#gauntlet 5

this kinda awkward movement at the start of the room saves ~.15 if executed perfectly, and still saves a bit/breaks even if you go neutral. posted in nmg-discussion a bit ago (https://discord.com/channels/772964112908156938/836364889604751450/1392927226327994400) but should probably be in strats too i figured

saves .08 or .06 optimally , dunno. but on average im saving .04
if u accidentally recling its same speed as not doing it
only loses time if u accidentally slash right somehow (u should be doing nail before press left to avoid this)

Dashing into the bottom of this conveyor allows you to greed this laser cycle near perfectly without having to go neutral/delay your inputs for some arbitrary time. Like pest plats it doesn't inherently save time but will give you better average times because of how much easier it is to greed. Second clip is the normal strat for reference.

I use the plank at the bottom of the conveyor (first screenshot) as a cue for where to dash. Depending on how you time that and how good your walljumps up are, you may run into the second laser (second screenshot) if you just hold forward like normal. You can just jump over it, though you'll wanna hit the third laser roughly at the plank (third screenshot) to make sure you make it over the ledge with your dash. Then for the last laser just dash after you land.

Slight modification to this strat that loses another 0.1s or so but also avoids most of the bad patterns with the second to last petra. I'm using the background vines in the screenshot as a cue for when to dash. Still not an ideal strat but worth messing around with I think.

EDIT: I've realized you can decide which strat to do on reaction. As you dash to the first collapsible platform, take note of the petra's position. If it's very high and to the left, or directly in your jump arc, do this safer strat. Otherwise the original should work fine.

by cdashing the first part with the singular duranda, you make it to the next part so early in the cycle that you have time to dash into the wall to set your cdash on the correct height to dash over the ledge and still get the fastest cycle
makes it very easy, saves about .7-.9 over the most common strats