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22:23:02 <nathanbp|work> Sam
22:23:05 <nathanbp|work> Ridley is hard :(
22:23:35 <nathanbp|work> Perhaps I should try a strategy more complicated than "spam super missile button in general direction of boss" >_>
22:24:18 <Puyopuyo> He IS hard.
22:24:41 <nathanbp|work> Also, what are you supposed to do to the 2 enemies in the room before Ridley?
22:24:44 <Puyopuyo> And how many super missiles do you have? You want to make them count, because once you run out, your best source of damage is either rapid firing missiles or charging the Plasma beam.
22:24:50 <nathanbp|work> The ones that reflect most attacks
22:24:58 <Puyopuyo> The Golden Space Pirates?
22:25:04 <nathanbp|work> I guess, yea
22:25:19 <Puyopuyo> Either pop them in the back with a super missile or screw attack them, if I recall correctly.
22:25:42 <nathanbp|work> Ok
22:25:45 <Puyopuyo> After they do their jump kick, I think there's a frame where you can nail them with a charge shot as well.
22:26:10 <nathanbp|work> I wasn't able to get screw attacking them to work
22:26:33 <nathanbp|work> so I just sat around spamming attacks until they were attackable for a short period
22:26:58 <nathanbp|work> Do power bombs not damage Ridley? It looks like they do if he's in the explosion radius
22:27:13 <nathanbp|work> I have 35 or 40 super missiles
22:27:16 <Puyopuyo> He always flies away.
22:27:29 <Puyopuyo> The only power bomb that hurts him is one that you drop right as he starts appearing from the background.
22:27:33 <Puyopuyo> Otherwise they're just a waste.
22:27:41 <Puyopuyo> So you've got most then, as there are only 50 super missiles max.
22:27:46 <Puyopuyo> Yeah, Super missile his face in.
22:27:51 <Puyopuyo> How much energy do you have?
22:27:52 <nathanbp|work> hmmm...It looked like he was getting hit by them sometimes
22:28:02 <nathanbp|work> 9 + 3 reserve tanks
22:28:52 <Puyopuyo> Are you topped off before you take him on? That's a little low for my tastes.
22:29:09 <nathanbp|work> Yeah you can top off in the room right before him
22:29:22 <Puyopuyo> Then keep trying, I guess.
22:29:35 <Puyopuyo> Remember, his pogoing SUCKS. But he's a good time to nail him with some super missiles.
22:29:46 <nathanbp|work> I think I was getting close judging by how red he was
22:29:52 <nathanbp|work> I only tried twice so far
22:29:54 <Puyopuyo> You might have already killed him.
22:30:08 <Puyopuyo> Ridley has one last trick, which is that even at 0 health, he can keep fighting until he grabs you and self-destructs.
22:30:18 <nathanbp|work> Oh that's a lot of fun
22:30:24 <Puyopuyo> You can keep shooting him and make him explode, and I don't know what that cut off is.
22:30:34 <Puyopuyo> Or he'll just grab you and you'll win.
22:30:40 <Puyopuyo> Regardless, you should be able to take him down.
22:30:44 <Puyopuyo> You've got enough weaponry.
22:30:51 <nathanbp|work> well I'll have to try that power bomb at the start thing
22:39:35 <nathanbp|work> I feel like the required skill at combat and reaction times is very different between bosses and the rest of the game
22:41:44 <Puyopuyo> That is generally the case.
22:41:56 <Puyopuyo> It's okay, the final boss is a lot easier. Ridley is considered the hardest boss in the game.