This was my best failed attempt at this stage so far. Not too much time on the stage as of yet, but found a pretty slow method to make my way through the stage fairly safely. Should be able to build on that next time. The main issues now are the mid stage boss and main stage boss. I got to the mid stage boss (its really more like the end of the stage), but dont have a way to practice the boss seperately. Hes not in challenge mode unfortunately. So I will have to maybe bring double spread shot (weapon swapping trick) for increased damage and just try to take him out aggressively with a few deaths, or figure out the patterns, maybe check videos. For the skeleton main boss I can play against him in challenge mode under harder conditions and probably learn the fight well that way. This is the main stage Im concerned about for Hard mode, so the last 2 stages may not take me as long.
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