Level 1:
You should have 4 options, freeze them like this:
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This can all be done pretty quick.
Then setup your options for:
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Level 2:
4-arm boss
Hold your options like this for the entire fight:
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x o o o o
Real Boss:
Start with options like so:
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o o o
Switch to:
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If there is time (he'll probably be ready to shoot it's arms out in the X pattern), you can take out the top core before he gets a chance to shoot into the X-form. If not, make your options like:
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x o o o o
Level 3 (walker)
When you get to the boss, get your options like (or something similar):
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x oo
o
Get below him and (before the turrets show up):
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Once the turrets start showing up, I usually keep my options like:
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The main turrets you have to worry about are the ones that arrive on the screen as you are hiding under the middle column as the mega-laser sweeps across the screen.
As soon as they come on the screen, they will shoot at you. It's not hard to dodge if you know it's coming, but I still get hit from time to time.
If you have the time right before he sweeps, you can setup your options like:
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o o o
If you are confident enough, you can have your options above the entire time and be shooting the core during most of the turret portion. If you can sit your options directly on the core, it does mass damage with the spread bombs.
As it's taking the set of columns out, you should be on the left side of the screen with your options like:
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As soon as you can, ( just as the walls widen again), get inside his legs and place all options on top of the core and unload.
I usually kill it before the walker hits the bottom and it never gets a chance to shoot it's red-bomb things.
Level 4:
This is one of the easiest bosses. There's a safe spot for part of the boss.
Just before the electricity columns show, align your options like:
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And you'll be hitting the boss the entire time if you have your options setup correctly.
When the columns pass, place all your options in front of you (close together) and freeze them and hover over the moving piece of the boss, you'll take it out and then you can damage the entire boss. Get in as much of that as you can.
I can't remember which part is next. If it's the acid blobs, go to the bottom left of the screen and:
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o o o o
x
During the laser part, just move around in the center for a while then at the last moment move to the top or bottom left corner. Dodge the lasers etc... There's really no trick here.
For the flame that leaves a trail you can place your options like:
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x o o o o
Rinse and repeat. I usually kill the boss before the 2nd episode of electricity columns.
Level 5:
I haven't found a secret to this boss. Dodge the asteroids and bullets ... it sucks. When the laser part starts, I usually have my options like so:
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o x o o o
As soon as it goes into the all-lasers-shooting-at-once, I have my options like:
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x oo
I can usually take out the core before it gets a chance to shoot the mass-bullet spreads for a 2nd time.
Ok... I'm sick of typing. This would be a whole lot easier with video Still procrastinating on sticking that video capture card in.
This should probably also go in the strategy forum.