Log

2026/05/26: 65hrs. Learned basic Hibachi strategy. Success rate around 20%. Achieved two 3-life kills, most kills need 4 lives.
2026/10/1: 72hrs. Hibachi 4-miss success rate around 60-70%. Achieved a few 3-misses. No 2 misses yet. Cleared from Hachi - multiple 5-miss, one 4-miss.
- Work on: Hachi consistency/setup, contingency plans for failed hyper setup, tighter iframe timing
10/2: 74hrs.
- 2-miss for first time.
- Clear from Hachi few times.
- Kouryu practice. No-miss once or twice. Can no-miss individual patterns.
- Stage review.
  - 1-3 and 1-4 feel good but need consistency
  - 1,2 1-3, and 1-4 bosses feel a lot more dodgeable than before. Able to no-miss.
10/3: 76hrs
- Runs with B-L. Best reached 1-5.
- Runs with B-EX. 3-miss clear.
  - 1-4: After rails before big cannon
  - 1-4 boss
  - Kouryu flower pattern
10/4: 77hrs
- Runs with A-EX. 3-miss clear. B-EX seems more reliable due to screen coverage.
- Hachi/Hibachi practice. Getting more consistent clearing from Hachi from no-miss pace, with intentional miss for 2-bomb setup.
10/6: 77h30m
- Practice Hachi/Hibachi clears. Only 4-miss. Better consistency on Hachi.
- Practice on Kouryu.
- 1st clear from Kouryu. 5-miss total (4-miss Hibachi).
10/7: 80h
- Hibachi experimentation - trying different hyper levels entering fight. Found that it doesn’t really matter or is too finicky to be reliable. Only real lever in the fight is hyper build, and only way to build hyper quickly is by hypering Hibachi. Only opportunities to build hyper before washing machine are opener (which usually has fixed hyper build due to death setup) and the pattern before washing machine, which can be extended by not pointblanking.
10/9: 83h
- B-S experimentation. 3-miss is “easier” when setup, but getting setup is harder due to lower shot/laser power + slower movement. 3-miss requires bombing through washing machine consistently, which is its own challenge.
- B-S and B-L 1-alls.
10/10: 84h
- A-L 1-all.
10/11, 10/12: 85h
- A-S 1-all.
10/12: 87h20m
- Misc practice, identifying trouble spots:
  - 1-4 extend cannon - hard route
  - 1-4 boss: consistency, 2nd phase no-bomb contingency
  - 1-5 zako rushes - potential minimization
  - Kouryu
  - Hachi consistency and setups