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User account: /* Segment 6 */

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Segment 6

User account at 19:51, 29 December 2024

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JSAV2006STG(ABC): /* True Last Boss: Lost Property 771 */

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True Last Boss: Lost Property 771

User account: /* Boss: Rusted Dragon */

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Boss: Rusted Dragon

User account: /* Segment 4 */

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Segment 4

User account at 23:19, 18 August 2024

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User account: /* Segment 5 */

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Segment 5

User account: /* Boss: Rusted Dragon */

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Boss: Rusted Dragon

User account: /* Boss: Perpetual Calendar */

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Boss: Perpetual Calendar

User account: /* Shrine of Farewell */

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Shrine of Farewell

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 * There is an extra stage segment after the boss fight.
 ** '''UNNAMED 336 (giant flat jet)'''
 *** If left alive, releases a cloud of round UNNAMED 337 drones over a couple of seconds before abruptly leaving. It fires two pairs of aimed shots while doing this.

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 * '''BREAKWATER'''
 ** Up to TIMER 234, killing each will cause another one to spawn. They appear in a fixed pattern: Left, right, left, middle, right, left, right, middle, left, right, left, middle, right, left, etc.
 * There is an extra stage segment after the boss fight.
 ** During the final zako storm, stream from left to right and activate the Suppression Radius once the thorn bullets start appearing, to stall them for the Ingot cancel at the end of the stage.
 *** The density of the waves during the final couple of seconds can contribute a noticeable amount of tick points (potentially 80+ over the last 3 seconds).
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 * Fires loads of small wedges everywhere and creates transitory walls of purple chains.
 * The chains' sequence is fixed. Despite appearances, the area underneath Dusk is safe from them.
 * It's inadvisable to use the Suppression Radius here as neither of the bullet types can be destroyed and there's not much space to work with.
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 ==== Nine Lives ====
 * '''Scare Swallow'''
 * '''Bondage Divider'''
 * '''Under The Silence'''
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 ==== Million Lives ====
 * '''Nostalgic Pain'''
-:* The blood streaks are aimed. They are harmless and block projectiles.
+** The blood streaks are aimed. They are harmless and block projectiles.
 * '''Innocent Clockworks'''
 ** The gears block projectiles. They can be destroyed with damage, but it's easier to move up between them before they spread out instead of playing defensively.
 * '''Volcanic Libido'''
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 ==== Great Impure Al4th ====
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 === True Last Boss: Lost Property 771 ===
 * Only appears after GARLAND if its health bar is filled quickly enough.
-* Like GARLAND, invincible but worth shooting. Lasts 75 seconds (around 1 minute and 15 seconds).
+* Like GARLAND, invincible but worth shooting. Lasts 75 seconds.
 ** The more times the boss is "killed", the more its Spirit value increases, making it a big source of Spirits for most characters.
 * When damaged, the QUADRUPLE ONEs surrounding the boss produce huge amounts of LUNA Crystals and cancel nearby Mistletoes into stars. Find ways to damage them at the same time as attacking the boss to manage the hazard count.

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 === True Last Boss: Lost Property 771 ===
 * Only appears after GARLAND if its health bar is filled quickly enough.
-* Like GARLAND, invincible but worth shooting. Lasts 75 seconds.
+* Like GARLAND, invincible but worth shooting. Lasts 75 seconds (around 1 minute and 15 seconds).
 ** The more times the boss is "killed", the more its Spirit value increases, making it a big source of Spirits for most characters.
 * When damaged, the QUADRUPLE ONEs surrounding the boss produce huge amounts of LUNA Crystals and cancel nearby Mistletoes into stars. Find ways to damage them at the same time as attacking the boss to manage the hazard count.

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 *** Roughly every 11 seconds the boss uses a second pattern, consisting of brief bursts of semi-random fast bullets, then deaccelerating wedges aimed around the player, before returning to the standard pattern.
 ** This phase is considerably more dodging-focused than anything else in the game and thus demands some different priorities.
-*** Rusted Dragon's attacks are mostly random and will need to be sight-read to find safespots and paths to the other side of the screen.
+*** The positions of the non-aimed bullets are statically derived from the LIMIT timer.
-*** The boss follows a semi-fixed movement pattern during this phase. It preemptively moves to its starting position during CLAMMBON wave 47. After the final phase begins, it moves in small circles, trending downwards to a fixed height, then upwards to the top of the screen, then reversing again.
+*** The boss follows a semi-fixed movement pattern during this phase, preemptively beginning during CLAMMBON wave 47. It moves up to a limit, then right to a limit, then down to a limit, then left to a limit, and repeats, forming a square. At the same time, it constantly drifts around in small circles. This movement doesn't sync up neatly with its attack cycles.
 **** Taking note of the boss's starting position and keeping track of its current movement direction can help in anticipating the general difficulty of the upcoming dodges.
 *** Staying near the middle of the stage will make this phase easier to survive, but will cause a lot of accidental damage to the boss. Moving from side to side is more challenging but will preserve the boss's HP.
 *** Discharges that can be used without damaging the boss or the CLAMMBONs, such as Deadliar at minimum SOL, Fossilmaiden's Bacillus' Cloak, and Xanthez's beam, can be helpful for safety here.

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 * '''SECTOR 10'''
 ** Going to the top middle of the screen after all enemies have been killed triggers an Ingot cancel. UNCHAIN the enemies so that a path to the top remains open.
 === Boss: Rusted Dragon ===
 * Rusted Dragon is a significant step up in difficulty compared to previous bosses, especially if playing for score.
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 *** Shortly after a train passes the middle of the screen, its front CLAMMBONs will exit the play area and despawn, lowering the UNCHAIN potential. UNCHAIN the trains on the side they spawn on.
 *** The CLAMMBONs here do not have any collision.
-** Rusted Dragon constantly releasing small thorn wedges in every direction. It also fires short aimed bursts periodically.
+** Rusted Dragon constantly releases small thorn wedges in every direction. It also fires short aimed bursts periodically.
 *** Roughly every 11 seconds the boss uses a second pattern, consisting of brief bursts of semi-random fast bullets, then deaccelerating wedges aimed around the player, before returning to the standard pattern.
 ** This phase is considerably more dodging-focused than anything else in the game and thus demands some different priorities.

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 ==== Calendar Pattern 1: Ages Circulation ====
 * Very simple fixed + aimed bullets.
 * The inner value of the turrets can be raised by clipping inside the boss as it comes out of the background, provided the player has a means of escape.
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 ==== Calendar Pattern 2: Solar Dust ====
 * Draws a harmless trace in straight lines which leaves a delayed fire trail.
 * The logical sequence of lines is always the same, but the rotation/points aimed at depend on the stage TIMER.
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 ==== Calendar Pattern 3: Inversal Current ====
 * Fixed pattern with a unique bullet type.
 * The bullets have a limited lifespan and cannot be cancelled by any other means.
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 ==== Calendar Pattern 4: Lunatic Phantom ====
 * Similar to Solar Dust but draws one continuous bendy line in a confusing meandering pattern.
 * Can be routed similarly to Solar Dust.
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 ==== Calendar Pattern 5: Astrolabium ====
 * Opens with a left winder, then 2x right, 2x left, 2x right etc.
 * Fires beams from the 12 turrets.
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 ==== Calendar Pattern 6: KAREIDOSCOPE ====
 * Can't be ended early, continues until timeout. Shares the LIMIT timer with Astrolabium.
 * Rotates through a series of patterns, each with many attached SLAVEs.
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 ==== Nine Lives ====
 * '''Scare Swallow'''
 * '''Bondage Divider'''
 * '''Under The Silence'''
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 ==== Million Lives ====
 * '''Nostalgic Pain'''
 :* The blood streaks are aimed. They are harmless and block projectiles.
 * '''Innocent Clockworks'''
-:<span title="古びた振子の舞踏" style="text-decoration: underline #000 dotted; cursor:help">''Dance of the ancient pendulum''</span>
+** The gears block projectiles. They can be destroyed with damage, but it's easier to move up between them before they spread out instead of playing defensively.
 * '''Volcanic Libido'''
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 ==== Great Impure Al4th ====
 * '''Strange Moon'''
-:<span title="異形の月" style="text-decoration: underline #000 dotted; cursor:help">''Strange moon''</span>
+** Damage resistance is applied whenever any of the four JUPITER-SLIMEs are alive. They are replaced periodically. Their spawn positions are manipulated by the player's position.
-:* Damage resistance is applied whenever any of the four JUPITER-SLIMEs are alive. They are replaced periodically. Their spawn positions are manipulated by the player's position.
+** Bombing this pattern heals Al4th.
 * '''Inversal Baptism'''
-:<span title="錆釘の雨／逆の禊" style="text-decoration: underline #000 dotted; cursor:help">''Rain of rusty nails / Reverse purification''</span>
+** By moving extremely close to Al4th before the pattern starts, it's possible to get swept up inside her shield and carried to the top of the screen, pointblanking her all the time. This can potentially skip the pattern.
 * '''Desperate Annulus'''
-:<span title="散華の宝冠／無尽の礫" style="text-decoration: underline #000 dotted; cursor:help">''Crown of falling flowers / Inexhaustible pebbles''</span> <sup title="Besides describing how the pattern looks and behaves, this is referring to sange, the Buddhist rite of scattering flowers, which is also a euphemism for a glorious death (ephemerality/transience symbolism). To &quot;wear a crown of falling flowers&quot; might be interpreted as bearing a mark of doom to die in battle, hence the &quot;desperation&quot;." style="text-decoration: underline #000 dotted; cursor:help">note</sup>
+** A lot of Spirits can be generated by repeatedly bombing and multihitting the big JUPITER-SLIME waves. Doing this will replenish any STELLA lost from bombing.
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 ==== Lostone Temperament Nil ====
 * '''Originator's Regal'''
-:<span title="ただ一張の弦" style="text-decoration: underline #000 dotted; cursor:help">''Just one string''</span>
+** Less damage resistance is applied before the pattern, and much more applied during it. Get as much damage in as you can ASAP.
-:* Less damage resistance is applied before the pattern, and much more applied during it. Get as much damage in as you can ASAP.
+** The trail of the chaser projectile can be used to damage the boss.
 * '''Virginal Order'''
-:<span title="霄を模る六十鍵" style="text-decoration: underline #000 dotted; cursor:help">''Sixty keys to imitate the firmament''</span>
+** Worth grazing for most characters. 100% routable if the pattern is reached on a consistent cycle. Choosing Nil as the first boss will help with this.
 * '''Fatal Strings'''
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 ** This phase is useless for scoring. Set up both wings to be fully destroyed immediately after the shrapnel attack in order to skip it. Taking advantage of the SOL pieces dropped by the shrapnel can help with this.
 * '''Both wings destroyed:'''
-** CLAMBON phase. The boss releases CLAMBON enemies, replaced with a new set when all are destroyed. They behave differently with each wave.
+** CLAMMBON phase. The boss releases CLAMMBON enemies, replaced with a new set when all are destroyed. They behave differently with each wave.
-*** Most of the CLAMBON formations are either fixed-position or manipulatable predictably with practice. The chaotic movement of the small CLAMBON swarms seems random.
+*** Most of the CLAMMBON formations are either fixed-position or manipulatable predictably with practice. The chaotic movement of the small CLAMMBON swarms seems random.
 ** Rusted Dragon itself attempts to track you vertically and mostly releases slow bullets straight down. Its movement pattern tries to alternate sides 4 times, then go to the middle, then repeat.
 ** Use any means necessary to clear waves as quickly as possible. Make sure that the boss retains some HP to give room for error later on.
-* '''48 CLAMBON waves cleared:'''
+* '''48 CLAMMBON waves cleared:'''
 ** Final phase. Fisher-Price brand [[Guwange]] catspider.
-** CLAMBON trains swoop through the middle of the screen from the top left and right. The last CLAMBON in each train is a MASTER.
+** CLAMMBON trains swoop through the middle of the screen from the top left and right. The last CLAMMBON in each train is a MASTER.
 *** The maximum UNCHAIN value of each train is 19. This can add up to 1500+ Spirits if the phase is reached quickly enough.
-*** Shortly after a train passes the middle of the screen, its front CLAMBONs will exit the play area and despawn, lowering the UNCHAIN potential. UNCHAIN the trains on the side they spawn on.
+*** Shortly after a train passes the middle of the screen, its front CLAMMBONs will exit the play area and despawn, lowering the UNCHAIN potential. UNCHAIN the trains on the side they spawn on.
-*** The CLAMBONs here do not have any collision.
+*** The CLAMMBONs here do not have any collision.
 ** Rusted Dragon constantly releasing small thorn wedges in every direction. It also fires short aimed bursts periodically.
 *** Roughly every 11 seconds the boss uses a second pattern, consisting of brief bursts of semi-random fast bullets, then deaccelerating wedges aimed around the player, before returning to the standard pattern.
 ** This phase is considerably more dodging-focused than anything else in the game and thus demands some different priorities.
 *** Rusted Dragon's attacks are mostly random and will need to be sight-read to find safespots and paths to the other side of the screen.
-*** The boss follows a semi-fixed movement pattern during this phase. It preemptively moves to its starting position during CLAMBON wave 47. After the final phase begins, it moves in small circles, trending downwards to a fixed height, then upwards to the top of the screen, then reversing again.
+*** The boss follows a semi-fixed movement pattern during this phase. It preemptively moves to its starting position during CLAMMBON wave 47. After the final phase begins, it moves in small circles, trending downwards to a fixed height, then upwards to the top of the screen, then reversing again.
 **** Taking note of the boss's starting position and keeping track of its current movement direction can help in anticipating the general difficulty of the upcoming dodges.
 *** Staying near the middle of the stage will make this phase easier to survive, but will cause a lot of accidental damage to the boss. Moving from side to side is more challenging but will preserve the boss's HP.
-*** Discharges that can be used without damaging the boss or the CLAMBONs, such as Deadliar at minimum SOL, Fossilmaiden's Bacillus' Cloak, and Xanthez's beam, can be helpful for safety here.
+*** Discharges that can be used without damaging the boss or the CLAMMBONs, such as Deadliar at minimum SOL, Fossilmaiden's Bacillus' Cloak, and Xanthez's beam, can be helpful for safety here.
-*** Moon Cradle has additional awkwardness to deal with. When performing UNCHAINs in the bottom third of the screen, her lingering shot projectiles will incidentally destroy some of the CLAMBONs on the following wave as they spawn in. Preventing this means constantly fighting for vertical space.
+*** Moon Cradle has additional awkwardness to deal with. When performing UNCHAINs in the bottom third of the screen, her lingering shot projectiles will incidentally destroy some of the CLAMMBONs on the following wave as they spawn in. Preventing this means constantly fighting for vertical space.
 ** Balance the time limit with the Ingot cancel potential of the boss's attacks. Do not get too greedy and go to LIMIT 0 unless you're extremely confident. Letting the boss time out will instantly ruin a scorerun.

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 * A few hundred Spirits can be gained from grazing the second phase.
 ** All of the parts should be destroyed in the process of lowering the core's health so they don't interrupt you while grazing. Plan your attacks in order to raise the parts' value while doing this.
 ** It's advisable to speedkill the first phase in any case as the boss gets much more annoying after the first cycle.
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 ==== Calendar Pattern 4: Lunatic Phantom ====
-{{HoverSpan|月ヲ詠ム真跡・薄荷蝶|''Authentic lunar composition - mint butterfly''}}
+{{HoverSpan|月ヲ詠ム真跡・薄荷蝶|''Authentic lunar composition - mint butterfly''}} <sup title="Composition as in to write poetry." style="text-decoration: underline #000 dotted; cursor:help">note</sup>
 * Similar to Solar Dust but draws one continuous bendy line in a confusing meandering pattern.
 * Can be routed similarly to Solar Dust.

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 == Shrine of Farewell ==
-* The bosses have different levels of damage resistance during each pattern. Generally, damage resistance is applied when the boss first appears and after the start of a pattern. Little or none is applied ''between'' patterns.
+* The bosses have different levels of damage resistance during each pattern. Most commonly, damage resistance is applied unconditionally for a few seconds after the boss first appears; after that, it's removed whenever the player is within close range. Little or no damage resistance is applied '''between''' patterns.
 * Each pattern runs on discrete cycles which can be determined by the LIMIT timer. When a pattern ends, the boss will hover in the middle of the screen and do nothing until the next cycle is reached.
 ** In addition to making the patterns more routable, this can be combined with the damage resistance behavior to further manage the boss's health.