Battle Garegga/Bosses
Score Breakdown
Overview
General Overview |
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Nose Laughin is the easiest boss in the game. If the player opts for a low scoring quick-kill strategy, Nose Laughin will offer little resistance. However, the fight becomes quite a bit more complicated when the player is optimizing it for score. Nose Laughin consists of many parts that can be optionally destroyed for points or to disable attacks. This boss presents a training opportunity for players to become familiar with how to use the game's various option formations since many parts need to be destroyed with the trace formation in order to award maximum points. Nose Laughin's individual parts will attack the player in a staggered fashion, with one part activating to attack after another. If it is a part's "turn" to attack but it has been destroyed, the player will get a short break while the other parts lay dormant. |
Tail |
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The tail consists of a cover rudder, a turret, and three spines. The cover must be destroyed before any of the other parts are revealed. Destroying a tail spine will also destroy any tail parts that would become detached from the boss. Extra parts destroyed in this fashion will not award points, so it is important to destroy the parts closest to the player first. The tail turret is worth more points when destroyed by an option bullet. This is most easily done using trace options and aiming them horizontally so that only the turret is being hit by the upper-most option. Since the tail spine is easier to destroy, this can be tricky. You can use the hit flash on the tail turret as a visual cue. In addition, the turret will explode in a small vertical explosion when destroyed. |
Wing Panels |
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Each wing has three panels that do not flash like other parts when taking damage, but will leave a visual effect as they are destroyed, making it look like the wing has taken increasingly more damage over the course of the fight. Each wing panel has eight phases of disintegration, with each phase awarding points. Somewhat annoyingly, the center wing panel will prevent the propeller turret from being damaged from below with non-penetrating bullets until it has been completely destroyed. |
Propeller Turrets |
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The propeller turrets will only activate after the two wing turrets on the same wing have been destroyed, and cannot be damaged before they activate. They are worth more points when destroyed by a non-penetrating shot. They may be damaged from the front after completely destroying the wing panels in front of them or at any time from the side using the trace option formation. The propeller turrets shoot destructible bullets in two alternating patterns, twin shots straight down and spread shots. |
Front Propeller |
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The front propeller is worth more when destroyed with a non-penetrating shot or option bullets. For most ships, it can only be damaged by using trace options to attack it from the side. However, the opportunities to attack it are sporadic because the boss drifts vertically. Before the missile launcher is triggered, it is easier to attack the front propeller from the left side of the screen. After the missile launcher is triggered, if the player destroys the right missile launcher cannon the upper right corner of the screen becomes a safe spot from which they can attack the front propeller. Ships with penetrating bullets can use them to damage the front propeller through the boss, but they must take care not to destroy the front propeller with a penetrating bullet or else they will not get full points from it. |
Missile Launcher |
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The missile launcher will appear from the main body of the plane after both spinning turrets have been destroyed or shortly after the third attack by the spinning turrets. The missile launcher consists of three parts, two cannons and a base. The missile launcher will rotate to aim at the player, firing when the player crosses its line of sight. If one of the cannons has been destroyed, only one missile will be fired. It is recommended that the player destroy the right cannon when dismantling the boss for score, since this will create many safe spots. |
Boss Core |
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The boss core is the main body of the plane, beneath the missile launcher. It is easiest to damage after both cannons of the missile launcher have been destroyed, but it is possible to damage it earlier under the following circumstances:
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
Quick Kill |
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The easiest (although low-scoring) way to dispatch Nose Laughin is to simply reveal and destroy the core using front options as quickly as possible while paying heed to none of the other parts. In this case the final spread shot by the core will be sparse, slow and easy to dodge, even more so if the two inner wing turrets have been destroyed as well while dodging some of the boss's attacks. Doing this this also quickly destroys the spinning turrets and missile launcher cannons while revealing the core, so you don't have to worry about dodging too many of those attacks. Wild snail in particular can destroy the boss shockingly fast with its penetrating bullets, even at shot level 1. If you need a little more breathing room for the spread shot at the end of the fight, you can use spread options to destroy the inner wing turrets. |
Partial Dismantle |
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A medium-scoring partial dismantle involves destroying all of the wing turrets, propeller turrets, and wing panels. This does not require any technical option manipulation using the trace formation, although the front formation may be useful for a little extra precision. In addition, as long as the front propeller and missile launcher body have not been destroyed it shouldn't be impossible to dodge the spread attack at the end of the fight. Make sure to destroy the spinning turrets and mini turrets before the missile launcher is automatically triggered, which occurs shortly after the third attack by the spinning turrets. If you are feeling brave, you can also tick milk the boss by point-blanking the wings even after the wing panels and turrets have been destroyed. This is easiest to do with front options after destroying the right missile launcher cannon. However, make sure to destroy the boss before time out. You can use either an audio cue or the boss timer M2 gadget (if playing on PS4/Xbox One) to predict the boss time out. |
Full Dismantle |
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Fully dismantling Nose Laughin requires the considerations for the partial dismantle as well as extra option manipulation for high-value targets. You also need to move quickly since you only have limited opportunities to damage the front propeller, and doing so can become tricky after the missile launcher is automatically triggered. First, focus on destroying the tail turret with trace options from the side. After doing so, attack the front propeller from the left whenever the boss drifts down. Make sure to escape back down before it drifts back up. You can also damage the propeller turret from the side, which makes destroying it easier. During this phase, it can be easier to focus exclusively on targets on the left wing so that you can more easily get in position to attack the front propeller from the corner. Ideally, you have destroyed all the targets on the left wing and dealt heavy damage to the front propeller before the missile launcher is triggered so that you can spend the rest of the fight focusing on the other side. Destroy the right missile launcher cannon for safety. If this is done the right corner of the screen becomes a safe spot from which you can destroy the front propeller. Destroy any remaining wing panels and tick milk until it comes time to destroy the boss at time out. The final spread shot will become essentially impossible to dodge, so it is good to plan a suicide here. Your goal should be to either suicide on a missile or destroy the other cannon and die to the spread, and then point blank the boss while invincible to destroy the missile launcher body and boss core as the boss leaves the screen (note that Grasshopper and Wild Snail will need to destroy the missile launcher body with an option and Gain will need to use tail options to divert his swords). In order for this to work best, you will need to damage the core and missile launcher some beforehand. The boss core can be damaged enough while the missile launcher is being triggered. You can damage the missile launcher body by misdirecting the missile launcher and quickly sneaking in a few shots from the other side. (If you are very precise you can destroy the missile launcher body before the second cannon, guaranteeing you destroy it before the core.) |
Score Breakdown
Overview
General Overview |
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Mad Ball is a unique boss defined by two distinctive features. The first defining feature of the fight is its rhythm. Mad Ball alternates between an "active" phase and a "dormant" phase. During the active phase the outer ring will expand and the boss will attack the player with all of its currently activated turrets. During the dormant phase the outer ring and all turrets retract and the boss drifts harmlessly across the screen. Which parts are vulnerable also varies according to the phase. In general, it is easier to damage the boss core during the dormant phase, while the inner and central turrets may only be damaged during the active phase. The second defining feature of the Mad Ball fight is its randomness. During every active phase the active turrets will attack with a random weapon. While individually few of these attack patterns are exceptionally complicated, different patterns from the outer, inner, and central turret can overlap and become very difficult to handle. In addition, the boss moves completely randomly, which has critical implications for some attacks and when certain parts can be damaged. |
Outer Ring |
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At regular intervals the outer ring of turrets will open to launch an attack. Every turret in the outer ring will launch the same attack, but the attack is randomly chosen. However, each attack is launched by a unique turret so the player may observe which attack is coming and react accordingly. The possible attacks are:
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Connectors |
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There are many connecting segments between the outer turrets and the inner core. In total, there are 16 "outer" connectors linking the outer turrets along a ring (two between every pair of turrets) and 8 pairs of "thick" and "thin" connectors (one pair connecting each outer turret to the inner core). If an outer turret is destroyed, the connectors linking to it will self destruct and award no points. If an outer connector is destroyed, you will gain points for that connector but the outer turrets connecting to it will not get destroyed. If you destroy a thick or thin connector, its pair as well as the corresponding outer turret and connectors will self-destruct and award no points. |
Inner Ring |
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The inner ring turrets activate after the boss's 5th attack or the corresponding outer turret has been destroyed. Activated inner ring turrets attack in a similar fashion to the outer ring; every turret uses the same attack but the attack is random. The possible attacks are:
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Central Turret |
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The central turret is activated after the boss's 7th attack or all outer ring turrets have been destroyed. It uses random attacks, but like the outer ring the player may easily predict the attack by observing the turret that appears. Although the attacks used by the central turret are relatively simple, they will be fired in tandem with any inner turrets; these combination attacks can be quite fierce. The possible attacks are:
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Boss Core |
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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
Quick Kill |
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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:
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Bombing the Outer Ring |
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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. 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. 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. 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:
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Destroying the Inner 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:
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Score Breakdown
Part | Shot/Option | Weapon/Penetrating |
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Rotating Turret (3 per base) | 5,000x3 (x6) | 5,000x3 (x6) |
Rotating Turret Base | 10,000 (x6) | 10,000 (x6) |
Front Hatch Turret | 10,000 (x6) | 10,000 (x6) |
Center Turret | 5,000 (x3) | 5,000 (x3) |
Missile Launcher | 30,000 (x2) | 30,000 (x2) |
Rear Hatch Turret | 50,000 (x2) | 50,000 (2) |
Boss Core | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Overview
Strategies
Score Breakdown
Part | Shot/Option | Weapon/Penetrating |
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Mini Turret | 1,000 (x10) | 1,000 (x10) |
Side Turret | 1,000 (x4) | 1,000 (x4) |
Large Turret Cannon | 10,000 (x2) | 1,000 (x2) |
Large Turret Segment (3 per turret) | 10,000x3 (x2) | 1,000x3 (x2) |
Large Turret Base | 20,000 (x2) | 2,000 (x2) |
Center Turret | 2,000 (x4) | 2,000 (x4) |
Center Hatch Turret | 30,000 (x2) | 30,000 (x2) |
Homing Drone | 5,000 | 5,000 |
Tail (4 segments) | 5,000 (x4) | 5,000 (x4) |
Boss Core | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Overview
Strategies
Score Breakdown
Part | Shot/Option | Weapon/Penetrating |
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Tail Cover | 4,000 | 4,000 |
Tail Turret | 50,000 | 5,000 |
Tail 1 | 3,000 | 3,000 |
Tail 2 | 2,000 | 2,000 |
Tail 3 | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Spinning Turret | 5,000 (x2) | 5,000 (x2) |
Mini Turret | 3,000 (x2) | 3,000 (x2) |
Wing Turret | 10,000 (x4) | 10,000 (x4) |
Propeller Turret | 50,000 (x2) | 5,000 (x2) |
Front Propeller | 50,000 | 5,000 |
Missile Launcher Cannon | 1,000 (x2) | 1,000 (x2) |
Missile Launcher Body | 50,000 | 5,000 |
Wing Panel (8 phases) | 1,000x8 (x6) | 1,000x8 (x6) |
Boss Core | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Overview
Strategies
Score Breakdown
Part | Shot/Option | Weapon/Penetrating |
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Outer Turret | 10,000 (x8) | 10,000 (x8) |
Connection (outer) | 20,000 (x16) | 20,000 (x8) |
Connection (thick) | 30,000 (x8) | 30,000 (x8) |
Connection (thin) | 50,000 (x8) | 50,000 (x8) |
Inner Turret | 30,000 (x8) | 30,000 (x8) |
Central Turret | 50,000 | 10,000 |
Boss Core | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Overview
Strategies
Score Breakdown
Part | Shot/Option | Weapon/Penetrating |
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Wing Panel (8 phases) | 1,000x8 (x4) | 1,000x8 (x4) |
Popcorn | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Boss Core | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Overview
Strategies
Score Breakdown
Part | Shot/Option | Weapon/Penetrating |
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Boss Core (Phase 1) | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Boss Core (Phase 2) | 50,000 | 50,000 |
Arm | 10,000 (x32) | 10,000 (x32) |
Side Hatch | 1,000 (x4) | 100 (x4) |
Ground Turret | 1,000 (x2) | 100 (x2) |
Boss Core (Phase 3) | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Overview
Strategies
Score Breakdown
Part | Shot/Option | Weapon/Penetrating |
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Wing Panel (8 phases) | 1,000x8 (x4) | 1,000x8 (x4) |
Popcorn | 1,000 | 1,000 |
Grenade | 300 | 300 |
Grenade Explosion | - | 1,000 (weapon) |
Boss Core | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Overview
Strategies
Score Breakdown
Part | Shot/Option | Weapon/Penetrating |
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Wing Panel (8 phases) | 1,000x8 (x2) | 1,000x8 (x2) |
Boss Core (Phase 2) | 100,000 | 100,000 |
Boss Core (Phase 3) | 300,000 | 300,000 |
Overview
Strategies
References & Contributors
- Icarus, ST: Battle Garegga, https://shmups.system11.org/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=351
- ボスパーツ点数表, http://mtlayk.web.fc2.com/Game/Garegga/Gare_BScore.htm
- T3-Kamui, Special Demonstrations #13, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4fnxn4xeBE&feature=youtu.be&t=825
- Tein Gauntlet, ギャラ子がガレッガ一号1600万, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHxMYeTWGTw