Ibara/Scoring

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Overview

Scoring in Ibara can be broadly divided into five main categories. In approximate order of importance (in other words, order of how much they contribute to the final score), these categories are as follows:

• Item Collection - The primary scoring mechanism in the game. At most levels of play, scoring from Item Collection will form the majority of Player scores.
• Boss Milking - Several Bosses and Midbosses can be milked for points through different means. At the highest levels of play, these milks actually contribute the majority of the final score.
• Enemy Destruction - Many enemies, Bosses and Midbosses of Ibara have multiple 'parts' that can be separately destroyed. As each component is worth points, it is optimal to completely destroy every part individually to optimize score.
• Damage Optimization - Depending on what kind of damage is used to defeat enemies, they are worth different amounts of points. This can play a significant role in some areas, such as Stage 1.
• Minor Optimizations - Additional mechanics that play a comparatively minor (though not entirely insignificant) role in scoring. These contribute so little points that they are likely not worth optimizing for except at the very highest levels of play, and even then, should be low-priority.

(ED: Section very much under construction; just basic framing for now)

Boss Milking

Several Bosses and Midbosses can be milked for points through different means. At the highest levels of play, these milks actually contribute the majority of the final score. All boss milks in Ibara involve significant risk, and can easily end a run if the Player makes execution mistakes or suffers particularly bad RNG. Further, almost all milks will have a significant impact on Rank; without good Rank control strategies, even a well-executed Boss Milk could put the game in an incredibly difficult state.

Throughout this section, each milk features a summary table in this format:

Summary
Value (Points)	If performed well, approximately how many points is the milk worth?
Consistency	How consistent is the milk between runs, regardless of RNG?
Difficulty	How difficult is the milk to execute?
Risk	How likely is the milk to result in a Game Over?
Rank Impact	How much does the milk increase Rank?
Resource Requirements
	Life Stock	Bomb Stock*	Bomb Fragments	Options
Minimum Viable	The minimum resources required upon beginning the fight to perform the milk. Will likely result in drastically lower value and/or higher difficulty, but it is still theoretically doable.
Optimal	The ideal amount of resources upon beginning the fight to perform the milk optimally. Improves score potential, execution consistency, or both.

It is very important to note that the Resource Requirements are listed as the Player enters the boss fight. This is significant for routing purposes, because often the actual milk takes place in a later phase or only after destroying certain components of the Boss or Midboss.

^*A value of "4 + 1" for Bomb Stock indicates 4 Full Bombs and one Armed Hadou.

Major Milks

These bosses can each contribute millions of points if done properly.

Stage 2 Boss: Midi Rose

Summary
Value (Points)	~1,500,000
Consistency	High
Difficulty	Moderate
Risk	Moderate
Rank Impact	High
Resource Requirements
	Life Stock	Bomb Stock	Bomb Fragments	Options
Minimum Viable	0	0	1	Any
Optimal	3	Any	Any	2 Burners

Stage 3 Boss: Kasumi Rose

Summary
Value (Points)	1,000,000+
Consistency	Low to Moderate
Difficulty	High
Risk	High to Very High
Rank Impact	Extreme
Resource Requirements
	Life Stock	Bomb Stock	Bomb Fragments	Options
Minimum Viable	0	1	Any	Any
Optimal	3	4 + 1	40	Any

Stage 6 Boss: Teresa Rose

Summary
Value (Points)	3,000,000+
Consistency	Moderate
Difficulty	High
Risk	Moderate
Rank Impact	High (Since this is the final boss, not relevant except in Extended mode)
Resource Requirements
	Life Stock	Bomb Stock	Bomb Fragments	Options
Minimum Viable	0	1	Any	Any
Optimal	3	4 + 1	40	Any