MGRR - Any% - NG+ - R04
What's new in R-04?
Autoscroller
Offices
Garden skip setup → skip
Elevator fights
Body Doubles fights
Sundowner
Rather hard chapter of the run, due to how easy it is for the things to go south really quickly. Most of the zones here are an autoscrollers, and you won’t believe how easy it is to screw these up. At the end, there are three bossfights, two being Body Double Mistral and Monsoon, both can sometimes do weird things, along with Sundowner being probably the easiest boss of the game. Aight, let’s get started.
R-04 Route
Right after you get control of Raiden, try to mash Dodge + Ripper Mode
sometimes if you do it fast enough you’ll get a bit of a distance at the start
Secondary Weapon: Pincer Blades - Polearm
Grenades: EM Grenade - RP Grenade
Slide, and hit the receptionist
then hold Ninja Run forward, until Alert comes up
You’ll start a short combat section that has 3 waves of enemies.
Wave 1
4 Guards that spawn 2 + 2 on each side of Raiden
Wait until all of them spawn, then use a couple of Polearm attacks to handle the first wave
Wave 2
2 Guards near the start of the level
One of them will be near the (dead) receptionist
Wait until the farthest guard will get close, and then do exactly two Polearm Attacks
Wave 3
2 Fenrirs
but if the 2nd wave was done correctly, you’ll only have to kill 1 Fenrir
because your 2nd Polearm attack will instantly hit one of the Fenrirs
Use Doubleslide or Ninja Run to finish the job
Office Segment
This section is an autoscroller
If you’ll go way too fast, the cycle breaks, and things get complicated quite quickly
You have to cut three boxes in three sections of the map
While killing all the enemies and doing it correctly
(aligning your cuts is important)
This is extremely crucial for the very last Raptor
as there’s a strategy that involves getting a perfect Raptor cut in order to get a somewhat big timesave
Start with some bunnyhops and cut the door
Then move forward and cut the box at your left
Cut the first two guards, then strafe to the door on your right
You’ll find another guard there, and a box
Cut these down, then get back
You’ll see two more guards, and an entrance to a big room
Cut the box and guards down, then wait until Raptor finds his way here
Throw an RP Grenade, then setup a Sky High for a quick kill.
If you want to go for timesaves
If you don’t want to risk a timeloss
You’ll find yourself in a corridor full of explosions
Get past it, cut the G.R.A.D, until the section where you’ll run upwards
Jumping at that section spawns less rockets, so it is advised you mash Jump while running
Codec call from Doktor
Restart immediately
Japanese Gardens
Activate RM
Try cutting the first three guards with Polearm
Then cut both RPG guys, starting from the left one
Finish the last guard on the bridge
The final guard will spawn at the top of the stairs
Slide, and then BM
Cut his legs, to prevent him from despawning too fast
While the guard will be despawning, move to the wall, and perform a Polearm Jump
Move outside, and parkour around the section, ending up with another Polearm Jump
You can pick up another RP Grenade just before entering the next section, but that’s optional.
Elevator Fights
The section consists of five consecutive fights, one of which can be skipped.
Fight #1
2x Guards + 1x Heavy, followed by 2x Cows.
Cut everything in Ninja Run
Cows will spawn only after the last Guard will despawn.
Before this fight, climb onto the red box nearby
right after Doctor says “more enemies on a freight elevator”
start spamming Aerial Polearm attacks
This will make the next wave spawn much faster.
Fight #2
2x Guards, then 2x Fenrirs
After a set amount of time, a Raptor will spawn
Do a Polearm Combo
Fenrirs will be spawned inside of the combo, and thus will be instantly destroyed
Raptor spawns on a timer, so you have plenty of time to backup Fenrir kills if you’ve missed the attack
Don’t forget to throw an RP Grenade a bit earlier, so Raptor will spawn inside the smoke.
Fight #3
Fight #4
Gekkos, Guards, until you jump to the 2nd elevator. (skippable)
Skip this one with a Polearm Jump
You don’t have too much time to think or fail, maybe 3 attempts at best
Jump has to be pretty good in order to succeed
Secondary Weapon: Polearm - Pincer Blades
Fight #5
1x Hammer, 4x Glider, 2x Mastiff
RM, then setup a Quick Draw (hold Light Attack) in a way that Hammer and Sliders will die in one single release
Then move at one of the corners, and start charging your Pincers
When the first Mastiff will fall down, release CP1
Since the second Mastiff falls the same time as the first, you’ll essentially be given a double kill.
Bossfight: Body Double Mistral
Start with some jumps towards Mistral
and throw an RP Grenade
Charge a CP2
then immediately do a CP3
If done correctly, CP3 will hit Mistral, killing her
Before Monsoon spawns, change the grenades
and start charging a CP2 near any wall.
Grenades: RP Grenade - EM Grenade
Bossfight: Body Double Monsoon
Release CP2 right after the 3rd combo hit
Immediately cancel the recovery into an EM Grenade
then cut Monsoon’s head down in BM
Charge another CP2
then block the combo
Attack Monsoon with a P1
then do a CP2 while Monsoon is rising back up
Grenades: RP Grenade (available only if you’ve collected it on Garden, or if you haven’t used the grenade in the office) / Cardboard Box
Bossfight: Sundowner
If you’re playing on a console, instead of doing Z-Dodge, jump over Sundowner during his charge
The rest of the strat is the same
Start the fight with a Z-Dodge, while cutscene is still ongoing
Activate RM, then do a CP1, when Sundowner starts to charge at you
CP2 immediately, then cancel the recovery with a BM
CP1 → CP2, no matter what’s going to happen
Wait until the cutscene ends, autoscroller, cut the floor w/ BM
QTE
Codec
R-04 done!
R04 Key Points
R04 is mostly an autoscroller, and it takes some time to learn to perform properly
If you’re not ready to perform the RP Grenade office strat, just drop it until you’re ready
R04 is rather easy, as there’s virtually no random elements in the mission, and the Garden PJ’s are not tied to the perfect timings in order to proceed
Continue to R05 Tutorial
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