Absolum Brome Speedrun Guide: Routing and Movement

To achieve sub-19-minute New Game Plus (NG+) speedrun times with Brome in Absolum, prioritize movement speed, cancel attack animation recovery frames with dashes, skip optional side content, and maximize damage during boss poise breaks.

Movement Efficiency and Dash-Canceling

Standard movement and full attack animations add significant downtime to a run. Mastering Brome's movement techniques keeps in-game time (IGT) low:

• Dash-Canceling Attack Recovery: Press dash immediately after a heavy strike lands. This resets Brome's state, skipping recovery frames and allowing immediate transition into your next action or attack.
• Room Traversal: Avoid default walking between encounters. Alternate dash and jump inputs continuously to maintain a higher average movement speed across room transitions.

Room Pathing and Mob Aggro Management

Clearing non-boss rooms quickly relies on clustering enemies and eliminating non-mandatory fights:

1. Skip Optional Rooms: Engage only the combat encounters required to unlock progression gates. Ignore side rooms and optional encounters entirely.
2. Cluster Enemy Packs: Move toward the center of a pack to bait mob AI into tightening around Brome. Deliver area-of-effect (AoE) strikes to clear whole groups simultaneously.
3. Handle Priority Threats: Target ranged and shielded enemies first. Use Brome's heavy knockback abilities to launch high-threat targets into hazards or surrounding mob groups.
4. Instant Exit Pathing: Head directly for the room exit the moment the final required enemy dies. Do not wait for enemy death animations to complete.

Boss Damage Windows and Poise Breaks

Boss encounters represent the largest potential time loss in a run. Maximize your output during designated vulnerability windows: