#claw 8

free hit of soul before claw, works even if they dont attack

Faster by like 0.05 than the commonly used strat and its pretty much impossible to lose time with it (have a pretty big window to do both dashes)

Easiest way to do it is to line up with the wall and stop moving until you clear the little platform. Then you just hold forward until you see the blue muchrooms, when you dash, and then buffer the dash once you reach the ground

maybe known? way to backup the mantis pogo after you miss that dash entering the room, notice how I go neutral for a little when hitting the lever

Optimal abyss climb strats for Ghostbusters and Markoth%. One little mistake where the shadow creeper hits me but the rest shows what you want to be going for well. The biggest thing is the double spike pogo to skip going through the large platform and beating the shadow creeper cycle at about 23s on the timer.

here're some stuff i labbed for the wingless climb up in left-side King's Pass on the way to cyclone / gorb some while back (since its semi-cursed bc of the wall architecture). the consistent variant loses some 0.08s and is infinitely easier, because the other one requires a full height jump which is just aaaaa, as well as putting you in a more comfy spot to keep moving upwards.
the dash at the end is definitely optimal, I spent about an hour timing different ways to get up the transition, and this was both the easiest and the fastest.

a different strat for shroom left side spawn. Only gets 1 hit of soul so won't really work for AS

A backup strat for mantis pogo. End of the clip shows reaction to a walkback, both pogos are lenient as long as you dash at the height of the second pogo. Loses around 6-8s depending on execution and whether the mantis steps back. Ensure you are not too close to the mantis when it charges an attack, or the pogo will miss.