PurpleSun | [TAS] SMG2: Lava Lair Comet in 0xA presses [Mario] @PurpleSunTAS | Uploaded 2 years ago | Updated 5 minutes ago
Mario speeds through Lava Lair to grab a star in 0 A presses.
This improves on the previous 1xA count by using the Whomp as a sliding tool to get to the meteor.

This star was an interesting one, as beforehand the two 1xA routes were either: Jump on spring at the start and use the Whomp with an 0.5xA strat for the meteor, or use the pull star with B to skip the spring and jump on the meteor.
It turned out that the Whomp strat was possible 0xA, but I was sceptical that there'd be enough time on the limit to bring all the strats together.

As stated, pull stars can be grabbed with B. The IR appears a second time to manipulate Mario's rotation inside the bubble so he's facing away from the spring; backwards speed is faster in the air.
I stayed on the moving platforms rather than the lavaboost that is done in other stars so that I could fireboost into a clock later on and still have the health to lavaboost into the star. This lost 3 seconds in real-time but gained 7s profit on the time limit.

I got lucky with the Whomp's cycle, although P2 could have helped if necessary.
The slide requires standing on a certain point as the Whomp stands up; a bit too far up or down would still slide, but not get any speed in the air. A quick turn can be done just before sliding to face backwards.
I couldn't get that around the meteor far enough to hit the gate immediately, but was able to use some gravity trickery as the next one came up to be able to pound that instead.

Lava boost into snake block clip at the end for style points.

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