Assist loadouts that respect your skill

Assists are tools, not cheats

The assist system was designed backwards: start from what a skilled player does mentally, then externalise it. Trajectory Guide shows the line you'd eventually learn to see. Ghost Trail shows the route you already took. Nothing in the menu plays for you — it shows.

The only dishonest assist is the one you don't need. Knowing which kind of stuck you are is the actual skill.

Four builds for four kinds of stuck

'I can't see the line': Trajectory Guide + Ghost Trail. The guide previews, the ghost records — compare what you aimed with what you did.

'I see it but can't time it': Slow-Mo Pulse alone. Pendulum windows are timing problems; extra precision on the launch moment fixes them without touching the geometry.

'One chamber is eating me': Multi-Bounce Cache + Trajectory Guide. Cache lets you probe line variations cheaply until the route reveals itself.

'I'm fine but want cleaner runs': nothing. That's the purist path — and the leaderboard respects it.

Every assist in the menu started life as a thing a top-100 player does in their head. We just made it visible.

The leaderboard note

Ranked entries carry an assist tag — honest labelling, not a penalty. Stock runs and assisted runs live side by side, and the community's culture treats both as legitimate ways to enjoy the game.

When you're ready to run stock, the coaching desk specialises in exactly that transition.