Mother Brain Room: Moondance Clip (Insane)

Perform a Crystal Flash to stand up in the nook at the top-left of the Mother Brain tank. Then moondance to clip down into the tank. Use frozen Rinkas to clip through Mother Brain to the right. Alternatively, with precise positioning, break the glass from the left side.

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Strats ()

G-Mode Morph Crystal Flash Interrupt (Ignored)
Mother Brain Room
From: 1
Left Blast Door
To: 8
Standing on Top Left of Mother Brain Tank

Enter in R-mode or direct G-mode, and perform a Crystal Flash in the morph nook to the top-left of Mother Brain. During the Crystal Flash, allow the Rinkas to damage Samus down and trigger an auto-reserve refill, which will interrupt the Crystal Flash.

The interruption of the Crystal Flash (due to the R-mode forced standup) limits the damage that Samus takes during it; After the reserve trigger, Samus will take just one more Rinka hit.

Entrance condition:

{
  "comeInWithGMode": {
    "mode": "direct",
    "morphed": true
  }
}

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Moondance Clip"
}
{
  "not": "f_MotherBrainGlassBroken"
}
"h_canArtificialMorphMovement"
"h_canArtificialMorphCrystalFlash"
{
  "resourceMaxCapacity": [
    {
      "type": "RegularEnergy",
      "count": 299
    }
  ]
}
{
  "autoReserveTrigger": {
    "minReserveEnergy": 100
  }
}
{
  "enemyDamage": {
    "enemy": "Rinka",
    "type": "contact",
    "hits": 1
  }
}
{
  "gainFlashSuit": {}
}

Dev note: Having a small amount of E-Tanks ensures the reserve tanks can be filled by the Crystal Flash before the auto-reserve trigger. FIXME: A larger amount of E-Tanks can also work, but the reserves will not completely fill, so less energy would remain at the end.
G-Mode Morph Crystal Flash Stand-Up With Full Suit Protection (Insane)
Mother Brain Room
From: 1
Left Blast Door
To: 8
Standing on Top Left of Mother Brain Tank

Use artificial morph to go inside the nook at the top-left of Mother Brain, then perform a Crystal Flash to stand up. Samus will take rapid damage from the Rinkas during the Crystal Flash but will be able to survive with the help of 75% damage reduction from suit protection.

Entrance condition:

{
  "comeInWithGMode": {
    "mode": "any",
    "morphed": true
  }
}

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Moondance Clip"
}
{
  "not": "f_MotherBrainGlassBroken"
}
"h_canArtificialMorphMovement"
"h_canArtificialMorphCrystalFlash"
"h_fullEnemyDamageReduction"
{
  "resourceCapacity": [
    {
      "type": "RegularEnergy",
      "count": 299
    }
  ]
}
{
  "resourceAtMost": [
    {
      "type": "Energy",
      "count": 800
    }
  ]
}

Dev note: We don't bother modeling the obstacle 'A' state here. The strat will end with R-mode if direct G-mode was used. But it doesn't matter, since this strat requires an E-Tank, which means that R-mode (for 'light pillar' during the Mother Brain 2 fight) wouldn't be useful.
Suitless Crystal Flash Stand-Up With Ice (Insane)
Mother Brain Room
From: 1
Left Blast Door
To: 8
Standing on Top Left of Mother Brain Tank

Freeze all 3 Rinkas at close to the same time, then quickly jump into the morph nook at the top-left of Mother Brain, and perform a Crystal Flash to stand up. If executed correctly, the Rinkas will not respawn during the Crystal Flash, so Samus will not take damage.

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Moondance Clip"
}
{
  "not": "f_MotherBrainGlassBroken"
}
"canTrickyDodgeEnemies"
"canTrickyUseFrozenEnemies"
"canCrystalFlash"
Moondance Clip Break Glass (Insane)
Mother Brain Room
From: 8
Standing on Top Left of Mother Brain Tank
To: 1
Left Blast Door

To be able to break the glass and leave out the left side, Samus must be at a specific horizontal X pixel position ($63). Therefore, the Crystal Flash should have been performed at this position; For the moondance, moonfalls must be performed only left-to-right, or Samus will fall out. After 176 moonfalls, Samus will clip down into the tank. Angle down and fire 18 Missiles into Mother Brain to break the tank. If Samus is correctly positioned, she will then fall out and be free to move to the left.

If Samus is at position $62 (a pixel to the left of the correct position), it is possible for a Rinka hit to knock back Samus into position $63.

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Moondance Clip"
}
"Wave"
"canTrickyDodgeEnemies"
{
  "or": [
    "Ice",
    "canBeExtremelyPatient"
  ]
}
"canMoondance"
{
  "enemyDamage": {
    "enemy": "Rinka",
    "type": "contact",
    "hits": 1
  }
}
{
  "ammo": {
    "type": "Missile",
    "count": 18
  }
}

Dev note: FIXME: Using some Supers in place of Missiles could be possible, but if too many are used it might trigger the fight cutscene.
Moondance Clip Rinka Wall Ice Clip (Insane)
Mother Brain Room
From: 8
Standing on Top Left of Mother Brain Tank
To: 3
Mother Brain

Perform a moondance while killing the Rinkas, carefully avoiding being hit by them. After 176 moonfalls, Samus will clip down into the tank. Samus will be unable to turn around and will be invulnerable to Rinka hits. Freeze a Rinka several pixels in front of Samus, to cause Samus to clip horizontally. This will work regardless of whether Samus is facing left or right. When Samus is close enough to the end, quickly turn around back and forth to wiggle out, to avoid taking too much damage from the invisible spikes in the air.

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Moondance Clip"
}
"Wave"
"canTrickyDodgeEnemies"
"canMoondance"
"canWallIceClip"
{
  "spikeHits": 1
}