Mountain of Faith Attack Comparison

I've heard lots of people talking about the spell card Mountain of Faith, how the easy mode attack is WAY harder than than normal mode. So for the sake of science I decided to time out both and put them up side by side to be able to see the differences better.

My conclusion? Easy mode really is much harder, due to slower bullets giving it a really claustrophobic feel and requiring you to know the hitboxes perfectly. Normal is way faster, but look how huge those gaps are!

[x] ZUN is messing around again.

[readerbook]

The biggest thing with this is the spacing. On easy, it goes slower but it's hard to know where to go as the safe spots are filled with single cards that are going too slow. On normal, while it does go faster, it's simple left or right dodging with reflexes. No single card bull to clip you.

[WhoWatchesVideos]

Easy: Dangit this card... Please just end it! *bombs*
Normal: Oh god this card was hard on Easy. This is gonna get rough... *sees card*

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[ShadowFlower]

I remember finally getting to Kanako for the first time on Normal after playing on Easy a lot. I was especially worried for this spellcard because of how it is on Easy and stocked up as many lives as I could...and then I actually faced it. I only lost one life and one bomb. :/

[blazesoul]

This is similar to Marisa's "shoot the moon" in imperishable night. It's way easier on hard and lunatic than normal mode since you can just stream to avoid the stars at the harder dificulties.

[DominoHarvard]

Well, Easy an Normal both have different methods to overcome.

Easy requires Reaction Micro-Dodging
Normal requires Reaction Quick Dodging

[AsianRailgun]

This attack is the reason I want to give easy mode a shot.

[Healzer]

It looks like the easy mode is harder, but it isn't. Easy Mode is easier because the bullets are slower and in normal mode you don't have much time to react.

[Hijijiriri]

ZUN: I'LL TEACH TO PLAY ON EASY MODE. HOWS THAT MEME NOW?!

[Zaephyer]

@SadisticPenguinOfAND UFO is pretty tough, but still pretty nice. It at least keeps the Stage 4 = Hell tradition.

[ValkisCalmor]

Exactly. The hard part on normal mode is getting TO the gaps, not getting THROUGH them. Easy mode has all those small gaps everywhere, you don't even need to know the hit box because you're fast enough while in focus most of the time.

[CadrinTheWerecat]

8D

Whohohoah. Kanako sure knows how to rave party. Just look at dem strobe lights in the background and those colorful glowsticks flying around. Look at her flashing in all colours of the rainbow as if you are high. And all that party gear she carries around, including four confetti-shooting back-mounted cannon-onbashira-kinda-things and... whatever that ring of tied rope on her back is called...

Iku Nagae ain't got nothin' on this.

[cocoachrispies]

Well easy looks easier IMO since you can actually weave in and out of the pattern. Normal mode seems to have you flying halfway across the screen WHILE dodging.

[platinumhawke]

The same thing happens back in IN. Eirin's last card, Astronomical Entombing, is easier on Lunatic than it is on Normal. On Normal, the bullets are of varying speeds and stick around for an excessive amount of time. Lunatic? They just stream off quickly and uniformly.

[Pokecatchofthestars]

The card seems scaled based on reaction time. The "Faster" one is harder at first because of it being harder to react early on for some newer players, while the easy one becomes harder because of the speed plus the walls of bullets can be insanely difficult to manage.

[kei]

Yeaaah, that reminds me the fact that despite the fact I can barely beat Normal at best, I captured MoF (the card) on Normal way before I captured it on Easy. I found the Normal version just way more intuitive.

[SadisticPenguinOfAND]

Due to trying to capture all of Kanako's cards in various hardcore ways =P

Just playing an easy mode run straight was no fun, and it took me a couple tries to get this time-out so I had some fun messing around.

[MonsiTheKT]

I just beat Mountain of Faith on easy yesterday as my first Touhou game. Now I'm finding out the spellcard that gave me the most trouble is easier on normal? Dub tee eff!

[GabiEmpy]

There's no easy way to beat a god.

[tuyhhf]

Thanks go to SadisticPenguinOfAND for collecting the data, Kanako for firing the subject bullets for testing, and Reimu for providing the other half of the data by dodging and STAYING ALIVE. Also, a great thanks goes out to ZUN for creating the game, the characters, and the awesome music.

[NN-ccuo]

I've learned to fear slow bullets after playing MoF. They always hit you when you LEAST expect it