List of Tech by Difficulty

Basic

• Wall jumps
• Shinesparks
• Simple uses of frozen enemies
• Shinespark chaining
• Gate glitching (with beams)
• Navigating heated rooms without Varia (but only with plenty of extra energy)
• Health loss over 100
• SA-X Full Stealth

Medium

• 1-tap shortcharge
• Infinite bomb jumps
• Sequences of 3 or more wall jumps
• Underwater movement tech such as crouch jumps
• Down grabs
• Gravity jumps
• Health loss over 200

Hard

• Stutter 2-tap
• Mockballs
• Damage boosts
• Gate glitching (with missiles)
• Cross-room jumps from air to water rooms
• Trickier climbing on enemies
• Mid-air Spring Ball jumps (2 consecutive or less)
• Ice clips assisted by Morph
• Health loss over 300

Very Hard

• Stutter 3-tap
• Complex shinespark setups
• Stutter water shortcharges
• Speedballs
• Temporary blue suit
• Spring Ball jumps off of walls
• Flatley jumps
• Grapple jumps
• Crystal Flash
• Evading Metroids
• Mid-air Spring Ball jumps (3 consecutive or more)
• Using a turn-around to jump around a corner
• Health loss over 400
• SA-X Basic Movement Manipulation

Expert

• Stutter 4-tap
• Double bomb jumping
• CWJ
• Baby Metroid skip
• Double Spring Ball jumps
• Crystal Flash clips
• Precise ice clips
• Temporary blue chains
• Pause abusing
• Grapple jumps
• Health loss over 500
• SA-X Room-Level Manipulation

Extreme

• Double-stutter 4-tap
• Underwater wall jumps
• Crazy crab climbs
• Moonfalls between frozen enemies
• Health loss over 600
• SA-X Room-Level Exploit Manipulation

Insane

• Triple-stutter 4-tap
• Taco Tank
• Moondances
• Crossing Colosseum with no movement items
• Very slow & tricky crab climbs
• Health loss over 700
• SA-X Multi-Room Precision Manipulation

X-Fusion-Specific Tricks - Explanation

SA-X Full Stealth (Basic)

Completely avoiding SA-X detection or engagement, moving through areas without triggering pursuit.

SA-X Basic Movement Manipulation (Very Hard)

Minor influence on SA-X movement, like nudging it into certain positions or delaying its pursuit slightly.

SA-X Room-Level Manipulation (Expert)

Controlling SA-X behavior at a room scale: forcing it to patrol certain areas, or blocking it from reaching specific platforms temporarily.

SA-X Room-Level Exploit Manipulation (Extreme)

Controlling SA-X at a room scale like Expert, but using precise inputs, timing, or glitches to force it into unintended positions or behaviors within a single room.

SA-X Multi-Room Precision Manipulation (Insane)

Using precise inputs or glitches to manipulate SA-X across multiple rooms, enabling sequence-breaking setups, major skips, or complex exploit chains.