The Daily Touhou Best Topic

[theshirn]

Honestly, I'm not sure whether to put this here or in the Addict Recovery Center, since I've seen topics of this kind in each of them, so I'll put it here and we'll see what happens.

Anyway.  With all the "What's your favorite XYZ" topics going around, I figured it would be easiest to just do it on a daily basis on one central topic.  So, every day (or so) I'll update it with a new question.

Day 1:
What is your favorite shot type?

I have to say (though this will get me looked-down upon) PCB SakuyaA.  All you had to do was dodge, and 4 bombs per life were amazing.  Yes, she's not the fairest shot type, but she's still my favorite and that totally has nothing to do with the fact that it's Sakuya.  Honorable mention goes to MoF ReimuB...it's hard to top the old standby of needles.

go go go

EDIT:  Questions already asked!
Shot type
S4 theme
S5 card
S2 boss
Archnemesis
S1 stage
PoDD theme
S2 boss theme
S6 boss theme
Bomb type
S3 boss theme
Attack
Remixed track
S1 theme
Extra boss
Reimu theme
Marisa theme
S4 gimmick
Extra stage
Conversations
SA Theme
Credits
Reimu/Marisa official artwork
S3 theme
Sprite
Midboss character
Unique bullet
S4 boss
Extra boss theme

[Esoterica]

IN Yuyuko.  Massive-yet-powerful spread with a powerful bomb.

Honorable mention to SA MarisaB.

[LHCling]

Let's see... Emphasis: Favorite.

UFO!SanaeB for awesome focus dancing. I've never had so much fun tapping the shift key and dancing around the stages before.

[Desert]

IN Ghost Team, because I just love a resettable aimable shot-type. Also, the speed for both focus and unfocused mode are great. Not counting teams, then either IN Youmu and PCB Sakuya B, again for being aimable.

[Matsuri]

Depends.

My favorite for overall concept is PCB's SakuyaB. Aimable shots at high power, plus her bombs are a lot of fun to use.

My favorite for just being interesting would either be IN Remilia, MoF Marisa A, or SA Marisa B.

[ebarrett]

IN Youmu. Massive damage, with benefits.

[Bananamatic]

UFO ReimuA.

[Tsym]

I'll go with EoSD MarisaB.  I don't have that much experience with other random shot types, and she was the first one that I 1cced a Touhou game with.

Plus she's the only Marisa to combine a good Master Spark and a good overall character.

[Formless God]

Needles.

EoSD Reimu B, PCB Reimu B, IN Border Team, MoF Reimu B, SA Reimu A, UFO Reimu A.

[Sapz]

SA ReimuA. Needles, but plus the sweet spinning effect and the ability to gap. :V

[Garlyle]

SA Marisa & Patchouli.  Switching shot types probably seems complex to most people at first, but it's wonderfully useful.

[Grand Octopus]

UFO SanaeA I guess, mainly because of the snake motif. Not really that enthused about Touhou shot-types tbh, probably because I've been spoiled by some of the weapon selections in R-Type Final.

Spoiler:

Though the game's level design is so shitty you don't get to have much fun with them.

[Doomsday]

Reimu B (or Needles Reimu). Sanae B in UFO is pretty sweet too

[Zengar Zombolt]

LLS MarisaA.
...What? I lke it.

[lmagus]

UFO Sanae B

She's great! Not to mention I really like Sanae, her sprite is rather funny to play with moving around

[RainfallYoshi]

Homing Reimu for the win almost all of the time.

Also IN Yuyuko for the MASSIVE SPREAD.

[ghost333]

PCB sakuyaB
and IN youmu solo
although they are very similar
i love this type of shot.

[Gpop]

Any Reimu homing except ReimuB in EoSD, ReimuA in SA, and both Sanae shot-types in UFO.

But overall my fave would have to be ReimuA from PCB. That is sex.

[Iryan]

SA ReimuB. Even though it is defenitely not among the best shots, it has enough homing to make stages alot easier without losing too much firepower and the added piercing damage is nice, too. The gathering ability enables you to not miss any star piece even in the most unfortunate situations.

Oh, and it is Suika. Which is awesome. Yeah.

[Bananamatic]

ITT needle fetish

[bloop]

PCB SakuyaB and MoF MarisaC.

[Helix ⑨]

Nice iniative.
I think I'll go with IN Youmu, the high power and speed make her unique, and amazing for time points and killing familiars. And this favorite shottype happens to be on my favorite character :V

Honrable mentions: SanaeB, MoF ReimuB

[flurk]

anything on marisa. although i don't quite get the point of shooting behind on UFO Marisa B, because they're weak as hell.. or maybe i should L2play and try out hard and lunatic and find out the benefits for myself.

[Bananamatic]

anything on marisa. although i don't quite get the point of shooting behind on UFO Marisa B, because they're weak as hell.. or maybe i should L2play and try out hard and lunatic and find out the benefits for myself.

wait
MARISA B SHOOTS BEHIND??

[Sen]

Can I say Yuka in PoFV? I love her flower bullets :V

But uh...lesse.

EoSD - MarisaA
PCB - SakuyaB
IN - Youmu Solo/Yukari Solo
MoF - MarisaC
SA - ReimuA/MarisaB

Overall I'd probably go with Yukari Solo if I feel like being cheap and SakuyaB otherwise :V

[Esoterica]

Can I say Yuka in PoFV?

This.  If PoFV counts I'm changing my vote to Yuka and Lunasa.

[Serela]

wait
MARISA B SHOOTS BEHIND??

Don't be excited, they can barely even kill popcorn fairies that are running by. If MarisaB had no base shot (e.g. the shortwaves actually did damage) it would be a great attack type.

Anyway, I'll have to go with UFO's shot types in general. They were just too pretty to go with anything else, not to mention its one of the most balanced selections in the series (MarisaB DOES NOT COUNT)

SanaeB is awesome, if not a bit too good (High Spread High Damage WHAT). I'm killing jesus with FROGS, YEAAAAH
SanaeA was a great alternative homing shot, with higher % damage in homing, in exchange for non-focused attack and less homing range.
ReimuA made needles actually look pretty (MoF ReimuB OH GOD THE UGLY)
ReimuB should have had spinning options for pretty factor but it was still cool. And FANTASY SEAL SPINNING RAINBOW DESTRUCTION CIRCLE
MarisaA has pretty-tastic lasers that change color when hitting stuff, awesome. (MoF did too but other then the bug she sucked)
MarisaB should have had base shot killed, and the shortwaves made powerful so the spread could actually hurt things, but its pretty. Same notes on bomb; sucky but looks awesome

[G_gglypuff]

SoEW: the one shot type that makes Reimu slow and shoots lasers when maxed.
PoDD: not sure.
Lotus Land Story: Marisa's lasers.
MS: Yuka.
SG: lasers.
KG: Yuka.
EoSD: Reimu's needles.
PCB: Sakuya's directional knives.
IN: Remi.
PoFV: Yuka.
MoF: Marisa's lasers.
StB: wait, what?
SA: Alice.

[AlexX Unlimited]

Laser Marisa across the board.

Marisa/Patchouli combo in SA takes a notable mention, because formation change is a lot of fun.

[Helix ⑨]

Marisa/Patchouli combo in SA takes a notable mention, because formation change is a lot of fun.

This, I had a blast on easy with that shot type. trying out several ways to own fairies before they get a chance to spawn bullets (*cough* stage 5 and 6!). And it's nice on Orin when she sends those fairies at you, you can still hit her and all the fairies at the same time.