Time - How to Plow Through Lots of Robots (Part II)
Submitted by mike89
Yes, I skipped Dark for the time being. I'll come back to it when I feel like it.
This, as I mentioned in my most recent comment, is the easiest boss in the entire game, and probably doesn't even merit a guide as you can probably learn the pattern in five minutes. However...
Wave 1: 5 simple enemies. The usual attacking with Amy follows, but at least you don't have to restart if a yellow power core doesn't show up. Dash up to the Team Blast balloon.
Wave 2: Another 5 simple enemies. Use the Team Blast - as you know, this gives each of your characters a level up as well as whatever the enemies drop. So as long as you got one level up for Cream, you're okay. Two is better though, since while you're building up your TB meter, you can grab the rings too.
Wave 3: 4 flying enemies and 3 ground enemies. A Thunder Shoot will take most or all of them out in one; just use another one on the rest.
Wave 4: 9 flying enemies. Take them out in groups of three. Keep building up your TB meter.
Wave 5: 4 flying electric enemies. Two Thunder Shoots will do the job, if not one.
Wave 6: 4 flying enemies and four heavily shielded enemies. Use your second Team Blast (you should be at 41"xx).
Wave 7: 10 simple enemies in a circle. After having used the TB, get Big to assume fighting pose, and a second later launch into his combo attack. The idea with this is to make sure the projectile is in its widest circle by the time the enemies appear, but also that it doesn't retract before they all get destroyed.
Wave 8: 4 turtles and 4 klagens. They can be approached the same way as the previous wave, but you can run into trouble sometimes - sometimes a turtle will simply flip over instead of die, wasting precious seconds and forcing you to throw the run out (if you're gunning for the record, anyway).
And now the usual analysis:
Time: 58"26
Potential: My second TB was "60 slower than my best, so there's at least that much in it. I'm going to say it might go down to about 57"4x.
This, as I mentioned in my most recent comment, is the easiest boss in the entire game, and probably doesn't even merit a guide as you can probably learn the pattern in five minutes. However...
Wave 1: 5 simple enemies. The usual attacking with Amy follows, but at least you don't have to restart if a yellow power core doesn't show up. Dash up to the Team Blast balloon.
Wave 2: Another 5 simple enemies. Use the Team Blast - as you know, this gives each of your characters a level up as well as whatever the enemies drop. So as long as you got one level up for Cream, you're okay. Two is better though, since while you're building up your TB meter, you can grab the rings too.
Wave 3: 4 flying enemies and 3 ground enemies. A Thunder Shoot will take most or all of them out in one; just use another one on the rest.
Wave 4: 9 flying enemies. Take them out in groups of three. Keep building up your TB meter.
Wave 5: 4 flying electric enemies. Two Thunder Shoots will do the job, if not one.
Wave 6: 4 flying enemies and four heavily shielded enemies. Use your second Team Blast (you should be at 41"xx).
Wave 7: 10 simple enemies in a circle. After having used the TB, get Big to assume fighting pose, and a second later launch into his combo attack. The idea with this is to make sure the projectile is in its widest circle by the time the enemies appear, but also that it doesn't retract before they all get destroyed.
Wave 8: 4 turtles and 4 klagens. They can be approached the same way as the previous wave, but you can run into trouble sometimes - sometimes a turtle will simply flip over instead of die, wasting precious seconds and forcing you to throw the run out (if you're gunning for the record, anyway).
And now the usual analysis:
Time: 58"26
Potential: My second TB was "60 slower than my best, so there's at least that much in it. I'm going to say it might go down to about 57"4x.
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