Metal Pirates Room - Revision history

MinnieTrethewey at 03:15, 28 November 2023

2023-11-28T03:15:43Z

2023-08-04T19:33:20Z

2022-09-21T02:28:26Z

‎Added new double double strategy, for Low% Ice

2022-09-19T03:50:45Z

added susreime's super double hit to low%

2020-10-04T07:08:38Z

‎Intermediate

2020-09-29T18:35:18Z

"Goldless" pirate kill video from Static

2020-02-20T18:27:09Z

Andrew's hundo/GTC video and explanation

2019-03-30T19:17:14Z

‎Exiting the Room: Correction based on Jack's info

2019-03-30T18:56:06Z

‎Exiting the Room: Reverse Plowerhouse

2019-03-21T14:57:59Z

Pirates sometimes bounce shots when they're yellow, cause they're jerks

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 {{Adjacent rooms
 |west=[[Plowerhouse Room]]
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 *[[Space Pirate (fighting)]]

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	*[[Space Pirate (fighting)]]		*[[Space Pirate (fighting)]]
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		+	[[Category:Rooms in Lower Norfair]]

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 This category and others that do not collect Speedbooster use three Super Missiles for each pirate.
-At least one double hit is possible, making the ammo required for the room equal to 5 Supers. This technique also saves time, on average, in pre-Ridley farm, since one less Super drop is needed.
+Two double hits are possible and at least one can be done consistently, making the ammo required for the room equal to 4 or 5 Supers. This technique also saves time, on average, in pre-Ridley farm, since less Super drops are needed.
-{{#ev:youtube|s_UqBFlqSm4}}
+{{#ev:youtube|7tY6zt65G7Y}}
 ==Exiting the Room==

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 ==Low% Ice==
-This category uses three Super Missiles for each pirate.
+This category and others that do not collect Speedbooster use three Super Missiles for each pirate.
 ==Exiting the Room==

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		+	With this strat, you don't have enough time to charge the beam to freeze the Holtz in the next room, so one option is to get a [[Kagoing\|kago]] or downwards [[dboost]] to set up for the run through the acid.
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		+	{{#ev:youtube\|2RO42hhyE2Y}}

	=== Optimal ===		=== Optimal ===

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	Although the pirates turn gold when they're vulnerable, the sprite change does not always match up perfectly with the vulnerability. So sometimes a pirate might bounce a shot while it's still gold.		Although the pirates turn gold when they're vulnerable, the sprite change does not always match up perfectly with the vulnerability. So sometimes a pirate might bounce a shot while it's still gold.
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		+	The pirates are also vulnerable for a brief window after they shoot their projectiles, but relying on this is unlikely to be viable for humans.
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		+	{{#ev:youtube\|RCUT1WK0-es}}

	==Any% KPDR==		==Any% KPDR==

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		+	==100%/GT Classic==
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		+	{{#ev:youtube\|acMNTIFIwSo}}
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		+	The optimal KPDR strat is used here, along with a Space Jump into Springball strat through the next two rooms.
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		+	[https://pastebin.com/0b8WNTF2 Pastebin explaining this video]

	==Any% PRKD==		==Any% PRKD==

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 If you morph through the transition to [[Wasteland]], this might allow you to go through the door faster by making your hitbox smaller, both because you have less chance of bonking the door before it's fully open, and because you can get more run speed and jump later.
-If you're doing the Reverse Plowerhouse, you can Space Jump right before each pirate -- this manipulates them into a pattern that allows the sound queues to be empty when you hit the door. If the right side pirate is spinning during the transition, that can cause [[processing]] lag.
+If you're doing the Reverse Plowerhouse, you can Space Jump right before each pirate -- this manipulates them into a pattern that allows the sound queues to be empty when you hit the door. The right side pirate will usually spin jump anyway, but if you can avoid the left side pirate spinning, that can significantly reduce door [[processing]] time.
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 The Metal Pirates will each make themselves vulnerable if Samus is on the set of three square blocks that the pirate centers its movement around. The best way to handle this changes depending on the category.
 ==Any% KPDR==
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 If you morph through the transition to [[Wasteland]], this might allow you to go through the door faster by making your hitbox smaller, both because you have less chance of bonking the door before it's fully open, and because you can get more run speed and jump later.