Sonny any% speedrun in
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Where do I even begin with this run?
When acidicvulture beat my previous WR I was honestly content with letting the 1st place title go. I had done over 200 runs at that point and I was in no mood to ever touch such an RNG-reliant category ever again. So, as a way to have fun I decided to play around with an Assassin build (AB).
At first it didn't seem any better than the Gunslinger build (GB), but as I refined the route it began to show immense potential. Zone One was unfortunately slower due to the greater set-up time required to progress through the fights smoothly, but then ZONE TWO. Zone Two is where AB shows its true potential. It can OHKO enemies that would take GB two hits, does better in fights with three enemies due to Smash allowing eight slots as opposed to Electro Bolt only allowing two, and it has greater benefits from MSH.
I first realised that AB was good when I actually beat the current WR by 30 seconds (WR was 15:38, while you can see that my PB during this run was 15:08). However, that run didn't have any MSHs drop so I KNEW that it could be shorter. MSH provides strength and physical piercing which complements a physical build far better than a magic build. And after 19 more attempts, I got this run.
Not one, but TWO MSHs from the first two enemies that it can drop from. The chances of that are 9 in 10000, or 0.09%, so the chances of getting it again aren't great. Getting them that early basically meant that I could get super strong consistent criticals for the rest of the run. Add the Tribal blades I got from Zone Three and you have a recipe for slaughter by A Broken Pipe XD
You'll also notice that while progressing through Zone Three I actually go back to the shop in Zone Two for the Icy Katanas. I do this because none of the items in the Shop in Zone Three provide good strength for the price it sells at.
As for this run in particular, there are only two points I'm not happy with. The first was the bad menuing before the ZPCI trio in Zone Three. This run was actually the first attempt I did where I wanted to test a new set of skills in preparation for the Baron. Before, I had three Smashes equipped instead of two Smashes and Quick Strike. The reason I wanted Quick Strike was so that I didn't skip turns in the Baron fight. Thankfully, a crit Quick Strike OHKOs the ZPCI Sniper so only two Smashes are needed.
The second thing was the Baron fight itself. I was so nervous I completely forgot to stun him so that I could skip the HP range where he uses Shadow Blend. Thankfully, I still killed him in one minute which is better than most attempts lol.
Unless someone refines this route further or comes up with a new one, I think I'm done with this category. Even if this time is beaten, I don't think I'll come back to reclaim first place any time soon. I've run this game around 400 times in the past month and I need a break XD. I also have the Sonny (2017) speedrun to plan out, so that's something else I have to focus on.
![Sonny 2 -Any% No Major Glitches speedrun in 41:47 [former world record]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/YSJ_SXbu7Z8/mqdefault.jpg)
Insane, never thought I'd see the RNG from in my run getting matched in a run with such high levels of gameplay, all my props to you man
Thanks!
It has been a long time since I played this game and I am quite amazed.
After seeing and doing some Gunslinger runs, I doubted that such a run was possible. It seems that beating people with an Iron Pipe is still the only real way to play.
I knew my WR was beatable, and I even suspected that a sub-15 would be possible, but I never could have imagined a time this good! I remember when CreepyGar's 16:36 was considered impossible to beat; goes to show that any time can seem unbeatable until someone goes and beats it. :P
Anyway, congrats on smashing (hehe) the world record! I suspect that this time will be even harder to top than your 15:43 was, but I'm not going to let that stop me. 😉
If you actually beat this time, then unless a new route is discovered or this route is refined, I'm willing to concede defeat XD
Honestly, the process of finding new routes and glitches is a lot more fun than the actual speedrunning, so maybe I'll focus on that instead
@@aalgorithm5785 yeah, especially for the any% category in this game - the run ist just SO luck-based. This is basically "get more moon-struck horrors than anyone else and you win" (I am exaggerating, of course but you get the idea). This is why I am currently not planning to pick up that category again, at least for now
This run is absolutely insane, great job!
Congratulations on this achievement. I never thought that the Assassin build would even remotely match up to the Gunslinger build, because Electro Bolt scales with both Strength and Magic, so any drop is useful. Now that argument sounds so wrong. Once someone (probably not me) finds out when you want which stats, I think this can be improved still, because you wouldn't need to go into the shop after every fight in zone 2. I'll look forward to that moment. There's still some stuff to improve.
Oh, this route can definitely still be improved. I was actually testing out a new set of skills for the baron (hence the bad menuing) so I wouldn't be surprised if sub 13 was possible.
Quite the RNG involved
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*THE GAME BEGINS*
Congrats on the world record Cardigan
glad to see this amazing game is still alive... altho krin hasn't really updated anything has he
I never knew that dragging items to option menu boosted stats -- when was the glitch discovered? As a kid I never played around with that lol
yeah is a glitch for me i reach 10k magic whit my gunslinger level 101 and still i do level 200k dmg whit elecrto bolt and i put all buff to fire magic ice and everything like this max for fun
1:31 lmao he ate the axe
After all these years didnt know you could use veradux armor, tho was class blocked or smt, ik its the bugged version but still
ahh the classic flash game
Where you play this on?
Also how did you put veradux armor on?
Wait a minute... so you're telling me that there is a very small possibility that you can get the Moon-Struck Horrors from killing a Ghost Samurai? That's... interesting.
Yep, I also got it from him.
And thus, smash spam takes back the lead. Incredible run!
On a sidenote, I wonder how this would translate into a 100% run. I mean, you get a LOT of physical piercing this way and this makes break veeeeery powerful against omen.
Based Cardigan pfp
I think you can cut more training battles if you use the infinite money + instant level up bug (click "X" while the screen is going black).
How to do that glitch?
Just do what he did. Simple.
@@GabeWatchesAnime do you think you're smart? I tried what he did but not working.
@@romanpetrov5798 I'm not trying to be smart, that's literally how to do it. Take a item, whether it's a weapon, armor or anything, click on the options, then drop it anywhere into the options screen. That's literally it. The item's stats add to your stats without equipping the item. Or are you asking about how to equip Veradux's armor? Also same. Just do what he did in video. If its not working I think you need to slow down video to see what u did wrong. He's doing a speed run so maybe he click too fast for you to see. And why u have to be rude? I'm trying to be nice here.
Now do it WITHOUT the item feeding glitch.
That would be in NoMajorGlitch% this Any% which means beating the game by any means necessary within the game without cheating.