How to ACTUALLY get the S rank in the Rhythm Tower?

[Umbe Nicky]

Yesterday, after so many attempts, I finally managed beating the Rhythm Tower for the first of the two times required to 100% it and by never using one single item. Unfortunately I failed getting the S Rank needed to unlock Korsica's final skin (Racer), because I only got an A rank with 2:42 minutes remained. So, how can I actually farm more than 10/15 minutes during the next run to complete and spare those at the end once beaten that whole thing the second time? Which Chips and other Special Attack (excluding "Pick Me Up!") do I actually need to equip for said run? Does suspending your progress at every checkpoint reached negatively influence on the final rank to achieve at the end of the 60th floor?

[Pckables]

Some tips:
Hibiki is still overpowered. On some floors it will not only give you an instant S rank meter but kill all the enemies at the same time, and it also destroys Z-shields and Energy Bubbles.
Even if it only gives you an A rank, you just killed all the enemies in 5 seconds and gained a ton of time.

Use the Jump+Light Attack beat hit immediately after every fight ends, before it cuts away to the next floor. It's a free +3 seconds.

Don't use Jam (Partner Beat Hit) combos. They're super slow, and their primary use- giving a massive combo multiplier, is basically pointless in Rhythm Tower. At most, maybe only use them to help combo the VU-REVs (Fire Bird) since they're honestly the biggest time waster in all of the tower.

A really good, super long combo for stronger enemies:
In this order:
1. Light-Light-Heavy-Heavy-Heavy (Brings them into an aerial combo)
2. Light-Heavy-Light-Heavy (Aerial, puts them back into the air again)
3. Light-Heavy-Heavy-Heavy (Aerial finisher)
Call Peppermint (regularly, not beat hit) at the end of each one for extra damage and to keep the enemy stunned. If the enemy is somehow still alive after all this, calling peppermint (regularly, not Beat Hit) after the last one will allow you to magnet grapple and restart the combo.
This is also an extremely strong combo against Rekka, Mimosa, and Kale, though you skip the middle step, and just do 1 and 3. (Rekka also can only be brought up in the air when she stuns/tires herself).

As for chips, I used 3 Rhythm Meter chips, so that it's easier to get up to S rank for extra time, and then 2 Battery+ chips, the one that increases how much Reverb batteries give.

It's all about strategies. Find the right ones and you can go from 2:30 left to this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2941436834

[Narcentropy]

Originally posted by Pckables:

Some tips:
Hibiki is still overpowered. On some floors it will not only give you an instant S rank meter but kill all the enemies at the same time, and it also destroys Z-shields and Energy Bubbles.
Even if it only gives you an A rank, you just killed all the enemies in 5 seconds and gained a ton of time.

Use the Jump+Light Attack beat hit immediately after every fight ends, before it cuts away to the next floor. It's a free +3 seconds.

Don't use Jam (Partner Beat Hit) combos. They're super slow, and their primary use- giving a massive combo multiplier, is basically pointless in Rhythm Tower. At most, maybe only use them to help combo the VU-REVs (Fire Bird) since they're honestly the biggest time waster in all of the tower.

A really good, super long combo for stronger enemies:
In this order:
1. Light-Light-Heavy-Heavy-Heavy (Brings them into an aerial combo)
2. Light-Heavy-Light-Heavy (Aerial, puts them back into the air again)
3. Light-Heavy-Heavy-Heavy (Aerial finisher)
Call Peppermint (regularly, not beat hit) at the end of each one for extra damage and to keep the enemy stunned. If the enemy is somehow still alive after all this, calling peppermint (regularly, not Beat Hit) after the last one will allow you to magnet grapple and restart the combo.
This is also an extremely strong combo against Rekka, Mimosa, and Kale, though you skip the middle step, and just do 1 and 3. (Rekka also can only be brought up in the air when she stuns/tires herself).

As for chips, I used 3 Rhythm Meter chips, so that it's easier to get up to S rank for extra time, and then 2 Battery+ chips, the one that increases how much Reverb batteries give.

It's all about strategies. Find the right ones and you can go from 2:30 left to this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2941436834

I agree with everything, but your statement of "Hibiki is overpowered"; it's an ultimate, and an expensive on at that. Also, it's a goofy single player game, so having an ultimate that's an easy room-sweeper is just dumb fun.

[Umbe Nicky]

Originally posted by Pckables:

Some tips:
Hibiki is still overpowered. On some floors it will not only give you an instant S rank meter but kill all the enemies at the same time, and it also destroys Z-shields and Energy Bubbles.
Even if it only gives you an A rank, you just killed all the enemies in 5 seconds and gained a ton of time.

Use the Jump+Light Attack beat hit immediately after every fight ends, before it cuts away to the next floor. It's a free +3 seconds.

Don't use Jam (Partner Beat Hit) combos. They're super slow, and their primary use- giving a massive combo multiplier, is basically pointless in Rhythm Tower. At most, maybe only use them to help combo the VU-REVs (Fire Bird) since they're honestly the biggest time waster in all of the tower.

A really good, super long combo for stronger enemies:
In this order:
1. Light-Light-Heavy-Heavy-Heavy (Brings them into an aerial combo)
2. Light-Heavy-Light-Heavy (Aerial, puts them back into the air again)
3. Light-Heavy-Heavy-Heavy (Aerial finisher)
Call Peppermint (regularly, not beat hit) at the end of each one for extra damage and to keep the enemy stunned. If the enemy is somehow still alive after all this, calling peppermint (regularly, not Beat Hit) after the last one will allow you to magnet grapple and restart the combo.
This is also an extremely strong combo against Rekka, Mimosa, and Kale, though you skip the middle step, and just do 1 and 3. (Rekka also can only be brought up in the air when she stuns/tires herself).

As for chips, I used 3 Rhythm Meter chips, so that it's easier to get up to S rank for extra time, and then 2 Battery+ chips, the one that increases how much Reverb batteries give.

It's all about strategies. Find the right ones and you can go from 2:30 left to this:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2941436834

Thank you for the suggestion, but I finally managed achieving the S Rank in the Rhythm Tower at its second completion as shown here:
https://steamcommunity.com/profiles/76561199415307938/images/

As For the Chips, I used the High Risk High Return Level 1, the Battery+ Level 2 and the Reverb Recharge Parry Level 2 ones, if I recall and name them well.

[Peelsepuuppi]

Just beat Rhytm tower with an A rank (7:33) on my first attempt. And looked this up.

And lol these ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ vultures made a guide of your post:

https://web.archive.org/web/20230327132004/https://indiefaq.com/guides/hi-fi-rush-how-to-actually-get-the-s-rank-in-the-rhythm-tower.html

Archived link so these ♥♥♥♥♥ don't actually get any clicks.

Also did to one my game guides too.

Edit:
Managed to get the S rank (15:37) on my second go at the tower. Basically same exact strat as first attempt just faster and this time spammed hibiki almost every single floor I could.

3x Battery magnet + 2x Parry Charge. Hibiki and Pick me up.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2983478406

[45]

yo someone plagarized the info in this thread to an article

[Peelsepuuppi]

Originally posted by 45:

yo someone plagarized the info in this thread to an article

Yeah I posted about that link. But in archive format so they don't get clicks...

[45]

you smart

[Peelsepuuppi]

Originally posted by 45:

you smart

Just a trick I've seen some other people use. Good on you to edit it out though! These vultures don't deserve any support. A similar site stole a game guide of mine that I put tons of effort into. It's frustrating.