Advice

This is advice for Normal and Swap mode. These tips should apply regardless of the romhack.

Runners

The Hub

Don't let your guard down in hub areas. They are very dangerous. Why?

NO ESCAPE

There is no leaving the hub. If you're in trouble, you can't escape by exiting the course.

Dead Ends

TLDR: Shhhh! Please walk carefully in the hallways!

How To Not Die

Avoid Cliffs

Just leave.

If you're about to die, just leave.

No, it's not cheating. It says you can leave the course. Even if you're falling, just leave. You'll be healed too, which is nice.

But you may not always want to leave. If you're close to getting another star, it might be worth it to stick around a while longer. But also keep in mind that it's better to not get that star than to risk losing one of your precious lives.

Healing

Collect coins, obviously. But if you need quick healing in a pinch, the 1-UP Mushroom is your friend. Collecting this fungus will fully restore your health. These are scattered all over dangerous levels, like in LLL.

But if you don't have access to coins, you can always resort to violence. Defeating another player will fully heal you, and this goes for Runners, too. If you're in danger, fighting back might be the best plan.

Gotta Go Fast

How do you go fast? In vanilla, the answer is Dives.

And also long jumps. But you'll probably want to dive, too.

To dive, press B while running. "I knew that already" you're probably thinking. But have you tried jumping? ... while diving, I mean. If you jump, then quickly press B, you'll do a dive that'll also have some vertical speed.

You can even do a dive out of a sideflip to fly straight over Hunters! Sort of like that one scene from Cars 3.

OMM Rebirth

But what if you prefer to play with the popular OMM Rebirth? You can't dive in that! Generally, you'll want to Roll by crouching and mashing B. Roll down a slope, and you'll go even faster.

For more information about OMM tech, visit this page.

Hunters

How To Beat People Up More Efficiently

To deal the most damage, use the Ground Pound. It deals a whopping three points of damage. It also hits people in the air!

But there's a faster way of beating people up, and that's the power of gravity. Use a swift kick to knock Runners off cliffs. They'll either take fall damage, or fall into the void and die instantly.

You can also grab the Metal Cap to deal double damage. Combine this with a Ground Pound, for six points of damage. That's almost the entire health bar!

OMM Rebirth

Cappy is also a great murder weapon. Type /omm, and set him to Damage. He'll deal one HP to any Runners he hits, and you can use the D-Pad to home in.