I'm fairly new to speedrunning this game, although I've been playing since it came out. I'm the type of gamer that uses really cheap strategies to beat stuff though (infinite climb op) and I haven't used MOST of the move upgrades, actually. I was watching a few runs and I've seen some crazy stuff that looks like it moves way faster than just my lackluster method gliding and fast falling over and over again.
So I was wondering, what is your strategy/the best strategy for movement without using any glitches (Iike infinite glide)?
im a angel glider- if u dont hold in the glide for the entire possibility u can go fast
another posibility is the angel glider angel evade strat which imo can be slightly faster if used properly but if u fail it over and over its slower
Stinger is the fastest move for platforming. If you use it correctly (going straight multiple times) you'll be faster than angel glide and angel evade. However if you mess up just one little stinger (aiming slightly off the track) then you're doom. Use either both of these tech movements and see which one make your hand comfort. Angel glide and angel evade = safe movement. Stinger = Good movement but once fucked up you're fucked
Also it is best to use stinger on stairs. Using evade and Angel glide won't add a boost to your movement when you're climbing the stairs
Like Nirvana said, it's super easy to mess up Stingers. Once this run is super optimized it'll probably be the primary movement tech, but in my PB I did mostly the safe Angel glide.
Now, I dont know if there's any difference between the speed of what I do vs what Renegade does. Renegade does nothing but Angel glides, whereas I do Angel glides plus angel evades, which feel faster but I can't confirm that they actually are.
Stinger on stairs, got it. At least that's easy enough and there's barely any room for messing up. It seems like angel glides are actually fine for now xD I can't remember whose run I was watching but there was a mix of a bunch of stuff (probably angel glide+evade) and it just looked like it was super crazy and sometimes that gets translated in your brain to equal faster xD Thanks guys!
Stinger on Any upwards movement is fastest. Like Mission 13 with the walkways. But Angel Glide/ Evade is the safest bet. Cause like Zero said, if you screw up stinger movement, or if spiders are on the ground in the way it can completely throw off Stinger Movement. I would say for now just learn Angel Evade/ Glide Movement Until you get your times down to ~1:25:xx-1:30:xx then start incorporating Stinger Movements.
