CV Any% CP Blade Dance

male+english VA are faster, there isn't really any detour for items, just use neoseeker's maps for reference if needed
remember to assign a bind for photo mode

Ruined city underground
-lost bayonett
-queen iron
-yellowed book
-antique coin
-mj018
-mj018
-regen extension
-local pennant
-venom cart
-ichor
-queen iron
-mj018
-oliver (don't lose overdrive, parry, bayonett strong attacks) change to fighter before kill

home base 0
-io 2x
-louis 2x
-trade yellowed book, antique coin, local pennant with io (first 3 items)
-get eos chrome
-equip prometheus, hp boost, triple annhilator, adrenaline
-unlock (read cathedral's note)
	prometheus > blade dance
	berserker > dragon lunge*, precision
-warp to outer crossroads

Ruined city center
-queen iron
-garage skip (kill 2 enemies in the building for extra attempts) (normal path is 20s slower, don't get regen extension, gotta kill 4 extra enemies at cathedral) (+4 gifts awb can't do this)
-zweihänder +1
-flower seeds
-nightclaw +1
-statue skip

Cathedral 1 (very important: if you want to use the +4 gifts for awb, you'd need to get the regen extension + kill all enemies to get enough haze, and do home base 1 segment from the gated room mistle. would probably require postponing unlocking blade dance until you beat ribcage too. needs 10k for gifts infusion, consequently will have less haze available for camouflages)
-outlook tower skip
-equip dragon lunge, zweihander and nightclaw and heal to ~650 for safety against last nun
-queen steel
-push enemy
-queen steel
-2 enemies die in lever room (~3100 haze)
-rest at gated room mistle to restore ichor
-before lever pull zweihander, use adrenaline, run towards closest enemy for a run attack, spear enemy should run towards louis and get hit by your second attack, kill the other enemy with normal attacks for 20/20 ichor again, let louis finish spear enemy) (can skip this with +4
-awb lever skip with drain collision cancel (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZiBuNxNgnw)
-awb +1 (reckless abandon after awb lever, 2x ichor if louis lost overdrive he'll cast it here. blade dance before entering fight, backstabs and offensive gifts, parries work too (equip blade dance before fog lifts)
-early ornate key and shoddy key skip
-cathedral front mistle
-warp back to home base

home base 1
-set up precision on berserker and back to prometheus
-sell regen extension
-buy 3 queen iron, 8 camouflages
-sell weapons and veil
-zweihander to +4 gifts
-warp to cathedral front

Cathedral 2
-ribcage (reckless abandon, enter after louis buffs, no bd go all out) change to berserker after kill
-pure blood
-level up to 20/21
-warp to cathedral front
-ridge (1 camou before double nun)

Ridge
-queen steel
-ichor concentrate
-organic soap
-queen steel
-camou before mistle
-observatory mistle
-cos entrance+ladder skip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjTJSBUsPcM) (in order to make revive consistent you must plunge attack before landing) (if pc lags too much during the area transition, consider lowering the fps to 30 to reduce lag spikes)

CoS
-throat (reckless abandon, 2x ichor, venom cart, dash in and BD in front of her, poison for phase change, cast precision asap) master caster after fight
-restore at mistle after cutscenes level up to 35 and unlock prometheus > fire storm

Crypt spire 1
-camou before lever
-camou before lever
-queen titanium before third lever and first door
-5th lever and get silver garb from chest
-camou before round room with enemies
-adrenaline, precision charge + dash attack + dragon lunge for key kill
-queen titanium after door
-open door first in case you manage to skip the animation, climb ladder and get queen titanium
-camou before another round room with enemies
-precision charge + dash attack + dragon lunge for key kill
-camou after climbing ladder for key
-queen titanium after lever in round room with enemies
-queen titanium and sushi tacos behind elevator
-last elevator equip stuff to save time + silver garb
-warp to home base

Home base 3
-get jack's code
-trade everything with coco
-get coco's blend
-buy 6 ichor, 1 charge booster, 10 gift accels, 2 camouflages, 5 titanium, 5 steel
-zweihander to +9
-equip jack's communal along with louis's
-warp to upper crypt spire

Crypt spire 2
-louis's comm into resting, change to jack and lvl 1 to 36 (rest first, leave, while next to the mistle hold REST, cast the communal and let go off REST to open the mistle's menu)
-bbq (pb, fs, 2x ichor, bd)
-reset codes after fight and 2x ichor+gift accel before fog lifts)
-mido (gift accel, fatal surge, bd in the fight, opener with running attack when his name appears on screen)

Outskirts
-pure blood
-rest at mistle
-jack's comm into resting, change to louis and lvl 1 to 37
-qkr (pb, reckless abandon, charge booster, dash in behind him, wait until arms are almost fully lowered and fully charge atk, cast bd whenever possible and try not to get hit to keep overdrive)

Government center
-activate government mistle for safety (can skip this)
-2x back to back camou from the first set of enemies
-att skip (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srAQDsY4llg)
-equip stuff on the elevator

Gaol
-rest at mistle change back to jack
-sk (stagger strat: https://youtu.be/90FQUErgAdI can get 12 hits in to stack bd and kill following one extra phase transition)
-stake out
-jack's communal into resting, change to louis
-vb (coco's blend, ichor concentrate, reckless abandon, go in, if VB jumps then try to dodge away as quickly as you can to keep overdrive, cast bd as soon as you can)