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pinewarbler
@pinewarbler

i agree with @silasoftrees that sub-5 is possible, but it's going to require a truly blessed level of Good RNG to make it happen



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okay but can we talk about the absolutely wild run you did here

the day 1 rat snake, day 2 rat snake + watering can, day 3 oil bomb and scale mail?? rather than upgrading weedwhacker, day 4 finally upgrade weedwhacker but also upgrade oil bomb, mostly normal rest of the run and then

end of day 8, you only got 480 from the last run, you're at 501 coins, this is probably a sign that you need to absolutely conserve your coins to make it to 1000 by the grace of RNG alone on day 9, but instead you buy 3 smog snakes and a boomslang, bringing yourself down to 396, and leaving you with a day 9 stable worth an average of 588 oil

and you get 650 on day 9 quick and easy, getting you the WR.

just wild. i love speedrunning lol

speedrunning is neat because i sometimes get rewarded for making the dumbest possible choices in a panic

oil bomb is GREAT for clearing early days fast! group 'em up and then take one hit and you've cleared half the herd!

by the grace of RNG alone

'tis but by the grace of RNG that we live or die. i've started to realize that you gotta bet on Snake Eyes when the margins are close, especially since successful days are heavily dependent on RNG.

i've been really into the boomslang/smog snake combo lately! boomslangs stay close, and smog snakes throw out so many projectiles that it's easy to take a hit from one of those for the i-frames, taking 5 damage instead of 20 from the boomslang bombs. i spent a while trying arrow snakes because i saw you use them in your last WR, but they always seem to get away from me and i spend half a minute trying to chase them down.

also forgot to say: rat snakes are the way to go for day 1! they find you quickly, can't hurt you if you get them to wrap, have a small health pool, and a short body that disappears fast once you kill them.

i can usually kill them in 12 seconds or less. loopers take ~15, and the rattler/cloud combo takes around 20-30 depending on spawn location.