potential x2 100% routes

The X-Hunter cycle is as follows:

-> Wheel Gator -> Morph Moth -> Wire Sponge -> Bubble Crab
-> Flame Stag -> Magna Centipede -> Crystal Snail -> Overdrive Ostrich

The tentative starting points of the X-Hunters are:

    Agile: Morph Moth
    Serges: Flame Stag
    Violen: Overdrive Ostrich


Optimal X-hunter locations(not thoroughly tested yet):

1. Gator
2. Crab
3. Stag
4. Centipede
5. Moth
6. Ostrich
7. Sponge
8. Snail

If you beat the last X-Hunter and then the stage (without game over), and you have still not beaten all eight Maverick stages, you will receive an additional cutscene which is around 8 seconds long.


-------------------------Route 1-------------------------


1. sponge

2. gator

3. centipede (A-mm, S-fs, V-oo)

4. ostrich (A-bc, S-cs, V-mm)

5. snail (A-fs, S-mm, V-bc)

6. crab (A-mm, S-bc, V-fs) - fight serges

7. stag (A-fs, V-mm) - fight agile

8. moth (V-mm) - fight violen

Weaknesses:

Gator: no s.burner
Centipede: no s.burner for stage or raid killer; no silk shot/sonic slicer on chop

register; no silk shot on boss fight
Ostrich: no s.burner, no crystal hunter
Snail: no s.burner
Crab: no s.burner

-6 extra X-hunter warps
-fights X-hunters on the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th most optimal stages


-------------------------Route 2-------------------------


1. sponge

2. stag

3. gator (A-mm, S-fs, V-oo)

4. ostrich (A-bc, S-mc, V-mm)

5. centipede (A-mc, S-cs, V-bc) - fight agile

6. moth (S-mm, V-cs) - fight serges

7. snail (V-bc)

8. crab (V-bc) - fight violen

Weaknesses:

Stag: no charge chain; no neon jumps; no bubbles or buster upgrade on boss fight
Gator: no s.burner
Ostrich: no crystal hunter on boss fight
Centipede: no silk shot for boss fight
Moth: no crystal hunter for heart

-no magnet mine/silk shot on agile
-no bubbles on violen
-4 extra X-hunter warps
-fights X-hunters on 2nd, 4th, and 5th most optimal stages


-------------------------Route 3-------------------------


1. sponge

2. gator

3. crab (A-mm, S-fs, V-oo)

4. stag (A-fs, S-mc, V-mm) - fight agile

5. centipede (S-cs, V-mc) - fight violen

6. snail (S-oo)

7. ostrich (S-mm)

8. moth (S-mm) - fight serges

Weaknesses:

Gator: no s.burner
Crab: no sonic slicer for giant fish; no s.burner; no neon jumps; no crystal hunter
Stag: no neon jumps
Centipede: no silk shot/sonic slicer on chop register

-no silk shot/magnet mine on agile
-2 extra X-hunter warps
-fights X hunters on 3rd, 4th, and 5th most optimal stages


-------------------------Route 4-------------------------


1. sponge

2. gator

3. centipede (A-mm, S-fs, V-oo)

4. crab (A-bc, S-cs, V-mm) - fight agile

5. stag (S-oo, V-fs) - fight violen

6. snail (S-mm)

7. moth (S-oo)

8. ostrich (S-oo) - fight serges

Weaknesses:

Gator: no s.burner
Centipede: no s.burner for stage or raid killer; no sonic slicer/silk shot on chop

register; no silk shot on boss fight
Crab: no s.burner; no neon jumps; no sonic slicer for giant fish
Stag: no neon jumps

-2 extra X-hunter warps
-fights X hunters on 2nd, 3rd, and 6th most optimal stages


-------------------------Route 5-------------------------


1. sponge

2. gator

3. ostrich (A-mm, S-fs, V-oo) - fight violen

4. crab (A-bc, S-mc) - fight agile

5. stag (S-cs)

6. moth (S-mm) - fight serges

7. centipede

8. snail

Weaknesses:

Gator: no s.burner
Ostrich: no s.burner, no crystal hunter on boss fight
Crab: no s.burner

-extra cut scene(but 2 less X-hunter warps)
-no bubbles on violen
-no silk/mine on agile
-fights X-hunters on 2nd, 5th, and 6th most optimal stages


-------------------------Route 6-------------------------


1. sponge

2. gator

3. ostrich (A-mm, S-fs, V-oo) - fight violen

4. stag (A-bc, S-mc)

[this 1-4 order forces you to fight an X-hunter on snail or watch the extra cut scene no

matter how you do 5-8 I think]

5. crab (A-mc, S-cs)

6. centipede (A-cs, S-mm)

7. (S-cs)


-------------------------Route 7-------------------------


1. sponge

2. gator

3. stag (A-mm, S-fs, V-oo) - fight serges

4. centipede (A-bc, V-mm)

5. ostrich (A-cs, V-bc)

6. moth (A-mm, V-cs) - fight agile

7. snail (V-bc)

8. crab (V-bc) - fight violen

Weaknesses:

Gator: no s.burner
Stag: no neon jumps; no bubbles for boss fight
Centipede: no silk/slicer for chop register; no silk for boss fight
Ostrich: no crystal hunter for boss fight
Moth: no crystal hunter for heart

-no sonic slicer on serges
-no bubbles on violen
-2 extra X-hunter warps
-fights X-hunters on 2nd, 3rd, and 5th most optimal stages


-------------------------Route 8-------------------------


1. sponge

2. gator

3. stag (A-mm, S-fs, V-oo) - fight serges

4. crab (A-bc, V-mm) - fight agile

5. centipede (v-mc) - fight violen

6. snail

7. ostrich

8. moth

Weaknesses:

Gator: no s.burner
Stag: no neon jumps; no bubbles for boss fight
Crab: no sonic slicer for giant fish; no neon jumps
Centipede: no silk/slicer for chop register; no silk shot for boss fight

-no sonic slicer on serges
-no silk/mine on agile
-extra cut scene  but 3 less X-hunter warps
-fights X-hunters on 2nd, 3rd, and 4th most optimal stages