Audio
- Music to ~70%, SFX to ~80%. Hit-confirms are the truest beat cue.
- Use headphones. Speakers add ~30 ms of latency that costs you Perfects.
Calibration
- Run the in-game calibration once on every input device.
Visual
- Enable Visual Beat Pulse for chaotic phases (Spotlight Spin, Beat Wave).
- Lower Bloom by 1–2 notches — it eats projectile tells.
Settings
- Set camera shake to 50% or less. It hides parry windows.
Combat
- End every combo with Heavy on the 4th beat. The bar resets cleaner.
- Save Special meter for BPM-doubled phases (Arora P3, Blood P4).
- Parry refills 1 Special segment on Perfect. Spam parry on parry-checks.
- Dodge cancels combo recovery. Use Dodge → L for evasive resets.
Reading
- Boss lyrics frequently telegraph the next attack syllable.
- In syncopated fights (Prophet) count half-beats out loud.
- In Strings count visually — audio lies in 5/4.
Gear
- Run Tempo Window early. It widens your Perfect window by ~20 ms.
- Visual Beat Pulse is the second priority accessory — not a crutch.
- Stacking +Special Charge stacks multiplicatively, not additively.
Story
- Replay an old Idol on Hard for accessory drops.
- Save Hemlock-tier accessories for Dex — they are required.
Infinite
- In Infinite Disco, prioritize maintaining your combo over picking up score orbs.
- Death is fine in Infinite once you have your top score — just bank it.
Drills
- Spawn 1 dummy in Free Play. 10 reps of L L L H every morning. Real.
- Speed-metal drill: 180 BPM song, parry-only on dummies, target 5 in a row.
- Off-beat drill: pick a Prophet remix, hit only on +1/2 beats.
Misc
- My Music auto-detects BPM but quantizes to nearest 4 BPM — expect 124 ≡ 122.
- The Encore club rebuilds passively from collected memorabilia. Replay levels.
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