will update this forum post thing, im stratfinding rn and have found some interesting stuff

Strat 1: Bat quick kill Normally you run underneath the bat and hit it to the left. This is slow. I found a way to save about half a second over that. I jump and hit the bat immediately, and then keep hitting it to the right side of the screen. When it gets to the right of the screen, hit it again and it will rebound to the left. Turn around, and wait a bit before you swing the whip, otherwise you will moonwalk and take damage. Hit it and it will die before it gets to the left edge of the screen. I can pull it off in stage 1, I don't know about 3 and 4

Backup 1: You can take damage in level 2 and not lose time if you get hit while waiting for a platform or while on stairs. However, the health refill takes longer after the boss kill. There is a health refill right before the boss in the breakable block on the corner of the stair. You can whip when you stand on it and it will break even though it is under you. You can then hold right. This saves at most .3 seconds and doesn't save any time over an optimal run but its really easy to do.

Softlock: I found a softlock in level 2. When you fall into water, you usually die. But in level 2, there is a spot where you can stand and not die. You can't die or jump out of the pit, so you softlock and have to reset. The pit is right next to the chicken.

Easter egg: In level 2 (top path) there are stairs that lead up to the boss arena. Instead of climbing up the stairs, jump to the right and die. There is a wall and two letters that say "TF". Idk if this is intentional or accidental. It's interesting nonetheless.

Wrong Warp: In level 3, dying on the right side of the ledge in the 2nd room play the death animation in the 4th room. Its weird idk what to do with it.

In level 3, where this long tower is, you usually take 2 hits from the statue and the zombie (1 hit each). you can whip that statue throwing fireballs and keep mashing whip in order to avoid taking damage from it. I don't know WHY it works, but it works. This saves 1 lifebar and therefore a fraction of a second after picking up the heart from the boss (life refill time)

I've been doing that in my runs.

A new boss kill for the level 3 bat. I didn't actually save time in the video, but the method is similar to what would be done in a run. This is considerably harder than the normal kills.

Easter egg: If you already have the crypt key and die in level 1, killing the crypt guard again gives you a chicken

also i think that the crit happens by taking damage and can be done with other bosses this might be useful for seal demon with level 2 boss, but not any%

Update: I killed the crypt guard (5 health) in 3 hits

I found a weird glitch. I don't exactly know how to replicate, but its happened to me a few times. Could be useful.

what happened?

I got a damage boost that instead of knocking me backa little, I got a huge boost backwards