Crab Shaft: Ice Only Crab Climb (Very Hard)

Climb the frozen crabs Suitless without the help of SpringBall jumps or HiJump.

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Crab Climb (Very Hard)
Crab Shaft
From: 1
Left Door
To: 4
Platform Below Top Door

Freeze a crab multiple times to climb the upper section. It may be easier to climb the left shaft by knocking the crab off the wall, or by bringing up a crab from the lower area.

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Ice Only Crab Climb"
}
"h_canNavigateUnderwater"
"canTrickyUseFrozenEnemies"
"canCarefulJump"
From: 2
Right Door
To: 1
Left Door

Freeze a crab below the opening, and another one at the ceiling on the lip of the entrance. Stand on a frozen crab and crouch jump to the one on the ceiling. When against the top crab, press into it to be pushed up onto it.

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Ice Only Crab Climb"
}
"canSuitlessMaridia"
"canTrickyUseFrozenEnemies"
"canCrouchJump"
"canTrickyJump"
From: 2
Right Door
To: 1
Left Door

Use a Super to knock a crab off of the wall so that it falls through the opening above. Use it to either jump directly to the blocks above, or onto a second crab. Then wait for a crab to come around and climb it up to the next section of the room.

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Ice Only Crab Climb"
}
"canSuitlessMaridia"
"canTrickyUseFrozenEnemies"
"canDodgeWhileShooting"
{
  "ammo": {
    "type": "Super",
    "count": 1
  }
}
From: 2
Right Door
To: 1
Left Door

Similar to naked Watering Hole escape. Freeze a crab under the gap above, do a stationary spinjump facing right, then walljump until you're up. Another frozen crab can help complete the way up.

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Ice Only Crab Climb"
}
"canSunkenTileWideWallClimb"
"canUseFrozenEnemies"
"canStationarySpinJump"
From: 4
Platform Below Top Door
To: 3
Top Door

To get a crab at the top of the room, either use a Super to knock off the central crab, or bring the bottom global crab by breaking the shot block in the middle of the room and using Ice to climb it to the top of the room. Shoot a Super as the crab crawls on the side of the blocks near the top door, then freeze it mid-air pixel perfectly. Perform a tight down grab to get onto it then jump through the door shell. Knocking the crab off while it is on the the door or ceiling will not work.

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Crab High Pixel Ice Clip Door Lock Skip"
}
{
  "or": [
    {
      "ammo": {
        "type": "Super",
        "count": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "notable": "Ice Only Crab Climb"
    },
    "Gravity",
    "HiJump",
    "canTrickySpringBallJump"
  ]
}
{
  "ammo": {
    "type": "Super",
    "count": 1
  }
}
"h_canHighPixelIceClip"

Bypasses door shell: true

From: 4
Platform Below Top Door
To: 3
Top Door

To get a crab at the top of the room, either use a Super to knock off the central crab, or bring the bottom global crab by breaking the shot block in the middle of the room and using Ice to climb it to the top of the room. Shoot a Super as the crab crawls near the top door, then freeze it mid-air and use it to clip up past the door shell. Without Morph and X-Ray, Samus must shoot the Super while the crab is on a block next to the door, not on the door itself.

Requires:

{
  "notable": "Crab Ice Clip Door Lock Skip"
}
{
  "ammo": {
    "type": "Super",
    "count": 1
  }
}
{
  "or": [
    {
      "ammo": {
        "type": "Super",
        "count": 1
      }
    },
    {
      "notable": "Ice Only Crab Climb"
    },
    "Gravity",
    "HiJump",
    "canTrickySpringBallJump"
  ]
}
{
  "or": [
    "h_canXRayMorphIceClip",
    {
      "and": [
        "Gravity",
        "h_canPreciseIceClip"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

Bypasses door shell: true