General Any% Strategy

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- Levels aren't numbered, so I'm just counting each boss as the end of a floor. So 1-1, 1-2, 1-B, 2-1, etc. 
- I reference 2 glitches in this guide, to avoid redundancy, they can both be found in my other guide "Known Glitches".
- Pressing M will pull up the radar/map. You can quickly do this to see if there are any damage-ups on a floor, and where the 
  ladder is on the last level. 
- There is a lot I still don't know about, whats faster x or y, so the route still has a ways to go. 
 
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Cave Levels
In 1-1 try to run through and pickup as many damage-ups (ammo clip looking things) as possible. At this point, as long as you don't dash into them, the enemies do very little damage, so you don't have to worry about shooting. With this said, some enemies will shoot nets that will slow you. You can block these with a bullet. 

You can skip the second level if you want, but you might try to go for more damage-ups in 1-2 before going on to the boss rush part. If you get around 4 damage-ups you could try to get another 4-5 on 1-2 which would put you ahead on damage and try to make up the time later, or you could try to simply save time by not going in 1-2 at all. 

I was told that the weapons (including the starting pistol) are balanced to do the same damage per second assuming all the bullets hit. I thought that the Sniper or Uzi were the best because of their accuracy and rate of fire but at the moment my PB uses the pistol all the way though. So basically I have no idea which is faster, but it doesn't seem like its worth it to go too far out of your way for a weapon. And I defiantly wouldn't reset just because you didn't get a weapon on 1-1.   

Boss Levels
Boss orders are random (with the exception of Sargon) but the general strategy of run around in circles and shoot is consistent. If you can end the level where the items drop, that will save time. Getting in close at the end would also save time but is hard to do on some bosses. 
There is some RNG at the end of each boss, as there are a few combinations of drops you can get. You will always get 2 different items, so the best outcome is a damage-up and a full-heal.  
I found that having about 6 damage-ups coming into the first boss is good, but it depends on which boss you get first, and if you get a damage-up at the end of the fight. 
Using the level skip glitch, you can skip 2 levels at each staircase, meaning you can go straight from the end of one boss to the next, skipping the caves in between.  

Ending
Use the level skip to beat the first 4 bosses, then only skip one level. This will put you on 5-2. Use the OOB glitch to race to the end. Once you get to the ladder, do a single skip, this will skip the final boss (Sargon) and bring you to the credits. 

If you find any new time saves, or think something is faster than I listed above please DM me on discord.

Known Glitches

OOB - In most corners you can get in or out of bounds by dashing into the wall at the right angle. 

Level Skipping - By stepping off and back onto the staircase as the level transitions, you can trigger the end of that level again. This will cause the next level to be skipped. If you are fast enough, you can skip 2 levels. If anyone can get 3 skips that would be huge for any%, but I haven't been able to. 

Warning: If you skip a boss level (With this exception of the final boss) the boss will still spawn in the middle of the next dungeon, and the stairs will not appear until you kill the boss.
This might be faster to do, but if the middle of the room can be oob so I've been avoiding it.

Skipping the final boss level will send you straight to the credits.

Name	Autor
General Any% Strategy	TheRealSampai 7 years ago
Known Glitches	TheRealSampai 7 years ago