New runner - saw the AGDQ run and other runs where people use Risky shuffle to get past the first map and then at the second map with the mermaids and crabs they use the cannon to jump up to the second mermaid, damage boost and drop into a hidden spot. No matter how many times I try it I cannot drop down. What am I doing wrong? It doesn't seem like there is a block to break or anything.

This one's just a platform you can drop through - hold down, then press jump.

It would be the one thing I forgot to try XD Thanks for the help

No problem; good luck on your runs!