not portal. perch.

for the old seed, you could just go to the right and wait for a north south perch.

for the new seed, i see top runners waiting for an instant diagonal perch. however, this is (very) lucky and its not something i want to do; my pb is still going to be faster without an instant perch.

currently, i set up the perch obsidian, then turn left and wait there. however, a lot of times, the dragon just doesnt perch and flies towards me.

am i just getting very unlucky?

also speedrun example:
https://streamable.com/3xeqx9

the chance for dragon entering the perch phase is 1 in 13 so you're probably getting average luck

oh yeah i know ive studied dragon mechanics but im wondering about dragon mechanics on THIS seed, rather than in general

because ive never run a front right dragon seed, usually its just a zero cycle for front dragons, and it’s easier to get north south a dragon perch on back dragon seeds