Kinda what I figured too . Thanks for the response . <| sep |> I thought these 2 were weak and holding the team back from doing better I ' m glad they are gone . I hope sanguine doesn ' t break up now because of this I ' ve always rooted for the Underdogs . <| sep |> On the female Nelf one of the abilities sends my weapon clipping through my head . It looks really dumb . I really hope they sort it out because I ' d genuinely play it more . <| sep |> 2009 Dwight Howard . 2114 with insane defense who led his team to the finals . <| sep |> Sorry I didn ' t see this until now been too busy gorging myself on turkey and whatnot . First , let me direct you to an article that helped me step up my game significantly . 8241 . 0 Read what it says , especially about streaming . Many stages have parts where they need to be streamed or else you ' ll get nailed , same with many boss nonspellcards and spellcards . Also scroll past the info about UFOs and Fairy Wars to the Hitbox section , as it summarizes where your eyes should be at any given moment . In general , start with looking at 13 of the way up the screen . I know your pain with wasting bombs , as I ' m obsessive with trying to clear spellcards and thus take far too many risks unnecessarily . As the article says , if you have any doubt , bomb . It ' s better to waste a bomb and avoid death than die and lose your bomb stocks . Seriously , don ' t sweat it . Just think of it as free damage to do to the boss or extra progress in the stage proceeding to the boss . Another tip is to make good use of the Practice Stage feature to learn how to get through stages without dying on a regular basis . In my case , I struggle with getting through the later stages without dying because of greed trying to collect items at the top of the stage , ala DDC or not bombing when I really need to . Practicing the stage also allows you to get used to the boss ' s attack patterns , allowing you to figure out your own strategy for dealing with each part of the fight . Practice Stage Mode is your chance to take risks and figure out what works best for you for when you make your actual run through , even if that means admitting you need to bomb a certain section to get through . If you want to practice your skills in one of the Touhou games that have a normal PowerBomb system not MoF or SA , I humbly suggest playing Perfect Cherry Blossom . The Cherry Blossom system gives you the equivalent of a free bomb every so often , especially against the tougher bosses they drop a lot of blossom points , meaning you get more leeway even when the Danmaku is tougher . IN is also a good one to play due to the generally easier patterns , but it also punishes you for not focusing on getting X number of Time points every stage , which is annoying IMO . Finally , if anyone tells you to ' git gud , ' they don ' t understand the spirit of Touhou . Everybody sucks at the beginning . Nobody starts off and can 1 cc Lunatic . Hell , most people can ' t 1 cc their first Touhou game on Easy after a week of practice unless they have a lot of experience with bullet hell games . So yeah , being an elitist prick and saying ' git gud ' is just them being an hole . You do you . Play the games at your own pace . Enjoy them at your own pace . You ' ll get better naturally if you focus on improving your technique and learning the patterns . If you ever have questions , ask ! We ' re always happy to help .