King's Low% Difficulty Tier List - Revision history

Kingofthehill476: /* A Tier */

2026-04-04T23:19:21Z

‎A Tier

Kingofthehill476: /* S Tier */

2026-04-02T06:36:26Z

‎S Tier

Kingofthehill476 at 06:34, 2 April 2026

2026-04-02T06:34:49Z

Kingofthehill476: /* S+ Tier */

2026-04-02T05:54:06Z

‎S+ Tier

Kingofthehill476: /* ABSOLUTE UNTOUCHABLE GOD TIER */

2026-03-16T00:40:20Z

‎ABSOLUTE UNTOUCHABLE GOD TIER

Kingofthehill476: Added 12% WaveIceGrapple and its explanation

2026-03-16T00:37:52Z

Added 12% WaveIceGrapple and its explanation

Kingofthehill476 at 00:07, 16 March 2026

2026-03-16T00:07:36Z

Kingofthehill476: /* B Tier */

2026-02-21T08:20:43Z

‎B Tier

Kingofthehill476: /* S Tier */

2026-02-21T08:14:40Z

‎S Tier

Kingofthehill476: /* D Tier */

2026-02-21T08:08:01Z

‎D Tier

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 *Without L+R, requires UWJ, grapple-bomb-jump-jumps, slopespark using a door, and spikesuit in colosseum using a weird glitch with grapple and bombs. With L+R and turbo (like I did cuz I was lazy), this would be towards the top of B tier
 [[14% xSpring]]
-*Jesuswalk Mt. Everest and West Sand Hall, need to do a weird double springball jump using bombs to get out of springball room, need to do a weird double springball jump using a bomb and reserves draining to get past halfie room, 10 missile zebs
+*Jesuswalk Mt. Everest and West Sand Hall, need to do a weird double springball jump using bombs to get out of springball room (terrible), gmode or bomb jump in sand falls in east sand hallway, need to do a weird double springball jump using a bomb and reserves draining to get past halfie room (not the worst thing ever), probably a double springball jump with bombs again to get out of tourian to refill pbs, 10 missile zebs
 [[14% SuperChargeless]]
 *Loop through forgotten highway for tube gravity jump, Botwoon hallway cf clip then farm mocktroids and puyos for a 3% to get enough ammo to fight Botwoon without missing any ammo, underflow (harder on PAL). This is the hardest 14% that I myself have ever done
 [[14% Gravboots]]
-*Probably easier than some others on this list, but it requires a trick that might be 3f perfect and not much is known about this, 10 missile zebs
+*Probably easier than some others on this list, but it requires a trick that might be 3f perfect and not much is known about this, 10 missile zebs. If more were known about this trick and how the timing works, it would likely be lower down on this list
 ==B Tier==

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 *Jesuswalk, 10pb bluesuit generation (very precise rmode setup), 10pb underflow. This is the hardest category that I myself have ever completed in this entire game
 [[13% IcePb]]
-*Main St. + Mt. Everest ice + no HJB, 10pb underflow (this strat doesn't mess around)
+*Main St. + Mt. Everest ice + no HJB, 10pb underflow (this strat doesn't mess around, it was talked about for years and thought to be basically impossible for humans)
 [14% IcePb]
 *Main St. + Mt. Everest ice + no HJC, 10pb flashsuit @ Draygon

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 I got bored, so now I'm ranking every low% category in terms of difficulty including ones that haven't been completed. This will include every category of 14%, 13%, 12% (will exclude most theoretical categories since they're basically the same as 13%s except without bombs), 11%, 4%, and 0%. Anything with brackets [ ] means it hasn't been completed RTA. Also, accounting for use of L+R walljumping is tricky because it can significantly alter the difficulty ranking. For example, 13% PbPb would be lower difficulty than 11% glitched if L+R is used. I didn't really rank the difficulty of walljumps no L+R in 14% GrappleChargeless. I also ignored UWJ no L+R in 14% xSpring and xGrapple because they're optional for getting out of G4 if you don't wanna grind for metroid pb drops.
-*Note, 13% PbPb and 13% IcePb are the only completed categories (to the best of my knowledge) that I'd put in S tier difficulty. GCC's puzzles are likely not higher than C tier. Kona challenge is B tier. Blindfolded is A tier. S tier runs are TAS-only runs becoming a reality RTA.
+*Note, 13% PbPb, 13% xPb, and 13% IcePb are the only completed categories (to the best of my knowledge) that I'd put in S tier difficulty. GCC's puzzles are likely not higher than C tier. Kona challenge is B tier. Blindfolded is A tier. S tier runs are TAS-only runs becoming a reality RTA.
 =Difficulty Tier List=
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 ==ABSOLUTE UNTOUCHABLE GOD TIER==
 [13% Speed TAS]
-*Underwater walljumps (UWJ) no L+R, 3f-perfect everest slopespark + 3f double knockback from a puyo to generate slopespark on flat ground to avoid L+R, colosseum shortcharge isn't even known to be humanly possible. This is at least as hard as getting the everest slopespark twice in a row. For a bit of context, bobbob (the only person to ever execute this slopespark in a run) told me his success rate was 1 in 20. So 1/20*1/20 = 1 in 400 chance of bob completing this category. Not counting the colosseum shortcharge, which isn't known to be humanly possible yet
+*Underwater walljumps (UWJ) no L+R, 3f-perfect everest slopespark + [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXyeST9MWKc a maybe multi frame perfect double knockback from a puyo] to generate slopespark on flat ground to avoid L+R, colosseum shortcharge isn't even known to be humanly possible. This might be as hard as getting the everest slopespark twice in a row. For a bit of context, bobbob (the only person to ever execute this slopespark in a run) told me his success rate was 1 in 20. So 1/20*1/20 = 1 in 400 chance of bob completing this category. Not counting the colosseum shortcharge, which isn't known to be humanly possible yet
 [12% WaveIceGrapple]
 *I know little about this other than the fact that it's pretty much TAS only. Wave, ice, and grapple replace the 3 tanks. Something about freezing a Rinka into a right wall to trigger MB phase 2 (probably a frame-perfect shot) and then x-ray climbing up into the ceiling to kill her from above. Something about collecting a Varia suit with grapple (which would be very precise OoB positioning) in order to put yourself back in bounds in the middle of the room before rainbow beam goes off. This would then allow you to pause abuse until the baby starts filling up your health again (several frame-perfect pauses). It's possible that wave could be dropped
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 *UWJ no L+R, 3f-perfect everest slopespark, underflow. This is the hardest category ever humanly completed
 [14% xSpeed] (if the really bs way to do it no L+R is done)
-*Bluesuit -> gmode maridia entry -> rmode conversion to yellowsuit (frame perfect) -> first try Jesuswalk (much more precise than normal with a sparksuit) -> superjump bluesuit conversion. Left side UWJ no L+R is required on NTSC. On PAL, this would probably be at the top of A tier or the bottom of S tier. Tbh this category is basically a somewhat nerfed 13% speed TAS if done on NTSC. It's bad and hard
+*Bluesuit -> gmode maridia entry -> rmode conversion to yellowsuit (frame perfect) -> first try Jesuswalk (much more precise than normal b/c of having a sparksuit) -> superjump bluesuit conversion. Left side UWJ no L+R is required on NTSC. On PAL, this would probably be at the top of A tier or the bottom of S tier. Tbh this category is basically a somewhat nerfed 13% speed TAS if done on NTSC. It's bad and hard
 ==S Tier==
 [11% Pb] (Theoretical glitched category to supersede 12%)
-*Gravityless door skips (very hard), complex OoB navigation, 10pb underflow
+*Gravityless door skips (very hard), complex OoB navigation, 10pb underflow, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM7bfZWmZhQ a weird maybe multi frame perfect strat to get back to the save station] b/c of not having bombs or ice
 [14% GrapplePb]
 *UWJ no L+R, Botwoon cf clip and use charge for Botwoon fight, 10pb flashsuit @ Draygon

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 *UWJ no L+R, 3f-perfect everest slopespark, 10pb flashsuit @ Draygon. Only slightly easier than the 13% SpeedPb
 [[13% PbPb]] (Particularly without L+R)
-*UWJ no L+R, 3f-perfect everest slopespark, underflow
+*UWJ no L+R, 3f-perfect everest slopespark, underflow. This is the hardest category ever humanly completed
 [14% xSpeed] (if the really bs way to do it no L+R is done)
 *Bluesuit -> gmode maridia entry -> rmode conversion to yellowsuit (frame perfect) -> first try Jesuswalk (much more precise than normal with a sparksuit) -> superjump bluesuit conversion. Left side UWJ no L+R is required on NTSC. On PAL, this would probably be at the top of A tier or the bottom of S tier. Tbh this category is basically a somewhat nerfed 13% speed TAS if done on NTSC. It's bad and hard

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 *Underwater walljumps (UWJ) no L+R, 3f-perfect everest slopespark + 3f double knockback from a puyo to generate slopespark on flat ground to avoid L+R, colosseum shortcharge isn't even known to be humanly possible. This is at least as hard as getting the everest slopespark twice in a row. For a bit of context, bobbob (the only person to ever execute this slopespark in a run) told me his success rate was 1 in 20. So 1/20*1/20 = 1 in 400 chance of bob completing this category. Not counting the colosseum shortcharge, which isn't known to be humanly possible yet
 [12% WaveIceGrapple]
-*I know little about this other than the fact that it's pretty much TAS only. Wave, ice, and grapple replace the 3 tanks. Something about freezing a Rinka into a right wall to trigger MB phase 2 (probably a frame-perfect shot) and then x-ray climbing up into the ceiling to kill her from above. Something about creating a Varia suit with grapple which would be very precise OoB positioning in order to put yourself back in bounds in the middle of the room before rainbow beam goes off. This would then allow you to pause abuse until the baby starts filling up your health again (several frame-perfect pauses). It's possible that wave could be dropped
+*I know little about this other than the fact that it's pretty much TAS only. Wave, ice, and grapple replace the 3 tanks. Something about freezing a Rinka into a right wall to trigger MB phase 2 (probably a frame-perfect shot) and then x-ray climbing up into the ceiling to kill her from above. Something about collecting a Varia suit with grapple (which would be very precise OoB positioning) in order to put yourself back in bounds in the middle of the room before rainbow beam goes off. This would then allow you to pause abuse until the baby starts filling up your health again (several frame-perfect pauses). It's possible that wave could be dropped
 ==S+ Tier==

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 [[14% Speedboots]]
 *Slopespark to get through botwoon hallway, halfie room and colosseum no L+R, which are actually kinda tricky. Longer segments of UWJ with hi-jump without L+R are required
-[12% GravCharge]
+% GravCharge
 *Botwoon hallway OoB entry (not quite figured out yet), 10 missile zebs
 [[14% GravPb]]
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 ==B Tier==
-%, 14% xGravity, [12% GravCharge], 14% Speedboots, and 14% Chargelice
+%, 14% xGravity, 12% GravCharge, 14% Speedboots, and 14% Chargelice
 ==C Tier==

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 *Complex OoB navigation, evir particle dboost in West Sand Hall, xray zeb skip, maybe technically slightly easier than 13% xCharge but this is more of a pain due to OoB shenanigans
 [[14% xPb]]
-*10pb bluesuit generation using rmode in at least 3 instances (the one before Botwoon to avoid L+R is a very precise setup), one of which must be carried all the way to tourian for zeb skip
+*10pb bluesuit generation using rmode in at least 2 instances (the one before Botwoon to avoid L+R is a very precise setup). An optional 3rd could be carried all the way to tourian for zeb skip. If not, then 10 missile zebs is required
 [[14% xChargeless]]
 *Underflow, rmode botwoon hallway clip, maridia navigation no ice, gravity, or hi jump, evir particle dboost in West Sand Hall leaving Maridia

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 *Main St. and Mt. Everest with ice and hi jump, suitless Draygon fight (easier on PAL), UWJ no L+R (easy) to get out of precious room
 [[14% Speed]]
-*Just Ridley and MB but slightly longer than ice
+*Just Ridley and MB but slightly longer than ice. "The true low% category" -Dessyreqt
 [[14% Ice]]
-*Just Ridley and MB
+*Just Ridley and MB. The best and funnest low% category according to me!
 [[4%]]
 *Basically a few doorskips and xray hall and that's it. Not super complicated OoB movement