#hk 100 106 percent 16

i think it's too hard for people, but if you really want to skip the screaming not by dive

not see it in runs so post in case. made with tas but fisrt SS should be available

minihop here and hold right and upslash, also dash as early as possible under these thorns

easy setup for early birthplace drop to keep your hazard respawn at lifeblood core (speed is mostly irrelevant)

New jump saves 0.1:
After entering laser gauntlet, land as early as possible on the 2nd flipping platform and immediately jump really high and dash. This triggers the proximity on the 2nd to last crystal earlier (green line good), which is normally the only laser you need to wait a brief moment on, which means it disappears 0.1-0.15 earlier

played around with jen's early birthplace/voidheart unlock drop, and found cues for it.
1: as long as you are further right than this position for the drop you'll be safe from any spikes.
2: the yellow box below the knight is the entrance trigger, so you can simply walk off -> drop a bit -> dash -> wings in to the spikes
(also there is zero practical reason to cut it that close even, but its still nice to know when youve gone too far)

Doing this forward slash pogo doesn't lose much soul and saves 0.3-0.5 over the normal strat. You don't need to greed as hard as I did, as long as you play like you would in a run its impossible to be too fast (technically possible if you are like zkad irl or smth). Very lenient

0.1 faster than scruffy or ax's movement here, doesn't matter if you walljump or jump. Jump at the end is to avoid corner correct.

IMO Ax's movement is the easiest/best for runs

This is hard but lines up the walljumps correctly, idk if worth in runs

finally a strat to get over this idiot without waiting
Just delay the jump and pogo a tiny bit, it looks like it'll hit you but it just doesn't

Ceiling boost here for more fall speed through the platform. In order to get the boost you need to be holding right for (idk one or more?) frames after your jump bonks the ceiling, so that you move into the ceiling. Takes a lot of practice.

setup to get a really good wcs into room, also just ensures you never miss it (2 slashes when the elevator hits the bottom, not precise when you start them)

transition wcs to avoid the hardfall without dashing. I did not discover this, I believe it was first discovered by CC

WCS strat for movement in this room. If you get a bodyslam attack the shade soul will not double and you'll have to do an additional one. This also requires that you overcharm shaman + twister + grimmchild for this section since you'll have to go for the soul totem otherwise

a nice wallcling storage to start off flower quest, also saves .2-.4 seconds