1: luck. An extreme factor with this especially with the bosses attack cycle like kracko jr and marx soul if kracko jr does attacks in your favor and marx spawning just under you when he shoots his blades 2: hp sacrifice: you can use up some hp on somebody like kabula to kill him faster if your skilled. 3: skill, practice is vital to get better and better which i learned as i got better and better as i kept trying until i just had to rely on luck to get a better score I hope this helped, goodbye.

A few things ive learned from my many True Arena play throughs:

-Don’t eat more than one tomato before getting to the final four (trust me, you’ll need them for Galacta Knight) -Never stop holding down on the B button -or whatever the heck button is used to attack- while fighting Kabula -Try memorizing all of Marx soul’s attacks -NEVER EVER use weak power ups because that’ll just extend the length of your run. I usually go with Hammer because its pretty stronk and can deal alot of damage

Alternatively, just look at the runs on this site... The original post talked about speedruns...