Hay all.

I have a complete run video, however there aren't any splits in the video itself. I have the splits in a livesplit file. Am I still okay to submit it?

HI all,

I thought it might be a good idea to have a place to put anything you've discovered to help the community out. I've been practicing Any% NG a fair amount, and with any luck, my capture card should arrive soon and if my laptop can handle it, I should be able to start posting runs, employing the strategies below.

I'll start with a few since I don't have much time right now, i'll update as and when I can. Feel free to add your own and to start discussions :)

Any% Legend Mode Normal

(For buttons, I will be using the default PS4 configuration, as that is the version I am using. S=Square, T=Triangle, etc.)

General: Luffy's special action (Gum Gum Pistol, R1 on PS4) is exceptional as it can stagger bosses out of their attack charge animations, takes out a chunk of their hyper meter, and in kizuna rush, deals a fair amount of damage. Used on Buggy and Crocodile, it can cancel their super when they're charging it after they jump to the centre of the arena.

I've found a good level to be is Level 20 by the time you Hit Skypiea. Sanji's SSST Is stupidly good. If not, Luffy can clear the stage fine. You’ll be level 20 by Water 7 anyway.

Sanji can juggle and kill officers efficiently using ST, R1, X, TTSS. This is especially useful during post-enies lobby to deal with Franky after stunning him.

Learn your allies' routes during escorts and take out base captains and officers in their way. I've also found that if you're in view of them, thy'll try and kill every peon they see before moving on. They seem to move easier if you leave them be (Citation needed, I may just be going crazy). If there's more than one character to escort, PRIORITISE NAMI. Especially on Loguetown. I've gained more than a few grey hairs trying to get her to move.

On most bosses with three sections to their health bar, you can bypass one of the partitions by activating kizuna rush at the start of the fight. This will cause the boss to do the same, removing the first partition in their health bar. This is useful, because you then don't need to break up your combo and wait for them to power up again. Exceptions to this are: Morgan, Buggy (Orange town), Arlong, Crocodile, Lucci, Magellan, Caesar(maybe, I forget), Doflamingo.

Stage-specific:

Syrup Village: After Kuro shows up, you're told to capture three bases. You actually only need to capture two.The left and centre ones are the fastest, starting with the left. After the seconds base is captured, kuro opens the gates above the centre base.

Water 7: Don't use Luffy. He has to fight Usopp right at the start. Picking anyone else skips it.

Thriller Bark:

Oars was a huge stumbling block to begin with, however, the fastest way I've found to deal with him is to use Luffy's TTSS, followed by Franky's Square-based Kizuna attack. This takes a massive chunk of HP out and, if you don't charge luffy's combo, comes out just fast enough to dodge Moria's interference.

Marineford 2: Using Luffy ends the stage at Akainu. There's a very long section after it that other characters have to play through. Luffy skips it.

Any% NG+

Return to Sabaody: For the love of god, don't use Sanji unless you're certain you can get your kizuna gauge to max quickly and even then, make sure it can one-shot Perona, otherwise you're going to lose a lot of time. I learned that one that hard way.

Hi there,

I recently decided to pick this game up for speedrunning, as it is one that I enjoy immensely and am quite passionate about. I believe this game has the potential to be an interesting speedrun, and i'd love to see how far we can take it ^_^

While I currently don't possess any sort of streaming or recording equipment (not counting ps4 share since it pauses on every cutscene), I have timed a few legend mode any% normal runs using the speedrun assistant app for IOS, and have a current personal best of 5 hours, 25 minutes with still some time to save.

I am not the greatest at taking notes (since most of them end up as a disjointed stream of consciousness), but I am currently trying to compile a list of strategies and routes that might help. I may start a thread with the things I have for now, then update it when necessary.

Thank you for your time, and I look forward to working with you to make this game as fast as possible. ^_^

Finally, a question: are there any specific rules for Any% NG+?