ghouls all notes

Chest locations
Stage 1:
CHECKPOINT 1 (4)
-Jump behind you against the wall at stage beginning
-Running past hill seen in the ending *tall grass pokes out* Can jump over grass to avoid this trigger.
-Jump slightly after passing platform to upper guillotine path, avoid it by jumping onto the platform asap
-Edge jump from upper platform to guillotine before Vulture Tree

CHECKPOINT 2 (5):
2 chests during rain section
-jumping on the left edge on the first upper platform
-going to the far right ledge on lower platform
-running to the far left ledge of upper most platform


STAGE 2
CHECKPOINT 1 (3?)
-Jump towards ooze chunk before Blue Pillar
-Run towards and beneath the last windmill blade
-Run over last sandhill summit

CHECKPOINT 2 (4)
-Jump down into 2nd plummeting platform, chest appears behind you
-Jump early into fire-area past no-point-of-return rising platforms.
-By platform first ladder leads to
-Appears behind a platformon the last platform before the boss

Stage 3
CHECKPOINT 1 (5)
-Below on the far right about 10 seconds in, can be triggered slightly before knife on the left-side appears
-Below On the far right where the left wall closes in
-Below on the far left against the left wall
-On the far left approaching the ceiling, after the choke point.
-Beneath where the ceiling first levels out

CHECKPOINT 2
-Run rightmost (but not all the way) on the first tongue before jumping to the next
-Chest at 2nd set of heads (beneath peak head)(you can avoid it by crouching) --Chest jump
-Run right most on tongue beneath the tongue where the rock ceiling hits your head
-Appears before the last two tongues, need to jump on it and land on a moving platform to grab armor

Stage 4

CHECKPOINT 1
-Jump against the first stump or 3-frame window jump at beginning of stage to. activate chest and surpass stump
-Run up bones, chest appears on top
-Run over floor right after top bone platform interjects, chest appears at ledge
-Running over top most platform before 2nd worm
-Down the ladder, jump near / after the hump in the bones

CHECKPOINT 2
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Torch speedrun notes:
Stage 2
-Ignore first chest, (don't jump at ooze before blue pillar)
-Activate windmill chest just by running, not sure if skippable via jump.
-Get gold armor from chest underneath bridge
-Use magic on arremer
  -Or bait them early and try to lure them in

Sword speedru notes:
Stage 4b
 -Make sure its the 2nd fast damage boost not the quick drop to make the last chest be 3rd

(optional if died at 2-b checkpoint)
 -Activate elevator platform chest and jump early into the fire section to get gold armor.
  -Maybe helpful for 2nd loop but otherwise can just speed through with Regular torch

Stage 3
-Save gold armor for Gassuto

Stage 4
-Gold for stumps







4-2 descent:
 consistent: run left off of first platform after a run off of the ice.  immediately jump right off and dagger twice the first, then second green worm.  sometimes invincibility saves arthur if he daggers close to the 2nd worm.

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Both loops:
Stage 3: Get gold armor in anticipation of no knife.  Activate that missing chest you don't find often, figure that chest out!

1st loop:

1-2: duo stacks of turtles, jump forward and kill the one on top to save time.

Beelzebub quickill with Gold Armor Knife
 -Run into boss trigger. Stop under Almond shape on right of center.
 -Jump up at audio que (slightly before), then stay still, then attack?
 -Good positioning, not incredibly consistent setup.

Kill Beelzebub with knife only no gold

2nd loop:

2-1:
Early damage boost off of first campfire.
 -4 jumps from tree trunk > adjust minutely > N. Jump < Jump right x4 > attack pig for slightly faster kill before going under him.
 -possible to climb ladder behind Pig but haven't looked into manipulating it.
--**Experiement with having 3 lives or 2 for tentacle spawn in 2nd loop.
  --2 lives okay for (1st loop style) dboost.

Shielder:
22 hits in (J) (Lance)

2-2:
Fast fireball with 3 lives for d-boost from Green eyeball flower.
 -Slow if 2 lives in 2nd loop, MAYBE. Likely fast.

2-4:

Ohme fight:
-effecient 2 jumps to kill each heart with knife.
-2 jumps at beginning then run into boss music trigger
  --(favorable patterns?)

Beelzebub quickill with Psycho Cannon
 -Enter fight.  Jump at notch in yellow mural near center of mural into the boss trigger.
 -Keep moving and run over the ledge and drop down and stay still.
 -Time jump forward to audio que (right on the audio cue) to damage boost invuln to the upper platform.
 -Jump forwards attacking etc

BOILED DOWN: time mid air of jump to audio que in boss music > to damage boost back and then go for kill.

BOILED DOWN: the audio cue is key when jumping from upper platform after a single jump after jump into trigger.

Lucifer:
Do attacks in bursts of 3 for each jump after ascending from knee.


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six chests on 5-2.  Adjust chest triggers according to armor status.


Differences between versions:

US Version: Shielder takes 6 hits.  Cerberus, Gassuto and Ohme have the same health as J.

World: Shielder takes 15~ some hits.  Cerberus takes fewer hits than US and J.  Gassuto takes fewer hits than US and K.  Ohme's hearts only take 3 daggers each to kill instead of 4 in US and J.

Japanese: Shielder takes 30 some hits.

Lucifer setup, accounts for IF knee raise or not:

-Time jump onto initial left knee raise to laser exiting the screen on the left.
-Time 2 quick attacks at the tail end of a neutral jump: GOAL is to time the attacks to when Lucifer's head becomes venerable.
-He becomes venerable after Middle laser is shot downwards, about to halfway down.

NEW LUCIFER NOTES
-Always run and try to jump on left foot.  React to early knee by doing neutral jump.  Abandon early knee > 2 forward jump strat.

Last polish:
1-2a Bridge:
Don't do 2nd sand jump for consistency (if feel like it).  Jump after last bridge onto mid of sand, then resume jumping.
1-2b / 2-2b:
-always try to go through it fast *3 jumps*, go for ladder dboost from eye instead of junping into projectile on the right.  Works on both loops if fast enough.
-for 2nd loop: If slow at rising ledges, kill eye and resume stage with armor, dboost somewhere for safety invuln.
1-5a/b:
-Knife magic strat like PIka for arremers on 2nd floor? Seems okay but tricky.  It is effecient if pulled off.
-On upper floor: normal strat for both arremers, bait first one back, then hit 2nd one on ground etc.
 -2nd loop: bait that arremer forwards to get the armor magic earlier.
1-5b & 2-5b:
-Simply run into chest after Astaroth to collect gold armor instantly instad of jump into.  Jump into is faster probably.
-Wait to bait Crackos at certain position, Pika seems to believe its with the cracko rested oSn the platform. EFFECTIVE!

BIG JUMP REDUX: 2 knives for each head, Make sure they are tightly thrown after another.

Sub 15:00 polish:

Shielder: Start fight from visual que:
          -nook inbetween last two tree trunks            in front of shielder

Cerberus 1-2,2-2:
-Finish off with aggressive style and jump away as he  jumps at you for the quick kill.

Big Jump altered: Face left on the first jump and jump a little later than usual, then turn back right for the 2nd enemy.  More consistent for first enemy than a well placed initial jump + facing right on both.

Ohme 1-4,2-4:
-Can get 2 hits at once on the 2nd to last heart for a faster quick kill. With neutral or forward or backward jump and attacking knives downwards.

2-2b: -Can go for ladder boost if feeling ballsy.... don't do it.

2-5:
-New strat for upper level arremer
 -Hit first arremer before he flies over, quick kill 2nd arremer, break chest, kill arremer.
-Do not suicide after pigs
-After ladder to Astaroth, f.jump and attack twice, backup a little, f. jump and kill.  Skip chest.

Beelzebub:
-Activate magic in the spot where arthur's head "lodges in", keep jumping after last trump before he's active in the music.  Will usually go downwards!  It works because Bub thinks Arthuer is beneath him on the horizontal plane but not necessarily vertical.

Sword strats in loop 2:
2-2a:
 -wait for Arremer at the descent in the ground to react to his movement.
 Cerberus: Anticipate his movements with sword, try not to lose armor and damage boost when he does the first dive directly ontop of you.

--- PSYCHO CANNON FROM 2-3 ELEVATOR
2-3:
-Get gold armor by jumping to the right when the screen starts trying to scroll right.

-Don't forget to change direction of arthur to  hit mosquitos in front instead of behind.

Gassuto: 3 jumps in a row at boss arena to get under Gassuto so he flies over.  2 hits on 3rd jump and 2 more when he flies over and a third to kill.  Save a tiny bit of time by jumping immedietely for final hit but will be hit away from Gassuto towards Key.

2-4:
-Rough spot / Yellow mound bypass:
 -Jump after past low spike ceiling, and fire x2, then jump attack x2 again to kill the mound.
  -WORKS -- improvise dboost if it goes awry
    --beware bad skeleton spawns in the midst of "x2 x2" setup.
-Careful of dboost in 2-4b with gold armor, use old setup where standing.  May need to practice this more.
-If late on Big jump with knife or psycho cannon, change direction in air for the first enemy.

2-5:
-Jumps in a row at beginning towards first arremer.  Point blank shot with Psycho Cannon when close to landing final jump approaching him.
-jump towards 2nd arremer, he goes under ladder, N.jump to kill him, then quickill last two arremers.  Bypass suicide if really need time.



Genesis differences in speedrun:
-Cerberus spawns early
-Shielder is fixed pattern?
-Stage 3 tongue section
 -activate 2nd chest by doing  quick chest jump.  then jump off chest onto tongue,  then over flame and wait to grab the 2nd platform  below.
   -alternatively, can get the fastest method if you     d-boost off of a mosquito before the 2nd chest reveal.  *not going for this yet*
-Stage 4:
 -Do not do 2nd jump while on the first yellow platform.  Can possibly get bad skeleton spawns.  Instad fall off object and resume.
BIG DBOOST: Make Arthur's crouched body slightly off center on the right of a round burr graphic.
BIG JUMP:
 -Jump between the 2nd to last and last notch in the ice.
 -Fire two daggers a little slower than Arcade, same overall timing.
-Stage 5:
-Same shit.  Careful of spacing.
 Boss:
  -Bub has his RNG set before the boss room!


SuperGrafx differences

Stage 1
-Will get dboost earlier than arcade, so jump earlier.



Ghouls 2015
Hardest mode + cool
-confirmed survival rank

Stage 2-1(Hard)
-2-1B: Tentacle
 -New altered strat for damage boost:
 -Kill first campfire, do normal jump setup s, kill tentacle, run under campfire projectile, 2 jumps, kill campfire under ladder when it spawns, then go about normally
 -OR if you quick kill the top part of the tentacle, jump off of the upper platform and do the normal boost (preferred safety)

Stage 2
-setup for fire bat section is very particular in a hardest run, 2nd loop
SETUP
 -normal approach, jump off rising ledge before black etch in ground.  at black etch the lowest horizontal footing, jump, and jump once more on the next low footing.  proceed to run and jump over the flower and dboost behind him and run and jump and abuse invincibility to surpass the blockading firebat.

Stage 3
-tongue warp, makes getting the best tech reliable
 -at special part of rock ceiling while doing usual strats.

Make different states for gassuto practice to perfect the quick kill, look into cloud manip?
 -PsyCannon super quick kill -4 is viable, if not, upper path -2sec kill.

Stage 2-4
-Safety with psycho cannon against "tough section".  wait on upper ledge to kill worm, then a skeleton, then move on and run past the next worms.

Stage 5b
-Run to edge of ladder top, jump, attack twice, neutral jump attack twice, run activate chest


Dai Makaimura (Fire-Water only) 2015 Notes

Stage 1
1B
-Jump and throw 2 Fires down so that you can run back into the Gold Armor chest (#2) for instant activation.
 -Visual cue for throwing down is last bit of branch on the right of tree.

-Can quick kill pig (if gold or silver armor) if you land a torch on the above platform as the pig jumps and you're hitting him.

Stage 2

Stage 3

Boss
-Do an jump on the single-jump length platform before the boss to get a better setup on Gassuto.
 -Keep running right untill Gas moves up and left.
 -Run left and jump left and get direct hits.  Then two hits as he descends around.
 -Magic when he crosses Arthur vertically below.
 -Edge forward. Jump to get hits wh
en come out of magic.
 -Hopefully Gassuto freezes at top, jump and get direct hits for quick kill.

Stage 4
4A
If want to switch weapon you need to grab the chest on the Bone Hill.
-Jump after instant fall, jump right Twice immediately again and run up to trigger chest.
 -Jump into nook where Bones end to trigger Weapon chest.

2nd Yellow Stump
-Run up to him and wait for projectile, neutral jump for kill.

Getting gold armor from 2nd chest.
-3 Frame jump at beginning or lazy instant jump to trigger Chest #1
-Run into jump and hit range with the torch and kill from there.
 -Likely to start shooting projectiles, one & two shots.  Beware and can react with neutral jumps.

4B
-On high rank (no death)
 -Jump over last hand enemy.
 -On low rank (suicide)
 -Crouch and kill hand then run down ice (faster than jumping over)

Little Big Jump variants

From last bit of ice:
-Run left and fall down.
-Run left slightly and throw two Fire-Water's at the rightside foe.
-Immediately jump right afterwards
 -^^Safe method
OR
-Run left slightly (exact positioning) and jump right w/ out throwing Fires.

Big Fall
-Can do big fall off of first descending platform.
 -Throw two Fires exactly as you fall off. (Difficult, not consistent.)
  -This strat is very slightly faster than Little Big Jump.

Stage 5
-Throw a fire-water at Apex of jump to hit 1st Arremer early.
 -Safely follow up to kill.
-2nd set of Arremers:
 -Use rhythm once at the platform: 2 jumps > Magic > 2 jumps > Magic --or whatever it was.  Faster than dispatching them regular.

Faster D-Boost into final checkpoint!!!
-Take damage boost from a pig directly ontop of the 2nd to last ladder.  Must be in butt climbing sprite.
 -Arthur clips onto the upper platform when he falls rightwards.
 -Consistent?