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Kisuke run on muro difficulty
Verifier Responses
Decision: Reject
Reason: Just read the verifier responses.
This run is available upon request. PM me before November 21st if you want to download the run.
Kisuke run on muro difficulty
Verifier Responses
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Verifier: I'm going to have to HELLA reject this run; on boss standards
Verifier: 1. Swords breaking is usually a bad thing! Its only good when you want to rotate quick draws. If your sword breaks on a 1 target boss, don't take it unless you really needed to avoid that hit.
Verifier: 2. Look into more blades! Some have some side effects which could let you get to other blades first! also, where are your accessories? Most can be picked up for a little more than a smoke bomb and carry you further through the game! There is a 5% exp accessory in the path of Kisuke (i'm damn sure on this cause I got it!) pick it up! 5% matters soo much, and could fix this 20 level deficit
Verifier: 3. Develop the reaction combos better, on the first boss the runner doesn't use the side swipe combo to get away properly and suffers horribly. There is also a way to use this to pass through Torahime's arrows rather nicely and even revert some back to her for more damage!
Verifier: 4. Punish bosses when they go up in the air. tri-Ace fanboy has great videos on Shiguru which (when they can) punish the bosses when they are launched. Hell Torahime gets bounced into the air, cycloned and then nightblade II'd for a whole health bar being defenseless. While the blades might not be in the cards (cyclone is...), punishment NEEDS TO BE PRESENT
Verifier: 1. Swords breaking is usually a bad thing! Its only good when you want to rotate quick draws. If your sword breaks on a 1 target boss, don't take it unless you really needed to avoid that hit.
Verifier: 2. Look into more blades! Some have some side effects which could let you get to other blades first! also, where are your accessories? Most can be picked up for a little more than a smoke bomb and carry you further through the game! There is a 5% exp accessory in the path of Kisuke (i'm damn sure on this cause I got it!) pick it up! 5% matters soo much, and could fix this 20 level deficit
Verifier: 3. Develop the reaction combos better, on the first boss the runner doesn't use the side swipe combo to get away properly and suffers horribly. There is also a way to use this to pass through Torahime's arrows rather nicely and even revert some back to her for more damage!
Verifier: 4. Punish bosses when they go up in the air. tri-Ace fanboy has great videos on Shiguru which (when they can) punish the bosses when they are launched. Hell Torahime gets bounced into the air, cycloned and then nightblade II'd for a whole health bar being defenseless. While the blades might not be in the cards (cyclone is...), punishment NEEDS TO BE PRESENT
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Reject. Reject. Reject.
There are three reasons.
1. Poor gameplay.
Bad fighting, especially in the earlier segments, and lots of inefficient movement throughout.
2. Large mistakes in planning.
The run feels like something the runner did after playing through the game two or three times maximum beforehand, without bothering to plan out any of the sorts of things a run like this would require planning out. The most obvious example of this is when the runner makes very bad choices regarding segmentation that result in many minutes extra running (the way the warping item functions, it takes you back to the last non-dungeon save point you used, by skipping some saves, large amounts of backtracking could have been avoided)
3. Not enough luck manipulation.
The runner is doing segments sub-5 minutes long, yet they still have mistakes and bad luck that take up over half a minute.
On top of all that, both video and audio quality are sub-par for SDA.
There are three reasons.
1. Poor gameplay.
Bad fighting, especially in the earlier segments, and lots of inefficient movement throughout.
2. Large mistakes in planning.
The run feels like something the runner did after playing through the game two or three times maximum beforehand, without bothering to plan out any of the sorts of things a run like this would require planning out. The most obvious example of this is when the runner makes very bad choices regarding segmentation that result in many minutes extra running (the way the warping item functions, it takes you back to the last non-dungeon save point you used, by skipping some saves, large amounts of backtracking could have been avoided)
3. Not enough luck manipulation.
The runner is doing segments sub-5 minutes long, yet they still have mistakes and bad luck that take up over half a minute.
On top of all that, both video and audio quality are sub-par for SDA.
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I have to reject this run for the following reasons:
Doesn't skip the cutscenes.
Saves on every shrine, which leads to bad warping. There's a lot of backtracking in Kisuke's story, he has to go through Owari in Acts 3, 4, 5 and 6 so it's better to save there and skip the other shrines. This way the player can warp back to Owari after beating the boss and skip the other places on the way. I believe this would save at least 10 minutes.
Bad battles. The runner often attacks with the weakest weapon and rarely uses Quick Draws, or uses them late into the fight when most enemies are already dead. The first battle is a perfect example of this. He misses a lot too, and I don't understand how he chooses when to fight/run.
Bosses are really bad too, honestly it looks like the runner doesn't know how to deal with most of their attacks. Getting a sword broken should be a reset, but the runner often gets all 3 broken. It happens in pretty much all of them.
Also the runner often replaces his stronger weapon and keeps the weaker ones equipped. He forges a weapon in segment 6 for the 2nd boss, barely uses it in the fight and then forges another weapon to replace it right away in segment 7.
The good. The weapon choices and secret arts used seen good most of the time. It's hard to say for sure due to the lower levels but his tools are good enough, he just needs to make better use of them.
Some advice for the runner:
When eating, hold A to speed up the animation instead of just pressing it. It's much faster.
Regular blades often deal better damage over time. In the ground, do the regular combo and follow up with a slide afterwards to cancel the lag from the last hit. They're better in the air too, just don't finish the combo. Delay the final hit and it will start over, and you can stay in the air for a very long time. This makes Sayo, Tsuchigumo and Dragon God much faster/easier. Maybe Torahime too (she can be juggled whenever she loses a full bar).
Example:
In the areas where you can just leave the map to escape from the battles, it's faster to move with air dashes. This lets you ignore the spikes in Torahime's stage completely. It's also the best way to keep up with her.
Quick Draws recharge when you kill enemies and get souls. Using it early in the fight is always better, and for bosses you should use it whenever it's available.
Buy the Quick Draw accessory in Ise. It boosts QD damage by 10% and you don't have anything else to use until Shinano where you could buy the Clove Oil (boosts all damage by 5%).
Avoid boss attacks, or use secret arts for the invulnerability frames. Any energy spent by blocking is energy you could have used to deal damage. Letting swords break is never worth it, you could deal more damage than the free Quick Draw in the time it takes to block, break, recover and switch.
Reset if Dragon God uses the attack that makes him invulnerable for a long time.
Use the Iga/Omura stones you picked up from enemies to recover sword energy. This lets you spam more arts, so it's both safer and faster. No reason to buy them but you should make use of any that you happen to get.
Doesn't skip the cutscenes.
Saves on every shrine, which leads to bad warping. There's a lot of backtracking in Kisuke's story, he has to go through Owari in Acts 3, 4, 5 and 6 so it's better to save there and skip the other shrines. This way the player can warp back to Owari after beating the boss and skip the other places on the way. I believe this would save at least 10 minutes.
Bad battles. The runner often attacks with the weakest weapon and rarely uses Quick Draws, or uses them late into the fight when most enemies are already dead. The first battle is a perfect example of this. He misses a lot too, and I don't understand how he chooses when to fight/run.
Bosses are really bad too, honestly it looks like the runner doesn't know how to deal with most of their attacks. Getting a sword broken should be a reset, but the runner often gets all 3 broken. It happens in pretty much all of them.
Also the runner often replaces his stronger weapon and keeps the weaker ones equipped. He forges a weapon in segment 6 for the 2nd boss, barely uses it in the fight and then forges another weapon to replace it right away in segment 7.
The good. The weapon choices and secret arts used seen good most of the time. It's hard to say for sure due to the lower levels but his tools are good enough, he just needs to make better use of them.
Some advice for the runner:
When eating, hold A to speed up the animation instead of just pressing it. It's much faster.
Regular blades often deal better damage over time. In the ground, do the regular combo and follow up with a slide afterwards to cancel the lag from the last hit. They're better in the air too, just don't finish the combo. Delay the final hit and it will start over, and you can stay in the air for a very long time. This makes Sayo, Tsuchigumo and Dragon God much faster/easier. Maybe Torahime too (she can be juggled whenever she loses a full bar).
Example:
In the areas where you can just leave the map to escape from the battles, it's faster to move with air dashes. This lets you ignore the spikes in Torahime's stage completely. It's also the best way to keep up with her.
Quick Draws recharge when you kill enemies and get souls. Using it early in the fight is always better, and for bosses you should use it whenever it's available.
Buy the Quick Draw accessory in Ise. It boosts QD damage by 10% and you don't have anything else to use until Shinano where you could buy the Clove Oil (boosts all damage by 5%).
Avoid boss attacks, or use secret arts for the invulnerability frames. Any energy spent by blocking is energy you could have used to deal damage. Letting swords break is never worth it, you could deal more damage than the free Quick Draw in the time it takes to block, break, recover and switch.
Reset if Dragon God uses the attack that makes him invulnerable for a long time.
Use the Iga/Omura stones you picked up from enemies to recover sword energy. This lets you spam more arts, so it's both safer and faster. No reason to buy them but you should make use of any that you happen to get.
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Way to tell me after I watch practically all of it...
For the record, I reject it extra hard. You can tell by his own comments that he has no confidence in his run, and while he gets from point A to point B pretty well, his boss fights are pathetic...pitiful even. I'm guessing this guy didn't even beat the game on Shura (hard), playing like that.
For the record, I reject it extra hard. You can tell by his own comments that he has no confidence in his run, and while he gets from point A to point B pretty well, his boss fights are pathetic...pitiful even. I'm guessing this guy didn't even beat the game on Shura (hard), playing like that.
Decision: Reject
Reason: Just read the verifier responses.
This run is available upon request. PM me before November 21st if you want to download the run.
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