kyle strats

kyle (https://www.twitch.tv/videos/203512799)

A lot of these are improvements that you CAN do, but some of them you might not want to do because of difficulty/consistency (swamp gossips strat for example). I'm just making this list so you're at least aware of some of these possibilities.

I will omit some strats (such as seamwalk into goron shrine or different stt bk skip) that I think are hard/inconsistent with current strats. I will also omit some places where you could save frames by drawing hookshot/bow (such as how you can technically drop bomb at start of oceanside and then draw hookshot and then recoil flip), but I will mention some easy ones


Minor improvements:

after ect chest, possible to land in the loading zone with the sidehop (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0GTzHBs84E)

can do backwalk instead of rolls from ect to wct after ect chest

after hidden owl, can pull bomb sooner (you did a roll before pulling the bomb, can just walk a few steps) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4cEkFnWQEQ&t=24m59s)

swamp gossips: could do strat sausage does (namely, save 1 chu with skulltula hover and then use that chu)

mountain village: can do faster superslide (this is easier than it looks)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4cEkFnWQEQ&t=31m22s)

twin islands: can do superslide instead of tektite recoil (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4cEkFnWQEQ&t=31m33s)

better movement exiting goron shrine (you started backwalk while still on the ice, so had really slow acceleration, you can also do recoil flip, also it's faster by frames to walk + do rolls while exiting shrine instead of sidehops. NOTE: you want to do a late recoil flip instead of an early recoil flip to avoid grabbing the ledge)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6QvAcXZMCU&t=13)

movement from goron shrine to lens cave: technically you can pull bomb during hess and then long jump + JS onto an invisible platform, but this seems hard.

lens cave platforms: An easy optimization you can do here is to pull a bomb while you're jumping to the THIRD from last (there are 6 total platforms, so when you're jumping from platform 3 to platform 4) and then do a recoil flip from the last platform (i.e. the 6th platform) to the lens cave. You'll want to pull the bomb about halfway through your jump from the 3rd to 4th platform.
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qIugy6I8EQc) (you'll notice in the video he only jumped onto 5 platforms, this is because he skipped the 2nd platform with a good jump from the corner of the first platform to the corner of the 3rd platform, but this is hard to do consistently because the platforms are invisible so it's hard to have a good visual cue for where/when to jump)

in woodfall 1, you can skip equipping stick entirely because it's extra equip and doesnt save much time

snapper room can be done better: don't pull the bomb asap, the bomb will explode on the snapper anyway so you can do a roll first which is faster than walking. do snapper room like this EXCEPT he could have walked closer to the bomb that exploded on the 3rd snapper to take damage AND with the damage route we came up with (see below), you'll want to take 1/2 at first set of snappers instead of 1/4 (in the vid he takes 1/4 because snapper hits him), so you'll want to roll and drop bomb so that the bomb will hit the snapper before the snapper has a chance to hit you (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ip_uN6l-0EM)

How damage route should work:

torch mega											2.75
bubble fairy										3.0
long jump to switch									2.5
long jump away from switch							2.0
chu recoil to snapper room
enter snapper room
roll, drop bomb, snapper runs into bomb				1.5
quickspin snappers once, drop bomb (this kills them)
throw bomb on 3rd snapper							1.0
JS snapper
shield drop bomb
slash snapper (final hit)
bomb will damage you before cutscene starts			0.5
chu for deathwarp									0.0


sirloin movement in goron village: instead of walking along the inner path, backwalking along the outer path is better (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN-xK0zojQk&t=47m57s)

when doing backwalk to first bomber after starting the minigame, might as well draw the bow during this backwalk in case you have to shoot him or the other bomber, no risk but saves frames if bad rng

can do faster hover into PF (line up zora's head with the hookshot target) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g00oUu5PdVU&t=27s)

faster movement to hookshot room (notice he holds down-left early on input display) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN-xK0zojQk&t=1h3m12s)

Oceanside: I saw you intentionally take damage from the big skulltula for 1/2 heart. Instead, it'd be better to enter the last room, roll to break the crate on the right, quickspin so that you kill skulltula immediately, then as soon as you get control after quickspin, pull a bomb, walk into token, backwalk to the crate on the other side of the room, then turn around so you're not backwalking anymore or else the bomb explosion will knock you a bit in the wrong direction, the bomb explosion will not only blow up the crate, but it will kill the skulltula on the wall inside the little room. This order is a bit faster anyway because you can also do more direct movement to climbing the boxes at the end of the room by doing it in this order

hookshoting trees up to beavers: for the last 2 trees, I saw you do: hookshot tree, 2 rolls, hookshot tree, 2 rolls, hookshot tree, turn zora, enter loading zone BUT INSTEAD you should do: hookshot tree, 1 roll + walk a bit, hookshot tree, 1 roll + walk a bit, hookshot tree, turn zora, enter loading zone
(i.e., instead of doing 2 rolls after hookshoting, you can just do 1 roll plus a few steps of walking and you'll be close enough to hookshot the next tree)

observatory movement: you can backflip up the ledge to skip climbing it (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e06ZNuiSvWI)

after exiting observatory, you should pull the bomb asap instead of collecting the moon's tear before pulling the bomb. You will have to shield drop the bomb in order to pick up the moon's tear (because holding an object, such as a bomb, gives you collection delay), then do the goron boost after picking up the tear

after killing the dodongos in the grotto, while waiting for the last one to explode, you can walk/roll into it to push it closer to where the chest spawns so you do less movement to the rupee/chest

the bomb strat for the first snowhead fairy saves around 4s and it's easy once you know the visual cue and it's low risk, definitely worth it. Here's a video of some successes/failures which should give you a good idea of where to stand/when to throw it (using the textures on the bridge as visual cues; see description)
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv6t_NjCxTw)

snowhead temple room with compass chest: after opening the strat fairy chest, you jump off the cliff and do a roll before pulling the bomb, this roll is totally unnecessary, just do 1 step and then pull the bomb, it's free timesave and the explosion radius is active for multiple frames so it's not precise. I can't find a video of anyone doing it perfectly, but it is not hard

after eeno room, your equips are bad. You should keep fire arrow equipped the entire time because fire arrow takes longer to equip than other items.
your equips: (bomb, fire, gfm) -> (goron, zora, gfm) -> (goron, fire, bomb)
better equips: (bomb, fire, gfm) -> (goron, zora, fire) -> (goron, bomb, fire)

can do fast strat to blow up snowballs on the bridge (this is easy I promise) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRNTqtnZr8A&t=1h17m32s) [the only slow thing he did was not uncurling after each goron pound, you should quickly uncurl to recover from the goron pound fast; also goron pounds are only worth it if the bomb blows up the first 2 snowballs, if the bomb only blows up one snowball, then just do spike roll]

powder keg movement on twin islands: can do backwalk along first bridge (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRNTqtnZr8A&t=1h24m13s)

powder keg movement: it's possible to skip picking up the keg again by throwing it from a better spot
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhYT-tjKpXM)

get spikes while waiting for countdown during goron race (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2ldXiCpLqU&t=1h7m50s)
This simply lets you finish the race faster, rubberbanding should ultimately be about the same

can do timestop without c-up (notice where he lines up link's head) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y4cEkFnWQEQ&t=1h3m5s)

keep fire arrow equipped for garo master fight (equip hook over zora instead of over fire arrow) and then do this garo master strat that uses hook + fire which saves about 3-4s (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yxew3j_ysPQ)

after killing mask hiploop, ideally jump to skip climbing the little ledge

in the mirror room, you should move to a position so that you can sidehop left immediately after shooting the sun and the sun block, this will put you 2 sidehops closer to the chest pretty much for free
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRNTqtnZr8A&t=2h12m32s)

ISTT Eyegore: this strat is really good and no one does it, stick to the wall so you end up having a straight angle, then turn 90 deg left and kill eyegore and you can directly backwalk to the giant's mask chest
(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3oRIpjFn_8)

can do rooftop big octo skip (if you don't like c-up, can do setup, but c-up is probably a bit better) (setup: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACxZglN0BHg)

can do jumpslash to skip both of the ledge grabs when jumping across the balcony in swamp spider house

after swamp spider house, if you're good at gainers can do this instead of lilly pad (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4T2s9AYjq0)

woodfall 2: ideally draw fire arrow at gekko door and use fire arrow for first hit on gekko instead of razor sword

gigo timed this to be faster in last room of woodfall (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1L81fuzUW70)

if you enter fairy fountain as zora, I think it saves frames to roll instead of backwalk into the fairy cutscene

mountain gossips/other gossip grottos: hard for me to tell if you're doing this or not, but you can start playing ocarina immediately when you're in front of a gossip stone, also useful during twinmold trial on moon and for spawning fairy in ranch, etc.

can sidehop to grab fence ledge when entering deku 3

can do fast movement from NCT to laundry pool as goron by riding along the slope on the clock tower above the owl, no video exists but it's not too hard

can start swimming even sooner after biobaba HP (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jN-xK0zojQk&t=2h44m5s)

in pinnacle rock, when you kill an eel, you want to kill it as low as possible if the next eel is vertically below you and you want to kill the eel as high as possible if the next eel is vertically above you, simply minimizes the distance you have to travel to the next eel

can line up jump after fish HP so you can grab ledge instead of ladder (can technically skip ledge grab with a corner clip, but not consistent for rta)

1 pause pcs is worth it in 100% (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evcAGE2gYnA)
also this is a good way to get onto the turtle in 100%: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7F38bM0kS8

after GBT small key chest, exit the water like this (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRNTqtnZr8A&t=3h3m15s)

bonk strat before wart (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Ftj5_ueryM&t=10)

faster chu strat for barrel fairy in teeter totter room

fast gekko manip strat (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OXawg2M2O4I)

ladder skip in GBT and better movement on waterwheel (both demonstrated in this video) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HxF-uOudlQ)



--- everything below will be based on 4:58:20 pb ---


learn movement from swamp frog to deku palace without bonking on lilly pads

butler race: deku bubble on switch is extra mask transition, using bomb or just skipping the switch entirely would be better

sakon's hideout staircase hover (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPAmX-xCi6g)

can sidehop to grab ledge after stone mask/before entering graveyard

after song of storms, pull the bomb for the long jump sooner (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdloaH0QNDo&t=3h26m4s)

after goron rolling to the skulltula before the 2nd iron knuckle, I saw you do a roll before pulling the bomb, but you can skip that roll and just pull the bomb immediately

when doing movement as goron to get on top of the milk bar, instead of backflipping up the little ledge, you can just hold down on control stick and he will goron roll up it

can sidehop to grab ledge before getting powder keg

=== Cycle 3 ===

can sodt sooner for blast mask (after bad bat tree hp is definitely doable, but even sooner is possible as well)

should go for the quick kill in poe house, try to JS either red or blue poe at the end of the "cutscene" (frame perfect)

after ikana castle hp, curving a backflip into the well is fastest

when slashing keaton grass during blast mask sequence, avoid picking up the green rupee (you want a 0 in the ones place in your wallet to minimize the number of bank scrolls you do)

garo race can be done better, learn the carrot route:
ATZ23192 : 4 carrots -> replenish full -> 5 carrots -> replenish 2 -> carrot and jump over fence + replenish 2 -> carrot over 2nd fence replenish full -> space carrots to reach the end
ATZ23192 : also at the beginning don't mash A turn and go right to go around the guy asap
ATZ23192 : like hold up-rightish
ATZ23192 : use carrot quick tho
(not perfect race, but ok example: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2ldXiCpLqU&t=1h14m34s)

ikana castle: after gainer sunblock and climbing ledge, just turn goron immediately instead of jumping as zora

learn hover to skip ladder in twinmold trial, know exact chu count for odolwa trial

if you get damage isg off of garo master, you should mash hookshot afterwards so that hookshot is drawn instead of sword, this saves frames