Transformers: Fall of Cybertron - Revision history

Glacials: Added speeds section

2013-12-09T00:45:43Z

Added speeds section

Glacials: Fixed heading levels, clarified Any% NG+ description

2013-12-09T00:30:38Z

Fixed heading levels, clarified Any% NG+ description

Glacials: /* Techniques */ Added some discoveries about tail swipe spam and swing cancelling

2013-12-09T00:27:27Z

‎Techniques: Added some discoveries about tail swipe spam and swing cancelling

Glacials: Added skips

2013-09-07T19:21:45Z

Added skips

Glacials: Added categories and shield/sprint cancelling

2013-09-07T19:05:29Z

Added categories and shield/sprint cancelling

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= Categories =
* Any% -- Reach the end of Mission 13 (Till All Are One) on a new save file on any difficulty.
* New Game+ Any% -- Load Mission 1 (The Exodus) on any difficulty from an existing save file's chapter select and reach the end of Mission 13 without quitting to main menu.

=Techniques=
== Shield cancelling ==
When playing as Grimlock or Bruticus, you can cancel any weapon swing by bringing up your shield for any amount of time. This is most useful for cancelling the finishing animation for a combo, or for cancelling the latter swings of it entirely, to immediately start swinging again with a new combo. On Bruticus's stages it is also useful so that you can immediately start moving forward again after you destroy an obstacle such as a bridge. This saves around 1-2 seconds for each time you encounter an obstacle.
=== Sprint cancelling ===
When Grimlock transforms into his dino form, a similar technique can be used by pressing the sprint key briefly rather than the shield key.
==== Infinite tail swipe ====
If you briefly sprint cancel a tail swipe (the third hit of the dino's 1-2-3 combo) at just the right moment, and continue to spam the attack button, you can immediately perform another tail swipe. You can then sprint cancel that tail swipe as well, and so on. The perfect moment to cancel the tail swipe is still hazy, but if we can perfect this technique it will be '''very''' useful as the tail swipe kills most insecticons with one hit. This seems to work if the sprint cancel is very brief and if you do it when the tail is nearing the end of its arc. More detailed information on this is needed.

[[Category:Games]] [[Category:PC]]

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 * '''<big>Any%</big>''': Reach the end of Mission 13 (Till All Are One) on a new save file on any difficulty.
 * '''<big>Any% New Game Plus</big>''': Load Mission 1 (The Exodus) on any difficulty from any save file's chapter select and reach the end of Mission 13 without quitting to main menu.
 == Techniques ==
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 # When you want to cancel the attack, repeat from 2
 = Skips =
 * In Mission 2 (Defend the Ark), when you enter the Autobot outpost, after you help Ratchet with Silverbolt you enter a room with Cliffjumper in it. If you exit this room as quickly as possible by cutting the corner and heading towards Jazz, you can avoid triggering the cutscene where you help Cliffjumper lift some debris. This is fairly easy to perform.
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-= Categories =
+== Categories ==
-* Any% -- Reach the end of Mission 13 (Till All Are One) on a new save file on any difficulty.
+* '''<big>Any%</big>''': Reach the end of Mission 13 (Till All Are One) on a new save file on any difficulty.
-* New Game+ Any% -- Load Mission 1 (The Exodus) on any difficulty from an existing save file's chapter select and reach the end of Mission 13 without quitting to main menu.
+* '''<big>Any% New Game Plus</big>''': Load Mission 1 (The Exodus) on any difficulty from any save file's chapter select and reach the end of Mission 13 without quitting to main menu.
 == Techniques ==

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 * New Game+ Any% -- Load Mission 1 (The Exodus) on any difficulty from an existing save file's chapter select and reach the end of Mission 13 without quitting to main menu.
-= Techniques =
+== Techniques ==
-== Shield cancelling ==
+=== Cancelling swings ===
-When playing as Grimlock or Bruticus, you can cancel any weapon swing by bringing up your shield for any amount of time. This is most useful for cancelling the finishing animation for a combo, or for cancelling the latter swings of it entirely, to immediately start swinging again with a new combo. On Bruticus's stages it is also useful so that you can immediately start moving forward again after you destroy an obstacle such as a bridge. This saves around 1-2 seconds for each time you encounter an obstacle.
+When playing as Grimlock or Bruticus, you can cancel any weapon swing animation by bringing up your shield (very useful) or by dashing (somewhat useful). The swing after a cancel will be the first swing of a new combo. This can be used to cut a combo short and immediately start another, or to start moving immediately after a swing connects. When Grimlock is in dino form, obviously you don't have a shield to cancel with, but initiating a sprint (however brief) will perform the cancel just as well.
-=== Sprint cancelling ===
+=== Tail swipe spam ===
-When Grimlock transforms into his dino form, a similar technique can be used by pressing the sprint key briefly rather than the shield key.
+Grimlock's dino form sprint attack is a nearly 360° tail swipe with heavy damage, good range, and a fairly short delay before connecting. Its main disadvantage is its long recovery time. However the recovery animation can be sprint cancelled (see [[#Cancelling swings|cancelling swings]] above), making it a pretty overpowered ability in dino form. And since you have to be sprinting to perform it anyway, sprint cancelling it repeatedly is very easy to do and probably the most powerful tool in dino form's arsenal.
-==== Infinite tail swipe ====
-If you briefly sprint cancel a tail swipe (the third hit of the dino's 1-2-3 combo) at just the right moment, and continue to spam the attack button, you can immediately perform another tail swipe. You can then sprint cancel that tail swipe as well, and so on. The perfect moment to cancel the tail swipe is still hazy, but if we can perfect this technique it will be '''very''' useful as the tail swipe kills most insecticons with one hit. This seems to work if the sprint cancel is very brief and if you do it when the tail is nearing the end of its arc. More detailed information on this is needed.
+To spam tail swipe:
 = Skips =