How many deaths until you beat king yama?

[NalaNosivad]

Well,im the scumbag-est of the scumbags.
I've beaten Hell without even beating once Olmec. Yup, beaten Olmec 1 time and ran in to hell for first time, beat Yama on first try.
ULTIMATE SCUMBAG!
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I can so believe that's possible, and it highlights one major problem...

Yama is so, so much easier than Olmec. If you get to Yama with plenty of bombs + the paste, you're almost guaranteed to beat him.. as long as you just pay attention to your surroundings.

Time to start a petition to make Yama harder... Pssst: only kidding!

Also, video of the hell run from the images I posted earlier is uploading right as I type this. About 16 minutes left to upload, tack on some processing time.. maybe about 30 minutes max. I'll post back here once it's up!

You'd also have to forgive me for being THE scumbag.
Playing on a pirate version of spelunky. (Yep! I can't afford any game due irl situations)

Okay, you're on probationary forgiveness.. the jury has yet to decide.

Also, video's up! Go watch it right here or something!

[Damsel]

Wow! That run was very impressive. Good job beating hell!

[Bor]

690 deaths, FINALLY! Just beat it! So excited! unlocked 3 achievements as well, now only missing the plasma cannon for 100% journal On the good side though, I am getting to hell quite often now, so all those deaths wasn't just wasting time, got A LOT of experience with the game. Especially with killing the shopkeepers

Also mind you, some of those deaths were just unlocking shortcuts, going for journal entries, they're not all starting from the mines

[Michelle Johnson]

god damn, i must be a lucky son of a bitch to beat yama with 266 deaths. O.O

Yes. Yes you are.