Shadow Tactics Speedrun Tech Guide

-- Additional Shadow Tactics Resources --
https://github.com/smorrrs/Shadow-Tac...

-- Updates --
Alerts and suspicion introduce randomness to enemy behavior. Otherwise the game is deterministic.

View Cone Slow Down: Being in a view cone slows down the speed of the game but it doesn't slow down the timer, so avoid this unless there's a good reason.

Kill Carry: CTRL + A + clicking an enemy will issue a melee kill on an enemy then a pick up of their body.

KO Carry: CTRL + Y + clicking an enemy will issue a knockout of an enemy then a pick up of their body.

Stutter Step: Can also be performed with Mugen holding a barrel

Booty Touch: Only works on a given enemy one time. If you booty touch the same enemy a second time they won't react.

Stair Patrol: Attacking the rearmost guard in a patrol group will typically get heard by the other members, but not if they're on stairs.

Straw Hat Lure: If you duck out of sight after getting spotted by a straw hat, they'll send nearby enemies after you. However, if there are no other enemies around, the straw hat will chase after you themselves. Similarly, if a knocked out body falls into their viewcone (dropped from cliff, Mugen throw) and there are no nearby guards to send to investigate, they will go investigate themselves.

Stuck Viewcone: It's possible for an enemy to get stuck looking in a certain direction. It happens when they encounter a stimulus (e.g. hearing gunshot) at a very specific point (e.g. specific frame of turn). I don't know consistent setups for this.

TP to Jump: You can also teleport to a jump, but jumps only become available if you're currently on the same level and within the same area as the jump (there seem to be invisible regions defined behind the scenes). Teleporting like this also works with a jump stab. Otherwise teleporting to perform any actions on another character don't work: teleporting to attack an enemy, heal an ally, or pick up a body.

Trap TP: Yuki can teleport to her trap if she's placed it somewhere.


-- Timestamps --
Intro 00:00

General Controls
- Character Selection 00:33
- Command Entry 00:56
- Camera Movement 01:27

Action Speeds
- Run Speeds 02:03
- Basic Attack Speeds 02:12
- Knockout Effects 02:42
- Special Takedown Speeds 03:24
- Samurai Takedown Speeds 04:14

Cutscenes
- Cutscene Skipping 04:55
- Cutscene Route Progression 05:10
- Cutscene Event Triggering 05:42
- Gaining Control 06:02
- Mouse Prep 06:12
- Cutscene Alert Nullification 06:48
- Cutscene Dialogue Progression 07:00

Detection Tech
- Head Tracking 07:14
- View Cone Whip Blindness 07:25
- Strategic Alerts 07:35
- Alerts: Body Toss 07:56
- Suspicion: Luring 08:13
- Suspicion: Distracting 09:20
- Takuma Stutter Step 09:48
- Tunnel Vision 09:57
- Kuma 10:12
- Animation Crouching 10:48
- Quick Grounding 11:11

Miscellaneous
- Eavesdrop Tag Team 11:21

Glitches
- Teleports 11:30
- Quick Climb 15:39
- Door Grenade 16:31

Outro 16:58