(not a new strat but a more detailed guide than anything i can find in this discord, apologies if somebody already posted something like this but figured i would post for anyone learning hundo/TE and struggling with this skip)
Deep Docks Arena Elevator Skip
i dont do any pogo dashes on my way to the elevator, i find it fucks up my timing, but you might be able to make it work
as soon as I trigger the elevator, i immediately jump and dash to mantle skip (i find that an upslash mantle skip is slower here, you just have to get the timing right without the upslash)
as soon as im on the upper ledge, i do one very tight and very low to the floor jump dash (very quick represses, you can't really see it in the video) and land slightly to the right of the shard bundle and immediately pick it up
i dont think you can buffer a dash input in the pickup animation so you just have to get a feel for repressing dash and right as soon as the pickup animation ends, there is no need to jump dash when you are heading to the right, you can just sprint and then dash down when you are above the elevator shaft
in the image i sent, the horizontal line at the base of Hornet's horns is a trigger point that causes the elevator to rise if it is at the bottom of the shaft and hornet is above the line,
if you pass the trigger point fast enough it will cause the elevator to stay at the bottom and not rise back up again
in the video:
-first attempt: successfully passes trigger point, elevator does not rise
-second attempt: ledge grab fate
-third attempt: jump dash was a little slower, hornet does not pass trigger point in time, elevator starts to rise, but there is still enough leniency to make the skip
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