Could someone take a look at this failed SA Lunatic 1CC attempt, and point out any areas where I can improve? I came a lot closer to clearing here than I thought I would (I thought I'd make it to Orin, but here I make it to Utsuho), and I figure I might be able to get a clear with just a little help.
Your stage 1 was fine, for the fairies before Kisume, if you memorise the times they spawn you can usually stay above the PoC line for the first two waves, then move steadily downwards for the last wave with enough communication gauge to collect everything.
Also, you can pretty much border hax everything after Kisume, if you time it right you can kill red fairies and border hax just in time to pick up the power items they drop.
I also bomb Yamame's last spell, it's not bad considering you can get back to full power before Parsee (final boss) even if you bomb twice in stage 1 (The second bomb is usually for Yamame's first non rather than the stage portion).
If you want to, you can learn her last spell because it's static (as far as I know).
The ying-yang orbs right before Parsee (midboss) spawn in groups with short gaps inbetween, I usually kill the first group on the right, then stream all the rest from the bottom left corner, that tends to give me enough communication gauge to collect all the items (including the first group's) and gain max power if I wasn't already.
I usually bomb Parsee's second non-spell as well because it's one of the clippiest things on the planet, and I've found more often than not that it can kill you as it despawns if you don't pay attention.
Parsee's last spell usually also takes up a bomb, one should be enough if you misdirect her aim correctly. You should be able to gain all you power back in stage 3 before Yuugi (final boss) if you've only bombed twice from Parsee's fight.
I think the lasers of Yuugi's (midboss) first non are partially based on your position and have the same pattern, if you stay underneath her when the blue lasers are shot, then move right, you can usually avoid all the lasers, the reds afterwards are aimed straight at you and just need to be side stepped.
The spell afterwards always takes a bomb from me, but I think it's actually static, I've just never really tried to learn it :derp:
It is possible to do the section before Yuugi (final boss) if you're really good at reading lasers and remember to dodge the blue circles, but it's dangerous otherwise and I tend to bomb it anyway myself.
Yuugi's (final boss) first non always follows the same pattern. If you want to learn it try not shooting during practice stage and time it out, otherwise one bomb is usually fine, it can be bit clippy eitherway.
Her second non also follows a repeated pattern, I'd recommend learning it in practice stage. The lasers will always shoot in the same directions but I think sometimes a few might move slower than others so you should watch out for those. There's also pretty cool safespot which you can use to get lots of graze, a WR replay should show it, I haven't bothered to learn it myself (I'm lazy :V) but if it makes things easier then try it out on practice stage a bit.
The bubble spell is alot of read and dodging, bombing is fine, sometimes I bomb it twice if I fluff up somewhere.
The last non is pretty safe if you do it from the bottom right, then less yellow bullets tend to come at you from both sides, if you still have any power though then it's fine to bomb, it's a tricky non otherwise.
The last spell is luck I guess, sometimes it seems to wall you, but there's almost always a way to get through the waves. You need to be quick at finding openings and move fast because sometimes the bullets move about slightly to the sides and make existing openings smaller.
I've made replays of how I'd normally go about doing stage 4 and 5 because I'd probably end up writing a skyscraper of text explaining them.
Stage 4
http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=22291Stage 5
http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=22290For the start of stage 4, I've learnt a method which almost always gets me through Orin's first appearance without a bomb or death. Stream the ying-yangs from any corner to the middle, then wait until Orin spawns the second group of vengeful spirits and start moving in a counter-clockwise circle. I saw it in a replay by Jaimers (I think he's amazing :3) and have always used it since. You still have to be careful of bullets which may get in your way sometimes, just adjust your circling movements slightly and it should be fine. Thankfully, it's at the very start of the stage, so it shouldn't be too hard to practice, and it looks pretty cool.
Satori's first non is clippy, but static, I think that death was pretty accidental.
There's a method for her hypnotism spell which I saw on a few WR replays, but even then you can die if you've not practiced it enough (which I haven't :ohdear:), I'd recommend checking it out and practicing it a bit, if you get good at it you can end up getting lots of graze from the lasers.
Stage 5, I've tried to start off the ying-yangs with the same power you had, it's possible to get past it with one bomb with good memorisation.
Try to make everything Orin (midboss) throws at you last forever, then you can even skip the popcorn section entirely. I tend to go to her last spell "catwalk" to do this because I tend to have better luck at dodging "catwalk" waves then I do surviving the popcorn section.
You can border hax the ying-yangs after that, but sometimes there's so much popcorn about that it's too dangerous to do so. Some reading beforehand is needed, or just bomb.
For Orin's boss fight, use the safespot!
The replay should show me doing it, and also show me timing out her second non with a similar safeish spot.
The rest of her things are pretty hard and I'd recommend planned bombs, unless you're really good at reading and dodging.
I've got a full replay which I did a bit earlier which shows what I tend to do when playing ReimuA, and should illustrate everything I said earlier.
I had alot of silly and sometimes suicidal deaths, which is nice. It should also show how I do stage 6 there, it's alot of border hax with ReimuA.
Full replay
http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=22288You should be able to get the 1cc, ultimately it's memorisation and planned bombs if your going for survival, pretty much like all the other games.
(Lovely wall of text, hehe)
