How to get good at Touhou

6 lessons to help improve your game at Touhou.
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Song List:
(Kuroneko Lounge) Ayakashi set 01 〜 無何有の郷
(RyusaWorks) 夜雀の歌声～Night Bird～
(Aquastyle) The Gensokyo the Gods Loved
(Kuroneko Lounge) ハートフェルトファンシー（平茸 remix）
(MagnumOpus) 魔界地方都市エソテリア
(Kuroneko Lounge) Lunatic set 11 〜 故郷の星が映る海

[@GoldenBattler]

Did you notice the thing I did with the music?

[@Yatsuzume]

yeah not gonna spoil tho

[@itskhanh-kun]

Yeah I know right?

[@God-ch8lq]

i can't play 16, im stuck in touhou 15, fucking clownpiece EDIT: i finished the game on pointdevice mode on hard i am doing it normal on normal mode

[@Muffineman]

I'm still stuck in miss reverse controls and rotate the screen... Such a pain

[@xxxbeefucker666xxxrawrxd6]

Yes very cool

[@Hynet1]

Lesson 7: use the shift button Please... use the shift button.

[@soschar2050]

I actually have the opposite problem, where i have the issues of sometimes using focus TOO MUCH and moving too slowly in segments where i shouldave been fast.

[@tenryuu]

@Doctor2hu Pfft's that just the no-focus challenge :P

[@BrikaEXE]

@@soschar2050 here is the thing, alternate between shift mode and normal mode it helps, also if i can't even get far than the 5th stage in normal mode, shifting speeds helped me a lot

[@tamashi4242]

@@soschar2050 heh, I have the same problem lol

[@EmkoDelirdi]

thank you for informing that it exists

[@derpyfailz572]

Some personal advice, don’t try to be a hero, it’s ok to use your bombs. Even if it feels like a waste, dying with extra bombs in stock is by far a worse alternative.

[@TeeV479]

I just forget I have them lmao

[@ShrimpFry_Cute]

Using bombs gives me this feeling of unaccomplishment. My second week of playing touhou. Getting good but getting alot of stress in extra levels and hard modes, I can only beat normal and easy Modes right now with 5 lives on.

[@victorvirgili4447]

I learned this while playing Thousand Night Anamnesis and doing my Lunatic playthroughs and GOD does it help. It took me over a week to beat that game’s remixed EoSD, but it only took me a few days to beat PCB and when I beat it, I moved to IN and beat it *the same day*. Use your bombs, guys

[@sleepy_gab]

@@TeeV479 same! I'll have like 7 and I just forget to use them cus I'm so focused on trying to dodge 😭

[@Johnnyvtg]

Fr, as a mega noob whose dream is to beat th7 on easy, dying with bombs left feels like being punched in the gut whereas dying with no bombs left is like "well, I tried"

[@PatienceKiss]

A tip that def helped me was upping the difficulty when stuck. Once you've learned the game you're playing enough that you remember the stages and can reliably make it to level 5 or 6 but still can't seem to make it over the hump; play on hard difficulty for about 5 times in a row, using all continues, and just try to make it past stage 4 or 5 and then switch it back to normal and you'll feel like a demigod. It's legit exactly like training in high gravity like he says in the video.

[@philly3294]

I can confirm that it works

[@poledra4153]

Should try it Seems like a fun way to train

[@isekaineko3103]

Does it mean you gotta do the extra stage to get it past Lunatic? :P

[@jokere9880]

@@isekaineko3103 i think that's reverse)) imho, lunatic is harder than extra stage

[@Gokyen]

Well I have a problem it's that when I mess up I always restart to zero should I just continue or restart like i usually do

[@remixtheidiot5771]

A tip from me! A tip about bombs: Instead of spamming them or not using them at all as he said in this video, bomb when you are about to get hit. Or if you can learn it, do a death bomb. This is what will help you win and save precious lives. Yeah.... Thats it.

[@ajpiskel]

I agree. This video was a very good basic primer, but I feel like a little lip service could have been given to deathbombing, even if it wasn't called out specifically by name. Some games in the series even give you a little bit of time when you're hit to bomb before it actually counts as a death. I guess it's a little between bombing all the time or not at all. Don't bomb because a pattern looks tough, bomb only when you think you're about to get hit. This will improve your ability to be able to tell when you're actually in danger or not. But again, that's advice #0 & #6. Practice.

[@oldchannel3884]

yeah no. i cant react that fast

[@teosorin]

@@oldchannel3884 Try Imperishable Night (Touhou 8). The game has a feature called last word, which basically gives you a bigger time window on deathbombing at the cost of using two bombs instead of one. It should help you get better timing at it :)

[@VictorLune]

@@cibo889 A death bomb is basically just using a bomb at the same time or a few instants after being hit. In touhou 8 you have like 1/4 of a second to react, in touhou 8 I death bombed by reflex mostly, but in other games you can't rely only on reflexes, but it was a pretty good training to understand how death bombs work

[@VictorLune]

@@cibo889 What are the other Terms? I'm still mostly a beginner but I can probably explain some terms if I know them.

[@ladybirdg5658]

This kind of ties in with your "stop moving" tip, but what really got me past the "competent but not confident" phase was getting more comfortable with bullets getting close to me. Even with the "stop moving" tip, I was only taking the WIDEST gaps I could find, which isn't sustainable in the long run. Letting bullets graze and get in my "personal bubble" really helped fine-tune my spacial awareness. Positioning your character without looking is already a skill that needs to be honed, but positioning your tiny hitbox is the real goal.

[@ethirium4389]

Bomb often... Or not at all Nah. Just deathbomb

[@noveladdict1]

I don't think a beginner can pull out a deathbomb that easy

[@Mesruksi]

When I try to do that I usually just die and accidentally use the bomb after I respawn which is very annoying

[@hiiragii]

CK do it by accident

[@PatienceKiss]

Death bombs still trip me up half the time. Like, if I see I'm about to be cornered and die, I can usually time it; but when I strafe .002% off course and bump into a bullet; it happens so fast that my brain can't switch out of gear to react in time.

[@ethirium4389]

@@PatienceKiss Don't worry death bombs are reeeeeeally hard to perform, sometimes I can't do it even despise I had been playing Touhou for years

[@sorinash95]

"You'd be surprised to what you can get used to. given enough exposure" this shit is so deep man... it kinda applies to everything in our lives...

[@yuwyu4841]

This is why i relate life to touhou

[@DanielMemeSmith]

2hu fan with a life? impossible!

[@topnep1]

Most important thing about bullet hell games is to memorize enemy spawns and bullet patterns and then figuring out how to move to lessen the threat as much as possible. Flawless execution is the next step. I see so many people skipping the first step and wondering why the game is so difficult. Mostly, it's not, they're just approaching it in a way that makes it unnecessary hard.

[@flariz4824]

Lots of good tips in this comment section but this ↑ is probably the best one. Seriously. Beyond knowing your movement options, the resource management... Those are good. But *memorization* is truly your biggest tool in these games. Then you work in the execution part, not the other way around... Couldt have said it better myself.

[@ray_zor5585]

Nep nep

[@poledra4153]

Some attacks just are hell until you have a plan and then they become easy Like Maze of Love

[@bobbobbob321]

So true. I love myself micrododge mechanical phases, it's something that everybody praises touhou players for, but some phases are straight impossible if you go in without at least some plan.

[@HeroTripleT]

ahh, but you forgot hidden technique of ZUN...Drink some beer ;)

[@DR-7]

THREE YEARS, 120 LIKES, ABD NO COMMENT

[@harlanabila746]

@@DR-7 hmm?

[@atomic1581]

i tried, but didnt resolve my skill issue

[@pachicore]

How to not move when a subterreanean sun is pulling me in?

[@BrikaEXE]

never arrived utsuho in normal mode , i'm stuck with Yuugi's spells most of the time

[@XxQueenChristinaxX]

@@BrikaEXE Yeah that Mt. Ooe spell can be nasty. Also SA as a whole is a more difficult game.

[@BrikaEXE]

@@XxQueenChristinaxX by a utter chance and with reimu-yukari i arrived at level 5 boss in 1cc

[@aronnecroman]

@@BrikaEXE Yuugi is more easy tbh. But i'm keep dying over Orin...

[@BrikaEXE]

@@aronnecroman orin is cancer btw

[@kimcringson7106]

This is very basic guide to Touhou. Next step is how you perform Deathbombing, Shotgun, Timeout, Grazing, Bottomhugging or Wallhugging, Capturing Spell Cards, Collecting Items, 1cc, and using game special features such as release system or spirit world mode Just a suggestion for the next time if you or someone willing to make another guide

[@BrikaEXE]

I am glad i understood all of it

[@discordthingy6796]

learned deathbombing by accident lol

[@tss1473]

@@discordthingy6796 I learnt it by raging

[@cosmefulanito6854]

I never heard any of these but I can kinda imagine some of them. I assume deathbombing is using a bomb exactly as you get hit in order to avoid death (I know because I played the first 5 Touhou after playing 8 and they don't have that mechanic). Shotgun is probably getting closer to a boss so all your bullets hit them instead of just a few. Bottom and wallhugging just sound like sticking to the wall or floor in order to only have to worry about 2 directions instead of 4 (which doesn't really sounds too useful considering it's better to have more place to move)

[@sucodeagua5934]

@@cosmefulanito6854 bottom and wallhugging usually let you have more reaction time and helps in moments like kanako’s 1st spell on extra or sakuya’s spell on stage 6 on EoSD

[@lakikakku]

The amazing feeling of barely purposely dodging a whole bunch of bullets but still staying alive.

[@Ravist-P]

Tip: only use the bombs when you're in a boss fight or when you cant dodge a bullet

[@acesiki]

yep. they destroy everything in their path.

[@ShrimpFry_Cute]

Me: Nahhhhh it's probably fine I have enough time to dodge these bullets near me that cornered me and I have to sqeeze my hitbox so hard in order to dodge.

[@forgotmyoldanonymousaccount]

This sort of thinking has killed me several times so now I just use them more or less freely

[@Minogame1]

This video is so good omg!!! These are like, really great tips and I can really tell that you have lots of experience in these kinds of games. And yesssss I so agree with the tip to be aggressive. Giving yourself an escape path to recover is so useful. And then the "don't move when you don't have to" tip.That's saved me many a time during a tense situation. You'd be surprised how much you can die by making a faulty movement.

[@brandonsantisteban9626]

My top lession: *REAL DODGING* Hitboxes are smaller that you see, this mean that you can dodge bullets more close, even when you see that bullets are literally touching your hitbox, of course this requieres knowledge about all types of bullets. Why?: game design, If the bullets and their hitboxes were the same size, the game get HARDER

[@poledra4153]

When you play enough, it's extinct *instinct

[@victorvirgili4447]

Literally bubble bullets

[@tridyot]

basically dont dodge bullets, dodge hitboxes

[@FinhBezahl]

Lesson 3 is such a big deal, i'm glad you covered it. Lots of people never realize you shouldnt be looking at your hitbox the whole time

[@dictolory]

A wise man once said: " When in doubt, *bomb* "

[@dovevanity4252]

I think the most important tip I have is that...if it's your first Touhou game or first bullet hell period...it's ok to play on easy. No one is master day one, and no newbie can 1CC on lunatic day one. I Especially recommend this if its a harder game and doesn't "punish" you for picking easy (like EOSD or MOF). It's also ok to not do a 1CC run on first try. Your first game clear doesn't have to be a 1CC., and you can use as much continues as you'd like in your first game clear. I would also recommend playing the first few runs trying to get as far as you can, and when you have 1-4 stages practice the stages that are harder to you and learn every stage inside out before seriously trying a 1CC run.

[@diornodiovanna2838]

Lesson 1 proves that you're a filthy Reimu main

[@mrrp405]

You have to literally sit in front of the boss and gun them down. You simply kill them before they kill you.

[@God-ch8lq]

@@mrrp405 in LoLK marisa is trash-tier tho even tho im more of a sanae guy (good firepower + homing shots? where do i sign up!

[@user-wr8qe8jh9w]

Nah i usually use marisa or sakuya

[@vincentlau6325]

@@God-ch8lq ikr Marisa sucks in all aspects in LoLK her biggest thing: her damage, is lackluster even compared to Reimu bomb and shot included :\

[@incandescence5547]

In pcb I use sakuyaA usually.

[@Flowery0]

5:11 qs a rule of thumb, if an attack pushes you in the direction of where the bullets fly more than you recover and it isn't ending in 5 seconds, then you're doing something wrong

[@T33K3SS3LCH3N]

Some more rules of thumb that helped me: 1. Targeted attacks are so easy to dodge that you can generally put your attention elsewhere. Youmu's red rays in Touhou 7 for example can be dodged just by the audio cue while you can focus on the ice coming from below. 2. When an attack pincers you from left and right but with low horizontal speed, moving to one of those sides means that the other can't hit you while you're in motion. 3. Many projectiles have far smaller hitboxes than models. You can use the graze sound cue to get experience with how big they actually are. 4. Many pincer attacks that move in diagonal patterns have temporary blind spots where you can stay save for seconds at a time.

[@victorvirgili4447]

The bubble bullets are the biggest example of tip 3. My headcanon is they’re very powerful but to control them the user makes a thick layer of protective magic that makes the bubble only burst if you go straight into it

[@cosmefulanito6854]

The good part is that "practice" pretty much involves all the other lessons. The first time I played (Touhou 7, to be precise) I thouht it was impossible. I legit, thought it was one of those games meant to troll people and make fun of them for losing like I Wanna be the Guy and stuff like that. Then I got used to it, and after losing like a hundred times to win on easy, normal wasn't that different, and then neither was hard or lunatic. After that, I tried to complete every Touhou game (on normal) and by the time I completed 3 of them, I was already using ALL of these lessons. You just kinda realize them on your own. I'd like to add a few advices of my own. -Only use your bombs whenever you're sure you're going to die, even if you could have survived. If you use them just to clear the screen, the boss is kicking your ass, so only use them when you're about to get hit or have no idea how to dodge something (though you'll have to learn to dodge that particular pattern eventually if you ever want to play the game again) -Anything that clears the screen clean, like getting to max power after you die or that border thing from Touhou 7 (no idea if it's on another Touhou after 8), leave those stuff for the very last second. Like, if you died, wait until there's a lot of bullets on screen so picking the full power will clear them out immediately. Same with the border thing, wait until it's almost gone to clear any bullet that could have hit you after the border is gone

[@inactive2575]

thank you so much for this video! when i followed these lessons, i immediately noticed a change in my gameplay. i was able to proceed to levels i couldn't get to before and i was able to challenge higher difficulties. before anyone asks, i'm a touhou beginner and before i watched this, i was playing on easy mode and barely being able to 1cc on easy. i only 1cced ONE touhou game on easy which was EoSD and it didn't even give me a good ending. however when i used the lessons that are in this video, i got better at playing normal and easy mode. i haven't gotten a 1cc on either difficulty yet but i'm trying my best! again, thank you so much for making this video. without it, i don't think i would've improved as fast as i did. note: english isn't my first language so i might've made some mistakes with my grammar. if i did, i'm really sorry :(

[@lovableairheadmile6809]

Try hard and practice, words of a master if you ask me. I can only play lunatic up to stage 4. But continue to practice and improve. What's your favorite final spell card in the touhou games? mine is Yuyuko's final spell card at PCB. It's both beautiful and hard it's my fav spell so far.

[@Reimouille9]

@@lovableairheadmile6809 me too i die in stage 4 on lunatic EoSD

[@lovableairheadmile6809]

@@Reimouille9 oh I could do hard consistently

[@lovableairheadmile6809]

@@Reimouille9 just dont like dying so practicing no hit

[@BenersantheBread]

One obvious tip that I wish I'd gotten and not noticed through watching people play Lunatic is to "Divide and Conquer". When there are attacks coming from multiple directions it's so much easier to get to a safe location from one then the other than to try to dodge both at the same time. It's like a more specific version of the tip to not get overwhelmed by shots not headed your way.

[@an_enigmaticdream]

“Lesson 3: look ahead of your character” Me who’s bad at multitasking: “well fu-“ ((But really, these are really helpful tips! :D))

[@narunanigoto2537]

I don't think I'll live long enough to see myself beat the first stage on hard. Even less on lunatic. But I might as well give it a try.

[@Peppy10003]

another decent tip is to understand the three main kinds of bullets: - aimed (bullets that are affected by the player's position) - static (bullets that are not influenced by the player, think of it as a bullet that only shoot's directy down and nothing else) - random (bullet's go brrrrr) once you know the three main types you can easily break down on what to do most of the time.

[@CreepyNinja]

Really great vid, I hope it'll catch attention of many! Aand yeah, I would add something to it, but Mino already said about being aggressive and Ultro about bombing making all of it too easy. Since they said everything I wanted to say, I can just agree with them, and say overall this video is brilliant. Good job!

[@Sercil00]

The angry videogame nerd once pointed out about a Silver Surfer game how nearly every part of the screen is a dead zone. He drew lines through the bullet paths to show which parts of the screen you effectively can't cross. I like to draw those lines in Touhou in my mind to help me project the bullet paths. Of course, these aren't hard lines and you can usually still weave through them. Eventually, you probably MUST weave through them. But as long as I don't have to, I stay out of harm's way and pick the largest gaps I can find.

[@noctislucis504]

"be agressive" This even needed to be a lesson, it's just you know this is a Shoot'em up gams, and not a Dodge'em up game

[@herakies5495]

Thanks for the lessons! I've been wanting to start playing touhou for a while now and I really appreciate the clarity of your explanations

[@mewity]

pro tip: dont jump straight to lunatic and PLEASE use your bombs

[@OnlyLiarGameFan]

It's surprising how many of these I learned by myself trying to beat Touhou games.

[@MelCMlol]

The only liar game fan? I know liar game but i havent read soo much.

[@OnlyLiarGameFan]

@@MelCMlol I only call myself that because I don't see anyone else gas the manga on Twitter.

[@Muffineman]

Eirin: Given enough time in the equation, a night impossibility becomes a certainty

[@randomatwork15]

My friend introduced me to Touhou and I've been listening to the music for a long time now, but I've always been absolutely terrible at the games (rip). Thanks for such a helpful video! I feel like i might actually be able to play one of them without sucking so much now ^^

[@BinglesP]

Here’s one I figured out myself(also said this on AspreyFM’s Touhou game introduction video): You know how you can only see your actual hitbox on Focus? Well, in Unfocus, while not as accurate or visible, there still usually is a visual indicator for the center of the sprite. This goes into the design of the playable characters themselves; most Touhou characters wear dresses or skirts with a bow-tie to hold them up, that isn’t the same color as their dresses. If not, there’s usually something else that highlights their waist. You can use this as a substitute hitbox for when you need to use your spread shot or move faster.

[@DeltaDaspleto]

2:30 I've known it as re-streaming so far

[@coyraig8332]

Another way to phrase lesson 5 is to be proactively reactive. React to opportunities and proactively take them so you can react better as the run progresses.

[@e.sanghvi5657]

1. FOCUS. 2. FOCUS!!! 3. ...unless your building Cherry Meter or need to move fast.

[@thiz_nuts314]

Play in Lunatic. You will not even complete a single phase on day one but after sometime all the previous difficulties seem easy.

[@hershey6171]

Eosd I always die on meiling and the later bosses

[@poledra4153]

It was my 2nd game, but even tho i passed it pretty much each time, Meiling always felt like a higher challenge compared to before

[@hershey6171]

@@poledra4153 fr

[@AzuRemilia]

Yeah, a lot of techniques used in bullet hells can be contradicting to eachother, as those aren't rules. The no.1 technique is when to use more specific techniques. When to micro or macro dodge, when to be aggressive and move a lot quickly and when to take it easy and move almost nothing. Some spells might even require you to switch tactics, like Kanako's "Miwatari the God Walked". Bullet Hells are all about quick thinking honestly

[@yphoenix5957]

I come back to this video often once in a while when I feel like improving my Touhou Danmaku skills, its very respectable, resourceful guide my dude. Sometimes, after a crazy bullet pattern passes by me, I pause the game for a moment to cry inside! Take a moment to rest folks!

[@dropfacades8142]

Appreciate the tips and encouragement! Discovered Touhou and decided to rotate practicing piano and then the games on keyboard. Funily, enough I'm seeing better improvement on piano skills so this vid was perfect!

[@SootShade]

At this rate I might end up trying one of these games.

[@blipsqueek]

6 years too late, but the word you're looking for instead of 'rules' is 'principles'. Great video with great tips!! moving along the sides and being aggressive definitely solved some of my problems, cheers!

[@juxnlatell]

After 5 month using the tip I can proudly say I can reach stage 4-6 without dying more than 5 times:)

[@mrelectrodude9391]

As a total touhou noob I appreciate this, I tend to forget to bomb in later stages and I really need to start doing that

[@dermond]

I always have a compulsive need to collect all pellets/items and die so... Don't throw your life for items.

[@flonnefallenangel]

as an old touhou player i can agree with this tips, yet the "bomb a lot or not at all" i have to say, do not bomb but to train your reflexes, bombing a lot will delete the bullets, making you feel "safe" at places where its not even needed and hardens the process of getting better reflexes, yet if you dont bomb until you get hit to bomb kill.... then you will find yourself in 2 positions, saving you limited life stock, and practicing a lot more, and an extra third, you dont get distracted with the mili seconds of thinking on "should i bomb this mass of bullets?" believe it or not, i have died more from thinking on that rather than just waiting for the bullet to kill me to press the button

[@micahlindley7515]

Another important lesson is to focus. It's really easy to be blinded by the particle effects, so focus and take your time.

[@forgotmyoldanonymousaccount]

Thank you for the advice I watched this video yesterday and then was able to do my first non-easy 1cc today Touhou 4 reimu first and then I shocked myself by immediately going ahead and 1cc as marisa as soon as I was done (Learning that apparently that 4 was the game focus mode was added in helped too)

[@XXiirii]

Thanks for the tips! So relaxing to hear you. I feel most of the videos i've seen before have been about someone shouting me to get gud. So chill and peaceful to learn this way, thanks! :)

[@nostalplant]

This actually helped me a bit, I got better at doing Stage 4 in EoSD. Thank you ^_^

[@wynot7196]

One trick I had to use was to put on my glasses to help me see the bullet's better because I refused to play in Fullscreen mode

[@mrnuage]

watching this video and mentally checking the boxes while the author names them... I never cleared any Lunatic though, but I cleared most games on hard and a lot of extras too.

[@samcheer_7711]

Lunatic stages are too exhausting.

[@ddd-op5wy]

This video's probably the reason I continued on with my EoSD 1cc attempts last year when I got really stuck, the streaming section especially (it's what made me realise I could do that). Now I've 1cc'd all windows games on Normal and finished all of the Extras. Thanks.

[@geeseispluralforgoose]

Bombs are the best tip imo… just… bomb. Bombs are the answer bombs are LIFE.(almost literally so) When you panic and forget your strategies, -BOMB When you get scared or something looks intimidating, -BOMB When you’re about to get hit but you just click X in that millisecond, -DEATHBOMB (the best kind of bomb when you hear the death sound but you survived because bomb 👍) For me i just consider bombs extra lives since they save you from dying, that makes it easier for me to 1cc with that mindset

[@natz-o1x]

bonus: you can hold the down button while at the bottom of the screen to move MUCH slower, helps a lot with micro-dodging (HUEJUNKOHUE)

[@walterjowhitejoakajojo1628]

Im going to ignore everything you said but im still going to watch this again

[@henryfleischer404]

Yeah, this is useful. I'm currently focusing on learning to play aggressively.

[@yarharhar]

Before I watch the video I am gonna say now I hope "Just Don't get hit" is a lesson

[@atk1152]

the Tip on bomb is using it for learn boss or stage phase since you ain't gonna learn nothing if you just die at the start so use bomb remove your mistake while learning enemy spell card, then if you confident enough you can't go without bomb

[@Robert-vk7je]

Very good advise! I did not knew, what streaming was and moved way to fast on aimed attacks. For me, Touhou games are a casual experience. Using bombs and continues only to get a "bad ending" is perfectly fine with me.

[@TornadoAdvisory]

Great video. As someone who at the time of writing has only been playing Touhou games for less than a week and whose only experience with bullet hells were flash games on Kongregate (They were admittedly fairly easy compared to Touhou), I think I've gotten steadily better. Not darting around so much, memorizing patterns and adapting to them, and not being afraid to graze bullets have done wonders in improving my play. Practice is obviously important, as well.

[@jetfuelcantmeltdankmemes8238]

that "see ya next time" kind of reminds me of osu! closing sound, anyone else?

[@Spazar]

me

[@Flowery0]

The only one I can't say "yeah, it's a great one" is 3rd, but only because i didn't use it in the only shootem up game i played enough that i can say deserves the title of "bullethell". And i probably needed it

[@grass324]

i only bomb when im completely trapped by bullets or a panic attack

[@cyan2037]

tip, dont be like me going after every single p drop you see on screen. it's not worth it

[@AltraHapi]

BUT I NEED MORE POWER!!!!

[@gabrielreda]

@@AltraHapi FOOLISHNESS DANTE FOOLISHNESS

[@Flowery0]

4:09 my answer is: learn what and when to bomb. As you said, bomb is almost like a life. The only real differences are that it's harder to use and easier to get(relevant almost everywhere where the bomb-like mechanic exists). In touhou if you gat gud at using bombs you have>3x hp(3x is from defensive properties, > is from all that damage) compared to someone who doesn't use bombs at all However, the damage is a double edged sword, because it also forces you to stop learning the situation you're in and how to deal with it without bombs(bullet spam from the fairies, that 1 attack the boss upgrades and uses every other turn)

[@Scared-Rabbit]

im a normal mode person and then when i moved to hard mode after seeing this i started to get beaten up by the enemies and bosses so stage 1 was alright until i reached stage 2 i swear chen just takes one life from me on 2 or more spellcards 😭

[@Dannnneh]

Thank you, sensei.

[@amberhide04]

he sounds like the guy from extra credits that left

[@Flowery0]

1:02 from moment to moment usually only, like, 1% of bullets matters. Some you have already dodged and they are in a place where you wouldn't go even without them, some are too far to matter in this "dodging session", they will come only with the next wave of bullets

[@fecker1443]

Lesson 8: Use replays to find out patterns on stages :p

[@Bravidunno]

I also called re streaming in the opposite direction "counter-streaming" because of the fact you stream and counter the flow of the bullets.

[@superrocki950]

Man i learn so much with this video, very thanks for this nice vídeo, i love this franchise so much because that, the share of gameplay experience player to player is something you don't se very often.

[@GGiGotHydra]

Ive very recently gotten into touhou planning to play from 6 to... Whichever is out now. Because of some friends at Blacksouls. So yeah now im here bashing my head to beat NORMAL with 1continue so i can meet Flandre (touhou 6) for uuh 10 hour playtime for a person with no prior bullet hells. Its pretty neat.

[@KyoukiJuuno]

The only thing you could possibly add is to go and rehearse these lessons once in a while, because man it is easy to become too cocky with time and start failing what you think you had already mastered.

[@TheEpicPancake]

I recently decided to try out this series, and I'm struggling a little, but I'm surprised how much of my experience is RotMG helped me. I guess bullet hell fundamentals do transfer to an extent.

[@minorukoyama2944]

I'm starting on touhou now. before that I was just listening to the music (since it's amazing and the fanmade ones are also great) and on your video there was a part where you swich beteen Remilia and Sakuya with a meter on the left botton. What is that game and how that mechanic work? :D

[@GoldenBattler]

Touhou 8, Imperishable Night. You play as a team of 2 characters in that game, with the human as your unfocused (fast) shot, and the youkai as your focused (slow) shot. The meter goes from -100% to 100% depending on which form you're in, although the effects of THAT are pretty minor. Aside from that, the human form can kill the familiars enemies spawn, where-as the youkai form is impervious to them.

[@minorukoyama2944]

So youkai hits hard and human hits fast. But the meter going from -100% to 100% makes no difference?

[@GoldenBattler]

Eh, it's a little complicated for me to summarize, but you get more time orbs if it's near the max on either side, and you need time orbs to get the Good Ending. You can check the wiki for a more detailed explanation if you're curious. Just keep in mind when it mentions "slowing time" it's talking about your progress to the Good Ending, not like, actually slowing the game down. en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Imperishable_Night/Gameplay#Youkai_Gauge

[@minorukoyama2944]

ty :D

[@lelu.videos]

I speak Spanish and I came to see this video if it helped me to play since the touhou community in Spanish is very little known and nobody had made a video like this but in my language, wish me luck and losiento por mi mal inglés :v

[@PanciToriko]

Jaja x2 amigo :)

[@HaxeRain]

A very good way to practice, could be playing impossible spell card, there you go with trial and error in each scene with seeing when to use the items, when you can actually dodge, and so on, with practice, all 6 lessons become apparent, it took me a time to get used to some of the games, while i started less than a month ago, i already got to clear(not on 1cc yet tho) EoSD, IN, DDC and HSiFS, it all comes to keep a calm mind and not to panic, since most of times one can save up a bomb for when needed, figure out the pattern quick enough and as such, the best way is to try to spend the less amount of resources during stages 1-3 most of times, so after one has a bigger amount of bomb and lives(for even more bombs if you happen to die)

[@raven-dq6ox]

I just started playing touhou a few months ago (touhou 6 specifically) and im improving slowly, but i still have heaps of trouble with the 'storms of bullshit' such as Sakuya's second attack in stage 6 where the projectiles are just never ending. Is there any trick to the projectile spam moves?

[@poledra4153]

I litterally just survive the longest and then bomb for this one so i don't think i ever got it

[@nuvitism]

"look up" me, who can't multitask and has shitass eyes:

[@blueh34567]

thanks that really helped me

[@ejspy3331]

Alternate title: how to get good at shmup/bullet heaven game's

[@dreammoe2616]

a osu player that played osu for 4 years... After suffered through many touhou maps trying to FC or pass. Time to suffer some more.

[@littlea420]

I love this felt liked I had more motivation

[@Youssoupoff.]

Thank you for this! Helped.me get my first 1cc

[@J03_M4m4]

Pro tip: Don't panic. Trust me on that one

[@jm4747-o5v]

Your voice so goood

[@KimMui_]

Subterranean Animism: Last boss spell. Help.

[@totallyalpharius507]

Instructions unclear. Still trying to dodge Icicle Fall on Easy.

[@ASE-PRL]

Very nice video :>

[@GoldenBattler]

Thanks friend!

[@Mima_the_vengeful_spirit]

how to git gud at touhou? 1) Pichu-un..a lot. 2) learn from said pichu-uns 3) don't get pichu-un the same way 4) get ready for a lot of pichu-uns Did I mention you gonna get pichu-un a lot? [in more serious: all characters have specific bullet patterns, learn these properly and you gonna get an "easier" time. also rember to use shift. focused shots let ya have a more precise movement control

[@nykom]

Me: Spams bombing Some city in Iraq: ._.

[@Terumimi]

So this is an old video but i still would appreciate some advice Trying to learn touhou 8 so i can eventually 1cc lunatic, but kaine's last 2 spell cards and marisa.... In general on hard are such walls for me, idk what im doing wrong but whenever i do anything it always goes south for me (For context I'm primarily using reimu/yukari)

[@nguyenlecaominh9776]

very useful video