Easy - ReimuB
Karisa - 717,721,450 - C - 0.0% -
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ScreenshotReimuB gaining as much PIV as ReimuA? That was unexpected.
Easy - MarisaA
Karisa - 733,851,240 - C - 0.0% -
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ScreenshotFailed one of Kagerou's spells, decided to play it out for practice, and it was 24m higher than my previous score. Of course.
MarisaA can't bomb-graze Sekibanki's 2nd, so I'm actually not sure where the improvement came from. I was aiming for 715m or so.
Easy - SakuyaA
Karisa - 790,278,180 - C - 0.0% - ReplayFirst clear with the new SakuyaA trick. Several major point losses (a missed PoC on stage 4 where I then tried to bomb but was out of bombs, a death to Benben's final, and a death to the start of stage 5 that prevented reaching 4 power for midboss Seija). 800m is very close.
Since I forgot the screenshot, finished 8/4 with 90,930 PIV if anyone's curious. Since I reached the life cap despite those accidental deaths, I guess I should be using more bombs for PIV.
Easy - SakuyaA
Karisa - 797,681,620 - C - 0.0% - Replay - ScreenshotThis run turned out nicely, until I lost a 13m bonus by dying to Seija's 2nd. Stage 2 in particular had a post-midboss 2.0 that I almost never get with SakuyaA. Getting closer...
I think a suicide to bomb stage 5 Seija's final nonspell (as I did here after the death) is probably not worth it on Easy, by the way. It only gains around 2m from stage 6 point items (there are the equivalent of around 1350 point items, according to some Cheat Engine testing I did yesterday), while the power loss from dying probably costs more from spell bonuses and power item value.
Easy - SakuyaA
Karisa - 803,526,930 - C - 0.0% -
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Screenshot800 million non-SakuyaB Easy!
The run still had some mistakes though, notably some dropped items on stage 4, and a silly death to Seija in stage 6 (though I had a life to spare there so it didn't affect the clear bonus). I can definitely reach 810m with this route.
I took this run as an opportunity to experiment with grazing Benben's lasers (as well as bombing them of course). It worked better than I thought, so I'll need to do that the entire time next time.