Gradius III/Stage 5: Difference between revisions
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== Boss: Vaif == | == Boss: Vaif == | ||
Vaif is a group of six big Moai heads. The Moai heads spit out small Moai that inflate when shot at, making it hard to focus on the big Moais. Their mouth is their weak point, but you can only damage them when it's open. Double types are needed to destroy all six of them. | Vaif is a group of six big Moai heads. The Moai heads spit out small Moai that inflate when shot at, making it hard to focus on the big Moais. Their mouth is their weak point, but you can only damage them when it's open. Double types are needed to destroy all six of them. Be extremely careful when getting close to the small Moai, as their hitbox is much bigger than the sprite. | ||
Try to destroy them as they first open up in order to not be overwhelmed. The pattern, assuming each has been destroyed immediately, is as follows: bottom-left, top-right, top-left, bottom-right, top-middle, bottom-middle. Depending on the weapon selection of the player, it's likely that one of the Moai heads will be difficult to shoot at. For example, with type A, the top-left one will be very hard to destroy, whereas Type B will struggle with the top-middle one. Provided you destroyed every other Moai head but that one, it's not too hard to simply destroy the small Moai from the one remaining big head and wait for it to timeout, which will happen after only a few waves. | Try to destroy them as they first open up in order to not be overwhelmed. The pattern, assuming each has been destroyed immediately, is as follows: bottom-left, top-right, top-left, bottom-right, top-middle, bottom-middle. Depending on the weapon selection of the player, it's likely that one of the Moai heads will be difficult to shoot at. For example, with type A, the top-left one will be very hard to destroy, whereas Type B will struggle with the top-middle one. Provided you destroyed every other Moai head but that one, it's not too hard to simply destroy the small Moai from the one remaining big head and wait for it to timeout, which will happen after only a few waves. | ||
