After watching a bit of the last submitted run (the WR for now), I just wanted to point out you can press two directions at the same time in the password screen. This saves a bit of time, allowing you to go directly from 1 to 5, 1 to 6, 2 to 4, 2 to 6, and so on.

And as general rule, the early game should just be you Cybersteining into St Joan (possibly with Megamorph) until you get the BEUD pack.

you never get the BEUD pack D: Also I'm very skeptical about cyber stein being better than all the other options

Oh right, you don't need to fight the other duelists, so never mind about BEUD :P