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*Next jump onto the slightly raised platform and head towards the skeleton, turn and come back to the first block and jump up and into the now jumping third fleaman. This should boost you to the next platform, turn toss a holy water at the candle, grab the big heart and proceed up the stairs.

*After gaining control of Simon, immediately jump off of the current platform, and walk towards the fleaman. When Simon's head almost reaches the candle prior to the fleaman jump and whip - this should kill the first fleaman. If it does not after you walk under the platform jump and throw a holy water. This should be an earlier toss than the standard and not a delayed toss, you want to keep the second fleaman alive to boost off of.

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*Walk up the stairs and jump off of the raised platform at the top of the stairs. Whip buffer on the way down so you do not clunk. From here you have to deal first with the skeleton, which has two patterns. Jump forwards and if the skeleton just jumps at you, you whip him in the air. If he jumps and throws a bone you do a delayed holy water throw. This needs to be almost as late as possible.

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*Once you gain control of Simon after the door take a step and do a jump delay whip, this will manipulate the skeleton later on this screen to jump down from the platform as you approach. Keep walking right and the medusa heads will not hit you, jump and throw the axe to hit the upper candle to get the cross to drop. Continuing walking to the right collect the cross and walk up the stairs.

*If entering stage 8 on bag in the item table and you have 3 or more hearts there is a spot to jump and throw the cross that will force a drop and advance the item table. The video above shows a potion drop but if you were on bag it would be a bag. This is important because it sets you up for the second screen of stage 8 to be on rosary and make it easier to move through that screen.

*There are a number of ways to move through this screen. For beginners you can walk up the stairs, head to the right, jump and throw a cross at the bird and candle. Then stop and whip down the bone pillar. Afterwards jump across the first pit, stop and whip the two birds, then jump the second pit, whip or jump the fireballs and then jump the second bone pillar.

*Alternatively, the easiest is to jump and throw a cross to hit the bird and the candle for the 5 hearts. Jump over the first fireball shot at you, and when you land whip the second fireball. Then jump and land on the right side of bone pillar to damage boost over the pit. As Simon stands up from the boost landing, throw a cross to protect you from the birds, continue to walk to the right. Then jump over the next pit, you can whip or jump the fireballs from the next bone pillar, and finally jump over the pillar and proceed to the door. The clip shows the player getting a potion drop but you can jump or whip the fireballs still.

*The optimal way to move through the second screen of stage 8 is to force an item drop off of the bird. This is done by jumping and throwing a cross on the way down from the jump that hits both the candle and the bird. Depending on which item you are on this allows you to move through this screen very quickly. Potion for this screen allows you to walk through everything except the final bone pillar which you want to jump as your invincibility may run out. If you are setting up for god bridge in stage 9 you'll also want to force a bag drop off of the second bird on this screen so that you are on rosary going into stage 9.