Albatross Special

The Albatross Masonry setup is a build designed by Japanese geniuses. By creating an Air TSD, one can quickly transfer into a T-Spin Triple without wasting any T-Minos in the build whatsoever.

This opening requires a relatively early O. With five pieces in the preview, if you cannot see an O, then try a different opening. With a late O a tspin double is still possible, but the logical followup of a tst and another tsd is lost. With an understanding of this, the weakness is voided and becomes merely a telltale to do a different opening. What takes more foresight however is knowing which way to face the Albatross.

The other known issue with a bad draw of pieces is from an S Z T or a Z S T. If you get that then try another opening.

Another weakness is that it is garbage-sensitive. if you get a garbage hole along the edge before placing your J or L for the tst, then the tst opportunity and subsequent tsd is nullified. The max failure rate of this ill-fated garbage is only 1/10. It is less than 10% because of the possibility of building the tst before any garbage is sent.

Mirrored Setup
If you keep both directions of this opening in mind, then you can always do it if you get an early O. If you get an early Z or J, then consider this mirrored alternative. Note that regardless of which way you do the Albatross, a late O is your biggest threat because if the Z and S are in place then you can no longer fit the O in the space.

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