PROMETHEUS wrote:
It's the hardest part of stage 4 boss I think, I miss there occasionally.
my tips :
- it is usually better dodging this in a corner due to wider gaps because increased distance from the point that emits the bullets. I personnally go near left corner.
- it is very important to leave space for you to move in all directions (= try never sticking to bottom or left), because if you do you are not controlling WHEN you go through a circle, that's what prevents you from avoiding having to dodge 2 or 3 circles at once.
- so you want to keep some freedom and, while staying in the same general bottom left quarter, move around depending on what the pattern throws at you so that you dodge circles one at a time, at favorable times (good angle, not too narrow..).
With this you make it manageable and you should miss much less. Whether you will still miss or not will depend on your accuracy and skill !
It is POSSIBLE that you can make the pattern easier by standing in a specific spot at the moment when it starts (patterns like this sometimes get locked in a (still randomized) state that depends on where you were when they begun). I've tried playing around with that just a little bit but haven't paid too much attention cause now I get to dodge it fine most of the time. I think I often start this pattern in a position near the bottom right or center of screen, then immediately move to bottom left corner area before the first bullets reach me. Maybe there some spot that's better to be on for starting it up in a favorable way - DDP had that on a similar pattern at 1-6 boss.
Just seeing this now. I came in here to post my findings on that pattern after having finally cleared that first loop. Funny thing is, you've already covered it. Staying in the left corner makes the pattern a stay-still-and-slightly-tap-when-needed kind of thing. Really reduces the intensity. Perhaps it's the wider gaps, but I also think that you don't have to try to analyze as many bullets as they come in. Wish I saw this earlier though. Would have saved me hours of experimentation and facepalming.