Once you upgrade your ship in Islets, you'll find that whole new swathes of the map are available to you - there are new sections of the sky to explore and whole new islands to discover. To get there, however, you'll have to face down some bosses.
MechaRat is one of these bosses. This long, mechanical rodent is another one of those ship battles that seem to have snuck into the game from a bullet hell, and now that you have a gun aboard your ship, you can fight back. Here's how to beat it.
MechaRat's Attacks
MechaRat only has two attacks, but they're devious enough to be frustrating if you don't know how to deal with them. One of these attacks will be used constantly, but the other attack is only used once you put MechaRat in its enraged phase.
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Attack |
Description |
How To Counter |
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Rat Beams |
MechaRat shoots out two rat heads with trails of mines behind them. Once the rat heads hit the walls of the arena, the mines will start floating to the sides in a random pattern. |
Keep your distance from the boss' head to avoid sudden rat heads, and try to keep your distance from any lines of mines. |
|
Rat Bomb |
MechaRat creates a bomb that floats to the middle of the stage. After a short while, the bomb explodes into pointed projectiles that fly out in a straight line. |
This attack is designed to be a complication for its main mode of attack, Rat Beams. Having to be aware of the fan of projectiles makes things a bit more chaotic - stay on the outside rim of the arena once the boss gets enraged. |
How To Beat MechaRat
MechaRat is a boss where playing ultra-offensively will pay off.
- MechaRat is only vulnerable in its head - if your bullets hit any other part of its body, they'll bounce off, doing nothing. Try to keep a line of sight to its head at all times.
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You have to keep so many things in mind for this fight - the Rat Beam mines, a clear path to the head, and then the Rat Bomb projectiles once it's enraged. You really want this fight to be over as soon as possible, so play offensively:
- A good strategy is to wait for a Rat Beams attack and then move in as close as you dare to the boss' head - your weapon will fire much, much quicker when you're close to your target, so staying close for a while will let you deal a massive amount of damage. Move away when you anticipate another Rat Beams attack.
- Always keep the fire button held down. There's never a reason not to be firing.