Fast Pillars Setup Room

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Fast Ripper Room
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Pillar Room
   

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Any% KPDR

Entering this room with a Plasma shot charged, you can kill one or more pirates to significantly reduce lag when the Power Bomb goes off. The lag for the various methods is explored below.

Room Lag

Strat Lag Frames
Power Bomb 76-78
Freeze one pirate 43-48
Kill one pirate 16-22
Kill one pirate, freeze one pirate 9-13
Kill both pirates 1-6

Depending on execution, the "kill one pirate" method might be the fastest: