Super Mario RPG Any% 2023 Sewer Star Skip Addendum

Super Mario RPG Any% 2023 Sewer Star Skip Addendum

This route is a variation of the main route, located here:

https://pastebin.com/cW7Hjy7M

All changes in this route are noted with respect to the original route, and it is implied that you use that as the reference point for everything contained here.

This route involves skipping the Invincibility Star in Kero Sewers, which will cause Mario to be 1 level lower during some portions of the run. In order to make this route work, you must do a version of Knife Guy + Grate Guy manip that does not involve Mario's stats, which is either the 3RC or 4RC variant. From my timing, this route saves approximately 12 seconds in a best case scenario, and around 6.5 seconds in an average case scenario. Therefore, it is always worth going for if you feel comfortable with these iterations of the KG + GG manip.

Route information compiled by Claude, last updated on July 20th, 2023. Special shoutouts to Verniy for being the original pioneer of this route iteration.

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EVERYTHING IS THE SAME AS THE ORIGINAL ROUTE, UNLESS NOTED HERE

***Mushroom Kingdom***

- Buy 6 Honey Syrups [ORIGINAL: 5 Honey Syrups]

*NOTE: If you feel confident in K9 Jump in Bandit's Way, you can skip this and still do the current Belome 1 strat.

***Bandits Way***

- Defeat 13 K9s [ORIGINAL: Defeat 10 K9s]

*NOTE: Defeating any more than 13 K9s will cause a pause during the Land's End star, likely ruining the EXP route. Any less, and Mario will not be Level 9 for Johnny.

***Kero Sewers***

- {After entering the outside pipe and the pipe to the right of the water, enter DOWN LEFT PIPE, then enter RIGHTMOST PIPE (jumping over the rats) for the fastest route to Belome while skipping the Sewer Star}

BELOME 1 (11 FP)

Jump (49) / Thunderbolt (30)
Jump (49) / Honey Syrup
Jump (51) / Thunderbolt (30)
(Scarecrow)
Jump (51) / Honey Syrup
(Swallow)
Jump (52)
Jump (52) / Honey Syrup
Jump (54) / Thunderbolt (30)
Jump (54)

- Mario always Jumps, unless he's using an Able Juice on Mallow 2nd turn
- Mallow always does...
	- Thunder
	- Honey
	- Thunder
	- Honey
	- Honey
	- Thunder

*NOTE: The goal of this variation is to have more FP than normal by using a 3rd Honey Syrup, which accounts for not being able to have 12 FP for Belome if you miss the K9 Jump. If you got the K9 jump, you can do whichever strat you prefer.

***Post Belome & All Future EXP Gaining Situations***

- {Level-ups will be in different spots, but all stat upgrades are the same}
- Image of this EXP Route:

https://i.imgur.com/cMsIABM.png

***Rose Way***

- If you did not get K9 jump, you must re-jump on the 3rd yellow platform to get the *Flower* on the leftmost island in the 1st screen
- Unless you got very good Honey Syrup freebie luck, it's recommended you grab an additional 10 Coin in the 3rd screen by jumping on the 1st platform twice (combine the jump to the coin with re-landing on the platform). This will make up the cost of purchasing the 6th Honey Syrup, and put you back on the normal coin route. This extra coin costs approximately 4 seconds to get.
	- Alternatively, you can just hit the Rose Way chests a few more times if you feel like you got better than average freebie luck.

*NOTE: If you do not plan on purchasing the Bad Mushroom anyways, you can safely ignore these coin modifications.

***Moleville***

- {Sell any freebied Honey Syrups here in addition to the normal sell menu (can be done in the main route as well)}

*NOTE: This is optional, but can be useful to clean up the inventory a bit.

CROCO 2

- Mario should always Jump on Turn 1 (and Jump on Turn 2 as well if he was KO'd on Bowyer) to ensure he deals 150 damage to the Raspberry phase of Bundt

*NOTE: This assumes you do the 11 FP version of the Belome 1 fight with 3 Honey Syrups. Otherwise, this can be ignored.

PUNCHINELLO

- {Mario's average damage is now 58 for the fight} [ORIGINAL: 64]
- Despite Mario's lower level, the strategies for the fight are roughly the same.

***Pre Knife Guy + Grate Guy***

- Item Sort if you are performing the 4 RC version of the manip.

KNIFE GUY + GRATE GUY

- Perform the 3 RC or 4 RC Manip as shown in this video:

https://youtu.be/m-VnsGO8JB0?t=130

KING CALAMARI

- {Always attack the Tentacle with Mario since Jump Power is irrelevant for this fight now}
- Phase 3:
	- [M] 5 SJs (84) [ORIGINAL: Jump (81)]

***Lands End Star***

- Defeat 18 enemies with the first star, and 15 enemies with the second star [ORIGINAL: 19 & 14]

*NOTE: Do NOT reload the 2nd room after defeating 2 dogs. Instead, defeat all 4 dogs at once, and then defeat the sets of 2 on either side of the hole (as they will no longer be grouped up, as with the other strat).
*NOTE 2: The reason for this change is due to an extra pause making it very difficult to get the 2nd Gecko on the final floor, so there's no advantage to reloading the room for more Star time.

***Nimbus Star & Volcano Star***

- There are two options for EXP routing here.

==Standard==

- Defeat 1 extra Blue Bird during the Nimbus Star (8 enemies total), and then defeat the standard amount of enemies in the Volcano (8) (but try to defeat as many Volcano enemies as possible)
	* NOTE: Do NOT defeat both birds in the previous room to the Nimbus Star, or Peach will be unable to learn Geno Blast (since she'll level up too early)

==Optimal (Requires good luck)==

- Defeat the normal amount of enemies during the Nimbus Star (7), and then defeat 10 enemies during the Volcano Star (typically requires defeating two Oerlikons from the Corkpedite). Because this is so luck-based, it is not factored into the final comparisons.

Notes about the EXP routing in this section:

- One extra Blue Bird fixes everything about the EXP route from this point onwards EXCEPT Mario being Level 15 for Czar Dragon, which optimally will not matter if you have two Ice Bombs to use during the fight.

In order for Mario to be 15 in the "Standard" variation, you need to defeat an extra enemy somehow in the Volcano - either by getting lucky with an Oerlikon drop from the Corkpedite, or by having very good movement and getting the Pyrosphere in the room where the star ends. Getting the Pyrosphere will cause the glitch where Mario is flying around the room in a damaged state, but you can still leave by getting close to the exit.

It's recommended you just try to get lucky with the Oerlikon drops, and assume you will be fighting Czar at Level 14 under normal circumstances.

CZAR DRAGON w/ Level 14 Mario (SJs = 183 base, 22 damage a jump)

2 ICE BOMB:

- Same as current route with [M]: Attack (228 to 252) unboosted and (342 to 378) boosted during Czar phase.

1 ICE BOMB:

Turn 1:
	- [M]: Attack (228 to 252)
Turn 2:
	- [M]: 25 SJs (733) if Mario's damage roll was 248 or higher. 26 SJs (755) otherwise.

0 ICE BOMB

Turn 1:
	- [M]: Attack (228 to 252)
Turn 2:
	- [M] 44 SJs (1151) if Mario's damage roll was 250 or higher. 45 SJs (1173) otherwise.

ZOMBONE

- (462 to 498) with physicals. 336 base UJ damage, with each additional UJ dealing (42) damage. Will likely need 12 UJs if doing the 2 punch + UJ strat (13 if low damage rolls), but it's recommended to do 4 punches as long as Mario is not in danger of being KO'd.

THE ENTIRE REST OF THE RUN

- It's the same :)

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***TIMING COMPARISONS***

[Main] 10 Dogs        - 1192 Frames
[Swer] 13 Dogs        - 1289 Frames

[Main] Star           - 1593 Frames
[Swer] Skip           - 474  Frames

[Main] Belome 1       - 5844 Frames *
[Swer] Belome 1       - 5774 Frames *

[Main] No Rose Coin   - 408 Frames  *
[Swer] Rose Coin      - 632 Frames  *

[Main] Punchinello    - ??? Frames  **
[Swer] Punchinello    - ??? Frames  **

[Main] Calamari Jump  - 271 Frames
[Swer] Calamari SJs   - 479 Frames

[Main] LE Star        - 968 Frames ***
[Swer] LE Star        - 906 Frames ***

[Main] Nimbus Star    - 327 Frames
[Swer] Nimbus Star    - 492 Frames

[Misc] Extra Czar SJ  - 46  Frames  *
[Swer] 2.5 Extra SJs  - 115 Frames  *

[Misc] Extra Zom UJ   - 50 Frames   *
[Swer] 1 Extra UJ     - 50 Frames   *

* = Not a relevant comparison in a truly optimal scenario
** = Mario is one level lower for Punchinello, but I didn't feel like figuring out if the loss in damage is significant enough to warrant a timing differential due to how much variance the fight can have (between Sandstorm, Energizer, etc.).
*** = A little bit inaccurate as only 1st star was timed

TOTAL (OPTIMAL)

+ 97 from K9 Star
- 1119 Skip Sewers
+ 208 Calamari
- 62 LE Star
+ 165 Nimbus Star

Total (Frames) = 711 Frames Faster
Total (Time) = ~11.83 seconds faster (not accounting for sync'd level-ups)

TOTAL (FIXED MONEY ROUTE, ASSUMES MARIO IS 14 FOR CZAR)

+ 97 from K9 Star
- 1119 Skip Sewers
- 70 Belome 1
+ 224 Rose Way Coin
+ 208 Calamari
- 62 LE Star
+ 165 Nimbus Star
+ 115 2.5 Extra Czar SJs
+ 50  1 Extra Zombone UJ

Total (Frames) = 392 Frames Faster
Total (Time) = ~6.52 seconds faster (not accounting for sync'd level-ups)

CONCLUSION: If you can do a 3RC or 4RC variant of KG + GG manip, it's always worth doing this route, as it will always be faster (if only by a few seconds).