(This is a tool-assisted speedrun.)
Since Zenya's videos are deleted and they won't come back, I have decided to make this TAS all over again myself and optimize it further whenever it's possible, using better routes and tricks I have discovered on my way through. Hyperwalls don't exist anymore since 2.2.9, but that didn't stop me from optimizing the run.
Here's an improvement table: (comparison between my TAS and Zenya's TAS)
Zenya's time is presented on the LEFT, mine's on the RIGHT (time saved is written next to it as well):
GFZ1: 0:12.97, 0:12.68 (-0:00.29)
GFZ2: 0:24.05, 0:20.28 (-0:03.77)
GFZ3: 0:09.68, 0:09.68 (0:00.00)
THZ1: 0:37.42, 0:36.51 (-0:00.91)
THZ2: 0:57.02, 0:51.80 (-0:05.22)
THZ3: 0:12.71, 0:12.71 (0:00.00)
DSZ1: 0:31.65, 0:28.62 (-0:03.03)
DSZ2: 1:12.62, 1:11.11 (-0:01.51)
DSZ3: 0:14.20, 0:14.20 (0:00.00)
CEZ1: 0:56.91, 0:55.17 (-0:01.74)
CEZ2: 1:02.51, 0:57.65 (-0:04.86)
CEZ3: 0:34.31, 0:33.17 (-0:01.14)
ACZ1: 0:39.14, 0:38.17 (-0:00.97)
ACZ2: 1:22.54, 1:21.68 (-0:00.86)
ACZ3: 0:19.68, 0:19.88 (+0:00.20)*
RVZ: 1:10.20, 1:04.71 (-0:05.49)
ERZ1: 0:50.11, 0:48.11 (-0:02.00)
ERZ2: 1:40.22, 1:33.08 (-0:07.14)
BCZ1: 0:41.97, 0:41.65 (-0:00.32)
BCZ2: 0:47.28, 0:46.60 (-0:00.68)
BCZ3: 0:45.88, 0:46.17 (+0:00.29)**
Total time saved: 39.44 seconds
* - I have tried very hard to get the same time as Zenya on Fang, but this little weasel is RNG hell. I couldn't replicate it the same despite my efforts, thus losing 0.20 seconds.
** - The reason why I lost time in Brak was because (for some reason) the way acid interacts with Brak has changed somehow, the hitbox doesn't seem the same as in 2.2.6, I couldn't do anything about it so I decided to proceed with the boss anyway, although I lost 0.29 seconds here.
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