Doing a wings into the ceiling here (at around 4s in) instead of landing and prejumping saves a couple frames (thanks cerp)
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Doing no inventory here loses about 0.4 to the thing people normally do here (inventory asap + landing at the bottom before the transition).
For reference, being too far right on the inventory open having to open inventory again loses at least 0.6, landing on the ledge loses about 0.8, and being too far left and dunking loses about 3s. So I think this is a nice middle ground that loses a little bit less than messing up the other strat and is much easier to hit consistently.
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You can ddark these two spiny husks for geo at the cost of ~1s and 3 soul. Gives 16-24 geo without chasing the geo.
Make sure you end cdash and ddark as far left as possible so the left husk's geo is more likely to bounce into you if it goes leftward.
Better than Herrah rocks if you need <20 after Petra arena (if you have more than 185 geo)
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Alternative to the inv drop near the start of the qg thorn drop room. They're exactly the same time-wise from my timing, but I find the pre-jump version to be a bit easier to greed.
The sedic slash makes sure you're as far left as possible before the dash.
You can do the pre-jump from the spot in the picture, almost right after you're under the part sticking down
You're able to fit 2 cyclone drops in this room, and it is a lot easier to go towards the left before entering the transition.
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instead of going neutral after dashing into the ceiling boost, upslash to avoid wallcling and hold right
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upslash saves ~.1 (hard)
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