Listing out all the info 7thArmstrong and Kefka14 know about this OoB in hopes of helping others get more consistent as well!
Remember the most important thing that helps with consistency is to not pressure your partner while attempting/learning this, especially in a full run setting! Since this trick requires a lot of focus and is at the end of the run, it can be very stressful! Be mindful of what breaks your partners concentration on this trick and your consistency will grow together <3
First thing to understand is that the camera angle affects the success rate greatly! Once Cookie is across the river, we like to zoom the camera in to help limit the variation in the camera angles while attempting the OoB with both characters as well as zooming in helps with Cookie's side setup after the OoB.
It is recommended to kill the two knights before attempting the OoB. If you do not, cookie has 2 sometimes 3 chances to get OoB, while Cream only has 1 or sometimes 2 chances to get OoB before the Knight gets in the way.
The first part of the setup is to get on the ledge and run forward into the wall near the ledge you want to jump from. This seems to help get the rabbit's speed up increasing consistency. For the first jump, Cookie seems to have a higher success rate with getting the Coyote Time off the ledge, while Cream seems to perform better without getting the Coyote Jump. This may be due to Cookie's hopping cycle, unclear. The trick on both sides can be done with or without the Coyote time, just seems more inconsistent.
Also timing to do the attempts at near the same time also seems to help, but is not needed. Again having the camera in a similar position to your partner seems to help increase success rate drastically.
After jumping off the ledge you will be aiming for the 2nd farther column outlined in yellow. The center of Cookie's shadow should be lined up with middle of the column, while the center of Cream's shadow should be slightly to the left of the middle part of the column( If 50% was the middle, then about 25% aka the middle of the gap between the edge and middle of the column).
Once the shadow is in position, you must hold towards the wall to have the rabbits face the wall before doing the air jump! If the rabbits are not facing the wall before the jump, the failure rate increases drastically!
For Cookie, while holding directly left, fall slightly until Cookie's nose is pointed towards the intersection of the red cross, then press jump again while continuing to hold directly left!
For Cream, while holding directly right, fall slightly until Cream's nose is pointed towards the intersection of the red cross, then press jump again while continuing to hold directly right!
This trick is precise, but success rate increases with practice! Don't give up!
When one rabbit is in the wall, don't run off! Instead line up with where your partner is trying to clip OoB and jump when they jump! This also seems to help with the success rate after one clips and not the other!
With the next part, Cream's side doesn't have much to worry about since they are Sword Knights, however on Cookie Side there is a further setup to get around the Lance Knights. While Cookie is walking towards the first Knight, wiggle left until cookie's ear no longer shows outside the stone wall. This will get you past the first Lance Knight's Attack! Next when Cookie becomes visible again, line up the flower pot with the tiles shown in the picture to dodge the other two Lance Knights attacks. Don't go too far left or you will fall off the map, the edge is when you are mostly on the tile left in the picture so don't have the flower pot farther than the edge between the two tiles! If any of the attack hit you off the edge, you have to mash the jump button very fast while holding left to get away from their attacks... best to avoid since even this backup is not consistent and drains time quickly!
After you are past the Knights you can double jump onto the platforms used to hit boss and double jump around the corner to the end! Will take a bit to get the feel for it but comes with some practice.
Hopefully this helps get this OoB more consistent for everyone. Looking forward to more players joining the fun! :D <3
Our fellow Top Runners Kefka14 & 7thArmstrong are going to to run this wonderful game at "Games Done Quick Hotfix" on the show "Going Places". Make sure to give them support by watching it! Best of luck to both of them!