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I figured it would be faster to get to a point of surviving ultimatum than to get strong enough to kill him prior to using it. I'm not sure how much HP he has on HM or what turn you have to kill him by. I'm practicing right now and I think mandatory CELEBI as soon as you get master ball is the only way to get the items needed to progress - especially to a 100% As far as level grinding, I think gold dragons are optimal from what I've found so far... Idk.

What do you think is the minimal setup for smithy? I know from experimenting that you need a minimum of 227 defense in order to survive ultimatum. I was able to reach him at level 44 with Mario, 80 peach, 50 Bowser. My defense is 144 and the entire party gets wiped on his very first attack in his first phase. So now I'm on a mission to find and equip the minimal gear and have at least one player reach 227 defense... Thoughts? Side note: for Terra you need 230, Rosalina you need 235, Xion you need 240. Everyone else can be beaten with less than 230.

In your opinion.. is 100% hardmode run possible? In less than 24 hrs

What would 100% hardmode speedrun be considered? Who makes up the rules on that? I'm assuming: All chests Smithy Magus Pokemon defeated (not dawn and may subsequently though) Rosalina Terra Xion

Where did you use your power items, i.e. found illusion etc.

I made this video earlier for fun. I showcase Oathkeeper and the best gear in the game vs Terra hard mode.

Yea Xion is tough at first. But, after you beat him a couple times he gets really easy. Yes, he does drop the Oathkeeper and I've beaten Terra probably 10 + times.. I just wanted to show yall how simple the Oathkeeper made her haha. The Oathkeeper is an amazing item but poorly placed in the game... Sadly.. I've tried it on all the superbosses (including the rematch with Xion) and it makes them incredibly simple. So simple in fact, that Mario could take 4 hits from Xion without dying.. Maybe on easy mode Xion is beatable early on - but in hardmode you pretty much have to have 240 defense, which is basically max. Thanks for liking the video though! I'm really proud of it because it's my first "fancy" video haha

Ozma was easy for me. But I also was way overpowered. I've never tried easy mode either so idk the difference other than from watching your speedrun gameplay. I'm trying to figure out how to incorporate the lazy shell into my speedrun ...

Yes, I just was going to get all that set up next week - until then I was going to practice. I suppose I could get it set up sooner than later, because you're obviously right in that, people can offer advice... That would probably speed up my learning curve significantly. Question (As always) Do you have a list of all the Hardmode bosses HP and weakness etc? I could seriously benefit from that right now in these speed runs...

Ive never streamed before, I don't know where to begin.. My only Computer is a Mac and I don't think I could even get this game on it.

I'll let you know... This run-through is just for familiarity. I'll probably be doing 10 plus runs this week before I try and do something official. I'm watching your easy mode run at the same time for ideas - although if I were to do what you did I would Insta die lol. I'm taking my time and seeing at what point I can beat bosses without worrying about RNG - It's a terrible feeling knowing I have to keep grinding levels in a speed run..

Side, topic, but do you have a stream?

Hahaha. But, honestly, wouldn't a boss named RNGesus be hilarious and OH so fitting for this game..?

Well, unfortunately I got to start somewhere.. after I'm done with this play through, I'm going to start again with Notes. Then apply the notes and hopefully shave another hour or two off. The hardest part in hardcode aside from RNG is leveling up - because you have to grind - but the optimal fights / exp ratio is what I will have to study. Next is learning the optimal Path through the game - which you've pretty much perfected. The only difference is, I can't avoid every chest from what I'm noticing - Like Marrymore, I found it was better to waste time staying at the INN Suite 3 times just to get the Gifts.. But maybe I'm wrong.

Good, I'm going for that 8 hour speed run on hardcode haha

How do you Glitch peach to have darkstar in your speedrun? In a speedrun, does a death disqualify a run? Because hardmode is hella RNG

Hahahahaha. Gawddddd... I wanna believe. I got to Mack and ate shit.. then got to Become, ate shit. Then my save point deleted. Haha

Fuck hardcode ... speed running this is probably impossible hahaha.

I'm officially starting the Hardmode speed run... but of course I'm going to have to play through this bastard a few more times before I will stream it

So if I do a hardmode speedrun would I hold the only record?

Just add if/then statements and allow Mario to be changed out to Luigi when you talk to him at Mario's pad. Except Luigi has more jump attacks and they're elemental

Ah, really good explanation. Is The speedrun record the same regardless of which version the game is played on? I'm thinking of trying to set the WR ... buuuttt.. my girlfriend is already tired of watching me crack out on this game haha

Why is the speedrun done on beta instead of final?

I wanted to give a personal THANK YOU, to Doomsday (I don't know your alias, akas or real name) for helping me defeat this extremely good game - on hard mode. It took about a week and a half of playing everyday religiously and A LOT of patience. I'm considering making a full tutorial for this game but I may wait for 9.0 ( if it's really coming out). Thank you DarkKefka - a brilliant and dedicated creator. On Xion - a very difficult boss, but not impossible. IMO she's definitely the hardest boss in the game and EVEN harder if you haven't gotten the best gear in the game before fighting her. You need VERY specific gear to increase your chances of winning, and more specifics on that later.. The oathkeeper is kind of silly - don't understand the purpose of it especially since this is the "last boss".

What mode is this