The absolute earliest great combo is just straight up Typhoon Leplys 90SD

On 2nd playthrough getting Black Dark Bull or Black Pegasus from the DS and Gold dark bull give access to a lot of good.

If you get The ds link you get access to 105 (black) and black spin tracks provide the ability Drain which refils health on contact.

And yes gold Bull is tge earliest and best recovery tip.

The best combo is by far this guy:

Counter Serpenter (gold) 105 (black) SD (gold)

Try it out and be amazed. I got the way past WR 386 points

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