Watering Hole: Precise Crouch Jump Down Grab (Expert)

Use a precise crouch jump and down grab to get to the second platform above the water. Position very close to the edge, and press forward immediately after crouch jumping (almost simultaneously).

Difficulty filter

Strats ()

Kill the Choot at the bottom of the room. Freeze the two Zebs to create a runway to shinecharge with. Pixel perfect freezing of both Zebs provides the longest runway, but a slightly higher position of the second Zeb is still usable. Slide off the end of the runway while gaining a shinecharge. After landing on the center pedestal, do a short spin jump to the right, turn left, fire shot to break spin and collect the item. After the message box closes, depending on Samus' position, hold left and wait a moment to let Samus move down-left a few pixels before activating a diagonal spark.

Freezing just a single Zeb is also possible but requires a 13-tile shortcharge.

Requires:

"h_trickyFrozenEnemyRunway"
{
  "notable": "Double Frozen Zeb Runway"
}
{
  "notable": "Double Frozen Zeb Item Collect Shinespark Escape"
}
"canShinechargeMovementTricky"
{
  "canShineCharge": {
    "usedTiles": 19,
    "openEnd": 1
  }
}
{
  "shinespark": {
    "frames": 20,
    "excessFrames": 11
  }
}
{
  "or": [
    "canWalljump",
    "HiJump",
    "SpaceJump",
    "canIBJ",
    "canSpringBallJumpMidAir",
    "canSpringBallBombJump",
    {
      "and": [
        "canCrouchJump",
        {
          "notable": "Precise Crouch Jump Down Grab"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Collects items: 3

From: 2
Left Item
To: 1
Right Door

Getting out with only Gravity and no wall jump requires a tight crouch jump and down grab while above the water: Position very close to the edge, and press forward immediately after crouch jumping (almost simultaneously).

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Precise Crouch Jump Down Grab"
}
"Gravity"
"canTrickyJump"
"h_crouchJumpDownGrab"
From: 2
Left Item
To: 1
Right Door

Requires:

"h_storedSpark"
{
  "or": [
    {
      "shinespark": {
        "frames": 32,
        "excessFrames": 13
      }
    },
    {
      "and": [
        {
          "shinespark": {
            "frames": 15,
            "excessFrames": 12
          }
        },
        {
          "notable": "Precise Crouch Jump Down Grab"
        },
        "canTrickyJump",
        "h_crouchJumpDownGrab"
      ]
    }
  ]
}