[MKW] Koopa Cape (no glitch):

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IMPORTANT: The SOM used is a bit different to normal. It takes into account the speed of things like the water current and inclines which is why it appears I am moving slower/faster than the regular SOM would indicate. This is to show why the strats I used in the tunnel clearly save time.
Date set: 10th July 2022
Former WR: 2:17.937 by myself (0.390 WR cut): • [MKW WR] Koopa Cape (n...
Splits: 45.791 / 45.900 / 45.856
This run is Best Known Pace as of upload date.
Best splits: 45.684 Lap 1 (x3) = 2:17.052
I don't really know what to say. I started playing this because I saw some of my friends talking about KC and its un-used strats one night so I had a look and thought I'd give them a go. Safe to say I did NOT expect to improve by such a large margin only 2 days after.
However, I am actually not the first person to use these strats. Wanna give a huge shout out to Jongwoo. He is one of the best wii wheelers in the world and is the one who innovated these strats having used them in his BKS lap (now former). He is an incredible innovator and I have no doubt he will continue to innovate.
Run analysis:
Lap 1: 45.791 - The lap itself is pretty good for current standard. It actually only has 1 major time loss which was an unlucky slip drift before the water. The strats later in the run were really good and the ending was decent aswell.
Lap 2: 45.900 - Pretty rough to be honest. Drop first straight, average 1st ramp and a fairly improvable landing all together lost over .1 easily. The shroomless was pretty bad aswell losing almost if not another .1, the strats in the tunnel were decent but not as good as lap 1, rest of the driving was nice.
Lap 3 - 45.856 - Average. Half 1st straight, the ramp was good but I tricked too early giving me more air but thankfully I got a good landing so it wasn't too bad. Driving after is ok but can clearly be better. Hit grass on turn before water. Good shroomless, strats in the tunnel was ok but is the worst of all 3 laps (i detached from the wall very early sending me very wide), I was very lucky to beat the zapper considering that. Thankfully the ending was held together fairly well.
This time may look extremely strong, but it's clear that quite a bit more can be pushed with these strats. What I find rather interesting is the laps which give pacelocks have practically reversed. The only lap which gave no problems is now the lap which will cause the most problems, being lap 2. However it is nice that the zappers on laps 1 and 3 (especially lap 3) can be beaten now.
I will be taking a break for about a week or so due to the heatwave we're having, but I will be playing this track when I come back (may stream too) and will probably go for at least a 2:17.3xx in the future.
Music used: • Dragon Quest II [TMSO ...
Thanks Flare for recording and the thumbnail! / @fuhlare
Thanks Joeblase for the little edit at the beginning and changing the thumbnail file size since Flare made it too big! / @joeblase

[@rizmkw4157]

Accurate representation of the community’s reaction, you never fail to surprise us Luke. Amazing job as always

[@Jongwoo_MK]

Good Job Luke 😁 you're so amazing congrats!

[@ace_beaton]

What a cut! These new strats are really cool. Might see if i can pick them up myself in the future. Good luck improving if you go for more 👌

[@lucasloucks]

We’re getting around to TAS strats now :)

[@lowercaseletters_]

That thumbnail is beautiful, that little edit at the beginning was genius, and this run is amazing. Congrats on the first mid 2:17 time, a giant timecut, and a new BKP! Good job Flare on the thumbnail and amazing edit, Joeblase. I loved the new strats that you used. It looks like what Jongwoo used in his BKS.

[@kashup_9894]

what does bks stand for?

[@miguelcozar78]

@@kashup_9894 Best Known Split

[@soulofthemedley]

never thought I’d see the day

[@noahcheng1895]

Incredible intro and run. You’re just an absolute menace when it comes to tts. The perfect combo of technique and driving skills to make quite a beast of a no-glitch player.

[@atlafan7364]

absurd, and a 2:16 is definitely possible now well done Luke, what on earth. This is a ridiculous cut for this category

[@mkw_h9466]

Amazing cut Luke! Very glad to see this track go to its potential

[@Ultra_Pear]

I've been looking forward to a big world record cut like this for some time. This is exactly what I was hoping for. Great run!

[@saunaboi4910]

Congratulations on the wr improvement Luke! Beautiful intro as well. That was an amazing run, awesome to see new strats being used.

[@glitchg14]

That strat is crazy. Truly incredible time cut.

[@andreese3753]

Yo wtf those tunnel strats are epic, congrats on the huge wr cut!

[@rmarcus14]

Amazing time with some amazing strats!

[@Saddler46]

Congratulation for this Amazing World Record Luke ! 😸😸🐙🐙🦑🦑

[@thiinkiing]

as much as I love my fellow wii wheeler jongwoo you are an absolute beast for getting a .4 cut in 2022. crazy run

[@leader459]

gamer

[@7Shxra]

good job big luke

[@Fooeyy]

beautiful run

[@Ragemodepigeon]

I really liked that intro lol, wish I had thought of that.

[@ryanmelick7414]

Great music used

[@Suwawako]

Insane

[@TDTheTruth]

Great run and shout out Dragon Quest

[@pvz1004life]

Epic strat, hopefully we can get 2:16 one day

[@rip_dev]

I feel like it’s probably has to happen with the use of this new strat and if the waterfall detach strat is also used. Obviously gonna be very hard and probably take a long time.

[@pvz1004life]

@@rip_dev Yes, at least 2 or 3 years, unless someone just gets crazy lucky and gets a god run, but as inconsistent as KC is, it's probably not happening soon.

[@googletricksyz]

Good job

[@jalenstimes7452]

You know this game has progressed big-time when players start using TAS strats in their speedruns

[@diegorlaw]

When I saw sosis's post on discord I thought this was a TAS for a sec. Nice job on the .5

[@skoochoo5851]

What discord server is that in?

[@diegorlaw]

@@skoochoo5851 It was the MKLeaderboards server

[@LLInnovA]

Just wait until we see that new strat with outward bike hop abuse

[@farazmirza6048]

The best players are ones who adapt and overcome

[@pple]

insane

[@nil24nil]

Have I seen some Arvo editing there!!??👀👀

[@crazymoon8835]

Amazin

[@mv-jp8ul]

bro the dragon quest 2 music

[@expic3954]

The speedometer when you do the new strat lol

[@abbymkw12]

trick mander when :joy_cat: :V:

[@ringoyuri9387]

はや

[@maryellen8877]

Maybe fox will come back and improve

[@priusmissile]

走法変わってる

[@benhurley02]

Where in the shit did this come from

[@TSX06]

No duh

[@spyrosh3933]

what

[@ccralo]

ok now explain me what the fuck is that

[@sss373]

wtf

[@MKWFailCorrections]

Could've been better

[@sealpuptakingalittlenap]

pretty slow

[@ggdasherr6453]

Its a very large track...

[@Froqqy54]

discord server?

[@tacticalslyme]

Insane