Legend of Grimrock - Speedrun - Any% Toorum (1:01:08)

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Published on October 1, 2020 10:17:32 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qolKYvUe9ok

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Legend of Grimrock (2012)

Duration: 1:02:26

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Any% Toorum

Toorum run is double movement speed but quarter combat speed.
Since you have about 50/50 of each in a full run, it is slower than regular Any%

Floor 1 : Had to fight too much Snails to get 2nd Blue Gem and ammo is not picked up automatically on pressure plate
Floor 2 : Some minor mistakes here and there but nothing too costly, lost time to fight a couple extra Herders to get Brass Key
Floor 3 : I decided to go for the Huntsman Cloak on this floor instead of 5th even if it is slower to grab it here, got stuck in a corner in the Spider corridor and poison did a lot of damage, almost died in the Spider room before Crystal
Floor 4 : Lost a bit of time while leveling and moving stuff in inventory, MVP Crowern blocked me before I could press button and grab 4th Scroll, Skeleton Archer group got the word and also blocked me before getting to Crystal
Floor 5 : I should probably have slept to open Iron Door but I heard the 2nd Crab nearby and didn't want to risk getting 1 shot, messed up the rock puzzle to get the 2nd Ornate Key, lost a bit of time trying to get to the staircase but Skeletons were decent
Floor 6 : Had to kill a Spider in the walkabout but that fortunately didn't mess up the puzzle, I opened the secret to get Heavy Shield but didn't go back for it, Skeleton screwed the 2nd Round Key grab, I should probably save the 2nd Frost Bomb for Ogres on floor 9, Crab was blocking me in the halls of fire, I can probably open first wall and grab Fire Blade directly instead of waiting for 2nd wall, had to fight a couple Crowern after grabing Lurker Pants, fell into pit (x2) in the Sword of Nex pit puzzle
Floor 7 : Worst room I have ever seen before Crystal, it's like it was a Slime party in there! Lots of hitting the door in the last Uggardians room
Floor 9 : Major time loss in the nasty Lizard maze, had to fight 8 of them (of course no Gold Key...) and I almost died (twice!), fast movement made me fall into the pit before 2nd Ornate Key (and I was a bit disoriented as well), had to rest before 2nd Ogre since I used all my Energy Potions in the maze
Floor 10 : What happens when 2 Ogre charge into each other? (small time loss in 2nd Ornate Key room, that's what), very clean otherwise
Floor 13 : Not much to say here, couple of fights with Shrakk Torrs but very clean otherwise
Floor 12 : Very clean
Floor 11 : Very clean
Boss fight : Reset because I got played by 2 Lizards, reset because I got played again, I almost missed removing the 4th part, very clean fight nonetheless

Overall : Obviously lots of improvements can be done since there was no Toorum run, I had to come up with strats from my experience running Any% + 100% but I am really proud of the result! Early game is really slow since you don't have access to an "Axe" or "Sword" type of weapon so "Throwing" is your friend (plus it never misses). Rocks are good since they fall on the ground so I routed the first two floors to pick up as many combat free as possible. Managing inventory is pretty important since you only have 1 character to pick up all items (puzzles, keys, torches, food, alchemy..). I grabbed as much Arrows, Quarrels, Throwing Knives and Shurikens as possible since they weight a lot less than torches and you can stack them. Also, managing energy is really important in this run, you will need every "ability" hit you can so picking up every Blooddrop Blossom is critical. I didn't go with magic (I read it was not very good with Toorum..) but I did prefer "Sword" to "Axe" weapon type. Evasion is better than Protection so I ignored that route.

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