Killer7 - Sunset 2 Kaku Building Route on Normal

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Published on March 7, 2021 4:20:10 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ygMD3qI9lI

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Killer7 (2005)

Duration: 9:23

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Killer7 Speed Run Strats/Route Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWiGDBCbRlC3yjZWMfflLsVeRDYXehJ27

This is a (partial) remake of an older video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=virqpiBTF0A).

Quite a bit has changed from the original Sunset 2 video. For the most part, this route is meant for PC, and certain strats are actually slower on GCN. There is currently no updated route video for GCN.

Floor 1 isn't too different. The goal is to kill the regular Smiles to get one vial of blood and tank the rest. Simna thought of triggering the Another early to speed up the tank. Ideally, you want to get crit kills on the regular Smiles, but if that doesn't happen, snipe off their limbs to get blood. I included two attempts of the floor, one with two successful crit kills (0:00) and the back-up (1:28). Even if you need to use the back-up, it's not too big of a deal because (for better or worse) the dice roll is the equalizer here; notice how the back-up attempt had a better dice roll.

Floor 3 (3:05) starts off normally, but ends differently. Using a L1 shot and a normal shot kills the Camellia. You need to pause to avoid getting hit while the Camellia's blood collects. Not only that, it is important to jump right as the Egg Smile is lunging to set up the rest of the room. After collecting the Odd Engraving, you must tank two hits as Coyote before turning into Kevin to set up the later death warp. If you're too slow with the junctions, the Mother may spawn an Egg Smile, which can be dangerous. It is actually possible to go too quickly to the horse race, walking through the Mother entirely, but so long as you maintain an okay pace, this will rarely happen. As a rule of thumb, keeping the awkward camera angle after jumping down will help ensure the correct timing. The junction for the horse race is down-left.

Floor 2 (4:51) is much different (thanks to Simna). Tank the Poison, and go invisible right as the first Another is lunging. If timed perfectly, you should be able to make it out of the room with one vial. The timing is pretty tight. Scanning isn't necessary, but I learned that it can be done without messing up the strat. I try to use the door to the side as a cue. If you go invisible too early (before the Another explodes), heal one vial so you can tank another hit. If you're too late and get hit, heal. If this strat is a bit too tough, you can always use the old one (go invisible upon entering, invisible to leave). Regardless of what you do on this floor, it is vital for the blood route to use only two vials maximum. The junction for the cards is down-right, and right for the Soul Shell.

Floor 4 (5:29) is unchanged; go invisible, solve the puzzle for the Soul Shell, and go invisible again to leave. Here is the puzzle solution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28JNVEd98IQ

If everything goes right, you should two vials upon entering Vinculum Gate, which is enough to kill the Backside as Mask with a L2 shot (6:54). If not, just kill it as Kevin.

The basement (7:23) involves a death warp to skip Kess (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1cKsIG_JKw). On console, the death warp is slower due to load times, but it is faster on PC. You must enter the Harman Room and touch the TV to set up the warp point.

After blowing up the wall as Mask, change to Coyote to finish the fight (yes, anyone can kill Jean here). After getting the Wind Ring (up-right) and touching the elevator panel (down-right), leave and run into the Poisons to die. Coyote has a faster death animation than Kevin, so he is the sacrifice.

Select Kaede in the Harman Room (two to the right), go down the elevator, and immediately go back up. The video cuts off a bit abruptly because I embarrassingly forgot to equip the Wind Ring before entering the boss room (and I didn't want to re-record it since everything else was fine). Normally, I switch to the Wind Ring at the bottom floor, and the instant enter for the boss is left/down-left-ish.

Here is the Kaku Building route on Killer8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hL22sIlE1UA

Here are some outdated, unlisted strat videos for reference. They could be useful for challenge runs or consoles runs.

Sunset 2 Kaku Building Floor 3 Routes on Normal: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbHmY872Wl0

Kaku Building Floor 3 Time Testing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Y5v16Y0g84

Sunset 2 Basement Route: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VyFVvML-QDQ

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