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Phantasmagoria of Flower View (2005)

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This was mostly a creditfeed to Eiki, since Cirno's route is very tame for the most part. Extends are no problem since Cirno scores excellently; the passive effect of her C2 freezes all bullets on both sides, then randomises their angle and releases them at a slower speed while also turning some previously uncancellable bullets into cancellable pellets. This results in an accumulation of large amounts of slow pellets on screen that let you start and maintain huge chains.

The freeze effect can be a bit of a double-edged sword for survival though. It usually works in your favour, but can screw you over sometimes.

As a bonus, Cirno's EX attacks can clump up and wall the AI in sometimes. That said, it is rather uncommon for the AI to get trapped like this with the exception of Yuuka who is very prone to getting hit by them due to her low speed.

Stage 6: Cirno fights Reisen here. Cirno's freezing largely neutralises Reisen's offence, making this one of the easiest Stage 6 matchups. Reisen's attacks are slow and you can usually immobilise them high up on the screen before they pose any threat, while also making them easy to cancel. Reisen's EX cannot be cancelled though, so be careful about that.

Stage 7: This matchup is a bit harder for Cirno than for other characters since the freezing mechanic can hinder you here by randomising the direction of Aya's attacks, turning simple aimed attacks into random messes. Be especially careful of frozen bullets lingering around the bottom half of the screen because those can cut you off while you're trying to stream the rest of Aya's attacks. You can let some enemies come closer to the bottom to hopefully cancel some of those bullets. Ultimately the match is still mostly streaming, so while Cirno does have it a bit harder it still shouldn't be that terrible a matchup.

Stage 8: Yuuka is very vulnerable to Cirno's EX attacks due to her low speed, so there's a good chance this match ends in less than 3 minutes. Even if she manages to hang on, Cirno's freeze does work well defensively against Yuuka.

Stage 9: This is the main difficulty of low-miss runs with Cirno. Just like against Aya, Cirno's freeze mechanic turns the field into a mess by leaving huge clusters of Eiki's hotdogs lingering around the bottom half of the screen in random directions. I often find myself needing to use multiple C2s to clear most of it out, overall it's a fairly tough matchup.

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