Advice for Touhou newbies: Touhou wants you to panic.

You missed the type of people who do perfect runs without using bombs/lives.

"Newbie (But know how to play)" *has 6 lives at Youmu* lol wut

We can further classify these players by HOW they play the game. Those who play touhou on: 1. A keyboard. 2. Conventional joypad/joystick/ gamepad controller. 3. Specialized controller (DDR Pad, guitar hero contoller, Wii balance board, etc.) 4 .Playing with the onscreen keyboard These were ranked from easy to those who may have passed to the realm of legends. Then there are those who can do a pacifist No Hit Lunatic LoLK run, using the Kinect. Some say there's a special place in Gensokyo for those who can do that.

One more: Touhou God. My friend won on Lunatic + 1 bomb + 1 life with no power and just said: try to play it, it's easy... F****n liar.

What about those so-called divine players who doesn't need physical form in order to play at highest difficulty

5:31 Really wish for zun to make such a transitions to induce some heart attack on me.

9:48 The amount graze displeases me

Where's the graze lover at

* When you are something between 2nd and 3rd one * UHHH..

8:58 Yukari:*facepalm*

You forgot one! The one that can only play touhou fan-made mobile games (me)

U forgot the old player who started when pc 98 games released and they still play those pc 98 games often. Their waifus are mostly pc 98 characters

*sees someone playing MoF with Marisa and the piercing shot type on lunatic -> You dirty rascal, I know how you got there. :^)

Definitely forgot that one trope: The panic bombers

Newbie of newbies : "yay, a witch !" *picks Marisa*

Types of Touhou players (assuming their play in a 1cc Normal run): Newbies: 1: Super Noob: “Wait hold on how the heck to I OH MY GOD HOW DO I DODGE EVERY-JESUSTHERESSOMUCHSHITAAAAAAAAAA” (Will usually not make it past stage 1 in most circumstances.) 2: Standard Newbie: “Oh okay there’s a girl on my screen and WHOA she’s doing a lot of stuff!” (Will struggle at Stage 1 and/or Stage 2, usually will not make it far into Stage 3.) 3. Arrogant Noob: “Dude, Easy is SOOO easy! Bring on Lunatic!” *5 minutes later... “WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT WAIT FUCK!” (You can probably guess...) Average: 4. Average Gamer: Will usually be walled somewhere between mid Stage 3 to Stage 4 boss. Experienced: 5. Casual: Can consistently get to Stage 4, Stage 5, or Stage 6 without too many problems mid-game, and can also make decent headway into Stage 2 on Hard/Lunatic. 6. Experienced Casual: Can usually make it to Stage 6 or even beat the game. Also typically is walled in Stage 3 on Hard/Lunatic and/or halfway through Extra. Pro: 7. Gensokyoan: Can beat the game with little to no problems. Can typically 1cc Lunatic. 8. Scorerunners: Speaks for itself, really... Sub-types: Stubborn: Avoids using bombs even when panicking. Graze Whore: Takes most/any chances to amass a large graze count. Pacifist: Never shoots at anything. Every attack is a timeout. Welcome to Hell.

"For weird people."

I like to think some old-fashioned and/or particularly powerful youkai actually take offense when you don't fight back, so they shoot even harder than normal as a way to express their outrage at you rudeness (or mocking your pacifism). That's why some spellcards come with Bad Times if you try to time-out.

I'm between the 2nd one and the 3rd one So uhh...

I'm not certain how I'd rate myself. I haven't beaten a full game yet, but I prefer suffering through lunatic over and over again. What I've been doing lately is playing some games in lunatic by seeing how far I can go through in lunatic with all my continues, and than I like to go back, and try to go back and see if I can get too a perfect run as much as possible on individual stages. repeatedly. So somewhere... mediocre...maybe. Hopefully, I'm slowly getting good.

what kind of experienced player doesn't go on top of youmu for her first non

Disappointed you didn't put GeNgEtSu RaEp TiEm in the Pacifist section. Would have made a perfect example.

8. Those that play "Ultra Mode" because otherwise the game is too easy.

How about Journalists, Perfectionists and Speedrunners?

Im 2.Newbie (But Know How To Play) (sometime plays in lunatic)

You forgot one type: The type that plays Undertale

This is insane!

I’m a newbie that knows how to play

4:52 He stared in the face of Death and did not flinch an inch. But hey, I suppose I'd rank myself as Experienced, if you give me time to familiarize with bosses and stuff...

Sometimes your fast forwarding makes the background music sound magical. I think I can consider myself between experienced and expert although I hadn't completed any Extra stages successfully. I did finish lots of Danmaku fangames on Normal mode. Recently I 1cc d Mystical Square which was very difficult and took me a few days. PC98 Touhous were hard af especially Touhou 2

*runs out of bombs and lives* It appears I have to go full focus *moves into bullet you just dodged out of anxiety*

I love how the "Newbie (but knows how to play)" and "Experienced" are the exact same run EDIT: ALSO PACIFIST NO ITEMS 14.3 I---

the membrane player: constantly dies from ramming into bullets unintentionally

The first one...good old days...where I dont know there is a Focus option for the first few months~

Finally, a none dead video by him

I am definitely the second type. Funny that you'd show the very fight I'm stuck on for that part.

I am a mix between 4 and 6. Unlocked every extra except SA and PoFV, and finished the extra stages of EoSD, IN, Mof and HSiFS. And I mostly play and beat extra stages of those mentioned above over and over (especially HSiFS because of the music). Lately I've been trying to play on lunatic, but just like I said, trying.

I’m a special type: Never played, but like all soundtracks.

Sick...

Bruh that's not even close to the newbie of newbies. I STILL DON'T KNOW EVEN HOW TO SHOOT

I've unlocked extra in some games but not others and the best I've done in any extra was maybe 2nd spellcard of the boss on most successful runs, so based on description, I'd be like 3.5, but based on the video, I'm more consistent with a 2.

I used to be somewhere between 3 and 4. 1cc’d EoSD on normal and Imperishable on hard. But that was 6 or 7 years ago and I haven’t really played any bullet hell games since then. Nowadays I’m probably closer to a 2.

It lacks the LNN players and the scorer players to truly be accurate. Btw really love how the Luna Player showcase some nice and easy streaming sessions and how the three extra last spells are known to be relatively easy xD (where is PWG or PDH or Raiko’s final lol ?)

When the screen is filled with bullets, remember: If there's a hole, there's a way.

I was used to play play touhou games but after Luna night released I only played that, like always, in every second

You're missing one of the most insane groups of players: the scorers

I didn't realised that focus existed for a month when i played

I'm definitely extra lover, I beated Flandre, Ran, Mokou, Suwako, Koishi, Okina and Saki, and I'm currently doing Mamizou and Hecatia

Yup... am still a newbie

I feel like, after a couple years of on and off playing, I've finally managed to get to Experienced. At the point where I can 1cc some of the touhou games on normal, and have trouble even clearing normal on others *coughs#11cough*. Also, when I say on and off playing, I mean, like, I'll play at least 30 minutes every day for a week or two, and then won't play again for a couple months, so don't worry noobs. If you can put in more effort than I did, you can probably clear Touhou on normal in a couple months.

insane

i'd say im a mixture of 2 and 3, yes my first game was 10.5 but i'd like to say my first one was pcb. when i play pcb, i do sometimes accidentally run into bullets, but i'm learning how to stream, and that staying still is very good at times and i also bomb if i feel like i cant dodge an attack (i may have deathbombed a few times by chance ahaha). edit: didnt know i commented on this, dont remember watching it lol. i'd still say im a mixture of 2 and 3, and i have deathbombed. i also dont run into bullets too often now, i have actually gotten to yuyuko once, but i died.

Despair sign "After two years of playing, I proudly become a newbie but know how to play" (not even passed all easy mode except Okina's EX).

from trying to get people into Touhou i've seen that the biggest newbs fly across the whole screen to avoid the position based bullets.

I was all ticked off last night because i couldn't get HSI4S to play at 60fps, this makes me feel better.

Im more along the lines of an experienced player and i still have trouble with Kanako's final spell card on easy

number 8.music room lover

9:51 Clear Time: 192.01s Actual Time: 999.99s :)

The thing about touhou: Every spellcard has a 3-5 movement cheese

Hmm I guess I've been on category 2 for almost 10 years now. I've been playing Touhou since 2009 but I still suck at it but I do know how to play it.

pacifist can't play LLS in extra modo

I just started playing Touhou (3 days ago) I Play mostly on normal, when i want to actually progress in the story i play on easy lmao and when I don't give a damn hard and lunatic. I Mainly play Touhou 6 and Taisei(fangame)

I read the title as “1 types of Touhou player”

Not shooting but using bombs (beginner stage of being masochist) Not moving every few seconds consecutively for x seconds (is it possible?)

8: people that using low ram computer so the game slowwed that makes the game easier

You forgot me, the guy who plays without sfx and just the music

This pacifist looks reasonable compared to any who try to go after Gengetsu

I range between Expert and LunaPlayer. Although it's been long since I've last played, it probably falls under Experienced with muscle memory.

LOL. How can I graduate from 2nd type? I'm stuck at newbie phase, can't seem to move on.

inbetween newbie and experienced you forgot 2.5 : those who try to 1cc by optimizing how many deaths to occur and to efficiently convert bombs as lifeline (me, but always failed, still ): )

Didn't knew that Touhou project is god of the bullethells

I'd say im very experienced and somewhat of an expert on certain spell cards/stages.

Touhou 9 players: [slowly fade away]

you forgot to mention score players the ultimate gigachads

I think I’m somewhere around 3 here. I’ve 1cced all games on Easy, aside from LoLK (Hardest Easy Mode ever, lol.), and have 3 Normal 1ccs (PCB, IN, and MoF). I may go after TD Normal soon, because people say it’s one of the easier Normals.

Somewhere between 4-5...

I have beaten almost all games on hard mode (12 and 15 harder than eosd lunatic, didn't yet play 13 and 17) and 3 games on lunatic: PCB, HSiFS and recently MoF. I would consider myself between experienced and expert

according to this, despite having been a touhou player for probably over 5 years by this point, i'm not even experienced yet like, i'm probably somewhere between "Newbie (But know how to play)" and "Experienced" according to this

Man, I 1cc all modern Touhou game with the exception of 15 and 12. But I never even once cleared an extra stage.... Feels bad man, its so slow advancing between experienced and expert.

extra stage lover

Knowing that i passed from the first type to the second.... Well, it’s better than never playing, i guess.

You forgot the one that when it get killed uses all of him bombs and the cycle starts again

Somewhere between 2 and 3....

Pacifist runners always fail thanks to the stg6's last spell card

The thing's I never knew Something like focusing existed and made it to stage 3 pretty easily. Now I use focus but became Worse actually. Unfortnetly i'm too used to it now:-(

I was an expert player one year ago but a few days ago I played touhou and I noticed im an experianced player, short of all 3.

I feel personally attacked by number 2

What about "Looks for a blind spot and doesn't bother dodging, as they are fighting Yukari"?

Stuck bettween 2 and 3 and i can beat extra beside last spell card in touhou 10 extra is the easist i have ever seen

When you beat 10th Extra, but feel like you're the 2-nd type..)

YOU FOOL!!!!! You forgot about the PC-98 specialists!

I am extra stage lover. My twin luna final stage player.

Thanks for making this video, it was fun to watch! Though (slight nitpick) ...I'm not entirely sure the gameplay for each level matches up with the description for each level. source: has beaten 2 extra stages and still struggles to beat Youmu's helix nonspells on easy mode i'm not sure what that says about my skill level (Also not sure what the difference between Expert and Extra Stage Lovers is, since the Expert footage seems to be showing a no-bomb run of an expert stage.)

Wow, he must really be a newbie if he didn't misdirect youmu's nonspells there. But I think the experienced guy should have known about it.

I'm , don't stop moved ,in The fight

Great I want to read yuri now

My Type: I like my hands and not having seizures I will never play this hell

I'm in between experienced and expert, I have unlocked Extra, but I'm still working on my 1cc in normal

I really watched this for ten minutes and there wasn't even an explosion ending?