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Topic	First time really playing Mega Man X...
Distant_Rainbow 05/19/18 4:30:43 PM #44:	DevsBro posted... Distant_Rainbow posted... Obviously LO. Hitting Armadillo with Electric Spark neuters him completely since it nullifies his core gimmick and his most dangerous attack. Fighting Octopus with Rolling Shield is actually harder than just spamming the Buster on him. I disagree about Octopus. The question is whether I want a semi-tedious fight against AA or a semi-difficult one against Octopus. Armadillo without Electric Spark is tedious sure. Octopus without Rolling Shield is, as I said, easier than fighting him with it. Octopus's gimmick is spamming projectiles like nuts and your huge, slow, unwieldy weapon in Rolling Shield gets blocked and destroyed all the time by his mini-missiles. The only way you're ever hitting him with Rolling Shield is to do an awkward jump at just the right height to have the Shield drop on his forehead when you shoot it(opening yourself up to his missile barrages), jump higher to attempt bouncing it off the wall behind him(risking him jumping and hitting you, or worse, landing on your head to drain your health) or time your Shield shot perfectly at the end of his whirlpool move so he falls on top of it. Unless you're trying to challenge yourself in some speedrun thing, the best way to fight him is to just take your time, use the Buster, never charge it and just spam the pellets like crazy, only timing charged shots when Octopus drops after his whirlpool move. You can spam the Buster faster than he spams missiles, and X's arm is at just the right height so that spamming bullets destroys the lowest missile which Octopus uses to hit you when you're both on the ground, while chipping his health away at the same time. This way, the only thing you have to worry about is his ray-shaped, somewhat-guided torpedoes which require a careful jump to evade; anything else is countered with said bullet spam and the occasional dash whenever he jumps/whirlpools. Trying to use Rolling Shield on Octopus is unneeded unless you're trying to shave time in every way possible and have his attack patterns perfectly down pat. Heck, I'd go further and say that, in case of beginners, it's not even a viable tactic to use and needlessly complicates the fight unless you slice his tentacles off with Boomerang Cutter beforehand to eliminate half of his projectile capabilities. If you actually want a (semi-)difficult fight against Octopus, take the former order you posted and fight him with the Shield. Or Shotgun Ice; that will prolong the fight and make it even harder for you. --- Link meets Fire Emblem in CYOA: Tales of Elibe! Come read, and find out what happens! Click below! https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/468480-fire-emblem/76125431 <cite>Distant_Rainbow posted [p:901637050] in First time... [t:76614067]...</cite> <quote><cite>DevsBro posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Distant_Rainbow posted...</cite> <quote>Obviously LO. Hitting Armadillo with Electric Spark neuters him completely since it nullifies his core gimmick and his most dangerous attack. Fighting Octopus with Rolling Shield is actually harder than just spamming the Buster on him.</quote> I disagree about Octopus. The question is whether I want a semi-tedious fight against AA or a semi-difficult one against Octopus.</quote> Armadillo without Electric Spark is tedious sure. Octopus without Rolling Shield is, as I said, easier than fighting him with it. Octopus's gimmick is spamming projectiles like nuts and your huge, slow, unwieldy weapon in Rolling Shield gets blocked and destroyed all the time by his mini-missiles. The only way you're ever hitting him with Rolling Shield is to do an awkward jump at just the right height to have the Shield drop on his forehead when you shoot it(opening yourself up to his missile barrages), jump higher to attempt bouncing it off the wall behind him(risking him jumping and hitting you, or worse, landing on your head to drain your health) or time your Shield shot perfectly at the end of his whirlpool move so he falls on top of it. Unless you're trying to challenge yourself in some speedrun thing, the best way to fight him is to just take your time, use the Buster, never charge it and just spam the pellets like crazy, only timing charged shots when Octopus drops after his whirlpool move. You can spam the Buster faster than he spams missiles, and X's arm is at just the right height so that spamming bullets destroys the lowest missile which Octopus uses to hit you when you're both on the ground, while chipping his health away at the same time. This way, the only thing you have to worry about is his ray-shaped, somewhat-guided torpedoes which require a careful jump to evade; anything else is countered with said bullet spam and the occasional dash whenever he jumps/whirlpools. Trying to use Rolling Shield on Octopus is unneeded unless you're trying to shave time in every way possible and have his attack patterns perfectly down pat. Heck, I'd go further and say that, in case of beginners, it's not even a viable tactic to use and needlessly complicates the fight unless you slice his tentacles off with Boomerang Cutter beforehand to eliminate half of his projectile capabilities. If you actually want a (semi-)difficult fight against Octopus, take the former order you posted and fight him with the Shield. Or Shotgun Ice; that will prolong the fight and make it even harder for you. --- Link meets Fire Emblem in CYOA: Tales of Elibe! Come read, and find out what happens! Click below! https://www.gamefaqs.com/boards/468480-fire-emblem/76125431</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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