Author Topic: Touhou Accomplishment Thread 22: Impossible Spell Cards are No Match For Us! (Read 239703 times)

Silent Harmony · « **Reply #240 on:** December 24, 2014, 10:08:49 PM »

Wow. A couple of weeks ago I played DDC Normal with ReimuB and game over in stage 4. Haven't touched the game since due to being busy. Today I decide to try Sakuya-A instead and made it to Sukuna.

Is Sakuya-A OP or something? Because if not I may have my 5th Normal 1cc sooner than I thought.

If she is then unfortunately that means dropping her and lots and lots of deaths because of that. :ohdear:

pokemon123 · « **Reply #241 on:** December 24, 2014, 10:22:27 PM »

Sakuya A is like the best shotype in the game IMO at least for survivial.

Karisa · « **Reply #242 on:** December 24, 2014, 11:20:41 PM »

DDC SakuyaA's knives can slow most enemies' bullet spawn rate, which can make patterns noticeably easier. The ability to get two screen clears per bomb (or one for 5/8 of a bomb) is also quite useful, even with the bomb dealing no damage.

Then there's the technique involving staying in front of the boss and shift-tapping so the knives explode immediately, stacking their explosions-- the timing is tricky to learn (I recommend practicing on Seija's midboss spell), and it only works well at 4 power, but it can be very overpowered against bosses who stay still at the start of a pattern.

I'd recommend ReimuA if you consider SakuyaA overpowered but prefer to still use a powerful shot (yes DDC's homing shots are strangely the best in the game), anyway. Though SakuyaA's nowhere near as trivializing as MarisaB's resource-farming bomb, at least for Extra and higher difficulties (not sure about Normal).

Silent Harmony · « **Reply #243 on:** December 24, 2014, 11:58:29 PM »

Welp, decided to give Reimu-A a shot, and basically got Reimu-B results. Or I would've had I not ragequit because of stupid bombs-in-stock deaths on the first 3 stages. Constantly. Even then it's a lot harder to get resources.

*sigh*

Sorry to interrupt. Continue on.

Mero · « **Reply #244 on:** December 26, 2014, 02:58:55 AM »

Quote from: MrL1193 on December 25, 2014, 07:30:42 AM

Try out some new shot types in whichever games you play. Even if they're not your best shot types, you still might find them to be more fun than you expect.

Well, I decided to fool around with other shots in PCB. And I got this...

PCB Lunatic No Bombs 1cc, and with SakuyaB of all shots!

I was completely blind on Merlin (and it shows), but stage 5 went smoothly. Stage 6 is both the best and worst part of the run: NNN all the way to the last possible moment of Reflowering, so yeah.

SakuyaB was my worst shot bar possibly MarisaB, so I'm still very happy with this all things considered.

Aeteas · « **Reply #245 on:** December 26, 2014, 07:42:35 AM »

No Bombs IN Lunatic

I am happy, though I really should practice Kaguya more since she caused more than half of my deaths. :V I am also strangely inconsistent at Keine's completely static spellcards for some reason.

Now back to easy/normal scoring, or maybe MoF or something.

MrL1193 · « **Reply #246 on:** December 26, 2014, 11:41:37 AM »

Quote from: GMK on December 26, 2014, 02:58:55 AM

Well, I decided to fool around with other shots in PCB. And I got this...

PCB Lunatic No Bombs 1cc, and with SakuyaB of all shots!

I was completely blind on Merlin (and it shows), but stage 5 went smoothly. Stage 6 is both the best and worst part of the run: NNN all the way to the last possible moment of Reflowering, so yeah.

SakuyaB was my worst shot bar possibly MarisaB, so I'm still very happy with this all things considered.

Congrats! I can relate to that; Sakuya B is one of my less used shot types in PCB because I'm not used to her aiming, but for some reason, the times I have used her have been surprisingly successful. I feel like PCB has one of the better balanced sets of shot types, which is one of the things I really like about the game.

t_prinny · « **Reply #247 on:** December 26, 2014, 01:07:11 PM »

The past week I have been working on Fairies of Sorcery. The PCB no focus run I did earlier this week was sort of something I did as a small break (keeping in mind I've done a lot of lunatic runs in PCB). :V

Fairies of Sorcery Lunatic MarisaA

I had to figure out a majority of the things on my own since I didn't see many runs using the strategies I'm using. Not a lot of runs of this danmakufu game around. Ultra will probably be something I will try later (whether I want to clear it or not is another matter).

Hainiryuun · « **Reply #248 on:** December 27, 2014, 01:32:19 AM »

IN Extra Ultra Clear

Hourai Doll is absolutely stupid on Ultra. But glad I finally got this out of the way.

Sakurei · « **Reply #249 on:** December 27, 2014, 02:12:00 AM »

Quote from: Hainiryuun on December 27, 2014, 01:32:19 AM

Hourai Doll is absolutely stupid

Fixed.

Pakken11 · « **Reply #250 on:** December 27, 2014, 04:46:33 AM »

Quote from: Hainiryuun on December 27, 2014, 01:32:19 AM

IN Extra Ultra Clear

Hourai Doll is absolutely stupid on Ultra. But glad I finally got this out of the way.

"They took the bullets, and doubled it."

?q · « **Reply #251 on:** December 27, 2014, 01:49:31 PM »

Quote from: Hainiryuun on December 27, 2014, 01:32:19 AM

IN Extra Ultra Clear

Hourai Doll is absolutely stupid on Ultra. But glad I finally got this out of the way.

I laughed though. It looked like the sort of thing JynX would do.

Pakken11 · « **Reply #252 on:** December 28, 2014, 02:26:55 AM »

http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=35716

Yay, Marisa-A 3rd Lunatic 1cc

Quite a few stupid deaths, too - Yamame 1st Card (...wow), Stage 3 first half (and I actually do the latter half without dying lolol), Satori 2nd Recollection (seriously? it's the easiest one =.=;; ), Utsuho 2nd non-spell x2 (>A>;; ), etc.

No death Yuuka and Orin, though :DD (...yeah, Needle Mountain = bombspam lololol)

So yeah - been trying Marisa-B for a bit, but now that I know I can actually DO Lunatic quite consistently and that it's just the shot-type (i.e. useless bomb >A>) that's the problem, I think I can move on to other things lolol

Kurtis · « **Reply #253 on:** December 28, 2014, 05:01:39 AM »

Woohoo, I finally did a Normal 1cc on DDC and SA; which I managed to do all within one week! :toot:

I'm so surprised that I pulled of a Normal 1cc for DDC and SA in particular, because those two games are probably the hardest (next to UFO) in my opinion.

To be honest, I really over-estimated SA. A somewhat longtime ago I tried to clear the game and failed MISERABLY. Seriously, I never failed at any Touhou game this hard before. After that, I decided to do some practicing on it, and I was still failing. I eventually thought that SA was way too hard, so I decided to leave it alone for awhile. I finally came back to try to Normal 1cc it, and I did incredibly well. I also noticed that Utsuho is very, very easy for a final boss; she was actually very fun, too.

As for DDC, it's pretty much the same exact story as SA. I failed miserably, decided it's way too hard, then left it alone, blah blah blah. Although I can't say that I found Sukuna to be easy, because I would be lying. She's pretty tough, actually (to me, at least). Seija was super easy, though. I can't imagine why on earth I thought she was hard. She's the easiest stage 5 boss ever (on Normal).

So, the only game I have yet to Normal 1cc is UFO... *gulp* :ohdear:

(Oh, I also cleared every scene in ISC, but I'm not that ecstatic about it as I am about Normal 1ccing DDC and SA).

Mero · « **Reply #254 on:** December 28, 2014, 06:27:10 AM »

Quote from: Pakken11 on December 28, 2014, 02:26:55 AM

Marisa-B... (i.e. useless bomb >A>)

If used point-blank, MarisaB actually has the strongest bomb in the game, and can really put a dent on some patterns, if not completely clear them if you have enough power left.
In order to use her bombs effectively though, you have to plan ahead since they suck for defense. If you think you might bomb a certain attack, it's best you bomb as soon as it starts

Pakken11 · « **Reply #255 on:** December 29, 2014, 03:53:16 AM »

Quote from: GMK on December 28, 2014, 06:27:10 AM

If used point-blank, MarisaB actually has the strongest bomb in the game, and can really put a dent on some patterns, if not completely clear them if you have enough power left.
In order to use her bombs effectively though, you have to plan ahead since they suck for defense. If you think you might bomb a certain attack, it's best you bomb as soon as it starts

Exactly. It's just horrible for panic-bombing, which is what I use them for mostly, and Alice lasers are best since they're more quantity than quality - just enough time to get myself through that wall

Reiko · « **Reply #256 on:** December 29, 2014, 10:26:30 PM »

Got a SA Lunatic 1cc.
This was quite unexpected ; first credit after a few weeks of on and off (mostly off) stage practice.

Ranko Hoshino · « **Reply #257 on:** December 31, 2014, 01:25:26 AM »

I got an Ultra Lunatic Galaxy in the Pot today! :toot:

http://replays.gensokyou.org/download.php?id=35751

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=stkPb1Uq1F0

?q · « **Reply #258 on:** December 31, 2014, 01:26:49 AM »

White Names Spoiled Past Lunatic Showcase

It's actually more interesting when scoreplayed. There's plenty of room for improvement on the scoring side, but it was still fun to try (and, due to the game mechanics, incredibly liberating).

Pakken11 · « **Reply #259 on:** January 02, 2015, 08:36:51 AM »

Tried UFO Lunatic with Sanae-B. Stage 3 - What is this EASY MODO??!?!?!!!
No wonder everyone plays her >A>;; ~~why can't my Merisa get more love QQQQ~~

So yeah - got to Stage 5, and that's with the deaths starting on Stage 1 Nazrin lolol
Lunatic 1cc doesn't seem quite as other-worldly to me now, thanks to a broken char :] :] :] :]

Cream Soda · « **Reply #260 on:** January 02, 2015, 09:27:07 AM »

Stage 5, Shou, and Byakuren are going to be barriers, but if you think you can 1cc UFO Lunatic, go for it!

Pakken11 · « **Reply #261 on:** January 02, 2015, 01:31:21 PM »

Quote from: Cream Soda on January 02, 2015, 09:27:07 AM

Stage 5, Shou, and Byakuren are going to be barriers, but if you think you can 1cc UFO Lunatic, go for it!

Well, I was able to somehow pull off no-death Orins recently with Marisa-A and her generous bombs, so I'm pretty sure Sanae-B's broken bombs will do the trick this time as well

8lue Wizard · « **Reply #262 on:** January 03, 2015, 03:30:15 PM »

Genetics cap get! Not just my first cap ever, but also a perfect Koishi fight up to that point.

...Now to do it with the other 5 shottypes. :V

Pakken11 · « **Reply #263 on:** January 03, 2015, 03:40:50 PM »

Quote from: 8lue Wizard on January 03, 2015, 03:30:15 PM

Genetics cap get! Not just my first cap ever, but also a perfect Koishi fight up to that point.

...Now to do it with the other 5 shottypes. :V

Grats! After Rorschach, I find Genetics to be her most rage-inducing spell, so much kudos to you :V :V

t_prinny · « **Reply #264 on:** January 06, 2015, 03:50:17 AM »

Not much, but I got around to clearing HRtP on Easy (Makai route)

Been going after this on and off for a few months now. Not my best score, though. Also, ignore what happened before Sariel. Accidentally hit the key that opens up the start menu.

Jaimers · « **Reply #265 on:** January 07, 2015, 12:02:40 AM »

So apparently a Touhou Suguri exists.

So here is a video of it on the highest difficulty!

MrL1193 · « **Reply #266 on:** January 07, 2015, 08:31:34 AM »

I was playing a bit of PCB tonight and decided to do a random practice run of Stage 6 because I hadn't played it in a while. My poor memory quickly became evident as I floundered at Yuyuko's opener, but I did at least manage to get my first capture of Sumizome Perfect Blossom on Lunatic. Sadly, I didn't make it through Resurrection Butterfly (I died and bombed once each), but I'm at least feeling less overwhelmed by it now.

Pakken11 · « **Reply #267 on:** January 11, 2015, 10:31:19 AM »

Just pulled off a perfect Ichirin Lunatic lolololol
Don't ask me how I did it - I just had no bombs and didn't want to die.
Seriously, as soon as Ichirin blew up, I paused the game, "....did that just happen?" and just laughed XDDDD

Do you get better at UFO? Nah, you just get used to being trolled all the time :V :V

ふねん1 · « **Reply #268 on:** January 17, 2015, 04:01:33 AM »

I've been reacquainting myself with DDC Extra over the past couple days, and tonight I got a new personal best, a 1M1B run. I accidentally walled myself on Thunder God's Anger, forcing a deathbomb, and I had a silly derp on the third phase of Blue Lady Show. Still seems a little strange that I would be so close to perfecting Extra before I can do the same for anything past Stage 2 in the same game, but that's another testament to just how difficult the main game is.

Hainiryuun · « **Reply #269 on:** January 18, 2015, 05:50:16 AM »

That moment when you try a lunatic run when you haven't touched it in over 6 months... and then realize you somehow got to stage 6B with 6 lives, despite having only cleared that lunatic once. Feels good.

Finished with 3 lives and 3 bombs, of course, cause I screwed up Hourai Jewel terribly, but thats neither here nor there.