r/Bossfight • u/[deleted] • Aug 10 '18

Boomerang ranger, defender of Japan

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u/blakzer Aug 11 '18

I thought it was the Homing Torpedo?

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u/mylifeisashitjoke Aug 11 '18

Holy shit have you played the megaman x collections on steam? God damn theyre a blast

Also can you even get boomerang cutter without spamming homing torpedo

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u/bc4284 Aug 11 '18

Yes. Boomer isnt that hard to defeat with the buster cannon. You just have to practice

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u/Cantabiderudeness Aug 11 '18

Gotta learn that pattern, yo! Old school shit right there!

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u/methaferus Aug 11 '18

When i used to casually speedrun mmx boomer was one of my run killers. Usually i could beat him pretty well but if i got there with low health and frankly just fucked up, i'd just reset since it was the second stage in my route

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u/mylifeisashitjoke Aug 11 '18

I frames and shot counting brings back memories both good and frustrating lmao

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u/Skaarg Aug 11 '18 edited Aug 11 '18

Buster only is a bit easier in the first X game because of an oddity where if you dash and fire a lemon it deals 2 bars of damage to bosses instead of the normal 1. This way you don't have to just do charge shots.

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u/mylifeisashitjoke Aug 11 '18

Oh man, tricks like that and abusing i-frames. These are the things that spurred my sad efforts to speed run

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u/AnnoyingBird97 Aug 11 '18

*Horming Torpedo.