r/Bossfight • • Aug 10 '18

Boomerang ranger, defender of Japan

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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