The most interesting aspect about this run is determining the amount of bombs and the ways to get them. For example, look at this theory:
-Getting black gaunts is literally 6 seconds.
-Picking up 5 bushes is 6 seconds also.
-51 seconds to Dampe and back to cucco lady for 5 bombs.
-Each additional drop from grave is 19 seconds
So if you go from Cojiro, straight out to Hyrule field (picking the 5 bushes along the way), and then you pick those 5 bushes again on your second trip through Kakariko after getting odd potion. Then assume you get 1 bomb drop from those 10 bushes (decent chance I think):
-You've got 5 bombs and X chus (let's say 3 because Exodus could have 3 assuming the WESS across hyrule the first time was used).
-1 WESS across hyrule with a bomb (loss of 14 seconds since you can only do it once)
-no pressure jumps (loss of 8 seconds x 2 = 16 seconds)
-chu GC boulders
-chu boulder up mountain
-chu fairy fountain wall
-SS across Gerudo
-Hoverslide
-SS to ganon
-1 extra
Time lost:
6 seconds for black gaunts
6 seconds x 2 = 12 seconds for picking up those 10 bushes
14 seconds across hyrule field
16 seconds missing two pressure jumps
15 seconds from older trials skip
= 63 seconds lost
But wait...you didn't have to spend any time getting bombs from graveyard. What if
you go to the graveyard and get 2 drops (from dampes)?
51 + 19 = 70 seconds gained.
So in reality, the route with the black gaunts was faster. It even has MORE potential,
let's say you don't need that 1 extra and you get the bomb drop from the first 5 bushes.
Well now you can HESS across hyrule both times. And what if you get really lucky
and get 1 drop from the 5 bushes on both trips? Well now you've only lost 1 pressure jump and can
do all the other superslides you'd want.
Some other numbers that may be useful:
1 try on graveyard bushes with chu and back = 20 seconds
Each additional try with chu = 10 seconds
Well now it gets complicated; you don't need the gaunts and you can blow up these
bushes 3 times in 40 seconds. Can you get 2 (or 3) drops? How often will you get those drops? If you don't get the drops now do you reset as you wasted chus/time?
That's why I don't like this route anymore...it seems like the truly best time you'd get would involve an insane amount of luck. And it becomes a balance: How much luck are you willing to inject into your run?
Additionally, getting the deku shield and then doing bridge clip escape is indeed faster, by as much as 30 seconds if done on the first try. Notice I say bridge clip and not Cosmo escape; the one I am talking about requires 3 total nuts. And yes, that is doable about 6 minutes into a SS if you ask me; I was planning on it if I went the "Get bombs from graveyard" route. It would require 3 OIs which means 3 extra bombs, most likely another lucky drop or another trip to dampe's grave (19 seconds as mentioned previously)
Also:
Also, I think you should serenade after magic instead of prelude and go to GV from LH. It costs an extra bomb but is about 15 seconds faster (I did in my 1:14).
I timed this to be about 3 seconds faster, not 15. Maybe there is a strategy I'm missing. I did megaflip -> HESS out of the water to the loading zone.
Feel free to dispute any other numbers you like, I have videos to back them up but if you disagree with the numbers I can upload them and maybe see a faster strat somewhere that would change things. And of course it's always possible I made a mistake somewhere too.
