Double Action - Hyper Mode
birb - 218,581,000 - ALL Clear - Val Stasis Field 1.52 World Record!
https://youtu.be/AJjKwwgd9xY I will add captions soon.
This is my first world record in a shmup! Lots of dedication and grinding. My goal went from getting past 200 million to then realizing that this weapon is absurdly busted in the right hands. So I worked for the world record after getting a 210 million score and thankfully it paid off. I would like to shout out Jermanator once again for inspiring me to confirm the potentials of this weapon even if indirectly, and also those who supported and encouraged me. The potential it had exceeded my expectations and I will thoroughly explain and re-explain why Stasis Field is a strong contender for best scoring weapon in the game.
Stasis Field in vacuum is pretty much mars matrix's mosquito. Absorb bullets and then fling them back. But the field is a bit different... It opens a field, absorbs the kinetic energy of the bullets and then releases that energy in a spread. The amount you store is indicated by the shaking of the middle part of the field. It shakes violently when you have stored a ton of energy. This is why on higher ranks, the absorption is much faster. Therefore Stasis Field benefits from higher rank levels. But even then... If you watch how I play stage 1. I do what I would call an "empty release". Despite not storing energy it will still shoot 1 energy ball. The energy released by the field not only does decent damage that it can destroy medium sized ships with one shot but also they pierce. This is why it has one of the best zero flourishes in the game alongside Val's Hyper Laser. In addition, you can change the direction of the release dynamically. It's a bit niche but I actually make use of it in my world record. Alongside a few route changes and risk taking the main breakthrough I found about this weapon, is that the energy you shoot doesn't ruin your pattern bonus during boss fights. As long as the field doesn't touch the boss. Your bonus remains perfect(2x). But of course I have to mention that there is a small window when the pattern initiates where you don't get penalized for using weapon/bomb. This changed everything. Despite how tough stage 1 is for Stasis Field. Later on it just pays off. I think the only weaknesses it has is ammo usage and rank dependance. Now, put that weapon in parallel... Rank dependance as a weakness is gone. I think that Stasis Field can also take the Parallel world record with enough dedication. Not to mention that it's perk which gives you earlier extends, also affects the bomb extends in parallel. Insane. When and how I will do it I'll see. For now I will be performing a mae cluster missile run in shmuptember. Another weapon I see high potential in. I recently almost scored 200 million with it but game over'd at the final boss sadly(its no. 1 on mae cluster leaderboard). But yeah I find mae cluster more fun to use than stasis field. And I might actually use mae cluster for parallel who knows. The weapon's perk actually saves you quite a lot of bombs. I already found 2-3 bomb saves in stages 1 and 2.
