KDL2:Any% 1-2

Room 1

1-2 room 1 Map

Start of regular route

 Starting off 1-2, we are going to want to start moving right and grab our first ability of the run. The [1] at the start here will give the ability Burning, Kirby's fastest horizontal ability without the help of an animal friend. Before you grab it, while being the more rare outcome, you want to see if the Flamer immediately starts rising or not as the route you will preferably use throughout this room will be determined by if they rise or not.

Flamer rising visual

If the Flamer doesn't rise...

If the Flamer doesn't rise immediately upon entering the level, you will stay a little more grounded at the start as oppose to if the Flamer decided to rise. First things first, walk towards the block the Flamer is circling around. You want to jump and bonk Kirby's head onto the block (or just jump) and inhale the Flamer. You can use the ground tile with the black line and the fence as a visual cue if you want:

Visual cue to jump into star block to inhale Flamer

Once the Flamer is inhaled, while still going right, press down to absorb them to get the copy ability Burning! We are going to be using this ability a lot...

With the Burning ability go ahead and press/mash B to use it as soon as possible. Kirby will go in a straight line horizontally as a fireball for a short period, taking out a Waddle Dee in the process. After the burning animation is over, go ahead and start performing a full jump and while in the air, use burning again once Kirby's right side lines up with the right side of the candy looking thing in the background:

Visual cue to use burning again

After this Burning is complete, have Kirby fall back to the ground.

Full Flamer not rising GIF

After falling back onto the ground, the differing RNG routes line back up again.

If the Flamer rises...

If the Flamer rises immediately upon entering the level, you will jump on top of the star block. Start performing a full jump here on top of this candy looking thing or a little after (this jump can be a little tricky):

Jump here or a little after

Before inhaling the Flamer, make sure Kirby is on top of the block, not too far to the left, and the Flamer isn't too high. This is hard to explain but if you are not high enough or a bit too left when trying to inhale the Flamer you might inhale the start block instead and that makes things a little awkward. If Kirby and/or the Flamer is around here you should be safe to inhale:

Wait until Kirby is over the block to inhale

After inhaling, stop pressing right and hold down, as you might walk off the block if you are holding right while trying to absorb the Flamer. Once Kirby has the Burning ability, perform a full jump off the star block while holding right. You want to start using Burning once the middle of Kirby crosses the in-between part of the two candy lookin' things in the background:

Start using Burning once Kirby reaches here or past

After Burning once, go ahead and mash B (or time the input) to Burning once more as soon as you can. After you have used Burning a total of two times in the air, have Kirby fall to the ground.

Full Flamer rising GIF

After falling back onto the ground, the differing RNG routes line back up again.

Last bit of regular route

No matter if the Flamer rose or not, you should now be grounded about halfway through the stage.
Continue walking to the right and Burning again somewhere around here (little further to the right should be fine):

Can line up with the background if that helps

After that burning is complete, continue walking right and use burning a tile or so before this upcoming ledge:

Burning here to get to the other side

After Burning to the other side, immediately use Burning again, you should kill a Flamer and be in the air for a short period. Wait for Kirby to fall and hit the ground:

Kirby touching the ground

Then, you guessed it, Burning again! After this Burning concludes, walk until there is nothing above Kirby and jump once again and use Burning in the air somewhere around here:

Burning in the air somewhere around here

You should plow through the first 3 rows of the blocks, just go ahead and Burning immediately after and hold up to finish the first room! If you used the first Burning a little late, you might destroy the first 4 rows of blocks instead. If this happens, use Burning immediately again and don't hold up, instead hold left and press up once Kirby crosses over the door again.

Later half of the regular route gif

Harder less consistent route

This route is not recommended for beginners as it requires great efficiency and use with Burning, however the route is the same no matter if the Flamer rises or not.
Jump on top of the star block when starting 1-2, full jump somewhere around here:

Jump here or a little after

Inhale Flamer, starting around here (if you want to combine the starting regular routes, you can use this as well):

Inhale here

You will jump to the top of the screen and continue to chain Burnings together until you need to take out the next Flamer. Use the GIF below to see the rest of the route:

Harder route full GIF

Make sure when taking out the Flamer you are in their line of path to rise up, so they rise up into your Burning path:

Burning here

Finish the level using the GIF as reference. Press up above the door.

Room 2