Raining Blood 5* Expert Guide

**jasonc43** · Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 3

this guide has helped me with everything except for the verse...
i have tried abusing the timing window but it doesnt work for me
im confident that i would have the five star if i could combo most of the verse....

**HoorayItsMike** · Joined: 28 Jul 2007 Posts: 1604 Location: Ohio

**PiemanLK** · Joined: 03 Dec 2007 Posts: 4711 Location: /export/home

I just abuse the timing window and do DUDUDU, then do second position for the chords while downstrumming. Works fairly well.
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**jasonc43** · Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 3

i use method 1 for gallops
as for the timing window, i cant seem to abuse it (idk why)

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**jasonc43** · Joined: 12 Jan 2009 Posts: 3

ok i will try that thx
unfortunately, i just got the red ring of death so i cant play for a while

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**oddlyuneven** · Joined: 14 Aug 2008 Posts: 658

Yeah, all of those trills suck bizz-allz except the slow one in the middle that you don't have to tap. I don't feel like any of them are necessary for the 5 star. Actually, I don't feel like Flood! is necessary for a 5 star at all except for the long line of greens at the very beginning. There's lots of points there that I could get fairly inconsistently.

Definitely the biggest thing with this song is SP usage. Be open minded. Just because most people use a path that includes Mosh 2 under SP doesn't mean you should have to. If you suck at Verse and Mosh 2, learn to rape Bridge and Chorus and use SP there. I had several runs before I finally 5 starred the song where I would use 4 SP phrases across Bridge and Chorus, and I could get over 210,000 with that one SP activation. When I finally did 5 star it, I activated a full bar right after the fifth SP in Mosh 2. No other activations. It really is about being able to keep your multiplier at 8 though. That's the problem with activating in Mosh 2 for a lot of people. If you miss one of the Z's after you activate it, you've really screwed yourself because there are not a lot of notes in this section and your activation is history by the time you get back to your 8X miltiplier. I was a lot more consistent with 100% Chorus and Bridge than I was with Mosh 2, and when I 5 starred the song, I actually only missed 1 note between Mosh 2 and Flood.

Experiment with alternate SP usage. It does no good to activate in a section you can't hit consistently. There is so little SP in this song that it is almost a requirement that you do not miss when you do get a chance to activate it. There are a lot of points to be had in Mosh 2 for sure, but not if you can't hit it.
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**Moneybags137** · Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 837 Location: Texas

Ah I need about 30k more on this song for 5*. Any tips I am using the path and just can't seem to get it.
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**snowyporpoise** · Joined: 17 Jul 2008 Posts: 1655 Location: Burlington, ON

Heres a tip for someone who wants a five star: learn mosh 1.

LOLWUT MOSH ONE IZ S00 HARD THO!!!!11!!

no, its not.

Its pretty quick scales, but its a simple repetive pattern with a couple easy chords thrown in. It does take practise to learn the speed, but when you learn it, you can get so many points out of it that it greatly helps any run. When i wanted to 5 star it, i couldnt hit any part. But after i learned mosh one, i used a 3-2 path, and almost fcing mosh 1 under sp was HUGE. i bombed the verse, fced mosh 2 (also huge), then bombed pretty much everything else and still got 227k.

tl;dr: learn mosh 1 and mosh 2, use the 3-2 path, and theres your 5-star.
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**Pas26** · Joined: 04 Oct 2008 Posts: 3664 Location: Québec, Canada

To get a looot of points:

FC a large chunk of Mosh 1, FC it while SP is on.
Get every SP, then activate in the chorus.

You just got a 5* if you didn't do too bad at the Verse + Mosh 2. The 3-3 path is the absolute best if you know how to do Mosh 1 and the chorus but not the Flood!.
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**Moneybags137** · Joined: 09 Jul 2008 Posts: 837 Location: Texas

Thanks I'll try that.
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