Hey everyone looking forward to speed running bloodstained and help the community out! I think I've noticed a possible Zangetsu A.I. manipulation first encounter and maybe another manip don't know how useful it'll be.

Mind sharing what you think the manipulation is?

I've noticed that he seems to get pretty confused if you hug the doors after breaking his guard. He'll typically throw a dart at me, then if I jump right as he reaches the stairs when he's dashing, he'll backdash to his original position, wait a moment, try again, and then back off and guard stance again.

I don't know if that would be relevant to a speedrun but it does make fighting him casually and going for the medal much more consistent in my experience. He does this on all difficulties, as near as I can tell.

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It's something like that just a couple of things I've noticed while playing casually.