Nice to know there are people other than me interested in this run. Keeps me motivated!
And with that said, I've been pushing to get this TAS finished. The last part of the game is the part I'd planned the most, so I've been able to power through it without too much difficulty.
I was half tempted to get the whole thing finished and just submit it to surprise everyone, but considering how often I've overlooked things I figured it would be best to post
one last WIP. While anyone who wants to checks that I've not missed anything obvious, it will give me time to firstly write commentary for these sections, and secondly TAS the Quirrel battle which is the one thing this WIP doesn't include.
Quirrel
will be tricky. The first stage (knocking down the pillars) is okay, but the second stage (reflecting spells on the mirror) is harder. While difficult live, with TAS-precision it's easy to hit him 3 times on each cycle. Since he has 8 health that normally means 3-3-2, but as I was testing it out I randomly managed to hit him four times on the second cycle. A 3-4-1 should therefore be possible, but I'm really pushing to see if I can 2 cycle him, which would be a really satisfying end to the run for me.
EDIT: I have now submitted it (!) so obviously most of my final comments are with
the submission but I thought I'd mention here that it
was possible to two-cycle Quirrell. It required making one of his shots miss the mirror during his first cycle, which may seem counter-intuitive, but allowed me to position him better so that I could damage him four times before he swapped sides.
