Get Laser sooner
Laser is one of the best powerups but its at the end The best way to get it sooner is to occupy Safe and Wide By doing this you only need three powerup advances to get Laser
Multi powerup
Never use the Multipowerup when you have a Safe It will be difficult to keep the three balls under control and the barrier will eventually be destroyed sooner than if you were only controlling one
Tokoton mode powerups
The recommended powerups for Tokoton mode standard play are Slow Mirror Multi Safe Wide and Laser