MGRR - Any% - Hard NG+ - R01

Polearm Jumps
RP Grenades
Ripper Mode
Advanced movement, Blade Mode Cancels
Cycles

We’ll start from explaining the structure of NG+, Polearm Jumps and Ripper Mode before we start learning the rest of the run.

In the NG+ run, we gain access to many important tools, such as FOX Blade, Wig B, grenades, and secondary weapons.

All of these are of great importance to us, as learning the proper usage of these tools is what will make a big difference in the long-term.

With FOX Blade solving non-boss fights and Wig B giving us permanent Ripper Mode, it’s time to introduce the Polearm Jumping concept.

Polearm Jump, or PJ, is a technique that combines the Ripper Mode slowdown with the upwards momentum that you gain by using 2nd Heavy Polearm attack.

If done correctly, PJ allows you to launch Raiden out of bounds in various places.

You see, everytime you activate Ripper Mode, the game slows down.

That slowdown affects every single entity, including Raiden - making everything much slower for a second.

That slowdown can be used with a conjunction of any momentum-based ability to prolong the time of said momentum having an effect on Raiden, which means, the ability that originally gives 0.3 upward momentum will instead give us 0.5, because it’s been applied all the time during the slowdown.

Start with some bHop movement into a PJ.
This PJ doesn’t have to be very precise.

Climb the fence, then do a PJ. The goal is to

Case 1: Early or Late PJ - You’ll fall down and stumble upon an invisible ledge. Quickly do another EPJ or LPJ to make sure everything will go right. You’ll end up in OoB.
Case 2: Perfect PJ - With a PPJ, you’ll be able to get OoB.

Slide off the ceiling, the door, Boris cutscene.

Climb upwards
don’t go too far from the arc
do a PJ.
The closer you are to the perfect timing - the better
In some cases it is possible to save this jump with some Aerial Light attacks
When you’ll get OoB, move along the line (line.png embed), then do a E/LPJ.

Secondary Weapon: Polearm - None

Either bHop or Lightning Strike throughout the buildings, then do some divekicks. You’ll reach the bossfight rather quickly.

Secondary Weapon: None - Pincer Blades

Throw an RP Grenade
Activate Ripper Mode
Pincer 1
Dodge forward
Pincer 2
You have to miss the 1st hit of Pincer 2, but land the 2nd one
the 2nd slash of that 2nd Pincer attack does more damage and leads to a quick kill

After the fight

Secondary Weapon: Pincer Blades - None

Bhop across the bridge.

You can skip the 2nd part of the bridge section by doing a dodge after a small cutscene at the half of the bridge. (Colloquially called Z-Dodge)

Lightning Strike → [RM] Falling Lightning → 1 Light Attack.

After that comes a small movement section that leads directly to Hotel Skip

Cut the gate vertically, align to the left of the pillar.
Lightning Strike x2, then RM + BM at the same time.
The goal is to run past the guards that come out of the door during blade mode.
You have to be quick or the barrier loads that will capture you in a fight.
Get past the door before one of the two guards get out of it.

After that follows another movement section that ends up with a gate.

Secondary Weapon: None - Polearm

Slide into the cutscene, restart after Boris finishes his talk.

For the Factory Segment - pick one of the strategies below:

Finish the section as normal. Take a fight, then do a laser section, into a PJ or an RP strat.
Get into the fight with Gekkos, use the Light-Heavy-Heavy combo to clear the arena.
Cut the fans and get inside
Clear the lasers, they are always the same
RP Grenade strat: go upwards, throw an RP Grenade, get past the enemies, use the panel.
PJ Strat: after the laser section do a PJ
Has to be rather precise to make sure the guard won’t see you
Try not to alert the guard and get out of the section.

this is a set of four consecutive PJ’s
three of these have to be timed well enough
while the last one is extremely precise (around 2-3 frame window)
it requires constant 59-60FPS
This saves 10-12 seconds ideally

This 2nd strategy is considered very advanced.

It is commonly recommended to start out with the first strategy and build up practice with the polearm jump technique in general.

Prepare for the next boss fight:

Secondary Weapon: Polearm - Pincer Blades

Get up the stairs, to find Mistral waiting for us.

Do a CP1 three times in a row
Each CP1 will progress the fight to the next phase
After the 2nd CP1, wait a little bit until the checkpoint mark appears, then restart the checkpoint
during the loading screen mash Slide
use RM at the very end of that slide
Land a 3rd CP1
Mistral should be caught into the blast and die, otherwise Dodge forward
finish the quicktime event