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KidCharlemagneReturns: /* [Show/Hide] 2snek Beginner/Race Video Guide */

2022-08-11T16:45:16Z

‎[Show/Hide] 2snek Beginner/Race Video Guide

KidCharlemagneReturns at 16:44, 11 August 2022

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KidCharlemagneReturns at 06:58, 24 January 2022

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SBDWolf at 09:08, 25 May 2021

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SBDWolf at 21:02, 6 May 2021

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SBDWolf at 11:13, 6 May 2021

2021-05-06T11:13:37Z

Shockra tease: /* Rare Double Zombie pattern */

2021-04-28T22:19:39Z

‎Rare Double Zombie pattern

SBDWolf at 00:16, 28 April 2021

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SBDWolf at 00:04, 28 April 2021

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SBDWolf at 23:32, 27 April 2021

2021-04-27T23:32:26Z

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 *Position Simon against the bottom platform to the right and wait. There's a breakable block that contains a Double Shot there, you can break this in advance but wait until the boss has moved down before walking in to collect it.
 *As soon as you've collected the Double Shot, simply fire off Axes from safety until the boss is dead.
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 {{Infobox level
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 | game = Castlevania
 | level_name = 1

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 [[File:Cv1-MidBat.PNG|thumb|right|frame|260px||Whip when the bat's middle crosses this line.]]
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-*If you jump too late on the top platform during a TASCrit attempt, the bat will move slightly from its original position and won't swoop down for a while. To get him to move quickly, go down two steps and then move back up one step. This will allow you to go for a Crit, and it loses about 1 seconds over the standard TASCrit. The crit has a similar visual cue to the 2-frame pattern.
+*If you jump too late on the top platform during a TASCrit attempt, the bat will move slightly from its original position and won't swoop down for a while. To get him to move quickly, go down two steps and then move back up one step. This will allow you to go for a Crit, and it loses about 1 second over the standard TASCrit. The crit has a similar visual cue to the 2-frame pattern.
 ==== Axe strats ====
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 <span style="color:#00FF00">Recommended to newcomers</span><br />
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-[[File:Cv1-Stage02 pixel.png|thumb|right|frame|400px||This is the pixel you need to stay at to manipulate an item drop]]
+[[File:Cv1-Stage02 pixel.png|thumb|right|frame|400px||This is the pixel you need to stay at to manipulate an item drop. You can use Simon's front foot in relation to the bricks in the background as a visual cue.]]
 *Stand on a pixel perfect location. This will force the bat to force an item as soon as it hits Simon. If no other item drops have occurred yet, this item will be a Stopwatch.
 **If you fail the Stopwatch manipulation or you get another item drop, it's recommended to not retry it and continue with the setup instead. Fall back on the backup Axe strats for stage 03 if you leave this stage without a Stopwatch.

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 === Backups ===
 ==== Rare Double Zombie pattern ====
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 *Rarely, two zombies will spawn at the start of the room. If this happens, take knockback from the zombie on the back, then perform a jump-clunk off the platform to get the same pattern that the Simple Stopwatch Kills and the 2-frame landing from the Advanced section get from the boss.
 ==== Late jump on TASCrit ====
 [[File:Cv1-MidBat.PNG|thumb|right|frame|260px||Whip when the bat's middle crosses this line.]]

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 *To achieve this, got through the room taking special care to never let go of right, take the invincibility potion, and simply walk off the big ledge, taking a clunk. This will consistently lose exactly 18 frames, providing a good pattern on the boss.
 *Once you're at the boss, position Simon on the middle step. Once the bat starts to move, move to the top step and wait. When the bat approaches you, there is a 1-frame window where you can whip and kill the boss in one hit. This is known as the [[Cv1/tricks#Critical_Hit_Glitch | Critical Hit Glitch]]
-**A general visual cue designed for people running on original console with a low display monitor (CRT or low delay LCD) in mind is depicted in this picture. This changes from person to person depending on reaction time and input delay, so experiment with your visual cue and try to create your own line a little earlier or later if you feel like it works better ('''Mention that some people use the wing flaps''').
+**A general visual cue designed for people running on original console with a low display monitor (CRT or low delay LCD) in mind is depicted in this picture. This changes from person to person depending on reaction time and input delay, so experiment with your visual cue and try to create your own line a little earlier or later if you feel like it works better.
 ***If you fail the crit, there's an easy way to tell if you were late or early. If you were late, Simon will hit the boss for 2 bars of HP, and a red sparkle will appear around the bat, indicating a hit. If you were early, SImon will not hit the boss instead and it will stay at full health.
 *As a backup, activate the stopwatch and kill the bat there. You need to press either up+B on the same frame, or B 1 frame after pressing up, to avoid climbing the step.

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 <span style="color:#00FF00">Recommended to newcomers</span><br />
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-*WIP
+[[File:Cv1-Zombie DBoost.gif|right|frame||If two or three zombies spawn clumped up together, take a damage boost.]]
 *Jumping into the gate as shown is faster. This is because as soon as Simon touches the castle entrance, the game automatically moves him at a slower speed, so you want to jump to preserve normal speed.
-*Right at the start of the castle, there could be one, two or three zombie spawning next to each other. If it's only one, you can simply jump over it and whip the one trailing a bit behind it, if there is one. If there's two or three zombies grouped up together, you might want to take a damage boost on one of them. ('''Needs gif''')
+*Right at the start of the castle, there could be one, two or three zombie spawning next to each other. If it's only one, you can simply jump over it and whip the one trailing a bit behind it, if there is one. If there's two or three zombies grouped up together, you might want to take a damage boost on one of them.
 *Get the first whip upgrade from one of the high candles. Try to not get it from one of the low candles, especially if close to a zombie since it'll make timing your subsequent jump difficult.
 *On the second wave on zombies, there will never be two zombies next to each other. Feel free to jump and whip on landing for these guys.
 *Don't be afraid to start climbing the staircase to avoid taking knockback from a zombie behind it.
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 === Stopwatch Manipulation (Optimal) ===
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-[[File:Cv1-stage01 double drop.gif|right|frame||Money Bag dropping from the first Zombie, advancing the item chart]]
+[[File:Cv1-stage01 double drop.gif|right|frame||Money Bag dropping from the first Zombie, advancing the item chart.]]
 *The optimal frame to jump into the gate is the one shown in the video, where Simon turns around for a very brief moment before going into the castle.
 *Aim to get the Stopwatch off the first zombie. Break the first candle to get the whip upgrade, then jump and whip the zombie on landing. Whipping to get the Stopwatch is a 1-frame window.
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 === Simple Crit attempt + backup Stopwatch kill ===
 <span style="color:#00FF00">Recommended to newcomers</span><br />
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 [[File:Cv1-MidBat.PNG|thumb|right|frame|320px||Whip when the bat's middle crosses this line.]]
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 **A general visual cue designed for people running on original console with a low display monitor (CRT or low delay LCD) in mind is depicted in this picture. This changes from person to person depending on reaction time and input delay, so experiment with your visual cue and try to create your own line a little earlier or later if you feel like it works better ('''Mention that some people use the wing flaps''').
 ***If you fail the crit, there's an easy way to tell if you were late or early. If you were late, Simon will hit the boss for 2 bars of HP, and a red sparkle will appear around the bat, indicating a hit. If you were early, SImon will not hit the boss instead and it will stay at full health.
-*As a backup, activate the stopwatch and kill the bat there. You need to press either up+B on the same frame, or B 1 frame after pressing up, to avoid climbing the step ('''SBDWolf: I think the video should be replaced with a successful crit, and then a video showcasing the backup activation should be appended here''')
+*As a backup, activate the stopwatch and kill the bat there. You need to press either up+B on the same frame, or B 1 frame after pressing up, to avoid climbing the step.
 === Simple Stopwatch kill ===
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 [[File:Cv1-TASCrit failed backward.PNG|thumb|right|frame|210px||If you fail the backward jump, strike a bit later.]]
-*This is the fastest possible kill, it saves a little over 0.4s over the 2-frame and the 1-frame patterns.
+*This is the fastest possible kill, it saves a little over 0.4s over the 2-frame and the 1-frame patterns (26 frames at most).
 *To do this setup, climb two steps of the stairs and then go immediately down. Make sure that every movement so far is buffered. At this point, wait a split second and aim to do a backward jump up the top platform. There is a 4-frame window to perform a backward jump and get a usable swoop from the boss. Immediately start going down a step (buffer this action as well) and go for the crit.
 **If you jump up to the top platform too early, the bat will swoop down too high and it won't hit Simon. If you jump too late, it will move from its original position, making the rest of the setup not work (there is a backup for this, check the Backups section below).