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[daj95376]

[gindaani]

I found a 3 stepper:

[storm_norm]

[tlanglet]

My three moves were:
a finned swordfish on 3 in r578c345 with fin r8c1. The fin does not make a direct deletion, but treating it like a "Kraken fin" deletes the 3 in r1c4,
w-wing 37 with pincers in r3c6 and r8c5 with strong link in row4; additional deletion by transporting a pincer,
xy-wing 357 with pivot 37 inr7c4 and pseudo-cell 35 in row5.

A fun puzzle
Ted

[daj95376]

I'm just rambling here.

Before I wrote my solver, I would encounter a PM like this and ponder what to do with it. One of my favorite ways to proceed was to look for what I called a three-way branch.

If you look at the 3s in this PM, you'll notice that [r1c2]=3 must be true, or else [r1c4],[r3c1],[r4c2]=3 must be true. A quick examination of the latter possibility leads to <3> being eliminated from [c6]. So, I would set [r1c2]=3 and proceed merrily along.

[gindaani]

A skyscraper on <3> at r14c2 and r34c6 eliminates <3> from r1c4 and r3c1.

It seems to me that the skyscraper is easier to spot than the three-way branch.

[Marty R.]

For me it was an ER sandwich, 3 and 5, with a W-Wing on 37 plus pincer transport as the filling.