Grinding to Wave 50 in Cyber Grind (PART 10)

I tried exercising a few things in this one: rocket riding, core nuking, parrying Maurice orbs, over-pumping shotgun, and using the piercer more.
Let me know what other tactics I should practice in the comments!
Recorded 2024-03-28 18:22:58

[@errrrrrrr05]

1. imo bright background is bad when things go fast, i have harder time tracking stuffs in the air at first 'til i developed some muscle memory
2. to effectively parry a maurice orb, grapple it before it even shoot, so that you are on a straight line toward the maurice to hit it, that and the speed during the grappling can drag your melee register incase you punched too early(not alot but it can help), after punching with any fist the grapple will cancel out and you can dash/slam out of the rest of the orbs
3. never rely on healing from big enemies, the way you struggled against ferryman and how you died to sisyphean tells that you're rushing to kill them first that's good, but never try to get blood from them, they hurt you more than you heal. Always keep distance against them and prior attacking ranged threat(gutterman, maurice, virtue and sentry) as they are more annoying yet safer to approach closely, also sisyphean's blood spill range is smaller than you think
edit: don't rely on healing from ceberus also, in case you don't see them as much of a threat as others

[@7ocalhost]

Thanks for your comment!
1. The light hasn't bothered me too much. I wanted a change of scenery from the dark vaporwave look.
2. I hadn't thought about the parry hitbox essentially getting extended while grappling. Good to know!
3. I'm learning this the hard way. The insurrectionist isn't too bad to tap a heal from when they're on fire, but when not on fire, there's little to no blood. I sometimes try healing from cerberi, but it's risky since they tend to charge when you get close.

[@chysavrc.3643]

Keep it up!
Here’s my personal advice with a record of 58:
The main thing that you can improve on is movement. You’re too much on the ground just walking. I recommend that you’ll almost always slide and I really recommend learning how to rocket ride. You died, because you were too close to the ground with too many enemies. Also, explosions. Use a lot of core nukes. I often use one at the start of each round at a big group of enemies.
But yes, movement and explosions. Stay unhitable.

[@7ocalhost]

Last wave was very clear to me in hindsight that I shouldn't have been in the middle of that cluster of enemies on the ground in the middle of the stage. I was focused too much on setting the insurrectionist on fire to get heals from him, which wasn't a good idea. I really want to be better with rocket riding, since now I know the inputs to quick mount. I just need to work on execution. Core nuking is something I always forget about, so I'll try to be more diligent there.
Thanks for all the advice!

[@Lottchen621]

@@7ocalhostcore nuking is really easy if you put malrail as your first railgun, and you can just nuke as fast as possible to minimize how much you need to aim and dash through the explosion, it makes it really easy to get the most out of your nuke because it just means it happens where you are, and also deflect projectiles intended for you. kinda like an overpump.

[@7ocalhost]

@@Lottchen621Noted! I'll try switching it up.

[@errrrrrrr05]

6:23 "i like ya cut g"

[@7ocalhost]

One of the more satisfying things to do with Hideous Mass.

[@TubOfMilk]

nicely done! if you're starting to feel more comfortable with your rocket riding, try playing a offstage a bit more. its really safe and you can just toss coins and nukes and let the hoard sorta deal with its self a bit. Also if you struggle a bit with finding the last enemy in a wave, the lights on the floor will pulse from where they are as long as its the last thing left. good luck with the runs!

[@7ocalhost]

Thank you! I didn't know about the lights on the floor pulsing from the last enemy. Good to know! Off-stage play makes me nervous, but I'll overcome that fear with time and practice.