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Add missing "x" to Earth Crisis score table

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Earth Crisis strategy, Earth Crisis/Satanic Surfer pictures

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2021-08-12T23:01:19Z

CryingBaron: Added boss strats for Mad Ball 1

2021-08-12T22:50:19Z

Added boss strats for Mad Ball 1

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 | Missile Launcher || 30,000 (x2) || 30,000 (x2)
 |-
-| Rear Hatch Turret || 50,000 (x2) || 50,000 (2)
+| Rear Hatch Turret || 50,000 (x2) || 50,000 (x2)
 |-
 | Boss Core || 100,000 || 100,000

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 {| class="wikitable"
-! Part !! Shot/Option !! Weapon/Penetrating
+! Part !! Shot/Option !! Weapon/Penetrating !! rowspan="8" style="background-color:#f9f9f9" | [[File:EC bossoverview.png |700 px]]
 |-
 | Rotating Turret (3 per base) || 5,000x3 (x6) || 5,000x3 (x6)
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 ==Overview==
 ==Strategies==
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 {| class="wikitable"
-! Part !! Shot/Option !! Weapon/Penetrating
+! Part !! Shot/Option !! Weapon/Penetrating !! rowspan="11" style="background-color:#f9f9f9" | [[File:SS overview.png |600 px]]
 |-
 | Mini Turret || 1,000 (x10) || 1,000 (x10)
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 | Center Turret || 2,000 (x4) || 2,000 (x4)
 |-
-| Center Hatch Turret || 30,000 (x2) || 30,000 (x2)
+| Hatch Turret || 30,000 (x2) || 30,000 (x2)
 |-
 | Homing Drone || 5,000 || 5,000

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 *Take note of which turrets appear and act accordingly.
 *Always try to position yourself to the bottom-right of the boss before each attack. This makes it easier to lure the boss into firing towards the side, allowing you to more safely attack from below. You can easily avoid the outer ring lasers, central turret missiles, and central turret destructible bullets in this manner.
-*Try to destroy the last outer ring turrets at the beginning of an attack if you can. This lets you damage the inner ring for a phase without having to contend with an attack by the central turret for a phase.
+*Try to destroy the last outer ring turrets at the beginning of an attack if you can. This lets you damage the inner ring for a phase without having to contend with an attack by the central turret.
 *If the boss is firing destructible bullets, it is safest to position yourself directly beneath the boss and switch to the forward option formation.
 *If the boss is using the 8-way central turret a safe spot is directly beneath the boss and slightly off-center, which will angle-lock the 8-way into firing straight down.
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 | Outer Turret || 10,000 (x8) || 10,000 (x8)
 |-
-| Connection (outer) || 20,000 (x8) || 20,000 (x8)
+| Connection (outer) || 20,000 (x16) || 20,000 (x8)
 |-
 | Connection (thick) || 30,000 (x8) || 30,000 (x8)

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 # '''Aimed Lasers''' The laser turrets will lock on to the players location before firing. They may be easily misdirected since the lasers fire a few seconds after locking on.
 # '''Spinning Vulcan''' The spinning vulcan attack is fixed, but the boss's movement during the attack is random. As a result, the player cannot route a fixed path through the pattern since the boss movement will alter the pattern via the bullet doppler effect. Luckily, you only have to weave through the pattern once and can retreat to the upper-left corner of the screen to avoid the second wave. The pattern is easier to dodge on the opposite side (horizontally) of the screen from the boss since the bullets will have to travel farther and spread out to reach you, but beware if the boss starts moving toward you because then the bullets will form a wall. In this case, be prepared to move to the other side of the screen before the first wave arrives.
 |}
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 Obtaining as many points as possible from Mad Ball requires bombing the outer ring since it is the only way to destroy the outer ring and all of the connecting segments simultaneously. Because of this, you will inevitably need to spend the first phase of the fight not shooting and dodging the full attacks from the outer ring until the perfect opportunity to bomb presents itself. Shooting, bombing, or dying at the wrong time (due to death shrapnel) will compromise your score gain from the outer ring.
-When attempting to bomb the outer ring, pay close attention to the position of the boss. Any parts above the "Insert Coin" prompt at the top of the screen will take damage from a separate health pool, rendering them effectively invincible. As a result, if the boss is too high on the screen when you bomb you will be unable to destroy all of the parts and get full points. This is particularly annoying for Flying Baron and Wild Snail who rely on the boss not moving above this zone while they are respawning. This trick is worth several hundred thousand points, but even when successfully pulling it off there is some variance in the points obtained due to the number of moving parts involved.
+Destroying all of the segments connecting the outer turrets nominally awards 960,000 points, but in practice only the ships with area-of-effect special weapons (Gain, Chitta, and Bornnam) can reasonably expect to harvest all of these points because they are the only ships that can damage all of the parts simultaneously. The other ships will see lower point yields and high variance in points obtained even when successfully pulling off the trick due to the number of moving parts involved.
 [[File:MB1 insertcoin.png|thumb|center|Parts above the dashed line are invincible, so wait until it drifts down to bomb!]]
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-*'''Silver Sword''' wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring right as it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
+*'''Silver Sword''' wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring right as it opens. Because Silver Sword's special weapon does constant damage, you will always need to bomb twice to destroy the outer ring after the suicide. You need to enter the fight with at least 28 weapon fragments in order for the second bomb to cover sufficient area to destroy the outer ring (the second bomb will be two thin columns but is wide enough to damage all of the parts while they are retracted). If you would like a wider second bomb, entering the fight with at least 33 fragments will ensure your second visually covers most of the boss.
-*'''Grasshopper''' wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring as it opens. It takes about 1 full weapon stock to destroy the outer ring.
+*'''Grasshopper''' wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring as it opens. You should enter the fight with at least 16 weapon fragments to reliably destroy the outer ring.
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-*'''Gain''' wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes at least 26 weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring. If you are consistently scoring around 800,000 points it may be a sign that you are destroying all of the connectors but not the outer turrets themselves. In this case try bringing a few more weapon fragments so your bomb does a little more damage.
+*'''Gain''' wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes at least 26 weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring. If you deal a tiny amount of damage to the outer turrets while they are retracted, there is a random chance you can double-kill them when bombing the outer ring. This will award a bonus 10,000 points for every double-kill.
-''<small>***Psst. Hey you, yeah you! Wanna score some points the game's not supposed to have? If you're flying a ship with an area-of-effect bomb try shooting the outer ring a tiny bit while it's retracted, just a few shots. Now when you bomb the outer ring there may be a chance you are awarded points for destroying some of the parts twice!***</small>''
+*'''Bornnam''' wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes at least 35 weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring. If you deal a tiny amount of damage to the outer turrets while they are retracted, there is a random chance you can double-kill them when bombing the outer ring. This will award a bonus 10,000 points for every double-kill.
 |}
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 *The core will be briefly vulnerable whenever you destroy an inner turret, so it is better to tap fire when the turrets are weak. (No, they do not have a health indicator.)
 *The turrets are invincible while not attacking, and any bullets you shoot during this period will damage the core.
-*The hitboxes for the central turret changes depending on which attack is being used and how it is aiming, and does not always overlap with the core. This means you can damage the core even if the central turret is active if you are not precise with your shots.
+*The hitbox for the central turret changes depending on which attack is being used and how it is aiming, and does not always overlap with the core. This means you can damage the core even if the central turret is active if you are not precise with your shots.
 *Destructible bullets will eat up a lot of your shot damage unless you have a penetrating shot. However, you do not want to attack the boss with penetrating shots since you risk losing significant points (40,000) if you destroy the central turret with a penetrating shot.
 *Perhaps most fundamentally, you have to damage the turrets while they are harassing you with all manner of overlapping bullet patterns. This is especially tricky because you often have to split your attention between your ship (to dodge) and the boss (to line up your shots to minimize damage to the core).

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 | Outer Turret || 10,000 (x8) || 10,000 (x8)
 |-
-| Connection (outer) || 20,000 (x8) || 20,000 (x8)
+| Connection (outer) || 20,000 (x16) || 20,000 (x16)
 |-
 | Connection (thick) || 30,000 (x8) || 30,000 (x8)

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+|
 Obtaining as many points as possible from Mad Ball requires bombing the outer ring since it is the only way to destroy the outer ring and all of the connecting segments simultaneously. Because of this, you will inevitably need to spend the first phase of the fight not shooting and dodging the full attacks from the outer ring until the perfect opportunity to bomb presents itself. Shooting, bombing, or dying at the wrong time (due to death shrapnel) will compromise your score gain from the outer ring.
 The HP of the boss parts will vary depending on rank and the given weapon fragment numbers should be treated as minimum thresholds. Bringing a few more weapon fragments should help you reliably destroy the outer ring in almost all circumstances, with the tradeoff of dealing slightly more damage to the inner core of the boss.
 Every ship employs a different strategy dependent on their special weapon, detailed below:
 *'''Silver Sword''' wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring right as it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
 *'''Grasshopper''' wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring as it opens. It takes about 1 full weapon stock to destroy the outer ring.
-*'''Flying Baron''' wants to suicide midway through one of the outer ring's attacks. While invincible during the respawn, use a special weapon while circling on top of the boss as the outer ring is retracted and beginning to open. You need to enter the fight with at least 15 weapon fragments in order to have enough ammunition to have a decent chance to destroy the outer ring after the suicide. This trick is unreliable because you cannot control or predict the movement of the boss during the interim while you respawn. The damage from Flying Baron's missiles seems inconsistent so you may want to bring more weapon fragments into the fight so Flying Baron will release more missiles, but if the boss decides to move to the top of the screen while you are attempting to destroy the outer ring the uppermost turrets will survive no matter how many weapon fragments you use.
 *'''Wild Snail''' wants to suicide midway through one of the outer ring's attacks. While invincible during the respawn, use a special weapon while sitting on top of the boss as the outer ring is retracted and beginning to open. Wild Snail does not need to enter the fight with any weapon fragments because the 20 fragments it gains upon dying are sufficient to destroy the outer ring. However, this trick is unreliable because some turrets will survive no matter what you do if the boss moves to the top of the screen while you respawn. There is no way to predict or control the boss's movement.
 *'''Gain''' wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes at least 26 weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring. If you are consistently scoring around 800,000 points it may be a sign that you are destroying all of the connectors but not the outer turrets themselves. In this case try bringing a few more weapon fragments so your bomb does a little more damage.
 *'''Chitta''' wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes 53 weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice). It is possible to perform the trick after bring the required weapon fragments into the fight or by suiciding during the activation of the first bomb to gain more weapon fragments to make up the difference. (Note that if the boss is being attacked by a special weapon and death shrapnel simultaneously only the damage from the special weapon will be calculated. Otherwise the death shrapnel would destroy the outer ring and you would receive no points.) If you are consistently scoring around 800,000 points it may be a sign that you are destroying all of the connectors but not the outer turrets themselves. In this case try bringing a few more weapon fragments so your bomb does a little more damage.
 *'''Miyamoto''' wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring right as it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
 *'''Bornnam''' wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes at least 35 weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring. If you are consistently scoring around 800,000 points it may be a sign that you are destroying all of the connectors but not the outer turrets themselves. In this case try bringing a few more weapon fragments so your bomb does a little more damage.
 ''<small>***Psst. Hey you, yeah you! Wanna score some points the game's not supposed to have? If you're flying a ship with an area-of-effect bomb try shooting the outer ring a tiny bit while it's retracted, just a few shots. Now when you bomb the outer ring there may be a chance you are awarded points for destroying some of the parts twice!***</small>''

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 Obtaining as many points as possible from Mad Ball requires bombing the outer ring since it is the only way to destroy the outer ring and all of the connecting segments simultaneously. Because of this, you will inevitably need to spend the first phase of the fight not shooting and dodging the full attacks from the outer ring until the perfect opportunity to bomb presents itself. Shooting, bombing, or dying at the wrong time (due to death shrapnel) will compromise your score gain from the outer ring.
-Every ship employs a different strategy dependent on their special weapon:
+Every ship employs a different strategy dependent on their special weapon. Minimum required weapon fragments are given but it may be prudent to enter with a few more fragments to ensure you destroy the outer ring.
-*Silver sword wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring right as it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
+*'''Silver Sword''' wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring right as it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
-*Grasshopper wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring as it opens. It takes about 1 full weapon stock to destroy the outer ring.
+*'''Grasshopper''' wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring as it opens. It takes about 1 full weapon stock to destroy the outer ring.
-*Flying Baron wants to suicide midway through one of the outer ring's attacks. While invincible during the respawn, use a special weapon while sitting on top of the boss as the outer ring is retracted and beginning to open. It takes about 1 full weapon stock to destroy the outer ring.
+*'''Flying Baron''' wants to suicide midway through one of the outer ring's attacks. While invincible during the respawn, use a special weapon while sitting on top of the boss as the outer ring is retracted and beginning to open. It takes about 1 full weapon stock to destroy the outer ring.
-*Wild Snail wants to suicide midway through one of the outer ring's attacks. While invincible during the respawn, use a special weapon while sitting on top of the boss as the outer ring is retracted and beginning to open. It takes about 1 full weapon stock to destroy the outer ring.
+*'''Wild Snail''' wants to suicide midway through one of the outer ring's attacks. While invincible during the respawn, use a special weapon while sitting on top of the boss as the outer ring is retracted and beginning to open. Wild Snail does not need to enter the fight with any weapon fragments because the 20 fragments it gains upon dying are sufficient to destroy the outer ring.
-*Gain wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring.
+*'''Gain''' wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes at least 21 weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring.
-*Chitta wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
+*'''Chitta''' wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
-*Miyamoto wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring right as it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
+*'''Miyamoto''' wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring right as it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
-*Bornnam wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring.
+*'''Bornnam''' wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes at least 29 weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring.
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 Once the outer ring of turrets is destroyed, you will have to decide whether you want to destroy the inner turrets as well. If you bombed the outer ring your special weapon will have done significant damage to the boss's core as well, so harvesting full points from the inner ring entails careful damage control; making sure you damage the inner turrets while minimizing further damage to the core. This is easier said then done for the following reasons:
-*The core will be briefly vulnerable whenever you destroy an inner turret, so it is better to tap fire when the turrets are weak. (No they do not have a health indicator.)
+*The core will be briefly vulnerable whenever you destroy an inner turret, so it is better to tap fire when the turrets are weak. (No, they do not have a health indicator.)
 *The turrets are invincible while not attacking, and any bullets you shoot during this period will damage the core.
 *The hitboxes for the central turret changes depending on which attack is being used and how it is aiming, and does not always overlap with the core. This means you can damage the core even if the central turret is active if you are not precise with your shots.
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 With all that said there are some tricks you can use to make the inner turrets easier to destroy:
 *The central turret will not activate until the attack phase after you destroy all of the outer turrets. This means that if you bomb and destroy the outer ring as it activates you can spend an attack phase damaging the inner turrets while the central turret and core remain invincible, a nice head start.
 *If in doubt, try to stop firing so you don't accidentally damage something you don't want to damage. If you position yourself right below and to the side of the boss when it is not attacking, you can always sneak in some shots as the turrets activate and then back off once the attack starts. Being close to the boss also makes it easier to take precise shots and misdirect missile/destructible bullet attacks from the central turret.

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 The core will start firing an aimed spread shot after both cannons of the missile launcher have been destroyed. The density, frequency, and bullet speed of this spread shot depend on the number of boss parts destroyed, with the attack becoming incredibly difficult to dodge once all the boss parts have been destroyed.
 |}
 ==Strategy==
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 | Boss Core || 100,000 || 100,000
 |}
 ==Overview==
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 The boss core lies beneath the central turret, but it may be damaged before destroying the central turret by attacking when the central turret has retreated. If the central turret has been destroyed, the boss core will be uncovered and can be damaged at all times. However, the uncovered boss core will continuously attack with large, fast-moving random bullets.
 |}
 ==Strategies==
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 *Special weapons will pierce the inner and central turrets to damage the boss core even during the boss's attacks. You can take advantage of this to quickly end the fight.
 |}
 {| class="wikitable"
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 *The turrets are invincible while not attacking, and any bullets you shoot during this period will damage the core.
 *The hitboxes for the central turret changes depending on which attack is being used and how it is aiming, and does not always overlap with the core. This means you can damage the core even if the central turret is active if you are not precise with your shots.
-*Destructible bullets will eat up a lot of your shot damage unless you have a penetrating shot. However, this leads to something of a catch-22 since you do not want to attack the boss with penetrating shots since you risk losing significant points (40,000) if you destroy the central turret with a penetrating shot.
+*Destructible bullets will eat up a lot of your shot damage unless you have a penetrating shot. However, you do not want to attack the boss with penetrating shots since you risk losing significant points (40,000) if you destroy the central turret with a penetrating shot.
 *Perhaps most fundamentally, you have to damage the turrets while they are harassing you with all manner of overlapping bullet patterns. This is especially tricky because you often have to split your attention between your ship (to dodge) and the boss (to line up your shots to minimize damage to the core).

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	==Strategies==		==Strategies==
		+
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	!Quick Kill
		+	\|-
		+	\|
		+	Because of the nature of the boss the fight breaks down into two distinct phases, before and after the outer ring is destroyed. The most straightforward, although low-scoring, way to dispatch Mad Ball is to simply shoot it. The goal here is to destroy the outer ring turrets as soon as possible since their attacks become sparser and easier to dodge as more turrets are destroyed.
		+
		+	Something you will have to come to terms with is that the Mad Ball fight will always have a degree of randomness that you will have to adapt to, whether it be the attacks used or the movement of the boss during these attacks. Because of this, it is good to stay alert and be ready to bomb if you can. In addition, there are steps you can take to make the fight safer:
		+
		+	*Take note of which turrets appear and act accordingly.
		+	*Always try to position yourself to the bottom-right of the boss before each attack. This makes it easier to lure the boss into firing towards the side, allowing you to more safely attack from below. You can easily avoid the outer ring lasers, central turret missiles, and central turret destructible bullets in this manner.
		+	*Try to destroy the last outer ring turrets at the beginning of an attack if you can. This lets you damage the inner ring for a phase without having to contend with an attack by the central turret for a phase.
		+	*If the boss is firing destructible bullets, it is safest to position yourself directly beneath the boss and switch to the forward option formation.
		+	*If the boss is using the 8-way central turret a safe spot is directly beneath the boss and slightly off-center, which will angle-lock the 8-way into firing straight down.
		+	*Special weapons will pierce the inner and central turrets to damage the boss core even during the boss's attacks. You can take advantage of this to quickly end the fight.
		+	\|}
		+
		+
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	!Bombing the Outer Ring
		+	\|-
		+	\|
		+	Obtaining as many points as possible from Mad Ball requires bombing the outer ring since it is the only way to destroy the outer ring and all of the connecting segments simultaneously. Because of this, you will inevitably need to spend the first phase of the fight not shooting and dodging the full attacks from the outer ring until the perfect opportunity to bomb presents itself. Shooting, bombing, or dying at the wrong time (due to death shrapnel) will compromise your score gain from the outer ring.
		+
		+	Every ship employs a different strategy dependent on their special weapon:
		+
		+	*Silver sword wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring right as it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
		+	*Grasshopper wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring as it opens. It takes about 1 full weapon stock to destroy the outer ring.
		+	*Flying Baron wants to suicide midway through one of the outer ring's attacks. While invincible during the respawn, use a special weapon while sitting on top of the boss as the outer ring is retracted and beginning to open. It takes about 1 full weapon stock to destroy the outer ring.
		+	*Wild Snail wants to suicide midway through one of the outer ring's attacks. While invincible during the respawn, use a special weapon while sitting on top of the boss as the outer ring is retracted and beginning to open. It takes about 1 full weapon stock to destroy the outer ring.
		+	*Gain wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring.
		+	*Chitta wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
		+	*Miyamoto wants to suicide at the start of the fight by crashing into the left side of the boss right as the outer ring opens for the first attack. After this, bomb the outer ring right as it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring (you will need to bomb twice).
		+	*Bornnam wants to bomb the outer ring right before it opens. It takes x weapon fragments to destroy the outer ring.
		+
		+
		+	When attempting to bomb the outer ring, pay close attention to the position of the boss. Any parts above the "Insert Coin" prompt at the top of the screen will take damage from a separate health pool, rendering them effectively invincible. As a result, if the boss is too high on the screen when you bomb you will be unable to destroy all of the parts and get full points. This is particularly annoying for Flying Baron and Wild Snail who rely on the boss not moving above this zone while they are respawning. This trick is worth several hundred thousand points, but even when successfully pulling it off there is some variance in the points obtained due to the number of moving parts involved.
		+
		+	[[File:MB1 insertcoin.png\|thumb\|center\|Parts above the dashed line are invincible, so wait until it drifts down to bomb!]]
		+
		+	''<small>*Psst. Hey you, yeah you! Wanna score some points the game's not supposed to have? If you're flying a ship with an area-of-effect bomb try shooting the outer ring a tiny bit while it's retracted, just a few shots. Now when you bomb the outer ring there may be a chance you are awarded points for destroying some of the parts twice!*</small>''
		+	\|}
		+
		+	{\| class="wikitable"
		+	!Destroying the Inner Ring
		+	\|-
		+	\|
		+	Once the outer ring of turrets is destroyed, you will have to decide whether you want to destroy the inner turrets as well. If you bombed the outer ring your special weapon will have done significant damage to the boss's core as well, so harvesting full points from the inner ring entails careful damage control; making sure you damage the inner turrets while minimizing further damage to the core. This is easier said then done for the following reasons:
		+
		+	*The core will be briefly vulnerable whenever you destroy an inner turret, so it is better to tap fire when the turrets are weak. (No they do not have a health indicator.)
		+	*The turrets are invincible while not attacking, and any bullets you shoot during this period will damage the core.
		+	*The hitboxes for the central turret changes depending on which attack is being used and how it is aiming, and does not always overlap with the core. This means you can damage the core even if the central turret is active if you are not precise with your shots.
		+	*Destructible bullets will eat up a lot of your shot damage unless you have a penetrating shot. However, this leads to something of a catch-22 since you do not want to attack the boss with penetrating shots since you risk losing significant points (40,000) if you destroy the central turret with a penetrating shot.
		+	*Perhaps most fundamentally, you have to damage the turrets while they are harassing you with all manner of overlapping bullet patterns. This is especially tricky because you often have to split your attention between your ship (to dodge) and the boss (to line up your shots to minimize damage to the core).
		+
		+
		+	With all that said there are some tricks you can use to make the inner turrets easier to destroy:
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		+	*The central turret will not activate until the attack phase after you destroy all of the outer turrets. This means that if you bomb and destroy the outer ring as it activates you can spend an attack phase damaging the inner turrets while the central turret and core remain invincible, a nice head start.
		+	*If in doubt, try to stop firing so you don't accidentally damage something you don't want to damage. If you position yourself right below and to the side of the boss when it is not attacking, you can always sneak in some shots as the turrets activate and then back off once the attack starts. Being close to the boss also makes it easier to take precise shots and misdirect missile/destructible bullet attacks from the central turret.
		+	*Switching your options to the forward formation can help with precision, but homing options are even better! To set up the homing formation, pick up two of the four weapon fragments that the large tank earlier in the stage drops and let the other two fall offscreen along with the three fragments dropped by the small tanks that follow. You only really need one homing option for Mad Ball, which will lock on to the core but allow inner turrets to cross between the option and the core (so you can use it to damage inner turrets). Additional homing options will lock onto inner turrets. This is particularly useful if you are using a ship that requires a suicide to properly dismantle the outer core, since you can guarantee option drops at your leisure.
		+	*Finally, practice and pray. There is a lot of randomness in this fight, so doing well takes experience.
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