: Kill first wave > Auron Limit 2nd wave (when MP recharges)

On way back (right path for AP Boost + ETHER chest)

CERBERUS: Spam Full Aerial Combos > Auron Limit when almost at 1 bar of HP (don't use Limit finisher)
After this, jump into their attack to trigger RC for a stun > spam full aerial combos

Up/Left > Go to Phil > Urn Mini-Game #1 (just get 20 orbs fast)
Talk to Phil > Knock Gold Urn into smaller urns (it should spawn in 3rd group)> Talk to Herc > Gate
Note: Trick to getting gold urn fast spawn is to break as many small urns as fast as you can

Underworld (Grab Big Chest - Power Boost) > Green Door
Go Straight > Straight (Chest - ETHER) > Follow path up/rightish
Chest on lone platform (AP Boost) > Demyx: (Attack + RC spam on clones)

Go to rock > RC > Left Chest (AP Boost)
MENU: ITEMS (Stock) > Power Boost x1/AP Boosts x3 (Sora)
ABILITIES > +Aerial Spiral

Go to Center

PETE: Kill bats > Kill Soldiers (timed fight, no real rush)
PETE 2: Forward + Slide Dash > Valor in him (Target him!)> Bat RC (if can) > Beat him up

MENU: ABILITIES > -Guard/+Trinity Limit > Go to Hydra

HYDRA: Immediate Trinity (X/[]) > RC on body > land on Hydra > Ether x1 > Phil RC
Take out all 3 heads > Trinity (X/[]) quickly when you target! > Combo head a bunch
Ether x2 (when you can no longer combo them) > Trinity (X/[]) for win (can use ^ for safety)
Note: If you get middle head pattern, it lasts not as long so Trinity later by about 5s

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****HOLLOW BASTION 2****
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Talk to Donald > Go to giant tree
MENU: ITEMS (Sora) > +Hero's Crest > Pooh
HB Fight: Fire x2 + Finisher spam > Back to Pooh

*BC Gummi Mission* - BATHROOM BREAK

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****BEASTS CASTLE 1****
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Shadow Fight: Trinity ([])

Moogle Shop > Buy Sardonyx Ring (2nd) > Valor > Go out
Right path > Out of Bell's Room > Beast's Hall > Drive Recovery in chest near stairs!
Dresser Mini-game

Valor before fight! (only do this if going for 1 cycle!)
THRESHOLDER: Immediately go aerial combo ([] finisher) + 2 hit + [] finisher on ghost
Note: Safe strat is to not use Valor at all, use Chicken Little instead!!!
You should only go for 1 cycle if you're going for WR!

Bottom right chest (AP Boost) > Go straight > Go straight > Mini-game
Valor > Go straight > Chest (AP Boost) > Beast's Room
BEAST: Immediate RC > Ground combo into [] finisher > Attack once or twice, 1 cycle RC

MENU (Auto): Party - Beast/Goffy
ITEMS (Stock) > AP Boosts (x2)
ABILITIES: +Guard
ABILITIES (Beast): -Howling Moon
Customize (Beast) > Sora Attack

World Map! > Warp to Up/Right > Talk to Wardrobe > Valor > East Wing > Main Hall

SHADOW STALKER: Follow him to back of room > when he pops out, aerial combo x2 >
Combo chandelier + RC + quick 1 hit Aerial [] Finisher > Dodge attack > quick 1 hit aerial [] finisher
Note: If you mess up final combo, try Revert from Valor + Thunder to snag the kill really fast!

DARK THORN: Full Aerial Combo twice (don't do more than a bar of damage) > Trinity > aerial combo kill
Note: If you have at least .5 bars of Valor or higher left do this strat:
Walk forward > grounded [] + [] combo > Revert > Trinity > 2 Full Aerial Combos
Note: If you can't kill him on last combo he goes berserk, guard it and punish when ends

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****DISNEY CASTLE 1****
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Valor > Chest in courtyard straight ahead (ETHER) > Go to Minnie > Escort Mission
MENU (Auto) > ITEMS (Sora) > +Sardonyx Ring (Acc.) > World Map

Go to HB > Merlin's House > Timeless River door

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****TIMELESS RIVER****
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Straight (Pier) > Valor (before Pete)
Pete: Two hit aerial combo + Grounded [] + Full aerial ([] finisher)

WINDOW #2: Walk forward (target middle plane) > Thunder x2 + Air combo spam kill planes
Trinity ([]/X) Hammers > Aerial combo spam Planes
WINDOW #3: Walk forward > Fire x2 + Finisher on Shadows + Trinity ([]/^/X) Cars
WINDOW #4: Aerial combo spawn 1st & 2nd waves > Trinity (^) last wave
WINDOW #1: Trinity (^/[]) + RC spam when up in air

Valor + Straight
BOAT PETE: RC x3 > Combo Orb safely (don't do finisher if you see RC)
(Note: Grab chest next to boat for free Synth item while waiting for RC to go on boat)

Left to Wharf

PETE:
Phase 1: Slide Dash into ball + Ground combo x2
Phase 2: Trinity (X) + Aerial combo
Phase 3: Slide Dash into ball + Ground Combo x2
Phase 4: Slide Dash into ball + Ground Combo x2
Phase 5: Walk forward > Slide Dash > RC x2

*Pirates Gummi* - BATHROOM BREAK (try to come back near end for safety)

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****PIRATES 1****
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MENU: ABILITIES (Dolan) > -Thunder/+Fantasia
SUMMON CHICKEN LITTLE BEFORE FIGHT!

Pirate Fight: Blizzard x2
Pirate Fight: Blizzard x2 fast + Finisher > Blizzard x2 + Finisher > Quickly kill any survivors

Bridge > Heartless Fight: Fire x2 + Thunder (x), Fire x2 + Thunder (x) >
Move away from Soldiers > Fire x2 + RC win
Go straight

MENU (Auto): Goffy + Dolan > Talk to Will (Yes)

Talk to Jack (Right) > Fight: Walk to Pirate > Comet (End)

Up > Up
Fight: Chest (ETHER) > Blizzard + Comet (End) > CL > Kill spam (Pick up money for Ethers later)

Talk to Will (Left) > go in ship/go out of ship (to skip fight) > Will (up/left) >
Medallion Fight: Go to back of deck > Bait pirates up + Blizzard spam kill them
Next Wave: Comet (combo pirates in between RCs) > End Comet to hit more than one pirates
Valor (only when slasher guys are gone!) > Valor combo kill bomb pirates

MENU (Auto): Jack + Goffy
Valor (go outside) > Barrels mini-game/fight > Forward
First left Crates (AP Boost) > Last Right Crates (AP Boost) > Forward

BARBOSSA: Kill Illuminator > (if in Valor, revert) Blizzard + Full Aerial Combo x2 > Repeat
Trinity last bar of HP!

*Agrabah Gummi*

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****AGRABAH 1****
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Fight: Move backwards > Trinity (^) + move forward a tad Trinity (x/[]) > combo hit enemies if needed after
Note: If you're not good at moving while menuing, just do full Trinity, you prob won't end fight with it though
Forward > Forward (Palace)

MENU (Auto): Party - Goffy/Dolan
ITEMS (Aladdin) > ETHER x2
ABILITIES > +Item Boost
ABILITIES (Goffy) > -Goffy Bash/+Tornado/+Teamwork
CUSTOMIZE > Thunder = Reflect

Wisdom > Up > Shop > Dark pathway (Up/Left) > Get AP Boost (blizzard the object) > Outside > Left
Valor > Cave of Wonders > Left Chest on platform (AP Boost) > Up > Statue
MINI-GAME: RC spam while moving slowly forward > Forward > RC on statue

Falling Segment: Wave 1 - Go to upper right > turn around > Spam attack > Wave 2 - Spam attack
Wave 3 - If he does Fire Breath > Comet > Combo him + Comet RC
If fireball > Reflect > Combo/RC kill it
Wave 4 - End the Comet right before landing
Wave 5 - Aerial Combo spam

Statue > Right Chest (AP Boost) > Up
Treasure Fight: Jump + Reflect > Comet (Full) + Full Aerial Combos > Ether x2 > Comet (End)
Note: If Fat guys spawn at end of Comet, Reflect their counter, else just Reflect their fire attack into Comet

While Going to Place > Command switch in Aladdin for Dolan!

LORDS: Solo Trinity Fire Lord (if finisher misses, you'll have to aerial combo it) > Full Aerial Combo x2 Ice Lord
When Fire Lord is back Full Aerial Combo x2 him > Full Aerial Combo Ice Lord x2 > immediately Valor
Valor Aerial combo the Fire Lord until it dies > repeat on Ice Lord (if run out of Valor, Solo Trinity)

*Halloween Town Gummi*

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****HALLOWEEN 1****
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Forward >

MENU (Auto): Party - Goffy/Jack
ITEMS (Jack) > Ether x2/-Potions > ITEMS (Stock) > AP Boost (x5)
ABILITIES > +Explosion/+Aerial Finish/+RC Boost > Forward
Customize (Jack) = Sora Attack

Valor before leaving room > up

Fight: Hit mummies once > Get hit by mummies (fight auto ends at low HP)

Forward (Graveyard) > Up > Forward

Santa House Fight: Slide Dash (when Toybox sits down) + Reflect > Reflect + Blizzard + Reflect > Thunder
Dance Call (Jack Limit) (assuming Thunder kills Toy Box and moles are dead)
Don't use RC until near end of Limit Gauge!

Valor > Go In Santa's House > Go to factory room
Go back to HT after scenes > Valor (after tree) > Up > Hill

PRISON KEEPER: Do Valor combos with [] Finisher until Revert > Aerial combo spam until he loses the 2nd kid
Trinity > Ether x1 > Spam aerial combos on last phase > Trinity last bar

Go to tree (Valor in tree room) > Go to Santa world > Up > Grab Ether in left chest

OOGIE FIGHT: Just do fight normally > Trinity him each time he falls

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****TWILIGHT TOWN 2****
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Summon CL > Walk backwards for Skateboard > Go to Sandlot

BERSERKER FIGHT: Spam Explosion > Dismiss CL on last wave Explosion
Comet (End) (when they all use their counter!)
Note: If you don't hit all 3 in last wave with Explosion, don't Dismiss CL until you do for Comet.

Middle exit in Sandlot > Skateboard > Train Station

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****HOLLOW BASTION 3****
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MENU: ITEMS (Sora) > Equip: +Follow the Wind, Valor: +Oathkeeper

Valor > Forward > Merlin's House > Out > Bailey > Forward > Skateboard: Forward
Door > Left path > Talk to Leon > Computer Room > Mini-Game: Full Combo x1 > RC > Win

MENU: Party - Dolan/Goffy
ITEMS (Tron) > -Ether
CUSTOMIZE: Blizzard = Magnet
Go up path

Chest before mini-game doorway (Drive Recovery)
MINI-GAME: Valor > Find box + aerial combo to win
New Strat: Go to the right a few boxes from the red box spawn, then Valor when they stop moving

Leave Tron World > Do RC on wall > Go back into Tron World

Light Cycle #1: Kill the required amount of cycles (hit them into walls)
Light Cycle #2: Just don't get hit. Try to make sharp turns to crash other cycles. Take left path at junction.

MENU (Auto): Party - Dolan/Goffy

Go to PC Mini-Game room > Bring out CL
PC Mini-Game: Spam ground combos with CL

Go back > Valor > Straight/Right > Right

MENU: ITEMS (Sora) > Equip: Hero's Crest

HOSTILE PROGRAM: Middle of room + Knocksmash (Grab some orbs) + Ether x2 > Knocksmash (Repeat)
Grab rest of orbs until full bar + Summon Genie (Valor) > Full Aerial Combo x1 (on second laser attack)
Freeze RC! > Genie Limit > Full Aerial Combo > Genie Limit (should win if done correctly)

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****HOLLOW BASTION 4****
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Go back to PC > Go out Door
Corridor Fight: Summon CL > Spam Ground combos

Forward

Dancers' Fight: Wave 1: Summon CL > Slide Dash Combo > CL + Explosion spam > Wave 2: CL + Explosion spam
Wave 3: CL + Explosion spam

Dismiss CL > Go to Demyx

DEMYX: Clones - attack + RC (when down to 15-20, TRINITY, []/^/X) + full ground combo x2 after (mash hard on 2nd combo). Do a full ground combo after "Keep to the Beat" move > Summon Genie > Full ground combo >
move away + Valor Genie + Genie Limit > Dodge Keep to the Beat move with Genie Limit > Full Ground Combo > Genie Limit + Ground Combo until end

Yuffie: Magnet Shadows (Yuffie should kill them), Wave 2: Magnet + Explosion, Wave 3: Same
Leon: Rising Sun + Explosion Shadows (waste MP here so it charges for Tifa fight)
Tifa: Rising Sun (if can) + Help Magnet big guys for Tifa if can
Cloud: Cloud got this (Try to Magnet last wave during Omnislash)

MENU (Auto): ABILITIES (Goffy) > +Teamwork/+Jackpot
ELIXIR in right of big chest > Fight

1000 Heartless: Get laser guys a lot. Use Reflect if they get away until RC shows up. RNG fest fight.

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Parlor > Go back out (warp point now) > Talk to Beast

MENU (Auto):  Party - Goffy/Dolan
Fight: Magnet x2 > Comet/End (Jump up as Comet ends for best results, Dusks may live)

Valor > Up > Right (West Hall) > West Wing > Beast's Room > talk to Beast

MENU (Auto): Party - Goffy/Dolan
ITEMS (Sora) > Equip: +Rumbling Rose, Master: +Hero's Crest > WARP OUT

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****PIRATES 2****
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Forward/left (Chest on right, ETHER) > Left (Harbor)

MENU (Auto): Party - Goffy/Dolan
ABILITIES (Sora) > -Aerial Finish/+Horizontal Slash
CUSTOMIZE: Magnet = Blizzara, Fire = Thunder

Fight: Blizzard spam> Go to Dock > Talk to Jack (Right)
go in ship/go out of ship (to skip fight) > Talk to Jack (Right) > Go outside

GRIM REAPER #1: Full ground combo + Blizzard (freeze GR) > Blizzard x8 > Untarget > Comet (Target)/End
Master: Full Aerial Combo > Blizzard spam until low on HP > Aerial Finisher
Note: You want GR1 HP to be at around 1.5 bars or less to go into Master Form.
If you revert before killing, take him out with Comet

MENU: ITEMS (Stock) > Drive Recovery x2 - NOTE: Only if you failed to kill GR1 in Master Form!
Grab Peter Pan (Big chest behind on spawn)

Go straight > Up > Chest in room, right (High Drive Recovery) > Up
Gambler #1: Comet (End) - may have to hit Gambler once to keep it still

Talk to Jack (Left) > go in ship/go out of ship (to skip fight) > Talk to Jack (Left)

Valor > Up > Gambler #2: Quick Ground combo [] Finisher + Aerial Combo [] Finisher > Right
Gambler #3: Behind right crates, 3rd: Combo kill > Up > Up
Grab Ether in chest!
Gambler #4: Combo kill

Talk to Jack (Left)

GRIM REAPER #2: Blizzard > Grab medals > blizzard > Thunder x2 + Reflect > Grab medals (repeat if needed)
when vulnerable > full ground combo + Blizzard (freeze GR) > untarget > Comet (target)/End + combo
Do RC on GR > repeat gathering medals > repeat Comet strat > dodge skull move
Master > Thundaga spam (not too fast) > Blizzard + RC the chest when you get all medals > Comet (End)

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****HALLOWEEN TOWN 2****
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MENU (Auto): Party - Jack/Goffy
ABILITIES (Sora) > +Draw
ABILITIES (Dolan) > +Flare Force
CUSTOMIZE: Blizzara = Magnera

Go into Factory > Up to top
Lock/Shock/Barrel FIGHT: Dance Call (don't press anything until Limit is close to running out then mash ^

Valor > Back to HT (Skateboard in forest) > Skateboard to mid Town

PRESENT COLLECTION: Summon Peter Pan > Walk forward > Use Limit (fly around to grab all 4 Knights)
Drag them into back corner > fly in a circle while spamming ^ until they die and pick up all 4 presents
Note: Right analog stick during Peter Pan Limit controls the height. You'll want to go down.
Note: If you're bad at Peter Pan strat, just do this strat instead:
Stand still > Magnet x2 (make sure all 4 are caught in it)
Comet (RC until they all die) > grab presents (if you fail to grab all presents before Graveyards, end Comet)

Preset Room
Present Mini-Game: Green > Yellow > regular (boxes)

Talk to Santa (YES)

EXPERIMENT: Knocksmash > Aerial Combo Finisher (to break it up) > Guard spinning body
RC into head > Command Switch Dolan in for Goffy > Summon Peter Pan > Spam Full Aerials (Horizontal S.)
When MP is back Dismiss Peter Pan > Start Duck Flare with more combo spam > End Duck Flare around 1.5 bars
Combo spam to kill during end of Duck Flare
Note: You'll want to go into Duck Flare pretty fast or else Experiment will split again

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****AGRABAH 2****
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Forward > Valor > Go out of town > Right path
Note: Grab Bulky Vendor (if you are worried you won't have enough exp to get LV31 for Xaldin)

Carpet Fight #1: Go to Ground (lure) > Magnet + Explosion x3 > Follow Jafar (hit when he stops)
Go to top of Tower
Carpet Fight #2: Magnet + Explosion x3 (1 Ether needed) + Magnet + Explosion x1

Switch Mini-game: Do Fire > Thunder > Blizzard > Back to Tower (Note: Despawn enemies if can)
Escape Mini-Game: Kill everything you can. Time enemy hits for the 2 Fat Bandits for extra 1k exp.
NOTE: If you end the carpet segment with 3200 or less EXP before LV31, you'll hit LV31 before Xaldin

Menu: ITEMS (Sora) > Equip: +DP > ABILITIES: +Slapshot
Valor > Jafar
Note: Grab the Drive Recovery before Jafar (left side) if you used the DRs in PR2

JAFAR: Full Ground Combo Stomach > Slide dash (you'll get hit, when land on carpet kill stomach)
Full Ground Combo x4 on head (They need to be Slide Dashes!) > Reflect his stun > Repeat again > Last time attacking head, only do Full Combo x3 > RC > Full Combos win
NOTE: DO NOT BRING HIM TO LESS THAN 1.9 BARS BEFORE LAST PART. So if you get perfect Slide Dash
Combos, then hold off on last finisher.

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****XALDIN****
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Warp to Parlor
MENU: ITEMS (Sora) > Equip: +Rumbling Rose, Valor: +DP > Go out

DRAGOONS: Walk forward + Magnet + Explosion x2-3 > Kill Dusks fast > Comet/End on spawning Dragoons
Note: Due to Draw, you no longer should need an Ether here.
Use one less Magnet on Dusks to be safe if you want, or don't use a Magnet on final Dragoon wave

Valor > Go outside

XALDIN: Get x9 Jumps from Xaldin (may take him two attacks) > Use Jump x3 > Get x9 from his counter
Use all x9 Jumps > Full Aerial Combo
Note: If not LV31, use Jumps until his HP is not lower than 3 bars then get 9 Jumps and use them all!

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****LAND OF DRAGONS 2****
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MENU (Auto): ABILITIES (Sora) > -RC^/+Combination Boost
ABILITIES (Dolan) > -Dolan Cure/+Jackpot
CUSTOMIZE (Goffy) > Sora Attack
Note: Goffy being on Sora Attack is to prevent him from messing up the Dusk fight before fight with Axel

Valor > Go to Summit
RIKU: Slide Dash (immediately) > Explosion + Reflect > If not hit, repeat! > Full Trinity
Note: Huge RNG fight pretty much.

MENU (Auto): Party - Goffy/Dolan
Valor > Go to Palace

Revert from Valor right before Palace Fight
Palace Fight: Target + Magnet + Trinity (^/X/[])
Note: Stall the Trinity beginning by about 1 second to avoid easily killing the Bolt Towers too fast!

Valor (DON'T VALOR IF YOU DON'T HAVE 5 GAUGES!) > Forward > Revert from Valor before Sniper fight

Sniper Fight: Magnet + Explosion spam (shouldn't need an Ether due to Draw)

Valor > Go outside

STORM RIDER: RC immediately > Ground Combo [] x2 > RC > Ground Combo [] x2 > REVERT
Comet + End Comet + Spam Ground Combos > Ether x2 when thrown off
Reflect its dash + RC + Duck Flare + Combos (end Duck Flare as soon as it raises its head once)

*TT Gummi Mission*

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****TWILIGHT TOWN 3****
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Valor > Skateboard > Go out to train station entrance
Go through sewer entrance > Skateboard > Left path exit

MENU: ITEMS (Stock) > Drive Recovery
Woods > REVERT BEFORE FIGHT > SUMMON PETER PAN

MICKEY FIGHT: Magnet + Explosion spam > Use Thundera when Nobodies are too high in Magnet

Dismiss Peter Pan
MENU: ITEMS (Stock) > High Drive Recovery > Valor
Mansion > Chest in back top row (ELIXIR) > Go to PC Room > Talk to Kid (2nd option)
Go to Portal > Forward

DUSK FIGHT: Magnet + Explosion x2-3 (in place)
AXEL FIGHT: Magnet + Explosion (Ether x1, or x2 if really needed!)
Note: If you use 2 Ethers on Axel, you'll have to save an Ether (refer to bottom of notes on how)

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****TWTNW****
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MENU: ITEMS (Sora) > +Elixir (AT) - (4 Ethers/2 Elixirs)
ABILITIES (Sora): -Draw/-Slapshot/+Aerial Finish

Valor > Go to Roxas > Go to TWTNW
Valor > Up > Elevator > Up

MOOGLE SHOP > SELL POTIONS > BUY ETHERS > GET ELIXIR FROM SYNTH SHOP!!!

Ethers: You want to come in with 3 + buy at least 13 = 16 (+2 from Riku is 18). This covers all strats in this route.
If you are short, you'll have to save an ether somewhere.

XIGBAR: Do RC > wait for his reload then punish with Duck Flare > Full Aerial Combo + Duck Flare RC + Duck Flare (End) > Elixir > Wait for reload > Duck Flare (End) + Do a couple combos (get him to a little less than 3 bars!) > Elixir > Wait for reload > Duck Flare (End) > Ether x2 > When DF ends > Full Aerial Combo + Duck Flare (End) + Spam Aerial Attacks
NOTE: He needs to be at no more than 3 bars to kill him with last 2 Duck Flares reliably

Forward > Valor > Go to next area > Forward
MENU: ITEMS (Sora) > Equip: +Monochrome

LUXORD: Run away until Dice runs out > Trinity > Combo him > Ether > Trinity > Combo him
RC Mini-game x3 (try to get combos in between these!) > Ether > Trinity > Ether > Trinity

Go to Saix

SAIX: Do RC as soon as can > Magnet Saix as you are about to land > Knocksmash his dash > Ether x1
Do 2 hit combos until MP is back > Knocksmash > Elixir > When he lands wait 1 sec then combo > Knocksmash

MENU (Auto): ABILITIES (Riku) > -Dark Aura/-Dark Shield/-Eternal Session
ITEMS (Riku) > Ether x2

Valor > Go up to Xemnas

XEMNAS #1: Building RC (Break Through) > Immediate Full Trinity > Full Ground combo on Xemnas (stall it)
Ether x1 + Trinity really fast (if not fast enough, you won't snag him) > Ether x1 + Trinity
Full Ground Combo x1 > Ether x1 > Trinity > Repeat until he dies
Note: If you can get the Slide Dash on him at beginning, Trinity right after the Explosion

MENU: ABILITIES > +Slap Shot

GENERATORS: Magnet on landing > keep using Magnet only when it runs out > RC (should have 1MP left)
Magnet on landing > Master > Magnet x2 (make sure they're not used too fast) > RC

CORE FIGHT: Target + Magnega while falling (Revert) > CL > Combo spam 1st wave
Thundara x2 on Core + Explosion > Spam more combos until core is vulnerable again > Dismiss CL
Knocksmash core (left side) > Then combo spam Core > SUMMON GENIE ON LAST COMBO (Valor)

ARMOR XEMNAS #1: Slide Dash Full Combo + Genie Limit > Slide Dash Full Combo + Genie Limit > Repeat
Note: Learn when to do an extra slide dash to do this even faster

DRAGON XEMNAS: Get Mega Lasers as much as you can! Wait for good time to use them.

ARMOR XEMNAS #2: Slide Dash immediately (while holding forward) + Reflect
Slide dash combo x2 + Slide dash + Reflect + Thundara (this saves an Ether!)
Go left side for last spawning building > Building RC > Full Trinity > Ether x1 + Slide Dash combo
Building segment (right side this time) > Trinity (x2) + Ether x1 + Slide Dash combo
Building segment (fall for a bit to dodge lasers then left side for building)
Trinity (3) > Ether x1 > Slide dash combo
Note: If you have at least 1 extra Ether you can sub out the first combo with a Trinity + Ether

FINAL XEMNAS: Reflect + RC spam at start > You want 4 Reflects to damage him >
(learn how to hit the non-clone Xemnas) > Fail RC
Trinity > Ether > Trinity > Ether x2 > Trinity (use Trinity immediately after 2nd Ether)
Full Combo + Trinity + Full Combo (should skip lasers!)
Note: If you fail to skip the lasers, use your last Ether to Reflect lasers to damage him
If you're having trouble getting this strat, you may want to practice alternate backup strats

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Notes:

- With current route and strats we no longer have extra Ethers, so try not to waste any if you can.

- If you are really worried about being short an Ether in this route, you can easily take off Potions off all characters to ensure you get an extra Ether by selling Potions right before you buy Ethers in TWTNW Moogle Shop. You can also grab extra Ethers from the following places in Chests: Outside YenSid's Tower, in Pirates 1 after gaining control after 1st fight with Chicken Little, and on Mountain Path going down at LoD2.

- For exp in this route, you'll always be short a bit, but if you do well on the Carpet Escape mini-game (by killing both Fat Bandits), you will likely hit LV31 before Xaldin. If you aren't confident in your Carpet skills, I'd suggest grabbing any of the Bulky Vendors you may run into, they are hardly a waste of time.

- In LoD Mountain Path, I believe the trick to not spawning the Assault Rider in the last Boulders fast is to lure the Nightwalkers properly that you jumped over with Valor so that it won't load the Rider too fast.

- In Summit fight, you may want to jump to make enemies render in the fight for you to kill. You want to kill 60+, but you can get away with 50+ pretty safely.

- For Hydra, if you get the head pattern after 2nd Trinity that has the head that stays in the middle, you may want to not do the 3rd Trinity too fast, or it'll probably mostly miss. This seems to be because this head pattern does not let you combo it that long.

- If you fail 1 cycle Thresholder, use this as a backup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7FvWOTr-KY it will require you to pick up an extra Drive Recovery (I suggest Timeless River one) though. You still will lose around 30-35 seconds from 1 cycle regardless, though.

- After much testing, using Ethers in the Medallion fight has little to no effect on the outcome. The fight is just currently too inconsistent.

- Warning: Prison Keeper has a soft lock. We believe it has to do with using its RC too much (mainly the first one that shows up we think?). This happening will kill a run completely. Current strats do not use the RC at all fortunately.

- With Chicken Little, his magnet move can be sort of manipulated to happen. If he doesn't do it right away with 2+ enemies around, do a combo on them with a finisher to knock them away, and 9/10 times he'll magnet them back in (Corridor/Berserkers/Dancers fights are a great example of this).

- The Tron box mini-game has a trick where you can walk a few boxes to the right from where the red one spawns (before it moves!) and just go into Valor in place when they stop moving, and it should be the red box. However, I've had this fail on me, so do at own risk. Regular method is hardly slower.

- Light Cycle is full of RNG, but just try to avoid hitting walls and you'll be fine. Only real troll thing that can happen is enemies spawning as soon as you kill an enemy and they attack you.

- On Demyx, there are a bunch of tricks with Trinity. Safe strat is to start Trinity at around 15-20 clones. To maximize damage output though, you can start Trinity at 25-29 and hit Major Drive on a bunch of them and then Ultima directly in front of Demyx facing away and not even use Break if there are 5 clones or less. You'll want to mess with it to get the hang of how to handle the clones.

- During the Final Fantasy fights, try to get Rising Sun as much as you can. The big orb guys get wrecked by it. To get it easier, hit the Rising Sun enemies once to trigger the RC from them.

- 1000 Heartless fight is pretty full of RNG. Try to stay in middle of arena. Enemies in front of you may not be rendered in the fight itself at the moment, so they can disappear on you if you approach. Not much you can do if you see a Snag enemy that isn't actually there.

- You can potentially be very behind on exp from the 1000 Heartless fight if you get really unlucky.

- When fighting Grim Reapers, hitting them with full Comet is key. It's tough to get 100% of the time, but practicing it well is important to do the fights fast. Using Blizzard on them and doing an untargeted Comet away from it, then re-target + end Comet on them works really well usually!

- Present Collection is an easy time to get back the exp you lost losing in the first HT1 fight. Use Comet as the strat and end it when the Graveyards spawn as they're coming at you.

- For Agrabah Carpet elemental switch segment, target the switches before using magic or you may hit enemies instead. There is a despawn trick to make the enemies not follow you to the switches, but it's a bit tricky to explain.

- Jafar is an easy fight, but tricky to pull off if you don't understand it. Basically, if you're LV31, you'll have to likely do less damage on 2nd cycle combos. If his HP is lower than about 1.9 bars before doing final cycle, he'll do his Desperation Move regardless. At LV30, it's barely possible to hit that though, so don't hold back with the combos. You want to Slide Dash every single combo definitely at LV30, at LV31 you may want to hold back.

- If you're at LV31 for Xaldin, use the strat of: Gather 9 Jumps, use 3 > gather more > use rest + combo kill. If you're LV30 still, you can't win that way. You'll have to gather 9 jumps > use enough to get him to almost under 3 bars of HP > then wait for him to counter for more jumps > use all 9 Jumps you get immediately.

- On Palace fight, if Major Drive of Trinity kills any of the Bolt Towers, you may lose out on their Munny. I believe you get around 150 Munny from this fight if you do it perfectly. The trick is to stall the beginning of Trinity enough so that it shouldn't happen.

- For Storm Rider, there are HP Barriers on Storm Rider that you don't want to hit too early. When on him in Valor for 1st time, only do two quick Valor ground combos with the [] finisher. Maybe a couple extra regular hits will be fine. If you get thrown off too early, you did too much damage.

- You need 16 Ethers for TWTNW segment. You get 2 from Riku (18 total). So if you come to TWTNW with 3 Ethers like this route does, you have to buy a minimum of 13. That's probably worst case scenario too.

- If you really screw up Ethers and are short, Luxord is a fight you can save them on by just pummeling him a bunch instead of using 1-3 Ethers. You will lose time doing this, but not as much as alternatives. You may also save an Ether on Final Xemnas if you get the laser skip, but that's risky to bank on.

- Careful of getting Saix on the wall, Knocksmash can get stuck a lot on some parts of the walls. Using Magnet on Saix when you first knock him out of Berserk will make him counter dash at you, so if you're in the middle of the battlefield, you'll be fine.

- The Slide Dash on Xemnas #1 is spamming X at beginning of the fight. If you hit Xemnas, you can save 7-10 seconds over not getting it by doing a Trinity early. For current strat after Building RC, you have to stall a lot before the next Trinity. So to do that, combo him after he lands into the backflip.

- If you do testing on emulator, make sure you are aware that the RNG for certain elements of the game can be decided up until before you even enter the boss room! (such as Xigbar's 1st 3 teleports, Hydra head patterns/attacks, enemy movement, etc). This can even be the case on console from a save point. The fastest way to manipulate save state or save file RNG is to simply kill an enemy

CREDITS:

Bizkit - Writing/Editing this route
Bl00dyBizkitz - For testing Monochrome stuff for this route and strats
Jazkat - for finding out Monochrome is amazing for last part of game
TehRizzle - For coming up with so many strats
Glint - For helping me test this route/ideas/strats
SonicShadowSilver2 - For helping me test this route/ideas/strats

VERSION NOTES:

1.0 - First release

1.1 - Fixed up some typos in the notes. My route now only has 1 free Ether if you use 4 on Xemnas #1, which is very likely with Monochrome.

1.2 - Consistent Xigbar strat added (requires 2 extra Ethers)
    - Route now uses old Valor strats on Shadow Stalker in BC1 (because of needing the 2 Ethers for Xigbar strat!)
    - Slightly changed Agrabah 1 menu (no Aerial Finisher until HT1)
    - Slight edit to menu before SP1 (equipping Follow the Wind now instead of inside SP1)
    - Goffy Tornado is now not equipped right before 1000 Heartless fights (the move interferes too much on fights)
    - New keyblade equips after getting Rumbling Rose (Master gets Hero's Crest for GR1, Valor gets Oathkeeper)
    - New Pirates 2 menu (-Aerial Finisher/+Horizontal Slash)
    - New Experiment strat with Stitch to save an Ether (only loses about 1 second)
    - New LoD2 menu (Goffy set to Sora Attack so no interferences in Axel fight & keeping Slapshot for Riku!)
    - New menu at start of TWTNW (take off Slapshot for safety on Saix, add Aerial Finish for safety on Xigbar)
    - Slight edit to Moogle Shop to sell the free Potions you get (about 7) for a chance to buy 13 Ethers easier
    - Removed a menu in between Luxord/Saix, since there is no longer a need to do a finisher on him
    - New menu when you get Riku (just simply pushing the old Saix menu of -Explosion/+Guard Break to now)
    - Fixed up Xemnas #1 strat, works at LV34 & LV35 just fine
    - Slight ability list change for final menu (plenty of AP to keep Guard on, already should have H. Slash on)
   - Fixed typos

1.3 - Fixed typo of still using Chicken Little before Shadow Stalker
    - No longer change Mulan's abilities in a LoD1 menu
    - Edited in a Valor movement after LoD1 Palace Fight to Shan-Yu fight
    - Agrabah 1 menu does not use the AP Boosts, those are pushed to HT1's menu
    - No Guard Break equipped for Pirates 2 anymore, it's not needed
    - Edited Gambler #1 strat (Comet now)
    - Strats for Grim Reaper 1 & 2 re-written
    - Combined both HT2 menus into one
    - Edited in a Valor movement in LoD2 going to Summit (Riku fight)
    - LoD2 Palace Fight slightly re-written to make Trinity work a tad better
    - Consistent Storm Rider strat written in (uses 2 Ethers)
    - End game Ethers re-worded to accommodate the new Storm Rider strat

1.4 - New strat for dealing with 1st boulder segment in LoD Mountain Climb
    - Slight edits to Dark Thorn strat wording
    - New strats for Windows #2 & #4 in Timeless River
    - New Medallion fight strat in PR1 (using Comet longer)
    - New Trinity strat for Agrabah Trinity fight
    - New strat for dealing with the first Fat Bandit in Agrabah 1
    - New Lords strat in Agrabah
    - New Candy Cane Lane fight strat
    - New end strat to Berserker fight
    - Fixed up SP1 menus to combine them
    - New Dancer fight strat
    - Consistent strat for Demyx now (if Trinity does almost under 3 bars)
    - New LoD2 Sniper strat
    - New strat for movement after Mickey Fight

1.5 - Fixed Hades menu order for after the fight instead of before
    - Edited S. Ring in BC1 to be Sardonyx Ring for no more confusion (same for equipping it)
    - Edited to dismiss CL before Demyx
    - New strat Nobody fight before Rumbling Rose in BC2 (using Comet)
    - Edited in to grab Drive Recovery in Agrabah 2 if you used them in PR2
    - LoD2 party change menu pushed to second auto menu
    - Axel Nobody fight has a note of possibly using 2 Ethers in it now

1.6 - Fixed up some Roxas World dusk fight strats
    - Wrote in a note for pre-Bailey fight
    - LoD1 1st menu changed
    - LoD rapid thruster menu changed
    - New LoD mountain descent movement strat written in
    - Slight change to Shan-Yu fight strat
    - Slight edit to BC1 Beast menu (AP Boost count)
    - New strats & strat edits for Windows in Timeless River
    - Past Pete strat edited a bit
    - Final Pete strat edits
    - Pirates 1 first fight new strat (no more fire)
    - Pirates 1 deck Comet fight slight strat edit
    - Ether chest from Pirates 1 moved to Pirates 2
    - Edited out the AP Boost from Pooh's house
    - Wrote in grabbing the AP Boost in Agrabah 1
    - Abu mini-game re-written more accurately
    - New treasure room strat (just using Reflect at beginning)
    - New Candy Cane Lane/Santa House fight strat (blizzards in between the reflects)
    - New BC2 Ballroom fight strat
    - Rumbling Rose menu edit
    - Grim Reaper 1 new strat
    - Grim Reaper 2 medallion strat collection strat edit
    - HT2 menu edit
    - Slight edit to present collection strat
    - Jafar strat edit
    - BC 2.5 Dragoon fight strat edit
    - LoD2 menu edit
    - New Sniper fight strat
    - TT3 menu moved to a different room
    - Edited TWTNW 1st menu
    - Edited TWTNW Axel fight notes
    - Edited Ether count for TWTNW
    - Edited Saix strat
    - Edited Xemnas 1 typo
    - Edited Generators fight (final boss)
    - Edited Armor Xemnas 2 strat
    - Edited in Final Xemnas laser skip strat
    - Fixed a lot of typos

1.7 - Seifer fight changed to do Dusk RNG manipulating strat
    - Hayner strat updated
    - LoD1 pre-missions fight slightly updated
    - Mission 3 slightly updated
    - Pete 2 strat slightly changed
    - Chicken Little recommended to be used on Thresholder over 1 cycle strat now
    - Alternate Dark Thorn strat mentioned with enough Valor left
    - Falling Segment in Agrabah 1 slightly changed
    - Fixed typo for Berserkers to summon Chicken Little before the fight
    - Edited out all uses of Stitch and grabbing Stitch
    - Light Cycle part 1 slightly edited
    - No more equipping Dolan Blizzard
    - Grabbing Peter Pan after Grim Reaper 1 added
    - Dance Call on Lock/Shock/Barrel is now used
    - Present Collection strat changed to use Peter Pan now (old strat still mentioned though)
    - Experiment strat changed to use Peter Pan instead of Stitch and do a party switch mid-fight
    - Note added to what exp you want to aim for after Carpet Escape
    - Note added to LoD2 menu
    - Edited out grabbing Ogre Shield
    - New Storm Rider strat with Comet/Duck Flare instead of Knocksmash
    - Peter Pan now used in Mickey Fight
    - Minor strats re-worded throughout the notes

Future Notes Ideas:

- Write in Riz's Grim Reaper 2 strat?
- Write in how to do consistent Dark Thorn strat with Valor LV1? (tricky to pull off)
- Test out Dance Call on Present Collection (Peter Pan strat hasn't failed me once since I learned it)
- Write in proper way to do Twilight Thorn sometime if it can be worded well

Strats I'm Not Adding Anytime Soon:

- Master/Valor Genie in SP2 PC orb mini-game (run will likely die if drive runs out)
- Master/Valor Genie in corridors (this just doesn't seem that consistent over CL even if it can be faster)
-Master Genie on Dancers (Until we can figure out what determines which direction Genie attacks)
- Xigbar 2 Ether saving strat (No real need for this strat yet with current route and a little tougher to do)