Crystal Spinners

 I’m going to share my crystal spinner passing strategy, a lot of this stuff can also be applied to gold. There’s a common misconception that no pausing means you’re yoloing the spinner which couldn’t be further from the truth. People think this because top runners paused for years on spinners, the truth is we were all just bad back then. A pause takes 66 frames in crystal so you’re losing over a second every time you press pause.

 Reaction time is a big thing with spinner passing however it doesn’t matter if you pause or no pause, bad reaction time will cause you to hit spinners and lose time either way so you need to be actively practicing spinners to get used to reacting quickly.

Let me get in to what I do for each spinner

Russell- This is the first spinner in crystal and he’s quite awful as you have to pass him twice while walking.
First pass wait for a down or right turn then go, 2nd pass wait for up or left turn then go. You can do turn frame + pause on 2nd pass if it feels better but it’s not necessary. Luckily even if you hit this guy it only loses 30 seconds making him the best spinner in the game to hit.

Anthony- For this guy you have a repel buffer luckily which makes him pretty easy to pass unfortunately if you hit him you have to reset no matter how good your run is. Don’t pause for him though

Benny- This guy is arguably the worst spinner in the game because it’s a massive time loss and he’s very likely to hit since you have to pass twice while walking. Sometimes you can pause for first pass if you have to menu, consider pausing on 2nd pass. Generally wanna play Benny on the safe side.

Ivan- The next spinner is part of spinner hell. He can see you on 2 tiles so it’s basically a walking spinner. Don’t pause for him, simply wait for up or left turn then go. He’s not the worst to hit right now because he gives you lvl 20 for miltank which lets you 1 shot it and you don’t have to pass him 2 more times

Irwin- Next up we have Irwin, I like pausing frame perfectly before him because he’s pretty awkward as a no pause. He’s one of the slowest spinners in the game.

Irwin 2- For this pass you can bonk the police officer then buffer bike 1 tile before him and you can pass him perfectly. I will consider a pause if I can’t get first try pass.

Ivan 2- Frame perfect pause is fine for this pass, no pause is also fine. Whatever you feel like doing in the moment

Ivan 3- No pause just like Ivan 1 but play a little safer because there’s 0 benefit to hitting him now

Irwin 3- Same as irwin 1

Greg- Ok here we have Greg who is an absolutely dreadful spinner to hit in crystal because you don’t have headbutt which makes this a 3 shot and also you don’t have full heals anymore and he has hypnosis. All this being said he’s a pretty easy no pause spinner with bike.

Dana- She’s a little awkward but still no reason to pause for her, just need to practice the correct movement here and you’ll be fine

Olivia- You setup a repel buffer for her so she’s one of the easiest spinner passes in the game and she only loses 30 seconds

Ernest 1- This guy is a bad spinner to hit, should practice passing him and I can’t blame pausing for him if you’re feeling it

Kaylee- You have a pause buffer for her to teach strength, don’t pause again if you can’t go first pass

Benjamin- Very easy pass on bike

Rocket spinner 1- He’s a little awkward but shouldn’t pause for him

Rocket spinner 2- Same as 1

Douglas- You save and manip him if you hit him

Ernest 2- Same as Ernest 1

Joyce- You setup a repel buffer for her and then pause for 2nd pass to use super repel. If you are not currently doing this repel buffer stop whatever you are doing at this moment and learn this, it’s so important.

Heidi 1- You pause buffer after ledge hop for her and use super repel. This allows you to go for the double pass if you get a good up spin and it’s an awkward no pause after ledge hop anyway. For 2nd pass there’s no reason to pause.

Heidi 2- This time you don’t have a super repel to use for any of her passes but I still like pause for first pass because of awkward + double pass opportunity. You setup a Tom repel buffer 3 tiles after her.

Tom- Ok this guy is an actual motherfucker and he should die in a fire. Absolutely the worst spinner in the game to dodge and to hit and he comes so very late in the game. Ok so first pass is repel buffered so that’s easy, 2nd pass don’t pause, 3rd pass don’t pause. GL

Rebecca- The very last spinner in the game comes after over 3 hours of gameplay. Completely fine if you wanna turnframe + pause on her as you don’t really wanna take any chances with the last spinner.

So you wanna worry about what you can control which is getting a good direction + good reaction on every spinner. Don’t be scared of spinners or else you will not be able to execute your strategy properly. Follow my advice and you too will be able to pass spinners like a top runner as long as you commit to practice.