[TAS] Fall Onto the Caged Island 0xA - 3167

This star has been improved in three ways compared to the previous WR ( /watch/oe5rFM9gNspgr ): The start of the misalignment climb is a bit faster now. Instead of running in a loop around the lower Thwomp, Mario lands along the ledge and then dive grinds upward. A strat discovered by ds273 ( /user/Th3DekuScrub ) allows Mario to climb the steep floor triangle to the King's platform more quickly. By remaining cardinal to the ledge, Mario doesn't get pushed out by the wall next to the steep floor triangle, and this lets him reach the King more quickly. Additionally, he is no longer reliant on the elevator cycle. Previously, I ran up to speed before doing some divegrinds on the King. I had to wait for the King to turn pretty far counterclockwise, since Mario divegrinds along the edge of the King, and the King starts turning back toward Mario once Mario crosses the line straight through the center of him (putting Mario on his right rather than on his left). This time, I Eru-drop off of the edge of the King, letting Mario build up some more speed while in the air, which lets Mario begin the dive grinding with more speed. In fact, Mario is even able to spend some air frames on the final dive grind and skip the pause buffer.

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